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XQ2`09 , N I I . � LEGAL . : ' ' Phone No. 91 JOHNJ.HUGGARD , ., I - 11� Barrister, Solicitor, �* Notary Public, VU. Beattie Block - - - Seaforth, Ont, . - R., k- HAYS . I Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for Ole Mminion Bank. -Office in rear of the 1, 00 Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to Ioan. - . I BEST & BEST . Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyan- cers -and Notaries Public, Etc. Office t F" in the Edge Building, opposite The fo � , .Expositor Office. I la �� . Q - , - VETERINARY JW III, 1?1 JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. I Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- I �� ary College, All disease of domestic I . animals treated. -Calls promptly at- I� . I tended to and charges moderate. Vet, - I erinwy Dentistry a specialty. Office Seaforth .... ...... 7.12 and residence on Goderich Street, one �-(., .� � door east of Dr. Mackay's office, Sea- , " , I forth. -_ West. . A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. � Graduate of Ontario Veterinary I � � College, University of Toronto. All I I �',t..�, , diseases of domestic animals treated � 4 � il . ,,�11, i by the most .modern principles � �, reasonable. Day or .,ghi I Charges K 11 P ealls promptI7 attended tQ. Office on 1�1 Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town I I �. � HaL Phone 116. � 4-" 1 4 " . MEDICAL I : Goderich .................. . I - DR. K J. R. FORSTER Menset .� ................... Eye, Bar, Nose and Throat I MeGaw � ................... Graduate in Medicine, University of �. Auburn...................... Toronto. . �4 kv Late assistant New York Oplithail- : ' Walton.................... wd and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- Toronto ................... Liondon, Eng. At Commercial : I =7Itals, 1, Si6aforth, -third M=day in i each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 1 Toronto ................... � U Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. : MeNaught ................. I DR. W. C. SPROAT ; I lty of Medicine, I / I 11 University of Western Ontario, Lon- I Auburn .................... Wall* 0 ..... I ........ 4 . . don. Member of College of Physic- l 4..; I hins and Surgeons of Ontario. Office I I Gode&h ..�....d� ..... 4,46 41411p In AboThart's Drug Store, Main St., I Seaforth. Phone 90. i I I . , I DR. R. P. 1. ]JOUGALL I I : .., .. Hr y of ( . I . . . . . � ,., .1�11 �, . I . I �,, , , " ", - . . ,­. , . ", "', .1 ; � I I � �:11` 4,�� , ." �4, . 1, 1, I . � ,.�:�,�141.� ,,�.� �., , ;� ", �'11'11 � 1'.2: � , A I., . A1.11 o A Medicine and Master of Science, Uni- I versity of Western Ontario, Loadon. �Member of College of Physicians and i Surgeons of Ontario. Office 2 doors I . 41 east of post office. Phone 56, Ilensall, i Ontario. 3004-tf , DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY i Bayfield. . Graduate Dublin University, Ire- ( hmd. Late ExteTn Assistant Master Roftuda Hospital for Women and 11 Children, Dublin. Office at residence lately occupied by Mrs. Parsons. I I . Hours: 9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 P.m., I Owdays, I to 2 p.m. 2866-26 1 1 , . 1, � DR. F. J. BURROWS I , - Office and residence Goderich Street, east of the United Church, Sea- I forth Phone 46. Coroner for the I J '� I County of Huron. ( . . E DR.C.MACKAY t C. ,Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- I ft. University, and gold medalist of ( I Trinity Medical- College; member of ,', ` / , the College of Physicians and Sur- , . .. geons, of Ontario. . 11 DR. H. HUGH ROSS I Graduate of University of Toronto ' Faculty of Medicine, member of Ctal- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of , Ontario; pass graduate courses in I .1� Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; I �', Royal Oplithalmis Hospital, London, i England,; University Hospital, Lon- I . dori, England. Office -Back of Do- � minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. - ' Night calls answered from residence, I Victoria Street, Seaforth. � . . ­ .. DR. J. A. MUNN . . Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross Graduate of Northwestern Univers- Ity, Chicago, Ill. Licentiate Royal � � 11 College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. , Office over Sills' H,axd'ware, Main St, Setaforth. Phone 151. . r , N : I .. I - - ' DPL F. J. BECHELY Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R. SmithAs Groceryj Main Street, Sea- ! forth. Phones: Office, 185 W; resi- , , deuce, IM J. W, . IV . , CONSULTING ENGINEER ,- S. W. Archibald, B.A.Sc., (TOT.), � O.L.S., Registered Professional En- gineer and Land SUTVeyor. Associate , . Member Engineering Institute of Can- . 1� ad,a. Office, Seafiorth, Ontario. i . �',, 11 . AUCTIONEERS . #-.- , . __ . THOMASBROWN Licensed auctioneer for the counties I of Huron and, Perth. Correspondence arrangements for sale dates can be , � made by calling The Expositor Office , _4 Seaforth. Charges moderate, ana 14 satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 302. I . i . �­ OSCAR KLOPP Honor Graduate Carey Jones' Na - do -nal School for Auctioneering, Chi- . eagia. Special course taken in Pure Bred Live Stock, R"I Estate, Ver- ebavdise and Farm Sales. Rates in 1h keeping, with prevailing matket. Sat. P Isfaction assured: Write or wire V, �o . Oscar Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Ph -one: 13-98. 2866-5i .� � , . I R. T. LUKER 14censed auctioneer for the Ciount* of Huron. Sales attended o in all 1 �� I 1. M. partsof the county. Seven years, IBX� perierice in Manitoba and Sukatche- wan. Terms reasonable., Phone No. 17S r 11, Exeter, Centralia P.O., R-1. NO % 1. Or er& left -at The Huron Ex- . 94 at- 1 wtor O 66, Redorth, Womaly � . ANIM .1 :1� , ed,*, ._,,_,�____.._ , - I , �41 , "I _6 I: � a, I 1�1 .; %,V, L � I ' . N". 1�1 . , ­ 1, I . , .. . 1.)ff aff Breed I 11 I . . ' A Story of the, Great'. -Cowboy West . . . � � I . ' By LUKE ALLAN (Continued from last week) "I like ;praise, Pete:= -I need it. )nl,t take a bit to the learning. Li ,n to me read. I'm afraid to do r anyone else. The boys wou ugh, and- Corporal Mahon says - he stopped', blushing. "I guess I )n't think I know much. I'm at tl eond chapter." She pulled fro �e table drawer -a book carefully cia, ed in brown, paper. "It isn't mue don't think -not exciting ---but it I he had -the Corporal,, I mean.' Laboriously the pages tuTned. "Hei is. It'9 about an, ugly girl with t of muff sisters." The book dro] ,d to the table -as she turned to * df breed. "I wonder -perhaps Co� iral Mahon thinks I'm ugly." "Oh, hell, M199 Mira, not uglyl" F apped his band to his mouth. ' ,n't mean hell, I mean -mean fudg "You don't know what he thinks ,e replied coquettishly, as she leal to her feet and came but into t1t Iddle of the room. "What do yo ink of my new skirt, Pete?' I mad -all inyself," . "I �ain't no jedge o' style, MiE ira , " he sti=mered. "It -it wudin to wear -on a long ride. Might b e in, town,." ' "That's what I wanted," she'-crie �ppin.g her hands. "I want to loo )re like Helen. , She's the kind me e, noa�-not cowgirls. A girl lik , , hasn't no chance with one lilt den.73 Ilh,e half-breed shifted uneasil )m foot to foot and then cam .li lly to her & lee. I'Lor! Miss MI�a, I'd, stak It Igainst the world." I 'Oh, you'll spoil me, Pete. YO d me -I mean I -has, got alon Aty well, haven't we'� And Jio ' d Jim like you. They say you'r good as three ,of the others. W )ught -we'd saw the, last of you th ie you let daylight through th rporal's Stetson. I ' knew yo sn't trying to do for him. But lim [ you get off? Theboys didn't tel , YP I. 1'he half-ibreed' squirmed. "Got t Inspekor fust -got down an, irr ees and hoped- t' God he'd fergiv, -an' all that bunk. He d-idn' , nt me bad. The Corporal was see things." 'But what did he want you for?" 'Oh, foot questions 'bout my grand 11 an, the -kind: o' weather gaive in cles rheumatism, an' the length ( �iskersl off ear. A felluli's got t t his innardis on the table befor I , Mounted Police. I've got to b awful liar jest? through that." 3he laughed with him, but quickl�, ,ame serious.. 'They seem, to think we're, all rust s. I suppose that's their businesE wadays if a rancher isn't real sur iry little calf is his, he's apt to ge couple' of years. It's -it's encitig] make us rustlers." Efle was moving again toward th )r. 