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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH The Recluse of Fifth Avenue Whats By WYNDHAM MARTYN STORY FROM THE START Copyright In the United State W N U Service From the comfortable financial situation to which he had been born, Peter Mllman; Is practical y reduced to penury through the misfortune of a friend unwisely trusted. Learning of Brewer's suicide, which means the destruction of his last hope, Mllman sends letters to Prof. Fleming d Bradney, Floyd Malet and Barnes, men once of high In response, the three position. call on him at his home. Each the circumstances that relates wrecked their careers. Mllman convinces them that their misfortunes 'were all due to one man, Paul, Raxon. Himself impoverished through Raxon's fMilman inancial crookedness, proposes an association of the four men an association outside the law which shall pull down Raxon and force him to disgorge financial gains. Rax-on- s bis political ambition Is the national senatorshlp from his state. McKimber Is the admitted party nominee, and must be eliminated. Has any woman the right to go In and monkey about with your things? Absolutely nobody, Barnes cried. Mr. Barnes said Lippsky shrilly, you are a loafer. You sent her In to gfet your clothes so you should go away and leave me without nothing to hold. I got your number, and by golly I got hers. I locked her In, and I tell her If she makes a fuss I send for the police. You thought you should find me out. You know this Is my lodge night" "I didnt know there was a lodge low enough to admit you, Barnes said angrily, and I sent nobody here. Send for the police. Ive had enough of your d d insolence." "Pretending she Was a fine lady," said Lippsky, who was growing angry. Looking at me and my house as ' Nee-lan- CHAPTER VI Continued 9 I want Intelligent Raxon smiled. loyalty, and you're not overburdened with Intelligence any more than Caf-frawas. Im not underestimating you. Youve been useful to me In a number of ways." "Thank you," said Loddon, almost bitterly. He thought of certain unprofessional things he hod done at his patron's bidding which had, in effect, delivered him bound hand and foot to Raxon. That Raxon aspired to a United States senatorshlp seemed a laudable enough ambition. But that he had a chance seemed, on reflection, almost absurd. And yet Raxon was not the kind of man to delude himself. Lod-do- n voiced his doubts. McKimber is the partys nominee, Of course, he'll carry he observed. New York city and they say hell get more votes than any possible y up-sta- candidate." The party will get the votes, not the man," said Raxon. But McKimbers the partys choice," Loddon persisted. It looks that way, doesn't It? McKlmber's Raxon smiled. very though we was dirt She wouldnt popular." Youre keeping something back, believe you lived here. I tell her right quick you wouldnt even be livsaid Loddon. I always do. Thats why I get on. ing here If you didnt come over with rent." Thats why Im going to the senate. Neeland Barnes removed his silk His hands clasped behind him, Paul hat and mopped his brow. Raxon stood at a window and looked My good ass, he began, what the over the sound. Loddon talked, but he devil are you ranting about? in saw Raxon himself did not listen. I tell her, Lippsky went on, unapa few years as the greatest money you could go out with your peased, vas in his America. Ait future power fine gentlemans clothes on, and a carefully planned. He 'was now ensilk hat even, and treat me like dirt. gaged In mapping out a present. He Im a citizen here same as you, and appreciated the power of women this is an end of you walking over must and knew he appear me with politically your silk hat and your fifteen was as a home-lovinman, a man dollar shoes. I know the price of chilhis to wife and notoriously good them shoes. I tell her to scream all dren. Fortunately, all of them were she likes, nobody hears away up here.1 si tractive physically. You mean to say youve locked a He was Interrupted by Mrs. Raxon. strange woman up in my house?" She was a handsome, dark woman Its my house. If you pay the who had only just discovered that rent, you can go In and get your while she bad been living abroad her clothes. If you dont, you stay out." had become husband enormously Feverishly Lippsky destroyed whatwealthy. She had the sense of a ever chance of life a row of kohlrabi grievance against him highly de-might have had. Then, when he saw loped. He could see she was pre-- 9 his tenant march toward the shack, red for battle. he followed. I want a suitable allowance for One of them yellow hairs," he myself and the children, she began. scolded as he trotted by the tall mans I want a banking account and my side. A swell lady who said she own limousine and chauffeur." She didnt know how you could live In hrd thrown down the gage and waited, such a pigsty. She called my house a a i'ttle frightened, for what was compigsty. Well, shes been locked up in ing. Paul had always seemed incom-p- i a pigsty since it was my dinner time." ehensible. She did not understand Suddenly Barnes powerful hand bun now. When he smiled It might seized Lippsky. e to some be, she supposed, If you dont give me the key, he biuiig sarcasm. said, Ill twist your arm out of Its A very good Barnes turned the others Certainly," he said. socket. l(Fa. Fortunately, Loddon Is here. wrist a little. Ti.ik it over with him. I am very You shall sleep In the Jail for this," w iling that you should take your Lippsky cried when the key was piace in society. I only ask that you forced from him. will be