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THE SIGNAL,
GODERICH, ONT.
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it t' be extremely powerful: tom of the sea. In that strange light
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The Wreck of the "Redwing"
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By
Beatrice Grimshaw
(Continued from last week)
a CHAPTER VI.
It ever, in my 'life, I have had
taut* t�111itnttut --her -trained.
Axed Wilt of study, it wad on the day
fixed for the marriage of Laurie and
Herod Pam'.
Until the arrival orf the petitioner,
there was nothing any one could do.
• nothing to think about but borrors. It
wap a day of fearful beat. From snn-
rise cn the air was motloniees : the
burnt -blue sky. clear of all clouds.
hung low above the island like the holt,
polished lid of a cooking pot.
you recall the old, old rtereo that carne
the "movies:'—the strange,
1' TO WOMEN
OF MIDDLE ACE
free will, and that. having no pares
ttvlus. or other relatives who can be
found. and being under age. i make
this declaration with the view of meet•
Inc any objections (bat may hereafter ,
be made against the marriage." The
date followed.
"Sign that."
signed.
"Witness it," he said to
".I'll see you damned
answered him.
."Not necessarily." he replied with
poltteeess. "Mr Cool ittnh and Tool
will do as rinse»ets."
I had not veto Om come. but there
he was, the brute on whom I could not
look without born.r. Ile was dreSaet ,
for the evasion 1n resplendent drill: ht
saki Herat. She
rte.
first,' I
Mrs. Wilson's Experience a
Guide to Women Passing
through the Change of Life
Hamilton, Ontario.— "I have taken
several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com-
pound and I can-
not speak too
highly of it as 1
wasat the Change
of Life and was
all run-down and
had no appetite.
I was very weak
and nick, and the
pains in my back
were so bad I
couldhardlymove.
I got very sad at
times and thought 1 had not a friend
on earth. 1 did not care if I lived or
died. I was very nervous, too and
did not go out very much. A friend
ta,to,.radvised me to try a bottle of Lydia E.
Mettle stillness of their fronds and for- Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound, so
ents1.7hat vets Farewell. A spell had greased his woad. and put on a 1did. I am a farmer's wife, and ai-
med to holm Tt-'r a t1Ifel of >e4 gTn Ifiaf-ITetoirr-malchett thef of•the-• ways iro1ked-hard enol lately. end
kid to loveliness that sickened. Nevereud Willie. but nothing could
twenty held gagged and bound.
On not a day. with such thoughts
in one's mind as Herod hod sown
about Farewell island. a man might
well have feared for nerve and sanity.
1 kept mine by work. From meriting l
till late afternoon. I sat at my tab
tanks plied about me, hunting up re-
ferences. tracing proofs. in the mune
of a ielentitic theory that I have whist
made mine. Near !unset. ('nnchlta
(tame in. and I asked her what Lawrie
was doing i had not sten the child
make him other than be was. a human
tiger; the killer type from head to
heel. Willie. by comparison, eeemeel
almost a gentleman.
In a sort of dream horror. the next
ten minutes went by. I couldn't be-
lieve that Laurie was actually being
married to the brute, before my eyes:
that Susan hod been meet foully mur-
dered. and golinnt Pant Bowen put In
deadly peril of his life. all to this end,
and that it was toting Indeed eeeom-
plished. True. 1 hoped to Paye Laurie
for an hour or two. from the worst; but that did not mean
"She has gone to the jetty that .he would came- being legally
answered f'onchlta. "She would see tied to HerT. srHtfi ll tbP tremen-
the sc•hotoner which makes to Mme." done issues that I now suspe'te'.
The sehetetner ' I seised my *m -hel-
met. and almost ran down the mad.
Now. we should secure one more
figure in the problem set us by 'Herod.
Now, we should see bow be meant
get over the difficulty of marriage with
hanging on the fart.
