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:::g|||||f:i:SK;||:;;|;;|P|||||i;|||3;| m-'' Synopsis Chapter XX: The two riders find the body of a 19-yi>ar old boy sus- peiidfd oil a cross. Juaiiita starts out on the trail of the killer's horse. Michael comes across a wagon of three we: tcriicrs, headed for Deep WatiT "alley. Chapter XXI Settlers! Probably about to get their first glimpse of the valley by moonlight, and so an.xious to get to their promised land that they had not waited until daylight, but wen traveling on by night. And bitterness against the fate he knew llicy wee facing .swept over the tall man besid' the tree. He could read tleir futures for them â€" tell them tales of oilier fami- lies which had come tu this Beep W'ater \'alley in hope that Don A'tero's peace and plenty was still to be had. â- â- Coming straight to the haunt of .Satan," (jiit^ed Val'cz. "And they don't know ii." He mounted, ready to be on his way. But the woman, or girl, was singing alone now â€" a song so appealing to his Celtic-Latin soul, so lull of peace and the content- ment she hoped to find, that it loosened \'a!dcz's gloved hands on the reins. V.'hy he K okcd down into the valley at that moment he did not know. But t what his startled eyes saw ilnrc. an instantaneous decision was ade. lie would â€" he must â€" tell these hopefuls the truth about what they were rid- ' c into now I t . â-  » For below, far to the sout'i, a pi!lar of flanie and smoke had shot suddenly up toward the night sky â€" one that told Michael \ al- dez :l plain story. In a nu>i;iiiit 1: saw that the blazing structurv was a tobact i drying shed^and knew in that instant that all the tales of arson and murder he had heard were true. .\bruptly I.- sent the blue roan tearing through the night. He would make that bend in the trail before the wagi i made it, run the risk that always attended El Ca- ballcro Ro.io's every contact with other human beings. Bu he must see these pcojde. He would say what he mu t say to them, anfl â- let the newly arriving settlers make their own choice as to whe- ther they would remain here or not. Right around the Iiend in the Mission Ridge tra'I stood a wa- gon drawn by a double team of horses. The igon was piled high with farm tools and household goods. The young woman who sat on the front seat was worried. Her hopeful song of a moment before was r. forgotten. She sat like one who had expected a car- ess, and instead had been given k harsh slap. * * * El Caballcro Rojo saw the trou- ble at once, from his unseen dis- tance. A lame horsel That was a calamity, for not yet had they •veil entered Deep Water Valley. The man who sat beside the girl puffed on quietly. His hands were ilaspcd over his knees. Another man was out of the wagon, at the head of the left Itad-liurse. He had lifted the korsc's hoof ai â-  wag struggling lO get it bet cen his knees and i&tu til moon's rays. Succesi brouglit an exclamation of relief, A laugh of thankfulness. "Told you!" he cried. "Only a (tone wedged in beside the frog. I'll have it <-ut in a minute." The animal jerked its foot free. The ni.-n jumped side, narrowly escaping an angry lash of the steelshcd h< f. But without he- sitation or any sign of wrath he tried again to lift the animal's hoof. "Yon get !jwn there and help Chct, Clark Weber 1" Ellen Max- on said sharply to the man be- tide her. Clark \Vel)<r, the man who had led till-, little expedition into Deep Water Valley country, from far to the cast, looked at her and scowled. "He can manage alone," he grumbled. "VV .-, it'.â€" there you go! He': got tl c stone out." ',!lict Maxon climhed back to Ills scat and the wagon moved on. Kllen and her brother exchanged rueful glances, but they said noth ing. After all, had it not been for Weber's ambit ion and his pcrsua siveness, they would not be head ii.j; into this homestead valley, and ihcv v.erc much loo content- ed with the prospect to bother about how Weber behaved. riark Wel.cr was a hcavy-ryed uiait, »haip noseil, loose-mouthed. --'â- -^'^aWM - iiii-i-'Fi-T-'-'''' ' '**'^ ' * REVENGE N • C L E 1 . slouched in tli« seat, staring straight ah 'ad, as if famished for a sight of the promised land, even by moonlii'' . When the wagon was pirtly around he bend, he snatched at the reins in Chet Maxon's hands, stopped the team and hiiii>;r:ly gazed down the bit of valley that v.as visible. 'There it is!" he breathed. "The place tc> plant an acorn and watch an oak growl" He touched Ellen's hand. "A small beginning â€" but fast, steady growth. In time I hope to own the whole valley! That man, Kuss Bartle, who sold us our piece oi land, is a fool to sell any of Deep Water Valley. If 1 owned all he docs out here, I know 1 wouldn't sell a foot of it. With such soil and climate there's a fortune in the tobacco alone.' The blue eyes of th. girl â€" the eyes of a day-dreamer â€" were trained ahea' "For^tuiie?" she said musingly. "Who ca:ci about that? li we find peace here, and enough to e; t, I'H be satisfied." "Same li e . e," her brother promptly agreei.. He glanced at Weber. "Clark, why are you al- ways thinking about fortunes, and a kind of a ki, gdom of your own? Three times you've staked every- thing you hiC. on try to double your money â€" and lost it all. When We started for Deep Wa- ter Valley yi.u said you were cured." » « * "Ambition runs in my family, I guess," snapped Weber, mov- ing restlessly. ".