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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1926-04-08, Page 6oe 00 AMPED 13y 11AYMO7A:13 L,. St]IIROCK and PAUL GULTCK. al CHAPTER VI, ENTAIL oC'r bin GALT,AHAN. The'riuuar `that the ;lits 0 hndmi ueiv hcnd had eventually leaked into the .Post t Calgit }. The: as u1t was n vest te /I -Mao Callahan of the Maauntad Callahan rias a natty efflcez -Lle had zed hair and .i tiny rest' mustache, a5. shiny and we.1:greased as it rethe heats in ri htch •.Chuck's fax was now reflected, Why he dill it, Malloy never-, knew. i t dust have been the Irish in him.But as though by accident, a needy. -peeled potato sipped out of his Land and 1 fell directly on that' shiny boot, The lumbering and cluursy effort to retrieve the potato only Made matters worse. -for the boot. But Cala laha'i ony chuckled. Ile was' Irish •carelessn ess 1 ttutg t fall, to him on that Roman race? Did he have something up itis sleeve? He just bet- ter look attliat team of his again. . catling' Corbett, he asked him if his enikle hurt him' too much to -give the I'alaminos a try -out.'" Corbott''was �; illi ig, and for the next half hour, Regan watched carefully every of .the beautiful animate as they sped up acid down the track. Every tithe the Roman teams -.came out, Chuck Jones found some occasiott to witness . the training, Usually it it Was, a chore that was no part of his work as a ppotato-peeler, Te -day he walked slowly' about the end of the track where Regan stood busily toting a forkful of hay, and with seeming t e . i' a again the ground." All would have gone well, to -day, as it bad done so often before, if Chuck had; not dropped the hay in front of Blackie Smith.'' So intent;,wes he on the traek and the' Roman team that he jabbed the fork droivn into the hay again without seeing -what he was doing. Unfortunately' for. Chuck the g e fork landed on the most favored,of all of. Blackie's pet corns. With a howl of pain Blackie made a pass at Chuck, Which missed as usual.; • "My God, you louteget get back -to your potatoes. Whatineliou doin' here anyway?" But he did not press the matter further,"I as Corbett- as "just dismounting, : S •"Groat work Corbett! A little more trainin' an' we'll win the shirt right off'n Morton's back.',' As Regan stepped back he almost trod on Ohuek. He.looked at him good- naturedly. Not so Blackie., "I thought,I told you to git back to your job)." and he shied another ineffectual look Chuckward. But Regan was more kindly, And besides, he was: feeling 'pretty much elated after the tryout. Don't do that, Blackie. Aid you have something en your mind, sonny?" Pointing at the team the men, were leading away, Chuck timid earnestly:. "They'd go a lot faster if Corbett didn't lay back so bard on the reins." A chorus of laughter in which .even Meganoined greeted this observation from the potato-peeer. Blackie' was about to lay violent hands on Chuck, When e he shook himself free and ahngt s "I know something about horses, I. do. And to` prove it, I'll just ride that tough one that almost made an angel out of Corbett." -- Tenderfoot baiting is„the most en- joyable pastime of the cowboy,and it was no time at all before the potato - peeler was' in the saddle on top of the prize outlaw of the- Bat 0 'ranch. Many a man before Dan Malloy has let, Pride and Anger get the better oar Prudence. Dan thought Officer Calla- han hod gone for the day. He hadn't. As the outlaw plunged towardthe fence Dan eaw to his disgust. and astonishment the waxed mustache, the red hair and queettoning-eyes of that same Callahan. "Nice day," he observed by way of introduction, as he wiped the soiled boot with his gauntlet glove.' "A oh'" : drawled chuck without� > looking up. It was not the voice of Bill Harkness., "Stip 0 r Lound here?" a sted the poljeeman, rocking back on his heels. Chuck rose slowly and wiped his hands, carefully before be s oke: His P hat was' filled well fleece on his head in the manner be affected, His dull looking blue eyes held no spark ' intelli e ce in them as they enoft at the officer frown 'the' pulled down brim. "I've peered. enough spuds to be call- ed. it native son." Smilingly Iooking him over, Calla- hant yiiade another thrust. "Do inuche riding?' he hazarded, still rocking on his heels. - The same drawling voice replied