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FIGHTING DISEASE IN SINGAPORE TURNING POINT Bif Mary Imlay Taylor SYNOi'SJii CHAPTKK .\lli Mac "takes Shor- win to an clil labin oii the creat of a wooilod hill near I.aa Paloinaa wheio Mhc hopes lie will hide until it Is safe to iiiHke his escape from the sheriff. CHAPTER XIII Tliere was small likelihood of Jordan followiiiR so far, and Sher- win turned back to the tnoiintain path at last, with a feeling that Mac, at least, was safe. It was half an hour later when he found himself near the cahin again. He had approached from the ledKC and stood in the shadow of <â-  live oak, listening intently. Person- ally, he had no thought that Jor- dan would return here, for Jordan did not really know how many had been in the attacking party, and he must know that the sheriff was af- ter him with a posse. Sherwin rea- soned that he would scarcely ven- ture back that nisht and, on the other hand, Mac thought that he, Sherwin, meant to leave at day- break. He smiled grimly, he want- ed Mac to tliiiik just that! Mean- while, he h: 1 his food pack and his blanket: he should not staive while he waited. And he intended to wait here until he met .Stenliart again face to face. He advanced cautious- ly, made sure that the cabin was empty, and. determined to take no risks, found a spot in the red- woods where he could look out on a scene as bright as day witli moon- light, himself unseen; and unroll- ing his blanket, he lay down there tc rest. He wanted to smoke, but the chances were against that, al- fhougli lie bclievcil himself to be utterly alone. He clasped his hands under his head and lay there think- ing steadily, not only of his pur- pose, but oi the .last. He recalled his uncle's violent end. The old man had made a will in Stenhart's favor, having quarreled with Sher- win's father, then, when hii father died, the eccentric old man sent {or him, likod him, and spoke of alter- ing his will and dividing the prop- erty between his two nephews. No one knew of this. He had spoken only to Sherwin, and when he v/as found dead. Max Stenhart accused the cousin who was, he said, cut off and disinherited because of a quarrel. He had come upon Sher- win just after the latter discovered the dead man, and he swore tho« knife was in his cousin's hand. Perjury? Yes! Perjury that sent a helpless man to prison for life. Man? A mere boy, it was eight years ago. He had had eight bitter years behind stone walls; there was no death penalty in the state. Per- haps, if there had been, Stenhart might have hesilaleil. But would he? • • * .Sherwin could have believed that his cousin had killed the old man to make sure of his iiiherit.ince be- fore the will was rhaugcd, but Max had proved his alibi. Tliere was no one to testify for the newcomer, the nephew who was little known the neighborhood. .Sherwin had escipod from jail by a mere accident. Two other con- victs had tunneled a way out, and at the last moment they invited him to ioin them. The thought of liberty had set him wild; he had taken their chances, jumped into lie river with them, got ashore in (he dark and, with their help. changc<l into another suit of clothes. He had one faithful friend who had taken care of the little money he had of his own. He had got that secretly and, against the pleadings of his friend, started west â€" after Stenhart! In all these bitter years of imprisontnent he had nursed his haired of Stenhart the perjurer. He knew that Sten- hart came into the possession of his uncle's large estate and went west. Never once had he really lost track of him. His haired was an obsession, it knew no mercy; his one thought had been to kill him. He had bought a pistol and spent days in practice, and he was a crack shot now. He had resumed his horseback riding; coming west he must ride! Search for him had boon so far fruitless; he had been advertised, tracked â€" all in vain. The fates v.orc with him; he would not be taken until lie had reckoned with his enemy ,the man who \\\.A sworn away his liberty. He had found himi Found him making love to a girl who could not know how vile he was, the liar! And that girl â€" ? Sherwin rose and began to walk to and fro: he had forgotten the outlaws, what were they to him? He was himself an outlaw! Jane had recoiled as if he were in very deed the criminal Stenhart's black lie had made of him. Love is so close to hate that he almost hated Jane in the passion of his shame that she had scorned him for Sten- hart's sake. More than once, when he had looked into her eyes, his stern purpose to kill the man had wavered. She had roused the best that was in him, but now her shud- der of horror at the crime had turned him into a human tiger. He wanted blood â€" nothing else but .Stenhart's blood would satisfy his fury. He would kill him. Alone in the night, Sherwin planned if; as surely as the sun rose and the day dawned he would kill him. It mat- tered not if the girl incant to mar- ry him. Stenliart must die, and die by his hand. * * * Jane had passed a sleepless night, a new experience for her cheerful youth, and she rose early, dressed in her riding-suit and slipped out into the hall long before breakfast time. She was going out and she did not want questions asked. She had 'phoned to the stables to have Tex saddled and waiting. The wide old hall was flooded with morning light and, almost un- consciously, her eyes turned to- ward Jim's desk. She seemed to see Sherwin standing there as on that first night. She stopped a mo- ment and stood looking at it, re- jnembering