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7 fr TE = + man, ) SALADA Of Synopsis CHAPTER XXIV: Straw Ald- seeking advice from Russ Bartle, is urged by the tobacco farmer to sell his property. His idea is to buy the farm for $2,000, then sell for $6,000. CHAPTER XXV Thanks to Sheriff Lande, Gold Creck, in Deep Water Valley, had far outstripped cowtowns in any of 'the bordering towns .in being law- abiding. No sensible outlaw ever lingered there long, Here cash and goods were safe, women respected, and men quickly appraised and treated according to assay. Yet Gold Creek could be fooled! In the Western Sun Saloon a mid- dle-aged man in cowmen's clothes leaned heavily against the bar, Tall and thin, Pete Haskell, who held a > Choy 4 TT a ATE 1.10 5 YRS. 'Toronto. coveted place in" the ranks of cow- men of the neighborhood, had a face browned. by sun and storm, He was a pioneer cattleman, a man who © had fought his way up from a small beginning, and now was the unani- 'mously selected guide and counsel- or of practically every ranch owner in the county. A » i Haskell was burning with anger. "No Tim," he raid sourly, without looking at the cowman beside him, "IT don't know whit to do. The devil of it is that all those tobacco farmers have as much right here as we have." "B has always been free Jut this and open cattle range!" blasted Tim Callan, onother rancher. "First come --"' ; "Ain't elwayvs first served -- or " best served, either," finished Has- kell. Callan scowled, "There ought to be a law --" "There 15 a daw," said a man who had come in the door behind Has: kell and "had been listening, unnot- iced. thing, lock stack and barrel, vou can What 'a proud mother you'll be when your. toddler wears thigyout- fit] Pattern 4976 includes a cape, frock, bonnet and paities all daint- 'My designed for a little darling! Pattern 4976, sizes 1, 2, 8, 4, 8. Size 2, frock, 114 yards 35in,; ¢ape and bonnet, 134 yards 30-in. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (25 cents) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) fcr this pattern, to room 421, 79 Adelaide St. West, "Print pla'nly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, "NUMBER. em ees "IS8UF, 5=-1048 "It says iT you own Some: - STYLE OF REVENGE T9YA-gieis O°N"'c Oo L K | do as you see fit with it, without consulting anybody but yourself. But unless you do--" Lande walked over and stood be: teen the two cowmen at the bar, There were certain things he felt he must say to them, "You gents are scared over noth: ing," he told the two ranchers now. "I wouldn't howl, 'Wolf!' till there was one in sight." Haskell scowled heavily, "You've been away from the range for three years, Lande," he reminded. "Mean- while, the wolf has moved in. Russ Bartle has announced that he is going to fence in more land for tchacco farms in the rorth end of Deep Water Valley! Our end! The sheriff looked surprised. Then he shrugged. " P * "Well, it's not against the law --for him to sell land he owns -- and he does own some in the north end." : "It ought to be against the law]? Tim Callan exploded. "When farm fences can keep our beef from Deep Water River till it runs through Alkali Flats and is not fit for man or beast. I've got half a notion to--" "TI know," cut in Lande. "Half a notion to cut fences, fire buildings, drive all those tobacco farmers otit-- or kill 'em ofi." He shook his gray head, and his hand sought Callan's shoulder. "We're old friends of a long time 'standing, 'Tim. why I hope you never get more than hali a notion about such doings. Tact is, I wish you wouldn't ever mention them again, Because there's a big chance, if you do, that some of "the things that already have been done in the valley might be laid at your door." . "I've told you before Lande, that no cattleman had 'anytling to do with any of the fires or killings in the valley!" Pete Haskell said hotly. "We aim to protect our interest legal, sabe? That's just what we've done -- and only that. So fa=." "But -- "I don't blame any man fos kick- ing over the traces when bread and butter is taken out of his mouth!" - " Haskell shot out. "I wouldnt ask any man to sit twiddling his thumbs while Bartle brings in more farmers to squecze him out of house and business!" » * . The sheriff scowled then. "You're advising anybody to keep his bread and house with the help of a six- gun and torch are you?" "I'm not till I'm driven to it. Meanwhile I've 'got 'another pair of ~cards to play. Might as well be done now." As Haskell turned from the bar he read the questions in Lande's eyes. "Jim going to see. Russ Bartle," he said, "Maybe I can get him to meet us cowmen halfway." "And if he won't?" asked Lande. Haskell did not answer. He walk: ed out of the saloon and down the dark, deserted - street