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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-09-02, Page 2g If A'GE2 SHE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD "THE LOST _ By Frances Hodgson Burnett 99 SYNOPSIS Marco Loristep was the kind o£�a ',boy people looked at the second time 'when they had looked, at him once. He was a well-built boy of 12, intelli- ,gent looking', and well-mannered: He :and his father had travelled a. great .•deal and the boy was proficient in ,seyera'1 languages, so that he felt at c''elonie in whatever . country he was •ataying.'. Marco knew that they were Santavians, that there was trouble :and bloodshed in Sarnavia at present. dills father had told him the story of the Lost Prince, who might one day ;cetunt to Samavia and restore order and peace. At present the Loristan's care, in London, England, and Marco ,tad encountered several interesting !people, among them, "The Rat," a .crippled boy who commands a group •of, willing boys -the boys listen at. ' dent/ye/3T as Marco speaks to them. Later Loristan and Marco have a /long talk about Samavia, and the Lost Prince, who -had disappeared five 'hundred years ago. A secret society, with members in many European -countries, were preparing to put his descendant on the throne of Sarna - .via and end the civil wars and blood- shed 'in the country. At a meeting of the Squad, The Rat forms a sec- -vet society for Samavia among them- selves. 'The Rat's father dies, and Loristan 'invites the lad to live with him and Marco. The two boys planto aid the . cause of the Lost Prince. Marco, while on an errand, assists a young lady in distress, who seems very in- eferested in him. She seems destined The Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OS+' SUBSCRIPTION 11,50 ner year in advance, to Cana- dian addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or ether foreign countries. 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The day, was a brilliant one, and, though their attic had only one win- dow; the sun shone in" through it as they ate their breakfast. After it, they leaned on the window?s ledge and talked about the Prince's garden. They talked: abort it :because it was a place open to the public and they had walked round it onore than .office. The palace, which was not a large one, stood in the midst of it. The word, "The Lamp is lighted," and Prince was good-natured enough to have just contacted a young shoemak- allow quiet and well-behaved people er by pretending' - to need a pair of to saunter through: Tt was not a shoes. , They say they cannot wait fashionable promenade brit a pleas- until they are made, but must go on ant'retreat for people who sometimes spreading the word, took their work or books and sat on the seats placed here and there among g the shrubs and flowers. "When we were ' there the first time, I noticed two things," Marco "He's one of those chaps with the said. !`There is a stone balcony which trick of saying witty things as if he juts out from the side of the palace didn't see the fun in them himself," I which looks on the Fountain Garden. The, Rat summed up,.. "Chaps like That day there were chain's on it as that are always cleverer than the if the Prince and his visitors sonte- ether kind." I times sat thane. Near it, there was He's too high in: favor and too a very large evergreen shrub and I rich not to be followed about," they! saw that there was a hollow place,in- heard a man in a shop say one day, side it. If some one wantedto stay "but he gets tired of it. Sometimes,: in the gardens all night to watch the when he's too bored to stand it any windows when they were Iighted and longer, he gives it out that die's see if any one caliie vitt alone upon gotie into' the mountains somewhere, the balcony, he could hide himself in and all the time he's shut up alone the hollow place and stay there until with his'pictures in his own palace."' the morning." - That very night The Rat came in - Is 'there room- for two inside the to their attic looking pale and disap- shrub?" The Rat asked. pointed. He had been out to buy soine food after a long and arduous day in whih they had covered much ground, had seen . their man three times, and each time under circum- stances which made him more inac- cessible than ever. They had come back to their poor quarters both tit- ed about the gardens two quiet in - ed and ravenously hungry. conspicuous, 'rather poorly dressed The Rat threw his purchase on to boys. They looked at the' palace, the the table : and himself into a chair. shrubs, and the flower -beds, as stran- "Ire's gone to Budapest," he said, gers usually did, and they sat on the "Now how shall we find him?" seats and talked as people were ac- Marco was rather pale also, and for