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CIIAPTER XLIV: Juanita, riding
alone, is caught by Sheriff Landes
who believes shy killed Pringle.
CHAPTER XLV
Juanita was certain of her horse
—but she never gave a thought to
the fact that only one rider in ten
thousand would make the desperate
attempt she contemplated.
"Watch where you're going,
amigo," counse1et' Sheriff J..ande.
"You're darned near Dead Fall
Arroyo."
Juanita stared straight ahead. "Si,
senor," she said. "My horse is not
afraid. You?"
She rode on, her lips clamped,
her heart still, her thoughts only
for Michael Valdez. A word form-
ed silently on her lips.
Then, like a plummet, she was
out of sight.
Sheriff Lande's low curse was
more admiring than angry. He
dropped to the ground, ran forward,
peered over the cliff edge, but saw
nothing. Nevertheless he emptied
his gun at the clanging hoofs on the
rocks.
"Whew!" he mumbled, and mop-
ped the sweat fron his brow. "WeII,
I'm not trying that loco trick. Best
we can do now is try and head 'em
off."
Determined men who are dead set
on a destination and task, head for
it with one-track minds. So it was
with Clark Weber, Michael Valdez
and Pete Haskell's nien. Each
knew where he was going, knew
what he was about to do—and all
were treading the danger trail,
\Veber led the grim parade. At
last he traveled down the cowtown's
mud -puddled street with a greedy
grin on his face. But it was sud-
denly wiped away. For a window
of the bank showed yellow beneath
a partly drawn shade! Weber
reined up short in the middle of
the street as he growled out a low
curse.
Light! Had Bartle left the faun?
Could it be possible that he had -
foundations. Had he dreamed all
his pleasant dreams only to find
them fantasies?
Snatching up a ledger he let it
fall open haphazardly.
Page Ten Farm Number Thir-
teen , . The page halved by double
red lines. Bought from a descend-
ant of one of Don Attero's people
by Bartle. Price eleven hundred
dollars. Sold to Thomas Buckley.
Thirteen hundred dollars:
"Legitimate profit," must d
Weber, his eyes following the diag-
onal line alums' to the bottom of
the page. "Buckley evidently liked
the place. Stayed ten year and
then—"
His eyes flamed with hope.
Behind Buckley's name in red
ink—"Deceased." Bought by Russ
Bartle. Price, including improve-
ments, thirteen hundred dollars.
Sold to Steve Ransom. Price fifty-
five hundred. Behind Ransom's
name—"Deceased."
Weber grunted, his eyes narrow-
ed. For then he read that Russ
Bartle had again bought that sante
farm and behind the transaction
was a net profit of twenty-two hun-
dred dollars.
"And—and we bought that same
place from Bartle for fifty-five hun-
dred," he gritted. "By the eternal,
I see it now! Bring then in; drive
them out or kill them. Buy. Sell.
Always at a profit. And—"
He glanced at a dozen pages be-
fore becoming convinced that the
Ransom place—the one he and the
Maxons had bought—was the only
one now with a red crayon question
mark beneath the last entry.
He slumped into a chair at the
desk, picking up books and papers,
scanning them hurriedly, throwing
them aside, until he felt like a dog
with so much food in sight that it
didn't know which to eat first.
He got up wet with perspiration,
books and papers clutched under his
arm, all. atremble at fate's br d
smile; "his eyes glittering.
"So- the Maxons thought they
ignored Weber's warning and left,:,.; were through with me, eh?" he
;taking a short cut that would bring- it ated. "Well, they are not—for
from now on I'm Bartle's partner.
Until I can get rid of him the way
he's got rid of people he couldn't
scare out of Deep Water Valley."
In Weber's eyes blazed the same
lust for power and wealth that had
spurred Bartle on. He turned to-
ward the open window—and in that
moment his visions of the future
melted away like lard on a blister-
ing hot stove, evaporated by a
specter clad in the garments of a
conquistador of old Mexico.
"I'll take those books and
papers," said the scarlet -masked
terror at the window.
"You—" Weber's throat closed
up.
"I! t believe I see now just w' y
I let you live after our first meet-
ing. But I iniagine I taught you
something then. Have I still got
to teach you that I don't ask for
anything twice?"
