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The Seaforth News, 1930-12-25, Page 2. - The Gringo Privatcti defence, My plans do not call fWork as coarse as that." What New , York or s morrow—" earing "But you're going down there to- I "And Pm goine arm ie. It I'm at a. tacked that part of M .e will date BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON history 0 from the moment I'm fired upon. 1 want to earn the fee you /leustrated Dressoialcing Lesson Psi - promised me. I've just got to have it." nielsed• With Beim/ Pattem By PETER B. KYNE "Because I want to get married and aettle down." "Settle down where, you young -- --- -- - idiot'?" roared the king. ment and the princess knew it. "I-- "On my father's ranch at Tres Pin - 1 suppose 1'11 have to apologize to es, California. • him," she suggested. "I wonder if. "Got the young lady picked out al - he'll forgive me?" ready, Ken?" "Undoubtedly," boomed His Majesty , "Yes, sir. I've had her pioked out , and immediately repaired to :.le ver- for more than a year. My reduced eir- . anda, where the spaamnu odie geine:a cumstaecee have, of coulee,inhibited I of his somewhat plump abdomen would my plans." not indicate to his daughter the mirth (To be continued.) SYNOPSIS. • • ifenneth Burney, adventurer and one- time. gentleman, comes to Bradley Bar - din, Mpg. of the cattle country, for a 'ob. Bard!» employe him on condition that Burney rids him Q Martin Bruce, rival cattle owner and thief. and Mig ,e1 Gal - /egos, a Mexican bandit. Monet Bar7fln heoontes interested in BurneY.....nruce lute sworn to kill Burney, who has made Ar2- parations to leave for El -Caion Bonita where the rustlers have hese operating. shoOt it out CHAPTER XXII that clamored for expression. In e few mbeates Muriel joined him. "He'll not come," she informed the The day previous the king, having ' king. ''He. says he's liable to be killed b,en informed by Berney his 000_1 tomorrow so he must make his will tonight and write some letters.".. eemelated departure for El Cajon Bon- "Yoa apologized, of course?" ta next morning, casually relayed the nto r= tion to his daughter. 'He had "No, I did not. I thought Le'd me- derstand when I telephoned him an thirty-two trained fighting men, eludiag the range boss and thcook,"vitatiois ••to dinner, that.that consti- e His Majesty added parenthetically, tined an apology." "so it appears to be that at last I'm "What did he say?" "He going to get hie calves in El Cajon was brutel. He told me sweet - Bonita branded before Gallegos runs ly that he aceepted my apology. I Martin Bruce's iron on them. Next to getting rid et• aallegos and Bruce, the branding of those calves in defiance of those two crooks will nark a dis- tinct mils -post n the march of .pro- ettess in the effete: of El Ranchito." The princess gazed at him wide- eyed. "Do you think he'll really have to fight foe the privilege f branding tt ose calves, Dad?" she queried inter- estedly "1 do—and so does Burney. Calle- ens has to make good or lose the game he's playing with ?rice, and, natai- ally, he'll feel much more cheerful over a fight on Mextean soil than we will, being foreignere." "Gallegos will ttack alr. Burney, Dad?" "aeleiturally. Burney may not ettaelt him, althtugh ried like to in order le gain the advantage of surpiise and initiative. The offensive often wins, the defensive seilem. Burney is fore - eel by circumstances to take the lefen- sive be f use, in the event of interna- tional cemplica ons later, that wia give nim a leg to stand on. Gallegos is a bandit and Burner can plead that he and his men merely defended them- selves against the eatlaw." "Is semebody likely to he lined?" "Oh, there will be casualties, of cense. However, I have purthased ten -thousand -dollar accident policies for every man AU that branding party. Thus the dead nd wounded will be eared for, while those who survive the fight uninjured will receive a bonus of a hundred dollars." ee "You buy men's lives rather eher.r.