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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-09-07, Page 6PAGE SIX comeattastm "Why s md, and ra lads "I'm "Too ,with ,ante j usteenoug you a chat and fight q'ualidee." Lan her eyes sp'a'r] "Alt, ba inerrvptcc 'What "Never 'wll.•p gees: rictus ver ei wed he classical ' t•'seel ea fd!ic mien "If yeti 'her ,off at will shoot along site 'I never lain to d "Neither knew very Pereap. with en 011 teel erence be quite not 'going hero the I) "Reenact Lwntbert etgarelyal yr".aswe warn you and if you legs the be. idently wa ant; talk Chaldea:" "Wetchit Greeby, as gyp y girl eH.a!" and 'Rye!' , ward the Miss • Romany, I 'eyes was If Limber model, it t Ibeautifui "0 !baro 'Chaldea, a "I wish jib to .me, smiling an "Yam kilo "Nor I,' manly- teen deet!, and "The Gr 'slated Cha not devil a. "Only th plied the g "Show as girt" The inter in Lam'ber offensively she spoke, gypsy :girl' retreated ins ready eyes snappe manner, But Mis, frightened ' .merely lou white teeth. masculine '1 as a rival, so the ang ';:ace change A,v a:li! wants her f Poe tee Greby n'adsl et, '111 gie it." "Notm er •Cockles'tt 'Take n ether, and brain all s pi'earance. Lambert THE SEAFORTH 'NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939 ' k f ee t 'eee,t''i.r'h 0'114Y:ft "tree',- aii++'+,R,•sk, 'it i'''' M comfortable," is do rmind like, r cried artist. Greeb but enough model w rat lalea round e is .naturally sake a— no i ani l` s" x#' "" l, v / i I anti a the . hail• red Te- a -of- was all to Her so ex- the a p. 1London, not not The to- not et.- t„ the lye um was ad- and all the Inn- in un -Oh, domestic English Band a ,e. There ivt cat !something •pr•e'hist!o is ,alhout .the scene, and 'cvrrywhere lurked that sense Of dangerous primeval passions held in ,enforced cheek which 'might burst 'forth en the very slightest t re. vocation. lies .a 'migrating tribe of Aryans Kiriven to ,.: hunting grounds by hunger ,or overpopulation," opulation, said Msss ' Grec+by, for even her ellromantic nit- ore w'es stirred by the m'nu'snal pietur- esgatcne.'s of 'the scene. "The sight of these paaople sod ,the reee ,of 'their 'fir- se nia�ke ,nie 'feel like a cave=wonia'n. There is .soune+t'hing :ma'gnifi:cient sbou,t' this 'brute 'freedom." "Very sordid magnificence," replied Lambert, raising his !shoulders, "Batt I ,unders'tan'd your 'f•eelunlgs, On 'occas- ion's we all have 'the nostalgia of the primitive life at Times, and delight to pass +front ease to handship." 'Well, .civilization isn't much catch, so :far as I can see." argued his ,ceen- penian. It 'makes men weaklings." Cereaiai:•ly not 'Women,' he .answer- ed, Ig'laucing• sideways at 'her Amazon- tan figure. "1 agree with you. For some reas- on, men are eseeng,down while women are 'gains rep; 'b'oth 'physicaliy and mentally. I wonder 'what the et ture 'of 'civilized races will be." is blather Cockleshell. Best ask 'leer." The trio had reached a sural' 'pent at the very encl. ,of •the'c'asnp by this time, 'snugly 'sec 'sup tinder a tspre'ading 'oak and near the !banks of e ,Ip91hbifd'g 'brook. Their ,progress 'had cot been in'terru'pted' by eny .claims on their at- tention or purses, ..far ,a. 