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The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20

poets far above the average. To Web
ster's way Of thinking, the girl who
married Billy might well count her
self fortunate.
Dolores greeted him with unaffected
pleasure. well, Callphl" she said.
Just that II made Webster sensible
Of feeling Of having returned to her
after an absence OF several years,
I'm so glad to see you, Miss Ruey,"
he replied, and added boldly, "par-
ticularly since didn't expect to-"
She knew what her reply would lead
to; nevertheless, with that dlsslmula-
ton which can only be practIced in
perfection by a clever and beautiful
woman, she answered with equal bold
ness; "Indeedl Pray whyr
swell, for a pretty good reason, !
think. A few weeks ago, after exam
lining Bits concession very thorough
ly, i told him he was a potential mill
lionaire. Now, while l dlsclalm any
appearance OF braggadoclo, when John
Stuart Webster. II. NJ, makes any
mine owner a report like that, he is
apt TO be taken very seriously. And
having made Bill a potential million
alre and arranged TO give him three
or four months vacation back home,
l had a notion he'd present to you a
very valid reason why you should ac-
company him"
you are very frank. Caliph."
That's because I'm curious. He had
a certain dream. and told me about II,
and / did my little best to make II
come true"
Il think | understand, Callph. II
would be very difficult think, for
anybody to meet Billy without being
attracted toward him. He's one OF
the dearest, most lovable boys in the
world-and he did do me the signal
honor OF asking me TO marry him. SO
therel"
"Well. and why didn't your"
She smiled at his blunt insistence
on forcing the issue. "F0r a number
OF excellent reasons, Callph. In the
hrst place, he wanted me TO marry
him immediately-and wasn't ready
to leave SObrante, while Billy was
Indeed, 1t was highly necessary thai
he should leave Immediately. for the
sake OF his health, and | had BIlIy's
interest at heart sufficiently TO insist
upon 1t. You seem to forget that
when a girl marrles she must make
some preparation for the event. and
II she has any close relatives, such as
brother for instance, she likes 10
have that relative present at the cere-
mony. You will recall, CalIph. thai
have a brother and that you have
promised to Introduce me to him very
shortly"
by Judas, | never thought Of that
Miss Ruey," the repentant Webster
answered. "In fact, | wasn't think. |
ng OF anybody's interest IN this mai. |
Ter hut Bill's."
Not even OF mine. CallphY" re-.
Ihat goes without saying. Could
ave done anything nicer for Won than
X 1t Tor Bill 50 hs would be In Dosl.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Invites Wilson to Speak.

Washlngton.-John Temple Grad
resident commissioner of the Lncl
memorial commission, called Saiuui,
at the White House to ask that me
dent Wilson deliver an address Of ?
dedication OF the memorial In Nq
The program Is understood to pro'
for the presentation OF the memo'H
by Former President Taft and is =
ception by Senator Harding.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20

