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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-04-06, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTo N , N GWS -RECORD Eden Phillpotts 'TOM AYLMER: At the " time the story' opens is living in Peru, man- aging silver urines belonging to; his father. ,3t`EL4CE PARDO: A Peruvian who, alt ough young,has been fifteen years in the service of the Aylmer mining enterprise. 'Ile is the most trusted native employee. PRINCIPALCHARACTERS Mrs. MERCY AYLMER; Tom's mother; egotistical and exacting. JANE BRADSHAW: Tom Aylmer's fiancee. At the time the story opens, the expectation is that these two will marry on Tom's next leave in England. ANGUS MAINE:' A young Scot on Aylmer's, staff, and close compan- ion of Tom. JACOB FERNANDEZ: A rich, eld- erly South Americanwhose hobby his the study of Mid life. He is a bachelor and: is engaged upon a monumental :literary- work on the subject of bird life.. CHAPTER 1. YOUTH ON. 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Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica, ion to any ..of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective post offi- ces, Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. 146§ S' TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and, Goderich Div, Going East, depart 6 58 a.m. Going East, depart a.On p.m *Going West, depart 11.45 arm. Going West, depart 10.00. p.m. London, Huron & Bruce Going North, ar. 11.25 Ive. 11.47 p.m. 'doing South ,ar. •2.50, leave 3.08 p.m. Andes stretching mightly northward. Immediately about . him 'spread enough happinessfor one,young wanderer, Who' rejoiced in fielbotany above all other pursuits; but the mind of the other roamed far away. He was an archaeologist and yearned for the ruins of the Incas andexploration in those forests and perilous places where still stood vast fragments of a vanished civilization. Meanwhile fate had ordered that the pair of them should be clerks in a business office at Lima, and at the capital of Peru they worked for a living. But their status in the Mount Atajo Silver Company differ- ed, for while • Tom Aylmer waa the son of, the owner, his friend, Angus Maine, occupied a, minor position. Ayhner's father lived in England, and Tom represented the little private company an the. spot, within -a few, hundred miles of the mine; while his friend's home was Scotland,, and he had to thank a dead parent for his present excellent appointment. :As these two boys were closest friends, so had their fathers been before them, but now Macdonald Maine was dead. The young mets had visited the mine and were at present spending their summer holiday under canvas among the jtillst Next year they would be due far home and were al- ready looking forward to six weeks in:England, but for tine present their annual vacation neared an end. "Will your governor ever come out here again?" asked the Scot. "I doubt it, Angus. He's getting on and hasn't been too fit lately. I wouldn't say he's awfully happy about the mine. Sometimes in his letters he talks of selling; but he always adds that it wouldn't be easy. There's uulitnited silver in the Cordil- lera - no doubt, but we're getting rather the worse for wear and`a good deal of money ought to be spent on Mount Atajo." "So Hipolito said," answered Maine, referring to the manager whom they had recently visited. "He's full of trust and enthusiasm, but he's praying for new machinery." "Which he 'won't get, I'm afraid. The trend of the output is down. When : I see father next year it wouldn't exactly knockme over if he "He'll carry, on rather" than shut down for the sake of the staff, Tom." "Itis worth something•. He may try to float a companyand get new money for the show. Hipolito swears we only need money." A giant condor floated high over their heads, then swooped and settled on a pinnacle of rock a quarter of a mile distant. "Birds are jolly interesting, too, only one can't go in for everything," said Tom, "I wonder if old Jacob Fernandez would let 'us see his aviar- ies'? He's got the most swagger col- lection. in South Americana life-long hobby and unlimited cash to gratify it. I always dream some day of taking my girl to. -see it, because she loves birds better than anything else on earth—simply adores them," "There's only one bird interests me much," answered his friend, "That's the alcamari—a sort of vulture, but not so big as a condor." "What's his special charm, ' old man?" "He has a black and white wing feather that used to adorn the Inca head-dress," answered Angus rever- ently, and Aylmer turned to ' his friend's special interest in life. "We'll go to the buried' cities same day. I'm as keen as you are really, old chap, You can poke about in the ruins and make discoveries, but I can find plants and flowers that no- body else has yet found." "Something to look forward .to, Torn," "It'll mean _an expedition our- selves,. and Pardo for the pictures of course, mid about a dozen stout fellows to watch after us and keep the pumas and bears and things at bay. A European, called to live 'between the Equator and the Tropic of'Can- Acorn is apt to grow too stout, or possibly too lean; but safety lies in spare adipose. • The friends were by nature athletic, abstemious and temp- erate.'