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\ » V » % m % « • fc •« IMRR UGHTNING ^ ^ ^ ^ ! ^ HELEN TOPPING MILLER CHAPTER XVII Oliver was walking up and down, looking pompous and injured and belligerent. "I came out here. Tall- man, because I've l)ecn hearing these ridiculous stories that have been going around out iiere about me," he said in his sneering voice. "â- Did you work for the Republic people last winter?" he asked. "Certainly I worked for them. 1 was a rigger on their pay roll for 4 while." "It'* the Republic people who've been after me â€" so Oliver says," Harvey said dully. "This," said Gary grimly, "puts m« ia a. spot wbere it's going to be necessary for me to prove some- thing â€" as you probably realize, KtmbalL And if 1 happen to establish something that isn't cre- ditable to you â€" well, you started this business, please remember." He walked out of the room with bis head up and his face tingling with wild, angf- blood. » • • Mona Lee's eyes had followed Uim, and he had seen loyalty in tiiem and unbelief. She was not standing with Oliver. But Ade- laide had sat. sileniâ€" and Harvey lia<I kept his eyes averted and had not said a word. Tingling with wild anger, Gary went up to his room. He began throwing things into his suitcase, and then stopped long enough to Mt down at the desk and dash off 9 letter to the Republic Oil Com- pany. Fortunatey, he remembered the name of the man who bad hiffd him last fall. He stated his Lase bluntly and asked for a collect telegram in reply, refuting Olivers absurd accusations. Harvey, Gary suspected, was t little too sensible to believe Oiver mtirely â€" and yet, he was not go- ing to accept anything now, till it was definitely proven. He snap- ped his suitcase shut, fastened i'. and started downstairs. On the l&nding Mona Lee was waiting for bim. She laid a detaining hand on his arm and her montherly face was troubled and anxious. • * • "I'll take you to town myself," she announced crisply. "And 1 know a good place for you to stay â€" the woman is a friend of mine. 11 you're bound to go, come along.' None of the others appeared when the car was backed out, anj Gary flung his suitcase into it and February 10 The Disciplines of Experience Numbers 14: 11-24 Golden Text For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Proverbs 3:12. God's Promise God had promised the Israelites that he would give Canaan to them and would drive out all their ene- mies. Yet they believed him not. They rebelled against God by say- ing that they would supplant Moses by a captain of their owr choosing viiifj Vrould lead them back to Egyi't God in His anger threatens to e.t- lerminate them. But Moses invokes _^ the mercy of God in a prayer for his people, a prayer altogether self- less, spiritual and sublime â€" he pleaded the honor of the Lord be- fore mankind; the power of God to achieve His purpose; the long- suffering of the Lord in dealing witt- a sinning race. Justice of the Lord Israel did not deserve mercy but the jj'stice of the Lord required that vunishnient should overtake the transgressors. Nevertheless the prayer of Moses was heard and an- sewered and the people were not wholly exterminated. The people of Israel had sinned, were pardoned and saved as a na- tion, but nevertheless sin miist be punished. Not one of th.ife who had rebelled against the Loid was al- low to enter Canaan, 'i. hey were to serve anoiher period of proba- tion in the wilderness, and the ten faithless spies died at unce by the plague. The people were atoufed to the enormity of their sin and inouiccd bitterly. Nevertheless nothing re- mained for them but to bid< the time set for them anew «')y the Lord. Reward of Faith Now Caleb and Joshua showed the patience of faith in theli wi'der ne.'«s. At length came ih:jr reward f.>i they alone entereJ Canaan. God wants those wh© will iru^t and obey Him fully, and fuc'.i will be abundantly blessed. The power of intercessory oiayer is shown in that God b .swere'.i Itoscs in the manner of his pra/- «r: "according to thy .voi'd " It re- sulted in a whole nation l>eini? iivrn an opportunity to repent inJ '-h;::i4;<' '(« course. climbed m. He did not calm {'own enough to face his situa- tion until he was in the room .Mona Lee liad found lor hini. He went out to a drug store, piesently, spent some oi his prec- ious capital for a sandwicli and a drink and some stamps. And nn- 11 midnight he wrte letters â€" to every oil concern and rigging out In that he ki.ew about, asking for a job He was wakened early uy his landlady, who tapped apologe- tically at the door and when he opened it a crack ana blinked daz- edly at her. said, ''So sorry to wake you, ilr. Tallman, but there's a young man here who insists on seeing you." The young man pushed past her. â-  Hello. Lug," greeted Bill Grant Gary was definitely glad to »ee Bill. "What the heck bust?" demand- ra Bill, sitting on the bed. "I went to Mason's and there was the aarned well going down â€" and they *old me you'd quit â€" " • • • Gary told him, not withholding anything. "Goes to show," Bill stateri, "thai what you've got to be is it son-in-law. This morning when I saw her, I thought she didn t look any too happy." "Did she say anytyhing â€" A-le- laide, I mean?" Gary tried not to sound eager. â- 'I asked her for a date, and she .^aid she was sorry â€" she was pretty V. ell written up for some time '.o come. Have you found out who cut the water line and set this snide lawyer to sue?" "No. but I intend to. in the meantime, I've got to have a joo. Know any oil comany that needs .l.e services of a bright young man light now?" "That's what I came to tain about. Though maybe you don t want a job slinging up steel?" "What's the job?" "Putting up steel dowu on jld man Harper's land. You can go to work today if you want to. How's your busted shoulder " "It flinches a little â€" but I think it's all right. You mean Grice-Mor- ga" are going to spud in on that Harper lease? Funny they don t wait till Mason gets his well down â€" find out whether there is oil down there or not." ♦ • • "Got men on the payroll and b»ve to keep 'em working. But, between you and grandpa, I think they're pretty sure they've got oil. ff you work with me, 1 can save you a little on that shoulder." "I don't like Grice-Morgan ^ery much. Bill" "Neither do I. But 1 like pay checks". Bill said. "Ive got a trucic outside. 