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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
BLACK DAWN
CHAPTER VI
SYNOPSIS
by Victor Rousseau
Dave Bruce, out of a jab, arrives at
Wilbur Ferris' Cross- Bar ranch.
Curran, the foreman, promises him .a
'db if he can break a horse called'
Black Dawn. When he succeeds, he
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!Gainer wadi 'ar.'L e, eerier* &AA pea.
discovers Curran expected the horse !like that. Think you'll be gettin'a
to kill him. A girl named Lois rides better one, huh?I'll see yuh at.the
up, ' angry with Dave for breaking
"her" horse. She refuses to speak to
Dave even when he uses his savings
to pay off the morgage on the small
ranchshe shares with her foster
father, a man named Hooker. When
Hooker is killed by .a shot fired
through the window, Lois has him
arrested for murder. Faced with al-
most certain hanging, Dave is 'wait-
ing his trial when ,Curran goes to
call. on Lois. •;
"Well ,Miss Lois, this shore is bad
news," Ourran said, and Lois could'
see that his face was blackened and
and hie lip 'swollen • from the beating
that Dave had given him the day
before.
"`Iit doesn't make any difference
now." said Lois gravely. "Hookers
dead. I guess you fellows are going
to hang Dave Bruce."
"You betcha we are!" she
Curran. "We don't aim to have
dirty murderers livin' and fatte
the jail at the expense of,
town, and saddlin' us with the cost
a jury trial at'Hampton. We alw
acted on that principal, and w
always goin' to do so. There's g
to be some fun. tonight, Miss Lois
"I'Il be there," said! Lois.
"Meanie' yuh want to see
feller dance?"
hangin', and P11 be couiin' back here
for my answer scan."
Lois watched him rice away. She
felt perfectly seeu}ae. A whistle
r
from he'
would have brought the
herd' running headlong with Black
Dawn leading,a fighting tearing,
kicking, crunchingfury.
"1 hate him," ohs said to herself
"You're bad medicine, Mr. Ourran,
I'm glad that you_ got beaten up
yesterday,"
Suddenly, to her astonishment, she,
felt tears upon her, cheeks, It was
years since she had shed tears, She
had learned to take everything phil-
osophically. Life wasn't meant . for
happiness. At least, Lois had had
no happiness in hers, save for rare
talks with lfookcr when he was sober.
She tried to search her mind to find
out what she was crying •about. The
discovery came to her as a shock.
uted "Suppose he didn't do it" •..she
11.° whispered to herself. "Suppose Dave
enin' Bruce is innocent. Suppose PPose it waste--
.of Lonergan!" i
•
aye She was thinking of Dave against
we her will. She was remembering there
oin' had been something different about
the way he had looked at her and
spoken to her --different from the
the way of all the other men she had
known except Hooker and Sherrif
Coggswell.
"I wouldn't like himto be hung
if he didn't do it," Lois whispered.
As the afternoon wore on, 'the
knots of men in the main street of
Mescal became thicker. Once Dave
was recognized as he stood tiptoe
at the window. He heard shouts
raised, and saw fists shaken in'his;
tlfreetion.
It was a little before sundown
when Sheriff Coggswell brought him
another meal, and a pack of cige
eettes that he himself had bought
for him. "Well, how yuh feelin'
Bruce?" the sheriff asked gruffly.
"Might be worse, I suppose," an-
swered Dave. "When's the coro-
ner's jury goin' to sit?"
"Tomorrow morn"'. Yuh'll be
wanted there to give yore story—.
if yo're .lucky. I may as well tell
yuh, Bruce, the Cross- Bar bunch is
a l sort . of worked up over Hooker's
ng kinin ."
to- "Friends of his, was they?"
asked Dave, "You mean Curran's
id worked up over that beetle' I gave
d him yesterday. Well, he sere' got
nn- what he . had coming to him, after
tryin' to get me trampled by that
e outlaw stallion:" •
e, Coggswell fingered hes clipped.
n mustache. "I ain't got_nothin' to
, de with Curran's motives," he re -
O plied. "I'm thinkin' of my repute -
tion. •I been sheriff here two years
e now, since Mr. Brown died, and
n' there's been nary lynchin' bee since
I took hold. I don't aim to have any
record spoiled,"
I "Well, 1 ain't goin' to try to spoil
e that record of yours, sheriff," an
swered Dave, lighting a cigarette.
"So that's the idea?"
"Yep, Iyns goin' to do my "best to
purteet you, Bruce. Meanwhile, I'm
tellin, yuh straight, the' Cross -Bar
is a tough bunch to handle. So if
yuis got anything to leave, yuh
might as well make out yore will,
and I'll have Sims and myself wit-
ness it. And if yuh got any money
yuh: want sent anybody, I'll take care
of it. Tha's how serious it looks to
me."
