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Riders for the
Hoot -Owl
Pool
by G. H. SHARP
CHAPTER FOUR
(Continual From Last Week)
Old Hank Roberts held out his
hand, palet upward. Webb. itt the
barber chair,. looked at the out-
stretched hand, surprise and suspi-
rion in his eyes.
''I'm collectin' rent, so+t."
Webb Winters sat up in the bar-
ber chair. Slowly he took his six-
shooter from the waistband of his
overalls and handed it to the
sheriff.
"Pot obliged, \\'ebb,"
"Keep the change,"
"When you git ready to leave
town, call for your gun at the of-
fice. You'll git it hack,"
"Thanks a hell of a lot:" Webb
lay back in his chair, a sardonic grin
showing through the bandage and
shaving lather. Hank Roberts
walked out.
So he ha,1 met Hank Roberts.
There had been no invitation to
supper. On the contrary, the
sheriff's attitude had been anything
but friendly. Webb suddenly real-
ized what that old peace officer was
going to try to do. He was plan-
ning to disarm the Hoot -Owl Pool
men. Sheer suicide.
Webb was out of the chair with
a jerk. He wiped the lather from
his face and grabbed .his hat. Part
of his face was still covered with
a stiff stubble of whiskers. It gave
him an almost clownish appearance.
But the hard look in his eyes belied
any clown spirit.
He looked up and down the dim-
ly lighted street. No sign of Hank
Roberts, Webb stood there uncer-
tainly. Then, from the shadows
and darkness down the street, came
the sound of a shot, \\-ebb broke
into a run.
He almost stumbled over the
prostrate form of a man, in the
alleyway behind a saloon. He
struck a match. By its uncertain,
flickering light he saw the blood-
stained face of old Hank Roberts.
Gently be picked up the old
sheriff and carried hint into the
saloon.
"Fetch the doctor," Webb told a
bystander. He laid the wounded
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sheriff on a pool table. The bar-
tender started to protest, but the
look in Webb Winters' eyes stop-
ped hint.
"Water and some clean towels,"
Webb snapped at him,
Men stood around, watching
Webb bathe the ugly wound. The
bullet had torn through the
sheriff's check, ripping it wide open.
clipping the upper part of an ear
and creasing the skull.
The doctor came. Old Judge
Anders was holding the basin of
warm water. \4rebb readied over
and took his own gun from the
waistband of the sheriff's trousers.
Then he. faced Tex and the other
cowboys who made the Hoot -Owl
Pool. They had filtered itt as the
news went around,
wonderin' who shot Hank,"
Webb said, his eyes cold, hard, and
menacing,
"!lard to say," said Tex, his
voice flat.
"Hank was startin' out to collect
all the Hoot -Owl Pool guns. He
took urine at the barber shop. i
was aintin' to head hint off and talk
to him when I heard the shot. I
found flim layin' there in the alley.
You all seen me take my gun off
Hank. I took it because I'1 likely
need it. Tex, who shot old Hank?"
"Hard to say, cowboy. Me, 1
don't know. And if that's the way
you look at it, I reckon that the
Hoot -Owl Pool kin manage to git
along without Webb Winters. Why
don't you buy a tin star? They sell
'em cheap."
Tex turned and walked back to
the bar. The Hoot -Owl Pool men
joined the Lanky Texan. They had
turned their backs on Webb
Winters.
* * r
Webb stood there, legs wide-
spread, his eyes the color of deep
ice. They had turned their backs
on him. He stood there with his
guru in his hand.
'Warm water," said the doctor.
"And stand back, !nen,"
The bartender brought a fresh
basin of warns water, The tobacco
smoke was thick in the saloon. The
doctor, one of the old cow -country
type, worked with deft hands. The
green cloth on the pool table was
ruined by blood and water and the
bartender's face was drawn with
worry. He might lose his job to-
morrow because he had let thein
ruin the cloth on the pool table. He
went about his business of fetch-
ing warns water and bandages with
a reluctant, sullen air.
Webb slowly shoved his gun into
the waistband of his overalls. He
looked through narrowed eyes at
Tex and the others whose backs
were now turned to hint.
A hand, a hand that was none
too steady, touched Webb's arm.
He turned to look into the eyes of
old Judge Anders.
"Don't feel it too deeply, Webb.
They're good boys, after their own
Fashion."
"They turned their backs to rate.
Judge."
"You a,ked for it, didn't you?"
Judge :\ndets was .uhar. told
sober. H, was shaved. ili9 linen
was threadbare, but clean. He w:t,
wearing his rusty black broadcloth
suit and a black felt hat, There
was a whimsical, tolerant smile on
the face that was etrhe.f with
countless lines. 1lis voice was low-
pitched, vibrant. Ili; ry es, no
longer bleary, looked at the cowboy.
steadily,
Webb looked at hits. "I reckon
I did ask for it, sir, but Hank
Roberts is a white mens. 11e didn't
have it corrin'."
"No, Webb, he didn't have it
coming." And he went hark to his
work of helping to care for the
wounded man.
