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The Brussels Post, 1942-8-26, Page 7clarAietweiii , No Coupons r Post e Yon don't need ration coupons to buy Postern. This grand mealtime beverage with its delicious robust flavor offers you a splendid way to conserve tea and coffee. It's instantly made in the cup—VERY ECONOMICAL. 4 oz. size makes 50 cups 8 oz. size makes 100 cups "+e1":4,gi§ P292 AVM 4 - irl CEREAL eil4VsRAcs rite a Kcadeni. Hary IN,rAN,LT IN ,N1 cur SERIAL STORY' - SP RTNG B.L OD •BV HARRY HARRISON KROLL CHAPTER ONE Hunter Dent tried to keep his tanned, lean face from showing anger. Strickland Ballard, his boss, chuckled triumphantly, "Young man, whose estate do you work on?" "Yours naturally, sir," Dent said. Hie brown eyes were narrow. "You are aware, of course, that everything produced on au am- ployer's time by one of his em- rloyoea automatically becomes the omployer'e property? That is the law, sir." "But, Mr. Ballard, two years of the time I used to develop this Strain of prolific corn was during my last two years at the univer- sity—" Strickland Ballard lifted a thick, white hand. "That's beside the point, young man. I do seem to remember your saying something about Ballard's Prolific when you game to manage my estate, but the point is the type was fixed only this past fOI, and since planting and seed selection, and all the ex- perimental work, as well as land and fertilizers, came out of my pocket, and on my time, the prod- uct must revert to my ownership. You'd not wish to carry the claim tb court, would you?" "N -no, I suppose not, sir." "Fine, rine! Then it's all set- tled." Ballard clapped Hunter on ibe shoulder. Ile was fatherly and beaming. He started old as the limousine came trona the brick F,ar'age over at the • house and /rums, the liveried chauffeur, atop- ped tep- edinto the sunlight to await Mr. allard'e coming. The portly man turned. "And as for ,Firefly you know that . Bella le showing him fin the horse show at the tristate fair next week?" qthw 's FINE CUT Operated by Pat Burton, twice winner of the North. American and Canadian Calf Roping Championships at the Calgary Stampede, the Burton Ranch in Southern, Alberta was estab- lished in stab-lishedin 1890 by F. A. Burton. BRAND 'OF THE BURTON RANCH 7/L ISSUE 311—'42 A "How could I forget it?" Hunter Dent asked bitterly. "Now don't take it so hard, young man," Ballard said. "The same thing applies to the horse that applies to the Ballard strain of corn. It was a wager between no, and I won, that's all." "Wager!" Hunter echoed. He wanted to take a poke at that beaming, fatherly face, with its under -smile of cunning. "Certainly!" Mr. Ballard stated without batting an eye. "It was all a wager. I bet my land, money, time, against your skill and book - learning that you could make good (here, and so you did, and I won! You have to be a good loser, Dena. You have to learn sportsmanship!" "I'm learning, sir. Fast. The hard way. You call it sportsman- ship, I call it robbery. You think you're a great sport, I just have to tell you to your face, air, you're a .thief." "Them's hard words, pardner. I hope you smile when you say them!" Strickland Ballard broke out in a roar of laughter. Then he sobered, but remained father. W. "Tut, tart, son. Take it easy. I learned the hard way too. See all this?" He waved his hand at the /age barna; the fine country house over in the trees, the rolling lands, - the rich alluvial bottoms where the corn had been grown. Autumn sunlight sparkled in the quiet river. "Thirty years ago I was a country bumpkin, I was as thin as a rail. I chewed some barks and 9rerbs for my stonlach. It got well. They laughed at me, even the family doctor hooted at the idea the medicine cured me. 