HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1946-04-11, Page 6Mary Imlay Tay
SYNOPSIS
Ck1A.PT It Iii: The newcomer
tells Jane he is a bookkeeper and
she has hint start on the ranch
book that evening after the work
is done. "What's your name?" she
asked. He hesitated, then said:
"John Hazlett." He flushed and
Stammered, and she told him that
he had not given his right name. He
admitted it. "I ask you to make
good," she told him. A bullet
through the window Wounded Haz-
lett. Dowsing the lights, he rushed
from the room to grapple with the
assailant. It was Jordan.
CHAPTER IV
A flame shot out ahead of rim,
He made out the stooping figure of
a man; something like a torch shot
up in the air, hurtled forward and
fell ablazing. As it fell he saw that
the gates were open and things
were moving. He heard bellows of
terror, saw horns flash in the light
of a blazing torch, and the very
earth shook under his feet. A flood
poured out. Another torch blazed
of dark, seething. writhing shapes
on the other side,another herd
broke loose, the gates caught fire,
the night was ablaze with flame
and smoke, and bellowing animals
were rushing together in a great
stampede. One herd rushed at
the blaze, another trampled over
it, with pounding hoofs and whirl-
ing horns; bellowing with terror,
the cattle stampeded. In the nick
of time, the young man sprang be-
hind a huge old tree trunk and the
red stream parted and flowed past
him. Dust blinded him, but he'
heard the trampling of horses and
the shouts of the vacqueros; they
were riding down from fie house
and be caught a wild cry from the
man whom Mac had called "Pete."
"By gosh, he's let loose the year-
lings; the gates are afire!"
Not only the gates, but some
piled brushwood had caught. The
flames leaped up ten feet in the
wind and sent out long black .
streamers over the bellowing herd
and the wild figures of the riders,
The vacqueros shouted and whirled
their quirts, trying to stein the tide,
but the yearlings were wild. Some
of them were splashing and flound-
ering in the creek, some headed
straight for the canyons, but a few
plunged into the flames and came
out smoking and mad. Bellowing
with pain and fury, they charged
at the shouting herders.
The man who had called himself
"Hazlett" straightened rgainst his
tree; he saw .: riderless horse com-
ing, -his bridle flying loose. With
a Ieap he reached the frightened
animal's head, caught the reins and
clung by main force. There was an
instant of intense action, the horse
plunging and kicking, then the man
conquered and scrambled to the
saddle. The flames seemed to have
gained new fuel; when they died
down in one place, they leaped up
in another. Everything that could
burn was afire.
* *
The young man who had never
seen the like of this before, held
in the frightened liorse and thrilled
with a new emotion; he tasted free-
dom, adventure, the joy of living,
He knew nothing of herding these
wild things, but he longed to ride
into the midst of it, though he felt
his horse trembling under him.
Then, in a flash, he saw a big car
speeding toward him; the moon-
light showed it clearly, when it
stopped and a man leaped out and
came running into the thick of it.
As he carne be recognized him; it
was Jim Keller! Back before he
was expected. A moment before
he would have been safe, but the
herd had broken, some of the year-
lings had turned before the shouts
of the vacqueros. \\'ith a rush
they came straight for the single
figure in front of them; in half a
second it would be too latel Haz•
lett had no spurs, but he struck
his heels into his horse's sides
Frightened, the animal shot for-
ward in front of the oncoming
rush, in front of Jim,
"Keep behind my horse—quick!"
The young man felt in his pocket
as lie saw Jim stop and reel with
surprise. He rode his liorse across
the; space and turned to face the
danger.
* * *
Flame and moonlight outlined
the black forms and white horns,
fifty—sixty—he could not count
them. The earth seemed to shake
under them; his horse plunged and
he swung in his seat. They were
Coming, they were almost on him,
they would trample horse and
rider] Then he did the one thing
he could think of, he fired point
blank at the front row. There was
a terrible plunge and bellow, and
a big steer crumpled and fell to its
knees. Its mates fled from it, part-
ing in two streams and flowing on
either side. In the center the horse
and rider whirled in a wild semi-
circle, shielding the roan on foot.
