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by G. H. SHARP
CHAPTER TWO Two of Blake's cowboys is over
there settin' up with the corpse.
Marked for Murder There was a few things I wanted
There was a tense, uneasy silence to ask you about, so I rode over."
in the ranch hoose. Men looked at Sheriff Hank Roberts left the
one another askance. More than cabin as quietly as he had coarse.
one pair of eyes was watching The members of the Scissor -Bill
Webb Winters. Pool looked uneasily at one ami -
"You and Bob rode ]ionic to- other. Then Joe Blake spoke:
gether, Webb," said Joe Blake, "as "We better be driftin' along. So -
far as the forks of the trail You long, Webb. And hell, nobody here
was the last man to see Bob And- is accusin' you of anything. See you
erson alive, If T was you, I'd keep at the funeral tomorrow."
that information away front the They left Webb there in his
sheriff. it might sound different cabin. None of them had any de -
to the Iaw than it does to us that sire to stay and talc to the keen -
knows you and Bob was good eyed old sheriff from Rimrock who
friends. A jury, now, might think had walked in on them so quietly.
somethin' different. If I was you, `,tt'ebb Winters knew that old
I'd forget t rode along that trail flank Roberts had heard him when
with a man who was found niur- he had hurled his challenge at the
:dered." others. He poured himself a cup
Webb's jay; muscles tightened, of coffee and stood there in the
His lips were tight, white. His nar- lighted doorway as the others rode
towed eyes looked at Joe Blake. away into the night. The sky was
at Tex, at the others. He saw filled with broken clouds through
suspicion written on the faces of which a pale moon rode.
more than one of these men. Three Then Sheriff Hank Roberts came
thousand dollars was a lot of back from the barn. Webb put
money. to them. Those papers, de- more Brood in the stove, The old
livered to Ab Abbott, would bring peace officer sat down in the chair
a good price. And Webb Winters that Joe Blake had been using.
had been the mail who had ridden Webb handed hili a cup of coffee
a lonely trail with Bob Anderson. and put tobacco within the sheriff's
"If any man here thinks I killed reach.
Bob Anderson," said Webb Win- "I reckon," said Webb abruptly,
ters, "let him collie out and say "that you heard what I was tellin'
sO " 'em, Sheriff."
None of theist had seen the door "Set down, son. Take the weight
open. None of them, in that tense off your feet, Ale and you are
moment, noticed the man standing goin' to have a pow -wow. A little
in the doorway. All of them medicine talk. Light your tobacco."
stared guiltily as Sherif} Hank Rob- _ Webb took the other chair and
•erts spoke: rolled a cigarette. The sheriff sip -
"Didn't knoll' rou had company, ped his black coffee. They smoked
Webb." a while without saying a wvord.-
Webb's tongue wet his dry lips. Webb was still white hot inside be -
.Fie forced a lame sort of grin. cause of the veiled accusation of
"Howdy, Hank, Joe and Tex Joe Blake and the others.
,and some of the boys dropped "Who organized the Scissor -Bill
around to see about givill' Bob a Pool, Webb?" the sheriff asked
proper plantin'. Glad you come abruptly.
over. Put up your horse." "I reckon you can lay it onto me
"I will, Webb,much obliged. It and Bob, We had to gather our
got kinds. gloomy over at Bob's. cattle in the fall and brand our
calves in the spring. None of us
had many cattle and the only way
to work the range was to make up
a pool round -tip, whicli we did."
„
�� .•,. �� Likewise, it protected you
against the Triangle outfit."
:>•.\� a ' "That's right."
s• "And the Scissor -Bill fool airs
to start a war on account of Bob
i „'•• \ Anderson's murder?"
�, \ Not know -ill', I couldn't say,
a 4 \ Sheriff."
4-0 't \\ "You'd better get this straight,
son. There', goin' to be rho range
war if I kin help it. .Even if I
have to put the men of the Pool
and every Triangle inan under a
peace bond. You fellers seem to
\� s '0 forget that there's a lawn it, this
country."
A \ "Then tvltr didn't Haat law ketch
e \ the elan that shot Ed Young in
�\ the back a few months
A q \ 1t1]_ ag0� Wily
don't your law lay a hand on the
(nen that murdered Bob Ander-
"\ son?" Webb tone was bitter.
