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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH FLOOD CONTROL ON Water Projects Are O.k. EURNED TO DEATH AT FIRE a r ATTUN'D FIFTH FAIR ERECT ESCALANTE TABLET TOWN WANTS WATER OILING WORK DONE by MARGARET TURNBULL Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS Copyright by Varg&ret Turnbull. THE STORY Returning to London, practically penniless, after an unsuccessful business trip, Sir George Sandison takes dinner with his widowed stepmother, his old nurse, "Apgy. lie did not approve of her marriage to his but her explanation satisfies him. Little is left of the estate, and Lady Sandison proposes that they go to the I'eited States to visit her brother, Hubert WacBeth, wealthy contractor. Sir George agrees. .Macticth lives on an island estate with his daughter, Roberta, who longs for city life. CHAPTERR II Continued lie lieurtl then, although It was one of the most beautiful spots In a Justly famous county, that It was in Roberta's Her opinion of opinion a dead end. her fathers financial shrewdness and ability seemed to have suffered a blow eince lie had sunk so much of his money in the Island. He looked about him. His island was a mile long and from a quarter to half a mile wide. It held all a man might want, a long stretch of garden, a farm and woodland, a beach and fishing rights. It rose to a considerable height above the water level, lovely green and fair, with the remodeled old Pennsylvania farmhouse standing on the southwestern end. There was a long terraced sweep down to a little bench where his boats were moored and a tiny suspension bridge connected with the mainland. lie had first seen this Island some years ago, and had longed to share it with Roberta then, but there were difficulties In the way of acquiring it, and he had decided If he could buy It, It would be a delightful surprise to bring her there when she left school. Tiiis was his reward! With a tremendous effort, Robert MacReth had controlled his temper. He had kept back the profane words thnt rose to his lips, and said decidedly: I didn't know you smoked at that rate and I dont like it. Clear out now and let me think. Ill tell you this much, I have wanted tills island for a long time and now that I've got it, I'm going to keep it. Yon won't keep me here long, Roberta declared surprised and anI give you fair warning that I gry. can't stand the place and I dont intend to. It bores me. Does it so? her father said, without looking at her. Then maybe you'll get from between me and my view of the Delaware. Im an ill man and I need the air and a little peace. Then he had done the most effective thing he could do though It will never be known whether he did it by design or accident. He ipanpd back in his chair and closed nis eyes. Well, I'm off where the company's more congenial, Roberta announced and ahruptly she had left him, although that meant leaving undiscussed and unsettled all those domestic problems about which she had come to consult with him. Life, Roberta felt at that moment, was an extremely turbulent and difficult thing at eighteen plus, despite the fact thnt one's elders and the poets constantly acclaim it the only perfect 'time, the springtide of youth. There was so much to be met for the first time, however sophisticated one might strive to appear. Other people, especially older people, were so difficult to understand, and failed so signally to understand one. They Insisted on begin reckoned with, on thrusting their standards and wishes upon youth. Instead of stepping gracefully and quietly into the background, and anting ns Greek chorus only when needed. As soon ns Roberta had taken her departure the immediate domestic problems, two robust black women, without consulting the owner of the Island, left also nnd In the stntlon car chauffeur. with the They giggled a great deal, when the Island nnd Mr. MacReth were a safe distance behind them. Miss Roberta's gon'At hlgh-flyina git quite some su'prise. quite some," the cook told the waitress. Wen 'nt baby comes back, nnd see no one round Yepting the oT man, setting reproachful In his choir, whut she saying non?" They laughed gaily. Mn weeks up today, and I hears her telling 'e ol' man she getting rid of us for some white pussons today or tomorrow. I makes It today, the waitress added. "Ahm leavin this hcah station cah at 'e station. the chauffeur assured 'At baby used tei ms them. to me this manning. Terms! They laughed all the way to the rest roadside refreshment stand, where they all alighted to fortify themselves with sausages nnd rolls and ice cream coffee-colore- v 1 d In cones. While they ate, Roberta slackened the speed of her car, and knowing nothing of their departure, looked back from the highway at her father's island. What a place! Lovely enough, Hi e had to admit, lying long and green, Kg: aboxe th river, Its tree tops liHle below the road that, showing well stove both canal end river, ran W. N. U. Servloa. along the foot of a rocky slope