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Show THE SMITH FIELD SENTINEL. aMITHFIELD. UTAH the spasmodic jerk of her other wise fine lips, the tenseness of her, the expression of gauntness with which she faced the drizzly square of outside light. A moment more and she was gone. POOR MANS GOLD CHAPTER II Once in his lawyers office, Hammonds manner became something like that of a wayward boy, returned from truancy. Hello, Barstow," he said, as casually as possible, and eased into a chair. The attorney looked up. He was a man of middle age, with kindly eyes, which, this morning, seemed strangely troubled. Oh, its you. Jack, came quietly. "Sit a minute, will you? No hurry. Hammond picked up copy of the Prince Rupert paper and tossed it aside. It was not the edition he sought. The attorney shuffled a mass of legal documents into a container envelope. Well? he asked quietly almost "I don't quite understand." "Her father was the big banker. My father was a switchman, out of work most of the time. My mother took in washing. Barstow looked out the window. "Oh, yes, I remember. The newspaper mentioned that of course it was romanticized. The poor boy went away, worked his way through college, looked for gold, found it, came back to Seattle, and rain-splash- ed Cattle Make Gain on Good Roughage Well-Balanc- Murmurings of Spring Diet Found Profitable; Calves Also Benefit ed ExteMton By E. T. Robbins. Live StockUlOwto. SpccUUstUnlvjrrttjfol feeders with limited grain Cattle accidentally met the girl he had supplies are finding that thin cattle loved for years gains Only it wasnt accidental, sup- make cheap and fairly rapid A friend took me on plenty of good plied Hammond. out there Timmy Moon, hes an roughage. folProfiting by their experience aviator. Not working at it just now, farmers 1934 drouth, the lowing Courtlier Drier Cooper. understand; something wrong with his plane. But no matter; went into the winter with a better WNU Service. than they wed met up and of course you supply of good roughage cattle At had that meetings year. home first for the time after know, the told about steady feeders have all those years I asked him whatever became of Kay Joyce. There increase in flesh which yearlings with SYNOPSIS was a moments pause. Hammond and older cattle are making few first for the no grain practically rubbed at his hot face. Then he been Jack Hammond, gold proa pec lor, return! looked up, a queer, burning light in months, a practice which has servto Prince Huprrt after a spree in Seattle recommended by the extension You Barhis dark know, eyes. and learns that a gold rush la starting as unhappily. for Hammond eyed him. Barstow was stow, it was the funniest feeling to ice of the agricultural college a result of some careless remarks be had of number a disyears. a gold ride up to that old house in an audropped at a party concering usually good for a joke. Even calves with just a little grain covery, He finds that his partner, McKentomobile and get out and walk right Stomach out of order? zie Joe Britten, has gone on north to protect are gaining about 14 pounds a day shoulders. his No. He shrugged through the gate. their claims. Besieged, Hammond decides and putting on some fat, - getting Where you had played as chilSore at me? to tell the would-bprospectors how to for a short full feed during ready reach the new gold fields. dren." "Why? the last few months before marketold that For letting this thing get out? "Played nothing; granite block of a father never would let ing. The attorney smiled. CHAPTER I Continued Cattle which are getting much Thats between you and McKen- me inside the yard. You couldnt usually are receiving some silage for. me blame the kid zie Joe. snouting Well, Annie I" he exclaimed. cottonseed meal. Large steers on A not assoto him all with right. Oh, Joes taking it telling her How are you?" well with an addiare doing silage ciate with ragtags." About the same as the last time little caustic, but tion of three or four pounds of cotattorstate. said natural I the Joes suppose not," Z saw you when we made the rush tonseed meal a day. When some Yes. Hammond laughed. There ney, staring at his law books. ratogether into Rouyn, in Quebec. atThe It was funny in a way. Timmy legume hay is included in the That's right Glad to see you was an awkward silence. cottonless to tion protein, supply had called up the house, but he again, Annie." meal is fed. hadnt said whom he was bringing seed "Thanks. That goes double, ProsCalves on silage with some legume out. Kay didnt recognize me for yOU'D take a few steps, practical and becoming clothes, pector. a little oats and one or two hay, known have her a I believe Id be inspired selecting designs from the BaranyId minute; Sis, followed. For an instant Silence pounds a day of cottonseed meal to answer that question, Did you bara Bell where. Jack Hammond felt annoyed at this are gaining nicely. It is, suggested ever see a dream walking?1 You and patterns. Naturally. interruption. Then he dismissed that these amounts of the high pro- are nothing less than devastating exclusive fashions Interesting awhile I for little chiwished for I Well, World