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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1912-12-26, Page 6• `ielmielltdtT. 111.10111 ..s.z.T.-,_________,,, DOMINION ^-^a CARRIAGE 0'0 WORK SI 11r brtc 1- •boned the well-known •1 el., coroer of Newgate and Hemiltnn ,ti Pct., aim%ti as the 1)ununtoe t ernage Work,. 2nd are prep • I eel tort., .i t, oulrrs f. t Woodwork Painting and L(rimming , Carpenter Work Etc. All work dune promptly and well. We will appre- ciate your custom. 1 D.B.1 dcLead s Sou PLUMBING Let W. R. Pinder know when you have anything to be done in Eaveetrougbiog Metal Work or Electric V iring. Estireatee furnished:and work guaranteed. N e keep a full line of fixtures and supplies ou band and all such work will receive our prompt and careful attention. We Faye a number of first- class cooking Htoves,ithe Garnet Good Cheer and the Empire Steel ltaope.. (.11 and,see thgm. Repair work of ell kinds done at moderate cost. W. R. 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OWN 00(150, ONTARIO Because they act so gently (no purging or griping) yet ao thoroughly NA•DRU- CO LAXATIVES Ps• box at are best f x the children es wap es the crown -u J<ic. a your druggist's. mrllrsst wetsm aeslsetbad tis,fs.lrie fez GRAND TRUNK SY'S"' M CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR RATES bINGLE FARE Dec. 24. 21. good foe return Dec. 28 also Dec. 34 and Jan. 1, good fee return Jen. 2, 103 FARE AND ONE.TNIRD Dec. 21 to Jan. 1. good for re- turn Jan. 3, 1913 ellsaru . ' all aistisns in Canada sari of Port Arthur. also to De - Mask Stook Maros.. Port l[e. . ion N . Y. mcwpeslr.k'n M� and Betet, from IionetRs�► K Arealest. Sea. tmweenes game. Town tMb- '.Segs St { TER SIGNAL GODERJCS' : ONTA RIO Romanc:.r ,ior x (C.3 s � Q 'hut • and tl iftl c_ ' .." . "' _ 1 sifter attto �—� Vtg Arta Leo*1�`Younlg: ' Q aytsawwDev "It seems ro have had a very ostial effect upon you than it woes me." replied the man coolly 'loved you before. but now. aia Ibave biased you. I worship you " "It hasn't affected me that way. torted the girl promptly, her face J:towntng and Indignant. 'Not at "Portly. me, Enid," pleaded other. 'I last couldn't help It. were so beautiful 1 bad to. 1 took chane. You are r ..t accustomed Our ways." 'L this your habtt is your love fairer asked the rirl swiftly and without a spice of retxiinine malice "1 never bad , love affair fore," he replied + ,th a ready mase line mendacity, "r least none we mentioning But ou see this 1. vest; we have ga'aed what we b by demanding eve y tach that nat offers, and then latmfng the That's the way we play the game here and that's the way we win." "But 1 have not yet learned to the 'game' as you call it, by any a exiles," returned the young woman termtnedly, "and it 1s not the way win me if 1 am the stake." "What 1s the way?" asked the m ,anxiously. "Show me and I'll take mo matter what its difficulty." "Ah, for me to point out the w would be to play traitor to mysel she answered, relenting and relaxt a little before his devoted woo "'You must find it without asststan I can only tell you ono thing "And what is that!" "You do not advance toward goal by such actions as those of moment since." _ "Look here." said the other sudde b• "i are not ashamed of what I d and I'm not going to pretend that am, either." "You ought to be," severely. "Well, maybe so, but I'm not; 'eomldn't help it any more than'I cote b p lovIng.you the minute I ea* y Pitt yourself In my place." "Bat I am not la your place, and �a't put myself tbere. I do not wi (gyp If It be true, as you say, that y have grown to --care ao much for m and so quickly—" "If It be true"" came the sharp 'terrUpUon aa the man bent tow her, fairly devouring her with his bol tsirdent gaze. "Well, educe It is true," the rad ander the compulsion of Ina test 'That tact is the only paeaib 4xcnse for your action." "Yon find some justification for