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“I do not wait, senor,” he ended.
M 1 make haste, &8 you command. I
g back now swiftly to hasten An
nlo, if the senor wills.,”
. Barker frowned. “Is the fellow
allve or dead?’ he asked.
Diego shrugged his shoulders
“Alive I think, senor, when he leave
the ranch. . But now—qulien sabe?”
- Barker hesitated. But after all, he
concluded, what difference did it
make? He had the girl; that was the
main thing. ' There was plenty of time
to attend to Go Abead's case later.
And Wade was in a hurry to get to
the Roost.
© “All right,” he said. “You and your
other man go back and hurry Tony
up. Turn over the nigger to some
body.” From Diego's hand he took
the bridle rein of Stella’s horse and
turned away.
" Wade was watching. When Barker
turned toward him he waved his hand.
“All right, boys,” he sald, wearily,
|and started ahead. But he swayed in
his saddle as he rode; his wound,
coupled with the intense physical and
jmental stress of the last twenty-four
hours, had brought him very close to
his ultimate lmit.
It was an hour later when Barker
and Stella, looking back from the crest
‘of the last swell, beyond which lay a
‘wide expanse of loose and continually
shifting sand on which the horses’
poofs left no permanent trace, saw a
rider In the dirty white clothes af
fected by the Mexican peons leading a
laden horse down the slope that they
had last crossed. The interval was
too great to permit real serutiny, but
neither Barker nor Stella doubted that
it was Antonio with the recaptured
‘horse and prisoner. Later, as the
two followers drew steadily nearer,
Stella bowed her head hopelessly.
And Barker, reading her Mace, was so
well satisfied that when the newcom
ers caught up with the bandits, at the
verge of the waterfall, he did not take
the trouble to go back to examine his
beaten rival.
Once inside the valley and at the
wvillage Wade, climbing painfully down
from his saddle, staggered away to
his cabin and went in. He asked no
help and he received none.
The men regarded both him and
Barker with hostile eyes, blaming their
{nmt difficult situation upon hie
leadership and failing to find any con
solation in the capture of Stella and
two prisoners, of whom they knew
pncflcslly nothing. Many of them
put up their horses and then gath
ered with frowning brows to talk
things over; others rode directly to
their quarters, snatched up what they
could carry safely, and hurried away
out by the waterfall entrance.
Barker, however, did not note any
of this. The capture of Stella and Go
Ahead had gone to his head. Once
more he felt triumphantly victorious.
Up to the door of Fair's house he led
Stella, .
“Go in,” he ordered. *“Put on those
woman's ciothes I brought you and
wait till I send for you.”
Stella apparentty did not hear him.
She was looking about her for Fair,
“Where is my father?” she demanded.
“Fair 1s not your father. If you
mean him, he's dead.”
“Dend?”
“Yes. I'm sorry for you and for
him. But he got in the boys' way last
night, and they shot him.”
“Who did? Wade?" Stella's volce
was deadly.
Barker hesitated. “Maybe. I don't
kngw." he answered. “1 wasn't here,
Thece was & lot of shooting. But
that's over and done with., And we
aln't got time to waste. You do as
1 tell you. Put on those woman's
things, and walt.”
Stella stared at him. *ll know why
you want to marry me,"” she eaid
“Wade told me yesterday, He wanted
o marry me and kill you for the same
;snuu. e o s Obyen, bhedidl . .
ou want my money. Well, you're
welcome to it, if you'll let Go Abead
ko tree. If you kill bim or If be dies
or 1s dead already you'll never get It
T kill myself first.”
Barker laughed unpleasantly, “Don’t
worry,” be sald. *“I doo't know
whetber your Go Ahead Is alive or
wot, but I hope he Is and | baven't
Couldn’t Do It
The purest comedy | have ever seen
occurred on an island in the Dutch
East Indles with black sandy shores
and white breakers and coconut palms
fingering a tropleal sky. A ttle
monkey, his polnted forebead puck
ered Into an earnest frown, was en
deavoring to climb a two-foot stick of
‘drittwood, which he held In his hands,
He would prop the stick firmly before
him, lft one leg carefally and clutch
the pole with his toes, test it cau
flowsly once or twice, then lift the
the slightest idea of killlng him. 1
want him as a witnes® to our mar
riage. I'll need some one to go Fast
with os and testify in court that you
married me willingly and all that,
and—"
“You're loco.”
