FINNEY C THE PATTON COURIER 49.YEAR MYSTERY ‘WORK CENTERS IN PORK CHOPS WITH “Makkay!™ The cry of pain hisses George Marsh A A AO Copyright by THE PENN PUBLISHING CO. W.N.U. SERVICE INGAAS, SYNOPSIS Op the wild waters of the un- known Yellow-Leg, on a winter's hunt, journey Brock McCain and Gaspard Lecroix, his French-Cree comrade, with Flash, Brock's Puppy and their dog team, Brock's father had warned him of the danger of his trip. After several battles with the stormy waters they arrive at a fork in the Yel- low-Leg. Brock is severely in- jured in making a portage and Flash leads Gaspard to the un- conscious youth. The trappers race desperately to reach their destination before winter sets in, Flash engages in a desperate fight with a wolf and kills him. Gaspard tells Brock of his de- termination to find out who killed his father. CHAPTER IV—Continued — But the feeling of isolation, the mo- mentary desire to see the faces of those he loved, soon left the boy who had inher‘ted from a line of hardy, adventurous forbears a superb body and a fighting spirit. From Kapiskau to Starving river there were no bet- ter game shots than Gaspard and him- self. If these strange hunters should attempt openly to drive the partners from Starving river out of the coun- try, they had a surprise awaiting them, In the morning the two scouts Worked over the ridges to the east- ward, with the purpose of crossing the outlet of the great lake and so return- ‘ng tc tir home camp. By noon, ther Wad put many miles of forest and darren behind them without crossing a trail, “Gaspard, 1 don’t believe they're in this—what in thunder do you see?” suddenly demanded Brock, as his friend stopped in his tracks, his nar- rowed eyes fixed on a small Jack-pine. Pointing with mittened hand at the free, Gaspard quietly said: “Ax work. De trail ees snowed ovair.” “By golly, you're right!” agreed the surprised Brock, shuffling to the pine and inspecting the gouge in the trunk. “Not many weeks old, either.” “Now, wat you say?” grimly de- manded the half-breed. Brock shook his head. The joke was on him. “Oh, you're right—as usual,” he admitted with a twisted emile. “They're here, these people; but they don't seem to hunt near the lake.” Shortly the scouts reached the edge ¢¢ a wide barren, and in order to learn whether anyone had entered it since the last fall of snow, agreed to separate, ard, following the scrub, nreet on the farther side. Putting the skin case of his rifle Into his shoulder pack, Brock pumped & shell from the magazine into the barrel of the 30-30, loosened his knife in its sheath on his belt, and started. The winter on the Yellow-eg was growing exciting. What if he walked into a couple of these strange In- dians? What would he do? Well, he decided, as he crunched along on his snowshoes over snow dry as sand, the bows crossing each other with a click audible for a hundred yards in the stinging air, ne would hail them in Cree, and wait for their next move, But he'd have his right mitten off and his gun cocked! After a few miles, the thrill in the possibility of meeting the strangers, of of finding their trail, wore off. Gaspard wus prejudiced by the death of his father. Because the elder Lecroix had come to grief somewhere in this country, and there were now people wintering to the north, he took it for granted that they had a hand in his disappearance. But it was only a guess—just a guess. Yes, thought Brock, as he prepped his gun in a young spruce and kuelt on a snow: shoe to tighten a loose heel thong he and Gaspard would prohahiy never so much as see these strange— At the sudden click of snowshoes in his rear, Brock turned his heud as a heavy body catapulted into his back burling him face down in the soft snow Through his startled brain flashed the thought of Pierre Lecroix. 28, gasping for breath, he thrashed desperately with arms ard legs, man acled to his snowshoes, to break the grip which held him from the rear. Half-buried in the snow. with ao purchase of solid ground beneath him while he floundered. straining tor a grip on the unseen foe on his back through Brock's dazed brain flashed the realization that his assailant had not knifed him as he leaped—that he was trying to take him alive. Then the blood of the fighting McCains surged through the veins of the des periate boy. No Cree would take him a McCain. In a hand-to-hand fight! Hls groping right hand found the fingers which gripped his helt. Clos Ing on the wrist above them. like the snap of a wolf trap, with a fierce thrust he straightened his thick arm. into Brock's ear spurred him on. Wit} a wrench at the wrist he held. he broke the grip on his belt, and with a twist of his body, turned, to catch from the tail of his eye, the swart face of an Indian, gray with pain. Then, facing his