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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-04-07, Page 2JIM THE CONQUEROR By PETER B KYNE Illustrated by Allen Dean Don jailf,'; .11igeer,,,e, 'Zees. rancher ewe Tele .entrim, eeeep eweer have Viler, eErr enemies. reept, Ke obe.rt, termer Teeas Iteriger. ewe- eie Jaime's m feel the do wour.de, after se.eetieg it tette Antren, wh is killed. Jaime t45 rp):i.ie,S$3,011 .4.fitrienes Robert., eieeere. :14 edvieree oe uneees .,JreeeeeJ Latham. enother ete reerry ere erid Q. 0..rt. a 1, eaves fe Texas. see eee,s 1,1` itietteeee ran': arel a.eeueee Lee% jetiee ef eeei "'iry„ -Le eF'13 sires °••._ "Speaking a which," be continued s "we will ride out and visit the woolies afterluncheon if you care for a ride. ni We've kept holy'the Sabbath forenoon ea let as enjoy the Sabbath after - neon." ri Crooked Bill meanwhile was Nk-g41- , tiering why his niece was suet' a poor s ' -correspondent, when Harms, the but - r, . a ter, entered with the mail. Two en - one slim and the ether fat, bore the return addreee of the Rancho Valle Verde, so Creeked Bifl. epenal es the slim one and read; CHAPTER XX III.— Cent' d.) Roberta watehed Don Jaime, wh knew not ere note from another bu "My dear Mr. Latham: t : who played amazingly well by ear be "tause God had created him a trouba dour. His dark faee was alight wish the delight he gleaned from hie: Amp'? task; for a2 hs Inge body, there was in his attitude and in the lester of hie eyes something that, nrociaimed t hi again the odd. little -boy meality him, touching her as she had never been touched Were. She gazed abut her. Dusky fat women, in bright print calico dresses and gay shawls, men in overalls and clean gingham shirt, sans neckties, their sombreros on the floor beside them; little barefoot boys and gtrls, their blaek eyes bent upon Roberta with frank, primitive curiosity, knelt on the hard red tiles, His people! Never before had she met a man who claimed as his people those with whom be could not claim a blood _elationship. Never before had she met a man whase clannish in- stincts, whose reverence for the tra- ditions of his ancestors, were so •strong as in Don Jaime. A part cf the man dwelt in the remote past, con- tent with the riches of simplicity and health, contemptuous of money for money's sake, scornful of its power -- sort of spiritual worldling chained to his environment by the obligations it thrust upon him, yet not wishful to avoid or decrease them—rather relish- ing them, in fact. "Strange, strange man," the girl re fleeted. "There he sits with a look of exaltation on his face, and yet I Anew he has sot the most remote in- terest in the ultimate disposal of his immortal soul. He killed my Uncle Tom and is too honest to think of pre- tending to me that he regrets it. This morning he said he loved me—yet he has not made love to me nor will he. 1 wonder if that was just some of his Irish blarney or his Castilian instinct for conveying compliments for their awn sake. He's a strauge mixture, yet there is nothing complex about him, He thinks straight, talks straight, and acts straight. He couldn't dissemble he wanted to. Oh, dear, I'm afraid 1 wish I had never met him. He's one a those terrible men one must take aeriously." Tbe service proceeded. Roberta greenlet. on. . . MAI Jaime's I iw voice reached her. "Now, then, Bobby, go your stuff." She sang as she had never sung be- fore. "See their eyes," Don Jaime whispered as she sat down. "The poor devils. They loved it. Handel's 'Where'er You Walk' isn't sung in our church, but who here knows the difference, and who cares? An encore, Bobby." She sang it. Then she sat through a sermon in Spanish at the conclusion d which the padre, addressing Don .Taime, begged hint to convey his thanks and that of his probecitos to the American senorita, Don Jaime translated his message, and a few minutes later she saw him stooping over the lap of a girl and lifting there- from an infant. He carried it aver to Roberta. "My soon-to-be godson," Ia explained. "Little brown. rascal. He's as fat as a woodchuck, and when Age grows up he will. be unenergetic, if Slot downright lazy. Well, to the baptismal