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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH Russian Children Are to Build a Railway Tunnel iillillijiiilmEliili A railway tunnel, 8,000 feet line, and a station complete in of ev-jr- y detail are to be built in their ipare time by 500 children in the riflls Park of Culture and Rest at Moscow. Copyright by Richard Hoffmann SYNOPSIS Following his fathers criticism of his Idle life, and the withdrawal of financial assistance, Hal Ireland, son of a wealthy banker, finds himself practically without funds but with the promise of a situation In San Francisco, which he must reach, from New York, within a definite time limit He takes passage with a auto party on a "share expense basis. With five othei members of the party, an attractive Giles girl, Barry Trafford; middle-age- d Kerrigan; Sister Anastasia, a nun; and an individual whom he Instinctively dislikes, Martin Crack, he starts his Journey. Barrys reticence annoys him. To Kerrigan he takes at once, but he distrusts Crack. He finds his intimacy with Kerrigan ripening, and manes a little progress with Barry. Through a misunderstanding, at a stopping place. Ha! Is directed to Barrys room, instead of hts own. Barry drops her unfriendliness and they exchange kisses. Next day he tells her he loves her. She answers that she mustnt love him, without giving any reason. Crack brutally insults Kerrigan. Hal forces him to apologize abjectly, and his feeling of enmity and disgust toward Crack Is cross-count- ry intensified. CHAPTER VI Continued 13 Then, before the sun had finished Its pitiless climbing, the road dropped past a gathering of bluffs with a look By RICHARD HOFFMANN the windows, Hal turned to her and held her sobered eyes with all the eagerness which her near, actual presence commanded. Barry, he said quickly, and very low; I love you. I havent told you today, and its harder because its more than yesterday so much more that That youd give me your parrot, said Barry, and a brittle stillness held her eyes, a wooden quality the lovely lips that said it Hals look hardened in the shock of that treachery to his tenderness. At least, he said after a clouded second, yon dont look as though you thought that was so funny. Why the devil did yon say it? Where had that wretched, stealthy shadow come from? She let out the last of her breath and turned her head helplessly, staring off through the windshield while a little shining wet rimmed her lower lids. Then she leaned partly across him. as If for a Inst look at the cap!-toher hand coming to his and taking tight hold. Darling, Its no use, she hurried out, so that he could barely hear her. Im not big enough, good enough, to pretend I dont love you. I never thought this would happen to me never thought Id be so scared and It would be simple If I cowardly. were strong and It couldnt hurt any worse. Darling, we mustnt talk about It now any more. Tonight Til tell you, my dearest dearest : I promise Ill tell you tonight." ' He kept her hand for another instant of baffled happiness, after her hold relaxed; then she leaned away, turning toward the back and saying quite coolly, "Kerrigan, did you like that statue of Lincoln on the other side? i, of Indian fighting and a more recent frontier, and came to Council Bluffs, to the broad bed of the Missouri river with its flats blackish and dry like emery, and to the end of Iowa. Across the river, there was the solidity, clamor, and business of Omaha the first metropolis In so many swift miles that Hal for once felt like a countryman, come to gape at tiie sights. But route numbers under Nebraskas covered wagon marked an escape from such frailty; and they started for Lincoln, which Kerrigan assured Ilal was not on a longer way They talked or not, as the moment and contained something worth look- was meant; but either way Hal knew ing at. that Barry and he were more proIt did. Straight up into the hot, foundly together there in a closeness broad Nebraska afternoon, a slit shaft of gray rose, dry and clean-sidefrom buildthe terrace of a square-spreaing. And where the high shaft ended in Its gold, blunt cap a Sower crooked bis bronze arm a fat seedbag slung to the faintly arrogant rhythm of his shoulders, his walk sure and familiar upon the earth that received the strewn handfuls and would give them back to his labor. Pulsipher said, 'Thatha thats the new state capitol, aint it? What would It be, old Gaunt, Ker- rlgan growled from the cigarette-corne- r of his mouth: the Mauretania? After lunch, Barry came to the front seat beside Hal, Doc leaping eagerly black-and-whit- e d d, to her