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Ct, eo i 4 Xi vi oe Fe SI TY RT To Sy 4 ad I ots » > on - beside the open grave. "the ground eo gate ways er f 17. Country road » Superb Flavour! "SALADA -VACUUM~ SEALED Riders ww Hoot-Owl Pool by G. H. SHARD Cli PIER TWO Last Week) As the funeral <crmon was being preached, a dozen more riders came up the road. that bordered on the cemetery. AL Abbott was riding in the lead, Tis ven following him. Iehind them was a spring wagon. More than cue man there beside that open unbuttoned his slicker so that he could get to his gun. quickly. I! all knew what was under that wet tarp in--the spring wagon. [he Triangle outfit was bringing 10 town thesdead body of the cowboy. (Continued From or grave: ey erts had "discovered just below the Lob Anderson place, The -sheriti slipped through the mud there He stepped to meet entering crowd that stood mm the and rode cavalcade up on his horse that grim the graveyard gate. "They'll be through over therein afew minutes, Abbot Hank -Rob- now "erts blocked ther way. ) "We ain't got all year to plant this cowboy." Ah Abbot's heavy, purplish face an ugly lool" His eves were bloodshot, cold as ice. "Where's his coffin?" "He don't need ones -- He was tough. Anvhous, he was in the hole LRPTUN to me for a lmndred dollars. I got--{- ro money to pay out for coffins.' He turned to his men. "Yonder's a pick and shovel. Onc of you men get to work on the hole. Dig fast. Take turns. Dig over there where soft-- The quicker the sooner you is this plantin® is over, get whisky in your bellies. Get at in?" As the preacher's last words were spoken and the sheker-clad men bowed bare heads in prayer, paying final tribute to a friend, the Tri-- angle cowboys. began digging a Cgrave near by. The dead man in - "the spring wagon would be buried without a word of prayer, without _ even a pine-box to hold him. Wrap. ped in the soiled, rain-wet tarp under which he had slept so many nights, he would be dumped into a hole in the ground and covered with earth that was soggy {rom the rain, Sheriff Hank Roberts, a sawed- off shotgun across_his saddle, stood guard Iretween the two burial partics, His face wore a grim, worried expression. and his™ puck- ered cyes glinted. "He would be glad when that prayer was finished; 'when the crowd of men standing beside Bob Anderson's grave broke up and left Now the prayer was finished. The. men with wives and families lost little time getting to their rigs. The younger men of the. Pool mivunted their horses and rode through the "headed--for town and_.a_ drink to warm the, I'he preacher got into his buggy _ Bol would "want it that w Sherit Hank. Roh-__ and drove away. Then only Mae and Webb Winters stood beside the open_grave that held the body. of Bob Anderson. Mae, whose name was Kathleen Mavourneen Murphy, had reddish hair that glinted like copper, steady gray eyes, a wide, red-lipped mouth that laughed casily.™" ly to Webb's arm. She wore a long, black slicker and a black Stetson that Bob had. given her. She had ridden to_the funeral on the fat, black pony Bob had given her for her birthday. She had come. horseback because she knew that. "she whispe A whiter man we Detter go ""Ie's gone, "He's gone, Mae never lived. Now back to town. The old grave digger "stood somnie distance away. He was used to open graves and coffins. He swamped around: the saloons for a living. Grave digging was a side line. He stood there glaring at the Triangle cowboys who were using his tools, cursing them in a whisky whisper. : Sheriff Hank Roberts - sat his horse, watching that other grave being dug. saw them drop the tarp-covered dead man into the muddy grave. He saw Ab Abbot drain what was left of a bottle of whisky, then toss the "empty bottle into the grave. "Cover him up, boys," he said. "He's dead. = So's the bottle." Mae and Webb had ridden away. The sheriff caught up with them as thicy reached town. "Drop in and sec me at the of- fice, Webb," he said, then rode on ahead. Webb and Mae rode through the pines to her cabin. Webb put wood His lips thinned as he She-held-tight- on the open fire-and they sat there without talking. They were sitting there when the sheriff's wife came with a laden tray. "She hasn't touched a bite in. 1 "don't know how long," the white- haired Mrs. Roberts told Webb. "Now you run along and I'll look after her. It's a woman's job, times like this." i "If you need me," "send somebody" to won't be far off." He walked up the streét to the, sheriff's office. Hank Roberts mo-| tioned to a chair. "Webb, | got bad news for yuh." "I reckon I can stand i Let's have it." "You're under arrest for the mur- der of Bob Anderson." * * LJ said Webb, find --me, --1 Murder is an ugly charge to make against a man, and the murder of a friend adds to its ugliness. The trial of Webb Winters lasted two days. Those miembers--of the Scissor- Bill Pool who had joined 9. Foretall (Scot.) 34. Surgleal | I PUZZLE 10. Threaten instrument ts 0 S RD 11. Hindu 35. Checked gArments 36, Jovades ------------ 13. Kesn from 137. Roman date 16, Put on , Assam ACRROS3 1. Biographies € Abyss 11. Zine cutting a curve 12, Alded 14, Finglish river | 15. Fuss 2. Sacred image 3. Forefront 4. Printer's measure Asserts a choir That man Everything nn an 18. Wasa . Performed by'2 EIA Verota ables . 