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Show Victorian Quilts For Modern Bed fiy PETER B. KYNE eg8888S8S8S8888Sg8888S888888g8S8888S8S88gS888888$SS88S8S8S88gS8888S888S8S3 Suthto grab at least a tail feather, she IHE STORE THUS FAR: Mary Im afraid thats one round Is lured to erland, an eastern girl. of the Wagon by the advertisements HTieel dude ranch operated by Ma and She is met at the station Pa Burdan. rodeo rider, who tells by Len Henley, Wheel has gone out ber that the Wagon f business. Len takes her to Phoenix, enters the rodeo, (yhile at Phoenix Len as Mad Hatter, drawing a bronC known learns loughest horse in the West. Mary bat Len loves her and that his father She wagers one disapproves the match. bousand to three thousand that Len will ride Mad Hatter. He does but is injured and sent to a hospital. Mary buys the Burdan equity in the Wagon Wheel for (2,500, outbidding Ham Henley. Arl-ton- a CHAPTER IX After about a minute of silence he said with a twisted smile: Now, why did you do that? You didnt have no business to buy a business you dont know a thing about. Whyd you do it? To preserve your son for those who love him. The night before he was injured Don Leonardo matured a plan that appeared to oiler successful handling of the deal on his limited capital and he was so enthused about it that the ranch was already, in his mind, his property. He came up to my room, to tap on my door and take me into Mrs. Maxwells apartment for cocktails, when some man named Wade came out of a room across the hall just as So the your son reached my door. moment appeared opportune to your impetuous offspring to declare himself on the subject of cow thieves. My transom was open. Ham Henley whistled softly and said with pride: I bet there wasn't no necessity for them Wade boys to misunderstand him. My first idea, he went on, was to put the place in good shape an unload it on a dude at a nice profit. Well, thats one brave plan gang aft agley. What was your second? "To buy it, stock it with high grade cattle an good saddle stock an give it to my son. He could furnish his own workin capital an, of course, if he needed money for expansion hed know his father was always back of him. Was the gift of the Wagon Wheel to take the form of a token of pa, ternal love? Yes. I told Len yesterday what I had in mind an well, we sort o got together. For a long time we been pullin agin each other on account of old misunderstandins an Len . . . well, hed had his heart set on ownin that spread. Hes a cowman at heart an wont never be happy at nothin else an now hell be disappointed. "Ah, the girl murmured. Introducing old lady Malaprop in person. Groans for her! Hoots, hisses and brickbats for the hussy! Mr. Henley, I assure you I wasnt aware of that until after I had closed my deal with' the Burdans. However, she added, even if I. had been it would not have swerved me from my foul purpose. I had a sneakin notion you thought pretty well o my son, Miss complimented him. The sight of a speck of what you termed my war paint on Don Leonardos sweet mug moved you to read him, then and there, a homily on the obvious insanity of falling in love with a dude. So he had to tell you that, did he? After Id took pains to speak in Spanish. Im surprised at him. I speak much better Spanish than either of you. Got all he murmured. Ah, snarled up in my own rope, didnt I? Not at all. You got me snarled because your timely hint up, snapped your son out of his dream of delight and made him practical again. And a practical sweetheart is apt to prove difficult. Whats your game? Revenge? "Oh, dear, no. Revenge is so vulgar. I have bought the Wagon Wheel ranch because, should I marry your son, I can save him from being sacrificed for short ribs of beef, beef stew, soup shanks and what have it out even trying to stop him, she had. he said, "how come Then, you deliberately job him out o the thing thatd make him happy? "Your son assured the Wades that if he ever met them on the Wagon "Wheel range except on his invitation, he or the three Wades and possibly all four of them could look forward with confidence to being laid out in their Sunday suits witlj clasped in their cold white hands. He said that? My boy said that? He did. And he was terribly convincing. By the gods of war, Ham Henley murmured reverently. .Hes a Henley. Wouldnt his grandpappy be proud of him? Im a little proud of him my-s- e if I may be permitted that privilege, Mr. Henley, but in view of the tumult your son has set up in my soul, the vision of him laid out in his Sunday suit with in his cold white hands rather revolted me. Thems chances a cowmans got to take in this country, he told her bghtly. Ive had to take em. Ive come home leakin moren once, what do you think my son is? A er fadin She flower-et- ?, laughed again her gurgling, husky little laugh that reminded