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The Seaforth News, 1930-08-28, Page 6The gringo Privateer By PLATER -B. KYNE SYNOPSIS. Kenneth Burney, adventurer and one-time gentleman, comes to Bradley Bardin, king of the cattle country, for a job. Burney has had a fight with Martin Bruce, a rival cattle owner who has been stealing the King's stock lade by Miguel Gallegos, a Mexican bandit, The King, liking young Bur- ney's style, offers him the job of get ting the cattle -thieves. CHAPTER 1I. "Well, you didn't close him out— not exactly. Ile got a dirty letter from your attorneys .and figured the jig was up. You had a plaster on the cattle for seventy per cent. of their value, the beef market was low and very unsteady and the doctors recently bad told the old man that he had a bad heart and if he wanted to live a few years longer he had better avoid excitement, work and worry. He knew be couldn't pay the chattel mortgage, so he sent your office a bill of sale for all the cattle and retired. Ile had enough money to las': him as long as bis heart will last him, what with the salvage oe the cattle and the lease money for the ranch," "Who are you?" "I'm hie son. I used to be ostensibly his riding boss, but mostly I played polo at Santa Barbara. My dad was very indulgent." "That's why he went broke," His Majesty charged. "Strain of Spanish in his blood. Always the Hidalgo.' His Majesty was distressed. "He might have known I wouldn't have crowded him, son," he went n. "That letter my attorneys sent hint was just a routine letter. He hadn't paid his interest and they thought a jacking - up might produce it. I'm sorry." Suudenly he turned almost fiercely upon Kenneth Burney. "You all washed up on the fine gentleman busi- ness?" he demanded. "Segura, senor. No more polo for Ken Burney." "That pinto a polo pony?" "No, sir. That's my top cow horse." "What are you doing in this coun- try?" Looking for excitement and a job. I thought I night find both on El Ranchito. It's a handicap to have been born the heir to a small cattle business, you know. The only boys who amount to a hoot are those that start at the bottom and grow up with it. And I concluded that since the cow business was to be my life work and that life work had to be done for somebody else, now that my father has been cleaned, I'd pick the biggest and best cattleman in the world and go to work for' -h)1" His Majesty looked at his watch. "Too lase to eat at the mess hall now," be observed. "I'll telephone Art Gray- don to send one of the boys over the bill for your pack pony before it gets too dark, and also have another man come for your horse. Come in, Mr. Burraey,' The recent arrival bowed graciously, murmured his thanks, dropped his reins and left the pinto tied to a zephyr, while he followed the king into his spacious living room. Here he kicked off his gorgeous chaps and tossed them and his hundred -dollar sombrero on a divan while the king was fussing at a sideboard. "Drink?" said His Majesty pres- ently. "What have you got?" Ken Burney asked politely. "Anything you want, son." "Bourbon whiskey, the drink of gentlemen, sir. I'll have it neat" The king handed him bottle and glass and he helped himself. H "Have "C\ another," t His M•r .. s e t .0 eat J gg edhos- pitably. Thank you, sir, but two reasonable drinks are ray .'mit" The king telephoned instructions for the care of his guest's horses, sum- trtoned his butler and ordered an extra lace set. Then personally he escorted No other sweet lasts so long, costs so little or does so much for you. Promotes good health when used regularly after every meal. It cleanses teeth and throat, eareetens mouth and breath, and 'sir. engthens the gums. Your health is aided while your ekes - are is served. Good and Good for You 1-�'.:f� No. 33—'30 '_I Ken Burney to a guest chamber with a bath opening off it. At the; sight of this Mr. Burneycommenced shedding his raiment frantically. "I'll be out and dressed again in time for dinner," he called; His Majesty smiled paternally and retired to his living room where he sat before the open fire and did some serious thinking. "He's young," the king decided. "About twenty-eight, College roan, I imagine. His English; is perfect. Santa Clara University, doubtless. The dons all send their boys there. And Old Man Burney taught hint his manners. The trouble with Felix Burney is that he's too fine a gentleman and not quite. fine enough as a business man, .although he was a good cattleman. This boy Ken is direct, frank, cheerful, clean