Weber backed away from the
awesome figure in the scarlet neck-
erchief and sash,
"There's nothing in these books
that will interest _you," he growled.
"Mr. Bartle ser' me to fetch then
to—"
"Your farm? Then he's the man
to whom you were talking in the
blacksmith shop." El Caballero
nodded. "You threatened hire. You
are hoping to back up that threat
with those books. Anyhow, what
interests you interests me. No more
palaver. Unload."
Weber sidled another foot nearer
the door that opened on the stairs.
The sharp command stung his ears.
He dared not move another inch.
(To Be Continued)
hien here to town before CIark
'Weber himself? Curse him!
He left his horse at the hitching
rail. Twice he hammered on the
downstairs door, then climbed on
the outside stairs leading to the
banker's living quarters and knocked
peremptorily again. But there was
no answer, nor sign of life within.
He moved down the stairs, walked
stealthily around the building, scan-
ning it front and back.
Then he remounted and rode to the
saloon, where he sandwiched the
horse between puncher's gray and
dun animals. Bad business, he
thought, for housebreakers to have
their mounts at the door behind
which they prowl.
He hurried back to the bank,
Tender hands and flabby muscles
made it hard work to climb up on
a porch roof at the rear of the
bank. Puffing, he reached Bartle's
window. The locked latch annoyed
him. But the long, thin blade of
his pocket knife fitted between the
sashes and soon he had the window
tip.
He stepped lightly into the larger
of the two rooms of the living
quarters. No one was there, so
quickly he lowered the shade, then
stood wondering which of the books
on the orderly desk would yield the
most helpful information.
He picked up the smallest book.
It was discouraging. The pages
only informed him that they were
kept by a man who wanted to know
where every penny went. Even
postage stamps were listed. Growl-
ing, Weber flung the hook down.
He read parts of : letter plucked
from a thick file. But a man does
not brand himself by keeping copies
of letters offering to sell land which
he owns. Weber's castles in Spain
began to show cracks in their
Advance Notes
From the 6611:,x."
How Well Do You Know Your
Meat? "Your butcher knows all
about the meat you buy, but do
you?" asks Mrs. Kate Aitken,
Women's Director at the C.N.E.
And one of the new competitions
this year will be the "Know Your
!Teat" contest with a First Prize
of $.i0; Second. ;r10; Third, $30;
and Fourth $20.
Prominent packing houses will
provide the meat for the contest.
Contestants will be asked to
choose cuts for a holiday meal, a
fancily meal, a church supper, a
picnic supper, and an inexpensive
luncheon. They will also be
questioned on how to prepare the
meat for the table. It sounds
easy and should be lots of fun.
So be sure and get your .entry
form early; and if you stilt
haven't received your Prize List,
write today to Women's Divi-
sion, Canadian National Exhibi-
tion, Toronto.
Little Linda Takes a Bow—Shirley Temple's infant daughter,
4 -month-old Linda Susan, steals the spotlight from her famous
mother, as she make` her cameras debut in their Hollywood
home.
One -Sided Co -Operation
The man who sat across the
Pullman aisle on the Golden Ar-
row express fror Paris was a Ro-
manian. He gazed silently out the
window as the train slowed for
damaged Boulogne and Calais, and
later, at rover
"I have not," he replied to a
question about his homeland, "been
on the eastern side of the iron cur-
tain for a year now. 1. am a busin-
essman, but I was forced to leave
Bucharest because they said 1 did
not cooperate enough with the
Communist regime.
"I am convinced," he concluded
quietly, "that it is quite possible to
live and do business with the Rus-
sians, But on their terns!"
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Sunday School Lesson
By Rev. R. Barclay Warren.
The Hope for The Messiah
Eel:iel 34:23-28; Daniel 7:13-14;
Zechariah 9:9-10; 12:10; 13:1
Golden Te,. — For unto us a
child is born unto us a .son is given;
and the govern int shall be upon
his shoulder; at' '. his name shall be
caled Wonderful, Counsellor, The
Mighty God, The Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. —
Isaiah 9:n•
Tl.e Scriptures which speak of
future events ha usually a variety
of inter,irttations. Time proves or
disproves the various, theories.
Ezekiel was a prophet to the exiles
of Babylon. In today's lesson he in-
spires hope for their return to the
homeland where they will dwell
safely. The land will be fruitful.
