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| Gold Miners* Luck
Two little stories about gold miners got into the
papers the other day, and if they aren’t typical of the gold
seeker’s life they at least ought to be.
One told of a California prospector whose mule slip
ped off a trail and slid down a mountainside. Going down
to retrieve it, the prospector stumbled blindly into a ledge
of gold-bearing quartz, so rich that it will probably make
him wealthy for the rest of his life.
The other told of a prospector in Ontario, who was
crossing a wilderness lake and was forced by a storm to
land on a ilttle island. On the island, which he wouldn’t
have visited but for the storm, he found a gold vein of sur
passing richness. Now he’s going to be wealthy, too.
Maybe it doesn’t happen that way often. But those
stories, illustrating what sheer luck can do for the pros
pector, are perfectly typical of the age-old idea of the
prospector’s life, if not of the actuality.
Those Western Tourist C?«mps
One of the things that make a returning automobile
tourist pause and reflect is the contrast between tourist
camps in the western part of the United States with those
in the east.
In the east the tourist camp is apt to be rather de
pressing. It is frequently to be found adjacent to some
farmyard, which pleases neither the eye nor the nose. Its
cabins are box-like, poorly ventilated, unattractive. It is
a place to stay overnight, but little more.
But in the west one finds tourist camps that invite
one to linger. If one has a tent, there is apt to be a place
for it by a cool stream. If one wants a cabin, one gets all
the comforts of home. The camp is not merely a stopping
place; very often it is a vacation spot as well.
In the matter of how’ to accommodate tourists the
east could learn a good deal from the western states.
School Days — Then and Now
The fall of the year is just about at hand, and • all
Across the country a pood many millions of school chil
dren have trudged back to school; and the thought that
strikes an observing adult with melancholy force is that
they do not seem to go back quite as reluctantly as the
children of a generation ago went.
Of course, it is a tradition that children find school
odious and welcome such catastrophes as fires, epidemics
and tornadoes which create unexpected periods of idle
ness; but the tradition, really, isn’t nearly as true now as
it used to be.
Schools are conducted differently than they used to
be. More effort is taken to awaken the child’s interest.
He is likely to get a clearer notion of what it is all about,
and to discover that the business of acquiring knowledge
^ can actually be a good deal of fun.
Don’t Waste Foodstuff
Along about this time every year fruits and vegetables
reach the markets in such profusion that the ordinary
householder can easily accumulate far more of them than
he can use.
But this is no year in which any sort of foodstuff can
be wasted—not with thousands of people in every city
wondering where their next meal is coming from.
In many places a “can the surplus” drive has begun.
By this program committees are chosen to see to it that
canned fruits and vegetables, contributed from homes
where there are sufficient funds to get plenty of food, are
made available to the unemployed.
*—‘ It is an extremely good idea, one that deserves to be
copied everywhere.
New York
_Letter_
Spotlight Fades
NEW YORK —The Tin Pan Alley
wags have revised Jimmy Walker's
own sone and now it goes: ‘‘They
don't lo/1 him in September as
they did in May."
• • •
And by December ‘‘our Jimmy"
may have become little more than
another gay and colorful **«t
ropolitan personality. There are
any number of persons here-about
who already wonder If he ever
was anything more. And say so
right out loud.
The fade-out of Mayor Walker,
Incidentally, give something re
sembling final proof of New York's
renowned capacity for forgetting
its favorites. Perhaps never be
fore was a personage, nationally
believed to be a great city's pet.
dropped quite so hastily. Favored
figures of stage and screen melt
away slowly over a period of
months.
Walker snapped out of the civic
picture almost as fast as one of hls
own pert remarks.
• a •
And again, in this instance.
Manhattan states its well-known
challenge: keep in the big lights
or prepare to disappear. If an
audience cares to walk out on a
show—all right! But the actor
who tries it is not likely to get a
return engagement.
• a # •
Still Broadway will always de
mand some city figure who Im
personates the general conception
of a ' man about town." He must
be something of a sartorial marvel
and have “the big town manner"
—whatever that is. Grover Wha
len, quite as much as anyone, cre
ated this impression, from his
button-hole gardenia to his silk
hatted bow.
• • •
Pie Champs
Somehow, it's always a .hock
to come upon a pie-baking con
test or a champion muffin-maker
in Near York. Such gastronomic
and kitchen demonstrations are
associated with county fairs and
small town life. Yet Manhattan
contains many of the proudest and
best home cooks.
