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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-03-14, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD The Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION" $1.50 per year in advance, to Cana- dian addresses, $2.00 to the U.S, or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unlessat the option of the publi h- er. Thedate to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the label. ADVERTISING RATES -• Tran- sient advertising 1 c per count line for first insertion. 8c for each sub- sequent insertion. Heading counts. 2 lines. Small advertisements pot to exceedone inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted once for 35o,, ' each subsequent 'insevtion 15c, Rates for displayadvertising made known en application, Communibations intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R. "CLARK, Proprietor. Editor.; H. T. 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TF IRD INSTALMENT. • .SYN'OPSIS: On the old side-wheel- er "George: E. •Starr;' on its way to the Yukc t froid fields in the first rush of '97, Speed Malone, experi- enced gold camp follower and gamb- ler, and young' Ed. Maitland, on his first trip, trying to recoup his lost family fortune, struck ttp a. strahge friendship.' Maitland left: Speed playing Solo with two other men and Wandered forward, to be sharply re- called by the retort cf a nistol and the news tar„ his. Farther hfld been shot and had gone overboard. Ed jumped in after hire without second thought. But the cold waters got him,' and in the end it was Speed who did the rescuing, holding Ed's head above water- until they were taken aboard a little boat by a French fisherman from Seattle. The big ship went on without them. 1 * NOW GO. ON WITH TRE 'STORY Trencher raised his eyes,, folded his arms, unfolded them and burst into es geyser of language which, if • the. activity of his arms signified'" any- thing, was far from pious. When the torrent subsided, Speed grinned. Ile drew from hie pocket five double -eagles, and dropped them on the table. "There's a hundred dr'lai•N belonein' and' my pard- nes. Now what floes I no and do but gantbllo this yer hundred"—he stack- ed the five geld piece; in a neat col-' umn--"that you're •takin' us north to the camp of Skagway, Alaska," But the fisherman began another c:ut b'n'-;t in his native tongue. With' no sign of .impatience., the gambler pulled out a shcrt-barreled. triggereess .45 Colt, broke it open, clicked it back and set it on • the tab'e. "I don't envy your lingo, Frenchy, h^. said equably. "but this baby com- prehends ever' knowed .dialer' and speaks it fluent, I plays her to cop- per my bet" The Frenchman's • eves glazed. Lunging sideways -ho reached for the knife that was stuck in the ,cabin wall.. But before his fingers touch- ed the haft, the gun roared anti the knife Clattered to the floor. In n 'meting haze of smoke the fisherman backed to the companion, while Speed carefully examined the bore of his i evo'ver u; st the light and New so'we rnrolce from it. "Mctdiy yeti can translate that," lee suggested. ""Reclmn the salt water and,' era !-d her accent none." Thee.) te the struaple n,t r i.ei:'niserge Frenchv made a lalioree refusal. "Teo far," he mumbled. '"I lose ee fish.° Speed began to rake in the scatter- ed coin:, leaving. out three fives. "All ight." he laid .nleasautly,"Here !rff- tecn, if you land us near a man with a,boat who ain't weak in the head and ewes both, W' 'il take some other fisherman to the Yukon. To the gold- en r dyer' ---Anel he htttnined a sang whl,-h that phrase recalled to bins. "Gold?" crhoerl Fnenehy. "Sticky with it." The gambler de- tached a darnp cigarette paper, and be-as'i•^ engrossed in the delicate task rf rrilirg ' smoke, "'nee gain' there? "Cele' there! ► Speed had a look t hovi—r 1•^en asked' no outlandish enestion, "Does the eta live, pan - ser' an cvnce of sense to the ton. whed work mit e life term for r 'take you could dig up in a week? Not .c• -se y'u, .if gots 'knowed the lay- .erets Take- tide ranee of your'n-- a tough ane to rifle, I should reckon, with the storms and fog, broken line- raw fingers and ''loaded banes. An when you cash in, what's the figure? F'r•enehy's ridded carcass bobbin' up and down the dirty waiver of -soma "ova ;and the Susette a -mashed tub'- fel of mud and seaweed on a stack of reeks." F'•-n^hy