Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1919 — Page 3

Hands Up!

By RALPH BEACH WALL

(Copyright.) There was wild, unsubdued fire in her eyes. By the way she threw back her head and shouted to her mount, a sleek cayuse, one could tell “at a glance that she was a girl of spirit, who did Bess was not accustomed to riding alone through the gorge trail, covered only by a stage from Silverhead, a neighboring mining town. Usually Phil rode wtih her. '/ ? ; 1 \ It was half in anger toward him that she had chosen the lonesome, some said dangerous, route. She had seen Phil two hours before, and, aS usual, had shouted an invitation for him to ride with her. y"Can’t! I’m busy today. See you later,” he answered, waving his hat to her and galloping on. There was something in his eyes that bothered the girl, when she remembered it. It was for that reason, half an hour later. Bess had chosen the lonely gorge road. She wanted to be. alone, to think about Phil, and weigh her father’s doubts about the young fellow, who seemed to do nothing save idle his time away, and who hacf never been caught working since he had struck town two months before. Why did he occasionally go off on his horse alone, and not come back till the next day? Who were the city men he often met at the daily train, and sometimes went on with for a day or two? He had never explained his business to Bess. -t" ——

The night before he had asked her to marry him. The thought had come to her so suddenly that all she could do was ask for time. “I-will answer you tomorrow evening,” she had said. She could not understand his urgency, the eagerness in his voice. “But I have many things to think of,” she protested. "You know how father Is opposed to you. It’s partly because you look city-bred,, and still know horses and mining so well. He seems to be almost suspicious of you.” “I can easily clear up any suspicion,” he had answered confidently. “But T' want my answer now.- ~ Tomorrow may be too late.” Why had he repeated that ominous warning? Had he planned anything for today? Was he in danger of any kind?At that moment the rumble of wheels behind her caused Bess to turn. She had already reached a lonely spot in the gorge, some miles from town. It was the stage from Sil verhead, carrying its cargo of silver and passengers, winding through the gully, cut sharply between high cliffs. The four horses were straining at their load, and coming along at a smart clip. Bess whipped up her horse to gain a wider part of the road, where the coach could pass her. The passage was uneven and full of rocks. Riding being difficult, the girl bent all her attention on the steed. At a sharp turn In the road something scared the skittish cayuse. A second later the animal shied at a big bowlder- confronting them, and Bess was hurled through the air, over his head, landing in a jut in the wall. Her revolver flew from her belt with the jolt, and the frightened cayuse galloped on alone. When the girl pulled herself together she found that the horse had thrown her into an opening, a little pocket in the natural stone wall at the turning which commanded a view of the road on both sides of the sharp corner. She glanced out, and found the stage drawing near at a rapid rate; then, looking in the opposite direction, Bess saw her cayuse galloping madly, already half a mile away. The revolver that had jolted loose was the next thing to attract her attention, and she was about to slide

down and recover it from the ledge, two feet below, whed a quick move- ' ment attracted her in the direction her horse had taken. The girl’s eyes dilated and she seemed frozen to the spot, as she watched three masked horsemen near- 1 ing the gully road through a narrow defile down one side. In a moment Bess realized- The stage was thundering on. She slipped forward to get the gun. The stage was not .a hundred yards off. Bess glanced apprehensively at the three grim horsemen, partly concealed behind a bowlder at the roadside. The hand reaching for the revolver drew back sharply. She caught in her breath with a convulsive gasp. Bess had recognized in that instant the leader of the bandits. It was Phil. Around his neck was the very(handkerchief she bad spent, weeks embroidering for him, every stitch an expression of love and faith. Then her eyes glinted like blue steel. Her teeth snapped together, and she made a quick grasp for the revolver. With It secure in her hand, she hesitated but a moment; then, her cheeks white and lips drawn, she steadily Aimed the revolver at her unsuspect-

ing lover, who, with his men, awaited the stage. . There was the love of a savage and the hate of a savage in her expression. She had found out her lover lit last, and bad Instinctively pointed the gun at him. Bess’ left hand clenched so that the tendons showed white through the skin, and the forefinger of her right hand twitched on the trigger. Before she realized the trembling finger gave a jerk and pulled the trigger. There came a slight click, but nothing more. The hammer had become jammed by the jolting received when it fell from her belL- -; Glancing up, her wits scattered by this sudden discovery, she''saw the stage rolling past the gap. / It was too late. The gun had failed, and the stage had passed before she "could give the warning. “Hands tip —r * ' ’-.J.' The gruff growl made Bess grow faint, and her eyes swam. For in it she recognized the same tone that she knew so well in Phil’s voice, but it was so brutal, so different. She watched, with a stifling throat and heaving bosom, as a shot rang out from Phil’s gun and the driver, who had not obeyed the summons quickly enough, tumbled from his seat and flopped onto his back in the road. Bess sprang to her feet, aflare with madness. Her wits worked rapidly; she must do something to cope with his brutality. The bandits stopped the dashing horses, and in a moment a trembling party of travelers filed the stage. They lined up In a row, their hands high above their heads. Bess gave a strangled gasp, a sudden impulse seized her, and she leaped to the road, her revolver clubbed,and clutched tensely.

