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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH all her things around me. I migh- tIn touch I mean something get might come to Die. If sh Is still on earth, she would come here Wouldn t am sure, she? And she would try, to give me a sign. Something to help If It should me to help all of us. come, I want to he here to receive It." It won't come, Danny, dear," I The Desert Moon Mystery 1 by KAY CLEAVER STRAHAN said. by Doubleday Doran Co., tne. and snappy. the world P. Sam Stanley, wealthy uner ol 'he Desert Moon ramh, Informs ole houseaeeper, Mary Magin hat former hie wife twir, liughters, Danielle andGabrklle ire com ig to the ranch to live 'heir mother being dead and Daniel Cunritzlaiu-'heir falh-T- , ho had been the rauae of Sam his wife. In the penl boy Sams adopted lohn, has grown to manhood ind a girl, Martha, vlrs Ollie Kicker, Martha's nurse iluhert Hand and Chadwick are the other members o, he household. The girls arrive lohn becomes engaged to Dani lie. (labrlelle seeks to win John from her sister, and her action when she receives a letter from France mystify Mrs Magin Sam learns Canneziano Is soon to be released from the penitentiary Mrs. finds Gabrielle Magin hoked to death, with tobacco She realize ashes beside her that the ashes must be from Sam's pipe, he being the only pipe smoker, and conceals them before calling the household Caufleld commits suicide. The coroner's verdict Is murder and suicide. livorelng 'eritiary weak-minde- Cau-(h-l- -- Continued she suld. Nothing," hurriedly But, doesnt li Nothing. Mury, heem possible to you tluit someone clear from the outside, did It? And gave the key to ('hurt, and asked him to put It In your pocket? And thut for some reason we probably never shall discover. Child could not. dared not, tell on the person who gave It to him? And that Is why he shot himself?" And we hadn't thought of that I 1 I do believe It. It Is as gasped. clear as day. Her sudden, definite silence talked as plainly ns any words she could have spoken. Danny," questioned, you thought of that, but In your henrt you don't believe It. Do you?" I I want to believe It," she evaded. But you don't?" I persisted. She was silent, Danny," I pleaded, tell me about It Just tell me, dear. I'll never breathe It to a soul, If you say for 1 me not to. What Is It you know, or think that you know?" She waited so long before answer Ing me that I thought surely she was finding the words with which to take me Into her confidence. was so disappointed I could have cried wit! her, when she hid her face on my shoulder, again, and moaned, Mary I dare not tell. I can't I tell you I dare not She Jumped up out of my lap. and ran upstairs as If wicked, dangerous things were running after her The John cnme Into the room outfit Is hack, or most of It." he said Darn their souls! Curiosity, nothing But for this, they wouldn't else. I have shown up for two days yet think the women went Into the kitchen Just now. Mary." There they were, Belle, Sadie and Goldie, all huddled up together like a bunch of something near the nark door. As I came Into the room they The only Jumped and screeched thing that makes me mtiddei than being scared myself Is to scare some I spoke to them right body else. sharply. I told them that I expected them to go about their work, and to act like sensible girls while so doing. Sadie, the sauciest of the lot spoko 1 up. haven't decided wanta go worklu' lu a a murderer, and maybe Is livin'" Very well," I said. We yet that we house where moren' onj. "If you are If not, put on your going, go now aprons and get to work." I could scarcely believe my eyes The throe of them skedaddled out through the door I felt sort of sick, watching them go. Not because I'd have to teach new girls the work and my ways, but because their lenv Ing gave me my tlist realization that the Desert Moon ranch was dark eued by the shadow of sin When I telephoned to Sam, down Id his office In the outfit's quarters 1 tried to keep the truth from hint, I had saying, only that the girls and had a spat, aud asking him to find some new girls for me He came up. In about half an bout with an Indian girl, not more than fifteen years old. trailing along he I went bind him Answering his nod with him into the living rt otn She Is the only one I could get.' be said. We'll have to send to Ueno r Salt Lake. None ol the outfit want their women folks working Des here. I dont blame them, lhe He -" Is disgracedranch ert Moon at a piece of looking short, ,ttpped desk lust In aper on the writing been hatt It propped ront of him. but It had sllih a vase; a alnst up He reached ered down Into a curve It to me. handed and It, read ; It