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Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
THE BEST LETTER

You NAV write thousand letters to the maiden adore
And declare in every letter that you love her more and
more
You may praise her grace and beauty in thousand glow
ing lines,
And compare eyes with the brightest star that
shines.
If you had the pen of Byron you would it every day
In composing written worship to your sweetheart far
away;
But the letter welcome older gener breast
Is the letter to your mother from the boy she loves the BEST
Youthful blood is fierce and flaming and when writing
to your love
You will about your passion swearing by the stars
above
Vowing by the moons white spendor that the grille you
adore
Is the you'll cherish maid loved before.
You will pen full many promise those pages white
and dumb
That you never live up to in the married years to
come.
But much more precious letter, bringing and deep
bliss,
Is the letter your mother from her boy she cannot kiss
She will read it very often when the lights soft and low,
Sitting in the same old where she held you years
ago,
And regardless of its dction its spelling it's STYLE
And although it's composition would provoke critic
smile
In her old and trembling fingers becomes work of art
Stained by tears of joy and sadness she hugs to her
heart
Yes the letters of all letters look wherever you may
Is the letter to your mother from her boy away from home
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

fat and onion, turning until well
Drowned on all sides. Place layer
of cooked rice In the bottom of a
baking dish, cover with two toma-
toes cut In slices, or cupful of sift-
ed pulp; then add one-half Of the
Drowned meat and onion; over this
one thin sliced green pepper. Pro-
ceed with another layer Of rice, toma-
toes and meat and pepper. Fill the
dish with seasoned gravy or stock,
cover and bake in a hot oven thirty
minutes.
Mexican stew.-Cut one pound of
calf's liver in one-inch cubes and
saute quickly in a hot frying pan in
a very little fat. Cook together in a
saucepan one pint of sifted tomatoes
with three onions very finely chopped,
two tablespoonfuls Of flour and one
chopped green pepper, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt, one-fourth te spoon
full of pepper, one-half teaspoonful of
mustard, one-fourth Of a teaspoonful
Of cloves, the whole rubbed smooth in
three tablespoonfuls Of softened but
ter. Stir over fire until thick, then
add the cubes Of Drowned liver
and allow the whole to simmer for
ten minutes. Serve in deep platter,
garnished with baked Drowned pota-
toes and strips of broiled bacon.
Chinese Cabbage, RaIsin and Green
Pepper SaIad.-Boil one-half cupful Of
raisins in orange Juice until soft, or
soak over night in the juice Arrange
thin slices of green pepper on Chinese
cabbage and the prepared raisins.
Serve with:
Hard Sauce.-Cream two table
spoonfuls of butter, add one cupful of
powdered sugar and such flavor as de-
sired, fold in One-half cupful of
whipped cream and serve
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
46L3O19tl 8
SOU rs
Conducted by National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.)
FATHER AND SON ARE SCOUTS

The story of a father who in his
big-souled way formed a partnership
with his scout son, ito work together
in scouting" and who both recently
received the highest award of rank,
the Eagle badge, at a court of honor in
Salt Lake City, is a remarkable testi-
mony of the spirit of comradeship
that the work and play of scouting
can develop between a boy and his
dad.
"One day." says this father, my boy
said to me in joking way, Dad, why
don't you try and get some merit
badges If they look so easy to your
| told him could get as many as he.
So we started out. He would go to
one examiner and l to another for the
same merit badge, and for a while 1t
was nip and tuck between us, but the
new school of learning was getting
the better of the old way with which
was familiar. One day we made up
our minds to work together. We did
not always agree on the same subject
1--WE would not have been father and
son If we had), but in the end we got
our badges.
I'm addition 1 have found a son
that likes to let me know he thinks his
dad is the only man in scouting, and l
think my boy will grow up to be real
scout-one that can be depended upon
have found the fountain of youth
since becoming a scout, because man
never grows old If he mixes with
Younger boys. I believe there is no
greater religion than to be of service
to the boys. God bless the man
who thought of scouting, and God
bless the men who keep it up"
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
SCOUTS AND THE TIGER"

frances "Tiger" is for the boy
scouts. He belongs.
At one time when Clemenceau was
passing through Alsace he came across
a group of scouts on hike. The ex-
premier stopped the sturdy lads and
after a few words Of praise. on the
work they were doing for "la Patrie"
and future citizenship, inquired, 'Do
you know who 1t is that is talking to
you?"
One lad stepped forward and with a
salute said, eyes sir, You're the Tiger
and we're the Tiger Patrol"
Said Clemenceau, 1--WE always want
ed to be a boy scout. Perhaps there
is an opening here"
When the tiger patrols throughout
France heard of this they clamored for
the illustrious member, also, and now
the veteran statesman is enrolled In
every patrol bearing this name.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
TELL HIM NOW!

