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--BY WILLIAM IIIACLEOD RAINS
(Copyright Thomas Allen).
CHAPTER XXXVII.
ON ME GRILL.
In spite of the fact that his mind
had at times moved toward his cousin
James as the murderer, Kirby exper-
ienced a shock at this accusation. He,
happened to glance at Olson, perhaps
to see the effect of it upon him.
The effect was slight, but it startled
Kirby. For just an instant the Dry
Valley farmer's eyes told the truth—
shouted it as plainly as words could
have done. He had expected that ans-
wer from Hull. He had expected it
because he, too, had reason to believe
it the' truth. Then the lids narrowed,
and the man's lip lifted in a sneer of
rejection. He was covering up.
"Pretty near up to you to find some
one else to pass the buck to, ain't it?'.'
he taunted.
"Suppose you tell us the whole
story, Hull," the Wyoming man said.
The fat man had one last flare of
resistance. "Olson here says he seen
pie crack Cunningham with the butt
of my gun. How did he see me?
Where does he claim he was when he
seen it?"
"I was standin' on the fire escape
of the Wyndham across the alley—
about ten or fifteen feet away. I heard
every word that was said by Cunning-
ham an' yore wife. Oh, I'vegot you
good."
Hull threw up the sponge. He was
caught and realized it. His only
chance now was to make a clean
breast of what he knew.
"Where shall I begin?" he asked
weakly, his voice quavering.
"At the beginning. We've got plenty
of time," Kirby replied.
"Well, you know how yore uncle
beat me in that Dry Valley scheme
of his. First place, I didn't know he
corudn't get water enough. If he give
the farmers a crooked deal; I hadn't
a thing to do with that. When I talk-
ed up the idea to them I was actin' in
good faith."
"Lie number one," interrupted OI -
son bitterly.
"Hadn't we better let hire tell his
story in his own way?" Kirby sug-
gested. "If we don't start any argu-
ments he ain't so liable to get mixed
up in his facts."
'By my way of figurin' he owed. me
about four to six thousand dollars he
wouldn't pay," Hull went on. "I tried
to get him to see it right, thinkin' at
first he was just bull-headed. But
pretty soon I got wise to it that he
plain intended to do me. 0' course I
wasn't goin' to stand for that, an' I
told him so."
"What do you mean when you say
you weren't goin' to stand for it. My
uncle told a witness that you said
you'd give him two days, then you'd s
come at him with a gun. c
The fat man mopped a perspiring h
face with his bandanna. His eyes ;
dodged. "Maybe I told him so. I don't
recollect. When he's sore a fellow
talks a heap o' foolishness.. I wasn't h
Iookin' far trouble, though." :t
"Not even after he threw you s
downstairs?"
"No, sir. He didn't exactly throw a
me down. 1. kindaslipped. If I'd
been expeetin' trouble would I have t
let Mrs. Hull go up to his rooms with
me.?"
Kirby had his own view on that
point, but he did net press it. He
rather thought that Mrs. Hull had c
driven her husband upstairs and had l:
gone along to see that he stood to his'
guns. Once in the presence of Cun- fi
ningham, she had taken the bit in hers
own teeth, driven to it by temper.
This was his guess. He knew he might;
he wrong.'
"But I• knew how violent he was,"
the fat man went on. "So I slipped, W.
my six-gun into' my pocket before we` 1
started." t
"What kind of a gun?" Kirby asked. fi
"A. sawed-off .38." r
"Do you. own an automatic?" c
open, I reckon because it was hot. I
started to push the bell, but Mrs. Hull
she walked right in an' of course the
I Wowed. He wasn't in the sittin
room, but we seen hint smokin' in th
small room off'n the parlor. So we
just went in on him.
"He acted mean right from t
start—hollered at 'Mrs. Hull what w
we doin' there. She up an' told hi
real civil, that we wanted to talk th
business over an' see if we couldn
come to some agreement about it, H
kep' right on insultin' her, an' on
thing led to another. Mrs. Hull sh
didn't get mad, but she told him whe
he'd have to head in at. Fact is, we
about made up our minds to sue him
Well, he went clean off the handl
then, an' said he wouldn't do a thin
for us, an' how we was to get rig
out,"
Hull paused to wipe the small swea
beads from his forehead. He was n
enjoying himself. A cold terror con
striated his heart. Was he slipping
noose over his own head? Was h
telling more than he should? H
wished his wife were here to give him
a hint. She had the brains as well a
the courage and audacity of th
family.
"Well, sir, I claim self-defence,"
Hull went on presently. "A man's
got no call to stand by an' see his
wife shot down. Cunningham reached
for a drawer an' started to pull out
an automatic gun. Knowin' him, I
was scared. I beat him to it an'
lammed him one over the head with
my gun. My idea was to head him
off from drawin' on Mrs. Hull, but I
reckon I hit him harder than Pd aim-
ed to. It knocked hint senseless."