'Going, Pete? But I haven't givei a that lesson." "Tain't no use wastin' time oi !, Miss Mira. I d,on't care a cus at they think -o' me." ffe knew by -her flanting face tha tat he said meant more to her thai intended, and be stumbled quick out. A gentle, breeze now waft , down the valley -beat pleasantl. hiN face -and be ,stood, a momeni t in 'hand, looking up at the star sky. Into a rough seat before " nk house be threw himself, �i nds drooping over his knees. The light in the building bebind hir Int out. Picking up his hat, h , . wed noiselessly towards the corral )in which only at long interval me the inutteringsof the cows. Th If -breed leaned against the raih iring into the dimness full of gent breathing animals, and then, test ,- the rails with his hands, climbe , er and dropping insid�e. Like on the shadows he glided, to the neaz t form and stood beside it for me, motionless. Gently he laid hi gers on its ,side. The, animal heaA a half -frightened ,sigb and starte rise, but the half-breed withdre, 5 band and waited. And again hi igers crept out and felt caref-aill er the shoulder. From animal t timal lie continued, his experience igers readingas well as eyes. Wle ! was through he, re -scaled the fen -c id thoughtfully climbed- the bill, gii g the bunk-bouse a wide berth. Up there the sharpness of the va� y was modified, -but the wind ws ron-ger and away to the soutb-ew ,e clouds. were, piling fast. wit LT9 StrRined towards, the, Hills, I ciod a long time before- throwin mself at last on 'his batk. He di A sleep, but at intervals rolled I s side to listen, The wind becarr ore gusty, and' presently -a drop . < tin struck 'his cheek, InCTeuin lickly to a heavy shower. But I d not move. A trickle ran from It tetson tx) his leather chapsi as I it u(tD. A glimmer in the eastei cy showed that the short westei .giht was passing, The rain wi Ming quietly. Blue Pete rose- to It a4pes to took to the south and, slin'. !g back to the bunk -house, thre imself on the wet ground. It was still dim morning when roup dropped over the hill, at t] oposite end of the valley, two weai . . )ws in the lead hastening their gF t sight of tbeir kind in thel corra� z the borses drew nearer the ha,l e I eed, peering over his ar;n, ncitic, leir laitherod, sides; even the wol ound§ trotted with lolling tongue4 VWonder he don't freeze to id,eatl rhispete4 Zbe to his brother. "I . sleeps there half the time, rain or wind." "Must haive, led a dog's life," re- turned theother sleepily,slidingfrom. his saddle before the stables. 'Blue Pete yawned- aloud, rubbed his eyes, raised himself ,shakily to his feet, and started toward the brothers, "Got any?" he inquired with an- other yawn. The yrothers, glanced . swiftly at each other. "Not a damn wolf did we see," Jim filled in hurriedly. "Nearly ran our horse to death, too." He picked up a handful of straw and, began to rub his horse's thighs." "Things is gettin' too quiet fer me too," Elympat'lifized the haV bredd. "Think I'll move along. Never$tiiCk to a job so long in my life before." "'What's the matter?" demanded Joe. "Don't we pay you enough?" "Hell! Wot do I need with mon- ey?" The half-breed drew two ten dollar bills from his pocket and toss- ed -them into the -air. One he caught the other fell to the straw and he recovered it lazily. "I've got to be wanderin', that's all. Yuh eudn't keep me fer five hundred a month. I'll goover to Wanipole's--he needs a man. When I -git tired, I'll move ia� gain. Guess I kin find a job lbout here easy enough. Mebbe won-ke day I'll come back,"' The Stanto,mis, reluctant as they were to lose their best rider, best Toper, hardest working cowpuncher and, the best shot in the ranching country, recognized the symptoms. It was only the cowboy fever, useless t,,) combat by argument or offer. - "Yuh been mighty decent," the half breed went on unsteadily, "an' -an' I ' am mighty sorry. I'll do wot I kim. fer yuh any time." And as the puzzled brothers look- ed into each other's face, he was gone. CHAPTER VIII BLUE PETE WINS SOME CIGARS Wampole welcomed the big half- breed vociferously. Old man Wain - .Dole had long envied the Stantons ;heir new pun ' che4r, whose marvellous skill with the cattle had- been discuss- - ad in every ranch and bunk -house a- bout the Hills. Even the ugly little pinto had come in for praise where good horses were neither scarce nor lear. Wampole's large herds ranged to ;he east of the Stantons', from. the, Hills northward, a tract of coulee- Ined ,prairie that provided all tho shade the prairie offers at its best. kt the southern boundary lay the Hills, before them a sniall take kept ilive throughout the yi�ar by sources within the Hills themselves. Except in the dry season a stream r -an from it through his range on its way