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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-7-12, Page 2wod, ITS rtTRAGRAWCE 15 SEALED iIN VACUUM CHAPTER FOUR (Continued from last week) "I said I was killin' you. Not here. Not now, I'm killin' you when bhe sign is right and I'm col - lectin' the price on your hide." "Hide hunter, I figgered so. How much did you get for Ed Young?" "Enough to buy therm LF steers I'm winterin'. 'An' feed for 'ern, and maybe a little graze," "For Bob Anderson?" "I didn't git much. I had to split with a few more. Winters, your word ain't worth a damn in court. That's why I'm tellin' you this. The jury turned you loose, but it was old Judge Anders' speech-nmakin' that cleared you. Every man, woman and kid in this country thinks you killed Bob Anderson. You and that Texican started your Hoot -Owl Pool, Then what did you •do? You acted like a coyote. You turned on 'em. They're in the Last Chance now, taikin' it over, I killed Ed Young. I helped kill Bob Anderson, But you can't prove it in any court because they'd laugh at you. Even Bob Ander- son's sweetheart has turned you down." "Say that once more, Blake. Make it plainer, or I'll kill you where you stand!" "Ask her, Winters. Ask her where she went this evenin'. Try and find her tonight, if you can, Is that plain enough?" * r: Webb Winters' first caught Joe Blake square in the mouth, He followed it with a left and right that iropped Blake on the sidewalk. Webb left him lying there and calked back down the street, He 4578 SIZES 1:15 yrs,, -4444 Sunshine Set for your Toddler. Five items, ONE main pattern part each! Bloomers and shirry bra make her fat little figure so cutel Skirt, nun -hat, jacket., ton. Pattern 4578, 'Toddler sizes 1, 2, 4, 5. Size 2, bra, bloomers 11,4 yds. 35 -In.; ensemble 3 yards, This pattern, easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit, Has com- plete illustrated instructions. Send TWENTY-FIVE "CENTS (25c) in coins (stamps cannot be eccepictl) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Sand order to Box I, 123 Eight- eenth St., New 'Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 27 - 1950 had gotten an open confession from Joe Blake, A. confession that now confirmed a Iong-held suspicion that had been augmented by certain subtle remarks dropped by Judge Anders. Webb had baited Joe Blake into telling the truth, Blake had killed Ed Young, Blake and Ab Abbot had murdered Bob And- erson. Judge Anders had hinted at those facts tonight. But Judge Anders had kept Webb at his house for some reason. Was that reason Mae? Webb Winters was not a man who angered quickly. But now, as he walked down the dark road to the edge of town, he was gripped by a fury that tensed his every nerve, tightened his every muscle. He was breathing hard through his nose as he opened the door of Judge Anders' cabin. The big arm chair was vacant. Judge Anders' pipe lay on the table. The whisky bottle stood there be- side the chair, half emptied. The judge's hat was gone from its peg on the hall tree. The house was empty. Webb stood there, puzzled, be- wilderment in his eyes. Then he slid his six-shooter a little forward in the waistband of his trousers. He went outside, closing the door be- hind him. With a long. swinging stride, he headed for the cabin owned by Ab Abbot. A cabin known as "No Man's Land." Ab Abbot's town cabin was as notorious as any honkytonk or gambling joint in Rimrock. It was a four -room log cabin. There was a big living room, and a spacious kitchen presided over by a one - eyed Chinese who had been a hatchet man for a big tong. Ab Abbot had brought him to Montana from San Francisco and put him in charge of the house. Ab Abbot called him Cimino. Chino was shall, quick, wiry. 'He wore Chinese clothes and under his blouse, he always carried a .45 and a whetted butcher knife, Beyond the big living room with its hardwood floor, its leather sofa and chairs, its Indian rug and huge fireplace, were two bedrooms and a bath. Inside those log walls, thou- sands 'of dollars had been myon and lost over card tables. Ab Abbot loved cards and whisky and fast women. His parties would last a week. Abbot's favorite pastime wes sitting back in his big red -leather chair and shooting at different ob- jects in the room, Bottles, glasses, anything that made a good target. The log walls were pocked with bullet holes. That was Ab Abbot's "No Man's Land" there in the pines beyond the edge of town. That was where Webb Winters now headed, HA1''1'ER FIVE Bait For A Bounty -Hunter Through the low -pulled window blinds showed a yellow light. \Velib cautiously approached the place. Every