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9 ROBBERS' ROOST by ZANE GREY SYNOPSIS, Impressed by the courage of a stran- ger whom he meets, Hank Hays, fore- man of the Star Ranchi offers him a job. The stranger, Jim Wall, intimates he has been forced to leave Wyoming, Wall throws in with Hays and goes to the ranch, which is owned--by an Englishman nam.1 Bernie Herrlclk, Hays and his gang lot to rob Herrick of thousands of cattle, They are op- posed by a second gang on the ranch, headed. by one Heeseman. Wall oes to Grand Junction to meet Herrick's sister, Helen goes riding with Jim, and he finds himself falling -in love with her. She angers him by her superelliousness and he kisses her. She strikes him with a quirt and dimslsses him. Later she asks "him not to leave the ranch. Jim finds - {hat Smoky has- returned, after driving oft 'some of"Herrlck's cattle. A quick getaway 1s imperative, J CHAPTER XIV.--(Cont'd.) Tn less than an hour the riders were on the move down the mountain. Pack- ing on the deer Jim had slain occa- sioned a little delay for all, because Smoky kept them close together. At the edge of the timber belt he halted them again while he peeped out to reconnoitre. * Then he called: "Come hyar, a couple of you long-sighted lellers." ) ; They all rode out to join him, where we sat his horse, pointing to a faint blue on the purple valley floor. "Is thet dust?" Most of the riders inclined to the opinion that it was just haze. "Pen: miles or more back and hard lo make out," spoke up Jim, "If this was my range I'd say it 'wasn't haze or smoke." . . «wish. I had Hank's 'glasses. My eyes are no good any more fer long rhots. Wal, let's mosey." Nevertheless Jim noted that Smoky led to the left, across the ravine, -along the edge of the timber belt over a ridge, and then down to the trail, He pushed the pack horses at a trot. Far ahead.a black fringe of cedars thick- ened to a grove abéve a red jagged line, which was .the canyon head where the riders had a rendezvous .with Hays. When they reached another turn from which it-was possible to look back for five miles or more Smoky ralted while the others caught up. "Jeff, you hang right hyar," he said, 'an' keep your eyes peeled -on the »ack trail. I ain't so shore thet gray patch back on the valley was haze. it sort of moved to me. An' there wasn't a lick of wind. Wal, from round this corner you can easy. see the cedar grove where'll we'll hang ip fer the boss. An' if you ketch sight of any more'n a couple riders »n the back stretch you come ridin' ell bent fer election. Don't stay long ifter noon." i; Perhaps another five miles down the ilopé lay their objective to which they 1eaded. The gait was slowed a little, 1 anything, yet in somewhat over an wur the riders arrived at the cedars. Jim recalled the place, but it was aot, as he had imagined, the point where Hays had led up out of the yrakes of the Dirty Devil. The hour was still some time before 1oon, Smoky scanned the slope to "he south and east. It would not have seen possible to see riders at any dis- "ance, as the rocks, brush, ridges and washes intervened profusely. "What'll we do, Smoky? Throw the packs or not?" queried one of the rid- PTY. i "Dog-gone' if 1 know," replied Slo- sum, peevishly, "It's a rummy deal, Hot -as hell now an' gettin' hotter, I lergot to 'ask Hank. Reckon you'd Settler herd the 'hosses an' we'll wait. Ill keep a lookout fer the hoss." Jim tied his horse in the shade .of a cedar, and climbed & jumble off. rocks coming down a wash about a mile away, and he had opened his mouth to shout the good tidings when semething checked him. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. Three riders! Assuming that two of them were Hays and Latimer, who could the third be? : peared behind a corner of bank. Jim sank down in a cold sweat, Perhaps these men were Indians or strangers from Hankville, or prospectors. But he had not seen any pack animals. After a long, anxious watch, he saw the three reappear in the wash, con- siderably closer. The one in the mid- do rode a gray horse and otherwise contrasted sharply with the dark monnts and dark clothes of the other ilwo. A second time the trip disap- peared. Smoky was peering about in a resultory manner, but he was too low down to sight the riders. Jim was now shaking. An awful premonition attacked him, He had met it and al most overcomé it as another unac- countable attack of nerves when the foremost horseman emerged from be hind a bank, He recognized the stal- wart figure, the wide, black combrero, FOR SALE BLACKSMITH SHOP : Located in Toronto Complete Equipment, Two Forges, 4 Pneumatic Hammer and Cutter, Drills, Lathe and a very complete stock of tools, will sell as a going concern with favorable lease or will soll machinery separately, en bloc or plecemeal, i H. WATKINS, : 78 West Adelaide St, ed him. He had time to recover, to 'Brad Lincoln, . 