The Seaforth News, 1947-12-25, Page 6'Synopsis
Chapter XVIII: Juanita had run
away from the mission twd once
more pleads with Michael to takce
her .with hint on the vengeance
trail. This time he accepts her
presence,
Chapter XIX
And still no eye could_ have dis-
cerned a single moving thing.
The great galley could haVe been
searched with a spy -glass and yet
the earnest watcher would have fail-
ed to discover that the uncanny
cries that lifted eerily into the night
were born in the -throat: and months
of two people who moved like
gho,ts, slowly, and always in the
thickest ;shadows of tree, bush and
rocks.
Fc:r El c aballert, Rola and the
young Spanish girl were having
tht•r first — and only necessary —
rehearsal of their most important
-agr:at, before they entered Deep
Water 1 oiler, %hue death and de-
struction
estru ti, , might lie before them.
Michael Valdez smiled in the
d i :ue->, satisfied Juanita had spok-
en truly when she had told hint that
lone ,: ago 1 e had biarned to imitate
the e..?ts of the anima', of the wild,
a ll as th e. the night birds.
tti' was t. ,as t t surprise, this
Lc t,.tiiul half' w 1 girl. Michael
Valle,: timid not tinder -rand the
s:.rtr: flooding of la, veins at the
Lb tnitin 6f her, Ile- out such
thou.`hts sternly fron, hills -- he-
• he did not under—sand.
a
Son. once m.,re. the phantom
riders were side by side. but in Jua-
nita's voice there was something
that said she had been subconsci-
ously- warned as one of .the wild
thing; she knew so well night have
been warned.
I do not like this dart, senor,,"
she said flatly. "We r ilei"
\ te.he. did not answer. Dig tery
silence: blending with h his caballero
costume, n!ticit he had donned dur-
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My Christinas
Message
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end . "r tc tterivm:oe, lit exp ess-
u t';:, t t t. •h, v.r historical
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lt s.a- , 1.mt this period of his
tar;• that the most interesting de-
tail- ;ti ere i,ruu:;ht into use in :van's
it sir ; n
latiettage, such detail as the
et -,irt of the small letter "t" to
di its-tuin!i it fruin the small letter
"d" aft! "1". The d.,t. ahorc the small
leb. r "1" to ;;told pe,-siblc con
fusion with the ]fetter "e", is an
c.it..r Mier ,'sting indication of the
ex;,ct t s ^:ith which the scribes
recur ded the life of Christ so that
the written word of his life and
times could Le men readily under
stood for all time to cone.
Th. collection of all forms of pie
ture thoughts of many tongues,
such as was prevalent its that age,
into a ce.nnton picturesque record-
ing of the scriptureswas indeed
man's outstanding accomplishment
in the betterment of civilization.
During the year I have derive,
much pleastire in receiving your
letters front far and near for hand-
writing analysis and now that
Christmas is drawing near my
thoughts go nut to you wherever
you may be. On the farm, in the
city,on the cast or west coast and
to those across the border in the
'United States 1 send to each of
you my best tvivhes for a joyous
Christmas season.
A 1fTRRY CHRISTMAS
TO YOU ALT,!
•
ISSUE 51-1947
F REVENGE
9Y
5 0 N• C 0 L E
ing Juanita's short absence, made
hint a glittering red-headed spectre
in conches and silver itt the moon-
light, For every inch of hitn -. now
was the conquistadors
Juanita gave him a. swift glance,
then her eyes were lifted to the.
shrine on Mission Hill,
"So that is Don Attero's Cross,
senor?" she said reverently, and her
fingers made a swift sign of the
Cross across her heart.
El Caballero Rojo nodded. As he,
too, stared at the gigantic post with
its long horizontal beans he was re-
membering the story of Don Attero,
who had made Deep Water Valley
a paradse that during his lifetime
had known neither crime nor greed,
want nor envy.
' As his thoughts were deep with
Don .Attero. suddenly Juanita reach-
ed out and gripped his arm tensely,
staring with widened eyes at the
distant symbol,
"14otnetitiitg is on the cross, sen-
or," she whispered 'Something
jumps up and down at its base!"
"Someone has swung something
from each end of the beam, Juan-
itr.," Valdez said slowly. "And yes,
whom er is there is dragging some-
thing closer to the cross"
"Sit Something heavy. senor.
