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Show ovti. n StASPIRIN Joseph WORIO d THE STORT SO FAR: Ken McLaughlin, given an opportunity to choose any yearling on his familys Wyoming ranch, picks the filly of a "loco" mare. His father, a retired army officer, la disappointed by Kens choice and by his faUure at school. When the flUy, Fllcka, la badly hurt trying to Jump the corral fence, Ken takes the opportunity to make friends with the wild little who still colt. Captain McLaughlin, thinks FUcka Is loco spends ten dollars for medicine for her and explains to a surprised Ken that his failure at school cost Just thirty times that much. He thinks for the first time of what that means to his father. Now continue with the story. Is a a f j $ t CHAFTER XV No. 5534 f fIG, bold rabbits and gaily col ored Easter eggs on a play pinafore will please the little girl of two, three or four years! Mother lean make it in an afternoon and can use bright scraps of materials for the appliques. 1 i ft To obtain complete cutting pattern for i Pinafore and Appliques for the Easter No. 5534) sizes 2, ft Play Pinafore (Pattern i. 3, included, send 16 cents in coin, your I - name, address and the pattern number. If Due to an unusually large demand and f" Current war conditions, slightly more time ji. Is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. ? Send your order to: , Ken went to the table, sat down and propped his head in his hand, staring down at the cloth. It could hardly be believed that such momentous things could follow the small misdemeanor of looking out a window and neglecting to write a composition. If I wrote it now. Mother, he said at last. Well, I told you to do that, a month ago, said Nell Have you done it? No. -- lONDERS ALL-BRA- N ALL-BRA- ALL-BRA- aspen. Though there was nothing of a frightening nature to be seen she whirled and broke into a run, calling. Rob! There was a tremor of hysterical excitement in her voice, as with head turning constantly to look over her shoulder, her feet flew down the path. - Robl she called again, The wildcat! Then, reaching the edge of the Green, she pulled up short. Rob was standing some distance off, bawling out Tim. He had not heard her, and Nell tried to assume a calmer demeanor. It would not do s. to appear before Tim in near-hysteric- k She went quietly toward them, anxious to reach Rob, to get hold of his hand, or at least to stand close beside him until he should be through talking to Tim. She was ashamed of her fright but could not control the pounding of her heart or the trembling of her hands. When she had told Jtob all about it, she would feel better, she thought, i But she stopped before reaching them, because Rob was shouting, VWhen I tell you to pasture the cows in Seventeen I dont mean Sixteen. The Tims face was crimson. Missus told me to put them in Sixteen, Captain. i' Nell stood there with the little gun in her hand, looking from one to the Other, the wind gone out of her sails. Did you tell Tim to put the cows into Sixteen? shouted Rob. It was a relief to her taut nerves to whip back at him, I did. Ariy reason why I shouldnt? Til say theres a reason," he I told him to put them bawled. in Seventeen. Thats why whos punning this ranch? One of Angrily Nell answered, the cows is coming in heat and I dont want her bred by that Hereford bull over the fence from number Seventeen on Crosbys land. That happened last year. We had a mixed Hereford and Guernsey calf its not going to happen again." Whose business is it to give to the men? roared Rob. The cows are my job; always . have been. , v You tell me what you want and 4 Ill give the orders! ' r Several of the haying crew were seated on the bench outside the bunk house. They could see and hearal that- was going on' ' . Nells eyes filled with angry tears. Til give any orders about the cows '' -- v,r I want! She turned and ran into the house, sobbing with fury; because of Jtfte fright she had had; because Rob was in a, nasty mood and she couldnt tell him about the wildcat; Because he had humiliated her before the men; and because she had mhde the mistake of shouting back at him. -- Never any useK she muttered as she-- rushed upstairs, - .just, makes,, him snarl louder k She pulled off suit and Thats why whos running this began to dress for jdwh. , f "'nl A moment later she heard Robs ranch? . . , voice in the living room,, shouting, thipner even than she had been a NeU! week or two ago. She did not answer, but slipped on He spoke about it to his father, a green silk print, then zipped, it Rob glared at him. po you give up, stopping to wipe the' tears from ': her face again. her oats twice a day? Sure. - She jS she clegri em up?; perched on the edge of the stool before her ..dressing table and :Y- - 1 hastily "smoothed and arranged her All. right; then, Y But Dftd would, yoft come and hair, determined not to answer. NeU! look at her? What! Rob could always whip No! Dont bother me about her! an answer out of her, even against Ken went back to FUcka and his her wilL copybook and pencil But when he He dame stamping upstairs and looked at her, his eyes were troustood at the door looking at her. bled. The wounds seemed, neither because he should have been better nor worse; hard ard dry and Just to see her dressing for surprised somewhat swoUen; but certainly, she town at that hour of the night, he ' i had lost flesh. said nothing. She volunteered the Everyone is thin, thought Ken, aft- explanation. er an Ulness. And Flicka had been Im going to town, she said iU a long time. She would pick up I cant stand It here defiantly. graduaUy, the way grown people did, another minute. Im 'going to a when her sickness was quite over. movie. Besides the wounds, tiere was that , There was silence, while she finthing his father had said an infec- ished arranging her hair. Then Rob That tion of the blood-streasaid, Its quite cold. YouU need means, she was sick aU the way Coat? What one wiU you wear? ' $ through. She htid a lot to get over. The light green plaid. NeU was counting the days until He went to the closet, hunted in the hay crop should be in, the hay- it tUl he found the coat, took it ing crew gone, and she would have down from the hanger and was hold- time to breathe again. She'Uved in ing it for her when she was ready the hot kitchen, or in the car, driv- to put it on. 