customed to seeing boys tall: togeth a moment be looked paler. The day er. It was a sunny day and ercep- bad been a hard one, and in their tionally warm, and there were more haste to reach places at a long die- saunterers and sitters than usual, stance from each other they had for- which was perhaps the reason why gotten their need of food. Ithe pottier at the entrance gates gave :They sat silent for a few moments! such slight notice to the pair that he because there seemed to be nothing: did not observe that, though two boys to say. "We are too tired and hen -came in, only 'one went out. He did gry to be able to think well," Marco not, in fact, remember, when he saw said at last. "Let us eat our supper . The Rat swing by on his crutches at and then go to sleep. "'Until we've closing -time, that he had entered in company with a dark-haired lad who walked without any aid. It happened that, when The Rat passed out, the they had finished and undressed forlportier at the entrance was much in- thenight:they said very little. °rested in the aspect of the sky, which, "Where do our thoughts go when', was curiously threatening, There had the are asleep," The Rat inquired been heavy clouds hanging about all casually after he was stretched out day and now and then blotting out: in the darkness. "They must go the sunshine entirely, but the sun had somewhere. ' Let's send them to find refused to retire altogether. Just now, however, the clouds had piled themselves in thunderous, purplish mountains, and the stn had been forced to set behind them. "It's been a sort of battle since niorning,'c the portier said. "There will be some crashes and cataracts to -night" That was what The Rat had thought when they had sat in the Fountain Garden on a seat which gave then a good view of the balcony and .the big evergreen shrub, which they knew had the hollow in the mid- dle, though its eh'cuinference was so imposing. • "If there should be a big Storm, the evergreen will' not save you much, though it may keep off the worst," The Rat said. "I wish there was room foi two." He would have wished there was. room for two if he had seen Marco marching to the stake. As the gar- dens emptied, the boys rose end walked tonnd once' more, as if on their way out By the time they had sauntered toward the big evergreen, nobody was in the Fountain Garden, and the last loiterers were moving toward the arched stone entrance to the streets. When they drew near one side of the evergreen, the two were together When The Rat swung out on the other side of it, he was alone! No one noticed that anything had hap- pened; no one looked back. So The' Rat swung clown the walks and mane' the flower -beds and passed in- to the street. And the •p,ortie• look- ed at the sky and made his remark about the "crashes" and "cataracts." As the darkness canoe :on,. the hot, low in the shrub seemed 'a very safe place, It was not in the least likely that any one would enter the closed ' gardens; and if by rare chance some servant passed through, he would not be in search' of people • who wished Ito watch, all night in the middle of an evergreen instead of going to bed and to sleep. The hollow was well inclosed with greenery, and there was room to sit down when one •was tired of standing. Marco stood for a long time be - IIE mcratit 6 5 linTTVAL Fire Ins'ur<ance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea - forth; Vice -President, Thomas Moy- ian, Seaforth; Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors — Alex, Broadfopt Sea - forth; James Sholdice, Walton; Wil- liam Knox, Londesboro; Chris. Leon- :hardt, Dublin; Janes Connolly, God- •erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw- +!ing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton. List of Agents: W. J. Yeo,fClin- ton, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, 13Iyth; .Jahn E. Pepper, Biucefield I5. R. No. 1; It. F. MclCercher, Dublin. R. 1t. 'No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; ail,. G. Jar.•muth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. Any money to be paid may be, paid ''to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of 'Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin tOtitt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur -tone or transact -other business will be promptly attended to on applica- ion to- any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective pest offi- ces. I+sses inspected bythe director who lives nearest the scene. ANAWAR NATIONAL' t *WAYS, • NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY TIME TAB1iE' Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich lMv. €feting East; depart 7.0$ : a.m. Going East, depart 8:00 p.m. 