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JOHN 3.--11UGGARD
• Barrister, •S'olic'itor,
Notary ?uiblic, Etc.
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HAYS & MEIR
Succeeding R. S. Hays
Barristers, Solicitors, 'Conveyancers
and . Notaries Public. 'Soli'citors for
the Dominion Bank.. Office in wear of
the Dominion Bank, Seafarth. Marney
to ,Doan.
JOHN H. BEST
Barrister, Solicitor, Etc.
Seaforth Ontario
VETERINARY
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of 'Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls paiomtptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
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BY PETER E3. KYNE
(Contia'ued fzorn 1a6't Vt'eek)
"Your brother did --fact• night. I
meet him just after he Came home
from Arguello."
"Then o jest was intended, Gail.
Excuse me While I investigate."
In a few tmlimnites she returned, de-
preeeed, trsianbling, and very close to
tears.
"Lee says' that recently something
occurred between him and Mr. Todd
which made my brother, Tommy and
Link very, 'vary angry. He says n'o-
,body really desires to kill Mr. Todd
and he thinks Mr. Tadd will be rea-
sonable 'and not commit suicide. Lee
says' he will joie) us at luncheon in' a
few minutes and after luncheon we
will discuss the issue caliml+y."
"I will do anything to avert mur-
A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. der, yet I am peculiarly helpless. a -
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary mong these warring men, Hallie."
College. University of Toronto. All Hadl'ie'sMouth set in a firm line.
diseases of domestic animals treated "I'm glad you brought this subject
by the Most 'modern principles. up, Gail. I've knlown intuitively for
Charges reasonable. Day or night a long time that Lee was, in trouble,
calls promptly attended to. Office on but he wouldn't confide in me because
Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town he' feared to distress me. Now the
Hall. Phone 116. • Breeder of Scot- truth will out and I'm grateful to
tisk Terriers. Inverness Kennels, you for precipitating •Lee's confes-
1H'ensall. cion." •
"I'm slo sorry to make you unhap-
py with my troubles, Hallie, but you
can understand now how impossible
my situation has become. How may
DR. D. E. STURGIS I, with dignity and without emtber-
rassment .to all of us, continue to ac -
Graduate of the Faculty of Medi- sept your hospitality? I must find'
time, University of Western Ontario, r'c;me ether place to live."
and St. Joseph's Hospital, London. "I think," Hallie replied firmly,'
Member of College of Physicians and "that the very best thing you can do
Sturgeons of Ontario. Phone 67. Of- to promote peace is to remain 'here
fete at Dublin, Out. 3493 with us and insist that your man-
ager interview you here. Nobody will
hurt him or treat him with inciviI-
i-ty; he can come and go as he pleas-
es, and you can talk over your busi-
ness affairs in Lee's office. You must
help me ascertain' what lies at the
back 'of all this enmity apd enact the
role of 'peacemaker."
"I fear that plan is im'poss'ible.'-"
"But you will give it a trial, will
you not?"
"I will try, but Mr. Todd may not
consent to the plan."
"If he does not consent to it, then
I shal lnot ,consent to keep my bro-
ther and his men under control, Gail.
Lee says he knows his life is in dan-
ger and for that reason he has plan-
ned to "shoot Ira Todd at an early
DR. F. J. BURROWS date if the menace isn't removed."
Office and residence, Goderich St., "Hallie,, I don't know what to do!
east of the United Church, Seaforth. I'm 'helpless."
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of "Then remain here, follow Lee's ad -
Huron. vice 'and you'll not be helpless very
long."
HUGH H. ROSS
"But -pardon me' if I speak blunt-
DR.Graduate of University ly, Halti'ei-Mr. Todd advises' me not
y 'of Toronto to be guided by Major Purd'y's ad -
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- vice -and Mr .Todd's reasons were
loge of Physicians and Surgeons of very convincing. Even your brother
Ontario; pass graduate Course in admitted that. And I'm certain,
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ; when one has a manager, one should
Royal 0 'hall -rue Hospital, London, permit that manager to manage."
