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a ENCIA, ar ir ond eh < a oF ) ~ - rt . LG IRIAN RAST WEST OF THE SUN ~ by JOSEPH LEWIS CHADWICK RYE Fhe story thus far: Virginia Ames crosses the will frontier country vy ral) and stage to reach Saatu Bonita where, In resionse to uw stranzely urgent mrssage. she exneetn ta meet her Hanee hil Law- rence When the Laanasa singe Is robbed of wu moneys boy bLelng delivered to Setve Barron, Santa Bonitn gambling czar. and & cameo pin of Virginia's, Lt Jim Randall takes up the Investigation. Aating Jim because of a previous meeting but feeling ® strank attraction toward him. Virginia consenta te his excortinge her to Phil's canch. They find the place deserted but, returning to Banta Bonita, Jim versundes Barron, with whem Phil has had trouble, to locate the bey. \Vhile nwnlting word od forn oy J rig that he was leader of ¢ stage bandits Barro n f igh J n takes Virginia CHAPTER VIII, , He met her eves now. "Virginia, I'm not the man you loved." "You will be again." "You must go home." His voice came from far off. "Give me six months. | need that much time. I'll come to you, then." She searched the stern cast of his face for something she remembered, but he was wholly changed. He had lengthened the fwo years difference 'in their ages, and he returned her scrutiny with old-young eyes like those of Jim Randall, "I aeould stay here those six months," she said. "There's no rea- son why I couldn't." She paused. "Yes, I'll stay." I'll be here where you need me." "I'll be off in the hills," he re- plied stonily. "Or at my ranch. I wouldn't see you often." His ranch! She ignored his argu- ment. "Phil, you left your house suddenly, We--Jim Randall and I --found "it deserted, your uneaten meal as you left it. What did it mean?" : "Nothing," he said definitely. She showed her despair. "And your letter begging me to come?" He shook his head wearily. "I don't know. . . ." Then: "Don't let things worry you, Virginia. I'll be all right" He reached out and lay his hands on her shoulders. "It was grand-of you to come. Thanks." He turned and stepped down from the veranda and strode away into the night. T'lre- next morning he rode up to the house, but did not dismount. Virginia went to him and found him unchanged. : "I'm riding out to my ranch- house," he told her. "But you'll be back?" "In a day or two," he replied, his eyes drifting away. «res a favorite friend for, your Mitle girll Beautiful doll has a com- plete outfit. Straw-yarn hair curls sasily--looks reall - Doll, panties, dress, apron, socks, shoes! Pattern 857; 16-inch doll transfer; clothes patterns, Sy Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Ia coins (stamps cannot bl ) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 ighteenth St, New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN UM- BER, your NAME and ADDRESS, . Tem -- ISSUE 35 -- 1949 \ accept- "Phil, you're afraid of something," Virginia said. And when he did not answer: "Is it--Steve Barron?" His face hardened. "Not any longer," he said. "He's ruined me. There's little more he can do." ° "I don't understand, Phil," Vir- ginia said. "Barron refused to water my dy- ing stock during the drought, when he had plenty of water on his range. I have reason to believe my cattle were rustled by his riders." "You are sure?" He nodded jerkily. "He dream of owning this country. He's squeezing out the little ranchers. He drives out nesters. His word is law, enforced by men with guns. There are other things, too--which no one would: believe----" Virginia grasped his hand. "Phil, let's both go home!" "No. Not yet." he said grimly, "I have something to lick out here. I want the time to do it." He swung his horse about and rode away along the dusty strect. Four days passed and she did not see him. But shortly after nightfall on the last day a cavalry troop ar- rived and made camp outside of Santa Bonita. It was Jim Randall's command, and shortly he caine to Virginia. They walked together out into the moonlit desert night. "You've seen Phil Lawrence?" he asked. . "Yes. Steve Barron found him." "Barron did, eh?" He regarded her questioningly. "Is the trouble between them ended?" "I don't know," Virginia replied. "I--I no longer understand Phil, He's changed. Something has hap- pened to him. He's withdrawn into himself. He--he excludes even me." Jim lighted a cigarette. In the glow of the match, his face was stern and his eyes full of a great loneliness. "You still loye him, don't you Virginia?" : She nodded. "Yes, I love him." "Then you must take him away from Santa Bonita," he said, She made a helpless gesture. "I tried and failed. Something IT don't understand holds him here." They walked slowly on, and the lights of the town lay a half mile behind them. Jim began to talk, low-voiced, of "the four-day scout from which he had just returned, bitter that Natchi's marauding band "had eluded him. They stopped fin- ally and Virginia was suddenly aware that he looked tired. The loneliness in his eyes was deep and real. WW There was no hatred remaining In her; she forgot that once he had deeply hurt her. She said sudden- ly, "Jim, haven't you ever loved a woman?" He drew on his cigarette. He looked away from her. "Yes-- once," he said. "But uselessly." "You think of it at times, don't you?" \ (Continued. Next Week) FORETASTE One needn't be old to know that August brings the end of summer. One merely needs to be alive and sentient. For the trees show it, in their wearied leaves and the ripe- headed grasses show it, scattering their seeds and falling before the gusty rains. The frantic pace has slackened. Fledglings are on the wing, migration ahead. Robins chatter in the morning but turn quiet in the heat of day, as though in contemplation of the measured change. Crows are noisy, then al- most solemnly silent, The sun. rises later. The heat is still here, summer's heat burned deep into the rocky hills and; the heat will remain, for the earth cools slowly. But the nights are longer, and the slow winds of the valley have time to rustle the hilltop trees, tentativley, a little impatiently. And the cricket and the katydid in the darkness, the cicada in the sunlight, scratch out their songs with a quick, im- perative note: "Come, my mate! No summer lasts forever!" Weeds grow swiftly in the gar- den. Hoed off, they force new leaves and quickly put forth bud and flower that they may come to seed for another scason. Butterfly weed, the orange milkweed, mowed off at the roadside only a few weeks ago, flowers on a short, new stem, hurry- ing toward fruition. Goldenrod and asters lift rank stalks and fatten buds, the very color of autumn just there beneath the lapping sepals; the first of them will be in, bloom before August is half over. Toma- toes ripen. One does not have to be old to know these things. They are a part of every year, for anyone to see. But those who have seen many sum- mers come and go can tell you that they know in August that leaves fall, and frosts come, and then one waits for another summer, Every woman knows what a luxury is. It's anything her husband wants. 