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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH BLACK SOMBRERO - lncle Pkih CLIFFORD KNIGHT Some couples manage to their old quarrels until patch I found it, when I put it on at somewhat puzzled up Western Newspaper Union. Released by on the rack outside are almost as good as new. they dusk. Then you cannot be the one, ASEBALLS honor and glory bewhere the hats hang. The fellow who is continually in hot said Lombardo. longed to the pitchers in 1943 Ah, so? Lombardo turned the water doesn't necessarily have a clean since season was it their greatest Lombardo turned to Alvarez and quirt about in his hands, examining record. said in Spanish, Fetch the sombre it. It interested Lombardo who stud- the first World war days of 1918. Official averages for the year He ied it for a moment. Finally and ro from the room, please. Broad hints are wasted on turned back to Rumble. In a mo- without releasing his hold he held it proved that American league hurl-er- s people. dominated the competitive picIs this the ment, Senor Rumble, I will show you out toward Pedro. ture. With dozens of heavy hitters Don't tell other people your troubles the sombrero I speak of. Alvarez whip you saw, Pedro? returned promptly with the black The pulque man took one quick, in the armed services, the strong Most of them dont want to listenand felt sombrero. fascinated glance, then looked away. arm boys had a succession of field the rest are glad you have them. Do you recognize the sombrero, I do not know, sir; there was a days. Better the shoulder to the wheel Twenty-nin- e senor? Lombardo inquired, holding whip in the hand. pitchers held oppos- than the back to the wall. it out to Rumble. ing teams to fewer than three earned Come; the please; runs and that Sure. Its my hat. A while ago the ladies, no. gentlemen, hasnt per game, Follow me. Lomwhen I was out that way I missed it. bardo spoke quickly. He led the way happened since 1918 when 33 pitchers CHAPTER X Rogers answered. We found it in toward the somber room where the had that distinction. Last year the total was 20 and the year before only the room where Chesebro was mur- body of Chesebro still lay in its huge 7 Why, then, did the others push dered. pitchers were included in the list. mound within the dim pool of canNot only was Spurgeon Chandlers you forward as if you knew someA curious expression came over dlelight. 1.64 the lowest earned-ru- n thing? average Rumbles face; the dark eyes Where were you when you saw I go over the house seeking my seemed to grow darker. the Lomman enter the room? pay ; they do not have the money in As he stood there before us the bardo demanded. Pops Share the kitchen, sir. It is for this reason chief of do much fighting durDid conceived an idea; it you police I am here, sir, he answered, they push me forward. was first observable in a narrowing the last ing war, Pa? with a trembling finger to So you were wandering about of his large dark eyes, a cocking pointing I did share of it, son. my a tall of furniture against the piece the house, then? said Lombardo. Did you make the enemy run? wall. I hear the man coming, and What did you see? I certainly did, my boy. I feel I have trespassed where I I am walking in a place, sir, Did they catch you, Dad? should not So I conceal mygo. which Maria tells me is the passageself there and for to wait him pass. way that leads to the room where the In That Case Very well, Pedro; you stand gentleman was murdered. There I " see, dear, remarked the there now, and one of the gentlemen see a man enter a door, sir, which wife, reading from her newspaper, that a will put on the sombrero and carry must be the door to the room. For woman has been awarded $2,000 dam- the whip and walk past you. I have described it well to Maria, ages for the loss of a thumb. 1 shouldn't sir. I did not see the face, sir; I see have thought a thumb was as valuable Who was the man, Pedro? as that. only the back, the pulque man reThat I do not know, sir. minded him as he took his station. eraPs she kept her husband under . Was he wearing a sombrero? her husband. it, grunted which of will be the Now, you Yes, sir. first? Lombardo asked, ignoring What kind? the mans remark. Only Thinking It was large and black. I think Private I think Ill punch that Reed Barton stepped forward, still it was of felt. The head and shouldressed in the costume of the Char-rsergeant in the nose again. ders were in shadows, sir, but in Second Private You mean to except for his own sombrero the hand he carried a whip. which he had left among the others say you punched him? Was he Mexican or American, bn the rack near the front door. Private Oh, no, I mean I Pedro? the same thing every day 'Ah, so? Thank you, sir. Lomthought Sir, I do not know. bardo gave him Rumbles hat, which last week. What kind of a whip did he SPUD CHANDLER Reed set atop his head, greatly inhave? You said he carried a whip. creasing the height of his tall figure. In the American What Else? It was about so long, sir, and league since WaNow the whip, said Lombardo, lter Johnsons brilliant Wit Whats the difference be- 1.49 performPedros thin brown hands measured and that was given him. And now, tween a a tiger, and a in ance leopard, but the Yankee hurler a space in air about eighteen inches Pedro, the gentleman comes from also led 1919, panfor? in the in length. It was, I think, what division, this direction and walks to the door, Nit Whats a panfor? posting 20 victories against 4 deyou call a