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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-11-27, Page 2It gives more pleasure tai: you thought tea con ""give 11 rest from the gardens' The Gringo privateer By PETER B. K`ieNE SYNOPSIS. Ken Burney it given the job of general Manager of Bradley Da urns'* cattle ranch upon condition that he rid Dardis of two rattle thieves, Martie Bruce and Miguel Gallegos, who have been brand- ing Bardin's cattle. Burney has had a couple of personalbrushes with Bruce and Bruce has sworn to kill him. Muriel 3i:trains daughter, becomes lnterestcd in 33urney, and when he rides off to line - chits, attended by his bodyguard, ane triers to persuade her father to stop him. Site gees after Burney and tells him her father said he was not to fight Miguel n,ailegoo. -.Burney answers that he had. father, known to. as "the returns ing ns 'to her at the ranch. CHAPTER XVI.—(Cont'd.) "Well," the king greeted Muriel, "what did he say?" "Ile said he'd obey." "Good. Did he say anything about laying off Martin Bruce?", "No." "Gosh, I forgot to tell you to tell hint to lay off Martin. He's gone to Buachita and Martin and some of his braves are there, I hear. My, my, I'm aeri id I'm liable to lose nay new general manager before I've even had a chance to break him in. There's only one thing that will comfort ma for the loss, however, and that's the death of Martin Bruce" He sighed and tucked in his napkin. 'We will bope for the best," he added piously. His daughter gazed at him in wide- eyed horror and left the roots. At Buachita, about four o'eloc'-;, Ken Burney and his bodyguard put their horses up at the livery stable; and in single file walked up the mid- dle of the street to the International Hotel. On the front porch Martin Bruce eat with two friends,discussing cattle and the weather. He eyed the approaching quartet, decided he was outnumbered and nodded ;affably to Ken Burney, who carie up alongside him and said arrogantly: "Mr. Bruce, you're leaving town at once. I cant feel comfortable in Bua- chita with you here, too, so take the next train west if you care to pull out under your own power." "I was goin' to take the next train west anyhow, sen," Bruce replied evenly, "but just fot that I'm going to stay and see how you like it" His lslue eyes bored upward at Burney from under his shaggy eyebrows; to the veriest tyro it would have been apparent he meant exactly what he said; that he preferred to st, y and die, fighting an army, rather than leave town under compulsion. "You four -Plusher,' he continued. "What dude ranch did you hall from? The idea of a half-baked desperado like you trying to drive Martin Bruce out of town? That for you and your bodyguard," and he directed a thin stream of tobacco juice down one leg of Ken Burnee's white chaps. "Go horse and tell your mother to wipe your nose." Ken Burney stared at the terrible old mad for a'ew seconds, then turn- ed to his men. "Well, I guess I'll let hind stay, boys," he announced, "see- ing he's so set on having his oivn way." Bruce laughedsoftly as Burney and kis men entered the hotel. The body- guard looked at the new general man- ager somewhat askance. It was plain Full of long lasting delicious flavor and made of pure chicle and other ingredients of the highest quality comes to you in perfect condition. 'All .of its goodness ie sealed tight in the clean wax wrapped peckages. Ile days work goes much easier with WRIGLEY'S to sustain and refresh. iHANDY far' 1 PA.CKS 5a A LOT FOR A NICKEL ISSUE No. 46—'30 litely to be seated; and inform him in l what manner he could' be of service„ Burney came abruptly to the, point. "Do you know a Senor Miguel Gal- legos?' Senor De Haro spread his facile hands eloquently. "To my soatiow, 1 do, Senor Burney. He is a Mexican citizen by naturalization only and his 'real name is 'Michael Gallegher,„ al-' though he is halt Italian. Sicilian, perhaps, would be the word.' You know the Sicilians?" 