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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-01-24, Page 3«■< WHISr&RING SHOE Harry Sinclair Drago and Joseph NoelJJ '■ BEGIN HERE TODAY A ranch, plots with Buck Bodine, Pick Acklin, big boss of the Double new owner of the old Webster * place, to rob the Basques of Para dise Valley of their water supply, Jose Arrascada, owner of the " Rancho Buena Vista, is father of Mercedes, Esteban and little blind Basilio.-'’ Esteban is caught spy ing by Blaze Kildare of the A- Esteban shoots Blaze arm. Bodine attends a meeting as an uninvited - Double in. the Basque guest. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "My rights have priority over all other, water rights in this valley, •exceptin’ Acklin’s. Buck tried to •drop -this statement like a bomb shells He gazed about the room to watch its effect. , • Jogs shook his head judicially. “Again I say, the law will decide! If Acklin. builds a fence on his own . property to keep us out, that is his right. If we destroy it, or trespass on his land, and resort to dur guns, then we are outside the law. We want :to go to court with clean hands “You .bet,” Tuscarora chimed in. “In a week we will find out where ye’re at. ‘ We all- know Tom Brand'. He’s bee|i, on the square with -us every time;. I'll run down .and see him.” The little ’’man stopped short. I-Iis -eyes singled out Bodine: “Now, suppose you beat it out of Mere, big fellow. The going may be rough "if you wait until this meet ing breaks up.” “Don’t come back, either!" some »one yelled. Bodine’s eyes flattened out. “I’ll go," he muttered. J'But.not "because any one here looks bad to unc- I come- to .talk peace; but all I’ve heard is a lot of mouthing-about tithe ’law.’’- He had reached' the end of the -verandah and, was about to open the patio gate when he almost stumbled •over Basilio. Mercedes had found the boy awake hen she, h,ad jQft the, room where ■the meeting yas held, - so she- ha'd' -dressed, him, ..and' the two of them Mad wandered ahouf in the moon- ’‘iight. t She heard the child cry, and saw ’ Bodine raise liis .foot and brush him •aside. In a second she was up with -them, and took -the little fellow up into her arms. Basilio ceased crying and Mer cedes started him into the patio; but she stood her ground and laugh ed contemptuously at her enemy. Bodine’s cruel mouth held its dia- Molieal grin as he got into his saddle •’Once seated, he wheeled his horse »on its hind legs and, reaching down, •caught the surprised girl around the waist and lifted- hei' beside, him. She bit and scratched1 him, but’he yras -too strong- for her. .Bending his Read, lie kissed her passionately on her unprotected, lips. Her fingers pipped his iface as he ppt herVflown. CHAPTER XII The Last Trail” Esteban’s ignominious .•smarted s him to the heart, •ed and fumed for a long retreat He sulk- __ _ _ time be fore he found tile courage to face .Romero and the caustic Salvator. ■While he bad been outside, vent- .’ing his wrath on. the desert night, "they made plans of their own. Ro mero’ .had passed' the word to those ^apparently dissatisfied with the way the meeting was going to be' at CeS- .•ar’s place at mfdnight. They did .not importune Esteban to join them. He felt the’ rebuff and' •immediately resolved to go. Ho had brought his raata to his room, and when he had opened his window he quickly noosed the rope over a bed-post and slid noiselessly ;to the ground. It took him some time to reach • Eerri’s house, ' “We have our guns with us; Ces ar has tools enough to go around,” Romero* was saying as Esteban ar rived. “We'll gd Up Rebel Creek as fat4 as the wire. We can cut it before we are discovered. Once in side, you can hold off their men while some of US make short work •of that bank. A stick of dynamite will blow it into Idaho! We won’t wait for any law! Once we get Vhe Water turned where it belongs. Ack lin and Bodine Will never get it back. If you are willing to try it, taiSe your hands!” Otte by one the hands went up, until Romero waved liis followers to their horses, And as they moved through the velvety night the man whom they hoped to catch off his guard sipped coffee with a dozen of his riders in the dimly lighted dining-room at the BiilVis Head. Kildare, bandaged, lounged aefross from Morrow. ,Somebody ■watch,it wasCash looked at his almost two o’clock. Melody, Brother son and the rest of ....... their feet and began’ buckling on their guns. Cash scratched his. head unconsciously. “Wish the Big Boss was here,” he said aloud. “Boys," he went on slowly, in a tone that said he made his decision ,.as he went along, ‘ 're going into the valley below fencq!” Hands -stopped moving. With dropped a gun. With ope-accord, they turned and regarded • him ex pectantly, Cash caught ,tjie "tension. “The fence is fifty yards’ inside our'line,” he went oh.’ CWe.’built it there . so as to be. safe without checking up. We’ll go down through, the Chimney,., and still-hunt from the littje colee that lies' halfway to the creek. If . we have’ any trouble we’ll be on our own land.” The foreman’s eyes rested on Blaze. He had picked up his gun^along with the others, "You ain’t goin,’ are you, Kil dare; not with that arm?" Cash ask ed, not of gruff-admiration for the man’s pluck creeping into his voice, • “My business arm is all right," Blaze grinned. "I’m aimin’ to see this thing through.” Dark screening clouds h’id' the moon as they made the coulee. Brother Jones started for the creek bottom. He went a hundred yards when he turned to send them a low cautious whistle. “They’re coming now/’ Brother Jones Whispered. "About two doz en! three or four - minutes, ’(pm jumping ’crost that round tile bend. Now hell' to pay.” One minute........ two , ,a few'seconds, .... and the creek bottom was swarmed with men. Morrow’s hand wept up. The old battle cry of the Double A rang out and, like the fabled demons of the Andes, Acklin’s hired warriors crashed into the bewildered Bas ques. « To get away as quickly as pos sible seemed,’ to; be tli,e o'tie ambition of most of the men from the Valley. Little fSalvator, and four or.five, others, however, fought their' way to’ Esteban’s side and tried to return the fire of ‘Acklin’s’ riders. But every time the Double A guns roar ed and ripped wide- the darkness, some one deserted. The firing continued. Salvator looked for -his companions. Only Esteban, Romero and himself were left. Then, seeing the battel was. hopeless, he followed :his friends. Romero and Esteban had about enough of it,, too.. The bank.of the creek offered them fair protection. Around, the bend they flattened out. It-meant a wild dash as the Double A men closed in. Ten seconds brought them ■ to-1’the flat country where, they were an easy target.- The Double' A guns' flashed. One of the boys shrieked and toppled out of- the saddle. A second volley followed, but the other Basque was out of sight’. "Who is he?’’ Cash cried, as Mel ody and Blaze rode down into the bottom. The hoy lay on this face. Melody turned him over. “Ain’t it too Then to Cash: kid!” And as they the Bull’s Head. , ed why little Basilio sobbed as he tpssed in his sleep. Long! desert miles stretched between the RaUcho Buena Vista and the spot where Es teban 'fell. And yet, with an intui tion rare even among the blind, they little knew that something terrible had happened. .Mercedes awakened her brother and tried to comfort him. , “What is the matter?” she implored. “Esteban!” he cried; “something bad has come, mad'recita.” The little pet name went unheard. Mercedes only knew her throat was dry with 'Sudden 4agony. had her own misgivings ; bah she started for Jose’s hallway made a sharp turned to. lead Into the he slept, on the front yard from the angle. Without thinking Mercedes stop ped and looked down. Esteban’s win* dow was plainly visible, and haftg* ing from it she saw the dangling re* ata. MMadre de dios!” she gr “the child is right!” With swift feet, she ran to father, Through the dosed she told him what she had ' cred. Jose hade her go back to ilio. He dressed' hufrfriedly ar lowed her to the little fellow side. Thon Mercedes and her tiptoed downstairs. ■ The oir quo pulled the bell*cord for F Jones, the men got to Patter 'we- our one ; now/’ Brother "About two doz- They’ll be up to the wire in I caught ■bare' spot there’ll’ be minutes, bad?” he groaned “It’s Old Ironsides’ carried Esteban to Mercedes wonder- Hastily throwing She had Estd- TUB, Ejq&TEB TIMES-ADVOCATE ^unctay Jcfiool Ji^sson By CHARLES G. TRUMUllLL, Litt. (Editor Of the Sunday School Times) T Ti D. THE HOLY SPIRIT Sunday, January 27 th—Joel 29, - ‘ -------- 16, 2:1 27; THURSDAY, WOT ftUfe lWW,R,i„WIW.,,. II.,,, I iff iii.H m..! ...i, Uiju ij|in 1111 II Ji, WIM!I II .... 