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SYNOPSIS
Ruth Warren, living in the East,
conies 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 Mexico. With her ailing
husband and small child she goes to
Arizona to take possession, thinking
the climate may prove heraefi.oial to
her husband's weakened lungs, Ar-
riving at the nearest town, she !earns
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, which was 5 miles
from the ranch house. As they wear-
ily walked past a huge overshadow-
ing boulder in a gulch in coming 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.
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.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
After the noon meal Ruth had re-
turned to the remains of the old
adobe and was mourning over a mess
of mud and clothes, when she was
startled by the sound of an automo-
bile. She could hardly believe her
eyes when she saw a fine-looking ma-
chine climb out of the gulch. Visit-
ors were not common on the Dead
Lantern.
There were two men in the car
which approached the ranch. house.
Before it stopped and just as Ruth
had started to walk in that direction,
Snavely rode out of the brush along
the southern bank of the gulch, his
horse on a dead run: Ruth paused
and watched him bring his mount to
a sliding stop by the machine.
The look on Snavely's face brought
Ruth back to earth with a jerk.
"What d'you . want?" his voice
shrilled at the men in the car.
One of the men replied, talking for
some time, but his voice was low and
Ruth could not understand.
"Hell, no! We don't want nothin'
to do with that—" Snavely swung his
arm back and pointed along the. road
—"There's th' way out of this place,
stranger!"'
"How do you do?" smiled Ruth, as
she •,came up to the other side of the
car. The two men turned their heads
in quick surprise, then smiled with
pleasure.
"Are you Mrs. Warren?" asked the
older man, lifting his hat„
"Yes --won't you gentlemen come
up to the house?"
"Why-er--•thank you" — he half
turned' his head in Snavely's diree-
tion• "my name's Parker of the Tri-
angle T, and this is Mr. Harvey, our
attorney. Your neighbor, Mr. Thane,
thought perhaps you people might be
interested in a cattle proposition—"
"Oh, I'ni sure we should!"
The three went to the ranch hoose
porch where Snavely jointed them af-
ter tying' his horse to a mesquite,
The girl introduced harr►,He grunted,
did not offer to shake hands and seat-
ed. himself at one side.
"You see, Mrs. Warren," began
Parker, "the Triangle T is changing he walked to his horse, and mounting
he rode away,
On the day after the cattle deal
had taken place, Ann was not in the
kitchen when Ruth arose. Neither.
was she in her room. Nothing in the
kitchen appeared to have been touch-
ed since the evening before, nor was
the fire lighted. She built the fire,
Soon Snavely came to the door.
"Where's .Ann?"
"I'm sure I don't know; I thought
perhaps she had to do something out-
side before breakfast and hadn't come"'
in yet."
"Did you look in her room?"
"I didn't look—I opened the door
and called."
"Huh!" Snavely went to Ann's
room and returned shortly. "Her bed
ain't been slept in -she's gone agin."
"Why, what do you mean?"
"'Bout every two months or so
Ann goes away for a spell — don't
know where. Well, you can get, me
soA ethin' to eat, I reckon."
hands -do you know of the ranch?"
"Ian afraid not," smiled the girl.
"Don't make any difference," ob-
served Parker. "We're on the Mex-
ican lone about twenty-five miles east.
Well, as I said, .the ranch is changing
hands. The man who bought it is ;go-
ing to do differently than I've always
udone, He intends to make a feeder
ranch out of it, rising Mexican stock
—ah—do you see what I mean?"
"Well, no -I'm rather new to this
business," said Ruth.
"Don't make any difference — he's
going to buy cheap Mexican cattle
and feed them to sell. The point is,.
he isn't going to breed Herefords and
he won't pay me for the cattle on the.
place—I mean he don't want them for
breeding—he'll take all my steers - and
beef stuff, but you can see that good
young cows and registered bulls are
worth more than so much a pound—
they're producers. Now, the man I'm
selling to, Jesus Travina, don't care
about that sort of stock. I was tell-
ing Charley Thane about it and he
wants ten of my bulls and he said
you people—" Parker glanced from
the girl to Snavely and then back at
the girl. "lie thought you people
might be interested in doing some-
thing. So as I was taking Mr. Har-
vey here, back to town, I just thought
I'd drop in and see you."
