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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-02-07, Page 7g?' HELEN TOPPING, MILLER CHAPTER XVII Oliver was walking up and down, looking pompous and injuredand belligerent. "I cavae out here, Tall- man, because I've been hearing these ridiculous stories that have been going around out here about me," he said in his sneering voice. "Did you work for the Republic people last winter?" he asked. "Certainly I worked for them. 1 was.a rigger on their pay roll for a while." "It's the Republic people who've, been after me --so Oliver says," Harvey said dully. "This," said Gary grimly, "puts me in a spot whereit's going to be necessary for me to prove some- thing—as you probably realize, Kimball. And if I happen to establish something that isn't cre- ditable to you—well, you started. this business, please remember," He walked out of the room with his head up and his face tingling with wild, angry blood. * 5 Mona Lee's eyes had followed him, and he had seen loyalty in them and unbelief. She was .not standing with Oliver. But Ade- laide had sat silent—and Harvey had kept his eyes averted and had not said a word. Tingling with wild anger, Gary went up to his room. He began throwing things into his suitcase, and then stopped long enough to sit dowp at the desk and dash off a letter to the: Republic Oil Com- pany. Fortunatey, he remembered the name of the man who had hired him last fall. He stated his case bluntly and asked for a collect telegram in reply, refuting Oliver's absurd accusations. Harvey, Gary suspected, was a little too sensible to believe Giver entirely—and yet, he was not go- ing to accept anything now, till it ' was definitely proven. He snap- ped' his suitcase shut, fastened it, and started downstairs. On the landing Mona Lee was waiting for bim. She laid a detaining hand on his arm and her montherly face was troubled and anxious, * * r "I'll take you . to town myself," she announced crisply. "And I know a good place for you to stay —the woman is a friend of mine. If you're bound to go, come along." None of the others appeared when the car was backed out, and Gary flung his suitcase into it and Sunday School Lesson February 10 The Disciplines of Experience Numbers 14: 11-24 Golden Text For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Proverbs 8:12. God's Promise . God had promised the 'Israelites that he would give Canaan to them and would drive out all their ene- mies. Yet. they believed him not. They rebelled against God by say- • ing that they would supplant Moses by a captain of their own choosing whu would lead them back to Egypt God in His anger threatens to ex- terminate them. But Moses invokes the mercy of God in a prayer for his people, a prayer altogether self- less, spiritual and sublime—he pleaded the honor of the Lord be- fore mankind; the power of God to achieve His purpose; the long- suffering of the Lord in dealing With a sinning race. Justice of the Lord Israel did not deserve mercy but the justice of the Lord required that punishment should overtake the transgressors. Nevertheless the prayer of Moses was heard and an- sewered and the people were not wholly eitterminated, The people of Israel had sinned, were pardoned and saved as a na- tion, but nevertheless sin must, be punished. Not one of those who had rebelled against the Lord was al- lowe to enter Canaan. They were "to serve another period of proba- tion in the wilderness, and the ten faithless spies died at once by the plague. The people were aroused to the enormity of theirsin and mourned bitterly. Nevertheless nothing re- mained for them but to bide the time set for them anew by the Reward of Faith. Now Caleb and Joshua showed the patience of faith in theh wilder- ness. At length came thin reward for they alone entered Canaan. God wants those who will trust and obey Him fully, and Fetch 'will be abundantly blessed. The power of intercessory prayer is shown in that God a::swered Idoses in the manner of his pray. er: "according to thy .void," 1t re- sulted in a whole nation being given an opportunity to repent and change its course. chinbed is. Me did i of calm down enough > to face 1 is situa- tion until he was in he roan Mona Lee had found for him. • He went out to a drug store, p,eseltly, spent some of his prec- ious capital for a sandwich and a drink and some stamps. And un - ti midnight he wrte letters—to every oil concern- and rigging out, fit that Ise lencw about, asking for a job' Tae ,was' wakened early by •his landlady., who tapped apologe- tically at the door and when he opened it :a crack ane blinked daz- edly ` at her, said, "So sorry to wake you, Mr. Tallman, but there's a young man here who insists on. seeing you." The young man pushed past her. "Hello. Lug," greeted Bill Grant. Gary was definitely glad to. see Bill. "What the heck bust?" demand- ed Bill, sitting on the bed, "I west to Mason's and there was the darned well going down—and they told me you'd quit—" 5 5 5 • Gary told him, not withholding anything "Goes to show," Bill stated, "that what you've got to be is a son-in-law. This morning when I saw her, 1 thought she didn t look any too happy," "Did she say anytyhing—Ade- laide, I mean?" Gary tried not to sound eager. I asked her for a date, and she said she was sorry—she was pretty well written up for some time to come. Have you found out who cut the water line and set this snide lawyer to sue?" "No, but 1 intend to. In the meantime, I've got to have