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I /rs fM£... Ladiei, now't tKa time NMt i for exfra-ipacial baking know-how. If Chrittmot baking li Important to you, why not sand today for your gift copy of my n«w racip* booMvtV it't fr««, and it will help you bak* flnar, taitier Plum Puddlngi, Christmat Cokai and other delightful Holiday far* thii year. Writ* (o; PAULINI HARVIY P.O. B*x 6400, Mantr«al, P.Q. FIVE ROSES FLOUR for all-purpose baking .-. A Little Knowledge .-. A Complete Storjr By Jim Kjelgaard NOBODV IN the Stannigy eve. gets sick. Every time I've been there I've delivered a baby, or set a broken leg, or patched up some young hellion who thought he could ride an "outlaw horse, or dug bullets out of somebody else It's a wild country settled by wild people. Some times I get so mad at those cattle men that 1 wish they'd all shoot each other. And then at othe? times . . . In spite of their hair-trigger tem- pers, and their tendency to express those tempers with a gun, they have their good qualities. I've known everybody in the Stannigy for forty years. I guess I've de- livered half of them. On this trip 1 pulled up in front of old Jeb Cressfield's ranch house. The house is built on top of a hill, and there are folks who say Jeb built it there so he could look al! ways for those who'd come gun- ning for him. Jeb himself, as B9 strong, gnarled, and as talkative, as any tree that grows on the Stanningy ridges, awaited me on the porch. "Come in. Doc," he •aid. I WENT in through the kitchen, and if there was one person wait- ing there, there must have been thirty. The women were either talking or crying in one part ol the room, and the men weren't faying anything at all in another part. Every family in the Staniiigv was represented. Tig'ht-lipped as turtles, seven of the eight Cross- field boys sat in seven chairs that they had tilted against the wall When those boys were the prop er age â€" about six â€" they eacli got a six-shooter . Now they coul.l knock the centre out of a silver dollar at fifty yards. It seemed son of ominous to me because young Bud Cressfield was missing. Old Jeb ducked under the door- way that led to the next room, and X found out why Bud wasn't with his brothers. He lay on a cot with his trousers still on and his shirt "TT^tu^'Heic^^i Olio >jrd of JSincli tor the •mill size! Little more for the other As aliown in diagram, this •pi'on is one piece, plus ties and pockets. Whip up several for gifts! Pattern 4718 comes in sizes •mall (14, 16) and mediuni (18, 20) tniall size one yard 3S-inch. This pattern, ea.sy to use, simple to >e«, is tested tor fit. Has com- plete illti.-tratcd instructions .Sciiil twenty-five cents (2.'ic) in ooiiis tstaiiip> cannot he accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly size, name, address, style number. Send order to Box 1, 12J Eigli tedilh .Street, New Toronto, Ont. ISSUE 49 - 1949 ofl, and 1 didn't have to look twiee at the blood-stained patch of guaze on his chest to know what had happened. This was an old,j>i<l story, one that, off and on, V^ been reading in the Stannigy for forty years. Bud Cressfield had been some- where. Maybe it was a dance, may- be any place at all. Anyhow, he'd' got into an argument with some other hothead and the'd settled it with guns. The story from now on had to follow a familiar pattern. Buds seven brothers, and old Jeb, would find out who'd shot Bud. Then, naturally, one of them would go pick him off. His male relatives would feel obliged to shoot a few Cressfields. Before the thing was settled five or six men could die. It was enough to make anybody mad, and sick too. I took the bandage off and looked at the bullet hole. It was harmless-looking, not half as bii4 as the end of my finger. Well, the- size of the hole makes no dilTerence I found it, and got up, mad. "This," and I raised my voice so the people in the other room could hear, "is what you call mur- der!" Because I know the people ot the Stannigy, I know how ola ♦ Jeb Cressfield's insides must have twisted when I said that. He loved his sons, but when 1 told him Bud was going to die he didn't even blink. His adam's apple worked a couple of times, and that's all except that his voice might have been a little strained wheti he said. "Is there anything at all yoi' can do for him. Doc?" "NothingI" "Uh. Of coiir.se you know K\v\ caliber bullet you took out of him?' "Yes!" and I was still shouting. "I know!" "Well, doc?" "Look," 1 said, "I've been