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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1946-08-08, Page 2SYNOPSIS CHAPTER. XXI Jordan's bullet Pound its mark and Stenhart was dying when he was brought back tO the ranch. Old Teresa revealed that Stenhart had nightmares dur- ing his illness, talking wildly of killing. CHAPTER XXI Shocked and dismayed, Jim hustled his sister into the old hall. Unconsciously he dropped into the chair at his desk. "I wish to heaven the doctor would get here!" he exclaimed roughly. "He started at once—as soon as I 'phoned," Jane replied absently, touching the old desk affectionate- ly; she remembered Sherwin there. Jim, huddled in the chair, rum- inated. "Jordan must have got us confused in the storm—he was a crack shot. Poor Max—it was for me and he got it!" Jane said nothing; her hands were clasped on the desk. The wind swept the door open and drove the rain across the hall. Her brother rose and forced it shut, bolting it. Then he turned on her, at the limit of his patience. "Good Lord, Jane, haven't you a Heart? Max is dying—he loves you! You're — you're a perfect stick, .standing there and staring in front of you!" She looked up and her white face twitched with pain. "I'm sorry for Max, but I'm thinking of the man he sent to — a living death!" Jinn bit his lip. "Look here, Jane, he's a brave man, I acknowledge it, but he's convicted of a cruel crime; you've got to let him drop!" "He's not guilty," she said firm- ! ly; "I'll never believe him guilty. No guilty man would have done that splendid thing—he saved his accuser!" "Fine, I grant it. Nevertheless, ' he goes back to jail for life—you understand that, Jane? For life! "Not if there's any way on earth that I can save him 1" she cried passionately. "'You!" Jim spoke with brotherly scorn. "You can help too, Jim," she went on, not heeding his derision. "Delay them, keep him here—and give him a chance to escape!" "To what purpose?" Jim asked her dryly. "To be a fugitive al- ways, to hide away somewhere, in South America, perhaps, under a false name, hunted, advertised for, never to know a moment's peace— , a condemned murderer! Bah, I'd rather go to jail! There's no capital punishment in his state." "You've never been in jail!" Jane retorted. "And you—you 'phoned for Cutler, you know you didl" "Stenhart—" Jim began, and stopped. "Oh, 1 know!" Jane's gesture was eloquent. Jim, remembering the man sus- pended between the ledge and eternity, to save his enemy, began to walk up and down the hall. Jane dropped into his vacant chair and laid her head on the desk, She could hear the fury of the wind outside. It grew dusky, too, in the old hall, for the day was passing swiftly; tomorrow— "I'm sorry, but I can't do a thing!" said Jim hoarsely. She made no reply. A shiver ran through her; tomorrow he would be on his way east! There is so little in a day—and so much. Then, suddenly, she heard Fanny's voice calling to Jim. Her brother an- swered hurriedly, went into the sickroom and the door closed be- hind him. For the first time Jane was alone. She straightened herself in the old worn chair and looked about her. In the daygloom of the old hall she saw only shadows here and there. A clock ticked , loudly over the desk, and it seemed to remind her of the brevity of the span .of life. The rain no longer beat with such fury on the window- panes, but the wind shrieked and howled in the distant canyons. Sherwin was in the other building still. The men were there; she could see Jose and Pete Rooney rubbing down their horses in the open door of the stables. She rose cautiously and fled softly down the hall, past Stenhart's closed door; it seemed to her that she heard voices but she did not stop to listen. She opened a little side - door that led past the kitchen and ran into the rain, It was falling lightly now; the gray clouds had broken on the distant ranges and the high peaks shone in clear weather. It seemed almost like a promise, this lifting of the clouds, and she called Mac softly. The old man emerged from his quarters with a long face. "You mustn't get wet, Jane, better run back," he warned, But she caught at his sleeve with shaking hands. "Mac, I've got to see him!" MacDowell hesitated. "He's got guards alongside of him, Jane; it ain't no place for you—" She lifted her blue eyes steadily to his. "Mac, I must see him— it's—" she choked—"it's the last time!" The old rnan looked away, swaI- lowingg hard. He had known Jane when she was five years old; he hated to see her face now. "Quick, Mac, I've only got a little while—they may call me back —they think Stenhart's very bad!" Her hands, on his arm, shook and he felt them. Reluctantly, he led the way into the long low build- ing; Jane caught a glimpse of the vacqueros at supper and, with them, some mien who belonged to Cutler's posse. But Mac got her past them to a door in the end of the room. There was a moment of delay and then it was opened. Mac had spoken to Cutler and the guard came out and sat down outside the door as Jane went in alone. The little room, with