"But," said Ruth, "just nowwe
haven't much cash. We'd have to ask
for time in which to pay—wed have
to pay out of the earnings the cattle
bring us." -
Parker nodded. "That often hap-
pens in' -the cattle business," he smil-
ed' "But if I can make eight per cent
on my money, I shan't .be in too great
a hurry to get the principal. If you
like, we can draw the note to come
due next November—after the fall
selling. But if you're at all pressed
I'll extend it to the spring selling.
Even if I had to wait until a year
from this next November, it would be
better for me than to sell the stock
for what I can get now. The ` ranch
here would be my security, of course.
"I'm oposed to that!" • Snavely
leaned forward. "I don't go putting
up my interest on no such proposi-
tion as that."
For some time no one spoke,
"Well," said Ruth at last, "I have no
objection to risking my three-quart-
er interest in the ranch for as many.
cows and bulls as you'll give me for
it.'
Mr. Harvey, the lawyer, lifted his
brows at this statement -as a general
thing partners agreed, tget back?"
Parker turned to the attorney. "It "Last evenin'."
would be legal for Mrs, Warren to "I didn't hear you come in."
offer Ur li3terest evert though Mr. -"No, Mrs, Warren."
Snavely does not wish to offer his, "Where have you been, 'Ann?"
wouldn't it? "I've been away," answered the
"Why, yes, it would be legal; it can huge woman quietly,
be done. However" -- lie studied Ruth said nothing more.
Snavely -"it will be a rather unique The cattle had come—a long, wind -
state of affairs. Should the cattle ing river of brown and white flowed
come on the ranch they will increase into the north pasture. There, the sib:
the value of the ranch and likewise Triangle T cowboys allowed them to
the value of the partnership interests. spread out of their own choosing. A
In other words, Mrs. Warren would great hunting of cow for calf began.
be increasing Mr. Snavely's property Each cow appeared to have lost her
for him, while Mr. Snavely, in refus- calf and each calf bawled' as though
ing to offer his share as security, it had lost two mothers. The calves,
would be contributing nothing to the temporarily orphaned, made little ef-
welfare of the partnership. However, fort toward reunion; they stood un-
-he funned to Parker as though he certainly on their limber,„ legs and
had seen enough of Snavely "I think
Mrs. Warren's note will be sufficient.
An hour later the machine was dis-
appearink into the gulch and Ruth
Warren had mortgaged her entire in-
terests in the Dead Lantern Ranch.
Snavely came. up behind her, "What
you jest done was agin my advice,
Mrs. Warren, Don't expect me to do
nothin' if things don't turn out like
you figer.'.'
It ,didn't seem possible that such a
weak, insignificant thing as herself
could gown those huge animals.
For five days Ruth was cook on
the Dead Lantern, and of the fifteen
meals, twelve of them consisted, of
Mexican beans and boiled sun-dried
beef.
On the morning of the sixth day
Ann was in the kitchen when Ruth
entered. •
"Why, hello, Ann! When did you
•
Ruth smiled. "Certainly, I under-
stand. But you were there when Mr.
Parker and I went over the situation
—I know and you know the water is
a little scanty, but if things don't go
too badly I may even be able to pay
off the note next November. I hope
I shall, but if not, he agreed to give
me a year."
"Seems like you're talkin' a lot
about yourself," he replied tensely,
"You talk like this was your ranch."
"I didn't mean it that way," an-
swered Ruth lightly.
The look on Snavely's face brought
Ruth back to earth with a jerk. For
a moment she thought he was going
to leave her without speaking, bot
her relief was short-liv77ed. Do yo
tt
know somethin'? I come by the, deep
tank in the south pasture onmy way
home this mornin', Well, it washed
out last night—that's what it did. The
water in that represa's gone to 'hell
this n to, them other shallow
aw.
ones won't last two weeks!" VOr a
meat, his glinting eye's played over
her sardonically. With a shot laugh
bawled to the world at large, while
their mothers sniffing, lowing, trott-
ing nervously here and there, sorted
them out. As soon as a family was
united there were mutual sniffing and
lickings; the bawling ceased and the
cow led her, offspring quietly away
to graze.
