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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-31
Embroidery
Remnants
0ne-Third Priced

Edges, insertions,
flounccs, bands and
aIl-ovcrs 90 on sale to-
morrow at 33c on the
dollar. Great bargains
will prevail. All de
sirablc lengths are in
cIuded, Former prices
were from 23c to $500.
Our Quit Business sale
price S from 15c to
75c.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19

AZ O'Rourkc appeared he was con.
scious first Of something moving In
the room-a movement caught vaguely
from the corner OF his eyes. Then he
heard n stitled cry OF fright. lie had
already his revolver In his hand, so IN.
slant had been the obedience of his
brain ana body to the admonition OF
instinct.
lie swung about with the weapon
poised, crying Stop" The other
man was apparently trying to escape
by the door to the hall. but was much
too far from 1t to escape the threat
cned bullet. A jet Of fire spurted from
his hand. O'ROurke heard Il crash
and clattcr Of broken window.glass be.
hind him Without delay or conscious
aim he fired and saw, still lndistinctly
through pungcut wreaths OF smoke
the figure reel and collapse upon
itself.
The man had hardly fallen ere
O'Rourko stood over him, with a foot
firm upon one arm. while he bent and
"''i'ShNh a stN'lffl run TtldAlIE lll'
gers. Then, stepping back, he took
stock Of the murdCrous. minded In.
trudcr. and saw ut his feet, writhing
coughing and splitting, Chinese
coolie-A type OF the lowest class. his
face set yellow mask. stolid, un.
emotional. brutalizcd. Even then II
betrayed little feeling; only the slant
set black eyes burned with unquench.
able hatred as they glarod up at the
cOnqueror. OROurke's bullet
had penetrated the mans chest and
as he squlrmed and groaned through
his sharpened teeth of rat Grim.
son stain spread on the bosom OF his
coarse white blouse.
Wholly COMPOUNDED, ORourlSe shook
an amazed head. A third element had
been added to the mystery with no
effect other than to render It more
Opaque and dense than before.
The telephone, its raucous voice
now long since stilled. came into his
mind, and he was minded to leave the
room and find It. to summon aid
Before he could move, however. a
football on the veranda startled him,
and his ears were ringing with a com.
mand couched in terse. curt English;
Hands up"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
CHAPTER xxxIll.

a man stood In one of the windows.
his figure conspicuous against the
night in cool white linen OF semi
military cut, his extended right hand
training revolver on the lrishmau' 8
head
Faith" cried O'Rourke with genu.
Inc relief, you're more welcome than
n snowfall In Hades. Good evening TO
ye, and many of them"
Hands up"
with all the pleasure In the world ="
O'Rourke elevated his hands. I've
two revolvers on me person." he vol
unteered amiably: before We go any
further yen be wanting to take EN-
away from me, I'm not doubling
From what see. quite believe |
shall" agreed the Englishman. with
ont relaxing his unparalleled attitude
At all events. keep your hands where
they are. for the time being ..
What the deuce does this mean"
Tell me yourself and I'll make ye
a handsome present" returned the
ding me wits over It for the last
thirty minutes. but neither rhyme nor
reason can | read into Il. But, see
now: would ye mind relieving me of
the arsenal I've been telling ye about,
that | may rest me arms without fear
OF being punctured?"
The other laughed shortly and en-.
tered the room-a clean-llmbed,
sturdy, we'll set.up hoy OF four or five.
and.twenty, or whereabouts. lie pos
sessed. aside from an emphatic and
capable manner. good looks enhanced
by wide good-humored mouth.
You might help me out bit, you
know" said the boy briskly. You've
that don't doubt you will place me
still further under obligation to you
by turning your back and depositing
your weapons on that table or course,
| needn't bore you by remarks upon
tho folly of false moves"
"'Twould be quite supernuous," re-
piled O'Rourke. obeying with a fair
and easy grace. There now. What
else may be your pleasure?"
Move back three PAGES and stand
still"
"Right.O, me lord"
O'Rourke executed the prescribed
evolution and, at rest, heard footsteps
behind him; thought later he felt
The Englishman's hands rapidly going
through his pockets. Then. with a
very good" the latter stepped be-
tween the table ami 0'Rourke and |
laced him.
You've apparently told the truth
thus far" he said. Now whatdyou
know about this?" He waved a hand |
round the room. BE careful what
you say. | may as well inform you |
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19

