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The Seaforth News, 1930-09-04, Page 6�e gringo Privatccr'� By PETER B, KYNF. By PETER B: KYNE q SYNOPSIS Kenneth Burney, adventurer and one- time gentleman, comes to Bradley Bar- din, king of the cattle country, for a job. Burney has hada fight with Martin Brune, 'a rival cattle owner, who. has been stealing the King's stock, aided by Miguel Gallegos, a Mexican bandit. The Ring, liking young Burney's style, offers him the Job of getting the cattle -thieves. CHAPTER III. Mr. Nurney's handsome face puck- ered in distress. "Oh, no, sir," he confessed. "I haven't even had a de- sire to kill one. That is, if you speak 1in a professional sense. As. a soldier 6 I imagine course of three ears i a rine that in the i e I accounted active service y of aeti J my share," The king grimaced- disgustedly. tThen will the devil are you- applying o me for job that requires a pro- fessional' and a specialist?" he' de- manded truc•rlently. "Your pardon, senor, I have not applied for the job. I do, however, apply for a job as a rider in the em- ploy of El Ranchitc, because it has seemed to me that what yu require here is an unusually .. er . , hardy crew that will be loyal to the payroll, and you might start your recruiting with me. Of course I am not insen- sible to the probl.bility that 'he most loyal and devoted of the crew might come under the eye 'of Your Majesty and get knighted. I am not, however, a professional killer; I am not hiring •out as such, even in the present ex- tremely low state of my finances, nor shall I ever hire out as such. I shall always, I trust, remember that I am a gentlerman and leave rough, rude brawling to those who have indulged in it since boyhood and think it man- ly„ His Majesty murmured in a low voice something just a trifle coarse. "I'm disappointed," he confessed. "1 had a hunch you were just a gift, and if you would guarantee -to rid me of Martin Bruce and Miguel Gallegos there is no doubt but that you would be knighted." "It's not well to judge men hastily, rim" the young man assured him. "Precilittde men are not apt co comb gray hairs." The king pounded his library table. "What I require, young man;" he said, "is a gene 'al manager with the guts of a bear," "Ever think of tying to one with the cunning of a fox, sir?" The king stereo at him. "How do you do, Mr. Fox!" "You flatter me, sir." "I'll take a -hence on you, young fellow. Tomorrow you'll take your entrance examination and if you pass it, you go on the Bardin payroll. Once you're there I'll have my eye on you. Know what day it is tomorrow?" "The Fourth of July, . rr. "You bet. And there's a barbecue and rodeo for the whole country -side fere tomorrow. Can you ride?" Ken Burney shrugged. "1Iuy pcco," he murmured deprecatingly. Evident- ly all of his Castilian blood had not been bred out of him. "Well, if you wan_ that job you'll ride for it." His guest bowed. "The king's re- quest is always tantamount to an order," "You quit calling me king and Your Majesty, will you? Why do you do that?" "Beeane everybody else in this reentry does," "I don't believe it. I've never been relied such names to my face here- iefore." "Everybody's afraid to. But then you've got so much money and land and cattle you'r. n personage and en- titled to a eoutesy Mile. And I never say anything behind a man's back that T will not say to his face." Whatever reply the king purposed making to this semi -impertinent state- ment remained unspoken, for Ken Burney saw him glance toward the her, saw his fierce glance soften and or4 Full of long lasting delicious flavor and made of pure chicle and other Ingredients of the Highest quality RIGLEYI comes to you in perfect condition. All of its goodness is sealed tight in the clean wax wrapped packages. The days work goes much easier with. WRIGLEY'S to sustain and refresh. 3 RANDY for PACKS 5# A LOT FOR A NICKBL 0546 a smile of wirning tenderness light i.p his rugged old face. Instantly Burney stood erect, turned and found himself facing a girl who stood hesi tant in the doorway. "Come .in, my dear," the king en- treated. Burney saw the girl's glance rest for an instant on his chaps and sombrero lying on the divan;, then her diffidence disappeared and she ad - yawed to her father's side without paying the slightest attention to his visitor. "Thinks I'm must one of the old man's riders,„ Burney decided, "Won- der if the king will introduce me. By James, she's as aeautiful as an army with banners. The king did. "This young man, Muriel,” he announced, "is Kenneth Burney, sol of an old cattleman friend of mine in Califosni... Mr. Burney, this is my daughter, Muriel. Mr. Burney is dining with us tonight, Muriel," Miss Muriel favored the young man with a bright smile and a reserved nod. "I see you're riding through, Mr. Burney." "On, no," he corrected her. "To- morrow I'm going 'to work for your father as a top cowhand." "Maybe," the king corrected him enigmatically. "Mr, Burney," he ex- plained to the girl, "is a drug store cowboy and before he goes to work for me has has to pass an entrance examination. He'll ride Geronimo to- morrow; bulldog a big, peevish steer and rope a couple of calves to prove his social standing." The butler came in to announce dinner and, to the amazement of the king, Mr. Burney gallantly offerer, his arm to Miss Muriel, who seemed un- decided whether to accept it ur not. In all her life none of her lather's cowhands had ever been so bold. "Oh, take it, take it," the king ordered. 