for Cautield Chadwick 1 her killed trouble B. Sorry to put you to the ? haven I Make t a If cheap relutlve In wouhl. to Join (Juhy But he dldn t ' Between five and ix oclotk," Sam went on, he wa with uie. every minute of the time down In the barn and coining up to the house Nevet out of my sight lb tween six and seven he was with us all at supper If bed been gone u!i afternoon. I'd know that note was a lie; know li lust as well a I know It now " BJt this nole! confession' Why should he die in disgrace whet we know he was Innocent?" God knows. To shield someone ret kon Use, Who? I Sam dropped his pipe. I heard him slan pinj, the sparks I dhl not look down I did not want to look down lie wrote It," I said The writ So Is the wording Yon Ing Is his know It.' I guess I was too sentimental. But couldn't hear to see Sams good old face all aching with worry. Sam." I wheedled "have sense We've a confession here that will He killed her; satisfy the world and, when the hotly was found, he shot hlmselt Nothing could he more reasonable. No oue would doubt It We can send this to the papers he has no relatives to be disgraced, or to sorrow over It and the Desert Moon will b. cleared of crime One of you r favorite savings. Sam. Is to let well enough alone. Sam drew himself up to the top ot tils six feet and five ln hes and looked down, froth there, at me; away down as far say, as if I had suddenly dropped Into a dlit.v old cistern There ts no question of well enough,'' he shouted so that I could hear him In my depths, until the Desert Moon Is cleaned, clean. Mary Cleaned and fumigated, or Magin destroyed It ts not going to he white washed. There Is someone on this ranch who Is as guilty as h I; who knows who committed the murder; who aided and abetted It We are going to find that person Then we will find the murderer. Theyll he hung tngefhei After that, we can leave well epotigh alone." Suppose," I suggested, that Chart was 'lie accomplice" Somebody suggested, already today that II vvus Chad who put the 1 When did lie get key In your pocket. the key to put It there? Well say that he got It between seven and eight oclock whpn ne was out scout Did he meet some Ing h.v liltnself entire stranger, then, who asked him to dispose of the key? Did he agree to do It as a favor to said stranger? Did he later, shoot hlntself and leave a 'yliiR confession to shield the stranger? The stranger, that Is vvlm Imd killed the girl Chad loved? Chad did carry some secret to the grave I tnn sure ot that with film Mary But not h secret that we cant ills cover We are going to discover It To doubt Sam. standing there before me talking so earnestly to me to doubt his honesty ot purpose ami his goodness was more than a ques tlnn ot doubting my eyes, my ears senses my I begun, resolved to tell then and there, about those pipe I ashes ot Ills ou the hearted hug Mia Bicker bail waited too long was coming down Uie stairs think," she said, that Martini should not sleep so lute I fear that she Is sleeping too heavily Is a blessing that she ran It sleep, Sam said "She Is all right Those sleeping powders Hre ns powI m erful as all get out going up thougn ill nave a look at tier "By Hie way. he added from the stairway, I want von two ladles to at promptly lie here lu this room three o cloth this afternoon." Cpon tuy soul I" I said when Sam What do you sup was out ot sight pose that means? Mrs Bicker shook her head and walked to the windows and turned her back on me looked at the atrulght. guuiit buck, and at bet Ion arms banging at her sides She seemed frail Am? yet. she could hold Martha still, when Martha was In one cl her tantrums and that was more than I. a much stouter woman, could do She. with no one tint Martha who did Dot count, for an had been alone In the Imm hour Hie evening before, while the others of us had been out hunting for Gaby Sam Insisted that Guby had been dead two or Unee hours when we But was he certain ot found her that? Bow did he know? Might hr be mistaken? Mrs. Bicker nnd hated Gaby, as only a Jealous woman can "Sam.