careful with what people you U will be less verminous than this fill my house. Im after big game, and Barnes answered. He put his place. If 1 rise you'll go up with me. Talk in the door and threw It open, key It over with Herman. lie smiled and lie was wholly at a loss to know walked slowly from the room. whom the Invader could be. And while Marie Raxon was passing The noise of the opening awoke an enthralling hour discovering her her. She was a tail, slim girl with many needs, and her husband was golden hair, in a white knitted sports woiRerlng how best to start to beau- suit. When she saw him she held out tify Relllngtons enormous building, her arms. some men in Lower Fifth avenue were Darling daddy! she cried, throwrulD. his discussing ing her arms around his neck. Malet had returned from PhiladelNita," he said, stroking her hair, phia, where he had thrown up his position. Already another laboratory assistant had taken' Bradneys place. The two had yielded to Peter importunities and agreed to remain as his guests. Neeland Barnes It took a society lender from Boston had not yet come back from Peekskili. to tench me just how gracious u graHe had gone with the avowed intention of paying Lippsky something off cious lady may sometimes be. For his account and hurrying back with some incredible reason (in our hotel) there was a door leading from her tome clothes. bathroom into the hall, and, equally So that he might escape the ridimiscule attending a man who reaches his incredible, when a husky sweeper at suburban home in full evening dress took his broom closet and pulled to came it open door bathroom at midduy, Barnes' arranged to come tlie to his distasteful abode when it was admit him to the immediate presence bath. dusk. He wanted to remove his entire of a society leader enjoying her The sweepers consternation, pulsatwardroue from the Lippsky shack and channels, was pay as little of the deferred rent as ing through the service In about three desk registered at the possible. comminutes. which In Llppskys front yard, BostoniBy and by the manded a view of his tenants enfor dinner, gowned landmarvelously an, trances and exits, the aggrieved lord was trying to bring to maturity as she always was, entered the lobby, His and the young men at the desk prayed depressed looking vegetables. on into the dinayes glistened when he saw who ap- that she would pass headed in their she When room. and his ing spade proached. He dropped hedirection they stood their ground hurried to meet Neeland Barnes. in their froze blood roically, but the "Was you expecting a lady? he deveins. manded. She glanced from room clerk to Barnes stopped Good God, bo I clerk and back again, smiled Instantly. Had old ghosts arisen to front and said: "My mother, taught sweetly confound him? g per-lon- u Mil-man- 's Effort to uPin Down the MRS. BASSETT President a Failure Nicholas Murray Butleri attempt to smoke out" President Coolidge on n third term d i not succeed, but did revive a story told last summer while Mr. Coolidge was at the White Pine camp in the Adironducks. According to the gossips the President was out on one of the lakes fishing when the sky became overcast. The boatman remarked that the dark clouds Indicated rain. Mr. Coolidge made no comment. After a while the sky grew blacker and the boatman again remarked that he guessed it was going to rain. Still Mr. Coolidge was silent. Then came the distant roar of thun der. A sharp flash of lightning was followed by another sharp peal ot thunder. Rain began to fall. Well, said the Presidents companion, 1 guess were going to get that shower. The President looked at him and What are you demanded sharply: Los Antrying to do, pin me down? geles Times. Answer how I have longed for you ! But, my dear, how Is it you are here? I ran away," she confessed. They Questions No. 10 said such utterly beastly things about 1 who said : Go West, young man, you I couldnt stand it. How well you 1"? look, daddy, I shall call you my big go West 2 What English author lived with brother. Nobody will believe youre and wrote about gypsies? my father. What makes you stay In such a funny place as this?" Sudden3 What Is a pronounced peculiarity ly she caught sight of Lippsky. Who of the German Baltic coast? is that dreadful little creature? 4 What statue, generally regarded Lippsky spoke up distinctly. as the noblest exhibition of the human I own this house, and Ive come Is on view in the Vatican at for the rent. If he dont pay, he goee form, Rome? to sleep in the village JalL I guess he 8 What boat and in what year won dont mind. I guess It aint for the International race for the America the first time. He aint got no money. cup? You say hes your father. Lippsky 6 What Is lightning? grinned. Well, you got the chance to save your daddy from Jail." 7 What Is an alternating electric Dad," she whispered, I hadnt any current? idea it was as bad as this. Ive only 8 For what queen was Maryland three dollars left. The boat trip took named? all my savings." 