4'No DoulJt About thisfamous Cereal )convict the world and of righteous The great sin of the world, which, the Holy Spirit brings 'home, is its rejection of Christ. Christ is the righteousness pf Qod and when Christ left the world to go to £]je othei* the world ha^ righteousness left in it; therefore the Holy Spirit ’had to take Christ’s place < in this, and show the world the real meaning of righteousness. The word “judgment” has never been popular with men, most of whom prefer Satan’s rule to God’s. The Holy Spirit faithfully confronts the world with the necessity of judg ment, and with the fact that “the prince of this world,” or Satan, is already judged of God unto his eter nal destruction, and therefore who accept Satan’s rule must judged. Christ went on to declare that Spirit would show them things that, they could not understand, or ‘bear* if He (Christ) were to tell them then. The- Spirit would guide them “into all truth;” this was done when the Spirit came and completed the full revelation -of truth for mankind by inspiring the writing of the en tire ''New Testament. . Predictive prophecy was to be part of the Spirit's ministry; “He will shew you things to. come.” but, above all else the Spirit’s great work is to make Christ kimwn, both to unbelievers and to believers and to glorify Christ What only Christ is, and what only Christ can do for men, is revealed and explained by the Holy Spirit, The fulfilment of these promises concerning the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost, and the second chapter of Acts should be studied closely. It was', after Calvary and the Resurrection, one of the great*- est days in the- history of the world. Without it Christ’s death and resur rection. could not have been accom plished for a lost race what God purposed. The eighth chapter of Romans tells how Paul passed from the bit terness of sin’s bondage and defeat into the glory of Christ’s freedom and victory, by the work of the Holy Spirit. It was the Spirit who show ed Paul Christ’s sufficiency in ans wer to the despairing cry of Ro mans 7:24. Then all qf chapter 8 reveals the glories of the life lived in t'he Spirit, made free by “the law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus." An Entire lesson could well be given to the study of this chapter. Fufi^i^r/^ieSsiq'gs ■ wrought ^oi-'.-wa by t'f^/Holy Spirit, as shown in ‘this Iessoit, are these: - . He,.i. prays roir us a1^ we * cannot know liow to pray for ourselves," and thus He helps our infirmities.; . a- He not only enables us fro know, Christ, but he enables us to call God “Father.” ... * . Dwelling within us, He is the first-fruits of o.Ur coming redemp tion,'in the resurrection or change of our bodies. • • He alone enables! any man to say, "Jesus is the Lord.’’ He distributes different spiritual gifts arbitrarily, according to His own’perfect will, to different Chris tians: . 14 Hd baptizes every child of God into the “one body" of Christ; This is the only "baptism of the fepiriV’ recognized in the Scriptures, Uie "one. baptism," and it is inseparably a part of salvation; there’ can be no regeneration without it. / ' Every believei4 is “sealed with thatiHoly Spirit of promise.’’ He strengthens the ‘.‘inner man” of every believer who is willing to let Christ reign in the heart and thereby be “filled, with all the ful ness of God.’’t ' H(y alone enables us to, compre hend “the love of Christ which pass-' eth knowledge.” • ■ , He pleads with us not fro griwe,, Hinn, as we are certain to by any sin whatsoever; ip respect of sin, and of judgment.2 8 28, 14, Acts , 32, 33; Romans 8:1-17, 26, Corinthians 12:1-13; Eplies- :13, 14; 3:14-21; 4:1-6, 30. Golden Text as many as are led by the pf God, they are the sons of (Rom. 8:14.) some strange reason most Duke 11;9-13, John 3’5- 17-26; 15; 26, 27; 16:7-1-5 -21 1 ians 1: For Spirit God. For Christian people haye little realiza tion of the tremendous place God has given to the office and work of the Holy Spirit in this present age Of grace. corned, therefore, study vital tions and student going through them '•faith fully will gain a rich insight into the ministry of the Third Person of the Trinity. Let us be careful to remember that the Holy Spirit is not an influence or a as literally a person" and the Son. The Holy Spirit, is repeatedly in the Old but under different conditions from those that followed Pentecost. Eight centuries before Christ came .God' promised, through Joel, to pour out the Spirit upon all men in a new way at some later time, “afterward." The promise was kept on the day of Pentecost, in part at least; it may await its entire fulfilment at some time still future, both for Gentiles and for Jew's. The Lord Jesus during His earth- Jy ministry promised his disciples that the Father would "give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.” It hag been noted that “none of the disciples with the possible exception of Mary of Bethany, asked for the Spirit in the faith of this promise.’’ To Nicodemus, the Lord revealed the great truth that entrance into the Kingdom of God is possible only when one is "born again” by the Spirit. The first birth for every on© is “of the flesh,” supernatural. No one can be saved except by the power and action of the Holy Spirit in hig. life. To His disciples, the night before He was crucified, the Lord gave a fuller revelation- of the work of the Holy Spirit. In answer to the pray er Of the Son, the Father would give them "another Comforter," who would abide with them for Sver, This was the '"Spirit of Truth.” Christ had been, their great Com forter in His visible bodily presence; now that' He must be taken from them the other Comforter would.be given. The world—that is, unsaved —cannot ‘receive this -Spirit. But when this Holy Spirit came to the disciples in the name of Christ He would teach them "all things’* and bring back to their memory what’ Christ had taught them. Moreover, His great work as the Spirit of Truth was to be a witness to Christ; “He shall testify of Me.” Then the Lord added a suprising revelation. It was best for the dis ciples that He Himself should "go away; for if I go not away, the;Com forter will not come unto you." And there were vital blessings that they could never have until the Holy Spirit did come, blessings that even Christ could not give them during His earthly ministry. The mutual dependence of the members -of the Godhead upon one another is very impressive and very beautiful. There are things the Father cannot do without the Son. There are things the Father and the Son cannot do without the Spirit. There are things the Spirit cannot do without the Father and the Son. Three great parts of 4he work of the Holy Spirit *are npw revealed. When He should comg! He could This lesson is to “be wel- as it focuses the of the Christian world on this theme. The Scripture selec- have been 'made with wisdom thoroughness. Any class or force, but just as the Father seen at work Testament, v led at being called at thia, unusual hour, Jose ordered him toVget his horse. s Tears filled Mercedes’ eyes ds she saw her father take down his rifle and fill his long-used belt with Cart ridges. His set face and sparing words did not serve to lesson her dread. When Jose had crossed the creek he held to the north until he came to the entrance of Smoky Canon. ’He turned his horse into the long-abouton a Wrap, J hr trail that led to the fence and up room. angle Wing where to the' Chimney. As he did so, a gun flashed from the rim-frocks above him. His horse jumped, arid A Small window opened,, JoSe lurched and fell head foremost j to the ground. He rolled over on ‘ his- Side in a brief convulsion, and then lay still. No moan or sigh of /pain escaped him. JoSe’s ho^se stared at his fallen ■ *>111116 close and nudged . rh ■ inse, r r eyes of the man •” ■•'m long The as it hod But the wide- who glalz- o" would rn t Were never ride his arm the table yawned, | When the tnozo appeared, fr ; ’’author nhe :1 slowly ’’.'.1* r’Otsn?. '■ circles iJEPETHA CLARK DIES Following as short illness pneumonia, Jepetha Clark, a known resident of Lambeth Ideal for Winter with hot milk Proved by 34 years of growing popularity Made by The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company, Ltd. Don’t b satisfied wi from well- ____..._ _____ _ died January .16* The deceased, who had been almost a life-long resident of Lambeth, was born in Exeter, 67 years ago. He is survived by his widow, Susan Barley, and two dau* ghter, both at home. Miss Mufiel Clark and Mteg Elifca M. Clark. IT’S SO SIMPLE! Want to make some dough? Here’s a plan to try: Buy stocks when they’re low, Sell them when they’re high. Or, if Ere Soil the market short Wlion it’s at the top. < you’re a, sport, the issues drop. Then when stocks have Slid Seven points to ten***- That’s the time to bid—« Buy them in again. Malte your dough with ease, Shve your ’Strength and time, Meanwhile, Cbhld ynu please, Det me have a dime? ****A. L, L., in Judge ed Cars EPAIRED r a makeshift job. We are specialists in/Auto Body Ek and have the largest and only ' • - uipped bodjjFrepair department in this part ofcompletely the country^ Bpdy and JFender repairs—Blacksmithing— Hphofstering^ffop repairs and Ducco Refinishing all i Phone Metc$ in to-day—Drive out to-morrow. , 514 Corner York and Talbot Sts. A. B. G<EER A /ON ■ EONffiON •Ztr ' ' < ■ - ...... - - ' i --- " 4 .$4,000 HYDRO EXPENDITURE IN GRAND BEND APPROVED Authorization was given by. the Hydro-Electric Commission of Ont ario for expenditure of $4,000 on new equipment foi’ the police tillage of Grand Bend, Exeter rural power district. The growing popularity of Grand Bend as a summer resort has resulted in an' increase of approxim ately 300 per cent, in the power load, and the expenditure is design ed to relieve the overloaded condi tion of the equipment. ©it to of to MOTORS .