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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER tea he endured them gallantly for my sake. He loves me as I love him as I have since he was born. His mother, my dearest friend, gave him to me when she died he was barely a week old You loved his father, Amy said, not in question but as speaking truth, NaryGrah aiti and madame smiled, answering: Bonner There was never another man In Aar rp 0r t all the world for me. His wife, knowing it, begged me to take her place. COWBIRDS Happiness is tonic. Madame was better, stronger, more alive than for By MARTHA WILLIAMS My friend and I, said Mr. Cow-biryears. Then came the cablegram thought we would like to have Cliff badly hurt, in danger of death, a feast. wedding half a world away. His mother read 1924, McClure Newspaper Syndicate. He to Mrs. Cow as she said this to It with set white lips then said in Mrs. Cow stood meadow. sat the Clouds lowered but spring was in Amy : How quickly can we go to : said and up the air. Anay felt It Inarticulately, him? Then if you would like to have a but her housemates, the Bradleys, At once I and Amy answered : were so literal-minde- d So wedding feast why do you not have they resented set about making that possible. as highfalutin open cognizance of by help of gold, steel, steam and sci- one? Just dropping the hint, Mrs. Cow, things immaterial. Therefore she was ence they came within little beyond dropping the hint. just to be Madame glad walking alone through a fortnight to his bedside. Cow smiled a little. She did Mrs. naked woodland. With five hundred a had been wonderful shrinking from not smile much for she was a cow year secured her for life, the Brad nothing, steadfast in courage, in en- and a cow couldnt be expected to leys thought her enviable among durance, in hope, all the long way. show great joy. young women. They begged her to Amy marveled and rejoiced. At the Nor could a cow be expected to in him of as one them with would reach worst time, the stay family, they laugh and joke and make merry as but she had been too wise to agree. at the best they might help him win some others might do. still him Therefore she paid them very, very back to living. Coming upon was It that she gave good moderately In currency of the com- in the borderland between life and milk and enough the meadow. enjoyed monwealth, much more In kindly servdeath, they knelt either side of him, friend and said Mr. Cow-birI, My ice, and bnt scantily In gratitude. heads bowed upon his nerveless hands, been wedded. have just Parting would be no wrench if she silent but sending through him vitaliz-into We did not go any fuss. I were lucky enough to bring It to pass. currents of love and gladness. wore on I this simple what have just Madame Carey, the local great lady, After long minutes he stirred faintly, a black hat and with suit of black must I a in an absentee for ten months of the saying weak whisper: collar and waistcoat. year, was now home for her annual be dead and in heaven. Mother It is a handsome suit and shines Strength failed most magnificently. visit, and had let it be known that she any Amy are there. But It Is not wanted a capable younger woman to him there. and gay. Simple quiet and handMadame lifted her head, kissed him some. go back with her to the city under a sliding agreement. If they suited each three times, then walked away, saying To be sure, there are greenish She will make his other something might come of it ; if in her heart : to my suit my featheied touches not, no special harm would have been heaven when I am gone. call these touches for they I jewels Next day, almost forcibly, she had done. She would pay expenses anyIn the sunlight. gleam went she thing more was for later consideration. them married. Afterward Mrs. Cowbird, just wore The Carey place was so big and outside. And there, under flittering a My friend, little suit of gray. plain handsome, Amy thought upon coming palm shadows, they found her dead, for me, my dear, I fuss Dont Itself to it; what a shame it stood deserted with the happiness of heaven told are a charming cow-bir- d You her. so much of the time. Even with frozen upon her face. as It Is. madame in residence It held to its air Mrs. Cowbird looked at her mate of desolation. Amy came to it by the Nature Has Balanced now. He was certainly handsome and back way, through orchards rather It was good of him not to be ashamed Strength and Weight of ragged and weedy, that ran on to a her. She had been delighted stretch of turf hardly less ragged, The size of an animal is of far to have heard herself quite of as spoken which gave finally upon a rose gar- greater significance than the average Mrs. Cowbird. den still Ungainly In winter swathings. person realizes. Few species could It was the first time she had been Three minutes later she was stand- live in their present environments if called that. ing discohsolate before an Impromptu their bodies were much larger or You know how we are, Mrs. Cow? butler, who had just said madame was much smaller. Any decided change In We arent great for extravagance. away till five in