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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH THE CHEERFUL CHERUB 0 FT WO IF WNU on CHAPTER I l Through the clouds from their cigars mingled in the thickening air of the smoking compartment, the two Americans might have been castaways on desert islands in different oceans, for all the congress they held. Their moods seemed as unlike as their persons; the one smiled even on the flat landscape the only thing in Germany that is not fat; the other saw nothing, but seemed leanly intent on an inner panorama of remorse, revenge, unor some such requited hate or love, ' acid emotion. ' His very behavior toward his cigar showed that. A musician would have said that the plump fellow smoked in luxurious legato, the other in a staccato agitato. He puffed ferociously for a while; yet a little later, his hand must be seeking another match, and trembling as he ransacked his pockets. He scratched the match with impatience and its shaken illumination threw a little calcium on a face of drawn intensity, on such a gaunt and hunted intensity, that the fat man felt not entirely easy of his company in the leather-padde- d cell. Strange, how unlike Americans are at home, and how like abroad. These two differed in every detail of feature, costume, and behavior, yet the first glance either gave other told both that they were And their presence on the bound for Ostend 'implied that their common destination was Home. They seemed to be taking back experiences as different as their souls and bodies. One was plump, in the most generous stretch of the epithet, and complacent with the pleasant thoughts 'of a traveler full of agreeable remembrances; yet glad to be retum-(in-g to still more delightful memories. The other was slim to the verge of lankness, and some tragewas apparently at ferment withdy in him. In America, at least in the less effete regions, they would probably have drifted into comment on the weather or some such unimpertinent j topic. But being in Europe, where a general' suspicion is the most of all habits of mind, they mewed themselves up in themselves, and kept castle feudally, with moats full and portcullises down. The rotund citizen, who had been the first to establish himself in the smoking compartment of the corri-- t dor car, observed the latter comer with surreptition, while seeming to let his unfocused gaze follow his own smoke. Noting the taut fea- -' tures, and the eyebrows locked with ,two deep bars, he suspected the stranger of contemplating some' crime or fleeing its consequence. On impulse he picked up again the copy of the Hamburgische Tage-blahe had been laboring over till he had grown tired. His few works of conversation-boo-k German had given him an adumbration of some desperate murder committed in Braunschweig. He had gleaned that ithe guilty wretch had escaped. This might be he. As he went back over the column, even his scant vocabulary showed ihim that whoever else the stranger might be, this man was not that man. For the fugitive was everything that this man was not; the fugitive was described, among several details which were Sanskrit to the American, as fat, burly, and Austrian with a duel scar that had clipped the lobe off a left ear and made a furrow across the cheek to the nostril. With a sigh almost of disappointment, the fpiled Hawkshaw put the paper aside and resumed the study He took his invoice of his through opportune clouds of smoke, 'in the first place his man had the forehead of intelligence ripened with study. His jaw was neatly planed and squared, yet his chin was weak. His lips were compressed till they were thin and pale, and his mouth was one in which .weaknesses and strengths were at war, as indeed they were throughout the mans catalogue of traits. The strangers costume was alin the matter of most in thorough contrast with modesty, his analysts costume. The fat man coat, wore a richly tinted ultra-cu- t trousers baggy yet sharply creased, and revealing a glimpse of shameless purple between trouser-cuff- s broad-cheeked- ly , fellow-countryme- n. ss con-jtagio- us j I tt i : vis-a-vi- s. d a and yellow shoe-topwaistcoat of many colors was draped like a Union Jack about a rotundity emphasized by a patterned shirt and a flaming silk scarf with a twisted gold skewer in it. The stranger was dressed as negligently as an almost