and intelligent and in him the old Hidalgo strain must be about washed out. He's no hand -shaker, If he had been he'd have refused the drinks I offered Lim and told himself that an acceptance might prejudice me against giving him a job. The plain fact of the matter is he didn't give a damn. He'll always be himself. I like men like that. Oh, the trueklers and pussy- footersl They've cost ane millions of dollars and years of worry... Yes, I'll ask :.rt Graydon to give this lad a riding job at seventy a month for six months and see what he's made of. If he holds up—" He roused from his musing as Ken Burney re-entered the room. "You speak Spanish, son?" the king de- manded. "Yes, sir. It runs in our blood like a wooden leg. I even read and write it." The king rodded his satisfaction. "Some one of those bright days I may oak you to ride down across the line into El Cajon Bonita and talk Spanish to a eisano there by the name of .Niguel Gallegos." "Thorn in your aide, sir?" Young Mr. Burney's tones were freighted wit's sympathy. The king favored his gees` with a cold, direct, beetling glance from under shaggy, wild eyebrows. "I'm certain he brands my cattle. What's more, he gets away with it, son." He paused. After a while he said: "Gal- legos wants . illingl" "I shouldn't be a bit surprised," his guest replied, still more sympathetic- ally. "I shall be very happy to at- tend to the matter for you if placed in the killing department. Is it a one -men job?" "That's the hell of it," the king confessed. "He has about three hun- dred followers and I suppose he can get more if he needs them. They'll all go." "In that event," young Mr, Burney murmured, "what you need is a new chief in your diplomatic corps. - A three -hundred -man !ness might devel- op international complications and we must avoid that." "You haven't heard the half of it," the king complained. "I can guess it, however. You are, I believe, referring to Mr. Martin Bruce, of the Triangle B. I worked two months recently for Mr. Bruce, and naturally, around the bunk house at night I heard more or less gossip, put two and two together and decided to :cine to work for you." The king menaced him with his forefinger. "Young fellow," he charg- ed, "the men who get along in this world create their own opportunities." "Well, I was spared the necessity for creating this opportunity, sir, but when I learned that the opportunity. existed and that there were, in ail likelihood no other candidates for the unpleasant job of smothering it, I made up my mind to seek the nomina- tion. Mr. Martin Bruce's definition of a maverick is not only loose, but he is, in addition, sheriff of the adjacent county, Cochise County, Arizona. The Bruce ranch laps over into Arizona. Martin Bruce is an old-time killer and a brave man. lie never ran from a fight; he never took a bluff, and he never will. Quite a sizable job to convict him of rustling." "Gallegos and his men do it for him below the line and the choicest aggregation of gallows' fruit unhung sloes sit for him north of the line. They figure they're protected becauses he's sheriff and has political pull." "How come they made him sheriff, sir?" "About ten years ago Coehise County got so tough nobody else wanted the job, young man. Aad Martin Bruce's cattle were being stolen from him faster than he could stool them from me." "Ali! So they worked his side of the street, eh?" "They dtd. And Bruce gleaned up on thong. None of them ever came to trial. They just disappeared out of the country." "Buried whore they fell, daresay. Well, that's my policy, sir. Never boxier to arrest a cow thief, The law is liable to turn him loose. It's sinip-I ler and cheaper to open fire the min-' ute you come up on him. Safer, too, because if you delay, he'll not, "Have you ever killed a mart, Mr. , Burney?" (To be continued.) What New York Is Wearing ' BY ANNABELz.E WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur - wished With Every Pattern This ,!.rte capelet flock may be for playtime or for "dress -up" occasions, according to the fabric chosen for its development. It's very French) It closes at either shoulder Meath the perky bows. The eerhops provide effective trim. It is butter -cup yellow organdie. The scallops are accented by bias organ- die in soft cocoa ..rown shade. The bows of taffeta ribbon match the binding. It's very gt.aint and pretty in tiny checked gingham in orchid and white with scallops bound in plain orchid. The bows are omitted and replaced with two decorative ball -shaped pearl