Bile and rebuffed, stepped aside and
watched Webster stride back into the
hotel. "God love ye, sor." he mum
bled. "knOwin' what know, Is It Ike
~ I'd let ye make a monkey out aV
her or yerself1 Ye made yer plans
wit Mlsther Geary without consultin
her. Now go, ye grand big divll, an
fnd out why she kicked yer schame
to smIthereens." And with a solemn
and knowing wink at the dufrle bag,
Don Juan picked that article up ana
followed after his master.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
By PETER B. KYNE
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and packed out for San Miguel de
Padua bright and early next morn
Ing. During the following ten days
Webster managed to keep himself
fnirly busy around the camp at the
mine; then for a week he hunted and
fshed, and finally, when that began
to pail on him, his agile mind re-
turned to business and the consldera-
tion Of the possibility Of flaw In
Billy's title to the claim; whereupon
he suddenly decided to return to Bue-
naventura and investigate that title
fully before proceeding to throw dol
lars right and left.
At the head of his little cavalcade,
therefore, he rode out one morning
for the railroad, whereat providence.
In its inscrutable wisdom, ordained
that en- route he should fall In with
no less a parsonage than Don Ricardo
Luiz Ruey, nee Andrew Bowers. RI
cardo was mounted, armed. and alone.
and at sight Of Webster he shouted
with delight and spurred toward him.
"what the devil You. Rick. the
government cut-up. What are you do
Ing In these partsf" Webster rode up
and shook hands.
"oh, I'm Robin flooding Il around
this part OF the country. II Is so Sc
Guided, you know. and Sarros hasn't
any friends or any telegraph lines or
any garrisons up this way. heard In
San Miguel de Padua that you were
camped yonder. and was on my way
over TO confer with you on matters
OF state. Met your friend, Geary, ut
El Buen Amigo a couple OF weeks
ago. Just before he sailed for the Unit
ed States. He was telling me you
had to have a lot Of tools for road
building, so i cabled In a secret ci-
pher to the Sobrantean revolutionary
junta In New Orleans to ship these
tools to you Immediately. They ar
rived on the last trip OF the Atlanta
and now repose In Leber's warehouse
waiting for you TO call and remove
them"
"You scoundreli What have you
sent meY
"A couple OF hundred rifles and
three machine guns, branded axes,
picks. shovels. plows. and so on.
also ran In three cases OF ammunition.
labeled gr1ndstones, two more cases
disguised as bolts. and quite several
thousand labeled nails In kegs.
should feel rather sorry for you II my
friend, Sarros. should get suspicious
and Investigate, but I haven't any fear
that he will. You see, he knows you're
here on legitimate business. He has
investigated and learned that you are
a bona fide mining engineer OF con-
siderable reputation-and then, you
know. your friend. Geary, dickered
with him for the concession. The min
Ing property you are about TO devel-
op belongs TO the people, not 10 Sar-
ros; yet he has bartered II AWAY and
will divert the royalty to his own
pocket Instead of the public treasury"
"Hum-m-mi What do you want me
to do with all those munitions con-
signed to mer
Arrange with Leber to keep them
there until you get ready to build
your road into the mine. I want them
there when my American mercenaries
arrive In Buenaventura. BY the way.
you are going to import these mer-
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Vienna children soreIy AffIIet.l

Washlngton.-There are 115OOO
bercular children In VieLla, accdl
Ing to statistical study OF the a
health situation there, made by 4
American Red Cross OF this nuul1
It was said that 10000 were in ursa.
need Of surgical treatment. OF 80
children examined, said a Red Cr'
announcement. only one in twelve 4
In normal health.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
BANK ROBBERS FRUsrRArts
Police Tipped OFF and Lay Trap
Bandits.

Kansas Clty.-Two Of four had
who attempted to hold up The u
Side bank in an outlying dlstric a
Saturday were shot and sercu
wounded by motorcycle patOlni
who waited in the bank. Police \
received a tip that a robbery was
ned.
Only one OF the bandits was 4
tured. One wounded robber dug|
himself to a waiting motorcar OuisG
and drove off. The other bandlu Il
escaped.
Mrs. Cora Wilson emerged hun
store as theh policeman fired ~
fleeing robber, and was WOUNDED
the leg.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Death Sentence for Stealing Fo0t

MISUNDERSTANDING Peters 20 !e''
old, a clerk in the Warsaw posloll1
was sentenced TO death recently np
having been convicted Of stealing
package OF food sent by mail ~
America. He was tried under
making II a capital offense 10 y
from the government
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
erandl oraanIzatIon as socIa

Lincoln, Neb.-Governor McISd
In counsellng no vioIent oppositlos
the activities OF the NonparI
league ut Nelson, Neb., has brad
the organization as socialistic and
serts that the best thing law abItl
citizens can do Is to let its memb,
work quickly, "for the faster a
work the sooner the people will
rid of them"
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Chronic Incomnla

"A woman" observed Mr.. Henry
reek' us never so sleepy at night as
when she hears Friend Husband fum.
oling at the front door keyhole, and
never so wide awake as when ne Il
trying to tlptoe up the sialrs.-Amer.
lean Legion Weekly.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
renan Aduonates peath PenalVl.

Washington. - Death pell''p, M.
persons convicted of conl~
crimes by ire use Of weapO~ .,,f.
proposed Saturday by Repre''.
Summers Of Texas, as
checking crime.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Woman EIned for EaIse oaiA.

Portland.-For periurlng her'el
an effort to defraud the gove'np'
out OF an eastern Oregon home",
Mrs. zella Becker of Huntington u
fined $1,000.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Pays $500 for Souvenir cpds

Chlcago.vIt cost Stanley WasY \
years old, adventurer, S2Oo i"
souvenir curls he clipped iroI
head OF two little girls In 'p''
the Judge assessing a 500 ilne'
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20
Eamln. wlIl rake TerrIbIs Y. |.

