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"Some Day | Expect to Iron EN-
Out With Him."

know the real reason, l don't want
him trying to kiss me on the way
home after he's had too many
drinks in the Red Front saloon.
won't ride with him. If he goes,
don't"
Finally Bull Page was assigned
to escort the maynard Jane, and
the two set off for town. Jane was
most interested to get some news
from Bull Page about Denison; but
Bull had neither seen nor heard of
him since the Gunlock Knob fire.
In Medicine Bend, Jane extended
a note, drew some money, paid the
hospital bills, and waited for the
afternoon train home. When she
got to Sleepy Cat it was ten o'clock
at night, and no rig was at the
station from the ranch. She was
compelled to spend the night at the
hotel. 1t was a long time after
ward before she realized that the
whole trip had been planned by her
father and McCrossen for q pur-
pose.
She rose early, breakfasted alone,
and started out to pay the few re-
naming fire bills. She went first
to SPOTS place to pay for the beer.
SPOTS was out. sought to be back
pretty soon," said Oscar. "He's got
to be here pretty soon to let the
bartender out for breakfast"
1--WE an order to leave at Rubi-
dos" said Jane. "I'll be back"
She walked over to the general
store, left her provision order for
the wagon to pick up, and returned
to Spott's barber shop. Jake, his
crutches at his side, was sitting in
his barber chair.
"Hello there, Miss! Well! How's
things out at Guniock?"
"About as usual, Jake. I've come
to pay for the beer"
"No more fires botherin'?"
mot at present How much was
the beerT.
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no BE CONTINUED)
Agriculture's Beginning

Twenty acres of corn, planted In
1921 at Plymouth, and few goats
that were brought from England by
the Pilgrims became the modest
beginning of agriculture in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wheat, rye, corn, oats and fax were
among the first crops planted by
the early settlers.
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CHAPTER TX

"WHEs'IR1E1s is he' s Sister,
ond floor-218. Shall I show you
the way?"
IF you please, Sister. I learned
only a moment ago that he was
here. I've heard of this dreadful
ranch-house fire only this minute.
Did he tell you how it happened,
Sister,"
HE has hardly spoken since they
brought him in. But Mr.. Scott said
it was getting out of the burning
ranch house,"
do you think there is any chance
to save his sight? Oh, Sister, can
you imagine how I feel?"
"Dear heart, I do know how you
feel. Of course I don't know thing
about the case, except that DR..
Carpy has given very strict orders
about his care" She was too con-
siderate to tell how worried she
knew Carpy to be. "Of course his
room is dark. And his eyes are
bandaged. We like Mr.. Denison so
much-he's always been so kind to
us with nice gifts. This is his
room" The nurse laid her hand on
the knob of the door. "Shall / go
in with you?"
"Do, Sister," said Jane.
Sister opened the door. "Good
morning, Mr.. Denison."
"Good morning, Sister,"
Jane, walking in on tiptoe behind
her guide, heard his answer.
who's that with you, Sister"
Jane had stepped as lightly as pos
sible: but his ears had detected her
footsteps.
tive brought you a visitor. /
hope you're not cross" she added,
banteringly.
"Who is visiting me?" he asked.
Jane had been gradually drawing
closer to him. "Bill?"
He started violently. For an in
slant he was silent as if listening
for more. Then he responded, low
and strangely, "Jane?"
eyes, Bill"
In the dark, her hand touched
his arm. He caught both her hands,
crushing them with his own, and
drew one and the other hungrily to
his lips. SISTER" he said, COM
posed, yet eager, "can you find
chair, in the dark, for Miss Van
Tambel?"
With the nurse gliding out of the
room, James hands crept over his
shoulders, around his neck, and as
his arms EMBODIED her, their lips
met.
II didn't want you to hear that /
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/ GUNLOCk RANCH
by FRANK H. SPEARMAN
Service
by FRANK H. SPE ARMAN.
wNu Service

