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PAGE EIGHT TtlEmORlJ OF by I ireSTDAV: Cmulonr Buy Poncho for $900. She end John lour the ranch. Chapter 25 John's Plan PEDRO would have to be it the first barn, she thought. He watched them approach, oberly, smiled genially at John, and treated Constance with the cour tesy of a ranch manager's son (or the owner's daughter. Constance hated him. She felt a primitive desire to scratch -t him. force his attention until he either fought back or left, van quished. Instead, she prattled about ventilating systems, 'odder, and the necessin of protecting dairy cows from chills. Pedro, like a hired guide, -them through each barn: those oc cupied, those waiting for the new herds. He took them into the la boratory, introduced John to Ped ersen's chemist, waited until he had seen a test run, then gravely escorted him on. And Constance followed, seeth ing inwardly. Pedro was playing uo to John for some reason. md John wsa falling for Pedro's act Thoughtfully they rode back to the ranch house. "Mind if t take a look at your books. Constance!" John asked, as they neared the stables. "1m too proud of them, John," she confessed. "Maybe you had better look at them and find some came in as John :nt studying the figures, making com putations on a pad, asking ques tions which Constance found readily answerable. And then John put the books and pads aside and sat in deep thought for a few momenta. "Chita." he said at length. "Chita, I've made up my mind what I'm going to do. Only twice before in my life have I found the desire to possess so strong (hat I let common sense go by the boards. I haven't been sorry. "I put my business in good hands in the east I'm free. You need someone here who can han dle the family, aa well as the ranch. You can't "Frankly. I do not like the Tay lors. I distrust that bluff, hearty attitude of the old man. and the young one you call Pedro is too smooth. "I'm going to buy them out I'm going to make them such a good offer they can't refuse . . . without disclosing their hand. And if they refuse, we fight Chita; you and I. We'll fight them dear off of El Cabrillo." Constance found grace In the twilight John couldn't see her eyes; couldn't read In them what was in her heart. "We fight the Taylors. The Taylora were to be "bought off" Constance felt the sustaining earth of El Cabrillo Rancho quiver beneath her. John was assuming possession of El Cabrillo, as he had assumed possession of her. And El Cabrillo was as cower less to fight him as she had been. She was bound by the fifty thousand -dollar investment he bad made in her. El Cabrillo was bound by the three Cabrillos who could out vote her decision, for her final word lay only on the sale of the land. "What do you think of It?" Constance was glnd there were no electric lights. John couldn't press a switch and find the an swer In her face. She must have time; time to find the answer. 'Spiritual Value' T DON'T knnw Jnhn " .hm n. 1 swered carefully, and her eyes were narrowed. You have been on ranch property only a little more than twenty-four hours and you find its fascination driving you to possession. How do you think the Tavlors who have lived here for more than fifteen years must feel. "Do you think money can buy them off? Don't you believe, with me, that this land holds some thing deeper, something with a aniridia! value which transcends profit?" "Ummm," murmured Rask thorne. "No. I wouldn't say that Constance. To men who have only a few thousand dollars, an in crease on those dollars is bound to count "Men. my dear child, look to security. If they can't find it in land belonging to someone else, then they expect their invest ments to provide it "And every man has his price!" Constance tnought: "And every woman. Mine was fifty thousand. I bargained with you. John. I sold my right to love it that." She didn't say it. She wondered why she had waited. And now it was too late. John, alert confi dent eager, had said he was go ing to dress, thev'd discuss this further and he'd see Tsylor at once. Constance sat on In the dark ness. Pedro, "the smooth one." had said this was her fight He hadn't offered to take responsi bility from