If with pleasure you are viewing
Any work is doing
If you like him or you love him, tell him now;
Don't withhold your appreciation
For funeral grafton,
When he lies with snowy lilies DER his brow
For no matter how you shout it.
He won't really care about it;
He won't know how many tear-drops you may she'd
If you think some praise is due him,
Now's the time to slip it to him,
For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead.
More than fame and more than money
Is the comment kind and sunny,
And the hearty, warm approval of friend;
For it gives to life savor
And it makes you stronger braver,
And it gives you heart and spirit to the end
If he earns your praise-bestow it;
If you like him, let him know it;
Let your words of true encouragement be said;
Do not wait till life is over
And he's underneath the clover,
For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

row strips, cover with cold salted wa
ter and bring to the boiling point.
Drain and repeat four times, the last
time boiling until tender. Now drain
and weigh. To each pound of the pulp
allow a pound of sugar and one-half
pound of water. Boil the sugar and
water for five minutes, then add the
til transparent-about thirty minutes.
Drain, roll each piece In granulated
sugar and dry on a tray away from
the direct heat. Serve in place Of
after-dinner mints.
Date 5ars.-Beat three egg yolks,
combine with one cupful Of sugar and
stir until creamy. Sift one cupful OF
-four with a teaspoonful of baking
powder and pinch of salt, add one
cupful Of chopped walnut meats and
one pound of dates, stoned and quar-
tered; beat three egg whites stiff, add
alternately with the flour mixture to
the yolks and sugar. Bake In a small
dripping pan about thirty minutes
Remove from the pan, cut into bars,
roll In powdered sugar or Ice with
orange icing, decorate with stoned
dates and nut meats.
Lightning cake.-This is certainly a
most delicious cake when 1t Is put to-
gether with creamy filing. Cream
one-fourth of cupful of butter, with
one-half cupful of sugar. Add the we'll
beaten yolks of four eggs and one tea
spoonful of vanilla extract. Mix one
cupful of pastry -four with two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and add
this alternately with one-fourth of a
cupful of milk to the first mixture.
Spread in two shallow pans, cover the
dough with the stiffiy-beaten whites
mixed with three-fourths of cupful
Of sugar and sprinkle with one-fourth
Of cupful of sliced almonds over all.
Bake in a moderate oven for about a
half hour. Spread with a custard fill,
ing, favored with orange or lemon be-
tween the layers
NAa hl4x.~s.Q.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

a cupful of rice on to
cook in boiling salted wa
ter and cook until soft
Chop one small onion
and cook this in two or
three tablespoonfuls OF
bacon fat until brown.
Add one pound of NUT
ton cut from the leg, the
meat to be cut in cubes,
then cook in the bacon
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
AUToIsTs SCOUTS FRIENDS

In Huntington Park, CAL, Troop 1
has made warm friends Of autoists be-
cause of the patrol of one scout each
day in Main street to watch for broken
glass and other puncture-provoking
articles.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
SCOUTS ARE PREPARED

One way in which Troop 9 of Yaki-
ma, Wash, interprets the scout motto
''Be Prepared" Is to shovel during the
winter the snow from around city fire
hydrants and sidewalks nearby.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

best to prepare
the candied fruit.
Candled Grape
fruit. Remove
the rind from
grapefruit t lie a "
in g one-quarter
inch Of the pulp.
Cut in long mar
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
e TIE
kqKlICH!EN ! g
ACABINE E

To be q strong hand In the
dark to another in q time of need,
to be q cup Of strength to a human
soul in a crisis Of weakness, Is to
know the glory of life.-Hugh
Black,
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

Phoenix is growing by leaps and bounds and the spirit
of optimism is everywhere in evidence What with eev
en-story office building nearing completion twelve
leading business of the city, and number of smaller
buildings in of construction Phoenix should
rival Los Angeles
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

The learned editor of of Arizona S Greatest News
papers says that Governor Walton of Oklahoma crazy
just because he called out the militia to handle the Ku
ton the act of unatc would to God that there
at least foryseven such Governors in the United
States So mote it be.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

President Coolidge is said to be cool-headed man
who thinks before he speaks but whenever he speaks
means what he says. So different from our erstwhe
friend Woody
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
NuAa hlAt~ ~,lQ
Tie KTCHEN
GBLNEfAzt s.