Dave opened .his wallet and drew
out the partnership agreement he
had make with Hooker, He .handed
it to Coggswell.
"You tear that up, sheriff," he
said. That'll give Miss Lois the
ownership of the valuable property
I bought a share in yesterday.
And you can see that the duplicate
that. Hooker had is 'torn up. too.
That's all I got to leave except a
dollar or two, which'll buy drinks
for the lynchin' party."
Sheriff Coggswell 'stared at the
document fir his hand. "r11 hold it,"
he, announced. Dein, it, it's hard for
to believe a feller' like you would
shoot an old -man asleep, Bruce.
But that ain't here nor there. If
they git you, they'll have to git me
Lois nodded. Curran looked at her
curiously at first; then, as his eyes
took in the lines of her slender body,
his face flushed, lie took another
step toward her and stood looking
down at her.'She hardly reached to
his shoulders, .
"What yuh aimin' to do now yore
dad's dead?" he asked, as the sheriff
had' done.
"I haven't made my plans," Lois
answered. "I reckon 2 know how to
"rind n y- business, Mr. Curran,"
Curran flushed. "Why the Mis-
ter?" he asked. "And how cone
you call yore dad Hooker?"
"Maybe you ecu tell as well as I
can," answered Lois.
That was Curran's first intima-
tion that, she knew Hooker had not
been her father. He had sense
enough not to pursue the subject,
but it acted like the fuse -cap on
stick of dynamite, clinch!
his resolution,
"You never acted very warn
ward me, did yuh?" he asked.
"I don't know why I should," as
Lois. "You were never a splendi
friend oe mine, as far as I renter
ber."
"Maybe I could be," said th
foreman. "Maybe I've tried to b
Listen. I guess you know I stand i
purty well with Mr. Ferris. Fact is
he couldn't git rid of the even if h
wanted to. It ain't no secret to yo
that Lonergan's got the mortgage o
the Cross -Bar, and put me fn to ru
it?"
Lois was silent, and Curran eon
tinued. "I shouldn't be s'prisedif
was to be the owner one of thes
days, Half -owner, any -ways. And
that time ain't so far away: I been
watchin' you fora good while, Miss
Lois. You're growed up to be a
woman now. It ain't fair to yore -
self, livin' up here in the hills and
runnin' as wild as a scrub pony.
And now Hooker's gone, yuh can't go
on livin° here alone."
"What d'you want me to do about
it?"
"I'll tell you what I been think -
in'," answered the foreman, su-
premely confident. , "How about you
and me gittin' hitched? . You'll find
yoreself livin' like a queen, com-
pared to this."
"That's sure some picture you're
drawl"', Mr. Curran," answered,
Lois, "Only it don't seem to regis-
ter somehow I'd rather have my
brones."
Curran glared at her, a sell -pos-
sessed little figure. standing erect
iii her chaps and stained overalls,
With one hand he could have swung
her into the air. Desire and. thwart-
ed will united in the resolve to -over-
come her, to break her, as Dave
Bruce had broken Black Dawn ,
He seized her in his arms and tried
to peas his lips to hers,
A resounding slap .reddened the
foreman's cheek. Lois broke away,
confronting him with fists clenched
and heaving breast.
You try that trick again, Mr.
Curran, 'and I'll' set the herd on
you," she said.
Curran's glare had something of
fear in it. He had seen enough of
Lois'. strange power over the wild
irons.
lie turned away, went slowly back
to where he had left his horse,
climbed into the saddle. You think
over what I said," he called. "You'd
be crazy to turn doyen a proposition
first."
He left the cell room, slaming'the
door behind himself.
"That fella's white", Dane said to
himself. "I sure would like to have a
gun in my hand, 'though, if it comes,
to a showdown." -
,. The, sunlightfaded abruptly out
of the cell, Dave finished his meal,
and resumed his station at the win-,.
dove. Light . sprang up on the street,'
And• now the dull murmur of voices
that had, donee to his. :ears all the
afternoon through the barred, closed
.,
window ba�'an' ,to' clmarxge to' a ttoarso
nen'acing undertone.
The crowd in- the Streets were
growing thicker. ' The silhouettes,
surged backward and forward about
the jail. Then of a sudden there
sounded the hoofbeats bf ` horses
and a body of :mien rode yipping
down the middle of the street, scat-
tering the crowd.
Curran and his Ciross-liar outfit
had reacted- upon the scene, well,
primed with whisky for the jobthat
they had set themselves.
