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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER mm fiy PETER B.KYNE FAR: Mary Suther- flae stauon wnna. abd waits for the station waso Whe!1.fa-C- - SL5S Henley After a long watt story nd. fas er y SO m hotel, where iNT hi, Anni ; Mar- - room until she t rlves her the gnest at some to find accommodations fade ranch, tens father, Hamilton the Wagon Wheel by and collateral of notes the p from the State Bank of Art- nmBurdM er Bnrdan has come to him fort. t0L jft Henley refused, ten the Wades, who have beat the them Indictment the Jury brought against stealing. cattle Uot Hen-Tee- CHAPTER IV Ham Henley At four oclock, while his son telepwas still in his office, honed and Jess Hubbell answered "Mr. Hub-beand identified himself. said Len, "theres a story in U Republican, and I my father I didnt Im sorry as I that and it Inspire can be, because I know he loathes do. such publicity as much asI Len. read it, He What did he say? Still he was inHe said enough. more money You any got terested. to bet on yourself versus Mad Hat ter? Your father sort of fancies the this afternoons want you to tell oach de- - t m bill-of-sa- cated coat of protection tween akin and chafing clothes, apply Mexsans, soothing medicated powder. w brides-mai- ... . SNAPPY PACTS ABOUT RUBBER After the war American synthetic plants should produce enough to meet our military requirements, perhaps 200,-00- 0 tons or more a year, and as much additional as can be justified through the free play of economic forces to meet then current civilian needs. This is the recommendation of John L. Collyer, president of The B. F. Goodrich Co. Atthe beginning of theyear our stockpile of natural rubber was less than one quarter of what It was at the time of Pearl Harbor. Unless plantations are recaptured from the Japs and Immediately put into operation our imports of crude are not expected to exceed 80,000 tons in 1944. Widow-woma- n, as we say out here. Mrs. Maxwell opened the door to Lens ring and said Hello, Len. horse. Come in. Miss Sutherland. Youre How much? as welcome as the Henley boy and "Your bankroll is the limit. he has the run of the premises. take but Ill Ill not risk my all, was startled and confused Mary if a on hell for thousand, father my a moment, but her sense of hufor one. to give me three mor bridged the situation. She held "No more? When Mary opened her door in out her hand and commanded, Not another dime. And I wouldnt Gimme! and Margaret Maxwell response to Lens knock she saw lake the thousand except to oblige Make a standing before her, not the cowboy solemnly laid a silver dollar in the my affectionate father. I am a very curious check out to who had picked her up at Sughuaro open palm. that a but Miss of woman. Sutherland. morning, I had to gentleman associatthe secretary of the rodeo see promptly whether or no you ion. My check will be there, too. measured up to your advance noNo, no, not that, Len, you imtices. Thank God, you do. pulsive devil! Wed only have a bigYoure sly but likeable, Mary ger and better story on the front and in the good humor thus replied Wait page of the morning paper. engendered they entered. A votive father. with until I confer your for you. Aunt Margaret," In half a minute he came back said Len and handed her the box he on the line. "Your father says youre carrying. He stepped across the an unnatural son but he still thinks his hand outstretched to an room, youre a gentleman and will pay oldish man who rose as they en-- 1 stakea of the aid bets without your he cried Hello, pappy, holder. He hopes you have an equalhis father to him heartily, jerked ly good opinion of him. and ran his other hand through , Ill admit everything except that Hamilton Henley s hair. You ve hes an unnatural father. The worst turned roan since I saw you last.1 Ill say about him is that hes a An youve thickened up a lot, peculiar man and I dont under-Itan- d son. Ham Henley turned toward him. Tell him we have a bet I think I saw bowed. and Mary in it from to collect and that Ill be down the road with my ridin you him personally. If he thinks son this momin, miss. Wait a minute, Len. Your faMiss Mary Sutherland, pappy, thers shouting something for me to Miss Mary, this is my old man. tell you He wants to know, Len, Ham Henley gave