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TAMBAY GOLD
BY SAMUEL HOPKINS
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CHAPTER II
TPBAT do I owe you?" I asked
lisr.
Nothing." She set down nice
string of mottled perch.
That Isn't business," I told her.
Tm business woman and this
. Is a business call."
"What kind of business?" She
"said It more to show polite interest
than because she cared.
. . "Vittles."
She drew down her brows at
me in a funny, cute, puzzled way
she had.
I handed her my business card,
a small copy of the road-canvas
I hung out wherever I settled in
for trade.
Stop & Eat
at
THE FEEDERIA
Everything of the Best
Sandwiches with a SouL
Coffee with Character.
Yum-yum Pancakes and
Succulent Sausage.
Hoppinjohn from Befo
de Wah.
Biscuits like Grandma
Used to Bake.
Short Orders to Suit One
end AIL
Mrs. Verbena (Mom)
Baumer, Cook & Prop"r.
'. "Ouch!" she said. Teederia!"
Teed-EAR-la," I said. "Spanish
accent but good, American cook
ing. Come over and look at the
grubwagon."
Over the years, I've put a lot ot
thought and work into my layout
I don't believe there's anything
better on wheels. Jane Ann took
It all in table with benches to
hold 12 at a pinch, stove with a
collapsible tin chimney at one end
and a washboller underneath, the
plates and cups racked along the
walls, and an overhead trolley, my
-own invention, for carrying filled '
orders.
"It's the neatest thing I ever I
saw In my life," she said.
- ."All It needs is standing roomi
for its four wheels," I said. "What!
do you say to a dollar a day?"
"You mean you want to start in
business here?" j
"Start!" I said. "Listen, gat
Tve spread my smoke and wowed!
the feeders in every state in the
; Union this 10 years and better,
and now I'm about ready to be a
violet by a mossy stone for a spell.
What's that stretch ot ground pro
ducing for you? Sparkleberry and
ragweed. Could you use the
money or not?"
She grinned at me. "You're a
dangerous character, Mrs. Ban
mer." -.- -
"Skip the flattery," I said. Tm
dangerous only when roused." .
: "But this is a side road," she
aid.. "Nothing much comes
through here."
"Itll be coming."
"How do you know?"
" i
TTS my business to know about
-'" roads and what runs on em.
There's a - short cut booked
through here to hook up with the
main route 50 miles south." I got
out my road map. "Look. Here's!
Tambay. Two hoots and a holler
down-creek the new bridge goes
In. There'll be a detour set with
in a couple of weeks that'll begin
: to divert the traffic to us. And
will we be sitting prettyi Here's
Brandon, four miles west. What's
the hotel there? A dump. Lever
ton's 20 miles east with a two-by-four
inn that's dying on its feet
from trying to put over big-town
prices. . Beyond that is Welliver
: U. We ought to be able to cut in
for a piece of the college trade.
Competition? Not a decent feed
joint at a reasonable price for 50
miles either way. The gasseries
have nothing but Bar-B-Q stuff,
take it or leave it, and I'd advise
leaving it. Start a classy feederia
here and you're set. It may not
be a sight draft on the U. S. Treas
ury, but it ain't hay, either. By
the way, who's the Hairy Ainu
and why do you keep him in a
stockade?"
"Oh," she said, "he won't both
er you. He's an Indian-digger."
"You don't mean a Digger In
dian, do you?"
"He's a professor or something
at Welliver University."
"Did he Just happen In and
build that picket fence around
him?"
: "No, there's some sort of an
cient lease that gives the univer
(sity a right to dig holes in my
Iproperty."
,- "What say we go over and in
ivestlgate him?"
She shook her head. "Not in
. jterested. I don't like whiskers.
(You talk to him."
A signed work of art by Weill-i
(ver University, warmly inviting:
sne and everybody else to keep
out, stared me in the face.
a a a
JTOXLL, I was prepared fori
" whiskers, but this bird looked
. like the players' bench of the.
(House of David. Above the waist
he wore a pair of sun-glasses.
. "Good afternoon, Prof," I said.
He leaned on his pick. "How
Bo you do?" he said. "Didn't you
see the sign?"
"Sure, I saw the sign," I said.
"But Welliver University needn't
stand on formality with a neigh
bor. I Just dropped in to tell you
that lunch will be served in the
dining car at 12, noon."
. "Thank you," he said. T
brought my own. No sale "
i "In that case," I said, "hall and I
(farewell."
