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(CopyrlRht, 1917, Western Ncwipapcr Union.)
(By TIEV. P. B.
Ten
CHAPTER XIV Continued.
11
Stanton wus still wrestling with his
jroblwn when the "hundsoine couple"
returned from tho play. Tho trust
Held cuptnln saw them as they crossed
Iho lobhy to tho clevntor and again
narked tno little evidences of familiar
ity. "That settles It," ho mused, with
in outthrust of tho pugnacious Jaw.
She known more about Smith than
inybody else In this neck of woods
ind she'B got It to tell I"
Stunton began his Inquisition for bet
)rr Information tho following day, with
iho bejewelled ludy for his ally. Miss
llchlander was alone and unfriended
n Uio hotel and also u little bored.
Scneo she was easy of upproach; bo
msy that by luncheon time the sham
iromoter's wife was able to Introduce
4cr husband. Stanton lost no moment
pvestlgntlve. For the Inquiring pur
pose, Smith wbb made to figure us n
uslness acquaintance, und Stunton
was generouB In his praises of tho
oung man's ustoundlng llnunclul ubll-tv.
"no's simply n wonder, Miss Blch
andorl" ho confided over the luncheon
able. "Coming hero a few weeks ago,
ibBotutely unknown, he dob ulready be
:omo a prominent man of uffulrs In
3rew8ter. And bo discreetly reticent I
Co this good day nobody knows where
ho comes from, or anything about
Um."
"No?" said Miss Verda. "How sin
pilar l" But she did not volunteer to
tupply any of the mlBslng biographical
Hpff
"Absolutely nothing," Stanton went
)n Bmootldy. "And, of course, his si
enco about himself has been grossly
nlslntcrnreted. I have even heard It
mid that he Is an escaped convict."
"How perfectly ubsunll" was the
milling comment.
"Isn't It? But you know how peoplo
ivltl talk. They are saying now that
tig namo isn't Smith; that ho has
nerely taken tho commonest nurao In
iho category as an alius."
"I cun contradict that, nnywny,"
UIbs Illchlander offered. "His numo is
eally and truly John Smith."
"You have known him u long time,
iaven't you?" Inquired the lady with
the headlight diamonds.
"Oh, yeB; for quite a long time, ln
Iccd." "That was back In New York state?"
Stanton slipped In.
"In tho East, yes. Ho comes of an
excellent fumlly. His father's peoplo
were well-to-do farmers, und one of his
jrcat-uncles on his mother's side was
on tho supreme bench In our state; ho
was chief Justice during tho later years
of his life."
"What state did you say?" queried
Stanton craftily. But Miss Verda was
fur too wide-awake to let him surprise
her.
"Our home state, of course. I don't
bellovo nny member of Mr. Smith's
Immediate family on either side hus
ever moved out of It."
Stanton gave It up for tho tlmo be
ing, and was convinced upon two points.
Smith might have business reasons for
secrecy ho might hdvo backers who
wished to remain completely unknown
In their fight against tho big land
trust; but if be had no backer the
?L &
lKftfllnflffii
It I" ho rasped ; "and he's Fulrbnlrn's
own son-in-law 1"
"So Is Stnrburk, for that matter;
and he's In for twenty thousand," said
Shaw. "And, by tho way, Bill Is n
man who will bear watching. Hob
hnnd-ln-glove with Smith, and he's onto
alt of our llttlo crooks and turns. I
heard him telling Smith today that ho
owed it to the company io curry u
gun."
Stanton's smile showed hlfl teeth.
"I wish ho would ; carry one and kill
somebody with It. Then we'd know
what to do with him."
Tho spy was rolling a clgnretto nnd
his half-closed eyes bad u murderous
glint In them.
"Me, for Instance?" he inquired cyn-ically.
"Anybody," Bald Stnnton absently.
He was going over tho list of stock
holders again nnd had scarcely heard
what Shaw had said.
"That brines us down to business,
Mr. Stanton," said tho ex-rallroad clerk
slowly. "I'm not getting money enough
out of this to cover the risk my risk."
Tho man nt the dcsK iookcu up
quickly.
