? u nvbi *nv? w . liuotr iHi hi only white Imm mr teriil ?ft At Goose Bar ranch In Wyoming. Be fe ft threw teach to his grant fraud sire, Aw twins, a wild stallion. His 14-yeur At earner, Ben Mrlawghtla, hopes hw wA hecome a famous racer. Be Is ea hni el a meet In Idaho. Boh McLawgte ?n. Ken's father. seOs od most mi his Amoco and turns to sheep raising. Ken and Ms brother Howard mount Thunder Aend and FUeka and ride Into the Mm Aha Thonderhead breads loose and WWo n herd mi wild horses led by the Al tftnuu In a furiecu battle Thnnderhead kills An IWfne. Ken rides him while he acowde op the mares. At last Thunder hood Afs Ken e4 and disappears. CHAPTER XXIII Bob's slight sardonic smile showed ? bne of white teeth beside his pipe stem. "There's still nature, my boy ?don't forget that?! God made hmaes, you know, Ken. Not domes tic horses, to labor and toil for men. Cat race horses?prima donnas in afafalc boudoirs, with valets and hiifi' maids and tracers?But wild Ken sighed deeply and wearily, nodding his head. Well he knew about Nature now. "iuji between you and me, Ken," sat linued his father, "every horse , km in the world has to take oil Ma hat to the wild horse?a horse. Wat acts like a horse?as God made Mb?not according to some cooked 9 plans of men." ! Ken gave perfunctory attention to what his fattier was saying but his - nM was on one thing only. Where exactly was Thunderhead now? How ecactly could he be got back? "We hunted up there at the far end af the valley as long as we could," fe said. "If Howard hadn't had to get home, we would have had wri time. I wanted Howard to take Flicka and leave me up there flv a while. But he wouldn't. He aaH we had to stick together." "Quite right. It would have been dangerous. Besides, you had no hone. How would you have got Ken averted his eyes, ashamed to any that his father or Gus would have had to come for him. "I might have got hold of Thunderhead "Ah! A pretty long chancel" There was a silence while Rob sat hi thought. Then he said, "Have yon any idea where he took the ?saresT" wen, we went rar enougn up tne ?alley to see that it went out into ather valleys, and then other valleys ?ranched off of those. There wasn't any real rampart?that, volcanic ?al 1 told you about?up at'the oth er end?just a lot of mountains go ing up one behind the other, higher and higher. That left a lot of places where the horses could have gone, k just looked like a?a?labyrinth af mountains and draws and gorges and valleys?" Ken turned his head away again oppressed by the mem ?ry at the scene?the clouds of snow, fee blazing glaciers, pockets of em erald grass, the soaring grandeur of fee peaks. He couldn't even try to gut it into words. "It was just hopeless. There wasn't a sign of the mares or Thun derhead. We had trailed them all fee way up the valley?of course it was easy to see their tracks, espe cially Thunderhead's. But for the feat two hours it snowed. I think ? snows every day up there. And it Was getting dark." "What time was it when Howard bund you after you fell off Thun derhead?" Ken thought a moment. He wasn't going to tell his father that be had kin there sobbing his heart out for an hour. "Weil?I don't know ex actly?I was asleep?" "After you fell off?" Rob glinted a little, looking at his son. Ken Bushed. "Yes. I was so dead tired. And?and?I just lay there. When I felt Howard shaking me and looked up and saw him and Flicka there, I didn't know where 1 was or what had happened for a moment. But I think it was about ?00(1." Knocked cold and didn't know it, ?lought Rob. Aloud he said medita tively, "You sure can get yourself to the damndest predicaments! You mast have as many lives as a cat! Anyone else would be dead if they'd been caught in half the jams you've been in! First with Flicks. And then the eagle got your gizzard. And ? new this." J f Ken's bead swayed in complete agreement. I Bab smoked for a few moments, hi Wis mind the scene lived again. Ihe hidden valley, the fight of the bn stallions? "I'd like to have seen that fight!" he exclaimed. Ihe mere thought of it made Rob prt to his feet and walk around the seam. "It's the damndest thing toat ever was! Why, Ken! didn't B eccur to you that all be had to do was throw out one paw the way he dto to the Albino and it would have ?one through your head like but ter!" "But he wasn't mad at me. He dMat pay any attention to me at Bob dropped in his chair again, ?a teas bursting with pride. He leaned forward and squeezed Ken's ?teas and in spite of himself the boy "*I suppose you know that it doesn't often happen that a man ridea a stallion in the act of round ing up a band of mares and lives to tell the tale." Ken nodded his head in bewilder ment. "He was awful queer. He didn't mind having me around or an his back, but just didn't seem to notice me, or hear anything I said. And he wouldn't obey me at all any more." This last was in an ag grieved tone. Rob shouted with laughter. "Obey