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The Seaforth News, 1930-10-09, Page 2The gringo Privateer By PETER B. KYNE ty years on El R'anchito; It hasn't been an easy job "Well, itdoes seem tocarry. a lot more, worries lately, bees" "That's beeause you're not so young ;es you. used to be, and managing El Ranchito is developing intq' a young man's job. Art, you've got a wife and four ehildr'en, and it 4sn't to be pre sunied that you, cage to take the cl-ances you used to grapple with as a single, man. Kind of lonely here on El Ranchito,: too," the ]ting went on musingly. You're children are get - SYNOPSIS. i ney vaulted into the saddle,. Instantly t:,rb.e high q:hn,l age and there isn't Kenneth Harriet_ ndv tl'-''.e'. ;, y one- I tht Windfall .yfag hnth,h.,,w,, anti,th?• ei high school in Note country. ee:•fe to Ill edict' kinlx• 04 My esenle eoom tassels a. _ ,. time gentlemans i tyow Wild on. Across the nein the out- law bucked madly, but' the rider stay- ed, his right hand uplifted, his legs scratching three times forward and three times at.- Suddenly the horse ehanged his tactics end leaped side- ways at least a dozen feet. That trick had never;failed him previously, but strangely his ride). swayed with hien and stuck. Promptly Geronimo tried sunfishing. Still pitching, he metamorphosed him- self into an equine pin -wheel. Eut still his rider stuck—and suddenly, in rage and chagrin, Geronimo squealed --and commenced running, with only an oc- casional pitch—and the king nodded to Art Graydon,'who fined his six- shooter. Instantly the hazers, who had been following the outlaw, ranged it alongside of him and picked him tip. Ken Burney slipped rrom Gero- nimo's back to a seat behind the sad- dle of the near hazer and thence to the ground, where he stood "or a mo- ment weaving on his feet, slumped to his hands and knees, remained there a few seconds and ti.en pitched for- ward on his face. But nobody pt.id any attention to him and in about three. minutes he rose, stripped his saddle off Geronimo and started wearily to retire. But a shout. from the king halted him; the kingly command to approach was evidenced by aperemp- tory aim signal. With his saddle in hand Burney re- ported. "Son,' said the king, "you're a young devil, 'I never did see the beat of you. I ;ave ycu sixty seconds or that horse ant. ten would have been a passing mark," ' ileg line had 4 fight- Tiith Martin Bruce, a rivet cattle droner who has been Stelling tllila$lltlf fs stock aided by Miguel 1 oa a TVtexiean bandit, The king, Gk leg liking lob etting tyle,ca le-trierscks, th. lob oil getting. the .cattle -thieves. Burney accepts though he knows it means fight to the death. He meets MuriMuriel, who ilsimore beautiful nto ested than cares to admit, tries to p -suade her father- not to let Burney tackle the cattle thieves,. The king ecides to test Bu,r- atmo the toughest e making oiim ride n the ranch, CHAPTER VIII,—(Clent'd.) Breakfast was prolonged two hours that morning, in cede. to accommodate a dozen or more riders who drifted in from neighboring ranches with their bucking horses. From the bench in front of the bunkhouse where he sat smoking, Ken Burney observed a dozen automobiles arrive and deposit their passenger* in front of the king's house, and presently the king and the princess appeared, leading th.i' piens down to some raised benches set out under a -cringe of box elders on the edge of the field whee:the rodeo was to be l eld. A stout fence protected them from injury in the event that a wild horse or steer should attempt to stampede in among them. CHAPTER IX, To Burney presently came. Art. Graydon. "Thu king says him an his l,ucsts will be honored if you start the fireworks on Geronimo," he an- nounced solemnly, "The 'king hath spoken," the victim remarked blithely. He picked up his saddle and walker out ort the field where two cowboys were holding a big black gelding. Ile sighed. He had never known a good bucker that wasn't a black or i bay. vs he ap- proached a meuntecd man rode uo, drew Geronimo's head across his mount's neck, and seized the outlaw by the ears, while another man blind- folded him. The 'orse submitted to saddling without unusual protest, and when he was ready to be mounted, Ken Burney turned to Art Graydon in- quiringly. "You rine him with the headstall an' halter shank," that grim individu- al informed him. One arm free an' raised above your head at all times an' if you pull Ills ea down so he can't buck proper you'll be disqualified. You scratch him forward on the first three