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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH all her things around me, I might In get touch! meun something might come to me. U she Is still on earth, she would come here. Wouldn't she? And she would try, 1 am sure, to give me a sign. Something to help me to help a 11 of us If It should come, I want to be here to receive It." I It wont come, Danny, dear, said. No. 1 suppose not." She leaned back in her chair and sighed, and her The Desert Moon Mystery STRAHAN by KAY CLEAVER by Doub!edy Doran Co., Tna. SYNOPSIS ire com ig to the ranch to live heir mother being dead and heir father, Daniel Ounritziain uho had been the cause of Sam livorcing his wife. In the penl ho Sam s adopted 'entlary lohn, has grown to manhood ind a girl, Martha, weak minded tlrs Ollie Ricker, Martha's nurse Hubert Hand and Chadwick Cau held are the other mem tiers Oi he household The girls arnv lohn becomes engaged to Dam He tlabrielle aeeks to win Jolir 'rom her sister, and her action-Ahe- n she receives a letter Iron France mystify Mis Magin Sam learns Canneziano Is soon to be teleased from the penitentiary Mrs finds linbrielh Magin hoked to death with tohmer ishes beside her She realizes that the ashes must be from Sam s pipe, he being the only pipe smoker, and conceals them before calling the household caufield commits suicide. The oroner's verdict is muider and oiicide Continued she said, Nothing, hurriedly doesnt It Rut, Nothing. Mary, seem possible to you that someone clear from the outside did It? And gave the key to (had. and asked him to put It In your pocket? And that, for some reason we probably never shall discover, (had could not, dared not. tell on the person who gave it And that Is why he shot to him? himself? And we hadn't thought of that I "I do believe it It Is as clear as day. Her sudden definite silence talked as plainly as any words she conld t gasped. of disposing of me Make It cheap and snappy haven I a relative in t lie world I. G." A lie." Sam tell you, she said had heen dead two or three hours anyway probably longer when we found her Listen Mary. Between four and five oclock we all saw het alive at four Chari sat right there at that piano, and lie never left It once Did he? "No, he didnt. kept thinking he would to join Gaby But he didn't "Between live and six o'clock. Sam went on lie w.n with me, every minute ol the time down In the harn and coming up to 'lie house Nevei ml of my sight B tween six ami seven he was with us all at supper If bed heen gone all afternoon. Id know that note was a lie; know It lust ns wen as know It now Bit this note! a confession vh, should lie die id disgrace, when we Utinw ie was innocent? God knows. To shield someone lee I re I, on " "Who? Sum dropped tils pipe. I heard him stau ping the sparks I did out did not look down not want to look down lie wrote It, I said. The writ So Is the wording You mg 19 his know it. I guess I was too sentimental. But I couldnt bear fo see Sam's good old face all aching with worry. Sam." I wheedled, have sense Weve a confession here that will He killed her; satisfy the world and, when the body was found, he shot himself Nothing could be more reasonable. No one would doubt It We can send this to the papers he has no relatives to be disgraced, or to sorrow 1 get-ou- 1 1 1 Clews. 1 over it and the Deseri Moon will b. cleared of crime. One of your favorite sayings, Sara. Is to let well enough alone. have spoken. Sam drew himself up to the top ot "Danny, I questioned, you thought his six feet and five Indies and looked of that, hut In your heart you don't down, from there, at me; away down believe it. Do you?" as far. say, as If I had suddenly "I I want to believe she dropped Into a dirty old cistern It. evaded. There is no question of well But you don't?" I persisted could enough, he shouted, so that She was silent. hear him in my depths, until the Desert Moon Is cleaned, clean, Mary Danny," I pleaded, tell me about It Just tell me, dear. I'll never Magin Cleaned and fumigated, or breathe It to a soul, If you say for destroyed It Is not going to he wldto There is someone on this washed me not to. What Is it you know, or ranch who Is as guilty as h I; who think that you know?' knows who committed the murder; She waited so long before answer who aided and abetted It. We are I me was that she Ing thought surely Then we going to find that person. finding the words with which to rake will find the murderer. I was so Theyll be me Into her confidence hung together. After that, we can disappointed I could have cried wltt leave well enough alone. her. when she hid her face on my shoulder, again, and moaned, Mary Suppose." I suggested, that Chad I dare not tell. I tell you I cant was the accomplice. 