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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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." -
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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,
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diluted with plain boiled,
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foods combined.
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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.