with tto onoye intelligence than before. "Nope. if I gotta have blisters, I 'ant 'em on my feet" As he'said;it, Chuck looked' down at his feet, the great toes of which could be seen pink- ly peering out of his weil<worn shoes, Callaghan really laughed at this sally. Then he grew serious. With a sudden. motion, he brought his hand down sharply on Chueh's shoulder. As that individual jumped guiltily, Calla- han laughed again. . "You'll dot 'What's your name?" "Jones, Chuck Jones, champion po tato-pea:er of Alberta." "All right, Jones. Beard about you. Just came up td get acquainted. See you again." And the red-haired one took himself off to'rejoin-l4liss Alberta, who had been a witness to the inter- view, Chuck resumed his potato peeling, but the smile did not return to his face until he saw the representative of the law canter out of the ranch gate. ' As Callahanwent out another party of horsemen entered. .Alt its head was Al Morton, owner of a ranch tie fa - moils as the Bar 0 and qs full of de- sire to win the money at the approach- ing- Stampede. Morton and has party were made welcome at the corral fence, where the men of the Bar 0 were watohing the try -outs. Morton handed Regan a pamphlet printed in red and biae"k with a cut of a man on herseback,on the cover. It announced the Calgary Exhibition, Jubilee and /Stampede, S Heeiiy,eleventh. sr"Hrt is, Andy, o kight off the press.- That ought to draw a bigger crowd to Calgary than ever saw . the Stampede before. 1 guess, though, that .you wen't lttive much chance at the prizes that year from all I hear." "Whitt do you mean?" asked Regan, bristling. Morton was a than who dearly liked to tease. He had teased the salter -minded and earnest Regan within an inch of his life for the last ten years, Ever since lie had discover- ed how easy it waif. • "My boys got everything nailed dawn this year as far as 1 cam see. We done you up pretty weli last year, but that ain't a circumstance to what we will do to you this year. Thanks." Regan always carried a bunch of etogios in his outside breast pocket. He usually bid them when Morten was around, It always wonted to Mellon that they were there for his espe sal benefit; Ile never failed to help him- self. . "Weil, maybe you did get more than you was entitled to last eat incl'udii3' the Roman, race. But its all different this year. This time she's my meat. Got a 'new pair and they're beauts,. Pni tailin' you." "Rave on, Andy rave on, But I've. got a pair of mosses that travel faster'n gossip. And more than, that, I've got ten'thousand clones that ,says that they can beat your peer in a walk." ,. • "Done," ).aid Regan eagerly, "My stand on it. The ten thousands is us good as mine." ' — The two men shook hands., Morton was the merrier of the two. It was the second ten thousand' that had been wagered on that Roniah race. "You don't mind if I siuolte ,another of thoseburning shames do, you?" asked Morton' as he helped hinese f to another' of Regents stogies. "They burst just like your money." And he walked off still toughing. 'Regan look- ed ooked ,annoyed. Why -was Morton so anxious to bet these larae,surne with °S°tee . "',V It makes them smile.- ' lt's sure .. worth:_:while,, rG'H.16,401.1.00 «rw. I-SllE No. 1,1---'26, �eF See' „,yf Cr re meal After • CHAPTER VII. • THE NIGIiT WIND. It is quite possible that Dan Mal- loy could have weathered this equine whirlwind. He .had tamed worse in the States and he was enjoying hitu- self hugely -until he espied Callahan. )3ut there is one thing that no roan can do. That is to ride a bucking broncho and be thinking about some- thing elKi. This term of exercise re- quires' undivided attention, and oven at that it very likely to mei/0 dis- astrous. So it is no wonder that the next second found Dan Malloy, or rather, Chuck Jones, trying to dig a ditch in the turf of the corral. His violent impact with the ground shook Chuck back into : eherrletee .with resounding suddenness and his first geature was the characteristic one of pulling do-iyp Ms small brimmed hat over hie eyes. Itis next w'as more nletural and leea artful. It also, served to relieve_ his injured feelings. He expelled his breath a couple of times with heft Mored lips, so that hie: cheeks gave tar offeet of a pole of thoroughly inflated balleene. 