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Ruth 'Warren, living in the East,
comes into possession :of three-quar-
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 Medico, With her ailing
husband and shall child she goes to
Arizona to take possession, thinking
the canate may prove beneficial to
her husband's weakened lungs. Ar-
riving at the nearest town, she learns
that the ranch "Dead Lantern" is 85
miles across the desert, Charley
Thane,old rancher and rural mail
carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead
Lantern" gate.
Lantern gate, which was 5 miles
from the ranch house. As
they
wear-
ily
ily walked past a huge overshadow-
ing boulder in a gulch in corning 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 the .gulch,`
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
As soon as supper was over the
girl asked Ann if she might help with
the dishes. The black Indian eyes-
shed to where Snavely stood in the=
yorway before their owner replied
at "dishes, is my work,"
But Ruth wouldn't be put off; she
as determined to make Ann her.
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ofme
sure you—" I his wife and son.
Ann interrupted with a gesture, As Warren's cough seized hies less
often, his mind freshened, he became
the eager, buoyant, impractical, lov-
able boy Ruth Grey had eloped with
six years before, His old zest for the
concocting of dreams, which he be-
lieved to be plans, returned. He thor-
oughly considered, the possibilities of
the ranch, Calling Ruth's attention to
the low hills of the pasture lands, he
observed that they looked very like
certain hills in Oklahoma where he
had seen oil derricks, It might, he
thought, be worth while to have a
which included the silk and the dress-
es in the trunk. "It's me ---I ain't fer
such as them."
There was a tone in Ann's voice
which Ruth could not understand and
she made no reply.
Some time later while Ruth .was
again hanging a dress, in the closet,
she heard a low sound, a single gut-
tural word, almost a moan. Peeking
around the edge of the closet she
saw the giantess crouched before the
tiunk tray which had been set to one
side on the floor. Ann's attitude was
almost one of adoration; one huge
hand lay upon her breast, the other
was outstretched over a compartment
in the tray. Slowly the outstretched
hand was lowered, softly the fingers
came to rest. For a full minute the
giantess did not move. The girl
watched, fascinated. Suddenly Ann
seemed to remember that Ruth was
somewhere near. Th spell was bro-
ken and the giantess rose. Without
turning her face 'in, Ruth's direction
Ann left the adobe.
The girl hurried to the tray and
looked in the corner compartment.
She saw that it contained David's
first pair of shoes and his first hood
Of lace and ribbon.
The girl had almost finished un -
peaking before Ann returned. She
iend, or at any rate to get a little handed Ruth a baking powder can. "I
ehind that protective shell with went to• git these here," shesaid
rhich the giantess hadcovered her
cal self. At -times it seemed to Ruth
at the real Ann might be more like
fistful little girl thananything else
-if she could be found.
So half an. hour later Ruth entered
he kitchen and asked Ann to come
o the adobe as soon as she could and
elp with the unpacking. Snavely had
one down to the corrals, and War -
en and David were inspecting a new
y arrived. calf who was wondering
loud on the strangeness of earth, in
gully not far from the oak tree.
Ann soon came to' the adobe.
"Wel], Ann, there really isn't much
work but I wantedyour advice, I
gave a dress or two which are rather
ood—how can 1 keep them clean
he dust, you know=and,_do you have
notes in this country?"
Silently, the great woman left the
dobe and returned a few minutes le-
er with a roll of wrapping paper.
He 'became tiie eager, buoyant im-
practical and lovable boy Ruth -Grey
had eloped with.
gruffly.
Ruth opened the can; it contained
moth balls. "Oh. .'That's right, Ann,
I forgot. about "them.' Let's see," I
suppose we'd better put some in the
pockets of Mr. Warren's suits andin
that woolen dtress.. .
The last of hangable things had
been taken from the trunk when Ruth
came upon her ribbon hoard. She
opened the box. "Here, Ann, would-
n't you like scene of these? They're
justscraps —1` don't know wh'y I keep
them around."
Ann looked silently into the bright
nest of twisted colors, and her eyes
shote, . Carefully slie pulled out .a
band of golden silk. She felt it be-
tween : her great- thumb and finger,-
then
inger;then held it close` under the' lamp.
"Quality," site murmured, "as fine_
as -fine—Iike gold hair from a little
white `"girl ."
