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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1927 ^RECLUSE »/FIFTH AVENUE 1 WYNDHAM J MARTÍN COPYRIGHT At thm UNITED S T A T E * CHAPTER XII— Continued 22 — "But I am. It la Impossible to avoid knowing It. When Raxon get* those letters nothing can save Mr. MeKlm- ber from constant humiliation. I f you had heard the tone Raxon used you would understand better. He will compel Mr. McKlmbcr to do all the little and big disgraceful things that might hurt the new Raxon's reputa tion. The record Mr. McKlmber has built up will be trailed In the mud. Robin has told me so much about his father. 1 have hoard so much of the acts of kindness which he hides from the world. He has educated hundreds of poor children, for example, and peo ple don't know It because of that rather bluff, overbearing manner. How can I deny having helped to send the fnther of my Robin to disgrace?" (She was silent for a moment. “ I can see him losing his self-respect und sinking lower and lower. Ills wife and son won't understand. It will be horrible for them. I have sent away the man I love believing that I am heartless, without faith or honor. And I can never open my lips to Justify myself. There Is nothing that can save either of us.” "Don't say that,” Malet cried. He was deeply moved. “ There is always a way out when It It right that there should be. And If ever a thing was light, It Is that you and he should be long to one another. Something shall be done.” “ There Is nothing any one can do," she said. “ Doesn’t one exaggerate after din ner?" he laughed. “ My niece, go to bed and sleep. The least of all your uncles Is on the Job.” It was to Peter MUman that he first addressed himself. ‘‘Mllman,’’ he began, “ I ’m very much Interested In the outcome of a romance that be gan under my eyes at Great Rock.” Malet flung himself down In a chair und lighted a cigarette. “ You know that to men of middle age who have of necessity passed by the time of love and roses there Is something very fascinating In seeing splendid youth In Its great moments.” Peter Mllman did not show his vis itor that this Interruption was unwel come. Mllman was engaged In plan ning how to get Paul Raxon to this house eager and yet unsuspecting. And Floyd Malet was beginning to talk of love and youth. “ I suppose so,” he assented cour teously. “ I ’m talking about Nlta," Malet went on. "I suppose hundreds of men have fallen under her fascinations." He laughed a little ruefully. "I am one of the oldsters who admit It.” “ So do I,” said the other. “ To me she Is one of the most lovely creatures I have ever met." “The man she fell In love with—” Malet continued. “ She fell In love with?" Mllman demanded. “ Really that’s Interesting. Her father did not tell me." “ Who was It?” “ Young McKlmber, Robin by name." “ He will be very rich," said Mllman, “ and Barnes' objections can be over ruled. I have never met the McKlm- bers, but he is said to be a man of good character.” “They can't possibly marry,” Malet declared. “ She has broken It off with him, and she won’t change her mind. Poor child, It was a wound that may never heal.” “ Why, If she loves him and he loves her, should she do that?” "Because she knows that she Is act ing for the enemies of his father.” "W e are not Mr. McKlmber's en emies," Mllman retorted. “ We are going to put In Raxon’s hands what will make McKlmber for ever his slave. That’s not too strong a term. We are going to sell McKlm ber body nnd soul to Paul Raxon. Do you suppose, knowing that, Nlta can marry McKlmber’s son?” Mllman frowned. "Dear, dear," he said, almost testily, “ Nlta went there for a definite purpose which had as much to do with her father personally ns It had for you, Bradney, or myself. These complications are annoying, most annoying, but they cunnot affect our plans.” “ My dear Mllman," Malet said, "If you are blaming Nlta for falling in love, you are making the first absurd remark I have ever heard to drop from your lips. Love comes unsought, unexpected, often In Its beginnings unwanted. I tell you I saw the whole thing. She held back; she tried to avoid him, but the circumstances were such that she could not There were dances and tennis parties, riding ex peditions and golf. Nlta could not run away. Bhe was, as you remarked, there for a definite purpose. Robin Is as splendid In his way as she is. I think he is as badly broken up