The Wingham Advance Times, 1933-08-24, Page 6r'A
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R. S. HETHERINGTON
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Office: Morten Block.
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DR. G. H. ROSS
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SYNOPSIS moon were shining.
comes into possession of three -guar -
ter interest in an Arizona ranch, left
to her in the will of her only broth-
er, reported to have died while on
business in Mexico, With her ailing
husband and small child she goes to
Arizona 'to take possession, thinking
the elimaie may prove beneficial; to
her husband's 'weakened lungs. Ar-
riving at the nearest town, she learns
that the, ranch "Dead Lantern" is $5
miles across the desert. Charley
Thane, old rancher anti' rura1 ;nail
carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead
Lantern" gate.
Lantern" gate, which " was 5. miles
from the ranch house. As' they wear-
ily walked past huge 'overshadow-
ing
overshadow~ing boulder in a gulch in conning to.
the ranch house, a voice whispered
"Go back! -Go back." Their reception
is cool and suspicious; •'Snavely and
Indian Ann are the only, occupants.
They hear .the legend of'tlie' gulch.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Ruth 'Warren living in the East, Carefully, she got to her knees and
worked her way to the foot of the
bed.. Thus kneeling, she could rest
her elbows on- the sill and look out
into the night.
A sound, a Single squeak of a metal
g,
spring, instinctively brought her eyes
to the back door of the ranch house.
Some one .was standing there; some
One had just come Softly out, Breatlz-
lesst` she watched, The figure moved
slowly'' toward tJie ancient adobe and
stopped •She.knew.that it was Snav-
ely.' .After ;a " ,moment he turned
slightly, artcl, w walking with quiet
steps,lwent ;toward a mound of earth
he',vi11 'Cover.ed with, 'bushes. :This
mounNd wcas iztearly"gPposite the girl's
window and, about a hundred feet
away.," When `;he' 'bad reached the
chimp' of bpshes Snavely: 'parsed and
seemed again to -be looking, at the
adobe:. She'savjn that he held a bun-
dle under this, arzn. Suddenly, he
stooped 'low and' disappeared from
sight.` ,The minutes passed—two, ten,
or'a liundred,_the girl could not have
told; `;Then she, heard a hollow, 'echo-
ing clank among the clump of bush-
es:-
ush-es ' A Moment later, 'Snavely .reap-
peered and walked softly back' to the
ranch'house His 'h'ands' were empty.
This time he opened`the'door in such
'a way` that it did not s.quak,
* *.
By.mid-afternoon of the next day
Ruth ` could .har`dly stand. All morn-
the voice top' her never' to avoid it in ".
m,. and for three hours since lunch
sheand -Ann had been cleaning out
the .two rooms in the old adobe.
In spite of Ruth's exhaustion she
had done very llttle''actual work: Of
the entire two floor`s `she was only
able to scrape an:area ,which` might
have; been covered,'by:the ;"ranch •bath-
taib•,before :the 'palms ;of herr_.very
white hands developed;.puffy red
irioiincds, erfremefy,'-tender.., The hoe.
in Ann,'s, large r red:'hands ripped up
long` scrolls of earth' untiringly.
Much might be said for Ruth's bra,
veryy.in atternptting ;to .do ,any work
whafever,' 3izt as ` a ' matter, of plain
fact she was afraid to do anything
e1se:'' That morning at :breakfast .she
-had asked'rf Ann,,could:help her,'and
Snavely, hall zeplie'd;, ` I'reckon she
Can, If you 'need -'help' ' '
All day thisep1y, lied. rankled. She
told~ liersetf -;brat Ann -rya& merely a
servant e>:kplpyed *on .the - ranch and
that Snavely's interestin,the ranch
was,only odes -quarrel•, :Yet, while this
was in some _ways a corrifoirting re
:flection, it .'could. ;not, put':froin her
mind those.. pale, jerking eyes. •
Warren and David' were spending'
the day under a great` live oak which.
stood on the western bank of the
gulch and was visible from the door-
way of the old adobe. It was a beau-
tiful tree, • its, wealth'. gf.''shade made
even•more inviting by ,the cool green
of its ` leaves. "Warren lay ; bac]: in a
canvas chair; lazily improvising on his
guitar. Little*'David was tremendous-
ly busy making things with the small
acorns which covered .the shaded
ground.
Often Ruth glanced tdwa,rd the oak
tree; and once shehad gone partway
over and shouted to 'Warren to look
put for snakes; .Shy rather fglt ]bat
she also should he under that tree.
Anyway,' the 'adob,e; looked quite
clean and pleasant „compared with its
appearance the evening, before. ,Only
last 'evening?' 12uth ' could hardly be-
lieve that she had not yet been twen-
ty-four.,_hou:rs on, the ranch; it seemed
a month, Well, `the .cleaning, was ov-
er, She supposed That a storm would
"No. ,You understand -I don't be-
lieve there's anything to 'it -it's 'jest
an echo or some noise,. that's. all.
'Course with ,Ann its":different.';
"How, do you mean?"
"Well.` ''She's superstitiousclean'
through.'' She's scared to death to go
through, the gulch—but" just the same
she ,dasn't 'go around it. 'She' thinks`
case it wants .to tell her anything.
The three ' sat silent. Soon the
slightest of noises caine :