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Show TIIE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON, UTAH b of the Abduetlon and kldnaplnc for ranaom, aiaura and looting, crufira one non ta th hitch seas, ara now practically conflnad ts tha land. Why should It ba so? Desparata characters still taka to ships. Tha opportunity for auccasaful pursuit would scam to ba lass on tha ocean than on tha land. Occurences of modern piracy ara rare, hot It ts not Illogical to aspect them bow and then. In this tala of deviltry at sea. the author has pictured a series of adventures that are well within tha realm g of probability and ara about as as any of those glamorous episodes celebrated In buccaneering lore. Thera la high romance too, not any the lass pleaslag because It Is placed In the Twentieth century and not In a distant past. Just picture a millionaire aboard hls staunch and luxuriously appointed ocean yacht, awakening to the realisapulse-stirrin- tion that, by a skilfully engineered plot, most of hls honest craw have been replaced by a selected band of escaped convicts all killers men who hava followed tha sea and ara desperate to taka any chance. Picture these outlaws. Inflamed by money lust and under tha diabolic guidance of a master mind. Imnglne the things that may happen and the rare sort of plrata atory that will avolve. Tha skipper was dependable and there were others brave and trustsoon to was but obvious It worthy, Elgar Kadway that ha and his guests were under a dire menace. It was the menace of criminality backed by brains. Tha steward was no ordinary functionary of tha type. In him you will And a mystifying personality, an new to the pages of adventure fiction. arch-crimin- al CHAPTER I Mr. Unwin Makes a Call The financier, sitting alone In hls remote and splendid library, looked up with a scoVl at the apologetic secretary who came softly In. "But," the secretary was reiterating, he says he Is a very old friend. Unwin Is the name. Tubby Unwin, He said you would remember Ir. him by that" He could see that hls employer remembered. Something of the hardness fell from the face. Gibbons had gone back In that moment of recollection almost twenty years. Of course, he remembered "Tubby Unwin. And with Tubby there swam bnck Into memory that other one of the three, Howard Bettlngton. They were Inseparables at Cambridge In the old days. Every year they swore to have a reunion; and In the eighteen years that had gone by he had not seen them once! Tell him Im too busy to see anyone for three days. Then ask him to Gibbons thought a moment dinner. "Find out from him If Betty Howard Bettlngton Is In New Yorlc If he Is, ask him to dinner and let me know when they are coming." The secretary, assuming an Intimate of hls employers must be of the favored classes over whom kind monetary angels hover, gave Unwin the messnge and supposed he was telephoning from another fine residence. Floyd Unwins home was not of the kind to awaken envy even In a Gibbons secretary. It was a small apartment on the fourth floor of a structure now dwarfed by and scornful buildings which hemmed It In. Unwins daughter, Mary, used to say It looked as though It wanted to run away and hide, but dare not If the place had no beauty It was home to the Unwins; and there was a roof garden which endeared the commonplace flat to them. It was to this retreat that Floyd Unwin took hls way on the receipt of Gibbons message. His wife, who spent most of her Invalid hours on a couch, looked up with a smile. She was one of those really good women who accept bodily Ills as Gods Judgments; she felt her long Illness was sent In some mysterious way to prepare her for eternal life. Im to go there to dinner nest Wednesday, Unwin said, "and Im to ask Howard Bettlngton. Gibbons ts a very big man. They say, In ten years time he will be the greatest capitalist In the country." Unwin mused a moment He was always Inclined to be hard and masterful. . . . And yet, to think that but for me and my coaching, he would never have got hls By Wyndham Martyn COFY1UCHT IN THE U. WNU a 8rvic to be yet more strengthened and purified by suffering. Do you think Mr. Gibbons will? she usked presently. Unwin answered. Yes, "Why shouldnt be? It's a solemn moral obligation and Im not sure It isn't a legul one also. Gibbons was always a man of hls word. I know be 1ms the name for being bard In bis dealings, but this Is different. He paused as he heard footsteps. I "But not a word to the children. dont