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*♦ TURNING POINT 0(^ Mary Imlay Taylor SYNOPSIS CIIAI*TI2ll XVlIIi Stcnlmit, weuk from exertion, got oft his lioise and groped alonii a niiriow IcUko. then toppled over. He was r;iuj;ht hy a .protiudini,' limb, dantiline above certain death. Sheiwin saw hlH enemy fall and crept hlowly toward hi.s hclplesu victim. It waa then that he reached the lurnlne point In his thinking and did nut kill hlH enemy. CHAPTER XIX He souglit a foothold, a crevice, and found one wlicrc the tree had rooted, a wide fissure in the wall of rock. He swung toward it, got his foot into it, and, holding thus to the rope and the cliff, reached down and laid his hand on Sten- hart's body. He thought he was still conscious, for his heavy eye- lids (luivcred, but he lay there, a dead weight. Swiftly, cautiously, Shcrwin wound the rope around his body and made it secure under the armpits, balancing himself on a foothold so narrow that a touch might hurl him down. Then, grasp- ing the slack of the rope, he began to climb. 'I'he ledge .seemed a thou- sand feet above him, but, at last, he lay on its brink, gasping. He heard .sounds now other than the cataract, the crashing of boughs, voices! He took no heed of them, for, as he rose to hisjeet, he saw the tree that supported Sten- hart go down and the motionless body swing out on the end of the rope. Shcrwin braced himself and began to haul him up by main strength. Slowly, surely, he drew his enemy out of the abyss, stead- ied him at the edge of the rock, brought him safe over and laid him down. His own muscles ached and his head s am, but Stenhart still breathed. He opened his eyes and looked up in Shcrwin's face. Sheer terror leaped into his eyes, but he was spent, helpless; his white lips moved,, but only one Word came in a whisper. ••Water!' * * * A mountain spring was trickling close at hand, and Slierwin cupped the water in his liamls ami wet his face and lips, and again Stenhart tried to speak; hut, as his rescuer bent to listen, heavy hands fell upon him and there was a shout of triumph. ••(let him, sheriff!'' Slieiwiii, on his knees beside the injured man, looked up to find the posse closing in. He shook off the man who had gias|)ed him and rose to his feet just as Jim Keller paiiUcI up the trail. "Hold on. Cutler!" Jim cried, "that man saved Stenhartâ€" 1 saw Iiim â€" at the risk of his own life!" ".\in^t taking no chances, Mr. Keller. Here you, Adams, you handcuff him; he's the man wc^re after!" Slierwin offered no resistance; lie submitted with an iron com- posure. He had thrown away liis (ten-bought liberty to save Stcn hart. 1 reckon he can walk, after all, ' said the Slictiff. ••How you feeling now, .\lr. Stenhart?" Stenhart tried to stand upright, but his eyes had met Shcrwin's and his mouth went dry. He wet his lips, shaking all over. "We'd belter carry him,^' said Jim. 'Cheer up, old chap, you're sound, no bones broken!'' "I can walk," said Stenhart thickly, leaning heavily on Jim. "The ledge is mighty narrow; can you nianagc without help, Mr. Keller? The sheriff was solicitous for the man who had helped liim make his capture. T « * "Oh, we'll do!" Jim threw a sup- porting arm around Stenhart. It was on the tip of his tongue to tell the men to go ahead with the pris- oner and bring lull) from the ranch and a car for the injured man, but he remembered Jane; he must ^o first himself. The thought impelled Jim to look back at Slierwin, and something in his white face made him recoil at the sight of his bound hands. He beckoned Cutler to him. "Is It necessary â€" I mean, those handcuffs? liy Jove, 1 saw what he <li<l; he's a brave man! " The sheriff nodded grimly. "Cant take chances, Mr. Keller, he's a jail-breaker; swore he was goin' to kill Stenhart. I ain't so all iired clear in my mind what he meant to do with him anyway- -he WANT A NICE KITTY? had him all trus.sed up with that rope I" Jim shut his teeth hard. The sus- picion was horrible, but he remem- bered that he had telephoned for Cutler. He had given this man into their hands, and there was Jane â€" They began the descent slowly. Jim, supporting Stenhart, went ahead; behind same the sheriff, then