'n.anded Slocum. They disap- Toronto, the poise in the saddle, 'The man was Hank Hays, lis Jim scarcely dared shift his gaze b:ick to the second rider, but he was irresistibly forced to. A slight figure in tan, drooping in the saddle! "So help me!" he whispered, and sank down on 'the stone, That centre rider was Helen Herrick, For a mo- ment "a hell rioted in. Jim Wall's] breast. How he cursed himself for a vacillating idiot! His intuition had been right. He had seen through this robber leader's behavior at Star Ranch. But like a fool he had not trusted himself. Jim grew cold to Lio very marrow. -Yet his intelligence did not wholly succumb to his fury. He strove to think. This hound had gotten Helen, just how, it was useless to conjecture. But to kill him then, right on the spot? Wall pause. Hays' men would roar at this deal, involving them in 'the abduction of a woman, still they would hardly go so far as to resist him with arms. Jim crushed down his deadly impulse. He would wait. Well indeed had it been for Jim to espy this trio long before they reach- think what was best, If Hank Hays had come upon Jim suddenly it would have been his doom. One of the pagk animals neighed|' shrilly and then all the horses stuck up their ears. _ "Say, I heerd a hoss-shoe ring on a stone," called Mac, who had ears as keen as a horse, "What's that?" queried sharply. He leaped up. "Look! Riders comin'!" exclaimed Smoky, "Can't be nobody but Hank. Jim leaped off the rock, crashing down behind the watching men; start- ling them. "Smoky, it's Hays, I saw him a mile off." ~ * "Why didn't you say somethin'?" retorted Slocum gruffly. . "I was too' flabbergasted," replied Jim, coolly, as ke joined them. "It's Hank all right," said Mac. ~ "Shore, 1 see him now. Thet's Hank." . . : : "Jim, what flabbergasted you?" de- "Three riders!" flashed Jim. = "Wal! . . Sol see. What you make of thet?" ejaculated Slocum. The three emerged from behind the cedars. A blank silence ensued. Jim at last got the tigerish nerves under control. His thoughts were whirling. "Humph. Little rider in between," commented Lincoln. "Thet's Sparrowhawk behind." "Who's the third party?" "Hank shore is a queer duck, takin' up with strangers like hé does." "Somebody with a mask on!" "An' a long slicker." "Fellers," rasped out _ "thet's.a woman with a veil." : Jim thought the moment had come. "Hen, Hank has double-crossed "us. He's stolen Herrick's sister!" Slocum, CHAPTER XV. "Hank Hays led his two followers to within a few feet of the cluster of riders. Jim's lightning-swift glance took the three in, their dust-caked horses, and flashed "back to fasten upon Miss Herrick. Her features were not visible through the veil. The linen coat showed the wear and tear of con- tact with brush. She had on riding beots and overalls, "Wall, you're all here but Jeff," began Hays. "Jeff']l be comin' by now," replied Smoky. "Whar you aimin' fer?" . "Brakes of the Dirty Devil." "1 take it you've fetched Herrick's sister." ' "You're a bright boy.". . "Hank Hays, after all you double- crossed us," roared Smoky. "You're a liar. You're a cheat. You think you can drag us in on a deal like this. I thought you acted powerful queer. So it was this gurl you tricked us fer? . .. You---!" Jim Wall strode forward and aside, his swift action menacingly signifi cont "Hays, your jig's up, back!" "Wait a minute," the robber replied, stridently, "Stick or quit, if you want, I fetched this gurl fer ransom. She come willin', cause if she harn't I'd killed Herrick. He'll pay twenty- five, mebbe fifty thousand for her." Jim interposed again: "Hays, you're a dirty liar, You didn't steal this girl for ransom," he "called out, fiercely. Then, turning to the de- jected figure on the gray horse: "Miss Herrick, is he telling the truth?" "Yes, he stole me for ransom," she replied, with emotion. "They broke into my room--one through the win- dow, the other at the door. They threatened me with guns... . If I screamed they'd kill me! If I didn't She goes come with them they'd kill my bro-. ' ther! . .. I agreed." "We tied Herrick up before we got the gurl," said