F R ID A Y , J U L Y
Hie Beaverton Review
14. 1933
BELOW ZERO
A Romance of the
North\vkods
"Y o u 'r* g o o d !* he **¡<1
“ Tou
good. you to a d ! Why don't you try to
fight lika a man? Tou've guts enough
to try murder, why don’t you try It
tu tha opan? Why won’t you let— “
“ Look h ere! I'm d— d If Til let any
addlad kid talk to ma like th is! I'm
d—d If . . . Murdar? Fight? Soma-
body trying to harm you and you'ra
trying to hand the blame on me?
That It? Now why In tha name of
heaven should I want to harm you?“
A quick warning flickered through
John's anger. Roused as ha was, G o r
be)'» craft had not deserted him. Pry
ing. ha was now, using tha fertile field
o f high rage, when bars o f caution are
down, to discover what and how ronch
John Belknap knew, and the boy drove
back his temper and his contempt,
striving to match cunning with cun
ning.
“ I haven't the slightest Idea.“ he
said. “ Not an Idea to my back ! But
you don’t want me here; you're trying
to drive me out."
He thought a shadow c f relief ap
peared In that face before him.
Corbel let out a short breath o f
disgust.
"D rive you o n t!" he muttered, as
though such an Idea were the depth
o f absurdity. "W hy. I haven't even
remembered you were around the Job
a dozen times since you came In I But
I f you Ye not drur.v. you're Insane and
there’s room here for neither booze
fighters nor madmen I"
" I ’m tired, then?”
“ Right n o w !“
John shrugged.
“ Tour p rtrllege,"
he said.
“ And you’ll get out o f the company
boarding house today i"
“ Also your r ig h t"
“ And out o f Kampfest. to o !"
“ Steady, neighbor!" John's rage was
passing; he was noting the anxiety In
the other's tone now. as o f one who
presses rashly Into a welcome open
ing. “L ittle too far. th a t I’ m stay
ing in town. Corbel. Things haye been
quiet In Shoestring since I came here.
That was my principal reason In com
ing. . . . I l l be In Kampfest. watch
ing my ttep. I f you try roe again . . .
In person, please?"
He went ont wlthont another word,
cloelng the door firmly, and Panl C or
bel. standing there, «yes on the door,
let a hand lift slowly to his chin,
fingers fumbling with the flesh th ere
He stood so for a long interval.
Then swiftly, a bit nnsteaAily. he
crossed the room ard locked the door.
Fists rammed Into pockets, he paced
the room while molstnre pricked ont
In tiny pearla on his face.
Fear was riding the man now. fear
and desperation. Not fear o f tiie pos
sibility that John Belknap might be
able to prove a case against him
through either Baxter or DeForesL
Another fear graw ed at him, had
been grinding blm fo r day*, and some
thing about John Belknap’s attitude
made him feel that the lad was not
thinking wholly o f his own safety. He
had had the manner o f one who knows
more than he tells, o f one who Is wait
ing, with all confidence, fo r a tre
mendoua moment. . . .
And Nat Bradshaw had been a bit
too casual the last time he came. His
eyes had betrayed a flicker * f guile
when he talked o f the (Ire In the Rich
ards barn: and another time be had
come he had gone from this office to
the hot-pond where John Belknap
worked 1
For year* Paul ilorbera conscience
had not troubled him; be had taken
what he could take, by fair means or
foul, escaping detection hut piling np
In his own heart a cumulative burden
o f fear.
He bad not admitted that
fear even to himself until lately, and
then, like a festering wound. It had
commenced to «w ell and throb.
It
•»omd not let blm keep bis mind on
his affairs during daylight; It would
oot let him sleep.
Other nights he had thought that
pounding In bla ears was the heavy
heating o f tils heart; last night It had
been like the fall o f collective feet . . .
thudding In awkward measure as men
marched In lock-step 1 . . , Last
night . . . and young Belknap knew
more than he had said. . . .
