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TURNING POINT Bif Mary Imlay Taylor SV.\OI'MS CHAPTKH VIII: Slierwin (Ha?,- Ictt) accidentally dli^iovers Jurdnii about tu ahduct .Iniie and hold hci aa a ho.xtane. They jrrapple. but again Jordan escapis uflur wound- ing Sherwin with u Ntilfe. CHAPTER IX 'Jim, he's faint from loss of blood â€" look at him'." Old Mac iiitcrvcncd. "I'll fix hini up; you Ko 'phone for th' doc, Jane," he thrust his hand througli Sliciwin's well arm. "You come along with me, son. Hello I" he shaded his eyes with his hand. "Say, Jini, if 1 ain t mistaken â€" th' sherilf's coming across th' bridge right now!" he added, pointing. Jim ^ave a quick cxrlumation ol sati.sfaclioii. "So he is. Got a posse, too, Just ill the nick of time â€" it's all ri^ht that vuii didH t go foi him now, HiizUtt!" Sherwin flushed .â- â- uddenly to his hair, l)ul no one noticed it. Jane was ruiinint^ on ahead to telephone for llie doctor, .Mac had him by tlie arm, an<l Jim had apparently be- come ahsorlied in the approacliiiis |)os.'<e. "Send a man over fo that horse. Mac," he throw hack as he hurried ofl. .'dacIJowell, still liolding the wounded man by the arm, chuckled soiiiy. "It's one of Jims favorites; riglit lucky Juidan didn't swipe it. By ih way, how d'you come here, son.' Hear Jane screech?' "No! 1 rode ihat way; saw Jor- dan by accident." Slierwin's face was set. The o'd man peered at him sideways, ru- ininaling. "Tluiugiit you kncv. ihe way to Hcmniings'." Hi... tone was casual, and lie went on at once. "It's a pity yon missed baggin' Jor<hiM; lie's gut tli' start of us now." "We'll have to ..id him.' S'.iei- win aiiswerefl absenlly. lie had walclied Jane'.-; figure disappearing into the Irhisc and iioa he .saw the sheriff's posse ri<liiig ii|) tlie lung fclope to l.as I'aloiiui^. and his lace changed -low 1> and lu-t ils softened lines "It seems to take a good ini.ny men to liiint clown one out here," he reinaikcd dryly. Uhl .Mac laughed. "A shcritl's posse's somelhiiig lik" a Hiowball; tir cowpunchers like t.\cilemeiit. ^ ou come in hcie m\' let me see that arm. ' "It's nothing but a flcsli wound, ' Sherwin said, but he .ct the old man draw him into his own (|ii;iiters and cut off bis torn sleeve. "Kinder nasty hint,' old Mac said, "but there .'liii t no I. ones bro- ken. I'll wash it an' tli doc'll fix it lip all right." Vv'hile he worked, bi» patient sal by the window wattliing llic posse. He expected to be cdied to tell bis story ol Jordan, but he was not, and. as time passed, he began to wonder svhy. Then old Mac startled him more. "I reckoi you don't know that jane's said to be goin' to marry Steiiliart, do your" he asked casu- ally. He fell Sherwin stiffen under bis hands. "1 think she will not I" be said sharply. Mac stared. Then lie fell silent, binding the arii a trifle closely, his eyes straying out of the window, fol- lowing Slierwin's. The old man was farsighted. lie made oul a- puper in the sherilf's hand, an I after a mo- ment Jim took It and both men st.'ired at it. "I'lic sherill's gut .i description of some one that's wanted," he sai'l liii.-illv. "I've seen theiii papers be- fore now." Shenvin did not answer; his arm was IioiiikL lip and he rose suddenly and made tor the door which opened on the posse. Hut .Mac caught b'.ni back. "Don't you do il. son!" Sherwin stared at liini "What do you mean?" The old man smiled grimly. "1 reckon 1 kinder suspic ' why yoi. took th' wrong road, son; you don't need to meet lb' sheriff here, Jim ain't called for yon." For a iiioincnt longer Sherwin stared at him sternly, then lie flung liimsclf into a chair beside the table, and leaning across it, buried his head in his arms. Old .Mac came and stood beside him, looking down at him pityingly, for he saw his broad slunilders shake witli a hard drawn, bitter sob. The older man did iiol put his hand on his shoulder, he was tliinkiiig and watching Jim through the window. For some rea- son Jim seemed to be trying to get rid of the sheriff. "It's a mighty hard nut to crack!" Mac thought, "an' there's an all-fired lot of rea- sons why it ain't always easy to be a righteous iudge," and his eyes sank to the bowed head on I'le table. Jim had somewhat similar thoughts, st..ring at the paper the sheriff had givch him. "Got any new men on?" Cutler had asked. "Seen a fellow like that picture?" Jim studied the picture a long time silently, then he looked around at the sheriff. "What's he wanted for, Culler?" "Murder, first degree. Escaped convict from Rhode .Island; it's for life there, you know." Jim nodded. "Setter leave the paper with me." he said at last; "new men conic along every now and then" "'J'liat's sol Personally I don't think likely he's round these parts; too far off his beat, eh?" The sher- iff moved to the door. "By the way, Keller, whcre's that feller who mixed it up for Jordan? Send him along to show us the way he went." "I'll send old Ma'"r!)owell. he knows," lini said promptly. "The other man's got a bad arm; I've phoned for