Hays, "An' after, we made him promise to pay handsome. | An" "That's enough," snapped Jim. "Give me a man or two™ We'll take her back and get the money." "Hold 'on. Thet was somethin' I had in mind," drawled Hays. "But it didn't work. I had to kill Progar Ant £ That gave Jim} "Who's Progar?"' "Wal, he's Heeseman's right-hand man. Now it happened thet foxy Heesewan was plannin' the same trick 1 pulled, Progar an' another feller ketched us takin' the gurl cut. The other feller got away. "Thet's wuss than ever!" screamed Smoky, "Heeseman will find out," ""Huh, I should smile in perticular thet he will, We Seen his outfit on your trail!" "Shet up! Hosses comin'!" The ensuing rush was quelled by Snioky's ringing oxder, "Hold on! It's Jeff," An opening "im the grove showed Bridges plunging upon them. "Heeseman's outfit's trailin' us," he announced. "Back about five miles when 1 left my post." \ "+ (To be. continued.) -- d Northland Men (Elspeth Honzyman Clarke, in the Ntw York Times.) Mighty men with quiet eyes, Where a certain hunger lies; Hunger that may never show In their careful speech and slow; Rockman, sand-hog, lumberjack-- + Building bridges, laying track; Steady hand on axe or drill, "Arm of steel «nd touch of skill-- Surely it was men like these _-Sailed of old, the northern seas! (Every day I think I meet * Some lost viking in the street. Was the Promise ever worth = + Seeking, men of elder earth? Farm and village," dale and hill, These are waiting for you still, Was it all too long ago, seit Men of careful speech and slow? Men with blue, bewildered eyes, . Have you missed your Paradise? ,. This Queer World A well known pianist and profes- sor at a London school of jHusic, had a caller the other day. It was a man about thirty, who apologized for hig old clothes, stating that he play- ed a plano in' the street, and had to dress the part, He found that rivalry was increasing, and, as the standard 'of street music js going up, wanted to take a course of lessons, He is doing ro, and, confessed that his earnings amount to abot £1,000 a year. One city magnate pays him to play for two hours a week td his invalid wife, who took a fancy to him, - This hardly pays. him now though, the street queues are so much better. A lady, who regularly plays the 'violin outside the Queen's Hall to- the concert queues, makes about £10 a week. Her habit is to play to the quéue the identical program they will hear in the hall, ~ Her render: ing of Mendelssohn's concerto, the { night Kreisler played it, wag declar- ed admirable. -- of Two men, one tall. and one short, were to be hanged in Warsaw for spy- ing." The short man, after being allow- ed to spen dthree hours alone with his sweetheart, stepped on the gallows, ac companied by his lawyer, who was six feet tall, The_first man was hanged, and the hangman eyed the six-footer. He seized the lawyer and began to pinion him. Just as he was fixing the noose another lawyer rushed in, and the shouting, struggling attorney was | saved, ween The grave of the first Briton to be buried in Australia has been discover- ed at Botany Bay. He was a Scottish geaman in Captain Cook's -Ship En- deavour, and died of consumption. re - Thieves broke into an empty ware- house at Adelaide. There was nothing else to steal, so they removed 23,000 square feet of flooring. * (SECIS "We cannot all be stars and every show cannot be the best." --Fred Stone. Ice From a Slot Machine Fifteen-cents-in-the-slot ice-vending machines are in operation in cities on the Pacific coast, The machines are installed in con- venient public places, and are filled with twenty-five pourd cakes of ice, each wrapped in waxed manila paper, A refrigerating system in each ma- chine keeps the temperature low enough to reserve the ice. > "A customer places fifteen cents in a slot, turns a small handle and a twenty-five pound cake of "packaged" ice is delivered to him. Trucks equip- ped with refrigerating facilities oper- ate out of central ice. plants, filling the vending cabinets as their stocks are depleted. Says R. B. Reid, through the 1.ews bureau of the General Elec- tric Company (Schenectady, N.Y:): © "The method "packaging the ice at the ice plant is an interesting one. Single blocks of ice, weighing ap- proximately 800 pounds each, are fed into a cutting maghine which trims any taper from the block, splits the block, and transfers the pieces to a cross-cut saw which cuts them into twenty-five pound ¢akes. These cakes then »nter a wrapping machine by a chute. "The