fount with him. Here comes the padre." She watched him helding the stolid infant while the sacrament of baptism was administered; she marked the pride and pleasure in the young moth- er's face at this signal honor confer - ed arson her and hers, when, the cere- mony over, Don Jaime kissed the in- fant and handed the mother the am- tomary largess, To the godmother, too, he made a gift a money; then, lith a paternal pat on the shoulders ef all concerned, including the padre, ke rejoined Roberta and togethor they *aka back 'trough the pueblo to be hacienda. En route womet eurt. to theta, men removed thedr hats bowed, %oft veleta, murmured, Delano, dies, Don Jaime," cur dogs *rifted his heels, and grimy little hands vretre thrust into hie. 'At the head of the single street Don Jaime looked heck. "4 contented peo- ple," he deolared. "Chilli peppers *tyingi every roof and ample corn Ayr the tortillas; a tiny garden for Algona 4,11d, lettuce and beans, labor (atehttaged for bright calico and over- iiille and gingham at cost at the ranch 4ieretaissary; no deb* no wen* no laWsuits, freedom, from * puritanical tole of morals, Nothing to annoy he savia little labor for the man who exploits them and pays them etarvation, wages and who when they *re naughty, whips them. Sometimes 1 could with r, too, were a peon. Boll - Weevil and the prite of beef bothers thein not, nem taxes nor notes at the bank."' "Nor sheopA" Ask.* 0.00415440210, - "I wired you for permieson to pay , nee nart to your ver.- lovely niece, -. Miss Roberta A.ntrire. In granting. the desired pertnissima for which 1 am deeply grateful, you 7.2..,3- fit to give me some Wholly unneteeeary and ra- • her silly advice on how to be sae> eessfal in heve. "My father, in his callew youth, may have been steeped in the Castil-I Ian code of courtship. He had more ' Spanish blood in his veins than his son. But I am n) such bungling operator in the arena of courtship. I'll 1 have you know that I'm a real live nephew of your awn Uncle Sam, be. cause I judge from your telegram that you think I'ni as sentimental and romantic as a Neapolitan street singer. "My dear Mr. Latham, you know nothing of your charming niece's. dis- position. The finest way in the world for me to kill my feeble prospects would be for me to wangle a guitar under her window ani sing 'Sobre las Olas! And anyhow, what's your in- terest in me that causes you to be so free with your foolish advice? I sus- pect you would like to get me in Dutch. "I think she iikes. me, but she doesn't know whether I'm crazy about her or not, even when I swear I am. I figure that the best way to get her winging is to keep her guessing, but --quien sabe! If you have any other suggestions for helping along • the game of your old friend Patricio Jesus Higuenes' son,. let them fly. "Stecerely yours, "J. M. Higuenes." Crooked Bill read and reread this remarkable document and with a huge sigh laid it aside. "I've overplayed. my hand," be murmured, and took up Roberta's letter, which ran as follows: 'Dear Uncle Bill; . . • "I am ashamed of myself for hav- ing neglected you so but the feet is I have been having suck a wonderful time at Don Jaime's ranch (I call him Jimmy) that I haven't had time, to write. Co-EIs Favour Roller -Skates These two fair representatives of the Tuscan, Arizona University evidently enjoy the latest method of locomotion. Roller skating to classes: interested in them—that her interest lies elsewhere. Thoim infernal sheep and my foolish scheming sent her to Texas, and in order to get her home those sheep must be disposed of—in a hurry. have to buy them myself —and if that Higumes bandit ever gets on to the identity of the pur- chaser, hen indace her to soak me so hard, when I'm unable to defend my- self, that I'll never have the heart to eat a mutton chop again." (To be continued.) March Now I know that Spring will come again, Perhaps tomorrow: however late I've patience "Uncle Bill, he's marvelous. Every- After this night following on such a body thinks so and says so—conse- quently it must be true. His lawyer, day. Don Prudencio Alviso, who we visited yesterday, says God only made one Jaime Miguel. Higuenes and then the mould was