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her tone, and w arm ed to It. "To create
som ething, to be a W ater B earer, to
th e th irsty earth o r to th irsty people.
To make a city grow w here none has
been. or render dry lands fertile.’’
“Do you expect to settle out W est?"
asked Clinton. “To make your home
here ?”
“I hadn't gone quite as fa r us th at,"
answ ered Caleb w ith a smile. “It de­
pends upon w hether I get the chance
to settle— I mean by th at If work opens
up. 1 like th e W est. I should like to
m ake a home here, I think. I have
none elsew here,” he added simply. “I
have relatives In th e E ast, and I even
own a house out th ere—but It isn 't a
home any longer, since both my fath e r
and m other are dead."
H A R D H IT
T here a re silences th a t create an a t­
mosphere more sym pathetic th an the
The circus acrobat found the clown
finest choice of phrase. Caleb found In tears. "W hat In th e world a re you
him self talking of his plans In greu ter crying about r he asked.
extension than he would have consid­
“The elephant d-d-dled," sobbed the
ered possible to chance-met. recent ac­ clown.
quaintances. lie had, he told them , a
“W hat of It? Yon didn't own him."
little money, he had a chance to sell
"N-no, b-but the b-boss says I’ve got
h is. M assachusetts house th a t held to d-dlg Ids g-g-grave."—P athfinder
open Indefinitely. This, with his tra in ­ Magazine.
ing, and his youth, constituted his cap­
ital. At th e end of the evening. In his
N O T AS A H O LE
room, the windows open, adm itting
the fragrance of the patio garden, the
subdued chuckle of the overflow from
the spring basin, he realized th a t he
had done little hut talk about him self
and Ills own affairs.
He wondered w hether he had not
been a hit of a prig, even a bore. He
hud shown no appreciation of th e g irl’s
fem ininity, hnd surely been lucking In
even conventional gallantry.
Girls,
Caleb believed, liked th a t so rt of
th in g —expected tt. Yet, talking to her
in the dusk of the veranda had been u
good deal like talk in g to an o th er man.
H er intelligence w as keen, her Interest
had not seemed feigned.
Meanwhile, in h er own chamber,
Betty Clinton came to a favorable com
“Don’t you think a doughnut m akes
elusion in the sam e m atter.
a p retty good lunch, tuken as a
"F o r a Yank," she told herself, ns whole?”
“T aken as a hole, I think n o t"
she arranged her h air for the night In
two great, shining braids, “he Is quite
ngreeuhle—so far. I think I am going
H y m n o f H a te
to like Caleb W arner.”
A g u y I h a te
L I F E ’S
L IT T L E
JE S T S 2
and goatee, had one sleeve tucked In
the side pocket of his coat,
“I shall put the form al Interroga­
tion, sir," he said to Culeb. "How do
S y n o p s is .— Id ly
A sh in g
H er­
m a n o s c r e e k . In C a lifo r n ia , C a le b
you find the W est?"
W a r n e r , c iv il e n g in e e r , a n d a
“I find It eager. And I like It. We
N e w E n g la n d e r , Is w it n e s s o f th e
bustle In the E ast but our w ays and
e n d o f a c o y o te p u lle d d o w n b y
m eans a re settled .”
tw o w o lfh o u n d s , u r g e d on b y a
g ir l rid er. A d m ir in g th e h o u n d s,
“E ager? I like your term . And I
h e I n tr o d u c e s h im s e lf, a n d le a r n s
am glad you like th e West. We shall
h e r n a m e is C lin to n . W ith w e s t ­
hope to see more of you.”
ern h o s p it a lit y s h e I n v ite s h im to
“You have lived here long?" asked
th e r a n c h to m e e t h e r fa th e r .
Caleb.
“My g ran d fath er settled here In
elghteen-forty. He w as one of F re­
CHAPTER II
m ont’s cavalry legion. He helped to
—2—
tak e C alifornia from I’leo. He was on
El Nido and Padilla
the shores of M onterey bay when the
T he Rancho El Nldo, which means B ritish landed from th eir frigates and
The Nest, whs well named. Behind found they w ere too lute. My fath er
the lee of the tall eu calypti, planted w as then ten years old. I was one
In tw o rows at right angles, nestled when he w ent back to Virginia and
the building of the runch-house, built fought In the W ar of the Secession.