jumps an' rearwatd on the neat three; you don't claw leather an' you stay with him until the gun goes off an' the }azers pick hint up." "Association rules, I know there backward. By the way, does His Ma- jesty offer a prize for this?" "Sure does, Smokey, Nothin' cheap .,bout the big hose on the Fourth o' July. A hundred dollars special if you win, nothing if you lose—an' you pay Y os our own hospital bill, if any." P "A hundred dollars special prize, eh? Well, Mr. Graydon, you trot over, please, and tell the king I'm riding special --an exhibition ride for the sport of kings and rot in open com- petition, Say to him, please, that if 1 win Idesirethe prizeto go into the pot as added money in the bucking, contests to follow, Tell him the mail- order cowboy is quite content to ride for a joh," Art Graydon immediately rode to the kings bench and delivered the message. "There's a true blue sport for you," Muriel Bardin cried, and applauded. But the king wrinkled his nose. "Grandstander playing to the gallery," he sneered. "He's pretty well convinced he'll be thrown, so he's saving his face and making a big I Am of himself. I don't like his meth - ode," "How ungenerous of you, Dad," the girl charged. "You know very well Geronimo has neves been ridden. Bet Yhundred claim's you a lei 'my s unknown knight rides hint to ti bawling n finish. "Taken," said the king. Then Art Graydon blew a whistle and Ken Bur - The tingling taste of fresh mint leaves is a real treat for your sweet tooth. RIGLEYS Affords people everywhere great comfort and long lasting enjoyment.. Nothing else gives so much bene- fit at so small a coot. it is a wonderful help in work and play <- keeps you cool, calm and contented. ADDS A ZEST Cites "Art, I'm going to divorce you from hard work and worry, You're assist- ant to the president of the Bardin Land and Cattle Company, which means that I'm going to shove half my job on to you. You'll reside in San Francisco and your job will be to drift =wad among the Bardin ranches, keepin tench with what they're doing, do some cattle buying, attend to the land leases, make land appraisals -oh, there are any DM` bar of important jobs for you to do. - Still, I want you to take it easy.; Executives should let the other fellow do the hard work. Pack up as soon es you can and drag yourself and famL;, out of here—at the'Bardiit expense," (To be contineed.)- What New York ns Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated DresemaMng Lesson b'ur- nished With Eeern, Pattern "Yes, it was fifty seconds too long,. air. You embaerassed the horse and me. "A bit dirty of me, Iadmit. But you're: on the payroll. Art Graydon has been over asking for you," "I thanl Your Majesty." His Majesty glowered an.i would, in all probability, have scolded him ft; employing the kingly form of ad- dress had not Muriel interrupted. "Why didn't you remain for break- fast, M.. Burney?" she demanded, "If you will ask yet r father that question, Miss Muriel, he will answer it correctly," he replied "And, by the way, Mr. Graydon has changed my n, me. Hereafter I ant to be known as Smo]tey. " He doffed his sobrero end turned away_ "See what you've done to him," the girl charged the king quaveringly, "He's bleeding from each nostril and each corner of his mouth." "So I observed," His Majesty re- plied carelessly. "These rough-riders get more or less shaken up on occa- sion, but they get over it" His hand closed over his daughter's. "Honey, I've been a Long time looking for that rutin," he whispered. "How badly I reed men who aren't afraid to bleed in my service) An exhibition ride, eh? And he declin'd the hundred - dollar prize—with sbree dollars in his pocket. Something magnificent about that young man" "I'nt sorry for him, Dad," said Mur- iel. "There's something pathetic about him, with all his bravado." "Gentlemen down un their luck are always more or less pathetic," he re- minded her. The rodeo dragged on. At twelve - thirty the barbecue was served and Muriel sate her knight squattd on his heels on the outer fringe of the bar- becue ground, gnawing industriously at a fat rib of beef. When her sympa- thetic nature suggested to her that she approach hien and make polite in- quiry as to his possible internal in- juries, he rose and walked away to join a group of other riders, and her father, noting this, grinned malicious- ly at h:r, His name is Smokey now," he reminded her, u IIest,t o o fY our social circle c now,my , dear, and, con- sequently, out of your life." She bit her lip and favored him with a glance of