'He's used to high society. It comes natural to him, the impeetin ent ^up." "He's not an impertinent pup,' Muriel defended, and accepted the proffered arm. Arrived in the dining room, the strange guest tucked Muriel and her chair in under the table, waited re- spectfully for the king to settle his huge bulk into his chair and then sat down himself. Muriel seized the op- portunity, while Burney's gaze was fixed upon her father. to steal a swift glance of curiosity at their guest. She can a man under thirty years of age, about six feet tall, straight from shoulder to hip, slim, small - boned, wiry, weighing perhaps a hun- dred ar.d sixty pollees. His head was nobly formed and covered with an ex- traordinarily thick thatch of jet-black, wavy hair; bis eyes were very dark blue with heavy long lashes that caus- ed one to think, at first sight, that the young man had accumulated some soot i:: them, A slightly beaked Castilian nose arose out of a patrician coun- tenance, his teeth were even, white and well cared for. He was, decided- ly, an outdoor type of nan, tanned to a bricky brown. Also he was thirty days overdue on a haircut. Muriel noticed that he disposed of his soup without gustatory riot. When t e salad, which in the West is usually served after the soup, cane on, she noticed that Mr. ,iurney chose, with unerring precision, the salad fork; l.ence she made up her mind that the king had not erred socially by inviting' this wandering cowboy to dinner at his castle. "What a vast difference between grub and food," Mr. Burney sighed presently. "It is it hard two days' ride between your domain and Martin' Bruce's ranch, sir, end there are no en's enroute, Having left Mr. Bruee's employ very suddenly and in bad odor, I did not carry any sustena ce with me, so naturally my appetite is keener than usual." "Get fired?" His Majesty queried. "No, sir, Just quit" "At the start of the calf round -up? Must have had a fight with some- body." "I did, sir," "Who won?" "I did, sir." "Then," said the king, "you must have had a run-in wr,h Martin Bruce or his riding boss and quit to avoid being fired." "You are very astute, Your Royal Highness." "I told you not to call me such names," the king warned. "You told me not to allude to you as Your Majesty or king. I respected your wishes, But you are a prince to invite me to dinner and give lire a civilized room and bath for the night; hence I now addressed you according to your real rank." "I love that," Muriel cried. "The 1.ewspapers always refer to Dad as The Cattle King." "I don't like it," His Majesty growled. "You'll have to stand for it, darl- ing," his daughter assured him. "Go ahead, Mr, Burney. I like it." "Thank you, Princess." "Will you try some of these brand- ied peaches, Sir Knight?" "Ruhhishl" growled the king. "Now then, what did you and'that coyote, ISSUE No. 34—'30 Martin Bruce, quarrel abo- t, young man?" T wouldn't sell him my horse—and � he offered a whopping price for him, too A thousand dollar ". "I'll give you two thousand dollars for him." "Sorry, sir, Ho's not for sale,". "Two the -need dollars is a let of money for a cowboy, and I'll bet a , dollar eignr you haven't two dollars to your name." "I'll collect that eigar after dinner, lc our Highness. I have three dollars." "Well, at least yor and I pill not quarrel about the horse," the king re- torted smilingly, "although I did think I'd like to trade you out of him—forl my daughter. I watt a horse I can trust for her." "With your permission, sir, I shall be happy to present him to the lady) after the rodeo tomorrow, provided youwill pay the expressage on a duplicate of hint, now on pasture at the Santa Inez Rancho in California. His Majesty laid down his knife and fork and stared at Ken Burney. "You eckless improvident Hidalgo," he cried."Your friends will have to pass the hat if you're ever given a decent funeral." "Oh, say not so, Your Highness, Most gifts have a string to them and there's one attached to this one. In` return for my horse I charge you, sir, with the rospon ability of seeing to it that I 'am decenty interred; and I warn you that my funeral will be ex- pensive, because you'll have to ship m- back to Tres Pines, California, to lie with my ancestors, and, as you probably know, the railroad charges one full fare for a corpse and some- body has to accompany the body. Still, I'll not stick you too deeply. You may omit flowers" (To be continued.) What New- York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattsrn A charming mid -summer frock chooses flat washable crepe in sweet olive green shade. It's very simple and ever so