With blind fury she flew to the holdup scene, her nostrils dilated, her eyes red-rimmed. The leader evidently saw her coming. He darted forward, and a minute later Bess found herself struggling and fighting in his strong arms. He knocked the revolver from her hand and tried to explain something In eager words. But she would not listen. She screamed with rage and tore at him; his very tosch was the blight.’ His hands seared her wherever they rested. In the meantime his companions continued their work and paid no attention to him. With a wild gleam in his eyes, Phil suddenly forced her back and held her tightly explaining to her, trying to get the girl to listen to his defense. Through sheer weakness Bess finally had to listen. Then the words had their effect. Her eyes gleamed, she looked at him squarely and became more quiet. “Wait here!” he cried suddenly. “I’ll go back and get the stuff. Wait here for me.” As he dashed off Bess sank to the ground, utterly spent, and she lay sobbing weakly, while her lover rushed back to the frightened group of travelers, swooped up the valuables, tied them in a wide handkerchief, mounted his horse, fired several shots in the air, and swung down the trail to where Bess sat In a heap, wondering trying to reassure herself that all he had said was true. . j Half a mile from the holdup scene he drew rein abruptly and turned' to Bess with a reassuring smile. “I had to go this far,” he explained. “They need a slide in the picture of the bandits getting away, and I guess mine was some picturesque getaway. “Your butting in helped the picture a good deal, Bess. They’ll change the Idea and label this part: ‘Wife Pleading With Bandit Chief.’” “Phil,” she said, looking up with yearning eyes, in which the slightest suggestion of a smile was beginning to glow, “Is It really true? I know it must be. But the thing seemed so real at the time. I never saw a moving picture taken before.” “Well, it won’t be the last one you’ll see taken, I hope,” the man smiled, wiping her tear-stained face with the handkerchief she had made for him.

“Tljat’s my business. The people in the stage-coach and my confederates are all actors; the man who did the stage-fall from the driver’s seat is my brother. We’re in partnership in the business.” “But why didn’t you explain all this before?” queried the girl, the smile succeeding in erasing ’ some of the tragic tensity of her features. “Well,, people are curious about moving pictures; they want to butt In and see them taken. That spoils the whole thing, and I didn’t want to %e bothered.” “Haven’t I bothered you, Phil, Just a little?" she asked, the smile asserj< ing itself boldly for the first time. “You’ve bothered me more than anything has for a long time,” he cried, reaching toward her eagerly-, “Well,” she said, having recovered her natural spirit entirely. “I guess I’ll fix It up with you and a Justice of the peace, so I can have the exclusive privilege of bothering you all the rest of your life.” “So you’ve made up your mind at last,” he cried, inclosing her in a tender embrace. She threw off his arms playfully and spurred the horse into action; they galloped back to the moving-pic-ture party and announced their engagement. Then Bess -told of how she had almost tried to kill the bandit chief, assuring them, however, that even if the hammer hadn’t been Jammed, she couldn’t hate hit him with such a trembly hand.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Designers are still turning out wraps that are the result of combining two distinctly different styles_ into one garment. This is an idea carried over from winter Into spring wraps, and so long as it holds there is no chance of exhausting the endless variety of cape-coats, cape-dolmans and all other sorts of capes that make a refreshing digression from coats. There is variety enough to suit the taste of every individual in wraps as in all other spring clothes, and nearly all of them are. graceful and practical. In the picture a cape appears, gathered to a short plain yoke and having small, set-in sleeves, or openings for the arms, to distinguish it from a cape unalloyed with any other wrap. It has a flat, hood effect at the back, with

Of all the clothes with which women are preparing to welcome the coming summer, and the boys overseas who will return with it, those in the sport class prove the most satisfying. Good times and prosperity are written all over them. They are of various degrees of richness as to materials and of wonderful excellence in design. Nothing expresses the woman of today quite so well as these smart and' informal things in which She is well enough dressed for all the happenings of a summer’s day. Certain of the new weaves in silks have opened new worlds for the designers of sport clothes to conquer. These designers are gazing down alluring vistas which the looms are creating for them and the unfolding of sport styles is growing more and more interesting. An outfit that may be accepted as a standard of smartness is pictured here. It is made up of a skirt of baronet satin, white with rings in turquoise blue in widely scattered groups thrown upon it. The sweater of turquoise., knitted silk has some new features that will hold the attention. It is one of those soft, rough, loosely-knitted affairs that lead the procession of new sweater styles. It is open part way down the front and a scarf that crosses at the front and is carried round \the waist to tie in the t»ack, is a part of? it. Cuffs, wajst and shoulders are. adjusted closely to the figure by a change in the stitch, which is different from that used in the body of the sweater. A pretty, high-necked blouse, with a tucked front, fastening with small