In old C alifornian fashion of adobe For the South. I beg your pardon,
brick, red tiled. In the shape of a sir.”
hollow square Inclosing a patio-gar-
Caleb caught Betty Clinton smiling
den. It w as on a rising ground above a t him.
the stream th a t ran between trees
“Not at all, sir,” he answ ered. “My
heavily m antled with wild grapevines. own g ran d fath er fought for the North.
About the house, and Its barns and But th a t w as two generations ago.
sheds and corrals, grew orchard trees, Now 1 know." he added with an a n ­
peach and apricot, almond, cherry, sw ering smile, "why you, Miss Clinton,
w alnut. T here w ere some orange and called me ’Yank' with such unction."
la J o h n n y S t o u t
lemon trees and a few figs. T here
Caleb decided not to outstay his wel
H e aaya: " T h a t bird,
"My g ran d fath er used to say," said
Just tru n him out.”
wus a vineyard and the patio was a Clinton, "th at he w as alw ays cautious come. He announced his Intention at
rio t of flowers. A spring bubbled up when he fought the Yanks but th a t he b reakfast.
A p p ro p ria te Settin g R equired
In th e exact center of th e court and dow nright feared them when tt came
"W e shall Imve to see you again,'
had been confined w ithin a stone basin to business. B ut you are right, sir. said Clinton and B etty backed his In-
F riend—H ave you gone housekeep­
w ith one outlet out of which th e over­ T h at Is all past. I fought In the Span­ vltatlon.
ing yet?
flow rippled and ran under an arch ­ ish w ar side by side with many gallant
She seemed a little older th is morn
Newedd—No ; W’e’re w aiting until
Ing, appearing th e well-poised hostess we suve up enough to live in keeping
way In the foundation of the house.
In h er housegown. To Caleb, still new with th e style of th e wedding pres­
T he place w as above all a home,
to w estern ways. It w as hard to recon­ ents.
long-settled, deep-rooted, if a nest,
cile this housew ifely person presiding
b u ilt on the ground, as some nests
over the silver coffee urn w ith the
are, may be fancied to have taken
A fr a id to Sm ile
rid er on the pinto, galloping h srd a fte r
root. T he place w as well styled El
"G lad to see you a fte r all those
her hounds to the kill. Yet th ere was
Nido.
no real discrepancy, no loss of dignity, years, HflL H us F o rtu n e smiled ou
Back to It, In the tw ilight, a t the
of
sex. And she m ade the girls th a t you y et?”
urgent suggestion of th e girl’s father,
“N ary a smile. Do you know I’m
Caleb
had grown up with seem sud­
a suggestion th a t w as h a lf command,
beginning to think th a t dume m ust
denly constricted In his recollection.
holding such spontaneous lnvltutlon
"You are not to walk down to the have a fro n t tooth out.”
th a t It could not be refused w ithout
train ," she told him. “I am sorry th a t
a touch of churlishness, cam e Caleb,
I cannot drive you but I have a lot to
H is M is ta k e
retu rn in g from the stream above the
do. You shall ride the Don. I’adIRa
w aterfall, packing a well-filled creel.
Youth—I w ant to rnurry your daugh­
will go with you and bring him back. ter, sir.
The girl rose from an outer porch
And we are to see you again. Soon.
as he cam e up from th e stream and
P a re n t—I thought you and she w ere
Caleb was not a t all certain of his m arried—you huveu't been culling as
m et him at the steps. She was tra n s­
prow ess In th e saddle. To his relief often as usual.
formed. A soft- gown of w hite had
the horse tu rn ed out to he a n atu ral
w rought magic and she received the
single-footer, racking along with a
hom age of C aleb’s surprised and
B ang
sm ooth motion th a t left him alm ost
frankly adm iring gaze dem urely. He
Jones— Did your sou go through c o l
motionless In the saddle. The selec­
opened the lid of the creel for h er In­
tion was, he felt, an o th er indication lege?
spection.
of kindly tact.
