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Show &7, briqn,t Ha was very eld, of had kaned him to bone; ita tuns had burned his wrinkled skin to the color old leather. But there wae In hie face a flame that shamed the vll out of men beholding, hard, cynical as they might be They put him up and fed hts bur-rand listened quietly, these g dark, men of cattle and sheep damp, while ho told camp them d the Hope of the elf ln World that never died. How much of It went ln he never knew, alnce they are a silent lot, but it was not his Job to know. That was to give tbe Word, that only. m f!KOr? Tea I u 1 cl on lOl oar de hard-ridin- renjmj flU or wn ot do i fe, smart fld veil iMEoFTHEf- eiBEO?, L- - jttrewlna hereelf to haodi of a i the Lent Mesa, i Savarln Sonya her .aiucatd by bI repentant at-- it ttlf appointed -- grtje Indiana, O ranch with lit wife, Lila, ,Klitr, Baba. She M Blake, wealthy i with the heart la Mf not and pulla Ldt- -t Fingers, a Koiela of an ill-- h - Sonya Two h deeply grate-n- et I the man who tella her ho Be it action and haa .art peace since i ifected, but un- - Chee any down n her eyes, the Joy of orer Jd In tj of the desert it sick about now (.ns getting well, mof the thlnga herself for a tor I she would go t couple of .days a -- a wood lgure. results, hadnt seen She 1 the Little, on yrs it, and she was as much yts possible, and avoid to ride In good door yard i putting dinner on jsard I Kyra's agrammi bJ may 18, IS, Size 16 woman, deoil and form but her soul, was at site could dis- - fiost fabric, 3N CEN , preferred to wrlit iSS, the E. rder to ' she cried catch-- 4 now Just Isnt Sonya, how glad I i around the girl women entered house where the liked mutton and Cl j !ha warm air. roond at the cool, irtment, eet, New' SAD t after fe lost go hnoi hare tor to dt 1 we all Elaetter Blim 1 did It b s clrenn i Europe a, ao comfortable, twus and intrepid lard working life. lit on the table d: hot bread, the a, onions sliced can. offru!t Myra owned I. Sheep ranch, d Myra happily, ton how good It la keen a long time ad fallen be aaitP to the Ing for a Hirer. urio!ty young w wai lytoj Waraawj te (aid, lolice. ring to could di Tip ock mar! red Mr. ver atop ) lambs than y an' talk, whole Come her , . )0WilCo.lAt. Im Just afternoon on, Sonya, :e. W.N.y.SERVlci twins, and that Sam Savina, notort-on- s border thief, had been found just across tbe Bio Grande crucified, a grim Mexican warning to fils kind. Also that tbe Servant of the Lord was coming In to the Black Sheep that' very night on one of hla constant journeys. The two bits of newt teemed to suggest each other; tbe crucifixion and the gentle, half-ma- d old man who rode the desert country year In, year out. In the effort to save souls. Sonya had seen him a time or two before. In her turn she told Myra of the sickness of Little Moon, of Mr. Setter and the children he had gathered ln from Blue Sand wash, and finally of the man of Lone Mesa and what had happened that day on the wind-swetop of the tableland. "My heavens I" said Myra breath-leasl- y as she visioned the girl banging on the face of the precipice, why did yon take that Jump?" Sonya flushed. Why? Do you think Id care to live after after being the plaything of a drunken renegade? IT "What did he look like? asked Myra curiously, , "Was ha a cowboy Sonya considered. "Well, be was dressed like one, yet I wondered what outfit be could work for, since we're all sheep over there, you know. And be was good to look at Tall and slim hipped, with the strangest long blue eyes I ever saw. 'Odd eyes that could change In a second. They were fierce at first, like a hawks, reck less and selfish. They made me furious Just to look at them. And then, when he saw I was ln dead earnest about about this thing they turned perfectly terrible with anxiety.Iike a mans who sees a child dying and cant help, If you see what I mean. Well, anyway, lta ancient history, and I hope 1 never lay eyes on him again, the And now tell me about yourself. Hows the ranch going?" It was twilight when they came out Into the ranch yard, and some one was coming Into tbe round stockade corral where the big tanks shimmered with sweet waters from the well under the wlndmllL This wag a strange creature If ever there waa one, that sat