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ROCK by JOHN LEBAR

CAP!!! ll Hadlhodum,‘ekel0!l0ld coins among them, Ruth could not have created more JOYWS B30199-

" meat.

' While sh; and David were on

fltheir way to the ranch house they

fwem ovemhen by the breethlus

" Alfredo.

"Senora-please! The little nonse

j has been finished these two weeks. Is it not good that my dove and 1-

' and also the good Don Brunei-sew

r should enter on this next Satur-

'~ day?"

l Ruth guessed more from Aliredols maniicr than from his words the mature of his request, and she glad- ly encouraged him, not forgetting to ‘fficntloil the priest and the license.

‘ Aurelio assured her that every-

rthing would be in order. He had

jheerd that a priest was visiting lPalo Verde and had learned that

‘one of the Mexicans from thut

_"_placc hurl a. Ford“ “essiug fricnri

y\\'h0 would, no doubt, be glad to go

yto town for the license.

’ O I

Ruth told Snavely pf the celebra- tion. He had come into the kitchen

Ion Friday morning while she and

.Ann were baking pies and she had

"told him almost blithely. The grim

,old cattlcman had merely looked at

her-one steady glance which brought a catch of fear to her heart.

"Ihen he had left without. a. word.

later she had seen him riding away

71m his favorite horse, a blanket roll

;behind his saddle. It would have

‘been impossible for him to stay in

"The vicinity of the celebrators. Prob- ably he camped near some distant wivutering place; he did not return

_'ulitil Monday.

, On the night before the fiesta

iltuth and Ann got little rest. They

lstayed up until ten fitting Magda

.wlth~a wedding dress-e. dress, worn

knot so long ago, by a. proud-eyed

Zhride in a little church on the out-

iskirts of Philadelphia.

j By nine o'clock Saturday several

flicrsemen and three wegonloads had

icrrived; the unfmtunate heifer had

{been cooking whole for some hours

ifover a pit of fire, superinfcnded by

~Don Francisco whose culinary im-

helements were a. pitchfork and an

41x. Old Charley and Will arrived iwitli Juana, Juana‘; wife, in the fancient automobile. Every one was

,dressed as they felt the spirit of

5. the occasion demanded.

Ruth noticed that nearly every

‘rone looked, sooner or later, toward

the gulch. Once or twice, also, she

new a mother or father bring back acme youngster who had wandered

‘ma: the fence.

I, Since the lidexica-n border runs

lthrough the center of Palo Verde—

"ficur houses being cin the Mexican

"side and two on the American—not

a few of the male guests came for-

ltifled with refreshments.

When the lino was formed at din- flier time the young man who was mominated by the green shirt went ‘~10 the aid of the solitary celebrator-

f!!! t»z'.>\jfl'f".'f*.

nglta-bqpb

.. Trnnd brought him back so that he

iphould not go hungry. Don Fran- ipisco cut great chunks of roasted {neat from the carcass and handed "' hem to Ann who folded them in a ijeumua and passed them to the lino i‘ grinning Mexicans. The wife of <- on Francisco's cousin from Palo § erde was in charge of the pies. All as silent lave the occasional crack of e bone under Don Francisco's ex

grunt-s of the eaters. Ruth, Will, and Old Charley had

u. ' ' eturned to thc ranch house porch

n Pink Shirt and Green Shirt t off, arm ill arm, separating to She

"Oh, I don't think they'll hurt rnything," said the old man. " They'll yell imtll they go dry and hen drop off to sleep. We can wake m up to-n-iorrow or next day." “There's another one well pne- for make-bite," observed Will, etching l. tall slender fellow with a lue sash who was talking volubly o Alfredo and gesturing toward the .anch house. “Umm-ever seen that boy be- firs, Ruth? ls he a friend of Al-

‘ f; redds?" Old Charley was eying

. e actions of the man, critically, - 'Why, no, I don't think so," re- lied Ruth. eiore."

"Locks as though hc was beginn- ig to take things seriously," ob- erved Will a moment later. Alfredo ad turned his back to the man, nly to be pulled about again by a erk on his shoulder.

‘Tve never sccn him

W. C. T. U. Notes

THE NEW YIAI. Another stage oi time is left behind us-

One less to come.

Another shorteniit of the link; thfll bind ul

To Heaven. and home:

An urgent call to keel) 0'41’ so bflflht,

Our garments gtrded so,

‘Phat if the Master's summons CJillC tonight

We stood prepared to g0-

lamps

Another lelf is tinned of Lifefis strange story. Its lines still wet;

slory.

