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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1936-04-24, Page 7• .,••1.e•+"'e,,,, . - 1..11.216.11.4111.04.1.0 411.M.C.S.1.5.4•4091M49.n.,.. • • e nentenene , TlInnere -NtA, ot • - - 7-= ----:---,--.-- •- . . --JOHN :I. nup.G4.13.D , • -....., • -..-. . . . • Bannister, • 'Solicitor, . . ------e- •• e'•--INtettery iPttiolie, Etc.. • . gnatite Bek : 1.• . . Seat:nth, Ont. FLAYS en-MEIR .. • , . Suneending R„„ S. Hays •• '-e ... . e. - •, - , tarrigtenen,Solienters„ Conveyancers .- • . BY W.M. MACLEOD: -RAINE . - and Notaries Public. 'Solicitoes far • s 777-1-17 * enns• • „.„ •I'IV;AE *6' es- theDominion Bank, Seaforth. one•1111101111,111.111.,11.1111.1111111111111111111.1111111011101111.1111111MIMEM the Dominion Bank Office in rear of ere....§nne tb lean. (Contimued: fenin last week) • • Fq hate a killer!" she blazed' =fee - JOHN -,194. BEST Bar pettedly. , rister, Solicitor, Etc. •"Does he look like a kiiler?" asked " SeafOrth • ' : Ontario - • • Prince.. gently. • . • • ' "No, he doesn't. -That.. makes it .... . VETERINARY Worse." JOHN (nitl EV E,-- V.S. . ruined his sister's life "in a fiendish way?" Honer g- 1.111 c)f Vetierine-- "I expect. thee't another side:to arse Colleen All -diseases. of domestic that .story," she retorted. - animals. • renin •Calls ,premptly at- "This bey was fourteen at the time, inn -idled to and charges moderate. Vet- His father swore him to vengeance . erinarry Dent•ietry a specialty. Odice an' Jim;followed his enemies for and reeittle•n•ee ,Gacterich nitreet, •one -years.. He. never -lean a doubt but dolor emelt Of Jairelott's office, Sea- that he was doing right" orth. • She -put her rifle down impulsive- ly. "Why don't you keep his face spongedle- Bring me Water." The Texan put his hat into requis- ition again for a bucket. , With her handkerchief the 'girl sponged the face and the hands. The cent water• stopipe•d for a ,molmementhendellrib•us mainering of the young .man. But the .big eye e th,anstared into hers did not associate :his nurse with the pres- ent . 'I done rementleer you, 'Lindy,. like I -promised. I'm a-folleWin' 'them .i,Seill!awage,1 yet," he anueneured. "Inis sister's •narnie was Mandy," explaIrsed Prince. The girl nodded. Siie wag rubbing gently the boy's. wrist with her wet h.andkerchief. • -- • "It's getting • dark," nhe told Billie ,ter sharp, decisive" way. "Get your. fire :big one. I've,• got tome ,cooking to do." • Fuither ,orders were, waiting , him 'as soon as he had the camp -fire '`‘Did you know that Dave Roush • A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Gradeafe tof 'Ontario Veterinary College, University. of Toronto. All diseases of delmets,tic animals treated by the Trost modern principles. Charges reaninable. Day or night calls emerreetly amended to. Office ou Main 'Steen-, opposite Town lialL -Pirt•tre 116, Breeder of • Scot- tish • Terriers,Inverness Kennels, •,Ilneeistall. • . • MEDICAL • DR. D. E. STURGIS. ' • Graduate ef the Faculty of Medi - eine, LT rui v i ty .of Western Ontario, and St, nnste,h's IHIo.spital, London. 'Member of •Ctellege of 1Phyeieian•s and Sin'gnonls f Ontario. Phone 67. Of-' flee at Dublin. Ont. • 3493 • going. "Yolell find my theme tied to a' live -oak down the. river a bit. Bring •it p." Billie Smiled as he moved away in- to the d:arkn.ese. • This imperieus girl belonged, of course, in the camp of the •enemy. She had . held.- "him :up With, .the intention of driving them beck to town before her in triumph. But she was, after all, a very tender- hearted foe to- a enenentricken with sickness, It 'occurred to' the Texan that through her might lie a way to. genre:lion for there both. . Innin he saw the turkey the cow - eine -Cher wondered what cooking she could have in minclehut while he can- tered back through the. 