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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-03-05, Page 6ala a Orange Pekoe has a most f aacina ing flavour IP :•+ rif ORANGE �� :•' . 1." PEKOE BLEND V�I 'Trash front the gardens' ens' 183 Thi Gringo Privateer By PETER B..KYNE CHAPTER XXXV.—(Cont'd.) The king thumbed a push-button and summoned his vice-president and assistant general manager. "You let those Wilkins cattle get. away from you," he charged. "Why?" "Because Wilkins wired me he would not offer the cattle for sale until our representative had trine to get there and inspect the herd. I was busy and couldn't go, and our cattle buyer was sick with flu. I felt Wil- kins would keep his word." "Oh. Well, it's too bad, We should have had that 'herd." • He turned to some papers on his desk, indicating by that action that the interview was terminated, insofar . as his inferior was concerned. But it was far from a finished matter in the mind of King Bardin- His 11Iajesty wired Dan Wilkins that Kenneth Burney was not even in the employ of the Bardin Land and Cattle Company, having resigned a week pre- vious; that prior to his resignation, however, Burney had been the general manager of the El Bandits division. He requested Dan Wilkins to forward him, if quite consistent with the lat. ter's pleasure, copies of all communi- cations received from Burney, a copy of the contract and any further in- formation that might tend to convict the said Burney of operating under false pretenses. Further, 1.e advised Dan Wilkins not to deposit the cheque Burney had given him until assured by competent legal authority that if the sale of his cattle had been induced by fraud and fal,e represeiitatidii:'i1 could be set aside; in which event the Bardin Land and Cattle Company would be glad to purchase the cattle at the sante or possible a slightly higher figure and pay cash. Patiently His Majesty waited for Dan Wilkins' reply. When it came it was from the latter's attorney and ran: Dear Mr. Bardin: My client, Mr. Daniel Wilkins, has referred to me your telegram in reply to his of the 8th inst. and has placed M my hands his original contract with Kenneth Burney and one telegram from the Tatter, a copy of which I enclose. After reading this telegram you will agree with me that if Burney has seemed to represent himself as the agent of your company, such represen, ti.tion is implied rather than express- ed. He does not, even remotely, refer to the purchase of the cattle by any one other than himself, but in signing his telegram he added the line "Man- 1 ager El Ranchito Division," - Th:s night be understood as merely identi- fying himself and giving Mr. Wilkins a clue to his standing ht the ,cattle business, although I feel quite certain he added this identifying line for the sole purpose of adroitly inculcating in the mind of Mr. Wilkins the erroneous impression that when he should arrive to trade for the cattle it would be .s the representative of your company, with whom Mr. Wilkins has done much pleasant trading in the past. Mr. Wilkins informs he that at no time, while at -die latter's ranch, did Mr. Burney, directly or indirectly, rep- resent himself es the agent of your company, Having assumed that he was your agent, it never occurred. to Mr. Wilkins to doubt his own assump- tion or question Burney regarding his authority. Burney gave my client a cashier' cheque for $50,000; made in favor of himself and endorsed by hila to Mr. Wilkins; the latter deposited the cheque the day he drove Mr. Bur- ney into town to catch the southbound train and it was not until his return to the ranch that he discovered he had traded with Mr. Burney as an indi- vidual rather than as the agent of you;.' company. If Mr. Burney employed a certain measure of guite in consummating this deal with Mr. Wilkins, .he certahniy was imbued with an ardent desire to protect Mr. Wilkins in the event he should find himself tenable to go through with the deal as per contract. The contract gpecifies that should palments- 0± late 'O'q'erretteefeavatenete. not be made on the dates and in the manner specified, then, at his optic's, Mr. Wilkins may declare the contract null and void, in which event Berney agrees to abandon any and all rights under the contract, the cattle revert to Mr. Wilkins and any sums hitherto paid on account aro to be retained by Wilkins as and for agreed liquidated damages. While my client is none too well pleased at having inadvertently, done business with a total stranger with whose credit and financial'rating he is in ignorance, but for whose eloquence salesmanship and personal magnetism he has the utmost reverence, neverthe- less it is my opinion that were he to sue to have the contract set aside he could not sustain his suit. Inasmuch as he sold at his own price, he will be satisfied if the deal goes through without a hitch—particularly in view. of your statement that if there should be a hitch you will be glad to take the deal yourself. ORK won't wait for a V headache to wear off. Don't look for sympathy at such times, but get some Aspirin. It never fails. Don't be a chronic sufferer from headaches, or any other pain. See a doctor and get at the cause, 1VI'eantinie, don't play martyr. There's always quick comfort in Aspirin. It never does any harm. Isn't it foolish to suffer any needless pain? It may be only a -simple ]headache, or it may be neu- ralgia or neuritis. Rheumatism. Lumbago. Aspirin is still the sensible thing to take. There is hardly any ache or pain these tablets can't relieve; they are a great comfort to women who suffer periodically; they are always to be relied on . for. breaking up colds. Buy the box that says Aspirin - and has Genuine printed in red Genuine Aspirin tablets do not depress _ the heart. All druggists, eeeree-einnez. nee'. Made in Canada I n7ati m copy eon.Fortractyour of pninfarchase