"What's that you say? By heavens,
Shaw, I've spoken once, nnd I'll do
it Just this one time more: you sing
small if you wunt to keep out of Jail l"
Shaw had lighted his cigarette and
was edging toward the door.
"Not this trip, Mr. Stanton," ho said
coolly. "If you've got me, I've got
you. I can find two men who will go
Into court and swear that you paid
Pete SlmmB money to have Smith sand
bagged, that day out nt Slmms' placo
at tho dam l I may have to go to Jail,
as you say; but rii net you uvo io ono
that you'll beat mo to It I" And with
that he snapped tho catch on the locked
door and went awuy.
Somo three hours after this rather
hostile clash with tho least trustwor
thy but by far tho most nblo of his
henchmen, Crawford Stanton left his
wlfo chnttlng comfortably with MIsb
Illchlander In tho hotel parlors and
went reluctantly to keep an appoint
ment which ho had been dreading ever
Blnco tho early afternoon hour when
n wire had como from Copah directing
him to meet tho "Nevada Flyer" upon
its arrival nt Brewster. The public
knew tho name signed to tho telegram
as that of n millionaire statesman; but
Stanton knew It best as tho name of
a hard and not overscrupulous master.
The train was whistling for tho sta
tion when Stanton descended from his
cab and hurried down tho long pint
form. A white-Jacketed porter wns
wultlng to udmlt him to tho presence
when tho train came to a Btnnd, and as
he climbed Into tho vestibule of the
luxurious private car, Stanton got what
comfort ho could out of tho thought
that tho interview would necessarily be
limited by tho ten minutes' engine-
changing stop of the fast train.
Stanton, ten minutes Inter, made a
flying leup from the moving train. At
tho cab rank he found tho motor cab
which ho had hired for the drlvo down
from tho hotel. Climbing In, ho gnvo a
brittle order to tho chauffeur. Simul
taneously u man wearing tho softest
of hats lounged away from his post of
observation under u nearby electric
polo nnd ran across tho railroad plaza
to unhitch and mount a wiry little cow
pony. Onco In tho saddle, however,
tho mounted man did not hurry his
horse. Having overheard Stanton's
order giving, there wns no need to keep
tho motor cib In sight as It sputtered
through thu streets and out upon tho
backgrounding mesa, Its ill-smelling
course ending nt a lonely rondhouso in
the mesu hills on tho Topaz trull.
When tho hired vehicle came to a
stand In front of the lighted barroom
of tho roadhouse, Stanton gave a wait
ing order to tho driver and went in.
Of tho dog-faced barkeeper ho asked
an abrupt question, and nt tho mnn's
working hour or more nt his desk In
tho Klnzle building offices; and tt wus
here that Starbuck found htm.
"What?" said the new secretary,
looking tip from his work when Star
buck's wiry figure loomed In tho door
way, "I thought you were once more
a family man, und hud cut out the
night prowling."
Starbuck Jackknlfcd himself com
fnrtublv In u chair.
"I wns. But the little girl's run
away again; gone with her sister
Maxwell's wife, you know to Denver
to get her teeth fixed; und I'm foot
loose. Been butting In n llttlo on
your game, tins evening, just iu un
doing, now's tricks with you, now?"
"Wo'ro strictly In the fight," de
clared Smith enthusiastically. "We
closed tho deal today for the lust hnlf
mllo of tho main ditch right of way,
which puts us up on tho mesa slope
nhnvn tho Esculanto grant. If they
knock us out now, they'll have to do
It with dynnmlte."
"Yes," said tho ex-cowman, thought
fully; "with dynnmlte." Then: "How
Is Williams getting along?"
"Fine 1 Tho water Is crawling up on
him a little every night, but with no
accidents, he'll bo nblo to hold tho
flood rise when It comes. Tho only
thing that worries me now 18 the tlmo
limit."
"Tho time limit?" echoed Starbuck.
"What's that?"
