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Show PAYSON, UTAH TITE PAYSON CHRONICLE. twenty-fivdollars a week. She ought to Jump at it. It wus with the hope the girl would go that Mrs. Uadway called next mornMr. Uning at the Unwins home. win recognized her Instantly. At her marriage Surgents portrait had helped to make her famous; since that time e the society columns and verys painting of her had kept her In the a public eye. The Unwins were delighted at the never notorious as a mixed his pleasures with his work. She was as free from harm when taking Ids dictation as Rhe would have been with a decent-mindeman. It was to him she preferred the request for an hour off. He was not THE STORY and Howard Fluyfl Unwin BeUiiigton take dinner with an old college chum, Alfred Gibbons, Lnwm proAnancial magnate duces a written pledge taken by the three at college to help each gone from her cheek. She felt physAfter all It was to he a life of office drudgery. Gibbons did not understand this sudden alteration. he said IrWhats the matter? ritably. Oh, not very much," she said, 1 was only wondering how my father could ever have culled you his friend." he exclultned. "You are Whtit? going to throw away a chance like that? She made a little gesture of despair. I am going to throw It away. He was now thoroughly angry. He had not been so upset for months. "You deserve to starve," he snapped, with that d d fool of a father of yours; und will will, too. She shook her head. "I shant starve, hut I think I'd rather starve than do that. Im busy, he grunted. I'm off for a vacation soon, and there's a lot to do. Don't he longer than an hour. CHAPTER II 2 The Planning of the Cruise The place stilled me, said Unwin, when he was alone in the street with Bettlngton. Walk as far as my studio, Isnt It strange suggested. that we should have lost sight of one another. I feel guilty. . . . It's true Im not often In New York. . . . Tubby, Ill not lose sight of you now. Rettlngtons studio was more a collection of marine objects, a museum of the sea, than a place to work In. There were two rooms at the top of an old brown stone house on the north side of Hast Thirty-fourtstreet. He had a yearly lease of the place and used It but rarely. There were quaint figureheads of old sailing ships now long broken up or sunk. I have not always led the simple uneventful life Gibbons assigned to me, the painter said smiling, when he noted his friends Interest. Sit down, Tubby, while I make real colTee. I had a small Later, he began: fortune when I left Harvard. I spent most of It In seeing the world. With what was left and some small savings I have bought a camp. At present but there's plenty of Im hard-up- , money In this very room If I'm energetic enough to get It. I have sold very few of my paintings. I have been eble to afford not to. I have commissions for a number which I have not filled. That was selfish of me. I'll execute them and sell some of these canvases. Your girl Mary shall go to Hmlth, and your boy shall have the Tech. Seawater and paint shall take them both there. It has been a fortunate evening for me. I needed waking up. Unwin thought of how soon this miracle might be accomplished, which should give his children their opportunities. The narrow things at home had trained him to calculate with great niceness such adjustments. plunncd to start for the painting expedition within two days time, lie would start at Gloucester and wander up the coast, reaching his new camp In far northern Maine tn a months time. It were wise, he thought, to send Mary to Gibbons office. The pictures might not sell. Gibbons might offer the girl a splendid He might ' seek to make stipend smeDds for his brusqueness by unexpected kindnesses. Perhaps they hud wronged Alfred Gibbons. Mary looked at him npxt morning over the breakfast table add her eyes n n He looked at her curiously as she went from the office. As a connoisseur of women lip admired her charm, hut she was worth more to him In the office than out of It. Radway was a voluptuary of sixty who was finding out that he lived now In a soberer age and could not adapt himself to It. Gihhona victory pointed the moral. He did not greatly fear Gibbons. He comforted IdniRidf that after a few weeks on the sea he would come back refreshed for Hie big game. He was thinking of Gibbons' triumph over the Memnhls and Toledo road, only made possible by the treachery of a trusted manager, when Mary Unwin entered the office of her fa- thers one-tim- perpetually failed and looked apologetic. There was a cloud of depression about Unwin, which seemed to make his carriage mean and Inconspicuous. Mary was slim and held herself as though no failure or self depreciation had ever come near her. There was something fine about her. And the brown eyes which looked at him under level brows raised a doubt In his mind ns to the successful outcome of the scheme which was working In his crafty head. He first set himself to disarm her by the adoption of the air of an old and privileged friend. "So this Is little Mary Unwin, he Weill exclaimed, shaking her hand. on. He could see her vivid Interest ndw. More than anything on earth, she I dont answered. suppose you can ever guess how much I want It. Your Perhaps I can, he smiled. father helped me to understand. His air was one of delight In welldoing. There was born In her heart a fluttering hope that for old friendships sake he was going to help her. The cheeks that were usually pale took to themselves a lovely Hush. She could not bring herself to ask what he meant for fear of meeting disappointIt was good to hope after so ment. much