entitled •sails. SIecd; who had been watching. Frenchy with a speculative eye,, gave all the money before him a Budde: brusque shove to the center of the table. "It's youth!" he said. With an impulsive grab, the fish- erman clawed it toward him., • • The gambler lit his .cigarette and spoke to Mairfland through a lazy vat pour of smoke. "Unwind the'verdie', Judge. Is it legal?" Maitland had been considering the proposition as it took shape. The chart an the ,labii was sketchy, •but he had sailed broken, coasts before with less to go by. Re liked the feel of the. boat, Anything seemed • tetter than turning back. The fishetanaa' was being well paid. " " ' I can't pay my s ,h. axe, he, be;•an. "Sink me Bud," .protested the Wee - terrier, "if you ain't es us ,.,n' -`ed so a parson's mule. The money war n�y ocur rtake; and half of it's youirn. •Also, you're the deep-sea shark. tBoate is a branch pf knoweedee I'm free or, and I don't" figure Feenehy for no ocean sestet. So we'll„ owe you foe gettin' 'us 'there." The boy pulled on his clothes and went out to look at the Susette; She• proved to be a strong,' deep -keeled boat with the remain's of a cutter's rigging, and a look of having known better things before Feenehy tdrnee her into a tsmack. • ilt' Having to overstay several wa'rlt- es, Maitland was glad when he found. the open sea -at Dixon's Entrance. and was able to shove the tiller into Frencliy's unvvi'ling hands and go be- low. He ate a mune-eon Saeed bad com- piled from the "tailin's" of the prey ions meal, and tumbled into ."-le bun`: for a steep.: Awakened horses lateh the thud of heavy seas; he had- just -caught a drowsy glimpse of his dory - mato playing solitaire with Frencby's cards under the swinging cabin lamp, When a sudden iueeh,sont chair ani r-iovrr sprawling. • "Pitchin' eayuses!" the gambjer muirbled ruefully. "Am I goin' to tido this critter 4•efore we hit Skag way ?'d Mention of Skagway reminded Maitland of a' question he had wond- ered about. "Why de you choose that camp instead cf Dyea?'' the netted. The other rearranged his eagle with some care, "They's ire colt foe a covered play botweon ycu and me., Bud, 11t don't suit my hand to meat the George E. 'Stave or her passen- gers till they have time to forget when they seed me last. There's no wires to bane in the North, and g .- 'in' passed up fee dreteecd is a good alibi," The': re -t'' host had o e i -"s tee to with the Law before bearding the Trip Maitland already suspected, He •raw seav that the ye:urea- of :the emcee , lilri lay in 1 is ewe hones little as the fact ameeercd -ti him he r ppr": iatetl the ether's confident^ at h•^ wrorld nor betray it. ".I was evenderieg," he said, "whether the White Pass from Skagway is- a bet- ter trail." "It's it horse trail W'here•there's ,horses the pay is tetter. My special rcafen'for choosin' it-" the Western- ^r's face hardened ntttt'e "in that a «an I'r, leekin' for is . liable to emcee that route What's your else iri makin' for Dyea'i" "1 thought :1 n oht gee n ]mash :re ieb of some kind till I earned an am - fit." "You can do better. If veu tied In with a horse outfit en the White Pass they might pay For help and throw in the grub." ''But teens," Maitland objected The gambler's Month twisted hun.- nreusly, as he studied aeserti. "If you mean ricks and ehovcl;e. P,ud. the les - 'try of perspectin' learns 00 they's mighty lithe s'hsfaation in ,^ shovel, end none at all in n pick. You car - pick thein up anywhere ori' the, lanC- se:me." From the chart in the cabin Mait- land discovered that they were north of the fifty-fifth latitude and actually in Alaska,, thr,ua'h the man did not snarl: the lower erundary oQ thet lone stili of Coastal islands called the "Panhandle." Te onelt one of these ehanneis Mtaitiand turned a coni :e west of Zerembo Island into a long sal gorge winch proved to be easily navigable. nut slew for sailing. When fish had followed fish - as an unversed menu for days, the idea of fish became by ir•^n;t'ces snore sinister than hanger, even. to Frenehy..