"And then?" Kirby said, when he
paused.
"I was struck all of a heap, but
Mrs. Hull she didn't lose her presence
of mind. She went to the window an'
pulled down the curtain: Then we
figured, seein' as how we'd got in bad
so far, we might as well try a bluff.
We tied yore uncle to the chair, in-
tendin' for to make him sign a cheque
before we turned him loose. Right at
that time the telephone rang."
"Did you answer the call?"
"Yes, sir. It kept ringing. Finally
the wife said to answer it, pretendin
I was Cunningham. We was kinda
scared some one might butt in on us,
Yore uncle had said he was expectin
some folks."
"What did you do?".
"I took up the receiver an' listened.
Then I said, `Hello!' Fellow at the
other end said, 'This you, Uncle
James?' Kinda grufflike, I said, `Yes.'
Then, `James talkin',' he said. 'We're
on our way over now.' I was struck
all of a heap, not knowin' what to
ay. So I called back, 'Who?' He
ame back with, `Phyllis an' I' I
ung ndpthen?"
"We talked it over, the wife an' me.
We didn't know how close James, as
e called himself, was when he was
aikin'. He might be at the drug -
tore on the next corner for all we
knew. We were in one hell of a hole,
n' it didn't look like there was, any
way out. We `'decided to beat it right
hen. ,,That'stwhat we did."
"You left the apartment?"
"Yes, sir."
"With my uncle still tied up?"
Hull nodded. "We got panicky an'
tit our stick."
"Did anybody see you go?"
"The Jap janitor was in the hall
xin' one of the windows that was
tuck."
"Did he say anything?"
"Not then,"
"Afterward?"
"He come to me atter the murder
as discovered—next day, I reckon
t was in the afternoon, just before
he inquest—and said could I lend him
ve hundred dollars. Well; I knew
ight away it was a hold-up, but I
ouldn't do a thing. I dug up the
"Was the hall lit when you came out
of my uncle's rooms?" Kirby asked
suddenly.
"Yes, I told you Shibo was workin'
at one of the windows.".
"So Shibo saw you and Mrs. Hull
plainly?"
"I ain't denyin' he , saw us," Hull
replied testily.
"No, you don't deny anything we
can prove on you, the Dry Valley
man jeered,;
"And Shiba didn't let up on you.
He kept annoyin' you afterward," the
cattleman persisted.
"Well, he—I reckon he aims to be
reasonable now," Hull said.• uneasily.
"Why now? . What's changed his
views?"
The fat man looked again at this
brown -faced youngster with the
single-track mind who never quit till
he, got what he wanted. Why was he
shaking the bones. of `Shibo's black-
mailing. Did he know more than. he
had told? It was on the tip of Hull's
tongue to tell something more, a
damnatory fact against himself. But
he stopped in time. He was in deep
enough water already. He could not
afford to tell the dynamic cattleman
anything that would make an enemy
of him. •
"Well, I reckon he can't. get blood
from a turnip, as the old sayin' is,"
, the land agent returned.
'(To be continued)
"Standby"` Cakes.
n For use, with this and other des-
serts and to serve with tea or at lunch-
! eon one may bake these attractive
("standby" cakes instead of the usual
he l cookies. These get their name be -
as cause they are the housewife's "stand -
m, by"—they 'can be kept on hand always
e and, instead of getting shale, they im-
't prove with age.
e Cream three-quarters of a cup of
e butter and then gradually add a cup-
e1e ful of brown sugar. Beat two eggs
,d well and stir them up. Sitt together a
cup and a half of flour, a teaspoon of
cinnamon, a quarter teaspoon of cloves
e and half a teaspoon of nutmeg (this
ht last may be .omitted if desired), and
r add these to the other ingredients.
t Then stir in a cup of seedless raisins
of and half a cup of chopped nuts.
Place the batter by spoonfuls on
a shallow greased enameled ware bak-
emg pans and bake until brown.
s INinard'sLi ment :or Dandruff.
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Special rates to students. Also re-
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Limited
137 Victoria St„, Toronto
The Bale, Fires.
Fierce sagas of the . suowiands are
ringing on the gale,
The trees. are ley armored 1i3,re.:skele-
tons in mail,
The frost's •sharp sewed of silver is
glittering in the air,
The brook lits crystal fetters in silence
still moist wear,
No life is' in the marshes, no music in
the wood:
Each gable in the village retains its
ermine hoods
The world ie where and frozen, but ly-
in my bed -
At' dawn I heard the trumpets of wild
geese overhead.
And see! along the mountains the sun-
set flaming high
Leaps up in gold and crimson and
orange to the Sky,
The gray cloud's trailing •edges, are
kindled into light,
The cold blue zenith reddens, the, first
faint stars ignite
And like celestial rubies glow through
a rosy haze;
Behold! in all the glory that sets the
west ablaze,
And shedts on field and forest its splen-
dor far and near,
The bade fires of the winter, dead vik-
big of the year.