'wink 'front Cha'ld'ea had informed her brother and sister gypsies drat the Gentile 'iade. had come 'to•'consult the queen ,of .the tribe. And alike Lord Burleilh's role' 'heated nod, Chad'dea's wink could con- vey volumes, At all events, Lambert and his companion .were unmolested and arrived in dee course bairn' •the royal 'palac'e. A ,croaking •vci'cc an- n'ouneed that the queen was inside her Arab tent, and she w'as .erooninu same Romany song, Chaldea did not open :her 'm'outh, but simply snapped her fingers twice or thrice rapidly. I' he woman within mast have liar! marvellously sharp ears, t'or she int- 'me•diate'ly stopped her incantation— the songs sounded' like 'one—any step 'Ped forth, "0'! !" said \lies C reClp , Bier ping ) i t 'hack, "I stn disappointed." -- had ever reason to 'be iter yother, the pteturesqueeess of the •cauip in general. and C haldca in + particular, Pt for \lathes' Cockle -1141 rook ed like a threadbare pato-opener, or an alms- 1 house widow who had seen better 'days. Apparently •sdte was very ¢,icf, for her 'ftgure'had shrivelled up foto a diminutive monkey -uteri. and she 1 Coked as though a moderately high wind ,could blow her aeon's like a feather. Her face was 'brown and 'puckered and .liftedin a .most wonder- it fashion, Where a wrinkle could 'be, there a'wrinkle was, and her nose and chin were of the ,true nutcracker order, as a witch''s should be. Only Iter e'yee betrayed the 'powerful vital- sty 'that still animated the tiny frame, l for thefi se were large and dark, and 'had in ;them a piercing look which seemed to .gaze not at any 'one, but 'throu'gh and 'beyond. Her figure, dei- ed 'like that of a tnuanmy, was 'ell ere singly steaight 'for nuc of heranicient years, and her'peofuse hair was scare- sly touched with 'the ,gray of age. Ar- in a decent black bonnet'and a black woollen shawl, the olst lady looked intensely respectable, There was nothing of the pict'uresqu'e vag- rant about her. Therefore Miss Gree- by, and with every rea'san, was ,di'sa'p- 'Painted; and when the queen of the woodland sp'o'ke she was still more so, for Mother Cockleshell did not in- tcrlard her English speech with Rom- any words. as 'did •Cdialrlea, "Good day to you, any lady, and to you, "K'i't," saki Mother in a stronger and harsher *voice than would have been expected from one of her age and diminished !stature. "T +hope I sees you well," and elle 'drag- ped a ,ountsey, just 'like' any village dame who knew her ,manners. "0!h1' 'cried Miss Greeby again. -Youdon't look a shit like a. !gypsy queen','" "rlh, my eerie-, 'treks ain't every- thing, But I'm a true -shred Romany— a Stanley of D!etnenehi•re. 'Geutilla is 'my name and the tent any h'om'e, ,and I can tell •fontenes 'es reo one 'else on 'the road .can." "Avail, anal that is tru•e," put in Ch'aed'ea eagerly. 'SGen•tilda's ''a 'b•ori ahovihanf." "T.he c'hikl'means that I ,amt a great witch. rite lady," said the old dame with another .curtsey, "Though sore's focus's •fa arse Roman words to Gen- Y tiles as 'don't ,uneleu•'stand the tongue Iwhirlh the dear Lord 's'poke in Eden's 'garden, as the 'good Book tells ars:" "In. 'what part of the Bible do yap fieri that?" asked Lambert 'laughin'g, 'm'y !sweet gentlemum, it ain't 'for the dikes 'of ,me re say things m the likes of you," said Mother Cock- leslhell, 'getting 'Yu't of her 'difficulty ''Mo'ther'Oocklesihell, very ,cleverly, "'bu't the ,dear lady wants her fortune told, 'don't see?"+e �.., "Why don't }nom Say !dakkerin?" "I 'do'n's like Stem wicked words, sir,': answered Mather CaCkshell pi uel'y. 'W'icked words," nnutterod 'Chaldea tossing her 'black locks. "And theist true Romany as 'was 'vorr 'milk ton- gue. No +wonder the • Gentiles don't fancy you et true one of the road. If I were queen of*" A Nncicnus 'little devil fla's'hed 'out Of the old yeoman's eyes, and her res- 'pectable bolos .ahanged on the 'instant, "Tol yet 'c+hila, +or 'I'll heat the 'bone's- of youwith the fires of Bongo Tenn," she screamed fnri'ossiy, ,and in a 'mix- tune 'o+f her •mot'h'er -tongue anti Eng- fish, "Jia ,puleenus, 'gut of the !gutter,' she ,shook her fist, and Chaldea, with an 'in'eul'timg ,laugh, rnov'ed away. "Gen 'er'ous +lady," the added, tanning routed with a suclden resumption sof !her fawning reopectaibility, "tneans `tire 'devil in your heart,' whicth I 'evoke vvitcl y -like to the 'child. Ali, but she's a Iliad 'one," bliss Greeby laughed outright. "This is more lilee the real thing." "Pam Gha'ld'ea," said - Lambert. "You've too hard on her. mother." 