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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-01-22, Page 2This finest OltIMP Pekoe tea costs less than others ORANGE PEKOE 89sio T 1444 A ''Fresh from the gardens' 1St The gringo Privateer i By PETER B. KYNE ,t SYNOPSIS. Ken Burney is given the general man- agership of Bradley Bardin's ranch. Pro - Tiling he rids Bardin of Martin Bruce and Miguel Gallegos, cattle thieves who have been stealing Bardin's cattle. Mien .and thirty picked Coen meet Gallegos and his band of two hundred Mexicans and decisively defeats them. Muriel Bardin falls in love with liven and tries to per- suade her father to ston,him from under- taking hi hazardous adventure, but Ken goes ahead with his plans and agrees to n. t Martin Bruce in El Cajon Bonita. Bruce will have the assistanme of Gal- legos. but Burney is not deterred. CHAPTER XXVIII. "It was wrong of you to suggest the enterprise to him," the girl quavered. "And now, if he's killed, the memory • of it will always Abe between us." To hide his discomfort and- contri- t`.on His Majesty elected to pretend ;Inger. • "Why should it?" he charged. "Ho wouldn't be the first man to be killed in my employ in the discharge o_ his duty; the men on my payroll may not select the peanuts and leave the bard walnuts to somebody else. 1 "I have • a report of Ken gurney, pay accordingly." Dad," she confessed. "But he's such a splendid youngi "T.he devil you have. Where'd you man to be asked to risk his life to save. I get it?" you some more filthy dollars. As"I wired your general counsel to you haver.'t got more money now then you know what to do with" procure it for me. He did" "It isn't the money. Money means "Oh, Lord," the king demanded, "why weren't you born a boy? I'd retire and make you president of the Bardin Land and Cattle Company to- morrow if you had been. What's the report?" "Kenneth Burney is thirty-two years old, son of Felix Ortego Peralta ei ttlargare t.. McConnell - dash of Irish or' �`cotefi'iri iaiin`",: you seE. Graduate of Tres Pinos High School leased land 'with three years in Santa Clara Uni- versity, whera he never had a high mark and never failed to pass a course. He was a member of the glee club and did well in college dramatics, with a leaning toward burlesque. "When the Lusitania was sunk and we failed to declare war he decided to declare it himself, so he went to England and enlisted in a cavalry regiment, the Berks Yeomanry. He served during 1915 and 1916 in France and then his regiment was sent to Egypt. Ile served in Egypt and Pal- estine until the end of the war, was wounded twice, has two medals of sor.-ts,.:and between battles learned to play polo :on•the desert sands. Return- ed to his father's ranch after the war and raised polo ponies and trained them and played polo at Santa Bar- bara and Del Monte. "He has already informed us that he went into vaudeville to reimburse his father for i note the latter had endorsed for him; when that was paid he quit vaudeville; then you took his father's cattle; his father had to lease the ranch and Ken made up his mind there wasn't anything else to 'do ex- cept follow the line of business lie loved best—the cattle business. So here he is." "What c'.o you deduce from all this?" the king queried warily. He was be - qualities. And after he mopped up E Cajon Bonita with that odious Miguel Gallegos I knew he was real. There are so few real men in the world— and besides, he's such gorgeous com- pany. Really, Dad, he's quite an old- fashioned gentleman. You just know he isn't the type that thinks that every girl that Iooks at hint is his slave." "Oh, my great patience, Muriel. First you couldn't bear the thought of him having human blood on his hands and yet the minute he admits having knocked off eight men you cheer for him." "That was a fair and open fight, in self-defence, with the odds seven to one against hila." She mopped her eyes, led him to a big overstuffed chair, made him sit down and then sat down on his lap with her arm around his neck. She was smiling whimsically now through a film of tears. nothing to nie. Forty years ago 1 started playing a game and now the game is playing roe. I can't let go. 1 have many mouths to feed and my honor is at stake. Twenty years ago 1 would have washed nay own dirty limit ita but now that I'm oI ave o etedi'"ic"'c olie:" Muriel, I'd rather lose every dollar I have and start in all over again with tubercular scrub cattle, ease an and outlaw horses than take orders from two crooks and pretend I like it." "I can understand that, Dad, but oh, it does seem too terrible to send a man like Ken Burney to do the job!" "My dear," the king sighed, "I've got to send him. He's