the doctor for him." As lie spoke lie accompanied the sher- iff to the duor and shouted for Mac. The (dd man .inswercd at once and got his orders to go with the posse. He cast a sharp look at Jim's face nnd obeyed without a word. * ♦ . * At the moment Jim scarcely no- ticed that he did not suggest that the man whom they called llazlett should go. but he thought of it as I e turned liack into the house, a Inrrow of worry between his own htows. It seemed as if Mac had caught at the meaiiine of things by if] '.inct. or had he found out somc- II. lug himself? Standing alone in I lie hall, he look out the sheriff's pa- per and studied it. The picture ol llie escaped convict was iuuim clly clear-cut and good, the description accurate. Jim was still studying it when he heard a light step hchiiid him and turnec to meet Fanny Sewcll. The young nurse caught the trouhle in his face at a glance. "There's soinetliing wrongi" she said quickly. "Molhing inuili wrong when I sec you!" Jim answered heartily. Hut she was not to be put off. "You're worried!" I'or answer Jim held out llic pa- per, "[â- "ver sec that face before, l''aiiny ?" The ^irl gave it a startled look, then she scriilinizcd it carefully, her own face changing sb;ii i 'y. "Oh!" It was an exclaniMtion of dismay, as she lifted In troubled cye.s to his. "Can't be mistaken, can it?" Jim asked griiiily. "It's terribly like him - what's the crime?" Jim turned the paper ver. "There's .t statement â€" pretty bad, tool" l-'anny began to read it slowly, her face losing its happy flush. "He's saved my life â€" and got Jane away from Jordan today. It's â€" it's darned hard to know wh.it to dol" Tht nurse did not seem to hear him. As she read she paled, and suddenly she caught at a chair and gasped, tier eyes dilated. "Good Lord. I'lymy - my darl iiig girl, what is it?" Jim forgot his (luaiidary as he caught her in his arms. "Nothing I" she tried to smile, "i â€" I was a little dizzy â€" there's lane now!" (To be Lontiiuicd) The Quality Tea ^ iMiLAllA ~JL~ M lAi THE WILL TO LIVE Straining at the plough in place of their dead water buffalo, these Chinese peasant* wonder dully whether they'll live long enough to harvest their crop. CHRONICLES oi GINGEB FARM Gwendoline P Clarke We were sitting a. supper Satur- day night. Presently Bob glanced up at the calendar and said rcniin- iscently; "This time a year ago. just exactly where was I ? Yes, 1 remember â€" it was at a little place just across the Rhine. I wrote you a letter from there. Mom, did you happen to keep it?" * * • Yes, I kept the letter and now, a year later, it is even more interest- in , than wlun it was written. Here it is, in part: "Saturday, ^tay '. 1945. Canad- ian Army Overseas " "I intended to write yesterday but there was no oj poriunity nor any official news. Now I am wonder- ingâ€"will this be the day to re- member through the years to conic? At 4.,i() this afternoon we were given the official news of (iermany's surrender by army dis- patch. What was it like back home? I am sure no one in Can ada could quite realize what it was like out here Init I am going to try and tell you. "On May 4. the mei. began to take a new interest in the news. not wildly, but casi.ally asking first one person and then another We had a very long drive that day and occasionally bits of rumour would be picked up along the way and spread around among the boys. There was really no excite- ment. Life went on just the same as before. Lifeâ€" and death. Out- wardly no one expressed any par- ticular elation. 15ut we were all tense, expecting big news at any nioineill. I'riday evening we were billeted well forward in Germany Someone started a rumour that peace was to be signed on May 5 It did not create much of a stir, it was accepted casually as ju^t an- other rumour. "Satin\'iy morning we were idle, waiting orders. There were all kinds of rumours . . . that wc wcit moving back to Holland; that wc were to stay put; that wc were moving still further up. No one knew anything; no one cared very much. It was just another day with another detail to be filled. Everyone knew that peace was ine\itably near but no one let up on his job nor did he want to. In the billet here one group of men were playing cards; another group singing to the accompaniment of a guitar and harmonica. Some were sleeping, some talking and jokin?, others working on their trucks â€" one fellow was doing .. paint job. "Wc moved again ... up into Holland. There was no more news. But this morning wc were informed we might have the day oft â€" our very first. That, believe me, really brought forth the cheers. But yet it didn't change anytlung very much. We made beds; some fellows went out to hunt new girl friends. At 4.30 we were summoned to the Orderly Room and given the news. It was officially announced that Germany had surrendered. There was still 1' . great excitement â€" no cheering â€" just the ordinary murmur heard after any lecture. The men went back to their beds; some talked, some shaved, but there was