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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Why, you Infernal little shrimp, bellowed the enraged foreman, no man ever called me a liar and got away with It. Ill ring your neck. He made a spring for the young engineer and would certainly have carried out his threat If he had not been stopped by an automatic revolver in the hands of the engineer. GRAHAM BOMNER back ; youve gone far Keep - yAARY (OmiOHT rr VdTlItN Ntwapfl UNION he concluded The foreman enough. By N. K. BUCK meant business and stopped, not, howMRS. DUCKS DELIGHT ever, interrupting a torrent of Invec( by Short Story Pub. Co.) tives hurled at the younger man. said You think youre some guy, dont "Quack, quack, quack-quackHA d you mean, nerve ? school-boonever knew how lucky Mrs. "I Duck. you you said Shorty Long, the would-b- e I was until yes- engineer. You think because powder 'man. Him with me shootat the end of that terday. got nerve? Nothin to It. youve Iron Im afraid of you. I tell you "I always ing much have couldnt Just naturally I was a thought this. now, for Ill right you get nerve him just out of college. It But duck. busy "Tom, replied the engineer, still takes more experience than a kid like not find I Im him has got to work up much nerve. keeping his voice quiet though there so as a was busy It nearly about that tensity Take Black Tom there, the nerviest certainly is. little was Sadie not a mine usual, good "youre man in these hills. How did he get One of Sadies his nerve, do you suppose? Out of foreman the best in these hills. The came as you call him, doesnt want books. Nix. He Just naturally made big boss, see to her around me fired to no and be credit Itll It by being In a thousand tight places you and she I If to I fire have to want yesterday you. get In his time and pullin out of every one : said with rest of the the and along you with a little mite more experience and " Come on, Sanerve than he had before. Course the boys ; but Im going to be boss. Thats die, come on out here; thats what I draw my kid Is all right nothin against him, why Im and play. more for and than that's pay that, but It just aint natural for a kid just But Sadie to be means It life going my work; out of knee pants to have a mans size more to me called back and salor a a than Job just supply of nerve." said: If I make good it spells success One of Sadies Just then the kid, a young min- ary. I cant come, a with S I means if It Friends. capital dont, ing engineer, came into the swing the other an hour, any for thing and I couldnt stand room. In looking at him you might to the beds Ive make and I way. that. easily give him the same rating as to wash dishes. the promised help I of sort know, too, what this thing was given him by Shorty Long. Then Well, I thought to myself. Im a means to went he but on, Ive you, again, you might differ with that au- made mind about this. Either lucky duck. I dont have to make beds thority. Young Le was; slight he was; you orupI my must back down here and and I dont have to wash dishes. d with a and blue-eyenow. This is a ten-shautomatic and to Of course I would have a nice place pleasant smile. Yet there was some- I them In, here In the brook, happen to know that it is loaded with andwash thing In his eye which might lead one use pleasant weeds as I could loaded shell and nine empties. I you to ask if, after all, there wasnt dish but still Im glad I dont rags, know which is the loaded one. I dont considerable stuff behind there which am bother all with such things. to on this down the gun going put could be brought out when occasion deI agree with you, quack, quack, us. table between You It and pick up manded. quack-quacsaid Miss Duck. One year out from graduation, with use It on me for one shot; that shot Mrs. Duck, It Is so said "Ah, yes, will either be the loaded one or one of only such experience as he could ac- the much no dishes at all, to have simpler I know which ; dont you but quire In that year plus such additional dontempties. one eat as goes along. just know which. If Im lucky Ill time as he had spent In vacations dur"Now, when a cow Is taken to some take next the at shot you maybe ing his course at the university, the loaded, and has to go In a wagon maybe empty. Well keep that other place kid certainly looked young younger on a train In a stupid small and then turn turn one us and about up of by reason of his light complexion, reaches the loaded shell. until after having been in the lovely You can take place, than he really was. I to myself: meadow, say He had for three months been In your choice of first shot or second. " Poor cow. Youve known better With that Wellington quietly laid sole charge of the mine, operating unthe gun on the table between them days. mander the supervision of the general Ive seen the trains go by the staand within reach of both. Twenty ager In control of a group of mines tion at the