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j 4 sudden worry over ie? Whushie: BA J ty Be Re THURSDAY, JUNE 25th, 1936 ZEN THE © © A Novel of the Foothills By ROBERT STEAD COPYRIGHT BY ROBERT STEAD The spirit of the West especially of the prairies and foothills of Western Canada, be- comes a living thing through the medium of the pen of Robert Stead He was born west of Winnipeg and for 30 years made his home on what is now a disappearing but not quite vanished frontier He served alternately in farming, commercial and newspaper lines until called upon by the Canadian Government to occupy a responsible position in its immigra- tion and colonization work While still in his teens writing poems inspired by the tawny prairies, the foot- hill trails, the great limestone cliffs and the hardy settlers of the region, for the Canadian poems were collected in a he was azine These volume and published under the title of "The Empire Builders." Other volumes of poems which appeared later "Prairie-Born,"" 'Songs of the Prairie' and "Kitchener and Other Poems.' He has also written a number of interesting novels about the country, the better known titles being 'The Bail Jumper', "The "The Homesteaders"' and "'Neighbors."' He visualizes the zestful, virile characters who conquer a wilderness and His prose has the graces of | sentiment to be ex-| were Gow Puncher,' make it fruitful diction and beauties of pected from one who has excelled in poetical expression His latest novel "Zen of the Y-D."' is the fruit of a mature skill acting upon stirring in- cidents and characters of western life that have come. more or less, under his actual observa- tion. Where so much of a thrilling nature and c existed, and where human types necessary for story-telling ability greatly upon his imagination were ready the author to without drawing This tale differs slightly from his others in that he has chosen for the principal male figure a rather unusual man from the eastern part of the United States The heroine is a typical girl of the plains i CHAPTER XVIII Grant spent his Sunday fore- noon in an exhaustive, house- cleaning campaign. Bachelor life on the farm is not conducive to, domestic delicacy. When he was able to view his handiwork with a feeiing that even feminine eyes would find nothing to offend, Grant did an unwonted thing. He unlocked the whim rom and opened the win- dows that the fresh air might play through the silent chamber. When he had lunched and dressec he took a stroll over the hills, thinking a great deal but finding no answer. On his return he de- scried the familiar figure of Lin-| der in a semi-recumbent position on the porch, and Linder's well- worn car in the yard. rast "How goes it, Linder?" he said, cheerily, as he came up. "is the 3ig Idea going to fructify ?" "The Big Idea seems to be all right. You planned it well." | "Thanks. But is it going to be self-supporting--I mean in the matter of motive power. Would) it run if you and I and Murdoch were wiped out?" | "Ryverything must have a head" | "Democracy must find its own head--must out of the) materials supplied. If it doesnt, do that it's a failure, and the Big Idea will end in being the Big Fizzle. That's why I'm leaving it so severely alone--I want to see which way it's headed." "T could suggest another rea- son," said Linder, pointedly. "Another reason for what?" "For your leaving it severely alone." "What are you driving at?" de- manded Grant, somewhat petu- lantly. "You are in a tciturn mood today, Linder." "Perhaps | am Grant, and if so) it comes from wondering how a| man with as much brains as you have can be such a darn fool on occasion." "Drop the riddles, Linder. Let me have it in the face." "Tt's just like this, Grant, old boy," said Linder, getting up and putting his hand on his friend's shoulder; "I feel that I have an interest in the chap who saved all of me except what this empty sleeve stands for, and it's that in- terest which makes me speak about something which you may say is none of my'business. I was out here Monday night to see you and you were not at home. came out again Wednesday, and you were not at home. I came out last night and you were not at home, and had not come back at midnight. Your horses were in the stable; you were not far away" "Why didn't you telephone me? "Tf T hadn't cared more for you than I do for my job and the Big Idea thrown in, I could have set- tled it that way. But, Grant, I grow it "1 believe you. But why this I was e evening at a f hbors." is--not responsible--where you are concerned." "Linder !" "T saw it