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f r j « I THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1933 THE CLINTON' CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. PAGE SEVEN (H Ji i there since he had built the 'board jmal ifence Around ft; but many time.s she jhad watched him coming up the path 'from the barn with his narrowed eyes i>q the clump of bushes by the wood- -^ile. ' There was much riding to do, as there always is after the summer rains. Ruth was so busy that she still appeared to be lying stre'tched out, and even though she could, see little distinctjy through the clumps of catclaw and ocatillo, Ruth felt with quick tightening at her throat that the bull’s position was unnatural. Dis mounting, .she half walked, half" slid, to the bottom of the gully and picked her way toward the bull. As she ap- a^a “you will have to going into'' to«m for supplies soon anyway—why not go tomorrow and send out a drartor-^ veterinary?” Continued next week I.OSES HER MOTHER t'hiends in the city of Mrs. R. E had five books to read of the half doz-, P**®*^*^^^*^^* h.alf a dozen great buzzards Wysof will sympathize with her in the en Will had sent her. Each morning flapped -into the air on reluctant ¥ A ,she rode out with Don Francisco and j Alfredo, ofteh accompanied by David. j Every fifth day she carried a slip of paper wkh numbers from one to 'twenty-two and rode until she had I checked all of the bulls. Tlie white wdngs. The next morning she and the two Mexicans returned to di.scover if pos sible why Number Six had died. Don F’rancisco and Alfredo held a long consultation together but could come ^ ipii IIP ^ ^ ^ ^>1 IP ^ ^ ^ 1^ ^ ^ i— ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Upp 1 FIFTEENTH INSTALLMENT • | Every one, from David to old Don'deeper canons. ' i numbers on their sides were still glar-|to no definite conclusion-.some sick- Synopsis: Ruth Warren, who lived Francisco, made some kind of noise, j ’The cattle were everyw'here—there conspicuous—sometimes she j ^^ss such as comes to the strongest of in the East, -is willed three-fourths * Ruth hugged the first person at hand,,was so much water that they could go could check six or seven animals all innings. As thei three companions rode loss of her mother, Mrs. Samuel H. Bell, w’hose death occurred at her home in Staunton, Va., last Friday after a critical illness. The family went up to Staunton f6r the funeral, Mrs. Wy.soi remaining for a stay of several days. intere.st in the "Dead Lantern’’ r 'a^ich j until she discovered it was Snavely. in Arizona by her only brother, who is,.And even Snavely shook hands reporteil to have met his death whilejUround—real running water was on bu.siness in Mexico. .Arriving cattleman. / Arizona with her husband who has ailing lungs and their small child, they learn that the ranch is located 8n niile.s f.om the nearest railroad. Old Charley Thane, rancher and .rural mail carrier agrees to take them to the “Dead l^intern” gate. 5 miles from the ranch hou.se. .As they trudge wearily through a gulch approaching the ranch hou.se, a voice whi.-^pers “Go back! . . . Go back I” At the’ranch hou.-^e they are ^ greeted suspiciously by the gaunt ^ rancher jiarlner, Snavely. and Indian i Ann. a herculean woman of mixed Ne-1 gro an.; In.lian blood. Snavely is dif-j ficult t' understand but regardless, Ruth takes up the task of trying to 1 adjust thcir^hrec tiver to t he rgittch and its development. Kenneth, Ruth’s | husband, caught in a chilling rain, con- tract.s pneumonia and passes away be fore a .loctor arrives. Ruth tries to i carry on. She is not enctmraged by Snavely in plans to try and stock the, ranch «>r improve it. She writes to her father in the East asking a loan with wrhich to buy cattle. She receives no reply. Will Thane comes home to visit his father . . . and Ruth meets him A rancher nearby decides to retire and offers to sell Ruth and Snavely his' livestock on credit. Snavely tries to balk the deal but Ruth buys to the limit of her thi^e-quarter ihtt”esl ini Deail Lantern ranch. ' . (Now Go Oh With the .Story) bowels Snavely who had remained at ihe store rals shoeihg horses. * The old catleman listened to what she had to\^say, then shrugged “You’re liable to find a dead chw -As