+ $s .a i ► `\�\ "1'm doin' the best I know 'how,
`�\ son. Takes time, Accusin' a man
of murder is an almighty serious
charge. Got to go careful, Webb,
which trail did you use corrin'
home?„
't "You illeall when I collie to-
night?"
o-
Yes.'
"T cut across the lotwer end of
\ s ► \
Bob's horse pasture, takizl' a short.
t•\\\ .�41
Y`\ cut Bob and I used a lot, It cuts
�, �• '.,:;; off about three miles.
"Mind lettin' ole have a loot: at
4722 SIZES 12--20 30--$2 your gun:"
.Chere was a puzzled expression
in the cowboy's eyes as he tool; his
Mu�. G+�ee,$ sit -shooter iroill clic ww•ai= ! mild of
i•is overalls and handed it, butt
'hll1� baleen dre s %rill ln,y 1u1 foremost, to iile` laww e+;!li
itself in a eftrint«' Stuart tabic• The sheriff examined it carcinlly.
top dregs has !.•tole,( i� clown frolit, then looked, at Webb,
half-moon re,rl.e �, 1'lic boloro is1 (,Chis gull has been fired lately."
h
tine, irli"1 c. -, ce .,l il:d lieu l Ibis afternoon, I emptied it
Patici•1, �1, • I:.' to 20; 3o to 1 p
42 Size 16 dress and bolero, 4s a a coyote. If you're hiut•in' that 1
/s 1 killed Bob Anderson ..."
yds. 35 -in., y yd, contrast. "Keep your shirt oil, sou, C ain't
This pattern, easy to use, sim• accusin' you of anything. But i
,ple to sew, la tested for fit. Has took that same short-cut, comm'
complete illustrated instructions. Isere tonight. There's a dead man
Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS alongside the trail, A Triangle cow- I
(25caccepted) ill coons (stamps cannot be boy. 'The same cowboy you had a 1 `
is pattern. Print t fight with in town about two weeks 1 1
fainly SIZE, NAME,
ADDRESS, ago.
1 recognized ]liar, right off. I
TYLE NUMBER, g g J
Send order to .Bax 1, t?3 .%.i 9t• j 1 remember the fight you'd had l t
g
with him becanse lie ww+a5 Usili' E
trench St. New Toronto. Ont, 1 tough language in Mae's restaurant. t t
{ You rtnt hill, out of town and toil] j r
ISSUE 17 -• 1950 1 1,1111 he'd grit worse than just a i,
No Trouble At All—Mrs.. Joyce Chapman, 18, of Oroville, smiles
at her infant son which she bore while listening to her radio at
home. She said that after the birth, which was completely pain-
less, she wrapped the infarct in a mackinaw and walked a anile
to the mine where her husband works. He took the mother and
child to the hospital, where both are doing fine.
beatin' up if he ever showed tip
xgain in the restaurant."
and although Nye kept her until
"Well, what about it?"
she was over three years old she
"So far as the sign shows, Webb,
never did have a calf. So even -
you're the only man that took the
tually she went to the stockyards
short-cut tonight. Your gun barrel
and 1 haven't a doubt in the world
is powder -marked."
she made excellent beef.
"Therefore, I trilled the gent?"
Then the same cow had twills
"No jury would convict a elan on
again—a nice, average -size pair of
such slim evidence." He handed
heifer calves—and we kept them.
JVebb back the gun and picked up
Mr. Old -Timer shook his bead,
his coffee cup.
again—, ":iou'll rue the day" he
"That man was killed by Bob
mourned. But one of those tivins
Anderson, Webb. Keep your gun."
is the mother of our newest arriv-
als, so you see our twin calves are
son at the little Rimrock graveyard.
proof positive of the falsity of that
old-fashioned superstition—that a
All the members of the Scissor -Bill
.
heifer that is born a twin will never
Pool were there. Webb was there
produce a calf.
with Mae. It was drizzling rain
Syell, the weather is still front
and everybody had on slickers: A
dismal, dreary day. Saddled horses •
page news. Frost, cold winds,
stood, bridle reins dropped. Bugdy
show in many places . , and
.Easter! We had everything but
teams were tied to the fence. Nearly
the snow. Daughter was home for
all the women stayed in their
the long week -end, and as she left
buggies. _
(Continued Nest Week)
Toronto while it was still quite
mild she brought only a light
weight top coat with her. 1 wonder
how many other }week -enders were
caught the sable way. Now we are
``.
