The Clinton News Record, 1934-07-19, Page 2WAGE 2
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THE CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
, .iSYNOPSIS
The passenger's of No. 12 wonder
ed about the pretty, uncommunicative
stranger. And the girl's though
were filled with .Memories of th
night, three weeks ago, when she ha
driven her roadster into the sea. Sh
had been amazed to find no news
per references to the thing she feare
most. But even so, the girl of th
night was no longer.
Three weeks after a cream color
raodster had been found wrecked i
the' sea at the foot of a cliff, a gi
calling herself Anne Cushing appea
at the desert town Marston. She ha
bought, sight unseen, a ranch loo
ed thirty mules away. Barry Duan
her nearest neighbor and his ma
Boone Petry" procure a reliable wo
man for her and in Barry's car, Ioad
ed down with supplies, .they start a
cross the desert. In Marston her r
ticencehas aroused suspicion,
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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The glimpse was only a glimpse
passing as quickly as it had come
The car gave a .jolt of protest an
slanted off obliquely from, the ro
they had been following. She hie
wanted privacy and here is was.
"Now," said her host cheerfully
We are aiming straight—for yo
ranch. The real road is back of us
This is just your short cut to it. Se
that little jag in the hills? You
ranch is right below that, in a val
ley."
She looked at it with sharpened
interest. A valley sounded nice; sor
of snug and tucked away. The a
gent had told her that a stream ra
through ,the ranch. She hoped tha
was true, but she did not ask Barr
Duane.
The hills were coining closer and a
slow mise of land began to' be spot-
ted thinly with dwarf evergreens
Higher slopes towered ahead, great
wrinkled,. rocky .folds, almost black
in shadow. nether south, when
the car was heading were long, thin-
ly wooded ridges. Lying lonely bu
protected,. there was a little valley.
Anne hada glimpse of willows an
cottonwoods, _ hugging what must bo
a little creek. There was water,
They swept in with a .triumphant
buret of speed, past a strip of fence
with tired Iooking posts and discour-
aged wire, past a ragged field or two,
catching sight of a lovely meadow.
"Here we are," said Barry Duane,
'at Cushing's Ranch. You mustn't
udge it by first appearances, because
a handy plan with a hammer and a
ew nails can work miracles."
His voice sounded nervous. They
were all looking at her, a little anx-
ously.
She began to Iaugh.. Softly at
est, but with a swelling note. This
as her ranch, hers, bought insanely
ver the counter in a dusty little of
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"The dear little funny old thing!
I don't mind if it's run down. It's
mine! And I'm going to have orange
curtains at the windows: ' Flaming
granger Let's explore:"
She was out before anyone could
help her,. running. up a careless path
to a frankly Gagging porch, and
turned at the door.
"I forgot the most. important part. 11
Welcome to Trail's End! Mrs. Lar.
rabeo, if`I help, do you think I'd dare
invite the gentlemen to our first
meal?"
They •stayed, It would have taken t
force to have dragged at least ene of
them away from that glowing picture t
on the low, lazy old porch. with the
weathered logs making a silvered
background for her vivid youth and
the lovely flame in her cheeks.
"Don't Seo why they shouldn't,"
she 'agreed dalmly, "There's plenty
to eat, and we • can easy keep two
Inert busy until supper time. Boone,
you take these things out, and I'll b
show' you where they go. And then
you might clean out the stove—it'lI
need it—and lay a fare for me.'Bar-
ry, suppose you show Miss 'Cushing v
around and tell her' about things. n
And you might take a look at the
well and see if it needs'cleanin' out.
Anne listened to them, eyes alight
with' laughter. "Tell me when '
can help.,I'm not going to be 3
drone you know. But I'want to see
what the house is like, first, Com-
ing?"
This was not' addressed to Martha.