When it seemed certain that every
cow had found her calf, Snavely; with
the Mexican cowboys, rounded up the
new bulls and.. drove them.,.: towards
the home ranch corrals, Ruth and.
David followed behind. The girl was
deathly afraid of these twenty-two
monsters: A cow seemed more of a
pleasant creature—at least, it loved
its calf, and looked over the mead-
ows with a rather .satisfied, friendly
expression. But those. great
ltu
nber
-
ing bulls—a rolling avalanche of un-
friendly power, as they plodded
for-
ward,.sitie� their individual baetre
challenges deep in their throats. But
the girl took a tremendousPride'in
them; it didn't seem possible that
such weak, tiv ale, insignificant thing. as'.
liprself could own those huge ani-
mals, Of tour
se, Snavely awned a
quarter .of then, legally; neverthe-
less they.
wereher bulls, ,And the
were very valuable:—to lose one
might mean the ;difference between
meting; hr note and trot meeting it,
Aftr the ll
1 bulls d. been. r"'
s ha b e driven
to the Smallest of of the x
ntereonnec.t-
in3cor a1s on the, home ranch, they
were forced,, : one a t a_ time 'to enter
anarrow runway wopened ortt
into the pasture, ,Just before a .bull
reached the .end of, this runway and,
just as he -was congratulating himself
on his escape, a bar shot across in
front of his nose, another was' placed
immediately behind him and .he was
a prisoner. The walls ;of the runway
werealready pressing his sides, and
now three ;anent took hold of a Ion,
lever with the result that one of the
walls swung inward, holding the en-
tire bull as though a great hand had
closed upon him, A large animal can
thus be doctored or branded with the
least clanger to all concerned, pratic-
ularly to himself.
Before the first of the bulls had
been released, Ruth 'Warren appeared
among the 'surprised cowboys at the
branding fire with a bucket of white
paint she had found in the barn.
"Wait, before you let him loose,'"
she called to the rnan by the nose bar.
"What's the matter?" asked Jep
Snavely.
"Well," said Ruth, "you see—how,
are we going to keep track of the
bulls? I mean, suppose we do ride in
the pasture and count them, they'll be
so scattered that by the time' we've
counted twenty-two we can't be sure
but what we've counted the same one
twice, and that maybe one is.,gone."
"Can't you, tell by looking at an
animal • whether- you've counted him
before or not?"
"Frankly, I can't.
alike to me."
"What do you aim to, do with that
paint?"
"I'll show you!"
Before Snavely could protest Ruth
ran forward and drew a numeral one
on the animal's side, two feet high.
"See," she called triumphantly, "now
all we jiave to do is to check their
numbers on a pieec of paper — we
can't' go wrong.
Snavely looked pityingly at Ruth,
then turned away; the old cowman
was too disgusted to speak. It seem-
ed incredible that any one could look
at a bull and not remember him as
one. remembers the'face•of a man.
(Continued Next` Week)
They
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PRIZE -WINNERS,
GORRIE FALL FAIR
Hone; Sofa Pillow, Mrs. Edgar Brant
Mrs. Savage; Card Table Cover, Mrs.
McNichol, Mrs. Savage; Pair Curtains
Mrs. McGillvray, Mrs. Brimblecombe
Lamp Shade, Mrs. Somers, Miss Liv-
ingston.
Diningroom Furnishings — Lunch-
eon Set, embroidered, Mrs. E. Brant,
Mrs. J. S. McKenzie; Luncheon' Set,
other hand .trim, Miss Livingston,
Mrs. Savage; Centre Piece white, Mrs
Savage, Mrs. Brimblecombe; Centre,•
Piece, colored, embroidered, Mrs. Sa-
vage, Mrs. T. O. Flynn; Centre, Piece,
colored, = any other, Mrs. McGillvray,
Miss Livingston; Buffet . Set, white,
Mrs. Edgra Brant, Mrs. Musgrove;
Buffet Set, colored, Mrs. McGillvray,.