nerve on edge, every muscle tight, he made his way through the pines, his gun handy. lie crouched there in the darkness, listening. No sound cause from within the log house. A shadowy forma passed across the big living roost, silhou- etted against the brawn window blind. Webb was about to start for the front door when he heard someone coming. Coming clumsily, 1um- bling his way through the night. Now the man was there at the front door, pounding on the door with the barrel of Isis six-shooter. There was the scraping of a heavy bolt. The door opened, revealing the wiry little Chino who had a gun in his withered -looking hand, 'rhe man who had pounded on the door was Joe Blake, "Where's Ab?" he growled. "Boss not home." "Don't tie to rate, you little rat Where's Ab?" "Boss no hone. You dlonk. Bette go home." "I tall you, you slant -eyed son, I got to see him." "Boss not home." "Where's the girl?" "No savvy." "You lie like hell. Ab Abbot's inside and so is site. I got to see hits. I got news," "Let him in Chino," called a voice from inside the house, "What the hell do you want, Blake?" Now Ab Abbot could be seen. He was in his shirt sleeves and he bulked there in the yellow light like some pot-bellied beast. He had a bottle of whisky in his right hand, a glass in the left hand. "Webb Winters is gunnin' for you, Ab," snarled Joe Blake. "He's killin' me and you on sight." "Come in, you drunken fool. Don't stand there curtain' off at the head like a mazpie. Come in." (Continued next week] _.+•.aw.s�tt V V Cross-stitch rose motifs are sim- ple to embroider; space to put an initial if you wish. Use varied col- ors or shades of one. Eight -to -the -inch crosses are done quickly. Pattern 931; transfer; one 6x24 -inch; two 5x13'4. Laura Wheeler's improved pat- tern makes crochet and knitting so simple with its charts, photos and concise directions. 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Such alt in- nocent looking little creek -it isn't even running now. All it amounts to at present is a few water holes here and there and some wet, marshy patches. Yet in early spring, swollen by the melting snow, that same creek has a strong enough current to cause a washout; to carry away the wooden bridge and dis- lodge the stringers beneath it. Now it is taking a lot of time and work to rebuild the bridge and to fill in the washout -to say nothing of the expense involved. But as I Looked at it this afternoon the thought came to me -there before me is the damage done by one small creek when it was in flood ... how can one possibly imagine the havoc caused by the Red River flood? And how can we even guess at the heartache of those poor folk return- ing to homes which in many cases had been loved and cared for years on end. Yes, the danger period of the flood is over but the tragedy and heartbreak will last for months to come -and that -is something we who are • more fortunate need to remember, Down here in Ontario farms and homes are still changing hands in marry districts -not through floods but for the simple reason that own- ers are selling their property. It is very interesting to watch the changes that take place under pew ownership, Sometimes property is improved by new owners; other times there are changes made which are not always to the good. Thus we find farms that were previously well kept becoming untidy and poorly managed, On the other hand, farms that were showing signs of degeneration have been given a new lease of life and unproved consider- ably, In any case new owners make thanges that are characteristic of themselves - and sometimes the changes are amusing. For instance, in one house the farmer's wife /had a great fondness for ivory paint, so in almost every room the woodwork was painted ivory. Then the prop- erty changed hands again. This time the lady of the house did not like ivory so wherever she found wood- work with an ivory finish she promptly painted it white! Then again the previous owner like the house and garden to be well fenced; the new owners had the opposite idea and tore down every fence that was not absolutely necessary., In another case new owners were determined to have their newly ac - mitred stone house spray -painted white, Fortunately they did not stay long enough to perpetrate that crintet Then there were the folk who loved old houses, complete with shutters. So they repaired and painted all the shutters. When they sold out the new owners wanted to give the house a "modern look," so the first thing they did 'was to remove all the shutters, The same thing happens in build- ing. One fatnily decides on a large spreading bungalow type of house complete with breezeway. In