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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-01-17, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THUHsW, JANUARY 1929 z >? k- «H X? f i i <a BEGIN HERE TODAY $fercedes, Esteban and little blind Basilio are children of Jose Arras- cada, leader of the Basque gente in Paradise Valley. Dick Acklin, big boss of the Double A ranch, plots with Buck Bodine, now own- zer of the old Webster place, rob the Basques of their w supply. Blaze Kildare, new rival >in the valley, meets an friend, Joe Kent, and tells him that he is following the'man who murdered his young brother. U ’ NOW GO OX WITH THE STORY to ater av­ oid From where he waited a short three hundred yards brought him to the road.that dipped down, into the valley across the Double A line. 'He reached the willows in the ■^reek bottom none too soon. Hard­ ly* had he thrown his horse when Cash, and his n ion thundered by Morrow was deleirmined only upon ..getting to the sc?ene of action as ^quickly as possihl “Hik:f2 back to the creek,” he O1‘- .dered. .“Watch out.This fifing to ........................ —a “Wherei’s all the Basque gente to­ night?” Buck asked insolently. “Bah.” With growing anger he strutted about the deserted town, trying to learn what happened at the fence. His impatience was akin to that with lyhich Juan and Romero Ugar- de and young Salvator Rodriguez and their fellow-conspirators Waited at the sheep corral north of the Ug- arde ranch for the belated Esteban, Esteban\s regard, for himself had altered largely in the five miles he llUCl CQ1110 11*0)11 the Chimney, With the cheer of his followers ringing in his ears, he was not inclined to tell them by what fortunate circum stance he was here, safe and sound, Therefore hie colorful recital held no mention of Kildare. When he had finished, his position as their leader was secure. With the jingle of spur-chains, they headed for the 'Rancho. Este­ ban stopped for a consultation. He despatched Romero to reconnoiter the ground for him. Romero waited until the meeting got under way before he stole back to his crowd. ■ Tuscarora finished his appeal-for law and order and was about to show them the foolhardiness of re­ sorting to the tactics some of their young men had employed earlier the evening when tpe wild clatter of rapidly driven h&rses forced him stop. Esteban could not have hoped for a more dramatic entrance.. He tramp­ ed authoritatively to the centre of the big room he knew so well. “I come from the other side Of the Double A wire!” the boy announced. In an instant the Meeting was in an uproar. Criqs of “Tell us what you saw!” Cesar Ferri, a great hulk of a man from down on the river got to his feet., and, in a voice to match his weight, shouted for silence. The very size of the. man seemed to have a commanding effect. “Give the boy a chance!” he cried. “Tell, us how you got by the fence.” Esteban told them; and the mur- 'murs, of approval that greeted him as he went along gave the boy the I'courii ca,ror they “I of that pile of rock and sand. No storm ever put it there!. It is full of granite and quartz stringers that are as sharp as the day they were blown, out of the solid-rock.’’ He paused to let this information sink home. “But they didn’t stop there! The sandbar that stretched across the mouth of Webster Creek is gone. .the west looks crooked to me." In ten minutes Blaze had retraced liis way to within a hundred yards of the spot were Esteban was, So, unaware of each other, stalker and .^talked made their way downstream -on opposite banks. The rim mioon crept .dare’s back ..glowing fire. Jris saddle. .■a rock out-cropping lay in shadow. Already the moon was searching out the. hillside that; fell away in the willows. Dropping* the rein over My Man’s head, Blaze wriggled on His stomach until he reached the rocky ledge. Esteban got down on his hands and ^iie‘es and studied the bank of rock and sand that filled the chan­ nel Of the creek, 'all unmindful o't the grim .figure that lay <5n the rocks .;above him. He slid into Ao his armpits, irent, he waded —'burst had once ,the Webster. .now, ,by.' him. .certain. W.ct. ^crawled had not .something moved in front of him.' IL was My Man, grazing where he had | been left. The boy could not turn,; /back. A. second brought him abreast1 the rocky ledge. | Esteban’s keen eyes located his1 (enemy as he crouched rifle at his The water came up to my neck. Now, :sho.mlder, on the outcropping. Eye youjaiew the truth!” and finger acted at the same mom-.1 ent-, in the young Basque. In wild fight! jiandc he emptied his guii. From .the road across the creek ncame cries of men and the patter of