Mrs. J. S. McKenzie; Tray Cloths,
Mrs. Brimblecombe, Mrs. Ed. Brant;
Tea Towels, Mrs. 'McGillvray,, .Mrs.
McNichol.
Sleeping Room Furnishings — Pil-
low Cases, embroidered, Mrs. Edgar
Brant, Mrs. Savage; Pillow Cases,
any other, Mrs. Savage, Mrs. Mus-
grove; Hand Towels, embroidered,
Mrs. Ed. Brant, Mrs. Savage; Hand
Towels, any other, Mrs. Edgar Brant,
Mrs. McNichol; Bath Towel, Miss
Livingston, Mrs. J. A. Hone; Dresser
Runner, Mrs. Savage, Mrs; Brant;
Vanity Set,Mrs. Brimblecombe, Miss
Livingston; Boudoir Lamp Shade,
Mrs. Somers, Miss Livingston; Py-
jama Bag, Mrs. Willits, Mrs, Savage.,
Ladies' Person Wear—Night Robe,
embroidered, Mrs. Savage, . Mrs. Mc-
Gilivray; Night Robe, other hand
trim, Mrs. Savage, Mrs. Hone; Lad-
ies' Smock, Mrs. Hone, Mrs. Savage;
Handkerchiefs, Mrs. Savage, Mrs.
Brimblecombe; Shopping Bag, Mrs.
Savage, Mrs. T. O. Flynn; Fancy Pu-
rse, MissLivingston, Mrs. Savage;
House Dress, Mrs. Willits, Mrs. E.
Brant; Kimona, Mrs. McNichol, Mrs.
Hone; Bed Jacket, Mrs. McNichol,
Mrs. Hone.
Infants Wear --- Jacket, Miss Liv-
ingston, Mrs. Brimblecombe; Bonnet,
Mrs. T, O. Flynn; Mrs' Ramage; Boo-
ties and Mitts, Miss Livingston, Mrs.
Ramage; Knitted Suit, Mrs. T. O.
Flynn, Mrs. Ramage; . Short Dress,
Mrs, Hone, Mrs. T. Q. Flynn; Srnock
Suit or Pantie Dress, Mrs. Hone, Mrs
McGillvray,
Miscellaneous Needle Craft—Speci-
men of Tattiig,•Mrs, Musgrove, Mrs.
Savage; Flet ;Crochet, Mrs. Brimble-
combe, Mrs. J. S. IvIcKenzie; Modern
Cross Stitch;t Mrs, Savage, Mrs, T. 0
Flynn; 1VIoderrn Cut Work, Mrs. J. 5:
McKenzie, Mrs. Savage; Wool Work,
Mrs. Savage, Mrs.`' Brimblecombe;
Set,Mrs, e Miss'
Bedroorn M . Savag , Liv-
ingston;
v-
ingston; Collection, of Fancy Work,
Mrs. Savage, Miss Livingston;
Col-
lecttn of Crochet Mrs.J. A, one,
Mrs. Brimblecombe.
Judge, jack Dundas, Markdale,
ARTS T `'AND CRAFTS
Oils --- Landscape, Miss Lucille
Grant, Mrs. Savage; Portrait or Figs
ttre, Miss L. -Grant, Miss Livingston;
Still life, Miss L. Grant; Miss Living-
:torsi Flowers < or vegetables,. :Miss L1
vingston, Miss ,Granq single piece of
Thursday,, October 12, 1933
work, Miss Grant,John Grieve-V,S,
Water ColorsrLanscape, Miss Li-
vingston, W. E. Patterson; Marine,
uvliss L. Grant, W. E. Patterson; Por-
trait or figure, Miss L. Grant, Miss
Livingston; Flowers, Miss Grant, Mrs
Savage; any other' subject, Miss Grant
Miss Livingstone; work not other-
wise listed, Miss Grant, Miss Living
stab.
