The Brussels Post, 1950-5-10, Page 25eioeizs4 Ravatati
VACUUM -SEALED
Riders for the
Ho s t - Owl
Pool
by G. H. SHARP
CHAPTER TWO
(Continued Prom Last Week)
As the funeral sermon was being
preached, a dozen or more riders
carte up the road that bordered on
the cemetery. Ab Abbott was riding
in the lead, his men following him.
ltchind then was a spring wagon.
More than one man there beside
that open grave unbuttoned his
slicker so that he could get to his
gun quickly, They all knew what
was under that wet tarp in the
spring wagon, The Triangle- outfit
was bringing to town the dead body
of the cowboy Sheriff Bank Rob-
erts had discovered just below the
'Bob Anderson place.
The sheriff slipped through the
crowd that stood -in the mud there
beside the open grave, He stepped
-up on his horse and rode to meet
that grim cavalcade now en tering
the graveyard gate.
"They'll he through over there in
a few minutes, Abbot." Hank Rob-
erts blocked their way.
"We ain't got all year to plant
this cowboy." Ab Abbot's heavy,
purplish face itad an ugly look. His
eves were bloodshot, cold as ice.
"Where's his coffin?"
"He don't need one. He was
tough. Anyhow. he was in the hole
to
mc for a hundred dollars. I got
No money- to pay out for coffins."
He turned to his men. "Yonder's a
pick and shovel. One of yon men
get to work on the hole. Dig fast.
Take turns. Dig over there where
the ground is soft. The quicker
this plantin' is over, the sooner you
"et whisky 1c
u your belle.,
Get at
it."
As the preacher's last words were
spoken and the slicker -clad men
bowed bare heads in prayer, paying
final tribute to a friend, the Tri-
angle cowboys began digging a
grave near by. The dead man in
the spring wagon would he buried
.without a word of prayer, without
even a pine box to hold him. Wrap-
ped in the soiled, rain -wet tarp
under which he had slept so many
nights, he would be dumped into a
hole in the ground and covered with
earth that was soggy from the rain.
Sheriff Hank Roberts, a sawed-
off shotgun across his saddle. stood
guard between -the two burial
parties. His face wore a grim,
worried expression and his puck-
ered eyes glinted. He would be
glad when that prayer was finished,
when the crowd of men standing
beside Bob Anderson's grare broke
up and left.
Now the prayer was finished. The
men with wives and families lost
little time getting to their rigs. The
younger men of the Pool Mounted
their horses and rode through the
gateway, headed for town and e
drink to warm theta,
The preacher got into his buggy
and drove away. Then only Mac
and Webb Winters stood beside
the open grave that held the body
of Bob Anderson.
Mae, whose name was Kathleen
Mavourneen Murphy, had reddish
hair that glinted like copper, steady
gray eyes, a wide, red -lipped mouth
that laughed easily. She held tight-
ly to Webb's arm. She wore a
long, black slicker and a black
Stetson that Bob had given her.
She had ridden to the funeral on
the fat. black pony Bob had given
her for her birthday. She had come
horseback because she knew that
Bob would want it that way.
"He's gone," she whispered.
"He's gone, Mae. A whiter lean
never lived. Now we better go
back to town."
The old grave digger stood some
distance away. He was used to
open graves and coffins. He
swamped around the saloons for a
living, Grave digging was a side
line. He stood there glaring at the
Triangle cowboys who were using
his tools. cursing them in a whisky
whisper.
Sheriff Hank Roberts sat his
horse, watching that other grave
being dug. His lips thinned as lie
saw them drop the tarp -covered
dead man into the inuddy grave. He
saw Ab Abbot drain what was left
of a bottle of whisky, then toss the
empty bottle into the grave.
"Cover him up, boys," he said.
"He's dead. So's the bottle."
Mae and Webb had ridden away.
The sheriff caught up with them as
they reached town,
"Drop in and see me at the of-
fice, Webb," he said, then rode on
ahead.
Webb and Mae rode through the
pines to her cabin.' Webb put wood
on the open fire and they sat there
without talking.
They were sitting there when the
sheriff's wife came with a laden
tray,
"She 115511'1 touched a bite in 1
don't know how long," the white-
haired Mrs. Roberts told Webb,
"Now you run along and I'll look
after her. It's a woman's job, times
like this."
"If you need me," said Webb,
"send somebody to find me. I
won't be far off."
He walked up the street to the
sheriff's office, FIanic Roberts mo-
tioned to a chair,
"Webb, 1 got bad news for yob."
