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YtSTLHUAt. Constance goat
into Pedro's innj, (Jim remem
bering her bargain with John,
explains thai if she fail with
tht form ha loses eticryMilno.
For the first time she faces the
possibility of beina defeated by
her refractory perionnsL
Chapter 22
Letter From John
fr PEDERSEN wu th adviser,
' Pedro wu the quiet executive.
He laid a colored chart of El Ca
brillo before them, ahowing open
fields; degree of slope, drainage,
and aectiona liahie to be affected
by highwater. He had a gang
plow ready for delivery and
crewi appointed. Soy bean, man
gel and alfalfa aeed itored againit
advance in prices.
"If you'll authorize the plow
furchase and let me hire another,
can have the winter ploughing
finished before the rains, then we
can give the land another turn
over befora feeding and apring
rains."
Constance remembered Peder
sen saying the land must be
worked deep this first season. She
looked out of the window to th
east Difficult to think of It being
winter, but the peak upon which
she and Pedro had stopped that
memorable day was covered with
snow.
"Gentlemen, she said, as they
were leaving for a rid to th pro-
Fosed barn aite, "I don't see now
can fail with you around me,
each doing your part"
"And you riding herd on us to
aee we do," teased Peter Taylor,
aenior.
Constance, who had slipped out
to give Pancho an apple, earlier,
found her favorite hard to con
trol He wanted to run. She gave
him rein, knowing Pedro waa not
far behind, and when Pancho was
satisfied, Pedro rode up.
"Do you mind my saying you
look particularly stunning in that
outfit, Miss Cabrillo?" asked Pe
dro. Constance felt the swift flash of
color in her cheeks. Resolutely
she looked at him. 'Thank you.
A Christmas gift from John Rask
thorne." "Raskthorne?" Pedro's voice
rasped on the name. "Oh, yes,
Juliano showed me his picture
on time. Polo game, you stand
ing with him while someone
handed him a trophy."
Constance nodded. "That was
taken a long time ago. He hasn't
ridden since his father's death.
He was thrown, hunting. His
mother died from shock."
Pedro stared ahead a moment.
"Then it's this John who handles
your estate in the east?"
"Yes, he . . . he'a been a very
fine friend to the family aince his
father's death . . . and before, too,
of course."
They rod on In silence. Con
stanca noting th silver sheen of
winter grass and the sharp white
line above the peaks like a reflec
tion on the sky.
"May I ask if he approved of
your decision to take over th
ranch?"
Constance looked up, relieved.
"Yes, oh, yes, he did . . . he does.
He's very interested. You see, he
agrees with me that w Cabrillos
must have some kind of an in
come or we'll, as my brother
would say, 'shoot th works in
one play.'
Th clop-clop of horses hoofs
measured time, then Pedro rode
close, lifted Constance's left hand
and stripped off th gauntlet. "No
ring. Michael?"
"No ring, Pedro."
"And you're not wearing one
en a chain, someplace?"
"Only a heart on a chain, Pe
dro. The one you gave me. ... I
mean the locket, of course."
Wordless Melody
PEDRO'S laugh rang out, free
and happy. "At that, you have
my heart dangling. Michael," he
lowered his voice as the others
rode up, "do you know how many
seconds there are in three years?
Throe million sixteen thousand,
eight hundred. . . . That many
heartbeats, Michael, and mine
beats double when I'm with you,
think of the wear and tear
"Then I must stay away from
you, Pedro," she retorted, and
welcomed the other men so gaily
that they turned to look at her
again and again.
It was Pedro, however, who
stayed away from Constance,
though not willingly. The plough
ing under way, he drove his fa
ther south to sell the cattle, and
then he was off with Pedersen to
buy the dairy herds.
He dropped from her mind to
heart, to remain there like a
wordless melody and left her
thoughts free to write John; long
letters full of the details of prog
ress on the ranch.
"one cow palace Is completed.
John, and such a palace, as clean
and white as a modern mansion;
air conditioned; private compart
ments for each of the bovine
blue-bloods. There's even a nurs
ery and maternity ward off the
Chemists' laboratory.
."Pete Taylor, a nice old grum
bler, says we should have dotted
Swiss curtains with bahy-blue
tie-cacKs, out federaen told him
cows doted on dotted Swiss and
wa might find our milk trough
flowing with polka dotted milk,
so we refrained."
