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THE WIN
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SYNOPSIS
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 ort,
business in Mexico. With her ailing
husband and small child she goes to
Arizona to take possession, thinking
the climate may prove beneficial to
her husband'sweakened 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, 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.
A rancher nearby decides to retire,
and offers to sell Ruth and Snavely
liis livestock on credit. Snavely tries
to balk the deal but Ruth :buys to the
limit of her three-quarter interest in
the Dead Lantern. She is assisted by
Old Charley Thane and his son, Will
Thane. A Mexican family has been
hired to' assist with the work. ` A pe-
culiar sickness develops with the
livestock. Snavely calls it "liver lev-
er" . . and. says he has a powder
for the water to cure the disease.
Ruth's whole future is at stake on
the development of the herd to meet
her notes following the first round-
up.
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you been doing here the last month.? break away. Every ten seconds, it
Sleeping most of the day, I reckon. seemed to Ruth, some animal on her
I never saw you so fat an' glossy." side of the herd would bolt. She had
* * * abandoned old Brisket for such ac-
Ruth slowly awoke and saw that tive riding in favor of Boots, a
it was still dark. She wondered idly springy young horse with analert
why Ann was moving about in the and a thorough knowledge of the
later nwas luxurionel. cow business. He enjoyed running
kitchen so at , and Y
slipping back to sleep when she heard after the animals that broke from the
the thump of boots, as Snavely came
from his room and walkedacross the
house to the kitchen, Suddenly Ruth
herd—Ruth rather suspected liim of
egging them on.
Such riding is exhilarating 'sport
knew that it was g long- —the lop - for half an hour—rather like the fast -
awaited morning when the round -'up est moments of a fast polo game, but
was to begin. As she rose and strug- in three hours it can be wearing.
gled into her riding clothes, g l hes the great When all the calves had been
weight of anxiety which had lifted branded the herd was driven to the
during her sleep settled back upon holding pasture, a small enclosure of
her. The round-up—would': there be one thousand acres. As the cattle
enough cattle? passed through the gate the counting
In the two months since she had began; one main counted calves; an
accidentally placed poison in the `other, yearlings; another, : grown
spring troughs no :newharm had steers, and a fourth, cows.
come to the cattle—but,' were they i The count was over •and the riders
enough to meether note? Her de- ,were returning to the home ranch
sire i to find the answer to this ques- ,when . Ruth rode up beside Snavely.
tion increased with each day, but she "Well, how does it look?"
could riot estimate the number of sal- '—
able anirnals scattered • over the
ranch; she could not give an intelli-
gent guess about weights and quality
and price. She only knew that she
had lost more than a tenth of the
value of her note.
Then, too, if her deal with Parker
was to do the ranch any good, only'.
the poorest of the cattle, could be
sold—only the steers and the `' old
cows. The rest of the stock and the +.
fine bulls must remain for the im-
provement of the ranch. Ruth could
not see much advantage in selling all
the cattle to keep the man . Wither-
spoon from foreclosing on the note.
what good was there in three-quart-
ers' interest in a cattle ranch with
no cattle—or, in a ranchwhich only
brought in fifteen hundred dollars a
year,
She left David sleeping and went
into the dining room. She and Snave-
ly breakfasted silently by lamplight, ..�_
then went tothe corrals. The round -up has been good. T 'think
It was just light enough at the cor- we .will have a celebration.
rats to distinguish one horse from an-
other. The six Mexican cowboys were
waiting by the gate, each with a cig- "How
arette in his mouth and a rope or Snavely.
bridle over his arm. Snavely indicat- "1 mean—do you think we're going
ed to each of the men the horse he to have enough? Weren't there a
was to ride for the day. The Mexi- good many calves and young steers
can entered the corral, caughthis in that bunch?"
mount, and led it to the saddle shed. "Can't tell nothin' yet," said Snave-
Ruth, Snavely and the Mexicans ly gruffly. "I don't know if you're'
rode into the north pasture. About ' goin' to have enough or not. As a
three miles from the ranch house guess I'd say you ain't."
