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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1908-07-16, Page 7die CS.• July 16111, 1908, Clinton Newis. Remy* 11. McTaggart, Id, D. McliggarL MeTaggart Bros. 4,:k1Se-P A GENERAL BANKING. BUST - NERD TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED. DRAFTS ISSUED INTEREST ALLowEn DE- POSITS. SALE NOTES PURCM- ASED. • ,•••• IN, IMO ••••• W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY, PUBLIC. ETC. OFFICE -Sloane Block -CI INTO, RIDOUT & HALE . Conveyancers, Commisstoners, Real Estate and Insurance Agency. Money to loan. ,....... C. B. HALE - JOHN mom, ▪ DR. NINIAN W. WOODS --- (M. R. C. S., Cugland, le R. C. P., Ireland,°C. P. I., I.,. M., Rotunda, Dublin.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGLON, BAYFiELD, Main St. opposite Albion Hotel Office hours 8 to 10 a. Ia. :141d 7 to 9 p. ni. Night calls at of- fice. •••••••• DRS. GUNN & MeRAE. Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edith °fere-Ontario street, Clinton. Night calla at frost door ot office or resi- dence, Rattenbury street. DI. T. T. McRae, University of Toronto. Office hours at hospital :- 1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 9 p. m. • J. W. SHAW- -OFFICE- RATTENBURY ST. EAST. -CLINTON.- 613.. C. W. THOMPSON, PHYS : apecial attention given to diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose andi-Throat:-... -Office and Residence -A HURON ST. SOUTH. CLINTON 8 doors west of the Commercial hotel- -DR. F. A. AXON. - (Summer to Dr. Holmes.) Specialist in Crown and Bridge work. Graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor graduate of University of Toronto Dental Department. Graduate of tbe -Chicago College of Dental Surgery -• Chicago. Will be at the Commercial hotel -Bayilelde-every Moerlay4T11131.19.A...._ra..._. to 5 p. m. Northern Navigation Go TOURS OF GREAT 1, .1•141.1t$ AND GEORGIAN 13 .Y. FOR sikurir STE. MA.R1E, f ORT ARTHUR AND DULUTII-t..ea,ve Sarnia Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day, 3.30 p. m. (Friday Steamer through to Duluith.) von MANITOULIN ISLAND, SOO and MACKINAC-Leavel wood 1.30 p. m., Owen Sound. 11.30 TuesdaY oaid Saturday, .Fon ,PARRY SOUND, POINT AU BARIL and KILLARNEY-t-icaVe Collingwood Monday and ,FrIdaY 10.30 p„ FOR SANS SOUCI, ETC. AND PARRY SOUNI?--Leave Penetang week days 3.20 p• m. SUMMER RATES • NOW IN EFFEOT. Tickets and information from all R'y Agents - H. H. GILDERSLEOVE, Mantleer, CollingWood. V. H. NICHOLSON, 'Traffic ItIgr„ Sarnia. -wee • Bobby Leech 'iunipecl from the steel etch bridge into Niagara River, using a parachute ia his descent, GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY FROM CLINTON ' VIA CHICAGO AND ST. PAUL To it Class 2nd Class, Winnipeg . $27.00 $21.00 Portage Li' prairie, 29:05 21.85 Brandon, Man. , 30.6,0 23.00 Regina, Sask. 35,7,5 27:50 Moose Jew, Sask.. 35.75 28.35 Saskateon, Sask. 42115 30.85 Prince Albert, Sask, 43.65 31,85 Edmonton, Alta. 52.20 . 37,55 Red Deer, Alta. 52.20 , 37.55 Proportionate Rates to other points in Canadian North.West. Trains now operated throngh St, Clair TUnnel by Electricity. Choice . of seven lines from Chicago to St Paul and three beyond St. Paul. • •' The Illoplop, rilqtual Fire Insurance Compang --Farm and Isolated Town Property,,:- -Only Insured- -oppICERs- 3. B. IVIcLeen 'President, Seaferth P 0.; Thos. Fraser, Vice -President Brueefield P. Q. -;.T. E. Hays Sec. Treasurer, Seeforth P.' 0, -Directeia- •William . Shesney, Seeforth.; Joh Grieve, Winthrop.; George Dale, Scri forth; John Watt, Matlock ; ./ohn • Bennewies, Brodhegan ; James Evan • Beechwood James •• CoenollY/ Holmesiille. LAGENTS- Robert Smith., Bedeck .; E. Hie- chley, • Sea -forth,; Jaime:9 Cumraings Egmondville'; J, W. yeo.. Holmes- ville. Parties desirous to : effect insurance of. transaet, other business will be promptly attended to on applicatio• to any of the Above officers addressed to their respective postoffices. Losse, 'inspected by the director who neareat the scene. 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A FAMILY The Best In Current literal*. 