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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-03-14, Page 3'HELEN TOPPING MILLER CHAPTER XXI ""1 know what 1 go: down there. But lookit here, son, 1 was putting down wells over to Burkburnett and up in Smackover and all them places, when you was running around, losing the safety pins out of your three -cornered pants. If Mis' Mason, here, wants to make. an agreenment with us, say an eighth for you and me . . "Iwouldn't rate any royalty, Hickey. Not if you do the work and put up the money:" "You rate—or I don't," Hickey said,, pulling his long lips grotesqu- ly. We could maybe go ahead with ii: before Mason .got back. But I'd want a paper drawn up—and Mis' Mason, here;, to sign it. It's just a businesslike way to do.". "Of course," said 1'lona Lee, a little breathlessly. "What do you think, Gary * * "1 think—well, I think its just' a, wild chance. As Flickey. says, there's nothing to lose, anyway. But an eighth is a pretty substantial royalty "I wouldn't undertake it for no less," 'Hickey insisted. "I reckon Mason would rather pay an eighth royalty and have him an oil well than to pull that derrick down and listen to all' the people around tell- ing him he was a fool to spud in a wildcat on his own, in the first place." "Oh, he would! said Mona Lee,. "Gary, I'm going to do it. Harvey left that power of attorney for me— l. fan do it." The, excitement gripped Gary. "You write out a paper, •son," Hickey said, "if Tfis' Mason's agreeable. Make it an agreement between. Mis' Mason and Harvey and you and Me," instructed Hickey when Gary was ready to write. 'And we want it witnessed—two witnesses. It's got to be a paper that will stand in law." * * * Gary still held back. "Hickey, I •still think T shouldn't be cut in on this. I'ni willing to help you—yo'. can pay me whatever you think I'M worth—but this is • your idea. You'll be financing it and taking all the risk and trouble." "No." FIickey was stubborn. "1 ain't going into it alone. I might get sued -and I want somebody else to get sued along with me. I know oil better'n you do, son. You put you and me- in it and make it tight as you know how. And 1 want some -witnesses.' "Would Slim and Maria do?" Mona Lee asked. "Adelaide has gone out." Out with Bob Ferguson. Gary knew about that. He set his mouth a little as he made a half-dozen marts and then tore up the sheets not satisfied with the phraseology. Finally, he finished a draft that pleased him and read it aloud. 'Sounds all right to me," said Hickey, "if it suits Mis' Mason." Slim and Maria were called in and put their signatures at the bot- tom of the sheet, Slims -scrawled and angular, Maria's small and very neat. "All right, Hickey, there's your docuuient•" Gary blotted the last signature and folded the sheet, put-, ting it into a long envelope, "Do you want to start onthis jobin the morning?"' "No," said Rickey, getting up with alacrity. "1 ain't going to start it in the morning—and have Grace and all his gang hanging around to see us make another failure, 'maybe. We're going to. shoot her—ton ight!". - - Gary found himself thrilling with a kind of drunken "recklessness, Hickey changed his clothes in the "You •take' my car," he directed, "and go get the stuff, to shoot her with. Go to nay place and wake up my old lady and tell her to show you where Hain Frasier. lives. He's. got some 'stuff and here's some money to buy it with. And for gosh sakes, take it easy!" * * He ran, licked Hickey's old ear into Iifc, an then wondered if it would hold together. But it went, and the night wind tore past his hot face and sang in his ears. It took him two hours jolting over rough roads, to find the place Hickey had told him about, but by one o'clock _ he was at the gate again, having driven a cautious fifteen miles an hour all the way back, The house was quiet, but a light was burning below, and Mona Lee came out the minute she heard the. jangle and squawk of Hickey's car springs on 'lie drive. She wanted to ride back to the well with him, but Gary wouldn't take that chance. r'You wait till I'm past that pas-. ture gate before you stir off that step, Mrs. Mason. If this soup should turn loose when I hit the rough ground out there, you want to be far, far away. I'll come back for you when I pet this stuff