The Seaforth News, 1938-03-17, Page 6I,AGE SIX.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938
'Has any one sten Eric Hamilton?'
I asked. ..
For an .hour, or more, I had been
lounging about the sitting -room of a
'club in Quebec City, waiting for nty
friend, who had promised to join me
et dinner that night. 1 ;threw aside a
newssheet, -Anil 3'c4had enhausted
down to minutest advertisements,
stretched myself and strolled across
to a group of old fur -traders, retired
partners of the North-West Company,
who were engaged in heated diecus-
sloe with some officers from the
Citadel.
"Has any one tate Eric Hamilton?'
I repeated, indifferent to the merite of
their dispute.
"That's the tenth time you've asked
that question," said nty 'Uncle !Jack
MacKenzie, looking up sharply, 'the
tenth time, Sir. 'by actual count," and
he .peckered his brows at the interrup-
tion, jest as he used to when I was a
little lad on his knee and ehaaced in
break into one Of hie hunting stories
with a question at the wrong place,
"Hang it," drawled !Colonel Adder-
ly, a squatty man with an over -fed
look on his !bulging, red cheeks, "hang
it, you don't expect Hamilton? The
baby meet be teething," and he added
more chaff at the expense of my
friend, who had 'been the subject of
good-natured banter among club
members for devotion to his first-
born.
I saw •Adderly'e abject eat more to
get away from the traders' argu-
ment, then to enema me; and I re-
turned the insolent .challenge af his
uneoncealed van :t in the faces of the
elder num by &axing a chair nP to
the company ef MeTarishee and Fro-
hishers and 11 etiillivrays and Mac-
aed other retired venren, of
tlie :teeth coentre.
"1 hei eeer eanlon. env...teen."
eael ' vier,eee saying te
one" Aiderly;"
"Talk teem' military conenests.
Sir." my encl.! ecintinenl, "Why. Sir,
our Teen !wive tran-fornted a e ilder-
nese :leo an emeire. They have blazed
a at from Lebrador on the Atlan-
tic to tint rock on the 'Pacifie, 11
my esteemed kinsman, Sir Alexander
MacKenzie, left les inscription of die-
coreey. Mark my words. Sir, the day
will eome ellen the name:- of ;David
Theeenon and Simon Fraser and Sir
Alexander Alaellenzie will rank high-
er in English annele than Braddock's
and—1
enleaci!" tailelied the eaten, amus-
e -el et my uncle. vs bit had .been a lead-
ing !spirit in she Xerth-W',et Company
and A -hose enthueiteen knew ne
beenes, "Head! Yoe gentlemen ad-
vent:nee: noadn't need to have ae-
conteilished niuch Brad-
dock." And he paueee with s, even-
tionine sepercilious -mile. "Sir Alex-
ancle- A 71, it fent ceinin ef pen, was
les 77,
My -mele fleshed eneey. -rhm slieht-
irg reference to gentlemen adyentne-
ere, with just n perceptible emphsed:
of the "ash -enterers". Wa, not to hi,
taste.
"Pardon me. Sir." lie stiffly,
-yeti forget that by the terms of their
charter. the Ancient and Honorable
Hudenn's. Buy Company have the
privilege of being known as ,gentle-
men adventurers. And by the 'Lord,
Sir, 'tis aaentIeman adventurer and
nothing else, that etock-jobbingecoun-
drel of a Selkirk has proved himself!
And he. sir, was neither Noe -West-
er, nor Canadian, but an .Enelishman,
•the commander of the Citadel."
My uncle puffed .ctut theee last words
in the nature ref a defiance to the Eng-
lish officer, whose ebeeks took on a
deeper perplish shade; but he return-
ed the charge good-hemoxedly en-
ough.
"Nonsense, nfaeKenzie, my good
friend," laughed he patronizingly, "if
the Right !Honorable, the Earl of Sel-
kirk, were such an adventurer, why
the deuce clid the Beaver Club down
at Montreal receive him with open
months an.d open arms and----"
And °Pen hearts, Sir, you may
say," interrupted my Uncle .MacKen-
zie. "-And Vd thank you not to "good -
friend' me," he added tartly.
