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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD h'S pIsto1 and lpoped grasp the wing edge He hoidUtep !fu the others t0 patch unexpected bump of the edge against their heads had made both father and daughter crouch down. Huxby stepped back to brace hlm-sel- f for a shove against the rotary of the wing. His rear root went over the round of the doUJn Yrahbed out-thru- st water-polishe- d st ledge. The him on outwards. Before he could let go. both of his feet were off the ledge top. He slid down with a splash into the swirlwin-thru- ing water. The engineer plunged upstream three or four steps to a split In the glassy-face- Miss Iiamiil smiled mockingly. Oh, no, woodsy. You can throw 0 Is pre-16tones. All you need do is stay , Garth, prospector, claim leave for his mining right here and eat your fellow rabt lands " a plane North, bits. As soon as we record our station. emergency .Barton Ram ill. nrilionare claims, well come back to replace maenate; his daughter, your stakes with our own. Huxby, pilot and Yes, her father agreed. No to him Believ.ng engineer. of an experienced prospecdanger the res wl, an ignorant prospector, a fortil to make an air trip to tor like you starving, this time of Set kttr they refer Wait here for us, and Ill claim, although ore as near- year. E INDUSness." Lilith Ramill, prod-,- h pay you that two thousand dollars I offered." lass age, plainly shows Garth. Through for Huxby. signed with his pistol. niempt the plane soon , guidance There's your answer, boob. Now the claim site. Huxby and step lively. Cast off that line after making several tests. Before the threatening muzzle. Garth his claim is nearly encourage" young Garth turned about and walked si but to tore they are willing to take along the ledge to the tie tree. He eln investing a small amount. , the treachery ahead, Garth passed the rope through the tree a part from the loop, and pulled loose the bite of removes motor. the stay hitch. Had he .then let go of the rope end. the taut line would have whipped the loop HAPTER II Continued SYNOPSIS f iF ' , H BtndcEJ swung Into the Ixpensaj back ashore with a tihisky. During hla short to Mr. Ramill had ceased leeould draw deeper breaths, of whisky r three swallows d Ills flabby muscles. Helped and Huxby, he , daughter ed to Ills feet and staggered to the mg the rock shelf engineer , e end stood neck-hig- h ledge. While Mr. Ratnlll wing the y bracer of whisky, boosted the girl up on the Jge. She grasped hold of her collar. Huxby gripped his the knees and legs below Mr. Itamills hands were wing edge. He pulled with snother 3 Stndsn: s Cou: iki Citi, strength, - L rose above rpulent midbody ;e of the wing. alogua COLL ike C.ty, gave a 1? t have esi m Statu, rt time. last upward heave, r to drag her the girl iled fa-ic- the convex surface, faulted after to help her lift one millionaire to his feet, darted to lead him along the to the fuselage of the on I i the backs ad of the three clear from the forward, silent as ng lynx. Midway between id of the plane and the spruce b It was tied, he stopped and i his rifle, butt down, to lean stepped came and muzzle. !o" he sang out. Whats Ramill 111?" first word, Huxby tensed tanced over his shoulder. He of Ramill. After a moment, bed around and thrust out omatic pistol toward Garth. up that rifle, end butt, V he ordered. fL i. Mr. what dyou mean? Garth his mouth half agape, around the spruce trunk and set the monoplane adrift. Instead, he held fast Huxby frowned and raised the pistol. What are you waiting- for? I told you to cast off. Its no use your whining. You dont suppose well pass up the chance to record that placer, do - you ? Garth replied. Youve shown .your colors hoisted the black flag. Only thing, a woman Is a woman. Let me suggest that before I you try your let go this line. Ive heard that airplanes sometimes balk. If you cant get yours Into the air In time, the wind and current will to those falls." drift you down-lak- e How sad! You dumb dupe, If you