the only man I've been able to find with any relish for the job and the only man I think who stands a chance of putting it over. It would be murder to send anybody else." "The only capital he has is his life and you're asking him to invest that in your business. It isn't fair." The king realized he had to be rough with her. "What the devil causes you to think so well of this wandering troubadour?" he roared. "He's a man. A" first I suspected— almost believed—that he was all on the surface—a cheap movie -actor -hero type, so I did not hesitate to high -hat him. But after he showed me I couldn't walk on him and get away with it—when '- realized he wasn't the sort of man who would admit an error he hadn't committed to tickle the van- ity of a eaprieiou i woman—the sort cif man who would never be a door -mat --- well, I just couldn't help comparing him with other young men I know. "No girl with a sense of fairness could eel'r neeseeiating his manly ginning to have a new rt & for his daughter's intelligence art. wk lroitness. If cell, he's heeti,right tens3'gin with. His original Spani.eh ancee, 1 arrived with Duai Gaspar De Porter; in 1,676 and there isn't the faint n taint of aboriginal blood in his ° * pal, .Tile family record on both sadet~l �1tapears to be clean. There is no bis minded, moronic, physietl sane or criminal indivili tribe. That is very imp not a brilliant boy in S made good. _Has it ev: you that the honor anen:'ii seldom heard of in after' li' "I never pinned my :fai� the meteoric brand, TheS"', ly and easily and forg04 way," the king agreed, steady, safe, conservative; makes a good general as improves with age and ex "Then you'll admit," continued, "that' if cool`; telligence constitute, as 1' eel, a man's real virtue "I agree with you Ken that sort of virtue. Go of "He is industrious, he 1 he paid hie note in sorrow, thing he loathed;.. be is "; fiercely proud, but nod possessor of more`than `' to make hien !normal a healthy. One must have stimulate ambition." "He has plenty, my de is in direct ratio With his^ "He has nice manner instinctive—as much a et his black Flair and sop would be kind and co graceful even if his par insisted that he'shouid,� social attributes." "Correct, Muriel Go,,t "He has a gorgeous se. even if at times i,t,is It pleases hien to give th, big and little casino, Gard: and he four aces, id ani' Ken Burney, maty sconque the sweeps. I think •that'' touch of knight-err.antr sure he is chivalrous '` thing borrowed in his .i' ems" :r,6f feeble- r it ealc,- in- " in . his He Was but he erred to liege are one of 'n quick - be same me the ow who ;e. He fence:" princess anti in- aemark- aey's got neat, for seane- penclent, nnk,;. the int ego iientally e ;ego to qo. ns cry. ;'aro ,:,hinn as es. " He MS: and had. not '`those httlil;olr, sl degdl r. er fellow id spades that he, him with rx'.licates a I'ni 19„ no- e, snakes no modern wise -cracks, xle,;,{i e is never so humorous as when heliii in leadly earnest." "That's the couch of Ct dear. The Irish have a ie being droll, but as nett they are the most seiioii,i, lid sad race on earth. When they ar: foray they rarely know it." ,F;, ,. "You've got to admitshe's tremen- dously good-looking, Dadt-and not in a pretty way, either. He's hnasculine" "Well?" "He's my ideal- of a husband, darl- ing.,: ;. "But he hasn't one iiel:el to rub against another—and •until; he is his own man..—" yyp --"'14.vblilS i -T tire's e i i ieney' in. the Bardin family ,;,for thneeA, isn't there? You could ,make him an; exe- cutive of the con%pany and give p a good salary. I'M sure he'd ♦aro 1t." "Muriel, don't dissemble With your old man. Are you in love with this young fellow?" "Yes, I am. I never dreamed I'd be so unmaid mly as to admit it, but it T chances are li ve you Come with . nie, Tou a won - int, my on for f fact • Pure, crisp, light, flaky and always FRESH I have to, other. terribly slim. to pinch-hit for now, Pop, don't de Don't you think he'd derful son-in-law?" "Honey," said the king sadly, "I see I've got to give it to you `between the eyes. You've got to fdiget Ken Bur- ney, and the reason iSs there'sanother girl in his life. He told me all about her. The desire to laiaeey her has fired him With ambition to tae" itis_ owvn titan and-" "Is he engaged to her, Dad?" "No, not yet. Int efactt he told me he had not even asked her;, nor will he until he has something tangible to offer her." "Well, of course," said, the princess, "I wouldn't be a poacher, but as you present the cast it's a fair field, so. I'm not going to be down -hearted. You r ever wanted anything you didn't reach for, did you, Dad. Suppose I do get my knuckles gapped? 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