• Before his fingers touched the haft, the gun roared and the knife clatter - el to the floe. The cliffshadows had melted into the glamourr and mist of, a wider channel c, when theyheard the faint whine of a steamer's siren passing southward by another cout•se. 1; sounded queerly, in that solitude, a, far echo of the world' with which they bad lost contact. •Spoed wound inhis line. "How'd you come to choose this route, Bud-?" he asked. "It isn't a course the steamers t am rs would tutee," Maitland answered ea- ter e pause: 1 i'h:u..:ht, .it,' iJ ' Cnorge,, 7 we',1 G pass 1t0 ill i:l+e nar- row,. going back, someone nr^'ib get the idea you weren't drowned." The reflection of a wave to which they were 'rising illuminated the other's -face but, his • eyesobscured. !Three a lottg• way to gofor-a stran- ger," he said. Maitland shook his head. The word "stranger" hardly applies to a man: with whom one has hese drowned and brought alive again. "I was thinlcing as •we eame up the gulf;" he said, rather hesitantly, -."of how we started this trip together. It's 'a fresh start for both of us, in e way; Why couldn't we see it through ae partners?" The gambler twisted the line in hie hands. "It says a whole lot to ince Brad. I've' always wanted ' to -.Rupee your for that lost outfit,• rind I could 'steer you tsome in the gold '".''-•ns. But se for-pru'daers -. you. don't know who I eons" "Velvet about the outfit. And +e. - other trouble, too, It's.' a new deal, isn't it?" "tercet -tin'?" "If -you'll agree to t•ospe^t fhe Testy while we're partners, your word's geed with' ore." The flaw in his proposition appear. ed to Maitland during the silence that feiicwed. While Spied might have left his record, behind him, he bad conte north with a, purpose he wasr'4 likely to forget. The Western- er's vette however, took an unex- ec^`ed form. "Suppose I coppei'ed against a !reed lay v sayin' I'cl pull out and lean- ecu clear if I had to tangle with the Law. W.oulg that 'o?" 7Xe locked up with a misty ques- tion in his eyes, and two brown Mende .locked on the bargain. • *t k * From the outer waters of the Lynn C•arai, .a great mui;ne corridor cen- t:or`.l toeimed their destination. Vast walls cf rock loomed on either side to heights cf a theu,sand feet or mons, sheer out of the sea, Casting a i^alf-mile shadow into the gulf. On Iedges' of these canyon faces, spruce ( end jackpines perched like window shrubs. Above them, in the upper airy snob -crowned peaks glistened with ,a molten splendor, and in the d•cep bending shadows at their base, gigantic boulders lay sprawling in the seaweed that wavered ' anti streamed ' with the around smolt • W'hen the• Snsette travereed the shadow of thele ramparts, late : one efterncon in Anguet, sunlight was falling in shafts into the fjord, pearl - ng the mists that hung like webbs between the canyon heads, anti daze- ling the. smoky fall of -mountain 7trcams avhith cascaded into 'the gloom and rose again as rainbowod spray. , At a bend in the narrowing sea ^.rge a sudden echo enong the shore. 'seeks set the travelers' ears tingling, and shortly afterwards they emerged en a dazcling vista of bright water in which a cargo steamer lie at an - char, same two hundred yards feces shore. The landing beach shone gold can tlac sunlight, shelving steeply down Item graveled flats, . where a river eanyan oeened its. broad delta on the gulf, Grey .tents, scattered along the elate, anti the snowy crest of a bald reale, vvhioh glittered •high above the; '-:rayon, marked it as the outlet of the skagway ;river and the base camp. o the white's pass. eleanclin' horses," said- Speed. The heads oil .the . swimming .animals tic+bbed at several points between the ship and the surf. As they drew nearer', a gttady pin- te, ;flashed into the air and took wet:: br in a• smother of diamonds. The broncho swam off—not toward shore, however,/ ib�rt .in blind , panic dcwn the.,gulf. "Mighthay' us e feed if we,round up this eayuse,„ Speed, suggested. ";See of you can turn him, Bed.”, Cutting across the runaway's ecuroe Maitland skilfully matched' h.e frightened zigzags -with which it sated to, evade the approaching sail, till they 'Iseult' see its •ogee blue eye, teaming, with terror, As the beat canoe close, 'a rope sang from - the Westerner's hand neatly ringing the Pinto's head. To, avoid dragging its eras under water, Seed played out' his gine, The •Susette luffed but was e little heavy for such delicate hand- ling. and a few lichee late inbring- ing to. Rather than release the line,: "hoed jumped in after ie. • (Continued Next Week) s _ The number of hogs graded in Can- ada for the first eight weeks .of 1935 was 473,011. During the correspond- ing eight -weeks of 1934 the number was 517,324. CLINTONCOLLEGIATE