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The Seaforth News, 1946-07-18, Page 21.1 TURNING POINT Bv Mary Irniay Taylor SYNOPSIS CHAPTER XII: Mac takes Sher- win to an old cabin on the crest of a wooded hill near Las ,Patomas where Mac hopes he will hide Until it is safe to make his escape from the sheriff: CHAPTER XIII There was small likelihood of Jordan following so far, and Sher- win turned back to the mountain path at last; with a feeling that Mac, at least, was safe. It was half an hour, later when he found himself near the cabin again. He had approached from the ledge and stood in the shadow of a live oak, listening intently. Person- ally, he had no thought that Jor- dan would return here, for Jordan did not really know how many had been in the attacking party, and he must know that the sheriff was af- ter hint with a posse. Sherwin rea- soned that he would scarcely ven- ture back that night and, on the other hand, Mac thought that he, Sherwin, meant to leave at day- break. He smiled grimly, he want- ed Mac to think Inst that! Mean- while, he hid his food pack and his blanket; he should not starve while he waited. And he intended to wait here until he met Stenhart again face to face. He advanced cautious- ly, made sure that the cabin was empty, and, determined to take no risks, found a spot in the red- woods where he could look out on a scene as bright as day with moon- light, himself unseen; and unroll- ing his blanket, he lay down there tc rest. He wanted to smoke, but the chances were against that, al- though lie believed himself to be utterly alone, He clasped his hands under his head and lay there think- ing steadily, not only of his pur- pose, but or the dast. He recalled his uncle's violent end. The old man had made a will in Stenhart's favor, having quarreled with Sher- wite's father, then, when his father died, the eccentric old man sent for him, liked him, and spoke of alter- ing his will and dividing the prop- erty between his two nephews. No one knew of this. He had spoken only to Sherwin, and when he was found dead, Max Stenhart accused the cousin who was, he -said, cut off and disinherited because of a quarrel. He had come upon ,Sher- win just after the latter discovered the dead man, and he swore the knife was in his cousin's hand. Perjury? lest Perjury that sent a helpless man to prison for life. Man? A mere boy, it was eight years ago. He had had eight bitter years behind stone walls; there was no death penalty in the state. Per- haps, if there had been, Stenhart might have hesitated. But would he? * * * Sherwin could have believed that his cousin had killed the old man to make sure of his inheritance be- fore the will was changed, but Max had proved his alibi. There was no one to testify for the newcomer, the nephew who was little known the neighborhood. Sherwin had escaped from jail by a mere accident. Two other con- victs had tunneled a way out, and at the last moment they invited him to join them. The thought of liberty had set him wild; lie had taken their chances, jumped into lie river with them, got ashore in the dark and, with their help, changed into another suit of clothes. He had one faithful friend who had taken care of the little money he had of his own. He had got that secretly and, against the pleadings of his friend, started west — after Stenhart! In all these bitter years of *imprisonment he had nursed his hatred of Stenhart the perjurer. He knew that Sten - hart came into the possession of hu uncle's large estate and 'went west. Never once had he really lost track of him. His hatred was an obsession, it knew no mercy; his one thought had been to kill him, Hehad bought a pistol and spent days in practice, and he was 0 crack shot now. He had resumed his horseback riding; coming west he must ride! Search for him had been so far fruitless; he had been advertised, tracked — all in vain. The fates were with him; he would not be taken until he had reckoned with his enemy ,the man who hscl sworn away his liberty. He had found him! Found him making love to a girl who could not know how vile Ise was, the liar! And that girl--? Sherwin rose and began to walk to and •fro; he had forgotten the outlaws, what were they to him? He was himself an outlaw! Jane had recoiled as if he were in very deed the criminal Stenhart's black lie had made of hint Love is so close to hate that he almost hated Jane hi the passion of his shame that she had scorned him for Sten - hart's sake. More than once, when Ise had looked into her eyes, his stern purpose to kill the man had wavered. She had roused the best that was in him, but now her shud- der of horror at the crime had turned him into a human tiger. He wanted blood — nothing else but Stenhart's blood would satisfy his fury. He would kill him. Alone in the night, Sherwin planned it; as surely as the sun rose and the. day dawned he would kill him. It mat- tered not if the girl meant to mar- ry him, Stenhart must die, and die by his hand. * * Jane had passed a sleepless night, a new experience for her cheerful youth, and she rose early, dressed in her riding -suit and slipped out into the hall long before breakfast time. She was going out and she did