com ing into this district and patcliiiiji you damn cowmen up when you tried to kill each other off, for forty years! I'm damned good and sick of it!! One of two men shot Bud and I could give you their names. I know the guns you hot- heads use! I'm not going to tell! I'm going to the police with this bullet and with what I know! The man who shot Bud will hang by the neck until he's dead! Maybe that will make you fools think twice before you start any more of youi cursed shooting frays!" I looked up to see the seven CressiielJl boys, one behind thf other, staring at ine with liungrv eyes. Old Jeb's adam's apple boh bed a couple of more times. "That's mighty strong talk. Doc ' "Maybe you think you can do something about it!" I wouldn't have darjjd talk that way if every- body in the Stannigy hadn't tlioughi God and I were fairly close relatives "Maybe you'd like to try to sto|i me going to the police." Old Jeb said hoarsely, "Do what you can for Bud." 1 did what 1 could. Then gol my hat. "I'll be back in a few iiours," 1 said. "Keep him quiet and." 1 raised ray voice again, "before I come back the police will be in to get the man who "^hot Bud." IF YOU want to kill a Stannigy cowboy, you'd better shoot him right through the heart. Of course I'd known from the first that find had at least a fighting chance, and that's all a Cressfield needs. When I got back Bud was out of danger. "He must be strong as a horse.' 1 told old Jeb. "He'll live. In a couple of months he can do his own shooting." "No." Old Jeb's eyes were very thoughtful. "1 don't reckon he will. Doc. Did you know young Tom Rainse has took and lit out? Did you know that no police came here?" "They must have forgotten," 1 avoided Jeb's eyes. But I figured I'd done a prett> good job. There had been some body from every family in the Stannigy waiting to see how Bud would make out and I'd raised my voice, and. . . . Now that the Cressfields kneu definitely who had shot Bud they'd be looking only for him. He'd certainty have more sense than to come back. There just rmtkln't be trouble mi the Stannigy. When A Feller Needs A Friend â€" Itnproved and extended re- search facilities at the new Hospital for Sick Children will help doctors and nurses to speed the efTective treatment of injured children, like 'this boy â€" all adding ii]> to "Operatroti Happy, Healthy Kids" for Ontario and Canada. i$^ â- ' (jHRONiciUES %lN6£REyRM Well, we have Book Week, Edu cation Week. Health Week, Fire Prevention W'eek, and plenty more that I can't recall at the moment, so to be really up-to-date!*i though; we might as well have a special week at home. With that in mind I made last week "Window Week" at Ginger Farm. Yes, indeed â€" and did I know it! From Tuesday to Friday inclusive 1 was either clean- ing windows inside and out, or painting storm windows â€" and then scraping off the paint daubs and cleaning them afterwards. Let's see now, how many windows are there in this house? I never have counted them, but there's no time like the present, so liere goes. We'll start at the cellar and work up. Down cellar there are five, not , counting the two that are blocke'd up. Three of them have storm sash so that makes eight. On the first floor there arc sixteen windows, storm windows on eight, so that makes another twenty-four. Up- I ANy£ HIRST "Dear Anne Hirst: I have been married twice. I didn't stay long with either husband. Then I start- ed drinking and going with lots of young men My mother has warned me, but I had to see for myself just how wrong it was! "Now I have turned over a new leaf. And I've met a fine man who wants to marry me. I love him dearly. But people are talking about my past life, and I am afraid to tell him the truth, He doesn't even know I have ever been married! "I am going straight now. I've joined the church, and am organist there. I have a few piano pupils, and am also a beautician. This young man has joined the same church, and we are to be married there. He has never brok en a promise to me, and he has no had hnliits. Please, please help me! Worried Clirl." Tell The Truthâ€" * "Man's inlumianity to man, â- â-  etc." is heartbreaking, indeed. " When a wayward girl turns ,to * the right, people rise up on every * hand to make her wav hard In- CllOSSWOftD PUZZLE .\rRO.SH 1 Cak» 4 Pprt of « pomti » Pl«tl< 12 Rpoch Vt Decorate 1^ rolwr b Ktnd ot s wot d t^ Properly >• â-¡ efora 10 T.ooka H HIam hi Pare!** |<f PrivBt* r«a.