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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-10-25, Page 9it fl?* THS TXMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, QHTARH?, TOURSPAY MORWNO, OCTOBER 1945 Results of High School Field Meet FoWlT TRI1 F BY BETTY BLOCK LINGER $r<; It CHAPTER XI * Ralph Rowland was off to the wars. His sistei', Rusty, drove him to the station. She hated to see him go, leaving only an uncle, young brother and hex* mother on the ranch. She knew she would have to run the ranch and would receive little help from any of tlxem. On the way back to the ranch she ran into a storm, found a stranger call­ ing himself “Herb” wrecked. She pulled his car out of the watex* be­ fore deciding to try again to reach the ranch, He had come to the side of the car. as he spoke. Slowly Rusty opened the door, slowly swung hex* boots out, and then stepped down *—stepped into the arins of .the stranger. The white stars seemed frozen to the sky; "then they were blotted out. Rusty’s heart seemed frozen with fear; tlxen it beat madly. He held hex' away for a moment. “Let thjs be a lesson to you,” he chuckled. “Don’t pick up chance strangers on' a lonely prairie.” I-Iis arms closed about her again, but not for long ... “Let this,” said Rusty grimly, “be a lesson to you . . . The arms, Stranger Herb, are supposed to reach for the stars . . , There, that’s xnore like it.” How, thought Rusty wildly, could you keep a revolver in a man’s midriff when it heaved with such convulsive laughter. On a morning a few weeks later, Rusty stood on the ranch house verandah and watched the approach over the Nopocos. — ' .............................after her. he asked. must be earnestly. next vege-* later, sun’s Uncle Jed ambled out ‘♦What’s for today?” “That southern slope spaded.” Rusty began “We have got to get our table crop in without- “Of all the dad-gummed foolish nonsense!” burst from the old man. “This thing o’ turning a respect­ able cow ranch into a truck garden is the dad-gummed blanxedest—” “Hold it,” suggested Rusty, “and remember you're the eatingest man on this ..spread. If we can’t get the gasoline to get into town to buy the vegetables that aren’t on the mar­ ket any longer, just what are you going to use for food?” “I’ll eat Mexican .beans afore I'll lower myself to spading for spuds.” As Rusty roae on ovex* the range, she told herself that she should not blame two men fox* leaving. How could they be expected to withstand the lure of high wages in wax’ plants? And the Double R could not afford to pay such wages, Nor could she blame Uncle Jed i for wanting to selLthe young stock for high prices. It was a tempta­ tion. But Ralph had said they must remain true to their country —and they would do much more to­ ward relieving the meat shortage if they sent their stock to the feeders before selling. Those young steers put there would triple in sl^e, would mean three times the meat for con­ sumption, aftey they'd been built up for the packers. Yet this meant very little addi­ tional profit fox’ the r^nch, ’‘•Get thee . behind me, Uncle Jed,” Rusty murmured, digging her heels into hex’ pony's sides, A tortuous path led up the sharp rise of the first Nopoco. The pinto, Babe, took it carefully, ‘ kicking rolling rocks from under her hoofs. She came out on a shelf. (And then hex' attention' was diverted to the “far north, where a smudge of smoke showed the loca­ tion of the distant city, This turned her thoughts to the redheaded stranger, Herb. Of course, he might have come from some other city . , , Suddenly, Rusty stiffened. There to the ,north, near the road—those turkey ' hawks and buzzards wheel­ ing. A cloud of them . , . Too many for a dead prairie 4dog or rabbit. And the stock—the stock was hud­ dled fax' from that spot. /They were milling about in a tightly packed mass against the line ‘ fence. Babe picked her way down the first rise carefully. Then, finding the prairie soil beneath her, she stretched her legs and flew over the short green, hex' mistiness straining forward as though she might help. Rusty called out as she neared the milling inass of stock, and they lifted theix’ white