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The Wreck of the "Redwing"
By
Beatrice Grirnshaw
I have said before that there
strain of the hermit 111 my t,/mp,sit
That .train had been tory much a
disadvantage during tate wtekp la
last. 'There had IM.11 times when
defending and rescuing of laturle,
hunting of Raul. the ehas+iug here
there ru1d everyNhere•. aims, the,o
is a going on w-iUlln. ll'haterer it was. It
tom t"sl-1 no good to us.- to me, to Pool
t a find Laurie, here In the wild Unvisited
rely .'oral Sea, with eerotters and prince,
the Judaea end jury, hundreds of mete
the rt • If he had found us --
and Rut had be found us? That nits
lea, ninth! ]hint. up the Fly, to Bra
ble t'ay and back again, always in
patty. mostly in a hurey, had tau
lire to look back alth lousing regret
wards that white, sea -windy hoots
11Mrewell beach, -with the salt a
bl.Nfn¢ througlt 17, and petite, a
pent'. .
sow it,wa, the hunting, the reae'u
of $uses-uuotier thread In the tan
w'otcu by liend l4as,ve and his trim
This qu(Ytt was one that I would ha
foowed to the tout of my life, if net
Q1- could not
eon''- have known that we were
Ihere1bottle, else he. and his lugger full
ai141to- of 64otk-end-tun vil;ufn., would bare
i,een round 87 the other side before
on' ilia. Was it poselhle that be bad
ire called at the is,nnd f,;r Lola,- otter res -
fid eon. 'mem ts..f d with us'' Now that
1 laked• at him attain: it seemed as if 1
ing lie were aautting something. Now i
gle theft 1 listened !lard, through tiro rat-
e's. tering of the wind and ,.•n. 1 thought
,l
rat
what 1 was beginning to wonder do
re that L could hear some noise that Will
er-a N,una as of men harrying
had been et even so, I found m, .
wi•111
It
that 1
K t were alt over, the
had traced ujtd saved my lady, led f
luck home again, and found myself
h
a impossible.,
..
impossible srlibl
e [o r
p forever:
leading the oid quiet life elm est at h
side. in the (.141 ways than now
. t ,eY•lll,
So :sweet.
lt'.•I1, their wets. no use•wlahing. II..
hong 1 was doomet 4i wander the wit
seas. no one could tatty. Hut at lenst
Ilhenbt In sear lil,f'elf a droll. woe
and !lour I might, of t)If silver 4rn11¢h
_that' h sedittide. .t strong draugb
this. hearttoing to the amu who know
its use; •ae,.nd only In 1,ower 87341 I
deagln to. the golden�irn)rm;ht of lore
There are 44 .ih,=mor', an the Nor!
enspY•ts -til whom 1f •e 1s the -liver
iso lIud' the hr dd. t" '
iN tee It had been
ao with me. and i ink hat for Sumo
ewes„• it would /Have Men we forever.
I 'oue•.iol1s 'n j} of the rra'ltitt¢ wind
and scat. rlu,l/i']s' corn/ 4)inkeho rolling
Under my Wit. 1 hnd gene round halt
the island while rhea• thoughts went
thron¢h /my mind. amt renr•he,l the
windward heath. It Was eery bright
there: the moon shote' nn n !erne.- of
white torn) with a little !stream triek-
l1!Ig through: on green bush growing
y the stream; oil •white -marital break-
_ erg. tugging short and wide. as they.
itt_ •
to
S11u••s_. shallow, r e
I,P it •fit ten, of
Tarns; nn-_
Yesk ft wins u Alilp: a Bigger of t-wen-
tt of twenty-five ton*. rolling 1)t anchor
Mit in the wind and .ed. Whio hnd
anchored her 441 that .1de of the island.
and why? it mute h, some one who
knew file' inlands either* very well, or
not at all. In any tate. the manoeuvre
wa) dangerous.
--- 1' Rtes(, Heeled. larking' *hoot me.
It wee verp mdse t 3,t n 4S . sfTTii1R�
wild.; the wind among the rocks, and
the apo. nn
Mite. between them made sbo11 a ntcket
that one .4411141 hardly hear onew'1f
think. '1 wonderal. vn¢11eIy. The
Mat was n pearling lugger; that I
knew, tieing familiar with the type' -
hot what she was doing there lute at
night. on n etreteh of sea poor in ,heli.
an•horel to windwnrl of fin island
where no one ever lived or went. I
could) not mesa.
