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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-10-16, Page 2Green tea with the finest flavour in all the world IP 4Fresh'wain the gardens' 872 The Gringo Privateer By PETER B. KYNE SYNOPSIS. Kenneth Burney, adventurer and one- time gentleman, comes to Bradley Bar - din, king of the cattle country, tor a job. Burney has had a fight with Martin Bruce a rival cattle owner who has been stealing the king's stock, aided by Mig- uel Gallegos, a Mexican bandit. The king, liking young Burney's style, offers him the job of getting the cattle -thieves. Burney accepts, though he knows it Muriel, athe hking'shbeaut beautiful Fdaugiiters. Muriel, who is more interestr•.l than she cares to admit, tries to persuade her father not to let Burney tackle the cat- tle thieves. The king decides to test Burney's courage by making him ride m the e roughest ranch. Burney passes the tswith flying colors, but his lndepenitenee arouses the king's ire. At %Tuach.ita. a near -by town, Burney runs into Martin Bruce the cattle thief who has sworn to Kill him. CHAPTER X.—(Cont'd.) "If you move your right hand the fraction of an inch I'll kill you." Ken Burney warned, and walked swiftly tcward him. He circled aroun.l in back of his victim and with a quick i,wist removed the apron. In 2tartix Bruces right hand reposed a single- action .45, with a four and three- quarter -inch barrel—and the gar- was already coc'.;ed. With the finesse of the old -tune gunman Bruce had cocked it even as Le drew it from the neletce. w:th hili own pistol barrel pressing against the back of the old man's herd, Burney reached down and re- moned the pistol from the latter s hand, thrust it into his rear trousers pocket and then ran his left hand over Bruce's person, feeling far •an- other gun. He found it—a smaller weapon thrust down the band of the latter's trousers—and appropriated that, also. "Will you be good enough, Mr. Bruce," he requested politely, "to sit back in the chair and permit. the bar- ber to comb your hair?" "You'll notice it ain't standin' on end," the grins old wolf replied easily. "Oh, there will be no killing to- day, Mr. Bruce. Of course I could have killed you with three barbers to bear witness that I shot in self-de- fence. I. trus.ed to the apron to handicap you and permitted you to reach for your weapon before I pulled mine. To me, however, your elimina- tion, no matter how desirable, would have been grossly inartistic under such circumstances. I prefer more finesse when I turn killer." Martin Bruce sat back calmly the chair. `:Gimme a shampoo," he ordered the barber. "Nothin' like looldn' pretty when a feller's in dan- ger o' dying' with his boots on." He smiled almost approvingly at his youthful enemy. "You took a long chance, son." CHAPTER XL "I agree with you, sir, that,'had I not acted with a conimendable•sagac- ity, thereby eliminating most of that long chance, I would even now be sit- ting on the top of a pink cloud twang- ing a harp." "I warned you, didn't I?" "You did—and you meant it and I knew you meant it. We're merely de- ferring the obsequies, Mr. Bruce." "What is the big idear, Burney?" "You owe me two months' wages and I want to collect it from you while ENEFI No other sweet lasts so long, costs so little or does so much for you. WRIGLE! Promotes good health when used regularly after every meat. It cleanses teeth and throat, sweetens mouth and breath, and strengthens the gums. Your health is aided while your pleas- ure is served. Good and Good for You ISSUE No. 41—'30 you're living. It would involve a year's time and considerable red tape to collect it from Jour executor." Martin Bruce's thin smile broadened into an appreciative grin. "Welt, there's sense in that, Burney. I never intended beatin' you out of it. You could have had a cheque the day you quit if you hadn't been in such a hell - fired hurry to vamose." "A mere tribute to my respect for you, sir. Shall we go over to the bank as soon as you have finished here?" "Certainly." And five minutes later Martin Bruce, preceded tactfully by Ken Burney, approached the cash- ier's cage in the bank, where Bruce shoved a cheque, endorsed by Burney, under the grille. "This is the endors- er," the, old rascal announced, jerking a thumb at Ken Burney. "I identify him and O.K. the endorsement. Give him the money." "Burney scooped the bills off the counter and he and Bruce left the bank in the same order they had enter - it. "Mind walking down to the livery stable with me?' the young man sug- gested. "I'm going to saddle up and leave town. After I've gone you can go back to the barber shoa and re- cover your pistols." Martin Bruce, for reasons apparent to the reader, offered no objection. He stood around on the livery stable floor while a hostler led Rowdy out and saddled him. Thereupon Ken Burney paid his bill, climbed aboard and rais- ed his hat in courteous farewell to Martin Bruce. "Just as well yo'l're leavin' the country," the Iacter called