Forever sot;

The new, unsullied page bef0r£ lb lies;

The path as yet untrod,

If marked by hope or surprise,

Is only known to God-

Our part, in lowly service still ful- fill‘

Each day's demands,

With girded heart and hands by grace made willing

As Hc (Ofllilllllds.

One sfrn today. tomorrow one step moi|

The pa‘. ru‘. feet shall win.

Till Wllfl," the homellght shows our Father's door

His love shall lead us in.

sorrowful

--J.L.H.

“ONE YEAR OF REPEAL"

The utter rotteiiness of the liquor trade both in Canada and the Unit- ed States is being held in view by the pens of strong and reliable writers.

Johnriaynes Holmes in the Nov- ember "Christian Hemld," has vrrlt- ten an indictment of social condi- tions begotten by the twenty-first amendment to the American Con- stitution, which displaced the Pro- hibition Amendment under which the American Republic enjoyed inor- al and economical advantages that are now being realized es lost under legalized liquor sale and which had been in force for over a year.

This writer recalls the wet prop- aganda it furnished the same promises that were made to do the damage in Canada when Canadians were persuaded to yield provincial prohibition for so-called Govern- ment control of liquor.

A month before repeal took ef- fect. s. Massachusetts deputation came over to Quebec, as the fame of the Quebec liquor control law had travnlled far, thanks to wet propaganda. This deputation had to retinn with the disheartening m-

face to face, and every one was watching. Suddenly, the man swept off his big hat with his left hand and crouched low. Ruth, who in spite of Old Charley had stopped to watch through the window, saw l. knife glint in his right hand. Al- fredo, also, now crouched, knife in hand, with his hat held out as a shield. The two men circled slowly about each other like a pair of game cocks. Will broke into a run. But Indian Ann was first. In two strides she had walked up to the man in the blue sash. She hit him once behind the ear with her fist. then returned to the barbecue pit when: she had been cutting off the remaining meal. with thc idea. oi hash . Will helped to revive the stricken men and later led him to where his saddle horse was tied. He talked with him for a. moment, thou the man mounted and jogged f rm the road, homeward. At one o'clock the priest arrived" in e buckboard drawn by a pair of burros. Ruth went to greet him and found that he could not speak e word of English. He was fat, dirty, stupid, and the least interesting of her guests. “When shall the marriage be?" asked Ruth as Alfredo cums listless- ly up to the ranch house porch about three o'clock. Alfredo shrugged; his face was pitiful. “The papers have not come," he said mournfully, looking down the road. "What in thunder will we do?" Old Charley appealed to Ruth. "We've got the bride, tho m, the priest, the music and the aud- ience. The priest knows enough not to marry ‘cm without a license." Ruth frowned thoughtfulbn “Dc you sgnpose the priest can reed English?"

‘ixDonl suppose he can read any- h ..

“Wait a minute!"

Ruth entered the house and rc- turncd shortly with a roll of parch- ment tied wlth a blue ribbon. She uni-oiled the crackling paper, and exhibited it silently to Old Charley and Will. It had a beautiful red sea.

“Bay. You're a wcndorl" Will turned to his father. "Now whet do you my l wlleee diploma. is good for, hey? ' Later that day Ruth wrote in her notebook: “The wedding was sol- einnized on the front porch of thc bride and groom's future home. The bride wore n beautiful veil of old Spanuh lace, e. handsome gown of white satin with a large shawl cireped tastefully about the shoul- ders. The ensemble was strikingly set off by a pair of red pumps. The groom wore the conventional black corduroys."

Ruth's lest memory of that day, n she slipped into sleep. was the 5011M of suitor». mmcoiim, a flute and a violin from the direction of the new little adobe. The music was being played with steadfast purpose, as though it would still be playing when she awoke. And she could bill’. M? And lflr 01!, a long quud- crlng ye of some he mom]

a hilltop. p” m

its picture shaded up from Grin. tu

THE ‘CHARUYVPEWWN

GUARDIAN

PROVED BY 2 GENERATIONS

port that the le/w “fostered boot- legging."

The Washington Government were wise enough to realize that (lie probicm oi smuSBllII/S Wvllld have to be. comoatted. and two months before liquor-selling was rlegal it voted ti4.w0.000 M‘ the {provision of all kinds of contrap- liioiis with svhich~ to guard the coastline. This was a new and great EXpBDCllLUYU.

Liquor was lngllikcxi early in N0- vember and in the following Jan- uary. to use a quotation, "America is drinking muih liquor of poorer quality than prohibition bootleg.” This up.» tllc pronouncement of the United. Prcss.

