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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-04-21, Page 21 p. ► ►. ar 10 fr OP 10 110 10 lb lb► ► 1► ► ► r w le ► r ► F r - JIM THE CONQUEROR By PETER E. KYNE Illustrated by Allen Dean SYNOPSIS, Don Jaime lt'igue3 Higuenes, Texas rancher, and Toni Antrim sheep owner, have been bitter enemies, Capt. Ken Ifo- Bart, Don Jaiines' manager, finds him wounded after shooting it out with An- trim, who is killed. Don Jaime takes possession of Antrim's sheep. Roberta Antrim is advised of her uncle's death and Ieaves for Texas. "Crooked Bill" Latham, another uncle,. wantsher to marry his friend Glenn Hackett, and when Roberta wires her approval of Don Jaime. leaves for Texas and, under the name of Blodgett, buys the Antrim sheep in order that Roberta may terminate her visit to Texas. CHAPTER XXV.—(Cont'd.) all "so dolce far vacate. When I arise in the morning, you're gone, and I wonder what makes you get on the. job at six o'clock. Generally you are not home for luncheon, so everybody's genuinely glad to see you when you show u- for dinner. And we do have such jolly times in the evening. I like to have you discuss your ranch prob- lem& with me—your calf -branding, your •cotton crop, the haying, the canal and irrigation system. I think there's poetry in making the desert bloom." "There's a lot of hard work in it," he answered grimly. "I have to spend considerable time with Ken Hobart, my new general manager, showing him all over th eranch, getting hint acqu:dnted with the details of his job and telling him how I like things done. You see, next year I'm going to play adore..... I've wondered if you didn't feel a bit lonely and neglected here.' "Oh, no, Jimmy! You're such a friendly, comfortable person when you are around the house. Will you return from Los Algodones in time for dinner, Jimmy?" "I don't know: I'll do my best to complete my business and be back in time. I don't relish driving around this country at night because just at present, for nee, at least, the night has a number of eyes." - "You mean—" "I mean that your foreman, Bill Dingle, has been across the Line, and something tells me he went there to hire some renegate to bump ane off. I don't particularly blame hint for that: A man acts according to his lights, and I gave Dingle and his ?nein a pretty tough deal." "But you went to town today un- armed, Jimmy?" He shook his head, half removed his tropical whipcord coat and displayed a gun under each arm, in a shoulder holster. "I try to appear non-poison- ous off the ranch," he explained. "Well, I have a few friends who keep me advised on matters in which I am interested. I'm pretty safe in day- light, but corning home in the dusk I'd just as lief have a good man for! e • - company. So you stay home, Roberta, Unusual I'll take Ken Hobart with me. He's very reliable." A student had been spending freely Her eyes were wide with apprehen- and was short of cash. It was _sear sion. "Please wait until morning," the holidays, and he hated to write she pleaded, but he shook his head home for money. As a last resort he and with a nod. left her, to drive over pawned his dress suit. to the men's quarters for his foreman. When the time cane to leave for Roberta stood in the patio entrance home, the suit was still unredeemed. and watched him—saw Ken Hobart He hurriedly scraped together enough come out of the saddle room, receive cash to get it back, packed it in his bag and was off. At i6iie his bother *as h • ng him unpack. "Henry," she asked, "what is this ticket on your coat for?" • "Why, mother," he replied, "I went tt a dance the other evening and that's the cloakroom ticket." She continued putting away his clothes. Finally she lifted his trou- sers. They, too, were ticketed. "Henry," she exclaimed, "what kind of a, dance was that' LIFE. Life is largely made up of habits, the psychologist tells us. They are meant to make life easier fos us, and better. A good habit, once form- ed, is like a tow rope that pulls us along thereafter without our con- scious effort. The more good habits we can form in our teens, the sweet - The following morning Don Jaime motored in to Los Algodones, and Rob- erta accompanied him. As they swung down the main street past the Man- sion House, with its row of chair - warmers on the front porch, Roberta started and laid a half -detaining hand en Don Jaime's arm. "Jimmy, look! See that man sitting en the right of the line—the one in the blue overalls and canvas coat?" "Yes." "He's a replica of my Uncle Bill. If he had Uncle Bill's clothes on, Fd get out and kiss him without question. Good gracious, what a marked resem- blance! Why he and Uncle Bill are as near alike as twins." "So?" murmured Don Jaime and stepped on his foot throttle. '`Now that's mighty interesting." He parked in front of the hank, ex- cused himself to Roberta, entered and sought the cashier. "Ed," he said, "yesterday ten thou- sand dollars was wired here to the credit of the Estate of Thomas An- trim, as a first payment on account of the purchase, by one Blodgett, of the Antrim sheep. That young lady out- side utside in my car is Antrim's heir, Miss Roberta Antrim. I want to know what New York bank wired it." "Certainly. I don't think I violate any confidence. The Twelfth Nation- al." "Who ordered the transfer?" "A man by the name of Glenn Hackett." "Thanks," said Don Jaime, and climbed back into the car with Rob- erta. When they were halfway back to Valle Verde he said to her very casually, "do you know a man in New York by the name of Glenn Hackett?" Roberta jerked erect with surprise. "Why, yes! He's one of my dearest friends and my Uncle Bill's attorney. Do you know Glenn, Jimmy?" "No—and I hope I never do. I dis- like him very much" "You shouldn't. He's a very fine gentleman." - his orders and go to his own adobe all aver the ranoh, ;getting 111m bungalow for his coat and a cot'tple .af Blodgett. I aux a. cowman and I had no idea I was 'fraternizing with .a sheepran," (To he continued) Advent of Day Does anything approach more quietly Than Day! Cn>;n April's child appear with tread More' plum or sprsoft!eadCan