The Clinton News Record, 1937-06-10, Page 2°AGE -2
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., JUNE 10, 1937.
"THE
LOST PRIRCE"
By
Frances Hodgson, Burne t
SYNOPSIS to play a part in his life. ,
'Marco Loristan was the kind of a ,
,'boy people looked at the second time s kirstv. y
NOW GO ON WFI T
ITH1a STORY „ tt would: The cellar was not so vet
,when they had looked at him once.
nd pt small.° He crept r u
Isle was a well-built boy of 12, smells."You might remain in the good little This he said because one of the ! o itgradually,
;gent looking, and well-mannered. He black cellar an unpleasantly long time mostabsorbingly fascinating things and, when he had crept round it, he
end his father had travelled a great .before you were found," man went
he and his father. talked about to- I made his way across it, keeping his
'hands extended before him and get-'
,.dein and the boy was proficient in on, quite coolly. "Do you remember gather was the power of the thoughts
• several languages, so that he felt at the peasants who came to see yew, which human being's allow to pass ting down each foot cautiously. Then
':home M. whatever country he was
;staying. Marco knew that they were
.'Samavians, that there was trouble
sand bloodshed in Samavia at present.
:His father had told him the story of
oz o ter purposes than the storing'
of wine, and, if that was true, there'
might be somewhere some opening'
for ventilation, The air was not bad,'
but then the door had not been shut
lightly when the man opened it..
"l. am not afraid," he repeated, "1
shallnot be ai'ry 'd I
Jai n some way I
shall get out,"
lie would not allow himself to stop
and think about his father wafting
for his return, He knew that would'
only rouse his emotions and weaken
Marco braced his back against the his carnage., IIe began to feel his
wall stoutly: "Y.carefully along the wall, It'
"What Will it be best to think about reached farther. than he had thought
fathom two nights before you left?" through their Minds the strange he sat down on the stone floor and
"I know nothing,"''said Marco. I strength of them. When they talked thought again; and what he thought
WAS of the things the old Buddhist
had told his father, and that there'
was a way out of this place for him'
and he should somehow find it, and,!
before too long a time •had passed, be
wanting in the 'treat again.
It was while he . was thinking in
this way that he felt a startling thing.
It seemed almost as if something!
touched him. It made him jump,'
"By the time it was discovered that of this, Mai'ao felt as if he were lis
the house was empty and people came tening to some marvelous Eastern
in to Snake sure, you might be too story of magic which was true, In
• the Lost Prince, who might one day weak to call out and attract their at.. Loristan's travels, he had visited far
.return to Samavia and restore order tention. ' Did you go to Budapest from . Oriental, countries, and he had seen
:and peace. At present the"Loristan's Vienna, and were you there for twee and learned many things which seen -
tare in London; England, and Marco months?" asked the inquisitor. led marvels, and they had taught him
shad eneountered several interesting I know nothing," said Marco. deep thinking. He had known, and
"people, among them, "The Rat," a "You are too good for the little black reasoned through days with men who
•crippled boy who commands a group cellar," put in the Lovely Person. "I believed that when they desired a
'.of willing boys the boys listen at- like you. Don't go into it!" thing, clear acid exalted thought would though the touch was so light and'
etentively as Marco speaks to them. "I know nothing," Marco answered, bring it to them. He had_ discovered soft that it vas scarcely a touch its
'Later Loristan And Marco have a but the eyes which were like Loris- why they believed' this, and•had learn- all, in fact he could not be sure that
Nang talk about Samavia, and the Lost tan's gave her just such a look as ed to understand their profound ar- he had not imagined it. He stood up
!Prince, who had disappeared. five Loristan would have given her, and guments. I and leaned against the wall again. s
''hundred years ago. A secret society,'she felt it. It made her uneomfort- What he himself believed, he had Perhaps the suddenness of his move -
"with :.members in many European able. taught Marco quite simply from his 'Hent placed him at some angle he had
,.countries, were preparing to put his, "I don't believe you were ever ill- childhood. It was this: he himself— not reached before, or ;perhaps his
,descendant on the throne of Sama-I treated or beaten,"' she said. "I tell Marco, with the strong boy -body,' the eyes had become more completely ac-
-via and end the civil wars and blood- you, the little black cellar will be a thick 'rust of black hair, and the pat- custonted to the darkness, for, as he
-Shed 'in the country. At a meeting hard thing. Don't go there!" cited clothes—was the magician. He turned his head to listen, he had a
.of the Squad, The Rat forms a sec- And this time Marco said nothing, held and waved his wand himself discovery; above the door there was
' •',ret society for Samavia among them-) but looked at her sill as if he were and his wand was. his own Thought. a place ,where the velvet blackness
'$selves. I some great noble who was very proud. When special privation or anxiety be- was not so dense. There was some -
The Rs father dies, and Loristan i He knew that every word the beard- set them, it was their rule to say, thing like a slit in the wall, though,
at'
Invites the lad to live with him ani ed man had spokeii was true, To cry "What will it be• best to think about as it did not open upon daylight but
',Marco. The two boys plan to aid out would be of no use. If they went first?" which was Marco's reason for upon the dark passage, it was not
the cause of the Lost Prince. Marco, away and left him behind them, there saying it to himself now as he stood light it admitted so much as a lesser
while on an errand, assists a young was no knowing how many days in the darkness which was like black shade of darkness. But even that was
'lady in distress, who seems very in- ,would pass beforethe people of the velvet. better than nothing, and Marco drew
e.terested in him. ' She seems destined neighborhood would begin to suspect He waited a few minutes for the another long breath.