de- livered to Hickey." * * * "Got to wait till the boys get -here," Hickey said. "Mis' Mason telephoned—had to get 'em out of bed, but we got to be ready to han- dle her and shut her off if she comes in." The roughnecks came, rattling out in the decrepit truck, grumbling to cover up their own excitement. Cary went back for Mona Lee and found Adelaide there, an old coat', over her dancing dress. "Adelaide wr.nnts to go, too," Mona Lee said, He guided the women through the ragged pasture with -a flashlight and backed the truck up a safe dis- tance so they could sit-in it to watch. Dawn was beginning to gray the sky when the taut ' moment came. * * * Slowly, into the black silent hole. the shot went down. The men around the derrick stood like dark statues, tense, forgetting to breathe. Gary found himself swallowing hart!, and .a !tot, tight pain grip, d his jaw. Hickey looked now, in the weird half light, like some god from the tinder world, And then suddenly he yelled, and the men jumped clear, braced and ready—and the plunger went down. (To Be Continued) Here's To Your Eating Pleasure! It's called Cherry ,!'arty Bread, but serve it whenever the mood strikes yon—not just for parties. For here is a delicious bread with an unusual' twist that makes it suitable for all occasions. Put it in the lunch- *ioxes for your hungry offspring who are always ready for something sweet; and serve it for' Sunday dinner; it gives ,any meal the air of elegance! CHERRY PARTY BREAD 1 tablespoon butter % cusp chopped Marasrlifao 34. cup light brown sugar cherries q cup chopped nutmeats 21A cups sifted flour 14 cups milk 4% teaspoons baking powder t tablespoons melted shortening Y cup sugar 1 cup All -Bran 1 egg - I� cup Maraschino cherries 4. sup -chopped 'nutmeats *Melt butter in loaf pan and sprinkle sugar, cherries and nutmeats evenly over bottom of pan. Sift Flour with baking powder, sugar and salt; beat eggs; add milk and shortening; stir into flour mixture. Add All-B;raui, cherries and nut- meats; Pour over - cherry mixture and hake in a moderate oven 13'u0 deg. I+':)• one.lioui. hemove frail'''. pain at once. Coal,before•slicing, Yield 1 loaf (14 x 94 -in. pan). *NO Iii.—Loaf may be baked omitting cherry'.1n1'nii,ture in liottc Of pan, • 'LIGHT -AS -A -FEATHER' RAINCOATS With the approach of Spring and rainy weather, one of the most interesting developments in post-war garments for Canadian women is the introduction of the featherweight nylon raincoat, designed and produced by a Montreal sport togs manufacturer. The material, is unusually long wearing and adaptable to clever draping and designing, typified in this hood -attached model. Sunday School Lesson March 10 A People In Confusion Judges 2:7. 11, 16-23 Golden Text — The Lord is my helper, ,and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.-1'Iebrews 13:6. Israelites Oppressed While Joshua and his assistants lived Israel served the Lord. But when these great leaders were gone piety -ebbed and moral restraints relaxed. Baalim (plural, meaning Lords) were the gods worshipped by Can- aanites, each tribe having its own Baal. Lt. serving these deities, with all their licentious ceremonials, tine children of Israel "did evil in the sight of the Lord." With corrupted morals the Israel- ites were an easy prey for -their pagan enemies who mightily op- pressed them. There were some who did not bow the knee to Baal. These would pray and cry to God for release. In answer to these prayers God raised up judges for the people. The Scourge of Sin Soon the -people grew tired of obeying God's commandments. WONDERFUL SKILL AND CARE are used in blending Maxwell House Coffee. Generations of ex- pert blenders have estab- lished a Maxwell House tradition in the art of sci- entific coffee -blending. They paid no attention to the warn- ings and pleadings of their spiritual leaders. They• turned deliberately from their God to the immoralities of idolaters. The scourge of sin brought a de- graded people back to their senses. When they repented by turning from their sin God turned from His justice in their punishment to His mercy in their deliverance. The Lord raised up judges from their • own humble ranks and gave them freedom as long as they were faith- ful, Again they returned to their haunts of vice. - They fell down before false gods