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COW PUNCHER
Robert J.C.Sieod
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"WHAT'8 YOUR ANSWERT"
Synopsis.— David Eiden, son of a
drunken, shiftless ranchman al
most a maverick of ttye foothills.
Is breaking bottles with Ills pistol
from his running caytise when the
flrst automobile he has ever seen
arrives and tips over, breaking the
leg of Doctor Hardy but not injur
ing his beautiful daughter Irene.
Dave rescues the Injured man and
brings a doctor from 40 miles
away. Irene takes charge of the
housekeeping. Dave and Irene take
many rides together and during
her father's enforced stay they get
well acquainted.
CHAPTER II—Continued.
For the flrst time he looked her
straight In the face. His dark eyes met
hep gray ones and demanded truth.
•Irene," he said, "do you mean that?"
"Sure I do," she answered. "College
courses, and all that ,klnd of thing,
they're good stuff, all right, but they
make some awful nice boys—real
live boys, you know—Into some awful
dead ones. My father says about the
best education Is to learn to live with
in your Income, pay your debts and
give the other fellow a chance to do
the same. They don't all learn that at
college. Then there's the things you
do, Just like you were born to It, that
they couldn't do to save their lives.
Why, I've seen you smash six bottles
at a stretch, you going full gallop and
whooping and shooting so we could
hardly tell which was which. And ride
—you could make more money riding
for city people to look at than most of
those learned fellows, with letters af
ter their names like the tall of a kite,
will ever see. But I wouldn't like you
to make it that way. There are more
useful things to do."
He was comforted by this speech,
but he referred to his accomplishments
modestly. "Rldln' an' shootin' ain't
nothin'," he said.
"I'm not so sure," she answered.
"Father says the day is coming when
our country will want men who can
shoot and ride more than It will want
lawyers and professors."
"Well, when It does It can call on
me," he said, and there was the pride
In his voice which comes to a boy who
feels that In some way he can take a
man's place in the world. "Them Is
two things I sure can do."
Years later she was to think of her
remark and his answer, consecrated
then in clean red blood.
They talked of many things that af
ternoon, and when at last the length
ening shadows warned them It was
time to be on the way they rode long
distances In silence. Both felt a sense
which neither ventured to express
that they had traveled very close In the
world of their hopes and sorrows and
desires.
The shadows had deepened Into
darkness, and the infinite silence of the
hills hung about them as they dropped
from their saddles at the Eiden door.
A light shone from within, and Doctor
For the First Time He Looked Her
Straight In the Face.
Hardy, who was now able to move
about with the aid of a home-made
crutch, could be seen setting the table,
while Mr. Eiden stirred a composition
on the stove. They chatted as they
worked, and there was something of
the Joy of little children in their com
panionship. The young folks watched
for a moment through the window, and
In Dave's heart some long-forgotten
emotion moved momentarily at the
sight of the good-fellowship prevailing
In the old house. Irene, too, was think
ing; glimpses of her own butlered
home, and then this background of
primal simplicity, where the old cow
man cooked the meals and the famous
specialist set the plates on the bare
board table, and then back of it all her
mother, sedute and correct, and very
much shocked over this mingling of
the classes.
"Well, you youngsters must have this
country pretty well explored," said
Doctor H-irdy, as they entered the
house. "Where was it today— the
prairies, the foothills or the real fel
lows behind?"
"The canyon up the river," said
Irene, drawing off her sweater. "What's
the eats? Gee ! I'm hungry ! Getting
pretty supple, Daddykins, aren't you?"
"Tes. an' I'm sorry for It. miss." said
the old rancher, "not wishln* him any
harm, or you, neither. We was Jus'
talkin' it over, an' your father thinks
he's spry enough for the road again.
Ain't ever goin' to be like it used to be
after he's gone, an' you."
"We'll be sorry to go," said the doc
tor. "That's what I've been saying all
day, and thinking, too. If misfortunes
can be lucky, ours was one of that
kind. I don't know when I've enjoyed
a holiday so much. What do you say,
girl?" he asked, as he rested an arm
on her round, firm shoulder and looked
with fatherly fondness Into the fine
brown of her face.
"I've never known anything like It,"
she answered. "It'S wonderful. It's
life." Then with ft sudden little scream
she exclaimed : "Oh, daddy, why can't
you sell your practice and buy i
ranch? Wouldn't that be wonderful?'
"Your mother might not see It that
way," he replied und her eyes fell.
