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Walker 'FURNITURE `I'` RR and FUNERAL SERVICE Wingham, °If11't Ambrulan+ a er 4c+ SYNOPSIS Rath Warren, • living in the Eas conies into possession of three -guar ter interest in an Arizona ranch, lef to her in the will of her only broth er, reported to have died while o business in Mexico. With her aiiin husband and small child she goes t Arizona to take possession, thinkin the climate may prove beneficial t her husband's weakened lungs. Ar riving at the nearest town, she learn that the ranch "Dead Lantern" is 8 miles across the desert, Charle Thane, old rancher and rural mai carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead Lantern" gate, which was 5 mile from the ranch house, As they wea ily walked past a huge overshadow ing boulder in a gulch in coming t the ranch house, a voice whispere "Go back! Go back." Their receptio is cool and suspicious. Snavely an Indian Ann are the only occupants Snavely is difficult to understand but regardless, Ruth takes up the task of trying to adjust their three lives to the ranch and its development. Ken- neth, Ruth's husband, caught in chill- ing rain contracts pneumonia and he passes away before a doctor arrives. Ruth tries to carry on. Snavely offers to buy Ruth's interest in the ranch. She is not encouraged by Snavely in plans to try and stock the ranch or improve it. She writes to her father in the East asking a loan with which to buy cattle. She receives no reply. Will Thane comes home to visit his father . ... and Ruth meets him. t n g. 0 g 0 s 5 y 1 s r 0 d n d NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY An hour—two hours, Ruth cowered by David's crib with her eyes on the door. She had been telling him stor- ies, breathless, incoherent stories. Now he was asleep and she could watch the door unhindered. She Izad placed the trunk against thedoor aitd she watched the streak of muddy water ranch,, its top, puddle, and run along between the "slats and drip. She had long before, with her husband, fixed the loops securely in the •walls apd the bar was now in place. e Something struck the door 9ieav`11y; little drops of water shel't'ered in the air. The knob rattled and Ruth rais- ed the heavy gun. A momentary lull let. her hear the squelch of receding feet, then quick running steps, and the door crashed inward, pushing the trunk before it. The lamp went out. Ruth stood before her baby's crib, the gun held in both hands. Ann filled the doorway; the continuous lightning played upon" them' tierdly. Ann's hair almost ` covered her face; sparkling water dripped from the straight black She became a thing of pure instinct —a furious mother animal fighting a black monster, locks. Neither woman moved. The figure towering in the doorway mut tered—chantlike guttural words which seemed a part of the storm. Then silence for a moment, before the gi- antess crouched low and came for- ward. Ruth pulled the trigger—with both hands she pulled frantically, and re- membered when the gun was knocked. from her band that she hadn't done something—cocked the, hammer, she thought. Thereafter she thought no more; she became a thing of pure in - tinct, a furious mother animal l fi�h.- h a fight- ing ing; a black monster that had broken. into her den. They crashed, against the crib and David called once; once' they tripped andfora,moment separated, bait as xoom as she could find her enemy again, the mother sprang.. She was gt'ipped in a Brush ng embrace which lifted her from her feet. The girl be- I "Did the voice tell you to drink and came a scratching, kicking writhing !did it tell you to come as back to the rock at six o'clock and then when you didn't know whatyou were do- ing, did it tell you ':to --to Ann nodded and two' great tears welled from hereyes, "Ann," why must you obey the voice?" • The Indian woman spoke, her eyes fixed through the, window where the eastern sky was faintly tinted. "I do k h f demon—every atom of her body struggling, with a blind ferocity which would not be quelled. Her fingers, talon -spread, searched for the eyes of the giantess and her teeth bit into a benlike muscle. Suddenly she was flung bodily across the room. Her limbs tingled nuinbly and for a mo- ment she colud not move. It was dur- ing this moment that, by a quivering flash of lightning; Ruth saw a dark, jagged crack running from the upper corner of the window to the -ceiling. Without thinking, she knew what the .crack meant, and heedless of Ann, she started through the sudden dark- ness to the crib where David lay hud- dled. The mother stumbled and as slae,was trying to rise to her feet, the lightning came again. Ruth scream- ed: lightning -shone like a livid snake through the jagged crack. The snake squirmed its way along the top of the wall above the crib and reached the door. Slowly the earthen. wall swayed inward, broke into great, rag- ged chunks and fell. The stout tim- bers of the crib creaked under the weight of a slab and all was black- ness, grinding earth, and pelting rain. A sheet of blinding light filled the sky, Ruth saw