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Show 4 PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH too well the man who defers to marry f RDCIUSE FIFTH AVENUE I IWYNDHAM J MARJYN her. I know, said Neeland Barnes wisely. I know. Waiting for the divorce. She shrank from going up In the elevator because she was so shabby, so I helped her up the long flights to my studio. She fainted when she got there, and I gave her brandy. She was so ill that I wanted to send for a doctor. Instead she used the telephone. I did not hear the number, but I knew It must be to the man she spoke. Very reluctantly he agreed to come and see her. I think the fact that I insisted on speaking was the cause. Perhaps he Imagined I knew his name and more about him. "Then was? - you BoukleCtup Corn Flakes tr didnt know who he s. , kr Ask for Nor Floyd Malet shook his head. him disdo I remember I now, but COPYRIGHT in W.N.U. SERVICE tinctly. He was a thin man with a tht UNITED STATES black mustache and. brown eyes with I ? red flecks In them. I knew he was a 1 shall tell you presently. Let me man who had been successful with -speak first of the- misfortunes, equally women. crisp I met him at the entrance. which befell Mr. undeserved, Floyd He wore a fur coat whose collar conMalet. cealed his face. Outside It was still The sculptor flushed. "I dont think hard. I Judged him to be one anyone but myself knows what they snowing to getting his own way. I did used were. not like his manner. There was a There you are wrong," Mllman corsnarl in It Perhaps my studio you A dozen years ago know rected gently. what a dirty, unluxurlous place America discovered that Mr. Malet a sculptor's workshop Is did not imwas a genius. Some of you may have him. The girl had died while I press seen the heroic figure of Stonewall was waiting for him. He cried out Jackson at Raleigh. That made him. that It was a trick I had played him I remember now, Neeland Barnes Then he ran out for a doctor and the exclaimed. There was some sort of police. Malet shrugged his shoulwild studio party where a woman was ders. I never saw him again. Somekilled. I dont see how that could times I wonder If he was run over hurt an artist. Neeland Barnes had and killed, or If, when he found I did formed his opinion of the morals of not know his name and did not find artists from the fiction writing of sen- any letters In the girls pocket, he left timental women. Surely that wouldnt me to bear the blame. put him down and out? I Bent for a doctor, who In turn It did, Malet answered bitterly. sent for the police. When I told them A sculptor depends In this country, the story of the man with the fur coat at all events on commissions from whose face I could not see distinctly, public bodies, many of whom have whose name I did not know, and of women among them. When my name whose address I was unaware, I could was besmirched It was deemed unsee they thought me lying. And when wise to employ me to decorate buildI told them the girl had not taken the ings consecrated to drama, literature, elevator, I could see they thought It or the arts. Even politics had to be was a vulgar Intrigue. Forbreakfast,servePostToasties The special toasting process of ; But the man with the fur coat protected from my Impure touch! I with their crisp and crunchy the Postum Company seals the lost the award I had been definitely didnt walk up, Neeland Barnes regoodness. Thats the correct true corn flavor in lasting crisp-sta- rt promised for a statehouse because minded him. denied so for a perfect day. Enjoy the ne$s.Whenyouwantcomflakes But the elevator boy having the report ran my morals were It was loose. My failure was Just as comseen him," Malet explained. true corn flavor and refreshing that stay crisp in milk or cream . plete as that of Professor Bradney. I my word against his. The record of crispness for supper at night, down to the last tempting flake. had a little money, and that went In the telephone call could not be traced. IdentiHere is delidousness no one can ask for PostToasties. Make sure witness. a bad fees. Nobody My friends were few I made lawyers fied the girl, and as I admitted giving and not Influential. resist, and no one wants to. you get them in the red her brandy, the thing was treated In Like Alfred Gilbert, I destroyed and yellow, is wholesomeness Here that what I thought was poor, and that Is the papers as a drunken debauch, and hox that keeps them fresh. any one can eat at any time. why there are not three of my works I was marked as a Parisian decadent. 1917. P. Co., Inc. . It was my finish. Malet sank down In his chair. The BATTLE CREEK, M I sensitive face was marked by suffering. The stamp of realized failure seemed upon him. Bradney leaned forOne Way Only The Retort Withering ward and put an arm about the bowed Pastport Photos Must You say you were present when shoulder of the smaller man. It .was M6ther (trying to patch up quarrel Resemble Applicants this man and hls wife were a protective, brotherly action born of engaged between young, lovers) Now, Mildred, of Proof the vanity of soipe women, in a very violent quarrel? Inquired you must not1 mind Harold's fretful, and sudden sympathy understanding. ' Is often furnished In the New York the magistrate of the witness. But he had nothing 'to say. ness. Hes just temperamental, you T Malet shivered a little as a light customs house by passport applicants, know. 7 Yes, your honor, replied the man wind swept along the little garden. He according to Frederick Tisdale In an on the stand. Mildred 0, really? I thought mayrose from his chair and held out his article In Liberty. The author quotes What was he saying? be he was teething. Cappers Weekly, an official of the New York passport hand to his host. He wasnt saying anything, your You have made me forget and you office who says, We are often