Zurich Herald, 1946-01-17, Page 7HELEN TOPPING MILLER
C.' RAFTER XIV
Under the flaring Lights, the great
'behemoth laborer: and grunted on.
"Make a swell neural, wouldn't
it? If some artist could catch those
lights and the glow from the boil-
' ers." He jumped as the rumbling
machinery was suddenly silenced,
and a yell came from the man on
the derrick floor.
* *
Gary ran swiftly and Adelaide
followed, jumping lightly over
planks and puddles. "What is it?"
she gasped as she climbed up and
looked at the grim -faced group of
men surrounding Gary.
"No water. Somebody has cut our
line. Get your car, quick," Gary
ordered. '"We'll have to find the
break .and fix it."
The rumble of the boilers died as
'the fire was ,extinguished. Men
hammered in theslabs of wood that
'held the heavy joint steady in the
easing. Hickey lit his pipe and sat
down on the tool box, but Gary
and Adelaide ran, stumbling and
panting in the dark, to the garage.
'"Maybe we can get it fixed with-
out telling Dad," Adelaide said
breathlessly, as they dragged the
;doors open. "He's had so much
trouble already.'.
'Take it _asy," cautioned Gary,
as she backed out with a roar and
he jumped aboard.
"Shut up and quit grabbing
things. I'll get you there."
They found the break a mile
=down the road. The pipe had parted
clean, as from an ax blow, and one
end of it stuck up, 'threshing around
wildly, spouting water like a fire
hose. An irate man with a hoe was
dancing around it, trying to lead
the water off into little ditches
ibcfore it flooded his yard.
* * *
"And I worked hard on those
pansies—•"
"Every pansy will be replaced,'
Gary insisted. "You haven't a
phone here, have you, mister?"
'No. But there's one down at
Ripley's filling station."
"Go there, Adelaide. Telephone
the water company and ask therm to
send out somebody to turn the
water off on this line; and then call
your fatherr., and tell theta to send
Ilickey down with a couple of men
and some wrenches and two-inch
pipe—one length of it. Can you re-
member all that?"
Gary squatted on his heels in the
dark, hearing the precious water
wasting away in the gutter, know-
ing that that was Harvey Mason's
money running away down there.
Then, after about twenty minutes,
the flow of water stopped. He
drew a deep breath of relief, went
down to straighten the pipe nd
wait for Hickey, An old truck vith
two men in it had slowed to a stop,
dimly visible in the dusk, and one
pian got out and lifted the hood and
stood fiddling with something about
the motor. Gary sensed that this
was a stall, that the man who still
sat in the truck was watching him,
and not his partner. He was cer-
tain of this when a car whirred by,
honking, and the flare of the head-
lights showed, briefly, a brand new
ax lying in the back of the truck.
He walked boldly out to he ruck.
"You fellows want something?"
he asked.
:k * 4
The man at the hood let it down
with a bump. Ain't hitting right,"
he mumbled. "What's up? Got
trotible on your water line?"
"You knew about that, did you?"
"No, we didn't know nothing
about it. Just seen you standing
there—"
"You saw the standing there and
you knew that something was
wrong with our ine. You'd better
get going—the sheriff's on his way
out here now,"
They swore at him, and the truck
tore away, but not before Gary had
noted the license number.
At one in the morning the break
had been repaired, the boilers and
pump were going again, and in a
short time the drill was turning.
But Gary and Harvey still sat on
the tool box, and Adelaide insisted
on staying with them.
"Well, maybe nothing more will
blow up before morning. Son,"
Harvey scrutinized a piece of paper
in his hand, by the light of a match,
'I've seen this license number you
got off that truck before, "I'm try-
ing to remember where."
"You can find out from the tax
records who own;, that car," Gary
said. "But we can't prove that
they .ictual]y cut the line. The
thing we have to do now is to see
that it isn't tampered with again,"
"Could put it underground—but
eve won't need ' long enough for
that," Harvey said, `How far down
is she now?"
Twelve hundred feet. But this
is going to be a deep well, Mr.
Mason. Hickey says so, too."
i don't care how deep she goes,
if we hit oil. But time is what we
steed."
"And time, unless I'm very Ynuch
mistaken, is exactly what they're
loot going to give you."
