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Zurich Herald, 1931-03-12, Page 2By PETER B. KYNE CHAPTER XXXVL—(Concluded) i sand yearlings didn't cost 'you a cent Two days passed and the ranch was because you sort of sweated them out sold, and a week later the king, dressed for dinner, heard somebody of the deal, and they're worth forty dollars a head. Ken, you're a smart playing the piano 'n his drawing young fellow.... How did you fin - room. Presently the tinkling laugh once the deal, after your own money= os the princess reached him; then a fine lyric baritone voice floated up- stairs to His Majesty, indicating that the princess hag a visitor and he. was singing the Toreador Song from Carmen. "Wonder who that Johnny -cone - lately might be?" the king rumin- ated. As he entered the drawing room Ken Burney rose from behind the piano. Mr. Burney was arrayed in dinner clothes and a charming smile. "You're certainly looking very ele- gant," His Majesty greeted the prodi- gal. He shook hand with just a shade of reservation. "May I inquire to what happy chance we are indebted for this unexpected visit?" "Why, I've been away a long time, so I thought I'd drop around and take up with you a certain little ,natter of gave out?" "Well, you see, sir, cattle prices were advancing so briskly that even- tually old Dan Wilkins realized I could sell on a week's notice, clean up a profit and make niy get -away any time before the third payment fel) due. So Dan abandoned all thought of seeing me default, and when I offered him ten per cent. on the de- ferred payments provided he gave me an extension for one year, he fell for it. Dan didn't know any other place he could get ten per cent. for his money, so I just kept on using his ranch as if I owned it. About a hun- dred thousand people own that ranch now—one acre homesites, you know. Hence nobody has bothered nme, The one -acre boys didn't mind if my cows ran on their domain—so I was rent- free for a year and a half and could unfinished business." afford to pay Dan Wilkins ten per "I do my business at the office, my cent. for his money," son. Never forget that. However, "That move," His Majesty agreed since you have forgotten it we'll for• admiringly, "was extremely coyote. give the omission." And you don't want a thing for that "What I have to discuss with you is El Cajon Bonita job, eh? Boy, you not office business, sir. I telephoned saved me r lot of money there. I'm Miss Muriel this morning and she, your debtor." was good enough to invite me to din- "I've decided," said Ken Burney, ner. Perhaps I overplayed my hand by accepting, for I seem to detect in Your Majesty's manner a faint.,sus- picion of cracked ice." "Merely the shock of this unexpect- ed meeting, son—and seeing you in dinner clothes instead of chaps. By the way, I hear you got your horse, Rowdy, back=•compliments of Senor de Haro:" "I was that fortunate. Rowdy comes in handy these days—at the Santa Inez rancho." "Oh, s'. you're the chap who bought "to take your daughter in full of all claims on your gratitude." The king stepped -to the. side of the princess, raised her Left hand .and surveyed thereon a diamond ring he could not remember having bought fee- her. vrher. "Well, you yo'ng folks—" His Ma jests* began, but Burney interrupted him. "What, if anything, •Your Majesty, are you going to give us for a wed- ding present?" "I'd love to give you a job I don't that ranch from us?" want and pay what the job's worth "No, sir, I bought it from your gen- and then some. But, of course, you'll refuse that," "Ken would, darling," the princess piped up. "but I'll not 'let him. I've only accepted him on condition that ',-.e shall become president of the Bardin Land and attle Company in order give you time to learn golf. He cast keep the home of his ancestors as a hole card in case you go broke. I'm a • fair sample of the rising genera- tion and, in all probability- I have your time beaten a utile, but never let it be said that a Bardin went back on a Bardin. She flew to the welcome haven of the king's arms and hugged him ec- statically, and when she at length re- leased his His Majesty turned to his prospective son-in-law. "What," he demanded sternly, "has become of that other girl you were so crazy about once?" "Muriel was that girl. I had met her once at a dinner party in Santa Barbara, but she wouldn't look at me that night. She was quite under the spell of a young plan—well, you know the type, nig. Nevertheless, I fell for her with a thud—and when I met eral counsel, but I assume he turned the purchase price in to your cashier Yes, sir, I'm back in the home of my ancestors, and I've got the ranch stocked, don't ewe a cent, and hate money in the bank." "How much?" "Enough to keep the ears of the weii-known wolf from peeping over the hills at nie. I bought fifteen thou• sand head of cattle—" "I know all about that cleat. I've seen the contract." Burney smiled, • "I sold them at a profit of thirty dollars a head straight through—just doubling nay honey. The calves I got free with the trade paid my expenses and interest and then some, and I have four thousand yearlings left. Got them down on my ranch." "I suppose you have about a hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars cash. capital after paying your debts," the kind; murmured, for he was good at mental arithmetic. "And the money you paid your father for the ranch will, of course, all come abek to you when he passes on, The four 'her again over on El Rai —old ) elix Burne y' r bey turnlly sunk without a• to make good to 'win hanged if I was going to her and you rate me a for, However, you can go bust;' to now, king, because 1 c of her if you can't." "You've made me 4tt•1 months, needlessly" Hl roared. "You're a c1117 to niy arms, my beirmisISb ring for the material ought to have one!" (The Endi. What Ne4 lea rn BY ANNAi3LI.,L1 .