every word that he had said. She was still there, motionless, when she heard a step behind her. She looked up, startled, and saw Stenhart. "1 didn't know you got about so early," she exclaimed. "How much better you arel" He took no notice of her little halfhearted attempt at lightness. He came close, looking down at her with his stormy eyes. "Where are you going, Jane?" he demanded gravely. She flushed hotly. "Out for a can- ter before breakfast," she answered shortly. » ♦ ♦ He di<l not believe it, she saw that in his eyes, and her flush deep- ened. He leaned his hand on the desk beside hers. She could feel the etnotion that shook him and she dreaded it. She tried to escape. "i must be going â€" " she began nervously. "Jane!" She raised hei- eyes roluclaiitly to his. "Von're not fully yourself yet. Max, yon look pale â€" sit down here, let nie call Fainiy â€" " He latigiied hilti-ily. "Vuu can't evade me. Jane. I'm here for my answer. Will you marry nic now â€" at once? " "Are joii quite goiierous? 1 asked you to give mo lime!" she parried. "I've given you tiiiul I'm hu- man, Jane, I can't endure lliis any more. Will you marry nie now?" He had laid his hand over hers on lop of ihe old desk. She felt it trembling as she drew hers sharp- ly away. "I'm sorry," she ^ald in a low voice, "hut 1 lan'l!" "Do you mean not now? Or nev- er?" he was breathing haid. Jane felt a sudden fear of him, a fear she had never felt of Sher- win, though Sherwi was a con- victed murderer! She tried to give him a friendly smile, hut her lips shook. "I mean never, Max." n'o be Continued) mr NATIONAL CLOTHING COLLECTION Send what you «>an ^ to your local collection centre JUNE 17-17 "SAIAM TBA Britain has had a hard task in restoring the standard of health conditions among the civilians population in Singapore after years of Jap occupation. A rapid improvisation of hospital services and an anti-malarial campaign received first priority. , The problem of malnutrition was next in importance. Hospital diets were stepped up and general clinics were opened throughout urban and rural districts of Singapore. A feeding scheme was planned for children, and a campaign for vaccination and anti-enteric inooculation, initi- ated. The keynote of all these schemes is service without distinction of nace or colour. Picture shows a British Red Cross and St. John's Nursing Sister, serving a Chinese woman with a bottle of milk for the infant carried on her back. CHRONICLES ol GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke It looks ds if our suiiiincr run ot visitors ha:, l)egun. Last Wednes- day my sister and nephew arrived â€" just for the day. Satiirday neice Joy came for the week-endâ€" and will be here every week-end v.ntil September, Sunday Daughter blew in with a car-load of friends, and when school closes another neice hopes to spend a good part of her holidays here. And so it goes . . . * » * Last Friday we also received 206 other little visitors. They were quite small and clad only in fluff. I call them "visitors" because their stay A'ill be only for a short while. Just as soon ai each one is big enough to fill a frying pan they will l)e sold. I hate to think of the fate in store for them when I look at them now, but possibly by the time they go they will have become enough of a nuisance for me to be glad to be rid of them. The early chicks have almost reached that stage. The new chicks have al- ready given me jne big headache. But no, that is wrong. It wasn't the chicks it was the brooder â€" the electric brooder. At 9.a.in. the chicks and brooder were fine. At II a.m. the chicks were not so hap- py and the brooder was cold. I tried to ti:rn on more heat, think- ing the tlicrniostat probably wasn't working right. But it didn't make a i\ y difference. Then 1 knew something was radically wroiig. 1 called an S O S to Partner, but he didn't know what to do any more lliaii I did, except to call an elec- trician, which we did, and while we waited we gathered up our 206 chickens into boxes and took tlicm to the house. But believe me, it look longer to catch them than it docs to toll it. It was 2.30 before our trouble-man arrived but in half an hour the repair was made am' the chicks back in the brooder house. It was a wire that ' id binned right through. Another lime wc lUiiv i)e able to locate the trouble and fix it ourselves. Garden Notes By GORDON L. SMITH Hot Weather Plantings t ucunil)ci.i, melons and scpiasn can be growi along tlic ro\. ot corn or at the edge of the garden, where space is limited, where they will trail over the fence, path or perhaps the plot of the next door neighbour, h'or best res'ill.s, how ever, cucumbers, squash .tnd niel ons should hi planted in >|)ecia!U prepared hills. These plants, like hot .veatlier, ,.re very niiich afrani of frost an.i cold, wet feel. I'hey should not he planted luitil the soil is .•call> warm. Hill are simply loose .soil built up in mc.unds 2 or 3 foot acro».5 and about 6 inches high. Into these s\\ â- â€¢ h' be worked lome well lotted nan ii'e or black mulch This keeps Ihe soil open .'.o that the soft, fihruus oofs can pene- trate easily and the darkish color of the imuk or wcll-rottcd m.iiune absorbs the heat of th6 sun w hich these plants love. F.xperts advise planlliig aboui five seeds in holes about an inch deep, and 6 to 10 inches apart on the I lilo mounds inentioned. Later when plants develop, in aliout two weeks lime actually, thin to about three plants to each group. Keep weeds cleared away, watch out for bugs and to encourage- early fruit- ing nip off end of vines when half a dozen meh.ns or a do^en or so squash or rurn"iber» art on the way. .