Yes, that was the obstacle. She
would have to go back to the city and
talk by rule, and dress by rule, and
behave by rule, and be correct.
"It's been a good time," the doctor
continued, when they had commenced
supper, "but I've already overstayed
my holiday. I feel I can travel now,
and my leg will be pretty strong by
the time I am back east. If Dave will
oblige us by going to town tomorrow
and bringing back some one who can
drive a car, we will be able to start
the following morning. I will just take
the car to town, and either sell It there
or ship It."
The following morning found Dave
early on the trail, leading a saddled
horse by his side. The hours were
leaden for the girl all that day and,
looking into the future, she saw the
specter of her life shadowed down the
years by an unutterable loneliness.
How could she ever drop it all—all
this wild freedom, this boundless
health, this great outdoors, this life,
life—how could she drop it all and go
back into the little circle where con
vention fenced out the tiniest alien
streamlet, although the circle Itself
might lie deep In mire? And how
would she give up this boy who had
grown so imperceptibly but so Inti
mately into the very soul of her being
—give him up with all his strength and
virility and, yes, und coarseness, if you
will, but sincerity, too—an essential
man, as God made him—in exchange
for a machine-made counterfeit with
the stamp of Society? Deeply did. she
ponder these questions, and as the day
wore on she found herself possessed
of a steadily growing determination
that she would not follow the beaten
trail, let the by-paths lead where they
might.
Darkness, save for a white moon,
had settled over the foothills when the
boy returned with another young man.
The stranger ate a revendus supper,
but was not too occupied to essay con
versation with Irene. He chose to call
her cook.
"Swell pancakes, cook," was his
opening remark. "Can you find an
other for ÿours truly?"
She refilled his plate without an
swer.
"Used to know a girl mighty like
you," he went on. "Waitress !p the
Royal Edward. Gee! but she was
swell ! A pippin ! Class? Say, she
had 'em all guessing. Had me guessing
myself for a while. But just for a
while." He voiced these remarks with
an air of Intense self-approval more
offensive than the words.
Irene felt the color rise nbout her
neck and cheeks and run like an over
flowing stream into her ears and about
her hair. It was evident that, for a
second time, Dave had chosen to say
nothing to strangers about her pres
ence at the ranch. Her father and Mr.
Eiden were in Dave's room ; Dave had
stopped eating, and she saw the veins
rising in his clenched fists. But the
challenge was to her, and she would
accept it; she felt no need of his pro
tection.
"Fill your stomach," she said, pass
ing more pancakes ; "your head Is
hopeless."
He attempted a laugh, but the meal
was finished in silence. The stranger
lit a cigarette and Irene went to the
door with Dave.
"Come for a walk," he whispered.
"The horses are tired, so let's walk.
. . . It's our last chance."
She ran for her sweater and rejoined
him In a moment. They walked In
silence down a path through the fra
grant trees, but DafVe turned from time
to time to catch a glimpse of her face,
white and fine as ivory in the soft
light. He had much to say, but he was
tongue-tied under the spell of her
benuty.
"You squelched him, all right," he
broke out, at length.
"Just in time, too, I think," she re
plied. "I was watching your hands."
He smiled a quiet but very confident
smile. "Reenle," he said, "that fellow
makes nie sick. All the way out he
talked about girls. He's a city chap
an' wears a white collar, but he ain't
fit to speak your name. Another min
ute an' I'd 'a' had 'lm by the neck."
lie seized a spruce limb that stuck
across their path. It was the size of a
stout stick, but he snapped it with a
turn of his wrist. It was very tough ;
it oozed sticky stuff where he broke it.
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"His neck," he said, between his teeth,
"Jus' like that."
They reached an open space. Some
thing black—or was it red?—lay on
the ground. Dave bent oter it a mo
ment, then looked up to her white,
clear face, white and clearer than ever
since witnessing the strength of his
hate.
"It's a calf," he said, as calmly as he
could. "Half et up. Wolve3,1 guess."
"The poor, poor thing !" she breath'
ed. "The poor, innocent thing! Why
did It have to die?"
"It's always the innocent things 'at
suffers," he answered.
"Always the innocent things," she
repeated mechanically. "Always—"
She sprang to her feet and faced him.
"Then .what about the justice of
God?" she demanded.
"I don't know nothin' about the jus
tice of God," he answered bitterly.
"All I know is the crlttur 'at can't
run gets caught."
There was a long pause. "It doesn't
seem right," she said at length.