12 compute NOugut YEattLo MANY SHORT STORIES ANS PAPERS ON virAztv TOPICS $2.030 pith 'elan: 26 art, kettritiO -- .NO CONTINUED STORIESi evtity tiumm(ontIatoi.gfeIN From ail Ontirlo ehationsto Winnipeg;. Caieary. Edmonton and principal - points In -Manitoba, ElaskatchoWan ami Alberta at • . VERY. LOW'RATES TICKETS 0000 FOR DAYS • . . Bertha in Tourist Sleeping Cars at.small . extra cost, if secured In advance. Apply to any C.P.R. Ticket Agent for hill Information and free copy Of Homesbekers' PaMphletpor Write, , , ' C. 8.- FOSTER, Dist. ram Agent, Toronto GRAND TRUNK RSYISTIVEAPY\11 -TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at ' and etvert from Clinton station as follows GODERICII DIV. - • 7.85a. m. - 3.05 p; M. 5.20 p. m. 4.15 p. m. 1.01 p. 6.40 Is. nt.. 11,25 p, 01. tt BAUM DIV • 'MA a. m. • 4.23 p. 11i00 a, m 6,35 p. BUFFALO AND Going East it 41 • 44 It , Going West At 0 • 44 • 44 4( . It •""'?, 4.. 1..oNDONr, • tivrtoN Going South Cluing .North . • AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH LI. • densed Auctioneer for t e coanty , of Huron. All orders entr sied to inc will receive prompt attention. Will sell either by peree tage ot per Sae. Residenee on the Sayfield • Road, one mile eolith of Clinton. StateSubscriberg • Will please bete that 'We hate t� pay onecettt postage on each pap. et going 'to the United stake, Thia aleaaa that your subscrire. Mon must be paid in advatice. When -you See your •subseriptiOn elpfring please remit 81.50 for en - other yoot SO that yott witi not titian any Copies of The NewieRet;; ertl, low Woma Ele,EANOV GATES, Author of "The Btogriphy of a :Prairie. Girl," COPYRIGHT, 1906. BY bleCLURE, P111141P5 te , COMPANY. Roe. "Noy, easy, for God's SOIcer begged, the Captain. He put out one arm 48 If *0 ward off a bioiv. Jamieson brought ep. Ile slity the leCik Of defeat in Oliver'e blooeshot eye% and: his VOICe etutked. Ws body Ohtithiered In mortal terror, Of whet he was to hear, . • "It's had newts, but tiot as, bad as it Might bel" began the captain, Colonel Cu:Innings offered him a chair,. He dropped into It. "it is said that your mother and sister are alive, and will be delivered tneto us la -the sprittg, pre vIded there are no executicins here, But -I, didn't 'see thent, and I don't keow, where they are." • Jamieson emighed down 4 heartbro, ken protest and. as If nttinned,, tottered weakly toward the stove. . • Colonel. Cummings el/tete/I his hands logethint "Where's •Slattheves?" he asked, Fie was nnswered by the slamming Of the ,nnts) Is door rind by a 'voice in the entry. A nionient later' there•:Ves a shorn tattoo on etre library door -:.The colonel ,opened It and arislerefl Mein terpreter's salute. With Matthews :peated on the army ` cot and the commanding officer pacing to and fro, Captain Oliver made his re- port. He stood at tbe window, his arms foiled,: his eyes renewing his au - "We )(seated the, camp easily," be said. "The directions given by the • hostageseivere exact.. Bet.that Is about the only thing • that dtd--come easily. The rest wes all procrastination. . "At peon on.' the tenth day out -we saw ahead of -us on a ridge,a single In. diet. -I selected four men to make a swift detour, thinking that perhaps they would diseover a. Waitingparty just over the crest But the slope • yOnd was .unoccepled.. iip4 there were only :tbe marks of one ,pair ef mocca- sins.. I concluded that the Solitary brave was econting, and 1 _wee right.. ".&. few' miles. farther we stghted •tt half dozen Indiens, . They Were Watch. ing na front 4 MIL: I ',called O. halt. Then 1 took two men and Mr. Mat, thews and 'Made forward. We carried •a .truce flag. They let us come wlthln . talking chaplet*. • They :knew, I ant • sure; Why we were • therebut they Ask, ed no. questions-justtold ns that the ceeiteatid was expected to, advance no • farther than a grove that lay a little ahead.•to.oar right I assented: to that and said I wished a emiference with teelehead chiefThey promised: me an answer titer :On no4, at • Mice .with- drew. to a, :rise. a mile, behind. There they stayed' until., after a •carefulre- Connoiter, we entered tbegrOve. ..-"Late that •af tile of warelo ' 6 .e' of them, a big. bony fellOW in a .splendid bonnet, ask -„ed what we 'wanted.. -The interpreter .told The; Indian. Said that the bead chief was very stair:and that he could net leave his lodge, He told es we .might aCeciinpanythein to the vit.. !age, which lay:ate* miles farther up Of conite 1.