Snavely gave each man his orders,! "i have it all figured out just how
then rode away to the west. To Ruth many we—"
he had said "nothing, nor could she l "You figgered, I reckon, that a
understand inttch of what Snavely quarter of the sale don't apply on
had told the Mexicans. She stayed that fool note, didn't you?"
where she was,' on a hilltop... ,The ! Ruth drew herself straight in the
men, she supposed, would ride west saddle. "Certainly, Mr. Snavely!"
and distribute themselves along the I She reined in her horse analct -
line fence as it wound through the ped back_ bei:a`bett"Alfredo and old
mountains. They would then all start ]e,h"Francisco. The Mexicans pulled
eastward ' driving the catttla'ea iefare their horses aside to make room and
them: „w% "- - with many smiles and chuckles began
waited two hours on that hill- talking to her. They loved to hear
top before she saw the first cattle her broken Spanish. 13y the time the
coming. Two miles to the north an company . reached thesaddle shed,.
ant -like string moved over a ridge Ruth had learned that Don Francisco
and disappeared into a ravine. A mo- considered the cattle large and fat,
meat later, and much nearer, she saw and the calves plentiful. ; He also suc-
a small bunch of animals emerge ceeded in conveying to her the results
from the underbrush followed by a - of the count.
man on horseback—Snavely, she That evening Ruth studied these
thought. 13y the time the first two figures in connection with others she
bunches were opposite her, three had gathered in her conversation with
more were in sight and she turned Old Charley and her studies of the
her own horse eastward. Slie soon cattle raisers' magazine: ' ]3ut she went
came upon three cows, each with a to sleep, as undecided as ever. The
calf, and drove thein before her. Just round -up would , take four days and
where she was driving them she had if on each of these days the cnunf
no very clear idea, but she could see ,if
as high as on the first, and if on
that the other riders were converging one of thosedays about one hundred
toward .a common point and govern- extra animals should appear, Ruth
ed herself accordingly. This point knew that she could meet her note:
proved to be a level piece of ground Provided, of course, that Old Char
about half a mile from the eastern ley had guessed shrewdly about the
end of the pasture. !prices the cattle buyers would be
The nine, small streams of cattle paying... .
merged, flowed on, and were thrown ( Ruth never knew how she got
into an eddying pool by the circling through the fourth and last day of
riders. Two of the men left at once, 'the round -up. Twice, after the cattle
loping to a ravine where mesquite had been gathered and the branding
wasly lentiful.; When they returned begun, she left the herd and rode in -
dragging firewood at the end oftheir to the foothills. But neither time did
riatas, the cattlewere in a close -pack she see a single overlooked cow or
cd bunch, and the remaining riders . calk. She stood biting her lower lip
.,at their- horses a
s; t intervals around and pulling at her saddle strings as
the circle. Snavely, Alfredo, Don the counting began. There 'simply
Francisco and one of the extra 'Mex- `must be more than' one: hundred and
icans dismounted, kicked off their'twenty head, she kept telling herself
chaps, and building a fire, laid on the 1 ---there just had to bet
branding irons; :Roth and three Mex- I As the last of her cattle passed
icans keeping the herd together,, through the gate, the counters drew.
meanwhile. ltogether and Ruth rode up. She his-
When the irons were hot Snavely teried as each than gave his count to
motioned to thegrizzled old Juan, Snavely and wrote the figures hi her
i i' ethe herd. and ,notebook with trembling fingers; 60,
It left Ruth's s szd oft
who
added
the "col-
shead
'e
actvaiicecl into the center~ of the mill- 23, 15, 44! TwXc
ing cattle,: elvitiging his riata, uinn before she was sure that the to -
Ruth had her hands full. With otily tai was 151. Then with• a slap she
three riders to keep the cattle in 'whirled her horse and galloped to -
place many of the cattle decided to 'ward the 'ranch hoose. Her cheeks
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"Olt, I'm so sorry," whined the
voice, "but I jest can't open it."
"Well, why can't you open it—yer
arm broke?"
"I'm taking a bath," said the voice
sweetly.-
This
weetly.This was too much. Old. Charley
planted the sole of his boot against
the door with all the force in his
body. The door flew inward and
Will Thane stepped to the threshold.
"Come right in, Dad—I knew you'd
call some day."
Charleysat down slowly on the
Old
box, utterly heedless of the wash-
basin. After a time he murmured
mournfully, "If you was only t en
t hal . an
f
again, for about years of a d g
hour! ..."