Ne of Bream colored
r"•ks in front 4.f nae. T et m,wY up
one of them, and stood on the top look,
. bur about. T don't know what T ex -
meted to see-- i don't know that T ex-
pected to tee anything. Mit w•h•n 1
had done looking Morrie. me and eloout,
1 iooked down: and then', wIth his ,
Weil to we. leaning agatinst a mek not
ten feet away, sat items! PRseod•.
There wan no mistaking the man, his .
built. his whip ,halters, even the r•.1
hair hnr,ting oar from under the 1.01- r
met thnt--uwdessly enough --he wore_
w; s. fermi svIthmtt don t. • He wit.
not 11(81(1, he ens not eye') a„ nus y 1th -
Jared. He was. there before ane, rife. •
strong And w•1"kel 41e ever. with one of
file pearling loggers lying at hind. find
1 did not dunhi 41 maty,) of the
wofel Tuition cin rnmwelt twinning bet. a
indeed, ns 1 looked. with eyes shnr)r i
enr•.1 nen' . by knwletge'. T could Nee t
mob.• fiantre's. for more Hann Were tie.'"
.Y'salry for the working -�,}-•-rile--trait- -
mcoving nlwnit r.n iter. Rnter/ifi Pink.
"1 wonder Iylint arm,. he h. 1 . b
- thought : and 4 remembered the nit hitt h
wenp.nlr•ss, tinder-mnetlel «•h.'rner eat tl
th
Yl ..i•
This Modern life!
Its Habits Produce Con..
stipation, which
"Fruit-a.tives” Corrects
IUNTRE!I_Que., .- "After
suffering many year. from
constipation, 1 was advised to
try 'Fruit -settees.' Ail my iIls
are gone now:" Mrs. H. Godln.
Indoor work, soft, rich foods,
lack of exercise impair our bodily
functions. Tho shoot common
evidence Droned /potion. Normal
intestinal activity, denied to
moat of us by our` way of living,
is restored and maintained by
"Fruit -u -tate;," made of the
Juices of fresh, r)pe fru) t, blended
with health -building tonics,
25c and Sec a box.
•1 ' 'el.,.•
S r aeSa
r . Iva
i
f LGUARANTEED
-. OINTMENT. UNE QUALLED
rop:Dot1s AND ULCERS
reelf Iron. bumping it (gains(-- a.(tltei' enough shoed l.. be !x•liiud, if 1 may
t 1
*r paptlaihaYl the "bull ;" stepping !n
17n n Minute or two I feta that I had aopndkss mud, and making not
- guessed A
1 ri
¢fit. Items( le Yl IealR
:h.. much
ashore for bol
r >a aleu.
- a a I Intl
tion t ill
the porpoise of wring his p.rtnble + down the beech. We .,irclell the bo
Pe r
d Wlltor-tank, •filled; nothing but tTalt, der all rvuu,l, tiered bud 1. bud th
The stream that 1 hnd molted running il,a)ised, eat h in the place where
Iv across the hone!' no .louht took 1t+ ori- I had begun; 1 al the hack. peers
d gin 3,t some alrit-Ttluh rn.•nth tate top ! through a, tuts -fit sea -grata, Herod
loft the Mand, intone writer --e•m,h1 be
n or...tired easily. From that .p.t, men
t
were earning down. four to a tank.
be
the -
su
as
fil-
t
en
we t
LIS
at t
tile !rout, where be stood with his arms
tad ? e
mended, y
else you've
pickeg
brightest
recognised
1at*1; thee
let 1t fall
-My (pod
I must
.Lmoug the/alma.... that had helped to
W17 time on Farewell Island,
%%as that 8,1 lace season* and their
vigulticaeq, I have theories on the
subject inlet %veld probably bore
you.
1'ohrOnet fie -ars and arrows inter-
ested me s g,,,3,) dull. I did not col-
lect the weapon., but 1 had a pretty
. 'iuplete get ..f the aiss•lal ps+iseHta-
use•,1 by orisons tribes of savages, In-
ldoting three of smith .lmerlca, ,lfrica,
and the Wee:orn I•:Icitic. I had been
studying thee,. it miNult of niv theory,
The polaoae were kept locked up In my
roma. Avow; them --to mention just
a few -wen• th. leuman•drsh e,:,-'ta'e
p•'lsou oe the X,•tt' I)etrrielee; an Afri-
e•t111 4411A ke-p141IA••1' : and a smell quantity
of Hie notarf••,n drug curare. which is
better known In the history of experi-
ments (m animals. titan in any other
connection. I. 44as .aid. 1 remember,
that the Par!, •viseetlonlsts a+v! It to
r.nralp,e the.. ,lcr:nls, !elitism them
et
the R
At �1-.i• in full 3,P t i prf/.R('..Inll of
every e,nnse, )t ! 1- not been nee! in
that way, 1 ,_.•;- - for 3,t !east a gen-
eration:
to : has, today, pni(s
leant no n. 3,'l. *4:110 annum the
sayi,g.'. I h:1.•.-'',Y,4f"nt.l: they dank
heir arrows ., it in order to bring
town hug ga i. wish safety and eer-
1)illtr.