no great show of feeling. To-morrow our platdon will be out on detail again. There is plenty of laughter going on right now but no one is so optimistic as to feci our job is done." Bob looked over the letter quiet- ly: "\'cs" he said, "tomorrow our idaioon will be out on detail ag- ain". I remember that all right. It was V.F,. Dayâ€" but we were working as usual. One of our trucks hit a mine. The truck was blown up. Tliice of our boys were killed. I'hat was what \'.E. Day meant' for them." Garden Notes By U'vJKKL'lv I SM;1 II Big Croppers When space a\ailable for the vegetable o'lrden is very limited bulky plani*- like corn, peas, tom- atoes, potatoes and other large vegetables create a special prob- lem. Unlike Ictt' cc, spinach, beets, beans, carrots, etc., which can be fitted into rr vs only 15 m dies ajiart if necessary, these othei iliings take up considerably more loom. Corn, tomatoes and pot.itocs need from 18 inches to 2 feet be tweeii hills or plants, and if one i.- lo have enough green |ie:is lor a meal from one picking then ;it least .iO feet of row, and preferably 5U, will be .lecessary. In a Small Garden Most sii all ;;ar(leii operatorsâ€" those with .nilv a plot 20 feet or so each way at their disposal â€" usually decide after some experience to abandon potato grow ing alto gethtcr. And the experts agree that they arc wise. The first new po- tatoes light from the garden at the door arc a treat, but there arc other things that take up lc^^ room the other three vegetables mcii- lioncd should not be given up without nunc consideration. It is absolutely impossible to duplicate the quality of pc.is or corn rigb' out of the garden. As a matter ol fact a distinct change takes i>lacc in both vegetables in from two to four hours after pickii.g. The su- gars chang \o starches and that is the reason wliy ordinary 'bough' corn nnd peas simply do not com- pare in sweetness with the same vegetables picked fresh, cooked and ready for eating vilbiii an hour of harvesting. SwAny School lesson Learning in the School of Faith John 11: 7-8, 16; 20: 24-29. Golden Text.â€" Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have be- lie\ed.-Jc^n 20: 29. "Peace Be Unto You" Jesus, having appeared to some individuals after His resurrection, now appears to the disciples imme- diately after the return of the two from Emmaus. The disciples were in fear of the Jews but with a word. Jesus ban- ishes their fears: "Peace be unto you." As He said this He was standing in their midst. Thomas, full of doubt and self- will was not with the brethren on this occasion and so missed meet- ing his risen Lord. Thomas Still Doubts The other disciples hastened to tell Thomas that they had seen the Lord. Thomas should have been convinced but he was not. His wil- fulness is shown in the words: "1 will not believe." The only kind of evidence that would convince Thomas was that which could be understood by physical sense. The testimony of the disciples had. after all, made some impression on Tliomas, for on the next Lord's day he took pains to be with them. There was, on his part, some readi- ness to believe ju = t as there was proneness to doubt. Thomas Believes Jesus comes to His disciples with the same gracious message as be- fore: "Peace be unto you." It is the message He always brings to those who gather in expectation of His coming. T!ij wonderful grace and pity and long-suffering of Jesus are evi- dent in His words to Thomas and in His whole treatment of the doubting disciples. ' Thomas was wholly convinced at last, and acknowledged it in one of the most remarkable ascriptions to deitv to be found in the Bible: "My Lord and My God." Thomas Is Rebuked Jesus accepted these titles hut gave Thomas a gentle rebuke for his persistent unbelief. He pro- nounces a special blessing u[Jon the one who does not ask to see, but believes upon the naked testimony of the Word of Cod. How Can 11 By Ann Ashley Q. How can I test the waflle iron to see if it is hot enough for the batter. A. One way is to put a teaspoon of water into the iron, close it, and when the steam ceases coming oul, the iron is ready for the batter. Q. How can I clean a white wool sweater? A. Rub tthe sweater well with flour. About three cups will be required if thoroughly rubbed until it penetrates eac!i fold. Shake out well and hang on the line while ? good stiff breeze is blowing. Q. How can I treat a bruised finger which has been hit with the hammer? A. Hf.kl the finger in water as hot as can be borne for a few min- utes. This will draw out the in v. mation almost immediately. Q. How can I prevent raisins from going to the bottom of a cake? A. This can be prevented by rolling the raisins in utter before placing them in the batter. Von Will RnJo7 «<iir<nK *» The St. Regis Hotel l<lliON-|i> Kver; Room «vllb ilatk •iboKer and i'elrphnne SiiiKlc. fu..fO op â€" nmihlr. (.t.-IO iii> Ciotdl I-'iH*(l lllnlnB xnil Dnnr- Ine \lelill7 ShortKiiirnr nl I'nrllnii TrI RA 4i:t.'. 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