1 told Mitchelâ€" he's the boss â€" I'd get another hand." On the Harper lease he could work and watch Mason's well go- inp down, too. .\nd at hinch tine he walked up that way and was a ittic gratitied when he saw old Hickey walking down toward the li.it fence to meet him. , They shook hands across the wire like eld friends who had not seen each other in a year 'Hello, Hickey. How's she turning?" "Down twenty-five hundred feet. Into chalk now What you fellers fi.xing to do: " "We're rigging a well â€" to get oil. Ever hear of oil, Hickey?" "Heard about it one time," grinned Hickey. .\t dusk, just as the rigging crew were knocking off, G?ry noted some excitement around the Mason well. Bill saw it too. "Reckon those guys have got oil?" he asked, star- ing that way. (To be Continued) 'Sled-Runner' Feet For Bobby Soxers Today's, bobby soxers may be caught flat-footed as tomorrow's wives. Dr. Earl C. Elkiiis of the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., gives the teen-age "sophisticates" that to think about. The bobby sox era in high school, he said in an interview, is a natural for flat feet, explaining: "Moccasins, sandals and the like are as bad for girls as the too-high heels our mothers used to wear." He predicted \' the bobby so.xers continued to wear tnem for long their arches would pancake and soon they'll have ''sled rimners tor feet." MKnilRl^ SYRUP STOPS COUGHS ISSUE 6â€"1946 OFF TO MARKET â€" BUCKETY - BUCKETY When Mrs. John McHose, an Austrahan, came to the U. S. with her Yank husband, she brought along the "coddleseat" her son Terry rides in, right. Consisting of a canvas bucket seat and broad shoulder strap, it allows the wearer use of both hands while supporting the youngster safely at her hip. The device was very popular among Australian women, and canny Mrs. McHose, fore- seeing an equal demand here, obtained U. S. marketing rights. ^ CHROinGlES oi GINGER FABM By Gwendoline P. Clarke The other day Partner passed the following remark: "What we want in this country is not more work but better work." The reason for that somewhat cryptic statement was a new shirt. an ordinary plain work shirt whio .1 I had brought home for him that day. To start with the material wasn't much more than good mus- lin, cut to a pattern and then thrown together, with stitching that ran off the seams, and thread ends left hanging everywhere, tn tact the whole shirt was such a mess I wouldn't have looked at it twice a few years ago â€" unless it were to comment on its poor -woric- manship. But now I buy a thini? like that â€" and try not to look at H at all. What burns me up is the fact that the manuacturers have thei'- finger on the public pulse,', is it were, and know just what thev can get away w-ith. .^nd 1 suppose as long as there is more monay than merchandise the public will continue to be exploited. When manufacturers find goods harder tei sell then competition will be keener, each one will try to do a little better than the other in order te) make his goods more attractive and of better quality. Those days cannot come too soon. Why, we have even bought milk pails, brought them home and found them leaking like a seive. * * * Another problem these days is the butter supply, which threatens to become more acute and may i\en result in a still further cut m cur weekly ration. Federations, conventions, and this and that or- g.Tnization seem to be getting their heads together and wondering what can be done about it. And the solution could be so simple! If the 2c a quart consumer sub- sidy were taken off milk and placed on churning cream instead, then the situation would soo.n right itself. But of course to keep the milk at its present price level to producers, fluid milk to the con--, sumer would have to be raised to 12c a quart. There is no doubt sub- tidies served a good purpose m their time but for all that they are \ art of a queer system, with farm- HELP BUILD UP RED BLOOD TO GET MORE smcNeTN H your blood LACKS IRON! You giriB and women who suffer so from simple anemia that you're pale, weak, "dragged out" â€" this may be due to lack of iron in blood. So try Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound TABLETS with added iron â€" one of the best tionie ways to help build up red blood â€" in such cases. Pinkham's Tablets are one of the most effective iron tonics you can buy I You can't feel your best if your kidneys aren't working normally. Gin Pills help give relief from Backache, Rheumatic Pain and other symptoms of sluggish kid- neys. Your druggist sells Gin Pills on a satisfaction-or-money-back basis. Get a package todayâ€" me proves their merit. Regular tiu, 40 Pills Economy >ii«, 80 Pills I iIk iS.A. mi for Cino Pills) FOR THE KIDMty^ ers and consumers alike, through indirect taxation, helping to pay their own subsidies. .\ better price on churning cream would also encourage hog production because nearly every farmer who sells cream also keeps a few pigs around as a sideline, so as to make use of his skim milk; whereas there are very few milk shippers who bother with raising pigs. « * * Maybe you will think I don t know what I am talking about but we have shipped milk for fifteen years and before that time we ship- ped cream and raised pigs, so you see we do happen to know both sides of the question. Of course, I suppose Big Busi- ness, in the form of large dis- tributors, would be the bottleneck to the little solution I have men- tioned. 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