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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH The' Plains CD IP Albraha James Olivet Garwood IHtMimUaM Eg wmen nas sorienea Edmond's sinj heart, and that boy of hers is no less English than she. The two should not be allowed to live so near to us, yet Tonteur maintains they are his friends. ' The place they have built should be burned and the English woman and her boy sent where they belong. Let Henri Bulain go with them If he chooses to be a renegade instead of a Frenchman I Fie upon you for such thoughts, Henriette," chided the milder voice of Madame Tache. I despise the English as much as you or Toinette, but It is unfair to voice such Invective against these two, even though the woman is proud of her pretty face and her boy Is a little wretch. man and simEdmond Is a ply befriends them out of pity! Are you angry because of that, Henriette? I am angry because she is English, and her boy is English, and yet they are allowed to live among us as if they were French. I tell you they will be traitors when the time for treachery comes!-Jeemhad stood with his fingers clenched at the unyielding Iron of the knocker. Now he heard another voice and knew it was Toinettes. I think Jeems mother is nice, she said. But Jeems is a detestable little English beast! And some day that beast will help to cut our throats, added her mother unpleasantly. The great Iron knocker fell with a crash, and almost before the sound of It reached a servants ears, the door swung open and Jeems stalked in. The women were speechless as he stood In the wide opening to the room in which they were seated. He scarcely seemed to realize they were there and looked only at Toinette. He remained for a moment without movement or speech, his slim figure tense and gripped. Then he bowed his head in a courtesy which Catherine had carefully taught him. When he spoke his words were as calm as those of Madame Tache had been. I have come to tell you I am sorry because of what happened at Lus I mud-slingin- Irwin KijcM CfftirUU mifVjv.- Ew - A s s horrifying thought leapt upon him, and so sudden was the shock of it that he sat staring straight ahead, barely conscious of two figures emerging from the concealment of a thick growth of brushwood twenty paces The thought became convicaway. tion. He had not whipped Paul Tache ! Paul had whipped him and his enemys accomplishment had been so CHAPTER IX Hepsibah, as Is his thorough that he could still feel the custom, has brought presents for his ' sister and her family To Jeems he unstnhility of the world about him as he drew himself to his feet gives a splendid p.ece of crimson velvet. laughingly teil.ng the bey it is to His eyes and head cleared as the lie a present from Jeems to Toinett Tonteur, small daughter of the sei- a realization of defeat swept over him. gneur Hepsibah also gives Jeems In Then he recognized the two who had pistol, bidding him perfect himself the marksmanship, for ,the inpeople ofofraids appeared in the edge of the open. One vontier are constantly fear was his Unde Hepsibah, the other oy Indian war parties, allies of the Toinettes father. Both were grinning rlnglish broadly at the spectacle which he made, and as they drew nearer he heard Tonteurs voice In what was meant to be a confidential whisper! CHAPTER Continued. Ts it really your friend Adams, or one of Lussafi's pigs come out of its wallow? Hold me, or what .Teems had seen the tragedy of the misdirected mud, and he knew that I have seen will make me split! But Jeems heard no response from Toinettes hands and not Pauls were for the traders face sudHepsibah, pulling viciously at his hair. There Is a hurt which bears with It a sting of denly lost its humor, and In place of came a look which had no glint of satisfaction, and this emotion pressed It or laughter in it. smile upon Jeems as he fought desperately 'll front and felt himself attacked CHAPTER IV rpacherourlv from behind. For Paul was accountable for the mishap to Next Sunday morning Jeems set out Toinette. Had the other not dodged for Tonteur manor with the thought in a cowardly fashion, allowing the deeply intrenched in his mind that he stuff to pass on to her, the thing would not fight Paul Tache that day would not have happened. It did not no matter what temptation might be take more than a few seconds for the plaped in his path. He had told his inspiration of this thought with Its apmother where he was going and what parent justice and truth to fire him he was planning to do, and with her with a determination beside which his encouragement to spur him on he felt former resolution sank to insignifieager and hopeful as he made his way cance. He was n longer lighting for toward the seigneurie. Toinettes approval, but against her, This feeling was unlike the one with against Paul Taehe, against all the which he had set out to fight Paul world. Toinette. pulling at his hair, Tache, and what he had to do loomed heating at his hack, had raised his even