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Show F. ? ' t l( si AS '. Lll iSiL&akanSiJ J ? ''V &,m jMm tulJiiiijiLm Aim mMt j THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH The Desert Moon Mistenj CHAPTER XIV bu KAl CLEAUER Continued J 15 right straight forward "I knew that was In the letter, and 1 longed to destroy It, on that arcount, but I was afraid. I knew that Its d'sitipearanee would throw all sorts of suspicions on me But this morning, when I saw the thing, right there on her desk, the temptation was too great. I never thought of her having made a copy of It This afternoon, when I beard her at the typewriter 1 knew. Ive been In torment ever since. I have prayed and prayed that she might fall to work ont the code. When I came downstairs. Just now, I knew that she had not failed. I thought she would tell yon about it; so I followed. I thought, perhaps. If Id tell you both the truth, and plead with you to beBut now I am ashamed lieve me to offer It Yon wont believe me. John won t believe me But, It' was only a doll : one of those funny, floppy things, with an adorable face. I saw him In Paris, and loved him, and bought him for mine. I culled him Christopher Clover, and snld flint he was my husband because I had al ways said that 1 would never marry Lewis he was so horrid about every thing used to tense me about my lover, until I got so tired of It. and so ashamed, that I put him away on a closet shelf. "After we were all packed and the trunks were locked, that Inst day. I found him there on the shelf Gaby wanted me to carry him on my arm that was done quite a hit over there She thought It was chic; hut . thought It looked silly. I was going to leave him in the apartment; but l.ewlg asked me to let him have him. I did. That Is all. But will you let me see the copy of the letter? Gaby read It to me only once. 1 gave It to ber. See," she said, eagerly, he calls me righteous. See how tie 6peuks of the doll and his LIU. He wouldnt have spoken like that shout a man. nor suld that he was behaving him self. See, too, he calls me a nun If youll he fair It seems to me you can easily believe me. Honey child," 1 said, and spoke the 1 do believe I believe truth. you. every word youve told us And you? she appealed to Miss MacDonald. "Your explanation Is reasonable. You have told the truth about everything else In the letter. Certainly, shall give you the benefit of the by Doubleday TVXV F doubt" "Yon tell John," Danny pleaded. Of course not Nor anyone else, Just cow. Shall we go back to the house? Danny and i sat still. "Ill run along, then, she said, and went away without us. Danny, I began at once, you take my advice. You get to John us quickly as you can and tell him Jie truth about this." Have you noticed, she questioned, slowly, that John has been different very different ever since " Weve all beeD different, dear, I told her. Yes, 1 know. But John has been more different Mary, tell me, am I 1 Co., Ina. ni - have trained I soon us t)iuktust was uvei, 111- MacDonald spoke to Sam and asked him. ns she hau asked him ilial first morning It she might detain him You, also. Mrs Magin. she smiled at me. "1 wonder, site suld, as soon as we If Mr three were ulotte together, Caune.latio could have given us the slip, last night? Will you go and see whether or not he Is in his room now Mr. Stanley ?" Sain went. When he came buck he bad to draw t lot more than usual to ills door Is keep his voice steady locked. He doesnt answer when I pound on it. Miss MacDonald suld, have an excellent pass key. el's go up and try It. furiosity dragged me along with tier and Sam, though every bone In my body protested. Miss MacDonald 8 key unlocked the door. The three of ur went Into the 1 room The blinds were lightly drawn The electric fan was whirring and buzzing away In the gray gloom Miss MacDonald crossed the room, quickly, and snapped up the blinds. Sum walked to the bed where Can neziano was lying huddled up untiei I looked the coven the other way I heart) the rattle u! Sams pipe us it fell on the floor. I heard the rustle of Miss MacDonalds quick movement heard a queer, throaty note that she uttered Something drugged my hot I looked toward uchlng eyes open. the bed. I saw Cannezlartos swollen discolored face. I saw the deep yel low throat, wltc great brutal bruises at Its base I felt Sams strong hands on my shoulders, pressing me down Into a chair. I heard myself saying, shrilly, over and over. What are we going to do? What are we going to do? It was Miss MacDonalds voice, cold and clear as spring water that brought me to my senses We are going to find the murderer on the Desert Moon ranch." Sam said, Youre d n rtgtit we are. And we are going to him half n n dozen detectives on this place ' by tomorrow night an Very well," Miss MacDonald Will you telephone, at once, swered for the coroner. Mr. Stanley? II Sam said. I had my face covered; but there was a hollowness Id that oath