as Nlta. You see, he cannot understand It. Naturally she cannot give him even a hint of I t ” — W.N.U. SE R VIC I “ I ’m Immeasurably sorry you had to tell me this," said Peter Mllman. “ Why?" Malet demunded. “ Because It Infuses an element of bitterness In what was wholly a mood of victory. I am sorry for them both, but Is It not possible that you with your artist's sensitiveness have put this In too vivid a light?" " I f anything, I ’ve understated it." Malet could see that Peter Mllman was genuinely disturbed. "Let me put it nnothcr way. Is It not possible that you, with your ready sympathy, have Imagined the tem porary lnfntuatlon that Is so often seen In house parties to be a grande passion, something epic, as was the love of Dante for Beatrice Portlnnrl?” “ Mllman,’’ said Malet slowly, ‘i f I could believe you were right, I should be perfectly happy. But I saw them together. I spoke to each of them when they had said good-by. No, It was the real thing. They will never completely recover. Nlta has sluln her own happiness because of the loy alty she thinks she owes to us." “ Thinks," Mllman repented. “ Is there any doubt about that? Was It lightly, do you suppose, that I stooped to what we have done? I have never deluded myself nbout It. We have done what men of honor do not attempt. What punishment Rnxon deserves Is not ours to administer. Peter Mllman Paced up and Down the Room. After I have forced him to pay, I shall never be quite the clean man I was. I shall be something a little less. I knew this very well before I Invited you to Join me. You must not expect me to be swerved by any thing now.” “ Do you think I am trying to swerve you, as you call It?” “ For what other purpose have you told me this? You have said. In so many words, that If we do as we have planned we are breaking Nita's heart.” “ You will be," Malet asserted, “ but you’ll never know It from her. That’s how she defines loyalty.” “ Have you forgotten what your life has been of late and to whom you owe all your unhappiness?” " I am past fifty,” Malet answered, "and what Is left of my life seems very small and unimportant when I compare It with the happiness that Is owed Nlta.” “ By comparison I see myself In a very poor light,” Mllman answered. “ But there Is Barnes to think of, and Bradney.” Malet sighed. “ It was too big a thing to expect. I had to tell you what your victory meant to Nlta. I was going to appeal to the others, but as you have refused. It will not be of much use.” Peter Mllman paced up and down the room. What Malet bad said made him unhappy. Chivalrous by nature, Just, and not embittered by what life had brought him. he was confronted with a situation unparal leled lu hts career. He remembered noticing that Nlta was depressed, un like her vivid, Joyful self. She had drooped like a tall Illy. Now he knew why. And, knowing It, the task of disciplining Ituxon lost Its savor. " I have not refused definitely," he said. “ I must think It over In ull Its hearings. In the end there Is little doubt but I shall liuve to decide ugalnst you. I wish It had not hap pened. I am unsettled.” Suddenly he held out his hand to the mun who was willing to do the magnificent thing und make the sacrifice gludly. "1 must add to my strong personal liking for you un Increased respect. Not many would do us you huve done. Come and see me about this before breakfast tomorrow.” Fleming Bradney was smoking a last pipe when Malet entered his room. The physicist was relaxed and happy. Ills domestic duties hud been a strain, and he was now concerned with the growing of his heurd. "Fleming,” Malet began, "do you like Nlta?" “ Like her?" Bradney said warmly. “ She Is the most delightful girl I have ever met or hope to meet. She Is the only woman who has ever made me wish I was as young and good look- ink as Robin McKlmber. If she were my daughter, I should think fortune had mude up for everything else." “ You must huve noticed she wus looking rather unhappy?” “ I taxed her with It. It’s the strain she's been living under. She will soon pick up." “ She ll never be really happy again. Fleming, If her father wins, she loses. Our victory Is won at the cost of part ing her from the man she loves, the man who loves her well enough to risk losing his fortune." Malet told Bradney In almost the same words whut he had Just told Peter Mllman. The first rush of sym pathy which Bradney felt for the lov ers wus tempered