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The Clinton News Record, 1934-01-11, Page 2PAGE `: Clinton News -Record With which Is Incorporated, THE NEW ERA. Terms of Subscription — $1.50 per year in advance, to Canadian ad- dresses $2.00 to the U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are. paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription': is paid is denoted on the label. advertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12c per count line for first insertion, 8c for each subsequeph insertion. Heading counts 2 line. ' Small advertisements, _ not to ex- ceed one inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost" "Strayed," etc., inserted. ones, for 35e, each subsequent in- sertion 15e. Rates for display ad-, vertising made known on applica- tian, Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of; the writer. i G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor, •'• Editor. H. T. 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No. 3, 'Clinton; John Murray, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Ed. Finchley, Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid. to the Royal Bank, Clinton;' Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, ar, at . Calvin • Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other 'business will be promptly attended to on applica, tion to any of the above officer:, addressed to their respective post of - flees. Losses inspected by the diree tor who lives nearest the .scene. CANADIANNATIoNA4,nil WAYS TIME TABLE 'Trains will arrive at and depart from Olinton as follows: Buffalo and. Goderich Div. -Going East, depart ' 7.08 a.m.• ,.Going. East depart 3.00 p.m. Going West, depart ' 11,50 a.m.. .Going West, depart 9.58 p.m.' London, Huron & Bruce Going North, ar. 11.84. ave. 11.54 a.m. teeing South 3.48 p.m, THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD SYNOPSIS Ruth Warren, born and raised in an Eastein city, is willed a 'three- quarter• interest in the Dead Lantern ranch in Arizona. With her youthful husband, who is in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to Arizona to take up where. Ruth's brother, reported killed in Mexico, had left off. They reach Dead Lan- tern, 85 miles from the nearest rail- road, with the help of Old Charley Thane, neighboring rancher who, also carries the rural mail. At the ranch they find the partner, Snavely, and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who greet them suspiciously. As they trudge the 5 miles from ranch gate 4o 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 pas- ses away before medical aid can be brought. Ruth, penniless and with- out friends attempts to carry on but is balked atalmost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. De-' spite obstacles of all kinds Ruth gives notes on her ranch interest to purchase cattle. She Is assisted by Old Charley Thane And his son, Will Thane. A Mexican family has been hired to assist with the work. A peculiar sickness developer with the livestock. Snavely' .ea11s it "liver fever" „ . and says he has a pow- der for the water to cure the disease. Ruth discovers trickery in Snavely's tactics of poisoning her cattle, but says ;nothing, -waiting for additional evidence, Drought is overcome by sinking a well in a ravine, getting water for the perishing stock. At the roundup Ruth has enough stock to sell to meet her notes. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Ann groaned and the joints of her entwined fingers Cracked but she shoole her head. "I jest cain't go fel dein' nothin' 'gainst Mr. Snavely, You duan unclerstan' how 'tis with me an' him." Slowly the giantess walked to Ruth's room. , The girl followed. "These here ready?" asked Ann, pointing to two suitcases. Ruth nodded, and the big woman left the room with them, - Dully, Ruth continued the .pack- ing, She would try again after Ann was off the ranch and on the main road, But Ruth felt certain that Ann would do exactly as Snavely had ordered. . . . The voice their, was not his only hold on Ann; there was a bigger thing. Ina short time the packing was finished and the buckboard loaded. Ruth looked about for David, he was not in sight, nor did he answer tr r eco her call. She suddenly realized that she had not seen him since return- ing from the !nail box. Ordinarily she ,would havebeen only mildly disturbed: the snakes were gone this time of year. Then Ruth's heart stopped; a few feet from the board fence around the old well lay a box. It lay as though it had been Iplaccd on end against the fence: in imagination Ruth saw her son standing on tip- toe,:. leaning over the fence, hitch- ing himself farther over .to see bet- ter, losing his balance, the box fall., ing away as his feet left its' top. With a cry of anguish; she ran to the box, stood it up, and mounting, lean ed over ';the fence—"David." The name rang hollowly and died away. "Da -visa—" With a moan. Ruth