'The eight was se grotesque that Re , Alieerta, Blackie and the others geor, watching this tender foot t igto ride the outlaw buret fti'o gales of .laughter, Chuck could not be mulch hurt after all, though he had taken as eqpee).goular a fall as ii was possible to tape, It - might be that potato peeling would have tb he undertaken in a atandiing position for a few days. • The' 'ytpt-eyed Cahalan, who thought he saw some justiiioation for the suspicion that had taken pen. session of him when ho first saw Chuck was as =Mod as the above but with .this antusofliont there was also a tinge of disghst that he could have suspected that this boobish po- tato -peeler could have'anyteting to do with the myste tiously disappeared Dam ,Malloy. However, he lied folltiw- ed to the letter the precept Of the ser- vice, never give up your man.. Calla- han never did. He was one of the: most, et entloss and s"Ic'roit trackers of the Mounted. In spite of his dandified appearance, he was a hard man to elude. But even Callahan now ad• mitted to himself that he had been following a cold scent. "Well Regan,” he said to the ranch - man as' he tented the little group that was still laughing at the ridiculous -- plight of the flattened 'K,P., "you .can't` make,. a morning glory out of a ague, can you? The Almighty didu t give them clinging vines. "Yoe damned right,' laughed Re- gan, "bat I hope he Is not damaged, He is a [toad potato-pselef. Ile better stick to the potato barrow in the; fu- ture. Much safer in the long run."_ Pretty, gentle -eyed Alberta, almost submerged in the shadow of her huge sombrero, looked long and sympa- thetically as the ungentlo cowboys helped Chuck to his feet. There vias something very engaging in the peeler of potatoes, and she had frequently surprised a queer and, unintended smile on his face whet', - supposing he was' -unobserved, he thought his thoughts as Ise b_nteove his humble- task umbletask at the' door of the can -to. As she took Callahan's erne to go, ug to the house, she looked over her shoo -clef;, and waved her hand rather surrepti tiously in Chuck, s dirail on ' lle did net wave baek, hut his solei warmea at ,this feminine iani•C5 it Ltion of eo:i- ce; retie. han.: spud basket, 0 he had ween that cold , inquiring path' of lee' eyes, he ndgft have 'tuck on Sweet Marie and proved to time ranch'that, he eetuaisy did"know something about hereto. /II view of ale 'disguise and the suspieleni of the Officer,, that Would.not have been SO f(ood. Dan admitted, the fact un heertatingly. ; It was the first Pali he had ever taken from the back of a horse that tilled him with complete satisfaction. Thiel certainly was -'one of his most lucky days. While his luck held , he would try it to the utmost. -.He wart in a reckless mood as he planned his next, adventure. For this business of being a boob had to be ' compensated for tonte,way. 'And there was only one way that gave Mailoqq arty hick. Even under -watchful- oyes, it was easy enough, with' hie ready: wit and steel nerves, and with a fair break In the ,luck, for Malloy to play Chuck Jones Bit vthen ,night came, the yearning tote with the eplendid'creas. tures he loved so well was' more than Dan could ;resist. Time and again he had exercised thie yearning while the rested the Tench eves wrapped in slumber. Since he., was at the very bottom 'of the social ladder'he was not emitted even to sleep in the bunk ).Ouse, He' had a shakedown in the lean-to just fact, he';couldhave ot�ak off-the steps from the doorway where ho conductedthe sur- gcai operations on ,the. tubers and been hs bed. But this arrangement suited Dan to a T. ; .He was free to come and go as - he peeased. No one kept any cheek on his movements. l'ven such .small ,'belongings as he treeasured were safe from; prying -eyes Under his bunk or on the wall in an old boiler.: If ,Callahan had taken the trouble• to search this modest couch or have a look ` at the Jones' wardrobe in the humble receptacle on the wall, he would^have been the most surprised man in all of Canada. But Callahan's suspicions had : been lulled to sleep. Besides, he was having a very agree able time in the ranch parlor listening to Alberta ging and .play. , Hie mind wad: ' thoroughly occu sed with thoughts of how attractipve Regan's daughter was growing, up to be, and blow archly she laoked at him out of her black eyes framed in a mist