on reflection when he considered whut the effect of yield ing to It would mean. The work he believed he had to accomplish In the world would not be done. Again he would bo compelled to seek some un congenial position. He said as much to his friend. “ But If you admit I'm putting you In an unfavorable light. It Is evident you think you are choosing the wrong thing," Malet retorted. “ I'm choosing to enjoy the rewards of an adventure which might have landed me In Jail—and may yet. I ’m very sorry about Nlta, but she Is young. Life is before her, whereas I’m past middle age. Floyd, you are Intoxicating yourself, not with senti ment, but with sentimentality. It’s a symptom of a generous nature, but It yields before a logical examination. I am not going to throw away what we have gained. You must not ask It of me. My God I Floyd, do you sup pose I am content to go back to my Job at the refinery again when there's a chance to escape?" “ I suppose not," Malet said wearily. "The way of sacrifice Is too hard." Bradney frowned. He did not rest easily under the imputation thut he was choosing the selfish way. “ At least, I have Peter Mllman with me,” he said. “ I ’m not so sure. W ill you line up with him, whichever way he decides?" " I shall be with him In any case, but I don't think thut will help you much." Neeland Barnes was stretched at length on a chaise longue In his room. He looked up with a smile. "W hat brings you here, Viscount?" “ I thought I ’d drop In and have a cigarette. What are you doing?” Burnes had a note-book and pencil In his hand. “ Planning my ranch In California. I shall keep horses. I ’ll get one for you with a nice easy gait.” “I had a curious adventure with a horse once," Malet said. “ It must have been almost thirty years ago. I went with some friends Into Mexico to do some sketching. Naturally there was a revolution on, and w* got Into the middle of It. We were all mounted. I remember when my horse was allotted to me, I felt dis tinctly disappointed. He lacked the graceful curves of the smaller horses. He was tall, long, thin, elderly, und a pessimist It was only when we were being chased by guerillas that I saw he was different Whereas my friends were captured, my aged beast raced clear away and I was the only one who hadn't to pay a considerable ransom." “ Ah," cried Barnes, his eyes light ing up, “ that tall, long beast you were on was thoroughbred, or I'll take to water drinking.” fT O BE C O N T IN U E D .) •: i :- x -:- x : x -:- x m -: x : x :- x m v X-:- x m -: x -; x m -: x v x : i : xv X : xv Z- m -:- x : x -> Surroundings of Race Always an Influence Given one race of people spread over an area as large and varied as this hemisphere, only time Is needed to produce a variety of modea of liv ing In the forest* of the east of thl* country arose the misunderstood and chivalrous Iroquola— dweller* In the "Long House." To the west the prai ries produced a somewhat lower nomadic type. In the southern swamps the Seminóles led another kind of life. In the deserts of the Southwest Ilf* was harder, and there we find urst the cliff dwellers and later the Hopl. The history of civilization ns a whole shows that one particular kind of locale has always been particular ly favorable to the development of civilizations—a tropical or semi-trop ical aridity with possibilities of not too difficult Irrigation. Egypt was that way. and Mesopotamia. Also was probnbly the equally ancient kingdom of Klain. ” hese were the pieces where civilization In a real sense first devel oped, and the same general sort of conditions led to the development of civilization In Mexico and In Peru.— John Murray Reynolds In Adventure Magazine. Two Official Languaget In the Union of South Africa there are two official languages, namely. Kngllsh and Dutch. In every resort they are on an equal footing. Page 3 Improved Uniform inLe. national BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY SmdaySckol T Lesson 5 (D y R E V f* M. F 1 T Z W A T E R , D D . D. un M oody H ihle In stitu to o f Chfc-ago ) ((c), li*27. by W estern N ew sp a p er U n ion .) Lessen for October I S E LIJAH IN N A B O T H ’S V I N E Y A R D I)R. F R E D A. P E R K IN S PROFESSIONAL CARDS OPTOMETRIST “ Perfect Fitting Glasses” Phone 331 for Appointment Estacada, Oregon W. A. Heylman Win. W. Smith ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW LESSON T E X T — I K in g s I I . G U LD EN T E X T —Be aura your s!n will find you out. P R IM A R Y T O P IC — E lija h 's .Message to a W icked King. JU N IO R T O P IC — Th e W a g es o f Sin. IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P IC-—The Itehuke o f W rong. YOUNG P E O P L E A N D A D U L T T O P IC— Opposing Official Corruption. I. Ahab Covets Naboth’s Vineyard (v. 1-0). 