'sand he guessed what she ,meant to, do.. "Draw the turkey. Don't .picic it," she gave ins,truetions. Her own hands were busy trying to make her ,patient ceemflortable. After he had drawn the bird, which vas a 'young, .plump one, he made under- direction of, theyoung woman remeneef rnud. . This he elaubeid in a three-inch coating over the turkey, then prepared the fire to snake of it ;n oven. He covered the bird with as:hes, raked live oale over these; and •piled upon 'the methhot coalpin- on knots and juniper boughs, "Keep your fire going till about two or three o'clock, then let it die oul. In •th,e.Merning the turkey will be baked," the young Diana gave as- eurance. . •• • The eowniench•ee .omitted to • 'tell her that he had, baked a dozen more or less •and knew all about it. • She rose :and drew on her gauntlets in a .businesslike manner. • I'm -•goring home now., After the fever passes. keep, him warm and let nee Meeo if he. vill." • • . "Yes, ma'am," premised Billie with suspicious 'meekness. net girI loakednat him shernly, if she dist-rusted his 'humility. Was he laughing at her? Did' he dare to find amusement iil her? "1 'haven't changed My mind about You. Folks that eome to town and evert killing deserve ,all they get. But I'd look after a yellow d'og if it was sick," she said contemptuously, little devils of defiance in her eyes. "I'm 'riot 'questioning your motives, menana,""no long ias your, actions are friendly." "I haven't any use for any of Homer Webb's outfit. He's got no husinesis ,here. If 'he runs into trou- ble be Is • only hineself to blame." "I'll mention to him that you said so." Picking vp the rifle, she turned and walked bo the horse. There was a little devil-may-caretouch to her walk, hist as in her Manner, that eeiggested -a girl spoiled by ovee-much in'dttleence. She was imperious', high spirited, fall of courage and insolence becauee her environment +had Mould- ed her be inde'pen'dence. It was lm-- plesteibli for the young cowpuncher to help admiring the giel. "I'll be back," •she called over her shoulder. Th'e puny jieeped,to a cattier at the touch .of her'hl.\ She eMeappeated hese. gallop around the bend. Already the fever of the boy was beginning to pass. He shivered with the thin a night. Billie wrapped around him his own coat,,a litteey- woollen eme lined with red flannel. He peeked him up in the two blan- kets and heated stones for his feet and hands. Presently the boy fell in - •to sound sleep for the first time since he was wOunded. He had sept be- fore, but alway's uneasily and rest- lessly*: Now he • did not mutter 'be- tween clenched teeth nem toss to and fro. His friend accepted it as a good mete Since he had not slept -a -wink ihihneelf foe fort Y boors, he lay down befoeathe fire and made himpelf ceen- forte:hie. His eyes closed aJm'ost hn- niediateLy. • Chapter XIII A FRIENDLY ENEMY .. • "Law sakes, ,Mites. Berne Lee yo' enPalh none Wen ready an libureltit sure am diseentimedie MO way you no gallttenplein' around. Don't you - all nevelt' git tired?" • Aunt Stay was large aid.. blank and blalgy.. To gito thftt AtelYwas tot DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT • Graduate ref Facility of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. 1Wesp- ber of Colleige of PhysiCians and Surgeons of Ontario. 'Office, 4366de- rich Street, West Phone 37. . Blamer:nor to Dr., Charlet Mackay. DR. W. C. SPROAT Graduate of Faculty of Me'd'icine, University of, Western Ontario; Lon- don. Member of College of Physi.: eians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office Aberhart's Drug Store, Main ,Ste- Seafordih. 1Phone 90. • DR. F. J. BURROWS • • • Office' • and resid,enee„ Goderich St., east of the United ,Church, Seathoeth. Phone ,46L' coromer._tot the County of Enron. ' DR. HUGH H. ROSS " • Gradtiatte of University of Toronto ,Fantilty of Medicine, member sat' Col- lege of Phygiciant and Sturgeon's of • Ontario; pass graduate bourse in Chicago •tClinical School of Chicago ; Royal 'Opthaelnie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, •Len - dere, England. 