Ann a few feet away, half sitting, half kneeling, a chunk of adobe propped against her. The big face with its matted hair was stupid, stunned. The mother screamed at her. "David—my baby!" When next the lightning flashed, the stupid .face had - not changed. its expression, but Ann was Iooking at her. Again the girl: screamed. The next flash showed Ann scrambling to her feet and from the quick -thrown blanket of darkness thundered a great ,sobbing voice: 'My baby!" Ruth felt Ann beside her, big hands fumbled over her own, a great shoul- der edged itself under the end of the fragment. When light came again the giantess was holding up the slab and inside the crib David lay wide-eyed and gasping, _ ee IviingIed with the memory of two] 'Ruth waited before the silent door, small arms aroundthen a. muffle voice' cried out. her neck, thered stood out in •Ruth's mind the picture of a livid, tortured face, matted with straight btaek hair, .. This memory seemed to have been with her for a long time—since last month or last year or perhaps in last nigJit's dream. Now she was quite comfortable—she had always liked to be rocked, especially when the chair squeaked at every rock like this one. . It was strange, she thought, for a little girl who Liked to be rocked to have a memory of a great, straining face with matted hair ... No, it wasn't proper, somehow, to be rock- ed to sleep with one's mother croon - ng that old colored people's song, and at the same time feeling those ittle _arms and seeing that terrible ace which oddly enough was a love - y, welcome face • Ruth opened her eyes. Everything wirled about confusingly. Then lowly, taking one thought, one thing t a time,.she knew where she was. he was in. the sitting room of the Dead Lantern ranch house; David lay "sleep on a pile of comforters before he grate fire; the clock on the man - el said five minutes to' four . . She vas being ` rocked and at every for - yard swing she was being ,patted ently just where she herself had pat - ed David. .. . She turned her head rtd looked into the face of Indian. 1.nn. The face smiled sadly. "Lie"asleep, oney, lie asleep!' "Ann, I'rn awake now." "Hush, little white girl, lie asleep, e asleep." Ruth put up one arra and drew. nit's tear -stained cheek down to er own. It was half an hour before uth spoke again, "It's all past, Ann, nd I'm hungry—I think'." Reluctantly the giantess placed the irl beside the sleeping child and vent into the kitchen, Minutes passed and Ruth became ware that Ann was not moving about" n the next room. Painfully, she tood up, In the kitchen Ann „was sittingon ae woodbox, her big'hands over her ace, The girl went to her, "Please, don't atait's all past—please, Ann, dear." "I ought to be kilt : dead:" Ruth stood in silence her arms, raving Ann close against her. After' time she Said, "Come on -let's get atria coffee, I'dt make the fire!' A, Moment later Ann .was making ae fire arid Ruth stood at the sink,' ensuring' otit the coffee, "Ann," she sked, "why did it laappetiP' Aral shook het' head, There was no response, but Ruth thought she beard' a slight movement just beyond the door. "Ann, please answer me one thing; have I done anylling, are you angry with rate?". Ruth waited before the silent door, then a muffled voice cried out, "No, Miss Ruth, no! 'Fore Gawcl, I loves you!" The key turned ira the lock and there came a sound of heavy foot- steps moving away from the door. . few hours later the two women were working silently among the re- mains of the ole! adobe, salvaging Ruth's belongings. The giantess said nothing unless it was absolutely ne- cessery. To all intents the relations of the two women were the same as on that morning when they had first cleaned out the rooms, Yet, Ruth knew that never again would she fear Ann—beneath exteriors she felt that, she and Ann were closer than sisters. an note why must—it is the Search as she might, Ruth couldn't ear"—She touched her breast—"it find the big revolver which. Old Char - pulls an' 1 go," • ley had given her; it was hopelessly "But what is the voice?" buried. "I dean know -=different things."Snavely returned about noon and Ann'S voice dragged slowly, tone -without any Mexicans. He gave as Ie'ssly. "It's the of medicine man who the reason, that no one in the little was with my mother's people he border town wanted to come very have the power over all his people badly, and then, as he was spending an' the blood of his people=he have the evening trying to persuade an old power on my blood which is ' the man and his son, the storm began. blood of them people." Snavely knew that the heavy rain "But that " ofd medicine man must would make work on, the ponds irn be dead long ago." possible. After they dried up again "That is .'why he speak so close he'd get the Mexicans. Ruth was 'thouht our seein'—his body is no heartbroken—if only the work had more in th' way;',' been attended to before this rain, there would be water enough for a year. But Snavely reminded her that the rain must have completely filled the deep pondrin the south pasture, and that often held