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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-12-22, Page 7Son By Louise Richardson Rorke, It was Christmas Day and snowing ¥are enee rose slaw lye t feathery flakes that, filled the "I geese I'd better be lookin' after ou lined every branch the furnace," hes 'd.. daanp air ant t saki. zea Chr-eepe.as times to make them re- ;embe , Yet, thele was a sant of heart -breaking eomfert, too,: en re- inerriberhtg. 4 By-and-by, because she was shiver- int- with cold,she came out again to " the kitehen. She was knitting. when the door opened to admit Meekel ar, X11 the beg day, and otberseeing others stretching ca interminably. lie dreaded sannehew to begin. this bong stretch of emending -dal without the thought of Fred. Ile had a atrenge hesitation ,rrborlt taking up their eirp.e.tsses, as if, thus doing. he, in' some - way, bound himself to them.. white with snow. Ile had some let- Aimlessly he reached for the cin aziar tere and papers in his hand. Some which he had brought :home the night weariness in his fare arrested her, abefere, It was at least something to even aa.•siae rea,ehad for the letters, do -a feeble barrier raised with the ele "You're tired out, Archie?" last .reneemt of courage against the "Oh, aro." overwhelming flood of despair. He took off hie 'overcoat, .and hung It was not, after all, a circular. The it on tice row of mile beeline the door, business envelope enclosed another brushing the snow carefney from his addressed simply to et/fee/miler, in Toronto. M�au.itelta, wi eat -No. 1 N4errt,? $1,25; N. 3, 61.14• Mealier:tea ooa -•-No. 2 CW, .geeeef No. 8 CW, 504eo; extra No. 1 , 54ar'P+c . l arnitaba bee ey - Nornbral, Aia itis above, ta'ar.,k, Bay pts. .Amerircur sacra)-�I�% 2 y$Il+srnsr, 00%e; No. 8 yeelow, ; Ne, 4 ye liter ,fi7lee; track, Tomato, Ontario oats: --.-No, 2 w ate, esentinak Ontamio eehea.t-Nominal. Jowle' -No, $ extra., test 47 lbs. or 'better, 55 to 58cs, aeconteree to freights axed twig .of the apple trees in the. He went slue rly down the cellar cap end boots. Then he went e'rer &are of the Brockman Apple Com- ' h hard and made wonderfui the tall ata ~'•way, F.•ausin*t for a. thoughtful „ of tdain on the fare, be said, `acrd ° ua zvlieat -nlo, l; ^a4 to 7e,e. orchard, and sat dawn by the table, }tis haritis Ply,.. He -opened at listlessly, but as rot putting through his laud hem Red sentinel . e;iruces guarding the gate- moment at its .foot. Then he turrie4 on his knees; " it he read, his face changed, anal when 'oily scall be Fere, if ee wee "0ampete, 111 ha. 2, 84 tt Ste, 7.4,, way of the lane ---that even clung In into the apple cellar, The Maekeli�arl eAiaa't - :� going- to read t e a--- he had flnashe:t still steraang by tete $ ratan toba 11716r90 ---"le pats , , li . ' he 'd `He li eked arse up sple•�'lidly d is the soft wind, to the fences and the , farm had won a reputation for its walls of the giEay frertie 'hi» o and ti! r,'eheveee Tee ewe cellar � .,a4 tbree- o i be ,.new the cutbuilain�gs, end cast a � quarters filed with barrels, shin - 11414111e over the soetherrnoat wall of the big red barn, melting quite indis- 4-h' t and unreadable, the glaring, • an ., a seem• ee, ., , , ronsc . pare?" „lamp -lit table, he went baek, sheet it when I wanted ie, en!$ -to mother Ontario flour - 94 per cent. pat e, ""I 6 guess not; there doesn'� sec,n aftQr sl get, carer xt$ elo5e y tenetand c,# n , q them. It's `efackeear and hulk, seaboard, per eared:, SL a, ' Y . a to be any news these days, re►thing pages. This was how i an ,Son' back Home where hes runniatg 51r1a.feal- Dc:.oirLreal freight, ing faintly golden to the light of the worth bothering over." 1 "Pear Sir: -I am v:siti ag ;a frame: the farm c ane, and by rove, it's going bags ar ~luded: Breit, Per , 425 te lamp wauch the, cld than. held, Black tete Maekei at• opened the two let-; of inane in Toronto. who has two bar- "Maekellar and Sora' up here $,.6; filiva s, Per ton, $ 7 to $2B; good end plain aeroes every barrel -bead tars tivhi:h were hers, They coaat3in-;eels of apples hauglit from the Brock -9w 1��a �.Be+ e1 QrA legend painted serosa its face ran the ""Maekeliar and Sots d Christmasd h red an Appae Conapanv and eked whim .. , legend, e anessaages an s e pored . m , ma ;'i us, I've stuck tie sigzz asp every ' N. 2 $21.54 to $22; anixed, $t8. "Maekellar and Son." Grade L"From the c.eihag rafters ever diem with antereat- holding them; with your beard, I had seen teat" where wee )Leen,' he said, and laugb Shaw --Car lets, per ton, $12. It was. early twilight and the w me, cleper.3ed the stervirts, made of cls,se te, the lamp. She lc;,ked up at' brand one. before, i r3 so;