destroyed. He is very bold, he sings and plays divinely, he is a sort of feudal baron and. he works hard all day with his men. He hasn't laid off a day since I came, but he lets me ride around with him. He has thousands of acres of cotton, thou- sands more of alfalfa, thousands inore of cattle range, and all the cattle in the world. He still suffers a little from the wounds Uncle Tom inflicted on him but he will not admit this. He's very humorous and one never grows weary of his society. Mignon worships from afar and envies the peon women who kiss his hand after some kindness. "I haven't thought of Glenn Hackett more than twice since coming here and. then only to compare him, to his disadvantage, to this amazing Jimmy. If he'd. only make love to me like a reasonable man Should I think I'd fall for him—hard. "I enclose a number of photos. The one of jimmy is excellent, Write same "Your loving "Bobby." CHAPTER XXIV, With the calmness of despair Crooked 8111 scrutinized the photo- graphs that Roberta had enclosed. The one of Don Jaime showed him en a gray horse with a, day-old calf &aped across his lap. "Caramba!" murmured Crooked Bill, "This boy's a throwback and as dangerous as they make 'ern. 'natia more, he's about ten times smarter than his father—and nobody ever accused old Patrieie of being (ha The boy has sized Roberta up right—not the width of a gnat's wing out of line—and he'll win in a walk, as sure as death and taxes, unless I do something and do it luny pronto. I dont want Roberta to marry into a mixed breed like the Higuenes. They're fine in Texas but—well, what will I do, in my old age, if she marries him and lives down there? And Glenn Rackett is the man for her. Re's got everything—and he's one of her own kind. I'm afraid of Latin blo,d, "Well, Roberta says if he'd only make love to her like a reasonable Met she'd fail for him hard. That means Site's atill eafe. . Bill Lath- an, you're an ass-- a cocksure old ass and you've got to get that girl back home m a hurryShe says riothing: tbettt Oibeep, which proves she is net While $t1:1 my temples ached from the cold burning Of bail and wind, and still the prim- roses Torn by the hail were covered up in it, The sun filled earth and heaven with a greatigi And a tenderness, almoat warmth, where tbe hall dripped, As if the mighty sun wept tears ot joy. But 'twas too late for warmth. The sunset piled. Mountains on mountains of snow and ice Ii the west: Somewhere among their folds the wind was lost, And yet 'twas cold, and though I knew that Spring Would come again, I knew it had not come, That it was lost, too, in those moun- tains chill, What, did. the thrushes know? Rain, snow, sleet, hail, Had kept them quiet as the prim- roses. They had but an hour to sing. On boughs they sang, On gates, on ground; they sang While they changed perches And while they fought, if they re- membered to fight; So earnest were they to peek into that liner Their unwilling hoard of song be; fore the moon Grew brighter than the clouds, Then 'twas no time For singing merely. So they could keep off silence And night, they cared not what they sang or screamed; Whether 'twas hoarse or sweet or fierce or soft; And to me all was sweet: they could do no wrong. Something they knew.. -1 also, while they sang And after. Not till night had half its stars And never a Hood, was I aware ot eileace Stained with all that 'hour's Songs, a 811 en oe Saving that Spring returns, perhap4 tom o prow. Edward Thomas, in "Colleelerl Poems." Dropping int,, a chair in the 'cluii. enaolte-:,:,ii', the bore annotinced that he bad juet purchased a new salami Another member looked over the tap of hie eye-glessee and inquired, ieily "tor or billiards?" Street Criers what is the relation between stree criers, and criers? Do certain words or names, necessarily draw to them selves vendors, whose characters ea be influenced by the sounds they utte in selling their wares; or do nature of a given sort instinctively selec only those things whose names have a corresponding spirit of their owe? Some Max Mueller can perhaps ane - ver the question; but anyone can ob- serve the facts. They apply especially to newsboy s in the Latin countries. Passing