like a man bent on a dreaded errand he knows is useless -- and still must make an effort toward its success. : A light glowed in a window of the bank where Russ Bartle did his business when he was in town, Haskell knocked and a man's shadow 'appeared behind the glass panelled door. Haskell heard the sping bolt slide back. He went in, ignoring the man who had opened for him, and headed straight up the bank stairs for Bartle's office; 'well knowing that he was not wel: come, Bartle went with him and sat down at his desk in one corner of the room, The sharp-eyed, fifty: year-old man who was turning gray at the temples looked himself now. No longer was he the benevolent friend; this time he was/facing a bitter enemy -- and he knew it. "Yes, Haskell?" he said at once. "What's on your mind?" "The-fact that what you're going to do in Deep Water Valley "will bust every cattleman in. these parts." Haskell's eyes bored straight into those of the landown* That's - closet, ' to 'examine er. Cattlemen won't take this latest action of yours sitting down, Bortle" The banker laughed shortly, "Then all I can see is that they'll have to take it standing up." He drummed on the ledger with impati- ent fingers. "T'hat valley is mine, The law holds that, There is nothing you can do to + nge that." "I know. You know." Haskell hunched forward in his chair and spoker earnestly, *But men can be driven to break laws, Bartle, I've al- ready kept several of them from doing so -- till. now." But I'm like a dam holding back too much water, Sabe? I'm going to get washed aside when your first tobacco farmer sets himself up in the north end of the valley. Then, remember this! Me, you and everybody in Deep Water Valley will suffer." * - . Bartle frowned. "I'm not afraid of your threats. I.et your cattlemen do what they like. But I'll tell you this -- for every tobacco man you beefmen drive out, or kill off, I'll bring two more in!" A clucking sound issued from his throat. "Your outfits burned Mike Chapman's dry. ing; shed -- killed Steve Ransom." He glared at Haskell, "But.it did- n't do you any good, did it? Noth- ing will stop me. I'm making this valley a. tobacco farmer's you any good, did it? Didn't I bring in four new men then? Nothing you fellows can do will stop me. I'm making thi valley a tobacco farmer's land, and you might as well make up your minds to that." "Will you sell us the north end of the valley?" Haskell cut in sharply. "Every inch north of Don Attero's Cross?" Figures flashed through Bartle's "quick brain, Then his mouth opened. "(To be Continued) Children of the War-Devastated Countries have hungry bodies "and hungry minds. School bells didn't ring during the long years of their struggle to keep alive. . . . These two Flemish children wear bits and pieces of clothing and appear grateful for that cup of milk made from milk powdet provided through the generosity of people in lands undisturbed by war . .. The Canadian Appeal for Children takes place in February to raise funds to alleviate the suffering of some 350 million destitute children, "The Canadian Appeal for Children" "One Day's Pay For The World's Children A cup of milk and a warm coat are not enough to ease the tragic suffering of the children who still exist in the devastated countries under the shadows of the last worid conflict. They must have food for the mind as well. They must get back to school. That means books, scribblers and pencils, maps, black- boards and re-habilitated school teachers , And so, to ease the suffering of .. At first glance you're sure it's gingham applique! But a second look proves it to be cross-stitch, Make this cheerful breakfast cloth, Cross-stitch in 2 shades of a color. Pattern 836 has transfer of 9 motifs 214 x 2V2 to 15 x 15 inches: Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (25 cents) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to room 421, 63 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Budget Troubles In Ye Olden Days "I and my wife went up to her her accounts, and there I took occasion to fall out with her, for her buying a laced handkerchief and ° pinner without. my leave, From this we both began to be angry and so con? tinued till bed," said Pepys in his Diary, as recalled by the Bank of Nova Scotia monthly Letter, Napoleon and Josephine ' had their budget troubles. Sir Walter Scott says-in his Life of Napoleon that the emperor of half the world was powerless to-halt Joscphine's profuse spending. Going much farther back, Peri cles, the Athenian statesman, fail: ed to win the support of his family in - his system of housekeeping. They complained, says Plutarch, that "everything was ordered..and set down from day to day; and re? duced to the greatest exactness . . . all that went out or came in, all