1,And you, my sweet 'gen'tl'eman, ain't :hand enough. She'll sell you, and get Nara to pat the knife between your 'ribs." Why ..s outd. he? I'm not in love .aids -the girl." "The tree 'don't care for the ivy, 'but the ivy 'loves the tree,' :s'a'id M'ot'her Cockleshell dankly. "Yeeere a ,goodcrown, 'kind +gentleman, and I don't want to see •that slue Ipi'ck your hones." "So I think," whispered Mi's's Gree- by in :his rat, "You qday with 'fire." "Aye, my good lady," said leather Cockleshell catching the .whisper—elle •had the hearing ,of a 'cat, 'with 'the litre of Bongo 'rem, the which yaps may call The 'Croaked Land," and elle ,pointed significantly d'awnward, "Hell, do you mean?" asked Miss Greelby in her bluff way, "The 'Cracked Land we Romany 'calla it," insisted the old woman, 'eked' the child will 'go there, for 'her w�iechly doings." "She's •too 'good-looking to 1'ase as a model, at all events," said Lambert, •hitching his shoulders. "I Shall leave you to have yam fortmne told, Clere, and fallow Ohalclea to 'pacify her," As he seem toward the centre of the camp Mies Greeby teak a hesitating pas though to follow him, In her 'step gc 'opiniost Chaldea was•much tan !gegen looking, let .alone ol'ever, for L'am'bent to deal with ahem Gentry's Stanley •saw the look on the hard face and the softening of the 'hard eyes as the o'hteki grew rosy rec!. Front thi'e err alien she drew her 'conclusions, end she chuckled to think of .haw true a .fortune 's'he could tell the visitor Mt these ,premiers. Moller eockshell's .fortune-telling was not entirely frau- delent, but when her 'clairvey'an.ce was not in working stelae '.the 'made 'nye 'of g character -reading ,with 'good reedits. " 4f n't the Georgics lady have her fortune told?" she asked in wheedlin;L tortes, "Creels Mather Ooc'kles'heil's hand with silver and she'll tell the coming years truly.' "Why ,do they call you Mother Cockleehe'd•1?" ,demanded Mies IGreeby waiving the question 'of eortunetelling for Me time being. "Bless your wisd'o'm, 15 was them f!:uliernnen at Gri'm'sby who 'did eo. 1 nnai'ked the beaches liar years and told 'charms and 'gave •witchly spells for fine weather. 'Gentil1'a Stanley 'ant 1 called, .but Mother Cockl'eshe'll was their name for rte. But the +fort'une. my tender .Gentile--" "I don't waist it told," 'interrupted Miss Greeby abruptly, "I don't 'bel- ieve in melt ruib'bi'-sh," "There is ru'h'bieb and there is truth," said the 'sedans gypsy darkly. "And, them as knows ,can 'see what's 'Malden Irmo others." 'Well, yeti 'have an 'opp'ortemity this .afternoon ,of sna'kin'g :money. S'onte Tose'':. from The Manor are coming to � commit you." Mather 'Cockleshell nodded 'acid grinned to 'show a set of 'beautff•ully preserved teeth. "I know The Man- or," said ,the, nulb:bing her slim ,hands. "And Lord G+arvin'gton, with his :p•ret- ty sister." "'Lady Agnes Piste?" asked Mies Greeb "How 'do her?" y. you knave "I''ve been in 'th'ese parts before,arty 'gentle klady, andshe was good tie ane in a sick way. I •would'have died in the hard 'winter if 'sh'e hadn't 'fed me and .n'uree'd'me, so to .epea'k. I shall'; love to see ,her again. To dick a puro 'pal its as !oammakthen as a ausbti blalb- ib'en, the which, 'my precious angel, is 'tree Romany 'for ,the -Gentile :raying, 'To see an 