-ON . IVME^LRD Three Toronto ‘War Veterans •■Ane Able to.Get Around by Means Motors, on Chair By means of motors attached their wheel chairs three- veterans the war in Toronto are eriabled travel considerable ‘ distant® from home as weil as being able to gat around in the city with comparative ease. .One of these legless veterans, H. W. Gage, recently gave, his mo tored wheel chair a good' test by journeying about 20 miles beyond Hamilton a .total of8 60 miles, to .visit friends, 'and ft stood the test well. He claims that his chair can travel 20 miles an hour and do 70 miles on a gallon of gasoline. Ths ma chine cost him $360.00. A license is- not "required, to. run a motored wheel chair. MUST HAVE BEEN A FORD The Creem&re 'Star tells a yarn of a Creemorite who started for Barrie in an automobile, and drove four miles after tlie^gas tank had dropped off the car. He understood, the mechanism of the car and checked up on everything which might clause the car to stall. Finding everytiiix'ig under the hood int&ct, he cranked', and cranked and cranked. He never missed the gas tank until another Creemore motorist came up and'^fee ing him stranded, asked what the trouble was. When the letter mo torist mentioned he had seen a gas tank four miles back 6n the road, it was found to be the missing accou trement. Apart frdriV Such a mere accidental as the gas taiik being off, the car was in good- condition for running,' THREE LIVES LOST PROPERTY DAMAGE HEAVY IN ONTARIO (Toronto Star) Floods that Friday and Saturday swept over almost every section g* Southern Ontario have taken a tall of three lives ahd have caused a prix- ' perty damage of more than a million dollars. The centres of greatest, damage are as follows: Stoney Creek—One man killeA and another died of heart failure caused by over-exertion and excite* ment when T. H< and B. tram eVahKed ffeht ■iiV .caused by. !a* whShout of the baTahtj, under . the- , tracks. Property 1WS.- not estimated. ’ Belleville—Washout caused de railment of freight train.near Bay side. One man was killed' and the engine turned 'over -an its -side. London-r—Tragedy narrowly avert ed, on the London-Port Stanley ra dial line when a radial .car, with: twenty passenger^ passed over* washout just before bracks collapsed Three tugs sunk in harbor *with loss- of,.$2^,0000. -OthV. tugs valued at $25,000 th r entened ? ‘ Sydenham—A. third tr^in wrecks was reported here. Ten.Pars wer-G. derailed. There wpi’S no’,'casulties.. Port Hope—A large part of this- district is under water with a num ber of homes flooded. Tracks aro washed out, stores washed away an property loss is estimated at §25,- 000. A five-year-old boy, Percy Douglas, reported drowned, was res cued by firemen just before th<v bridge, on which ha was marooneS was swept away. Oakville—Dynamiting of the ict* in -Sixteen Mil© creek was' under" consideration as the rising waters threatened to inundate the valley and sweep away the bridge. Mimico—Two feet of water Toronto-Hamilton highway traffic through this rou£j possibility. . { . Toronto-One fas in North Toronto, with, water and a r.uff stalled. Cellars were there was little property New Toronto—Sluice gates posal plant washed out. on the- macfe ut at dis-* . SILENCE When trouble is brewing, keejj Still. When slander is getting on its legs, keep still. When your feel ings are hurt, keep still—till you re cover from your excitement, at any rate. Things look different through an unagitated eye. , In letter hot. other letter into me and I kept that letter in my pocket against the day when I could look it over without agitation and xwithout tears. I Was glad I did. Less aiid less it seemed necessary to send it. i was ndt sufre it would ho any hurt, but in my doubtfulness leaned to reticence, and eventually It was destroyed. Time wofks wonders, you can speak caimely; will not ’heed to speak, maybe. Si lence is the most massive thing con ceivable, sometimes. It is strength tn Very grandeur,*—-Burton. a commotion, once, I wrote a and sent it, and wished I had In my later years I had in commotion, ahd wrote a long ; but Iifo rubbed' a little sense Wait till then you The * left hoi wrm A Wretchxi Cough Mk. E. A. Broths l/.M itdNMMK Vnaeowrer, 1 B. C., wdHwh: '-*— wlatev I hkd the ‘‘io/’ time it left that teethed. hm thrtM I used br. Wood's Norway Mno SyHi|i "The '/tart 'bottle I aeoftied to- relieve it »o much t th* neoond one, and, now, I 9ml my cough- hae cothjltstely left DI certaihl? MvSt ho withont a wtte of ‘Dr. Wood’a* Rim4 Sjwp in the houaeJ’ ■price 35c. «. bnttkiUrKd family Mi* 60c'. ftt ah druggists flUul JtHUwe,. Tut up only hy The T. 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