.daloe las to how much beer and
grub" SHOULD be provided, plus
their pay, rode with her father, to
town, to settle with Pardaloe..
"Bill," she said to Pardaloe, when
the accounts had been Strengthened
out, Il want to ask question and
want the truth"
Pardaloe looked at her with
shrewd benevolence. 'Fire away,
girl!"
"why does my father hate Bill
Denison so?"
Pardaloe shifted uneasily. "You
won't like the truth, Miss Jane"
whether I like it or not, want
you to tell me, Bill,' she said.
"Well, your dad wants the Spring
ranch started fight for it at the
Medicine Bend land office. Bill beat
him there, SO he goes up to Wash
ington, and Bill has to sell off his
COWS to get money to fight and pay
lawyers. Fore he got through, the
boy had to sell everything to keep
his end up"
'It was tough" assented Jane
grim1y. Her eyes were half closed
and her lips compressed, as if to
shut out unpleasant details.
Pardaloe warmed to his story. "If
it want you, Miss Jane, an your
own dad. I'd call man that'd act
that way-well, wonder to me is,
Bill never plugged him. Now don't
cry; I told you you wouldn't like
it,"
Jane shook her head and brushed
the tears from her eyes with a
gesture of defiance. Don't mind
little shower, Bill. You've told
me what l asked for-the truth.
Now I want to tell you something.
But please keep my secret-will
you, Bill?"
Shoot" was all he said.
Swiftly she told him Of her first
meeting with Denison, and of their
rides together. She described how
he had saved her life and how
afterward her father had ridden
over to the Denison ranch with
Dave McCrossen, created scene
and forbade her ever again to see
Denison.
"I'm watched now like two
year-old child" she concluded, "and
I'm rebellious"
Pardaloe looked at her apprais-
ingly. He observed the animation
of her manner and the flash of her
eye; he listened to the rapid flow
of her words and the spirited way
in which he spoke them. The old
frontiersman looked at her as an
artist might look on a flower; he
could see, but couldn't quite un-
derstand, all that was hidden with
in it. M
IL WISH" said Jane, musing, al
most as much to herself as to
Pardaloe, II knew just what to do"
do nothin'," suggested Pardaloe.
Jane bridled. do nothing! That
isn't very pleasant to think about"
"You've got to realize your cir
cumstances," he returned. "In the
mess you're in all around out there,
it's best for you to sit tight n do
nothin'. You don't know it, but
you're settin' on a box of dyna-
mite"
"Do you expect me to act as
peacemaker, Bill?'
II didn't say twouldn't be
no sort of use. There'll be peace
there when bobcats go back on
jack rabbits"
"Well," sighed Jane, reluctant,
"you know best, Mr.. Pardaloe-''
"Bill."
"You know best, Bill. 1 may
want to talk to you again."
ANY time, honey"
Riding home with her father,
who rode slowly, she had plenty
of time to think. And her thoughts
yuoro sOhpr-h11pd t.iFIN..r ..HI>
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ulcdHlSu VI SUCH LuluS, Sic Sdlu
TREMENDOUSLY. HE told me the ranch
house was burned last night. oh,
Bill"
II think maybe my eyes will be
all right in couple of days. Ben
Page has been working for me for
a while. He got hold of Bob Scott
to bring me in to see Doc Carpy-
and the doctor sent me here" He
felt her warm tears against his
cheek. He kissed them sway from
her eyes. Don't cry! There's moth
ing to cry over. I'll be all right
when my eyes get better. Doctor
says that won't be- long. I wish
you hadn't heard of it."
II wish you'd never heard of me,
Bill. To think of it, that I should
have been the cause of starting all
this trouble. Oh, why couldn't I
have stayed home that dreadful day
instead of riding into danger? I'll
never, never forgive myself. And
I'm ashamed to say it, Bill, but the
real reason l rode up there was be-
cause l was just hungry for sight
Of you"
Denison only laughed. Don't
think you're the only one that was
hungry for sight. If I hadn't
been scouting around the Knob
trail where I knew you liked so
much to ride, I'd never have caught
sight Of you. What then? Why,
Jane, If you were burning in fire,
why shouldn't I jump in after your
What would be left for me?"
do your eyes hurt terribly, Bill?"
mot when you're here, Jane"
"Oh, I know better. I know they
do. And I can do nothing to help!"
He made light Of her worry.
There were more furtive tears,
more earnest prayers, more sub
mission from Jane. More happy
laughs, more ardent embraces, more
carefree cheer from Denison.
"Why, Bill" she protested at
length, zone would think there was
nothing the matter with you. And
am frightened to DEATH"
II was frightened to death my
self till you came. It's not much
! fun sitting alone here in the dark.
What frightens me most is the
thought that if the worst should
come, I'd lose you"
"You can never lose me, Bill. Re
member that"
"Yes, but blind mani" he ex-
claimed desperately. "Jane, / never
could ask you to marry me blind"
"There's only one way to keep
me from marrying that good-for-
nothing Bill Denison-that's to kill
me and make me into dust-even
then, I'd tremble under his feet. I
would-just to annoy him."
Her tongue was light and happy
when she said good-by, but her
heart was dread with fear. She
rode straight to Carpy's office; luck
lily she found him in.
doctor! I'm so worried about
Mr.. DenisOn-"
$50 am I"
"You know what happened?"
"Said he got trapped in the ranch
house fire."
eyes, but it was trying to save
my life when his eyes first got hurt"
"Never said blamed word about
that"
II was up on Gunlock Knob, and
he rode up to get me through the
fire. Doctor" she asked, unsteadily,
"can't you save his eyes?"
"Jane. my girl, give me another
two weeks. If I thought anybody,
anywhere, would do anything more
than I'm doing, I'd put him on the
cars tonight It's time, Jane, time"
If Jane expected to get much in
formation about the Denison fire at
home, she was disappointed. When
she reported it to her father, he was
silent-professing still to feel out
ragged at her INSTRUMENTATION. Nc
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CHAPTER vIll-continued
Copyright Frank III. Spearman