Stubborn brute" growled Couch,
Most of these animals here belong TO
some devlish tong or other, and they'd
rather die than say anything touching
on the business of the society or af.
tecting the interests OF brother.
member. But | think ! know a way to
bring him TO reason. Hand me that
knife, please"
Wondering, O'Rourke rendered him
the weapon that had brought death TO
Sypher The lieutenant wiped 1t cal
lousy on corner of the coolies
blouse and held the keen shining
blade before his eyes. accompanying
the action with II few emphatic
phrases A curious expression, com.
pounded Of sulen fury and abject pan
&c fright. showed In the Chinaman's
yes. and his lips we're as II by magic
unsealod However reluctant, he be-
gan to chatter and spoke at length,
delivering himself OF n long state.
mcnt which Couch punctured now and
again with pertinent. leading ques-
tons
At length. throwing aside the knife.
he Jumped up, strong excitement burn
ing in his eyes. I've got enough from
him" he said rapidly. IN explain
later. You'll help-of course; your
wile's involved as well as Miss Pyn
sent. But don't think you need fear;
wen be in time. Are you ready?
Half a minute; I've got to use
that telephone"
lie ran out into the hall, rang mp
and shouted number into the re-
ceiyer. and for q few moments spoke
rapidly In Burmese dialect.
ORourke gathered that he was speak.
ing with a native subordinate at the
police headquarters in Rangoon.
Couch swung back into the study.
Got those revolvers, sir? Then come
along, wen have to run for IT, For.
tunately our launch is handy; other
wise
lie sprang across the yeranda and
down to the lawn, O'Rourke pelting
after him.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19

brations Of a motor running at high
tension, sped down the silent reaches
of Rangoon River like hunted ghost.
She ran without lights, these having
been extinguished by COUGHS direc-
tons. regardless of harbor regulations
or danger. Happily the hour was late
enough to relieve them OF much fear
Of trouble with other craft; the upper
reaches OF the river were practically
deserted.
In the bow Couch was handling the
wheel with the nonchalance of one
from whom the river had no secrets
by night or day. To o'Rourke It seemed
no light task to pilot so slight craft
Mt such high speed through that
stygian darkness: Jet the suhcaiei
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
Mustard Pickle.

Three caulifowers, broken in small
pieces; one quart small cucumbers
one quart small silver skin onions,
four green peppers, cut fine Make a
brine OF four quarts of water and one
pint of salt soak all In this brine
over night. In the morning beat
through in this same brine Just
enough to scald and pour into a
colander to drain.
Mix two-thirds OF cup OF flour
with six tablespoons Of mustard. one
cup brown sugar, one heaping tea
spoon OF turmeric powder, add enough
cold vinegar to make two quarts in
all Boil until thick, stirring often to
prevent scorching. Add the pickles
and Just heat through.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19

to O'Rourke. AS he continued TO speak
the coolies scowl darkened and he In.
terrupted with a negative motion OF
his head. The sub.chief repeated his
remarks with emphasis. For reply he
got a monosyllable that sounded. as
much as anything else. like an OATH
Couch looked up. He says he wants
water, and suspect he won't speak
until he gets 1t. Can you-?"
O'Rourke fetched the half.empty
carafe and Couch put 1t to the coolies
lips, permitting him to drink as much
as he liked. But as soon as the bottle
was removed the fellow shut his
mouth like trap and refused a word
In answer to the lieutenRnt's demanda
and persuasions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
MIR. ]. 3. puks,s PIouahlnn.

In spite of the distractions OF the
Tobacco company's reorganization, Mr..
James b. Duke bestows much atten.
ton upon the work OF developing and
identifying his three thousand acre es-
tate. Dukes Park. near somerville. N.
J. Not infrequently or his tours OF
inspection he personally directs the
laborers, One day he took the plough
from the hands of a slow. awkward
foreigner saying:
Here. let me show you how to
plough n furrow. I've not forgotten
how | did that when was boy in
South Carolina"
Another day he took tho place of
the boss OF gang OF workmen and
before he got through he dismissed
five for inetiiciency.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
SALADS FOR HOT DAYS
coNcocTioNs THAT WILL TEMPT
POOR APPETITE.
When Heavy Meat Dishes Are Out Of
Place These May Be Used to Adj
vantage-Both Cooling
and Nourlshing.