not want questions asked. She had 'phoned to the stables to have Tex saddled and waiting. The wide old hall was flooded with morning light and, almost un- consciously, her eyes turned to- ward Jint's desk. She seemed to See Sherwin standing there as on that first night. She stopped a mo- ment and stood looking at it, re- membering every word that he had said. She was still there, motionleas, when she heard a step behind her. She looked up, startled, and saw Stenhart. "I didn't know you got about so early," she exclaimed. "How much better you are!" He took no notice of her little halfhearted attempt at lightness. He came close, looking down at her with his stormy eyes. "Where are you going, Jane?" he demanded gravely. She flushed hotly. "Out for a can- ter before breakfast," she answered shortly. * * * He did not believe it, site saw that in his eyes, and her flush deep- ened. Ile leaned his hand on the desk beside hers. She could feel the emotion that shook him and she dreaded it. She tried to escape. "I must be going.," she began nervously. "Jane!" She raised her eyes reluctantly to his. "You're not fully yourself yet, Max, you look pale — sit down here, let Inc call Fanny—" He laughed bitterly. "You can% evade me, Jane. I'm here for my answer. 1\111 you marry me now — at once?" "Are you quite generous? 1 asked you to give me lintel" she parried. "I've given you time! I'm hu- man, Jane, 1 can't endure this any more. Will you marry me now?" He had laid his hand over hers on top of the old desk, She felt it trembling as she drew hers sharp- ly away. "I'm sorry," she said in a low voice, "but I can't!" "Do you mean not now? Or nev- er?" he was breathing hard, Jane felt a sudden fear of him, a fear she had never felt of Sher- win, though Sherwf was a con- victed murderer! She tried to give him a friendly- smile, but her lips shook. "I mean never, Max." (To be Continued) 4:9 NATIONAL CLOTHING COLLECTION Send what you can to your local collection centre JUNE 17 .27 'SALAD FIGHTING DISEASE IN SINGAPORE Britain has had a hard task in restoring the standard of health conditions among the civilians population in Singapore after years of Jap occupation. A rapid improvisation of hospital services and an anti -malarial campaign received first priority. The problem of malnutrition was next in importance. Hospital diets were stepped up and general clinics were opened throughout urban and rural districts of Singapore. A feeding scheme was planned for children, and a campaign' for vaccination and anti -enteric inueculation, initi- ated. The keynote of all these schetnes is service without distinction of race or colour. Picture" shows a British Red Cross and St. John's Nursing Sister, serving a Chinese woman with a bottle of milk for the infant carried on her back. CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarice * * * It looks as if our summer run ot v'sitors has begun. Last Wednes- day my sister and nephew arrived —just for the day. Saturday neice Jos' came for the week-end—and will be here every -week-end until September, Sunday Daughter blew in with a car -load of friends, and when school closes another mice hopes to spend a good part of her holidays here. And so it goes .. . * * * Last Friday we also received 206 other little visitors. They were quite small and clad only 'in fluff. I call them "visitors" because their stay will be only for a short while. just as soon as each one is big enough to fill a frying pan they will be sold. I hate to think of the fate in store for them when I look at thein now, but possibly by the time they go they will have become enough of a nuisance for me to be glad to he rid of thetn. The early chicks have almost reached that stage. The new chicks have al- ready given me one big headache. But no, that is wrong. It wasn't the chicks it was the brooder—the electric brooder. At 9.a.tn. the chicks and brooder were Inc. At 11 a.m. the chicks were not so hap- py and the brooder was cold. I tried to turn on more heat, think- ing the thermostat probably wasn't working right. But it didn't make a n y difference. Then I knew something was radically wrong. I called an S 0 S to -Partner, but he didn't 'know what to do any more than I did, except to call an elec- trician, which we did, and while we waited we gathered up our 206 chickens into boxes and took them to the house. But believe me, it took longer to catch them than it does to tell it. It was 2.30 before our trouble -man arrived but in half an hour the repair was made and the chicks back in the brooder house. It was a wire that :id burned right through: Ancither dine we may be able to locate the trouble and fix it ourselves. Gorden Notes By GORDON L. SMITH Hot Weather Plantings Cucumbers, melons and squash can be growl along the rcos of corn or at the edge of the garden, where space is limited, where they will trail over the fence, path or perhaps the plot of the next door neighbour. For best res.dta, how- ever, cucumbers, squash and mel- ons should bL planted in specialli• prepared hills, These plants, like ' hot weather, are very much afraid of frost and cold, wet feet, They should not he planted until title soil is many wartn. Hill arc simply loose