Capes and More Capes

Sport Clothes to Welcome Summer

a little braid trimining and a long tassel that points with pride to its value as h finish. This cape is narrowed at the bottom by folding it into a box plait, fastened down with bone buttons; this is in keeping with the narrow skirts of this season. The other wrap pictured is much like a dolman. Small cloth-covered buttons and large fancy ones are cleverly- placed on it, for the smaller ones appear to fasten down box plaits that form a square yoke. This is one of a few models that are shorter in the back than in front. The collar and sleeve openings are faced with a heavy weave in silk in a contrasting color. Duvetyn and velours in navy and black, with facings in beige silk, make the handsomest of these wraps.

pearl buttons, is of the right degree of daintiness to bear the skirt and sweater company. It is of fine voile and there is a narrow band of black ribbon about the neck, one of those pretty, sparkling, little finishing touches that make this outfit adorable. High white canvas shoes and a brimmed hat with big, flexible crown are details of the costume that match it in character. They are to be carefully selected when the matter of sport clothes is considered, otherwise they, can spoil the play.

For Boudoir Wear.

Rich oriental colorings are especially effective in the devolpment of garments for boudoir wear, regardless of thd. texture of the material used. Frequently many layers of chiffon in bright and contrasting colors are laid one over the other so as to give the finished ’garment sufficient thickness or “body” and at the same tlriie produce a rainbow or Iridescent color scheme. These very sheer materials are so easily handled that a. w'oman who has a well developed artistic 1 sense, but is really a very poor seamstress, may easily produce a real sartorial masterpiece. Printed silk voile is a material that lends itself particularly well to garments of the negligee type, as it requires pp trimming. Skillful draping'can accomplish any desired result.

HENHOUSE PRODUCT RETURNING TO NORMAL PRICES AFFORDS WELCOME CHANGE IN DIET

Eithen Creamed Eggs and Cheese or Dutch Eggs Make a Good Supper Dish.

(Prepared by .the United States Department of Agriculture.) With eggs returning to normal "prices again, they afford a welcome and healthful change in the diet. In any of the following recipes suggested by the United States department of agriculture, they may be used in place of meat in the meal. Eggs are much more easily digested if time is taken to cook them very slowly. Steamed Eggs. Butter slightly the bottom of a custard cup and slip an egg into it. Place the cup in a pan of.gently boiling, water (water should come half-way up side of cup); cover and steam until white of egg Is done. Steamed eggs may be served on crisp toast if desired. Poached Eggs and Tomato Sauce. Allowing one-half teaspoonful of salt to one quart of water, have a shallow pan two-thirds full of boiling water. Break each egg separately into a saucer and slip them into the water. Cook as for poached eggs and serve with the following sauce: 2 cupfuls canned 2 tablespoonfuls of tomatoes and butter. 1 slice onion, or 2 tablespoonfuls of 1 cupful tomato flour. sauce, % tablespoonful of % teaspoonful salt, pepper. Cook tomato and onion, finely chopped, 20 minutes, then rub through a strainer? Melt the butter, add dry ingredients and strained tomatoes. Pour this sauce over the eggs, and serve. Egg in Nest. Carefully separate the white from the yolk of an egg. Beat the white until stiff and pile lightly on a nicely trimmed slice of toast. With a spoon make a depression in the top of the white and slip the egg yolk into It Place on a’baking dish in a moderate oven and when the white has become a golden brown remove and serve. It may be seasoned to taste. Eggs Goldenrod. * 1 •cupful milk. 1% tablespoonfuls t tablespoonfuls of flour. butter. 4 hard cooked eggs. % teaspoonful of 1 teaspoonful chopwhite pepper. ped parsley, teaspoonful salt. 6 slices toast. Melt the butter, add the dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Add the heated milk slowly, stirring constantly, and allow to come to the boiling point. Separate the yolks from the whites of the hard-cooked eggs. Chop the whites finely and add them to the white sauce. Cut the slices of toast In half and after arranging on the platter, pour the sauce over them. Put the yolks through a potato ricer or press them through a strainer, sprinkling them over the sauce. Garnish with parsley and serve. Dutch Eggs. S hard cooked eggs. 1 cupful of white % cupful, of grated sauce. - ' ■ cheese or cottage 1 sweet red pepper cheese. cut into strips. Cut the eggs into quarters and place about one-quarter of the amount in a bettered baking dish. Cover this layer with sauce, and sprinkle over it a layer of cheese; then a few pieces of the pepper. Repeat until the dish is full. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top,

