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CHAPTER VI
SYNOPSIS
Leo Hollister, returning unex-
pectedly from a trip abroad to
the Circle V notch, hist home from `
childhood, is troubled :by >' gns of
neglect. Joey, an old' prospector
friend uif , Matt Blair, Lee's foster
father and owner of the ranch,
tells Lee that Matt has killeds_ -
himself probably discouraged! by
hard times. The ranch is going
-to -min and Virginia, 'M'itt's daugh-
ter•, is visiting the- Atcihers, her
aunt •arid �unccle, in New York.
Her uncle wants her to sell the
place to Milton Bnaddsth, old aslsto-
ciate o1 Mt ,tt'st Lee persuades
Vingitnie to „r lturn to the ramdh..
Mins. , Archer foillowu: her, ''accomr
panned by Stanley*, son of Milton
Bonnet. St adnley thanes 'he may
be able to disdredt'it.,,l.,ee in Vir-
ginias eyes.
Tone reoelleetuon of the intended
rlur 2nadle her kinder td Lee than
she bad meant to be, She danced
tree more. :theme, with hllin. Toward
he end of their last donee. Vin•ginia
trur n& Merl 'head and laughed softly.
"Look, Leen-Just outside t h e
deos-. I'm going to bring her in."
gist eyes ilodalotwed• hers., Beyond
them
was an open door, its shaft of
litgaut cutting into the outer shadows
aud, caught in the edge of the light,
they saw a gay Mettle figure, with a
dark, vivid face, black eyes that
hmuted with excitement, avid a seear-
et mouth. The slim body swayed
slightly to the music, with a nippling
an&mlal grace.
As Lee sleeked at her she.. slid
hasttily out of sdgtht with an iinpud,ent
loft of her chin. He laughed.
"The li•tttlie ' devil! Sth�e's Josefa
Bamdrtez, and her father is Francesco
Ramirez who used to be a sheep
ierder ;and has new Ages. to the
dignity of his own ranckito. Matt
Uv tined him to get it. You can count
on Francisco. His father was a ser-
o art to Don Lulu! Cebailtos."
"Very interesting," said Virginia
sryveetly. "But tit t Mitch of it seems
to b_ a about the girl. You're 'holding
awl oYi me, Lee.". •
"Nearing to hoed." -.. Lee • was u
tittle curt about it..
Somteone else ci iimed her and she
left hen, her .smile Cool 'and: sweet.
Lre hesitated, a trifle .rufrielt by the
uncertain ways, of women, and then
wset out by the door where the girl
Jbstela had! stead.
There was no sign of Cher.' Lee
Leanedi ' comfortably against the side
of.the house.,rind' rolled a cigarettes.
Voices drifted to Minn, a man's,
low and '1hughavg, a girl's in smloth-
ee,d remtionsttanice, Mone coquettish
than angry. Lee Hacked out his
[uetch and strode lightly around, the
cornern •of the house.
He -thought he saw a flitting ssha-
diow, but it vanished and he ennid
r :;t be sure. A cigarette. made a
Point of light in the darkness about
tetra feet away. Stanley Braadiisn
st,todded towanid lnlim,
"Hello, Hollister," he said iudif-
f.•;tenily. "That. you? I thought I
heard voices, out here."
"Pad You?" Lee was re -
commit -tel, but his eyes eearchelt th•e dtark-
.rrss hack of tihte house. -
"I was probably mistaken. Com -
1 .g in?" Stanley roosted 714.40 lighted
not yet associated with me in
butsdnesa"'anmd lea not acquainted
with the details. of the proposed
punto ire.'
IIt Litloked like a bad leak some -
Where . .
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At fifteen Joseta Ramirez was a
beauty, with glowing black eyes, a
dusky flush 'uamdler an ,olive skin,
amid a slim ga,y,dancing body.
young Mexicwnns allayed tthemselvest
in holiday best ands' rode miles out
of their way to spend an hour or
pia at Fnamcdsao'si rentchitto and knives
brad .flas'hedi more than once for her
favor.
• Only when Lee Hollister stopped
at the sheep ranch was there some-
thing noltdeeab.ly different a1?out her,
like the sultry stillness, before .a..
stomas He had known Francisca for
years; the entire household exploded
into hospitality at .his appnoach and
poured its joys,• and troubles into his
ears. Josteta was: merely .Frencisico's
pretty kid to him.
• Joaela pouted and sulked, and
consbsled -herself with the others.