AFFAIRS Interestingly Written Up By A Student C. C. I. has ,been evidently settling' down to work for the past week be- cause social and athletic events have Leen' very few. The Literary Meeting which was announced for Friday. was post- poned until 'Puesclay; because sever; al 1 of those taking part in Second Form's play are ill. We are wondering how Jack West is progressing with his 'First Form paper? Difficult as it may seem to tans •it soon becomes routine -work for the hard-working Fifth formers, who are usually delegated to the task. Although the hockey season, to judge by the .weather, is over, the enthusiastic C,C.I. team are still hop- ing for more Tames. They have play- ed well all season, without losing a game. and now head their group over .Goderich and Seaforth, The new shield, for Senior Girl's Chainpian has arrived at the school, and it certainly is a beauty. There will undoubtedly be a seuggletopes- sees it next year, for it is worth striving for, Interest in basket -hall seems to have waned +his year, Tor there have been no games between either girls or boys. except a few int•:n•form games: C.C.I. is generally foremost in this field and we are still hoping for 'sone results. * Perhaps weare a little early in the season, brut we are wonderong about the schocl garden? Third -formers stitl look back with groans on the haus; ;pent there, followed by cal- lou'seci, palms and aching backs, and hope that they are through' with it forever; Still, it might be good exer- cise for Lower School on113* Spring has come to the C.C.I. A robin sat in one of the maple trees last Thursday, and sang, but this was not the real sign.. When we noticed all the .girls discarding hats and gal- oahes, letting coats swing open, or donning short -coats, we realized that Spring is on her way at last, YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD (Copyright) I have been reading_ a book, which gripped my interest, yet which was net a. very pleasant book -' ""The Great Adam." The man—whose first name was Adam—had been a farmer in Idaho. In his prosperity he 'be- came a hanker -had his own bank with a 'capital of $100:000 and a sur - phis of $100;000 Ile was ruthless and quite deliberately set ant to aee quire all the good -farms in his coo- tounity. One of these farms: 600. acres or morn—was quite the finest farm, from every point of view, in the State so the story said. Through a hit of trickery Adair lost this eaten to a rival banker, and with this lass, he began to lose right and left, and it was not long before lie was tankrupt. His creditors allow- ed hien to live in a shack on one of the r^ort'r fame which he had as gaited. In the end he hanged him. self. Allam had a wife and son. The wife was a drudge, and Adam bear :150 and trenied her like a clog. His 'c, v;na absolutely worthless an nut and -tint getter. Re seduced wo- men, et•ole his fathers money, gamb- led and was a drunkard. Yet the father had a soft spot in his heart for his son; and csntioned his sins. ailele Tho great. Adam broke the fast of the Ten Cnrnmandments "Thou shalt have tie other gods before Inc." He made money his gad, and he had, ne other god. He worshipped wealth.1 He was nsquisitive. He had no bow- els of mercy. II•e was cruel in all hie deali'ng's. Ile allowed his son to do as he lilted., The son grew up with- out eharactcr guidance. He con- sorted with the evil-minded and the evil -doing. He lead not a particle of anibition. He was a liar, dissolute and weak-willed. This book, "The Great Adam," made inn think of another book "The House with the Green Shutters," published a good many years ago. It told of a Scotsman who• had a son who turned out to be both a drunkard and a murderer. The father, like the Great Adam was the supreme man in his community; and had the finest hoose and the most prosperous best- ness. A competitor undermined his business, Like the Idaho banker, this Scot made,money and power his weds. Fe was a breaker of the first of the Ten Commandments. • e, E I supreme that all of us know teen like Adam and the Scot—men who make riches their god, and who crush all others who stand blstween +.ho,,,. and' .the getting of large;' wealth. They are hien with hundrede. c£ haters of them, and with not a single friend in the. world•. The oh.