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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938
This was rather a .starbling state-
ment, and instantly she saw a quick,.
strange ?look ie his ey'e's,
"Bat you don't 'understand, Ron-
ald," she said, .placidly and without
taking away her eyes from hi,. "'Ev-
ery 'tithe I I'ook at him, I think of your
—and it's the 'difference that makes
me glad."
Halcyon clays indeed; and Glasgow
became a radiant golden city in this
autumn time; :and each meeting was
sweeter and dearer thein its predeces-
sor; and their twin lives seemed to be
floating along together on a river of
joy. With what a covetous care s'he
treasured up each fragment of verse
he 'brought 'h'er, and hid it away in a
little .thin leathern case she had her-
self anade, so that she could wear it
next her heart. He purchased for her
Tittle present's—such as he could af-
fford—ta show her that he was think-
ing of her on the days when they
could not meet; and when she took
these, and kissed them, it was .int: of
heir pecuniary value she was ?think-
ing.As for her, she had vast schemes
as to 'what she was going to stake for
'hint when she got :back to the High-
lands. ?Here, in ?Glasgow, nothing of
the kind was possible. Her sister's
eyes were too sharp; and her {nun
time 'deo much occupied, Tacked,
what b.dween the real lover, NOW was
greedy for every moment she could
spare for these secret interviews, anti
the pseudo 'lover, who kept the
Queen's Crescent 'househal.d in a eon-
stasat turmoil of engagements and en-
tertainments .and visits, Rose \leenie
found the hours sufficiently fall; and
the days of her stay in' Glasgow stere
going by rapidly.
"Burt Scripture saith, an ending to
all Inc'thing.: Hurst be;" and the end-
ing, in this case, was work of the wi-
dow Menzies. Kate felt herself at 'once
aggrieved and perplexed by Ronald's
continued absence; 'but she was eves;
more astonished when, on sending to
make in'q'uiries, she found he had left
his lodgings and gone elscitchere, leav-
ing no address. She saw a purpose in
this; she leaped to the •conclusion that
a woman had .something to do with is;
and in her jealous anger and mortifi-
cation she determined on leaving no
stone 'unturned to discover his where-
abouts. But' her two cronies Laidlaw
and old 'Jaap (the skipper was away
at sea again) seemed quite powerless
to aid her. They knew that Ronald oc-
casionally used to an over ito Pollok-
shaws; but further than that, nothing:
He never carte to the Harmony .Chub
now, and not one of his former c0111-
panions knew anything about hien.
Old Mr. ljaap hoped that no harm had
come to tire lad, whom he liked; but
Jimmy Laidlaw was nane so :sorry ov-
er this disappearance: he might him-
self have a better chance with the wi-
dow, now that (Kate's handsome cous-
in was out of the way.
Tt was Kate herself who made the
discovery, and that in the simplest
manner passible. She and Mother 'Pat-
terson had been away 'somewhere
,outside the ;town 'for a drive, and they
were returning by the Great Western
Road, one evening toward dusk, when
all at'onoe the widow caught sight of
(Ronald, at some distance off, and just
as isa was in the act of saying :good -
by to a woman -an a young girl ap-
parently. 'Kate pulled asp the cob so
suddenly :that she nearly pitched her
companion into the street.
"What is it, (Katie, dear?"
'She did not answer; she i'et the cob
move 'forward a yard or two, so as to
get the dog -cart close in by the pave -
meat; and then she waited—watching
with an eager scrutiny this 'figure that
was now coming along. .Meen:i'e ,did
not notice her; 'prdbably 'the giel was
too 'bausy with her own thoughts; 'bu't
these could not have 'been sad ones,
for the 'bright young face, with its
tender color'rather .heightened by the
si'tarpness of the evening air, seemed.
happy en'ou'gh,
'Plying high, he is," was Kate
Menzies' .invrard commend, as s'h'e
marked the smart coatume and the
well -'bred air and .carriage of this
sr
young 'lady.
,Aad then, the Moment site had
passed, Kate rsetid, quickly:
"Here, auntie, :take the reins, and
wait here.,Never in.ind how long. tHe'11
no .stir; if you're 'feared, 'hill a laddie
stand by his head."
°But what Is't, Katie, dear?"
She slid not answer; got down tram
the trap; and then at first quickly,
and afterward more caitioatsly, she
proceeded to follow the ;girl 'whom
she had. seen ,pasting from Ronald.