of Sams that told me, plainer than any looking at him could have told me. that he was frightened; seated to the marrow of Ids bon as. It took Miss MacDonald, though, to understand the reason for bis fear. Yes, Mr. Stanley,' she said, these men, when they come this time. In spite of their friendship for you, are not going to he as easily satisfied as they were Inst time. They were able to blink at one murder. They can't keep od blinking. They dare not even in Nevada." "Who wants them to blink?" Sara 1 1 wont 1 1 bluffed. You do. We all do, for the present." Sam did not answer that. He stood and looked stupid. "Won't you listen to reason, she urged, before you go downstairs to If. telegraph for other detectives? when the coroner and the others arrive today, you confess that no prog ress has been ntnde. they will un douhtedly step Id and take matters I Into their own bungling hands. think that they would make nn arrest That would he futal. now For I am positive tnat they would arrest an in noce.it person, and that the guilty per son would then have an excellent op portunity for escape. 1 have a certain reputation, Mr Stanley, and these men particularly the sheriff respect tt. If you will keep me on this case, I will tell them that I am making definite progress That believe I shall he able to turn the criminal over to the state within a comparatively short time Would that he the truth? Sam demanded. If you mean Is She hesitated. that what I believe now uty answer I I may he wrong. Is yes. have, at least, a very definite suspicion I have no proofs. You wouldn't, Sam questioned, give these men that assurance if you knew that I was going to gtt some men detectives up here to work with dont We As lopg-legge- 1 Doran 1 woman. You dont know them ns I do You dot, t know their methods hs do. If you feel that you must have otheis ticre, working on the case, al low nte to send, at tny own expense for my own assistants the girls whom STRAHAU She began, nd sensible: At that moment I was certain that every one on l he place was more or less insane especially Miss MicDon aid. think yet that I was right I know, about the others now, that was wiong about Mlb Mo Donald; hut she had certainly given me plenty of reasons for thinking either that she had lost tier senses entirely, or else tbit she Imd never had any to lose. All week I could see Sam watching tier and growing more and more tin puli. rit. On 'Hhhm1.iv tie said to me that slit was too busy flirting wlih loim to have tl.ne fot anything else 'I hat was not fair She didnt flirt with Ji hn she wasnt the sort who would flirt with anyone But she uiel did begin to notice him, and his attentions to tier. tr'ed to make excuses for John Poor little Danny wasn't, I 'had to admit mm h like the gir tie had fallen in hue with She had lost practically all of her prettiness. and she looked, nil the rune, too while and wan and getiei ally dragged out to seem quite oeed any more girls B Is pretty around here. Nam said. certain that we do peed some one to protect the lives of all of us on this place When you telephone for the cor oner. she said, wont you telephone for a locksmith to come out with him and bring strong bolts for all the doors You admit, then that wc are ull In dancer? You Hre all "Nothing ot the sort perfectly safe at present. I do tie Have that before long, my own life I want no one to may he In danger think that I suspect that. I need the protection ot the holts It must seem that I think that every one needs the protection. You believe, Sam questioned. that And your own life in Is danger " yet Mr Please reconsider Stanley Please allow me to have the ease alone, at any rate fot a little while longer. You honestly think, he questioned chd manage this single handed, and keep us all safe and produce this murderer pretty shortly? 1 do. Mr Stanley Mary, can t Wont you help you say something. me to persuade Mr Stanley ? I told You don't need any help, her. "lie's persuaded Is thut true, Mr Manley? May I have the case uloiie. for a little while longer?" She was al! breathless with eagerness Drat It all, yes, Sam said Im d d If I know wtmt I ought to do But you are dead game Well, shake on It, Miss MacDonald. You'll do the best you can for us. I know The hand she held out to him was trembling, and her voi e ns she thanked But still I was amazed him trembled when, right after Sam had gone out of the room, she said to me, Mary believe on my soul that have Just had an experience that is too strong for me. and hid her face In the crook of her arm and began to cry. that you 1 1 1 In the week that followed I had times of thinking that Sum had likely made a mistake tn keeping Miss Mac Donald on, alone 1 couldnt begin to describe the horror of that week. It Is, i suppose what hooks call a paradox to say that the worst thing about the week was that nothing, Just nothing, happened. To all outward appearances lie Desert Moon ranch was as peaceful as an empty grave: hollow peace, false peace, and all of us conniving at the fulsity made it worse. Sara locked up the house early every evening Then, trying to make It casual, one and another of us would go sauntering around to make sure that he hadnt overlooked a door, or a window People were constantly Jumping, and starting, and looking behind them ut nothing. None of ns women ever went far from the house, except Mrs. Bicker, who went every day to visit Marthas grave. She went alone. 