northward tol the, 'South Saskat- ,bewan. Wampole was reputed�with ;he Stantong and a ,couple more near LNMaple Creek -to be among the wealthiest prairie citizens. Blue Pete remained at Wampole's )nly a few weeks, varied as was his work, with good pay, pleasant com- panions and reasonabae conditions. rhen he asked for what was coming 4 lo him and disappeared. During the . winter he was not seen in the dis- ;rict. Cowboys and, ranchers talked A him and thei pinto, and the Police wondered. But in the early spring, he was back in Medicine Hat. In- 3pector Barker talked with him in his office, as- he, sooner or later talked with every stranger in the. district. Fhe half,breed's first work that year was with a third rancher near the Hills. No one inquired where be had spent the winter. By round -up time he was with, another outfit, and be- fore the summer was over two otbersi had eagerly taken him on and re- iuctantly seen 'him go. During the summer the efforts of the Police to stop the rustling met with unusual success. Each month had its record of recovered cattle and horses, and sometimes the captures were so spectacular asi to puzzle even the ranchers. Wbile the stealing continued, only a few of the, stolen animals got out of the country. Eiv- en the Cypress Hills seemed to be yielding to the force of the law. The strange feature of it was! their fail- ure to capture the rustlers: them- selves. More than once the cowboys � were thrilled by the sight of the Po lice galloping towardsl the Hills; an� a day or two later it would be, in ev- eryone's mouth that another bunch of stolen horses 'had been recovered for their owners. The rustlers grew more wary. The Inspector, not satis- fied with the success of his men, grew more grim. Blue Pete $ s fever continued. Be- tween his terms of employment be - always disappeared for a week or more, and once he spent a fortnight with a rancher south-west of Leth- bridge, where the -next ranching di-s- triet began and continued to the foot- hills of the Rockies. Several short visits to Medicine Hat miade him a familiar figure on the streets of that cosmopolitan town, his huge., loose - knit frame, swarthy face and impos- sible eyes, the dare -devil atmosphere about him, providing many a tit -bit of thrilling narrative to ,be, carried back east by imaginative tourists. Medicine itat was then in the early throes -of industrial ambition. The great area of natural gas that lay be- neath the town was spreading Its fame, throughout America and Eng- land, and pioneers looking,for factory sites were the town'taguests from the nioment of their arrIvial. Its im,- eaTned 'reputation across the border was in ft�_�­ ,�", n;1.1 M.�­�­�-,!­­; ,-.-..--" . Medici. Hat was.' ..Out icor anything -that promised., qbljdty� Sauntering down the main street on one of his visits-, Blue Pete -quirt and chaps and Stetson.and gauntletz and dotted neckerchief and all - came on a -group ,of town youths and 'baseball .,players listening to the . . patter of a sho;oting.z�,Ilery attend- ant, -a stage creation of a cowboy, wilder and. woollier than Blue Pete himself in -several strilking details. To all the exaggerted, marks of hairy chaps, high-orowned Stetson, leather vest, high heels and weather-beaten skin ' he ,had- added hair matted with oil, jet black moustache and spurs that clattered with every move, Ev- en as he leaned over the counter . of the open-frcinted ramshackle store he towered abicive the crowd. but his talk lacked the oiliness of'experience though he knew hist,audience. Blue Pete grinned at the scene. Across the ,back -of the interior ex- tended the targets, it row of station- ary white birds, others that revolvel in -and out, and tiny white spots that moved up and down; back and for- ward, with an irregularity that de- fied any ordinary shot. But most elusive was -a ball, jerked at the end of a string by some eccentric mech- anism. "Come on, sports," encouraged the cowboy. "Try fer hand. Three shots for a di -me, -three of 'em mind- you." He hold up three spread fingers. "A strike means a seegar-a irattlinf, clinkin", gi-me-artother seegar, wifl� a inile-liang smake. Between you and me" -he leaned confidentially across the counter-_J'yould pay a quarter for its mate in any bar in town. The moving birds--Awo seegars. The lit- tle disksi--five. And as for the ball --Ahe shot who can do that has en- otigh geegars to do him