that the place had been deserted, or right thing to come to him. That is only the beginning. I
shall find, a way out," he said. - "I
how long it would be before it oc- "I will think of the very old her-
shall." to some one to give warning mit who lived on the ledge of the He remembered reading a story of
to the owner. And in the meantime, mountains in India and who let my a man who, being shut by accident in
neither his father nor Lazarus nor father talk to him through all one
The Rat would have the faintest pea- night," he said at last. This had a safety vault, passed through such
'TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION son for guessing where he was. And been a wonderful story and one of his terrors before his release that he be -
461,50. nes vear in advance, • to Cana- Ire would be sitting• alone in the favorites. Loristan had traveled far lieved he bad spent two days and
dian addresses. $2.00 to the MS., or dusk in the wine -cellar, He did not to see this ancient Buddhist and nights in the place when he had been
ither foreign countries. No paper' there only a few hours.
etiscontinued until all arrears are paid know •in the least what to do about what he bad seen and heard during „
re-
-.unless at the option of the publish this thing. He only knew , that si- that one night had made changes in His thoughts did that. I must re-
-ser. The data to which every sub- fence was still the order. his life. The part of the story which Member. I will sit down again and
eeecrintion is paid is denoted on the "It is a jet-black little hole," the eaiue back to Marco now was these begin thinking of all the pictures in
:abet.the cabinet rooms of the Art History
.ADVERTISING RATES -^ Tran- I than said, "You might crack your words:
adeat . advertising 12c per 'count line throat in it, and no one would hear, "Let pass through thy mind, pny Museum in Vienna, it will take some
time and then there are the others,"
Zile Clinton News -Record
With which is Incorporated
THE NEW ERA
ter first insertion. Sc for each sub. Did men Come to talk with your fath- son, only the image thou wouldst de- t
•asequent insertion. Heading • counts er in the middle f the night when sire to see a truth. Meditate only up- he said, i
gine. If you begin by expecting to: (Continued next week)
eel famished and by counting the' •
hours between your meals, you will',
e made up bis mind not to watch it
egin to be ravenous. But he knew All wild raspberry and blackberry
atter. I bushes
The tine passed slowly; but he growing in the vicinity of
de -
had plantations should be de -
had known it would pass slowly, and stroyed be
they harbour various
tiniest possible Boise, a ghost of a for some tithe, and then fell asleep
squeak and a suggestion of a move- herself.
ment. It came from the opliosite side
of the cellar, the side where the shel-
ves were. He lookd across in the
darkness, and in the darkness saw a
light which there could be no mis-
take about. It was a light, two lights Marco slept peacefully for• severs
indeed, two round phosphorescent hours. There was nothing to' awak
greenish balls. They were two eyes en him during that time., But at th
staring at him. And then he heard end of it, his sleep was penetrated b
another sound.' Not a 'squeak this a definite sound. He had dreamed
time, but something, so homely and hearing a vice at a distance, and, a
comfortable that the actually burst he tried in his dream to hear what i
out laughing. It was a cat purring, said,' a brief metallic ringing soun
a nice warm earl And she was curled awakened him outright, It was ove
CCHAPTERCHAPTERXV
A Sound in a Dream
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
Lost, A Lake!