England• Un'iv'ersity Hospital, Lon- "OOh, I suppose 'he told you Lee had
don, En and. Office -Back of Do- an ulterior motive, and of course that
=ham nk, tSeafor'th. Phone No. 5. is the oldest, cheapest and most shop -
Night answered from residence, Worn argument in, the world, also
Victoria reet, Seaforth. , the best! Gail, my 'brother never did
a dishonorabel act in all his life."
(Gail had n'o answer to this loyal
statement, although, had her infor-
mant been anyone except Hallie,, she
Might have reminded her that Lee
Purdy had confesser to dishonorable
acts and that 'he had, in fact, once
been dismissed without honor from
the United States army, although sub-
sequently reinstated with ot•helr pun-
ishment substituted.
`Of course," Hallie went 'on, with a
calmness and composure reminiscent
of her brother, "I can understand
your position also. Mr. Todd was
your uncle's trusted right-hand' man
for years, and as Lee once admitted
to me, 'Mr. Todd stands very high in
the estimation of many good' citizens
of this country. Sto does my bro-
ther. Lee 'says he is regarded as
highly as Mr. Toddi-that one-half
their world believes they each wear
rings and the other 'half is quite cer-
tain they each wear horns and a
spiked tail." She passed her arm a-
round 'Gail's shoulder now. "There,
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER there, let us not think too much a -
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat bout it for the present. Everything
Graduate in Medicine, University of will be adjusted without 'bloodshed
Toronto. and Lee and I are your friends."
Late assistant New York Opthal- 'Lee Purdy appeaie.d within a few
mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's minutes. (His rest 'had refreshed him
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- greatly; with the exception of an un-
pitals,. London, Eng. At Commercial wonted paleness there was northing to
Hotel, 'Seaforth, third Wednesday in indicate that he had the day prev-
each month, from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. ious voluntarily given a pint of his
58 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. blood to save the life of the man
who he'd' tried to kill ,him. He smiled
at Gail his grave, guardedly whim-
sical smile and expressed his regret
at the loss 'of her purse.
'DR. J. A. McTAGGART "Of course one of those inquisitive
Graduate Royal College of Dental little West Highland terriers of Hal -
Surgeons, Toronto. Office at Hensall, lie's went out for a constitutional
Ont. Phone 106. this morning,," he declared, "and
found your purse. Naturally he car-
ried it away for investigation and
possible destruction. 3 Imagine, how-
ever, that when he discovered it was
HAROLD DALE unfit to eat he a'band'oned it. I'll
Licensed Auctioneer have all hands out after luncheon
Specialist in farm and household and we'll comb every feat of the hill
sales. Prices reas'ona'ble. For dates until we find it."
and information, write or phone Har- Despite the efforts of all three to
old Dale. phone 149,•Sealorth, or ap- maintain an appearance of gaiety,
ply at The Expositor office. luncheon was a gloomy function.
Purdy was secretly enraged' at Gail
because of the latter's revelation's to
his sister; Hallie, always the perfect
h'oste'ss, was nevertheless secretly
displeased with her guest 'because of
the latter's lack of faith in the in-
tegrity and honor of the head of the
House of Purdy; while Gail hated
herself and Lee Purdy and was un-
easy in the presence of Hallie --since
it is a law of life that no woman
can conceal from another a hint of
her secret feelings concerning that
weman. The embarrassment inci-
dent to the l'os's of her purse and the
coming down of the wretched Pres -
bevy child with scarlet fever at this
most inopportune time, made her
_ MEDICAL
DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT
Graduate of _ Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario. Mem-
ber of College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode-
rich Street, West. Phone 37.
Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay.
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario, Lon-
don. Member of College of Physi-
cians apd Surgeons of Ontario. Office
in Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St.,
Seaforth, Phone 90.
DR. E. A. McMASTER
Graduate of the University of To-
ronto, Faculty of Medicine
Member of College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of
New York Post GraduateSchool and
Lying-in Hospital, New York. Of-
fice on High Street. Seaforth. Phone
27.
Office fully equipped for ultra 'sho'rt
wave electric treatment, Ultra Violet
Sun Lamp treatments, and Infra Red
electric treatments. Nurse in attend-
ance.
DR. G. R. COLLYER
Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni-
versity of Western Ontario. Member
College of Physicians' and •Surgeons
of Ontario. Post graduate work at
New York City FLospital and Victoria
Hospital, London. Phone: Hensall 56.
