The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-01-26


"You have never been married33
the nurse asked.
Never"
aren't you going ID Sef'
81 fear not. The loneliness here
the coyote chorus on the buttes-
all initiate against 1t, Mrs. Ganby.7
"The right girl" said Mrs. Ganby,
wouldn't mind it In the least go
forth and search for her, DIN
jaime"
impossible" the master of Vale
Verde replied lazily. 81 have sheep
on my hands,"
IF l can credit the gossip heard
in Los Algodones. you killed the
owner of those sheep trying to get
rid of them"
Don Jaime nodded.
swell, why don't you get rid OF
,, them, then?"
1.-THE foreman. Bill Dingle. Is still
living and in charge of those sheep.
He's a bad man and a better shot
than old Antrim. Besides. If get
those sheep off my range, now.
where will they GOT Why. to some
body else's range. of course. and
then there'd be trouble and we
might lose Bill Dingle."
$50 you're putting up with those
sheep on your range merely be-
cause this Antrim girl Is her uncle's
heir"
THAT'S the proposition"
"Why. is she friend of yours?"
mo. rye never met her. But then
no Higuenes has ever quarreled
with lady,"
81 fail to see how you are go
ing to escape quarrel with ner.
Don Jaime. You killed her uncle"
Don Jaime WINGED. Perhaps she
will believe that l had no alterna.
tive; that. not until after had
killed him. did I know he was her
uncle In fact, didn't know ! had
killed anybody until Ken rode down
the draw and informed me of, my
luck" .-.- : -.
swell. the fact that you are being
so excessively nice to her since may
mitigate the affair. although one can
never predict the attitude woman
will take. woman is usually guild.
ed by her heart, not her head. Don
| jaime" @
Don Jaime appraised the old
nurse with kindly interest. 81 take
1t. Mrs Candy. that you are old
enough TO he guided by your head.
You told me Won are a widow. Have
you any children?" 49,
! "One--a boy of fifteen. He has
been quite crippled since his twelfth
birthday. Infanfile paralysis"
Don Jaime considered this Sup
pose You had comfortable horne
where you could ne with yonr hoy
always--nnf necessary TO hustle
hither and yon nursing peopief .
shonld have hostess here. FuI
some time have felt that FlavI0s
wife Is too well. elemental for in.
job This hacienda should know
a genflewoinan's management an
nurses wages. There are always
some puppies around here. ana yonr
boy could play with them sup
pose you could carry on with his
schnuling--you know. IL does GET
lonesome here sometimes" -
"Oh. DON .Jaimel You mean Il T
He nodded "I'd like 10 he able
to invite nice people TO visit me
Mrs Ganby. should like TO have
my friends from fhe surrounding
country come to dinner offener n,If
I'm never satisfied with the appear
ance of my board the menu or The
service. have no time TO train
maids and houspkeepers--and II D
did ] wouldn't know how
"Yes. man is very helpless. q
should he glad TO come Dion Jaime"
"Yon are very kind Ken yoD run
| up TO Fl l'aso and get the Tiny Mrs
Candy will arrange thar detail with
Won. Now clear out and LEI me
Sleep" .' @"-
Mrs. Candy. with tears of happi.
ness in her midtlle,aged eyes. fol
lowed the assistant general manager
into the ranch office. Es..-.
How long have you known Don
.Taime?" she asked Hobart.
"a long time Went To the state
university with MIN My father and
I had a cow outfit DOWN In the Biz
Bend country hut we went broke
during the post war dellatioD pc
| riod. Jaime and . enlisted for the
World war land spent two years
guarding the border Al that we
lodged more lead than some OF
thnse Who went TO France After
the bank rinsed in on fhe Hnharfs
Joined the rangers; now I've ief'
them To work for Gon Jaime"
ale Is cnnganifally magnificent
Ken Hobart laughed ALWAYS re
members he's mnIy caballero. Mrs
Candy He does things with a flour
ish. II isn't pose Ills people have
always done H. His father died
when be was twenty. Hes twenty
srf-