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BarawtlL 8. C. Tfcmndmr. (VtoW.&. 1«M GUNLOCK RANCH ■t Fruk H. 0»rrt«kt rr»ak H WMU SYNOPSIS BU«pr Cat, daaart town of tha South- waat, la calabratlnc tha Fourth of July. Jana Van Tambal, baautlful daughter of Oua Van Tambal, hatad ownar of Ounlock ranch, haa arrived from the Eaat for the flret time. She watchea the Frontier Day celebration In company with Dr. Carpy, cruaty, tender-hearted friend of the community. Henry Sawdy of the Circle Dot ranch, tricked In a fake horae race the day before by Dave McCroaaen, foreman at Ounlock, plana revenge. He entera' BUI Denison* a handsome young Texas wrangler, In the rodeo which McCrossen la favored to win, and lays heavy bets on him. Unknown' to the crowd, Denison Is a champion horseman. McCrossen and the young stranger tie In the various events. Denison then drops a cigarette carelessly. Racing down the track full tilt, he picks up the cigarette. The ver dict goes to Denison when McCrossen refuses to attempt the stunt. Entreated by the crowd, Denison agrees to per form another trick. Jane Van Tambel is asked for her bracelet and throws it on the track. Just as Denison rides to pick It up a yell from Barney Reb- stock, a McCrossen henchman, scares the pony, nearly costing the rider his life. Gun play is prevented by the in tervention of Dr. Carpy. Back on Gun- lock ranch after two years In Chicago, because of her father's illness, Jana gets lost riding In the hills and meets Denison, now a neighbor, who guides her home. Not knowing her Identity, he speaks bitterly of Van Tambel. She tells McCrossen who brought her home and he denounces Denison as a cattle thief. Later she asks Dr. Carpy why her father Is unpopular and he tells her It Is because of Van Tambel's ruthless and unscrupulous c \aracter. CHAPTER III—Continued £ Aaywgy. be sad bes (be (bat ever tan 1>—»y < •L tie * 4ela‘ s we ' «wer ei->*e ep 'Fsaeae'e lag Jake mt eweartag. HaM * ~Oe« e >•* ata t beT •Jmm tbe mm». be a e a le« yea kaow (bat. O 'Utte— be yetlad ta (be pertee la tbe be't ream *Wbaf tba belt a a aMttee wltb tba bet estee Ibis »evasa r CHAPTER IV Jaae •ade I* a peart ire te visit fsibev at tbe MeUidae at leeat every tea week a Abe apeat tba day at tbe boepltal wltb ber father ate aa early sapper w ib bia. aad took Masker <>ae bark la Alaepy Cat Her fa (ber asked a food ■saay faastioaa sbAt McOnassa. -A good mo* Vaa T a label aald • beeaily of Ala agala aad a«ala. •Ilia ealy trvable ta gaiabliaf-ba will gmm *T» sorry, rather.* returaed Jaae • ilk aaperlty —It was aot (be first Hate he had made tbe seme remark—"but I doa t quite see how I caa watch hita, do your “Hell, kerp track of tba shipment* this month. Tba steers will be folnf out right along now—good deal of fuooey coming In. See that be don't get too much a»ay from you, under on* pretext or another. When he want* money to gamble, he won't ktop at nothing. And It won’t do a bit of hurt to be kind of nice to him yourself.’* Hints such aa these failed to move Jane. Indeed, they aroused an an tagonism. When the train pulled into Sleepy Cat late that night It was cold; a north wind was spitting rain. McCrossen was on hand with the two-seated buck- board. He met Jane at the Pullman jtep and hurried her through the sprinkle across the platform to the rig. “I piled the house supplies In the back,” explained McCrossen, “so you’d better ride with me.” ‘‘Brought you an extra-heavy coat •ver,” he added. “Thought you might need It Will you put It on now?” „ Ills voice, never harsh, sounded so licitous. Jane thought she would put the coat on. Her foreman, sitting be side her, helped her get Into It His manner was tender. His hands, as he •tralghtened the coat collar, lingered i moment on her shoulders. Jane shook her shoulders slightly to draw them *way. “Yonr father’s a great man, Jane” fie said. “No use talkin’.” ‘Tm glad to hear someone say a good word for him,” returned Jane firylj. ‘ “Ob, he's got his enemies, i know. But from the first minute I ever saw you, girl, when you got off the train ‘.hat mornin' In Sleepy Cat”—McCroa ten Inclined In friendly fashion toward hi* tight bitting little companion