after hint. "Take my advice, young feller, an' keep goin'." Burney pulled up and rode back. "I'm not leaving the country, Mr. Bruce. It requires more moral per- suasion than any dirty cow thief can bring to bear to mace me lower my tail. I'm on the payroll of the Bardin Land and Cattle Company, and pro- vided my conduct is exemplary I ex- pect to remain there." "You called ine a cow thief," the olci roan rasped. "Pll make you prove that, Burney." "I intent: to prove it, and when I do, this country will be too hot to hold you, you old wolf. You've got to be teught that . the rough-ai.d-tumble methods of your youth have become declasse. You should reform. Cattle rustling on the scale you practice it went out of fashion quite a number of year ago." Martin Bruce scratched his head. "Lemme see, now," he said with great good nature. "The Bardin outfit ships from the station in Cochise County, Arizona. I don't know whe- ther you're aware of it or not, young man, but I'm the sheriff of Cochise County, and in nay jurisdiction it's against the law to pack a gun, open or concealed, without a permit from the sheriff." Burney smiled sweetly. "When you frisk me for one I shall not resist— and there'll be quite a number of Bar - din riders on hand to take care of you in the event you decide to kill me for resisting the inspe,iion. The trouble with you, Mr. Bruce, is that you take in too much territory. In Arizona you're sheriff with authority to enforce thelaw; inMexico you're a thief New with courage enee ,h to defy the law. But remember: You're amenable to New Mexico law, so watch your step." "I caa roll my own hoop,'' the older, man replied, andstalked away uptown with what dignity he could muster. Ken Burney wateaed him until he turned a corner then rode back into o , the livery stable, put up his horse, and in the harness room engaged in a game of cribbage with the proprietor for three hours, being careful, how- ever, to sit facing the door. After a while he strolled up to the bank and requested the paying teller to give him five dollars in hyoid new twenty -five -cent pieces•in exchange for a five -dollar bill. T+'rom the bank he repaired to a drug store, where he purchased a quart of bichloride whi- ten, n, a 4% by 53. inch folding camera and a quantity of film. He then re- turned to the livery stable, caddied Rowdy, packed his wrrldly effects en his pack pony and rode south and east, hoping that his rue. of departure earlier in the Jay had worked on Martin. Bruce, In all probability the old sinner wo.i]d suspect hien of hav- ing made tracks foe El Raneyi'ito. W-.. . fore the eages of Lincoln Park. The He rode fast and at sunset was well Athletes recomnentl M inard's Liniment time chosen was nightfall, an hour down in El Cajon Bonita below the international boundary. After select- ing a camp in the bed of an arroyo through which a thin trickle of water still flowed he watered his horses, hobbled them and turned them loose to graze. From his pack he took a skillet, a, coffee pot and food and pre- pared supper, after which he put out his little fire, rolled up in his blankets and slept the sleep of the carefree and innocent. He was up before dawn and had dis- posed of breakfast before sunrise. After catching up his horses; he teth- ered the pack pony in the arroyo, saddled Rowdy and with his camera swinging from the pommel and the bottle of bichloride solution in his inner coat pocket, rode out across the valley. Presentl,, he was riding am- ong the; cattle that wore the brand of' the Bardin Land and Cattle Company. In general they were good grade Here- fords with the usual Hereford mark- ings, but from time to timehe came across cows that showed a strong cross of Shorthorn or Durham. When he found a lusty calf running by the side of such cows and the calf exhibited variegated coloration and was unbranded, he carefully photo- graphed mother and calf from in front and from both sides, then roped the calf, hog-tied it, made a slit about an inch long in the hide inside the left foreleg just abs .n the knee, rinsed his fingers in a dash of thebichloride solution, deluged a new, bright silver quarter piece with it, slipped the coin into the slit and worked it :well down in the sheath between the hide and the muscle, after which he cast the calf loose. • By the middle of 'the afternoon he had secretly tagged with germ -proof silver quarter -dollars twenty head of calves and photographed them and their mothers, so he decided to call it a day and returned to his camp in the arroyo, where he again hobbled his horses and turned them loose to graze, cooked himself an early supper and spent the night in the arroyo. The following morning he was up and on the road by daylight; late that night he rode .into headquarters at El Ranchito. When he repaired to the mess hall to honey the cook into giving him a late snack,. he could not help noticing the alacrity with which that harrassed indiv'dual hastened to assure him of prompt service. Nor did the cook