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Show PAROWAN TIMES. PAROWAN. UTAH Smart, lAJearaltle 2)aij(inie 1 SHORTY OUTMATCHES A KILLER By ,rFLL," 1 s.nys to Shorty No-ig- s, It. You buit It "t'ns it or it busts you " It was undmibtefl'y a very tough case. Sheriff Shorty No Legs would first have to prove it accident or murder. If murder, then he'd have to catch the inuidcrcr. And if he faded anywtiere along the line hed nave to resign But that was the way Shorty-Wo- rld asked War I veteran-ha- d for it There ha hei n so many un-- s deed murders m Dry Cieek county that Shorty ran on his word that he would resign whenever he failed to solve a case. The name Shorty had given when he first came to Scenic City came from the fact that he actually had no lei'-,- There wete barely enough stumps below Shortys powerful body to enuble turn to do what he cheerfully called walking. I'm blowing like a winded horse," Shorty laid, glancing back over the boulder strewn way down . JOE STEEL have stayed with niedicina or law. Barbers are always skinny." Id hunted with him many times, arid seen him climb around in the mountain lots, but now he amazed even me. He was driving hard on this case We clambered up to the high ay just as the ambulance arrived s Take him to Doc's, said But we found out, after a breakfast, that the Doc didnt find any trace of drugs or liquor on the body. Maybe he went to sleep, I said. Now Maybe," agreed Shorty. just prove It and I can resume my disturbed slumbers." I couldn't, of course. Who found him? I asked. No-Leg- d Doc. Coinin back from a night call over in the hills somewhere and noticed the broken guard rail What do you think" I aint got "I dont," he said. nothing to think on. Theres got to be some other angles." Colorful Prin in IJobe ing that now. He never seemed to have to ak questions He'd just wait the other guy out sqeeze him dry with the weight of dead I could see the pressure on Rhodes. Like everybody elbe hed s a lot rather would fire ques- tions then just stare. Forced on the defensive and obviously angiy at having to explain further to the legless owl before You him, Rhodes started again see, I came out on the train for deer hunt while Ltfty wound up our business He was to meet me here today and we'd go on together." He ground his conversa- tion to a stop sure surprised both Chick" and me with his next move. He twisli d his wrist and the big gun in his hip holster moved into Rhodes stomach "You're under arrest fur murder," he said Rhodes soon recovered from his I surprise and grinned wickedly. No-Leg- s Dont miss its FASHION the Sprint tm brimful of idem summer sewing, tree knitting a free pattern printed inside tin . cents. Dessert lovers everywhere enjoy deep-disfruit puddings with their their crusts, crisp fragrance. The grand thing about them i that you may have them at any time during the year, but durespecially ing the months when fresh fruit is not so readily available. First of all. there are canned cherries, plump, red and juicy. But dont stop there, for you may like to use apples or figs, pears and apricots, and even some of the citrus fruits. All of them are happy inspiration for meals that you want to be filling and hearty. Another thing youll like about these desserts is that they are simplicity itself to prepare. Use them often for economys sake on days when you use the oven for the rest of the meal. mouth-waterin- The roadster had been moving on the steep down grade toward Scenic City when it failed to make a hairpin turn and jitterbugged its dance of death down the almost sheer mountainside. which he had slipped and slid to where the battered sports roadster and the mans body lay. Several hundred feet above looped the narrow concrete ribbon of Blue River pass highway. The roadster had been moving on the steep down grade toward Scenic City when it failed to make a hairpin turn and jitterbugged its dance of death down the almost sheer mountainside. s mopped his face with a huge bandana and began a painstaking search of the wreckage. There wasn't much. The dead man wore a rather flashy suit. He had on yellow shoes, so new that match scratches in the instep of the left one could plainly be seen. Cigarettes, odds and ends, and a picture of the dead man and a little geezer evidently named Chick, rounded out the