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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-01-31, Page 3« .THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE I J «f THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st, 103^ "• MM miWl..l»!i iii ■ »|| i|i| || I, L 'I ""WP W I «- w-U WHISPERING SHGE Harry Sinclair Drago and Joseph Noel 4 CHAPTER Kill The Mark on the Hand Long before the first faint hint of Mj),-wn had tinged the sky, the Rancho Buena. Vista was awake, Mercedes jyas ashen, First her brother and then her father had ridden away and liad failed to return, Unable to stand . inaction any longer, she left the house and walk- T^'fl as far as the creek-bottom where her father had crossed, listening for any sound that might announce his return. When Hen ar o, ftad not Without disturbing the sand/ Blaze searched for other signs that might tell him something. In % hollow, about where the waist of the assail­ ant should have come, he discover­ ed the die-clear’ stamp of a Navajo luck-charm.' The outlines was clear and distinct. Kildar’s brow wrinkled as "he star­ ed at the lower tiji inward. “Looks that mark,” he murmured to him­ self. “That thing some day. empty shell is.” It lay in the roots of a dwarfed sage-brush, two yards away, where the ejector had thrown it. crytic of the as it a Indian letters. The swastika was bent wateh-cliarni made Jtyte Sunday School Wesson By CHARLES G. TRUMBULL, Litt. D, (Editor pf the Sunday School Tinies) Bracing Breakfast for Bitter Weather THE HOLY SCRIPTURES) Sunday, Feb. 3: Deuteronomy 6: ’4-9; Joshua 1:8, 9; 2 Kings 22:8- 20; Nehemiajx 8:1-8; Psalm 19:7- 14; Luke 24:25-32; Acts .17:10-12; 2 Timothy .3: 14-17. Mariano returned with only Mercedes’ face fell. She known that her father had gent 'the other men to the station with sheep. But she lost no time in •despatching the vaquero for Kent. ■Old Mariano was put to service; she sent him to Ugarde’s. place, because it was nearest. “Don’t come back until you find them," she ordered. “At daylight t will go myself to the Bull’s Head." Loping along in the still uncer­ tain ' light, Mercedes’ mind centred on the Bull’s Head and what she •would find there. Acklin’s shadow •darkened, all her thoughts. But ■even so she ‘became aware of the in­ sistence of the coyotes’ barking. Mercedes sent .her. horse into a •gallop, When she topped a shallow arroyo, hey heart stopped beating as -she caught sight of her( father’s pow­ erful ^bay standing riderless, his .head lowered and sweeping from side to side. Ringed about him, red tongues .sliding out over their wet fangs, -crouched the coyote pack. Merced­ es emptied her gun at them; they .slunk away. She walked her pinto to where 7the other’ horse stood swaying. And. •then—there at his feet, she saw the Ihnddled body of her father. Menaecfes got to her knees arid Sett the <oold hands of her father. She ■promised, "herself she would be brave; * slie 'voul^ n°t &ive wa-y- Then TOh sickening heart she saw the terrible wound. Tenderly her* hands 'Caressed his -snow-white beard ■ - thak*; the cheeks so .cold; the Strong forehead, rugged even ♦death. ‘Trance-like, she got to her ^“and picked up Jose’s rifle. ought to prove spine- Wonder where the man’s and fine in feet She broke it, to find that it had not been •discharged, She laid it down be- ,-side him. The big bay watched her carefully. 'There came then, down Smoky ’■Canon, the pitter-patter of a horse. Mercedes caught sight of him as he ■struck the flat that stretched back into the rocky defile. With a thrill ■she recognized Kildare. ® When Blaze saw who it was ahead >o£ lhim, his knees bored into his horse’s sides, and My Man raced to where Mercedes stood. The grim iigure on the ground, the over­ wrought girl, and the empty saddled Ibay told their own story. The mes­ sage lie brought her would have to wait now. He got down beside Jose and e:i- ,aminefl the torn chest. “A long-range gun and a high- •power bullet did this,” .lie told her. After he got to his feet he scanned the ragged rim-rocks nervously; and ■sought for an excuse to get the girl- .away. “You’d better ride to the ha­ cienda and get a. rig; that is, if you -think you’re able to make it.” “If you will wait, I’ll go at once,” Mercedes answered. impulsively she placed her hand ,-on bis head. In low tones she mur­ mured: “There Is a Basque historia —what you call—a—a-—saying: ‘La verdad es amarga; quien te la dice le estima,’ The truth is bitter; he who speaks like that to thee esteems thee very much.” Mercedes paused. The man’s eyes held her o^vn. “We will speak the truth to each other, guess, Senor.n CHAPTER XIV Bitter Words Hurriedly Blaze turned Jose’# face ^downward and pulled the old man’s <coat over the