that walled it lu on the land side. It was a charming road, and everywhere Roberta stopped to look it seemed to grow more beautiful. At one side of (lie road rhododendron, laurel and tall trees climbed high above on the rocky slope. On the other side, the white painted posts marking the highway protected one from a sheer drep of thirty or forty feet to the canal. IV'tween the canal nnd river was a broad flat space, green and sunny, and then the Delaware, nulling swiftly along, broad nnd shallow. Where the Island stood in Its wav, the river separated into two smaller, deeper and more turbulent streams. On the island, gleaming white nnd gray against the green and blue, was the lovely old bouse her father had remodeled. nnd without doubt, thought Roberta angrily, paid a great deal too much for. If she had only been able to stop him nnd divert the golden stream, It might have paid for an apartment In New York, on Park avenue, with a summer place at Par Harbor or even Watch Hill, where she knew some of the younger crowd. That represented Roberta's idea of a fit and worthy establishment nnd background for herself. if her father persisted In staying in these United States. All her school dreams of Monte Carlo, the Riviera, the Lido, floated through her careless little red head. Why hnd father been so stupid as to select tills place? Ye gods! Nothing hut a lot of artists and writers, who did not apparently know or care what life looked like outside their hedges. What was the use of having money If that was the way her father meant to spend it, and to tie her down? Her car swerved and she heard a sharp cry in an agitated foreign voice. She pulled at her emergency brake, for the rond was narrow here. It looked for a moment as though she could not avoid a collision between her car and the heavy limousine that .Toe Ligorl, the station hackman, was driving. she shut off her engine, Roberta, quick, calm ard cool, as her fathers daughter would be in a crisis, swerved her car a little toward the land side The impact when it of the road. came was slight. She saw one of Joes fenders crumple, and she heard a gasp of relief from the excitable Joe ns he called: Iley, Mees Macabeeth! Why you not looka where you going, eh? You wanta keel me with thesa people I hreenga to your house, eh? You breaka my car in two at the sarae-time ! Sorry, Joe, Roberta called. In the honeyed voice that mnde men forgive her anything. She lit a cigarette with Send the hill to trembling fingers. father if I've hurt your old machine any, and for Heavens sake look where you're going next time. Me looka ! That a gooda joke, Joe said, laughing. On the rear seat of Joe's car Roberta saw a dumpy little woman and a tall man. She could not see the mans face plainly because the woman was leaning forward and looking at tier intently. There was something oddly familiar about this womans face, and yet Roberta did not be lleve site knew her. The woman's clothes, and the quaint British look of the traveling bag she clutched, made Roberta Instantly revert to the beginning of her quarrel with her father this morning the servant question. The new oil," she exclaimed. and the butler! I expected yon tomorrow. Well, I can't go back just now. Take them to the Island, Joe. My fathers nt home. She smiled Impishly, ns she thought of iier father's nnnovnnee when actually confronted with the domestic problems he hnd so lightly disregarded this morning. The woman. Roberta had seen, put a hnnd out quickly and touched the sleeve of the man beside her to prevent his speaking. "Aye," she said, that will be best. On your way, my man. There was something so authoritative in thnt voice that Joe stopped smiling at Miss MacReth, whom he Re-fo- u admired Inordinately, and started his car. Roberta shot another quick glance at them. The next moment, blank amazement on her face, she had turned about unc! was gazing after the rapidly disappearing ear. Well Handsome Is as handsome does, she told herself, but think of I wonder having that for a butler! if the heavy dame is hist mother or his wife. She locked bat k again and hesitated, but Joes cur vas well on its way toward the islan 1. Scotties both ! Roberta thought bitterly. Just my luck! Now dud will fraternize with them, nnd I'll be lucky If she can cook anything but oatmeal. Disgusted, she Increased speed. She must hurry if she was to meyt the young man from Philadelphia, whoso coining was the immediate cause of Robertas discontent and, though she did not know it, her fathers towering rage. Lady Sandison turned and regarded her stepson. Damsels, as Lady Sandison had been pleased to note, had fallen down and worshiped his beauty to an extent that must gratify the most exacting of stepmothers, yet he reAnd now this mained unmoved. this rude lass was the wonderful niece whose praises hhe had sung discreetly. She glanced again at her stepson. Aware of it he slowly turned to her. Well?" nsked Aggy. Well?" Sir George returned smilThis is a lovely spot, but I had ing. hoped