'did friend is as !good' as a fine dinner.' Aneiil Aval!1" ,she nodded- sm'i'hin'gly, "'I ehall•'be 'glad !te see leer, though 'here I 'use Roman words'to y yoe as 'doesn't •utd•enstan'd +bee lingo." Mise GreeJby 'was not at all pleased to 'hear Lady Agnes prais'e'd; as, knowingthat Lambert had ltrved her, and ;enth!all* Ilov'ed,'her ,still, she 'teas jealous ,en'onglh to 'wis!h her all pens- ihle harms. However, it wast nen,dip- 'osmate to reveal her true feelings •tipY1 lest the old 'gypsy s shionl'd repeat her 'Words to •Lady Ag- ne!5, so slue turned the 'conversation by pointing to •a'glow-White cat,of great size who stepped daintily out 'qf the tent.. "I should think, as ,i •w'i'tGit, your cat ought to be !black," ,said 'Miss creech- Greaby, 'Mother ',Coc'kleshellscreech- ed like a night-ow.1 and '}tastily ,patter- ed scute !gypsy spell to .avert evil. 'Why,' the cld'devil• is Ibleck,' she cri- 'cd. "And why !should 'I have 'him in my (house' to work evil? This is my white Igfhc st," Her +words were iaoc4arrn- 'panied'by,a gentle,stroking o+f•th'e ,oat. "And good is what she 'brings t'o my roof -tree. But I d'on't eat !from white dishes, or drinkfrom white mugs. Nol 'Ned That •wovi•d' by too, getable'," Miss Greeby nnssse�d, "'I 'have hea'nd ,eamethin'g 'about these 'gypsy super- !stitionis before," !she remarked •nvedi- 4atively, "Avis i Av'ol They are in a !brook written! by a great Romany Rye, Le- land is the name 'of that Tye, a gypsy Lee with 'Gentile land. He ,added land to the ilea as .he •was teed by one Of our 'p:eaple, Such a ,thee 'gentlemen, ;kited, 'an•d free'o1 this money and 'clev'er bey'on'd •te11'ings, as I .always says. Many a Sime teas he 's'at paellike •with me, and',Genti'laa,' !says he, you ee et !bori'bo ileamie alai that, my Igenerous tidy, is 'the gentle language !foga great witch." '"Olieldea 'said that you, were that," nlbsenve l! Mise Greeby 'careless'ly. "The 'child speaks truly. Come, 05055 ,my hand, sweet la'dy. ?van 'Greeley passed along half a "I Tandy desire to know elle tern's," She said, offering her palm, ';Shale I get any wish?" M'oth'er C'ockl'eshell peered into <the hands, although he 'had already made asp her mind what to say. Her facatlties, s+harpen'ed by years of 'elite- entre, tctld 'her fno'm the :look whioh Mics 'Greeby had given when Lam- bent ,foiiowvecl Chaldea, that a 'desire to starry the 'man was the wish in question, And seeing how indifferent Lambent 'was in the preseec•e of the tall lady, Mc Iher Cockleshell had no diffic'u'lty .1, ad+ees•tiivg the situation in her 'own 'artful 'mind. "No, my lady." the said, ,casting away the hand with quite a dramatic 'gesture. "You will never gain your wish." 'ties Greeby leaked angry. 'Bahl Your 'forttntc•tellin't; its all rubbish, as I have aiw eye thought," and she mov_ ed away. "Tell ore chat in 'six months, s reamed the 'old' woman after her. ',Why six months?" 'dema,eded the pausing. "Ale that''. a dark saying," s'c'offer' tate Igegsy."Call it seven, my hopeful eflor-what-y+oueveon'd•+get, like the cat niter the creast, for .eeve.n's •a'sacred timelier, and the spell is set." Gypsy jargon, gypsy lies." mutter- ed Miss Greeby, •tossing h er ruddy mane. tT don't believe a word, Tell mer—e "There's, ,nip lime to say macre," m- terrupted Mother Cockleshell rudely, for, having secured her money, the slid not 'think it nvorth 'while to he pol- ifs, es'pecial'ly in the dace of her vis- itor's scepticism. "Otte of ,our tribe— tribe-was'seen aye, and he's a'great Romany !for sure —is coming to 'camp 'with ,us. Each .minute be may mete, and I go ro get g' t ' for Gentile ready a stew of hedgehog, words I nnust 'use to you, who ere a Gorgi'o. And 'so good day to you, 'sty lady," ended the 'ole' hag, again 'be- earning the tnu:ly respectable pew- opener. Then .she dropped a cytase y— ''Whether ironical er not, Miss.Greeby ,could not tell -gated ,disappeared into the tent, followed 'by the .white 'cat, who 'haunted her footsteps like the 'ghost she declared it to he. 