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Show t THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH astt as 7 s I aamtm i 7. What name is given the dec- -, made in the Sermon onj larations what portion Approximately Blessed j ,of an iceberg appears above wa- the Mount beginning ter? 2. What four states west of the Mississippi meet at right angles? The Answers v 3. At the close of what war did 1. the United States acquire the isle 2. Utah, Colorado, Arizona and of Guam? Mexico. New 4. In' the army organization a n war. colonel normally commands what? 3. 5. What former vice president 4. A regiment. was tried for treason and acquit5. Aaron Burr. ted? 6. Two hours. 6. How long is the dog watch 7. Beatitudes. aboard ship? The Questions 1. THE STORY SO FAR: Ann Lee and beneficiaries under two Identical wills of Old Bill Cole, sought to discover who bad fired the fatal bullet at Old Bill. Suspicion centered around Ranee Waldron, who was 11 vine at the ranch when Ann and Cody arrived. Doc Joe and the Judee, commissioned by Old Bill to carry out his last wishes, were returning to town from the ranch (each with a. will for safekeeping) when they were held up by a masked bandit whom they recognized as Ranee Waldron. To divert suspicion Ranee then killed his accomplice, Tom Gough. Cal Roundtree, foreman of the ranch, learned meanwhile that Doc Joe still lived. Now continue with the story. Cole Cody, , CHAPTER XVII i Doc Joe pulled up the chair close to the bed and spoke softly, throtr. tling his voice down to a near-whispe- For one thing, I aint dead now, never was and dont intend to be for a spell yet, he said. .Get that in your head, Cal. Dont go thinking ghosts. You dont look anything like what I might suppose a ghost would look, Cal said curtly. Now, lets get after this: What in the name of blazes you been playing dead for? For a spell, I Hhd to, said Doc Joe. If I hadnt, Ranee Waldron would have killed me sure, like he did the Judge and Tom Gough. He nicked me side of the head. He put his finger gingerly to a bit of taped gauze over his temple. It sort of dazed me. I lay on my side and saw him step over to the Judge. He shot the Judge between the horns before I could wiggle a finger. Then he looked at me. Maybe I sort of fainted a minute; I dont quite know or reclect. I was scared enough to faint anyhow. He came back dragging Tom Gough. He shot Gough . twice and rode away. I tried to get up. I got dizzy and sure did faint for good. When I woke up and the boys hauled us into town, I was out cold. They thought I was dead. I let em Me, I got to thinking. keep on thinking so. Nobody knows but Doc Evans; you and him, now, Cal. And youre both going to keep your mouths shut until I give the ence had brought him to his discovery. From the place where the man had hidden when he shot Early Bill, Porfirio on horseback had ridden a score of times, following each time Cody made himself another cigarette and, instead of smoking it or even remembering that he had made it to smoke, sat rolling and rolling it with his lean, strong fina slightly different path, thinking, gers. He said without looking up, Now if it was me, and I was riding I could almost be glad in a way, I would be glad if it wasnt that like the wind, Id go this way; thinking, And I would get rid of that hat Ranee Waldron might come to profit muy pronto. And he had looked at by it that those two wills are, anyall the possible hiding places, had how for the present and maybe for looked even for signs of a small hot good, out of the picture. All weve fire. And then at last his keen eyes done, maybe all wed ever do, is had seen a stick, a small dead pine fight like cat and dog over the limb, its end sticking out from under darned place! Maybe now well, a sizable boulder! maybe we can get along without Aha! He had it! For how could a fighting! It might be fun for a stick get itself shoved under a rock change, Ann Lee? like that? If a man had moved that Im a beast most of the time, rock now, and had been in a hurry Im afraid, she said contritely. settling it back, and in a hurry to And I try so hard not to be! Honride on, he might with a careless estly, Bill Cole Cody, I try terribly boot have kicked that stick where hard. . it got caught under the stone! PorHe put his hand on hers; she perfirio sweated over the boulder, movmitted the contact for a long moing it and found the hat. ment, then gently slid her fingers Yes, there was a bullet hole out from under his and, palm updrilled through it. There was more. ward, let them curl again on her There was everything; Cole Cody lap. could only regret that its message I guess I shouldnt have spanked you so hard, anyhow! I deserved every bit of it and harder! But he saw that the hot color in her cheeks now was not altogether the affair of the fire. And I guess I oughtnt to have kissed you on the stage the way I One-nint- h. Spanish-America- ON THE HOME FRONT RUTH WYETH SPEARS IECE 9 CENTER SQUARES FIRST THEN PIECE CORNERS AND