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GREEN TEA If you enjoy green tea you will be satis, fied with no other blend. -- Try it today, "| plain} A ------ Tangled Trails ~BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE (Copyright Thomas Allen). CHAPTER XXXVIL ON THE GRILL. In spite of the fact that his mind had at times moved toward his cousin James as the murderer, Kirby exper- fenced a shock at this accusation. He: happened to glance at Olson, perhaps] to see the effect of it upon him. The effect was slight, but it startled Kirby. For just an instant the Dry Valley farmer's eyes told the truth-- shouted it as plainly as words could have done. He had expected that ans- wer from Hull. He had expected it ause he, too, had reason to believe it the truth. Then the lids narrowed, and the man's lip lifted in a sneer of rejection. He was covering up. "Pretty near up to you to find some one else to pass the buck to, ain't it?" he taunted. "Suppose you tell us the whole story, Hull," the Wyoming man said. The fat man had one last flare of resistance. "Olson here says he seen me crack Cunningham with the butt of my gun. How did he see me? Where does he claim he was when he seen it?" "I was standin' on the fire escape of the Wyndham across the alley-- about ten or fiftéen feet away. I heard every word that was said by Cunning- ham an' yore wife. Oh, I've got you Hull threw up the sponge. He was catight and realized it. His only chance now was to make a clean breast of what he knew. "Where shall I begin?" he asked weakly, his voice quavering. "At the beginning. We've got plenty of time," Kirby replied. "Well, you know how yore uncle beat me in that Dry Valley scheme of his. First place, I didn't know he couldn't get water enough. If he give the farmers a crooked deal, I hadn't a thing to do with that. When I talk- ed up the idea to them I was actin' in good faith." "Lie number one," interrupted Ol- san bitterly. "Hadn't we better let him tell his story in his own way?" Kirby sug- gested. "If we don't start any argu- ments he ain't so liable to get mixed up in his facts." "By my way of figurin' he owed me about four to six thousand dollars he wouldn't pay," Hull went on. "I tried to get him to see it right, thinkin' at he was just bull-headed. But pretty soon I got wise to it that he plain intended to do me. O' course I wasn't goin' to stand for that, an' I told him so." ' "What do you mean when you say you weren't goin' to stand for it. My uncle told a witness that you said you'd give him two days, then you'd come at him with a gun. The fat man mopped a perspiring face with his bandanna. His eyes dodged. "Maybe 1 told him so. I don't' he's sore a fellow Joli» heap o' foolishness. I wasn't ! for le, though." "Not even after he threw you downstairs?" ! "No, sir. He didn't exactly throw down. I kinda slipped. If I'd expectin' trouble would I have ars. Hull go up to his rooms with me' Kirby had his own view on that point, he did not press it. He rather thought that Mrs. Hull had driven her husband upstairs and had gone along to see that he stood to his guns. Once in the presence of Cun- she had taken the bit in her "4 teeth, driven to it by temper. was his guess. He knew he might 'wrong. "But bow how violent he was," the fat man went on. "So I slipped my six-gun © started. "What kiod of a gun?" Kirby asked. alos awed-off 58. tier you own an a { - "No, sir. Wouldn't know how to' work one. Never had one in my 1 get a chance to prove that,"| ITs he friend badly. e heeded uy almost any. - talkin'. into my pocket before we it open, I reckon because it was hot. I started to push the bell, but Mrs. Hull she walked right in an' of course then I followed. He wasn't in the sittin'- room, but we seen him smokin' in the small room off'n the parlor, So we just went in on him, "He acted mean right from the! start--hollered at Mrs. Hull what was we doin' there. She up an' told him, real civil, that we wanted to talk the business over 'an' see if we couldn't come to some agreement about it. He kep' right on insultin' her, an' one thing led to another. Mrs. Hull she didn't get mad, but she told him where he'd have to head in at. .Fact is, we'd about made up our minds to sue him. ' Well, he went clean off the handle then, an' said he wouldn't do a thing for us, an' how we was to get right out." Hull paused to wipe the small sweat beads from his forehead. He was not enjoying himself. A cold terror Son} stricted his heart. Was he slipping a noose over his own head? as { telling more than he should? He wished his wife were here to give him a hint. She had the brains as well as the courage and audacity of the family. "Well, sir, I claim self-defence," Hull went on presently. "A man's got no call to stand by an' see his wife shot down. Cunningham reached for a drawer an' started to pull out an automatic gun. Knowin' him, I was scared. I beat him to it an' lammed him one over the head with my gun. My idea was to head him off from drawin' on Mrs. Hull, but I reckon I hit him harder than I'd aim- ed to. It knocked him senseless." "And then?" Kirby said, when he paused. "lI was struck all of a heap, but Mrs. Hull she didn't lose her presence of mind. She went to the window an' pulled dowy the curtain. Thén we figured, seein' as how we'd got in bad so far, we might as well