more important than any physical struggle to epic heights. The strength vanquishment which he might bring of martyrdom filled his lean arms and upon his rival. To Soften Toinettes body, and lie fought with a renewed heart, now so bitterly against him. to fierceness that made his heavier but bnck the friendliness of her bring softer antagonist give way before the smile, and to see her eyes alight with punishment, and both went down to the sweetness which she had been on earth again. Toinette fell with them, the point of yielding to him at Lusher long skirt impeding the activity of sans place were foremost in his mind. their legs, her hi:: hat hanging like a He was anxious to see Toinette and to sunshade over her face, her beautioffer her all that his small world held, fully made curls tangled and spotted if thereby he could make amends for with mud, her hands beating angrily the ruin and humiliation he had at. whichever of the two chanced to brought upon her. A spirit of chivalry come in her way. in him, older than his years, rose Jeems was aware of her presence above the lowly consideration of rights and physically sensible of her and wrongs. He was sure he was but in the complexity of right. Yet he wanted to say he was action which sur 'ed over and about wrong. Though he did not know it, him he could afford no discrimination years had passed since two days ago, in the manner of using his arms, legs, and he was a new Jeems going to a teeth, and head, and at last, finding new Toinette. His fear of her had herself disentangled. Toinette ''scramHe was no longer borne vanished. bled to her feet considerably bruised down by a feeling of littleness and unand in such disorder that no one importance, and for the first time he would have recognized her as the splendid little lady of the seigneurie was visiting Tonteur manor without who had come so proudly to Lussans the thought of inferiority sending Its misgivings through his soul. In some place a short time before. Her handsome hat was a crumpled wreck In mysterious way which he did not unwas twisted and derstand, but which he strongly felt, the mud. Her bedraggled. Her hands and face were he had passed away from yesterday discolored with sil, and her hair was forever. Soon his feet were in the path which so tangled about her that she was alIt was so still he most smothered in it. Despite this led to the manor. believed could have that every one was self her mental condition, physical more than ever Inflamed with the de- was asleep as he courageously mounted sire to fight, and seizing upon the hard the wide steps to the door of Toinettes and woodli'ke stalk of a last years home. On this door was a great black sunflower which lay in the dirt, she knocker of battfered iron. The face succeeded in br'nging it down with of the knocker was a grinning ogre, such force that, missing Jeems, it a gargoylish head which, from his caught Paul on. he side of the head earliest memory of it, had fixed itself nnd laid him sprawling flat on his face. upon him as a symbol of the grim and This terminated the conflict for unapproachable spirit that guarded the rooms within. His hand reached out Toinette, who gave a cry of apprehension when she saw frhat she had done. to awaken the (Lull thunder of Its Paul had recovered, from Toinettes voice. His fingers touched the cold Iron. blow before Jeems could take adHe hesitated in the moment he was durof and what it, happened vantage lifting it, for he observed that the ing the final round of contention remained largely a matter of speculation door was open by a space of a few in Jeems mind. He "was sitting up, Indies. Through this aperture a voice aftef a little, and there was no one came to him clearly. It was a high, to strike at. Paul and Toinette were biting, angry voice, and he recognized out of his reach yet he heard their it as Madame Tonteurs. He raised voices, oddly Indistinct, moving in the the weight from its metal panel and direction of Lussans house. He tried would have knocked when he heard a to call out, thinking that Tache was name which made him pause In rigid escaping like a coward, but something silence. It was his own. He heard Toinette's mother say. In hi$ throat choked him until it was Henri Bulain was a fool for marrying impossible for him to get breatlj enough English woman, to make a sound. He made an effort this to rise that be might pursue his and Edmond Is a greater fool for not beaten enemy. The earth, about him driving her from the country when her swam dizzily. He was gasping, sick at breed is murdering and killing almost hls stomach, and Wood was dripping at our doors. The woman was made for a spy, despite the pretty face from his noe. With his English wife. son, Catherine, and "Jaeins," Ht nri Bulain, French settler in Canada in 174a. cultivates a fertile farm, adjacent to the Tonteur seign- eurie. As the story opens the Bulain lamily is on its way home from a visit to the Tonteurs. Catherines wandering brother, Heys.bah, meets them. CHAPTER 