AudC pau VI WudL uC uOuS
to me. He's stole my. cattle. be-
sides. McCrossen is the only man
that stayed by me through thick
and thin. McCrossen's the right
man for you. You can get mar
ried tomorrow if you want to-"
II haven't the slightest idea of
getting married tomorrow, father.
And if Mr.. McCrossen were the
only man left, [ certainly should
never marry. There's not a straight
hair in his head"
Sounds like that skunk Deni-
sons been filling your ears for
you"
"Bill Denison's barely ever men
toned McCrossen's name to me-"
"Well, keep away from Denison
for good, don't forget that"
Jane flinched inwardly but spoke
low and clearly: II can't promise
that, father"
"Why not?"
L uO1 IL . I1Suts
Saint I your father?"
"Yes."
saint parent a-goin' to be
obeyed?"
eff he is reasonable. I'm not
child, father"
He grew furious. II don't give
damn what you are, you're not
goin' to take up with any enemy of
mine, m you might just as we'll
know it now-and I'll see that you
DON'T"
Van Tambel. quitting the house,
rode with McCrcssen, over the hills
burned the day before, to deter
mine what further measures should
be taken to insure safety for the
ranch buildings. The two men halt
ed at the foot of Gunlock Knob.
"a lot of good timber gone in that
blaze, Van," muttered McCrossen.
4. Van Tambel was silent for mo-
ment. "The ranch amt worth as
much as it was yesterday, that's
sure" he said at last. Then after
another pause: II wouldn't mind
the timber if the damned fire had
held on till it cleaned out Denison."
Both were looking down on the
neighbours ranch.
81 wish I was rid Of that fellow"
Van Tambels words fairly, grated
out of his harsh throat. "Why
couldn't that blamed fire have
cleaned out his buildings yester-
day."
"It. was a close scratch. If the
wind had shifted"
always blows the wrong way for
me. Iodon't mind losing the timber.
If it had caught him, I'd" He
checked himself suddenly. look
here" he jerked, why can't we help
the wind along next night there's
blow-just give things start down
there?"
"What d'you mean? Burn him
out?"
"Why not?"
McCrossen took the cigarette
from his mouth but said nothing.
"Well?" sputtered Van Tambel.
"Why don't you talk?"
II don't fancy that kind Of job"
McCrossen shifted modify in his
saddle. "Bill Denison and / have
got DUR differences-plenty of 'em.
Some day I expect to iron 'em out
with him. But it'll be done in day.
light"
Van Tambel sneered. "Look out
he don't get you and the girl both"
"Well"-the words came reluctant
ly-''Ill talk to Barney Rebstock.
You'll have to pay him we'll"
After Van Tambel came back
from the hospital, he reopened his
office in Sleepy Cat.
II thought you said the old devil
couldn't get WE'LL" complained Par
Cor,,p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
soLARIUM ATOP ODD HOUSE

