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HEA DAVE LAW AND ALAIRE AU CEIVES WARNING FROA SYNOPSIS.-Irs. Abitre Aus walders inltol thlit :1til (1:111p (if Df forcell to stay 21'ho nutil Law( (lrun11kel wa t . itertes his wife f Is sceretly inllau with Mexh-anl : federaI. when she gOes to I.:a Feria, In love viti her. Dave Law kills a CHAPTER IX-Continued. -9 There was a ilimrtm'r from the on lookers; soneone cried. "Viva Longo rio I" The general bowed smilinily: then. taking Alaire's arm. he waved the idlers out of his path with a niagnitl cent gesture. When, later In the day, Mrs. Austin camte to say good-by anl thalnk the Mexlan for his cotirtesles, he humbly begged permission to pay his respects that evening at her hotel, and she could not refuse. As the coah went blillcl ne across the International bridce. lDolores said, spitefully: "It will take iore than the pardon of poor Juan Garcia to unlock heaven for that bitiit. Do you nlotice the way he looks at y-mu? It is enough to damn hin for all eternity.'' Upon her arrival at the hotel Alaire received anl agre'eable surprise, for as her vehicle pause I at tihe urb ilavid Law stepped forwari. hat in hand. "What 'bloodlthirsty busiln1 brings you to Pueblo?" she uerie,. when they had exchanged gree'tjngs. Law smiled at her. "I (cime to of for free board ani lolding to a poor Greaser. But he ain't here. And you. mua'am ?" When Dave learned that she was counting upon General Luis Longorio's aid In securing justleo, h regarded her with some curiosity as he inquired: "Isn't Longorlo the very man who robbed you?" "Yes." "Meleians are peculiar people." Law said slowly. "At least we don't under stand their business methods or their habits of mind. Frotm my experience with them, I wouldn't put much confl dence in this Longorlo's word. f say this, armI I'm supposed to have a little Mexican blood in me." During this brief conversation they had entered the hotel, and she gave her hand to Law. "I hope we shall see each other again." she murmured. "That's more'n likely: I'm lonted in your neighborhood now." he informed her. "I'm leav-ing for Jonesvllle in the morning." "By train?" "No'm. I'm coin' to follow the river road if I can cet an automobile." Mlindful of the Ranger's courtesy to her on theIr previous mecetinig, Alaire said: "Won't you go with us? We in tend to start early." Dave was nearly speechless with de light. and when the mistress of Las Palmas had gone upstairs he felt in clined to pirtch himself to see if he were dreamine. He had 'pursued a fruitless quem' dunrin the past few days. and his resoantment had grown as he became certain that Tad Lewis had? sent him on a wlui-goose chase; but the sight of Alaiire miraculously restored his good spirits. andl the pros pect of a long. intimate ride in her company changed the whole trend of his thoughts. His disap'pointment at notsen her upon his visit to Las' Pamshad only' servedl to enhance his memories of their tnrst meeting, and tinme now had deopenoli his interest tenfold. Yet, she' was "The Lone Star." the estrena br!!lante of his empty sky. There cou'~ld be no doubt about his feeliniz: h.' was more than romantically inltereste. the mere sight of her had el. ttil him. The discov ery distressed him. and he very prop erly decided that the affair should endl here, since it could lead to nothing except disappolntment. * * * * . 5 At the time of this st.r~y. relations between the tnited States and the es tablished government of Mexico were such that a hostility hal sprung up between the troops fr'nting each other along the Rio G;rande. and in conise quence their ofileers no longer crossed the boundary, even when off duty. It created a flurry of Suppr.'ssed excite [nent, therefore. when~ Lu'is Longorlo, the autocrat of the Potosista forces, boldly crossed the b'rd .e, traversed the streets of Pueblo, 21nd entered the Hamilton hotel. From his seat in the lobby Law heard the general inquire for Mrs. Aus tin, and then saw him ascend in t direction of the parlor. He rose an( Strolled restlessty about the hotel. J' half-hour passed and Longorio did nlo reappear; an hour dragged by, Sfn< thep Dave took occasion to go to hi ro9w. A glan~cb through the open pai Suhowed the foreignerj1 con Uon with Mirs. Austin. lf ug; they were atloe M .nowheittnqb .RT OF 'By ReA Copy&ight by H STIN MEET