1 twelve-year-ol- d i : J III. petit-neve- good-for-nothi- . . DAY Notary Public i LICENSED ABSTRACTOR Of Rich County, Utah A specialty of making Deeds and Titles YOUR ATTENTION! If you had a diamond, would you keep it hidden from sight, where its beauty could not be enjoyed? Keep your head well trimmed you may have it,s equivalent under your hair s sans place, Toinette," he said, and he bent his head a little lower toward her. I ask you to forgive me." Even Henriette Tonteur could not have thought of him as a beast after that, for pride and fearlessness were in his bearing in spite of the whiteness of his face. As the occupants of the room stared at him, unable to find their voices, he drew back quietly and was gone as suddenly as he had appeared. The big door closed behind him, and turning to a window near her Toinette saw him go down the steps. An exclamation of Indignation and amazement came at last from her mother, but this she did not hear. Her eyes .were following Jeems. He went across the open and Into the fields. As he drew near the foot of Tonteur hill, Odd came cautiously forth to meet him, but not until they reached their old resting place at the crest of the ascent did he pause or seem to notice the dog. Then ht back upon the seigneurie. A bit of Iron had sunk Into his soul. His eyes were seeing with a new and darker vision. From the rich valley which had been the fount of all his dreams they turned to the faint gleam of distant water In the south where lay Lake Champlain, and beyond which, not far away, were the Mohawks and the English and the land of his mothers people. It was the blood of that land, running red. and strong in his veins, which Toinette looked and her mother hated. He dropped a hand upon Odds head, and the two started over the homeward trail. The dog watched the forest and caught its scents, but he watched and guarded alone, tor Jeems gave small heed to the passing Interests of the woods and thickets. ' (To be Continued) Elbow Great Dont wait for something to turn up start with your own sleeves. AAAAAAAAAA a A.A.AAAA..A.A.AA..A.AA.A.A. g . d-- ess LEWIS LONGHURST big-soule- d A THE STORY valIntines ST. Up from th south t ths break of morn. Over the snow by the south wind borne, Steals like ths dawn or a sweet perfume Promise of summer with bird and bloom. This is ths month when the banks of snow Gurgle in streams to the rivers below. This is ths month si ths mating moon. Brooding new life that shall wake in June. DAVE SMITHS SHOP BARBER YOUR tie shares of the southern stream Wild birds are chanting the deathless theme. 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It was believed she would see her own true love in a winding sheet raking the hampseed behind her. Why he was supposed to be seen In a winding sheet has not been explained. Another superstition was most Interesting. If a young girl got five hay leaves and pinned one on each of the four corners of her pillow, the remaining one to be placed In the center, and If that night her sweetheart appeared in her dreams they would be married before the end of the year. It is written of one young lady of those times that she confessed, in order to make the charm more potent, to having boiled an egg perfectly hard, removed the yolk, filled the vacant place with salt and, upon going to bed, eaten the entire egg, salt, shell and all, without drinking or speaking to any one after she had finished the eating of 1L But the really, truly way to find out the name of your own true love was to write the name of all your admirers upon bits of paper, roll them up in clay, put them In a vessel of water and the first one to rise to the surface was surely the one. The practice of sending comic valentines is a much later one. These caricatures which poked fun at peoples personal appearance, their clothes and even the work In which they were engaged had their greatest popularity perhaps 40 or 50 years ago. Fortunately, they now seem to have lost their vogue. There is no doubt that many friendships were severed and enemies made because of these frequently offensive missives being sent with malice aforethought. Meanwhile, the pretty valentines all hearts, paper lace and cupids seem to grow finer each year. Beauticards and painted and ful decorated boxes for conbeautifully fections are sold In great numbers. Not the least Interesting of the present-day valentines are the various and nuifieroug assortments of packages filled with all the paraphernalia ready to be assembled Into lovely valentines which children love to prepare for their teachers, friends and family. As it has now become more a day for children than for grown-upsthese packages afford much pleasure to the sender and to the recipient. hand-painte- d A Valuable Asjet of Your Business We Help Our Cus tomers to Success With Presentable, Profitable PUBLICITY We Want You to keep in mind the fact that in addition to printing a newspaper we do work of all kinds. 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