The secretary oi Ric ‘Treasury “as qumed as saying, "the booting ring still has the country by thc illrozll." Two months later, the (lhiilllllilll of thc Oregon State 111W uor Control Commission said he behcted that the bootieggers were doing ‘f5 per cent. of the business. 1n April Joseph H. Choate, Jr., director of the Federal Alcohol Gon- trol Administration. said in regard to his department, "the United Slates ls living in a fool's Paradise" 1n an exhaustive prcsentanion of facts" in regard to thc American liquor situation gives the following indictable conclusions:

l. Repeal has ri-Tcased a flood of liquor which has intrcased beyond anything known in the last decade. 2. Much of the drinking is hard drinking.

3. Drunken driving has become a. momentous problem.

4. The saloon is back. '

5, Bootlcgginv ls with us in un- dlmliished abundance.

6. The speakeasy is still alive. 7. Lawlessness and crime are as rampant as ever.

Mr. Earle W. Evans, president of the Amcrlcan Bar Association has declared lliat “crime threatens not only the prosperity and ha?" piness of our people. but the very life of the nation itself."

The conclusion of the whole mat- ter is that liquor cannot be control- led. It must be either accepted or fought, this traffic must either en- joy the protection of the law, or be an outlaw. As an outlaw, "we can treat liquor as we halve for years past treated poisons.

as a danger to be fought and de-

mentalities of law. llbr the prohi- bition policy in itself is nothing new or strange."

SCIENTIFIC TElVlPER-ANCE IN DAY SCHOOLS

(

"The Future belongs to the child- nen. The three enemies of child- life are ignorance, poverty and al- able." (Rt. Hon. Sir Donald Mac- land.)

“Expenditure on alcohol is non- cumulative. It does not create in the spender s. will to work harder or to increase his ambition to get a. larger income and to be a good citizen." (Sir Joseph Stamp, before thc Royal Commission on Licens- ins.) " we are going to found the prosperity of the. country, its com- mercial prosperity, its industrial pros-parity upon an lmpregnable basis, we must cleanse the founda- tions of the rot of alcohol." (Rt Hon. David UOYd George.)

Are 301i familiar with these state- ments by men of note? Where are they to be found? In the "Sublects and Suggestions" leaflets for con- tests by the ‘Poachers and Universe Students. both in i938 and 1934. Will you endeavor to secure essays on these topics? If our educzrlonal leaders are to become interested in Scientific Temperance, the muss of the so-called Temperance pnoplu must themselves become interested first. Io it not true that lack of in- terest promotes inuumlmce. and who can afford to be indifferent as long as the liquor traffic meneces our fair land?

ON Till] WAY TO MARKET SOUL AND BODY

Casting science, histozy. exper- ience, and discretion to thc winds, America is on the way to market with her body and soul. Half the heroism and self-denial that it took to establish this government would save it

On the walls of our legislative chambers should be written in black letters: "Departed Glory," "After Us the Deluge." For the hope of e few dollars v.1 are sowing to the winds, knowing full well that our children must reap whirlwinds of sorrow and woe. Esau did not make a mistake; iv.- dellberatcly sold out. We are doing the some. ‘

Like Ebau. America. is not bonk- flmt~only hlilflfYi her fields have not refused to yield; her mines ere as rich as over and the rains from heaven have not been withheld. Toughened by these years of linen- ciel stringency. her people are pre- pared to grapple with the situation into which we are plunged by the madness of a. world war.

Our common people are voting upon themselves the teak of buying and drinking enough beer to light- en the tax loud o1 our lordly rich,

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MOI-E IEMINIBCENCIS _>

Om of the Western Provinces i6 1B8 8509-" The 5°05 B0811?» hi! Ml- Ivlm to keep Boxing Day. I see. Britons, especially this glaikit south

ern sort, would tell you that Box- ing Dey is the day after Christmas: more explicitly that it is the next week day after that festival, es Sunday cannot be Boxing Day. Its origin has a pleasant Dickensian flavor: in olden times merchants displayed s slotted box on the main counter, with a notification that this was a “Christmas Box" for the benefit of the apprentices and es- sistants. The customers dropped in copper or silver coins. as the spirit moved tltem; and the box was open- ed and its contents divided, on the 26th d8)! of December. Such e.n event was, in the long run. bound lo lend a festive character to the day, and eventually it became a public holiday under the name of "Boxing Day,” although the box has llong disappeared from the counter. The British public, however, still keep up the practice of giving a. “Christmas B0x"—-now understood to be n. small sum of money-direct- ly to the errand boy. Postman, mail merrier, and others who had served them well and faithfull during the year. During my sojourn in P. E. I. I lived for some years in s locality where each boxholder, at Christ- mas time. put a. piece of money in an envelope addressed to the cour- ier, in his mail box. A kindly cus- tom, and deserving of imitetisn. About the year 588 King Aethelric founded the Kingdom of Nor-thum- brie, which stretched ftom the river Huinbrle. (whence the name) north to the Firth o_' Forth. The lowland Scot was, ln that sense, a North- uznbrian and remained so till the Norman Conquest parted the two nations. The Cheviot Hills became the natural boundary between the Kingdoms of bcotlend and England. The Scot nevertheless had an abiding interest in the affairs of his southem neighbour: his slogan was "Ay gang sooth!" whether for plunder, or in later days, commerce Newcastle upon Tyne was the first large city south of the Border and a great part 0f the population was Scottish: some estimated that fifty fir; cent could claim that nation- a y.