He halted ta mid-room and looked
about like one trapped. Then he went
to hla desk, opened a locked drawer,
and slipped the pistol that lay there
Into hla pocket A fte r a time he un
locked the door and weut through the
motion* o f functioning a* a manag
ing partner.
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flight became necessary, torn between
the fear a f having to face a state's
law If b* remained and tha fear af
adding to eueplclon tf ha laft. . , ,
That aueplclon might ■till be a figment
o f hie own Imagination, a product o f
conscience. . . .
lie could not
know. . , ,
A cruiser cam* In. dropping hla pack
equa) part» o f chilhsl coffee and
In th* hallway. He had been to the Own Your Own Soda Fountain and
chilled chocolate.
Keep
Your
Family
Cool
and
Happy
northward for a fortnight, and Cor
You can keep your family cooler
bel appeared to listen while th* men
Ice-Box Cookie*
than the proverbial cucumber ever
mod* a brief report o f his activity and
I f you have n “ hutch" o f cookie
dreamed
o
f
lieing.
you
can
spring
his findings.
dough in the ice Imi. ready lo l«<
surprise
refreshments at a
mo
“ Didn't expect you back to eoon."
baked at a moment a notice, your
ment's notice, you can let th* chil
Paul said.
summer 'ades
«m l punches
will
dren
drink
their
energy
foods
“ Nor would I’ ve mad* It but for
tie ver be at a Ires for u partner
right
in
their
favorite
bovrniges.
flndln' old men Rt--barde' cabin empty.
in
refreshment Extra good ones
and have some fun youraelf turn
Run on to blm heeded east with hla
are made this way: Miz und sift
ing out sutehtea. sodas and drinks I
[ outfit after w olre* that are raiding
together u cup o f flour, n teaspoon
juat Uke the drug stores awrvm- iY |
th* Caribou deer yard. I knew he’d
powder and
4 teaspoon
you own your own sod* fountain!
camp over there until he'd got th*
salt. Then add a cup o f
ground
w olve* or used up all hla tricks, ao I
TYie equipment
is simple, just
rolled oat a. a half package chopped
rv«T*d my stuff down Into bis camp.
what you alrcedv have on l-and. A 1
dates and 4 cup
chopped nuts
It waa closer to thoe* descriptions, you
few nutmeats. a package o f cocoa- '
Cream a half-cup
butter,
add a
see. I didn't have to spend moot o f
nut, some
cookies,
some
home- |
cup o f brown sugar to It gradually
my time goln' from camp to timber."
made foundation syrups and some
The mill whittle blew th en; In the attractive glass«» and
there you
hack office chairs scraped and feat
are. ready for your patrons, who
sounded.
are sure to lie sternly customers!
"Another day," Corbel said. “ Come
(And don’t
forget
the straws to
In tomorrow end we'll go over this
lend the professional touch.)
matter again."
Th# woodsman le ft
Store- Away
Chocolate Sauce
Soon afterward a team pulled to
I f you want a chocolate »sure that
a halt before the office, and th* big
will keep nicely, stored away in a
man on th* seat o f th* light sleigh
jar in the refrigerator, try this:
kicked robes from aboul hla feet and
Q 4 sqs. chocolate
rose. Inside Corbel strained forward,
4 cup cold water
tense, waiting.
1 cup sugar
Knuckles fell on th* panel. Oerbat
1 tbsp. cornstarch
wet hla lip*.
Salt (pinch)
“ Come In !" ha said, unsteadily.
4 cup white corn syrup
T h * knob turned and Nat Brad
14 cupe hot water
shaw' hlg hulk showed In th* gloom.
4 tap vanilla
“ O h !" he said. “ Tou, Oorbal?"
"H u llo I" Corbel said, fighting for
Cut chocolate in pieces, add cold
hla self-control. “ Hullo, N a tl Juat water, and cook until smooth Mix
leaving. . . ."