think I Walt, cut ln Mr. Ramill. Hand me your pistol, Vivian, and try the motor. The fellow gave up his rifle a bit too readily." Though far from pleased. .Huxby passed over the automatic. - Mr. Ramill had recovered from his exhaustion, and the way he handled the pistol showed that he knew how to use it. Huxby swung Into the cockpit and and threw on the It buzzed but the propeller did not turn over. The motor failed to go. Another try brought the same barren result The engineer pilot made a hasty examination of the magneto. He sprang out on the wing, in a cold fury. The d d sneak has crippled the motor. Give me the pistol. Mr. Ramill held up a restraining hand. "One moment, Vivian. Now, Garth, what have you done? Garth smiled. ..Merely removed one of the breaker points, Mr. Its platinum, you know, and that's what were bargaining over. The point is quite safe here, Inside No, self-start- , ft Lake ledge. He clawed Hu-wait- golf-cour- Ra-mi- ll 1 e Ra-mil- l. rni ... P01 A.ngcl icrica'i 3.) & nil,milane. Once In quick 'it!'ehh.aId nn even cm f the f)i8,0, iado s SU(h dai'inR l,renkled th 4 t - ac&r,rtoi,',ri,,e are- he said. "Tliat hpail Of your .y("r Dton dangerous. "s with a A cold r gl" ln Part, you H, i, 1 Joure n,'Ml,llld 8 be cn,zJ 10 dangerous. I'm RUn nnd l'" here-- , I,(,''tunately for '1 to nn0,! T sl,,,ot you as youre told. up Dow and cast oil that "e ,pb'H C "Re u Sterv 8?ny from the wing. I1, sure, "Mr. 11p,0,e8t: y"1 mt nhnmlon .! i'k TImo" , e' ' k't me keep n!'hnt ls cnlied ,'ravo, ' starve before coach ue halted Mackenzie. Simoniz a New Car! Vii nnMi? V e, Dont Shootl S ,1... i n slung it on his back. Come on. Lets head for camp." Why not follow Vivian? Mr. Ramill Inquired. It Is still possible the plane may drift ashore. "A hundred to one chance It will not, sir. Well go out on moose-hidIf at all. Ive decided not to make it alone. A trip through the muskegs may lead you to realize that even lone woodsy prospectors should be entitled to the fruits of d Franc. a The plane has veered terposed. out again. He has us nipped fast. Without any reply, Huxby thrust his pistol inside his leather Jacket and started up the stream bank. Garth came aslant to his pack. He b 1 a-H- choice. Mr. Ramill handed over the rifle. Huxbys hand tightened on the butt of his lowered pistol. Garth gazed past him down the lake. The plane seems to be edging over towards the east shore. Theres a ford up here, Huxby. Youre welcome to try for the plane. If you save her, I'll call it a break of the game In your favor, and well all ride out on the air." Lay off, Vivian, Mr. Ramill In- sean lJ have nothing ln common with the sauces with mayonnaise as the base roux group. Mint, sauce for mutton such as Russian dressing, Creole and lamb Is one. This has vinegar sauce, Thousand Island dressing. Or and mint as principal Ingredients a boiled dressing may be substituted with sugar to mellow It. Then there for the olive oil mayonnaise. WNU Service. Bell Sjndlcate. with mayonnaise, Wliat They Are and Ilow to are a various orkinds the mayonnaise Itself, as base, Aa Advantage a very rich sauce for salads, meats, Make Them Explained Whatever busies the mind without and fish. Tartar sauce chiefly for by Leading Expert. fish has mayonnaise for a foundation, corrupting It has at least this adsuch vantage that It rescues the day with other The word sance has, In cuHnary as a little Ingredients added, onion, parsley, olives, from idleness; and he that ls never matters, divers meanings. It may be capers, and pickles all minced. Idle will not often be vicious. Docfruit cooked with sugar, until it Is There are endless kinds of salad tor Johnson. of the consistency of a white sauce, or It may have the pieces of the fruit, or whole berries, unbroken ln a rich liquid of delectable flavor. It Bcm hxau Stinteatton M Health may be a mellow, smooth, thin paste highly seasoned and variously colored, a rich sauce for meat or fish or fowL Or it may be a sweet creamy liquid for puddings and desserts. The time for discrimination In