HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-04-29, Page 6THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, April 29 th, 1937
stayLoyale is parol-,J rotten poison of this ranch an'
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SYNOPSIS: Slim
®d from prison after serving eighteen ! off. Itold yuh somethin1; get goin'.”
months for a crime he did not com-! Leo Brockwell went, with Abe
mit. He returns to his Circle L ranch Fornachon in close attendance. As the
to find his father* dead and sinister door closed behind them, Mona awoke
forces at work, trying to make him | suddenly to the somewhate embarras-
violate his parole so that he can again sing position she had taken, and slip-
be railroaded to prison. ped away from Slim, faint color whip-
The Brockwells and their gang are ping through her cheeks.
plotting to gain possession of Circle Slim did not appear to notice her
X. ranch and the property of Mona confusion. His head was bent and his
Hall, a neighbor and life-long friend I eyes staring at the floor. “Mebbe
pf Slim Loyale.
Slim discovers that Sheriff Starbuck
has joined the plot against him. With
the help of Dakota Blue and his cow
boys, Slim Loyale defies the land
grabbers to do their worst.
He only knew that he had this hat
ed fellow where he wanted him, and
that a keen, savage joy flooded him
every time his flailing fists found their
mark.
He was insenseible to the fact that
Mona was tugging and crying at him.
And even when Abe Mornachon, at
tire frantic behest of Mona, grabbed
Slim by the shoulders and dragged
him from his prey, Slim still fought.
But the foreman was powerful. Be
tween him and Mona, they finally got
Slim into a chair-, where Mona re
tained him by the simple method of
sitting on his lap and wrapping both
arms about his neck, at the same time
■pleading with tearful words.
“Slim!” she,cried. “Slim, you don’t
know what you are doing. They’ll take
you back — back to Jarillo.”
Abe Fornachon, who had been lean
ing over Leo Brockwell, securing his
guns, now looked up. There was a
queer pain in Abe’s eyes as he watch
ed Mona.
“Not this time they won’t Miss
Mona,” he said quietly. “Remember;
if anybody goes to askin’ questions,
it was me who hit Brockwell—not
Slim.”
These words, more than anything
else, served to quiet Slim .Suddenly
the hard-strung tautness went out of
him and he sagged wearily.
'I—I’m sorry Mona,” he panted. “I
reckon I shouldn’t have paid no at
tention to him. But I’m all raw in
side, an’ that dawg drives me loco!
Abe, I’m shore findin’ out who my
friends are. However, I cain’t let yuh
take the blame on yore shoulders.”
“Yuh shut up an’ be good,” grow
led Abe gruffly. “Brockwell had it
cornin’ to him. Was I in yore place,
I’d a been just as red-eyed.”
With none too gentle power, Abe
dragged Leo Brockwell erect and
slammed him into a chair, .Leo’s eyes
were glassy and his head rolling, but
consciousness was returning. Slowly
the light of complete comprehension
showed in his eyes, and his bruised
swollen face twisted into a mask of
hate and rage.
“When Starbuck hears of this— of
this,” he gasped, “yo’re all through,
Loyale, yuh damned ex—”
Abe Fornachon shook him roughly.
4,Best thing yuh can do is close yore
mouth an’ keep it so, Brockwell. If
Starbuck comes snoopin’ around here
Til tell him it was me who whaled
yuh, not Slim. Now yuh take yore
at the floor.
it'd been best if he had plugged me,”
he said heavilly. “Seems like all I’m
good for now is to be a liability to
my friends. Shore, thy cain’t pack
my load forever. Better I reckon that
Starbuck should take me back to Jar-
illo.”
Mona stamped her foot. “Stop that
kind of talk, Slim Loyale. You’re no
quitter. You’ve got a hard fight a-
head, but it’s worth while isn’t it?
You see how your real friends feel
about it. They are willing to back
you to the limit, believing in you ut
terly. And if you don’t do your part
you are throwing them down, render
ing their faith in you a worthless,
empty thing.
Mona’s eyes grew a little misty. “1
could use five thousand dollars very
nicely, Slim,” she acknowledged. “But
I won’t take a cent from you. You
may. need it youself, later. Courtney
and his gang may .start jn rustling you
to paupership any time, the same as
he has me.”
“Courtney!” exclaimed Slim. “Yuh
mean Flash Courtney from over past
Battle Mountain?”
Mona nodded.
Slim was silent, thinking, “Yeah,”
he muttered finally, “it could be done.
Flash Courtney, eh?” He looked at
Mona. “How come yuh ain’t been able
to fight him off? Have yuh taken it
up with Jigger Starbuck?”
Mona shrugged. “I’ve seen Star
buck about it, but so far he hasn’t
done a great deal. And because of
lack of funds. I haven’t been able to
keep anything like a full crew for the
past year.
