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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-12-28, Page 6PAGE SFX izsmarnhussommodasuanuemmarrom THE SEAFORTH NEWS ,014,46.'rwl i t< 2:z kx:4 n; 1] Fx Miss Greeby looked at her straight - "What does Chaldea know of it?"! A vicious pair of devils looked out of the decent widows eyes in a mo. ment, and at once she became the Romany. "Hail She knows, does she, the drab! I hope to see her hanged." I "For what?" "For killing of Hearne, may his bones rest sweetly." ]miss Greeby suppressed an - ex- clamation. "She accuses Lady Agnes of laying a trap by writing a letter. and says that SIr. Lambert fired the shot." "Avali! Avalil" Mother Cockleshell nodded vigorously, but did not inter- rupt her preparations for departure. "That she would say. since she loves the Gorgio, and hates the rani. A rope round her neck to set the rye free to make Chaldea--nly curses on her—his true wife." "She couldn't have fired the shot herself, you know." went on Miss Greeby in a musing manner. "For then she would remove an obstacle to kite Lambert marrying Lady, Ag- nes." "Blessings on her for a kind. Gent- ile lady." said Gentilla, piously. and lcoking more respectable than ever, 01000the lurking devils had distil). peered. "But ('1131dea is artful. and knows the rye." "What do you mean?" "This. my lady. Hearne, who was the Gargle Pint-, had the angel to wife, but be did not hope to live long because of illness." Mies Greeby nodded, "Consumption, Pine told me." 'If he had died natural," pursued Mother Cockleshell. milling hard at 11 strap, "maybe the Gentile lady would have married the golden rye, whom she loves. B1ttby the violent ,death. t'haldea has tangled up both in her knots. and If they wed site w111, make trouble." "So she says. But can she?" "Hai! But she's a deep one, ma'am. believe me when I say so," Mother Cockleshell nodded sapiently. "1101 foolish trouble has she given herself. when the death of Hearne natural, or by the pistol -shot would stop the marriage." "What ,lo you mean?" inquired Miss Greeby once more. "You Gentiles are fools," said Gen - tills.. politely. "For you pint other things before true love. Hearne. as Pint had much gold. and that he left to bis wife ehnuid she not marry the golden rye." `How de you know that?" "irisin'•;( was told so by the dead. and 1111(1 nra my lady. Now the angel of the big hoose would give up the acid tr, marry the rye. for 11('alt is all for him. 11111. 0aye he, and tell T)" 11 I'nl w •huh;, Says he. 'N0. If I make- yon rely 1'0111i that would beg- gar yore and fair it would not be, for a. Gummy rye 30 dt1!' So, my 1a(1y. the r'11 geld parts then, lrecaltse it's red money.' "Red money?" "1110011 money. The taint of blood Is on the wealth of the dead one, and 311 13 divides by a curse the true hearts of the living. Yon see, my lady?" Miss Greeby did see, and the more readily, since she bad heard Lambert express exactly the sentiments with which the old gypsy credited hint, An overstrained feeling of honor pre- vented hilt in any case from making Agnes his wife, whether the death had conte" by violence or by natm'e.I causes. But It was amazing that Gen- t11Ia should- know this, and 'Miss Greeby wonderingly askedher bow elle came by such °knowledge, The re- spectable' -widow chuckled. "1' have wll ehly ways. .ma'am, and the 13(1den rye has talked ninny u time to me in my tont, when I told hint of the' Clorgiot(0 lady's gotelness to me when 111. They love --aye, that Is cure -blit the motley divides (heir beasts, and that is foolish. Chaldea had 310 need to shoot to keep thee apart." "How do you know she shot Pine?" "Oh. I can say nothing the Poltnees would listen to." said Mother Cockle- shell readily, "For I speak only as I think, and not as I know. But the c•11i1d was impatient for joy, and hop- ed by placing the cruel will between true hearts to gain that of the golden rye for her own part. But that she will not, Ha! Ha! Nor you, my lady, nor you." Gentilla looked at her shrewdly. "La! La! La! La!" she croaked, "Age hrings a mighty wisdom. They were fools to throw me out," and site jerk- ed .her -grizzled. head in the direction of the caravans and tents, "Don't .talk rubbish, you old donk- ey! Mr. Lambert is only my friend." "You're .a woman and he's a man," said Mother Cockleshell sententious- ly. "We are chums. pals, whatever you like to Cali us. I want to see him hap- py: "He will never be happy, my lady, unless he marries the rani. And death, by bringing the money between their true love. has divided them forever, unless the golden rye puts his heart before his fear of silly chatter for theta he moves amongst. The child was right to shoot Hearne. so far, a1 - though she could ba ye waited and I gained tate ,tune end. The rye is free to 13(111l'y her. or to marry you, ma'am, but never marry the angel, unless--" Mother ('oe•kle'shell adjusted the bun- dle carefully 011 the dankey, and theft cut a bong switch from the tree. "I don't want to marry Mr. Lam- bert," said Aries Greeby decisively. "Amt I'll take care that Chaldea doesn't," Gentilla chuckled again. "Oh, trust