Office: King Street, Hensall.
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SEAPORrr1t ONTARIO
numb with misery. She was 'between
the devil, Purdy, and the deep sea, so
to speak. Twelve hours !before she
'had rejected the Purdy hospitality,
had wept because she had 'been trick-
ed by fate into accepting it; now that
same pery rse fate was forcing her
to an indefinite acceptance of it.
Purdy, of course, had no difficulty
in reading her thoughts, for 'when
the meal• was over and he followed
Gail and :Hallie out to chairs on the
veranda overlooking the patio, he
stepped up 'alongside Gail for a• mo-
ment and murmured 'confidentially:
"I''m sorry it's fallen out 'this way,
but of course I didn't steal your
purse and I didn't inoculate the Pres-
bery child 'with scarlet fever. 'Sup-'
pose we forget last night's occur-
rences."
"I cannot --, ever," she breathed.
"I'm terribly,terribly disappointed."
"In me?"
"Yes, in you. I didn't think you
could 'possibly be th•e man you are."
"Welt," 'he answered without anger
"in the sweet by and 'by we shall see
that which we shall see. I am what
I am, yet I'm an alabaster saint com-
pared with some people I know."
He watched the girls seat them-
selves and stood facing them. "I
shrink, from a discussion 'of this mat-
ter, Hallie., as you know," he began.
"Let us not, therefore, indulge in
saddening and disgusting detail.
Miss Ormsby, our Mr. Todd will net
be able to discuss your affairs with
you until after several days have
passed. Meanwhile I will send him a
letter guaranteeing him safe conduct
if and when 'he may choose to come
here to discuss your affairs with you.
Out of courtesy to our guest and be -
:use I cannot refuse my sister any-
hing, Miss 'Ormsby, I shall declare
a truce for two weeks, although that
means 'I me'e't not leave La Questa
7E n'cantada.
Two weeks should 'be ample time
for Todd to think matters over; it
t'houltd afford you ample opportunity
to convince 'him that he should do
that which I have demanded he shall
do. Also, during that two weeks you
will have time to go over your ranch
accounts with him, devise ways and
means to meet your current obli'ga-
tion's and outline a policy for future
operation Of your property; then if
you conclude that your interests will
best be served by selling your ranch,
why, you can sell„ and the sale may
automatically relieve ane of the lia-
bility of future clashes wt, s Ira Todd.
The new owner may not retain him
as manager. After selling your
ranch you will leave this barbarous
country, and forget Todd and Lee
Purdy and all the other rough -necks
you met here; if Todd and I should
get into a fatal 'argument afterward,
the result should not necessarily cost
you a minute's sleep. What I con-
template now is saving you from fin-
ancial loss, emlbarrasslment or ruin
'by cot removing your manager be-
fore you have finished with him. Is
that 'plan satisfactory?"
.'Gail nodded. "It seems eminently
fair• -,from your point of view. I
will be frank, Major. I am not at
all concerned as to what may happen
to Mr. Todd after I have made a de-
cision as to only future; I feel wholly
dependent upon him now and I am
in truly desperate straits; I ask for
mercy, not for Ira Todd, but for my-
self." -
"You shall have it. I wasn't a-
ware-" Purdy began, 'but the girl
silenced him with a wave of her
hand.
"Mr. Todd appears sufficiently in-
telligent to appreciate the enormity
of any offense he may have commit-
ted, and he should appreciate it if
'he is at all conversant with the cus-
tom of the country. He is entirely
responsible for his personal acts, as
I view the situation. If a public apol-
ogy is due frolm 'him to you, if he
realizes that it its due and that is is
the fair and manly thing for him to
accept your terms; if he realizes that
refusal to accept them will mean that
inevitably he will 'be called upon to
'defend his life, I'm sure I should, not
grieve if he elects to follow the lat-
ter course."
"Spoken like a man, Miss Ormsby.
I'll play fair with you and I'll play
fair with Todd. I give him to you
for two weeks. If at the end of two
weeks you cannot make him 'be rea-
sonable, you are to give him 'back
to me to do with as I see fit. Un-
derstood?"
"Perfectly."
"I give you .my word of honor also
that, should it 'become necessary for
me to kill him, the job will not be
done from ambush. I'll get him in
the open or not at all."