\pparontly there is sometliing to worry about with every kind of stove. Oil burners have been known to explode; coal stoves have an uncanny knack of going out; and electric brooders â€" well, we know now what they can do. By the way here is an idea that may interest someone. If you have i power brooder you will know they are rather awkward things to work around when cleaning the pen. To help this situation Partner rigged mine up with pulleys wired to the top of the pen. All I have to dots pull the rope either side and up she goes. It is far more convenient. « >;â-  ♦ To get back to the chickens: They were none the worse for their experience. It was only their owner who was slightly worn and frazzled â€" to say .lothing of a pie that I forget to take out of the oy- en, which I managed to persuade my family to eat. since nothing must be wasted these days. But it did put me back with my Saturday work, some of which had to be done after neice Joy had arrived and gone out again. And today â€" well, after having "helpful" visitors aroui.d it gener- ally takes me mo.t of the follow- ing forenoon to find out where things have been put I There were eleven of us for supper and the dishes were washed while I was out feeding the chickens. Some- times chickens make a pretty good alibi. * * * We had another grand rain and I believe if one had stood outside with a foot rule it would have been possible to see and measure the growth. The wheat is coming into head already and the hayfields be- gin to look as if there were plenty of work ahead for the mower. * * ♦ Do you remembe. my telling you about the robins that nested in our front garden? Well, the oiher morning I went out and Mom and Poppa Robin were in an aw- ful dither. I looko for the reason and soon found it. One little rob in was perched on the edge of the nest while the other was on the branch of a nearby tree. It was evidently their first attempt at try- ing their wings. Just then Mitchie- cai hove in sight, and, if robins were subject to fits I am sure this mother rob.'n wouh' have had one Of Cdiirse I took pity on her and shut Mitchic up ii the house. Thai went on for about two days. Now the fra'itic chirping has teased so I suppose the little ones are now capable of looking after tlu'Ui selves. I do.i't know why I took so much trouble to protect them â€" it only means that two .more rob- ii s will be around to steal the fruit from our che'i v trees. Sunday School Lesson Sharing: Jesus' Kingdom Purpose Luke 9: 23. 24 46-48, 57-62; 11: 1-4; 17: 20, 21. CoL. 1 1 ext. â€" Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Matthew 610. Order in Christ's Kingdom Any vho follow Christ must be prepared to live life of self-dcial. If they are seekir.g earthly gain they will not find it following Him. He who saves his life for worldl> or selfish rea.'-oi.s will lose it in all its higher relation to immortality. The disciples had the false idea greatness consisted in having high rank and being served by others. But the order in ( hrist's kingdom is reversed â€" The greatest is the lowliest who is ready to serve the smallest child. We must leave work which an- other can do when our Lord ap- points us to do some special ser- vice. That service will suffei no delay. Christ must come first, al- ways. , , . I , The Lord's Prayer In the prayer which Christ teaches the disciples, at their r«- quest, there are three petitions. The first concerns our physical subsistence: "Give us day by day our daily bread." The second con- cerns our spiritual cleansing: "For- give us our sins, for we also for- give everyone that is indebted to us." The third .oncerns our vic- tory over the trials and temptations of life; "Lead us not into temp- tation". Would not the answer of these prayers nable us to live a full and efficient spiritual life? He who pra/-. them fro.n the heart will be happy r nd tiseful in the Christian life. Christ Ansv.ars The Pharisees In reply to the Pharisees' ques- tion, Christ said His Kingdom could not be ';een by looking into the skies for something spectac- ular. It came by slow spiritual processes which were at work be- fore their very eyes, lut they were too spirituplly blind to perceive them. While there i> a Kingdom of God wdiich in God's good time will be consummated, yet it is also true that the Kingdom of God is here already, established in the hearts of those who do God's w^ill. ISSUE NO. tr I.O.D.E. War Service Has Now Become Post-War Service The almost incredible sum of $5,365,440.00 expendecJ by the Daughters o^ the F.mpire for War Service during the past six aud a half years was announced by Mrs. H. .S. Angas of Toronto, War Ser- vice convener in her chronicle ol the work in her department pre- sented at the I.O.D.E. Annual Meeting in Winnipeg. During tl.. past year, clvilian're- lief shipments to the British people amounted in cost to $161,589.00â€" almost $13,000 more than was sent in the previous year, demonstrating that although hostilities have ceased, civilian relief continues to be well maintained. The War Ser- vice work has now become post- war service work and as such will continue to function. EXTRA SPECIAL 4 enlarged prints for 10c â€" Send anjr 4 negatives o( t>i« sama siza (u* to 2H X 4Vi) and we will raturn to you immediBtely 4 enlarKad prlnt3 on Velox paper, nasatlvea returned with order. Sand nega- tivea with this ad and 10c In cola today. 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