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The Wingham Advance Times, 1934-01-04, Page 6fi. Iii oIlatn.gton Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established. 1840. ks taken on all Glass of insux rare at 'reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. NAR COSENS, Agent, Wingham J,W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan' OfC � i a—MeYer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley. Holmes It, S. HETgIERINO ON BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office: Morton Block. Telephone No. 66. J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister" Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone ' ingbam Ontario DR, G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store. DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST — X-RAY '::Qgice, McDonald Block, Wingham DR. C. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over J. M. McKay's Store. THE WIN HAM, ADVANCJ • 14. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly. Phon 54 Wingham DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND M:R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON TIME$ SYNOPSIS Ruth Warren, born and raisedin an Eastern city, is willedthree-fourth interest in the Dead Lantern ranch in Arizona. With her youthful hus- band, w.hois in poor health, and their small son, David, they come to Ar- izona to take up where Ruth's broth- er, reported killed. in Mexico, had left off. They reach Dead Lantern, 85 miles from the nearest railroad, with the help of old Charley Thane, neigh- boring rancher who also carries the rural mail. At the ranch. they find the partner, Snavely, and a huge woman, Indian Ann, who greet them suspic- iously. As they trudge the 5 miles from the ranch .gate to 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 passed away before medical aid can be brought. Ruth, penniless and without friends attemp- ts to carry on but is balked at almost every turn by the crafty and plotting Snavely. Despite obstacles of all kind Ruth gives notes on her ranch inter- est 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 developes with the live stock. Snavely calls it "liver fev- er" . and says he has a powder for the water to cure the disease. Ruth discover's 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 pershing stock. AI the round -up Ruth has enough stock to sell to meet her notes. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY F. A. PARKER. OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272, Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC and ELECTRO THERAPY North Street -- Wingham Telephone 300. J. ALVIN Licensed Drugless CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment. Phone 191. Wingham. FOX Practitioner THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm 'Stock Phone 231, Wingham. Will Pay You to Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See T. R. BENNETT At The Royal Service Station. Phone 174W. R. C. ARMSTRONG LIVE STOCK And GENERAL AUCTIONEER Ability with special training en- able me to give you satisfaction. Ar- rangements made with W. J. Brown, Winghami or direct to Teeswater. Phone 45r2-2, THOMAS E. SMALL LICENSED AUCTIONEER �0 'ears' Experience in Farm Stock ea and Implements. Moderate Prices. Phone 331. Snavely passed her on the run, shouting, "Pack my stuff!" She had left his riding horse at the saddle shed, and now Snavely hurried into the shed, returning with saddle and bridle. At the house Ann set about pack- ing the horse. When she saw Snave- ly getting into his. chaps, she paused and watched him for a moment. Then her eyes turned toward the trail to Old Charley's. It would not be dark for some time—Miss Ruth could not have gone far. From the top ,of the first little hill one could see a long way along the trail; and the rifle would shoot a mile. As Snavely mounted his horse at the barn, Ann suddenly ran to the rifle, snatched it up, and disappeared around the southern side of the house. From there she crossed the small gul- dropped until they rested on the trail which passed over the hill. A sudden tenseness came into his face; his lips fell to twitching and jerking without parting. With a wild insane Yell • he dug the spurs into his horse, dropped the lead rope of the pack animal and started toward the trail Ruth and David had: taken. Before he had crossed the little gul- ly south of the house, he pulled up his horse with a jerk; Ann stood above him on the trail, the rifle to her shoulder. "You cain't hurt them peo- ple! You got to take the other trail to Mexico! Snavely held his hands away from the guns °at his hips; a mask, of stony hatred settled over his face. He said nothing. "Ride down to the barn --you kin go afterawhile. But wait at the barn. I doan want you here where you kin talk at me." For a long moment the man looked at the woman above him; his face set; his eyes narrowed. Then he slowly reined his horse about, rode to the buckskin, and gathering up the lead rope, continued on to the barn.. As soon as he was beyond the point where he would dare try to use his revolvers, Ann settled herself on 'a rock beside the trail, and the rifle came slowly to rest on her knees. She was trembling. Ruth had been gone half an hour. Ann decided it would'° be safe to let him go. Darkness was coming fast. Apn looked down at the