Now, the !Bearer Club was an or-
ganization of ,Niee-Westers renowned
for its heepitality. 'Founded in Inn
originally composed of but nineteen
members and afterwards extended
only to men who had served in the
"Pays tat Haut", it soon acquired a
reputation for entertaining in regal
style, Why the vertebrae of colonial
gentlemen should 'sometimes lose the
independent, 'upright rigidity of self-
respect on contact with old world no-
bility, I know not. •But instantly, Col-
onel Adderly's reference to Lord Sel-
kirk and the Beaver Club called up
the picture of a banquet in Montreal,
when I was a lad of seven, or there-
abouts. I had been tricked Out in some
Highland costume eepeciafly pleasing
to the 'Eael—cap, kilts, dirk and all --
and was taken by. my 'Uncle Jane
MaeKenzie to the Beaver Club. Here,
in a room, that glittered with lights,
was a table eteeming with things,
which caught and held my .boyieb
eyes; and all about were crowds of
guests, gentlemen, who had been in -
tenet in the quaint language ef the
dub, ''l'o tliecues the merits of bear,
beaver and venison." The great Sir
Alexander 'MacKenzie, \ vith bit title
fresh from the king, and his feat of
exploring the river now knoen by h is
name and pushing through the moue -
fastness to the ;Pacific on all non's
lips—nag to my Uncle Jack's right.
Simon Fraser and David Thompson
and other famous explorers, who
were heroes to my imagination were
there too, In these men and what they
said ei their wenderNI voyegee I was
far mere interested than in the young,
keen -faced man \shit a tie, thnt came
up in ruffles to hi. earn and with an
imperial decoration en hie breast,
whieh eat me he was Lord Selkirk.
I remember when the hire(' salvers
and platters were .eleared way, 1 wa•
placed ym the table to execute the
-cecird dance, I meet here acquitted
myself is lin some credit; for the gen-
thence set up a peidigions elapping,
theuell 1 reeall nethiug hut a snap-
ning ef my fleeces, i eave of my cap
and a whirl of Hail- and faeces around
tee diezy head. -rhea iny uncle took
me bete ren In,, lowes, promising to
let me -.11 110 tO end if I were
ened, and more eine eas pit t,'1.
"Thane enough for y(n, you yettee
nee- sai' inv kinsnente promptly
ening itt-
itt wine-glaes before me.
•1) Uncle :MacKenzie" ;tett I with
a tire face. "dc 31 ttttt1.;irt; pew
ewe wine sor
Whereat, the noble Earl shouted,
ellravo! here's fee yen. Mr,' efaceeen-
zie."
And all the gentlemen set np a
laueh and my nncle ;smiled and called
to the butler. 'Here, Johnson, toddy
for eme, elass ef hot 5 ater, pure, fee
other."
lett 'A 1011 Johnnie brought back
tee gensses. I observed Uncle NI Re,
KeT1Zil7 kept the toddy. "There, my
bey, there% \define ale for you," said
he. and into the glass sit' hot -enter he
popped a peppermint lozenge.
"Fie!" laughed Sir eklexander to my
enele's rinht, "Pie to cheat the ;nth
-
man!"
-.Hie is the beet wine of the cellar,"
vowed His Lordship; and 1 drank my
eeppermint with as much geese) and
eelflimportance as any man of them.
Then followed toasts, :itch a lief of
toasts ae only men Mined to sets nf
-trength •could take, Ironical toasts tri
the. North-West •Pane, whine myth
Sir Alexander had dispelled; toast.; It;
the discoverer .of the MacKenzie Riv-
er, which 'brought storms of applause
that shook the house; toasts to "our
distinguished guests," whose euave re-
sponse dieanned all suspicion; toasts
to the "Northern winterers," poor
devils, who were serving the cause by
undergoing life-long term of Arctic
exile; toast e to "the merry lads of the
north," who only served in the ranks
without attaining to the honor of part-
nership; toasts enough,in all con-
ecience, to drown the memory of ee-
ry man present. Thanks to my Uncle
'jack MaeKenzie, all my toasts were
taken to ipeppermInt, and the picture
in my mind of that banquet is as clear
to -day as it was whdn I sat at the
table, What ,would I not 'give to be
hale at the Beaver ;Club, 1vimg it all
over again and hearing Sir Alexander
MaeKenzie with his dashing, hero -
eyes .and quick, passionate .geseures,
recounting that wonderful voyage of
his with a sulky crew into a region of
hostiles; tellibg of those long intermi-
nable .winters of Arctic night, when
great explorer sounded the depths Of
utter .despair in service for the .com-
pany and knew not whether he faced
madness or starvation; and thrilling
the whole assembly with a desceiption
of his first glimpse of the Pncifiel
Perhaps it was whet I heard that
seight—who can tell—that drew me to
the wild life ef after years s Gut I was
too young, then, to recognize fully the
greatness ef those men. Indeed, my
country was then. and is' Yet too
young; for if their greatness be treC,
ognized, it is forgotten and untion-
Geed.
