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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-07-13, Page 44 Clinton News -Record Hayfield Mr, Jones and Miss Jones of (heti- iton Were the gnests ofil it Urott - er, Rev. J. It,, Jones, for a few days recently. Mr. Chas. L1 arts and Wife,„:Tot- onto A -onto and Miss C. Baxter and Mr, and Mrs, Wilson and son, London, are guests at Miss. Ferguson's, " Mrs. Tolmie and daughters, Misses Marjorie and Fergie, motored up from Windsorand are now ; settled for tile'sunoner in their cottage "Shingle Shacks" on the Terrace. Mt, and Mrs. John Gibbons and Wilily of London have taken Mr. Frank (;lass cottage on the Terrace for the summer, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and familly, of Detroit have taken Mr. W. G. Ran - kin's cottage on the Terrace for the sunnier. Mrs. Flobt. ,Kirk, Mrs. Wm, Knox and Miss Joy-MaM'himley of Toronto are guests of Mrs. James Sturgeon. Miss Doiiie,Ross, 'wlio is teaching near Hamilton, is home for the sum- mer vacation. The Bayfield members of the 1tr',rsli battalion were Dominion Day visitors at their homes here. Pte, Wilber Erwin of the lMth Battalion, Berlin, spent the holiday and week -end at his home here. Messrs. Harold and Hilliard. Green, Mr. Duggan, Mr. Ronnie, Mr. Gordon and 'Miss Kastoer of Stratford ; Miss kiulda Sander, Berlin, and Miss Sehiplcr•, Detroit, si:e,t Dominion Day in the village. 111'r ,and Mrs. Lambie, Mrs. Mc- Donoitgh and daughters, the Mises McDonough, of London are occupying their cottage in Lake Side Park, Mrs, Marshall and Mrs. McMillan of London are spending the summer ill Lorne Cottage, Chiuiquy street. i111 Inseph Ruddy of Winghanr, Misses Mary {irasby, Margaret Whit- man and Annie Bridges of Beigrave Were the guests of Mrs. Brandon over the 1st of .Tilly holiday. Mr, Keith McLean of Sealorth spent a few days in the village re- cently, being a guest at the Albion. Dr. Partridge, wife and family and Mr, C. B. Chapman, wife and family are spending the summer at their cottages in Lake Side Park. Mr. Thos. Brandon of Listowel was home Inc the holiday visiting his mother. Master Gordon Straithers, sou of Dr, .Struthers of Toronto, is holiday- ing with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. James Thomson. Mr. and Mrs. William Jowett and family, Mr. Herb and Misses Edna and Beatrice and Master Leo, of Port Iluron sileltt a few days .re- cently as the guests of Mrs. Thos. 'Jowett. Mrs. (Dr.). Thomson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wigmore and family and Mrs. Mortimore and family of London are occupying cottages in Deer Lodge Park. 13aglfiield (More Bayfield news .page 5,) Misses Belie and Nan Woods of Seaforth are visiting at their aunt's Mrs Cr, li, Hewson's. Miss I';tUo! and 'Doialci Cameron of Detroit are visiting .their aunt, Miss Lizzie Cameron, Evening service is being• ` held iii Trinity church during the, sunlriaer Months. Next Sunday Rev, Mr, Jennings of Blenheim, a former tee - 'tor, will preach. ile patriotic garden patty held 'en Miss Ferguson's lawn on . Wednesday evening last Proved to be a great success. A large number attended, the weather was fine, the music by the Clinton Kitty band was enliven- ing and the evening passed oil very pleasantly.. 'i`ite ;receipts amounted.. to abqut one hundred and tell dol- lars. Mrs. John Pollock bad donat- ed a quilt, which was disposed of by ticket; thus adding twenty dollars to the funds. Mt. and Mrs. ltobt. Reid, ilts Cloven Reid and Master Ethvard Reid of Windsor and Mrs. Blackwell of London are guests at Mrs. Green's, Miss Woolway of London is the guest of Mrs. Brandon. Miss Rankin and Master Jack Rankin of Detroit have taken posses- sion of their cottage in the Terrace. Mr. 5'. B. Heath of -Hamilton spent the holiday at his cottage ill the Ter- race. Mr. and Mrs. G. 13. Patterson and fancily of London have taken Mr. Wm, Ferguson's residence for the sunlliler and are nicely located therein. Mrs. Holmes and Miss Lois Holmes of Clinton arc guests at Miss Lizzie Cameron's. In. Tillman and wife and family of London have taken Mr. (leo. Wes - ton's residence for the season. Sirs. (Rev.) J. A. Robinson and Mrs. J. E. Hovey of Clinton have taken Mrs. Ross' cottage for the month of July and are now enjoying thebalmy breezes from Lake Huron. Mfrs, W. Richards and family of Detroit, Mts. J. Si. Daly and fam- ily, London, and ills. and Mrs, Black, Winnipeg, are summering in the White. City. Mr. and Mrs. Gray