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Show ' THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION ""1 " " jrjg GREGORY JACKSON GREGORY W.N.U. RELEASE M Ing the Journey they were held up by bandits and the driver and one other pas- - senger wounded. Arriving at Bald Ea- - gle the wounded men were cared lor Old by Doc Joe. At the Long Chance Cole Cody met PorBrio Lopez, who Invited told Aunt Jenifer. "I'm off to my room for a little more study of those papers; I think I'll take another cup along with me." And, carrying the full cup, he departed. She stopped what she was doing and stood with her head tipped to one side, listening with all her ears. She had noticed something: Before he had put two spoons of sugar to each cup this time four. She nod-ded complacently to herself when she heard for the third time the soft closing of doors. "Man or woman company, which?" she asked herself. "I won-der! And what's he scared of?" Only a moment did she loiter in the patio garden; its beauty was all about her, steeped in the rare sweet-ness of the early morning and she was aware of it, yet her troubled thoughts kept darting away. Sudden-ly she whirled and scurried back into the house, running to her aunt in the kitchen. "Aunt Jenny!" she cried re-proachfully. "Why don't you help me? I don't know what to do! He doesn't want us here he has as good as told us to go " "Well, we're not going! Or are we?" "Of course not! Not, anyhow, un-til we find out about everything." "Shush! Here comes Mr. Ranee again." Ranee returned and stood in the doorway, looking in upon them gravely. "I decided to put everything a.side for a while," he said, his eyes flick-ing from the girl's face to her aunt's, back to Ann's and back again to Jenifer's, as though he were for the first time really taking stock of them, as though he meas-- Cody to drink with him. Through Lopez he learned ot the death of Early Bill. Upon arrival at King Cole Ranch, Ann Lee, accompanied by Aunt Jenifer, was greeted by Ranee Waldron. Now continue with the story. made? And where is it now?" "It " But she bit the words back. She couldn't tell him, "It's right here in this room! It's locked up in an old iron box in my satchel yonder! There are two keys to the box and I've got only one! For a minute I wondered if you had the other one!" No, none of that was to be spoken without looking ahead. He laughed at her. "Really, Miss Lee! Now, look here; if there's any will we'll talk about it when it turns up. As a matter of fact, I happen to know that there isn't any. Also I know that he was going to make one but he didn't get time! He died first! Meantime, as next of kin, I am tak-ing care of things here. I'm sorry that I can't ask you to stay. Really, I am sorry!" "We're not going!" cried the girl. "I won't budge, for one. He wasn't your uncle, anyhow, just some sort of distant cousin or something. And he didn't like you! Neither do I! I've come over a hundred miles and at Mr. Early Bill's invitation and here I stay!" Ranee's voice sharpened. "Finished? Good! Now you listen to me " "What goes on here?" asked a man's voice, very cool and calm, almost at a drawl, yet quietly em-phatic. It was Cal Roundtree, old Early Bill's foreman. Hat in hand he came in from the patio, stepping softly on his toes because of his spurs. "It's nothing that I can't take care of, Roundtree," said Ranee, very curt. "Any time that I need you I'll let you know." "Thanking you kindly," said Cal Roundtree, and then stood pulling one end of his moustache, then the other, while his serene eyes regard- - THE STORY SO FAR: Ann Lee and . Poijy, beneficiaries under two identi- - , wuis made by Early Bill Cole, In ' hlcb be left each of them all bis money the Kins Cole Ranch, arrived in the "in of Bald Eagle by stage coach. Dnr- - CHAPTER VII Ann came close to the stove. "What are we going to do?" she whispered. "He is related to Mr. Cole; he thinks he is the owner now; be never heard of any will and He is terribly good looking, isn't he, Aunt Jenny? I like him, don't you? And it's going to seem like steali-ng from him " "So he is good looking, is he?" sniffed Aunt Jenifer, hunting the cof-- . (ee pot "Well, so was our stage friend of yesterday, Mr. Cody, wasn't he?" "Why, Aunt Jenny! You