Zurich Herald, 1930-08-28, Page 2The Gringo Privateer
SYNOPSIS
By PETER B. KYNE
a smile of waning tenderness light
Kenneth Burney, adventurer and one t p his rugged old face.
and founy
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time gerrtlemcxn, comes to .SradleY liar Burney stood erect, turned
'dill, king of the cattle country, for a Join.
1 had a light ,with martin himself facing a girl who stood hese-
been1 aided Y
b•cnclit The Burney has
tent in the doorway.
Bruce, a rival cattle owner, who has
stealing the Ring's stools, a , "Come in my dear," the king en-
Miguel Gallegos, a Mexican . ,
•
Xing, liking young Burney's style, offers treated. Burney saw the girl's glance
him the job of getting the cattle -thieves,
rest for an instant on his chaps and
CHAPTER III. sombrero lying on the divan; then her
diffidence disappeared and she ad -
Mr. }'urney's handsome face puck-
ered in distress. "Oh, xio% even, sirbad," he vaned to her father's side without
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_ ,e. paying the slightest attention to his
visitor.
Martin Druce, quarrel about, young
mien?„ •
"I wouldn't sell him my horse --arid
he offered .a whopping price for him,
too. A thousand dollar.."
"Pll give you two thousand dollar's onion, both sliced. Acid •1 pint water,
for hen." about 44 cups of cubed potatoes and 1
"Sorry, sir, He's not for sale." can corn. 1f the water is not sufficient
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sire to kir: one. That is, if you speak "Thinks I'm ,ust one of the old
in a professionalinthinsthe course As a soldier l man's riders," Burney decided. "Won-
der if the king will introduce me. By
years of active service I accounted for James, she's as aeautiful as an army
with banners."
Economy Corner
Corn Chowder
Fry together pound salt pork and 1
my share."
The king grimaced disgustedly.
"Then why the devil are you applying
to me for a job that requires a pro-
fessional and a specialist?" he de-
manded truc•ilently.
"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 Ranchito, because it has
seemed to me that what you 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 prob:.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 niy finances, nor
shall I ever hire out as such. I shall
always, I trust, remember that I am a
gentleman and leave rough, rude
brawling to those who have indulged
in it since boyhood and think it nian-
"Two thousand dollars is a lot of
money for a cowboy; and I'll bet a
dollar cigar you: haven't two dollars
to your name,"
"I'll collect that eigar after dinner,
Your Highness. I have three dollars,"
"Well, at least yoi' and I. will not
quarrel about the horse," the king ere-
torted smilingly, "although I did think
I'd Pike to trade you out of him—foe
my daughter. I want 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
you will pay the expressage on a
duplicate of him, now on pasture at
the Santa Inez Rancho in California."
His Majesty laid down his knifeand
fork and stared at, Ken Burney.
:,•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 responsibility of seeing to it
that I am ciecent:.y interred; and I
warn you that my funeral will be ex-
pensive, because, you'll have to ship
in- back to Tres Pinos, California, to
lie with my ancestors, and, as you
probably know, the railroad charges
one full fare fora corpse and some-
body has to accompany the body, Still,
I'll not stick you too deeply. You may
ornit flowers."
(To be continued.)
The king did. "This young man,
Muriel," he announced, "is Kenneth
Burney, son. of an old cattleman friend
of mine in Califo.n'. 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."
"Oh, no," he corrected her, "To-
morrow I'in going 'to work for your
father as a top cowhand."
"Maybe," the king corrected hint
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 offeree his
arm, to Miss' Muriel, who seemed un-
decided whether to accept it or 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 impertin-
ent sup."
"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 saw 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 pounces. His head was
nobly formed and covered' with an ex-
traordinarily thick thatch of jet-black,
wavy hair; his eyes were very dark
blue with heavy long lashes that caus-
es: one to think, at first sight, that the
young man had accumulated some soot
in them. A slightly beaked Castilian
nose arose out of a patrician coun-
tenance, his teeth were oven, white
and well cared for. He was, decided-
ly, an outdoor type of man, tanned to
a bricky brown. Also he was thirty
days overdue on a haircut.
Muriel noticed that he disposed of
his soup withoui gustatory riot. When
ti
e salad, which in the West is usually
served after the soup, came on, she
noticed that Mr. ,3urney chose, with
unerring precision, the salad fork;
hence 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 a hard two days'
ride between yo it domain and Martin
Bruce's ranch, sir, and there are no
ion's enroute. Having left Mr. Bruce's
employ very suddenly and in bad odor,
I did not carry any sustenaece with
me, so naturally any appetite is keener
than usual."
"Get fired?" His Majesty queried.
"No, sir. Just quit."
to cover the vegetables, add snore.
sininier 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, 1i/a tea-
spoons salt, 1% teaspoons sugar, 11/2
tablespoons flour, iia teaspoon paprika
mixed together. Add 1 beatn egg and
mix again. Then add 1 cup milk and
4 tablespoons vinegar and cook in
double boiler until thick. Remove
from fire, add 2 tablespoons shorten-
ing and stir until melted.