'Going West, depart : 11.45 p.m. Going West, depart • 10.00 p.m. • London, Huron & Bruce "Going North, ar. 11.25,1ve..11.47 p.m. `No. I must go alone," said Marco. CHAPTER XXV A Voice in the Night Late that afternoon there wander had a rest, we mustn't 'let go.'" Their meal was simple but they ate well and without words. Even when out what to do next" "It's not as still as it was on the Gaisberg. You can bear the city roaring," said Mateo drowsily from his dark corner. "We must make a ledge—for ourselves." Sleep made; it for then — deep, restful, healthy sleep. 1f they had been more resentful of their ill luck and lost labor, it would have come less easily and have been less natur- al, In their talks of strange things they had learned that one great sec- ret of strength and unflagging cour- age is to know how to "let go"—to 'cease thinking over an anxiety until the right moment comes. 'It was their habit to "let go"- ;for hours sometimes, atter wander about looking at places and things—gallaries, haus sums, palaces, giving themselves up. with boyish pleasure and eagerness to all they saw, Marco was too inti- mate with ffthe things worth seeing, and The ;Hat too curious and fever- ishly wide-awake to allow of their missing mech. The Rat's image of the world had grown until it seemed to know no boundaries which could hold its wealth of wonders. He want- ed to go on and one and see thein all. When Marco- opened his eyes in the morning, he found The Rat lying 'looking at him. Then they both sat up itibed at the same time. tI believe we are both 'thinking the same thing," Marco said. They frequently discovered that they were thinking the same things. "So do I," answered The Rat. "It shows how tired we were that we didn't think of it last night." "Yes, we are thinking the same thing," said Marco, "We have both remembered what we heard about this shutting himself up alone with his pictures and making people, believe he had gone away." "He's in his palace now," The Rat announced. "Do you feel sure of that, •too?". asked Marco. "Did you wake up and feel sure of it the first thing?" "Yes," answered'. The Rat. "As sure as if I'd heard'- him s',ay it him- self." "So did I," said Marco. "That's what our thoughts brought back to us," said The Rat, "when we 'let go' and sent them off last night." He sat up hugging his knees and look - icing South ,ar. 2.50, leave 3.08 pan, ing straight before him for some time cause, ,by doing so„ he. could! see• plainly the wirndows opening on. the. balcony if he gently pushed. aside- some flexible young boughs.•' He. had managed to discover in his fitst nisil1 to the gardens that the :windows -ov- erlooking the Fountain Garden were those which belonged to the Prince'b own suite of rooms, 'Thosewhich: op- ened ,ori to the bal'eony lighted lits' favorite apartnxent,:' which contained his best -loved books andpicttirestand' in which he 'spent most of his seclud' ed leisure hours. Marco watched these windows anx- iously. If the Prince had not gone to Budapeet,—if he were really only in retreat, and hiding from lois gay world among his .kreasi*'es, be would be living in his favorite rooms and lights would show- themselves. And if there were • lights, he; might pass before a window because, since he was inclosed in his garden, he need not fear being seen. The twi- light deepened into darknees'and; be- taus of the heavy clouds, it was very dense. Faint gleams showed them- selves in the lower part of the pal ante, but none was lighted in the; windows Marco watched. He waited so long that it became evident that none was to be righted at all. At last he loosed his hold on the young boughs and, after standing a few moments - in thought, sat down upon the earth in the midst of his embow- ered tent. The Prince was not in his retreat; he was probably not in Vi- enna, and the rumor of his journey to Budapest had no doubt been true. So much time lost through making a mistake—but it was best to have made the venture. Not to have made it would have been to lose a chance. The entrance was closed for the night and there was no getting out of the gardens until they were op- ened for the next day. He must stay in his hiding -place until the time when people began to conte and bring their books and knitting and sit on th'e seats. Then he could stroll out without attracting attention. But he had. the night before him to spend as best he could. That would not matter at all. He could tack his cap PAPE TOBACCO FOR, eek:: MILD,COOL`SMOKE under his head and go to sleep on the ground. He could command him- self to waken once every half-hour and look for the lights. He would not go to sleep until it was long past midnight — so long past that there would not be one chance -in a hun- died that anyibing; could happen. Rut the clouds w°hich'shade the night so dark were giving, forth, loan