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VACUUM PAC K I D ALWAYS PRESH
WEST OF THE
SUN
A Serial Story
by
JOSEPH LEWIS
CHADWICK
M111'141h
The story thus far: Virginia Ames
crosses the wild frontier country by rail
and stage to reach Santa Bonita where, in
response to a strangely urgent message.
she expects to meet her fiance Phil Law-
rence. When the Lnnnasa stage Is robbed
of a money box being delivered to Setve
Barron, Santa Bonita gambling czar, and
a eameo pin of Virginia's, Lt. Jim Randall
takes up the investigation. Hating Jim
because of a previous meeting but focnns
a strong attraction toward him. Virginia
consents to his escorting her to Phil's
ranch. They find the place deserted but.
returning to Santa Bonita, Jim persuades
Barron, with whom Phil has had trouble.
to locate the boy. While awaiting word
of Phil. Jim learns that he was leader of
the stage bandits. Barron takes Virginia
to meet Phil.
CHAPTER VIII,
They faced one another, over a
distance of 10 feet, each remaining
in the saddle. A moment of silence
lingered long enough for Virginia's
excitement to die. Her smile waver-
ed on trembling lips.
Phil Lawrence had no smile at
all. Phil, who in the past had al-
ways been laughing. It was as
though, in the silence, they tried
to find what had existed between
them nearly two years before.
Virginia said finally, "It's good
to see you, Phil."
"It's been a long time," Phil said
in the dullest of tones.
Despair began to turn lazily in
Virginia. This man before her
seemed a stranger. She looked at
him .while she grappled with sud-
denly confused thoughts. He sat
loosely on his horse, his hands idle
on the saddle horn. He wore som-
brero and range clothes and a cart-
ridge -studded gun -belt . His face
dismayed her; his eyes alarmed her.
His face was gaunt, its expres-
sion heavy; his eyes were remote
and tired and bitter. He took up his
bridle reins.
"Is that Steve Barron waiting?"
She nodded and brought her horse
about to ride beside hint. Her de-
spair was no longer lazy but was
alive Iike a terrific pressure.
She ventured, "I carne because of
your letter, Bhil."
He gave her a sharp glance but
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said nothing. She brought the let-
ter from her pocket and handed it
to him. He frowned over it. Then,
before her puzzled eyes, he tore the
letter into small pieces and scat-
tered them to the dust.
They crossed he half mile to
where Steve Barron waited. Phil's
looseness had vanished; he sat rig-
id and wary in the saddle, his right
hand close to his gun -butt.
"Your Mex, Luis, brought me
your message, Barron," he said.
Steve nodded. "I meant every
word of it, Lawrence:"
"All right," Phil said, relaxing a
little. "All right."
They turned northeast toward
Santa Bonita, riding in a silence
broken only by the sounds of hoofs
and the creaking of saddle gear. In
the half-light of early dusk, they
rode into the town. They left Vir-
ginia before Sarah Warden's house,
Phil promising to return after he
had cleaned 'up.
It was dark when he carne, and
they sat in the gloom of the Iittle
veranda. They watched Santa Bon-
ita come alive, as it always did after
nightfall when men filtered in from
the ranches and the silver workings
in the hills. • Across the street, Lan-
ya Correy came from her house and
hurried toward the dance hall. She
did not glance their way, but Phil's
eyes followed her,
The silence lasted long, Virginia's
voice ended it,
"Phil, what is wrong?"
He did not look at her. "It's noth-
ing I can put into words," he told
her, his voice harsh. "It's just that
I shouldn't have come here."
She remembered the ambitious
and high enthusiasm that had
brought him West. He had had an
inheritance to invest; he was going
to make his fortune. He had been
a boy with high hopes; now he was
a Bran -and broken.
"My letters were -filled with lies,"
ha said bitterly. "I wrote that I
was doing well with the ranch I
bought. Pride wouldn't let me -con-
fess failure to you. Later I was
too weak to admit BA, But the
Apaches stole my horses. Rustlers
drought decimated my herds.
cut into my remaining stock. Then
I gambled in a wild attempt to re-
coup my Iosses. I -I lost every-
thing."