Lok! He throws ropes above to
the cros beads. You think ise tries to
get that heavy using he drags up
on the cr -ss:•'
She stopped short as El Caballero
Rojo suddenly kneed EI Cielo. and
the horse leaped tor-ard the brush.
"Wait, senor! she cried anxi-
ously. "Do not go! I do not like—"
But the frantic protest died on her
lips. For she knew that Michael
Valdez had decided — and few of
his decisions were ere: changed. It
was not for her to gaestksn them.
A y, -
Valdez advanced on:y a few paces
into the night. He stopped then,
melting into the inkylotac!ntess be-
ide a great rock. Then, quietly and
decisively, he moved on again, never
out of ere, er, but steadily- advancing.
Itis keen eyes were riveted on a
spy,t w' c e the valley alts came
cloe* toe -ether, and where a river,
h!a t si tt a ,lite ini.onlight. raced
t ; ion e? 1 e'. e— far,
far bt.l
' conlii se - what had
illrst my- eared to I,...i* immense
rei.lity t'o. it was as
t;,ecal git,nt of long
a+i e'uttg down, a
r dumbbell. ,lad then re-
nd had left otth' two big
wit') this narrow
, r ttg tic c- s',ivice be -
me, ,,ls on either end.
•V= '-e studied all of this, he did
not hear i a lite until the pulled
up her li hebit i, v so quietly
did she m
The man's tt .r 1,,,!1 A t ro's
Cress is flnlsked. she said, •
her voice 1,w. "Sc He Wrings a
horse from behind ti, —
That's a dog nit.ing up and
downy" Valdez said t aptly-,
Shrill, alarmed yell: drifted to
then across the night. Valdez saw
that now the excited animal had
leaped away from the burdened
cross and was yelping and jumping
at the mount of the shadowy, mys-
terious rider,
Not only was that rider mysteri-
ous. but it was all a mystery here at
midnight in this eerie setting. And
it was one which was holding
Michael Valdez in a viselike grip.
Curiosity- had led many a man to a
final pause in a six-foot hole in the
ground, he tried to tell himself, and,
that this was none of his business,
But he had to know what was going
on over there, He had to!
He turned to his roan and set foot
in the stirrup.
"We ride, Juanita," he said,
But even as they started .they
were halted sharply as -a shot rang
out. Then carne the pitiful yelps of
a wounded dog. Beneath the cone-
shaped sombrero which shaded his
face El Caballero Rojo's mouth was
a grim gash. His teeth were so
tightly clenched that veins stood
nut on his temples, -
b r
Again a six-gun barked, send-
ing its echoes through the night.
Its the distance, there by Don
Attero's Cross, a dark splotch
dragging across t h e ground
seemed to rise a few inches, then
silence! -
Instantly lvfichacl Valdez' ey•s
were roaming over the nearby
landscape, searching out a safe 1
way to ride from these heights
to the floor of the valley and
then up to the cthei• side where
the cross stood. He left the
choice finaily to El Cielo, attd tha
mount swiftly took hint down the
IT CHRIST_
Pristinas rajrr
This Day of Joy
Cllr with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed the light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;
So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee,
\v 7
as with joyous steps they sped
To that lowly manger bed,
There to bend the knee before
Hits whom heaven and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek thy merry seal.
C.4s they offer d gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare,
So may we with holy joy,
Pure, and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to Thee, our heavenly King.
/lawn
•
ANNERIRST
Dominating Mother
Alienates Daughter
WHAT GOES ON in the mind of
* a mother who .refuses to allow her
* ]9 -year-old girl to ;ace dates?
Who forbids her
' `' " to invite even
girl friends to
the house? Who
drives the girl to
threaten to leave
home—and who
retorts that she'll
sec that she los-
es her job 11 she
does? - or she
will collect the.
'' girl's whole salary each week,
* keeping her dependent upon her
* mother's sPJlll
* Does she hope by such tactics
* to prevent her daughter from mar-
* rying? Or is she imposing this
* discipline from sheer Love of au-
* thority? To deprive the, girl of a
* normal social life is to attempt to.
* defeat nature. She cannot win.