* * *
With morning, a carload of dull -
faced men arrived very promptly,
and though Harvey went into a
rage he had to accept service on the
documents,
"But let me tell you something,
Chad Wingate," he fumed at the
deputy, "just as soon as .l get my
well going, I'm going to see we get
some honest officers in this county.
I have influence enough and I pay
taxes enough to do it."
"Look here, 1'larvey, I'm just a
hired hand of this county, and when
they hand 'me them things, I'rn
sworn to see they get into the hands
of the men whose names are writ
on 'em."
"We gotta leave a man here to
see that you obey this here order
of .the court," Chad Wingate re-
minded Harvey. "And if you want
to go to town, Harvey, you can ride
in along with me."
'I don't want to ride with you!"
roared Harvey. "I'm fighting mad,
and before I'm through, somebody
is going to get busted wide open."
"O.K.," drawled Wingate, "but
all this ain't doing you any good,
you know."
Harvey stalked away, and Mickey
shouted an order. Wheels were
turned, Hater was shut off, the ro-
tary slowed to a rumble and then
halted, the crew hauled up the gear
and made it fast, then jumped down
from the derrick floor and wander-
ed off to a grassy bank where they
stretched out and smoked. And
presently Harvey carne out of the
house, bristling all over like an
angry mastiff, his Sunday suit on.
and drove off to consult his lawyer.
(To be continued)
Automat Buffet Car
The Great Western Railway
plans to introduce automat buffet
cars, believed to be the first of
their kind in the world, it was an-
nounced in London.
Passengers who insert sixpences
of shillings in slots will obtain
sandwiches, ice cream, soft drinks,
tamps and other supplies.
Post War Service
Programme, I.O.D.E.
Mrs. Ryland H. New, National
President of the Imperial Order
Daughters of the Empire an-
nounces the Post War Service
Programme of the I.O.D.E. which
will function from January 16th,
1943 and that during this period
of transition from war to peace the
normal peacetime programme of
the Order will still be maintained.
The I.O.D.E. Post War Service
I rogranune will provide: British
and European Civilian Relief, in-
cluding direct Polish Relief. Work
for Seamen: (a) adoption of ships;
kb) Seamens's comforts. Hospital-
ity: (a) for convalescent Service
mer. and women; (b) continued
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Service Centres as long as the
need. exists.
Europe is its ruins, Britain hard-
pressed and suffering from grew` r
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the war. Canada and the rest of
the North American continent is
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people of Europe.
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so desperately in want. With the
shortages of supplies in ready-
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knitting of our members which 18
the greatest need of to -day.
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C RONICLES
of GINGER FARM
By
Gwendoline P. Clarke
r
• a •
Officially, this is the last day of
the year. But there is a fly around
here that thinks it is the first day
of Spring. He's a noisy little beast,
hopping around under the lamp
shade. "You had better look out,
young fellow, or first thing you
know you'll get a dose of D.D.T."
1 suppose I should give him a dose
anyway but it hardly seems worth-
while hunting the spray -gun for
just one fly. Or is it? Supposing I
tet that one fly live will its pro-
gency run into the hundreds or
thousands? Does anyone know?
However, I am not really worried
—thanks to eD.D.T. Conte to think
of it, one might almost call the re-
lease of D.D.T. one of the high-
lights of 1945.
* * *
1945—what a year! Do you re-
member the snow last winter . .
and the rain last spring Remem-
' ber V.E. Day ... V.J. Day . and
after that the boys coating home?
Do you remember how glad they
were to be home, and how confi-
der+ that a grateful people and
government would give them a
square deal?
•
(Thank goodness—Partener has
killed that fly Now that's a funny
thit:g—I never even thought of
spatting it.)
And now let's take a look at
what 1946 has in store for us—or
at least what some folk think is in
store.
There is the weather, for in-
stance. We are supposed to have
a colder winter and more snow
than last year. The summer and
spring are to be wetter and cooler
—all that because we are at the
tail end of an eleven year weather
cycle.
However, prophets are like doc-
tore --they don't always agree with
one another. So I guess we can
leave the weather to look after it-
self, take what conies and make
the best of it.
* * *
And then last Sunday we were
listening to two religious broad -
cases --one right after the other.
(It wasn't nearly so slippery list-
ening to the radio as it would have
been walking or driving to
church). The first speaker said he
was sure this country was in for a
period of prosperity such as the
world had never known. The
second reminded us of the fallacy
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of "crying peace, when there is no
yeace", that in some quarters there
were already rumours of a third
great war, that the set-up of a
world wide government was doom-
ed to failure and that the Bretton
Woods agreement would prove to
be a wash-out.
