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•HISTORICAL. SKETCH
F HURON COUNTY.
one of the 'very earliest" settlers' in
Goderich, was the builder at a time
When the town scarce contained' a qox-
e).,! families 'arid it was used for the
perploSes of a school for niany yeao,,
but with the advance of impre%-e-
Ments, it finally gave ',lade to more
suitable and More haposing struc-
4or fUT le• b ilding of this road
but as the Canada Clompany at that
tinie cat ' Off -the ' supplies 91
money to Mr. Galt and itis
deteratination to carry
01.4 the enterprise being thereby in-
creased inlstead of apated lie was
compelled to resort to Ihis Coin-
-
pany s Ian , pf which he still held.
itt 1847,, the first year of which we nant'rali at an all4i0a with which to
have been able to- discover an of_ Pay'. the contractor, and be in turn
Wel record ol: the working ot the Nvus obliged to pay his sub-contrac-
,
fiehool system in this parttors in the salne commodity.• We
icular
lion, we find that ia that portion of
'the Huron District comprised, in the
County of Huron there were twenty-
three Public • sehools as folloWs
quote front Mr, Galt's account of his
operations in Canada to show the
state of health prevailing among the
laborers on this road. He remarks;
"But though the magnitude of the
Ashfield 1 Cblborne ; Ceodench 9,
t(which weee at that tiane united)
:Hallett 3. ; McKilllop' and Hibbert, ‘oaesereau °Peva:Won' on the roads
was gratifying to the imagination, it
occasioned some occasional tugs of
humanity. One morning upwards of
forty of the men came in afileted
with the ague. They were the color
of mummies and by hardships fright-
fully emaciated. I had written to
the directors to let inc hire a doctor
for a•year to the settlement but no
attention was paid to the request.
However, I hired 0 surgeon to be
engaged as' clerk and made him a
compensation for his skill."
,3 ; Stephen, 1. ; ruckersmith, 7;
tIsborne anti Hay, then united,
; and 1Nawano9h 1.• The legislative
grants to these various townshipe
eamounted that year to a total of
£152 5s, 18., and -total amount ot
:salaries paid to teachers to S/911
11.0s., an average of £39 159. 3cl., or
$150.05 per annum.
Coming clown to more recent dates
we find,. the same experiences, the
same difficulties to meet, the same
methods applied to surmount theta
and the same or like results as in
, other sindiarly situated portlions of
• proVince. We had hoped to give
s)rive statistics of sufficiently late
date to make them, of fresher inter-
est thaa.,the published report of the
Minister • Education foe Oatario
laid before, Parliament at its session
of 1879. ,This is defeated, however,
byhe extremely incomplete and 10-,
sufficient, as they seem to us, re-
• ports of the , inspectors of
telioels. The official reports from
the Department of Education for
1877 show the inflow -O. of monies re-
ceived in all of Public 5*:110015
in Huron county. and expended
in their support to be as fol-
lows : Total receipts, 8122,-
453.17, of which 18, 645.011 was des-
• scribed es / legislative grant 1or
• • ,teachers', salaries ; $618,82 as legis-
lative" grant for maps, apparatus,
prizes and libraries ; 8114818.73 as
municipal school assessment ; 875,
, 090,78 as trustees' school asseiss-
meat ; and 823,249.84 as Clergy Re-
serve fund, balances and other soiir-
, ces. The • expeditures include 876,
413.59 tor teachers' salarieS ; 51,272.
. 18 for maps, prizes, ete,, ete, ; 822,
176.76 for school houses and school
sites; , and $1,1,785.02 for rent, re-
pel -1i, collectors' fees and sundries,
making a total of 5111, 648.85 01
' • expenditure and leavinga balancci of
$10,806.32 to be carried forward to
the next year. In addition to above
should be noted expenses connect-
ed with the inspection \\ilia would.
probably increase the total by anoth-
er 63,000 at least. The above le-
Portii also show that the number of
. children of "school age" (between 5
and 16 years) 'in the county
was . 20,893. The number who
zietually attended school during the
; year 20, 936, of. whom 11,1.72 were
boys and 9,764 were girls ,;, and the
o actual average attendance for the
whole year 9,170. It shOuld be add -
that the above figures do not
re-
'ic'r to the towns, of which Goderich,
-Clinton and Seaforth, (Wingliam was
then only a village) together con-
tained 2,702 children of school age
and had an actual and average at-
, tendance of 2,180 and 1,364 respect-
ively. The total cost, of the Public
schools ce these towns for 1879 was :
Goderich, 85,881,71 ; Seaforth, 83,-
023.47 ; Clinton, 82,816.92, making a
total expenditure for the whole coun-
ty, including the towns, but exclus-
ive of ,the whole cost sof bothcounty
and loCal inspection of 8123,268.75.
