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XII.
The Guzman Incident.


Ricardo Guzman did not return
from Romero. The man had disap-
peared, 1t seemed, completely and mys-
terlously. At first the facts appeared
plain: a citizen Of the United States
had been lured across the border and
done to death by Mexican soldiers-for
1t soon became evident that Ricardo
was dead. The outrage was a casus
bell1 such as no self-respecting people
could ignore; so ran the popular ver-
dict. The ominous mailed serpent
which lay along the Rio Grande stirred
itself.
Of course, the people Of Texas were
delighted that the long-delayed hour
had struck; accordingly, when the
state department manifested it's will
ingness to allow Don Ricardo ample
time In which to come to life in pref
erence to putting a further strain upon
international relations, they were both
surprised and enraged. Telegraph
wires began to buzz; the governor of
the state sent a sarcastic message to
the national capital, Offering to dis
patch a company Of Rangers after
Guzman's body, just to prove that he
was indeed dead, and that the Mexi-
can authorities were lying when they
protested ignorance Of the fact.
This offer not only caught the popu.
lar fancy north Of the Rio Grande, but
1t likewise had an effect on the other
side of the river, for on the very next
day General Luis Longorio set out for
Romero to investigate personally the
rancher's disappearance.
Now, throughout all this public
clamor, truth, as usual, lay hidden at
the bottom of it's we'll, and few even
Of Ricardo's closest friends suspected
the real reason for his murder.
%Jonesville, Of course, could think or
talk Of little else than this outrage.
and Blaze Jones, as beftted it's lead
Ing citizen, was loudest in his criticism
OF the governments policy. Blaze's
conception Of diplomacy was peculiar.
IF Potosi didn't talk straight that
consul oughta bent a gun bar'l over
the old rufian's bean and telephoned
for a couple hundred %battleships. We
Americans are cussed with notions OF
brotherly love and universal peace.
Bah! We're bound to have war, Dave.
some day or other"
Dave nodded his agreement. Eyes.
but-everybody has the wrong idea of
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self-you know 1 care very little what
people say or think"
"Tm sorry I killed the fellow
shouldn't have done it, but-one sees
things differently out in the rough and
here in the settled country. 1 can't
help but feel that his conduct, under
the circumstances, called for-what he
got. He wasn't a good man, in spite
of what Jose says; Anto confessed to
me that they were planning all sorts
Of deviltry together"
"That is hardly an excuse" Alaire
smiled family.
"Oh, 1 know!" Dave agreed. "Don't
weaken on my account"
mo! I'm not thinking Of the con-
sequences to you or to me. You are
the kind of man who can protect him
self, I'm sure; your very ability in that
direction frightens me a little on Jose's
account. But"-she sighed and lifted
her shoulders in a shrug-"perhaps
time will decide this question for u.s."
Dave laughed with some relief. II
think you've worried yourself enough
over it, ma'am," he said; splitting
hairs us to what's right and what's
wrong, when it doesn't matter much,