"We've lost our lake!" was the un-
usual complaint of the boys of a pro-
s jetted Sea Scout
mg
psi, of western Ontario.
r
d !m
Guild
Troop at Tillson-
berg, follow the recent severe
e flood in that of
a dam bad swept a-
t
y The bursting
of way their training water, Lake Lis,:
s gar.
Scouts De onstrate For Handicraft
up on one of the' lower shelves par- by the time he was fully conscious
ring to some new-born kittens. He and at once he realized that the voic
knew there were kittens because it of his dream had been a real one, an
was plain now what the tiny squeak was speaking still. It was' the Love
had been, and it was made plainer by ly Person's voice, and she was speak
the fact that he heard another much ing rapidly, as if she were in th
more distinct on'e and then another. greatest haste. She was spotlit
They had all been asleep when .he through the door.
had come into the cellar. If the moth-, , "You will have to search for it,"
er had been awake, she had probably was all he heard, "I have not a iso
been very much afraid. Afterward menti" And, as he listened to her
she had perhaps come down from her hurriedly departing feet, there came
shelf to investigate, and had passed to bim.with their hastening echoes
As a result of the skilful work in
e doll and book -repairing at their an-
nual Christmas Toy Repair . Shop,
I Scouts of Calgary were called upon.
- Ito give a demonstration of doll re-
pairing and book binding at an Ex-
hibition of the Handicrafts Guild held
g, iii Calgary.
close' to him. The feeling of relief the words, "You are too good for th
which came upon him ,at this queer cellar. I like youl"
and simple discovery was wonderful. He sprang to the door and tried it
It was so natural and comfortable an but it was still locked. The feet ran
every -day thing that it seem
British Producer Coming With
English Boy Scouts
Ralph Reader, the writer and pro
ducer of several Boy Scout musical
shows which have had notable sue -
e cess in London, and one of which has
been, screened; will accompany the
British Scouts coming to the Ameri-
can Scout Jamboree in Washington at
e the' end of June,
d
d Scouts a Help in Unifying Canada
"By organizing Scout troops in re-
s meter places, it seems to me we are
t • doing one more fruitful service for
e the Dominion. We are one of the
forces which make for the unification -
s of Canada, -which, as much as any
d other organization, contributes t°
n the growth of national spirit."—His
Excellency Lord Tweedsmuir.
Y.' Canadian Scouts For National U.S.
Scout Jamboree
- Four full Scout troops, of 32 boys
each, Scoutmasters and Assistant
e. Scout masters, will make up Canada's
£' contingent to the great National
eScout Jamboree, to be held in Wash-
ington, June 30 to July 9. The boys
go from New Brunswick, Quebec, On-
ev,tario, Manitoba, Alberta and British
- Columbia, with the Iarger number
- from the first three. The Canadian
o Scouts will go by various -routes, and
He assemble at the Jamboree camp. In
addition to some 30,000 American
bays, Scouts are expected from Eng -
e • land, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Roe-
' mania, Holland, Sweden, France,
Mexico, Columbia, Chile, Guatemala,
Haiti, Bermuda and the Bahamas.
co !tp the cellar steps and through th
make spies and criminals unreal, and upper hall, and the front door close
only, natural things possible, With 'with a bang, The two people ha
a mother cat purring away among her 'gone away, as they had 'threatened
kittens, even a dark wine -cellar was The voice had been excited as well 'a
pot so black. He got up and kneeled hurried. Something had happened
by the shelf. The greenish eyes did frighten them, and they had left th
not shine in an unfriendly way. He house in great haste.
could feel that the owner of them' Marco turned and stood with hi
was a nice big eat, and he counted back against the door., The cat ha
four round little balls of kittens. It awakened' and she was gazing at hit
was a . curious delight to stroke the with her. green : eyes. She bega7
soft fur and talk to the' mother cat.' to purr encouragingly. She reall
She answered with purring, as if she helped Marco to think. He we
Liked the sense of friendly human thinking with all his might and try
nearness. Marco laughed to himself. ing to remember.
"It's queer what a difference its "What did she come for? She cam
makes!" he said. "It is almost like for something," he said to himself
finding a window."•
"What did she say? I only heard pat;
of it, because I was asleep. Th
The mere presence of these harm- voice in the dream was part of it
less living things was companionship. The part I heard was, "You will ha
He sat down close to the low shelf to search for it. I have not a mo
and listened to the motherly purring, menta And as she ran down the pas
now and then speaking and putting sage, she called back, 'You are to
out his hand to touch the warm fur. good for the cellar. I like you.'
