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What had she to do with the murder of Amos Ethridge . . ? /# The Goose Woman By REX. BEACH An absorbing Serial Story Is Built Around Tk‘*- Mysierious Figure Starts Next Week In. This Paper TEXAS GUNS . CHAPTER XXII Something struck him low on the left side, burning across his ribs like a white hot iron.. It spun him halt about but he steadied and drove : two. quick shots in return, holding low down and between the crimson arcs of flame which spat at him. There was a cough, a gurgle and the thud of a falling body. "Johnny,” bawled Delevan. “Yuh got himâ€"yuh got him!’” In the rear of the house Pink Crosby’s Winchester was Crashing In steady cadence, while outside the yells had doubled in ferocity and the gunfire rolled to a shattering, sustained roar. There came a rustle of skirts and Ronny’s voice, fearful and broken carried through the dark, "Johnnyâ€"dadâ€"where are you?” “We’re all right child,” boomed Delevan, “You keep downâ€"down â- â€"do you hear. Lay on the floor.” But Ronny did nothing of the kind. She stumbled through the blackness until her hands rested on -JoSinny. She felt the warm, sticki- ness of blood running down his side. “Johnny!” she gasped. “You’re hurt, you're hurt! Ohâ€"dadâ€"he’s falling." A Little Dizzy Johnny was not exactly falling but he was slumping sloWly down- ward, his shoulders against the wall. ‘‘I’m a’ right,” he muttered hoarsely. “ATightâ€"jest a little dizzy. A little dizzy.” He ended up finally, half lying, half sitting against the wall. Bonny crouched beside him, her arms about him fiercely. She was sobbing and praying at the same time. Abruptly he stiffened. ‘‘Listen!” he gasped, “Listenâ€" Ï hear ’emâ€"I hear ’em. Texas guns â€"Texas guns! Hear ’em roar will .yuh:' It’s Texâ€"it’s Tex. The ole gray wolf’s come to look after his cub. Now Spelleâ€"darn yuhâ€"here’s where yuhâ€"getâ€"yoreâ€"-nee din’s." So saying, Johnny slumped for- ward, silentâ€"inert. Late on the following afternoon, Johnny opened a pair of lacklustre eyes and stared about him. Imme- diately a slow grin wreathed his pale face. Stooping above him was the care lined visage of his old partner. “Tex,” murmured Johnny. “Tex â€"yuh came in time. I knew it was you, I heard ’em roarâ€"those Texas gims.” “Yuh danged young hellion,” mur- P I found sweetening my morning cereal with BEE HIE Syrup aids Issue No. 33â€"’’568 B by IL, P„ Holmes mured Tex. "Yuh didn’t leave much 1er Utah and A1 and me to finish.” “Rut yuh got Spelle?” protested Johnny. “Nopeâ€"not us. You got him.” “I did? I don’t get’cha.” “Son, yuh shore did. He was layin’ jest outside that front win- dow on the porch with a .45 be- tween his eyes. An’ that thievin' four-fingered, half-breed son o’ his was the two gun man yuh downed “How about you.â€"did yuh get in the room. Ole Jim told me all about it.” them cattle?” asked Johnny. The Air Clears “Yore danged right we did. We had a little trouble fiiidin’ ’em but we finally located ’em in a little valley about fifty miles north o’ the railroad. The Box D iron was blot- ted on every critter, turned into a Gridiron P. A lot o’ it. was mighty sketchy work. We cornered the jasper who claimed to own ’em an’ a leetle questionin’ got him so tang- led up he didn’t know what his own name was. Utah an’ A1 an’ me de- clared a showdown an’ the rustler boss an’ his gang elected to shoot it out. It was their mistake. We got the whole stop from one o’ them what was due to cash. He came clean. Like we figgered, Spelle was behind the whole deal. Takin’ it by an* all it’ been quite some storm. But the air’s cleared up an’ we can settle down to hon- est cattle raisin’ now.” “That shore listens fine,” mur- mured Johnny.- “I’m dead sick o’ fightin*. 