she approached, half a dozen great buzzards flapped into the air on reluctant wings. where the feed was choicest an*.! thev'"’ilhin, a mile as she looked carefully the black buzzaids slowly ciicled air made good use of the opportunity. The ft'oin a hilltop. She still considered herj'^^r) the gully. ■ too f remains of the cottonseed meal was ' system of marking very fine. , ■ j Sud^ely Alfredo pointed south- (stored in the barn and the tiand ofi The summer rains, having been im-, group of buzzards were! kept bottle-fed calves was scattered. Al-| usually generou.s. had gradually •"'heeling low above an oak tree which j ready, every animal on the place jceased except for an occasional thun-*’’^^*? the entrance of a gully in! seemed two-thirds fat. jderstorm which hurried over the Sah4^b^' opposite bank of the ravine. | [ The Mexicans worked on their dorge Valley. On the Dead Lantern Hy^ noon?’'five more dead aniinal.ij house—Ruth . knew that they werejthe natural surface witter in ravine had been fouml within a radius of a happy and would stay indefinitely, land canon was fast disappearing and ^piile. Ruth, half sick with anxiety.' Every evening for an hour after sup- the cattle were drifting to the neigh- i^itde back to the ranch house for per she and the girl Magda had les- borhood of the ponds. j I sons in Si>)|,nish and English. When j Late one ajfternoon Ruth and .A1-! the, hour was up Ruth went back to ifodo jvere returning from the south, jthe ranch hou.se, for, as the end of [pasture driving a poor-grade heifer, the lesson approached. .Alfredo always ’^'he heifer was to he butchered and it ^ ^picked up his guitar and .stood near is axiomatic among cattle ownois that two most any time—too had ahoht the ' the door, his eye on the fresno out-|Only the off-color, the dish-faced, the bull, hut theyMl die just the sa i side. j knoek-kneed, and the sway-hacked anything else.” I Snavely seem^’d to have changed,shall be served at the family board. “But we’ve fouml six altwget subtly since the discovery of the wa-j WhHr-they-were crossing the last recently dead!” “teTT Rath deep :|raxine;hef«re- re^ ranch j Sua v ely^ grew to regard her in a different way; it housij Ruth rode toward the moun-J—fke besides the hull?” tains', leaving -Alfredo to bring in the j “Yes.’’ heifer alone. TTieve had been water in i “Well, novv, that don’t loitk so good, a pool farther up the ravine the week Hoi'e, I’ll just saddle up an’ have a hfore and Ruth wished to look at the, look." cattle which would remain in the j He .shook his head aftei’ he had vicinity as long as the water lasted. [ studieii the carcass of N’uinl»cr Six. She met few cattle in the ravine and girl knew that Snavely was far from upon arriving at the pool found it becoming reconciled to her presence on empty. .As she rode out of the ravine the ranch; he hate<l her and he hated along the side of an entering giilly and the Mexicans. neared the ujiper level, her eye caught .Another thing about this strange i a white object hidden among the un-jthat. Don’t look like he’d been hurt in man had come to her notice; heMergrowth in the gully bottom farther'no fight, neither.” Don’t Get Up Nights I^ax the Bladder With Juniper Oil. Buchu, Etc. Drive out-the impurities and ekeess acids that cause irritation, burning and frequent de.sire. .Juniper oil i.r pleasant to take in the form of BU- IIET.S, the bladde’* laxative, also con- tjpning Buchu leaves, etc. Wohk.s the bladder .similar to castor oil the bowels. Get a 2.')C box from -After four days it on on any not m a (lUierent way; was as if she had proved that she was not to be frightened, she could no longer he treated as a child. -She had shown him that she knew some thing about ranching; and, since the drouth was safely past, that she stood a chance of meeting her note. But the relieved of "getting up nights” go back and get your money. If j'ou are ‘bothered with backache or leg pains caused from bladder disorders you are ound to feel bettei^after this cleans ing aiul you get your regular sleep. Kellers Drug .Store and Young’s T’liannacy says BUKETS is a best seller. NOTICE Good I ntil Nov. 10, 19.3.3: (loud Housekeeping. 