The phosphorescent light in the said the words over and over again
green eyes was a comfort in itself. and tried to recall exactly how they
"We shall get out of this -both of I had sounded, and also to recall th
us," he said. "We shall not be here voice which had seemed to be part o
very long, Puss -cat." (a dream .but had been a real thing
He was not troubled by the fear' Then he began to try his favorite ex
of being really hungry for some time, I periment. As hd often tried the ex
Beind to
was so used to eating scantily'
a go to sleep, soiment of ttheafrequently ing his nexpe
ri
from withoity, and o passinghilongi mented on commanding it to work for
hours without food during his jour-! • ,
neys, that he had proved to himself him—to help him to remember, to
that fasting is not, after all, such al
understand, and to argue about things
desperate ordeal as most people ima-f clearly,
.? lines. Small advertisements not to r n e o
'exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," you wore in Vienna?'" on the wish of thy heart, seeing first It was a good plan. While he could
"'Lost," "Strayed,", etc., inserted once I "I know nothing.," said Marco, that it can injure no man and is not keep his mind upon the game which
'or ,85c,• each subsequent insertion I "He won't tell," said the Lovely ignoble. Then will it take earthly had helped him to pass so many dull
16c. Rates for display advertising Person, "I ant sorry for this boy." form and draw near to thee, This is hours, he could think of nothing else, b
^•'nada known on application. I "He may tell after he has sat in the law of That which Creates." as it required close attention — and b
Communications intended for pub-
'iieation must, as, a guarantee ei'. good I the good Iittle black wine -cellar for "I atm not afraid," Marco said a- perhaps, as the day went on, his cap -
faith, be accompanied by the name a few hours," said the man with the loud. "I shall not be afraid.' In tors would begin to feel that it was
if the writer, pointed board. "Conte with Ole!" I some wait I shall get out." , not safe to run the risk of doing a h
E &AL
. L - Proprietor, He put his powerful hand on Mar- This was the image he wanted thing as desperate as this would be.
loo's lion -bier ;; d pushed him bete e most to keep steadily in his mind - They might think better of it before
Notary Pubhq, Conveyancer 1
?1,F'inanditt Real Estate and Fire'In-
'xurance Agent, Representing 14 Fire
,"Insurance Companies.
Division Court Office, . Clinton
for ask himself questions about it.
H..T. RANCE . him. Marco made no struggle, He that nothing could snake hint afraid they left the house at least. In any h
remembered what Ina father haci said and that in ,some way he would get case, he had learned enough from
about the game not being a game. It, out of the wine -cellar. Loristan to realize that only harm d
wasn't a game no'v, but somehow he I Re thought of this for some min- could come from letting one's mind p
had a strong haughty feeling of not utes, and said the words over several run wild. c
being afraid.
He was taken through the hallway, when a had one it, t
tFrank Fingland, E.A., LL.B.
1Aarrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
Successor to W. Brydone, I.C.
eSloan Block — Clintnn, Ont.
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CHIROPRACTOR
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west of Royal Bank)
i 'Hours—Wed, and Sat. and by
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•
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of Huron
''Correspondence promptly ' answered
"Ammediate arrangements can be made
.,for Sales bate at The News -Record,.
^Clinton, or by calling phone 203.
Charges Moderate and Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
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Fire Insurance Company
Bead Office, Seaforth, Ont..
Officers:
`President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- you do not come home. I will come
'forth; Vice -President, Thomas 5s'.. back to see you in a few hours if it
Director -Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- that I have had disturbing news
forth; James'Sholdice, Walton; Wil- which might make it necessary for
Bain ICnox, Londesboro• Chris: Leon -us to leave the house' in a hurry. I
lisardt, Dublin; James Connolly, God- might not. have time to'come down
.erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. here again before leaving:"
'Ii.. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex, McEw-
ting, Blyth; •Frank McGregor, Clinton. Marco stood with his hackagainst
List of Agents: W. J: Yeo, Clin- a "bit of wall and remained silent.
srton, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; There was stillness for a few min -
aloha E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. utes, anti then there was to be heard
'` 2o, 1; R. F. MdKercher, Dublin, R. It. the sound of footsteps marching
'No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
3t. G. Jar•muth, Bornholm, R. R. No, 1, away,
Any money to be paid may be paid When the last distant echo died all
-to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of was quite silent, and Marco drew a
Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin
',Cutts Grocery, Goderich.
'Parties desiring to effect insur-
sane or transact other business will
the 'promptly .attended to on applies:
'lois to any of the above officers 'ad-
,'diessed to their respective post WI -
sees; Losses inspected by the director
swho lives. nearest the scene.