Judge Franck had convinced
John Raskthorne that It would be
better to bargain railroad right-of-way
than sell it and on day
Constance wrote.
"They're here, the tractors. One
w ith its crew arrived here today
to start from th ranch and lay
BARKERIZE
and GOSH!
you'll feel
wonderful
Barker's
MEN'S STORE
THE HlOOIl
Bowman aa
th roadbed north to meet tin
other ' started two months ago
from Beachport Next time I turn
around I'll hear a whistle, and
down from the hills will com
flat cars loaded with timber. It's
fun. John, watching things grow."
From John came all news of
her family. Her mother did write
an occasional perfumed note, brief
and filled only with warnings:
"Do look after youi hands, dear,
they coarsen so when you're rid
ing. I'll send you gloves to wear
at night they have some new
medication guaranteed to soften
and whiten"
The gloves never arrived, nei
ther did the eye-wash to be used
religiously every rest period. But
then, thought Constance. I
wouldn't hav bothered to use
them.
John reported their gradual
dropping of servants until only
Lamson and the cook remained;
reported Don's refusing to bor
row on his car to pay for Donna's
spring wardrobe.
Spring, thought Constance,
looking out at the cold drizzle,
splasi ed against her windows by
the wind from the sea. There
would be snow in the east
And then John's letters pro
tested: "I believe. If dear were not the
accepted opening of a letter, you
would never spare a word of af
fection for me.
"Admitting I am Interested In
th ranch, I confess that interest
secondary. What of yourself? Do
you miss having me around? Do
you never think of me . . . John?
"Conchita, I'mwondering why
you never mention the younger
Taylor. Isn't he around your age?
There is something . . . ominous
. . . in the omission."
Nothing To Mention'
C INSTANCE was relieved that
she could reply honestly.
' "I don't mention th younger
Taylor because there is nothing
to mention. As far as I know, he's
been here at the ranch only two
days since New Year's . . . and
John, he doesn't correspond with
me. Now maybe that is the omi
nous omission. Shall 1 take it up
with him when he returns?"
John's answer came air-mall
"I have a dandy ivory-handled
crop that should be used on fresh
little girls like you. By all means,
correspond with young Taylor,
keep track of him, watch him,
then you'll know what he Is up
to."
It was still raining when the
letter arrived. Constance had
turned one room into an office.
She was to be her own book
keeper. She had spent most of
the day making copies of a skele
ton form of report It wasn't a
stupid procedure to her, this
leaving space for the name of
cow; her age, weight and the
amount of milk and percentage of
butter-cream she was giving.
She had enjoyed the day; en
Joyed the beating rain, the dreary
sound of trees soughing, and the
coziness of Are and red leather
chairs, deep and inviting. She'd
sent coffee royals to the carpen
ters and ordered brandy for the
herders. Riders from the ranch
had carried it to the hills when
the round-up was going on. The
last round-up.
Now she went to a deep chair,
re-read John's letter and was
worried. She was being complete
ly honest with neither John nor
Pedro. Yet how could she be?
There was really nothine she
could tell John, unless she want
ed to confess that Pedro was the
incarnation of EI Cabrillo, fasci
nating, romantic, and that each
moment with him was an Intoxi
cating madness. She couldn't tell
that to a man who had Invested
fifty thousand dollars in her
common sense. Especially when
nothing would come of it
And she couldn't tell Pedro he
must not think of her because,
while she had never promised.
John expected her to marry him
some day. And in the meantime
she had promised to marry no
one else.
Exactly what had she prom
ised? Constance sat rigid In her chair.
She had promised John Rask
thorne that she would marry no
one but him until she had repaid
his loan.
She couldn't do that without
sellino El Cobrillo.'
The three-year limitation was
only to show profit If she did,
the not would be extended for
twenty years, but only if she
could meet the Interest out of her
one-fourth of the net Income of
the ranch. Terms of the will pre
cluded her taking more for any
outside indebtedness. And she
could not depend upon th fam
ily helping her.
John Kaskthorne was giving
her a three year moratorium on
marriage to him.
The other alternative was sac
rifice of El Cabrillo Rancho.
"And I thought I was shrewd,"
cried Constance.
