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Show If" y - - t S' 1, 1 $ 41 , i$ 3 ? ' J - or , ; ' ' RANDOLPH, RICH COUNTY; UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY YOL. XIV. A table for two," he drawled MaitlanIn a corner somewhere, away from the crowd, you know. This way, if you please, Mr. Maitland. By the way, suggested the burglar, unfolding his serviette and glancing keenly about the room which by good chance was thinly populated, by the way, you know, you havent told me your name yet. Hickey John W. Hickey, detective d-wise. SERIAL STORY PICTURES BY A. WEIL bureau." Thank you." A languid hand pushed the pink menu card across the And what do table to Mr. Hickey. you see that youd like? By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE (Copyright 1M1, Th. BobbMmrtll Co.) SYNOPSIS. "Mad" Dan Maitland, on reaching hi New York bachelor club, met an attractive young woman at the door. Janitor been O'Hagan assured him no one had womwithin that day. Dan discovered a an finger prints In dust on his desk, along with a letter from his attorney. Maitland dined with Bannerman, his attorney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to hi his walk ?;et the family jewels. heDuring met the young country seat, , woman in gray, whom he had seen leav-- I lng his bachelors' club. Her auto had broken down. He fixed It. By a ruse she lost him Maitland, on re ehlng home, surprised lady in gray, cracdng the safe She, apparently, containing his gemsn took him for a crook, Daniel Maitland opened Anlsty. his safe, took therefrom the Jewels, and gave them to her, first forming a partnership in. crime. The real Dan Anisty, sought by police of the world, appeared oft the same mission. Maitland overcame . him. He met the girl outside the house and they sped on to New York In her auto. He had the jewels and she promised to meet him that day. Maitland received a "Mr Snaith, introducing himself as a detective. To shield the girl in gray, Maitland, about to show him the jewels, supposedly lost, was felled by a blow cane. The latter proved from "Snaith to be Anisty himself and he secured the gems. Anislv who was Maitlands dou- well-know- d, A 1 4 CHAPTER V At sight of him the thief was conscious of an inward tremor, followed by a thrill of excitement like a wave of heat sweeping through his being. Instantaneously his eyes flashed; then were dulled. Imperturbable, listless, the prey of ennui, he waited, undecided, upon the stoop, while the watcher opposite, catching sight of him, abruptly abandoned his slouch and hastened across the street. Excuse me, he began In a loud tone, while yet a dozen feet away, but aint this Mr. Maitland? Anisty lifted his brows and shoulders at one and the same time and bowed slightly. "Well, my good man? "Im a detective from headquarters, Mr. Maitland. We got a phone from Cireenfields, Long Island, this morning from the local police. Your buthall-marke- d ler Ah! I see; about this man Anisty? You dont mean to tell me what? I shall discharge Higgins at once. Just on my way to breakfast. Wont you join me? We can talk this matter over at our leisure. What do you say to Eugenes? Its harfly, and I dare say we can find a quiet corner. By the way, have you the time concealed about your person? Anisty was fumbling in his and inwardly cursing himself for having been such an ass as to Deucoverlook Maitlands timepiece. ed awkward! he muttered in genuine Ive mislaid my watch. annoyance. It's most one oclock, Mr. Maitland. Flattered, the man from headquarters dropped into step by the burglars side. fob-pock- CHAPTER VI. Eugenes at Two. Since we dont want to be ever-Hear- Well , , Hickey became con scious that both unwieldy feet were nervously twined about the legs of his chair; blushed; disentangled them; and in an attempt to cover his confusion, plunged madly into considers tion of a column of table-d'hot- e French, not one word of which conveyed the slightest particle of information to his Intelligence. Well, he repeated, and moistened his lips. The room seemed suddenly very hot, notwithstanding the fact that an obnoxious electric fan was sending l current of cool air down the back of his neck. I aint, he declared In ultimate desperation, hungry, much. Had a bite a little while back, over to the Gilsey house bar. Would a little drink? Thanks. I dont mind. -Waiter, bring Mr. Hickey a bottle of No. 72. For me let me see cafe au lait, with a grand air, and rolls. . . . You must remember this Is my breakfast, Mr. Hickey. I make It a rule never to drink anything for six hours after rising." Anisty selected a cigarette from the Maitland case, lit if, and contemplated the detectives countenance with a winning smile. Now, as to this Anisty affair last night. Under the stimulus of the cham pngne, to say naught of his relief at Anisty airily waved the Indictment aside. Moreover, I have lost nothing. You see, I happened in Just at the right moment; our criminal friend got nothing for his pains. The Jewels are safe. Reason No. 2: Having Retained my property, I hold no grudge against Anisty. i . Well I dunno And as for reason No. 3: I dont care to have