A slightly dizzy young man picked up
a suitcase in each hand, and followed e
her. p
The door yielded under her hand t
with a gentle squeak, and a slanthog; h
ray of sunlight followed her in. ' , b
She was in a fair'sized room, with h
doors on both sides leading to other
rooms. The first impression was one; i
of dust and bareness, the hasty lit- w
ter of odds and ends dropped in plot.- t
ing. $
The room wasn't bad at all. The r
bare floors needed scrubbing, but
there was a generous stone fireplace't
with some glinting quartz surfaces, el
and a long mantel above it formed d
of a single cedar slab. The time. 1`
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darkened -beams were hand hewn, ai
the few pieces of:furniture we
heavy and priminive, that, had s
known it, was something to gi
thanks .
"M'm, I'm glad Mrs. Larabee
a cyclone. But I love the old beam
and -that fireplace -although it"s ha
to inutgine ever needing a fire aft
that sunshine outside."
"Wait until the nipping nigh
come. They can be chilly enoug
now." He lingered in the doorwa
"I'll do a ehore or two for Mart
before she gets after me, and th
if you're ready, we. can. take a to
around ... Or perhaps you'd rathe
first."
"Before I've seen my own ranch
Never! I just want to get out son
sensible shoes. I'll join you in ju
a minute."
nd to a big apron and worked with Mar -
re tha, despite protest, and now, after
he two hours of beating and dusting
vo. and washing and dragging things a-
round she sat quietly by herself on
re the amiably sagging porch,
s From somewhere near the lower
rd meadow she heard' the deliberate
er thump of hoofs, the tear and crunch
of the meadow grass. That would be
is one of her` horses.
h The steady crunching 'sound made
y. her drowsy. The valley. was so'.
ha quiet, The wooded ridges tucked it
the in. Back of the ridges tall peaks
ok loomed darkly, mysterious in moon
er light.. Trail's End. She wondered
if it would be.
? She had learned that "home" for
e Barry was rather high up in the
st hills. She Wondered if he had ,always
lived there. He must have been a-
ak. way to school. Ile didn't "talk like
d, the others: . . She liked him,
}Ie went, but with a backward to
Interested and not a little puzzle
Ile knew that the girls of his o
generation did practically what the
pleased, but they didn't usually pleas
to bury their talents in humdrum an
unspectacular farm work. Perhap
it was just a whim, or a let -down al'
ter a lave affair, or—Oh, damn
what business was it of his, anyway
He `went to find Martha Larabee.
own
Martha's solid step sounded back
y of her.
e• "You better get to bed. You look
d mighty near done out to me."
s '`Just lazy. You've done wonders,
I like my ranch, Martha. Perhaps
it, I'm a .hopeless greenhorn, but I
? do."
"So do I," said Martha unexpected,
d 13n "I've always liked it "
of "Oh, do you?" A certain listless -
nese had gone out of her voice. "1
thought perhaps well, it's generally
t agreed to be rather run down, isn't
it?"
"Nothing that plain, ordinary hard
o work and a little backbone won't
rk, bring up again," said Martha. blunt-
ly. "There's a home and a reason-
() able livin' on it, and in good years
there ought to be a little over to
at tuck in the bank."
She looked shrewdly down at th
small dark head, at shapely, 'taper.'
fingered hands clasped over a round
ed knee. Martha had a head and us
ed it, bat whatever she may have fel
of curiosity or doubt she kept to her
self. She added a brief afterthought
cautiously,
'Left to herself, Anne grimace
frankly at the slightly dingy look
her new quarters, and blessed Mar
tha's stern treed of soap and water
She slipped into a pair of smart spot
shoes, and hurried out.
"Mrs. Larabee, I can't ask tw
perfect strangers to do all my wo
for me. It's awfully nice of . them
to be willing, but it's really to
much,"
"My name's Martha," said th
capable woman composedly, "an
don't worry about the work. It won'
hurt 'em. Besides, they'd want t
anyway. It's only neighborly. Now
you run, along and tell Barry to
show you around, but Vefore he goes
he night as well help Boone out with
that table. I thought we might have
supper early, and eat it outdoors,
A step sounded on the porch. Anne
knew already whose it was,
"I've brought you some water,
Martha: The well seems in good
shape, but I'll take a better look at
it tomorrow. It's placed right for
drainage, too."