'All right,' I told 'am; 'I'll bet you that was it!' That was the beginning of Ballard's Remedies, Those barks and herbs through that wager be- came all this. Get the idea?" "I get it" Hunter Dent nodded. He was not less angry, but he did have a sneaidng admiration for this thick -hided man who bad won a major bet. A girl ou a sleek young Ten- nebsee walking horse came from, the stable not far from the two men. She was redheaded. She. wore riding breeches and a sweat- er that gave her contours grape and allure. "Hunter!" she called. Her voice was musical, just a shade husky. In his present mood her beauty shocked and outraged Hunter Dent, "Will you. etep this way, please?" "Go tend to Bella," Mr. Ballard. said. "And I must be going to work." "Mr, Ballard," Hunter called. "Yes?" Ballard ' turned again. "I just want to lay a new wager with you." "Ah!" The man's sporting blood was immediately stirred. By all means. What is it?" "I'm betting you a year's work next season against making you get on your knees and apologiz- ing to me for stealing everything' I didn't have clamped down in a written contract when I came 'to you four years ago. You're going to restore my corn, my horse, and beg my pardon, or next year I work for you without salary. Come on, conte on, youwireelhorse of a sportsman! ' Bet." Bella Ballard had Firefly leap the gate, and 'she joined thein, "Repeat that in my daughter's. Presence," Strickland Ballard cried glcetully. I$unter Dent did pro. Bella grin- ned, looking like her father: When tate wager was thoroughly under• stood the men shook hands. Mr. Ballard then waddled away, got' into the flashing car, and was whisked to town seven miles away where the Ballard Laboratories turned out the Ballard remedles. Bolla slipped from the saddle, walking with the moody 101118 rnan, "Dad will trim you again, Hunter, H*D never loses.. lie al- ways bets on sure•tbings." "You're telling me! Just the same I'm going to stake every- thing on this one roll of the dice. I know a thing or two he is over- looking." "For instanco?" Ile turned swiftly on her. "You —for one," She pantomimed a tremendous flutter. 'Why, Hunter! This is so sudden!" He gave her a black look. "Don't misinterpret my wager. I'm not .trying to marry you and licit your fatherthat way. I know you are engaged to be married to another man, I have no delusions about YOU, either." "Ah my?" she sighed, sagging. "And I thought I'd get a proposal this 'fine autumn morning! It all just goes to show. You said you know a thing or two—what is the other?" "That irresponsible crack -pot brother of yours, that son of your aporting "pannY, one Junior Bal- lard!" He watched, almost with satisfaction, the fun go out of her eyes. He did not wait for her to ask questions as to what he meant. He stopped. "Now you run along, sweet chile, and take your morn- ing's constitutional on Hun'ter's boss. Hunter bas to go somewhere and try to find his lost soul." "Red," the name Hunter knew her by, started to mount Firefly, but as suddenly turned to him, put her arms around his neck, and kissed him. Hunter was mo- mentarily stunned, When he bad come here to work, four seasons ago, and she was a filly of a kid, she'd been affectionate and had kissed him, because he must have seemed strong and. great to her kid mind; but now she was a young woman and should know what a kiss is worth, Maybe she did, at that. She got into the sad - d15 rooloed down at him, impish Ales in her eyes again. "Maybe that would help you find it, Hunter," she said, and moved off on the splendid horse Hunter had bred, reared, trained. For Hunter it was a tough day. He [belabored himself to keep from tearing his hair and going wild and shooting the place up. It was late when be went to the office, which was located in the second storey of the garage. Here were a desk, a big steel safe, filing cases far farm records and rec- ords of the purebred Jersey herd, the horses and cheep. Everything was registered -here at Ballard's. Over at the house some kind of a Party was in progress. Hunter could hear music and hilarity. It would last until dawn. He'd have to load the drunks in the morn- ing, likely. He posted his books, and wearily lay down, 'without re- moving his clothes, on the office day bed. He must have been sleepier than lee. thought. What the hour was When something limp and heavy fell aeross his bed, waking him, he did ,not. know. A thin moon was sinking. When Hunter got out from under the obieet and switched on a light he discovered Junior Ballard lying oe bhe floor in a stupor. Junior was In tells and white tie. Hunter put him on the bed. He looked down on the pale, dissipated face. A good kid, in a way, too ... and a bad one. There w•a.s a soft leather satchel lying on the floor. Hunter picked it up, saw the spot was a emear of blood. There was blood on the .boy, too. He saw a longserateh on Junior's sem. He