Miscellaneous -- Pastel, Ivliss Liv-
ingston, Miss L. Grant; Crayon, scene
Mrs, Savage, Miss Livingston; Cray-
, figure,
,on subject Miss . L. Grant,
Miss Livingston; Pen and Ink slcetcii
W, E. Patterson, Miss L. Grant;. Sep-
ia, Miss L, Grant, Miss Livingston;
worknot otherwise listed, W. E. Bat-
terson, Miss Livingston,
Crafts"` Basketry, Mrs. Willits,
'Mrs. Somers; Wood Carving`; Muss
Livingston, Mrs, Brimblecombe; Seal-
ing Wax Art, Mrs. Brimblecombe,
Mrs, Savage; Painted Weeds and
Flowers, Mrs. Willits, Mrs. N. Mc
.crinin.
China --Realistic Design, Miss L.
Grant, Miss Livingston; Convention-
al Design, Miss L. Grant, Miss Liv-
ingston; Ornament or Vase, Miss
Livingston, Miss Grant; Lustre or
Mat Work, Miss L. Grant, Miss Liv-
ingston; Collection, different styles,
Ifiss L. Grant, Miss Livingston.
• Judge,Jack Dundas, Markdale.
CHILDREN'S WORK
Miscellaneous -Water color draw-
ing, Mary Miller, Edgar Elliott, Gla-
dys, Musgrove; Pencil Drawing, Mur-
iel E. Kruger, Reita Gallaway, Dor-
othey Heinmiller;, collection leaves of
native trees, Muriel Kruger, Gladys
Musgrove, Jas. Smith; Map of On-
tario, Muriel E. Kruger, Mary Miller,
Blythe Underwood; Collection Wild
Flowers, Gladys' Musgrove; Penman-
ship, Muriel Kruger, Isobel Watson,
Billy Newton; Bird House, David
Greive, Francis Durrer; Guinea Pigs,
Wm. Edwards, Jas. Smith, Mack
Smith; Rabbits, Raymond Baylor,
Mack Smith, Gerald Weber; Bant-
ams, Jas, Smith, Gerald Weber, Fran-
cis Durrer; Pigeons, Fantail, Gerald
Weber, lst and 2nd; Pigeons, A.O.V.,
J. D. Jackson, Raymond Baylor, Al-
lister Elliott; Bird House, Gerald We-
ber.
Judge, Gordon. Jefferson,
Sound.
Owen
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
OCTOBER 15 — PAUL IN. AN
TIOCIi — Acts 11: 19-30
Golden Text' -For I asn not ash-
amed of the%gospel,• for it is the pow-
er of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth; to the Jew first, and,
also the. Greek.—Rom. 1: 16.
THE LESSON IN` ITS SETTING.
Time. ,„Claudius becomes Emperor,
January 24, A.D. 41. Church at An-
tioch founded, A.D. 38-41. Barnabas
goes to Antioch, A.D. 43. Aid sent
to Jerusalem by Said and Barnabas,
A.D. 44 or 45. Return of Saul and
Barnabas, with Mark, to Antioch, A.
D.45or46.
Place—,Antioch, Jerusalem..:.'
Men of Cyprus and Cyrene. Simon
of Cyrene carried Christ's cross when
he fainted finder iton the way to the
crucifixion. Who, when they were
come to Antioch. Being driven thus
far by persecution. Spake unto the
Greeks also. The noble Greek langu-
age was spoken all over Syria and
throughout Western Asia, but where
"Greeks" are spoken of as opposed to
"Jews", the general term "Gentiles"
is meant; the Greeks being regarded
as the highest type of non -Jews.
Preaching the Lord Jesus. Preaching
that Jesus, the man of Nazareth, was
Lord of heaven and earth.
And the hand. of the Lord was with
therm. A common expression to des-
cribe the controlling power of Christ
and, God. And a great number that.
believed turned unto, the: Lord. This
was the result of the working of the
divine band. These Greeks turned to
the Lord inrbelieving, carrying out'
their belief in obedience to the com-
mands of Christ.
Who, when he 'was' come, and had
seen the grace, of God, was ,glad. His
was a large and liberal nature, and
was glad to; see. And he exhorted
them all. Being a "Son of Exhorta-
tion." That with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord.
Christianity must be full of purpose,
alive with will; nothing less than that
can withstand thefiery darts of the
evil one.