profound irritation, whereat he laughed, for well did he love a kingly jest. In the aftrnoon, on his horse Rowdy, Ken Burney roped and tied a calf in sixteen and a quarter seconds and won first prize. Then he gave an exhibi- tion of fancy roping and tries riding that won the plaudits of guests and competitors alike. And when the rodeo was over he found a vacant bed in the bunkhouse and r etired, eupperiess, to collect his badly scattered internal economy and be prepared, at least, to eimnlate earning his wages text day. After dinner that night the king sent for Art Graydon to report at his castle. "Well, Art,' he began with- out any verbal fencing, "what do you. thi kk that dude cowboy, Sniokey?" make it top -hand, sir." "What have the men got to say about hint?" "He's won their respect by prov- ing he knows his business, and they like him because they suspected he'ct be a bit 'on the high an' nighty, an_ he ain't." "That's good. Art, how old are yet?" "Fiftiasix," "You ve been with the Bardin Land and Cattle Company since you were sixteen and you've spent the last twen- ISSUE No. 39—'30 1675 It would. more ul be difficult to fur de simple model to make, yet at the same time one that would be so utterly chic. The Bowl neckline is particularly flattering, The butcher cuffs are startlingly new. The pointed hip treatment has a very slenderizing effect. Carry it out in black canton crepe with white crepe contrast and you will have the latest Paris has to offer for smart day wear. Bottle green flat crepe or svoo1 crepe is very chic. Crepe satin, transparent velvet and ,repe matocain might also be used for more formal wear. Style No, 2675 may be had in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust, Size 36 requires 3% yards 89 -inch material with i yard 36 -inch con- trasting. 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Ottawa will get the first complete details of what:was found en the ice - hefted coast along which the Franklin expedition wandered after spending two years on ships imprisoned in the ice, Major Burwash stated, The- ex - Pierer told, however, that frequent evidences of Franklin's camp were found: "Some of them were twentyjpetizing. It is important .that o ly miles apart,' he said; "some of them fresh, sound mushrooms should be Test must be fresh-- SA]LADA Commerce Cheats is guaranteed to be fresh TEA 'Fresh from the gardens' 725 Do Booksellers Read'Books? 1' tT to ales oke 1 y � a bo Dont Forget at • Although- mo 9 keep in touch with as many of the t theycane, i .g r On�B•published as � h obooksubl sh new' p .11s impossible for them to read the When mushrooms are plentiful and 13,000 ppbhleatfons, including reprints, cheap,' take advantage of them, for which come into the market every they are very nutritious and most p- year, - were almost side by side. Making a pilgrimage in the interests of science, Major Burwash followed again that trail down which a strag- gling procession. of British seamen tumbledto their deaths in 1847. The Major was taken in to. the island, most grim and lonely of the northern Arc- tic' islands, by an aeroplane piloted by W. E. Gilbert of the Western Canada Airways. Exploration de Luxe In contrast to the road of death along which the membesr of the naval expedition fell out one by one as cold and hunger chilled their hearts, the Major and his pilot lived in compara- tive luxury. "We load fresh grapefruit for break- fast every morning of the whole trip," said Major Burwash,' who looks more like a- successful business man than a man who has ventured to the ends of the earth in an aeroplane to solve a secret nearly a century old. "It was not canned grapefruit," he insist- ed, "but strictly fresh stuff, although we had canned grapefruit along." Nor did the party'need to hunt game or catch fish, for the larder of the big Fokker plane was well stocked. Engine trouble developed and delay- ed tho first departure of the explorer's aeroplane. It was scheduled to leave Coronation Gulf on August 19, but did not actually get away until one week later August 26. Another plane was brought in, and it headed for Gjoshaven,. from Bern- ard Harbor. The distance of 600 miles was covered in one day. Gjoshaven, on the shore of Xing William's Land, was free of ice and was at one time a wintor camp of Amundsen, It is now a Hudson's Bay Company post. ' The latest thing in men's clothing is wifle's pilfering mitt" __.