"1 ought to have done more" I
thought. wildly. web knowing that
more could not have been done. •'l
ought to have--"
. . 'feat after me—'i. Laurie
was in bed for two months. 1 began
to feel like • new woman after the
first bottle and I recommend it with
great success, also Lydia E. Pink -
ham's Liver Pills. I am willing to
answer letters from women asking
about your medicines, as 1 cannot
speak too highly of them."—Mrs.
per♦ WILSON, 471 Wilson Street,
Hamilton, Ontario.
Hold by druggists everywhere. O
knew that it caused pain. But even 1f trees floated like seawte la, the first of
Herod were to Call out. In that power- the waking birds went mailing over-
ful Yoke of hilt- it would aot much head like dark -hued fish ; the mass of
matter. L crouching where no native the Big House stood formless, like a
of the island dared to go, on the verge reek on the deep sea floor. Hardly vis -
of the protecting coral sweep, would Ible was the pale figure that through
hear' him; 00 other would. For all the pallid mown and dawnlight crept
else. T trusted nil fa'ienc'e. and the trout the dark out on to the open sand.
little black shell from the reef. but I knew it to ts'taunie
There was no moon in the earlier She was with me iu a moment, pass -
part of the night. Later• she rose, ing so Ilghtlootel over the clinking
slow and wearily, from the lagoons to corals
rats that Tato n could scarce
ar a noir them
eastward. and tuned up the purplemore. leaped her warm. livingt
sky. I.oug as I bad lived on the g. pee
Island, its beauty never palled—that hands. and without a word, I knew
curious restrained beauty of the Tor- tbat all was web. So far, we bad won.
rel art•hila•lego, where form counts as I ltd her quickly, away. keeping hs'-
mueh as color, and nothiug sings Itself neath the shelter of'the ewong fief run-
at you: a gay. light love nein that nine. tor-fear
read beyea. cottage. Con -
Youhack a- much as It gives.
You may live a lifetime in places like ebb(bete village and the homes. uher tbhs night;ad erd to
Farewell, and never, to the end, fath- the placetoourselves. ts we all
om all that they would say. They are 1
like some women. who glue, yet never eon- tanked I1 aak'i "How hles breathlessly—though
_
leave
give all; alto, just through that, n-
tinue to hold you tine such woman I him?"
can name. and that was the woman fashe tened an ;, t answeretill
lh shehehad un -
who never quite left my thoughts— fun the r:.tor, and cast away some
depths
fT sleeping far and cold in the small dark object tut° the rising tide.
depths of Torres Straits.
I waited.: and waited, and the night "He's half paralysed. and can't speak."
ebe said, joyously, "The shell was bon -
went
stark In The i - the aid -t t House of the white sand. np zer stuff. I ac•ratehel him with the
otbtnr'rr. to-fiest-.-showod wham.
the window. were: then. one by one.
they faded. and the house stoat silent
and dead. Just a great roof, dull -red
in the moonlight. with alleys of black-
ness underneath, where the verandahs
ran.
Later, when the (cross had dropped
down low towards the silver -grained
lagoon; when strange• deep sighings
burst from the water near the house.
as dugongs rai.e'd their diver -like
heads to drink the changing breath of
night. I beard astound from the house,
something between a cry and a groan.
The voice was Ilerod's. I listened for
what seemed like a hundred hours, but
heard nothing more.
It was now the point of day; the de-
ceiving moonlight. mixed with greys
of coming dawn. made the whole plain
of bone -white sand look like the bot -
fortune. and would earn It, if need
were. without scruple.
R'll•lle (-o.11lath, smlieg, backing.
letting entangled with his lust, Lila
pnyertank. his umbrella, and Pawnee
doormat. all together --Willie 1 ooli-
teh, as delighted at what he had done
as a baby who has Just flung over a
priceless/ vitae. and chuckles Innocently
at the sight of crystal fragments and
spilt flowers --Willie. a figure of farce.