•rejected:the.pfopesal, : : I sate 'there'was no use to haggle In that fashiOn. I ordered the , interpreter to go into particulars Re. proceeded to state your terms" ' At thispoint in the. narrative Colonel aim -minds.' stolid still.. Captain. Oliver advanced toward hint a step. and met his eyes in a curious,' helplern wy "It was queer," he continued, "bet •.what Mr. Matthews told theta .didn't seem to flare them atty." • ' it didn't!" --cried the ,colimel angrily and once mote began :to pace. , • "No,' . they &limed at him and Chat - ;erect together.' hen t ey ,rode away,, When dark, came on, fearing treachery, we left tbe grove f -Or aeheltered place farther down. Our scouts thee set Out' , for the Indian village, goingacioss the river. and far around to the right On their return they. Said that the Sioux. carnp nuiribered several hundred wig - wants. wbile last above. was -a, village. • of dog soldiers; •' • : • "The night passed qiiietly. In the morning a single.brate came riding to- ward Us. Be', stopped beyond rib° reach.. I sent the interpreter- out. .. Re- rethrned fealty that the chief prornised. • him fair treatment if he would come alone. .1 .took it that the camp :was .aexioue for it little entertainment and ' • that one white was to furnish. it. .1 didn't cionelder ;this Sedond proposer a minnte, • It was. worse than foonste I thought. .11u,t!"-he - looked towerd the cot -"Me. Metthetve didn't agree with me., He went. It was a ruagnIii.. cent bit ot ("outage, sir." . • • • • The colone.I wheeled. "Sy .3upiteri" he exelaimed. "Yea did that?" Matthews sallied itnd.erossed his lege awkwardly. "Oh,' a Wa'n't nOthin"," • he- Said, forbearing to glance Up. 'savvy Injuns, you know. I-1 -was WHIM* to take the chances." . Colonel Cummings looked dovvh.,..Aft- er a moteerit and wtthout changing the. position of his body he turned his face slowly in Oltver's direction. The eyes of the two °filters met and Bathed messages of doubt • When the dantrianding officer looked at the interpreter again. it was On his lips to say, "But you were afraid to. enter' the steeklide With me." Ile checked himself, however, and instead reached toe. Matthews'- hand. "It wee' a magnilleent., bit of courage," he, agreed. "Telt ne what happened." • •-Matthewe fingered the blanket On the Celt "I Seed the thief," he said, "and , t6Id hini What you tOld me to tell We% Wben 1 got it 411 out .he SOO to Mel 'The white womenabet here. There° with the Wyotnitis band,and the Wye. min' baud's up in Canada. New,* he 'the bend dome south 10 the goring. So tell Colette ClImmin's if be de no hallgire Berta the white -*Omen home then." A loW groan tame from behind the etove. Young jandeitott came out, his featuteti distorted with grief and ithin. big With tears, "Think of it! Think of it! /4,6t till spring! Are they Well?' 1ZOlf,are thee troth* them?" tl "Oh, so MO Matthew. eignin. Icandy. Young Jamieson understood. He weut back to his seat, sobbing with the hysterial weakness of a sick man, • • "He's bungled the bee/loess, colonel!" he said bitterly, "Oh. god. If you had only let me ger-- " "Yea, Yes, my dear boy," answered the other :soothingly, "but please re- member that yen couldn't have talked with them. 'The conference would have been carried. on through Mr, Matthewe just the same." There Watt a silence.. broken only by Jamieson's weeping "Ts that -all?" asked Colonel • Cum - Doings at last, addressinghimself to the interpreter. "Yes, sir." • Shortly iitter•ward, when be was gone, tbe two officers left the library for the reception room and discassect the expedition In low Mmes. "I have a feeling, oolonel, that our hiterpfeter wastet fair in this thing;" was Captain. Oliver's first confidence. They were strandfnicsat a front window. watching Matthews .cross the parane ground to the barber shop. • ' - "The slime thought occurred to me." "And Yet -it doesn't seem possible"-• :. "Oh, If Bonci bad only. come sooner:" "Bond i He bare?" . • • • "Yea -just ball a day too late." While they . were. talking Matthews was toting ,his tow beard and mus- tache and n good length of hair. This over and his supper eaten, be reappear- ed at heockplarters and went with 'Colonel .Cunitithigs to the stockade, time