wearily on hla little gray burro, leading another and hazing a third ahead of him a thin, stooped figure In rusty black garments that bore about " them something of the dignity of chancel A wide brimmed and sacristy. black bat sat squarely on the head of long white hair that fell ln duaty ringlets to hla shoulders. The tired burros drank as If famished, and the master stepped 6ff the one he rode, standing patiently beside It while It slaked Its r h the served as la house. On Its thirst. Myra laid down her pan and ddng paintings of went toward this newcomer, her a oils i rich, true, hand extended- that would hare "Hello, air," ahe said. "Were in any gallery glad to see you. Theres plenty of r ere Myra feed in th barns yonder. Put up draught Supfor that Inner your stock an' come on In. soon be ready." little chance perll "Good day, my daughter, said the f the theep. her. i Sonya anew old man, shaking hands with too. The I'm to bo here, glad ? awgnitude, and fe atood before road is long sometimes. Ive come from Juniper Tank today. Whew r whistled Myra. "That Is she said a trail, an a hard one, espelong "that these ln New York. cially for burros." Oh, they do well, my little felthere Ill lows. Theyre true servants of the Sonya? Takln' Word, never complaining, always XtnleUy. willing. Their reward la certain, nd yes. No I'm sure. If I weren't, I'd be unX 1 guess.' happy; they are ao patient, ao gen-tle.- " Into dark-whic- t , j4 tI'm nd AM' beutifu ell hare se and let, my ick and r peopK ulietln. nodded. . tf111 sharp. 4 turning to "When a marry maili hves, doesnt - know Property, but iVn old college man & n4 searching W clear gray j present- ly frer do with- ony se,fl8h- - w you. You we J?1 ta this des-c- k t the rest an f 0Q- - j SOW You do- - let, alt . havent had Months and k Br!ehti 4 ,tni pair of He looked at Myra anxiously with his fsded old dark eyes, "Sure, aald the woman hastily, sure theyll be rewarded. Just ss; sure as anything. . The Servant smiled rellevedly. I knew youd understand, Mrs. Little," he said. Some people dont They smile when I tell them that Now HI go up." A little later they all sat down to a simple meal, and Sonya studied him with careful glances. She bad beard so much about him. Where he had come from, the country did not know, or where he made his habitat, or If be ever had one. In rain and shine, summers heat and winters cold, he rode tbe lonely stretches on his tiny mounts, carrying his Bible and his first-ai- d kit Many a life he had saved In difference be emergency ; many had patched up ; many a bit of courage he bad put ln some falling heart -- They called him far and wide the Servant" ahortened from "The Servant of the Lord," nd he had no other name bat that fantas- - t 'hin M her. She'd all right by day, -- And o the was, visiting with Myra, laughing and happy, watching the Servant ride away, hia saddle-bulging with Myra Uttlea ren erous gift 0f food, She stayed two days at the Black Sheep and left early on the third, much to Myra'e dissatisfaction, who held her hand as she leaned from Darkness saddle and talked till the last minute. i E CHAPTER IV The Spots of the Leopard. THE home ranch Sohya found So now Sonya watched him, smil-in- g 1 x two airmail letter from Roda little in gentle sympathy, and ney Blake which completed her enrecalled the etorles of hie good-- i tire return to the commonplace. nes d his unbounded courage She smiled e she read them, and which she had heard. A etrange for the first time It seemed as If little old man, filled with undying there might be a charm or two In seal, hla spirit a fire of evangel, the great city he depicted so colorUke those amazing padres who had fully. walked the West In an earlier day, She rode over to Chee wash to see he commanded tbe respect of all Two Fingers and Little Moon the who cams in contact with him next day and found the Indian womthe gentle, mad old Servant of the an op, and about the simple matLord. ter of her hogan, her rug, and her The sun went down entirely, and family. It gave the girl a thrill to see her the vast spread of the sandy level clothed themselves In royal purple so, the flush of Joy that such beyond a painters dreams. The vindication of. her. work always world was a lovely place, the brought She was