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The Seaforth News, 1930-08-21, Page 2The Gringo Privateer By PETER B. KYNE, CHAPTER I. His Majesty owned ranches in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Oregon and was not at all certain how many cows, horses and mules he owned, but roughly estimated the number at about twe hundred thou- sand. His headquarters were in San Francisco, where he had a packing plant, and to a considerable extent dominated the wholesale meat trade. Consequently, since ilt the West tee leaders in any industry are known as kings, old Bradley Bardin was known as the Cattle King and a small army of retainers always referred to him. as His Majesty, a tribute, doubtless, to his ability to rule his vast empire, wisely, justly and profitably. Of all his ranches; the New Mexico ranch was the largest—approximately a million acres -hence, in a moment of that whimsical irony which so ere- quently tinges Western humor, he had elected to call it El Rtinchito—the Little Ranch. And EI Ranchito the king loved best of all, perhaps because it required more expert management to writ g a profit from it, and hence was productive of slightly more worry than the others Perhaps, too, His Majesty loved it because it was grand- ly, ruggedly, brutally beautiful, with its green hidden valleys, its desert mesas, its multi -colored, fantastically eroded sandstone peaks and lava scarps that sunrise and sunset tinged with glory. There is bound to be a strain of repressed poetry in the soul of an empire builder, and whenever His Ma- jesty commenced to feel the down- hill pull, whenever the city, which he. hated bu. to which of late years he was bound got on his nerves, El Ran- chito always called to him and he al- ways answered. He had built himself there an adobe hacienda, with every modern convenience., and a wide, deep, cool veras-da that completely encircled the house. The beauty, the p"ece and the ail- er"ce at El Ranchito were, to His Ma- jesty, as stimulants to clear, concise thinking. On that veranda he ironed out the many problems that -were for- ever confronting hlm; decisions made here were never aitared. As ne grew. Alder be formed the habit of holding 'at El Ranchito a yearly conference of all his ranch managers; one by one they came, spent a fay or two with him on the veranda and returned to. their jobs to think over his praise, his condemnation or his suggestions, but not his orders, for he never gave any. His Majesty eared not how his infer tors managed their domains, provided the figures of his travelling auditor proved satisfactory. If his managers could explain to his satisfaction the reasons for red ink in their annual reports, he was tolerant and forgiv- ing; if they could not do this he dis- missed them without mercy and with- out rancor, and searched for a man who could. This evening His Majesty was con- sidering the management of El Ran- ehito. Art Graydon, who managed its destinies, His Majesty considered as good a cattleman as the West had ever produced. Graydon knew men; he could manage them and lead thein; he was honest, industri.'us, loyal and de- voted, but—he was getting old and with the years had developed a tend- ency to avoid battle, to argue rather than go to the assault, to close his eyes to conditions he would have at- tacked valiantl,- a decade ago. In particular His Majesty was per- turbed over a situation existing in a portion of El Ranchito that lapped over into Old Mexico, a grant of some hundred and fifty thousand acres in a valley known as El Cajon Bonita. There was a saddle -colored rowdy there by the name of Miguel Gallegos, a fellow of mixed ancestry. His Ma- jesty stispected that one of those an- cestors had been known as Michael brown leather borders; silver conches ec• es For'' Halibut tied in with buckskin thongs. two fancy,poclots and your initials on the Broiled Halibut.—Season the slices, belt• Those chaps must; have cost you with salt and pepper and fry them hi fifty .dcllars,'son Where's your cart- melted butter for half au hour, having ridge belt. and pearl-handled-handledpistol?" them well covered on both sides, roll "In my bedding roil, on a foot -sore in flour and broil for 1'0 minutes over pack horse, tied to a pine tree just a clear tire. Serve on a hot dish, gar, over the hill, sir. He quit on me there nishing with parsley and - slices of so I left him and hurried nn here be- lemon. The slices of halibut should "White calfskin chaps with 'deep R • fore your cools could clean up the sap- be about as Inch thick,and for every is per dishes. I pound there should be three table - "Your boots cost .wenty-sevendot- spoons of batter. Gallegi•er, and he desired to make war lags made to order and your pants. are Fried. Fillets of Halibut.