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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-05-08, Page 2[AftS END Li- IAM MAeLEOP R,AINE, s CHAPTER TWO •;Young Lamprey was under pressure, He knew he was no snatch for one of these rough hard-bitten punchers, far less all of thein. And back of all his churning thoughts was fear, a paralyzing dread of what was to come. But there was courage in him. He shook his head. The fat little roan, Pete Yeager, spoke to Jesse Lamprey.. "If you don't want a cutter bent over the kid's head tell him to get the hell out here," - hrom 'a dry throat the older brother mumbled, "Better gd, Phil." He added, with a: thin un-. • happy smile, "We're having; a little powwow." • "You bet we are," Prentiss jibed, forgetting for the moment the younger brother. "When you got back from Santa Fe you hot- footed it up Tincup Creek. Why?" "A Little Powwow'.' - The worried eyes of Jesse shifted. "I was looking for some strays that got off'their range." "See Bat Overstreet?" The answer seemed to be drag- ged out of Lamprey, "Come to . think of it, I did yell 'Howdy' at him." "You and him had yore heads together half an hoar." "Just swapping windies. But I don't reckon it was more than a few minutes." "See Allison?" .Again there was the reluctant dragging answer, VI ]night have, but—" "Make up yore mind. Did you or. didn't you?" "I . . . bumped into him." • "Been bumping into a lot of our enemies lately, haven't 'you?" A denial of 'the implication burst: from the lips of the accus- ed man. "It's not the way you think, Jud. I'li go see Russ Mose- ly. P11 tell, him—" "You'll tell him nothing," in- terrupted Prentiss harshly. "Russ don't want to see you. He's got yore number, you damned double- crossing coyote." "1 swear—" The big gunman rode hien down. "You know what happens to coyotes when they're trapped," he said brutally. "Their hides aro hung on a fence to dry." Sneve murmured something in the ear of Prentiss, who swung around on the younger Lamprey. "That's right, I told you to get outa here, kid," "Jesse and I both," the boy said stubbornly, and added quick- aft: uick "Too much coffee and tea gave Mrs. Brown the best case of cap feineaterves 1 ever saw. Poor sleep for weeks -- her temper flared like a skyrocket. 1 was proud of the way she made lila miserable for everybody till some meddler got her to switch to Postum. Naturally that, was the end of the end of trOC." Zia Coffee Nerves If you are troubled with sleep, lessness, have headaches, and up. set nerves, you may be one of the many people who should never drink coffee or tea. Don't he n victim of eaffeine.nervesl Postern contains no caffeine—is delicious and costs less per cup. Made instantly in the cup with no waste. Order Postum today. P31 *MUM BAILY MAIL ly as the heavy -set bow-legged cowboy moved toward him, "1'm not' armed." Prentiss doubled his great fist and'measured, the distance. Be- fore he' could "lash out with it a voice from the poker table stop ped him, "Do your instructions cover beating up the kid too, JudV" Sil- cott asked quietly. • The bully stared at him, for the moment r'lung off his 'stride. "What's that?" he snarled. "You're• Noe So Important r "You .'heard, nae," -Jim said evenly. Not a lean muscle of his light body moved. Only the deep blue eyes were quiekiwith life. "You declaring yourself in?" the Hat T foreman asked rough- ly, ough- Iy • "Do I have to declare myself, Jud?" the newspaper man added with cool scorn. "Isn't my name already on the Mosely black Bet? One scrub editor to be rubbed out when it can be dope safely with, out witnesses." "Hell! You're not so damned. important. Who cares how many witnesses see you cash in?" It was a rhetorical question, but Silcott answered it literally. "Why, Russ Mosely, for one. Nice secret murders for the Bat T maybe okay with Russ. All in the way of business, of course. I wouldn't know about that. But Russ doesn't crave publicity, ex- cept when he is making a Fourth of. July oration or a contribution to the church. You ought to know your'boss better, Jud. He's no hell -roaring wolf, but a res- pectable mealy-mouthed hypocrite whet doesn't 'advertise Itis strong arm stuff except when it's neces- sary to set an example. Get the results neatly is his motto." A Daring Challenge The foreman glared at Sileott .angrily. There was