- e• ly," his daughter told him with with- ering eeorn. "Not at all," the king corrected her. "I can hire eny number of 'killers fox a single profeseional engagement for fifty dollars However," he added with self-conscious rectitude, "it has always been my policy to hire good men and pay them well for goad work." "But euppose Ken Burney sheold he killed?" "His father will celled an accident • insurance policy of ten thousand dol- lars and I'll ship the body home to Tres Pines, Caliaornia—sans flowers." "Marvelous. Suppoee.n'.he con- trary, Ken.13erney eheld be :rippled • ----+oaNtertlrfiV "The accident insaraace pelley • makes provision for partial or com- plete disability. Of course, if he kills Bruee and Gall. gos and becomes per- manently disabled, he'll have bis ra- ther's ranch stoeked for him on long- time payments. He'd probably get by, even as a cripple. On the other hand, if he f ails in his mission and betomes totally disabled also, that would be just too bad." IF (With apologies to Rudyard Kipling) If yon can rise at five, while all the • family Sleep stveetly on, and leave it all to • you, And still can radiate a cheerful pa- • tience, Nor call themetill you'ee made their breakfast too; If yomean wait for them still sweetly loathe him." - "Well, honey, i goons he understood Nor worry, if the fool they criticize, pill all right. Still I fail to see where Or hot and tired, don't give way to yon have any kick coming. You ex- frowning peeted him to undert tend that your Because the bread you've set has levitation was tantamount to an failed to rise. apology, he so Understood it ard, eeal- If you can work and 'not make work izing you would want sume slig it hint your master, that he understood, the boy was decent Still oheaisia .dreams and always play enougb to give it tee you. Aad now the 'game, you loathe him for ita' His Majesty If you can see your menfolk scatter shook his head sadly. "Women cer- ashes, tainly beat my time." And sweep them up, nor speak one Suddenly he turned. half angrily, word of blame. upon his daugnter. "What do you If you can bear to see the floors you've mean by displaying srch a warm pee- polished, sonal interest 'n niy genera' man- Tracked up by muddy shoes an ears - agar?" he demanded. "Officially, you're not supposed' to know he exists. Seems to me you're in grave danger of stepping out of your social class Now, you listen to your old man, because he's got something mighty pointed to say to you. Ken Burney bas knocked you clear off the Christmas tree. Killer, cowboy, or cavalier, you're for him al] the way, and it's got to stop. Yon get him out of your head, my dear. Kid yourself all you want to, but never try re kid your old man. Forget Ken Burney. This is an order and I expect you to obey it.' "Yeu're hotrible," the girl charged with spirit. "As a father you're get- ting to be thoroughly imposeible. Do you realize that th only thing about Mr. Burney that renders him obnoxi- ous is the result of your acheming, your eapaeity, your heartlessness?" "1 admit he's got his fire points, but —he won't do for a son-in-law." "Suppose," the girl queried with quiet fry. "he should surprise you some day by asking Inc to Marry hint?' "I'd hire him killed," the king ra- plied without hesitation. The princess leveled an acem-ing finger at her sire. "What you don'e know about cows just isn't worth knowing, Dad," she charged, and, strangely, her nomentary anger had evaporated "but what you don't know abet some other things would fill a beak. Now you listen to me, old- timer. Some day Ken Bueney's going to milt me to marry him, and when he does, provided his hands are not stained with human eiloodorm going to accept him and marry him and not even invite on to give the bride away," "You do that," her father replied coldly end elowly, "and you'll certain- ly take a course in being a cowboy's wife. 111 disinherit you.' "I don't believe. you will. but if you should insist upon it, you'll certainly have a grand excuse for doing it, Dad." She was flesh of his flesh, blood of Ins blood, bone of his bone, and he knew she meant it. "Well," he retort - "Oh, would it? Well you could pen- s:on him, couldn't you:" "Of course not:* °why ee "Because he wanhl not accept it and 1 wouldn't insult him by suggesting it. Men in his line of ',easiness realize the chances they take and they never whine or whimper when their luck fails to hold. They neither ask nor ex- peet favors or bonuses for halfway jobs." "When is