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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER e8S8S88S888888888g8g8S88S88SS88888S8S88888SSS88888SS888888888ggS88S88888883 ON THE Dim WOMAMJ Pi PETER HOME FRON B. RUTH WYET e888888888888888S8888888888g88888888gg88888S38888888888S88888S888S888883888gs THE STORY THUS FAR: Mary Suth erland, an eastern girl, is lured to Arizona by the advertisements of the Wagon IFbeel dude ranch, operated by Ma and Fa Burdan. She is met at the station by ken Henley, rodeo rider, who tells her that the Wagon Wheel has gone out of ten takes her to Phoenix, business, where she meets Lens Aunt Margaret Maxwell. Hearing that the Wagon Wheel Raneh is broke. Ham Henley Sr., Lens tad, purchased the Burdan notes from the bank. He wants complete control. IThile at Phoenix Len enters the rodeo, drawing a broncho known as Mad Hatter, toughest horse in the West Ham Henley bets his son Len three to one that Len wont be able to stay on Mad Hatter. CHAPTER V hear that, you scallawag, Even man almost yelled. ttrangers realize you been a disgrace to the family. He smiled at Mary with great appreciation of her support and held out his glass to tlink with hers. "Im not surprised. is always smart. Mary thought Len Henley considerably less exuberant than his father, who went on, his voice raised in octave under the stress of his The son of a gun breeds motion. back to my old man, Miss Sutherland, and my pappy was the most a rontrary man that ever helped to statehood. If you asked bim nice to do something hed bust to do it, but if you b hamestrap give him an order hed get rebellious right off. The ladies donned their wraps presently and the party motored out to the Phoenix country club in Ham Henleys car. The orchestra was playing as they entered the dining room, so Len appropriated Mary for a dance while his father led Mrs. Maxwell to the table. he announced, as they Well, circled the small dance floor, thats my old man, dinner clothes, cowmans fine boots, black sombrero ind his own tobacco and cigarette papers. I hope youll like him. I hope I shall. He requires knowing, however, although I have half a suspicion his bark is very much worse than his bite. I gathered that you havent seen each other for a long time. We dont travel the same roads, Miss Sutherland. Its nice to think youll meet frequently, now that you have decided lo buy the Wagon Wheel ranch. She added, after a long pause, Why not leave the Wade brothers to somebody else? I have a suspicion your lather is in a mood tonight to give you half his kingdom. But first hell make me demon-itrat-e I can manage it capably and So I think Ill glean profitably. my experience on a job that Ill boss; then, if there should arise necessity for a good job of criticism You the old Red-hea- Ari-ton- Ill nr scolding. do me. I cant quarrel with that philosophy, Len. Her thoughts shifted abruptly, imagine had you been inspired this morning to buy the Wagon Wheel ranch instead of this evening you would not have risked a couple of thousand dollars to gamble on yourself. Thats the principal reason why decided to buy the ranch! If one handicaps that horse on bis past performances, three to one on him are fair odds. And he has already won over you three times. True, but I learned the secret of his fighting style. Since then Ive watched him unload fifty good men and Ive noticed he never changes 1 technique. But tomorrow Ill ride that old champion to a squealing finish. Ill not even permit the pick-u- p men to take me off. Im going to ride Mad Hatter until his heart breaks and he stands still and says: Boy, you win. It must be very comforting, she mused, to possess that sort of to do all ones own think-h'- g and make all ones own plans. My life runs in a groove, like the ivory ball on a roulette wheel. But in the end, he reminded her, the ball always pops out of the groove. I wish I had a job, Don Id like to make some money for the fun of it, to work at a task becausemaking it is not an easy one, to get it down andthrottle it. Perhaps we have a small touch atavism here, Miss Sutherland. Leo-hard- My walked beside a covered wagon and punched oxen from Springfield, Missouri, to acramento, California. And she hre my grandfather en route and Sot herself two Indians with her t'other s Kentucky rifle after the In er a love that had had a quick birth and might be destined to die as quickly, but with that contingency they were, happily, not concerned, for Time, the r, also builds Castles in Spain! When they returned to the table Hamilton Henley gave them both sharp looks, in which pride and curiosity were mingled. He said to Mary, What business is your father in, young lady? and murmured, Tck! Tck! Tck! when informed that her father had no occupation, unless that of killing time