slip- G ped from the box, , . , The next in- ii stant, it seemed to her, Ann was. helping her to her feet. Ito 0 "Ann! Ropes! bring ropes quiekl" i Ruth struggled to Free herself from ro the giantess' arms. "Let me go! Oh Gocl, don't let David be in there-" , "Now wait, Miss Ruth - 'wait you doan know he fell in, does you?" "No—no--;but where else is he— where else—" Ruth was dizzy;. she fought to keep her senses, "Ann—" Ann left her and ran into the house, ` Ruth climbed union the box again, but she could net look down. The giantess lifted her from the box. "You stand down. I'll look this--youwitthis--youcouldn't see nothin' with no lantern on a rope." Ann held a mirror in her hands, She caught the light of the sun and turned it into the well. Ruth saw her smile broadly."There. I done tol' you he warn't down there!" Snatching the . mirror from, th ground wherethe giantess had drop ped it, she climbed upon the bo just as the lower limb of 'the su touched the western mountain range The light from the mirror grueldownward, wavered, and came to inc onthe cloth hanging .from a nai part way down the well. Ruth star ed at .the cloth as the light slowl faded. Before it . was entirely you she knew what that cloth was. Once she had sent Harry, her brother, `'a present—a red silk handkerchief with an odd design of large white horseshoes. David just then came trudging up from. the gulch. He couldn't under- stand all the concern about his ab- sence. Ruth stepped from the box, took David by the hand and led him into her room. After locking the door) she took Will's nsv'olver from the trunk and sat down on the bed be- side her son. THURS., JAN. 11, 1934 -1know—I doan know—" Ann wrung her hands and rose to her 'feet. "Please, Miss -Ruth --I -ain't help you 'gains? him?" Ann walked to the door, hesitated, returned' a few steps, then went back and stood near the window, in an agony of indecision. "All right, Ann, think it over." Ruth stepped close to the man in the chair. Her voice was clear and sharp. "You murderer!" Snavely shrunk back in his chair. "Say it!" commanded Ruth. "— tell. Ann what you are!" Snavely's lips moved silently. "Louder!" she cried, thrusting the e , muzzle of the gun ahnost against his face. + "I-done—it---, My God! Iet me be n —lquit lookin' at me! I had to do it, I tell you.!" "Don't move! Now tell us why you t did it." Ruth stood, right foot for- t' ward, her smooth young face set rig- - idly. "Begin!" y "I—I shot him.", e : " y?,r "Because I hated him!" "why ?" The haudloerchie£ . . . Harry al, ways wore it, Old Charley had said. If her brother was alive, how did it get half -way down the well on the Dead Lantern ranch' If' he were not, then, according to the Mexican who had reported his death, the handkerchief was buried two hun- dred miles below the Mexican line, The • Mexican ,had actually' mention. ed the 'handkerchief, As Ruth sat on the bed, holding the small hand of her silent, wondering son, her mind raced; that first night when Snavely had thrown a bundle into the old well. He had not been expecting anyone to come on the ranch and had left things about which must be got rid of ... the bundle opened as it fell and the light sills handkerchief floated alone and carne to rest on a nail in the timber, -when: it stayed. , Snavely's feverish desire that she should not ask questions about the well, that she should not go near it. . , , The well haunted him; wasn't he always looking toward it? Without any cut and dried reason- ing, without weighing, rejecting 'and sorting evidence, Ruth found herself with a clear, convincing picture . of the whole plot. Shea knew as plain- ly as though a hundred 'inveastigat- ors had compiled proofs for a hun- dred days that the letter was a lie; that it was Snavely's final effort to get rick of her. And Harry—Harry was dead. His body lay under a pile of rubbish at the bottom of the well . that was why Snavely's pale eyes strayed there so often. She heard Snavely's voice shouting angrily for Ann, then the thump of his boots as he entenod the house. "David," whispered Ruth. "Mama's going to trust you to do as she saysl stay on the bed and don't, be afraid --.Mama'll be back pretty soon." With the revolver in lssr'hand she stepped to the door, silently unlock- ed it, and stood with her Ieft hand on the knob, In the kitchen Snavely .abruptly. ceased to upbraid ,Ann, and the boots thumped across the porch. "By God, I'll show her who's-" As quickly:as she could move Ruth flung ol.'