enemy, as they thrashed in the snow, the a} With tis legs gripping the athers; the | COD uy Li pa LAY Cree strained to bury his teeth in the | corded neck exposed by Brock’s torn sapote. But the fighting rage of the furious youth, confident fin his strength, would not be denied. Slow: | ly he forced the writhing Indian be | neath him, then reached grimly for | the knife in the sheath at his back— | but the sheath was empty. Lifting his head as the Cree’s leff — Much Needed in Winter as! Substitute for Sunshine. Cod liver oil is an important item in winter rations for poultry because it helps to maintain egg production, hand desperately groped for his throat, | prevents lameness, and helps them to Brock drove a smashing upper-cut | lay strong-shelled eggs. It contains into the chin of the man beneath him. | vitamines A and 'D which promote Again the hard fist crashed Into the | growth and maintain vitality and dis- exposed jaw. With a shiver, the In- | ease resistance, says the State College dian lay Ump on the snow. Then, as | of Agriculture at Ithaca, N, Y. the joy of triumph. surged through | Cod liver oil is essential to hens FARM | i him and Brock's heart beat high, he | that are closely housed during win- beard the click of Snowshoes. ter. Vitamine D in the oil is a sub- All right, Gaspard!” cried Brock, | stitute for direct sunlight, according getting to his feet. “He Jumped M€ | to poultrymen at the college, who say from behind, but I got him! nen | its use, therefore, is most desirable 8 east 01 Ws Viciriony boy sul | during winter and early spring when . | direct sunshine cannot be used or Peed Wo agvancing mangers. aD | when little is available, Toe Dy man, | This oil, which is the richest known “ Sr 1? | [ , af diy 2 ed tis latter, a8 be source of these vitamines, is usually scious Cree to Brock’s rear while the fed for its vitawmine pi although Vita | Indian ran straight at the surprised | nine A Is present in the oil, it 1s not boy, panting from his recent exertion, so important as vitamine D because his startled blue eyes watching his green feeds yellow corn and leafy contain enough of vitamine A to meet the ordinary requireménts of poultry. Poultrymen may use the cheaper | grades of cod liver oil because they | | | i 4 oy v I NDA A RRA are less expensive and contain the es- INCOR \ N sential vitamines in the same quantity SP as in the other grades. In feeding cod liver oil during winter and early spring, add 1 per cent of oil to the dry | mash portion of the poultry ration. Roughly, this is slightly more than one pint of cod liver oil to 100 pounds of mash. This quantity of oil in the nash will provide approximately one- 1alf of 1 per cent of oil in the whole ration of grain and mash. — 22 Satisfactory Rations for the Laying Flock | According to the test work conduct- | ed at Wisconsin and other stations, | satisfactory corn belt rations for the | laying flock mest contain plenty of yellow corn. some form of milk and leafy green feed, or a green feed sub- stitute like fine green alfalfa or clo- ver hay, to furnish vitamine A. Vita- mine D, the ultra-violet ray factor, is equally important. To get it in suffi- cient quantities during the winter and early spring months requires the use of cod liver oil or a good deal of di- rect sunshine or sunshine received | through a glass substitute that really | admits the ultra-violet rays. Professor Halpin recommended the use of all three—cod liver oil in the laying mash, an open shed or yard for good weath- er, and effective glass substitute win- dows. Making Mash Palatable Is Problem for Keeper Then the Blood of the Fighting Mec. Cains Surged Through the Veins of the Desperate Boy. new enemies as he backed away from the circling white man. If only Flash and Yellow-Eye were with him now! Brock threw a wistful glance at his rifle. It was out of reach. He kept edging away, his fists clenched, but with a rush, the Cree closed in, to meet a smashing swing which bowled | him into the snow. Then the white | man reached Brock from the side. Blocking the blow aimed at his face, Brock hooked fiercely into the jaw of the other as they clinched and rolled in the snow. me | Then the son of Andrew McCain Making a dry mash palatable so that IS CLEARED UP BY FADED PHOTOS Reveal Fate of Ohio Farmer | and Girl Who Disap- peared in 1879. Upper Sandusky, Ohio.