Termini again—the hot spring af Himera—the papers were just out, and the voice of the little fellow at the window of the compartment with copies of The Hoer was a long, musi- cal drawl — "L'Oh-os-oh-oh raaaa. L'ph-oh-oh-oh—raaa .!" Very dif- tdent from this cry was that of the lad selling Life. He cried out in a sharp staccato recitative, repeating very rapidly: "La Vita-Vita-Vita-VIV- VittTat'1" Most lackadaisical of all was the older boy 'who. bad Sicilia. From scarcely opened lips and with dreamy eyes, he slowly intoned each syllable of the name, extending and amplifying and sweetening it, as a ten- der morsel of which he could not get enough, softening his e's and reeking !his l's most liquid and mellifluous— ,"Seee-Sheeeeee-1111y-aaaaah!" Ar- thur Stanley Riggs, in "Vistas in Sicily." ORANGE PEKOE BLEND TEA "Fresh From the Gardens" 266 -ry •,,, -•- n ./. • Seeding Sunflowers (Experimental Farrns Note) It has been clearly demonstrated by various experiments that the date of seeding has a marked ineueuce on the yield of various farm. •crops. With this in VieW, an experiment was started at the Dominion Experi- mental ]'arm, Nappon, 192e, to determthe the most suitable date of seeding sunflowers,. whereby the greatest yields could be obtained. - The first seeding was made as early as the land could he prepared. This was followed by other seedings at Weekly intervals until three or four seedings had been made. Tbe first seeding gave the highest yield six years of the ten that the experiment was under way, the sec- ond seeding two years and the third. two years. The average yield per acre of sun- flowers harvested over tbe ten-year period was a follows: Average tons per aere, 1st seeding 23.05; 2nd seeding, 20.81; 3rd seed- ing, 18.95; 4th seeding, 18.17. Aver- age yield on a percentage basis, 1st seeding, 100.00; 2nd seeding, 90.28; • 3rd seeding, S4.56; 4th seeding, 78.S3. A study of the weather conditions during the germination period each year shows that the highest yields were obtained from seedings wliieh were followed by a week or more of warm weather wilblz occasional show- ers. Cool weather during the ger- mination period invariably resultee 1,, in lower yields. For example, in , 1922: and 1923 the first seeding was - followed by cool weather, while the /1 third seeding came at a time when r the weather and the soil were warm- s Music in Solitude In this valley far and lonely' I Birds sang only, And the brook, And the rain upon the leaves; 'Awl all night long beneath the eaves (While with soft breathlrg ,slept the house cattle) The hivedseas; bees Mademusic like tbemurmuring From lichened wall, from many a leafy nook, The chipmunk sounded shrill his tiny rattle; Througb. the warm day boomed. low the droning ties, And the huge Mountain shook. With the organ of the skies. —Richard Watson Gilder, in "Com- plete Poems." "THESE HARD TIMES" • "The hard. times and scareity of money makes it more important than ever 'to economize. One way save on clothes is by renewing the color Of faded or out -of -style dreS043S, coats, stockings, and un derwear. For dyeing, or tinting, I always use Diamond Dyes. They are the most economical ones 1):% far because they never fail to pr. - duce results that make you proud Why, things look better than nee. when redyed With Diamond Dyes. They never spot, streak, or run. they gO on moothiy and evorily. when in tbe befell of even a ten- year.old cbikt Another thing, Mond Dyes never take the Me out a cloth er leave it limp as Vibe dyes do. They deserve to be called elle world's 'Meet dyes'!" S. B. 11„ Quebee. ISSUE No. 141 --*,32 er and gave the highest yield. In 1924 and 1926 the first seeding was followed by cool, dull weather, while the second seeding giving the highest yield came just previous to a period of warm weather with oe- casional showers. During the six years wherein the first seeding gave the highest yield, the weather records showed tent thin seeding vas follow- ed by a period V. warm weather, either aeeurepanied by ebowere or immediately lc folio w no them, From these ()Trier.; alone the fol- lowin geeeral eonehisionti may be drawn. 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