to em- yhaslxe his word*—“from the very first olnut* 1 saw you. 1 said to myself. There • a girl with all tha grit and •and at bar father • “Who Is that man?” asked Bull as Panama left the shop. “Why, you ought to know that man. Bull He's an old time Sleepy Cat gam bler and confidence man—up to every yarn* they ever played from her* to Frisco" "What's his name?” “They used to call him Wg BUI llayea." *1 heard that name " -C.ueaa yog did—guest everybody’s beard IL" *Hut be made a trip to Panama wbe the French outfit was run bln' things tbyn II* rleaned ap oa tba French mA, aad (bey run atm oat of town. H# aays he got (be dysentery down “Hadn't you better drive a little rast er T suggaated Mia* Tight Sitter, casually, "I’m afraid to posh tba old buck- board over this part of the road. So I said to myself,” he continued. “Therk's a girl with her father’s grit and her mother's beauty.’ Jana”—ha lowered his voice, becomingly—“are you warm?" “Quite.” “And comfortable?” “Perfectly. But I should like to get on faster.” McCrossen brought the horses to a stop. “What’s the matter?” asked his companion rather tartly. “This Is Onnldck Ford. Tha creek was runnln’ kind of high when I drove through after supper, and It’s been rainin’ all evenin’. We don’t want t6 get caught in the water. I’ll get out and see how things look. Take the lines a minute. "It's safe, I reckon,” he reported, re turning soon to the rig. “But you’d better put your feet In my lap till we get across. The water might come up through the floorboards.” . Her response was chilly. “My feet will be all right where they are." “O. K., Jane! But you’re about the sweetest girl I ever saw In the world.” Suiting action to these words, Mc Crossen put his arm swiftly around the girl and pulled her toward him for a kiss. He failed to get one. Instead, be got a smart slap from Jane’s gloved hand; and she pushed him hack with a force he had not thought possible In so deli cate a feminine make-up. “Please mind your business, Dave, and attend to your driving,” said Jane collectedly. The night was an unquiet on* for Jane's pillow. The more she thought about ber surprise admirer and his crude advances, tbe angrier she grew. In tbe morning she breakfasted and ordered ber saddle pony. Sba meant to take a long rid* all by herself and rid beraelf of ber annoyance la tba morning air of tba high hllla. Tba day was sympathetic to ber por- poe*. She rod* under a riondleaa aky Into the far reach** of Oanlock Ranch, loaeoslbly. tba rlooda la ber mlad cleared and left ber fra* t* an Joy the glory of tba arena. Oa aad oa. Jaa# rode. The spirited aad aeeoted. Ilk* bla ta eajoy tba Janat The farther ah* rod*, the wilder the roaatry grew, with The Farther fiha dtada, the Wilder the Como try Grow. only a ms II buarhea of catU* her# aad there to remind ber of her domain. At length tbe hllla grew too rough for pleaaure riding. With ber aplrlta quiet ed and feeling Invigorated. Jan* reined about for the ranch bouse. Covering considerably more distance, Jane, having grown weary, waa re joiced at last to aee the duaty, serpen tine foothills road well below her. Hav ing reached It, the reined Into It and Jogged along, confident of reaching home aoon. Presently she encountered an Indian family traveling toward her In a wagon. She reined up. “Am I heading right for Ounlock Ranch?” she asked of the man driving. He nodded affirmatively. But a bright-eyed boy in the wagon box made a protest. He Jabbered in low tones to hlA father and, turning to Jane, ex claimed, “Wrong way,” and pointed north. The father shook his head, and the dispute grew. Jane, confused by the uncertainty, thanked the party and rode on south. A few miles farther she met a horse man heading north. As he drew near, Jane thought she recognized him as the man who had directed her back to the ranch a couple of weeks before, at the close of a long day of riding through the Gunlock hills. Jane reined up in quiringly. The horseman responded to the unspoken Invitation by doing like wise. Jane saw a slender face, deeply tanned, black hair, mild brown eyes, a large nose, and a small mouth, framed by a not unfriendly chin. “Good-morning," ventured