Mr. Burney leaving for El Cajon Bonita?" The king thought he detected a slight difficulty in his daeghter's speech, but elected not to 'comment on his discovery. "Tomorrow after luncheon," he re- plied. "Well," the princess pursued thoughtfully, "in view of the fad that he's your general manager, it would be no more than decent of you to in- vite him up for dinner tonight." "But, my dear, aren't you in charge f the social department of the coni - "1 can't invite him :op," the girl faltered. "I insulted him the last time he called to see you. You'll have to invite him up, Dal..." • 9 hate to commit a social error," the king protested. "Anyhow, why do have to invkte him up? Ile doesn't eet it of me. He's just one of my d Men, And why should I Pigt hie al 1.0 accept—for a very sound i? Pa love to have him up, of but wny trample on the man's unanswerable argue less feet, Or see your brieea-bac and china And yet, when asked forgiveness, can be sweet. If you can hang your line with all your ' washing, And then go otit and find it in the dirt, And do it once MOM, as in the begin- ning, And do not look too Eno or feel too hurt; Who waste your time, nor soon away are gone, And hurry to replace those idle mo-, ments, And so from morn till eve keep brave - ed, "we'll epees that bridge when eve come to it." His bluff had failed. A little later lie strolled down to the ranch office and found Ken Burney slowly pecking out 2 letter on the typewriter. The king handed his new general manager one of his famous cigars, and sat down. "I've been thinking this El Canjon Bonita deal over Mr. Burney," he be - gem in a most pthere.al tone, "and I've come to the eonelusion That the game isn't worth the candle, I can't risk sacrificing your life and the lives of my cowboys. My conscience would trouble me for the remainder of my days. So forget this El Cajon Bonita snarl and Martin Bruce and Miguel Gallegos." "It's too late to give up the enter- prise now, sir." "The devil it is. Young man, it', never too late to obey an order of mine. I forbid the expedition." "But you entered into a verbal con- tract with me. 1 agreed, in good faith, to eliminate your enemies and for tho same you agreed to certain covenants." "Yes, 1 know e did," the king inter- rupted, "and don't you go hinting that Pm running out on my contract. I'll perform as I said, I would, but you forget your end of the deal." Ken Burney sat back and stared at his boss. "Will Your Majesty, in words of one syllable, kindly explain what the devil has run up his back?" • "It's Muriel. She's raising such a riot with me about suborning murder, etcetera, that I'm in danger of getting in danger with my own daughter," "Take it from nae, boss, that I'm not going to get killed nor tun I, person- ally, going to kill anybody save in se1f. If you can wait on crowds and keep Your temper, And do not feel too cross. or look too glum, If you can hurry When your feet are • Yet do not rave too mueh, nor keep too murn; If you can fill each unreturaing mo- ment, With sixty seconds 'worth of busy fife, Yours is a sweet and generous dis- position, And—what is more you'll make a farmer's wife. —Recited by Mrs. A. R. Gray, at Mani- toba Co-operative School -- ."The Scoop Shovel." When the Worse Come to the Worst —The little boy was gazing pensively at a gooseberry -Mash. "What's the matter, darling?" asked his' mother. "Have gooseberries any legs, moth- er?" asked the little chap. "No dar- ling, of course they haven't," said his mother. The boy's look became more pensive than ever. "Then I guess I must have swallowed a caterpillar," he said. —"Tit -Bits" "I saw you in the theatre yesterday. Was that your wife you had with you?" "Of course it was, you suspi- cious beast. But do me a favor and don't tell her so." Here A c arma, wasrabie 1 rock of crepy woolen in dark green ground. It will give young daughter a big thrill to make it, for it isn't half as intricate as it appears. It is a straight one-piece affair lengthened with a circular flounce. The light green faille crepe frill at tbe neckline d of sleeves nay be bought all pleated by the yard. It matches the color of the design of the fabric. The belt is adjrstible and marks the • l wnistline. Style No. 2548 may be had in sizes 12, 14, 1u, 18 and 20 years, The le - year size talkee bet 31/ yards of 39 - inch material with 1,/..t yards of 8 - inch pleating. Rust shade canton crepe is attrac- tive with light tan or self-fabrie .feilling. Bordeaux red lightweight tweed is -smart with white crepe de chine. For "best" Week transparent velvet is enchantingly lovely with ecru lace. 