19. Flin: of silkworm 43. Prescribed . 20. Geological age course of 23. Oceanic . . . [1 movements 45. City in 24. Noblamen Al 17. Small istand 41, Recline . Domestie , ward HH Te Blea animal "BL. Doubls. (prefs 63. Until candidate 2. PD 1 [) TTP Atmospheric disturbance 2. Cortada 22. Among 25. 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I'heir testi- mony conflicted with Webl's sworn' statement that he bad left' Pol at the fork of the trail = Webb sat dn the packed little courtroom during those two days cef the triatb with his jaws clanmed prisoner. a Brave: to the cowboy. tightly, Tis narrowed eyes w ye hing the men who accused him of mur der. ) ase Beside hing sat the sheriff, grave, soft not unfriendly to the Behind them sat Mie and the sheriff's wile, Now and then Mae would lean forward and wais per word of encourage nent acensed man, and the ght in Webb's eyes would momen spoken, some tarily soiten. - Mae kept telling him she knew he was mmnocent, thar he would win out. When Ab Abbot and his men were called to the witness stand, Shentfi Hank Roberts laid bis hand on Web's arn. . "Fasygson, 1 don't want to put Landeufls on™yul." ' Webb had nodded. [He stoke through clenched teeth, his eves fixed on Ab Abbot. on perjured evidence." "I'll hang onto my bushy tail Hank. 1 ain't done with Abbot. Never will be "il I watch him fill Jut-l-give-you my word the other day that I'd make no baa breaks, and I'm stickin® to that promise. Let "em go up on the stand and lie: I'll pay 'em oft some day. [I didn't kill Bob Anderson no more than 1 killed that Week) (Continued Next Sanna Wien L crochet treasure to bring clas- beauty ind charm to Done sic your home._ S50 "double _ from easy charts! You'll like this chair-set so much you'll "crochet a matching buffet set! Pattern 893; directions; charts. Laura Wheeler's improved pat- tern makes needlework so simple with its- charts, photos and con- cise directions. | Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in cpins (stamps cannot. be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box |, 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto, Oiit.. . Print plainly. PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. -f= | Poor Choice Two Irishwomen were having a chat over the back fence. Says Mrs, Rafferty to Mrs. Mur- _phy:_"Arrah, now, and how are ye feelin' nowadays?" "Shure," says Mrs. Murphy, "I'm feelin' grand." "Isn't that splendid? And how's the baby?" hard in .No. S0 cotton in _ Triangle | ) eS a debnite . is cause . for ing Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret' continues - Byitannii's maritime traditiqn at the launching of-a-new ship, hi 28,000- ton Shell tanker, s.t.¢. Velutina, lomnire. ure. Left is and Trading Co. Sir Frederick ( [.td. Right, J. Hunter and \W ioham Richardson, largest tanker ever built in the nen ors cheer, ITer Roy al Highness on her départ= Jodber, chairman of Shell Transport \W. Illiott, ehairman of Swan, the builders. z "HRONICLES FGINGERFARM 4+ Sveritorng pCraske | Ar fast! Warnt for are and bright, And birds singing - joy from" tree-tops--irees that bare now,. but with swelling buds that give promise of new life aud new beanty. Spring has been" long in coming . . . now we think we never heard the bobolinks sing' Blue skies sunshine. --so-sweeth-nor-the-robins chirp so is a wonderful new hope: new new cCesires .. . and new happily. Spring time--a time "for ambition: work: Right niy {from the now, 1 am 'writing portable sunroom--alias "June Bug: alias our car--aid from this vantage point, | tan watch the cows alternately" sunning and exer-- cising theniselves in the yard. May- be cows don't understand much about birds and buds--they seem to recognize spring itore by their © that sense of smell. About this time - of year, you see bovine noses out and the trees and shrubs come' into leaf." And maybe by then, our worries at the barn will be over. Another calf arrived yesterday and two more are expected any "day now. i - And while we of barn work, it to_hear of a are on the subject might interest you crce we had here last week In our horse stable there are three electric. light switch boxes, all in a row. When Partner turned 'out the light one night, he got a _ shock. We "phoned the electricians and théy promised to look™ after the trouble the next day. But the next morning Partner and Bob both tried the switches and nothing hap- pened, vet at noon Partaer 'was shocked again. When the electric- ians arrived, they worked "the switches and so did Bob. Nothing happened. "Guess the trouble must have righted itself," one of them said. Then Partner tried it again. "Oh no it hasn't! As far as [ am concerned, it's still + kicking. like blazes!" : So the electricians went to work opening up the boxes. One box, which housed the three-way switcli~was choked with dirt and chaff, and had become damp with lifced high in the air