The Willamina times., August 21, 1941, Image 2

TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON
THURSDAY. AUG. 21. 1941
To elim inate the m u tto n flavor
If d ried fru its becom e u n d esir­
ably d ry due to im p ro p er sto rag e, from lam b, cook it w ith raisin s.
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th ey m a y be resto re d to packing
himself, traces them to Jack Turley, a
and how they chased two men into his
If stove polish is m oistened w ith
house fre sh n ess by steam in g in a
"spy." Nor does Jeff like Calhoun, fore­
cabin. He himself managed to flee
co lan d er or co arse m esh ed sieve vin eg ar in stead of w ate r th e stove
man of one of the big ranches. Ellen
without identifying them. The two men
will have a b rig h te r polish.
for about 15 m inutes.
are Calhoun Terry and his foreman. But
Terry seem s interested in both of them.
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I.ee Hart, a rustler-rancher, reports of
Jeff did not know this when he decided
the mobilization of the Tezan invaders
To p rese rv e lefto v er pickles or
to aid them.
One teaspoon of c o rn sta rc h add­
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ed to each cup of su g a r used in pim ientos, p ut in a glass tu m b le r
m aking fudge w ill m ak e it smooth and cover w ith sa lad oil.
" The cabin door was flung open.
Both of them knew th ere could be
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and c re a m y w ith little beating.
Two m en showed at the en tran ce. only one ending to the battle if it
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If m etal tops com e off of shoe
One ra n tow ard Jeff, in long, reach ­ w ent to a finish. B ut they w ere
ing strides. The oth er covered the cool, gam e m en, used to danger,
I t is a good idea to have the strin g s dip th em in m u cilag e.
rescue, firing at the figures which and they could take w hatev er w as in ■ k itchen ta b le on ro llers so you can T his will stiffen the en d s and
had com e into the open to get sto re for them w’ithout w eakening.
m ove it w h erev e r you w an t or m ak e it easy to put th em th ro u g h
eyelets.
Brand. It was a m a tte r of seconds,
need it.
The a tta c k e rs grew m ore w ary of
but they stretch ed interm inably. The exposing them selves. P resen tly the
m an reached Jeff, g ath ered him up, firing died down except for an occa­
and plunged back tow ard the house. sional shot.
“ Som ething’s u p,” Calhoun said.
CHAPTER XXVII
“ P ro b ab ly getting read y to ru sh
u s.” He laughed sardonically.
Calhoun T erry and L arry Rich­
Pattern 7002 contains a transfer pattern
L arry w as w atching the attack ­
of a motif 13 by 8 inches and two motifs
ards, on th eir way to Round Top to ers through his peephole. “ They are
834 by 5 inches: directions for crochet;
m eet a cattlem an who had a regis­ getting th e ir h o rses.” His voice
illustration of stitches; m aterials needed;
tered H ereford bull for sale, stru ck grew excited.
color schemes.
"B y the jum ping
across country to hit Jo h n so n ’s horned frog, th ey 're riding aw ay.
P rong and take the short cut down They figure it would cost too m uch
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept.
Box Canyon.
to dig us out of our hole. Seem s
U7 Minna St. San Francisco, Calif.
They traveled at a road gait, not too good luck to j e tru e .”
Enclose 15 cor.ts in coins for P at­
pushing th eir horses, for th e re w as
It w as too good to be true. More
tern No...................
a long journey ahead of them .
than forty m en took a trail into
Name .........................................................
When they talked it was m ostly the hills, but enough w ere left to
Address .....................................................
about a new en terp rise in w hich.i keep up the attack on the cabin.
they w ere to be p artn ers. They had T erry tried again, during the lull
m ade an arran g e m en t with John Q. in the firing, to let Ellison know
P ow ers to buy the old T erry Ranch who they w ere, but be was fired upon
NEW E F F E C T IV E HAY F E V E R
once owned by Calhoun’s fath er, and the in stan t he opened the door.
R E L IE F
with it a fine stretch of riv er land
H ay fever, w hich an n u ally c a u se s
At the end of an hour another
adjoining. L arry had lately inherit- plan was tried to dislodge the be­
m o re sneezes, m o re inflam ed noses
an d m ore red , strea m in g ey es th a n
sieged m en. Two horses w ere taken
an y other scourge, m a y h a v e its
into the barn. A few m inutes la te r
final big fling th is S ep tem b er, all
they cam e out draw ing a wagon
becau se a P en n sy lv an ia e le c tric a l
with a h ay rack on it.
en g in eer w as serv ed a dish of co m
The w agon was driven into a
m e a l m u sh w hich w as en tirely too
m eadow of wild hay. N ear the cen­
salty .