want to raise their hopes and then have to disappoint them. It was Mary, eighteen and sweet, and now hopeful. She held In her hand a packet of the literature that Smith college sends out to those who seek to know her charms and terms. Mary was more than anxious to enroll. And during the last week her father had been letting fall sly hints that Northampton might not seem so far away as she thought. Did you close the contract? she asked, when she had kissed them. Money Is tight, said Unwin, aguln 1 shall pluiking leaves. try them in a month's time. He saw Mary droop a little. He knew the disappointment. It nerved him to give her uncalled for encouragement. I've something up my sleeve better than that old contract. On Thursday morning ask ine what I mean. It may mean Smith for you and Tech, for You look splendid, he murproval. mured, I suppose I ought to have worn full dress, too." Unwin trotted by hls side vastly grutified. Gibbons was standing with that faint sneer on his face which had become habitual. The financier was prepared to he thoroughly ored. He Judged man by his ability to make money; and with these standards he had only contempt for the small, nervous rnan who peered through thick lenses at him. He looked with deeper Interest ut the painter. It doesnt seem possible we are all of an ago, he said, when they were seated. Tubby looks fifty, I look forty, and I'm d d if I.otty doesn't look ten years less. How do you do it? Bettington resented the sneering manner In which the successful man of affairs regarded Unwin, To me you look the elder, he said Tubby may have put on suavely. 1 me. d i Bob. The boy was taller than hls father. In a sense he was a more resolute and reliable man. He put hls arms about the elder with a protective gesture. I know you did your best, he said simply. And all through the dinner poor Unwin was haunted by the certainty that he had not done Ills best g When the hour for dinner drew near Gibbons was Inclined to blame the pale secretary that men like Betting-to- n and Unwin, with whom he had now no common ground of Intercourse, should be hls guests. Outside the house Floyd Unwin was waiting for Howard Bettlngton. He needed moral support He had come, so he told himself, upon a task that hardly promised success. He cursed himself for his perpetual enthusiasms. It had looked so simple, so probable, so assured. He had been losing courage ever since be had donned hls ancient evening dress. He had not seen Bettlngton for almost ten years, but tnere was no mistaking the tall form that came toward him out of the gloom. Together they knocked at the bronze doors. In the few moments that elapsed before a footman opened to them, Bettlngton found himself ashamed that the old friendship had meant so little, lie was conscious, vividly, of the good, dreaming student days, when Unwin hnd been so close a friend. lie had forgotten Unwin after the first few A. B years. Unwin had mnrrted while at Unwin fell Into a mood of depression. At college he had been esteemed Cambridge. Then came the girl and the hoy. Bettlngton had once sent hls brilliant, and Gibbons hud been accounted dull. And Gibbons was a old friend a painting. That was ull. As to Gibbons, that was different. The And Floyd Unwin advertisements a for solicited trade financier vvns so constantly spoken of that he was fresh In the mind. But Journal and was Its associate editor Then he thought of Howard Betting-ton- , all these years Howard Bettlngton had not once tried to meet him. He had who hnd made some success as heard him speak at a public banquet of was seascapes. Eettington painter hnd seen that the man he used to and He three. the of was better the best like was dead. In hls place had come looking, better bred and could have attained eminence In anything he set the grasping, unscrupulous capitalist who was to carve hls way to power. bis mind upon. And he had chosen The footman, when he had ushered to adventure Into far corners of the earth and seas and every now and the guests Into a hall, where the butthen exhibit his unusual canvases to ler stood coinnmmlingly, looked curithe appreciative few who admired but ously at them. He knew they were not habitues of the Gibbons home, or. did not buy. Did you close that contract? he Indeed, of any of those great homes beard hls wife ask. The contract had where such as he were content to been talked over a great deal. The serve. At Bettlngton the lackey looked commission would have removed the with faint