in either case. Suppose you continue
to think 1t over at your leisure."
perhaps I'd better. And now
Alaire extended her hand-"won't you
and Montrosa come to see me once in
a while? I'm very lonesome"
"We'd love to-" Dave declared. He
had it on his lips to say more, but at
that moment an eager whinny and On
impatient rattle of a bride bit came
from the driveway, and he smiled.
There's her acceptance now"
"Oh, no! She merely heard your
voice, the tickle creature"
Alaire watched her guest until he
had disappeared into the shadows,
then she heard him talking to the
mare. Benito's words at the rodeo &C.
CURED to her, and she wondered If
this Ranger might not also have a way
with women.
The house was very still and empty
when she re-entered it.
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We must revive the old-fashioned
herb garden of our grandmothers if
we are to realize the true zest of we'll
preserved herbs. She realized that
her meats, soups, as well as cakes,
doughnuts and %crullers, lacked charm
without the w~ell-chosen herbs or spices.
She did not know that when she used
a bit of parsley to garnish her platter
of cold meat she was contributing to
the health of her family as we'll as
their artistic sense. Parsley acts upon
the kidneys, assisting in the elimina-
ton of waste.
Some of the most inexpensive sea-
sonings that may be grown in the
Kitchen garden, and will prove a de-
light to see growing as we'll as to
use In winter to increase the pala-
liability of various dishes, are the fol-
lowing: Parsley, mint, dill. tarragon.
sage, thyme, marjoram. chervil, horse
radish, mustard, celery celery tips
dried), caraway seed, and mushrooms.
dried. To these we add curry, mace,
nutmeg, cloves. mixed pickle spices
and bay leaves.
Mint is used with lamb in different
salads and as an addition to q re-
lreshing drink.
Sage as a seasoning in s%tufings
for pork roasts or poultry or ham.
Added to cornmeal mush for frying or
rs a seasoning for string beans.
Thyme and marjoram, with fowl,
SQUAD or fish and in dressing for
meats and with boiled beans.
Chervil as a garnish for salads and
meats. green mustard sprlnkled over
lettuce or any salad, horseradish as
a relish for meat and a seasoning for
pickles as we'll as sauce for fish. Curry
adds zest to various meat dishes or
served with rice or cabbage, caulilow-
er. carrots or onions.
nin, fresh. in egg or plain salads,
r., aIn soups or holled fish.
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the affair had caused him to look upon
her as an accessory. Nevertheless,
when she paid him his wages she gave
him a good horse, which Jose accepted
with thanks but without gratitude. AS
Alaire watched him ride away with
never a backward glance, she decided
that she must lose no time in appris-
ing the Ranger of this new condition
Of affairs.
She drove her automobile to JONES'
Vile that afternoon, more worried than
she cared to admit. Law was nowhere
in town, and so, in spite of her reluc-
lance, Alaire was forced to look for
him at the Jones home. AS she had
never called upon Paloma, and had
made it almost impossible for the girl
to visit Las Palmas, the meeting of
the two women was somewhat formal.
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CHAPTER xI-continued.