back to normal again—no more
homeconiers in the house, so there
HR®NICLES
is no temptation to sit up talking
to the small hours; and no more
gl� P. A R H
hockey broadcasts to keep' one
keyed up to fever pitch. thew the
Maple Leafs
Gwettidolirwe
are out of the run -
ning the call retire to our beds at
a respectable hour and build up a
There were no Easter bunnies
little reserve energy against' the
spring rush . if that time ever
around here last week but there
were lenty of calves. The first one,
. .
comes! But, oh dear! soon there
a'heifer, arrived uneventfully dur-
will be daylight saving time to .
contend with—and that will upset•'
ing the middle of the night but,the-
mother was one of these unnatural
our schedule again. However, With
females who refuses to recognize
no hydro shortage to worry about,
DST shouldn't be quite such a
her off -spring. In cow language
that means the mother mould
farce as it was last year. That was
not
lick her calf after it was born—a
a time to remember. As if we
usual procedure—alad unless you ar-
could forget ! 1
Spring is also the time for new
used to cattle you have no idea
what a difference that
styles in toggery—and flow I Wish
makes to
the appearance of a calf. The
some one would get the idea that
car-
essirig touch of the mother's tongue
COLOURED shirts are the only
is as beneficial to the calf as beauty
smart thing for men to wear. White
parlour treatment to a gliniorous
shirts . .. how I hate thein! Not
blonde.
the look of them, of course, just
Two days later while milking was a
the washing and ironing. Nash
in progress Partner looked at
theist by themselves; hang them by
Spotty and figured "her (.tine had
themselves; iron theta so care-
I find
artily—'<"ge
come"—or at least it was not far
distant. SO Spotty W1S put into
yet every time
a smudge somewhere; Or a SCOrC]1
. a
stall by herself and left alone.
mark, or a wrinkle in the collar.
Later that night Bob event down
Men's while shirts are enough to
to the barn and when rte canine back
blight a woman's life . . . there
Partner inquired—"Is the cow all
should be a law against then.
Well, that's all for this time,
right?"11
Yes," answered Bob, "Spotty's
friends, I must go now and iron a
all right', except that she has twill
shirt . . a white shirt and
calves!"
for• the second time
And was Spotty ever proud of
�—
her babies! Nothing wrong with
WOW7
CAN I
the mother -instinct there. Spott'y's
only trouble was how to divide
By tonne Ashley
!mer attention between the two
--
calves—that is, if she could tell.
Q. How can I test the Purity
one from another. They are almost °
of brlt:ter?
identical—and Moth as spatted as
A, Place a shall amount of
RL leopard --being of the Ayrshire
butter in a teaspoon and hold it
variety.
over a flame If butter is pure, it
NOW Of cvnr e the arrival of
will foam quietly and boil, If
law in calves is nothing very wcoader-
imptire, it will crackle and sputter
111• --triplets am a bit more unusual, .
as it becomes heated.
Alt we'll 6eitl: lrr twins around
Q, How can I stop a small lcal.
lr•rr What made this occasion par-
in a pan, bucket or tub?
l.:ul"rly iutet•esting lay in the fact
A. Turn the receptacle upside
h;tt the mother of our Clew calves
down, cover the leak with a little
ryas herself a twin; and the grand-
powdered sulphur, heat an old
nother had twins twice. Moreover,
knife blade until it is very hot, and
u each case the twit's were
—s—•
spread the sulphur around the leak.
lrn -and thereby Mangy a tale.
"t
Q. Dow can i help eick gold
is the tale—or faintly history.-.
fish'( �
.hat makes nay, story, The first
A. If the gold fish are III, the
line calves arraived at Ginger
chalices are that they are overfed,
Tarin an old-timer :advised Part-
or their bowl has not been kept
mer to veal tiicni. "Don't ever
clean. Overfeeding or lack of
cecp twin heifer Calves," Ile said,
fresh water will soon kill them,
`you'll never get any canes rroui
Q, How can .t overcome the
I iens, no matter how long you
tinpieasantness of laking medicine?
:eep thenal. It just won't happen,
When medicine is tinpleasatlt
flat's all."
to take, try placing a bit of !