HIGHWAYS.
The first point of contact with the
County of ' Huron was at the south-
east corner of McKillop township,
whence it took its courlse along the
southern bounciries of McKillop and
Mullett and through the southern
part of Goderich township in an al-
most direct line to Goderich harbor,
consequently its oeiginal location in
the town was further south than ,at
present. It; was over this road that
most of the early sealers came in,
many of them before it was chopped
out, until which time the blazed
trees were the on'y guide boarde.
The next important highway con-
structed was the Goderich end Lon-
don Road, running from the former
place through Clinton, Brucefield and
Exeter to London. This road was
cut through by the Government but
as construction was only imperfect-
ly accomplished until it was assum-
ed some years later by tile county,
who gravelled it in what they term-
ed second olass style ; and from
Briicefield they constructed two
branches -the one to Day field on the
shore. of Lake T.11.11.011 and the other
through Seaforth and the viplage of
Brussels lo Wroxeter, hoth of these
branches being constructed in first
class style and toll gates placed upon
them: The only private corporation
who ever controlled Huron county
roads was the "Northern Gravel
Read Company" the wily road own-
ed by them being the Goderich and
Lucknow highway, twenty-two miles
in leng . The county, no wever,
bought out the interest' of this Com-
pany and abolished those local scour-
ges 'mown as toll gates which had
been located on the line ; and. o•oun-,
try roads on which toll was collect-
ed, a bylaw was passed by the cotin-
Ly in 1873 abolishing all tolls thro-
ughout, the County. In addition to
the first class road alluded to the
county owned 100 miles of second
class road which had been gravelled
but not In strict conformity
with the statute. prOviding for the
imposition 'of tolls, though we would
remnrk in this connection that their
condition was generally superior to
the majority of toll roads in
other counties. Among the second
class roads might be mentioned the
Goderich arid Kincardine Road, which,
was opened by the Go'vernment, at a
comparatively • recent date, hut after-
wards assumed by the county. and
the Coderich and London Road be-
fore relerred to, which along with all
ihe other country rodds, were suh-
seventy transferred to the respec-
tive townships through which or be-
tween which ,they ran, reserving,
however, the control of all 'bridges
on what had been formerly county
roads; together with the responsibil-
ities which attach to the dignity of.
ownership.
0
OC
,
Story of a Narrow
Eseepe
BY eLARISSA MACKIE
se-eseesseem
Jaws Wostokow stared sullenly at
young Maitland ate the paymaster
alloyed his pay envelope through the
little grated window.
"You dock me that day I Mee?" he
growled. threateningly.
"It's the rule of the company, you
know, Jaws," he said patiently. "If
It's worth a day's pay to you to get
drunk it's your own fault. Take my
(Lattice and leave the rura alone. Then
you'll get full pay. Move along and
give the other chaps a chance."
Jane flung a backward glance of
hate toward the paymaster and the
cashier as he went out, and he saw
something in that brief glance that
caused a light to flicker into his dull
gray eyes.
The men had all received their pay,
and the paymaster and the cashier
were alone. Maitland was gazing down
at the girl with an unmistakable look
in his eyes, and the girl, Miss Lane,
was blushing consciously.
Ansa Wostokow turned away setts.
fled. With something tangible to work
upon he could have revenge upon the
miserly paymaster. Alla, his golden
haired daughter, could help him. She,
too, hated Americans. If Dick Mait-
land loved Edith Lane, then it was
through Miss Lane that disaster would
come to him.
On the following Monday afternoon, when. she was taken blindfolded in s
Just as Edith Lane had turned the cor- carriage to thls cottage.
ner oe the street beyond the Fleck A man aud a girl, both foreigners
foundry, she was approached by a had arranged the time clock that op
tearful young girl, who inquired the erated the deadly machine. and they
way to the nearest hospital dispensary. had told her that at 4 o'clock in the
"My mother -she is suddenly ill. She morning she and her lover would be in
Is dying Just beyond here. I know not eternity. Then the girl had gone forth
what to do!" she wailed in a voice with for awhile and returned to say that
a foreign accent. Dick was on his way.