rifle, then at. the man by the trough. He would need this gun. Ann again looked at the rifle. Quickly she rose, and run- ning with her body bent low, she reached the trail Snavely would soon pass over. She placed the rifle across the path and returned, a slow smile on her face. As she reseated herself she saw that Snavely had already started; the tip of his hat bobbed along over the corral wall. She leaned forward, chin around. Don't you think so, Dad?" on palm, one huge leg thrust across the trail. Again she smiled slowly— he'd be right pleased when he come on that rifle. Sugarfoot came to the back screen door of the ranch house and scratch- ed. Ann grinned—it was supper time and nobody could fool that dog. "Here I is, Sugar -come up an' set a' spell." A rifle cracked from the direction of the trail to the west. Ann's hand flew to her side. She sat very straight for a moment, an expression of be- wilderment on her face. Slowly her head dropped, the great body crump- led, slid from the rock and fell across ly, and, stooping low, made her way the trail. Sugarfoot whined and licked to the trail and hid behind a large the big open hand, It was long after dark when Old Charley, Will and Ruth crossed the mountains and came among the lower fotthills on the Dead Lantern ranch. Old Charley rode first, his ancient firty-five on his hip and a Winches- ter in a sheath under his left stirrup. Ruth followed, then Will. David had been left behind with old Juan and Juana, The riders were coming down the last hill when Old Charley suddenly halted. His revolver sprung into his hand and he leaned forward, peering at the ground. "It's Annl" Sugar foot stood guard, growling fiercely.' He would allow no one to approach bait Ruth, who did not heed him but dropped to her knees beside the giantess. "She's alive, I think— Ann! Ann!" "Yes, little white girl," Ann whis- perede faintly. "I been waitin.' fer you." "Let's get her to the house," said Will, "Here,: Dad-" "Wait," cried Ruth. Ann was whis- pering; the girl bent her head lower. "Don't move me -1 ain't got but a minute, little white girl. I jes' want to tell you—Mr, Snavely an' me was together long ago in Texas—he's my than—we ain't married. We got a lit- tle girl --at Saint Mary's Convent in town, she is—Martha Jackson—" Ann rested for a moment. "Will you look after my •little Martha? She -down know—who her folks is -.-she thinks good people, Don't tell her— no different, Mr. Snavely don't want nobody to know -but he's been pay.. ire for her a little•—I tol' trim I'd tell if he didti t -- Again the whisper died awe moment, "Ann," said Ruth ways look after yattr little girla.s tong as she steeds Me," Ann sighed. "Was gnat where you those times you used to g the r'a,nehq" 'ryes that the other girls—sometimes I Gould. ant she never know'd nothin' 'bout me—don't tell • her no 'different—she thinks I was good—" Ruth was sobbing,. "T won't." "Then-if—you'll kinda look, after Sugarfoot-where is you, Sugar?" Ruth pulled the little dog's head down to Ann's cheek. There was a moment of silence, then a faint sigh. It was just after the fall round -up: David, was down by the saddle shed putting the finishing touches on a rac- er boasting four wire wheels. Sugar - foot lay in thewarm dustat a safe distance and watched with an alert eye. A few yards from the barn, old Dan Francisco and Alfredo were lay- ing pipes across a long pit, in prepar-.; ation for to -morrow's barbecue. Just beyond them, under the shade of the big mesquite, . Magda sat on a raw- hide -covered chair. The small bundle , f6 ;•t 3 1 1� �s d "We ought to have a new deal all bowlder.. Snavely missed the rifle almost as the dismounted at the house. He call led Ann in a furious voice. He look- ; ed about, ran cursing into the house land out again. Several times he slap- ped the two revolvers belted around (his hips with an air of vexation—re- Slowly her head dropped, the great body crumpled, volvers were only good at close quar- tets. Ise wanted the rifle. He would need it badly when a posse took his trail,° He soon gave up calling Ann and hastily finished packing the buckskin horse. The last thing he tied on; was a half sack of rolled barley he bad just brought from the barn. He would look after his 'horsr;.s always. With the lead rope of . the pack yrse in his band, he swung himself to the saddle. Arid as ie xriounted,. his eyes carate to .nest on the tottntry he Wit tai tide,' 'Miowiy the pian"s eyes ora '1 protnisc to al- vent dear', away from 'h+ 1i lying so comfortably in her arms star- ed with great brown eyes into the lacy foliage above. On the porch of the ranch house Ruth, Will and Old Charley sat around a small table littered with :pa- pers. The old man laid aside his pen, scrutinized the last of three signatures on a legal document, blotted it, and removed` his spectacles. "Now"—he raised hiseyes to Ruth and Will— "who knows what's the ,,next step in this business? "I guess the money comes next," said Will. I'll write Ruth a check and then, as far as I can see, the Dead Lantern is legally sold:" Ruth nodded. "I think you'd better make out the amount in two checks; one for three=quarters and the other for one-quarter. Then I'll have my share and Snavely's heir will have hers. :I'm going to buy an annuity for Martha with her share; Judge Carson agreed that was the best thing I could do for my ward," Ruth