her a mild If you know where old Bill Burdan looked her over swiftly handshake, and his wife are. He presumes you but with an intensity that told her Wintered on the Wagon Wheel as he had missed nothing and then usual so you should know. shifted his gaze to his son. Mar Theyre in town, but where I garet didnt tell me you were going dont know. I have an idea theyre to drop in, he said. staying with a distant relative. HowYou neednt explain. She didn ever, the old man arranged this r. What a lot tell me either, morning to meet me at of delight wed miss if women lo Ill get his address then. Things werent so fond of surprise parties. have happened to the old folks and I reckon they invented Santa theyve left the Wagon Wheel. Claus, son. There was a hiatus in the converOrchids, Mrs. Maxwell cried, sation. Then: Your father says Len, youre a dear, delighted. hell be obliged to you if youll ask havent had an orchid since you Burdan to call at this office at ten were here a year ago. I should like oclock tomorrow morning.. to assure you that such extrava Ask him if hes coming out to the Gimme! gance is sinful, only I dont think it rodeo tomorrow afternoon to see when Im on the receiving end. is in dinner ease at three thousand dollars hop from his the world, quite Len, your father tells me you are mufsilk overcoat white and clothes, pocket into mine. from the rodeo circuit when Why, Doctor Jekyll, she ex- retiring Another conversational relay. He fler. Phoenix rodeo closes. the Mr. claimed, where did you leave says he wouldnt miss it for considJess Hubbell gave me that mesHyde? erable. sage, Ham Henley said anxiously. He did a little jig step. Behold! At half-pafive Ma Burdan drove I hope he got it straight. in was a I This chrysalis morning in Station the up wagon and sitting He did, sir. butteram a I cocoon. Tonight beside her, looking quite happy for my helped serve the cocktails Mary for cheer your simile, one in his desperate financial situafly. I don't and Len passed a plate of h to used Dr. hdwever. Jekyll was i, Pa Burdan. tion, Yi, Don Leonardos a pig, people, didnt he? be yipped. Anybody home? He wouldnt wait declared. she of at rate at the Sound travels Come in and bring Ma, Len for yoy two. He insisted on having shouted. When they entered Len least a mile a second . . . How far drink with m$. kissed Ma and said, "Aint love is it from the corridor where you one I had to test your liquor, Aunt tranthe over moment a ago, stood Ma? It conquers all. Pa, grand, Margaret, he defended, to make while I think of it, my father would som and into my room? of out talked I my certain you werent feeding us fightIt appears like to see you at his office about He clinked his glass ten oclock tomorrow morning. turn, he replied without embar- ing whisky. his fathers. How, Hamilagainst rassment. I spoke to him twenty minutes This tomorrow time old ton, sport. what mean you Did you really ago, Len. He seen Ma an me driv-i- n be three thousand dowere or night youll to you those men, just said past his office an flagged us. llars poorer and Ill be six thousand trying to frighten them? Well, he didnt git far with us, and I dont think dollars richer. And that will constiwasnt I bluffing Ma declared Guess belligerently. an accomplishment. It needs what he wanted? Why, I never was they were particularly impressed. tute man to nick you that deepa good more insulted in my life. He wanted They arent sufficiently intelligent. decided ly." you This you us to give him a quit-claimorning to deed I can enjoy losing that bet, my the home ranch an assign the state were too poor to buy v the Wagon not so land leases to him an in return Wheel ranch. What have you been son. An theres other ways o me if hed give us five hundred dollars. doing since I saw you last? Playing hard o pryin money out you need it. Pa was for grabbin it but I says the market or shooting craps? Have you made a bet with Don Neither. I have merely yielded Nothin doin, and threw in the Mr. Henley, that he will to Leonardo, and is that impulse to ruling an him gears my left standin there. , Mad Hatthat not conquer reflectoften have I a Wed ought to have took it, Pa take chance. asked. ter? to be derived Mary mourned. Were goin to lose ev- ed on the pleasure I young lady, and how erything anyhow. Itd been like pick- from having a