Therefore, she was flattered, but not
peatici114vriy surprised when an agree-
able young Haan naught her hands• and
said teasingly pretty things to her
when she was fleeing distoovery •on
the eight: sof the dance, noir even when
a swift grey car, a long, fascinating
monster that Was a haughty rich . re-
lation • of all the bass Josefa- had ever
seen, appeared out of •sihinlmereing dis-
tance a few days later. It stopped
before tthei straggling adobe buildings
where a pretty girl leaned against the
falast:ere:01 wall. The young man ap-
parently had no •other errand than to
ektk his way), but he lingered, talking
110 the vulnerable nittria, and left pre-
seetly with a quick oblique glance at
the girl. '
A day' or •two later the, car passed
!that wad: agaiu, and yet again.
Once someone was with the agree-
able driver, — that girl, favored
among , mentals, with the shining
hall land rose -leaf skin, the with
niches in ,her hands and Lee Hollis-
ter •at her feet.
-Josefla let • the car pass with a
sulky.stare, but the , next day 11 came
again, 'and this time Stanley was
alone. They were oenver ienily out
of sight of the ranch house, and -.he
stopped 'and invited her. for a ride.
She went, thrilled - with luxurious-
ness and • aralogant speed
After that there were other meet -
rings, boxes of sweets, small . gifts
wwharoh Jostens, prudently. hid. - He was
amuisdng and gay, an- ardent young
main, write a facile tongue for compli-
ment •and a taste for •kkinses. He teas
ed Jostefa, not very delicately.
"I'm jealous of thlat :fellow Hol-
lister; you bike him betiter than you
do me. He was corning to the .Cirote
V this morning when I left. He's
there a good deal, isn't ire? Yoa're
no Spanish gi:l Josefa, or you'd
never let. smother •.1 walk off' with
your mar[ like VI-mt.:.
"How y eine n" - I worry my
head weeth Lee ILollister? I got
plenty fella—ten, Iwenty, honed -red !
Eef I ,love, 1 fight for my man.
•fight any woman!" •
"How you know 1 worry my head weeth Lee Hollister?".
cigarette aside and started on.
Lee's eyes were on .the • mhalf-
srooked cigarette where •i't had land-
ed, still glowing.
• "When you've been; in this part of
t'he oottntey a li.ttlte longer," he said
evenly, "you'll use better judgment
than that. A fire, like some other
things, is easy to start, but not so
easy to put. out."
Stanley's annoyed stare followed
him as he strode off.
"Now' whist the devil," he mused
thoughtfully, "dddt the bow hand moan
by thee?"
1
tine o1! the $xst. feel 'of Geterge III
ire England after he became king was
to confer a title ripen a worthy gen-
tlemun named bay.
The deeed being done, he exclaim-
ed, "irllow wonderful 11 ie to be a king.
Consider, I have just tuned Day into
, %might!"
e
Mother:. "Whi y did you give Tone
�pn Sun{ith roar uieenets tali, Bob-
by?"
Bbbby:, "He piwbiigedtie let me
ale Seeretas'yi .01 the Navy when he
' lbeaaothtbfl FrehildelfaUtar! thei United
HMO%thee Wityr
4
'hie next day Stanley made a trip
to Saunders alone and 'found his
way to the entice of Gideon Morse,
Counsellor-at-Iraw.
"I'm Stanley Bradisb, " he said
eastualtly. °'Ism staying at the Circle
V ranch. That little matter of the
other women--smlptpase you leave it
to mea.,'
Oddeon• blinked., but forebore com-
ment. He orad a letter from the
elder Bradliele as definite as a letter
mold be, considering haw' mucin of
it lay between the, ranee.
"M.y son 1s spending a. few
weeks at the Blair plane. ' Ile is
sipect as they pleased Slaaty- Gano
did it. So dttd LraW.ier, nursing . a
grievance aend` only too .Anxious to
finds something Ria satisfy le So.
quite :privately had ,Stanley Bradieh,
creticallY stprveying the ground ,
reasons of hown. Nope of them q�, :m
felled .tevidenoew of dark motives or
Chidden acti ties,,. umiess, perhaps,
the large trough the k of quartz
i ekar"full view an a shelf .might
be so olassifiadi On it was Fasted a
bit of paper. with ,Gide simple legend:
Matt Blair
AMao .• .
Died October. 15, 1933
Slanty Gane • knew what that sam-
ple was. He hate waltebed'Lee. Holids-
ter swinging a pick to get it. It Najd
oome from the spot where Matt
Blaine will -o' -4th wisip &arpltes had
been deg.
