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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-02-10, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS -ta THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1938 aammemarialgaglamagglgagwallualk '"Oh, wall they think that?" she .said, quickly. 'Well, I'll -111 go now,I Ronald; but ,please make my hair smooth ,behiud—and is my collar right?" And yet it was not such a very dreadful interview, tarter all; for the two old chimes made a mighty fuss over this pretty young :creature; and vied with eaeh 'other in ,petting her, and oheering her, and counselling her; and When the great event was spoken of in which they 'also were to play a Part, they affected to talk in a lower tone of voice, as if it were something mysterious and tragic, and demand- ing the greatest caution and circum- spection. As for the young minister, he sat rather apart, and allowed ids large, soft eyes to dwell upon Meenie, with something of wistfulness in his look. He could do so with impunity, in truth, for the ,old ladies entirely monopolized her. They patted her on the shoulder, to give her coinage; they spoke as if they themselves had gone through the wedding ceremony a hundred times. Was she sure •she would rather have no other witnesses? Would she stand up at the head of the room now, and they would show her all the would have to do? And they stroked her hand; and ;purred about her; and were mysteriously elated ov- er their share in this. romantic busi- oess; insomuch that they ,altogether forgot 'Ronald, who wag left to talk politics with the absern-eyed young parson. Between this interview and the formal wedding a whole week had to elapse: and during that time Agatha Gonna saw tit to deal in quite a ferent way with her sister. She was trying reason now, and persuasion, and entreaty; and that, at 'least, was more agreeable to Meenie than being driven into a position of angry antag- onism, Moreover, Meenie did not seek to revolt her self-will and independ- ence too ,openly. Her meetings with Ronald ,were few; and she made no ostentatious parade of them. She was civil to Mr. Frank Lander when he came to the house. Indeed, Mr. Gen, - mill, Who arrogated to 'himself the success of this Milder method of treat- ing the girl, who bold enough to de- clare that everything was going on. well; Meenie had as much common- sense as inost folk; she was not likely to throw herself away; and ,when once the tad setae old Mr. Lauder's spaci- ous mansion, and picture -galleries, and what no, and observed the style in width the 'family lived, he made no doubt but that ,they would soon ,have to welcome Frank 'Lauder as a ,b,roth- er-tin4aw. Trembling, ,flushed at tines, .and pale at others, and dinging nervously to Ronald's arm, Weenie made her way op this cold stone •staircase in Garnet Hill, and 'breathless and agita- ted !the stood on the landing, while he rung the 'bell. "Oh, Ronald, T hope I am doing right," she man:roved. "We will let the future be the judge of that, my good girl," he said, with modest confidence. 'The old dames .almost smothered her with their 'attentions an,d kind- ness; and they had a bouquet for her .—all in white, as :became a bride; and they had prepared other little knic,k- knacks for her adornment, so that they had to carry her off to their own room '1 or the ,clonning ,df these. And when they brought her tba:ok—rose- red she was, and timid, and trembling —eaoh of them had one of her hands, as if she was to be their gift to give away; end very important and mys- terious were they about the shutting of the doors, and the con,ducting of the conners,anion in ,whispers. Then the ,minister came forward, and show- ed thein with a little gesture of 'his han,d where they should stand before ihitn. The ceremonial af a Scotch wed- dintg is of the simplest; but. the. ad; dress to the young people thus enteg ing lare together inlay be 'just anything yoo plea:se. An,cl in troth there was a good ,cleait more of ptietry than of the- ology in these mellifluent sentences of • Not that he cared," she said,. rath- er proudly and ,contempthously, °Ise hushed evening that the doctor waS trying to soothe her into 'quietude. "No, 'no. ;Ronald ;care wbat a eon- ceited school -boy said about him? Nal' II should think not, Perhaps he ,never knew-gindeed, I think he never knew. He never knew that all our friends in. 