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Show anxiety in the jnans voice. Things werent at all clear, but he decided to bluiT along as far as he could. "Good shot? Well, maybe Im a bit rusty now. "At the last international shoot, I only came in secof FORBIDDEN TERRITORY ' ffi Well, It Happen That Way Some Time OUR COMIC SECTION ond. The mustached man's "Second! There was no eyes open. popped Nwpapr.) WNU Service. doubt now about the anxiety of his tones. He stood up. "If msieu will father, Damon but wait, I will make zee arrangeowned the big Bar ments for tomorrow. Then he JEREMY'S the Yange of was gone. on the InternaJeremy slumped forward, resting tional line, had warned Jeremy re- his head on his bands. He felt weak peatedly never to ride into Jurano and sick and lonely . . . When Jerunless accompanied by one or more emy again opened his eyes, - the Bar S riders. All of which served room was dimly illuminated with only to whet Jeremys imagination daylight He sat up, thankful at last and to promise himself that at the his head was clear. He got to his first opportunity he would pay Ju- feet and started for the door. . About rano a visit without the protection of to descend into the street he saw a Bar S riders, or any other riders. group of men approaching. At sight Jeremy was only 19, and had been of him they set up a whoop and watched over pretty closely by a came running toward the steps. doting father. It hadnt occurred to "Hello, young fellow. Well, were Damon that his son, like other betting on you. How you feeling? ' mens sons, must necessarily InvesThey were Americans, and they own on his a world the bit, had come to watch him fight his tigate book. duel! Jeremy suddenly felt weak Jurano was, Jeremy discovered, again, remembering his boast about r everything that his father and the the international shoot. Bar S riders had warned him Without waiting for his reply, two against .. of the Americans picked him up and Jeremy hitched his sorrel mare to with shouts of oy set him astride the rail in front of the most preten- the sorreL Within a minute's time tious looking saloon and headed for be found himself the center of a the door. His spurs clinked musigroup of riders, galloping toward the cally as he came up the steps. He outskirts of the town. A mile or so swaggered a bit as he crossed the the outskirts they came upon narrow veranda. He cocked his beyond a group of men beneath a cottonpearl gray Stetson at a rakish angle wood tree. Jeremy saw the musas he pushed open the twin doors, tached man of the night previous, and stepped inside the barroom. and a small bellicose individual, The barroom was practically de- whom he Judged to be LaValle. serted. A number of waiters were At of the Americans the musarranging tables preparatory to the tachedsight man approached, singled out An orchestra evenings business. of the Americans, and the leader was tuning up on a raised platform. one to him side. They were called A barkeep was' swabbing the mahog"in conference for fully three minany. utes,- at the end of Which time the Jeremy hooked his heel in the returned to where Jerbrass rail, leaned an elbow on the big American was still sitting astride the soremy turnbar and ordered whisky. By rel. ' p ing his back he prevented the Well, young fellow, I guess you're from seeing the wry expression out of luck. The great LaValle is on his face as he took his first drink. willing to meet you half way. Says hjeIl apologize for what he said, U apologize for hitting him. ust have said something to ustache to scare them off. eat wave of relief surged through the youth. He struggled to maiijltaln an attitude of indifference rather than thanksgiving . . , Once back in town Jeremy left the Americans and started for home. His one objective now was to put Jurano as far behind him as possible in the quickest possible time. Back at the saloons the big American' and his companions were laughing till the tears rolled down their cheeks. They felt quite sure that they had obeyed old Damon Slade's order and "thrown a scare into his son, and had a good time while doing it They doubted if young Jeremy Slade would care to visit Jurano again right away on his Jeremy hitched his sorrel mare te own hook. (Associated 860-fo- S. D. Gone are the days of Deadwood Dick, Wild Bill Hickock, and Calamity Jane, but Potato Creek Johnnie carries on the traditions of the Old West in South Dakotas Black Hills. Except when he is painting liirid pictures of the past for amused Perrett continues his tourists. search for gold along Potato Creek in the Spearflsh canyon country. And Potato Creek Johnnie is 73. For 30 years or more Johnnie has been prospecting along Potato Creek and panning gold, too. Johnnie panned out one of the finest nuggets ever found in the Blaqk Hills, and it now is on exhibit at the A dami. museum in Deadwood. The old methods are good enough for Johnnie and in his search for gold he uses an old pan which be swishes around in the waters of the ceek. On a good day the old prospector has found gold worth $50, but he finds that placer mining isnt what it used to be. "Theres too many folk in the Hills, and they have riled op the streams and staked out so many claims that they cant get the gold out, he said. "You got to know how to prospect, just the same as you have to know any other business." Like .his other relics of the past Johnnie clings to his old buckskin shirts. He lets his gray hair grow to shoulder lengths, and the tourists think he is "character." They can come to him for a firsthand history