all that night at din- ner there. Some things are plain to every one--except those most involved. Now it's not my job to say to you what's right and wrong, but the way it looks to me is this: what's the use of all your big-heartedness if you're going to be small in matters like this?" Grant regarded his foreman for some time without answering. "I appreciate your frankness, Lin- der," he said at length. "Your friendship, which I never can question, gives you that privilege. Man to man, I'm going to be equally frank with you. To begin I suppose you will admit that Y.D.'s daughter is a strong char- acter, a woman quite capable of directing her own affairs?" "The stronger the engine, the bigger the smash if there's a wreck," : _ It's not a case of wrecking; it's a case of trying to save some- thing out of the wreck. Conven- tion, Linder, is a torture-monger; it binds men and women to the stake of propriety and bids them smile while it snuffs out the soul that's in them. "Let me put it another way: Transley is a clever man of af- fairs. He knows how to accom- plish his ends. He applied the methods--somewhat modified for the occasion--of a land-shark in winning his wife. He 'makes a great apeparance of unselfishness but in reality he is selfish to the core. He lavishes money on her to satisfy his own vanity, but as for her finer nature, the real Zen her soul if you like--he doesn't even know she has one. He ob- tained possession by false pre- tenses. Which is the more moral i thing--to leave him in possession, 'or to throw him out? Didn't in the presence of his little guest. ;you yourself hear him say that; Where to start on the bedtime 'men who are worth their salt|preparations was a puzzle, but |take what they want?" Wilson himself came to Grant's | "Since when did you let himjaid with explicit instructions set your standards?" |about buttons and pins. "That's hardly fair." "You must hear my prayer, | "T think it i8. I think, too, that|Uncle Man-on-the-Hill," said the you are arguing against your own boy. "You have to sit down ina convictions. Well, I've had my chair." jsay. I deliberately came out to-| Grant sat down and with a |day without Murdoch so that I strange mixture of emotions might have it. You would be drew the little fellow between his jquite justified in firing me for knees as he listened to the long- | what I've done. But now Im forgotten prattle. |through, and no matter what hap-| A; the third line the bey stop- pens, remember, Linder will not ped. "You have to tell me eee) have suspected anything." i ; , "That's like you, old chap. We will drop it at that, but I must explain that Zen is going to town tonight to meet Transley, and is' leaving the boy with me. It is an event in my young life, and I have house-cleaned for it appropriate- ly Come inside and admire {he prompted. | "But I can't Willie; I have for- ' gotten." "Huh, you don't know much," the child commented, and glibly quoted the remaining lines. "And God bless Daddy and Mamma and my teddy-bear and Uncle Man-on- fancier? the-Hill and the pig. Amen," he jconcluded, accompanying the last Linder admired as he was di-|\\1q with a jump which landed rected and then the two men fell) },;,, fairly in Grant's lap. His into a discussion of business mat-|{itt]e arm went up nuea his ters. Eventually Grant cooked |f;jend's neck, and his little soft supper, and just as they had fin-| cheek rested against a tanned and ished, Mrs. Transley drove up in \eather-beaten one. Slowly the her motor. : |man's arms closed about the little "Here we are!" she cried, chee-/hody and pressed it to his in a rily. "Glad to see you, Mr. Lin-| new passion, strange and holy. der. Wilson has his teddy-bear| Then he led him to the whim- and his knife and his pajamas,/room, turned down the white and is a little put out, I think,| sheets in which no form had ever that I wouldn't let him bring the}lain and placed the boy between ia) | fort and appearance to your home during the summer. a o pig." (Continued on Page 7) "T shall try to make up the de- IN AN AGE OF SPECIALIZATION Each art, craft, industry and prof. has its j i its "trade journal." They seem to be indispensable in these days of rapid change, i ified petition and widespread d d for the latest knowledge in science and industry. The dailies cover the world news. The Northern Miner covers the mining news, comprehensively and intensively If you have a direct or indirect interest in the mining industry become a regular subscriber. It means you'll never miss an issue.. 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