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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1933 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. WL.dbi many smiles and chuckles bejfan talk- injar to her. They loved to hear her broken Spanish. By. the time the'com- “Why are you dressed up so beautiful, .Mama?” ‘*Oh, just because,- Ruth did not SEVENTEENTH INSTALLMENT Synopsis: Ruth Warren, born and raised in an Eastern city, is willed three-fourth interest in the Dead Lan tern ranch in .%-izona. With her youthful husbandr ■-'^’ho is in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to .\rizona to take up where Ruth’s brother, reported killed in Mexico, had left off. They reached Dead Lantern,' 85 miles from the i^ii ^ up, ,^"^1 ^ ’W ’m m I swer to this question increased with' ness. He enjoyed running: after the' f^ , ■ each day, but she could not estimate i animals that broke from the herd—ose days about one hundred extra pany reached the saddle shed, Ruthjqyite know, herself; but she was con- had learned that Don Francisco con- jvinced it was the thinjf to do. “I sidered the cattle larpe and *fat and i think we ought/ to celebrate once in the calves plentiful. He also sue-i awhile, don’t yoh, David?” ceeded in conveying to her the results | a par\?” ~ of the.count. • j That evening Ruth studied these fig-1 , . . ui'es in connection with others she bad ' . ; aoia. x?t s go down to the barn gathered in her conversation with Old 7~ If^t a nice fire there and Al- Chariey and her studies of the cattle,Shall we? raisers’ magazine. But she went toj sleep as undecided as ever. The 1 Ruth grasped the boy’s arm and led round-up would take four days and if .^’*^' guiltily out of the house by way on each of these ANKLE-FASHIONED Nunn-Bush Oxftnrds $5.50 and $7.50 L. B. DILLARD Thursday, Friday and Satur day are bisr Barsrain Days at the Rexall One-Cent Sale at— SMITH’S PHARMACY FINAL SETTLE.MENT 'fake notice that on thfe 21»t day of I , e 1 ... .November, I will render a final ac- days the count ran asj^i back porch. Snavely was in the count of my acts and doings as Ad- first, and if on one ‘ room. Jministrator of the estate of W. M. cacn uay, oui sne couiu not estimate i «niiii»is tnut oroKe irum me neru—j , * i', i tulbinw" ^ ‘^cceas€»d, in the office of the number of salable animals .scat-j Ruth rather suspected him of egging ! f’'"T I mlo ^ S tered over the ranch; she could notithera on. "rf' ^er i ^ r l . fh ^ o" the 'neUra OT, i^foiiirr^eaf kf waicKfal o u • J• • •,• • ^ ‘^d, of coui'se, that Old Chatley had ‘^“‘cdos guitar persuaded them, same day will annlv for a final di«- J""■’ “■ - that she had lost more than a tenth I moments of a fast polo game, but in i and pleasure. They all sprang to their j ‘ \ of the value of her note. j three hours it can be wearing. Then, too, if her deal wjth Parker! When'all the calves, had been un Twice was to dc the ranch any good, only the _ branded the herd\vas driven to the Upcn traVhered ° poorest of the cattle could be sold—I holding pasture, a small enclosure of ^,.,n neare.st railroad,,with the help of Oldlonly the steers and the old cow.s. Thejone thousand acrey. As the cattle ’ Charley Thane, neighboring-rancher ; rest of the stock and the fine bulls i passed through, the g\tc the counting who also carries the rural mail. At the | " i began; one man counted calves; an- ^ ranch they find the partner, Snavely,! j other, yearlings; another, and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who | .[steers; and a fourth, cows. Ruth never knew how she through the fou: th and last day of the : feet, but Don Francisco was first. .\ny person indebted to said estate . V...V4 .V , V.A u,.A , notified and required to make pay- after the cattle "hua! ' "'-'nt to the , fire anaiment on or before that date; 'and all id the brandinK be-/'*\*'^'^^ hand.s. cold, ahe,per,sona havin.f claima attainst said , .she ieft the herd and rode into matter-of-fact .Spanish, foothills. But neither time did she,^her w a sinitle over-looked, cow or calf, i hurned to the barn for . greet them suspiciously. .