Slanty stood glowering at it for
some Minutes before Ise slidout,
cautiously, With it . wislr to meet a
man he botch ha . d and' feared.
• • •
If, Slaney . • . was curious enough
to pry into Lee Htollistefr•'s affairs,
Lee was ,equally Observant of Slams
ty's. He did not like Shanty and: he
did not trupt hirer. Be did not .care
fon Lawler, entree. Thterefone, when
he caught a glimpse of Slanty. . and
Lawler slippingbeininld' the shelter of
a ceder ,thicket one day, he • picketed
Iris Mortise a safe distance away and
followed. Moving lightly, with an
eye for betraying stones underfoot,
Lee swung clown. to a ,shelf just a-
bove the point where they had dis-
appeared, dropped fiat on it and
wormed cautiously out tri the edge.
Voices came to him. He could
just .see the two melt about thirty.
feet below. Both mem. were half
drunk,. Lawler morose, Slanty argu-
mentative and" boastful, Lee ,heard
Slant s ,taunting vloice.
.'Taikinf °titian bruin Le Hollis-
ter yet? Ye've been keepdn' yourself
so scarce I thought he must have.
fired ye."
"I ain't takin? tantybode's orders.
I'm boss around there. I take notice
that you keep. tolerable scarce yore -
self When that hombre is around."
"Dont'it w'or'ry about me 1 " Slanty
warned frim beliligeirrently. • "I'm go -
"That's because you're Spani,sth,"
he said persuastivtely. "But 'eastern
girls are different. They're cold,
Josefa. They'd throw over the ,best
laird of a chap if they caught him
making a 1d.ttle'tharmless love: to am
ether gird. Why I know a case .
lemming for Stanley, and not
without the flavor sof adventure;
dlangerous enough for Josefa, stone
swept by jealousy of a girl from an-
other world.
,,. oes.ter Noodles'
1 package Eggwerat Noodle's
1 quart oyste.s
1 plot boiled. milk
Buttered bisudn crvanbn
2 tablespoons buttered con itistarobi
Salt and pepper to tests.
' Cook L!'ggweat Noodles in salted
water for ten minutes. Draiu oysters,
butter a ills / plate, put in a Thayer of
in' to be ride Rope d)ay, you see if I
ain't. Amyl cie. talmirrl to work
Like a deg.' it, neit'he'r. I'm going
to use miy brains. I know a man
that's goino to hand nae, anything I
say. I got him just where 11 want
him. I got+-"
He checked himself abruptly, as
if realizing that he was talking too
much.
"I got a big idea," Monty finished
cral tuiiy. "That's What brings the
money he Come on, 1et'si be mtavin'. '
' He yawned and •--stretched, the
slobener men of the two. The watch-
ful
atchful face above drew back[' just, in
time, is Shanty looked up and
around.
When the two men went on drown
the slope the rock • sthetlf was empty.
For nearly a week Lee's: cabin
had been empty. Virginia began to
wonder wthy gam had no dlaily
glimpses of a tali figure riding her
range as if he o'w'ed it, or going
ca1nvl i ,past her door to visit old
friends in the bink house. She rode
over ..to see Joey and +dlreppedl a
diplomatic question or two, •but Joey
had not seen Lee for days. Odd
that he had blot said anything to
Joey about his pidns+. Perhaps he
was ill up there Molts cabin, and
alone. Someone ought to go. . . '.
She turned, Black Ligthtninges. head
and touched him into quicker action.
The little cabin looked lonely and.
deserted as she neared it. Inside
were orderliness and: simplicity.
The bunk on the other side of the
ro=om was nearly' made and a Navajo
blanket lay ,across it. .
She 'went around slowly, looking
at this thing and that. Before the
shelf where the lump of quartz lay
-s:bte paused with a startled exclama;
eon. .She ..knew how Lee cherished
,her father's memory, but still that
was 'aro odrd thing to do, to put her
father's nramote and the date of his
death on Ibat piece of quartz, like
an erptittarply—,or a grim reminder.
(Cbntinmiod Next Week)
0..410
Ittilild k
'betttero BPli1 ,t3 iP`" p
wile L °, then t b VtiIt
crumbs and 0otlit eau OM WA, $4,214:
fie for 10 1nio tea ' or untan trier
crumbs are buxom
Eggweat Noodles'
1 package ilgg'weeat Needy/.
4 heard boiled; eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1 �ta,bLes'pbott flour ,
° 1 stip of smile
1 tablespoon of Oauad4am gr at 3
cheese.