-- -0 Minard's Liniment aids tired feet. used. And remember—the usual tests, by peeling, putting a snecers spoon in thep an and so on, are faluelese so far as at least one poisonous fungus 'is concerned. Stowed, mushrooms are very good, either for lunch or supper. Melt some butter in a stewpan,' mit in mush- rooms, aoason' well with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cook for about' twenty minutes with the lid on, toss- ing the mushrooms now and then. Make a white sauce thus: To a'ptnt of milk allow two ounces of flour, one ounce of butter. Beat the flour and butter to a paste in a pan over a low gas. Add gradually one pint of milk, pepper and salt. Stir 'over gas for a few minutes. Add sauce to the mush- rooms, see they are well flavored, and serve very hot. An Unusual Stuffing. Fried in the usual way In bacon fat or grilled with bacon tor -breakfast, they make a very good change, If you grill them, soak first for about twenty minutes in oil, drain, and do not forget the seasoning. Try mush- rooms on toast. Melt some butter in a pan, add mushrooms, cut up in small Pieces, cook for about fifteen to twenty minutes, season to, taste, add lemon Juice, make toast, and serve. Mushroom forcement for stuffing veal or bails for soup are excellent, and some of this may be put in the boiled fowl for stuffing. To make this, Put butter in saucepan and cook mush - rosin's in it for about ten minutes, Season and drain off fat. Have some breadcrumbs ready (two ounces of the crumbs to two ounces of mushrooms), mix together, add some of the fat in which they were cooked, bind with Yolk of egg, season again (a pinch of cayenne is good), make into balls, and use as desired. "Safety First!" Lastly, why not mushroom sauce? With fish it is a change. Simmer cut- up mushrooms' for a' few minutes in milk andthen drain them. Make white sauce as above, using liquid from the .simmered mushrooms in- stead of plain milk. Season well, add mushrooms, and serve. Mushroom gatherers' should exer- cise great care in their gathering. One never to gather of thesof t rules is ev es s a fungus which does not grow in open pasture. Mushrooms, as a rule, do not grow in woods, near trees, or in wet or.bog- gy places. The mushroom may be easily detected by its pinkish gills— if the gills are pure white, you may be sure it isn't' a mushroom—and mush- rooms are usually small, the maximum diameter of their caps being live inches. Toadstools may grow to alarm- ing sizes and usually bave hollow steins. But where there is any doubt what- ever, there is only one sate rule. Don't risk it—there have been a number fo deaths through eating what were believed to be mushrooms. So, unless you can consult "an expert, and Ise says they ai'e safe, leave the sup- posed "mushrooms" severely alone! Over Magnetic Pole Northward, then across Ross Strait, the blue and yellow plan swung, over a stretch of sea covered with floating ice floes, where a landing would have been impossible. Then they swung over the magnetic pole at Boothia Land, where the compass jammed as they passed "over the top of the world." Major Burwash Is familiar with the terrain in that vicinity, having explor- ed ng ed it earl last spring. The present trip was made for the purpose of getting aerial photographs of that re- gion. Felix Cape, back of King William's Land, was the next place visited by the plane, the most northerly point on the ice -land that became the tomb of the British sailors. From there they headed south and west, flying at 100 miles an hour over the shore line along which the sailors had stumbled. The ill-fated members of the Frank- lin expedition eight decades ago be- lieved they were on the north shore of Canada, when in reality they were marooned on the rocky stretches of Xing William Island. This newest theory on the fate which overtook 129 men in the frozen barrens is believed to have been established by Major Burwash. Fragments of Ship St, John's, Nfld.—The finding of Sir John eileved to be of framentsb g Franklin's ship, the Erebus,and the discovery of several smabL.islands in the region of the magnetic pole were described on arrival here on the I3nd- son's Bay Company steamer Fort James, after two years In the Arctic. Sailing from this port on July 26, 1028,. the Fort James called at Port Burpel, where sealskins for clothing,. dogs, and other winter supplies were taken aboard, Winter quarters were established at, Oscar Bay, and from this point Captain Bush and a con panion set out by motor boat for Got- haven in an attempt to locate the wreck of the Erebus. Only a few fragments were found. He was moody and glum after the dance, and his friend could hardly get a word out of him. "What's the matter?" he asked. "Didn't yon get on well with the girl I introduced you to?" 