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And of the nutrients conof valuable citrus trees bad been in- sumed less are digested and utilized vaded by this pest. for production. , - i Animal Fat The raw fat recoverable from one opossum would produce enough glycerine to fire five antiaircraft shells, and that from one skunk woul fire four antitank shells. , town. NeU made no reply, waiting, with exaggerated patience, tUl he should withdraw his head and let her go. And dont drive too fast He stood back. (TO BE CONTINVED) ac- and water has a fresh tang too clears the mouth, wakes you up, starts you going. Try this grand wake-u- p drink 10 mornings. See if it doesrvt help keep china plates from scratching each other, slip paper doilies between the plates when you put them away. her-slac- her eyes determinedly turned away from him. If he asks me now if I love him IU slap his face. She wished he would He hesitated at the open door after she had taken her seat and started the engine. 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Back in school soon, without Flicka, living apart from her for many months, not seeing her, not even knowing what she was doing, how she was looking, what she was learning bad tricks or good . Ken knew that he had to take it like a man. It was part of the price he paid for Flicka. There was also the composition. He wa? writing it He brought his copybook down to Flickas nursery and sat on the side of the little hill between the trunks of the cottonwood trees and worked at it and read bits of it aloud to her. It needed to be only a few pages long. Making it up was not hard, there was plenty to say, but it was hard to get the spelling right, and the punctuation. When it was finished, he would copy it at the desk in his room so that the penmbe perfect anship-would This, he said proudly to FUcka, composiis a tion, FUcka. Dad gave you to me, FUcka, and Im giving him three hundred doUars. ' So, you could say, Im paying for you thats a pretty good price for a Uttle yearling fiUy but IU have to take ten doUars off ,. that, for the shot of serum-7-- -. Sitting nibbling the end of his pencil, his thoughts concerned with The Story of Gypsy, his eye? were on FUcka, and it seemed to him that her ribs were showing. It was the first time he had noticed that She ate her oats, she grazed, but she certainly was thinner than when she had been brought in off the range, Have you even thought of it again? No not since when Dad said he wouldnt make me do the study. ' You might do it of your own accord, said Nell, writing on her list. He does things for you of his own accord SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 149 New Montgomery St. I know thats it. Mother, do you San Francisco, Calif. think if I wrote it, Mr. Gibson would Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to take me back in my own grade? cover cost of mailing) for Pattern Nell put down her pencil and paper, and sat back on her knees. Kennie, you write the composition, The Story of Gypsy; and Ill write him a letter, explaining. And well send them to him. And perhaps when school opens, he may decide Just 2 drops Penetro to let you try again. ini each Nose Drops The fine weather still held. And nostril help you breathe freer almost because it was due to break any so your instantly, time, McLaughlin decided to hire a head cold get9 air. crew of six extra men, and get the Only 25c 2 times as much for 50c. Caution: haying done in three weeks, instead Use only as directed. Penetro Nose Drops of taking on only a couple of extra hands and letting the work run through September. Ken and Howard thought it was The easiest thing of all is to de- fun to eat in the kitchen with the ceive ones self; for what a man hay crew. The men stamped in at wishes he generally believes to be meal time, with clean washed faces true. Demosthenes. and hands, and freshly slicked hair. The proximity of the two towns Cheyenne to the east, and Laramie ALL-BRAN WORKED to the west, made the men restless. They could hear the transcontinental busses out on the Lincoln Highway FOR ME! and the moment they had a few dollars in their pockets, they were in a a fever to spend them. Other things happened. One day Sufferer Says Constipation the biggest hay wagon, fully loaded, was turned too sharply by the drivTheres real hope for common and tipped over. er, unconstipation sufferers in this Another day, when McLaughlin solicited letter! ) to town, the men tried to had gone "Thanks for what KELLOGGS has done for me. Im 75 years old get the baler across the creek in Had been taking pills and salts almost Rock Meadow, bridging it by Castle every night. 