’ sugar, cornstarch and salt togeth
The aheriff did not advance but er. Add to chocolate. Add the sy-
stood there, saying nothing, sliding 1 nip, then pour in hot
water and
hla band* Into hi* pants pockets, feat 1 rook until smooth. Add vanilla last
spread, back against that door . . . an This will be a smooth sauce on ac
ominously blockading figure.
count o f the syrup content: if you
“ Then I'm Just tn time," he said want mint flavor, add a teaspoon
dryly. “ I've com* for you, C o rb e l!" o f mint essence to sauce. Use for
then one beaten egg, and vanilla
Stir in dry kngradtenta. alternately
with 4 cup milk Pack the dough
Into butler cartons or deep
pan
lined with wax paper Chill fo r at
least !) hours When ready to hake,
rut dough In thin tlk 'ri ami bake
on an oiled baking sheet In niod-
ergte oven
(37b’
F I »Unit lb
minutes.
Mosier -W. U Howland ami El
mer Root, Mosier orrhardtsts, have
established codling
moth traps a-
gam this year to determine flight
o f the moths so aa to indicate the
ties!
time
fur applying spray«.
This ia the sex-oiul year these two
men have
carried
on such work
with th* county agent. Some o r
chards in the district
are trying
ltanilinv trees with r Heated |>a
per in an effort to as
tn worm
control while cutting do .n »area
eive spray applications which bring
residua problems.
Celebrate Century of Machine RuUding
And over In Shoestring Kllen Rich
ards was going through the motions
o f perform ing her dally tasks.
Evidence o f strain waa heavy upon
her. a different sort o f (train than
. that which had racked her when the
' man the now knew to be John Belk-
' nap came to her employ. Matters had
i eased In the woods: the Belknap A
j Corbel operation on her railroad had
; slowed down on log production; her
; transportation facilities had been able
to take care o f both Jobs h andily; a
reserve o f logs was growing In her
y ard ; the dark clouds which bad hov
ered over her business affairs wore
seeming to Uft.
But thlugs had happened to her
which robbed this turn o f events o f
any Joy; things which wakened her
from sound sleep with heart racing,
with a feeling o f having called out In
her dreams appealingly to the man
“M *r
ice cream topping.
who had come Into her life and gone
“ Teah. Tou . , ,
finally 1” — th*
out o f It again, leaving the Job In or
word fell heavily.
Foundation Orangeade Syrup
der but life tn chaos.
No fancied corner now I No trap
Combine 1 4 cups orange juice,
During waking hours she knew that
made up o f the fabrics o f guilty
2 cups white corn syrup and 1/3
she thought o f John Belknap only with
Imaginings was closing on Paul C o r
cup lemon juice. Put in jar and
contempt, but at night, aa she slept,
bel. This was real.
store in Ice box. Use as needed, al
he came to her tn dreams, laughter
"W h y . . .
why, what the devil
lowing 4 cup syrup with ice and
mingling with the determination In hla
are you driving at?" ha demanded,
plain
or charged water or ginger -
eyes, and she tired again those mo
rallying a show o f bluster.
ments In the office at camp when she
“ Turn on your light and I'll read ale for each serving.
why."
yielded Impulsively to his arms, when
Fruit Punch
she raised her face hungrily for bis
L ig h t!
Light, with th* eherllf
1 cup orange juice
llpa. . . .
standing there against the deer, sus
4 cup white corn syrup
picion«, ready for any emergency?