soLARIUM ATOP ODD HOUSE
 Every well planned home should provide for sun bathing. Sun bath ing is good for all of Us, but 1t IS most important for the baby. The baby who hasn't acquired a moder- act coat of tan by the time he or she Is e year old has not had a fair deal. After all ultraviolet light from the sun is the cheapest and the best vitamin D, and no one can have vite without e fair ration of viteAain D. This IS the one vitamin that cannot be obtained in sufficient amount from natural foods. Practically the only natural foods that provide any considerable amount of vitamin D are egg yolk and milk fat (mlk, cream, butter) and salmon and some other sea fish, both fresh and canned. Certain young growing green vegetables or fodder, such as alfalfa, hay, clover, spinach, prob. ably contain small amounts of vita- mine D but not enough to count in human nutrition. Experience in re- cent years proves that infants and children who receive suitable rations of vitamin D In one form or an- other to supplement their normal diet thrive better than infants who do not. The more sunshine the in- fant or child gets on naked skin the
 ess vitamin D the child needs to N gow and develop well.
 The roof is the place for the sol- Arium where ground space is costly. Provision should be made in plan- ming 6 modern home for the sol- arfum, not the half-enclosed ver- anda of the nineties but @ place where any and every member of the family can get all the vitamin D the sun offers. According to climate and situation the solarium should have means of protection against wind, against prying eyesof neigh bors or pasSersby, against insects and, If Wintes comes, against ex- treme cold. The last mentioned pro- lection implies either special glass that admits the ultra violet rays of sunlight or some less expensive screen such as heavy cellophane on chicken wire.
 The definite purpose of such q solarium in Odd House is to counter act as much as possible the effects upon health of our custom of wear ing clothing not for protection but because 1t is proper or conventional, and the blocking of the ultraviolet rays of sunlight by clouds, dust, smoke, fog. and the custom of liv- ing most of the time under roofs and behind walls and windows through which ultraviolet rays can- not pass.
 People generally do not heed what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
WOMAN,S REALM !
Masterpiece s Yielded r. THe FINE ART of HAIR DRESSING

By NEA Service
 New York-Your hair can be used to create almost any effect you would like, if the hardo is designed and carefully arranged Star examples of coffure crea ton are those that George Quantance noted illustrator originated for Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, world famous precision dancers.
 Especially appropriate at the moment, when headlines contrast the efforts to world with the war trend of armamens two which Quantance calls Peace" and Armament The theatrical effect is height ened by the of blonde and brunette heads for the respectively.
 The Peace" hairdress, in which blonde Jimmy Volmer is setched has the hair cued loosely away from the face and falling in cascades of soft rnges about the neck It is finished with two dminutive olive branches.
 The Armament" coiffure (right) has rolls that re- sembe tiny piled high the head of the artists conception of the way brunette Charlotte Josn looks
 Recently both little dancers went with the rest of the Rocettes to Paris to dance for 16 minutes before audience of 10000 including hundreds of French dgni taries and the American Ambassador then straight back Next day. MT. Quantance did these hairdos for Miss Vomer and Miss Joslin. They've worn them ever snce
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Ldtest Styles
.Gloritying
 YOMl.SeLf
By Alicia Hart s.

Women whom summertime finds answering the call of the out-of- doors with enthusiasm should renew their attention, to use of hand lotions and cuticle creams. Golf and ten. his are wonderful for muscles and posture, but they do raise callcuses and blisters on palms and fingers. And swimming Is especially bad for cuticle, causing 1t to swell, then be- come dry.
 Frequent cleansing, fabrication and simple exercising are important to hand beauty. Always use lukewarrn water (it's less drying than coldl, and, once day at least, scrub flngertips and knuckleS with hand brush. A brush that has short, firm bristles compactly set in the handle won't spatter water about. To pro~ tect delicate tissues under nails, ale ways brush to give the least pres- sure, preferably holding one hand still and moving the brush up and down with the other. 6rub the backs of hands gently, too, but do not be gentle at all when working on palm callouses.
 Cream for Soft Cuticle Everyone needs a jar of brittle nail cream to keep cuticle soft and to make nails flexible. Incidentally. some authorities say that 1t helps to preserve the life of nail polish also. Naturally, hand lotion ought to be massaged into wrists as well as hands several times day. At night, use c hand cream of the vanishing type. However, dur ing the summer months at least, it's a splendid idea to apply quantities of your richest oily emollient ore night week, then to wear clean, loose gloves while you sleep. A pair of old white fabric ones, left over white fabric ones, left over from last summer, will do nicely.
 The very best exercises are simple and require only Q few moments of your time. They make for supple- ness and grace, and should be prac- ticed regularly.
 Exercise for Fingers
 Rest your elbow on table with forearm erect and fingers pointing straight upward. Drop fingers back until palm is facing upward and fingers are curled slightly. Now gradually bring each finger forward, making wrist muscles do most of the work. Slowly bring hand further forward until tip of third finger touches base of the thumb. Then raise fingers until they point up- ward again. Repeat five times with each hand.
 Pulling imaginary taf5y and shaking imaginary drops of water from fingertips are still among the best hand exercises. Simply relax wrists and hands completely, then shake them, letting fingers snap together to get rid of the water.
 NEXT: Summer shoulders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
Paris Styles
By MARY FENTRRsB