The depression, upon which has
been placed the responsibility for
almost everything, has caused a
vast revival of cookery Interest
hereabouts. Househimters demand
apartments with comfortable-sized
kitchens this year, and pots and
pans are selling at a new high.
The bl? department stores have
been staging cake-baking contests
and several have called In house
wives to demonstrate how thriftily
some culinary delight could be
concocted.
The Bronx, of course, usually
provides the winner, since this Is
New York's homiest zone.
• • •
On a Big Scale
Anyone who has trudged to the
little red i .hool-houae may be
slightly staggered by the notion
that 1.100.000 youngsters start off
to school daily in this man’s town.
Such are the hazards of getting
across streets that most children
are taken to school either by their
mothers or nurses. Traffic cops in
the school neighborhoods have had
long experience in keeping an eye
on the youngsters as they ap
proach or leave. And the accident
score is amazingly small.
• • •
And there's always something
of the small town fiesta about
the opening of a new street; the
building of a subway or the opera
tion of a new bus line.
A vast underground enterprV,
such as the new I.ighth Avenue
subway line, brings out Fourth of
July crowds, tossing confetti and
nibbling on ice cream cones. For
days after families take their
lunch and ride back and forth
Just something new to do, so far
as they're concerned.
_Quotations_
Never has world public opinion
been so strongly in favor of dis
armament as it is today. Now ts
the time to make it effective In
its pressure upon the governments
ot the countries represented in the
general disarmament conference.
—Mary E. Woolley, president
Mount Holyoke College.
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MEXICAN METHODIST CHURCH
13th and Tyler gta.
Sunday School- t:30 a m. Con*
rado Leal, Superintendent.
Young Peoples Division 10:15 a.
m Jose Figueroa, president.
Radio service in Spanish every
Sunday at ( p. m.
Sunday evening service 7:45 p. m.
Prayer meeting, Thursday 7:45
p. m.
Women’s Missionary society,
Wednesday 4 p. m. at the church.
Good Ringing, the church where
you will not be a stranger. Wor
ship with us.
F. Ramos, pastor.
CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
1200 Washington Street
Sunday
10 a. m.—Sunday School.
11 a. m —Worship.
7:30 p. m.—Evenm? service.
Tuesday
Ladies Bible Class meets every
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Wednesday
7:30 p. m — Bible study and prayer
meeting.
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY
ALLIANCE
(Inter- Denominational)
Barrcda Hail
Thursday Bible Study. 7:45 p. m.
m
Thursday Bible Study. 8:00 p. m.
Sunday School, 10:00 a. m.
Preaching, 11:00 a. m.
Evangelist Service, 7:45 p. m.
There is always special music and
messages from the word of God.
Subject: Unreality.
"Early Evening Vesper Services'*
from station KWWG each Sunday
: evening at 5:00 p. m. _
REV. W. R. TUTTLE,
Pastor
—
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
9:40 a. m Modem Bible School—
W. E. Collins, Superintendent.
10:35 a. m.—Morning Worship,
Prelude, Doxology, Invocation.
Gloria Patri, Hymn No. 258, An
nouncements, Hymn No. 414, Of
fertory, Anthem. Sermon: 1 In
tercessory Prayer,’* Hymn No. 143.
Observance of the Lord’s Supper.
Benediction. Postlude.
6:45 p an. Baptist Training Ser
vice—Rev. James E. Towle, Direc
tor.
7:45 p. m. Evening Worship.
Prelude, Hymn No. 118, Prayer,
Hymn No. 229, Testimonies. Offer
tory. Anthem, Sermon! "The In
vitation That Won.” Hymn No. 165.
Benediction. Postlude.
We are happy to announce that
our pastor ,the Rev. Oscar Lee
Smith, will preach at both the
morning and evening services, Tho
not entirely well, he is much im
proved ; and we hope and pr. „• for
his speedy and permanent recov
ery to his usual good health. The
general public and especially those
with no regular church home are
cordially invited to study Gods
Word and to worship vith us.
C. P. Ballard, Chairman of Music
_*
MEXICAN BAPTIST
< etween 1st - 2nd Adams)
9:45 a- m.—Sunday School.
7:30 p. m—Evening service.
Monday. 7:30 p. m.-Women’s
Missionary Society.