"There _'call be showers of blessing"
But most important of all is the
annou.rcement of God's promise of
"my servant David a prince among
then".
This i- one f the Messianic pro-
phecies finding its fulfillment in
Jesus. Christ, a direct descendant
of David. From such passages as
this Daniel in the lesson, the He-
brews cane. to think of the coming
Messiah in terns of a great king.
The idea of a glorious earthly king-
dom' had a strong appeal. They
fai' to appreciate the truth of
the prophecies such as those given
by Zechariah. True, Messiah is a
king. But, "He is just, and having
salvation: lowly, and riding upon
an ass, and upon a colt the foal of
an ass. — He shall spent: peace unto
the heathen". Mer 'ah suffers to
enter His kingdom. He is pierced
I '.t He provides for cleansing from
sin.
The Jews wanted a king who
would cast off the Roman yoke. .But
Jesus stiff, red into His kingdoms
by the way of the cross. Even his
best friendP, such as Peter, at first
repudiated this road to kingship.
But the cross wns in the Divine
program.
Should Know
One psychologist says it's bad to
encourage children to draw a horse
to look like a horse. He's probably
bet on a horse that looked like a
horse too often and knows!
*
ISSUE 25 — 1948
Your Handwriting
and YouBy
Alex. S, Arnott
Cultural Tendencies
The formation of certain letters
in handwriting strike a definite clue
to the writer's personality. In
this week's article,
we have an unusu-
al formation of the
small letter "e".
Hildegard, Nornia
Shearer and Jean-
nette MacDonald
are but a few of
the many talented
people w h o in-
stinct'vely use this
one letter in this significant form,
Notice how different the small
"e" is formed, quite unlike the style
taught us in our class room training.
When the writer instinctively makes
such a decorative "Greek" letter "e"
i' is an ahnoat certain sign of cul-
tural inclinations. Such writers show
preference for permanency and
quality in the things they under-
t.,ke, not being sae 'ied with ordin-
ary achievements but striving for
hil•'iest possible accomplish-
ments. Theirs is the ambition to
secure the highest quality of refine-
ment in the arts and other forms of
culture which permit expression of
finer inner feeling.
'L
Anyone wishing a more complete
analysis please send self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Alex S. Arnott,
123, 18th Street, New Toronto 14.
There is no charge for this service.
Doctors Should
Speak Carefully
To Their Patients
Doctors were warned about the
dangers of instilling fear into pati-
ents by the use, of awesome medical
terminology in an address made to
the Massachusetts Medical Society
by Si. Reginald Watson -Jones, or-
thopaedic surgeon to King George
V- and Surgeon -in -Chief of the
Royal Air Force.
"Every word we utter can either
help or retard a bed -ridden patient,
and - • innocent word sometimes
can delay or prevent total recovery,"
Sir Reginald told the Society.
To illustrate, he related the ex-
perience of a woman who had been
unable to sit for two years solely
because her doctor had 'described
a wrench she had had in her back
in such impressive but unintelligible
language that she believed she must
h .disabled, and she was.
Many other patients are scared
away from living a normal life
merely because their doctors tell
them they have mild arthritis, an
ailment Fared because of its associa-
tion with a severe type of arthritis,
he ted.
To tell a person to "go slow" he
termed "terrible advice" until the
doctor is sure that hcart trouble is
present. If the doctor warns a pati-
ent to "go slow" because he is not
sure, he may cause hardship as the
patient will assume heart trouble and
again sacrifice a normal living.
"Tt is our duty to explain to pati-
ents what they have and what we
are doing in simple words and then
make certain they understand," he
said.
Sir Reginald declared that psy-
chology was half the battle in bring-
ing recovery.
"I submit that 10D per cent of
the hospital beds are filled with psy-•
etiological ailments, for it is impos-
sible to be ill without psychological
reflection," he said.
"Yet no aspect of medical treat-
ment is less recognized, more im-
portant and more difficult."
Competition
Art Student: "You're the first
model I've kissed."
Model: "Really? How many have
you had?"
Art Student: "Four — an apple,
an orange, a vase of flowers, and
you."
Mad about that whirl-skirtl
Crazy about that rustly-bustly
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