^h«r h Dacar 93 Rav« « Not diB«r»n« H AI>ralwiiW« l)lrlhpl»«4 H PantehnkM lioieg it T.lk« u Play th« lMt4 i Pr«t*»«« i\ Rahbtta .Ntan'a f nicknaiM Aocomt>f»k men* 4t PerfuiiM 45 |i;qualH» «< Pirn! smart kln« 4R r'ynndri<M« 6J Cuckoo 62 atyle ot ipn i4 Al once 5.S. VtfffetalUa 6« Vt<>l<-nHy 67 Opili- Ofiw.v I. Pu l-;.>l t. Calttonila mountain M J II disagreani«a< a .Small Work unit 18. Bi'tage p«r4 ' „ 30 Pujiia I. Oone bv 21. Bualien S. (l«ow Una stsrn -'i. Large arMcy 4 Pet lamb if' P|?"»' , „ „ 36 City In ( BusM* Ofebrask* • Wot any M. Remotin4 7 Woody p<»B4 3« Sun god *. A.M»ck i*. A.mp)itl>ia« F It Greek Island 38. Souttiwestem State (ab.) M- .\9iatir 4'ountry 38. Peaceful 40 Oroove 41. Flemote 44. Partlok a Qierht (tOAi'ta 4« Knock 4». Unity «« Twltolktof 4» PlaythS* lb .Sheep 8S. (Vreek latter Answer lUcwhere on thii page. â- " stead Ol hoiioriiij; her for courage * and will power, they tear her ' name to pieces, and throw har- * dies in her path that can sap her * strength imiiieasuralily. * Vet you will keep on as yon * have started aiie\i, secure in your '* detofiiiiiiatioii to overcome the *', difficulties that obsess you. * But you mu>t first clear your 'â-  conscience. Tell your fiance the * truth. If he is as fine as you say, * he will understand, and respect ~ you for your honesty. â- * It is not likely that he can â- â€¢ long remain in ignorance, and the '* truth must come from you! Then â- * he will know your reform is * complete; he will stand by you * through all this gossip, protecting * the woman who is to be his wife *' And after you marry, he wilt do * everything he ran to help you * forget the past. â- * Por yon. tlii'- is the oniy * course flet it over with, and * relas 'I'o "I-..I.": \ on have brought this situation on yourself. By de- ceiving your parents and meeting this boy secretly, you have run a risk which no sensible, girl would think of taking If you value your own integrity, you will right-aboirt face, and today! Any boy who encourages a girl of l.i to meet him aw-ay from her home IS a boy of no character. If you were honest and told him that your parents do not allow you to date anyone, he should have said, "I understand, and I'll be around in a year or so, when you can in- troduce me to them." That he took advantage of your wayward- ness shows him up for what he is. You cannot grow up to be a girl whom nice boys want to know unless you make peace with your- self. You must scorn treachery ot any kind, and keep yourself above suspicion. Unless you are honest witli your father and mother, you oannot expect them to think you can be trusted to go out with boys at all. And besides, what do you think » boy raally things of a girl who it a pick-up? Your parents have bsdn l>ryin^ to prottot yon againM just iu«h trou'blM M yo« art ia now. Trutt them, and obey them. It Is th* only dMtnt way. Do as thsy 8a> from now on, and as you put aside your prssMit low standards, you will win their confidence t <â-  * Tell your troubles to Anne Hirst No matter how they might shock others, she will understand, and help you turn to the right. Address her at Box 1. 123 K-i;h'r-^'h St . New Toron o. Onl. stairs five windows, storm windows on three, bringing the grand total to forty. That number should surely be enough to lighten our darkness â€" and it's no wond«r lay right arm ached. I'll bet you don't know, any more than I did, how many windows you have in your house. But if you have more than we have I'd advise you not to have a Window Week or you might have a Rest Week right after it. Maybe t wouldn't have been so enthusiastic if it hadn't been i&r our wonderful Indian Summer, i knew it could not last indefinitely and it always seems a good idea to me to make one's work fit the weather â€" not that I always do it but 1 think it is a splendid theory. I hate to think those windows would have been Kke all winter â€" on the outside â€" had it turned cold all of a sudden- So far it hasn't been cold â€" just wet, rough and disagreeable, with an east wind blowing that reaches right to the marrow of your bones. Yes, it is rotten weather to be out in but quite comfortable if you stay home and forget it. It would be better still if only we were back on standard time â€" but it won't be long now, thank good nJss. I don't like getting up in the middle of the night and getting breakfast before daylight. Daylight saving time certainly does nothing to save hydro in the country â€" rather the reverse, I would say. Oh dear, my nerves! Partner just