Sweet, the dreams w e re! But she
2 additional cups orange juice
•Th ey’ re burned oot," he lied. "Fuse
shuddered on wakening. T o surrender
An Ota slide valve steam engine tb s l tury ago. the tern brothers built the
4 cup water
blew Just before yon drove op. . . .
her heart to a man who had deceived
first steam locomotive constructed
laboriously developed a tew bon
2 cups pineappU juice
What do yon mean— you'll read why?"
her. who had sworn allegiance only
power, and Its successor, a giant 1*00 west of the Allrghenlse and they later
horsepower dleeel electric plant estab designed and built the first Corliss
1/3 cup lemt n juice
“ I've got a warrant for you. C or
to undermine her worldly posses
lish the extremes of motive unite built steam angine manufactured In the
bel.” the aheriff said «low ly. “ It’* for
Gingerale
sions, was unthinkable. And yet that
by The Oooper-Beeeemer Corporation weet. Steam wee replaced by the pres
Cook 1 cup orange juice, water
arson." He paused.
heart remained untractable. H er mind
how celebrating its hundredth annl- ent type motors widely used In the gee
"Arson 1" Corbel's voice crackled.
and corn syrup together to make
persuaded, argued, badgered, even
and oil fields. In looomutlvee. on pri
vereery.
“ Teab.
Ain't a plcasaat word, le a hcurvy syrup Cool.
Keep syrup
stormed, tn certain moments, hut when
A full century ago. Charles and Ellas vate yachts commercial boats and for
It? Ain’t a pleasant crime, neither. until ready to use. When ready to
the mind dropped Into deep rest that
Cooper first started casting plows, stationary power plants
Bad as murder, Corbel.
Tou over make punch mix other juices with
carding machines and sawmill machin
heart went Its forbidden way.
Old employees of the present com
stepped youraelf In your story. The the foundation syrup; add ice and
ery from a small cupola built at Mt pany remember de ye when the broth
Testerday the woman who kept her
Vernon. Ohio
From that undis ers withstood the shortage of money
university sayi the lad yon put tn the gingerale (about ft small
house had declared her lit
This
bottlea
tinguished and Inauspicious founda during the panics by leeulng Cooper
way o f bein' killed hadn't been drlnk- fo r this amount) just before ser
morning the old bookkeeper bad eyed
tion has arisen the present corporeUon Company script, a type of fiat money
tn’ for long. . . . Put on your hat and ving.
her over the rims of hi* spectacles
with extensive properties at Mt Vernon honored by local bus! nesses through
c o a t; we've got a drive to make.”
and said one w o rd : ’’ Peaked 1"
and drove City, Pe.. where facilities out cen-rel Ohio Thla was In marked
"I-ook here. Nat 1 . . . Why, there's
He left his high stool and drew his
are avallabla tor tha construction of contrast to the Corporation's present
Home-Made Ices Cool You Off
some
m
istake!
There's
some
devilish
tbs biggest oil and gas engines In the strong rash position which has brm
spectacles down low on his nose
“ Float*” — ice or ice cream float
mistake
behind
this
I
Arson?
.
.
.
World
maintained In spite of the i l m -
again.
ed on top a beverage—are popular
unirSq e of e aau- '«multion» ■lean»« U js pact there . — -
Good C — d. N it. you don't— "
“ Ellen, you're cornin' down with
in the home soda fountain. Making
“ I don't aim to visit with you, Cor your own
som ething!“ he declared. “ Sakes, but
VP
h-eu ia simple
if you
bel. Put on your c o o t!"
you do look peaked 1 Ton better go
know that the secret o f quick-freez
Bitterness
was
rising
In
the
sheriff's
j
home an’ r e s t"
ing and smooth mixture lies in not
heart, a contempt that must be voiced. I
Home? T o lie there In the room
usiigr too much sugar, which slows
"1 don't aim to visit with you. I've
where she dreamed tenderly at night
up freezing, and ia responsible for
got you cold, Gorbel I For a long time
o f a man who was her worst enemy?
grains. Learn the secret in this:
you’ ve fooled ua all, but that'* over
Home? T o live again and again those
now.
Pm
glad
I'm
sheriff
o
f
thla
moments which once had been sweet
Grapefruit Ice
county tonight to take back to my
but which now, even In memory,
1
4
cups
sugar
Jail a firebug, a skunk!"
whipped the heat c f humiliation to her
4 cup white corn syrup
IJghta danced before Paul Corbel's
cheeks?
