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Ambulance Service T1I WIN GHAM ADVANCE•• -TIMES Thursday, Nov. 30th, 193' SYNOPSIS Ruth Warren, born and raised in an Eastern city, is willed three -fourth interest in the Dead Lantern' ranch in Arizona.'With her youthful hus- band, who is in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to Ar- izona to take' up where Ruth's broth- er, roth er, reported killed in Mexico, had left off. They reach Dead Lantern, 85 miles from the nearest railroad, with the help of old Charley Thane, neigh- boring rancher who also carries the rural mail. At the ranch they find the partner, Snavely, and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who greet them suspic- iously. As they trudge the 5 miles from the ranch gate to the house they pass a huge rock in a. gulch where a voice whispers. "Go back. Go back.", Ruth's husband . caught in a rain shortly after their arrival contracts pneumonia and: passed away before medical aid can be brought. Ruth, penniless and without friends attemp is to carry on but is balked at almost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. Despite obstacles of all kind Ruth gives notes on her ranch inter est to purchase cattle. She is assisted by Old. Charley Thane and his son, Will Thane. 'A Mexican family has, been hired to assist with the work. A peculiar sickness developes with the I ive stock. Snavely calls it "liver fev- er" . . and says he has a powder. for the water to cure the disease. Ruth discover's trickery in Snavely's tactics of poisoning her cattle, but says nothing, waiting for additional. evidence Draught is overcome by sinking a well in a ravine, getting water for the pershing stock. At the round -up Ruth has enough stock to sell to meet her notes. OW GO ON WITH THE STORY For half an hour the two women sat on the floor with the dog between hem, For a time he seemed rather I at so much attention and gave a short bark of enquiry. Then, as nothing much happened, he yaw- ned, scratched at the floor, and after turning around lay down with a soft sigh and presently began to snore. "Sugarfoot, honey," said Ann at ast, "why ain't you dead?" * * * After the cattle sale Ruth knew that Snavely had misinformed her a- bout the yearly earning power of the ranch. As near as she could estimate, he income—even without the Parker cattle—was more than three times the a bmount he had. mentioned. She be- elieved that his lie was an attempt to discourage her, not a plan to make money for himself. But the cattle buyer had come and is check was now in Ruth's hands; this check gave her, after Snavely's share was deducted, nearly a thou- sand dollars over the amount of her note. Ruth walked on air—small won- der that she was not anxious to have any more words with Snavely. After all, what if he had underrated the in - Snavely stepped out from the porch and°asked, "You -all goin' for a ride?" come? She could meet her note,and she had not been forced. to sell any. of the fine Parker cattle except the. calves. She had improved the ranch wonderfuliy and next year this im- proveincnt would manifest itself in real money. And with the money from next fall's sale she would buy more Cattle, pure breds, the best in the world, She had set herself five years tri bring the earning of the ranch to a certain confoitable amount. 'rhea, she andDavid would move into town near the schools, ; , . She kticry that Snavely would have to be con- sidered in these plans, but the fiittirc looked so bright, it was a shame to spoil it thinking of hitt, In her heart. she rather believed that Snavely would eventually sell out to her, Since the cattle sale something seemed to have happened to Snavely; he no longer gave the impressions that he was waiting for something.. Instead, he :had a puzzled, uncertain air, He avoided Ruth consistently, but where before he had let it been seen that he avoided her because he could not stand the sight of her, he. now made half -smiling excuses. The 'girl had been so happy with the results of the first round -up and the gayety of the fiesta that she paid little attention to hien. She had won. Nevertheless, whenever he was behind her Ruth had to control a wild im- pulse to run. On the day after she received the cattle buyer's check, Will Thane drove up to the ranch. He brought a marriage license for Alfredo and Ma- gda. He had already secured the pri- est's signature, and now asked the newly married couple to sign, telling thein the paper was •an agreement with the great American government to live happily together, and never