This mods Newcastle s. very live-

n“, ly place around the Winter solstice, name macs, pmmmtion, slavery’ duelmg_ for the true Northumbrian planned tues as Amity, Gratitude. etc, the

his Christians with all the cheer

Sbmyed by the demowmc msmh and good things he could afford, and Quickstep, the Good Samaritan, and

a week later his Scottish ’ hbor solooed his exile by keeping New Year's Dov in national style, which in flame days meant usquebeuch galore!

The oldeet church in Newcastle, was dedicated to Scotland's patron

Mrs‘ w_ n Mumonmd’ Lynda,’ wit. 8t. Andrew-which by the way the bot-ts. and above all. sold the Ont l

not prevent his countrymen from bombarding flag gdinq», m4 g- most running it when they beseiged the town in i014 and an inscrip-

whokflvery one o, the“, “Wm,” tion on the chancel arch states that Maggie Mucklebeckit. and the Gui.

it was built 1n the year 1100. With

mm Minis,“ o, mm“ _ Em? a. recmd like that one could have sat for hm- model. The

looked for our cafcflsnlan friends to "play up to" the 01s church- but no. for some unexplained reason they preferred to gather in st. Nlchmas?! Square on the New Year's Eve-hundreds of them. All the var- ieties of the “Doris" were blended in n. merry medley. but I cannot lec- “llm of hlvinz heard the Gaelic. The X1018: and laughter were deaf. 8111118. and everybody seemed w be talking at once. The square W35 brilliantly lishtcd up and in the centre was the clock tower of St. Nicholas‘: Cathedral with its illum- inated dials high above all. As the winters near the midnight hour the Home increases. and the inevitable mreeilll bottle is produced from the 1115155 900-00“ pocket! Then comes a thundroue stroke from the "WET" bell. eleven times solemn- ly repeated: (the "Major" could be heard seven miles away on e still 1118M.) ’I‘he.t is the signal all have Mn Waiting for. and the bottles are Dassed from hand to hand as the bearers Wish each other I guid New Year. Half an hour later, e. solitary Policeman. like Marius 1.. the ruins of Carthage, pkjkg his way CB-Tfillllly among the bmkgi} 81858. One New Year's day the authorities removed three cartioadg of broken bottles.

This did not terminate the nikhtpg adventures. The "Kindly 5cm," ghen went first-footing. This was famer a FBTlOIi-i business in one way, since Dfflfiperlty in the coming year was “liked 11D with the personality of m6 firs?’ Rift to cross the threshold on New Year's day. No man 11 he h" "d 1181!‘. nor any woman whether red. blonde, or brunette: could be a first foot without bring- l-"K bud luck to ell in the house. In thc old paintings of the Last Sup- P01‘ Judas is painted with a no head and‘ bend merely to dtgfln‘. uish him from the rest of the dis- flbles: and from this has come down a belief that a "red-head" es a first-foot is unlucky. In order to further enhance the value of hi; visit the first foot brought in s gift, "will! l Ne" 0! 0081. Nwesent- ing the source of Tyneglde‘; pm‘. verity. The host then produced a plstcful of splce-lcaf—wl'iioh is here

declnier of the national beverage to which full justice was done! Thirty or forty years ago the three-viii bottle u» pint and e. lulu) cost three shillings for whiskey of fI-ir quality. and flve shillings for the best. This explains the obund.

huinceeoedf

‘Phewolirndswutlwbuisolc " www- wwnei-ity, m: the Boob‘ ca” shrewd to ‘Mlle in an occupation which wont“ blent? of herd work, and of advancement. In- field, we find that he preferred, a z-Jcenedlen wren- either as uni-chant or en- why lie closed Peterbcraugh Oath- how humble cdrnl- pulpit to was its commencement it was not preachers I Me r-lriod till he we: holdllll n ale members of nu responsible posltlm in his chosen offifended because other than An- pol The lmgliehman when glican clergyman had been iuvifad daily work wuover, tin-nod to topnech time. .