till Christ- mas -ten ol them. All for <)me shot - count 'em" -46n. Two dollars and a italf's worth of seegars for one mea,s- ly little shot. Try yer hand ,and show the ladies." Blue Pete, from his point of ob- servation in the crowd at the end of the counter was watching the dart- ing ball with an amused simile, scarce- ly listening to the I'spieler." Not ev- en the baseball boys wanted to break the ice; andi the cowboy, stepping baVk, performed a few dextrous tricks with the lasso, The half --breed's eyes suddenly shifted' from. the targets to the whirling rope, then to the black moustache !of the performe-e. The noose, kept full -circle, whirled and squirmed and twasted, now high a- bove, the performer's head, now out before him close to the floor, and again with, his body as a centre� Mov- mg with little apparent effort, it : ;ouched no part of his person or the noor as trick sprang from trick with marvellous skill. . 'Blue Pete rubbed his chin. His s-guinting eyes began to dance, and he drew furtherf back into, the crowd and, crouched a little. The cowbody Emded- the' exhibition, seized a rifle From ,beneath the counter, and turning quickly to the targets pulled the trig- ger. A black spot appeared on one of the, moving birds---ianother-and another. - ("Ye can't miss, ye see," hia sbout- d, facing about and carelessly re- placing the rifle beneath the counter. �'Have a seegar -on me." A youth, -grinning with embarrass- ment, raised one of the rifles lying Dn the counter, took nervous aim and fired. One of the larger stationary birds blackened at its very edge. The aowboy ,slammed, a cigar on the coun- ter, and the successful contestant, rather than risk a reputation thus ac- quired, passed the rifle to a friend. In two shots, the latter missed, but a cigar was handed him as bait. Three or four of the baseball team tried their hands with little success, but a cigar was 'handed to each. A Mounted Policeman stopped on the o '%er.e Xoudtiie!" The cowboy reached a rifle towards him. "Show these sports what you can do -Row the Police shoot. Come in and join the merry throng." But the Policeman smiled and passed ,on. Someone suggested that the cowboy himself try a shot at the jerking ball, a request that was ig- nored until the crowd took it up and began to jeer. "Rell!"I" jerked the cowboy. "I'm not that kin' of a shot. I can tickle its ribs once out of five -no more. Tbur's only one man can smash it oftener-p'raps two --and the second ain't travellin' in these parts. . . . fer mighty good reasons connected with his health," be added, winking. "An�-,v�iy, 1 �3:-,% wan,, to rob myself c' ten p,-oc(1 seegars." An(] the crow,1 was with him again. Blue Pete sidled up to the end of the counter and, unobserved, picked up a rifle. The shot rang out so un- expectedly that the cowboy whirlei, hand to hip. Blue Pete b,linked. He� had missed,. With a snarl he thump- ed the rifle -back ,on the counter. "Gor-swizzle!" he growled, and made a sudden movement. There was a loud report, a smoking revolver pointed from his band -and tiny bit-, of white strewed the floor. The danc- ing ball was gone. He shifted his aiiyi and fisve more shots came in rapid s I uccession, a black smudge showing each tirne on the smallest moving tar- gets. Then be quietly shoved the re- volver into his pocket, dropped two bits of silver on the counter, and held out his hand. T.be cowboy was star- ing at him with. wide eyes. "Thunderin, Moses!" he muttered. "That's one ol the ,two!" "Ai�y more -o' them balls, Bilsy? An' shove out a real rifle." The cowboy glanced after the Po- liceman now disappearing up the street. . "Drop in this evening and have a smoke, Pete," he invited carelessly, and .placed a bundle of cigars on the counter. Turning to the crowd he continued his llsliiiel." 11( See how easy it is, boys. Six shots and he carried off nearly a ,box e the rattlin-- 6st, clitildn"est seegars in town. A han"ful for e0ory shot. Come k- ha$t,Ily about �t'he,: I ­ _ ­,- '4 ..� I .. . iq6m- "'An" �T "A �, , ap the only chai J,M4,.iiov4d­1,f, .r , , , ,,, , #eayi . ,, the door, where, h6 drew o# ­W coirki� eob pipe and pToe�.sdled tio, fill.. �'%, , , Biley, who had stopped- to wwa�ch, xe,: turned to his work briskly. . 'Iy. -"Wot's the game, Bilsy?'