6 weeks ago, I started eating means of a few heavy boards laid KELLOGGS every morning. Soon I had regular movements without across. .They foundered the heavy any trouble. I cant praise machine in the mud of one of the enough. It sure works wonders for me." Mr. E, C. Zook, Box Hi, Fairbury, 111 banks and failed to get it out during How can such amazing results a whole morning of sweating and for thousands be explained? Scienshouting and cursing. tists say its because KELLOGGS McLaughlin had neither the time is one of Natures nor patience to help Ken with Flicka. , most effective sources of certain thought Ken, was it because she cellulosic elements, lack of Or, had cost him that ten dollars for the which in the diet is a common serum that he was so short and cause of constipation. They help the friendly colonic flora fluff ftp irritable? and prepare the colonic wastes When Ken hothered him to know for easy, natural elimination. what he should do next with the filly, KELLOGGS ALL-BRAis not roared, Oh, do anya purgative. Doesnt sweep you McLaughlin with her you want! Lead her thing out! Its simply a gentle-actinaround. Get her used to the corregulating food. and the stables. If you have constipation of rals So Ken led the filly by the halter this type, eat KELLOGGS ALLand lead rope. Into the pens and BRAN regularly with milk and fruit, or mixed with other cereals. corrals, up through the Gorge into the horse corrals where she had Drink plenty of water. See if you, been caught When he first tried to too, dont get real help ! Insist on genuine made only get her through the door of the staby Kelloggs in Battle Creek. ble, she halted, and Ken did not force her. He stood at the door with her, and finally left her there and An Eight-Footwent in alone and poured some oats of Rome Emperor Maximinus into the manger for her. That did was eight feet two inches tall. the trick. She walked in of her own accord, and when she had eaten her oats, became curious and investigated every corner of the bam. Together they made the rounds, Ken at her head, discussing what they saw. Everyone on the ranch got used to the sight of the boy leading the little golden mare around. She used three legs, and held up the fourth. The wound on the foreleg was hard for fast diuretic aid and swollen, but did not seem to pain plies. When supper wds Over and the WHEN KIDNEY FUNCTION her. Both the boys had to spend part dishes washed, she had a few hours LAGS from this need . . . of each day in the haying field. There for herself. She would have a tubfunctional kidney disturbance due to need were many ways in which they could ful of water waiting for her upstairs; diuretic aid may cause stabbing back-chbe of assistance. When the hay was would run up, sUp off her kitchen May cause urinary flow to be fretossed from the little piles into smock and step'into the water, then quent, yet scanty and smarting! You may being lose sleep from "getting up nights often the hay wagon, to be carried to the dress in fresh clothes her cool gray may feel dizzy, nervous, "headachy. big stack and dumped there, the linen slacks and blouse, and wander In such cases, off alone into the woods for refreshyou want to stimulate boys could stand in the wagon, duty action fast. So if there is nothing the hay down, and dis- ment and solitude. fstemically or organically wrong, try tramping Cold Medal Capsules. Theyve been One night she decided to go up to tributing it with pitchforks, so that for prompt action for 30 years. Take would load more evenly. There the Stable Pasture, her favorite are to use them only as directed. Accept Was endless running of errands and haunt. At the last moment, thinkno substitutes. 334 at your drug store. fetching and carrying to be done on ing of the meals for the next day, it occurred to her that a fricassee of Highboy and Cigarette. Howard spent the whole day with cottontails would be nice for a Ken, when he change. So she took one of the SAVE YOUR SCRAP the hay crew; but back out of the in to Flicka twenty-two- s hurried was let off, the dining room, filled the pocket of In her nursery. TO HaP GAIN He was beginning to have a feel- her slacks with shells, and headed for the Stable Pasture. aling of pressure. Here it was An hour later she came hurrying most September school began the back weeks of a through the Gorge. Her face couple fifteenth only Old METAL, RAGS, was very white and the pupils of more to spend with Flicka. StandRUBBER and PAPER could her eyes distended. She cast a ing at the fillys head, so he into her look eyes, glance over her shoulder, then and her to talk thought about it and it was ap stopped and half turned and peered LAR6EST SELLER S Fertilize Cover Crop Fertilizer applied to a winter over crop has produced a higher yield Dont Expose Tires Rubber tires should not be allowed to freeze to the ground, and if left out for long periods, they should be protected by one of .Ijje protective paints now on the market. Cool Axe Blade'. It is good practice to have aitaU of com following a cover crop, than of water at hand and to topi, the when applied directly to the corn aft- axe blade as therbidB-proceed- s frequently, er turning under the crop. so that excessive heat will 4 ' not draw the temper. Wastage in Home Kitchens ' Wastage in the home is estimated Overloading Pockets to cause a loss of 5 per cent of the Overloading pockets will stretch protein, 24 per cent of the fat and and strain them, apd. often team tho 20 per cent of the carbohydrates of corners. To prevent pencils 'and all foods provided. pens from jabbing holes. |