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THE KENNA RECORD
VOL. 6.
KENNA,'.CIf AVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1913.
NO. 52.
BY CAili LIGHT
Intricacies of the Law Do Not
Interfere With Judge in Own
Heart Problem.
I By GRACE KERRIGAN.
"Judge Landon Carter la In lore
with you, Anne. Are you going to let
the memory of Phil Galnea a poll your
whole lifeT"
-"Judge Carter In love with meT Oh. 1
no, mother! He ia too wrapped up In
the intricacies of the law to bother
with a heart problem."
"Youll find out for yourself Boon.
Don't blind your eyes to a catch Ilka
that because of a school boy."
"I wish that you would let me love
Phil without worrying over It."
"You are twenty-five, Anne, and you
have discarded enough men because
of your foolish Infatuation of Phil
Gaines. He Is married now and out of
the question."
"I grant you that," laughed the girl,
"but his marriage hasn't killed my
love for him. Why, he Is as much a
part of my life now aa he was a year
ago when the postman brought his
dally thought of me."
"You are too clever and wholesome
to cling to the memory of a man who
waa not true."
"Remember, dear, that he asked me
to marry him and I refused."
"Of course you refused when the
night before he had been notoriously
drunk at the Peyton's dinner dance."
"Not notoriously, mother, for I took
him away before any one knew, and If
I had loved him, aa you think, well
enough to spoil my life because of his
memory, I would have married him
even ir be bad been a connrmea
' drunkard. That is a woman's way."
"Not a woman with your pride,
Anne! What do you mean by not lov
ing him aa I think you doT Are there
more ways than one?"
- "Yes, there are more ways than
one."
Anne picked up a little silver frame
on her desk. It held the picture of a
big, stalwart fellow with eyes that
laughed and mocked and yet were
tender.
"If you would put that picture away
and pack all his gifts, you would be
much more llkely!to forget. You cod
dle his memory. He Isn't the boy you
remember. He Is a man now. I have
heard that he Is coming here on his
honeymoon. I hope he does, to disil
lusion you."
"Why do you Insist upon marriage
for meT"
"Because 1 want you to be happy.
Marry Judge Carter! He Is the young
est man on the bench, good looking
and comes of a fine family. You will
never do better."
"He Isn't In love with me and I don't
Intend to gc campaigning for a hus
band." Anne looked at her mother and
smiled. "Every family needs one old
maid to help mother the nephewa and
nlecea and pay the wild boys out of
debt So since I am the only hope of
oar relatives, let me be a dear old
spinster. In my rare laces and pearls,
will be a romantic figure aa I alt by
the fire, seeing In the rosy flames 'the
bridge of dreams, spanning the river
of youth, that leads into my garden
f remembered things.
"Don't 'talk like that, Anne. It
makes my heart ache. Be happy! You
tre beautiful and gifted. Anticipate
happiness and make the harp of life
resDond to your wooing touch. For-
let Phil!"
"If I only could forget!"
When her mother left her, Anne
held the picture in ber two bands,
ttarlng down In the eyes that laughed
tnd mocked and yet were tender.
wonder bow well you love her, this
' woman who has taken my place," she
mused. "I wonfier what she does to
comfort you when the blue devils get
rou. Phil. You know when they came
rou always wired me to write quick
ly. Now you don't need me any more.
think that Is what hurts most of all.
French Silk Makers.
The silk makers of France are wag
ing an unusual war against the mak
ing of artificial silk, which was pro
duced last year to the amount of
6,000,000,000 kilos (a kilo Is 12
pounds), according to the Berlin
chamber of commerce.
The better grades of this artificial
ilk sell for $3 a kilo and the cheap
st as low as 11.20. Oa the other band
real silk costi at least $1.40 a kilo to
produce.
The (Sect of thl cotgpitltloft U
You don't need me any more. For
ten years, we have told each other all
our little hopes and plans. You were
Just my other self. Giving you up
was like- kissing the cross of my life's
rosary. You meant youth to me. I
am glad that I could help you over the
hard years when you first went to that
little western town, dear, foolish, lov
able Phil!"
She set the silver frame back In a
recess of her desk and rang for her
maid.
"My new blue charmeuse and the
turquoise, please, Elsie."
"Is It another party T" asked Elsie,
who adored her pretty mistress and
took a personal pride in bet popu
larity. "A quiet little dinner with Judge
Carter and the opera afterward. A bit
of rouge for my cheeka, Elsie, for II
Trovatore alwaya takes my own
color."
"You are not sad?" questioned the
little maid. "Surely,, with such beauty
and the love, of many It Is enough to
make you very happy."
"Yes," said Anne, "it is enough."