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.—Evening
service.
Friday, 7:30 p. m.—Young mcn’f
society.
George B Mlxlm. Pastor.
SACRED HEART C'lIRCH
Sixth and Elizabeth
7 a m. Low Mass, short Instruc
tion. Holy Communion.
8 a. m. Christian Doctrine classes
for all the young folks.
9 a. m. High mass, short sermon
special music.
Society Communion days: First
Sunday of month, children of Mary;
second Sunday. Holy Name Society:
third Sunday, Altar society; fourth
Sunday. Christ Cadets. Be faithful
Special services First Friday ol
ach month: 7 a m. Communion
Mass; 7:30 p. m. Holy Hour.
Confessions are heard Saturday
afternoon and evening from 4:30 to
ij and from 7:30 to 9. also every
morning before Mass.
You will find a friendly welcome
at the Sacred Heart Church and
Rectory.
Rev. Paul A. Lewis, O. M. 1
Pastor.
_
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
CHURCH
Sunday:
Masses at 6, 7. 8:30 and 9:30.
10:00
The last is the chile .is mass
followed by class of Christian doc
trine.
Evening at 7:30. Rosary and bene
diction.
Thursday evening at 7:30: Holy
hour.
Confessions heard on the after
noon and evening of Saturday pre
ceding the first Friday of the
month and on the eve of all major
feasts.
Rev. Joseph Rose. O. M. L
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
CHURCH
Mass on Sundays at 6:30 and
8:30: on week-days at 6:30s on
holidays of obligation at 7:30 and
8
Catechism Class, on Sundays aft
er the second ana^a
Rosary and Benediction every
Sunday and Thursday at 7 30 p. m
mass; on Saturdays and on the eve
of feast-days, from 4 to * and from
6:30 to 8 p. m.
Serrodes, O. M. I-. pastor
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Services In the Junior High s hool
audit* ium at 9 a. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Rev. H L. Wlederanders Pastor
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School 9:30 a. m. W. W.
Underwood. Supt.
Business Men s Bible Class at the
Queen Theatre. 9:45 a. m.
Young People's Class at church,
R. J. Bingham, teacher.
Rev. James Mac Kr ell will give
the lesson.
10:50 a. m. Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper and Table Talk by
the Pastor; all Christians are in- j
nted to partake with us.
Sermon at 7:45 p. m. by James!
MsKrell. Subject, "Breaking the!
Alabaster Box."
Young People s Worship Service
6:45 p. m.
Regular meeting cf the Board of
Stewards Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
The Womens Missionary Society
will meet In business session Mon
day at 3 30 p. m
At the Sunday Services we shall
have the usual excellent music by
the choir with Mr. Paul Kennara
at the organ.
Visitors as well as members of
the church are invited to all of
these services.
Sterling Fisher, D. D. Pastor.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Elizabeth at Palm Boulevard
Hours of worship—11:00 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. Theme of mor. ing
sermon. “The Originality of Jesus;”
Evening. “Stepping Stones to
Spiritual Heights.” Special music
at each service. J. A. Russell, mu
sical director; Mrs. A. B. Niven,
organist.
“Rally Day” will be observed in
the Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
All departments will assemble In
the Sunday School auditorium for
a special program. A brief lesson
period at the close. All former pu
pils are urged to present, ana
those not in any other school are
most cordially invited to enroll
with us.
Young People’s League—6:30 p.
m, Miss Juanita Boory, advisor.
The woman's auxiliary will meet
in their regular business meeting
Monday. 3:30 p. m. The executive
committee will meet at 2:30.
Worker's Conference Tuesday,
7:30 p. m. at the church. All offi
cers and teachers of the Sunday
School are urged to be present.
A cordial welcome awaits you at
all the services of this church.
Emmet p. Day, Pastor.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
4th and Levee St,
H. J. Howard, pastor; Sherwood
Bishop, Bible school superintend
ent.
Bible School 9:45 a. m.; Com
munion and preaching ser-ice 11
a m, Sermon sub, “The Second
Mile.” Special music ly the choir. I
ioung people's meetings 630
P- m.
Message Sunday, "The Christian
and the Present Crisis'* by the
pastor.
Preaching service 7:30 p. m Ser
mon sub. "The Wav of Cain ”
Special muye.