approval. Bettington wore, as was hls custom, a black velvet dinSteady calling of an Intolerant Indner coat But It was well cut and ividual who concerned himself with the man moved as though these payments of furniture on the instalhalls were Ids usual haunts. ment plan. It was at Unwin, poor Floyd Unwin, Unwin removed a dead leaf from a plant. He did not want to meet hls scholar and failure, that the looked with scorn. Such garwifes eye. The time was not ripe, he said, ments were not now worn, Bettlngton saw that Unwin was losing what small Next month, pera little weakly. confidence he possessed. He patted haps." Hls wife said nothing. To her It the shorter man almost affectionately jwaa an evidence that God desired her on the shojider and simulated ap multi-millionair- mng-nlflce- Bettlngton had passed hls life mainly In traveling and painting the sea In her sterner moods. Ills pictures were not such as to attruct the dealer, although hls fellows revered him for hls art. Economically he was a failure. And yet Gibbons could not rid himself of the feeling that they were not Impressed by hls position. There wa something stinging and Irritating in It. And he wna annoyed to find that these two quiet guests were that sense of unassorted superiority width they had exercised In college. There had been a time when these two meant more to him than any other men. And when success came to him lie forgot them. Gibbons grew a little ashamed ; but the feeling lasted only a few moments. Hls arrogance banished it. He had succeeded ; they had failed. He was even a little gratified when the pale secretary bowed his way in with two cables which demanded Immediate attention. Made a million or so? Bettlngton asked quizzically, when the secretary had taken down the answers and gone Or lost one? out. Gibbons Badway Is the loser, I have Just taken a railroad smiled. from him and hes too drunk to know about It till tomorrow. Tubby Unwin made an unexpected remark. "That will be the Memphis and It Is Toledo road," he said. pet lamb. do you know that?" "How the h Gibbons snapped. Unwin came to himself with a start. He realized that he had repeated something Mary had told him In confidence. He made a gesture as though to say, financial secrets were not hidden from him entirely. Well, as you know so much about Radway, you'll be astonished to learn I've got him on the run. There Isnt room In New York for Radway and Bad-way'- s Bob. It seems too good to be true, the Daddy, I'm so tired of girl said. being Mr. Itad way's stenographer. Im In a constant atmosphere of fear and Its bad for me. Every one In the office trembles when he comes In. If It weren't that he pays more than Im worth Id leave tomorrow. When she had gone down to prepare the evening meal Unwin looked at his wife anxiously. Mary Is a very beau"1 wonder If tiful girl, he said. undesirable men try to force themHe walked about the selves on her. roof garden aimlessly. That was Ids chief defect, this uncertainty of aim. son, with Boh, the seventeen-year-olthe mechanical turn of mind, came In. Unwin turned to greet him with a cheerful smile. He anticipated the unasked question. didnt get it, he said; money was tight I went In at a bad time. Next month, perhaps. Im sorry, easy. Bettlngton had a small property when Gibbons had hut an allowance from a distant relative. From the pnle secretary Gibbons had learned that Outside, Floyd Unwin Was Waiting for Howard Bettington. weight, but there's age In your face, Three Brass Balls, and wrinkles a half-inc- deep. Gibbons flushed. He had not forgotten the old nickname given him In h Jest, for hls ability to make small gains In loan and barter. He looked across the silver-ladetable at Bettlngton. The painter had a clear eye and a clear skin. There was a youthful poise of body and a litheness which He had long since left Gibbons. glanced sourly at the other man. Even there he felt beaten. Unwins gaze was serene and untroubled. There was a certain simplicity and directness about him which seemed childish. Ive worked," Gibbons snapped ; that gives one lines and wrinkles. anYouve hated, Bettlngton swered ; your face Is a chart of uncharitable emotions. Your sort of success stamps Its victim. Tubby and I have worked, too, remember. indeed, 1 have, Tubby sighed and as a solicthought of hls itor of advertising. looked about him. Hls Gibbons guests, following his glances, saw what he meant There was superb luxury everywhere. Did not these two men realize that they were being