ADD TO THE 9 PATCH STRIPS ADDED TO 4?MAKE PIECE ICfca NOTE: Quilt blocks also may be made Into unusual borders for curtains and luncheon cloths. There are complete directions for pieced border designs in BOOKS 5 and 6 of the series offered with these articles. BOOK 6 also shows an old star design pieced to make pot holders. Booklets are 15 cents each. Send requests direct to: CUT A 2X2 iPATTERN FORj THE IS MBS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York v SQUARE! USE 2iS4THE Enclose desired. Name FOR, IAN6LES SQUAI USE V4 FOR TRIANGLES 15 Drawer 10 cents for each book Address did! Lets not quarrel any more, ever, she said hurriedly. She lifted We have been her eyes to his. friends, in a way, havent we? We do like each other, even after all thats happened; I know we do. He said soberly, Youre being mighty sweet, Ann Lee. I never knew a girl like you! I love tfireplaces! One like this; look how the coals are forming now! Do you like to find pictures in them? Of course, everybody does. The fireplace is one of the things that makes She stirred me love this room. moved her and she slightly sighed; arms, crossing them, her hands on her shoulders, giving herself a little hug; she said, Dear old Early Bill, he did try, didnt he? Tried bo hard to have him his fun and at the same time to do something splendid for you and me, for his old friends' son and daughter. Well, Ive a tiny fireplace all my own at home, and when I go back to teach- in THERE is endless fascination blocks, and quilt there are many modem ways to use them. They make marvelous table mats that really protect the finish of the table, and are being used for luncheon mats as well as for occasional tables. Pieced and quilted sets protect the backs and arms of upholstered chairs and keep your new slip covers clean. The block shown here is easy to piece. It should be lined with muslin and interlined with one layer of cotton sheet wadding. These three layers should be quilted together either with diamond quilting or with running stitches following the lines of the pieced pattern. Edges are bound with harmonizing bias tape. ' Ann! What are you talking about? You havent forgotten, have you, the money he left for us in the We know that Buck-toot- h bank, Jenkins got that ten thousand into the pot; you heard the Judge say there was a whole lot more! And you talking about teaching! Honestly, cross my heart and hope to die, she exclaimed, I had forgotten all about that part of it! Why, there are thousands and thousands there, all yours and mine! Aunt Jenifer cleared her throat considerately in the far, dim end of the long room. Mind if I come in, you two? she asked, and came straight ahead. Im close to getting the all alone in my room. And I got to thinking about a pot of coffee and you two fighting again? Cody gave her his chair, squatted on the comer of the hearth and started a fresh cigarette. Ann Lee began to laugh. And thus began on the King Cole Ranch a short period of time into which entered many a pleasant moment, with moments of quiet peace, fifty-fift- He put his hands on hers; she permitted the contact for a long, mo- ment. e, this-awa- good-nigh- er, about themselves. They laughed a little together, and came closer each other than ever before, when they started to speak at the same instant and with the same thought: Why, your father and mine, too, must have been great friends!" y? (TO BE CONTINUED ) RUBBER The first privately owned turnpike tell company to be organized in this country was tho Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Co., Incorpo- - rated in 1792. New York was the first state to charge an automobile registration foe to pay highway costs and In 1901 . collected $954 in such tees. a patent for a obtained Recreation Kits pavement material consisting, among other things, of "ol rubber." A dozen different kinds of recreation kits have been given to our soldiers by the war department, Kloven par cant of tho tiros of tho 25400 passenger cars on Now Jersey farms wore found to bo "bald" in a chock made by Rutgers University. : says Colliers. For example, Kit contains 2,000 books; J e projectors and films; B- -l radios, phonographs and an amplifier; D violins, guitars, a small piano; A boxing gloves and equipment for baseball, footF playing ball and softball; cards, poker chips, dice and sets of many games, including chess, checkers and backgammon. jC sound-pictur- i Fish-Scal- jim-jam- s, Ours! And his thoughts switched swiftly, as so often they did, to the vanished Ranee Waldron. For since that night in Bald Eagle, none at the ranch had seen or heard of him. Ranee Waldron had simply faded out of the picture, leaving no inkling of where he had gone or why or for bow long. And so the days drifted by, with summer ripening, and Cole Cody and Ann Lee with Aunt Jenifer lingered on. ABOUT j j , . I j j ( - moments of spontaneous happiness, flitting all too swiftly because always the shadow came back, moments when Ann Lee surprised a look in Bill