?, . � . ' "You ain't bli or . Z le you -VI --1., "sure not! . !m, i3eebe -voth more'n my eT , ,O�e,l nevei seen BRAY, doin' nothin n he seemed to -be doinp.tv . � . ,Bilsy took up a hammer and -rap-, ped at -an invisible part of the inech. anism. "then t -t- 'now' ke a good look P P4&te .. . . , Lots ol money in this." , . "Aain't a -millionaire yet, eh, Bit- sy?' Yuh seem a -bit new---4and nar- vous." The half-ibreed, was lazily scratch. ing a match. Bilsy grunted. "It's the first time I ever done something I hadn't to -keep an eye peeled for the sheriff,') he said, after a moment. . "Dion'seem abit natcherl fer yuh to be missin' the fun." 'The cowboy laughed and, in a burst of confidence, dropped his hammer. "It's you has -missed the fun -and we've missed, you, Pete. Things ain't thesamebaekthur with -out you. most of us didn't think you, was scared.'" The half-breed's smile was danger- ously grim. -"I'd like to see yuh smile when yuh say that, Bilsy. Yuh's be a fool not tuh." And Bilsy smiled, quickly and hods- terously. ":What d'you flit so sudden for then? 11 "Didn't want to be in no inquest - with about eighteen o' yuh after me." "You had yer guns," sneered Bilsy. Blue Pete slapped, his hip. '�Same Dle gun, me boy. 'Same ole rifle. Same Dle eye . . . . But Whiskers looked best .'bout then. I wasn't shootin' that day . . . . E -f I hed been, I I ma�gine the fust corpse lud 'a bin a young cuss o' the name o' -Bisly. No, l,on't move. I got me -gun in this Dther pocket to-night--anl the muz- nye's looldn' your way . . . . Don't Forget, Bilsy, this ain't Montany. Shooth-1 this side o' the Line's an - Aber game." Bilsy's 'hand dropped and, his face Droke into a forced smile. "Oh, blazes! What's the use of as scraping? We ain't seen each Aber for a year. Why didn't you , ,ome back? That's what we want 'o know." "Some o' wot yuh want to know, , Nh mean . . . . Some things I iatcherl don' take -to-an' robbin, wo- men's one o' them. Blasted mean - ..irs.tlin�', that, I call it. Anyway it's - more fun over here." � Bilsy winked. "Want a ,Pal?" I "Thought this shootin' thing was - �ig mortey�an' it's swindle enough , 3ven to suit you." "Too -too blame tame for me," stammered Bilsy. "An' rustling's not : what it used to be across the line. * roo many tenderfeet breaking into I ,he, game. An' the herds is smaller." - Blue Pete picked qp a splinter and � ,Drodded his pipe. "Why dion-chu try ,, wer here?" ] The other cast him a swift glance i :)eneath his brows but did not reply, I ind the half-breed completed his task 1 )efore he continued. i "I d -on, know yer game, Bilsy, but 1 ["in damn sure it's not thig truck. No , -elf-respectin' cowboy'd tumble to it � Ef yuh don' want to tell an ole � rriend, I'm not frettin'." He rose, , Dne band in his trouser pocket, and stepped backwa ' rds to the door. ' "Is pertectin' women all you're do- ing in this country?" asked, the cow- Doy suddenly. I "I jest natcherl pertect women, me � :)oy-an' thar's one er two peaches about here, take my word fer it . . . Well, s'long. How's Dutchy?" The cowboy started. "Haven't seen him in a month." "Eye's gone back on yuh, Bilsy? ' rell him from me that Sergeant Pen - ton's dyin'. When he does, Dutchy's number's up." He reached al>out and opened the door, his face to the room and went out. From the narrow space between the shooting gallery and the building to the north a Mounted Policeman melted into the darkness. When Blue Pete's steps bad, died a- way Bilsy dropped from his perch and locked the door. A man, crawled from behind the targets, cursing unt- der his breath. "It's what I thought,", be snarled. "Why didn't ye plug him when he, called me a cuss?" fumed Bilsy. "I, d have taken my chances." The other shrugged. "It's too damned unhealthy for me in this country already. It's not a game I catV say I like -shooting h fellow when he isn't looking." "You heard what he said -it'll be yours . when the Sergeant croaks?" "Perhaps," muttered his companion, "Sergeant Denton won't croak. . . . If he does it'll be fair shooting be- tween Blue Pete and me." CHAPTER IX BILSY LEARNS THE TRUTH Again and again, on his visite Blue Pete found the shooting gallery tho� most conspicuous thing in town. Se-1- dom did it -seem busy, but Bilsy was, always there, always soliciting busi- ness over the front counter 'from which the whole street, with the Po- lice barracks just across the rail -way tracks, lay before him. ea of Dutch "It shore was a good id Henry ps,,, the cowboy shooting gal- lery attendant muttered, as he leaned carelessly over the counter seemingly Ecbsorbed in the rifle be was. cleaning, but never taking his eyes long from the front door'of the barracks or the street before him. ,,If the Mounties ain't leadin' honest lives, I'm on the spot to twig it," he grinned. "'If Blue Petetis gone back on his old friends an, turned churchy, I'll know It here , ,.;,<� � - W" I "' I 1. 