! The appetite faded by heat may be
tempted by salads only when those
salads are seasonable. Heavy meat
! concoctions and most OF the flsh mix.
lures are not suitable for hot weather.
The ideal summer salad has three
requisites-it must be light. appetizing
In appearance and icy cold. French
dressing is more seasonable than may
onnaise, also more digestible, and
fruits and vegetables are preferable
10 nuts, fish or meats 1t is hard to
got headed lettuce In summer, but II
tho young, tender leaves OF the gar
den lettuce are crisped by being put in
a cloth on the ice they are improved.
Salad being both cooling and nour.
ishing. may be eaten at both lunch and
dinner. To prepare 1t easily have let
tuce always crisping in the refrigera-
tor and also have Il pint bottle filed
with a thick French dressing. This
should be we'll shaken before using,
and any left In the salad bowl may be
strained and poured back.
II 10 W uob
vegetables and fruit from dinner OF
the previous day Particularly nice Is
one made Of tomatoes cut in eighths,
asparagus, shredded green peppers,
thinly sliced cucumber. a cako OF
Neufchatel cheese and n liberal supply
OF Chill sauce This is well marinated
with French dressing favored with
onion. or chopped onion may be mixed
through the salad. Serve on bed Of
lettuce.
This salad my be mixed with string
beans, peas or email lima beans.
Cream cheese is good through the mix
ture, and II nothing else is convenient
CRATE American cheese thickly over
II.
A rather heavier salad Is made from
hard-boiled eggs cut lengthwise. Re
move yolks and rub to paste with
anchovIes. Refill and put a slice OF
anChovy on each section. Serve on
hearts Of lettuce.
Another nice mixture for plain let.
tuce salad are squares of cream
cheese sprinkled thlckly with caviare,
Place these In tho center OF the let
tuce and surround with n border of
crisp bacon broken very fine. Cover
with French dressing seasoned with
chutney.
Green peppers are Invaluable for a
summer salad. Served whole, they arc
delicious when mixed with a highly
seasoned mayonnaise. A spoonful OF
the dressing should be put on top of
each cup. Another good filling ia
cold slaw and shredded peppers well
mingled. A pretty salad is made by
arranging a bed OF tender green let
tuce leaves, or young nasturtium
leaves, and on It putting a center of
cream cheese balls, then q row of
shredded green peppers, another row
OF cheese balls and an outer border OF
shredded pimentos. The canned ones
may be used. Cover with thick
French dressing. II onions are liked.
small pearl onions can be yrinkled
over the cheese balls.
A delicious fruit salad is round OF
tender pineapple placed on lettuce
leaf. On top OF the pineapple dot Der
ries In season, strawberries, raspber-
rles. blackberrles or currants. and in
the center OF the berries have a round
of cream cheese Border the fruit mix.
ture with mayonnaise and put little
In the center Of the cheese.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens nj Monte Carlo with
soi. Terence O'Rourkc, military free
fnce and something OF n gambler, In his
iotel Leaning on tho balcony he sees II
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and PASSAGE from sight Al the
gaming table Onourkc notices two men
watching him. One ~ the Hon. BERTHE
own, while HIS companion IL NiSCuunt
IocH Trches. a ducist The visruunt trlls
him the French government has directed
him 10 ORourke AZ a man who would
undertake n secrct mission At his apart
mcOt, O'Rourke, who had agreed to un-
d<ithKe tn" mission, tludg "a mysterious
Ftter The viR""uut arrives, hundS
scaled package to O'Itpurkc. who IL not
Co open II until on the ocean a pair Of
dainty slippers are seen prutruding from
uhn"T "a doorway curtain. The ITlshmnn
nude thc owner Of the mystcrI"us feet 70
ne h's wife. BcatrH. from whom he had
ran away IA year previous They are
r,~onrliod. and opening the letter he finds
ffnt a Rngoon law firm orcrs him
Fopl Of t!amc and left To him by a dy.
ing friend but now In keeping OF one
nEtn"d Chambret In Algeria. D'Ruurko
vorslE the nobiemRn ip Il duel The wife
btas o'Rourkc farewell and he promises
30 noon return with the reward lie dis.
covers both Glynn ana tho vlscount on
bonr" the ship. As he nnds Chnmbret
fhrr' ~ an attack by bandits ana his
friend dies telling OJtuurye that he has
left me Pool Of Flame with the governor
general. who at sight ~ EGnct ring
1rw'l Arriving at AlRcriu ~" freshman
fnds the governor general away Dos
Tr'bCs makes mysterious appointment
nnd tells D'ROurkc that Nc has gained
possession Of the jewel by stealing IT, In
a duel O'RourltC masters the yIgrOuut.
srrurcs possession Of the Pool 81 Flame
aud Eturts 10y snip fur tuuEuuu lie undS
IT," captain to be- EmUgglcr who tries 90
steal the Jewel II is finally secured by
thr captain and O'R0uritc escapes tn
land with the aid OF one Danny ana
his Swc0 thoHrt O'Rourk" r"coycrs the
Pool ~ Flame. On board ship once more.
bound FOR ltanROnn. n mysterious lady
appears O'Ruurke comes upon n iasCRr
about 20 attack the lady, who Is Mrs.
tlTy nue, ana kicks the man into IN" hold
Mrs. prynne claims she H. en- route for
Indiana on Il mission for the king.
0Iluurkc In attacked by tho lnscdr. who
s"rurgs the Pool of Flame, the captain
Is shot aud the luscar Jumps into the sea
TIE ship arrives In port Danny hands
ORnurkc the Pool OF Flame which lac
has stolen from Mrs Prynnc II ~ the
real iuwcl the one lost at sea being "A
counterfeit. O'ROuTkc goes To CulUutta |
and discovers Des Ttebcs disguised II" |
COW knows that Mrs. prynnc was an nc |
compile. FINALLY he gets To tn" lawyer
WHO has offered the reward. delivers the
Jewel and gets the money. GOING TO the
rsrldenc" OF the lawyer on invitation. |
oRourkc finds him murdered aud Dcs |
Trches II found dying.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
Ladies' Object to Profanity