AGAIN AND SPEND TI I AN AVENGER BUT LAUGHS AT 1 t in. handsome young mistress of Las Pa tvi'i Law, state ranger, waiting in amil 'naitures his man, kills another and ese unl makes insulting insinuations about t 'hels and horse thieves. Mrs. Austin en her ranch in Mexico to collect war dan cattle thief and comes into unpleasa realizing that he was jealous-yes, madly, unreasonably jealous. So! His divinity was not as unap proachable as he had imagined. Doubt less Longorio was mad over her, which explained the fellow's willingness to help her exact reparation from his gov ernment. Fine doings for a respect able married woman! It was wrong, scandalous, detestable I Had Dave only known the truth, he would have gained a grim comfort from it. for Alaire Austin was'not en joying herself that evening. Her call er stayed on interminably, and she be eame restive under the flow of his con versation. For some reason or other, Longorio was not the romantic figure he had been; in his citizen's clothes he was only a dandified Mexican gal lant like any number of others. The color was gone from the picture; this quixotlc guerrilla hero, this elegant Hiuy Blas, was nothing more than a tall, olive-skinned foreigner, whose ar dor was distasteful. Longorio was tiresome. CHAPTER X. Jose Sanchez Swears an Oath. Jose Sanchez made use of the delay at Pueblo to institute further inquiries regarding his missing cousin. but no where could he find the slightest trace. Jose swore an oath that he would learn the truth if it required his whole life time, and, if it should turn out that his sainted relative had indeed met with foul play-well! Jose told his friends they could judge, by looking at him, the sort of man he was. He proud ly displayed Longorio's revolver, and called it his cousin's little avenger. The weapon had slain many; it had a duty still to perform, so he . aid. Jose intended to confide his purpose to Mrs. Austin, but when it came time to start for Las Palmas there was a fourth passenger in the automobile, "You Wont to School In the East, Didn't You?" and he was obliged to hold his tongue for the moment. Alaire was in good humor, and expressed her relief at escaping from everything Mexictm. "I haven't seen a newspaper for ages, and I don't know what is going on at Jonesville or anywhere else," she confided. Dave told her of the latest develop ments in the Mexican situation, of home happenings, and when she asked him about his own doings, he informed her of the affair which had brought him to Pueblo. Of course all three of his companions wvere breathlessly interested in the story of Pino Garza's death; Dolores and Jose did not allow a word to escape them. "Caramba i It required bravery te rides alone into that rincon," Jose de clared. "I know Pino Garza well, and he could shoot like the devil." "You said your horse saved youm life," Mrs. Austin went 'on. "Hlow dc you mean?" WThen Dave had explained she cried, quickly, "You weren't rid ing-Sessie Belle?" "Yes. She's buried where ajbi dropped. I've been right lonesomi since she went away." Alaire turned a quick, glance upot the sppaker to find his face set am1 his eyes miserable. Impulsively shi laid her hand uponi his arm, saying: "I know how you must feel. Do yo1 tknow what has always been my dear I eat wish? To be able to talk with ani * male and make friends of them." Dave stge \'abientmindedly t "There's a wonde'fpla book about .1 rneatrsighted old N'~nb1an who 1a ii cast away on e Island. Re * the big 'bli algd$~ 116 tndre ym. ' V THE SU v Beach arper & Brothers IE DAY TOGETHER --LAW RE 'HE DANGER OF DEATH Inis ranch, lost in the Texas desert, ush for a Mexican murderer. She is orts her home. "Young Ed" Austin, ie ranger. Law discovers that Austin counters Gen. Luis Longorlo, Mexican inges. and Longorlo, a bad man, falls it contact with Austin. "How did yQu happen to read Ana tole France?" Alaire asked, with a sharp stare of surprise. The Ranger stirred, but he did not meet her eyes. "Well," said he, "I read 'most anything I can get. A fel ler meets up with strange books just like he meets up with strange people." "Not books like-that." There was a brief silence. "Mr. Law, you went to school in the East, didn't you? Where?" The man hesitated, at which she insisted, "Where?" Dave reluctantly turned upon her a pair of eyes in the depths of which