11* , , ,049-4 '. I . I , , . , I ... I I , . 4 . I . , 1, , � - . . I 1. . I . I I I J", , ';��k . , .: . , � . ,� . . . I . 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"Millionaire yet, Bilay?" he asked ,carelessly. 'Bilsy wiped carefully about the hammer of the rifle before be replied. "Things is a bit dull now. Baseball teain's on tour, .. . . Wiliat.about - 9:07 yerself ? Whur ye working now 2 ,"Grantham's." "Like it better than Stantons'e- an' WhmpoWs, an, Fletcherls, an? the. rest ? " "Thar all alike to me," growled the half-breed. The fact was that he had that morning left Grantham's without -the pay coming to him, on account of a politic but clear intimation that his services were no longer desired. It ranked in him, for he Imew it was not because his work was unsatisfac- bory. "What's got into, you since you flit - Led from the Badlands?" asked Bilsy. 'You wasn't like this when you was with the Crane outfit, or Nelson'15 or , ,more you an' I -know." Something in the tone lDrought Blue Pete's eyes to his. "Yer not made for it, Pete," said Bilsy -suggestively. "Drop it an' - ,ome back to us. Thur's a bunch of .is waiting for you to jump in on a )ig thing. 'Come on." Blue Pete leaned dreamily over the , ' .ounter, fumbling with his Pipe. "Been thinkin, of'it, Bilsy," he mut- ;ered-. "Think quick, man. Things is �poiling for you back thur. Dutchy's on�some." The half-breed straightened. "Dut- -by? Rell! The bloody cur! One - mill year of the wirst kind o', sufferin'- 1e, Sergeant's had now -just 'cause 3utchy lost his nerve." I "Dutchy ain't the shot you are, - ?ete." . "When the Sergeant dies," ,said . 3lue Pete grimly, "we'll see about ,hat." to his targets Ind molved them about thoughtfully. i , "You're coming into the broncho- - >usting contest next week, I s'poseq" I ie -remarked' when he. was back at the i �ounter. I iBlue Pete knew of the event but iad no intention of enteri­- Buck- �.­ ng contests had almost Is appeared I rom ,the list of Western amuse- nents. "Outlaw" horses were becom- " ' ng scarcer every year, and two or ' bree dismally unexciting exhibitionst if late years had- warned sport pro- , noters -of the danger ol incurring ' teary expense with the hope of Irawing st disgusted public. In addi- I ion, there was a growin,,- agitation ' Lmong the uninformed against what � bey called a' cruel performance, he- - ause at the last <>me in Medicine Hat Q wild horse had pitched to its head Lt touch of the. saddle and nEver mov- -d agai.n,. Something in Bilsy's tone struck ,be 'half -breed. I "You goin' in?" he inquired. "Traps. Bropcho Jack and Slim lawlins is coming over, an' maybe L bunch o' the boys." Blue Pete was running his finger n -and cut of the barrel of a rifle. "Yuhlll miss Dittelty," he said. Bilsy winked. "Thur getting out- awg from down Lethbridge way, an' L few from Maple Creek, an' all the )ad ones from the Hills, they say. Warnpole's got two, an� the Stantons )me. TheyV be easy for you. Might's ,vell come along. You'll know o' the lorses." Blue Pete snorted. "Look here, Bilsy. You 'n' me'll go in --an' we xon't ride horses we know . . . . . Ur else shut up." "Rigbto!" replied Bilsy promptly. He turned his back to cast a pro- Fes�ional eye athis targetp, and Blue " Pete, after a movement of surprise, strolled up the street. * * * * * On the day of the broncho -busting -ontest every trail, from the Hills to the Red Deer, led towards the new baseball ground% in Medicine Hat. From as far as Calgary dozens came by train. Many, a leisurely tourist , had disturbed his summer time-tabI3 by waiting over for the event or by curtailing his rvisits to the less spec- tacular towns -Brandon, Moose Jaw, Regina, even Winnipeg itself. For the one contest of the year had re- ceived wide publicity -thanks to the local secretary of the Board -of Trade. (Continued nqrf'week.) Highland Park, Michigan, high school students, got an idea recently. It is an idea that a lot of motor car users, are ready to endorse at any time. The idea, briefly, was to paint the house number -neatly in -black num- ,eraIg on yellow background -on the curb directly in front of the door where motorists would have 'no diffi- culty in seeing it. Not only did the students make money with the idea, but they offered a solution of what has been quite a mystifying problem. *, * * It is worth remembering in these days of "tight" parking -that the motorist who leaves about four inchets, between the right wheels and tho curb will have an easier timie getting I ou than if he parks too close. Ah. I other thing worth bearing in mind I With regard to getting out of 0, 'pok- � . ; � I . -, , j�.., , ,,� I , I I !