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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-04-29, Page 2L OF REVENGE BY J A C K 5 0 N• C 0 L E Synopsis CHAPTB,R XXXVI: Weber acts mysteriously and Ellen becomes suspicious. She goes to the barn and frees Juanita. CHAPTER XXXVII Ellen watched the slim figure fade into the night. She slowly twisted an engagement ring from her finger. "We're thr^ngh, Clark," she whispered. Slipping back into the house, she fond her 1,rct':er anxiously pacing the floor, worried over her long ab- sence. But µiter she had told him the reason for it, he was so enraged that Ellen had trouble keeping him from stalking downstairs and having a showd,wn with Clark Weber then and there. "But in the morning we'll have it out," he promised tightly, when he finally gave in. "Either he leaves this place, right away, or we dot Downstairs the hinges of a door creaked. Ellen ran to the window, her hand clutching her throat. "Clark's going to the barn:" she cried in alarm. "Go get in bed!" Maxon ordered hastily. "And don't answer if he calls you." He went to his own room. -Ellen was scarcely beneath her blankets when the downstairs door was bang- ed, to the accompaniment of fuming oaths, and Clark Weber came pound- ing up the stairs. His very steps indicated that he was like an enrag• ed beast. Ftlen waited with baited breath. i * 4 Fear-g:1;,,:d tins& Bartle had made an agreement, on the spur of the moment, which he now regretted. He paced his office floor, cursing himself for promising to wipe out the Weber -Maxon mortgage if Clark Weber captured El Caballero Rojo. "The fool might be just lucky em„ ough to deliver the goods," he mut- tered, "and then I'd be out four thousand dollars! I've got to hedge out of that promise somehow." 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When he went out, he carried a large tallow candle, a can of oil and an empty bean tin with the bottom punched full of holes. s • _ Half an hour's ride brought him to the edge of the valley and from above he looked down on the build- ings of Chris Pringle's farm. Nothing stirred below him as Bar- tle watched. After a while he rode down into the valley, as close to the Pringle place as he dared, dismount- ed and stealthily advanced with can- dle, can and oil. Like a shadow he made for the long shed. Bent double, Bartile wormed his way to the centre of the shed. He knelt, reached above him and drag- ged down a dry stalk. Crumpling the leaves, he made a little nest, soaked it with oil and placed the candle in the centre. A match spluttered in his cupped hands. The candle wick smoldered a moment; then, as tallow melted, a spear -head of yellow light was born. To shield such a danger signal from any curious eyes, he carefully set the perforates tin over the candle, He got up quickly, sprayed the oil about and dragged down more tobacco stalks. He left the building cautiously, then dashed to his horse, flung himself into the saddle and tore off toward Gold Creek. At the pace he held, he figured, he should be back in his office in about thirty- five minutes—just the length of time it would take the candle to burn down. • * • So the flame would touch the rim• of the oil -soaked nest about tts base. Abruptly a chill shook Bartle, as unconsciously he pulled ' up his horse with a jerk. For from some- where near had come the sudden weird cry of a mountain lion. It turned his blood cold, Bartle snatched his quirt and flayed his horse without mercy. Snorting in pain and anger, the ani- mal carried him on at breakneck speed. At this galloping speed Russ Bar- tle returned to town. Storming into the jail he found Sheriff Lande, fully clothed, snoring on the bed. "And what did you accomplish with all that riding?" Bartle de- manded, waking him. "Nothing much. This fellow We- ber that I had locked up swears he saw El Caballero Rojo in the val- ley. Pete Haskell ,wears the same c tlaw popped into a cattlemen's meeting, and got away with a bul- let wound." "And while you're wasting time on the hunt, this outlaw pins this t my door with a dagger!" Sheriff Lande snatched a scrap of paper from the banker's hand. He read crudely printed words: "Well?" Bartle demanded. "What you going to do about it?" "I don't believe El Caballero Ro- Jo wrote it," said the sheriff flatly. "I was on the landing at the head of the stairs above the bank when the door below rattled," Bartle snapped. "That was the dagger being driven In. And I got down- stairs in time