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Show 1 k .t- - i THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH & Z Yule Accidents, n Mar Festivities Margaret Nlcbols owned some property In joint tenancy with Kitty Chatfield. When Kitty died it meant $200,000 to her. She explains the situation to her friend, Barry, an amateur detective. Elsa Chat-fiel- d had been disinherited at her Aunt Kittys death, hut is glad to be free of the restrictions imposed by her relative. Huntoon Rogers, a detective, asks what Aunt Kitty died of, and is told an overdose of morphine, although the police hold the opinion that it was suicide. Barry arranges to go with Dwight and Margaret Nichols on a cruise to Mazatlan, Mexico, where Aunt Kittys brother, Sam Chatfield, owns a rancho. On the yacht Orizaba he meets James Chesebro and George Rumble. CHAPTER IV Oh, here you are, she said, an indefinable note of happiness in her She voice. Hello, everybody. paused in the doorway, this lady with the almost golden hair and the levelest of gray eyes. It was impossible not to contrast il Elsa with this new, this the Elsa of the preceding autumn. On that memorable night when I had driven her to town in her working girl suit and carrying an overnight bag with just pajamas, because she had to have something, she had been like a nervous colt at the barrier. Tonight a calm almost philosophic in its aspect had come upon her. No longer was the race so hot, the urge to be off so compelling. I realized, of course, that she experienced a sense of arrival. The notoriety of her caricatures had sobered her. Now, good-byBarry, she said, And a deholding out her hand. lightful trip in the Orizaba with Dwight and Margaret. mid-Apr- Has he but the one shirt, or do we see him only when its fresh back from the laundry? At that moment the figure turned. Why, Mr. Margaret exclaimed, Rumble! Hello, folks! Did Elsa come with you? asked Rogers. Sure, Hunt. Elsa and Chesebro and me. In his airplane. Chesebro piloted us down. We were setting around over there at Chesebros ranch in San Fernando Valley night before last when he gets a telegram from down here saying hes needed. Some sort of business about his mine. You know Elsa. Take us with you, Jimmy! she hollered. Just for the ride. Sure, says Jimmy. But I can see he dont mean me when he says it. But you cant see me staying behind when my client is going away. But I sure dont know where Im coming to, see? I go around to the newspaper office a while ago, and heck, they aint nobody who speaks English there. How am I going to tell em who Elsa is when I dont speak Spanish? We marked, calmer moment would be afraid to answer. Scott. Let us therefore encourage each other, and show the whole world that a freeman contending for liberty is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth. George Washington. ACTS d, Santas Friend was found dead. Rogers shook Jiis head slowly. It must have been a shock to you, sir, he remarked TO RELIEVE MISERIES OF CHEST COLDS Now get double-actio- f- - - eight-thirt- You say awkward? Yes, Mr. Rogers. My sister would not recognize Berta, my wife. Imagine that! My sister with ideas like that! And Berta you see around you, gentlemen, what Berta is used to from childhood. She was educated in Paris. She is not an inferior, as my sister stubbornly chose to believe. It was that fact which' made for the awkwardness. I kept it from her as long as I could Kittys attitude toward her. On our yearly trips to Los Angeles since Berta and I were first married, Kitty would send word that she was away, or that she was ill and could not see anyone. Berta was puzzled; she did not understand. But this last time I mean the time Kitty died I could no longer pretend to Berta, and so I telephoned from the hotel after dinner. I said that we would be over to see her, to make a call. But after I hung up Berta said: No. We take our luggage. We stay at least one night with your sister. You see, she realized the situation in spite of my effort to keep it from her. She was determined .to force the issue." Sam Chatfield ceased talking and sat back in his chair. After more than a year the subject still agitated him; his face was flushed under its tan. n actually I home-prov- T SVS colds ed OHCtmJf W A PENETRATES t tubes with soothing medicinal vapors, STIMULATES t chest and back sur- - I faces likeawarm- - ing poultice. 0kih o FOR HOUR "j. To get all. the benefits of this combined PENETRATING-STIMULATIN- action, just rub throat, chest, and back with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. Instantly VapoRub goes to work- -2 ways at once as shown above-- to relieve coughing spasms, ease muscular soreness or tightness, and invite restful sleep. Often by morning most of the misery is gone. Remember to get grand relief from chest cold dis- CKS ytress use time-test- f ed VapoRub Proverb. , OASKAGHE 5)may In Pasadena. Youre satisfied she was murdered? Of course. And I mean to help you get to the bottom of it. We dropped anchor in the harbor at Mazatlan and the crew lowered Barry, Im seeing. things. the launch to the sparkling water of floated where it the bay lightly from aint going to get a line in the paper the end of its boom awaiting our down here. Not a line. pleasure. Elsa now? demanded Wheres Anybody going ashore now? in- Margaret. quired Margaret briskly, coming up She went somewhere last night from her stateroom. with a little old guy she called PopYes, Im going, responded Rog- pa. Shed wired him we were comers. I decided to join them. see? But I get dumped off down Two ragged boys in the idling ing, at a hotel where they aint even got crowd pushed forward as we started from the wharf up narrow, twisting