don'.t like Hr. Waldron! Why?" "I haven't said any such thing. And if you're asking why well, just jou wait and watch, my pet. He remembers to wash his face and hands, and he remembers about breakfast and he doesn't forget to shut doors after him and he doesn't forget to bar his door at night and pull the shades down and what I want to know is this: Is he going to forget to put our horse in the barn and give it some hay! You just lift up those heavy of yours high enough so you can peek out of your eyes, and watch what happens. And are you going to keep toting that satchel of yours around every step you take?" Ann clutched it the tighter. "I'm not going to let it out of my sight, not for one little second, not until that other key Aunt Jenny! Do you suppose that Ranee Waldron is the one with the other key? Why, of course he is! Being Mr. Early Bill's nephew" "Son of old Bill's cousin," cor-rected Aunt Jenifer. "Or so he says." By the time Ranee Waldron re-turned to them and again they heard the soft closing of at least two doors marking his progress the ta-ble was set under a sunny window and breakfast was ready. He was hatless this time and had combed his hair. He smiled and 'said briskl-y, "Ah! This is the life!" Yet it struck the observant girl, sensitive to shades of expression, that it was just his lips that smiled, and that there was a hint of sternness and of irritation in his eyes. "So you came in by stage last night?" he said as they sat down and Aunt Jenifer poured the three cups of good hot coffee and served him his breakfast. Ann nodded, and told him of their adventure on the mountain road, of the fallen tree and the attempted hold-u- warming to the recital as all its details thrilled through her again, making much of each little happening omitting only any part-icular reference to Mr. William Cole Cody. It was quite as though she had forgotten that such an in-dividual had ever existed. But when she had finished, and her aunt looked sharply at her and sniffed, her face turned red. Ranee heard her out without in-terruption, then said thoughtfully, "It's a funny sort of thing, isn't it? Why do you suppose they wanted to stick up the stage if it wasn't carry- - JM I IfD In lsf hi VImS oil ed the two women with the frankest interest. "Mornin', ladies," he greet-ed them. "Me, I'm Roundtree, Cal-houn Roundtree, used to be fore-man for old man Cole." He ap-praised the older woman at his lei-sure, no impertinence in his look, just unmasked inquiry, then trans-ferred his investigations to the girL His eyes brightened, but then most eyes brightened when they met Ann Lee's eyes. "It might be," said Cal Roundtree, and sounded friend-ly, "that you're Miss Ann Lee, come up here to see Early Bill?" "Why, yes! How did you know?" "I had a mite of a talk with him a few days ago, shortly before he petered out," said Cal. "He said as how he was expectin' comp'ny. It would be you and with you, maybe, your aunt Miss Jenifer Edwards, ma'am?" he asked in that gentle voice of his. Aunt Jenifer nodded. "Pleased to meet you ladies," said Cal then, and offered a horny, hand. "You're right welcome, that's what Early Bill says I'm to say to you, and to make yourselves to home long as you care to tarry. He says likewise he's most sorry not to be able to be here to shake you by the hand, him bein' called away to keep a date he mustn't be late at." He cleared his throat and clapped on his hat. "1 tog a strong box? What do you sup- happened to see the horse and bug-- pose that the little man What did you say his name was? Jenkins? what do you suppose he had on him?" "We didn't find out," Ann told him. "He was badly hurt; he didn't say anything. It must have been a lot of money, though, and the rob-bers must have known about it somehow." "And they made their y clean? Without stopping any lead?" "We couldn't be sure. One of the men one of the men on the stage thought he had hit one of them. But you couldn't really believe a word he said! Most likely he was just bragging about what a fine shot he was!" "Well, you folks came through it lucky anyhow!" "You're not eating much for a strong young man," observed Aunt Jenifer. "You ought to be starved like a wolf at this hour of the day!" He forked at his plate. "You see I bad a snack last