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Walker FURNITURE and L SERVIG FUNERAL Wingbax at, Ont. Ambulance Service a TT -HE WIN GRAM ADVANCE -TIMES Thursday, Nov. 23rd, ,1933" SYNOPSIS Ruth Warren, born and raised in an Eastern city, i s willed will ed three -fourth interest in the Dead Lantern ranch in Arizona. With her youthful hus- band, who is in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to Ar- izona to take up where Ruth's broth- er, reported killed in Mexico, had left. off, They reach Dead Lantern, 85 miles from the nearest railroad, with. the helpof old Charley Thane, neigh- boring rancher who also carries the rural mail. At. the ranch they find the partner, Snavely, and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who greet them suspic- iously. As they trudge the 5 miles from the ranch gate to the house they pass a huge rock in a gulch where a voice whispers. "Go back. Go back." Ruth's husband caught in a rain shortly after their arrival contracts pneumonia and passed away before medical aid can be brought. Ruth, penniless and without friends attemp- ts to carry on but is balked at almost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. Despite obstacles of all kind Ruth gives notes on her ranch inter- est to purchase cattle. She is assisted by OId Charley Thane and his son, Will Thane. A Mexican family has been hired to assistork. b nwith the �v A peculiar sickness developes with the live stock. Snavely calls it `'liver fev- 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 roundup. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Had she dumped a keg of gold coins among them, Ruth could not have created more joyous excitement. While she and David wire on their way to the ranch house they were overtaken by the breathless Alfredo. "Senora -please! The little house has been finished these two weeks. Is it not good that my dove and I -and. also the good Don Francisco -should enter on this Saturday:?" Ruth guessed more from Alfredo's manner than from his words the nat- ure of his request, and she gladly en- couraged him, not forgetting to men- tion the priest, and the license. Alfredo assured her that everything. would be in order. He had heard that a priest was visiting Palo Verde and had learned that one of the Mexicans from exicansfrom that place had a ford -possessing friend who would, no doubt, be glad to go to town for the license. x- * .* Ruth told .Snavely of the celebrat- ion. He had come into the kitchen on Friday morning while she and Ann were baking pies and she had told him ttlinost blithely. The grim old cattleman had merely looked at her:— one steady, glance which brought a cateh of fear to her heart. Then he had left without a word. Later she had seen him riding away on his fav- orite horse, a bianket roll behind his Ruth saw a knife glint in his right • hand saddle. It would have been impossible for him to stay in the vinicity of the celebrators, Probably • he cathped near some distant: watering place; he did. not return until Monday. On the night before the fiesta Ruth and Ann ;sot little rest, They stayed up until ten fitting Magda with a wed- ding dress ---a dress, worn not so long ago, by a proud -eyed bride in a little church on the outskirts of Philadel- lih ia, I3y nine o'clock Satrtrday :several' horsemen and three wagonloads had arrived; the unfortunate heifer had frr.etr rcokotl whole for some hottrs over a pit of fire, superintended by Dort I raneisco whose ettlit'iar;' itr fsle-. tnents were a pitchfork and an axe, Old Charley and Will arrived with Juana, Juana's wife, in the ancient automobile. Everyone was dressed as they felt the spirit of the occasion demanded. • Ruth entered the house and return- ed shortly with a roll of parchment tied with a blue ribbon, She unrolled: the crackling paper, and exhibited it silently to Old Charely and Will. It had a beautiful red seal... Ruth noticed that nearly every one looked, sooner or later, toward the gulch. Once or twice, also, she saw a mother or father bring back .som youngster who had wandered near the fence, Since the Mexican border runs through the centre- of Palo Verde four houses being on the Mexican side and two on the American—not a few of the guests;carne fortified With refreshments. When. the line was formed at din- ner time the young man .who was dominated by the green shirt went to the aid of the solitary celebrator and brought him back so that' he should not go hungry. Don Francisco cut great chunks_ of roasted meat from the carcass and handed' them to Ann who folded them in tortilla and pass- ed them' to the line of grinning Mex- icans. The wife of Don Francisco's cousin from Palo Verde was in charge. of the pies. •AU was silent save the occasional crack of a bone under Don Francisco's ax and the'munching and satisfied grunts of 'the eaters. Ruth, Will and Old Charley had re- turned to the ranch house porch when Pink Shirt and Green Shirt went off, arm in arm,'separating to choose two adjacent hilltops. She appealed to - Will and Old Charley. "D.h, I don't think they'll hurt any- thing," said the old man. "They"11 yell until they go dry and then drop off to sleep. We can wake them up to -morrow or next day." There's anothed one' well prepared for snake -bite," observed Will, watch- ing a tall slender fellow; with .a blue sash who was talking volubly to Al- fredo and gesturing toward the ranch. house. "Umm—ever. seen that boy.before, Ruth?