"It ain't right," he agreed. "But I
guess it's life. I see ft here on the
prairies with every livin' thing,
guess I was like that, some. I've been
caught. I guess a baby ain't respon
sible for anything, is it? I didn't
pick my father or my mother, did I?
But I got to bear it."
There Was something near a break
in his voice on the last words. She
felt she must speak.
"I think your father is a wonderful
old man," she said, "and your mother
must have been wonderful, too. You
should be proud of them both."
"Reenle, do you mean that?" he de
manded. His eyes were looking
straight into hers.
"Absolutely," she answered. "Ab
solutely I mean it."
"Then I'm goin' to say some more
things to you," he went on rapidly.
"Things 'at I didn't know whether to
soy or not, but now they've got to be
said, whatever happens. Reenie, I
haven't ever been to school or learned
lots of things I should 'a' learned, but
I ain't a fool, neither. I didn't learn
to break all those bottles in a day.
Well, I can lçarn other things, too,
an' I will, if only it will take me
across. I'm goin' to leave this old
ranch, some way, jus' as soon as it
can be arranged. I'm goin' to town
an' work. I'm strong; I can get pretty
good wages. I've been thinkln' it all
over, an' was askin' some questions
in town today. I can work days an'
go to school nights. An' I'll do it—if
It'll get me across. You know what I
mean. I ain't askin' nQ pledges, Ree
nle, but what's the chance? I know I
don't talk right, and I don't eat right—
you tried not to notice but you couldn't
help—but, Reenle, I think right, an' 1
guess with a girl like you that counts
more than eatin' and talkin'."
She had thought she could say yes
or no to any question he could ask,
but as he poured forth these plain,
passionate words she found herself
enveloped in a flame that found no ex
pression In speech. She had no
words. She was glud when he went
I :
"I know I'm only a boy an' you're
only a girl. That's why I don't ask
no pledge. I leave you free, only I
want you to stay free until I have
my chance. Will you promise that?"
She tried to pull herself together.
"You know I've had a good time with
you, Dave," she said, "and I've gone
with you everywhere, like I would not
have gone with any other boy I ever
knew, and I've talked and let you talk
about things I never talked about be
fore, and I believe you're true and
clean and—and—"
"Yes," he said. "What's your an
swer?"
"I know you're true and clean," she
repeated. "Come to me—like that—
when I'm a woman and you're a man,
ind then—then we'll know."
He was tall and straight, and his
shadow fell across lier face, as though
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ty
"Reenle," He Said, "Kiss Me."
even the moon must not see. "Ree
nie." he said, "kiss me."
For one moment she thought of her
mother. She knew she stood at the
parting of the ways; that ail life for
her was being molded in that moment.
Then she put both arms about his
neck and drew his lips to hers.
Dave goes to town to seek
his fortune.
(TO BE CONTINUED
It's the Calm Ones Who Get Fat
"So you married that Mis3 Meek.
I remember her well, a quiet, shrink
ing sort of girl."
"Nothing shrinking about her; she's
twice the size she used to be."—Bos
ton Transcript.
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COUNTESS WHO RAISES~PRIZE GOATiT
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Countess Bathurst of Cirencester park. England, is an ardent lover ol
animals, and her estate contains many prize winners, especially goats and
dogs. She is here seen with one of her favorites, which has captured Severn
prizes at agricultural shows.
VERDICT GREETED WITH HISSES
BY CROWD IN COURT
-ROOM.
CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY
Constables Clear Chamber Under Or
der 1 of Judge Metcalfe—Crowd
Voices Its Disapproval
With Shouts.'
WINNIPEG, Man.—Serious disorder,
which for a time threatened to become
riot, marked the announcement re
cently of a verdict convicting five
leaders of the general strike here last
May of seditious conspiracy. The
crowd in the courtroom received the
verdict with derisive cries, hisses and
hoots and when Justice Metcalfe or
dered the courtroom cleared by a
squad of constables the crowd voiced
its disapproval with loud shouts.
UNION OFFICIALS AND
MINE HEADS INDICTED
Chiefs of Each Side Among
Named By United States
Jury.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The names j
of about 125 coal operators and miners
in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and west
ern Pennsylvania, indicted here re
cently by a federal grand jury for
alleged violation of the Lever act and
conspiracy sections of the federal
criminal code, were made public re
cently by federal officials.
Chinese Prisoners a la American.
