RANCH MYSTERY
A STORY FOR CHILDREN
By Paula
Beth was thirteen years old and
the daughter of a widow. Her
home was in Illinois. She was not
a very strong girl; so her mother
sent her out to live for nix months
with an uncle and two cousins on
a Nevada cattle ranch. Beth had
never been away from home and
had never seen her uncle. When
she got off the train late in the
evening, there was no one at te
lonely little station to meet Tiff,',
Whyt
Chapter 2
AT first Beth couldn't believe
it was possible that her
uncle was not there to welcome
her. Slowly she walked to the dark
Beth's thoughts strayed
door of the station. The door was
locked. Perhaps there was some
one asleep inside. She knocked,
timidly at first; then as she be
came more afraid, she knocked
loud and hard. Only the hollow
echo came back to her.
She turned and looked Into the
open country. There were the
faint tracks of a wagon road lead
ing away from the station but no
sign of any light anywhere. Only
the tin sign shone faintly in the
pale moonlight as it creaked back
and forth with the wind.
Beth knew she was afraid, and
she wished with all her pounding
heart that she were back on that
warm lighted train, or better still,
at home in Illinois.
Luckily it was not a cold night,
though the girl shivered a little,
but that was because she . . . well,
she just felt shivery.
Perhaps her uncle had not got
ten her mother's telegram. Well,
no doubt he would come soon.
Back and forth she paced on the
loose boards of the station plat
form. But soon she was tired
tired with walking, tired with try
ing to find a light or a sound that
would bring someone to take her
to a warm room and friendly
faces.
Finally she gathered her bund
les together and stacked them
against the door of the depot
Then she sat down to wait. What
else was there to do?
Slowly, her tired, worried head
dropped forward. Slowly her body
slipped down on the bundles and
.... she was asleep.
While she slept, Beth dreamed
about the long ride on the train.
In the dream the train seemed
cold and draughty, and she shifted
restlessly on her luggage. The
moon slipped down the sky and
was gone. The night was very
black, but still no one came for
the traveler.
Just as the grey mist of dawn
crept into the far low hills the
sound of running horses grew out
of the distance. Louder and more
distinct the clatter fell upon the
ears of the sleeping girl. She
stirred and sat up.
Was she still dreaming, and
what new dream was this? What
was the noise? Where was she?
Then suddenly Beth remembered.
But she did not stand up, at the
sound of the horses hurrying to
ward her. She only pulled her thin
coat the tighter around her slim
shoulders and waited.
The day was light now, and her
tired eyes could distinguish two
horses far down the dirt road.
Then, in a cloud of yellow dust
they were suddenly there before
her. Two horses ridden by two
boys. The cousins!
"Gee!" was the greeting from
both of them. They were off the
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horses now and standing in em
barrassed attitudes before her.
One of them was as tall as Beth,
round of face and with a lock of
coal black hair falling: across his
smiling face. The other boy was a
little younger, with fairish hair
and a freckled "nose. lie was the
first to speak.
"We're mighty sorry you had
to wait here all alone all night. .
And we were sure worried about
you when we remembered. But
you see we had trouble on the
ranch last even' and well, well
..." then he was interrupted by
the other boy.
"Gee, Ron, you always talk too
back to her train journey.
much. Whatcha tryin' to do, scare
her?"
Beth stood up now, and - her
tired eyes widened. Slowly she
walked across the platform to
ward the boys.
"What do you mean by trouble ? "
she said, her voice low and steady.
Ron did not look at his brother
for he was sure he would give him
the look that meant he was "talk
ing too much." But heck, she
would know later; so she might as
well know sooner.
"Well, last night rustlers stole
two of Dad's best saddle horses
right out of our corral and ..."
he hurried over the rest, "when
Dad went out at the noise, one of
'em shot him."
Beth jumped and looked around
her. What on earth kind of place
was this?" The older boy shoved
Ron aside in disgust. "Now you've
done it. Chief Loud Speaker.
You've scared her. Don't worry,"
he turned back to Beth, "he isn't
hurt very bad. Get up on my
horse. He can take your stuff on
with him," and he nodded to the
guilty-faced Ron.
Beth had heard their names be
fore; so she knew this dark one
must be Tim. She stepped bravely
up to the stirrup, and Tim helped
her up to the saddle. How high
above the ground she seemed. She
felt dizzy with the suddeness of '
things. What a strange country
she had come to live in. She
wanted to know more about the
"trouble," and she was a little
frightened, too.
Tim turned the pony about and
started down the dusty road, the
road that bad meant safety to
Beth last night.
(Continued Next Week)
Kitchen Technique
: by Virginia Ross:
Ever try Southern Ham Bis
cuits for an informal evening
party, Sunday supper or late
company breakfast? These turn
out to be good-sized, crisp,
crunchy baking-powder biscuits
split, put together with butter
and thin slices of hot broiled or
fried ham spread with a trace of
mustard.