riamb- lmg growls. At intervals a threat- ening gleam of light- shot across then. and a sudden: swish of,' wind I ushecd through the trees in the gar- dens, This happoned several times,, and then Marcobegan to heal' the patter of raindrops. They; were hate vy and big drops, but few at first, and• then there was a new.' and m'or.e powerful rush of wind, I. jagged dart of light in the sky, and a. trenien- dbus; crash: , After that the clouds tore themselves open and poured forth 'their contents in flootiei Af- ter the protracted struggle of the day it all seemed to happen at once, as if -a, horde of huge liens -lied' at one moment been,let loose: flame after flame of lightning, roar and' crash and sharp:reports of tlinnder; shrieks of Hurricane wind, torrents of rain, as if soine tidal -wave of the skies had gathered and rushed. and burst up:oar the earth: It was such a: storm as people remember for a life=• time and which in few lifetimes is seen at all. Marco stood still in. .the midst of the rage and flooding, blinding. roar of it. After the first ,few minutes he knew he.could do nothing-to%shield. himself, Down the garden paths he heard cataracts 'rushing. He.i heldi his cap pressed againstlhis eyes be - cense he seemed,to stand in -the. midst of darting, lames. The.crash- es, cannon reports and thunderings, and the jagged streams of .lighttcante. so close to one.another that.heseem- ed deafened as well as blinded., He wondered if he should ever .be: able - to hear human voices again when it was' over. That he was drenched to the skin and 'that the watereppured from his clothes as if he were him- self a cataract was so small ao detail that he was scarcely aware of it. He stood still, bracing his body, and waited. If he bad been a Sdmavian soldier in the trenches and such a storm had broken -upon him anal' his comrades, they could' only have braced themselves and waited. This was what he found himself 'thinking when the tumult and downpour were at their worst. There were men who had waited in the midst of a rain of bullets. It was not long after this thought had come to hitit -that there occurred the first temporary lull in the storm. :'fff UR q, SEPT. 2, I981, E M' a�`T pFgA ;o Cx"F{d�rbvef�V'GR.. - • Its fury perhaps reached its height on the:. ^wait aver b + ,the :toot steps ori and: broke at that moment. Aiyellow'more than one person coining•. toward, where lie. stood, but not -as'' if; afraid. 0" of being heard; merely as if they were at liberty to come- in. by what- entrance they chose. 'Marco; remain - before breaking forth again. Marco, ed very 'stiff. A:. sudden hope gave: took, his, can from his eyes and drew John a shock' of joy if the'nian with a: long breath, He drew two long I, the tired fate chose to hidehimself breaths. Its was as he began draw-.: from his acquae iifiinces,, he. might ing a: allied and realizing the strange chbests' Id gm its and' out by a pri- feeling; of the almost stillness about vate .entrance: The footsteps drew: hien that, Ina heard a new kind of near, crushing' the wet gravel;. pas - Sound at the side of the garden near-ised by, and seemed to pause some-- esthis hiding -place. , It sotimded like whbsee near" the 0aleotey;, and; then; the creak. of a door opening some.. flame lit up,'the sky- agaih' and the, • where: 'inn !die, wall behind 'the -laurelthunder burst' forth once more., hedge. Some one was coming into I But this was its last great peal. the garden by a private entranee; He The storm" was at an end. Onlyfaiht.- puelied aside the ' young bough's tet"•and `faintex:xnmtblings and mutter - and' tried' to; see, but the darkness legs and paler and' gaper darts fol.- was too dense. Yet he could ;hear, lowed, Even they were soon' over, 5f the thunder would not break a- and' the cataraclh' in the paths• Iiadl gain. There was the sound of'feetl (continued on page 7) flame, lead torn its jagged way,. ero'ss the heavens, and, an earth -rend' ing; ecash had thundered itself into rumblings which actually died array I From all Stationsan:eastern Canada GOING DAILY — SEPT. IS— OCT... 2 inclusive Return Limit: 45' days TICKETS GOOD IN • COACHES at fares approximately le per mile, • ToxasuST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1;Waper mile, • saisnDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately, lkic per mile. COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL T.98a • BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers atPort Arthur, Armstrong, Chicago and west. Tickets. Sleeping Car reservations. and as information from any agar!, ASK MR HANDBILL •••••111101M111•11•••••11111MeIPENV wt p b t�tlrill. ^ice KLA DRI "ER? How would you like to be one of the victims in this horrible smash ? 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