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Warder Murphy's
Gold Mine
Ey JAMES F. DWYER
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WARDER MURPFIY grounded his
rllle and looked dreamily across
the ten-ucre patch of vegetable garden
that surrounded Dnrllnghurst peniten
tiary. A dozen '"trusties," short-sen
tenre prisoners with full good conduct
marks. ?er? working la a line that
stretched across the potato field, nnd
Warder Murphy formed the extreme
left wing. On the right was Warder
Flnnerty. nnd between these two liv
ing obstacles In the path to freedom,
the squad of convicts tolled Industri
ously.
Murphy's conscious .nilnd became
aware of the fact that No. 307, known
to his prison companions as "The
Hat," had moved a few pares to the
left toward a littie stream that trickled
over a gravel bed, and was then busy I
with an empty tomato can washing a
few handfuls of the sandy soli. The
harder was astonished. ITe moved
rapidly toward the prisoner and an
grily ordered him back to his work.
"The Rat" turned a weak cunning
face up to his guard and made a mo
tion for silence.
"There's gold here, Mr. Murphy,** he
whined. "Gold, real gold, sure!"
The warder's eyes blinked suspi
ciously. hut he choked back the threat
that was on his lips. The prisoner
twirled the can vigorously, while his
eyes and tongue pleaded with the of
ficer.
"Let me just wash this tlnful," he
whispered, hoarsely. "I know there's
gold here, Mr. Murphy; I've been a
miner and I know the looks of the
ground."
With a final twirl "The Hat" jerked
out the last of the muddy water that
the tin contained, then he peered at
the silt in the bottom.
"Look !" he cried, "didn't I tell you
there Is gold here?"
Murphy grasped the tin with trem
bling fingers. In the bottom of the can
were three little yellow pellets that
'glisrened In the wet sand. Murphy
emptied them Into the palm of his big
right hand and eyed them greedily.
"It's gold," he gurgled.
"Sure thing," affirmed the prisoner.
The warder gloated over the find,
end "The Itat" watched him closely.
Presently Murphy looked at his
watch.
"We'll be going In to dinner direct
ly," lie said, excitedly. "What about
this?" He nodded at the three pellets
in his hand.
The prisoner considered a moment.
"Gold is no good to be," he mut
tered, sadly. "I can't get out to spend
it, hut I'll tell you something that I
can use. What do you say If Tm will
ing to take a plug of tobacco tn.ftead
of the yellow stuff, and then I'll keep
mtmi about the find?"
Murphy was foraging In his pockets
before "The Rat" had finished his
proposition, and he hastily slipped an
untouched plug to the prisoner who
eagerly closed his hand over it and
looked inquiringly at the face of the
guard.
" 'Taln't much for three lumps of
gold," he mumbled.
'Til get another plug off Wnrder
Finnerty and give It to you," stam
mered Murphy. "Rut hold your tongue
about the gold whatever you do."
The second plug, which Murphy Im
mediately obtained from Finnerty,
reconciled "The Rat" and he wore a
smile upon his white cunning face as
he marched in with his eleven com
panions when tiie jail bell rang for
dinner.
But Warder Murphy had no appe
tite. Visions of gold in unwolphnhle
quanii.ies came up before his mental
eye. But now the knowledge had to
he put to pood use. Murphy had no
money, and hp rapidly ran over in his
mind those of his friends who had
capital to invest. Weisler, the Gor
man Jew, who owned a watch repair
ing establishment near the peniten
tiary, had money, and ten minutes
after the prisoners had been locked
In their cells for their midday meal,
Murphy was In the shop.
"Iley, Weisler," he cried, joyfully,
as he laid the three little pellets upon
the counter, "whnt would you give for
u patch of ground where you could dig
those up by the bucketful?"
The Jew picked up the pellets one
by one, and after examining them
keenly laid them back on the counter.
"I would srlve nodding?. Mr. Mur
phy," he said, slowly, "dose are tree
little lumps of brass."
00**000
When Warder Murphy returned to
the jail, the chief warder called him
?Side.
"There's trouble brewing for vou."
hf said, grimly. "We searched 307
?tid his pal o9 at dinnertime, and
found that each had a plug of tobacco
In his possession-"
"No. r?0?" queried the astounrled
Jlurphy.
"Yes. No. OlV' snapped the chief,
?that friend of The Rat* who works
to the brass shop."
And then ft dawned npon the fear
stricken warder how No. 3(>7 had ob
tained the necessary material to salt
the mine to the potato patch.