"Well, since there trust 'be a code
to a killing, that seems very fair of
you. And you answer for similar
conduct on the part of your-alh--
hired men?"
"I do -upon 'my honor. Now, can
we not be friends for two weeks?"
CHAPTER XVII
In the silence that ensued the patio
gate opened and Curly McMahon, one
of the riders of La Cuesta Encantada
stepped inside. "Boss," he called
from the gate, "Pete Howe from' the
Box K Ranch is here and wants he
should see you for a minute, if you
ain't too busy."
"Certainly, Curly. Tell him to
come night in." ' He turned to Gail,
"Any oommnuniratian I may have
with your man, Pete 'Howe, should,
very properly, be had in your pres-
ence."
She nodded. "It is very hard' to
be unfriendly with you, Major Purdy.
I shall be very 'happy to 'be convin-
ced bhat-that-well-,-•"
Hallie interrupted sweetly and pat-
ted Gail's hand": "Why say it if it's
so hard to say? We'Il take it for
granted, will we note -Lee?"
"We'll take whatever you desire,
little sister, even if it should be a
hot stove. . . , Come in, Pete."
Pete Howe, arrayed in leathern
chaps, entered, advanced with a rhy-
thmic
hythmic metallic jingle from his eplurs,
doffed 'his 'hat to the ladies and re-
mtained uncovered, gazing helplessly
at Purdy.
"Well, Pete," the latter saluted
him easily. "What's the latest gots-
sip from the Box K?"
"Welly, Major Purdy, sir," Pete
Bowe replied, 'with a painful grin,
"the latest news is that Mr. Todd and
Jake Dort dome back to the Box K
late .last night. Jake's a deputy
sheriff now an' he's filed an attach-
ment on all the calballada an is
drawiin'' four dollar a day as the of-
ficial watch -dog for the creditors,
which I ain't one of 'em an' I want
that Miss Ormsby should know it."
"That is understood, Pete. What
next?"
"Well, Mr. Todd announced that
he was still manager an' that Jake
Dort was still range (boss. 'That be -
in' the case,' I says, `I reckon I"m
just a plain cow -hand again.' 'Which
you're not even that on the Box K
any more,' says Jake. 'You're ,fired.'
So right after breakfast this morn -
hi' 'I saddle the only pony I own,
pack my su'ggins 'on in back an' come
here, Major Purdy, sir, lookin' for a
job o' work."
"You did exactly right, Pete. You
are out of a job (because I put my oar
in where it 'wasn't wanted and where
I couldn't maintain it. Tell Curly to
show you a room in the 'bink -house,
turn your pony into the pasture and
make yourself at 'home on the wages
of a top cow -hand. Link Hallowell
will be back .in a few days. See him
for anything you `may happen to need
-gla d to have you on the ranch,
Pete."
"Thank you, sir."
But still Pete Howe lingered and
Purdy thought he detected in the
cowboy's eyes a plain statement to
the effect that a job had not been the
only thing Pete Howe 'had called for.
"Anything else you wanted to
speak to me about, Pete ?" be quer-
ied.
"Yes, sir, but it's a private mat-
ter."
'Toes it concern you or the Box
K Ranch "
"It concerns the Box K Ranch, I
reckon. Anyhow, it ain't n'o business
o' mine."
"Then speak right out, Pete. Any -
think that concerns something that
has happened on the Box K must
not be discussed with me in private.
I must insist that you include Miss
Ormsby in your conkdences."
"All right, if you say so,• sir, but I
was referrin' to what you fellers pul-
led ^(r here an' at the Box K last
night."
"What de you mean ?"
"What you fellers done to Ira
Todd."
"When?"
"A btu: 'calf -past twelve this morn-
rn�Pete, I haven't the slightest idea
what you're driving at."
"Honest'?"
"Honest. (Ion"t ask me riddles,
Pete. Speak up"
"Why, along after midnight last
night we all at the Box K are woke
up by the snarlin' of a si-reen - you
know, one o' them wailin' kind o'
whistles that sound like somebody
was murderin''s a devil. It was far
off at first, 'but it come closer and
closer; then we heard an airplane
passin' overhead. It kept circlin' ov-
er the Box K, with that si-reen a-
wailin', ani' eomin' lower an' lower.