"1 reckon I can stand it. Let's
have it,"
"You're under arrest for the mur-
der of Rob Anderson."
* * *
Murder is an ugly charge to make
against a man, and the murder of a
friend adds to its ugliness. The
trial of Webb Winters lasted two
days. Those members of the
Scissor -hill Pool who had joined
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Ab Abbot in pressing the murder
charge gave their testimony, They
had lost a part of that three thou-
sand dollars that -fad vanished,
They openly accused Webb- of mur-
der and the theft of that anouey.
Ab Abbot and two Triangle men
snore they had seen Webb and
Bob ride. together along the trail,
that led to Bob's place, Their testi-
mony conflicted with Webb's
sworn statement that lie had left
Bob at the fork of the trail.
1Vebb sat in the packed little
courtroom during those two day;
of the trial with his jaws clamped
tightly, his narrowed eyes watching
the men who accused him of nnlr.
der.
Beside him sat the sheriff, grave.
soft spoken, not unfriendly to the
prisoner, Behind them sat Mae and
the sheriff's wife. Now and then
Mae would lean forward and whis-
per some word of encouragement
to the accused man, and the hard
light in Webb's eyes would momen-
tarily soften. Mae kept telling him
site knew he was innocent, that
11C would will out.
When Al) Abbot and his then
were called to the witness stand.
Sheriff Hank Roberts laid his hand
on Webb's arm.
"Easy son, I don't dant to put
handcuffs on yuh."
Webb had nodded. He stroke
through clenched teeth, his eyes
fixed on Ab Abbot.
on perjured evidence."
"1'11 hang onto my bushy t511,
Hank. I ain't done with Abbot.
Never will be 'til I watch him fill
a grave. But 1 give you my word
the other day that I'd make no had
breaks, and I'mn stickin' to that
promise, Let 'em go up of the
stand and lie. I'll pay 'cru ori some
day. f didn't kill Bol Anderson
no more than I killed that Triangle
cowboy.
(Continued Next Week 1
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A learned individual was anxious
to clarify a few points on art, Hs
approached the girl behind the in-
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SSUISSIng 18 -- 1980
Her Royal Highness .Princess Margaret continues Britannia's
maritime tradition at the launching of a new ship, the 28,0(10 -
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Hunter and \Vigilant Richardson, the builders.
H O IcLEs
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Clteetke
At last! Blue skies and bright,
warns sunshine. And birds singing
for joy from tree -tops -trees that
are bare now, hut with swelling
buds that give promise of new life
and rely beauty. Spring has been
long in coating ... now we think
We never beard the bobolinks sing
so sweetly nor the robins chirp so
happily. Spring is a wonderful
time a time for new hope; new
ambition; new desires ... and new
work.
Right now, 1 aur writing from
my portable sunroon-alias the
June Bug; alias our car -and from
this vantage point, I can watch the
rows alternately sunning and exer-
cising themselves in the yard. May-
be cows don't understand much
about birds and buds -they seem to
recognize spring more by their
sense of smell. About this time
of year, you see bovine noses
lifted high ill the air and there is
a definite inquisitiveness about
what may lie on the other side of
the fence, \Vho knows ---some day
there might even be a blade of
green grass growing! And where
a person would clap their hands for
joy, cows and young cattle let go
with their heels and chase each
other around the yard.
'Yes, the weather this week -end
is cause for .rejoicing, but it also
fills me with remorse. Yon see, last
Wednesday came a letter from a
niece, asking if it would be all right
to conte for the week -end. arriving
Friday night. Generally speaking,
any of our young relatives are more
than welcome, but when 'this letter
arrived, the house was inches deep
i11 dust; the furnace was still going
full blast with dirty, mosey coal;
as a result, 1 haven't even started
housecleaning - and the weather
was windy, cold and depressing.
'1'110 house wasn't fit for visitors and
for some !unknown reason, 1 could
not find the energy to give it the
proper cleaning it required -clean-
ing which. I intended postponing
until our belated spring showed
some sign of turning that corner
around which it has been hiding for
so long. So I sent word to lay
(Vaca suggesting she visit its a little
later. And then what happened?
The weather really changed and it
has been warm and sunny-. And the
better the weather, the meaner 1
felt! I Have one consolation - it
really will be nicer in a couple of
weeks when the spring flowers are
out and the trees and shrubs conte
into leaf. And maybe by then, our
worries at the barn will be over.
Another calf arrived yesterday and
two more are expected any day
now.