ice is wrapped in waxed manila paper. Glue is applied to the wrap, and an electrically-heated shoe, on each side of the cake, presses the glued wrapper into place and. dries the glue within a very few seconds. In éach: of the shoes are two General Electric cartridge-type heating-units which, in spite of the fact that the wrapping machine is operated in a room of freezing temperature, deliver sufficient heat even tho pressed against the wrapper directly' in con- tact with the ice, to thoroughly dry the. glue to hold the stiff wrapper in place. - = : "The packaging apparatus has many cams, valves, and plungers that are actuated by oil pressure, and, be- cause of the low temperature of the rcoms in which the apporatus is in- stalled, the oil must be kept at the proper fluidity to insure proper mo- tion and synchronism throughout the apparatus. As the oil functions, it is returned to a tank where sheath-wire heating elements maintain a uniform temperature. These are controlled by means of a thermostat immersed in the oil in close proximity to the heat- ing element. "It is estimated that one man, oper- ating a single cutting and wrapping unit, can package up to four tons of ice per hour, sufficient to supply the maximum demand of ten vending- cabinets. When additional capacity is required, up to four wrapping ma- chines may be connected to the cut- ting machine from the initial unit, allowing one operator to cut and pack- age up to fifteen tons per hou#.". : oe ~~ "You say that Shad Is quite an oarsman!" "Sure, haven't you ever seen the shad roe?" be One-sided Trade American automobile manufacturers exported 315,000 motor vehicles in 1931. During the same year only 710 foreign vehicles were imported into the United States." ---- 'e! The Boy Scouts of the world are to have a special stamp issued in their honor by the Hungarian Government to commemorate the International Jamboree which opens at Godollo, Hungary, on July 20. + She Wins! al d ET -- 'One of Britain's amabong caught in a strenuous moment during an oof and grunt marathon at one \ of London's park. "i Italy Planning Reconstruction © Of 27 B.C. Altar Excavation of Ara Pacis Urg- ed to Mark 2,000th Birth- day of Augustus \ Rome is now planning to celebrate the 2,000th anriversary -of the Em- peror Augustas's birth in a fitting manner. It has been decided" that there will be an exhibition of Roman archeology, including the tomb of Augustus, This tomb is now used as a concert auditorium and is known as the Augusteo. The famed peace altar erected by the Roman Senate after Augustus's campaign in Gaul and Spain, Ara "Pacis, may be recon- structed... The exhibition will demonstrate the extensiveness of the Roman Empire in the days of Augustus, The second plan, that of isolating the circular tomb, -is practicable, as all that is needed is to demolish tne intervening blocks of houses and stores, However, the third project, that of reconstruct- ing the Ara Pacis, is not so easy. The ancient altar and part of the proces- sional wall of marble still lie buried. nder a modern palace, where excava- tion is difficult. Archaeologists have for: years dis- cussed the possibility of reconstruct- ing the Altar of Peace. While there are still many difficulties, it might bd possible to reconstrvet it, using marble facsimiles: of those sections of the richly sculptured bas-relief, as many of the sections are in museums abroad. One of the difficulties which, owing to political changes, no longer exists, 'was that some of the most important fragments were held by the: Vatican Museum. - But now the Pope has agreed that if the work of reconstruec- tion is really begun he will allow those sections, now in his possession, to be added to those now held in Italy, -------- | This is not the case with the frag- ments in the Lauvre. However, the French government has agreed to allow perfect reproductions to be made and four years ago the German Archaeo- logical Schaol in Rome made an offer to the Italian government not only to undertake--the work of reconstruc- tion but also to finarice the excavations under the Teanv Palace. The govern- ment refused this offer, and neither the reconstruction nor the excava- tions have been undertaken, ~~ There are in Italy the fragments in the Urfizi Palace, in Florence, some in the French Academy, at Villa Medici, in Rome, and the very ims portant fragments belonging to: the Pope, in Vatican City. That further remains lie under the Teano Palace is evidenced by a letter written in 1859 by the architect to Prince Teano. He identified the exact spot where certain sections, still lie. | Soundings were made at that time with a special rod, and it was discov- ered that much remained to be exca- vated. 