you for that." "..es to ('haldea shooting Pine--- " "Leave it to me, leave it tO 111e. ma'am." said the old gypsy with a grandiloquent wave of het' dirty hued. "But I wish to learn the truth and save Lady Agues from this trouble." "You wish to save her?" chuckled Mother Cockleshell. "And not the golden rye? All well. my angel, there are women. and women." She faced round. and the humor died oat of her wrinkled face. "You wish for help and s0 have come to Slee 1(1e? Is it not so?" "Yes." said Miss Greeley tartly. "('haldea will snake trouble" -The child won't. 1 can manage (lreeby hitched up her broad sh.nh1,•1•s ennlc•nlptltou'ly. "She has managed you 11101 now.," "There are; ways and ways, and when the hour arrives. the •nut ris00 to wetter the rl:(rknc ,aid Gelt- illa 1117-loally. "Let the• rliilrt win for the moment, f((1' my turn comes." Tion you know something" -wino. 1 ]snow 1111(01 n't he .said till the hour, 01 rikrs, But content your. self, my Gorgi0(10 lady. with knowing that the c1111(1 will matte no trouble." "She has parted with the letter?" "I know of that letter. Hearne shtnved it to 1110. and would make for the big house, although I told him fait' not to doubt his true wife." "How did he get the letter?" "That's tellings," Said Mother Cockleshell with a wink of her lively eye. "I've a good mind to take you to the police, and - then you'd be forced to sly what you 'know," said Miss Greeby crossly, for the vague hints irritated her not a little. The old woman cackled in evident enj0yinent. ".1)o that, and the p(1t will boil over, ma'am. I wish to help the angel rani win leveed me .when I was sick, and i have debts to pay to ('h111de1t. Both I do in my oven witch- ly way," "Von will help me to learn the truth?" "Surely! Surely! m7 Gorginits one, And now." Mother Cocklesho11 gave a tug at the (donkey's mouth; "I goes may ways." "But where can 1 find you again?" D H. MCINNE3 CHIROPRACTOR J r« — ren ia, Hee.) Electra Thera — ..:cons ao.i by eplatimmet. FOOT CORRECTION by :t:£ ,+ d:l.::n::;n-:ut' l...u,- ment. Phone 227. "When the time comes 'the irloitth, will open, and them as thinks they're high will find themselves in the dust. eye, and maybe lower, if six feed of good earth lies atop, and them burn- ing in lime, uncoffined and unbless- ed." Miss Greeby was nlasouline and fearless, but there was something so weird about this mystic sentence, which hinted at capital punishment, that she shrank back nervously. Mother Cockleshell, delighted to see that she had made an impression, climbed on to the gray donkey and made a progress through the camp. Passing by Chaldea's caravan she spat on it and muttered a word or so, which did not indicate that she wished a blessing to rest on it. ChaI- dea did not show herself, so the de- posed queen was accompanied to the outskirts of the woods by the elder gypsies, mourning loadly. But when they finally halted to see the last of Mother Cockleshell, she raised her hand and spoke authoritatively. "I go and I came, MY chi]dren. For- get not, ye Romans, that I say so much. When the seed needs ram it falls, Sarishan, brothers and sisters all." And with this strange speech, mystical to the last, she ,rode away into the setting sun, on the gray don- key, looking more like au almshouse widow than ever. As for Miss Greeby, she strode out of the camp and out of the Abbot's Wood, and made for the Garvington Arms. where she had left her bagg- age. What Mother Cockleshell knew, site did not guess; what Mother Cockleshell intended to do, she could not think; but she was satisfied that Chaldea would in some way pay for her triumph. And the downfall of the girl was evidently connected with the unravelling of the murder mystery, 111 a witchy Way: as the old w0111211 would have said herself, she intended to adjust matters. "111 leave things so far In her hands;" thought Miss Greeby. ';Now for Silver',,, CHAPTER NV Whether Miss Greeby fouled a diff- iculty. as was probable. in getting Silver to band over the forged letter, or whether she had decided to leave the solution of this mystery to Mother Cockleshell, it is impossible to say. But she certainly did not put in an appearance at Lady Agnes Pine's town house to report progress until after the new year. Nor in the meantime ciid she visit Lambert, al- though she wrote to say that she in- duced the secretary to delay his threatened exposure. The position of things was therefore highly unsatis- factory, since the consequent. sus- pense was painful both to Agnes and her lover. And of e01.11'se the widow had been duly informed of the inter- view al 111e cottage, and naturally ex- pected events to move more rapidly. tCn1i'r111r13 loather was losing his temper with his son. who, it appenred, 3115, quite incapable of learning anything. One day, when the ]ani was even more than usually stupid. his rather :;ave him 25e and sent hint round to the local chemist for a quarter's werih of common sense. The boy took the 25e and just as he got to the door. turned to hi:- father: isfather: "511.11 I say it's for you dal he uakeci. i THURSDAY, DEC, 27, 1939 STlOKS FOR THE STARS' lip and down the