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 Wilson Pattern Service, 73 VcrestAdelaide St., Toronto. weary, Salada Orange Pekoe Blend gives greatest satisftion • ORANGE • •• . .) PEKOE BLI.ND 1 Few Men 4t yAod Life As Writ -ns Almost Every Proiess4OU 14ed It's Unsung YouthfUl Genius Few men who have -made named' for themselves in literature etarted, lile as writera. ailaek Twain, in his early days, was a compositor, and he 1411A began to "set type" at the age ot thirteen. Dickens Started life as a "bottle boy" in a shoe -blacking fag tory, and then became a clerk in lawyer'e ofilee, in Gray's Inn. Bre Harte, after trying his hick as a gol rather, accepted the post of meesen er on the Wells Fargo Extreme. Arctic Tern and Humming tird rr *rid93 Greatest Fhers 11. G. Wells was a draper's at A tent before liebecame a science ea 'Fresh bean the gardens° 751 Philadelphia.—Imagiee beingable to travel 22,000 miles a year, 'follow- ing the climate' you liked the best, and beteg tentlrel independent of trains, automobiles, boats or even airplanes. That is what the aretic teen, a species of sect gull, does, Winging its way from the' steetie to the artiaretic, a distance of 11,000 miles, twice a year Andim- aginee being able to plot .this journey straight theough from pole to pole without aid of gompass or map. Yet, 'according to .Charles P. Schoffaer, author ot "Thb Bird Book," and asso- clate editor of the Farm Somata', one of these garde terns, taken from its • nest and liberated in mid -ocean, was again. "The'find its way back to its home "The tiny humming bird," said Mr. Schoffner, "Maintaining the balance of its butterfly -size bodyby such rapid beating of its wings that they give the same blurred effect as the revolving airplane propeller, travels across con - Greve: If somebody were to leave you a fortune in Europe, bow would You get it over? Wise; I can't say off hand, rd have to think it over. Minard's Liniment for Frost Bite. Canadian T berculosis Association Continues To Wage Violent Fight tinent and ocean to winter in South America.' a. "Biresoare the nature) enemies of insects," Mr, Shoffner pointed out he his earnest plea for more. adequate bird protection by individuals and 'by law. 'The annual Joss to agricultare in the United States caused by insect pests amounts to at least $1,000,- :000mo, • "Nearly all species of birds feed their young on insects, and young birds require an almost phenomenal amount 01 10011. I personally 'know of a family of.martins that fed Its young 300 times in one day. The adults not only carry one insect to their young • at a time, hut many. I have seen a bluebird with so many insects in her Mouth that they looked like a round ball. "Por all the service birds render to mankind," Mr. Shoffaer continued, "they ask very little, (a!y food and protection." —"The Christian Science Monitor". Deoch-an-Doris The wind cam' roarin' (loon the street White clouds o' suawiflakes-twistine Cauld Wan the air tae file yelgreet; ' Scotsmen ganged the mistIn. Twa hielanmen lin' pipes an' plaid Cam marchin' o'er the pearlie. On sic a nicht it might be. said "They're daft," an' it said fah•ly. But wha' cared they for sna or sleet 00 a' th' things that plague us? • They're aff on this St Andrew's nicht A pipin 071 th' Haggis Th' Northern cock wed no weel rest 717j sic a doughty skirlinil Bach piper pied his verve, beet n' sent th' notes a whirlin'. Th' door is reached. "Come in! Come in!" Free mony a bairn 0' Tamson Auld Jenny Cope wad think a sin Tae see sic cheer an' dancin'. A bricht fire crackles bye th' amass. Broad Scotland's tongue in chorus. Hand up ye'r held. Hand up ye'r glass; "A. Scottish Deoch-an-Doris!" S Drummond. Niagara -On -the -Lake, Ont. Many Lives Saved and Much Misery Prevented By Activities and Educational Campaigns of This Organization Great encouragement has been' given