For he wasa o man." ' ca
F god a We <n
readily dispense with all praise for
a brilliant intellect and distinguished
achievements if men will only say of
its, after we die, "He was a good
tnan.", And full of theHoly Spirit
and of faith. The Holy Spirit is spo-
ken oi` in both places as a Spirit of
power and demonstration in 'preach --
leg the word."' Note that. Barnabas
was not content to be merely a com-
rhitt•ee of investigation, surveying "af-
fairs of Antioch and returning tp
Jerusalem to snake a •fatroralile report.
And lie went forth to Tarsus to
Seek for Saul, 1Barnabaswas not one
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of those men who wants to do a big
work all by themselves, and allow it',
to go to ruin because it is too big
for one man.
And when he had found him, he
brought him unto` Antioch, Saul
would first need to make provision
for whatever work he had been do
ing in Tarsus. And it came to pass,
that even for a whole year they were
gathered together with the church,
and taught much people. Every Chris-
tian will seek out a partner in his
Christian work, perhaps many part-
ners. And that the disciples were
called Christians first in Antioch. The
name may have been .given simply
as a distinctive title, naturally chos-
en from the recognized and avowed
devotion of the disciples to Christ as
their leader.
And signified by the spirit. His
prophecy was not due to his own sa-
gacity in interpreting the signs of
the times, but to the insight into the
future given him by the Holy Spirit.
That there should be a great famine
over all the world. That is, affecting•
all the world, not that the crops
should fail simultaneously in the days -
of Claudius. There were terrible fain-
ines, as history relates, in many plac-
es during the reign of Claudius.
THE THYMUS GLAND
At the upper part of the chest
where the chest merges into the root
of the`neck, there is a narrow space,.
largely walled -in by unyielding,. bon-
es, in which arc; crowded large blood --
vessels, important nerves, and the-
tubes which carry food to the stom-
ach and air to the lungs. In this re-
stricted areais to be found the thy-
mus gland.
The thymus • gland manufactures:
white blood cells. Whether or not
this is :its' only function has not been
definitely determined. The thymus
gland of the normal child grows with
the child until about the thirteenth
year, when it begins to atrophy and
practically disappears. '-
Like any other part of the body,
the thymus gland may become abnor-
mal or diseased. Enlargement of the
thymus causes trouble and is respon-
sible, each year, for a number of
,deaths, nearly all of which may occur
during the first year of life. The par-
ticular tragedyof these deaths is that
they take children, often suddenly,
who have apparently been in perfect
health.
Due to the restricted space in
which • it is loc'ated, enlargement of
the thymus" gland gives, rise to cer-
tain symptoms. The most common of
these is difficulty in breathing, which
difficulty 'hiay be continuous or recur
at intervals, An attack may go on
until the child appears to suffocate
and his face becomes purple. Con-
vulsions may occur.
Every, child who holds his breath
does not do so because of an enlarg-
ed thymus. Indeed, this is a common
means used by , young children _to•
gain the attention they want. Never-
theless, holding the breath until the
face turns blue may be due, to en-
largement of the thymus.
Stridor, ''which is 'a high -pitching
r accompanying•
whistling sound brea-
thing,
thing, is also a symptom. : The cry of
n ' this .s mde-
scribed
shows gsymptom is
p
ltendency as metallic. c A y to•
throw the 'head back has also been
noticed.
Whether or not any or all of the
are
abovesymptoms reins in a. iven child
Y p g
due to an enlarged thymus can be
readily `:determined by the plysician
who examines the child. The only
way for parents to be t -' sere in such
cases is to find
out
from their fam-
ilyphysiclan andit is both the sev-
ere and
ev-
ere"and the, mildest variety of symp-
toms which sholud be investigated
del
withouta
y.
fi.
1 the 'condition
S
1
ortunate y, once
detected, there is available a satisfac-
tory,
p
sins le and, safe method of treat-
trnertty wither in X-rays or radium,
gland' m s is a
th .
All enlarged thymus
menaPe tcs life. It should therefore'
be looked for if suspicious symptoms
tous
are noted, so that it may be promptly'
and property treated.
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