2‘years, (’osmopolitan and Good Housekeep ing. one year. 81,00. J AMES W. (’ALDWKLL Call .38 at 12:30 The hui'.zards hail eaten very little, but they (lid not g(t far away. “1 don’t know just what to make of it—maybe, if wc could find a fresher one. Still, 'it ain’t black leg, anybody could tell 666 4. ; the fire goihj? Tor its light ami sat 'around watching the spout of water. Every novv and then, some one took a drink, and althougii the water was seemed to he looking ^ was near whenever he house. Ruth had never the old well [ahead. Fresently, she sa"' lhat the <»b- ; ranchiject was a numeral six painted upoir rode him go|the red-brown side of a hull. Tlie ani-jeral .Mr. Snavely,” said Ruth as they the seen toward the oak tree where sev- huzzards stood or walked about,* Liquid, Tablets, Salve, -Nose Drops ( hecks .Malaria in 3 days. Colds first day. Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC .Most Spe^y Remedies Known. “You >ee..’‘ expiained Will, “the rain|^^‘^^ declared^ was that falls between the top of the -PiiTfcal- ,moun*a n range and .the dike sinks '* Rh the proper triioghs it (woulu into the ground and goes down to bed "'“ter every head of stock the' Dead rock. But it can’t get pa^t the dike Lantern could ever carry and, itici- and IS impounded under the surfa^’e. dentally, although Ruth did not sus-■ Where the wall crosses this arroya is it. the value of the ranch had in- the lowe-^t" point, and it’s there we ciease.l hy some thoi^ands of dollars found wet sand last year.” since tliat last tilovv from Will’s' They came up to the dike. Fifty •''ledge. • ^ . j feet above the arroya bed it rose, B.v daylight a temporary dam hadl forming a waterfall during the lains, been thrown across the arroya fof the and below wa^K^greaT sandy hole*. ThP'Wise ttf the ratth^ until tlie vv at or 0)01(1" bottom j. f thi.s hole wa> dam]>. piped to a permanent pond, j Ruth could hard'y conceal her dis-; •'"ni^vcly had actually helped to build appoin ment — she had pictured a'this dam. But when the cattle h.ad j plea.^arit little pool, and the bottom of been driven up the arroya and every; the .>a.’oiy hole looked a.'^ though some one was going hack to the ranch house i U Oh ? You w at'er It ♦ one h- i .-pilled half a pail of there, twenty minutes before. But Will was hiiyishly enthusiastic. "There she i.s’. i'.elieve me, when you find a damp oiace in this vveather. there’s Bomeching doing.” When .Alfredo and Don F' ancisco! left, however. Will came* with the shovels. Will directed, look at the water, them^i.n excellent .Spanish to dig from the damp spot toward the well. In le.ss than a half hour there was real water at the bottom of the trench. She and Will returned to the barn for a rock drill and a .sledge—the plan wa.s to drill through the dike into the water beyond. for breakfast. Ruth sensed that Snavely was rapidly returning to nor mal. f .After the midday* meal Ruth and David accompanied Will to the mail box to meet Old ('harley. Before they had to take a last Not a single cow wa.-. at the pond; they had all had their water and now were .scattered over the" pasture. On the way to the mail box the i three friends talked incessantly. Da- j vnd rode with Will. vi It was when Old Gharley’.s car ap-! peared far down the highway that dinner F. H. B.! Will a.nd .Alfredo took, turn.s at Will .said, “I’m planning a little joke me FAMILY HOLD BACK! “awmging the sledge, while Don Fran-^ on Dad. He is always kidding CISCO held the drill, giving it a quarter. about leaving the ranch for the ‘ turn at each stroke. The drill sank in I city—I know that he hopes some day Hteadiiy; at every blow a little more I I’ll come hoine for good and help him] water trickled around the inch->hick rai.se cattle. There’s a piece of home-^ bar of steel. Snavely, Ann and the Lstead property which joins our place | Mexican woman came to look. jon the east and yours on the south—| Four-hours after they had begun, he’s alway.s hinting that I ought to j the .sound of sledge on drill began to j take it up before any one else does.’‘ change subtly—-‘It’s coming! We’re j He watche.s that .section like a hawk, j almost—through!’’