buttons at either shoulder. Stye No. 2549 is designer for wee maids of 2, 4 and 6 years. HOR TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly giving numoer and sizo of such patte' ns as you want Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. • A Modish Skirt Anyone who can do plain sewing can make this serviceable skirt in a few beers: First: Take a straight piece of silk or cotton wash material 18 inches wide and 58 to 45 inches long, accord- ing to the size of the person to be fitted. Draw this straight piece of goods under both arms, let it meet in front and pin it together in a straight 18-ineb seam, putting the pins in verti- cally and leaving it loose enough around the body to permit of easy movement, This makes a sheath from under the arms to below the hipline. The sheath is then shifted toward the left side until the pinned seam is di- rectly under the left aria. It should be loose enough at the bottom to al- low bending at the waistline without straining the seam. Second;. Shoulder straps of ribbon or tape are adjusted to the top of the sheath. After this it is stitched. It is then ready for the skirt to be attached. Third: The material for the skirt is next basted to the sheath. Beginning at the center -front of the sheath, the material is eased on, not gathered, and it is carried from the center front to- ward the left, around the back, across the front to the left aide, two inches from the underarm seam of the sheath. This lap -over is finished with ahem and may beioftopen or caught with a few buttons, The skirt is then ready to etitch, bang, hem and press, Itis extremely, simple to make. A Summer Fashion One of the prettiest of summer fas- hions is the vogue for evening cape - lets. These are nothing more than gossamer bits of cbiffon or net las- Waned into capelets with long scarf ends which tie either on the shoulder or in front, While the more elaborate versions are beaded in delicate de- signs on chiffon and georgette, simple capelets which fulfill' their purpose quite as well may be made by the wo- man who is clever with her needle. For materials lace, r,et, and printed chiffon suggest themselves and since so little material is needed, unworn parts of evening dresses may be util- ized, A paper pattern should be cut either from a becoming capelet on a dress or made by being fitted about the shoulders. It may extend from the shoulders in a brief six -Inch width or be twice as long, if the wearer prefers, and extend to a point in the back. AI flounce may form a further addition. White, black and pink are the colors most in vogue, but in laces other col -1 ors are seen, A metal -run tan lace supplies one of the newest ideas, and; ambre materials with inserts of dark -3 er lace are chic, With chiffon and net dresses indi- vidual preference alone determines whether the capelets shall contrast or match the color of the frock. For Blisters — Minard's Liniment. Rainy Day Fun On rainy days we have the greatest Yuan We hardly notice when the rain Is done; For every minute's full of things to do, And supper time has come before we're through. • VJe mend our games and toys with glue and paste, Then things for scrapbooks we must end in haste, • We look for boats and buildings, pets and planes, And paste in lots of pictures while it rains, From colored papers then we make a hat, Or else we roll a marble with the cat; Sometimes we paint some cards to send away To little friends withryhom we used to play. Then Mother needs some help in mak- ing pies, And cooky men must have some rale - :in eyes; • We string tthhe,beans or take the pods from peas-- Yoe eas-You ought to see our fingers fly with these! Right after lunch -we always sweep the floor, • And then we're ready for our play once more; For now's the time we dress In Dad- dy's suits- With curly paper hair and funny boots. We play were Robin Hood or Crusoe • brave, Or else we're hiding In an island cave; With boxes, sticks, and brooms and other things, We change to Norsemen, airmen, clowns or kings. But then the lights go on and Daddy cries, "Well, well! Such doings give me great surprise!" For supper time has come while we're at ay— And we havple had the nicest rainy day! -Lydia Lion Roberts. A Few Fish Hints A good many cooks are very fond of displaying their artistry in the de- coration of dishes coming to the table. With fish a few precautions before the fish is cooked will prove much more effective, No embellishments can con- ceal a badly cooked fish. All fish should first be washed in salt