sumptuously entertained In magnificent rooms by one who hnd no greater opportunities In youth than they? Less opporUnwin was always a stutunities. dent to whom academic tasks were n non-succe- He told them something of his detestation for Badway; of how these five years he had been setting snares I never forgive or forget, for him. Gibbons boasted. I see that all marked on the chart which Is your face, Bettlngton answered. Anything else you see?" Gibbons sneered. Bettlngton gazed at him steadily. The painters good looks and splendid features forced themselves on the capitalist. I see what all charts mark. Rocks, quicksands, reefs. You're headed for them, Gibbons." There was something dominating about Bettington. Gibbons felt It even In his magnificent home In a moment of financial triumph. "The unsuccessful," he said acidly, always feel they have the right to criticize. It's about the only thing they can do; and they do that badly. So you call me unsuccessful? Bettlngton demanded. Then he smiled a You are wrong. I've accomlittle. I out do. And I set to what plished have what you will never have contentment The difference between us is we measure success by different standards. "Im the unsuccessful one," Unwin I have not done what I declared. set out to do." You dont have to advertise the fact, Gibbons said, still a little IrriI can see it. tated. Bettlngton felt the protective Instinct calling him to defend the small, shy friend of other days. It amazes me to think you troubled to give so elaborate a feast for two unsuccessful men. Why? the host returned. Ask Unwin, He told my secretary he had important business with me, and as I was busy all day and every evening Bears Propensity for Hugging Termed Myth The proverbial hugging propensity of hears is probably a myth, notwithstanding a vast amount of alleged testimony to the contrary. Literature, reference books and works on natural hNiory contain numerous references to the "crushing embrace" or deathly hag of hears. Dope, for Instance, says. Tis a bear's talent not to kick, but hug. Nearly nil careful observers are agreed that this notion is erroneous. It probably arose from faulty observation. Dr. V. Ueid Blair, director of the New York Zoological park, says on this subject: In regard to the proverbial hug, the story Is apparently devoid of foundation. A hear, on account of Its anatomical structure, strikes round with Its paws as if grasping, and the blow of Its powerful arm drives Its claws Into the body of Its vlctim.whlch action apparently gave rise to its hug ging reputation." Exchange. Historic Cathedral Bells la the fourth story of the north tower of the famous cathedral of Chartres are two hells, cost In 1S40, from the tenor of which the Angelus rings out each evening. Four d further Anne, Elizabeth, Fulhert and Plat occupy the fifth story; these are dated five years later nnd one at least possesses an Interesting history. When Anne of Brittany visited the cathedral she was so Impressed by a boys voice that she begged the authorities to release him to her. which they did, whereupon she said: You have given me a small voice and now I will give you a big one. Years ago this bell was rung for an hour every evening during a certain period of the year, that there might he abundant harvest fine-tone- bells--name- Chrutma Fireworks Both the Chinese and Hindus fireworks In their religious festivals long before Europeans knew of gunpowder. Other people copied them. Ancient races used firecrackers, roman candles, and fireworks In connection with the winter solstice celebration. Such pagan ldens have since been Incorporated into modern religions and other observances. In Italy and other countries this pagan feature continues In some Christian religious festivals to this day. Christmas eve In some of the Southern states resembles the Fourth of July. There are elaborate fireworks displays, and the children get firecrackers 1 their Christmas stocking. Bea Hive Population The aiernge beehive contains one queen, 300 to 400 drones and 40,000 worker but this I suggested a dinner. Thinking of Tubby brought you to my mind, and I asked you, too. fm waiting to know Just how Important this business It. Unwin drew from hls pocket a halfsheet of paper and passed It across The dinner the table to Gibbous, was now at the coffee and liquor stage, and menservants had withdrawn from earshot. Gibbons took it with a frown and read It through. We, the undersigned, he read, "being about to separate, do hereby