. Both possessed abundant en ergy with active minds and excellent. constitutions. Tliey were tough, lean and healthy. The sun, had : tanned them brown, and the Northerner, who was dark, .presented a clean -shorn; coffee-coloured countenance, • with bright grey, intelligent eyes, good forehead andfighting chin, while Ayl- men's' face and nether limbs were of a lighter blown and his hair, flaxen by nature, had grown, a little bleach- ed, while his'sweetheart at home, al- ways maintained that his blue eyes - had turned a paler, shade under the glare of tropic sunshine. They were a good-looking pair stretched there and clad at present in nothing but shorts, cotton vests and shabby "blazers." } Far beneath, on the roads that wound like white threads among the hills,. went mounted men on horses driving herds of llamas from one grazing ground to another, or comp- anies afoot trudging beside loaded mules; but now the unexpected hap- pened, and a solitary rider appeared in the scrub above them, drew up his mule and -lifted a thin. shout that travelled to their ears, They both jumped up to wave and yell an answer; then they climbed to join the stranger, but quickly recog- nized that he was none. Maine and his friend soon recognized a familiar figure, and his appearance stagger- ed them, for, of all men, Felice -Pardo was the last to have been expected here. "Good Lord! 'It's Felice!" cried Aylmer, and Angus admitted it. PARDO THE PERUVIAN Had all been well, Felice Pardo, should now stand at the helm of their affairs at Lima, for when Tom made holiday, he took command; but he had left his post and must have been absent from it at least a week. Pardo was third in the closest possible un- ion. He, too, was young and possess- ed of charaeter. He had sprung from the .people, claimed mixed blood and indeed revealed it. He was vague as to his ancestry and confessed that it admitted to considerable doubt, but he declared an English streak and believed his great-grandfather to have been half an Englishman. Felice Pardo had lived all his life in Peru and most of it at Lima. He was a year or two ,older than his friends, had worked at the office of the Mount Atajo Silver Company for fifteen years and now, front office - boy, risen to a position of authority and trust. • Ho lived with a widowed mother and spent most of his leisure with his two inseparable companions. He was ablerthan they, and had many desires and theories for the betterment of the earth. He spoke perfect English and Spanish, and he possessed a sense of humour that the others ., lacked, but with it there al- ways went a sub -acid flavour, and he often puzzled them by accidental glimpses of thought and the inate bitterness .bred of his convictions. Pardo never spoke of his 'relations and had never asked either Tom or Angus to his home. They knew Anito Pardo, his mother, for she came• to see hint at the office sometimes. She, too,- spoke English to ••them on these rare occasions, but lapsed into the vernacular when addressing her son. Signora Pardo was dark, handsome, and inscrutable; but while they. sens- ed a being entirely hidden from their knowledge, she never failed in a courteous attitude to them and de- clared her son's appreciation, of their 'Friendship, ; •; j "But • I do not know very nisch about her and have no memory of. my 'father, who died when I was a child," he told them, Felice's delight was photography,. and he rejoiced in making moving pictures, And now Pardo appeared, dis- mounted, greeted them with affection and holding Aylmer's hand' declared himself the bearer of bad news. They took him to their tent half a mile distant, tethered the mule and pre. pared a meal. "I will speak after I have eaten. and drink :-aiid not sooner,' he said, and knowing him Tom did not press him. He ate quickly, drink a half- bottle of red Peruvian wine, then roll- ed himself a cigarette and broke his tidings. "Prepare yourself for very, bad. news, Tam," he began. "Six days ago the telegram came; and 1 open all' telegrams of course, whenY ou're not there." He took the message from a pocket book and handed it to Aylmer. It was brief. "Motet accident. Father has. 'Pass- ed out. Come home.—Mother," Felice continued while Torn stared at the telegram. The Peruvian was i man smaller than his friends and would have passed for a native, or a Spaniard. His eyes were lustrous, r his mouth almost grim in its hard- ness, his face clean-shaven: 'It was not a prepossessing face, for an hab- itual fown sat upon it and his broad brow had wrinkled permanently. "I telephoned to the mine at once hoping to catch you there," said Felice. "But I missed you by 24. hours. Hipolito said you had gone over the hills southerly with your outfit; but lie had no idea where you were bound. I came up et once to track you -if, I could, seeing a fort- night must pass otherwise, before you heard the news. It was a' big order to find you, but I knew where you could most likely be counted .upon. I've, slept in the open