United Press Stan Correspondent)
 Paris -- (UP.) - The Moygashel Irish linens have proved the most popular fabrics for the Paris sum- mer season. They vary in weight and texture from Q tweed.like ma- teriai to c sheer voile linen for filmy evening gowns. Many of the linens are uncrushable and all are wash able and color fast.
 The Scotch plaid linens have been used over and over for smart, tall ored summer suits worn with dark shirtwaist blouses. The patterns and colors of the plaids follow real Scotch tartans. The Brodie, the Mackenzie and the Mac0regor tar. tans have been most popular. Most of these have aS an outstanding color some shade of purplish blue which Is brightened by touches of red.
 Checked and plaid materials are used for the tailored clothes and for street wear. Navy blue in serge weave IS crossed with fine white stripes or is used with a cross bar pattern of bright red. Although this weave has the appearance of serge, the linen Is cool and porous. Tweed mixtures of linen threads are equal- ly smart for tailored summer suits worn with sheer blouses of linen in one of the outstanding colors of the tweed.
 For afternoon, there is Q new shantung weave of linen which has 6 raised thread running 1t. This is used in pastel colors, and the bluish or mauve shades are selling best Prints are always popular and one of the most successful naoygasheI patterns has been Q small scroll de- sign in color on 6 white back. ground. The voile linens in paste evening gowns or short-skirtet dance frocks.
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matter what you say. And then I'm going to Hollywood"
 "Why do you want to be an ace tress2" asked her mother. "Just why, Doris2 really want to know"
 "Why does anyone want to do things? Because she gets famous and rich. Besides like to act. I'm not interested in anything else. I'm not good at humdrum stuff like other girls. And I've got 6 good camera face, everybody says so. My voice is good, too.
 One In . Thousand
 "You don't want us to try to protect you from yourself any long, CT, do you9 That's all we've been attempting, my dear. To save you heartache and discouragement. You may go to the Academy this year. But remember, you will have to be very good, as there are possibly fifty thousand girls as well equipped as you, saying the very things you are saying today. And there isn't room for more than one out of every thousand, for even the tiniest crumbs"
 Doris was jubilant. She scarcely heard the last words. At last she was going to get the break she had longed for.
 It was the details that irked Doris about Q workaday life. They hampered you, nagged and kept you down, such as keeping bureau drawers strengthened and your shoes treed in your closet. The big life was different. You worked then at important things, keeping your eye always on c target at the end of the range. Let others do the little tricks. Third-raters, Doris dubbed them, easily satisfied souls who stopped to pick daisies instead Of roses, and were careful of every little thing. .
 Upstairs she flew to get her hat and bag. She must 90 and tell her friends the good news. Calamity
 Where was the bag? Oh, bother. 1t never was around when she want ed 1t. The room was c litter, but she perked up covers and clothes in her hurry and left them where they fell. Her heel caught in Q jersey on the floor and she was flung forward against the bureau. A corner tore through her cheek and chin and made 6 ragged gash that would faintly remain scar, SO the doctor said. Doris was inconsolable, but her mother was wonderful. She kept her counsel with these thoughts: Would not Doris be happier, even in her illustration, thinking always of what she might have been, rather than being disillusioned by timer" She knew that her daughters very lack of patience and perseverance were her greatest enemies. and that success is more apt to welcome the plodder than the dreamer of great things.
 walled Doris: My whole life Is ruined"
 But her mother answered crypti. cally, T don't think so. I believe you are going to be very happy yet"
 When people stop thinking that fate has mistreated them, and what great people they are, potentially they are miserable indeed. Faith ir self lies so often in the chances we think we've lost. Pride, our love- ly pride, is thus being eternally saved.
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