swear that If one of us attains fortune and the others do not, the lucky one shall aid the unsuccessful cheerfully and unasked In any way he Is called upon to do. HOWARD BETTINGTON (Betty). FLOYD UNWIN (Tubby). "ALFRED GIBBONS (3 Brass Balls)." Gibbons handed it hack to Unwin, It's interesting, he admitted, "hut not legnl. It would have no value la a court of law. I tore my copy up years ago. News Notes Its a Privilege to Live In UTAH LOGAN Changing of the name from the Cache, Morgan, Summit and Franklin Cuntv Peagrowers asCansociation, to the Utah-Idahning Crop Growers association, was affected at a meeting of the members, recently at the courto house in Logan. SA' T LAKE The Community dget this year w ill be about $108,000. rr $13,000 more than that required In 1929, it was announced recently by Hugo B. Anderson, executive secretary. Campaign for h.e chest will open sn-- n at the Newhouse hotel. PROVO Exceptionally mild, fine weather prevailing in Utah during the past week has resulted already in an appreciable swelling of fruit buds and appearance of early grasses on many sunny slopes, according to a reprot issued by J. Cecil Alter, federal metorologist. Chairman W. O. COALVILLE Summit county on the Stephens commission announces that all the necessary right of way for the improvement of the road from the Morgan county line to the Henefer flats in Summit county has been purchased and that the right (f way in Morgan county is also ready. OGDEN Prospects for a good season in the sugar beet industry are bright says General Manager H. A. Penning of the Amalgamated Sugar company, who arrived in Ogden recently from Denver. He saj s that 40,000 acres will probably be contracted for this year, which will be 400 acres in excess of last year. SALT LAKE A near record for February warmth in Salt Lake was established when the mercury rose to G5.3 degrees at 1:30 p. m. in the official thermometer atop the Boston building. The temperature on the down-towstreets, sheltered from wind, rose to an even higher Chet . head-quarte- Bettington reached for It and scanned the document. I'd forgotten all about It, he said. Had you? Gibbons said with a sneer. "It may not be legal," he heard Unwin saying nervously, "but In a matter of old friendship the spirit counts, not the letter. Which shows you to be as foolish at forty as you were at twenty, said the financier. Bettlngton was conscious more fully than ever of Unwins dejection. The hope which had sustained him seemed now to have left him dull, broken and speechless. Bettlngton put his arm ubout the bowed shoulders. "Oh, Tubby, he cried, are you so poor a judge of human nature as to come to Gibbons for help? If I had known you were In need you might not Within have had this humiliation. this very week Ive bought a camp and paid for It. I could have deferred payment easily enough. What do you need It for? said Unwin It's my children, quietly. "They are crying, not for It's another food, but for education. I thought If species of starvation. Gibbons would advance enough money to get then) where they want to be, Id pay It off little by little. I see I was wrong. He Is not the man we knew. Gibbons moved a little uneasily. The years he had almost forgotten awoke in his mind with a peculiar distinctness. lie did not like to remember that he was the author of the document and executed it with the feeling that he was a beneficiary under Its terms. He had thought nothing could stay Howard Bettlngton In Even Tubby his fight for fortune. Unwin, distinguished scholar, seemed far more likely to make a name than the undistinguished Gibbons. Changes. Changes. How old Is the girl? he demanded. Eighteen," said Unwin. She wants to go to Smith. What about the boy? Hes a year younger. They tell me he's a genius mechanically. He yearns to enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Nothing to It," said Gibbons scornfully. If he had a yearning for business I might help. Let him think it over. What's the girl doing? She is one of Radway's stenographers. She has great opportunities there, but her heart Isn't in the work. Radway Gibbons snapped. Thats a good way to recommend her to me. Radway Is my open and avowed enemy. He frowned as be thought of it. Then he smiled almost amiably. he asked. "Private stenographer? Or Just one of the bunch In the ! office? You Private," Unwin Answered. she knows French and Spanish perfectly. Even Radway approves of her. She knows a lot about hls private affairs, I suppose. I wondered