far end of my brook. of eyes watched the act but no scattered over 50 miles. The work pairs And Ive thought to myself how Interfered. was getting on well, but evidences of one Come not to be a cow. Then I was, lucky now, resumed Wellington, Insubordination were not lacking. Durmuch to live In a brook than nicer its a back pace from the table, even than ii a palace. ing the last visit of the general man- stepping else thats fair enough; itll be one two anywhere Of ager, this air of unrest among the men the farmers old course, Bessie, three; Just like that; maybe more, horse Is very had been apparent and had been the You know Beslucky. less. Is old subject of consultation between the maybe sie have to and doesnt quite The tension In the room was rnni? more. work any of th JoVS In the sllrtTOo.l fWiDaddys HAD A SUPPLY OF NERVE ?dEveiiig Fairy Tale ," . tow-lieade- d, k, friends light-haire- THE d, ot k, . ter-,arvr.tr- guy- On the KTTCHEN Funny Side CABINET (. 1826, Western Newspaper Union.) WEEKLY MENU HINTS Common vegetables, well cooked, well seasoned and served hot will be enjoyed by those who are not particularly fond of them. To teach a child to like a certain vegetable It must be carefully seasoned, using plenty of butter to make it palatable. Scant the butter in other foods, but use plenty for seasoning vegetables. Breakfast: Oranges, 8UN DAY muffins. Dinner: Roast goose, savory apples, peach shortcake, coffee. Cupper: Mush and milk, chocolate, cake. MONDAY Breakfast: Cantaloupe, Dinner: cereal with cream, toast. Cream of tomato soup, fried oysters, Supper: Hash on cabbage salad. toast, pineapple, cake. TUESDAY Breakfast: Grapes, Dinner: Vegemuffins. omelet, rye table soup, veal cutlets, celery, steamed pudding. Supper: Cold sliced tongue, potato salad. Breakfast: WEDNESDAY Grape fruit, oatmeal, frizzled ham, creamed potatoes. Dinner: Cream of celery soup, roast beef, turnip croquettes. Supper: French toast, preserves, jelly cake, cocoa. Breakfast: Pears, THURSDAY cereal, waffles. Dinner: Corn soup, sliced roast beef with Mexican sauce Supper: Cheese souffle, whole wheat bread. FRIDAY Breakfast: Baked apple, eggs on toast, coffee. Dinner: Salmon loaf with peas, steamed brown bread. Supper: Oyster stew, cole slaw. Breakfast: Stewed SATURDAY prunes, griddle cakes,. coffee. Dinner: Baked beans, tomato sauce. Supper: Milk toast, sliced boiled ham. Savory Apples. Place cored apples, six of them. In a baking dish. For filling take one cupful of bread crumbs, half teaspoonful of sage, the same of parsley and one teaspoonful of minced onions, half teaspoonful of salt and a dish of cay enne, moisten with three tablespoonfuls of thick cream, fill the cavities with this and bake until tender. Mint In place of sage may be added If the apples are to be served with lamb. Turnip Croquettes. Cook the turnips until tender, drain and squeeze dry, add to each pint of wijfot8to,tbe. jyolk of LACKING IN FAITH TOLD WITH A BANG The prisoner came before the court on a charge of murder. Many distin- George Ade, at a dinner In New York, urged a subtler use of words. guished legal lights had assembled to hear the case. The charge was read out, and the Judge, as Is usual, asked the man In the dock If he would like to be defended by an attorney. came the reply, No, my lord, this is too serious a matter. "Use words with delicate care, ho said. "Observe all subtle distinctions. Never write vision, for Instance, when sight is what you mean." Theres no difference between sight and vision, Interrupted an editor. No? said Mr. Ade. "And yet, Billy, when you and I passed each Good a a Scarecrow other on Broadway yesterday, the Said a woman to her neighbor over girl I was with was a vision, while the suburban garden wall, I hope my the one with you was a sight. daughters singing does not annoy Everybodys. you. On the contrary, came the sweet reply, my husband and I appreciate it very much. It keeps the birds away from our berry bushes. Rather Curious One of those pests known to every one met Florence Flinn hastening from t Cause for Distinction "That Is the Hon. John Wlndlddy going by, said the landlord of the Petunia Tavern. He Is regarded as one of our most distinguished citizens. "Ah, yes I And for what Is he dis- tinguished? Hanged If I know! Probably for the fact that the cat did not suck his rehearsal. You didnt know who I was when I breath when he was a baby. called you up yesterday, did you?" he NOT REMARKABLE SOIL inquired. "No, Miss Flinn answered, absently. "Who were you? Fond of Fishes negro was offered a job feeding sharks. Naw, sah, boss, me and sharks aint friends. Why, boy, sharks dont eat black meat. ' Ah know, but Its Just mah luck to meet wld one dats blind. . A TOO REALISTIC Smith Last Monday I planted three rows of potatoes, and they, were all out of the ground next day. Unbelievable Neighbor Jones wonderfully productive soli ! Smith No your wonderfully Indus, trious chickens. . |