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Show , s THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Foreign Words and Phrases q Ad valorem. (L.) , According to the value, as certain customs duties. Ab origine. (L.) From the origin. Bon gre, mal gre. (F.) With good grace or with ill grace; willy-nillArs longa, vita brevis, (L.) Art is long, life is short. Cest line autre chose. (F.) That is a different affair. Dei gratia. (L.) By the grace of God. CHAPTER V Continued 12 domestic virtues of a - clergymans wife thats what Peg was. Id like to give Pat a squint at the underdog she thinks she despises so," he thought. The next morning there were two responses to the advertisement suggested by Evans. Barry wrote asking both applicants for the reward to call at his rooms. On the way to The Globe, he dropped in on Tim Laugh-ert5 y. Tim had been assigned to a new case now, and regarded the Kelly matter as a closed Incident. Barrys zeal amused him. "Whatre you talking about?" he inquired with mock seriousness. "Kelly? Were at the Zieg-felFollies, buddy. Barry reported his Interview with the Oriental. Tim grinned; "We knew all about that ten days ago I He produced his records. There was a call at 8:16. That came from a hotel In the Forties an actorine named Betty Barclay. Then there was three calls from Kellys at 8:22, 8:27 and 9:41. That first numbers the house of a lawyer named Hood. Next comes the Yale club. And the thirds a flat in Kiverside drive. Whose? d know. What about the call that came in while Rogers was there? "Boloney. You mean there wasnt any such call? "Not on my records. Of course, It mightve been sent from a slot booth. You cant trace them things. Listen, pal, youre on a chase. This Rogers lad done it. nickel-ln-th- e wild-goos- e Barry proceeded to The Globe, quite expecting to find his dismissal there. Im- going to draw down fifty bucks, he thought, "and what have I done for it? But Ernie Harwood had caught the contagion for sleuthing." The other papers have practically dropped it, he said. "Okay. Well go on working quietly, and, some day, .well turn up the story. Its good any time. And Im dead sure now the cops have got the wrong party. Maybe they know it, too. Maybe they dont want to know who bumped off the big boss. Whatre you doing? Barry told him. Lets see those telephone num, bers. Standing over him, Barry pointed out that somebody had made two calls from Kellys within eleven minutes after the receipt' of the message from Betty Barclay. Harwood saw nothing remarkable about that. But, Barry "who was somebody? persisted, Kelly didnt get home till 11, the Filipino says. Mrs. Kelly was in Harlem. Who called the Yale club, and the flat on Riverside drive? Harwood sent for a newspaper file. his finI thought so, he observed, Barof Its one on pages. Betty ger clays the dame Mrs. Kelly named when she was going to divorce Kelly." Barry whistled. That might explain Mrs. Kelly call' ing a lawyer named Hood. The city editor glanced back at the - . file. - Especially since he was her lawyer. Gimme that big red book. Barry obeyed. Graduated from Yale. He Hood. wasnt at home, so they tried to get him at his club. Law firm: Hood & Loring. Gimme the telephone book. Just a hunch, but Okay. The Riverside numbers the home of Horace Loring. Somebody wanted legal advice that night, and wanted it bad. t Who? Use your imagination. Mrs. Kelly?" Sure. She took the call from Betty . Barclay "She didnt The butler took it. All right Then he gave it to her, and she went wild. You want to know why the Orientals cagey. Well, thats why. Hes trying to shield Mrs. Kelly. What youve got to do now is to check up on that alibi." They discussed ways and means, Also, they discussed Barrys other activities. Barry showed Ernie his advertisement and the two responses. Harwood was skeptical. Wu- - might get the number of the , Ham-bidge- i d beet-top- 1 , f Bre-voor- t, lamp-pos- t, PAINFUL fifty-doll- PirJCHItlG Zino-pad- IDIOIGIS CHAPTER VI . taxi that killed the woman. What thought so at the time. I picked him then? That was two hours after the up In a tobacconists shop a few minmurder. And, if you have the good utes before twelve o'clock. Where do fortune to get the taxi the one that you want to go? I asked him. j "To a drug store, he answered. brought the midnight caller to KelTheres one in the Flatiron building, lys, if there was a midnight caller I must see Pat at once, Barry street. hows the driver going to know who at Broadway and Twenty-thirBOYS! GIRLS! s his fare was? No, son; thats Take me there. . thought. was to Read to What a he the her? "It seemed long way to go for a Grape Nuts ad in another going say of this a Six she had him but column I knew he paper and learn how defended before, days himself. store, given supposed drug Barry You never can tell what youre go- someone, or wanted a special prescrippretty plain warning to keep out of to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and tion. Anyway, it was none of my this. Barry no longer had any doubt win valuable free prizes. Adv. ing to get till you go after it. Harwood was searching for that In- business, and I took him. He gave of that. He had decided to do so, me a fifty-ceevitable pipe. tip, and went into the and then Willetts had reminded him By Another Name ,i Youre enthusiastic, he comment- Broadway entrance. Five minutes lat- that gentlemen didnt abandon ladies Companionate marriage is very old Well, what was a gen- but it wasnt called