could be considered one. He pondered this. I should have retired long ago myself, he announced, only I been afraid to. I wouldnt know what to do with my time. It takes a smarter man than I be to make his pile an retire an chuck the habit o work. The art o playin has got to be learnt when a fellers young, like Len. My father started learning it in his crib. I see. Your grandfather done it all, eh? No, the drone strain in our family sprang from my who went to California in 1849. He was a smart Yankee and quickly discovered that gold was something miners slaved and starved to acquire in order that they might enjoy brief periods of riotous living. So my ancestor decided to supply the riotous living and engaged in the business of retailing squirrel whisky. The price of a drink was a from a miners pinch of gold-duhad an poke and unusually large thumb and forefinger. Eventually he employed both hands and grabbed everything in sight. That tale drew a hearty laugh from Hamilton Henley. Well, you aint a stuck-u- p dude at any rate, he complimented her. Lens great grandfather was one o the first settlers in Arizona an while the grab-bi- n was good an he had the grab-bi- n instinct the Indians didnt leave him no time to grab. All he collected was the scelps o Apaches twenty-eigof em, an then got himself killed resentin an insult to his jedgment o scelps. A feller put a piece in the paper claimin three o the old mans scelps was Mexi-cantomb-builde- r, st great-grandfath- TT WOULD have been a big lift to big league baseball if Lou Novikoff, the Mad Russian of the Cubs, could only have approached his minor league average under the Big Tent. There has always been a need in baseball for another Rube Waddell, another Bugs Raymond or another Dizzy Dean, They had more than their share of color. But they had something more than color they were also great ballplayers. Lou Novikoff has carried around a gob of color but he has to prove he was a great His ballplayer. average in Los Angeles and Milwaukee, both in strong leagues, has been over .370 at bat. With Los Angeles in 1941 he batted .363 and hamout 41 mered home runs. He was known on the West coast at the time as the batter who could hit anything any pitcher could throw. But his record with the Cubs has been entirely different. If Novikoff had kept up his minor league hitting, he might have picked up where Dizzy Dean left off in the headline class. But color doesnt carry far when it is minus real ability or high class skill. Novikoff on the West coast looked to be as good a hitter as Ted Williams who came along to bat over .400 with the Red Sox. But he was no Ted Williams in the major show. Novikoffs average with Los Angeles was over 90 points above the Williams average with San Diego. These figures were reversed when the two headed east for Chicago and Boston. These are conditions that are hard to explain. Novikoff wont be 29 until December and it may be that Charlie Grimm can wipe away the dust from his big league batting eye. ht . It was Marys turn to laugh. it I could wish you hadnt made that bet with him, Don Leonardo. I could, too, but he asked for it and I gave it to him, because there was a certain malice behind his desire . . . Well, not malice, really, but that hateful formula of fatherhood in the woodshed. He thinks Im conceited about my rough riding and that its his duty, as my father, to take a modicum of that conceit out of me. Also, hed like to wreck me financially, because he thinks that the older I grow and the poorer I become the easier it will be to break down my resolve never to enter his employ. Happiness means more to me than money greatly in excess of teasonable needs, so Pappy isnt going to slip the burden of his assets to his dians had put so many arrows in him he looked like a porcupine. Youve been around a great deal 1 mean, youve seen more of what people call life than I have, Miss Sutherland Call me Mary, Len? Thanks. Ive been wanting to but remembered the old adage that familiarity breeds contempt and I couldnt risk ' contempt from you, Have you ever seen a case of love at first sight? I have seen what turned out to be infatuation at first sight. Do you believe its possible for one to fall in love at first sight of the love object? Len asked. In diagnosing a disease doctors often make the mistake of confusing the symptoms; hence its not surprising that the symptoms of true love and infatuation always confuse the patient who will insist on being his own doctor. Love is a profound emotion and infatuation is a hallucination. Well, when one feels all hippity-h- o inside, when his feeling is one of worshipfulness and admiration for quality, when hed swim a river full of hungry crocodiles to fight three worlds champions on the farther bank because they were in his