Edith looked at her quickly. She 'Then it was not you who tele -
was young and pretty and evidently phoned to me?" demanded Dick.
poor. The neighborhood was one in- "No; I haven't had the opportunity."
habited by many of the foreigners wile "It must have been some one who
worked at the foundry. knew me -who knew us both. Did
"Take me to your mother," she said you recognize either of them?"
hastily. "Perhaps I can revive her "No; tbey were masked. Of course
while you 5110 101' a doctor. There must / could guess that the girl was the
be a drug store near by. The druggist one who had lured me, but the man
will direct you to it doctor?' I did not know, only it seemed as
* • • * * • 0 though one of bis hands was familial
At 10 o'clock that same evening Dick -a livid sear like a cross on the back
Maitland received a telephone message of the right hand. Tt was a work,
from Edith's home. man's rough band."
"Have you seen Edith?" asked Mts. "You saw It at the paymaster's wick.
Lane anxiously. "She hasn't been et, deer," said Dick quietly. "Jams
home since noon." Wostokow has a scar like that. He's
"Not since noon? Why, she left the been sore on me for a long time, lont
office at 5 o'clock, as usual -said she I can't see why he wants to include
was going out to play cards this even- you in his devilish scheme of revenge."
ling. What can haee happened?" Dick "As a lure to bring you. Dick."
was anxious. "He said the thing would go off at 4
"Pit call up all of her girl friends o'clock?" asked Dick. '
and see if she has stopped anywhere, "Yes. What can we do? I can't stin
but it is unlike Edith to do anything hand or foot."
like that. She Is so thoughtful." "If he said 4 o'clock It was to delude
"Call me the instant you get a word us with the belief that we had plenty
from her," said Dick. "111 wait here of time to free ourselves. It's proba-
till youphone again." bly set for midnight." Dick's teeth
'
He hung up the receiyer and paced gritted at the bag that partly mini.
the floor with a worried frown everts- oped Ids head. After it few minuteil
ing his forehead. of trantic effort his head was thrust
What had become of Edith Lane? through, and then, roiling over on his
Had she met 'with an accident on her side, he worked his way along the few
way home and was lying dead or dy- feet of space that separated him from
Ing and quite unknown in one of the the clock. When he was near enough
city hospitals? He would inquire of to study the alarm dial on the face ho
each one. saw that he was right It was set lot
He leaped to the telephone again, for 12 o'clock, and it wee now fifteen min -
it WaS rluging madly. se girl's voice utes before midnight.
came to his ear, strained and rather How he reached the lamp Dick nev-
frightened, lint be forgot the tones in er knew. It required heroic efrort to
the words that came over the wire. brace himself against the chair with -
"Come, conic to me. I am in great out knocking it over. Hee held his
trouble, in dahger-No. 8 Vroon street. bound wrists above the flame in the
Come at once. Help!" clerntsey and did not wince as his
It was Edith calling to him for bees: flesh scorched. After an eternity ot
He dasbed into his outer garments, waiting the heavy cord that bound
paused to notify eirs. Lane of the dis- his wrists charred through and broke
covery and that he was on the way to away under the strain of his muscles.
Edith, and then he was down in the "The rest is easy!" he called cheeri-
street Jumping into a taxicab. ly to the girl. He found his pocket-
Vroon street 'VMS miles away, the knife, cut himself free from the bag
driver told him, on the outskirts of the and the cords at his feet and hastened
city, ahd 11 would take a half hour to to release his sweetheart. For an in
-
get there at a tast clip. staut they stood in thankful apprecia-
teletene teere in twenty minutes and tion of their deliverance from death;
you'll not regret it!" snapped Diek, and then'they prepared to leave,
the man earned the money. "There isn't lime to put this thing
Vroon street was a pit of blackness, out of ,bushess and save our lives,
lighted by a solitary lamp poet halfway too," explained Dick hastily. "To ten
down its length. There was a dark the truth, I don't know Just what to
bulk of frame tenements against the do, and there's danger of killing us
sky tvith long spaces of vacant lots be. both if I meddle with IL I'll take a
tweet. look around, end see if the house is
The cab stopped before it small de- empty. If there's no other living be-
tached cottage standing 'in the midst jug here went have to cut out and
of a large empty lot, and Dick bade run. It's a good thing the cottege
hint wait, but the man refused. stands alone. The explosion wenfe
"I've got anothee fare waiting for harm melt else excent'the building."
me," ,he proteeted and pocketed the The house proved to be entirely
money Dick paid hire. "There's a ear empty. In face there were "To Let"
line three blocks east Of here. You cen cards in the windows. Dick exam
walk that easily." guished the lamp, led Edith to the
The machine moved away, and Dick door, and in a moment they were has -
felt in his pocket fer his revolver. It toning down tbe at toward the cat
was there. ele approached the cottage line.