amused honor. American Legion Monthly. A Needed Accessory have made me remember, he said. I by some of the photographs submitted Car Salesman This car has all ths am grateful, Mr. Mllman. by older applicants. A woman of fifty A Total Failure latest attachments. This,' for InBut I cannot let you go yet, said will bring in a photograph copied from Dont cry, little one, soothed the stance, is the trouble There should be some a picture made when she was In high light , the other. great criminal lawyer. Everything Links Humph 1 That doesnt Inter cedar logs already blazing In the school. We explain tactfully that the will be all right. est me. He turned to. the photo Is necessary for Identifying the drawing room. Snf, snf! sobbed the fair murCar Salesman more It find We we shall are forced to deress. agreeyoull use It others. passport holder, and Its been two hours since I often. Pathfinder. Oh, . able In the house. He put his arm In point out that the applicant resembles killed husband, and not a single that of the sculptor. Never think you tbe earlier picture only vaguely after tabloid my has sent around yet for paper are a failure," he said earnestly. all these years. Sometimes they regard my Souvenir The American Legion diary. Your Stonewall Jackson Is one of the our attitude as a personal offense. I there are tender memMonthly. suppose few great things' we have. ories connected with this lock of You are saying that to hearten ; Girl Inventor Honored hair? Striking me, Malet answered. Must be or I wouldn't have kept it In recognition of her ability as an She Dont you think their Am I? Peter Mllman laughed. wedding But who gave It to me, hey? Thats inventor, the Russian government has presents a striking display? You shall Judge for yourself. engaged Miss L. Y. Palmen, a Russian He They certainly would have If what I want to know. Although the drawing room was a girl, as engineer-constructo-r. She Is apartment and one of the few women In the world the eleven parlor clocks had all been finely proportioned I Trails of Yosemite Park going. Remember It Wae Late at Night contained many beautiful things, Malet to win distinction in her field. She In Yosemite National park there ars for his marble group had only eyes left In the world today. I have failed, recently perfected an airplane engine Truth la sometimes so strange that, 650 miles of which stood near the window. He had park trails where motor but I could have done good work If never learned where It was, but It was which develops 20, horse power and Is put Into fiction. It becomes Incredible. vehicles can not go. specially adapted to the requirements the Incredible had not happened. this work he bad believed to be his of the conference of aerial As I remember, the thing was best. He approached it almost nervousand chemical defense. rather er delicate, Barnes said. he to after that he Was all, find, ly. You shall Judge. A poor girl acwas only one of the second-raters- ? A Changeable Animal costed me on the street and said she The group had been exhibited under . was starving. To one who had lived the name of The Settlers, and repreAn animal which can change into so long In Paris, It was nothing out of sented one of those heroic American another animal and then back to Its the way to take a hufigry gamine to families of Colonial, days standing at original form Is the startling discovmy 6tudIo and give her a meal and a bay, facing death In the form of ery announced by Dr. Martha Bunting little money. I remember it was late of the zoological department of the King Philips Indian warriors. at night, and I first saw her on a None spoke as he gazed at it Even University of Pennsylvania. bench In Bryant park Just as the first Barnes felt that the emotion which he . The animal Is resemsnow of the year began to fall. I was could not fathom had in It some unbling a minute drop of Jelly, and beselfish enough to think her thin, usual quality. There were tears in longs to the amoeba family. . It can draped figure would do for one of the Floyd Malets eyes as he turned to transform Itself Into a complicated models of a group I had In mind which Peter Mllman, and his voice was flagellate, Doctor Bunting declares, She told husky. was to be called Winter. Yes, he said In a low voice, and then effect a retransformation me something of her history. It was It is good. I should have been among back to Its amoeba state. spray clears your home of flies and mos---A commonplace. I had heard It before. the great ones. It also kills bed bugs, roaches, ants, quitoes. I do not mean It was not true. I You are among them, Mllman asand their eggs. Fatal to Insects but harmless Ahead Looking It the usual to was' tita. mean, rather, sured him. mankind. Will not stain. Get Flit Sams employer had noticed that (TO BE CONTINUED.) story of the ambitious girl trusting today. Sam appeared addicted to the habit of worrying. What are you worrying about? he . You have a good, asked one day. POST TOASTIES i 8TORY FROM THE START From tba comfortable financial situation to which he had been born, Peter Mllman, American gentleman of the old school, and last of his family, Is practically reduced to penury through the misfortune of a friend, Hazen Brewer, whom he had unwisely trusted. Learning of Brewers suicide, which means the destruction of his last hope, Mllman engages a French butler, Achilla Lutry, who speaks no English, and Is to replace Sneed, servant of long By Lutry, Mllman standing. sends letters to Prof. Fleming d Bradney, Floyd Malet and 'Barnes, men whom the world has classified as failures, once of high position. In response, the three call on him at his home. After dinner each relates the circumstances that wrecked their careers. Nee-lan- CHAPTER III Continued It is all so confused and hard to understand, Bradney said slowly, ' I am not a business man In any