5 Before the excavations are resumed, a governmental "commission will ex- amine the fragments and also have soundings made in order to reach a final decisions as to the possibility of will be required in order to safeguard the palace. Only then can one be cer- tain whether the Ara Pacis can be re- constructed with'its original pieces. ', U.S. National Recovery Act Covers Theatre Industry 04 mtn or der the provisions.of the National Re: covery Act, according to a letter re- ceived by Frank Gilmore, president of the Actors' Equity' Association, from Lester G. Wilson, of the Information tration. Mr. Gillmore had telegraphed to President Roosevelt, asking it the theatre was subject to the act. 7 "Any organized enterprises, such ag the theatre business, dealing with la: bor, comes under the provisions of the National Industrial. Recovery Admin- istration," Mr. 'Wilson wrote, "and it is 'our suggestion that at the proper time your organization nominate some- dealing with conditions such as fage, your organization members." | | Mr. Gillmore sald that this was "the happiest word that the theatre has 16 ceived in along time," ao hard-to be tactful and truthful at the same \infe."--Emily Post. FAANECTEIEE CARER A 28.year-old Prague woman has ob- tained & divorce because her husband spent all his spare time billing 'and cooing with pet pigeons, a: '5,000 tons of grain loaded, and is re- removing the altar and what methods] . New York.--Thé theatre comes un- |. Division, National Recovery Adminis: { one to present himself on behalf off. your association before the committee | "There rq mes when itis very |; a Glass Frocks Are ~ . Not Transparent Strange New Material Has Ap- pearance of Heavy, [A Glazed Satin Women who are rich as well as ul tra-fashonable will goon be able to wear frocks made of glass! Though not transparent, it is exact. ly the same glass ag that used for win- dows and table ware the finest possible strands woven closely togethér into a strange new material, It js rather like heavy glazed satin in appearance, "Frou-Frou" an 25 Naturally, glass hangs rather stiffly, London's first glass evening gown, just revealed in secret to a few privileged women in a Mayfair salon, had a wide skirt>which stood out round the man- nequin's legs, and made her look as though she wore a shining lamp-shade. It provéd to be no heavier than an ordinary dress, ~howéver, though it made a delicate little "frou-frou'" sound as the mannequin moved. Glass lingerie is also being imported from Paris, where the material has just originated; available in many pas- tel colorings as well as the natural crystal-white, : Easy to Clean 3 Fifty pounds a set 1s the price of glass undies in the Rie de la Paix." The French modistes declare that glass. wears exceedingly well, When soiled, the garment can be cleaned just like a window! ; i eit Baroness Takes Part: ii In Windjammers' Race A baroness took part in the wind- jammers' Australian-Falmouth race with grain just ended. She is Baroness Eva Gyllenstierna, a young widow, and she salled in the Herzo- gin Cecilie, third to-Pamir and Pam- mera, the first and second respective- ly. " ~The Baroness joined the vessel at Copenhagen, went to. Australia, wait- ed for the cargo to be unloaded and turning to Copenhagen in the ship. "I have had a very happy time," she told the reporter. "It has been a most pleasant experience and great fun. No, I have not been sea-sick, and have become quite an experienc- ed sajlor," The captain bord wit ness that "not only has she become a good sailor, but a navigator as well She can steer, take the ship's bear- ings by the sun.and stars, and fis quite an adept in the use of nautical instruments" * Be | | You Can't Nurse Bab Yourse eo oo oo Try Kagle Brand? Countless thousands of healthy happy bables have been yeared on Eagle Brand during the last seventy-five years, You will find our Hulebooklet, Baby's Welfare," * full "of valuable Yints on baby-eare. Write for $1. Use coupon below. The Borden Co., Limited, Yardley House, Toronto. Gentlemen Please send me free copy uf bookler enililed "Baby's Welfare, Name 5 Address Eagle Brand 4 CONDENSED Milk 1 _ | Striking Costumes 2 7 BE end AES A ISSUE No. 26--'33 a ema 'A Good Hint to o Inventors ; > ---- "" Don't try to devise a machine that, will