a cool inso- lence about the youth that set him apart. Nobody else within fifty miles would dare to speak of Russell Mosely in public. "You'll talk yourself into a wood- en box one of these days soon," Prentiss warned savagely. "Like Rogers did," The audacity of the challenge choked for a moment the words in the big man's throat. For Carl Rogers had been editor- of the "Powder Horn Sentinel" before Silcott and he had been shot down from ambush one night as he was leaving the office: The editor had been leading the fight for the settlers who had bought under the Armijo land grant claim, just ' as his successor was doing now. Nobody knew positively who had fired the shot, but Prentiss and two of his men had been seen riding out of town a few minutes later. •� The stormy eyes of the fore- man clashed with the steady hard ones of this redheaded editor who walked into peril and through it with a jauntiness that was amaz- ing, Jud had a wide reputation ss'a dangerous man, It was part of, the stock in trade with which he ruled the wild reckless em- ployees of the Hat T. At the drop of the first hostile word, he was ready to flght. Most men sidestepped him when he was en- raged. It was known he had killed two men, and .there were whis- pered rumors out • of his obscure past that spoke of others. But Jim Silcott had always showed a cheerful unaancern at his holler and this affected and as a red rag does a bull. Prentiss himself did not know why he had not trampled down the fellow's im- pudence, but some deep -hidden caution had restrained him, This puzzled and irritated Jud, for he was not afraid of any than alive. Yet for some reason he had al- ways postponed the . showdown that had to come, "If you claim I had anything to do with Roger's death—" Prentiss did not finish the sen- tence, His blazing eyes, the .dark rage purpling his face, were more potent than any words. "Any claims I make will .be in the 'Sentinel,' subscription price one dollar a year," J9•11 answered, his voice low, almost gentle. "Don't put my name .in that paper ever, unless you want to be in trouble up to yore hocks," the foreman ordered. "Mayn't I' even say that the, editor had a pleasant chat with Mr. Jud Prentiss of the Hat T, who was in town with some of his riders Thursday?" . Jim asked with light effrontery. The ranch bossturned to his men with a gesture of strangled ,. fury. "Let's get onto here- be- fore I bump off this fool," the growled. From Sneve's thin lips a ciues- tion dropped. "Why not now, Jud, since he's asking for it?" "No, not • now," Prentiss blurt- ed out. No More Poker His fingers fastened on the quirt suspended from his wrist. He caught Jesse Lamprey by the coat collar. The whip whistled through the air and wound itself round the lege of his victim. Lamprey let out a shriek of pain Again and again the lash fell. Phil tried to help his brother, but Sneve's strong arms held ` him back. At last Prentiss flung the sobbing man to the floor. His • strong bow-legged stride carried hiss through the swing doors to the street, Sneve looked al She editor, his Women' To Work At 1941 C.N.E. For War Victims Six Large Workrooms .Being Set Up in Women's Building Will Prepare -Bales of Sup- plies For Sufferers in Four, teen Bombed Cities of Britain' This year, the women of Can- ada are playing an increasingly important part in national life. Not only in their essential work in the home but also in the war effort, in, industry and in• social services, the Canadian women are taking mare and more responsi- bility. The heads of the C.N.E. feel that there is no better place to show tangible evidence, of this •work than at the 1941 Exhibition. Six large workrooms are being set up in the Women's Building -- will hunt for .fourteen days with work for the men of the Artily, Navy and Air Force, : And on each one of the fourteen days boxes will be prepared and packed to be, sent to succour air-raid vic- tims in the fourteen worst -,bomb ed cities of Britain. Demonstra- tion work from the War Emer- gency CIasses will be staged daily. A special competition in quilts for air-raid shelter use will be one feature 0f wan work. Mother All that I love is Linked to you, All that I am or have Or do, The background of my life was spread By your wise hands. My baby head I see, as pictured mem'ry now Against your breast. I see your