The engineer, sneezing, an d w ith
te r of the field was the rem ain s of
all other hay fever manifestations,
a stack of hay, m ost of it weeds
stopped a t a h o tel w h ere he w as
tossed aside as unfit food for stock.
serv ed a dish of m u sh w hich h e
Men began to gather this tra sh with
co n sidered sending back as it w as
pitchforks and load it on the rack.
m uch too sa lty . F in ally h e a te it,
At first Calhoun w as puzzled, but
how ever; th e h ay fe v e r a tta c k
the purpose of this jum ped to his
lessened, u ltim a te ly ceased . N ext
d ay he had th re e m e als, a ll over­
m ind. “ E llison is going to burn us
salted , and ex perienced his m o st
o u t,” he said.
com fortable tim e in y e a rs in th e
L arry cau g h t the idea. “ Sure.
“ h a y fever seaso n .”
They aim to get behind the hay and
H is a n a ly tica l m ind quickly
push the wagon by the tongue up
g rasp ed the possibility th a t th e
ag ain st the house. Then they will
saline su b stan ce in his food w as
set fire to the hay.”
responsible for his relief.
About this tim e, Dr. E . E . Sel-
A fter a m om ent L arry spoke.
leck, a g ra d u a te of Colum bia U ni­
"Y o u ’ve been favoring these fellows,
v
ersity
, m e t th e engineer, m a d e
Cal, and th a t was rig h t so far. But
notes, and w hen he re tu rn e d to his
no longer. They m ean to kill us,
hom e, began ex p erim en ts. T oday
even if they have to burn us up. I t’s
D r. Selleck d e c la re s he h as found
them or us. I won’t let them rub m e
a ce rtain m e an s of relief fo r h a y
out w ithout fighting b ack .”
fev er and is supported in h is con­
tention by o th er m ed ical e x p e rts,
P a tte rn 7002.
Calhoun nodded agreem en t. "N or
and a n ationally know n c h e m ic al
I. But m aybe the tim e h asn ’t quite
"T 'H IS crocheted bowl, filled with m an u factu rin g concern, th e Hol-
com e for th at, L arry . The thing is
colorful em b ro id ered roses is lings-Sm ith Com pany, at O ran g e­
to delay th em all we can. Help is on
burg, New Y ork, h as ta k en o ver
fascin atin g and v arie d needle­ m
the w ay to us by now, I expect.
aking the rem ed y , w hich is called
work. Add th is touch of decora­ N akam o Bell.
H art could not have recognized us.
Jeff tiptoed forw ard, revolver
tion to your ch a irs.
He thinks we are som e of his outlaw
in hand.
D escribing th e ex p erim en ts, D r.
i friends. When he reach es Black
Selleck said, “ A fter I w as su re I
ed som e money. This was to m ake Butte he will sta rt gathering m en to
had found a m ean s of quickly re -
p art of the initial paym ent.
j lieving h a y fev er through th e
save us. T hat will tak e som e tim e,
chloride group, I tested it in th e
They cam e to the lip of a sm all but not v ery m uch if we are lucky.”
In a Sm all W ay
m ost p rac tica l w ay I knew. I held
m ountain park and dipped down
T erry w as w atching the wagon
• a th ree d ay clinic, to w hich m a n y
into it. T erry pulled up his cow- and the m en with it. They had
I h ay fever sufferers responded,
pony and pointed to the opposite loaded the refiAe hay and w ere
The m ig h ty m ach in es of the J from ages ran g in g from 10 to 60
slope. A larg e body of m en on picking up brush to pile on the top
lin e r th ro b b ed ceaselessly . The I y ea rs. E ach person w as given two
horseback was moving down it.
of it. The d riv er swung the team
chief en g in eer w iped a p ersp irin g | ta b lets w ith a little w ate r. Som e
"T h e T exas in v ad ers," L arry said. round to retu rn to the gate. He
forehead and scowled a t the young relief cam e to all w ithin te n m in­
utes. R eports on th ese ca se s d u r­
“ Yes, and w e’d b etter get aw ay w as n ea rer the house than a t any
m an w ith th e oil can.
from h ere ." his com panion decided. tim e since leaving the barn.