disbursements and all receipts, proceeded as it were by number and measure," wi x "These three incidents," the let ter contends, "provide object 'les- sons, Pepys failed to allot his wife personal spending money; Josephine ran wild with her charge' accounts, and the first that Napo: leon knew about them was when he got the 'bill; Pericles attempted = to run his family in the way he would do a totalitarian state." LE IE BE BE BE IE BE EE IE BE BE EE NE BE BE SE SE IF NE J '* ig some 350 million destitite children" in FKurope and the Far East, the "Canadian Appeal for Children" being launched in February, is Cant -. ada's answer to an effort on the part _ of all the United Nations to come to the rescue. . This financial drive is sponsored' jointly by the Canadian Council for Reconstruction ¢hrough UNESCO and the National Council of the United Nations Appeal for Child- ren, i "During the occupation of Czech- oslovakia, 1,055 school teachers from all parts of the country were executed or tortured to death" 1t is 'poifited out-by Major Vincent Price, K.C.,, co-chairman of the Canadian Appeal for Children. "In three small dark rooms on the ground floor of an almost total- ly destroyed building in Warsaw, 500 children now receive instruci tion distributed over 12 hours of work in eight classes," Major Price continued. "Lack of heat and edu- cational equipment make it almost unbearable for the few teachers who still live to carry on their work. p ! "It is impossible to exaggerate he said. "Most of the schools there are either totally destroyed or mere shells with all equipment burned." Objective of the Canadian Ap- «peal for Children is.set at $10 mil- lion dollars to be collected by vol- untary donations made at the Sunday School Lesson By Rev. R. Barclay Warren --{--the educational -losses--in-- Greece," -- branch: of any chartered bank in - Canada, In all countries of the United Nations, key note of the appeal -is -- one day's pay for the world's children, Being Leap Year, Febru: ary has an extra day and it is this one day's extra pay that will make possible the finaucial wherewithal to buy in Canada food, clothing and educational equipment for Can- ada's share in helping to save a -suffering generation. [ANNE HIRST | Your Family Counselor Don't Rush Marriage * "Dear Anne Hirst: I'm 24, and * in a veteran's hospital recovering * from tuberculosis. .I'm going with 3 a girl 15 years older, we get along fine, and plan to get mar- ried as soon 'as I'am" released. "My parents say we 'will ne- sver make a go of it because I'm so much * younger. * "She does everything she * knows how to cheer me up, and * she's stuck by me through thick and thin. I really love her. Shall we carry out the plans we've, made ?--RW."" riage. I don't see why you should: n't continue this friendship which is so helpful tp your recovery, however. After you've left . the hospital and started on your ca 'veer will be time enough to talk seriously of marriage. _ The difference in your ages is to be considered, as your par- Shig "say. When you are 40, in your prime, this girl will be 55; you two may find yourselves not nearly» go, congenial, for she may be too old to live the active life which will appeal to you then. She is obviously the maternal * type, and you have turned to * her because you need such cod: * dling now--just as many an- * other ill young man thinks he infatuated with his nurse. * Only when you are entirely well * and on your own, can you really * determine whether this is a deep ~* and lasting love. Give yourself {a full year after you leave tha, * hospital, Then you should be * really sure. i ® A LOYAL FRIEND * "Dear Anne Hirst: About 10. * months ago my best girl friend * het a nice young man whom she, liked very "much, and they * started dating. This summer * they broke up. Don't decide just yet about mar- * "Now he is dating me. How- * ever, I still think my girl friend * cares for him, though she denies * it. What shall I do? * * * I like the feeling you show to- ward this girl friend: of yours. And how wise you dre! Friendships be- tween women are ome of the dear- to mature, but they last as long as you "live. Boy friends" pop up, and disappear. But a girl's friendship is eternal. In your place, I would not date this boy often, and I would keep up with other lads 1 like, too. Mean- time notice this girl's attitude. If you feel she ss being hurt, stop seeing the boy--before you come fo like him too much... Whether he goes back to her or not, vou will know-you have played fair, and that's what counts, isn't it? x % 0% * Don't let loneliness luré you * into hasty decisions. It pays to * be sure. Ask Anne. Hirst--write * her at Box A, Room 21, 73° Ade © * laide" St. West, Toronto. 