Jane. “Caa you tell me whether I am oa the right road to Gunlock Ranch?” The man listened bat made no effort to apeak. Instead he looked at tbe girl silently. Hla gate waa embarrassing. He Ignored ber question aad Instead asked one himself: “Aren’t you tha girl who gat loat around here a coopla of weeks ago?” "Y-yaa,” answered Jana. “And aren't we beet la Ounlock Raaehf* “Ooaaa I waa." the man rrpIM. la aa abeent minded way.” *T realise that U’a stupid of me ta loe* my way again,” sba aald, “bat caa yoa tell me whether I am beading right for tba ranch?” Ha found bis tongue and apoka quietly: “Well ... you’d reach tba ranch the way you are going, though probably not today.” "Not today r aha asked in amaze ment “You want to reach the ranch house, I suppose?” “I do.” “Then you’re- heading the wrong way.” “Will you please set me right?" “You'd better take the back trait You’re going away from the ranch house now.” Jane exclaimed in surprise. “Why,, how is that? Are you sure?" “Dead sure.” A suspicion of bumor crept into the words. Confused at being caught wrong, Jane flushed. The man, silent, Just looked at her. She did not like It; he might be laughing at her. Facing him more sternly, she asked with helpless annoyance In her words, “What am I to do?” “Back trail.” "What does that mean?” she asked tartly. “Turn around.” * “Where am I?” “Pretty well out on the Gunlock In dian Reservation." “I’ve never felt so stupid In my life,” declared Jane, trying to act at ease as she reined about. “I thought I Knew this country well enough by this time not to get lost. I'm certainly not a tenderfoot.” The man smiled, bat to hlmaelf. “There's been men here several years who get lost riding In the hills. It's ne disgrace for a two-monthaer.” Jane did not relish being termed a “two-monthaer." “Oh, I’ve been hers before,” she said airily. He offered no comment Tired, wait ing for him to say something. Jahe was nettled by hla continued silence. "I see yoa'r* wearing yonr bracelet" be remarked of a sudden. Tba words cam*, so to apeak, oat of a dear aky. 8b* looked at hla Just as suddenly aa be had spoken; and In ataraL He waa looking straight i Juet aa If she were not within and with the Impassive expression oi n man riding qalt* aloo*. Could ha h* ah# ashed herself la a flash *f a bad maaf Coatd ha mean ta ra aad watch? aad aft** IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL chool Lesson Bv RBV. HAROLD L LlfNDQOIST, D«aa of tha Moodp Blbla ImUIbu •f Chlcas* • Waatara Nawasasar Uatea. Lesson for October 11 BECOMING A CHRISTIAN LESSON TEXT—AcU 11:11-14. Philip, plans 3:7-14. GOLDEN TEXT—Ballava on tha Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt bs saved.— Acta 14:31. PRIMARY TOPIC—Two Happy Pri soners. JUNIOR TOPIC—Heroes In Prison. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- IC—How May 1 Become a Christian. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —How to Become a Christian. The conversion of Lydia and her gracious growth into usefulness as a Christian is in striking contrast with the experience that Paul had with the demon-possessed damsel (Acts 16:16-18). A Satanic power of divination had made her profit- able to unscrupulous men. Such men have not perished from the earth, and there are still those who make merchandise of silly and sim ful women. Paul commands the demon to come out of her and at once the issue is drawn. I. Christianity versus Crooked Business (Acts 16:22-24). As long as the missionaries were at the place of prayer and in the home of Lydia they were not dis turbed. But as soon as they touched the illegitimate gain of these “business” men who were making money from the misfortune of the poor damsel, bitter opposition arose. Cunningly combining the plea of false patriotism and anti-Semitism with the ever-potent argument that business was being hindered, they raised a hue and cry which re sulted in the beating and imprison ment of Paul and Silas (Acta 16:14- 21). We live in another century, but men are the same. Let the church end its members only go through the motions of formal service and present a powerless religious phi losophy, and tha world will applaud and