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The Seaforth News, 1950-06-15, Page 6641)&14 auknoti !'K VACUUM -SE'A'LED coFFEE Riders for the Hoot -Ow Pool by G. H. SHARP CHAPTER THREE (Continued From Last Week) "Supposin' you go ahead like you're goin', son? Sooner or later them skunks that killed Bob Ander- son will give you a dose of lead poison. Mae wilt be goin' to an- other funeral, It will just about finish her. Webb, sell out to Abbot or to anybody. Give up that ranch. Sell your cattle. Marry that girl and pull out for a new range." Webb pulled up. They sat their horses there in the faint light of the half moon, "They tell it, Hank," said the cowboy, speaking slowly, "that I killed Bob. I'tn provin' to 'em all that they lie, After that, if I'm still alive, I'll mebbyso head for a new range. But most mebby I'll stay on the ranch Ab Abbot is tryin' to steal off me. I'm provin' to this country that I didn't kill the best friend I ever had. I'd be a damned coward and a quitter if I didn't" They rode on in silence, around the bedded herd. From out there beyond came the lonesome sotlg of a cowboy. Sheriff 1 Han kRbetsr had d turned up his hole card. He had lost! CHAPTER FOUR Lead For .A Lawman The Hoot -Owl Pool shipped their cattle. Webb was selling everything but his cows. They worned in the stockyards from day- light on in the thick dust, sweating, working on horseback and with prod pules, loading cattle. An un- shaven crew, red -eyed from lack of sleep and the dust and the wind that whipped into their faces. \\'hen the last car was loaded, when the yards were empty, Webb Winters and the lanky Tex rode to town with their tough cowboys. They would paint the town red to- night, then pull out for home. Tex and Webb would go back to their ranches. The others would ride away separately to meet later at some place in the badlands. From there they would ride to- gether again; They would not be riding after cattle, however. Webb and Tex would be held up. A train would be robbed. A big gambling joint stuck up. They would ride that outlaw trail from Montana to Z4w1,t4 !td ke&r, Get these ready fur the shower season! An ideal gift -lovely cro- chet and embroidery for towels,. Scarves, pillowcases and sheets. Make a matched set for a bride. Pattern 896; transfer 6 motifs 4% x 6% to 7x14; crochet directions. Send twenty-five cents (25e) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eixhteentll Street, New Toronto, Oat. Print plainly pattern number, 3.c.ur (tame and address, Mexico. And some day Webb would find out who murdered Bob Anderson. By that whispered word of mouth known to the cowboy out- law as "the rusting of the leaves," he would learn how Bob had been killed. Ther) he would pay off Ids debt. That had been Tex's proposi- tion. Webb had accepted it. This would be his last night in Rimrock. From tonight on he' would be travelling that dint trail that twists down through Wyont- ing, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. For Webb Winters there would be no more Rimrock as he had known it. No more dances at the schoolhouse, no more rollick- ing fun. He dreaded meeting Hank Rob- erts today. Hank, with his search- ing eyes that seemed to read a man's every thought, Old Hank wouldn't want him to do what he had planned on doing. Hank wanted him to sellout a tdnit the country. 4 3, Hank wanted him to marry Mae and settle down on a new range, But Bob Anderson had been mur- dered, and Bob had been Webb's pardner, The only way to live long enough to learn who had murdered Bob was to throw in with these renegade cowboys, trail with them until he found out what he wanted to learn. They had a man or two planted with the Triangle outfit to pick up news concerning the killing of Ed Young and Bob Anderson. Sooner or later, that information would drift down the hoot -owl trail and then Webb Winters would pay off Bob's debt with a smoking gun. Just the same, Webb dreaded meet- ing old Hank Roberts. Hank would insist on him com- ing to supper. Mae would be there. Chicken and apple pie. Real dishes and a clean tablecloth. A game or two of whist or seven up. Then Hank and his wife would go to bed, leaving Mac and Webb there in the front room, And Mac would snake a stab at talking him into selling out. He'd have to lie to her. He couldn't tell her how he and Tex had talked things out and how he'd told Tex that he'd ride the outlaw trail. It was about noon, Webb rode wilt his hat slanted across his eyes. He was powdered with dust, sweat -marked, and unshaven. His bloodshot eyes were squinted. A steer had hooked at him in the pens, ripping his cheek. It was an ugly - looking cut, caked with dried blood and dirt. 