hail him familiarly as Smokey. On the contrary he called him Mr. Burney, with much unction, and fried him a steak, which he served on the private table with the red tablecloth. Burney immediately carried his eal over to one of the long tables where the help ate. "You're very kind and considerate, Cookie, olcl son," he declared, "but while Mr. Gfa, cion re- mains on the ranch I think ell just keep that table sac 'ea to him. If he should invite me to eat there, that would be different. But he hasn't." (To be continued.) "Hottest Spot" Is Science Test Temperature Near 900,000 Degrees Believed to Have Been Induced . The highest temperatuae ever pro- duced on earth it is believed, has been roughly measured by R. Tanberg of the Westinghouse Electric and Manu- facturing Company's research labor- atories. It was round on a small spot on the crater of the metallic electrodes between which an electric arc was maintained inside a special type of vacuum tube and is estimated at 900,- 000 degrees. Previously . the hottest spot ever found on earth was that in the crater of an ordinary arc light, which reach• ed about 10,000 degrees—almost as hot as the surface of the sun. Accur- ate measurement of the temperature produced in Mr., Tanberg's apparatus is impossible because the heat would vaporize any measuring instrument. The temperature was calculated, con- sequently, by observation of the be- havior of surrounding gases. Copenhagen Builds Modern Schools Copenhagen—There is a tendency in Copenhagen, as in other cities, to remove from the center of the city to the outskirts, and this year three new schools whenthe are to be opened: term commences. It is six years since the last were completed. There is an average of 30 classrooms to each school, and from nine to 11 halls and special rooms for gymnastics, domes- tic science, natui"al science, drafting, craft work, sloyd and library work, as well as other rooms for administrative purposes, At Skovshoved. one of the districts near Copenhagen, a new school to be built this year Is without a staircase, but a gradually descending slope in a spiral form, which takes the place of the usual steps. The school is a two-storey building and the slope will be of reinforced concrete. Autumn Who doesn't like the autumn The golden time of year, Who doesn't like the autumn When the hoar frosts are here? Who doesn't like the pumpkins, So .mellow, big and rounet., Who doesn't like the crimson, Calling silently to the ground? When the corn has reached its glory TeaBiscuits uwstudlg good when mode with MfliC B. in ow,.....e r -17 :k:}i.;r,.b,. y: .tie441:,f:".4aiak aim Tf you bake at home send for the New Magic Cook Book. It will suggest many attractive dishes and Pave time for you. Look for this nark on every tin. It is a guaran- tee that Magic Baking Powder docs not contain alum or any harmful in- gredient, 3 out of every 4 Canadian housewives'" who bake at home, use Magic ]waking Powder be. cause they find that Magic gives consistently better baking results. Next time you bake biscuits, try Magic and see for yourself how it will help you with your baking. Try this Recipe for Biscuits 2 cups flour 2 tablespoons shortening 4 teaspoons Magic Baking 1 cup cobs sweet milk, more Powder or lees teaspoon salt Method—sift tocether flour, magic baking powder and sal4 then cut in shortening. Gradually odd cold milk sufficient te, make as soft a dough ea can he handled, using a knife to mix with. Flour centre of board generously, drop dough on it, pet or roll out very lightly to I" thickness. Cut out, bake 15 to 20 minutes in allot oven. All ingredients should he cold. 1landle as little and es lightly ea possible and avoid working in more flour after milk has been added. *This lac:, was revealed in a recent Dominion -wide investigation: STANDARD BRANDS LIMITED GILLETT PRODUCTS Toronto ' Montreal Winnipeg and offices in all the principal cities of Canada Animals Prefer- Classical refer .Classical Music Female of the Species Shows More Appreciation than the Male The following is an interesting article on animals' reactions to the strains of music and jazz, taken from the Reader's Digest: On one of his Antarctic expeditions Shackleton took a phonograph along. The instrument, set going out in the snow, attracted a flock of penguins. The birds listened, interested, appar- ently pleased. Then the record was changed to "Waltz Me Around Again, Willie." For a moment, a. moment only, the birds waited; then, as with one mind, they turned, .squawking dis- gustedly, and went off.. Their an- cient dignity had been profaned. The explorer Scott tells that penguins would always "come up at a trot" when the men were singing, 'and, he adds, several of his men could fre- quently be found on the poop of the ship singing before an "admiring group. of Adelie penguins." In many animals music stirs a deep emotional response; whether of pain or of pleasure, it i hard to say, Some dogs point their ,noses toward the stars and wail at the sound of a