* *
*
Farm and industrial reports are
also contradictory. We have been
toll there will be a steady market
for farm products for the next five
years; but then it is also rumoured
that there is bound to be a revision
of the present subsidy system. I
expect a lot of people have forgot-
ten that the government is paying
a subsidy of two cents a quart on
every quart of milk that is sold.
How long will that be continued,
and if it is removed what will hap-
pen—will the milk go up in price
or will farmers have to take the
loss? I don't know the answer—
only the powers that be in Ottawa
'an tell us that—and I doubt very
much if they know either.
* *, *
In trade circles various controls
have been lifted but ceilings still
remain in effect which means
manufacturers will not bother
making a cheap line of goods be-
cause there is too little profit. It
pays them better to make higher
e riced articles—and because, when
people have the money and want
to buy, they will buy, no matter
what the cost. And that brings us
back again to that old bogey 'in-
flation".
Aa for instance in the case of
sugar. We have been told that
sugar can be bought in countries
other than Cuba—that there is no
reed for sugar rationing in Cana-
da But there is just one snag—it
would cost twice as much Now do
you suppose that little matter of
price would bother some people.
There are a fair percentage I am
sure who would say "To the dick-
ens with inflation—we have the •
money so let's have the sugar."
The pity of it! If only we, as a
people, could be less selfish, if only
the Golden Rule were more gene-
rally applied there would be no
need for world government or con-
feiences regarding atomic energy.
Surely we can wait for sugar and
other things until sone order has
emerged from the present chaotic
conditions.
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Save the Fat
One role which busy homemakers
play is that of "kitchen police,"
constantly on guard to reduce all.
waste to a minimum. This is par-
ticularly true in the case of fats.
Fat is a nece :nary ingredient in
the preparation of many foods. Fat
is a precious commodity. None must
be wasted.
Pie shells made from cookie
dough are new and interesting. If
you do serve pies make them open
face and save the top crust.
Toast croutons in a dry pan in
the oven. Use biscuit dough to
cover meat or chicken pie.
Never let the fat smoke. Smoke
means burning or breaking down
which results in waste. Keep all fat
cool. 1f left in a warm pace, it will
become rancid or sour. Use drip-
ping from roasts, broiled meat or
poultry in making sauces for scal-
loped dishes, cheese dishes or in
creamed soups.
A few suggestions for saving fat
come from the kitchen of the Con-
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anent of Agriculture.
Butterscotch Slices
cup chicken fat
cup brown sugar
egg
teaspo,,on vanilla
ceips spastry flour OR
1M cif 'all-purpose flour
1.34 teaspoons baking powder
Ya teaspoon salt
Cream fat and sugar, then add
vanilla and egg. Beat well. Mix in
flour sifted with baking powder and
salt. Shape in roll about 2 -inches
in diameter. Wrap in wax paper.
Chill thoroughly. Cut in 14 -inch
slices. Place cookies on lightly
greased baking sheet and bake in
moderately hot oven, 375 deg. F,
for 8 to 10 minutes. Makes iii to
4 dozen cookies.
Molasses Cup Cakes
2 cups pastry flour
Y4 teaspoon soda
14 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
134 teaspoons cinnamon
l cup mild -flavoured fat
1 egg
• cup molasses
34 cup milk
Sift together the dry ingredients.
Cream shortening and molasses,
add unbeaten egg and beat well.
.Add milk alternately with dry in-
gredients to first mixture. Bake in
greased muffin pans, in a moderate-
ly hot oven, 375 deg. F, for 30
minutes. Yield, 1 dozen cakes.
Fruit Roll
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons mild -flavoured fat
cup milk
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2 tablespoons mild -flavoured fat
3 tablespoons brown sugar
teaspoon cinnamon
34 cup raisins
Mix and sift together the dry in-
gredients. Cut in shortening, using
finger tips or a pastry blender, un-
til mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add milk slowly and mix to a soft
dough. Roll to 1/4 -inch thickness in
rectangular shape. Spread with
mild -flavoured fat and sprinkle with
brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins.
Roll up like a jelly roll and place
in a greased loaf pan. Bake in a hot
oven, 425 deg. F, for 15 minutes,
Serve hot with pudding sauce, Six
servings.
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