opened the bag and after that time, nor any- Ca.ma.ala To Have Parachute Troops Canada's first paratroops wwil take their training at Fort Ben- ning, Ga., until training facilities have been establiahed in the Do- minion, it Was learned last week. Defence Minister Ralston told the house of Commons that a battalion of paratroops had been authorized and that instructors were leaving for the United States to get "immediate instruc- tion" on paratroop training there. It was the Fort Benning camp to which he referred, spokesmen said. They expressed belief a considerable body of troops would go there in the immediate future. The training of paratroops takes a considerable establish- ment. One of the most expen- sive and intricate part of the set- up is the high jumping tower where men make their first des- cents—machine-controlled to pre- vent accidents while they are learning the ropes. Germans Reveal Clothing Shortage Some indication of the acute - clothing shortage in Germany is xeflected in the report that the Nazi Youth Leader, Arthur Ax - man, has issued an appeal urging the people to go barefoot in the summer to save leather and tex- tiles for the troops, the BBC stat- ed recently. For A Cute Baby aT 01 l.�yo M1r,r A� At Tae I � r r `r mi 4*' idpe� r10�i old in :�yy 4d�/Q 1�poR�g kre - x•'"_•_ deo . gra.,, V7424 #.0,11, �L ( t t VI! rNi rY&:6' i�s °pry` `ly�jgv . iiuLst�%tcefec, "Peek a boo!" says bunny from among colorful lazy -daisy flowers —a charming and easily embroid- ered decoration for baby's car - siege or crib cover. Just the Wing for that new baby! Pat- ter 898 contains a transfer pat- tern of a 12 x 13, a 6 x 94 and six 8 x 414 inch motifs; illustra- tions of stitches. Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needle- craft Dept., Room 421, 73 Ade- laide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. thing else, mattered much. When he finished counting the contents he had $17,000 in cash. (Continued Next Week) GOOD EATING NEWS So delicious are Orange All -Bran Muffins that they'll take the place of expensive, sugar -consuming desserts.- Try them some night, served piping hot right from the oven with fresh butter and a crock of homemade marmalade. Hero's the recipe: ' Orange All -Bran Muffins 2 tablespoons shortening fit' cup milk IA cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 egg 1,4 teaspoon salt 1 cup All -Bran 2144 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons grated orange rind Cretan shortening and sugar thoroughly; add egg and beat well. Stir in All -Bran and milk; let soak until most of moisture is taken up. Sift .flour with salt and baking, powder; add orange rind; add to first mixture and stir only until flour disappears. Pill greased muffin pans two-thirds full and bake in moderately hot oven (400°F.) about 30 minutes. Yreltl: 12 muffins (2% inches in diameter) or 8 large muffins (3 inches in diameter). Note:, When sour milk or buttermilk is used instead of sweet milk, reduce baking powder to one teaspoon and add % teaspoon soda. HVen those old standbys—doughnuts, waffles, gingerbread and such—are improved by a new trick now and then: With- gingerbread the idea !s to add bran to the batter. The taste results are superb. The directions follow: All -Bran Gingerbread . 4(, cup shortening 2 apps flour 14 cup sugar - 44- "teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 teaspoon, baking powder % cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda % cup boiling water 1 teaspoon ginger 31 cup All -Bran 2 teaspoons cinnamon Blend shortening and sugar; add eggs and beat ulttil creamy, :Add roolnsses and mix well, Pour boiling 'water over All -Bran and add to first mixture, Add flour sifted with remaining ingredients and stir until hatter is smooth. Bake in greased pan, with waxed paper in the bottom, in moderate oven (350°F.) about 46 minutes, Yields 12 servings (0 x0 -inch pan). Note; pour packages of cream cheese and chopped 1111t- rlleatt can be used to decorate the top of the gingerbread if desired. ,• ;E °F' P 1T "O!H MUli ,I SHAT' NE FOR/ E �. Like little girls and eunny smiles, fresh peaches end. Nabisco Shredded Wheat just naturally go together! It's a luscious morn- ing treat—and something more besides. For Nabisco Shredded Wheat is made from 100% whole wheat, including the bran, minerals, and