-Vnyhow, all I ex- pect to do here will be done for Ellen's sake, and . . . Well, let's get on. I'm anxious to see how the house looks â€" whether it's anything like Bartle's description of it or not." A hundred feet of trail went under the wheels. Then three faces changed, three bodies stif- fened, and three pairs of wide eyes were on the d sky ahead where sparks shot up from a blazing pile. Ivven as they stared at that un- expected sight down below them, from the disfmce they heard the hal.' muffled ba- k of a gun. And then, the next moment, they fac- ed a greater shock. Where the apparition that con- fronted them had come form, or how, none of them knew. But sudden as death he was at the head of the teamâ€" a man so glit- teriiigly attired like a conquista- dor of ohl iliat Weber and the two Maxons blinked unbelieving- ly. "Great glory!" Weber squeezed out wlKczingly. "That's that l'"l Caballcro Rojo I've heard tell about as sin-i. as you're alive 1" Even back in hi ICastern home he had heard of VA Caballcro Rojo. He bad heard more in the saloon back in the town of Gold Creek wliih Kllcii and her broth er had been struggling to load the wagoti, and he had listened avid ly. Instantly .ow his nimble brain was recalling how he had been told that le red headed, gaudily bedecked CaLallero was worth a small fortune, dead or alive. » • * The man in the coi cliatrimmed hat that hid most of his features walked his mount beside the horses and stopped sc close to the trembling girl that he could have touched her hand. "Settler?" he asked, his voice surprisingly soft. 'Moving into Deep Water Vrlley?" "Y-ycs," th" girl quavered. He looked at her pityingly. "Change your mind, senorita," he advised, his tone low and insis- tent. "1 know it will hurt for you to give up your plans, but if you stay here you will get hurt much more." Ellen Maxon hail expected the scarlet-masked man to behave like the road agents she had heard about. C.un out. A harsh order: "Hands up I Shell out I" But this man seemed only to want to help them, to advise them about some- thing of which they did not know. And there was a gentleness in his voice that eased her fear. "Around this bend is Don A Hero's Cross," he said. "A man it nailed to it as a warning. Thiit fire below is another warning that farmers are not wanted here. The cowmen are getting restless because so many out- siders arc coming into their valley. There's trouble here, senorita. Plenty !" "But we couldn't turn back now!" lUlen Maxon cried. "We'd loseâ€"" "You'll lose vour lives, maybe, if voii stay!" (To ht ronlinned) ISSUE 1â€"1948 Sunday School Lesson By Rev R. Barclay Warren John 20:30 31; Acts 16:1115; I John 5:15. Golden Text â€" Whosoever believ- etli that .lesiis is the Christ it â-  born of Ciod: and everyone that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. â€" I John 5:1. It is frequently said, "It does- n't matter what one believes as long as he is sincere about it." This is a grave error and would be laughed out of court in any field except religion. For example; the man was quite sincere when he swallowed arsenic thinking it was baking soda. He died in spite of his sincerity. John points out that the mir- acles were signs recorded that "ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name." In this sci- entific age some have difficulty in believing miracles. But these are not stumbling blocks to faith if we remember that the fact that Jesus walked on the sea, fed a multitude with a lad's lunch, heal- ed the sick and raised the dead are not the deeds of a mere man but evidences that the man Jesus was the Son of God. Believe in Him and receive life and you will have no difficulty believing the record of His miracles. * » * Good beliefs are not sufficient. Paul exhorts TinU)thy, "Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doc- trine; continue in them: for in do- ing this thou sbalt both save thy- self, and them that hear thee?" Doctrine is only effective as it is translated into experiences. When we are born of God, we love Him and keep His command- ments. W^e also love the children of God. He that is born of God over- oomcth the world. The Christian life is not one of defeat. By faith he is victorious. He has no oc- casion for worry for he knows that in everytliing God is working for his good. Financially, he has the promise, "My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." If you would have satisfaction, poise, calm when all is stormy about you, victory both within and without, believe on Jesus Christ, the Son of God and experience the new birth. It will help you in every way. Your Handwriting and You ^,^, |^„„„ Handwriting Identification As 1 sit in the theatre watching a Hollywood murder mystery I cannot help but smile at the mel- odrama which takes place with the young hero tracking down hood- lums and gangsters single-handed, or perhaps I sliould add with the assistance of his lady love. The detectives involved in the picture arc apparently b.rffled and are not clever enough to apprehend the crooks and are consccinenlly help- less to do anytliing until our hero, after discovering numerous clues eventually corners the culprits which he gives over to the police. Tliis is done only after a wild chase, an exhibition of gunplay or possibly a fist fight to finish out a rousing good thriller. It is positively amazing the police ac- complishmenls these movie heroes are able to attain without the as- sistance of criminal technicians. .