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The Seaforth News, 1931-02-05, Page 6The gringo Privatecr By PETER B. KYNE SYNOPSIS. Iienneth. Burney is 'given the general managership of Bradley Bardhn's ran'h en condition that he rids Bardin of Mar- tinBruce and Miguel Gallegos, two cat- tle thieves who have been stealing Bar - din's cattle. Muriel Bardin, the king's beautiful daughter, falls An love with Burney and endeavors to have her father keep him from endangering his life, But Burney, withthirty picked men, 'meet and defeat Gallegos in .. l Cajon Bonita, Gallegos, with his 200 followers,than joins with Martin jsruoe, and BurneY atgctn journeys to Dl Cajon Bonita to it rid itself of a nuisance,.and I can't quit now.. I've gone too far." "Mr. Burney, you have heard my orders. Obey them," Ken Burney shook his head. !'You're out of order,she I made a contract with you and you can't crawfish out of it. I shall not obey your commands, and neither shall my men "You men listen to me," the king shouted. "Mr. 'Burney is fired and any man that refuses to obey my orders here is fired also.' "Hurrah for Mr. Burneyi" a' cow- boy yelled, and a chorus of cheers an- swered him. "'You're all fired," the king's ukase went forth. "Every last damned hombre in the lot." "Fina," Ken Burney assured hint. "We're all fired, so pay us off." "I haven't enough money with me, you infernal Bolshevik. Come back to the ranch and draw your time." The king was furiously angry. "The king is unable to pay us off after firing us, boys," Burney re- minded his crew; "so, to protect our claims, let us help ourselves to his sad- dle horses." The king was in agony. "Ken, my dear boys, if you're killed tomorrow my daughter will never forgive me. For God's sane, boy, have pity on rime. Dant ruin me with my own daughter," •"I can't quit now—with honor. I'm part of i Plr,n. Forgive my impertin. ence, but with the present representa- tive of the tribe of Burney all is lost save honor—and VII be shot if I'll let you take that <.way from nee.". "What's all this tommyrot about honor, 1 should Iike to know?" "I have made d secret and unofficial treaty with the Mexican government to give it some highly intelligent atrl in the difficult problem of eliminating Miguel Gallegos and his bandit or semi -bandit followers. "It is now too late to abrogate this treaty, Your M,.jesty; if I fail to do my part on schedule the force of rur- ales co_oporating with one will got soundly trounced—annihilated, in fact; and thereafter the Mexican gov_ ernnnent's local representative wilt make El Cajon oBnita as hot for you as Bruce and Gallegos are making it now. On the other hand, if I follow through we will win and thereafter anything you want in this portion of Meek° will oe yours for the askin " *1 nn'etstt<'•d perfectly well the fix yea re in, en, but do you realize the fix I'm in with my own daughter•? I'm perfectly willing to sacrificemyinter- est in El C'ajon Bonita if you will abandon this enterprise, as a spe:ial favor to her. The devil take the Mei; • icon government They can't hurt ;ns- no matter how resentful they alley oe, because 1 li eeve finished operating in their country. What I crave is peace and a lot of it." "Well, nobody's trying to saw off El Cajon Bonita and its cattle on you against your will, and what you ,to with these assets after I finish my job tomorrow will, be entirely your own business."' "If you're killed—" the king began, but Burney waved him into silence. "In that event your financial risk ceases. All you have to do is send me 'reek to Tres Pinus, Californ'a, and omit flowers. When I contracted to do this job for you, you tacitly gave me a free hand; now you're mixing sentiment with it, Unfortunately the job has gotten out of your hands and mine." The king was visibly affected. "If I only knew something of your plans something I could tell Muriel to buck her up—I'd have sufficient cour- age to go home and let you go to the devil as you seem hell-bent on doing" "This expedition is all off, Mr. Bur- ney," the king announced. "I mean it and there will be no argument about it either. As soon ate your men have. had supper lead your outfit and head back for the :•inch. I can't accept this awful responsibility." "It's too late to obey you now, sir. I've made a private and unofficial deal with the Mexican government to help meet their eonibined-forces; and again Muriel asks er farther to stop him. CHAPTER XXIX. His lflajesty thrust the princess off his lap and stood up. "By the toe- ut;ils of King Tut," he declared, "you're my own child, after all. Have I ever denied you anything I could get you, when I thought it would make you happy? I have not• And ` I'm not going to quit now. If youwant this boy, then by Judas, I want him, too. He'll do, and to