water, with the exception, of course, of smoked fish, which is.usual- ly wiped over with a damp cloth to preserve its flavor. Salt fish should be soaked in fresh water to remove some of the salt. • When preparing salt fish do not cut it with a knife—separate it with the fingers or with a fork—it is as sensi- tir-e to "steel flavor" as a. delicate salad. The eyes, gills, fins and scales should be removed from all whole fish and the tail trimmed and the inside carefully cleaned and wiped with a wet elotb. Exceptions to these rules are turbot, which keeps its fins an scales, and red mullet and smelts, which are usually Ieft undrawn. To slain a fiat fish begin at the tail with a thin sharp blade dipped in cold water—for round doh reverse the operation and begin at the head. To fillet or bone a fish use a sharp knife (if possible kept for the pur- pose), make an incision close up to the backbone, then carefully remove the flesh with long even strokes. Crimping or slashing the fish across at certain distances improves the flavour of the fish considerably. Never allow fish to stand in water fo any length of time, otherwise much of its flavor will be destroyed. A Country Cosmetic You may not know it, but elder flow- ers make an excellent face cream. Our grandmothers would bave been ap- palled at the price we pay for our lo- tions and massage creams. They were, however, just as anxious to ward off wrinkles and improve their complexions are we are, but they made their own cosmetics and therein they scored both in economy and quality. This is a recipe for elder crease which I found in great-grandmother's berb-book the other day. She must' �V have been a vain old lady, for there Take Aspirin tablets and you'll avoid were dozens of other recipes besides needless suffering from sciatica-lum- bago—and similar excruciating pains. They do relieve; they don't do any harm. Just make sure it is genuine. SALADA quality will always be the finest you can buy LABA" TEA °Fanesh from the gardens' 720 Progress of Empire Cancer Campaign The annual report of the British Em- pire Cancer Campaign, -which .is now entering on the eighth 'year of its work, states that as a result of co -or- dination, by which duplication and waste of effort are reduced, there has been an Minimise gain ie effective- ness, Causes of cancer, formerly scarcely suspected, have been -discov- ered, and conditions which govern the growth of tumors are being diligent- ly worked out and methods of treat- ment of various kindsarebeing tried. "While it cannot be said," the .report comments, "that the campaign has as yet won a great victory, no reasonable doubt can exist that it has brought the day of victory nearer, perhaps much nearer." Referring to the use of rad- ium, the general conclusion seems to be that very careful technique is neces- sary if the best results are to be ob- tained in any area of the body. Sonie growths are relatively sensitive to radium, but others are relatively re- sistant. The causes underlying this difference remain obscure and 'have not been elucidated. While many of the results obtained from radium are very disappointing, when judged by the standard of absolute cure, and surgical removal still offers the best hope in all but a few areas of the body, the grand council submit that there can be no doubt that the results of radium treatment are improving steadily and that It seems i'easonable to predict that in the near future, and as a consequence of further experience in radium, marked improvement will be obtained. The interesting state- ment is made that the chemical sub- stance known as "mustard gas' pos- sesses power of preventing the onset of cancer in areas of the skin to which cancer -producing tars have been ap- plied. It seems, therefore, to be the first true anti-eancinagenic agent ever discovered. These observations on "mustard gas" are based on research work at Leeds University. The grand council has decided to issue, early in the autumn, a book with the title "The Truth About Cancer." The Care of Aluminium Aluminum saucepans will outlive_ the enamel variety by years almost al- ways, providing they are given suit- able treatment. Soda should never be used in the cleansing of aluminum, as its drastic action tends to soften the metal. Aluminum saucepans that have be- come very stained are much improved if fruit peelings are boiled In them. Apple peel is good, but lemon peel is particularly beneficial. Save some of your lemon peelings for this purpose when you bave made ;our lemonade. • Have