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Luke !0:25 !7.
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of Command
August 29. 1948
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ttg whei
nothi)
tthisia
nlv.ayp; do v.l.nt
right? You would
}'they don't. It is
jsany excuses people
think up to get
]t of doing what
^ey know in their
Kearts they ought to
i<'
But not Mb man
tnanias. He was a
Hhining exception.
There are three An-
[aniases in the New
! Testament, and this
[one makes up for the
of the others was
^est and one was a
Sut this Ananias, an-
["untieraided" charac-
Bibie, is famed for
jbdsaid, "Go." We
[much eise about him,
tough.
A! *<) HKKAL!). A[!(l. ][;X \S
L<-)tha Miliary turm down Ulrh Hat-
* proposa! to take n case as nurse )D
MasonTannahtU, atMngmHtionalre. She
teams that he ts actually her grandfath-
er. She call! for Rich and he comes to
Hie house. TannahiHts found d**"**
The will ts read, and Lettha is named
aole heir of the estate and fortune. Dur-
ingthereadinE,mchdtsappearsandthe
t*wyer*)so)eaves. Curing the night
Homeone tries to smother f.ettha in her
<!eep. Reteased, she goes downstairs
where she finds Justin, son of t hariene
UpBetd, housekeeper. She enters the
pantry and is assauited. She faints as
ahereaiixessheisbeingrhoked. When
ahe regains consriousness she finds the
tawyer sated her.
S3
[wondt
§ WAS
Rf Saul.
Rof Sat
Knobod
3'W {J
Swasa
Mnous
hationw
tristian-i
hlbrout
[
tc Hesitated
M after the conversion
Mthe time of our story,
;ever heard of Paui,
he was then called;
heard anything good.
Ker, ruthless man. He
Hor Ctiristians. Extcr-
j'his only answer to the
Blenge. The name of
fterror.
of our story Saul had
irce days a Christian,
nothing to cat all ttiat
te was said to be blind.
P** sure that Christians
aytd av^ty from him. His Jer-
alem CWnies had no doubt given
"PWCrH^y; but no Christian
him either. At Mb
Manias had a vision:
him to go to Saul and
!s on him in help and
!aturally Ananias held
was a dangerous man,
ttt again the Lord in the
"Go." and Ananias
Manias had said "No"?
have changed the whole
hristian history. How?
thought of many an
Aren't there other men
baptize Saul as well as!
Jiis whole vision may be
^-g^^^take . . ." And so forth,
ajyh'-t. ).... clear to
this was God's will,
tent, though he still did
Uuld
bint
pessu
ack.
pent.
Sup
hatS
!Ana
[not
M it with you? When
what you ought to do,
he first thing you think
to do it, or how to get
Ring it?
* * *
rders From God
]%AN we tell when it is
God who commands us?
j^stians today are suspici-
Mons and well we may be.
Mfrrn/y thirds have been
[people who saw "visions"
Ro trust such experiences
[way in which God's or-
ae to us is in the Word of
trticuiarty in the words
tst. For example, take
' the hardest things Jesus
LOVE YOUR ENE
M) PRAY FOR THOSE
BRSECUTE YOU." That
^$ough. n is tough. But
command. Yet don't
of us leave that command
[ closed Bibie and act as if
3s had never been said?
brings up another question,
kely that Ananias became
Saul ali at once? Hardiy.
t: could not have liked the
iere was then nothing about
[like We know from Paul's
ords that people generally
pt attracted by his [ooks. Yet
W, who could not have iiked
nuch less been fond of him.
nd called him "Brother" and
his start in the Christian
Know a Saut?
FAR from where you are
Ktting at this moment there
someone like Saul. He is
Man, but a new and (so far)
^e, maybe. Someone nobody
^ in, someone you scarcely
^ It may be a child out of
Now grade home; it may be
drunkard (not so long over
an ex-convict even; perhaps
M who has actually done you
JK.
.Phis person may be just where
t was, needing a friend. God
already have touched his
all he needs now is the hu-
ouch of a Christian friend.
%<e you can't love him, can't
! !ike him; but if he is a human
Mtod loves him. !f you can
g him, then you are his An-
You know what you ought to
ifil! you do it?
* *
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CHAPTER XV!
There were aisu two strange men
present. Grim-looking individuals,
Leitha thought them.
"I thought"—her eyes went first
to the little lawyer—"that you had
returned to Atlanta, Mr. Clair-
mount."
He shook his head, put his glass-
es back on his nose. Through them,
his eyes were rebuking.
"And I thought," he said re-
proachfully, "that you said you
trusted me implicitly, since your
grandfather had advised that you
could. Maybe he was wrong, how-
ever; maybe I took too big a risk.
But naturally I did not leave. You
didn't really believe I would do
that, did you, Leitha?"
Rather than hurt his feelings,
Leitha said she guessed not.
"As a matter of fact. I did leave,
but I came back," Joseph Clair-
mount said. "I brought reinforce-
ments with me."
A nod of his head indicated the
two strangers. Leitha supposed
that she would have recognized
them as policemen earlier if she
hadn't been feeling so groggy.
