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Riders for the
Hoot -Owl
Po .1
by G. H. SHARP
CHAPTER TWO
Marked for Murder
There was a tense, uneasy silence
in the ranch house. Men looked at
one another askance. More than
one pair of eyes was watching
Webb Winters.
"You and Bob rode home to-
gether, Webb," said Joe Blake, "as
far as the forks of the trail You
was the Last man to see Bob And-
erson alive. If I was you,- I'd keep
that information away from the
sheriff, it night sound different
to the law than it does to us that
knows yon and Bob was good
friends. A jury, now, might think
somethin' different. If 1 was you,
I'd forget i rode along that trail
with a man who was found mur-
dered."
Webb's jays muscles tightened.
His lips were tight, white. His nar-
rowed eyes looked at Joe Blake,
at Tex, at the others. He saw
suspicion written on the faces of
more than one of these men. Three
thousand dollars was a lot of
money to thein. Those papers, de-
livered to Ali Abbott, would bring
a good price. And Webb Winters
had been the man who had ridden
a lonely trail with Bob Anderson.
"If any man here thinks I killed
Bob Anderson," said \\'ebb Win-
ters, "let hint come out and say
s0,"
None of theta had seen the door
open. None of theta, in that tense
moment, noticed the man standing
in the doorway. All of them
stared guiltily as Sheriff Hank Rob-
erts spoke:
"Didn't know you had company,
Webb."
Webb's tongue wet his dry lips.
.He forced a lance sort of grin.
• "Howdy, Hank. Joe and Tex
and some of the boys dropped
around to see about givin' Bob a
proper plantin'. Glad you come
over. Put up your horse."
"I will, Webb, much obliged. It
got kinda gloomy over at Bob's.
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Two of Blake's cowboys is over
there settin' up with the corpse.
There was a few things I wanted
to ask you about, so I rode over."
Sheriff Hank Roberts left the
cabin as quietly as he had come.
The members of the Scissor -Bill
Pool looked uneasily at one an-
other. Then Joe Blake spoke:
"We better be driftin' along, So -
long, Webb. And hell, nobody here
is accusin' you of anything. See you
at the funeral tomorrow."
They left Webb there in his
cabin. None of them had any de-
sire to stay and talk to the keen•
eyed old sheriff from Rinirock who
had walked in on them so quietly.
Webb Winters knew that old
Hank Roberts had heard hint when
he had hurled his challenge at the
others. He poured himself a cup
of coffee and stood there in the
lighted doorway as the others rode
away into the night. The sky was
filled with broken clouds through
which a pale moon rode.
Then Sheriff Hank Roberts came
back from the barn. Webb put
more wood in the stove. The old
peace officer sat down in the chair
that Joe Blake had been using.
Webb handed him a cup of coffee
and put tobacco within the sheriff's
reach.
"I reckon," said Webb abruptly,
"that you heard what 1 was tellin'
'em, Sheriff,"
"Set down, son. Take the weight
off your feet, Me and you are
goin' to have a pow -wow.. A little
medicine talk. Light your tobacco."
Webb took the other chair and
rolled a cigarette. The sheriff sip-
ped his black coffee. They smoked
a while without saying a word.
Webb was still white hot inside be-
cause of the veiled accusation of
Joe Blake and the others.
"Who organized the Scissor -Bill
Pool, Webb?" the sheriff asked
abruptly.
"I reckon you can lay it onto me
and Bob. We had to gather our
cattle in the fall and brand our
calves in the spring. None of us
had many cattle and the only way
to work the range was to make up
a pool round -up, which we did,"
"Likewise, it protected you .
against the Triangle outfit."
"That's right."
"And the Scissor -Bill Pool aims
to start a war on account of Bob
Anderson's murder?"
"Not knowin', I couldn't say,
Sheriff,"
"You'd better get this straight,
son. There's goin' to be no range
war if I kin help it. Even if I
have to put the men of the Pool
and every Triangle man under a
peace bond. Yon fellers seem to
forget that there's a law in this
country."
"Then why didn't that law ketch
tate man that shot Ed Young. in
the back a few months ago? Why
don't your law lay a hand on the
men that murdered Bob Ander-
son?" Webb's tone was bitter,
"i'm doin' the best I know how,
son. Takes time. Accusin' a man
of murder is an almighty serious
charge. Got to go care•cul. Webb,
which trail diel you use corrin'
home?"
"You ttletu tt'lten I 00115 to-
night?"
"Yes."
"I cut across the lower end of
Bob's horse pasture, Lakin' a short•
cut Bob and 1 used a lot, It cuts
off about three miles."