The room grew dusky with
twilight, as Constance sot hud
dled in the deep chair, thinking.
An approaching car threw yellow
bars into the room, intensifying
the darkness as they disappeared
abruptly.
Pedersen home from Beach
port, thought Constance.
"Michael:" The door was flung
open. Cold. wet. salty sir rushed
in and with it Pedro. He kicked
the door closed with his heel,
strode across the room, lifted her
from the cli.nr, and laughed
down at her. "I'm borrowing ten
minutes out of three years hence."
he explained. "Or have 1 been
away three years?"
To bo continued
Into th Told
Memphis. t Tenn. I P) The
minister of a country church
near here was beginning his ser
mon when a commotion outside
caused him to pause. Into the
front door and down the aisle
trooped a herd of goats with
several dogs at their heels. The
procession continued noisily rut
the rear door and disappear, tl
The minister calmly cleared his
throat, continued.
MEDFORD MATt
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IN RETAIL BOOM
San Francisco, Sept. 10. (Pi
The Pacific northwest's retail
trade bettered national marks
in July, Census bureau reports
made public today showed both
Oregon and Washington among
the nine states making larger
than average gains over 1939
sales.
Consumers In Idaho maintain
ed the most consistent Increase
in purchases of all the states
during the first seven months
of the year.
California's July sale were
8.8 percent higher than a year
ago exactly matching the na
tional average Increase.
Washington, with a gain of
12.5 percent, stood third in the
percentage gain list. Pennsyl
vania gained 14.9 percent and
Ohio 12.8.
Oregon was eighth, with a
gain of 9.9 percent.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS'
VVA CIO
L00K6 AROUND TO SEE WHY MOTHER
DOESN'f TEll HIM NOT "ID
a LLy did
SHE LOOKS UP, BUT To HIS DISAPPOINTMENT
ONLV SMILES AND RETURNS TO HER WORK.
JiES UP, DECIDINS THAT SOME THIN6S
ARENT ANY FUN To DO UNLESS SOME
BODY TELLS YOU NOT TO
t 2&eW.-i?.,n I l T"ANK GOODNESS NOW., , I I DO YOU REALISE THAT
si) CAPTURED THE THIS ENVELOPE ..TO KEEP ACCOMPLICE OP J I
t. A A ENEMY SUB... f i IN THE PLANE'S SAFE.... COUNTESS LATROf-F .
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CHARGE IS UPHELD
Salem, Sept. 0. (IF) Drs.
Wendell H. Hutchens and James
H. Huddleson, Portland psychi
atrists who examined former
Jackson County Judge Earl Fehl
at the request of the circuit
court during Fehl's action to
obtain release from the state
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SPEEDING PRESIDENT
Ulysses S. Grant liked to drive fast and, strange as It seems, was lhroa times arrested fof
speeding once while President of the Unitsd Staiesl
On this occasion Grant ran his fast steppers down M street, Washington, and a Negro po
liceman, William West, grabbed the bridle. He apologised profusely when he discovered.
Grant's identity, but Grant stepped from his buggy and said. "Officer, do your duty." The Presi
dent walked to the White House while the buggy was impounded in lhe police station, later
to be returned to Grant.
Tomorrow: "Wild West" in Africal
L0PS WHEN WE ,
RAvOlO ON TME GOLF
.COURSE TO KEEP IN A
TOUCH WITH TmE M ARKfeT J
'hospital, charged the county
$123 each for making the ex
aminations. I r-riruit Judit Calvin L.
Sweek refused to release Fehl.
the doctors finding that Fehl is
insane and unsafe to be at
large.
The attorney general ruled
today that the county should
pay the fees to the doctors.
Death la Parked Auto
Eugene, Sept. 10. P) Har
ry C. Farley, 59, was foVind
dead in his parked car on a
country road near here today.
A garden hose was found lead
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ing from the exhaust into the
car window. Coroner Charles
Poole investigated after a pass
erby discovered the tragedy.
Sub Overdue
London, Sept. 10. P The
British submarine Phoenix is
considerably overdue and must
be considered lost, the admir
alty announced tonight. Th
1,475-ton submarine normally
carried 50 men.
Accidental deaths of persona
under 25 are more numerous in
the summer than at any other
time.
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