faces, only to lower them again and begin their ceaseless milling. The last gate open, she rode In, circled them and drove them ahead to the gate. They poured through and, once through, went lumbering on—on south, slxe\noticed. Babe snorted, danced and turned her head- She backed and protest­ ed, she cavorted and objected, and finally, knowing it was useless to change the mind of her. mistress, she proceeded with mincing steps. ‘‘Ah—•” Rusty breathed the word in shocked surprise. The herd was due for the feed­ er’s trucks. Some of them would still be run up the tramway. But those over there— “Why, that’s queer. Why, I’ve never seen axiything like this . . . Someon'e—someone has killed those and taken-—” Someone had come in, slaught­ ered the cattle and taken only the prime cuts. The rest. lay there spoiling undei' the sun. Uncle Jea wouldn't believe if. He stomped* around and defied Rusty. “Can’t be,” he rumbled. “Qattle don’t get thexnselves rifle-killed. ■Man wouldn’t do a thing like that —no man— .... “Uncle,” you heard the same gangsters, ered rifles they?” “Bah!” snorted the old Forget it? How could she? 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Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. __M , Rusty 4 said,. ..‘.‘haven’t of black marketing? It’s as bootlegging—run by ’Gangsters use, high-pow- and machine guns, don’t __ _ snorted the old 'man. “This is the range, girl. Gangsters don’t come outside city limits ’less they’re run out. You. been listenin’ to too many of them radio dramars. Going out tp take a look-see for myself.” He went to the door to bellow Manny!” "Want me, Unc?” voice from behind the nearest divan, and a shock of dark' hair followed by two dark eyes appeared over the back.' “Say, .Sis, honest, were they gangsters like in. the movies? Say, can I go. with- you, Unc?” “Ask your sister; she’s boss around here,” grumbled Jed Row­ land. “Then get yourself out and whistle up Sudan.” “Let the boy go.” Mrs. Rowland, coming in, sank heavily into a chair. “Now, Rosalynn, tell me everything 'from the beginning. I do wish, your father were here,” she sighedy as Iler brother-in-law went out. “We need a man to handle this. I think we’d better telephone Deckex* and see what he says.” Rusty would have. preferred to call .the sheriff. All the ranches should be warned, and he was the one to do it. But hex’ mother in­ sisted that she phone Ladue Decker. She went to the hall phone. Three short and one long turn of the han­ dle. As she picked up the receivex* she could hear other receivers be­ ing lifted all along the line. If she wanted to warn her neighbours, all she had to do was to what had occurred. “Tell Ladue to come dered hex’ mother from room. “Don’t go telling him things over the phone; have the whole county in on us for dinner. And With rationing'—(and Conchita act­ ing the way she is—I couldn’t face it.” “Hello, hello,” came the sharp voice of Ladue’s mother. “This is Rusty, Mrs, Decker; is Ladue there?” “He!s about somewheres. What are you wanting with the boy?” Rusty waited a moment. She felt everyone along the line waiting, Wetting their tongues to relate, "Now* that her brother’s gone off, Rusty’s running after Decker.” “Will yoxx tell him my mother would like him to ride over. Some­ thing important has happened and she and Uncle Jed want to discuss it with him.” . “Important? What?” Rusty gestured at hex' mother. “You caix handle her; I cai/t/' she whispered. * .... Rusty Whs relieved of^gohig hack to 41ie scene of1 the'slaughter with Decker when “Piney,” the tinder- boss, offei’ed to go with him. “Now you fergit this 'busiiiess, Miss Rusty/’ Piney advised. “WeTI take care of it*” Then, -cars .Uegaa turning into the Double R—~cars of neighbors who just thought they'd “drop in/* They dropped in," stayed to dinner, then departed 'after Uncle Jed had glibly assured them that Rusty had “gone off half-co'cked” merely be­ cause she had found a dead year­ ling down in the “Hallucinations chuckled, Iii the kitchen, ing about her in had left dirty dishes everywhere. The fires in the two big stoves were out, and the wood box was empty. “Manny!” Her young brother, who had been