HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-04-25, Page 6TURNING POINT
Mary Imlay Taylor`
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER V: ::Teresa likes the
newcomer and learns that he, too,
hates Stenhart. Hazlett triesto
retake Teresa say whyshe hates
Stenhart but the old woman- re-
fuses to tell him.
CHAPTER VI
Hazlett stood 'a moment lon-
ger, listening to Ah Ling's chatter
with old Mac. He could. smell the
strong tobacco in the old man's
pipe. Stenhart's dark Bead was
bent over his newspaper. His
profile was handsome, clean-cut
as cameo; his hands looked thin
and white. Far off by the corrals
some men were building a new
gate, and the distant sound of
their hammers came on the wind.
The stranger left the shelter of
the low adobe and walked swiftly
over to the trees. On the turf his
footsteps made no sound. The pa-
per rustled in the invalid's long
fingers,and he stirred uneasily, as
if he felt a presence, and looked
up. The paper dropped to the
ground and he cowered in his
chair.
* * *
"My God, Sherwin, youl How
did you cone here:"
The young man, standing in the
sunlight, looked back at him, quite
unmoved.
'So you know me? I came a
long way, Stenhart. "Look well
at me— I came to kill you!"
In the terrible silence the ham-
mers seemed to grow clamorous.
Stenhart tried to rise.
"I'll call help—I'm still a sick
man, John Sherwin!" Ile babbled
wildly.
Sherwin thrust him back in his
chair. ' You coward!" he said bit-
terly, "You'll have your chance; I
don't deal blows in secret—as you
dol"
Stenhart groaned. "Y o u 'r e
crazy—I always said you were)
How did you get here?"
"That's no affair of yours] I
came to kill you."
Stenhart gripped the arms of his
chair with shaking hands; he was
not a well tnan but he tried to
summon his old courage. "I'll
raise the alarm—why, I can sale
you in five minutes, Sherwin!"
Sherwin's eyes glinted like steel.
"Can you? Try it!"
* * *
Stenhart tried again to rise, then
something in the other man's look
held him, he shrank. "My God,
'what do you mean to do? You—
you can't kill me out here—in cold
blood!".
"I can," replied his tormentor,
"but I mean to let you think
about it, imagine it, wonder how 1
mean to do it. It would be too
pleasant if I finished you now!"
,Hope kindled in the other's eyes:
he knew a way to end this brag-
gart.
"I'm obliged to you for a res-
pite," he said mockingly; "thank
you!„
But it was Sherwin who laugh-
ed, and the sound of his mirth
sent a horrible chill through Sten -
hart
"I know your plan, Friend
Max," he said coolly, "but it can't
save you, I shall kill you just the
same—only a little more quickly"
Stenhart's courage began to rise,
his face reddened. "You'll not
stay here; I'll make Las Palontas
too hot for you! You'll see. 1- can
make any too hot for you."
Sherwin looked at him steadily
for an instant, then he spoke as
steadily.
"It wouldn't save you, Stenhart
—n,t'tirlg will save you -but the
sooner you drop that stuff the
longer—you'll live. Get me?"
Stenhart writhed in his chair.
"You can't do it! You don't
mean to do itt You're threaten-
ing me to -to hush me upl"
* * *
Sherwin bent down and, grasp-
ing the arms of his chair, he look-
ed deep into his eyes. "You know
what I've endured, you know what
you did—do you think that 1
wouldn't kill you?"
Stenhart, staring hack into those
stet gray eyes, wavered a n d
blanched. He will still weak from
illness; his limbs shook.
"You—you fiend!" be gasped.
"You call the a fiend --what do
you call yourself, you liar?" Sher -
win's voice was lou but it was
terrible. [Ie let go the arms of the
chair and straightened himself.
"You're half sick still. I'll let you
'get your 'strength first, but—1 shall
kill you presently."
Stenhart said nothing; he was
Shaking now from head to foot.
Something deeper than his fear of
Sherwin shook him. He set his
teeth, but they chattered.
Sherwin, watching him, laughed.
filen he looked toward the house
and saw Fanny Sewell emerge, car -
ISSUE 17-1946
rying a tray.
'Your nurse is coming," he said
to the invalid. "Get your strength
quickly; I don't care to kill a sick
man, Stenhart." .
Stenhart leaned back in his chair
and shut his eyes. He was feigning
more weakness than he felt; he
was trying to plan some way to rid
himself of this peril, for he knew
that Sherwin meant every word he
said. He would kill him! Though
his eyese were closed, he listened
keenly and he heard Sherwin's foot-
steps retreating across the grass;
then came the rustle of a woman's
skirt and' he looked up and saw
Fanny Sewell coining with her little
tray. The sun was shining on her
hair and her serene face, and he
tried to think' he had just awakened
from a nightmare.