quarrel about anything. Alfredo. and Magda signed it joyfully. As it was still mid-morning Will did not hurry away.He and Ruth sat on the running board of the roadster and talked. "David and I are going to flag your dad this afternoon and go into town with him. I've some business to attend to and David wants some ice cream. We're going on a regular spree -they have a movie in town, haven't they?". "Two; both terrible. But say, you can't go in with Dad; he's quit the delivery business." "Oh! Why?" "No use in it. He started carryin mail by 'accident, anyway. You see after mother died, he and I went to live in town. We left Juan and Juana on the ranch. I went to school and Dad became sheriff. Well, when I with you when you come. back. Bring it in cash -I don't want >4o check," He turned and left her. On the way in, the three in the roadster chatted ceaselessly. Once Ruth asked, "Tell me --what was the trouble that day at the barbecue?" "Oh, the fellow in the blue. sash? He was just drunk. I didn't inquire much about the argument. Alfredo said that he was saying unpleasant things about the ranch—claimed he wanted to see Snavely." "But why?" "A crazy drunken notion. He told Alfredo that he could make Snavel3r. come down and walk on his hands and knees with a saddle on his back' —thought it would amuse the crowd. Ruth glanced incredulously at ,her g "I guess all I need is your check; , Mrs. Warren. Make it not to me." companion. "Good heavens, what a rare ideal" Will agreed. He did not tell the d girl that his father: had appeared much o interested in the remarks of the Mex - e ican in the blue sash; nor that by y this time, a certain tall, grizzled pol- 1 iceman lyas also much interested. 11 As they entered the outskirts of the e town,.after nearly three hours of steady driving, Ruth could hardly be - f lieve.her eyes. It seemed to her that she had never seen so many people in all her life , cl Will assured her that the town had. not grown noticeably=she had been !living on the ranch where twelve . people gathered together made a mul- got old -enough to go.to university we went to California. But Dad coul not stand it there—too cold and to far away from the ranch. So he cath home. He used to go into town ever week to get a letter from me an first thing he knew he was the mai man. But now that I've come hon for good, Dad's quit. The new man made his first trip last week. All o which family history is only to say that if you want to go to town you'd better let me take you." Will stop up. "Now?" "Sure—unless you'd rather wait Dad and I are leavingto-morrow for a business trip to the coast—back ne- xt week. We'd be glad to take you in with us n the morning, but you might have trouble in getting out again. You'd better come now—we'll see two movies!" "Well I hadn't planned"—Ruth hes- itated—"I suppose we might go this morning—" A few minutes later when Ruth and David, coming out of the house, star- ted toward the waiting•machine, Sna- vely stepped out from the porch and asked, "You -all goin' for a ride?" "Why, yes, Mr. Thane is taking David and me into town. I shall de- posit the check and pay off my note." "Well now I don't know as I'd be in any hurry, Mrs. Warren your note ain't due for a week, is it?. An' it's poor business handin' people mon- ey—you don't know what that broker might do—he might claim' you never give him the money in th' bank an' then when the time •comes to pay hini mail him a check. I --come to think of it, I'll be goin' in town pretty soon —I'd be glad to—" "No, thank you," smiled Ruth.: „I'm sure it will be .safe for me to pay the money to Mr. Witherspoon., I shall give'hini a check, not cash, and he will have to give me a receipt also. When I have opened the ac- count, I can then write you a check: for your share. Or, if you'd rather give me a letter to the bank, I can put the cattier buyer's check in the nch account," Snavely: hesitated uncertainly.. WCII; now—"He paused. "Which shall T do?" asked Ruth. hall I put'the check in the ranch I count, or do you want me to open y own account with it and pay off y note and give you a check for tit.tit.share of the sale?" "Well, why don't you wait until I 11, -•-" "Because I want to pay off that note myself:" l J. H. Witherspoon, Incorporated. I'll Snavely did not repy for nearly a give you a receipt. nii.nui.e: "All right," he said suddenly. Ruth filled out the second. chock in "you can do like you• want, taut don't her new book for a considerable part put the money in the partnership 'ac- lof the money slie had 'pttt in the bank count. Put