'Offi.ce-Back of De - minion Bank,, Seaforth. Phone• No. 5. Night calla aneweeed from resndence, Victoria Street, ,Seaforth. • • • Dfl L A. McMASTER Graduate •of the- University- of To - Faculty of Medicine , , Member tof College. of PhySieitans and ISurgeons of Ontario; graduate of New York Post Graduate School and ing-in Hospital, N,ew York: Of- fse Higii Street, Seaforth. - Phone 27: Office fully equipped for X-ray diagnosis and ultra short 'waive ele,c- trie treatment, Ultra Violet Sun Lamp treatments, and Infra Red electric tlreatanents. Nurse in attendance. DR. G. JL COLLYER Gradluate Faculty of Medicine, Uni- •Teneity of Western Ontario. Member IMIlege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Posit .graduate, work at New York City Hospital and -Victoria Hospital, Londlon. Phone: Blensall 56; Office: KingeStre.et, • DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose 'and Throat Graduate in nledicine, University of 'Toeunte. • Late tasenstant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Menrefield'e Eye and Golden Square Throat HoS- ilital,S,, Llondon, :Eitg. At iCorirmercial 'Hotel, .Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month, from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. 68 Wafted° Street, South„ Street - ford. 5 DENTAL. TheV. A. McTAGGART GraduarbeeVoyal College of Dental " Surgeons, Toronto. Office at Henan, ' Ont. Phone 106. fails entirely of dein hem justice. She overflowed from hen clothes in waves at all possible points. When she' moved she*waticillede Just now s'he was trying to be crone, but the smile' of welcome on 'the broad face :would have its way. 'S'et down an' resit yo weary bones, honey. I'll have yo suppab dished up in no time a -tall. Wire. paw was axin' Where is you awhile. ago." "'WIliere's dad?" asked Mis's Berne Lee Snaith carelessly as she flung her gloves ton a chair. ,. 'Ile done gone down to the store to see if anything been 'herd o' them yilyainous ikillerseof Mr. Webb."'" • • When Berne Lee . returned from wading her hands and fage and ,gin- ing :a touch Or two to her hale, she net &Own and did justice to the fried chicken. and blectints of Aunt Becky. 'She ihiadehad a long dein of it and she ate with the keen appetite of youth. illler father returned while sh,e was still at the table. He was, a big san- dy man dressed in a corduroy sail. He was broad Of shoulden-and his legs were bowed. • , "Any ,news, dad?" she asked. "Nolt a thing, Lee. . I reckon they've made their get -away. They must have slipped off th.e road' somewhere. Th'e wounded one never could have travelled all night. Maybe we'll get 'em yet." ''What will You do' .with them, if you •dof" ."Hang 'ern to a sour apple tree," answered .Wallaee ,Snaith promptly. His daughter made no comm'ent. She knew that . her father's resent- ment was bas,ed on ..no abstract, love of law men order. It had back of it no feeling that crime had bees com- mitted or jugtiee outraged. The fron- tier wee in rbs roistering youth, full or:such effervescing spirits 'that life was the . cheapeet thing it knew. Ev- ery few day -some - unfettunate was. buried oneliciateHill„ anti:dim: of leis own ine,xpertnes,s with the six-shoot- er. , T'he longleorned cattle .of •Texas were wearingebiloaci ••brails to the north and the northwest and such tiownle as Los Portales were on the boom.Chan-clad puncher's enalloped' through the streets, at all hours of the day and nightlettinn out their joyous "Beeeyipeee." The keys , of Tellestensand half ea dozen other gambling places had long since been lost; for th.e doers were never closed e ,patroris. At ,games of .thance the roiof was the lirrint. in the expressive phrase