The sudden outburst of yelling
that ensued left no doubt' as to their
intentions. Sdueezing his head
against one of the window bars,
Dave was able to see what was
taking place.
In front of the jail Sheriff Coggs-
well and Sims, his deputy, ,were
standing at the head, of the three
stone steps. Coggswell seemed to be
addressing- ' the crowd, but his words
words were inaudible ' drowned in
the yells of the crowd.
Suddenly there came a rush for-
ward,. Dave saw the sheriff's hand
go up and a gun was in it. Before
he had time to even level it, a. piece
of fence -rail wielded by someone in
the crowd', struck the sheriff upon
the head. He staggered, reeled, and
next moment he and Sims were both
down and being trampled "upon by
the infuriated mob.
Coggswell, unconscious had been
tossed 'to one side, and men were
searching in his pockets for the
jail keys. But the mob was already
battering against the door, two men
each wielding too heavy logs that
thudded with a force that shook the.
building. The door- cracked, splin-
tered went down, and: the crowd came_
streaming through the ante -room
and into the cell room. At the sight
of Dave savage shouts of triumph
broke from their throats.
They spat at him through the.
bars, and some were already leveling
guns wheel Curran forced his way
to the front, the keys in his hand.
"Bold yore fire!" he shouted.
"We ain't aimin' to give this mur-
derer an easy death. He's goin' to
dance."
He inserted the keys in the look,
and the door of the cage clicked
open. With roars of execration the
"rob laid hands on Dave and hustled
hien out.
Mauled, manhandled; beaten and
kicked unmercifully. Dave instinc.
tively put up what resistance he
was capable of. Hee drove his fiste
right and left into the savage faces
of the mob, but i s was only for a few
seconds that he was .able to baffle.
their efforts to drag him from the
roone
He felt a revolver butt descend,
upon the back of his head, and his
knees began to buckle under him.
The room became a dark void, lit by
the pin -point flame of the dancing
lamp.
"Ice's out," he heard Curran say.
"Handle him gentle, boys: When he
comes to be touched off, We want
him to know about it"
Incapable of further resistance,
Dave was dragged through the ante-
room and down the steps of the jail
into the sreet, where his arrival was
greeted with another outburst of
of savage execration from the
assembled crowd.
A little distance beyond the Way-
side Rest stood a tall cottonwood,
with a limb projecting some twelve
feet above the ground'. About this
mare' members of the "rob were
gathered, some on foot others' on
horseback. And then Dave's' heart
thumped, and his wits came back' to
him with a rush. For alonost Mimed -
lately beneath the tree, seated bare-
back on Black Dawn, he saw Lois,
(TO BE CONTINUER?)
FOLLOW THE LEADER
One who did not mean to teepee.
age the efforts of men and women
in Cate& now giving leadership in
this country during wartime declare
ed recently.
"Canada's true leaders are the boys,
in uniform who are fighting on the
seas and overseas."
Few will argue against that opinion
Good leadership •embraces the ability
to inspire a people to higher achieve-
ment. and there is nothing so inspira-
tional as a good example.
In all the selfl-denial and hard
work required from us at home, we
are inspired by our gallant leaders
who scour the ocean to protect our
troops and war materials, who sweeps
the skies' to shelter our homes and
industries and those who dash intq
enemy territory to crush the heart-
less wretches who plunged the world
CANADA
THURS., SEPT. 3; 1942
NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE
REGULATION5
. EFFECTIVE: SEPTEMMEER- 1, 1942
* THOSE AFFECTED
ONE GROUP of regulst'ions (A) applies to all workers, male and female, and
their employers, except any persons employed:—
As female domestic servants in homes where there is not more than one servant
employed; By a provincial government; As ministers, priests or clergymen;
As professionalengineers or science workers under the Wartime Bureau of
Technical Personnel; In part-time subsidiary employment which is not a regular
occupation;
In agriculture, hunting, fishing, trapping; As teachers; As nurses and proba-
tioners; In casual labour; As students at work after school or on holidays other than long summer vacation.
The other Group (B) applies to all workers.
* THE REGULATIONS
GROUP (A)
1, No worker may quit his job without giving his employer seven clays' notice
in writing.
2. No employer may lay-off or discharge any worker without seven days'
notice in writing.
3. No employer may interview or engage any worker unless such worker has a ,
permit to seek employment.
4. Permits to seek employment may be obtained from National Selective
Service officers in Selective Service offices, formerly the local officesofthe
Unemployment Insurance Commission.
GROUP (8)
5. A National Selective Service officer has the power:
(a) to order any person to report for an interview at the local office;
(b) to order any person who has been unemployed seven days to take
any suitable work; and
(c) to order any partially employed person to take any suitable full-time
work.