ice race the op- posing forwards, darting and swoop- ing across the rink . . The puck clicks from stick to stick, flips t'trough the air and thuds against•the boards . . .Soddenly a quiek passing. play hrings three players speeding in on the goal crease.... A fake shot, the goalie lunges and the puck darts into the net for a score . The crowd leaps to its feet with adeafen- ing roar, - - In half the countries of the world this scene is becoming commonplace as our national sport spr'eads from Canada's ieeways to every continent on the globe. Ice hockey has now be- come a popular sport in almost every country in Europe, in parts of Asia and even( in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Where natural ice conditions are not available the hookeyists enjoy' the Canadian sport on artificial ice, and whether profes- sionals, major league stars. amateurs or rank beginners. the majority of the players in most of these conn - tries are playing the game with Can- adian made equipment, says Vie Baker, in the C. 1. L. Oval. Almost like a geography book index reads the export shipping record of the C.C.AM. Choquette Wood Products plant at St, Johns, Quebec, one of the world's largest manufacturers of ice -hockey sticks—whose product is distributed by the world-wide C.C.M. organization. Thousands of sticks every year leave this factory for the towns and cities of most foreign lands where ice hockey is played. These countries buy their supplies here because the most suitable types of wood for this purpose grow in Canada. Second growth rock elm, grey elm and ash, averaging from fifteen to thirty inches in diameter, have been found to be the best for hockey stick lumber; the elm because of its soft, workable and fibrous tex- ture, the ash because of its straight grain, lightness and stiffness. Great stands of ash are to be found in the rugged, coarse soils of Quebec's Eas- tern Townships. while the extensive limestone areas of Eastern and Nor- thwestern Ontario produce fine rock and grey elm. The choice of lumber is a most im- portant factor in the manufacture of high grade hockey sticks, especially when they are destined for a world- wide market where temperatures vary to both extremes of the thermo- meter. Wood experts employed by the stick manufacturers actually go 13110 the areas where the ash and elan are available, mark the trees to be cut, follow the Inge through the mill and direct the sawing operations to ensure rare in each step. No' is the task of choosing the most - suitable trees an easy one. Hockey stick lum- ber must be taken as close to the tree bark as possible. Therefore, light slabbing of the logs is important, es is the sawing into billets to insure fiat, straight grain in the finished blade. Perhaps the most important opera- tion in the life of the stick Is the, scientific removal of the moisture from the lengths of lumber before they are stripped into hockey stick blanks. This operation is vital to pre- vent the wood from working and warping. If dried too fast in the spec- ially constructed curing kilns, the pores on the outside surfaces will close or ease -harden and prevent the removal of the moisture front the centre or core of the billet. After the bone-dry lumber has passed through the chain of operations which turns it into a finished hockey stick. pre- cautions lnlhet be taken to guarantee the tiuished product retaining its proper moisture content and thus re- maining stiff anti free from 'warpage. A special 1110101 tre-proofing process perforins this task and is applied to the three hest grades of the sticks Romance of Botany Some Interesting information 'o11 the history of the naming ;of the Plants was given in a recent address given by A. Hornby; head gardener, Dominica' Experimental Station, Summerland, B.C. 10 300 B.C. lived a famous philbsopher'lmoivn as Thea- phrastns, the favorite; pupil of the still more eminent philosopher, Aristotle, Theophrastus wrote two books on plants, describing about 300 siiecios, mostly of a medicinal kind. Modern botanists are much indebted to the knowledge of plants obtained by the old-time herbalists. The next great name is that of Pliny; the eider. He was the admiral of the Roman fleet, and was Ono of the many victims of the eruption of Vernsius in A.D. 79. Ile had written sixteen books on plants, two of which treated of the medicinal va- lues of the herbs, ,From these early days down to 1700 A,D„ there were several more pioneers, but in Sweden in 1707 A.D. was born a child who was destined to be known as the fa- ther of present-day botany. This was Linnaeus, ty110 by patient research reduced the hundred -and -one names given to each plant to two; the gen- eric name and the specific name. He became not only the royal botanist of Sweden but the most famous phyaic. 