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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1949-06-16, Page 8;{ '91 c 0 WEST OF THE SUN A Serial Story by JOSEPH LEWIS/ CHADWICK , s,'tso-;a•, • SYNOPSIS The steno this faro Virginia Ames is aboard the Lanassn btage crossing the dusty plains of Arizona in the summer of 1878. bound for Santa Bonita where she will meet her dance, Phil Lawrence. nu has written ber. plending frantically that she come to him, A few miles out of 1Lanassa the stage to held up by masked bandits and a mallet' box addressed to a man named Barron at Santa Bonita. is seized. One of the bandits snatches a cameo pin from Virginia's dress. causing the tetter concealed inside to fall to the ground. The bandit leader returns it to her, At Lanassn she secs Lt. Jhn itandall when she had known and bad been In love with back hone In Washington. He is eeldiy formol and over her protests insists that he and his company will escort her through the 70 miles of Apache country to Sants Bonita. CHAPTER I1 (Continued From Last Week) He seemed to want to talk. "We saw signs of Apaches on the way north." "How interesting." Her voice was studiously bored. He gave her an intent look, then . turned away. He halted when she said, softly, "Jim . , ," "1resp, "Nothing . . . I:.n sorry." But it was enough to hold hien. He brought out a pipe and filled and lighted it. He smoked in silence and seemed to listen to the night's quiet. Virginia felt the nearness of him and the distance off him, too. She watched him through half- elosed eyes, dreamily, wondering %bout him and his life. His voice shattered her thoughts, "Is your fiance to meet you at Fort Winfield?" "No . .. I—I mean to surprise him." He was suddenly at her side. "He's rather a lucky fellow. You have grown into a lovely woman, Virginia." Her eyes flashed him scorn. She drew away. "I think we're wan- dering too far," she said. "I think I shall return to camp." He shrugged, knocked the ashes from his pipe, and offered her his arm. She ignored the offer and walked on ahead of him. The next day a broken axle on one of the wagons delayed the search for several hours. While the damage was being repaired Stephen Barron and two other riders over- ry Add a delightful flavor to your living room with this new pine- apple -crochet chair -seta So easy— done all in one piece! New pineapple design chair -set is beginner -easy. Pattern 937; cro• *het directions. Laura Wheeler's improved pat- tern snakes needlework so simple with its charts, photos and con- trise directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this pattern to Bo:. 1, 123. Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly pattern number. your name and address. ISSUE 21 -- 1519 took the column, joining it when it moved on again. Steve Barron rode beside Virginia and talked at times, Each occasion Jim Randall looked back frowning in disapproval. His frowns prompted Virginia to talk more spiritedly, laugh more gaily. At dusk, Mel Scarlett, the scout, appeared suddenly on the trail ahead. He had been scouting all day, seeming to travel 10 miles to the column's one. He made a sign to Jim Randall, and the officer's order halted the march. The troop- ers rode forward to flank the wagons. They had halted in a wooded, rocky country. Beyond where Mel Scarlett sat on his horse was a wide, shallow stream. On the far side stood a 'mounted figure, motionless as stone. An Apache. Naked ex- cept for head -band. breech -clout, moccasins and bandolier of cart- ridges, his body shone coppery in the half-light. He carried rifle and lance. Scarlett rode to Jim Randall. "Wants a pow -wow, sir. Don't like it none. Good spot for an ambush." Jim Randall nodded. He talked to Sgt. O'Hara. He sent a trooper forward on foot to a fallen tree lying some 30 yards ahead Then, with Mel Scarlett, he rode to the stream and entered to its middle. The water swirled about his horse's legs. The Apache rode to the water's edge. signaled with his lance. A second Indian appeared frons the trees and joined the first. They entered the water. The talk began. Shortly a third warrior appeared and joined the first two, A minute later a fourth followed. The fifth, emerging from behind a giant boulder, appeared and rode to the group. Virginia stepped from the car- riage. She heard the soldiers voic- ing anxious thoughts. O'Grady, her driver, growled annoyance. "Is Randall a fool? He's walked into a trap!" Steve Barron rode close. "Don't worry," he said easily. "Randall will handle the situation." Virginia looked at him surprised. He grinned at her. "Oh, Jim Randall and 1 respect one another--" he began but broke off as Sgt. O'Hara, a grizzled old campaigner, spoke quiet orders. The troopers dismounted with their rifles. They took up positions for a skirmish. Steve Barron dis- mounted. He wore two ivory - butted guns in holsters at his thighs. His face was suddenly grave. "Looks like trouble," he said "The sergeant is worried because Randall is outnumbered. If there's an attack, it will be because the Apaches are much stronger in num- ber than the soldiers," He looked closely at Virginia. "Frightened?" She shook her head. "No But her lips were cold and dry, (Continued Next Week) Boy May Sleep Through All His Life --Unconscious now for more than a year, 5 -year-old Larry Dean Wilson inay live on and never awaken, physicians say. His plight results from a brain injury received in an automobile accident on April 27, 1948. He's pictured in hospital, watched over by his mother, Mrs. Donald Wilson, left, and Nurse Virginia Hursey. It's hard to understand why so many first class cooks—present company excepted, of course—will carefully follow recipes for almost everything they make, with one ex- ception. That's jam. When it comes to jam making they're inclined to follow "rule of thumb" methods, often with results that aren't en- tirely satisfactory. This is a great mistake when it's so easy to follow scientific instruc- tions that lead straight to success. Here, for instance, is a grand way to make that almost universal favor- ite: _STRAWBERRY JAM 4 cups prepared fruit 7 cups sugar bottle fruit pectin Method. Crush thoroughly about 2 quarts fully ripe strawberries. Measure 4 cups into a large sauce- pan, Add sugar to fruit in sauce- pan and mix well. Place over high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, and boil hard one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from beat and stir in bottled fruit pectin, Then a RHUBARB and STRAWBERRY JAM 3 cups prepared fruit. 4/ cups sugar 1 box powdered fruit pectin Method. Slice thin or chop (do not peel) about % pound rhubarb. Crush thoroughly about 1 quart fully ripe strawberries. Combine fruits and measure 3 cups into a large saucepan. Measure sugar and set aside. Place saucepan holding fruit over high heat. Add powdered fruit pec- tin` and stir until mixture comes to a hard boil. At once stir in sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil bard one minute, s.tirr•ing constantly. Remove from heat, skim, Iadle quickly into glasses. Paraffin at once, Makes about 7 six -ounce glasses. * The strawberry -rhubarb combin- ation is a grand one for other things beside •jam. Deep dish pie, for example. While the berry sea- sti • and skim by turns for five nu lutes to cool slightly, to prevent floating fruit. Pour quickly into glasses. Paraffin at once. Makes about 10 glasses six ounces each. t * « Instead of making all your straw- berry jam "straight" why not try some that's "stretched out" with a bit of rhubarb. The flavor is grand; in fact there are lots of folks who prefer it to the other. CROSSWO PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Plower 8, Paper meas- ures 11, Present 12, Necessitate 14. Correlative of either 15. 'Lively 17. Last Ie dtae Money 18, Pronoun 20. 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