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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEPFORP, OREGON, SUNPAY. AUGUST 25, 1940.
mEItlORlJ OF
by Jeanne
YESTERDAY, lanuir rifuti
to way U'hy he thinks the ranch if
tcorth SSOjDOQ. Conttance seeks
out Taylor's ion end discovert
that he is Pedro. Ht knew her
identity all along.
Chapter Eight
Shrewd Irishman
DURING their ride back only
once did a strain appear.
"What were those queer-looking
cattle?" Constance asked, and
pointed back to the sleek cows
with black heads and haunches, a
white band going evenly about
their middle.
"Dutch belted," answered Peter.
"What is their selling point?"
pursued Constance.
"Selling point?" echoed the pur
iled cattleman. "Oh, you mean
their merit? They're to the Dutch
what the Holsteins are to the
Danes; quantity milk-producers."
And then he checked himself,
looked quickly at Constance and
quickly away, and she pursued the
subject no longer but tucked it
into her memory for further con
sideration. Sunlight filtered throueh the
willows, casting a dappled shade
in the patio. The table between
them, Constance and Pedro, for so
he would always be to her, faced
each other.
Constance looked at him and
found the romantic vaquero had
disappeared and a shrewd black
Irishman had taken his place. She
was no longer a pretty girl to nun.
out an opponent.
Constance, had she known it,
held the advantage. Hair ruffled
by the wind, grotesque overalls
and outsized shirt, she looked like
a guileless tomboy. To one who
had never studied the portraits of
the late Michael Mahoney, there
was nothing in the blackfringed
blue eyes to warn them to be
ware. "You said you couldn't explain
your desire to own El Cabrillo,"
Constance began. "Why?"
"How explain love to one who
has never loved?" countered Tay
lor. "Assuming I don't lova this
land." deducted Constance.
"We don't neglect what we truly
love." retorted her opponent.
"You Taylors are in charge of
the land. If there is neglect, why
lay it at the feet of the Cabrillos?"
"Admitting father has been
managing the ranch for sixteen
years, have you, anyone of you,
sin. the death of your father,
ever tried to understand how
handicapped we are?
"Has any Cabrillo asked of the
land? Have they ever taken any
interest In anything excepting
how to get more money out of
it? Have they ever suggested one
penny be put back into the land
or into the stock?
"No land, business, or individ
ual can grow without replenish
ing. "You wouldn't understand the
necessity of crossing strains to
Improve the stock. And you
wouldn't understand the necessity
of improving stock to meet chang
ing market conditions.
"When father, five years ago,
paid a thousand dollars for Red
River Dan, a bull, your eastern
agent accused him of experiment
ing at the cost of El Cabrillo and
refused to allow the deduction.
Father paid for him out of his
own pocket because he knew it
was necessary.
"He's done these things many
times to keep life flowing through
these acres and through the herds.
He's fought for this place as
though it were his own. And it
has been a losing fight."
"Then why does he want to buy
It?" demanded Constance.
"Men who know father's abil
ity are willing to loan him money
to put El Cabrillo on a good pay
ing basis. They can't do that, and
he can't ask them to, while the
land remains in your hands.
"We don't know when you peo
ple may suddenly decide to sell to
someone else. And you can't mort
gage this place as long as it re
mains in your hands, because it
is homesteaded. You can't even
sell off a portion to raie money
because you are bound by the
stipulations in your father's will.
So there vou are."
Cleverly Evasive'
pETER TAYLOR concluded.
1 lighted a cigaret, and above
the match twin flames were set
In his dark eyes as they watched
Constance; twin flames of deri
sion. "Satisflcd?" he asked when she
didn't speak.
"No." she answered promptly.
To the Taylor she had expected
to meet out here, she could have
asked the source of the fifty thou
sand he intended to u5e for the
purchase of El Cabnlln; the source
of the money they had already ex
pended on the place. She couldn't
ask that of this man anymore than
she could have allowed anvone to
ask such a question of herself.