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She waited two hours on that hill top
before she saw the first cattle com-
ing.
per, the old man was somewhat mol-
lified. "Will, you ornery pup, clanged
if this ain't the happiest day I've
seen. And you've already been here
a month. You son-of-a-gun---provin'
up on your homestead. And you're
all through with real estate? Plumb
l th rottgh ?"
"Plumb through,' Dad. Turned ev-
erything I had into cash a month ago.
Cashll come in handy w
XeXwe
buy
that section :south of tis here acid pick
tip some more stock,"
Old Charley nodded happily. "T al-
ways knew you'd be coating back
sone; of these days. But what have
were wet and she sang a throaty
chant to the pounding hoofs: "I've
won! I've won! I've won!"
That evening after supper while
and Ann were making the chickens
secure against skunks and coyotes,.
Ruth put on a gown she had not worn
for more than a year, and did her
hair three times.
When David came in he asked
"Why are you dressed up to beauti-
ful, Mama?"
"Oh, just because." Ruth did not
quite know, herself; but she was con-
vinced that it was the thing to do. "I
think we ought to celebrate once in
a ;while, don't you, David?"
"Like a party?"
"Rather, yes."
"Mama! Let's go down to the barn
—they've got ;a nice fire there and
Alfredo's playing music. Shall we?
Conte on!"
Ruth grasped the boy's arm and led
him .guiltily out of the house byway
of the back porch. Snavely was in
the sitting room.
The Mexicans sat around their fire,
talking, laughing and singing, as the
mood and the ever -active strings of
Alfredo's guitar persuaded thein.
When they saw Ruth, wonder shone
from•their faces,: then admiration and
pleasure. They all sprang to their
feet, but Don.' Francisco was first.
Ruth smiled, went to the fire and
spread her hands. "It is cold," she:
said in matter-of-fact Spanish. Im-
mediately Francisco bowed her wel-
come and „hurried to the barn for one
of his rawhide' chairs. But when he
returned Ruth had. seated .herself on
the ground next to -Magda. She was
not going to be the only one of the
group who sat on a chair, gown or
no gown:
Gradually, it became •apparent to
the Mexicans that the Senora Ruth
and her son had merely come to the
fire for warmth and company. De-
lightedly, they assured each other of
this by smiles and nods. Little Mag
da sat closer. to Ruth, and made her
own importance felt among her com-
panions by speaking exclusively in
English, thereafter.
Suddenly Ruth had an inspiration,
and with many pauses and appeals to
Magda for the right word she made a
speech: "My friends. We have work-
ed and gathered many cattle. The
round -up has been good. I think we
will have a celebration—una fiesta
grande. Some of you have friends in
Palo Verde—bring them and the mo-
thers and children. On Saturday we
will cook a 'cow."
(Continued Next Week)
does what
look?" replied
Thursday,
founded ort human self-sufficiency, in-
culcated sterna self -repression, the
solidarity of the race, and the unity
of Deity."
Certain philosophers of these two
schools became interested in Paul's
teaching.They paid him the excep-
tional conhplhnent of inviting him to
address them on the Areopagus ,or.
Mars' Hill, a famous' open-air forum
on the west side of the acropolis of
Athens. There were several altars on
the southeastern end, and the seats
of the judges who met thereto pass
sentence can 'still be seen, hewn in
the rock.
Doubtless some of the greatest
philosophers of the Greek and Roman
world had spoken here, and now Paul
is invited to "present, his "new doc-
trine," as the Athenians called it. We
read that "all the Athenians and stran-
gers which were there spent their
time in othing else, but either to tell,
or to hear some new thing." So
"Modernism" was popular nineteen
centuries ago. But those who, in the
name of "some new thing," turn away
from God's revealed truth, were de-
scribed later. by Paul as "ever learn-
ing, and never able to come to the
knowledge of, the truth." (2 Tim. 4:
7).
Paul did something, in responding
to this very complimentary invitation.
thaii he had never done before, and,
apparently, never did again. He made
a.very "intellectual" and philosophical
address. He was exceedingly careful
to say nothing derogatoryto the false
religions of ,those to whom he was
speaking.
—...
THE SUNDAY . SCHOOL LESSON
iPAUL IN ATHENS
Sunday, Nov. 19.—Acts 17:22-34.