9 How many vice presidents beMy dear girl, he said easily, the came Presidents and who were theyl man is known widely as the village 10 What Is wrong in this sentence idiot. Nobody believes him. It does court decision: This case la a from the Is rent that due. happen my By most the unique of Its kind ever preway, how much is it? sented here? cents. dollars Ninety eighty I rather thought It was more, said 11 Who said: I know not what Barnes. He took out a roll of bllld course othera may take; but, as for and paid. He was left with seven me, give me liberty or give me death I? dollars. Ills reward came In the relief 12 Who was the author of The the girl showed. Man Without a Country"? Its a fad of mine staying up here, 13 What composer of the Ninehe admitted. The air is good and teenth of Ive been In training. I shall leave waltz century earned the title king? now. I think well go to New York 14 How many times did Walter as soon as possible. How lovely you Hagen win the national open golf look. You have those unforgettable violet eyes of your mother, but you championship? IB In physics, what Is an atmosare taller. The thought that he had nowhere to take her made him miserphere? ' able, but he would not let her see It 16 What Is a piece of eight"? It was Incomprehensible to him that 17 What outfit fired the first Amerthe countess of Horsham, his late ican shot in the World war? wifes eldest sister, had allowed her 18 What United States general diniece to come. The countess had alrected the first automobile race In th ways been his enemy. It came to a point," the girl said United States, and when? 19 Wherein does the backbone of when they were In a New York-boun- d train, when I was asked to drop my America differ from that of the Old own name and take my mothers. Not World? that I minded being Nita Fessendon, 20 What Is a moratorium? except that it seemed as though I were publicly ashamed of you. I simply Answers No 9 refused. There were awful rows. So 1 R. T. Jones, Jr. e and I ran away. I was twenty-on2 A fish possessing organg capable my own mistress. I sent all the jewels of developing electric current and presents back and started to earn 3 It Is an unconscious nervous acmy living. Nita, he cried, with admiration In tion produce! by the Impression an ochis look, how could you possibly do currence creates on the brain. what Ive always failed In? 4 Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. It wasnt easy at first, she ad5 Six : Washington. Jefferson. Madimitted, but I stuck it out and made son, Monroe, Tyler and Wilson. enough money in secretarial work to Suwannee Riv6 Stephen Foster; come out to my own country second Old Home, etc, My Kentucky er, cabin, I tried to find you six months Vesuvius. 7 all clubs returned but the ago, Europe: silly 8 Louis Marie Julien Vlaud. your letters. Must Neeland Barnes colored. 9 Abraham Lincoln. have mislaid the address," he said; 10 Tonga national forest In Alas "d d careless of them. I shall report acres. 16.549,093 ka, run He wondered how she had It. 11 IMoby Dick," by Herman Melhim to earth, " New ville. I York When I got to phoned the Knickerbocker. I knew It used to 12 The Caspian sea. be your favorite club. I told the secre13 Mrs. Molla B. Mallory. tary, or whoever it was, that I was - 14 The smallest known part o 1 your daughter and simply had to find matter. you, and they told me to call up 15 Every third person works for a later. When I did they said you lived I spent three hours living. In Peekskili. 16 $10,000,000. looking and then that village Idiot locked me In. 17 Gen. Zebulon Pike. She did not tell him that naturally IS Actor and theater manager. she had started her search expecting 19 William H. Vanderbilt' to find him in one of the better sec20 About three-fourthtions of the charming Hudson-sid- e on outthe The Lippsky cottage city. skirts had been a dreadful shock. But Employ New Process the search was over and she was for Coloring Wood happy. She was very proud of him. The use of colored woods In the conHer aunt had drawn the picture of a n struction of furniture has long been physical wreck. decrepit, Instead he was vigorous, known, the material being stained after the necessary seasoning process. and agile. "Wherp are we going, daddy? she Within the last few years, however, demanded, after she had passed Sing a method of Austrian origin has been Sing's embattled walls. employed, whereby the wood la colIm staying' with Peter Mil man, he ored when In a green state. answered. Lady Horsham may have By means of heavy pressure In a closed vessel the sap Is driven out of mentioned him. His wife ran away the wood and Is replaced by the colorI remember. and he shut himself up In his house ing fluid, which may consist of a solution of the more permanent aniline and went mad. "That Is just what your aunt would dyes. The best kinds of wood for He did not go treatment are found to be birch, say, he returned. mad. He happens to be the best beech, alder, nlane, elm and lime; oak, friend I have, and I shall ask him to fir and pine being unsuitable because let you stay the night there. Much they do not stain uniformly. better than a stuffy, noisy hotel. The colored wood is used for furniAnd tomorrow well get a cozy ture making and for the manufacture little flat. Ive often wanted to look of doors and window frames. It can over the treetops Into Central park. also be employed for outdoor pur(TO BE CONTINUED.) poses, in which case no painting is necessary, although a coating of varnish would seem to be a necessity. For the fitting of ships, railway cars, and similar purposes, this stained wood appears to be eminently fitted. me to take my natn regularly, but she affixed one rigid requirement that I Early Coastal Survey should always take it In private. If The records" of the United State youll be good enough to have some coast and geodetic survey show that one nail up that public entrance to an act authorizing n survey of the Rufus coastal waters of the United State my bathroom Ill be grateful. Steele in the Saturday Evening Post. was approved by congress on Febru-- ALWAYS TIRED Now in Good Health by Using Lydia E. 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