A INV moon vas swinging in the
sky az Alaire and Dave rode back
toward Las Palmas. How or when
Alaire Austin came to feel that this
man loved her, she eve knew. Ger
tainly she knew tonight, and, strange
to say, the knowledge did not disturb
her. Alaire had been repealed by Luis
Longorio's evident love for her, but
a similar emotion in this mans breast
had quite the opposite effect. She was
eager for friendship, hungry for affec-
ton, starved for that worship which
every woman lives upon. Having a
wholesome confidence in her own
strength of character, and complete
faith in Laws ems Of honor, she was
neither alarmed nor offended.
For the first time in years she al
lowed her intimate thoughts free ex-
preston, and spoke of her hopes, her
interests and her efforts; under the
spell Of the moonlight, she even con
tided something about those dreams
that kept her company and robbed her
world of it's sordidness. Dave Law
discovered that she lived in a fanciful
land Of %unrealities, and the glimpse
he gained Of it was delightful.
Supper was waiting when they ar
rived at Las Palmas, and Dolores an
nounced that "Young Ed" had tele-
phoned from the Lewis ranch that he
would not be home. Yielding to a sud-
den impulse, Alaire said to her COM
panion:
"You must dine with me. Dolores
ready in half an hour"
The Austin ranchhouse offered a
contrast to the majority Of Texas
country homes. Not for many a
had Dave Law been q guest amid such
surroundings, and he began to feel
more and more out of place. With
growing discomfort, he realized that
the mistress Of this residence was the
richest woman in all this part Of Tex
as, and that he was little better than
a tramp. Alaire knew how to be a
gracious and winning hostess; of
course she did not appear to notice
her guests embarrassment. She had
rather welcomed the thought that this
man cared for her, and yet, had she
deliberately planned to dampen his
feeling, she could hardly have succeed
ed better than by showing him the
wide disparity in their lives and situa-
lions. Dave was d%ismayed; he felt
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with a bowl Of melted butter to dip
them into, must once be eaten to prove
1t Is one Of the choicest of dishes.
Grab Salad.-The crab meat is care
fully removed from the shell after be-
ing cooked in boiling sailed water,
mixed with salad dressing and served
on lettuce or a bed of water cress.
Deviled crab.-To the meat from
a dozen crabs add a tablespoonful of
bread crumbs, n tablespoonful Of
melted butter, n hard cooked egg,
chopped fine, a dash of pepper, two
tablespoonfuls of salad dressing and
onion or catchup to suit the taste. Put
this mixture into the cleaned shells,
sprinkle with buttered crumbs and
bake until the crumbs are brown.
Clam Chowder.-Fry four slices of
salt pork, cut in fine dice, until brown:
Their add two tablespoonfuls of flour,
and n large onion chopped fine.
when the onion is light yellow add a
cupful or two Of diced raw potato
ana a pint Of boiling water and when
they are nearly tender drop in a quart
or CLAIMS that have been chopped or
ground, season with salt and D y
add a pint Of hot milk and serve pip
ing hot with crackers.
Crab Stew.-Melt a tablespoonful of
butter, add two Of flour and cook until
well blended. Add a beaten egg with
a pint Of milk, a pinch of soda and
the meat of half a dozen crabs, salt,
pepper and celery salt to taste. Serve
with hot hominy. Shrimps carefully
cleaned are served with celery on a
bed Of lettuce with salad dressing.
Crab croquettes.-Prepare the crabs
as for deviled crab, removing the
brown part. Mold in the form of GRO
quotes, add a little baking powder
to the bread crumbs used for dipping,
using a yolk of egg and as much cold
water as egg. Dip the croquettes in
the crumbs, then egg and crumbs
again and fry as usual in deep fat.
Fish Soup.-This is made of the fish
bones and trimming cooked with car
rots, bay leaf, leeks, parsley, a half
dozen oysters and three potatoes, u.s.
ing a quart Of the fish stock.
Happiness depends quite as much on
what We don't do as upon hi we
do do.
Gold is good in Its place: but living,
patriotic men are better thar gold.-
J. r. Lowell.
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remove the meat from the bones and
cut it into bits with the scissors. put
the skin and giblets, emitting the liver,
through the meat chopper and mix the
chicken with enough stock to make the
mixture moist; season we'll with salt
and pepper. Thicker the remaining
stock with n and q half tablespoon-
fuls of flour mixed with cold wafer
using this amount for every cupful Of
stock. Let it boil and season well.
When serving, allow two slices Of
bread cut thin; place one slice on n
hot plate, spread a spoonful Of the
chicken mixture owe it and cover with
a second slice, then dip a ladle Of
gravy over it. Serve with a generous
portion Of well-cooked rice or mashed
potatoes. One chicken cooked and
served in this manner will serve IL
people.
Boiled Russian Dressing.-Take two
thirds of a cupful of any kind Of
boiled salad dressing, four tablespoon
fuls of strained chilli sauce, two table,
spoonfuls Of diced pimentos, a half
tablespoonful of chives cut in half-inch
lengths, and a tablespoonful of TARA
gon vinegar. Mix all the ingredients
and chill well; then serve on lettuce
Egg Dish.-Melt a tablespoonful Of
butter in a baking dish, cover with
crumbs and pour owe a half a can Of
mock turtle soup diluted with q third
of a cupful of hot water. Break five
eggs very carefully over the ton.
Sprinkle with half a t%easpoonful Of
salt, an eighth of a t%easpoonful Of pen-
per and a third Of a t%easpoonful Of
curry powder well mixed. Dot with
bits of butter and bake from u to IL
minutes.
Green Pea omeIet.-A few leftover
green peas may be stirred into an
omelet just before putting to cook and
served with q circle Of them around
the platter.
M1urteQ.
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"u'm Sorry I Killed the Fellow"