His Majesty murmured in a low
voi.e something just a trifle coarse.
"I'm disappointed," he confessed.edit had a hunch you were just a b ,
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,
sir," the young man assured him.
"Precipitate men are not apt to comb
gray hairs."
The king pounded his library table.
"What I require, young man," he
said, "is a general 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 chance on you, young
fellow. Tomorrcw 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, . i.r,"
"You bet. And there's a barbecue
and rodeo for the whole country -sidle
here tomorrow. Can you ride?"
Ken Burney shrugged. "Mug/ 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 quib calling me king and Your
Majesty, will you? Why do you do
that?"
"Beea Ise everybody else in this
country .does."
"I don't believe it. I've never been
called such names to my face here-
tofore."
"Everybody's afraid to. But then
you've got so much money and land
and cattle you're. a personage and en-
titled to a courtesy title. And I never
say anything behind a man's back that
I 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
door, saw his fierce glance soften and
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Honolulu Frozen Pudding
IIalf pound dates, 1 cup cocoanut
(shredded), 1 cup raisins, lie cup nut
meats. Cut very fine (chopped). Roll
15 graham crackers with rolling pin.
Stir all together with 1 cup milk, 1 tea-
spoon vanilla and little salt, Add 1/e
pound cut up marshmallows and a jar
of heavy cream whipped, and let stand
in refrigerator tray at least one day or
more before serving.
Porch Roils
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 au. 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. Fry 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
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Warning to Hunters
"Take the hunch out of hunting and
the guess out of gunning by never
shooting at movement or sound;" Car-
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"Wind-blown tree limbs or bushes
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ever aim at any one—you never can
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While there can be no question that
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onion, ground; 1 beaten egg, salt and
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butter if desired, but not necessary, as
salt pork is ample for fat, poultry sea-
soning (may he 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 1/4 cup of milk, 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 in moderate oven till
bacon is crisp.
Gingersnaps
Two-thirds cup lard, ?'a cup sugar, 1
egg, 1 cup molasses, 1 tablespoon vine
gar, 2 tablespoons cold water, 4% cups
flour, 1 tablespoon soda, 1 tablespoon
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• beaten egg, then molasses, vinegar
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Do not use too hot an oven,. as they
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"At the start of the calf round -up? 1
Must have had a fight with some-
body."
"I did, sir."
"Who won?"
"I did, sir."
"Then," said the king, "you must
have bad a run-in with 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 Icing warned.
"You told me no to allude
Cinnamon Drops
Mix 1 egg, -Ii cup brown sugar, 1/,
cup molasses and 2 teaspoons cinna-
mon. Then add 1/2 cup melted butter,
2 teaspoons socia in 1 cup boiling
water, cup cut raisins and 11,2 cups
flour. Beat thoroughly. Bake from 10
to 15 minutes.
Loganberry Ginger Ale
Minard's Liniment removes Warts.
Habit
The neglect of the habit of accuracy
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Boil 2% cups water with three-
fourths cup sugar for three minutes.
Cool and add one-half cup lemon juice
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Of loganberries. Ice well and just be-
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The Road to Kindness
If I can make the path of one crumb
creature
A way of kindness and good cheer,
If 1 can see that Gocl's immortal glory
Drew every living creature to Him
very near, •
If every move for those who suffer
sorrow,
Were actuated by kind motives from
above,
And every Gleed of ours, however trif-
ling,
t to you endless your orde• Were labelled by the golden rule of
as Your Majesty or king. 1 respected) love,
your wishes. But you are a prince to ' If all Life's bitter gall and all its
invite me to dinner and give night;
a "Yes, Archibald and 1 certainly Des- tor,
ran -
civilized loom and beth for the fright; � 1 i 1 the
tastes! ' ext a met
hence I now addressed you accordinggess similar ta,,.
Were buried in a sea of kindness rare,
your real rank." adoring bride. We are deeply inter- And an the trials of our progress, in
to yo Yes, the future,
"1 love that," Muriel erica. "The career in the same things.
r-ewspapers alWxys refer to Dad as agreed Archibalds' mother•iu-law grim- Were entrusted to the Master's kind
ly, "You certainly are. iron We More and loving care,
The" Cattle Rine it," for Archie than any one else in .the If every nation held aloft the flag of
"I don't like His Majesty world, and so does lie!" kindness,
growled.
"You'll have to stand for it, dart- _ .� b So man, dumb beast could) see and un-
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ling," his daughter assured. him. "Go Miss Curlingtolt aproachecl a famdcrstand;ous ilrere'd be a wand, indeed, we could
ahead), Mr. Burney. I like it" horticulturist gusltingly. "Tell me," rejoice in
"Thank". yeti, Princess." she said, "the best way to distinguish And know,ei at last, the kindly 7rurnan
"Will you try some of these brandy the poisonous fungi from the edible,nogg of last,
led peaches, Sir Knight?" "Bat 'e7n1" was the curt reply, i _Mary C. Man. in "tsar Dumb
"Ruhbishl" growled the king. "Now---4--------
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