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Zurich Herald, 1937-12-02, Page 2Canad Favourite Tea ir 007 fro� ' '.�' �• •?� " ,a� `.� ., �o♦\•�.ai.''LCs',<. • v'>." \watF�',<h The of the By /r1 JAMES L, RUBEL Roc?ing rrow John Tedgar, cowboy, framed into prison for a :•ank robbery that he did- n't commit, finishes his term with the grim determination to find the real bandit. He assumes the name of Roy Dillon and gets a Job on the Rocking Arrow range, owned by Sarah Rittle. The foreman, Plcos. Glassed, shows an instant animosity toward Roy. There has been rustling and other trouble on the ranch, and Sarah Is worried. Then, one day, she goes on an errand and leaves Roy to pay a man who is com- ing to collect on a bill. Later. when Roy has paid the bill and gone back to work, a masked man creeps Into the house, reopens the safe, slips a package of money into his pocket, and slinks away. CHAPTER X Roy steadied the Mexican. "Yo're hurt, Mescal!" "It ees but a scratch, Senor Roy. Picos, he leave me for dead. The slug, he ees crease my head, But the senorita, Senor. Picos have taken her!" "You know where?" The Mexican nodded. "Si! I have heard heem say that they weel cross the Rio Grande. He must be stop- ped, Senor. The river ees rising. Soon it weei overflow the banks. It ees death to cross the Rio now!" Roy made a quick bandage for the Mexican's head, then saddled the paint and, with Mescal following, started down the slippery slope for the leveler ground of the Reeking Arrow range. It was treacherous footing. The water, cascading down the ravines, made every step uncer- tain. At last,. they reachedthe banks of the river: -Roy guessed that Picos L-444.1.4:,in tli6"esia'AIr place. He urged his horse to greater speed. The ford was several miles below. Suddenly, a shot crashed dully through the rain-shoaked air. Roy let out a yell and galloped ahead. He could see them now. Picos had the girl lashed to the saddle of her mount, which was tied to his own horse. He was leading the way into the swelling waters. Roy tried to yell a warning to the foreman, but his voice was drowned in the crash of thunder and the rising crescendo of the river. Too late, he reached the spot where they plunged in. Picos and the girl already in midstream. The Horse Founders Mescal wrung his hands and prayed aloud as, with frightened eyes, he watched his mistress' big bay bat- tling against the current. Roy yelled hoarsely; "Cut her loose, Picos! Give her a chance, you pole- cat! She can't swim with her hands tied.!" The foreman's voice floated back to him, derisive, mocking. Branches and brush whirled by the two horses, swimming valiantly but mak- ing little headway. The unleashed force of the tumbling waters was dragging them farther and farther downstream. Suddenly, Roy saw the big bay founder and go under, carrying the lashed figure of the girl with him. With a furious cry, he spurred his horse into the water. The girl and the bay came up again, but now the bay was swimming with the current. Picos was plainly frightened now. His horse, too, went under, then came up again. Roy spurred the paint on. He had unfastened his lariat. The loop had widened and, as the paint bravely breasted the current, Roy swung the lariat toward the girl. It settled over the bay's nose, slipped, and slid back into the water. The helpless girl looked at Roy mutely. He brought his rope back, hand over hand, and tried again. This time,. the noose settled and went taut around the big bay's neck. Picos' horse was swimming along bravely be- side the bay, the lead rope still fast- ened to his saddle. Roy yelled, as he brought his horse °ane-adaneete-elosr+i be tee,..entbe 4:twe. riders. "Cut that rope you fool! Cut it or we'll all drown!" "But I can't swim!" A crafty look gleamed in Picos', eyes. If Roy saved the girl, he would have to save him, too. They were well tied together. "That's your hard luck!" Roy yelled back at him. "Cut that rope or I'll put a slug in you!" His hand dipped to his gun butt. The muzzle came up. Picos cringed. He did not even have courage enough to reach for his own weapon. had were "I don't want tub die," be pleaded. ' "Get me out of thiel" Battling the Rapids With a grunt of disgust, . stay Sheathed bis weapon and, hand oYea band, dragged himself and his horse along the taut lariat to the girl's side. He pulled a knife from bis pocket and, leaning over, cut the girl's bonds._ Her hat was gone and her aright hair was glued in' a cloudy mass to her head, She gave him a bravo smile. ' "Thanks, Roy. You're the only man that---" The rest of her words were drowned out by the roar of the rapids.. Picos heard that dread sound and slumped in his saddle. Then he eaw Roy's knife blade over the lead rope between his horse' and the big bay. He yelled. Hatred blazed in his dark eyes, and his hand dipped for his weapon. Roy flung himself aside, lost bis stirrups. The paint slid from beneath him. It and the bay, with Plates' mount, seemed to leap out of 'his reach, carried ahead by, the swift current. He heard Mescal's frightened cry from the river's edge. He struck outwith the swift, sure strokes of a strong swimmer. But he could not overtake the swin:Wiing horses, hampered as he was by .his chaps, his boots and the heavy gun belt. Treading water and allowing the current to carry him ahead, he . let the gun belt sink