to his chugrin ..he found ths. evangelist there.' reedy to be present at the interview well the hostages, but the Indians understood his preclicainent and accepted tbe speeeh he made for •tbe little it was .worth. It was a speech that, rePeated by David Bond. set ColonelCumming!' last suspicion' at rVgt• •.. Loutisbuey arrived at Fort- 'Brat/eon the next day, appearing:in time for breakfast, His early. adrer4, which he explained .away noncealintly.; • was the. cause,of•tome good n•atured teasing. ' "Say, Lounsbury." observed one offie cer, "I thought you were .keeping '.1•1 store." : • ' out" he retorted ; .down. here to .seethat you fellows do .sonie- thing for the good . nioney ,thicie Sam , pays You." . -•••, . "Whydon't you know?" said Major' Appleton. "John's here to pelt the sue, ler some /Sandy sugar." . "That's right" agreed the sterekeep- et., "And I'm going -to etit up a Plant to make. brown , sugar.: out of the :dud- ' " , • .. ry cupid afford totaugh trith them, not being the only butt Of ,the jokers.. Fraser suffered,too; for a tattling„ private. who had.. spent the night it Sit:City Town let it out tii corpora!, who tokl It to e 'sergeant lab° told•it to a cub Of a secoml. lieu-:. tenant, who told it tq eeery:officet in post,with' the single exception of the'. H0.," that Fraser, the good, the dis- creet, the unimpeachable, 'bad played-, Poker with Matthews at the Tro9per's. Delight from taps to "reyeliy'; and lost hialast dollar. ' The tale had leaked outby the hoer 01 . Lounsbury's aerival. •• When the • it tearr Letp.gbarii who. Gook potsesition • • of tad:rinte, • Storekeeper heard • It together with the embellishments It Carried by reasonof ,its having so often chaoged hands, be first gave Primer it grip- to ehow his gratitude and theit sat back and en - 'eyed the fun. Fraserf. sorely tried by the taunts of his etather others, re - Paid Lounabu-.7 with glances of wooed-. ed. reproef.. • • "131time It WI, old man." he cried Whet% he eould get it quiet word With the other, "why dIde't You help the out/ You're a Wee oriel Letting these chaps think Vrii • a sport " When. you know"- . DIM Lothishery only laughed the hitedet and was among the first to dub the lieutenant "a 'sad devil." The sterelieeper didhave . business with the sutler, though • not the kind suggested by the major, for after he. Ing closeted with that worthy a hall hOtIr Squaw Charley Was dispatched to the Lancafitterre WitI3, a basket and a . note which read: Mr. teen !Ammeter. beat sir -owing to the fact that a lot of= x titoates harpies rations .-10 the way of beans, butter; 'Aeon, flour, salt. pep- per, ailed apples, prunes, rice, vinegar, molasfiefi, eta,, aro piling iria en My hand*, 1 Wish to dispoire ot IMMO itt some way et orite arid at any Itaerhide. W0121d. it be posafble for you 10 relieve me -et seine of- these goods and pay the back heat MIMIC& tint of your garden? Alto hope you ean floe room ter A tabIA* 1,4,"" yours iormrNtartilii•A jr4 It 'You eat 40 title. You will grsatir dblig% DISON BLAKELY, eutler. Port Mennen, Pakota Torr. P. 8. Pociomed Ana *wales. which Obrele keep If satisfeetory. M. R. When Squaw Charley returned trete the aback he bore au empty buoket nnJ r • put it carefully away In his Innermost pocket, , And now there remalued one other thtug to do.- He dropped Into ther Wi- llard roole and eetnMenced playing, oc- casionally going to a window that com- manded the river, When, after n gains or two, he saw a man approaching from Shanty Town, be put en his rue. saoanw:o,redopporteleely out and met the Interpreter, „ • "Well, Matthews," was his greeting, "I hist wanted to be sure that you know Lancaster's grit thnt tenth point I Spoke abolit cinched " "And that what suid befere, you went away still goes, • You bearr "I ain't deet," raid Matthews. non- committal. "That's nil," And Lounshary wept back to his billiards. 