—Remove. Mg n the State Department into the expensive,but perhaps they' s but weighing outlast g g one and one-quarter upon the man' Gallegos without bring- made of light Rnglish whipcord. Very the skin and bones from a slice of hili - i i b glio marry pais of denim overalls. Your pounds. Put, each of the four pieces Yes, Art Graydon was too cautious. spurs—man, .somebody will kill you thus made, in halves lengthwise. mak- Fle talked too much of internationalfor this outfit, sure. Win it at a ing eight fillets. Sprinkle with salt, --- complications- - And there was that rodeo?" the Triangle B outfit, his neighbor to rather partial to very nobby outfits." Dip in crumbs, egg, and dumber and You can. be confident that its quality ' never varies IP TEA -- 'h from the gardens' r30 pepper, and lemon juice- Roll and + A sizzled old wolf Martin Bruce of No, sir Where I came from we're fasten with sma11 *wooden skewers, Fl and Are 'Pasty the est. Brother Bruce, His Majesty fry in deep fat, Orient Declares w suspected of collusion with Miguel "Hum -m! Cei-tre-fire rig anda raw- hide riata. You're from California." Yes, sir.DoesYour Majesty like I won that in a poker game frees a man whose bean wasthe same size as mine but not quite 50 well furnished.He assure me a paid it." "Yes it's wonderful." The ing re- sumed his appraisal. "Gray French flannel shirt and black silk necktie. How long you been on the road, man?" "Two days, sir. "And you shaved today! You are a dude. Who told you you were a cowboy?" "Formerly my avocation, sir, but now my, vocation," "I see Well,. yen might make a hand, although I doubt it, What's the breedingof that horse?" "By a pure-bred Arab out of a Steeldust mare, sir." "And what's your name, young man?" The stranger drew a small black walrus -hide case from his pocket and handed the king a card. The latter read: Mr. Kenneth Burney Santa Inez' Rancho Tres Pinos,`California "What has happened to the Santa Inez Rancho?" the king Inquired, "I know that tench. One of the beet fat- tening ranges in California." 'Your Iccyal.Highness took over its cattle on a ,ba -tel irortg.ti;r: loan tt yeas ago," IC.a neth Burney replied. The king was momentarily non- plussed. '"Phe hell I did," he blurred unbc- lievingly. '1 don't remember givini' riders to close out Felix Burney." (To be continued ) Scalldped Halibut.—Shred one cup - Gallegos, for some of Martin Bruce's. M t 1 k ful:of cold'boiled•halibut; pour in. the g ' food pan one and one-half cups milk cattle also ranged below the line. His -my sombrero. Majesty could 1 of rid himself of a be- and let come to a boil; add butter size lief that the Triangle B herd was be- of an egg, salt and pepper, then the ingbuilt up at the expense of the d h crumbs of four crackers, add lastly the Double B, which was His - Majesty's a hundred dollars for ..halibut; let it cook five minutes; then brand, for he had known Martin k' add two hard-boiled eggs chopped five, Bruce for thirty years and had never and serve on a hot platter with bits of known anything good of him. buttered toast. "I need a young man on El Ranch- ito," the king decided. "A young man who does not think too long or too What New York deeply. An ambitious young man with �s Wealrllg • notches on his gun. Yes, I must cast y about for some bold, brave bucko who can see a hole in a ladder. But I can't dismiss Graydon. He's too valuable, he's been too long on the payroll and Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur - has made too fine a record to be re nished With, Every Pattern tired now. I'll promote him, He shall have an easier job and a better sal- ary.r He glanced off toward the flaming Santa Lucias and over a knoll a mile away a horseman showed, silhouetted against the sunset. The man bestrode a pinto horse, so the king knew him for a stranger, for on El Ranchito there was not one pinto horse such as this one. Lazily he watched the horse- man ride up to a five-foot gate that led into the irrigate- horse pasture. A hundred yards front the gate the pinto broke into a canter, then