Nor had s'hc far to go, as it turned
out, \9'ernie left the main thorough-
fare at Melro's•e Street, Kate 'Menzies
kept 'fairly close up to her now; and
almost directly after was standing 'at
the door of 'her sister's :house in
Quern's Crescent, Waiting for ,the
ringing of the 'be'll to be ansnaered. Ifs
needed no profound detective skill on
the part of Mrs. Menzies to ascertain
the number of the house, so soon as
the girl had :gone inside; and thereaf-
ter she hurried back to the dog -cart,
and got up, and continued her driving,
-Well, that bangs '13snagherl" she
said, with a land lau';h, Fla she'smart-
ly touched the cob with ;the whip,
"The ,Great Western Road, of a'
places in the worts]! 'The !Great 'West-
ern Road—and he goes of by the
New City ;Road—there's a place ;for
twa lavers to !fo'rega.ther'1
''We'll meet beside .the 'du'sk glen, on
yen (burn side,
Where the bushes flee a •cosy den.
on yon 'burn side.'
But 'the- (Great Western Roads biers
us a', and' (he Laddie used to write
poetry!"'
'Suit 'whalt is it, 'Katie?„
'Why, its ,Roaiald and his .lases, wo-
man::,didma ye ''pee then? IOh, day, !Ise s
carried' his good looks tb a'braw mar-
ket—set her 'up 'wi; her velvet hat and?
her seal -'skin coat; 'and' living in
Queen's Crescent forlbye.. Ay, ay, die's
ta'en pigs to aarea,/ marketa,"'
"It's no possi'b'le, (Katie, clear!" ea-
claimed- Mother
s-claismeri•Mother !Paterson, who affect
ed to be v'e'ry . much s'hocked.. "Your
cousin '.Ronald 'wi' a sweetheart '?-amd
him so much indebted' to you---"'
"The twa casrary-birds'] ;she con-
tinued, 'w'ith .mirth that soundednot
quite weal. But never a 'loss alt part-
fn'g, •wi' a' they folk about. (Ani that's
why ye've 'been 'hiding yourself (away,
my lad? But 1 jalau'se that ;that,braw
young ;eddy 'n' `yours woarki laugh the
other side o'fher month if 'her friends
'to 'i d 'aut let pray ks."
And indeed that '?yews the thought
that chiefly. occupied ;her mind during
the rest of the •drive home, Arrived
there she called for th'e • Ro'st-ddi[ce
Directory, and found that .the .name
of the people Jiving in that 'hawse In
Queen's Crescent was IG'emntill, Siw
asked beer cr'oni'es, when they turned
up in the ,evening, Who this IGennnill
was; but neither of them knew, Ac-
cordingly, 'being left to her own re-
sources—and •uait'hattlt ,letting even
Mather ]Paterson know--'s'he took a
sheet ,o;f paper and wrote as follows;
"Sir—Who is the young laity in
'your .house who 'keep's alppninti en'ts
with Ranald• Strang,- ffonrnerly of l u-
ver-i,iatdal? :Keep a better ireckoult.
Yours, A Friend."
And this 's'he inclosed in an envelope,
and 'directed it to Mr. !Gemini] of
Ch -and -SU nil a anunher, Q'ueen's
Crescent, and 'herself took it to the
:post, it was a mere 'random shot, for
she :had nothing to go spoil but her
oven :su'dd'en :suspicious; but she .was
angry and hot-headed; and in nn ease,
she considered, would this do any
harm.
She succeeded ;far (better than she
rcau'id have 'expected. Mr. IG'emnwll
1iaadrdt the 'anonymous nate to 'tiles
wife 'with -a brief laugh of'derision,
But 'Agath'a '(who knew more about
Ronald Strang than he, looked start-
led. She 'would not say anything. She
Would not a'dmi't to her h'u'sband th'a't
this was anyt'hin'g but an ?dile )piece of
nsati'ce. Nev'er'theless, ',When 'Isir,• Gem -
mill left for the city, she ,began to con-
sider ;';hart she should da. _
1.leaottierately, as it happened 'that
morning, ,1l:eenie Jj'ust played into. :her
Sister's hands..
"A'g'gde, 'dear, lI am ,yo!'i'a along to
Sau'chieltadl Street ,for some more df'
tliat''crisnson \vool:,eta 1 (bring your
anything?"
"No, thank you," she said; and then
insltaantly it occm:red to ,her that she
would go out and 'fo'llow her sister,;
just to see ;Whether 'there might be
any 'ground for this anonymous 'warn-
ing, It 'certainly was a. s'tranige .thing
that any one should know that afeenlc
and :Ronald S'tranlg were •even ac -
ovulated.