“You. know how Dad got roped in
on that mining stock deal. When he
died he left a lot of debts. Those
whom he owed money to weren’t very
patient about it, It got to where I
couldn’t stand being haggled at any
longer. So I borrowed five thousand
dollars and paid off all of those old
debts.
“I thought that owing the money
in one lump sum to the right sort
of a person would enable me to get
more time and pull through. But I
find it was merely robbing Peter to
pay Paul. This sale I was dickering
with the Brockwell’s for, would have
helped some, but I imagine it was just
“Slim,” she cried, “you don’t know what you are
' back to
Slim’s head came up slowly. “Yo’re
right, Mona,” he agreed grimly. “I
never guessed wfiat real friendship
meant until now. Shore, I’ll play the
game. Dakota Blue tells me that Leo
Brockwell has been hangin’ around
yuh a lot. That don’t mean yuh care
in particular about him, does it?”
“Does it appear like it?” she re
torted. “No, I don’t care for him; I
should not. He gives me the shivers,
always did. But I’ve got to get money
from somewhere, things have been
going so bad for me. And I’ve been
tolerating him merely to put over this
sale of stock that Abe was talking
with him about. I—J. guess it’s all off
now.”
Mona’s shoulders sagged a little
wearily. Slim stood up and went over
to her. “My friends ain’t haltin at
nothin’ to help me,” he stated quietly.
“An I ain’t gonna halt at nothin’ to
help them. How much money do yuh
need? Yuh can have all I’ve got.”
doing. They’ll take you
Jarillo”
a matter of stalling off the inevitable
a little* longer. I’m afraid I’m going
to lose my ranch, Slim.” Mona’s voice
was choked and teary as she finished.
“Who’d yuh borrow that money
from?” asked Slim,
“From—from the lawyer, George
Arthur.’ ’
“George Arthur!” exploded Slim.
“Why he was the lyin’ polecat who
sold out on me at my trail an’ let
'em railroad me. foi* somethin’ I never
did. I didn’t think yuh’d have anythin’
to do with him after that, Mona,”
Slim’s words were bitter.
“I dont’ think you understand,
Slim,” she said wearily. “I was des
perate. I had to get the money some-
who would loan me that much on a
where. Mr. Arthur was the only one
tsraight mortgage. Remember, Slim;
it was a case of fight to live. I had.
no other recourse. Dad’s creditor’s
gave me sixty days to produce the
money before they called a sheriff’s
I feel pretty confident of
more spirited tone *did not
He saw through it
the valiant courage
Western girl. With-
she was waging a
g
a bit.
sale. In my place you'd have done the
same,”
“But Arthur ain’t givin’ yuh a
whole. lot of time,” argued Slim
roughly. “If yuh’ve got to sell off
yore stock to keep up with his de
mands, he must be houndin’ yuh,”
Mona lifted her hands protestingly.
“I’lease, Slim,” she begged. “Please
don’t use that tone to me.
I’ve been so gorgeously happy since
I’ve known you were coming back.
I felt at last I had a shoulder to lean
on that was trustworthy.
“Did you ever stop to figure what
the interest on five thousand dollars
at seven per cent, amount to? Add
that to my other expenses and you’ll
understand why I want to sell some
of my stock.”
The note of tearful misery in her
voice made Slim quite humble and
contrite, “I’m sorry, Mona; I’m on
edge. Shore, yuh did right all along.
But" listen to me; don’t yuh go to
sellin’ another haid of yore cattle. I’m
gonna see George Arthur to-morrow
an’ I’m payin’ him every cent yuh owe
him. Yes, sir, I’m takin’ over that
mortgage myself. An’ if yuh ever try
an’ pay me one cent of interest, I’ll—
I’ll—why I’ll cuff yore ears for yuh.”
He grinned boyishly,
Mona smiled in return, but shook
her head at the same time. “That’s
dear of you, Slim. But you mustn’t
do it. I’d feel terrible, owing money
to you. And I’ll make out some way
or other,
that.”
Mona’s
fool Slim
and understood
of this slip of a
out kith or kin
lone-handed, losing battle against bi;
odds, and she was courageously fac
ing the ultimate. Slim’s eyes softened
as he watched her. Little Spartan,
that’s what she was.
“We won’t talk about that any
more,” he drawled. “One thing is
plumb certain, though; yuh ain’t ever
gonna lose yor ranch. Whether yuh
like it or not, Mona I shore won’t
stand for some slick jasper like Geo
rge Arthur forclosin’ on yuh. That’s
final. Now cheer up; let’s be happy
for a change.” He gave her a comfort
ing pat on the arm.
Strangely enough ,they 'did fall into
channels of easy range gossip. There
was much that had happened while
Slim had been away. Folks* had died;
others had married; babies had been
ushered, into the world—just homely
gossip that did a lot for them both
in easing them and cheering them up.