Around the was it only her; ration balance should the feed tein ldren and the difficult junior age; hadn't come. You see, Id always truly a menace!" Annie, who had made every Cadreamed of that house as the grand- to meet fully the needs of the catYou meow so sweetly, Connie. slenderizing, well-cpatterns for nadian gold rush of the last twenty est place in the world one of those tle. This is a good plan especially Im a bit suspicious that this little the mature figure; afternoon years. Around the World Annie, feeds are since such old-tirelatively building-bloc- k places, with with her lore of frontier knowledge, peplum frock of mine has got dresses for the most particular cheap. turrets and a slate roof her inevitable thickness of paint you catty. Your eyes really arent young women and matrons sod Soy bean oil meal is more suitable I know the kind. other patterns for special occaand mascara and garish clothes, by rights, you know." green And Kay was a bit distant at than cottonseed meal to use without sions are all to lie found in the Connie Sews Her Own. her log cabin at the edge of camp How could you? I think my Barbara Bell Pattern Book. Send first; you know, hard to pick up the silage. with its dance hall, illicit drinks, thread after all these years. Then, dress looks as nice on me as 15 cents (in coins) today for your its screaming phonograph Harness of Care for to fun, copy. Timmy Annie?" pretended are just Proper here, you, "Living yours does on you. Why practicalSend have forgotten his handkerchief. So order to The Sewing Hammond asked at last. Around of the girls at the Laf-a-Lall ly Will Lengthen Durability last night wanted to know where Circle your he reached for mine. I had a moose-hid- e Pattern Dept., 149 New the World Annie straightened. An Care of the farm harness greatly I found such a lovely frock. Not Montgomery Ave., S;:n Francisco, bag full of nuggets in that effulgent woman, with what might lengthens its durability. Wash and one of them guessed that I made Calif. Pattern: la icr.is (in coins) pocket be called an figure, oil it occasionally, advises a writer it Youd fixed it up that way. she groomed a loose fold of dress, myself. And did I feel elegant each. S.civlce. 6 Bell Syndicate.-v:.- U "Of course. So, out came the in Wallaces' Farmer. hand and raised a diamond-lingere- d when I played Mendelssohns For washing, use tepid water, a nuggets with the handkerchief and to restrain a wisp of bleached hair, on new Diane's baby Spring Song spilled all over the floor. You neutral soap such as castile or white grand! The girls said I fit into wilting with the dampness of the inor and a toilet seen us!" should fairly have sponge he of a with soap, cessant rain. Then, Again I thought jerk the stiff brush. A dull knife will re- if picture perfectly. rubbed feverishly at his face. Ei her head, she indicated a group of could see me now. Dwight only dance hall girls who stood in a nearerybody down on the floor, helping move hardened grease. Then rinse with I still say my two-piecin the water and allow the harness its pick up those nuggets. cute little butby doorway, as though they had peplum, piped to hang in a warm place until it is tons and stream-line- s Barstow eyed him, a gentle apbeen herded, all of them overis the No. 1 no longer wet, though still damp. dressed. outfit in this woman's praisal. spring Next oil it and leave it in a warm town. "That helped considerably, didnt Listen, Prospector, she asked, hours before would I be chaperoning that gang place for twenty-fou- r it, Jack? Mother Happens Along. of girls if I was living here in Prince "Oh, yes. Naturally, it led to using. Do the oiling or greasing Girls, girls, if your talk were othI Suppose Not, Said the Rupert? questions and something I could while the leather is still damp; as KILLS INSECTS half only pretty as your frocks But where are you headed for? talk about. Kay and I got along erwise, it may take up so much youd be better off. Sometimes I Attorney. will of out it thereFRUITS wrinkles that ON FLOWERS She grinned, the pull shape, wonder if you wouldnt be more simply great after Id found my grease from creating deep creases in her tomey wiped his glasses, then sat tongue. Queer, isnt it, how a per- or it may take up sand and grit appropriately titled The Cheek VEGETABLES SRRUIS crimping the edge of a sheet of le- son will have an idea all his life, Harness should never look or feel face enamel. Dcnacmd Migiul icmlcd Twins, rather than The Chic Im going where you're going. gal paper. that if he could just be free to greasy. hotttos, from poor denier Twins. mixthis Not or castor or a quite myself Neatsfoot morning,' oil, Sweetheart." talk to a certain person, all her win. Let's ilVf Mother, you Okay, he apologized. Then, abruptly, Im false Ideas of him would fade away? ture of these with wool grease, is Hammond sighed. the subject by changing I suppose you were on this morn- not much good at telling people You know. Everything divided us preferred for treating driving har- change clothes. Well put on our culloltes that neatshurt. use ness. boat too." things Be Careful First Rale For heavy harness, when