Tho was t'...' drug (-hat Heusi bad
GODERICH, ONT.
mon. I wond.e.r whit
rowed today?"
tee nettle, held ft In the
the mounting moonlight
,• shape of it, and read the
my linters relaxed, and
the ground.
44143, what 1 saki.
1.a••► here for a moment
t me a little from time to time. It kept
on Intermittently ; each time I heard It
as in a dram, half waked, and sank
batik atmos\ at once to depths of steep
again.
I Next morning it seemed that I'aal
bad heard it, too. lie told me so, as
we were getting under way' for the
, next island markets within the circle.
"If we don't find )111r there.
he said, end broke offs I knew what
he mount,
"teuw•ir " he added ohne he stood
watching, with it sailor's eye. the na-
tive A.R.'s hoist the rat ling nails,
"Queer, the way that bird kept on last
night. And 1 cotild almost fancy 1
heard It again this morning. nose or
twice."
"1 didn't," I labii. ' •
"I did." emorilrlte',I Laurie. "some-
times it seemed n long way elf, and
eliruetitnes quire bear, when the wind
got up strong for a minute, I -there
It Is again:"
1%'o stood 1t1 listening attitttdeb for a
mome8t. 13, 4he sll,nce. the bird's call
sounded, (e e, twice, and stoppatl. '
"1h, you think it la a bled?" 1 naked.
feeling my lips stiffen strangely aa I
spoke. NoMoly answered for a :Be-
ment.
"Well go and Ree." said the estpian.
I don't know what orders he barked
out, but the n••uit won+ Itket the Susan
found herself oftee more at anchor. and
we three found-ounolyea ashore, before
a
limner of an hour had passed.
"Where to
b thin •,••
U think
(t c3, 1 • from?"
3,e r t
n.
ARk.YI 1'"711, 718 we iAllde,l.
folded, staring uut at the lugger, a
trying to make up his mind that he
staggering oyer. the lumpy enrnt. Then• hadn't heard anything at all.
t were IWPlve
s boon in A11 ; three tank.. 1 only hnpneci none fit the mei' had
Rome emergency .such as i.,,•„mmnn at seen Us; I trusted they were too busy
n ' *et Rapt In rhe rink'. lute,. --hod ' ,iruggting along under the Loris lou.
3,,l pl),rl 11.•r.") to refit I. and ,.P do41)., of water to notice anything else.
toles trots my is iced press; this I had
teen him ):gym
ehucklingOr. ;. N
)ngg,r to er"-ry^
4r'lreh of
Is bride. ,
perhaps, le :. -
f•e*, L might r• • !
I had been 3. •'
teinwx hunt,' '
•m1y a few .'r. -
wand. 1 knewt t
this *ea the n.:.rt•et ;dare' where water with a great sigh,-1'aaeue seemeYl to
'Y'11 .'.t 1., hr •,•u rw1. others, followed make up tag udnd. fie relaxed his
the hulk 44,•11, carrying those Imo MI listening attitude. Sat down twain, must
drum. iehi,'h aro need for Patna ueit.r ,ole! ----out a curse or two -1 beard hint
„11 Rmn'1 h.w)tt: ern' tyre. thee. four_ - dlaitietly _ *gainet the Rlnwut•stt ,.t th
ten of them. . . Twenty-two men n1eu. Ile Wee itupttlrnt;' that Iva
ashen•, find another dozen, 3,t least. 07) clear. About wllar" Well, 1' ,.,u
7)o• chin. gtler7R. Some one !lad seen . us 448141(1
Tlahs la,ks as like g,xsl old-faah-
the post day or two, and reported on
ione4 piracy' as anything 1 ever saw whereabouts to !:feral. Probably h
in my life." I reflected. "Phos could snpl+„s,d us to be s,'uwwhere near Tw
!welt; 4*)) uy*r u. „tut „it u. up. , Brothers since it was' there. that w
It occurred to nee that I was euttiug ' held stayed the k,o e,tt. Two Broil*
much too uncal• a figure. there on the ' wa4 rather lees than a night's rut
top of a rock in the full mox,ulight. 1 distant. up to wind�OanI. If he (vol
I slid down, making as little noire as I get away gulekly, he Might hone t
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Phone 46 South Side of Square
o sis delivor,Y) pm.optly- to all !,arta ") the hot!' „141,,,111 .')Moret,'
4(01 N'ai\t,l Phe11g11."