- ti in 1 1 oat. CHAPTER VIII G. A lie," Sam said "I tell you, she had been dead two or three hours miy way probably longer w lieu we found her. Listen Mary Between four und five o'clock we all saw hot alive at four Chad sat right there at that piano, und he never left li once Did he?" I No, he didnt. kept thinking he out. CHAPTER VII She leaned No. 1 suppose not. hack In her chair and sighed, und her arms dropped straight down over the WNU Service of disposing of me SYNOPSIS Clews. the. while I was getting u make biff dinner ready, that, last thought of mine kept bothering me like the smell of something burning So, as soon as dinner was over I told the Indian glH whose name was Zinnia to manage the dishes the best she All -- could, ami I went off up to rny room I took up some dinner on a tray with me for Mrs Bicker and for WhPD Mis Bicker opened Martha tier door, I managed to get i tie In formation that Martha was awake, at last, and that Mrs Bicker had Just been helping her with tier bath. is she all right, now?" I ques 'lont'd suppose so." She door shut, In my face. I edged the went Into my room and combed I can always think better when I am doing some absolutely tin Important rhlng like that. But. today my thoughts whirred, aud tossed, and foamed. Sam's pipe ashes. The key tn my Chad's suicide. Chad's note pocket. of confession Mrs. Gaby's fear Bicker nlone In the house What It was that Danny knew and dared not I hair my chair's arms. The engagement ring that John had given her slipped from her huger and came rolling toward me. I scrambled to pick It up. When I rose from the floor she had Jumpeo to her feet. She was ashy, shaking and tiemhllng as If she hnd a chill. Promise me that you'll ".Mary! never tell that, not to anyone. It It couldn't meaD anything. didn't "It means, said, handing her the thut you are wasting away. ring, You'd better let me go down and bring you up some good, hot soup; or an eggnog." She clung to me. "Dont leave me, Mary. I am afraid. I am dreadfully afraid. Promise that you won't tell about the ring. It didnt mean anything." I will tdmlt that I did not like It any too well myself. There, just as she was asking for n sign, the ring, which hnd fitted snugly enough, I hnd thought, had dropped off. But, of course I had to put up a hrave front to her. 1 wont tell Nonsense, I said. anybody, because It Is nothing to tell, All that It means Is that the ring la too large for you." Danny sat down in a Jeep chair, opposite me. her hands clasped on her knees, and 'eaned forward, and looked Into my' eyes. Definite things. Mary," she said, are always so wise. This was a silly, futile little accident. The ring has dropped off, I suppose, half a dozen times this week. Gabys last Livnote to me was all affection ing, If Gaby could have taken John away front me. for herself, she would huve done It. Dead she wants us I know that. As for any to marry. If only Uncle other Implication Sam wre not so heartless. she fin- Chad was kidding around down there collecting keys. I didn t know what he wanted with them, fortunately for you, or Id have said youd gotten Hie door open 1 And and. couldnt keep my teeth from chattering, "you think . killed her, then?" "Bot She had been dead for hours Itlgor was complete. No, uil I think is that you know more than you are telling." "I tell you was frozen stiff, with horror." "All right. Tell Tell the Jury. them, t o, why you came rushing out ot your room, as you did just now, white arid trembling. Don't like your thoughts, all by your lonesome, do Be a sport you? Come on, Mary We are both innocent But Fifty fifty? Shut mouth fot shut mouth? His talk about telling a jury scared I me. hud heard o third legrees knew that If I ever told anyone Did thought that. mean that he was trying to shield Chad? No. It could not mean that. Besides. Chad himself had surely been trying to shield someone. Sam? Gaby had feared someone, wlen she had left the house. No woman had ever feared Sam Mrs. Bleker had hated vJuhy But, so had John hated Gah.v Mrs Bicker had said John had said I Jumped to my feet, holding my head in aiy hands I could not en dure thinking. must stop It. I must find work to do; someone to talk to I ran across my room and pulled open the door. Just In time to see Hubert Hand starlghteu from where he had been stooping to my keyhole. Hubert Hand." I said, why are you listening at my keyhole?" 1 I wasn't listening. was looking, from him 1 I or trying to This keyhole peering You might as Is the bunk. Mary. well cut It out yourself." With that he turned and walked on down the hall. watching him. trying to acaa odd sense of relief that to me lu a minute I tin Since he had been at my keyhole, he must have had some sus pleion of me. for something Uosslhly he had a good reason for that sus As good a reasoL as I had pleion for suspicioning Sam. and John, and He was clear off the Mrs. Bicker track with Ills suspicion Brohuhly I was just as fat off with mine. tie turned, quickly and came batk lie looked up und down the to me hall lie lowered hit voice to Just above a whisper Mary.. he said "I ve I'm gone ut this a wrong off my nut today that's all I guess I cared a lot more fot the girl Hum I thought I did By G d, I believe I I It Is b lovetl her having her But my hanging for her clear gone nitn tier Unt going to do her any I stood count for had come dersfood good . not Id Had ot