He was not a restless boy, but, like
is father, could stand or sit or lie
insect pests and serve as a source of
infestation.
still. Now and then he could hear More butter and less eggs and
istant rumblings' of carts and vans cheese were consumed by Canadians
assing in the street. There was a per head of population in 1936 than
ertain degree of companionships in in 1935, the figures being (1935 with -
t' H felt more like himself i "A mind is either an engine with these also. He kept his place near in brackets) butter, 31.4 pounds
h h ] d d
1
Imes. e
he cat and his Band where he could (31.1); eggs, 21.7 dozen (22.4); and
toward the rear, and down the cont- "When my eyes are accustomed to broken and flying gear, or a giant
power under control," was -the thing occasionally touch her. He could lift cheese, 3.4 pounds (1-4 pound more
monplace flagged steps which led to the darkness' I shall see' if there is theyknew. his eyes now and then to the place in 1935), p'
the basement. Then be was marched l any little glimmer of light anywhere," ) per capita.
through •a narrow, ill -lighted, flagged he said next. He had walked in imagination ;like light showed itself.
° 1 where the ding glimmer of something
!passage, to a door in the wall The He waited with patience, and it through three of the'cabinet rooms J Pe It ps th still , pes'haps the
door was not locked end stood a tri- seemed for some time that he°saw no and was turning mentally into a ' darkness, perhaps the purring of the
i.'le ajar. His companion pushed 15. glimmer at all, He put out his bands feeeth, when he found himself start-! mother cat, probably all three, caused
farther open and showedon either side of him, and found that,' in
part of a g' again quite violently. This time his thoughts to begin to travel
wine -cellar which was so dark that l
it was only the shelves Dearest the
door that Marco could faintly see,
His captor pushed him in and shut
the door. It was as black a hole as
he had described. Marco stood still+
'in the midst of darkness like black
velvet. His guard turned the key.
"The peasants who game to your
father in Moscow spoke . Samavian
and were big men. Do you remem-
ber theta?" he, asked from outside;
"I know nothing," answered Marco,
"You are a young fool," the voice
replied. "And I believe you know.
even more than we thought. Your
father will be greatly troubled when
Ian, Seaforth; Secretary -Treasurer, is possible. I will tell you, however,
�. A. 'Reid, Seaford'.
ISN ' ATIONA1;:
• TIME TABLE
tlI'raine will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Godericb 11iv.
(Going East, depart 7.03 a.m.
Going East, depart 3.00 p.m,
(Goings West, depart 12.02 pen,.
• Going` West, depart 10.08 p.m.
• London. Huron & 'Bruce
(Going -North, ar, 11.34 Ive 12.02 p.m.
+Going'' South
long breath. Unbelievable as it may
appear, it was: in one sense almost a
breath. of relief. In the rush • of.
strange feeling which had swept over
him when he found himself :!acing the
astounding situation un stairs it had
not been easy to .realise what his
thotigltts really were; theme were so
many of them and they came so fast.
How could he quite believe the evi-
dence ;of his eyes and 01115? A few
minutes, only a :Sew • minutes, had
changed ' 'his prettily grateful and
lindiy acquaintance auto a subtle and
cunning creattmo whose love for Sas
mavia ' had been part of a plot; to
harm it and to harm Ills father,.
What did site and her companion
want 50 do—what could (hay do le
they knew the things they were tiry'r
3,08 pee, ing to .force film to Will
on the side of the wall against which it was not at a touch but at a sound. through his mind slowly and more
he stood, `there seemed to be no shel- Surely it was a sound. And it was in slowly. At last they ceased and he
ves. Perhaps the Cellar had been'us-j the cellar with him. But it was thefell asleep. The mother cat purred
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Markets Division
Robert M. Scott, B.A., B.Sc., As-
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Chief of the Agricultural Markets
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in the Markets Division of the Do-
minion Department of Agriculture,
which has been recently established
sand of which Dean A. M Shaw is
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made by the Civil Service Conunis-
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Mr. Scott, who was born on a farm
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1890, has had an extensive and var-
ied experience and association with
agrieultut'e and farmers. In recent
years, as Assistant Agricultural Edi-
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and every farming activity from the
national and international aspect.
Ice cream made in Canadian dairy
factories in 1936, estimated at 4,774,-
929 gallons, showed an increase of
429,014 gallons, or 9.9 per cent on
1935.
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