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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-09-17, Page 2PAGE 2 BLACK DAWI�i by Victor Rousseau CHAPTER VIII SYNOPSIS Dave Bruce, out of a job, arrives at Wilbur Ferris, Cross -Bar ranch, Cur- ran, the foreman, promises him a job if he ran break a horse called Black Pawn. When he succeeds, he dis- The Clinton .1,4 eWs-Kecorid with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per: year in advance, to",Can- adian addresses; '$ 2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign riountries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at theoption of the pub- lisher. The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the label. ADVERTISING BATES Transient advertising 12c per count line for first insertion. Se for each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines Small advertisements not to exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost", "Strayed", etc., inserted once for . 35e, each subsequent insetition 15c. Rates for display advertising, made known on application. 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II.1VIcINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours -Wed, and Sat, and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer • Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. i • Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed, For information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth, phone 14-661, 06-012 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President A. W. McEwing, BIyth; Vice -President, W. R. Archi- bald, Seaforth; Manager and Sec. Treas„ M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Alex, Broadfoot, ,Seaforth; . Chris Leonhardt, Dublin; E. J. Trewarthx, Clinton; Thos Moylan, Seaforth; W. It. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McBw- Blyth;, Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. List of Agents: J. Watt, Blyth; rJ .E. Pepper, Brum- field, R.R. No. 1; B. .F. McKercher, Dublin, R.R. No. 1; J. P. Preuter, Brodhagen. , Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or at Galvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur ance or transact other business will be frromptly attended to on applica- tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective, post offi- nes. Losses inspected by the.direetor, CANADIANATfi➢ ..4RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clintomns follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 6.43 a.m. Going East depart 3.00 pm. Going West, depart 11.45 a.m. Going West, depart 9.60 p.m. London -Clinton Going south ar. 2.60, leave 3.08 p.m. covers Curran expected the horse to kill him. A girl named Lois rides up, angry with Dave ;for breaking "her" horse. She; refuses to speak to Dave evenwhen he uses his savings to pay off the mortgage on small ranch she shares, with her foster father, a man, named Hooker. When Hooker is killed by a shot fired through the window, Lois has Dave arrested for murder. But when the local people, 'encouraged by Curran; attempt' to. lynch him, Lois and Black Dawn save him, but Lois is wounded, They a2•e :now .back at Hooker's ranch house. "You think I'm gein' off to leave you like' this?":. Dave asked. "I didn't think you would. But I'm going with you. And weave' got to start now. They may be on their way here." "Where to?" "There' a place I know where they, won't find us.' It's'd -cave in the mountains I found once, long, ago. You'll be safe' there till they get tired of looking for you, or 'think you've got clear away." "You ain't strong enough to rider Lois." "I reckon I'm all right. Give me your hand." She struggled up into a sitting posture. "I'll be all right." she said, slipping to her feet. "See!" She swayed for a moment, and Dave put out his hand anxiously, then stood firm on her feet, "First of all, you want a gun. Mr. Hooker had a forty-five and a box of cartridges under his bunk. See if you can fin them." • • Dave went into the adjoining room and found the gun, which he thrust into his holster. He went back and found Lois trying' to lift a slab of bacon from a hook beside the door. He lifted it down, got some; flour and coffee, and carried then outside. Lois came to the door, "Black Dawn will come when call him," she said, "and Mr. Hoo er's horse. We'll be all right. Th saddles and reins are in there." Sh pointed toward the shed behind th cabin, it's outlines just visible in th dense darkness. Then she whistle twice. • - A moment or two later Dave hear the sound of a horse's hoofs scramb ing up the edge of the mesa. I the Light that came from the caThn he could see the big stallion corning at a slow lope toward the girl. behind him was the vague outline of another horse -Hooker's Feeling his way into the 'shack, Dave found two saddles and bridles. He brought thein out and saddled Hooker's horse, while Lois did the same to the black. Then Dave wrapped the packages of food in his slicker roll and placed it behind the cantle. "Listen!" Lois whispered. Straining Iris ears, Dave could hear the sound of horse hoofs somewhere below. There must -have been at least a half a dozen animals, to judge from the showers of shale that were being dislodged. The posse was upon their trail, Dave darted into the cabin and put out the light. He hall no doubt it. had been seen. A • yell from the lower mesa indicated that fact, and