1 would not have gone with her, not for any price. was afraid of her. 1 was afraid ot Hu bert Hand. By Wednesday of that week I was afraid of every one in the house except Miss MacDonald and Sam. Friday found me doubtful of Sam. None of our minds went straight, those days. I am sure that the m'nd of each one of us on the place always excepting Miss Mac It went Donald's did as mine did groping In the dark : It humped Into obstacles of doubt; It tripped over fear ano fell Into 8(nseles stupldl ties; It lost Its way and wandered Into wild suspicions. 1 tell vou, there were times, during those frightful days, when I found myself seriously considering whether or not I had com mitted the two murders. 1 I wh She had explained to John about the refer eim to her and to her doll In the code letter He had taken It all right, and had been, as she said to me sweet about it. and never Still. I sort doubling het word at all of thought that a grain of suspicion might still he bothering him. And I knew 'hut he had not been uuite able to forgive her. not for telling of her suspicions concerning Sam, but for suspecting Sam In the first place On Friday morning when Sam came zigzagging into my kitchen, ordered ZlnnH cut of it, his voice all thick and husky, be fell dowD Into a chair. "Mary, he said, we ve got the report from the Frisco chemists." Miss MacDonald had thought It necessary to have Martha's body exhumed anil sent to San Francisco Thar is what the coroner and the undertaker had been about on their second trip to the -- anch Sain had not wanted Mrs Bicker to know That had suited Miss MacDonald better, too; so they had had the men do the work while we vver all at dinner that They had been careful to tlx the day grave so that It would not show that It had been disturbed , and then, being men they had left their shovels right there in the cat.in for the first person to find' As you know, the first person had been Mrs Ricker We had been waiting ever since for the chemists Sam's first report words were reassuring ho true, he said, It is too good and repeated, dazedly, too good to he Miss MacDonald Imd her us true trace the prescription from Doctor Itoe The powders were harm less. I didn't cause my girls death The report proves Miss MacDonald The report proves says What does "Take It easy. Sam. the repeat prove? Somebody gave her a deadly poison. One The chemists found two traces they can't analyze Thats why theyve kept us waiting so long for the reThey are still working on It, port, The other was hoping for results. nitrobenzene. Miss MacDonald says t that, tn small doses, induces coma and takes as long as twenty four hours to be deadly act. But it is apt not It was combined with this hy Itself. other drug the one that must have made death certain. Miss MacDonald came hurrying into the kitchen. She was holding the monkey charm bracelet in her hand "See here. she said, "this bangle thing opens. I think we can be cer tain that the poison she took, or was There Is a given, came out of tt. trace of the odor. Smell it. It smelled a She handed it to me little likj shoe polish, with sort of a faint almot d flavoring underneath. I gave It to Sam. who ho been reach He smelled lng out his hand fot II if, and then knotted it ip in his tlst Remembering I cant rh uk of any thing that he said vvhhh would do to quote The gist of It was. thut If Gaby had given Martha the poison he was not sorry that G.ahv had been killed, because lustlee had been done Not satisfied with that, lie expiessed violently, .fils rgiets that vengeance bad been taken out ot his hands sistants 1 "Men Dont Wear Well Trouble," In Tlmee of silly? Have you noticed (hat John seems to be very much Interested In this Miss MacDonald? Danny," I snld, "it Is Just this Men dont wear well In times of trouble. They cant help It It Is the way they are made. So we women put up with It We have to, If we put up with men at all Everything Is go lng to come out all right But I wunt you to tell John, yourself, about your doll and not wait for some one else to do It" Ill try to," she agreed. "But we are so rarely alone together any more." i CHAPTER XV Another Murder I Canneziauo did not come down for breakfast the following morning. I thought that a little strange, for men's were the one thing tie had been real polite to ever since he had been on the Desert Muon. you? 1 can couldn t, she snld speak for Flense only myself. give me Do you realize what my chance it