a gal- lop; he rose to the gate, cleared it neatly, settled to a jog on the farther side and headed straight across the pasture toward the king's castle. Down the eastern boundary of this pasture ran a four -"ail fence, which the stranger leaped before jogging up to the edge of the lawn in front of the veranda upon which the king sat in contemplation. The rider and the king exchanged long penetrating glances. The king was thinking: "What a direct fellow this pilgrim is! Goes straight across country to his objective. Wonder who he is and where he carie from. horse is up on his toes, so he must be a neighbor." The king was more interested in that :.orse than he was in the man who bestrode him. He judged the horse might weigh twelve hundred pounds. In color he was a blend of large patces of white and deep brown, almost a mahogany color, and where the br.•wn and the white met there was a faint tinge of blue. He stood with upraised head, small ears pricked forward, eyes on the low roof of the hacienda, tail slightly arched. A regal pinto, this, with a fine chest, straight legs, wide action, a full barrel and powerful haunches. The king's appraisal of the rider was less lingering, for he was not in- terested in wandering cowboys, and had sensed, intuitively, that the young ntan on the pinto horse was calling at El Ranchito for the purpose of locat- ing a riding job, and this was out of the king's department. So His Ma- jesty merely removed the cigar from his lips and waved his arm in a wide circle, to indicate that somewhere to the north of the hacienda the stranger would find headquarters and the rid- ing boss, who might or Might not place him on the payroll. The stranger evi- dently understood, for he answered with a half perceptible nod, but stood his ground. "If you hustle right along, son," His Majesty assured the young man, "you'll find the boys j st about finish- ing supper. Some of the boys will show you the corral where you can put your horse. There's hay in the rack, there, but if you've come far, say so and somebody'll give you grain for hint." The horseman lifted his hat with Castilian courtliness and bowed low in his saddle, "Grades, senor,' he re- plied. "Am I by any chance address- ing the general manager of El Ran- chito, Senor Art Graydon?" "No, son. I just work for Art." And he smiled a little at his little jest, for indeed the king did labor hard to keep his good men on the payroll. It was one of the great privileges of his kingship. "Ah," the stranger murmured, "Mr, I had Bardin himself. d no idea you were in the country. Well, a king can only be concerned with af- fairs of state and I'm looking for a riding job, as Your Majesty discerns. I'll call upon the Grand Vizier." "You're a gorgeous young son -of -a- gun," the king replied interestedly. "Better let me look you over before you present yourself before the riding hose. He has a grudge against mail order. cowboys" H,s Majesty came down off the ver- anda, crossed the lawn and looked the stranger over. And the better itt aid this appraisal, but acting also under the stimulus of instinctive, good man- ners' when addressing a superior, the stranger dismounted and stood to horse, holding his bridle reins. BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON LIT • Made of pure meter. Ids in modern sunlit factories. No expense spared to have it clean, wholesome and full flavored. WRIGLEY: to wrapped and sealed to keep it -as good as when it leaves the factory. WRIGLEY'S is bound to be the beet that men and machines and money can make. The delicious peppermint Savor freshens the mouth and aids -digestion. ISU'r"-, No. 32—'30 Sketched from Nature In yender cot, along whose moulder- ing walls Iu many a fold the mantling woodbine falls, The village matron kept her little school, Gentle of heart, yet knowing well to rule; Staid was the dance, and modest was her mien; Her garb was coarse, yet whole, and nicely clean; Her neatly bordered cap, as lily fair, Beneath her chin was pinned with de- cent care; And pendent ruffles, of the whitest lawn, Of ancient make, her elbows did adorn, Here first I entered, though with toil and pain, The low vestibule of learning's fan.; Entered with pain, yet soon I' found. the way, Though sometimes toilsome, many a sweet display. Much did I grieve on that ill-fated morn' When I was first to school reluctant borne; Severe I thought the dame, though oft she tried