the men bringing Sherwin. A heavy cloud had risen in the west; its purple edges were sweeping up- ward. The sunlight went out and, as they entered the steep trail, thunder rolled deeply across the hills. The way, narrow and dillicult, grew diin with the darkness of the approaching storm. Stenhart, weak ;ii! . uiiuK'd fi'oni his fall, stumbled and set the stones rolling and tumbling ahead of them. * ♦ ♦ "Steady, old chap," said Jim, and his supporting arm tightened. It seemed to him that Stenhart suf- fered with some trouble of the mind as deep as the stiffness of his body; not once had he lifted his dark eyes to look ahead of him, and he was ghastly pale. Jim, glancing back at the steep path, saw the feet of the men following them before he saw their bodies. The sheriff came ne.'it; Sherwin, he knew, was last â€" with his guards. Ovchcad the trees locked their branches now, and a dense thicket surrounded them. They could hoar the cataract less distinctly, but the rush of the wind in the tree-tops made a tumult. Jim, steading Sten- hart, spoke slowly in his car. "1 saw you â€" you and Sherwin," he said quietly. "I was out in tb« road; there's an opening in the trees â€" one glimpses the ravine. How did you come to fall in that way. Max?" Stenhart roused hitiiaelf; he lifted his head and tried to meet Jim's iliiestioiiing eyes, but he wavered and gasped. ••1 â€" he was going to kill lue!'^ he said weakly; '•that was it. 1 remem- ber now, Slurwiii was going to kill me." It was the iiakeil truthâ€" mo mor- ti'^ man knew how the change had swept into into Sherwiire soul! But Jim Keller had seen the rescue. Tie saved your life at the risk of his own," Jim retorted bluntly; "he went down on a rope and brought you upâ€" and lost his chance to make a getaway !'• Stenhart passed his hand over his etyes with a groping gesture. "I can't understand it," he mut- leied; "he was going to kill meâ€" he hates me!" '•Then, by heaven, he did a great thing â€" he risked his life lor his worst enemy! Arc you sure, old chap, <iuite sureâ€" that he was guilty?" Stenharl's face took on an ashy whiteness, his lips shook. "1 tell yon he did it!" he cried wildly. "1 â€" oh. my Cod. what liglilnmg!" The heavens had been torn by a jagged flash, the dark woods were, for an inslani, ablaze with itHi then the roar of thunder rolled crashing around them, echoed from height to height. The very earth beneath their feet seemed to tremble with the reverberation. Slenh;ut reeled, covering his eyes with his hands. + ♦ * Jim, trying to steady him, was suddenly swung aside hy the other man's blind agony of terror; tlie fall had broken his nerveâ€" he was almost hysterical. The rain began to fall in a torrent and Jim, trying to catch up with him again, came abreast of a windswept thicket. He heard the men behind scrambling and shouting and thought of Jane. He had made her stay behind; was she out there still, holding the horses? lie grasped Stenhart again and they came to the last lap of the descent. It was dusk in the trail and the rain blinded, but sud- denly th'cre was a tongue of flame from the thicket, a sharp report, and Stenhart crumpled up and sagged into Jim's arms. At first he did not sense what had happen- ed; it seemed a part of the tem- pest, of Stenhart's utter collapse, and then he felt something warm and wet on his hamls and knew it was blood. (To be continued) Blended for Quality "SALAM TEA TABLE TALKS C^""'"*^ Questions Mrs. Clare Newberry of New York City wants to tmd a home for that pretty kitty she's holding. But there's a jokerâ€" the animal it an ocelot from Venezuela and will grow into a big cat with claws. CHRONICLES oi GINGEB FABM By Gwendoline P. Clarke When a lerson has lived in a neighbourhood for over twenty yearj and has had the same neigh- bours east, west, north and south for most of that time, it creates a feeling of permanency, for our- selves, and possibly for the neigh- bourhood in general. The men are accustomed to "change work" with the same neighbours year after year; the women visit back and forth â€" when they have time â€" at quillings, meetings, teas, or per- haps only on the telephone. On washdays as we hang things on the line