He sighted Anne. White, even
teeth flashed. "All ready for action?
Come along, and I'll show you the
estate."
She trudged off gaily with hint,
to look at lier kingdom. Manisa,
looked after then:, with elevated
brow and that little quirk at the cor-
ner of Iter, smiling mouth.
"Hint!" she said eloquently. "Rue-
nin' after a girl!"
The tour of inspectiontookin the
hay barn and wagon sited, tool house
and store house, a disused blacksmith
shop cluttered with odds and ends, a
fairly good cabin with several bunks,
used, no doubt, in busier days. There
were farm implements more or less
in repair, a fair assortment of tools,
some noticeably patched harness and
a quite respectable saddle.
They left these dusty details be
hind ,them. and walked Slowly down
beside the little creek, hustling bus-
ily along over its stones. Young wil-
ows crowded close to its banks, cote
tonwoods towered gracefully, golden
green with young leaves. It was quiet
and loveiy here.
"An Indian," said Barry Duane.
'would feed a tribe on what •a Simp-
son wastes." A primitive dam out
here and .some irrigation ditches .017
each side would - add acres to'this
place. But try to make them do it!"
There was a curious bitterness in
his voice, out of all relation to such
a harmless subject. She wondered.
"Witty, I think it sounds exciting."
"Yes, it's exciting enough." He
yoke off with an apologetic grin.
'Don't let me get started. It's 'a.
hobby of mine. Conte on, Let's go' up
to that knoll. You will, get a good.
kw down your little valley and a
ice glimpse of some aspens on the
I:: side. 'When they turn in the
autumn, that upper slope is like nun -
sting gold." •
Ditches and views of creeks,. bit-
terness and'an eye for mountain
slopes ` running: with autumn gold!
An unexpected young. man. Life.
might not be' so solitary here aft=
a 11.
•
That had been hours ago. They had
aten picnic fashion, with zestful are,
etite and in the open air. Strange
hat it should seem so natural! They
ad talked of deserts and of deep
(monied hills, of the temperamental•
abits of the dry sandy washes in
the season of rains. Of everything,
n fact,. except 'the reason why a girl
with beautiful' hands and the smart
eiloring of expensive city shops
hould have elected to live on a
anch :in an isolated valley.
`.Chen finally, rather reluctantly, her
wo sun -browned guardians ' 'had
imbed into the disreputable car and
eparted. '
After that she had tied, herself in
e
"And if you ever get "tired of
ranchin,'' 1 guess you wouldn't have
any trouble turnin' your money over.
Anybody eonld easily turn it into a
dude ranch,'••apd.I guess there's' rich
men that would Tike it. just for the
shootin' and fishin' back in the hills.
Now I'm on my way to bed. We've.
got to get up' early tomorrow morn-
ing."
"All right, Martha. I'll follow
in a minute. Be sure to call me.",
Thefirm stop retreated. Anne wan
alone again, and thoughtful. Home'
and a living. It was curious how
precious that seemed now. Hidden
away in her Smaller suitcase there
was still a little store of bilis inthat
golden bag, hated and yet miraculous.
Enough to buy some needed things
for her ranchito, and a little in re,
serve. always in reserve, if by any
chance disaster should pursue her me
-
ell here, and the .need for flight
should come suddenly.
"Hide 'me!" .,he whispered fierce-
ly. "Hold the aril hide int:. until no
one t:emember's my face!"
A memory stung her like a nettle.
She shook it off abruptly and jump-
ed to her fee,
Four days had .passed since Anne
tad arrived at this tucked away, neg.
le• led ranch qt' hers, Tour days of
which almost udremitting work which
had sent her to bed with every muscle
protesting and teed swept her in five
minutes into deeamless sleep.,
From the kitchen came a subdued
rattle of pans. Anne's eyes opened
wide and she eearhel forthe, watch
y'ing on an unsteady little table be-
side her bed. Seven o'clock!
A swing and a soft •thump , took
her out of bed, and she threw open
the door and ran out,
"Martha, you viilian, you've let
me over -sleep! Don't you know I'm
a hard-working woman?"