try a bluff. We tied yore uncle to the chair, in- tendin' for to make him sign a cheque before we turned him loose. Right at that time the telephone rang." "Did you answer the call?" "Yes, sir. It kept ringing. Finally the wife said to answer it, pretendin'| I was Cunningham. We was. kinda scared some one might butt in on us, Yore uncle had said he was expectin' some folks." "What did you do?" "I ok up the receiver an' listened. Then I said, 'Hello!' . Fellow at the other end said, 'This you, Uncle | James?' Kinda grurlike, I said, 'Yes. Then, 'James talkin', he said. "We're on our way over now.' I was struck all of a heap, not knowin' what to say. So I called back, 'Who? He came back with, 'Phyllis an' 1' I hung up." "And then?" . "We talked it over, the wife an' me, We didn't know how close James, as he called himself, was when he was He might be at the dru store on the next corner for all we ew. We were in one hell of a. an' it didn't look like there was any way out. 'We decided to beat it right then. That's what we did." "You left the apartment?" "Yes, sir." "With my uncle still tied up?" Hull nodded. "We got pan! cut our stick." "Did anybody see you go?" "The Jap janitor was in the hall fixin' one of« the windows that was stuck. say anything?" an' "Did he "Not then. "Afterward?" : "He come to me aiter the murder was discovered---next day, was in the afternoon, just before the inquest--and said could I lend him five hundred dollars. Well, I knew right away it was a hold-up, but I Souldu's do 8 Shingo) Jug up the money nave % ~ "Has he bothered u sinee?" heafiated. 'efl--no. Blan' ha uaa) mag of distrep u ] stress, a red bandanna 'a ng, apoplectic face. ted he wanted more money. "Did you " stalled H » lenin. Poel brown-faced single-track mind "from a turnip, as the old sayin' is," "I afu't denyin' Be saw ue," Hull| replied 'testily. : No, you don't den; anything we can prove on you," Dry Valley man jeered. "And Shibo didn't lot up on afterward," the "Well hoe T reckon he. ais to be reasonable now," Hull said uneasil ly. "Why now? What's changed his views ; . The fat man looked again at this ter with the he what he wanted. Why was he| shaking the bones of Shibo's black-' mailing. Did he know more than hel had told? It was on the tip of Hull's' tongue to tell' somethi more, #& damnatory fact nst himself. But' he stopped in time. He was jn deep enough water already. He could not afford to tell the dynamic cattleman anything that would make an enemy of him. "Well, I reckon he can't get blood the land agent returned. (To be continued.) aig rtm "Standby" Cakes. For use with this and other des- serts and to serve with tea or at lunch- eon one may bake these attractive "standby" cakes instead of the usual cookies. These get their name be- cause they are the housewife's "stand. by'--they can be kept on hand always and, instead of getting stale, they im- prove with age. Cream three-quarters of a cup of butter and then gradually add a cup- ful of brown sugar. Beat two eggs well and stir them up. Sift together a cup and a half of flour, a teaspoon of cinnamon, a quarter teaspoon of cloves and half a teaspoon of nutmeg (this Jast may be omitted if desired), and add these to the other ingredients. Then stir in a cup of seedless raisins and half a cup of chopped nuts. Place the batter by spoonfuls on shallow greased enameled ware bak- ing pans and bake until brown, eimai Minard's Liniment tor Dandruff, never quit till The froet's sharp sword glittering im the ain, The brook its crystal tetters in silence | f music in |. still must wear. =. | No life is in the marches, no the wood, . ny Bach gable in the village retains its ermine The world is white and frozen, but ly- in my bed % ] At dawn I heard the trumpets of wild geese overhead. And see! along the mountains the sun. set flaming high \ Leaps up in gold and 'crimson and orange to the sky, The gray cloud's trailing edges are kindled into light, The cold blue zenith redd faint stars fgnite And like celestial rubies glow through a rosy haze; Behold! fn all the glory that sets the west ablaze, : And sheds on field and forest its splen- dor far and near, : The baie fires of the winter, dead vik- ing of the year. ~--Minna Irving. rr -- Dear Percival. When little Percival arrived at school on the opening day, he carried thé following note to the teacher: "Dear Teacher, our sweet little Perci- val is a very delicate, nervous child, and if he 1s naughty--and he is likely to be naughty at times--just punish the boy next to him, and that will frighten him so he'll be good." the first A PRETTY SERVICEABLE PLAY. DRESS. 4655. This style of garment is the most popular and the most comfort- able for "tiny" children. The opening at the inner seam edges is convenient and practical. Additional opening is provided at the centre back. This Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 6 months, 1 year and 2%ears. A 1-year size requires 1% yards of 27-inch ma- terial. Pattern mailed to any address on receint of 16¢ in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Adelaide st,,| Toronto, Allow two weeks for re- ceipt of pattern. WHY IS A CHILD ALWAYS HUNGRY? You don't need to tell the mother of ' a large family that children need large amounts of food. She knows it. 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