there sounded the thud of horses galloping over the stretch, - , "We're just in time," Lois whis- Dered." Dave swung her into her saddle and mounted Hooker's horse, Our.. ran and his men were close at hand now, but they still had to surmount the slope that ran up to the topmost mesa. And the next instant the black was proving silently away into the scrub, and Dave's horse follow-. ing. THIS • CLIlN'TON NEWS -RECORD Lois. "Yoh feelin' better?" he asked.. "It ain't far to that cave null spoke of. is it?" "Not far now," she answered, and henoticed with apprehension how weary her voice sounded. Lois, in -the lead, turned Black Dawn aside,. and Dave porceived,.in the faint 'starlight, a narrow ,'trail that iron away from: a ravine through a spin ling . growth of aspen. The horses were going down a deep slope now, bracing their shoulders firmly, half walking and half sliding. It was evident that they had been along this trail before. They were almost at the bottom of the ravine, for beyond it the cliffs towered up to meet. the ,coal- black sky, "There' was green grass underfoot, and the sound of -a rive .let falling, from the rocks above. Lois reined: in Bieck Dawn. "This is the place. Dave," she said, and. slid from her saddle, to fall in a crumpled heap upon the grass. Dave flung'bhnaelf upon his knees, beside her. The, upper part of the overalls, already stiffened with blood was wet with a new flow from the wound. Lois was breathing gently, but she had dropped, unconscious. In the face of the rocks irnmed- ately to the right of him Dave saw the entrance of a cave. He gathered the girl into his aims and staggered into it.. Then ho laid the girl down on the pebbly floor. Dave tore 'off his scarf and made e a pad of it, conruressing the wound and holding it there for minutes. When he gently removed it, there came another spurt of blood. Again, this time for half an .hour, Dave held the compress in .position, and when he ventured to remove it the flaw had dwindled "to a small trickle. He readjusted the bandages and went outside, unsaddled the horses and left thein to graze He took a I tin cup from his roll and felt his k way foot by foot toward the sound e of running water. Ire found a little e pool that splashed down into the ra- e vine, filled the cup carried it back to e Lois and forced the contents down d I her throat, ` , di Spreading his blanket in the cave, d he picked the girl up and placed her - upon it. After that there was noth- n inn to do but wait for dawn. It came after an unmeasurable time, stealing down the ravine and glowing rosy upon •the mountain tops, Now it began to grow light in side the cave, and Dave could see that this extended backwards for a considerable distance, They seemed secure enough, so long as their food lasted. As he bent over the girl, her lips moved: he could just catch the fragmentary muttering: "We'll save him, Black Dawn. He —didn't do it. He's not the murder- ing. kind." Then she slipped back into unconsciousness. A sudden feeling of tenderness ' swept over him. Wby, this was his girl—he'd known it from the first moment he had seen her. Mescal was seething with excite- ment the following morning when Wilbur Ferris rode in. Curran had aroused the ranchman . at dawn and informed him of the events of the night, and the. futile attempt to fol- olw the trail of the fugitives. Judge Lonergan's house was the substantial one, Lonergan's Mexi- can servant admitted Ferris into a comfortable furnished living -room, where Lonergan was seated at his breakfast table. "Morning, Ferris," Lonergan gre- eted his visitor: "Sit down and have a bite won't you? I've got -a quarter of an' hour before holding the inquest over old Hooker." He wiped his mouth with a napkin. leaned back, and surveyed. Ferris witir: a sardonic look that was -not lost on the ranchman, Wilbur Ferris sank heavily into a chair. "What the devil's all this mess about?" he demanded fiercely. "Damn you,Lonergan, I. believe you brought that murdering cowpoke into this district for some infernal reason of your own," "Now that doesn't do , credit to your7intelligence,. Ferris," 'responded: Lonergan, after draining his cup of coffee. "Fact is,'I never=. set' eyes on him till he cane into the Wayside Reg, day before yeesterday, and paid off old Hoolaer's mortgage interest:" "I want to know what that girl„ Lois Hooker. is to you," said Fer- ris: "What did you bring the Hook- ers here .for, and why have you kept then here these twelve" years past? And why did you decide that the time had come to get rid of them?" "Go easy, Ferris," Lonergan ad- vrsedtori,. "You don't want to wor- The horse knew the trail in the darkness, for they picked their way through what seemed an almost im- penetrable growth of stunned, jack - pine and aspen. The `fugitives had been just in time. They couldnot have been more than a hundred and fifty yards from the. cabin when there came an ' outburst of savage yells, and the rattle of a fusillade of gunfire. "We got yuh, . Bruce!" Dave heard Curran shouting,, "We saw that, light. We, know you two is that. Coyne put and take it, or we'll burn the shack over: yore heads. We got yuh, surrounded." But the black and Hooker's brown horse had already penetrated the tangle of: undergrowth and; were as- cending a trail running ',steeply up towardthe mountains, The utter silence °of tine mountains now. Dave and Lois riding side