FIRST CHI RCH OF CHRIST
SCIENTIST
Corner Elizabeth and West Second
Streets
First Church or Christ. Scientist
of Brownsville. Texas, * branch of
the Mother Church The First
nJUtrCh x! Chrlst- 8clen;Li, in
Boston. Massachurtts.
Sunday srhool at 9:45 a m.
Subject: Reality.
Sunday morning services at 11:00
A Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting at a on o'clock.
Reading room In the Maltby
building on Levee and 12th -.treets
cpen from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m dally,
except Sunday and holidays.
CHIRCH OF THE NAZARENE
Fifteenth and Grant
9:45 a. m. Sunday school.
11:00 a. m. Worship.
6:30 p m Senior and Junior N.
Y P S.
7:30 p. m. Preaching.
CHINESE WALLS — OLD AND NEW1
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f pHE GGEAT WALL. OF CHINA WAS &UILT
TO KEEP OUT THE MANCHUS OF THE NORTH —
— MOW/'THE JAf*kNi5E-CASATED STATE
t? iCPS or mawchukuo has erected a far.
U\Grt TA^,rr GREATER WALL TO KEEP OUT CHI MtSE
U TRADE FROM THE SOUTH!
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Midweek prayer meetings Wed
nesdays at eight p. m.
A hearty welcome awaits all.
R. Wilson Conner, pastor.
CHl'RCH OF THE ADVENT
Holy Communion at 7:30 a. m.
Church School and Bible Class.
9:30 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon, 11
a. m.
Saints' Days, Holy communion,
7:30 a. m.
First Sunday in month. Holy
communion, 7:30 a. m.
R. O. MACKINTOSH.
Rector
CHURCH OF GOD
Harlingen
Parsonage. 219 E. Tyler. Phone
532-W.
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
J. C. Young, superintendent.
Preaching services 11:00 a. m and
7:30 p. m.
A full gospel message and good
music.
The church of welcome with a
message.
Rev. T. H McNeill. Pastor
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
San Benito
Sunday School. 9 45 a. m.
Preaching 11:00 a. m.
N. Y. P. S. 6:30, p. m. I
Preaching 7:30 p. m.
Midweek prayer service Wednes
day evening's.
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
(Episcopal i
491 North Reagan Avenue. Sat.
Benito.
Rev. W Everett Johnson, Rector.;
Summer schedule
Morning Service 8 a. m.
Evening service 7:30 p. m
Ucixany ha* ordered another
"pocket battleship." The word
• pocket" Is supposed to denote the
cruiser's size, but it is a word that
intrigues us just the same.
• • •
Government reports indicate up
turns in the price of hides. That
doesn't hold good at the race tracks,
however, where a pretty fair one
can be obtained at a bargain.
• • •
A sign in national headquarters
reads: "Keep Cool. Calm and Col
lected." But the collections are not
very good.
• • •
The motor car Is blsmed for .1
great many accidents. But how
about the drivers?
TODAY TS THY
Anniversary
ST. QUENTIN REGAINED
On Oct. 1, 1P18. French troop!
entered St. Quentin and extended
their lines east of the city. The
Germans were driven from ihe
Aisne hills no- hwest of Rhelma.
The British engaged in heavy/
-ighting all along the Cambrai-Skl
Quentin sector, taking the northerns
and western suburbs of CambraL
Belgians cleared Roulera of foes.
Americans advanced in the Aisne
Meuse sector and repulsed German
counter-attacks near Cierges and
at Apremont. Germany prepared to
; evacuate Belgium. The British, aid
ed by Arabs, took Damascus.
WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT
BERLIN— Perhaps It sounds
strange, but any germ that falls on
linoleum is bound to meet almost
certain death, according to Prof.
Karl B. Lehmann, head of the
Hygenic Institute of the Univer
sity of Wurzburg. He says this
flooring has the power to kill even
typhoid germs which come in con
tact with it.
CALL -/ « ^WEST
by R. G. MONTGOMERY V ©•w.^savo.ic
UKG1N HERE TODAY |
STAN BALL, an agent for rat
tle Intcrrata, faces AAPER UKI.O
in liia oDIrr. Rail nrrntn Delo
of having nun allot who nre eent ,
•>ut to check hla timbering nc
t tv I ilea at Three Rivera. Ball
says be la mnklng n personal
cheek. Delo says ke will per
sonally are that Ball dors not
make the cheek.