She dug into her leans for her
eiraret case and fciiro was quick
witn a light tor her. His hand '
touched hrrs and she started; I
started and met hu eves only to
look quickly away Resolutely she1
steeled herself against the fasci
nation this man held for her. and
when she looked at him again,
the blue of her eyes were mere
slits between the shelter of lashes
"You've given me logical rea-1
Sons for wanting ownership." she i
conceded, "but vou're withholding
something vitally important, just
as you withheld your reason for
Knowing a Labnllo was due at the
ranch.
"You knew someone was com
Flra In Prospec!
Fire badly damaged the roof
of the Irwin MrCall home tn
Prospect yesterday morning.
Rogue River national forest
headquarters reported. The
house was saved by the prompt
work of local residents. Edward
Leach, forest service scaler who
happened to be In Prospect, al
so helped. A defective chimney
was blamed for the fire.
THE mOOTl
Bowman mmimhw
ing and prepare. .1 My re
ception was beautifully staged. I
appreciate that It gave me a
taste of what my Cabrillo fore
fathers had. But those costumes
had been well aired, not a scent
of mothballs lingered in them, nor
in the draperies or bedding in my
room.
"You have been cleverly eva
sive. You art a shrewd man, Pe
ter Taylor."
Taylor's head went back and
laugh rang out. "You're pretty
snrewa yourseir. cniia.
"You admit the ranch could be
put on a good paying basis." she
went on. "How much would it
take?"
"Have you some money to in
vest?" Taylor asked, lightly.
'The 'Charge if Cabrillos, with
money?" echoed Constance. "No,
but I might raise some."
Taylor stood up. and now there
was vague pity in his eyes. "It
would take too much, Michael,"
he said, using the name so easily
ha wasn't aware of it; using it
so easily she was stung to a be
lief that he called her that secret
ly, as she called him Pedro.
"Look at the time," he said
abruptly, "Meg will be in our
hair. We dine at midday on the
ranch and you're dining with us.
"As for raising money ... my
father couldn't do it without own.
ing the land. You can't without
the right to use the land as se
curity. And so, that is that."
"T h a t," corrected Constance,
laughing up at him, "is what you
think."
She went into her room for
comb and powder before aceom-
Iianying him, and the adoring Do
ores followed her.
Constance touched the chrysan
themums in their pottery bowls
and smiled across their bronze
heads to the maid. "It was lovely
of you to give me this nice wel
come. How did you arrange every,
thing so quickly?"
"Eeet was not queeck, senorlta.
Two nights ago the Senor Pedro,
he come to us and say 'every
theeng must be thus and ao. the
Sehonta Conchlta Cabrillo flies
west to visit Give to her the wel
come you would give a Cabrillo.'"
Constance patted Dolores and
went out to loin Tavlor who was
puzzled at her sudden listlessness.
two nights ago, Constance was
thinking. She had barely known
herself that she was flying west.
Telegram
EG was waiting for them.
Again Constance tucked her
arm into the curve of the older
woman's and delighted her with
a running Are of talk about the
morning ride, until thev reached
Meg's room where Constance
would change back to her street
clothes.
She turned then. "Meg." she be
gan earnestly, "I'm going to put
my cards on the table. I need to
know something and no one will
nelp me. 1 think you will, but first
I want you to swear you will
never tell anyone, especially the
Taylors, one word of what I am
going to say. Swear?"
Solemnly Meg Donahue crossed
herself and raised her hand. "Out
with it, pet." she urged, softly.
"It was in your eves as vou came
up the hill, and a heavy cross for
one so young."
Swiftly Constance told of her
queer love for El Cabrillo, her in
ability to visit the rancho because
she hadn't the money: the desire
or ner tamily to sell and her sud
den decision to fly out and see if
she could part with it.
And 1 11 be honest with you.
Meg." she assured her. "I wanted
to learn why the Taylors wanted
to Duy; why they were ollering
that certain amount and to see li
thev were being honest with us.
"Now Meg. there were only two
people who knew I was coming,
my employer and his secre "
"Heaven preserve us," broke In
Meg, "and me thinkin' a foine
lady you were, with niver a
thought for the toil of money and
its worth. Well, well, a workin'
girl you are. Now what is It you
want to know, pet?"