by side over the uplands. A sense of joy in Dave's heart such as he had never known, He leaned toward'' THURS., SEPT. 17, 1942 ry about my business. I've stood by yol4 a good while .now, when you'ct have been down and out and--" "Yep, you've about drove pie to my Limit, Lonergan," answered Per- ris. "You put that man Curran charge of the Cross -Bar, and you sent away my good cowhands and brought in a gang of Mexicans. "And now this Bruce feller, comes along and plays hell- generally, and, after his murdering old Hooker. that girl, Lois, 'stages a rescue' from -the 3ynehing-party. I tell you, it don't look straight to me. 1- want to know what's behind it." Lonergan bit off the end of a ci- gar and lighted it. He emitted a puff or two of smoke before reply-• ing. "So you think I've ridden you too hard Ferris?" he asked, "Well, maybe I have seen my advantage and taken it when it came along. Lemme see, Fermis," he continued in an irrelevant manner, you must els close on sixty, if I'm not 711/S - taken," What's that got to do with it?" demanded the ranchman, "Quite a lot," said Lonergan. "Why go on worrying, and mud- dling your head with things that bother. you? .Ever think 'of a little place in California to end your days in peacefully.? A .place where you. won't ever have to think of—well of me? I'd never trouble you. For- ris, if you should decide to sell out to me. "Of course prices having_ dropped, so low, I couldn't make you a very advantageous offer, but if you liked to consider eight or nine thousand dollars—why, you could go a long ways with that in California." "You devil!!" shouted Ferrisno springing to his feet. "So that's what you've had in mind, getting me out of the district! I .guessed it!" „ "You guessed right. Ferris," an- swered Lonergan. There was a steely glitter in the judge% eyes now, in place of the sardonic look. "After all, Ferris you owe me ev- erything you've been, don't you? No, I'm: not going' back over old times. But there's my offer." "The Qross-Ban's worth . forty thousand, if it's worth a penny!" Ferris shouted. "I'd say it will be nearer fifty, when prices lift," responded the other "I'll make it nine thousand clear, if you . accept my offer and quit within the next two weeks." Ferris was standing like a statue, but slowly his ,head and shoulders bowed, A look of utter . misery came over his face. "Listen, Longman,'" he " pleaded. "You ]mow how "I came into this district years ..ago—" "With Diane Rowland; your part- ner, who ran off with than check for the 'cattle," interposed Loner- gan. "I've made my hone here. It's hard to have to pull up stakes and start afresh. If you'd make it twenty thousand. I`d feel it might be done. But can't this business be settled somehow else?" "Nope," answered Lonergan de eisively. "My offer's nine thou- sand. and it's got to be accepted' or rejected within the next couple of days.' And two weeks to vacate. You'll have to excuse ine now,Fer- ris, because they'll be waiting for- me to impanel the jury," He walked' past the ranchman, took down his hat from a stag's antler in the hall, and clapped it on his head. "Wilbur Ferris, who had been • watching him in dumb de- spair, moved slowly toward the door. (TO BE CONTINUED) V DEEPER WATERS, Through deepens waters still! what. depths: unknown. • There are that lie beide me God doth know. I do not know; but I am not alone, For He is with pie, though the dark- ness grow. Give me the faith to graspwhat sight denies; . The faith to feel that dark though be the way, The form of one, All -loving and All wise, • Walks ever with me, till the break of day, Somehow, somewhere, He has a mighty plan, Some great revealing that will one day come, Some mighty things so fpr beyond our scan, That eyes will shine with Wonder, lips be dumb. CUT COARSE FOR TOE PIPE • CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES STORM -BOUND BRITISH DESTOYER COVETS 150 {M LES UNDER SAIL As a result of heavy weather en- countered in the Atlantic, the steer- ing:gear ofa British ,destroyer -jam medand engine trouble was exper- ienced. The Destroyer was on eon- voy escort duty,and rather than de- lay another ship by seeking its aid, the Commander had an improvised ' sail hoisted. By this means the de- stroyer covered 150 miles back to har- bour unaided. Picture - ShowsnnThe damaged Brit- ish destroyer under sail. 1474 ithig Stanip 1 DON'T MISS YOUR NAME! The Plan in A Nutshell Each week there will appear in an advertisement on this page, the name and address of someone residing in Clinton or district. WATKIN'S. Service Station Huron St. Phone 18 Sunoco Products Goodrich Batteries • .Lubrication, A -Z Brucefield Garage WM. H. DALRYMPLE Sunoco, Gas-Oil—Grease General Repairs to All Makes of Cars,, Acetylene and Electric Welding, Machinist and Mill- w%fight. • Phone Clinton 618r4 Brucefield, Ont. REG. BALL Shell Service Station Gas and Oil Your present car may have to last a long time. Have us lubri- cate and inspect at at regular intervals and keep it rolling. Phone.5 No. 8 Highway JOE McCULLY & CO.. General Merchants Sunoco Gas and Oils Seaforth 81.135a Brucefield, Ont.. Clinton 31-6.11A Try Wells' Auto Electric For Complete Motor Tune-ups Generators and Starters Ex- changed, Carburetors, Batteries. Drakes Re-lined,and Adjusted Wrecker Service W. D. (BILL) WELLS, ' Prop. Phone 349 Clinton H F. 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