her shoulders. Was it that he hadn't cared? Was it the man-thought of dependence which had made him offer to ride with Dnnna, a symbol of every man's desire to have a woman lean on him. Or could it be that he resoected her right to fight her own battle: preserve her own spiritual integrity Intruder Frees Canary San Francisco (UP.) Police re convinced it was an fx YOUR FALL SUIT SHOULD HAVE THE BARKER LABEL IN IT S27.00 to S50.00 Bark 9 ers THE mOOtl Bo wmin i Suddenly Coruiaiui; &ped from the room, through a side door, across the shadowy-deep space of the willow grove and uo the hilt A fire was burning on the patio hearth. Peter Taylor's silver hair was burnished to copper by the glow. Constance opened the door and slipped in. She went resolutely to him. paused beside the fireplace, and there she found herself de feated. "Eh?" Peter Taylor sat up. "What is it Michael? More trou ble?" Slim, boyish hands clasped be hind her. Constance stood, blue eyes dark with worry. "No," she replied slowly. "No, Peter Taylor. I guess, after all. I'm a woman. It's difficult to face things like a man. I guess . . ." she hesitated. "I guess I made a mistake coming." "Come here." Constance approached him slowly. "What It Is?" demanded Taylor. Constance waited for a long time. Behind her the fire crackled: behind her the mantel clock ticked off the momenta. "I can't do it Peter." she sighed. "I . . I ... I'm trying to be loyal to oo many people. I . . . I only wan.ed you to promise me that if . . . t you were called upon to make a decision, you would be true to yourself. I mean, you " "Come here, Mike." He patted his knee. "Haven't had a pretty girl perched on there for forty years. Now listen. I'm not a sissy. I know what I want and I know what I'm going to have. And hell and high water aren't goin' to keen me from it . . . understand?" Constance sat rigid. Quietly Merry "yOU'RE so explicit" she mur 1 mured. "All right you want me to be true to myself. Well, listen, young Michael Mahoney, you do that Don't sell out Understand?" Constance leaned forward, took the white head in her hands and kissed Peter Taylor on the brow. "You old sun-of-a-gun," she whis pered. "1 hope they string you from a good tall Eucalyptus." "Neck's too t o u g h." h e chuckled. "Go on down and eat your supper and get a good sleep. You look like one of these here swooning movie stars. I like my girls up and coming." Constance sped down the hill like a shadow, wondering why Pedro hadn't taken after his fa ther. Dinner was a quietly merry af fair. Everyone, including Con stance, was in good spirits. There was a station wagon in Beachport it would be ready for delivery the next day, Don re ported. Don was "high," Donna said. He'd found an amazing re ception in the coast city. "The Cabrillos rate here." hi opined. "Why. say, even the elec tric company said they'd have men out in the morning and would do their best to have the house wired and a temporary line run in to carry us over the week end. Donna had a "date" with Pedro. She'd accidentally run into him in the patio. "He was looking for you, sis.'' she conceded. "Wanted to ask for some blanks, but" and she smiled triumphantly, "he didn't discuss blanks with me." Nadine Cabrillo was interested in the ranch house. She had made a tour, accompanied by Juliana and maids, to the guest rooms. "Major Pinkard is coming," she explained, cheeks pink. "He . . . he's very appreciative of old things." John heartened them with his resume of the ride and his con fidence in the ranch. And Constance let the talk flow over her like soothing waves. From Peter Taylor she had car ried something solid and sure. She wouldn't "sell out" She'd fight through even though it meant losing El Cabrillo ... to John. For the next four days she was too busy to think. Don. Nadine. and Juliano required the service of the men who usually attended to, ranch routine. Lamson and she tried to take their places. The guests err iv e d Friday night. Donna, dejected, admitted that Pedro refused to be "shown otl like a blue-ribbon Holstein." Constance was too submerged with work to appear, and slipped in and out of her room as ouietlv as possible. Laughter, music, the tinkle of