despair. I told your father I would help you. The world knows me as a hard man, hut It knows me for a man of my I'm going to In Ip you and your word Mr. Gibbons, she cried, 1 believe It. It Is one of those things too good to he true! How can Rob and I ever thank you enough He lookeu at her keenly. This was the ripe moment. You would like to feel you earned the money, rather than he under a monetary obligation to me? Is that what you moan? Of course," she replied, I should expect to earn It. Rut how can I? He leaned over the glass-toppe"Oh, d table. I Make Real Coffee." asked the question her lips did not formulate. Smith must wait Just a little, he said, but don't be cast down. Mary There Is hope; you will yet win to Take an hour off this Northampton. and see the great and go very day Alfred Gibbons. He wants to see you. Commercially speaking, your fortune 1 made. He Is expecting you. Mary Unwin hud been almost a year an Inmate of the office of Klear Railway; she had quickly accommodated herself to the routine of her work. She worked always at top speed, ns did her employer himself, and was The paid eighteen dollars weekly. and Uadwny were kindly, people "Yon can." he said. "You can very easily repay me for tne few thousand dollars your edueation will cost. You are Railway's private stenographer. Very well, you must have taken many letters from him to three men named Havent Ilarrod, Harte and Rtiford. you? Yes," she admitted. "What I want Is tils. I wish you to leave Radway and bring to this office the notebooks with the letters written since the fifth of the month to these men. You will find a typewriting machine In the adjoining office. You will transcribe the letters and then forget all about It " "Forget?" she answered, "forget all about It? That's the Idea. he sold delightHe was very much relieved edly. lie had dreaded the Idea of tempting her. Forget It entirely. Go to Smith and feel that you have earned the I'll till your father It Is a money. loan, so he will feel satisfied. She rose listlessly ; the color had I I told Monsieur de- I g "Im rather relieved, she said quiet"I didnt want to go and now I certainly shall not. "I suppose I shall have to find a place for him, Radway grumbled, lie took up some plans and glanced at them. There are four boats carried, I see, and one of them's a twenty-onfoot launch. He shall look after It. Of course, hell have to mess with the crew. Tell him to report to Cuptain Ilallett, of the Albatross, at the New York Yacht club float, at the foot of Fast Twenty-thirstreet. She leaves Par Harbor tomorrow night and will be here by Sunday. When she was gone, Radway sank down Into his padded chair and told himself he was getting old. There were physical troubles multiplying with a frightening rapidity. After all, he might not be able to turn this trip into one of the carouses. Presently he rang a buzzer and Mary ly. e Ids fishing and chickens. He was known for a bad tempered man who preferred his own company to any To Avoid Infection Use W. "Take this telegram, he said : Clement, S. S. Albatross, Bar Harbor, Maine. Ship competent doctor aboard for trip. Health not too good. Rad- way.' " As she wns leaving the room he called out more cheerfully. You can Insert young and handsome, If you like. Youll have some one to play with then. CHAPTER III The Kidnaping of Eettington Howard Bettlngton, as he made his way northward from Gloucester, felt a sense of happiness In that he had engaged himself to lift the Unwin family from its monetary troubles. The sketches he made which would afterward be transferred to his big canvases were the best he had ever done. He was pleased, who was ordinarily a hard critic. This, he cried, as he looked nt a study of surf and rock, will pay Mary's tuition and board for a year." He was perched upon a little Island of rock, some three miles from Black-porIlis enthusiasm led him to overlook the signs of a coming storm, the worst storm which late August ever brought to the Maine coast. With the first puff of that fearful storm a great wave, like a tidal bore, rolled tn and overwhelmed the roek. Only owing to his great strength and ability as a swimmer wus Bettlngton able to reach shore. With the storm came an awful darkness which presently merged Into night and left Bettington bruised and weary, trying to make his ways to the vilIt was midnight when a dim lage. light showed him he was near a small house. Fishing nets and lobster pots were evidence of the calling of the t. ovvuer. Bettlngton had come to the shark Gibbs, a surly man, nf one Jonathan BsSsaoi cf fcSyrrf! lor the lint bottle The Sketches He Made Were the Best He Had Ever Done. place to sudden, bewildering fear. He retreated stealthily, noiselesly. At the side of a rowboat, he paused. His blanched face took on something of Its normal color. The Instinct to flee was conquered. There came yet more strongly to him the desire to know by what he was menaced. But his progression to a woodshed showed no abatement of his caution. From the top of a closet he took down a shotgun, into whose twin barrels he put No. 4 cartridges. He opened the door of his living room so softly that Bettlngton did not hear him. It was the cold gust that made the painter look round. lie saw man at whose shoula tall, der was the butt of a twelve-bore- . Dont move, said the fisherman. Gibbs advanced slowly Into the room. He had never, to his knowledge, set eyes on this stranger. But he looked so searchlngly and with such obvious menace that Bettington broke the silence. I ought to apologize for this, I suppose, he said, but surely, on a night like this a man may seek