'Cook Eggwteat Noodles for 10 1:01.11-
Utes,
in
Utes, slice eggs, mix all wi'tb '.butter
and flour and turn into a .buttered pie
plate.
n of de 'ciou desserts
What a number , Ln e.
owe their taste appeal largely to the
eggs used in their making of such
desserts.
No doubt both the hostess to. luntoh-
eon on. dinner gu,estsl and! the hostess
to members ,o@ the faan±br are taking
advantage of present egg precest to
serve many of the so-called. egg des-
serts. The Consumer Service Secy
tion, M .nketing Service, Dominiton De-
partment of Agriculture, 'recommends
for the approval? ands use of Canadian
homemakers three tested• recipes: for
de'ss'erts of high caalibre.
Viennese Tarte
1/2 cup butter
% cup ,granulated sugar
4 egg yolks
4 tablespoons [milk.
cup fIaue
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt.
Cream butter. Add sugar gradual-
ly and cream well together. Adkt egg
yolks and beat erelb. Sift flour, bak-
ing .powder end salt together; Adedt.
alternately with meek. Spread on two
3 -inch layer cake trains buttered.' ',Be-
fore baking cover wlitth mneringue
made of: _.
4 egg whites
1� teaspoon .cream of tartar
74 ,outp fruit sugar
1 teaspoon van4ll'a„
Add cream of tartar - to egg whites'
and beat until stiff. Gradually add
sugar and vanilla. Sprinkle meringue
with chopped almondls if desired.
Bake at 300 degrees F. for about 40.
minutes. Remove from pans/ and put
layers together. -Crnehed fresh. fruit,
a creann.,pie filling or whipped cream
may be used•...beltween layers
Fairy Dessert
6 egg whites
!1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup fine granulated or fruit su-
gar.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Sift
leaking potwder•• •w4th sugar and gradu-
ally beat into egg wmhites. Put mix -
For '
Backche
... >,
indigestion
Kidney Disorders
tura into two well Weer
m
tins ands bake at ,4 i0 4e 4ieQ?
P 5 or 2 al�t es u
orale 1 0 .
`.ilu�lU
together with. sliced -fruit ar voltll
cream. Chill well. in refrdge rater het,
fore serving. '
Chocolate Ice -Box Cake
11/a ounces_ (iya squarest) unaweet,
sled ehoeolaut'e
1/2 cup cold, water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoons sant ..
5 egg yolks
.. 5.._egg. whites
Sponge cake.
Place in double boiler the choose
late, cold: water and._ -sugar. When
melted adds unbeaten egg yolks, one
at a gime, 'beating thoroughly into
,mixture. Cook until mixture is -of
custard .consistency. Cool. Adel salt
to egg whites and beat until, stiff.
Fold into chocolate! eustardi. Line
pane or mould with, ernoi4 piece of
sponge cake. Add chocolate mixture
:and place in refrigerates- to -chill and!
sot.
Spanish Sauce
2 tablespoons, butter
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
-1 tablespoon chopped green, pepper
1 cup chopped/ mushrooms
1 tablespoon flour
1% cups canned tomatoes'
Salt and pepper to taste.
Melt butter. Add onion, green pep-
per and Mushroom's. ' Cook 'slowly for
three mdnnitess Blend in flour, and
seasonings, Add tomatoes and; stir.
'until mixture thickens. Cook slowly
for 5 minutes.
Farmer Jones: "Wee, I guess my
Sion is going to be a•fa.rw.er after all-
wheni the gets through college."
Farmer Brown: "What makes yiott
think so?" '
Farmer Tones: "Well, he's p'iran-
Hang on, taking fencing lesstone at col-
lege this fall."
* * *
If Alre. Archer was firmly con-
vinced, and Stanley Brattish cyni-
cally sure, that Lee Hollister was
working to esitablllsth • himself com-
fortably at the Circle V, either by
maarrrying Virginia or otherwise mak-
ing idoliser indispensable to her, cer-
tainly has actions did not go far to
disprove their suspicions. He seemed
tb be merely Changing around, •with
no appa ne+nt seeks of hits own that
demanded attention nor any ddWosi-
000 to acquire 'theta. He Chad estab-
lished himself in an abandoned mini.
per's cabin just beyond Turkey Gulch,
Making it weather -might and suffice
ly sbipehape for sth n.ple needs, and
canle'ansi went bit will.