el' the yellowest of hair. He had forgot - tee `Chuck 'Jones. and Chuck` had for- gcttenhim, ,-(To be continued.), eteteeweetweege Letting in the Spring. - Mont folk believe that ppring rises from the ground, or that it breaks out on the tips of bushes and treee; or: comes with the signal of a.badee oaii, or the creeping forth of a tiny insect. They may, in a sone., be right, but they do not go far enough," No Mat spring meanest 'arrives'swhile your eyes look down, or while they are fog cused on sole small objeot. Spring comes from above; it 'arrives at an early hour just when the night falls back—an unfettered and wholly lade' finable emergence , from a mist: morn- ing of sunsbine. It ie high above; 1t le beyond the freed -and the steeple; and It calls the whole world to rise and meet it—to look up. There is just ae much spring in.the town as in the- country. Sometimes there seems to be more. It is- when the meat that brings 1t shakes above the roofs before the tiles are dry. It le as definite as the posdtoan's dazuble knock, and you take it in with the Mane pleasurable anticipation as you dC th-'totters, aitd •talk about the cor- ing.holldays, and things you did last year when you were an'ay, and tile; year, before thee, and the year before that again,until It seems that all things aro happy things, and verything la'potzelble. . -. Spring comes with 'almost over- powering beauty as you croec the bridge that spans the river. - Here, over the Water and up into the eky', the sunlight has. full play and makes the moot of it. Faint aro the far-off build- ings, the domes' anal spires, with the tint of Untouched bloom: From the brim of the watoi-a white bird rises, *keel's In an arch of glistening silver, turns •sbat,ply, and thole spreading two great wings,'pierces `the spring. It is lost in tate mist, ]sigh up, but 1t tails to the world to follow. The steps, leading to the oillce are dark atter the sunshine, and the email back roam le gloomy, Jsnd then a man in sltlet eieeves, weal a short ladder, a buekett, and an eseertment of elegise, emerges from somewhere, apologizes ter intruding, sets to work vigorcusdy on the dirty, eleuded Window penes; washes, dziiaa-, flicks, pouches, and hur- ries away to, another room. With a rush of liberated gladness the tiering coanoe in. —0 Slater In Doubt, "You are the sunshine et my elfe. Your Mille falls `like lightning inte my scut. With you by my sdde I would defy all elle etorms of life." "Is this a proposal or a weather :re- port?" Had His. Nerve, A- customer ).vent into a store and picked up an article, walked out with It and `told the Meek to charge 11. , "On what account?" called this clerk. "On account of not having ainp money with me." 9 ' .etehry had had 8 rather narrow -- escape he told tum e if ae he tool/ u;) hie knife and attacked the bottma.esa 1251, PRINCES E S DRESSES . 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Every detail is explained so that the inexperienced sewer can make without difficulty an 'attractive dress. Price -of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain ly, giving number acid size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in stamps or coin (coin. preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Pattern Dept, 'Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 West Ado. laid* St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. • • The Music in the Air...: • There's musde en the upper alr,. not just when morn is nigh, • - But when the 'twilight sbadows come to veil the evening sky. So when the ehoree at Last are done, Dull up nn easy chair, And tune the radio to catch the music in the air! "The $oure 1 spent with thee, dear heart, are like a string of pearla- O take tno•back, 0 take me back `to - 'Gin, 'Gin 'Gjnny girls. The price of -eggs is 80 cents, and eauliflower'e high. For all the lode they smile on nee while coming through the'Rye "0 honey, honey duan --roll hook, I'se got de home-brew blues? Tout. winter hat may be broad'brim- marl or turban as you choose. O thou sublime sweet evening star, restecli sty spirit's dream, Reel Rifling Hood she saw the wbef, and, then let out a soreami " Some vegetables require, of course, a light and sandy loam, 'Tie lett a love Rest (tuin to tum) that we can call our. home. The -price of chicken feeds high, but • less in