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VA CtiIYM PACKED • ALWAYS FRES 14
WEST OF THE
SUN
A Serial Stoup
by
JOSEPHLEWIS
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the stora thus fart Virginia aloes re-
ceives a letter from Phil Lawrence her
flame '`ging her to cane to him at once
at Banta Bonita ht the heart of the ow
settled frontier West. B. rail and stage
Oho reaches tort Winfield whore Lt, Jim
Randall, who met the stage at Leninism
*ea whom Virginia had once been in love
with in Washington, reports the holdup
W which a money boy for Steve Barron.
gambling czar, and a cameo pin of Viz.
Sinn's were stolen. Murtha Bergson. trite
of the tort Commandeer. reveals n die•
trust of Phil Lawrence -n feeling which
dim Randall and others seem to share.
.lo explains at lost that Phil and thereon
once quarrelled over u cnmlriing debt.
CHAPTER V
"Did your men harm him?" she
asked breathlessly.
He shook his head and smiled.
"No, Virginia. That is not my way."
She took Phil's letter from the
pocket of her dress. "Steve, do you
know any reason why Phil should
write such a message?'
He took the letter and read it by
the light of a window, his face dark
and puzzled.
"No. I know of no reason for such
a message." Then he smiled: "But
perhaps if I were Phil Lawrence I
should have written it, too -to
bring you to me."
"That wasn't his motive," she said
emphatically. "He would have conte
to me-ifhe had merely wanted to
see me,"
"But why worry? You will see
)tint tomorrow. Isn't Lt. Randall to
escort you to PMI's ranch?"
* 4
She did not answer at once. Site
was thinking then of Jim's kiss,
of the hatefulness of it; thinking
that it was another of his ways to
mock and laugh at her. Se said
then:
"I don't care to have Lt. Randall
escort me. I think 1 311411 have my
driver-"
Steve Barron broke in quickly
"It is dangerous to navel alone;
certainly for a woman. If you do
not want the lieutenant's company.
let 1118 go with you. I should tike
that very much,"
• She could see that he meant it;
that and her anger for Jim Ran-
dall decided her "1 too. atonic) like
hat, Steve."
"I shall conte for you early," he
said.
In the pink -gray of dawn, the
sounds of horses clattered outside
the house. Virginia quickly finished
dressing for the ride and moved
quietly from her room. Martha Ben-
son's voice called a soft good -by
from behind her door, and Virginia
went into the early morning.
Two saddled horses stood waiting,
a man stood beside the one. tight-
ening its cinch. Virginia lightly
orossed the porch. She was faintly
sniffing, secretly amused by her con-
spiracy to ride off without Jim Ran-
dall. Then she halted in displeasure
as she saw that this was lin Ran
dall.
TTis "Good morning" was cheer
tut, but she could not answer him
at alt. He came to the horse's head,
ducked under, and faced her.
" knew you'd be impatient to
start," he said. "So I came early.'
'You knewg, I changed my plans,
didn't you?" Virginia said.
"Welt, yes. Even though you
didn't inform tile of the change."
"How did you know?"
"Steve Barron came and talked
'to you last night. When he left you,
he bought a horse. I decided he
could want an extra mount only for
one purpose. And since you were
angry about last night's kiss-"
"You're very slow to understand,"
Virginia broke in. "i don't want
your company. I won't travel with
you. 1-"
"You will," he said easily, "even
if I have to lift you into the saddle
and tie you there. You're not going
off alone with Steve Barron."
She, could see by his mood that
he would. Wordlessly she turned to
mount the gray mare he had
brought with his sorrel gelding. She
put her Foot into stirrup and his
hand at her elbow lifted her up.
He mounted and they rode toward
the gates and beyond.
Twelve miles through the blos-
soming morning took thein across
the flatlands to the Carico Hills.
They climbed over the hills and de-
scended into a valley bed that was
all dust and cactus. They found a
pass in the opposite hill range and
passed through. Beyond rolled cat-
tle land, stretching farther than the.
rye could sec, into the pale blue
of space. liar off across the sea of
bunch -grass. grazed a herd of cat-
tle. They turned away from the
herd, heading southwest.
They spoke not at all, and Vir-
ginia would have it that way. She
was content to be with her
thoughts, with her awareness that
this was the final leg of her iourney.
There was no haste in Jim, and he
kept the horses to a sharp walk.
The clopping of hoofs and the
creaking of saddle leather sounded
loud against the vast quiet.
Finally, lie said, "There is Law-
rence's ranchhouse,"
He pointed toward a distant red
butte. It rose ont of the yellow -
gray heat haze. Virginia could see
nothing More at first. But then, aft-
er another hitlf utile, she saw a
clump of cottonwoods and the white
walls of an adobe house and near
the house the gray frame outbuild-
ings.
They rode up to the house. The
door stood partly open. Virginia
called out, her voice excited, "Phil!"