'Clearly ithere was nothing more to ,be learned 'front Mother Cockleshell, Who, in the face of 'her visitor's doubts, .had !become hostile, ea Miss 'Greeby, ,dismissing the 'whole 'episode .as over and atone ,with, tuned her attention toward finding Lambert. +\\.''it:h her 'bludgeon murder her amu and her hands in the pockets 10f her jacket, vee stalked through the 'camtp in quite a 'masculine fashion, not •vou'chsafing a s•iugle reply to the 'greetings which tyle gy'p'sies 'ga'v'e'hee S'hort+ly sbe saw the .artist ;chatting •w!t.h'Ohel int ,at the b'eginning'of the (path wihih teed' to his 'cottage, Besidethem, 'on the 'grass, squatted a queer figure. (Continued) PROFESSIONAL CARDS. a h iwas x"'G u'25 lY4..e. 1 +i -fit : ee ee ll'.ti esliali, 4 l' a ? � . ' t le', MEDICAL , J , vtter 1 wageommasemutrameamatansanstassimmesuurammv ............,....,. ,-.,.. ,„- +" i : , _.,, .. ,, . ..:_:... a �t o-1, 6 „ ,r p SEA FORTH CLINIC Dr, E, A. McMaster, M.B:, Graduate of University of Toronto, J. D. Colquhoun, M.D., C.M„ iGrad- uate of Dalhousie University, Halifax, The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern x-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and tberouptic equipment. Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D„ L,A,B.P., Specialist in Diseases in Infants and Children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday in every month from 3 to 6 p.m. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in, Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 4 to 6 P.m. Free well -baby clinic will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. "? , ) ,1 ,S'nk "'le.1:':3ro lya�ra: y t �p'tl= a;'� + , r , h'ould I?" he asked, entreat,- they surprised by the sub- quite 'const rtable here." she retorted haste, "This ,loafing life of trio -'live -on doesn't give tee w play the man. Go Out tad.colonize and prove year 'color rose again, and his led "i would if the chance e, }Jemmies and ,Om.'pitale!' 1 his companion. you mean?" resented Miss Greeby, ed that he knew what shecurl y well. His quick flush r law he resented this illusion to Agnes Pine. try her elf ii Yani were a asked Lambert. wile ndcrstaiulin•g her mtc.anin:g. Only don't try to carry night. Garvingts'n says he any burglar w'h,i conies dark." knew Garvington haat ally- o with Chaldea," did I. 'Ods, 1 think Pee well what I mean." I slog' said the young man gry •shrug, for really +her in- with his 'affairs seemed to amjuetifiahle. "But 1 ant to bring a woman I respect 1 iva?rce Come"trt." 1 Love, you mint to .ap'." y � topped, and -raced her eh.n't. wish ,to quarrel with are very old friends. Bat I that I do pos e s a reamer, wish to eee it. you are go- it way to ;get what you ex- itt, Naw•, held your tongue 4 genet ire else. Hire is ar for you:' racheted hiss the 'slight figure of theelle! was eeenadvancing swiftly. she snorted suspiciously. Chaldea, ,daecing to- "Sari�han rye." Y dike •understand the Took in the giri's to reveal tite truth. t 'did not 'love his 'beautiful vias 'perfectly plain that the 'loved Lambert. duveh 'itch' pa ,'este!" said id clapped herslim 'hands.rayed C'HA'PTER III. you w'ottidn't speak the talo Chaldea," said Lambert the 'beautiful eager face. 1 +dont understand it" !put in Miss'Greeby in her Ns. "What 'does Oh hart ail the Test 'of it mean?" God'he with -you," lean- swiftly. 