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OF REVENGE
Y
JA C K' S 0 it • C 0 L E
Synopsis
CHAPTER XXVI: Bartle asks a
fabulous sem for the tobacco farms
which Haskell refuses to consider.
Haskell returns to the ranch house.
1 here, during a meeting of the cat-
tlemen, "El Caballero Rojo" sud-
denly appears.
CHAPTER. XXVII
Statuesquely still, ominously si-
lent, he let the sight of him sink
into every man's mind before he
moved a muscle.
Then he took two stiff steps for
ward, and the eyes visible above
the red kerchief -fastened them-
selves on Pete Haskell.
'You're boss here?" he demand-
ed.
Tile veteran beefman had never
known what real fear was in hia
life. And no man whose face was
hidden by a scarlet neckerchief was
going to spook him now.
"That's right, hombre," he said
in a low, even friendly voice. "Was
there something you wanted to see
me about, maybe? I reckon you're
the man they call El Caballero
Rojo, right enough. Plumb glad
to sec you. Howdy."
The masked man gestured
sharply.
"You've heard that the Aldman
drying shed in Deep Water Valley
was burned last night?" he snap-
ped. "And that—"
* * *
"Diol" Haskell's eyes widened,
and he scratched his grizzled mop.
YourYou Alex
and 1 ou Alex S.y Arnott
Analysis of Writing
Reveals Handicaps
A neighbor boa told
me that at you
have analysed her son's handwrit-
ing and the report was so much
like him and his ways that I de-
cided to write to you for a frank
andr
t uthfu
1 anal5 • i
of m
analysis son's
Y
handwriting. His school work is
very poor and he is constantly get-
ting into fights with other boys.
Would you F'•ase assist me with
this problem?
* *
If you will look at the small
letter "d" in the word "would," you
will find David's first handicap.
That small "d" which rises above
the writing line and has a definite
loop then comes down straight and
finishes bluntly, like a club, tells
me that he is very stubborn and
determined to buck opposition for
he does not care to recognize
standards or accepted customs of
procedure. You can help him with
this by teaching him the rules of
fair play and encouraging hint to -
take part in team work with the
other boys. The letters "1" and "k"
are very tall which reveals pride,
and plenty of it. He is a boy who
thinks a lot of his personal honor
and will force the issue when chal-
lenged by other boys on this point.
The wide open "o" is indicative of
his determination to be frank and
outspoken which is another good
characteristic but again it Is over-
emphasized. The Large and sprawl-
ed out writing with the long low=
er loops of the letter "p" are indi-
cations his desire for change
and variety in whatever he does,
for routine matters and detail
work cause him to lose interest
rapidly. The artily to concentrate
is absent in his script and this
must be a definite handicap to
Ms studies. It would be to a de-
cided advantage to vary his school
work as frequently as permissible
as he is at his best when there is
variety and changing conditions.
* * *
Love of sport, movement and
change of scenery are all indicated
in the script and he might benefit
by mixing studies and sports to
give him full expression of change
from too much concentration at
one time.
My letter to you should give fur-
ther assistance with this problem
and you may help further by dist
cussing this report with him and
encouraging him on all his strong
traits of character.
Our readers may receive an in-
teresting and instructive personal
analysis of their handwriting by
sending an example of writing with
25 cents and a stamped, self-addres-
eid envelope to Box B, room 421, T
Adelaide St. West, Toronto.
"And that Pop Aldman was shot
down iii cold blood—when he was
not packing a gun?" The ques-
tions rapped on, toneless,insistent.
"And that young Sam Aldman was
murdered and nailed to Don Atter-
o's Cross?"
"Not" Something accusing in
that relentless fire of interrogation
caught Haskell's ear, and slow,
angry red dyed his broad, leathery
face.
"Then you know all about it
nowt" snapped the scarlet -masked
accuser. "And I don't expect you
to admit that one of these men here
right now obeyed your orders to
have those things done!"+
As those words were flung out,
angry murmur arose . from the
crowd in the ranchhouse living
room. Haskell himself was fight-
ing mad. He tools a quick step
forward, thrust his head out to face
the accuser.
"I wouldn't admit a lie like that
for you or any manl" he flung
out.
"I didn't come here to argue," El
Caballero Rojo said coldly, "I'm
only here to tell you that right
after the next fire or killing of to-
bacco men in Deep Water Valley
you'll finish up where Sam Ald-
man finished—spiked on Don At-
tero's Cross."
El Caballero Rojo didn't wait for
an answer. Swiftly he backed, with
one hand behind him groping for
the doorway, and eyes on men he
knew itched to go for their guns.
But his own guns were steadily on
them, moving in deadly,''menacing
arcs. Then, like a top, he pivoted,
crouched a bare instant and sprang
into the open.
Men snapped alive then, fell over
each other in the packed room,
crowding through the door. Guns
blazed. A hail of lead whistled
after a racing horse whose hoofs
pounded through the gray of dawn.
"Got him!" a marksman yelled
as the fleeing horseman swayed.
"Got him sure as guns!"
"Sure, you got him bad, Andy!"