SHANGHAI.—One hundred and fif
ty Chinese convicts escaped from the
provincial prison near Shanghai re
cently. The prisoners revolted, over
powered and disarmed the wardens
and broke down the prison gates.
Three wardens and seven prisoners
were killed. Policemen and soldiers
rushed to the scene, but succeeded in
capturing only 24 men.
Gen. Wood Gets Notoriety.
WASHINGTON.—General Leonard
Wood and President Woodrow Wilson
now are monopolizing attention at
Washington. The reason is the in
tensive political drive started against
General Wood last week and the as
sault by Representative Ben Humph
leys, democrat, of Mississippi, on the
suspected third term ambiton of Pres
ident Wilson.
The effect has been to awaken citi
zens to the fact that a presidential
campaign is in full swing.
The event of the week was the
broadside launched at General Wood
by the New York World, charging
him with having been the beneficiary
of large contributions from extremely
wealthy men, some of whom have
made a denial of fact.
Murders Wife, Kills Self.
BILLINGS, Mont.—Enraged because
his wife locked him out of the house
and refused him money, Frank I.
Jones, a taxicab driver, smashed in a
rear door of their home here with a
hammer, entered his wife's bedroom
and, after struggling to wrest some
money from her, shot her through the
forehead and turned the revolver on
himself. Indications are that death in
each case was instantaneous.
President Names Envoy J. C. Grew.
WASHINGTON—Jpseph C. Grew
of Massachusetts, now counselor of
the embassy at Paris, has been nom
inated by President Wilson to be min
ister to Denmark, succeeding Norman
Hapgood, whose nomination was not
confirmed by the senate.
Eleven Biplanes Ordered.
SPOKANE.—Eleven airplanes have
been ordered by the Symons-Russell
company for commercial use.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
district att °mey.
Profiteering in Potatoes.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Thousands of
sacks of potatoes are hoarded in Calj
; fornia warehouses, according to a re
port following an investigation by the
j third,
Woman Motorist Kills Girl.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Miss Rose Pow
ell, employe of a local department
store, was fatally injured here Satur
day when struck by an auto driven
by another woman.
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Falls Over Cliff, -Killed.
I PORTLAND, Ore.—Mrs. Elsie Pol
lock, wife of W. B. Pollock, a merchant
! of Yreka, Cal., was instantly killed
Sunday when she fell over a cliff at
I Shepperd's Dell, on the Columbia river
highway.
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Thieves Make a Rich Haul.
SAN FRANCISCO.—John K. Noble
of Chicago reports to the police that
thieves entered his apartment at a
leading hotel Sunday and escaped
with cash securities and jewelry valu
ed at $12,000.
Plan Big Cattle Auctions.
YREKA, Cal.—Plans for marketing
cattle at ibig auction .sales in Oregon
and California were .formulated recent
ly at a .meeting at Montague, Cal., of
stock raisers from both states.
41 Burns Motorcycle Champion.
LOS ANGELES.—Albert Burns won
the 50-mile national motorcycle race
here Sunday. His time was 37 min
utes 13 seconds. Ray Wishaar fin
ished second and Ralph Hepburn
Japanese Have Own Schools.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.—Answers to
questionnaires sent out by the state
superintendent of public instruction to
county superintendents of schools rel
ative to Japanese schools indicate
there are a number of such schools
in the state.
Winner in Los Angeles Race.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Tommy Mil
ton Sunday won the Los Angeles
speedway championship and $5300 in
cash by driving 50 miles on the mile
and a quarter track in 26 minutes
52:20 seconds, an average of 111.8
miles an hour.
Killed on a Funeral Trip.
LOS ANGELKSJ Cal.—Mrs. John L.
Rogers of Long eBach was injured fa
tall y in an automobile accident recent
' y Whl ! e returnin 8 fror n her husband's
fu f ralaad d *ed d «ring the night. The
?" to " oblIe t waa demolished by an elec
1 C r ' lln a a grade crossing,
Would Help Uncle Sam.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal.—The Califor
nia oil field, gas well and refinery
workers, in state conference here, dis
cussing the new wage agreement took
cognizance of press dispatches telling
of the navy departments apparent
inability to get sufficient fuel oil for
the government fleets, and sent a tele
gram to the president, the secretaries
of the navy and war, offering to de
velop and operate the lands of the
naval oil reserve to relieve tse short
age.
Oppose Mine Wage Increase.