him of a brook chuckling over stones. Oh,, pappy, youre precious. I wouldn't lose you for a father-in-lafor all the ivory and apes and Peacocks and incense in the world. Are you liable to git me for a w father-in-law- ? She was instantly know. Your son serious. I dont hasnt asked me ; marry him. We went out of coni''01 together and he told me he me, and I believe he does, buw I know about that. H gave a negro waiter a dollar to pull the hght switch that night country elub so he could kiss you in the dark. at-th- I imagine nothing u 80 fast that ever gets by you don't manage Nevertheless, Im n her pretty clothes may be chosen from the contents of your scrap bag. throwing in the towel yet. What are we going to do about your cows on my Pattern 671 contains transfer pattern and directions for doll and clothes. Send your order to: range? "Were goin to leave em there until I get ready to move em, he answered with a smaH smile of triIll adjust the grazin bill umph. with you, all fair an square, ater. Theyll have to be removed, she declared firmly. All right, then, you remove em. Itd be right interestin to see a dude woman pull off a round-uIts an experience I can do withshe agreed, and was silent, out, and by her silence he knew she realized her defeat Better sell out to me for what you paid the Burdans in fact Im willing to give you a profit rather than get tough about it he urged. Ill sell to you without the profit," she replied, provided you give me your word of honor you will not present the ranch to your son and that even if you keep it you will never permit him, should he enter your employ, to set foot upon it. I dont scarcely expect, he told her, openly amused, that the rustlers of Yavapai County confine their operations to the Wagon Wheel ranch. I got a ranch up Prescott way an in the past rustlers maybe the Wade boys, for all I know-h- ave worked on me. But one of those Wades the one Len addressed as Breezy defied Len. He said hed be seeing him some bright day on the Wagon Wheel. And if he does, Len might get killed. I can stand to see him kiUed, but Id sure wilt in my tracks if a son o mine ever danced to music from the orchestra of a petit larceny cow thief. So I cant give you my word of honor. Very well. This situation appears to have developed into a game of poker, table stakes, so Im shoving in my last stack .of chips and calling you, Mr. Hamilton L. Hen-leSenior. p. . f"N THE center table in most Victorian parlors there was a kaleidoscope. Guests gazed into this after they tired of looking at the family album. Bits of colored glass were reflected in an endless number of intricate patterns in this ingenious device. Very much the same effect was obtained by the method of putting together the h simple quilt block shown here and that is why the pattern was called the kaleidoscope. This quilt has just the right flavor for todays decorating trends. It will make a stunning spread for your bed either in the colors suggested here or in any other combination that suits your room. The blocks are so easy to piece and are such a convenient size to carry around that they make ideal work. summer pick-u, besides Hamburger steak? Was you figurin on liftin them notes I hold? I regret to inform you I am we this morning, .butcher, not. Want me to carry Hum-m-- you, eh? Following her stormy interview with Hamilton L. Henley, Mary felt the necessity for cooling her temper in the comforting presence oi his son, so, from Hamilton Henleys office she went direct to the hospital. When she bent to kiss Len he turned his mouth away in a gesture that told her very plainly h did not desire her caress. So she refrained from giving it and waited for him to say the things she guessed must be on his mind, although she was puzzled at this attitude. Surely, she thought, his father has not had time to visit him and tell him oi the obstacles in the way of the latters plan to acquire the Wagon Wheel ranch and present it to Len; and there was no telephone in the room. She was chagrined at his palpable rebuff. But his eyes came back to hers bravely. Mary, he said, I wanted that token of affection but I shouldnt have it. Ive been lying here doing as much sound thinking as this battered aching head of mine will permit and Ive come to the conclusion you and I arent exhibiting the ultimate in common sense. I had a strong suspicion your fathers advice was being slowly assimilated. Of course, when a mans in love with a girl who says she loves him its time for both sides to do some coherent thinking. Mary, I should have kept my mouth closed. If you had done that, darling, you would have made signs. Mary, the old man is right. 