'amid duvet is you C,On oi, 'call it." e difference of a tetter:' re- mtil'e lady' good-humoredly. your 'camp, my ,good fact that the 'speaker was 'company, let alone the Patronizing tone in whichntitted was enough to rouse the 'hot 'temper. She al swayed like a tat mak- O 'spring, while her black d •fire in a most unpleasantbrooms, s Greeby was not to the by withering .glances, and shed aloud, showing Ste- Her rough .merriment and Yoke sleowed 'Chaldea shears, the was not to dee feared, ry expression on the dark d to a wheedling tsmfle, .. al'fl The Gorgios lady ortune told.'' of 'dtplmmacY Miss ed and fished' in her pock- c you +half a crown to tell not me, dear 'lady, Moth- ell is our great witch, to her then," replied the rapidly gathered Into her :c'otrld of Chabd'eas ap-With had 'painted 0 easy ts'uQ `- 1"t. eel n It`- a?' .. n. Mn: , '' F 'picture eq :the ,g!nl, although 10 acert- iia extent be .had idealized her rack- 'less !beauty, Chaidea's lacks had ;beets ;damtaged and raeghened by wind rain, by 'tong tramps, and by"Hese � larfn!gW. sunshine. Yet 'she was 'su'perlatively handsome with her firm and swarthy skin, ander which the scarlet 'Woos' circled freely. '1'rr an oval 'face, slightly hacked n,,.e and two venal'- ion'lips', rather fall, he added gIcvc v black eyes of the true Romany .peaked at the c,prners. Her jetty descended smoothly from emeler a handkerchief' dawn to her sea tellers, and there, at the tips, :became tangle,' tinning. Her 'figure was eta•gnifi- cent. and she .swayed .a•nd swung from the hips with an easy grace which .minded the onlookers of a 'panther', lithe movements. And there was goad deal of the dangerous beast prey eteteity about Chaldea, which enhanced by her picturesque dress, ghis was ragged and patched with kinds of coloured 'cloths subdued' mellow tufts by Dear and weather. Also 'she jingled with groins and beads { and barbaric trinkets of all kind's. hands were 'perfectly formed, and doubtless were her feet, although these last were hid�icn 'by heavy lace,' !met,. 'On the .whole, she was an -treaue!y picturesque figure, quite rout-. •She t minx t the artistic eye amidst rlea,b sameness .4 latter -clay civ;liza- tiet. "All the same, I su suspect she is sleeping waleaita, whispered Miss (,reeky in' her'contpanion's'ear es they ecelowerl t!,c •girl through the cath ',Scarcely Slee •lits," •answered I.ant- P pert in the same tone, "She explodes 1Licentiate on the slightest provocation, and .1 about damaging. re.ules,„ , \\'ell you ought to know. But Play 'with ',volcanic fire you'll 'burn more than your clever fingers: "Paolitl The 'girl is only a model." Net niu,'h of the lay figure about 'her, anyway," Lambert, according to his .cnstotn, shrugged his s,hould'ers and did seek to explain further. If Miss Gree- b} cense to tarn her fancies into fact'. the was at 'liberty 10 do 'sag B'esidec, her attention was luckily 'attracted'by the 'vivid 'life of the vagrants which hummed and beetled everywhere. tribe was a 'comparatively lenge one, and—as Miss Greeby learned later— consisted of Lees, Loves, &ucklan'ds,property. Herpes, and others, all mixed up goiter in our •gypsy stew. The assent- blage embraced 'many ,clans, and only were there pure yyppsie.'