'Chicago were tasked to look on and see him lec- tured and patronized end examined. Oh, so clever the newspaper writer ,was—with 'his airs of criticism and patronage! But the coward that he was—the ,coward—to strike in the dark—to sit in his little den and ,strike in the tiarkl Why, ,didn't gads Hoysen drag him out? Why ,didn't he make him sign his name, that we rsould tell who this was with his braggart airs? The coward! . Why. IRonald woold have ,felted tint! Nol no! He would' not have looked the way the poor pretentious fool Teals goinglie would have lau.gted. Doctor, do you know who he was? lDsd you ever meet him? 'Tut" who, Miss 'Carry?" he said., as he patted her hot hand, . She loolked at 'him wonderingly. "Why, don't you know? Did you never hear? The miserable creature that was allowed to speak ill ,of our Ronald, Ah, do von thiok 'I have for- gotten? Does flack Huysen think have .forgotten? No, 1 wfli not forget —you can tell him T will not forget— the Rev, Mr. Mannering's, as he ,spoke of the 'Obligations incurred by two young folk separating themselves from all others and resolved upon go- ing through the world's jays and sor- rows always side by side; and the old dames were much affected.; and when he went on to ,quote the verses, ''And on her Iloverte, arm she leant, And round 'ller waist she felt it fold And .far across the hills they went In that itew world 'which is the old,' have lost my head altogether—" g "And much good you'd have done if yott had Ilunatted fig"' the doctor sie,'I'and left, the two Women to manage the shoat! How Shank'we have got 'pinked up, then?" ' "But about that jibbing, now—was it my fault?" it was anine," the doctor said, curtly. "I ,shouldn't have given utp the tilier. Fact is, the girls were jest matd about that !Dancing in the Barn'; and q was fool enough to yieldto them. 1' tell you, Tack, it isn't half as easy as it looks steering a boat that's running fair ibefore the wind; I don't blame you at alt;. I dare say there was a nasty puff that caught you When you weren't looking; anyhow, it's a bless- ing no one 'was hit by the boom— that was what q feared for !Miss Hbd- son when I found her insensible -1 was afraid .ste had been hit about the head—" "Ansi you don't think it was aim- ing carelessness?" the other said, quickly, "'Mind, I 'was steering straight for the pier, as you said." "Oh, well," said the young doctor, evasively, "if you ha,d noticed io time, you know—or when I called to you —but perhaps it was too late then. It's no use 'going back on that now; what we have to do now is to fight this fever as well as we can." "1 would take it over from her if I could," jock tHuysen said, "and will- ingly enough." It was not until early the next morning that Mr. Hodson arrived. He looked dreadfully pale and, harassed and 'fatigued; fos the fact was he \Va.'s not in Chicago when they telegraph- ed for tims some business affairs had called him away to the South; and the news of his slaughter's illness ,follow- ed him from place to place until it Found him in a remote 'corner of Louisiana, whence he had travelled night and day without giving himself an 'hour's rest. !And now he would not stay 10 dip his hands and face in cold water after his long and anxious jour- ney; he merely asked a few hurried questions of the doctor; and then, stealthily and on tiptoe, and determin- ed to show no sign of alarm or Per- turbation, he went into .Carryis room, She had been very :delirious during the night—talking wildly and frantic- ally in spite of all their effortsto soothe her; 'but oow she lay exhaust- ed, with the flushed face anti bluish lips earl eager, restless eyes so strangely unlike the ,Carry of other days. She recognized him at once— he t not as a nen -comer ; she appeared tothink he had been there all the time. "Have Yoll seen him, PalVar the said. in that eager way. "Did yon 5210 iiiiii Whaa you were otor "Who, darling?" he said, as he sat down beside her and took her wasted hand in his. "W h y, Ro nal d to be su rel 01 some- thing dreadful was about to happen tsl they never thought cyf asking whethei the lines were ,grate apposite: thes were gibbing unaffectedly .and pro falsely; mod Meenie's eyes were nettle wet too. And then, when it was al over, they caught her to their arms a. if she had been their own; and. -votolt lead her to the sofa, 'and overolieln her with ttll ikinds of little attention.. and 'caresses. Cake and wine, too—o. course sire must have some 'cake ant • wine! 