quantity, So roll 'em, girls, roll 'em -my Swiss tnisaa misses met" - There's music in the evening hie and ' there.1 oleo speech, e To entertain or edify, to kill the time or teach. . So put your goose old sippers on, and pick an easy chair, Tune up the radio and catch the musl'c in the who. Elsla Duncan rale. • Lilting Nature. There appears to be no end to my liking for Nature; whethera tree is so leafy that It reduces the whole heavens to a few blue eye.3y or whether the twigs :are es thin and bare as the Medal lege that use thsnn--it ie all the carne to me. -.W. IL Davies. in "Later Days. bemand for-elassy figs. More than 250 pedigree pigs were bought in Great Britain by the Russian government alone Iasme yeah; and tete export trade generally in British pigs during the year enjoyed a boom. Show Your Goods, This 111/110 parable was puhlleabed •Fe penn Joney:s Iiad some'thingus to soli, . And Janes •talked' 'am"-ialitcd `aboni :thecn continuously. But nobody bought. Ho showed 'pretty picturee : of them in colors on ehlny paper,• But he did no- tra;1sY So he retired • harder and toga; er and .harder, until his threat •grew weak and hie Main ttree And shill he. did no Trade. • Someone acid to hem: •'Try carrying the geode you went to sell with you, nod let them do the telking." Jove" carded the geode, and there cazne Intiulrles and orders Haid much deinand. 'The partible carr-.iec an eternal 'Wadi ing, • People think far • more of .wbwt We dei -then "of what we say. • A critic says: "'What You><lo, apealia so Madly T cannot hear what you say." Wo be- lieve that %notions speak louder than words'; and that poesessdoe is a big- ger thing time profession. It is not what We believe that m&ses the world better; it ie always what we bo: The Ohl Book argues:. "Though x speak with the tonguee of men and augele, and have,'the gift of prophecy; and give my -geode' to 'feed the poor - and my body tohe burned, it ',have not Iove.,I am nothing, and love euffer- eth long and. le kind," No; you mai bettered' everything there is to beeleve in the world, but• unless you translate your faith into. prantice, peeplo will oeil9•plte Sou. .• We want to see the :goodie. 'Wonder have so often _deooived ue, then unless we can handle and compare we don't aocopt. Again again an a in 11 le said in bud - UMW: "Let me see your samples: 11 is not what we say about our produeta that mabteie. ' We must examine for ourselves, and the eyes of purchasers ane keen. They can seen detoot-the flaw or the , triele. Human treat is so delicate a'tlieng that it has only to be bettayed once, and 'lir.* are not ready to expose it again. We have each something to offer the world that no one else has—, bit of special 'service, or love or hope Or Comfort: eats we make the eater people will naturally sok to see what effect it has upon ourselves, If I make the profession I shall be expected to de- 1.•iverethe goads. Not what I say Mut- ters nattens, muchc what I de affects things eternally,', Good' works and good geods, and a' good dteart work won- ders and Carry us through when words and postures mean nothing. Men cannot cheat for. long. If you Promise, then &train all your powers to fulfil that promise,for by the fulfil - 'emit you will be judged et the bar of human nature and not "ley the former. Let your word be your bond, and no ono wilt eomplain. Ltfs because so of- ten the word. and ,the bond haV'e beet. divorced that others have been led to doubt us. Remember, we ane never oft fluty; antt1 duty ever meape doing. So it youeere In an oflee, strive to do your, work in the best way; if ba - hind `a counter, bo honest and don't lie. It you cannot teeil the 'truth, say nothing. And if •your Work is it the horns; thens'tr`ive to Indite yours, the very best home in the world. In the end people will thank God you have lived if you praettoee what you preach and always ring true. Truck Farmer. • 'Poacher --"Do you know what a truck farmer is?" Tommy—"Sure: My uncle's a farmer and has two trucks." see to $wallow Village. Pelnsea, England, an ancient little viiiage, appears destined for the bet. OM of the ocean, a fate experienced by outer Yorkshire towns of centuries pce4.. The sea for 50100 time has been working its way toward Ittine'ea at the rale of about 13 Inches, a month. Coast erosion, duo to high seas., has been causing