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1/ TURNING POINT &if> Mary Imiay Taylor SYNOrSIS < IIAITKIl XVIi Stctihart. who had si'on ijherwin unci June, rode back lo the ranch and rpportcd to Jim. ".She's In love with him.'' Stcn- hart declared. Jim was furious and telephoned the sheriff to como and get .Sherwin. Kleiihurt aBain mount- ed and ftarled for the hill trail to show the Hherlff where Sherwin •w.-is hidinfi. CHAPTER XVII It occurred to him tliat it would be terril)lc to have the sheriff fiiiil Jane with this man. He drummed w-th his fingers on the edge of his desk, his face whiic. He had just telephoned to the stables for his horse wl-.en a door opevicd and old Teresa came toward him, a paper in her hand. "You'll read this for nic, scnor?' ,Tlie little brown woman thrust the paper in his hand. It was the picture of Shcrwin; below it was printed a description of tlic crii.ie. Jim frowned. She caituht at his sleeve. "Read it, senor!" she begged. , Half annoy'd, Jim complied. The old woman caught at his sleeve, pointing. Through the open door she could glimpse Sttnhart's di.'appcariiig figure, high up the road. » * • Kor an instant Jim stared, then he smiled grimly. "He was a wit- ness at the trial, Teresa; it may have bothered him a lot.' The brown face opposite wrinkled dec|ily with horror, it seemed to Jim uncommonly like a witch's! "He's got a devil!" she mumbled, crossing ' crsclf. Then she caugiil at his coat and clung to it, kecpinn him iio the door. "Madre dc Dios, don. let Jane marry hecm. scnor!' she begged. She covered lier face with her shaking liai.ds and he heard her praying Spanish as he ran down the slODc. He must get to Jane before Steiiliart unleashed '.liir sheriff's gang, lie was honestly worried. .Second thought had cooled bis rage he reniem.'e .-.i that be owed something to tbi"; fugitive that he w « hounding Then he saw his sister. She had swung herself from the saddle down by the stables, and as she turned he saw how pale she w5is. * * 4: "'I'be devil take that fellow!" Jim iiiultered to himself. wrathful again. Th-jn he spoke shavplv. "Where have yuu been?" Jane took no notice of his tone She came up, panting. "What's the matter r" she gasped "Perhaps you know better than I do," he replied ironica'ly. Jane caught at his arm with shaking hands. "What docs 't mean? i saw .Stcnhart meet the sheriff on .the upper '•oadâ€" tell me quick, quick !" Jim eyed her coiul> I 'phone I for I'utlei. He's going to take thai jailbird, Shcrwin, back to Rhode Island, and I'm goirg to help hi.ii â€"that's all!" Jane's hand dropped from his arm. She turned deathly white, and for a moment she swayed on her feet. Jim threw an arm around her. "My God, 'anc, you don't cart for a murdcrei ?" She pushed him awjy from hci wth both hands. "He saved your life .-•lid you've betrayed him â€" you Judas!" she cried. "Jane â€" " he tried to restrain ncr but she broke away, ran back 'o her horae and leaped into tin- saddle. Jim ma ie an ineffectual snatch for the reins. "Where are yoi- going, you mad woman?" he shoutcci at her. She turned and looked back at hilt., haggard and broken. "I'm going lo warn him â€" .something dreadful will happen if he meets Stenbar.' "Slop â€" wait, I'm coming!" Jim cried, but she was gopc at a g.il lo,- Her brothet turned ,.iid sliontc! for his horse. Jose lta.^ saddled it aiK Jim .lung himself into the saddle and was off in an instant Jane was well in the lead, riding recklessly, but Tex -Aas tired; Jim > horse was fresh and the distance between them grew less and less as he reached the bridge, crossed it, an I raced on. He could s;e now, as he turned the loop, that Stenbart had met "iitlcr on the upper road; they were far ahead. The posse had divided, too, and, as Jim rode on. he made out their plan; they ineani to cut Shei win off, lien liini on the liillside, anj then beat the bushes. If Jane reached his hiding-place first, if she knew of some secret trail, she would be trapped with him! The Mood rushed to Jim's face at the thoight; he cursed his folly for giving Stcnhart this chance. "He's mad with jealousy!'" he thought, and urged his horse. But Jane was still ahead and she had taken an iiiic.xpecte turn to the right. Jim reme:iil)ercd that he did not know where the man was hiddcii But Stcnhart did, he had tr.icked her. and Stenbart was going toward the cataract when he glimpsed him l.->st through the trees. * * * On the iippc; road they travelL-d faster. Cutler and Stcnhart, turn- ing a sharp curve between two wooded spu: The trees below them bid the brother and sister as they galloped past the creek, and there was a long piece of- virgin forest where tlicy could see noth- ing cither way. and the voice o( the catar.ici ficadciicd all other sounds. Here anJ there was a glimpse of the wild ravine, but Jim hat! never seen Mac's little cabin and, as yet. he .saw no trail; then he observed Jane reining in her norsc. looking up. Could she sec anything? He struck his spurs into '-is ow:. hors: and the animal bounded forward. Tluy had come to a sharp curve and J.iiie. 