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& "have réceived -tiead. CHAPTER I At first glance, had there been ihyone close enough to study him, the rider looked like a Mexican, a wandering vaquero, remarkable chiefly for his horse, a magnifi- cent blue roan. Michael Valdez y O'Brien wore leather chaps to protect his legs from thorny brush, and a silver-brocaded charro vest and concha-decorated sombrero. He pushed the roan through a clump of junipév to emerge on an outcropping of rock that over- looked a wide, lush valley. The sun dripped gold on the brilliant green of the knee-deep grassland below him. Michael Valdez y O'Brien sat on the blue roan, named El Ciclo, for his resemblance to the sky of the sun-drenched South- west, and gazed down upon that scene of peace, He felt 151 Cielo go restless be- neath him as the fine beast scented the lush pastores at' the foot of the rock shelf spoke a chiding word to the roan for--disturbing his peace- ful mocd----and then stiffened in the saddle. A puff of smoke, far away in the valley, revealed peril in Dara- dise. Twas the hot, ugly gray and yellow smalie cansed by the burn- mg of hwman habitation, smoke which Michael Valdez y O'Brien had come to know all foo well in his years of wandering through the Southwest. . touched Mexican spurs lightly to (he horse's flanks, he caught a glimpse of red "Tongues of fae Joven ~as he silver tance he had to cover, he knew that re -wonld be too late. CE # he reached the site of the fire the flames had -died to a foot col of smoke which, float- ng skyward bevond the tices was all that' was left to point the way, He put EI Cielo to a gallop in an cffort to get there before even this fast beacon faded out. Long before Rounding a small clump of a he finally saw the scene of de- struction before him, lar of smoke wotnd upward froin the charred remains of a log cabin that had sprawled under two tall cottonwood trees beside a brook. . (8 Smaller smoke columns rose from what must have been, until e- cently, a 'barn, He flung himself tio the sad- dle under the cottonwood trees, while dust flew from the hoofs of the roan as it skidded to a stop. His cycs were hot and his mouth was thin as he surveyed the glow- ing embers. His sombrero, blown from his head by the speed of his ride, hung by a string around his neck, revealing hair that shone blue-black in the sunlight as he ran forward. Had he met the per- petrators. of the outrage he saw before him just dhen, they would short shrift, Tew men had faced the heat that now shone in his eyes and lived. to tell . of it, since he had taken the ven- geance trail. + ¥.- * A dead woman 'was sprawled on the ground, so close to the buriiing embers of the log cabin that the hair had been "scorched off her y The charge of buckshot that had killed: her had made her whole body a sickeiing horror, But she had been brave to the end --she had fought a good but futile fight. For an old musket, covered with rust, was still clutched in her toil-worn hands, Valdez' eyes, searching swf" around, found the other victim, He was 'a white-haired old Mexican, who lay: near the well, with its charred planking. And even as Valdez looked, he saw one of the old man's arms move feebly, Michael Valdez rushed. to him. Kneeling, he lifted, thé old man's . "head, cradling it in his arnis, "Amigo," he isaid gently, "can you hear me? Hold tight, old-tim- er--we'll get Tok, fixed up right away." / A dull groan was the only an- swer, The old Mexicar's evelids OF REVENGE JACKSON-COLE Gauging the dis= | ~ to you The thin pil- fluttered slightly, but the eyes did not open, | Quickly, but with the utmost tenderness, Valdez laid the man flat on the burned grass and swift- ly pulled a bucket of cold water out of the small-bore well. He bathed the white-haired Mexican's face, and forced some of the water between the drawn-back lips. "Amigo," Valdez said, still gent- ly, but urgently, "speak to me, if you can! Tell me what devil did this savage niassacre here?" * * * Pain spread over the patrician features of the dying man, Painfully the old man forced 'his eyes open, to look through their glazing at the man who min- istered to him. And with lips con- torted to force himself to speak, he managed to croak a name: "Raymond--Garvin--" Michael Valdez y O'Brien stiff- ened, and a strange glitter came ico his own dark eyes. His own lips formed the name: "Garvin! Raymond. Garvin!" How long he had sought that man and his evil companions! The man who now, after the five years when he had perpetrated just such another outrage far away, must think himself safe! He could know nothing of Michael Valdez' having been on the vengeance trail, searching, scarching, through all the broad land for all that