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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-01-28, Page 6THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIME^ Nights 107 4 DR, R. L. STEWART •st PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A. PHYSICIAN And SURGEON Located at the Office of the Late Dr. H. W. Colbome. Business and Professional Directory J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan.** Office — Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes. Office Phone 54. J. H. CRAWFORD Wingham Ontario R. S. HETHERINGTON Telephone No. 66 / Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone. BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Office — Morton Block. Dr. Robt C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.C.P, (London) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19. Thursday^ January 28, 1937 * rant in ths battle with natural forc es, Abruptly she swept aside the tar paulin and stepped forth? Confine ment had become intolerable. The men at the sweeps did not seem to notice her. With quick, thrilling steps she ran to the front of the scow and braced herself there. Spray drenched her, the wind of their speed clutched at her face,’ whipping the latter tight about her slim, valiant figure, Presently Ellen turned. The crew spied her now, stolid, dark, stoic-fac ed Cree Indians, and they stared at her in shy, unwinking amazement. Eyes from other scows had marked her presence also, and she saw Pi erre Buschard grinning broadly and waving at her. Then one of the big craft headed towards her own. When the scows were still a good ’ three yards apart a big, bare-headed figure cleared the space in one clean leap of splendidly co-ordinated muscles, and a moment lai er John Benham was beside her. “Well,” he said slowly, his voice Steady and aeep. “I see you’ve won, And by the grin on Pierre Buschard I can guess how you did it," „ Ellen’s courage came back with a rush. She smiled. “I was desperate,” she answered. “It was the only way. I hope you will not be angry with Pierre. He was very kind. And as I said at first—I will pay you well for your trouble.” . i' Benham raised a deprecating hand. A queer hardness twisted his mouth and a certain glint of triumph shone in his eyes. “My payment is already assured," he said grimly. “I’m a good hater. I’ll exact my pound of flesh.” Ellen stared at him. ■ In a space of seconds he had become somehow stern and savage. A ripple of fear ^hot through her. It couldn’t be . . surely ... “Don’t worry personally,” he stat ed with a swift, harsh laugh, reading her thoughts with disconcerting ease. “You’ll be quite safe. And Pierre is an old and valued friend. He meant well." A crimson tide again flowed across Ellen’s face. “Thank you,” she said stiffly. “I’m not afraid.” Benham nodded and turned away. Going back to the crew he snapped a few terse orders. The Crees leaned muscular bodies against the sweeps and under Penham’s directions drove the scow* up to the bank and tethered it ther?. Ellen’s uneasiness grew. Was he going to send her back after all? Was her triumph to be so short liv ed? Then she breathed more easily. Benham, axe in hand, had leaped ashore and was swinging the gleam ing blade in swift, powerful strokes among the slender boles of a dwarf birch thicket. In ten minutes’ time' he had felled and trimmed a full doz en of the tapering poles and had pass ed them aboard. A moment later the scow was again out in the’ river, scudding northward. (Continued Next Week) (? —— —■........- * Youth—"Mr. Snow, T love your daughter more than words can tell.” Her father—“Well, maybe you can state it in figures.” Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken on all classes of insur ance at reasonable rates Head Office, Guelph, Ont ABNER COSENS, Agent, ‘ Wingham. 1 HARRY FRY Licenced Embalmer and Ftmeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service. Phones: Day 117. Night 109, country; the far country, that been calling to her. And now M’sieu Benham, she’s not send you own back after dat. I have put dat food had and water and blankets, mam’selle. j she was going home! And Pierre, he’s watch out for you.’’ Presently the riverman ceased his Ellen gripped Pierre’s huge paw | song, and then all the multitude of with both her slim hands. “You are • lesser sounds became manifest. The kind, Pierre,” she murmured,' “I will never forger this.” “Bien,” he grinned, “She’s make me happy to help, mam’selle. You hide now, quick,” Her heart beating thunderously, Ellen crept beneath the edge of the tarpaulin and crouched quietly. She felt the slight quiver of the scow as Pierre left it. Alone now. Alone! De finitely committed to the great ad venture. The future might bring — anything, but queerly enough, Ellen felt no fear. Only a stirring antici pation. She remembered those strange, marvellously clear, almost hypnotic eyes of John Benham. The next time they rested on her — what would they mirror? Surprise, yes. Anger— almost surely. Yet Ellen felt comfort somehow. It was cosy there in the darkness beneath the tarpaulin. She stirred and felt about her. Then she blessed sim ple, big-hearted Pierre Buschard. For, in a crevice between the massed bales and boxes of .the cargo was of food and the sleek, chill of a jar of water. Ellen snuggled down into kets, covering herself with the warm, comforting folds. After a bit she re laxed all tension. The scow rose and fell to the surge of the river, creak ing and complaining at its tether like a blooded horse, anxious to be gone. Ellen’s thoughts grew dreamy and clouded with languor. The scow be- i cuine <l cjttuic auu me gieciL jiiynLcx- ! ious force of the river a gentle hand | to rock it. Presently she slept, i When Ellen Mackay awoke again j it was with a start and a short gasp • of surprise. For a moment she scar cely knew where she was. Then all j that had happened during the night punting, quavering note came back to her and she relaxed. SECOND INSTALMENT SYNOPSIS; Ellen Mackay, on her way from school at Winnipeg, to join her father at Fort Edson, misses the boat by which she was to travel, Hearing that another boat is to start north in the morning, Ellen goes to the owner, John Benham, and begs him to give her a passage. To her surprise he flatly refuses.,□* * ¥ is Angus Mackay’s announced Pat. ■> lass.“This Pierre," Pierre Buschard murmured a sonor ous greeting and bowed clumsily. Ellen smiled and advanced close io the giant riverman. “You are go ing to help me, Pierre?” “Oui, oui, mam’selle,” rumbled the big fellow. “M’sieu Benham, he’s be mad lak’ wolf at Pierre Buschard, but Pierre do w’at he can, You come wit’ Pierre now mam’selle, and we must be quiet lak’ lynx w’en he stalk flat rabb'it ” Ellen, victim to a sudden tumultu ous thrill, scurried away and donned her mackinaw and cap. ^lack in the Fig room, she stood on her tiptoes and pecked Pat McClatchney on one whiskery cheek with her red pursed lips. “I’ll remember this, Pat,” she promised. < “ ’Tis little enough, lass. Now stick to your guns and I gamble this will come out well enough. I feel sure of your safety, or whatever else he may be, John Benham is a gentle man and the finest riverman in the north. Now run along with Pierre and do just as he says. He has al ready taken care of your luggage.” Pat gave Ellen’s arm a squeeze and Shook hands with Pierre Busch ard.. The next thing Ellen knew Pierre had taken her by the elbow j came a cradle and the great myster- and was guiding her steps down the sloping bank of the river. It was still out there, vastly cept for the ceaseless beat of the er, while the night throbbed to power of the limitless wilderness which stretched away to the north. A faint, drifted down from among the mass- Close beside her a deep voice was ed stars. north. All things were heading north,’ then smiled. Her perturbation left even she! Ellen found herself thrill-’ her. In its place came a flood of ing with a strange, wild ecstasy. There was a big Peterborough, canoe pulled up on the shore, and in the prow of this Pierre placed the girl. Then he shoved off, balancing himself deftly in the stern, while he lifted and dipped a gleaming paddle. The buoyant craft trembled before the grip of the river, but headed against the current and stole silently upstream. • Ahead a jutting point loomed. Still aS a wind-blown shadow they round ed the point and drifted bankwards again. Uncouth shapes took form in the night. Ellen recognized the load ed scows of John Benham’s brigade. The canoe drifted in and gently nos ed the nearest scow. Silently Pierre a bundle contours the blan- ex riv- the The geese were winging booming. A moment she listened, warm, dancing thrills. She began hum ming softly, keeping time with the cadence of the song the deep-chested riverman was singing. It was the old wild song of the river brigades, the Chanson de Voyageur. And it meant that the scows of John Benham’s bri gade were at last freed of their teth ers; that they