smart, It's the slim silhouette that suits deb or matron. The shirring at center -front of the moulded bodice carries, out vertical line. It gives height to the figure, and creates a lovely softened effect. It is lengthened by a circular skirt with snug shaping through the hips. It is utterly chic. It depends en- tirely upon its lines for smartness. You'll adore it fashioned of peach shantung, marine blue linen with white polka -dots, reel and white printed batiste and cool green tones in cotton voile. Style No. 8033 collies in sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 8, 40 and 42 inches bust. It takes but 3% yards of 39 -inch material. ' HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number,. and address your order to Wili'on Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. "Yes, Archibald and I certainly pos- sess similar tastes!" exclaimed the adoring bride. "We are deeply inter- ested in the same things." "Yee," agreed Arehibalds' mothei'ln-law grim- ly, "you certainly are. You care more for Archie than any one-elSe in the world, and so does hel" Miss Curltngton aproached a famous horticulturist gushingly. "Tell me," she said, "the best way to distinguish the poisonous fungi from the edible." "Eat 'em!" was the curt reply, Economy Corner - Corn Chowder Fiy together pound salt pork and 1 onion, both sliced, Add 1 pint water, about 44 cups of cubed potatoes and 1 can corn. If the water ie .not sufficient- to ufficientto cover the, vegetables, add more. simmer until 'potatoes are done, then Add 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter, and pepper and salt to taste. Cooked Salad Dressing .One-half teaspoon mustard; -1ga tea- spoons salt, 11/2 teaspoons sugar, tae tablespoons flour, aft teaspoon paprika nixed together. Add 1 beatn egg and mix again. Then add 1 milk and 4 tablespoons vinegar' and cook in double" boiler until thick. Remove from fire, add 2 tablespoon$ shorten- ing and stir until melted. Honolulu Frozen Pudding Hall pound dates, 1 cup cocoanut (shredded), 1 cup raisins, "!s cup nut meats. Cut very line (chopped). Roll r lli 15 graham crackers with o ng Pin all er with cu milk 1 tea Stir together 1 p tea- spoon vanilla and little salt. Add lig pound eut up marshmallows and a jar of heavy cream whipped, and let stand in refrigerator tray at least one day or more before: serving. Porch Rolls _ c For Busters — Minard's Liniment, Small, round rolls, with the centres removed, brushed with melted. butter and filled with chicken or lobster sal- ad are always poPular`to serve in the summer porch from an, attractive sand- wich basket. Fried Scallops Clean 1 quart (2 pounds) scallops, parboil 1 minute, drain and dry be- tween towels. Season with salt and pepper. Dip in buttered crumbs, eggs and crumbs again. Fly In deep fat 2 minutes. Drain on brown paper, Serve at once. Lemon Cake Pie One cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, butter size of an egg, 2 yolks of eggs well beaten, pinch of salt, juice and rind of 1 lemon, 1 cup milk and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Mix in order given -put in pie shell and bake in slow oven about 30 minutes Meat Balls With :tomato One and one-half pounds round steak ground and 1 slice of salt pork ground with it, 2-3 cup of bread crumbs, 1 onion, ground; 1 beaten egg, salt and pepper to taste, ,A cup of milk, melted butter if desired, but not necessary, as salt pork is ample for fat, poultry sea- soning (may be omitted). Form into balls, put in casserole, pour a medium- sized can of tomatoes over balls and bake two hours in moderate oven. Sand De Luxe Cut as many rounds of white bread as you wish to serve. Exactly cover each round with a slice of ripe red tomato. Spread over with grated cheese and bake in the oven until the cheese has melted and browned. Serve hot, Savory Toast Beat 1 egg, add r/4 cup of mirk, dip slice of bread in mixture and place in greased frying or baking pan. Sprinkle each piece thickly with grated cheese and put a slice of bacon on top of each one. Bake inn moderate oven till bacon is crisp. Gingersnaps Two.thirds cup lard, Si cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup molasses, 1 tablespoon vine gar, 2 tablespoons cold water, 41/2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon soda, 1 tablespoon ginger. Cream lard and sugar, add beaten egg, then molasses, vinegar and water, then dry ingredients. Stir in all the flour if possible, if not, knead it in, These are best made wafer thin. Do not use too hot an oven, as they burn easily. Cinnamon Drops Mix 1 egg, 1e2 cup brown sugar, Si cup molasses and 2 teaspoons cinna- mon. Then add Iii cup melted butter, 2 teaspoons soda in 1,a cup boiling water, cup cut raisins and 11/2 cups flour. Beet thoroughly. Bake from 10 to 15 minutes. Loganberry Ginger Ale Boil 2/ cups water with three- fourths cup sugar for three minutes. 