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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH Minute Change Is Made in Our Inch; Now 25.4 Mm. The American inch unit of of has lost its former length in order that precise measuring In the United States and England may be done on the same basis. The new definition of the inch is now 25.4 millimeters a Inch difference of about in a mile as compared with the former American standard. This minute alteration was made necessary by modern precision manufacturing and the confusion arising from varying standards in the two countries Montreal Herald. meas-usemen- Copyright by Richard Hoffmann By RICHARD HOFFMANN one-eig- WNU Service SYNOPSIS and finish the narrow little guys alien linkage with that undetermined sense CHAPTER VIII of ill. Following his fathers criticism of his Monday Mis life, and withdrawal of financial They stopped for lunch In Fillmore, on were in the Evanston, edge They assistance, Hal Ireland, son of a down the length of Utah, and halfway wealthy banker, is practically without of Wyoming, at sunrise, with the fresh, on Kerrigans map the three hundred-odfunds but with the promise of a situconcentrated red and blue of the resation In San Francisco, which he must taurants neon tubes saluting the good remaining miles to Las Vegas looked reach, from New York. He takes passlong and savorless to Hal to of the crescent age with a auto party blue and be covered before night and his final, in was The restaurant full on a share expense basis. Other morning. of Barry. members of the party Include an atblast, giving breakfast to two loads imperious siege tractive girl, Barry Trafford; middle-ageCrack, beside him, looked up from eastbound bus travelers off to an of Giles Kerrigan; Sister Anastasia, his own scrutiny of the map and, with a nun; and an Individual whom he in- early start And Rasputin had hardly a shy smile at Mrs. Pulsipher, said: the Pulsiphers were stinctively dislikes, Martin Crack. Ba- stopped before Las Vegas too far. We had plenty of rrys reticence annoys him. To Kerrigan bustling toward the door, drawing the he takes at once, but he distrusts in their wake. Hal caught Bar- rldin today already. Crack. He finds his intimacy with Ker- others The insinuation, somehow, of placas she was passing and wrist rigan ripening, and makes a little rys himself In assured opposition neting progress with Barry. Through a miskept her back. tled Hal like open insolence, and he at a Hal move She didnt try to understanding, stopping place, away. Hal all thought of the tedium in dismissed Is directed to Barrys room, instead of said : Its odd how sad almost forehis own, and they exchange kisses on. You dont have to drive. pushing Next day he tells her he loves her. She boding enchantment can be when its he said casually. All you have to do is answers that she mustnt love him, going off, away. My promise is over of the ladies are tired, well sit. If any without giving any reason. Crack brutoo and I love you. soon as they want to. as stop tally Insults Kerrigan. Hal forces him abBarry still looked out from the to apologize abjectly, and his feeling Mrs. Pulsipher asked how far Las rupt edge of the town as she said, of disgust toward Crack is intensified. Vegas was, and when Crack told her, On his insistence, Barry tells Hal that, The enchantmentll never be over. she looked grimly familiar with impoat her fathers urging, she had marsaid Hal, think of this for ried a man many years older than she, me Barry, sitions and supposed that if anybody I must know before today tonight. and had promised her father, on his was in a great hurry, the others would deathbed, to stick to her husband, "no where I Can find your husband. I will have to keep on, too. matter what happened. for ten years. know it If I have to follow you like in a John That was four years ago, and despite a dog everywhere you go for years; asked her out of sudden hurry? her knowledge of her husband's unperplexity. worthiness, she is determined to keep and I will see him. Itll be so much Dont ask me, said Mrs. Pulsipher. her promise, though admitting her love easier if you tell me. Tonight I shall I am, said Hal quietly. for Hal. Next day an accident ruins come to ask you. Sister Anastasia, her faintly worthe battery of the carrand the journey Dully she said: Ill never tell you. ried is halted for a time. eyes smiling a little at Hal, said: Dont you see I have to use every Because I asked, Mr. Ireland told me cowardly thing I can think of to keep we would be in Los Angeles tomorrow. CHAPTER VII Continued my bargain a bargain not to anyone Peraps he believes I must be there 17 living, not to anyone you or I can talk then. It is not necessary. It would be Then the last fence post fell apart to or bribe or bully, but to some one better to stop this afternoon and rest. across the low fire. Doc lay with his who is dead my father? Dont you We are all tired Mr. Ireland espe' legs under him, sometimes raised his see that? cially, I think. I dont see it, said Hal, quietly head from parallel forepaws to prick Hal denied it, but the nuns gentle his ears