Aa we retreated,
the trues a ramp vu.
lseto
/. :3,h' Mere -Wert.
runt K 11
t fir tea
g t,l
unlit, Ipla11171g llbout to toe 111
urw7r
one apses—ill.'
---- o the Wind.
"Somewhere among those great piles enipty gull).
of melts." i venturnl doohtfdl'v "at ►t Drat we began to run bit k 1
t• esu 11.
least 1, fnney so.
at least, the two others ran, awl 1
lee betkoel nett over the Island yen- came behind as qui. kly ae 1 -ou.4. N'e
terday." he said. "dhl tar one hear -all yet to -the gutty ..•.dein t
ante hie!'•
* ew "se --
Wade of each other N' ( -
uy; and eare•aalug, -
!.:1e le. waited for the
+tiro away _again in
the teenier of Ms
ordinary eirt'nm.tan-
.n'.' understood. lint
ells ane! -Pen humnn
ser:Ik,-n..s. of fiends.
!4'fnre. T did nn(10r-
t
beta's -ft !Term, 1'nn-
s •'.w, and'th,• 17.7itAn finis of the Fly
Id !liter, there 't:rs a brotherhood closer
g than between Lim and the children of
✓ his mother. T' :now tar"r ti" hnd taken
e the definite e' ' we of the
lonely piers' too we : ; thn r step
e a -bleb card(4 ? man none. twit* a
rR thonaand year,. and wen him down
where Ida f.•»sear• of the Steno .ler
voted. <41rpre* us at anchor.
i It was too much, however. Herod St'hnt Yhen-r wr`whltr HU- I-knew--
I'asrne had nitvnea been as 4leorpseared• ('r thought I knew -1 realised that ht
as ally eat. 1 remembered that. when -.1-.4-stivp--3,t nothing. That was hoe
1 sow- bhp. slowly. ttttae 41a big, Ilan-; L tart it to myself. The next fP
then mond head, mud become as Immo- mlrutes were to ,how me that if any
d , lived: A d3,'^"r 11 arpTwwn', stn•lrin¢
0 ' ifernd thrrtnrh„7ti these last few n'eek•.
wnlild have ••,1 *he term "detnen)n."
and attgtrps ? ••enflnement. . . TTe
• wnR ,IR •:I n' 'c I',•14 er 1. roople 0f
the .'nfhfek ?r.,7 they nn!y-wIll nn•
It deretand, . T ortn.frr If the (M-
e
a n n " it West Afr(een eoleny
remember ye. 'h.. ret-errmpnt man who
was tnk,•n nor -•n_ the nntire m.reerers,
nor wtr'1 the'te»ire.•--who,- had sk.ne
and soon thin,, nnelirekahie: who wits
Oven hie reedier. hr his (Thief, and
trod that be knew what to do with It?
Th. last gree left to this morn we.
i
that he did know. . .
bile as a svelte. He had beard; he I thing 1 land underettate4 the ease'
. .
did not understand the ansae, but he l There was not much longer to wait.
meant to. It :seemed; the men had pulled over to
Standing' -behind the rock,, which
the ship with their henry load; a few.
was Ira left behind. were, waiting on the behest
1 arty tihon of my own height, a -geed way off , to Ire taken when the
peered over. my heart thrumming I .whaleboat shot'r1 return. Herod.
an-eingilte__ 1_- w•otelered If • he with kan�lattenm, seemei
wouldn't hear that. too. 1f so, it wax
all up with me. He might hove Sup- to be nmuMng Mmaelt by taming MT -
posed the ve-re
the enntpnM of h1a e k
m ng nniap ( m11dP 13, Iw '
descending, to be produced by a `crab f"m he took a small bright objet•!
or a rat. tent elaba don't hare throb- from ane p4teicet, and irx,tert at Ili with
h)ng p7lseee, and tater do not en --4.11 something like a chuckle. for a Rood
No. it was not a sneeze. I succeeded , hetwewhiff.tossing It kingbout and 1 cm44,) 1t
-Just-in stifling it. with A lido*: 1 bie47een his ax. huge fingers thought
h eIt not
piric'h aero.(. the bridge of the nose
. I e• what rs It wax. Ant I thnnjtht it la,Lel
That wan pure nervonsn'Rs," I ebb] Nke• a very small bottle.