., but esu anany diddikai, or half -!bleeds, be seen. I'erita'ps the gradually dint- ini.hing Romany dart.; fonmb it better(Successors to 'band together for mutual benefit Shan to remain isolated units. But ,camp certainly contained many elem- cuts, and slicer, acting 'co-tulpentitt formed a large somewhat reckless g ,community, which justified Carving tones alarm, A raid in the night by or two,' or three, or more of these leant wiry, 'dangerous -looking outcasts not NI ,be elc• Ipised. lint 11 •must he that. in ageneral way, law order prevailed in t:he encampment, There weremany caravans, ,painted in ,gay 'colors and hung round with t carious goods, such as 'brushes and goat -skin rugs, and much tin- ware, together with 'baskets ,of ,sorts and sizes. The hearses, which drew tease 'rainb'otsahued vehicles, were pasturing on the 'outskirts of camp, 'hob'b'led 'for the Mast part. 'tentpersed among the trave4liutg ponies stood tentsgreat and mall, w„h.er<:in the ,genuine Romany had their abode, 'but autumn weather Was so fine that mtaSt of the 'inmates preferred to 'strep in the moonshine. ,Of course, there were 'plenty of ,dogs quarrelling over +bones near various fines, or sleeping with en's eye open odd corners, and everywhere tenable' antd laughed and 'danced, brawn -faced lithelim'b'ed 'children, who 'looked' canvly Eastern, And the ;men,'showing their white teeth in smilers, together the Fawning Women, young and handsome, or old aerl hideously sigly, altogether alien to the uiet, tamne 9' JOHN A. GORWtLL, B.A.,M.D. Physician and Surgeon In Dr, 11. 11. Ross' office. Phone 53 C. SPROAT, M.D., F.A.C.S. Sur er g Y Phone 90-W. Office John St, Seaforth DR. H. H. ROSS Physician and Surgeon. Late of London Hospital, London, England. Special attention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Office and residence behind Dominion Bank„ Of - flee Phone No, 5; Residents Phone 104, DR. F. J. BURROWS Office Main St. Seaforth, over Do - minion Bank. Hours 2-5 and 7 to 2 rem. and by appointment, Residence, Goderich St., two doors west of Unit - ed Church, Phone 46. DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto 1897. •Late Assistant New York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye,. and Golden Square throat hospitals, London. At Com - metcial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wed - nesday in each month from 1.30 to 5 P.m' MARGARET le. CAMPBELL M.D. ' Ontario Graduate Toronto University of American Board of Pedi- attics, Diseases of Children At Seaforth Clinic; last Thursday at - ternoon, each month. 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 U. W. AHREN S, Licensed Auction - eer for Perth and Huron Counties. Sales Solicited. Terms on Application. Farm Stock, chattels and real Mestate R. R. No. 4, Mitchell. itchell Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office, atson & Reid REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY James Watson) MAIN ST.,SEAFORTH,o NT. O All kends of Insurance risks effect- Cd p lowest rates in First -Class Companies. ' `FIE 7�,41CKILL. Mc ®� Ilia! ��r In urance Co. HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS President, Thomas Moylan, Sea - forth; Vice President, William Knox, Londesboro; Secretary Treasurer, M, A. Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS F. McKercher, R,R.1, Dublin; John E. Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefield; D. R. G. Jars/meth, Brodhagen; James Watt, Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; Wm, Yeo, Holmesvflle. DIRECTORS Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; Wm, Isnox, Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Born- g holm No. 1; Frank MacGregor, Min- on No, 5; James Connolly, Goderich; Alex. McEwfng, Blyth No. 1; Thomas 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 any of the above named officers to their respective post - offices. Jr/ ` i to adtiresaed e ; 'fFr y ,v ,E RW 0 0' tY • �:E�/(/i t` + , •; Pa®R l . BLE _�;y! ye, ..' < e (y",��' ee '°t' _ Mia t a , y ie yr�r Z$y q' as eet6 e;e`?).t. i't°' ,.- ."' a geshe THE SEAFORTH NEWS Seaforth, Ont.