A little" later as they made their way
through the crowded dining room to
the table that had been reserved for
them, Anne was unconscious of the
looks of admirations from every side,
but Judge Carter saw and thrilled
with pride of her. ,
"Every man envied me when we
came in," he declared when they were
seated. "I am glad to see color in
your face again. I have worried about
you lately."
'Emergency color," laughed Anne.
"Why have you worried about me?" .
"I) rather fancied you were not
happy and I want you to be."
Aa he made his order, Anne became
conscious of voices at a nearby table.
A young girl sat facing a man whose
back was to Anne, but it required no
second glance for ber to recognize
Phil Gaines.
'Don't stare so -even, If the woman
who Just came in la pretty. You will
see thousands like her here. If you
want that flan, eat it I have to see a
man at eight o'clock."
I doit't want it," answered the girl
In a soft southern voice.
Anne felt her color rising swiftly
under the rouge. . The man who had
ON THE' SANTA FE TRAIL
Story of a Toll Bridge That Was
Later Put Out of Business
by Railroad.
The first bridge In western Kansas
was on the old Santa Fe trail, In Ford
county, across the Pawnee creek,
about forty miles north of Dodge City.
John O'Loughlln, who now lives at
Lakln, built the old bridge, and made
a small fortune from It charging toll
for the use of it It was in the early
'70s, before the railroad had pushed
Its way up the valley and when all
trafflo had to be carried by teams on
the trail.
O'Loughlln, while prospecting
through the country, noticed that the
crossing at Pawnee creek was a bad
place, the banks being steep on both
sides.
He built the bridge, erected a -little
store and began collecting toll from
teamsters and others using the bridge.
If they didn't want to pay, they didn't
have to. They could ford across the
old way. But as a rule they were
glad to pay.
When a government train came
along O'Loughlln took receipts or or
ders, the government teamsters hav
ing no authority to pay money. He
accumulated these orders or receipts
and collected them from the govern
ment later at one time receiving
a draft for $1,200 for his toll charges.
The bridge cost him. he figured,
something like $100, and he estimated
that In the jtear or two he operated
it he cleaned up $6,000 or more.
But the building of the Santa Fe
railway up the valley In 1872-73 put
O'Loughlln's toll bridge out of busi
ness. Teamsters no longer ha.d to use
the Santa Fe trail. The railway
hown bv the falling off In the pro
duction of silk. ' The number of silk
worm raisers has declined since 1892
from 119,000 to 102,000. and the
product has declined 40 per cent., to
only 420.000 kilos.
Appeals to the law are being made
by the silk growers, who say that the
use of the word "artificial" in connec
tion with silk Is not enough to pro
tect them against ruinous competi
tion. Dislike lto Beget dloltktj.
grown out of the boy she had idealized
fof years talking like that to his wife!
A wave of pity for the tender little
bride passed over her heart and
cleared it of all memory of Phil.
Anne leaned over to whisper some
thing to 4he Judgej then looked up to
face Phil as he rose from the table.
"Anne," he cried eagerly, "how good
It is to see you again!"
"Bring your wife over here and let
her finish dinner with us," urged Anne
when she had greeted him. Phil miss
ed the welcome that had always been
In her eyes for him. "It will be lonely
In this big city for your bride while
you are busy with your friends so I
want the privilege of taking care of
her."
A sudden challege flashed in Phil's
eyes and Anne met it unflinchingly.
"She Is such a child, Phlll You must
be very good to her."
"Yes," said Phil, looking down, "1
really want to make her happy. I've
made a bad beginning, Anne," he said,
confessing his fault like a penitent
boy.
"Bring her right over here. I think
she Is lovely. Then hurry, see your
man and get back in time to Join us
for the opera." Anne felt as If she
had roused from an unpleasant dream
and was glad to be awake once more.
"Anne." said Judge Carter as his
big limousine whirled them swiftly
through the snowy streets from the
hotel where they had left Phil and his
bride, "I love you so and I need you.
I want you to make a home with
me."
"You need me?" questioned Anne.
"Yes, dear. Every man dreams all
his life of one woman. You are that
woman to me. Fear that you were
unhappy kept me from speaking, but
tonight you were so radiant, so hap
py in your kindness to the little bride,
I dare to dream, to hope of winning
you. Could you learn to care? What
kind of a man could you love?
"You," said Anne softly, a sudden
lrramlnating -haplne-,ioodtng . her
heart, "because yotf are you, because
you will always rise to the level ol
my need of you."
"And will you love me always?"
"Always." came the quiet antwer,
" Ty sun and candle light.' "
(Copyright. 1912, by the McClur News
paper Syndicate.)
killed teaming and toll collecting
alike.
So O'Loughlln abandoned his bridge,
closed his store and moved to Lakln,
where he still resides. Kansas City
Journal
Fashion In China.