"Mind lettiu' ole have a look at
your gun?"
There was a puzzled esprcaiott
in the cowboy's eyes as he took his
six-shooter from the waistl'aud of
his overalls and handed it, butt
foremost, to the law officer.
The sheriff examined it carefully,
then looked at Webb.
"This gun has been tired lately:'"
"This afternoon: I emptied it
at a coyote. If you're hintin' that
I killed lloh Anderson
"Keep your shirt on. sort. 1 ain't
accusin' you of anything. But 1
took that same short-cut. comiu'
here tonight. There's a dead man
alongside the trail. A Triangle cow-
boy. The saute cowboy you had a
fight with in town about two weeks
ago. 1 recognized hint, right off.
I remember the tight you'd had
with hint because be was usiu'
tough language in Mae's restaurant.
You run him out of town and told
him he'd git worse than just a
beatin' up !f he ever slt„w'ed un
again itt the restaurant."
"Well, what about it?"
"So far as the sign shows. Webb.
you're the only man that took the
short-cut tonight. Your gnu barrel
is powder -marked."
"Therefore, I killed the gent?"
"No jury would convict a ratan on
such slim evidence." He handed
Webb back the got and 1''i.):ed up
his coffee cttp.
"That man was kilted i,y Bob
Anderson, \Web), Keep your gun."
They were burying Bob Ander-
son at the little Rinuock graveyard.
\Il the meiubers of the Scissor -hill
Pool were there. Wehh was there
with Mae. It was drizzling rain
and everybody had on slickers. A
dismal, dreary day. Saddled horses
stood, bridle reins dropped: Buggy
teams were tied to the fence. Nearly
all the women stayed iu their
buggies.
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at her inant son which she bore while listening to her radio at
house. She raid that after the birth, which was completely pain-
less. she w rapited the infant in a mackinaw and walked a mile
to the mute where her husband works. lfe took the mother and
child to the hospital, where both are doing fine,
ONILL S
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Gv¢ndoline P Cl.o,elte
There st ere no Baster bunnies
around here last week but there
were lenty of calves. The first one,
a heifer, arrived uneventfully dur-
ing the middle of the night but the
'mother was one of these unnatural
females who refuses to mecoguize
her nr-spring, In cow language
that means the mother would not
lid: her calf atter it was born ---a
u: mal procedure -and unless you are
u'ed to cattle you have no idea
wbat a difference that makes to
the appearance of a calf, The car-
crsing touch of the mother's tongue
it as beneficial to the calf as beauty
purlour treatment to a glamorous
blonde,
1'wo days later while milking was
in progress Partner looked at
'Spotty and figured "her time had
come" -or at least it was not far
distant. So Spotty was ptit into a
stall by herself and left alone.
1.3 ter that night Bob went down
to the barn and when he came back
Partner inquired -"Is the cow all
right?"
"Yes," answered Bob, "Spotty's
all right, except that site has twin
calves!"
And was Spotty ever proud of
her babies! Nothing wrong with
the mother -instinct there. Spotty's
only trouble was how to divide
her attention between the two
calves --that is, if she could tell
one from another, They are almost
identical -and both as spotted as
a leopard -being of the Ayrshire
variety.
Now of course the arrival of
twin calves is nothing very wonder-
ful -triplets are a bit more unusual,
hut we'll settle for twins around
here. What made this occasion par-
ticularly interesting lay in the fact
that the mother of our how calves
was herself a twin; and the grand-
mother had twins twice. Moreover,
in each case the twins were
heifers -and thereby hangs a tale.
It is the tale -or fancily history -
that makes ratty story. The first
time calves arraived at Ginger
Farm an old-timer advised Part -
net' to veal them. "Don't ever
keep twin heifer calves," he said,
"you'll never get any calves from
therm. no matter how long you
keep them. it just won't happen,
that's all."
Well, 011 that first occasion Air,
Old= Tinter was right, because one
calf was undersized and not worth
keeping; the other was extra big
and although we kept her until
she was over three years ofd she
never did have a calf. So even-
tually she went to the stockyards
and f haven't a doubt in the world
she made excellent beef.
Then the sante cow had twins
',gain ---a uicc, avcrage•size pair of
heifer calves•• -and we kept them.
Air. Old -Tinter shook his head
again ---"You'll rue the clay" he
mourned. But one of those twins
is the mother of our newest arriv-
als, so you see our twin calves art
proof positive of the falsity of that
old-fashioned superstition -that a
heifer that is born a twin will never
produce a calf.