S m ith—Not quite. H e took a ehem
"You know how to cast a fly In
rn d illa . sw arthy, bow-legged, agile, Istry course and w ent only us fa r as
M assachusetts," she said. “T hey are
bore signs of b a ttle th a t had come the roof.
beauties. We shall have them for sup­
close to maiming him. The left side
per. W ang!”
of his face w as m arked with a puck­
M u tu a l Consideration
A fat and genial Chinam an, Im m acu­
ered scar, purple ag ain st his brown
"Men should he gentle and kind to
late In white, appeared at th e fa r end
skin. It ran from eye to chin, a rak ­ women.”
of the gallery, came forw ard and took
ing weal th a t showed w here the flesh
“Yes,” answ ered Mr. Meekton. “B ut
th e fish with a chuckle of approval.
m ust have been laid open by a frig h t­ oug h tn 't there to be a little reel
“Suppeh leady tw enty mlnnlt. Miss T h s T r a il D ipped D ow n T o w a rd W a
ful blow. He wore no coat and his
procity ?”—W ashington Star.
te r Le vel, F o rd in g th e S tream .
H etty," he said as he waddled off.
sleeves w ere rolled high. Ills left fore­
“B etty—B etty Clinton !” He had her
arm was scored w ith cicatrices. His
T H E G O LF COURSE
nam e a t last and thought It suited her. gentlem en from New England. One of left side seemed shrunken between hip
them w as m ajor In my company. If
“You’ll w ant to wash up. M uria will It had not been for him 1 might have and shoulder. Caleb was conscious
show you to your room.”
lost more than this." He touched his th a t all down the canyon, Padilla sub­
“My room?”
jected him to a close scrutiny. When
em pty sleeve.
directly In front of him he could al­
“Y'ou are to stay here tonight. F a ­
“You held rank, sir?"
th e r would not h ear of you going.
“I wus a captain. It wag a volunteer most feel P adilla's black eyes boring
T h ere Is no moon. It is th ree miles rank. I do not use It now. My sword betw een his shoulder blades. D espite
down th e canyon to th e station at Is a plow share.
I have sufficient the unworded recom m endation th at the
Mexican held from his employment at
H eyw ard. Seven by the road. And souvenir.”
El Nldo, Caleb fancied him a b etter
th ere a re no tra in s th a t you could
Caleb thought he detected a little
catch conveniently.’’
b ittern ess In the reference to th e miss­ companion for high noon than a dark
night.
She led the way In and delivered ing limb.
T he tra il dipped down tow ards
him to M arla, fa tte r than Wang, ample
Caleb noticed th a t Clinton refrained
of breast, trip le of chin, Spanish of from any query as to his gu est’s statu s w ater level, fording th e stream . Caleb
reined In to let the Don drink the
look nnd accent.
In the war. Nor did he mention It him ­
"M arla,” said the girl, "is the actual self. He wns tired of talking about It. bright w ater and P adilla followed ex­
Is your son going to take a bus!
ru ler of El Nldo. You must pass In­ The sta te s w ere full of men who had ample. As they sat side by side the
ness course at college?"
Mexican spoke for th e first time.
spection by M arla to be welcome here. done as much as he had.
"E et was here, senor," he said, “th a t
D on't know—the golf course Is
You have fifteen minutes. We shall be
“W hat are you going to do In
all I’ve heard him speak of as yet.
In the big room at the north end. You C alifornia?" asked the girl. "T he term I got these.”
He touched his cheek, his left ribs,
can come In through the patio."
civil engineer Is a wide one. What
Sure to Be
It w as altogether a little astounding, does It mean to you? Bridges? R ail­ nnd tapped his left forearm with
sw ift gesture.
N o w p r e t t y E d n a 's m a r r ie d
Caleb reflected, as he made w hat toilet roads?”
“E et w as a puma, senor. A cougar,
I ’ll t e ll y o u w h a t, I -g o r r y ,
he could. He had come to the valley
“It was predestined," said Caleb. He
I f a h e h ad o n ly w e d d e d m e.
unheralded, w ithout m utual acquaint struck a m atch and showed her a seal a lion of the m ountains. C a rra jo ! Al­
My g r a c lo u a , s h e ’d be s o r r y l
ance, w ithout introduction, and here a t the end of his w atch chain. On most eet keel me, Luis Padilla. Knife
ag
ain
st
claw
s
an
'
teeth,
senor.
And
he was, pressed as a guest, alm ost as the green stone two parallel zigzags
the knife ween. T hees knife."
N o Id le Gossip
a friend. In M assachusetts—he laughed were graven.