head. Quickly then he tore of his own Shirt and vest, .sand draped them over a dead sage­ hat. The result was a crude scare­ crow. Leaping into his saddle, he .galloped off before the feathered scavenger# should retu’rn and dis­ cover the deception. When he gained the ritn-rocks, Blaze crawled on hand# and knees to theif edge. For twenty yards, he studied the decayed rock. He came to a spot three yards square. Fine sand filled the pockets ih the de­ composed granite. In one of them there was the unmistakable imprint of a boot-mark, Blaze threw him­ self down beside it and stretched his length as he imagined the assassin had done, 'the distance from toe­ marg to elbow was a good five inches longer than the impressions his own body made. Golden Text Open Thou mine eyes, that, I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. (Psalms 119:18.) \ The Bible has a great deal to say about itself. It says its own words are divine and inspired. Eight pas­ sages bearng on this have been chos­ en for our lesson on the Holy Scrip­ tures, from books written almost 1,- 500 years before Christ down thro’ Biblical literature till we reach a book written a generation after Christ’s ascension. But these are only eight passages out of several thousand 'In- the Bible that claim to he the actual words of God. We must choose, therefore, between ac­ cepting the Bible as what' it claims to be, God’s own Word, or rejecting it as a gigantic imposture. ■Shortly before his death Moses, who wrote the Pentateuch, or first five books of the Bible (so said the Lord Jesus Christ,) told Israel that “these words” which’he was giving them that day, and' which constitute most of the hook of Deuteronomy, were of such priceless value that they were to be kept in the hearts of his hearers, taught diligently un­ to their children, talked about as they sat at ease in their house, as they walked, and as they lay down and rose up. They were to be hound for a sign upon their hands as front- lets between their 'eyes, and written upon the posts of their houses and on their . gates. have dared say this about his own words? Would Moses, meekest of all men, have said it of his own words? The only rational explana­ tion is that they were God’s words given To name Lord book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt medi­ tate therein day and night.” “The: law" was the five books of Moses, and God promised prosperity and “good success” if they were thus heeded and mastered. We have an | infinitely richer Bible today than Joshua had; do we prize it ahd use it as he did hi# Book? But some eight hundred years lat­ er, after Israel and Judali had been going steadily downhill in -sin, the law of God had been so shamefully neglected that people scarcely knew it existed. One day a high priest found the book- of the law hidden, away in the house of the Lord. It was carried to good young King Jo­ siah. who believed it implicity, had it read before the people, and did all in his power to obey it,, even re­ storing the passover observance. Note the remarkable and inspired tribute to Josiah because he respect­ ed God’s law (2 Kings 23:25). Would any man Little Basilio sat beside Mercedes as she drew up her team. Dry-eyed, Mercedes watched as Blaze held the little fellow on his knee and petted him. Basilio had been friendly with ^fy Man once be­ fore, so Kildare put him on. the horse’s back now. My Man arched liis neck and whinnied as he regard­ ed the boy. The child was reassur­ ed immediately. Then with Mercedes’ help all that was left of Old Ironsides was placed in the wagon. While they had been busy at their task, Basilio had con­ tinued his friendship with the horse. They were now ready to go and both Mercedes and Blaze turned inquiring eyes at the boy. He was busily playing with the canteen that hung from the saddle. Mercedes’ eyes grew wistful as she regarded the littl© fellow. On the heels of this, gratitude for the thoughtfulness showed, too. “I want a' drink from your water­ bag, Senor Blaze, please,” the child begged. Mercedes looked at Kildare, and as he nodded ready , consent, he reached to the horn of the.saddle to lift the canteen to the boy’s lips. Unconsciously she turned it over in her hands. There, stenciled on the wet canvas covering, she saw the capital "A A” with-: which jVcklin stamped his property. • **• ' h Mercedes caught up the canteen, and tiger-like hurled it to the ground. Swinging on her lieels, she faced Blaze. “You—a. Double A man?” She waited for no answer. Her. lips curled in contempt: “A Double A spy!” Blaze- felt liis face go white. With cruel insistence Mercedes'’ .flaming eyes swept him. “It is not enough that they kill my father; Senor Acklin must send you here to spy and- pretend to help me.” “Don’t convict me without giving e a chance to defend myself,” Kil­ dare pleaded. “I am a Double A man, but I didn’t come here to spy. Spy? I’d sure take that word from no man! Why do you say Acklin killed your father?” “Who else so much wanted him out of the way? He had no enemies Acklin!’’ It was an unholy word as she uttered it: “And his greed; they were all my father feared.” “Even so,” Blaze countered, “.it’s not' a cow-man’s way to slloot in the back or from ambush. I was going to the hacienda wlienT met you.*'’ There was frank disbelief in girl’s eyes. Blaze nothing to do now truth. “We had some fence last night. Esteban—” “Esteban? IS he killed, too?” “No, he’s just- wounded. The big Boss sent me down to get you. That’s the business that We took the boy found him. He’ll week or so.” “The Double A to Moses by the Holy Spirit. Moses’ successor, John, whose is the same as “Jesus” the Himself commanded. ’ “This i Britain is greatly blessed in having a Monarch who believes and reveres the Word of'God. Two centuries later occurred one of the greatest occasions of public reading and explanation of the Scrip­ tures in all history, when God’s people, the Jews, had been permitt­ ed to return from captivity in Per­ sia and Jerusalem. Under Ezra and Nehemiah the law of God was again honored. A mighty concourse of people gathered in a great open air meeting and the Bible was read aloud to them “from morning until mid-day.,” “And all the people an­ swered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they boA-ed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground,” What a revival we should have if there could be some mighty public rever­ ences for the Word like, this today. The Psalms are filled with inspir­ ed statements, about the beauty, wonder, perfection, converting and healing power, and light and life of the Word of God. The lesson selec- iton is one of these, It does not take great brains or a university training to enable one to understand the Bible, for “the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple." Notice s fives applied to the word ........... Psalm; perfect, sure, right, pure, en­ lightening, clean, enduring,’ true, righteous, More desirable than gold, sweeter than honey in the honey­ comb, are God’s words. Great re­ ward comes from keeping them. Do we believe all this? If we do,’do we act on it by faithful Bible read­ ing and study? But when the Lord Jesus Christ taught His Bible class of two mem­ bers on the way to Emmaus. He showed’ them that the central theme of the Bible is Himself. The Living Word is the theme of the Written Word. We shall never understand the beauty of God’s words until we see, in all our Bible study, Him who is “altogether lovely.” “He ex­ pounded unto them in all the Scrip­ tures the things concerning Him­ self.” Like the noble* Bereans, God would have us test everything by searching “the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." We can never go wrong if we really let God’s Word enlighten and guide us. ‘ The closing lesson selection is one of the greatest in the entire Book concerning the Book. “All Scripture is givoi^by inspiration of GocL” Let us not ’pe misled by :,the false and unscholarly translation of this verse given in the Revised Version, which would imply that not all’ Scripture is inspired of God. It is all holy ; and true, is able to make us wise un­ to salvation, through faith in Christ, ; is profitable for our teaching, for correcting. oqr lives, for instructing us in righteousness. It- will make us ] complete, and furnish us thoroughly . unto all good works. Let us thank ■ God fori the marvellous gift of His Word, ;and let us be faithful this year as’'never before in its daily use. j ing hot milk - Doesn’t ' stomach — Makes you j - Tine for youngstersalert and-active Made by The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company, Ltd. knew there but tell, her shooting at Wise Cracks In these, modern times the. wages of gin is death.ft ft * * » —|t * ft To win in the human don't carry too Two Incenses Best Friend: “One license is hard— ly sufficient to get married with; these days; you really need two.” Bachelor: “Two?” Friend: “Yes, marriage and auto­ mobile.”» * * * >s ft * « some of the adjec-1 the word in this You’re you work much of a wait.* * * * * * *** only young om hut if it right, once i< ~'*>!?igh. , * * * * * * * Primitive woman had :.o charge account yet she outstripped the mod­ ern girls. •* # * * * * * * * A Scotchman once took, his chil­ dren, from school, bedhuse -h.-y paid attention. The trouble with wome-;- today is too much lipstick and not broomstick.