myself. Then 1 hent down n little. By and hen long hall came sterns.
how the water. The lint wfa renrly.
jutt when :Me would hay' monnr wishe,l Igh (n44/14,
17` re se r
•^•--------,..aua�i rhe h3,
It tn..k ,'p 071 111%%1iig and i 0.7)14) etnsinal, Anwn Inc no his pnc•ks' ootid
bare heard any not.(. en," least 'mere- fid a 81p down f.' T•Pnmh, ming
ment from Incin¢ Rema 8nd togs like a win the t
m Il,r0.1:. side. \qne• ramp, aefrhet yam
T don't knew what Moe -etre corner of fn+: i wetter the hoot
my mind ft w 3,. (1111 'Itilrnell me to take poo off, the s, M her ,r remht.
off my shoes 1 did take them off. tie engine
saw the mins 1.l ictal, the ilt-
hnwet'Pr. with In4nfte preterit -ion. nne! ' tip l'. mtr R gt Itnsinister
all 13, the ) !nicht
stood. na14•ke( ..nuc- holding my R11r1ns, ; saw
lugger
rip zing ro e) rind br, t
in the mutely poet that snm4• recent sow the ingin. swing fl4' and br4783'
tverlfnw left a)a.nt the Aar' of the hug t,, Two
ern) geeing wild 1 to her way
mak. The wind hnd gone down. curt r3, t E " 044th nitIntm'nd. 1 saw her 3,t
rhe PPA ,t 1t) rnnr„1: the Inst Emu” small Noe
mpttl11di nm on¢
mann was the hreakets. Notfill ill 11 did T feel
trrttht'wiele-re-wieleed mart- It_ -that Hawaii leettefe Reef -1-..uveae-safe-
ops•, that teemeYd. Rnme4low. h• is. n i nano• reit from lehlnd the hotelier..
ratrt wnMerRf the 1 pre rr and
dn't1 f, whole- e ' If 1 did n (Tone, of nutekerl 111441
envte. 1 rtlnn••t dosis),, the 173, role_ tlmph. tinder the moan, there atone on
lap that had heti of fru'; put t the limo. of the.demerted island, f
1 kilos think T may he rtt•ux4[)
wished t ad ho Rafe: hind,e: b nznln on
he Rll'nn.
.'114' had.
He stn0d Neatening for a minute, hi
' feet planted :tenet. -8e-4f-we were _all
{dotting in 11 heavy sea: hie month
i herd set. hots,' 1) the lint% of the odd
half-au+sling parenthesis that marks
the fa„•yv,f these ah" know and have
• endured hardship. Wind and witye•e
were down; it was another of the blue
fit Turns. You would have
• r a 1 stood
slaying. 'there it .sae, just - a baud
4 upmlug lulu the ret•ks; yu4 could
walk
eh route( it --we did, without
seelug'auythTfi , co)- (mutt Width -re
I
thought the iaktnds, *Aero. they rand
thcroseivis from the stilla-colored sea,
sheer tilts of heaven or fairyland
afloat ; hetnee of incredible, exquisite
tw'ings, remt+te fmm (-daimon earth.
That is, if }on had not spent the past
d8ys as we had spent them--tremptng
painfully, with blistered feet and
lulrne! fare, mo -r those very islands;
de.•rulrt e'u.uferi• and 11 (1411 tot. u(
ruelas stud tangles of metuatid-hair,
Rut still, the crews keit about, evI-
euth waiting fur us to go, . . .
'There's only one thing," said ['ant.
"ll'e must let them show us the way
DO you kilo„
and sheet/, that
up.?"
out their eye-.
time. Get oil'
I dare
stay her' and
uo go with a
g
d
-Let them settle?
what they do to lamb
are down and can't get
"Yee. 1 know. Pik
We wou't give them
agate- me a good way
say' that'll do. Let's
keep quiet. Stand by
run?"
seeing their cruel barrenness, sensing 1 don't know how long I could have
without wtlrtee-for how .ma one put 1t waited -rat very long. 1 fear; the ens. -
into w''rdel-their .1nwielit ,nn•IPs. psoases of the moment had almost me
3,944.4, that took not to much thought of • nerve,' me -but that was no great trial
ua and our 1+ves 11444Putht- as was hiok._._of our patience. after all. !Sorely had
of the wandPrtttga.of an ant ameng the the party *ltlehowa Reel( from the
d••raleoattte tl,00tttu_ gtr!)7. and gone a little way toff, l4'
Yon cannot expreset to !fie eopie of the crows were down. one atter an-•
the• riti,. and th, nettlpe) land,, that other, flying to a point a little•-behfn4l
unnam,aAlp ganllty of the MttMack (he gully, and dropping.