way, and if he was unhappy about it because his circumstances indicated he should keep his mouth shut Why, you old Pollyanna! Didnt you know that true love like that is only found in Victorian novels that Call me Mary, Len? something sloppy and synthetic has taken its place in the modern world?. Not one hundred per cent. For instance you could not possibly induce in any man anything sloppy or synthetic. What worries me is that The thing to do is ascertain what this girl thinks of you, Don Leonardo, and thats usually discovered by asking. Whos talking about me? Im discussing a hypothetical case. Im talking about you and youre not a hypothetical case. Did the girl fall in love with you at first sight? I dont know and I dont dare ask for sundry sound reasons. I can appreciate them. Well, Ill set your mind at ease. The girl did fall in love with you at first sight. How do you know? "She couldnt help it The girl who could help it would be a monstrosity. At that instant, somewhere in the club house the fuse controlling the light circuit in the dining room and lounge blew out and they stood in inky darkness. Of course the dancing ceased, although the trumpet-playe- r, being a wag, immediately played Dancing In The Dark. And, fully aware that he should not do it; aware that he was getting himself into deep water close to the shore; aware only that he was no longer responsible for his actions which now appeared to be controlled by an imp, Len Henley drew Mary close to him, miraculously found her face uplifted to his and kissed her three times breathlessly. Ask Tell me, she whispered. me. It It Isnt synthetic or sloppy, he Im a broken whispered back. man. Ill never be the same. I love you. How about you? Oh, darling, Im so glad! Her lips came up again and met his and he held her and she felt the hard regular beat of his heart Promise me against her breast. she whisnever up, grow youll pered, and Ill always love you and never leave you. The Spirit of the Hassyampa, he makes' strong medicine, said, doesnt he? Write your oyn ticket. The lights came on and the music started but in their hearts was the music of the spheres, the melody of The Colorful Types Baseball can use more color than it has known since Dizzy Dean retired to tell St. Louis radio listeners that someone slod into third base. It could use another Rube Waddell, who split his spring and summer days three ways pitching, tending bar and going fishing. But it should be remembered that Dizzy Dean and Rube Waddell were among the great pitchers of all time. It wasnt color alone that made them famous. No one could have given out more color than Babe Ruth. Ping Bodie was never a great ball player, but he was good enough. He was another remembered character. There was the time he bought a parrot and taught the bird to keep repeating Ping made good. Bugs Raymond was a star pitcher, but Bugs also gave you something to write about and talk about on the side. There was the time when Bugs was pitching for Shreveport. He made a bet that he could eat a whole turkey, drink two quarts of scotch and win a double-headeHe won his bet, tradition says. I first ran into Bugs the day he landed in Atlanta. He was to pitch against the world champion Boston Red Sox that afternoon, back in 1904. Bugs took three big hookers of scotch and walked to the park, throwing rocks at telephone poles en route. All he did was to shut out the worlds champions, 2 to 0. I would like to see a team that was composed of Babe Ruth, Rube Waddell, Dizzy Dean, Bugs Raymond, Larry McLean, Tacks Parrott, Arlie Latham, Germany Schaefer, A1 Schacht, Crazy Schmidt, Rabbit Maranville and one or two more. I wouldnt, however, want to be the manager. It would appear, she said, that the old Grecian spirit isnt frozen in the Henley veins. Hamilton Henley said to his son: This dude is good company, son,, smart as a fox and easy to look at, but she wont do for you. He spoke in Spanish Mary was to discover that a great many native Arizonans are Be careful, son. Id have kissed her, too at your age. Remember, a man has to put on some age before he gets hoss sense. Youre just somethin for her to amuse herself with. I know because you got a speck o her war paint on the comer of your mouth. His son thanked him for this information and casually wiped his mouth. Hamilton Henley spoke again to Not that I his son in Spanish. blame you, son. It aint often a fuse blows out and leaves you in the dark for half a minute with a dashin young woman like this one. A fellers got to smother his opportunities. I suggest you start getting accustomed to her now, father, because Im liable to marry her in spite of hell and high water. You would, Ham Henley reTrust you to make a fool of plied. yourself. And after shes lived with you about a year shell tell you East