"It's the handicap wo Inherit from
tho orlglnnl company. Certain state
rlchts to tho water were conveyed In
the old chnrter, on condition that the
project should be completed, or at least
bo fur enough nlong to turn water Into
tho ditches, by a given dnte. This time
limit, which carries over from Tlman
yonl Ditch to Tlmanyonl High Line,
expires next week. Wo'ro petitioning
for nn extension, but if wo cion c gei
It wo shall still bo nblo to back the
wntcr up bo that it will flow Into the
lower level of ditches by next Thurs
day; that Is, barring accidents."
"Yes; with no accidents," mused
Starbuck. "Can't get shut of tho 'if,'
no wny nor shnpe, can wo? So that's
why tho Stanton people have been
lighting so wolflshly for delay, Is It?
John, this is n wicked, wicked world."
Then he switched nbruptly. "Where
did you corral all those good looks you
took to tho opera House iasc nignt,
John?"
Smith's laugh was strictly perfunc
tory. "That was Miss Vera Illchlander, an
old friend of mine from back home.
Sho Is out here with hpr father, and
tho father has gone up Into the Topaz
country to buy him n gold brick."
"Not In the Topaz," Starbuck struck
In loynlly. "Wo don't make tho bricks
up there not the phony kind. But
let thnt co nnd tell mo something else.
A while back, when you were giving I
mo a llttlo song nnd dance about the
colonel's daughter, you mentioned an
other woman though not by name, If
you happen to recollect I was Just
wondering If this Miss Rich-people, or
whatever. her namo Is, might be the
other one."
Again tho new secretary laughed
thlB tlmo without embarrassment.
"You've called tho turn, Billy. She 1b
the other one."
"H'm: chasing you up?"
"Oh, no; it was Just one of the
nenr-mlraclcs. Sho didn't know I
was here, and I had no hint that sho
was coming."
"All right; It's your roast; not mine.
But I'm going to pull ono chestnut out
of tho lire for you, even if I do get
my fingers burned. This Miss Itlch
folks has had only ono dny hero In
Brewster, but she's used It in getting
mighty chummy with the Stnntons.
Does that figure ns news to you?"
"It does," snld Smith simply; and he
added: "I don't understand It."
"Funnv," remarked tho ex-cowman.
"It didn't ball me up for more than a
anything about you that Stanton could
mnke use of."
Again tho High Line's new secretary
turned to sturo ut the black back
grounded window.
"You menn that sho might hear of
of Miss Coronn?" he suggested.
"You've roped It down, ut least," said
fhn friendly enemy. "Stanton'lt toll
her he'll tell her anything and every
thing thnt might make her turn loose
any llttlo bit of information she may
have about you. As I said a mlnuto
ugo, I'm hoping she hasn't got anything
on you, John."
Smith was still facing tho window
when ho replied. "I'm sorry to lmvo
to dlsnppolnt you, Starbuck. What
Miss Illchlander could do to me, if sho
chooses, would bo good and plenty."
The ex-cowboy mlno owner drew a
long breath and felt for his tobacco
sack and rlco pnper.
"All of which opens up more talk
trails," ho said thoughtfully. "Slnco
you wouldn't try to take caro of your
self, and slnco your neck happens to
be the most valuablo asset Tlmunyonl
LESSON FOR AUGUST 26.
THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH.
LESSON TEXT-II KlngB 25:1-21.
GOLDEN TEXT An 1 Uvo, salth th
Ird Ood, I have no plonsuro In the
death of tho wlcked.-Ezoklot 33:11.
SKIN
MJHw ji
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THC BEST
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HB Jn nun """
.ll" tV
"Stanton Fixed It 8ome Way."
Jerk of u thumb toward tho rear, the mlnuto or two. Stanton fixed It somo
"he Is an Escaped Convict"
other hypothesis clinched Itself Instant
ly ho was In hiding; ho had done
something from which ho had run
away.
It was not until nfter office hours
that Stunton was able to reduce his
equation to Its simplest terms, and it
wus Shnw, dropping in to make his re
port after his first day's work as clerk
and stenographer In tho High Lino
headquarters, who cleared tho ulr of ut
least ono fog bank of doubts.