sense. I was convicted by the university authorities of stealing the money entrusted to me to build a laboratory which cost a quarter million dollars, Not all of It, naturally. I think I was supposed to have made away with something like seventy thousand dollars. The anonymous donor of a hundred thousand dollars whose gift had started the thing had expressed a wish that I should have absolute control. It was given me. A contractor showed me how, by using Inferior materials, I could make a commission thats his term for robbery, not mine of twenty-five I should have thousand. ex- posed him then and there to the pres-- , ldent, but he begged for a chance, and It was at a period of my life when I was drunk with the joy of my opportunities. His offer was soon forgotten." Fleming Bradney made a ges- ture . almost of despair. Somebody got at my papers and altered figures and estimates until even the faculty which wanted to believe In me, believed me guilty. I would not explain. I had the hot anger thqt Innocence feels when It Is accused of treachery to Its Ideals. It was kept out of the papers for the sake of the university, but I was done with. Naturally I fought, enlisted friends, and even lawyers, but I had no money saved, and It was useless. What did Mr. Mllman mean by saying the story had never been told In Its entirety? Floyd Malet demanded. He turned tohls host. Is there anything else to It?" A great deal more, said Mllman. Recent exposes of conditions In the building trades make It easier to understand. The man who offered Mr. Bradney a bribe to pass poor construction was not acting for himself. He was a subcontractor who would tiave made possibly a few hundreds out of It. He was acting for the Inevitable man higher up, who In this case was Paul Raxon. Perhaps you have heard of him? Not the man who downed InternaMotors? Neeland tional Barnes cried. Yes. I know a great deal about Paul Raxon. I have followed his career with deep Interest. It was Paul s Itaxon who deeed Professor fall. He was used to breaking men who defledhlm. Of course, we shall never fet. evidence of this. The subcontractor, whose living depended upon Raxons favor, would never tell. There was one man who believed In Professor Bradney when the Inquiry wus started. This was the anonymous donor of the hundred thousand dollars." I heard of that, Bradney said, and I begged them to give his name so that I could thank him. I ' have oft en vowed If ever It were possible to do something for him I would, but Brad-ney- thats What unlikely. could I do, Bradwho made a bare livelihood? ney surveyed his garb with scorn. No would admit me decent to his masters house. I look what I am a failure, and yet, God knows, not a cent of that money stuck to my fingers. What on earth should I want money for except for my work?" This Paul Raxon, Mllman continued. Is one of the ablest men In New York. No decent man has a chance when pitted against him and He Is not of the his accomplices. usual contractor class. He began life as an architect, but always desired wealth, and found his profession too n slow a method to gain It. Yes," said In a slow, meditative way, I know a great deal about him. I even subscribe to a clipping bureau. o that I may miss nothing. You will be surprised to hear that I had him followed for a loDg time by a private detective. turned. "May T ask why? Rradnoman-serva- nt Mil-ma- - V -- com flakes that stay - in milk or cream Crisp, delicious corn flakes good for both ends of a perfect day wax-wrapp- POSTUM .COMPANY, c h: INC., ' ' one-celle- ahit Buzz guests mafee Eider Ducks Brought Close to Extinction For a long time Iceland prospered her trade In the down of the elder ducks, which was prized all over the world for making pillows and quilts. As always In such cases, however, I he overworked the Industry and the rest It Is that now there Is no 1L Very great amount of money In and these birds, severe laws protect the taking of the down fromthe nests In Is carefully regulated. Sea biids of various kinds make their nest. In the cliffs and the hunting of these birds is a regular but perilous activity. They are caught with nets on the end of long poles, and also by trays made with horeshalr snares and having a live bird as a decoy tied to them. In some cases men are let down with ropes from cliffs hundreds of feet so as to gather eggs In otherwise Inaccessible places. These wild birds, such as puffins, steady auks, guillemots and terns, collect In such vast multitudes at some of these rookeries that they will sit perched so close together, as to form a solid masst This helps them to keep warm. The noise made by their strident cries Is overpowering, and when they are scared up and nil take wing tbe rush of air Is like a tempest Pathfinder Magazine., Electric Welding Feat The strength of the electric weld has been repeatedly demonstrated. The most elaborate feat of electric welding ever undertaken Is now being begun In California. Contracts for a pipe 85 miles long and 5 feet In diameter have been given to a bidder who will Install a welded line for the entire distance. water-suppl- Chineie Philanthropy Odd Qualut forms of philanthropy are evident in almost every part of China. Funds are maintained for transporting to bis native province any man who dies away from home, another organization provides coffins for poor children, and another society sets u drinking fountains of tea or watet for the thirsty coolies who are lowea ' In the scale of Chinas Job. Yassah, I knows, agreed Sam. but de trouble is Ah aln got nothin In sight should Ah evah decide to quit It American Legion Monthly. y The Insinuating Wretch j Mrs. OGrouch John, I think I must have bitten my tongue In myF sieep last night. Mr. OGrouch Why, have you a nasty taste la your mouth this morn-- I ltg, Jane? 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