stairways Just a minute, said Margaret, streets. Enormous sombreros shadin. Can tell us where breaking owed their dark faces in each of Elsas father lives you and how we can which gleamed a row of very white out there? teeth. One carried a battered gui- get I dont know, Mrs. Nichols. I tar, the other a ukulele.' Strum- aint seen the place, either. ming fingers began resolutely to As we stood talking a dispirited play. one of those twoWhen they had finished, Marg- horse drawing wheeled they call aranas carriages arets hand dived swiftly into her was shabby, the fringe near. It drew and she held out a coin to the purse the top hung in shreds; older boy. The latter backed away, that edged the rubber tires were worn almost his head; the other thrust shaking his ukulele and his free hand be- to the rims; thewaswheels wabbled, and the harness partly of rope. hind him. lolled in his seat indifdriver The Muchas gracias, senora, said to his passenger, who, when the boy with a sweeping bow, pero ferent saw she us, came suddenly to life. no tomamos dinero." (We dont take She reached across the driver to a money.) small bulb horn on the whip socket Margaret continued to hold out the thing emitted a the coin, and the boys backed far- and squeezed; She it into frantic faint peep. ther away. There was a little ex- announcement ofstirred her arrival. of wonderment upon her pression And when the quaint equipage face. I think, however, that of all the halted at our side, there was Elsa unexpected things, the things that Elsa as blonde and lovely and fresh have taken me most by surprise and level gray of eye as ever. She in Mexico, none has equaled the smiled engagingly. Buenos dias, senora y senores, sight which confronted us as we came out on the Street of the High she greeted us. Waves that morning of our first exDont do that, sweetheart, chidcursion ashore. Margaret saw it ed Mr. Rumble. I dont savvy first, and stopped abruptly to stare Mexican1 lingo. as if she were seeing a ghost. RogHello, said Elsa, smiling broaders had seen it too, and I found my ly. There was amusement in her eyes traveling with theirs to a fig- eyes as she gazed at George Rumure standing on the sidewalk. bles remarkable costume, then she It was the pink shirt, the indecent leaped out and flung her arms pink and white check shirt which around Margaret. She had a kiss had the lush color of a ripe water- for me and a warm handshake for Im so glad, she said. melon, that first claimed our atten- Rogers. tion. I noted the brown slacks. The And now, Margaret and the rest incredible sports coat hung limply of you too Papa and Berta are exover one arm. An enormous black pecting you all out to dinner tonight sombrero ornamented with silver at the rancho. Jimmy and Reed topped the somewhat stocky figure, are coming too, I think. If they and loose, sandal-lik- e guaraches get back from the mine in time. covered his feet. y At that night the huge Barry, Im seeing things, said studded doors of the old ranch house Margaret, aghast. She rubbed her at the edge of town swung back to Do you see it too? eyes. let Huntoon Rogers and me inside. Before I could answer, Rogers re The house was a relic of other more grand relief from this way that symptoms ' Knowing the III The first step toward cure is to know what the disease is. Latin Shock? Of course. It was very awkward, also. We were not supposed to be stopping with my sister; we were registered at a hoteL I said hesitantly. WAYS s. Highly-polishe- - ( Hand grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship. And great hearts expand And grow one in the sense of this worlds life. ROBERT BROWNING We do that in our zeal our ed quiet-spoke- Elsa. Im sorry youre hu-- 1 man laws is to save men from the painful consequences of disobeying divine laws. Light-weig- ht semi-darknes- not joining us. I am too; but there is this work I cant put off. Please give my love to Papa and Berta; youll see them at Mazatlan,- of course. Huntoon Rogers and I walked back together to the yacht; Dwight and Margaret had gone on ahead. The last guest had departed and we sailed in half an hour. A remarkable girl, isnt she? Rogers said, referring to Elsa. ' Extraordinary, I think. Youve never been able to get anything out of her about the baby, and what she knows about the murder of her Aunt Kitty? No-- o, 'T'HE primary purpose of . materials, tree decorations or even Santa Claus himself may catch fire from candles. If electricity is available in the home, it may be far less expensive to purchase a small set of bulbs and wiring for the evening decorations. Candles burning in windows with loose curtains are equally dangerous and should not be used. Falls from icy steps and walks, especially when they are covered with snow, are among the most common accidents of the Yuletide season. Although it may give an unattr active appearance, scattering ashes or sand over the ice may prevent a broken arm or leg, or perhaps a fatal injury to a member of the family or to visitors. Sharp and bulky toys left on the stairs or in a doorway frefloor, ers casually. quently cause injuries to those stepA remarkable change came over ping on them when the room is in Sam Chatfields face, his whole manner was transformed. From a sewaxed floors and n man of middle rene, shoes combination that a form icy years, who talked calmly of the Mex- increases the danger from falls. he ican life that surrounded him, Fatigue from keeping late hours went to extremes of loquacity, leanthe holiday season and the of during ing forward in his chair, points with Christmas associated hurry his of in the depths light glowing likewise conducive 'are preparations gray eyes the same eyes that Elsa to