GET FULL VALUE IN CLOTHES

Many Discarded Garments May Be Made Wearable by Sponging, Cleaning and Pressing. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture;) Sponging, cleaning and pressing will make wearable many a garment now discarded as too shabby, suggest the extension workers of the department of agriculture. It is not a bad idea to estimate just how much ' money value there is in an extra month’s wear of a suit, coat or dress. 2 1 , The following points, if followed, will help to extend the length of wear of dresses and other garments: Sponging with hot vinegar will make the “shiny part” of any garment less noticeable. Steaming a velvet hat which has lost its freshness over' the tea kettle will greatly improve its appearance. Freph collars and cliffs of white or contrasting color will give suit or dress a new appearance. When not in use hang outside garments, well brushed, in suitable hangers away from dust. Cotton covers put over-the garments on hangers will preserve the freshness of waists, dresses and coats worn only occasionally. Wear practicable wash aprons while at work. Secure buttons, fastenings, etc., on ready-made garments before wearing. Have play clothes for the children.

dot with butter and‘brown in a hot oven. Escalloped Eggs. „__ 2 tablespoonfuls of 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. flour. 2 cupfuls of bread 3 tablespoonfuls of crumbs. grated cheese. 6 hard cooked eggs. % tesispoonful pep--2 cupfuls cooked per. macaroni or rice. 1 cupful of tomato 1 cupful milk. sauce. % teaspoonful salt. Make a sauce of the flour, butter, salt and pepper, and remove from the fire to add grated cheese. Stir until melted. Combine carefully the cooked macaroni or rice, sliced egg and salt. After covering bottom of baking dish with buttered crumbs add the mixture. Then add rest of crumbs, brown in hot oven and serve with tomato sauce. French Omelette. y 4, tablespoonfuls of % tablespoonful of hot water. salt. 2 tablespoonfuls of 1-16 teaspoonful of butter. -• -pepper. 4 eggs. Beat the eggs slightly, just enough to mix yolks and whites; then, add the hot water and seasoning. Put the butter in a small hot frying pan and when melted turn mixture into the pan. While this is cooking, mix slightly with a fork until the whole is of a creamy consistency. Place on a hotter part of the fire and allow to brows quickly underneath. Bring all together at one side of the pan and carefully slip it out on a hot platter. Garnish and serve while hot. .Spanish Omelette. Mix and cook a French omefettCi Serve with tomato sauce in the center and around the omelette. Tomato Sauce. 2 tablespoonfuls of *4 tablespoonful ca» butter. pers. tablespoonfuls 3 tablespoonfuls ol of onion. mushrooms. 1 cupful tomatoes. 2 tablespoonfuls ol Cayenne. flour. t % teaspoonful salt,? Brown onion (finely chopped) In butter and flour. Cook the tomatoes with the onion for 15 minutes. Add the capers, mushrooms and seasoning. If desired, substitute three tablespoonfuls peas and two tablespoonfuls chopped red peppers for the caper? and mushrooms. Egg Souffle. 2 tablespoonfuls of 5 eggs. butter. % cupful cream. 1% tablespoonfuls 1 teaspoonful salt. flour. . Cayenne. . 1% cupfuls milk. Cream the butter, add the flour, and gradually the scalded milk and cream. Cook in double boiler five minutes and add the yolks of eggs which have been beaten until lemon-colored. Add seasoning and fold in stiffly beaten whites. Turn into a buttered dish, set in a pan of hot water and bake until firm. Creamed and Eggs. 3 hard-boiled eggs. Speck of cayenne.' 1 tablespoonful of % cupful or 1 ounce flour. grated cheese. 1 cupful milk. 4 slices of toast. % teaspoonful salt. Make a thin white sauce with th® flour and milk and seasonings. Add the cheese and stir until melted. Chop the whites and add them to the sauce. Pour the sauce over the toast. Force the yolks through a potato ricer or strainer; sprinkle over the toast.

ALL AROUND the HOUSE

Red pepper should be used -with great moderation. • ♦ ♦ Watch the custards — if they are cooked too long they will be watery. « • • » Add salt to starch water and it will prevent the starch from freezing out. Pictures should be hung at the height of the eye of the average person. - " ■ .■•■‘Mt • • • ■ I When the heels of the overshoes wear out cut them in the shape of a sandal. , • * • f It is best to roast or pan chicken with the breast down. It will be more juicy. ' : ••• > o Add a tpblespoonful of vinegar’t© the water when cooking corn on the cob. This whitens the corn and makes Jt tender. • • * .. . * To have fish firm It should be cooked in salted water. A little vinegar diluted with this will tynpart a dellqtoue flavor to the fish.