'Sou ain't as purty lookin' as you might be," grinned Tex. Webb grinned back. He was thinking just now of Mae. He hadn't seen her since the day the jury had acquitted him of Bob's murder. That was a few weeks ago, "Got your town clothes?" "At the hotel," Webb said. "How about you?" Alma Mater Mom -Commencement speeches about going out into the cold, cruel world held no terror for Mrs. 111argalpet Ansi Landoll. l3etween feeding sessions for her eight -months -old daughter, Cherylann, Mrs, Landoll received her bachelor's ale - gree in electrical engineering at Fenn College. The 20 -year-old co-ed married 'Leo Landoll, also a Fenn grad, while midway through her college career. Now, she'll put aside her studies and concentrate on her "Ma" degree. "Don't need 'em. My girl lives down on the Rio Grande, a long way off from here: i was aimin' to go down and fetch her up here, but Ed gettin' ]tilled kinda changed my plans. She's Ed's kid sister," Tex was doing just what Webb had promised to do. They would ride With the outlaw bunch from now on. "I promised her I'd settle down," Tex went on. "I ain't let her know about Ed yet, She's a fine girl, Webb, Too good 'for a renegade like me. She keeps books at a store. I'm mailin' her a letter to- day, y, e i llin' her about Ed." * * >I: They rode into town, a dusty, dirty cavalcade. They stopped at the first saloon and had a round of drinks, then put up their horses. The Hoot -Owl Pool was in town. !Continued Next Week) Fl :�i.•r�.J t -� y!CL�xi,ral's HRO�yIES "1NGER M Gwet:u.dottne P 0z.e "If only it would rain!" That is what we were saying this time last year . . . and today we are saying it again. Everything is so dry -the fields, pastures and gardens -yes, and also the dust on the roads ... but definitely! We made our annual inspection trip to Melton Airport yesterday and we swallowed bush- els of dust all the way over and most of the way back. But we for- got it all at the Airport as we looked over the wonderful improvements that have taken place since our last visit. The old offices and waiting room have been converted into a modern, airy restaurant. Over in the new building there are spacious waiting rooms and offices, and over the whole structure there is an ob- servation roof, which, I would im- agine, would accommodate 1,000 people. Froin it you can observe at close quarters planes corning in for a landing, or taking off for distant points east and west. You can watch the ground crew chasing around like so many ants -except that these ants travel by jeep and tractor. A plane lands . . . immediately a little tractor manoeuvres a run- way into position for travellers to alight from the ship. Another CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 6. Mart's nickname 7, Por example Cab.) 8. lantern country 9. Projecting 10, Dined 1 Business getters 4. Tears down 1 9. Vehicle 12, yabumous bird 112. Create 16. Wax ointment '17, Purposed 18. Siete 19. Religious Poem 21. Grotto 23, Small 24. Dutch cheese 28. Reverence 1 29, Of punishment 131, Anger 31. Shallow vessel 28. 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R'�1, 4 'lir` '4 �F �j ��f' r Fle. •' " . •,, r ' .... 1 /: .1 --.I. , 51, 52 fi ti'-', t( + / `! fi 4 5 , 1':..:4%.!: 56 49 Answer el ewhere on his page, tractor, trailing three to five little trolley cars, is loaded with passen- ger baggage which it toes around to the Customs Office, Passengers alight as nonchalantly as they would from a streetcar . men with brief cases or golf clubs; fash- ionably dressed woolen, some with rather bored expressions; mothers with babies in arms, or youngsters toddling at their side -the children excited, the mothers too occupied plane, the stewardess and the pilot and co-pilot. Then another ground crew takes over , .. the big ship is refuelled for its next take -off; baggage is brought up by the little trucks which also carry a loading escala- tor, one end of which is evelated to the baggage compartment of the plane. The escalator is set in mo- tion and up goes the baggage with- out benefit of Red -caps. Then a jeep comes along with a box -like container carrying refrigerated food supplies. The entire container is raised to the level of the ship's receiving door by means of an in- visible hydraulic hoist. In a little while loud speakers announce the number of the flight and' its destin- ation and presently passengers fill the ship again, helped by a trim young stewardess receiving them at the door of the plane. Then the pilot and co-pilot, upon whose skill and integrity ,the lives of so many people depend, once more take over at the controls; the ground crew finish their various jobs and the big silver bird roars into action again. As it wheels around for a take -off down the runway, those o,n the Ob- servation Roof slang on to their hats and catch their breath as wind, created by the four whirling pro- pellers, swirls around them, I don't know why, but a visit to the airport always increases lay conviction that to travel by air is about as safe and pleasant a means of transport as one : could hope for in this day and age. And I never sce a plane take off, or fly over our farm, without wish- ing I was one of its passengers. Who knows . some happy day maybe I shalt he! But right now we at Ginger Farm, are not so much concerned with what happens over our heads as we are with what goes on under-- foot, nder- foot, You see, right through