The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 25, 1923, Page 15

ea? a? WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26; 1928. I a ct BEGIN HERE TODAY big. Boss “ef | tho h in Paradise Valley, | new owner of the rob the Basques y SAGE. Ce Oe Pe ai MARRY SINTLAIR DRACO SOPYRIOWD 1829 BY Kaw Be Rvn SPERING \ “— VOORPH WOEL if they dia got me? He had won from her the oon dence 4 woman usually gives only »}one man; ye to her sex, t thought of being forced into t open filled her with alarm, And t cause in such matters women are ‘This last statem nt carried weight | with Basilio, By the time Blaze had turned My Man into the patio gate, the child had recovered bis smile. Mercedes bad been aware of Kil @are’s advent for five minutes or more before Blaze dismounted, A warm glow of happiness enveloped her as she saw him approach. | Grief, and the brooding misery of | weeks, left her immediately, Yot sho heid back and trembled at the thought of meeting him. Nervous fingers performed miracies with her Deautiful hair. Maidenly modesty Dade her lower her eyes, but a Nash of the carefree tomboy came back to her as she darted a quick glance into her mirror, There was color in her cheeks for the first time in many days; a sparkle in her eyes. Blaze, Feached out, with Baatlio fm his arm the veranda as she came Language Is useless to convey what they read in each other's eyes. Hat in hand, he stood before her silent. A word would ha broken the spell the morning cast over them. Rasilio’s demand to be let down Drought back to Blaze a realization of why he was there. He began to| may something, but as Mercedes put out her hand and his fingers closed over it he became speechless again. “Oh, Senor, you do not know what } you do when you come here like this.” Blaze nodded his head ever so slightly. The risk was worth it “Men like Ortega or Ugarde will kill you on sight.” A sudden impulse made Blaze lean toward her. much more th the selves than men, she answered Bie with a tantalizing laugh that ca ried him back to that day up t river, when she had awakened em tions long dead in him. To atone for the confusion 4! caused him, she added: “Of course I would care, You ha’ been kind to me. masters of why do you come?" “I've been into town—Winr Muocea; some things I had to lo after for myself, I kept clear of t valley, but when I looked T had to risk coming talk with Exteban, he has gone to Kings River,” “As far as that?” A note of an ety crept into her voice. “He Ie without telling me where he w going.” “He wouldn't take me," tho lit fellow chirped up, “He said it w too dangerous.” “Dangerous? Both Mercedes a Blaze asked the question. Basilio repeated his words, 7 T wanted }eame thought flashed into the minds of both Tf any danger was attached Esteban'’s trip, It could only be be cause he was taking a short ¢ across the Double A country way of the buttes. “Ho ought to know better than try that,” Blaze sald with a shade annoyance at the nes: “Did he hare a good hors T told you once I would speak true words to you. But | down jfrom those hills below the river and saw how near I was to the hacienda, Basilio tells me | 4 boy's foothard. | THE SEAT" criminated in Favor of cerning Breach of Etiqu j town girls to spend a week w One of them brought seve ra with his finger as he went on, “He's | going around by the crogsing, all 4 Indians from the reservation ver on the Kings right now, helt “ Ly ne s Bate it an was afraid of th Meroedes tried to reward him & smile, but her misgivings wer Biage had said Basilio did not jtake kindly to words either Tnje he ed atroastion | afraid of Injuns, Teresa is an Injun. Wish I had a horse of| | mF own to| Having relieved himself of this When he | Weighty statement, the little he |Wandered back to the barn. yo. [De was out of hearing, Mercedes ap: 40 |Pealed to Kildare | | “What can I do® she asked see | "That is not Esteban’s habit to go ar. |@way these days without telling m¢ he |Where he is g H t him ,o- [Self any longer, ‘The fire, and all these other things he} “L understand,” Blaze reeponded 2 “Will you take my word for thir? The Double A has had no hand in these reprisals.” Meroedes’ eyebrows Nfted |nepming heresy “I saw Liotard's sheep killed.” “You saw It, and did nothing? “Thero waa nothing I could de | Blaze answered her, “I was in buttes opposite hin in, but it |takes hours to come down and get Jup to his place. As far as tho fire | woos, I know there waxn't a Double man in the valley that time of night.” x1] Mercedes was allent In the face of his amazing statement jan) “What you say is bh ve at this ne ok he rd to believe,” she murmured at But I do tle /nelieve you.” She trustingly raised 5 /her eyes to his, “fam not to be |blamed if I seem hard to convince nd | Senor A kiin haa crushed the heart jof my people with his scheming, His jam! she cried scornfully “It isa monument to his thieving, He ts |blg and strong, and he makes war to | on tle weak