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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-02-23, Page 7�wY�o \�. 1. .1 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. 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"It's Me husband's lunch, and he works in the London Transport Lost Property �wY�o \�. 1. .1 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. 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