* And one day she will find her-
* self alone, for no girl who is
* smart enough to earn her own
* living will submit to such injustice
* for long. -
* The girl who writes this about
* her another is frankly puzzled. She
* wonders whether her mother trusts
* her.
p NOT FRiENDS
Naturally site has asked for rea-
sons. All site gets is an angry order
to 1''-sh. and do qr she it told. rt..
another is increasingly hard to piese
and finds laid, ;rias , my
everything the girt docs, or dors not
do. The tension between them is
mounting daily, and the girl con-
fesses she is snaking mistakes in her
work because she's too confused and
unhappy to keep her .mind an it
ANC/ no wonder'
Her Mother is not her friend. She
is a tyrant. She is trying to live her
daughter's life for her. She treats
the girl as though she were 10 years
old. Soon she will conte to Irate her
mother, and who can blame hart
It is such mothers who drive
their daughters to marry the first
mon who asks thefts. Refused the use
of their homes, they meet boys on
rocky slope to .tyle valley floor,
with Juanita's mount, Pedro,
gingerly following,
Once in the knee-deep grass of
the lush valley, the two riders
made all speed across it. Not far
from Don Attero's Cross they
stopped, slid from their saddles
and ground -hitched their mounts.
Silently they went afoot with Iyl
Caballero Rojo in the lead, a
swift - moving, crouching f i gv r e
that darted acrosa open silvered
spaces and paused in black sl1a-
('l'o ha Continued)
Magnesium is the lightest of
structural metals, being one-third
lighter than aluminum,
street corners. Desperate for some
fun, they seek it where it is easiest
to find, With what tragic results 'we
know too well.
1 can only hope that this girl's mo-
ther happens to read this today, and
that she may be sufficiently imp,
ressrd to realize the danger of Iter
Present course.
TO "DESPERATE": Try once
more to discuss this with your
mother. Remind her that you have
been honest with her, and you want
to still be. Hasn't she a friend whose
judgment she admires. TV),3 not
ask that friend to talk with your
another!' 1f you have not given any
reason for her to mistrwrt you, she
55 being very short-sighted to dep-
rive you of the rights which are
yours.
Y: * *
•
If you and your daughter are not
getting along, maybe Anne Hirst can
explain you each to the other. Write
her in detail, at room 421, Box A,
73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto.
Sunday School Lesson
By Rev, R. Barclay Warren
The Prince of Peace
Isaiah 9t2-7; Revelation 11:16;-
"15: 2-4.
Golden Text—Glory to God in
the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward Hien—Luke 2:14.
Our modern expensive celebra-
tion of Christmas is in sharp con-
trast to the plain simple story of .
the birth of the Christ child as re-
corded by Mathew and Luke. in
our mammoth observance we are
in grave danger of losing sight of •
the central personality. 'We have
t•ootn for the mythical Santa Claus;
time for friends, gifts and good
eating. But with many, Christmas
has become Xmas where Christ
is the unknown represented by X,
,r
About 2700 years ago the prophet
Isaiah foresaw the birth of the
child Jesus. To him it was an event
of exceeding great intpdrtance.
"Untous a child is born, unto us
a Son is given." This child though.
born of - the virgin Mary, was the
Son of God, "The government shall
be upon His, shoulder; and His
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The
Prince of Peace." Isaiah saw that
the Wonderful One- would be a
King. Peace would reign in His
Kingdom. The noisy armour of the
warriors and the garments soiled
With blood *'ould be burned.
John in the Revelation, had fur-
ther visions of the everlasting
Kingdom of Jesus Christ. The One
who was cradled in a manger, rais-
ed in the home of a carpenter, hang*
ed on a cross and buried in 'a bor.
rowed tomb shall reign as King.
of Icings and Lord of Lords.
* •
The Kingdom has already been
set up in many hearts. In such -
there is great peace. But the day
has not yet come when "The
kingdoms of this world are be-
come the kingdoms of our Lord,
Boxing Day
If you lived in Greece, you
wouldn't celebrate Christmas until
New Year's Eve, and if you lived
in China, yellow would be the color
that would predominate at Christ-
mas, for it symbolizes joy, happiness
and peace with the Chinese... Inci-
dentally, do you know why Decem-
ber 26 is called Boxing Day? It is
so named because the Christmas
boxes placed in the churches -Inc
casual contributions are, opened and
the contents distributed to those
who render small services without
pay. Boxing Day is really a survival
of a much older custom. In medie-
val times the monks of certain
orders used to offer masa for each
ship to receive contributions from
the sailors.
and of Itis Christ." But- it will
come. One day all nations shall
come and worship before IIim, Let
us acknowledge the greatness and
the preeminence of Jesus Christ
now. Let us re-echo the joyful
song of the angels, "Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men."
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