poor as the goods Servant, said in bis soft old voice, of this world went, they were all fit footstool for the feet of God. fairly so, Serge end Lila and little There waa no evil In It of Itself. Babs, but ahe felt very rich Inside Only ipan made evil Man, with his her, arrogantly rich, and ehe could smile up at the blue heaveua with greed and his cruelty. a secret sense of fellowship. Beelzebub was abroad In the land So she left her last instructions Beelzebub and hla henchman. He with the little family at the hogan, had seen them with his own eyes, patted the cheek of tbe youngest he tbe Servant of the Lord ln hum- round-eyechild, and rode away ble places traveled They together erect ln her saddle and pretty well by night, and danger waited on satisfied with herself and the w orld them, death and danger and disas- at large. ter. It had struck Just across the It was ln this mood that she came Border ln that stark form bung nnder the tall face of Lone Mesa. a cross. no common It was upon As she swung round Its southeastthief who rotted there ln the windy ern tide, she decided to go up. The sun, but one who had betrayed his cut Into the sheer face by trail, master. Beelzebub himself, that those dead Inhabitants of the long master, dark and Cold and wicked pueblo, went op from here, angling as infernal fire. He was a power and so steep that none but sharply, and a force not to be reckoned with the level headed dared to make It or questioned. Though several hun- She wap such, and so was the good dred miles lay between the Border hors tinder her, they had and this sheltered spot, still tbe both sweated In a though cool day the first time they had attempted 1L It was a stiff and slow climb, but presently they gained the top and scrambled np through the small defile that was the steep trails end. As they went forward Sonya felt the surge end thrill she always felt at sight of the vast reach of the world about her, spread out so fjyr below. Taking off her hat, she sat long In contemplation, her hands and the hat resting on her pommel. For a long time she sat so, then rplned away toward the right. She would circle the mesa, look at the silent white honses with their flni roofs, still amazingly Intact, look at the great stone basin which7 was nearly always sweet with7 water caught in the yearly rains. Presently she left 7 the ancient tank and went on toward the north, circling tbe huddled houses, and was turning eastward around them when she stopped dead still. A horse stood there ln the blue shadow of the silent walls and a man sat on his haunches smoking a cigarette. Tbe horse wae golden as a raw Ingot, and the man was bronzed and lean. Tbe light of his shades head shone in the Presently She Left the Ancient Tank bars H looked up, and Sonya looked and Went On Toward tha North. down, and the girls eyes dilated finger of the Wicked One could with swift excitement. Sol ahe said coldly, her lips reach even here. The old man had You come here shadows. suddenly tight seen shadows. Many Chief of them tbe Masters blue- again? The man arose, a single motion No good stayed eyed henchman. One went by. beautifully correlated. where the Blue-eyeHe had heard of him across tbe 8onya, not conscious of what she Line last year, the tall one with was doing, sat looking at him, and bronze-colore- d hair who was always presently he looked up at her, a seen when disaster was to follow. straight look, humble and stUL "I like the mesa, he said. "It'a A sign and a symbol of disaster, this tall one with the wild eyes. And so high and austere, so far from he had seen him three days back from everything." At the contact of his glance the riding down the trail to Bed Rock canyon on a horse of solid gold. strange tense feeling which this So did the Wicked One mount his mans presence had caused at every followers. meeting took hold on Sonya. . It was Well, It was growing late, and not fear It had aever been nor rehe waa tired. The old were al- pugnance, nor the anger which had ways tired. So he would find hi stirred her, but a little ot all shot blanket and sleep. If hia friends through with something which she conld not define, a sense of prophpermitted. - He rose and bowed with a lean ecy, a forecast of destiny. It chilled her within and sent