night, late, just before I went to bed. This is good, though. How about another cup of coflee? Who is this man Jenkins?" he asked Ann. "Seems that I've beard his name mentioned; out here, too. Wasn't he a friend of Early Bill's? Worked for hina. or some-thing?" "We really don't know a thing bout him except that he was really very badly wounded, and that he is at the hotel in town now with a doc-tor they call Doc Joe taking care of him." Then for a time talk drifted aim-lessl-and in such fashion did breakfast come to an end. As they rose Ranee said casually, "Well, now with things as they are, what do you ladies plan? It "lust be a terrible disappointment 'or you not to find your intended host here to receive you. Are you eoing home right away?" Ranee showed Ann the way into the patio, flooded now with golden sunshine, Aunt Jenifer saying, "You So ahead, Ann; I'll come along as soon as I finish the dishes. No! I don't want anybody in my way help-ta- g me!" "Do you mind," said Ranee when they were outside, "if I leave you a few moments? As I told you, I was Sing through a lot of pretty badly messed-u- p papers and accounts last "ight. Part of the mess I've got fairly well in mind right now; 1 think twenty minutes more with it and I could put it away ship-shap- I hope you don't mind?" He hurried away, stopped and beaded back to the kitchen. "I never tasted such coffee," he He pulled a Colt forty-fiv- e out of its holster, stepped across the threshold. ured them, perhaps to decide which of the two did the thinking and de-ciding for both. They saw instantly that during these few minutes his mood had altered, hardened; the line of his lips was straight and firm, ' his eyes were steady and stern. "You see." he went on, "this is really no place for you people at this particular time. I couldn't pre-tend to make it pleasant for you under the circumstances. What I should like very much would be for you to come back out here in a few days and be my guests. I'll be com-ing into Bald Eagle; you'll be stay-ing there at the hotel for a while? I could pick you up and bring you out again." "My! You do sound hospitable!" said Aunt Jenifer. He frowned at that. "My dear lady," he said curtly, "just how hospitable I sound has nothing to do with it. You were invited, you tell me, by old Bill Cole. Well, he's dead and gone, and as far as I know that's the end of that invitation. Were circumstances different did I not have so much on my hands" "Mr. Waldron!" cried the girl, her cheeks flaming. "I hadn't meant to say anything like this, but I will now" "Count four and twenty, Tatticor-um,- " said Aunt Jenifer warningly. "I won't! I've counted enough al-ready! Mr. Waldron, it goes against the grain to come the first time into Mr. Early Bill's home and start talking like this, but how can I help it? You are distantly related to him, yes, but Did you ever hear of his making a will?" "A will?" He stared at her so sternly then and for such a long, silent time that she felt a shiver up her back. He didn't seem exact-ly surprised, she thought that his eyes narrowed speculatively, and she thought there was a glint ofmenace in them, that was all. "So he did make a will, did he? You don't mean that you are the lucky one?" "Maybe I am!" "Maybe?" He gave her a shrug. "Just what does that mean? And I didn't even know uncle were old that you and my friends! Just how long and how well did you know him?" "I never saw him in my life and you know I didn'tl But" "This will, now? What are its terms, young lady? When was it gy. First, I thought maybe the horse might like a drink of water and a forkful of hay; next, I says to myself. That's a livery stable rig from BaM Eagle. Comp'ny! And I reckoned it might be you ladies." Ranee Waldron heard him out, his gorge rising, his face a hot red when at last he said in a repressed voice bespeaking a cold fury, "Roundtree, when you're wanted here at the house I'll let you know. I'm taking care of things Hp here, understand?" Cal Roundtree regarded him a thought distastefully, a thought hu-morously. "I'm putting the buggy horse in the barn, Waldron," he said, unruf-fled. "You better step along with me a spell. You and me need a lit-tle talk together. Just the two of us." Cal started to go, then turned and came