The Chinese have always had a
"phlloBophy of clother;" their gar
ments are symbols. Consequently, 11
a Chinaman Is a revolutionist, and
wishes to express his frankest crltl
clsm of the old regime and to indi
cate that he is open as day to all the
Influences of the west, he cuts off his
queue, steps into a little tallpr's shop
and orders a straw hat, a celluloid
collar and a pair of cuffs, colored
socks, a safety razor and a palp of
American boots. These modes of Eu
rope are China's "dernier cri." So
much so that the "tailors' shops pro
ducing crude seml-forelgn apparel,
which here (according to the British
consular reports) "spring up In almost
every Important street," are Inundat
ed with orders to supply "outward
manifestations of a progressive spirit,"
and the local agents of British sewing
machines are not able to supply fast
enough the machines required to
keep pace with the demand.
Willing to Please.
"During an anti-fly campaign,'
writes E. K. O. to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, "one of the teachers in our
public schools urged the chlldreu to
bring In all the flies they could cap
ture. . The reward was to be ten
cents a pint. On the following day
the B'jhoolmarm was astonished to get
this question from one of her small
charges: "'Teacher, we ain't got no
flies at out house. Will bedbugs do
Jest as well?'"
Demands.
Knlcker "What Is the matter with
Smith?" Bocker "His baby wants
the moon and his wife wants the
earth."
. The man who is weighed In the bal
ance and found wanting nearly always
complains that the scales an out of
order.
It's no easy task to convince a far
mer that city people ever get up early
enough, to do an honest day's, work.
TASTY ENGLISH CAKES
SOME OF THE BEST OF THOSE
POPULAR ACROSS THE SEA.
Dainty Confections Take Their Names
From Towns In Which They Ori
ginated, But the Recipes
8pek for Themselves,
In the homes of the old-fashioned,
country people there are to be found
tried and true recipes for tea cakes
that have stood the test of hundreds
of years In England and have been
handed down (and over) to us in
America.
Under any name these cakes taste
as sweet It is interesting to note
that the names are given from the
English town in which there were
first popular. -
Shrewsbury Cakes. Sieve two
pounds of flour and mix well with one
pound of powdered sugar, one table
spoonful of ground cinnamon, one
ounce of carraway and one nutmeg.
grated. Beat and add separately the
whites and yolks of four eggs and
work in half a pound of butter until
the mixture la a thick paste. Roll this
out to about one-eighth of an inch
thick, then cut in round cakes. Bake
on a tin allghtly floured for about
twenty minutes.
Chelsea Buns. Take two pounds of
light dough and roll out a quarter of
an Inch thick. Cut four or six ounces
of butter into small pieces and lay
over the paste; fold it up and then
roll out once or twice (as in making
puff paste) adding some moist or pow
dered sugar the last time It Is rolled
out. . Cut into strips half an inch
thick and coll each one round Into a
little cake. Then cover the bun with
a cloth and set in ' a warm place to
rise. - Bake on a buttered tin for -about
t.Wen'ty minutes. ' Currants. candled
peel and spices may be added with ad
vantage. Bath Buns. Mix one and a quarter
ounces. of yeast with one teaBpoonful
of powdered sugar until they become
liquid. Warm three gills of milk until
almost tepid. Put one and a half
pounds of flour through a sieve, and
add a pinch of salt; then lightly rub
In half a pound of butter and four
ounces of powdered sugar, two ounces
of sultanas, and the grated rind of one
lemon. Mix the ingredients well, then
add five eggs well beaten, and the
yeast and milk. Mix the whole to a
smooth dough, turn Into a basin, cov
er with a cloth and set In a warm
place till the dough rises to twice Its
size. This will take about one and a
half hours. Place it on a floured board
and work in almost four ounces of
granulated sugar. Then break up the
paste Into rough heaps and put it on
a buttered tin and sprinkle a little
granulated sugar over the paste.
Leave In a warm place to rise twenty
minutes. Then bake In a quick oven
for about twenty minutes.
Sally Lunns. Mix a quarter of a
teaspoonful of soft sugar with half an
ounce of compressed yeast till liquid.
Warm one and a half gills of milk and
stir It Into the yeast. Beat well an egg
and stir It Into the milk. Then strain
the whole mixture Into 12 ounces of
sieved flour, to which half a teaspoon
ful of Bait has been added. Turn on a
floured board - and knead lightly,
sprinkling with a little flour to keep
from sticking. Butter two deep, round
tins and put half the dough In each,
cover the tops with a greased paper
and leave near the Are to rise for about
half an hour, when the cakes should
All the tins. . Then bake In a quick
oven for about thirty minutes.
Tea Rolls.
One pint of bread flour, two heaping
teaspoonful baking powder, two of
sugar,-one of salt Sift all together.