two nights. There are any number of vicusas - the wild llamas — higher up." Angus praised him. "You're 'a marvel for finding the needle in: a bundle of hay, old man," he said. "You'll strike camp and go down, Tom?" asked Pardo. The other, who had .been staring before him lost in thought, cane to his senses. "Yes, Felice. Well de down to the nearest village and leave our stuff and hire horses. With luck we might get a car. To -day's Tuesday. I ought to get the Saturday mail boat." "We must make for Canto," said Pardo. "That's the nearest civilized spot, and we can get a car there with good roads home, . We ought to reach it by to -morrow night, and might pick up mules lower down to help et there. I'd say it isn't much above two hill." hundred miles and mostly down - The little camp' was quickly struck, and the tent and baggage loaded on Pardo's mule. They then began the long descent, making good progress, for all were powerful walkers. Over many leagues ,but little was. said, while each young man followed the trend of his own thoughts and, from his own angle of vision, considered what the death of Martin. Aylmer waslikely . e y t o signify, A preponder- ating.reflection occupied the minds of Maine and the Peruvian alike, while the significance of their aspect had not even as yet entered into the mind of Aylmer. He was solely occupied with the vision of his father, and the recollec- tion of a kindly and somewhat stern parent; one who had been just, but never lenient. They were close in friendship and understanding, and Tont knew that •his father trusted him in all things, and had left his, property to him, togetherwith the care of his mother. None else would be involved, for he was an only son. and Leight consider himself a fairly prosperous man—free in every re- spect, and without obligations save to his surviving parent and the girl he was engaged to marry. He had knotvn his father's purpose since Ids last visit to England, and doubted not that the terns of the will would confirm it. Nor were his friends ignorant of the" -future, for Aylmer made no mystery about it. They knew that he would inherit; but Martin Aylmer was no more than sixty-five, and . though delicate had promised to survive, for many years. Now the case was altered and the paramount thought in the minds of Tom's friends centred upon it. Their chum was nowtheir master, and their future must largely. depend upon what course he might determine as to the mine, SOUTHAMPTON BOUND Neither man felt anxiety, however,. for the union existing between all three was too close to admit of any doubt. Both guessed that the change was likely to advantage then, what- ever Aylmer might decide to do, and for the moment Angus began to con- cern himself with the other'snatural sorrow. He knew that the affection between Tont and his father was gen- uine, and appreciated the shock that his friend must now be called to en- dure. Indeed, he presently voiced his sympathy and declared commisera- tion. "I'm terribly sorry,"- he said. Tom nodded, but did not answer, and then Pardo, who • possessed a more realistic mind, spoke of the new situation.. "You'll be top -dog now, Tom," ,he said. "Mount Atajo's yours and the fullness thereof. But the other scarcely heard him. They travelled till night fell instantly at set of sun; then they made their camp beside a stream, lifted the tent and lighted a small fire. Before dawn they were moving again and made renewed progress as soon as light allowed it. Their re- title' to civilization was swift and un- eventful ` for soon after moon they Leached a considerable farm, where horses were at their service and fair roads extended to the town of Canto, where a motor ear and a good road awaited them. From Canta they tele- phoned. to 'tile mine and told Hipolito where, his mule Leight be found; and then they entered upon the last stage of their journey after directing the return of their :horses tr the farm from which they came. Arrived at Lima they parted for a night's rest; but not before Aylmer had planned the following day and made a some- what unexpected proposition. "To -morrow, Angus," he said, "I, want you to go to Callao and look after the boat, Take . two passages, please. The ship goes through the. Panama Canal to Jamaica, and from there we piek up a Royal Mail strain- er for home. She only stops for a few hours at Barbados and we ought THURS., APRIL 6, 1939 Huron Continues Bid For Plowing Match A definite move toward bringing the international plowing match to Huron County in 1941 or 1942 was made at a meeting of the 'Huron County Council, agv9culturai advisory committee, held in the agricultural of- fice. L. E. Cardiff, reeve of Morris Township, presided. The committee made the following. recommendations: "That the North and South Huron. Plowmen's Associa- tion co-operate with the agricultural representative in theselection of a team of plowboys to represent, Huron County at the international plowing match to be held at Brookville in October, 1939, and that the Huron plowing match committee continued their efforts to bring the international match to Huron County in 1941 or 1942. Huron