and helpless. You know what I say is true.” jaze chose neither Jaffirm her statement. “At least.” he sald instead, “the dam was a blow to Bodine's plans Tt sure sat him down with a dull thud. But he isn't thru yet You tell Esteban what I've suid; but see that he keeps mum about it wt he ut by to deny nor to ot | “He took the buckboard and &lwere him, I'd stick to Kent. He's team, ‘ ¥ got vision enough to se¥ this thing Why, you can't get thru therelinry. Anyway, I may get in touch with w rig. “I've been over eve foot of that country.” He point to the child, and tapped his 11 OF THE Suddenly Nancy When Nick flew away in his afr. plane and did not come back, Nancy began to worry. “I can’t imagine what has hap- pened!” she said to the Tinker Man. “He must have been taken pris oner,” said the Tinker Man. Which was exactly what had hap- pened, for Nick’s airplane had been shot down by the tin soldiers and he | Have you got any gas bombs?” she had been put into prison and his Magic Shoes taken away. “Ty “I know a better way still,” sug- gested the Tinker Man. “I have an- other airplane here that was intend- ed for the tin soldiers. But they haven't got it yet and you may use it if you wish, to go and look for Nick. But you must be care- ful not to let them shoot at you or you'll either fall and be killed or taken prisoner Iike Nick.” “Y'll be careful—very,” Nancy. promised ADVENTURES Olive Roberts Barton TWINS ry od ps with Esteban soon. “Don't risk coming again, Senor,” whe begged, her quick concern for his safety immediately over-shadow ig all thought of her own misery ‘It is tom dangerous Even now some one may come at any moment. I know it fe best >.0 go.” Blaze mw her lips tremble. The urge to take her in his arms was |wreat | “Youll go round by the river won't you—please?” she implored further, “Don't go thru the valley.” Kildare turned and held out his hand to My Man; otherwise he would have been unable to stop the words that were on his tongue Mercedes’ eye followed him. “You know.” he began, more ease from the safety of his port ing to see this thing thru. Did you ever mee that before He held out the charm Melody had found. No trace of recognition showed tn “The man who owned that,” Blaze went on, “murdered your father.” “You mean.” she gasped. “that have to go and hunt for him.” cried Nancy. “I'll be a spy.” | W! you know who did itt” "T'm not giving his name yet, but I will before I'm thru.” head, had another idea So she took off her Red Cross nurse uniform and the Tinker Man gave her an aviators uniform—cap, goggles and all, and soon she was learning ali about flying. } “I think you'll do now,” said the) Tinker Man, “You may go and hunt for your lost twin.” | Suddenly Nancy had another idea. Mercedes bowed her her asked. “Not dangerous ones.” “Hundreds!” answered the Tinker Man. “They are in the storehouse. t do you want them for?’ “T'll drop them out of my airplane and the tin soldiers will be gassed betore they can put on their gas masks. Then I can land and look for Nick and let him out of prison if he is there.” | “All right, J’ get you some sleep- | ing bombs,” said the Tinker Man. | “They only put people to sleep and) don't really burt them.” | (To Be Continued) | (Copyright, 1933, by Seattle Star) “Hyas kloshe” (that's not Indian snarled as he bent to look into the face enough), the tall of the little lonely mother. Outside were the the clearing about miies of forest, and—silence. Inside was the listening with way. coming near. “Tt. is enough,” sald, straightening her for the oll.” Her helplessness made her feel But she knew she must not show fear to an Indian any more than one must nick and shaky. show fear to a beast. She must be brave and steady. She held out the calleo and smiled and said, “It \* enough But no answering smile was on the face of the Indian, and he only raised his angry voice and said, “Mika wake potlatch. Nika pooh mika.” (if you do not give me more I will shoot.) And with that he stepped beck, «natched bis gun from beneath his blanket and aimed it at the Uttle mother, ‘The children made low, fright- —— es Hf We or we lapping waves, the blackened stumps of the cabin, litthe cabin room, the baby asleep, the other children huddled into a corner ar-widened eyes to what the angry savage would “Hyas kloshe,” he sald, again Mrs. Smith little shoulders, “It is all I shall pay @ log burned thru and h a flare and a scatter- ing of sparks, but the mother paid no heed to either fire or children’s cries. Looking the lowering savage straight in the eye, and not flinching at the sight of the gun, she held ‘up her head and said, calmly, “Pooh! Spose miki tiki. Nika wake quasa.” (Shoot if you Ike. ‘I'm not afraid.) Just then the little son, who was old enough to be playing outside, came up to the floor, and secing the Indian standing with gun leveled at his mother and murder in his eye, screamed It ts food without and ran for help. waste —energy food Whether