Again and again he fired, and,
when he hit, they gave way, bel-
lowing. Flames were behind them,
the vacqueros were shouting on
their right; they hurtled themsel-
ves at the bridge, jammed it, top-
pled over and went into the water.
As the stream of maddened beasts
parted and swept past and left
them, the young man dismounted.
"Take niy horse, Mr, Keller," he
said.
Jim looked up at him, dazed.
"Who are you? My God, I was a
fool; you saved my life!"
* * .
The dawn was breaking behind
the mountains when Hazlett limp-
ed up toward the house. He had
been with the other men in the
saddle all night. As the day broke
the vacqueros had been able to.
count the damage — the burning
gates and brush, the stampeded
yearlings, two horses gored to
death and a heavy toll of cattle.
Meanwhile, Jordan and his con-
federates had made good their es-
cape; that hit the enraged cow-
punchers more sharply than Kell-
er's losses. Hazlett could hear
them swearing in a queer medley
of Spanish and English. By this
time they all knew of Jim's narrow
escape and made room for the
newcomer more readily, but they
drifted past him now to storm Ah
Ling's kitchen. Hazlett came slow-
ly, his eyes on those windows into
which he had looked the night be-
fore. Stenhart's stricken face seem-
ed to rise before him again. He
laughed bitterly to himself, then
old Mac, coming out of the house,
saw hint and stopped to slap him
on the shoulder with his well hand.
"Gosh, you're a trum), Hazlett!"
he said heartily. "You sure saved
the boss. He wants to see you; I
reckon you can get any place you
want round Las Palomas now!"
* * .
Hazlett stared down at the mud
and dust that covered him from
head to foot.
"See me? Now?" he gasped,
thinking of Jane, "I must get a
bath somehow—better jump in the
creek with my clothes on, hadn't
I?"
"Afterwards—afterwards," urged
MacDowell heartily. "Go right in
now, you're wanted. If you'd only
caug:-t Jordan—Jane says you
tried, leaped right out on him!"
"He nearly broke niy head; the
honors are his," retorted the
younger man grimly.
Old Mac nodded. "That's like
him, the fox! Come on over to
breakfast after you've seen Jim."
"\Vhere is he?" Ha -lett was red
with reluctance, but he saw no way
to evade the inevitable,'
Mac pointed toward the front
door and the young man, still re-
luctant, crossed the wide veranda
and entered the hall. There was
no one in sight; the sun had not
yet topped the mountains and that
long corridor was shadowed by
day -gloom. Far down was a door
that shut in Stenhart! Livoluntar-
ily the newcomer took a step to-
ward it, then he heard a quick
movement across the hall, a door
opened and Jane came to hint, both
hands outstretched.
"You've ..lade good," she said,
her eyes shining, "you've more
than made good; Jim told me!"
(To Be Continued)
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1 cup diced carrots VA tsp. salt
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
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5/4 teaspoon chili powder
4 bard -cooked eggs, sliced
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1 teaspoon salt
3i teaspoon pepper
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3 tablespoons fat
1 small carrot, grated (about 4
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2 tablespoons onion, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon flour
j cup water
r,/z cup sieved canned tomatoes or
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xA teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
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Our Response To Christ's Call
Mark 1:16-20; 5:18-20; 10:46, 52;
Luke 5:27, 28.
Golden Text.—And he left all,
rose up, and followed hint. Luke
5:28.
Call To Discipleship
The four fishermen in the Sea
of Galilee left their boats and busi-
ness in answer to the call of Jesus.
It was a clear call to full disciple-
ship with Jesus. It meant a
change of occupation but without
hesitation they obeyed the call,
leaving their nets in order to fol-
low Christ,
There was no delay, no ques•
tioning; their response was instant
and complete. Thus Christ caught
these four men out of the sea of
humanity; and they in their turn
became fishers of men. A heart
full of love fo God and man and
under the control of the Holy
Spirit is the great secret of win-
ning souls for Christ,
The Delivered Demoniac
Tills man who had been possess-
ed of the devil was now obedient
and res! *ned to the will of God.