the ufternoon he either direction would necessitate build a home nest. Is what was sure. He held the door half shut marked changes In the habits of the we Why when we can lay the egg say, a tall thinnish man stood within it, creatures and in extreme cases would somewhere else? Will you leave a produce fatal results. This is because asking civilly : Oh, yes, Mrs. Cowbird is of the with me, young lady? Ill de- any change in size seriously upsets same opinion. She has even message picked liver it straight. the existing nice balance between out the very nest where she expects I Thank you but It would only weight and strength. It has been to lay an egg. trouble you for nothing,' Amy an- - I demonstrated many times to the She saw a warblers nest which swered, with a sudden vivid conscious- - chagrin of engineers that a perfectshe thought would do all right. ness that the tall man had been in the working small model may be a dismal Some day when Mrs. Warbler isnt rose garden while she passed. He failure when reproduced on a large MERELY A LOVE STORY Fairy Tal d, (. d, g I I I imist have Lf pjlnwejh erjnsld y o..Q a..wr Thc KITCHEN CABINET Wit and ly4,' Western Aewayaper tmun.j WEEKLY MENU SUG- (t&), GESTIONS When we need nourishment, bulk, mineral salts and a corrective alkalinity we have only to serve the common Irish potato. SUNDAY Breakfast: StrawberHAPPILY MARRIED ries, cream of wheat. Dinner: Steak, boiled potatoes, cabbage with cheese. They were talking about women Supper: Creamed salmon sandwich. friends. MONDAY Crullers. Breakfast: Do you see Emma often? one inDinner: Butter-scotc- h pudding. Supquired. per: Milk toast. Oh, yes, quite frequently, the othTUESDAY Breakfast: ba Toast, er replied. con. Dinner: Fried apples and onions. "Is she happily married? Supper: Macaroni and eggs. Is she? I should think she Is. WEDNESDAY Breakfast: Omelet. that girl Is so happily married Why, Dinner: Potato soup. Supper: Gin that she has to go to the theater for a ger-brea- d. THURSDAY Breakfast: Dough nuts. Dinner: Roast of pork, browned potatoes. Supper: Lettuce and onion salad. FRIDAY Breakfast: Griddle cakes. Dinner: codfish chowder. Supper: Scalloped eggs. SATURDAY Breakfast: Toast and eggs. Dinner: Bean pot hash. Sup per; Sponge cake, marmalade. Crullers. Take three eggs well beaten, add d of a cupful of powdered sugar and three tablespoonfuls of melted fat. Sift one cupful of pastry flour with one-hateaspoonful of salt and the same of cinnamon, add to the first mixture ; roll out, adding more flour. Cut in oblongs, slit with three slashes and fry In deep fat. Roll In powdered sugar when cold. Butterscotch Pudding. Melt one cupful of brown sugar and two tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying pan. When dark brown pour over the mixture two cupfuls of boiling milk and let stand until the sugar is dissolved. Meanwhile soak a thick slice of bread and add the beaten yolks of two eggs, a pinch of salt and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a buttered baking dish and bake in a minutes. Beat pan of water forty-fiv- e the whites of the eggs until stiff, add two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and the juice of half a lemon. Spread over the top and brown. Serve hot or good cry. cold. Bean Pot Hash. Prepare the hash as usual and put Into the oven In a bean pot to cook slowly. Til tell you, right now, declared Sankey Spink, a swain of the Bandy Mush region, I aint going to have nuthn more to do with the Wldder Slabbs girl. If the old lady dont change her ways! Whats she did to you? asked Tobe Tadlock. Met me at the door, tuther eve ning when I went to call, and flung a dipper of scalding water onto me I Significant Omissions OUT OF PLACE Do you know how the Labor party spell their program? asked an Englishman at a social gathering. Thefi he spelled out the words Labor program. Well, what is wrong with that? Inquired his hostess. "Why, you see It leaves out u and me. Boston Transcript. Short Measure one-thir- lf THE SENSITIVE SWAIN HIrem Beechnut Say, you er the most gosh hanged buzz-beaeditor 1 heard tell of. Editor Poduck How so? Hirem Beechnut Waal, In last n tr weeks paper the department entitled local intelligence was only about two inches long! Give Him a Chance Grandma Who do you like best x all those young men who come her to see your sister? Eddie I like the sailor best, be cause he doesnt hang his handkerchle: over the keyhole. VERY SARCASTIC Miss Trotter for? Whatcha standln up Mr. Eagleblrd Theyre playing the National Anthem. Miss Trotter Sidown! We cant fox-trto that tune. ot Unerring Retribution A man may rob a trusting thing With scant reproof to fret him. But If he parks his flivver wrong. The cops will surely get him. Problem in Chemistry What are you working over there? asked a friendly friend. "Some abstruse problem In chemistry? "You might say so, replied the Im trying to combine Ice druggist. cream find pickles Into a. compatible mixture. It will make a fortune for me If I can put It across. Such Is Life "My wife, a genuine bridge player, finds life hedged with limitations. How so? She belongs to enough clubs to en- - |