of the .country. Guns crack. - ed at the eight -est difference of opin- ion. It was bad farm to use the word •‘;murder'.' The -torrent vay to speak 'of the result of a 'disagreement was to refer to 'it as "a killing." Law- lay for every man in a thol- ter on his own hip. Snaith recog- nized this andrabcepted it, He was ready to "bend -7'a- gun" himself. if occasion called fit.. What he ob- jected to in this •particular killing was the peesental affront to him. One of •Webb's men had deliberately and defiantly .,killed two. of ,,Isits riders when the' town, was full of his em- pleyeess. The man had ' walked into Tolles.on'ise-a place which he, Snaith, practically 'owned, himself -and flung down 'the ga'untl'et to ',the wlhole Lazy S M .outtfit. It was a flagrant insult, .ande.Wallace Snaith proposed to see that It was"" avenged. . - ' "Piet, going duck hunting to -mor now, dad," , ,Lee told 'him; "I'll likely be up before daylight, but I'll try net to disturb you. If 3,4'neen.rme rum- maging around in the pareb6., you'll know 'what fen" • • Hie grunted assent, full of the grievance that vias rankling in his mind. Lee came and, went as she pleased. She was her own misibre•as, apd he made .no atteimpt• to chaperon her activities. .• The light, had not yet .beg -un to sift into the siky next morning when Lee dressed andtip-toed to the kitchen. She carried saddlebags with her, and into the, capacious pockets: went tea, coffee, flour; eornmeel, a nfiask of brandy, a plate of cookies, and a slab of bacon. An ,old frying -pan and a small stew-lcettle • • joined the ' sup- plies; also a little package of "yerb", medicine prepared by Aunt Becky as a specific nor fevene. Lee walkedthrough the silent, pre dawn darkness to the•stable and sad - died her pony, iblanketing and cinch- ing as deftly as her father could have done it. With her she carried an ex- tra blanket for the wounded man. The gray light ot dawn was begin- ning ta salt into the sky When She reached the camp of th mtiegitirves. ' Prince Came forward to meet her. She saw that' the fire was now only a bed of 'coals from which n•o smoke would rise to betray them. The girl swung from the saddle and gave a little jerk of her head to- wards Clanton. ' . "Hew is Ihe?" "Slept 'like a.leg ill night. Feels a heap better this nennin'. Wants to know .if he can't have Samethin' to eat." "I killed a couple of prairie plover en the way. We'll miake some soup for him." . te . The girl walked straight to her patient' and looked d'owe at him with • diteet and searching eyes. She found no glaze 'of fever in the ones that g•aeeti lattelCinto here. .. ' ngry, are you?" . AUCTIONEERS • 1HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household sides. Prices reasonable. For dates aid in:formation, writg or phone Her- erkl Dale, Mite 149, Seaforth, or apply ab Tleepetsitor Office. • INSURANCE THE JOHN (RANKIN AGENCY trentrienne •- es(dt Pihtgstate, Motley to Loan. Phone 91 SSAPOigtit 4 (ONiAlili0 „ • 1N, curt. She ordceed him to fetch end carry., Something in his ,slow drawl, -some tint of hidden amusement in bis manner -truck a spark of resent I:tient from her quick eye. But to. wird Jilin she was all kindness. No trouble wee too much to take inn his' coanforn. If he had e. whim itmust be gratifiedn. Pritece was ,Inerely, a servant to wait upon him. The edueation :of Jim Clanton was nerogresisiing. As he ate his -plover brelth he, ceuld not keep his eyed fram, hew. S'he was. sio.full of. vital, nines The eolozehealt ,through her dark • skin warm and rich. The abundant blave-black.haire the flashing eye -s, the flee k Poe •efthe head,. the little jann- • tyswaglger of her, so wholly a mat- ter of uneenscious faith in, her place in the sun: alt of these charmed and delighted bine He had never dream- ed sot a gionlot .stich'spirit and fire. It was inevitable that both he and