1 dare not. Somebody suggested, already toShe Jumped up out of m.v lap. and day. that It was (had who put the When did he get ran upstairs as If wicked, dangerous key In your pocket the key to put It there? Well, say things were running after her The that he got It between seven and John came into the room. eight o'clock, when he was out scoutoutfit Is hack, or most of It, he said Darn their souls! Curiosity, nothing ing by himself. Did he meet some entire stranger, then, who asked him But for this they wouldnt else. I to dispose of the key? Did he agree have shown up for two days yet tllnk the women went Into the to do It ns a favor to said stranger? Did he. later, shoot himself and leave krjien Just now. Mary." There they were. Belle, Sadie and a 'ylng confession to shield the (iolilie. all huddled np together like stranger? The stranger, thnt Is who had killed the girl Chad loved? Chad a hunch of something near the hack did carry some secret to the grave door. As I came Into the room, they with him. Mary. I am sure of that and screeched The only Jumped me that makes madder thnn But not a secret that we can't dls thing cover. We are going to discover It being scared myself Is to scare some I To doubt Sam, standing there beto else. them body spoke right fore me talking so earnestly to me. sharply. to doubt his honesty of purpose and I told them that I expected them his goodness, was more than a ques to go about their work, and to act tion of doubting my eyps. my ears like sensible girls while 90 doing. my senses. Sadie, the sauciest of the lot. spoke "Sam," I began, resolved to tell up. then und there, shout those pipe trim, We haven't decided yet that we I want'a go vvnrkln In a house where ashes of his od the headed hag Mrs. too Imd Bicker waited long. and one. a murderer, maybe moron' was coming down the stairs Is livin'. I think," she said, that Martha I If you are said. Very well," should not sleep so late I fear t ha I going, go now. If not, put on your she is sleeping too hpavily. aprons and get to work. It Is a blessing that she can I could scarcely believe my eyes. Sam said "She is all right. sleep, them of three out skedaddled The through the door. I felt sort of sick, Those sleeping powders are as pow Pin going np w atoning them go. Not because Id erlul as all hough I'll have a look at her. have to teach new girls the work "By the way," he added, from the and my ways but because fhelt leav want you two ladles to stairway, Ing gave me my first realization thnt be here In this room, at promptly the Deseri Moon ranch was dark three o'clock this afternoon. ened by the shadow ot sin When I telephoned to Sam. down Upon my soul !" I said, when Sam What do you sup was out of sight. In his office In the outfit's quarters I tried to keep the truth from him; pose that means? Mrs Bicker shook her beud, and saying, only that the girls and I had had a spat, and asking him to find walked to Hie windows and turned some new girls for me. her back ou me I Iraiked at the straight, gaunt He cHiue up. In about half an hour with an Indian girl, not more than truck, and at her long arms hanging fifteen vear? old, trailing along he at her sides. She seemed fnill And hind him Answering his nod I went yet, she could hold Martha still, when with him into the living remn Martha was In one cl her tantrums She Is the only one I could get. und that was more than I. a much Well hate to send to Ueno stouter woman could do. She with he sahl None ol the out fit no one bill Martha who did not count. or Sail Lake warn their women folks working Imd heen alotip In the hotisi for an dont hlaiue them The Dos hour the evening before, while the here Moon ranch Is disgraced" He others oi ns Imd been out hunting for Gaby Mopped short, looking at a piece ol Sam Insisted that vjabj nad heen usl In H,er "D the writing desk It hail been propped front of him dead two or tliiee hours when we But was he certain of found tier up a .aliist a vase; hut It had slith eied uown Into a curve He reached that? How did he know? Might he te mistaken? Mrs Bicker nad hated tor It; read It, and handed It to me. Chadwick Canfield killed her. Gaby, as only a Jealous woman can nate. k S. Sorry to pul you to the trouble t CHAPTER VIII 1 Sam Stanley wealthy owner ot 'he Desert