this affair advertised. If the papers get hold of it they'll Cook up a lot of silly details that'H excite the cupidity of every thief in the coun-t-j- , and make me more trouble than I Y care to ah contemplate. course, Hickeys eyes glistened. Of If yeh want it kept quiet " he sug, i gested, significantly. Anistys hand sought his , pocket. "How much? Well, I guess I can leave that to you. Yeh oughttuh know now bad yeh . want the matter hushed. As I calculate it, then, fifty ought to be enough for the boys; and fifty will ?, repay you for your trouble." The end of Hickeys expensive was tilted Independently toward the celling. Shouldnt wonder If it would, he murmured, gratified. Anisty stuffed something bulky back into his pocket and wadded another something green and yellow colored into a little pill, which he presently flicked carelessly across the table. The detectives large mottled piw 'closed over It and moved toward his waistcoat. As I was sayin," he resumed; I'm sorry yeh dont see yer way to. givln us a hand. But prhaps yehre right. Still, if the citizens d only give us a T hand onct In a while " but what Ah, gives you your living, Hickey? argued the a.nateur What but the activates of sophist. i pan-etel- a -- the criminal element? If society com- bined with you for the elimination of crime, what would become ot irour Job? He rose and wrung the disconsolate one warmly by the hand. But there, I am sorry to have to huny yotl away. . . . Now that you hnfws where to find me, drop in some evening and have a cigar and a chat. Im in tpvn a good deal, off and on, and always ' glad to see a friend. in her miniature fashion: Anisty re ognized her in a twinkling. His pep ceptlons, trained to observations as In Blantaneous as those of a snap-sho- l camera, and well-nigas accurate had photographed her individuality in dellbly upon the film of his memory even in the abbreviated encounter o, the previous night.-- . By a similar play of educated reason ing faculties keyed to the highest pitet of immediate action, he had difficult as scant in accounting for her pres ence there. YVW tie did not quite comprehend was why Maitland had used her so kindly; for it had been plain enough that ihat gentleman bad surprised her in the act of before conniving at her escape. But, allowing that Maitlands actions had been based upon motives vague to the burglars understanding, it was quite in the scheme of possibilities that he should have arranged to meet his protegee at the restaurant that afternoon. She was come to keep an appointment to which (now that Anisty came to remember) Maitland had alluded In the beginning of their con versation. Well and good; once before, within the past two hours, he had told him Malt self that he was land. He was be even better now, J But you did surprise me! he declared, gallantly, before she could won You der at his slowness to respond. see, I was dreaming. He permitted her to surmise the ob ject round which his dreams had been woven. And I had expected you to be eag erly watching for me!" she parried, archly. I was . . . mentally. But," h warned her, seriously, not that name Maitland is known here; they call me Maitland the waiters. It seems made a bad choice. But with your as sistance and discretion we can bluff 11 out, all right. I forgot. Forgive me" But now she was in the chair opposite him tucking the lower ends of her gloves into their wrists. No matter nobody heard I very nearly called you Handsom Dan." She flashed a radiant smilo at htpj from beneath the rim of her pich g Good-enoug- h ture man, Anisty would not hate ventured to play his catch so roughly; but, as he had reckoned, the comfortable state of mind induced by an unexpected ad dition to his income and & quart of champagne, had dulled the official ap prehensions of Sergt. Hickey. Mumbling a vague acceptance of the invitation, the exalted detective rose and ambled cheerfully down the room and out of the door. Anisty lit another cigarette and contemplated the future with satisfaction. As a diplomat he was inclined to held himself a success Indeed, all things taken under mature consideration, the conclusion was inevitable that he was the very devil of a fellow. With what consummate skill he had played his hand! Now the pursuit of the Maitland burglar would be abandoned; the news item suppressed at headquarGood Afternoon," Responded the ters. And it was equally certain that Maitland (when eventually liberated) Masquerader. would be at pains to keep his part of having evaded the ordeal of the cut- the affair very much in shadow. lery, Hickey discoursed variously and The masquerader ventured a mys-(tca- l at length upon the engrossing subject smile at the woild in general, of Anisty, gentleman-cracksmawhile the genial counterpart of Daniel Mait- One pictured the evening a hen the land listened with apparent but decep- Infatuated detective should find it contive apathy, and had much ado to keep venient to drop in on the exclusive from laughing in his guest's face as Mr. Maitland. Mr. Anisty? the latter, perspiringly earnest, unfolded his plans for laying the burglar by the heels. CHAPTER Vli. From time