BihIie•should• recall by cOntrast an - ether girl who h.ad, given them gene -eroiesly of her service net long ,since. There weenie in the country then very few women of any kind: • Certainly within a radius of two hundred miles there wan no other girl s popular and so attractive as these two. Mazy a tpuneher would ,have been willing to break an ,aalen, for the sake of such kindness as had,, been lavished upon these . boys. By enamel) the three of them ha.d lereakfante Billie put out the f re and seeatbered the asbee in the river. He went into a committee of ways and means with Lee •Sanith just benne she relenreed to town. "You can't slay here long. Sante - one 'is sure to sit5n you just as I did. 'Whet plareelave yc t get. away3" "IfeI could get our horses in 'three or Baur days. niebbe Jiirn could natake out to ride a little at a time." "'He -couldn't-le-and you can't ,gen, your barmen 'she vetoed. Pilleave to leave hirn, steal- anotheir horse, and ride through to Webb for help." You enrostn't leave him:. "I'll zee if I ean telt a man nettle a mese sage to your triendlt.". A smile eame out • on his lean; strong face. "You're a good friend." 'Isrnt no friend of yours," she, flash- ed back. "But I won't have my father spoiling the view by hanging you Where .1 might see you when I• nide." "'You're !Wallace Stealth's daughter, I reckon." • "Yes. .And no man that ridee for Hamer Webb can. be a friebil of mine." "Sorry. Anyhow, • you can't. keep nue from being mighty grateful to rey littlest enemy." • He did not intentd to senile, but. juSt a hint of it leaped to his eyes. She .fitished angrily, ,•suspecting that he was :necking her, and swung her pony toward town, -On...the way he shot a brace of ducks for the sake of appearanees. The •country was a paradise for the hunter. On the river could be foand great numbersef ducks, 'geese; swans and pelicans. Of quail and prairie chicken there was no Thou- sands' of -turkeys riposted in the tim- ber that bordered the 1st -realms. There were times when he nbise of, pigeons rettirning to their night haunt was like thunder and the sight of tlhem almest .hiellethe ekes. Banda of ante- lope •could be •seen silhouetted -against the skyline. As for buffaloentutebers 'of them still ranged rthA, ,plains, though the day of their extinction was dose alt harrd. No country in the world's history ever 'offered such a field for- the sportsman as the Southwest did in the days of the first great cattle drives. Mies Berne Lee. dismounted at a store which 'bore the sigree- , SNAITH & MicROBERT • General Merchandise Though a large building, it was not one of the most recent in town,. It was what is krievrn as a "dugout!' in the West, a big cellar roofed over, with eide walls rising abloom the level of the, .ground. In a country where tiiieber was scare e and the railroad was not within two 'hundred miles, a :sod structure of this sort wag the most practical possible. The 'girl sauntered in and glanced carelessly aboultsterne Two or three ehap-cliad cowboys were Ionnging a- gain:sit the counter watching another buy a isuit of clothes,. The . wide- brimened hats of all of them came off instantly at sight of her. The fron- tier was rampantly lawless, but no- where in' the World .diel a good woman isniveeectit. with More unquestioning • ne- .. "What's this hyer ',garment?" ask- ed the brick -red cue's:never of the clerk holding up the waistcoat that went with the Ault. "That's a vest,n explained the salesman. "You wear it under the coalt." "You don't say!" Th'e vaquero ex- amined the 'article curiously and :die- dainfully. "I've heard tell- of these diclbes, but I never did Seen one be- have. Well, rn take this suit. Wrap it up. YOukeep the vest proposition and give it to a tenderfeet." No convieuricher ever wore a waist- coat. The lotal dealers, of the -South- west had been utterly unable to inn press this fact tiffeinnhie nand of t1he Eastern manufacturer., The result was that every suit came in three iaarte, 'One of which always remained wen the shelf of the aborres,. Some of the supply merehents had several theta:says& In these articles de luxe in their !stack. In later years. 