Intently Into the gloom. And secure. Your father deceived you, diffidence persuaded Mrs. Pulsipher he there was a less easy difference In cheated you. This man he gave you to was a nobility which he cershowing is not to be considered, except as an the night room to feel. Then Kerhadnt tainly "Dyou spose that fellas building a animal In the way. If your father is rigan pointed out that If they stopped battery? Kerrigan murmured out of a anywhere now, he knows he cheated the night at Saint George, at the botsilence? and he- - got to his feet in a you, and hes paying for It until you tom of Utah, there was little more stiff sort of aimlessness that ended In release him. If hes not anywhere. It than four hundred miles left to Los his lighting a cigarette and sitting doesnt matter. Its between us no Angeles and theyd be there tomorrow . down again. one else. k anyway. Hal 'glanced "at Barry, saw Hadnt honestly thought of the litShe tugged at her held arm oficej her remote In her own disturbing tle guy all night, said Hal. not to get It from him but to make thoughtfulness, and gave in. Even as He started to take . his arm from a gesture of hopelessness. It isnt he spared a silent D n your little Barrys waist to shift his suddenly that way: I know It isnt that way, meddling for Cracks gratified quiet cramped position ; but she stirred Hal, and I have to live with myself. beside him, he knew he could not come against him, murmured something, and I too quickly to the dispersal of those he waited, watching for her calm again. You dont, Hal Interrupted in clouds in the precious bravery of BarThen he began a more careful maneuYou have to live authority. rys eyes. ver; in the middle of It Barry made a with me. The prospect of the short afternoon She looked off into the east, with lifted a quick, plaintive moan, turned as If to gaiety in the car again; and hold him, and her sleepy whisper said, dark, sullen things trying to soil the the presentiments of coming ill withDarling, dont go, dont go, theres blue bravery of her eyes. Then she drew a little to wait for Hal just betime. Her eyes opened. Disappointturned calmly to him and said in husky yond the was sense. of Barry ment chased the dream out of them as listlessness: Ill live with you, after In the frontfringes could make seat he where She looked from him to Kerrigan, and we get to Los Angeles. For a week, sure of her living reality whenthe high moon. Then she sat up Ill go with you somewhere and live ever the needclear, him. And, with touched straight, her rueful smile on the last with you. them from Joining Kerrigan cheerfully of the fire. He watched her level, welcomed together the behind, they So were still here, she said. Were look of reproach without speaking, impersonal things of the route. there ghosts? waiting for her to show him a trace They talked about the good names, None, said Hal. Was that what of warmth behind it, waiting for her and what the dickens you could do . to see in his eyes the strength she you were dreaming? with them besides taste them in your I think so toward the end. Dear would have later to meet and fall be- mouth and your fancy: Spanish Fork, fore. Not good enough, Barry, he on the road Kerrigan, are there ghosts? behind; and from Kerri"I wouldve said, said Kerrigan said. Dyou think that after a week gans map, Hurricane and Enterprise, In a subdued tone, that it took a ghost Id let you go any sooner than I will Gunlock and Solitude, Searchlight, to sleep as you have and wake up now? and Antimony. You might, she said dully; and by without a shiny nose. Youre not a From the back seat John Pulsipher ghost thank the Lord, if youll allow a quick turn of her head she evaded wistfully ventured, Thats kinda beaume and neither Is your nose shiny. the Issue his unsmiling eyes forced tiful out there; and Mrs. Pulsipher upon her. Lets go to breakfast. So 1 dont know. not quite so severely as she said, She gave him a slow smile of affecmight have, If they think Its pretty, tion through her still disappointed As they ran out of Wyoming in the they can see it is without you telling drowsiness: Youve never seen a real dry, growing heat, Hal became more em. uncomfortably aware of the division ghost? she said. No harm sayin it, said John gento in him, as if there were two people was Just I going Ive thought tly. oh, several times; but maybe I was behind the Jiggling wooden wheel. One No harm keepin quiet, either, said trying too hard, said Kerrigan. Usu- was grown illogically grim in his wife. of power, able to wipe off ally about this time of night. In old Why dont you then? said John, countries midnights supposed to be sticking webs of weariness and premowith the quick air of throwing a snowthe time; but out here, I think before nition, but unable to turn where they ball and the h 1 with the consedawn just when the east begins to didnt touch and stick again. The quences. other was a light, unintimate shell of gray. Before Mrs. Pulsipher could sumThere was a car coming from the personality, with a saving nimbleness mon a retort, the nuns soft, reverent direction - of the highway its loose that effected