Her shrewd eyes warmed, in spite
of. an inner protest, as they looked
at the gay little figure in the kitchen
door. Bright eyes and a curly mop
of hair, bare feet thrust into gaudy
Chinese slippers, silken impudent, pa-
amas, scarlet and black.
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(Continued' Next Week)
"If you're' grin' to; run around in
hose red pants, you'd better keep an.
ye on the :door. First thing, you
now one of your reeler callers will
e stiekin' his 'head in, and then
what'll you look like?"
"Why, just like this!" She plucke
d a bit of gay silk- in each thumb
nd forefinger'. andbowed extrava
antly. Then with, a sudden glint, in
er eye she swung. :out ;a slippered,
oot at a •perilous angle and twirled
ff in a series of extraordinary danee
teps. The older woman stared at.
er, a girl gone mad, whirling , and,
wooping, sniall;'feet :stamping a ••cur-
us time beat in light, staccato thuds.
"Like it, Martha?"
Martha got her breath back. "Oh,
o 'long," she said crossly, and .a
ugh came back to her as the slim
gs flashed through the bedroom
THURS.; JULY 19, 1934
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
The latest addition to Old 'Country
schools adopting Boy Scouting is St.
Colomba's College, Dublin,
*
Nineteen Scout Leaders from the
island of Malta are attending Boy
Scout and Wolf -Cid) training camps
in England this summer.
A Farthing a Week For Others
Every Boy Scout in Kent, England,
has been subscribing a farthing a
week towards giving a camp holiday
to 300 boys who have had neither
work 'nor holiday since leaving
school.
.8k'*
Testing 100,000 Eggs
The General Hospital at Birming-
ham, England, held a great egg col-
lection and ,secured 100,000 to, "put
down" 'for the year's needs. Birm-
ingham Rover Scouts undertook the
huge task of testing them.
Mayor of Brighton on Scouting.
The Mayor of Brighton, England,
advocating greater public support
for Scouting, declared the movement
"offered opportunities for promoting
the international - comradeship,
friendship and understanding which
all desired to see."
1 * 8
Hospital Scouts
St. Mary's Hospital,' Carshalton,
England, has a Scout unit of 180
handicapped bbys." Patrol Leader
Bridges of this troop was recently a-
warded the Cornwell decoration, for
splendid Scout spirit shown during
nine years of painful illness.
A Scout Friendship Cruise
Sir' John 'Simon, Imperial Secre-
tary .of.State for Foreign Affairs,'
thus comended.the, Easter cruise of
the Mediterranean: "Thesecruises
provide an admirable opportunity for
the younger generations of various
nationalities to establish friendly
contact andlearn something of each
other, and their value in promoting
the cause of mutual understanding
must be considerable."
FIRST SWITCHBOARD FOR
TELEGRAPHS
An interesting relic of the first
days of the telegraph was discover-
ed recently atthe headquarters of
the Canadian National Telegraphs,
Toronto. It was the original switch-
board, installed in Toronto in 1854
and the first of its kind in what was
then Upper Canada, It accommodat,
ed only six wires and for about 10
years this meagre equipment was
sufficient to look after all of Toron-
to's telegraph business. The board
was operated by a battery, as elec-
tric - lights were unknown in those
days and the telegraph office itself
was ilhuninated by lamps. When set
up recently the board worked per-
fectly. By 1864, the demands of in-
creased business required a new
board for Toronto and the old one
Was removed to 'Brantford, where it
was in active service until 1890. Sub-
sequently a special case was spade
for it but with the moving of the tele-
graph headquarters to a new build-
ing it was put in storage. It is now
on exhibition at the Historical Ex-
hibit of the Toronto Centennial cele,
bration. '
BELIEVED IN ADVERTISING
'William Carroll, native of Welling-
ton and head of the chain of stores
which bear his name, left an estate of
about one million dollars. And one
of the reasons was 'because he believ-
ed in regular advertisements in the
newspapers.—.Fergus News -Record.
Railway Next to Bed Safest
Place in World_.