And at 'firs't-as she 'kepi a shrewd
Reye :an the girl, whom ;she 'allow'ed to
',recede her by some cl'is'tttitce—all
seemed to go we1.:Mcenie looked nei-
ther to the Tight nor to .the 'lcsft;sus she
walked, w'i'th some 'gwic nes's, •a'lon'g
St. (George's'Road' toward Snuchichall
',Street. W'iien, she reached the wool
shop and entered, Mrs. IGs ui ill's
conscience ;smote 'her—'why should she
have been so quick to :hadbor suspi-
cut's of her own ,sislter But she
'w'ou'ld still.watch ,her on the 'home-
ward way, !jest to make sure.
When-Meenie came oat again 'from
the shtdp, she looked at 'her :watch; and
it was otear :that she was now quick-
ening her pace as she ,set Eolith. Why
this harry? arks. `lGemsniil'1 waked her-
se'tt—<the gill was not so 'busy at
home, 'But the solution of the mystery
was 'soon• .apparent. Meenie arrived at
the corner .of ;Hill Street, ,gave one
gstiok 'glance op the quiet • little thor-
oughfare; the next moment Mrs.
'Genunill recognized 'well enemail--for
s'h t had seen hien once or twice in the
Highland's — who ;this 'web!-lbitidt,
sltran'g'ht-lian'bed young 'fellow was
who was now .coming ,drown the steep
little street at such a swinging pace.
And •Meen'ie went forward to meet
him,, ,with her .face np'turned to 'ilia;
and she ,put her 'hand on his ares
quite as if that were her !familiar .cus-
tan?; and aiw'aythese two went -slow-
ly, 'it 'is trade, for 'the ascent was steep
.—and .clearly they were 'heeding ndt
anything and not 'ait,y'body around.
IAlga'tlia 'tu'rned, 'away and went
home; she had seen enough. To : say
that 'she ova's ,deep'1y shocked 'maid
hardily •be ibnue, !Ear 'there are' very !few
young 'w'omen ;who have not, at ;some
time or olther in their lives, 'nnade all
inn Cent 'little arranlgemen't by whi'oh
they might enjoy an unobserved lit
terview wlith'the,dbljoot of their ,choice,
and id there :are any sti'ah eslbremely.
?proper y'ou'ng. !persona, 'A'gaith'a lain
-
mill knew that she bad. not ibeen in the
category herself. But she' was resolved
upon being both indignant and antlgry.
It was her 'duty. 'There was 'this !gird
wailfully !throwing away all 'the
alliances of her life. A ga'tnekeeperl—
'(heat her ;sister s'hou'ld ibe her nnarryln;g
a gamekeelper just 'at the ,time ,that
Mr, !Geminull expected to have his
name announced as a partner ,in the
great 'firm! INUay, she made no 'doubt
that 'ivfeenie had' come to 'Glasgow for
-the very 'purpose :of seeking 'h'im',out.
And ,w'hat was bcs 'become Of young
Prank nLas:tier? Indeed, thy the time
fvleenie' re'tu'rned home, her sister had
su'ccee'ded 'in nursing asp a consisle•-
a!b'le'votuune :off wrath, 'for she 'consid-
ered :sae was doing well to lie angry,
13ut wile?) the 'battle -royal di•d 'begin,
it was at 'first all on one side. ,Meeinie
did not seek to deny anything. She
agate ;calmly ;admitted that she meant
to marry Ronald;, of ever !their cir-
'cumstanres sh•ouild be ad favorable,
Slie even' iconlfessed,that sae had conte
to tGdasgow in the hope of seeing 'him.
Head she no•shaine in ma'kin•g ;such an
avowal ?--no, she said, she 'had :none;
none at a19, ?And , what— had she :meant
by encouraging lfr. Lauder had
not encouraged "hint in any way, she
answered: she would rather 'have had
?tone of his attentions.
Rut it 'was when the elder sister 'be-
gan to speak antgri'ly and contemiptu-
otvsly cif Ronald that the younger xis-
ter's eyes 'flashed lire and' her lips
grew pale.
"°A 'gentleman?" she retorted "1
might starry a 'gentleman? 11 tell yon
'(here is ,no such 'gentleman—la man-
ner, in disposition, in education -1: say
there is no such gentleman as he is
comes la 'this house!