with a sinking heart. %heir earwas bonne/rag down the
It svaesdark and gloomy, bnt some. avenue at a good pace when a clock
body within the house had been watch- struck midnight Alremat at tbe eteme
ing for bite, for the door opened in- instant there came from the dinette*
ward, and as he passed through some- of Vroon street it implied roar.
thing soft and thick was tossed over nieee heed neat tightly ea that
Isis befld: tied tightly about his neck, of Isis sweeteeert. It was the workaud he was grasped in strong arms and leg out -ef- J81105 Washoltow's revenge
his hands and feet bound, and he was and by creel's glean they kaa been
tossed hi the corner of a room on to d
save ken) aea k.
bare boards. , Ja,ros never w,ent beck to the fame.
Footsteps crossed the none heavily
The first highway conetructed, or
rather chopped, through the old Hur-
on INstrict was the still more al-
cient Huron Road, which wals
sutr-
vcydd through from Stra,tford in
1828 by the Canada Company's en-
gineers under ,the direction of , Dr,
Dunlop, who was at that time "aet-
ing under r, roving commission from
the Compirty.'' •
The ,amerintendent of the Canada
Comptirry's affairs in Canada at this
thr/was Mr. John Galt the origin-
,
a„f ot the Company, and father of
,the Hon. Alex. T. .and Mr. Justicei
el Galt as well as the late Mr: John
_11, Gait, Who represented Colborne
township in the, first District Council
and subsequently was Registrar of
Hama County: It were well rer-
haps to explain is this connection
that at the time of which we write
Mr, Cialt was subjected to all the
impediments and restrictions which
a pusillaniimous C.ourt of Directors,
utterly ignorant of the eature and
needs of the district which they had
Sent him otet, from London to deve-
lope, cbold well impose. His every
41419 was jealously watched and his
every expenditure in the Company's
nte.rest criticised by an over -exact-
ing Court ; and in short tie was sub-
jected to a sort of "backstairs" in-
terest, the accountant of the 'C,088-
PanY being sent oat and kept in Can -
Ada, as a spy tipcia 'his movennents,
1-lenee the Myren Road was not 'put
into as good couffitthe as it would
have 'been had 11(r. Gait's enterprise
and ltherality bee* allowed full scene,
'Macdonald see a party
at tem or -twelve }nen , the
surveying aati Sikora were 'two
Pack horses and '"pack" Indians who
brought tm the rear -with a sepplY ol
,provisiees apt other wicessartes. the
late Senaliox 1Sonald Macdonald WAS
aleo agaged ia this eitevey under his
nnele John. His age at teat time
Wag only abeitt, twelee or thirteen
years.
' Col. Anthone Van 11%11)011a Well is
refeerlie 'he et. ,loeglie ia, the pont
elistety 41/e Digiriet vqh the c
baff• WMeh win tif4 fdlibtlY
Plekee • 'face *dee a .gair, Matt he .
worked Akan- itiffietently..to frseu
' ' tV'tect
; Then; hes -11i* , lie
and he'Catied nanieteteee, eyelet,
three 'tinten.
"Is that.yeu, Dicke!" eitme tier Ifystee
-teal Vele* at.hte, elboef• ' 414 Yen'
, get flare?", , . .
"Yoe phoned for,ne to,cereeehltdn't
, you?".he asked,. „
"No; hayen'e had 'cliancel 'I'Ve
iSe.eit abducted, Dick, aed you must ilee'
too; for you are alletlee up, 'and tent.,
dreedfulthing'is there!" She began ti
:Dick's tithing teeth tore at the ball ,
Mite ,he esiade, a hole in , by
he. Werked Ms, "eyes am
p'eared at he aperture be had reedits
What he saw cauSedeilin to,sink back '.
almost fahiting.
A small lcerosene lamp was placed on
It Oceured, at a State Dinner,
,
at St. Petersburg
By PAUL IvItitIANIEP
,
, dmet know any wOrnan vvho lies a
better chltnee, to nee the upper world
than,the wife et a 'diplomat. Site takes
tier social rank from the' diplornitio
service and often is edinitted where '
a kitchen chair and threw a feeble nobles cannot go. Quite frequently
light around the bare, dirty room. there are functions whereio. the num-
Near Itim, leaning against the wall, ber of invited guests is limited, but
was Edith Lane, still wearing her from which the representatine of oth-
street attire, but looking white and er countries cannot be left out,
distraught with a great fear. Her an. One of the posts where my husband
kles sad wrists were tied securely, was stationed' was St. Petersburg, Rus -
but her face was free. She Was -state sill. He was not the minieter plenipo-
ing wildly at something on the floor tentittry, but secretary of legation.
not three feet distant from them. Even this subordinate position admit -
There 'was something cylindrical in ted us to the larger ceremonies, and
shape, and attached to it by wires WU there was a period when the ministee
71.11 ordinary nickel alarm clock ticking was maid away and we were advafic-
away in the most resolute manner. el during his absence to his privileges.