Every,bo'dy'_-includin' even Ira Todd,
sick as he is -run out in his shirt tail
an' then 'the airplane come swoopin'
down an' whizzed by 'mebbe thirty
feet over the ranch. An' when it
was right over the yard where we all
stdod gapin' up, somethin' dropped
out an' mighty near hit us."
Pete Howe fumbled his weather -
worn sombrero and seemed' embar-
rassed.
"`Well, Pete, of course I have . no
curiosity as to the nature of the
thing that dropped out, s'o I am not
going to ask you to tell me what it
was." He turned to Gail. "Miss
Crm.s'by. howe or, a, the ---rner o`
the Box K Ranch may have a par-
donable curiosity as ?to the nature of
the thing that was dropped on her
ranch at midnight from an airplane."
(Gail's face had gone ashen. 'She
felt faint. Pete Howe looked at her
and his honest face grew rosier than
(before. "'I reckon I've talked too
much already," he mumbled, and
started to move off. But Purdy stop-
ped him.
"I have no curiosity to know what
was dropped," the girl managed to
say. "I already know!"
Pete Howe started as if bee -stung
and Lee Purdy turned' a look that
met his was not to his liking, so he
shifted again 'to Pete Howe. "What
kind of an airplane was it, Pete?"
he demanded.
"It looked exactly like the one you
an' Tommy Scaife fly around in once
in a while."
"The siren you ,mention might (be
one that Tammy Scaife affixed re-
cently to the exhaust of one of my
ships. eIt can be heard for miles in
still air and Tommy wanted a dis-
tinct signal on patrol -one that
meant forest fire and would put ev-
ery ranger and lookout en guard.
And, as a matter of fact, I heard
Tommy Senile 'hop off the hill after
he 'brought me home close to mid-
night last night. I didn't think any-
thing of it (because I knew Tommy
was interested in spotting the camp
fire of a stranger that appeared un-
invited on this ranch yesterday."
"It was Tammy' Scaife," Gail found
the courage to say.
all dm*. ire rgh
zlny'
Speakl .%
Before glaxiet✓dt fiarail xpr pan
�nissl�azi aid, wen, reeervmg an MM.
ati"ve nod, promptly at, veered 'hiss new
emtpl.oyer's •question.
' "Major, he drd.'pped a corpses'
"Thank you, Pete, That will be
all!" Lee Purdy's voice' had a freez-
ing quality in, it neiv; abruptly Pete
Howe -took his departure and only
the steady clSnking soland of his spur. s
(broke the silence in -the patio, Then
the gate slammed gently and Lee
Purdy commenced to whistle softly
the opening 'bars of "Sabre las sOlas "
Gail found something to interest' her
in the antics of a humming bird de-
spoiling an adjacent flower and Hal-
lie was very quiet, staring at her
hands folded in "her lap. She was the
first to speak.
"Well, Brother Purdy," she said
calmd•y, /'you got into deep water
very close to the shore, didn't you?"
"Sure did, Hallie. And poor old
Pete didn't shove 'me in either. I just
naturally dove in with all my clothes
on, didn't ti ';
""Tommy appears to be a great
source , f embarrassment to -day,
doesn't the,, dear?"
"Someti'm'es," he brother replied
plaintively, "I am quite at a loss to
know whether I would prefer to see
Tommy arrayed in a 'morning suit,
with lilies of the valley in his lapel
and a million -dollar bride on his arm
with me his (best man; upon other oc-
casions Tommy would look beautiful
to me in an undertaker's dress suit,
With me in the role of pallbearer.
Hallie, Tonimy hasn't been confiding
in me lately."
"Of course I know that. If he
'had, you wo51d not have walked into
the tight little hole you now occupy.
Well, old boy, I'll not add to your
misery by demanding an explanation
you cannot supply. Send for that
terrible Tommy, dear, and let us
have the truth Out of him."
"I se-nt for the terrible Tommy an
hour ago and received word that he
hopped off at day light. Out on
patrol, I suppose. When he return's
Curly McMahon will see him and tell
him to report to me." He favored
Gail with a sidelong glance. "So you
knew what Tommy had dropped, eh,
Miss Ormsby?"