No Idea Telling That, Anyway." hut Sam hlntself. about those pipe ashes, the words would choke the life out of me. as I would want them to do. "Hubert Hand, I'm going to be hon est with you. I don r know what It Is you want me to keep my mouth shut about." "Dont? Well, I want you to keep still about that conversation you overheard between Ollie Kicker and me In the cablu. She went back to get her parasol and saw you coming out. We knew you had becD hiding there, listening." Ijinrts alive! I said. "Id had no Idea of telling that, anyway. It was none of my business." Fine' I didn't have any Idea ot telling anything, either. It was none of my business Shake on It. I I said let him take tn.v hand I yes. when he made me promise. felt like I'd been associating with a side winder As I was trying to hurry past Gaby's door, Danny opened It, and asked me If I would come In and sit with her for a while. I should have been there, long be 1 went right In. apologizing fore. and trying to explain. But. when saw that she meant for us to sir In Galiys rot m. I suggested that we go somevv here else. No. please Mury," she said. "1 don't want to be alone; but i do want I feel us If here, with to sit here. 1 Heartless I ' I spoke sharply tn spite of myself. If the Creator ever made a man with a bigger heart than Sam Stanleys, nobody ever saw him." He has been good to you." she said. But you give 1dm his owd way about everything." I reminded her that Sam was John's father. Uncle Sam Is not Johns father, she said. John Is uncles adopted son. They are so different, so utterly different, they could not be father and son." Maybe not, I said, trying to keep pleasant, for I did not want to be snapping ut the poor child od this day, hut no real son ever loved his father better than John loves Sam. He all but worships him. and he has, ever since he was a little fellow. 1 Sometimes I know. I know. think John cares more for uncle than he does for me. Mary, tell me. hon estly. Do you think John loves me as much as he loves Uncle Sam? I should hate to have John have to choose between uncle and me." That Is foolish talk. Why should John ever have to choose between you ami Sam?" She sighed, and shook her bend. A Midden certainty came to me. Whatever It was that Danny had refused thut morning to tell me, whatever It was thut she had said that she dared not tell, had had something, somehow, to do with Sam "What I cud not understand, " Danny said, Is, that Gabv knew that she And yet, so far as might be killed anyone knows, she d'd not do one thing to save herself. If only, only she had confided In me I Surely I could have found some way to help her to stive her." You know, dear," 1 said, 1 think that Gaby was not well, at least not doing any cleai thinking, those last few days I backed away from Idm one wild moment thought thut the man was confessing to me Not that! No'" he said swear But they are to God Im Innocent going to trv to pin it on me and they mav not have much trouble doing It I want to make a hntguin with you Yon II get the best ot It. for I know d n well that I Tn innocent and I d in't think that you are entirely It If youll ketp your mouth Is this shut III- - keep mine shut Fifty fifty Will you do it? Hubert Band," I said dont know me solitary thing about you that would be of any Importance If I told It to He world Anything that vuu think you know about rue. Im glad and willing to have you broad east, or publish In the papers Stne of that? Sure you are will mg to have uie broadens! that you found the body; that you dldn t scream, that you stayed there, quiet and alone with It fot ten minutes tiefore you gave the alarm?" "1 was slek. stunned, dizzy with 1 1 horror. Probably any Jury would believe that, all right. Just the eume. I'll bet It would save you a lot of trouble, now and later. 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Sum's pipe ashes Lands alive I What 'rnd been the uatier with me? Sam was the only member of onr household who smoked a pipe, hut he was not the only man lu creation who did ; nor was Ms the only pipe I supposed, that had ever dropped and spilled It- - contents. A very nice and comforting thought, If I could have fooled myself Into believing It Try ns I might, I couldn't keep from thinking that part of Sum9 talk was bluff that Is, soon as got away I 4 1 w sot sa downstairs The greatest runners In the world are the Tarahumare Indians, who have been known to continue 170 miles with out stopping. A few years ago Thomas Zafiro and Leonlclo San Miguel members of this tribe, did a of (Wii miles on the highway imm Hours Banehtira to Mexico City In and 37 odnutes without any evidence of fatigue. 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