The Seaforth News, 1949-09-01, Page 6214479.044
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VA C U U M PACKED t. ALWAYS FRESH
WEST OF THE
til IL1N
A Serial Story
by
JOSEPH LEWIS
CHADWICK
The 'tory thus Car: Virginia Ames
crossesthe e ne,, frontier country rail
and toser to rte tb S rtn Bonita where,
e, inn
maltose to it strangely urgent eat mrnsnw-
she xpe•ts tomeet her (home Mil raw-
renee, when the 1.11I11110411 stage is robbed
of a nwney box bring delivered to Serve
Barron, Santa nuuitn gambling ezur, and
a mimeo pin of Virginia's. Lt. Alis, Randa'
takes up the investigate, Hating dim
bemuse of n previous meeting but feeling
a strung nttraetion toward him. Virginia
consents to his escorting her to Phil's
ranch. They fled the place deserted but.
returning to 5n,,(,, Honda. Alis, persunden
with whom
itaitrntto locate the boy.1hlrawaingword
of Phil, .1im !mato that he was lender of
the Muse bandits. Herron hakes Virginia
to meet PIIIl,
CHAPTER VIII.
They faced one another, over a
distance of 10 feet, each remaining
in the saddle. A moment of silelcc
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
hint while she grappled with sud-
denly confused thoughts. He sat
loosely on his horse, his hands idle
pn 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 like a terrific pressure.
She ventured, "I carne because of
your Letter, Phil,"
He gave her a sharp glance but
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said nothing. She brought the, let-
terr
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tan handed dan dei fE
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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 the
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 came, and
they sat in the gloom of the little
veranda. They watched Santa Bon-
ita conte 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.
Paul, 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 man -and broken,
"My letters were filled with lies,"
he 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 it. 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 losses. 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 alt 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, site said,
"No matter what happened it
doesn't change what belongs to you
and tae."
(Continued Next Week)
He's In The Big Time -Three -foot -11 -inch Charlie Young looks
like he could Make good use of a stepladder to take the measure-
menta 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 Peoples Clubs convention- The winner was
a mere pee wee, Helen Lukacs, third from the left. She's only
five -foot -11. - -
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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 gir
and on hi
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. "1 know it was weak of ale,
but I have always loved my wife
devotedly, and I just could not
stand up against anything. she
wanted.
"Our only child, my son, has;
come 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 if
he brought his bride here, And the
boy, I'm ashamed to say, hadn't the
character to refuse.
"My ly wife liked the girl well
enough. But she just can't let her
feel at hone. She continues to ruts
the household as though the girl
lets her help with the work. The
was a mere guest in it, though site
girl is miserable, and I, who see it
all so clearly, am miserable too.
* married years, and he knows the
determination of a woman with
* a will,
* Knowing he has his father's
s * approval, the young man will find
* the courage, I 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 can do no less titan help
* hint.
* To "Undecided Father": Open
* your son's eyes to hiswife'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 ebe left holding the
* bag, as it were. But after all, the
* knowledge that you have started
* him 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.
"My son's wife is not from this
community, and she hasn't made
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 tallcing to them like
adolescents. Again, Iny son stands
for it. I ata 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
awn 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 unnaturalsituation
here, 1 have come to love this girl
almost like a daughter, and I've
admired Iter 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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Fathers suffer sometimes- for
years in silence, but when danger
to 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,
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BUJILDING FINISH
Building finish being distributed
throughout Canada, is a patented
process which duplicates the looks,
solidity and weather -resisting qualm-
flies of actual brick, makes claims.
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its plastic form in which brick and
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. expensive,
Hopes To Turn
Night Into Day
Is is possible to turn night into
day and 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, Hake
flying safe, and prolong our leisure
hours,
French 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 from 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,
chiefly in northern latitudes as
either a whitish -arc of light , or
r '
quivering, 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 from 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, they collide with the
atoms and molecules of the upper
atmosphere and emit light in much
the same way as in fluorescent
lighting,
Tremendous Coot
It is this phenomenon that scien-
tists are now trying to repeat arti-
fleetly. They are trying to create
light in the night sky by thrownirtg
out raysintothe 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.
UNDAY SC11001
LESSON
Bir Rev. R. Barclay Warrent
EXALTING THE WORD
OF GOD
,Psalms 19:7-14; 119:1-8
Golden Text: Thy word have
hid in mine heart, that I might -not
sin against thee. Psalm 119:11,
The book of the law,-i.e. the first
five hoolcsof the Bible, -comprised
the major portipn of the Holy
Setiitures in the days of the writers
of tate Psalms. Th :y 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
impro' e thein but endeavoured to
, live by them. "The law of the Lord
is perfect, converting the soul."
After supportingthis statement the
writer concludes, "Let the words of
my Mouth, and the meditation of
my heart, be acceptable in thy:sight,
O Lord, illy strength and Illy re-
deemer." In the second portidn, af-
ter enumerating the blessings which
attend those who' obey the word,
he resolves, "I will keep .thy sta-
tutes.' Put we must know them 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 inhigh
esteem. This is due, not to the vici-
oils attacks of professed infidels as
Voltaire and Ingersol but to • the
subtle initimations-of many preach-
ems 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 cen-
turies. It is still the world's best
seller. Voltaire's' former residence
is now a Bible house.. It remains
for the critics to produce a better '
book,
Let us conte 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 met an acquaint-
ance - who was an animal trainer... ----
and aslced him how he was doing,
"rye. got a swell set 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?"
"Well, yes," conceded the circus
man, "they do have their little quar-
rels at tines. But then we just buy
a new lamb." -
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