'they gaive them away 40 Indiana and Mexicans. 'Do you krone when° Jack Good - heart is?" asked Lee re tine nearest retitle. "No, Ma'almnbat 111 .to hunt him foe you," answered the- puncher proinpitly, Thank Pie": Ur, odd eat a mail -mock, •mtnam." stripped the .gauntlets from her handb and set About making break -fats, Jim watched her • with anent interest. Ile was still . weak, but life this meaning began to renew itself mn him. Theepain andAhe ,fevet hid gone, and left him at peke with a world just emerging' from darkness into a rosily .flushed dawn. N'Ut the least attra-ctive feature Of it was this stunning, (darkweyed seri who VAS Teeming such a friendly enemy. • Ink manner te Billte Was crisp and • t• "There's my;: Daddy Now!" Little Joanhas just heard • the tinkle of the telephone bell. Daddy away. from .home a lot . on business - is so wrapped up in little Joan that he calls home by • Long Distance every even- • ing and listens to some of - • her chatter before she's put to' bCd.: And Joan is on • the" lookout every evening for Daddy's call. Expensive? Not at all; Night Rates begin at 7 now, and they are surprisingly low, • especially on "Anyone" calls. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE M.J.Habkirk Manager -Ten minutes later a bronzed rider swung clown int front of the •Snaith InInee. 'Miss Bertie Lee was an the porch. . "You sent for me," he said simply. "Do you want 40 do ,somethieg for me?" • "Try nee." •• • ' • "Will you ride after Webb's outfit ern. tell ,him that two .of his' men are it hiding on, the river ' just below town. One of them is wounded and can't silt ona horse. ,So he'd' better send a .buckbo,arl. for him. Let Horner Webb know that if dad 'or Sanders finds these mein the cottonwoodswill be be,aring a new kind iof fruit. Tell him to burn the wiled getting here. The men are in a cave on the left- hand side of the river rgoirvg down It is just below the bend.' . Jack Goediteaet did not ask her how she knew /this or what difference it made to her Seh,etheneWe,hb rescued .his riders or net He ,eaid, "I'll be on - the road :inside of tw,nety minutes." Goon/sewn waser e.plenclid ,splecie men of the frontiersman. Ile was the ibe,s.t roper in the • country, of ,proved game•ness, popular, keen as an Italian stile'tt'o, and absolutely teust- worthy. Since, the first day he had seen her Jack had .b.een devoted to the service of Betrie Lee Snaith. No dog could halve been ch,unibler and leen eriticIl of heintnahlortcomiAge like girl despised his wooing, but' she, was forced to respect the _men. As a lo -ser ,sthe ha.d no use for Geodliseart; as a friend she was always calling upon 'hire,. "I knew nou'd go, .Jack," she told "Yes. I'd lie clown and make of myself a doormat for you to tromple on," hie re:totted with a touch of 'self- centempt. "Wouldl you like me' to de it now?" Lee liooked at .hilm in: surprise. This was the first evidence he had ever gi•van that he reeenteel the position lin which .he .stood to' her." "If you ,dlon't want to' go I'll ask someone else," she replied. • A •••• A r 1k, '11 ••!'