"Take anything you want, Ann—all
of them if 'they'd be of use to you.
They'll spruce up a dress wonder-
fully."
"I don't -never spruce tip," replied
Ann quietly, "but i'11 take a little of
this gold one if you want."
"Oh, take it all."
"No." Ann took the scissors and
revently cut about twelve inches from
the band.
"Well, if you ever want any more,
you'll know where to find the box,
Ann. What will you do with that
piece?"
6,
As she watched him ride away she
was a little envi8us.'
tag
l 'r
�,aw,le
geologist come out and look around.
And while the geologist was there, it
wouldn't hurt to have him prospect
for gold and other. mineral wealth in
the mountains—Arizona was famous
for mines. There was perhaps, only
one use of the twenty -thousand acres
upon which Warren did not speculate
—their use as a cattle ranch.
In her heart Ruth knewthat this
was the •only real value of the land.
Just how valuable a ranch it was, or
how valuable it could be made, she
had: no idea. She wished she could
talk to Old Charley about • it.
Kenneth's schemes about the ranch
dwindled and for a day he found no-
thing to interest him. Then sudden-
ly he discovered the fascination of
rhyming. With boundless optimism
he gave David over to the complete
care of Ruth and went joyfully at the
business of a poet.
'Ruth was glad. Somehow, poetry
suited Kenneth better than anything.
In the evening of the day on which
Kenneth Warrenbecame a poet,'he
fidgeted about until David was com-
fortably stowed in the section of the
horse manger, and then produced a
sheet of paper. He had notgone rid-
ing that afternoon and had been
moody during supper. Ruth compos-
ed herself to listen to the three short
For the first time since 11.iitth had stanzas --she had .expecte'd thirty—her
known her, Ann smiled. It was the face automatically settled into the ex -
most expressive smile the girl had pression of one who will praise sat -
ever seen. Ann looked toward the isfactorily.
door. "Sugarfoot," she called. Not until his trembling voice had
The Iittle dog arrived at once, and ceased on the fast line did Ruth War-
ren's eyes come back to her husband's
face. Warren' expectedmore anima=
tion, but, he shrugged and' smiled ap-
ologetically. Then he saw that his
wife was crying.
"Why—Ruth—
"Kenny! With a rush her arms
were about him. "Kenny— Oh, Ken-
ny .... Kenny.. "
"Wha—what's the matter; it's, not a
Ann, 'still smiling, tied the bright rib-
bon about his neck. Then she tilted
her headto one side, :"Aw, Mr. Sug-
arfoot, ain't you jes' the classiest -lit-
tle dog nowt"
Ruth Warren felt moisture in her
eyes. "Ann," she said impulsively,
'take something for yourself—I know
you want to—please!"
Atin's black eyes looked into the
earnest hazel ones before her. • "No
—
thank you kindly."
"Splendid:!" said Ruth, who had
been wondering whether Ann had not
left her for good. "That's just what
we need—we can make a sort of pap-
er sack around the hanger..."
Slowly the rigidness which always
enveloped Ann was softened as the
two women, busied themselves. The
girl chatted away about clothes, shap-
ing her talk by the growing spark of
interest in A.nn's eyes. Onee she :care-
lessly tossed a piece of heavy silk
lingerie on Ann's bare arm and went
to hang something in the closet When
she looked again, Ann was stroking
the silk with lingering fingers.' The
girl watched silently. "That is nice,
ik 't it?'" she asked, coming forward.
"God, yes—" replied Ann slowly, "I
seen flimsy things on cheap giris—
nothin' like this—this here's duality,
yes' quality,
"I wish it were bigger," said Ruth
sincerely
"What far?"
"So that you cottld try it on—you'd
look well in it."
"Me?" Ann's hand tightened upon
the silk on her arni; and her eyes
searched the, girl's face. ; She shook
her head, "Quality, such as that, ain't
made fer no ox like me."
"Oh, nonsense! You ' can get them
in as large a size as you want—I'm
For. Ruth, the next,two weeks were
days ,of bewilderment. She could not
realize her isolation; it. was impos-
sible for her to accept the fact that
beyond that distant horizon there was
only more horizon.