to means for a he tried murder, even if one Is acquitted? I am not asking this for myself. wouldn't stoop to beg for anything for myself as I am begging for this now. 1 am sure yon mean to be u fair man Be fair to me, and to all of the Innocent people here on your ranch. don't say that other detec lives might not be able to discover the murderer. I do say that I am certain they would do It reparable harm before they succeeded. if you stayed. Sam had the cheek to question, and worked along with them that was my Idea couldnt you prevent heir iolng nny I'hrm? I will I could try to. try to. If you Insist. But I am doubtful of my success. Consciously, ot unconsciously they work against me, because I am a 1 1 1 Old Customs Dear to Hearts of Britishers The nrchblsliop who lives at I.nm net It palace is a very kind archbishop the poor of the district will tell you Every Thutsday at the main gateway ,lo half-crown- s are distributed to 30 poor people of the parish. The "us tom Is a very old one. Years ago It On Sundays. Tiles took another form days and Thursdays 15 quartern toave of bread. It stone of beef (made Into tiroth and served In piti Iters) and 5 shillings worth of halfpennies were the gifts. One Is reminded of this and other quaint customs, surviving or re vlved, by the fact that the lord tnayoi of London revived the Boy Players a few weeks ago. They cave a perform nnoe ut Salters' hall, the first since when they were the avorlte 1(108, Father of Baiket Ball The game basket ball was Invented and develop'd h.v Dr. Janies Nalsmlth for ninny years athletic director of In 18111 the University of Kansas when he was nn assistant athletic dl rector at Springfield, Mass., it was suggested to Doctor Nalsmlth that there should he a game suitable for the Indoor development of athletes who had played football all fall. Basket ball was the result and by 1803 there was a hook of rules and competition was being developed The Elizabeth. piny ers of Queen Salters company Is named after John Salter, who died in 1(105. Formerly a service to his memory, held em h year, took the fot in of a procession to his tomb upon which cadi person knocked with a stick, and called three times in a loud voke: Brother Salter? I do you do hope you are well. Ilovv London Mail. World Largest Tree The following are the dimensions of the Boole tree, which Is said to he the largest tree In the world: Diameter it the ground slanting, 35 feet; dium eter at right angles to the tree and level with the side, 31 feet; diameter above knots, swells nr bulges at 10 feet high 25 feet; diameter at first limb. 150 feet (at 14 feet); height. 201 14 feet. M. A. Beckwith who prepared a set of tables on all the famous "largest In the world trees, figures from the diameter of the Boole tree, whore It Is broken off at (lie top, that tt once rose probably 1211 feet high. Spoken Like a Man Some women are capable of believ mg the things they want tn when thev know they dont believe them. Cld cage News It isnt vengeance yon want, Mr. Stanley," Miss MacDonald reminded hut Justice, Idm, pretty sternly, 'j hat la within our reach. 1 am practically certain that the person who poiMumd Martha, who strangled Miss Uunm zlano and her father, is right here on this place. My work from now on Is to gthe proof. If you would help uie, nstead Sam Interrupted, his whole body straining forward with bis eagerness. Tell its who be Is, and where he Is, und well help you, right enough." "I eun t tell you. Not uuless you want to have still another murder on the leert Moot ranch. But you can '1 help me by keeping the discovery of the poison a secret. Second. b.v allowing every one else on the (dace to suppose that I am still In a state of entire bafflement concerning the crime. Third, and most Important perhaps, hy having patience -t of" ri-- with me." Yea. Sam said, und while we -- re sitting around, having patience, this bird will walk off to some green hill 1 far u way think the boys are do ing their beet to guard the place, but this birds a slicker. Whats to keep hint rum say, diesslng In my clothes some night, and riding merrily away All on itohhle Burns or Wit Maine? '-'- VO -- ' - Ricker Went Every Day to Visit Marthas Grave. fdrs tied have to do Is to give the hoys a lilgli-sigand theyd let him rtde to h I, if the.v thought he was me. Another thing I ant trust all m.v punchers Some of them are greasers, some half breeds. Money, Rnd not much f it, talks pretty loud to some of Lhose boys present, the person 1 suspect has no Intention of leaving the place." When you don't know anything else, how can you kn vv that? At didnt say that I didnt know else. fio you know, and will you tell me, why you cant put this fellow where the dogs wont bite film, while you I any-thin- g FOR CONSTIPATION effective in smaller doses 'safe scientific If Kidneys Act Bad Take Salts! Says Backache Often Means You Have Net Been Drinking Enough Water j