a grace, vague remnant of some forwave of fire across the chill, and went toward and away gotten time, moment ahe felt aa if tbe a for wild the camp he had made with his solid rock were falling away beand and his. burros, weary packs neath her. Then ahe caught herself Sonya Savarln sat still in every Darkatom of her body with a strange together severely and lifted man ness the and again. spoke rein, husha as seemed if stillness. It Please, he said, "please. Miss ing hand had been laid upon her dont go away. Ill go Savarln, cold sinister and spirit, something came down upon her like a cloud. right gladly. He reached for the bridle of the Evil seemed to fall with the night horse end drew it to him, golden and the old man's words, and preshesitating. her and shivered she wrapped ently "I know Ive got no right even to arms serosa each other as if to "or look at ahnt it out Then she shook her speak to you," he said, self and listened to Myra, who was you after after that day up here, but If I was to be hung for It next saying how mad th8ervant waa second I couldn't help 1L And 1 A atrange old creature. Gentle and cause yoa another to want dont ao Myra kind and quite, quite mad, minute's trouble or unbapplnese. If thought thla her mesa's a favorite place of But Sonya thought he waa someril never come again. Dont how akin to her ln thla quixotic cru- yours, away yourself. It's too tweet stay sade against suffering. Only he had to be lost" added aln as welL "But youd lose IL" Sonya said And he seemed to have a vision. her win. against " It waa this prophetic vision, fitlose my right hand if It would "Id ting so closely with her own sense help," he said doggedly, looking certain down and fiddling with hla latlgo. of disaster concerning things, which seemed to fall upon "Hm said the girl through her her with ao chill a touch. noBtrlls, a sharp and cynical sound, Piffle I She waa getting old her"I would," he repeated, "an ad self 1 It was the night and the si- youve got to do U set a mark to lence of the vast country under Its prove it Is there anything env great stars. What were rumors of single thing that a man can do to a Border bandit to her? A dark prove hla word? Tell me, end Til s J do IL" renegade who crucified hla I Nothing. She would for- ito nn ooxTiTOXu.) AT d cl d double-crosser- populace te the dignity of pe. pie, He taught, paclficated, civilized. lie was indefatigable and immovable, lie conquered violence by a smile, despotism by sarcasm, ' Infallibility by Irony, obstlnancy by perseverance. Ignorance by truth, I have used the teord, smile. It la Voltaire, Whatever may be hla Just wrath, Is passes, and the Irritated Voltaire always gives way to the d Voltaire calmed. Then in that eye the amtle appears. That smiley 1 repeat, la Voltaire, Luminous, that amlle was fruitful also. The new aocelty, the society for equality and concession, and that beginning of fraternity which call Itself tolerance, reciprocal good will, Te Improve Fetat Salad the Just accord of men and rights, Potato salad Is a great favorite reason recognized aa the supreme with many people. You can make law, the annihilation of prejudices It still better liked If the next time and fixed opinions, the serenity of you prepare tt you try this; Chop of indulgence and the souls, spirit np nut meats and celery or parsley, of reason,! harmony, peace behold, or both. Add thee to the salad I" Just before serving It You will be all has come from that great smile surprised to find what an ImproveEarmark Idaatificatlea ment this Is. Besides, it adds nutriEarmark rather than finger prints THE HOUSEWIFE. ment ae a means of identification Is proCwrtfM H MH Mwo fM. posed by prof. Henry F. Perkins, director of the Fleming maseum of th University of Vermont who haa discovered nearly 150 distinct characteristic formations In the human ear, - Not necessarily connected with Voltaire Held of at the criminal, Eulogy eastern monarch have used the thumb's Impression, the Masterpiece. "sign manual," as a surety against courts have used Just a century after Voltaires forgery,forIndias Identification and Amert-ica- n death ln 1778, Victor Hugo delivered prints maternity hospital for Identian oration on the man and his abidbabtea. Photography, not porfying ing Influence, a