Minard's Liniment on your shelf. He—"Something seems to be wrong with this engine, it—" She—"Don't be foolish; wait until we get off this main road." London has a public debt of $145,- 786,463. SCI !CA? Here is a never -failing form of relief from sciatic pains —all guaranteed to beautify. For her elder cream she took two pounds of good, fresh lard and melted it in a saucepan. Tilen she added as many handfuls, of elder blossoms as the melted fat would cover. This was simmered` gently for three- quarters of an hour or so, and then strained through clean muslin into a lipped bowl ready for putting into the little jars in which great-grandmother stored it away in the stilh'oom. Ent before doing this she added a few drops of oil of lavender, "just for sweetness' sake" The old lady made a great point In her directions of picking the blossoms with the greatest possible care, so that i as little pollen as possible was shaken off. And to make the cream stronger ishe would add a fresh quantity of 1 flowers to the fat waren the first boil- ; bog bad been strained off. Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action Benjamin Disraeli.. c. I ATTRADE MARK REQ.. k Readiness "Tommy," cried hie inother, as the boy returned home to lunch, "your clothes are, all wet! You have been in the water." "Yes, mother," the boy readily ad- mitted. "I went in to save Jack Spratt." "My brave boy!" cried his mother,. hugging him fondly. "Did you jump in after him?" "No, mother," Tommy replied, edg- ingaway to a safe place; "I jumped in first so as to be there when lie fell an."—Answers. ..�' Panorama of• 1 b, Brilliance and Splendor. Portraying World Progress Mt 24ri C .Gan tpSep 6-1930 ALL -CAT T.A I,hA YEA , During the last week in August and the first week in September, the largest annual exposition in the world will be in progress. Features, displays, buildings, attrac- tions, so huge, magniicentand diversi- fied that two million people from almost every country will visit this unique and colossal enterprise. The 1930 Canadian National Exhibition promises to eclipse all previous years. "LES VOYAGEURS," a brilliant pageant reviewing Canada's develop- ment from its earliest days will be staged each evening by 1500 per- formers on the world's largest stage Thirty military and concert bands, including the ALL -CANADA PERMANENT FORCE BAND (by permission Department of Militia and Defence), an especially recruited organiza- tion of seventy-six skilled instrumentalists taken from Canada's Regular Military Establishments. internationally famous 2,000 -Voice EXHIBI- TIOCHORUS in four concerts—Aug, s 23 and 28, Sept. 2 and 6. Tremendous Agricultural displays and com- ppeediione in all branches, Trotting and Pacing Races including $5,000. Futurities. Fihh professional Marathon Swim for world $liompioushtp laurele-a famous unforgettable Sport spectacle. Outboard motorboat, rowing, canoeing. sculling and yacht races and other thrill- ing aquatic events daily. Canadian National Motor Show in world's Largest Automotive building. This ie a big year at your Exhibition.. Arrange CO come. SANT. HARRIS, ' President, kL W. WATERS, General lbfanager. • Plan Now For This Summer's Good Times! HUNTING, flailing, pie- " swimming and cruising on lake, river, sound or bay add to the zest of living, happiness, contentment and enjoy - men of Cruisabout owners. This double cabin Cruisabout, 29' long,8' 10" wide and 2' 4" daft Is a completely equipped summer home and le priced at 14,186 at fan tory. Sleeps six, Pour In forward cabin and two 1n stern cabin. Excellent design,perfect balance t n and staunch, quality e1n- struation malts C r u i s - abouts sound and sea- worthy for an water. 6 -cylinder, 60= P. Oral, Marine motor g ves cruls- in speed of thirteen VS to u& 'rite for a cata- r' b chards irt 30 Cnd 800141 worn, it is claimed, the'oval effects of 9 rheumatism, chest troubles, heart alis. Sales and Service by , ease, and colds would be lessened, T. B. F. BENSON, N.A. while foot ailments would also be 371 Bay Street Toronto, Ont. helped. -Answers, Summer Beauties Of Old England: The following is an extract from a recent article published in the London Sunday Times, revealing the fact that. England is, awaking to the many charms of her little -advertised attrac- tions: "For wealth end variety of social color, England in the.niont'es of June and July surely stands unrivalled in the world. Visitors certainly need not. be deterred from coming by reports of depression and unemployment. It is. .true that the country