we'd find your brother in New York, or Chicago, by preference. I must say all Ive read or heard of Chicago decidedly intrigues me. One of those western towns, Aggy, where they shoot at the drop of the hat. This Is delightful country. Aggy, but I'm shot if it looks any more exciting than Sandisbrae. You never can tell," Aggy hastened to assure him. Its maybe no jlst like Chicago where you were wanting to go, but wait and see. Judging from thon lassie of Robs Its none too peaceful Oh, girls! Sir Georges voice wag I'm sick of girls ! weary. d CHAPTER III Robert MacReth had finally made He would put matters plainly to Roberta on her return and then, If she would not do as he wished he corrected himself If she would not take the sensible course he pointed out to her, and remain contentedly on the island for a year, then she should feel the heavy hand of authority. Yet somehow thnt did not quite satisfy him either his conscience or his arthritis gave him a twinge. Not being by any means the Roberta thought him, he knew that the heavy hand of authority was considerably out of date. II must tie very careful not to make himself ridiculous. Once put himself in father position with the henvy Roberta, and he lost all ehance of Influencing her, or gaining his point He thought regretfully of the good days of his own youth, when a parents word was lnw. Then he smiled, for he remembered how little heed he had paid to that The moment he was eighteen lnw. and knew his trade, he had fled from the overcrowded MaeBeth- - household and struck out for himself. While he had been at home he had bowed down perforce to his father, and a fine, tyrannical, old blackguard and humbug that parent had been. Robert never wanted his daughter to think of him in just that way. Yet how was tie to make her see the error of her ways? MacReth knew that girls of eighteen, however intelligent and sophisticated, were scarcely to be trusted to navigate their own little boats on life's crowded river. lie had seen a few shipwrecked In Ws time and he meant to pilot his girt. He looked up and saw Joe Ligorls car coming down the road toward the island. He rung with impatience, and also rapped loudly with his stick on the floor of the terrace. Then he remembered seeing the chauffeur and the maids leave the Island. It dawned on him thnt he was quite aloue. up his mind. back-numb- er (TO BE CONTINUED.) Wright Brothers Showed Genius in Early Years According to the first biography of the inventors, The Wright Brothers: Fathers of Flight. by John R. Mc- they showed their inventive minds at an early age. When Orville was ten nnd Wilbur fourteen they lathe out constructed a of lumber from the wood pile, parts from an old buggy and marbles for ball bearings. Its power plant was a foot treadle long enough to accommodate the feet of six boys. When Orville was seventeen and Wilbur twenty-one they built a printing press with a second hnnd tombstone as the flat bed. Their first revolutionary discovery was made from a cardboard box from which Wilbur bad Just sold a bicycle Inner tube. Orville had previously concluded that lateral balance would be necessary to success Mahon, SPIRIN- - rilOl SM)S As his brother twisted th sides of the box lie evolved the very principle they had been seeking. Tide became the warp which. In Its present form of aileron, is essential to the ful flight. sidewise balance of airplanes. wood-turnin- Made Famou by Byron The last Inmate of the' dungeon of Cbilbin was Bonivard, prior of St. Victor at Geneva, held captive by the duke of Sao.v in 1330. U- - Is the hero of Rjrons 'Tiisoner of Chillou. Honeat Parenta Good and alid child study methods begin first v nd w.tli a willingness on t fie pan of the parents to admit they are not expel t if they really art not Woman's Horn Companion. Beware of Imitations to Provo Mandamus proceedings compel the Alpine school board to alien the Mountain school in the Pleas-an- t View district will probably he and school nought by the taxpayers patrons of t tie district. Ogden A foot deep snow has fallen m tins Mirrt r Lake district near Og-lei- i. Tooele Thousands of people were in attendance at the Tooele fair held here. It was the fifth annual fair. Cedar City Rl day will be telebraled at Cedar City on October 12. A $2PO monument, slum mg the trull and his men followed through Utah, will be uineiled by the Chamber of Commci ee. The new tftitt.tHtO gy minis Riverton lum lecel.tly completed here was dedicated a few da.vs ago. Bids have been opened Coalville for the placing of a new water pipe supply line for this city (cross the Echo Portage The silver hiving cup annually awarded by the North no Elder county farm bureau to the community scoring highest in home bantit'i-caliowas won by tiiis town for the second consecutive year. Logan Sheriff Sluivv and assistants captured two rum runner suspects in Sardine canyon and confiscated 13 gallons of whiskey. Cedar City The teachers of the Cedar City junior schools took n two day hike to the line Valley