'Bad petple, serer:" "You have explained Miguel Calle- got. He is 1 alf bandit, with a foLow- int~ of imported desperadoes and s :'ne deluded Mceicans, Who foileel hips blindly because he provides them plen- tifully with food, clothing and excite- ment and, occasionally, ,some honey. If I had myy-way I would send a de tacfinent of ruralesagainst hien, but the governor is loath to take any as. ,tion until Gallegos behaves himself less peaceably than he has during the past two years." "You are, perha,is, acquainted: with Setior Bradley Bardin, the Am- erican cattleman?" "Ah, yes. Bardin of El Ranchito. A fine fellow." "Well, I am his general manager, and we strongly suspect Miguel .Gal- legos of branding our calves on that portion of El Ranchito that lapsover into Mexico. It is known as BI Cajon Bonita.". Thejefe- politico nodded. "Whether he does this for his own profit or has an alliance with Senor Martin Bruce we do not kno• r." "He dines tonight with Senor Bruce at the International Hotel, senor. You observe, I am notavithout information. I keep my eye on ;that fine fellow." "Suppose, Senor De Ramo," Ken Burne)+ suggested, "thatinstead of involving your :g'overnnient in an an- noying melee with Miguel Gallegos, you permit me to attend to the matter for you? Could that be arranged unofficially? If' so, I will guarantee to relieve you of this foreign annoy- ance." Senor De Haro gazed upon his visi- tor with new interest. "It is always desirable to avoid international com- plications, Senor Burney. You under- stand I am but a subordinate,,yet I have a feeling that such a plan would be most agreeable to His Excellency, the governor,.,' "If you can give me his unofficial assurance of sympathy and silence, Senor De Haro, and through your own official influence see to it that an armed party of thirty men, under my command, is permitted to cross the, boundary without molestation—" The jefe politico smiled. "It is often an official mistake to see too much, my friend, Your government main- tains immigration and customs guards only at the ports of entry, of which Buachita is one, My govermnent does the same. You can cross elsewhere at your pleasure and if, unfortunately, my people should apprehend you, an explanation to me will satisfy." (To be continued.) that they did not think well of him, fot in public he had warned an enemy to. leave town or take the consequences and when that enemy had replied with a contemptuous refusal,. he had backed down. To their direct and primitive way of, thinking, he did, in- deed; require a bodyguard, nor were they at all pleased to have- been ap- pointed to that task. Plainly, here vas a, general manager who might, conceivably, embroil them in a foot- less fight. They stood aside, in low voices disctislt-itg Ken Burney while he registered their names and his; then he joined them. "Come on up to my room,".he ord- ered, and they followed sullenly. He herded them in before him and closed the door. "You are entitled to an ex- planation of eny extraordinary con- duct, boys," he began, "You heard pie pull off a boob play—throw a monumental bluff on a pian who wouldn't be bluffed. Well,/ khew that in advance. W:iatever that old coy- ote's faults, a lack of animal courage isn't one of them. He has a high. pride; he has a reputation for cour- age and audacity to sustain, and his record both as a citizen and as a peace officer has earned him that reputation fairly. He spat on me and I backed water. I had to. I was the aggres- sor and if I had killed him I would have been tried- for murder and, doubtless convicted. Besides, he had two friends with him and one of them didn't look to me like a preacher; who' was the big dark pian on his left?" "Thee. was Miguel Gallegos," ere of his bodyguard replied. "I had a suspicion it might be. But no, matter. Bruce would have fought if I had resented his spitting upon me; he would have taken a chance on beating me to the draw, knowing his friend, Gallegos, would help. .And the other man, too, for all I know," CHAPTER XVII. "Why'd you crawfish, Mr. Bteney.' We'd have stood by you." "1 crawfished deliberately. It was kart of my plan. I desire that Martin Bruce shall hold me cheap. S wanted to inculcate in his mind the thought that I ala a cheap bully, and I think I succeeded, And I had more luck than I anticipated. I've inculcated. the sante idea in the mind of Miguel Gallegos." "We don't get your strategy," an- other of his bodyguard growled. "You will a little later. Meanwhile, don't be sulky. When there's shooting to be done I'll start it, but until I'm ready—until I can choose my own battleground—I shall proceed upon the principle that he who fights and rune away may live to fight another day. In other words, I ant reserving