in the last ten years to those people- who holieve that much of our disease can be prevented. Ihrery doctor and almost every en- lightened layman holds this belief and the encouragement which the last ten yams has brought to these PeoPle is evident in the success which is crown- ing the efforts of these people who are fighting that dread destroyer, Tuberculosis. The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis haa dropped about one per hundred thousand population per Year or from 90 to 80 in ten years. During the same interval the sana- torium treatment beds have inereafeed, from 4,000 to 7,000. . It is intetestiag to note this has been accomplished, Caiaadians are fortunate in having an excellent or- ganization working on their behalf in this regard—the Canadian Tubercul- osis Association, which organization' has for years been in the very fore- front of the battle against this dis- ease. They have carried the warning agabast tuberculosis right to the minds 'of thegeneral public. They.. have waged • an educational campaign against it in allparts of the Dominion. But they have done more than merely to warn and to alarm. They have been responsible for many cures and for a very great deal of prevention. One of the most interesting phases as well as the mist needed of their work is the branch which is devoted to phones by Physical -medical exam- ination. People en whole dietricts are frequently examined for signs of in- cipient tuberculosis and many cases are found of people who are afflicted with tubeeculosis in its incipiency. •Sinee the disease at this stage is al- most certainly, and permanently cur- able the Association is thus respons- ible for the saving of many lives and the prevention of much misery, in this connection the Annual Christmas Seal Sale should be men- tioned. This sale whieh receives the support of all OlasSeS of eitizenserves a valuable and two -fold impose. First of course it raises money. 'This is used 101,1060 committees to main- Akain diagnestie and home visiting nursing services' Saco/icily the An- nual Educational campaign of the Christmas Seal sale gives the public much. needed ,information about the work and the need for the work. "The type of citizen who buys Christmae Seals" an official of the or- ganization recently, said, "is not the kind to let his :brother down." • .•• • •-a •`-• Higher and Lower The man had just informed the Pullman agent that he wanted a berth. "Upper or lowde" asked the agent. "What's the difaerent?". asked the man. "A difference of • 50 cente in this case. The lower is higher than the tuner. The higher price is for the lower. If you want it lower 'you'll have to go higher. We sell the Inn Per lower than the lower. Most peo- ple don't like the upper, although it is lower on account of being higher. When you occupy an upper you have to gat up to go to bed and get down when you get up, Yon can have the lower if you pay higher. Tho upper is lower than the lower because it le higher. If you are willing to go high- . er, it will be lower—" But the poor man had fainted. Inhale lelinard's Liniment for Asthma. Carcass of Lizard Preserved — Cordova, Alaska—Part of the case of the lizard -like creature found in the ice of Glacier Island, near here! November 10, has been preserved in Cordova for Wendt*, 2 examination. A description of the creature, be, lieved by residents to have lived in • prehistoric times fuel to have been! preserved In the Glacier for the thousands of years, was given by W. J. McDonald, superi.o. indei t of Elag- ach national foreet, we headed an in- vestigation party 0.0 reenreed with the portion 01 tne '0 '1050. McDonald said only remit six feet of flesh remained on the skeleton, which measured 24 feet 1 inch long. He said it had a snout similar tc the beak of a pelican, with a head shaped much like that of an elephant. The vertebrae immediately behind the head, said McDonald, were inter- locked with flippers on each side. The vertebrae, he asserted, were three - bladed and the flippers were made up of five "fingers". Bach "finger" had three joints or Dossibit mote. No teeth were found, Weighs Half Ton Weight of the skeleton was esti. mated by McDonald at 1,000 pounde, The length of the snout was