Well, Oil that first OCnasio'il 11fr,
Own in the month for a :tlnonlent
Ad-Tialet was right, because ontr
before taking the medicine. it
Of was undersized and not worth
will usually overcome ;•atiy 1111•
eping; tilt Otller• WA9 eXtra big
pleas`atatttc!zY,
ANNE;
14IRST]
"I've been married 11 years to
a man I, used to love. Ilut latcly
lie is so hard .to get along with -
that I'm 'about
t ready to pact;
sem}, t 1 alp and go.
"Nothing 1 do
is ever quite
right. He com-
..,:; plains about my.
it y,• llousekee p i n g,
though 1,311
tiff much b c t t e r
titan I used to
be—and instead of helping, he
keeps ole picking up after hint all
the time.
"He criticizes the way I talk, and
look, and act, Yet if I get a new
dress, he just grumbles and asks
what it cost. lily education is
better tharn his, and rill just as
pleasant as lie will let me be. I
have loads of friends, though lie
]las few.
"He won't go to clmllrcll with
me. He never takes ane out tniless'
I nag him—and when sve do go,
]me is such a show-off that he eln-
barrasses me.
"Fie pays the bills, and is gen-
erous. He doesn't drink _ or gamble.
"If I had only a little appre-
ciation, I'd be so happy! (Some-
times I think he'd be better off
with just a housekeeper) . . , I
don't want to leave, but how can
I make our marriage like it used.
to be
"ON THE VERGE."
Stolt trying to make !aim over,,
a`
Show hiin you like hint as lie is,.
—and tell hili why.
You two can recapture that
s companionship youused to liave,.
't if you will take the trouble to
do your part, Compare him with
other husbands you know, and
those unfortunate odes you read
s about in this column. I think
you will realize holt• lucky you
are.
0
Concentrate on. the good quali-
ties your .husband has, and ignore
the others. You can't change him,
you know—but you can change
your opinion of him. Anise Hirst
will help, if you write her at Bost
1„ 123, Eighteenth, Street,. New
Toronto, Ontario.
RENEW YOUR CHARMS "Re must think this eeremon1r,
When you married your bus- is being televised."
"t band, you say, lie was devoted TIT FOR TAT
and appreciative, flattering and
helpful. (I wish I could print A woman wile was living til a.
�` all your letter). You were good hotel at San Francisco employee&
companions, had full together. a Chinese bay. She said, "What'r-
What has happened?
your name?"
A man who develops the an- 'Ttii Yu Tsin Mei," lie replied.
noying habit of criticizing every- "Your name is too long; !,it
thing his wife does, often feels call you John."
at fault himself. So he protects The Chinese boy looked sur -
that feeling by trying to be prised.
y' superior. This accounts for your "What's your name?" .lie asked.
husband "picking on" you. "Mrs, Eliver Edward Mac:Don-
s When he shows off before ald."
a' other people, it is because lie "Your name is too long; I call
craves flattery and doesn't get it you Charlie."
at home.
s` Your husband . would enjoy The boss suffers from inflation
'•' taking you out if he felt at home —ars inflated sense of his own im-
'^ with you, confident that you are portance.
proud of him, as he used to be
proud of you.
I think you are expecting too
" much of him. He has his points,
you know. He is honest and
good. He has, no vices. He is
a helpful citizen in the commun-
ity. He provides well for
c' Why don't you concentrate on
PAINS CAN 8E 9tEL1E1lEI)
his good qualities, and let Biot O O � C i � �
know how you appreciate them? ^8 Tablets have
Flatter him a bit, tactfully. _ hot p'dgrate. 1;P t` Make him feel he's really Some-' �* flit hundreds
of thousands
body. Praise Ilio for his vir- find blessed re•
tues, and see how lie expands. ° lief from the
Your compliments will build up agony ofARTR-
l'
his prestige / RITiCand RHEU-
P g (which is . what he OMATIC pains.
needs) and will soften his atti- O O L C I N
tude toward you, too. He will is safe, harmless to the heart or aaxp
begin to see you as lie did in ether organ. Try reliable, scientifically.•
t Prompt relieg
the early years of your marriage, ffrromptthuepainss of AR "Runs, RREwATisN,,
when you exercised all your BURSIiIS and SCIATICA. Get DOLCIN ataop•
charms to please him, and con- drug-store—without a prescription -1019'
tablets $2,39-200 tablets 53.95—and 5oo-
vinced him that he leas the tablet economy size.
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