Rhea T 'No, only a possibility, but wbethe M be true or not, I do not feel why—yet." There was a saving grace in tha Mat word, which gave him a little heart. He would have spoken, At ache suffered no Interruption, saying: "1 have been wooed before, but -- "True, unless the human race has become suddenly blind," he Bald softly tender hit breath. "But never in such ungentle ways: i Suppose you have never run inp against a real red-blooded man irks Mae before." "If red-blooded be evidenced mainly W lacking of self control. perhaps I )save not. Yet there are men that I have met that would not need to apol- ,cgise for their qualities even to you, hlrr. James Armstrong" "Don't say that. Evidently i make bit poor progresa in my wooing. Never have I met with a woman quite like yon"—and In that indeed lay teams of her charm. and she might have replied in exactly the same lan- geage and with exactly the same Meaning to him—"I am no longer a boy. 1 ton,: he fifteen years older Chan you aro•, for 1 am thirty -Ave.'. The difference between their years as not quite so great as he declared. t womanlike the girl let the state nt pass unchallenged. 'And I wouldn't Insult your Intel !!genre by saying you are the only an that I have ever made love tee dtf- ro; eau:, w them wou:.1 lava :oat dor flair b.•..d ., bet t'nid 'Maitland was •l as ogee edietey cool )(ping person, or ee ahs was sot vitt. ,%apt off .her :,•et, ail did root ralte los.- her halsntr. ' re. "I like t, beer you say things lite mai that." ::hp ••r,'vered. "Nobody grblte • 11, like vo•t hex ever made love to n.e, gnu ce. tainty not ,a pelt: way. - ant the that's the reason I have g:v«r. ' •, a You half way promise t, think about it. the .1 was 9.u•ry that -inn -creed not be to with us on this adventure, but now 1 am rather glad, especially it the ecu at- i temper of m') way 1, to bet latorrnpb,d net by anything like the outburst c: a Yew minutes since. - he. "I am glad. too:' admitted the nip l u "For i declare I co:,ldn't b'lp 1'. V t rth have to be •with you either you tt:.' the dot to he mine or el-.. you would hate ave to decide that It could never be, and ore there I'd go off and tight It out" Leave me to myself," said the VI earnestly "for a little while: it's be.:•t so; 1 world not take the finest, noble ;t play . man on earth—" uch I "And I am not thi'." de- "unless I loved Niru. There is some - to thine very attractive about your per- sonality; I don't know in my hear; an whether it 1e that, or—" It 'Good," said the man, as she hesi- tated. "That's enough." He gathered ay up the reins and whir:ed' his horse .. suddenly in the road. "I am goer e back. I'll watt for your return to Denver, and then—" "That's best," answered the girl, She stretched out her hand to him, leaning backward. If he had been a different kind of a man be would bare kissed 1t; as it was he took it in his Own hand and almost crushed it with a fierce grip. "We'll shake on that, little girl," he said, and then without a backwar(i glance he put spurs to his horse ante galloped furiously down the road. No, she decided then and there, rhe did not love him, hot yet. Whet h.-4 she, ever would she could not tell. .1t: yet she was half bound to him. Th.. recollection of hie kiss was not sI - together a pleasant memory: he hat: not done himself !ny good by th:.- bold assault upon her modesty, that reckless attempt to rifle the treasure of her lips. No man had ever really touched her heart. althm:gh many had engaged her interest. If.•r etperlence therefore was no, detinieve or con- clusive. If she had truly loved Jiimes Armstrong. in spite o' all that silt might have said, she a -m ild het thrilled to the remembrance of that Wild carves The chalices. therefore, were somewhat heavily against hit.: that morning as he rode down tie., trail alone His experiences in love affairs were much greater than hers. She was b; i Il rt itl,.