1. Location of the vineyard (v. 1). it Joined Allah's summer home In Jez- reel. lie wanted to transform It Into an herb garden and thus round out his property. 2. Allah's proposal (v. 2). He of fered to buy It outright for money, or give in exchange a better one. 3. Naboth’s refusal (v. 3). He had a twofold reason: (1) regard for the paternal estate; (2) obedience to God’s law (Lev. 25:23-28, ef. Num. 38:7-9). It doubtless would have been profitable to Naboth to have sold his vineyard, but loyalty to God was more Important to him than money. 4. Ahab’s behavior (v. 4). He came Into bis bouse, lay down upon his bed and refused to eat. The king was sulking like a spoiled child. 5. Jezebel’s Inquiry (vv. 5, 0). Ap parently she came with the sympathy of a wife, Inquiring ns to the cause of his behavior. But when she knew of Naboth's refusal she was angry. II. Ahab Taking Possession of Na both’s Vineyard (vv. 7-10). 1. Jezebel's treachery (vv. 7-15). (1) Her contemptuous question (v. 7). She taunted him for Ills cow ardice. The fear of being thought weak moves a weak man quickly. Scorn Is a powerful weapon In the hands of unscrupulous persons. (2) Her exhortation to Ahab (v. 7). “ Arise nnd eat bread, and let tlilne heart be merry.” A wife has great Influence over her husband. Many a man has been saved from dis couragement and therefore defeat through his wife’s Influence. Unfor tunately in this case the Influence of the wife was bad. (3) Her promise to Ahab (v. 7). “I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth." (4) Her wicked scheme (vv. 8-15). She wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who were dwelling In the city with Na both, asking them to proclaim a fast, as though some great calamity had be fallen the nation, and place Naboth before the public ns the one who was the cause of It all. They were In structed to find two false witnesses who would testify against Naboth. The charge they brought was blas phemy against God and the king. Na both's only offense was his refusal to sell his estate. When they had thus stoned Naboth nnd his sons to death (2 Kings 9:26), they came and told Jezebel, who in turn came to Ahab with the Information nnd directed him to take possession of the vineyard. It was the custom for the property of those who were condemned to death for blasphemy to revert to the king. 2. Ahab goes to Jezrecl to take pos session of Naboth’s vineyard (v. 10). Ahab had not killed Naboth, but he eagerly accepted the prize without In quiring as to how It was secured. Many today are like Ahab, too cow ardly to commit wrong themselves, but are willing to reap the benefits of the wrongdoing of others. III. Elijah in Naboth’s Vineyard, Announcing Doom Upon Ahab (vv. 17-20). Elijah told him the dogs should lick his blood In the place where they licked the blood of Naboth. It would seem that Naboth’s body was thrown out to be devoured by the dogs. Evil was to fall upon Ahab and his pos terity, even to wipe out his seed and name. Ahab stood In that vineyard guilty of all the sins which Jezebel nad committed, though he had been silent nnd Inactive. God held him re sponsible for Jezebel’s acts, for he was king and head of the nation. The day of reckoning did come to Ahab (1 Kings 22:38). Ahah's question to Elijah when confronted by him In the vineyard showed that his con science was not wholly dead. 2. Doom upon Jezebel (vv. 23-20). She likewise should be eaten by the dogs by the wall of Jezrecl. This was literally fulfilled (2 Kings 9:33-37): “ Be sure your sin will find yon out;" "Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” IV. Ahab’s Repentance (vv. 27-29). Because of this God promised to withhold Judgment during his life time. W* will take car* of say legal business you may have Inserimos, Loaos and ColUctJoD* DR. W. W. RHODES OSTBOPHATIC PHYSICIAN AND 8UBGK0H Office In Llchthorn Bldg. Estocada W alter W . Gilbert, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office Hours: 9 to 5 and Evenings Estacada, Oregon DR. CHAS. 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