60, 1929. Western Newspaper Union-)
"a pebble in the streamlet scant,
Has turned the course of many a
river,
A dewdrop on a baby plant.
Has bent the royal oak forever"
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

School days again are with us and the young hopeus
in their glory 1t hard to tell which the little fellow
likes BEST the sound of the school bell request to take
big dose of castor OIL He needs both at various times
in his fe but for the life of u.s. cannot decide which
he prefers
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
N.a ht44~s.Q

Although the distance from ocean
to ocean is hut 40 miles, the Panama
Canal is over SO miles long
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
NEW SCOUT FIELDS CALL

The plan to establish special
field relation with remote territory
which is part of or under the pro-
tectorate Of the United States. but
not definitely part of the u regions
of the Boy Scouts of America, was
proposed at a recent meeting of the
national field department The new
field, called Division on Outlying Pos
sessions, will include Alaska Hawaii,
Porto Rico. Guam, American Samoa,
Panama Canal Zone, Philippine L.
lands and the Virgin Islands.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
sEAsoNABLE GOOD THINGS

Now is the time when the grape
fruit, oranges and lemons are at their
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15
MORE GOOD THINGS

A good way to serve mutton and
one which will be new to many Is:
SerbIan Mutton.-Put
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

Many boy scouts interested in radio
are serving their communities by lo-
caIIy transmitting the valuable mes
sages sent out by various departments
of the United States government, and
by encouraging other people to re-
ceive this helpful information. The
Radio Amateur bureau, organized sew
eral years ago by the United States
navy, to conserve the interested of the
coming generation in radio activity,
reserves on its membership list the
numbers one to one hundred for scouts
who have learned to send and receive
code at the rate Of 20 words per
minute.
Phoenix tribune., 1923-09-15

Aerial service for passengers is in
operation between Mexico City and
Tampico
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APPEALED TO MANS VANITY
Brightly colored Beads, in Some
Shape, Have Been Popular in All
Ages and Countries.