New York.-Famine In oHa
claim more lives In lne. IN 4
months than were lost - ~
armies during the world ~, 3
other nations come to the No.
tremendous scale. 1t Is pfS''s
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20

cenarles for me. They are American
miners and road builders In the EN-
ploy OF the Honda Mining h Develop
ment company. which Is TO be the
name Of your enterprise. hope your
like the name, Webster picked IL
out myself"
"You cool scoundrell You're max.
ing cats paw out OF me-"
''That is because you happen to be
so handy for my purpose. You see
my plan. do you noti I'm going TO
attack Buenaventura from within aud
without I'm going TO come down ON
Sarros like a wolf on the fold. and
the job is scheduled FOR next satur-
day night a week"
Look here. Rick, my boy. have
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-01-20

Some people get so tired by doing
nothing that they are ~~- 49, -
do anything else
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together they rocked back and forth
on the limb in genuine merriment
while Jim-Jams and the Spanking
stared at them in round-eyed aston
| ishment.
The man was the first to speak.
"You have been here all MORN
ing?"
"Since breakfast" she admitted
"Oh!" 1t seemed to explain much.
"If you'll hand up that bag TIL
darn pair of stockings" she told
him, "and appear more respectable. :"
He swung down and retrieved the
bag, handing it to her. From her
perch she regarded him.
"Why did you GOMEZ" she inquired.
"If you aren't trying to sell me any
thing. Are you"-with a sudden
burst Of inspiration 49, s'are you
some one that James Senior sent?"
perhaps I am" he told her enig-
matically. "But, anyway, does it
matter? I'm having terribly good
time"
She answered his smile.
"You won't get much luncheon"
she told him. "But you're invited to
the picnic, anyway"
n
HE CLIMBED back onto his perch
- with alacrity and for time
was engaged in romp with James
Junior. Then:
"Is your husband returning soon?"
he inquired innocently.
Tomorrow, / think" she told
him. II haven't had a letter to-day"
She leaned forward suddenly.
"I'll be glad when he's back" she
said. II never know what he's 60
ing to do when he's away from me-"
'Do you mean he's erratic?" in
quired the other, but she Indignantly
repudiated the word.
"Of course he isn't. It's Just that
he's-he's "-she CROPPED for
word-"he's so friendly with peo-
Pile. l mean, you never know ex-
actly what he'll do or whom he'll
bring home. Of course, ! don't
mind" she told him loyalty, "I'd just
as lief he brought home tramp or
OR the governor. Only, I do like
to know little bit ahead"
The man was regarding her
blandly.
II can imagine that" he said.
She expanded under his sympathy.
at isn't so bad now,"" she ex-
planned, because we really are get
ting enough from the university to
live on. But in the beginning"-
she dimpled suddenly-"I wish you
could have seen usl He's always
poking around and investigating,
you know, and everybody always
tells him the story Of their lives.
l don't know why it ISL she di-
crossed, "but nobody can talk to
him ten minutes without telling him
all about the innermost parts Of
themselves. I suppose it's because
he's SO interested in people. Why"
with sudden thought-'I bet
he'll come home and tell me the
most intimate things about the gov
ernor himself"
The man started, the limb swayed
dangerously, and he sat down again.
II shouldn't wonder if you're
right" he said meekly.
And when he finds people who
are hard UP he always brings 'em
home," she went on. why, one
time we had a man living in the
chicken house who thought he was
J weevil. He. wasn't harmful at
all, you know. Just wanted to be
quiet; and he wouldn't live on any
thing but crackers, and slept out
of doors. James Senior couldn't
bear to see him shut up, so he let
him stay on the;alace. And there
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face Of. the globe, but she never
cleans house unless she has to-"
"And now"