Well, the weather is still front
page news, Frost, cold winds,
snow in many places , . , and
Easter! We had everything hut
the snow, Daughter was hone for
the long week -end, and as site left
Toronto white it was still quite
mild site brought only a light
weight top coat with iter. 1 wonder
how many other week -enders were
caught the sante tray. Now we are
back to normal again -no marc
houtecotlters in the hoose, so there
is no temptation to Sit up talking
to the small hours; and no more
hockey broadcasts to ]seep one
keyed up to fever pitch, Now the
Maple Leafs are out of the run-
ning we can retire to our beds at
a respectable hour and build up a
little reserve energy against the
spring rush ... if that time ever
comes! But, oh dead soon there
will be daylight saving time to
contend with -and that will upset
our schedule again. However, with
no hydro shortage to worry about,
DST shouldn't be quite such a
farce as it was last year. That was
a time to remember. As if we
could forget I !
Spring is also the time for new
styles in toggery-and how 1 wish
some one would get the idea that
COLOURED shirts are the only
smart thing for 'ten to wear, 'White
shirts . how I hate theml Not
the look of them, of course. just
the washing and ironing. Wash
them by themselves; hang them by
themselves; iron there so care-
fully -and yet every time I find
a smudge somewhere; or a scorch
nark, or a wrinkle in the collar.
Men's while shirts are enough to
blight a woman's life . . , there
should be a law against them.
Well, that's all for this time,
friends, I must go now and iron a
shirt . , . a white shirt . . . and
for the second time!
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"I've Leen married 11 years to
a man I used to love. But lately
he is so hard to get along with
that I'm about
ready to pack
up and go.
"Nothing I do
is ever quite
right. Ife com-
plains about my
housekee p i n g,
though I'm
ntucit better
than I used to
he --and instead of helping, he
keel s me picking up after hint all
the time,
"He criticizes the way I talk, and
loop, and act. Yet if I get a new
dress. he just grumbles and asks
what it cost. My education is
better than his, and I'm just as
pleasant as he will let me be. I
have loads of friends, though he
has fete.
"tie won't go to church with
me. lie never takes me out unless
I nag hint -and when we do go,
he is such a show-off that he em-
barrasses me.
"Ife pays the bills, and is gen-
erous. He doesn't drink or gamble,
"If I had only a little appre-
ciation, I'd be so happy) (Some-
times I think he'd he better off
with just a housekeeper) . . . I
don't want to leave, but how can
I snake our marriage like it used
to he
"ON THE VERGE."
RENEW YOUR CHARMS
* When you married your bus-
* band, you say, he was devoted
* and appreciative, flattering and
4' helpful, (I wish I could print
* all your letter). You were good
* companions, had fun. together.
* What has happened?
* A man wlto develops the an-
* noying habit of criticizing every-
* thing his wife does, often feels
;Q at fault himself. So Ile protects
* that feeling by trying to be
* superior, This accounts for your
4 husband "picking on" you.
* When he shows off before
other people, it is because he
* craves flattery- and doesn't get it
* at home,
* Your husband would enjoy
* taking you out if he felt at home
* with you, comi6dcnt that you are
* proud of hint, as he used to be
* proud of you.
I think you are expecting too
* much of hits. He has his points,
*you know. He is honest and
* good. He has no vices. He is
* a helpful citizen in the common-
* ity. 1 -Ie provides well for you.
* Why don't you concentrate on
his good qualities, and let him
* know how you appreciate them?
* Flatter hien a bit, tactfully.
* Make him feel ]he's really Some-
* body. Praise him for his vir-
* tues, and see how he expands,
* 'Your compliments will build up
* his prestige (which is what he
* needs) and will soften his atti-
* tude toward you, too. He will
* begin to see you as he did in
* the early years of your marriage,
* when you exercised all your
4' charms to please him, and con-
* vinced him that he was the
4' ONE MAN in the world for
* you.
* Stop trying to make hint over
4' Show him you like him its Ile is,
* -and tell him why.
* You two can recapture that
* companionship you used to have,
* if you will take the trouble to
* do your part. Compare hint with
* other husbands you know, aitd
* those unfortunate ones you read
* about in this column, 1 think
* you will realize how lucky you
* are,
4. 4. 5.
Concentrate on the good quali-
ties your husband has, and ignore
the others, You can't change him,
you know -but you can change
your opinion of flim. Anne Hirst
will help, if you write her at Box
1,. 123. Eighteenth, Street,. New
Toronto, Ontario.
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A woman who was living in a
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a Chinese bay. She said, "What's
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"Your name is too long; I'll
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The Chinese boy looked sur-
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"What's your name?" he asked.
"Mrs, Elmer Edward MacDon-
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"Your name is too long: I call
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