smil- ed. "How is the ward?" asked Will. "Just fine. One of the Sistersis. bringing her out for the fiesta tomor- row. Martha's .a dear," "Now where are we?" asked Old Charley. "I wish Will had brought Martin along with his documents — this legal business comes too fast for rte. As far as I can see, Ruth hasn't got a mite of interest left in the Dead Lantern." "Not a particle," smiled the girl: "Mr, Will Thane is at this moment in entire possession of the Dead Lan- tern ranch. X have received the value of my interest and Martha, hers. But look at this--" Ruth. Solemnly tore her check in two pieces, "Hey!" shouted Old Charley: Will smiled. "That's all right, Dad. —Ruth's just. simplifying platters." "Yeah? That's ice," replied the old ratan dubiously, • "Sure" ---Will pulled another doeu merit from his -pocket --all she has to. do is to sign this and she, comes in with us;for the'valuc of her original. interestit, the Dead Lantern.'' "Oh, ,yes." Old Charley lapsed into thought, "Now there's anotherthing," said Will. "Since the ranches are com- bined we ought to decided on a, brand for all the stock As it is, part of thein are carrying the Dead Lantern iron and the rest have ours, We ough to. have a new deal all round,. Don't yatt thins so, Dad." "Elt? Oh, sure, Yes, everything ought to be under a new brand" Three pencils 'began making kiwi.. i. full serawfs on as t'txatty'pier:es°;of pap4 At last Rutli pushed a design to the center of the 'table, ,Wouldn't that'. do?" she asked, The two risen regarded it for a nro4 nient. "It would," said Old'Charley. Ruth had drawnthe outline of a lan- tern, identical with the Dead Lantern except that in the center she had placed a small half moon with down - "It's "It's lit," said, Will. "Ruth has lighted the Dead Lantern." "She sure did," observed Old Char- ley, thoughtfully. He teetered back on the legs of the chair and fell to stuffinghis pipe. With: only' half a mind e listened to. the voices of the young folk; his eyes wandered over the distant valley. The voices faded from his thoughts.. After a time he awoke from his dreaming: David was plodding toward the ranch ,house; proudly dragging a wobbling contrap- tion on wire wheels behind him. From the boy his eyes dropped to the bent heads of the young people: "-great- esti great-est• idea in the world, Will; we 'can move the south pasture fence half a mile east-" "Fine; then with the old line fence and just a bit of new fence we'll have a wonderful holding pas- ture. There was a shrewd light in the olid man's eyes as he regarded the studi- ous young faces. Rising, he satint- ered over to meet David, the gray smoke from his pipe drifting in the air. While down in the gulch a soft Ar- izona breeze stirred to flute a har- mony of peace and happiness in the cavern of whispering rock. THE END. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL »LESSQN.:• BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS. Sunday, Jan. 7—Matthew 1:1 to 2 :23. Golden Text. Thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins. (Matti :21.) • The four Gospels are not four bi- ographies of Christ. A biography is supposedto be a fairly complete story of'a human life—and none of the Gos- pels attempts or intends to tell the whole story of our Lord's life on this world, in God's own time, of the earth. It is important to understand this as we begin a six months' study of the Gospel of Matthew. There are no contradictions be- tween the four Gospels, but each one gives a view of our Lord that the oth- ers do not. "Taken altogether, they set forth, not a biography, but a per- sonality." It is of great significance that, although Christ's earthly . life was of about thirty-three years, twen- ty-nine of these are left almost un- touched in the Gospels. We are told of His birth and infancy, of a single incident when He was twelve years old, and then of the three and a half years of His public ministry at the ' "I14*'sda'.Y, January. Lh; 1934 son and work of Christ and ;nest Bi- IScripture. Mary was , iven:tiie unigixe ble students agree as to these: honor of becoming the hurnan moth - Matthew Presents : int as � King. `er of, Jesus•, but her husband,. Joeph,, Marlr. presents Him as Servant, was not the father' of Jesus—God was Luke present I-Iirn as xnan, His Father, And this fulfills, Mat - John presents IIim as God. thew tells us, a prophecy in,lsaiah, (Fir Yet it is important to remember 14) that a virgin .shouldbring forth that Matthew's King is also Servant, a son whose nave should, be called, Emmanuel which ',means • "God with, us," The meaning of the human name: Jesus is very beautiful; it is, the same' name as' the Old Testament' Joshua;, and means saviour: "He, shall save. His people from their sins,,"' In the second chapter we are':toi4 of the Wise Men coming from: the East to Jerusalem, led by a star, that they believed indicated Ili& birth .of the King of the Jews. By Old'Testa- me'nt prophecy they found' that Beth- lehem mt{st'be the place';of this birth- they were led again by, they same• star;,. and found "the young Child .with • Mary, His mother, and fell downp.ndl worshipped Hina,' and brought' their gifts 'of gold, and frankincense, and' myrrh." They had gone first to,Herod,the. King, who pretended that tie wanted: to worship the young 'child witenthey found Him, and who asked, therm to knows of the"immediate