of the West now that be baa moved into town from his cabin beside Potato creek. DEADWOOD, - CALIF. . No Adonis need apply for a matrimonial position with the majority of the members of the Hollywood Model club, a recent poll of their shapely ranks showed, but Pamela Paul, executive secretary, said they did set forth these requirements: Height, five feet 10 inches; weight, 170 pounds. Can be bald, but must have most of his own teeth and average health. Under this comes well .make allowances tor hangover headaches and nervous indigestion. He' must play duffer golf, fair poker, lousy bridge and passable or. badminton. At least three suits one not shiny. Grouchy before breakfast, but "sweet" afterward; loyal to his friends; indifferent to his enemies, violently partisan in opinions ar.d take his wife for granted!, Must be a ' garden putterer, like home life, kids and dogs, but will be required to get mad at all of thenq. occasionally, Miss Paul said the And that, models were agreed, is the kind of guy you don't find in Hollywood!" chorused "We ought to know! r its care.' For 100 to 150 enough fur should be set in f, Wk front 2Teet apart Ceatemptowu (ha. vu it betti 1 lii sat fro1 down XrombuH be set all of theyjnust would you Into b oith wbt above Although str ed to practical country, and altfc on all types ol a are very wet or thieved mi schod pod b fins T mo, wa; on moderately n kept at his. A tele"some- An lichool mix when i weeds. If desired, the may be cleaned over for a second! but the best crop the first season my claim tit much?" demand, color plants deep (a enbarrai ond season thebe: up. Many grower lent practice of plot each year, one new planting year planting, all up after their ing. bo baits oflisoppot ffi worfc 'bayou cr n d bertedly I vat bopinj too Bln lom ' happeatobe iter," I reml RASPBERRIES Raspberries ly, only to ' turn looked UP scrupulously ting of the toft joorytrd. low in the ground the plant will in the event theless they 5 Cyoa to care should be the plants: Thej to cover be exposed bert to jam art it brought a ratted eyes, perature er than 15 decreet ever, in very ni trying I North Dakota H 1 almost ad stupidity iwtu." fruit la successhS ing the canes do n BLACKBERRIES FLA.-"Wh- Although wild bb transplanted, five at window-smashe- handbag. You move over, she went on. "Im going to check things to see If they are all here." The man, warned by Mrs. Dunn that she would scream if he tried to " run. obeyed. "Come on with me," she commanded. Tm' going to get my husband." Again the man obeyed, silently walking beside her along the The plants shod a03 early spring, as Iftbei be worked. manure or decays ter should be.w-- ' Two cruising detectives arrested the man. of street Gogh of The invasion German nds did not prevent issue of the announced 1940 summer cultural scheduled for release the 11, day after Hitlers May armies crossed the border. But occupations did delay arrival of the stamps in United States. Included in the series of fivt rise?" ' . picturing Dutch notables, is stamps, maieu." "Exactly,, Van "But. look here! I was drunk. I Vincent Van Gogh, painter. to newcomer a is philatelys Gogh can't remember." "Ah. but Msieu LaValle was also portrait gallery. g people were Simple, drunk. He ees insulted. NO QUIET NIGHT Illiterate Gathering Hi favorite subjects.-the artista "Well, let him be insulted. Pm The ambitious wife of a million-tir- e early paintings of miners, laborgetting out of here." werr gave big dinner partyrTIef "cJPl ffritICf "Of ers' Jmdpessanti who bad made his money Van husband, dull. however, Later,honor that msieu remain. of a patent rat poiinvento as the to use was bright his persuaded a hand through Gogh Jeremy ran was scisilent not son, was during the dinner. hair and tried to think clearly. He colors. His technique almost but and calculated, 'As the ladies left the room, his wife remembered hearing stories about entific found an opportunity to whisper to men who had refused to fight in barbaric in its emotion. At 35 the artist suffered a nervous ask him:- - "Why on earth dont you duels. There was a name for that breakdown, threatened to stab a talk? j type of individual. Great heavens! friend,. Then repentant, he cut off What had he got himself in tor? "Did you get in without your wife Talk? he replied. Why, whats - The man with the mustache was his own ear. the use of it? Not a single person hearing you last night? The last iwo years of his life were here knows "Ees eet that speaking again. "No; and I didn't get In without' anything about rats or spent in a hofepital for insane. He rat m'sieu is a good shot?-7-,hearing her, either." my poison." Jeremy thought he detected a note comitted suicide in 1890. s, heavy;-dark--a- nd -- s erf and it advisable to platf ?m of cultivated a 'deep; rid "MIAMI BEACH, are results, contai must and It inquired Mr. matter to hold the you doing here? Jack Dunn of a man the found sitblack! d auto- raspberries, mulch ting in her by mobile rummaging through her proved moisture. - . big vegetable planned Woman Bluff Brings About Capture jof Thief , .. 