sought the 1940 plowing match, but this was awarded St. Thomas, when the Provincial Plow- men's Association met ix Toronto recently. The committee also recommended that the short courses in agriculture and :home economics for 1940 be held at Belgrave and at one of the follow- ing, places: Carlow, Dungannon or Ethel. TRANSIENT DOES NOT APPRECIATE GOOD JOB William Eckert of the Sebringville district wishes he hadn't seem orbe- friended a transient who came to his place seeking employment om Satur- day for the next morning when he was at church with his family the fellow walked off with ten dollars in nickels, dimes! and pennies 'from his son'sbank and two or three dol- lars from his wife's purse, along with a diamond ring valued at around $100 and two other rings, Provincial Officer' John M. Douglas was notified and all police were told to be on the lookout for the young man. Completing the Picture of a GOLDEN WEDDI NG Mrs. Allen Quickfall, of Bridgeport, Ont, had just arranged a huge bouquet of Chrysanthemums, their Golden Wedding. Remembrance from assembled chil- dren and grandchildren, when the telephone rang. It was a call from Kindersley, Sask., and the ,voice of Roy, her son, greeted her. What a surprise on such a day! Mrs. Quiekfall. writes: "We like to : pass on to other sons and mothers the value and satisfaction to be obtained through the medium . of telephone contacts, particularly so when the dear ones aro: scattered over the country" •1Phy wait for'u Golden )Padding? Next time there is a /amity celebration call up by Long Distance. Make it a real surprise. And remember this, it costs so little, you too, will be . surprised! annunennenneennennenannenneWennennenneWrnmenieneenneWennennanneennern .a by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD s.�°.•o"ai,". mw°o' oo .'.Ya'i"."i'.Ydi eedmm.Y.'i ilYeree re'L'emeee 5 YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyright) Many times I have had the idea that operating a poultry farm would be a profitable business for many unemployed persons, both men and women. Both eggs and dressed poultry are always in demand, and if one had his fart. near a large city, one could hope to find a waiting and a capacious market for his poultry products, Of course, persons like yourself, who are just dreamers about the business of poultry farming, get Pretty thoroughly squelched by those of deep knowledge and large exper- ience in relation to poultry farming. The wise ones, the experienced ones, know so much that they are ready to discourage the dreamers. .And here I think of something which I read the other day—about a deaf old man who started a roadside hot-dog stand on a busy highway. He was prosper- ing. Then his son came home from college, and persuaded his father that people could not really afford to buy hot-dogs. The son painted' a very black picture of the national economic situation. His father, who had not been reading the tuewspapers, being kept busy always selling hot dogs, and making a goal living for himself,' was persuaded by his son that busi- ness was very, very bad, and quit. his business! That's the way of it: it so easy to acquire the pessimistic mind, and to surrender to pessimism. Yet there are always those who go on sawing wood, and making money, quite un- conscious that business for most per- sons may be bad. Defeatism, as it is called, is a state of mind—an un- necessary state of mind. What the world wants IS hien and women who keep on smiling . and working and earning and' radiating sunshine. , But to get, back to poultry farming, I write of poultry farming because of an article which I saw in a British daily newspaper, the Biriningham Post -one •of> Britain's leading news- papers. This article told of the ex- perience of a man and his -wife who had been poultry fanning forsix years. If I pass on to my readers what I found in this article, it may snake interesting—if not instructive —reading. This man and wife carriedon their poultry fanning es a part-time enter- prise, and without, hired help. From to be at Southampton nine clays later. You'11 meet me at the office -to -mar- row, Felice, and take charge of every- thing while I'nt. away." "Why two tickets?" asked Maine. "Who do you think to take. with you?" "You," replied Tont. "You and Pardo are my right and left hand in future—anyway as far as the mine's concerned—and 1 shall want you at home when decisions have got to be made. Of course, my mother is the first thought, bat a nighty deal de- pends on what my father may have left as to his 'future wishes, .and it will save a lot oftimeif you come with me." "Delighted if you think so,' declar- ed Angus, while Pardo made no com- ment but left them together. "To -morrow at the office then, Tom," was all he said, (To be continued.) 