finicky neatness would permit. Hat, coat, neck-scartrousers, waistcoat, stockings, shoes, all were black, yet with no hint of mourning. He had the look of a professional person. The most striking, the only really striking,, trait of the man was the hand that held or rather clutched the cigar. It was a notable hand, a hand of skill, of cunning, the hand of a craftsman perhaps too muscular for a painters; it might, be a sculptors, or a pianists. Yet the fingernails were trimmed to the quick, not gnawed, but carefully trimmed. And so after much puffing, much secret scrutiny, and much unworthy curiosity, the fat man had decided s; 1 Nord-Expre- By RUPERT SERVICE white-rimme- f, hell die , pernt-p- s Hy hert just cre with 5till HUGHES .ches is one or iP sorrow life I wrnt to betJ" my the O RUPERT HUGHES wsd Hy do$ is sick of fo-ct- s Rrvti I beg your pardon. I see that around the gills when you first blew in here. I sized you up for a mur, you are a Catacomb. Ye-ecame the answer with a resentful tang, for at Yale it is as crass an insult to mention a mans fraternity as to breathe upon the mirror of a womans reputation. The fat man felt easier. He leaned forwarder, and said reassuringly: Dont shoot. So am I. s, . No! Yes. What year? 92. ' My year. Well, Ill be So will I. I ought to know you, dont tell me! youre you must be Jebb old My name is Hold on! Give me a me see. then. Wait I no! yes! Dave Jebb. chance. Let Jebb looked the plump one up and down, also around, stared at the flamboyant and commodious costume. A broad grin cheered his Those lonely face. He chuckled. spirituelle outlines, them shy little those modest waistcoat wasp-wais- t, can belong only and always to Big Bill Gaines Goliath, we used to call you. derer doing a Jebb smiled an unamused smile. Ive never killed anybody except legitimately in the line of my profession; but Im up against it harder than hard. Gaines fat hand was instant to his fat wallet: Im on my way home, Dave, after Europing about; but heres what they left me. Save me enough to tip the stewards and go as far as you like. Its not money, Billy. Im full of it. He looked about cautiously, and, bending close, murmured: Ive got ten thou, in my belt. Ten thou., and worried? Lord, if I ever saw that much at, once, I wouldnt care whether school kept or not. What you afraid of? Burglars? Pickpockets? Not a bit. Im afraid of me little old David J. Me. Afraid youll give it away or throw it at a cat? Im as likely to as not, when Im Lord, but Im glad to see you, Billy. For the sake of old sakes sake, Im going to put my little hand in yours and let you lead me home. get-awa-y. Whats the matter, old boy? Excuse me a minute, till I WNU Service. 000000000 DEPARTMENT! yOTJR NAME IN NEWSPAPER HEAD-LINESample 25c. School boys make big money. CALIFORNIAN, l(Va S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California. S. Weak Consciences, It is not because mens desires are strong that they act ill; it i3 because their consciences are weak. J. S. Mill. , Theres a Good Reason Youre Constipated! When theres something wrong with you, the first rule Is: get at the cause. If you are constipated, dont endure it first and cure it afterward. Find out whats giving you the trouble. Chances are its simple If you foods most eat the super-refinpeople do : meat, white bread, potatoes. Its likely you dont get enough bulk." Andbulk doesnt mean a lot of food. Its a kind of food that isnt consumed in the body, but leaves a soft bulky mass in the intestines and helps a bowel movement. If this is your trouble, you should eat a natural bulk proa one as the ducing food-su- ch crunchy, toasted, ready-to-e- at Thats right. David and Goliath, go .here we are again! see if the child is all right. even more so. Well, Ill be The child? Me, too. he was gone. He returned in But well. is This Got Well, great. a moment along the corridor, and to have a drink. on this. to talk as he took his place No, thanks, with a curious des- began again: iccation of tone. You see, its like this. Ah, come along, Dave. Got a Gaines broke in: flask of it in my suitcase. None of One minute, Dave. Did you say real old your foreign smoke-chok- ' Bourbon. something about a chee-ild- ? Please dont, Bill! Yes, I left her for a moment to There was an emphasis here that have a smoke. Shes scraped acis the ounce of prevention miffed Gaines. He sputtered