\k a matter of fact, in every day life the detective is a particularly clever person, well-tt-ained in his job of crime detection, so much so in fact, that lie docs not hesi- tate to call upon the criminal ex- perls for advice and special tech- nical work in following up clues which may lie the means of "crack- ing" a puzzling crime. In many criminal o;.ses, the handwriting identification expert makes coinidcte evidence after checking all questions involving forged cluqius, altered documents, age of ink, identification of writ- ten documenis, the validity of sui- cide notes, love letters, and other written evidence which may be necesary in court to prove inno- cence or guilt 01 tlie person or persons on trial. Handwriting identification ex- perts, chemists, finger-print ex- perts, ballistics examiners, and other well-trained personnel, each experienced in their profcsion, make up the staff of the modern police force. Without the assist- ance of these specialists the work of bringing criminals to justice would be very difficult. Anyone tuslniig a iiwre cvmplett analytii please scud self-addressed stamped envelope to Box B rooir 421, 73 Adelaide St If est 'I or onto Thtri is no clwrfir /I'l llii' srn'icr -^\ jr^ i^*^ ,^- -1 -* -♦ % ^ '•*- 4^ t Time â€" The Great Healer â€" Three years have pa ssed since terror-stricken Suzanne Oliphant, young survivor of a flying bomb blast in Lond on, sobbed miserably in the arms of her rescuer, air raid -warden Florence Kelly, as pictured at left. Time has erased the tragic fear from their faces, permitting them to smile happily- w hen (right) they were reunited at tlte recent wedding of Miss Kelly to a former infantrymaii. ANy£ HIRST Long Engagements Are Hard On Both A MOTHER ASKS my opinion * about her daughter's being en- * gaged. The young man is entirely acceptable, b n four years of college stare him in the face be- fore he can hope to start upon his career. Like most arden lads, he has ask- ed her to wait for him. What, * her mother asks me; shall she say? * The girl should say no. * If she consents, she will feel * duty bound to play fair. She'll * not feel it proper to date other * young men. She will become ab- * sorbed in her dreams of the * future and slie'U neglect her * friends, spend her leisure hours * in building air-castles. She will â- * cut herself off from many acti- * vities she has been part of, * pouring out all her energies and * emotions in love-letters and as * frequent meetings as the two * can arrange. * She is apt to become a very * dull number indeed. And in the * process of becoming dull, she * may grow less interesting to her * fiance, too * PL.^Y SAFE lliese arc the years thai present her best opportunities for meeting other men and making friends in general. She is 19. She should be dating more than one lad, having fun, eitlarping er social interests and responsibililirs If she is through school, she should be gctlincj some business experience to help her un- derstand the male point of view and give her a practical idea of handling her own money. It mil provide a discipline which most girls of her age can very well use, and it will help teach her how to gel along with people of different tem- peraments. Perhaps she'll be energetic enough to take a course in one of the arts, or sciences, or world af- fairs, too. That wilt keep her well- balanced and interesting, and devel- op her personality and character. Entering into a four-year engage- ment is a strain on both people. Either may fall out of love with the other, for several reasons If an engagement e.rists. it is apt to be too confining, for the very vows they exchange can become irksome. Better to stay freeâ€" to learn to knczi' each other better through let- ters' and occasional n-eeting. To cul- tivate the best in both, study the other's temperaments, get acquainted with innate prejudices and prefer- ences, learn how to compromise pleasanty. They are free to stay in love â€" or ho;. // is belter so. There are e.vcepions, of course. But young minds are al once so stern and so impulsive that both are best left free to change thcin if ih.-y 7:'anl to. -.cith no regrets. • » * 5((iy III love, but don't bind your- self to a long engagement. .4nne Hirst's counsel will help. Write her at Itox A. Room 421, 7.1 Adelaide SI. ff'<-,f/.. Toronto. ♦ BRIEF ANSWERS ♦ To "PUZZLED G.": When a ♦ boy doesn't date you over the ♦ weekend, you can be pretty sure ♦ you aren't important to him. * Stop letting this lad drive yon * home, and refuse any weekday * date he asks for. Th.nt should â- â€¢ wake him up. * « « XXF * TO "WORRIED": If you are â- * not engaged to the Navy lad, I * don't understand why your rao- * ther won't let you date other * boys. 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