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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., SEPT. I Cr, 193`7.''
By
J
Frances Hodgson
INCf"
Burnett
SYNOPSIS
Marco Loristan was the kind of a
,boy people looked at the secondtirne
when they had looked at hini once.
.11e was a well-built. boy .of 12, intelli.-
;gent looking, and well-mannered: He
.and his father had travelled a great
,cleat and the boy was proficient in
seyeral languages, so that `he felt at
>home in whatever country he was
,staying. Marco knew that they. were
Samavians, that there was trouble
;and bloodshed in Samavia at present.
,His fatherhad told him the story of
^the Lost Prince, who might one day
return to Samavia and restore order
•and peace. At present the Loristan's
etre in London, England, and Marco
shad encountered several interesting
tpeople, among them, "The Rat," a
crippled boy who commands a group
sof willing. boys—the. boys listen at.
itentively as Marco speaks to them.
!Later Loristan and Marco have a
along 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 Same -
',via and end the civil wars and blood-
.dhed in the country'. At a meeting
-of the Squad, The Rat forms a sec-
•Bet 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 plan to aid
'the cause of the Lost Prince. Marco,.
-while on an errand, assists a young
'lady' in distress, who seems very in-
terested in
n-terestedin him. She seems destined
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to play a part in his lite.
Events which -fellow proye her to
be' an enemy agent, and by a clever
trick Marco is captured and closely
questioned, but reveals nothing of
what he knows. Later he escapes,,
and >shortly afterward he and The
Rat are sent out as agents of the
Cause to 'sarieas cities, where they
are to communicate with various per-.
sons.
By various methods of approach
they have passed alorig the pass
word, "'rhe Lamp is lighted," • ',and
have just contacted a young shoeniak-'
er ley pretending to need a pair of
shoes. They say' they cannot wait
until they are made, but must go on'
spreading the word,
The boys have practically complet-
ed their mission and have. crossed the
border into Samavia. They hear of
towns and villages destroyed in the'
bitter fight between the Maranovitch
and Iarovitch, who have fought so
fiercely that their resources have
been almost depleted. Food is scarce,'
and a hopeless attitude is evident
among the people with whom the boys
come in contact. It appears that the
waning countries must soon give up
the bitter struggle.
not excite suspicion by offering much.
1Ie was obliged to let it be imagined
that in' his flight from hisruined
home he had been able to snatch at
and secrete some poor hoard which
might save him from starvation, Of-
ten the women would not take what
he offered. Their journey was a
hard and hungry one. They mn'ust.
make it all. on foot and there was lit-
tle food to be found.. But each of
them knew how to live on scant fare.
They traveled mostly by night and
slept among the ferns and under-
growth through the day. They drank
from running brooks and bathed in
them. Moss and ferns made soft and
sweet-smelling beds,. and trees roofed
them. Sometimes they lay long and
talked while they rested. And at
length a day came when they knew
they were nearing then journey's end.
"It is nearly over now," Marco said,
after they had thrown themselves
down in the forest in the early hours
of one dewrpr morning. "He said 'Af-
ter Samavia, go back to London as
quickly as you can—as quickly as you
can.' He said it twice. As if—some-
thing were going to happen."
"Perhaps it will happen more sud-
denly
uddenly' than we think -the thinghe
meant," answered The Rat.
' I Suddenly he sat up on his elbow
NOW GO ON 'WITH THE STORY Iand leaned towards Marco.
Each day left them weaker and two are in Samavia! And we are
"We are in Samavia!" he said. "We
more desperate. Europe looked on near the end!"
with -st;lall interest in either party , Marco rose on his :elbow too. He
but with, growing desire that the dis- was very thin as a result of hard
order should end and cease to iter travel and scant feeding. His thin
fere with commerce. All this and ness made his eyes look immense and
mach more Marco and The Rat knew, black as pits. But they burned and
but, as they made their cautious way were beautiful with their own fire,
through byways of the maimed and "Yes," he said, breathing quickly.
tortured little country, they learned "And though we do not know what
other things. They learned that the the end will be, we have obeyed or-
stories told of its beauty and fertil- dere. The Prince was next to the last
ity were not romances. Its heaven-- one. _.There is only one more. The old
reaching mountains, its immense priest"
plains of rich verdure on which flocks "I have wanted to roe him more
and herds might have fed by 'thous- titan I have wanted to. see any of the
ands, its splendor of deep forest and others," The Rat said.
broad clear rushing rivers had a "So have I," Marco answered, "His
primeval majesty such as the first church is built en the side of this
!human creatures might have found on mountain. I wonder what he will say
!earth in the days of the • Garden of to us:'
!Eden. The two boys traveled through I Both had the same reason for want -
forest and woodland when it was pos ing to see him. In his youth he had
sible to leave the road. It was safe served in the monastery over the
11. N. RANCE
Notary Public, Conveyancer
'Financial. Real Estate and Fire In
eurance Agent. Representing 14 Fi
ensurance Companies.