When Slim squeezed Mona’s hand and
left, some two hours later, he was
humming happily to himself. It was
good to be back again.
As Slim Loyale headed homeward
through the velvet night, he had al
ready made up his mind as to how
he would ward off the cloud that was
hanging over Mona’s Hall’s head. The
first thing on the following morning
he promised himself, he would ride
into Pinnacle and hunt up George
Arthur.
Then he would buy up the mort
gage on the Dot H Dot if it cost
him a thousand dollars more than the
amount of the note. He’d say nothing
to Mona about it. When she finally,
did learn what had happened, there
would be nothing she could do. Slim
grinned to himself. He knew Mona
would be mad as hops, but she’d get
over it.
A couple of miles drifted back un
der the steadily thrumming hoofs of
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his bronco. He was still engrossed
with thoughts and plans concerning
ed, a mounted figure rose before him
Mona, when, out of nowhere it seem-
in the trail. Slim jerked erect, wary
and suspicious. Unconsciously he
reached to his thigh, only to realize
that he had left his guns at home.
“Pull down, Slim,” came a husky
undertone. “Shore an’ there’s dirty
work abroad tonight. Not another |
step unless yuh’ll be after wantin’ a
coward slug in the ribs.”
“Roy!” exclaimed Loyale. “Roy O’
Brien, wha't in blazes are yuh ridin’
around at this time of night for?”
Roy swung his mount close beside
Slim’s. “Divil a bit do yuh worry
about the why an’ wherefore, lad,”
he answered. “I’m swappin’ hats an’
broncs with yuh now.”
Without waiting for the amazed
Slim’s consent, Roy reached over and
swept off Slim’s cream sombrero, re
placing it with his own roll-brimmed
black one.
ground.
“Git off’n
he ordered,
up on this bay o’ mine. Then do yuh
turn north off the
after goin’ home
way.”
Still bewildered,
ground, but he did not relax his grip
on the
“What’s
uspocus,
up or I
Roy swore softly. “I tell yuh there
be polecats an’ dirty spalpeens ridin’
tonight, lad. 'Tis yuh they are after.
Unless yuh listen to old Roy, yuh’ll
never git home alive. But we’ll be
after foolin’ them,”
“Do as I say. Go north to the town
trail an’ then home. I’ll wait here
an hour to' give you plinty of time.
Then I’ll start home myself. But I’ll
be drunk an’ singin’ loud, so < it’ll
seem. They’ll know who I be a'n’ they
won’t be after botherin’ me.”
(Continued Next Week)
Then he swung to the
that gray boss of yores,”
“Off I say, an’ scramble
trail
in a
Slim
a bit an’ be
roundabout
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this operation and to it they ascribe
the great stature of. their men.
In Canada, however, only forty
years ago a child whose tonsils had
been removed was a rarity, but now,
when every school child receives
medical supervision, this operation is
very common. Well may a thinking
parent find it difficult to believe that
there is need for such a wide spread
attack on a structure of the body.
Of what good are the tonsils?
Does their removal do any
Surely they 'have been given
for a purpose?
The tonsils and adenoids
kind of tissue which grows
throat
spread
it is a
The
oids readily exposes them to infection
and often they become harbours of
poisonous material. Therefore, the
removal of these damaged and harm
ful pieces of tissue will not be any
loss to the defenses of the body. It
is, as statistics show, a great benefit
to the children as a whole, even al
though occasionally the individual
may not seem to be benefitted.
It is the experience of doctors with
large practices, that after a child has
had his unhealthy tonsils and aden
oids removed, he requires medical at
tention much less frequently on
average than hitherto.
the
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in the
to protect us against the
of germs, but only as long as
healthy tissue is it protective,
position of tonsils and aden-
harm?
to us
“This rambling club’ is a fine idea.”
“Yes, if there wasn’t so much walk
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Zeit’Ung, Cologne.
By BETTY
reins of his gray gelding,
the meanin’ of all this hoc-
Roy?” he insisted. “Open
don’t move a step.”
TONSILS AND ADENOIDS
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When their
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Sam-
Steve
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Is the removal of tonsils and ad
enoids a recently devised operation?
Ag a matter of fact it is one of the
earliest surgical operations, dating
back to at least Celsus A.D, 10. We
have been told that in one of the
Eastern countries the tonsils are re
moved from every infant. A slip knot
is formed of a piece of horsehair and
placed around the tonsil. The slip
knot is then pulled tight and the ton
sil is cut off and .removed. These peo
ple have great belief In the value of
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2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 tablespoon water1)4 cups U call) sweetened
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1% cups sweetened condensed milk.
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% cup lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon or
% teaspoon lemon extract
2 eggs, separated
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Baked pie shell (8-inch)
Blend together sweetened con
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1U cups confectioners* (4X) sugar
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U cup sweetened condensed milk
% teaspoon Vanilla
Blend sifted confectioners* sugar-
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