Haskell yelled as -he bolted for the
corral. "Come on, boys, all of
youl He won't get far. IIe can't
hugleathe • for i Ion —no
g t the way
he was reeling in the saddle." '
The Half Circle Id was the scene
of a wild race to waiting horses, as
Haskell roped and saddled a mount
for himself. And yet, even as
these hien leaped to saddle, the
last thought in any of their minds
was of the reward money known to
be on the head of El Caballero
Rojo. Other matters were of far
snore importance to them. All any
of thein wanted right then was a
chance to burn down the man who
had dared accuse any of them of the
lowest outrage of which they had
ever heard.
* * *
In the arid hills beyond Mission
Ridge, where neither cattle nor
puncher were wont to stray, Juan-
ita de Cuevas had built a camp-
fire close to the steep side of an
arroyo
Pier meal perpared, she walked
aimlessly, to all intents, in a wide
circle around the fire. Suddenly
she mounted Pedro, whom she had
left with trailing reins nearby, and
the cry of a mountain lion carte to
her practiced lips. She rode off,
leaving the breakfast to keep hot
on a pile of stones she had heated
in the campfire.
Drifting on the early morning
wind came an answering cat's call.
She rode faster. 1Vhen she and El
Caballero Rojo had made their ar-
rangements they had decided that
she was never to be found in his
company as long as they stayed in
Dep Water Valley. Nor would
they ever be seen together'
over a campfire. So she had pre-
pared his brealcfast and had left
it waiting while she had ridden
away.
* * *
Presently Michael Valdez ap-
peared, tethered EL Cielo and be-
gan to wolf down his meal. Who
was there to say he had not pre-
pared it himself? And who was
so canny' as to recognize in this
wandering black -haired vaquero
the famous red-headed outlaw?
Valdez ate slowly after his first
appetite was satisfied, and when he
had finished he carefully killed the
fire, cleaned and cached the kit.
Then, with his gaudy conquistador
raiment stowed away, hi rode to-
ward Gold Creek with a cigarette
dangling from one corner of his
mouth, the blue smoke drifting
away on the wind.
Before he had traveled far,
though, Michael Valdes reined up
sharp. His brow furrowed, and
he strained his eyes. He blinked
and looked again. Then what he'
thought he had scan was gone.
Mirage? No Valdez knew better.
And yet—
On the cold gray skyline of
early morning, climbing up, cross-
ing the flat top and, quickly fleeing
down again, he had glimpsed a
rider traversing a knoll so round
it looked like a halved ball. And
as suddenly' as the rider had flash-
ed into view,, he was gone.
But Michael Valdez had seen. On
the instant he had recognized the
Mexican clothing, with sparkling
conches, the red sash and necker-
chief worn by the mysterious rider
ahead, and the cone-shaped hat that
in the distance were exactly like
Valdez' own,
Ity vas one of the few occasions
upon which Michael Valdez was
frank to admit bewilderment—and
surging curiosity that he had to
fight hard to down. For as much'
as he would have liked a closer
view of that rider .ahead, this was
no time for him to go investigating.
"That rider certainly looked like
tae," he muttered. "Worth seeing, at
that, because I'm not left in the
dark. For sure as fate somebody
around here has started to trade
'er my brand—red hair and all."
(To be Continued)
LAN i -FIRST J
?fetvf, tuna./&tutu/ert
Equal Education •
Vital To Teen -Ager
WHAT WOULD you do if you'
* were a girl of 17, on your way to
* college, and in love with a young
* man who hasn't gone through high
* school?
* You aren't the usual teen-ager
by any means.
You have been
brought up• with
a love of learn-
ing (always an
A student) to
which have been
added superior
home training
and quite a bit
of travel. You
* arc a positive person, too, restless,
* needing many diversions.
* On the other hand, the lad con-
* cerned conics from a community
•* where higher education is not com-
* mon, nor deemed essential. He
* is superior to all his friends, how-
- * ever. He has a dormant intelli-
* genre, sterling qualities, and is ata-
* bilious.
* The girl who asks my opinion says
* he is the sweetest person she ever
* knew, and there is nothing he
* wouldn't do for her. Her parents
* like hint. "But." she adds, "he
* doesn't have the one necessary at-
* tribute, an education."
• WOULD MARRIAGE WORK?
She wants to know whether site
shall give up her college plats and
marry the boy now. Subtly help him
along the path of ,knowledge ("seek•
ing her ozurt literary stimulation
elsewhere") or go on to college and
"find someone with a good education
and the common sense to use it to
good measurer
1t is likely that this 17 -year-old
Places too high a value on educatitin
per se; yet with her background it
is easy to see why. If she marries
the boy vow she wotdd, I'm afraid,
(and sooner !fon later) become real-
ly ashamed of him. Being a positive
person, site wouldn't be able to hide
it. Their marriage would be doomed.
If, however, he too goes to college
because she asks him to, and rises
to what she calls her "literary level,"
it might work out all right.
To my mind, through, the hazards
are too great. Notwithstanding her
education, she is only 17. In the nest
few years she is apt to find some•
one better suited to her demands.