I pon leaving llelo’s office. Ball
saves a girl from kidnapers She
proves to be Delo's daughter.
DONA. AA ken Ball Irarns hrr
name be fella her hs Is STAN
LEY III.At K and slips away.
MEDLEY WINTERS. In ieve
with Monn. agrees to go to Three
Rivers and get IJelo to route bach.
Mona goes with him and at their
Brat stop Dudley produces a mar
riage license and urges Mona to
marry him. arguing that Delo
will not go on n manhunt If they
do. Mona barely mlaaes the mar
riage by meeting Boll on hla way
to Three Rivers.
At the rantp. SWERGIN Aa
prr'a timber boss, tries to make
Mona stay la ramp. She slips
away from mrn he has ordered
to natch hrr and rides. She sees
her father attacked and shot,
swrrgta comes to her resent.
Dudley and Swergln both war*
hrr not to ride alone as Rail will
attack her as he has hrr father
Mona goes ou« again nnd when
she alarm barn Itnds ahe Is fol
lowed. Her pursuer proves to be
Swrrgln. who takes her back te
ramp in spite of the fart that she
lashes him across the face. Aaper
Is mneb worse. The storekeeper
la knocked on! and his place
robbed. Hall ts hlnmed. Swergln
refuses to keep news of the hunt
from Aaper and Mona llnda him
in the sirk room. Asprr Is in a
rage.
KOW GO OK WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVI
STANLEY BALL thought be an
derstood bow a bunted animal
must feeL. Hi* shelter was a cave
nigh under the rim of Folly Peak
where none bat the wariest veteran
could find him. The trail to this
den led through a slash In a great
rock wall and was bidden by spring
ted alders and black blrcb.
There was a little open shelf for
nls mare and the cave was fairly
comfortable. By using tinder dry
and resinous wood be was able to
have a fire over which to cook the
simple fare on which he lived. He
was Bitting before a bed of glowing
coala, taking stock of the situation
In which be found himself.
Ball admitted, as be stared Into
the embers, that If be bad known
one-tentb what be now knew be
would never have come to Three
Rivers to get the low-down on tbe j
Delo Timber interests. He was
forced to admit that be was in love
with Dona Delo, hopelessly In love
with her, and that be could not1
have her.
Love for Dona had made him re-1
main on Folly Mountain until be
had been branded a desperate crim
ina’ and a murderer. Now, even
though Dona had not married the
young man he saw riding In the
lower country every day, he would
still be unable to offer his soiled
name to her. Ball kicked dirt over
the fire and arose. One thing was
sure, he had to bare more supplies.
Carrying hla food on a horse with
out cutting the animal's speed made
it necessary for him to forage often.
Then, too, there was the trouble en
countered In getting the supplies.
He had to steal them.
All tbe way down the mountain
he studied these bitter problems.
He was half-decided to turn himself
in and take the consequence, which
he knew would be a first-class
lynching.
Tbs moon was not yet over the
rim of Folly Mountain and Ball
could move at a (air pace through
the blue gloom. His black mare was
invisible as Ink and as silent as a
panther. He rode to the edge of tbe 1
clearing above tbe camp and dis
mounted. Tying tbe mare lb a
thicket, be moved ewlftry toward
the lights ot the buildings.
• • •
piRST tbe commissary was paid a
swift visit. Stan bad worked
a board loose from a back window
to gain ready entrance. Within 15
minutes be bad secured what be
needed while Old Sims sat In tbe
front of the store nursing bis ban
daged bead. Stan smiled to himself
grimly aa be took a last look at
tbe bandaged figure up In front
Caching the food. Stan moved
along tbe dark aide of tbe main
building. He was looking for a par
ticular room, drawn by a force tbat
be could not resist He knew tbe
room, but found It dark. Further
along tbe wall were two lighted
windows. Stan edged toward them
Tbe nearest window was open and
be was able, by flattening himself
against tbe wall, to look inside.
Tbe scene witb*n the room was
a tense one. Dudley was standing
in tbe background. Dona sat on tbs
foot of bef father's bed. trying to
quiet bim. Asper Delo was as angry
as that day In his office when Stan
bad faced bim. A guilty feeling
crept over Stan. He was tbe cause
of all tbia He bad done It himself.