lap. Kerrigan says Im to sit here, she said. Bless Kerrigan, said Hal. Hes an old peach, said Barry soft, ly. And he likes you a little, 1 think. I wonder why. Then, more freshly, Hal. could we drive down to the capitol for one closer look at It? Lets, " said Hal. Wont take a 'minute. Sou know the real way to make up your mind about it would be to sleep on your first look and see it again in the morning. Ive made up my mind, said Barry. I think its grand. I could do without some of those names urotind the outside, and the gold behind that relie' of the covered wagon over the door, and I dont think the buffaloes beside the steps are strong enough, but But outside of that you like It. said Hal, grinning. When you get to be as old as I, youll know one look isnt she said, Get to be as old as affecting difficulty with her smile. Why, darn you. Im old .enough to be your - Daughter, in some ways, said Hal blandly. Would you rather I changed places again? she said. Im darned If Ill be put in my place by you a mere a mere A mere will do, said Hal. Ive never been called that before, but I like It" What dyou know about life, anyway? she said, rueful mockery of anger In her eyes. Hal stopped to watch the slowly passing features of tiie building and said: Well. I had a parrot during tiie .psittacosis scare : fear of Ids getting the fever aged me a good deal." A parrot?" said Barry, quickly bright ened. Gosh, how. Ive wanted a parrot! All my life. Was he fun? An absolute genius.", said Ilal Wheu we gel to Los Angeles. Ill iclor.ijdt lor Idm and jon shall hae Into ile others all leaning to rys muffled cry of compassion had Hals foot hard on the brakes. she said, Hes dead, surely? glancing backward. Fraid so, said Kerrigan. Ill stop if you like, said Hal .No, said Barry sadly, but It seems such a poor death for him. Tbe sun was lower, but it was still blazing hot when they rushed by tbe little group that walked a shadeless, long stretch of the road. Tbe farmers overalls were new, his shirt white ; the child asleep In his crooked brown arms wore a fresh dress, and the printed pajamas of the two elder girls following were bright and clean. Hals thought was of the meanness of having raised that corridor of dust , for them to walk In; and as he turned to speak It to Barry, Cracks indolent voice came quickly to his ear: Notice the kid In his arms? Yes, said Hal, with a short, unwelcoming nod; he hadnt thought of Crack for an hour. There was a flat quality in Cracks next speech, as If he had exhausted the matters Interest "It was dead, he said. Hal suddenly felt that Crack, If he wanted to, could frighten him, and he turned aside in quick anger to mutter, D n It you dont know that. I saw the kid, said Crack In listless obstinacy; it was dead. Contempt, low and briefly savage, smoldered under Barrys quick It was not dead. Her eyes were blazing even after they had left Crack, as If what he had said were personal to her; her pursed lips lay unwillingly together, as if she tasted something turn bitter in her mouth. Crack said nothing. Hal tried again to capture the certainty that his tainted hatred of Crack was defined within the forgettable episode of last night. It couldnt be a slowly crescent thing, begun at the journeys start Crack was too insignificant It must all be Hals own reaction to a long day of driving, with of the speedometer the near a fifth fresh start. The temptation to look around at Crack, to see if his undistinguished face were still basking in the shy pleasure of things he privately knew that persistent temptation was part of fatigue, part of his taut impatience for the nights stop and for Barry. So too were these other dim, self conceived bogies; an unconnected wonder whether Crack might be biding his time for some little weapon of revenge for humiliation ; and that sense of a thickening imminence stealthily preparing to come upon them, just as on the long horizon there behind, the dark was preparing. As the sun sank, the skin of a minutely detailed range of hills to the southward tiny, like a Rockwell Kent drawing on ticket tape turned gradually from dry, sparse green to pale copper, with shadows defined in the tight gullies. All round the plains far edges there were wisps and drifts and high tumbles of cloud pinkened by the sun, and a lofty pile in the southeast registered the climbing shadow of evening. Then it was twilight, and somewhere under the heavy cloudbank ahead silent lightning darted. They dined in North Platte. If It wasnt raining afterward, they would try to make a place called Ogallala, for the night Just before they drew up at the hotel Barry murmured, Id