—Two fad- | ed photographs in the personal ef- | fects of an elderly woman who died | a few days ago in La Grande, Ore. | were clews which solved a half cen- tury old mystery in the disappear- ance of two highly respected young people of Sycamore, near here. . On the night of August 29, 1879. J. Wesley Lytle, widely known farm- er, drove out of his farm yard be- hind his best team of horses, leaving his wife ang four small children. A few days afterward the horses were found at a feed barn here. . Girl Disappears. Two weeks later Phoebe Schafer, a comely and socially prominent young womar. of the Sycamore neigh- borhood, disappeared as mysteriously as had Lytle. Neither was again heard from and their disappearance finally was forgotten. But recently, as a specter from | years gone by, word of the two faded | photographs, one of a young man and the other of a young woman was re- | ceived by Attorney A. K. Hall here. The letter came from a LaGrande (Ore.) attorney. The names of “Wes: ley Lytle” and “Phoébe Schafer,” the | Through His Father, Hall Obtained Identification. letter said, vere on the backs of the pictures, g/lso the name of an Upper Sandusky’ photographer. The letter explained that the at- torney was administrator of the es- tate of “Mrs, James W. Lytle” and that the photographs had been found in her personal effects. It explained that “Mrs. Lytle” had left no heirs there and asked if the photographs might be identified. | Pictures Identified. | serted. proved the stuff of which he was made. Fighting like a demon, Brock blocked with chin jambed on chest. the fingers straining for a grip on his throat, while he wrenched an arm jaw. Strong as he was, the bearded stranger could not reach the mad- dened boy’s thick throat, nor turn him on his back. Again, over the other's shoulder Brock’s hard fist hooked into the jaw; once more the fist Brock felt the grip of his foe's arms weaken, and, with a supreme effort, tore himself free. Again his elbow handle of a knife smashed into his head. Twice, three times the Cree ham- mered the head of the defenseless lad. The knotted face of the mam in Brock’s arms, blurred—the snow went black; then all consciousness faded. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Found Out Just How His Employees Stood A good story they tell at the Amer- lean club in London has to do with a crabby old manufacturer in a small town who decided after he had made bis money that he should run for a seat in parliment. He called his most faitliful foreman in and informed him of the fact. “See what the sentiment in the fac tory is,” he ordered. The next day the foreman reported. “Well, sir,” he said, “the sentiment is fifty-fifty.” fifty? Do you mean to say that it is as close as that? Do you mean to say my men have no more feeling for me than that?” “Well, governor, that's what they sag, fifty fifty.” “Fifty-fifty? What do you mean?” “Well, 30 per cent of them say, ‘t’eli with him,’ and the other 50 per cent spy ‘out with him.’ "—Exchange, Banking Terms Call money is borrowed money, se cured by collateral, which must be re turned on the demand, or ¢=Il. of the the money, too, may at any time pay the loan and take up the collateral. ————————— Don’t follow old wood ronds, they generally wander around almiessly and lead nowhere, ’ crashed. | lifted, but the same instant two knees { drove into his back, while the horn | “What,” roared the old man, “fifty. | | duces the extra feed bill lender of the money. The borrower of | the laying flock will eat it in sufficient quantities is one of the problems of | the farm flock keeper. That is one of the virtues of commercially mixed mashes. The manufacturer has put . . : | various ingredients oe + the vill free to drive his fist into the other's | YATiOUS ingredients together that wil not only produce eggs but that taste good to the hens even though they are receiving a liberal grain ration, Put- ting in plenty of ground yellow corn and not overdoing the ground oats and bran portions helps make the mash more popular with the hens. Corn gluten feed when added to the mash makes it more palatable. In a recent bulletin of the Illinois experi- ment station, they also call attention to the fact that corn gluten feed in- creases palatability of mash. HHH HHH HH RH HS Poultry Hints EHH HHH HHO OH Feed oyster shells to poultry. * * * Grit, oyster shell and plenty of drinking water are necessary in the production of eggs. = x» Feed a ration that includes a good egg mash, some hard grain and some green feed, and good, clean water, ® * Ld If several ordinary shipping crates are available, it is possible to fill these with the hens that are to be | culled before starting with the work. * ® * About four o'clock in the afternoon the hens should have all the grain they will clean up. The mash hop- per should be kept open all the time. . . - During the winter birds should eat | one and one-half to two times as much scratch grain as mash, but they must. eat sufficient mash to produce eggs. * * * In all cases the amount of grain varies with flock conditions. Heavy breeds consume more feed than light breeds. - * * Culling out the “boarder” hen re- and also brings in extra rooney through sale of