time, And always. without success -- until .now. Now here, in this. hid- den valley, he had come upon damning evidence "that Raymond Garvin still Tived 'and was carry-~ ing on his nefarious business! "Go on--please, amigo," Valdez said softly, with no-sign of the urgency that was in his own heart. "This man Garvin of whom you spcak--this devil in human form who has donc this terrible thing and yours--where can I find him?" Blood was flecking the old man's lips now, bubbling up from the lungs that had 'been shatter- ed with buckshot. His eyes were filming with the sign of death that: wds neas Once more he made a valiant effort to speak, but the ef- fort was too much for his bullets riddled body. Even as Michael Valdez held him in- his arms, a gentle shudder passed through the old Spaniard's body, and his head lofled side- ward. Gently Valdez laid him down, He was dead. Bitterness swept through Michael Valdez and shook every fiber of his being as lie stared down at the dead man. And once more he muttered, almost in dis- belief: LANE SE "Rayniond Garvin! But this time he'll not get away. He'll pay!" ~The memory of just such an- other scene was etched on his brain with acid, that scene he had come upon five years ago when he had been -a-happy-go-lucky. youth: and had found his own father and mother the victims, His beautiful motlier, Molly O'Brien, with the hair of flame, the adored of his father and himself, A shudder shook his « stalwart frame. before he straightened and pulled him: self together grimly, © AY One, hand" dropped toward a "heavy gun in the elaborately stud- . ded leather holster mascular waist, A figure on horseback was gal- loping in frantic haste toward the now dying embers of the log cabin. But within a hundred yards of it, the rider jerked the horse up sharply at sight of the strange man standing beside the charred ruins. The rider was young and small, Valdez saw, and had the complexion of a purebred Spaniard. Valdez first. swift glance at the youth noted the resemblance between him and the old 'man wlio lay 'déad by the well. Unmistakably this was, thé son of the magsacred two beside the ruins ; Ee "Come ahead, amigo," Valdez call- ed. "I'm here to help you. There is (To Be Continued) at his lean, C.N.E. BULLETIN Canadian Models Will Show Off Canadian Styles How to wath? Now, there's really . something' to it. That's what the new models for the Canadian + National Exhibition + are finding as they concentrate on precision runway steps under the instruction of model trainer Pasquale D'Angelo. "Flick those wrists . . re- member, + your hands can make or break you coming down that fashion runway," chirps Pas- quale as 15 new Canadian mod- els-to-be "warm up" for their appearance in the fashion shows at the C.N.E. From 350 applicants to model in the IExhibition shows, 1§ were selected as the very finest and started on a model training course at no expense to them- selves. "You've got to learn to walk on the ball of your foot. - Place one foot directly in front of the other. Take small steps," ad- vises Pasquale. This year the C.N.E. is pre- senting an all-Canadian fashion show Many's the Canadian girl who longs to be a model. The Exhibition is not only giving Canadians a chance ta model. but is sponsoring free profes- sional training as well. When the newly - groomed models arc ready for the C.N.E. runways, they are expected to possess the finess of fine models and will proudly show off garments -| made by Canadians, designed and. | How Can I? By Anne Ashley 0. How ¢ cleaner? A. Make a paste by mixing 3 cupfuls of flour, 2 tablespoons of ammonia, and 1%; cupfuls of water. an I make a wall paper Roll thin into balls of convenient - size to fit the hand. Rub a ball over the paper and it will clean Ho: roughly, . Q. How can I remove the too salty taste from soup, gravy, or vegetables? A, Stir a little coarse brown sugar into it and the salty taste will disappear. Or add -one table- spoon of sugar and one of vinegar, ¢). How can I remove vitrophane from windows? A. by dampening with turpentine, letting it remain until . soaked through, and thon scouring off" with soap and water. Q. How can. I leather scats of chairs, or other articles, that have become shabby? A. Beat the white of an egg to . a froth and smear it over the sur- face with a soft: cloth, Allow it to dry, then rub it well with an- other soft cloth. Q. How can I peel new potatoes easily, so that the skins will slip off readily? A. Before peeling new potatoes, plunge them into boiling water for about half a minute, then: drop them in cold water. The peelings will will slip off easily, 4850" SIZES é. 14 Just right for a young figure's needs, Pattern 4860 will be her very favorite dress for school or dress- up. Pattern 4850 comes in girls' sizes 6, 8, 10, gin; 5% vd: contrast: Fe " Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS : 50) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, ' Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADZ DRESS, STYLE NUMBER, renovate the "alone with her parents. 