hell with the money he hasn't got. I can't put a twitch on his nose and lead hips .to the altar for you, but I- can make it worth his while to stick on the Bardin payroll and give you opportunity to do the rest." "And if I lose? Will you dismi,e him then?" "Not if he makes good on the job, I never mite sentiment w.th business," the king declared virtuously. "Well, Pll do my best, Dad, but I must remind you that there is one ob- stacle that has to be overcome before I can start my campaign." "I'll remove it sweetheart. Tell papa what it is." Ken Burney is liable to get killed tomorrow morning." "He :s not! I'm going to stop this, war. I'm going to forget I own El Cajtn Bonita and all the cattle in 0'.. S can afford to lose these assets bet I cannot afford to risk the loss of the man my only child has set her heart upon. Telephone to the garage for the ranch car." At times the king could be eulear. Such a time wan upon him. "To hell with my honor Muriel. Telephone fur a car and P11 head Burney off before he crosses the :,order." "How do you know he may not in - Mot upon lidding you to your con - irate?" "He'll not. I have to confess that I didn't oppose hint very hard when he objected the first time. I was just salving an uneasy conscience when I asked him and when he steed pat I wns secretly delighted. But I'll be remorseless now. There's too much re stake." He winked portentously. "When I give an order it s obeyed." It was forty niles to Huachita and the king knew that the heavily laden trucks of Blarney's convoy would do well to make -.n average >f twelve miles an hour over that sandy, trusty, narrow, rutty toad. So the king had his cowboy chauffeur average thirty • miles per hour; nevertheless, as the white trail unwound before him his yearninl, glance 1,,iled to glimpse the high clouds of dust that would denote the convoy. An hour and a quartos after leaving El Ranchito the kin;; rolled into Huachita and on to the customs house at the international border. "I'm Bardin, of El Ranchi*o," he announced to an immigration guard, "Has my outfit in motor trucks passed over today?" "I know the outfit well, Mr. Bardin. It hasn passed through." He grin- ned at the king, "The last time your man Burney passed this way he got by the Mexicans with a lot of arms and ammunition, He couldn't do that again, you know. We have enders to search him if he tries, . There have been complaints that he broke the neutrality laws and it is common knowledge that he had a fight over in El Cajon Bonita recently and wal- loped the pants off that Gallegos crowd. While we're for him, Mr. Bar - din, nevertheless we will arrest biro if he tries to cross here with an arm- ed body," "Thank you," the king replied shortly. He knew now—and cursed himself for not having thought of it before—why Burney had avoided grossing into Mexico at a port of en- try, So he tilled up with oil and gasoline and motored back toward El Ranchito until Ise found the spot where the motor convoy had left the highway and started straight across country in a southeasterly direction, breaking trail through the low sage. The long line of trucks had beaten a fair road for the king to follow to the point where Burney planned to make a secret and unofficial crossing into Mexico that night; nevertheless it was fve o'clock in the afternoon be• fore he caught up with his quarry, ,parked in a grave of scattered cotton - weeds about half a mile north of the international, boundary and fully ten milesrfrom even such a sign of civil- ization as: a goat -herder's jacal. The cook was busy preparing sup- per; the horses, with saddle cinches unloosed, and tied to trees, were munching oats from their nose bags, while the king's riders lay around in the sand, smoking and talking. Ken Burney came forward to meet him, inquiry in his sooty eyes. ISSUE No. 4—'31 CHAPTER XXX. "I have no definite plan beyond a certain point, a certain hour," sa.d Ken Burney. "After that, as the field service regulations would express it, the tactical situation wiI1 govern, Two or three things may happen and 3 have a plan to meet each contingency. One involves no casualties to our side; one involves: some casualties, and one involves so many I do not care to think about _it and get myself all hot and bothered. I have made arrangements. to have Oils battle pulled off to suit me, but there is always a chane that the hair will slip somewhere. Here is theetac- tioal situation. In the town of Los Osos, where Gallegos has his head- quarters, there are a hundred mounted nen under orders to march on El Ca- lor Bonita at three o'clock to -morrow mrning. This will bring them to the southern end of the valley about day- light. They knew that if my party enters from that invention the en- trance will be effected before daylight; hence, if