there lurked the faintest twinkle. "Cornell," said he. Alaire gasped. After a while she re marked, stiffly, "You have a peculiar sense of humor." "Now don't be offended," lie begged her. "I'm a good deal like a chamue leon; I unconsciously change mlly color to suit my surroundings. When we first met I saw that you took me for one thing, and since then I've tried not to show you your mistake." "Why did you let me send you those silly books? I dare say you've had a fine laugh at my expense?" "No!" gravely denied the man. They had come to an arroyo contain ing a considerable stream of muddy water, and Law was forced to get out to plug the carburetor and stop the oil intakes to the crank-case. This done, Alaire ran the machine through on the self-starter.. When Jose's "Caram bas I" and Dolores' shrieks had sub sided, and they were again under way, Mrs. Austin, it seemed, had regained her good humor. "You will receive no more of my fa vorite authors," she told Dave, spite fully. 'il keep them to read my self." "Do you still believe in chivalry?" Alaire turned her' eyes upon the questioner, and there were no girlish illusions in them. "Do you?" she quer led, with a faint curl of her lip. "Why-yes." She shook her head. "Men have changed. Nowadays they are all self ish and sordid. But-I shouldn't gen eralize, for I'm a notorious man-hater, you know." He nodded, whereupon she eyed him speculatively. "Let us see, You are a man-how far would you go for the woman you loved?" "The limit !" Mrs. Austin frowned at this light seeming answer, "I suppose you mean that .you would make any sacrifice?" "Yes; that's it." "Would you give up the woman her self, if you considered it your duty?" "No. There couldn'i be any duty higher than love-to my way of think ing. But you shouldn't take me as a specimen. I'rh not a good represen tative of my sex." "I think you are a very good one," Alaire said quietly, and Dave realized that no flattery was intended. Despite the rough roads, they made fair time, and the miles of cactus and scrawny brush rolled swiftly past. The morning sun swung higher, and by midday the metal of the automobile had become- as hot as a frying pan. They stopped at various goat ranches to inquire about Adolfo Urbina, and at noon halted beside a watercourse for lunch. Dave was refilling the radiator when he overheard Jose in conversation with1 Mrs. Austin. "Nowhere a trace I" the horse breaker was saying. "No one has seen liim. Poor Rosa Morales will die of a broken heart." ~Alaire explained to her guest:"Js is worried about his cousin k'anfilo. Ii seems he has disappeared." "So! You are Panfilo's cousin?' Dave eyed the Mexican with new in, terest. "Si I" "You remember the man?" Alairt wvent on. "He was with that fellow you arrested at the water-hole." "Oh, .yes. I remember him." Witt steady. fingers I~ave shook some to bacco intp a cigarette paper. He fell Alaire's eyes upon him, and they wer( eloquent of inquiry, but he did noi meet them. Jose frowned. "No one at La Ferir has seen him, and in Pueblo there was not a word. It is strange." - Paulo was in bad company wher I saw him." Law finished rolling his cigarette and lit it, still conscious 01 Alaire's questioning gaze. "He mas e, have had trouble." p "He wds a good .ran," the horse Sbretker asserted. "If he is dead--' The, MexIcap's frown 1leepened to A IN1mNAONAL SINASQIOOL 9. LESSF (By .. 0. SELLERS, Acting Director Of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Biblo Institute.) (Copyright. 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JUNE 17 THE RISEN LORD. LESSON TEXT-John 20:2-16. GOLDEIN TEXT-Bitt now is Christ risen froln the dead, and become .the first fruits of them that slept.-I Cor. 15:20. ?he death of Christ made a deep' impression upon the beholders (Luke 23:48, 49). Joseph, who seemns to have been a secret disciple, obtained the body, and gave it burial (Mark 15: 42-47). In Mark's record we have the story of the discovery of the resurrec tion by the women, nnd Matthew tells us how his .enemies dealt with that fact. le sure to use a good harmony of the four gospels in presenting all of these lessons, else some important detail will be overlooked. 