you! I should say-ay-ay not! Who are you to interfere in a moment like that!" Ken tilted his head assentingly. The joke was on him all right. He had a look Rob had seen on him many times before?always caused by one of these soul-struggles over horses. He was white and hol low-eyed and looked as if he'd lost ten pounds. "You look like a picked chicken," said kod dryly. "You always man age to get yourself all run down just when it's time to go to school." "School!" "Yes. But I suppose we ought to be thankful that you came home all in one piece." Something was choking in Ren's throat. School again! Just school! After all the year's hopes and the work and the planning! After hav ing been a racing man! Owner of the wonder horse! Practically over with such childish things as school! And already possessed of his father's permission to stay out of school and "After 70a fell off?" Bob asked. go to Saginaw Falls with Charley Sargent! Rob's eyes were running over him critically. "You look pretty sick. Aside from dirt and scratches and getting tuckered out, nothing hap pened to you this time, did it? No claws in your belly? No broken bones?" Ken raised his right arm carefully and moved it about in an experi mental manner. "What happened to that arm?" "When I slid off Thunderhead and saw I was going to land on my face I threw this arm up?gave it a crack." Rob examined the arm and shoul der. Ken winced several times. "Nothing broken. Anything else?" "Well, coming home on Flicka?I couldn't straddle her, my legs ached so?I had to sit side-saddle." Rob laughed. "I've had that feel ing myself. That came from riding the stallion when he was snaking. It wrenched every muscle in your body." Rob's eyes went over Ken minute ly, noting the ragged, filthy clothes, the hands with dirt ground into the hastily washed scratches and abra sions, a dark bruise down one side of his face, stains of blood inside one leg of his bluejeans. "I did think I was a goner once," said Ken. ?When was that?" "When I fell off Thunderhead and the mares were coming right be hind." "No horse will step on a living thing if It can be avoided. And I suppose they were pretty well scat tered." "Well ? they weren't spread much?" "If they have time to see, they'll Jump." "That's what they did. It was as if the light went on and off. It would be light over me, and then dark, and Td get a squint of hoofs and belly?then light again. But they sure spattered me all over with dirt and gravel." 'Til say they did. What's that blood en the inside of your pants leg?" "That's from Thunderhead," said Ken. "Was he much cut up?" "A lot of bites and rips. A deep ana on his side and shoulder that I got all this blood from. It was the very first wound of the battle. Then he got that bad one in his throat I told you about, but nothing seemed to bother him. He didn't act as if he even knew he was wounded." "Probably didn't. And probably the Albino didn't know he was killed. I often think pain and death don't enter into the consciousness of horses at all. What about your friend, the one-legged eagleT No sign oif him on this trip?" "He came down. Six of thero came down to eat up the Albino." "Ahl They'll pick his bones! A true burial of the plains I" Hob's face lit up. "A great old boyl I've always had a corner in my heart for him, even if he did nearly brain me!" Ken had forgotten this. His fa ther showed him again the scar over his temple where the Albino's hoof had left its mark and it seemed to draw them all into a close little knot. "What a great horse!" said- Rob leaning back again. "Ken, there are outstanding individuals in the ani mal world as well as the human. The Albino was like Napoleon! Or like Caesar! To be close to one of those is like being close to a charge of T.N.T." "Yes, sir," said Ken wearily. He knew. Rob made a little gesture with his hand. "Well! The king is dead! Long live the king!" "You mean Thunderhead?" "Thunderhead. The Throwback." And that took them both back to the day three years ago when the un gainly little white foal had been born and everyone had thrown at him the epithet, Throwback! "Dad?" "Well?" Ken hardly dared to say it. "Do you suppose if you took a lot of men?maybe ten or twenty?with horses and lariats up to the valley? I could show you the way?you could get him back? Because you see there's only a little more than a month before the race?" Rob answered gravely, "It would take a regiment of cavalry?and then they wouldn't get him." Ken was silent. He was not sur prised. Moreover, deep within him, something revolted against the idea of taking such an expedition into his valley. The band of mares broken up, some of them killed during the roping, colts stolen, separated from their dams, coarse shouts and curses and brutal acts desecrating that re mote, inviolate animal sanctuary? he'd almost rather lose his horse. Ken lifted his white face with a look of straight-seeing courage and resignation in