listening in on the men’s confer­ ence, appeared hastily, “Kindling and that box full of wood,” Rusty ordered. “And make it snappy/’ “lAw gee, Sis, us men are talking things over. Don’t you want these gangsters to get caught? I gotta—” Just then, Decker appeared and hooked a hand into Manny’s collar. “Come on, Big (Stuff. We’re com­ mandos, see? That woodpile out there is a mess of Japs. Let’s see which of us can pick off the most in the least time. Ready? Charge!” Washing dishes wasn’t so bad, thought Rusty, when you had a companion who sang as he dried them. “ ‘And the funny old hills/ ” crooned Decker, He broke off. “You know, if I were to go to the hunk house and talk to those men of yours—I mean if I had the right kind of authority—” “What do you call the right kind of authority?” “If I were to go there as your fiance, they'd know they’d have to toe the mark till Ralph got home. Some of them don’t cotton to workin’ for a girl.” “They're not. They’re working for the Double R the same as al­ ways, and they know it.” Decker went into a thoughtful rendition of ‘Tumbleweed’ to break off with, “You haven’t answered me.” “Answered?” “I proposed.” Rusty turned, soapy hands going to her hips. “Did you call that a proposal? It sounded more like the prospectus of a working agree- xnent.” “Then how about this?” He pulled her to him. “Honest, little Half-pint, I've only been waiting for you to grow up. We can go Into the Nopocos for a honeymoon. I know,a great place to camp. Stream rushes down in a roar, then spreads out in a green pool. There are trees, Rusty, big trees and the ground beneath them is like a park. Next month there'll be e flowers. in the clearing.” ' ’ ' , Rusty closed her eyes and saw a young man with red hair — hail’ lank with river mud and water. ' She pushed Decker away. “Sorry, something’s lacking.” “What?" She surveyed him “Mud in your hair.” He laughed. “You mean 'mud in my eye’?” “I doxi’t know what I mean, ■* »> He stared at her a moment as though .not believing what he'd heard. And then into his eyes came a look of determination. “You meant to say, ‘Not yet.’ AIL right—but 1’11 be back for the yes'I have coming!” He wheeled and strode out of the room. After supper, Rusty walked through the twilight to the mess shack where her riders were hav- meal. Not all of Only the men l’ange had come north field. of rustlers/1 he Rusty stood look- dismay, Conchita The continual wet weathex' which has beep predoihlnent during the last few weeks has beexx a big draw­ back to tixe annual field meet at H.H.S. but the last of the trials were finished Tuesday. Ross Tuckey and Bruce Glenn were tied for the sepioi’ boys championship with 12 points each. Eleanor Hunkin also had 12 points to take the seniui’ girls championship. Bill Musser, 13 points, and Janet Kestle, 11 points, wer,e the intermediate champions and Grant Morgan with nine points and Maxine parsons, nine points, headed the juniors, The scholars were divided into two groups, reds and blacks, and th© blacks won with a big margin of 106. The reds had 95 points, the blacks 201, The field trials were held in the rink and the races were held °n the track. The entries were well filled with at least half of the over 200 student body taking part, The winners are listed belqw, Junior Boys 100 yard dash, Wuerth, H. Mus­ ser, Green; 220 yard dash, Wuerth, H. Musser, Green; standing broad jump, Morgan (7’ 3%”), Hopcroft, ■Gill; running broad jump, Morgan (13’ 8%”), Gill, Hopcroft; hop, step axxd jump, Green (28* 1U”), Gill, Morgan* high jump, Sweitzer, yaixlt, Green; Gregus, Shapton, Wildfong; pole Alexander (6’ 2”), Morgan, shot put, Hopcroft, A. Dearing; relay” race, black, Junior champion, Grant (9). Morgan critically. inquired a (Deck. It’s just—no, but'thank you. tell Ladue over,” or­ tho other r, Tuckey sey; hop, step and pump, R, Tuckey (32‘ 4i”), Hennessey, Glenn; high jump, Easton, H. Davis,* Fietchex*;, pole vault, H. Wilson (S’), GlenxL Hennessey; shot put, Glenn (30* 11”), Fletcher, Wilson; relay x’ace, tie. Senior champions, (12), R. Glenn (12)* Half mile (open), Easton, Mussel’, Shapton. Jiniioi' Girls Standing broad jump, Maxine Parsons, Betty