The hands pointed to past 11 o'clock. On one occasion we attended a state
"Tell me everything you know about dinner given at the Winter palace. I
the matter. dear," commended Dick believe that my husband and myself
as he recognized that they were to be were the only persons present except
the 'victims of a dynamite plot and the representatives of the French re -
whenever tbat clock's hands reached public Whe were uot noble. I was tak-
the fateful point there would be ths en in to dialler by the secretary of tbe
end of the world for them. German legation, and my husband took
Edith told him in a voice that she in the wife of the British ambassador.
Tainly tried to steady of the girl Will There VMS a large company assembled,
had lured her to a tenement buntline anti of course all were either nobles or
under plea of a (lying mother and bow high government officials or members
when the tenement had been reacitee of the diplomatic corps.
she had been bound and gagged and Never did outside appearances more
made to wait until dark.ness came belle the actual condition. The czar
aud czarina fulfillea their duties as
hosts as well as their imperial position
with that dignity which was required
of them, while they were living on a
mine that was liable to explode at any
moment. There were also officials pres-
ent whose lives were in danger. The
only persons who had cause to feel per-
fectly safe were we of the diplomatic
corps, and eveu we were liable through
sympathy or deception to become mix-
ed in some revolutionary plot involving
assassination from the consequences
of which the government we represent-
ed would not save 175.
It was impossible in looking about
among the brilliantly liveried attend-
ants to know who were servants and
who were spies, special guards, Mem-
bers of the secret police or persons oth-
ervvise connected with the foiling of at-
tempts to assassinate either the em-
peror, some or the royal family or im-
portant officials of the empire.
Opposite me sat a dignified man
whom 1 noticed that all who came in
contact with treated with great re-
spect I asked who he was and was
told that lie was the governor of Fin-
land. I caught my breath, for at that
time the peovince of Finland was un-
dergoing a terrorism from the imperial
government that had excited against
it a very bitter feeling. But to look
at this Man conversing glibly with his
dinner companion one would not dream
that many 0-51112011 of the province he
governed would be delighted to plunge
a knife into his heart. Possibly les
composure was assumed, possibly he
had become used to danger as a soldier
who continually faces death, but the
niost probable solution was that the
servaut who waited on him was a
trained protector, who was watehing
the slightest motiou of every one near
his chief.
There was a fascination for me about
the young lady who sat next to the
governor that I could not well account
for. Never have 1 seen such a face,
such eyes, such an expression. She
NV85 not beautiful, at least according
to the Anglo-Saxou's conception of
beauty. She was tether impreesive. I
asked also who she was and was told
that she was the daughter of a promi-
nent general in tbe Russian army.
The emperor and his consort leave
the dining room at state dinners be-
fore their guests: Indeed, their pres-
ence there is but one of the many for-
malities to svincli they are slaves,
though =eters of Millions of subjecte.
All the guests rise while the imperial
couple pass out and remain standing
till they hare disappeared. During
this passage all eyes were turned upon
t beim Mine, however, hal found
eomething that Interested me more
than they, and there was a little drama
being eaacted before we. I saw the
girl I have nimitioned turn and give a
quick glance at a servant wife stood
behind her chair. I did not note her
expressiott, but I did note the expres-
sion of the servant. His eyes were
fixed upon her with a look I shall nev-
er forget. At no,titne in my life have
I seen the Minute eye express so mitch.
The only idea I can give of what it
expressed is the feelings of it eat that
Is about to pomace Up011 a mouse.
When son were, reseated a change
had come over the young lady. It ,las
evident that,her mind was bent on ex-
tricating herself from scone danger.
Feirthertnore,'she gave me a look which
epoke es plainly 89 words an appeal
fer help. It was a woman's appeal to
11 WORM!, an appeal involving much to
the one who made it. Knowing the
conditions exietiog in 81. Petersburg at
Met time and from what I had seen,
I would have 'been very obtuse had 1
not Inn& one of those quick inferences
that come to ex in moments of great
Importauce ae to the underlying cause.