\s they 1 trudge the five miles from the ranch gato to the house they pass a huge ! rock in a gulch where a voice whis- j peu s, “Go back. Go feck.” Ruth’s hus- j hand, caught in a rain shortly after! their arrival contracts pneumonia pnd , jias.-ics away before medical aid can be { brought. Ruth, penniless, and without, friends, attempts to carry on but is- Jbailke<l at almost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. Despite obstacles of all kinds Ruth gives notes j on het ranch interest to purchase cat-; tie. She is assisted by Old Gharley ^ Thane and his son, Will Thane. A t Mexican family has been hived to as- I sist with the work. A peculiar sick- • ness develojis with the livestock. Snavely calls it “liver fever,” and says * he has a powder for the water to cure the di.sease. Ruth’s whole future is at stake on the development of the herd to meet her notes following the first rbuhd-up. (Now Go On With the Story) grown ,‘^he stood biting her lower lip and pulling at her saddle strings as the The count was over and the riders ^heie simply counting began. Theie simply must be more than one hundred and twenty Itn- ; estate will present them on or before ‘-1- said date, duly proven or be forever ♦'ue barred. of his rawhide chairs. .Hut when he, EV'.\ D. FERGU.SON, ' returned Ruth had seated-herself on Il-IG-.U’ .Administratrix, the grouiul next to Magfla. She was — — — —■ head, she kept telling herself—there not going to be the only one of the group who sat on a chair, gown or • .1 1 * u M 2:own. )ust had to bel! << j n •, u , * ;• ^ I liradually, it became atiparent to replied <^i'ttle passed, Mexicans that the Senora Ruth through the gate, the counters diew merely come to the were returning to the home ranch when Ruth roiR* up beside" Snavely, “Well, how doe.s it look?” 1 “How does what look?” I Snaveiyr i “I mean—do you think we’re going ^ Ruth rode up. She lis-jfi,.p fp,. warmth and company. IV- jto-have enough Weren’t there a good each man gave his county to . they assured each other of j many calves and young steev> ‘ ^ - 'liunchi?’’ in that and wrote the figures in hei jjhi^y.y .smiles and nods. ^ Little Mug note.bTibk witli trembnng fingers; 527; lia sat closer to Ruth, ami made Can’t tell nothin’yet,” said Snavely'I'b «‘*‘^nd the column “1 have it all figured out Just how many we—’’ “You figgered, 1 reckon, that a (}uarter.of the sale don’t ayiply on that "nn; fool note, didn’t you?” Ruth drew herself straight in the saddle. “Certainly, Mr. Snavely!” r i X he ^ own importance felt among her* com- giniffly. “I don’t know if you’re sure that the total was y,y speaking exclusively in, to have enough? Weren’t there a good ^ In-n with a slap she whirled i'cr j thereafter, say you ain’t.” ^hor.se and gallojied toward the ranch j Suddenly Ruth had an inspiration.; house. Her cheeks weia* wet and .^heijjpjj ^vith many pauses and appeals toj sajig a throaty chant to the pnunding , cijfht word she iiiade a hoofs; “I’ve won'. I’ve won! I’viV ..pppph-. .‘My f.-ipn^is. \Vp have worked and gathered many cattle. The juundi That evening after supper while'up has been good. I thipk we will have David a'lul L\nn were making the; a celebration—una fiesta grande, chickens secure against skunks and! .Some of you have friends in Palo Side Quit Hurting, Got Stronger, Well; CARDU! Helped Her Mp.s. U. L. West, of Tluntsville, Ala., wrili's: "I was weak and rr.ii'dowii. I had a pain in my side, and 1 lupl losin;; w*i(;ht. I grew I’. vviius iivi‘1' m.v eoiHiinnii—was I'TTmm t"^Tn--mt--.--I Vf tv cheer- f il will' I I all. w ll arsl dnn t i-asilv a- l •!< |••....(IHS. I tviifW I i.iuslit to tako staiictliiT'if. .M V auai toM MU- I ou<at t(i iiy (’ar-liii. wlrl*ti I <11(1. T in aan I.) )( .-l lx iifv. I k'-i't It Mr> umu I hail t ik*-n four IxittU-s. .My si |c <)uit liui tliikC aii l I w.i.< soo.a •f( . 