is in the throes of unparalleled economic and induse trial ills, that the number of her work- less aro mounting on their way to- wards two millions; but to see the way she deports herself in summer she might not have a care in the world! This is the real England—the England that refuses to be rattled. The, earn/cal of spori and open air activity goes gaily on.its way, drawind fu its train all classes of the community in common obeisance to the sun. England is a choel'fua plc ce just now. She has something for every- one. If the visitor would see England at her most typical, .let him go to., Lord's and the Test Match.. Let him see this very English game played at the High pinnacle of artistry; let him watch the -white figures moving on the green turf; let him observe the packed and palpitating crowd; let him catch the click of ball on bat, and glance• overhead at the white clouds lolling lazily across the blue—and it will be indeed surprising if he does not ob- tain . rich insight into the Euglish character and what has made. it. Or let him go to Wimbledon and watch the world's greatest tennis "stars" Play- ing in an incomparable setting. The big. golf tournaments are just over, but Henley is coming on—another most English institution. We can of- fer the visitor almost everything. There are •Horse Stowe, Tattoos, Ex- hibitions, Regattas; there was a won derful spectacle in the a;. at Hendon. Ascot is over, but Cowes Week has yet to come; and in between these events succeed each other in gay proposition.. These pleasures are not for the few alone; the English season grows in- creasingly democratic. Demos, too, has delights of its owu and is happily winning new ones. Bathing in the Serpentine has added new color and gayety to the Park, and may be the precedent of fresh concessions. Even as it the parks of London and her environs. Iiew Gardens—loveliest of spots, and far too little visited—and Iden Wood offer beauties of flower and foliage excelled, by no city on the globe. London in the sunshine is a pageant of movement and. color. But this is by no means tate whole story. The cities have their pageants, but outside them and beyond is the most spectacular pageant of all the pageant of the English countryside in au Eng- lish summer. Ina hundred small towns and villages, like lesser stars about a central sun, the people are holding local festivals up and clown the country. `A thousand fields and lawns are splashed with the white of marquees, the strains of a band drift over the chestnuts and the elms, for flower show, or fete, or village cricket match. This is the real England, the England that has not clanged, but that none except the Englishman knows—the England of hopes and dreams. Traditional modesty has too long tied our tongues on the glories of our land. Now there are signs of an awak- ening. More visitors are coming than heretofore, but many mora should come, for we have the loveliest scen- ery in the world to show them. Not only so, but they can see it all in com- fort, for our motoring roads are the best in existence, and our railway ser- vices are excellent. Moreover, they,. will not be fleeced. What is there, then, to deter the traveller from com- ing to England in his millions? After so much eulogy, it is disappointing to have to end with criticism; + but in the good of the Enlishcauseitmustbe done. Filet then England must do more to "tell the world." She must ad- vertise her beauties. Secondly, she must look at her hotels, which are of- 'ten flen far below a reasonable standard. And, thirdly, she must see to it that the spirit of restriction and spoil -sport, which since the war has been too manifest in her legislation, is nowhere allowed an unnecessary interference with her otherwise unmatched ameni- ties. Your Holiday Shoes If you want to make the most of your holiday, see that your slides are really suitable.. Nothing can . spoil your enjoyment so completely as the wrong kind of footwear, and it may, also affect your health. The Federation of Boot Trade As- sociations recently sent a question- naire on the effect ..of footwear on health to a number of doctors, 200 of whom replied.- Almost all of them condemned the ultra-high heel, and some of them blamed tight -fitting shoes for nerve trouble. According to the general opinion of the medical men, the perfect shoe or toot has a fairly thick leather sole of good quality and loather uppers- It permits free movement of the toes and suports the arch of the foot. po s of Ifuch a', shoe were universally s say ti