and there is inquisitiveness about lic on-the other side of the feace. Who knows--some day there might even be a blade of gress grass growing! And where a person would clap their hands for Yor cows and young caffle let go with their heels and chase each other around the yard. Yes, the weather this week-end for rejoicing, but it also _ fills me vith remorse. You sge, last Wednesday came a letter Tom a. nicce, asking if it would be all right to come for the week-end, arriving Friday night. Generally speaking, any of our young relatives are more than welcome, but when this letter arrived, the house was inches deep in dust; the furnace was still going full blast with dirty, -smoky coal; as a resuit, I haven't even started what may housecleaning -- and the weather was windy, cold and depressing The house wasn't fit for visitors and some ufiknown reason, | could rot find the energy to give. it tlie proper cleaning it required--clean- which I intended postponing until our belated spring showed - some sign of turning that corner around which it has been hiding for so long. So | sent word to my nicce-suggesting she visit us a little later. And then what happened? The weather really changed and it has been warm and sunny. And the better the weather, the meaner | felt! I have one consolation -- it Hazel? T'm tellin' ye; doing grand, too." "Ih, and phwat are ye callin' the child?" , Lin Mrs. Rafferty, wire ge * to catt-the child Hazel. "1 "uO, ye'te goin' to call her Glory be: An' all them lovely namés in the i] of the the baby's Saints--and ve're callin' yeye child after a nut!" Where To. Look A tamed individual was anxious to clarify a few points on art, He approached the girl behind the in- formation desk at a public' library and asked, 'Where can I find some data on Correggio and his 'Flight into-Egypt'?" The girl stopped powdering her nose long cnough to inform him, "Everything on aviation in room 123." "We'll have a white won't we' Sandy?" "Ay ... if it snows." ETT -- ISSUE 18 -- 1000 wedding, really will be nicer in a couple of weeks when the spring flowers are moisture from the stable. This col- lection was cleaned out and new. switches installed in each Lox. But the switches, it was Partner who had to do it=he Was the only one it would shock. Why? The an- wearing leather. boots; the other three men were wearing long rub- bers. That morning when Partner had tried the switch and had not rubber boots. Now, what would have happened if the trouble had gone on without being detected is anyone's gucss. Whether the dampness would have caused a short circuit and ultimately led to a fire, we don't kaow, but the electricians were definitely agreed it was a matter. that needed attending to. : Our switch boxes have been in operation for five years without giv- ing any' trouble except for one or two occasions when the three-way. switch for the pole light would work from the house, but not from the barn. Maybe that was the time when it should have been, looked at. But it righted itself and, in-our ig- norance, we thought no more about it . 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"Yioid--16 biscuits. remaining rounds of to rather curious _experi-_ -* herself every time the men wanted -to-test-- swer was in his boots! Partner was ° "been shocked, lic, 160," was wearing "Dear Anne Hirst: I" hope others will profit .by my horrible mistake , «+. A year ago I' met a young n man who was a perfect - gentle- man<-until the inevitable. hap - "pened. I gave in MM" to .him, because 4, 1 loved him al- i ' i } most: to, the "point. of © wor- _ ship. I paid for it in health mental I did not expose hin, "We were tot children,: both in "our late 20's, both from fine fami- angiiish, and. money. Yet Its. He was: the first "with nie-- yet now he has the audacity to say there have been others! "fle 'was a- cad. After this ex- perience, [ think all men are sel- fish, > conceited skunks. "I say to other young women, don't give to any man what is sacred to you. Beat them at their own game. If you love a man, "don't show it . . . JUST ANOTHER TOOL". A HURT HEART * [I'm afraid you show yourself * in a poor light. Beaten by cir- ¥* cumstances, yes. But you were * at least partly responsible for * what 'happened. You weren't an * innocent .young girl, you know. * You were -an adult, and you * should have had more mature * judgment. * Perhaps you did lose your head. * But weren't you, deep down in- *ypur heart, trying to forge a * bond which you hoped would * tic this man to you in marriage? * When you failed, the man * promptly became a cad and one Ey * of the race of skunks. _~Hi# conduct was certainly + 3 veplenensiily, But a wiser wom- touch yourfown. is. coming to you like a good* for high Admit it, * * + * which you have sunk. Take what * + sport. You played stakes, and you lost. * and go on from here. You can, you know. This sad *# experience can make you more * sympathetic with "other women; ~* come fo see all others as weak * human beings . who need your TT CO . If you have loved--and lost-- rise above it. 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