Cold water now. A shot of
whisky Slowly, deliberately, Sher-
iff Hank Roberts sat up. His head
,throbbed with stabbing pains. His
face was bandaged. 1hi, gaze fo-
cused on \Vehb Winter,.
"I notice, Webb, that you got
back your gun."
"I got it back, Hank. Figured it
aright come in handy."
The doctor and Judge Anders
helped the sheriff' off the pool table.
Old Hank Roberts stool on his
feet, swaying- a little.
"I'll help you get home," said
Webb.
Webb Winters looked funny with
his bandaged face covered by dried
lather, one half clean-shaven, the
other half covered with a dusty
stubble.
Hank Roberts looked at the cow-
boy who stood there. Ile shook
off Webb's helping hand. 'l'iten he
spoke thickly through his bandage.
"Keep your gun, Webb. You
spoke true words when you said it
might come in handy. If there's
any Hoot -Owl Pool man in town
by daybreak, I'll make a bunch
quitter out of him. I'm going home
now -but I'll be back."
!Continued Next Week)
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\\'e had a very nice rain last
uvea: and as a result everything
is looking so much better. But, oh
dear, it is so chilly in the house,
First week in June and when we
arc ready to sit down in the eve-
ning we arc glad of a bit of fire
in the furnace. But then we are not
sitting down very much, The long,
light evenings give one a chance
to get so many little odd jobs done.
I have even been able to paint at
night. Oh yes, I aid still on that
!tall -but the end is in sight. There
is only the floor to do now and
then I can say "finis" and be
thankful.
Something tells me I should
never he able to make a living as•
a painter, 1 get into some awful
mix-ups occasionally -only 1 have
never yet painted myself into a
corner -if you get what 1 mean, 1
would like to know how it is pos-
sible to avoid smears of paint here,
there and everywhere. It is a secret
I have never yet discovered. Do the
baseboard and there are paint daubs
on the wall; do the floor and there
are smears here and there on the
baseboard, Work over your head
an there d t ere are s )ashe
1 son the floor:
Put papers down and you trip over
them. Make a determined effort to
get into all the corners when paint-
ing window -sash and you get paint
all over the glass. I find so much
time is wasted trying to make a neat
job of things so that now I go mer-
rily on and clean up afterwards.
And here is a hint that someone
may find useful. If you have used
water -paint you may have been in
despair trying to clean up splashes
that have dried without your notic-
ing them. Try using very hot water
on then!, It works.
My worst predicament so far has
been reaching the wall and ceiling
over the well of the stairs. I knew
I should have had a scaffold-
ing built but it seemed such a lot „
of work for the small amount of
painting there was to do, So, for
the high spots, 1 experimented by
using a sponge mop for the paint -
in. It worked but the job was
somewhat patchy. When our niece
was here she looped at my work
with critical eyes and said -"If you
had boards reaching front the rail-
ing over to the stepladder I could
kneel on them and give that wall a
second coat," And by Jove, that
is exactly what she did . , with
nothing to hang on to and a 12 foot
drop if she fell! Partner put a
brace under the boards in the mid-
dle which he hung on to like grins
death; I held the boards at one
end to make sure they didn't slip,
while Babs inched her way :along
on her knees, painting as she went,
Once or twice she glanced at the
anxiously and said -"What are you
looking so worried about, Aunt
Gwen , , . I'm all right?" Well -
maybe -but I was hot all over be-
fore she was through, I had one
consolation - out acrobat weighed
only 109 pounds, Now if it had been
me , , . but enough saidl
Another job I did last week was
clean up the cellar. We had a good
garden last year and a lot of stuff
went down cellar. There was also
a lot of stuff to carry up this spring.
And I knew id That part done 1
attacked the cobwebs -with the aid
of a vacuum cleaner. It wouldn't
be safe to try that stunt with an
upright vacuum - bits might get
into the motor and ruin it. But with
a tank type almost anything is
possible. By using the crevice tool
it is a simple matter to get rid of
dirt, cobwebs and spiders. The poor
little spiders -they never have a
chance to get away at all. Another
good thing to have around is an
extension light -no ceiling light is
any good witett it comes to far-
away places, But of course you may
not have a cellar as big as ours, I
believe you could drop one of these
wartime houses down in our base-
ment and still have ronin to spare.
Well, our poor old horses have
gone. We hated saying good-bye
to tttettt , , , we certainly hope they
have a good home and wilt be welt
treated, The small tractor is now
on the job and the then found it
very handy for toting stuff around
when they were fixing fences. One
day when Bob was away 1 heard
the tractor start up and immediately
I was outside to investigate. 1 Itad
a feeling Partner was just waiting
for an opportunity to try it out
when no one was around, 1 -le used
to drive the big one but this little
fellow with its starter, clutch and
gears is something else again. Sure
enough, there was Partner in the
driving shed, experimenting with
the gears. As soon as lie was sure
of himself he let the clutch out and
was then away for most of the
afternoon.