There wire no boltte nos" bars, and'
• in *14s absence the curious could int-
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CHAPTER VI
SYNOPSIS
Leo Hollister, returning unex-
pectedly from a trip abroad to
the Circle V notch, hist home from `
childhood, is troubled :by >' gns of
neglect. Joey, an old' prospector
friend uif , Matt Blair, Lee's foster
father and owner of the ranch,
tells Lee that Matt has killeds_ -
himself probably discouraged! by
hard times. The ranch is going
-to -min and Virginia, 'M'itt's daugh-
ter•, is visiting the- Atcihers, her
aunt •arid �unccle, in New York.
Her uncle wants her to sell the
place to Milton Bnaddsth, old aslsto-
ciate o1 Mt ,tt'st Lee persuades
Vingitnie to „r lturn to the ramdh..
Mins. , Archer foillowu: her, ''accomr
panned by Stanley*, son of Milton
Bonnet. St adnley thanes 'he may
be able to disdredt'it.,,l.,ee in Vir-
ginias eyes.
Tone reoelleetuon of the intended
rlur 2nadle her kinder td Lee than
she bad meant to be, She danced
tree more. :theme, with hllin. Toward
he end of their last donee. Vin•ginia
trur n& Merl 'head and laughed softly.
"Look, Leen-Just outside t h e
deos-. I'm going to bring her in."
gist eyes ilodalotwed• hers., Beyond
them
was an open door, its shaft of
litgaut cutting into the outer shadows
aud, caught in the edge of the light,
they saw a gay Mettle figure, with a
dark, vivid face, black eyes that
hmuted with excitement, avid a seear-
et mouth. The slim body swayed
slightly to the music, with a nippling
an&mlal grace.
As Lee sleeked at her she.. slid
hasttily out of sdgtht with an iinpud,ent
loft of her chin. He laughed.
"The li•tttlie ' devil! Sth�e's Josefa
Bamdrtez, and her father is Francesco
Ramirez who used to be a sheep
ierder ;and has new Ages. to the
dignity of his own ranckito. Matt
Uv tined him to get it. You can count
on Francisco. His father was a ser-
o art to Don Lulu! Cebailtos."
"Very interesting," said Virginia
sryveetly. "But tit t Mitch of it seems
to b_ a about the girl. You're 'holding
awl oYi me, Lee.". •
"Nearing to hoed." -.. Lee • was u
tittle curt about it..
Somteone else ci iimed her and she
left hen, her .smile Cool 'and: sweet.
Lre hesitated, a trifle .rufrielt by the
uncertain ways, of women, and then
wset out by the door where the girl
Jbstela had! stead.
There was no sign of Cher.' Lee
Leanedi ' comfortably against the side
of.the house.,rind' rolled a cigarettes.
Voices drifted to Minn, a man's,
low and '1hughavg, a girl's in smloth-
ee,d remtionsttanice, Mone coquettish
than angry. Lee Hacked out his
[uetch and strode lightly around, the
cornern •of the house.
He -thought he saw a flitting ssha-
diow, but it vanished and he ennid
r :;t be sure. A cigarette. made a
Point of light in the darkness about
tetra feet away. Stanley Braadiisn
st,todded towanid lnlim,
"Hello, Hollister," he said iudif-
f.•;tenily. "That. you? I thought I
heard voices, out here."
"Pad You?" Lee was re -
commit -tel, but his eyes eearchelt th•e dtark-
.rrss hack of tihte house. -
"I was probably mistaken. Com -
1 .g in?" Stanley roosted 714.40 lighted
not yet associated with me in
butsdnesa"'anmd lea not acquainted
with the details. of the proposed
punto ire.'
IIt Litloked like a bad leak some -
Where . .
* * * ..
At fifteen Joseta Ramirez was a
beauty, with glowing black eyes, a
dusky flush 'uamdler an ,olive skin,
amid a slim ga,y,dancing body.
young Mexicwnns allayed tthemselvest
in holiday best ands' rode miles out
of their way to spend an hour or
pia at Fnamcdsao'si rentchitto and knives
brad .flas'hedi more than once for her
favor.
• Only when Lee Hollister stopped
at the sheep ranch was there some-
thing noltdeeab.ly different a1?out her,
like the sultry stillness, before .a..
stomas He had known Francisca for
years; the entire household exploded
into hospitality at .his appnoach and
poured its joys,• and troubles into his
ears. Josteta was: merely .Frencisico's
pretty kid to him.
• Joaela pouted and sulked, and
consbsled -herself with the others.