"l'vo been through the records and
tho stock-books," said tho spy, when,
In obedience to orders, ho had locked
the office door. "Smith is playing a
lono hand. He fltmflammed Klnzlo for
his first chunk of money, and after that
It was easy. Every dollar Invested In
HJgh Lino has been dug up right hero
In tho Tlmanyonl. Hero's tho list of
stockholders."
Stanton ran his eyo down the string
of names nnd swore when ho saw Max
well' subscription of $25,000. "Duuiu
promoter passed on and entered the
private room ut the back.
Tho private room had but ono occu
pantthe man Lanterby, who wns sit
ting behind a round card tnblo and
vainly endeiiBcIng to make ono of tho
pair of cmptjrwhUky fjnsses spin In a
complete circuit about a black bottlo
standing on tho tabic.
Tho hired car wus still wnltlng when
Stnnton went out through tho barroom
and gave tho driver his return orders.
And, because tho night was dark, nei
ther of tho two ut tho car saw tho man
In tho soft hut straighten himself up
from his crouching placo under tho
backroom window and vanish silently
la tho gloom.
wnv hecnusc he needed to. Tell mo
something, John: could this Miss Itlch
garden help Stnnton out In nny of his
llttlo schemes, If sho took n notion?"
Smith turned nwuy und stured ut the
blackened square of outer darkness
lying beyond tho ofllco window.
"Sho could, Billy but sho won't," ho
answered.
High Lino has, Just at present, I've
been butting In, as I told you. Listen
to my tale of woe, If you haven't any
thing better to do. Besides the Miss
Rich-ranches episode there are a
couple of others. Want to hear about
'em?"
Smith nodded.
"All right A little white past din
ner this evening, Stanton had a hurry
call to meet the 'Nevada Flyer.' Tailed
onto the train there was a private lux
ury car, and In tho prlvnto car sat u
gcntlemun whose face you've seen
plenty of times in the political car
toonB, usually with cuss-words under
it. Ho Is ono of Stanton's bosses ; nnd
Stanton was In for a wigging and got
It. I couldn't hear, Dut i couiu see-
through tho car window. Ho had Stan
ton standing on one foot before the
train pulled out and let Crawford
make his get-away. You guess, and
I'll guess, and we'll both say It was
about this Escalante snap which Is
aiming to bo known ns the Escalante
fizzle. Ain't It the truth?"
Again Smith nodded, and said, "Go
on."
"After number Ave had gone Stanton
broke for his autocab, looking llko he
could bite n nail in two. I happened
to hear tho order ho gave the shover,
and I had my cayuse hitched over at
Bob Sharkey's Joint Naturally, I
ambled along after Crawford, and
while I didn't beat him to it, I got
there Boon enough. It was out at Jeff
Barton's roadhouse on tho Topaz trail,
nnd Stanton was shut up In tho back
room with a sort of tin-horn 'bad man
named Lanterby."
"You listened?" said Smith still
without eagerness.
"Right you are. And they fooled me.
Two schemes were on tap: ono point
ing at Wllllnms und tho dnm, und the
nthnr nt vnil. ThPSQ WerO both 'IttSt
resorts;' Stanton said ho had ono more
string to pull first If thnt broke
well, l'vo said It half a dozen times
nlreudy, John: you'll either havo to
biro n bodyguard or go heeled. I'm
telling you right hero nnd now, that
bunch Is going to get you, even if it
costs money l"
"You sny Stanton said he naa one
"You can dig up your last dollar and h ,,,.ln,t Hyo It
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"Yes, I think I can.'
CHAPTER XV.
A Night of Fiascos.
Smith had seen nothing of Miss
Illchlander during Uio day, partly be
cause there was u forenoon meeting of
tho High Lino stockholders called for
tho purposo of electing him secretary
und treusurer In fact of the company,
and partly becuuso tho major portion
of tho nfternoon was Bpeut in confer
ence with Williams ut tho dam.
Returning from tho dam slto quite
lute In iho evening, Smith spent u bard-
"H'm: that's Just what I was most
nfrnld of."
"Don't bo nn ass, Billy."