'I'he interpreter continued on to the stockade. where be was more fortunate le the delivery of the true message he had brought. . "The white' women were not at the winter camp." he said. "so they could not be ,sent, but -your brothers prom - Ise to come to save you. Watch for signals from Medicine mountain." • the following reply: Dear Ler--Therte you, We would like to do what You saki if you will oleo(' chalk It down. We will pay next summer and. maybe before. I will keep count too. PA I,LAS L.ANCASTWt. It Was Lounsbury who took Poesee- sloe of the note. Ile sullied over it and eel CHAPTER" RAT.. year -10 the northland winter encroached ;greedily twit spring. The !atter end of March, the -weather did not Moderate.' instead the Wide valley be- • came a- cheerioi fiat winds- that...were weighted With, numbing sleet 'rhea April returned angrily, bringing eeld rains and blowS to check all 'vegeta- . But April .half gone, ri tardy' thaw. set in. rhe icy covering of the river split. into • whirling blocks. .the snow agrend7psic°kredt i*iruldp..b.aSoll7. Ooth.teheC•riteismtPerorittnedg sun drove the :drifts from South ex, posuree; when, a freshet coursed down the eetilee' and the low .• spots on the .prairie filled "until they.' were ..breed -needs, 'around _which: the: migrating 'wild, fowl alighted with joyeris• cries... Now eaves :dripped musically, slushy , wagon ruts ran like miniature Itilseou- Jig ,and were traveled by horny Prop, prairie . cocks, . made ach. dawning .weirdly .noisy, and far and near Where showed the welcome 'green., blue .eyed anemones eptarig bravely and tossed their fuZzy beads in the sharp air. 'Throughout this season •the, shack 'bad but one visitor-L•ScipenoC.harley.1 He •brought • fuel ' and once P Week it.hasket of Supplies from "B troon",..(lCcialon- ally he came stringing a latent by tbe neck oetarrying e saddle Of fresh veni •.LsOn,.. but though. his Manner Was as friendly --as ever and he. seemed. n�. less grateful. tied 'devoted,' be was always strangely worried and distraught • The evangelist • called ''--laY once or 'twice when storms. Or the rushing ice pack Ip tbe river did not prevent his cross. Ing ' As for Lounsbury, he :traversed the bend often on his Way; to Brannon,: and if he 'Sawse face .ite a . wInte 'waved • his hand In pleasant greeting, but he kept -to the road. ..." --, Since the morning 91 the aurora -the. ..little fitfully had ceasedte.speak of, : him.' ' That silence was neither ,:de-., .manded.by the section boss 'nor agreed upon by. the three On Lancaster's,. part it' grew out of the sheakiag, On- . sciousness 'of. the :ingratitude he did. .. "rt f not regret. ' On the pa o, Marylyn it Arose from tiviteausea-a sense of. girt/ . lab shame at having. confessed hei at- tachment 'and a 'leer that her, father would discover. it: With Militia, core .sideratien for thefeelings of her • sister 'made her. shriek •••frein mentioning .topresbury. Yet there was -another rea- son, and orie.no leas delleatee-she as we , a a secreCto guart. . . But In the mind Of the eider 'girl the , thought of Marylyn'at 'happiness was the 'uppermost. There were dread nit-. .inents when it eeetned to her as if ,that happiness were to be shattered. . 4, ,.- . 'During all the past 'weeks Marylyn had .carefully harbored. her ' fancies about Lounsbury. Certainof the celice coveted books On the Mantel had .no .little...P.art in this, Their stories Of .ure dying affection-ofbold -mete lore : . ' Maidens and 'the true 'villains who gloried in Severing them-helpedhet to ' fit her little circle inte ..Preeee,.• rola, She lovedadd Mast crush out her : Pas. Ston.• Lounsbury, whom • elm loved, had been sent eway by ber, father. and slie lived up to tbe play consistently.; She saw the storekeeper anguished over his banishment; Sae' depths of wean - Ing le the good natured sidetes he gave the shack. • With •herself. she accePted loneliness asit sign ofdeeeer suffering. She was tortured . byself pity. by the doubt she had flung at Doling, by the firra belief that hetbeart was hopeless- ly fettered. Gez ngM . ina .pleee of looking glass thnt -erred her fora mir- ror, She Marked ,ith sorrowful. pride • her dtransparent 'Skin and lusterless eyes. She sighed as she *etched teem, the, Windows. PatientiY she listened tor footsteps, her fa& ball turned to the door. . , And yet what she took SO tragically. was nOthIng but felling health. What was not a fact the night of her adze's - :Sion to Dallas. Was elineet come to, pees. The. few dere 01 great cold and htinget in Pebruary, eoupled with long confinement. In the dirt floored house,• .. were having their effect. She was on' tile verge of