cry poor and ridiculous. Alaire was
% longer the woman he had ridden
with through the solitudes; her very
friendliness seemed to be q condescen-
sion.
He did not linger long after they had
dined, for he wished to be alone, where
he could reach an understanding with
himself. On the steps he waited just
q moment for Alaire to mention, If
she chose, that subject which they
had still left open on the night before.
Reading his thought, she said:
"You are expecting m to say some
thing about Panflo Sanchez"
EYES,"
II have thought it over; in fact,
have been thinking about it all day
but v e yet l don't know what to
tell you. AS for It's effect upon my
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Strange complications grow out
Of Jones' and Laws adventure on
the Mexican side. It is a thrill
Ing episode described in the next
instalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.J
Vibrations Make Sound.

Anything stretched. is likely to be
thrown into vibration, or made 10
tremble, by the force of the air bloe-
ing against it. II it vibrates SO fsst
as to produce the air waves that our
ear can hear, then that is what we
call sound. This is what happens TO
the telegraph wires when they hum -:
and If we put our hand on the te.ee
graph pole we shall feel that the wires
vibrate strongly enough to set TIE
whole pole to trembling, too. When
the air Is quite still you will not hesr
the telegraph lines humming.
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properly seasoning food.
A plain dish, with an
artists hand in sea-
soning, becomes some
thing unusual and de-
lightful, while all the
rich foods in the world
put together with no
care as to combination
or of proper seasoning
will be "a mixture and q
mess"
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to taste. Pile high and garnish with
small ripe berries. Make a handle of
angelica and serve at once.
Strawberry sirup.-Take six pounds
Of strawberries, two pints of water,
two ounce of tartaric acid and the
sugar needed. Dissolve the acid in
the water and pour over the fruit.
Let stand t%wenty-four hours, then
strain off the juice without crushing
the fruit. All or three cupfuls Of sugar
to every pint of juice and when boil
ing hot, bottle and seal. This sirup
may be used for fruit drinks, pud-
ring sauces and sherbets.
Cherry Mousse.-Cook together a
pound Of cherries and one-half cupful
Of sugar. Put two tablespoonful Of
cherry juice into q basin, add the
yolks Of two eggs and cook over water
stirring until creamy; dissolve one
and a half teaspoonfuls Of powdered
gelatin with a half cupful of cherry
juice, add it to the yolks, with one
half cupful Of whipped cream and the
whites of the eggs beaten stiff and a
few drops of red color. Pour into
small wet molds lined round with pa
per; decorate with whipped cream and
pistachio nuts.
Fruit Salad.-Take a cupful of
strawberries, one-half cupful of ripe
raspberries, half a cupful Of stoned
cherries, three bananas, one-half cup
full Of red currants, one-half cupful
of white currants and two tablespoon
fuls of chopped coconut. For the salad
dressing, cook together a half cupful
Of water, six tablespoonfuls of sugar,
and a cupful of fruit juice, when thick
as strip remove and chill. Pour over
the fruit and sprinkle with chopped
coconut just before serving.
Almond Sauce.-Stone and chop six
olives, add half a cupful of blanched
and shredded almonds and half a cup
full Of celery cut fine. Serve on lettuce
leaves with mayonnaise.
When serving a cold drink, to make
the glass more attractive roll it In hot
water then fill with the iced drink.
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In many parts of
our country these
may be obtained
fresh from the wa
ter, but the canned
variety is not to be
%despised.
Plain boiled
crab eaten right
from + h q shell
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be served at slight
cost.
Hot c Chicken
Sandwich. - Cook
the chicken until
very t n d e | in
plenty Of water,
which will be used
l m a k | 6 t h e
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OCTVV lII0Iu OII ICCIUC0
leaves with chicken or
lamb.
Strawberry Gateau.-
Make a round sponge
cake and when cold
scoop out the inside and
cover with a pink icing.
then fill the center with
whipped cream and
strawberries that have
Io ,,,k ,,~ o-I vo1
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Let us realize that thoughts are
forces. that like creates like, n at
tracts k and to determine ones
thinking therefore is to determine his
Nfe.-Ralph Waldo Urine.
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RICARDO GUzMAN IS LuRED TO THE MEXICAN SIDE AND
MURDERED, BUT DAVE LAW DISCOVERS THE
REAL PLOT AND ACTS DECISNELY

Mrs. Aare Austin, handsome young mistress of Las Palmas ranch,
lost in the Texas desert wanders into the camp of David Law, state
ranger, waiting in ambush for a Mexican murderer. She has ito remain
there "a hours, until Law captures his man, kills another and escorts
her home. young Ed" Austin, drunkard, berates his wife and makes
insulting insinuatOns about the ranger. Law discovers Austin is
leagued with Mexican rebels and horse thieves. Mrs. Austin encounters
Gen. Luis Longoro, Mexican federal, when she goes to La Feria, her
Mexican ranch, to collect war damages, and he makes odious love to her.
Dave Law kills a cattle thief. Mrs. Austin gives him a horse and dis
covers he is secretly in love with her.
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GOOD SEASONING.

There seems to be no difference of
opinion in regard to the value of
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Happiness is the only good. The
place to be happy is here. The time to
be happy is now. The way to be hap
py is to make others so.-Robert In
gersoll.
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WAYS OF SERVING FRUITS.

Toss some ripe even sized strawber-
ries in French dressing to narinate.
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%sHELLFlsH DISHES.

When the oyster season closes clans,
crabs and shrimps have their season.
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GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE.

The following dish is a good one
for a hot dish. as a large number may
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To be honest. to be fearless. to be
Just. Joyous, kind. To get up immedi-
ately when we stumble, face again to
the light and travel on without vast
ing even a moment in regret.-R. w.
Urine.
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Happiness depends quite as much on
what we don't do as upon what We
do do.
Gold is good in its place: but living,
patriotic men are better than gold
]. r. Lowell,
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BREAD OR BEER.