'Should 1, tRonald?" she said, look ing op, atoll her eyes all wet anr shining and laughing: it 'was her firs appeal to the authority of lug hos band, "As you like—as you like, surely.' But when they eame to him, 'to gently refused. Not on stoiir wedding -day!" old holies exclaimed- 'and then he raised the glass to his lip:: and they did not notice that he had not touched it schen he put it 'hit 11 again. A lid so t li ese t were merrier now whatever the future might havt in store for them; tool in a 'brief spac of 11115' 54 soon. indeed, as she cook tear herself away from these 'kilo friends, she had dispossessed hersel of .her little bits of 'bridal finery; ant had bade a long and liagering good -lit to 'Ronald; and vNII, stealing back t, her sister's house. CT-PA)F'PER X LW. It was •11ith feelings not to be en vied that gads Huysen stalked up am down the veranda in front of this For George fund, or haunted the loog echoing corridors, 'eager questiot ally who had access to ihe siek-roem All the mischief seemed to be of hi, doing; and the help and romotel ant direction in this time of distress seem ed to be afforded by his friend Tilley It was he—that is, Huysen--whose carelessness had led to the boating ea tastrophe; it was the young (Tomo who had plunged inns the lake ant saved Carry's life. Not only that, las it was, on his shoulders that there now seemed to rest the ;burden or saving her a second time; Inc she had gone from had to worse; the fever had in creased rapidly; and while Dr. 'rilley 'was here, there, and everywhere in his quiet lint persistent activity, taking el aborate precautions about the temper attire ,11 the room, int:gaging the In trained nurses 0'110111 he had tele- graphed for from New York, and pa- cifying the mental nagaries of the pa - gem as best he might, what could Jack Huysen do 'but wander about like an uneasy spirit, accosing himself of having wrought an this evil, and des- Oerately conscious that he could he ni ITO use whatever in mitigating its re- sults? She was not always delirioos. Pot the most part she lay moaning slight- ly, breathing with the greatest ,diffi- culty, and ,complaining of that con- stant pain in her chest; ,while her high pulse and temperature told how the fever was rather ,gaining :upon her than abating. B,ut then again, at times her ,face would grow 'flushed, and she wound talk in panting whispers. in an eager kind of way, and as if she had' some secret to tell. ;And always the same ,delusion occupied li er mind— that this was Loch 'Never; that they had 'got into trouble 'somehow, ben cause 1Ronald was not in the boat; that they had sent for Ronald, but he was gone away somewhere;' and so forth. tAndsometintes she uttered bit- ter reproaches; Ronald had been ills treated 1by some .one; nay, she herself had !been to blame; and who was td Make up to hint for what 'he had suf- fered at her hands? I will not forget—I will not forget— She was growing more and more vehement; arid to pacify her he had to assure her that he himself ,would see this matter put straight; and that it was all Agit t, and that • ample amends ‘vouldbe made. Of course he paid ITO great attention to these .delirious wauderings; bot that .same evening, when he had gone into the smoking -room to report to Jack Huysen how things were going, this complaint .of Miss Carry's hap- pened to recur tat his mind. "Look here, jack, what's this that she's always talking ,about—seems to worry her a good deal --some news - Paper article—and you're mixed up in it, too—somethiog you appear to have said or done about that fellow her father took such a fancy for—I mean, when they were in .Scotland—" "Oh, I know," said the editor, and he blushed to the very roots of his long, flowieg hair, "I know. But it's an old story. it's all forgotten now." "Well, it is not," the swing 'doctor said, "and that's the fact. She worries about it continuatly. 'Very strange. now, how inn mind just happened to take that bent. I don't remember that we Avery talking. 