1. Mary's Visit to the Tomb (vv.1 10). Thte Sabbath ended at sundown, iAd the shops were then open, and Mary Magdalene was able to purchase spices with which to anoint the dead body of Jesus. There is strting prob ability that the women paid a visit to the tomb late on Sitturday (Matt. 28:1, R. V.). Starting the neat morn ing, "while it was yet dark" (v. 1), they came to the tomb to perform this last service of love. Jesus had no need of such service (Matt. 10:27; 20: 19), but the women were rewarded by receiving the first glimpse of the risen Lord. There were live appearances on this first day of the week: (L) to Mary Magdalene, (2) to the "other women," (3) to Peter; (4) to those on the way to Emmaus, and (5) to the ten dis ciples, Thomas being abseit. None of these seemed to expect Je sus to be risen, for they had each failed to listen to and pondet his words. The extent and genuineness of the affection of the women is found in that they went to serve Jesus when apparently all hope had failed (I Cor. 13:8, R. V.). As soon as Mary saw the stone rolled away, she concluded that the tomb had been rifled, and hastened to report to the disciples (v. 2). This report of the women to the disciples was considered "as idle tales" (Luke 24:11). With intense eagerness Peter tind John ran to the tomb thus reported as being robbed. John, the younger, reached the tomb d first, but in reverence did not enter, only stooping to look in (vv. 4, 5). Peter, the impetuous one, rushes in side, and sees the linen clothed lying, d and the napkin that had, been about Le the head carefully folded and lying in I a place by itself (v. 7). This appar d ently insignificant detail is one which P is really significant, inasmuch as it shows that the tomb had not been rifled, leaving disorder behind. In d stead of excitedly snatching the nap. >f kin from his face, and hurling it t- whither it might fall, he had quietly ttaken it off, and in an orderly way *n laid it aside. It is in such minute de ttails as this that we see the greatest evidence of the veracity of this ree ord. Le I1. Mary Wgping (vv. 11-15). The s- disciples returned to thieir owvn homes, a, and doubtless to tihe other disciples (v. 10). but the loving Mary remained a b~ehiind in this place made sacred as having housed the body of the Lord. 1- It is natural for us to llager in silent 'meditation in places of our greatest irevelation or of our deepest soul ex perience. Jesus had told his disciples r-over and over again that he should rise 11 again. andi it seems strange that his it enemies should have rememheed it s.(Ma tt. 27 :03) and his friends not. Ill. Mary Worshiping (vv. 16-18). There must have been an inflection in the voice of Jesus, for, upon the utter ance of that one word, "Mary," she arecognized her risen Lord. Joyfully is she exclaimed, "Rabboni," that is to p, say, "Master" (v. 16), and wvould have ~,poured out ,her love and worship at .his feet. Jesus, however, does not suf .fer her to hold hint fast. Mary must .'leave him, and tell the others. Liter tally, he says, "Do not lay hold of me hiut go and make known the glad truth Sthat I am risen again." The risen Lord dmust retuirn to "My Father" and "My God," whereas the one who would gladly have remained at his feet must ago to the brethren, and make known the facts of the fulfillnment of prophecy and the resurrection of our Lord. The bribed soldiers spread abroad the tale that the disciples had stolen his body. The later lives of these dis ciples, their heroism .and martyr<dom, are evidence of the absurdity of any such act on their part. The resurrection of Jesus is a vin dication of Ils claim to being the Son of God. We do well to emphasize his birth, and to dwell much upon his death, yet both of these have no es sential value apart from his resurrec tion. Apart from this, the cross is the end of a failure. 