1 He took oft bis glasses to blink I
ADAMS
eOFYRIOMT.
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at me. Nice eyes, I noticed. "lou i
aren't by any chance one of my
dear little pupils masaucradinjr
for an initiation stunt, are you?" I
"Old Mom Baumer, as adver
tised," I said, and handed out my
card.
"Thank you," he said.
"Come over and try the menu,"
I said. "It's on the house this
time."
Well, I could see that he dldnt
want to, but he couldn't figure
how to get out ot it I put up a
first-class feed for him and he
liked it As a conversationalist
he was hard going. But I dredged
out ot him that he was Assistant
Professor of Amerind Ethnology
over at Welliver, on a special as
signment to excavate for relics. It
was delicate work; nobody but
an expert could be trusted with
it He was all wrapped up in it;
you could see he'd much rather
have been let alone to think about
it while he ate, than have to talk
to me. So I handed him one.
"There must be a reason for
whiskers like yours. Professor."
"Gnats," he said. I expect I
looked startled for he went on
kind of hurriedly. "Insects, you
know. It keeps them off."
"Are you going to be here right
along?" I asked.
"No," he said. "My month Is
up in a few days. Then I go
back to my classwork. But I ex
pect to be working here weekends.
Those are very fine batter cakes,
Mrs. Baumer."
I figured that I'd maybe won
me a boarder.
The hour after lunch I put in
lodking around the plantation.
THIS CURIOUS
BeFORS ANNEXATION By THE UNITED CTiTec
WAS A CCTyC OsfuON JACK
AND THE AMERICAN .STARS AND STRIPES.
COra. iHi ar au SUiKtM
ANCIENT
CREEKS
- KNEW THB
AW Of AAXJNS
SOLD
DENTAL.
6RID&ES.
ANSWIK: Heaven ... not In Scotland ss someUmes believed,
NEXT: What does the name Honrkons mean?
, ACTOR AND DIPLOMAT ,
RORIZONTAI.
1 Actor who
. recently was
ssL naval
attache at
U. S. embassy
In London,
t Robert.
SHe escaped
ly from)
France.
11 Corrode.
12 Hops' kilns.
13 Shift .
15 Internal.
17 Be carried.
20 A prayer
22 Surface ship
which attacks
convoys.
24 Canvas
shelters; Y
23 Station -:
(abbr.). "
27 Lance. -
28 Steamship
(abbr.).
29 Turkish coins.
31 Fruit of
. palm.
33 Lone Scout
(abbr.).
34 Eyrie.
Answer to
35 Clothe.
37 Snake. -
39 Petty demon.
40 Weight Of
India.
41 Appropriate.
44 Mourning
Virgin.
46 Samarium
(abbr.).
48 Japanese
porgy,
49 Making
mistakes.
81 Hostelry.
S2 Let It stand.
E3 Sturdy tree.
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The grand old place was all gone
to seed. There had been a gale
ot wind the week before and the
i broad lawn In front was all clut
tered. The garden was a Jungle,
barn a shell, smokehouse a wreck, i
and halt the stables had fallen in.
The house wasn't any better. A I
person with a busted glass eye I
could see that the whole show was
headed for the junkpile. It didn't
seem right for anything as young
and fresh and vivid as Jane Ann
Judson to be buried in the land
slide. One ot the tilings I had to
find out was why she was there
all by herself. So I invited her to
supper.
(TO Be Continued)
WORLD
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Previous Puzzle
spurry.
9 Different
colored strips.
10 Apart
13 Pithy sayings.
14 Mineral rocks.
16 Egyptian
goddess.
18 Bargain.
19 Sins.
21 Pertaining to
Osiris
(Egypt).
23 Genus of
plants.
25 Percolate
slowly.
26 Increases.
30 Edge.
32 Exist.
34 Restless cavy"
(pl-
36 Surfeit
37 Mimics.
38 Quicksand.
.42 Betel leaf
(pi.).
43 Metal
containers.
46 Name.
47 Request.
SO Runner.
54 Cuckoo. .
rTTSTrrrm
iEIS flAL EE
IQTDEiH.RtlSn
jUiuyrNjayj
55 Onager.
56 Pertaining
to the Alps.
67 Ornamental
flower pot
68 Disencumber
69 Sprite.
VERTICAL
2 American
composer.
3 Type pf rail:
road bridge.
4 Depart
5 Norse deity.
6 Males.
7 A hind.
8 Common
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