Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-10-06
THIRD INSTALLMEN

The murder OF Ralph Burke provd-
ed the public with a 10 days mystery.
Newspaper readers, satiated with the
European conflict and the crisis In
Mexico, eagerly devoured it's details.
The great newspapers of the country
hurried their cleverest correspondents
TO Valdavia At Hopes suggestion
the navy department, which was vi
tally interested in recovering the lost
formula. detailed secret service
operative on the case, but he met
with no better success than the po-
lice. On the theory that Burke had
been murdered by Satsuma out of re-
Venge, n fresh search for the Japanese
was started, only to be abandoned
when it was reported. with much cir
cumstantial detail. that a man tallying
with his description had shipped. two
days before the murder, on a vessel
bound for South America. But though
this apparently eliminated Satsuma, it
only served to deepen the mystery.
AS the days passed and no solution
was forthcoming, newspaper readers
began to turn their attention to other
events.
Olga Ivanoff. who had hurried to
Valdavia in order to be on the scene
OF action. prepared to return to her
luxurious apartment in San Francisco,
though Sextus was to remain behind
In order to keep in touch with any
potential developments. Hope and
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cause he had received instructions
from Washington to stay in Valdavia
as long as there was possibility OF
recovering the lost formula; the latter
because of similar instructions from
his uncle, Calvin Montgomery, who
wrote that II the formula could be
found no could sell 1t or his cwn
terms to one Of the European belliger-
ents. II was not the illusory hope of
recovering the formula. however. that
kept Hope and Morton In Valdavia;
the real magnet was Cleo
Her fathers tragic death weighed
heavily upon Cleo and II was often
far into night before she fell asleep
upon her tear-scaked pillow. but her
days were seldom lonely, for Jarvis
Hope and Gerald Morton were con
slant callers. But, Though she frankly
welcomed the visits of the suave-man-
nered young New Yorker, and listened
with wrapt attention to his gossip OF
Fifth avenue and broadway, she never
gave him her entire confidence
Though she never admitted It. even 10
herself, she did not entirely trust him
There was no question in Hopes mind
as 10 his feelings fer Cleo He was
whole-heartedly, desperately. madly in
!tuve with her. but. though he felt in
tuitiyely that Cleo reciprocated. his
innate delicacy led him to refrain
from telling her of his love at this
time.
In his will Burke had left every
thing that he possessed to Cleo. Yet
everything" consisted of barely $1,000
tn the bank. the furniture of the
house. his extensive scientific library
and the vanished secret OF the sub
marine. Cleo was under no illusions
regarding the state of her finances.
Il must go TO work, Jarvis" she told
Hope, with whom she discussed hei
financial difficulties and her future as
she would with an old family friend
Il must find something to do, for al
this rate what little money have will
soon be gone. Perhaps | can get a
position as a secretary, or in library
used TO write all daddy's letters and
keep his accounts" Her voice trem
bled. as It always did at mention OF
her father, for her grief was still very
new.
"Why don't you dispose OF your
fathers library, Cleo?" he asked one
evening when they were sitting on
the vine-covered verandah discussing
her affairs. you ought to realize q
considerable sum from it-enough
certainly, so that you will not need
TO worry about money matters foI
some time to come. I'm going over
to San Francisco tomorrow, and, Il
you care TO have me, will make
some inquiries as TO the best way &c
dispose OF IT,"
The next evening he called again
When l was in town today" he said
II looked up a friend who is interested
in books. and he put me in touch with
a man named Dawson, the proprietor
OF the Dawson Auction rooms, ! Wen
10 see Dawson, who seems to be
very decent fellow. and explained tina
sou wished to dispose OF your father
library. He tells me that he Is hold
ing an important sale next week AM
that IL you wish the books "a go int