6. No person ordered by a National Selective Service officer to take a job may
quit such job without permission of the officer.
7. When a worker has to travel to a distant job, the National Selective Service
officer may pay the cost of transportation and certain other special allow-
ances.
9. If a worker at the request of the National Selective Service officer changes
from less to more essential work, he may claim re -instatement in his former
job when the more essential work is finished.
9„ Any employer, employee or ether person who violates any provision of the
regulations or any order made under them is liable to a fine not exceeding
$500 or a jail terra of not more than 12 months or both.
Notes—Agricultural workers may take seasonal or temporary employment
outside agriculture with the consent of Selective Service Officers when such
work will not interfere with farm production and by taking such work they
will not lose their night to postponement of military service,
* EMPLOYERS
Read the orders -in -council setting up the regulations and the
Explanation of National Selective Service Regulations which
can be obtained from Selective Service offices.
* EMPLOYEES
Read the orders -in -council setting up the regulations and the
Workers' Handbook which can be obtained from Selective Service
offices or offices of trade unions.
ELLIOTT M. LITTLE,
Director National Selective Service
HUMPHREY MITCHELL,
Minister of Labour
SS43
into war.
Each of those Canadian leaders ov;
es'seas.has voluntarily offered to stop
Belem ii neeessar'y, that we may
live. Melt has turned his back on
chesterfields and pillows and the joy
of doing What he likes. Each hes for-
gotten the ease of an eight or ten
hour day and the weekly pay envel-
ope that peunitted him to buy a new
suit or a .shirt or to take the girl oat
to a dance. Each will work twenty-
four hours at a stretch when called
to do so.
No Canadian soldier punts a limits -
tion on the extent of his services. He
is truly going all out for victory.
With such leaders, Canadians will
not fail in any task ahead. What
Canadian father would drophis tools
and slow up war production needed
by his fighting son overseas.? ' How
many Canadians will deliberately
spend money for comfort and amuse-
ment, when that money is needed so
desperately to give our soldier lead-
ere overseas, the last bit of equipment
they need to Conquer the enemy?
As we read the names of scores of
young men who suffered and died on
the beaches of Dieppe, how precious
few of us will want to withdraw our
money from the war chest 1n order to
have a goal. time ,with it or to: spend
It en 'osk ;that .wilt ;Ina* .our own
lives 'more comfortable!
PROFIT FROM FERTILIZERS ON
WHEAT
Very few wheat growers in Huron
County attempt to grow winter wheat
without fertilizers any more, but it is
well•. to draw to their attention that
the use of fertilizers on wheat is
based on the profitableness of the
practice, provided the fend is well
prepared and that good seed has
been used. This was borne out in the
test just completed on the farm of
Wilfred Shortreed, Walton.
The soil on which the wheat was
grown is London loam, whieh is brown
loam over greyish mottled stony loam
and clay. et is alkaline in reaction,
low in nitrogen and very low in phos-
phoric acid and potash, but has a
medium supply of calcium.
In the spring, Mar. Shortreed report-
ed that the crops had come' 'through
the winter exceptionally well, with ne
winterki ping. At that time he some
see no difference in the plots but at
harvest time when the wheat was
cut, the 2-12-10 yielded 33.8 bushels
per acre while the unfertilized yields
ed 29.2 Ilene there was a clean' gain
of 4.6 bushels per acrefrom fertiliz-
ing, 2-12-10 was quoted at $37.00
cash and Mr. Shortreed applied fer-
tilizer at epproximmately 200 lbs per
acre which would' represent an in-
vestment "of 0.70. With wheat at
1,00 per bushel there was stil room
It should be noted that the plats
where the wheat was grown were ill
an especially rich section of the farm
hence the difference between the ter -
Veiled and unfertilized was much less
than would be looked for on the aver-
age wheat field. The sample of wheat
was good and both fertilized and un-
Ifertulized wheat tweigheel approreie
mately 60 lbs to the bushel,
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•
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Tractor tires and tuber.
Bicycle tires and tubes
.Hot water bottles
Garden Hose Rubbers, galoshes
Rubber -soled footwear
Rubber heels and soles
Kneeling .pads Rubber' sponges
Rubber gloves Rubber tobaseo pouches
Tennis and golf balls Bathing caps)
Rubber aprons Syringes
Vital War needs far Which Your
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Military vehicle tires
Shock-absething pads
Warplane tires Gaskets
Military footwear
Munition etorkers' non -spark galoshes
Fire hose
Aeroplane detachable pontoons
Welding bone
!71re ind cable . Auto 'rsdiatot• hone
for a nice interest on the money in-
vested.