given as 39 inches from its bend to the middle of the forehead. It was 11 Inches wide at the Midsection and 29 inches in circumference. The bone marrow iunmatliter. esnout was three inches in di - The over-all length of the head was reported as 55 inches. Prom the back of the bead to the end of the ribs the creature measured 74 inches. The length of the top blade of the verte- brae was reported to be 14 inches and the side blade 12 inches. McDonald said there also was a perpendicular blade. First report said thecreature had been fur-eovered. Investigators did not mention whether• this was the ease. : er and a popular novelist. le ion Poe worked in a ',Dentine- se and later enlisted in the TIeited States Army before embarkine on a spectate ular literary career that landed hi among the immortals. Owen Wiste started life in a Boston banking hontie and then took up the law ere "The', Virginian" made him famous. Arnold. Bennett was employed In a lawyee'e office till he. was 26 and had turned 30 when he publieled his first novel, "A Mau 'From the North." * 5 * Thackeray hoped to win fame •with 'his brush rather than .witb his pen. and George Du Matador, was already famous Its an artist when "Trilby"' Put him on the map of the literary - world. Hall Cahn was secretary ,,o• Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the poet and Painter, long before he began to write novels. D. H. Lawrence was a humble young schoolmaster when his first novel, "The White Peacock," appear- ed and heralded the arrival of a new literary star. Israel • 7" wise tattoo ' the pe ICI Packed Lull e tender, plump, wocrwhod Sultanas, retaining the £ne flavor of the fresh fruit. Just as wholesome as they are delicious. Sult ties nas fib ":21 of ei fe delete .e the 001 a forneno. one of the able.. , eons in Eneland s. "Liza of Lambeth," 1807 and made an ins: cesa, thereby settiug 1. Robeft S. Magee, .To' predecessor as Por' , also a fully qualified me * 5 e The number of feei me writers al* geminated from the newspaper en_ fession, is legion, James M. Barrie was a reporter long afore."The Little Minister" preached his nest sermon, George Bernard Shan, wat,„....,neott critic for a London _evehing paper, "The Star," tuner -The editorship at T. P. (Tay ray) creonnor, Iti his younger days. amonie K, Jerome, started his writing "inner as a i0170 - paper man, and one of his flrst as- signments was to report a sermon by the famous preat•her, Spurgeon. It WAS a warm Sunday morning, and Jerome eats recorded Sow Spurgeon began his seaman by mopping his •brow and remarking that it was "darned hot." Kipling, too, spent the first seven years of his career—from 1582 to 16119-011 tee staffs of two Indian newspapers. * Coming to more recent times, Sin- clair Lewis was a reporter for several Years after leaving Yaie, and a good one too, according to Melville E. Stone, of the Ansocimea Press, ender whom 'Red" Lewis worked. Other erstwhile newspaper men who Inn become ,famoue as novelists, and whose • names come readily to mind, are Sir Philip Gibbs, win, made his reputation as a World War ChrreS- Pandent; Louis Bromfield, who start- ed as a reporter with the City News Association; A. 3. M. Hut- chinson, of "it Winter Conies" fame, who was a Fleet Street (Leaden) cen- ter in the old days; and I musen't forget Willa (lather, who was at one time a arst-class newspaper woman. Foursquare This house has a central ebimney; that, has four; Concerned, like Matthew, Mark an Luke and Seine Each has fourpoeter beds tr :dee upon; Tbey have fan -lights, and liglx'hee. side the door, Their lead age is a century br eehreee They wear their robe of years as met: don e His tilted Oxford eate Me A0WillE, gown, tie a 51 But sandier than men at their 43344'AtZ.4 Now th8e0y0rae;ife given new lease of days, "JI rr Is theirs, if well restored, to show g ' • Returned, that age is not a thin , sorrow,. But isuacrossroad eign for him ,rns To read, and slowly wander down' ., That brings the lovely homspun past again. —Isabel Fiske Conant in "The Chile- •t, tial Science Monitor". • Wife (sobbing): You brute, if it • ii. wasn't far mother I'd go home again." Fie: "What's she got to do -with. it?" "Well, m-mothes coming here--ebeie leaving father:" .