th -1 significance of the word has come, V 'Off however. Some sauces are ln reality, compotes. This Is when the berries or cut fruits remain unbroken, . i 4 or as nearly so as the kind permits. For example applesauce Is not a sauce but a compote when pieces are unbroken. It ls a much more epicurean dish , among cooked fruits, than the sauce, which ls of strained fruit, and ls used much as Is a relish. Applesauce ls a side dish for pork, and other meats. A compote of apples may be so served, but It may be served for a dessert with cake or rich cookies. Each has its place and Is a favorite dish. Many of the dishes once termed sauces have evolved into relishes, for example, spiced fruits are acX; counted relishes today, while mashed ripe fruits, or slightly cooked and lavishly sweetened fruits become sauces well liked for Ice creams and other desserts. It ls the swet sauce MAKES THE that is featured for desserts. The FINISH sauce with zest Is for meat or Sah, entrees of like kind, and for poultry LAST LONGER and birds, etc. For the group of sauces with zest there ls one foundation, a roux which Simoniz your carl New or old, the may be white or brown according to sooner you do it the better. If dull, browned been whether the flour has ln the butter or not A rich roux first use the wonderful Simoniz has equal parts butter and flour, Kleener . . . restores the lustre which ls thinned with stock, or with and safely. Then Simoniz. quickly milk. The French chefs use stock, is too, easy to apply, but hard to It, and scorn a sauce of this kind that wear off . . . perfect protection for Is otherwise made creamy. Water the finish which makes it stay can be used for thinning a foundabeautiful for years. tion of one tablespoonful of butter and one of flour or two of flour, but y? V. MOTORISTS WISE such a sauce Is scarcely worthy the ; name, It Is so Inferior. Roux of either kind is a basic sauce, from which many others can be made. Another group of sauces with zest EXPERT OFFERS TIPS ON SAUCES pHllllllilill oed, ' hell-hol- the crevice and sprang to his up feet on the rock shelf, drenched to the armpits by the milky water. But his right hand still grasped his automatic pistol. Garth stood like an unconcerned onlooker. While the engineer was still struggling up out of the stream bed, Mr. Ramill took the rifle from manded to know. his daughter and aimed It at Garth. Garth looked at Mr. Ramill Its Take your time. Vivian, he a guess. May be two weeks. More 1 have him called. covered." probably three." Miss Ramill flared, outraged. panted Huxby. "Leave him to me. What! Hang around this disgustHe stood dripping till he caught ing hole a single day? Well start his breath. A flirt of the pistol this Instant. barrel made sure It was free from Bon voyage!" said Garth. You water. He took a step closer to may reach the top of the glacier Garth, his eyes cold, his lips tight- with the soles still on your ened ln a bitter smile. boots. Your father, I fancy, Another clever trick, Jack and will prefer to wait here a while. your last. Ill be generous and For one thing, he knows that In his give you half a minute for your present condition, he never could climb the pass. In the second place, prayers." Garth eyed him gravely. "That he has no desire to go down the Is indeed generous. Shall I recipro- other side on his uppers." cate by praying that you and Miss Huxby looked from Mr. Ramlll's Ramill do not suffer too long from flimsy oxfords to the girl's fashionthe tortures of flies and starvation? able sports boots, and then at Mr. Ramill may possibly be able Garths worn moccasins. to get over the pass, though I doubt Well, Jack, what's the answer? It In any event, the first muskeg That Its not well Garth rewill stop him. You and Miss In the first place, youll plied. probably will last for two or drop that name and tone ln speakthree wTeeks longer. ing to me. Am I understood? You tricky devil Huxby glared. Huxby stood silent, his eyes cold Clever, arent you? Here Is where and Ups tight drawn. Eut Mr. Ramill spoke