TACOMA.—Washington's coal in
dustry will be hurt if the government
enforces the majority award of the
cost commission, Washington opera
tors say. The mines of this state, they
said, can not pay an increase of 25
per cent over the wages prevailing
tjefore the coal strike. Borne of the
mines, it was asserted, were losing
money by paying the 14 per cent tem
porary increase. The Washington op
era ^ ors can not raise prices, for the
hade would swing to the cheaper
British Columbia coal.
Poles Ready to Talk Peace.
WARSAW.—Poland has sent a wire
less message to the Russian bolshevik
government proposing April 10 as the
date for meeting soviet delegates with
a view of negotiating for peace. Bor
ryson (Brozozow, 50 miles southwest
of Lemberg) is suggested as the place.
The Poles say tl\at if the bolsheviki
agree to this date and place the Polish
army will cease fighting for the time
being.
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OBTAIN MAXIMUM
YIELD OF OATS
Light Frosts or Even Severe
Freezes After Seed Is Sown
Rarely Injure Plant.
DITE OF SEEDING UNCERTAIN
Midseaaon-Maturing Varieties Usually
Give Best Yields in Northern
States—Preparation of Seed
bed Important
(Preparfed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
To obtain maximum yields sow oats
as early as It is possible to get land
In satisfactory condition. This crop
grows best In cool weather, and fre
quently Is injured considerably by a
few hot days when approaching ma
turity, and light frosts or even severe
freezes after the seed is sown rarely
Injure it.
The date of seeding naturally de
pends on the locality and season. In
the corn belt the best date is usually
from about March 25 to April 15. In
the more northern states seeding dur
ing the latter half of April is advis
able whenever conditions permit. In
favorable seasons seeding before the
middle of April frequently can be done
The Disk Is the Implement Most Com
monly Used in Preparing a Seedbed
for Oats.
for Oats.
to advantage, while In unfavorable
ones seeding may have to be delayed
until early May.
Varieties of Oats to Sow.
Throughout the northern states mld
season-raaturlng varieties, such as
Swedish Select, Silvermine, Banner
and Victory usually outyield other va
rieties. In average yield the large,
late (side ont) varieties rarely surpass
I he midseason type in this section. In
unfavorable seasons, however, early
varieties, such as Kherson and Sixty
day, frequently outyield the midseason
varieties. In the corn belt early va
rieties as a rule produce tile most sat
isfactory yields. For the northern por
tion of tills section strains of the
Kherson and Sixty-day type are to he
recommended, while in the southern
portion Red Rustproof, an early red
oat, Is the most dependable. For
growing under irrigation at high ele
vations midseason varieties of the
Swedish Select and Silvermine types
are the most suitable.
Seedbed for Oats.
Prepare a good seedbed for oats.
The old idea that oats will produce
well on a poor seedbed has persisted
too long. Tills crop responds as well
to thorough seedbed preparation ns
any other cereal. Do not plow land
that was in a cultivated crop.last year,
but disk and harrow sufficiently to
make a loose, friable surface seedbed
two or three inches deep. As oats re
quire n fairly firm seedbed below the
two or three inches of top soil, spring
plowing is not desirable, there not be
ing sufficient time for the soil to settle
before sowing. Disking also is less ex
pensive than plowing. Of course if a
heavy growth of weeds is present in
the cultivated crop It will be necessary
to plow the land. In which case the
seedbed should be rolled or dragged
and worked down as much as possible.
Seed and Sowing.
Sow the best seed oats obtainable.
Usually seed grown in the region
where It is to be sown is better than
that brought from some other section.
Thoroughly fan nnd grade your seed,
and then treat it for smut. The larg
est yields are obtained by use of a
good grain drill. Drilling requires less
seed. Insures n more even distribution,
a more uniform covering, and conse
quetly quicker and more uniform ger
mination. Under hnmld conditions the
best amount of seed to use on a well
prepared seedbed is from eight to ten
pecks to the acre. If it is necessary
to sow broadcast on a poorly prepared
seedbed use about twelve pecks. Un
der dry-land conditions these rates of
seeding are usually reduced about one
half. from four to six pecks usually
giving the best results.
GIVE CORN IN COLD WEATHER
Ona of Best Winter Feeds for Poultry,
but Must Not Be Depended
on Entirely.
M >re com should be given to poul
try in cold weather than in warm
wea her; In fact, corn Is one of the
best cold-weather feeds, though of
corn se It should not be depended on
entirely, for it does not contain all of
the things needed to promote health
and egg production.