- er they grow, the harder they grow. • And whether cr not •their end is is tragic one. it is e sot•r•owless ane, claim that a lite which has been lived to .its end Iu the practice oe acquis- itiven.ess, without mercy in it, with- out any benevoienae in it, has been e misspent life, and therefore a great failure. Whet does it profit a mels to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? The world is full of men whose stne promo passion is the getting ,of riches. They want, when they ala dead, • to leave a lat•of money. Pee - haps they hope that in the hereafter they will be able to react in the news= gapers the figures of their own foe -- tune! It is for these figures—to be made public after theyare dead!-- that ead!—that hundreds of thousands of mei\ lose their souls! For the sake of a big-fignee estate, . these men starve their families, deny them the most precious. things of life, and develop in them,bit`ter hatreds, which are likely to manifest themselves in very ugly whys when the fortune of the THURS., MARCH 14, 1935 dead man has to Are divided - and dissipated. ' You would think that a sane man with moneymaking powers would wish to pass out of this present life rich in the love and admiration and gratitude of those nearest and dear est to him, and •of those others whom his life and benevolence had helped to "live their dives more fully and richly. You would think that a sane man' would perceive that there ,are better things to give his children than some thousands of dollars at his death, You would think that a sane ratan would wish to see his chil- dren's character, habits, inctinatfons and employments of the right sort— from' childhood. ortfrom°childhood• onward, and that he would devote"h good deal of his time, and thought to make them willing to obey the second of the Ten 'Command- ments. It is vanity of the silliest kind which drakes tens of thousands of nen •seekers after a fortune. They want the adulation of their fellow men not their admiration, er af- fection, or their praise, belt just their adulation and envy. And nose o:C all, they want the world to see the figures of their fortune after they— the builder's of the fortune -- are dead! One man's ambition is to have an estate of $50,000. eAnothes man's ambition is to have an estate of $100,000. Another% to have an es- tate of $1,000,000. The amusing thing about it is that the roan who is able to leave behind him a million dollars despises the man able to leave only $100,000; and the ratan able to leave behind him an estate of 3100,000 de- spises the pian Mile to leave only 350,000. Another amusing thing les these, whose wonder and envy are de- sired—after deaths --are usually held in contempt by the fortune -maker in his life. ell. en 0 One would thine that the fortune - maker would wish to indulge his van- ity while he is alive—that at age 70 or earlier he wound .publish an an- vertisement announcing to all in the communtiy that he had acquired e fortune of $50,000--$100.000—$1,- OOO.P00, so that he could enioy -the »nbliq'k wonder and envy while he is alive. Pitt no! the roan lets himself die before his fortune's figures are tirade public. One wanders if he imagines that in his grave he will have consciousness of what is going on in the world which he left. 4a. d31 I do not know what sermons the author of "The Great Adam" wants his book to prcash. Not for a moment do 3 suppose that he meant his book to direct attention to the first of the Ten Coanmandments. Yet as I see this story of a man whose life anti influence blessed none and destroyed many res teaching is that first things should be put first; and surely the first thing among all things is to rank one's gods, and' to choose to worship and bonny that god who bids one love his neighbor, and righteousness and mercy, and to rear his children so that they Will call Minblessed both, in his life and in his death. WHY DIDN'T TREY ASK AGNES? Rt. Hon, ,R,: B. Bennett, Prime Minister said in the House of Com- mons recently:— The other day one of the foremost English dodoes sand .the kind of clothes women are now -weeding, as eonpared with •these worn twenty - ave. or thirty years 'agoghas' greatly lengthened thein lives. Mr. Mackenzie King. What is the difference? 