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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH r i Money to Burn By Peter B. Kyne by Peter B. Kyne. U WNU Service d Oil on claims...we just We dont sell show you the test results, figured out in fractions... Germ-Processe- THE STORY Hiram Butterworth, miser, dies suddenly leaving: his fortune of more than a million to Elmer Clarke, nephew. Before his death Hiram arranged for payment with interest of $40,000 which he had swindled a man out of forty years before. Unknown to Elmer, his sweetheart, Nellie Cathcart, bank teller, is heiress of the swindled man. Colorado Charley, crook, and his partner, Mae, plan to pluck Elmer. Posing as a reporter named Doris Gatewood, Mae calls on Elmer.' Elmer is a candidate for school trustee. Nellie spots Doris as an adventuress. Elmer goes to Los Angeles and visits Doris and her "brother. Returning home, Elmer finds Nellie knows all about his visit. CHAPTER IX 16 That night Nellie sent a telegram to the editor of the American Weekly in New York, asking if their Los Angeles staff correspondent was Miss Doris Gatewood, and giving her address, which in the form of an anonymous letter Had reached her that morning. She requested an answer afraid I shall not be able to see very much of you until after the school election. Atta boy, Elmer! As he strode out of the bank Nellie observed that, for the first time, he no longer walked with the slight limp that had been the result of an unexpected meeting with a soldier of the Prussian Guard. Once it had been a real limp ; then it had become a habit ; but now Nothing like a little judicial prodding nothing like a hint of opposition nothing like an objective to be captured, to keep that boy busy, the Well, anyhow, he girl soliloquized. didn't fib to me about Doris Gatewood. 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True to his promise, Elmer saw little of Nellie during the period intervening before the school trustee election. He had a fight on his hands collect She had it early next morning. I thought so, Nellie soliloquized. Only another buzzard gathering for the feast. Well, Elmer might as well learn about women from her. I wonder if shes an alimony hound or just a plain swindler. Well, a letter to the chief of police of Los Angeles, on the bank stationery, will receive prompt attention. Nellie wrote the letter. Three days later she had her answer. It ran as follows : Dear Miss Cathcart : In response to your interesting letter of recent date: The circumstances under which the lady in question made the acquaintance of .your friend appeared to me to present ample ground for suspicion particularly in view of the fact that the gentleman has a considerable ON Travtl for-tun- e. ,v- - ... r -- .reliable men to Investigate. He reports that the house at the address you name is inhabited by a notorious bunco steerer, known to the police all over the country as Colorado Charley. There is a young woman living there with him who passes as his sister, but who is an accomplice of his. She has a police record as the most accomplished come-oin the business, and is undoubtedly the person to whom you refer. We will keep them under surveillance. Meanwhile, if you should have any further information of importance to communicate to us, we shall be with you. glad to In closing, may I suggest that you do nothing to indicate to the young man that he is playing with fire? If we give this calf more rope we may be enabled to get him into the corral and earmark him. Very truly yours, J. Fitzgerald, Acting Captain of Detectives. n te I When Elmer called at the bank to sign the deed to his house and lot, he noted that the deed ran to Nellie CathcaFt, an unmarried woman. HelI see the buyer lo, he murmured, Is hiding his identity by using you as a dummy. Why all the secrecy, Nellie? No secrecy at all, Nellie replied I am the buyer. demurely. Elmer scratched his ear in perWhat do you want of the plexity. property? he demanded presently. Its a good buy, Elmer. I think I can sell it for about two thousand dollars profit In a years time. "Are you going to move Into the house yourself? No, Elmer. Im going to rent It. Well, suppose you rent it to me for the present. Its all furnished with my furniture, and Ill be far more comfortable .there than in that rat trap of a Palace hotel. dolThe rental will be seventy-fiv- e lars a month, Elmer. Youre a highway robber There fell a silence while they How looked at each other. Then: goes your fight for school trustee, dear? Nellie asked. Itg a fight and Im fighting. Thats all I can say. Im making a canvass. He nodded. In the new car? Better use the old tin Lizzie, she That shiny new monster suggested. n will cost you votes. I heard a merchant of Pilarcitos remark to Mr. Moody, apropos of your new imported car, that a fool and his money are soon parted. Well, I must be off, Nellie. Im 1 house-to-hou- se well-know- a Conoco Passport. GERM .... Send an outline of your proposed motor trip or let us help plan your trip. Get a Conoco passport, individually marked maps and and he fought. The Sunday before the election he invited the entire high school district to a barbecue. During the barbecue he made the only public It was a speech of his campaign. rattling good speech and well delivered. As usually occurs when an untrained speaker warms to his subject, Elmers oratory suddenly captivated Elmer. Almost before he realized it, he had announced his intention of seeking the office of mayor of Pilarcitos, as an independent candidate, at the November election. When Elmer Clarke stepped down from the table upon which he had made his speech, he knew he had won. In fact, he was elected by a majority of nineteen votes, and took office at the next regular meeting of the board. Meanwhile the Pilarcitos Clarion had increased its circulation by one. Colorado Charley had subscribed for three months, on the that thus he might be kept in touch with the activities of his intended victim. As a result of his foresight, Elmer red ceived a telegram from Doris on the morning of election day, wishing him a tremendous victory and making the prophecy that any other issue would be improbable. Elmer thought it was both kind and considerate of her to do this; consequently an hour after the votes were counted he sent her a telegram thanking her and announcing his victory. Immediately she replied with a night letter suggesting that he owed himself a present and that it ought to take the form of another visit to Los Gate-woo- Angeles. With that suggestion Elmer was in entire accord. He told Nellie about it before he left and she agreed that he When he told her he ought to go. would probably see Doris Gatewood and her brother while there, she told him she hoped he would see the charming Miss Gatewood and that he might As a enjoy her society Immensely. result of this conversation, Elmer departed not a little irritated. He would have preferred to have Nellie display opposition to his plan. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Point Moral Idea' Little Apes of Nikko, sometimes known as the Three Wise Monkeys, is the name of monkeys which appear in a mural decoration among ancient tombs at Nikko, Japan. The three monkeys are as follows: Mlzaru, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, who hears no evil ; Mazaru, who speaks no evil. The legend connected with these monkeys is simply a moral idea to point out the wisdom of minding one's own afr fairs and the folly of scandal. PROCESSED AKAf PIN BASE MOTOR. OIL other travel helps ... all FREE! 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