rapidly driven horses. With sav- .sige energy Esteban drove his spurs . Xiome. His mount, the grey Bodine had broken for him, leaped ahead in mile-devouring trides. reached-the road, he beatable. Blaze Lelt his arm. tthough he had been -an ii’ftn. He did not Afebaai; but when he saw him head ,Tor the road he guessed his inten­ sion. The way around by the Chim­ ney was the only means of escape. Kildare got into his saddle and lined straight for «it. IB-laze reached the Chimney in ad- ’van co of fhe Basque by a full min­ ute. He' found the road, in front of the wall of rock in the darkness. No ray of meonlight penetrated there. Slipping from his saddle, he waited. Tho tattoo of the fling of hoofs .grew louder and louder. Anotlie1’ instant, and the grey was upon him. “The fence came almost to .the road. The boy on the grey's back pulled him up, and wheeled, him to swing: -down into the valley south of the •wire. Blaze jumped for the bridle, ;and with his uninjured arm jabbed 2iis six-gun into Esteban’s ribs. The grey shied, dragging Blaze Iii- tto the moonlight. Recognition was -.simultaneous with both, Blaze i- brought liis gun down with a shud- deri. The boy would never know How near he had Esteban Saw ;:a.rnl. The pui'suing at tlieh’ back. “You fan it oitt of here!, growled. “You thank the moon rue, that you are alive t.o do it. in of the golden-yellow above the range at Kil- silhouetting him in its Catlike, lie slide from Below him a few yards, the water. It came Breasting the ,cur- to"'where the clVud- elosed the "mouth of No such barrier arose Unimpeded, "the water swept The. theft was plain and and beraggled. Esteban out on the bank. But he gone twenty yards before to ges he needed. Jose and Tus- a exchanged glances. The thing had 'feared was happening. ran .my hands over every inch Once he would be un- It burned as branded with recognise Es- been to death/ the blood-covered horsemen pounded .Esteban stiffened. Blaze not CHAPTER X An Important Meeting Ono-eyed Manuel was lazily Ishrng and arranging his glasses in* to a formidable pyramid when Buck Bodije banged open the swinging doors and strode menacingly up to .the Htr, PO1- «.^r. ^he Sunday School Wesson By CHAKLEH G. TRU3WULL, Litt. D. (Editor of lhe Sunday School Times) CHRIST THE SAVIOUR Sunday, 30-32; 15 TE~—*—1* No Better Winter Breakfast than “Dios mio, no!” Cessar yelled, “I N J What good is water if we wait three months to get it? In two weeks our crops will be dead! Where will we be next winter then?” “It isn’t only that we are robbed of our water,” Romero’s father add­ ed, “but it is wasted before our eyes. We all know about the sink that swallows every drop that reaches, it; .and west of town Webster Creek was running full to its banks today.” "WelJ; ain’t it got a right to run there?” The question came over the heads of the crowd like the snap of a whip. As one man they turned and saw Bodine in the doorway, standing head and shoulders above everybody else in the room, a sardonic playing about his mouth. January 20—-Luke 2:11, 3-7; John 3:14’17; 10:9’ 11, 14-16, 27, 28; Acts 3:1-18; Ro­ mans 5:1-11; BliilJipiaus 2:5-11; 2 Timothy l;0, 10, Golden Thou shalt call for He shall save their sins. (Matt. 1:21.) We hear the words and “Gospel,” and “Saviour” very freely nowadays, yet in cases they aye not used with Bible meaning at -nil, There thousand different popular “g today, but there is, always has been, and always be only one true Gospel. There are many varieties of “salva­ tion" and “saviours” hut only one true, salvation and only one true Saviour. The Bible passages choseji by the Lesson Committee- on “Christ the Saviour.” cut straight to the li e cti* t o .1 t Ji b matter. God had been making ations for the'5’coming of to earth a. long while came,. His coming was announced in advance to different persons, as Luke 1 records. Four thousand years earlier it had been announced (Gen. 3:15), and then repeatedly through the centuries during Old Testament times. Now, at I-Iis birth, the shep­ herds of Befhelem are -told that “is born this day in the city of Da­ vid a Saviour, which is Christ th^ Lord.” Why a Saviour? Because men needed to be saved. From what? From sin and death. All men know this today and all men have always known it; but some do not admit it—which does not the facts at all. It was the Jewish Messiah was born that first Christmas He was promised, to redeem-. God’s chosen people and re-establish Da­ vid’s Kingdom on earth. But old Simeon, “waiting for the consola­ tion of Israel.” when he came into the temple as Joseph and Mary brought in th'e Babe Jesus, had a re­ velation from God and he thanked God in prayer: “Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, ■ which Tliou has pre­ pared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory of Thy people, Israel." So Israel’s Messiah was God’s gift, not only to Israel, but also to the whole world. The Jewish Messiah is the Saviour of all men, Jews and Gen­ tiles. Some thirty .years Ipter, when the. Babe Jesus was grown to manhood, and was criticized for receiving and eating with sinners, He told a par­ able. He asked whether a mail own­ ing a hundred sheep, if one of them was lost, would not leave ninety and nine and go afte the lost sheep until he- had found and brought it back. That was all He had come-to earth for, to seek and bo save that which was lost. And all men are lost, but .some- >do not like to admit it; these object to the words “salvation” and “saviour.” The Son of God had to pay an un­ speakably costly price in order to become the Saviour of sinners. He had to be identified with their sin. For “as Moses lifted up the serpent Text His name Jesus; His people from salvation,” used most their are a ospels” His the before prepar- Saviour He alter that Day. smile CHAPTER XI Buck .Intrudes himself with rage, Esteban gun, n’ied and,’’'’leveling- it at Bo- iil a voice, that “Get out of In shook sre, or Beside drew his dine he ,j With emotion I’ll blow’your head off!” Mercedes, attracted by the noise of her brother’s attack, had edged closer to the storm-center. With marvelous swiftness she- reached for Esteban’s gun. Bodine looked at her .with a sense of relief. He was glad that it had not been she who had attacked him. The boy tried to fight her off; but Jose got between the gun. i Father other, score much slunk buck That’s what you are!,” Jose appeared not to no) son’s departure, sb ifttently watch Bodine, Even Mer-.c slipped out without attrae attention, For the first time that : dine began to grow urn a dignity of the old Basque suitable. He knew it was He tried to addre tilenl and took and hut the of years for the away. . venomously: son i wait of submission was to boy. He turned and At the door he called 'Acklin's dbg! glared at each Of a score of ;ice his did he ■os had mg his Btj- The nas- time f is n leech, i lip. the iSon of i soever perish, brazen Moses, Israelites were dying bites. AlUthat a poisoned, dying Is­ raelite needed to do was to look in faith upon the brazen serpent, and instantly his life was safed. Christ figuratively took the form Of a loathsome serpent; that is, He was made “sin for us’1’ (II or. 5:21), the very sin that has poisoned and is destroying us; He received in our stead, on the cross, the death penalty of our sins; and if in faith we do “not eternal life.” The or John 3:16, tells means good news to dyin; know that they may live. wilderness, even so must the man be lifted up; that who- believeth in Him should not but have eternal life.” The serpent had been set up by at God's direction, when the of serpent we look to Him perish, but have “Little Gospel,” us this. Gospel g men to But they must admit that they are dying be­ fore they will be willing to accept the remedy. Those who will not ad­ mit it, and will not accept the rem­ edy in Christ as Saviour, are beyond God’s help. They are lost for eter­ nity. Christ the Saviour • is the Good He is the by which life. He the Good Shepherd ” It Shepherd. I-Ie tel.ls us that d.oor, and the only door, men can enter Heaven and is the door because Shepherd, and “the giveth His life for cost the Son of God He is Good the sheep, His life to open the door of Heaven to sinful men. “I lay down My life far the sheep.” How secure are the sheep who .trust this G-pod Shepherd? Here is His answer: “1 give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck out of My hand.” That is good indeed. The story of the man, lame his mother’s womb, who asked Peter and John for a little money, and who, instead of getting what he had asked, was miraculously healed and given strength to stand up, walk and leap, was but one of the many “hu­ man documents” that tell of the mighty power of this Saviour. The reformation came through Mar­ tin Luther when he ification by faitlr.” justified by faith, with God through Christ.” Gospel again, same and only Saviour, that coinmendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet- Christ died for us.” ■ Tke Piiiiiipians passage the seven downward .steps naj Son of God took in order that we might be saved. Not only did He become a man, but “He humbled Himself, and beacme obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” There was no other wayby which He could be the Saviour. It is all by grace; and grace means what God does for us, never what we do for God. He “hath