He paused briefly, then his voice
ran heavily on, "I went into the
hills and tried to find some silver
croppings. Other men had -but I
couldn't. I feel all burned out."
She said, "What else, Phil? There
is more. I know there is."
"No," he replied heavily. "There's
nothing more."
She rose from her chair and,
when he stood' before her, she said,
"No matter what happened it
doesn't change what belongs to you
and me,"
(Continued Next Week)
Re's In The Big Time -Three -foot -11 -inch Charlie Young looks
like he could Blake good use of a stepladder to take the measure-
ments of this beauty lineup.• The girls•, most of whom are over
six feet in their stocking feet, are competing for the title of
queen of the Tall:People's Clubs convention.' The wither v 'ass
a mere pee wee, Helen Lukacs, third from the. left. She's' only
five -foot -11,
AN NE 11-4? ST
The worried father of a married
son writes• today of a new angle
to the mother-in-law situation. Last
year his son married a nice girl
and on hip
mother's insist-
ence the young
couple moved. in '
to live with the
older , people. It
has not worked
out. And this
time it' is. the
lad's father who
Would help them
escape.'
"All my married life I've been
wife -ridden, Anne Hirst,' he • ad-
mits. "I know it was weak of me,
but I have always loved my wife
devotedly, and I just could ' not
stand up against anything she
wanted.
"Our only child, my song has
conte first with her since the day
he was born. That wasn't too bad
for him, until now his mother con-
vinced him he could save' money Al
he brought his bride here. And the
boy, I'm ashamed to say, hadn't the
character to refuse.
"My wife liked the girl well
enough. But she just can't let her
feel at home. She continues to run
the household as though. the girl
lets her help' with the work. The
was a mere guest in it, though she
girl is miserable, and I, who see it
all so clearly, am miserable too.
"My son's wife is not from this
community, and she hasn't Blade
friends easily. That's my wife's fault
too, for she only entertains her own
friends here and the girl has no
associates other than the women
twice her age. My wife won't let
the youngsters have an evening out
alone, without talking to them like
adolescents. Again, my son stands
for it. I am ashamed for him. If
this continues, ,I see little hope for
their marriage.
"Now I have the chance to rec-
ommend him for a position in his
own field, in a town a dozen miles
away; it is not far:from where his -
wife came from. It would be the
answer to this unnatural situation
here. 1 have conte to love this gir!
almost like a daughter, and I've
admired her gentleness and loyalty
to my son.
• "But have 1 the right to help
them make this break? My wife
would be furious, and I suppose
take it out on me. Yet how can I
sit idly by?"
* Here is one father who does
* not intend to allow his son to
* submit any longer to domination.
* He looks back through his own
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ACROSS
1. MacJ,rthur's
domain
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9. Stir
12. Empty
18, Wonder and
fear
14, Mythical bird
16. Hop stems
16. Ono who looks
18. urn in
fi to taco
20. Abridge
21. Carry
23, Color
25, Nuisance
26. Sort
• 27, `.lances
29. Quantities cit
Sara
81. Required
36. Chaperon
• 37, ntrd
3.8. nip
' 41, Scotch river
42. barge knife
43, City in New
York State
48 r;xpert
47 short prayer
48 Kind of moan
32. I. rem et
63. Petition
54, Prm,tcs
G, lieacuw
56, r riental
weigh
57. ',evines for
treating clout
3.Sa!DOWN
2. Curt co
3. Flapjack
4. Close (poet,)
5. Bird's home
8. Sliding collar
about a moat
7. Be indebted
42
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8. Pull apart
9. Go up
10, Prescribed
amounts
11. Group of
eight
17. Become invalid
19. 'tubbed out
21. Bncore
22. Wild animal
24. Put on
27. African
antelope
28. Vegetable
30. Utopian
4 5 ;6 7
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32. Ivory
33, Scotch uncial
34. Payable
36. More orderly
38. Accommoda-
tion train
39, Singly
40. Greek letter
42. Spray
44. Cape
46. Girl's name
48. Line of wait.
trig persons
60. To each
21. English letter
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'` married years, and he knows the
* determination of a woman with
* a will.