we were kids; social position, ings and join you in a round of golf, "Bad news? Got on at Vancouver. No one has the right of money, and all that. We didnt even foot oil, a mixture of neatsfoot and how's that? Gee, Mother, you nevHammond pursed his lips. He Nothing that concerns Joe or go to tiie same school. But I never tallow, or all of these wool greases, er look sweeter than when when a life is at stake. youre was becoming more philosophical. you. Some one who was in here wanted anybody but her Ive never to make a paste having about the two-piea casual young I guess I missed a lot on that just before you came. I had to be thought about anybody but her. And consistency of butter. Apply the oil wearing shirt dress. The plaid pique ia boat. pretty frank and the truth in this I knew that if I could just get to- or grease liberally to the work harjust the thing for you, too. In More than Oh, youll catch up with it alL" case is fairly rotten. gether with her, without that old ness. Have the material warm to the fact. Mom, youre just about Thats always tough. She leaned closer. "Just tell me chisel-fac- e in After of a father around hand, and rub it thoroughly. 1X00 Years Ago from any angle. Yes, to cut the foundations out this much. You're going on, on totiie harness has hung in a warm tops I judge from the newspaper acbehre there was a medical pnhm The Patterns. morrow mornings train, arenr from under somebody destroy illu- counts that you got along famousroom overnight, remove the excess tom C mows sad tadiass kad 1257 12 where to Pattern is sizes for fhsir sacred pools smd lakes bvatad sions, paint things exactly as they ly. oil or grease with a clean, dry cloth. 20 you? Iks sick sad weundad wan 14 40 to reSize (30 bust). woman. with a are. first time that the For morning, Too much grease darkens the leathEspecially Hammond stared. with maA young woman, wasnt she? quires 4 yards of MUD Jack Hammond truly smiled. Where in the world did they er and soils the clothing. 11 terial of a Cough, or ribbon plus yards he said. "You Rather good Yes, Annie, looking poorly get all that stuff? he asked, then lms 1231 is availbias Pattern binding. word dressed? Sms inflamed conditions. Atom well the as along. pass was silent. His brain had spun for might Grow Timothy to First 14 in MUD to sour sizes 20 42 DENVER able to to (32 her? out." saw km Oh, you I guess the secret's a moment, suddenly to halt, highcinft chut Historians tell us that timothy bust). Size 16 requires 4 Vi yards We passed on the stairs. She Youre right its out!" agreed SIOHES DHUa AT recoluoon one All lighted particular material. Annie. She patted him on the shoul looked pretty well cut up. Client lection. It was the Crystal Castle was first grown in the United States of Practical Ska. BSs Family Siam Sk Pattern 1236 comes in sizes 14 of yours?" der. Well, I'll be seeing you' in Seattle, with persons crowding by one John Herd, about 1717, along of the Piscataqua river to 20 (32 to 42 bust). Size 16 reThen with a grandiloquent wave, "Well" the attorney hesitated, around Jack's table. He could see the banks mashe summoned her followers from "Not exactly sort of a volunteer Kay's outstretched hands as her between Portsmouth and Dover, quires 4Vi yards of Loves Base New Hampshire. Whether he im- terial. With an effort, he fingers client that is the doorway. with scattered, pebbletoyed The best and truest part of lovs Send for the Barbara Bell Hammond walked on, to the sting assumed an attitude of brusque in- like nuggets, where he again had ported the seed from England or of fine ruin against his face. The terest. "What are you in here about tossed them from the heavy moose-hid- e some other European country, or Spring and Summer Pattern ia Friendship. whether he found it growing wild, Book. Make yourself attractive. smile had vanished ; gloominess had so early in the morning?" pouch to the tablecloth. PerJoe left a note for me. Gone sons were asking questions, all sorts we are not certain, notes a writer taken its place. Everything had looked so different down there in north guess you know that. Hes of questions; now Hammond re- in Hoards Dairyman. About this Sleepless, Nervous? Mint worm at Seattle, with Kay in his arms, and traveling light, without many sup- membered a young man with a time, Timothy Hansen introduced Principles of Life period1 of their Stm the secret that he had promised his plies. Afraid somebody will jump newspaper stuffed in one pocket, the crop into Maryland from sometonic like Dr. Bj" The education of human Farorite Preaeriptto-MEngland, and while mind commences in the partner to treasure flooding over our claims. Wants me to follow as who queried him with particularity. where in New not the cradle; J. Q. AdainoJ to does have Hansen d soon as I can with a couple of dog appear lips. Warren Aw., and the impressions received "We did the town," he said. "I been the first neverthehe electriof her Mid: and a grower, the outfit. teams That Idaho, complete Kay thought guess some newspaper man must less bequeathed his name to the there frequently exert their iniwtt fied him. His brain suddenly shim newspaper stuff fluence