illness. . Lancaster, whenever be .netleed her. dejection, waft Inclined to poebpooh it. "She looks es ef she'd jos' been Slap - Red." he declared, "hate is exPectin' alo- other lanunite atiy inhibit Ef she'd cry she'd shore weep lenuati jUlee." Again, he reckoned that she had Picked up ."soine potion." Jealous and euipleious ea be was, howeverbe got nd nearer the truth. But Delles-iihe WAS misted far more than either Merylyn or their father. She fought away from the Idea that her Mater might be breaking/OW/gai- ly and teaderly nit it mother; yearned' oter her. Anxious eye& she noted the pallor of the childlike taw. the tileleto oho], espression that hadturtle to be hithitual. $1.le fretted over the itparte ems of the yOunger gift who ate ouly whet) sbv was tirged, lf, sated 'with Bleep. Mnrylyst moved in the night. Dallas lir/lased mi the Instant end her, erect lieside her. At :bet therm/01Y tilarined, the eider glri -determined to follow out the idea that had occurred. te her in midwin- ter. What did It matter bow herd anti hateful tile duty WOule bel :What did her own hidden feelings matter? Wm would apileal to Toninsbury In her she ter's beledr. • But time mowed without bringing her the opportilnIty, and it wig/ borne In upon bertinally that Lounebury meant to rernalu away, perhaps until he was Wliden to muse; Unditunted, she made - pinus to waylay ;him on the goidee road. Resting the Sharps across her arm, she set mit morning or afternoon, on a long jaind. Out -Lounsbury was not met, Oa One sects ramble, however, an incident Oteurred that was far reaching if not fatal in its results. She was going honaeward slowly when she 'saw ap- proaching rin umbrilance from Brannon drawn by • a four male team, be started timidly aside, thee paused - The vehicle was iillet1 with ktdies. A half dozen who were talkini and laugh- ing merrily °coupled tbe lengthwise seats of the carriage. •One sat beside the driver. Dallies put herself in their• path and, waited. • .' Mow Often. she had %%totted these same ladies cantor out of post on their horseback, rides, officers ettend- ing them, Or seen them make rollick-, . leg walking party to the bluff. ;op. And ehe he'd pictured .hew some day they would be ferried, .to the heud: They could not have beard how her fethertalked. If they • had. they would not •-blame . her, If they passed tier; they would smile and- hew, maybe sten to speak. • • . She was all aglow new - The am- bulance relied near; It was closed on itfir Sides; • and the Xvomen .within could not see her. Tim, woman on the seat, Pretty, stender,..daintily clad, did. Del - las leaned forward ea;gerly; face Hush- ed, -eyes shining. . ' • The wonian n Ise. leaned forward and leoked Dniths ap and down searchtng- iy; coldly. Her lips wereset in a sneer. Her eyes frowned. Then the ambulance bowled smartlY 0011g. the driver ditching at a leader . with his . "Who's that, Mrs. Cumniliogsr Tbe ' women in,the teat ot the•vehicle were peering out. • • . Mrs. Cummings inasWered• Over her -shoulder. "Why. it's the Plow .Wo., There inns."Oh, •"Ahs" '• and • etughter. . -------------------- ...;;The. • girl • by the .roadside heard. rebuffed;; wounded .to the quick, She stumbled homeward, her sight blineed by tears.. • :She did' net ' Waits' for . Lounsbury• again. • Once he thought of writhig Win of, striarcioning hint thrOugba mite peen. -Squave. Charley; but, recalling 'her' father's. treatment of the istore- keeper.' She ' questioned if the :latter wouldheed her message. Shefelt herself isolated,- but "no, hint ot her hittereesi was allowed to reach Mary lyti'rhe- younger ,girl knew only • bright words and ; mime:Ong...unselfish Preacher's OpinioL, Rev. P. K. McRae, Yorks 33addoely always count it it pleasure to • reeommend the Dr. Slocum Remedies to my parishioners. 1 bobove there i is nothing better for throat and limg troubles Or weakness or run-down soye- f tem. For speaker's sore throat I have found raohlM, very benelleial.ii , Bey. N. H.- Stevens, Paisley, Ont.; "'Welting/ Veined just the stimulant my *Item needed. X shall add my testimony_ ea to its edlesey at every opportunity"' Bev: R. IC Browne, Amherst Head, "/ have often recommended Pey'ehine since taking it myself, for it is a euro for the troubles you specify.n Rot. cbee. sumo?, Bath, N.B.: '4/ have used Psychine in my family; the reaults were marvelous. I have visited people who state that they never used its equal. I atrougly recommend it. Rev. 3. 