1 4 cups water
eyes, though there were no lights. A
Not home! A girl can’t stay In the
6 tbaps. lemon juice
roaring sounded in his ears.
The
theater o f heart-break when her
B No. 2 can grapefruit
(pulp
mountain o f doom was moving towards
nerves are rubbed raw and drawn
I
G R E YH O U N D C O F F E R SHOP
and juice)
him, to overwhelm him, to blot him
singing tight, can she?
W. E. PEGG
Cook
the
sugar,
corn
syrup,
ou t; to mash hla cupIdMy, hla lores,
“ T e ll the barn tc hitch up the driv
Meals 26f.
Home M«de Pies.
and 1 cup o f water to a soft ball
hla ambitions.
ers." she said. ’T U have them take
ami KMMALMKR
F ). Add lemon juice and UNDERTAKER
Express O ffice— Stage Depot
He turned, as If to tear open a win (240*
me out towards the Mad Woman. A
Cool. Cut grapefruit
seg
dow and jump, and a great hand water.
day or two at W o lfs Is what I need,
ments into small pieces with scis '•'range Building
caught hie arm.
B e .v e r t .n ™ r n U ' r ' ' V n ,° "
,,hon"
I guess.”
Rttftfti Ifuilding
Bci^rtun, Oregon
“ No you don't I I f I have to, I'll— " sors. Add to cooled syrup. Freeze.
And so she went, a light pack sack
The man shrank tn the sheriff* Yields 2 quarts.
and snowshoes stowed behind her,
clutch, tried to tear away. He made
eager to be afoot and trudging the
STUDIO BARBER SUO»»
strange sound* In his throat as hla
Iced Chocolate
dozen miles that lay between the end
A N D Y ’S MARKET
trembling
hand
tugged
at
a
hip
pockeL
There are two ways to make iced
o f this road and the trapper’s camp.
F IR S T C LASS WORK
“ Let t- e g o !” he screamed. “ Let chocolate. Use a foundation cho
MEATS OF QUALITY
me go, you fo o l!"
colate syrup, add to milk and ice
CHAPTER XI
“ No . , . you've gone: to the eod and shake. Or (fo r ft servings) mix
A T R E A S O N A B L E PRICES
o f your rope, and If— "
8 teaspoons cocoa, few grains salt,
Service With A Smile
K. I). VanMeter, Prop.
A mad day for Paul Corbel waa
The pistol came ou t The stream of 1 tablespoon
corn
syrup,
and 3
drawing to Its close, with light «now
fire waa short, barely the span of a tablespoons
sugar.
Add 2 cup*
falling outside.
man's hand, so closely wa* It held to hot water, place over heat and boil
He had changed to woods clothing
MARKS & SON
the sh eriffs breast The report filled 3 minutes,
then add milk.
Let
at noon. Intending to drive to one o f
the room, and then, as Corbel felt
heat
to
boiling,
remove,
cool
and
Reaverton Barber Shop
restaurant
the camps.
But fear held him In
those stout fingers loosen on his «¿m,
beat until frothy. Chill, add a lea-
town, that fear which grew with the
M EALS
SH O RT O R D E R '
the sheriff drew a long, retching
spoonful whipped cream and serve
hours.
breath. . . •
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For Frosted Chocolate, add a Ixall
Dusk now, and the approach o f
ton feet inns, Soft Drinks
(Continued Next Weelti
o
f
vanilla
ice
cream
and
beat
until
closing time. He sat brooding, plan
GUARANTEED
r . <ly lluild,n|f
Front ^
For Iced Mocha
combine S A T IS F A C T IO N
A tax b y any
other
name is mixed.
ning how he could flee the conntry If
still a tax.
MICKIE, TH E PRINTER’S DEVIL
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