'ryi.ig lo turn aside, lost her chai ».e to escape. Jiin'.i In rse, fastci th,-.n hers, leaped a fallen tree ana her brotl.ei snatched at Tex's bridle and brought hint to a st.-iiulstill. Jane struck at his liaiul with her (|uirl. 'Let me go!" she cricn fiercciv; "I've got to go up ilia! nail!" "I swear yem won't!' Jim Hung b. ik. red 'ii the fare; "you're my si' ler." â- ||;e girl .struggled, .rying to free herself. ind ho.h horsc.^ plunged. Then, sitddeni), she lmvi' .1 little cry, looking up through the trees. The i orses bad whirled around the curve and faced the c.taract; through widespread brinihcs. Jim caught a glimpse ol the trail along the ledge, above till' precipice, a trail he had never followed, never even seen before 'I'm too late â€" oh. God, I'm too late!" Jane moaned, dropping the reins into Jim's hands and clasp ii.g her own against her hrcasl. * ♦ * The .white agon> of her iaee st.;Ttc her br.i.her; in a tiiniiiil ol feeliii(.,, anger and regret, he held the horses steady and tried lo loi- low her eyes. At first, in the broad glare of the sunlight on ilic iiigh hills, he saw luitbing but the white spray of the cataract and the iniglity tree-trunks that seemed to rise upward in serried ranks, lik â-  an army. He could not even hear voices above the roar of the water, but he knew I hat Cutler's men were behind them and before tliem, creeping up the mountainside, stealthy and sure, upon their cpiarry, as the luiiiter steals upon his game. Suddenly his heart failed him â€" he felt he had done a thing tliat he might well regret. Ko matter if the man was a convict, he had no reason to hunt him .lowii; rather, indeed, he had cause to spare him. Jim's face sobered and grew pale. Theti Jane flung herself from the saddle and started toward the screened opening ..f the trail, but, though she was juick, Jim was quicker; he was down in a mo- ment and after her. He caught her and held her, struggling, in his arms. "You're oo late, Jane!' he ex- c'.iin.cd hoarsely. "Doi't you sec? I do! They're bound to meet â€" look !" (To be continued) OuUtanAxn^'^ Good "SALADff TEA 'Give Us This Day . CHRONICLES ol GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P Clarke We have reason to be very thankful in this district â€" having come to the end of a most intense and uncomfortable heat wave with- out any bad wind or thunder storm following in its wake. As one hot, humid day succeeded another I think we were all a little bit afraid of what the end would be, espe- cially when every day we heard news of tornadoes, and twisters, and earthquakes, from first one place and then another. By the way, at Courtney, where the brunt of the earthquake was felt, was where son Bob put in a lot of time during the war. In the army, of course. He read the news and then said disgustedly â€" '"Things always happen after I have left a place!" * * * Generally speaking I have very little synipatliy with strikes or strikers but during a heat wave it would be no trouble at all to go on strike myself. After all, man is the only living thing who car- ries on just as usual in the midst of intense heat. If you don't be- lieve me just look around and see for yourself next time the mer- cury hits the high spots â€" whicli Ile.iven forbid will not be for * little while yel. If left to please themselves all "dumb'' creatures show a lot more sense than we do when it is hot. Cows find the coolest spot in the liasturc and there tliey stay througli the hottest part of the day, con- tentedly sleeping or chewing their cud. .'\nd the hens and chickens â€" what do they do'' During most of the morning they are as busy as can be â€" eating, scratchiiiR, drinking, and, in the case of hens, laying eggs. The chickens, out on range, arc also continually on the move. But watch for those same birds after dinner and you will hardly see a chicken around aiiy- w!icre. They are cither sleeping in the cool of the chicken pen or in some shady spot outside. Then, round al)out five o'clock, cows and chickens come to life again. They are up and about their business, which, for them, is keeping their stomachs and crops filled up. « ♦ t Having observed these dumb creatures take a look around and see what most of our two-legged wise guys arc doing. Vou will find men in the hayfield slogging into the work with the hot sun heating down upon them. Or women in the kitchen, some of them with a fire on, canning, ironing, or even houscclcaiting. You find men and women too, working in stores, of- fices and factories, right on throngh the heat of the day, and then, just as the air gets a little more bearable they quit for the day because it is six o'clock. Think what an easy pleasant life it would he if everyone rested from one to five during the hot summer afternoons, and then worked again from five until sundown. Quite an idea, isn't