like to wash a little, and leave Doc. Shall 1 meet you down here? Right, said Hal with the brittle upprehension that unless they hurried something would happen to stop them. Barry stood there so straight and cool, talking to Kerrigan, while Hals hasty fingers slipped on the knots of the luggage lashing. And only when the bags were down did she go into the hotel and upstairs. , The hall was hot, but Hals unadorned room was ten degrees hotter. He slapped the radiator In It passing: It was warm to touch. occurred to him that the management to the point might be of running a summer furnace until be found that the washstand. the chipped white iron of the bed, and the painted walls were all warmer than the thorns atmosphere. He washed quickly and hurried down to the car again, half certain that Sister Anastasia would appear to tell him Barry was, too tired to go out so late. It ,as already eleven. j But Barry came alone, batless,' a reticent smile pretending to ignore tbe I seriousness of her brave eyes. havent been long, have I? she said. -- trip-windo- w -- old-mal- sharp-edge- Rasputin Droned Away on Route 30. that grew mature and strong, ready for more thrilling aspiration. Now she bad said she loved him; and with that bright finality, he belted firm bis prowess against any mysteries, any obstacles. At Grand Island they crossed the Platte river blue water among the flats where you might still find the fording tracks of the covered wagons; and Rasputin droned away on Route 30 again, with the river hidden low to southward, the straight, gaunt line of the Union Pacific dwindling Rhead to the hot horizon, and the lone pylons of the ready to police the hlscult-colore- d night The vigilant welcome of Barrys eyes was quickest for the live things: the white-taileflash of a wood Irew her quick Ahhh of trlb d p-c- ker ute ; the little creatures that scurried across the road with tremen dons haste but no speed, like small mechanical toys, stirred her soft chuckling; and she called Hal and Kerrigan to admire the lonely wisdom of the single kingfishers watching from the telegraph line above the marshy ditches. The mortality here was enormous. the road continually patched with torn fnr and crushed feathers; ami once a swift bird swooped in a lovely arc to deliver his small, mortal impact against Rasputins hood; Bar fat-belll- blue-purpl- e well-used- d These projects will be an extension of the famous Childrens Railway built In the park by tbe children themselves. It Is run entirely by ..u tcrvice children and has two stations and 1,200 feet of track. It was opened three months ago, and since then 15,000 passengers have ridden In its squeezing bis wrist as she came to tiny train, driven by a child. The him. work of building the railway was Too long, he said. Anything's by engineers of the supervised too long. Its all too long. Ive had Transcaucasian railway. Montreal twenty-si- x years without you, and I Herald. grudge every d d moment She bowed her bead, her lips Invo" ' A Promt I a Promise But she ' luntarily parted to reply. Bill Patterson, colored, of Lancasdidnt Instead she said, Youve S, C was fined $10 for breach ter, And sho found where 'the garage is? because he failed to return of trust added quickly: I dont give a darn friend In jail sent him to a where it is. Oh, Hal he gentle with after cent cigar. ten a fetch me: help me. The garage was just around the corner, and beyond it the town ended nakedly, the street swallowed by the dark plains like a road running into the edge of a flood. The last house was dark: they hadnt to go far to be alone. And when, they stopped, Barry parted bis hands with hers, leaned back between them, and joined them before her. Hal, she said on a wary sigh of comfort, "Ill tell you a 6tory. I know a story, be whispered Is it about' you? against her hair. "Its about a girl much younger than I, she said: younger in everything. Safe. Then why should I hear It? "Because its a sort of test," Barry We dont know each other so said. Entrust Your so very well, do we? Theres someto know before I tell thing I need Own or Your Familys you what I have to tell you. You listen to tbe story and tell me what Well - Being to Unknown you think and then Ill know. . Preparations Barry, it would keep, said Hal Tell me some other time after were take any BEFORE you together, alone, for good." know all about, dont She pressed his hands harder against for the relief of headaches; or the her firmness, her head turning so pains of rheumatism, neuritis or that her smooth cheek ran under his neuralgia, ask your doctor what he thinks about it in comparison No," she