"Dearie met" .said .Agatha, sarcas-
tically, bit was rather 'frightened by
this tinwontcsd' vehemence. "To think
COSTLY
EXTRAS
For 62 years doctors have been coming daily to this
Hospital to donate their time without charge. During
the past year over three score of them donated 40,000
hours of work to the task of giving sick and injured
children the very best chance for the recovery of health
and happiness.
Crippled? Deformed? Hurt in an accident? Suf-
fering from Disease? Just "yes" to any of .these ques-
tions has always opened the doors of this institution to
children in need of hospital care.
No distinction has ever been made in respect to race,
creed or circumstances.
The Provincial and Municipal Governments each
contribute a fixed amount per day for those who cannot
pay. But these grants do not contemplate the cost of
medicines, operating rooms, oxygen, X-rays, plaster casts,
anaesthetics, special diets and extra nursing—and they
do not provide for the cost of many, many other neces-
sary items.
Each year we depend on public subscriptions to
cover these extra costs. Won't you help this very
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Please send your gift direct to 67 College Street,
Toronto. We employ no canvassers.
IMPORTANT
This Hospital does NOT
share in the hinds collect-
, ed by the To" Federa-
tion for Community Service
because: -patients are ad-
mitted from ell parts of
the Province.
THE HOSPITAL
FOR
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67
COLLEGE STREET • TORONTO
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical
DR. E. A. McM'ASTEIR—Graduate
of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers-
sty of Toronto, and of the New York
Post 'Graduate S'ohool and Hospital.
Member of the College of Physicians
and 'Surgeons of 'Ontario. Office ort •
High street. Phone 27. Office fully
equipped for x-ray diagnosis and for,
ultra 's'hort wave electric treatment,,.
Ara, violet sun lamp .treatment and•:
infra ,red' electric treatment. Nurse in,
attendance.
DR.:GI'LB'EERT C. JA'R'ROTT
Graduate of 'Fatuity ' of Medicine, Un-
iversity of Western Ontario. Member
of College of Physicians ran'd'Surgeona
orf Ontario. 'Office 43 Goderich Street
west. Phone 317. Hours 2-4.30 lam;„
7.30-9 pan. Other ;hours by appoint-
ment. Successor to Dr. Chea. Mackay.
DR. H. •HUGH 'ROSS, Physician:
and Surgeon Late ,of London Hos-
pital, London, England. Special at-
tention to diseases of the eye, ear,.
nose and throat. Office and residence
behind Dominion Bank, Office Phone.
No. 5; 'Residence Phone 104,
.DlL F, J. BURROWS,.Seaforth:.
Office and residence, •Goderich street,.
east of the 'United Church, Coroner
for the County of 'Huron. Telephone
No. 415.
DR. F. J. R, •FORRSTER— Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate in
Medicine, University of Toronto 1897.
Late• Assistant' New York Ophthal-
mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's•
Eye,atad, Golden Square throat •hospi-
tals, Le�:el n, At Commercial 'Hotel,
Seaforth, third Wednesday in each
mon(h•from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m,
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Physician - Surgeon
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(Successors to James Watson)
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OF'FICERS
President—Alex. Broadfoot,, Seaforth;
Vice -President, ' ' Tiioinas Moylan;
Secretary-''I'reastuer, M. A. Reid,
Seaforth,
AGENTS
F.' McKercher, R.R.1, Dublin; John
E, Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefield; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Broahagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Holmesville.
DIRECTORS
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3;
James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox,
Londesboro; George Leonhardt,
Bornholm No. 1; Frank 'VleiGregor,
Clinton No, 5; James Connolly, 'Gad-
erich;; Alex 'McEtving, Blyth No. 1;
Themes Moylan, Seaforth No. 51
Wm. R. Archibald, Seaforth No. 4,
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or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers
addressed ro their respectivepost-
offices.
that a lgannekeeper--"
'tide is not a ;gamekeeper! He ,will
never be a gannekeeper again;. Bit if
lie were, e what should I care? It was
as a gamekeeper that I learned to
k'to•w harm,. Ilt 'was as a 'gamekeeper-,
that I' ;gave aim .my dove. Dta yo'ti
think 7 care what ,occupation 'he !fol-
lows, •when I 'know what the is self ?"
'9fioity-toi'ty 1 :Here's roniaaice in the
nineteenth centuryand !froom you,
M:eenie, that were always such a sens-
ible girl! ?.But I ,1'have nothing to do
with it. Back yona, ;pack the the High-
lands, and at once; :that's ,what 'I .'have
got to say."
"•1 air quite willing to go back, the
girl sai'd,,,!proudly.
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