` Is he friend of AIfredo's?" Old Charley was eying the actions of the man, critically. "Why, no, I don't think so," replied Ruth. "I've never seen him before." "Looks as though he was beginning to take things seriously," observed Will a moment later. Alfredo had turned his' back to the man, only to be pulled about again by a jerk on his shoulder. Old Charley caught liis son's eye, then turned to the girl. "If you'd like, Ruth, you and me'might go in and take a look at your round -up figures. If I get a line on what you have `I can talk to a buyer when: he comes to my place next week." "Fine," said Rath rising. "I' cer- tainly like to talk it over with you." As they went inside, Will saunter- ed in the direction of the` barbecue: Alfredo and the titan with the blue sash were talking loudly, face to face, and every one was watching. Sudden- ly, the man swept off his big hat with his left hand and crouched low. Ruth, who in spite of Old Charley had stop- ped to watch through the window,. saw a knife glint in his right hand. Alfredo, also, now crouched, knife in land, with his hate held out as a shield. The two men circled about each other like a pair of game cocks. Will broke into a run. But Indian Ann vas first. In two strides she had valked up to the man in the blue ash. She hit him once behind the eat with her fist, thee returned to the barbecue pit, where she had been cit- ing off the remaining meat with the dea of hash. Will helped to revive the stricken nan and later led him to where his Corse was tied. He talked with him or a.moment, then the roan mounted nd jogged off down the road, home- ward. At one o'clock the` priest arrived in a buckboard drawn by a pair of btu' os. Ruth went to greet him and ound that he could not speak' a word of English. He was fat, dirty, stupid, nd the least interesting of her guests. "When shall the marriage be?"" sked Ruth a .s, Alfredo came listlessly ip to the ranch house porch about hr'ee o'clock 1 Alfredo shrugged;e c o his face was pit ul, ""The papers have not come," 11;e aid mournfully, looking down the oad. "What in thunder will wc; do?" Old Charley appealed to Ruth. "We've at the bride, the groom, the priest, ; he music and the audience. The priest 'knows enough not to tilarry r em without the license," Ruth frowned thoughtfully, "Do i you suppose the priest can read Eng- ish?"' "Say you're a wonder!" Will,turn- ed' to his' father, "Now what do you say a college diploma is good for,, e hey? Later that day Ruth wrote in her note book: "The Wedding was sol- emnized on the front porch of the bride and groom's future home. The bride wore a beautiful veil of old Spanish lace, a `handsome gown of white satin with a large shawl draped tastefully about the shoulders. The ensemble was strikingly set off by a pair of red.pumps. The groom wore, the conventional black corduroys." Ruth's last memory of that day, as she slipped into' sleep, was the sound of guitars, mandolins, a flute and a violin from the direction of the new little adobe, The music was being, played • with steadfast purpose, . as though it. would still be playing when she awoke. And she could hear, dim and afar off, a long quavering yell ,of some `happy mortal on a 'hilltop. * * Sugarfoot wastied t: The, little l r. i gP l dog sate at' the -extreme end of the - rope which fastened him to a login the woodpile, and.gazed disconsol- ately at David who had' jest returned from a hunt and • was now shooting ° -at a tin can with his.. bow and arrow. And there was no reason to be tied Ann had not gone any place. Sugar - foot could hear her in the kitchen 'making interesting noises with a pan. Sugarfoot whined. "Well," said David, as he noticed the dog and came over to the wood- pile, "guess nobody 'membered to un- tie you. If I let you go, will you be a bear? Bears are awfully scarce." Sugarfoot wagged his rear third enthusiastically but faded to live::_ up to the bargain, once free of the -rope. He speedily ran in the direction 'of ,the barn. She had reentered thehouse and was lighting another lanter., when a slight, familiar