"Look h e re ,” he grow led, “ you ing th e ensuing w eeks show ed
p ractically a com plete cessatio n
Too late, they wheeled th eir
Calhoun took carefu l aim and
a r e n 't helping m e m uch w ith these of
sy m p to m s.” —Adv.
horses. The sound of a rifle shot fired. One of the horses sank to
engines, y et you said you knew
ro ared across the park. L a rry ’s the ground.
som ething about the g a m e .”
horse went down and flung him . His
“ T hat will hold them for a while,”
“ So I do,” replied the other,
Poor and Rich
friend raised the palm of his hand he said.
" b u t on a sm a lle r scale, you
No m an is rich whose expendi­
to give the peace sign, but the an ­
know .”
A voice outside, not far away,
tu res exceed his m e a n s; and no
sw er w as a sp la tte r of bullets.
"W ell, w h a t’s your u su al jo b ?” , one is poor whose incom ings ex-
hailed the house. It ca m e from the
"C om e a-running, L a rry ,” called ■ side L arry w as defending. R ichards
“ W atch re p a irin g .”
| ceed his outgoings.—H aliburton.
T erry.
search ed the alfalfa field and saw
R ichards vaulted to the back of nobody.
the horse, and they were on their ' “ Someone has w orked up right
way.
close to us.” he told his com pan­
“ We ll have to hole up at Lee ion. “ Sounds like h e 's only forty or
H a rt's till we get a chance to ex ­ fifty y a rd s aw ay.”
plain we re not the men they w an t," j "A sk him who he is,” T erry said.
T erry said.
“ We can send a m essag e by him
“ Yep. T h ere's Lee down there and tell Ellison who we a r e .”
with his stock. He isn’t waiting to
L arry shouted the question. The
ask questions eith er.”
answ er astonished him . He passed
“ Don’t blam e him . H e’s on their | it on to his friend.
list.”
"C laim s h e’s Jeff B rand and is
They reached the clearing, flung going to m ake a run for the door.
them selves from the horse, and He m u st have craw led up the
raced for the cabin by the creek. d itch.” L arry dem anded m ere infor­
f ltls
Once inside, they slam m ed and bolt­ m ation from the m an outside. A
ed the door.
m om ent la ter he cried in excite­
“ I’ll try a white flag.” Calhoun m en t: "H ell, it's Jeff, all right! H e's
**»T¡£~***^
said.
"If th ey ’ll hold back long i com ing on the run . . . T hey’ve hit
enough to listen to us we’ll be all I him. H e's down.”
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rig h t."
T erry ran to the door and flung it
He found an em pty flour sack, open. He th ru st the rifle into the
opened the door a few inches, and hands of R ichards and raced tow ard
w aved the white sack. He called the m an on the ground, who was
out his nam e to Ellison. The noise i craw ling tow ard the house.
of the guns killed the sound of his : Stooping, Calhoun picked up
voice. Lead tore into the door.
Brand, the rifle still in his hand, and
"Q uit th at foolishness. C al,” his 1 h u rried back to the house.
He
friend snapped. ” You’U get shot up, ' reached it in safety and L arry bolted
first thing. The d arn ed fools are the door.
crazy with the h e a t.”
T erry put the wounded m an down
A forem an of the Circle C C ran ch , : on the bed. "W here did they hit
a big. blustering fellow who rode his you?” he asked.
m en hard, w as gesticulating violent­
Jeff B rand did not answ er. He
ly and pointing tow ard the cabin. stared at his resc u er in vast as­
A pparently he was urging them to tonishm ent
a ch arg e
T erry »hot him in the
"T hey got him in the an k le.” L a r­
with ether». Vi e do. Should he relax tor a minute and let his standards drop,
arm , and he took cover behind the ry said, pointing to a bole in B ran d 's
we discern i t We ted others. We crease bur-.ng his product. Therefore he
barn. A few seconds later C alhoun's boot.
keepe up the high standard of his wares, and the prices as low as
rifle scored another hit.
fTO BE CO.YT1.M ED>
INSTALLMENT THIRTEEN
THE STORY SO FAR: Over Calhoun
Terry's protests, the big ranches have
Imported a large number of Texas ex*
peace officers to round up and kill sus­
pected “rustlers.” Several killings pre­
ceded this, and Jeff Brand, a rustler
'¥>
'«dr
CHAPTER XXVI
F rom the Box 55 to Lee H a rt's
place it was eight m iles across the
hills. Jeff rode fast.