to time, and at interIllumination. vals steadily decreasing, the hand of In a breath was self satisfaction the host sought the neck of the bottle, banished; simultaneously the masqu inclining it carefully above the thin- rader brought his gaze down from the stemmed glass that Hickey kept in al- ceiling, his thoughts to earth, his vigimost constant motion. And the de- lance to the surface, and himself to his tectives fatuous loquacity flowed as feet, summoning to his aid all that he the contents of the bottle ebbed. possessed of resource and expedient. Yet, as the minutes wore on, the Trapped! the word blazed incanburglar began to be conscious thaf it descent in bis brain. So long had he was but a shallow well of information foreseen and planned against this very and amusement that he pumped. The moment. game, fascinating with its spice of Yet panic swayed him for but a litdaring as it had primarily been, began tle instant; as swiftly as it had overto pall. At length the masquerader come him it subsided, leaving him calculated the hour as ripe for what shocked, a shade more pale, but rapid he had contemplated from the begin- ly reasserting control of his faculties. ning; and interrupted Hickey with And with this shade of emotion came scant consideration, in the middle of a complete reassurance. most interesting exposition. His name had been ui'ered in no Youll pardon me, Im sure, if I stern or menacing tone; rather its trouble you again for the time. syllables had been pitched in a low The fat red fingers sought uncer- and guarded key, with an undernote tainly for the timepiece; the bottle of raillery and cordiality in brief, the The hour, a3 an-- : moment that he recognized the voice wa3 now empty. as a woman's, he was again master of ounced, was ten minutes to two. Tve an engagement, invented himself, and, aware that the result of with a friend at his instinctive impulse to rise and deAnisty, plausibly, two. If youll excuse me ? Garcon, fend himself, which had brought him to a standing position, would be in1addiMon! Then I undstand, Mister Maitland, terpreted as only the natural action of a gentleman addiessed by a feminine we cn count on yeh? Anisty, eyelids drooping, tipped back acquaintance, he was confident that his chair a trifle and regarded Hickey ho had not betrayed his primal com with a fair imitation of the whimsical sternation. He bowed, smiled, and with eyes in which astonishment swiftMaitland smile. Hardly, I think. ly gave place to gratification and comtruculently. Why not? her To be frank with you, I have three plete comprehension, appiaised excellent reasons. The first should be who had addressed him. She seemed to have flutteied to the sufficient: Im too lazy. Disgruntled, Hickey stared and table, beside which she no. I was slightly swaying, her walking ostume shook a disapproving head. afraid of that; yeh swells dont never of gray shot silk falling abof her in seem to think nothin of yer duties to soft, tremulous petals. ,y, cbic, remarked Mr. Anisty, its so use trying the grillroom downstairs, although I admit it is more interesting. "Just as yeh say, sir. Awed and awkward, the police detective stumbled up the Bteps behind his imperturbable guide; it was a great honor, in his eyes, to lunch in swell. Man company with a of stodgy common sense and limited education that he was, the glamour of the Maitland millions obscured his otherwise clear vision completely. And uneasily he speculated as to whether or not he would be able to manipulate correctly the usual display of knives and forks. An obsequious headwaiter greeted them, bowing, in the lobby. Good afternoon, Mr. Maitland, he murmured. "Table for two? Good afternoon, responded the masquerader, with an assumed abstraction, inwardly congratulating himself upon having hit upon a restaurant where the real Maitland was evidently known. There were few circumstances which he could not turn to profit, fewer emergencies to which he could not rise, he complimented Handsome Dan Anisty. sccl'ty. too-geni- serene, flawless A fire was kindled In 'Anisias ey'es; he was conscious of a quickened drumming of his pulses. Dan is Maitlands front name, also, he remarked, absently. I thought as much," she responded, quietly speculative. The burglar hardly heard. It has been indicated that he was quick wltted, because lie had to be, in the very nature of his avocation. Just now his brain was working rather more rapidly than usual, even; which was one reason why the light had leaped into his eyes. - (TO BE GREEN SPOTS CONTINUED) WILDERNESS. IN Relieve the Desolation of Desert Northern Chile. of Northern Chile, which Is so largely mountain or desert, Is generally regarded as a forbidden wilderness, but in spite of its natural desolation the landscape presents a scene of great beauty under the softening hues of sunset, and here and there in the waste of sand and salt may be found, by looking for them, a number of oases, the most conspicuous of which are Pica and Matilla. These oases are supplied with water from the high Andes, but the particular streams that support their life are not certainIt has been found that in ly