“Not a bit of it. The padre 18 hera
and you've got to tell him that you
want to marry me. Then you've got to
marry me In Go Ahead’s presence
willingly and pleasantly. When you've
done that I'll let him go. If you don't
do 1t he'll be no use to me as a wit
nesgafid "'l turn. him over to
Wade. . . , Wade loves him, you
know.”
“You beast!”
“All right. Say what you like now;
but see that you talk right later if you
want your. man to livee Now go In
and put on those things I told you
to.” He pushed the girl inside the
door and shut it upon her. Then he
strode away to Wade’s cabin, nearby.
Wade himself was not visible, but
in front of the cabin stood the two
horses with thelir silent burdens. The
man who had last joined the caval
cade was Just hitching his own horse
at the rack.
Barker pald no attention to him.
Instead he strode up to the horses,
recognized Caesar by his color and
turned to the other. “Is he dead?’
he asked of the guard, who came hur
rying up, as he bent to peer into the
captive's face. : ek
Then abruptly he felt the muzzle of
a pistol thrust against his ribs and
heard a well-remembered voice in his
ears. “Not so dead as you'll be if
you make any breaks” it sald, in
steely tones.
Slowly Barker straightened up. His
face, agape with terror, was ghastly
in its pallor. “Go Ahead!” he gasped.
“Yes. Now you go ahead into this
house. Keep your hands by your
sides, but don't try any tricks if you
want to live.”
Obeying, Barker felt himself swiftly
and completely disarmed.
“Now go to the back room,” or
dered Go Ahead. “Let's see what's
become of Wade.” One pace behind,
he followed Barker to the door.
Wade was in the room, but as Geo
Ahead had conjectured, he was clear
ly out of the game. Stretched on the
bed, he was sunk in a stupor that
looked final. Go Ahead merely
glanced at him; then he waved Bar
ker back to the first room, followed
him, and closed the door.
“Call two of your men,” he ordered.
“Tell them to umntie my man Caesar
and bring him in and lay him on the
lounge yonder. Tell them to handle
him gently, that you want him to
give you some information. Then tell
one of the men to bring Bob here.
Put 1t in your own words, but get the
fdea over. And remember, I'll be right
behind you and that one false move
means death.”
Like one in a dream Barker obeyed.
To the door he went, closely followed
by Go Ahead, called two men who
were passing and gave them Go
Ahead’s orders. Then he came back,
sat down behind the table and waited
until Caesar, weak, tottery, but still
alive, staggered in between the men
and collapsed on the lounge. Then
he gave the order to tell Bob to come
to him.
When the men had gone Go Ahead
turned to Caesar. “How do you feel,
old man?" he asked, affectionately.
Caesar’s eyes rested on him, at first
hesitantly, then with dawning recog
nition. “Mr. George, Mr. George!” he
cried. “ “Glory, glory! 1 theught you
was killed, Mr. George.”
“Not yet, Caesar. Lie still, old
man. Everything's all right—and the
rest 1s going to be so In a minute.”
He crossed back to his place behind
Barker as the door opened and Stella
came in.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Power of Trees
The power of tree roots is tre
mendous. Those of a five-year-old oak
lifted a block of granite welghing 614
tops. In seven years the block had
been ralsed two Inches,
Knocks So Good
Hard knocks are good for you am
less you happen to be a prize fghter,
~Farm and Flreside,
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other foot confidently off the ground
and Immediately go tumbling head:
tong, stick and all, down the hot
beach toward the sen.—~Corey Ford In
Vanity Falr Magazine,
Good ldeas
When o man has & “good iden” bhe
Hkes to tell his mnt shout It. Amd
usually a “good "is & fool Idea.—
Atchison Globe,
The tragedy of many a life ig, thel
time Is not felt to be a trust,
CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD
Improved Uniform International
(By REV, P. B. FITZWATER, D.D., Dean
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(@, 1928, Western Newspaper Union.)
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Lesson for November 25
THE PRAYERS OF PAUL
LESSON TEXT-—Acts 20:36-38: Rom,
1:8-10; Eph, 1:15-23; 3:14-21,
GOLDEN TEXT-—Rejoice always;
pray without . ceasing; in everything
give thanks, : 3
PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI Prays for
His Friends.,
JUNIOR TOPIC—PauI Prays for His
Friends.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPliC—Paul as a Man of Prayer.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—The Place of Prayer in Paul's
Life,
His prayer life most really reveals
the character of a man, Paul's
prayers explained the power and effl
ciency of his wonderful ministry., The
careful study of these prayers will
give us strength, guidance and peace
as we go about life's duties. The
prayer meeting, bellevers getting to
gether to pray, has characterized the
Christian church throughout its his
tory.