'ill'; stroTin and W'-ll ” (' (nlut Is sold ut drijtc stores hers. 666 She reined in her horse and dropped’coyotes, Ruth [uit on a gown she had \’erde biing them and the I'he round-up has been good. I think' we will have .a celebration. , I'.ack between .Alfredo and old Don not worn for more than a year, and I Fi aneiscO. The Mexicans pulled their i did her hair three ‘imes. h'ol .sT's ~b a'ck t d iii a k e rla»hi a ml W Ith^ When David Tame in he - as^ktHh and children. On Saturday cook a cow." i-onUmml next, w:eek. mo \vt Liquid. Tahlet.T." Kailve, Nose Drops Checks Malaria in II days. Colds first ; day. Headaches or Neuralgia in SO ^viii I minutes. |KINE l.AXATIVE AND TONIC ! .Most Speedy Remedies Known. “Oh, I’m .so Sorry,” whine«l voice, “but 1 Jest can’t open it.” —“W^Ur-why <can the must remain ftir the improvement ofi the ranch. Ruth could not wie much; in selling tdf the cattle to arm broke?” jkeej) the man Witherspoon from fore-' “I’m laking a bath,” saad the voice closing on the note—what good was HW'etly. there in three-(iuarters' interest in a This was too much. Old Charley cuttle ranch with no cattle—oi'. in a planted the sole of his hoot against the mneh which anly brought in fifteen : door with all the force in his body. ihundred dollars a year? The door flew inwanl and Will Thane' She left David sleeping and went ' ste|)|>ed in the threshold. “<’ome right | into the dining room. She and in, Dad I knew you’d call .some day.” Xnavely breakfasted silently by lamp-' Old Charley sat down slowly on the| light, then went to the conals. box, utterly heedless.of the wash-1 It was just light enough at the cor-i basin. .After a time he murmured mournfully, “If you was only ten years old again f«uv about half an 'hour! ...” Later, after he had eaten Will’s ral>< to distinguish one horse from an other, The six Mexican cowboys were I waiting by the gate, each with a ciga-i rette in his mouth and a rojie or bridle' over his arm. .Snavely indicated to THAT Nupf«er, the old mart was somewhat each of the men the horse he w'as to mollified. “Will, you ornery pup,'ii,ip f,„- the day. The Mexican en- danged if this ain’t the happie.st day,tered the corral, caught his mount, I’ve seen! And you’ve already been here a month. You son-of-a-gun — provin’ up on your home.stead. And and led it to the saddle shed. j.she wa.s, on.a hilltop. The men, she' “I al-1 supposed, would ride west and distrib-* hack I ute themselves along the line fence a.s ! Ruth, Snavely and the .Mexican.-!! rode into the north pasture. About you’re all through with real estate?'three miles from the ranch’ hou.se Plumib through?” Snavely gave each man his order.s, 1 ‘Tlumb through, Dad. Turned then rode away to the we.st. To Ryth j everything D had into cash a month; hei had .said nothing, nor could she, ago. Ca.sh’ll come in handy wften we undersUnd much of what Snavely had' buy that section south of us here and J told the Mexi'ean-s. She kayed where, pick up .some more stock.” Old Charley nodded happily, ways k^ew’ you'd be cornin’ some ot the.se days. But what have. jt wound thrpugh the mountains. They | you feen doing here the last month! j vvould then all start eastward driving! Sleeping most of the day, I reckon, j the cattle before them. I I never saw you so fat an’ glossy." I- She^waited two hours on that hill-' Ruth slowly awoke and saw that it) top before she saw the first cattle coni;' — ’ling. Two miles to the north'an ant-j [like string moved over a ridge and, j disappeared into a ravinei A moment; I later, and much nearer, she saw a j [small buWh of animals emerge f-onv i [the underbrush followed by a man on j I horseback—kSpavely, she thought; Byj the time the first two bunche.s were * Inpposite 4ieivthree^more were in sightT Tand she turned her own horse ea.st- ward. She soon came upon three cows,' leach with a calf, and- drove them be- ' fore her. Just where she was driving them she had no very clear idea, but [she could see that the other riders j were converging toward a common ' point and governed herself accord ingly. This point proved to be a level piece of ground about half a mile from the eastern end of the pastu 'o. The nine small streamr, of cattle * merged, flowed on, and were thrown linto an eddying pool by the circling .riders. Two of the men left at once, loping to a ravine where mesquite was plentiful. -When 4ftey returned drag ging firewood at the end of tneir riatas, the cattle were in a close- j She waited two hours on tliat hill packed bunch, and the remaining