piano or of a violin. Caged jackals and wolves show a like instinct. The ancients are 'said to have drawn crabs out from under the mud and stones by music, and swarming bees were coax- ed back to their hives by the clash-, ing of cymbals or the pounding of pans. Seals have followed ships for many miles when there has been music aboard. Musicians playing in the open fields have had strange ex- periences. Lizards and squirrels have gathered about them unafraid. One squirrel, it is said, came regularly from its hole every time the adagio from Mozart's quartet in E major was played. Sheep and goats have come running for an opera air •played on a flute. Some of the tales • one dismisses easily as the offspring of fertile ima- ginations. Others may arise from man's willingness to think of his own 'Music as having rare charm. In a compilation to prove the power of music, written something over a cen- tury ago, several such stories appear. One morning very early a tailor is going home after a night spent in fid- dling at a party. An angry bull at- tacks him. With sudden inspiration he begins to fiddle. The bull stops, listens, is charmed. When the man stops, its rage returns. So till dawn the hapless mala fiddles away to save his skin. Again, a state prisoner in the ,,Bastille is allowed to take a lute with him to his cell. While he plays, the mice come out to listen, and the spiders suspend themselves around the instrument. wasonce While Hofmann W h e Josef Hofmann mouseran up a n Chicago,a playingin leg of the concert grand, and there on the top listened with every evid- ence of delight throughout a concerto. In Dayton, Ohio, during a, recital by Harold Henry a rat posted himself behind one leg of the piano, listened attentively till the end of the num- ber, then scurried off into the wings. A• series .of experiments conducted with. flute, violins, oboe, and mouth organ, in the London zoo hidicatod, a real interest lnmusic on the part of scorpions and spiders. One remem- bers that whenever Gretry played a spicier would settle itself tipon " his harpsichord. The cheetah showed a preference for gay music; the rhino- ceri were annoyed and attempted to charge the musicians; the sea -lions. came to the surface and listened, pleased by all but the jazz. The rep- tiles—crocodiles excepted—paid little attention to the music. It was there- fore inferred that the gift of the snake charmer is probably not in his music at all hut rather in the rhytlia Info swaying of his body to the music. A violinist once triers hie skill be - which may have influenced the results markedly. In general, the night creatures appeared to be much more sensitive to the music than were those of the day, and the males were less interested than the females. The male Bengal tiger, for instance, snarl- ed once at the musician, then ignored him. The female pushed her nose and paws between the bars, seeking apparently ,to get as near as possible. The coyotes came out of their holes at the first sound and ranged them- selves in a semicircle around the musician. When he put up his bow, they "pawed at him through the bars," as if asking for more. When he played again, they once more squat- ted before him. Two Punia panthers disliked all jig music such as "The Irish Washerwoman," yet lay content, listening to such slow and sentiment- al numbers as "Home, Sweet Home" and "Annie Laurie." Most of the birds remained utterly oblivious to the music. The pelicans, however, according to the account ib' The American. Naturalist, flapped their wings and snapped their beaks at the musician. Ail of these observations accord with the testimony of a one-time bandmaster of Barnum and Bailey. Elephants, several:of•the deer and of the cats, he had noticed, were espec- ially responsive to, music. There might be, he said, a great difference in this respect between the individu- als of a species. One leopard might seem hardly conscious of music; an- other would Glance with joy at a given air. Lions, he asserted, sometimes showed definite liking or distaste for certain tunes, And elephants be- came so used to the march from Loh- engrin that they would be outraged if led into the circus arena to any accompaniment less stately. All train- ed animals, he added, are dependent on familiar. music. A change in rhy- them or in melody might throw them off their cues and result in panic or.in serious accident. A southern dairyman is said to have installed a player piano in his barns; another has introduced a phonograph to be played at milking time. Physiologically, it is supposed, music relaxes the udder of the cow and so allows an increased flow of milk.. Such uses of music are of long standing. The old Greek shepherds piped to their sheep, thinking thus "to promote digestion"; and a writer in The Musical Quarterly instances the fact that the Boetians used a pas- toral flute on their equine stud -farms in the belief that this music stimu- lated procreation. 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