12, 14, Size 10, 23% yds. Beauty and Talent--McMaster co-ed and Miss Central Ontario, Muriel Hunter, 20, is one of the entrants in "Miss Canada" beauty. contest at Hamilton, Aug. 21-22, [ANNE HIRST | Yowr Family Counselo One Reason Why Girls Leave Heme * "DT want my own place, Anne * Hirst,-And if I told my parents * why, lid break their hearts. They * give me everything I want--except I * privacy. IT am 17, and I'm: old "* enough to be trusted." This wail comes from a girl who is be- ing = smothered by kindness. Her leiter is one of many similar ones that come through regn- larly. She gives the most impor- tant reasons for her dissatisfactions Her mother and father urge her to cntertain her friends, but they stick around till midnight "helping her" entertain them; When a boy friend comes, they make conversation until half the time the youngsters miss the show they'd planned to sec--and they're always wailing up when she gets home; Her mother goes with -her to buy her clothes, and embarrasses her by advising her before salespeople; Aer mother doesn't open her mail, but she wants to know every: line in every letter. Now the girl's at the point where she can't be hersef even when she's She's: too full of resentment; she won't' say $0; because "I wouldn't hurt them for the world." TO PARENTS: You who read: this column know how I feel abont parents supérvis- ing: their daughters. But to super- vise them too vigorously, foo' inli- mately; is as dangerous as létling them alone. To stand constant watch, to Iry to make yourself one of "her: group, makes her feel that she's still 10. years old, She resents. it with every fiber; she regards 1* as "an insult to her integrity. It shames her before her friends. It makes her self-conscious to: the point where her natural dedelop- ment is being warped. With the best intentions in the world, you are driv- ing her away from yon. ) When her' friends come in; stay long 'enough to say hello. Then you "lwo go toa shot or visit friends," so the youngsters can have the house to 'themselves for the evening. When she has a date, make the boy welcome, then make yourselves, s¢arce And don't ahways wait up for her. A girl of 17 is old enough to choose her--own clothes, alone. Let her: make her: own mistakes; that's the only weay she will learn. Afrd? her mail is. her: own affair. Unless. you have reason to suspect she's corresponding with the trong boys, don't intrude, Your home is her home, too. Bul she cannot feel at home in it unless she's allowed to be hostess 16 her orn friends. And how else can she ever cultivate the social graces? You won't always be around, you know. If yow aren't careful to respect your girl's rights she will ledve a ole ome day saving she won't be back. Or. she'll tun off with the first b To "NOT AT HOME": 1 am ad- dressing ny opinion fo your! par- "ents, since you: say 'they read the column cvery day. Let's hope' they will wake wp; and learn to be more friends than parents, | - "who asks her: i TO "ROSE": BRIEF ANSWERS TO "RUTH C.": Any boy who be- * licves, gossip about a girl, and * drops her for it, is not worth * having as, a friend. No matter * what he says about you, don't be- * lieve it. Second-hand tales are as * foolish to listen to, as to repeat. x x 0% : Being a pal to a nice * hoy is the surest way to keep him * interested. It is what this boy ex- ¥ pects, and if you changed toward * him you'd scare him * good. " kk TO "TOOTS": This young man is * bored 'with you, It is too bad you ' * didn't sce it earlier, His sugges- * tion now is.wise and kind (if you * knew it), and you can do nothing * but accept. it. LJ SR Don't 'bind your children to you by the silver cord. It doesn't work, Anne Hirst can suggest bellcr ways. "Address her at 'Box A, room 421,73 : Adclaide "St. est, Toronto. Your Handwriting and You aes 5. Arriott The matérialistic nature' is re- vealed in handwriting by small letters: and a long downward stroke on the stem of letters "f" "g" "y" and "p."" When -these letters look as though the stems are "'dig- "ging down in the earth" or far below the writing. line; it" -is: a good sign the nature of the writer is the "same--down to earth' with both feet on' the ground--strictly' materialistic. His whole lifév is centered 'around' the search for and the desire to possess the material things of life. How determined the nature- is to be materialistic' is indicated by the thickness- of the stems. The "thicker or wider the stroke, the more detérmined: the physical 'na- 'ture, thé" length of the strokt=in- dicating ' how . lasting. or: powerful is the" characteristic, The spiritual .nature is the: op posite: and is: indicated! in. the high reaching: looped letters: as in "hy" "k,""~and "I". These stems appear to be reaching heavenward while the body of the letter remains on: 'the "ground "or near: the writing'. line, indicating a tendency to idéal- ism and reverencet The qualities of these traits are' shown iby. therslope: and pressure of 'the writing. otf wishing a more complet analysis' please' send' self"Gddbessed" slamped: tnvelépe' to: Bos' B, voom 421,.73" Adelaide: SV. West; Toros, There 18 imo charge' for this serolce. dere r-- HUSBANDS WHO ADORE' | coffee. deserve Maxwell House. 1's #0 uttérly deli 'cious: that i's beught and than, any other brand of coffee in the worlds ISSUE 33-1047 off. for ~ Sunday School Lesson Advice Against Strong Drink, Proverbs 20:1; 23:19-21, 290-85; Ecclesiastes 10:17 Golden Text Wiie is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whose- ever is deccived thereby is. not wise,"--Proverbs 20:1. (1) Wine It. makes Alcohol. is' delusive. makes a man a scorner. him scoff at holy things. ens him to warning. and reproof. (2) Waywardness is the inevitable effect of strong drink. It causes his victim to stumble. It sends him to prison. He loses his liberty, and often his life. (3) Wisdom calls for total alstinence. * Ld * Intemperance is graphically pic- tured in the woes of wine. In sjx burning questions the terrible por- trait is drawn "Who hath woe"-- with its sum total of earthly wretch- edness; "sorrow'--with anquish of body and remorse of conscience; "contentions" in meddlesome quar- rels and brawls; "complaining --in foolish babble and cynical com- . ment; whether by accident or on imagin- ary provocation; and "redness of eyes' '--causing impairment of vision and of judgment.s The answer completes the pic- ture: abstinence is the path to per- sonal and public welfare. Look not upon the wine whetting and arous- ing thirst, delighting the eyes, gra- tifying the appetite. * * * Happy is the land whose rulers are nobly born with good' back- ground, unfettered faculties, educa- cational opportunities, religious pri- service. Their habits are wholesome even to their food and feasts, for they eat for strength and not for drunkenness They take their du- ties scriously and perform them faithfully. They are spony and sober. School of Experience The Shool of Experience is on a seven-day week, year-round basis, And the Daily: Commercial News. takes in the "School of Experience; you pay for your mistakes out of your own pocket. It deaf- "wounds without cause" -- vileges, and training for maximum * with no vacations_or holidays, says | you don't get a boost in pay and" other concessions for making: mis- It has been announced that weather bureau experts in a certain locality will no longer be paid a wage premium for working nights. And there is a certain rough justice in that. The locality in question is the Arctic, where the nights are six months long. < Experimental balloons with re- cording instruments have reached altitudes of more than 22 miles, After the Bath Dr.Chase's Ointment for Chafing. Skin Irritations ans Baby Eczema Protect them with Green Cross Garden Guard, which contains « 50% more rotenone than ordi. nary derris dusts. Deadly to but non-poisonous to humans, it's especially suitable for vegetables. 1-1b, size comes ina Hasdy pumper gun. ROTENONE ARDEN GUARD : {Derris Dust) o Regd. trade-mark FOR MODERN PEST CONTROL 'BUT DEAREST, YOU KNOW § CATCH COLD WHEN 1-GET'MY FEET WET { THERES NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT -- MY SHOES ARE "NUGGETED" a hi fa A i= "NUGGET" GIVES A BRIGHT, LASTING SHINE--THAT REALLY: WATERPROOFS YOUR: SHOES. : NUGGET SHOE 2OLISH ddd add aad aga dt hil RECIPE' Addl envelope Royal Fist , Ris ingly Yeast and 1tsp; -sugat to 1 ci lukewarm water. Stir and let stand 10 minutes. Seald 1 $ Jill, ads k,add ths. su and Coote Shears Add * to yeast mixture; Add 3 c: J sifted" flour and 'beat' umil © perfectly ab: Add 4 ths; melted Shortening and 3 cj mote sifted Broassd «© to make fous, andl led i dough, Knead well, Place in in wast pee: WagH: Hacbled in bulk, about 1 14 # hours, Punch lough. down 3 in bowl and fet 15130 again : jp warm b lace n i oro i bulk Sr 4 in; When ~~ into recto fi Ae hes 30 thick: Brush with mi «butter of shortening; = 'into strips: 114! wide, Pile: «7 strips 'togethers' cut into' piece. 1", wide: Place Inch |. side u Jn reased muffin pans. Cov Shae: tise in wats acey free Tron : -- + fig , about 1 hour Foy ind 460 : oven for 20 minutes; | FANTANS wefbtie] : nll /