Before he had covered half the
w ay to the hill ranch he heard the
sound of firing far to his left. F irst
a single shot, and perhaps a m in­
ute later two m ore. Though he lis­
tened for more, no popping reached
his ears.
To Jeff there seem ed som ething
sinister in these breaks disturbing
the silence. His im agination pic­
tured a man peacefully hoeing a po­
tato patch or mending a fence.
F rom the direction of the report it
m ight have com e from Wade S cott's
place. If so, Wade would probably
have been whistling, his m ind on a
girl in Cheyenne who worked in the
railroad resta u ran t, one he w as ex­
pecting to m a rry in a few m onths.
Instead of taking the gulch he
followed the rim , keeping to cover
as he cam e close to the edge. Look­
ing down, his gaze sw ept the c le a r­
ing and picked up details. He saw
two men crouched back of the barn.
Evidently there w ere others in it,
for as he stood there a puff of sm oke
cam e from the window opening in
the hayloft. At least one m an w as
stationed in the bed of the creek a
hundred and fifty y ard s from the
house. A shot from th a t point told
him so.
T here was a sm all alfalfa field
to the left of the house. It ran to
the draw leading up to the ravine.
He could see the ditch crossing it
in the direction of the house. Rank
g rass covered the edges. A wild
idea jum ped to his mind. Why not
get into that ditch, craw l along it
till he was close to the cabin, and
m ake a dash to join the defenders?
N ear the top of the ravine he pick­
eted his horse, then moved down it
cautiously. As he cam e round a bend
in the gulch, he looked down into
the little basin which held the ranch.
T hirty yards below him a m an
crouched behind a large boulder, a
Title in his hands. He was w atching
the log cabin, evidently hoping to
get a glim pse of one of the defend­
ers. Lower do w n 'in the d raw and
fifty y ard s to his right an o th er
m a rk sm an w as also w aiting behind
cover for a shot.
Jeff tiptoed forw ard, revolver in
hand. He had not been a big-gam e
hunter for nothing. No perceptible
ru m o r of his m ovem ents reached
the lank Texan tow ard whom he
w as soft-footing. U nw ittingly the
■niper helped at his own undoing.
Intensely preoccupied with the job
in hand, his mind w as following a
single track which led stra ig h t from
him to the q u arry in the cabin. When
B rand was about ten strid es from
him he drew a bead and fired. As
the rifle cracked Jeff flung aside ca u ­
tion and took the la st stretch on the
run.
The Texan w hirled, too late The
long b arrel of the .45 sm ashed down
on his lifted forehead. His body
sw ayed, and collapsed.
Nobody had noticed w hat had ta k ­
en place. Jeff helped him self to the
m a n 's rifle and cartrid g e belt. He
m oved to the left and stepped down
into the dry' ditch he had seen from
the bluff above. Crouching low in
it, he crept forw ard. The alfalfa
hid him pretty well.
Crossing the field was a slow busi­
ness. He went on all fours, d ra g ­
ging the rifle beside him. He was
n ear enough the cabin to see lead
fling splinters from the logs.
He called softly, "H ello the
house," and when no answ er cam e
back to him he called again, m ore
loudly. It w as after his fourth a t­
tem pt that somebody inside an ­
sw ered.
"W ho is it? W hat you w an t?"
" J e f f Brand. I'm gonna m ake a
run for the door. Fling it open for
m e when I give the w ord."
T here was a perceptible silence
before the m an in the house replied.
"How come you there—if you're
B ran d ?”
"D o n ’t talk, you fool. Do as I
s a y .”
Jeff cam e out of the ditch running.
F rom the edge of the valley he
h ea rd a shout Somebody had dis­
covered the Texan he had knocked
out and was spreading the news
T he guns roared.
He bowled over, all the power
knocked out of him in an instant.
T h at he had been hit he knew,
though he felt no pain. Still clinging
to the rifle, he tried to clam b er to
his feet. The ground tilted up at
him. and he w ent down again. Still
conscious, he craw led forw ard a foot
o r two.
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