flung into the most hideous tragedy
an unsettling dr
el before a qualified take thee, Hesh to rte ny welded that those tragic islands of Torras had
were not over -par-
ticular
minister. Theyhustt:and. ever sewn—melted, somehow, away
stout anything in North Laurie's soler golden -colored 1 had from the verandah. vantehed out of the
Queensland, In those days. but surely— always thought 1t. n! the voice of that house and out of our lives. The wet-
1dy thoughts stopped like the perdu- other brat one was tdlver, silver as kThe s
ding was over and done. day wa
lum of a clock that is Jarred; then stars-7.aurte's cotes sounded now. I done, too. Shadows were flocking up
as
went violently on. Herod had got tie Where sees the depth. the gold? A from the empty a; wild white cocka-
again. The parson was black.
i caw him come down the gang-
plank of the boat. 1 noticed his pre-
etan step. his consequential pose. tux
alieur(l black coat and trousers, the
crazy black topper het. heavy enough
to have killed a white man In such
beat—fiut one supposes the !Bright to
the heat -proof. Here, 1 saw at once,
was one of the new native mlasion-
arle's who had been given almost as
much latitude as their white teachers;
who could baptise, bury, celebrate mar-
riages. among natives and hllf fexaacastes.
brewed fatly brewedd by the
fkorernment. Nobody had ever heard
of one of totem marrying a white
fe
cou-
ple, no doubt because racial
rune strong up North. and finch en out-
rage had never been eontemplated. But
that it was legally possible, I could
not doubt.
Where was our appeal now? What
would this nigger, naturally prone to
follow and obey the strongest. think of
a protest against the will of Pascoe,
who had douhtless arranged every-
thing ttefetrehand, and satisfied the
teacher that all was right? I scanned
him closely, as he walked along the
pier. prayerbook and umbrella flour-
ished one in each hand. to the spot
where Laurie, myself and Pascoe. who
- had joined us. were gathered together.
Pascoe said nothing as he stood waft-
ing; he had given orders. explained
intentions. and clearly felt that that
was enough. Laurie end i were (tomb
for Other reasons.
The portion seemed to me not tot
had a fellow• ; probably a gate' preacher
in his native way, en coeer catechist.
an eloquent conductor of weeping and
dancing prayer meetings. 1 wnan't
down on him as a native mire -binary;
they have their noses -hut i was down
on Pewee. fruitless though that night
be. for making nee of such n tool for
his ,purpose.
There was no more time for .thlnk-
ing,..howeeer. The native parson was
belittle ns, and Pewee. with the ntmioit
ealntnens, .had introduced trim to iattrie
and myself.
"This be the Reverend Willie Ctoii-
bah." he told ns. "lies going to
merry us es quick e* he eon, and then
go ern to Wakopo Island; he wants to
tish Mme of his flock down there.
Willie's an old friend of mine. and'
Tuna; in fact de's Tom's brother."
"Yea my brother in the enptaln ofi;
Mr. Paaeoe'e fleet," egre'dt\'illie, with
a toothy grip.
"He's not, Contain Booscn Is." snap -
Ped Luurfe, 'booting a fiery glance at
the parson. Willie Cooling)) did not
seem to Tee a person of acute is•rettp.
tions: he merely grinned agnin In
reply.
T'Q1lhATl we W •prnrraal to hold the--I•j+
divine ceremony?" he asked. We were
wrilking np to the hence all together;
it was close on sttnset. and the parrots.
thnt had leen !tient all day. were be-
ginning to liven up in the evening cool -
mow anti scream dt!tresefntly among
the mango trees.
"We will." answered Herod. lending
the way into the horse.
"Shall we first engage in prayer?"
asked Will*. HP heft tut derwn his
hat and bis umbrella carefully on the
vev'ndab roil and was opening his
gnat gilt preyertook.
"We shall not." sea! Idem it's reply.
"loot 1f you want to get rlenr of the
rept before dark."
"t M, hews i do." answered the
natlyv. Kehl, forgetting his lase• for
n mouses*, "ghat'. n nerdy reef. boss
-- 1 men* 11t. ¶'5.',e -and i do not
krone as nixh tttpiK rnplain work as
my brother 1 llsgow, ',here. s4r." He
heron fllrtina over"MI *area. 'glewrly
beloved." he began.