Gi’een, Joanne Mc­ Curdy; high jump, Audrey Uamp- bell, Betty Rowdiffe, Betty Green; •running broad jump, Audrey Camp­ bell, Maxine Parsons, Kathleen May; basketball throw, Betty Green, Joanne McCurdy, Joyce Willard; baseball throw, Betty Gaiser, Betty Green, May Schroeder; 50 yard dash, Maxixxe Parsons, Helen Shap­ ton, Joanne McCurdy* 75 yard dash, Margaret Rundle, Helen Shapton, Maxine Parsons, Junior champion, Maxine Par­ sons, Intermediate Roys 100 yard dash, Fisher, W, ser, Hannigan; 220 yard Fisher, W. Musser, F. standing broad jump, (7’ 4%”), W. Musser, Fisher; run­ ning broad jump, Mussex’ (15’ 6A”), Whyte, Balkwill; hop, step and jump, Whyte (33’ 10S”), w. Mus­ ser, Balkwill; high jump, U. Schroe­ der (4’ 9”.), M. May, W. Musser; pole vault, Balkwill (7’), U. Schroeder, W. Musser; shot put, O’Dwyer, Broderick, Whyte; relay race, red. Intermediate champion-, W. Mus­ ser (13)- Senior Boys 100 yard dash, R. Tuckey, Glenn, Easton; 220 yard dash, R. Tuckey, Glenn, H. Wilson; standing broad jump,. D. Brintnell (7’ 11”), Sweet, Fraser; running, broad jump, R. Tuckey (16’* 41”), Glenn, Hennes- Mus- dash, Gregus; Whyte Intei'inediate Giris Standing broad jump, Sheila Fullerton, Janet Kestle, (Frances Taylor; high jump, Pat Hay, Helen Sweet; running broad jump, Janet Kestle, Frances Taylor, Sheila .Ful­ lerton; basketball throw, Heleji Sweet, Janet Kestle, Pat Hay; base­ ball throw, Janet Kestle, Sweet, Pat Hay; 50 yard Frances Taylor, Sheila Fullerton. Marion Brintnell;, 75 yard Sheila Fullerton, Frances 1 Marion Brintnell and Janet Intermediate champion, Kestle. Helen dash, dash, Taylor, Kestle. Janet ROYAL Senior Girls Standing broad jump, Eleanor Hunkin, Elsie Gaiser, Myrtle Reed­ er; high jump, Barbara Harness, Myrtle Reeder, Alice Wren; running broad jump, Lillian Hunter-Duvar, Alice Wren, Elsie Gaiser; basket­ ball throw, Eleanor Hunkin, Norma Fletcher. Eva Mae Brown; baseball throw, Eva Brown, Elaine Fahrner, Norma Fahrner; 75 yard dash, Eleanox* Hunkin, Elsie Gaiser; 100 yard dash, Eleanor Hunkin, Elsie Gaiser, Elaine Fahrner. Senioi’ champion, Eleanor Hun­ kin. Relay Races—Junior girls, black red; intermediate girls, black, red senior girls, black, red. SNELL A while hack, many motorists; wondered about new synthetic tires# Were they dependable? Would they give good mileage? The answer is ’’yes” if they OTO Dominion Royal* Never wasany tire engineered so perfectly to get the best performance out of synthetic rubber* If you are eligible for npw tires we recommend Dominion Royal* DOMINION BROS. & CO. Phone 100 Let us assist you with your applications W VICTORY BONDS ing theix* evening them ’were there, from the near-by in. “Hi, gang,” she she entered. “Go Thanks, Ling, no haven’t enough as She told them what had happeix- en and what they could expect; what plan had been worked out by Jed, Piney and Decker# Piney was already out rounding up some rid­ ers whose prowess with a rifle was outstanding." One grizzled old man at the fax’ end of. the table piped up. “Ain’t likin’ their plan, are you, Miss Rusty? Why? Got loose wires in it, ain’t it?” “Well, if your Dad was a’doin’ it, ox’ Ralpliy, they’d not wait to ketch them gangsters with legal evidence of theii* crime. They’d go straight to the sheriff.” The men talked it over, Hank’s Voice rising above the others. “Can’t see any sense in lettin’ them git themselves good beef to git Caught with.” Rusty walked back to 'the house to find Piney had just ridden up. "Short a man, Miss Rusty. Can you round nie up one and stake him out? Want him east section. Tell him the big stump to the "I’ll have someone er,” she promised. But who? shack had day’s “’work. She Went up Babe and, Into the- bight. (TO BE greeted them, as on eating . . > coffee. The hoys it is.” over on that to ride from three rocks.” there to The men in the already done jt to COV- mess hard the corral, Whistled saddling her,, rode CONTINUED) Tantalite, the rare and precious ore of the metal tantalum which was in great demand during the War, has been found id considerable quantities in Canada’s Northwest Territories. This adds one more rare metal to Canada’s list. JOHN DE KUYPER and SON 16 9 5