brow Above its tasks, our hands your eyes. - All through the years, 'neeth alien. skies You went with me and kept me - strong, You gave me strength when things went wrong. You spoke, from memoried years, and kept Your child yours still, Your blessed text Of life you gave me --- wordless creed-- Love,' ntother-love, for all my need. —Rena Chandler. Citizens of St. Pierre and MI- gaelon, the two small islands off the Newfoundland coast which be- long to France, have clubbed to- gether to aid British and French • victims of the war in Europe. Mother's Day Made Happy There Are Many Nice Ways 'To Mark It -The Home Visit and Letters. Among Most Ap. -predated Although the English Mothering Sunday has been obserded' for Many, many years and Mother's Day is an anniversary of compar- atively recent origin on this con- tinent there is. a strong similar- ity between the formerand the original idea of the latter: That Mdther's Day would ever become as intensively;commercialized as it has in the past few•years was not in the intention of the founder in Philadelphia, who meant it to be a day of tribute, of tribute ex- pressed in consideration and thoughtfulness for living mothers, and 'tribute of remembering those who, had passed away. The idea of observing such a day is a worthy one, for there is no doubt that all a mother does in the home and all site means to her family is too often just taken for granted, and while eonsidera- tion should be the order of the life of everyday, it does no harm to think especially of these things' on. Sc :special day. There is something very beau- tiful in the idea back of the Eng- lish Mothering Sunday. Observed in mid -Lent this is believed to have had its origin many, many .years ago in the custom of bring- ing gifts on that day to the mother church. It, meant also a reunion of children who had gone from home as they visited their homes at the sante time, and in later years it Came to be especi- ally a time of family reunion, with the children gathering at home to see their parents and also go- ing together to the home church. It .amount a renewal of home as- sociations and a time pf tribute to the mother. It is that tribute to mothers that is back of the observation of Mother's Day also. No harm in expressing that tribute in tang- ible gifts. Indeed, it a pleasant custom, butthereare other things that mean avail more to tuost mo- thers that should be observed too —a visit from thechildren away from home when that is possible; the regular letter home, than which there is no greater appre- ciated proof of continued affec- tion and interest of the children far from home; adherence to the principles of a mother's wise teaching, and many other intang- ible expressions of tribute that oath individual heart knows best itself how to express. LAURA WHEELER LILACS AND BUTTERFLIES ADD INTEREST TO LINENS '•• C211. t$t, NEEDLECft4PT SERVICE, INC HOUSEHOLD LINENS PATTERN 2720 Make your leisure hours count with a bit of pick-up work! Begin this filet crochet edging and easy.stitchery now, They make handsome towels, scarfs and pillow -eases. Pattern 2720 contains a transfer pat- tern of 12 motifs rangixng from 4), x 13% inches to 3 x 3'/.b inches; chart and directions for edging; materials required, Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address, Household Hints Rub gravy stains es hard as you can the moment they are merle or blot them up with blotting paper, and most of the difficulty: will be averted; banally they wash out quite simply If the solid coloring matter is removed like this. * 6 * Have you ever thought of using the cardboard tube in the centre of toilet rolls for keeping ribbon un - creased? Wind the ribbon . round and round the tube and secure with a small pin, a' 6 To tighten the handle of a knife take it out and Pill the cavity in the handle with three parts, Pow: tiered resin and one part powder- ed bathbrick or with equal parts of resin and shellac. Heat the shalt upper lip lifted. 