saved us .......not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began .......who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortally to light through the Gospel.” “What a wonderful Saviour!” discovered “Therefore we have our Lord them news from “just- being peace. Jesus It is the same and only offered through the “God sinners. tells of the eter- kid!” he said. “Juf>t no time for ldnder- I’m going to talk to I bought against his will his gaze reverted to Old Ironsides. “He’s only a a kid! This is garten cackle, mfen, like a man would, out old Hank Webster in good faith. I never saw Acklin until I met him in this very house. Before I bought that place 1 had the records search­ ed. The State says I am entitled to fourteen inches of water out of Web- And I’m goihg to get inches?” Tuscarora sarcastically. “You’ve ster Creek. it.” “Fourteen questioned “You’ve taken it all.” / “You mean,” Bodine contradicted, “that I’m don’t need back into share ?i” “If you 'did, Senor, there would be none left for us,” Jose answered “I know Webster filed for fourteen inches of water/ but it we agree to any such compromise, be an inch of water left to flow into the Washoe. Aclin and you would have it all, and we would be helping you, to it. We have- all filed and been granted water rights on either Rebel What getting it all. ' Well 1 it. Suppose we turn it the Rebel, do I get my there won’t Creek or the Little Washoe, about that?” (To be continued) FLIP OF COIN DECIDES POST Listowel, Jan. 8.—--By the tossing of a coin, E. S. Hudson, editor of the Listowel Banner, gained his seat on the (School Board, making it un­ necessary for the clerk of the town B. L. H. Bamford, to give the cast­ ing vote. In the municipal elections, E. S, Hudson and D. L. Chapman re­ ceived- a tie vote for Membership of the School Board, and in such case,, according to the daw, the clerk of the municipality elects one of the candi­ dates by his casting vote. This eina barrassing duty was made unneces­ sary by this scwhat novel way of deciding the election. via....fc-. Warms- hfili in calories and carbohydrates Healthful-easy to digest, a safd regulator Delicious- heat in oven,serve with hot milk Made by The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company, Ltd« FUNERAL OF MRS. ROLLINS The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth IL line, well-known resident of-Luca whose death occurred on Tuesd; following a short illness, was he yesterday. Services were conduct! at I^oly Trinity Anglican c.hure Lucan, with -Tiev, K dating at both the services at t church and the grave in St, Jami cemetery, Clandeboye, where in/ meat was made. The pallbearers . relatives of the deceased were: W Rollins, J. Rollins, W. Hogg, J. Hun­ ter, W. Hodgins and H. Hodgins, Tm deceased is survived by one daughter Mrs. L. Hogg, of this city, and thriH sons, Wellington, of Sarnia, and Vic­ tor and Jack, both of Vancouver; one sister, Mrs. E. Hunter, and m brothers, Wellington Hodgins, of Lu­ can and Fred, pf this place. h, McGowan offl- 'he :1‘” ill ilere ancl T here (213) Ojibway Indians of the Nipigon will not touch bear meat they are mostly members Bear Clan, says Ozark the well known sporting They are averse to killing district because of the Ripley, writer, the bear and one hunting party re­ lates having to forego eating bear steak and having to bury a bear’s carcass because their cook refused ’ to touch the meat. A trout weighing eight was a catch reported last by William Mitcheltree neighbourhood of Banff, “My record l'or the season is 396 fish,” he writes, “all caught on rod and line within easy reach of ' Banff. Recently at Wapta I caught two six pound rainbows and sev- ■ eral cutthroat weighing from two to three and a half pounds.” pounds summer in the Alberta. .... Zurich with relatives in. has left or. ■* ii a busjiM* Mrs. H; Hamilton and niece, Dorto Craig, who have been visiting witlr the former’s parents, have returned, I to Windsor. Miss Merle Raui of Detroit, is I spending uncouple of weeks with, iter I parents Mi’, and Mrs# Jack Rau. | Miss Meda SururMs, has returned. !to Toronto after spending a couple of weeks with her mother on the? Bronson Line? • Mrs. J. Gascho anti Mrs. Christian * Erb are visiting i Pigeon, Mich.