4899 WAIST W--20" ANNE ADAMS SEW THE ONE - YARD SKIRT! Fashion "news! Thrift news! Easy sew! Look at the smart button - trim, pocket - flaps, back closing on the best-fitting skirt you ever hadl Economical Pattern 4899 in waist sizes 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, It takes ONE yard 54-in. fabric! : Send TWENTY~FIVE CENTS (25¢c) in coins( stamps cannot be accepted) for this .pattern. Print' plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. a Send order to Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Toronto, Ontario. EE a = J , Kony A roperty 26. Turn tnstde ehave out CROSS W ORD i Is abundant 31. Factlona 8nowshoe ua PUZZLE Hternity 8. Nettle rash Humorous §. Slander y fellow 8. Displ ~ A Ah Ria le Requires 41. 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Mrs. Mills is also entering the trim our own hat Sante the newscaster competition, the palling ee contest, the men your sock competition, the sala plate and week-end budget competitions and the.contest. to find the $100. apple pie. SAL [ ANNE HIRST amily "Dear Anne Hirst: For four years, we have lived with my hus- band's mother. I do all the house , work, and 'have a job, too. But it is my mother- in-law who is al- ways tired. "When I am at home, she does and says everything. to get me to leave, < and to turn me against my husband. Anne Hirst, she has almost succeeded. I don't enjoy working, I want a home. But I want it to be my home, not hers. ~ "My husband believes everything she says. Once we found a place. She was going to kill herself if he left--so that was the end of thatl "I finally took a job, which pays more than I could make in an of- fice. His mother tells, my husband the reason I work is so I can meet men! I've told him I work to get away from his mother, "He makes enough for us to live on, but when I offer to quit, he just sulks, My mother-in-law say I should leave, and boasts tha her son will never leave her. Now his dad is human, and knows how things are. But he can't say a word. "I do love my husband. But can he love me and not believe in me? Doesn't he see that he must make the home? I can't go on like this. Please advise me, and [I'll carry it 'out. ¢ TROUBLED" ¢ Your 'mother-in-law has a * weakling for a son. He has been * under her thumb for so long that * he has given up opposing her. ** You, as his wife, are the victim * of a relationship, * What she wants is for you ' to leave, so she can have her son to herself. Afe you going to let her win? ; On the other hand, your situa- tion is almost intolerable, Your * husband undoubtedly loves you-- * but not enough to put your hap- ¢ piness first. 'As things stand, he . Pr no responsibilities, he is not * the head of his own house (which * would entall some financial sac- * rifices) and he is too blind to ® gee that only by providing that * home can hé make you satisfied. ¢ Jg his mother's house, you are *¢ doing more work than you'd * have to do in your own, yet you ® have no authority, and cannot : CK a7 ¢ "Fil tase It somewhere else." ammonia, * relax there. You are treated as * an unwanted inmate. Any wo- ¢ man of apirlt would resent it. * I cannot advise you to leave. * You might lose your husband for * good. Is it worth that? Or lsn't * it? Only you can decide. . You might find a room for, * yourself, keep on with your job, * and see how things go. Perhaps * your husband then would realize * yo much he loves you and needs * you, and decide that any. break * with his mother is worth being A * with you. * Think it over. For a man to insist that his wife live with his*mother, when it isn't necesspry, is to take the first sfep toward rulning his marriage. Tell- ing Anne Hirst about it, and read- ing her reply, may clear Jour mind. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eight-_ eenth St. Toronto. : ~ HOW CAN I? ~-Q. How can I clean burnt spots on granite? 3 A. Remove them by covering with a teaspoonful of soda, mixed to a paste with a little water, then heat- ing it. Never scrape it with a knife, Q. How can | prepare new wood for lacquering? ; A. New wood should have a wood filler applied to it to insure a smooth surface, before lacquering. Apply the filler in the usual manner; brush it on, wipe off the excess, and allow to dry. Apply the lacquer with a soft-hair 'brush, and it should be flowed rather than stroked back and forth, Let it smooth itself out and never go over it a second time, Q. How can I ren.ove shine from serge? : "A. The shine can be removed from serge goods by rubbing it with hot vinegar, and then.sponging with . GLASS CHALKBOARD Chalkboards of tempered glass are now. being produced in Canada. Surface is said to be practically in- destructible, does not become shiny and slick with use. Claimed easy on eyes, eliminating blackboard glare customary with old school blackboard. Glass ehalkboards come in eye-rest green color, up to 48 in. by 90 in.; have few joints and are easily cleaned. : - EXTENDS PAINT CAN Metal extender fits into gallon paint can, is said to add one third capacity. Device is pushed down by hand into groove of ean where it is tightly lockéd, providing a single leakproof container. Painter simply removes lid from a gallon can of paint, inserts "Canstretcher" and adds thinner or color in same con- tainer, Cover comes with "Can- stretcher". 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