this Los Osos outfit picks up my trail it will follow on it and try to drive me up on to Miguel Gallegos who, with a hundred infantry and four machine guns,', at this moment occupies the barranea I occupied when I licked him last week. Miguel knows a good position when he sees it or gets licked at it, Yes, sir, old Miguel is lying there in ambush, gazing' both ways for Ken Burney, like a cross- eyed youth looking for the circus." "I1 you :enter from the south you and all your men will perish," the king declared erpphaticaIly. "0f course. Consequently I shall come down through that narrow pass from the north." "But, you young idiot, have you re- eeted that a siza'ole armed panty under Martin Bruce will be laying for you at the t.orth entrance; that he'll let you enter the pass, then follow behind you and drive you down on to Galle- god, waiting in the barranca?" (To be continued.) Washing Day Ow wash day in cold weather, try heating the clothespins by putting. them in the warming oven when you begin washing. The warm pins- help to keep the hands warm when hang- ing out the clothes. „ d a On "Blue Monday" In winter pour some water into the hot water bag and slip it into youa' clothespin bag while the clothes are in the last rins- ing water. .Keep, the hot water bag . under the pins when you go out to the line and your hands will' keep warm while hanging out the clothes --even in near -zero weather. A gen exons handful of salt added to the last rinsing .water will keep the clothes from Pressing fast to. the line. fi 0 * When your flue woollen vests are gone beyond repair under the arms, the bodies are generally good. These make splendid petticoats, warm and comfortable, for the little tot, cut by the "Gertrude" pattern. Use the full width, cut from 16 to 18 inches loug, if your body part will allow, bind • around top with bias binding, fasten the;shoulders with dome fasteners and crochet a row of edging around the bottom. O 0 0 Chest pads can also be made, using two thicknesses and shaping.' These are very handy to naive on hand when the children get colds.—Mrs. C. A. S., Peterboro, Ont. 4.1 What York NewYork Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Evc,", Pattern 8881 To be smartly garbed gives young. daughter that lovely feeling of as- surance, Note how much more charmingly' and pleasantly she goes about her work, Today's darling frock of patterned wool crepe is immensely likable, it has smart sophistication and practi- cability. It's really very simple to wear and to matte it. The bodice cuts in one at the front and a; the back. It is lengthened with a circular flaring flounce. It adds extra width at the front, so essential. for sports activities, through an in- verted plait. The neckline is generally becoming. Style No, 2881 is designed for girls of 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. It is strikingly chic and gay in a tweed mixture in bei and brown with a dash of red.S's- Covert cloth, won jersey and rayon novelties make up attractively, Size 8 requires 1% yards 39 -inch with 4 yard 3S -inch contrasting. 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 mmmber, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Boil clothes pins in a salt brine and they will not stick to clothes in fros- ty weather. O a * To remove frost from window glass rub well with hot vinegar. * k 0 On cold days, if handkerchiefs, table napkins or other small pieces are pegged to a piece of line in the house, and the piece of line is then attached to the outside line with three or tour pegs, cold fingers will. be avoided. * m a A convenient length of rubber those hung near the laundry tubs will save labor in lifting many pails of water, In filling washing machine, boiler or, scrub pail. Slip one end over the tap, directing the other end where the water is needed. In the British Museum "'What do you see in that time -touch- ed stone, When nothing Is there But ashen blankness, although you give It A rigid stare? "You look not quite as if you saw, But as if you heard, Parting your lips, and treading softly As mouse or bird. "It is only the base of a pillar, they'll tell you, ou , That cane to us From a far old hill men used to name Areopagus." —"I know no art, and I only view A stone from a wall, But I am thinling that stone has echoed The voice of Paul. "Paul as Im stood and preached be- side it Facing the crowd, A small gaunt figure with wasted features, Calling out loud f "Words that, in all their intimate accents Pattered upon That marble front, and were wide reflected, And then were gone. ",l'm a labouring man and know but little, Or nothing at. all; But I can't help thinking that stone once echoed The voice of Paul." Thomas Hardy, in "Satires of Cir- cumstance." s More Queer Advertl menis Wanted—Assistant