10 a sneer: "Sortie of the same for you next time, Mr. Editor," he promised:' "Painful, 11 true," Silcott said lightly. The Hat T men stamped out of the Trail's ]Ind. The editor. looked down on the whimpering man who waswrith- ing on the floor. "Better get him home, Phil," he said, trying not to show the contempt he felt. "Soda in vinegar will take out some of the pain." He whistled to Pixie and•• man , and dog walked out of the gamb- ling house. Silcott bad changed his mind. He did not want: to play poker just now, (Ccntintted, Next Week) till very hot (not red-hot) and then insert into the handle, Press. tug firmly, A. milt stain on artificial sills should be soaked in equal parts of glycerine and water. Rub with your Singer tips until it loosens, then wash it out iu tepid water. • i, 7 7 Use slightly softened beeswax for filling that crack iu the wood- work, whether it be your (lining- table or the front door, smooth. the surface leve•.l with a knife, stabs to match tiro woortwork, and there you are. *..r * ' To make an incinerator, procure some iron pegs and wire netting and shape a framework, either round or oblong. Several thickness- es of netteig will make it all - the stronger anti at the same time re- dnee the mesh, which is all to the good.otn a windy clay.'A fire will Mum wellin'sacb a frame peeause 01 the access of draught. If a cone- shaped incinerate is preferred, bury the narrow., tapered end in ilia vetted before starting it, • 1, -„ 6 To mend earthenware and zinc pails, place a Smsal,l piece of putty on the inside of the vessel and tt large- piece on the outside. Press' well clown and allow to dry Birthday Stroll James H, Hocking, of. Hackett - sack, New Jersey, celebrated his 84th birthday by going for, a stroll, ' H'e walked 34• ]nines, in, 11 hours, 50 minutes. Wei a N,tf lat4 t244- THOLE WHEAT V.teetk // Two Naliisc Shredded - Wheat with a cupful of Milk and Fresh Fruit. Start the day right with this delicious, nourishing whale wheat breakfast. At all food stores, ask for it by the fa11 name "Nabisco Shredded Wheat-" THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD„ Niagara Polls, Can. s' 1. a e ; I fl Ks By SADIE B. CHAMBERS SPRING .QUICK D SHES Now is the season when house- wives are giving a good deal of thought to time -saving dishes and Always too having economy in mind. Housecieaning is the order or disorder of the day; then ev- eryone likes to spend as much time as possible in the garden. Try this menu, one of the attrac- tive features of it is that one oven will take care of all: Noodle -Ham Casserole All Bran Muffins Apple Strudel The Noodle -Ham Casserole and Apple Strudel may be prepared for baking and the muffin batter mixed and placed in the muffin- pans. The dishes should be cov- ered closely with; paper or lids and the muffin pans wrapped in waxed paper to exclude the air, then stored in the refrigerator and kept at room temperature un - tit ready to bake, All will bake in a moderately hot even in less' than thirty minutes. Set the table, toss together a simple salad and presto—dinner is served. Noodle -Ham Casserole 34, lb. fine noodles or uutcarord 2 quarts water 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon flour 2 cups stock 'rt teaspoon salt an teaspoon pepper 'rt ib. cooked ham lir cup Rice Krisples 1 tablespoon' melted butter Dash paprika Cook noodles in boiling water to which salt has been added. Drain. Melt butter in saucepan. Add flour and stock which may be made by dissolving 2 bouillon cubes in 2 cups boiling water. Stir until thickened. Add salt and pepper. Dice haat and tnix with noodles. Add thickened stock. Pour into casserole. Crush Mice Ii:espies over top. Sprinkle with melted butter. Add paprika. Bake in moderately hot oven 20 minutes. Yields -6 servings. All -Bran Muffins 2 tablespoons shortening 34 cup sugar 1 egg -- 1 cep Ali -Bran a cup milk 1 cup flour 3s teaspoon salt (SCM1UTI7ULLY COLOUIISO 050 01000100) SP3YOIRE, t9UROICAHE, DEFIANT, SUNDERLAND t'LVING nous, WELLINGTON BOMBER Atilt► BLENHEIM, BOMBER Don't miss this opportu.-tity l Just tnite it label rrom a lin ot. CROWN SYRUP—,ante on the heel: your name nntl address 7101.1 the title or the picture you molt , (1 label for each picuMe). Mail the label to- Dept,. J.G. The Canada Stanch Company. Limlled, 4;1 wen. ington St. Nast. TOronto,o u r chosen picture or pictures will be mailed to you I0 - inecllately. 