quirt, sir. opens it and enters, is it not so? Wit To cook with! feats. A quirt; so? Lombardo turned Yes, sir. to look meaningly at Alvarez, his Reed withdrew and began a slow Effective Staff eyebrows arched, his lips parted but steady walk down the dim pasThe staff of the Yankees was slightly. He turned back to the by sageway to the door behind which far the most effective in the Do you see among pulque man. league, the of QtfywinapshaSwM, the murdered man. lay body and Ernie Bonham us, Pedro, such a man as you have I drew back against the wall beside with Chandler o described? I warn you to be very among the circuits Rogers, whose body was crowded running The champions starting pitchers. Miseries) careful; these are gentlemen. close against mine. I felt a tense a collective earned-ru- n compiled av( Pedros sharp little eyes, to my ness in his muscles and realized of Sneezy, erage of 2.93. Bonham averaged with what extraordinary alertness 2.27. alarm, were suddenly upon me; he his eyes followed the tall figure of inspected me carefully, then shifted Chandler is the thirteenth pitcher to Sam Chatfield who sat beside Reed Barton as he the to lead the But what do you know about the dread in both departme. Finally he quitted our hosts prologue to the death of ments. The league2 clubs death of the only that beat short figure and moved to Huntoon gentleman in the big Chesebro. Slowly, inevitably, he apPut him were Cleveland up each Rogers. He dismissed him with a room? proached the door to the room. Rog- and each team beat and Washington nostril. It (1) shrinks swollen him twice. He glance, then came back to me, as of his round head. He ers had become so intent upon this had a membranes, (2) soothes irritation, summoned streak of 7 games, if some doubt lingered in his mind. Alvarez with (3) helps dear cold- that he was drawn a was in winning a lift of his chin and 30 games, pitched 252 inI did not see the face, sir, Pedro said in nose. Follow VftSklS clogged few after steps him, The pulque man Spanish, studying the nings (a total topped by 3 reminded Lombardo. only his who is called Pedro; bring him here figure, every action and move- pitchers); pitched to 918 batters, alHuntoon Rogers spoke for the first at once, Luis. ment. As Reed touched the door- lowed 197 hits and 62 runs, of which time. It is impossible, Senor LomAlvarez soon returned, clutching knob, when we all were intent upon 46 were earned. He struck out 134 bardo. Senor Madison was with me the frightened Pedro by a thin arm. this last act before we should turn batters and made 3 wild when Maria came with the news of pitches. Improvements on Farms It is lucky for you, Pedro, that to demand of the pulque man his Detroit second to the Yanthe murder. Of the 6,100,000 farms in the you are still here, began Lombar- verdict, there was a sudden rustling kees withplaced And all of the evening, senor? do. I have more questions to ask sound behind us. It was followed earned runs an average of three United States today, 5,000,000 do per game. Paul (Diz- not have I answered the question. by a rapid shuffle of feet in loose you. No, running water, 5,400,000 Trout, Tiger moundsman, was do not zy) But the remainder of the I said. I am here, sir, replied the and before our astonguaraches, have an inside and the man, other winner of 5,500,000 do not have a toilet, time I was with either Senor Rumbecause I have not yet received ished gaze as we turned, Pedro, the the only bathtub. He league. rang up No. 20 on the money for my pulque. ble, or Senorita Chatfield." pulque man, was running away as the last of the campaign, losing Lombardo ignored the frank state- fast as his thin legs could carry him. only 12 day for Yes, of course, said Lombardo. a second division Nor did we find him later that team. games Pedro is wrong. He waved the ment, and requested the man to His earned-ru- n rating was pulque man away abruptly, saying look about him. Here are other night after the police had taken their sternly, It is enough, Pedro; you persons, Pedro, he directed. Look departure, their questions exhaustThe Cleveland Indians 3.15 are mistaken about this man. He closely, and tell me if any of these ed, their plan of gave of the them third place and their stingiest murder scene abruptly ended by the pointed to me. Do not make any others is the man you saw pitcher was Vern wearing departure of more mistakes. the sombrero and carrying the Pedro, although, direct- lowed only 2.45 Kennedy, who alwhip. ed earned runs per Sam Make no mistakes. by Yes, sir, replied Pedro, springChatfield, we searched game while 10 and winning There from losing 7. was an old moon the chair and vanishing up Pedro did as he was bidden, but diligently. The others at last scattered' Pitchers had Year ing in the shadows near the door. shyly and with evident .embarrassOnly Huntoon Rogers and I lingered The quirt, Lombardo I ment. Dwight Nichols stood up the in said, Although it was a the patio. pitchers When KIDNEYS need dieretic aid do not understand. Was it the pur- better to be viewed, and he year, only two American league pulled What do you make of it, Hunt? pose to whip the victim and then George Rumble by the sleeve to Chandler and Tex Hugh-so- n When overstrain or other I inquired, meaning the nights trag- pitchers, kill him? The lashes on the face line him up alongside himself of Boston, pitched as and ic cause slows down kidney as many and the comic opera 20 happening Miguel, were they made so recent- Reed Barton. the back may ache painfully. function, complete