=n the door and stepped out, the revolver, fully cocked, pointing at Snavely's breast. He stopped and, his hand went. up. Ruth Went out and closed the door behind her. "Ann!" Ruth's voice was sharp, metallic. "Go into the living room." She waited until she heard Ann's footsteps. "Now you iirerch in!" Snavely turned without a word and walked before her. "Sit down—you too, Ann." The girl nodded toward' the chairs by the table. The huge woman and the pale ey- ed man seated themselves, Snavely grtldually lowered his arms. "I've got nothing against you, Anr. —far from it. But if you won't helpme you'll have to go with this mur- derer." "Wha — what's that--" Snavely gasped and his oyes stared wildly. Ruth spoke to Ann, without turn- ing her .head: "Ann, will you help ow?i' This man .'murdered Harry rey, his partner. ' Yon must help, me e him so that we can take him to ase authorities.... Well? Asie you n my' side or his?" Ann's face was a study. For a ornent she regarded Snavely, then Ruth'• No one spoke. "Well ,'Alin!" `Tore Gawd, Miss Ruth -1 doan "I don',t know—he come here. He bought 'his interest front the man who owned it am' he -come here. He Wanted to bo pardners- I signed. I couldn't help it-e-daren him!" "What did he do tie you " "I don't know—:let me be, can't you? ':Ire come here an' T wasn't by myse'f no more—I couldn't git him to go." "You didn't have to Murder him!". "I hated him, I tell you! He done what all people, do --I hated him like I hate aIi the rest. I got to be by myse'f. I been alone since I' was born. Every man I ever knowed tried to git somethin' off me. Every storekeeper tried to cheat me. EY- ery rancher tried to fence off part ofmy land -every time I got a good thing somebody tried to get it away for his own self. That's all humans do! Their whole lives is just spent trying to get something somebody else has got!" "Well?" demanded Ruth. "When I come here thers' was twenty thousand acres of this ranch an the house was in the middle of it. I couldn't see no fence which ever a -way I looked. I bought this ranch. I could stay here. I' had nay. horses an' I had enough cattle to keep: me busy'an' to feed one.- I bought this ranch fair an' square.. Then a man comes with a paper an' says he owns three'quarters of it: But he didn't want to stay •here -are didn't want nothin' but money. So he went away an' I scraped enough to- gether each sellin' time an' sent . it to him." That was all right. Then your brother bought that man out an' come here. He some to stay. " He aimed to improw the ranch. Good God a'mighty! "I am going to take you over the mountains," said Ruth evenly. "Stand up!" .Snavely slowly rose and, Ruth backed away, Atthat moment his eyes looked past her shoulder and his, head nodded wer , so slightly. Before Ruth could move great strong arms were holding her In a vice a big hand took possession of the gun. Ann's voice muttered closeto her ear, "I'se sorry." "Give me that gun!" .Snavely darted toward Ann as the giantess released the girl. Ann beaked away shaking her head, Snavely stopped. Ann spoke swiftly to Ruth. "Git yo're 1'itthn boy and ride away quick --hurry, Miss Ruth, 'fore he nialees me give him the gun." "Ann, help me—you have the gun,, help me to take him over to Thanes' place," begged Ruth. The giantess roared at her. "My Gawd, git away like •I tol' you!" Neither ,Snavely nor Ann moved until the, sounds of Ruth's horse and DOINGS IN THE SCOUT 'straightforward, extraordinarily WORLD look and courageous in their out - loop on life;" -The Archibishop of Canterbury. Scout Geed. Will Tourists A party of Hawaiian Boy Scouts on a good` will tour to Japan were given a hearty reception and enter- tained at a party by Kyoto Rotar- ians. Odeendoti Australia's 50,000 Boy Scouts . There are 17,000 Boy Scouts in the the state of Victoria and over 50000 in the Commonwealth of Australia, Another Scout Rhodes Scholar A second former .Boy Scout, Dun- can 1VIcT. Cowan of North Vancouver, has been selected as British Colum- bia's Rhodes scholar for 1934. The Coast's Rhodes man for 1932, Wm, T. Brown, also was a Boy Scout. Youth of. Today "I venture to say thatthe youth of this generation is of finer mater- ial than the youth of any other gen- eration of which I have' any know, ledge iri the history' of this country. Theyare tee, frank, so sincere, so David's questioning voice .had died away. Snavely, avhtte with no, spoke scathingly. "Now give me that gun, you black—!" The gun in Ann's hand wavered uncertainly. "Jes' a minute,' she faltered. "Give it herel" Ann cringed, turned the revolver butt forward and held it out. Snavely snatched the weapon, and raised the muzzle to Ann's face. Then he paused, and lowered the gun, "Git my horses, damn you! They'll come back—the Thanes'll come an' git me! They'll coop are upI Hurry along--git Buck an' throw a pack saddle on him. Run, damn your black hider" Ann ran out of the house. Snave- ly hurried into the kitchen and 'be- gan feverishly filling a gunny sack with provisions. Five minutes later his outfit was piled by the kitchen door; three sacks, his bed roll, a fry- ing pan, and, leaning against the house, a 30-30 rifle in a saddle sheath with four cartons of cartridges be- side the butt. Ann was coming from the barn, leading the buckskin horse with a packsaddle on his back. (Concluded next week) Bronze Cross For al London Rover The latest, award of the Scout Bronze ;Cross, Scouting's V.C., was made by. Lord Baden Powell to Rov- er Scout Stanley Gibbs of London. While passing Cleopatra's Needle, on the Victoria embankment, ; with his fiancee one cold, rainy evening in Oc- tober, • he heard a splash, ran down the steps to • the river, and in the darkness saw something whit;, like a hand. Gibbs sent his fiancee for the police, threw off coat and shoes and plunged into the strongly- run-ning tide. Ile found an elderly wo- man, got her to the steps, and gave artificial: respiration sucjcessfullly,; The fiancee returned with two con, stables, the woman was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, and +Gibbs and hisfiancee disappeared without identifying themselves . They were traced by the police, the matter re- ported, and the medal awarded. alma Australian Scouts Staff Big Store At Brisbane, Australia, Boy Scouts took over McW'hirters', a large- de- partmental store, for the clay. An assistant Scoutmaster, acted as man- aging director, a Scout as cashier, and 32 Scouts were detailed as heads of departments and floor walkers. ees3same A Frozen Lamb For B. -P. A frozen Iamb carcass 16r Lord Baden-Powell was the unique Christ- mas gift of the Boy Scouts of Aus- tralia. Lambs also were sent to Roland House, the East London Scout Settlement Centre, and Rose, '?nary Home, the Scout Association's convalescent hone at Herne Bay- Santa Claus' .Assistants' Good Job Santa 'Claus' Boy Scout and Girl Guide assistants, operating toy shops in over 150 towns and cities across the Dominion, once again took care of their quota of 75,000 needy -fam- ily children, The 'number included 5,000 kiddies on prairie farms. Scout Guide toy shops have been assisting Old Saint Nick since 1924. Fellowship of Youth to Make Peace "I should like to say how strongly I feel the debt which every country owes to you and the Scout Move - ment, I am sure that it is more by the natural strengthening of links of fellowship and understanding be- tween the young of different nations, than by any machinery, that we can secure peace for the future,"—Tho Bishop of Dover in a letter :to Lord Baden-Powell. A Sack Cornwell Decoration The Scout Cornwell decoration given at rare intervals for unusual examples of "courage, capability and character," has been awarded , by Lord Baden-Powell to Scout Allen Henson, 16, of the 7th Ashford Scout Troop, England. Throughout sev- eral years of serious illness, 'includ- ing five painful operation's, Scout Henson carried hirself with undaunt- ed cheerfulness, continued his Scout work, and drew the tribute from the surgeon of the Ashford Hospital that his bearing would have done credit. to a,,mature man. , FEAR OF PAIN SAVES US FROM MANY FALSE STEPS 1Vlother nature, for our preserva- tion and safety, has hedged the -trail from the cradle to the grave with pain. Pain is beneficial because it stands guard over our lives to pro, tett els from penalties of broken natural laws. . Ware it not for pain, observes a writer in the -'New York World -Telegram, few ghildrela would grow up with all their fingers. The Canada thistle beside the +eowpath keeps the barefoot boy inside the straight and narrow way as he drives the cows down at night. Prickers on blackberry bushes remind us that we cannot thoughtlessly gather the fruits of earth. 'Strong teeth on the smilax vine mmind evil doers that though the jungle offers sanctuary it not to be received without due. respect. The fear of pain is the well- spring of sagacity forethought, care- ful living. Eating green apples in Eden caused distresses that have come down the ages and made mil- lions of men and women eaters of legitimately ripened fruit. In the quick pain that follows the breaking of natural law probably lies the root of conscience, that unwritten 'code within each human breast upon which civilization, trade government, bank- ing and a thousand other human in- stitutions are founded. The rights of others and the obligation to ob- serve them are enforced by the poison ivy beside the swimming hole, the warning of the rattlesnake and the pale of neutrality about the hornet's nest. A uan end c TOO FEW BUSINESS FIRMS EMPLOY ADVER- , TISING TO LESSEN THEIR COSTS OF SELLING. Business enterprise today has two major prob- lems: 1. To increase sales; 2. To lessen the cost of selling. Yet so many- omit the use of advertising, despite their readiness to agree to the proposition that "advertising lessens the cost of selling." We're frankly amazed at the avoidance of ad- vertising in the face of the knowledge that it costs less to sell with the assistance of advertising than without it. Strange, strange -this hulnan tendency to go contrary to what knowledge and experience have taught us is right! To lessenyour cost of selling, we commend to you an adequate campaign of regular advertising in THE CLINTON NEWS m ECOR A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING --READ ADS. IN THIS ISSUii PHONE ' 4 5'