"We have been around for quite
some time," the lawyer continued.
"However, we just managed to
reach the pantry at the crucial
moment. It is indeed unfortunate,
Leitha, that you had to undergo
such an experience."
Wait untii she told him about the
pillow episode!
"It was very brave of you." Mr.
Clairmount gave her his nicest
smile.
Andres must have thought it
brave, too, for now he came over
to stand behind her, giving her, as
he slipped past, one of his long,
intimate looks.
"Your bravery has cleared up
everything," the lawyer went on.
"Moreover, your grandfather was
not, I am relieved to say, murdered.
But his death may have been has-
tened by the fact that the water
he was given with his pill had a
strong sedative in it. The same,
no doubt, as was in the water you
were to have taken, with the view
of rendering you incompetent so
that another nurse could be called
in."
LeMn 7/cnrs
At mention of the pill. Union,
standing with the rest of the ser-
vants just outside the breakfast-
room door, emitted a low groan.
The lawyer continued: "Not only
would another nurse not have kept
such a watchful eye, but I presume
it was believed that, if someone
were to replace you, your true iden-
tity-suspected by every member
of this household—would be re-
vealed. Suspense was"—he looked
around from one face to another,
deliberately emphasizing this point
—"not easy to endure for anyone
with the intent to prevent you from
coming into your rightful heritage.
All this was true enough, but why
not get it over with? Leitha's pity
for Justin and Charlene deepened.
Perhaps that was stupid too, but
she could feel no hatred for the
boy. * , , j
Tanis' smoldering eyes looked
into Leitha's. "I would have been
sorry had anything happened to
you. Leitha. Maybe you won't be-
lieve me. but I want you to try.
"I do believe you," Leitha said.
She found that Tanis' honesty was
enough to outweigh any other flaws.
She liked Tanis; she was glad that
they were related. Perhaps they
would become good friends.
Tanis was speaking again. I
knew Robert had been taking nar-
cotics for some time," she said.
"He started because he had to give
his wife so much morphine during
her long illness, and because with
the war, he had been so over-
worked—" - t
"You mean — Doctor Gates?
Leitha couldn't believe her ears.
"I still think," Justin spoke up,
"y'all ought to let me beat the
livin' dayiights out of him. Not that
I care 'bout him swacking' me over
the head, but when I think of him
lyin' in wait for Leitha—"
"We do appreciate how you feel,
mv boy." Joseph Clairmount inter,
rupted gentiy. "but I believe that
justice is the better course. Yes,
,eitha, it was Dr. Gates. I supposed
rou had realized that. It could
,ardly have been anyone else And
aithough, most fortunately, it is not
mu^er. the intent to kill is equally
a crime." . .
To think that the man who had
twice attempted to murder her was
Dr. Gates! The lawyer's explana-
tion had come as a shock to Leitha.
Now, thinking about Justin, she
'eit a deep, burning shame. She
hoped he would never know that
she had suspected him. She would
indeed have to make up for that
by being a sister to him.
She saw now that Robert Gates
had handcufls on his wrists. He
wore his same "cold-Hsh" look, a
sort of gtaze in his cold eyes that
could come, as she knew from her
nurse's experience, from having be-
come the pitiable victim of nar-
cotics.
He spoke now, for the first time.
"It was not the habits I had formed
—altogether. I had gotten deeply
into debt; my late wife's iilness was
along, endless drain. Also," he
went on, in his unemotional way,
' I had to have even more money
in order to marry Tanis and go
abroad to live. When I found she was
not to inherit even a small part of
what should have come to her—
well, I had to take the only means
I could so that, eventually, she
would."
"Tanis has the sort of beauty,"
The two policemen grabbed htm
just in time.
Andres murmured, half beneath his
breath, "that can give a man in-
spiration—or can undo him."
"Since you are of a forgiving
nature, Miss Mallory," Robert
Gates lifted his head once more to
look at her with that same glassy
stare in his eye—"I venture to ask
not forgiveness from you, which
would be too much to expect, but
if, before starting on my iong jour-
ney"—a slight inclination of his
head indicated the two men who
held him prisoner on either side—
"I may be permitted to take one
last injection. I am left unnerved.
As a nurse, you will understand
why I must take that to which I
have so long been accustomed."
Taking silence for approval, one
of the policemen unclasped the
handcuffs. The doctor, his hands re-
leased, brought forth a small syr-
inge from a pocket. Expertly he
rolled back his sleeve.
The small operation over with,
he said, "That was not what I
usually take, Miss Mallory. It may
spare you—and you, Tanis—further
embarrassment and ordeal. For you
see it—I—"
And then his head fell forward.
His body slumped. The two police-
men grabbed him just in time to
keep him from slipping onto the
floor.
Robert Gates was dead.
Afterwards, when Leitha had a
chance to think about it, she was
glad it had happened that way.
"I cannot feel too badly over Dr.
Gates," she said to Andres, while
they were out riding* early one
morning a few days later. "But I
do feel sorry for Tanis. Did you
know Andres, that she Intended to
marry that man?"