Moon ram h, Informs ns houseseeper, Mary Magin hat his former wifes twn laughters. Danielle and Gabi lelle CHAPTER VII WNU Sarvico ihe while I was getting a make dinner ready, thut last thought of mine kept bothering me like the smell of something burning So, as soon as dinner was over I told the Indian gin, whose name was Zinnia to manage the dlshe9 the best she could, and I went off up to my room I took up some dinner on a tray with me. for Mrs. Bicker and fot Martha. When Mrs Bicker opened her door, I managed to get the Information that Martha was awake, at last, and that Mrs. Bicker had Just been helping her with her hath. I ques Is she all right, now? All -- Hi ft Honed "I suppose so." She edged the door shut. In my face. I went Into my room and combed hair. I can always think better I am doing some absolutely un Important thing like that. But, today, my thoughts whirred, and tossed, and my wheD foamed. Sams pipe ashes. The key In my pocket. Chad's suicide. Chads note Mrs. of confession. Gabys fear Bicker alone In the house. What It was that Danny krew and dared not tell? Lands alive I Sams pipe ashes What had heen the matter with me? Sam was the only member of our household who smoked a pipe, but he was not the only man In creation who did ; nor was his the only pipe. I supposed, thnt had ever dropped and spilled Its contents. A very nice and comforting thought. If I could have fooled myself Into believing It couldnt keep Try as I might, from thinking that part of Sam's talk was bluff thnt Is, soon as got away Did It from him 1 thought that. mean that he was trying to shield Chad? No. It could not mean that Besides. Chad himself had surely beeo trying to shield someone. Sam? Gaby had feared someone, when she had left the house. No woman had ever feared Sam. Mrs. Bicker had hated Gaby. But, so had John hated Gaby. Mrs. Ricker had said John had said I Jumped to my feet holding my 1 could not enhead In my hands. dure thinking. I must stop It. I must find work to do; someone to talk to ran across my room and pulled open the door. Just In time to see Hubert Hand starlghten from where he had been stooping to my keyhole. Hubert Hand, I said, why are yon listening at my keyhole? 1 wasn't listening. I was looking, or trying to. This keyhole peering You might as Is the bunk, Mary. With that well cut It out yourself. he turned and walked od down the 1 1 ball I stood watching him, trying to account for an odd sense of relief that had come to me. In a minute I un derstood. Since he had been at my keyhole, he must have had some suspicion of me, for something. Bossibly he had a good reason for thnt sus As good a reason as 1 had plcion for susplclonlng Sam, and John, and He was clear off the Mrs. Ricker track with his suspicion. Probably I was just as far off with mine. He turned, quickly and came back to me. He looked up and down the He lowered his voice to Just hull. above a whisper. "Mary, he said I'm I've gone at this all wrong. off my nut today thut's all. I guess I cared a lot more fot the girl thnn thought I did. By G d, I believe I It Is h I having her loved her. clear gone. But my hanging for her murder isnt going to do her any 1 good ; arms dropped straight down over the chairs arms The engagement ring that John had given her slipped from her finger and came rolling toward Chad was kidding around down there me. I scrambled to pick It up. When 1 what know didn't collecting keys. he wanted with them, fortunately for I rose from the floor she bad jumped to her feet She was ashy, shaking you. or Id have said you'd gotten and trembling as If she had chill. the door open Promise me that youll 1 Mary And and. couldnt keep my It teeth from chattering, you think j never tell that, not to anyone. It couldnt mean anything." didnt killed her, then?! It means," I said, handing her the Rot I She had been dead for hours 1 think ring, "that you are wastlug away. Btgor was complete. No, all that you know more than you are Youd better let me go down and bring you up some good, hot soup telling. I tell you. I was frozen stiff, with or an eggnog." Dont leave me, She clung to me. horror." All right. Tell Mary. 1 am afraid. 