to fling open the door and see who had done It my self, It was your Et Caballero Rojo—sliver doodads, tooled gaunt- lety scarlet neckerchief and all." "But still not him," the sheriff said positively. "No man can make me believe that he's gtddenly gone loco enough to gallivant around nougat notices of whet he Intends is Ae ('1'e Be Oentinsed) Police Check Peasants in Trieste—Long-time trouble spot in Europe, Trieste is once more the centre of international wrang- ling. Police at a road block between Trieste and Capodistria check the bundles of peasant women before allowing them to cross the frontier. Your Handwriting and You Atex Sy Arron Your Handwriting Versus The Forger There is no accurate record cf the number of forgeries committed in Ontario, but according to known facts, the forger does a lively busi- ness and never lacks new victims. The busines man and the public, generally seem ever ready to take a trimming and realize only too late that they have been the vic- tims of a systematic fleecing rou- tine. T' forger always hay two things in ° mind: getting his "take" and escaping justice. -One, he is famili- ar with human nature and is trust - in that his victims have poor memories. Two, he is betting a hundred to one that the average person could not positively identify his or her own handwriting. In these two assumptions, the forger makes an easy living at ydur ex- pense. He relies mainly on your inability to recall definitely wheth- er you made a business transaction or not, and hopes that you did not make a record of it. Poor memories and slipshod accounting on your par' --sist him in his trade. t 4 +T Any good artist could copy the signat re of another person after painstaking practice. But the for - g -r does not fool the handwriting analyst who takes a scientific ap- proach, and does not rely on tnem- ory or chance for signature identi- fication. The analyst knows, through the use of instruments, if the sig- nature is ^onuine or not. One clue in identification, are the smooth even lines made in free flowing handwriting script as com- pared with the rough or corrugated edges of lines made by the attempt to forge the same writing. This is one of the positive differences be- tween a genuine signature and a forged one. As I have related in previous ar- ticles, you write according to the way you think and all your writing takes the form of mental activity, As we think, so do we write. The forger than has a decided handi- cap, since he cannot think exactly as you would, :.::d must resort to artistic inclinations to complete his work in forging your signature. But his artistry is not good enough to follow the trend of thought which produces the pattern you make with your handwriting and that is where we have him. When we compare your writing with the forged script, the forged shows irregularities which are ab- sent in the genuine script. Anyone wishing a more complete analysis. please send self-addressed :tamped envelops to Box B, room 421, 73 Adelaide Si. West, Toronto, There is no charge for this service. Y T c Broad Hint The invitation to the anniversary party read, "And don't try to Jcnoek on the door when you arrive, just nudge k loudly with your shoe." Oita M the recipients called up the sender and asked for an ex- planation of these curious instruc e the answer: "We are pre - el course that your arms loaded with prmente," How Can 1? by A- Ashley Q, How can I retain the flavor of spices? A. Always keep spices in tightly - closed cans or boxes, as they will quickly lose their flavors if left in open receptacles. Q. 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Sunday School LeS fO 1 Zechariah Pleads for Righteousness. Zechariah 1:1-4; 7:8-14 8:16-17 Golden; Text: Execute true judg- ment, _ nd show mercy and coin- passion every man to his brother - Zechariah, 7:9. Zechariah urged the people to continue with the building of the temple of Jerusalem, lest they dis- ple.se God as their fathers had done. As God had -exiled their fathers from the land when they turned away from Him, they, too, would be punished unless they were converted and followed God's way * * t As leaders and people refused to hear the Proph't when he d4livered God's warning and instruction, so God would not hear. He would not alter His decision that they be de- livered into captivity. He would not prevent the destructio" of Jerusa- lem. * • * The Chaldeans came against Judah like a whirlwind. 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