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The animals which. inhabit our skeleton sponge, and' which are almost at the bottom of the zoological ladder (for they come un- der the head of photozoa), take the• form of a jelly-like mass, which sepal•• ates itself from the,ahell or skeleton lis d t e02 the. he to waterwhen taloned sponge squeezedis, writesouthe con trihutor of this article.in'the London.. Evening Standard - Two Thousand Kinds, , When we' say "spoiler "'we are in-•' clined to tliinle of the familiar article• used for the toilet and the bath, As a. matter of fact, there are about 2,000 different kinds of sponges, and they vary considerably in size, from a pin's. head to masses several feet in height.. Tbey are of various shapes and colors,. and even the so-called bath variety, varies considerably in.,.qualitY. While sponges are to be found all over the world in every •seri, theye nevertheless develop better and repro• duce more freely in some beds than. in others. Until a few decades' ago they were regarded by the old naturalists as peculiar to the waters of the Medi- terranean. Then, as the outcome et au accident, it was discovered that Me valuable substance was common on the reef betweeq Florida and the. Bahamas. The result was the estab- lishlnent of a sponge industry in these - islands which bids fair to rival that. ofthe Mediterranean. The spongy skeleton adheres very - firmly to the sea bottom or the -rocks on which it grows, and how to obtain. it uninjured is a very serious problem„ which the fishermen have endeavored to solve in various ways; by diving,, by dredging, and by harpooning or - hooking. Tile first method is the old est, and it has beenpractised round about the Greek Islands, Sicily, the Levant, and north of Africa for ages. Ready to Hand 46,1011 44(0 Mit Alar No man of good appearance goes out 'without a collas.... nor ' does he go about with dusty, unpolished shoes... kersonal pride suggests a frequent `Nugget" shine to keep .the shoes smartly presentableandwater- proof. $-II0E POLISH (iC NUGfiu TIN 'OpeiN4 With a latch In the Bahamas, however, the sponges are so close to the surface and so ..plentiful that they are secured by hooking. A kind of hooked harpoon is used, resembling in design a three -- pronged rake. The scene of the fish- ery ishery is a reef of coral islands stretching from the coast of Florida to the Baha- mas, and known as the Florida Keys. Every week a fleet of schooner -rig- ged boats, of any size up to 25 tons, sets off from the shores oY a few of the islands, each carrying several two men dinghies or dories, like those• need by the Newfoundland cod -fish- eries„ and manned largely by negroes. While the ship lies at anchor the lit- tle boats pull about over the reefs, the sponge -hooker lying over either stern or bows, and snatching at everything that looks promising, The Sponges. are first rinsed and squeezed until. every particle of gelatinous animal matter has heen got rid of. TheyeY are. air for exposed to the a a day Yr 0 two, after which they are thrownInto a "crawl," a crude wooden tank of water, and left to clean themselves. Here they remain for about a week,. when they are taken out and trodden vigorously by bare -Booted mon till the Y' are once more squeezed ,as dry as pos sibie, Finally they are hung out to• dry, and then they pass to the ware- house, where they are sorted accord- ing to size and quality and sent but in- to commerce. THE SWALLOWS' PASSING high over the hilltops southward winging I watched some swallows .go Yes terday; What is the message their flight Is. bringing To those they pass on their onward-. way. This is the message each bird wilt carry, "Springtime and Surpmer have once. more :passed; And Autumn now has not long to tarry, So we hasten away from the wintry, blast. "For He who made us bends down. from Heaven, And tells us the time we should take our flight: • So we look for the tokens sokindly.. given, Then go for we know that He tells us right." " Ail! little bird, on your swift wing fly ing, You do not question your Maker'& plan, You know that His ways are all satis- fying And try to keep them the best you can. in Tho Humane Pleader. "Ah," said the tourist, tentatively, "you must have had many exciting adventures during your forty years at sea." "No; nothing' to talk of, sir, replied the old salt' "You see, I was never one to go roving on shore like other ohaps-1 always stuck to the IND."