She wanted desperately to under-
stand her surroundings; .she forced
herself to study everything which
might add to her knowledge of the
country and the operation of the
ranch. Snavely was no help. Each
morning he rode away very yearly—to.
watch the . cattle, she supposed—re-
turning late in the afternoon, And
when she was able to speak with hien
his pale eyes regarded her contempt-
uously and he answered in monosyl-
lables. Only one or twice did he re-
ply at any length and then to dwell.
upon the discouraging features of the
ranch and the dangers of the country
to those unacquainted with it.
With the passing of the days War
rev's health improved noticeably. At
his repeated request', Snavely grudg-
ingly turned two horses over for the
use of the little family, and in ,the
cool of the evening Warren found he
could take short horseback rides with
sad poeni--just supposed to give a
pienere of the old oak tree; what it's
seen and felt and thinks—"
The clinging girl shook her head
'violently. "Oh, Kearny!" eves all she
could manage.
Late that night Rurth ,Warren lay
awake, Her husband-Kennnth-had
done something, really big, Those
three short stanzas—three magic
patches of words • ,It seemed to
Ruth that elle had always know hint
to be a poet at heart; his visionary,
iurpractical ideas had a poetical
soundness about them, every one.
The next morning after breakfast
Warren stopped Snavely on the way
to the barn; "Can I get up on top of'
that mountain?" he asked, pointing to
the tallest of the several peaks which
rose to the west.
"D'you mean ,carr you
back?"
"Yes, of course."
Snavely regarded him a moment.
"What do you aim to do there?" -
"I intend to spend the day - look
around—may write a little."
"Oh, sure. Yep, . old Sanchez'lltote
you all right—only, don't push him
none -let him take his time."
Warrenthanked him, and ,Snavely
added that he would catch Sanchez
while he was getting his own horse
and leave him at the saddle shed.
Ruth protested against Warren's.
trip. But he was sure he could stand.
the ride and he would have all day in
which to rest before the return jour-
ney. He was determined to go—he
was going to climb up on that peak
where he could see the: whole world
and he.was going to write.
As she watched him ride away she
was a little curious of the bundle tied
to the back of the saddle,for•besides
the lunch was a pad, of paper, and
some of those sheets were going to
be very fortunate.
As Ruth - worked she was more
nearly happly than at any time since
coming to the ranch, She even hum-
med, a little vague tune while she
stirred the clothes in the tub which
sat on two stones over a mesquite
fire near the back screen door. Wash-
ing
ashing in this manner did not seem such
a hardship . now. She was 'amused as
she remembered the electric washer,
wringer, dryer she had once owned,
and with which she had no concern
except to make sure her laundress
understood how it worked.
The weather was cooler than usual
and now and then a silver cloud slid
under the sun, bringing a welcome
shade. The windmill worked slowly,
methodically, repeating its squeak and
click.
By noon, the sky was solid with
go horse -
white clouds; little rushing winds
came and went suddenly; the songs
of the birds included a new note, ex-
pectant and gay. All the desert aw
(Continued Next Week)
oke from its long sleep in 'rstupefy-
ing heat and mingled its fragrant,
spicy breath with :the little gusts of
wind.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
DAVID.,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd
I. Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 78: 70-72
Golden Text: Man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the, Lord
looketh on the heart. (I. Samuel 16:
72.)
David had a distinction shared by
no nother character in the Bible. He
was the first • king of God's own
choice to ' reign over God's chosen
people, Israel. And he was a unique
type of the divine King of Israel,
David's greater Son, time Lord Jesus
Christ, Israel's Messiah and the Sav-
iour of the world.
The Israelites had demanded a
king after their own heart, and God
ha.d let them have their way by ap-
pointing' Saul ' as their king. When
Thursday, August 3I.st, 1933
mien havetheir own way and reject
God's the result is 'clouded to fail-
ure. King, Saul, having everything
that anen cuunt worth while, was a
pitiable failure, and ended his life a
suicide.
Yet the old prophet Samuel, while
keenly conscious of Soul's fatal and
incorrigible sins, mourned for Saul
until God had to rebuke the prophet
and tell him to cease mourning:
"How long wilt thou moron for "a. ul,
sec;ing I have rejected him from
reigning over Israel?"
When God. . decidesto„ set a man
aside, it is not for us to mourn God's
decision. The only way of safety and
happiness is to agree with God, for
His wisdom and love are perfect.