a jou. Know any oil comany that needs the services of a bright young man right now?" "That's what I came to talk about. Though maybe you don't want a job slinging up steel?" "What's the job?" "Putting up steel down on nld man Harper's land. You can go to work today if you want to. How's 'your busted shoulder " "It flinches a little—but 1 thick it's all right. You mean Grice-Mor- gan are going to spud in on that Harper lease? Funny they don't wait till Mason gets his well down —find out whether there is oil, down there or not" * * * "Got men on the payroll and have to keep 'em working. But, between you and 'grandpa, 1 think they're pretty sure they've got oil. If you work 'with me, I can save you a little on that shoulder." "I don't like Grice-Morgan very. much, Bill" "Neither do L But I like pay checks", Bill said. "I ve got s truck outside. I told Mitchel—he's the boss—I'd get another hand." On the Harper lease he could work and watch Mason's well go- ing down, too. And at lunch time he walked up that way and was a little gratified when he saw old Hickey walking down toward the line fence ' to meet him. They shook hands across the wire like old friends who had not seen each other in a year Hello, Hickey. How's she turning?" "Down twenty-five hundred feet. Into chalk now What you fellers fixing to do?" "We're rigging a well—to get oil: Ever hear of oil, Hickey?" "Heard about it one time," grinned Hickey. At dusk, just as the rigging crew were knocking off, Gery noted some excitement around the Mason well. Bill saw it too. "Reckon those guys have got oil?" he asked, star- ing that way. • (T.o be Continued) `Sled -Runner' Feet For Bobby Soxers .Today's bobby :soxers may he caught flat-footed as tomorrow's wives, Dr. Earl C. Elkins of the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., gives the teen-age "sophisticates" that to think about., The bobby sox era in high school, he said in an interview, is a natural for flatfeet, explaining: "Moccasins, sandals and the like are as bad for girls as the too -high heels our mothers used to wear." He predicted if the bobby soxers. continued to wear them for long their arches would pancake and soon they'll have "sled runners for feet." OFF TO ` MARKET - BUCKETY - BUCKETY When Mrs. John IVIcHose, an Australian, came to the U. S. with her Yank husband, she brought along the "cuddleseat" her son Terry rides in, right. Consisting of a canvas bucket seat and broad shoulder strap, it allows the wearer use of both hands while supporting the youngster safely at her hip. The device was very popular among Australian women, and canny Mrs. McRose,fore- seeing an equal demand here, obtained U. S. marketing rights. CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Clarke • • • • The other day Partner passed the following remark: "What we want in this country is not mere work but better work." The reason for that somewhat cryptic statement was a new shirt, an ordinary plain work shirt whica I had brought home for him that day. To start with the material wasn't much more than good mus- lin, cut to a pattern and then thrown together, with stitching that ran off the seams, and thread ends left hanging everywhere. fn fact the whole shirt was such a mess I wouldn't have looked at it twice a few years ago—unless it were to comment on its poor worse- manship. But now I buy a thing like that—and tl'y not to look at it at alt What burns me up is the fact that the ntanuacturers have their finger on the public pulse, es it were, and know just what they can get away with. And 1 suppose as long as there is more money than merchandise the public will continue to be exploited.. When manufacturers find goods harder to. sell then competition will be keener, each one will try to do a little better than the other in order to make his goods more attractive and of better quality. Those days cannot come too soon. Why, we have even bought milk pails, brought them home and found them leaking like a scive. * * Another problem these days is the butter supply, which threatens to become more acute and may even result in a still further cut in our weekly 'ration. Federations, conventions, and this and that or- . ganization seem to be getting their heads together and wandering what can be done about it, And the solution could be so simple! If the 2c a quart consumer sub- sidy were taken off milk and placed on churning cream instead, theft the situation would soon right itself. But of course to keep the milk at its present price level to producers, fluid milk to the con- sumer would have to be raised to 12c a quart. 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Regular size, 40 Pilin Economy size, 80 Pills (In MeV S.A. ad fur Gino P111,> ISSUE 6-1946 ers and consumers alike, through indirect taxation, helping' to pay their own subsidies. A better price on churning cream would also encourage hog production because nearly every farmer who sells cream also keeps a few pigs around as a sideline, so as to make use pf his skim milk; whereas there are very few milk shippers who bother with raising Pigs. * * Maybe you will think I don't know what I am talking about but we have shipped milk for fifteen years and before that time we ship- ped cream and raised pigs, so you see we do happen to know' both sides of the question. Of course, I suppose Big Busi- ness, in the form of large dis- tributors, would be the bottleneck to the little solution I have men- tioned. 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