tined sal closed herewith, After reading that contract;t sat long in silence contempl it carpet. "His -;.they has b tc,ts� to his last dollar, buteeiiti; enough," he ruminated, "Not `by hundred and some odd thou dollars, What Burney plans to, to operate on margin, After' en the second payment he will se' contract to some big operator. I he may even try to sell it to me "Six r.onths hence those cattl be worth not less than: five doll', a head more than he paid for tli end as a sweetener Burney will J e this year's calves free—probably i • t thirty-five hundred head. He'll','l those later as long yearlings: and "' good price. Yes, sir, the boy} is g,', to make some money ---and entirel,. my expense. Within the years needle bells will ring.for him and Muriel;* I will be left holding the sadk" On his desk calendar he nide eveful note of the dates Ken Burlre payments to Dan Wilkins were and then proceeded to forget the tai! ter. Ken Bnreey met his second pay"ii• of $200,000 on the Wilkins cattle the king was very careful to ,a teen;; also he had paid Dan Wilk and his cowboys their wages regul and had provided funds for all i... dental expense connected with herd. The price of beef havinga ;` vanced two cents in the interim;e king decided it wag ;row time to 'l Ken Burney up and trade hint ou` his contract. Surely he would be ,. ed to let go now; with a nice p)' ,t in hand he would, the king rease be glad to do so. Also, 'His Ma knew that within six months, he king, would be able to turn the ere herd at a profit of ten dollars a ki"' So he got on the trail of his v by writing him in care of his fat • Promptly Burney wired hint that 4,. subject broached in his letter of. date was r-ot of interest to hon. t' • ."That . fellow certainly beats i : tine," His 1VIajesty decided. . "W he'll have to do some tall ncung .. the next six months, and if he fails, , make connections elsewhere he'll pre'- ably offer to sell me a half interest' the deal. Well, if he does, he'll bi 'n a position where I can do the cliett- ing. By Judas, I'll succeed' yet;n elbowing that fellow into going o work for me." CHAPTER XXXVI, Nevertheless, as the time for 1 -flee- ing the remaining payments fell dui, Ken Burney resolutely failed to ma.. terialize. The next thing the Idrg knew, Burney had relieved Dari Wil- kins of his job and taken over the management of the herdhimself: 4nil, although the king had him 'watched ney had not, as yet; diepose3 oft• single co«. "Heil financed himself and is doing the sensible thing—holding hie herd," His Majesty decided. "The :calves he got free with the trade he .All sell as two -year-olds; he has a new, calf crop and a big one and he'll gie9W that out and as soon as this year's calves are weaned he'll clean up." The king sighed dismally. All al his well -laid plans had, .indeed, One by the baud, and he was in ho•ly fear that some young fellow ' he couldn't tail. a calf might induce he pri'.cess to marry hint. He reflec ed bitterly on his purchase of the Hrr- ney ranch. He had paid a stiff p ce for that ranch and he wished he hadn't. He was relieved, theref ne, when his general counsel called rim up: one day and told him he had re- ceived an offer for the Burney retch of fifteen thousand dollars less ' `;;ran the king had paid for it. "Nothing doing," His Ma'je,sty de- cided. "Sell it for what I pal 'lfor it, but not a cent more." (To be concluded.) —: Old Man and Wife The youthful years, like revelersliong sone,nt • Grory faiupon the senses. plow they know.. The recompense that conese hen young hearts go: The gift .of •:lence on a :gun—licked lawn. ' , They spend an hour with snoring when the tall Gaunt cedars yield their sh dows, lean and gray, And rise to meet the sun who om_ es to call Each morning, like a friend cross the way, They who leave grown too Wise /or any speech, Who feel a peace too deep oijjoy or pain, ff Know there is nothing more therworld cin. teach I. 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Sonnet now that you, who held my thoughts for years, Have laughed and lightly turned away from nie, And I, bewitched no more and free from tears, Can think in calmness of your ways, and see You pass uncaring by, your eyes grown cold, And feel, instead of love, a faint sur- prise That hearts can be so ,easily consoled, That I can watch, unhurt, your rov- ing eyes ' Seek other loves, can see your gay fair head Turn carelessly from me, and know . • that I Care even Less than you, that all we said Of constancy was lighter than a sigh: .Again I see, so long obscured by love, The constant hills and boundless sky above! —Irene M. McCrae in The Austral- asian. Water Marks From Flood Found in Old Perisian City Oxford, Eng, — A city so ancient that its ruins show watermarks left by the Biblical flood has been •dis- covered a few miles east of Babylon by the Oxford University Field, Mus- eum Expedition hi Mesepotanria. On top of it is the first :well- preserved palace of the Sassanhan dynasty of Persian kings ever found, and the discovery of the palace was largely accidental, Prof. Stephen Langdon, the United States director of the expedition ex- plained how the discovery was made. The Field Director, waiting .to begin excavation. of the Mall Hill over the site' of the ancient city, set his Arab workmen to levelling . the mounds of earth nearby. They had not been at work for a week before ,one wall and two gateways of the Royal Persian Palace had been laid bare. Prof, Langdon estimates its date ;.t about 35.0' A.D. The argument started over a bor- rowed frying -pan, passing by sasY stages through defects in character, facial and other bodily perculieritiee, to 'what one person would do to an- other if that other did not leak out, Then came a slight lull in the storm. Atter• all, Mrs Briggs," said Mrs. Mean, "you needn't get so uppish. 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