* ft * * * ft ft * * Samson carried off tip.: Gaza. Rickard took wit?, million dollar gates. ft** ft ft * ft Sc ft The office crank is on boasts of drinking Only :.o. of coffee for breakfast.' movie people would they depended on a Modern you don’t you never enough iiet the and saucer ft ft ft ft ft ft *** And yet the be poor alsb if collection plate. s’t fashions means this: understand women Will! * * » ft * ft * * ft charity, however, if quarter and demand If now, It isn’t give a cents worth of gratitude. Endowment: A*”dead •nniri’s out-of-’’ date opinions tying up capital while modem needs are unsatisfied. If some Lady Godiva should do .it again, everybody, would peek. It isn’t every day'you get to see long hair. you fifty the was the the brought .me here, in as soon as we be all right in a covers the blood of my people,” itself with she cried. CHAPTER XV The Accusation Kent was waiting for them (it the Rancho. Jose’s death affected Tus­ carora visibly. He tried his best to console Mercedes. When they had finished their sad task, the two men went outside. Mercedes joined them, ready for the ride to the Bull’s Head. A. stoi­ cal calmness rested upon her, leav­ ing her a beautiful, madonna-like Creature. Tuscarora rode with them for a mile before he turned for town. He had offered to Seo the undertaker and priest and tlo those other er­ rands which death makes necessary. When they rode into the yard, at the Bull’s Head, Acklin met them. He dismissed Kildare with a curt nod but turned a covetous, ingfatia ting smile on Mercedes* ness of her face and her wore not lost on Acklin. Mercedes followed the man along the porch to The white* tired eye? big van ch* Where two Women are reported Attending evening affairs In. gowns that are cut Extremely low in the back! CHIROPRACTIC STYLE —we suppose they call it (?) * ft ft ft ft ft ft ft To the Flappers Blessings on thee, little (lame, Bareback girl with knees the same With thy roll-down silkOn hose ■> And thy short, transparent clothes; With thy red lips, red denied more Smeared with lipstick from the store With thy make-up on thy face. And thy bobbed hairi’s jaunty grace? From my heart I give thee joy, Glad that I was born a boy. * ft ft ft ft ft $ ft Getting Ou Trial arriage, television, Taxes, taxis, prohibtion, .Propanganda, profiteering, Radio and racketeering, Boards of Temperance and Morals, Modern-Fundamental quarrels, Speed fans and synthetiejoods, Holitosis, Hollywood, Alienists and aviation, Sex arid Shaw and •san.itorium . . . Heavens, who.’s tlu&.Orful Ogress? ' Hu'slM She’s calmly-christened pro­ press. <t <c » ♦ riders sat opposite the entrance to the stairway. As they drew near they heard a voice raised in song; a wild, rollicking, not overly pro­ per bunk-house song. Blaze and Chet had evidently been taking in. Acklin stopped in the doorway, impeding Mercedes entrance. • “Tell him to stoj) that noise,” lie demand­ ed to Chet. “Hey! Ladies present, Melody!” Chet called. ‘!Cut’ the song,” Mtlody stuck - his flaming head over the bannister above them, and called; “’S’all right! Just made his bed.” The meeting between the wound­ ed boy and his sister was more than the sensitive singer could stand. Not knowing what lay back of the girl’s reticence when she failed to answer Why their father had not come with her, he turned and went downstairs. (To be continued) fluenza. She . leaves her mourning­ husband, one son and two daughters and her brother, Mr. Wendell. Smith of town. - ’ • The remains of Mrs. Doerr, of Auburn, formerly Mrs.. Hartung, of Zurich, were interred in the Luth­ eran cfemetery. The late Mrs. Doerr was in her 7 Sth year. She is surviv­ ed by four daughters. Mrs. H. Little of Herisall, is one of the daughters. The Annual meeting of the Zurich Agricultural Society was held rec­ ently and the following officers were elected: Pres., E. F. Klopp; Vice-Pyes., J. Decker, Jr.; 2nd Vice Pres., J. A. Smith; Directors, Wm. Hey, 0. Klopp, E. J. Walper, Ed. Habarer, J. P. Rau, A. Reichert, ********* Apparently the great advantage in being upper class is that you needn’t act as people do who wish io seem, upper class.■ * * *‘ ** * ** * . It isn’t insulting to advise a man­ to do a thing yon wouldn’t do. The eagle might advise the hen to stay in the barnyard,********** Fable: Two lady tourists talked for an hour and neither bragged about her travels, jewelry or house­ hold conveniences. $ In the old days, you could prove culture by talking about books', no­ body having yet learned to cover the subject with the word “blah.” ********* ■ Correct this sentence: “He’s a self-made man,” said the office gos-, sip, “but he can get rid of agents or salesmen without being discourt­ eous..’’