21ik teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder Method: Blend shortening and sugar—Add egg and beat well. Add All -Bran and milk; let soak until most of moisture is taken up. Sift flour with sant and bak- ing powder; add to first mixture and stir only until flour disap- pears. Fill greased muffin parts two-thirds full and bake in moder- ate oven about 90 minutes. N.B.: If sour or buttermilk is used instead of sweet milk use si teaspoon soda and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Yield -12 small muffins. Apple Strudel Line a- buttered baking dish with Rellogg's Corn Flakes. Cover with Iayer• of very thinly sliced cooking apples.` Sprinkle with light brown sugar, a little cinna- mon and dot with pieces of butter, Fill to top with alternative lay- ers, finishing with Corn Flakes. Cover dish closely; bake in a moderate oven until apples are soft. Serve with cream, Miss . Chamhee0 welcomes peraoeol. letters from Interested readers, She Is pleased to seethe suggestions on topics for her column, anti Is even ready to listen to your "pet peeves." Requests for recipes or special HMn1119 arc 111 order. A 000766ss year letters to "81IRA Smite Ii; (Ihnm- hers, f• {Vest Adelaide realm,. Send stnuaped, self-addressed envelope if you wish n reply. Good Legs ue To the 'o xusdles Calf-to•Ankle Line Must Have Definite Taper Some fat ladies have frail legs, others possess legs that are trot so frail. And some very slim girls have a well turned salt and ankle, All of this would seem to show it's not weight nearly so much as mus. eulature, writes Alice Wade Robin. son, beauty editor.,, Of course, weight may be a gen- eral problem. An overweight with disproportionately large legs needs to diet to lower her weight, If her leg muscles are flabby, special ex- ercise will bring about a marked improvement. The thin girl with underdeveloped legs must have more calories to gain on, plus exer- cise to round out the leg contours. To lose weight, overweight with thin legs needs n similar set of exercises along with her diet. Thick bones can't be changed, but well -toned muscle Is shapely and it tends to give you shapelier contours, including that tapered line from calf to ankle on which legs are judged. Perfect measutemens differ ac- cording to structure. Poe instance, the slight girl may have perfect legs measuring from 11% to 12% incites at the calf, and From 7}s inches to 8 a,t the ankle. A more solidly built girl may have legs equally good but measuring from 1234 incites to 14 at. the calf, and tions 8 inches to Sea at tine ankle, Wild Rose soup "Deg -hips," the red berries of the wild rose, or dog -rose, make tasty and highly nourishing soup. This discovery has been announc- ed by Miss Mary Andress, an ex- pert of the Glasgow and West of Scotland School of Domestic Sci- ence. Iiousewives who wish to make "clog -hip" puree should simmer and, sieve the' wild rose berries, taking care that the saucepan they use for stewing them is not metal lined, The soup is not un- like tomato soup, and is • except - lethally rich le Vitamin C, which is so important in a properly bal- anced diet. In one New Yor;; hospital ba- bies as young as six weeks old are given -bananas. Fashiol', Flashes Bags, belts and glares in hand - Painted, transparent plastic being • slhown in smart New York shops. 6 6 6 Larger pearl necklaces are fash- ionable with pink, blue and mauve tints featured. • M U 6 The soft, natural shoulder, the tiny waistline, the middy fashion, bright colors, the elaborate use of lace, of buttons and bows—these are among the season's style • trends. n 7 i< Strawberries are among the fruit motifs in prints. Cherries the are seen and in the floral patterns are quantities of roses, Whit() and light-colored furs dominate the spring style picture. Printed suits with fragile white blouses were a feature of a New York fashion show, " * For summer evenings sheer black looks very cool atcl new. A smart black afternoon dress, uueveu of hem,' is caught up on one side in draped effect. a 6 A novelty drawstring turban con- sists of a square piece of fab- ric with a drawstring back of a stiffea:ed front "hem and another at the very edge of the back. OUgmEss ICU 1,1SE uESB 1r wf�// Ertl � ••1 pp[� "° 4l"(S pp'pp 5gr, THERE'S trouble-free baking in store for you when you use Calumet Baking Powder, You use less and its double leavening action—during mixing and in the oven —assures better results. Easy -opening, won't -spill container, with handy measuring device under the lid. PRICED SURPRISINGLY LOWI 131 faf eausLE•Acrolo AKING tw,POWDER c>= 1wr t I Ti°dc:Gs,:u�� ay.'a.ro°.�,'xzAsy.,ytllta.4, ISSUE 19—'41