4 - STRAWBER It Is wise to fruit unt.l one water heater. hrd-workin- t ings of these it, established as the- Me3dw I wefi-d- . . I'iTto r BAKERSFIELD, 1 get along,' phone operator who realized trfassuranc thing was wrong when only the covering them sound of a falling body came over ering them in the rating him! an open telephone line is credited In the averagtl ad toarpei Linder. with saving the llvei of two Bakers- plants will meet lb crushed by field residents. home use. The p Betty Kruger, operator, received between black, n :emauL Trumbull a call, but after placing it realized rieties. Raspl threw In bis the person placing the call did not rich soil, con a may no' respond. Miss Kruger notified her mus, and imagine superintendent, Mrs. Trixie Walton, garden is made re about who recognized the number called it is advisable to tor ttier work manure a as the office of. a doctor. Mrs. Walton listened to the phone mixed fertilizer ki of the party calling. "I beard taint berries must have CHAT room noises, she said, and then the plants should tiie sound of a gasp, followed by the apart, in rows fros apart. During tb thud of a falling body. canes should A resident across the street from the or wires. stakes the house was notified and the neighcoarse ma bor smashed a window in the house. method jof hold A man and a woman bad been over- as a the i and keeping come by gas escaping from a leaky ping-pon- g " a, con eft, instance ai bl. Phone Operator Senses Tragedy and Saves Two guy semi-postal- K.S fi ho, does not Grasping the stable's edge tor support he struck out and knew dimly that his blow had caught the bellicose speechmaker in the stomach. Down he tumbled, folding up like an envelope. ' Jeremy heard roars of applause and laughter. Then someone seized him from behind, thrust him backward. Jeremy couldnt remember exactly what happened after that but when he came to his senses again the barroom was practically deserted. The orchestra was pre- paring to go home for the 'night" He looked around ahd found that he was seated, at the same table,- - and that there wras a man with a waxed mustache seated beside him. Wendy Wood, Normajeanne Jordan Jeremy shook his head. "Whats and Florence Lundeen, models who happened? I been here all night? said they had been conducting a "Ah, msleu ecs feeling better. quiet bit of research on the side Perhaps mslcu had better rest be- in a vain effort to discover their ideal fore eet ees time for the duel. man. "Duel? What duel? Msleu does not remember. The Vincent Van duel you have promised to fight with Andre LaValle tomorrow at sunrise. Msieu LaValle is the man you struck while he made zee speech. He ecs also zee greatest pistol shot in all the countree about Jurano. I msieus second. "Do you mean to say I promised to fight a duel tomorrow at sun- e short-tim- . I - wit ar. and which fast-runni- Things were beginning to reel a lit- Hollywood Models Taint tle by the time the contents of the Picture of Ideal Husband glass was' consumed, and Jeremy Models to a over table. arent choosy about what strode swaggeringty For want of something better to do they want in their husbands-to-b- e he poured himself another drink and all they ask is that he be an average ont-quarte- There ries.-strawber- the rail. ' centre I Wet for Tourist. i half-doze- of thi which bar-kee- it Small n sp.te ent In the own vine And Paint Lurid Tales of - slowly sipped It seemed like hours later that Jeremy found himself sitting at the n consame table with a were whom of all genial companions, uproariously drunk and in good spirman its. A small, bellicose-lookin- g was standing on a chair making a speeds. ' Jeremy strained his ears to catch the words. "Americans are all pigs; pigs and dogs.' Jeremy stood up, reeling. He wasnt so drunk, he told himself, but what he could resent such an insult ot Johnnie, 73, Still Is Panning Gold ; i Add an- CINCINNATI. OHIO. ticlimaxes: Georg Hopkins Is a steeplejack who has painted towering stack and atee-ple-a for SO years without suffering the slightest injury. But as he was returning home from tower at painting WLWa nearby Mason, he stumbled over a brick and fractured three ribs. Events in the Lives of Little Men By VIC YARDMAN :t v THE WEEKLY REFLEX berries should beto eight feet apart four feet apart b berries require all the suckers art they will produce canes. Aswi k form of support GRAPES One row of Prisoner Feigns Deafness Vines planted limBut Hears the Good Word ply the average are genera NEWTON, MASS. When Judge plants must They James A. Delay recalled that the ing. rb or district courts most persistent visi- trellises rick reasonably tor was making his 100th. appear- a ance on drunkenness charges, the At the beginning enriched prisoner cupped a band to one ear and said: of fertilizers "I cant hear you. Judge. coarse The remark was repeated twice and other Tm iatr with the tame result. A weary court te clerk turned to the judge and mur- tnot ZlUJw mured: Buil- t1 suggest the case be filed. Thank you, said the smiling prisoner. . .. protecting ' -- . rvW . Speedy Herweflesh old were; Two rival as usual, running down. each, Other horses for the benefit of an old acquaintance. CoL Click Why, the last time that . old nag of yours ran in a race, when he came in it was so dark he "tip' toed" Into the stable. CoL Dog Yeah! The Ust time your horseflesh ran in a race he came in so Ute be not only "tiptoed" into the stall, but took off his shoes as well! horse-owne- rs , cases, are the " destruction not dents, it U ter them. T CALIF. STOCKTON, Flaying breeding flocks, cowboy on Main street was U to keep", Manuel de Pontes idea of fun. plan when the br and, until he attempted to throw the both hen bull The "bull" in gangdom keep J movable P3 slang was Policeman Harold Stike, 'enclosed who arrested De Ponte on a petty encM be entirely theft charge, for the length structed that th of rope which De Ponte had stolen up be safely shut from a local hardware store. Amateur .Co wboj Rope Himself Into Jail House ' 25-fo- ot , |