concern - all along the east Yorkshire coast, It is being Washed away at the rate of 2,27 feet per an- aum neereilridlingCon, 1nereasdng to 15,8 feet at Iiihtsoe, which is 'near Spear Point. A Study in Reds, Where the slow river meets th.e tide, a red swan lifts red Wings and darker beak; and underneath the ,purple down of itis: soft breast , uncurls his coral feet. —H. D,, in "Leda." Gik.NT. MOTOR SHIP MAKE$" MAIDEN'Til1P ; The rico 111.8r, As'lrias, he world's s laigea motor craft afloat, viiet recently completed tne i dei voyage Prem Elea tean,ptoe to Been08 Alrec. The liner has a greet tonnage of 22,137 tons. - Ilea squat funnels lend a queer api:carance to t!ia, t.iner. iii r 337118:. -1 The choice teas us exclusive. ly inS 1 a yield ri hly of their d tier 1s us doodness. ySalada. IN THE SPRINGTIME- On Monday h-lareld we sent home, so as W "get it over with" Thle le el from echoed because of a cold. Hie mother -sant him back on Tuesday but he was again sent home bacautie of the cold, Thep Nes'old''s mother really was in- dignant. She :sent Harald back on Wedne5dery wbth a hot note to.tho teacber' tee the foolishness of keeping a pupil away' from eehooI just because of a dole. The teacher' relented and 1-Iaral4. attended school until lerl'day, whenehe "broke eat" with measles,. ' The "coed„ wee really not a 'cold at oda-but Measles. Hai'oid ,'had" been spreading metisles those four days' be - tore t'b,e rash :came out., Witt the. sdiubbore, mother and the pliable teacher he wasthe cause of an :epi. (tewic of nieeeles in the school.Most a# the parents' said: "Weld, entee omit' meaalest" 'limo, it was only,meaales,, but one of the .children developed pneuntonla and died, another was, so erexxkened that Ma measles ,wee followed be tuberoulosds' and ,a third had a dis- charging ear that left him permanent- ly deaf. .. Symptoms of the Disease: A person oomin =.down with measles has "a cold in the head," sneezes, the nose runs, the eyes water,-tiWIidsare red, and perhaps swollen,- there'is of- ten a cough, and a alight fever. The fever and all of the symptoms` grow. worse gradually so the patient le usual- Iy very sick and uncomfortable when about the fourth day the skin rata). op- pears. The danger of spreading measles is greatest during the "cold-in-tlte-head" stage before the the rash tomes out. The germs are speed in the discharges from the nose and throat and possibly from the watering eyes: A Mistake "To Get it Over With." Measles le ,such a common disease, that parenta aro apt to take little pains to avoid lnfootion. Sometimee they Sven expose their eliildren pttrpeeele mistake. Special care should --be takese, as- eecialdy during the 11101-liive years of tile, when meet of the, fatal wee& oc- cur' . Pew people dee'' of measles if properly eared for; Cal -Mese' notelet - nosy ureingmay. result in Infeetlon"wit1L the germs of %tuberculoses and pneumonia. Measles is one of those diseases wheel' rarely kild;t- In itself, but killer Utter on `by ednsplications, stech ate bronchitis, •mates norma or tuberculosis. It isvery likely to . rfect the ears,' dousing aibscase`of' the tears. and even, rapture of the ear drums. From the' changes it •makes in 'the hearing 'ap-`: paratus, it is believed• to, caelee ems; tenth of the deafness. that conies on- 1n' later iife:; • _ Bronohitle, pneumonia and tuber- culosis,/ flnd fertile ground in tire Per- son with tneasees, especially if there is Iack.of care. "Ite caught cold offer nfeaeles",.es the old etoryi Keep the patient in bed, protected from drafty orany clitiding influ:enoe: give him light nous'lehing -food with plenty of water, and continua the careful atten- tion during the convalescence; Serum Sometimes Helpful , Blood serum, taken from a patient about two or three ;weeks efter-re °every from meseles, .will ProteoL a person' into whom it Ie injeetes, 'In foot for the protection of weak child- ren under four years, • especially for, chfedrea in hospitals or institutions where exposure is fairly certain it measles breaks out, the use of this convalescent serum has been very helpful. This )'roteetive serum is not avallables everywhere but every person can recognize the possibility 'et mem- les when a child has watering eyes and a cold in the, head with signs of fever. Thie• precaution may mean safety for many. Spring months: