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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1907-08-01, Page 7August ist 1907 4114 att. A OVNI1litAL 4NICOG! NESS TRANSACTED. ' NOTES. • OISHOUNTER. DRAFTS• ISSUE). (thITErne-eST ,A.LIOVED ,Oti"; Dee POSITS. SALE NOTES; BRYDONE, r BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, PUBLIC, ETO. IDFFIOE--Sloane Inoelc-CLINTON. RIDOUT & HALE Convelakeers, _ICominiseioners, Real Eatete 'and Insurance Agency. Money to- loan. ...-.. • • EL B. HALE ' JOHN 11.:D0UT ORS- WWI & GrUNN Dr. W. Gunn L. R. C. P. & --Ediniturgh- . . . Dr. J. Nesbit Ginn M. R C. S. Eng. L. R C. P. London • Wight calls atefront door -of residence on Rattenburg street; opposite' Presbyterian church _OFFICE- Ontario street-CLINTON J. W. SHAW- -OFFICE- RATTEN*BURY ST. EAST _ -CLINTON.- - WE. e. W. THOMPSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention gin uueseases el the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. -- --Office and Residence - HURON ST. SOUTH, CLINTON g doors west of the Commercial hotel. .1.•••••••••• -DR. F. A. AXON. - (Successor to Dr. Holmes.) Specialist in Crown and Bridge work. Graduate of the Royal College of in Ddital Surgeons of Ontario. Honor graduate of University of ;forotsto Dental Department . Graduate of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, Cbicago. Will be at -the Commercial hotel Hayfield, every Monday from 10 a. tri. to 5 p. m. J. LEWIS TH 64i Civil Engineer, Architect, etc. (lath Dominlon Department • Public Walks.). • Consulting Engineer for• ideal and County Work, El- ectric Railroads, Sewerage and Waterworks Systems, Wharves, Bridges and Re -enforced • crete. Phone 2220 LONDON% 01.1i. .101••••• IIIICTIOlsiEER-JAM!, SMITH• Li ceased Auctioneer for the county • of Et.ron. All orders entrusted to . me tail] receive prompt attentien. Will sell either by percentage or Per sale Residence on the Hayfield Road. one mile soutb of Clinton. 11••••••••••••••• ACENSED AUCTIONEER.--GEOR- ge Elliott, licensed auctioneer for the County of Huron, 'solicits the patronage of the nubile for 10 "eV- ' ness in his line. gales conducted percentags or so much per sale. All business rromptly attended to, *-George Ellirtt, Clinton ' P. 0., re- sidence on the Hayfield Line. •58 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE . PATENTS TRADE Man,*' . DICSIG3e.' COeYRIGHT8-.8ca. Anyone sending a sketch and description imar Antall? aiscortain our opinion tree whether an knventton ts probably patentable,. „Communion,. aims strioutconodenttal. SANUECK11( or. rafolifk lent free. Oldest agency for aecur t.g putents. Patents taken throngb & Co. receive 'epeeist totted., without shame, In the SCielltilk American. A bandsonrely Illustrated weekly, te-gest !elation of anyselentiito journel trains, $3 oar: four months, $L Soid hyaii newsdealer& 41P11 froOlaryt. Bav:::::1.31111/11qrk antes, Nowa" THE TOURIST.. is now on end a change° tresel is ON* to these who *Vend the Meat part of the year ea the farm, or la the smell settlements. Provinee has more irtet0.x. te. Porte then Onterio 1,harmi1tg Muskoka Lakes, liar, 1.414 ot Bays, Tereegiton, .1.1gonguiti Part Lake Huron Beaches, NeWartha talc. te, St. Lawn:lee . Ricer, While MouLtains, Sea r;:d.:t ! son. iiitiM ExeoSiticd, Ete. The Grand ,Trunk Railway System. 00114nneosan giv0 Y04'. fartable tourney to any of the atore polite. Alum —Harris Mout, t.lo -mrtfiVe bees appointed agent for the Massey -Harris COM- • Pacy in this district .and Will keep on hand a complete list of supplies in my store oppos- ite the MolsonsBank. BY BENNY BCT911 MeRRIMAN WOK Of 'UT Ittiarry_" ilk/0We Csrser," "from se•-yeae oese lete. Cosorriont, 1$�. b,r HARP!IR. he ROTIlinnii assosoveapsessoeenisnanonmsoost gram Lin ttft pecket, 'and be went ' CF4rTER XVI not to Maurice Gorclon'e OffiCe, but to T was nearly dark when the little us) bungalow. - ; ; coast, Mesmer secured by Maorke Jocelyn greeted him 'with a 11We " Gordon !Or the service turned 'her articulate ery of joy. prow northward And steamed. "I did not think that you could pose away.. sthly be here so soon" ehe said.' "The' truth is," Durnovo took an "What news have you?" he alikedi early onnortnilitY of 'saying to Oscar, without pansies to expiate. He was "that mg nerve is no longer up to tide one of those Men who are silenced by •wcirk.' I.Ishould net care to undertake • an unlimited capacity for prompt this business alone, despite my reputa- action. , • : tion on the coat Wier a wonderful "That," she replied, handing him the thing how closely. the nerves are allied note written by jack Meredith to Marie to.the state of one's health." , • - • at "Wonderful!" arqulesded GuY' Os- • Guy Osicard read it carefully. card, with a lack of irony which.only "Dated seven weehs' last Monday;.. made thelrony keener. nearly tem months ago," he Muttered "I've been ter tong in this country," half.te - ‘, exclaimed Pavlova. "That's- the 'fact. "But you will go?" she !:said, .and yin not the man, I was." something in her voice startled him. Oscard emoked tor some mo - “Of goodie I will go,” he replied. ments in Silence, then he took hiepipe ' looked down into her face with a vague fitnn-hls lips. -• • question -in Ms quiet eyes, and WhO "The Onlr Pity is," he Isaid judicially, knows what he 'saw there? Pernaps othat you ever middle* to look for she was off her guard. perhaps she the simliteine you Were going to read this man aright and did not etre. funk it when the first difficulty arose!' With a 'certain sloW hesitation he Without further comment he walked • laid his hand on her arm. There Was away and entered into conversation 'something nlmOst paternal in. his man- , with the captain of•the steamer. , ner which was in keeping vrtth • hie right," Mattered Durnovo be- ' stature. . .• tweet his teeth -"ail right; 'MY stir - "Moreover," be. went on, "I will get castle 'grand gentleman: be even • there 'in tithe.. I have an Immense re- with. You yet." spect for Meredith. If he said 'that he in due time Mala was reae.hed,• As' could hold out for four•months I should ' the canoes suitable for up :river traffic • Were by no melon sufficient to •Iyario- port the- whole of the .espediticineey . • , force. M one journey, A-di:vision?. Was 'made, • Durnovo Wok charge of the ad- vance column, journeying no to .the camp from ' which the tang march - through. the forest was to. begin', and . sending back the canoes for Oscard and remainder Of the force. With , these canoes be sent back °word that • the .hostile tribes were within a few --- days'. march; and that ..hd Was •fortifg... " ing his Crimp. • • This news seemed to . furnish Guy -.1)secird-with----food,--f-or-Lconsiderable • thetight 3ffiff-tifter.'fitatmtstrade-.or be called Marie, , She 'came, and standing before him • ' with bei patient dignity , of mien, . awaited his conimunication. She never took her eyear•off the 'letter in his band. Oscard noticed. the persistency of her; gide- at the time and remembered -it • again afterWard. • • ' •• "Marle;" he said; "I have bad rather,' serious news from Mr., Durnovo. It will not he safe for you to keg at • Melia: You meet take • the cnitdren • down to Loango. I will send two Men do= 'With you, :end Will give you a 'letter -to Miss Gordon, who Will see to t am also continuing tile, flour, feed and seed grain -bus, Mess and respectfully solicit .a a -eontinuance of your patron- age. J A. Ford. .. The IlicKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Domganu -Farm-and Isolated Town'ProPerty • -Only Ins:Wed- • -OFFICERS- •• - J. 13. MoLean, President,. Kippen 3'. ..0. ,*, Thos, • Fraser ViCe-,Prenidetit, Brucelield P.'0. T. E. •Hays, Sec, - Treasurer, Seaforth P. 0 ' • -DIRECTORS- Wilham ' Seaforth ; John Grieve, Winthrop.; George Dale, Sea - forth ; Watt, Harlock ; John Bennewies, Eiriadhagen ; James Evens eechwoes-i--;tatnes-Connolly,,din tort- ' --AGENTS-- • . Robert Sri:11th, Harlock; E. Hin- chley, Seaforth ; James Cummings, - Egmendville.; • J. W. Yea. Holmes- ville; Parties' desirous to effect insuran,:e or tran.sact other business will • be promptly attended *to- on application to any of the above officeis addressed to their respective .postoffices. •Losses Inspected .by • the director who lives nearest the scene. y' Gee packet hs lactkolly kilted • of • BOLD — DRUCCISTA, OWNERS MW SORES 10c per packet, or 3 packito for eiso. *so hunt *whole sostoon. 