Division Court Office. Clinton
for bread and water, as was their
habit, no one refused to share the
- 'little he had. It soon became plain
Fir
Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
Successor to W. Bryd�o te,
Sloan Block — Canteen, Ont
to thread a way among huge trees frontier the one which, till it was
and tall ferns and young saplings. It dstroyed in 0 revolt, had treasured
was t always easy but it was safe. -the five -hundred -year-old story of the
Sometimes they saw a charcoal -bur beautiful royal lad brought to be hid-
ner's hut or a shelter where a shep- den among the brotherhood by the
herd was hiding with the few sheep ancient shepherd. In the monastery
left to him. Each man they met wore the memory of the Lost Prince was
the same look of stony suffering in 'as the memory of a saint. It had been
his face; but, when the boys begged told that one of the early brothers.
who was a decorator and a painter,
had made a picture of him with a
faint halo shining about his head. The
young acolyte who had served there
must have heard wonderful legends.
But the monastery had been burned,
and the young acolyte had in later
years crossed the frontier and become
the priest of a few mountaineers
whose little church clung to the moun-
tain -side. He had worked hard and
faithfully and was worshipped by his
people. Only the secret Forgers of
the Sword knew that his most ardent
worshipers were those with whom he
prayed and to whom he gave bles-
sings in dark caverns under the
to them that they were thought to
be two young fugitives }whose homes
had probably been destroyed and who
• were wandering about with n o
thought tint that of finding safety
until the worst was over. That one
• of thein traveled on crutches added
to their apparent helplessness, and
,to
he could not speak the language
of the country made him more an ob-
ject of pity. The peasants did not
I know what language he spoke. Some-
times a foreigner carne to find work
in this small town or that. The poor
!lad might have come to the country earth, where arms piled themselves
with his father and mother and then 'and men with dark strong faces sat
have been caught in the whirlpool of together in the 'dim light and laid
war and tossed out on the world par- plans and wrought schemes.
entless. But no one asked questions.1 This Marco and The Rat did not
Even in their desolation they were a know as they talked of their desire
silent and noble people who were too to see him.
' courteous for curiosity.:
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CHIROPRACTOR
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west of Royal Bank)
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appointment.
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little field mouse running past dis-
covered that there were crumbs ly-
ing about and ate nil she could find
on the moss. After that she crept in-
to Marco's pocket and found some ex-
cellent ones and had quite a feast.
But she disturbed nobody and the
boys slept on.
It was a bird's evening song which
awakened them both. The bird alight-
ed on the branch of a tree near thein
and her trill was rippling- clear and
sweet. The evening' air had fresh-
ened and was fragrant with hillside
scents. When Marco first rolled ov-
er andopened his eyes, he thought
the most: delicious thing on earth was
to waken from sleep on a hillside at
evening and hear a bird singing. It
seemed to make exquisitely real to
him the fact that he_ was in Sanaa-
via—that
anaavia-that, the Lamp was lighted' and
his work was nearly done. The Rat
awakened when he did, and for a few
minutes both lay on their backs with-
out::speaking. At last Marco said,
"The stars are coming out. We can
begin to climb, Aide-de-camp."
Then they both got up and looked
at, each other.
The last met!! The Rat said. ,"To-
morrow we shall. be on our way back
to London—Number 7 Philibert Place.
After all the places we've been to
what. will it look like?"
"It will be like wakening out of a
dream," said Marco. "It's not beau-
tiful—Philibert Place. But he will
be there." And it was as if a light
lightea itself - in his face and shone
through the very darkness of it.
And The Rat's face lighted in •al-
most exactly the same way. And he
pulled, off his cap and -stood .bare-,
headed. "We've obeyed orders," he
said. "We've not forgotten one. No
one has noticed us, no one has
thought of us. We've blown through I
the countries as if we had been
grains of dust."
Marco's head was bared, too, and
his face was still shining. "Godbe
thanked!" he said. Let us begin to
climb."
They pushed their way through the
ferns and wandered in and out
through the trees until they found
the little path. The hill was thickly
clothed with forest and the little path
was sometimes dark and steep; but
they knew that, if they followed it,
they would at last come out to a
place where therewere scarcely any
trees at all, and on a crag they woul'l
"In the old clays they were.. simple
and stately and kind. All doors were
open to travelers. The master of the
poorest hut uttered a blessing and, a'
welcome when a stranger crossed his
threshold. It was the custoiu of .the
country," Marco said. "I read about
it in a book of my father's. About
most of the doors the welcome was
carved in the stone. It was this
I "He mar not choose to tell us -.any-
thing," said Marco. "When we have
given him the Sign, he may turn away
and say nothing as soiree of the oth-
ers did, He may have nothing to say
which we should hear. Silence may
be the order for him, too."