back. "Either of you ladies know how to shoot a gun off?" he asked gently. "Ann there," said her aunt, "can shoot your eye out at fifty yards!" Cal chuckled. "Me, I'll make a point not gettin' ornery around you, ma'am," he told Ann. He pulled a Colt forty-fiv- e up out of its holster, stepped across the threshold of the kitchen and dropped the gun to the table. "Any time you want any-thing," he said, "you just blaze away with that; me, I'll be down around the corral somewhere, any-how not too far off to hear it Like Early Bill said, make yourselves to home, ladies," and departed, step-ping softly, along with a scowling Ranee Waldron. "I like him," said Ann Lee when the two had gone. "Isn't he " Aunt Jenifer jerked her head about and cupped a hand to her ear. "Here comes the rest of the world, I reckon," she said content-edly. "For so far from everywhere, we sure do see folks! Someone on horseback like he was riding a race. Now who do you suppose this young feller is?" They waited in the patio to find out. He dismounted out under the big oak, around the corner of the building just out of sight Then they heard him coming on to the nouse and then he came to the big arch giving upon the patio, and saw them and lifted his hat-- Ann Lee gasped at the sight oi him, startled. The twinkle came glinting back into Aunt Jenifer's eye. 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REGoodrich j t THE NAVY they say: 2f BEAN RAG for meal pennant DITTY" BOX keep personal possessions I TOPSIDE for the highest full deck OAiW EL' for the Navy man's &vorite cigarette ' J ' '" j FIRST IN THE SERVICE! ursx ' CAMELS ARE l The favorite cigarette with ' 1 H men 'n tie Navy, Army, 1 TOPS WITH ME 1 Marines, and Coast Guard ' - f ' M is Camel. (Based on actual f THEY'VE GOT WHAT sales record. fia Canteens t ; , IT TAKES I N j .AJ rss - RiCH FLAVOR rfe , fX 1 AMD Cfj8S N( -- ' JMILDNESS! JL7J JUST Full Requirement "I've got half a mind to get married." "Well, that's all you need." No Second Look "By the way, have you ever seen a ghost?" "IVell, once 1 thought I saw one, but I didn't stop long enough to make sure." The Difference "They say people with opposite characteristics make the happiest marriages." "Yes, that's why I'm looking for a girl with money." A Bit Mixed The head of the firm was frown-ing over a letter. Calling for his chief clerk, he said: "That typist you certainly didn't engage her on account of her grammar!" ' "Grammar?" said the other. "When you were emphasizing the importance of grammar well, I thought you said 'glamour'!" By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. IT WON'T be surprising if Metro refuses to cast its male stars in martial roles, after what's been happening there. Clark Gable's last ap-pearance before the cameras, in "Somewhere I'll Find You," had a closing sequence in which he was all mixed up in the war and next thing we knew he'd signed up. Richard Quine was a draftee in "For Me and My Gal" then became one. Richard Ney went into military service right after he played an army inductee in "The War Against Mrs. Hadley." And Robert Taylor, a naval lieutenant in "Stand By for Action," set about becoming a lieu-tenant (jg) in the naval air force as soon as he'd finished the picture. To the red caps at Pennsylvania Station in New York celebrities are an old story, but when Pat O'Brien of RKO's "Bombardier" arrived i PAT O'BRIEN they instantly turned autograph hunters. And you should have heard the drivers in the taxi queue shout "Hello, Pat!" Rita Hayworth has been having her troubles, all because Victor Ma-ture gave her a dog. Because of gas rationing she sublet her house and took an apartment nearer the Columbia studio. But when she ar-rived there, with her baggage and "Genius," the bulldog, the owner wouldn't let her move in; said dogs weren't admitted, and refused to break the rule for Rita's. That railroad advertisement about "The Kid in Upper Four" is going to land on the motion picture screens of the country in a big way. Metro will use it as the subject of a short, and 20th Century-Fo- x will base a feature picture on it. Cecil B. 