Zez Confrey Mixes
Salads and Songs
Zc3! Confrey, famous composer of
the musical classic. 'The Kitten on
the Keys." Is
hailed by his
friends ns the
most rorsatlle of
America's popu
lar song com
posers. Those who
know him say he
can mix a salad
or a song oddity
with equal suc
cess, which Is
saying consider
able since his
T ? . portrayal of the
Zez Confrey. *
delightful pranks
of a certain y<rong feline frisking over
the ivories has been recognized as tho
medel ef American syncopation.
But Mr. Confrey has other "firsts"
In his repertoire, his acquaintances
declare. Country bred, he is a Judge
of horse flesh, and also knows a good
cigar.
The simple life is Mr. Confrey's idea
of happiness. Every so often Manhat
tan gets too crowded for him and he
boards a train for the country aud
the companionship of a certain mur
muring brook. Inevitably he comes
back with one ef the merry tunes for
which he is noted.
A bachelor, Zez keeps open house
for his friends. If he Invites a few of
the boys over for a midnight supper,
he does the cooking himself. Invita
tions to his lively little dinners are
sought after. There aro two dishes to
which Mr. C*mfrey is partial. So are
his friends. His recipes for the two
follow:
Royal Eggs With Mushroom Sauce.
13 eggs lft cup evapo
Balt rated milk dll
Pepper uted with
1-3 pound must*- 1% cup meat stock
rooms (This may be
1 slice pimento prepared from
2 tbsp. butter bouillon cubes)
IS slices toast 3 tbsp. flour
Parsley
Snute ths mushrooms In two tbsp.
butter, taking care not to burn; make
a white sauce of two tbsp. butter,
flour, evaporated milk and meat stock.
Cook five minutes. Add the cooked
mushrooms and chopped pimento.
Break eggs and drop into hot ?at, be
ing careful to keep egg in a globular
mass. Just as soon as they are a gold
en brown lift out and drain. Place an
egg on each piece of toast. Allow two
pieces for each serving. Pour over ali
the mushroom sauce and garnish with
parsley.
Pineapple-Cheese Salad.
10 slices pine- Crisp lettuce
apple leaves
1 cup cream 1 tbsp. pineapple
cheese juice
cup chopped 1 tsp. sugar
nuts Green and red
2 tbsp. evaporated mangoes
milk Creamy salad
dressing
Combine tke cheese, nuts, evaporated
milk, pineapple juice and sugar, and
blr*? Into a smooth mass. Cut pineap
ple eirelos tw half. Spread cheeso mix
ture en a sllee of pineapple and press
the other half circle or pineapple on
top ?f eheese as ono would a slice of
bread in making a sandwich. Cut dia
monds or triangles from groen and rod
mangoes and press Into the edge of
the cheese mixture between the pine
apple. Lay two of the prepared pieces
er pineapple on a crisp lettuce leaf.
Serve with creamy salad dressing. This
serves five.
longer because it is made
of highest grade materi als,
carefully selected, scientif
ically combined by skilled
workers of long experi
ence.
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Pumpkin and its Uses
HOW much the spicy smell of
contributes to the spir
it a/v! atmosphere of the holi
days I Everyone wants pumpkin pie
at thrs time and the fact that pre
pared pumpkin can now l>c bought in
tins, with nine-tenths of the work al
ready done, makes pumpkin pic one
of th" easiest desserts.
Thi?^ recipe is sufficient for two
pies: f3eat slightly two eggs, add
one and on^-hnlf etips of sugar, one
pint milk?diluted evaporated may he
rcH instead of fresh milk?one-half
teaspoon ginger, one teaspoon of cin
namon, one-half trn spoon of salt, one
No, 2 can of unspiccd pumpkin. Tour
into a pie plate lined with paste and
bake in a moderate oven. t
Though everyone is familiar with
pumpkin pie, few people realize that
there are other easy aw! rlclicious
ways of cooking pumpkin, which can
tv.' used not only far dessert but for
other courses.
For instance, the same pumpkin
custard used for pic filler can be
served as scalloped pumpkin in the
same baking dish, casserole or in
dividual custard cups in which it has
been cooked?an easy, delicious and
attractive dcr.sert, easier than making
pie, inasmuch as there is no pastry
to hake.
Pumpkin also rrr k. r.n excellent
and healthful entree. Mix a ran of
unspiccd pumpkin with two beaten
eggs, crack'r crumbs, milk, a da
o i salt, and bakc^n a casserole v
strips of bacon over the top. ?
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