11111 01 the day. An interesting story is in connection with the fate of the wonderful collec- tions Linnaeus built up during his lifetime. Roughly these conaleted of 3,000 insects, 1,500 shells, 2,000 min- erals, and 19,000 plants. Knowing the value of this collection, Sir James Smith, an English botanist, bought it from the widow of Linnaeus for 900 guineas. The transaction took place during the absence or the Icing or Sweden and finding out what had happened, he ordered a frigate to pursue and overtake the departing British ship. In an exciting chase, the: British ship outsailed the. Swedish frigate and landed its precious cargo safely i11 London, where the Linnen Society, one of the most learned bod- ies of the present day, was fonnclecl. produced by the. Choquette Company. They are finished in C -I -L Clear wood lacquer which ensures the stick reaching the hands of a hockey play- er anywhere with the same moisture content as when it passed through the trained hands of the inspector at the St. Johns factory. In addition the lacquer finish gives the sticks style and Kmart appearance. The average twenty ounce hard- wood shillelagh starts life in the raw a8 a twelve pound piece of green lumber. Skilled maclliniste and mod- ern machinery convert the log of ash or elm into a finished stick through a chain of varied operations. The job of supplying the general market is comparatively simple because the one piece sticks are all of standard patterns. The difficulty enters the work when custom made sticks are made for the professional hockey players. especially the players in the National Hockey League, who de- mand 110 less than 125 distinctly dif- ferent models. The blades required by the pros vary in all possible ways - in length, thickness, width, shape and weight of hundie and blade.- The weights required range from 19 to 25 ounces and in length from the short 49 inch sticks to the long 55 inch models. With each of the seven N.H.L. teams using an average of 41)0 sticks per season and each player averaging about 30 per year, the mtuutfacturers are busy all year round producing these special made to order models for the pros. semi -pros and amateurs throughout t u1 ,tonnlry. Father --"No, I won't do your suni for yon. Itwouldn't he right." Dobby—"1 don't slpp(ese it w1hlel bnt you might have a try," STARTING THE DAY RIGHT Bri(ish War Office Photo -Crown Copyright. reser The Commander -in -Chief, Lord port, the 1' 24.0 and H. R, H. the Duke.ef Gloucc..c , -Courtesy Canadian Pacitie er General. Major General W. 11 Lindsoll; D S,O;; at their quarters: in France. 1 PROFESSIONAL CARDS MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC Dr. E. A. McMaster, MB., Graduate of University of Toronto, J. D. Colquhoun, M.D., C:M,, Grad- uate of; Dalhousie University, Halifax, The 011etio is fully equipped with Complete and modern x-ray and other, up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptic equipment, Dr. Margaret 11. Campbell, M.D., L.A.B.P., Specialist in Diseases' in Infants and Children, will be at the Clinio last Thursday in every month from 5 to 6 p,m, Dr, F, T. It. 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. cliuie will be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A.,M.D, Physician and Surgeon In Dr. H. H. Ross' office. Phone 5 J W. G. SPROAT, M.D,, F.A.C.S. Surgery 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- fice Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104. DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Lar, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late Assistant New York Ophthalmic and. Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square throat hospitals, London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month from 2 to 4 p.m. Also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday in each month, -58 Waterloo St., Stratford. Telephone 267. MARGARET K. CAMPBELL, M,D. London, Ontario Graduate, Toronto University Licentiate of American Board of Pedi- atrics, Diseases of Children At Seaforth Clinic, last Thursday af- ternoon, each month. AUCTIONEER GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer Tor the Comity of Huron. Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The Seaforth' News. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed F. W. AHRENS, Licensed Auction• ser for Perth and Huron Counties. Sales Solicited, Terms on Application, Farm Stock, 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. A11 1(1011s of Insurance risks effect- ed at lowest rates in First -Class Companies. THE McKILLOP Mutual Fire Insurance Co, HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS President, Thomas Moylan, Sea - forth; Vice President, William Knox, Lontlesboro; Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Field, Seaforth. AGENTS F. Mc1{ercher, R.111, Dublin; John E. Pepper, 11.14.1, Brucefield; E. R. G. Jurmcuth, Brodbagen; James Watt, Blyth; C. F. Blewitt, Kincardine; Wm. Yeo, Holmesville. DIRECTORS Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3, James S1loldice, Walton; Wm, Knox, Loudeshor0; George Leonhardt, Born- holm No. 3; lerank MacGregor, Clin- ton No, 5; James Connolly, Godericlt; 12r•1Owing, Blyth No.5 1; ; .Thomas Moylan, Seaforth No, ; Wm• R. Archibald, Seaforth No, 4. Pt r. desirous to effect insurance m• 1/5/351301 other buiiiness, will be promptly attended to by applieabons to atilt' of the above =named officers adchess�d to their respective poet - offices.