the best' part of a year. There was no sense in get- ting any Mexicans at all now. He made little comment on the col- lapse of the 'old= adobe. Ruth and David would have to live in the com- missary rooms. (Continued` Next Week) "An," said the girl, rising and reaching her hand up to the great shoulder, "when you cried out you said, 'My baby'—have you a baby?" She nodded. "It seemed to me it was my baby under there. I never knowed until I. brought her in here- I grabbed her away from you - I brought her in here an' built the fire an' put her down• Then I seen she. was white—David. Afterwhile I went out an' found you." "Your baby is a girl?" asked Ruth. "Yes:", The girl looked from the window. The ancient adobe was now a mound of earth. "Ann, how did we ever get out of there alive?" "It didn't fall all to once—the side towards th' barn jest went down• First it was only th' wall with th' window -then jest as soon as I vent back an' got you th' other parts fell." The girl shuddered. "Arran, why did. I stay behind after I pulled David out of the crib?" , The giantess hung her head. "I didn't know how it was—I thought you was stealin' my baby whilst I was a-holdin' up the wall. I hit you an' took th' baby; when I seen it was David, I went back an' got you .. "' "Ann," said the girl impulsively, "you couldn't help what you did. And you saved both our lives--I—I'm sor- ry I bit and scratched you—" The giantess smiled sadly and her huge arm, went round the girl's waist. "You feisty little of wil' cat!" Then her face was filled with despair, "I ought to be kilt dead," "Ann, I'm so happy! I've always been afraid of this( place and of you and of—of him. But now! With you on my side—why! I can do anything! We'll stand together and we'll go ahead and make this the biggest ranch in the world for you and me and David. I'm bound to win now, Ann!" A strange look came into the giant els' faee.. She shook her head and. stepped away from Ruth, her eyes fear -filled, "No! No, %Liss—"�; "VVhy, Atae?" The huge woman spoke hastily. "Yost tell Mr, Snavely that yoti done come in' th' house before th' 'dobe fell an' styed with me—doan say .no thin' 'bout the, voice 'talking nor th' fight nor nothing—I got to ---I got • to—' the kitchen, crossed the back porch' and entered her room, "or a moment Ruth was too sur- prised to trove, then ahe• ran to Antt's door. • ((Ant)" site called, "oh,; Annl" THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON SAUL IN DAMASCUS October 8. -Acts 9: 1-31J Golden Text.—Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new crea- ture: old things are passed away; -be- hold, all things are become new: -2 Cor. 5.:17. Saul prided himself on being one of God's chosen people, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; trained in the OId Tes- tament law by one of the ablest tea- chers of his day. Yet Saul did not know God. He had a great deal of religion, but no . real knowledge of the only true God. For the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, said: "He that honoretli not the Sonhonoreth not the Father which hath sent Him"- (John 5:23). Saul did not even believe Moses, au- thor of first five books of the Old Testament, in a true way; for the Lord Jesus said to certain Jews -lik'e Saul: "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Ivle for he wrote of Me" (John 5;46). Again, the Lord said to certain Jews like Saul, who were rejecting Christ yet talked much about God: "Ye -say that He is your God: yet ye have not known, Him" (John 8: 54,E 55).. Every Jew who really believed his Old Testament and God, not only with the head but also with the Heart recognized Jesus as the Son of God and the Messiah when He came. Those who rejected Christ proved, by this rejection, that they didnot know His Heavenly Father. Saul was rejecting the,,,de.ity and Messiahship of Jesus of Nazareth with such murderous hatred that he was "breathing out threatening's and slaughter against the- disciples of the Lord." He event went to the high priests in Jerusalem and secured let- ters of introduction to the synagog- ues : in Damascus, more than a hun- dred miles away, authorizing him to bring "bound unto Jerusalem" any men or women who were 'followers of Christ, "If he found any of this way," he forced them to 'stand trial for their lives. "This way" means the way of life, the, Gosepl of Jesus Christ, who had. said, "I am the way ... no man com- eth unto the Father but by Ible.", There was, much deadly persecution of Christians in the first century. It has broken out again and again dur- ing the centuries since. . And now, Bernard Shaw, the brilliant man of letters, lras said that he believes that Governments ought to -deal' unspar- ingly with those who are, so foolish and fanatical as to suppose that the way to Heaven is by lctting Another bear their sins. While Saul journeyed � y to Damascus with those letters of persecution and death to the Christians,'he was struck to the ground by a light from Reay- en, a light far more intense than that of ,the noon -day sub which shines with such blazing splendor