plate•. We of ,he outback know It. 1 "Climb the melts up to the cup,
think Wu know runic--tluk�iPlnted Paul, running hard, and drag
"•'me day Tt wilt ging m, by rhe bassi:--T.a--nrle n*'et s1
('111.•4 11a nn,) 44.09) orrr 3,a. as the nu help; she tk-w along like a bin!
plant, racing here of tt1P TnrwmA Rhe outstripped me, and Paul, lands
River. to New f;trtnen Weep* fire•!• th, ''n11114' I a. the latter was; she re:felted
tittle mines. and whore we were, there the spier of rook that overhung the
+sot- sth-_ you 1 y• and scrammed up tt while you
oe `-wtlt-fie �.}_ps- Ila tt+ 11
I took tt:a little bottle in my hand. may meet Death in the nvtln street of ' might Itece mt1"41--cert:- Ph" Mw
'I". walkpng' 40 the Tern,* of the mann any elft. 17 lR Death and something t`"'k ntu' g0,.4 Io,.k nhnbt her, ts•ut
lit hrenkrne. toened it far awn into more' something of 47hlrii Death 11 but (down. a'(ard a stone to each hand and
S awe f.:.w
th.-Ir striving crest, TT
tnyik to 'h3, Susan,
Sfhen 1 •ilmtreml. stow)v and wearily,
ilp the .Le ••b'.. ladder, and stepped 011
to the i:'•tel leek, that was a very
one's 0' 1'4 oer In the midst of a- dark.
wilht irerR4•-_w1e11 i saw P/1 111
in the toddle of it, my font Lit ,nmr
thing Rlipperp, and T almost fel). 1
tient Mown to .m whet the thing 473,4.
e bottle, n .mall bright bottle. my
winking rpt- tllg t»nnn uponJhe avtn,l. _`1
"Aha," 1 arid, ''men who minter
their wives dein't apt their hnttons
It was Just tht•n that I stn,lt Tiered.
`I-44+-not--auttgest that iISeeer'a
meat habit.. were other that. decent
Ili ' had nhv„y, been able to' Imetl
dm when he male noir no. .ottege, In
-Ica Jaye when we 41744 "4114 friends. I v
Pe m sense of smell is , *own nn, or the hal s in their pwKitet* n
Paha y )nnaunl•
well dl'4Pluleel. I' '
p nthpr side of the Iannd• with Pan) P
and Tmurlp, unsnsldrleme making love. iv
lately triad to k111 one of 0. , ,iiis that
Th4, mhPr facet,, 1 Mink. flliilg the•m har.i. of rhe 1,,141 r..- k are 01)1 of our en tdratm'P, . . . JHat low. i heard them strike with a Ind
Pa111 Rowe, (r)axe,1 111s 1i4teutng low eoltld, 441447 deem vlt,1.l. Nary u
attitude. crow fly tip and srsw.l :twit .' ca... __
"f daresay 1t w:'• nothing," he said. • -11a-ha-ha '1'1)47) i 3,,t, up on the
"In fart, I'm practically stare it 47114; top looking dee'n, and I sae•, 3,e feotrie
btlt •*--
hroncl tyai,ln irF) .P n p 11s all. and that is, leek twain."
table Ad,,,, )ay g 4•
Ph:lying to earl!. with Laurie .Stxtnt t,3, n'r•t(t•tr+mthp forenoon. n.
-their t".. • head,, the .lark and the wP were pn.sln r, for the third tltn., i
refly-fair clearer together than card- think, the mouth of n .hallow 114:1.•
playert e.-”eral1y find desirable --when - galls that ied to nowhere. -pOH nm',)
1 cam* 1.n, k out .of the night And Its
e nn ores nom,thin's
that a. atmosphere of Twoernse Store prows.. following tate_
rQ IOTP it ire
s-enhtone thing to satisfy
barren+ *Pe' right into it T tl )
•i perils Jaw 04* -8p0l. into '.that T hAd not '* en hefnr.. A eros.
kindeethat p3,-••. homely t
mei to me an another a•Ith clow, !•azI`fi.ipp)nge front
other w,.-ld, nlm,Rt ton goof to he one side of 11,•. 1•'nr,4 to the other.
into, nn. r ennL) hnye thanked 1[e•nrett ' knew w.tneth)ng of the An,tnitnn
thnt T lived to 'ae It again. crow. whom to name, Oh the enntinent
f.n)r. h •k, 1 hnd de'a'der( to sty n"- of Anstralin, Is to 'lr3(w down toles of
_thine._1' void.) hate. )w•en rather mem Yte,w 81141 bitt,•r eur•)l)s. Here, nm••ng
for rad • • catch fit. the 1ng¢er, h41,) !n ata„ stn+tnYlut Ishan t,, 1t was Map linin,
wished •ii 1 i W11, 3,"t nt *411 etre that hurt. with the Ul1m' erne], clever, vitt-
11e weird 04 wish. If he knew It. and toren. ane., 1 wat,•he,((hp binek Y's
(h•rod. w, •,: so near. "Whitt you don't ; winging thmngh the bine altnv,.
knew• w ", p3, yon nn harm: tap rnffly w•atehet them nearing the pine. where
1 trine, ,-n•o'-the-venfk." 1-/host/ht. w. we stood: hovering and retreating hoof.
we' • )7 , my cabin, after greeting fled. with angry Innitrtmwn '•171,-
the t i ' -ere. find making an Indell- t hon',"
alb earele,s gneetiohs 1 "Let's go a bit bark, out of the way,"
whont�m walk.-I�nKgcatcl�.-_,_�_._..
T went •,• bed. iteats!tree Ind slept {.--„Yen loot( Ne(." remarked
PIt. i,3,• a men • rd, eryIne fnr oR; "You've beton walking ton far."
mons the hills of the I.)find, troubled "On the (vintrnry," 1 said. "T hone
sR fa. R1ght or the maw who hid ,t
he might torr mnrrlx¢n on the other.
"This is ton meth." 1 thought. despelr-
in¢ly. "A peneeful ,.l .,lm• .1t,r rurght
not to he asked to flee nntte v, much
tattle. murder and sudden dolt)) In
quite so little time. Are we going to
here a mos•nr•re and n kllnapplr- - he.
fordo morning? T •hnnldn't wonder. T
tlx.nldn'4 wander at Anything now%
flaw th, obeli a -l3, he hare k)"w3, that
we were Minot hers anyway? 1 will
nweer there was nothing in eieht all
dim"
'hike a fnnl. 1 'kept on etnn1Hng on
the top of the rrw'k. making myself n
(,Mlxplennns. net-bei-lesmtered fienr,' 1f
enpthing shoirll !mime Herod to tern
hie heed. 11e did not tarn it, how-
ever. He rrmnlned w -he re be ens.
Oaring mit to •p3,, moveless, hnrial In
tbon¢4t. T 47(.7114 have given meek to,
la'i'r for n moment under the •kali of
that rat bend. 3,e the devil I* sold to
here peeped tender the roof. of n 4 r-
`T1Rfi-Trion-,--jnst arssre.witnt might be'
i^ le use•d al
ranger brand of te.Iate•'. :1 RhaVing
ialete of ,harper went. tion+ most men
do, At all (•7e111., f caught' i1.P odor of
both. with them. tow,, an Indescrlhahle
Rally- 4481 -smell ,the, 1 (:3,.. often no -
(leer? about iln, kothe, of (nen who
have been Rome tiny, abenr,) ship; and
i the c,raihlnatlon of oder, ens ermine
704131,4 the 4•0rnM of the ro,-k. Barely
le time. T retitle"! that h,, wee Keel -
MOS ,dipping to the leek of the boul-
der in tinker 10 fie tf any ono was hid-
den there. "Lord 1" snmething ticked
In int. 3,113,41, as gtll(k n. n write!). "It
wee holey 1 thought of the ,Lor,."
And then 1 hn,In't time to think any-
more. for T wan Molly m iragrrl in *)Ip.
Mile rum* the t eel--{w.i- r-esnaegli
ahem.) of Tl,md not to ho seen.
tl'he'n roe have not pi/owed hid, and
*'rk for a (,uhtlderni.I,, pert of a cen-
1nrp, 1t Is nw-kwanl fn tnke hp the
,port again .1t a motment'. notice.
peinity ff molder! dent!) (4 likely to be
the penalty of lowing the genie. T 4414
not enJop that belated tont of "AI-spr.