0001 and add one-half cup lemon juice and the contents of an eight -ounce can of loganberries. Ice well and just be- fore serving add a pint bottle of gin- ger ale. The Road to Kindness If I can make the path of one dumb creature A way of kindness and good cheer, If I can see that God's immortal glory Drew every living creature to Flim very near, If every move for those who suffer sorrow, Were aotuated by kind motives from above, And every deed of ours, however trif- ling, Were labelled by the golden rule of love, If all Life's bitter gall and .all its ran- cor, Were buried in a sea of kindness rare, And all the trials of our progress, in the future, Were entrusted to the Master's kind and loving care, If every nation held aloft the flag of kindness, So man, dumb beast could see and un- derstand, There'd be a world, indeed, we could rejoice in And know, at last, the kindly human- ness of Man: —Mary C. 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The. man of to -morrow, we are told, may have the power not only of fashioning the race, but of controlling its destiny, • and purpose in life. , the, uman progress vista of h p To this ti a biologists at the Long Island labora- tory are making contributions with a series of experiments of far-reaching import, A team of:four scientists has already discovered a new hormone or extract of internal glands which, It is hoped, will promote prenatal health and play an important part in the well- -being of 'the mother. Besides rte tests with the newly dis- covered hormone, the Long Island la- boratory is conducting research in at least four other vital 'fields, which max eventually yield results of even great er value to mankind. A possible clue to the mystery of - life and death is seenan the study be- ing made by Dr. W. W, Swingle and Dr. J. T. Pfiffner whose research has already indicated that it is possible - to obtain an active extract from the adrenal gland which -will maintain life with the gland removed. The scient- ists bave been working for more than seven years to discover which organ or bodily function depends on this, gland for the maintenance of life. "We have succeeded already in ob- taining a water-soluble extract of the adrenal cortex that is effective in: re- storing full vigor and health within an hour of expected death in tests with certain animals," Dr. Swingle explain-. ed. "Cats which were about to sink into the final coma quickly regained. full muscular activity when treated. with the extract and shortly afterward , got back their appetites, They ate • heartily, gained weight rapidly and lived the normal life of cats which had not been deprived of their adrenal glands, "Tins we have been able to prevent death and permit the cats to live nor- mal lives without this highly essen tial gland. However, we are still with- out knowledge of how the gland tune. tions." X -Ray Explanation Sought Under the leadership of Dr. Hugo Fricke, formerly director of the De- partment of Bio -Physics of the Cleve- land Clinic, the Biological Laboratory bas undertaken two un.sual studies with the aim of finding solutions to two vital riddles. The first, a research b of br C i a new a li in oro•h s es p Y science, has as its purpose the discov- ery of the chemical change that takes place in tissues as a result of_expos- ure to treatment by X-rays. This, if successful, would give us for the first time the answer to the - questions: Just what is the X-ray? What are its properties? How does it work? Almost continually there takes place in the cells of the body some form of electrical transformation, and any ac- curate information that can be attain- ed regarding ttie life of cells with re- spect to electricity is certain to be of unusual importance. Practically noth— ing is known about ibis subject as yet,. but the bio -physical laboratory at Cold Springs Harbor is searching for the facts. Dr, William Salant is conducting • still another research which he hopes will reveal the effect of diet and other factors in modifying the action of , drugs. A number of things such as the composition of blood, influence and regulate the effect of thugs to a mark - ea „degree. Dr. Salant's work is con- cerned with some of those regulating factors, such as the amount of calcium in the blood and in the diet.. Since different persons are affected differ- ently by drugs, for reasons of physical condition and environment, Dr. Salant Mapes that his study, if it succeeds, will enable medicine to wont on a sounder basis in the ministration of drugs. —yo Worth Trying Copenhagen.—A Danish gardener' has found that vegetable marrows, so relished in England and on the Conti- nent, will climb as well as creep, over a trellis of fairly large mesh netting - placed erose to a wall or fence, at an angle of about 60 deg. With a little training the plants can be successfully twined through the meshes. By adopt- ing this method it was found that the fruit was not soiled nor had it rotted through wet weather. It might be necessary to make a basket of raffia to bold the largest frttit when very heavy. Three Things At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment._Terence. Nations will not cease dreaming of wars until they cease, sleeping on their arms.