that. In fact, er, while I was wondering where to go in distress. ed, and thats something. its everything. I figure getting any- next, I saw him walk out of the door tleman to do now?. Damn it, he raged ; I cant blame where as 5 per cent luck and 95 that opened on Fifth avenue. I started her for wanting to protect her own per cent enthusiasm. Now, beat It. back uptown. About half past one, I picked up a father ! And it doesnt make the least Im too busy for mathematics. difference, anyway. Id go on loving He smiled, almost as warmly and couple that wanted to go to the on street. her if shed committed the murder! I took em, as Eighth Winslow done. had kindly Once more, he asked himself what "Youve got a nose for news, he and was making for Times square went on. When I hired you, I said again when the traffic lights stopped right he had to assume that either Pat a raise if you were worth me at Sixteenth. Then I saw the or the Judge had anything to do with youd get it, and fired if you werent Well, I woman and the cab. The whole thing that murder. Pacing the floor, he rewas over in a minute. The taxi struck viewed all his evidence again, and think youre worth a hundred a week. Thats swell of you," Barry glowed, her, went right up on the pavement, reached a conclusion. as to what it insmashed a and kept going. dicated. That brought him back to "but I dont see what Ive done But the number. I the idea of himself as Pats ally. If letgot the desired Wednesday brought of I "Then, course, jumped out of I can make her see that, he said, ter from Bad Nauheim, and three Shes got to come clean, though. And more from gentlemen who hoped to my cab and went to the woman. She receive the reward. With was beyond help, though. And, by she will. When I can tell her about Peggy, and make her understand that these, as with their predecessors, the truth will clear that boy. And made Barry' appointments beginning then we can get together to clear the at four oclock Thursday. Mrs. BidJudge. There might have . been a ders envelope contained a check whole lot of reasons decent ones drawn to her order by "the old man, for his going to Kellys that night. and endorsed simply Eleanor Bidder. Evans phoned at ten. Shes a good business woman," Barry Ive been having dinner with Kesaid to himself, ironically. Apply New De Luxe Dr. Scholl's chauffeur. His names Nolan, Evs on any sensitive spots llys It hadnt occurred to her to doubt caused by shoe pressure or friction and ans said, and he dont talk much, the sender of that cablegram, or what youU have instant relief. They stop pain We got pretty thick tonight, though. of corns, callouses and bunions; prevent he meant to do with the money. sore toes, blisters; ease tight shoes. Flesh we start for home at nine "Suppose Winslowll take it, Barry told Peggy, color, waterproof; dont come off in the the in said. morning, Barry bath; economical. Sold everywhere. "and take his retainer out of it. Then He was hungry, and tired of thinkhe can give us his check for the rest. ing, so he had a snack at the corner, Winslows namell be on this check Precisely at nine the next morning, when its returned to the old man, called Pat and told her he was he of all and, course, thats right." coming. "Something important's hapWhatll we do with Winslows he said. pened, check?" "Why not lunch with us? Pat sugStart a bank account in your name. gested. Then Ill go to you when we need Were lucky if we get out by two," "BLACK LEAF 40" funds, and tell you what for. Give Barry told her. And, anyway, I want this letter to Jack, and tell him it Keeps Dogs Away from to see you alone. etc. Evergreens,Shmbs ought to make him ashamed of himIll expect you at two, she said. self. Use lViTeaspoonfnl Evans was waiting, and full of his par Gallon of Spny. It almost did. Even more than the evening with Nolan. "I didnt dae communication Barry had shown him, ask a question," Evans reported. Hes this answered Jacks question as 'to the suspicious kind. I think he drinks, whether his mother cared. Im so Who Are You? He Asked Curtly. though, and a fellow that drinks is glad youve got work, she had writbound to loosen up some day. , ten, and so glad youre taking an In- this time, a policeman had turned up, him all he can hold," Barry Buy terest in that boy. It shows Ive al- and I decided to move on. He smiled. counseled. learns to avoid the conways been right about you. And it A Conversation lapsed after that. Evwill help you, too. We cant help stabulary. ans passenger was rehearsing his part So you didnt give the cop that kidneys (unction badly and others without helping ourselves of the coming interview. "Ill bet she WHENsuffer a nagging backache, . license number? to want character. boast I knows now what its about, he specmaking with dizziness, burning, scanty or too woman was "What for? The dead, to your father. Hes no better, though. ulated. frequent urination ana getting up at n some poor, scared Worse, if anything. Goodness knows and arresting And she did. night; when you feel tired, nervous, do to her wasnt going any good. when we shall get back to America, all upset use Doans Pills. Come Pat in, the invited, leading I started back to my cab, and whom Doan's are especially for poorly and Im so anxious to get back now to the drawing room. way working kidneys. Millions of boxes The real Jack Bidder answered that should I bump into but the chap. Id Pat Indicated a chair. Sit there," to the drug store. He was driven are used every year. They