4 lks*---1 played:it_-Itu11, keening far'
EPS
pEPS
Illeseeeful Iilraatheable Isnse y
fa Whaler
J
Oiigbs Cok/s
r., lisped, Wirt ~Aria* seat,/ r* • Mier. r.elat
Safer *ad ,tetra diner rasa Awn Iyer/ e, none.
Zig t:.,
sox i,
lb%
!NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD FRIENDS
tti.
and Paul Raw' n wort of ps')ho:e in the
reek*, utterly cvneettlet from any
r lura N114• that dlrer•tly above
And hying alt the M,ttnm e is.r
1ut,. (pnitp st111. wan the figure of a
woman.
When we rpnr•he, her, 1 thalgbt
that Rhe sal: stead. She hay with her ;
fare turned to the sky ..lier-aeyea.hair
r14e,P+l, and her white teeth stmwing
i 1i ijjih - This shad' ked fa1Tv� o f'
1t r wnwn7 petite.) w�t lea *,t -age -
heatite
her. had apparently been weed for n
hat. She was es thin as n broom
handl,. her skin was bright }4411041•.
slee'Yes were torr! Almost off, 1t- had
her
- toe kfri •. g,.n4• and 4,.
foot '4841 tip,! )Ip in, n rough! tentage
Tll, sides of the pothole were market
Int if by ctllb•hing hander; in --one part
them wits n Trots, slfding smear.
' it was no Idol," 1 '811. and- hat
Irony went throech my heart as 1
thought of myself lying all the night 1n
my fmrtit-(+n Tsnr,r+i the .whconer, with
that feeh)• cry snnnding. ei nruling
3,h. 1 lifted hpr drat hand to
peeve"- It to my )fist, w-Ith what f,elfnga
1 ennnnt env. And my Iles, lingering,
- 'net with n living p11lse. And sri the
By Peggy Harvey world thnt hnd stopped. went on Avenin
THERE WAS AN OLD wnMAN OF LEEDS
There Laos on old taornon of Leeds
hlho spent 011 her time hoeing tweeds,
But the dame was so slow
That her wear(_ old hoe
Could neuer carch up with
the weeds. r
Then along came Bill Pringle's
Petig
Thal was neither gquitetittle
nor And cleaned up the heeds
For thcit women of Leeds,
For it just loved Yb hoe and
lb dig .
x..
+Irstillll�l�ltl�ll (•Arr
y
for me.
"Well hnve'the devil's -delight get-
ting her not 0f chi.." rnmmente,l
Bowen. Stand! hr 7114 T fetch a rote
from the ship,"
T.nnrtr 'thither) 17p 01111 of the pothole
again, to star nn tan• and help with the
rope when it mane; nine), inrlleninllp
to *lite,. PAhi Bowen 4111 the wily 1
there, and nil the wtiy lark. T est ie-
"1r1e the a Ns,•k of what bed been Suwon
Pneeoe. and to me she was lovelier,
fnr. than TenNp in all the shining
•plendnr of her youth.
"What shon'ri one run for her?" 1
wonderer,. looking ,,t the (dowel
the hotrod,.hens-Inc sheet Ifpeps
water or brende Thad
irritltnktr fheT +tf- .
w^oto dem hrghrlp." I
But there want* hran.ty nearer rhnn
the schooner, and no tenter on that
rile of the i*tand. on the other - -
"Thenk And." 1 thotight, "(hat she
d1,1 meet with this n(eldent-whatever
hrml¢ht her herr, If she hadn'tahp
might hare ran In rose that devil Not I
fTW4tt end then. 1 l'.ekon. there'd Mare
been n dend woman who'd have told
noteh •k •
' . , Why doeen't Bowen
come ,..
I looked 8gnfn, anxinnely, at the nn-
ronselems fentnr,• And am i evoked
life anti m11141'(1111sn4111,1 enure 'reek to
them. The brown errs opener!. Tho
'Ip, parted. and Rosen Tamer* *Aid, .
simnel' In her ordinary tone of entre-
"T thought it was yen. j thought
• or would 93,44,. . . lin. my hue
',anal been envie.* Mw iii me?"
And 1 realise), itith an nn*peakable
hock, that Rl* knew nothing; nothing
tt all.
(Continued met week)
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Funeral Director and
Embalmer
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day or night
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4
We 4narantee our hydro lamp*
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North sine of Square Goderich
Coal and Woodi
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Briquettes
Quantity of Good Hardwood in
various lengths
1 ran supply your waffle in
any of the above fuel. Prompt
service and reasonable prices.
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The West Street
Electrical Shop
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We Specialize in Wir-
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