talk and laughter with voice said, It is very beautiful. noisiness advertised over a distance. Kerrigan, quick mourning for a murHal made her say the words over They saw a pair of dim headlights dered porcupine at the roadside, rein his head, hot to find out how again over down current and again stare up drop pleasure in the twitching alert- their gave him valor, but to simplicity a rise. ness, the busy running, of the of that simwarm feel stimulant the Kersaid our battery, "Splash with gophers. fix new and to in his heart ple gift, They were in Salt Lake City near certain rigan, subdued. In his Importunate strength. said and Mrs. Pulsipher said If thats a bet I wont take It, Hal moodily, and he looked down at it would be a wicked waste not to assault upon Barrys captivity he would have Sister Anastasia's Barry. She was staring Into the em be able to say theyd seen the Temple He had been a fool to let blessing. that foresome somber thought. while they were here. The avenue up bers, miles off in The car lurched up over the rock which they turned had clear water boding hour before dawn dog his in so far through the bright outcrop and came to a chattering stop running lavishly in both gutters; and fallibility was master of himself; he He unday. motor the racing beside Rasputin, tall trees on either side. of beauty, of Thats the Temple, Mrs. Pulsi was somehow master der loud rattles and drummings in the even of wider, clearer, spaces events, nor old body. Neither Barry Kerrigan pher said in sudden energy. Thats more colored than the incred superbly and stiff Mr. reluctant, Hal the Temple, got up, moved; Kerrigan. ible nobilities that stood there defy and went around, saying without welthe stiff, gray facade They passed with its tiers of arches. Hal thought, ing the sun. He' could blend the sav come, That you? of such a red, ancient cliff Yeah, said Crack lazily, somehow vividly of Crack, there behind him. age temper devout acquiescence of with the pure, as If he had been gone a matter only looking straight down the street that ' and make will an Vnastasia's heart, would take them between the tiles of of moments. nstrument to discipline his stars. hour, tall trees, pleased in his private waif And in that dismal with a low stain of gray across the ing, as if the trees were an omen foi Hal, in helping the clerk up with the east and the sharp, mocking flash of him. After lunch if Barry wouldn't in the gloom below It. sit in front with him Hal would haw ;gnge. made sure that Barry tyid a the rack there where he cu i look i tom to herself. And after supper, Hal was heavily oppressed by the or strength Him see his epesso, fill, to IdM i ni in his assurance sense of 111 impending d red-gol- d cross-count- ry Who-who-wh- - low-voic- heavy-lidde- d fat-bel-ll- nine-ocloc- k, pre-daw- air-beac- n ts didnt bother her going upstairs with Sister Anastasia. Later he would find her, whenthe others were In bed and the little hotel was quiet. window a Through the proscenium upon the street for the rank of rocking chairs in the lobby Kerrigan saw a star of the screen, in a highly becoming ab about clothes, advertised outside the movie opposite. I could .learn to love that little girl, said Kerrigan, a sparkle of pleasure in his eyes. Go? The friendly man behind the ticket window advised them to turn south inside the door, because the south aisle was cooler. So they turned south, in a room not larger than Frederick Irelands downtown office; but it wasnt appreciably cooler and a slide blandly informed them that the star was coming next week. So after half an hour of gangster routine, they went to stroll in the gathered evening. The wide, treeless main street of Saint George still breathed heat; but Hal pleasurably, almost proprietarily recognized in it the relaxed grace that American villages wear well, after plate-glas- s er shirt-sleeve- d dusk. Ever drink? said Kerrigan. No I know you dont want one; I can always tell when a mans going to explain that he doesnt feel like a drink, and it always makes me a little sad. Its so d n hot, said Hal apologetically. And besides Ah, yes, besides, Kerrigan murmured. What times your audience? In a little while, said HaL Saying that, and still sure of the sharp invincibility that armed him, he yet felt the hollow, nervous emptiness under his chest, the live, almost chill suspense of the middle that comes in the Imminence of great possibilities. He drew breath, and it didnt fill the emptiness. He looked at his watch and stopped, saying, Now, I guess, ColoneL Pray for me a little, or drink at me, or something, will you? I will, sir, said Kerrigan gravely. "If you should want company later, my doorll be open and I sleep light. Night, sport and luck. It was as if he also said, I wish to God I could help you. And Hal was somehow oddly reluctant to leave him. There was only one light In the lobby, and the clerk was locking a drawer at the desk. He looked up and said, Your name Ireland? said Hal, over quick, reYes, pressed apprehension. Message for you, said the clerk, and handed him an envelope. 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