are recomletter without prompting, and the she bade him. mended the country over. Ask your warm Its so of out Sixteenths awfully street, coming "fake Jack Bidder posted the anfor June. . neighbor! on even in himself he lost i hadnt that h swer. noticed the crowd. Hello, I said. We (TO BE CONTINUED) At three Thursday afternoon, he seem to be meeting a lot tonight. ' was in his rooms, preparing to quiz are you? he asked, curtly., "Who Celsius Thermometer Is the Barry had reawho took you Tm the son to know the ways of imposters. Named for Its Inventor street to a drug store on Twenty-thir- d The first caller was just that "I a couple of hours ago. The Celsius thermometer after its was walking down Fifth avenue, he I never saw you before in my life. inventor, ' Anders Celsius, Swedish recounted, and I happened to glance Youve made a mistake, he said. I scientist is more commonly known SALT LAKES NEWEST HOSTELRY to my left. I saw the cab coming, live in this street, and Ive been home as the centigrade. The Reaumur scale " lickety-splOur lobby Is delightfully air all evening. You never drove me any- is one used to some extent in Europe. cooled Fahrenheit "To your left? Barry asked. "That where. , temperature during the summer months readings j would have been east. And Sixteenth Radio for Every Room Have it your own way, I said, may be converted into centigrade by streets for traffic from the west." 200 Rooms 200 Baths subtracting "32 degrees and multiplying and climbed into my buggy. , Thus, states a writer The second applicant was waiting I wasnt mistaken, and neither was by clerk whod he. He was in kind of a daze until he In the Cleveland Plain Dealer, three by now a run out of his place to see what the recognized me, and then he got almost degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, is 19 9 below zero on the centigrade scale. but hadnt hysterical. Youdve thought Id , acexcitement was about, becomes Fahrenheit by mulcame Centigrade an On his much. of seen cused him murder. heels, s and adding 32. by tiplying He Jehu. rose doctor from his chair. interesting exceptionally Reaumur M. readings may be converted was an D., he told Barry, "but Maybe Im doing that," he added. business is bad, so Im out to make "There was a murder that night, you into Fahrenheit by multiplying by and adding 32, or into centia little." know; in that street. But, of course, by me. grade fool Your know. A little business? Barry asked. multiplying by ad didnt you HOTEL To convert Fahrenheit into Reaumur Then why .did you answer it? Well, I havent hit anyone yet. 32 subtract and was thirty-fivmultiply by He Well, my conscience has been hurtneatly dressed, " i He smiled again. and wore glasses, and his English was ing me a little. zero , The is Celsius at the freezing Thats my number, and my name and pure and undefiled. Moreover, he had Rates $1.50 to $ 3.00 , point and its 100 degrees at the boila scientific instinct for observation. address, if you want me. water 760 of mm. R The Hotel Temple Square has (under ing point , "I saw the taxi, he said, "and the Theres your fifty dollars. highly desirable, friendly atmosbarometric pressure). The Reaumur . woman step off the curb. I knew the Thanks. phere. You will always find it immacand ulate, supremely comfortable, cab would hit her, and It did. I wish you could tell me more scale has its zero at the freezing thoroughly agree able. You can therepoint, and the boiling point at 80 deGet the number? about your singular fare. fore understand why this hotel iat HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Of course, the visitor answered. I wish so, too, but I cant. Id grees. Fahrenheit placed hiszero at You can also appreciate whyi , "Took it fiown as the runaway crossed know him if I saw him again, but Im the lowest temperature he could proIt's a mark of distinction to stop duce, achieving it by mixing snow and not likely to see him. in front of me. at this beautiful hostelry salt. On his scale the freezing point Would you mind leaving me a reHe produced a prescription pad. C. RO SUITER, Mgr. ERNEST 32 212. the and at at is boiling point 026017. ceipt for that money? Barry asked. to Barry wrote it in the Certainly not. Volga Longest which he had transferred the number I like to have vouchers for what I Sell Perfumes 100 profit to you. 5 exThe Volga river is the longest in quisite of Kellys lost latch-kepay out. odors. 10c for Sample and sales plan. How did you happen to be in lowThe doctor nodded, and went to the Europe, 2,300 miles long and draining Velvet Parfumes, 28 E. 22nd St., New York. an area more than twice the size of er Fifth avenue at that hour? he desk. 2436 an exclamahalted was' Texas, and passes the doors of the WNU W asked. by Barry ' r yr. tion. I went down some time before mightiest cities In Russia Kazan, Saratov,- Samara, Perm, What is it? he asked. with a very singular person." NfebMMWdHaiH and the ancient town ef to him. Ulanovsk turned doctor do The he was you say Why singular? Thats the man I saw in Sixteenth Astrakan. "He acted strangely. At least, , Stop fretting," Barry commanded "Hell be out In a month. Barrys heart had gone out to Peggy and to her boy. A chorine with the I dont En passant. (F.) In passing; by the way. Profanum vulgus. (L.) The profane Believe it or not, herd. street, he said. thats the man. Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re. In his hand was Barrys newspa(L.) 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