—Minna Irving.
Dear Percival.
When little Percival ,'arrived at
school on the opening day, he carried
the following note to the teacher:
"Dear Teacher, our sweet little Perci-
val is a very delicate, nervous child,
and if he is naughty—and he is likely
to be naughty et tines—just punish
the boy next to him, and that will
frighten him so he'll be good."
A PRETTY SERVICEABLE very close relationship between a per-
PLAY DRESS. son's activity and his need for food.
9655. •
4655. This style of garment is the
most popular and the most comfort-
able for "tiny" children. The opening
"No, sir. Wouldn't . know how to
work one. Never had one in my
hands."
"You'll get a chance to prove that,"
Olson jeered. j
"He doesn't have to prove it. His
statement is assumed to be true until
it is proved false," Kirby answered.
Hull's eyes signaled gratitude. He
was „where he needed a friend badly.'
He would be willing to pay almost Anyprice for Lane's help. I
"Cunningham had left the door
money an' let him have it."
"Has he bothered you since'?"
Hull hesitated. "Well—no."
"Meanie' that he has?"
1-Iull flew the usual flag of distress,
a red bandanna mopping a perspiring,
apoplectic face. "He kinda hinted he.
wanted more money."
"Did you give it to him?"
"I didn't have it right handy. I
stalled,"
"That's' the trouble with a black-
mailer. Give way to him once an'
he's got you in his power," Kirby said.
"The thing to do is to tell him right
off the reel to go to Halifax.."'
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I "If a fellow, can afford to," Olson'1
,put in, significantly. "When you've
lust` got througha little private mur-
der of -yore own, you, ain't exactly free
to tell one of the witnesses against
you to, go very far.",
"Tell you I didn't kill Cunningham,"
Hull retorted sullenly. "Some one
else niust 'a' conte in an' did that after
I left:"
"Sounds •reasonable," :, Olson inur
inured with heavy sarcasm.
of corn between the tees, and the foot
• teln,ard'a, fsininient 'Heels •Cute,.
1 withoutor n . .'s
I�.. ; � ; cal uses, s ewers or tri ztation,.
at the inner seam edges is convenient
and practical. . Additional opening is
provided at the centre back.
This Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 6
months, 1 year and 2 years. A 1-year~
size requires 1% yards of 27 -inch ma-
terial.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 15c in silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St.,
Toronto. Alla* two weeks for re-
ceipt of pattern.
WHY IS A CHILD ALWAYS
HUNGRY?
'
You don't need to tell the mother of
a large family that children need
large amounts of food. She•knows it.
The appetites of children seem, at
times, insatiable, for many a twelve-
year -old boy eats twice as much as
his father, who has double his weight.
What is there in the child's life that
makes so much food necessary? As a
result of many measurements of the
food needs and muscular activity of
adults, it is known that there is a
Lift Off -No Pain!
Doesnt hurt one -.bit! Drop a: little
"Freezone" on an aching corn, in-
stantly that corn steps hurting, then
shortly you lift it right off with fingers.
Your druggist' sells a tiny bottle of
"Freezone" for 'a few cents,. sufficient a
to remove every hard corn, s'of't corn,
Every time a muscle moves, heat is
given off. The greater the activity, the
more heat is produced. As children
are' normally very active, they give off
a great deal of heat, and as the heat
must be produced either from food or
from the body substance, they must
eat a great deal in order not to lose
weight. A normal healthy child does
not know the meaning of food econ-
omy. The half-starved children of
Vienna were listless and thin because
their scanty diet was only sufficient
to keep them alive and left nothing
over to supply the needs of growth
and exercise.
Food provides not only fuel for
muscular activity but building ma-
terial for growth. The growing' child
needs an' extra supply of food from
which, by the process of digestion, ma-
terial may be absorbed, and then re-
built by the bodily machinery into
flesh, fat and bone.
In addition to the demands for mus-
cular activity and •growth, food must
keep up the internal vital activities of
the body which goes on in the body at
rest independent of any exertion, This
internal vital' activity is greater iri
children than in adults and greater in
boys than in girls. .In babies a year
old it is greatest of the whole range
of life.:
No wonder children are hungry and
eat ravenously! Think of their food
demands! They -are incessantly active
at play or work, and this activity re-
sults in the combustion of fuel or food
in the'body; they need food to supply
the material for growth; and finally,
they have a higher vital activity, even
when perfectly quiet and Asleep, that
is, the fires of life burn more intense-
ly than . in adults, more heat is. being
given 'off in proportion to their size,
and . for every unit of heat (a'calory)
lost there. must be corresponding fuel
furnished in the food.
HINTS FROM THE SALTCELLAR.