'Dutiful Sons Lady just returned from the Coast reports to us that on the train from San Francisco she shared a table in the diner one evening with three extraordinarily fat, grey-haired men, obviously brothers, only one of whom was able to speak much English. Dur- . ing a conversation that this one struck up with her, he revealed that he and: his brother were Basques and that they had come to this country in 1915, had been rais- had 'prospered, and. were now starting the long journey. to their birthplace, © The lady remarked that this 'was perhaps not an ideal --time to visit Europe. ' The, man gave her a shy smile. "Our old mama, she write," he said. "She say her roof leak, She say for us to come quick and fix it. So we go." est blessings in life; they take years ing sheep in California ever since, What We Know About Jesus: His Work and Salvation Isaiah 53:4-6; Matthew 1:21;'5:17; 20:26:28; Hebrews 4:15-16 Golden Text--For the Son of Man is come to seck and to save that which was 16st.--Luke 19:10. The five snort passages of next Sunday's lesson tell us. much concerning the work and salvation of Jesus. Many facts - relating to Jesus were set forth by prophets prior to His coming. - About 700 B.C. -Isaiah told the story of the suffer- ings of the coming Messiah, Isaiah saw human need. "All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way." He saw also thatthe Messiah by his sufferings and death would bear the penalty for our sins. "The Lord hath laid on him the in- iquity of us all" "By His stripes we are healed" How this predic tion could 'be made can only be explained by the fact as set forth in 2 Pet, 1:21; "For the prophecy came nct in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake asFthey were moved by the Holy Ghost." i i * . IN The angel of the Lord revealed to Joseph, who was to be the foster-father of the Messiah, that "the child should be called "Jesus:" "For He sh-ll save His people from their sins." "Jesus" comes from the Greek .word to "save." Even his name indicated his mis- sion, To many of the religious formal: ists of his day, Jesus appeared as a revolutionary, But he was not the cnemy of previously revealed truth. Early in his ministry he an- nounced, "Think not that I am cre to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to des- troy, but to fulfill." We have al- ready noted how Jesus fulfilled a prophecy of Isaiah. So How Can I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I smooth a scuffed place in the leather of a shoe? A. When you discover a piece of loose leather on a scuffed shoe, do not tear it off. Apply a little liquid nail polish, paste it down 'securely, shine the shoe, and the place will never be hoticable, Q. How c.n I take away the cloudy appearance of soup? A. Try dropping the white of an egg into the soup, and when 1t curdles, remove it. This will take away any impurity that is in the soup. Q. How c~n I make the tecth whiter? ; ™ A. The application of a solution of peroxide of hydrogen diluted with one-half water will be help: ful. Q. How stains, linen? A. One effective method is to hold it -over the fumes of a small piece of burning sulphur, This should be done immediately. Do not fail to dampen the linen be- : fore igniting the sulphur. Q. How can 7 treat the white lines between the bricks in a fire- place, that have become a dirty gray? A. Use a small pointed brush and paint them with black lacquer. The fireplace will be modern and clean-looking when it is finished. Warning can L The teacher was giving a health talk to her class, and warned pupils never to kiss animals or birds. "Can you give me an instance of the dangers of this, Bobby?" she asked one boy. "Yes, miss, my Aunt Alice used to kiss her dog.' git "And what happened?" asked the teacher. : "It died." ¥. it was |° remove fruit and also: ink stains, from with all the prophets and the types and shadows of the law given by - Moses. Jesus fulfilled them ia His Person and Mission. There was no further need of slain bullocks and lambs, He was the all-atoning ' sacrifice. 4 4 * Jesus showed that greatness cone sisted in serving. He gave life a ransom for many." 3 In the last passage 'we see tha he was not only the offering but the offerer. He is a sympathetic high priest for he was tempted ia all points like as we are, yet with. out sin. "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." All these facts about Jesus bes come very real to us when we come to Him in repentance for our sins and receive Him as "our Sav® four, He has procured salvation for us at great cost. Let us not neglect It. Modern E tiquette By Roberta Lee Q. When it is necessary to pass ii front of someone seated in a theater - or other public place, what should one say? A. "I beg your pardon" is suf- ficient. : Q. 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