to the river's bot- tom. The heavy chaps followed. Lighter now, he struck out again. The End Seems Near .. The roar of the rapids was closer • now. Roy could barely see the iigmete of the others ahead. Suddenly, he heard the girl scream, heard the foreman yell hoarsely. Then they dipped from sight. • A few minutes later, the wild forces of the rapids had caught Roy and were whirling him like a dervish. He gasped for breath as his head popped momentarily above water. • He was fighting for his life now with every fibre of his being.. The river tossed him about like a cork. Now a whirlpool clawed at leis legs and sucked him under.. He fought his way back to the surface.. Sand- stone cliffs whirled by him. He 'could do little but try and keep his Bead above water, taking in deep breaths at every opportunity. Then, suddenly, he felt himself be- ing dragged down by some irresist- ible force, deeper and deeper. This was the end. He knew it., A lethargy seemed to creep over hinny`. (TO BE CONTINUED) k' Stenogs, Clerks Most Reading Survey )Reveals. That Employers Are At The Bottom Of The List Are you a stenographer or a clerk? If so you are probably a great read- er of novels and other entertaining reading matter, such as this maga- zine, says Pearson's Weekly. But if you are a boss, well, you may not read anything n'iuch, except your bank book. ' An American professor has, for the east three years, been investigating the reading habits of 40,000 people, and he has just published the results of his survey. The outstanding fact, he finds, is that clerks and steno-, graphers read most, while employers are at the bottom of the list. Turn Against Classics Stenographers like glamorous, ro• - IN PACkAGES lOc POUCHES MSc 1/2 -Ib. TINS - - 70c • There is a,star known .only a$. "A. C. plus '70 degrees 8247," that is+ee posed: o'. material so. heaves sma-1poi=- ivy, -if dropped man, would crush him. Comfy Bootees Cock-a4D'OUBLE-doo Here's satisfaction true ..'.. This DOUBLE Automatic Book Gives DOUBLE value too/ MAYFAIR DESIGN NO. 5003 - The most important member of the family will cheerfully brave the stormy blast this winter in these cosy bootees that pull up well over chubby knees. Iinitted in plain stocking and garter stitch, they are quickly and easily made in white, with con- trasting colour simulating shoes. We offer you this pattern in plenty of time so that you can make several pairs before count- ing the days 'til Christmas. The pattern includes complete directions for knitting and mate- rial requirements. Size six months only. - Send 10 cents (10c) for this pattern to Wilson Needlework. Dept, '473 Adelaide. Strcat,.._ Toronto. The Home Garner By ELEANOR Diit E So Simple a Child Could Make Them Children love to cook, especially if it's made interesting and it's just as natural to cook as to play with dolls or dress up in cowboy suits. Most children, at one time or another, have expressed their instinct for cooking by making sand or mud pies but they do get a thrill out of snaking some- thing real. Cooking lessons should be just as important a part of the child's train- ing as music or dancing lessons and certainly they are Iess expensive! But many busy housewives and moth- ers find it easier to tell the young- sters to run along and play instead of helping and teaching them when they express a desire to make some- thing in the kitchen. However, if you find an hour or so on Saturday afternoons or during the long Christ- mas holidays that are coming, the training you give the girls, and boys too, will pay dividends later. A good way to start this training is by teaching them to make a few simple things. Children look forward to eating what they make and some- thing that will appeal to. their sweet„ tooth is the ideal starting point. Coconut Dreams are delicacies any housewife would be proud to serve and yet are so simple and easy. to make that they can be the child's first accomplishment in the kitchen• COCONUT DREAMS 14. cup sweetened condensed milk 2 cups coconut, premium shred Dash of salt 1% teaspoons vanilla Measure milk, coconut, salt and vanilla into a nixing bowl, then mil:` them all together thoroughly. . Drop with teaspoon on greased baking sheet. Bake in moderate oven (850 degres F.) 10 minutes. Thisrecipe makes 18 cookies. When you are superintending the dropping of these cookies on the baking sheet, have the youngsters use 2 teaspoons. One to pick up the mixture—the other to serape It out of the spoon. It is best to Nape Issue No, 49----'37 AUTOMATIC BOOKLET Apit,'i.n e;. 1 V" mantic stories best, while clerks pre- fer "thrillers." In both cases fiction accounts for 80 per cent. of the read- ing matter. Young people, according to the professor, have a much wider range of reading. Professional and business men, when they do read, study books on social and economic /natters. Enforced study of the classics at school sickens young people of this type of literature, he says, and pre- vents them reading serious books. "When you rub a person's nose in classics whether he wishes it or not, he is glad to get through with this kind of reading and drops it im- mediately after class," adds the pro- fessor. thelia a little to make a round mound on the sheet. Much the same and just as easy to make are: COCONUT DATE KISSES 2 egg whites 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup coconut, premium shred ' 1 cup finely chopped dates Beat egg whites until foamy throughout; add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating after each addi- /tion until sugar is blended. Then continue beating until mixture will stand in peaks. Pold in coconut and dates. Drop from teaspoon on un - greased paper. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees F.) 20 minutes, or un- til delicately browned. Makes 21 dozen ki .ees. For easy to snake, appetizing, and beautiful desserts there is nothing to excel jelly powders. These can be so simply prepared that any child can make them. The variety of colors and flavours in which jelly powders• can be purchased makes them ideal from the children's standpoint be- cause they can choose almost any shade of the rainbow• and combine it ' with their favourite fruit or what- ever another happens to have on hand. It can alsg be served plain or with whipped cream but as long as the child is allowed to ttdd the warm wa- ter and pour the ,jelly into a mold, she (and he too!) -feels that it's really making something. EMERALD FRUIT CARE 1 package lime jelly powder 1 pint warm water 2 cups mixed fruit, diced and chilled (pears, peaches, cher- ries, pincalle, etc.) Dissolve jelly in warm water. Pour into shallow pan. Chill until firm• Cut into small cubes. Combine fruit. Pile into sherbet glasses, adding a small amount of fruit juice to each serving. Serves 8. GRAPE ORANGE MOLD 1 package oratige jelly powder. 1 dup warm water y% cup grape juice 1 cup orange juice, ,strained Dissolve jelly in warm Water. Add grape and orange juice. Turn into molds. Chill until liras. Uningid Serves 4. Lisle Stock rigs Enter Ballroom Boycott on Japanese Goods Is Responsible For Absence Of Silk Hose Co-eds of New York University, 150 strong, have started a nation- wide boycott of Japanese silk. Deana Kimmel, who originated the movement at N.Y.U. two weeks ago and is now chairman of the National Youth drive to boycott Japan, in- structed her followers to "make Am- erica cotton -conscious." Since the N.Y.U. campaign began, anti-Japanese silk boycotts have been started • at Vassar, Smith, Rochester, Moravian and in San Dinego. Sign a Pledge PIedge cards made their appear- ance in Miss Kimmel's drive and 1,000 of them will be distributed to students. The pledge reads as fol- lows:— "I• ollows:—"I• ama,, in sympathy- with this move-„ meet-rd'aboycott Japanese goods "` I believe that economic sanctions should be applied at once to any ac- tion showing such an aggressive foreign policy as Japan is now dis- playing in China. I pledge myself not to buy any more Japanese goods until a less hostile attitude is shown by Japan " At the sophomore dance, lisle stockings were introduced to col- legiate night life for the first time. Antique Dealer Claims Headship of Hapsburgs A slight, mild, gray-haired dealer in antiques in a quiet Vienna street believes he is the rightful head of the Hapsburg family—but he isn't claiming the throne. He is Robert Pachmann, who through the years has been gather- ing documents which, he says, prove he is a legitimate and royal son of Crown Prince Rudolf. Pachmann said he was born in 1883, six years before the Crown Prince was found shot to death with the Baroness Ma- rie Vetsera in a hunting lodge at Mayerling, near Vienna. Pachmann's story, now being aired by a skeptical press, has caused Aus- trian monarchists some irritation. For, if it were proved true, the mild Mr. Pachmann, and not Archduke Otto von Hapsburg, would seem to have first claim to the Austrian throne—should it ever be re-estab- lished. Won't Let Quints Be Guinea Pigs Time Approaching When Five Little Girls Must Begin to Min- gle With Other Childretz. Dr. Allan R. Defoe, medical guardian of the Dionne quintuplets, is looking forward to the time when the five sisters can be "taken from behind glass walls" and permitted to , play around with neighbor children, just as less famous boys and girls. "The time is approaching when the five girls must begin to ns'.ngle with other children in order to brush more intimately against life," Dr. Dafoe told an audience of women at Cincinnati, Ohio, last week. Indifferent to Curious Gaze "They must be taught to be indif- ferent to the gaze of the curious, to which they will .be subjected as long as they live," he stated. The next -problem, said the doctor, is a plan for their education. The girls are receiving pre -kindergarten training under the direction of a pri- vate tutor and nurses, he said. ' Each a Distinct Individual "We will not allow them to become scientific guinea pigs," he added. "Ws try to remember that each of the quintuplets represents a distinct personality." . The country doctor who suddenly became a world figure when he de- livered the quintuplets, was in Cin cinnati as guest of the woman's ex- , position. Enemy Into Friend This life of ours is far too short For harbouring vindictive moods; Too brief ior.wagiatgenalara'.fends, For malices of 4iPy sort. The strongest disputant is he Who has the moral strength to , cease From controversy and make peace In honour and in amity. Acting according to his lights, The stubborn man may lose a lot Who will not bate a single jot Of what he holds to be his rights. It's often best to make an end Of bitterness at any cost. 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