wheat germ so helpful to girls and boys. THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. Niagara Falls, Canada T x 1"LE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS More Requests At this time of the year when everyone is trying to conserve everything, there are many re- quests on something for canning. Here are some requests which were left over from last week. Oven Canned Beets For each quart use 10 or 12 whole young beets (small), 1 tea- spoon salt and boiling water. Wash the beets thoroughly, Put in a pan of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes, Dip in oold water to make beets easier to handle. Remove the skins. Leave whole or sliced and pack into hot sterilized jars on which sterilized new rubbers have been adjusted. Add salt and boiling water to fill the jar within ei inch of top. Screw tightly; then turn one turn to left to allow for expansion. Place in oven at 275°F. for 2% hours. At the end of this period remove jars from the oven and complete the seal. Invert, cool as rapidly as possible to preserve the color. Store in a cool, dry place. Oven Canned Carrots For each quart use 1 Ib. car- rots, 1 teaspoon salt and 1% cups boiling water. Wash young and tender carrots or scrape If de - aired. Carrots may be cut length- wise, quartered, sliced or packed whole. Place in pan and boil for 6 minutes, Pack the carrots loosely in hot sterilized jars on which naw sterilized rubbers have been adjusted. Add salt and boiling water to within t14 ince of top. Place in oven at 275°F. for 2% hours, Remove from oven, complete the seal and in- vert the jars. Cool rapidly and store in a dry cool place. Plum Conserve 8 cups chopped plums '4 cup seedless raisins % oup chopped orange % cup water 7% cups granulated sugar 34 cup •chopped nuts % cup liquid pectin Prepare plums; pit, chop and pack into measuring cup. Meas- ure all fruit and water into large kettle; stir until it comes to a' boil. Cover and simmer slowly for 15 minutes. Add sugar and mix well. Bring to full boil un- covered, stirring constantly. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in pectin. Skim and pour at once. Cover with paraffin wax when cool. Store in dry, dark, cool place. Miss Ohnnlbern Welcomes peraonel letters tram interested renders. She to pleased to receive suggestions on topica for ber column, and la vu ready to listen to. your ,spet scevea." Requests for recipes or special menus are In order. Address your letters to °Minn Sadie n. Cham- bers, 7e Weed Adelnlrlo Street, To- ronto;' Send clomped telt-addressed envelope If you wish n rents. More than 130,000 of the Lon- boners bombed out of their homes during the heavy raids are now comfortably settled in new hones, Curb Placed On Aids To realty War -Time Prices and Trade Board Cuts Out Frills Feminine glamor and a tighten- ing war economy squared off for the inevitable showdown last week. Risking the fury of a "woman scorned," the Wartime Prices and Trade Board decreed heartlessly that,: Nail polish shades will be re- duced from as many as 23 to six. Ladies will have to get along on four instead of 10 lipstick shades, including refills, Rouges and face powders will tome in only four shades. Perfumes, colognes, toilet wat- ers, talcum powders and bath dusting powders will be limited to Sour odors—brands if you think thus more genteel—per manu- facturer. Hand and face lotions, bat, dressings, oils and tonics will be restricted to three types. And teat's not all. The new order also prohibits manufactur- ors from distributing miniature or sample sizes or replacing new cosmetics on the market without. permission. There's one consolation for Flap- per Fanny and Dowager Dora— no effort will be made to stand- ardize varieties. For instance, the Board says, 10 producers of face powders could sell a total of 40 different shades betweeu them if each were restricted to four. Bu nutting down on the frills, the Board hopes to help keep the price ceiling in place. These new sacrifices, it predicts, will pare costs, inventories and waste, re- duce demand for fancy glass bot- tles and lower eonsuanption of metal for containers. Phonograph Records Thousands of popular dance ele ttaooaAl oAuomaic choose available for Rent. Write for particulars. Vigneux:wros. 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