I think I must have fallen asleep on
my uncle's knee; for I next remember
sleepily looking about and noticing
that many of the gentlemen .had
down in their chairs and with closed
eyes were breathing heavily. Others
had slipped to the ifloor and were
sound asleep. This shocked. me and I
was at once wide .awelke. My uncle
was sitting very erect and his arm ar-
ound ny waist hod the tight grasp
that usually preceded some sharp re-
buke. I looked tip and found his face
grown suddenly so hard and stern, I
was all affright lest my sleeping had
offended hirn. 'T-Iis eyes were fastened
on Lord Selleirk with it piercing, ang_
ry gaze, His Lordehip was not nod-
ding, not a bit of it Inow brilliant he
seemed to ley childish fancy! He was
leaning forward, queetioning those
Net? - West -s, who had eeceived
him with open arms, and open hearts
'And the wiee had mounted to the
heacl of the good Noe-Westers and
they were now, also receiving the
strange nobleman with open nuyuths,
pouring out to him a 'full account of
their profits, the extent ef the vast,
unknown game preserve, and how
their methods so far surpaseed those
the litideon's Bay, their river's
stock had fallen in value front 25D to
510 per .cent,
-rbe more information they gave,
the more His Lordship plied them
with questions.
"I must tay," tt teepees's! Veda.
jack to Sir Alexander Manklenzie, "if
any Hudson's Bay man steked steel
pointed queetiene cm North - West
busine,e, l'd give myself the 'Menem's,
of ejecting hint from 11117: room"
Then, T knew hie aneer was againsi
Lord Selkirly and me stineitiet me for
sleeping.
"XCIIISNIAV." retorted Sir Alexand-
er. who bed cut mei 1' C0110Pet1011
1V1.711 711P Nor'-Westers some years
before. "there's no ground flu euspi-
cion." rim lie .vented enessey nt the
turn things had taken,
yolIr 1.011.kilill .70111P coloniza-
tion scheme that you ask quell pointed
mentions?" demanded ilty unele,
asi-
re- the Earl, l'he nobleman tinn-
ed quickly to him mid said something
;thole the llighlandere and Prince.
Edward's leland, which I did not ten
deretand. The rest of that cream:
eides From my thoughte; for I oas
esirricel home in lir, Jack 1\ fuels: en -
arms.
Ana all these thing'. ImPlettleti 40111e
ten or twelve year; before that wordy
sword -play ;between tide emelt uncle
of mine and the Eit5i.h colonel from
the Citadel.
"We erred. Sir. through tnn great
hospitality." my uncle was 4aying 10
the colonel. -How could we knnw
that Selkirk %%mild perehase control -
line interest in Hrelson's 'Bsty stneki
How could ee know he'd secure a
la»d grant in the very heart nf ovir
domain?"
"I- (limn object to Ili. laud, nor le
yotonine, nor to ;his amen of pen-
is-, and nthekets and bayonet- to ev-
ery mutter's tele 1 thern." broke in
anether of the retired meter, "but I
do "Wert to hie drilling those same
colonietn to hi: importing a field .ban
tiny ated .bringing 010 that little ram
of MeDenell front the Army to egg
tee settler, on! If, bad enough to 1,11-
0 111' fort; hut this proclamatien
ns expel 'Non -Wester, from what
enimea a, eneleen'e Bay Territory--"
"jun listen to this," crie1, my imele
Pelline out a ropy of the obnoxieus
proelemation and reading aloud -an or-
der ner the expel -inn of ail rivals to
the Hedemne Bey Company hem) the
ninth MI territory.