* Knowing he has his father's
* approval, the young' man will find
* the°courage, h hope, to, leave his
* mother's house and make a home
* for his wife which' will be truly
* her own. A father with. a con-
* science cau do no less than help
* him.
* To "Undecided Father" Open
* your son's eyes, to his wife's un-
* happy position. (It is not likely
* he has sensed it.) Rouse his
* courage and his pride of manhood.
* and assure him that the move has
* your approval. He will worry
* about what his mother will say,
* but it is his wife's situation that
* should decide him. •
* You will he left holding the
* bag, as it -were. But after all, the
* knowledge that you have started
* hint' toward a happier marriage
* will console you.
* How I wish more fathers were
* as personally concerned about
* their children! You are a brave
* man, and I salute you.
Fathers,suffer sometimes for
years in silnce,. but when danger
fo ,their children threatens, they
come through. Anne Hirst's years
of observation can help: Write her
at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New
Toronto, Ont.
NEW and
USEFUL TOO --
ALUMINUM AWNINGS
Aluminum awnings being pro-
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use and boast finger-tip adjustment
from inside the room. 'Will not
wear or tear, can be rolled up to
top. of the window and left : up all
year round because impervious to
winter weather, cite. makers.. ,Are
available in a wide range of colors
which are said to be fade -proof,
• Can be adopted to all sizes and
styles of windows, doors and
porches. Claimed to be completely
waterproof and fireproof.
• * * *
UNDERWATER SWIMMING
"Aqua -Lung" is new apparatus
claimed to be greatest development
in underwater equipment since the
diving suit. Consists of a portable
cylinder of compressed air strapped
to the swimmer's back and con-
nected by flexible rubber tubing to
a special breathing valve. Swimmer
breathes through a rubber mouth-
piece and wears a flexible rubber
mask over his eyes and nose, with
oval-shaped glass window for see.
Ing through. Only other apparel
worn - swimming trunks and rub-
ber swim fins for the feet. Corn-
plete freedom of movement is pos-
Siible. Supply of air is said to be
„ sufficient for underwater stay of
half an hour of more.
•
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BUILDING FINISH
Building finish being distributed
throughout Canada, is a patented
process which duplicates the looks,
solidity and weather -resisting quali-
ties of actual brick, makes claims.
Is Blade up of powdered brick for
oolor and other ingredients. Patent
rights cover the tools used in its
application, special patterns and
methods of application which is
entrusted to trained crews. Mate-
' rial said to be applicable over al-
most any surface, such as metal,
frame, etc. Requires no foundation
brick, cinder block, cement, stucco,
or extensive alterations. Scratch
and base coats are used with final
coat being an over-all brick finish
in plastic form in which brick and
mortar lines are cut, Claimed to
last as long as the walls stand, to
be waterproof, fir.proof, ,roof, and in
expensive,
Hopes To Turn
Night Into Day
Is is possible to tura night into
day an I do away with darkness?
It may be so in a few years if
science is given a free hand. Fantas-
tic as it sounds, experiments are
being made to convert the whole
night sky into a glowing bowl of
'soft light similar to full moonlight.
This would illuminate entire cities
and do away with the need for
street lighting. It would reduce road
and rail accidents at night, make
flying safe, and prolong our leisure
hours,
Fl-esnch scientist, Etienne Vassay,
has been working on this problem
for twenty years. At first his theor-
ies merely caused amusement. To-
, day, as a result of information
brought down front the upper at-
mosphere by super -rockets, scien-
tists are•convinced that M. Vassay's
theories hold more than mere
amusement value.