To soothe my swelling spirits when I sighed; But soon inured to alphabetic toils, Alert I' met the dame with jocand smiles; First at the form, my task for ever true, A little favourite rapidly 1 grew: And oft she stroked my head with fond delight, Heid me a pattern to the dunce's sight; And as she gave my diligence its Praise, Talked of the honours of my future days. -Kirke White "Poems." • "You love flowers as they are loved in all countries of the world by those who aresensitive to the beauties of Nature. But why do you• not recognize their usefulness? When you have ad- mired in your garden the hyacinths, the verveine, the pansies, and the roses that ornament it you let them . fade away on their stalk or in vases, without trying to make more practical use of them, Yet many towers are edible, and for many centuries the Peoples of the Orient have appreciated their savor' and their nutritious quali- ties as well as their perfumes and beauty." So said the sage Wu Ting Fang. In Japan the bulbs of the dahlia are eaten as a vegetable and are, accord - kg to those who have tried them, most• palatable. Theyare usually peeled. diced, and fried in oil for about 25 minutes. Just before being taken fromthe pan to be served, they are sprinkled with curry powder. Down in Grasse on the French Riviera, which is, as every one knows, the most perfumed town in France, besides distilling millions of hecto- liters of essence of jasmine, violet, rose, mimosa, they also praline these blossoms that grow in such profusion on the terraced hill -sides. The little fluffy golden balls of mimosa,:solidifledl in sugar, are particularly delielous in Savor. Further up in the centre of France, in the otherwise prosaic Auverge, they make fritters of acacia blossoms, but there, instead of frying si.tgle blos- soms, they do a whole spray at a time! Or maybe you would care to make Lozenges of Red Roses after the in- structions given by Sir Hugh Platt in his "Delights for Ladies," 1594. "`Boyl your sugar to sugar again," he says, "then put in your Red Roses, be- ing finely beaten and made moist with the June of a Lemon; let it not boyl after the Roses are in, but pour it up- on a pye plate and cut it in what form you please." And if for an end you would fain know how to candy rose -Mary - flowers„ rose leaves, rosea,; marigolds, etc., with preservation of colour I can but recommend you ts the same aris- tocratic gentleman's recipe in his same "Delights for Ladies? "Desoive refined or double -refined sugar, or sugar -candy itselfe,. in a lit- tle Rose-water; boyl it to a reasonable height; put in your roots or flowers when your sirup is eyther fully cold, or almost cold: let them rest therein till the sirup have pierced them sufficient- ly; then take out your flowers with a skimmer, suffering the loose sirup to run from them as long as it will: boyl that sirup a little more, and put in more flowers, as before; divide them also: then boyl all the sirup which re-, maineth, and is not drunke up in the flowers, putting in more sugar if you see cause, but no more Rose-water, Put your flowers therein ,vhen your sirup is cold, or almost cold, and let them stand till they candy." -Prom the Gourmet's Almanac, by Allan Ross Macdougall. Taken Seriously Lost Your Keys? Often enough, when the family trunk is brought out for the annual holiday, the keys are nowhere to be found! Keys that are not kept on one's, person have, an unhappy habit of getting lost, and the loss. is usually discovered when there is little time for a thorough search. The Victorian housewife had her special key -box, or basket; in which she kept all her keys docketed and to hand, or, failing 'these, a drawer in her desk was sot aside and the keys would be kept in this.; It necessary,. then, she could lock. this drawer, but woe betide her. if she lost the key of that! The liousewifir of to -day does not need to keep track of so many keys as her grandmother did, for she" keeps only a few things locked up. Never- theless, if she is wise she will try to keep such keys as she uses alt in one place. If a label is attached to each key with the •keys destination written on it, there is no excuse for any of them going astray, always pro- viding the keys are returned to the proper place when finished with. Some. people will still prefer to keep special keys in different places. The garage, cellar, or toolshed key, for instance, may be