and family of Detroit are guests at Mr, Wni. Mus= tar'd'S. A marriage which will interest many people in and around Bayfield took place on ,Tune 28'th at Winible- ton, North Dakota, when Mr. Charles P. Parker, son of Mr, Chas. Parker of this village, was united in marri- age to' Miss " Emma D, ('Tibbs, daughter of Mr. and Sirs, Charles ('ribby of that town. Mr. Parker, who has been resitting in that state for some five years or so, is princi- pal of the school at Nekoma, North Dakota, and there the young couple have. located. The groom's many friends here will waft congratulations and good wishes. Ready•to- Wear Garments Coach & Co. PHONE IS. Dry Goods and Millinery This Store for High Class Summer Waists. Warm days awaken interest in the large and var- ied assortment of cool white waists we have in stock, Our waist department will be found well equipped to supply every need. A 'new shipment to hand of the newest styles made of pretty voiles. Prices range from $1.50 to $4,50. Completely Equipped Hosiery Department. In which a splendid stock of merchandise is of- fered. Just at this particular time you should take the oppoitunity to see just bow large a range of hosiery we are showing. Many novelties in ladies' and "chil- dren's cotton lisle and silk hose, pric- es range from 25c to $2,0.0 a pair. New Awning Stripes. Just to hand another shipment of awning stripes suitable for middies, coats and skirts in all the new fashionable shades, black and white, rase and black, and green and white, Be sure and see these. •H•0440•+e•e.•40+94..0 441 The White, Lantern tern How the Mystery Was Solved By CLARISSA MACKIE -4••Nt1N•••••0'O•••N•N• Laniieung: is as unclean as many other Chinese cities, and John Latham left the squalor of the best inn that the place afforded and made hie lei- surely way clown the crooked streets, quite oblivious to the malodorous at- mosphere as well as the unfriendly glances that met him in his walk. Latham was agent for a large firm of tea importers, and this was to be his last trip to China. Hereafter he Would be stationed in' the New York office of the company, and he was glad of. the change. This evening as he strolled the streets looking for one that led down to the river's edge, where there migift be a whiff of fresh air to fill his lungs, he scarcely noticed the crowds that grad- uslly filled the streets, Then the sound of drums and the shriek of Chi- nese fiddles announced that some festi- val was in progress. Lighted paper lanterns appeared ev- erywhere, and Latham was jostled to and fro in the crowd. ' As he went he became aware of a curious fact. Isi the narrow street there appeared among the 'gayly tinted lanterns one of pure white paper. It was swinging at the top of a slender bamboo pole, and the man who carried it was masked. As soon as the white lantern appear. ed a babel -of staccato yells arose from' the crowd, and they broke away to let the white lantern have free passage. Then silence fell upon the street, and the masked man had the right of way until he turned the corner and disap- peared. Latham asked himself the question: "What about the white lantern?" and the spirit of adventure which was ever with him answered, "Follow it" So ho hastened to the corner as best he might, turned it and in the far die- tance saw the white lantern making a path for itself through this less crowd- ed thoroughfare. He kept a hundred feet behind the pale bobbing transparency until it left the windings of the city streets and turned into a path that led into the country. As be pasted through the city gate Latham felt a hand on his arm. The gatekeeper—a fat, friendly looking Chinese—pointed after the white Ian• tern bobbing steadily away. "The American lord must not fol- low the white lantern," he said in the dialect of the province. Latham understood his words and paused. "Why not?" he asked curiously. "It is not well to follow the white lantern," persisted the other guarded- ly. "It leads to death." "Why can't you tell me where it Is going and all about it?" Latham jug- gled a dollar in his band. The gatekeeper's eyes looked covet- ously at the money, but he shook his head. "I cannot speak the name or ft will come upon me and my family for three generations," he muttered. "But I have warned you." "I shall follow it," said Latham ob• stinately. "And here's something for your warning, man of impeccable con- science," and he dropped the money into the eager palm. The white lantern was disappearing