Therefore, she was flattered, but not
peatici114vriy surprised when an agree-
able young Haan naught her hands• and
said teasingly pretty things to her
when she was fleeing distoovery •on
the eight: sof the dance, noir even when
a swift grey car, a long, fascinating
monster that Was a haughty rich . re-
lation • of all the bass Josefa- had ever
seen, appeared out of •sihinlmereing dis-
tance a few days later. It stopped
before tthei straggling adobe buildings
where a pretty girl leaned against the
falast:ere:01 wall. The young man ap-
parently had no •other errand than to
ektk his way), but he lingered, talking
110 the vulnerable nittria, and left pre-
seetly with a quick oblique glance at
the girl. '
A day' or •two later the, car passed
!that wad: agaiu, and yet again.
Once someone was with the agree-
able driver, — that girl, favored
among , mentals, with the shining
hall land rose -leaf skin, the with
niches in ,her hands and Lee Hollis-
ter •at her feet.
-Josefla let • the car pass with a
sulky.stare, but the , next day 11 came
again, 'and this time Stanley was
alone. They were oenver ienily out
of sight of the ranch house, and -.he
stopped 'and invited her. for a ride.
She went, thrilled - with luxurious-
ness and • aralogant speed
After that there were other meet -
rings, boxes of sweets, small . gifts
wwharoh Jostens, prudently. hid. - He was
amuisdng and gay, an- ardent young
main, write a facile tongue for compli-
ment •and a taste for •kkinses. He teas
ed Jostefa, not very delicately.
"I'm jealous of thlat :fellow Hol-
lister; you bike him betiter than you
do me. He was corning to the .Cirote
V this morning when I left. He's
there a good deal, isn't ire? Yoa're
no Spanish gi:l Josefa, or you'd
never let. smother •.1 walk off' with
your mar[ like VI-mt.:.
"How y eine n" - I worry my
head weeth Lee ILollister? I got
plenty fella—ten, Iwenty, honed -red !
Eef I ,love, 1 fight for my man.
•fight any woman!" •
"How you know 1 worry my head weeth Lee Hollister?".
cigarette aside and started on.
Lee's eyes were on .the • mhalf-
srooked cigarette where •i't had land-
ed, still glowing.
• "When you've been; in this part of
t'he oottntey a li.ttlte longer," he said
evenly, "you'll use better judgment
than that. A fire, like some other
things, is easy to start, but not so
easy to put. out."
Stanley's annoyed stare followed
him as he strode off.
"Now' whist the devil," he mused
thoughtfully, "dddt the bow hand moan
by thee?"
1
tine o1! the $xst. feel 'of Geterge III
ire England after he became king was
to confer a title ripen a worthy gen-
tlemun named bay.
The deeed being done, he exclaim-
ed, "irllow wonderful 11 ie to be a king.
Consider, I have just tuned Day into
, %might!"
e
Mother:. "Whi y did you give Tone
�pn Sun{ith roar uieenets tali, Bob-
by?"
Bbbby:, "He piwbiigedtie let me
ale Seeretas'yi .01 the Navy when he
' lbeaaothtbfl FrehildelfaUtar! thei United
HMO%thee Wityr
4
'hie next day Stanley made a trip
to Saunders alone and 'found his
way to the entice of Gideon Morse,
Counsellor-at-Iraw.
"I'm Stanley Bradisb, " he said
eastualtly. °'Ism staying at the Circle
V ranch. That little matter of the
other women--smlptpase you leave it
to mea.,'
Oddeon• blinked., but forebore com-
ment. He orad a letter from the
elder Bradliele as definite as a letter
mold be, considering haw' mucin of
it lay between the, ranee.
"M.y son 1s spending a. few
weeks at the Blair plane. ' Ile is
sipect as they pleased Slaaty- Gano
did it. So dttd LraW.ier, nursing . a
grievance aend` only too .Anxious to
finds something Ria satisfy le So.
quite :privately had ,Stanley Bradieh,
creticallY stprveying the ground ,
reasons of hown. Nope of them q�, :m
felled .tevidenoew of dark motives or
Chidden acti ties,,. umiess, perhaps,
the large trough the k of quartz
i ekar"full view an a shelf .might
be so olassifiadi On it was Fasted a
bit of paper. with ,Gide simple legend:
Matt Blair
AMao .• .
Died October. 15, 1933
Slanty Gane • knew what that sam-
ple was. He hate waltebed'Lee. Holids-
ter swinging a pick to get it. It Najd
oome from the spot where Matt
Blaine will -o' -4th wisip &arpltes had
been deg.