-1•.a:an. um laaass-tgee I$ eawsgb r tall awry conversation ) IJ~ Way I Mr Robert MattW►d. as Armstrong Las raid bad known him hods a boy. There were Wags 1a Ms career OR wheel Haltlaad did not and could DOt appmee. but (toe/ were of the past. k* 'reflected and Armstrong was after all a prrt•, good sort Yr Maltlaod's standard, were not at all those of kis Philadell,hls brother• but they were very high ills experiences of mea 'had been different. h. thought Mat Armstrong. having certainly by this 1 Ume rrached years of discretion. could 1 he safely entrusted with the precious :treasure of tee 'young girl wbo had been committed to bit care. and for whom his affection grew aa his knowl- edge of and acquaintanceship with Der increased i As for Mrs Maitland and the two ,girls and the youngster. they were Armstrong's devoted friends Tbal 'knew nothing about hie past, Mimed there were things le It of which Malt - .land himself was ignorant, and welch had they been known to Lm might 'have caused him to withhold even his 'tentative acquiescence to the po.sibtll- 1 ties. You of these things were knows to old Kirkby, who with masterly :skill. amusing nonchalance and amts tag profanity, albeit most of tt under I �w breath lest he stock the ladles. ' Oolet along the four nervosa, exolted' lkwchos that drew the big supply , wagon. Kirkby was Maitland's oldest ' aad most valued friend. He had bees 1 ttbe !attar's deputy sheriff, be had , ,been • cowboy and a lumberman, a nighty bunter and a successful miner, of the hills. Anxious to De Of service, 'and now, although. he Dad acquired a she had burned her bands and smoked reasonable competence. and hada nice her hair and scorched her face by ,..little wife and a pleasant home In the usurping the functions of the young mountain village at the entrance to ranchman who had been brought along the canon, he drove stage for pleas- as cook, and had actually fried the ure rather than for profit He had ' bacon herself' Imagine a goddess given over his dally twentydive mile will a trying pan! The black thick jaunt from Morrison to. Troutdale to coffee and the condensed milk. drunk other hands for a short ,pace that he from the granite ware cup. had a more might spend a little Ume with Ms old delicious aroma and a more delight - friend and the family who were Le , tul taste than the finest Mocha and greatly attached to hint on this outing Java to the dalntlest porcelain of Enid Maitland, a girl of a kind that' Fiance. Optimum condlmentum. TDe 'Kirkby had never seen before, had i girl was frankly ravenously hungry, won the old man's heart during the 1 he air, the altitude, the exertion, the weeka spent on the Maitland ranee. ! excitement made her able to eat any - He had grown foad of her. and he did thing and enjoy it. 'not think that Mr. James Armstrong She was gloriously beautiful. too; alat.e4d that which be evfdenUy so .even ber brief experience in the west ',Overwhelmingly desired. Kirkby was had brought back the missing roses wee along In years, but he was quite .to her cheek. and had banished the eapatte of playing a man's game for :blstre Circles from beneath ber eyes. lall that, and he intended to play It in Robert Maitland, lazily reclining Ws Instance. I propped ap against a boulder. his feet Nobody scanned Enid Yaltlead's to the fire, smoking an old pipe that' more closely than he, sitting would have given his brotber the hot - ped u on th rota. hooked with a all. out ng ing. ce. the a Id, I I d on. I ek ou 0 1n- ard 4, idna 14 - pt 0 u me, r that t tbu site Wan but there is a vast difference between making love to a woman and loving one i have lust (mind that out for the drat time 1 inert el at the past and i am ashamed M it, but 1 tbank God that I have been saved for this op - pert rnity. i want to win you, and 1 tt". going to do 1t, to... in many thin>ts i don't match up with the Peo- ple t.•itb whom you train. 