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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
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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. Only a
man who had spent long years
in prison bars would have
thought of that, police reasoned.
s. r. t . .. .ie
Htlrna, slont Mrs. Harrj
Sayre reports that every time her
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OREGON. WEDNESDAY.
FOR 'SUICIDE SQUAD'
WHO REMOVED BOMB
London, SepL 18. IIP)
Award of the Victoria Cross.
highest decoration for bravery
at Britain's disposal, to Lieut.
Robert Davies and his "suicide
squad" of four men who re
moved a delayed action bomb
from historic St. Paul's cathe
dral, was urged today by the
News Chronicle.
There was some doubt wheth
er the V.C. could be given in
the circumstances, since it Is
awarded for conspicuous gal
lantry "in the presence of the
enemy." 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
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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
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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
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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. '
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