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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-06-20, Page 7Windy Perkins was onlygenerciUs as .regards. his speech - he•suffered from verbal diarrhea. Although he spent far too much money on booze he was reluctant to give his wife anything over and above the egg and cream money - hardly enough to keep body and soul together, never mind providing thepoor lady with any new clothing to replace her shabby attire. It ishardto understand why she stayed with Windy - he treated her as though she were a slave and in his drunken stupors, made her life a'complete misery. •• There must be a better way to live, Lizzie Perkins • told herself over and over again - there must be some • escape from the man she secretly detested. She had •no children. If only she could find enough money to • get a startin some other Place, far away from Windy, his drunken ravings and tight fisted meanness. Lizzie decided •thalsomehow she would get the money, and shake the dust of Redtrees from her. feet. • She had tried to collect a tew dollars previously by growing cucumbers, withholding some of the money ,. from the pickle 'factory, but Windy had checked out • her dealings and in a furieus temper made her cough up the differegogitnce ahe had started a little savings account at th . ank, but even the bank tellers were not prone to keep a confidence and Windy made her withdraw the money - he had a use for it as ari additional thirst quencher; There Was no ornament, nook, or cranny that was safe from Windy's grubby fingers and Lizzie told. • herself that. if she accumulated anything; she would • have to find a new: hiding place. She had a flash of •, genius when she looked at the remains of an old Chevy hardtop, rusting amongst the wild .grass and golden rod. The seats, although worn werestill intact • - who would ever think of searching amongst .the • upholstery for money? Well, Lizzy considered she had found .the place to deposit anything. she -could-glean towards her. escape - all she needed now was the actual green stuff!' • 'When Windy was in the Pedtrees Hotel, which happened .to be every afterhoon• except Sunday, Lizzie was free from .her tormentor - almost six hours in which to make a little money. She Would fieve.,,,biefi: happy.to scrub floors irher employer woull'kee0,-ei mouth shut. and not tell Windy .about her extra curricular activities., The only person ,who needed • domestic help and who Was likely to keep hr sec,,was the Vitar's. Wife - Lizziehired herself oi/forfoti hours per afternoon, Monday thro'9gfrr:ittlay at. 50 cents an hour. It Was a small toptiine - $10 a week! . On the 'Friday afternoon:a140-end ot the first week, •While Windy; vyas still telling his atrociouslies in the • Ftedtrees Hotel, Lizzie made her first deposit in the old Chevy strong box. She placed a$10 bill, in a brown paperbag and crept stealthily to the old car. She cast. her eyes across the countryside before she opened the door - .one could never be sure who would be watching'. At least she was free frOM the main peeper of the cornitninity COlin Andereon' was in the Pantown Hospital with some weird disease,. LizZie removed a feW Old sacks and a threadbare tire . from the batk seat. With a kitchen knife., sherhade an •incision in the cover and groped her way into the • interier,' depositing the paper bag well inside the upholstery. She replaced the sacks andJtire,, and • restored the back of the car to its original. untidness. For three months, Lizzie faithfully repeated this process. The paper bag was becoming nice and fat - she had a total of $120! She could leave any time now but she decided to make some careful plans before her retreat. • About this time, Windy was having a little trouble with Shylock Shaeffer, the rnisrly owner of the Redtrees Hotel.. Windy had been getting his refreshments on tick and Shylock was pressing him for , payment - he even threatened to cut off Windy's supply unless he produced the money. Windy Perkins had no idea where he could put his hands on some ready cash. There was nothing ready for market and little to sell that would be of value. He had to find semething. Anything to appease Shylock and continue his afternoon visits to the hotel. In alcoholic desperation, his foggy mind settled on the old Chevy. This he didn't' need,, and surely the Pantown wreckers would give him a few bucks for it - yes, the old car would be his salvation. A ten cent call from the 'phone box and Windy had made the deal. He wouldn't call from his own 'phone of course, no use letting his wife Lizzie into his secret. • It wasa few days before the wreckers.picked up. the' old car - in the middle of the :afternoon, when Lizzie was engaged in her domestic work at 'the Vicar's house. Windy even took time out from his boozing session to transact the business. The owner of the Pantown wreckers was a good. natured, ne'er-do-Well called Bert Trotter, By all standards, he was a good living man. He didn't smoke or drink and since the man had to d,o something to keep him so Cheerful, one could only assume that the charms of the ladies Occupied much of his leisure thoughts. He was a one man operation - driver; oxy acetylene steel cutter, labourer, and everything else • connected with the business. His yard occtiPied .alot on the main street of Pantown - the town's eyesore - a couple of acres strewn With old cars in various stages' of :metalic decay. The' word environment hadn't been invented at that time.• •tTrotter gave Windy's oldtar the once over and figiomf that his trip to Windy's farm had hardly been 4rt.h..the gas that his wrecking truck had used. -2,J-wenty buck h&-:to1aiANiff4. "But I figured it to be worth more than that - the engine weren't in bad shape when I used it last - an the1ires - it's got to be worth more than that". •''TwentY bucks that engine will be seized 'solid: No good even for parts. tt's scrap an' that's all it is. • Twenty bucks - take it or leave it," Windtook it and the old CheVy vvas towed away, leaving justa brown patch at the. place it had • occUnied. .When Lizzie returned frOm. her work that afternoon • and' saw the . ,ibject of her salvation had disappeared, her mind bec,ame.a turmoil and she could hardly.wait for Windy to take his hat off when he. returned from the hotel. • "Where' did the old car go?" she asked. • "Gone to the Pantown wreckers, soit 'as - didn't need irany'ow.'' • • Lizzie could no longer contain herself. She broke down and cried bitterly. •"Stupid woman, so yer 'are.- looks like yer thought • more about that old car than yer did about me! ,lifon"Mtp.tto", Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesdayt June 20, WINIM1111111111111111111. fine markets,,. of fine foods zehrs SAYEUPTO WITH THESE COUPONS ZEHRS COUPON /i AiAcot • LARGE EGGS. ALL WHITE OUR REG. 97c DOZ SAVE 30c DOL LIMIT ONE DEAL PER COUPON. DOZ. COUPON EXPIRES SAT. JUNE 23. • ZEHRS COUPON WITH THIS VALUABLE COUPON COOKED 'HAP. SCHNEIDERS BROKEN SLICES - OUR REG. s1.39 SAVE 70c PKG. .A.oz: PKG. LIMIT ONE DEAL PER COUPON . COUPON EXPIRES SAI JUNE 23, Nta ZEHRS COUPON WITH THIS VALUABLE COUPON OLD.SOUTH FROZEN 12.5 OZ. OUR REG. 1.05 S.VE 40c TIN LIMIT ONE DEAL PER COUPON TIN COUPON EXPIRES.SAT. JUNE 23 1 • • • • • • • , • • • • • I. • • Letters to the editor More about the Langside bear To the Editor: \ • Regarding the poem in last • week's Sentinel, "That • Langside Bear", I wish to inform you that the poem was written by Jack McIntyre of Wingham, formerly of, the Langside area. The bear paws pictured in • the paper were made by Bill ' Scott and Harvey Scott 'of Langside and Harvey wore then to do the tracking. These were donated by Gord- on Scott, Ripley and are in my possession. Anyone interested in look- ing at the bear paws is welcome to do so. Yours very truly, Walter Scott, • Lucknow, Ontario. Correction Tom and. Tillie Hackett celebrated their 50th wed, ding anniversary 'on Tues- day, June 5. The dinner and • reception were held. on Fri- day, June 8. The dates were incorrectly reported in • last week's Sentinel. We apolo- gize for any inconvenience the error play have caused. 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