1 am dreadfully Tell the Jury. them, D o, why you came rushing out afraid. Promise that you won't tell of your room, as you did Just now, about the ring. It didnt mean anywhite and trembling. Dont like your thing." I will admit that I did not like tt thoughts, all by your lonesome, do Be 8 sport any too well myself. There, Just as you? Come on. Mary Fifty-fiftyshe was asking for 9 sign, the ring, We are both innocent But which had fitted snugly enough, I Shut inouth for shut mouth? had thought, had dropped off. But, His talk about telling a Jury scared I of course I had to put np a brave had heard of third degrees rpe. knew that If I ever told anyone front to her. 1 won't tell Nonsense," 1 said. to tell It is because nothing anybody, All that It means Is that the ring Is too large for you." Danny sat down In a deep chair, opposite me, her hands clasped on her knees, and leaned forward, and looked into my eyes. Definite things, Mary," she said, This was a are always so wise. silly futile little accident The ring has dropped off, I suppose, half a dozen times this week. Gabys last note to me was all affection. Living, If Gaby could have takeD John away from me, for herself, sho would have done It Dead she wents oa to marry. I know that Aa for any If only Uncle other Implication Sam wore not ao heartless," she finished. I spoke sharply In Heartless spite of myself. "If the Creator ever made a man with a bigger heart than Sum Stanleys, nobody ever saw him." He has been good to yon," she said. But you give him his own way about everything." I reminded her that Sam was Johns father. Uncle Sam Is not John's father," John Is ancles adopted she said. Id Had No Idea ot Telling That, son. They are so different so utterly Anyway." different they could not be father son." and Sam about those but himself, pipe Maybe not, I said, trying to keep ashes, the words would choke the life out of me, aB I would want them to pleasant, for I did not want to he snapping at the poor child on this do. day, but no real son ever loved his "Hubert Hand, Im going to be hon father better than John loves Sara. I It don know what est with you. He all but worships him, and be has, Is you want me to keep my mouth ever since be was a little fellow.' shut about I know. I know. Sometimes 1 Don't? Well, 1 want you to keep think John cares more for uncle than still about that conversation you overheard between Ollie Ricker and me he does for me. Mary, tell me. honIn the cabin. She went back to get estly. Do yon think John loves me her parasol and saw you coming oat. as mneb as he loves Uncle Sam?" I should hate to have John have to We knew you bad been hiding there, between uncle and me." choose listening. Td had no Lands alive! 1 said. That Is foolish talk. Why should Idea of telling that, anyway. It was John ever have to choose between none of my business." you and Sam?" Fine! 1 didnt have any Idea of She sighed, and shook her head. telling anything, either. It was none A udden certainty came to me. What of my business. Shake on It" ever It was that Danny had refused I let him take m.v band. I said that morning to tell me, whatever It I yes, when he made me promise. was that she had said that she dared felt like I'd been associating with a not tell, had had something, somehow, to do with Sum As I was trying to hurry past What 1 can not understand, DanGabys door, Danny opened It, and ny said, Is, that Gaby knew thut she asked me If 1 would come In and might be killed. And yet, so far as sit with her for a vvlille. knows, she d'd not do one anyone I should have been there, long beto save herself. If only, only thing I fore. went right In. apologizing, she had confided In me! Surely I and trying fo explain. But, when I could have found some way to help saw that she meant for us to sit In her to save her." Gaby's room, I suggested that we go You know, dear," 1 said, 1 think somewhere else that Gaby was not well, at least not I she said. No, please Mury, doing any clear thinking, those Inst dont want to be alone; but do wnm few days to ait here. I feel ns If here, with (TO BB CONTINUED) USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO MAKE OR TO PURCHASE Cretonne Hat Bag 1 An article which fills a long-fel- l want makes Us dehut this season the cretonne hat bag. It is as deo oratlve as It is practical. One of it many winning points Is that It Is col lapslble, and can be packed flat for travel. Of all Christmas suggestion! this ornamental hat bag which caO be hung In any closet Is one of thl most worthwhile ones on the list, fo It Is something which has been really) seeded. Yon can find them in varlou shops or where cretonne bags aril sold. Give Painted Crockery 1 Verily, In their Twentieth century beauty crusade, Interior deeorutora spare not even the humblest object In the home ordinary kitchen crockery no exception. Behold grandmas jj popular cookie Jar