down the farther slope of a little hill, and he had to run to keep it in sight. The masked man was evidently in a hurry now, for he was hastening tip and down the little hills, dodging around farm buildings, following the meandering path along the river's edge and finally vanishing in the gloom of a pine grove. Latham ran breathlessly among the pines until the moonlike face or the white lantern' appeared close at hand. Now it stopped, as if its bearer was aware of pursuit and was waiting for the pursuer, Latham panted to a standstill be- fore the masked figure. The white lantern was lowered un - tit ft became a barrier between the two men. "Stand back!" said the lantern bear- er in English. Latham, startled by the unexpected order,. obeyed. The glow of the white lantern shone on the implacable black mask with Its holes, through which sparkled glitter- ing eyes. Stand back!" repeated the lantern bearer. "Why?" retorted Latham. "Because to follow me is to go to a horrible death." "I would chance it," said Latham recklessly, for he had witnessed many strange happenings in China, and his curiosity was aroused by the incident of the evening, "Let me follow you, stranger, and I will hold co man re sponsible for what happens." The masked man laughed shortly, "Come, fool!" he cried and lifted his White lantern on high. Latham followed, a strange depres• Edon seizing his spirits. Was the bearer of the white lantern some ill timed jester of the evening who would make sport of the foreige devil? Was be the agent of soma dreadful secret society? What was het BIS th Misses Rene and Verne Bennett of Toronto have"been spending a vaca- tion at their home in town. They were accompanied by Miss Dorothy Horde of the Queen City, Miss Josie Woodcock has returned from a visit with her sister in Galt, She was accompanied by her two lit- tle nieces, Catherine and Phyllis Har- disty, who are spending a few 'Weeks here. Latham was soonto discover, " lie followed the white lautetn through thepine grove and out into n barren sstreteli of open country, Isere was desolation indeed. A few trees were crowded .inside of a rough -stockade and d s h aded some miserable little huts, plainly visible in the light o1' the fall moon. The white lantern bobbed over the hillocks until they leached a gate in the stockade. The masked man turned to Latham, who 'was close at his heels, "Would you enter and -face death?" he asked. "Yes," said Lathan, hie cariosity aroused to its highest pitch. "Fool!" laughed the, other and, s1lp- ping inside the gate, barred it securely. "If you have no care for your life I will save it for you." Ile blew out the white lantern, and the place was bath- ed -only in the cold moonlight. Speechless with surprise, John La- tham leaned against the stockade and looked through at the trees, the little dr""lc huts and the form of the masked manwho was striding across the yard. Ile paused on the threshold of the largest hut, waved a pale hand and Banished. Utter silence reigned over the place. There was not the bark of a dog or the stirring of fowl, and there are few places in China where chickens are not underfoot and disputing the right of way. "I'll wait until morning if necessary, but I'll pierce the mystery of the white lantern," muttered Latham as he withdrew to a nearby tree and sat down with his back against It. The night was warm, and he soon slumbered, Morningdawned faintly in the east A red ray of sunshine awoke John Latham to a bewildered sense of the events of the night He robbed his eyes sleepily. Within the stockade there was a storing of forms. Some hobbled fee- bly to the shade of the nearest tree and cowered there. Others limped woefully about in miserable silence, while others gathered in groups and ate ravenously, snarling like dogs while they ate. Gradually Latham got upon his feet, a great dread in his face. Nearer, nearer, he drew, step by step, to the stockade, where a dreadful face peer- ed at him through the palings. A. face that was a mockery—a mis- ery—an inhuman horror! Latham laughed wildly, and the face vanished. He saw the tall form of the lantern bearer striding across the yard. 