Gail nodded coldly.
"Please be good enough to tell me
everything you know about this mat-
ter," he pleaded. "I know absolutely
nothing about it myself."
With a thrill she sensed that he
was speaking th'e truth -that the
news of the killing had leaked out
only because his meticulous sense of
the fitness of things had dictated
that, in view of their altered relation,
he could not, with entire propriety,
discuss her affairs with one of 'her
late employees unless, she was pres-
ent
Hallie sat straight up and gazed
inquiringly at Gail. She appeared to
say, "Well, proceed! I am listening."
"I 'have to tell you," Gail began.
"I've wanted to tell you, but I was
afraid. I was afraid last night when
you encountered me in the patio, Ma-
jor Purdy. I didn't want to dwell
under the same roof with you and
that horrible secret,- -"
Hallie reached over and possessed
herself of 'Gail's hand. "Begin at
the beginning, dear," she commanded.
And Gail began at the beginning and
kept bravely on to the end. When
her tale was done neither Lee Purdy
nor his sister had any comment to
nialeel; in theist mental reactions
these two seemed curiously alike.
They each possessed in 'bounteous
measure the priceless gift of know-
ing when to speak and when to be
silent.
Hallie shattered the nervous ten-
sion 'by announcing that the class.
would now be dismissed, not to take
up again until Tommy Scaife should
return and he and his co-conspirator,
Joaquin Jose !Ramon Orena y San-
chez, should he asked to appear and
testify to th'e 'truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
"You're right, IHiallie," her brother
assented. "You're always right. I
loathe extended post-mortems. Per-
haps Miss Ormsby might be interest-
ed in seeing the new litter of English
setters."
"A litter of rattlesnakes would
doubtless interest Miss Ormsby if it
would tend to make her feel, even
for five minutes, that she is not dom-
iciled with Ali 'Baba and 'his Forty
Thieves. I have no doubt she feared
that if you, Joaquin or Tommy had,
discovered last night that she knows
that which she knows, she would have
been strangled at once and her body
shot down through an oulbliette into
the subterranean chamber where we
store our dead. Poor dear! Come,
Gail. I'll show you the setter pup-
pies and some adorable 'Scotties."
"Won't you come with us, Major?"
Gail asked timidly.
He flashed her a grateful glance,
for he realized that, for reasons best
known to herself, she felt kindlier
toward him now. "Thanks, no, Miss
Ormsby. I've got to do some very
profound thinking. Please excuse
me."
He bowed to (both girls and disap-
peared inside the house; before Hal-
lie and her guest had left the patio
som'e.'body commenced playing the
grand piano in the living room. Hal-
lie listened a moment, smiling ma-
ternally.
"Lee's in trouble," she vouchsafed.
"Whenever things get too thick for
him he wanders to the piano and
plays 'La 'Golandri'na.' "
"Haunting, 'mournful air, isn't it,
Halide ?"
"Yes. That's why I know things
are getting thick. It suits his mood.
Poor old Lee. He hasn't had such a
good time out of life, you know."
"I do not know, of course,"' Gail
admitted. "But I'd Like to know. One
may be pardoned, Hallie, for express-
ing curiosity as to the 'history and
antecedents of one's hosts. I made
bolo to read last night the 'Geneal-
ogy of the Purdy Family of Worces-
ter, Massachusetts.'"
"Well, then, of course you know
that the only interesting event in
'soh,
tolq
'w tl
beh� ve i ?i
big hotts!e- t}fii have 0
etat 'beIlwe . 14010 i4 }y a
there was lttle negmanon. 1
he was eighteen and I sass leve •
mother died- +and then I Wane. ,soh-
taly little girl in a 'big house. T
think Lee most have understood an ,
position 'hotter than anybody et,$",.
'could; the became very fond. of nae.
after =Other's death threw ms so
much together.. Q 'have -two half-
brothers older than Led, ibut they're
-very different. Besides, they *ere
married and- had children of their
own. Even after Lee went to Boston
Tech he used to come home on week
ends; he gave jme evesdything my
father and- governess forbade me to
have; he 'h'elped me with my lessons
and taught me to• skate. Then he
graduated as a mining engineer and
went West to take a posts -graduate
course, as he said, mucking •in a
mine."