* 4 *
Sherwin, passing the young nurse,
went' to the house. The door stood
open and he entered, going at once
to Jim's desk. He had promised
Jane to straighten the .accounts;
mechanically he sat down to his
task, but his mind was full of the
scene under the trews, of Stenhart's
aghast face. He had no pity
for Stenhart's apparent weak-
ness; he had evidently been near
death and he was glad that he had
not died. If he had died he would
have escaped. Sherwin knew that he
(lid not want to escape in that way;
it would be too easy, too gentle an
end. A sudden fury swept him;
some primal passion, some instinct
of vengeance inherited from a
primitive ancestor, a caveman or a
pirate, possessed him. It was all he
could do to keep his seat there, not
to rush out again and confront the
man. The effort shook him; he saw
the perspiration start out in beads
on his hands. Then he controlled
himself sternly. There was plenty
of time, nothing could interfere now
—he had found him, found the
coward—
* *
There was a little rustle of paper;
a breeze front the window had got
among the papers that his violence
had shaken out of the pigeonholes.
It lifted a thin tissue covering a flat
cardboard and rustled it. As Sher-
win looked down it blew the thin
paper completely away and he saw
what it had covered. A photograph,
the photograph of a very young
girl, Iter hairs in braids on her slim
shoulders, her chin lifted, her eyes
looking up at him, a smile on her
full young lips—Jane! Unconscious-
ly a great change came over hint;
the blood rushed to his face, his
eyes softened.
Garden Notes
By GORDON L. SM1J H 1
Flowers For Show
A really wonderful showing can
be made with a few annual flowers
and with very little effort. Cosmos,
giant marigolds, zinnias, petunia:,
portulaca, nicotine, alyssum, are
easily grown almost anywhere in
Canada. Some of the larger flowers
like cosmos and marigolds and
nicotine can actually be used in
the place of shrubs. Seeds should
be started early and in finely pre-
pared soil. Plants are transplanted
to permanent quarters when they
are well established with several
sets of leaves. Some time can be
saved by buying ready -started bed-
ding plants. For husky growth tall
cosmos, gladiolus, dahlias, giant
marigolds and zinnias should have
about two feet each way. Petunias,
nasturtiums, medium marigolds,
need about a toot apart for best
results-- smaller things like alys-
sum require six inches each way
Give Them Room
After the first garden is planted
the next major job is thinning and
spacing. This is most important
and applies to either flowers or
vegetables. Crowded flowers will
grow thin and spindly, will not
bloom freely and the biggest
plants will topple over in the 'first
storm. They should have half as
much room between as they grow
tall. This means about 4 or 5 in-
ches for things like nasturtiums,
less for alyssum, much mare for
tall marigolds, cosmos or spider
plants.
With vegetables— leaf lettuce,
carrots, beets— a couple of inches
between plants is .sufficient. Beans
and peas should have 4 to 6 inches
between plants, and as all the seed
usually germinates it should be
planted to about this far apart.
Rows should be from 15 inches to
2 feet apart, Corn is usually plant-
ed 3 to 6 seeds to a hill, about 18
inches apart each way or rows 2
to 3 feet apart.
JUST A MOTHER
When Joseph Lux, Chicago, brought home a stray alley kitten,
Princess, his eight-year-old spitz -terrier felt her mother -love re-
kindled, and adopted the youngster. Here she gives the kitten
a true cat -like cleaning,
CHRONICLES
of GINGER FARM
By
Gwendoline e. Clarke
5 e • • �.
This is one of those times when
I hardly know where to begin
so much has been crowded into
one short week. Take Thursday
for instance. When I was trying to
light the kitchen ;me first thing
in the morning part of the grate
dropped out. Then three hundred
chickens arrived on the 8 o'clock
train. You who are in the chicken
business will know the time it
takes getting a few hundred chick-
ens comfortably settled in their
new quarters—setting the stove so
that it is neither too hot nor too
cold. Yes, setting it just right—
so you think—then back to the
houte, maybe to get a few dishes
done .. . off to the chickens again
—to find the stove is too hot. You
set it again and leave it while yon
get potatoes peeled , for dinner.
Then another trip to the brooder
house—and this time the fire is
toc cool! In the middle of this
Partner conies to tate house for hot
water. Mary has just produced a
calf, In between cows and calves,
chickens and stoves, I manage to
get some kind of dinner on the ta-
ble. After dinner I think how
grand it would be to have just
about thirty-nine winks. But It
can't be done,
* * *
It is the day of our local Institute
annual. And alt annual meeting is
the one meeting of the year one
feels morally bound to attend. So
away I went to the meeting—a lit-
tle late in getting there and the
first to conte away. And from that
time until late at night the chick-
ens kept nue occupied—more so,
than usual because, you see. I was
experimenting with an electric
brooder store, the running of
which I knew absolutely nothing.
But I had heard plenty—that they
are great tine -savers, easy to op•
crate, athough not too satisfactory
in cold weather unless there is
Other heat in the pen. But at awe
rate I thought it was worth a try.