for him, with decisiveyou last less than a minute." That ls understood, Garth. Yes?" Garth smiled. I might ness: suggest to Mr. Ramill that he re- We are all now ln the same boat, flect upon the Inadvisability of mur- and you are skipper. How about der ln Canada. The Northwest Po- the shoe problem? Moosehlde. We'll first shift lice always get their man. If he to the mouth of the Is unaware of the fact, I might ap- along-shorpeal to the womanly gentleness of placer rill. Its the best place to camp. I'll then go on around to Miss Ramill" Go ahead," Huxby sneered. the muskeg and collect some hides. Dont be too sure of that . Ilux-b- y Youre welcome to try." differed. Keep hold of the rifle, Why, bother them needlessly? Garth came back at him. My dear chief, ned streak out and leave us to hold the sack." "Haven't you realized yet that the Joke Is on you? Garth inquired. Its a question of trusting me absolutely, or not at all. Take your self-starte- r. my shirt. "Shoot him, said Huxby. Were business, an-Huxby not going to be done by a fool trick "Hold up the butt up like this. Shoot the Idiot. Go on, Jour head; then come for-ochief. Hes only a lousy woods lay the rifle on the wing. bum. Its a matter of a million rounded bis mouth still the at leash Ry word, man, you must be 14 Ive no thought of shoot- The older man leveled the pistol. Garth, you heard him. Youve takinS no chances. Put that played a silly trick. We have the If you value your yhe wing, or Ill fill you full drop on you. life, bring that stolen breaker point J?mad as a march hare," here, and be quick about it. Gar. Dont shoot. Ilow about, the line, sir? Garth tod the If' I let got the pfane rifle overhead, butt Inquired. ; 4 as ordered, and advanced. will be swept out Into the lake." ?ln8. He came within a Tie It again." step edge and paused. The What If Id rather not? at For hlm the second time Miss Ramill ,Q Et?ing I,en M r lArt c It would had been such an chimed in on the talk: er father looked . too woodsy bad ay fat lie for you, Just grave. t ed coac-D10'e Dad Is a- - better shot even hoy. Interpose bsr' by leveled his pistol and than Vivian." ' v liberate aim. A better shot and a no less cool IJow can thinker. Garth replied. PS chapter m I hold this rope If Im shoj? Those ISCO Hold falls and the rapids below Outbiuffed. on there, Huxby! Not so fast. You $3U lnn mrve might have cun come ashore; hut Miss Ramill $37.1: ' fruin the leveI'1 and her father will hnnd with you. c4of , 'arcs, gfmining engineer There'll be no rush to catch the PulInuC Jn 'I1Ve Untler th line until all three of you are off Tj alt d your best to bilk me out of It all. This Is the result." Huxby regretfully eyed his pistol. It's a damnable fact we can't kill the slick devil Well tie his hands, and start him guiding us out of this e at once. Garth smiled. What! Still up in the air? Better come down to earth and face the other faets also. For the same reason you cant kill nie, you cant make me guide you. I knew exactly what I was doing when I turned the plane adrift. I knew I was putting you all ln a hole out of which none of you can hope to escape without my help. If I die, every one of you will die. Ive faced death many times. I am not afraid to meet 1L None of you dare chance starvation or freezing. I do not need you, but you must have my help, or perish. Though you now have the guns, I am master of the situation. AH three of you will do whatever I consider necessary to get you out alive." "When do we start? Huxby de- man, you are no rash fool. Had you been other than what you are. do you suppose I would have walked their discoveries. up so Innocently and let you get the The girls smoldering rage flared drop on me? You scoundrel I DeThe coolness of tone and look out at him; Into this us coy beastly hole, and comthat went with the question You then turn our plane adrift. His consideration. pelled Iluxbys I driftsneak cowardly Everything It. with Out eyes narrowed. In It and all the food You see, I have you sized up ing away wine. Oh d nl What