in Pales,. tine, He heard a 'voice asking him, "Baal, Sattl, why persecutest thoti' me?" ` Wheif ° he asked, "Who art l Thursday, Oci~gher 5th, i93 .' Thou, 'Lord?" the answer came:. am Jesus, whom thou persecutest; 1 is hard for thee to kick against th pricks," Then came the best word that had ever pruccecled from th mouth of Saul during his whole lit up to that moment: "Lord, what wil thou have ane to do?" The victory bad been won. All o Saul's previous life dropped away a worse than •useless, and justly nude the righteous condemnation of God as he now recognized Jesus of Naz areth as the Lord' of glory. When a man once really know who Jesus is, then his attitude to ward Him.,determines his life and et- ernity, Now that Saul knew that Je- sus was Lord, his humble, obedient question, asking for the Lord's ord- ers, was his salvation and emancipa- tion.- mancipa tion. The glory Of the light proceeding from the risen and glorified Christ is too much for human eyes or strength to endure. Overand over again we read of the greatest characters in Bible history falling prostrate to the ground when given a vision of :the glorified Christ. The Lord answered Saul's question by telling him simply the next thing to .do—that he should stand upon his feet and go into Damascus, and there "it shall be told thee what thou must do." So often we would like to know from God a great deal more of what we are to do during the next week, or month, or year, than He tells us; One step at a time is enough. When Saul stood up,,, and opened hiseyes he found he was blind. Those who were with him had to lead him by the hand. and bring himto Dam- ascus. Blind, but seeing for the first time! The world was now shut out from, his sight, but what glory, of which the world knows nothing, he was seeing! "He saw no man," we read; and we are reminded that the three disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration with Christ; after they had seen the dazzling glory, then "saw no`man, save Jesus only." When the Lord brings to pass a revolutionizing change in the life of any Human being He is likely to speak to some other human beings about this, and thus provide human fe1los'hip for the new-born child of God. "There was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias;" and in a vision the Lord told him to go to a certain street and call at a certain house and ask for Saul. of Tarsus, whom he would find praying. It is impressive, and comforting to learn from the Bible what care and ,atten- tion God pays to.. little details that might seem. to he beneath His notice. Ananias protested, naturally.` He reminded the Lord that this Saul was notorious and had' wrought great evil in the church at Jerusalem, and that he was here in Damascus on an er- rand of persecution. But Ananias could not tell the Lord anything He did not know,' and the answer came: Huron & Erie Debentures are legal i u v .e s' t zit e t for executors and trustees, Safe for ;estates funds.' Safe' for the hard earned savings of individuals. 5z is . paid upon $100 and over. for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years. Applications are accepted bY Ab n r e. b Cas ensu INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE Wingham Ontario Interest Rates Are Falling, Other Companies Are Only, Paying 4%. Act; Now! ' "Go thy way: for he is a chosen ves- sel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the child- ren of Israel." Then the Lord said He would show Saul "how great things he must suf- fer for My name's sake." Persecu- tion was to be among the credentials of Saul as a commissioned and trust- ed ambassador of Christ. Ananias obeyed the Lord, found his man, called him "brother Saul," and reported that the Lord, "even Jestis` that appeared unto thee in thy way," had sent him so that Saul might re- ceive his sight, and be filled with the. Holy Spirit. Immediately Saul's phy- sical sight was restored by a miracle, and there began the personal minis- try of the greatest representative, teacher and preacher of the Lord Je- sus Christ this world has ever known. The rest o fthe chapter tells of the fearlessness with which Saul now` "preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God. His Jewish hearers were amazed, remem- bering the man's "sinister record. But he wavered not at all, answered con- clusively those who tried to argue with him, and proved the truth of what had now become his life -thesis: that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ,. the Son of God. The persecution and suffering be- gan promptly too. The Jews tried to: get rid of Saul by killing him. His• Christian friends stood by him, and. helped him to escape from Damascus by night. Finally, he made his way to Jerusalem where the Christian be- lievers were still afraid that he was - their "enemy; but other believers who. knew his true discipleship vouched.- for him and told of his miraculous conversion and 'bold preaching at Damascus. Persecution broke " out again, and again Saul's life was at- tempted. 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