1. Paul's Prayer with the Ephesian
Elders (Acts 20:36-38).
. Having met with these elders and
pointed out to them the perils which
confronted them and set forth their
responsibility, he knelt down and
prayed with them before going to Jeru
salem, where bonds and afflictions
awaited -him. They all wept sore and
fell on' Paul's neck and kissed him,
knowing that this was to be the last
sight of him. When believers pray
‘and weep together, they will definitely
work. together.
1. Paul Praying for the Romans
(Romans 1:8-10). :
1. He thanked God for their world
famed faith (v, 8). The true minister
has no greater occasion soy gratitude
than the knowledge of genuine faith
possessed by followers of Christ,
2. He prayed for them continual
ly (v. 9). ;
Knowing the far-reaching influence.
of the church at Rome, he unceasingly
prayed for them that their influence
might be most widely felt.
3. His supreme burden in prayer
was for a successful journey to Rome
(v. 10).
He desired to visit Rome in order
that he might impart some spiritual
gift to the believers there and also
to receive some spiritual help from
them., The true minister receives a
reflex blessing from those to whom he
ministers. '
111. Paul Praying for the Ephesians.
1. For knowledge concerning Christ
(Eph. 1:15-23). .
He besought God that the believers
at Ephesus might know (1) The hope
of their calling (v. 8). Unfalthfulness
on the part of believers is frequently
due to their lack of a true under
standing of their calling. The right
understanding of the Christian's hope’
will make steadfast the lives of be
llevers. (2) The riches of the glory
of God's inheritance In the saints
(v. 18). It is marvelous to know that
the saint has an inheritance in God,
but it is more marvelous that God has
an inheritance in the salnts, (3) The
greatness of Christ's power to usward
(vv. 19-23). This mighty power was
demonstrated in the resurrection of
Christ from the dead. The same power
which gave the victory over the grave
is available for believers. g
2.' For strength (Eph. 3:14-21),
This prayer was made to God who
is the Father of His great family in
heaven and in earth, He prayed that
the bellevers might be strengthened
with might in their inner man, with
the object of being indwelt by Christ,
It Christ 1s to be entertalned, the
temple needs the divine strengthening.
Where the house Is strong enough,
Christ will come and ablde, Likewise,
that they might be rooted and grounded
in love (v. 17). This establishment
in the love of Christ Is needed by all
so as to prevent them from belng
turned aside by every wind of doe
trine, Also, that they might compre
hend the love of Christ (v, 18), This
love 18 wonderful in its dimensions—
in its depth, breadth, width and helght,
it transcends human understanding—
the object being that the bellever
might be fllled unto the fullness of
God (v, 19). This does not mean that
the bellever can hold God, but that he
can be so related to God that the
infinite resources are at his command,
Immortality
Who does not feel that it would
chunge everything 1f he belleved with
his whole soul In his ilmmortality? It
«would supply him with a totally new
standard of values. Many things which
the world prizes and pursues he would
utterly desplse, and many things which
the world neglects would be the ob-
Jects of his most ardent pursult.—
James Stalker,
The Bible
The Bible is the most thought-sug
gesting book In the world, No otner
denls with such grand themes.—Her
rick Johnson,
Makes Us Comforters
God does not comfort us to make us
comfortable, but to make us comfort
ers.~J, H, Jowett,
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Most Sacred Art
The most sacred art that the soul
can engage In Is prayer.—A. W, Tozer,
WOMAN KILLED = -
FOR DOWRY ON
: ‘WAY TO WED
Boston Lady Lured to Her
Death in West by Prom
ise of Marriage.
Spokane, Wash,—The $1,300 which
‘Mrs, Katherine Clark brought :with
her from Boston to Spokane as a
wedding dowry and for which she was
brutally killed in a deserted prune or
chard, near here recently, was found
burigd in the back yard of Archie F.
Moock, a lumber mill worker, accused
of the murder, ° " '
The roll of bills was wrapped in a
plece of mewspaper and buried. under
a few inches of -¢irt near the back
door of Mooch's home. . In another
hole near the money officers found a’
package of love letters written the
woman to lure her to her death, The
letters were signed James Murphy,
2217 Hartson avenue, Spokane, which
is Mooch's address,
After the murder the purse of Mrs.
Clark was found near the Mooch
home: A picture of herself had been
torn from its frame, Her money ‘had
been secreted between the picture and
the- frame, L
| Fortune Used as Lure.