bank beg a favor of come have,call him Don Leonardo? you in five hundred dollars out o the me and as I came up in the elevaI heard Mary flushed a little. tor I realized how it could be done. gutter. him that and it call 1 accuse you of his Pedro, man, and You ol hoot owl, Ma said mildwas I inspired of address ly. Thats just what Ham Henley having been the source of the inspi- seemed to me the form fitted him. Anyhow, 1 have a habit hoped youd think. Howd he treat ration. of coining pet names for people I Tell me, she urged. you when you was in to see him like and I like your son because hes of sort I the deal about askin him to help us? Why, I can finance he scolded you somethin scandalous. have in mind. I know I can. And terribly nice and amusing. Yes, I reckon he is pretty nice, He hurt your feelins an them as as soon as I do I shall reopen the hurts your feelins, Pa, has got me dude department of the Wagon young lady. In fact, I never knew His deto reckon with. Wheel ranch, install a competent him nicer than he is today. nonsense the rodeo to cision quit solicit and Dont know as I blame him, Ma. cook and housekeeper g certainly makes me happy." I didnt expect hed help me; I ex- your trade as a guest. I wish I could believe I have can. I I pect didnt have no right to ask hope you to this reorganization of contributed his arm him to help me. two under boxes He had social consciousness, Mr. sons were one. There your her he and actgave Ma Nevertheless, Pa, I think in town and I Henley, but I fear his decision to ed with discretion in according his only four orchids offer her finest brand of contumely,' bought them. Here are your two. engage in some less dangerous and method of making a even if she didn't know it Father That green frippery dress, by the more dignified must have called at the Wagon way, goes very well with your hair, livelihood is the result of his spiritu-ane in his Wheel early this Im so glad you havent green- al growth a sort offor morning, because evolution. Cheers you, Don Leo-in- g botherhe passed me on the been have Phoe-nixYour eyes to eyes. way in me all day. I got the fool no- - nardo, and success to you He discovered you and Ma had abandoned the ranch, so inasmuch as tion they were green. Instead cow business. o be continued) he is a director of the State Bank at theyre hazel" dress have identical yokes. 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Thank you. -She went to her dressing table and pinned the corsage on; while I she was doing this she said: read a piece about you this evening in the local paper. I wish you hadnt. She nodded. She could understand why that was so, and she felt sorry for both the Henleys. He stood in the doorway and thought: How lovely she is, how cool and poised. Shes too exquisite to be other than a lady and too intelligent to pretend to be a greater lady than she is. Shes the dude of all the world! I hope you realize, she said, that if I visit the Wagon Wheel ranch after you acquire it youll have to provide a chaperon. I am about to introduce you to a chaperon to end all chaperons. I call her my Aunt Margaret, but thats just a hold-ove- r from boyhoods happy hours. She was my mothers LI OUtlLw SERVICE. Prescott he probably telephoned them theyd have to move in and take charge without waiting for judgment on foreclosure suits. The court would grant them that privilege on the proper representation, but the bank asked him to see you and get a deed to the home ranch and a to the cattle, to save legal expense and wastage and permit them to take over immediately. Did my father say. In consideration of your doing this, that the bank would not take a deficiency judgment against you? "I didnt give him time to speak his piece, Ma declared proudly. As soon as I realized he wanted something I made up my mind he wasnt goin to get it. He was only acting for the bank. I hear the bank will not make a cattle loan he doesnt approve. Im going to see him tomorrow evening and when I do Ill try to make a better deal for you. Meantime, keep away from him. Leave this to me. Youre the darlinest boy, said Ma. Aint he, Pa? Oh, Len, why aint you good friends with your father sos hed buy the Wagon Wheel for you? Youd let Pa come back an work for you then, wouldnt you, honey? 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