'He was clothed in a long white linen coat such as surgeons wear, and on his hands were white gloves. He was still wearing the mask of the night He came straight to the 'stockade and, gripping his hands upon the pal- ings, he asked abruptly: "My God, man, can't you stay away?" "You are an American," was La - there's surprised reply. "Yes." The other drew a deep breath. "And you—what are you do- ing here in this place of pestilence and death? Did you come across the world to tempt me to revenge myself upon you for stealing the woman I loved?" he ended fiercely. Latham cried out sharply. "Only one man in the world could reproach me that way," he breathed heavily. "I am that maul" declared the other. "I am Clay Foster!" "Clay Foster—you? You are here— here in this leper colony?" panted La- tham. "You—you the brilliant young physician who had everything in life"— "Everything save the woman I soy. ed," was the grave reply. "I can bring my skill and knowledge here among these unfortunates. I can do good. What more can I ask?" Latham's soul was wrung with re- morse. "And it was in your power to visit death upon me," he said slowly. "When I saw you with your white lantern of warning that a leper was coming through the streets—when I saw you little did I guess your identity or the significance of the white lantern. "I was attracted by an element of adventure, and I followed. I wanted to follow you in here—among thesei And you, whom I had wronged, you prevented me! Clay Poster, you are a great man—a man indeed!" He bowed his head against the pal- ings, and the man who had devoted his life to the comforts of a leper colo- ny in the heart of China looked at him pityingly, as looks one who has out- grown the insignificant things of life, who knows only of the magnitude of sin and suffering and offers up his life to allay. it. Dr. Foster spoke again: "Yon had better go now, Latham. Remember me to old friends back In the world. Say that I am well and happy, and, hang it all, I'd like some newspapers that are not a year old!" He laughed melodiously. John Latham lifted his head. "I will attend to that, Foster," he said gravely. "And there is another thing I will do. I will tell her of you and your work. God bless you and—' goodbyI" They exchanged a long look, and when Dr. Poster had turned away to his hideous charges John Latham walked away back to the city, And when he reached the city gate his eyes were so blinded by tears that he could not recognize the fat gatekeeper who had let him out the night before. The gatekeeper Clucked sympathet- ically. "Ah, the American lord has looked upon death!" he cried. "No," said John Latham as he pat* ed wearily through the gate. "I fel. lowed the white lantern, and I ban lookedupon death in lifer" Blyth Mr. Harry Gidley, of Exeter spent a day or so as the guest of his cous- in, Mr, S. H. Gid -ley of town. Mr. Arthur Emigh has returned to Buffalo after attending the funeral of his mother, the late Mrs., ''f..•� G, Emigh, Miss Nina Begley has returned from Wellesley where she spent the millinery season. She was accompan- ied' by Miss' Lipp, who is spending a '. few weeps with her.: They Were Married in the City of Vancouver A quiet wedding took place at Vancouver, B C., • on Junett sii twenty'•- 1, sic w n Miss Edith Loretta Lav - is, third daughter,of Mr. Edward Lavis of I•Ioinresville, - became the bride of Mt Ezra itliltoi Durst of Colborne tewuluhip, • The marriage Was solemnized at the Presbyterian .manse by the Rev. Dr, McKay. ,The brido• was becoin ingly attired in pink silk with over dress of,cream shadow lace and car- ried.a lovely hogri.et of white roues and pink sweet peas and maiden -hair fern: The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. T. H. Atkinson, Bird Mr. Will, Schwann acted as grooms- man. After the ceremony the wedding Party returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson where a 'reception and dainty luncheon was served. :The groom's gift to the bride and bridesmaid was to each a pendant of pearls and to' the groomsman a tie pin set with pearls, After luncheon Mr. 'and Mrs, Durst left by the steamer Adelaide for a short lioneyinoou trip to Victoria bo - fore returning to their home on the Maitland concession, Colborne town- ship. Goderich. Miss Gerti:c Fox visited With Lon- don 'friends recently. If there's room for more hair on your head we recommend Rexall "93" Hair tonic. Drives away dandruff, makes the hair glossy without greas- iness, stops the falling out and promote's a healthy growth, Sold exclusively at Rexall Drug Stores- SOc. and $ 1.00 bottle.. B SALE Y W. S. RL HOLBMES OSErVF. ',OuI 'y Wedding Presents Can easily be selected from our stock of,:Fan- cy Goods and Chinaware, A. T. Cooper' CLINTON. 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