After washing brushes, turn
face down on bristles. Never turn
bristles up. The water will soak
Into the holes In back of brush
and rot the bristles.
Powdered parsley Is attractive
sprinkled over broiled fish, a rice
loaf, steamed carrots, creamed
vegetables, plain boiled potatoes
and egg dishes.
A muslin bag is best for drying
bread: made with an open flap
and hung Inside the pantry, it la
ready for all leftover bits of
bread.
Chocolate stains may be re
moved by sprinkling with borax
and washing In cold water.
Know how to change a soup
Into a meal? Just put a slice of
bread fried In butter in each soup
plate, top with a poached egg and
then pour In the soup. Any thin
meat or vegetable soup Is suitable.
Lame Is a popular and chic fa
vorite again this season. Insplra-'
tion of treatment Is displayed In
this gown of pale green lame,
with its added crossover touch
employing black velvet.
"He had dreamed a dream, and
he must be gone!"
THIS Is a story about a Portu
guese boy who had a great
curiosity and a great dream. He
wanted to find out if he was right
in his beliefs about the earth we
live on.
This boy's father was a weaver,
but the boy himself had no inter
est in cloth making.
No, Christopher (that was his
name) wanted to be a sailor. He
actually made his first voyage
when he was fourteen years old.
He had a brother who made
maps, and while helping him,
Christopher got the notion into
his head that the earth was round
like a ball and not flat at all.
Now, in the country where this
curious young fellow lived, the
people used many spices, and they
bought them from a land far to
the East But, In between the
spiceland and Christopher, there
lived a race of people called Tdrks.
The Turks used to hop out and
murder and rob the men who
were traveling through . their
country to get to the spices.
The travelers got pretty tired
of this and decided that if the
Turks were going to act like that,
they'd find another way to get to
the East.
Now you can see that IP the
world were really round, anyone
could start going West and finally
get to the East . . . and never
even have to see those unfriendly
Turks.
Christopher Columbus said, "It
CAN be done!" Most people
laughed at him and said, "You
go sailing out into the sea In a
Western direction and, since the
earth is FLAT like a plate, you'll
fall off."
Christopher Just said, 'I STILL
think It can be done."
But alas, it takes money to buy
ships, even little ones, and our
hero was a poor man. However,
he talked about his idea so much
that the people finally HAD to
listen to him. At last the king
and queen of Spain listened too,
and they got together ten thou
sand dollars, and they built three
ships (the largest one wasn't any
bigger than one of the Pacific
Coast ferry boats.)
Then the brave Columbus sailed
out from Spain Into the great un
known ocean, headed Westward.
For two long months the three
little ships tossed through storm
and sunlight and darkness.
"Behind him lay the gray Azores,
, Behind the gates of Hercules;
Before him not the ghost of
shores.
Before him only shoreless
seas.
The good mate said: "Now must
we pray,
For lo! the very stars are
gone.
Brave Admiral, speak, what shall
I sayt"
"Why, sny, 'Sail on! sail on!
and cn!' "
After a while the sailors be
came frightened, and they won
dered if they hadn't been pretty
foolish to start on this bllm!
journey. They told Columbus that
he had better start back home.
FASHION
TIPS
:By MISCHA:
Authority on Women's Attire
THESE fashion hints are for the
purpose of aiding the woman
who is sincerely interested in her
personal appearance. Authenticity
is the keynote of aii suggestions
made, and If followed weekly
ach woman will derive true
knowledge, .enabling her to dress
well according to her own par
ticular type.
All women who are interested
In being smartly dressed will first
make a careful study of their
build, and second, of their color
ing. In this way they will be en
abled to make the most of their
good points and will divert atten
tion from their less flattering
qualities.
If the woman Is Inclined toward
heaviness, Intelligent use of lines
will do much to create the illu
sion of a slender figure. This use
of line holds true for the faco as
well as the figure.
As one advances in years, dig
nity of appearance becomes an
outstanding source of pleasurs.
Not only is this true of the indi
vidual concerned but also of her
daily social contacts. Maturity
contributes a great wealth of
charm In its gift of silver-gray
hair. Scrupulously groomed gray
hair softens the lines of the face
and ' adds much to the genera!
appearance of the matron.
The woman who is thin may
call to her aid the magic worked
by the use of certain colors. By
avoiding tones which are harsh
or intense and confining herself
to the soft colors, she will give
But not Columbus, he believed in
his dream, he believed in himself,
and he refused to turn back.
"Then, pale and worn, he kept his
deck,
And peered through dark
ness. Ah, that night
Of all dark nights! and then a
speck
A Uqht! A light! A Ughtl
A light!