inventory. said Somebody," could have got this guy drunk or drugged, driven him to this curve, headed the roadster for the railing, and stepped out. The pavement wouldnt show any tracks, he added sadly. Shorty," I says, maybe I could back up this carry you I could see he was mountain. pick-a-bae- k to leave. he snorted, giving me a Yeh, backhanded slap in the midriff with one of his Me weighing 160 without legs, and you weighing 135 legs and all. You should "What do we do now? When youre hunting "Nothing. geese the first thing to do is stay In the blind. Then If they dont fly In to you after so long, you try to crawl up on them. We ain't stayed in tlie blind long enough yet. He was right. Soon after dinner a smallish fellow showed up at Shortys office He was in hunting togs and would have looked like Little Lord Fauntleroy if it hadnt been for beetling black eyebrows and the vicious looking cigar he was smoking. "I'm Chick Rhodes, he said, and I wanted to talk with you about the wreck out on Blue River pass. Heard about it at the cafe. kept Rhodes talking, then finally tossed the picture he had taken from the dead man on to the desk. Three words weie under it Lefty and Chick " "That's Lefty all right, Rhodes said. "And thats me, pointing to the other figure. Taken in Chicago just before me and Lefty sold our pool hall and headed for California. Lefty was going to be drafted, and I couldnt run the place myself. Figured maybe I could handle a sandwich stand in California for the No-Le- duration ready You could at s He'd spread ham-hand- his eyes up as unblinking can prove I was back up in the hills for a week until an hour ago. I couldnt have done it. said "Thats right, "But you probably helped engineer it! Over Rhodes' threats of suit s and vengeance, had him locked up. "Let's go to Rhodes hotel, he said, without giving me a chance to ask questions. Arrived in Chicks" room, he began digging in suitcases "Here they are." He said it just like he knew theyd be there. They were insurance policies on the life of George (Lefty) Ellitto. Twenty-fivthousand dollarj in all. "That dead man ain't Ellitto," said. I think Ellitto must have done the actual murder. I still couldn't get it But that s met me in the cafe evening and gave me the dope. Rhodes had confessed. "It was like I said. Ellitto killed him. You see Ellitto and Rhodes found a guy in Chicago that looked just like Ellitto. They offered him a good proposition to go West with them. Up on the pass Ellitto stops the car on a pretense of getting the other fellow to drive. "Then, he knocks him in the head, stows him behind the wheel and maneuvers the car over the cliff. never tell from looking We couldn't tell whether the fellow what he was thinking. had been hit in the head or got the his stumps ap,.'t, roll in the wreck. at your face and stare bump to see I Rhodes vas to began as an owl. He was do- collect the insurance, meet Ellitto in Old Mexico or some place and Then I live happily ever after. got out the question that had torHow did mented me all afternoon. you know the dead man wasn't El- oiitucle Grace Noll Crowell e No-Le- litto That was easy, Right-hande- to seek a crowd to find delight, 1USEDthis they gave me laughter and brief soi g, Bright powdered wings ttut dusted off is flight, And bulbled beauty, nothng lasting long But oiuc I found a pathway down nr, heaVt A dim, untraversed way 1 had not known. walked timidly, a thing apart, Bewildered that I found myself alone 1 it But now I seek that beautiful retreat, And find such cool, deep peace, su.h sheer delight: Cdd springs of w iter welling at my feet, U i ite A wers by day, whne g- - J rg stars by said. d Metallic Flesh and Bone Used for Artificial Ears Metallic flesh and bona made tantalum are providing new ears and rehabilitating torn nerves and other tissues for thousands of persons, Dr Clarence W. Balke reported to American Chemical sofrom ciety. Artificial ears have been grown on frameworks of tantalum wire, and more than 5,000 skull injuries have been repaired with tantalum plates. Thousands of severed or injured nerves have been made sound again with tantalum foil, and literally of wire have been used for surgical sutures, Dr. Balke reported. Tantalum is called biologically acceptable since body tissues adhere to and grow over the metal. Both