1 done had enough roamin’ around. I want to settle down an’ grow fat an' sprout a beard.” “Yeah?” Tex’s eyes were twink- ling. “I reckon somebody else will have somethin’ to say about thatâ€" the beard an.’ the bay window I mean. Women are touchy about sech things.” "Huh,” grunted Johnny, “Think yuh’r.e - smart don’t yuh?” “Nopeâ€"jest a phophet, that’s all. An’ I’ll betcha a new hat I’m right.” Johnny smiled up at him. “Yuh’d win the bet, ole timer. Where is she?” « “Out on the porch with her dad. I’ll send her in.” Tex swaggered the length of the bullet scarred porch with mischief glowing in his eyes. Ronny Dele- van watched his approa’ch curiously and was rewarded by having Tex catch her by both shoulders and plant a resounding, shameless kiss on one velvety cheek. “Whyâ€"whatâ€"” stammered the bewildered girl. Bride-To-Be, "Now don’t get excited, young ’un,” chuckled Tex.. “I’m jest sa- lutin’ the bride to be. Ain’t mad are yuh?” Ronny blushed furiously. “Who told you that?” she demanded. “Nobody. Shucks I got eyes ain’t 1? By the way, that young cub o’ mine wants to see yuh. Pronto now â€"don’t keep yore future husband waitin’.” Ronny scurried to the doorway, where she halted and looked back. Of a sudden she dimpled rosily. “rfex,” she called. “You win.” “They’re good kids, Tex,” rumb- led Delevan finally. “None better nowhere,” nodded Tex. “Jim, we’re danged lucky men.” “Yore damn right. Tex, I hope there’ll be leetle fellers later on, leetle pudgy fellers to tug an’ paw us ole wolves around.” “They will be. Then kids o’ ours are the r.eaj uill.” Another , long silence. “Happy?” rumbled Delevan. "As the deuce,” sighed Tex. “This is the end o’ the trail for me. 1 sit an’ watch the days, peter out down there across the desert.” As though in salute a single gold- en ray bathed them in its radiance, softening the grim, sculptured harshness of their features to one of mellowed contentment. (The End) Twins Are Linked By Strange Bonds It’s One of Nature’s Mysteries That Twins Oftentimes Do And Think The Same Things The miracles of twin affinities have recently been augmented by an amazing case recorded in Bel- fast. The twins were men, aged 41, one of whom was admitted to hos- pital apparently suffering from a severe internal ulcer. On the next day his brother, his opposite in physique, entered the very same hospital with a â-  similar com- plaint ! Coincidence, you say. But this is by no means an isolated incid- ent. Same Operation Twins named Kerger were last year operated on, in Illinois, for appendicitis at the same time. Recently twins, unknown to each other, fixed the same date for their weddings, and were married simultaneously in Liver- pool and Blackburn, England. It is not unusual for identical twins even to have the same dreams or nightmares, though the dreamers may be miles apart at the time. At a dinner party it's consider- ed proper for engaged couples to sit together but customary for married pairs to separate â€" life is like that! Should We Dye Our Gray Hair? That’s the Question â€" Some- times Gray Locks Are More Becoming Than the Original Shade. It’s all very well for the 25-year- old to say, “I’ll never dye my hair," or “I think gray hair is beautiful, and why in the world do women hate it?” But it is true that the day a woman notices that she has not just gray hairs, but gray hair, there is an important decision to be made. Job For An Expert In the first place, hair dyeing is a job for an expert â€" not an ama- teur. One should go to a very good beauty shop, put herself in the hands of an experienced operator, insist that the graying locks bfe dyed to match exactly the hairs that are not yet white. It is a mis- take , for a woman whose brown tresses are streaked with gray to have her hair dyed red, or black, or blonde. When the job is finish- ed, her hair should be simply brown (as it once was) instead of brown and gray. Only She Can Decide However, if a woman holds a job where a youthful appearance is an advantage, all of the trouble and expense involved may be very much worth-while. Or if white hair makes a yong woman look more like her husband’s mother than his wife she certainly is justified in dyeing it. Household Science By SUSAN FLETCHER Dentists recommend Wrigley11® Gum as an aid to strong, healthy teeth, cleanses them of food par- ticles, massages the gums. Aids di- gestion, relieves stuffy feeling after meals. Helps keep you healthy! Take some home for the children too â€" they will love It $ cs.js WITH FRESH PEACHES Are you wondering how to serve the juicy, ripe peaches which are oh the market now? First