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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-03-05, Page 6THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE Have Bioom tor the Flower Show Premium List for 1936 THVILSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936 am ©Uy REX0 MEMBERS ABE ENTITLED TO TWO CHOICES CHOICE 1'—'25 Asparagus—Heavy 2 year roots i CHOICE 2—25 Senator Dunlap Strawberries. None better CHOICE 3—Baby’s Breath—Bristol Fairy,. "New double white ; . I> CHOICE 4—<Red-leafed Japanese Barbery A beautiful dwarf slhrub. —------------------------------------ When Fisk cam-, reservation Gloria There seemed to be nov? ly wrung with her ami i was nothing the matter broken heart. Racehorsi! that—-they run until their hearts break, until there is nut another gallop in them; and Gloria was from thoroubpored’ .stock. Thu desert had beaten her. A few days later Fisk wired to port for the best doctox- available, and the latter came up on a special locomotive. What the doctor said drove out of the husband’s mtnd all thoughts of oil, of fishing jobs, of Homestake Number* One. A nurse was secured as quickly as possible and meanwhile the physician stayed on. Fisk did not return to the well; he hung about the house, a dumb figure of suspense. Gloria no longer knew him and that was terrifying. He was like a frightened child, de­ serted and alone. Every whisper that issued from her lips was like a knife-tlhrust. He did not s.eep; his eyes grew bloodshot from the tears that «.anxe whenever he left the sick room. Tau doctor and the nurse watched him covertly and more than once they to and him muttering words as sensexc^s as those that fell from the sick, wife’s lips. He wildly cursed himse t and desert. Natme finally exacted toll for the way he had cheated her, and al­ though he ached intolerably for sleep, he arrived at a condition where lie cou.d not close his eyes; when he lay down bis brain began to race and black fancies drove him sigh­ ing out of his bed. One morning when the brazen sun rose over the hills and began again to pour its hatred into the valley, the doctor told him as gently as pos­ sible that t'he end was near and that he must prepare himself. It was merely a question of time now, a question of hours, ■when the tired heart would cease to function. Gloria was in no pain; further stimulants were useless, they would merely serve to hasten that inevitable mo­ ment when t'he weight of her lungs would xirove too heavy, fox* her feeble breath to lift. Donald groaned. If only she would revive enough to recognize him, to £.ive him one word, one look! He would know that she forgave him But for hex’ to slip away without ©yen. a pmile, a kiss—'God, no I “It isn’t a case where any sort of medicine can do much good,” the doctor explained. “I’ve -had other eases like it. Nothing organically wrong, but—yo'U understand! It’s the .country, I guess. The heat -or the 'indiLOtony or—hope deterred, maybe. *!^Ve hove a‘lot of it down here. well had come in, I’m ehe’d have rallied/' He said She’s have rallied. ^"The husband sat .most of the day in a trance waiting fox- his hideous ’&r8siin to end. Sometimes he bowed ffcfs 5head in his hands, but the other vratchers gould not tell whether is ^xs'^ears or sweat that ran down be- twhen’-his fingers. They fancied it must be the latter, Ihowever, for his grief was too abysmal fox- tears. Late in the afternoon Fisk heard Che little ibrown Goya children play­ ing in the road. They were laugh­ ing! He groaned aloud. Children! Gloria and he had wanted children, Vtot* tlhere again the desert had tftwarted them. This was no count­ ry, for white women. A man might as well 1ock his wife in a furnace and expect her to bear children. SO Gloria was dying! And he had killed her! He rose and creaked about the house, wringing his hands. Efis' mental numbness was wearing off now and agony had consumed Him. His mind was galloping, run- ■iiiing away and he talked incessant­ ly. but with a thick tongue and with- , .put finishing his sentences. Yes. He i that ^aa impossible! The soil be- had killed tier! He had staked her j^eath their feet was trembling now; pht oh the blistering desert as the’^^m^the •casing mouth issued a. vi- Apaches. staked out tffieir prisoners, ”” n .................. leaving the Sun to wreak its torture.'Vftiat was that the doctor had1 paid? If Homestake had come in she would have lived? 'Oh, there were devils in this valley! They were in the air,' in the daggex- points that ariued the cacti and the blood-bush­ es. Yes, and other demons were in thfe rocks beneath the hills. These litter were the worst, for they col- tested in the bottom at wells and cut cables; they deflected fishing tools; they filled threads itid sockets with mud and grit. Malignant devils! T$e Homestake was full of them. An insane determination took slow hold of Fisk. He went out and cranked up his flivver, mumbling to the nurse that it was necessnry for him to go out and look after the job. Company affairs, he told her, wild­ ly, had to proceed, even If girl wives died and bheir husbands went crazy wth grief, companies were like that soilless and unfe^ling—iust like devils- -'peat joke on comranv man­ agers, wasn’t it They put in their lives, they sweated their gr-Js white, jjfcnl got—this and went rink- . ing quietly soberly; occasionally they : stopped and listened, for out of the men were asleep’night came a monotonous note like siren many miles away. Finally through this irritating monotone came another sound, the approaching rattle of a rickety automobile. The road was illuminated by the glare of car- lights then in the open doorway there ap­ peared the figure of a man in drip­ ping. oil-soaked garments which the The ca pitching down t’he road. McKay and h. ................ „....... ...................................... when their employer arrived; he did i the hoarse blast of a not awaken them. The desert moon was blight enough to read by. so he flung himself out of the ear and pick­ ed lhis way to the shanty were the ni­ troglycerine was stored. Tho explo­ sive was just as he had left it three <veeks before; he carried it out into the light and poured it into the long ......, ... —-------- ----------1 R tin container designed for lowering I dust of the road had rendered indes- into the well. He worked swiftly and wtih no move caution than if he were 'handling so much lubricating oil. The .torpedoes, when filled, he carried in upon the derrick floor; then he ran a thin manila line thro’ a block, and the end of this he made fast to the first cartridge. So! Those little devils would drop his tools, would they? They’d wreck ihis well, bankrupt the com­ pany, and. make him lose his boat, eh? Murderers, tha-ts what they were. They 'had murdered Gloria. By Heaven! two could play at that gai$?! He let the long, shiny torpedo© slip quietly into the casing mouth so as not to give them warning of what he had in mind, McKay and his ictgw were awaken­ ed by a peculiar sensation; it was as if their beds 'had been lifted a few inches by the upward thrust Established 1873 and 1887 at Exeter, Ontario Published every Thursday morning SUBSCRIPTION—$2.00 per year in advanceRATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c. each Insertion for first four insertions. 25c. each subse­ quent Insertion. Miscellaneous ar­ ticles. To Rent, Wanted, Dost, or Found 10c. per line of six words, Reading notices 10c. per line, Card of Thanks 5Qc. Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per line. In 'Meipojiam, with one verse 50c. extra verses 25c. each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Professional Cards If sure sure cribahly foul. His hair was matted, his face was smeared, his shoes were sodden, and when he stepped they oozed a sticky liquid the color- of tar. He had, it seemed, been- plunged in­ to a lake of oil, tlxen rolled in dirt, for he reeked with smell of crude petroleum. It was Donald Fisk. He stood rock­ ing upon the threshold; the whites of his eyes glared wildly as he fixed his gaze on the bedroom door; he tried to voice a question, but the dust was thick in his throat and he failed. The doctor approached him, laid a hand upon his greasy sleeve, and spoke in a low tone; “.She is—asleep Fisk flung off the grasp, lifted his arm- on high and uttered a cry of despair. “Gloria! Gloria—’’ He clenched his grimy fists and shook them, h 1 began to curse in a hoarse, hcfxiw’.e, croaking voice. The doctor seized SIGN HERE Then in the open doorway appeared! the figure of a man. thickly padded pislon and then drop­ ped. “Hey! Who kicked my bunk?” in­ quired the driller as he sat up. A startled voice answered him.,, “That’s funny! Me too! Did you fel­ lows hear anything?’” ■One man had, another had , not. Somebody suggested an earthquake —anything was Ii'tely to happen in this accursed country. They were argusing stupidly in the dark when McKay? spoke with all trace of sleep­ iness gone from his voice: * “Hark . . . My God, listen!” An instant, then he Was out upon the floor and the others had follow­ ed him. They stood strained, alei’t. At fix'.-t the hush of the desert was as complete as that of a tomb; thou from somewhere came a long, sigh­ ing exhalation, not unlike breath is­ suing from the lungs of a wounded gaint. It was etv-y, penetrating sound, close yet far away; it camo from nowhere, from everywhere, and it raised the hair upon the necks of the listeners. Together they tumbled out of tho shanty. There was nothing in sight except the Homostaka derrick, a gaunt skel­ eton. silvered liy the moon; neverthe­ less that sigh grew, second by second , and is it continued it changed into | a whistling moan, indescribably blood-curdling. The men realized fin- i ally that it came from the well. And brating, rumble, a rasping, gasping, gurgling road. Then, before t'lieir staring eyes ah amazing thing took place. Home­ stake Number One vomited into the night a geyster of black mud and water and broken stone. The bur­ den came with a great retching, a3 if coughed otit from the very vitals of the earth,“ but oddly enough, in­ stead of diminishing, tho. jet mount­ ed higher, moment by moment, along with t’he pitch of the sound that came with it. It sprayed up, up, climbing the oighty-foot derrick sec­ tion by section, until the crown block Wis hidden. It stood there flna’ly, a tremendous fountain belching its I rage up towards the empty sky. [There was the rush of many waters; ■ the desert was drowned beneath a {deluge; there came a raw, penetrat­ ing odor of gas and petroleum. Homestake Number One had come in. The '■p+for’ hours ogaia, stxuggled with him. “Man! You .don’t understand. She’s asleep! She’.* -better!” Fisk comih-ehended nothing at fii’nt except the sharp- admonition’ fb.rf silence; that was all his 'brain could compasp. ‘ , ' ’ . ■"The change came an hour agej., She -lias a - cha'ince. Heaven' only knows what happened—1’ -i There was breathless pause while Donald Fislkl ©lowly groped, his way up out of utter blackness. In the sity e-iuCe c-jald. be bear’d that ^tyme; faint xnonjteite. It sounded like the, dis- signal of some distant’ liger, the Whistle .rope of which had been tied xlewh. “ft was a miracle, Mr. Fisk!’’ the rxu...->w ,piously asserted. “Strength came to her -out of nowhere. She be­ gan to breathe more easily, hex’ heart grey stronger-—” “II was the well! She was waiting —wa’t’rg. It came in an lxoui- ago! Do”’t you hear it?” “Q’Fet! Not so loud.” But the- husband was deaf to cau­ tion, “Her soul was waiting, hover­ ing—she wouldn’t leave me as long as there was hope—” A convulsion racked the oil-soaked figure. ‘Home­ stake came in like a lion, like a thousand lions, roaring, belching—” His voice bi’oke, he choked. “It'S the biggest, well in the country! thousand barrels a day or more. My head’s- splitting from the noise. It drowned me—deafened me! When I -saw it was oil I cursed God!” The speaker turned, lurched blindly to the #all and resting hi^' hoad in his hand,s, began to sOb-like a little boy. “I stood thei'e with my Luce to tho sky and cursed God!” Toxvards morning Gloria stirred, opened her eyes, listened, then Smil­ ed contentedly at her husband. He had to bow his head close to catch j hex- whispered words; “Our boat! I was so tired! I thought I couldn’t I Wait any longer. Then.—I heard it coming in,—our ship!” “Yes dear/’ He pressed his hung­ ry lips to her heck. “Yon waited, and our ship came in.” THE END A cowpuncher ordered a steak at restaurant. The- waiter brought rare, very rare. The cowpuncher CHOICE $—-Tritoma—Red Hot .^ Starks Early Hybrid Uvaria Grandiflora You will b© delight w valley had flung o^f its snffo- nt lonnf there woo Prim* wnm nf Hw Fh-'h Damn all companiesj tho doctor and the nurse wore talk- Tn Oi it. looked at it and demanded that it be returned to the 4; "It is cooked,” ?r.. •’owpunehor fi lien and cooked snapped the Wait- • t I’ve ie< Worse* than that and pPed m cows get well? tho hurt' GLADMAN; & STANByitF ( barristers/ SOLUTTduS, Ac. Money to Lo$n, InWfmenit-s Made fnsux^wxce Safe-depositCT^lts for use of our 1 Clients without charge EXETER and HENSALL CARLING & JrtORLiy$/'' BARRISTERS, SO^ICI LOANS, INV INSU orfice: Carling lock, Win Stree®, EXETER. ONT. -------------------- R®er—one of each; li'ious colors, and hge and red. vifh these. to Canadian Horticulturistn Selected named varieties CHOI® 6—Year’s Subscri_< CHOlfij 7—12 Gladiol CHOICE 9 —'ROiSE Julien Pot Dame Ed" Night ( >1 Foi’e de Holland (red) or (yellow) or Helen (pink) or e Black Rose”) BING ROSE—-Paul’s Scarlet or s-choxx (Thousand Beauties) MEMBERS JW'-'/May order Nursery 'Stock through the Society at wholesale prices, MEMBERSHIP FEE $1.00 MARK TWO CHOICES. •h ADDRE-SlS ..................................................................... HAND IN OR MAIL BY MARCH 30th GEORGE S. HOWARD, J- G. STANBURY, president Secretary-Treasurer ALL PREMIUMS WILL BE DELIVERED CANADA’S PROGRESS IN 1936 Decemlber is the month in which we take stock of ourselves. It can be stated that Canada’s climlb on the road to bettei- times was continued in the year now past. Some indust­ ries were not active so active in 1934 b‘ut, on the whole, productive opera-. lions- were greate that in the in-s­ eeding. year. Th© gain in output, based on available information, was oyer 7 pei- cent, In view, of the con­ siderable betterment' whieli, took* place ‘in 1934 oyeAthe, lpw .point of the depression reached in 19J’S, this gain is regarded as satisfactory. ,.The level of pi-oductive operations in. 1935, measured, by the first ten inquiths, .was practically the same as. .19,26. The. yjear 1926 is regarded; as the best representatiye of .aver-- age conditions in the post-vyay pej-iod’ The relative stability of; the com­ modity price level was; also a favor­ able development. An advance in the prices of animal products and of metals has been a feature of re­ cent months, Government bond prices were remarkably low, indicat­ ing that funds in large amount were seeking investment,. Common’ stock prices reached a new high point on the recovery in November, evidently indicating an improvement in the prospects- for Canadian companies. The mining and power industries showed marked gains in 1935, avail­ able information suggesting that the output of each will establish a re­ cord. Manufacturing production not make so bright a showing the gains predominated. Employment in. such industries averaged more than 7 pel- cent, greater than in 1934. A Bulletin describing the trend of the year may be obtained upon, ap­ plication to the Dominion. Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa. 5,000 WILD GEESE WINTER. WITH MINER did but STUDENTS AT GRANTON IN JUDGING CONTEST (One hundred and twenty-five Granton agricultural course stu­ dents and farmers spent an after­ noon judging horses, beef cattle and swine at the stockyards and at the farm of irwin Wallis, one-half -mile north of the village, Winnipeg Clydesdales from the Royal 'and Guelph Winter Fairs were supplied for the classes by Warren. Brock and Charles Jones} percherons by Joseph Kelly, William Cook, Jack Bryan, Hubert Hodgins, Vic West­ man and I. Wallis1} beef cattle and Yorkshire hogs ‘by Warren Brock and I. Walli3. The classes were placed officially by W. K. Riddell, county representative. D. A. Dalziel and Emerson Stanley, who also dem­ onstrated points looked for in the various types. Judging classes wi’l be again conducted at. district on Wednesday and Thursday noons, and other spa are being carried out Attendance has boefx gratifying. farms after- ENT'S, J. E, JACKSON, M.B., L.M.gs0. (Tor*) Physician apd Snr P;hQ|te 2 Office; At his r.fi Fe on Main St. j just South of ttye#^evrolet Garage General Practice—-Night or Day calls given prompt attention. Successor to Dr. Browning Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.^DtfcS. i DENTIST Office: Carlixig. Jslock EXETER’, -'ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoons Plenty of Food and Windbi'caks at Sanctuax-y KTNGiSYflLILE—The sight of Cana- ada wild geese at the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary, a few miles north of Kingsville, is no longer a sign of spring, fox- during the past winter ovex- 5,000 geese have remainder at the sanctuary. i With evergreen trees placed ground the pQp^s of tlxe sanctuary to,- break* the severe winter winds-, and, with plenty of corn scattered over the1 ice-covered ponds, tihe geese have <b(een in the district since last Octo­ ber, and will stay until the mididle /of April, with the’ spying migrants. joining; them in March, it i? stated., i'; “Byj-our earipg* for these 5,0()Qj Canada geese all .winter, to go noyth, >f-ox- th,e spring'aixd’summer nesting- season, it megns they will increase and come back SQutih witty 10,000 in the- fall/’ Mr. Miner states. “Tlxey. Will not .come bag|t. to the Jack Min*; er sanctuary alone, but the overflow' will spread out ovei- Canada and thet Southern’ .United States and the hunters and 'bird-lovers of the con­ tinent will benefit by the increase while a limited number will return to this Sanctuary for feed and pro­ tection next fall and winter. The engagement is announced of Margaret Elizabeth, younger daugh- er of Mrs. Robert T. Elgie, to Mr. Joseph H. D. Upshall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Upshall, all of Kip­ pen, the marriage to take place in S't. Anrew’Si Church, Kippen, on 'Sat- •uray, March 21, at 2 p.m. Cedar Chester ANb NEW FURNITURE Also furniture remodelled’ to order. We take orders fo||a,lL kinds of ca­ binet work for kitchens, etc at the DASHWOOD PLANING MILL I Dr. H. H. COWEN, L.D.S.,D.J)S. DENTAL SURGEON. 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