In these days of scientific probings
one can never tell just what peculiar
phase of modern life will be analysed
next. The latest case for scientific
investigation has been the railway
train. Investigators have discovered
that the average of fatalities on
trains is one for each 739,018,537
miles travelled, proving conclusively,
scientists found, that next to your
bed the railways are the safest place
inthe world.
Demand For Bathtubs in
United Kingdom
The extensive housing schemes
which have Veen undertaken in the
United Kingdom 'lave created' a great
demand for building material and in-
terior fittings, including bathtubs and
bathroom fittings. Houses of the
cheaper class, necessarily, more or
less resemble each other and specula-
tive builders are showing a tendency
to feature the bathroom as a selling
point. Due to the fact that in recent
years those of the public who are able
to own their own homes, either by
outright or hired purchase, have den
'eloped a very close interest in
bathroom fittings, it is expected the
present substantial trade in bathroom
fittings will continue for another ten
years and some expect it will con-
tinue for a longer peeled owing to
the necessity for repairs or renewals.,
FISHING IS ONE OF CANADA'S
IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES
Fisheries production in Canada has•
fallen off somewhat in the past year
or two 'but that has been because of
world market conditions, not because
of any depletion of the Dominion's
great fisheries resources. "It is ab-
undantly evident," said the supervisor
of fisheries for Cape Breton, for in-
stance in reporting•' to the Dominion
Department of Fisheries as to 1933
fishing operations in his district, "that' '
there was.. no scarcity of the principal
varieties (of fish) ,on which the major-
ity of our fishermen depend for ';a
livelihood. A. similar'report could be
trade by officers in other parts of the
country. More than sixty different
kinds of food fish and shellfish are
taken in Canadian waters and the an-
nual output is capable of being made
is greater than it has ever been. The
D'ominion's fisheries production
will increase again when world condi-
tions once more get back to normal."
Fisherman's Luck
Approximately 73,100 pounds of
salmon, trout, pickerel, bass, and
Perch were taken by anglers last
year in what is known as the inland
fisheries district of New Brunswick,
or, in other words, in Kings, Queens,
Sunbury, York, Carleton, Victoria,
and Madawaska counties and part of
Northumberland county.. • Seventy-
three thousand pounds wouldn't be
a big haul in the commercial fisher -
les, where nets and weirs and other
catching devices are used, but it's a
fairly tidy weight to be pulled ashore
fish by fish, with rod and line. And,
of course, it is also to be remembered
that this quantity includes the ang-
ling catch in only part of N'ew Bruns-
wick. More .than half of it, or a-
bout 42,300 pounds, was made up of
salmon, and trout accounted for ape
proximately 27,800 pounds. The to-
tal catch was slightly Iarger than in
1932, and iii reporting to the Domin-
ion Department of Fisheries the sup-
ervisor of Fisheries for the district
says that "more foreign sportsmen
came to the province than in the
past" and he adds that the value of
the rods and lines and canoes used
by anglers in his district was only
slightly less than $20,750.
COMPANY MANNERS
A well-known humorist is fond of
telling this story of his small daugh-
ter.
At the dinner table one day there
was a panty of guests for -Whom he
was doing his best in the way of en-
tertainment. A lady turned to the
little girl.
"Your father is a very funny plan,"
she said,
"Yes," responded the child, 'he is
when eve have company."
A )VE' 1'ISEMEN:S
Are POINTE'S
A retail store will do more busi-
ness if attention is directed to it by
thousands of pointers. Imagine thous-
ands of fingerposts scattered over a
retailer's trading area, everyone of
them pointing in the direction of the
retailer's store, and bearing his name.
It would Dost a lot of money to -set
up and maintain thousands of finger -
posts, and it plight be difficult to get
•permission to set up these fingerposts
from those having authority. But if
one could have then:, they would be
good advertisements—good directors.
Advertisements in one's newspaper
are in very truth, pointers. Every
copy of the newspaper earrying the
retailer's advertisement makes that
advertisement a fingerpost. The ad-
vertisement multiplied thousands up-
on thousands of times, becomes
thousands upon, thousands of finger-
posts.
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