I IkeeNV that the girl was in' danger
The valuc• of the bridges owned by
the county in 1879 was 8110,000 ;
but when it is explained that from
fif teen to twenty aercent. of their
value was expended annually to keep
there in repair it beaomes question-
able whether the eresponsibilitles"
do not overweigh the "dignity."
The good roads of Huron are not an
expensive luxury. The nature of the
surface, which is generally level or
tiearly so, renders the construction
of highways comparatiively easy,
while the nature of the soil is such
that. it does not retain the water on
its surface to any great extent, in
which respect it differs materially
from the counties further south, not-
ably that in the vicinity of the Riv-
er Thames • and added to these ad-,
vantages is the still greater one of
having a,mple beds of first class gravel
located in parts of the county within
convenient distance of each. other, on-
ly a drive through the different
townships ,being necessary to demon-
strate the tact that it liberal end
beneficial use has been made of tee
products ot these beds. In short,
there is probably no comity west ot
the Bay of QUillte that, edit 'test such
uniformly good highwayS ati' all eea-
sone of the year throughont its en-
tire length and breadth as can the
County of Huron,
Mr, and Mrs. J. 2'. Rickbeli visit-
ed trhPil' daughter in Becton recently.
Mr, Alfon Foster ha& MS kind in-
jured last week While working • with
Monier's, threshing nia,eltine; •
Mr. Ed win Koehler et , tiamilton
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Xeoliler, recently.
'Weber, 'non 'of Mr. aad
,
Airs. Chas. Weber,',died suddenly Ott
S:aturtleYe .entek in his twenty/01MA
' '
end left tho honse, fied the trent door
'evhat a • Dellttook .010 'to .ffielt
Ameelet -to by oF my ow*,
aex;,to refittef,wite,repueetent me,
mite myself el> 'With ,sonieereeplation-
• dr*: Mekiela web14.'tet, eale' Pedeeffer
me being seet to ietiseriae,butsalio
. 'fele° .lineband, eflt.o was ,a repree,
eentattee .of ,the United States hound
In h0401' CO keel) aloof from ;
that MO not concern' etis goeentment.
I mede Si' decision as to how I stioule '
ace 'toe knowleg Whatewoule be re' -e
qu're44 me. but 1 kept my eye* open
at what was going on both concerning
the wa'iter' and the Young lady.
The latter was pale as death, but
managed to 'appear composed to all
save me, who was watching her. 1
alone ea* the commotion going on
within her in her restless ,eye. now
darting hithemor thither like some wild
animal at bay, now* moved by fear,
now by desperation and now by a cold,
calm purpoee.
Presently 1 saw her, when something
attracted the attention of those about
her, take a pin, on the end of which
was a sapphire. from her corsage. The.
hand that grasped it fell beneath the
table. e glunced at the waiter behind
her and was convinced that he had
seen the move she had made. Neither
he nor I could see what work her
hands were engaged in, but Mora her
position at a certain momeat I SaVr
that she had reached under the table
almost if not quite to its middle.
There are born in us impulses that
under certain circumstances are capa-
ble of 'working our ruin. 1 got an Idea
that the girl was fighting for her ilfe,
and an uncontrollable impulse dom.
lnated me to help her. I deliberately,
In full view of the waiter, put my
hand Wider the table and felt for some-
thing I believed the girl had placed
there. I came upou, a pin stuck in the
under side of the table. I &ow it
out, and 'with it came a bit of folded
paper. Between my fingers the latter
felt gritty. Before withdrawing it
from where It was hiddeu I endeavor-
ed to get rid of this gritty substance.
Looking at tbe wattee, I saw him
watching me with a puzzled expres-
sion on his face. He doubtless knew
me for one of the diplomatic corps
and understood that I had rights en-
tirely different from 'any one else. I
glanced from him to tbe girl and saw
a look of gratitude that repaid me for
the frightful risk 1 ran. I held in my
hand a jeweled pin and a bit of paper,
to which still clung enough ck some
substance for any chemist to tell what
It vvas.
There are fortunate or unfortunate
Incidents that determine our happy or
adverse fate. One of these occurred
at this important moment to me. Ciga-
rettes were passed. In Europe the
women as well as the men smoke
cigarettes. We American women usual-
ly do not. X had never smoked a else.-
rette in ray life. But now a device
came to me for getting rid of the pa-
per I beld In ray hand. 1 accepted a
cigarette from the servant 'who offered
It to me, but instead of lighting it
from the wax taper he banded me I
held It in my hand, as if deliberateng
whether or not 1 should smoke is.