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Music by George Jessell, Ben Oakland and Red Grouya will be heard in "Cinderella Swings It," the next picture of the "Scattergood" series, starring Guy Kibbee. An augmented chorus supports Gloria Warren when she sings these new songs. "The More the Merrier," the new Jean Arthur-Joe- l McCrea picture, may launch Charleston, S. C, as a Gretna Green. In the picture Joel and Jean, residing in Washington, D C, want to be married in a hur-ry, before he leaves for North Af-rica, and Charleston's an airline stop, and South Carolina doesn't im-pose a legal wait on couples who want to marry Hal Peary's recent singing stints on "The Great Gildersleeve" radio series have convinced RKO that trie actor ought to do a vocal sequence in his next picture. "Gildersleeve's Bad Boy " ODDS AND ENDS The day that Carl Esmond went to complete prepara-tions for becoming a United Stutes citi-zen the Viennese actor wound up at Columbia playing a Nazi major in "At-tac-by Night" . . . Women in defense industries are flooding NBC with re. quests that Mary Margaret McBride switch her daytime shows to the night lanes . . Sam "Schlcppcrman" Hcarn, of Jack Benny's traveling company, has played 32 army camps this season, often giving two or three performances . . . Columbia picked sixteen of the coun-try's finest dancers for the chorus of its new "Redhead From Manhattan," which stars Lupe Velez. Walter O'Keefe recently gave away a trade secret. "The daily newspaper," said he, "is the source of most of the 'Battle of the Sexes' quiz questions. Odd facts that bob up in the headlines are turned wrong side out, into questions." Tim Ryan, radio star of the Tim and Irene team, has a featured role in Lum and Abner's new RKO com-edy, "Two Weeks to Live." It was iirected by Malcolm St. Clair, who nade his directorial r'?but years ago with the Keystone Kps comedips Influence No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere. Meredith. Bashful Swain Came Close to the Real Thing George was the most bashful lad in the village. So the family were astonished when he told them one evening that he was going courting. After spending over an hour get-ting ready, he set out. In hal4 an hour he returned, looking well pleased with himself. "You're back soon," said his mother. "How did you get on?" "All right," replied George, with a grin. . "Did you see her?" "I sure did," said George, still grinning. "And if I hadn't ducked down quick behind the hedge, she'd have seen me, too, maybe!" Hope on Waking Hope is the dream of the wak-ing Man. Pliny, the Elder. - r- - - - O-- . t1- - (v. (v. C. (i(V.(-C- i- fv, (v.(v.(..(v.(v.(v. ft. fv. O" ? "i&P4 K&w mm w A quiz with answers offering ? ? 1 mmi information on various subjects The Questions 1. What is a fanion? 2. What is the plural of index? 3. In the western hemisphere what country ranks next to the United States in population? 4. Is steam visible? 5. What is the second longest river in the world? 6. What is in the clay from which bricks are made to make them red? 7. What is the only state in the United States bounded by one state? 8. In the army what is a "walkie-talkie"- ? 9. What is another name for the coastal region of a country? 10. What is the difference be-tween Mosaic and mosaic? The Answers 1. A small banner. 2. Indices. 3. Brazil. 4. No. What we see is steam condensed into water by contact with the colder air. 5. Nile. 6. Iron. 7. Maine. 8. A short range radio transmitting and receiving set packed on the back of one man. 9. Littoral. 10. Mosaic Pertaining to Moses, the Hebrew leader and lawgiver; mosaic a design made by inlay-ing small pieces of glass or stone of various colors. j Gems of Thought D RIDE is like the beautiful A acacia, that lifts its head ' proudly above its neighbor ' plants forgetting that it too, like them, has its roots in the dirt. C. N. Bovee. The beginning of action is thinking; the beginning of thinking is intelligent definition. Raymond Gram Swing. The longer thread of life we spin, The more occasion still to win. ROBERT HERR1CK. Mankind is helped in its prog-ress almost as much by the study of imperfection as by the contemplation of perfection. Rosebery. Mobile Laundries Complete mobile laundries ac-company our troops to all parts of the world. Each laundry has to get some 15,000 soldiers' clothes clean every week. The United States army is the cleanest in the world. |