"Meg, I have to know who let
the Taylors know I was coming,
so I'll know who is trying to double-cross
me at home."
"Well now pet you can't learn.
It come in one of those there ani-
mositous telegrams. I'll get It. but
mind you, niver a word of my
showing you?"
Solemnly Constance went
through the ritual of secrecy, then
hugged Meg's arm, unaware she
was cementing a stout friendship
for years to come.
Meg sailed out and back with a
comical air of nonchalance, then
drew a telegram out from under
her apron and stood back while
Constance read it
The wire. Constance thought,
was all that Meg had called it in
her coined word animositous It
was not only anonymous, but
written in animosity. Her face
paled and the blue of her eyes
turned dark as she read.
CONCHITA CABRILLO EN-
ROUTE TO RANCHO INCOG
NITO LOOK OUT FOR HER
SUES AS SHREWD AS OLD
MICKFY MAHONEY FREEZE
HER OI'T AMI liri 1 tt-ivn
THE DEAL FOR VOU WHILE
SHES O.N THE REDOUND
A FRIEND
Constance handed the telegram
bark to Meg without a word.
i Know who sent it. and It
nuns, pet
"It ... it does hurt, Meg." she
agreed.
Don had written that wire Don
was paying her off for refusing to
save his car.
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Italians Raid Malta.
London, Aug 14. iT'
British airbases on the Island of
Malta were attacked by "strong
Italian bomber formations r
corted by fighters'' between in
a. m. and 1 p. m. today, the
Rome radio announced in a
broadcast heard in London.
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AIFrMOUNOSiiGHiNlflES
With the head-on crash of
two automobiles, each traveling
60 miles an hour, highlighting
the spectacular program, the
Edwards Brothers' combined
circus and thrill show will make
a two-performance stand at the
fairgrounds park Tuesday, the
afternoon show starting at 2
o'clock and the evening perfor
mance at 8.
Billed as the "largest show of
the type in America." the pro
gram will include the Aerial
Erickions. direct from the
world's fair, in daredevil acro
batics 12S feet above ground
with no safety nets: Pauline
Pickard and her famous trained
horse, "Tiger"; a bevy of clowns.
many trained wild animals and
Liberty horses, in addition to
the automobile crash.
Two cars will be demolished
at both performances in what
has been called the most sensa
tional act in the amusement
world. The vehicles will collide
directly in front of the grand
stand and the drivers of the ma
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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chines will remain behind the
wheel until after the crash.
There will be free parking for
customers,
ATUKEO'WOODS
Maurice L. Tedrow, fire chief
of the Rogue River national for-j
est, left last night for Lake O
Woods to direct work on a dozen 1
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PEEWEE'S LUCK
A year or so ago Peowee the eat was sprayed with fly poison and licked himself. Re
sult: arsenic poisoning. Next, Peewee tangled with a truck. Result: twisted ribs. A wharf
rat attacked him; ha got a scar. In 1939. he wandered into a trap and lost a toe. Dogs
attacked him, but ha Jived. He fell into an oil sump hole. A human society gassed him for
half an hour, with two dogs. The dogs died, but Peewee "he's still going strong," says
his owner, Mrs. P. Flanagan.
Monday: No Taxes.
fires set off by lightning Fri
day night.
Eleven strikes were seen and
five fires were found in the
Lake O' Woods district. Two
strikes were observed in the
Union Creek district but no
fires had been found up to last
night. A lightning strike, it was
pointed out, is sometimes dif
ficult to find quickly because
the blaze is liable to smolder
with little smoke for a week or
more and sometimes it is put
out by rain.
The strikes in Lake O' Woods
district were in a bad spot and
an effort was being made to
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locate and suppress all the fires
before they could spread, head
quarters said.
The Clover guard station of
the Klamath Forest Protective
association was set on fire by
lightning but the blare was put
out before serious damage
could be done, forest headquar
ters here reported.
The telephone of the Buck
Peak lookout station was struck
so violently by lightning that
the instrument was put com
pletely out of commission.
Spider silk la used In the optical
Instrument Industry.
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