"Where cen fiemilton be?" ;aid 1.
losing interest in the trader,' luarrel
eoon 2"hty NM170 into detail,.
"Home eith hi, eifie," half 'sneered
the officer in it neve-ince way, that irri-
tated 711P, tenetteh the remark was,
doehness, trne. -Home with his wi-
fie." he repeated in a sing -song' Pay-
ing no attention to the elucidation of
a subject he had raised, "Good old
man, Hamilton, but since marriage,
ntterly gone to the bad!"
the what?" 1 queried, taking
rim up short. , This officer, with the
pentane-, cheeks and patronizing inso
..ence, had a provoking trick of al-
ways keeping 'just inside the !hounds
of What one might reseet. ''To the
What, did you say 'Hamilton lead
gone?"
"To the ;doneestios," 'sans he laugh-
ing, then 'to the others, as if he had
listened ley every word of the explana-
tions, 'and if 'His Little Encellentcy,
Governor tnfaciDemell, Illy the grace of
Lord Selkirk, ruler over .gentlemen
adventurers in neenten's-land, expels
the good INor'-Westers 'from nowhere
to somewhere else, what do the good
Nor'eVnesters intend doing to the
Little Tyrant?'
'Charles the First him," responds a
wag of the club.
"'Where's your Cromwell?" laeglis
the .coloeel.
! "Our Cromwell's a Cameron, tem-
per of a Lucifer, cath S before action,''
answers the wag.
"Tee!" exclaims Uncle Jack test
ily. "We'll settle (Hie 'Lordship's lit -
tis
martinet of the plaine, Warrant
for !his arrest! 'Fetch him .outl"
'Warrant .4431nd King !George 111,
will .clo it," added one of the partnere
who had looked the matter up.
"413ed King !George. PH. 'doesn't give
jurisdiction for trial in Lower 'Cana-
da, if offense be committed else-
where," interjects a lawyer with allow
of importance.
Al District come to j Detainee t,"
laughs the colonel, .winking as my
uncle's wrath rose.
'"Pah!" says Mr. !jack MacKenzie
Ill disgust, stamping on the floor with
both 'feet. 'Toe lawyers needn't think
yoti'll have your pickings when fur
companies gunnel, We'll ship hint out,
that's all. Neither of the companies
wants to advertise its profits—"
,"Or its methods—ahem!" inteejecte
the colonel.
"And its private ;business," acids my
uncle, looking 'daggers at Adclerly, by
going to court."
Then they al! rose •to go to the din-
ineeroonn and es I stepped out to
have it look dawn the street for Ham-
ilton, T heard Colonel Adderly't last
fling --"Pretty rascals, you gentlemen
sadveii,teretr;,s:are, to shy and coy
it,A.cabout
It was a dark night, with it few
lonely Ater.; in mitt -heaven, a cheek
moon cutting the horizon cloud -rim
and it nein, ;Mare!) wind that boded
enow from 'rile Labrador, or elect
from the Gulf.
\Viten Eric Hamilton left the Idea
snas Ilay Company's service at York
Factory on dindson 13e3' and 'ame to
live in ;Quebec, I was but a snide -in at
Laval. lt Wat at my .lincle al acKen-
eie's that I itIct the tall. dm*, sinewy,
taciturn ma 11, whose hill melee wn,
to play such a strange part in my life;
and 'when these 11V0 talked of their
adventuree in the far, Inne land of the
north, I could no more conceal my
awceetruck admiration than a girl
could on first sliecovering her own
charms in a looking -glass. I think he
nmst have noticed my- boyiell rever-
ence, for once he condeecendell to snk
abate tlic velvet cap and green stied)
and lone law coat which made up the
Laval cosetnie, end in a moment I
was taiking to him as .voltibly as if he
were the hoy and 'I, the great Hud-
son', Ilav trader,
"It make, nw feel (mite like a boy
again," he had -aid on resumintt coin
ree:a tine e'il ii elle lla ele' ttt %ie. "31
5! Sir, I can hardly realize 1 wont
into eliat country a lad of fifteen. Iikc
your nephew, and here f am, ont of
it, an old Mail."
-Pat, Eric man," says my uncle,
"you'll be finding a stile one of these
days and renewing your youth."