. Will’s voice was,WelL here’s the poinL I’m nut saying te.n.se with excitement as he swung anything to I>ad, but this trip I’m* i going to pull stakes at lyo.s Angeles | and come home for good. I expect to, 1 get back about a month before thei round-up and I’m not going to .say a word to Dad but just sneak out to I that homestead and put up a shack and live there. It’ll be a kick when IT’S a cri«i« in any self*respectin^ ^ home when the clock strikes seven and there’s nothing extra on haiid to feed the imexperted ^est. V are lower than they are likely ever, to be as:ain! he di.scovers .somobody .squatting on of his.” |\ that choice section, . The girl -careful he ' doesn’t take a shot at you before he discovers who it is.” Old Charley honked his horn as he ' sighted the three by the mail box, ^Uth turned to Will. “It seems dread- , fully inadequate to .say ‘thank you’— I—“ f “Good Lord! I’ve had the time of my lift!” I Ruth looked at his feet. “I shall ! remember that the Dead Lantern owes I you a pair of shoes, not to mention trousers—^why didn’t I think to lend I you some overalls ?” j He laughed, as Old Charley turned {from the road. “AH rifht, Ruth, but I I’ll be needing boots instead of shoes Aifrc)do always ^ked «p his gai*, the next time you see me.” tar aad stood mot the door, his eyej Within g week gfter the develop- <m the freoao ootaidc. jment of the water the summer rains I had begun. Almost every afternoon But the pa>it four years have made Mrs. Hubbards of a i^refat many of us. Our cupboards have a lean and huni^ry look, and often have we looked over the larder to find the flour tin empty, the sufijar bag emaciated, the potato sack limp, the jams all Kone, and the canned jjjoods vanished. — — ——— In the past four years food products have gradually lost the greater part of their true value as commodities. Brices have gone so low that the farmer, the manufacturer, the wholesaler, the re tailer have not been able to get a fair return for their services, or to pay their employees even a living wage. Wheat has advanced since last February. ’Corn 110%. Fork 29 Fruits and vegetables .36''. This process of bringing back food values is steadily going on, but it is not yet complete. There are still stocks of nonperishable foods on the market at amazingly low prices. But those stocks are strictly limited! Check your cup- t>oard today. Now is the time to buy. Obviously, thisjs the time of times to stock up your pantry, to make it again the fount cf your hospitality. There are many groceries you can buy and put on the shelf .. . flour . . . coffee ... canned goods ... sugar ... jams . .. hams cereals soaps . ‘.. beverages . . . and scores more. And prices today But under the NR A code, certain standards^ certain values are definitely fixed. A worker ha.s to be paid a decent living wage. And since we must all eat, and human labor enters into the pro duction of all foods, the result is going to be thaljfQod_pr<|^cts will come back up in price until tl^ are worth some thing again. Already raw^ materials ^e going up. Upturn Item No. 9 A nution-wide food distribution company reports August sales on a unit basis 20'r ahead of August last vear. ■» ? ^ the sledge. A few more strokes, and | brought a brief s^wer; great, cold, the drill shot in six inches at one'* pelting drops making the desert spar- blow. jkle, redolent with the perfume of No one made a sound. Will | greasewood. ' Usually, after these ’/ dropped the sledge. Every eye was on ^ showers, the sun shone for a time be- Don Francisco.- With both hands he' fore it slipped behind the mountains— worked the drill up and down to loosen' as though to remind the desert that ^ iL Slowly he palled it out and as it'it was still master. There had beenj ACT WISELY AND QUICKLY. THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS NEWSPAPER BRING YOU NEWS OF MANY GOOD FOOD BARGAINS STILL TO BE HAD. READ THEM CAREFULLY EACH WEEK, THEY CONTAIN INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS .... THEN, AT PRESENT FAVORABLE PRICES, SUPPLY YOUR PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS! r;- ■ came, water spurted around it in ever increasing volume. The drill was out and a muddy spout of water struck two aevere storms which turned the! arroyaa and gullies into angry little rivers. All the deepened pon<k were r the sand three feet away from the,full to overflowing and water lay, in wall. I small natural, pools in many of the \ '' £W .v -_ * ±- A' -M ^