11111011 about the S'entch highlands. Bra they must have been in her head when she fell ill; and now it's nothing else. Well, what is it atom the newspaper article, anyway?" "Why, nothinie to make a fuss about," jack illusgen said, but rather uneasily. "q thought it was all forgot- ten. She said as much. Wonder you don't remember the article—suppose tam missed it -shut it was about this same Highland .fellow, and some verses of his—it was young Regan wrote it ---'con fonu d him, G'd have kicked him into Lake Michigan be- fore I'd let him write it line in the pap- er, if J d nave known there was goiog to ise this trotible about it. And 1 don't think now there was much to find fault wit11-1 may glanced over it be- fore sending it to her, and it seemed favorable enough—of course there was a little of the de haul en has knOW how yomor fel- lows like to writegbut it was favor- able-svery favorable, .1 shoUld say; however she chose to nvork tip a pret- ty high old row on the strength of it when she came home, and I had my work cut out for me lyefore I could pacify her. 'Why, ,you don't say she's at that again? Women are such curl - 011S creatures; they hold on to things ao; 1 wonder, now, why it is she takes such an interest in that fellow after all thi: time?" "Jost as likely as not the merest coincidence—some trifle that got hold of her trate when she ,first tbecame delirious," the yontig 'doctor said. ''"T suppose the 'boating and the lake and all that tbrought thaok recollections of the Highlands; and she •seems to have been 'faseinated by the life over ,there —the wildness of it •ceught lier Mug - ;nation. 1 soppose. She must have been in considerable .clanger once or twice, If Shoat!' guess; or perhaps she is mixing that lip ,with the mishap of the other ,day. Welt I "know 1 wish her father were here, We can't ,do more than what is being .clone; still, I wish he were here. fff he can get through to 'Glens Palls to -night, you may .depend .on it he'll ,corne along somehow," By the .time Jack was nervously wing ,up and down—there vnas 110 one bat themselves in the room. , Now 'look- here, Tom," he said pre- sently, "II 'wish you would tell .me; honor bright:. was it a squall that caught the boat, or was it downright carelessness Oh my part? I may 2a well know, 1 can't take more shame to myself, anyhow—'and to let you jump in after her, too, when I'm ,better swimmar than you are -1 must .strong; for when George an,d you and go. to Scotland, there will he a great deal of travelling to do Yon know we've got to 'fix on that piece Of land, and .s'ee how, it is all to be arranged and ',managed, so that 'George wild have a .comfortable little estate of his own when he 'comes of age; or maybe, if it is a pretty place, we may he sel- fish and keep it in our own hands—eh, Carry? ---and then, you see, we shall have to have Ronatd travel about with as, to give us his ,advice; and the wea- ther may be bad, youoknow; you'll have to brace yourself up, There, now, I'm not going to to tal'k to you any more just now. Lie still and quiet; and mind you 'do everything the doctor bids you—why, yon to talk like that! --youq I never thought you would give in, Carry: why, even as a school- girl. you had the pluck of a dozen! Don't you give in; and you'Ill see if haven't those two 'cables out on Lock Naves before many months are over." hlin--1 don't ,It.dow what 41 was— something dreadful .and 'dreadful—and called out—at the wirglow—at the window there—and nurse says it is all right now—all right now—" "Oh yes, indeed," her father said, gently; 'you may depend it is all right with Ilannald now: Don't you fret about that. "Ah, but we neglected 'him, pappa. we neglected him; and. I worst of any," she went on, in that panting, breathless way. "It was always the same—Wiways thinking of doing some- thing for him and never doing it. I meant to have written to the initkeep- er lot his address in Glasgow; ,birt, no—that waS ,forgotten too. And then the spliced rod, that 'George was to have g-ot for nte—tr wanted 'Ronald to have the best salm.on-rod that Amer- ica could make—but it was talking— all talking. Ali, it ..was never talking with ,hin, when he could do us 55 ser- vice—and the other 'boatmen getting moneys of course—and he scarcely a 'thank you' when we came away. Why didn't !George get the 'fishing -rod?" "Pt's all right, Carry, darling," her father said, whispering to her, "you lie quiet now, and get well, and youll see what a splendid sahnon-rod we'll get Ronald. Not that it would be Of much USO to him, you see, Wilell he's in ,Glasgow with 'his books and studies; but it will show himwe have not for- gotten hirn. Don't anon trouble about it, now; I will see it is all right; 'and you will give it to him yourself, if we go over there next spring., to try the ,salmobafishing again." "Then you will take Geonge with you, tpappa," she said, regarding him with her :bugling eyes. "Oh yes; ,and yott—" "Not me, not me," she 'said, shak- ing her ant going away. The doctor doesn't know; I know. They have lbeen very kind; Ibut—but-gask them, Imams not to 'bother Inc to Mike things now—IT ,want to he 'let alone, now you ane here—it will 'anti be for a little while—" "Why, what nonsense yon talk!" 'he said—hut his heart was struck With a sudden fear, for these .fewt straggling' sentences She had uttered without any, appearance of delirium. ."1 'tell you, you nnast shisten to get well and PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical DR. E. A. McMASITER.—Gtaduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- ity of ,'roronto, and of the New York Post ,Graduate Sehool and Hospital. Member of the College of Physicians and 'Surgeons of Ontario. /Office on High street. Phone 2V. Office ftilly equipped -Inc x-ray diagnosis and for ultra short wave electric treatment, ultra violet isun lamp ,treatment and infra red etectric treatment. Nurse in attendance. She shook her head languidly; her e y es were dosed now. And he was For slipping out of the room but that she clung to his hand f or 'a moment. "IPappa," she said, it a low voice, and she opened her eyes and regard- ed ithre—and sorely at this moment, as he said to himself, she seemed per- fectly sane and reasonable, "I want you to promise me something." "Yes, yes," he .said, quickly: •wliat as it he would not teat, promised in order to soothe aod quiet her mind at such a tine? '91 don't 'know about going with you an.d George," she said, 'slowly, and apparently with notch difficulty. 'It seems a long way off—along time—land—and q 'hardly care now what happens. But you will look after 'Ronald; you must promise me that. paopa; and tell him I was sorry; 1 suppose he ,heard the shooting was taken, and would know 'why 'we did not go over in the autumn; but you will find him out, papna, and See what Ise is doing; .and" don't Jet him think we forgot him altogether." "Carry, darling you leave that to me; it will be all right with,Ronald, promise you," he father said, eagerly, 'Why, to thinic you should have teen worrying about that! Ohl you'll see it will he all right about Ronald, never fear! 'What would yoo say, now, if 1 were to telegraph 'him to come over and see you, if only som make haste and get well?" These assurances, at all events, seemed to pacify her somewhat; and as she now lay still and quiet, her father stole out of the room, hoping that perhaps the long -prayed -for sleep might come to calm the fevered brain. But the slow hours passed, awl, so far from any improvement 'becoming visible, her condition grew more and more serious. The two doctors—for Dr. had summoned in addition - 5l aid—were assiduous enough; but, when .questioned, they gave evasive answees; and when Mr. Hodson beg- ged to be allowed tel telegraph to a celebrated 'Boston physician, who 5021 210 a particalar friend etr his own, asking him. to, come along' at once, they acquiesced, it is true, but it was clearly with the view of satisfying 'Hodsont's mind, rather than ,with any hope Of advantage to the patietn. From him, indeed, they scarcely tried to conceal- the ,extreme gravity of the ease. Ernma .'Kerfoot and Mrs. 