it was the woman's Dirt rsnireere ar bravery, or whether he was protein, fat arid other afraid there might be white men sacessary food ele: near, the Indian lost no time in ments. “Made from wetting pt “ the Cream of Creams" t was weeks ani long weeks and always fresh et . it wan before Mr. Hmith wax able to ra: tle mother wi id again, but a! have happy endings, ‘The father’s broken arm had to have a very special kind of oper- ation. It waa the first one of the kind ever performed on tho went stories MUTUAL CREAMERY CO. Serving 11 Womern States AND ICE CREAM const. The California surgeons cut away the “smashe Di bone and put in two pega of ivory hove the wrist to take itm place. Fi But after rae of Chk eyed vor: came ou an the arm finally ‘heated up, tho it “4 ways lam Jootors know @ lot mo: than they did. th “dnges mattered if the plain girl h other, and at times was really | liked the other girl very r lady. Now, however, I do not Cynthia Grey? with | Plain Clothes Versus Finery—Young Hostess Dis- Dear Miss Grey: Several weeks ago | invited two out of-| the other had only plain things to w TLE STAR Latter, Now Writes Con- elte, ith me 1 pretty dresess with her and It wouldn't have jealous of the adn't become rude to her nuch because she was such a care for the plainer girl any more (not on account of her clothes), and she keeps writing} and asking why‘I don't write. breach of etiquette if I just di | not care to keep up the friend. Not so much a breach of € hostess. You are directly resp: fairs. It was your duty to make impossible such a A hostess must exercise grea | keeping her guests free from with her, When you observed the pre should have equalized matters the plainly-dressed girl, that she would not feel that she was being discriminated | clothes, | You should have planned fo fairs at which elaborate attire and to the parties given by | should have worn dresses whic. girl in simplicity, Of course, if the against plainty-Aressed girl was guilty of rudeness, that was inezousadle; but perhaps her rude ness was resentment because of your discrimination in favor of the other girl. Or, it may be, the other girl flaunted her finery before the plain ona, | Netther you nor the girl with the pretty clothes should have forgotten for one moment that clothes are of wmall consequence, The things that really count are character, personal ity and charm. To judge persons by their clothes is to be guilly of snobbishness, and that a @ fault most unworthy of o | womanly, considerate girt Bince you caused your guest 00| much misery by allowing her to feet lout of place and unwelcome at vour | home, tha least you can do ts to give her your frienship, &he still wants! | vou for @ friend; and you have this opportunity to prowe yourself more | | hand against her cheek the memories that were flooding her lmind. His voice grew husky as he | | went on | “Tf told you the morning we found jyour father's body that I would stop at pothing in your serviee. I haven't |forgotten. You wonder, I know, why Blaze knew | I stay with Acklin. He's as hard] and unrelenting as a steel] trap; @ |throwback from 35 years ago when the big cattiemen were all like him. He's got an evil name—well He vaulted into hie saddle lightly; learned, no doubl—and with good | Pounds. | reanc nm. ip that I am in hia employ, you find it hard not to suspect me at times. Yet in epite of that I tion. “I said once that I was £0-|nave tried to be a real friend to | German raider Moewe during the lyou. Man have called this valley a| jdesert. But it bloomed once. Tho fields were green; flowers fought for | lyour favor here in this patio. Lit-| Ue things sometimes are able to| |win great good from most hopeless | lolay. If you ever have cause to |think of me, remember that. You |know nothing of my past, and my |talk tells you little; but I'll be keep ling my word with you. Good-by!" They shook bands. Blaze saw her Jeyes were misty. My Man had reached the gate when he turned for | a last look at her, She was leaning | against a pillar of the veranda. He saw her lips tremble, Sweet and | low, her words reached him. “Good-by. Blaze!” Minutes paared as she stood there. | | Kildare was long out of sight before | he: wank into a chair, her eyes! straining at the distances that lay beyond the Rebel, her ears dulled to ordinary sound. She knew Kildare must be safe in the lower Santa | Rosa hills by now. Thoughts of | her father hovered in her mind. She wondered why she found Blaze so jmuch Ike him. Suddenly there burst upon her consciousness the mad gallop of a |horse. Esteban was coming hack! |She folt relieved. She became alert, | her senses on edge again, The pat: | | tering hoofs sounded very near; they seemed to be on the porch itself. | Rising, she hurried round the corner jot the veranda and came upon Basilio beating out a barbaric |rhythm on an abandoned flower-tub. In Neu of drumsticks, ho had pos |weaned himself of part of the ld of !a