Beads are one of the oldest wit
nesses to the vanity of mankind
The oldest beads were simply stones
with holes through them, which, owing
to their bright color or peculiar shape,
took the fancy of the finder, who
threaded them on a strip of hide or
fiber. Later, when we became more
civilized, beads made of wooa carved
into fantastic shapes were in favor.
Some beautiful examples of both kinds
can be seen in the British museum.
Uncivilized races have passion for
stringing together various objects as
beads. Human teeth, brightly colored
insects, seeds and even whales teeth,
are worn in this way
The word bead comes from 'bede,"
the old English word for prayer. 1t has
an interesting origin. In olden times,
as person repeated his prayers they
were counted by ticking off one by one
string of small pierced balls which
were threaded together and in time
these balls came. to be called beads.
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For a Madeline NTH shut eyes, She
dreaded the light.
"Now you can't sag youpe been kissed Stewart s0id
Has vo seemed long off, But that coming to you so
be game Herep
She felt something hard and cold and metallic thrust INTO
her hand He made her fingers close IT. hold It, The feel
the thing euived her. She opened her eyes Stewar had her
gn He stood with his broad breast against her knee and she
looked mp that old mocking smile on his face
"Go ahead Throw my gun me! Be horoughbredF
Madeline did not get grasp his meaning
"You put down that quiet place the h-besde
Monty Price"
Madeline dropped the gun NTH shuddcrng OF horror
The his words the memory of Monty the certainty that
tured the elf-Gccusng cry from her.
Stemnrt stopped to pick up the Weapon.
you might saued HI of lot Of oube he said,
fash OF the mocng smile You're beautiful and
proud but youe Thoroughbred Majesty Hammond
adosw
WE'LL rather but it's only dramatic situa
bloodd the cattle the Mexican border
her She transpanted Eastern
"The Light of the Western Stars
life of recrtd wealthy spoiled society girl
And her influence has saved Stewart, wild,
doute efficient cowboya college and
OF fall in love- But he glories in it,
while herself OF also, they
clashtwo personalities. And then the girl is Jealous
Why That should be
color swift He's
the for outdoor Western ~ with after
succes to credit
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| what transpired during the next few
moments; presently, however, as her
mind steadied somewhat, she heard
though as in dream, the voice of the
padre hurrying over strange words
1t ceased, and then the cowboys voice
stirred her.
Lady, say Si-Si. Say it-quick
Say it-Sil"
From sheer suggestion, a force ire
sistible at this moment when her will
was clamped by panic, she spoke the
word.
"And now, lady-so we can finish
this properly-what's your name?"
Still obeying mechanically, she told
him.
He stared for while, as If the
name had awakened associations in q
mind somewhat befogged. He leaned
back unsteadily.
"What name?' he demanded
Madeline Hammond. / am Alfred
Hammond's sister,
He put his hand up and brushed at
an imaginary something before his
eyes. you're not-Majesty Ham
mondY
How strange-stranger than any
thing that had ever happened to her
before-was it to hear that name on
the lips Of this cowboyl 1t was a
name by which she was Familiarity
known, though only those nearest and
dearest to her had the privilege of
using it. And now it revived her
dulled faculties, and by an effort she
regained control Of herself.
you are Majesty Hammond" and
this time he affirmed wonderingly
rather than questioned.
Madeline rose and faced him.
Eyes, am"
He slammed his gun back into It's
holster.
swell, reckon we won't go on with
1t, then"
with what, sir? And why did you
force me to say 81 to this priest?"
II reckon that was a way / took
to show him you'd be willing to get
married"
"Oh! You-you! :" Words
failed her.
This appeared to galvanize the cow
boy into action. He grasped the padre
and led him toward the door, cursing
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and threatening, no doubt enjoining
secrecy. Then he pushed him across
the threshold and stood there breath
ing hard and wrestling with himself.
"Here-wait-wait minute, Miss
Hammond" he said, huskily. ''You
could fall into worse company than
mine-though reckon you sure think
not. I'm pretty drunk, but rm-all
right otherwise. Just wait-a min
ute"
She stood quivering and blazing
with wrath, and watched this savage
| fight his drunkenness. Madeline saw
the dark, damp hair lift from his
brows as he held it up to the cool
wind.
The cowboy turned and began to
| talk.
You see-I was pretty drunk" he
| labored. There was fiesta-and o
wedding. / do fool things when Tn
drunk. made fool bet I'd marry
the first girl who came to town. I.
| If you hadn't worn that veil-the fel
lows were joshing me-and Ed Lin.
ton was getting married-and every
body always wants to gamble.
/ must have been pretty drunk"
Explanations are not necessary
she interrupted. II am very tired
distressed. The hour is late. Have
you the slightest idea what it means
! to be gentleman?"
His bronzed face burned flaming
| crimson.
'Is my brother herein town to
night7" Madeline went on.
mo. He's at his ranch"
"But / wired him."
"Like as not the message IL ovel
| In his box at the P. o. He'll be IL
town tomorrow. He's shipping cattle
for Stillwell."
Meanwhile must 60 to q hotel
Will you please"
If he heard her last words b,
showed no evidence Of It. A no,s,
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west to cast his fortune with the
cattlemen. AS it happened, she had
friends who were on the eve of start
ing for California, and she made a
quick decision to travel with them.
When she calmly announced her inten-
ton of going out west her mother had
exclaimed in CONSERVATION and her
father, surprised into pathetic memory
of the black sheep of the family, had
stared at her with glistening eyes.
why. Madeline! You want to see
that wild boyl" Then he had re-
verified to the anger he still felt for
his hayward son, and he had for
hidden Madeline to go. Her mother
forgot her naughty poise and dignity.
Madeline stood her ground, even to
reminding them that she was twenty
four and her own mistress. In the
end che had prevailed.
Madeline had planned to arrive in
Ell Cajon on October 3, her brothers
birthday, and she had succeeded,
though her arrival occurred at the
twenty-fourth hour. Her train had
been several hours late. Whether or
not the message had reached Alfreds
hands she had no means of telling,
and the thing which concerned her
now was the fact that she had arrived
and heAwas not there to meet her.
AS Madeline sat waiting in the vel
low gloom she heard the faint, inter-
mittent click of the telegraph instru-
ment, the low hum of wires, the occa-
sional stamp of an iron-shod hoof, and
distant vacant laugh rising above
the, sounds of the dance. She became
conscious Of a slight quickening Of
her pulse. Madeline had only linn
tied knowledge of the West. Like all
of her class, she had Travelled Europe
and had neglected America. She had
| been astounded at the interminable
distance she had travelled. and If there
| had been anything attractive to look
at in all that journey she had passed
1t in the night.
A faint sound like the rafting OF
J thin chains diverted Madeline's at.
tention. At first she imagined it was
made by the telegraph wires. Then
she heard step. The door swung
wide; a tall man entered, and with
him came the clinking rattle. She
realized then that the sound came
from his spurs.
"Will you please direct me to q
hotelY asked Madeline, rising.
| The cowboy removed his sombrero
and the sweep he made with 1t and
the accompanying bow, despite their
exaggeration, had a kind Of rude
grace. He took two long strides
toward her.
Lady, are you marriedw
In the past Miss Hammond's sense
Of humor had often helped her to over
look critical exactions natural to hel
breeding. She kept silence, and she
imagined it was just as well that hel
veil hid her face at the moment. She
had been prepared to find cowboy.
rather striking, and she had beer
warned not to laugh at them.
This gentleman of the range DELHI
erately reached down and took up hel
left hand. Before she recovered from
her start of amaze he had stripped
off her glove.
"Fine spark, but no wedding ring,
he drawled. Lady, Pm glad to Sc,
you're not married"
He released her hand and returned
the glove.
you see, the only hotel In this her,
town is against boarding married
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CHAPTER 1
A Gentleman of the Range.