.4 * ;404 V, RPif% tAR.P4Poge.401414,,,ii143,••, 40•No ,1/4 rit114140$ A., • Vi ik :064%.414484., 'tet•IA; igt, 41e: , r 4 r 61i4 9/0t19Paea4 • crezetzlo- • RATES $1.5,P7415° NO HIGHER A OUIET,,WELL CONDUCTEtO, CONVEMIENT; MODERN MO ROOM HOTEL -85 WITH BATH • mcrit-co0 FOLDER TAKE A OE LUXE TAXI FROM DEPOT OR WHARF -850 • "Oh. Pll go." ' Pin come to' tell you' that He turned and strode to his horse. two of yore men are hid& in the. For years he had been her faithful chaparral below Los Portales. There cavalier, and he knew he was no dos- was trouble at Telleeon's. Two of er to his heart's desire than when he the Lazy S M men were gunned an' began to serve. The first faint stir- e,nia, of yours was wounded." rings of rebellion were moving in, 0W1hic'h one was wound'e'd'?" him- It was not, that he blamed her "I heard his name was Clanton." in -the least. She was ,searcely nine- "Suits me fine," .grinned the fore. teen, the mingent..for the' eyes of. all man .,showing two rows 'of broken, ehe unattached men. in the district 'stained teeth. "Hope the Lazy S Was it reasonable to suppose that she boys iguln•ned him proper." would give 'her love .to , a pennilese, Dad Wrayhurn broke in softly. punener of twenty-eight, lank as a "Chietb, cennewthre!" ("Hueh,pOrtn snia;:.; with n.o recommendanon . but mil") He turned to ,Go,odheart. "The honsety? None the lets, Jack b,eigan ether man with 'Clanton must be Bit- to daubt• whether eternal patience lie Prince." • was a riltue.."Yea." . (Continued Next Week) • Chapter XIV THE GUN BARREL ROAD Jack Goenhent followed tire gun - barrel road into ,a desert green and beautiful with vegetation. ,Now he passed a blooming azalea or a yucca with elustering bellflawers,. The prick- ly pear and the cat -claw clutched at his.. chapel. • The ineiv-weed and the sap -weed were every -Where, as was alert thy stunted creonote. ..The de- tail's were not lovely, but in the nun - set light of late afternoon the slivery sheen ,of thie mesquite had its awn chia,rrn for.lth,e rider. Back ofentee,setddle he .carried a "hen 'at:blankets and supplies, for he would have to camp out three er leer nights. Flour, eoffee', atch a can of tomatoes anade ,the 'substance of his provisions. His rifle would bring him all the meat he needed. The °Ile he used was a seventy-three because the bulletfrom it -fitted the cylinder of his. forty-four Involver. , 'Solitude engulfed him. Once a mule deer stared at 'him in sur- pmise from an escarpment back of the mesa. A rattlesnake buzzed its ominous warning. He left the road, to follow the broad teeny anad,e by the Flying V Y herd. A horiton of d.elep purple mark- ed the afterglow of sunset and pre- ceded a desert night of stars. Well into the evening he rode, then hob- bled hie. horse before he 'built'a camp fire. :Darkness wEiS still thick over the plains when he left theebuffalto wal- low irr wihich he had camped. AI day he 'held a stately course northward till the stars were tartrt again. Late the next afternoon he sitreck the dust of the drag in the ,ground swells of a metre &len conriney. The rag -driver directed Good - heat -.-to -the left point. ' He- found' there two men. One of thein -Dad Weayburn-he knew. The other was a men of sandy , coimplexion, hard - faced, and, fishy of eye. • "Whad.you want?" the sieeend de- MaTIelwetint to see webb.,, 'Can't,„se him. Be ain't %erre!' 4Wherlais ilei?" Pile's ridden on to the Pod ta. make ,arrangements for receiving the herd," ‘answered the tthe big, auger left?" INZItu the fOrentan, if that's what yeti mean?" LONDON and WINGHAM South Pi& Wingham • 1.55 Belgrave 2.11 • Blyth 2.23 •Londesboro 2.30 Clinton. • 3.08 Brucefield ' 3.27 it ippen 3.35 Hensall 3.41 Exeter 3.55 Exeter Hen,sall Klippen • Bru,cefield Clinton North A.M. • .... • . e• • • • 10.42 10.55'' 11.01 11.09 11.54 12.10 , 12.19 12.30 ... . • • 12.50 Londesboro Blyth Belgrave Wingham C.N.R. TIME TABLE ' East Goderich Clinton Seaforth Dublin Mitchell Dulin Seaforth Clinton Goderich West A.M. P.M. 6.46 2.30 7.08 3.00 722 8.18 '7.33 8.81 740 8.43 11.19 9.44 11.34 • 9.57 11.50 ' io.11 12.10 10.37 C.R.R. TIME TABLE East Goderich llifenset flVfloGaw. Auburn Myth Welton McNaught Toronto West Toronto SleNlaughlt Wilton • • • • &kart; ' ,• • 4-..ecii,11*••11 dialt#9 . 90,414 Vealget " %irril-••• .. . P.M. 4 20 e. 4.24 4.83 5,15 9.06 ':gsfs • • `f. r, 'Sr .tr