we notice our neighbours have their washing out too, and it all helps to give one a comfortable feeling â€" a sense of unity with the rest of the community. That is how it has been here any way. Insofar as we are con- cerned 1 must admit we have not visited back and forth very much but yet we always knew, that should the occasion arise, as indeed it has a few times, that we had only to ask for help and it would be given graciously and willingly. C If c urse there have, unfortun- ately, been gaps left in our neigh- bourhood by the work of the Creat Realier but there has been very little voluntarily moving away from the district. t * * And now, like a bolt from the blue. ( oines news that two of our neighbours liave sold their farms. It gives one a <|ueer sinking feel- ing. It is hard to get used to the idea that in a few short months these same farms will have differ- ent owners â€" and we shall have dif- ferent neighbours, hat will they he like, these new neighbour. Will tlie.v be of the ••dirt farmer school" or will they incline towards ultra- iiUMJeni methods of highly mechan- ized farming? Will they be con- genial neighbours, good mi.xers, or will they endeavour to live unto tlieiiiselves, and to. be a law unto themselves? Those are questions to which only 'ime can give the an- swer. At the same time we can't help wondering â€" and with a little trepidation â€" because one's neigh- bour.s are so important, especially to folk who live in the country. ♦ + ♦ And the people who are moving away? In one case the place was acquired but on the other the lady of the house ha slived there all her life. One can only imagine the heartache it will be to pull up stakes and go. I am sure that as the jilay of departure gets nearer anyone so placed would fiiul every tree, every shrub, almost every nail on the wall, ha<l some special significaiue. The well-worn path from the house to the barn along which so many well-loved feet have trod; the pump by the kitchen door which has provided cool clear water simimer after summer; the view from the kitchen window . . . and oh, so many tilings â€" such little things, that ntay never have been of any great importance up to now. Hut to leave themâ€"ah, that's a different story. Uut isn't that the way of life? Sometimes we must lose a lot in one direction to gain a little in another. On the other hand if we take a chance we sometimes lose a little but gain a lot. • * * • In the meantime there is still seasonal work to do on all farms- haying to finish, wheat to rut. And ISuUE 30â€"1946 Sunday School Lesson speaking of wheat â€" I have mended that binder canvas I referred to so lovingly last week. But I didn't mend it with needle and thread. This time 1 pasted the patch on the canvas. Whether it will be a suc- cess has yet to be proved. I am lioi>ing it will be because it was a lot less work anyway. This week-end we thought we were going to be alone. Yes â€" actu- ally! But around six-thirty Satur- day night the telephone rang and a meek little voice said "Hullo, Aunt (â- wen, can I throw my hat in for the week-end?" Of course there was only one answer to that ques- tion. But then we didn't see much of our visitor because on Sunday afternoon Bob took her to Toronto to sec other relations. And then the house was so quiet I could not sit still â€" or was it because I waa reading a very disquieting article on the Soviet Union â€" an article which proved beyond a doubt that Coimnunistic organizations are un»- healthily active in Canada and the U.S. Is it any wonder we have strikes and yet more strikes? At this time of year hundreds of letters from homemakcrs seeking help with their canning problems, pour into the offices of the Con- sumer Section of the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture. Here are sonic of the most frequently asked questions and their answers. "Alt the recognized authorities on home canning used to insist that scalers be sterilized before using. Now a lot of people say this isn't necessary. Can you tell me why?" It is not necessary to sterilize sealers before using because the processing of food in the sealers sterilizes b th food and sealers. However, it is essen ial that seal- ers be thoroughly washed in hot soapy water and wjII rinsed in clear hot water. Sea!