sound turned her rigidw At eight o'clock David was tucked in his cot and Ruth sat near, reading. for the thousandth time, a tale of the Coon and the' 'Possum and the Olcl Black Crow. I. Ann knocked at the door and her voice was Heavy with anxiety. "You - Ian ain't got Sugarfoot` in there, has You?n Ruth went to the door.' "Why, no, He isn't loose, is he?" I T'he giantess nodded dully. "The rope is untied off his collar," The girl, caught her breath and iturtlecl. "David! Diel you untie Sugar- foot? he;y tone of her voice caused David to answer dubiously, "Well --sort of —you see, Mama, he wanted to play bear and I` just thought Iwould let him, so " Ann was lighting a liantern., Sire hurried out of the back screen door, "See if he might be down at Al- fredo's" called Ruth with an effort at `cheerfulness, The giantess did not answer. Ruth scolded David for untying the dog, but said nothing more. That aft- ernoon An had ,asked for the rest Of the poison. which, together of the box containing the remains o'f the liver fever medicine, she had looked • in her frank after her disastrous 'mist- ake. mist-ake. She had. given Ann the poison which the giantess then, placed in the carcass left over from the barbecue, The coyotes were becoming too num- erous around the home ranch and Ann wished to thin their ranks. Sug- f~ t "Don't sttppose he can read any- thing." "Wait to minute!" arfoot was to have been kept tied during the night to keep him from the meat: After David had fallen asleep Ruth left the room and went out of the house. On the other side of the barn slie could see Ann's lantern moving slowly through the hushes near where the poison had been placed. Ruthdid not like to leave David alone in the house, but she decided to help Ann search. She had reentered the house and was lighting another lantern when a slight; familiar sound turned her rigid. The sound came again; a low whine and a scratching on the screen door. It was Sugarfoot. As Ruth held the door open, the little dog walked sleep- ily inside and, going to Ann's door, sat down andyawned, It was as thou- gh, peacefully asleep on his sack by the woodpile, he had become cold and had risen in the hope of a warmer bed in Ann's room. Ruth picked the dog up in her arms and ran outside, "Ann! Oh, Ann!" The moving light beyond the barn suddenly stopped. "Here he is, Ann! He's alive!" The lantern began to move violently. Carrying Sugarfoot into the living room, Ruth lit the lamp. The 'little dog stood. before the fireplace; his short legs widely spread and his' sides distended almost to bursting. He looked sleepily and wonderfully con- tent. Ruth knelt down and prodded him with her finger. He was' as tight, as a drum. Ann came in panting and dropped by the dog. Sugarfoot licked her hand and strove ,to wag his taillessness; but such excerise is fatiguing after a hearty meal. "He certainly doesn't seem sick," said Ruth. "No. He et the meat though—his tracks is all around. (Continued Next Week) THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 'LESSON PAUL IN CORINTH, Sunday, Nov. 26th -1 Cor. 1:10-18; 2: 1-5. Golden Text: I determined not to know any thing.. among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. (1 Cor: 2:2). From Athens, the centre of the cul- ture of the world in literature, art and philosophy, Paul came to Corinth and found kindred spirits in a man and his wife, named Aquila and pris- cilla, and he lived in their home. "Be- cause he was of the same craft , for by their occupation they were tentmakers." Paul was a tentinaker, and to plied his trade and supported hitriself financially so that he might' not be a burden to those to whom he ministered spiritually, : as he, explains in several of his letters. From the. Areopagus, philosophical centre of Athens, to the home- of tentmakers may have seamed like a "come down":. but it was not this for the greatest apostle in the history of Christianity, Because' Paul, lived '9n. the heaven lies" on the throne with his risen and glorified Lord, nothing honest or honorable was beieath him. Together with his tentmalci.ng he preached. Christ at every opportunity, particularly to the Jews in the syna gogue, "and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ," Every Jew knew the meaning of "Messiah" or "Christ" from the Olcl Testament; but few .of: them were ready to admit that the. man Jesus of Nazareth was this pro- mised !Messiah of Israel. So they contemptuously rejected Paul's testimony and "blasphemed." In obedience to the Lord's command" (Matt, 10:14), Paul declared to these apostate Jews: "Yore' blood be upon your own ]heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the . Gen- tiles." The Jews were through with Paul, but the Lord was not, and He spoke to ''Paul "in the night by a vision: 13e not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city," And so Paul stayed on in his minis- try at Corinth for a year and a half. The first tw,o chapters of his° First Epistle to the Corinthiansmake an important part of this lesson. The letter was written some five years later, and Paul pleads with the Chris- tians of Corinth not to permit the divisions that had sprung up among tlreni` Soine said that, they were fol- lowers of, Patti, others of Appollos, others of Cephas or Peter, still oth- ers said they were Christ's followers, Paul was crrt to the heart of the mat - tee with the question: "Is Christ clii- viekd? WAS Pa111 cr nciflyd for ,you? Or were we baptized in the name of Pair!?" Whenever Christians become par- tisans In any way, following this or that man rather than letting their Whole interestcentre in the Lord Je- sus Christ Himself, there is division and Spiritual loss, Then follows one of the most ini- portant- passages in the eetr're 'ir9'ew'' Testament. 'We may well believe ,it , was written because of the bondage in which Paul had found the Athen- ians (like cultured people everywhere both then and today) to man's wis- dom, the human intellect, the pride of learning•. Paul reminds thein that he had Preached the Gospel "not with wis- dom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of one effect", 'Hum - and wisdom appeals to men's pride; the "wiser" a bit .of reasoning is, :the wiser must be the hearer or the read- er to understand it, and man's atten- tion is turned upon himself, But "the cross of Christ" never appeals to teen's pride; on the contrary,it ex- poses men degradation. - The cross of Christ was necessary only because mah is a hopelessly lost sinner, just doomed to eternal des- truction, "the second death," because of his sin. On the cross, the sinless Son of God took man's places, bear- ing, his sins and even being made sin for us, and, therebyreceiving in Him- self God's righteous wrath against sin, arid paying the penalty of sin, which is death. This, was done freely and voluntarily by the Son of God that men might be saved. But when men consider themselves self-sufficient, they reject the cross- the "offense of the cross" is too much for them. So, Paul writes,"the preaching of the cross is to them that perish fool- ishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." The best !humanhiloso �h that P P Y any man has ever worked.:out is'tit- terly useless when it comes to the saving of a single soul. 'Therefore, says God, "I will destroy the wisdom i. g of the wise,and will bringto nothing the understanding of ,the prudent." The Jews expected their Messiah to come in power and glory, sweep aside the Roman. Government, take the throne himself, and exalt them above all other people. He is going to do - this some day; but they overlooked their Old Testatrnent Scriptures showing that He must first suffer, and later reign in glory. So "Christ cru- cified" was a . stumbling -block to the Jews. To the Greeks, the world of culture like the intelligentsia of today, the idea of needing a Saviour from their owns sins' was folly—their superior wisdom told thein something "better" than that. Now hear Paul's inspired words: "But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling -block, and unto the Greeks 'foolishness but •unto them' which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God," Shaw; ."How's business with you, old man?" Brown: "Oh, lookin' up." Shaw: "What do you mean, lookin' tip?" Brown: "Well, it's flat on its back, isn't it?" Huron & Erie Debentures aro, a legal investment for executors and, trustees. Safe for estates funds. 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T, y' are favorable. , :Tlie Division of Forage Plants, De- minion cminion Experimental Farm, has co ducted experiments with Reed Can--- ary Grass for many years. These tests have shown that it is a valuable - grass to grow on land which becom- es flooded with water fo'r'a time each season. Once reed canary grass is established it will last for many years. It spreads by underground stems and forms a good soil, but may be eradi cated if one, desires to do so. Reed Canary grass should be cut for hay about the time the heads ap- pear. Live stock like it and it has good feeding value. As a pasture.. grass it is very palatable and nutri- tious. Most of the seed supply atpre- sent is produced in Minnesota on peat land. The grass is well adapted to this kind of soil. Seed production or Reed Canary grass is a little difficult because the seed shatters readily, making it, necessary to harvest at ex- actly the right time. This is one rea- son why seed prices have been high. 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