The (Fafer Mystery
/s Cleared t/p
"Yes, I knew." Andres' reply was
short. He simply could not speak
about Tanis, Leitha thought, with-
out acting that way. "I rather
think that Tanis was marrying
Gates only because she thought he
had some money. Enough to make
it possible for her to return to
France."
"She told me she had enough.
She even said she had a house over
there."
"She may have a house, if the
Nazis left it standing," Andres re-
turned. "Aside from that, she
hasn't a thing in this world except
a few jewels that are not too valu-
able."
"I do wish, Andres, that you and
Tanis would be a bit nicer to each
other. You don't really dislike her
so much, do you?"
"I don't dislike her at all," An-
dres returned briefly. He reined in
his white horse, taking a slower
pace. He said, without looking in
Leitha's direction. "A* for my
being nice to her, it won't matter
—not for the short while I shall be
here. I am leaving Tannahill. Of
course you know why."
"I suppose I do," she admitted.
She realized that her grand-
father's death had placed Andres
in an awkward position.
"I know how you feel, Andres,"
she continued. "But I wish you
wouldn't leave. We need you here.
I need you. I wish you would stay."
His dark eyes met hers. "Do you
mean that?"
"I want you to stay," she re-
peated.
"Then I shall." There was relief
in his dark eyes.
I could marry Andres, she
thought. Especially now that Rich
had deserted her. Not every one
could hope for a made-in-heaven
marriage, but th^re was no reason
why she could not be very happy at
Tannahill with Andres.
They had rounded the curve that
led into the driveway to the house.
There were several cars parked in
the drive, an unusual sight at
Tannahill.
"It's the press," Andres said,
seeing her puzzled look. "Mr. Clair-
mount and I managed to hold them
off until after the funeral. But now
you might as well let them have an
Interview.'
"Is it about Dr. Gates?" She had
so hoped that there need not be
any scandal — that the doctor's
death would be accepted as a sui-
cide, due to ill health.
"It's about you." There was a
smile in his dark eyes now as he
dismounted to assist her. "You are
news now, Lee. You are a modern
Cinderella. The reading public eats
them alive."
"It's all right," she told him.
"Only I wish you'd see them while
I change. If I am to be interviewed
and have my picture taken, I'll
have to powder my nose first."
Ho gave her arm a little pressure
before he took his hand away. "Run
along, darling, and make yourself
beautiful. Although you are always
that. These reporters and photog-
raphers will indeed be delighted to
find a Cinderella who puts all the
fairy-tale versions to shame."
As Leitha was changing her
clothes before going downstairs to
see the reporters, she suddenly had
an inspiration—a truly beautiful in-
spiration!
She was In such haste to carry
it out that she felt a bit impatient
to have first Charlene, then Tanis,
waylay her.
Charlene came into her room just
as she was about to leave. The
older woman obviously had some-
thing on her mind and finally got
it out.
"Leitha" — the China-blue eyes
filled with tears—"I never have had
a chance to try to tell you but I
won't fee! right until I make a ful!
confession to you, my dear. I put
that sleeping powder in your water.
I wanted to make you appear in-
competent, with seme crazy idea
that, if Uncle Mason did not agree
to let you go, then I'd be certain
who you were. Please forgive me."
LeMa Sprtngs
Surprise
"I supposed you had something
to do with that," Leitha said. "For-
get it, Charlene," she added kindly.
She managed to disengage her-
self and get on her way.
Atthefootofthe^tairs, shemet
Tanis. Tanis said, in her lightest
tone, "The price of fame must be
paid, I see. My, my you look gor-
geous! Is all that for the benefit of
the press?"
Leitha did not think she looked
that good, she had simply slipped
into her favorite yellow dress.
"Do I really look all right?" she
asked. "Andres thought it better to
see them and get it over with. But
I'll admit I'm scared pink."
Tanis smoothed one little wisp of
hair from Leitha's forehead. "You
really do. You don't know how nice
you look—and are, do you, Leitha?"
She paused, then said abruptly, "I
ought not to ask you but—are you
going to marry Andres?"
"I just told him I would," Leitha
lied impulsively to see what the
other girl's reaction would be.
"You didn't waste much time.
Or perhaps I should say Andres
didn't. Not that I blame either of
you." The mockery in the low voice
betrayed a tinge of bitterness—or
was it envy? "Since I usually say
the things I shouldn't, Leitha, I
have one more to get off my chest."
Perhaps Tanis was about to con-
fess to borrowing the locket, or
having Foswiok do so for her.
Leitha knew that the Englishwo-
man was devoted to Tanis and
wanted to return to Europe when
Tanis did. She was to learn, later,
that this was indeed what had taken
place. But now Tanis did not men-
tion the locket. Instead, she sur-
prised Leitha by saying, with the
directness she frequently used.
"You ought not to be angry with
that good-looking Captain Haller of
yours, Leitha. Now don't get peeved
at me, darling) But what did you
expect him to do after he found
you would have all of that money?
I'm sure he thought the only manly
thing for him to do was to run
away."
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