It grew, a starlit flag unfurled!
It grew to be Time's burst
of dawn.
He gained a world; he gave tlutt
world
Its grandest lesson: "On!
sail on!"
What a welcome sight was that
first glimpse of land.
Columbus had proved that he
was right He had found land
indeed, but it was not the land he
sought He had NOT found the
Indies, where the spice came
from. However, It WAS land, and
he had NOT fallen off the earth.
The men rowed ashore, and
Christopher planted the flag of
Spain and kissed the earth.
The natives who greeted the
explorers were friendly, and Co
lumbus and his men gave them
little gifts of gay jewelry.
Tha voyagers traveled around
the coast thinking they were
nearer to the Indies than they
really were. They even visited
Cuba. I
One night, just before Christ
mas, Columbus was asleep, and
the Santa Maria (his boat) was
carelessly left In the care of a
very young boy, and in the
middle of the night the ship went
aground and was wrecked. The
natives helped to save all the
ship's cargo, and the men trans
ferred to the other two boats.
This made the boats crowded, and
some of the men asked Columbus
If they could remain on the new
land.
Columbus sailed away for
Spain and left a little group of
Spaniards behind to start a
Spanish colony in the new world.
I'm sorry to say, they acted very
badly toward the peaceful na
tives. They treated them cruelly
and robbed and beat them.
Naturally enough, one day the
chiefs called their warriors and
wiped the cruel Spaniards off the
face of the earth.
- The voyage home was a stormy
one, and Columbus and his men
feared that they would never
reach Spain.
Columbus finally did arrive
back ! Spn and told the king
and queen all about his travels.
He thought he had reached tor e
Islands near the Indies, when
really he had found the new
world. -
Christopher Columbus Is the
man who said, "It can be done."
And then he DID It.
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Sophistication Is the keynote of
this early spring suit. It is the
possessor of slenderizing lines
coupled with an Individual sleeve
which adds much to Its stunning
appeal. The final note of smart
ness Is found In Its furry Ascot
tie and flashing buttons with '
matching buckle.
the appearance, of having a more
plump, curved figure. She should
' always refrain from black, due
to the slenderizing effect it tends
to produce.
Softly curving, and caressing
garments rather than the stiffly
tailored styles are the moat flat
tering for the mature' motherly
woman. She Is a consistent, un
changing type in the realm of
women's dress.
On many occasions the use of
colors will go Infinitely further
than the spoken word in the at
tainment of the desired effect
Generally sneaking, the light col
ors are attributed as being the
possessions of youth. Bequeathed
to maturity are the dark tones
and deeper rich tones.
Primary colors red, yellow,
blue.
Neutrals gray, black, white.
Warm colors yellow, orange,
red.
Cool colors green, blue, vio
let The brunette 1ias a wide range
of colors from which to choose,
all of which are flattering to her
individual type. Yellow is a most
suitable choice for the brunette
type. If her skin Is pale olive or
clear and the hair brown or
black, eyes brown, gray or blue,
red orange or blue are most be
coming. Also cream-white, blue
green, light or dark tan and dark
green.
This typo should avoid yellow
green, blue-purple and pastel
tints.
If her skin Is Imperfect, she
will do well to refrain from using
yellow or black, since these
shades have a tendency to center
attention on the face.
NURSE CLARA
When Clara Barton was a little
girl her brother fell and was hurt
Clara nursed him for a long time,
and It just seemed that she was
born for nursing. During the
Civil War she worked among the
wounded and helped to tend the
dying. In Europe during the
Franco-Prussian War she came
In contact with the International
Red Cross and came home and
started the Red Cross of
America.
BITING HOPPER
There Is a grasshopper called
the Dectlcua and that name
comes from the Greek word
"dectikos," which means biting.
Remember this, If you ever de
cide to pet a white faced Dec
tlcus, they bite.
NON-FLYING BIRDS
Perhaps you know that Pen
guins are birds that cannot fly.
They have little short wings and
use them like paddles when they
swim. These are birds of the
Antarctic ard are fond of diving
and swimming In the Icy waters
of that region.
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Little Touches Mean Much
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Gain Distinction with Gay Tricks
By VIRGINIA ROSS
Home Economics Editor
ALONG about this time of
year I begin to fall back on
garnishes. Not that we don't use
themtheyear
through, but
W1
with our
foroed post
holiday econ
omy, even
more than
ever, they
come to our
rescue.
Garnishes
"such little
things to
mean bo
much" the
slice 'o beet
on the tired
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dinner plate.
the bit of
scarlet and greon
against the drabness of the plat
ter of hash.