The cows are out to grass. First
to a patch at -tlte back of the house
- part garden, part natural pasture
- thick, long and luscious, And
what did those cows do? They
nosed around the ash -pile; ate
branches off trees; reached over
the fence and nibbled at a little
elnt Partner set out last year; push-
ed their noses under the fence to
get at the fresh green oats. Then
they looked around for places in the
yard where the grass was the
thickest and greenest -and on it
they settled down to chew their
cud. They should be put out to
feed on some of the pastures we
have seen this year -perhaps then
they might. appreciate what they
hate at home.
UMMAY SCOIL
LSSOX
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By Rev. R. Barclay Warren,
B.A., B D.
JONAH LEARNS GOD'S
MISSIONARY PURPOSE:
Jonah 3:3-6; 4:1-11.
Golden Text: Salvation is of the
Lord. Jonah 2 :9b,
When Jonah is mentioned, most
people think of a titan who ran
away from his appointed task and
was swallowed by a great fish,
which God had trade. But not so
many know why he ran away.
Jonah was a prophet who loved
his own nation. He prophesied of
the extending of the coast of Israel
from the entering of Hantath unto
the sea of the plain. This came to
pass in the reign of Jeroboam, the
son of Joash. (2 Rings 14:25,)
But God gave him another as-
signment, He was to go to Nineveh,
the capital of Assyria, the greatest
empire of the day, and warn them
of h)tpending destruction. But
Jonah balked, He did not like this
menacing power to the north, More-
over, he knew that God was graci-
ous, and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness. These people
Wright repent of their wickedness
and than God would forgive theist
and Nineveh wouldn't be destroyed
after all, So Jonah fled from the
face of the Lord.
While Jonah was bobbing up and
down in the great fish in the i\iedit-
teraneatt, he earnestly sought the
Lord. He saw that saivatidu did not
originate with Israel, but was of
the Lord. He promised to pay his
vows. On release from his dark
prison he hastened to Nineveh, His
message was believed and a city
about the size of Toronto, turned
front their sin attd fervently prayed
to God. God forgave and did not
destroy the city. Then, Jonah, like
a spoiled child, pouted because these
Nincvehites were to be spared, Per-
haps there are people to -day who
would share something of his atti-
tude if the people of Moscow, front
Joe Stalin down, were to turn from
their evil way attd from the violence
that was in their hands, and cry
mightily unto God. Shame on such
people, God showed Jonah his self-
ishness in the lesson of the gourd.
Jonah was more concerned about a
little shade for himself that he was
about the welfare of Israel's poten-
tial enemies. Jacob Deshazcr who
!rotobed Japan with General Doo-
little's force is now preaching tie
gospel to those who tortured him
in prison. Such is the trite mission
ary spirit.
"Dear Anne Hirst: I atn frantie.
My sister-in-law, wltoni 1 have
helped In so many ways, is trying
to steal my husband!
"Ile confesses
he often visited
her while I was
working. S h e
called hint up
incessantly, But
itt denies there
was anything be-
tween then!,
"Site is really
a bad woman.
She has brad• several affairs since
she married, even while her !hus-
band was in service, lle does not
seem to know or carr, for what-
ever she says is all right with hint,
NO FAITH NOW
"I've told my husband I would
forgive hint. But I have no faith
left that ltc will not go back to
her.
"It is killing int to know he has
been so deceitful. I can't under-
stand why, because he was good to
me in every way. I just catt't be-
lieve anything good of hint any
more.
"I would leave this community,
but I have worked hard to build
up our business and our houtc, and
I hate to give it all up. And I
don't Ike to think of divorce. Please
advise rue.
DISGUSTED"
* To forgive a husband, and
4 then refuse to 'trust him again,
* is au empty gesture. When you
x' turn your back on hint in this
* way, you rob him of the one in-
* ceutive he has to be true to you.
* You must tell your husband
* that you will try to forget the
* affair, and that you will trust
* !tint completely not to visit tits
• worth again alone. Put him on
" his horror. That should inspire him
* to be true to you front now on,
* You can help him by being
* affectionate and considerate, and
* so proving that what has hap-
* pencd is a thing of the past.
Plan to go out togetier as
* often as yon can. Invite mutual
* friends in, and stake itis home
* life so interesting that he has
* no desire to be anywhere else.
* Take your vacation together, and
* use your charm and wit to be
* again the sparkling girl he star-
* maried. This will be your best
* insurance against the future.
* Of course you will not think
* of divorce -nor of moving away.
a A ratan who.wants to he unfaith-
'' NI to his Wife can be unfaithful
* anywhere. Stay where you are,
+ and win ,your husband all over
* again. if he is worth his salt-
*
alt--* and your are -you can, if, how-
* ever, Ire does not keep his word,,
4' is time enough to take other
steps,
* * *
There are more ways than onto
to keep a wandering husband hone,
Anne Hirst has the answers, and
she will help you through. Wr•ita
her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St,,
New Toronto, Ont.
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