Just now she is something of an
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q. When a man is taking a girl
to the theater, should he or the
girl follow directly behind the
usher?
A. The girl should go first if
following an usher. When there is
no usher, the man should lead the
way.
Q. What is the correct procedure
a man usually follows when buying
an engap agent ring for his fian-
cee?
A. After he has proposed and
been accepted he and the girl usu-
ally go to the jeweler's together
and select a ring that is in accord
with the desire and taste of the girl.
Q. What would be a suitable
phrase for a. wife to use when In-
troducing 'her husband to another
woman?
A. "Mrs. Barnes, may I present
nap husbands"
Q. 11 it good form for one to
use his initials on a visiting cards
A. The proper form le to have
the teas appear in full.
Q. Should a man always rise
whet[ being introduced?
A. Yes, always, regardless of
whether the other person is ■ man
er a woman, old or young.
Q. Is it all right for a girl at a
dance to powder her nose without
going to the dressing room?
A. Yes,, when she can do so in-
conspicuously.
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in-cllectual snob. Whether college
tell! deepen that attitude, or awaken
her to life's more vital realities, is
hard to say. It would be funfair to
lead this devoted lad on with hopes
which [night prove impossible to
realise.
1t seems best that she tett hint
firmly that she docs not intend to
consider marriage until she has fin-
ished college. By that time she can
see how they both mature, and whe-
ther they are still in love.
TO "ILII.": Your parents may
like this 'boy, but they also might
* be appalled that you consider giv-
s' ing up college to marry him now,
* You should be good college ma-
r, tet i. . al B • the time yougraduate,
I }
* however, you may have other ideas
* on marriage with which this lad
r' even then might not concur. At
* any rate, 1 don't think either of
* you is old enough to marry now.
* Ask your parents' opinion. I think
* they will agree.
* * *
Marriage steeds far snore titan
most teen-agers are prepared to give.
It requires common ideals, mutual
acceptance of the verities of life,
and alt all -embracing appreciation of
each other. If yon stand on the
threshold of such a decision, let
Anne Hirst help clear your mind.
Write her at Box A, Room 421, 73
Adelaide St. West, Toronto.
Sunday School Lesson
By Rev R' Barclay Warren
Power Of The Holy Spirit
John 14:25-26; Acts 3:1-4; 4:41;
Galatir ns 5:211-26,
Golden '!`ext — But ye shall receive
power, after that the Holy Ghost
is come upon you; and ye shall be
witness unto me both in Jerusa-
lem, and in all Judea,and in Sa-
maria, and unto the uttermost part
of the earth. -Acts 1:8,
In this quarter we have studied
about. God the Father and about
His Son Jesus Christ, To -day we
consider the third person of the
Godhead,, the Holy_ Spirit. Divine
Revelation never goes into reverse.
"But who", you ask, "could take
the place of Jesus when He ascen-
ded into heaven?" He promised
the Holy Spirit. "He", said Jesus,
"shall teach you all things, and
bring all things to your rememb-
rance, whatsoever I have said unto
you."
The Spirit was given on the day
of Pentecost which came fifty days
after the Passover. It comtnein-
orated-the giving of the Law at
Sinai. The Spirit came upon. one
hundred and twenty believers who
were assembled together. The
phenomena accompanying the Spir-
it's descentwere significant. There
was a sound as of a rushing mighty
wind. One word expresses "wind"
and "spirit' in both the Hebrew
and the Greek languages. Wind is
a symbol of the Spirit. The tongue
of fire pointed to the fact that God
had now taken up His abode in
His human temple. But what as-
tounded the men from many lands,
gathered on this festive occasion
was that these Galileans were mir-
aculously enabled to preach the Gos-
pel to them ' . their own language.
Some hocked but many listened
to the message in their own lang-
uage and were converted.
a: t *
The gift of the Holy Ghost not
only purified their hearts (Acts
15:9) but gave then[ a holy bold-
ness. They went out to preach
Jesus Christ to the world. They
were not deterred by stripes, im-
prisonment or the probability of
death. They obeyed God in pref-
erence to men.
Paul points out another Very im-
portant evidence of the Indwelling
Spirit. "The fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace; longsuffering,
geutleness, goodness, faith, meek•
-
nes, self-control." What,a beautlt
ful cluster, yet blended in one.
Love heads the list. None are so
beautifulas those who live and
walk in the Spirit.
Jesus Christ, in his humanity,
was limited to one place at one'
time. But the Holy Spirit is every-
where
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revealing Christ to the hearts
of men. We ought to yield our-
selves completely to His dominion,
We shall then live the beautiful
life and bear an effective witness
in a needy world.
She Had Her Chance'
Mrs, Young, passing the fish-
monger whilst out shopping, stop-
ped to make a complaint.
"Those soles I bought from you
yesterday, Mr. Jones, were not
fresh."
"Well, ma'am," answered Mr.
Jones, "that's your fault, not mine.
I'veoffered then to you every day
this week, and you could've 'ad
them on Monday if you'd liked."
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