Their tender petals any lessly, Does smoke unwinding ntly Than Daysileemerges .from her star - tucked bed And maiden -shy :stands with her ra- diant head And glowing body shimmering on the sea. Here for a breathless space words have no sound, All thoughts suspend; Earth must, I think, stop still . And moving things stand fixed upon the ground To see Day come! ,While she with naive will Now stretches her lithe limbs, re- leased, unbound And hauntingly steps on from hill to hill, —Agnes MacCarthy Hickey, in Voices. Pear or lily more noise - pass more The Bone Chewer Cows develop the habit of , cone chewing, due to depravity of appetite, caused by lock of phosphorus in the feed. This condition is easily overcome by supplying the needed phosphorus, in the form of steamed bone flour, or as a weak solution of phosphoric acid, with water. Mineral mixtures con - mining simple phosphorus can be made by using steamed hone •meal or bone - char along with lime and salt. The feeding of a small quantity of steamed bone flour daily is effective as a pre- ventative, Old .and severe cases re- spond to tonics, containing phosphoric acid. The condition of bone chewing is wide -spread among dairy cattle, that are likely to deplete the phos- phorus reserve due to heavy milk pro- duction. Watch for evidence of de- praved appetite, in bone chewing, wood chewing or the eating of fecal natter, and be prepared to prevent such, as cows can quickly descend unto the unprofitable class through defi- ciency disease. "That's none of your business, and besides, if he were, Jimmy, you couldn't expect me to discuss the sub- ject with you. What has been telling you about Glenn. Hackett?" "The fairies," Don Jaime replied enigmatically. And though Roberta pressed him to tell her more and em- ployed every feminine wile to break down his resolve not to, he refused, and in the end, incensed at the failure of her powers, Roberta lapsed into a somewhat sullen silence. As they alighted at the hacienda the outrage- ous man still further mystified her by saying: "And I don't think so much of your old. Uncle Bill, either." This statement, when there was not apparently any reason why Uncle Bill should ever be the subject of thought, was the final feather that broke the back of Roberta's curiosity. "Jimmy," she pleaded, "would you care to save a human life?" "Some humans. You, for -instance." "Then tell me what has lowered nay innocent Uncle Bill in your estima- tion." "He's crooked." "Oh, Jimmy, he isn't! His friends call him Crooked Bill because he's--• well, rather joyously sly, cunning and prudent. But dishonest—never!" "He's out to boost the stock of this Glenn Hackett person to you and to 'depress mine." Roberta smiled a small and knowing smile, but said nothing. The extent of this man's occult powers fascinated her. "No, he doesn't play fair," Don Jaime protested. "He says one thing and means something else, so just for that, one of these bright days in. the near future I'm going to take your Uncle Bill's conceit down a couple ,of notches." "How do you know he doesn't play fair?" carbines and ammunition belts. Then the two drove away, and Roberta, with terror in her heart, went to her room and wept, as her lively imagination pictured Don Jaime Miguel Higuenes, all bloody and limp, lying in the dust of the road to Los Algodones. CHAPTER XXVI. In the late afternoon Don Jaime dropped into a vacant chair beside Crooked Bill on the verandah of the Mansion House, after first inquiring an Spanish, if the chair was reserved for any friend of his. "Not at all," Criioked Bill replied in the same language, albeit haltingly, for the years had been long since his tongue had caressed so many vowels. "Help yourself, my friend." "I thank you," Don Jaime replied in hhiglish, "I observe you do not speak Spanish too well. I beg pardon for addressing you in that tongue, but observing that you appear to be of this country I supposed you spoke the language of the country!' "Never was much of a hand at for- eign languages," Crooked Bill replied. Don Jaime produced two cigars and handed one to his neighbor. Crooked Bill say that it was a brand that re- tailed at three for a dollar, and de- cided he night risk it. "Much oblig- ed," he murmured. "I'm a stranger here," he added. "My name's Blodgett —William Blodgett" "I am pleased to meet you, Mr, Blodgett. I am Jaime Miguel Hi- guenes." Crooked. Bill started noticeably. "Ah, you have then heard of me?" Don Jaime's face betokened mild sur- prise and inquiry, "Why, yes, Senor Higuenes—if you will forgive me for bringing up a deli- cate subject. I believe you're the young malt who wafted old Toni An- trim into the boson If Abraham." He laid finger on lip. "Hush! It's a "I had the pleasure," Don Janne *ecret." replied modestly. "Evidently," Roberta replied bitter "Would you mind shaking hands ty, after waiting about twenty seconds with me, Senor Higuenes? That was for him to impart the secret, r. first-class jos of 'work ,you did on "I think P11 go back to Los Algo- Tom. I'm delighted to meet you, sir:" doses," he announced suddenly. "The pleasure is mutual, Mr. Blod- "There's something about the attnos- ggett. Tort knew Antrim?" phere of that town that aids my pow - ere of divination." b . k with ride back it Am invited nvd to red e you? Or must I mope around the house until you return?" "1 think you had better nope. 1 have need to do some thinking—and you ditch my train of thought." He looked at her keenly, earnestly, and without the slightest flicker of love - light in his eyes. "Ate you enjoying the state?" your visit at Valle Verde, Bobby?" "Oh, no! Pact is, 1 came down here "Jimmy, 1 have never had 'such a to buy those sheep from Tort Antrim" 1 time in all my life. It's so ratdi-- estate' i! different ---and so ale you. It's "This is most unfortufiate, Mx. "1 should tell a man. Be skinned me on a cow deal once." Don Jaime s i 1nl....,yd. . "What part of our glorious Lone Star state do you hail from, Mr. Blod- gett?"' he inquired presently. "I come from El Paso." This' was true. Crooked Bill had changed trains there. 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