4ezKetrzereat.n.e.,,e,..a. 1;ezt-tz. $ 1 upwards FOR SALE: BY W: H. CLINTON, ONT. .• Minent 'danger. !Iowa men are itite MIL They dl e witlunt getting at 'fluatered, "There's' not mere My two or three out of the Whole let that I OM pot ay -trust in," continued Joeeph. Zack Meredith WAI putting on hie coat. "I know what a barrack room mutiny IL Z're felt it in the atmoaphert. •so to epeak, before now, sir," ".And what noes it feel like?" in. quired Jack Meredith, lightly arranging hie Watch ehain, But Joseph 414 not anewer. He stepped bacicwarn into, the tent Min • brought two rides. • Thera was no Deed of ItusWer,.for, this came lu the sound oilnany voices. the clang and elatter of varied arms. "Here they come. sir," said the sol- dier servant, respectfully mindtel ,ot, bis place even at this moment. - Jack Meredith merely set down b* hind the little table where his break, fast stood untouched. Ile leaned his elbow on. the table and watched the approach of the disorderly band of bleats. Some ,rat, some hung back, but all were armed. In ,front walked a Mall, trueulent looking Man with broad shoulders and an aggressive bead. He planted himself before Meredith, and, turning with a wave of, the hanti to indicate hie: folletvere, said in Eng - Inds: "These men; these friends of ,me, say , they are tired of you. • You no goed leader. They Make me their leader.".„ He shrugged his shoulders with a hideous:Join Of deprecation: "I not want. ,They,make Me. We:go to join our friends in the valley.", He ;printed doWn into the •valleg .where the enemy Waa elleallnaat "We have agreed to take Ig00 for you. price given by our friends lit -valley"- The Man stopped suddenly. 'He Was, looking into the muzzle of a revolver with a fixed fascination. Jack Mere- dith .exhibited no haste. He did not seem yet :to have' realized the gravity of the situation. He took ,very careful.' aim.. and pulled, the trigger. A little puff of- . tv.nite :smoke floated.over :their • :beads. ..The !.-bread • shouldered man • witirthe aggressive bead looked stupid- : ; ly surprised. .• Be tented toward his supporters- with pained took:of _quiry, as if there Avers something he • did net quite -understand, and then, he fell on his lace and lay quite still. • Jack Meredith. looked an the blank faces with a .glance of .urbane inquirr. •; "nes anybody else anything to say me?" he asked. • • There .was a dead silence • Some One laughed 'rather ..feebly: in the ba.ck- *ground. . •'• ' ' - " • • • "Then I think I will go on with My breakfast.'! • " . Which he accordingly proceeded to do. • ••• • One. ontwo Of the 'mutineers dropped away And went. neck to their own quarters. • • •. "Take .it away," said Meredith; in- . dierithig the body: .of the .dead Masa • with his teaspoon. • . • "And.lOok hero," be cried out after them, "do not let us have Any more of this n.oneense! , It will only lead to tin-• - pleasentness:"-, •. . • . Some of the men grinned. They were your -Wants at Leango." , , not particularly respectfnl In „their • "Yes," said one softly, "I knew." Manner Of bearingaway the .mortal ' And she .Went intelhe Inside- • 7remithis of their late lender.,. The feel, go f". gasPecl; • The next morning brought' further • Mg had already Wiped. say that he could' hold out •for six. - rumors of p roaching.danger, and it The position was not a 'please* one. seemed certain .that this news Must • For three months the plateau had been There is no one like Meredith once he . makes up • •hiii mind to take thittge have filtered through Durnovo's torn- . fled Camp farther up the "rivet • This -seriously." -----------.-.7.4-..... .------- ' , It was not very well done, and she time the report was . more definite. probably saw through it. , She • prOb- There Were Arabs. leading the tribes, abir „knew that he was, as anxious as. and rumor further stated that an or .s very presence. • • ' nize- d descent on Mesta was in - he Was herself But his . ga ' was full of comfort It someheir tascled, • And yet there was - no word Change to the Moral •etmos- . ''''"'"- . , he had even thought ef securing the Durnovo; no sign to suggest that Pl3g suddenly :eurdege.hnt:ya. . . "I believe be is it Loango. It is•not:- . news only strengthened' °Beard's de- •• • aged negroes in charge of Msala. , This. likely," she went on, "that he will sond termination 0 sentl•Marie down to the here I.1 rather lost my temper with coast and he personally supertntended him and said things Which I imagine their departure before taking bis Seat .; hurt his feelings." -.:in the canoe for the up river voyage a p , TABLE.. - Trains wi11 ar&e.. at • and :AO at item Clinton -station' as follows BUFFALO AND • GODERICII Going East. 6,22 a. in. . g II 783 a. ni.. 41 g 8.10 . "Where is Durnovo?" Oadird asked • tiaretii hlirliotisekeeper and the feiv ' - • The men of . his divisicin had . all pre- "I'sn rather .afreid of doing that tar:" Self." he said; "only it will not be his.. ceded him, •and . no one except his own feelings!' boatmee knew at 'Male was to. be ' • - that lied"that it abandoned.- • ' . ' "I do riot think," sbe rep, ex weild 6e et an expedient to say or de. Dedpite disquieting rumors,the anything present •Ile Must go with. pedition.was allevied to depart •from YOU to the. plateau.. • Afterward -per- • the river woo unmoleeted. For five haps." - , . - • ,. ,.- . • 'days they marched through the gloomy. • • Oscard laughed,quietly. . . . ' ' • forest with ili sided: On tbethird day . "Ah','' he said, "that sounds like one - one ef the men, Of Durnovo's division of , Meredith's .propeeitions. But he captured e native who had been -Provirl- does not mean it any .more than you lug an their heels, in the •line Cf-ratireb, do".. •• . - • . Victor' Dernovo sent captor and pile- ' "I do mean it," replied Jocelyn quiet-, oner to the front of . the column, with , lg.' 'There isno hatred .so, coniplete, so a m'essage to ••Oscardthat he Would merciless, as the hatred of a wornan• come presently and see what illftottilft, ,for one Who has wronged the man she tion was to be abstracted from the • loves. At such. times women do not . captive At the midday halt Durnovo prude to give, fair play.' Tney.make no- accordingly' jellied Oscard ,' and the man . ittu,s puff of whitesmoke floated over allowance". • g . • . . , ' • , was brought . before them..., He • was : - ' . • • • • • ,. -Guy Oscard-smiled. . \ • . ' . • , • hardly ,vvorthy Of the name._, so .disease ' li. • • their head.a... .. . . "1 thihk I will .go and look fdebiin,“ striae:1, so miserable and half starvg ' ' ' .,., be said • - . . • . ' • '. was he . • - , • . ' • . surrounded by hostile tribes. who made At dusk that 'tante evening there was "Ask him," said Oscard, "whether he desnitory raids from time. to time „ a singular incident in the barroom of knows • that there..is an Englishman These the little force on. the sumnilt the only hotel it 1,011140- ' • .With a largezliirce on the top of a was able to repulse, but a combleed •Victor Durnovo was there, surrounded mountain•fer to the east" ' • , attack from, say, 'two sides at bade . by a few friends of antecedents and ' Durnovo translated, and the man an. ! . would tertaitly have been , successful.. blood 8111111er to his own. They were ewered With a smile. It reply to scone' Mered• Oh had no reason to suppose that . Idyll* ri 'convivial time of it. and the . further question the, negro kultiched ,. his appeal for lieip lied reaelied,kisale, eonsumptien of Whisky •-vvas. greater ieto a detailed narrative, M which Dur- ',. infested . as • the inter' '1,'"Olaves." replied Joseph ottarplY, teuching bra het "without knowing Why', 1 "Waves: What: are you talking about?" ,Tho man dune 4 little nearer. "Th000 tort Y tneu-leastwiae thirty. four men -that we 'brought from Malik! Mr. Durnovo's men that cultivate thle 'ore $11211aChle, as they call it. They're IlUrereut from the rest, slOt • . "Yee. of course they are. We do ritst hire thew direct; we biro them from Mr. Durnovo and Pay their wages to him. They are .ot a different tribe front. the others4,-not lighting men, but agriculturists.'".. Josoli • Pawed. "'Strange thing,' eiro• but I've not seen 'en) •lien. diing any of their pay yet." "Weil, that Is their affair." • "Yea, sir!" • • Raring Unburdened himeelf or his anspieloo, the servant retired, shaking his head minnouely, ^At any other time the words just recorded would have. aroused Jack Meredith's attention, but the singular elothfidness that seen]ed to be creeping over bis intellect, was already acting as a clog on hip niental energg, . The next morning ne Was 'unable to Jeave his bed, end lay all clar In a . state of semi -somnolence Joseph ex - &lined to the men that the leader was se • disgusted with their engratetel. conduct that be would net leave the rent. In. the evening there was a slight attack mane from the southern side. This Joseph was able to repulse, chiefly by his own long range firing, Assisted by 11, few, picked rifles, but the situation was extremely critical, The roll of the nig war drum could be beard. almost ineessantly, rising with weird melancholy fled the terest land beneath them.. . DesPite difficulties. the new. crop of simiacine, the second within twelve mouths, had been picked,„ dried and stored in cases. Without on the pie.... Mau stood the bare trees, affording no covert • ter savage warfare, no screen against the' deadly • bullet. The camp Was Oilseed near one edge of the. table lend and.on' this exposed- side tee -stock-, ade was ccinetineted •ot dOuble strength. The attacks had hitherto . been made oniy from this eide,.. but Joseph' knew that anything in the na- ; tere of.a Combined assault would carry • hie defense, before: it • In bus rough • and reedy way he doctored his master,. Making - ,for him suet scalpel arid' strength.givirig food cerise could. Once. very . late in the night, .when it almost 'denied that the shadow. of deith 'lay over the little •tent.he pounded up some of th.e - magic . eimiacine leaves- and rafted them_ in the brandy which be -AdreinisteredIrom-tircre titne-T- •----'• „ . Before sunrise- the next morning the . alarm was given again and the iittle garrison wascalled to arms. ' Retook his station' on the roof et 'a but the center of the little stockade, • and from there he directed the 'ere of. his men. Croisching beneath him he bad .i'disitnied•nattre Who loaded each rifle • in tern and just by. way of encourag- ing the oti3ers ,he picked off the -.prom,. Meet Men, outside the .stockade with .a deadly steadiness. : . • If. „Joisepb detected anything like cowardice or carelessness; be 'pointed hie rifle With a threatening frown to-. ward • the culprit, with instant effect.. Presently, however,. things' began to , get • more serious: • This was not the .- % sudden assault et a single chief, but in organized attack. Before, long Joseph: ceased M'smile, By sunrise he was off. the roof running from one weak point to 'another; eneciureging, •threittening, fighting and swearing-verg herd. More.• than ence,the enemy reached the steak-. ade, and, ominetie*sigkone or two of theitnead lay inside thnnfense. :. wee' everyWhere at 'once urging. on .his Men,' kielcieg them; ' pushing then, forcing then up to the stockade , . But saW. the .end.. Half. dazed the blacks fought On in silence '• „ In' the 'minsi :of it a hand • was lain oi Joieph's shoulder.' • . "there," crien•ii '.:voice;. "that' cornet See to it ' Without looking • round, Joseph . . obeyed • end the breeched corner was saved He only kneW that his iesieter, who was almost 'dead, had come tolife avdp. There: was no time for . anyk ;thing else • " • . . „. • For half an heur_iterean question of . . . any., moment. Mester and Men. were for the time. being nothing better than -madden, ., and the fighting. frenzy.. is . infectious. . At lest there was a pause. The enemy .fell back and in the MOndetary silence the sound of distant. firing reached the • emit of the little basid,of defenders. . "What's • that?" asked Meredith sharply. He looked like one risen from LIPPINCOTT' MONTHLY MAGAZINt A FAMILY the Beet In Current Literature .12 COMPLZTIC NOV4L4 Ytaaor MANY SHORT STORIES AND PAPER* ON TIMELY TOPIC* 42.60 oira *tout oat, 440V bNO CONT1i4UICO STORIttakt EViY MUMMIES! ittsettoLgyg IN 5,20 p, in, (thing, West. _ pr -m. - p. ni .4' I 6.40 m. . • " . • 10,41 p. tn. LONDON, HURON & ItittiCE Going South • 7.47. m. • .4.23 p. itt- 11.05 a. nt I). M. 0 LI FULL SUMMER SERVICE ILittIF !uri!guni.DirnistiT. --wStcchtterirasyleavl 1 Prigay, /Or Sault ate. l'if' ant,'Port Arthur, Iton t IWilliam and Duluth -Friday ,tearer goirirg through to Duluth. 1 tdOntilAtt iliAV & MACKINAC DIV. -Steam- er; leave Collingwood r,.3o p.to ., Owen Sound t r40 p.m., Tuesdays., Thursdays and Sutra. daus, Tuetday end Saturday steamers go 'through to Mackinac. Teuradae, std.:Iwo accommodating but 36 passengers, goes to Soo only. • $0ftn$ wiloirs eiv,....par parry smear Byes Inlet, Preeeh River and Killarney, steamer loves Oollingwood ro.3o P.m, Mondays and Fridays. PARRY' entiND & PENETANd btiretateitnier I lettved Penetang daily 2.43 P.M., for Parry I Soutid arid way port& TIMM/ ont isofarisaika kW* sit refired Mae r StiWthi• n • than MI ht be deemed diseroeotisteneg-eaged , . ' . i were y eanisibel tribes.' • Provisions a chlorite as that of Leango. "He says," said the latter to_Otteard, 1 were at low _ebb, There *seemed to -Durnevo_tweein the act of raising his- -"that- the 431riteltif 1-i' in possession of • • be no hope of outside aid and disaf- gbless to his dos When the epee -doorway • the Massie . It was taken two Months, teeth:in was rife in his small force. before him. The half breed's jaw drOp- the two „Englishmen were tortured to • i found hiJack Meredith; • who was no soldier. 'lidelf ealled upon to defend a was darkenedAnd Goy Oscard stood ago. The blacks were sold, tea Slaves; ped; the glass was set • down again death and their bodies burned." . . weak position, with: unreliable Men, Whet unsteadily on the eine coveted‘,.. ' t%.*•; , 'eard never moved a irellicle. for an indefinite period. &Miter. , . , "Ask ,him if he is quite sure abotit ' ' ,Joeeph bad a rough knowledge ot sol "1 Want gOO"..said Oscard. ' • • it" . • , • diering and a very rudimentary. notion' There was; a little pause, ea ominous "Qt," replied.Diirnovo after Om- ' of fortifleation. But belied that Which silence„ and Victor Durnovo slowly fol'i toning. What a pity! But I always served as - well -the Unerring eye lowed Oiscard out of the room, leaving knen* it I knew It was 'tante hopelees for covert -of a niarlomen. He Was a that ominous silence behilid. from the Iirat.P' . ' • deed shot ht any range, and, knotvIng 41 leave or Mode tonight," said Os - He passed his brown hand nervoislk what be could hit he also knew how to f. caret: When they were etitsider "and 'you. over his face, where the perspiration •screen himself from the rifle of an are coming with me."' . • Stood in beads • eneniy; ..• . , : . .t.,-..,. . ....., ,•,'• ; ' 0 . , . "I'll see you cursed firetl" replied "Yes," wild Ostaril sioWly, "but .1 Above ell Perhapi, 'Was the quiet Durnovo, with a eourage born of Irish ft influenc; of ,a man who never dinthed think •tve Will go on all the same. whisky. • ,4t..e4.4, 1;144' • • ::.4,01411 iev• -of*/ " ‘of • • "kV. ' 411F/5k 11111'111110111 ;i• The next moment GUN Orcnk4dsto4.04 the .Cafte of the plateau. bit wettk, that 1 'tin haven't had anything to eat for soms time, you know,". "ON. yes," Kaki °ward shortly. "I! know all about it." • . • . .... . Mamma .xvia. THREE deys after the arrival of . the rescuing force at the plateau. . GO Oscard ',1md, organized a` ,retreeting party, comManded bgri . Joseph, to eoevey Jack Meredith down; to. the Coant He plow o,Rowei of medicine to recognize the fact that this' ..' was no .. passing indleposition, but al; thorough ' breakdown' in - health. The . : work end*AnIlety of . the last year, ; added to ' the • eiraisge- disquieting . • breath of ' the eimitteine . grove, bed; brought.ebdut it serieue eollapee. W. the: ' system whieh only months of rest and freedom from care cooldiepalr. ' Before the :retreating,. 