And while we are on the subject
of barn work, it alight interest you
to hear of a rather ctlriols experi-
ence we had here last week
In our horse stable there are
three electric light switch boxes,
all in a row. When Partner turned
out the light one night, he got a
shock. We 'phoned tine electricians
and they promised to look after
the trouble the next day. But the
next morning Partner and Bob both
tried the switches and nothing hap-
pened, yet at 110011 Partner was
shocked again. When the electric-
ians -arrived, they worked the
switches and so did Bob, Nothing
happened. "Gress the trouble must
have righted itself," one of them
said. Then Partner tried it again.
"O11 no it hasn't! As far as I ant
concerned, it's still kicking like
blazes!"
So the electricians trent 10 work
opening up the boxes. One box,
that which housed the three-way
switch, was choked with dirt and
chaff, and had become clamp with
moisture from the stable, This col-
lection was cleaned out and new
switches installed in each box. But
every time the men wanted to test
the switches, it was Partner who
had to do it -he was the only one
it would shock, Why? 'rlic an-
swer was in his boots! Partner was
wearing leather boots; the other
three leen were wearing long rub-
bers, That morning when Partner
had tried the switch and had not
been shocked, he, too, was wearing
rubber boots.
Now, what would have tappered
if the trouble had gone on without
being detected is anyone's guess.
Whether the dampness would have
caused a short circuit and ultimately
led to a fire, -are don't knots, but
the electricians were definitely
agreed it was a matter that ❑eceed
attending to.
Our switch boxes have been in
operation for five years without giv-
ing any trouble except for one or
two occasions when the three-way
switch for the pole light would
work from the house, but not from
the barn. Maybe that was the time
when it should have been looked at.
But it righted itself and. in our ig-
norance, we thought no more about
it
Now 1 am pawing this bit of in.
formation along for what it is
worth. Every one kttuws electricity
can't be fooled with, but sometimes
there is danger when one doesn't
even know that danger esiets. A
yearly check-up might be a good
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"Dear Anne Hirst: I hope others
will profit by my horrible mistake
, A year ago I met a young
man who was a
perfect gentle-
man -until the
inevitable ]lap -
pencd, I gave in
to him, because
I loved him al-
most to t 11 e
point of wor-
ship, I paid for
it in health
neu1al anguish, and money. Yet
I did not expose 111111.
"\Ve were not children, both in
our late 20's, both from fine fami-
lies. He was the first with me -
yet nolo lte !las the audacity to say
there have been other's!
"Ile was a cad. After this ex-
perience. I think all 11(511 are sel-
fish, conceited sklks.
"1 say- to other young women.
don't give to any man what is
sacred to you. Beat them at their
also game. If you love a Ulan,
don't show it .. .
‚JUST ANOTHER POOL"
A HUT HEART
* I'm afraid you show yourself
* in a poor light. Beaten by cir-
* cunlstances, yes. But you were
* at least partly- responsible for
* what happened. You weren't an
* innocent young girl, you know.
* You were an adult, and yon
'".should have lead more stature
▪ judgment.
* Perhaps you did lose your head.
* But weren't you, deep down in
* your heart, trying to forge a
* bond which you hoped would
* tie this man to you in marriage?
* When you ' failed, the 111x1
* promptly became a cad and one
* of the race of skunks.
* His conduct was certainly
reprehensible. liut a wiser won-
* an would have seen indications,
* during the "worship" period,
* that would have saved her from
4' going off the deep end. She
* would have tempered her wor-
* ship with restraint, and proved
* herself worthy of the over-
* powering love she knew.
* Your bitterness does you no
* credit, Where nolo is this great
* love that swayed you so? Be-
* cause you are disillusioned, you
* let yourself seem a shrew and a
* termagant. You Have grown bit-
" ter. A bitter heart is deadly to
Upside down to prevent peeking,
* yourself and to all whose lives
* touch your 0100.
* Rise above this slough into
* which you have sunk. Take what
* is coining to you like a good
* sport. You played for high
* stakes, and you lost. Admit it,
and go on from here.
* You can you know. This sad
* experience can 11111101 you 1110re
* sympathetic with other women;
* it can Mellow your nature so
* that you will never again con-
* deme anyone -even men -but
* come to see all others as lveale
* 110111111 beings who need your
* understanding and your charity'.
*. x *
If you have loved -and lost -
rise above it. Admit your ow,,
responsibility and go on, a stronget
and wiser woman. Anne Hirst will
help you steer your course, if
you write her at Box 1, 123 Eigh,
teenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
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