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Thel Chugal says the govern mlenit spenl't $200.000) foir sup~ervisinlg tile election, whichs, to AmerIcans, will appear mnouderate. Trhis sumS includes "stunmpin'g trips" through tile eguntry by Cab~ine't mlinilsters ; mlemlbers of the opposi51tionl 1paid thei01r own expenses0. Tile editor regrets thatt so lmaniy men entitled to vote faN! to exercise their high privilege. Rtepeatted dIssolution of the dilet .nIot only c'auses p)olitical dlisturbances, lie argues, b~ut implioses heavy tinanil loss upionl thle nation and1( upon01 individluals. Worse Than Crazy. Wife-You were just crazl'/y to mal~rry me! H~e--Crazy I was a lunatic ! Town Topics. Certainly Gpod. "There's one good thIng about Brag son."5 "And whaut is that, pray?" . *H opinIon of himself." Grap-Nuts for Lunch Puts "PPp" into the. afternoon's work ''Dard a1easrf NTSET "WVhat then?" Jose signiileantly patted the gift re volver at his hip. "This little felloa will have somtiething to say." Dave looked him over idly, fror head to heel, then murmured: "Yo would do well to go slow, compadr l'anilio iade his own quarrels." "We were like brothers, and I d not know of any quarrels. But I shal find out. I an not given to boasting senor, but I am a devilish bad man it miy way." Nothing more was said during th luncheon, but when Alaire had lnuishe eating and her two employees had be gun their meal, she climbed the ban of the arroyo ostensibly to find a coc spot. Having succeeded, she called t Dave: "There is a nice breeze up here." The Ranger's face set; rising slow ly, he climbed the bank after hel When they stood face to face in th shade of a gnarly oak tree, Alair asked him point-blank: "Where is Panfilo Sanchez?" Dave met her eyes squarely; hi own were cold and hard. "He's wher he dropped at my second shot," sal he. He could hear his companion's shar inhalation. He did not flinch at th look she turned upon him. "He was practically unarmed! Wha do you call-such an act?" Dave's lips slowly whitened. his fac became stony. He felt himself piti lessly condemned. '"Why didn't you tell me at th time?" she asked. "Why didn't yoi report it?" "I'll report It when you give me per mission." "I-? What-?" She wheeled t face him. ."Think a moment. I can't tell hal the truth. And if I tell everything it will lead to-gossip." "Ah I I think I understand. Mi Law, you can be insulting-" For the first time the man lost mue cular control of his features; the twitched, and under their tan hi cheeks became sickly yellow. "You've no right to say that," he tol her harshly. "You've plumb ove stepped yourself, ma'am, and-I reel on you've formed quite a wrong opit ion. Panfilo had his six-shooter an he used it; he Intended to ambush n and release his companion, but forced his hand; so it ain't what I call murder; I haven't lost any slet over it. I-" "You are utterly ruthless." "Yp'm I I'm not what you woul consider a nice person; the death < Panfilo Sanchez means nothing wha ever to me. If you can grasp that fac you'll see that your own reputatic weighed heavier in my mind that tl lives of a dozen Mexicans--or white for that matter." "I go anywhere, everywhere. No or has ever had the effrontery to que tion my actions," Alaire told hir stiffly. "And I don't aim to give 'em chance." Dave was stubborn. There was another interval of a lence. "You heard what Jose said. Wh: are you going to do?" Dave made a gesture of indiffe ence. "It doesn't greatly matter. I tell him the truth, perhaps. You mig] warn him against any foolishnen JTose has some sense." The woman looked up curiousi "Don't you know how to be afrait Haven't you any fear?" she asked. Dave's gray eyes were steady as 1 answvered: "Yes'm! I'm afraid th thing is going to spoil our friendshi I've been desperately afraid, all alon that I might have hurt your reput tion. Even now I'm afraid, on yoi account, to make public Panfilo Sn chez's death. Yes'm, I know what is to be afraid," It became evident to Dave, as tI afternoon progressed, that they wou be very late in arriving at Las Palma and he began to fear that his hoste would feel in duty bound to insist upt his spending the night at her hopn Dave Law finds further traces of criminal doings near the Aug. I tin ranch. Longorlo makes him. self extremely distasteful to Mrs. Austin. Some exciting op-. sodes are described In the riext installment. (TO BE~ CONTINUED.). Syriac Language. Syriae is one of the three groups languages into which the old Aratiaa of Assyria and Babylonia wans deve oped, the other groups being the Cha daic and the Nabatean-Sabean. The Syriac is emphatically a Chri than literature language, the Bible wa translated into it as was a deal writing from the fourth to the tent century, and it,.insteaud of Latin, is ti liturgical language of the Roman Cat olics of Lebanon in Syria today. The Syro-Chaldaic is a v'ariant theo Syriac, combining features of boe the Syrlac and Ohailaic groups. It found ia use in Keneatanan 4 tea