said, and he could tell lips. with Genuine Bayer Aspirin. from her voice that her eyes must be We say this because, before tbe closed. Please, Hal now. discovery of Bayer Aspirin, most All right, he said. As a favor, pain remedies were adBarry, which 1 shall want returned. vised against by physicians as being This girl, Barry began at once, but bad for the stomach; or, often, for quietly: this girl lived on the same the heart. And the discovery of street I did, at home ; I knew her well. Bayer Aspirin largely changed It doesnt matter what she looked like, medical practice. except that she was pretty perhaps Countless thousands of people before she should have been. Her fa who have taken Bayer Aspirin year in and out without ill effect, have ther was in the bank, on town boards, a vestryman in the church. ' She proved that the medical findings about its safety were correct. she understood him, she loved thought him very much, and 6he tried to be Remember this: Genuine Bayer Aspirin is rated among the fastest everything to him as he was everything methods yet discovered for the relief to her. She knew he had started of headaches and all common pains humbly in his life and she knew how . . . and safe for the average person proud he was of the trust and reto take regularly. spect he had in the town, how careYou can get real Bayer Aspirin at fully he had built it all' up around simply by never any drug store him and in himself. And she was for it by the name aspirin asking proud of that for both of them. But alone, but always saying BAYER she knew hardly anything else about ASPIRIN when you buy. him, except what she saw. because once when she asked about her mother, he made it plain in his gentle way that she wasnt to ask questions, that some day he would tell her everything she needed to know. Barrys pressure against him relaxed a little. When Opportunity Knocks (TO BE CONTINUED ) Opportunity is rare and a wise man will never let it go by him. Worlds Biggest Bells Are of Moscow Bayard Taylor, Find Out From Your Doctor if the Pain Remedy You Take Is Dont ed , . . Bayer Aspirin i Property Moscows monster bell known as the Tsar Kolokol, emperor of bells, weighs as much as 200 dray horses and Is of such tremendous proportions that It Is actually used as a chapel. There are various stories about Ifcrv origin, notes a writer In Magazine. One is that It was cast In 1131 by order of Empress Anne and that It remained on the earth 103 years, being finally raised In 1836 by Emperor Nicholas and placed npon a small circular wall in the Kremlin. The bell Is about 19 feet high, 60 feet 9 Inches In circumference, and Its sides have a thickness of 2 feet There Is also a story to the effect that It was originally hung on beams which later were destroyed by fire, causing the bell to fall and crack. Another story says that this crack occurred in the furnace and that the bell was never actually hung or rung. The second largest bell In the world, and the largest in actual use, is said to be the one that hangs In the cathedral at Moscow and which is estimated to weigh about 125 tons. It Is rung twice a year. The Great Bell of China," In Peking, weighs about 60 tons, and there Is a bell In the Monastery at Chl-Oin Kioto, Japan, which Is said to weigh between 80 and 90 tons. Tit-Bi- ts Original New Zealand Bat The little bat called pekapeka by the Maoris is believed to be the only original New Zealand mammal Th Maori dog and the Maori rat. early Inhabitants of New Zealand of whiefl only the latter is still in existence, are thought to have been brought from tbs South Sea islands by th .Maori NO UPSETS The proper treatment for a bilious child TRUE! STEPS I TO RELIEVM6 "H COHITIPATIOM A deansing dose today; a smaller quantity tomorrow; less each time, until bowels need no help at ad. ANY mother knows the reason her child stops playing, eats little, is hard to manage. Constipation. But what a pity so few know the sensible way to set things right! The ordinary laxatives, of even ordinary strength, must be carefully regulated as to dosage. A liquid laxative is the Answer, mothers. The answer to all your worries over constipation. A liquid can be measured. The dose can be exactly suited to any age or need. Just reduce the dose each time, until the bowels are moving of their own accord and need no help. This treatment will succeed with any child and with any adult. The doctors use liquid laxatives. Hospitals use the liquid form. If it is best for their use, it is best for home use. The liquid laxative most families use is Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin. Any druggist has it. |