* * 4 * * * *(* * The theif who sto’le u hearse, thinking is a sedan, probably realiz- * $ # ;lc $ # uiuiKing is a, seuani, propawy reauz- W. Farewell. W. Decker, F. Haberer. Pf; bis error when the rear occupant Mr. an'd Mrs. Oscar Ducharme, of the Blue Water Highway, Hay TwPu were called to Port Huron owing to the illness of their daughter, Mrs. McEwen. t Zurich The very sudden death occurred in Detroit of Harvey Colosky, one of Zurich’s former popular young men, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Col­ osky. The deceased was for many years a sufferer of diabetic trouble, but was only sick a day or two be­ fore hi# demise, and before, liis par­ ents could reach him he had passed away. Besides his Sorrowing widow and two step-children, he is surviv­ ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Cy­ rus Colosky and one sister, Mrs. J. Albrecht, all of Zurich. The wedding took plrice at7 the Lutheran parsonage, at Zurich, of Irene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J, Decker, Jr., Coshen Bind Theodore Steinbach, son Mrs. Henry Steinbach, The ceremony was Rev. E. Tuerkheim Decker will reside ’tile farm, Goshen T.: The ddath took C’*. n Zurich of Mrs. C • '3 years and 2- sen in pc.* i v ; being followed by r* week We chron- another pioneer district When it virgin forest and failed to offer any suggestions about driving. ft ft ft ft ft ft Spftte Village lock-ups are peculiar things. The combination lock is generally a. rail placed against a blacksmith’s door. Who’s got a rail to rent? M“ m. to Mr. Of »Mr. and of Zurich, ?.x*!n6d by 1 **’«’' Mrs. h'. ■’“‘“wher’s ''hie ”•*6 : * u ’n- There’s Sojnething Wrong! if you start- a motor trip wi,th the certainty of knowing where you are., going— If you don’t have to stop every five minutes to look at your gas and oil— . ’ . • If you make every turn and de­ tour correctly, according to tlfe road map— _ . If you- are driving along at just the right speed for comfort and safe­ ty—. If you are certain, that there isn’t a squeak or a rattle in the old bus— Look around, old man; the wife’s either asleep or she’s fallen oat somewhere! USRORNE & HERBERT .MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Farquhar, Ont. President, JAS. McKENZIM Vice-President SIMON DOW DIRECTORS frank McConnell, j. allison- • ROBT. NORRIS, WM. BROCK AGENTS JOHN ESSERY, Centralia, Agent fee Usborne and Biddulph OLIVER HARRIS, Mttnro, Agent let Hibbert, Fullarton and Logan W. A. TURNBULL Secretary-Treasurer Box 99, Exeter, Ontario. GLADMA*N & STANBURY w Solicitors. Exeter Tile Late George Reichert One by oue the pioneers of Hay Township are passing into their et­ ernal reward. This icle the death of that came to this was practically the worked and toiled with liis compan­ ions ahd did his bit to make this country the beautiful heritage we are now enjoying, in the person of the late George Reichert, who died at the homo of his sister, Mr. and Mrs, John Pfaff, of the Blind Line, Hay Township, on January 16th, at the age of 81 years, 2 months and 30 days, Deceased had not been en­ joying his usual good health for some time, and the end came as a relief to his affliction, Deceased is survived by one brother, Mr, Henry Reichert, of Zurich; also by four sisters! Mrs,- Rueckbeil, Of Cavalier, N. Dak. and The rest the ’X ❖ ❖ # A Who can remember iyhen !he per­ fectly killing funny man at the party always said that his favorite salad wag a date with pea jh.—De­ troit News.««t **« ***. “What,” says an inquisitive young Is the most popular color for par- we Troubled for Years With a Tickliug lu Nor Mrs, J, Bfatf, Miss Llsetta Miss Catherine, all of Hay Twp. remains wAre laid quietly to On , Saturday, Jutnuaty 19 from home of Mt. and Mrs. J. Pfaff, bA Y/ttheta*' ’'hutch for service, ihebre to Lufhet'l?i cemet- ’nr ’ w t erlthelm, pastor, officiated. .. lady, a bitide? ticular should We may be a little in such matters, but prefer a white one. & ik$ & ifr i|t ifc # eastern U.S. universities WillBig play football together again. There’s nothing like tough experience in the outside world to make you appreci­ ate the gentle ways of home. ft* ft** A How We Love Rin. G-r-i*-rt guy Who certainly gets my goat Is emrity-lieaded Peter Paff! Tell him a joke and us he chirps; “I bite—-when do we laff?” EHs partner In goat-grabbing Is numb-skull Billy Runny; Hears a joke and sntlbs: *‘X bet Answer to that is funny.*’ Mrs. Pofer Joluuon, Port Alberni, B.C., write#:—f,I hud been. 'troubled for years with a, tickling in my throat every time I would. Me down, *nd st night X would eough, mo I could not sleep, And I could b*xdV do toy worft I would cough 1 would roads. X hMNrd of Dr. Wood’* Norway Syrup •nd after the £r*t bottle I had no mere cough., and now X uu nover out • bottle of 4 Dr. Wu«xl’s' in house.” Price 35o. a bottle; Urge family irtwfc •Oe. At «Il druggiM* and •y $t* On.#,thd