The letters evidently had been taken
gom the purse and were of a sensa
onal nature, urging.her to hasten to
Spokane, One agreed to reimburse her
for her traveling expenses if she was
dissatisfied with Murphy after meeting
ihlm. e
. Mooch had been carrying on cor
-respondence with Mrs, Clark since last
April, pretending he was representing
‘ James Murphy of Couer d'Alene,
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?}ruek Her Over the Head. '
Idaho. He had led her # belleve Mur
phy was to fall beir to a big fortune
i he married before September 24.
_She was told it was necessary for her
to' bring whatever money she "had,
which would aid Mooch in acquiring
this fortune,
Mooch told the authorities that he
became acquainted with Mrs., Clark
through a matrimonial bureau at West
ern Springs, 1111, Mooch took her
to his home upon her arrival from
Boston. The next day he informed
Yer that he had received a note an
noungng that Murphy had been in-
Jured In an automoblle accldens and
that he requested that Mrs, Clark be
brought to *him immgdiately,
Friends Find Body.
It Is the theory of the authorities
that she entered the coupe that had
been bhorrowed by Mooch with the ex
pectation of being driven to the myth
fcal Murphy. When the Isolated spot
was reached Mooch asked her to leave
the car, and as she did, he struck
her over the head with a hatchet,
according to the officers, and dragged
her into a ravine,
If friends of Mooch, who were prune
picking, “ had not chanced ,upon the
body it probably would ‘not have
been ‘Mscovered for months, for the
scene of the crime Is a most secluded
spot. ; . ‘el?
The authorities took Mooth - over
into Idaho to indicate the sixteen room
house where the sister of the mythical
Murphy lived, but he could not find
it. Mooch claims to be Intensely re
liglous. He says he gets messages
from God every night after his family
retire, He was arrested as he ecame
from the German Baptist ehurch, He
is a powerful man, welghing nearly
2050 pounds. He eame here from Sau
katchewan, where he was reared on
a farm,
His wife declares that she would
stuke her life on his Innocence, for
she had known him since a child,
Disappointed in Love,
She Sleeps 18 Years
Johannesburg.~A woman has just
awakened after sleeping In the san
atorium here for elghteen years, [ler
lover was killed In 1010, when she
war twenty years old, and the shock
caused a eataleptic fit, followed by a
deep steep which resisted ali efforts to
awaken her,
" She was fed by means of a tube
every two hours during the entire
period, but she declined until she be
came u living skeleton,
The awakening was gradunl, but the
woman still Is so shy of human belogs
that she hides her head when anyone
appronches. She has spoken only a
few Indistinet words.
9
Soil Favorable
ey e
for Fertilizer
Quite Important That Con.
ditions Be as Near Ideal
r as Possible.
In using fertilizers that cost SBO or
S4O a ton it is important that general
soll conditions should be as favorable
as possible, points out A. W, Blair, soil
chemist at the New Jersey agricul
tural experiment station,
A soil that is strongly acid may lim
it the growth of certain crops to such
an extent that the fertilizer can have
little effect. ' It is a waste of money to
use fertilizer on such land. When the
acidity of the soil is eliminated by the
use of lime, good results may be ex
pected from the fertilizer.
y Fertilizer for Vegetables.
Vegetable crops that grow rapidly
require a fertilizer that has a large
percentage of its nitrogen in rapidly
available materials. Such a fertilizer
furnishes soluble nitrogen as fast as
the! plants need fit. .
The soll chemist advises that con
centrated fertifzers should be mixed
thoroughly with the soil or else put
‘on 'in two' separate applications, If
fertilizers of this type are put in close
contdct with the seed there is danger
of injury.through burning.
.Drainage Is Important.
Sometimes the land is so wet that
crops can make only very poor growth,
fertilizer or no fertilizer., Until satis
factory drainage s provided it is a
wakte -of money to use high-priced fer
tilizer on this kind of land.
On land that is very sandy and poor
ly supplied with organic material
growth of crops is often limited by the
water supply. Heavy applications of
fertilizer cannot produce good crops
under these difficulties. First of all,
organic material must be added to the
soil; then the fertilizer application
may profitably be gradually increased.
Rat Is Most Filthy and
Destructive Farm Pest
No agricultural pest in existence
affects a greater number of people
than the rat, says the United States
Department. of Agriculture, and mno
other pest is so closely associated with
both the business and domestic sides
of farm life. Yet losses by rats have
been sustained for so long that com
monly they have been taken for grant
ed as the forces of nature. But in the
present day of rigid accounting and
efficiency, even lossbs from the ele
ments are insured against, and the
time 4s rapily approaching when the
constant ;drain through rat Wepreda
tions will no longer beé tolerated.