When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region It may mean you have been eating foods which create acids, says a authority. An excess of such acids overworks the kidneys In their effort to filter It from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels, removing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is had you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds arid you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night. Either consult a good, reliable physician at once or get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jail Salts; take a tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with litliia, and lias been used for years to help clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the system, so they no longer Irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Jad Salts Is inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, effervescent lithia-wate- r drink. Drink lots of good water. well-know- n Her Secret Safe suppose Mugge And now you'll toll everyone lot you kiss me. Mr. Huggins Don't he alarmed It's Miss 1 1 nothing to brag about. fC Oh Promise SMe a At some time in her life Cupid pleads to every attractive woman. No matter what her features are, a woman who is sickly cannot be attractive. Sallow skin, pimples, sunken eyes, life- are collecting the proof, evidence, and so on that you think you need?" "For one reason, because I am not less lips these are repellent DR. a police detective. Sometimes It Is PIERCES GOLDEN MEDICAL arof use to methods their is DISCOVERY necessary just the tonic a rundown person needs. It enriches the resting each suspect and getting the evidence afterward third degrees, so blood, soothes the nerves and imparts tons and vivacity to the entire system. on That method, hy the way, acIn liquid or tablets, at drug store. counts for Hie number of criminals Send 10c for trial package of tabwho are ahle to make complete eslets to Dr. Pierces Clinic, in Buffalo capes. It Is a stupid, bungling method N. Y., and write for free advice. and a brutal one. 1 detest it. I In It the seven 01. y twice have used A man with a brilliant mind may years that I have been In this work. he as conceited as he will ; well listen I nsed it then because it was necesto him. will nor use It now, became sary It Is not necessary This case will Life Is worth living, If one doesnt come to the grand Jury complete, with too much ont of it. expect had known If Indisputable proofs I mean before Mr. suspected now suswas killed, vvliat She stopped short, evidently pect afraid of saying too much. but what 1 "Yea, Sam argued, can't get. is how you think you are ever going to Und the proof. Well she she began. Because, finished, quite tartly, and walked out of the room. Sam mimicked, almost Because, before she was out of hearing disIt was a black day for nte, tance. and for the Desert Moon, when I put this thing up to a because woman. I more than half agreed with him, but I was not going to let him know Did you notice. it. questioned, chiefly to turn his mind from the subject of because women, that she kept saying that she thought the person she suspected was on the place? I mean she didnt say that he was living In the house. II I J Of course she House! Fifteen years after his graduadldn t say house. Why should she say Dr. Caldwell became famous tion, we been over and house? Havent for a single prescription, which over It? Aren t we fair frazzled out, now, after forty years, is still every Inst one of us. from climbing making friends. up those front and back stairs, with Today Dr. Caldwells Syrup our minds, all day long and half the is the worlds most popular Pepsin night? Counting minutes, counting laxative. Millions of people never n ha to the and going seconds; back, think of using anything else when over and over. Nobody who lives In theyre constipated, headachy, tills house could have done It That bilious, feverish or weak; when That Is fact. Not unless is settled breath is bad, tongue coated, or some one ot us was ahle to be In two theyre suffering from nausea, gas, (daces at the same time between four or lack of appetite or energy. and five o'clock thnt day. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is 1 8 imething clicked In m.v mind. made today according to the original felt the click, declare to goodness. formula, from herbs and other It plain as a twinge of toothache. pure ingredients. It is pleasant-t- a I me. scared put both my hands over sting; thorough in the most the place in the front of my head. I obstinate cases; gently effective for felt as dazed, and as shaken, rs if I women and children. Above all, it had been and had represents a doctors choice of humped Into a door. In the dark, ami what is safe for the bowel?. wakened to find myself In a strange, W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. brightly lighted room. 1 , 1 Dan-nezian- 1 1 sleep-walkin- (TO BE CONTINUED) 1 s , H a i |