"I'm trying mighty hard not to be,
John, but Bomctlmcs tho ears will grow
on tho bfcst of us In Bpito or tno uevu.
What I mean Is this: I saw you two
when you camo out of tho Hophra
dlnine room together Inst night, und I
saw tho look In thut girl's eyes. Do
you know what I Bald to myself right
then, John? I Bniu: -un, you nine girt
out nt tho Hlllcrcst ranch good-by,
yonl'"
Smith's grin was half ontugonlstlc.
"You nro an ass, Billy," ho asserted.
"I never was in lovo with Verda Illch
lander, nor she with me."
"Speak for yourself und let It hang
there, John. You can't apeuK ror tno
woman no man ever can. What I'm
jhoylng now la that sho doean't know
a name, am ne"
"No, but l'vo got a notion of my
own," wus tho ready answer. "He's
trying to get next to you through tho
women, with tho Miss Rich-pasture for
his can opener. But when everything
iflM falls, ho is to send a password
to Lanterby, ono of two passwords.
'Williams' mcan3 dynamite and the
dam; 'Jako' means tno removal irom
tho map of n fellow named Smith. Nlco
prospect Isn't It?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
8ad News.
"Tho expectant heir to his uncle's
millions, nnxlously asked tho doctor
when his undo wus taken 111, If there
wus no hope."
"What did thq doctor say?"
"Ho told him there wus no hope
whatover. The chances were his
uncle would get well cuough to marry
his housekeeper."
Many years ufter the kingdom ot
Israol was taken captive by tho As
syrians, Judah was carried nwny to
Bubylon. Judnh's 'captivity was in
threo stages, covering about twenty
years. Tho first deportutlon wus while
Jeholuklm wus king. Daniel and his
friends went into captivity at this
tlmo (Dan. 1:1-0). Tho seventy years
cuptlvlty dates from this time. The
second deportutlon wus while Jehola
klm reigned. Most likely Ezeklel waa
curried away with this second com
pany (Ezeklel 1:1-2). Tho third do
portntlon, some twelve years ufter the
second, Is the ono described in our les
son. At this tlmo tho greater purt of
tho uutlou wus removed to Babylon.
Only tho poor and unimportant were
left. Jerusulem Itself was destroyed
at this time.
I. Jerusalem Besieged (w. 1-3).
Zedekluh owed his kingship to tho king
of Babylon (chapter 24:17), who ap
pointed him to tho throne ufter the re
moval of Jcholaklm. His name was
:hanged from Muttunluh to Zedeklah.
Ho waa not a good man (24:10).
Though huvlng his position by the will
jf tho king of Babylon, ho rebelled
tgalnst that king. He thought that by
tho aid of tho surrounding nations,
"specially Egypt, he could throw off
the yoke of Babylon. Jeremiah coun
leled submission, but tho king refused.
Nebuchadnezzar camo In person with
ill his host and luld siege to Jerusalem,
even building forts against It (v. 1).
rhlB siege lasted for about n year and
i half. For a while during that period
the Chaldean army withdrew becauso
3f tho uppearanco of Pharaoh's army
(Jer. 37:5). Shut off from help from
without, tho Jews soon were famish
Ine for want of bread. Tho horrors of
this famine were awful. For a descrip
tion of It one should rend the book of
Lamentations. Mothers ato their own
children (Lam. 4:10). Tho richest, even
ladles In silken robes, wandered nbout
searching for scraps In the dung heaps
(Lam. 4:5-10). Their tongues clave
to the roofa of their mouths, and their
skins were dried up. Added to these
horrors were murderous fights between
parties among the Jews. Some wanted
to' surrender; others insisted upon
holding out.
II. Zedeklah'a Flight (vr. 4-7). At
length the city was broken up, and the
,klng and his warriors fled by night His
ithought was to escape to tho country
beyond the Jordan. Tho Chaldean
tarmy overtook mm, scnttereu nis army,
and carried Zedeklah to Rlblah, whero
Nebuchadnezzar had his headquarters.
Hero Judgment wns passed upon him.
