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'Offi-Pe pn-the''Thezzaniner above the-produCtion-±floor.
Here I had a bircre eye view of some of the .humen
beings who , Spend •a lifetime grumbling abatit the
circumstances which label them "working meri'y
Perhaps I Was,SurPhgt'bUt in this factorY at least, they
didn't appear to be•overWorked. There seemed to be'
' nti sense of urgency about what: they did,. 'and their,
movements were quite IpISUrely, at least until :quitting
time. A few. minutes prior to that moment. "for. whorl,
the bell tolls" they Were all cleaned up and, stood with -
lUnch pails cfutched in, their hands - on :their Marks.
and set to go, In the mad dash: to the'tithe clock!'
Ironically; I too:becaine hYpacrite'Who pretended
to earn a pay package. The newspaper I. was to...
, produce. On: a rnonthly basis could 'have been
completed , quite camfortably, . in a- AO hour week. :l
learned the teChnique of looking :.busy during periods:
Of completeldleness„ and, lived constantly with a guilt
complex. Nobody seemed to realize that .1 Was almOst
committing highway robbery.•.pn, the ceritraty, I was
complimented my conscientious effOrt, by thetOP
brass. Where ignorance'.was bliss it was, folly to be
It took me quite a few day,sto .get myself settled into
the routine of an aircraft factory: I was givena small
----the-aOttral-detaile-7-7-helteighloPore sbad laokedin-oh-
, Angus daily,' and catered to his .needs. 'One Morning
he was not in: the frame ,house and after-searching,
"theY:ftrund hirrilying in the stable, • • ,
I ,Ilave my own.-theories as •to why Angus , passed
away in that place; , These are =thoughts. which I have
keptlo rnytelf:until now. Throughout his life he had
• always had a-great affectionfor herses. He may have
been tough, on men,. but hiS,team received more care
and attention than. most.
Angui had died in the stable. The dircumstances-pf
his death were not quite clear; One Could only 0,ciesS
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, Life in a lownhOUSO,". With all its _modern con-
veniences, had •its d'isadvantages;VVe lived next door
to a prestige nut who was ' determined to have
everything bigger and better than his neighbours. .I
remember the first .time I saw him,—sprawled on, a,
chaise lounge on his so galled patio. The belt, which
was supposed: to hold up his, pante was slung ,
dangerously low, over which bulged a maSsive beer
• belly, His wife answered every call of her lord and
master, moving continually between- the fridge and
the belching figure. in the chair. I 'tried to make
friendly -'conversation with Ihie:_brewer s disposal
tank, but apparently I WaS somewhat beneath the
lever of his dignity. Herhad a•shiny Oldsmobile 'in his
driveway, and whether paid far or not, it.never-the-
less was, in his opinign, theerriblem•of his superiority..
I was easily • snubbed when :he passed a few.
uncomplimentary :remarks about ,rhy '39 Dodge, Old
Mblly was hardly .a status symbol.
My image,rhust have cliMbed considerably when ,a
certain Doc Petere came looking for his, friend, Don
Campbell. We had as yet not had the. telephone
connected, and Doc Petershad.an urgent message to
convey, • . "
...-111'-ve gat some bad news," Doc whispered.. He _
looked at all' the faces of my family and I suddenly
realized jUst how crowded that little townhouse must
have seemed.' it waS an 'excellent time to dish out
some ice cream money into eager little hands. When
my oldest girl Jeannie had led my little brood away to
find the ice cream parlOur, my wife, Doc and I, sat
around the little modern' kitchen table. I figured
drinks all round was in order 7 knew we were going to
hear something really-sad.
"It's Angus, "'Doc said, when we had settled doWn'
to talk. "He's had another heart attack:'! Doc was
trying to ease the blow but I knew what was coming.
-r`fi'm almost afraid, to you 7 he'Sdead!"
I ike ' heUeed to. say.— ' Better than a lot
-men I knowd, They ain't afraid work, an' they never
give me.any arg m • ' . • •
'It doesn't reqUire too much irnaginatiOn to
understand what passed through,. his. Mind; as he
waited for his land to be sold, and his impending, move
to the retirement. home in PantoWti,,All that remained •
on the Hungry Hundred for. Angus was, his memories,
. With his equipment. and livestock gone and time On
hands,
his nds, he would dwell upon the life he had spent
amid the rolling. land Angus` would foroe his
'rheumatic body to limp , around the familiar places,
loaking perhaps for something hecauld never find
again, It is my belief that hewould pay more than one
:last visit to the stable,' trying -.to imagine his horees
standing there.‘,1 have no regrets about the Wade,
Where he died,. D
-no'
inside me, I khow it was fitting
that he shpuld,,not'leave the . Eltingty Hundred alive,
and. that for me at least, his ghost would remain there
for eternity. I have,.. however.,, just one regret: Modern
laws preventpd him from being, buried on the 'lend
Which had been won from the bUsh by the proud
MacCrinirnons; • .
What happened to those happy wanderers,- -the
.Campbells? lied theM to many places trying to fulfill
my dreamsand just like the majority of people, I never
did find exactly what, I was looking for. My ambition to
become a creative writer was defeated .by the sheer •
necessity te•proVide for a large farnily.. I drifted from
one job to the next in search of a more afflu,ent way of
life In doing so; i became caught up in the rat rape for
Material things, and found that when i attained theM;
they had so little real Value.
Now my farnily has grown up and, started tamilies,of
their own. Thus . my wife and I have completed' the
Once more, there are only two of us ,and we
walk together i'n' the twilight 'across the acres of
memory! • •
At last I, have the opportunity to turn—all: my
attention to the typewriter, and so 1 arwfulfilling the
wish of Angus - that one day I should write the,stOry of
the Hungry Hundred and return to the true values of
life.
, I go on dreaming that perhaps one day my writings
will be known to many and I fight towards that end. As'
Angus always said: "If there's nothin' worth fightin'
fer, there's nothin, worth livin' ter." I still think he
Was right?
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accepted the,tintario Weekly, Newspaper 'Association award . Toronto recentlf, The Sentinel on the *Ward in the class of
for Best Classified Advertising from the associatian's newspapers having a circulation of more thin MOO, '