were "now part and par cel of the great spring migration in to the distant wilderness of the Three River Country. The chill of early morning was still in the air ,and Ellen was grateful for the warmth of her blankets. She lay there quietly, queerly content. Strange the transition wrought within the space of two short weeksi She thought of the school life she hadj--------- --------------------------- --------— ------- —~ Buschard stepped to the scow and j left behind her; of the companion- held the Peterborough firm. ship, the gaiety, the luxury. A far “Come, mam’selle," he whispered, j imv Ellen stepped out beside him. • Pierre indicated the massed cargo of ■ freight upon the scow. He lifted up one edge of the tarpaulin which cov ered the pile. “Under here,” he said. “You must hide. For a day and a night you must hide, mam’selle. Denj •we will shoot dat Cascade Rapid.: he whispered. j cry indeed from her present position. Yet she knew no regret. It all seem ed queerly vague and lacking in out line, somewhat like a half-remember ed dream. Suddenly she realized that the inexplicable restlessness which had actuated her during those four years had been nothing else but a form of postalgia. It had been her I hoarse, throaty mutter of the river; the endless song of adventuring wat ers; the creak of stout timbers; the rasp of hard-swung sweeps against the thole pins. Once the shrill hunt ing scream qf the osprey echoed, Sev eral times she heard the soft shuffle of moccasined feet passing close be side her hiding place, At first these sounds were sooth ing, but with a passing, hour or two, restlessness seized the crouching girl, Her hiding place was far from un comfortable, but it was irksome to remain so still and quiet when every fibre of her being called Jor freedom and action, She began avidly to crave sight of that world which'lay just be yond the thin covering of canvas, It was the rising sun which made Ellen’s position particularly uncom fortable. The heat, under that canvas covering grew thick and heavy. Be fore long she was bathed in perspir ation, and she drank often of the water the thoughtful Pierre Buschard had provided. The crawling hours seemed intolerably long. She did her best to sleep those hours away, but a fitful doze was the best she could accomplish. By, the time nightfall brought blessed coolness again her head was aching and her muscles tor mented with the inactivity. But ■when by the efforts and shouting of the Cree Indians, she knew the scows were being warped into the bank to tie up fo^ the night, renewed energy came again to her, and she smiled in triumph. One more cool, friendly night in hiding, and in the morning the brigade would shoot the Cascade Rapids. After that she would be safe in making her presence known to John Benham. For, once below the rapid, he could not send her back without expensive delay and labour. The scows were in movement when Ellen awoke on the following morn ing. Again some member of the crew, invigorated by the sparkling dawn, was roaring out the river song. And again the river was speaking to her, though a new note had entered its voice. At first it was only a distant throb, but as time went-on the throb became a deep rumbling roar. Cas cade Rapids! Fresh activity arose on the scows. Directions and advice were shouted back and forth. The creak of sweeps on thole pins became steadier, -.firm er. The scows' began to pitch and rock. Ellen, even in - her walled-in covert, could distinctly feel the in crease in speed. The thunder: of the .rapids arose to crashing proportions. Then it seemed as though a giant hand grasped the scow and hurled it out into utter chaos. Mad waters! The hoarse, quiver ing roar of the pent river beast, bat tling the barrier of confinement. Spray arose to tingle the lungs. The scow leaped and danced like the mer est cockleshell. If men were shout ing now, then their voices were be ing beaten back at their, lips. Ellen was not frightened. Rather was she thrilled to her finger-tips. Hers was the true pioneer blood, which beat rich and strong and vib-> “How did you get on in the hospit al?” a soldier was asked by a sympa thetic friend. “Did they give you a lot of pills?” “Pills!” replied the man, “why, they gave me so many pills that Eve got ball-bparings in all my joints!” THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of the late Dr. J, P. Kennedy. Phone 150 Wingham F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to (Anglican Church” on Centre St. Sunday lay appointment. Osteopathy , Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ■I CONFESS TO CHARGES IN MOSCOW COURT THE FINANCIAL COST OF AL COHOLIC BEVERAGES. (The Economic Approach to the Liquor Problem.) Sunday, an, 31—Proverbs 21:17; 23: 20, 21; Matthew 24:45-51; John 6:26, 27, 85. , -——5 Golden Text: Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? And-your labour for that which satisfieth not? (Isa. 55.2.) Seventeen men on trial in Moscow, accused of plotting to supply Japan with oil from Sakhalin Island, a Rus sian possession, in case of a war be tween Japan and the United States, confessed to the charges, according to reports. The pictures show: (1) Greg. I. Sokolnikoff, former ambas sador to Great Britain, who is said to have confessed to the charges, and (2) Karl Radek, considered the great est publicist of the Bolshevist move ment, who has attacked enemies of Russia for years, who is also said to have confessed to a part in the plot. It is* an unusual lesson topic we are given this week by the International Lesson Committee, but the topic is certainly justified. The teacher can have an interesting time in class by asking the pupils to mention any fin ancial cost of drinking or of drunk enness, that occurs to them. Tije sub ject hits every home, directly or in directly. Is there any excessive cost in drinking intoxicants Let Roger Bab son, brilliant and famous economist, answer: “For every dollar of revenue received we have lost twenty dollars in the loss of legitimate trade and the cost of damage done to society,” We often hear it said that in the wine and beer drinking countries of Europe there is little of the harmful results seen in countries where strong er intoxicants are used, because in the European countries people drink in moderation. But the editor of a Ger man educational paper (Die Enthalt- samket) wrote some twenty-five years i ago on Germany’s drinking habits: “The alcohol custom brings 250,000 of the German people annually before the criminal courts: it cost us every year 50,000,000 marks ($12,500,000) for the care of the poor; it drives 1,000 Germans annually to suicide, and as many to fatal accidents. It forces 16,000 every year into hospit1 'als. It is to blame yearly for at least 30,000 cases of insanity. It shortens life, prolongs illness, increases liabil-' ity to infection, diminishes fitness for military* service, causes degeneracy in the next generation, and promotes so cial disease. It is a source of want, poverty and misery of all kinds.” There are certain things that do not change from one century to an other; they were the same in the dawn of mankind’s experience as they arc today. Sin is one of those un changing things; so is righteousness. We find the effects of alcoholic drinking recorded early in Genesis; and down through the centuries of Biblejhistory such drinking is unspar ingly condemned. The best of ‘ peo ple can fall into the snare of drunk enness, as well as the worst; it may surprise us to realize that the first case of drunkenness recorded in the Bible was that of righteous Noah, soon after the flood (Gen. 9:21.). The Bible is a very practical book, dealing with bodily and earthly con- dions as well as spiritual and heaven ly. Proverbs tells us that “he that loveth wine . . shd.ll not be rich.” Hard drinking and poverty are seen together. And let us remember that drink robs men, not only of money ,riches, but even more of spiritual and eternal riches. ' Matthew gives us a striking, illus- ■ tration that our Lord used in His tea ching when answering a question His disciples had 'asked Him about His Second Coming. In His long and de tailed answer, known aS the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24, 25), the Lord told them, as He tells us: “Be ye also ready: for in such an hour aS ye think not the Son of man cometh.” Then the Lord described two dif ferent kinds of servants, the one “faithful and wise,” the other “eVil.” The latter, taking advantage of his master’s absence, “shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken.” The faith ful servants, in contrast, keeping sob er and avoiding drunkenness, admin isters his responsibilities as carefully as if hismaster were present all the time. There can be no doubt as to which of those two servants was better off financially, as w’ell as spiritually. Another illustration of the finan cial cost of alcoholic drinking comes from Austraia, where, we are told, the Government docs not permit tea chers to give instruction on the evils of alcohol, Sunday school publica tions have told of an Austrian teach er who, attending the Vienna Anti- Alcohol Congress, described how he gave the needed teaching; without dis- obeying the Government. Said he;-. “In the arithmetic class I gave an example. ‘The father spends thirty kreuzers' a' day for intoxicants. How much does that amount to in so many months, year, etc.? In course of how long a time could he with this money make himself independent?*' It was 8 days before we got through with rec koning on this example. The effect was s<j) strong that the children want ed to throw stones into a saloon op posite. Yet I had not spoken a word against alcohol the whole time.” Our lesson gives us the solution of the problem—the ohly sure solution THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 231, Wingham. It Will Pay You to Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See T. R. BENNETT At The Royal Service Station. Phone 174W, J. ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment. Phone 191. Wingham A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC and ELECTRO THERAPY North Street — Wingham Telephone 300. of all problems, financial, economical and spiritual. It is Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. He warned men against putting their bodily appetites in first place,, and then He said: “I am the bread, of life: he that edmefh to never hunger; and he that on Me shall never thirst,” man and woman, many a rejoicing today because they have been set free from the bondage and poverty of strong drink by Him who says to all: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free- ipdeed” (John 8:36).. Me shall believeth Many a. home, is SEEN IN THE GLASS»/ FASHION By BETTY BARCLAY This season’s evening and dinner gowns are literally ’‘outshining” all their predecessors. Velvets, broad cloth, taffeta and moires are all being used, but to highlight them designers have called upon a long list of fabrics and trimmings that sparkle and' glitter — metallic fabrics, gold and silver embroidery, sequins, beads, and rhinestones, A striking coat for evening wear is of black velvet with revers embroidered in gold beads and kid. Our new travel vehicle, the trailer, has reached the point whore It is beginning to influence feminine fashion. A Hollywood fashion de signer suggests a trailer ensemble for women which includes a tailored culotte, of beige gabardine, ‘with slide fasteners and two over size slot pockets. The shirt is of brown silk jersey* There is a Sam Brown belt and a scarf of con trasting color. For winter wear, heavy suede boets are suggested. To complete the ensemble' there is a flitted jacket of brown gabardine •nd a bYown felt hat. f ♦ Parisian couturiers are paying inore than usual attention to blouses this season. The new hand-knitted and_ crocheted blouses •Cem made-to-order to fill the gap in the Winter wardrobe. The yarn* used—-in cobweb stitches—are too fine that their effect rival* that of delicate lace. Favorite abide* are • misty blue, delicate pink, and Stocky topa*. Lacellk* oollar* or botii end tiny peplum* complete e altogether ehanhffit effect. The meteoric rise in popularity of winter sports is responsible for many smart, new accessories. One of these is a scarf and hat knitted in 'one piece in a striking stripe design. Mittens match the hat and scarf. Tyrolean embroidery in the brightest ppssible colors feature* other gay woolen scarf sets, with matching hat and mittens. ♦ * ♦ The Chinese spirit seems to have captured a large section of the field df smart,, sandals and mules, for wear with the hostess gown or negligee. One popular sandal Is of lacquer-red brocade with a pagoda design. For those whose taste turns more to the Occident there are mules of coronation-rcd velvet with clusters of feathers at tho sides, Mules In Oriental brocade, with the toes turned up, show th* Turkish influence. * ., ♦ * Popular accessories for wear with winter dresses are felt belts With a nosegay of flowers to match. The belts are some two inches wide. They come in neutral tones, and in bright colors to accent dark Woolen*. • • * • Would yoti like to have a handy -little device M for measuring and scalloping, which has proved in valuable to thousands of womea Who make their own clothes? it’* your* for th* asking. Merely ad« drew * port card mentioning ttri* tmblleation to "Betty Barclay,** Th* WSMia’i Institute, Scranton, P*. Th* d*tl«* will b* malted promptly*