an- other, big picture windows give the place a distinctive touch -al- though picture windows are not as distinctive as they once were since so litany houses are now built with them. Some folk still have conserva- tive ideas and stick to the old - type windows. But in one thing I am pretty sure all new houses are alike -they all have modern bath- rooms and water on tap. On the outskirts of any town whenever you pass a number of new homes that are completely different in architecture I imagine it is a pretty safe guess to assume they are privately owned. Wartime housing projects ere conspicuous by their lack of individuality. But at least they have a frontage that is preferable to some of time others. Surely when new houses are being built it would be to the interest of the owners themselves to get to- gether and decide on a uniform frontage. We have noticed sections in the country where one house may be possibly 100 feet from the road another 200 and maybe the next one no more than 50 feet. Are there no regulations in this regard included in local building permits - or is that something than was overlooked? With farm homes it doesn't mat- ter much what distance they are from the road since it is rarefy two farm houses are built side by side -and in the old days location was usually governed by the site of the best water supply. And speaking of water -many houses built just outside the town limits must often tap the same spring. I wonder if the water sup- ply can be relied on to last indefin- itely? Queen Bess Wore First Silk Hose Last May the English silk stock- ing was 390 years old. The first pair ever to be worn in England were presented to Queen Elizabeth in May, 1560, by her silk woman, Mistress Montague. They had taken two months to make, and when they were placed on a table for the Queen's inspection' she declared they were too frail to wear, "No human leg could ever fit into then," said Sir William Cecil, If Sir William had not made that casual remark, women of to -day night still be wearing cotton and woollen stockings. The Queen took it as a challenge to her shapeliness, and to prove it, she picked up the silk stockings, and commanded her courtiers to wait while she retired to Iter chamber, She was away an hour, but when she returned she was smiling trium- phantly, "They fit right well," she said. "and henceforth I will wear no more cloth stockings." The Queen kept her word about wearing no more cloth stockings. Silk hose became the rage for both sten and women of fashion. Silk stockings of yellow, white, red, russet, tawny, and green, inter- laced with gold and silver thread and with 'quirks and clocks" about the ankle were habitually worn by gay cavaliers. Yet for three hundred years they were rarely seen on women, who kept their skirts so long that a legend grew to the effect that women had no. legs First matt to think of mass-pro- ducing these garments was William x,ee, of Cambridge, who invented a•stocking looms. Strangely enough, Elizabeth refused to grant Hint a patent. He took his loom to France, but died poor and broken-hearted before his invention was recognised. After his death some of his work- men established themselves in Eng- land and laid the foundationa of Engiish stocking manufacture. 4'DEAlt ANNIE HIRST; What ad - vire do you offer a young mother who has one child, another one coming, and whose home is about to be broken up by ;mother wo- man? (If you cats call these animals women). "Everything was serene nal- til she reared her ugly head. She is married, and has children. Divorce for the man is out -unless there is no other way. "I've always stayed home, and tried to be a perfect wife and mother, I think I have been, in spite of the usual line that Wren hand out about their wives when they're out on the chase. 'WHAT ABOUT ME!' "Most people tell me to sit tight, 'That's right, I believe too. But must I bear the brunt of alt the gossip without putting up a big fight for my man and my home? "This woman has had other men in her- life, and she is said to be as easy mark -which does look true, • "Doesn't she have any shame, or conscience? Doesn't she know that she's really dirt under anyone's feet? "M. L" * This other woman does not see * herself as others see her. She is * out for what she calls a good time, * and she is probably preening her- * self that site has added one more * man to her collecction. She has no * shame, no. Shame implies a- * standard of ethics which is for - * or* cign to her thinking. * Of course you will fight for UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev, R B. Warren, RA, B.D. Moses, Who Led His People to God Exodus 19:15-25; 