Keeping a coal stove going is a
chicken -raiser's main worry .There '
is always a danger of the place
getting oyer -heated in cold . wea-
ther, and you need the magic of x
magi to keep it alight in warm
weather. So, says 1, what's the
good of the hydro if you don't
make it work for you.
* * *
To cut a long story short the
electric brooder has been in oper-
ation now for nearly five days an
I am really delighted with the le
suit, It is so clean, and, when one'
understands its mechanism. very
easy to operate. Last night the
wind got quite strong and it was
a real treat to lie in bed and lis•
ten to it without having to worry
about either chickens or fire.
Naturally. there is one draw -
hack to electric brooders—and it
is a serious one—if the power goes
of• you're sunk. ..As a matter of
•
PEOPLE ARE SAYING
that Maxwell House Cof-
fee is extra delicious. It's
true ... because Maxwell
House is "Radiant -Roast-
ed" to capture the fell
goodness of its supremely,
fine blend':
ARE YOU PALE
WEAK,TIRED
You girls and women who suffer so from
Simple anemia that you're pale, weak,
"dragged out"—this may be due to lackoi
iron in blood. So try Lydia E. Pinkham'e
compound aAatars with added iron—one o:
the beat home ways to help build up red olood
—in such cases. Pinkham's Tablets are ones:
the most efective iron tonics you can buy.
fact it went off for about f've
minutes this morning. I almost
developed a case of nervous pros-
tration. The only way I can think
of to meet such an emergency is to
put several sealers filled with hot
water and wrapped in old socks:
under the hoover. And no doubt by ..
the time one had heated the water
and filled the last sealer, the power
would be on again. Life's like that
—haven't you noticed it?
* **
Now to get back to the first thing
that happened Thursday morning—
the broken grate—which unwitting-
ly provided a striking illustration
of the difference between two gen-
erations.
To put in a new grate there was
a front plate that had to be re-
moved. The screws were seized up
and from past experience we knew
the only way to remove them was
to drill them out. 3o Partner got
the brace and bit and started the
job. But he found it .pretty hard
work so he told me to get Bob to
put his young strength on the job
when he came up from the barn.
Bob took a few turns at it and ex-
claimed -"Heck -there's no sense
in sweating your heart out at that
job! An electric drill will do it in
just about five minutes. And I can
easily borrow'a drill."
You see what I mean, don't you,
about the difference in two gener-
ations?
* * *
While I have been typing the
weather has cleared. It was rain-
ing this morning but now the 'sun
is out and it really looks like
spring. Daffodils are swaying in the
wind; sweet scented violets shyly
peek through grass and leaves; a
saucy robin is perkily singing from
a fence post; and my men arc away
to the field, one with the tractor,
the other with the drill, sowing our
first esed of the season.
Sunday School
, Lesson
Decisive Moments in Peter's
Life
John 1:42; Mk. 8: 27-29; Lu.
22: 54-57; 61, 62; John 21: 15-17;
Acts. 5: 29.
Golden Text — We ought 10
obey God rather than men, —
Acts. "5:29.
Simon, Named Peter
Our Lord bestowed on Sinton
a new name, Peter, which signifies
a piece of rock. The name is sym-
bolic of the rugged strength of
character which its bearer was
to display as an Apostle.
The first question — "whom do
men say that I ant?"—was to pre-
pare them for the next question
and' to draw out the difference be-
tween what the people said of
Jesus and what His chosen dis-
ciples believed about Hint.
Peter acts as leader and spokes-
man for the rest. In his full con-
fession — "Thou art the • Christ,
the Son of the living God" —
Peter declares our Lord's office
as well as His nature.
Peter's' Denial of Christ
The Lord Jesus was seized one
brought before the high priest.
Where was Peter who promised to
be' faithful.' even, unto death? lie
"followed afar off;", Peter, though
seeking to. hide his discipleship,
boldly joined the men who luta
arrested his Lord and warnteu
himself at their fire,
Accused by a maid -servant of
being with Christ, Peter denied
all knowledge of the Lord to
whom he had promised steadfast
loyalty, Later he denied his Lord
again with oaths and curses,
Peter Fully Repents
The cock drew and at this
moment our Lord turned and
caught the eye of Peter who re-
membered liis protestations again-
st the very thought that he would
deny his Lord. The look of Christ
had pierced i.he guilty heart of
Peter; it brought instant sorrow
and repentance.
Humbled by his fall Peter dare
not say he loved Christ more than
his brethren. He simply appeals to
Isis Lord's knowledge of heart and
leaves it to Him to judge the
strength of his love; "Yea, Lord; .
Thou knowest .that I love Thee."
In these solemn words, "Feed my
lambs," probably meaning the
little ones of Christ's flock, our
Lord graciously confirms to Peter
his Apostolic office as one of the
chief shepherds of His flock.
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10, Ontario.
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