Watching, for an opportunity, when
my dinner companion lighted a .cleres
rette from a match he took from a
sliver box he carried In his poeket, I
vralted till the match was nearly burn-
ed out; then, acting as if there was
not sufficient fire left to light my own
tobacco from it I ignited the bit of
Noitttobei. '14th, 191
:CLAY' BELT TOWN,.
lisaret, Ont., le Making a Brave Old
For Success'
What towns exist to-dity in On-
tario's great hinterland are the, reeult
of developments that have takee place
in the exploitation of her mine er
forest wealth. The first thing we *nth
uf a new town in the north is: What
mines are there or what pulpwOod .
treasure? But the popular conception
cd that largely -unknown region la
changing, People *see beginning to
realize' that tire north has a bigger
boast, a grander heritage of which to
9dnd despatches to the city Imperil.
And, after all, -a mbre alluring life to
Offer the Te5t1e95 frorn other ,latida.'
We are beginning to hear -of tOWl15 be-
• ing built upon a faith in the reeources ,
of the top six inches of the soil,
which the new settlen believe pos.
sesses more gold than the whole in- ,
,terior of the earth. The Meet story- s'
comes from Hearst, !tn. ambitious
collection of hula that is moving on
fast in a faith pinned to the Clay Belt.
The prospector may do noich for
Hearst, writes a young railway em-
ploye in the new burg, 130 miles vest
of Cochrane, on the N. T. Ry., who
seems to have grasped the right view
of thinge-there me rumors of hidden,
treasures. But, whatever the railroads
prospecters may do for her,
Hearst's real future lies in the milea
of agricultural land stretching out on
every side, even to the Bay. Facts
already established about the soil be-
yond Ontario's present fanning die- ,
trict should make the inhabitants of
that embryo town truly optimistic.
There ale no hills or rocks within a
reaching radius of Hearst and muss,
kegs are practically unknown. The
surface soil is rich in its centuriea of
forest mould, and. below the humus
is a valuable subsoil of elay.
Hearst was eurveyeci last September,
but it has not long borne the name.
The Provincial Government had decid-
ed. on establishing a townsite there
mnd had stained it Iviattawishquia
when the National Transcontinental
Commission chose the spot fbr a divi-
sion point, being located some ono
hundred and thirty miles west, of
Cochrane. The commission called it
Grant, in honor of the railway's chief
engineer, but it was not to be known
as that long, for immediately the
Postoffice Department objected, on the
ground. that there is already a Grant
itt Ontario. A third ohristening woe
ordered ,and the name of the new
Provincial Minister of Lands, Forests
and Mines was given to the infant
town of scarcely two months.
While it is the National Transcon-
tinental Railway that is to Rieke
Hearst known, and the agricultural
wealth of the clay belt, settlers are
confident, will sometime make her
great, there are poseibilities hidden
in. the rocks and forest that the little
town cannot afford to overlook. Ru-
mens have been cermet of the discov-
eries of silver deposits, end there may
be other valuable minerals awaiting
but capital and enterprise to draw
them to the world'a market. Besides,
the choice timber lauds stretching for
miles on all sides are a wealth in
themselves, and in thent are pulp
areas and rivers affording opportu.ni-
paper I held In my hand sued Just be-
fore it was all consumed touched its
*name to my cigarette.
There were three persoue present,
only one of wbom positively knew
what had been done by the destruc-
tion of this paper. The girl opposite
looked radiant. The waiter seensed to
consider that something had occurred
to thwart bis interests. I did not at-
tempt to solve the problem. only
knew that the girl opposite me bad
desired to get rid of it or what It had
contained.
This, so far as the state dinner was
concerned, 'eudtel the episode. We
continued at tal,le for a short time
longer. Then, 11' dinner being ended,
the party broke .10.
A long while pnesed 'before the mat-
ter was explained to me. 'Then on
one of ney at twine days I was honor-
ed by a QM! frere, Mrs. General Katz!.
koff. On withlrawing she tools my
hand In hers mei left in iny ,palm a
bit of folded paper. 1 bad become am
cuatomed to Die ehicanery coramon ID
Russia and had evesence of mind not
to appear to netts. what she bald glee
en me. After all my callers had de.
Parted I took wbat she had left me
to my bedroom, locked the door and,
openieg a little note, reed It.
It was written by the daughter of
the lady who liad brought It to me
and expreseed, as 1 ecoild not express
it in my own words, heartfelt thanks
for the service I had done her, stating
that I had saved her from the dreaded'
Siberian mines. Many years later I
met the writer In England, and she
co:Ironed to me that she was a Fin-
lander and had purposed to slip a
poison powder into the wine of the
governor. Discovering that she etas
watehed, she knew that if she did not
get rid of the powder it evould con-
demn her. I had taken a terrible
risk, but had saved her from the con-
sequences of a crime that bad not
been parried out.