butcher. One. able to drive and kill himself pre- ferred. Man wanted for gardening, also to take charge of a cow who sings In the choir and plays the organ. Lost A pair of spectacles by a man in red leather case with a silk lining. • Lost—A bunch of keys, by a gentle- man on a purple string. Wanted -A boy . to gather fourteen years old. eggs "534" The New Giant Cunarder It t' 6:'-u,?! The above is an artist's drawing of the now giant Canard liner at present: under constrttetlon on the Clyde. This enormous vessel will register 73,000 tons and will be the largest liner afloat. • Salada Green tea drinkers drink the best green tea Wrests fr ire the gird ns Turks Inst 11 Electric Muez inls To C,,:Ill Faithful to Prayer Tile ancient and, conservative AIe. hanrmedan religion has accepted *the benefit of modern radio science, so that the faithful now may be called earlier and louder for prayer without requiring • a priest to climb a . tall tower in the chilly dawn to do it per. serially. In Turkey, it is reported, ex- periments aro under way with radio amplifiers and loud speakers to give the traditional call of tiie muezzin from the tops of the mosques at the hours specified for prayer or other re- ligious services. The Turkish Gov, eminent, it is said, isanxious to econo maze in the upkeep of the mosques and the use of the electric muezzin saves -enough time that the services. and expense of at least one priest can be dispensed -with. It is possible . t0 connect the local amplifier and loud speaker of each mosque to a radio Ye• oeiver and to broadcast the necessary calls from a central radio station, so that one good radio announcer acting as muekzin can serve the whole coun- try at once, the onlylocal necessity ng thatg bei someone etup in time to o turn on the receiver. Even this might be done by an automatic alarm clock, or an electric phonograph and ample fier may be started automatically in the same way. Another. advantage of the electric call to prayer, the Turkish engineers urge, isthat a battery of loud speakers In the tower of a mosgue may be made many times. more powerful than any Human voice, so that one tower will serve a much wider countryside than Is possible when a live muezzin instead instead of a vacuum -tube one broadcasts the call, Economy Corner Meringue Put 2 egg whites, 1/ cup coefec- tionery sugar, 2 tablespoons cold wa- ter (or an egg ehe11 full), pinch of cream of tartar and shake of salt into bowl and beat until stiff. Then spread on pie and brown in oven. Do not beat meringue until it is ready to be spread and I find that cold storage eggs will not make u successful meringue. It requires strictly fresh eggs. Also watch it carefully while .in oven, as it scorches very quickly. Apple Sauce Cake Half cup lard, 1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup seedless raisins, 1:cup apple sauce, sweetened for table use, 1 tea- spoon soda, dissolved in 2 tablespoonshot water, 2 cups 11 ur, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, a teaspoon each of all- spice, nutmeg and salt. Beat well, pour into a greased loaf pan and bake, about 1 hour In a 350 degree F. oven. Prune Jelly One pound prunes, 1 psund sugar, 1. ounce gelatine, 1 orange, 1 lemon, whipped cream. Wash prunes well, thea cover with water and soak over night. nut on to boil in same wa- ter until tender; add sugar and boil 10 minutes; strain and remove stones. Take gelatine soaked in 1 cup of wee ter. Put on stdve jure from prunes equal to 2% cups; add juice of lemon and orange. When this commences "Is she fond of cl iidrenv to boil add gelatine and prunes. "I should say She Is. She fought her Turn into molal and servo when cold husband for seven months in the with whipped cream. courts to get the custody of them." Cranberry and Apple Punch Cover 1 quart of cranberries with It's very nice to live in the country; water. Cook until quite ender.( nice for your city relations. Strain through bag and when cold, add 1 quart of sweet cider. Sweeten to taste and chill This is very good. Hypocrite! I shall sit calmly You will not guess My heart beats savagele Against my dress • - d elan lie deftly With a gay smile Wishing yon would laws me All of the whsle I shall speak lightly So you won't know I long to beseech :'su Never to go. When you have ° .. =After a bit 1'11 say to tee _. "You hypetne e _nein:=mous. HE Prompt relief from COLDS SORE THROAT . RHEUMATISM . . LUMBAGO ... NEURITIS .... . ACHES and PAiNS Does now harm the heart 1 .seed only "Aspirin" package which contains proven directions. Handy "Aspirin". boxes of 12 tablet% Also bottles of 24 and 100—All druggists. Made in Canada' Gulls' Chs&ose N.Y. for Winter Resort One. of World's Greatest. Toimists—A1lantie Cro„eing Mere Hop --.Althoit; h many Leman beings flee from New York