The whole scheme of turning
night into day is based on the
phenomenon known as electro
luminescence. This can be seen on
a small scale when fluorescent light-
• ing is switched on. The electricity
flowing through the tubes causes
'.the gas inside the tubes to glow and
give off light.
On a 'big scale it can be seen in
the 'Northern Lights, or Aurora
Borealis. These appear in the sky,
chieflyin northern latitudes as.
either a whitish arc of light or
quitering, rapidly -moving beams,
Particles Of Light
It has been discovered that the
average height of this band of illu-
mination is about, • seventy miles.
The luminosity is thought to be
caused by charged particles reach-
ing the earth:from outer space, most
probably front the sun.
- These particles are deflected to-
wards the North and ' South Poles
by the , earth's magnetic field, ac-
cording to the known rays of mag-
netism. There,,as they • enter the
atmosphere, thy collide with the
atoms and molecules of the upper
atmosphere and emit light in much'
the smile way as in fluorescent
lighting.
Tremendous Cost
It is this phendnlenon that scien-
tists are now trying to repeat arti-
flcaily. They are trying, to create
light in the night sky by thrownirtg
out rays into the upper atmosphere,
where they will collide with the
tiny particles known to swarm
there. The collisions would cause
countless billions of particles to.
glow and shed light on the earth.
Gigantic transmitters would be'
used, somewhat like those used for
television stations. The cost would
be tremendous, but would be
countered by the fact that one
transmitter would serve a huge
area -perhaps a whole country.
.'F UNMY SCIIQOL
LSSON
By Rev. R. Barclay Warren
EXALTING THE WORD
OF GOD
Psalms 19:7-14; 119:1-S
Golden Text: Thy word have II
hid in mine heart, that I night not
sin against thee. Psalm 119:21.
The book of the law, -Le. the first
five books of the Bible, -comprised
the major portion of the Holy
Scriptures in the days of the writers
of the Psalms. Thy did not idolize
these documents or use them super-
stitiously as a fetish, but they did ,
believe them to be God's message
for the people: They did not try to.
irnpro' e them but endeavoured to
live by them, "The law of the Lord
is perfect, converting the soul!'
After supporting this statement the
writer concludes, "Let•the words of
my mouth, and the meditation off
my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,
O Lord, my strength and my re-
deemer." In the second portion, af-
ter enumerating the blessings which
attend those who obey . the word,
he resolves, "I will keep -thy sta.:. ' • •
• tutes." Put we mus+ know thent if
we are, to keep them. This is beauti- •
.fully expressed in the text: "Thy
word have I hid in mine heart. that .
I might not, sin against thee."
It is regretted that ,many to -day
do not`"hold• the scriptures in high,
esteem, This is due, not to the vici-
ous attacks of professed infidels as
Voltaire and Ingersol but to , the
subtle initimations of many preach
crs who doubt the authority of the
Bible. Having questioned the in-
spiration of the scriptures it is easy
to place question marks after the
virgin' birth,. the deity of Jesus
Christ, the miracles, the judgment,
heaven• and hell and man's need' of ..
a new birth. But the Bible• has out-
lived its critics 'through many eta:-
,
tre-, tildes. It is still the world's .beet;
seller. Voltaire's' former residence.
isnow a Bible house., It remains
for the critics to produce a better
book.
Let us
come back to the Bible.
Here is 'the authoritive road map
from earth to heaven. Let us heed
it carefully and prayerfully,
A REFILL
A variety artist Beet an acquaint-
ance who was an animal trainer,
and asked him how he was doing.
"I've " got a well act now in the
circus," the trainer informed him.
"It's a 'Friendship of the Lion and
the Lamb' act."
"Sounds good," admitted the
variety artist, "but aren't there
quarrels between them?" t
"Well, yes," conceded the circus
man, "they do have their little quar-
rels at times. But then we just buy
a new lamb,"
s•
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more exhibits, more fun and
excitement and music events.
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life ... see the thrilling airshow,
the water -sports, horse -show.
Hear the music of HM Royal
Marines Band.
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