1 was bora • t kern, and I've made myself. 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Write NOW andi.am just what this new profession n.sy mean you and your future. for National Authors' Institute, 1543 Broadway, New York City P e front seat of the pprovtng com- wagon, onesfoot on the bigb break, hispcy ,bead sunk almost to the level of his lofted that spore her, ripUoconfident and sat- k lkaee, his long wblp to his hand, his fededhat Norhis pws he theh was work - leen and somewhat fierce brown eyes well. was De only one Marion Loma, his two daughter, wor► 'bet little that Dame before him that ms elpi le Ptd Kirkby did not see. Of e r and they sat one on either ween of her on the great log lying between the tent,, and the fire. Even Hob CHAPTER Ile Junior condescended to give her ap- - The Story and the Lettere provtag glances. The whole camp Imagine, if was at her feet. Mrs. Maitland ,had primeval; you please, the forest *peen greatly taken by her young yes, the murmuring pines Acca. Kirkby made no secret of h'a and the hemlocks of the poem as weU, 'devotion, Arthur Bradshaw and Henry by the side of a rapidly rushing moun- ,Phlilps, each a "tenderfoot" of the ex - Lain torrent fed by the eternal snows 'tr.miet character, friends of business of the lofty peaks of the great range. oonned:Ions in the east, who were (A level stretch of grassy land where "pendia( :h.etr vacate 1n every detail of what was go and ed at her that way. Marl i old about him- ledeed there was pipes their badso Philadelphia a mountain brook joined the creek on with Mait- land. shared in the general devotion; ,was dotted with clumps of pines and to say nothing of George the cook and great boulders rolled down from the ,Pete, the packer and horse wrangler. !everlasting hills --ball an acre of epee Philips, who was an old acquaint- ,11sleering. Oa the opposite side of the ance of Enid's, had tiled his luck with brook for canoe wall rose almost ber back east and had sense enough eer perhaps five hundred feet, to accept as final his failure. Brad - ding in Jagged, needle -edged pin- 'shaw was a solemn young man with - es of rock, sharp, pictureagtse and. 'out that keen essae of humor which atitul. A thousand feet above ran was characteristic of the west The timber Itne, and four thossand others were suitably dressed for 'ad) above that the crest of the great- venture for Itradel aw's Mea of aa_ap peak in the main range. I proDr1•te costume was ltstinguls�d 'The white tents of the little encamp- cblefly by long green felt puttees ret which had gleamed so brightly which swathed his huge calves and`" the clear air and radiant sunshine excited curious Inquiry and ribald Colorado, now stood dim and gbost- loontment from the surprised denizens e in the red reflection of a huge of each mountain hamlet throng* campfire it was the evening of th0 which they bad passed, to all of which day in the wilderness. Bradshaw remained serenely oblivious. Tor two days shoe leaving the The young man, who does enter espe- the Yakland party with its i clally into this tale, was a vestryman train of burros heavily packed, of the church in his home In tie horsemen and the steady plodders suburb,' of Philadelphia. His piety foot, had advanced Into unexplored had been put to a severe strain in the aimcst inadmissible retreats of mountains. mountains tato the primitive tar That day everybody had to work eh relk igmol !bee b1�e�e.t {_' ifrat !;yf hra mad Mee No Crushed Nor to Niru and Kissed Nor. a0 Means the first woman be had kissed—remember. suspletoua reader. the' be was not from Pbliadelpbla— here were not the first ears Into which be had poured passloeate prOteetauone 14, was neither bet- ter nor worse than most mon. perhaps be fairly enough represented the aver age; but .ersly lata had something better la store for such s 'superb enm- g1G. A girt eI sack attaleme•nta and Ash Whitt* poselblittiee ale must weft higher than with the average Perhaps Mere was a subcoaademmess - of this in her mind as 'be ti1�y waited to be overtaken by the mast el the party Mbar* were curious glances and etra� spec alattoss 1s that 11tt1. flmt _y es they saw her sitting be,- �y adobe A few moments befor• strong, but tbere are possibilities 1a gum Armstrong bad -ether hef eve, God with you for passed bawd .. �Y g \t • SMOp, be bad waved his hasd a, ' inet.rratlatt• 4;041".