Samuel was divinely directed. to
take a horn of oil and go and anoint
another young man as king, a son' of
Jeese the Bethlehemite. "How can I
go?" protested Samuel to God; "if
Saul hear it he will kill rne," So
God directed the old prophet; "Take
an heifer with thee, and say I ani
come to sacrifice to the Lord.".
Did this mean that Samuel should.
tell a lie? God never directs any man
to lie, for Satan is the father of lies,
and God is the truth. What Samuel
was directed to say was literally
true; he was goingto offer a sacri-
fice to the Lord, and during the cere-
mony he was to anoint the new king.
Arrived at Bthlehem, Jesse and his
sons were called to the sacrfice, and
when the oldest son, Eliab, appeared,
Samuel was sure this must be the
new king, for he was so fine-looking.
Samuel was mistaken. The Lord
told the prophet to pay no attention
to the tall- stature or fine looks of
Eliab: For the Lord seeth not as
man seeth; for man looketh.• on the
outward appearance, but the Lord
looketh on the heart"
Man after man of Jesse's seven
sons passed. before Samuel, and each
time the Lord made known that His
choice was not there. Were there no
other.ehildren? There was the young-
est, off by himself, keeping the sheep
—surely he was not to be considered.
But he was the one for whom God
had been waitin, and Samuel had the
boy sent for. "Arise," said the Lord
to Samuel, anoint him: for this is
he'
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sheep.
Then the Lord rose from the dead,.
and in the twenty-third 'Psalm we
Holy Spirit and as Saul anointed, "'have the risen' Christ caring for His :.
young David, "the spirit of the Lord sheep today, so that, "though I walk.:'
came upon David from that day for-
ward." A thousand years later a de-
scendant of David after the flesh, who
was the San of God, was baptized,
and the Spirit of -God descended tap -
through the valley of the shadow 'of
death, I will fear no evil."
In . the third of these Shepherd
Psalms, the -twenty-fourth, we have
the return of.. Christ as the Chief
on Him in a special anointing for His Shepherd,'to reign over Israel and
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earthly ministry: _ the whole world, "Lift up your heads
David must have had some very
rare and true and beautiful character-
istics, .in his single -hearted devotion
to God. He fell into grievous sin
many years later; but when he was
confronted by his sin he made no ex-
cuses, but confessed it with a broken
heart, and God forgave and cleansed
him, as He will all who turn to Him,
in true repentance and confession.
and so is the Lord Jesus Christ;, Dav ed the prophecy: "And the Lord God
O ye :.gates; even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of
Glory shall come in. Who is the King
of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is
the King of glory."
We find David and Christ brought
together continually in the New Tes-
tament. When the angel „toldthe vir-
gin Mary that she should have a child:
not the sonof her husband Joseph,.
David is called the Shepherd -King, but the son of God; the angel utter
id wrote that matchless piece of liter shall give unto Him the throne of
ature, the Twenty-third Psalm which
has comforted more hearts than al-
most ally other passage in all the 3M-
ble. It is one of three shepherd
psalms, . the twenty-second, .twenty-
third and twenty-fourth, each written.
by David. As David was a shepherd
before he was king, so the Lord Je-
stis s Christ, at His first- coming, took
the shepherd's place, laying down His
life for' the sheep as the, good shep-
herd. "(John 10). "I ani the good
shepherd," said the Lord: "the good
shepherd giveth His life for the
sheep." And David risked his life ov.-
er and over again for the sake of his
sheep, meeting wild bests in life -and -
death conflicts.
The first of the three Shepherd
Psalms, the twenty-second', tells of
the Good Shepherd dying for the
His father David: and He shall reign
over the house of Jacob for ever; and
of His Kindoan there shall be no
end" (Luke 1:32, 33).
In ' the great sermon preached by
Peter on the day. of Pentecost, by
whichthree thousand 'souls 'were.:sav-
ed, Peter declared, that David knew'
that the S,on of God and Messiah was
coming as one of his own descend-
ants, because "God had sworn with
are •oath to him, that of the fruit of
his loins, according to the flesh, He
would raise up Christ to sit on his
throne; ,he seeing this before spake
of the resurrection of Christ" (Acts
2':30,1 31).
These are but a few of the astound-
ing facts that show the unique honor
given by God to a man of His •choice
of David as king of Israel.
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8733 Persons were killed or
injured in Ontario .in 1932 >f
BECAUSE OF ;CARELESS DRIVING
MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
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