you boys for a mare ilnportant 000a- e1on." "I wouldn't let no man spit on me, Mr. Burney," one of his men pro- tested. "You don't know what you'd do until the occasion arises. When it does, a wise men estimates the situa- tion and plane accordingly. It' just isn't passible for Martin Bruce to in- sult any gentleman," "Somebody must have insulted him lately,' another one of the bodyguard remarked, "He ain't quite over a black eye." "I heard one of bis riders man- handled him a week ago, Bill." "I ant the boy who did that," Ken Burney assured there, "I pulled bit off his horse, took his gun away from him and slapped bine around for five minutes; then I quit in a hurryeend rode ovc. to El Ranchito for a new job. 1 secured that job—and if any of you boys have an idea that the king doesn't know what he's doing, I'll give you your time right now. Remember, the king is mare than nine years old." There ivas less resentment in the eyes of the bodyguard now. Appar- ently, by mutual consent, the trio de- cided to accept the general manager's explanation. "Buachita straddles the interna- tional boundary," Burney went .on: after a p..use. "I'm going to call on the jefe politico across the line to- night. Can any of you boys lead are to his house?" It appeared that one of them could. The jefe politico, as Burney saw at a glance, teas plainly a pure-bred Spaniard, well dressed, courteous, affable. Burney introduced himself and Senor De Haro begged him po- • Bed -Time Written for The Christian Science Monitor I like to go to bed, when it is night, With cozy blankets, all checked off with pink; And great big pillows, oh, so soft and White! I like to lie awake, awhile, and think. I like to think about the pretty birds, And all the, frisky squirrels, in the park. And hqw the loving Father -Mother, God, Is always staying with them, in the dark, •And He is with them, too, when it is clay; And all the sky is just a lovely bine. And I'm so glad to know ,Kis tender love Is watching over little' children, too. And, by and by, I start for Sleepy Town, All drowsy, and as happy as can be. With great big pillows> soft 'as thistle- down. And fluffy checkered blankets over me. —Anne Haviland Ecclestone. "Shure an' ivery toime I feels in me trousers' pocket fer. me knife 'tis' al- ways in the ither pocket." 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In this instauce the. plant remain* left tbeir mark on the• animal fossils, for the bones of the• lower part of the pit were stained with bog -iron which had seeped out. of the leaves. There were other animals found, fossilized in the same pit, and these included a large beaver, a mastodon,. a wild peccary or hog, an animal re- sembling somewhat an otter, frogs,. tertles and fish. In the same gen- eral eneral neighborhood Mr. Gidley found' a midget mastodon only about seveu feet high and a feline about the size: of a snail mountain lion. It is be- lieved these are both new species: - He also found a species of came] with longer legs and neck than living vari eties and the remains of a small sloth, pocket gophers and field, nice, -Frons "The Humane Pleader," Her Father's House She went to the House of God in her poor, plain dress— ' She who' had gone so humbly, so: wistful -eyed; 'Mid the well-dressed throng in the busy traffic press, Hesitant, half abashed by the penile. and pride. Appraising glances and cold. disparag- ing eye • Found her too humble for notice,. hurrying by. Hesitant still, like a timid child she went, - Awed by -tlee stately service, and. humble -of heart, ... And, lc, as in deep contrition and need• she bent, Came the knowledge that site in the - splendour of life had part. She rose with her mean garb vanished: —in purples drest- A guest in a royal palace—a wel- come guest- --Emil Bulcocie, in the Australian,: Freak Libraries A library for men only, to whicb neither women nor books written by women will be admitted, is "to be. established in an Iowa town, The donor of this •library is not,. however, quite so original as he may have supposed. A woman was before. him. This lady, a Russian, banned books by men. In the course of her- life she accu- mulated some 20,000 volumes, all Of them written' by members of her own sex. Libraries of this kind are interest- ing, but they have certain drawbacks. 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