W ith the sam e sw ift deftness he
"Do you believe th at George W ash­
a t him self in the m irror ns he fussed
“The Zodiac sign of A quarius, the half drew a shining blade from a ington w as Invariably tru th fu l?”
w ith his tie. T his w as C alifornia, a W ater B earer. It Is th e eleventh sign
"I do,” replied S enator Sorghum.
country to Itself, w ith very pleasant and the sun en ters It about th e twenty- sheath th a t w as tucked Inside the belt
of his trousers, then replaced It. The “H e w as a discreet man, however, and
customa. And he w as aw are th a t his first of Jan u ary , the day th a t I was
knew when to keep tils mouth sh a t.”—
welcome would be as his behavior. born. So I am a w ater engineer, both speedy excitation of the Latin con
ra ise d his featu res. They tw isted In W ashington Star.
B ut It w as all very pleasant, very by choice and by p redestination.”
a
ferocious
snarl,
they
looked
ss
they
W estern.
She gave a little cry as she bent m ust have appeared In the actual con­
A ccounted F o r
The big room ran the full length of forw ard to look a t the seal. The light flict, Caleb thought.
one side of the house. At eith er end a o f th e sw ift-burning m atch brought
She—W hat m akes th a t Mexican
q u a rte r was raised by two steps, h er face out o f the darkness like a
friend of yours such a giddy chap?
arched off, one p a rt a library and cameo.
He—T h e
revolution
he'a
been
This Padilla leem i tc be an
study, the w alls covered with books,
through,
my dear.—D etroit
F ree
Isn’t th a t alto g eth er curious and
Intense sort of person. W hat’s
the o th er end more distinctly fem inine delightful," she said. "I w onder.’’
I Tess.
h it purpose with Warner?
with a piano, flowers, Inviting chairs
I don’t know w hat will offer," Caleb
of w icker and good rugs, some pictures said. “I cannot walj too long. I have
T h a f ’s Econom y
on th e walls. The Interm ediate space n either the m eans nor the Inclination
(TO B I C O N T IN U S D (
T he Schweppes had twins. F ath er
w ss common ground, dining room and to stay Idle. I have not had very
Schweppe w as a very th rifty man,
living room combined. The place was much p ractical experience—as such
E a rly Actresses
and as he saw th e doctor about to
lit w ith oil lam ps In w rought-lron things go— but I should ra th e r tie up
A ctresses appear to have been on- weigh the babies he called a fte r him :
b rack ets and with candles In branch­ with a new en terp rise than work with known to the ancients In earliest
“P u t both on the sem es and divide
ing holders for the table. The meal, a completed project. O f course, 1 times, fem ale p arts In dram atic per­ by two, d o c to r!"— B erlin
Lustige
with the rustling, hestarched Marla. In should like above everything to be able form ances being taken by males Ac. B laetter.
black gown and w hite apron, superin­ to in au g u rate some scheme, plan It, t r e s s e s appeared on th e stage under
tending Wang, who served as well as develop It. I m ust look for my op­ the Roman empire.
The first Eng­
N o th in g N e w
he had cooked. was perfection.
portunity.”
lish actress Is said to have been Mrs
He—When
I pass «way I’ll leave
T he girl presided over the main
“T h at Is w hat I should prefer. If I Colman, who perform ed th e p art of
dishes. H er father, tall, erect, gray- were a m an." said the girl, and Caleb ’’lanthe" In D avenant's “Siege of everything to you.
She—T h a t's Just w hat you've bees
b Hired. gray of dose-clipped m ustache sensed a growing approval of him In Rhodes," Io 185«.
doing ever since we w ere m arried.
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FACTS
about
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A /TOST new car sales now involve the
’ * trading-in of a buyer’s used car. More
and more people are asking: "Why should
my used car seem to have several values? . . .
\ \ hy should dealers in different makes of
cars offer me allowances differing materi­
ally? . . . Does the largest allowance offered
mean the best deal for me?”
Here are basic facts:
1 Your used car has seemingly different values
because competitive dealers are bidding to
sell you a new ear.
2 Your used car has only one fundamental
basis of value: what the dealer who accepts it
in trade can get for it in the used car market.
3 The largest trade-in
allowance which is of­
fered on your used car is not necessarily the
best deal for you. Sometimes it is; but some­
times it is not.
4 An excessive allowance may mean that you
are paying an excessive price for the new car
in comparison with its real value.
5 Judge the merits of the new car in compari­
son with its price, including all delivery and
finance charges. Then w eigh any difference
in allowance offered on your used car.
When you are ready to trade-in your present
car, remember that after all you are making
a purchase and not a sale. You are buying a
new car and simply applying your present
car as a credit toward the purchase price of
the new car.
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