known. various parts of the great Atacama desert the earth underneath the surface layer of sand or salt is sufficiently moist to grow crops, capillary at traction spieading the water through the soil. The rainless Atacama desert is the scene of the greatest industry of its kind In the world, yielding enormous quantities of nitrates, used to enrich the fields of Europe and the United States. ".The oases play a very Important economic role In the industries of the region, supplying vegetables and foodstuffs for the support of the workmen, alfalfa for the tattle, and vailous fruits, and also serving as timber producers for the nitrate much fuel. works, which require There Is no part of the world where agriculture is more extensively carried on than in these green spots In the Atacama desert. Zion's Ileiald Coloring Straw Hats. "Some persons take a lot of pleasure and no little pride," said he, "In coloring a meerschaum pipe, and I was thinking the other day what an awful blow it would be to the hat dealers if it got to be a fad to color a straw hat. You know in the course of a summer tbO aveiage man will use at least tyro, and Some men .three, straws. , .They change them only when they get vbryblaek and' after one cleaning has taken the vitality out of the hat. "Men dont like a dirty hat only because it shows that they have bad it a long time. However, suppose it was the fashion to color them. Men would admire the hat as it was changing from a delicate brown to a fair pretty black, and tbe older the bat the better. -- NO. 39. 5, 1910, Stephen Coleridge will endeavor to confer with Mr. Rockefeller to induce OF the latter to lend his influence to check the tortures of animals inflicted by vivisectors, especially at the Rockefeller institute. In a war between the Teddies and the Gorillas," two rival gangs of New York City boys, Joseph Yeager, a Gorilla, was tied RECORD IMPORTANT OF THE to a lamp post, gagged, his pockets EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST stuffed with excelsior and set afire. MANNER POSSIBLE. fled after dropping Three Teddies lighted matches in his pockets. He owes his life to pasesrsby, who smothered the flames. Are That Happening Making Hlator) Mrs. Emma Le Doux has pleaded Information Gathered from All at Stockton, Cal., to the murguilty Quarter of the Globe and of A, N. McVtcker, and has been der Given In a Few Llnea. sentenced to life imprisonment. Mrs, Le Doux murdered McVlcker in a hotel In Stockton on March 24, 1906, and placed his body In a trunk, intending Clfkrles M. Hobbs, organizer and to take it to San Francisco, but the presence of the body was discovered general manager of the Power company, is dead at at the railroad station. For a number of Danville, N. Y. The Virginia legislature has reyears and up to 1900 Mr. Hobbs was elected John W. Daniel for the sixth purchasing agent of the Denver & time to the United States senate. He was one of Rio Grande railroad. WASHINGTON. the corps of signal men that estabA favorable report has been made on Pikes on the Mondell bill lished the first signal station admitting to entry peak. surface of coal lands In the the John E. Ballaine of Seattle has United States. The measure affects made an offer to the senate commit about 30,000,000 acres of lands In Wyotee on territories of a royalty of 50 Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, ming, cents a ton on coal mined for the North Dakota, Oregon, Washington some of acres the of lease of 5,000 and Idaho. choicest coal lands In Alaska. Ills Falsification by any census employe offer has caused a decided sensation, official of any or relating to coming as it does on the eve of the the census is madepapers a misdemeanor, Ballinger-Pincho- t 'investigation. punishable by a fine of $1,000 under Sweeping reductions in the cost of a bill introduced by Representative will out Goldfield of go Robinson of Arkansas. tra portation into effect February 8, and wtii afford Major W. P, Robinson of the army, great savings to mining men who are who has been accused by James Wick-ershashipping ore to the Utah smelters. congressional delegate from Utah Copper gained a decisive vie of being too deeply interested Alaska, tory on Tuesday when two judges of in legislation affecting Alaska and of the United States district court at being in Washington as a member of Trenton, N. J., dissolved the injunc- an Alaskan lobby, will be defended by tion obtained by Colonel E. A. Wall of War Dickinson. Secretary merthe and W. C. Graham, against The house has passed a bill to creger of the Bingham, Utah, properties. ate a bureau of mines in the departIdaAbout 250 delegates from Utah, ment of tne interior, The measure ho and Wyoming attended the open will rot go into effect before July 1, ing session of the second annual 1916, y f Good Roads convention ip Salt Lake 4 A p peals from chambers of. com' Governor Spry rnerce City on January 26, and boards of trades of several being present) welcome the delegates. The good roads moVeihQft'"tii' state tie , the west is given a great boost by the ton, recommending that the recede from its partment position that