have our into ewrythmf wnd ?.? through the whole of life. party. barged Barstow smiled. crop. However, in some parts of mered with a thousand disconnected os sir ft He which the take the story got Principles "Evidently. deepest srhcc awwBled New England and New Hampshire "Get it all out of your system about as but glorious memories; blurs and made to root the diaturhancea told are it. those Even functional implanted during '11 in particular, Herd's Grass" it is figures from which only one down there in Seattle, did yuu, farewells you've I naed the ftvaerii'iioea the seasons of infancy, childhood etnhlcL down at the dock." to this day. then I had m zood apm emerged clearly. It was that of Jack?" aowl and youth. Logan. proved to every way." Buy The telephone rang. Barstow Hammond stirred uneasily. Kay, with Kay Joyce, golden-haire- d Well, that depends on how you turned to answer it. Jack did not her blue eyes hypnotizing him, her Agricultural Hints soft body against his as they look at it. Personally, I feel great notice. He was back in Seattle, sun with red the the all coloring big about it. But someone else might danced, or floating far away as Grazing of woodlands destroys the world became vague and just think I had been on an ordi- waters of the Sound, with the whis- more woodlands than the forage is S. Aleutian its S. of tle the his in arms sounding drunk. dreamlike. Kay tight nary Salt Lake's worth. all ashore. for of curve warning passengers Hospitable The newspapers gave you quite until he could see only the foot of at stood And the the he her forehead and the uplift of her a play." Rolling pastures in early spring is Tve been hearing about that gangplank, with Kay close to him, beneficial Or leaning on her el eyelashes. if heaving has been she afraid that him wasn't crossed hands telling ever I landed. since bows beside him, her Its rotten in of severe. raw in life a 1 new, mining camp. under her chin, her tantalizing lips a way if started a lot of tender-fee- t Then there was Timmy Moon, rubinto that district. curved in a challenging smile. Then t Horses usually need some grain "Oh, the soft touch of her thigh against Barstow, elbows on his bing at his pudgy face and rattling each to put them in condition his as the music started anew and desk, stceplcd his fingers, "I don't on about how theyd all be up as for day work. spring soon as good weather came and he of dance so done much the think to call it's the rose damage. they could get his airplane fixed. And Just began the rush a little earlier floor. The best time to set strawberry 400 ROOMS He stumbled and brought himself it would have come anyway. What Mrs. Joyce, the mother, thin, angu400 BATHS is in early spring, as soon plants a lar, amusingly acidulous, poking up short, suddenly realizing that Se- happened in Seattle?" can be as the ground prepared, "I met a girl I was in love with." dead cigarette out of its long, green attle was far away. This was Prince holder only that site might insert affairs? "One of those first-sigRupert, bleak in the grip of a winThe United States acreage of "No, Hammond put out his hand, and light a fresh one. ter rain, yet burning with the gold The receiver clicked on the hook. fresh vegetables for market inholding it a few feet above the floor. fever. from 597,0.10 in 1919 to Tve been crazy about her since I Barstow turned back to his client. creased acres A girl was coming down the in 1936. all alone "So now, just they're s steps; she had a hand to it throat, was that high. Kay Joyce. Her the the girl and her mother." is our aim to serve you ia clutching it os if seeking, by muscu- father used to lie president of the for hemAs a substitute of on for old chestnut, friend He Yes, Bank and to except Trust. a Sunatchce desire overcome to lar power, ' as the best manner most pleasing to J'oU sob. Her face was bloodless; for died about a year ago. We used to the family. Oh, I shouldn't say he lock is recommended tree to plant for use in rough native a than in was old more little years an inslant she looked at him, with live down the street from each other, hazel eyes in which burned the fe- Rather, at an angle I lived by the my age. A geologist; the old man construction work on the form, was interested in a lot of mining ver of desperat'on. Then brave'y alley." Cafeteria BeW Room Dining on fields wheat Manure in American countries. South down applied "Childhood playmates? she straightened, and while he flat"No." A serious expression had This Bruce Kenning used to look to be seeded to clover or alfalfa tened himself nTamst the scarred, I- Mrs. J. II. Waters, Fnw.-- W. provide extra plant food for come into the v went ''or a lot of stuff down there for will plaster wall of the staircase, and will a mulch the act at him." legumes of eyes. "he'd oiwurd. In ihc g'H-t-to conserve moisture. (TO UK C UXTINLLIH do With me " Hammond cuii'u not help nuiicii Courtney Ityley Cooper well-balanc- ed I' a iiF well-plann- easy-to-ma- ut ot er I 39-in- 39-in- 39-in- liquor-loosene- see ess Most Hotel Invites YOU Horn ess The Newhouse ess The Finest in Hotel Accommodations at Moderate Prices It ess pa' t's r-t- 4 |