35:4, 5, 21. Golden Text -If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my cov- enant, then shall ye be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people. -Ex 19:5. Should Moses sit down at the council table at Lake Success, or any other gathering of world states- men, he would soots be recognized as a great leader. I3e was a man of great devotion. He met with God. He knew what it was to bear a station before God in intercessory prayer. Unselfishly he pled for his people, turning down the oppor- tunity of himself being the father of a great nation: He preferred God's favor to any of the pleasures or honours of the world. Moses was a giant, intellectually. Taught the simple elements of righteousness by his parents. be went at tto become skilled in the wisdom of the Egyptians, Through hint, God gave the ten conmmand- . ments, the pillar's of righteousness for a Christian nation. Likewise, many other laws were set forth by this brilliant leader, He was an efficient organizer. He had the ability of imparting enthusiasm for a project, On his appeal, an over- abundance of materials was don- ated for building tate tabernacle. Again, when Israel was dancing around the golden calf, Moses called, "Who Is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me." The sons of Levi gathered and helped to purge Israel. Moseswas renowned for his rnedcuess and his patience. He led a nation from slavery --despite the protests of the king -to the border of Palestine, which was to be their homeland. God perforated many wonderful deeds by the heal of Moses. Moses did not seek morel,, to please the people. He ween't after votes, He was sent of Goa: to do a job, and he did 3t fear- 1esoly. He truly led the people to God. • T * Ater luau. Your best weapons, * however, are dignity and silence. * Any active attack upon this low * character would not diminish her * repu11uinn, that 18 already ac- *connmlished. 1t would tvr.Jccu your and kdefeat your * Ychw ,hue;] and s younot 4' now * Stand your ground. Refuse to * consider a divorce, and stick to it. * That will show her how futile are * their designs, and it will have a * chastening effect upon your bus- * band too, * His good name is bring tarn- * ished, and if he doesn't know it, * he is more stupid than I thinly * To desert a wife ihois as expect- ct- * ing a baby is * insult as a 'man can offer. It is * he who will "bear the brunt" of * this miserable affair, not you. 5 You can, however, lessen your * burden a great deal by refusing * to listen to any gossip your ac- * quaintances bring. up. To lend an * ear, to discuss the natter with * anyone else, is unbefitting a,""o- * man of your stature. No matter * what public notoriety your bus- * band invites, he is still your hus- * band and you expoct him to con- * time to, be. There is no retort * like silence. * Other sten before hint have '1' betrayed their pregnant wives. * But bow much worse it would be * if your husband had chosen one * of your own friends] He cannot * hope to marry this woman if you * refuse a divorce and I doubt if, * even free, he would want to. * Patience, and hope, are your * watchwords. You are getting a * shocking deal. But you will win * out, if you stand your ground. * * * When life looks black, tell (Anne Hirst about it, She will comfort you, and help you find the courage to better it or take it. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Bad Luck A picture was being shown on a cinema screen of a girl taking off her clothes at the edge of a river, before plunging into the water. In front of her ran a rail- way line, and just as the girl was removing her last garment a train came along, obscuring the view. When the train had passed, the girl was swimming vigorously. At this point a man muttered, "Damn." "I beg your pardon," said his neighbour, "did you say some- thing?" "Yes," said the other, "I've been to see this picture five threes this week, and that darned train's on time every night." WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE - Without Calomel - And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Ruin' to Go. The liver should pour out about 2 pinta of bile juice into your digestive tract every day. If thin bileds not flowing freely your food may not ditto*. It lust decay in the digestive tract. Thea gas bloat* up your otomueh. You get cenotfpoted. You feel sour, sunk and tbs world ('oohs punk, c It takes those mild, gentle Carter's Little Livor Pule to got these 2 pinta of bile flow. ing freely to make you fool "up and up" Got a package today. Effective in making bile flow freely. 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