if, and it could be done except for the fact that we arc such creatures of habit that we h.ivi' 'c> work by the clock in- stead of being guided by our nat- ural â- .iiipubes. Of course, like everyone else, wc kept right on working <luring that awful heat. Not only that hut the jobs that had to be done were hotter and more tiring than a>eiagc. The men were busy in the hayfield and the hay particu- larly heavy. Then it was more or less of a worry trying out the new horse until we were sure what she could â€" or would â€" do. But we needn't have worried for Queen apparently has -the normal strength of a horse with the disposition of a lamb â€" which is really something for a si.x-year-old. I am certainly glad she is quiet for I am back to my old job of driving the team on the hay fork. .^lld there were berries to can â€" but not to pick, thank goodness. And one morning we sold seventy- five of our chickens â€" and believe me that is not the nicest job in hot weather. Of course wc had holiday week- enders â€" and I fed them on salads and fresh fruits and cold meat. Daughter had a yen for a pie but I told her pics would have to \ ait until I had an electric stove to cook with. Tliey all helped in the hayfield â€" and all finished up with wet shirts and sunburns. Triend Bert developed such a red nose I told him anyone looking at him would not find it hard to believe that the Ontario liiiuor ra- tion had been doubled! We found a grand place to go for a swim, we listened to atomic bomb broad- casts, and now the week-end is over, and we are already to start work again with a song in our hearts because the weatherman has promised a high today of seventv. Ill the times of Henry VIII, a person was liable to have his ears cut off for not attending church. Sunday School Lesson Jesus Demands Loyalty to God Exodus 20: 3-6; Joshua 24: 16, 22-24; Luke 14: 25-27. C;t>lden Text. â€" No man can serve two masters: for either ne will hate the one, and lovt the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. â€" Matthew 6: 24. Only One God God's first law requires loyalty to God and demands willing sub- mission to his sovereignty. There is no room for two thrones in any life, and God must be supreme. Before Him wc must bow with submissive hearts and obedient lives. This first commandment is the bedrock of religion Loyalty In Worship God's sec .nd law requires loy- alty in worship. It is not a pro- hibition to merely make "any graven image." It is prohibition to make and bow down to them and serve them. God is a jealous God. He will tolerate no rival in the supreme place in man's affections. Not only the sinner suffers for his iniquity but his children and remote posterity. But God is ready to turn the mis>.rics that come to. u^ from our father's sins into a blessing if we yield to Him. Moreover this law of hejedity brings mercy to the children and descendants of those who love God and keep His comtmiidmcnts. Joshua's Farewell Words Joshua summoned the people "before God" for his farewell words. He calls upor Israel to fear Jehovah and to serve Him. The people assertci most positivly their choice of Jehovah and that they would 'not fo;sake Him. Joshua knev,! li.rw lightly people could make an apparently earnest resolution like this, and so de- mands that they con-ider what they are doing. The people still persisted "we will serve Jehovah." Joshua was a thorough dealer with souls and still was not satisfied. He told them that they were wit- nesses against themselves. Many of us are witnesjcs against our- selves: we profesi entire conse- cration to God but we do not prac- tice it. In view of their resolution to serve Jehovah Joshua demanded that they at once put away the strange gods that were among them. Jesus Tests His People When Jesus saw a great multi- tude following He decided to ap- ply a test, a test of supreme love for Himself and consequently a life of self-denial in His service. Discipleship m cans separation from the world, from all worldly tie.'- which hinder our pure devo- tion to Christ â€" even family ties, if need be. Nothing is ;o be allowed to come between us and our l.ord. How Can I? By Ar. Ashley Q. How cun I prevent rugs from wrinkling? A. Dissfdve 1 pait of comivun glu. with 10 parts of warm water. Hang the i ug over • pole and paint the wrong side of it with a .->?.int brush dipped in the solution. Use th^ solutiiMi sparingly or it may soak through and show on the sur- face. Perform this outside where the rug will dry (luickly Q. liow can I stiffen tiie brushes of the sweeper? A. Take the brushes out of the sweeper, put a little common bak- ing sod:: in some hot wate.- and dip them in it several times. Let dry in the sun. Q. How can I remove st: ins from white enamel furniture? A. By adding a small piece of poti.sh to ^ kettle of clear water, letting it stand for a ew mmutes, and then Washing the furniture with this solution and soap. 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