Slanty stood glowering at it for
some Minutes before Ise slidout,
cautiously, With it . wislr to meet a
man he botch ha . d and' feared.
• • •
If, Slaney . • . was curious enough
to pry into Lee Htollistefr•'s affairs,
Lee was ,equally Observant of Slams
ty's. He did not like Shanty and: he
did not trupt hirer. Be did not .care
fon Lawler, entree. Thterefone, when
he caught a glimpse of Slanty. . and
Lawler slippingbeininld' the shelter of
a ceder ,thicket one day, he • picketed
Iris Mortise a safe distance away and
followed. Moving lightly, with an
eye for betraying stones underfoot,
Lee swung clown. to a ,shelf just a-
bove the point where they had dis-
appeared, dropped fiat on it and
wormed cautiously out tri the edge.
Voices came to him. He could
just .see the two melt about thirty.
feet below. Both mem. were half
drunk,. Lawler morose, Slanty argu-
mentative and" boastful, Lee ,heard
Slant s ,taunting vloice.
.'Taikinf °titian bruin Le Hollis-
ter yet? Ye've been keepdn' yourself
so scarce I thought he must have.
fired ye."
"I ain't takin? tantybode's orders.
I'm boss around there. I take notice
that you keep. tolerable scarce yore -
self When that hombre is around."
"Dont'it w'or'ry about me 1 " Slanty
warned frim beliligeirrently. • "I'm go -
"That's because you're Spani,sth,"
he said persuastivtely. "But 'eastern
girls are different. They're cold,
Josefa. They'd throw over the ,best
laird of a chap if they caught him
making a 1d.ttle'tharmless love: to am
ether gird. Why I know a case .
lemming for Stanley, and not
without the flavor sof adventure;
dlangerous enough for Josefa, stone
swept by jealousy of a girl from an-
other world.
,,. oes.ter Noodles'
1 package Eggwerat Noodle's
1 quart oyste.s
1 plot boiled. milk
Buttered bisudn crvanbn
2 tablespoons buttered con itistarobi
Salt and pepper to tests.
' Cook L!'ggweat Noodles in salted
water for ten minutes. Draiu oysters,
butter a ills / plate, put in a Thayer of
in' to be ride Rope d)ay, you see if I
ain't. Amyl cie. talmirrl to work
Like a deg.' it, neit'he'r. I'm going
to use miy brains. I know a man
that's goino to hand nae, anything I
say. I got him just where 11 want
him. I got+-"
He checked himself abruptly, as
if realizing that he was talking too
much.
"I got a big idea," Monty finished
cral tuiiy. "That's What brings the
money he Come on, 1et'si be mtavin'. '
' He yawned and •--stretched, the
slobener men of the two. The watch-
ful
atchful face above drew back[' just, in
time, is Shanty looked up and
around.
When the two men went on drown
the slope the rock • sthetlf was empty.
For nearly a week Lee's: cabin
had been empty. Virginia began to
wonder wthy gam had no dlaily
glimpses of a tali figure riding her
range as if he o'w'ed it, or going
ca1nvl i ,past her door to visit old
friends in the bink house. She rode
over ..to see Joey and +dlreppedl a
diplomatic question or two, •but Joey
had not seen Lee for days. Odd
that he had blot said anything to
Joey about his pidns+. Perhaps he
was ill up there Molts cabin, and
alone. Someone ought to go. . . '.
She turned, Black Ligthtninges. head
and touched him into quicker action.
The little cabin looked lonely and.
deserted as she neared it. Inside
were orderliness and: simplicity.
The bunk on the other side of the
ro=om was nearly' made and a Navajo
blanket lay ,across it. .
She 'went around slowly, looking
at this thing and that. Before the
shelf where the lump of quartz lay
-s:bte paused with a startled exclama;
eon. .She ..knew how Lee cherished
,her father's memory, but still that
was 'aro odrd thing to do, to put her
father's nramote and the date of his
death on Ibat piece of quartz, like
an erptittarply—,or a grim reminder.
(Cbntinmiod Next Week)
0..410
Ittilild k
'betttero BPli1 ,t3 iP`" p
wile L °, then t b VtiIt
crumbs and 0otlit eau OM WA, $4,214:
fie for 10 1nio tea ' or untan trier
crumbs are buxom
Eggweat Noodles'
1 package ilgg'weeat Needy/.
4 heard boiled; eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1 �ta,bLes'pbott flour ,
° 1 stip of smile
1 tablespoon of Oauad4am gr at 3
cheese.