and even the little brown Jug, the more modern cracker jur, pitchers, too, with drinking mugs to match, likewise flower pots and other crockery Items too numerous to mention, all dolled np" with painted hollyhocks and other gay blooms, posing as Christmas gifts de lnxe In various art shop throughout our land. oft-sun- Pewter for Christmas -- side-winde- not now. backed away from him Horrified, For one wild moment I thought thni the man was confessing to me Not that I I sweat No ! he said to God Im Innocent But they are going to try to pin it on me, and they may not have much trouble doing It I want to make a bargain with you You'll get the best of It for I know d n well that Im Innocent, and I don't think that you are entirely. It If you'll keep your mouth Is this. shut. Ill keep mine shut. Fifty-fift1 Will you do It? said, I dont know thing shout you thut would be of any importance If I told It to the world Anything that you think you know about me, Im glad and willing to have you broad cast, or publish In Hie papers Sure of that? Sure you are will mg to have me broadcast that you found the body; thut you didn't scream; that you sta.ved there, quiet und alone with It fot ten minutes before you gave the alarm?" I was sick, stunned, dizzy with Hubert Hand, one solitary I Horror Probably any Jury would believe that, all right. Just the same, I'll het It would save you a lot of trouble now and later, ff no one knew anything about your lonesome five nitn utes. ot longer Ill tell volt how I came n't of my room u know the minute you opened tpe aitli door I saw you leave the hall to ran ui the steps. 1 went on dowustalrs Indians Outstrip Deer in Fleetness of Foot The greatest runners In the world who have been known to continue 170 miles with out stopping. A few years ago Thom as Znfiro and Leonlclo San Miguel members of this tribe, did a distance of 62,4 miles on ihe highway troin Ianclmca lo Mexico City In ft hours and 37 minutes without any evidence are the Tarahumare Indians, of fatigue. Translated Tarahumare' is foot runners. They are said to be Insensible to heat and cold, using the same blankets summer and winter tell how their forefathers They love were the couriers of the Aztec uion arch8 Tnduy the Mexicans employ them to run wild horses into the cor rats The Tarahumare prove the ex presslon poeis loe to use. fleet 89 n they art-odeer," to he true, for wl..-the chase they outstrip their ant lered prey Running Is not confined to the men of this tribe; the women enter Into b with Hie same zest. As with the Zum Versatile Saskatchewan produce of the which produces about total wheal of Canada, Is also the third 'argest producer of dairy proo nets and of eggs and poultry anno Can nine provinces. Canada's Saskatchewan The of one-hul- Week hv Week f there is much preparation for the sporting event. The priests practice many kinds of sorcery; human bones are hidden along the course, and woe to the runner whose foot unearths one I Euc h man taking part Is rubbed down h' ihe shaman, or priest, to protect Mm against evil Influences. Facts About Lightning Weather bureau says that Alien lightning is about to occur be- ween a cloud and the earth (It usunl-- y occurs between different parts of Hie same cloud) there Is a great accumulation of electricity of one kind, usually the negative, at the surface of the purth and of the opposite kind In Hie lower portion of the cloud. This Imposes an electric strain on the medium between the two. The break, or discharge, consisting essentially of a flow of negative electricity, or electrons, toward the positive charge, may begin at any point In midair along the pnth and progress (this break progress) In both directions at the sam time or It niny begin at either end and from there progress toward the other. Its fashionable to give pewter tills year. So Jot down In your Christmas list a few apropos articles, such as a quaint candlestick, perhaps a vase, or a nut bowl, or If one gives generously, an entire coffee or tea service. Theres no doubt about It pewter Is It for Christmas or wedding gifts. Rose Powder Box The Took Discoverer's Name Iuget sound was named for verer, Peter Puget. Its dls Well may it he said of the woman uses this dainty flower powder combox that she has a rose-lea- f Cunning idea, this of nestplexion. Who ling a little round pasteboard pow-dbox In the heart of a handmade crepe paper rose. A cluster of artificial flower stamens are past'd on 'he lid, whli h male s it eay to liand't (see sketch'. Lovely Christmas g'V I |