in stubborn servi- tude The Proving of Israel Is it any wonder "The anger of the Lord was hot against Israel" when people were so dissolute and debased, so defiant? Th; wicked neighbors nt Israel were used of God for a purpose— "to prove Israel, \Gould they walk in God's way or incline unto the ways of the heathen? We hale seen stow badly Israel stood the test. \Ve nun either rise above the evil of this present world so that though in it we are not of it, or sec cm succumb to it by sinkia; to its level, adopting its customs and habits, pursuing its pieasutes. EASE PAIN OF COLDS, SORE THROATS FAST! CRl ,ONICLES al C110En FARM B Gwendoline yP. Clarke * • Here' we are right into. March already, And ;after :'arch it's April, and after Agri we won't be, worrying too much' if we do scratch the bottom of the, coal -bin: Down in our town last week the Battle- of the Nylons ‘vas nothing compared to the Cainpti^n for Coal. One coal dealer had a car- load of "nun" c„me' in and he was selling it to farmers for their brooder stoves, The frontal attack. was so s'w'ift and effective that the rear guard armies found themsel- ves with nothing to do — and they were obliged to go home "without taking part in ,the fray. Then another coal dealer had a car -load in -- seventy-two tons of black diamonds w one car, It was let out in half -ton lots•and tlic fun began all over again. This dealer said he never saw anything like it. There is yet another merchant but he was less fortunate, No coal arrived for him — and it was with him that our order for brooder coal had been given. Oh, well, our turn will come. If it doesn't it will be just too bad for our chickens. Anyway our heatirg problem doesn't seem so bad after getting a letter from my sister-in-law in England which says their ration of coal for the entire winter is only one and a half tons. It is well that spring comes early in the Old Country, * * * Yes, spring will soon be coming to England but in Canada we may still have a goon deal of cold, rough weather to look forward to —and in coil,- rough weather it isn't such a bad idea to hunt up a few pre -spring jobs to take up the time, Personally. I never have to hunt very long. For instance, just recently I have been making a determined drive to rid this place of surplus bottles, jars and tin cans. 'The darn things—you can't even give them away And every- one' knows what a lot of room they take up. Getting them ail together to be carted ayay is quite a prob- iem. Hitherto, I have filled boxes and baskets with bottles and jars of every kind—sometimes they get taken away and sometimes they don't, And when they don't it just means moving them around, from one place to another—be- cause no mattes where one puts then itis always the wrong place. Last week it sudden!; struck me that if this collection of glass could be reduced it would simplify its dis- posal considerably. So armed- with - an old , pail, a,' sledge:, hammer,a sack and a miscellaneous 'collection of glass receptacles I took to the cellar. into the pail ,went a few - jars at a time which 1 promptly smashed to smithereens with the sledge hammer, but taking great care drape the'sackr around the top ofto the:pail•to prevent flying glass. But, oh dear, I never knew glass could be so tough. Imagine bottles that a . sledge hammer couldn't break. I think the "37" mentioned on. the label 'referred to the ingredients in the manufacture of the glass, and all of their un- breakable. •However, in spite of it all, I stow have two carton s of broken glass, a rma>hed pail, and a sore shoulder. Now listen, 1 am going to let you in on a very dark secret. But call the police, because this may result in a hold-up. It concerns a great fird that came to dight when I' was foraging around from one place to another in my glass breaking orgy, 1 found three dozen pegs. Wooden clothes -pegs mind you—and they hoe never been used. Really, a bad memory certainly had its compensations.. But sometimes the result isn't so happy. As, for instance, if one Rs es tothe cupboard for a fresh packet of tea only to find there isn't a spoonful of tea to be found anywhere. A frantic search fails to reveal even a stray tea -bag. The stores are closed and one goc, •o bed facing the prospectof a tealess morning. 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