the centre of our farm, and also through the two farms immediately east and west of us, there are little stakes here and there, complete with flags, indicating that the Depart- ment of Highways is at work on a new surveying job. The whole neighborhood is agog with curiosity because rumour has it that a new four -lane highway, running frown Montreal to Windsor is being plan- ned, and will probably angle right across country leaving us with 45 acres on one side of the road and 55 on the other. Well, having had dealings with the highway depart- ment before we ]snow it moves nightly slow its wonder to perform so at present we arc just sitting tight and awaiting further develop- ments. Other changes have already taken place around here which are of more concern to us at the moment. We are saying goodbye to our tried and trusty horses; also to our big high-powered oil -burning tractor, and in their place we have a small, exceedingly mobile tractor that will, we hope, take the place of the horses and yet be equal, on a small- er scale, to do the field work for- nerly done by its big brother tractor, With all this going on we have also been entertaining. One of our nieces, who is now a nursing sister at Sumlybrook Hospital, spent a few days with us last week Satur- day night Bob took her back to Toronto and then came home, bringing with him daughter and a friend. And 1 and still busy with the t paint -poll ANN I - slow xraor�.I,+ a cent "Dear Anne Ilirst: I've been married 30 years, and I wouldn't com- plain -if only I were loved by the elan I mar- ried, "The ,narriage bond is assum- ed to be a legalized affectionate tartenership, but aline is the un- derpaid servant arrangement, I ant regarded as the permanent cheap cook. I. do the milking, I feed .calves, pigs and chickens -besides, , of course, all the housework. I hart; good health, and I'm not lazy. "I would enjoy doing alt this, if any appreciation were shown, But there is never a word of love from trial, nor a caress, nor a good-bye. "I're has never voluntarily taken me to a' show. (In all these years, we have been to exactly five movies together) . . . He snealcs off to town alone, never asks ❑l.? to go along. He devours his meals in silence,. hidden behind a newspaper or a trashy magazine. He seldom speaks to the children unless to give a command. (We have two, in their teens,) A LONELY LIFE "My husband keeps everything bottled up inside hint- Then when be does blow his top, I ant the target for tris temper„ He is always unfriendly. He has sulked from three to, six months at a time! "He never thinks I need any clothing, but he is dressed like a dude every day. My winter coat is 25 years old, and my mother gave it to hale. He spends lavishly for anything for himself, I asst too proud to beg. "What Tel like to do is to go away and get a job -I need every- thing. I can't see any future here except a lonely old age, waiting on one who considers only him- self. I have no social life. I feel more like a robot than a human being. I am simply starving for love, "What shall I do? Go away and work -or stay -and grow older, and wiser? Arc there other husbands likcalhine? (I've been told 1 did too much for hint). I ant so very-- UNHAPPY" ery-UNHAPPY" * It may be true that when you '4 first married, you spoiled your * husband (as most wives do), and * did not assert yourself under Itis * growing indifference. Yet if he * had the milk of human kindness * in him," he would have at least * kept you contented by his al*- * predation of all you did and 4: were. * It is too late to change flim * now, The best you can do is to, * adjust yourself to, lliul as he is, 8' and cease to expect anything * tuore, * I urge you to try, even so late; +' to build some social life among * your neighbors and through your * church, and to find in your cltil- "-dren the comfort denied you 1,61 * your husband. * Can you justify leaving home, * with your children still needing. 4' you? Or are they ante- to, shift * for themselves? When they ars• 4 settled, you might indeed con- sider it. Just now, what sort * of home life would they have c' without you there? • Yours has been, and is,, a sad +' lot, I have heard of other bus- t bands like your own, in lesser * degree, yes. And their wives Itasca 0' continued to, submit throughout "'the' years. There seems little to. * do about it -except,• as I sug- * gest, to find some pleasure and * change itt associating more with, * other people around you, * If nun would only realize how * little it takes to make wives * happy, there would be fewer df's- contented women in the world. " You have shy deepest sympathy. * a' x If your lot in life is a ,mhappy one, and nothing tan be done to better it,. tell Anne Hirst, She has ideas that may help. you make life more interesting. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth Sc, New Toronto, Ont. Reporter: And what wouldyou, say hats been "the chief source of your strength .and health?" I00 -year-old: "Vittles.."' 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