'column Waft' ready to march it wad discovered that • . the hostile lathes had finally evacuated, the country, 'winch deliverance was . - brougbt about not by Oscard's blood stained track *aegis the forest not .• ' by the desperate defense of the plateau, but by the whisper that Victor Her- eby° .was with them. Truly 4 maWo .... -reputation hrlretrange-.thingt- !'--- - -- - -7-- And this -man,' the mighty :warrior • . . 'whose name was as good -as an 'Army • in Central Africa, went. down .on ,hls. knees one night to . Guy •Oscard, .1m- ' ploring him to abandon' the aimiacine., *plateau, or at all events AO allow hini •'• to go. dawn to Lettngo irit..4 Meredith and Toisenh. : .•.• - . " ", ' . "NO" -• siiM . Oscard; ' "Meredith held •• • this place for us .when he: gland have 'left it safely. He, haa•-held it for 'A. , year. It is our lure. nOw. We win hind it for him. ..t 04'8014to •Eita3'. 'etd you.have to Meg with me" '•: '1 •• • For Jack Meredith life . was• at this, ' time *Akin* but a .,constant,- never . Ceasing fatigue' When Oscard helped:: him into the rough jitter they had 'con, ..: structed for his comfort, he . iald nia , bead on the pilIONi-, overeome: witli ii deed sleep. - - • : • .; , : . - "GlOodby,eld ehap,"-said Oscard, pet- ting him On Magee:Oder. - • • .. .. .' "O'by," and Jodi. Meredith tinted. ' over ..lin Ins •side as if he were in bed, drew Up. the blanket and closed his* • eyes. He did not seem to know where: he. Wes, end; what Was worse, he 4.1.4:... • . . not .seem. M. care ' Oseakd .gave the signal to the. beitete and the tneich . began... There Is , sernettiing, In the . spring of •human ..mosedi. unlike , any :. . other • motive power ; .the .power , of' .- tholight may be felt even on the note of, . . a litter, and one..thing that modern lti- :-.. vention can never, equal' Is lhocOmfort . of being carried on the helium shoulder. • The slow, sWinging,movernent came :to . • be part of jack Meredith's life -indeed, - life itself seemed to be nothing but . a huge .JOurney , thus peacefully. aceOrn- -plisbect., Through' the.tiappin,g. dertatas an endless processien of trees passed : ' before his half closed.eges. The unintel- ligible gabble of:the light hearted bear 41 litter was all that reached his .ear's. And ever et his side' was jeseph, cheerier indefatigable, reseurceful. ..., There wsie in his mind one of the great- est hapPinessesr. of .11f07 --the sense • of , something satisfeetoi.lig. accomplialsed-.-• . the pencefuluess that comes wile] the ... . iter.e;,tsifl for effort le past .end leftbe- , ,. . . ' CONTINU.ED. IN NE.1!!C'r :ISStte. . . . . Guy Oscard said nothing, but he "What!" cried Durnovo. "Go on?" front danger of Seefficel to be hi tie "ed Gil , .4 y Oscard, "'we will least elseoncerted by its presence. - 0, - stretched out his right hand suddenly. zee, replied on, and if I find yen trying to desert -"Tt seems, sir," said Jeseph to Inc MS fingers closed in the eoller of I'll shoot you down like a rat" master later in the :ley, "that yoti'Ve, Victor Durttovo's coat, and that part!. • _*. • * * . * - * kinder stumped then's. They don't un- colored scion , of two races found him- . Self feebly trottinth g e one street of "A.bout as bad as they derstand you" tan be, sir, Leanne That's how things le" Joseph set "They must be kept le check by feat , "Le' gol" he gasped. Rut the hand at Ids neck neither relinquished nor contracted. When they reached the beach the embarka- tion of the little, army wtts going for. ward under Mantled Gordotee super. while Joseph made