<Ts. with glass lids in place, should be placed on a tray in the oven and heated to 225* F., or they should be half- filled with hot water, placed on the rack in the boiling water bath, sur- rounded with hot water and brought to boiling point. Sealers should be left in water or oven until ready to fill. "My strawberries always seem to float in the scalers. Can I pre- vent this?" , IT-' ** The Supremacy of Spiritual Values. Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 19:12; Matthew 5:33-37; Mark 7: 5-8; 34-''6. Golden Textâ€" But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.- Matthew 6:3,1 The Third Commandment Due reverence for God is the great principle underlying the Third Commandment. This prin- ciple is violated by all profane swearing, and indeed by much that is called prayer, when the name of God is taken upon the lips, but with little thought of God in the mind. Guide to Holiness God recpiires us to be sincere and true in onr speech. The word of a Christian should be as good as his bond. Not all oath-taking is sinful but if we musi swear to our testimony it i lust br in a man- ner to the glory of God. We may be sworn but we must not swear in the common, wicked practice of the world. The Christian's speech should always he seasi ned with gr:>ce and triilli. Serving Christ There are three fuiidaiiiental con- ditions of discipleship. (1) "Let him ('eny himself." Self-denial is the denial or renouncing of self. (2) "Let him take up his cross." This is to go on the path in which Jesus leads and meet the suffering and the cnirifi.xion that lie there. (.1) "A.v.il follow me." This is to have the mind of Christ and that mind is to obey God even unto death, a-ul to choose the lowly path of service instead of tl c path of ease and glory. The foolish man who seeks his personal welfare will not gain it, but the man who loses sight of personal interest for Jesus' sake will gain the very thing he has forsakm. .A man must have a higher aint than "saving hij own soul." Not self-saving, but self- sacrifice is the vocation of the child of Cod. Now that sugar is rationed there is less likelihood of this happening than when heavy syrup was used. Some fruits will float to the top of the sealer if too heavy a syrup is used. Syrup in the proportion of one cup sugar to one and one half cups water is recommended for strawberries and peaches. Of- ten an even thinner syrup may be used. Over-processing may cause fruit to float even in thinner syrup. "Mother always did up her fruit by the kettle method, we liked it and it kept well except for the occasional jar that went moldy. Now you do 'ot suggest this method, what is the reason?" The open kettle method is not recommended because there is a great risk of spoilage unless very heavy syrup is used. The method of packing sealers and sterilizing both sealers and ' -od together is easier and much safer. The product will be more attractive as the food is less likely to br.-ak up. Von Will F.ntny <ilnrl"» •' The St. Regis Hotel roaoN-iii K\rr7 niioni with llalk •Sh«»»ei â- nd r»l»phi>o« .'ilnKlr. t'i.r,(l ur - n»uhlr. 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They quickly arouse these organa to healthful activity â€" sharpen the ap- petite and help to improve digestion. Clean out the poisons with Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills and re- gain your pep and happiness. 35ct3. a Dox. Dr. Chase's KldneuliveRPills 'Yes, yes, o^ course I'm glad to see youâ€" who's your cofe fr'nnd with the crisp, crunchy, delicious Grape-Nuts FlakesV "And don't forget that Grape-Nuts Flakes are made of two grains â€" wheat and malted barley. They give you car- bottydrates for energy, proteins for muscle, ptiasphorus for teeth and bones. Iron for the blood, and other food essentials. They taste wonderful They're good for you. They're ean to digest." "Ha I Ha Iâ€" I fooled you Jim 1 That's our new cook. She won't serve any- thing but malty-rlch, sweet-as-a-nut Post's Orape-Nuts Flakes for break- fast." "Well what are we waiting for? Let's get home quick and dig Into ttiat giant economy package." - * 4