Break one egg in half cupful of cream
or rich milk. Then take two cupfuls
of milk, or enough to make a thick
batter when poured on the flour. Bake
in roll tins until a light brown.
Fiber Cutter for 8teaks.
Meat, as everyone knows, has Its
tough fibers and sinews, some of them
quite thick. By the use of the fiber
cutter these fibers and sinews are
cut thoroughly into bits, at the same
time making the meat porous. The
Juices circulating through these pores
make the moat perfectly tender, allow.
Ing It to cook quickly "and with fine
flavor. This applies to porterhouse
and loin steaks with their finer fibers,
as well aa to the cheaneit wmnrf
steals with their heavier, eoarier
Were.
LAST WORD IN PLUM PUDDING .
Aa It Is Made In England, the Real
Home of Thla Somewhat Indi
gestible Dainty.
Two pounds of beef suet 2 pounds t
bread flour, 2 pounds sugar, 2 pounds'
seeded ralstns, 2 pounds currants, V4'
pound citron. Mix with water, milk
or fruit sirup. Chop and shred the
suet (I put It through the meat chop
per), and mix it thoroughly with the;
sifted flour, in which has been spring
If led a tablespoon of salt, then add the,
sugar. The fruit Is added next and;
then the wetting, which, you must use1
sparingly, only enough to make a bat- j
ter thin enough to Just drop from the
spoon slowly. Put In dish and cover
with coarse white cloth loosely, having
first wet cloth In boiling water and! ,
dredged with flour. Tie the cloth se-'.,
curely, and drop the pudding Into bollJrlMJ
ing water tn rnvet tan1 kann itovnrAri
with water and boiling for at least: tVK
four hours, or six hours is better. This''
recipe can be halved or quartered. I;.
usually put mine Into pint bowls In-".,
stead of making one large pudding, as ,
I like to remember my friends at this
time of a year with a plum pudding '
"for two." And I find the pudding is
appreciated fully as muoh as other
gifts would be. for they all know that
I have no time to make or select oth
er things, and they seem to think the
hardest part of making the pudding
Is the boiling. Well, that Is the secret
of It I boil mine at first about thre
nours (evenings). Take off and cove
aner removing puddings, anar".
the next evening I boil them a couple V V
of hours. -When I want to use the
pudding I boll It another hour or two
and serve with hoth hard and liquid
sauce. Boston Globe.
MACARONI OF GREAT VALUE
Modern Cooks Would Do Well to Avail
Themselves, of the. Advantages ef
This Highly Nutritious Dish.
Macaroni la one of the foodstuffs of
which the average cook does not avail
herself nearly so much as she might
do to advantage. It may be served as
a savory or as a sweet farinaceous
dish, and It possesses the advantage
of containing sufficient nutriment to
qualify it to take the place of a meat
dish when desirable. In this latter
case It should be noted that while
macaroni is well supplied with nitro
genous and starchy elements, It Is
lacking In fat and it ia consequently
well to enhance Its value by the ad
dition of butter, cream, cheese or a
little good stock of gravy. Macaroni
should always be plunged Into plenty
of boiling water to which there has
been added a little salt. Continue
the boiling for from 30 to 40 minutes,
or until the macaroni Is tender, wben
the tubes should have become double
their original size. Drain the maca
roni and plunge it into cold water for
a moment, to prevent breaking and co
hesion, and It Is then ready to be
dressed for the table. It Is to be re
gretted that macaroni does not enter
more largely Into the dietary of the
working classes of America, not leas
because of its cheapness and the ease
with which it may he prepared than
because of Its nourishing qualities.
Mince Pie With Apple Meringue.
Cover a pieplate with crust and fill
with mince meat, making the top
crust very thin. Bake and cover with
apple meringue, sprinkle with chopped
nuts and brown in oven.
Apple Meringue. Grate one apple
and beat thirty minutes with one cup
of sugar and the whites of two eggs.
Dish-Mop Duster.
When dusting or cleaning floors
there are always some places where
even the finest mop will not clean,
especially In conhera and under some
pieces of fu ml thre and under and
around radiators) where much duat col
lects. To clean! these places one of
the dish mops, io be found at any ten
cent store, works like a charm.
Dark Fruit Cake.
Half cupful of butter, three-quarters
cup brown sugar, three-quarters cup
raisins, seeded and cut into pieces;
three-quarters cup currants, half cup
citron thinly sliced and cut In strips,'
half cup molasses, two eggs, quarter
cupful milk, two cups pastry Hour,
hair teaspoonful soda, one teaspoon
ful cinnamon, half teaspoonful al
spice, half teaspoonful mace, quarter
teaspoonful cloves, half teaspoonful
lemon extract. Bake la deep eake
pans one and a quarter hours, mod
trtt o?e
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