| Mr. Ward Fritz riess trip to Wind; Mr. Nesbitt Woods has io Toronto, after spending days with Mr, Miss Dolores was a recent visitor with 1 Mr. and Mrs. Her bet Uttle: Miss Leila Witmer, of Kitchener* was a vistor with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Warner,dot the Babylon Line, recently. ' 1 Rev. Noah Hunfsberger, of Kit­ chener, spent the week-end at the •, home of Mr. and 'Mrs. Djavid Ginger­ ich. He also cond^etedf services at the Mennonite church ■. on Sunday morning and evening. Miss Meryi Gelinas, daughter oi’ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gelinas of the Goslien Line, Hay united in marriage Corriveau, son of A Corriveau, of Drysd mony was performed at St. Peter’; It. C. church, Drysdale, by Rev. Fa returned .. the holi- and Mrs. T. L. Wurm, Uttley, of- Seaforth, i f nr wif.1i Township, was to Mr. Dennis- r. and Mrs. F. ale. The cere- SEVEN NEW STAMPS Seven new stamps were issued by the post office department and are on sale to collectors and others de­ siring sets. These tamps are- issued by the, de­ partment to replace the old issue which is at present in use. Of the new issue the highest value is the one dollar which is olive-green in color and depicts Canada’s legislative building at Ottawa. The blue 50-cent stamp shows a fishing schooner, off the banks of the banks of Newfoundland. The 20- cent is pink 111 color and depicts a harvesting scene. Next in order is the 12-cent grey, -on which is shown Quebec bridge. The next three o.f the set issued the eight,, five and three-«ent stamps show a. portrait of King George, and are dark blue, purple and red, re­ spectively, ill color. ’Phe issue has been acclaimed by collectors and others who have seen the advance plates as the most bea­ utiful set ever issued by this country Why not talk about the weather? It is our greatest expense, our great­ est pleasure and our greatest profit. Os »Jc * * >!< * m Hs It’s -only natural for a girl to be­ come incensed when one throws per­ fume oil her. ' * * * •!■** Did you know that the Chinese, who first made paper, learned how tb do so by watching wasps build their nests. m sufficient" commentary on lui- natur.e is the fact that a mob A man never ritshes madly across town to do ft needed kindness. ’ ** * * * ** 4 If you take a girl th the restaurant and she says she doesn’t believe she cares lor a thing to eat, that moans the hill woni't be over $5.^0. A record was hung up beside the Christmas stockings of the em­ ployees of the Canadian Pacific Express Company on Christmas Day “when,- from, coast to coast, every Christinas package was de­ livered to its destination, except where there was no one to receive them. According to T. E. McDon­ nell, president of the company, ex­ press traffic was unusually heavy this season and was well handled. Many enquiries for Reward wheat, one of the early ripening varieties evolved by tthe Canadian Government Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, are being received by the Dominion Cerealist. The farm will have 10,000 bushels of this new wheat for distribution, „ and the 350 growers who. were allowed to grow Reward in 3928 will have a surplus of 2,000 bush­ els making available 12,000 bush­ els for seed in 1929. Production of agricultural imple­ ments and machinery in Canada amounted to $42,996,288 in 1927, according to the Bureau of Statis­ tics, as compared with $38,269,214 for the previous year and $24,776,- 216 for 1925. Of the 65 firms re­ porting, 43 Wore in Ontario, 12 in Quebec, 4 in Manitoba, 4 in Alberta, one in Saskatchewan and one in Prince Edward Island. Having successfully completed for her trials! off Scotland the new Canadian Pacific British Columbia coastal steamship "Princess Norah’’ will arrive shortly at Victoria! Vancouver Island. The new ship is the seventeenth "Princess’’ of the company’s fleet and is equipped with bow rudders to facilitate na­ vigation in the narrow channels of the west coast.- Canadian Seed wheat is in con­ siderable demand in South Amer­ ica according to officials of rhe agricultural department of the Canadian’Pacific Railway at Win­ nipeg. A ton of seed wheat was recently shipped from BrahdonZ to Peruvian wheat ranchers, and it is expected that further orders will cofne from the South American republic. Less than a minute was required to launch each boat when the life saving equipment of the Canadian Pacific lifter “DucheSs of Bedford” received its regular test at Now York recently before embarking its Christmas cruise of the West Indies. “The finest and ftidSt ef*. ficieht boat, lowering apparatus I hav^ ever seen,” was the comment made by John J. Grady, Head of the United States steamship inspection service, who ’‘was present at the test, The "Duchess of Bedford*” ia one of four sister ships of the new “Duchess” class all of whom are speedy nil burners and equipped With the same efficient life Mriftg apparatus tor us* to an emergency, 1 I filer Gerard. • . Mrs. J. Ort, who past few months at daughter, Mrs. D. ton, is at present daughter, Mrs. A. 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