The woman golfers of New YORK
have made objections to swearing on
the links and have discussed the mat.
ter in their clubs. The men who play
over the links are all supposed to be
gentlemen. but sometimes they are
not careful OF their language. ana
Indies have been made very indignant
by some speeches. 1t has been sug.
gested that notices be placed In tho
clubhouses. but the fact that the
ladies have discussed tho subject
viii. no doubt be all that y npca<
Aary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
Burnt SUGAR Cake.

Two and one-half cups -four. one
cup OF sugar, one cup OF milk, two
eggs. one-half cup butter, two tea.
spoonfuls baking powder, two tea.
spoonfuis flavoring. Take one cup
sugar and burn In skillet, as soon as
It Is all melted pour in one-half cup
OF warm water: then stir until It
looks like 1t was ready, and put in
cake.
Filling-one and one-half cups OF
sugar, one cup Of milk, a little butter:
cook In skillet, where sugar was
burned. Then bake.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19

was accomplishing the feat without q
| observable trace OF fear or tremor
Of uncertainty.
O'Rourke sat beside him, In the
stern a police orderly acted as me
chanic, attending to the motor. These
three, no more. made up the rescue
party,
Though devoured by Impotence and
anxiety, O'Rourke lorbore to question
Couch, hesitating to divert his atten-
tion from his task and knowing that
as soon as he could the young lieu
tenant would speak From the time
when the Coolie had yielded. there
had been not a seconds rest FOR eth
er; neither had had time TO confer
save on questions OF the most imme'
date moment; and control Of these
Couch had voluntarily and naturally
assumed. deciding. acting and direct.
ing In the same thought, apparently.
Your wife. with Miss Pynsent,"
said Couch abruptly without looking
round-"at leas ! presume it's Mrs.
O'Rourke, from what you say-have
been kidnapped by a gang of highbind'
ers and are now aboard junk In the
lower river, which will sail for God
knOws-where at the turn Of the tide.
That's the only thing that saves EN-,
We Il be on EN- before they're able to
force way down the river"
O'Rourke groaned, holding his head
with both hands. My wife :"
he said brokenly
Il know" Couch interrupted grim
ly; 81 know how you feel Miss Pyn
sent is there, too. you see"
oh" said ORourke, Il didn't I'M
derstand that. I'm sorry" lie
dropped a hand on the younger mans
shoulder and let It rest there briefly.
Please God" he said reverently,
"theren be many another polluted
yellow soul yammerIng at the gates
of hell this night"
Amen" said Couch. We
sha'n't be long now"
Silently O'Rourke removed his coat
and waist-coat. his collar and lawn
tic, and turned back his cuffs. Even.
ing clothes are hardly the thing to
fight in" he said; but I'm thinking
'twon't make deal of difference to
me. Got any cartridges for a Webley
mark W."
wheeler has. Give Colonel
O'Rourke few, Wheeler" said Couch.
the orderly.
The latter rummaged In q locker
and pressed into O'Rourke's hand half
n dozen cartridges. with which the
adventurer proceeded to replenish the
empty chamber In his revolver.
I'D only discharged one" he OBJ
served. but tbs likely we'll need that.
even. with only the three OF US
against n junk.load
"Oh, telephoned for reinforce.
ments, of course" returned Couch.
They ought to be there ahead OF
rs"
what did the coolle tell ye. II we've
line TO talk"
Couch laughed. 81 daresay you're
how | made him speak at
Ill"
That's the true word for ye."
81 threatened to cut off his silly pig.
all and send him naked and dishonor.
ID 10 the ghostly halls of his ances-
ors. It's wonderful how much those
,allods brutes dote on that decora.
ion, I told him further. that II he
led, when found It out I'd return
md shave him bald as an egg. even II
10 were dead by that time SO per
'uaded the truth from him, the whole
itory-from his side of IT,"
I'm listening. ="
CTO BE CoNTtNUED1
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
CHAPTER xxxli.-(cortlnued.)