and seelt warmer re- gions when the cold weather taken hold, the metropolitan region ' is popular Winter resort for, sea gulls. Coming from Newfoundland, the coasts of Labrador and even further north, these oceangoing. birds, notably the bIg northern or herring gull, ar- rive in early winter and .remain until early spring, The metropolitan region offers. many fine feeding grounds for the birds. They swarm above the harbor,, swooping down: to its waters for dead fish or pieces of refuse anal fallowing in the wake of vessels. to pick up' scraps thrown overbwu'd by the :hip's. cook. Marshes in 'the Jersey mead- ows, streams in suburban areas, are stocked with delicacies that tempt the gull appetite. It must be admitted that the gull, picturesque as• he may be when hoverir ; with emotionless . wings above a vessel. is a scavenger. . by nature. City dumps provide food the gull does not despise; he brings man able assistance in the cleaning - up of waste In near -by waters. But the gull is a wanderer and traveler whose peregrinations have no 'limit. He may summer in Bud - son's Bay or Iceland, and Winter along the Great Lakes, in Yucatan or even in the Mediterranean. The North Atlantic is an important field for his tours. Whe•r an ocean-going- vessel, cean-goingvessel, or a fishing schooner, salla out of our harbor, swarms of gulls— especially the little kittiwake, with. Its graceful black legs—follow astern and It is believed that tihey grime - times travel in this manner straight across the Atlantic. Birds markej as nestlings in l5ngland have been dis- covered as adults en this side of they - Atlantic, and some raiser) in Prussia have been captured off the coast of Mexioo. Ths large Glaucous gull, or Burgo- master, often ventures southward as fah' as the New England cdast,'the Great Lakes, and the NiagJra River; and the Black -backed Gull fregentay visits the soaccrst, but sadden, goes Bar i•..rnri. v ri * The hcrc•irig gull, most often has• itis home—If it can be called a hone —generally on some tittle island off Labrador. To such a plea°, where there is abundant food in the form of coal, caprin, clams and sea urchins, he goes in the Spring to find his mate and build a neat of twigs, seaweed,. grass or moss. Three eggs are the ordinary lay and but one brood' is. raised in a season. . While herring' gulls sometimes steal one another's eggs, as do. ravens and black -backed. gulls`, their worst enemy, until re- cent years, has been the profeerlonal. ships t "riggers," who ca.ro in ps o make. a business of gathering gulls' eggs. some years ago Canada and the. United States made an agreement by which this pra'tice was ended and every summer the Dominion sends its patrol boat back and forth along the. coast. There is a feeding* trick of the gtllls which shows their intelligence. When. fish are scarce they have to feed on sea urchins, clams or periwinkles,. These shell fish can be caught only at low tide and are hard to get out of their shells. The gull, therefore, takes the clam in its bill and trovers high above a flat rock. Letting it go,. the bird has to follow it down in a hurry, lest another of the species, or . B. raven or saddleback get there first. Sometimes several attempts are'" necessary before the target is struck and the shell is broken. Another Leaning Tower While the Leaning Tower of Pies. Is the most famous "monument" of its kind in the world, it isn't the only one. St. Moritz, where devotees of winter sports are now gathering, can boast of a leaning tower of its own. - One of the sights of this beauti- fully situated. Swiss village, now cele- brated all over the globe, is the tow- er of the old church which has a. very pronounced slant. It dates. from 1573, and is the only part .of'• the old church that is now standing. The most famous toboggan run in tite world, the Cresta, is one of the big attractions of St. Moritz. It is. three-quarters of a mile long and the. distance has been covered in fifty-. nine seconds, or at very nearly the speed of an express train. Then there is the skating. Some• of the finest skating in the world can be seen at St. Moritz, and the place is worth visiting for that alone. Raul Spots Removed Rain spots on tae fabrics can be removed by dry brushing. Fasten the spotted part of the garment over the ironing board and pin it securely in position. Brush briskly across the grain of the material with an old toothbrush, or any other brusb hav- ing stiff 'fine bristles. This treat- ment of rain -spotted material is more effective, than dry cleaning since gasoline often; fails to remove such spots. By the time the average college boy of today succeeds in accumulating the horsehide, the pigskin, the coonskin, and finally the sheepskin, poor father hasn't much imide left either. —The Pathfinder.