is East and West is West, an leave you flat, takin the baby with her. What I have I hold. If she leaves me it will be my fault and Ill take it on the chin. Ill not be embittered like you. Ham Henley turned to Mary. What brought you boundin out to Arizona? I thought a change would do me Strictly Business good. Mothers in Europe and faOn the other hand, two of the thers big game shooting in British greatest ball clubs I ever saw were East Africa. never noted for color. One was the Hamilton Henley thought: She Connie Macks Athletic line-u- p from wants a change o scene an a 1910 through 1914, winners of four change o men admirers. I knew pennants in five years. The other course she Of she was dangerous. was the Yankees after Babe Ruth kissed my son when the lights went left, a crushing outfit, season after out. Her kind aint got no reserve. season. They help themselves to whatever These two squads were composed they want. Aloud he asked, Can of fine ball players who were rarely cook? you on the prankish or the lighter side of "Certainly not. life Eddie Collins, Eddie Plank, Suppose you married a feller Stuffy Mclnnis, Jack Barry, Home-ru- n cook a to afford hire,' that couldnt Baker, Jack Coombs, Chief Benfor you? to whom baseball was der, Margaret Maxwell noticed that a business matter. The samestrictly went Len appeared to be having difficulty Bill Dickey, Joe Gordon, Lou for dissubduing some slight internal Gehrig, Charlie Keller, Spud Chanturbance. She did not speak Spandler, Joe DiMaggio and others who this how know did not she ish and have made up a session of might which her womans intuition warned bank vice presidents. her was an undeclared war had to decided she started. However, Baseballs Bigger Shots find out, so to that end said, Len, Who is the best shot Im not so old and stiff in the knees among with big league ballplayers? My dance another I wouldnt enjoy vote has always been for Bill Dickey you. Then she added, Suppose we in the field end of this sport. Ernest leave these two to get better acthe writer, casts his Hemingway, quainted. Out on the dance floor with Len vote for Curt Davis, the Dqdger dear, pitcher. she said: Im not color-blinCurt Davis, Hemingway says, and neither is your father. That is one of the best adorable girl kissed you. shots, I ever saw. Hugh Casey is Half a dozen times, he confine shot. So are Arky another I satisfaction. with fessed huge Vaughan and Bill Dickey. Quick slipped out and gave the colored bartender an honorarium to pul) the eye and muscle response are needed both in ballplaying and shooting. electric switch for thirty seconds. r. 'T'HERE is a shortage of metal gives the dimensions of the end curtain rods, yet for two gen- jabots. The side swags cross in the middle and a center swag overlaps them. The measurements of this center swag are given here, but these will vary according to the space the swag is to fill. Each swag is cut bias at the ends and pleated and tacked over the pole, as shown at the lower left. The method of taking measurements is shown at the right. erations we have not seen such elaborate window treatments. The formal swags, cascades and jabots so dear to our grandmothers seem to be exactly right with the Victorian furniture that is gaining in popularity all the time. Lach piece of the draped valance shown here is cut separate-. The diagram at the left But 14 of Our States Use Party Symbols on Ballots NOTE This is the third of a series of modern adaptations of period curtain fashions. Formal swag valances mounted on a valance board are illustrated with directions in BOOK 1. The less formal type draped in one piece is shown in BOOK 5. Books are 15 cents each. Order directly from: Only 14 states employ political party symbols on their ballots, six using the rooster and eight the star for the Democratic candidates, and six the elephant and eight the eagle for the Republican candidates, says Colliers. Nor are all ballots marked in the same way, as in several Southern states the voter, instead of putting a cross beside the names of the persons for whom he is voting, marks out all the other names. o-- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? !"( o- - e o-- e c- - -o o o- e e. o- ASK MS - e-- e--e m&wm 7 o The Questions MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS New York Bedford Hills Enclose sired. Name o c e o- - cv- n 1. Alaska is twice as large. E. Lee. 2. Gen. Robert 3. Don Quixote. o o-- o-- - o- - o-- o - e-- e. o o o- avoid any distinction of 6. Newfoundland. 7. Those tropical ; zones of the ocean where calms or baffling winds prevail, a becalmed state. 8. A patriot is one who loves and is devoted to his country. A patriarch is the founder or head of a family or an aged man. 9. 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