convention. American beef and cattle must be ad- DOMESTIC. mftted into Germany, it being mainPlunging 100 feet to the bottom of tained that no advantage can accrue Blanco canyon, and then burned to a from the position maintained. crisp amid the debris of a wagon, was The Mann "white slave bill was the fate of Mrs. 8. R. Break, a widow, by the house by a viva voice passed and her child, near the vote. , r little plains town of Floydada, Texas. FOREIGN. and became scared The horses ChrisEighty thousand Armenian plunged over the diff. Albert T. Patrick, who has been a tians are facing starvation in Cicilia. prisoner for nearly ten years and wbo according to an appeal just Issued by. is now serving a life sentence in Sing Bishop David K. Geer, in behalf of Sing for the murder of William Marsh the Armenian Relief association. Clearing out his coal scuttle, M. Rich, has been formally disbarred as a practicing lawyer by the appellate Boudet, who lives in Paris, was surdivision of the supreme court. In the prised, not to say delighted, to find a future Patrick will have to have a gold nugget, weighing 250 grammes, among the coal, The man took it to lawyer represent him. George W. Wight of New Jersey, the police station. It was claimed by state commissioner of charities, be- the woman who sold him the coal, and hidlieves that state control of cold stor- wha had, in fear of apaches, in it den a of coal. sack be can an made effective age plants of the Salvation General Booth weapon for regulating prieps of food stuffs. The state board of health, in Army has shown his characteristic huthe judgment of the comissioner, manity by refusing to prosecute a man ' should have supervision over all cold who recently robbed him of a bag, storage products brought into the with contents valued at $150, during a service at the Crouch End opera state. My mission is to save sinDr. W. A. Gordon, who during the house Civil war was general medical inspect- ners, not to punish them, he said. I or of the department of the Cumber- would rather try rescue the man from vice than to send him to prison." land, Is dead in San Jose, Cal. The foreign trade of Japan in 1909 Rafaejp Pisano, leader of the Black Exports, 412,000,000 Hand sisfciety of Brooklyn, was sen- was as followsimports, tenced to twentj-flvyears in Sing yen (about $210,000,000); 393.000.- 000 yen (about $200,000,000). Sing for aternpted murder. The corresponding figures last year Mrs. Josle Pettis, owning a farm near Dalhart, Texas, declares a bolt were 377,000,000 and 436,000,000 yen. Negotiations begun of lightning struck the ground on the recently bemountainside near her home recently tween the United States, Great Brit- and uncoveied a spring of crude oil, ain, Japan and Russia for a treaty to which is nosprodueing 200 barrels protect fur seals of the North Pacific daily. It is claimed that she has been are being delayed bv Canadas claim offered 10.000, for th small tract of for compensation for Canadian pelagic seals. land. The French Academy of Science has Clara Kill, a old girl of Chicago, is missing and it is feared she announced a method of curing and chilblains. Hold your has been kidnaped , preventing Geo. L. Grimm and Herman Blue, hand in the air for a few minutes and wriggle Hie fingers. Io this about miners at the Cuba shaft near ten times a day. Ills, were killed by falling A special dispatch rom Lisbon says 325 feet. The pushed a coal car into the Chinese have invaded Maceo that an open shaft and Tell with the car to and that a cruiser has been ordered the bottom. of the Chinese and A balloon trip across the Atlantic there. The failure to come to an will be attempted some time in May. Portuguese government on this agreement disputed territory New York and Berlin capitalists are led to the anticipation of some behind the scheme The course will has definite action on the part of the Chi- be from Berlin to Vancouver, B. C. nese at an early date A six foot policeman told a girl announces Harvard observatory shiitwaist striker who was doing that a message has been received picket duty in thi(adelphia to move from Kiel, Germany, in which it was she surprised him by slap- stated that Professor Kobold had ping him in the face. This started a completed the computation of the disturbance, and before it was over orbit of the new comet and that it six girl strikers were on their way showed that the comet was nearest to a police station charged with cre- the sun on January 27, when it was 4.000.- 000 miles aw ay. ating disorder. , Clubs and blackjacks figured in a Paris is practically cut off south riot participated in by more than 100 and west by high waters, and, if pres- persons in Brooklyn, following an en- ent conditions continue, the question counter between striking girl shirt- of food will become menacing. The waist workers and girls. senate has appropriated $400,000 tprf More than a score were injured and national relief. The public aid fundi v for this purpose Is swelling. four young women were arrested. HEWS A WEEK III eight-year-ol- d INTER-MOUNTAI- Nevada-Cali-fornl- a Y - y . d , e 4 e, , on,-an- non-unio- 'I 1 J I I s w I n . 1 |