shelter without being threatened with a seatter-gukeen-face- store. Then It occurred to a close friend The new beck to ask him outright store owner looked a little sheepish as he explained: "Ill led you if you promise not to But ail my mention it to anyone. lite rush registers have Intrigued me. .' cry time I made a purchase I've yearned to puurh the key. In fact. Phosphorevrent I Light and dark marshes substance forms, a phosphorescent When a commonly known as foxfire. dry spell occurs, accompanied by wind, ofteutlmes a mass of this formation rises and Is carried gently along In the form of a cloud. It Is luminous, and presents a weird and strange ap pea ranee. In damp woods I! year monej lut cu.ttd Just Retribution Sometimes crime does not pay. One of these times was when a purse snatcher in New York dashed around a corner Into the arms of 150 patrolmen leaving a station. d n. Who were the two men you were In the post office yesterday? Gibbs demanded. I was not In any post office yesterI have day, said Bettington stiffly. not been In company with any two men for a fortnight. Gibbs lowered his gun. He tried to assume a, look of amiability, hut there with was still anxiety written plainly. Bettlngton, watching, noted that the gun was still In such a position as to constitute a threat. Bettington related his misadventures. A painter, eh? He said Gibbs. crossed the room, took down from a shelf a pencil and u piece of paper. These he handed to the oilier. (TO BE CONTINUED) Satisfied Yearning to Punch Cash Register A certain resident of an exclusive New Jersey suburb startled his friends recently by opening a bunk and magazine store In the town He was known to he wealthy and did not need more money, Hiid ns lie was a bridge and golf addict and Imd other and varied Interests, they could not catalogue Ills Innovation as a hobby, even though he spent nearly every evening at the Hanfords All dealers are autSorhed'orebjiu1 old-tim- e came In. Drink Water to Help Wash Out Kidney Poison other. There wns no answer to his knock upon the door, so Bettlngton, now If Your Back Hurts or Eladder f chilled to the bone, opened It. He Bothers You, Begin found the shack had but two rooms. Taking Saiu A living room with a bed In a comer of it, and a kitchen. A soapstone When your kidneys hurt and your stove gave what heat the larger room back feels sore dont get scared nnd the furnished Driftwood required. visitor with his fuel and he was soon proceed to load your stomach with the kidneys thawing before the fire. Bettlngton a lot of drugs that excite and irritate the entire urinary tract. knew the flsherfolk; they were hospitable men wherever one met them. He Keep your kidneys clean like you had no fear he would get a reception keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts thut was not cordial. But he did not know Jonathan which helps to remove the bodys uriGibbs. The process of getting warm nous waste and stimulates them to was so comforting that Bettlngton did their normal activity. The function not hear footsteps outside. Gibbs had of the kidneys Is to filter the blood. been out to drag his boats from their In 24 hours they strain from It 500 so we can customary moorings at the dock to grains of acid nnd waste, vital the Imporunderstand the shelter of the shore. The first readily premonition that a stranger had in- tance of keeping the kidneys active. Drink lots of good water you canT vaded his home was the pungent smoke which beat down on him as he came drink too much; also get from any toward the front door. pharmacist about four ounces of Jad He stopped suddenly. His spare Salts; teke a tablespoonful In a glass form tautened. Weariness had given of water before breakfast each morning for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts Is made from the acbl of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla, nnd has been used for years to help clean aud stimulate clogged kidneys; also' to neutralize the ucids In the system so they are no longer a source of irritation, thus often relieving biadder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent litlda-wate- r drink, which everyone should take now aud then to help keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this; also keep pp the water drinking, nnd no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and backache. d he said, a trifle Impa Is a business trip, as I'etamps. There's accommodation for my maid? she said. "Ample," he answered. What secretary will you take? He thought a m unent. The "wo men In his orhee who might answer were well enough In their way, but the enforced Intimacy of shipboard would probably discover unsuspected shortcomings Would you be annoyed If I took a pretty girl? Do you mean that slight dark girl I have seen? Oh, Elgar, I wish you would. It would be such company for me. If you cun arrange It, I'll take her Probably her people wouldn't let her come if I suggested It. Ill phone you her address from the ofiiee tomorrow nnd you can go and see her mother. If she has one. Tell her she will get she decided, "I also? She colored a little, ne decided that when she flushed she was prettier than any girl in the Winter Follies. she demanded. "tertulnly," tlently. This I want with an engine-adorinaboard? he snapped. "Perhaps your father would like to go will do me good lie smiled as though the prospect enti attend him. He now saw himself committed to at least two extra guests. What on earth had he wanted to talk ubout taking a setrelary for? He was even mote as'onished to find that las wife consented to come. She did not care for the ocean us a rule. He rather