Her voice struck against empti-
ness She glanced at Jim and found
him frowning and- looking sharply
ahout. They dismounted and walk-
ed to the door. Jim pushed it
.)side.. -
!Continued next week)
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20. Australian
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27. Paying titian
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31. Solite ry
32. Metal
83. Boman road
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llshment
16. Kiloliter
37, T3ardened
voice nit glass
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42, Pier
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Answer elsewhet`e to this issue
Here's Your Chance - Have you any antiques such as these
100 -year-old teapots to send to this year's C.N.E.? The
• Women's Division of the Exhibition will pay an honorarium
•fpr each -antique or unusual treasure accepted, also shipping
charges both ways. First write Kate Aitken, C.N.E., Toronto
to learn if your entry is suitable for display.
LANNE 14IRST
"DEAR ANNE HIRST: I have rio
one else to urn tel 1 am in Ica e
but my mother says 1 should leave
the man alone, because we are both
married.
"I lived with my -.husband only
two year, then 1 left. I met other
..,„ men, but e as
always lonely.
t' 91, o months
ago, 1 fell deep-
Ih in love with
this 1111111, who
loves me 100
He has been
separated from
liis wife for two
years -you see,
we've both had -family trouble.
"We never quarrel, and 1 have
found more happiness in bene
with him than I ever knew in mar-
riage. He tells me that 1 have
shown hint more kindness than his
wife ever did.
"Do you think I should give up
the only happiness I've ever known?
Please help me! -
Virginian."
a *
*.FOR over 20 years, 1 have read
* the griefs of a nation. During my
* travels, I have learned that people
* are very much alike all over the
* world. Falling in love, marrying,
*being disillusioned -then grasping
* at whatever resembles "happi-
* ness" at whatever cost to other
* innocent people, and deluding
* themselves that it is their "right."
* However disillusioned you are,
* have you any right to love the
' husband of another women? Even
* if you were not still a wife, how
* can you justify your conduct?
* You may argue, "I never came
* between ,hint and his wife. He
* was through with her before we
* met, as I was through with my
* husband,'' True. Yet the bitter
* fact remains: Neither of you is
* free to give love nor accept it, so
* long as you remtin married to
* someone else,
* If you persist in this affair,
* what future lies ahead? The more
* you see of him, the more you will
* love him -until' the end, which
* will come as surely as the sun
* rises towomorrow morning,
* What will that end be? Two
* divorces, another marriage, which
* would be shadowed by the mem.-
*
em-* ors, of these days? Or will you
* both wear your passion out, and
separate with mutual disgust in
4' your hearts, as partners in a
* guilty -alliance?
* You are only 19 -young, in -
Merry Menagerie-ByWaItD
sneY
"My trusty master woke me up
and carried me outte.
ISSUE 20 - 1041)
* deed, to have suffered disillusion
* 01 marriage. Yet old enough to
'* know the truth. There can be
* no complete happiness in loving
* the husband of another wonten-
* -You had, you know, someone
* to turn to. Your mother has ad-'
* vised you wisely. End this affair,
* before shameful gossip gets you
* down.
4' * *
klappiness is not a thing to
be snatched and enjoyed. It is
a state to be earned. There can
be no true -happiness thatis
bought at the cost of reputation
and decency. If you are con-
fused, tell Anne Hirst about it.
Address her at 123 Eighteenth
5t , New Toronto, Ont.
A Smart Trick
Which Worked
At a party b=ack in '33. Roy Mc-
Clean, a New Yorle Itcwspapernlan
with a lopsided grin and a trick
memory for trivia, fell in love with
a photographer's model named Jan
Morrison. jail was off to Holly-
wood in a few days, but Roy car-
ried the torch until her return a
year later. Jan, however, was still
playing the field, writes Billy Rose.
"1 could have a different date
every night for six months," she
told Roy at the train.
"I doubt it," smiled Roy. "There
is a new crop of chicks in town
since you left; your old playmates
have a lot of new telephone num-
bers."
But L wrote some of the boys
I was getting in today. I'll bet my
phone rings a dozen times tonight."
"You're 011," said Roy, "but let's
make the bet interesting. Will you
marry me if nobody phones you For
a date by midnight?"
"Done," laughed Jail. Roy left
and she started to unpack. In a few
minutes the phone rang and Jan
skipped over to answer it.
"Is :Mrs.' Tannenbaum there?" a
rasping voice asked,
"Wrong number," snapped Jan.
By seven, nothing had happened.
"Still time for a theatre date;' jan
decided, then took off her gown to
keep it fresh and put on an old
bathrobe. "Still time for the Stork
Club," she decided three hours lat-
er, but her heart wasn't in it. She
saw herself waiting endless nights
for the phone to ring; she thought
about Roy and those new chicks
-he had mentioned. What if HE-
At 12 a bell rang sharply. She
ran to the phone, then realized it
was the door, She opened it andfell
into Roy's arms, bathrobe, tears
and all,
They drove to Maryland and got
spliced that night. 1 sometimes
wonder if Roy ever told Jan this
interesting bit of trivia: That -back
in 1934, if you dialed a telephone
in New York and . then kept your
receiver off the hook after the
other person had hung ,lop, the
other person's phone was complete-
ly dead to incoming calls.
Big Mistake
A friend of urine heard a fascinat-
ing conversation by two 'teen-age
girls sitting on the front porch of
the adjoining house. One of sham
began outlining the details of her
big date the evening before.