8. 1. Wilson, Markdale Ont.; "I have taken two bottles of Psyching& and am pleased to say that I am greatly improved in health.' I 'was troubled with my throat, but now 1 line it about restored to its normal condition, find my work very much less taxing. I believe°2sych1ne is all claimed for at,' ' For: one. thing Dallas was deepte. thankful -Matthews did not- • trouble -the-shack. David- Bond . had , told her that when the troops lefteC'en'the..eam mer canieeiee the Interpreter .would ride with them, the evangelist being 'retained at 'the fort to. fill •tbe other's -place The latter deelared that, by the: -pilot's reprirt.Lounsbery's name Merle Matthews "laY, back his eats," but that be no !eager Esteemedabout )os hog tbe claim ' • ' And now camn the warm days--daYe In swift, sweet contrast to : those Juist . gone. ".: :Sue :and shower -banded' tbe • shy 'with :triple Ores Of promise, The robins -arrived, ,.• a . Plump and sauey crew. Bent hili curlews stalkedahoet, 'littering: Wild and .rnellow calls." Tho. dwellers of. the, ground threw u=p fresh • dirt armed their buirows. ' The marsh violets peened pale -Wee cups; and the very loge of the shack 'Put forth dm-. !Aloes sprigs, se thitt.froni the front the groteSque bead displayed a -bristle of een whisker, The' prairie was, awake, brood and soil and sate •Ben • and Betty . showedtheir high spirits' with comical sporting.. The Mules frolicked together, pitching, hind. - •quarters, rearing to hos and nipping at Simon. 'Fully as gay Was he, though -his :shaggy - flanks' were gaunt.' Be. Played at ;goring them or frisked in' ungainly circles.' Oetasionally, how- ever, he gave sigus of tit humor, low- eted ..- bb- btoad borne threateningly • even • at: Dallas, pawed IIP ,tbe new grown grass and: charged' to and frO .- on the bend, his voke titled in hoarse Challenge. ' ...• • On .the little Wont the light, the' warmth and added duties wrought a • good effect LaticaSter'S ' grtl fin bli rig lessened, and he. helped to Vlant some 'boxes with cabbage arid tomato seed - that the Sutler,. supplied,. •Marylyn, &axed out for an hour' or two daily. rewarded Melee with stnilea. Her ap- petite grew (rather to her chligriti), and when' she held the looking 'glass before her she sate it faint coterie •her cheeks. , • ' ' To Dallas the spring brought renew- ed 'courage apd ii.vagee longing. With the fltat mild evenings she took to ven turing out, vereppeil in her long cloak. for a lotfely wont. in. her love of the glOnniing she • .was like a wild thing. Friata birth the twilights of the mesa hadproved irresistible. .When ehe was es l a child they soothed her little it Wiles, In Womanhood. if -errrroW 'I''P sed heavily, they brought her str ngth. The• hat! light, the soft itir and tbe lack Of Sound were balm to her spirit - Nightiy she straYed up the coulee. eastward, south -or toward the elver, until, early in May, it Bedond ineident occurred and intetrupted het' ranoblek She had walked OS Inc as the Swale that was .part . Way to the Misietstri. There the was startled into it andden• halt 14'rern 0 polet ithead of het and to the left eounded trgtinshot. . She ennit down cautiously and stayed close to the ground, her thleeril steady. Ing her, her breath suspended. Thete' was tio moots, and the stars were oh. seared by elende - ne eottonwoods were 0 black. Shaveling mess. RN Watched thetti. . ' No nneWering shot rang out; but, after u long waft, a reply earn° from the Owe. It Wee a !engh, loud and taunting. ' Slle etaYed erottehing and presently saw a small black objee . a the big blaeltneasAt the trees and.r ranee • These are earnest preachers of the gospel of Psychin% They know Where- of they tweak. • Psyching cures ell throat. Jung and stomach troubles. It is a great voice strengthener, acting directly on the vocal, respiratory and digestive organs, thus specially adapted In, public eneakers. At druggists, Sde and $1.00, or Dr. T. A. Mecum, Toronto. Frigetened, she arose and retraced tier Steps. glancing hiehInd tier as she went. At the shtick. having band the . latchstring. she 'backed into the