"Do you mean he went to work as
a laborer?"
flu
ii
"Oh, yes! Lee was never very self
cotscious socially. He held that
theory was an asset but that without
practice :it was worse than a liabil-
ity. IHre got his first 'position as a
mine superintendent in Mexico. The
'bandits or revolutionists or whatev-
er they are attacked the mine and
killed most of his crew, and Lee es-
caped and made his way to El Paso.
When he got there he was hungry
and penniless, 5.0 he ••went to work
for a cattle company as cook on the
round -up. Yau see, Gail, one doesn't
have to be a very wonderful cook on
a round -up -just• expert at a few
simple dishes. Later he joined the
Texas Rangers and after he left the
Rangers he and Ling Hallowell and
Tommy Scaife went into the cattle
business along the 'Mexican 'border.
They weren't very successful at it,
so when the Great War occurred the
three enlisted. Tommy Scaife, who
had a bent for machinery, became a
motor mechanic in Lee's flying squad-
ron, so after the war Lee taught
Tommy how to fly and gave him his
present job, and Link became Lee's
range boss. The three are devoted
to each other."
"So I gathered, Hallie. Tommy is
not an educated or refined man, I
thought. What sort of man is Mr.
Hallowell ?"
"Link is about Lee's age and born
and raised in Arizona. He's been
through high school, he's been every-
where and seen everything. He was
manager of an estancia in the Ar-
gentine once; Link says they used to
brand forty thousand calves on the
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11.04
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Walton 6.40
McNaught 6.52
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cii<SNAPSNOT CUlL
MAKE A SILHOUETTE
KODAK
WHITE
SHEET
5FT. _A
PHOTOFLASH OR
n PHOTOFLOOD
Silhouettes make excellent greeting
WITH the arrival of cooler days
and nights that do not offer
much encouragement for outdoor
activities, there is a very noticeable
increase in interest by amateurs in
snapshots in the house at night.
Once you start this fascinating
hobby you will undoubtedly agree
that it is a real pleasure and an ideal
way to occupy your time profitably
during the long evenings of fall amfd
winter.
All of us are familiar with the
ordinary type of snapshots but few
have made silhouette pictures. With
this type of picture, even more than
with ordinary snaps, it is important
that the pictures tell their own story
-unless, of course, you want simply
a profile head and shoulders study -
for you have only outlines to work
with, unsupported by perspective or
detail.
The first essential of silhouette
pictures is a perfectly flat back-
ground, devoid of detail. And the
easiest way to obtain such a back-
ground is to stretch a bed sheet
across a broad doorway 'between two
rooms. It's important that the sheet
be tacked up so that all'creases and
wrinkles are eliminated.
To light up this background, a
strong light must be put in back of
it, about five feet away, either cen-
tered or placed directly back of the
major feature c.'€ the picture. You
have a wide choi.:e or lamps for your
lighting. You can use a couple of
cards, book plates, and place cards.
ordinary 60 -watt bulbs such as you
use in your home lamps, or a Photo-
flood or Photoflash bulb. The latter
are available at most electrical or
photo supply shops at very low
prices. The Photoflood bulb, which
gives an exceptionally brilliant
white light, is probably your best
bet. Its life is about two hours of
constant burning, thus it can be used
for many pictures. Pose your sub-
ject about two feet in front of the
sheet (on the side away from the
light). 'See, diagram. Place your
camera on a tripod or table so that
it is directly opposite your subject
When the picture is taken, the light
that illuminates the sheet should be
the only light in either of the rooms.
Novra'bout the exposures. If you
use the two 60 -watt lamps, you will
need an exposure of about 10 sec-
onds, with the lens well opened; with
a Photoflood, a couple of seconds will
suffice. Using the Photoflash (which
gives an instantaneous, vivid flash
of light) set the shutter at "time,"
turn out all room lights, open the
shutter, flash the bulb, close the shut-
ter -and there you are -you've got
your picture.
A little practice with silhouettes -
is worth volumes of instruction.
Good silhouettes make excellent ma-
terial for greeting cards, book Masa,
place cards and so on.
In making them, you can call all
your ingenuity and inventiveness
into play. Try it tonight.
JOHN VAN Gl•UILDER