nonproducers. » . » Poultry houses which are too high are usually cold and drafty in win- ter. This may be remedied, easily and cheaply, by putting in a straw loft. Through his father, Hall obtained identification of the pictures as those of J. Wesley Lytle and Miss Phoebe { Schafer, whom he had intimately i known 50 years ago at Sycamore. The mysterious disappearance of J. | Wesley Lytle and Phoebe Schafer had been solved. As “Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lytle,” they had lived for almost 50 years | #8 highly respected citizens of La | Grande, Ore, keeping their secret | even in death. Lytle died four years ago. Two sons, Jesse and Judson Lytle, still live in Wyandot county. Their mother died many years ago. Several years ago Judson made an extended trip through the West seek- { Ing his long lost parent. Though he inquired within 300 miles of him, the search was futile. Jay Marguarat, the peace in Upper Sandusky. whe lived on a farm adjoining the Lytle place, recalls the circumstances sur rounding the disappearance of Lytle and Phoebe Schafer. He said he was certain of the identification, now a justice of ! Denver,— Having prepared a lot in a Denver cemetery, complete even to a headstone inscribed with the date of his hirth, Harry FPF. Swanson, eighty-three. pioneer of the old West. | shot and killed himself here. An old Western six-shooter, which he had cherished for many years und which more than once had saved his life in the hectic days of the early ‘80s at Empire, Colo.. was the weapon he used to end his life. A former .peace officer and known as a “dead” shot, the old man placed | the heavy weapon to his body. pulled | the trigger, and the bullet pierced his | . heart | | The grave that he had prepared | was next to the plot where his wife | is buried, Mother Is Buried With Dead Daughter’s Doll | | ) | | Galveston, Ind.—At the request of | Mrs. Lucreta Noel, sixty-eight, she | was buried with a large doll. posses. | sion of her daughter, who died sey. | eral years ago. Mrs. Noel's request | } was contained in a letter which she | | directed should be opened after her I death. Prepares Cemetery Lot | and Then Ends His Life | | APPLES ARE GOOD | Excellent for Winter Dinner Menu When Stuffed. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Delicious for a winter dinner menu are these stuffed pork chops, cooked and served with the apple that tradi- tion seems to require with pork in any form. Buttered cabbage or brus- sels sprouts would be a good choice of vegetable to accompany these chops, with something. else a little crisp in texture, such as raw celery, or raw Jerusalem artichokes, sliced very thin, or a plain lettuce salad with French dressing, suggests the bu- reau of home economics, 6 rib pork chops, 2 tbs. minced 1% inches thick. onion 2 cups fine bread ¥% tsp. salt crumbs, 1% tsp. pepper 1% cup chopped cel- 3 tsp. savory ery and tops. seasoning 1 tbs. chopped par- 3 large red apples sley. 2 tbs. butter. After the rib chops are cut 1% inches thick, have the butcher slit the meat portion in half, cutting from the out- er rim of fat toward the bone, so | that a layer of stuffing can be in- Be careful, however, not to cut so that the meat is separated from the bone. Or, if preferred, the pockets for stuffing the chops can ! easily be cut at home with a sharp knife, Make a stuffing of the bread crumbs, celery, and other ingredients listed, except the apples. Cook the celery, onion, and parsley in the butter for 5 minutes. Add the bread erumbs and | seasoning, and stir until well mixed. Sprinkle the chops lightly with salt, pepper, and flour. Have a heavy skillet very hot and sear the chops until lightly browned on both sides. Then fill each chop with the stuffing and irsert toothpicks to hold the edges together. Put the chops on a rack in a baking dish or pan with cover. On the top of each chop place, skin side up, one-half of an apple which has been cored but not pared. Cover and bake in a moderate oven from 15 to 34 of an hour, or until the meat is tender. Lift out the chops from the pan onto a hot platter and remove the toothpick skewers. Be careful to keep the apples in place on top of the chops. Garnish with parsley and serve at once. Celery Fritters. Wash and scrape one bunch of cel- ery, cut in inch pieces and cook for five minutes in boiling salted water. Drain and cool slightly. Mix and sift two-thirds cupful of flour with one- third teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. Mix one weil beaten egg with half a cupful of milk and stir into the dry ingredients. Beat until smooth, add the celery and drop from a tea- spoon into deep fat that is hot enough to brown a cube of bread in one min- ute. Cook until golden brown, drain on soft paper and serve with tomato sauce. extra turn to be made. to keep the binding true if it is basted | before being cut. HANDY KITCHEN Well Placed and Away from Main Lines of Travel. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) While the oblong-shaped kitchen is most often recommended for compact- ness and .convenience, it is possible for a room of irregular shape to an- swer all the needs of the housewife in her kitchen if the work centers are well arranged in relation to each other, Here is a floor plan of a kitchen studied by the bureau of home economics of the United States Department of Agriculture, In spite of the fact that the wall space is broken by five doors—three are usu- al, and it is possible to get along with two—the work centers in this kitchen are well placed, away from the main lines of travel, and prop- erly related to each other. For example, food is delivered at the back porch door; stored on the py A] ere || ——— ed — Ee] Well Arranged Kitchen of Irregulae Shape. drop shelf, to be placed in the re- frigerator or closet; prepared at the work table; cooked at the stove, and served through ti®e pass closet to the dining room. All the necessary plat- ters and vegetable dishes are at hand in the cupboard above the sink, reached from both dining room and kitchen. When the meal is over, soiled dishes are cleared away by passing them through directly to the sink, where they are washed and stored in the dish cupboard, There is a window at the end of the work table and two at the coun- ter which continues into the sink drainboard. Ome of the doors in this kitchen leads to the cellar and laun- | Those to the closet, to the main | dry. hall and stairs, and to the dining room open onto what is virtually a small hallway and so do not in real- ity encroach on the kitchen space or the usual lines of travel from one task to another, Neck of a Blouse. To bind or face the neck of a blouse or dress quickly and neatly, cut a double bias binding of the material (thin silk is the best for heavy mate- rial). Place raw edges of binding to raw edge of neck and stitch. When the binding is turned you will fold to nem to the garment instead of an STUFFING FOR ROAST SHOULDER OF LAMB Preparing Shoulder of Lamb for Stuffing. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The slight peppery flavor of water- cress gives an unusually good flavor to stufling for shoulder of lamb; or if you like mint with your lamb, you can try putting it into stufling instead of sauce or jelly. A shoulder of lamb has tender de- licious meat, but ordinarily is rather hard to carve because of the shoulder blade and other bones. The butcher will remove these for you so that the meat may be cut very easily. The pocket left by taking out the shoulder blade can then be filled with any pre- ferred stuffing. Select a shoulder of lamb, weighing from 3 to 4 pounds. Have the butcher remove all the bones and the fell Save the bones for making soup. A lamb shoulder may be stuffed and either left flat or rolled. The flat shoulder is easier to sew up than the rolled, and the pocket holds twice as much stuffing. Either of these com. pletely boned stuffed shoulders can | be carved straight through in attrac- tive slices of part meat and part stuff- ing. Wipe the meat with a damp cloth. Sprinkle the inside of the pocket with silt and pepper, pile in the hot stuff- Ing lightly, and sew the edges togeth- er. Rub salt and pepper, and flour over the outside. If the shoulder has only a very thin fat covering, lay several strips of bacon over the top. Place the roast on a rack in an open pan with- out water. Sear for 30 minutes in a hot oven (480 degrees Fahrenheit). If bacon is laid over the roast, shorten the time of searing so as to avoid overbrowning. Reduce the tempera- ture of the oven to 300 degrees Fah- renheit, and cook the meat at this temperature until tender. From 215 to 3 hours will be required to cook a medium-sized stuffed shoulder at these oven temperatures. Serve hot, with brown gravy. For mint or watercress stuffing yon will need. 3 cupfuls fine dry bread- crumbs, 3% cupful fresh mint leaves or 1% cupfuls finely cut watercress | leaves and stems, 6 tablespoonfuls butter, 3 tablespoonfuls chopped cel- ery, 1% tablespoonfuls chopped onion, % teaspoonful salt, 1% teaspoonful pepper. Melt one-half the butter in a skillet and add the onion and celery. Cook for 2 minutes and add the mint leaves or the finely cut cress and other seasonings. Push the mixture to one side of the skillet and in the empty part melt the remaining butter and stir in the bread crumbs, When they have absorbed the butter, mix all the ingredients together, When using watercress allow the liquid which cooks out to evaporate before the but. tered crumbs are added. 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