handier for use if hung on a hook ou the kitchen dresser. If this ie done it is a good plan to allow a large colored label to each key—different colors if possible Treated thus, they are not nearly so likely to get lost, and the colored labels' prove good distinguishing marks. Keys constantly in use . must be kept in pocket or handbag, of course But luggage keys, only used at boll day -time, should be returned to a safe and suitable place once the holiday is over. Here's a charming wearable frock of tub silk in green end white. It will give young daughter a big thrill to make :t, for it isn't half as intricate as it appears. It is a straight one-piece affair lengthened with a circular 'flounce. The white organdie, frill at neckline and sleeves may be bought all pleated by the yard. The belt is adjustable and may oe worn as best suits the wearer. ' If daughter is very slim, the higher waisitine is extremely smart. Style No. 2548 may be had in sizes 12, 14, 15, 18 and 20 years. Shantung, linen and prin'.ed dimity are othe lovely ideas. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in stamps or coin (Loin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, fib West Adelaide St., Toronto. Too Good to Lose The secretary of a big store, ob- viously upset, dashed into the Man- ager's office. Good gracious, man," snapped the latter, "whatever's happened?" The secretary calmed down some - Miss Sweet: "Don't you think it is awfully dangeroustogo beyond one's depth, Mr. Swift?" Mr. Swift: "Yes, df you have only $. don't go to a $10 hotel." Minard's Liniment for Neuralgia. H0usehOd Hints - Re%Vindow Screens. The, iafaltible auci unerri:'47 way tit, which a mosquito will discover a hole.. in a wire screen must evoke admire - tion• even white the unhappy human who neglected to mend it slaps him self black' and blue ha ram attempts to locate the elusive pest. The Meowing directions for main- tenance and ain-tenance;'and repair are given in "Fir' It Yourself; Home Repairs Made, Easy," by Arthur Wakeling, home- workshop editor of Popular Science Monthly. We read: "Nothing so adds to the general appearance of dilapidation as unpaint- ed screen frames and sagging and broken screening, yet these can be re- medied with a little work, and almost entirely' prevented with a little thought and care. "When the screens are removed' 1n the fall, gather loose screws,'hooks. buttons, and attachments and tie them securely In a piece of canvas. Fasten the bundle to the handle of one of the screen doors. "See that each screen is marked'. for ready identification, One way is to cut a Roman numeral In the edge. Of each screen with a half inch wide chisel and a currespt ndln3 numeral on the edge .tt: the window cdsing op• pcsite where the: screed has been marked Another 'method' is to ob- tain metallic number tacks, which may be purchased cheaply at any hard- ware store, Elven markingthe bot- tom, of each 'croon with a heavy col• ored marking crayon will serve as a: makeshift. "When the screens are down, brush them well outdoors. While- doing this, note carefully whether any at. the screens,: if covered with paint or galvanized wire, have a brown or slightly rusty look. These should be placed at one side for painting at the earliest opportunity; the • wire may be past service if lett ,until sting. "Asphaltum varnish thinned with turpentine may be used for Painting the wire, or regular black or green screen enamel, Belled linseed oil with a little turpentine added, togeth er with sufficient lampblack to color It black, is very easy to usep especial- ly if applied with a small piece of close -grained spoil;e instead of . a brush. This mixture can be used on galvanized' screening one year, and spar varnish .thinned with turpentine "That girl just handed you 'a. frozen face'." "Yes, bu the last time I saw her, she 'roasted nese" — — For Blisters — Minard's Liniment. Late Rising He that rises' late must trot all day, and 'shall scarce overtake his busi- ness at night.