I begged to return tbe jeweled pin
with which she had faetesed tbe pa-
per to tbe table, Mit she 111000 en
pay keeping it an a eouvenir. We be-
came fast friends, the girl declaring
that, having saved rherfrom what was
far more to ,be dreaded' then death,
eitheally owned her, I naterally loe-
tame much interested In her and beg-
ged her to refeate in.future from such
thy to work. Whets the pollee. sotighe
him . aol lis ditogltlse had. elieep. from the wafter and had a' vague idea attempts as had ralsoarried under my
was locked, and 90838 person left the peered, and liter ft was learned thee that it was tram some political coat- observation eed the poselble mime-
preheises. they had teture$cl th their Old ImmoID ellontion. More than, ibis 1 °Mita fens quinces of which I ,h,Tid prevented.
Bo% 'veered no gronsese.
A .gend silence fell upon the cottages lemon. ' ao Menton,
ecor
ties for power.
Hearst hopes to attract people by
her climate, which, while it permits ,
nf occasional drops in the mercury 10....
60 ecgtees below -zero in winter, has
es beautiful summer of long days and
cool evenings. The winter is also a
pleasant season, for, although it gets
very cold, there are fewer stormy or
otherwise disagreeable days than Mats
of older Ontario experience.
Good Advice.
Sir Edward Clouston, like many
other Canadians, has learned that'
nothing ties up a railway like a driv-
ing anowstorm. A few years ago in,
February, the Ontario railways were
almost completely tied up with one
of the worst blizzards experienced in
years. At that time Sir Edward had
an important engagement in Ottawa,
and although the 'weather prophets
forecasted bad snowstorms, he decid-
ed to make the trip by the C.P.E.,
eays The Toronto Star Weekly.
The train crew had a desperate fight,
to make headway from the time they
left Montreal, slid finally, when three
miles front one of the smallest eta -
tions on the line, the engine went
dead.
Sir Edward and Sir, Thomas
Shaughnessy, the president of the
C.P.R., were warns friends, so when
Sir Edward WAS informed that there
was to be it serious delay he resolved
to tehgraph Sir Thomas.
A brakeman started out to make his
way three miles to the telegraph of-
fice, and Sir Edward gave him
personal message to the C.P.R. presi-
dent, He also insisted that the brake.
maxi wait for a eeply. His umesage
was as folio -eve:
"Sir Thomas Shaughnessy,
"President C.P.R.:
"Am tied u.p itt it snowstorm in one
of your train. Three miles frees
nowhere. 'What w mild you advise?
"Olousten."
On account oi the snowstorm, there
were delays in transmitting the mem
tage sad the reply, -which reached the
snowbound knight three hours after-
wards,. It was elear, and to the point:
EdwaecrOleuston :
"th.P.R.`train, three, miles from nos
where:
"Advise patienee snd prayer.
"Shanahnessy."
•
THE JOY OF GIVING
""Itie enoie blessed to give than to
Serve," 84578 sage the Good Book, and we are
continually receiving letters that prove the
tenth of bhia maxim
Here's an anteaels that tells how the
good work we. are doing in the fight)
against Consumption appeals to every 800'
tion of the oommenitiy.
A weR- known citizen of Brantford
writes "Oa Christmas morning my boys
gave me S8.50 to get some present for may.
Seli teat I wanted. I think you can tow it
ID good adv.antage in your noble work ia
the National. Saniteteittra Association, se
am enclosieg it for time purpose."
'Doetin't ie make you feel proud to know
that there are Clesiadian fathom with the
self-saorlicing itueieot so strongly imbued
in them ?
Leib iia good to realize that the rifting
generation is getting etch a spheedie
exiample sitevet them? Lest year te mist
over ese,owtoo ta keep the Muskoka Five
Aeenitel Van. Kora 'weasels utgeobly
needed to proviee for those seeking attires -
ion,
The needy Conettemtive riabb al
`your deer. Weiiehyon belp ltim to kelp
himself? '
Tles smallesta gift will be most aocepte
able, josh 014,* yew contribution Iti an
envelope tseday, while you thine of fib,'
attab000d r4 148, W. .T. Gum, C'hetnean
et' iffia Ileeetatere thetunittee, 434 Sitfetine
Ave. ; or *Ai 001111114411"' "M"
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