'Cook Eggwteat Noodles for 10 1:01.11-
Utes,
in
Utes, slice eggs, mix all wi'tb '.butter
and flour and turn into a .buttered pie
plate.
n of de 'ciou desserts
What a number , Ln e.
owe their taste appeal largely to the
eggs used in their making of such
desserts.
No doubt both the hostess to. luntoh-
eon on. dinner gu,estsl and! the hostess
to members ,o@ the faan±br are taking
advantage of present egg precest to
serve many of the so-called. egg des-
serts. The Consumer Service Secy
tion, M .nketing Service, Dominiton De-
partment of Agriculture, 'recommends
for the approval? ands use of Canadian
homemakers three tested• recipes: for
de'ss'erts of high caalibre.
Viennese Tarte
1/2 cup butter
% cup ,granulated sugar
4 egg yolks
4 tablespoons [milk.
cup fIaue
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt.
Cream butter. Add sugar gradual-
ly and cream well together. Adkt egg
yolks and beat erelb. Sift flour, bak-
ing .powder end salt together; Adedt.
alternately with meek. Spread on two
3 -inch layer cake trains buttered.' ',Be-
fore baking cover wlitth mneringue
made of: _.
4 egg whites
1� teaspoon .cream of tartar
74 ,outp fruit sugar
1 teaspoon van4ll'a„
Add cream of tartar - to egg whites'
and beat until stiff. Gradually add
sugar and vanilla. Sprinkle meringue
with chopped almondls if desired.
Bake at 300 degrees F. for about 40.
minutes. Remove from pans/ and put
layers together. -Crnehed fresh. fruit,
a creann.,pie filling or whipped cream
may be used•...beltween layers
Fairy Dessert
6 egg whites
!1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup fine granulated or fruit su-
gar.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Sift
leaking potwder•• •w4th sugar and gradu-
ally beat into egg wmhites. Put mix -
For '
Backche
... >,
indigestion
Kidney Disorders
tura into two well Weer
m
tins ands bake at ,4 i0 4e 4ieQ?
P 5 or 2 al�t es u
orale 1 0 .
`.ilu�lU
together with. sliced -fruit ar voltll
cream. Chill well. in refrdge rater het,
fore serving. '
Chocolate Ice -Box Cake
11/a ounces_ (iya squarest) unaweet,
sled ehoeolaut'e
1/2 cup cold, water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoons sant ..
5 egg yolks
.. 5.._egg. whites
Sponge cake.
Place in double boiler the choose
late, cold: water and._ -sugar. When
melted adds unbeaten egg yolks, one
at a gime, 'beating thoroughly into
,mixture. Cook until mixture is -of
custard .consistency. Cool. Adel salt
to egg whites and beat until, stiff.
Fold into chocolate! eustardi. Line
pane or mould with, ernoi4 piece of
sponge cake. Add chocolate mixture
:and place in refrigerates- to -chill and!
sot.
Spanish Sauce
2 tablespoons, butter
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
-1 tablespoon chopped green, pepper
1 cup chopped/ mushrooms
1 tablespoon flour
1% cups canned tomatoes'
Salt and pepper to taste.
Melt butter. Add onion, green pep-
per and Mushroom's. ' Cook 'slowly for
three mdnnitess Blend in flour, and
seasonings, Add tomatoes and; stir.
'until mixture thickens. Cook slowly
for 5 minutes.
Farmer Jones: "Wee, I guess my
Sion is going to be a•fa.rw.er after all-
wheni the gets through college."
Farmer Brown: "What makes yiott
think so?" '
Farmer Tones: "Well, he's p'iran-
Hang on, taking fencing lesstone at col-
lege this fall."
* * *
If Alre. Archer was firmly con-
vinced, and Stanley Brattish cyni-
cally sure, that Lee Hollister was
working to esitablllsth • himself com-
fortably at the Circle V, either by
maarrrying Virginia or otherwise mak-
ing idoliser indispensable to her, cer-
tainly has actions did not go far to
disprove their suspicions. He seemed
tb be merely Changing around, •with
no appa ne+nt seeks of hits own that
demanded attention nor any ddWosi-
000 to acquire 'theta. He Chad estab-
lished himself in an abandoned mini.
per's cabin just beyond Turkey Gulch,
Making it weather -might and suffice
ly sbipehape for sth n.ple needs, and
canle'ansi went bit will.
There wire no boltte nos" bars, and'
• in *14s absence the curious could int-
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