it in your mine and give thirty minutes before. It seemed too me my share. You can bring it out lad. "lis that alt that's necessary?" ra ac m to fro go titude, I She asked Will about the banks, and he recommendedallthree of them Then he remarked in a matter-of-fact way that she wondered if he knew of a good attorney. Will pointed to'an office building across the street. "A man named Martin has an office there; you can't go wrong with him. Would you like me to introduce you?" Ruth hesitated. No, don't bother— I just want to ask him a trival ques- Ruth left Will and David as soon as Will had parked the car. She ;would attend to her business and meet them an hour later, At the nearest bank she opened a checking account with the cattle buy- er's check as .:a deposit, and drew Snavely's share in cash. Then she found the ground floor office of M. Witherspoon. From the signs on the window, Mr. Witherspoon was a no- tary, a: broker, and a insurance agent; he also made loans, conducted real estate operations, and was` incorpor- ated, "Mr. Witherspoon? asked . Ruth of the man who sat before a flat-topped :desk in the single room to' which: the street opened, "Yep." Mr, Witherspoon. swung a- round. He was fat and'had been a blond in; younger days. "I am Ruth Warren. You have a note which I'gave Mr. Parker of the Triangle T Ranch. It falls due No- vember first." "Yes—?" "I want to pay it off now." "Oh, certainly, Mrs. Warren." Mr, Witherspoon arose and seated her in a chair near the desk, Stepping to the open safe he drew out a- large record book, dumped it on his'desk and sought for a certain page.. "Here we , are—let's see—nothing paid down--- 110 extensions --everything clean and neat. I guess all I need is your check,, Mrs. Warren. Mace it out to me— "That's all," smiled Mr. Wither spoon. "Very easy to - get rid of money." Rath rose to her feet, bade good morning to the broker and went,in search of the attorney Will had rec- ommended, She thrilled expectantly; at last she was going to see just whe- re she stood with Snavely, She had a feeling that, she would learn much to her advantage, Mr. Martin, the lawyer,' was an old- ish man, quite: scholarly in appear- ance, ppear ance, with gray eyes and a very straight mouth, Ruth prefaced her re- marks by'stating, that she -did not care to tell who she was—that. she simply wanted some legal advice. br- iefly, she told .how she had come to be on the'ranch. Just what were her rights and relations with her broth- er's former partner? After looking at her incredulously for a moment, Mr. Martin sighed. "My dear young lady. You have acted most unwisely' and with no discernible judgement. To begin with, you: have not one iota of right to be on the. property." "I haven't?" "You have not, You have three quarter's interest in the property if' the will is found to be regular• • The entire ranch is ° in ' soler legal posses- sion of the man who was your broth- er's partner. You have no. right there at all. The surviving partner • of a partnership has entire control of the partnership property. If you have made any money during your occupa- tion of the property, I am not sure but you are liable to prosecution." "But do you mean I'm not a part- ner?" Continued Next Week. MODERN ORCHARD PRACTICES Hatchability science today is mak- ing rapid strides in the solution of the problems upon which light has long been wanting. Scientific re- search is unearthing. a wealth of ma- terial, much of which offers practical solutions or, at least, suggestions for some of the difficulties in profitable orchard management. Pruning re- commendations today are - radically different from those of a few years ago, and the new -recommendations are based on experimental results. The much discussed fertilizer prob- lem is now being studied from a plant physiological and biochemical standpoint, which, together with .ex- ternal observations, : presents this problem. in an entirely new light, and although definite rules cannot, and perhaps never will, be made on:ac- count of the differences of location and types of soil, many helpful and suggestive recommendations have been the outcome. Fruit bud formation is another phase of recent study. and'its close relation and interdependence upon fertilizer practice and pruning make it necessary to treat these three prob- lems almost as one. He who' would understand one must have a know- ledge of the others. The day of de- finite .instructions applicable to all. districts and sets of orchard condi- tions is passed. 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