'Lalor were quieted with vague assurances! but Mr. Hodson knew' of the peril in which his .diughter lay; and, as was it impossible for him to go to sleep, and as .his terrible anxiety gut talk- ing to these friends oat of the ques- tion, he kept mostly to his own room, walking up and down, and fearing every moment lest (liter news should arrive. IFor they had 'been much of cOmpanions, these two; and she Vas an only ,datighter; and her bright. frank, lovable character—that lie had watched from eh i Id h 0 Q d growing more and more beautiful and coining into eloser communion with himself as year after year went by—had wound its tendrils round , his heart. That Carry, of all .people in the world, should he taken away from th,em so, seemed so strange and unaccountable: she that was over so lull of life and gayety and confidence. The mother had been an invalid !during most of her married life; the boy IGeonge had not the strongest of constitutions; bat Carry was always to the 'fore with her audacious 'spirits and light-heart- edaess,ready Inc anYthing, and the best of travelling companions. And if she were to go, what his life 'be to him?—the light of it gone, ;the glad- ness of it vanished :forever. That afternoon the .dellirium return- ed, and she be,came more .artd more wildly excited, ontil 'the paroxysm passed 'beyond all bounds. .(To he ,continued) DIR. .GILDERT C. jARROTT -- Graduate of Paoulty of Medioine, Un- iversity of Westean 'Ontario. Member of College of Physicians annl'Suegeons of Ontario. 'Office 43 Goderich street west. Phone 37. Hours 2-4.30 p.m., 7.30-9 pen. Other hours by appoint- ment. Successor to Dr. Chats. 'Mackaty Teacher: I should like you all to take more pride in Your personal! ap- pearance. Now, Johnny, how many collars do you wear a .wteek?" IPdease, teacher, do you Mean Ihow many weeks do I wear a collet'?" DR, H. HUGH ROS,S, Physician and Surgeon Late Of Lhodon Hos- pital, London, England. Special at- tention to diseases Of the ,eye, ear, nose awl throat. Office and resilience behind Dominion Bank. Oflfice Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104. F. J. BURROWS,. ,Seaforth. Office and residence, ,Goderich street, . east of the United, Church. Coroner fon the County .of Huron. Telephone No. 416. DR. F. J., R. FORSTER— Eye Ear, Nose and Throat. ,Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto 11897. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye, and 'Golden Square throat 'hospi- tals, London. At Commeroial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in each 'month from 130 p.m. to 6 p.m. DR. W. C. SPROAT Physician - Stmgeon Phone 90-W. 'Office John St. Seafortl). Auctioneer: GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The Seaforth News. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. F. W. AHREN, Licensed Auction- eer for Perth and Huron Counties, Sales Solicited. Terms on Application. Farm Stook, chattels and real estate property. R. R. No, 4, Mitchell. Phone 634 r 6, Apply at this office. WATSON & REID ,REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Successors to James Watson) MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT. All kinds of Insurance risks effect- ed at lowest rates in First -Class Companies. - THE McKILLOP Mutual Fire Insurance Co HEAD • OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont, OFFICERS President—Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth; Vice4President, Thomas Moylan, Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS F. McKercher, R.R.1, Dublin; John E. Pepper, RILL Brucefield; E. R. G. Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt, Birth; C. F. 'Hewitt, Kincardine; Win. Yeo, Holmesville, DIRECTORS Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Lon d es b oro ; George Leonh ard t, Bornholm No. 1; Frank 'MoGregor, ,Olinton No. 5; James .Connolly, ,Gati- erich; Alex 'McRwing, Bdyth No. 1; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth No. 5; Wm. R. Archibald, Seaforth No. 4. Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other business, will he promptly attended to by applications to any of the above named officers addressed to their respective post - offices. A group ,Of professional men had ,gathered in the loblby of a 'hotel and' proceeded to make themselves known to one another. "iVry name is Forteslque," said one, extending his hand. paihter— work in ,water colors chiefly.", "Indeed," remarked another. "I'm an artist too I work in bronze." 'Well, this is 'fine," chimed in a third. "I'm a sculptor. I wook in atone" Then the quiet little 'fellow who had been inclined 10 Ikeep apari 'step- ped up, a dry .smile on his face, " '`Glad to make the aciquaintance of you ;gentlemen," he remarke,d, "for 11 have a common interest with. you. 'I wools in ivory. I'm a college pro- fessor."