Cole Codys which he did not know was there, which no other girl had ever put there; and times when he, trying to read what lay in her mind, what she felt deep down in her heart even, dreamed his dreams. They rode together hours on end, memorizing the lovely details of the vast King Cole Ranch. Once Aim Lee, as they came to the crest of a rise of land from which they could look for miles across a glory of undulating panorama, exclaimed breathlessly, Oh, Cole! If this really could be ours! And he repeated within himself, not looking at her but into the furthest blue distance, his jaw hard and his eyes narrowed, SNAPPY FACTS In 1843 an English woman ing came too late. In the sweat band were the initials, tooled through the leather, T.G. Tom Gough, thats who it was, Porfirio, he said as he tossed the hat, now of no interest, to the table. Cody, not yet of any mind for bed and sleep, started a quick blaze in the fireplace and dragged a big comfortable chair in front of it. Sunk deep into Early Bills pet chair, rolling what he thought was to be a good night cigarette, he did not hear a door open and close softly, nor did he hear light oncoming steps. What he heard first was a subdued voice saying, Hello, Cole Cody. Mind if I join you and the fire a minute? I cant sleep can you? He rose and drew up a companion chair; the young firelight, catching flared up at a stick of pitch-pinbox, and haul him off with him and shone brightly on his face. Ann Lee,, he said after a while. tomorrow, going back to Rim Rock, What is it, Cole? she asked. and to the railroad at Christmas Forks. Theyll ship some sort of a Both their voices, were quiet, hers bundle and Doc Joe will hide out hushed. You realize by this time, dont for a spell with Doc Evans. Later hell get a chance to creep back you, that theres not a chance in the y by the dark of the moon. world of either you or me ever comMeantime were to watch and wait ing to own any part of the King Cole for Ranee Waldron to be making his Ranch? She spoke very simply, Yes. Play. not seeming or sounding in the least Arrived at the ranch they unsad- concerned; scarcely interested. He dled, cared for their horses and said heard her long, quivering sigh bet, Cal to turn in at the fore she added, Maybe its funny, bunk house and no doubt tilt his but I dont seem to care any more. bottle to a long gurgle, Cole Cody After what has just happened those hastening up the slope to the ranch two dear old men house. Dam your hide, Doc Joe! It was In the starlit patio he came upon hard for Bill Cole Cody to keep Porfirio lounging on a bench, wait- from violating Cals confidence, just ing for him. Porfirios glowing cig- as it had been a mans job for Cal arette described a quick, small arc to keep from blurting out something in the gloom as Porfirio came to his else he knew, something he felt bound to keep to himself. feet. Little by little, out of these driftIll see you in the morning, Porfirio-ing silences, they fell to talking But wait!" exclaimed Porfirio ex- briefly and sketchily about each oth- citedly. What the deuce is it? muttered Not Cody, stooping to see better. a dead cat, is it? Somebodys old black toip A hat! . Cody led the way into the living room; while' he was lighting a lamp Porfirio explained how his persist are? , word. Ranee Waldron is downstairs right now, said Cal, stubborn and He killed the Judge, you eager. says. And you saw him? And its almost a dead certainty that either him or his hired hand, Tom Gough, potted old Early Bill! Shut up and sit down and keep your shirt tail tucked in! Now, listen. The Judge and me, we had those two wills that old jackass Bill Cole drawed up. And Mr. Ranee Waldrons got em now. And now Cal Roundtree, telling this to Cole Cody as the two jogged along, came to a halt. Then he began to swear explosively. And in the end, grown quiet after his struggle with himself, he muttered disgustedly. After a long while Cody asked, What does Doc Joe plan? How long is he going to play dead? That started Cal Roundtree off again. But he got himself in hand ultimately and explained some part of Doc Joes plan. Late tonight the other doc, Parke Evans, will find a paper in Docs room, signed by Doc Joe himself, dated a couple of years ago, saying when hes dead he yearns to be packed up and shipped back to his boyhoods home which is in dear old Tennessee! Cal spat far into space. So Doc Evans will pack him in a A quiz with answers offering information on various subjects j e Pearls When artificial pearls are made by dipping white glass balls into a solution, a gallon of the mixture contains the silvery coloring matter from the scales of approximately 10,000 fish, chiefly herring. Bay War Savings Bond- s- Ready instantly. Rice Krispies save time, work, fuel. Save other foods, too. Delicious. So crisp they snapl crackle! pop! in milk. A dish to give needed protein! Rice Krispies are restored to whole grain nutritive values in thiamin (Vita min B i) niacin, and iron. Cw. IS hr XaDooi Camr j |