—Benjamin Franklin. A practical politician should make a good housekeeper, because his bunk is always made up. The two, women matchmakers were celebrating a recent victory. "Do you mean to tell me that Bob and Kitty have got married at last?" asked one. "Why, of course," said the other proudly. "But I thought 'Kitty was one of those very modern girls," ventured the other. "I didn't think she be- lieved in marriage." ' "Well, that's what Bob thought, thought, too," came the answer,— Answers. A man accused of stealing washing from a clothes -line said that he was- a what. staunch prohibitionist, He hated the "It's Robinson, our traveller," het sight of th1'ee;sheets in the wind. explained. "Used most insulting • language. Told me to fry my face, and said that you could go and chase yourself." "He did, did he?" snapped the man- ager. "We'll fireLet's see, him without cere- mony. Y he's. been with us five months, What business has he done in that time?ou "A hundred pnds the first month," said the, secretary, reading from a book, "£500 the next month, £ 3,000 the next, and ;£9,000 the next." "H'm;" murmured the manager, thoughtfully, "I often think I ought to take a little more exercise, and'I dare say the caretaker will give your a frying -pan." - 1'-- . 4. Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life- are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances tothe elevation of man- kind,—Henry David Thoreau. Summer ;OLDS Almost everybody knows how Aspirin tablets break up a cold— but why not prevent itr. Takgg t blet or two when yoti first fee the cold coining on. Spare yourself the discomfort of a summer cold. Read the proven directions in every package for headaches, pain, etc, hj lt� Were s' 0,4 04 • EAGLE RAN D. 0NiaENSEIq el IL 'the the ideal food for thebottle-fedbaby because it is clean, uniform„ in corn sits nutritious 0 po n, most easily digested of all artificial foods and always ready for innstsntuse when diluted with plain boiled, water. Itis used more of teg than all other artificial foods combined. THE BORDEN CO., LIMIITED 140 St. Paul W., Montreal Send Fres Baby Book to: Nowa 20S can be applied the following year. and so on through the life of the wire. With 'bronze and copper screening, this labor is saved." Now to come to the important para- graphs on mending holes: "I1 any tears or soles are seen, they may be repaired. by sewing a neat patch through and through with a piece of the screen wire. "Usually' it is impossible to repair a 'run' or tear along the line of tacks. In such :a -case, even it the wire is otherwise .'W good condition, it is best to put ou new wire. "To remove old wire, take off the molding covering the tacks, put out a few tacks at one corner only, hold down the frame firmly with the lett hand, and catching holdof the loos- ened wire at the corner, give a sharp upward pull. The entire 'piece of net- ting will et"ting"will come oft Remove all re- maining tacks. Lay the new ;niece of wire on the frame, and fasten •with new tacks. The lower panel of a screen door may be filled with a thin board, or a wall -board panel can be set in with strips of wood to resist the onslaught of children, dogs, and cats.A hand- piece 3/4 ley 3 inches fastened from stile to stile, about 4 feet 6 inches from the floor, will reduce the dam- age done by careless persons who push against the wire netting, which soon pulls the wire from Its fasten- ings. Temporary screens, as for a camp, may be made, by cutting woven cloth screen about 6 Inches la:ger each waythan the opening between the casings of the window to be screened." Wind the edges around 3/8 by 3/8 inch strips of wood of a length to fit loosely in the opening, and drive small brads through the strips into• the, edge of the window casing." Only His Pride Benn had taken a cottage In the country and, owing to the bad state. of the roads, he decided oto sell Ms car and buy a Horse on the hire-pur- chase ire-purchase system. A week following els purchase of the animal he arrived at his dealer's 'stables. "FIow do you like the horse?" ask ed the latter. "He's all right," Benn returned. "There's just one small thing I don't like about him, however." "0h, and what's that?" inquired the dealer. He won't lift up his head," Benn explained. The dealer nodded in retain. That's Y P only his ride;' he mat, inured. "He will when he's paid Cot"'—Answers._ Pat called upon his friend.' Mike, a)k found trial Bitting in his shei with the muclt-mefided inner tube oL his bicycle wheel over his knee. "Puncture, Mike?" he. asked sYtn . Pathetically. The other - shook hil head. "Then why are you coverts/ the tube with all those patches?" In quired Pat wonderingly. "Well, ye see," explained Mike, "when I do get a puncture it'll be all ready :mended and all." What It the moat thoughtful king there is? -Thinking.