room. ' Her father. tine sister were asleep. Next morning, on a plea of not wishing to alarm theme she refrained tram tell lag of the stmt. It 'map have been a limiter: she, reationed, Ur a . druuken trooper . or one of the • Shatity Town ' gatig. But the' laugh -It rum le her ears. . ' • Several' twilights paseed: then she :ventured out again. A. lip of moot) was dropping down' ,an uuelohded •sky t the . starsbung low Arid. white. And when she neared the stale she Saw': a 'geed distance before lier, that arnall black object separate itself from ;the grove , • again and move rorward, • ' ' ' • She etc/peed. She was not frightened new,. She kneivwho it was..:And When she saw his artint.einite up and catight ,the glint of. metal .he called out: to-, • him': "Don't! 'Debit! it's 'met". ::. -• - There was 'a muttered eXclarnation,' _ andtbe erns fell. "Miss .Dallas!" be .• cried and isPrung fotward. ' ' "1:-...I was sure it Was you." she ad- Ittlfteil tremulously. --Andyonive been guarding here all the 'timer', . . • Lounsbury :Was panting , ."Suppose I'd fired?" he said., "I bad. a mind to. ,.. . Crimielr' •:. : . r"Tou'd 're . Mesed likely," . "aleyee net. You see, I. thought well -that:Matthews or • that ,,..preeloua... brother ethie, they might get to both.- . • his hands ipto hie trousers pockets. ."I , evkhtrocijoevirrte:1; t.46-0 putsiicthe:iyo:aut.,reasttall ,03io,:it.,.. : thiiiii., . •glance, at her. , • • ' . • : - • ' • . .41713'elX enetigh,••.;17Init is Why, I. -came' .. ,haven't been around lately, but I didn't t et. r.g.hh.re.i.iinry:ioketg ?u,s.,.,_3..solf 11- was . , frwor, ..„..r.a!,!si ,:so. t.u..bn.;.. Anyway, ,g.,ea hereiIs"t1 apittie..dalaitk-o.,. ..., • She did not beak bim. Sbe was not . -tonight" . '.' , ,',. _. • . • , ' 'tMe?" he mild. "Well, Fm a match for . 'There is 'so, . amthing „.:III.h.xt 1)..allaar. : •; iin't been round or' late," she began • Coat. you almost lOok like a 'heap •big atel7 to rally :a .speech. ."Yotteloti Reek you'd notice it". He darted: Si ' He . saw. she was disancerted and listening:, .The wished for opportuni- ty WaS. come. She was trying &spore She ;Moved aside, averting -het -face., . cap I do?" : -. • . be_straightehed he stepped to her 'side., • Wm..: you.ain't. But what else?". • . . • Miss Dallas.' Tell. me -tell me. white ,.. witii the.butt of his gun. • - keening guard Oft us.,"' • ', ' - ' ' . '... . ••Don't 'lei. Matthetve ,Itill you." . • • "Was it dad?" she asked.:. "Did 'yen - Re tinizeped the . swale Impatiently . it . was ..you," .she persisted,. :•'Ahl You :"Meaa that 1 .cip help you, "No," be. said siowly.! He rammed; Lounsbury iald down his gun...Wbeat • year father.' .I thoogbt he went -Out of his wity to be --well. • kinda Short, yen know: I Was 'may trying i' bedecent." . • ' . • "Dad's teeny," she said'. reflectively.. 'Whenever We, get to. 4 Chuck hole, where all Of us ought to pun ygeteer, he goes slack on the tugs. ' tie's like' Ben that way. 30 I Wive 1'. go Up ti, him, stroke his Mane, ftibis eurb. and let .. seine cool -airtindet bb Cellar.. Aftet while he gives Ai haw -bee -hate and goes On." . • • .. • Leninsbuty did 'not laugh. "no NOW ed When it 'came to one," he said •so. berly; "and it hurt. Afterward I. elude got It Into my head that. none of .y.tia Ntan. t.e(162' (TO 13E ('iONTINUED.) • - .., Keep Children VVell During kint Weather EVery mother .knows how fatal the stunmer months are to small chit& ren. Cholera inbantuin, diarrhoe,i, dr. sentery and stomach troubles are al. armiegly frequent at ;his • Unto of the year ' and too often hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets., in the house feat safe. The oecasional use of 'aby'a Own Tablets prevent • stomachend hoWel troubles, or if the trouble cone, es soddenly -as it generally aoes-tho Tablets will bring, the little one safely through. Mrs. George Howell, Sandy. Beach, Que., says t 'My baby 'eaS suffering with colic, vomiting told dfr arrhoca, but after giVing -CM Diihrs Own Tablas the trooblo disapileared. I would jvis all mothers to keep a box of Tablets 0,1wayS on band." Sold by all medicine dealers . r 'ey mail at 250 a box iron the Dr, Williams' Med. Mile Co., Brockville, OM, ' tos'pb 11, DontiAly, nextmembef of "A" battery, was drowned tif, Kingston.