his eyes. "Dad," he said again, and paused. For the hundredth time in his tortured men tal processes he had come to the same conclusion?that there was only one slim hope. "Won't he come back, dad?" ."Of his own accord?" ?e aiways nas oeiore. rnis is -his home and he's oriented. You always said he would, and he al ways did." There was a little sadness in Rob's sardonic smile this time. "Kent You know horses! He's got a band of mares now, hasn't he?" "Yes, sir." "Will he abandon them?" The question needed no answer. Ken had reached that same conclu sion in his own thoughts every time. His head sank on his chest and Rob saw that the boy was trembling all over. He hadn't yet had a bath or change or a night's sleep or a solid meal. "You go clean up now, son, and get ready for supper, or you'll be keeling over. You've had a great adventure. It didn't end the way you wanted it to, and I'm as disap pointed as you are about losing Thunderhead." "Oh, are you, dad?" Ken raised his head and his eyes went to his father's face. Somehow it eased the pain to have his father disappoint ed too. "Yes. I am. I've worked with him. And I had come to have con fidence in him and his fature. He's a great horse. Besides, you know, I needed the money" "I know!" Ken's face was almost happy. "But we're both out of luck and we'll just have to take it." "With fortitude," suggested Ken with a gleam in his eye. "Exactly. No use crying over spilt milk. I can tell you this, if it'll make you feel any better?" They both got to their feet. "I'm damned proud of you!" "Of me!" "Of you. My gosh, Ken! You rode a stallion at work! No one but a fool even goes near a stallion when he's rounding up his mares? let alone tries to mount him?or could stick if he did!" "I didn't stick." "Sure you did?till he darned near killed you. You behaved with cour age. You tried to get your colt back. You tried to master him. You got on him and rode him to hell and gone. You did something I've nev er done?and I'm proud as punch!" Ken was overwhelmed. "Of course," added Rob, "I suppose all this was to be expected from a fel low who once pulled off such a stunt as to get a xero In English! I nep er did that either!" (TO H UMUMUUt IMPROVED1 """? UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday i chool Lesson RtltaMd bar V?Mn Ntvipaptr Union. Lesson for October 28 Lesson subjects sod Scripture texts se lected and ropyrlshted bp XoUmsttonsl Council at Rcllstous Education; used tu pet in) act on. TEMPERANCE BEGINS AT HOME LESSON TEXT?? Tlmothj 1:1-4; S:t?-lS; Tltuc 1:1-4. 11. IS GOLDEN TEXT?As tor me and mp house, we erUl serve the Lord.?Joshua Si: IS. The influence of the home on the character of a child is the strongest factor in the development of high and holy standards in the life of the man and woman. "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old,' he will not depart from . it" (Prov. 22:6). Emphasis is placed on temper ance in our lesson, and it is clear that in the home real temperance principles may be built into the thinking of boys and girls. It is not easy for a young person who has been brought up right on this matter to go astray, no matter how severe the temptation. I. Our Family b Gad's Gift (II Tim. ia-?)t?, Paul, the apostle of Christ, ad dressed his son in the faith, Timo thy, with affection and appreciation. He knew the good which was in this fine young man and saw the possi bilities for service for God. He knew that as the background of that faith, there was a godly line of ancestors, those with an "un feigned faith." This young man, so precious to Paul and so successful in the ministry, owed a deep and abid ing debt of gratitude to these godly women who had directed his steps aright, who had Instructed and en couraged him in the right way. Let those who are young recognize parents and grandparents who ad monish and instruct them as God's gift. Let them not regard them as those who would restrict or restrain them unduly, but who for their own good and the glory of the Lord teach them the way to God. n. Our Faith in God's Guidance (II Tim. 1:6; 3:14, 15). The gift at God for preaching which Timothy had was recognized by the church, and he was sent forth to proclaim the gospel. But alas! the burdens of life and the pressure of service cause a man to forget or neglect his calling so there comes often the need of stirring up the gift of the Lord. God gave it. He will bless us as we use it to its fullest possible ex tent. He wants us too, to stir it up ?this blsnsed, divine gift and call ing. The admonition (v. 14) is to "con tinue" in that which was learned, to remain true to the Word of God. We show our faith in His guiding hand, as we resist by His grace, the ever-present temptation to get away from the only true founda tion of a life of usefulness and joy. What we have learned as children we should hold fast in spite of all the devices of Satan and every weak ness of the flesh. Stand fast