"nick," 7 broke nut ellen the
lintleon's Bey man had gone home,
"how old, is Mr. Hamilton?"
"Fifteen years elder than you are,
bey, and erae Heaven you may have
hal 1 a: -much of the man in you at
thirty at he hae." rennin my uncle
mentally meaeuring rin. isith that
stern eye of kis, 1 that information.
111y heart gave a 1711i -ion,. jubilaiit
flied. Henceforth. I no longer loeked
mem Mr. liamilton with the settle
awe that it choir boy entertains for it
bishop. Something of comradeship
sprain: lip between lie, and before that
year had passed we were as boon
ecenpanions as man and boy could be.
But Hamilton presently 'polled it all
by fulfilling my uncle's .prediction and
finding it wife, a beautiful, fair-haired,
Frail slip of a girl, near enough the
twee tie, to patronize me and too
much of the young lady to lind plea-
-'tire in an 'awkward fad, Tint meant
an end to our rides and v'alk s .and
sail, down the St. Teaverence and long
evening talks; bet I took my revenge
by .assuming the airs of a man of for-
ty, at which .Hamilton cmizzed me not
a little and his wife, Miriam, laughed.
When f' surprised them all by 'jump-
ing suddenly, from ificiyhood to tnan-
hoed---"like a tadpole into a mos-
quito," as my' 'Uncle jack facetiously
remarked. 'Meanwhile; a son and heir
came :to my ,friendnetronie end I had
to he 'thankful eir a .huninle third
nace.
And so it came that I was Waitine.
for Eric's arrival at the 'Quebec Club
that night, 'peering from the ,porch
for sight of himnand .calculating how
long it would take to ride front the
Ohateau Gigot aboye Cherleshotten,
where he was ,staying. ;Stepping out-
side, 1 Was streprised to see the form
of a horse beneath the lantern of the
arched gateway; and in'y ,eurprise
itt-
creased on nearer inspection. As I
walked up, the creature gave a whinny.
and I recognized Hamiincens , horse,
'Rebored With sweat, .uniblanketed and
shivering. The poesibility of an .acci-
dent hardly suggested itself before
Obsenved the 1bl-idle-rein. had .been
slung .over the hitching -post and
teazel 'steps hurrying 'to the .side 'doer'
of the 'club-honse,
'Is that you, Eric'?" I .called.
There was no answer; so T led the
horse to the stable boy and hurried
bank to see if Hamilton were inside.
The sitting room was !deserted; but
'Eric's weeleknown, till figure .was en-
teriag ehe .dining-roone And a ourious
'figure he presented to the Questioning
looks .of the club men, In one hand
Was his riding whip, in the ;other, his
gloves. He wore the buckskin coat of
a trapper and in the ;belt were two pis -
tole, One sleeve was torn 'from wrist
to elbow and .his 'boots were scratched
as if they ;had 'been 'combed by an iron
race. His broad -brimmed hat .was still
on, 'slouched down .over his eyes like
that of a scout,
lOadt Hamilton," exclaimed Uncle
jack MaCKenzie, who was facing Eric
as I .came up behind, "have you 'beett
in a race or a light?" and he gave him
the look of .suspition one might give
an intoxicated man,
".Is it a e‘old night?" asked the col-
onel punctiliously, gazing hard ae the
still -strapped hat.
,Net it word eame from Hamilton.
"How's the cold in your head?" con-
tinued Adderly, pompously trying to
stare Hamilton's hat off.
"Rene 3 am, ad!' 'Whees kept you?"
and1 !rushed forward ,Int 'quickly
checked myself; for Flatnilton turned
slowly towards nte and instead of er-
ect bearing, clear glance, firm mnuth
I saw a head .that was tbowed, eyes
that burned like 'fire, and parched,
parted, e'ordless lips.
.11 the colonel had not been etuffiing
himself like the turkey guzzler that he
was, be would have seen sotnething
unspeakably terrible written 011 Ham-
ilton's silent .face.
"Did the little wifie let him off for a
night's .play?" sneered Adderly.
Rarely were the words out, when
Hamilton's teeth clenched behind the
open lips, giving him en ugly, furious
expression, strange to his facie. Ht.
took a .quiely stride towards the °fin
see raised his e hip and bronght it
down with full strength of his shoul-
der in one cutting hlow acroee the
baggy, purplish cheeks of the in
speeker.