and success- report where the child could be found. Ifni protest made by true Christians But God; warned the Wise Men. in Germany.'' against thi's, as Herod hoped' to ntur- der <this heir .to the throne, and the. Wise Men "departed into their own . country another way." -This was.but the first of many plots or attacks "upon the life of Christ ,but none of them could succeed until' God's time carne for Him to die as• the sinners' Substitute and Saviour: Joseph and, Mary were divinely' dir- ected to flee into Egypt, and keep the ,babe Jesps safe there until I-Throd's death, which they did. Then Eierod, enraged, attempted to carry out his murderous plot by slaying all the children under two years of age•ih andi about Bethlehem -and this fulfilled: another Old Testament prophecy. Man a`nd God;; and Mark's Servant is also King, and Man, .and God; Luke's Man is also Ring; and Servant and, God; and John's eternal San is also King, Servant and Man." People sometimes ignorantly talk of the Old Testament as though it were of no special value to the Christian today,; but an archaic, obsolete book, of interest only to anitquarians or historians. Those who mistakenly think this do' not realize that it is impossible to understand the New Testament ,without the 0d. In this first lesson in Matthew for example, six diff ererit 'Old Testament prophe- cies are quoted as fulfilled in the ev- ents Matthew records. The Nazi Gov- ertnment in Germany made a serious mistake when, it demandedof the Ger- man Protestant Church that the Old Testament and its heroes be relegated to oblivion, and replaced by German mythology. The whole world noiv genealogy of "Jesus' Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham," We must turn to the Old Testament to find who David and Abraham were. As Dr. Schofield points out, thi,s first verse at once connects Christ with two important Old Testament coven- ants: the Davidic Covenant of King- ship, and the Abrahamic Covenant of Promise., God promised Abraham,. "In thee shall all families of the earth be bless- ed" (Gen. 12:3),•and this was possible only through Christ, the Son of God and the son of Abraham. God promised -David: "I will set up thy ,seed after thee -and I will' es- tablish the throne of his kingdom for- ever." (2 Sam. 7:12, 13.) This was possible only through Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of David, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Old Testament is filled with Divine predictions of the coming into Messiah of the Jews, and Matthew shows that these Divine predictions were fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Anoth- er Bible teacher has paraphrased a verse from John's Gospel (John 20: 31) to read: "There are written that we night know that Jesus is the Mes- siah, the Saviour -King predicted in the Old Testament -Emmanuel, God with us—and that receiving Hiin ye might enter into the Kingdom; re-' jected by His own, he will come again and take the throne of His Father, David." After the genealogy, Matthew re- lates, clearly, simply, but inescapably, the wonderful fact of the virgin birth, end of His brief life on earth. of Christ. Itis told with rare dignity The four gospels give us four diff- and, beautiful delicacy, as one would erent emphases, or aspects, of the per- expect in the God -breather words of 0 0 Pat: "When are yez.goin' to pay; me them ten dollars for pasturing, your cow? I have been keepin' her now for ten weeks." Mike: "Why, Pat, she ain't worth. ten dollars." Pat: 'Well suppose I keep her for what you owe me then?" Mike: "No indeed, Pat, but I'll tell' you what I'll do. You just keep her two more weeks and then you cant have her." When Mark Twain was editor of ''a. Missouiri newspaper,a subscriber wrote to him saying he had found a spider in his paper and asking Mark whether this was a sign of good or bad kick. The reply was as follows: "Old ; Subscriber`= Finding a spider in your paper was neither good' luck nor bad hick for you. The spider was merely looking over your paper ' to see which merchant is not advertis- ing so that he can go td that store, spin his web across the door, and ' lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward." a The DoIar .:ril By Mary Imlay Ta Ior "THE DOLLAR BRIDE" is made altogether absorbing as. Mary Imlay Taylor tells it, pouring into -Its chapters such an : abundance of LOVE and ROMANCE. A Charming Love Story elude` Fitly o Experience, fence, dventure and Interest "Nancy Gordon trades herself in marriage fox. fifteen thousand; dol- lars - the price of her fancily honor — and the freedom of her bro- ther, Roddy, who stole from the bank in which he worked. Nancy, desperately in love with young Page Roemer, nevertheless agrees to elope with ,Dr. Richard Morgan on the condition that he keep the marriage a secret, Dr. Morgan is loved by Helena Haddon, a sophisticated young ,!married woman, but he adores Nancy and hopes to, win her after marriage. Nancy refuses to see Page the out,of her broken-hearted,, nag'ht'be�or� her elr�pemr►ent, and steals,.w house earlythe next morning ing to keep her rendezvous with her fat f_.. r the train they are iiare husband. At the station whip they wait for , seen's hnsba"nd: byHelena '' l a� '"HE ► w►, ,i��AR yE,R1L►t��' '1,�LyJy y �l E. IN. O± yyiy��C��"y .`INt THE , CO PLE" It N Of' `" tld BIrSPERIN R[�417wJ1`�k w;