"1 -le kept trying to kiss me," -She
said hr1athlessly, "and L kept say-
ing Stop!' -which Ile did. So,afte.
a utile 1 caught on. and l quit'sav
i'T;g. it."
TABLE, T
e a Andre,wse.
One surtebit of tit: success of
any meal is 'tlu enthusiasm ol
your guests. 1f .liey asked fol the
recipe for any dish, you ►nay be
certain. -it pleased them. And, 1 :feel
sure you'll be asked to tell how you
made any, of th,...following.
For ease in preparation and
. serving, and for just nisi 1 .good-
ness, 1 can really rec'+nunend this
dish which 'has evt ryt ,inti," or
•betty nearly so. -
"LANIIET MEAT LOAF
2 cups flour .
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 to 4 tablespoon, shortening
IA cup grated carrots •
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
% to 1 cup milk.
Method
Sift together flo - , taking pow-
der, and salt. Cut or rub in short.
nilrg. Add carrots and ,parsley. Add
milk to make soft dough. Knead V2
minute 011 floured pastry 'board,
Roll dough to 12 x 15 inches, Place
meat filling lengthwise on rolled
dough, leaving abut a third of the
dough showing around the edge.
Fold biscuit dough over filling.
Press together edges of biscuit
dough on sides an, ' ends. Place in
greased 'loaf pan. Slash top, Bake
in moderate oven (375 degrees F.)
45 minutes, Serve with gravy or
sae ce.
* * *
Then, for that loaf, here's how
you make the
MEAT FILLING -
1 cup cooked ground ham
34 cup cooked ground beef
1 cup cooked, cut string beans
2 diced, hard -cooked eggs
1♦�teaspoon mustard
% cup tomato 'soup
34 cup thick white sauce
Salt and pepper.
Method
.Mix haat, beef, string beans and
eggs. Combine mustard, tomato
soup, white sauce, and seasonings,
and add to ham mixture,_ Place on
rolled biscuit dough. Serves 6.
* *. *
I saw a piece in some paper re-
cently -which said that if everybody,
old and young, would eat a dozen
extra eggs per year, they'd not only
feel better, but also bring prosper-
ity to the entire egg -raising in-
dustry.
How true this is 1 don't know;
but l do know that it isn't hard to
get your family to put away sotne
extra "hen fruit" when you serve
something like this
EGG SUPPER DISH
6 hard -cooked eggs
1 cup crushed potato chips
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
IA teaspoon dry mustard
f teaspoon celery salt
1% cups milk
teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon peppe.
Slice eggs. Melt butter, stir in
the flour, dry mustard and celery
salt. Add milk gradually, stirring
until sauce is smooth, Add salt
and pepper. Reserve one-fourth
cup of crushed chips for top of
casserole, In -a on: -quart greased
casserole place a layer of sliced
eggs, and top with a layer of
crushed chips. Continue 'layers,
ending with a layer of eggs. Pour
white sauce over to and sprinkle
with remaining crushed potato
chips. Bake at 325 degree for 20
minutes.
* * *
Perhaps you think you know, err
have tried, all the -kinds of pie
there, are, Well, maybe so. And,
maybe again, this might be new
to you. It's
FRENCH BERRY PIE
1 baked nine -inch, pie shell
1 package cream cheese
1. quart fresh berriea
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons , corn -starch .
1 cup whipping cream
Spread 'cream cheese (blended
With cream to soften) over bottom
of cooled pie shell. Wash berries,
hull, and cooled,
well, Place half of
berries in pie shell. Mash and
strain remaining berries until the
juice is well extracted. ,ring juice
to boiling point and slowly stir 10
sugar and cornstarch, which have
been blended together. Cook slow-
ly for about 10 minutes; Cool and
pour over uncooked berries in We
shell. Place pie in cool place till
chilled. Decorate with -sweetened
whipped cream.
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IKE
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Measure into large bowl, 34 cup
lukewarm water, 1 tsp. granu-
lated sugar; stir' until sugar is die-
eolved. ,Sprinkle with 1 envelope
T'leischmsnn'e Royal Fast Rising
Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 min.,
THEN stir well. Scald 1 c. milk
and stirin 5 tbs. granulated sugar,
234 taps. salt; cool to lukewarm.
Add to yeast mixture and akin
j5 c. lukewarm water. Beat in 3
c.: once -sifted bread flour; beat
well. Beat in 4 tbs. melted;short-
ening. Work in 3 c. more once.
sifted bread flour. Knead until
smooth and elastic; place in
greased bowland brush topwith
melted butter or shortening.
Cover and set in warm place, free
from draught. Let rise until
doubled in bulk. Punch down
dough in bowl, grease top and let
rise again until nearly doubled.
Punch down dough asid roll out
to yi' thickness. Cut into rounds
with 3" cutter; brush with melted•
butter or shortening. Creaee -
rounds deeply with dull side of
knife1 a little to one aide sof centre;
fold larger half over smaller half
and press alongthe fold. Place;
touching each other, on greaaad
pans.' Geese tops .Cover and let
rise until doubled in bulk. Bake
in hot oven, 400", about 15 min.'
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