'Me, Bennett: There is a clifferenee in weight, and matters of that sort, I will leave it to someone else to ex- plain xplain that, ibut the doctor was paint- ing out the results, DOINGS Til THE SCOdTL' WORLD Confidence that th e' lead of Lord .Strathcona as - a staunch supporter of the BoY Scour movement would be followed enthus- iastically by far-seeing Can'ad'ians today was expressed by Rt. Iion.'Lord Baden-Powell:, Chief Scout of the World, in his message to Canadian Scouts on this, his 79th birthday. His message, sent front New Zealand, was in reply to felicitations extended -by Fi. W. Beatty, I(,C., president of the Boy Scouts in Canada, to Load and, Lady Baden-Powell, this being Lady Baden-P'oweil's birthday also. Lord B .den-P'ewell cabled: Canada . could not have devised more accept- able greeting on joint birthday ewe Guide and m,ysellf than announcement of d'etertniation to expand 'Scout movement. Recent experiences Eur- ope, Alsi:a, Australia, show Scout Guide training definitely assisting education by developing individual character and health, national use- fulness and international friendships. Therefore proposed expansion as "en- couraged ay His Eeecellency' Lord B'essboroagh certtain to benefit Can- ada's further •advancement. 1Since' movement welcomes all creeds and classes alike to member- ship, has approval of churches, be- sides educationists. RoIy Father per- sonally expressed me his approval. So all promises well for successful extension. Success of training, however, de- pends' on Scoutmasters being im- heed with right principles, methods, and especially the spirit of Scouting. Facilities for their training therefore essential. Unfortineately this costs 0100077. Though we have to ask for help our appeal is not an emotional one but offers ••a direct and •practical op- portunity for helping Canada. Be it remembered' that in its em- bryo stage .the movement owed much cf ies start to hard-headed, far-seeing Canadian', Lard Strathcona, who ear- ly recognized its - possibilities. Ana confident ,the lead he then gave wv111 not be ciisr•egarded by equally far- seeing patriots today who have the future wellbeing of Canada at heart. Mir. 'Beatty"s cabled greetings were: On behalf all members Boy Scouts Association Canada wish yon and Chief Guide many happy returns your birthdays, Plans well under way to improve and expand membership r'ts welcome to you as per Bessborough challenge, Public responding splen- didly, A% ars Malayan Scouts at the Australian Jamboree presented Baden-Powell with a blow -pipe and a' buffalo horn. Danish Scouts Again Wear Uniforms The King of Denmark bas announc- ed that Scouts of that country niav again wear their uniform. A blanket law directed against uniformed poli- tical societies for a time prevented the wearing of uniforms by all •civil Danish organizations. a{, sib +:b Dominion's Star Athlete Was a Scoutmaster Harold Webat•er, adjudged by the Amateur Athletic 'Union of Canada to have been the Dominion's ontstaaci- ing athlete in 1984, was foi'mor15' Scoutmaster* of a Guelph, Ont., Scout troop. Iris outstanding feat was the winning of the British Empire Gaines Marathon in England. *.** Far East Bays Smart Scouts Says "A remarltabiy good 'standard as re- gards esnartness of uniform and e- quipment, discipline, efficiency and enthusiasm," was the Lord Redden- Powell's tersest after reviewing some 5,200 Malayan, Chinese, Sikh, Tam- il, Japanese and Eurasian Boy Scouts at Singapore and the Straits. Settle- - trents. • CAN. NAT. REVENUES GOING UP OPERATING EXPENSES GOING UP, TOO Increases of $547,709 in operating revenues and of $482,396 in operating expenses during the. month of Jan- uary 1935 as compared with January ,af last pear are shown in the monthly report of operating revenues anis expenses for the all-inclusive .system issued by the Canadian Nation- al .Railways, ation-al.Railways, In January this year operating revenues, totalled $12,110,- 286 and operating expenses 812,853,- 939, •leaving a net revenue deficit of 8718,853, as agamet ,,t net revenue deficit in January. 1934 of :$803,966, a betterment of $65,813. The summary for the month fol- laws Operating Revenues, 1935, $12,- 110,286; 1984, '311,562,577; increase, $547,709. 'Operating Expenses, .312.853.939; 1934, $12,371,548; increase, 3482,396, r;• Net Revenge, deficit, 1985, 3743,658 Desi; 1934, $808,906 Inc., Increase, $65,313. REWARD Pat determined to pies his favorite saloon on his way home. As he ape preached it he became sgmewhat. shaky, but plucking ug courage, he passed it. Then, after a•oing about 50 yards, he turned, -saying to him- self: "Well done, P'tt, me boy; tCorne back and I'll treat ye:"