soil built up in mounds 2 or 3 feel across and about 6 inches- high. Into these sh be worked mane well- rottednail ire oe black mulch This keeps the soil open so that the soft, fibrous soots can pene- trate easily and the' darkish color of the muck or well-rottrd manure absorbs the heat of the sun which these plants love. Experts advise planting about five seeds in holes about an inch deep, and 6 to 10 inches apart on the little mounds mentioned. Later when plants develop, in about two weeks time actually, thin to about three plants to each group. Keep weeds cleared away, watch out for bugs and to encourage early fruit- ing nip off end of vines when half a dozen mehms or a dozen or so squash or cucumbers art on the way. Apparently there is something o worry about with every kind of stove. Oil burners have been known to explode; coal stoves have an uncanny knack of going out; and electric brooders—well, we know now what they can do. By the way here is an idea that may interest someone. If you have a power brooder you will know they are rather awlcward things to work around when cleaning the pen. To help this situation Partner rigged mine up with pulleys wired to the top of the pen. All I have to do is pull the rope either side and up she goes. It is'far more convenient. * 1' * To get back to the chickens: They were none the worse for their experience. It was only their owner who was slightly worn and frazzled—to say nothing of a pie that .1 forget to take out of the ov- en, which I managed to persuade my family to eat. since nothing must be wasted these days. But it did put me back with nty Saturday work, some of which had to be done after neice Joy had arrived and gone out again, And today—well, after having "helpful" visitors around it gener- ally takes the most of the follow- ing forenoon to find out where things have been put! There were eleven of us for supper and the dishes were washed -while I was out feeding the chickens. Sotne- times chickens make a pretty good alibi. * We had another grand rain and believe if one had stood outside with a foot -rule it would have been possible to see and measure the growth. The wheat is coming into head already and the hayfields be- gin to look as if -there were plenty oF work ahead for the mower. * 5 * Do you remember any telling yoO about the robins that nested in our front garden? Well, the other morning I went out and Mons and Poppa Robin were in an aw- ful dither. I looke for the reason and soon found it. One tittle rob- in was perched on the edge of the nest while the other was on the branch nf a nearby tree. It was evidently their first attempt at try- ing their wings. Just then Mitchie- cat hove in sight, and, if robins were subject to fits I am sure this mother rob:n woulc' have had one. Of course I took pity on her and shut Mitchie up ii the house. That went on for about two days. Now the frantic chirping has ceased so 1 suppose the' little ones are now capable of looking after than. selves. I do.i't know why I took so much trouble to protect Ibsen— it only means that two more rob. s will be around to steal the fruit - from our ellen y trees. 1 Sunday School Lesson Sharing Jesus' Kingdom ' Purpose Luke 9: 23. 24, 46-48, 57-62; 11: 1-4; 11: 20, 21. G01,11-.. '1 ext —2 h y Kingdom cone. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven.—Matthew 6.10. Order in Chriat's Kingdom Any •who follow 'Christ must be prepared to live life of self-denial. If they are seekii.g earthly gain they will not find it following Him. He who saves his life for worldly or selfish reasms will lose it in all its higher relation to immortality. The disciples- had the false idea greatnessconsisted in -having high rank and being served by others. But the order in Christ's kingdom is reversed—The greatest is the lowliest who is ready to serve the smallest childs We must leave work which an- other can do when our Lord ap- points us to do some special ser- vice. That service will stifle' no delay. Christ must 'come first, al- ways. • The Lord's Prayer In the prayer which Christ teaches the disciples, at their re- quest, there ::are three petitions. The first concerns eas physical subsistence: "Give us'slity by day our daily bread." The second con- cerns our spiritual cleansing: "For- • give us our sins, for we also for- give everyone that is indebted to us." The third sonceens our vic- tory over the trials and temptations of life; "Lead us not into temp- tation". Would not the answer of these prayers snable us to live a full and efficient spiritual life? He who prain them from the heart . will be happy :rid useful in the Christian life. Christ Answers The Pharisees In reply to the Pharisees' ques- tion, Christ said His Kingdom could not be seen by looking into the skies, for something spectac- ular: It cams by slow spiritual processes which were at work be- fore their very eyes, tut they were too spirituplly blind to perceive them. While. t here is a Kingdom of God which. in God's good time will be consummated, yet it is also true that the Kingdom of God is here already, established in the hearts of those who do God's will. ISSUE NO. IT I.O.D.E. 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