A Gentleman of the Range.
When Madeline Hammond stepped
from the train at Ell Cajon, New Mex
leo, 1t was nearly midnight, and her
drst impression was of huge dark
space of cool, windy emptiness,
strange and silent, stretching away
under great blinking white stars.
Miss, there's no one to meet you,"
said the conductor anxiously.
II wired my brother" she replied.
HE will be here presently. But, if he
should not come-surely / can find
hotelY'
There's lodgings to be had. If
you'll excuse me-this is no place for
q lady like you to be alone at night.
It's rough little town-mostly Mex
leans, miners, cowboys. And they
carouse a lot. Besides, the revolu-
ton across the border has stirred up
some excitement along the line Miss,
I guess it's safe enough, if you"
"Thank you. am not in the least
afraid"
AS the train started to glide away
Miss Hammond walked toward the
dimly lighted station. She entered
the empty waiting-room. An oil-lamp
gave out thick yellow light. A tele-
graph instrument clicked family.
Madeline Hammond crossed the
waiting-room to window and, hold
ing aside her veil, looked out. At first
she could descry only few dim lights,
and these blurred in her sight. AS
her eyes grew accustomed to the dark
ness she saw a superbly built horse
standing near the window. Beyond
was bare square. Through a hole
In the window-glass came a cool
breeze, and on 1t breathed a sound
that struck coarsely upon her cara
discordant mingling of laughter and
shout, and the tramp of boots to the
hard music of monograph.
"Western revelry," unused Miss
Hammond, as she left the window.
"Now, what to do? I'll wait here
Perhaps the station agent will return
soon, or Alfred will come for me-"
AS she sat down to wait she re-
viewed the causes which accounted
for the remarkable situation in which
she found herself. That Madeline
Hammond should be alone, at late
hour, In a dingy little western rail
road station, was indeed extraordi.
nary.
The close of her debutante year
had been married by the only unhappy
experience Of her life-the disgrace
of her brother and his leaving home
She dated the beginning of certain
thoughtful habit of mind from tina,
time, and a dissatisfaction with the
brilliant life society offered her.
There had been months of unrest
Of curiously painful wonderment tha
her position, her wealth, her pop
ularity no longer sufficed. She be
lieved she had lived through tn,
dreams and fancies of girl to be
come a woman of the world. And she
had gone on as before, a part of thu
glittering show, but no longer blind
to the truth-that there was nothin,
In her luxurious life to make it sig
nificant. And at last she knew wha
she needed-to be alone, to brood fol
long hours, to gaze out on lonely, 81
lent, darkening stretches. to watcl
the stars, to race her soul, to find he
real self.
Then 1t was she had first thought O
visiting the brother who had gon
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Safety First for Raymond.

When Raymond took his school re-
port home to his father he was very
angry, and scolded his small son for
being at the bottom of the class.
''But there's no need to worry,
daddy" Raymond said calmly. II
think it's the best place, because
you're safe there. You can't get any
lower"