serve sliced peaches with cream and then try these two recipes for fresh peaches. A clever “upside down” cake makes a complete dessert because it includes both fine fruit and tender cake in perfect combina- tion. Of course you can’t make it from any standard cake recipe be- cause the flour and shortening used would make it too crumbly. The recipe given here has been carefully tested to give a perfect upside down cake. The flour speci- fied is the very finest winter -Wheat flour and its delicate gluten will give a fine-textured, light cake. PEACH UPSIDE DOWN CAKE 1(4 cups sifted cake flour l1,4 teaspoons baking powder V, teaspoon salt â- % cup granulated sugar 4 tablespoons butter Vu cup brown sugar, firmly packed 4 tablespoons soft butter or other shortening 1 egg, well beaten % cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups sliced peaches. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, and granu- lated sugar, and sift together three times. Add butter. Combine egg, milk and vanilla. Add to flour mixture stirring until all flour is dampened; then beat vigorously T minute. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in S x 8; x 2 inch pan or 8-inch skillet, over low flame. Add brown sugar (R4 teaspoon nutmeg may be mix- ed with brown sugar, if desired); stir until melted. On this arrange peach slices. Turn batter over contents of pan. Bake in moder- ate ov.en (350 degrees F, ) 50 min- utes, or until done. Loosen cake from sides of pan with spatula or broad blade knife. Serve cake up- side down with peaches. on top. Garnish with whipped cream. 1 eg-g yolk, slightly beaten 6 halves (3 peaches) forced through sieve 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 1 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 egg white, stiffly beaten. Place water and peach juice in top of double boiler; bring to boil over direct heat. Combine dry in- gredients; add to liquid and bring to brisk boil, stirring constantly. Place over rapidly boiling ! water and cook 5 minutes, stirring occa- sionally, Pour small amount over egg" yolk; return to double boiler and cook 1 minute, stirring con- stantly. Remove from boiling water; add peaches, rind, and fruit juice. Fold in egg white. Chill. Mixture thickens , as it cools. Serves 6, aU°Rl PEACH DELIGHT S Vt cup water 1 cup peach juice | 1-3 cup quick-cooking tapioca 1-3 cup sugar % teaspoon salt WHEN IN TORONTO SEE CASA LOMA sir Henry Pellatt million dollar Cas- tlle-oii-the-Hill, Spadina Road, Tor-, onto. Hour’s tour thro* Castle, tow- el*, tunnel, stables, art galleries, and coronation room special exhibits and souvenirs. See “The Fall of Nine? vëh,” (the king and his wives), painted by order of late Emperor Joseph of Austriaâ€"has 29 life size figures on a canvas, 28 feet x 13 feet, arid the Vimy Memorial. Open 10 a.m. till 9 p.m. Adults, 25c-â€"Child- ren 16c, Sundays, M cents» New Low-Priced STANDARD HERE’S your big oppor- tunity to save'money on tires. Go to your local Firestone Dealer and ask him for the new low-priced Firestone Standard. It’s a first class tire in every respect â€"made of high quality ma- terials to Firestone standards of quality and fully guaran- teed. It gives you everything you needâ€"safety, long mile- age, dependable, carefree serviceâ€"all at thrifty prices. Drive in to the Firestone Dealer’s today and see this remarkable tireâ€"the greatest Firestone ever built at these low prices. instone Perhaps it doesn't. Perhaps it only serves to soften her features, and makes her more attractive than ever. Only she can decide. And if her decision is in favor of dyeing, she need never be ashamed to admit it. Any beauty routine that makes for a lovelier appearance and more happiness is worth a trial. Vocabulary Larger Than Shakespeare’s Average College Student Today Knows 176,000 Wordsâ€" The Great Dramatist Used Only 15,000 To 20,000 Dr. Robert Seashore, Associate Professor of Psychology at the Northwestern University, said recently that the average Ameri- can college student has a much larger vocabulary than the 15,000 words with which he is credited. Most students can recognize 62,- 000 root words and 114,000 "de- rived” words, making