am. I and neiYoure Garth replied. right," nor a fool. All your going to do? Ill starve!" ther a Her father looked at Garth with based upon moves are first sign of concern that he the calcalculation. In this case, you'll had shown. "Yes, that's it. You kill If you factors: these culate of her. A girl have thought might starve me, you will most certainly I say nothIn so delicately reared I sink first unless you to death, all In the to it's as myself; ing The only the slime of muskeg hog. But a lady to drag her game. to for Is stay you alternative other down Into the raw like tills I Mahere and freeze at the first onset rooning her to starve In the bogs! more of winter, platinum is of no Garth looked from father to Is than man gold. use to a dead A lady, did you say? daughter. The mining engineer stood silent. to be sure a dainty, reOh, yes, on: Garth went fined lady, who curses and drinks We are speaking of what connot men- and Joins in schemes to bilk a supSo Ill most. cerns you of posedly slmpie bush vagabond out tion the no less certain death the wing. to whom of his fortune." the and lady partner "lah I" she scoffed. Whining beMr. Ramill started with Huxby your other side of you are engaged. The we would not let you foist His daughter cause the wing. out along If I am not my argument is that. on us as a gentleman. As did not move. yourself back to you murdered. I can guide the twaddle about that claim, plane, for I'll leave your If you then If you fancy the M.akenzle. What mines are treasure trove. They steal to my yon can guess ngnln. chance bad another Her father spoke In her ear. None claim? Wouldn't that be a big in- belong to whoever Is clever enough to get hold of them." too graciously, she took the offered ducement? H Righto, my lady, Garth aparm of her fiance. Side by side, "Lower your pistol, Vivian, "Which leaves only the proved. us has the throe came out to the end of the Garth ordered. pisof food and drink to matter the small handed Ramill Look Mr. aces. wing. Re holds the to Youll be able to considered. be ready nnd knelt, tol to Huxby, heading straight r! at the plane. It's moose meat, I fancy, after chew falls. the slide over the front edge. The g down the lake townrds waitsome of your fasThis breeze will you've fasted off Jumped down lightly, without Garth nodded. handed tidiousness. off Iluxhy the glaassistance. for down ing the keep on blowing Indifferent whether or not the blizzard. her the rifle, laid the pistol on cier until the first autumn Ramllls and her father followed him, Mr. so girl crack and to up grasped wing edge, a shame, sir. Its started to back trail through Garth would have hands. But you slid fine a plane. tiie lower growth of spruce trees. As the portly millionaire It. (TO UE COSTIMED) over the wing. Garth let , Ike a forward. be Yon may and end sprang rope You and Iluxhy. Can You Count Em? around tne Itamlll: that loop whipped from financial pirate. Mr snid 111 llo, the A hypocrite, slackII the You spruce trunk. He grasped you're a hypocrite. saving tne of Chinatown, Is nn actor who So lie Hint I'm responMIde for this sage ened line ami flipped It out Into sooner or later to attempt sure Is stream. share to swift rush of (lie milky mess. I gavp joti a cl.nme wliieh lie Is a failure. In role a The head of the released plane my Claim. In return, jouve done ofWiore. at once started to swing P SkV KIDS wat.i AS PR. ROSS TOLO you ASK Triose over, herb ? -- DID 4fAARfHA off i mo cHAseofcM ur me tat-you.- you, 00 THAT'S ( BACK IN ' AWVTHlMG TO es CURSES' 'WHAT DRIVEN t TELL HER TO .. youvs got coFree-NEKu- ABOUT COFFCB, f... BUT I'llTRy NONSENSE WHV VOUFE SO iRRiTABlE! WHV WONT VOU GIVE UP MW HEADACHES OUT OF HERE GET RlO OF m IMDI6EST0M' UXKlJ A By POStlM . hot-hea- d d WHAT WHEUJO.BoyS I knew coffee wai bad for ell ue kids... but didnt know it could Kurt a grown man like Daddy! WHAT Oh, yea. ..many J 00 you .. UP A sAy w5 fix PLACE fo PlAV HORSESHOES Rn-mi- r nr HES HERE (M fc, rU-.-THA- A n gH.. 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