'~ The uncanny, elusiveness of rats ne
cessitates a matching of wits if one is
to be successful in destroyg them.
In the ‘war on rats one is not con
fronted ‘with a stypid insect, that re
‘quires: only the employment of a rou
‘tine ' ¢ontrol proceduve for wholesale
destruction, but with a wary animal
‘that hag Instincts closely akin to hu
man-intelligence. '
~ To be rid of rats would be worth a
thousand times what it might cost.
It 1s to the interest of every home,
high and low, rich and poor, to co-op
erate earnestly in furthering a séntl
ment of Intolerance against this filthy
and destructive pest.
Much Manure Is Wasted
by Improper Handling
The Purdue university agricultural
experiment station estimates that one
third of all manure Is wasted by im
proper handling. This indicates the
importance of a manure pit on the
farm,
The walls of a manure pit may be
made of concrete in which 6% gal
lons of water are used to the sack
of cement. If the sand and pebbles
are damp, only five gallons of water
are used, since the other 1% gal
lons .are, contalned in the aggregates.
With wet aggregates, use only 4%
gallons,
In_most cases a satisfactory con
crete ean be made by using 2% cuble
feet ‘of sand and 8% cuble feet of
pebbles to the sack of cement. These
proportions may, however, require
slight varlations, Under no clrcum
stances vary the relation of water
to cement,
§ Agricultural Notes i
A successful sallor studles his com
pass and a successful farmer studies
market conditions,
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It's the wise farmer who knows
what Insects destroys his crops and
takes measures against them,
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The best results may be expected
from onts when the crop Is seeded as
early In the spring as climatic cons
ditions will permit, . ‘
.o
Many farmers are putting ventilats
ing systems dp thelr dalry stables now,
o 8 fresh alr of the right temperature
& necessary for healthy stock.
2.9 %
Hollow frult trees ean be repaired
by clennlng out the decayed wood,
either worklog from the top down or
nlso eutting an opening In below te
facilitate the work,
..
Goad farm machinery means an up
to-date farmer; well-cared-for muchin.
ery means a thrifty farmer, Machines
glve longer wear If they ure not left
out in the weatber,
What Will
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There is hardly a household that
hasn't heard of Oastorla! At least five
million homes are never without it, If
there are children in your family,
there's almost dally need of its com
fort. And any night may find you very
thankful there’s a bottle in the house,
Just a few drops, and that colic or
constipation is relieved; or dlarrhea
checked, A vegetable product; a baby
remedy meant for young folks, Castoria
is about the only thing you have ever
heard doctors adwse giving to infants,
Stronger medicines are dangerous to a
tiny baby, however harmless they may
be to grown-ups. Geod old Castoria!
Remember the name, and remember
to buy it. It may spare you a sleep
less, anxtous night, It i 8 always ready,
always safe to use; In emergencies, or
for everyday ailments, Any hour of the
day or night that Baby becomes fret
ful, or restless., Castoria was never
more popular with mothers than it is
today., Every drugglst has it.
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remedy for all
forms of D]
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It is a Reliable,
General Invig
orating Tonic.
: Everything to Date.
“She dresses right up to date,
doesn’'t she?’ “Yes, Indeed. Kven
her divorce suits are the verg latest.”
Worth Knowing When
Winter Cold Comes!
Did you ever hear of a five-hour
remedy for colde? There is one, and
it really does bring yofl out of it com
pletely. Even if it's grippe, this meth
od works, only takes longer. Pape's
Cold Compound is In tablet form,
Pleasant-tasting, but it surely has the
“authority !"—Adv,
! ———
" All bad company is soon very much
worse,
Forbldden fruit 1s always wormy.
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cultles 18 excess acld, Soda cannot
alter this condition, and it burns the
stomach, Something that will neu.
trulize the acldity is the sensible
thing to take, That I 8 why physiclajs
tell the public to use Phillips Milk of
Magnedn,
One spoonful of this delightful prep
aration can neutralize many times its
volume In acld, It acts Instantly; re
llef 1s quick, and very apparent, All
gns 18 dispelled; all sourness is soon
gone; the whole system Is sweetened,
Do try this perfect antl-ncld, and re.
member It Is Just as good for ehlldren,
too, and pleasant for them to take,
Any drug store has the genulne, pre
seriptional product.
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