home accidents. had. Yes. Yes, we were there, Berta and I. We were there before the . funeral, before Kitty died, in fact. We were at the house that night. Slept there, and next morning she high-ceiling- e, e, Council. Gems of Thought book-line- high-strun- g, Good-by- spacious days before time and revolution had reduced the acreage of the rancho. The others of the party had preceded us, and we found them all gathered in a huge room filled with ancient black walnut furniture marvelously carved. Sam Chatfield and Berta, whom we had met that February evening at the beach club, greeted us with enthusiasm. That night in California Berta had been restrained, confined by strange conventions, unresponsive; this evening she was free of those, at home in her native land, and in the house where her family for several generations before her had lived. she Most welcome, senores, said with a marvelous smile and a small soft hand extended impulsiveI am happy to have you with ly. us. Later that evening, Sam Chatfield said: Hollywood? Yes, I enjoyed it the last time I was there, but I like this better. Berta is a child in some things, the same loves and hates of a child, the quick resentments of injury whether fancied or real. He was speaking to Huntoon Rogers and me in the seclusion of a small d study which opened off the living room. Berta was entertaining the others in the huge living room. You were in California at the time your sister died, were you not? At the funeral, I mean? asked Rog- Christmas is usually the happiest day of the year, but at the same time it is a day in which many serious home accidents are likely to occur, unless certain precautions are taken. In fact three times as many fatalities caused by fires occur in December as in July, when the nation celebrates with firecrackers, Roman candles and the like. About twice as many people die .from burns, scalds and explosions, excepting conflagrations, during the last month of the year as compared with July, and there are twice as many firearm fatalities in the homes this month as there are in July, according jto. the National Safety Mf for fast diuretic aid WHEN LAGS The rather sad gaze this young- ster is giving Santa Claus was re- placed by a happy smile when the old gentleman assured her that her Christmas list had reached him in good shape and that it would be taken care of at the proper time. What Dickens Thought About Christmas Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not aroused in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened by the recurrence of Christmas. Who can be insensible to the out- What happened? Rogers prodded gently. For a moment Sam Chatfield held pourings of good feeling, and the honest interchange of affectionate You see, gentlemen, his silence. Elsa has told me about you your attachment which abound at this interest in my sisters death. I am season of the year? A Christmas party! We know nothing in being very frank with you; I hope I family nature more delightful! There seems am helpful. a magic in the very name of ChristIm sure you would be, said mas. Petty jealousies and discords Rogers. are forgotten; social feelings are Thats why I say it was very awakened in bosoms to which they awkward for me and Berta. Thats 'have long been strangers; father why I hurried back to Mazatlan aftor and brother and sister, who son, er the funeral. That last night of have met and with averted passed was a life there her very disgrace- gaze, or a look of cold recognition, ful scene. My sister insulted Berfor months before, proffer and return ta. And me. the cordial embrace, and bury their You didnt go back to your hopast animosities in their present tel? happiness. Kindly hearts that have No. Berta He smiled now with toward yearned other, but have amusement at the recollection. been withheld eachfalse notions of by Berta can be very stubborn, most and are pride attractively stubborn. She puts her reunited, and all is kindness again and little foot down and she said: No, benevolence! Would that Christmas We Sam. stay one night as her lasted the whole year through (as it guest. But no more. She was anand that the ought), and prejudices gry. Youve not seen how angry a passions which deform our better Mexican can get especially Berta. nature were called into action Her brother, now dead, killed a man among those never to whom they should for less than what my sister said ever be strangers! that night to Berta. CHARLES DICKENS (TO BE CONTINUED) self-dignit- y, KIDNEY FUNCTION from this need .. . Functional kidney disturbance due to need of diuretic aid may cause subbing backache! May cause urinary flow to be frequent, yet scanty and smarting! You may lose sleep from "getting up nights often may feel dizzy, nervous, headachy." In such cases, you want to stimulate kidney action fast. So if there is nothing systemically or organically wrong, try Gold Medal Capsules. Theyve been famous for prompt action for 30 years. Take care to use them only as directed. Accept no substitutes. 35F at your drug store. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT " RUBBER Group riding is a rubber-savin- g procedure which is rapidly gaining acceptance. The average number of persons per car throughout the country prior to July 1, 1942, was 2. In six months it jumped to 2.44, and at the beginning of May it had increased to 2.66. The greatest gain has been in rural industrial areas, where the average is now 3.17 persons per car. Bottled air may be a regular ac- cessory In the postwar automobile, making the car owner Independent of roadside stations when emergency tire Inflation is necessary. The air bottles, now used by the Army, can be refilled at any air line. |