It would not be a long or danger-
ous climb to the little church on the
rock. They could sleep or rest all
day and begin it at twilight. So af-
ter they had talked of the old priest
'and had eaten their black bread, they
settled themselves to sleep under cov-
er
over of the thick tall ferns.
' It was a long and deep sleep which
nothing disturbed. So few human
beings ever climbed the hill, except
by the narrow rough' path leading to
the church, that the little wile crea-
tures had not learned to be afraid of
them. Once, during the afternoon,
a hare hopping along under the ferns
to make a visit stopped by Marco's
head, and, after looking at him a
few seconds with his lustrouseyes,
began to nibble the ends of his hair.
He only did it from c riosity and be-
cause he wondered if \it . might be a
new kind of grass, but he did not like
it and stopped nibbling almost at
once, after which he looked at it a-
gain, moving the soft sensitive end of
his nose rapidly for a second or so,.
and then hopped away to attend to
his own affairs. A very large and
handsome green stag -beetle crawled
from one end of The Rat's crutches
to the other, but, having done it. he
went away also. .Two or three times
a bird, searching for his dinner an -
der the ferns, was surprised to find
the twosleeping figures, but. as th's
!ay so nttietly, there seemed nothing
to be frightened about. A beautiful.
forth; James Sholdice, Walton; Wil- Rest within these Walls.'
liana Ifnox, Londesboro• Chris. Leon- "They are big ,and strong," said
lhardt, Dublin; James Connolly, God Tho Rat. "And they have good faces,
-erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W.
'11. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw- They carry themselves as if they had
ling, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton. been drilled—both men and women."
List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin- It was not through the blood-.
'ton, R. R. No. 3; ,James Watt, Blyth; drenched part of the unhappy land
.Jahn E. Pepper, Erucefield; R. R. their way, led them, but they saw
N• o. 1; R. F. Mcli etcher, Dublin, R. R. hunger and dread in the villages they
"No. 1; Chas. P. Hewitt, Kincardine;eft. G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 2. passed. Crops which should have fed
Any money to be paid may be paid the people had been taken from them
'to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of for the use of the army;' flocks and
Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin herds had been driven away, and fac-
+•'Chit's Grocery, Goderich. es were gaunt andgray.'Those who
Parties deefeiiag to effect instil,- '
-mice or transact other business will
ehe promptly attended to on applica-
lop to any of the above officers ad-
di'essed to their respective post otPi-
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•,who lives nearest the scene.
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TIME TABLE l
Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Bitffalb and Godericb Div. i
Going East, depart 7.03 a.m.
Going East, depart 3.00 p.m.
,,Going West, depart 11.45 p.m.
,Going West, depart 7.0.00 p.m.
London, Huron & Bruce
Going North, ar,' 1125 ave. 11:47 p.m.
,sciroing South ar. 2.50, leave 3.08 p.m.
had as yet only lost crops and herds
knew that homes and lives might be
torn from them at any moment. Only
old men and women and children were
left to wait for any fate which' the
chancesof: war might deal out to
them.
When they were given food from
some poor store, Marco would offer
a little money in return. He dare
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find the tiny church waiting for them.
The priest inight not be there. They
might have to wait for him, but he
would be sure to come back for
morning mass and for vespers, where-
soever he wandered between times.
There were many stars in the sky
when at last a turn of the path show-
ed them the church above them. It
was little and built of rough stone.
It looked as if the priest himself and
his scattered flock might have hr" -
ken and carried or rolled bits of the
hill to put it together. It had the
small, round, mosque -like summit the
Turks had brought into Europe in
centuries past. It was so tiny that
it would hold but a very small con-
gregation—and- close to it was a
shed -like house, which was of course
the priest's.
The two boys stopped on the path
to look at it.
"There is a candle burning in one
of the little` windows,' said Marco.
'Mere is a well near the door
and some one is beginning to draw
water," said The Rat, next. "It is
too dark to see wise it is. Listen!"
They listened and heard the bucket
descend on the chains, and splash in
the water. Then it was drawn up,
and it seemed some one drank long._
Then they saw a dim figure move
forward and stand still. Then they
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If it hadn't been for a foolhardy, reckless, criminal driver, this accident
would have been avoided; As it is, one victim was taken direct to an
undertaker's parlours and two to a hospital. The driver who caused it
is hopelessly crippled for the rest of his life.
YOU'LL BE IN TROUBLE 1F YOU DISREGARD THE LAWS
If you are a reckless driver travelling the Ontario highways, cutting in,
passing on curves and hills, endangering the lives of others, you will find
yourself in serious trouble. The appalling death toll must stop—and you
who are responsible for it will be put off the road! A thousand eyes
are watching you; so be. forewarned!
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and place; and when you reach your destination write to the.
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giving full details. We do not invite reports of minor
infringements of the traffic laws;' you are requested to
use sound judgment. We will deal adequately with offenders.
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