its one tiny window -slit, too small for a man's body to pass through, was dim with the coming of dusk, but she saw the tall man who sat at the little table, a tray of untasted food be- fore him, his head upon his hands. Expecting no one whom he cared to see, he did not even look up and the despair in his attitude went to her heart. She thought of him, as she had seen him, brave and free, going down on that thin rope over the abyss to save his. enemy! A, proud light shone suddenly in her blue eyes, and she came close to him. "John!" she said softly. (To Be Concluded) How Can I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I prevent the oven from cooling too quickly? A. When the oven has been very hot, it often cools too quickly if the oven door is opened. Instead of doing this, if a pan of cold water is placed in the oven it will lower the temperature gradually. Q. How can I prepare a good toilet water? , A. By mixing two ounces of elder flower water with an equal quantity of distilled water. Q. How can I prevent the dis- coloration caused by a bruise? A. If very hot cloths are applied, one right after another, it often prevents discoloration. Q. How can I economize on butter? A. One pound of butter can be made equal to two pounds by add- ing gradually to one pint of butter one pint if milk and a little salt; beat with an egg -beater until smooth. Put into a mold and set in a cool place. Q. How can I keep winter coats free from months? A. Have a small window light in the coat closet. It will also afford air to clothing that might other- wise become musty. Q. How can I remove fly paper from garments and furniture? A. By washing with lukewarm water. Right Side Up The yak, beast of burden in Tibet, gets down icy mountain slopes by drawing its hoofs togeth- er and sliding, always landing right side up. The Quality.ea. BABY MAKES HER BOW Making her debut before the camera is Jessica Louise Jackson, go- ing on six months old. You may not know Jessica, but you know her mother—screen star Deanna Durbin, with whom she's pictured in their Hollywood home. ILS of GINS r, FA M By Gwendoline P. Clarke 5 5 5 5 A. small announcement appeared in a weekly newspaper just recent- ly which said—"Chas. E. Cutts has decided to spend his vacation on his farm this summer. He will continue the eight hour 'shifts— eight before dinner and eight hours after." 1 thought that was pretty good— and not so exaggerated as some folk imagine. After all what else can a farmer do other than work long hours when there is wheat to draw in, mixed grain .1 cut and oats to stook, all ready to be done at once, all equally important, and very little help to do it with. Last week after the milking and other chores were finished and we were supposedly through for the day — it was about eight o'clock—Part- ner just couldn't sit quietly. He wasn't satisfied until he was back in the field again stooking wheat. And there he stayed until nearly ten o'clock. Tonight it is Bob who is out. He found a man who was willing to come in after supper and now the two of them are out cut- ting oats—Bob on the tractor, the man operating the binder. I sup- pose they will be out as long as they can sec. And there .eon't be any grumbling at the long hours either, probably because farmers, as a class, take a natural personal interest in their work. If a job is there to do, well they want to get it done—the stoner the better. A day, or even a few hours, can mean losing, or saving, a field of gra. or hay. No, long hours during the har- vest and haying don't worry the average farmer very much —• al- though one can hardly say as much for hired help. 'What really • gets him down is the hre and cry all around hint for more pay and shorter hours. That, and the things the farmer cannot get that are ab- solutely necessary. Yes, farming is a great life when you can't get extra help when you need it; when you can't get re- pairs, or lumber, or roofing, or shingles, or eve's nails. Yet in spite of all these handi- caps farm people still carry on as well as they can—and of course our city cousins think we are making money hand over fist. Last week for instance, a young couple visit- ing here wanted 'to take eggs back to the city with then!, The eggs cane to just over seven dollars. My young friend said as she gave nie the money, envy oozing wi'•i every word she spoke, "Gosh—and you make seven dollars just as easy as that!" "Wait a minute—I'll show you something," I handed her over a bill. It was for $62. "That, my dear," I ex- plained, "is our account for just one month's chicken feed. You will agree it will take a lot of eggs to pay that $62." * * '* But as every farm woman knows paying the bill isn't all. There is a tremendous lot of work inv.,t ;d is raising chickens and looking after laying hens, And in this connection, there are many women who work far too hard. I want to 'ell you right here and now, that a lot of farm women make nie right down mad. There are v omen all over the country carrying water and heavy pails of feed wlio have no bit 'nos to be doing it—or the