In his trlnl it was shown that his
solemn oath of allegiance to tho Chal
deans had been broken, thus showing
himself a traitor (H Chron. 80:18). As
a punishment for his treachery his own
sons were slain before hlra, his eyes
put out (v. 7), and ho himself carried
to Babylon, where ho remained n pris
oner till his death (Jer. 52:11). In this
wo havo a marvelous fulfillment of
prophecy (Ezeklel 12:3), which says
that Zedeklah shall be taken to Baby
lon and die there and yet not see the
city. He could not Bee It because his
eyes were out. Let us lenrn from this
that that which Ood says will surely
come to pass, even though wo cannot
explain Its dotalls.
III. Tho Destruction of the City (w.
B-10). Not only wero tho people taken
captive, but tho city Itself was sub
jected to tho utmost rigors of war.
They plundered tho house of the Lord,
tho palace nnd tho houses of tho rich,
and then consigned them to the flames
(v. 0). They even broke down tho
walls of Jerusalem (v. 10) and mas
sucred many of tho peoplo (Lam.
23 4).
IV. Disposition of tho Inhabitants
and tho Contents of the Temple (vv.
11-21). 1. Tho Inhnbltant8 (vv. 11, 12).
They wero divided Into two classes,
thoso who had deserted to tho Baby
lonians during tho Blege and thoso who
wero found insldo of the city at tho
tlmo It was taken. Many doubtless de
serted to tho Babylonlnns during this
Blege, as even Jeremiah was arrested
bn this chargo (Jer. 88:13). Tho poor
of tho land wero left to bo vino dress
ers and husuanumen. xno weauuy
and Influential wero taken away, as
thoy would bo of value to the conquer
ing nation; besides they would bo a
menaco if left behind. The poor wero
left because pauper captives would be
a burden.
Besides It waa very undesirable
for tho land to Ho In wuste, na then
thoy could not exact tribute from It
To thut end encouragement wus given
by tho Babylonians as "vineyards and
fields' were given to tho poor.
2. Tho contents of tho templo (vr.
18-21). From tho templo which had
been twice plundered before (II Chron.
80:7. JO), ouch of gold, silver and
bronzo vessels as still remained wore
taken, oven tho great pillars of the
molten sea. Tho captives and tho treas
ure wero delivered to Nebuchadnezzar
at Roblah, where more than threescore
ot men wero killed (w. 10-21).
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Phoebe wus bored. In nil tho bIx
long years. of her llfo she hod never
spent such a miserable day. Circum
stances nt last grew too strong for ner,
and sho cried. She was ono of thoso
who do not often cry, but who when
they do mako no secret of it. In short
Phoebo nearly lifted the nursery cell
ing off.
Upstairs came Phoebe's mother, al
ready drossed In her smnrtest clothes
ready to have tea with a friend.
"Why, what's the matter, Phoebe?"
she asked.
Phoebo standing hopelessly In the
middle of the nursery only howled the
louder, and refused to see anything
cheerful about life.
"Just look, Phoebe, nt that ugly lit
tle face In tho looking glass?"
Phoebo Immediately became Interest
ed nnd stopped crying.
"Which one, mamma?" she asked.
Peurson's Weekly.
He Was Scotch Sure.
The Tommies wero strolling Idly
along tho street when they chanced to
gnzo Into an attractive shop window.
Being soldiers, they both had an eye
for n pretty girl, nnd there wlthlBi the
shop wns a real winner.
"Sandy." whispered Mike, "shure,
she's Just the fairest colleen my eyes
hlv Iver rested on. It's mysllf that'll
go In and buy something, an' perhaps
she .will havo a smllo for me."
His companion camo from "ayont
the Tweed," as his answer proved.
"I'll gang wl' ye," he sold. "But
hoots, mon, yo neodnae spend a baw
bee. A' ye hov tao dao Is tao ask fui
change o' a shlllln'."
The available water power of Scdt
land has been estimated at 1,000,000
horse power.
ACtllto t
ACtllto
Tour Grocer
will bring a
package of
Grape-Nuts
A delicious,
healthful food
and a plead
ing lesson in
economy.
"There'saReason'
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