rid- top before she saw the first cattle lers sat their horses at intervals reming. [around the circle. Snavely^ Alfredo,! ! ! Don Francisco and one of th§ extra was still dark. She wondered idly Mexicans dismounted, kicked off their YOURS r ** why Ann was moving about in the kitchen so late, and was luxuriously slipping back to sleep when she heard cans keeping the herd together, mean- chaps, and building a fire, laid on the branding irons; Ruth and three Mexi- H OVV' is he looking the.se days? Yes, of course he looks^good to you. But how does he look to oenule on the street ... to the men at his effi’ee ... to your neighbors? ('an they tell he's been scrimping a little on himself (perhaps for your sake, for the children)? How about the shine on those blue-serge trousers? That rainy-day hat he’s wearing every day? Those shoes he swears are “comfort able,” though he knows thev’re really old. Maybe he says he doesn’t care aho’jt clothes, but wouldn't a new overcoat make him smile? You know it would. i And is it ever true economy to l(N>k shabby? You’re the one to spruce him up. That’s your job. That’s your opportunity —right now. For this is the time to see that he gets what he needs—while cloth ing prices are lower than they are ever likely to be again! It’s true, you know. Because every year since 1929—rememb^fr 1929?—less and less clothing has been sold. And so clothing prices have fallen, fallen, fallen. Yet clothing—one of the naost indispen- .sable things in life — should certainly have some real value . . . should be worth enough to vield to its maker, and those who work for him, a reasonable living.^ To bring back value to the things that are made and sold^. . to the people who make and sell them . to those who buy . . . we have the NRA. The NRA is, day by day, restoring value to the com mon things of life. Food, labor, prop erty, pleasures. . . . The (iovernment’s plan is making everything worth some thing again. Clothing has been on^ of th^..ijrjwt things to start to recover its value. Un der the NRA codes, .salaries of workers are being raised . . . fabric‘^prices are go ing up . . . trimming, wrapping, trans portation costs, too. Piiy roils have ad vanced 32'/i'' since February. Raw ma terials have advanced 19‘.. And cloth ing i^rices are rising accordingly. A good thing, in the end, for business . . . for living . . for you. Hut at this moment the rising values .have only begun. Stocks of clothing, new in the stares, are still priced ex tremely low. Lower than they ever . should have been. Lower than they are likely to be again. Tell that husband of yeurs to go out and fix himself up. Now IS the time to buy! Upturn Item No. 19 Pennsylvania State Department of Labor reported August employ ment 7'< ahead of July and pay rolls 15'( ahead. the thump of boots, as Snavely came from his room airi walked across the house to the kit^em’ Suddenly Ruth knew that it was morning—the long- awaited morning when the round-up was to begin. As she rose and strug gled into her riding clothes, the great weight of her i|nxiety which had lifted while. I When the irons were hot Snavely | motioned to the grizzled old Juan, who left Ruth’s side of the herd and ad vanced into the center of the milling cattle, swinging.his riata. ' | Ruth had her hands full. With only ^ three riders to keep the herd in place < THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS PAPER BRING YOU NEWS OF MANY WONDERFUL BARGAINS IN MEN'S WEAR. STUDY THEM CAREFULLY . . . TfiEN CLIP QUT THE ONES YOU WANT. .. GIVE THEM TO YOUR HUSBAND . . . AND MAKE HIM DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! . i , during her sleep settled back upon her.<many of the cattle decided to break, The round-up—would there be enough [away. Every ten seconds, it seemed cattle? ’ - [to Ruth, some animal^ on her side of j In the two months since she had ac- * the herd would bolt. She had aban- cidentally plliced poison in the springjdoned old Brisket for such active) trough.s no new harm had com® ^_th®iridjng in favor of Boots, a springy her note? Her desire to fihd the an-jthorough knowledge of the cow busi- J i *-/r. «• . '.Vi.. 1/ i'!?!