imitate man's motions. Human motions are zeciprcsating, : on "to and fro"; most machines ha rotating parts. Man's wheels of an auto or a train go round hand round. This is the. editosial advice of & writer in Roads and Streets (Chi cago). He says: "In 'the shop of an old inventor with w} om the writer worked for time there hung this motto: 'Wha the hand does, a machine can do.' Pers heps the motto expresses undve faith in machinery, but it is the sort of faith that inventors should have. "This old inventor, 'Ross by name; was wont to add: 'But don't let your * machine imitate the hand. He wend on to explain that the fingers and the arms are levers that move back end forth, Their motion is & recipro- cating n.otion, whereas rotary motion is the most effective in machinery, "For example, he said, a carpet sweeper has a rotary broom, whereas a broom wielded by the arm moves Lack and forth." At times there appears tobe no substitute for the intelligence 'tha guides the hand, says the writer. Thug in separating diamonds from their "blue ground" matrix, only the 'hand guided by the eye was effective, one day a man chanced to observe that a diamond that fell upon a thin ayer of grease adhered strongly to if, Strangely enough, neither quartz nor any other common mineral seems * - ° ed to adhere so strongly to grease. When the "blue ground" containing - diamonds was washed down' an in= clined table coated with grease, ~only the diamond were checked and held by the grease, 3 Here again was no imitation of the: human hand and eye. 'He goes on: "Until men invented boats, the legs were their only means of transporta- : tion--either their own legs or those of anin.als. Legs like arms operate back and forth, Had some early in- ventor attempted to produce a trans. port machine having legs, he would have failed. : Set The first transport. machine was. probably either a floating log, or a rolling log; the former being the pro- genitor of the boat; the latter of thé - two-wheeled cart or the wheelbarrow, In. the case of the wheelbarrow we have reciprocating legs replaced by 4 revolving wheel. EET This was mechanically efficient because the load was not lifted inter mittently. A walkin_ man lifts his weight eveyy step. It became econ omically efficient not only for thal reason but because men or animaly could haul much gredter loads than they could carry. ~ : : "The wheel and axle is man's firs great mechanical invention, with the possible exception of the bow and ar- row. In the wheel we see no imita- tion of the legs. In the bow we see no imitation of the arm for 'the arm' does not hurl a spear by virtue of energy stored up in a spring. . "When man successfully riviled the birds, it was not by imitating the up and down motion of their io : br using 'planes' Criven by a rotating propeller, - = i "These examples serve to indicate the wisdom of avoiding a servile imts tation of the speration of the arm of leg or wing. On the other hand, there have been many occasions when ¢losé imitation of nature has led to success ful invention." ; HE TR Countess Szechenyi. ] EA Marries American London.--One of the most fashion« able weddings of the June season wad that of Countess Cornelia Szechenyi, 24, daughter of the new Hungarian T "aister -to Great Britain, Count Laszlo Szechenyi, and Eugene Bowia Roberts, of Maryland, at the Roman = Catholic Church of Our Lady of -As- : sumption. 75 hh A notable gathering of London go: ciety, incliding several ambassadors and their wives, the United States envoy, Robert W. Bingham, and Mre, Bingham,.among them, attended the wedding. . nr Roberts is a son of Mrs. Eugen Roberts, of Prince George County, Maryland. i The couple left for a honeymoon on the Continent before proceeding to, the United States to live. < Worn at Lonchamps Longchamps, France.--Birds of para. dise, aigrettes and monkey fur trime med the most striking costumes worn : at the running for the grand prix, pre- '| dicting the. possible return to' the _ vogue of elegance. : The large black velvet hat trimmed with black birds of paradise was worn with black gloves, a black frock and a beige coat, 2 Black suede gloves cuffed wth black monkey fur from wrict to elbow and a black monkey fur coat were worn with, a pale blue crepe frock. or mr, a ' Bighty monks have left 'Rangoon to convert the peoples of Europe to Bud: dhem, They will wear robes made of rags, eat only once a day, and sleep always in the open during their mis gion, oh 4 J " J A legs move in steps; the until Ay iy