writer ln the Kausai has shown Individuality ln traiture, aot was City Star recalls. Hugo only the human ear, once thought only his countrys greatest poet In the found In the hands, professor PerNineteenth century, but equally kins haa called attention to this famed aa the wrlter of such celebrat- most easily recognized means of ed dramatic novels7 is "Notre Dame" criminals. Literary Identifying "Lea He was Miserable." also and a superb orator, and it Is safe to say that no more eloquent words have been spoken concerning the Eighteenth century sage during all the year which elapsed since 1778 when Voltaire laid down the burden of his body. iHana'10022 The following passage from that WASHING sums 1878, addresa. May 80, vividly MACHINE up what the later great Frenchman felt concerning the earlier great man of the same race: In th presence of thla society, Matches et Teech ...He frivolous and dismal, Voltaire alone, He Heating with Instantly, Uke Gas Lights Waiting... having before his eyea those united D EDUCE yout Ironing time one-thivoices, the court, the nobility and I Th Colelabor one-hayour capital; that unconscious power, that man Iron will save you blind multitude; that terrible magismore time and work than a $100 washtracy, so severe to subjects, so docile ing machlnel Iron any place where you comfortable. No end I tripe canyfos to the master, crushing nnd flattering, can befrom lion tov to board. Opcmtins w enlf before the on the Vt people kneeling ae hour. Help you aa btct Son foe, Quicker. king: that clergy, vile melange of Mkr, Sec rout Kardwtra ot hauwfambUne dmlct. Voltaire and fanaticism: hypocrisy If local dnkr doen't handle, write oa. STOYt COMMHT alone, declared War against that THE COLPMAN I.AMP coalition of all the social Iniquities, against that enormous and terrible world, and he accepted battle with It. And what was his weapon? That POOD COMPLEXIOllS which has the lightness of the wind and the power of the thunderbolt Clogged pores, pimples Improved In few days by Retinol Soap end tbe A pen. With that weapon he fought effective medication of with that weapon he conquered. u that salute let Gentlemen, memory- - , , . He conquered the old code and the old dogma. He conquered the feudal lord, the Goth25-- 84 He raised the WUN-- W ic judge. Th Housewife IRdldffMS BEVERLY HILLS. Well all 1 know Is Just what I read In the papers, and I tell you you got to be an awful careful and close reader to aea much that Is much nowadays. You got to wada through But every Uttle bit you run onto some little Item that sorter put ln to keep the reader from becoming blood soaked. We lost our own Jimmy Rolph out here n couple of weeks ago. He was a mighty fine loyal old character. I got pretty well acquainted with him on that trip when he had all those visiting Governors out here. We all come to know him mighty well. If you want to know a man travel on soma extended trip with him. That how I got acquainted with Mr Dwight Morrow, and (the then President) Callet of Mexico. We wae out on a train togeather traveling over the chuntry tor ten days. You cant Act" that long. Your real self crops up, and the tellowa with you can see under the hide. Twenty years Mayor ot San Francisco, the most liberal, broadminded, and cosmopolitan city ln the U.S. I dont know how good n Gove, nor he made. 1 dont know how good a Govenor anybody makes. ' Th ones that you give a job to say yon made a good one, the ones you did ent, say you are terrible. So as there is more that yon dont hire than there Is that you can, why ym are generally classed as Just another HUGO'S TRIBUTE TO GREAT SAGE Govenor. If a man dont need the money, and be dont just want the glory, dont know why he should go into IL "Good intentions, n business administration, and throw the rascals out. That been tried by better men than you. There is grave yards ln 48 state capitols where head-storeaay, "Here Ilea Govenor Meantwell. Here lies Govenor Honesty. Here lies Govenor Reform.1 Now that might sound kinder and It la, but its facts, These men find a system ln there that they just dont seem to get rid of. Some do make a dent In it, and some states are better than others, but being Govenor Is a sort of a thankless job, after the applause ta over. I sometimes think it