in the faith! III. Oar Fellowship in God's Goo pel (Titus 3:1-4). Old and young are to be united in a great communion of believers pro claiming the gospel of God's grace by a living testimony, by a life do voted to the things of God. Sound doctrine is the only source of sound living. To be "sound" means to be healthy, vigorous, free from defects, suited to a purpose. That means that everyday Christian living must express the vigorous j soundness of the gospel. oneII anu women are u? oe tem perate," not fire? to excess, and particularly in mind here ia the use of intoxicants. To be temperate in such a day and land as ours can mean only one thing, and that is to abstain altogether. Christians ought to keep entirely away from intoxi cants, and that includes beer and wine. There is a positive side to the ad monition, for soundness of life and faith shows itself in holy living, love, patience, the teaching of God's Word, and in fine fellowship among the people of God. We need to stress that side of the teaching of this , passage. IT. Our Faithfulness by God's Grace (w. 11, 12). God's grace has brought salvation to man tnrough Jesus Christ and His atoning death on the cross. That grace calls for and calls forth from the believer a renouncing of that which is ungodly and lustful (and you can put Intoxicants right in there!) and a determination to live right in faithful devotion to God. That brings about right relation ships to self, to others, and to God. The Christian is sober and self-con trolled as to anything which could "intoxicate' him, whether it be liquor, or lust, or pride, or any other such thing. He also shows that grace at God before men in a life of righteousness. Then he finds his true place in a reverent devotion to God which makes him a worshiper "in spirit and in truth: for the Fa ther seeketh such to worship him" (John 4:23). Faithfulness to our Lord will count more thau our words in the great battle against intemperance. Let us stand true to Him and keep our u it neas clear and strong! Drainage Practice* Increase on Farm* Crop Yields Improved By Control of Moisture Improved drainage ia considered one of the better meana of increas ing crop yields on flat farmland without furthering the danger of erosion. Good ditches have been found to increase crop returns ipa Typical New York state drainage ditch. terially while actually cutting the cost of planting and cultivating. On some farms, drainage is necessary before such practices as terracing and strip-cropping can be satisfac torily employed, and good drainage is helpful to the best results from any soil-Improvement or soil-build ing practice. Experts point out that the drain age of wet spots in cultivated fields is generally the most profitable type of drainage a farmer can use. Sur face drainage is usually accom plished with shallow ditches that quickly remove water from the top of the ground. Tile drains are em ployed when under drainage is need ed to remove excess water from the root zone of the soil. Emphasis in the AAA conserva tion program is laid on the impor tance of keeping ditches and drains clean and free from weeds, trash and sediment. New Ideal Salt Box Keep salt clean in the barnyard or pasture by erection of box as shown in illustration. The post should be set solid and the box spiked to the post. A bole in each corner will let out rain water. DDT Pi?yes Valuable In Dairy Fly Control A S per eeat saspsasioa W "water disperaible" DDT powder li urt to sprap eewa that are kept to epea air atana. Walla and ceilinga covered with DDT apray remain deadly to flies (or three mootha. Dairy cattle made nervous by flies have been quieted by sprayings oi the compound, an important item when it is reallxpd that a cow's productivity is lowered by a pestilence of flies, apart from sanitary considerations. Future of Soybeans Soybeans have some advantages in the competition (or peacetime acreage which will continue to maHfe them a profitable (arm crop. Some at the advantages are: more pounds of quality protein and oil pro duced per acre than by any other crop; value at soybean oil meal m stock teed; rapid strides made in the food and industrial usage at toy beans; present research indicating further industrial uses; and their replacement at unprofitable grains. ... . r.H.a Dunn Most of the ginning duufi to ' oottoo occurs during the first throe , to lour srosks of the ginning son- i son. The cotton U "green" and damp because of the high moisture content of the seed. Cotton Men The leases at the cotton must be removed by chemicals In order tor picking machines to do the best jobs. Cotton is easily stained by green loaves and this makes dyeing i of the cotton difficult. 1 Garden Superstition Aa late as 1740. people in New Eng land thought potatoes would shorten 1 men's lives and make them un- I healthy. < Inasta straight on the Una rather than tar ? corner. 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