games exit of the star witness. He was during the sea-so- n. Naturally, urinary I see only the back, ly? he turned to Doctor Cruz. may be lessened Three do I other pitchers, Trout, frequent but scanty flow sir; slow to reply. At last he said-Dioften smarting. GetOrval Grove of Chicago Thfy were made much earlier, not see the face, he repeated. and Charlie ting up nights may ruin sleep. you see the whip at any Wenslofl of Otiho. Lombardo was patient. He picked time To relieve such symptoms, you want New York, worked 18 Reeds durmg walk How did he get them? Did down the complete games. quick stimulation of kidney action. To help the up Rumbles black sombrero from dim Bonham attain this, try Gold Medal Capsules. This one who gave them to him return a chair where it rested and held it his passageway? He carried it in 17, Jim Bagby of Cleveland pitched diuretic has been famous for know. hand, you pitched and this time kill him with a knife out to Pedro. 16 Is this the sombrero and Luman Harris of Philadelover 30 years for such I saw him take the prompt action. No one answered the 1 the man wore? he asked. e care to use only as directed whip and Emil Leonard of on n Strike Sou aa tote. phia tha' WashingIs there anyone else questions. ton each pitched 15. Only 35) at drug stores. Accept no Pedro put his hands behind him esttag? among the substitute. Get the genuine Gold Medal servants whom you wish to inter- and shook his head. I Two f the leagues mosts saw only the Capsules today. They art fast! It means much, I think; it exwere rogate? inquired our host. contributed he back, sir, by Cleveland repeated monotonous- plains what has happened. In No- ?ir- - I am interested now in ly. the Jim Bagby pitched the most Indians. kitchen when Pedro described the 273, and Allie innings, other things. Lombardo had an idea. We will appearance of Chesebros Reynolds got the NOSE MUST DRAIN this way, then, said Sam go to the most murderer strikeouts, 151. Reynolds rec-tplace where you saw the he put the whip in his hand. Jo Relievo Head Cold Miseries leading us from the kitch- man, Pedro, he announced. Pedro aS sPecia,1y remarkable in When head colds The took his stand at the spot where en. help nose he he pitched only 199 innings, as drain.dear the way strike, gentlemen in turn will put on the says he observed the for freer breathing I think, began Sam Chatfield sombrero, death march comfort with lONDONS MASAI and carry the whip, and so to JELLY. At druggists. compared with 252 for Chandler speak. But the whip is not who hesitantly, that Senor Lombardo you win say which, if was third in the strikeout dcs any, looks has a few questions to ask like the man you saw. Where is the V1He caned Quietly at the side. partment. Therefore, Only a very few, ladies it is Barry, Last in the earned-ru- n to whip? reason records of Pedro either liedsimple Lombardo said, DON'T LET when he pitchers who worked 45 Theres a whip there on the ta- said thethat or man innings carried a whip, or he more was AJ courteously. ble under my hat, Elsa Milnar, former Indian remarked saw him elsewhere in the house Tbe Senorita, and his eyes casually. at who finished the season with the One Ive carried with a time and place where the whip was St. Louis Browns. He SLOW YOU UP m backround, me. riding. She indicated a gave up 7 33 if I may, please; Tthe plainly visible. When bowds are wish to ask of against the wall near the door table earned runs sluggish and you per 9 AlWe sat together in the eel irritable, headachy, do as millions her a question. . Newsom allowed 5.87.innings. Bobo varez went to the table and turnpatio -cdo hew A thousand the modern back a quirt I recognized a? brought ing over the possibilities that lav The pardons, senorita Iwative. Simply chew winning streak was fact the corollaries mi up longest Orval by before you go to bed, Grove of the White 1a.d sld that ! to her from it. Did Pedro embarrassment that King only in accordance with Sox, who won 9 in a row. The package upon Chebro--adirection over him. I ask the question: sweDt .herefore, also hold the secret of longest leep without being Have losing streak was that of that other murder far to the you worn the costume of the China morning gentle, thorough Luman Harris of the feel swell again. Try asked' us in California and distant north of Poblana all evening? who As, A?i5I0U now in dropped 13 straight. Harris lost Tastes good, is handy time the Yes, of course, more na economical. A by than a year? Elsa replied, most games for the season, too generous family supply No; not mine. It belongs here be(TO BE CONTINUED) ing beaten 21 times. FEEN-A-r.lINrElsa Chatfleld, Hollywood artist. Is cut off from the will of her Aunt Kitty, who died from an overdose of morphine. Hunt Rogers, professional sleuth, and Barry Madison, an amateur detective, go to Mazatlan, Mexico, to solve what they believe to be Kitty Chatfields murder. On arrival they find that Elsas party had preceded them by plane. During a fiesta at Sam Chatfields ranch (Sam is Elsas father) Rogers questions the guests about the death of Sams sister. All have a motive. They go to the court yard and while watching the dancing Maria announces the death of James Chesebro. The Mexican police arrive and examine the body. Death was the result of a knife thrust. ed toiii o, won-and-lo- st one-tw- siiimy foios ed Va-tro-n- ol SB? . VA-TCO-U- Ol 20-ga- HW non-organi- c, ic d easy-to-ta- pack-ag- - rhS ht boS CONSTIPATION FEEN-A-MIN- & KEV2FJ wTsa.' T, Sf Je dis-e- xt EEN-A-MIN- io e. |