tantalum and coiumbium are to living completely tissue, and they are not made irritating by pathologcal or disease conditions within the tissues. Implants of tantalum gauze arc used where muscular or other soft tissue is either milfirg or has been removed Final repair of recurrent and closure of abdominal walls after cancer removal are outmiles .'Asessu: No-Le- guys dont scratch matches on the bottom of their left shoes. guys do that. Left-hande- d he-n- ia standing illustrations. g Special Cherry Cobbler. (Serves 6) I No. 2 can tart, pitted red cherries A cup sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1 1 to Vt cup milk cup prepared biscuit mix cup shredded American cbeesa Ham and Noodle Casserole Tossed Salad Harvard Beets Bran Rolls Beverage Special Cherry Cobbler Recipe given. 4 cup milk tablespoons butter, softened A cop firmly packed brown sugar 2 teaspoou cinnamon 1 quart sliced apples A cup strained honey 2 tablespoons butter 1 Sift flour once, measure; add baking powder and salt, then sift together. Cut m shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk all at once; mix until all flour is dampened. Turn out on board; knead lightly, then pat into a rectangle about Vs inch thick. Spread with softened butter, sprinkle with apples and brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll as for jelly roll and cut in 10 pieces. Place apples in a buttered casserole. Add honey and butter. Place rollj on top of apples. Bake in a hot oven for 50 minutes. Serva warm with plain or sweetened whipped cream. If you want to save flour in a pudding, you might try this flake pudding, made with apples: Apple Flake Crunch. Drain the cherries and heat the (Serves 4 to 6) juice to boiling. Blend sugar and cornstarch in enough water to 6 cups pared, cored and 6lked make a thm paste. Gradually add apples and cook hot to the this cherry juice 2 tablespoons brown sugar cheruntil thick and clear. Add the A enp orange juice ries. Place in a shallow baking A cup brown sugar dish. Add the milk to the biscuit 3 tablespoons butter out into an Roll well. mix and blend A cup corn flakes oblong piece. Vs inch thick. SprinA cup flour kle with shredded slices of cheese 4 teaspoon nutmeg roll. Cut a like and roll up jelly 1 tablespoon grated orange rind into 4 inch slices and place them around the edge of the cherry mixArrange the apples in a greased ture. Bake in a hot oven (425 de- baking dish. Sprinkle the two tagrees) for 12 to 15 minutes or until blespoons of su the biscuit pinwheels are done. gar on top; then half of the pour Peach Honey Cobblers. orange juice over (Serves 6) top. Work A cup 4 cup strained honey brown sugar and 4 teaspoon cinnamon butter together. 2 teaspoons butter, melted Add corn flakes, 1 No. 24 can sliced peaches, flour, spice and drained orange rind and mix until crumbly. on top of apple. Sprinkle reCombine honey, cinnamon and Spread orange juice over top and butter. Add peaches. Place in indi- maining dot with remaining one tablespoon vidual custard cups. Usa the folof butter. Bake in a moderately hot lowing as a crust: oven (375 degrees) for 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold with cornstarch 1 cup sifted flour thickened lemon sauce or cream. 14 teaspoon baking powder Want to use cranberries? Youll 4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar like this steamed pudding if you 2 tablespoons shortening make it in an attractive mold. H cup milk Steamed Cranberry Podding. Sift dry ingredients together; cut (Serves 6 to 8) in shortening until it resembles ' 1 raw Add until meal cup milk, stirring cranberries, halved toarse 1 cup finely diced mixture is damp. pineapple A enp mixed citron Drop dough onto prepared fruit; A cup light molasses spread evenly to 4 teaspoon cinnamon the edge. Bake teaspoon powdered cloves in a hot oven crust is 4 tesspooa nutmeg unt'l browned 14 cups flour nicely 4 teaspoon salt Serve warm with 1 teaspoon cream or hard baking soda 2 sauce. tablespoons cold water In place of Combine fruit, molasses and peaches, apricot apices. Add sifted flour and salt. Dishalves or plums solve soda in cold water, add and may be used. blend thoroughly. Turn the batter Applo Pudding into a greased lid or doubled (Serve 6) parchment paper tied snugly. 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