glasses, of bottles, of dishes. In truded into her sleen. but she must be uo at four. Pedro, relax ing for a moment from his studied contempt, had said: "I'm taking Meg on in the morning, there won't be a man worthv of her shoes." "It won't go on." Cnnatanr thought, as startled, she sat uo when someone broke a bottle against the tree outside her win dow. "It can't" she thought, re laxed and went bark to sleep. At four o'clork she was up. At noon John came roaring back from the fiesta at Beachport "There seems to be a parade." he explained, "and vou have to lead it. I'm riding with Donna on the train, because Don insists noon driving his mother's carriace." Constance looked at Pedersen. She thought, "I can't. Mv place is here, to give him the help he needs " "Come rtn." urged John. "I'D wan lor vnu at the house. Ta bt ronUnuee convict who went through the I optometry rstiitilishmrnt of Dr I Hubert Atkinson. Nothing was stolen but the intruder had opt'iied he rati- of Dr. Atkin sons pet canary ami allowed the latter Its freedom. 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But the News Chron icle observed that "If their ac tion is not gallantry at its most conspicuous, then there is no such quality as bravery." The Times called the feat of the squad In digging up the bomb, carting It to the outskirts of the city and exploding It harmlessly "the outstanding deed of heroism so far recorded in the capital." By GLUYAS WILLIAMS WATCHES, TERRIFIED, AS JUNIOR OPENS 8)6 SHINIKS BLADE CAREFUL UNCLE 6E0R6E TKES OVER AND OPENS BLADE, Ct)TTiN6 HW- 5tLr (W btlllNfe NO SVMPATHV FROM HER 9-19 BECAUSfc I'LL HAVE TO LEWE BUT I DO NOT INTEND flY SACK1.??,. BUT J AFTER I'VE FOUNO TK I VOU THERE... AND REPORT . f I TO RETURN BY BOAT.' J TMEHf.'S NO At RIAL I SEeV..W SHALL ALL BACK TO THE SEADROME 1 ' -V BACK. SER.VIC6 LINKED WITH FLY BACK IN A PL ANE IT MAY BE MONTHS BEFORE xAPTAlN TOMKINS I ?U6RTO BAHON&O, " ..IWIIH VOU A$ PILOT, y V AwttnVr TOIlrUFSaT DUFBTO MICE I &KIS ' y rtariiu T. jT,,i V "'I SEPTEMBER 18, 1940. L' 10 WILLAMETTE AREA FOR TRADE INCREASE Eugene, Sept 18. P) In creased trada between the rich Klamath basin and the upper Willametto valley was envis ioned here today following the STRANGE AS IT SEEMS AV A18W BISON Itm h Hsrd of Normal BisoN leaf Moiese, Monisna... IN A NtT BUILT just oirfcipe -we Msizmiy ward m TJW -j- w j" sisss i mm n fU.os A k ru. oaAB rtahto iwnrf LONG TOM Long Tom, 42-pounder cannon, first saw sarviee on the French battleship Hoche. Cap tured in 179B by a British squadron under Sir John B. Warren, the Hoche was sent to Eng land and dismantled. Long Tom was later sold to the U. S. government, but was rejected be cause of an indentation In har muzsle. In 1804 three vessels were fitted out In New York to defend Haiti against France. Long Tom being mounted on the Sampson, going great service against French privateers. In 1812 Long Tom again saw aervice, this time aboard the private armed brig General Armstrong, against England. TOMORROW: The Sheep-Mai.. If J Miaht'al appearance i mv.iupj ma,.,, -yearly Eugene chamber of com merce banauet of a Klamath s Falls delegation headed by Chamber President H. P. Bos- orth, Jr. Opening of the new Willam ette highway, cutting mileage distances between the two pre viously widely separated sec tions of the state was welcomed for "bringing Klamath county back into Oregon." 'Twenty five per cent of Kla math's business is still In Cali fornia," Bosworth said, "but I . a AH (Mori aUeuhe hope that in the next few yean that can be changed." , There will be little compett- " tion between the two areas. It was cited. Klamath county pro duces pine, hard grains, cattle) and potatoes, which it could market in the valley for green vegetables, fruits and Douglas fir. : Wire making Is one of thai most ancient of the metal work- ; Ing crafts. The Tower of London onc -housed a menagerie. by JOHN HIX . s Ik l . Jena. Calif & IXPEDflioH MEMBERS WENT M-2-peundei cannon. FoU6HTM'Mk , I 3 DIFFERENT NAVIES! 'France, Haiti atiJ ti& - Park, Waefima&n, R6) By HAL FORREST Bt SOL HESS -v 'TVT f MEN'S STORE PU fat and tnrv lament tufces a nip In th birkrrt t'l nl'lu att k I t aim v.,iuAi), L, at ailus. ' 7