his dlseouraging Meredith made no answei, unu a er Vidor looked at. COrdon. Ile report ite was engaged in buttoeing a little pause Josepli repeated the reflected over the' trump card held in ills walateont. Ile nodded grtireig, but words significantly, If ungrardinatiettl. ree hod, but he was tee &Intel W hie manner Was net that of A nitul ly, '"rhose sort o' mon." play'N tit*. :WM tally reedisad poitiou of lap ',Who* doi `0011 n141n" bore s tio other way,PI rep . down his master's breakfast on the • f t f 131 ,lith rather wearily. Cif late he had mutt a felt less and less I/Misted to exert Wm - tent arid looked at Jack' IdereCith, • Meredith had n way of performing " selt. most of bis toilet outside' his tent, and "Yes, sir. Those sott nien." • "FightingareOlig themselves,'/ re- plied JesePli,'" who was Wiping blood and grbad from his eyes. "Then One oi them is fighting' with* an express rifle." ; Joseph listened. "By heaven!" heshouted. "Hg heav- en, ltier-sir, we're Saved!" ' ' The. enertiy`hed apparently heard the ffring too. Perhaps tbey also recog- aded the peculiar i3luirp smaek of the express rifle meld the others. There _tves a fresh attrick-Anjiglg, • •ecklese men. But the news soon Apreadthat there -was- firing in•.the•-ve1.-.- , ley and the Booed of a whitesteirfs • rifle. The little garrison plucked Up heart, and -the rides, almost too hot to bold, dealt death 'emend. They beld back the savages until the Sound oe the firing behind tbern Was quite audible even amid the heavy rat, M. of the musketry. Then 'suddenly the firing Geased--the • enemy bed divided and fled. pot n few moments there was it strange, tense silenee, Then a voice --an Eng- lish voice -cried "Come on!" - The net moment Guy Osectrd stood • on the edge el .the, inateeti. no held up . hods .arms els a signal to those Within the stockade to &nee firing, and thee he came forwerd, followed by a number of blacks end Durnovo., . The gate was rapidly disincumbered of ite.rough supports add thrown open: Jack Meredith stood lir the aperture, holding ont bis nand, "It's en right; it's all right," he said. Oscard did not seem to take so cheer - :An a view of matters. He scrutinized Meredith's face with visible anxiety. Viten suddenly laelt lurched up against his rescuer, grabbing at him vaguely. In a minute Oscard wtui eupperting him httek toward his tent." "It's all right you knOW," explained Jack Meredith veryirravelyi "1 ant a SIR ALEXANDER'S BUSIEST DAY. A Great Musician Tells of Hustling He Had to Do In Canada, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, princi of the Royal -A fe readers of the Lon-, don Tatler what, watt_the busiest - he eVer Pit in. He replied: "Well, I think that day was one on which I began at 9.30 a. ni. with an orchestral ,rehearsel of two hours and a htdf in . London, Ont, We then proceeded by special train to Woodstock; there, al- ter speaking. at a public luncheon of which I. had not time to partake. I hurriedly rnhearsed the local choir in bight of the incoming audience; then 00MdUcted an afternoon concert and returned to. London itt. time for rthe evening „concert. The day ended with another banquet given by the mayor. All this did not prevent me from be- ing at my post at early rehearsal in Toro/in:Van the following morning. do not think I could have poen* got through .such a fatiguing day's work hi this country, but the Cana- dian climate is wonderfully bracing and invigorating. At. all events,- I foend it to be so." • Sir Alexander further said: "In two or three of the smaller Canadian towns I dondected the first orchestral Concerts over given, and as these en- tertainments took place in theatres I had to direct in the 'house' between the third and fourth rows of stallso surrounded by the audience. 'Encores were always numerous enough, but on one. occasion the enthusiasm was no cotnitelling that 1 was obliged to PehltYr-alvt4ttolliktveerxyc'elltiM" othaesh40.11 gram twiee ever. Truly, the good -will of the -listeners helped my staying powers smatingly."