-4110 Slap Aun nuaaKler hiswith • fit gestur0 of deed by and had smiled of then.. tenet- eine Tidy py that awssnar ma. The Gift -giving Season is here, and we are prepared with a large stock of goods suitable for presentation. 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Downing & MacVicar NORTH SiDE OF SQUARtS, GODERICH. 1 L tale ds on 1--- Ilgltlul spot they bed this trail—everybody wanted to for Mob' tents sod the pima- 'that matter. The hardest labor con - Camp bad been merle. Wood' Misted 1n the driving of the Durres. abundant, the water at hand was Uatortunateiy there was no good and °aid as los, as clear as crystal eat trained leader among them through soft as milk- There was pas- au unavoidable mistake, and the camp. for the horses tad bursts: old ere had groat difficulty In keeping the, other side el the asowtat brook_ burros on the trail. To Arthur Brad - ebbe place was a Hake angii- slaw lad been allotted the most ob- whieh humanity oeaupied per Minato. nos.-grelaed and determined the stat time deo* drsdtlpa ! of the ateruly band, mid old Kirkby Dapeaking tie berme. esepeg tlp !! tad George paid particular attention blow mama( the Damp aafl� to IaatrucUng him In the gentle art 3r'e, had nesd rep the ism rued. of manipulating him over the rocky mountain trail. "Wall." .aid Kirkby with I1M Bot s what languid, drawling, nasal vela., "that there burro's like a ship with, I often seed 'em Wen I was a "Manna east afore 1 come out to God's Dona.. try. Nature has pervtded 'est with a kind of a helium. I remember r yes of the meek. it mot 'salt' d ' wanted the boot sty go to the 4.9tb fez benettl. Taxis you shoved the Whim over t o awe. was,. foaerrowtate pbv alter felt. Ata'btrad an' port was try terms as i recollects 'est. it's jest she swam with burros, you takers 'en by tate ,tiller, that's by the tail, gtt a 9004 tight twist on It ea' et yea west h1 t0 head to the raft. dew Ye s1 sheets around to the lett ea' you gree to be tearful yea duet g• as Meg back w'ich en It Mode ea yes Is worms of the day which was theirs west kited arrived. Opportunity womb" tomorrow is explore tie Boom: to climb the nage. b try ter, that tumbled down a ender• of waterfalls to the TISK d the and roared and rusled a y1 ' its feet maul, swelled lay that Tie @realeg meal tree over. (did teat help disk writ what and eentemat her Yher wreaks regarded the mem bow hta sorsa baso uses--be1O, tee, ter Olt (—had it bees parsed beamed ed tie old eWsW stabogasy of eget wo d M9Mdpbr. Set !dere fa (bo wits ebb had eaten worse beady titre wttb t11e abasl ser• et Ube .set .•••mads reams Wm • certain the he *tathis confidence was *cera• aid urge dow't as ural y salam *. bet • ars a Ib. you tad 1 cam beet th0 tbrd by the feet* world - Igssado, was not m oweeoN. e r air Thr• wcemet thrlEad to his gauntSad resinewlet yew and ams.' Pootn3 Art riga* would moo 4smorutamr leenbies Present atgdeK sae aar r .sae•easetale dnUw_r fro We ctawturoas.t PER JOKE KATES. De write—Del the debar get .diad weed M our telst skit, motet O'S. jMIu - es Man! Nes a Wes TRANSCO A A GREAT CITY IN THE KING Tran,cona will be ooe of the graateet, rail ay (-entre. of the West. The (:rand Trunk Pacific as large shop. located there, the Oestadtao ' fie Railway has established immense freight yards. nd it has been persistently rumored that the Northern Railway will more tbe(r entre whops Port Rouge to Treneeona. 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