men to let them, no matter how busy they are, One of our neighbors who docs practically all the work in eonnce- tion with the poultry "to save the men" was feeding her turkeys the other day when a varicose vein in her leg suddenly burst. That, as you know, can be a very serious matter. But after a while the haemorrhage stopped. The doc- tor naturally advised treatment but "she didn't want to •have it done just now because it was such a busy time". In the end she was obliged to—but the next day she was out looking after the poultry as usual. * * 5 There are also women who put ' off dental work because they are afraid of being laid up for a day or two. It's wonder to me that these women ever took time out to have babies. However they did, and now a goad many of them are grand- mothers and in many cases shoul- dering responsibility for their grandchildren, looking after them while young mother and dad take in a dance, a show, or a trip to the city. Here's where I stop — because I'm getting madder and madder just at the thought of itl "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" Puzzle The new invisible eyeglasses are reported 100 per cent perfect. How- ever, some of us are still trying to figure out how in the world grand- pa will find them. —Toronto Telegram. 'Yes, it's pretty .. , it's slimming , and it's easy. "That's Pattern ' 4031 with just' four main pattern pieces, straight seams, no sleeves to set and no waist seams to sew. Pattern 4631 conies in sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52. Size 36, 34. yards 35 inch, Send •TWENTY CENTS (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this pattern to Bloom 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Prins niainly SIZE, NAME, AD• 1)l:STYLE NUMBER, ISSUE 32-1946 Send :y ss Making Our Homes Christian Exodus 20: 12; Mark 7: 9-13; Luke 2: 51, 52; Ephes. 6; 1-4. Golden Text—Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days shall be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.— Exodus 20:12. The Fifth Commandment The principle of the Fifth Com- mandment is due regard for those to whom, under God, we owe our very being. This commandment is put first of those teaching duties to man because our first obliga- tion after our obligation to God, is our obligation to our parents. Four things are included in full obedience to this commandment: (1) Respect for our parents; (2) listening to them; (3) obedience to them; (4) support of then. There is nothing surer than that woe will overtake any son or daughter who breaks this com- mandment. The child must honor his parents regardless of what their personal character may be. It is not a child's business to sit in judg- ment upon the character of 'his parents. But the parents owe it to their children to so live and act to- ward their children as fte make obedience to this commandment. Christian Standards The Lord Jesus was perfect Man as well as perfect God. He sub- mitted to the laws and conditions of otii• nature which He had taken upon Himself. As Jesus' body grew i : stature, so His mind increased in wisdom. The divine nature of our Lord revealed itself with the growth of His human nature. We are not to think that Jesus gradu- ally grew in the favor of God, as though there was a time when He was without it. As He grew so He received more evidence of God's favor and of man's good will. Parents and Children From the example of our Lord we now turn to the injunction of His servant Paul. As Jesus was subject to His parents during the long years. in Nazareth, so every child should follow His example and render obedience to his par- ents. This is not always easy; particularly is it hard for Christian children to honour their parents because of their dissolute and sel- fish mode of living. But the fact that they are our parents, that they brought us into the world, should make us respectful to them. This commandment carries with it a promise; in fact it is the only one in the Decalogue which has a definite promise. Does not this show how important the fifth com- mandment is in God's sight? Courteous: Dip Headlights In the United States, automobile clubs have been engaged in a most praiseworthy campaign to itnpress upon motorists the value of cour- tesy in "dipping their lights," with very satisfactory results, says the Guelph Mercury, Here in Canada it is a courtesy that is seldom ex- tended. This is not required by law, but is believed that if the ap- peal is properly presented to Cana- dian motorists, it will not require a law to make it a general practice. If motorists would only realize that they would be contributing to their own safety and pleasure by making the practice a general one, there should be no trouble in se- curing the co-operation of the mo- toring public in bringing about this reform. Von Will Enjoy Staytnn M Me Si. Regis floel to t8 i'OUON't'O Every Room with Bath Shower and 'telephone. Single, 52.50 up — Double, 53.50 up. Good Food. fllning and Done - lag Nightly. Sherboorne at Carlton Tel. 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