Cl /Arnim 11,
The %Oleic thing WR, 7,0 111101:007.171:11
that for one moment not a man in the
room drew breath, Then the colotiel
sprang up with the bellow of an en-
raged bull, overturning the table in his
rush, and a dozen club member.; were
'telling him back from Eric.
"Eric liamihnnarc you mad?" I
cried. "Whet do you mean?"
But liamilton stood motionlese
if he saw Ilene of tis. Except that hie
breath wee labored, he wore .precieely
the same strange, distracted air he had
on entering the club.
"Hold back!" I implored; for ,Ayl-
derly was sirilting right and left to get
free fromj the men. 'Hold back!
There's a mietake! Something's
wrong!"
"Reptile!" .roared the colnnel. "Cow-
ardly reptile, you shall pay for this!"
['here a mistake," I shouted, ab-
ove the clamor of exclamations.
-.Glad the mistake landed where it
did, ail the same," whispered .Uncle
jack 11 acK ethic 'entity ear, "but get
hint eut of 'this. Drunk --or a scandal."
says my uncle, who alwaye eapreseed
hinnelf in explosive., when evened
"Side ream-- here —.lead him
drunk 1"
"Never," I returned passionately. I
knee both Iiatuilion and Ilk wife loe
well to tolerate either ineinuation, liti
We led him like a dazed being into a
side offiee, where Ale leek .ManKen-
see promptly turned the key and took
up a poetere with liis bark against
the door.
"Noe.. Sir," lie broke out sternly,
'if lee neither drink, nor a scancial—"
There, he stopped; for Hamilton, ut-
terly untonscious of us, moved, rather
than walked, automatically across the
room. Throwing his hat CIMA711, he
bowed his head over both arms above
the mantel -piece.
My uncle .and 1 looked from the si-
lent man to each other. 'Raising Ins
.brows in question, Mr. Jack 'efaoKen-
zie touched his forehead and whisper-
ed across to nie--"Macl?"
At that, through the word was spok-
en barely dabove a 'breath, 'Eric turned
slowly round and laced us with blood-
shot, gleaming eyes. He made as
though, he .would speak, sank into the
armchair ;before the grate and pressed
b-oth bands a.gainei his forehead.
enlace" .he repeated in a voi
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property. R. R. No. 4, Mitchell,
Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office.
HARVEY MeLLWATN, Licensed
Auctioneer fen County ,of Huron. Sea -
forth, R.R. 5, Phone 228 r 26.
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 vkialloP
Mutual Fire Insurance Co
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont
OFFICERS
President, Thomas Moylan, Sea -
forth; yiet President,' Widiiate Knox,
Londeshoeon Fecretary. Treasurer, XL
A. Reid, Seafoitie.
' AiGENTS
F. e1ereei:en6ie Dublin; Jahn
E. Peptic'', RAI, Brucefield; X. R. G.
Janneethe .I3eodltagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewiet, Kincardine;
Vie. Yen, Holmesvale,
DIRiEcToRs
Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3;
James •Sholdice, Walton; Wrn. Knox,
Lon d es boro ; George Leonhavdt,
Bornholm No. 1; Frank McGregor,
.Clinton No. 5; James Connolly, God-
erieh; Alex McEwing, Blyth No, 1;
Iltomas Moylan, Seaforth No. 5;
Wm, R. Archibald, Seaforth No. 4.
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
'to any of the above eamed officers
addressed to their respective post -
offices.
as a moan, 'framing his words slowly
and with great effort. "By jove, men,
you should know me better than to
mouth such rot under your 'beeath.
To -night I'd .sell my soul, sell my soul
to be mad, really mad, to .know that
all I think has happened, hadn't hap-
pened .at all—" and his speech MIS
broken by a sharp intake 'of ;breath.
"Out with, it, erten, for the Lord's
sake," 'shouted my 'uncle, now con-
vinced that Eric was not drunk .and
jumping tO .conclusions—as '1,4 was
wont to do when excited—regarding
a possible .scandal.
"Out with it, man! We'll stand by
yin] Has that blasted red-faced Inc.
key-----" '
(To be continued)
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