how you learnt of the Memphis and Toledo road. You got It from her. Look here. Tubby. Tell her the chances of bright women In business are enormous ; they far exceed any Jobs colleges offer. I may make a place for her In my organization If she Is as bright as you say. Send her to see me tomorrow. If shes bright she'll make more money than her father. This is one of the times I wish I had taken to commerce Instead of art, Bettington commented. He had every sympathy with a girl who wanted more education ; apparently Gibbons had none. "Youd nave failed at It, Gibbons Men of your kind always retorted. seem to think any fool can make a success of business and get where I Where am. Im the sort who wins. would you be In a situation where supreme courage and resolution were required? I'll answer. You'd be found wanting. Youve lived a remote life. If you havent liked a place or a climate you've gone somewhere else, looked for something easier. Bettlngton smiled a little. "1 don't Ive been In some know." he said. tight places In far corners of the earth and I have not always lost After all, Gibbons, what do you know of me or Unwin? I know," said the capitalist hotly, "that one seeks the security of a trumpery Job and the comfort of a pitiful pay envelope, and the other gets out of the fight by daubing canvases." His manner became less bellicose. Dont forget to send the girl around. Ill see that she Is sent right Into my private office and that's a privilege some would pay high for." Hls guests understood that the audience was over. Alfred Gibbons had no more Interest In them. In a sense they were dismissed. see. (TO BB CONTINUE! n figure. OGDEN A half-milstrip of road just east of Morgan is to be changed to eliminate a sharp curve, says B. J. Finch, district engineer of the United States bureau of public roads, who has received plans for the realignment of seven miles of highway from Morgan to Henefer flats in Weber canyon. PARK CITY The Park Galena Mining companys mine at Keetey, Wasatch county, operated In 1929 at a net loss of $21.456 16, It was shown in the financial statement filed recently with the state board of equalization. The company reported a gross yield for the year of $12,5G5.72, compared with total operating expenses of $64,021.8S. PROVO hoopsters defeated Provocations, 61 to 2S, to win second half honors in the B. Y U. Liniment league here last night. Pigskins defeated the Faculty, 44 to 40, while the Utah County Five beat the 39 to 38. and Faculty dash In a playoff series February 24 and 27 PARK CITY Utah is the greatest producer of all five most important metals, Including silver, copper, lead, gold and zinc, and every encouragement should be given to the further development of the mining industry in this state, W. Mont Ferry, managing director of the Silver King Coalition Mining company, to the members of the chamber of commerce. LEHI In cooperation with the local Lions club, the Utah Pickle company, with headquarters and plant in Salt Lake, is endeavoring to sign for 125 acres of cucumbers in Lehl, if possible, for next falls run. The officials of the company have agreed to take every available acre, and to handle no other cucumbers but Lehis if sufficient acreage can be secured- CASTLEDALE Improvements on Emery county roads during 1930 will cost $165,000. Construction of the Green road wUl be the largest unit in the program. It will be built with federal aid, and will cost $145,000. Approximately $20,000 will be spent on a new road south from Ferron, which will eliminate the present dangerous dug-wait will be built with state and county funds. LOGAN According to J. II. Watkins, who is In charge of the branch office of the state auto license bureau in Logan, 1000 passenger licenses and 250 plates for trucks were Issued the first fifteen days of February. The car owners of this section still have two weeks to obtain their licenses, According to the number of last years plates issued. there are approximately 2500 more to be sold. TOOELE The speeded-umaintenance program, promised by the state road commission, in arcord with the suggestion of President Hoover, by the representation of Governor George II. Dern, is already under way. The commission is advertising for graveling preparatory to oiiing the Victory highway, near Lowe rass, in Tooele county, hi tween Timpie and Knolls. Rome 10 miis of this highway will be eoveied with three inches of gravel of maximu n of one All-Uta- All-Uta- Itiver-Woodsid- e ctu-he- d inch |