To garnish, as you may know,
is to add the artistry to cooking,
the adventure to eating. The word
"garnishing," if we know our
Webnter has two meanings. To
"dress" or to "garnish" a dish
with sprigs of green as garnish
ing a roost of beef with parsley
(poor dear oP overworked pars
ley) or the less recognized mean
ing, but to me, even more Im
portant "the embellishing of
foods with some other food or
for a relish." In this case the gar
nish often constitutes part of the
meal, as cole slaw in lettuce
nests, served on a platter of cold
meat cuts.
THE handiest, perhaps, of gar
nishes Is your can of paprika
gay and vivid as the scarlet
wisp of an evening dress the
young daughter wears to the
prom It lends a dash of tomor
row to the pale potato soup and
to the spirits as well.
And there Is parsley over
worked, as I have said, but de
pendable, and it does the best It
can.
But I desire you to go adven
turous In a big way; It's a tonic,
In truth, toning up the morale
and the appetite as well, untwist
ing the rainbow over tired meals.
Be food conscious, yes, but also
light minded; be a dabbler In ef
fects. Garnishing Is not a subject
of research; It Is a flight of
fancy.
The first rule to remember, If
you will pin me down. Is that
garnishes are not meant to con
ceal the food but to reveal it. The
garnishment Is the frame which
seta off the skill of the cook.
Use contrasts In color. The gar
nish for pale foods should be
dark, though It should lighten the
darkness of steak, roast and
game. When edible as I profer
mine to be the contrast In flavor
should be just as marked.
SOUPS are often such anemic
looking creatures cream
soups particularly. A spoonful of
whipped cream dusted a gay scar
let with paprika or tinted with a
bit of pure vegetable coloring,
lends zestful decoration.
For jellied soups, gay lemon
shapes dusted with the same
friendly paprika are excellent
companions. Clear and vegetable
soups take on charm with a
spoonful of grated American
cheese, chopped parsley and pa
prika. Flavor for flavor goes for fish
- brclted or baked; garnish with
lemon slices sprinkled with pa
prika and parsley, tiny baked to
matoes well seasoned, lemon bas
kets filled with mustard mayon
na's? - four teaspoons of preparer'
mustard folded Into a cup of
mayonnaise. This, by the way, Ir
a delirious garnish accompani
ment for asparagus or artichokes
hot or cold.
Fish, too, can use the deep
rich color of tho ripe olive, a
mound of the luscious follows
heated In their own liquor, with
a clove of garlic therein (If you
don't mind) between tho Greek
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crosses of lemon and tho tender
greenery of chicory.
Lettuce, by the way, as a gar
nish outside the salad plate, Is
poor it wilts. Celery Is more de
praved as a garnish than any
thing. There's no spirit left In a
celery top, by the time it gets to
the table. Parsley will do. But
don't expect it to perform parlor
tricks. And there's the deep royal
purple of grapes for fish. Try It
Yellows and reds are grand for
light things as well as dark
oranges, persimmons and the
ovenvorked pineapple. Though
poaches and apricots I've found
to be just as versatlle-
BAKED ham is attractive to the
eye and the palate as well
when garnished with a cube of
mint Jelly In the hollow of each.
Minted pearo or pineapple are
chockful of color and flavor notes
and turn a Cinderella shoulder
of lamb Into a fairy princess. All
we do Is add a bit of green color
to the hot syrup of pears or pine-
npplo. a fow drops of spearmint
extract and allow to stand over
night. Green and red peppers, pimen
tos, the simple watercress, all
are easily found, Inexpensive and
add Immeasurably to the decora
tive scheme. Use the simple, col
orful things to dress your dishes.
Don't be afraid to use garnishes
that everyone else hasn't used. Be
original, yet don't garnish every
thing at the same meal. It seems
overdressed. Look to the color
contrasts in arrangement Need
a vegetable plate be a aeries of
lifeless greens and off whites?
Consider a creamy white cauli
flower flnnked by deep wine-red
boots and the pale green of baby
lima beans.
Your meat platter of creamy
wedgewood ware against a French
blue linen cloth Is lovely enough,
but when embellished with a
stuffod boned lamb roll, baked
apple halves filled with Jelly,
boiled buttered potato balls and
brussels sprouts that is a story
indeed.
KILLDEER
The Kllldeer Is a bird you will
often see along the seashore.
Howover, sometimes he takes a
look Inland around the farms.
This bird can run very fast
and he is the watchful fellow
who cries out at any strange
sound. He says "Kill-dee, kill
dee." .
BRAVE SCOTT
When Robert Scott waa only
fourteen years old he waa in the
British Navy. - In 1901 he came
within eight degrees of reaching
the South Pole. He tried again
In 1010 and after a dreadfully
hard sled Journey reached the
Pole in January 1012. Sad to
relate Scott never returned from
this trip but perished from the
cold. His diary found In Novem
ber of 1912 told about the trip.
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