1932 to 1938 there was a net profit sof $1585 (!317). Of this amount $620 can be regarded as wages for labour, leaving 3965 as net profit to capital. •The number of layers over the 6 -year period averaged '140, and the capital investment for hen -houses and stock at the beginning must have been very small; so that an average net earn - ling of 3160 on capital has to be re- garded as being very good indeed. Looked at from another point of view this average income, $1585 divided by 6, or $264, represents about $5 a week for part-time employment. A striking feature of this small - flock enterprise was the mortality among the fowl. In the first year the mortality figure was 6.9 per cent. By 1936 it had doubled, and for 1937 it had reached the shocking level of 28,5 per cent, coming down to 16.5 per cent in 1938. Food prices per dozen eggs varied from a minimum of 13% cents in 1934 to the maximum of 25 cents in 1938, and the highest net profit a layer was $3.60 in 1934, and the low- est 85 cents in 1936. In regard to the price received for eggs the mini- mum was 30 cents in 1933, and the maximum was 38 cents in 1938. The price received for eggs is NOT the major factor in determining .profit—and this observation is true of other, farm products as well as poultry. Thus, when eggs were cheap- est, in 1933, a profit was made of $2.25 per bird, whilst in 1938 when eggs were dearest, the profit on each bird's production had fallen to $1.70. The two factors that have most in- fluence on the success or failure of a poultry farm are feeding -stuff prices and mortality. Thus over the G -year period under review feed prices varied 80 per cent between top and bottom, and mortality- had been multiplied by four by the time the enterprise had been running five years, whereas, during the whole time receipts per dozen eggs varied only 27 per cent between the highest and the lowest, The sum of $2785 was received for market eggs, 3175 for hatching eggs, and $700 for table poultry. No special attempt was made to rear table birds; the income from the sale of table birds came from culls. The records of this man -and -wife enterprise do not state the acreage of the poultry holding. Commenting on this experience in poultry ''farming, the .Birmingham Post writer . says: "Figures suggest that on an enterprise such as that told of, there is money'. to be made by the sort oftown worker who likes living its the Country, and whose wife enjoys pottering about with livestock. The holding reviewed gave a clear profit of $5,a week. As that is an extra to the income front the man's main job, we can say that it will pay for transport so that he can live in the country, give hien more rosin in better surroundings• than he would get in a tont, leave a little margin in cash, and increase the nation's food supply. ' "For the benefit of those who meditate running a part -tine holding such as that described, it ntay be well to point out cer- tain obvious dangers that are MurphyPaints ARVme R flG V N will make your home FIT FO A A KING! MARV° Canada's Smartest Finish COVERS IN ONE COAT BRUSHES PERFECTLY DRIES IN NO TIME! Ball & Zapfe Albert Street—Phone 195 CLINTON, ONT. clear, not only from an examina- tion of the figures quoted but aleo from general experience. First, I am convinced that birds are much healthier on free-range than on the intensive, specialized poultry Tarin; so that the new- comer should always try to get ( an acreage bigger than that lm f thinks he needs; this will give him at least room to rest patches of his holding in rotation, and ' need .not cost him much more m rent, especially if lte is willing to live in a remote, unfashionable place, Thus, the rent of the holding under review was 375. It would have paid to double tie rent and acreage if, by so doing, ' mortality figures were kept at the low level of the first year. "Next, begin with stock chosen for type (with health in view) rather than for egg record. I should be inclined to get founda- tion stock from a free-range flock oit a general farm rather than from an ntensive specialist. Certainly, and especially if one stock a small acreage to its full capacity, do not persist in relying all the time on your own breed- • ing stock, in the face of mount- ing mortality figures—though it has to be admitted that to go ' into the market for healthy eloelc is a gamble. Above all, :relocate - ben what, for a disastrous decade our poultry "experts" were apt to forget, namely, in chogsing 1 breeding stock — egg record is not everything. Type -judged by handling', eye colour and general g, Y g impression—matters most of all, for on it turn healthy and virility" The way out of their financial difficulties for many, many town people is the way of farming—sinall acreage farming — poultry farming, or market gardening, or orchard farming. Letting the forces of nature assist one to get required income is clearly the sensible thing to do. THE BITTER END In a local school the other day, the teacher asked the scholars to write a phrase "bitter end" in it. Of course, one scholar handed in the statement, Japan is determined to fight out the 'present war to the bitter end." Another said 'Diet the Ohristmas holidays had come all too !cool n to their "btter end," and Se forth. The sentence that took the cake, however was that written by a bright tem -year-old boy who . is re- sponsible for " the following: "Our' bull pup chased, Smith's black cat across the yard, and as she was get-. ting under the fence he "bitter end,'!