“Wait w ,'Peened," %kir 0.4 paa
me "TTd4 paper has to ao real and
signet id'ten." HP nnfsl%* sheet
of mote. and read slots& -
1. !aerie, known ss Teasespees
COP. hereto declare that i arse
Ins Tlertd Fairer of Farewell 1
North QIWPnsland, entirely of My
hoary*. old -woman's tone answered
the blas* parson; spoke the few tre-
mendous sentences that remained. al-
ternating with Herod's deep. rather
pleasant tones. There were false note,'
In (bat voice. and creel. but they were
muted for today Only the child's
voice—I could not help calling her
that. in my mind. even yet—rpnke the
tragedy of the moment. Agony hung
tike drops of blood npon each wont.
Tom, my fellow witness. understood
the whole matter as well as I did my-
self : that 1 could not doubt. Willie
(loolibab, with all his good clothes on.
and an occasion of delightful tmpnr'f•
anee warming his heady vanity like
wine, saw. rimmed nothing at all;
wmild Swe'er till the end of time that
the marriage was Just like any other.
T. and ianrte herself. were gagged by
Herod's threat. Nothing could save
young Bowen it we spoke.
. And are not 'fraud with any
am-maaement. . . . Thetis all. Mr.
-Pascoe: now. sir. shall we en
"You'll np anthor es !eon as you
can and cleari told you before you
wouldn't get off If you didn't. You'll
register the marriage as Soon as you
get back to Tlntrsdny inland atter ynnr
trip nand. Here's your fee."
It was n moderate fee that T Pair
peas from hand to hand. Tiered Was .rend-tr.ten.rou-tostay." F.seh word
ton (lever to rouse suspicion In that was clear cut as a bar of steel.
Innocent quarter. Tom. T could haveYowl. bots:" said Tom. and ailing
wagsretl, had been prnmi!etl a smell ort of tote house. The clerk wallowedhim ftp.
For a moment T kept my ground.
-Herod was tnrltpted lighting ,the Ng
acetylene lanip that stood on the veran-
dah teide; his laaek we! turned. 1
asked a gIWMttlon. wordlessiy. of Laurie.
She nodded. and thowerl me. in a flash.
at band of narrow white els'I c run.
nine Amens her arm' On the end
dangled something small and dark.
which sprang hnek into hiding when a
pull on the elastic was released.
Herod turned rau.nd; he had Itt the
lamp. and i aAe of raw white tight
rushed over the veranilnh.'over-pantie
in her pink Catton fate*, which she
hail not eh,ngel for the wedding: over
Herod's own tall graceless figure; over
the fettle set insAde the room for din-
ner. with wine and fruit, and every
delicacy that the Island could afford.
"Come. firs. Pa,'ene," he said. "we'll
dine together." And to myself he
u Id—"(Ioodnfght."
tons were calling. Over Farewell
Island the emerald dusk grew darker
and darker towards the night—that
night that must decide the fate of all.
Tom had not gone away with his
brother. lie wafted on the verandah.
e moveless ebony image. tenree to be
lasted in the dusk. save by the reyt-
leea movement of his white -and -black
eyeball*. Lune. tarrying out her
part. spoke for the first time since the
Butt . vows had been pronounced.
"1 went to bear Tom get his orders."
It was like a mechanical doll epeeking.
not a human creature. T saw 'Herod
glance at her with something like an-
noyance. . . . Had he expected her
to rejoiee over that welding? There
is no limit to the vanity of a truly
vain men: perhaps he had thought die
would resign herself pleasantly to the
eceompli. ed fact. "You're a suspicious
little beggar, aren't your he said.
pinching her arm. ;Tom, you tan get
the launch reedy tonight. and as soon
-wow twtµaa.-to- come up tomor-
row morning. start off as f told yon."
Tom nodded: 1 could see his great
woolly head bent down against the
Met of the light. He turned to go.
"1'nless," raid Herod. raising his
voice to the harsh. jarring tone that
all his labor feared, "unle,'s-T-should-
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spitting cat, and chased -me round the
table. I can run twice as fast as he
can. You should have heard him
curse. He said—'You can't get away;
I've all lite doors lacked.' He had.
you know ; we were in the yellow
mons, and he'd locked up the suppler
to prevent any one poisoning it. it
wasn't a minute till he Regan to stag-
ger all over the peace. 'Too much of
that coraed champagne.' I heard hlm
_�y : hill hed only drunk one NMI.,NMI.,wtanri ,..,ui�ei , >' of another down
my reek. testae to neike rue take 1t.
Then he felt into a chairand began to
turn old e.l•.rs. and he shook his arm.
and !rid. '.\ .nnkc—a snake. a snake—
permanganate or— but he couldn't
finish the words. He was going quite
queer. you know; didn't know where
ire was. Then he roamed all of n sod•
den to understand. and he would here
!creamed out. only i had thought of
that. and I had the jug of water off
the table. and i !pond behtn4 the cbtlr.
and every time he firmed hta month. I
spilt half the jug Into 1t. tilt he stop.
peak He couldn't get up. Ile groaned
a goat deal when he tried. but 1 didn't
thinkingone amnia benrthat. So he
ley in the chair till he slipped off out
to the floor. and then It was very late.
at-maytte ratty. and 1 remembered I'd
had no lunch or dlnuer, sol sat down
at the table and had a good feed and
sumo water; 1 was afraid to touch the
champagne because of his trying to
force it down my threat.. And then
the binds in the trees began that
•rawky-rawky' noire they make just
when it's going to get light. Sio I
threw more water over him, (because be
poked queerer than ever, and 1 tied
a napkin over his mouth, in ease of his
recovering enough to call out. No I
ratite away. And --listen.
1 held my breutk.. coot -heard Nem
for away a faint clinking and rattling
sound.
'That's Tum getting up anchor," she
breathedl, her eyes wide a all excite-
ment. "(come quick. let's see him go."
1 did a little rapid thinking. "Watt
a minute." 1 said. "Put some clothes
together first, while I get !cores."
"What do you tureen?"
"Laurie, that brute will probably re-
cover. i can't say for sore. but we
daren't take shames. You and I must
get a canoe and' ire off before the Ia-
r dot's awake. Once Tom'a away. we've
done all we can do here. Hurry l"
She needed no urging. She had
slung together a hurdle of clothes..
strapped them 1n a 11tt1t. Jasutuese
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There was. at this time. an immense
open spree about -the Big Tiouse, where
Herrid l'nse'oc tired. 1t had not el-
w-nys been sot: only it few weeks earlier
the holtse had been covered with
creepers, and eurronndel by keds of
tlnwers, lawns and ornamental trees.
\11 this Tasevoe heti bad torn not and
rioted np; in Ifs piate he hod
made the whole native fnree spread
white enrol pebbles from the beach,
•d that a dewert area of near a
Itnndrel yards ley around the hoose.
11 oat meant, he sold. to keep dawn
mosquitoes. That may have been
true: they were tool enough on the
Mend. and art-nrnnce of thirty or
forty yenta makes n t teat differentia to
the entnfort of any tropical house Tint
I dad not think at the time that Herod
had ane end only In his mind 1 knew
him to Ire Strobl of astvtsslnntion : end
the here. glaring space of piss bier.
white even on 5 moonless night. was 5
pretty good pmtectlnn ngainst rine
•teelthy approneli .\ mora• enuld
here been seen on it : ,' rat could have
leen limn! for enral ,w-lhle• clink like
chine nt the ellghtcvt Mach No one
mold epproraeh the itig 1Muse without
the ownerwho shpt lightly. knowing
about 1f.
The, Was ell very well for Herod :
hot tonight. i thnnghf his prrrentions
likely to rer•oll on himself. T did not
donbt that Twrrr1P wo,lld carry,
throngh the plan that she. end I. hod
made. The girl heti (enrage and Are;
running ton, and a motive. sorely, At
Mg as eTer woman had In this world.
There was no need to be onearty *tont
the effeet of the ehellflsb potion ; true.
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2nd Prize
3rd Prise
4th Prize
5th Prize
6th Prize
81,500.00
100.00
7th Prize
9th Prize
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