Now he, who so lately uttered
hideous cries and frightened all
who came near him, tells to ,gond•
Bring people what the Lord has
done for him; all marveled at his
testimony.
The Blind Beggar
The blind beggar of Jericho had
begged of passers-by for coins; he
now b 'wged, pleaded and prayed
for Jesus to show mercy that he
might receive his sight, It was
his faith which gained for him his
sight. Possibly he received both
physical and spiritual light. His
faith in Christ's power and nurct
was shown in his persistency in
his refusal to be silenced. Flavine
received his sight he followed
"Jesus in the way," He joined the
festal company following his lead-
er and glorifying God.
The Prosperous Publitan
Levi was probably the name oy
which Matthew was known to his
Jewish brethren. He was a pro-
vincial custom -hoose officer who
collected taxes for the Romans. It
was a calling utterly despised by
the Jews, and it was one that lent
itself to greed and oppression. It
is this despised and much -hated
man whom Christ calls to follow
Him.
There was no hesitation on Mat-
thew's part. He was ready to
give up his living, his home, his
friends to become a follower ot
Christ. Henceforth he would "walls
by faith." He left behind him the
old life of greed and oppression,
and he began the new life of self-
denial. service and suffering for
Christ's sake.
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ISSUE 15-1046
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Lei GI GE FA
Gwendoline yP. Clarkr
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Well, t, ell, last week when 1
mentioned the fact that our Wom-
en's Institute was catering to a
banquet I had no idea that we
would make time headlines, But
t ^t :s what we did—very definite-
ly. Maybe you saw the pictures
in the Tot onto papers—pictures of
about a dozen women coning into
the banquet hall armed with 'vege-
table dishes all ready to serve the
two hundred and eighteen guests
who were present. It was quite
a night. It all came about because
the local Canadian Club wished to
welcome home all the boys who
returned home after, serving in the
armed forces. The members of our
Institute considered it an honour
to be asked to cater for such an
occasion, and I am sure there
wasn't a member but who gave
gladly whatever was required of
her — and that included two pies
apiece—which is really something
in these sugar shortage days.
* * *
But oh dear, what a lot happens
that no one ever hears about in the
ordinary way. For instance, press
reports gave us full credit for put-
ting on a good meal but they
wrote nothing—and knew nothing,
of the fact that a fuse was blown
in the kitchen just before it was
time to lift the vegetables, leaving
the women to work almost in
darkness until the caretaker could
be routed out of his home to re-
pair the damage. And no press re-
port could tell you how each con-
vener and helper spent hours pre-
vious to the banquet collecting
enough dishes and flatware to
serve the twenty people for whose
they w re responsible. Nor of the
anxious time after the banquet
rounding up those same dishes,
which never stayed where they
should be despite the care every-
one took to keep her own property
from wandering.
You go along picking up your
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plates or your flatware and findi g
one or two pieces missing; you
run around from one person to an-
other, sample in hand, asking
"Has anyone seen a knife, like this,
or a dish like that?" Maybe you
are lucky, or maybe you are not,
because things have an uncanny
way of getting into places where
you least think of looking for
them. Finally' you get so tired of
this gams of hide and seek that
you think longingly of a nice com-
fortable bed and a place to rest
your feet that you give up the
quest for dishes and head for
home,
* * t
We often see the question—
"Does if 'pay to advertise?" Here
is the answer.
One day last week a neighbour
came around asking if we had sees
anything of two pigs that he had
lost. \Ve hadn't seen a sign of
them. Next day I opened a week-
ly paper that the take and saw an
advertisement which stated that
two pigs lead strayed to the faun
of the advertiser. It didn't seem
possible that they could be the
same pigs but I phoned our neigh-
bour anyway. And they were his
all right. But here is the real
point of the story. The weekly
paper was not . our home town
weekly but one issued in the
northern part of tate county. Had
the advertisement not been insert-
ed, or had I not read the paper,
those pigs would not be back to
their rightful owner today as they
had travelled approximately ten
miles from home.
So you see what I mean—it docs
pay to advertise—and to read the
advertisements too.
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