•W OR Muer(' fed D essn:along 1ri>;1ued TVith 1Th.ery< io, w lust n; I'll he having bunter. anti e care ghteen Iajesty Come furiel, link we Ochre lace vest and deeli"c.rffs pr e vide smart contrast to an all -day model of black canton crepes The cowl neekliife Soft and narrows its effect Th.: skirt hugs thee the hips with grade:' the hens. Black chiffon quisitely lovely. 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Recently, on. account of the fact that Brussels sprouts are not normally available in Egypt in winter, some of the big hotels in Alexandria and Cairo .:conceived the idea of having a con- signment sent out specially by the Indian mail -'plane to give an extra attraction to the Christmas fare; so, ,also, on another occasion, were a num- ber of lobsters.. The Flying Lions. Nearly all the bullion dispatched from London to the Continent is now air-borne—a convincing tribute not only to the speed, but also to the se- curity, of aerial transport. Ofteu, too, as a contrast to this, a consignment of day-old chicks will be pIa.cecl on an early -morning 'plane, and in not more than a day's flying will reach some distant destination across the Contin - In ell t. Strange ioads are sometimes air- borne. Not long ago, au Imperial Airways cargo machine had its inter- ior transformed, temporarily, into a lion's den. 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An important point, when consider- ing the airway as a ,weans of transit for urgent loads, is that insurance is cheaper by air than by any other transport, owing to the absence of pilfering and the great reduced risks of breakage. Just a Blank The charity worker called at the Firs and was showi'. into the master's study. "I've come to ask if you'll subscribe to this deserving charity," she com- menced. "Certainly," said the householder. "1'11 give you this cheque now." The charity worker looked at the proffered piece of paper. "But it isn't signed," she said. "That's right," he returned. "I wish to remain anonymous." ,Ie' Girls on Mars, saga a scientist, Have six legs. Leading millionaires of the stocking industry.—Kingston Whig - Stan dar d. hig-Standard. happened to us. The straps held me to any seat, hu: I was so shaken up and b"wised that I eonld scarcely move . Aud Scottie — the poor terrier, popped out of the cockpit like a shot out of a gun, Sailing through the air, he went, and landed inti thick clump of grass, where the rolled over—not once, but a dozen times. Finally be stopped rolling and 1 un- tangled myself from. what had been an whiskery b lack airplane and went over and picked him coat. Suddenly we ftp. A sorrier- pup you never saw. It drove forward in- to an air pocket and the whole plane dropped hurt to stand up and worse to sit down. Soon, by gocd luck, the rain stopped, and we seratcl:.ied the wet top of some Pine needles and settled down as com- away from under Portably as -passible to talk things .over. But night was coming on, and we had to find somewhere to sleep. When I asked Scottie about 'It, he wasn't even the least bit interested He itept right on licking the bruises and lumps Ise had. Anyway, a dog doesn't care much where he sleeps, he simply fol- lows his tail around two or t;,><'ee times, and settles down, and he's in bed. That sort of bed doesn't • appeal to me so much, however, so I got up and started over to the little old deserted cabin. It was only a rough little cabin some woodsman - had built—and was really as lonely: ds • could be—but it looked mighty snug and homey to me right then. The sun was rapidly sink- ing behind the hills, and strange sounds drifted down from - the tail pine covered slopes nearby. A great Barred Owl went "Whoo-Whoo" back see ten feet ahead. I steered by.in the Clark timber. Perhaps you have guess only—and what a guess! Sud -heard heard a Barred Owl? It soundslike a deuly ahead of us there loomed a tall 'hungry wolf and a wildcat rolled into tree. I swung as far to the left as I one—and, of course, while you know could to avoid a head-on collision, but I its' just a Barred Owl, it doesn't seem I couldn't clear it, Smack! We crashed our wing against the tree— the meanest tree I ever saw. It was almost in t.be exact center of a little grassy valley—and it was the only tree within many yards of us. With all the rest of the whole world to grow in, of course, it had to grow right them, and, of course, I had to steer straight for it. I wonder if you have ever crashed into something while going thirty or forty miles an hour? I hope not. But if you have, you can. understand .what us for 20 or 30 feet. Perhaps you have been in au elevator sometimes when the• operator• has let it drop quickly. That's quite like the sensa- tion you have when a plane hits au air pocket and she drops from under You. It makes one's stomach a bit uu- easy. Let rue tell 3'ou that I was worried. I don't mince a squall or a storm when I ant out in the open, but among the foothills—well, that's adifferent situa- tion. I headed down as best 1 cou,ici and down we went. 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