about made me jump oat oi my chair. He swatted a fly behind me without my knowing he was going to do it Wouldn't you think a man would let you know each time he intended swatting a fly? We don't need to ask now, "where do the flies go in winter?" We know, because quite a few of them stay right here. They belong to the species that have built up a re- sistance to DDT. Every so often they disappear completely, then when the .rooms get mice and warm and coinfortable, out they come again and buzz around the lights until they have us just about crazy. Anyway, something is making my head .spin. It" it isn't the flies then it must be tlic McGvego. Report which I have just been reading in the Finan al Post. Of course you have heard about •itâ€" the report of an investigation that accuses the milling industry o( price fi.\ing. I don't pretend to understand what it is all about but it reads as if there is a nigger in the woodpile somewhere â€" farmers who buy millfeed will be quite willing to believe that. By the way, isn't it time we had somfc sort of dictionary to keep us up-to-date on present day ab- breviations? We get groups of letters, or initials, representing this and that organization, or special committee, with which we are sup- posed to be conversant, but yet I venture to say that very few of us know what half the letters really stand for. We just take a guess and go on reading. But wouldn't we be on the spot in a Quizz pro- gramme? The worst teasers are ol government origin. I wonder does the government have a Special Department for Inventing Compli- cated Headings for other special committees. That, you see, would be- just anotherâ€" the SDtCHt 1 am pretty sure of mv ground when 1 read about the WCTU, Wl. iODE, WMS, CCF and so on- but after I have to do a tot at guessing. Here are a couple ot samples picked at rfandom from today's paper. .\'FPA and OPOS- At! right, don't worry â€" I d«fn't know them either. Upside dowD to prevent peeking. a )«â- â- . â- 1t\ 1 y J J / A T fj A ;» n Â¥ V V T J MM O 1 •• 1. 1 :lt n \t * « i â-¡ X * i â-  o i) *i CI t i A < *â-  V IM^^ 9 s «v|i4 , SH « â- w^y H^ta » y J-HI BD â-¡DQDDDB DID |. « w 9 â-  ilNlVl:*! X oal 1 M O n i â-  vhrp^ ftv|.^ 21 4 i 4m i » 7 I i i X 9 s â- o d l 1 o U \ t n M a o a V 1 i 4 n (m [dj O 2 N j[ a » g FOR QUICK RELfEF BEYOND BELIEF... A A ^ tat tetief from the paia at ABmatmt, IBEUMATISH, NIUKITIS, at SCIATKA ...get a botda ti DOLCIN Ikbleo today. DOLCIN has rettired die paiiia •i thousand* ot mffereis. DOLCIN Ihblea an not katmfut, tisy-to-tak*, nasooabte ia com - 100 tablets far $2J9t the hrgt economy-iize bottieef 500 tabltti, $tO. U foac diuggiat canaoi suppty DOIJON write to DOLCEV UMTTED, Toronto tO, Om. DOLCIN TAIKITS â- Wvnted lU-19, DOLCIN Is tt)« mr- Utorad' tradsmark of ttila pniducL. ^ r ^â-  A >^ APPIE CAKE Recipe Measure into bowl, K cup luke- warm water, 1 teaspoon granu- tuted sugar; stir until sugar ia dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en- velope Fleiachmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10 minutes, THEN stir well. Scald yi cup milk and stir in ^i cup graaulate<l sugar, H teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons shortening; cool to lukewarm. Beat in 1 cup once-sifted bread flour. Add yeast mixture and 1 beaten egg; beat well. Work in 2 }^ cups once-sifted bread flour. Knead lightly; place in greased bowl and brush top with melted butter or shortening. Cover and set in warm place, free from draught. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down dough and divide into 2 equal portions; form into smooth balls. Roll each piece into an oblong and fit into greased pans alxiut 7" x 11". Grease tops, cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Peel, core and cut 8 apples into thin wedges. Sprinkle risen dough with i4 cup granulated sugar and lightly press apple wedges into cake tope, sharp edges down and close together. Mix 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 yi teaspoons cin^mon; sprinkle over apples. Co^i and let rise about ^ hour. Bake in moderate oven, 350°, about 1 hour. Serve hot. with butter. â-  â- Â«. New FeiNAcling Dry YeatI â-  ^fvclt NO Refrigiirallonl Stays fresh and full-itrenffth oo your pantry shelf for weeks ! Here's all you do : OIo a small amount (usually sped. fied) of lukewarm water, dissolve thoroughly 1 teaspoon sugar for each envelope of yeast. Q Sprinkle with dry yeast. 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