ought to be done by just a hired manager, with no political affiliations whatever. You got a business, you go hire the best man you can. You dont know If he la an Elk, or an Eagle. He la put in there to run IL Halres and Area all that dont make good. Course that nothing much but the city manager plan, only on a bigger acale, and I dont know that it haa been ao universally satisfactory. It should be though, for its the proper way. Thla man Roosevelt is racking his brain, and all the other best ones, to help us out, and he Is doing a mlgfity fine Job, but part of it has been due to the old political traditions that he has been able to smash, and there Is lots of others that he hasent been able to, or he would have done better. Making good in ofllce la kinder like gambling. You can go In with plenty of money and the best Intentions, but the old system Is against you. That law of percentage against a man becoming great ln politics Is working night and day. Its surprising ln a state how many people will vote for a rascal If Is as good a campaign speaker as he is a s k Dll-Ung-er r, you would be surprised at the places he could pole quite a few votes, enough to knock some good man out Let him think up enough things ln his platform to promise, and he would make em believe IL Our systems of nominating, where we let anybody run that can write hie name down, Is wrong. There should he some way, maby a high class committee ot men, that would pass on the qualifications, and decide which men would even be eligible to run. You will no more get In a plane unless you know ths pilot is a recognized pilot, but you will move to a state and live under It, when the Govenor maby has never Instructions at the had one hou wneel of the Ship ot State. Or worse yet he is liable to have a record of tracking up on some previous trips. Unt these are all minor things. We are so b., and move along with such mmnentium, that we are able to Uve Jirough everything. A cockeyed as ws are ve tr8 better than ail the rest put togeather. J tm, SyrniufU. Idea Box pro-foun- many n gruelling murder, n few ransoms, a bevy of kidnappings, and auto deaths till It reads like a telephone d- irectory. $ nj WORK fEItl rd lt Self-Heati- gaystmaat era n Resaw ... First Book Collector While there were many early book collectors, one of the most noted Was A pent con. the Atheniafl,whb haa become famous because hts enthusiasm carried him so far that he stole choice books whose owners refused to selL He was very rich end collected an Important library, but Anally waa driven from Athens because of his thefts. In his collection were first editions of Aristotle and Theophrastus and he had a priceless copy of th Hllad." All hooka then were In scroll form. died ln 84 B. Cl Tks Smithy Paste One of the favorite pastimes of the youngsters of the village of dyads, 8 u ssex, England, Is 16 watch .the village blacksmith working at hla forge. Tbe smithy always haa occupied a romantic role ln the Imagination of youth, and In that connection the famoua poem of Longfellow beginning, Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands," inevitably la recalled. Today the blacksmith as most adults remember him, Is a figure seldom seen ln real life. r- - Oyster Beds In a few Instances, small beds of oysters have been caused by shipwrecks and other accidents, but on the other band there are many beds, tome of them very productive, which have grown on ashes and similar material thrown overboard from vessels, and on shell culled from live oysters, by oyster men and trewn at random over the sea boh tom. Ths Tomato Th tomato la either fruit or a vegetable, says Pathfinder Maga-aslnaa there 1 no distinction between a vegetable and a fruit Vegetables are defined as being used mostly in e cooked state. It has been held by soma court that plant products eaten during the main part of tbe meal are vegetables, while those used only for dessert are frulta especially when eaten raw. e, well-draw- n YOUR TOWN - YOUR STORES AUR community includes the farm homes surrounding the town. The town stores are there for the accommodation and to serve the people of onr farm homes.The merchants who adver tise "specials" are merchants who are sure they can meet all competition in both quality and prices. |