Sir Alfred Booth, chairman of ttlR
Cunard steamship line, was, when the
war began, neither prOhibitionist n0r
total abstainer. Early in 1916 h@
startled Great Britain by declaring
that "the transport problem demands
prohibition until the war is over" II
am not thinking of the temperance side
of the question" he said, tive have got
beyond that now. l am thinking OF
the demand which the trade makes up
on the services of our ships, our rail-
ways and carts, and our labor" He
denounced the use by the brewerieS
and distilleries Of thousands Of toms
of coal mined and sent to them every
week the barley and other produce
carted and hauled by rail to the brew
cry, brought back again and distrib-
uted to the consumer. "If we are to
maintain our armies in the field, Wa
shall before very long have to choose
Between bread OF
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Simple Remedy.

In these days Of nervous prostra-
ton. called by some nervous prosper
ity" because 1t is so prevalent among
the idle rich, this story of the famous
Doctor Alternately, who did not be-
lieve in coddling his patients, is ap-
ropos:
A patient, wealthy woman, sent
for him and he found it was case of
nerves.
Doctor" she said, "T feel a terri,
BILE pain in my side every time 1 put
my hand to my head"
Then, madam" sold the doctor.
"why in the name Of common sense
do you put your hand to your head?"
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them well and grease them lightly, the
skin will be softened and there will be
very little waste. Baked potatoes
should be served just as soon as they
are done, to be in prime condition. If
1T is necessary to wait for late conner,
break open the potato and let out the
steam, then return to the oven. If the
late conner is very late, put slice
from the top of the potato and scrape
out the inside, season with butter, on
ion juice, celery salt and pepper, with
little hot milk or cream, beat well
and return to the shell; place In the
oven to brown.
flashed Brown Potatoes-Cut two
cupfuls of cold boiled potatoes into
small pieces, season with salt and pep
per, cook three minutes In one-third
of cupful of bacon drippings, stir
ring constantly. Let stand few sec
onds to brown underneath, then fold
like an omelet.
Potato Soup.--Boil three medium
sized potatoes and when soft rub
through sieve. Scald a small sliced
onion in a quart Of skim milk with
stalk OF celery cut up fine. Take out
the vegetables and pour the milk
slowly en- the potatoes. Melt two
tablespoonfuls of butter or other fat.
mix with two tablespoonfuls of -four.
and when well blende. add to the
soup. Season with salt and pepper, let
boil up, strain, add two more table,
spoonfuls of fat and sprinkle with
parsley to serve.
The number of vegetables eaten.
the amount of cereal to cook and the
amount of meat to serve are sll
things for every thinking woman to
put time upon these days. An onion
SAVED, potato left over, spoonful
OF squash may be put into warmed.
over dish, but many families rebel AZ
leftovers A'sg
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Temperance,
in..QOfteSa
Conducted by tho National Wonan's
Christian Tam OF 10 IIYninr1 /
TIE ALCOHOL AGE.

what is the matter with the
world?" asked DR.. Charles Gilbert DR~
Wis, noted surgeon of Chicago, in ~
thought-arresting article in the Hh-
nois Issue. His answer is, "A thou
sand years of alcoholic saturation.7
"All life should evolute," he Says
"alcohol produces evolution. Take the
largest and finest breed of dogs-the
Great Daae, for example-and fOr
three or four generations feed them
daily little alcohol and what is tho
result? What was previously large.
noble animal will deterorate into a.
swapping, snarling, fighting, almost
hairless, insignificant little cur. And
yet we feed men on this lethal poison
for thousands of years and then Won
der why we have disease, pestilence.
insanity and war.
"In this dawn of the twentieth CEN
fury 1t may be truthfully affirmed that:
the aggressive war brain is the brain
that directly, or indirectly through he
redity, has been poisoned by alcohol
The alcoholic brain cannot evolve
those emotions of the human soul that
make for peace. We may talk peace
legislate for peace, and make peace
treaties, but wars will never cease tiiE
the brain is freed from the corroding
effects Of alcohol.
"One thousand years from now ths
historian will record the events of to-
day and classify them under the gen.
eral heading, THE Age of Alcohol 1t
will be pathetic but interesting lit
erature."