possibly support its activities. But let the pungent power of the gospel go out through its Ufa and ministry, and deliver devil • pos sessed men and woman, let its God-given grace expose the hypoc risy and wickadneaa of moo and thorn will soon bo opposition. "Anyway." lac (aid*. “| it be Ilia "Were yea at the Frontier Day cel* brailes ta 8l**py Cal that fearth ml Jstyr b* roedaaaS. “Yya*” repeated Jaae. *W yosr •u I be dal bean." I ty. "| aboeidat bare lec" They war* Jusgtag along pleaaaatly eweegb. aad aa Lb* mb didn't act sally ad bar bracetat or watch, baa “Stopping over at tba ranch for a while, are you?" “For a while, yea." “Some of tbe boy* over at yoar ranch were telling la town they had a young lady orer at Gonlock that used to ride la a circus. I suppose It waa yon" “I'm tba only woman, young or old, over there." “What circa* did yoa work with?" "Ob. several circuses,” aald Jan* recklessly. “What were some of them 7” Jane, growing flighty, named one of tho big ones whose shows she had ah tended In Chicago. “What year were you with that show?” She was growing desperate. With af fected embarrassment she turned full on him. “You mustn't ask me that Women are sensitive about their aget don’t you know?" For tbe first time he turned his eyes directly toward hers; there was a slight mutual shock at the encounter. To hide a momentary confusion, she laughed nervously; but a bridge—a lit tle bit of a bridge over a little bit oi a brook—had been crossed. And the little bit of a brook was of Uie kind that sometimes leads to a big river. His eyes were brown—Jane could see them now—together with some ol the lightning that flashed In response to her words. She was even a little scared. “I’ve heard some women are that way,” he went on, “but I shouldn’t call you a woman.” Oh, my! Why not?” Well, I’d call you a girl. The reason I asked was, because I was with that ■how one season myself.” This waa growing terrifying. Jana made an effort to change the line ol talk; but her stranger waa Interested “Did you ever happen to ride la Matt Ison Square Garden r •N-no! Did your “I rode there one winter showed there." (YD 01 COfTTUtlEBi are ua aad tall tou of the law. am they which am foe rifhtootMDoas sake’* (Matt. 1:10). Little wonder that they forgot their bruises aad their and began to amg aad pray, at midnight Not# that ‘‘the prisoners were listening to thorn.’* The words we speak, the songs wa amg. our every action, apeak either fur God or against Him. "Whether therefore jre eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do. do all to the glory of God.” Aa they pray God speaks, chain# fall away, prison doom open. Men can lock doom; God shake* them Th# Jailer, cruel and bold when he put them into prison, but now in fear, is about to kill himself. But God haa better thoughts con cerning him. Paul cries out, '’Do thyself no harm” and ha experi ences III. Salvstieo Instead of Salcido (w. 27-34). Thank God for the earthquakes in our lives which bring us to him. The Jailer, being rightly exer cised by God’s dealings with him, asks the greatest and most im portant question that can ever come out of the heart of unregene rate man—“What must I do to be saved?” Reader, have you asked this question? Then you, too, are ready for the answer, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” The closing verses of our lesson present the personal testimony of Paul that he had surrendered IV. All for Christ (Phil. 3:7-14). All was but loss to him compared with jyhat he gained in Christ. We speak of surrendering all for Christ, but as a matter of fact we lose only what is of no real value and make infinite gain. Paul, as are all great followers of Jesus Christ, was a “one thing” man. All that he had or was or hoped to be, every ounce of energy and love, went into his pressing "toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Independence of Opinions It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after out own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with per fect sweetness the independence of solitude.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. 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