Asper was fairly fuming. "Tbat
confounded Swergin! He's lettln'
Ball make fools out of all of ca
He’ll let tbat dirty gun-toter shoot
up tbe whole camp. I'm going after
bim myself!'*
"Now, Dad. be reasonable! You’d
be no matcb for a healthy man like
Ball." Dona waa almost in tears.
"I'm sick and tired of being cod
dled because of a little puncture in
the shoulder. I've packed more lead
without even lying down than that
Bkunk ever saw!" Asper roared.
Dona leaped to ber feet. She
reached into her dress and pulled
out a stiff paper. “Dad, please lis
ten to me."
With a rumble Asper settled back
against the pillows. His lips were
white and he was shaking.
“Dad, Dudley and 1 have been
saving a secret for you. We are
married." The words slipped from
her lips almost tonelessly.
• • •
J^UDLEY aroused himself with a
Jerk and came forward. He
seemed unable to speak. Asper took
the paper without a word and un
folded it He stared at It for a full
minute before be spoke.
"Sam Dean married you.” he nald
slowly. His anger seemed to have
melted and hia band was shaking.
"Why, D, you should have told met
This has been a pretty poor honey
moon!"
“Now you see why I wanted you
to give all this up and come back
with us?" Dona'a eyes were clouded
witb tears.
Asper’s gaze rose to Dudley's face.
Dudley blushed and stammered. "I
sort of overlooked asking for the
bride.”
Stan Ball tried to pull himself
away from the window but he could
not He was fascinated by tbe
starry, tear-drenched eyes of the
girl be loved. He felt an urge to
leap through tbe window and shake
Dudley Wintera savagely. Why
didn't the fool comfort her? Why
didn't be take her In bis arms end
kiss those tears away? Asper Delo’s
deep voles broke In on bis thoughts.
“1 guess I'm an old fool but Swer
gin's blundering made me see red.
Of course your happiness is all that
really counts with me. Now what
do you want to do?”
“We want you to stay in bed tor a
couple more days and then go back
with ua and help us get a borne
fixed up.” Dona'a soft eito was
tremulous.
“Sura, that’s Just what we want.”
Dudley seemed suddenly to have
come to his senses.
Stan Ball pulled back from the
window. Dona had been keeping
the marriage from her father. One
thing relieved him. That wee that
Asper Delo would be out of the
man hunt He would have enfy
Swergin and his gang to worry
with. Stan’s anger against Aaper
Delo had suddenly lost Ha edge. He
determined to get away regardless
of whether he was caught making
bis escape or not
• • •
^SPER DELO S voice rolled out
into the night It was softer
now and held a hint of mellowsesa.
The old timber king was completely
taken back by fte new twist et
events. He cared more for Dona <
than for all his timber workings.
He completely lost hie wrathy anger
aa the two young folks stood before
him. flushed and happy.
“You tell Swergin to take care of
this bunt and to stay with It until
he gets bis man. He need not re
port to me any more. Now yon
youngsters run along and let an old
man think a bit.** Asper lay back
among the pillows and smiled.
*Tm sorry It came about like
this," Dudley stepped to Asper’s side
as be spoke. "But I’ll take care of
Dona and make her happy."
Asper raised on one elbow. "Ton’d
better, young man. You’d better!"
He sunk back and half-closed bit
eyes as a sign of dismissal.
Dudley caught Dona’a arm and
rushed her gently from the room. '
Ball remained flattened against the
walL A ware ot loneliness swept
over him, a bitter war* carrying
with It a vivid reminder ot what
he had become. He could not even
see Dona again or be near her. He
would have to strike for the Me*
lean border and Ufa by bis gun
That la the law of the man who la
branded killer. He can never turn
back. His guns must always swing
ready at his hip for he Is outside
of society.
Stan took a deep breath and
edged back along the wall. Ha did
not bait at Dona’s window but slid
past it A light shone out from
under tbs bli*ls and he could bear
a foies Inside but he did not wish
to eavesdrop.
He bad reached the corner ot the
building and was about to turn and
retrace bis steps to the placa wber# 4
be had left tbs cache of food when 1
he felt a hard, finger like object Jab 1
him in the back. A gruff voice
commanded. “Put ’em up. BalL and
keep ivn up!"
Twisting bit head as be raised
bis arms Stan could make out tbe
bulky figure of Swergln behind him.
In tbs dim light he could sea a
fiendish grin on tbe thick line of
tbs timber boss.
(To Be Continued)