� , ., , , , � ,�! " � '', :Ii, I 1. I I ,. I - � . ��,� ; , A,,k� ,�t,:'r��,�;,`�!�,.ki�z� ,;� U. 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Unhampered b3r . , �: ... �: I... ,;,_ ... traditionl . . . ..� 1,�`, � 5 �,�,,, , I I . . . .... ��� ,."'f " � . �, ,11 W .0. �k - I . I .�,_,� �' " I ��'��'. ,,, . . :L, I �­ I. I I, I �_.' ��', LL' ,�� , Worth More. . ,", !,*,�,. _ � . .11 . - I � ": ,1111! , , " I ..... - In 1929 it took 125 pounds of Jamb, I ,:.� , . i ,I. , to buy a barrel of flour in the Mari- .111 11 �') . "' �, I ;ime Provinces with lamb at eight .; "'.", � �,� '' �erts Per pound and flo-ar at $IC a I . I 1,'l I - ��, ,��;�, I � � Darrel. This year wi h Invibs at si3c , IR I , � ,ents per Pound net and flour at sev- .� ��,,. � I I r it takes only 118 . , � . , . . .11 ..... : I puands of Iamb to bi,, a barrel of ..4� , li,j . I " i� 1:; . lom. The difference. may not seem ;�.-_ �, .� , .. much but it provides an interesting- .. -1i ",""I'll ,M, :' ,4 , 1� , , , , , , , , ,� 1 " . . " " �, , " " " " " ndi�­Pdon of the trend or living con- 411, , 14 'it;cns f 1�1 � , -Tom the fariii.-r's standpoint i'., � 11�, � �. .1 , "! . . �� -�ominion Depar'.-_�ent (.T AL-ricul- ��. I 11� �,' I I �, �i I our.". ,;� �,.,, � e,. I -141111 "" "� , _1 .1 .11 They Work Togetner. ,;Vt � �.. I . "I'll ��, � In a review of the trend of the live, ...... �, 1. ­ ," 15 I �-�,,�'., . vtock industry for 1930 the Dominion ,m) �� . � , �ivestock Branch observes that ther . . . ... �_ I .3; , � _" " market demand, -for 'fed calves and 4 AM �11� .. , � , , , . maTling beef has brought about a . . . . . . , 1, , �, !hange in production activity of tre- nendo,us significance to the range !attle industry. With the growint )reference for small joints, andsteaks � . inis-hing is essentially a job for the, . n4xed farming area. This situation I -ather clearly defines the( function Or he ranges as breeding and, rearing . 7oung cattle of suitable type, and . eaves the finishing to the mixed . . arming areas. This means increased )pportunity for each with the turn- wer on the range materially accele­ ated, - , LONDON AND WINGHAM, . I South. . I a,m. P.M. * 6.45 2.50P Belgrave ........... 7.01 3.10 Blyth .............. 7.12 3.22 Lon4esboro ......... 7.19 3.30� Clinton ............ 7.38 S.5& Brucefield .......... 7.56 4.13 . Kippen ............. 8.03 4-21 Hensall ............ 8.09 4.29 Exeter ............. 8.23 4AX North. Exeter ............. 10.59 5.42 Hensall ............ 11.13 5.67 Kippen ............. 11.18 6.01 Brucefield .......... 11.27 6.09, Olinton ............ 11.58 6.27 Lcyndesboro ......... 12.18 6.45 Blyth .............. 12.28 6.52- Belgrave ........... 12.40 7.02 12.55 7.20� C. N. R. East. . a.m. P.m, Goderich ........... 6.35 2.30, Holmesville '*'***** 6.50 2.46 Clinton ..... * ....... 6.58 2.5rr Seaforth .... ...... 7.12 3.11 .. 7.18 3.17 Dublin ............. 7,23 3.29T West. Dublin ............. 11.24 9.4i' St. Columban ...... 11.29 .... Seaforth ........... 11.40 9.56 Clinton ............. 11.55 10.00A Holmesville ........ 12.05 10.18 Gode-rich ........... 12.20 10.8& C. P. R. TIME TABLE East. a.M. Goderich .................. 6.60, Menset .� ................... 5.55, MeGaw � ................... 0.04 Auburn...................... &11 Blyth ..................... 6M Walton.................... 6.40, 6.51 Toronto ................... 10.0 I - West A.M Toronto ................... � 1.40 MeNaught ................. 1.44 Walton ..................... 12"01, 81yth ....................... 11�* Auburn .................... Wall* 0 ..... I ........ 4 . . 12','�' 0 , 11 � 1! I l 4..; I �.,: 'f� �. Gode&h ..�....d� ..... 4,46 41411p �", I I . . ,. ", �, � � : ;� . 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