lace OF. the globe, but she never
cleans house unless she has to-"
"And now"
He leaned forward and impaired
his news with becoming gravity:
"At the present moment she has
everything out Of the living room !;
her hair is standing up all over her
head, and she's got a smudge down
the side Of her nose, because she's
just got letter telling her that
the governor is coming to dinner!"
"The governor!" she gasped.
Gwen so. There's something I
want to do in the state" he told
her confidentially, "and the governor
thinks he wants me to do it. But
he's got some sort of idea that the
home environment makes the man,
and he wants to meet my wife"
II don't blame her for cleaning
housed" said the operator sympa-
thetically, as she jabbed a plug intD
its hole. "Why dye go and spring
thing like that ON herr"
James Senior regarded her
thoughtfully.
"Isn't it funny how women stand
together!" he observed. "Now, you've
never seen my wife, and yet you're
blaming me already, and when you
hear the rest"-- A gesture fin
ished the sentence.
"Well?" she accused.
GIVE simply got to get her."
James Senior explained, because
he's changed his mind and is going
to drop in for luncheon"
TT WAS an hour later that Babs,
her hair guiltless of hairpins, her
scarlet gown rumpled beyond repair
and her slender bare legs scratched
from much climbing, faced the Little
Gray Man. He was standing under
the tree looking up at her with a
sort of quizzical bewilderment. For
an instant Babs looked back; then
she sat down suddenly and curled
her feet under her.
"Can you tell me whether Mrs.
Martin is at homer" inquired the
man.
Babs hesitated, a thought obtrud-
ing itself upon her consciousness.
"It's a man selling something"
she herself, then aloud, "Did
yol g the bell?" she inquired.
90 )" ne nodded. Nobody an
sw~ d."
"Then guess she isn't in" said
Babs brazenly.
He seemed puzzled.
II presume you're right. But it's
odd He looked up suddenly.
"You don't happen to know when
she'll be, back, do you, my dear?"
1t came over Babs in rush that
he took her for small girl.
mo-" she said, choking with
laughter. Cyl don't!" The man
seemed undecided.
~ don't believe she'll be gone
long," he said. IF I won't inter-
rupt your game, ! think III wait"
He started to sit down under the
tree, then looked up with his boyish
grin. mind if come up there?"
Babs grinned back.
"You dasn't!" she said.
us that dare?" he replied.
"Double dare"
With surprising agility he swung
up in the tree beside her.
"There!" he said. That's the
first time in fifty years!"
For minute Babs regarded him
curiously. He was slender chap
OF about sixty, with clear skin
and white teeth. There was some
thing about him which she liked at
once. Possibly it was his quick,
friendly smile or the humorous lit
tie quirk at the corner of his eyes.
Perhaps it was the curly gray name
Of his hair. He was, indeed, all
gray-his hair, his. suit, even his
eyes; and it was this that mssse her
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SHE paused, a little retrosJ cctive
smile about her lips.
'sAnd them he prompted.
"Oh, that night the two of them
cleared out with everything we had
to drink in the house and most of
our clothes"
"And you never saw chem again, I
suppose"
eyes," she nodded. "That's the
funny part Of it. Three months later,
when Jim-Jams came down with
scarlet fever and we couldn't get a.
nurse, they showed up in the middle
Of the night; and she cooked and
took care of the house like min
istering angel, while that funny
tramp person sat up all night with
Jim-Jams so we could get some
sleep. 1t was funny to hear him
ereaking around in James Seniors
shoes and to hear my best silk petit
coat rustling when she came in with
some Cruel"
"They reformed, suppose?" he
inquired with gentle irony.
mo" She shook her head, "They
didn't. He's wandered off again
somewhere, and she-well, she did
try to work in a factory for a while
but it got warm and she couldn't
have pretty clothes, so she left"
The man was regarding her Curl
ously.
ut doesn't seem to me that your
husbands theories worked out" he
said.
"Oh, that has nothing to do with
his theories" she said. "Or, rather,
it has everything to do with it. He
believes you can't reform people.
They've always been the same and
they always will be. You've got to
reform conditions. So long as things
are the way they are you're bound
to have tramps and red-light ladies
don't you see? He wants to start
from the other end"
The man nodded slowly.
eyes," he said, II see."
QUITE suddenly Babs laughed.
e II don't know why I've been
talking here like this" she said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-16
He WAS looking about him rith obvous interest,"
tod time to qOonder aUhat he doing THERE He did
not Eoo6 IKE aend Of James Seniors yet real estate
AGENT He must be selling something.