1 belong to Arizona. I know and always have known what my destiny is and I dont wish to change it But Arizona has only borrowed you; she shows you her pleasant side that lies far from the lonely hinterland where much of my life will b spent You and I have beert reared in worlds so radically different, its useless to attempt to recite those differences; we are products of diverse civilizations. He closed his if in pain, hesitated a moeyes-ament and went on. I had a sudden dream of love and life with you on the Wagon Wheel ranch. I wanted to make you love me so much youd be glad to marry me He paused for a new thought, oi words to express it, and she said coolly: "You didnt work very long or very hard on that idea, Don Leonardo. A few hours after the idea had been born you regretted it. "For the same reasons I now advance. Im not at all certain youd be happy in a new environment and I know Im not going to change mine, for if I did I know Id be unhappy. Well, perhaps, Don Leonardo, it is too great a risk to predicate a lifetime of marital happiness on twelve hours of a sort of enchantment She got up and walked te the window so that he could not see her face and know how terribly he was hurting her in his effort to be generous and noble. She wanted to ry but she knew that would hurt im and she was not a When she could control her voice she said: But Don Leonardo, it was so sweet and wonderful while it lasted as if somebody had held open a door and given us a brief glimpse of that land where, as Virgil said, somehow it is always after ! I have a hope that may be arranged. Dont try appealin to my sentiment, he warned her. Im not. I came to suggest a reciprocal arrangement, and in anI ticipation of your have secured for you from the Bur-dan-s for aU the cattle a on their ranch, which will save you the annoyance and 'expense of a suit in foreclosure. She took the document in question from her handbag and passed it across the desk to him. He read it carefully, and also the receipt in He full attached to the signed this, passed it back to her and thanked her. Now, she said, you own those cattle and I own the grass theyre eating. he That aint reciprocity, Thats a squeeze play an warned. squeeze plays is out with me. I had hoped, she said without that if I permitted your rancor, cattle to graze on my range until the cows drop their calves this spring and last years calves grow and fatten, while the price of. beef rises from its present deplorable level, you might be wiUing to carry me for the deed of trust until the Empire Trust Company of New York City pays over to me the corpus of a considerable trust fund established for me many years ago by my paternal grandmother. A portion of the income is banked for me monthly and the remainder reinvested. Cant you raise the money from your father? Its only ten thousand dollars. My father will not return from a hunting trip in Africa until the middle of June. Besides I dont care to ask him. This is my private affair and I prefer to eliminate parental peddling. Maybe that trust company would make you an advance. It is legally empowered, under the terms of the trust agreement, to make me an advance on the principal of the trust up to ten thousand dollars, in the event of a dire emergency, such as illness. The purchase of a cattle ranch in Arizona is not a dire emergency, however, and Im disgustingly healthy. Well, he said, and tried to be judicial about it, I'm instructin my attorney to enter suit in foreclosure immediately. That means Ill lose the home ranch irrevocably before I can collect my trust fund. My lawyer ex- noon. plained the process to me. biU-of-sa- le e. Circle Needlecraft Dept San Francisco 6, Calif. Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern Sewing Box 3217 No Name Legislators Salaries For regular sessions, some 7,600 members of the 48 state legislatures receive annual salaries totaling no more than 8$4,900,000, says Colliers, which is per cent less than the $5,310,000 paid to the 531 members of the Congress of the United States. While the average compensation for all state legislators throughout the Union is about $645 a year, their salaries range from $2,500 in six-inc- New York to and Kansas. $150 in Connecticut p a NOTE Mrs. Spears has prepared large sheet with actual size quilt piece patterns for three of her favorite quilts. The Kaleidoscope, the Ann Rutledge and the Whirl Wind are included. This is pattern No. 200 and the price is 15 cents. Address: MRS. RUTH WYETH Bedford Hills Drawer Enclose 15 SPEARS New York 10 cents for Pattern No. 200. Name Address ...-.- Pattern No. 671 dolly with limbs is in for lots of loving. Three pieces form her soft, cuddly body; the arms and legs are each made from two pieces. Her hair is soft yarn and THIS chubby-cheeke- d - Hexagon Shape Seems To Have Natures Favor II Made from Premium Grains ! Among the countless things nad ture makes are snowflakes, the cells of the honeycomb and the segments of the eye of the housefly, says Colliers. 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