suspected that his physician had been warning her that this trip might he dangerous It he reverted to his old habits She was coming to see that he kept within hounds "1 am glml you are coming, Evelyn, he said when his guests had gone "It will do you good. "You ure really taking a secretary? cant that boy about to devastate tbe country. Senator Whitburn, of his own stnte, looked upon Railway as his own discovery, and talked of him so much, that his daughter, carried away by that spirit which Is found so much In Washington society, found the disparity In years more than offset by his name, prominence and promise. From the beginning the marriage was unhappy. He had found that the scandals discovered by a political rival were not to be lived down In an era when women were powers. He had gone back to h!s financing In New York. Evelyn Rndvvn.v wus a splendid hostess. She was beautiful and she was clever. The Radway dinner parties were Internationally famous. He was bound to admit that she had been a great asset to him. It wns at a dinner party that he announced his Intention of taking a months vacation. There were as guests some foreign financiers. He knew that his wife realized why He had never been he was going. able, wholly, to met tee glance of those almond-shapeviolet eyes with the calmness he wished. In ten years she had learned most of his secrets. One hears, suid the president of a Furls banking house, that you work even when making holiday, but I never believe that. No, no. Its what you cull the bluff." I'm taking a secretary and a wireless operator," Radvvay retorted, "and they're there for business. And my wife will probably come, too that Is, if she cares to. "Thank you, Elgar, site answered to his extreme surprise, the change Well It was a banal beginning, the girl thought. Rut she smiled. There must be something good In a man whom her father had liked. So you want to go to Smith? he she said, was astounded at her "What do liitle-lieard-o- brother" Sit Down, Tubby, While "If there Isnt, won't go. Railway mand. , friend. have a feeling, ought not to go. Its a kind of presentment. I wish you could come." I wish they would find a Job for me In the engine room," he exclaimed. Ills eyes brightened at the prospect of such nearness to machinGee! wouldnt that be ery at work. luck. S!s, do you think It could be Do you think there's someManaged? thing I could do? Gibbons hud been wrong In declaring that the Memphis and Toledo road had been taken from Radway because he was drunk. Gibbons had bid so high, that one on whom Itudvvuy relied Well, that wholly had sold him. would not happen acain. For the moment there was a lull In the warfare. It was not until some allies of Gib hons returned from Kurope that the struggle would begin again. And before that happened there would be one month on shipboard, where he could fill himself with alcohol and feel he was not ruining his prospects. It was the debauch of an alcoholic long denied his pleasure. Elgar Radway always deceived himself and others about this annual voyage. Rut he never deceived his wife. There had been a day, 'ten years earlier, when he warn a national figure In polities. The death of a governor f lieuhad made him, a tenant governor, the head of a great state. His financial knowledge was at the service of the White House at a moment when a black panic seemed Gibbons was often a matter of speculation umong flip Radwny statT. It was known that he had once been Railway's clerk arid had left suddenly, breathing threats against his emAnd It seemed tie had deployer. voted his life to getting even for some grievance' of whose origin none In his ofiiee tiad any definite Idea. Mary looked at him with a curiosity that had nothing to do with his financial position. Slip looked at him as one who had In the other years been a close friend of her poor, blundering, clever, but unstable father, whom she loved the more because she saw his need. Gibbons was not prepared for a beauty. It was true, Unwin had fine features and brilliant eyes, but oue remembered Unwin as the man who went 1 ically weakened. pleased. other In adversity, explaining that he needs financial assistance to educate his son Hub and daughter Mary. Gibbons scoffs at the "legality" of the pledge, but agrees to make a place for the daughter in bis organization Idea of Mary getting a whole month on shipboard. And the additional saving meant something to them. It was Mary herself who seemed dubious. She confided In her brother. who Imd no traffic with his neighbors lie supported himself Indifferently with on a number of occasions Ive brlld a clerk to allow me to ring up my own money. Its a queer sort of complex, I know, but ns long as I enjoy punching cash registers Im going to continue It. New York Sun. Virginia Home of Culture Localism alone cun produce, in the ease of America, a thoroughly authentic type of man; this type alone can he the germ rell of an authentic American nation. Again, localism alone can lead to culture; it must start as a singular and single aud, therefore, small thing. It will grow and spread as time goes on. The only really cultural atmovphero one finds today in America is that f Virginia. The cultured men who wore horn In Its field of force are responsible for most that Is of cultural value in America. But how different Virginia is from all other states ! its culture is a particular one; It Is not only a matter of age blit of kind as well. Hermann In Atlantic Monthly. Key-serlln- g Cld Masiachusetta Town Pl.v tumuli is the oldest town In Massachusetts, aud Salem comes next. 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