WV VOO'V Vv'VO W COScU VI q UUCC
agent. He must b
christen him mentally "The Little
Gray Man."
He was returning her regard with
a smile.
about fourteen, I take it," he
said, "and still fond Of climbing" 9
eyes," she nodded; 81 love my
tree"
"They're the loveliest things God
Makes" he said. "And yet men cut
them down! I'll fight for tree as
quickly as will for friend"
y =
HE WAS looking about him with
obvious interest, and Babs found
time to wonder what he was doing
there. He did not look like friend
Of James Seniors, nor yet a real
estate agent. He must be selling
something.
"You can't be Mr.. Martins chill
dren" he said. suddenly. "He's not
old enough"
"No," she told him; "the other
two are, but I'm not. I'm just a
sort Of neighbor."
He regarded James Junior and
June-Baby with a critical eye.
look healthy!" he observed.
"They are" said Babs proudly.
Except for once in his life Jim
Jams has never had sickness, and
the Spanking - why, you could
throw her downstairs she's SO
toughp
"Jim-Jams, the Spanking; like
thatl And you"-
James Junior was rounding the
corner of the house on the run.
"Babs!" he called, "Babs!"
$50 that's your name!' said the
Little Gray Man.
I She inwardly blessed the fact
that James Junior had steadfastly
refused to call her "Mother."
The man bent over to swing jim
Jams to the limb beside them.
STEADY, son!" he said, and the
youngster smiled back at him.
"You're most as strong as Dad
dy," he observed, land he's the
strongest man in tn world"
Daddy homer" inquired the other,
but Jim-Jams shook his head.
"He's gone Norf t. get some polly
wogs of'n the gov'nor," he explained.
The man turned to Babs, shis fore
head wrinkled. She was chuckling.
"Isn't that just like him." she
said. "Hes got pollywogs on the
brain, and when he's that way you
can't get anything else in."
"Just what did he mean?" in
quired the man carelessly. ais his
father up North?"
ayes. He is North. The gov
ernor sent for him, and we want, we
hope he is going to put him on the
labor commission"
"Why do you hope so?" said the
man.
She was looking at him honestly.
Because it's the one thing in the
world he wants to do. You see,
he's got all he can out of his COL
lege professoring-that was only
preparatory, really. Now he's writ
ing a book and this labor thing will
give him just what he needs-the
chance to try his experiments with
people,"
He spoke suddenly. =
"You aren't as young as I
thought"
"No," she confessed. ~ was fool
ing you. am Mrs. Martin"
For an instant he stared at her
il. wide-eyed establishment and she
flushed.
please" she said, sI didn't mean
to be rude; but l hadn't darned any
stockings and thought you were
trying to sell me something, SO when
you mistook me for little girl"-
Suddenly his laugh rang out, and
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was a tramp in the barn. At least,
he wasn't exactly tramp. He was
poet or something, and had a soul
above work. And there was a red
light lady he'd picked up, trying to
drown herself in the pond down the
road. And we washed her off and
put her in the spare ROOM" She
looked up from her darning to flash
the Little Gray Man a dimpling
smile.
wasn't that exactly like him."
she chuckled.
"What happened?" he inquired.
"Why, the Weevil got mixed up
in his mind, or his alphabet, l don't
know which; and one night he de-
cided he was a weasel and killed all
our chickens. And then a perfectly
awful thing happened. At least,
ought to think it was awful, l sup
pose. Really, it was just too funny.
eve had a lot of people here,
members of the faculty, heads Of
departments and all that. And
those two scamps, the tramp, you
know, and the girl, stole some
clothes and came in to the affair.
And"-she choked with mirth at
the thought-"everybody was crazy
about them! He was the most bril-
liant talker you ever heard, and she
well, when you got her dressed
up in my best things she was a per-
feet beauty! She patronized every
one of those frumpy faculty wives
until thought I'd die. James
Senior and had to go out into the
back yard and hold onto each other
and simply roar with laughter. You
see, every one thought they must be
some terribly we'll known people,
because they put up such a good
bluff; but later, when it was found
OUT
The Washington times., 1921-05-16
PROS IN
SESSION THURSDAY
Tim Jordan Throws Out Lines
for Fast Grid Team Here
Next Fall.

Capt Tim Jordan, one of the spon-
sors of the proposition to give Wash
ington one of the greatest football
elevens in it's athletic history, has
called a meeting of the officials for
this Thursday night at the Hotel
Arlington at D. M.
The team to play here will be called
the Washington Professionals and
will stage it's games at American
League Park where the best of IA
cilities are to be had. II is note
worthy to say that no team seen here
in years will have the stars which
this eleven will have in it's lineup.
The Knickerbocker Club, which play
ed with several all-American grid
ironers lsat season, has shown the
local public what kind of football
these men play. so that with com
bination, strong in high Ca alibered
players, the Professionals should, and
most probably will, get the hearty
support OF sport lovers in this city.
Jim Thorpe's Canton Bulldogs. the
Akron Professionals, the Richmond
Athletic Club and other crack
elevens will come here to play Wash
ington, proving the real ability OF
the team while some weeks will find
the locals away IN the cities in which
these other elevens play their home
contests. Nothing related to ANA
teurs will cucumber the Profession
ais thanks to the excellent arrange
ments made. Washington will get
the best there is in the football field
next fall IL the efforts of officials
Of the new proposition count for any
thing.