Golden Text
In Hiin we live, and move, and have
our being. (Acts 17:28:) '
-Paul made one or two serious mis-
takes in his ministry, and the New
Testament records these mistakes for
us by divine inspiration, as the Bible
always tells the truthabout even its
'greatest heroes, and never "white-
washes" them. Athens was the scene
of one of: these mistakes.
After the memorable experience of
persecution, imprisonment, earthquake
and revival at Philippi, Paul and his
party travelled southwest in Macedon-
ia to Thessalonica, where many-be-
lieved
any-be-lieved the Gospel; then unbelieving
and envious Jews stirred up persecu-
tion again by false accusations, and.
Paul and Silas . were sent away •by
night by their Christian brethren, to
protect their lives.
Moving still further west they came
to Berea, and the Berea/As, "received
the word with all readiness of mind,.
and searched the Scriptures daily,
whether those things (that were prea-
:ped) were so:" What blessings would
he poured out on lives today If only
people generally followed the exam-
ple of the Ilereans.
Many turned to Christ; then the
Thessalonican Jews, learning of this,
came to Berea and started fresh op-
position to the missionaries, so that
the work had to stop there:
And so Paul came to Athens, the
famous centre of the culture of the
world. We know something of the
marvellotts beauties of its art and lit-
erature, bttt Paul was not captivated
by these; instead,"his spirit was stir-
red in him, : when lie saw the city
wholly given to idolatry. Art and.
literattirc, no matter how perfect, do
not bring men into fellowship with
God or give life; to the spiritually dead
He took every opportunity of ex-
pressing his convictions as he "rees-
oncd .. in the synagogue with the
Jews, and with tile devout persons;
and, in - the market daily with them
that net with him."
And now Athens paid the Christiae.
missionary a high compliment. The
intellectual_ world of that day was
d
i-
vided between thephilosophyof Epi-
curus
,who disciples, the Epicureans,
sought "true pleasure through experi-
ence"; and that of the Stoles, the dis- •
ciples. of Zeno, wlto "philosophy was
Nov;
1.4t1,
r9"t
"Ye !nen of Athens," he began, "I
perceive that in all things ye are very
religious" (Revised. Version). As he
beheld their "devotions" he continued
he found an altar with the .inscription
"To the Unknown God." And whom
therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him
declare I unto• you."
This was strange talk from a man
with Patil's clear and divinely reveal-
ed .knowledge e of the difference be-
tween truth and falsehood, true wor-
ship and false worship. Strange in-
deed were these words from the lips
of one who wrote by inspiration: "the'
things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
they sacrifice to devils, and not to
God: and I would .nof that ye should
.have fellowship with devils" (1 Cor.
10:20).
But Paul's complimentary and phil-
osophical address continued, . as he
struck hands with these false .• worship-
pers, who had put God out of their.
lives so completely that, as Patil wrote
later to the Romans "professing them-
selves to be wise, they became fools"
(Rom. 1:22).
Paul seemed to find common
ground between Christianity and the
false worship of the Athenians; he
came perilously, near to teaching that
popular but wholly unscriptural doc-
trine of the "universal Fatherhood of
God and brotherhood of man." He
did indeed tell the Athenians that the
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Godhead is not "like unto gold or
silver, or stone, graven by art an&
man's device." But, he,said not a word
about Christ's: death ass the Saviour of
men, or about salvation by, faith in
Christ, but .only that the day was,
coming when Christ should judge the
world, and that the evidence of this•
was the fact that God' lied raised Elm
from the dead.
The highly philosophical address,.
containing no Gospel, made slight im-
pression in Athens. Wlien the'resur-
rection of the dead was mentioned,.
"some mocked," and others said they -
would hear Pant again. A very few -
"believed."
That. Paul came to see his mistake,,
and to be genuinely distressed ' be-
cause of it, is -plainly seen in his .z t
Epistle to the Corinthians. He.
from Athens directly to Corinth; _arid;
he w>rites to the Church at Corinth.
that was then founded: "And I, bre-
thren, when I came to you, came not
with excellency of speech or' of wis-
dom, declaring unto you the testi-
mony of God. For I determined not
to know anything among you, save
Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. And
I was with you in weakness, and in
fear, and in much trembling. And my
speech and' my : preaching was not
with enticing words of man's wisdom,'
but in demonstration of the Spirit
and of power: that your faith should
not stand in the wisdom of men, but
in the power of God" (1 Cor. 2:1-5).
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