It has oft been repeated that "salt
is just salt," but the experienced
housewife who gives careful consid-
enation to the '' expenditure of. the fam-
ily food budget is convinced that there
is a difference in salt, Through her.
personal" experiences she has learned
'
that because of its . preserving ,and
purifying uses, it pays to. buy -only the
best. ,
In the proper curing and preserving
of meat, salt is a principal ingredient.
In this curing process, it is absolutely
necessary to use'a good grade of salt.
Any adulterations ' or impurities will
entail a great loss. of a valuable food
product.
Without salt, much of the real
flavor of food is lost. Besides its use.
for preserving or flavoring,; salt be-
comes a great .convenience in solving
:many;household problems,
The odor of onions lingers long on
knives, and, cooking ;steneiis. If they
re' rubbed with` a demi;; cloth ' and
,
ben . with 'slit uefore -'shine
�vatm,twat the disagreeable. odor
ill• be gone. This same op r atio i wi'1
1
remove the odor of gasoline from the
hands.
When making cooked icing, if a
pinch
wiof ll salt• not isg• adderain.d to the sugar the
icing
If a berry pie or some other dish
boils over in the oven, a handful of
salt thrown in on it will help to avoid.
a disagreeable odor.
Apples that are too long out of the
storage room will become withered.
'^To freshen them, wash clean :and
place iii crock with brine—one hand-
ful of salt to three gallons of water.
Change the water every six hours
until the apples are fresh.
To remove iron rust on White ma-
terial, rub .with salt and lemon juice
and place inthe sun to bleach.
Mix equal parts of salt and flour,
with enough vinegar to make a paste,
for cleaning brass or copper. Let this
paste remain on for an hour, and then
rub off with a soft cloth. Wash with
a soft brush and polish.
If salt is rubbed on china it will
remove tea stains and other discolora-
tions.
Egg stains on silver can be removed
by rubbing 'With .a damp cloth which
has been dipped in salt.
For polishing a mirror, sprinkle fine
salt on a woolen cloth.
A paste of salt, alum and boiling
water makes a fine cement for floor
cracks.
If equal parts of salt and ashes are
mixed with water to make a paste, it
makes an excellent cement for stove
cracks.
••
A BLENDED TEA IS
BETTER.
Tea from one garden, no matter how
fine it is, possesses certain desirable
qualities but may lack others, because
all , characteristics are not developed
under the same conditions. If the tea
has a perfect flavor it may lack body;
if it has body,it is perhaps without the
same perfection of flavor. To com-
bine all desirable characteristfos In
one blend has been the work of the
"SALADA" experts for over a quarter
of a century and "SALADA" is the
fruit of their labors. The flavor is
tea grown,
TO WASH WINDOWS QUICKLY
Moisten a piece of chamois skin in
warm water and wash the window
pane with this. Wash the chamois
skin so as to rinse out the dust and
dirt, wring dry and simply rub lightly
over the wet windowpane to remove
the extra water, then let thb pane dry
without any more polishing, This is
a quicker and better method oi* keep-
ing windows clean than the common
one generally used.
If a piece of new chamois skin is be-
ing put into service be sure to wash
it thoroughly before using on the
windows.
WOMANLY ARTS.
It has been said that of all the
charms that woman may possess,
beauty, grace and wisdom not except-
ed, the one which is most attractive to
men of all stations is—a happy dispo-
sition. A similar vote about the traits
of men most admired by us of the
gingham brigade might not miss that
target very far either.—L. M. S.
He is great whose failings can be
numbered. •
WOMEN! DYE FADED
THINGS NEW AGAIN
Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shab-
by Garment or Drapery.
Diamond Dyes
Each 15 -cent pacaage of "Diamond
Dyes" contaies directions so simple
that any woman call dye LT tint any
old, worn, faded thing new, ever. if she
has never dyed before. Choose any
color at drug store.
CI ter every rneali
Cleanses mouth and
teeth and ald»r• digestion.
Relieves', that osier-'
'eaten feeling and acid
`mouth.
Its 1 -a -esti -n -e flavor
satisfies the (craving for
sweets.
Wrigley's is double.
value lathe benefit and
pleasure it provides.
Sealed in its Agility
Package. -_
KEEP THE .SINK SHINING.
Soap jelly, which is made by dis-
solving a large bar of' soap in two
quarts of boiling water and two tables'
spoonfuls of kerosene is a great help.
in keeping the sink white and shining.1
I' keep a glass of soap jelly on the sink
shelf, and when the dishes are finish-'
ed put a little on a cloth, kept for that
purpose, and rub well over the sink.
Then wash with, clear water and the
sink looks as if 1 had giver it a giodi
scouring.
4-
Innocence is very far from finding''
as much protection as crime.
Observe the face of the wife to•
know the husband's character.
The parasite has no roots,
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