box; and, despite sharp naila, the little tot held the sticks in a vise. like grasp. “Where you get these things?” | Mercedes demanded ax she stooped \down to take them away. | “In the darn. Don't away,” Basilio pleaded. “But, nino, they are covered with nails, Feel!” | As she held out one of the sticks to him, she saw some atrange, | meaningles# marks on {t, Curtonity prompted her to put the two pleces toether. Her heart stopped as she rend the words they made: “Dyna- mite—Dangerous.” (Continued Tomorrow) Fresh, creamy | Tillamook— at a lower price! Groce: now offering the new Spring “make” of Tillamook cheose, Rich, creamy (like butter) with that flavor which has made Tillamook known world-wide. take them Order a pound or more tomor- row! You'll just want to eat it. Cook with other foods. Write for novel ways to serve Tillamook, by Alice Bradley, noted food authority, TILLAMOOK COUNTY CREAMERY ASSOCIATION ‘Tillamook, Oregon cerned, Do you think it would be a sregard her letters since | do ship? L. tiquetle as you committed a onsible for such a state of af situation. t tact, and the obligation of such situations as this rests dicament of your guests, you by paying special attention to because she lacked pretty r the girls’ entertainment, af would have been out of place, othera for your guests, you h matched those of the plainer loval and thoughtful in than you were in the paat the future | Dear Miss Grey: A friend of mine married and later obtained a divorce She did not ask to have her maiden name restored. However, she uned her maiden name, and was known by It to everyone for 14 years. At the end of this time, she re-| married, using her maiden name, and in now in doubt as to whether or not| her marri fn legal, READER. | This would be regarded aa mar- riage under on assumed name, and marriage under an assumed nome is legal and binding to the parties con-| eee What t* the record for throwing & baseball? | Four hundred ond twenty-ale fort 6% inches, -at Cincinnati, Ohio, Octo- | ber 10, 1910, by Bheldon Lejeune, of the Evansville Indian club (Central league). How many radio stations are there in Italy? About 60. eee What ts the Jongest straightaway distance over which electricity for power in transmitted? Three hundred miles, Valicy to Riverside, Cal What is tho weig bear? The largest ever killed weighed 787 | from Owens of « grizzly What became of the British steam, er Appam that was captured by the| war, and brought into Norfolk by a} prize crew The British government sued to re. cover the vessel, and the United States supreme court decided for the| British owners, The vessel was fi- nally turned over to them eee What movements tn space does the | earth make? | Three motions: An orbital path| around the sun, which occupies one vear; a daily revolution on ite axis, which takes approximately 2§ hours: and a slow wabble of the pole, called the precession of the equinoxes, which requires adout £5,000 years. This wadble may be compared with the spinning top when ét “sleeps.” The whole solar system (the sun and all its dependent planeta and other bodies) is also moving thru space. aiete How flown? Alone, when flowon from @ foreign house; below an American flag {f flown from an American building. What fs the rough skin of shark used for? Largely by Joiners for poltehing fine-grained wood, and for covering | should a foreign flag be the | Mother Goose || No child's life is entirely complete without a sweater, and this season it may be entirely individual, The new Mother Goose sweaters have colorful bands wherein practi- cally any nursery rhyme may be pictured, or where the alphabet may run ite course, Otherwise they ar as plain aa the most practically minded ohild could wish, PAGE 15 | pure-rich-safe With the cream left in! low many housewives fully understand that Borden's Evaporated Milkis nothing but pure good milk evap- orated to double richness? Women themselves have asked so many times if special recipes were needed when Evaporated rated Milk diluted one-half, just exactly as you use ordinary | bottled milk. : For coffee and rich creamed ~ dishes use it undiluted in placeof double cream. 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T sald, ‘It's no use, as nothing does me any food, He asked moe if I would take if he would buy It, and to please him I sal ‘Yes.’ Ho peut me three bottles before there was a change, so you see I was pretty badly off. I gouldn’t do any work before this, and kept a girl T got so well I did my owm work and later had more children and kept my do all my wotk and take in sewing too, and am raising plants TI feel younger than I did at twenty because I have good health.”"—MRS. L. A. LAMEY, 1125 Madison St., Chester, Pa. Many such letters prove the reliability of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compounc LYDIA &.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN, MASS, in Fe. Milk is used. 4 You can use Borden’s Evapo- New York