like a quaintance with another little girl in thats worth a pound of emerglowing stove under a spill of cold the same compartment, and I left gency relief. Eat it every day, water: her in charge of the parents. As I drink plenty of water, and Join As I remember, Jebbsy, you started to say the Regulars. is made by Kelloggs in Battle Creek. used to indulge a bit in the old days j But the child. Youre married, hit it up pretty lively now and then? Isnt your wife with you? then. I have no wife. - Small Difference Thats the trouble, Bill. Do I condole or congratulate? How small the difference beNot turned Prohibish? You Are you sod or grass? tween thoughtlessness and cruelty. havent gone and got religion and Sod or grass what?" turned into a Demosthenes or PolyWidower. Whats the matter, old boy? phemus or whoever it was that Neither. Ive never married. used to drink water? Gaines voice only that the lean man was an was full of tears and Oh, excuse me! CLOTHESPIN pleading. You American, of education, and of mid- havent done that, have And dont go to thinking that eiyou, Dave? dling prosperity. ther. The child isnt mine at all. NOSE Nope. Not at all, not a single And that was as far as he could Im just taking her to America. tall. dam go. The train had gone much farSensational extra help tor Sort of wet nurse, eh? Go on, Thats better. Just taking a little colds with Ludens! These ther, before a nervous shift of posime. interests your water-wagostory stranger, famous cough drops not eh? tion disclosed on the waistcoat of jaunt on the Youve got a strange child and a only help soothe throat, but his subject a little gleaming jewel. Strapped to the seat. release a menthol vapor ransom of ten thou. I spotted you The next glance revealed it a fraToo bad. Its powerful dry to for a professional the minute I saw which, with every breath, helps penetrate clogged naternity pin. Was it? could it be? meet up like this after Lord, how you, Dave. Are you one of those sal passages, helps relieve it was! The stranger wore the emwas it? lovely kidnapers? clothespin nose! blem of his own fraternity, the many yearslikeago1492 when Seems I entered a grave-robbIm when No, whose stone little dread brotherhood Well soon be doing the old- Im lucky. If youll close your trap, 50 meeting house at New Haven was college. stunt. est alumnus living tell at Menthol the Ill Ill you. begin beginCough Drops known as the Catacombs. Gaines was rolypoly with good ning. When I left Yale I took up The fatter man made a long batfeeling. Again he pleaded: surgery. e tle with hesitance, the double Couldnt you drop off the sprinYou always were a great cuWordless Poem of infringing on the lean a little for You A kler can is a poem without nip? just picture tup., and of trouble mans incurring perone foot on the step. words. Cornificus. due took course I In keep conmy a diploma by responsibility haps heavy There was an unimaginable sad- at the College of Physicians and fessing kinship with a casual stranin Jebbs eyes and voice, an Surgeons, went to Johns Hopkins, ness some exciteunder ger laboring WM youR XMAS TREE unbelievable then to Vienna University, and came longing in his tone: ment, perhaps some scandal that New to back York, like with defile whosoever but if to, I did, perspiring Id Billy, pitch might touched him. But at last he yielded God only knows what would happen. knowledge at every pore. Didnt to the fraternal impulse. When You see Im a oh, but Im glad to haye much practice, of course, at Greek meets Greek then comes the meet you, Billy, specially just at first, but got a lot to do in the hosthis moment. Im in trouble, Billy, pitals, and made quite a hit with tug of heart. some experiments of my own. He cleared his throat with resolu- good and plenty. and said: looked I forward a leaned little (TO BE CONTINUED) tion, thought you pale ed e, cereal-Kello- ggs All-Bra- All-Br-an n. , All-Br-an n, er LUDENS hesi-tanc- Salt Lakes NEWEST HOTEL DUPRES EOBftY A thrilling serial wherein East meets West. It's the story of a man who couldn't remember . . . and a strange woman who brought him happiness. j over-emphat- ic - A , f "6 " . ,"? Hotel By RUPERT HUGHES TEMPLE SQUARE Opposite Mormon Temple HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Rates $1.50 to $3.00 Its a mark of distinction to Stop at this beautiful hostelry ERNEST C. BOSSITEB, Mgr. |