a total of 176,000, which seems an extreme- ly extensive vocabulary, especial- ly when we realize that Shakes- peare did not use more than from 15,000 to 20,000 words, and Mil- ton half that number. The highly educated English- man uses more than 4,000 differ- ent words to express himself, and most of them rub along excellent- ly on about 400. Our language contains about 400,000 words and is the most expressive on earth, but many of them are technical or used only in certain trades and professions. Swim Strokes Are Beneficial Breast and Back Floating Crawl Do the Most Good There are two swimming strokes you should harp on if you want to get the most benefit from your summer swimming, says Artie Mc- Govern, New York, physical direct- or and instructor. One is the breast stroke. The other he calls the “back floating crawl.” It’s like the overhead only you swim on your back instead of your stomach. Correcting Defects The breast stroke is â-  especially recommended for the business wo- man who has developed hollows around her shoulder and neck. It will help fill in the holows, develop her bust and make her look much better in that evening gown she bought to take on her vacation. The same stroke will help the business woman’s housewife sister get rid of that dowager’s hump that has been developing slowly but surely through the winter. And it will be good for her .younger sis- ter, who has never quite gotten oyer a tendency toward the “debu- tante slouch.” The back floating crawl helps the abdominal muscles. Make For Grace The benefits of other strokes are: Overhead-Most popular stroke. Pine for posture, since it exercises muscles all the way to the end of the spine. Sideâ€"Gives a sense of balance and therefore makes women more graceful. Excellent for improving muscular co-ordination. Crawlâ€"Not a woman’s stroke. It is a contest strokeâ€"and far too strenuous. Diet Deficiency Affects Teeth. They Must Have Their Supply- Of Minerals and Vitamins Teeth are made up of calcium! and phosphorus, which are obtain- ed through the food supply. When there is a shortage in the daily food, the teeth are bound to suffer, and as a consequence what is usual- ly blamed to a natural physical dis- integration is really a condition which could be avoided. Unfortun- ately, people are too ready to accept a mechanical cure for all ills and one of the most conclusive manifea-. tations is in expecting -a dentist to be a miracle worker. In many in- stances lie is just that, but even he has his limitations. He cannot be responsible for the foundation you have given, him to rebuild. They're Living Tissues Your teeth are living tissues and must have their supply of minerals and vitamins to make. them heal- thy. They must be kept clean, of course, but their nourishment comes from within. That is why milk is the food most important for: keeping the teeth healthy, be- cause its constituents, are those ne- cessary to the formation and main- tenance of good teeth. An interesting factor incident to the,condition of teeth was brought, out last summer at the convention of the American Dental Associa- tion. At this meeting it was said that emotionsâ€"worry, fear, frustra- tions and repressionâ€"cause teeth to decay, the reason being that the- effect upon the thyroid gland upsets { the calcium balance of the body, which in turn has an immediate ef- fect upon the health of the teeth. Mode r or Autumn.. Will Be Colourful Even Coats Are "Bright; Red, Rust, Wine and Grape Popular NEW YORKâ€"Maybe we’ll be gayer in autumn, says a heading. But we were gay in the spring and all summer long. We’re glad, however, that color will be worn during the autumn and winter. Color helps to uplift, spirits, which may be depressed - by too much black, even though black is always smart. Not One Black Costume A fashion show was staged re- centlyâ€"all coats and suitsâ€"and not one black model among them! A red rust was a favorite shade. Wine and grape are receiving a good deal of attention, and following them are “purple plum,” deèp laurel green, slate, blue and brown. Coats are seen in both fitted and straight models, the fitted models . having quite full "skirts. C