mountain. Tooele A new 12 nii'e highway from Rock Ridge to Ely, Nevada state highway which will eunnect Calico, Gold Hill ami Deep Creek has been started. Midvale Water bonds amounting to $123, (X) were authorized hy the Midvale city council for the purpose of improving and extending iue local water system uml for acquiring addition- DEMAND Unless you see the name Bayer and the word genuine on the package as pictured above you can never be sure that you are taking the genuine Bayer Aspirin that thousands of physicians prescribe in their daily practice. The name Bayer means genuine Aspirin. It is your guarantee of purity your protection against imitations. Millions of users have proved that it is n al water rights. Coalville The work of oiling the highway from the Wusutch-Summcounty line to the summit of Parleys canyon has been completed. luysou Lydia Swindells died at the Pay sou hospital ns a result of burns received while canning fruit at 1 er home on a coal range. Spanish Fork 3000 people were in attendance nt Spanish Forks diamond Jubilee and homecoming. 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Price Completion of one of the most important rood projects in the history of the state was observed recently when the new Price canyon highway was dedicated. who Ogden Boy and Girl Scouts, Lave served three years continually at flag raising ceremonies at Memorial Drive were awarded pins at a patriotic program held iu the Central Junior Castoria corrects Ktntr What a relief and satisfaction that there 0j sarNTK Ah,lpulwl'L. it is lor mothers to know always Castoria to depend on when babies get fretful and uncomfortable1 Whether its teething, colic or other little upset, Castoria always brings quick comfort, and, with relief from pain, restful sleep. And when older, children get out of sorts and out of condition, you have only to give a more liberal dose of this pure vegetable preparation to right the disturbed condition quickly. Because Castoria is made expressly for children, it has just the needed mildness of action Yet you can always depend on it to be Lois of is CNTMJ CO fast-growi- effective It is almost certain to clear up any minor ailment and cannot possibly do the youngest child the slightest harm. So its the first thing to think of when a child has a coated tongue, is fretful and out of sorts. Be sure to get the genuine; with Chas. II. Fletcher's signature on the package. A Lengthy Stay Say the Editor Visitor Do you pay for Jokes? "When Is your wife coming back?'' Editor Yes, your laughs are at I dont know. She Is taking part our expense. n a vacation marathon! When wTa meterycu Skould Be Used To keep the skin in good conAnoint with Cnlicurn OintSoap and ment, bathe with Talcum is an hot water, ideal toilet powder. dition. futieura futirura 25e Ointment ffic ind Me, Tllemn 26c. Chmleil Proprietor, : Potter Dm Corporation, Million, Uw. 8op Combat The Aniwer To prevent war, get everybody Should political speakers address together around a big table. meetings, or talk over the radio?" Vlm settles precedence? No ! Trade Your ttig Car on The New Model tordw'w C3 storage HfCBItHDES commission lias approved of the Moon Lake, Deer creek and Goose erry projects a nils has decicded to recommend to the reelanmtion lmieau that the three enterprises he nir er.uk-ens soon as plans aie prepared. ir 24 W. 5th South Salt Lake City Spanish Fork A hotter hahy conference will be held here in charge of the Mrs. E. Reed, who wi.l county niirs-obe a'sistel by a pb.vshian. Utah CTfO , lnyson The Tintio Standard dull of Dividend, numbering 4 members, hold an outing recently at the IMsnn Memorial park, I'iileeti hundred poo pie pal lieipate 1. Og.len lrogrs on the wid. niug of the Weber river ihannel at Gateway in Weber comer, is rep irted hy the Stale highwii) engineer for the The chain cl was blocked last July by a Ihmty rrortoSnf ailments com in It tees. The state water Ijm'imirngg, Kincml s Hyruin . CHILDRENS high school. Price The Associated Civic clubs of Southern Utah, whlih were organized for the purpose of developing southern Utah, will meet nt Price on November bill. Delta Miss Colthrop, Red Cross nurse, who is in We-- t ..ullard through the cooperation of the West Millard American Legion and too Millard county school district, has initiaUd u mother's praciltiil liurung class. Murray More than throe hundred descendants of Racism Miller, ' Utah 181!) pioneer, and first bishop of Mill Creek, will hold a reunion at the Granite stake house. Springvillo A total of 113 children were examined by the Utah county health unit during the last few days at Spring ille and Goshen, Farmington Immelinte action to forestall oilier floods which threaten is of first imjiortaree to Governor Fern's three state flood control committees. The ways and means committee, flood control work at canyon mouths and nnd remedies of watersheds, can-iflood sources are the functions of the fXcSx-ricy- , the new model Cars and Trucks on display All .m: urcaux mm yin idoudLurcL nr |