CHAPTER xxxii.-(continued.)
With each development the mystery
was assuming more fantastic proper
tons. becoming still more impene
Srable and unsolvablc. Hut he had no
ieisure ia which to ponder 1t now, II
does Trebes were to be restored. And
CRourke worked over the man as
z<nderly rs though they had been life
long friends, with skillful fingers es
'timating the nature ana extent OF his
wounds. with sound knowledge OF
rough and ready surgery doing all
shat could be done TO bring him back
10 consciousness,
st last Des Trebes sighed feebly: a
spot Of color, fcbrilc. tickle, evanes
cent, dyed his cheeks; his breath rat
lied harshly In his outlet; his eyelids
twitched and opened wide. He glared
blaukly at the face above,
"pes Trcbes!" cried O'Rourke. "Des
Trcbcs."
Ills voice quIckened the intelligence
OF that morlbund brain. A flash of
recognition lighted the staring eyes.
The lips moved without sound.
"Des Trebes!"
.hh, yes the Irish.
The whisper was barely articulate,
q Rourke put to his lips a cup OF
brandy diluted with little water.
Drink" he pleaded and try to tell
me what's happened to yc. Who gave
ye these wounds? Try 10 speak"
Bat no shall
not tell"
~Dut-good God. man! we've been
Eiurdered!"
The white Hips moved again: the
adventurer bent his ear low to them
We have both lost
but you your wife
My Wife"
In a frenzy ORourkc resumed his
efforts to strengthen the dying man
with spirits and water. but Des Ire
bes with final effort. obstinately
shut his teeth. moving his head i'm.
perceptibly from side to side in token
of his stubborn refusal
So he died. implacable In death
the chiseIled features remained set
I'm smile sardonic and triumphant.
Dying. he gave no comfort to his
foe.
For q little time longer oRourke
kueit at Des Trebes' side, watching
and wondering. Eventually he sighed
heavily, shook his head. shrugged his |
shoulders and rose. And. rising, he !!
perceived for the first time that he |
VIVA no longer alone with the dead in |
that place.
RneellDg in silence by the vicomte's
aide he had till then been hidden from
Che inner doorway to the room by the
drspery of the center table. And evil
IDENTITY It was this circumstance which
had eniboldened man to slip in from
the main hall and approach Sypher's
sis-k Al the back of the room.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
Lemon Tarts.

Puff Paste. TO one mint n, so,.
add one teaspoonful OF baking pow.
der; mix In one cupful of butter or
lard; wet with cold water. Roll thin
and line tart cups. Fill with filling,
Fiiiing.-One cupful OF sugar, Juice
OF one lemon. one egg. piece OF but.
ter size OF walnut tmelted). Beat to-
gether thoroughly. Use one table
spoonful for each tart.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
Tomato Salad With ches.s

Pick and slice the tomatoes and
arrange In a salad dish. Make a
dressing Of oil. white wine, pepper
ana salt and stir in some grated Par
mesan. Pour this over the tomat,es
let stand on ice for Is minutes Or 20
before serving.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-09-19
CHAPTER xxxiv.

A night OF velvet blackness, softly
Opaque. lay upon land and water. Tho
police launch, shuddering with the vi.