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The Seaforth News, 1940-05-16, Page 6PAGE SIX 11;11(g-tiefFiiirilgt,PItitrIt.,;" '11,5C , fq• The r sistnumasamoseasertsseneencrrnsemacre IlAtitg. u se ,ore=zysatzr,,i46,1701.-„tfairaakidimmalama, :gawk, He died suddenly on that day of father's old partner to say that my .L.rmary when Culloden was fought,. clear mother was ill. 1 got hack to before lie knew of the defeat of the Glasgow only in time- but how glad Priiiee. I was with him at the last. 1 was of that:— to hear her last sesesae, whieh 1 words. When my mother was gotta shall eome to bytandbye. Robert,' said unapt,' ton ard, v11.0111,1 with 1,, '1 wish thou hadst been with my Ing. for 1 (mod not so scum go when thou bouomest a $old- against her wishes and join the king's ler. tight where thou bast heart to army on the Couthent, and less do - Seta; btu if thou hast console/tee for sire had I to he a Glasgow merchant. 1.4 it ite with him. I thought to Gentlemen merchants had better !eats. thee a good moiet y ot my for. limes in Virginia. So there was 0 time, Robert, but little that's free is winding4o, Of the estate, not greatly left for eh Mg. Yet thou bast some- to my pleasure; for it was found that thing from thy father, and done in by 1111111151' N0.111 nraS my father's part - where my friend Dinwiddie nes had petalled the whole end 1a t:s Governor, there's a plantation for -hee. and tt purse of gold, which was in case I should have cause to this troubled reill111, 11,11 I need it ,101.: I go tot' refuge to my Father's house. The little vineyard and the IY:11'.5k, of gold are for thee. Robert. lf ti,eu thinkest well of it, leave this sick land for that new one. 11(11111 'thy- self a name in tltat great young rantry. wear thy sword honourably .nd bravely. use thy gifts in council and debate—for Dinwiddie will be 'i>' friend—and think of Inc as one cthe would have been a father to thee &amid. Give thy good mother my iiving farewells. — , Forget not to xear my sword—it has come from the :'sl King Charles himself, Robert, After which he raised himself upon ,is elbow and said. 'Life—life, is it so ;t.ird to untie the knot?' Then a 7wingv of agony crossed over his face, 1111 afterwards came a great clearing end peeve, and he 'was gone. "The. Iting's soldiers entered with a .0 -arrant for him even as he died and -he same moment dropped their ands upon my shoulder. I was kept 11 .11tranee. for many days. and was 'vet( at the funeral of my belie - on: but through the efforts of the eost id the university and some toil friends who could vouch for my principles 1 was released, lint n.y pride had got a setback, and I Astened with patience to my mother's prayers that I would not join the king's men. With the anger of a youth. I now blamed his majesty for the acts of Sir John Godric's enemies. And though I was a good soldier of the king at heart, I would not serve him henceforth. We threshed matters back and forth. and presently it was thought I should sail to Virginia to take aver my estate. My mother urged it. too, for she believed if I were weaned from my old comrades, mili- tary fame would no longer charm. So she urged me, and go I did, with a commission from some merchants of Glasgow, to give my visit to the col- ony more weight. "It was great pain to leave MY mother, but she bore the parting bravely, and away I set in 0 good ship. Arrived in Virginia, I was treated with great courtesy in Wil- liamsburg, and the Governor gave me welcome to his home for the sake of his old friend; and yet a little for my own, 1 think, for we were of one temper, though he was old and I young. We were both full of impulse and proud and given to daring hard things. and my military spit -it suited him. "In Virginia I spent a gay and busy year, and came off very well with the rough but gentlemanly cavaliers, who rode through the wide, sandy streets of the capital on excellent horses, or in English coaches, with a rusty sort of show and splendour, but always with great gallantry. The freedom of the life charmed me, and with rum- ours of war with the French there seemed enough to do, whether with the sword or in the House of Burg- esses, where Governor Dinwiddie said his say with more force than complai- sance. So taken with the life—my first excursion into the wide work- ing world that I delayed my go- ing back to Glasgow, the more so that some matters touching my Prop- erty called for action by the House of Burgesses, and 1 had to drive the af- fair to the end. Sir John had done better by me than he thought, and thanked him over and over again for bis good gifts. "PreeentlY 1 got a letter from my THE SEAFORTHNEWS 411111411EMOSIDE011rne.i, In my- quarters, and after coarteitut, of which 1 need not syeak. 'te ',aid, 'You litve the paper, Sii t'io,e hearing on Prince invasion -of 41 .ias "ty the on, for could glIess Itis ll.; 1-l.+1.11t1.ii it -lywned upon int - \mom:: 10e papers tet're Main !titter, from .1 grea.; lady ill rrallee, 411 11 riy :11 w Pt' 1,a Pompadour in the c,,-unse:, and futon'. of the K it n as alto liad secret ttlassion ior Prince Charles, mil these letter- to '11' John, \rhhad liven 11 tit :11e Pretender at Ver,:tilles. ntust -prove tilt rain if proditeed. I had pronii-.ed Sir John most solemnly that no ,en.. --'ne.11,1 ever liave them ohne 1 lived, cent rem lady -herself, that 1 .yoiild give them to her ,ome tint, or destroy them. 11 'tyas I 3(dt:tire's mis- sion 10 at these letters, and etc had :111-,i(cti.-1 11 111 1,1 +Meitt, avitil in,t arrived in Canada. after 0 searc't for nie in Scotland, tylien ward came front lady go . -1:, at Port Iftt had 1)0(11 oil !110,1 familiar ternis in Unti- l -nye) iltat 1 14,15 Caere. 'When 1 .all 1 had the paperi:. he asked 'me lightly for "thitse compro- 'ad-Mg letters,remarkine that a good price syould be at, and stilling illy liberty a, it pleasatto -gift. 1 iirstimily refit -ed, and tolil hint 1 '0,11111 not !"ie the wytypiiit of b.a L'ompatlotyr tgains( leer rival. \Vitli ceml persistence he begyteil nit. to think again, for much dettetalvil on alt -.ver, 'See. inonsienr it captaine,l said lie, 't lii, little affair at Fort Nece,sity, at which yiyu hecaine a hostage. shall or shall litit be a. tvitr :between Eng- land 'old Praire as yam :hall tli,pose.' \VIreti I asli Iiiin how that 1 its, tat- saiil, Milctt•1111 i% ill 7701, la aid :.,1111,01;:, i111111 \'i1 can site that nuttier- will la: altere they ,were an itemr ago it: any case.' '1 agreed, for I cottlti act even if I might not speak. So 1 gave ray word. Then he told me that if those letters were not pm ilittl nly Lit t would he enraged, and fret fill and hesitating litra• ANatild join .anstritt :tgainst Englaild. since in this proy- iticial war nas convenient Otte for bat- tle. If I gave ep the letter,, she would. ran stir, and clishuted terr- itory between 411iyald !he by article, ceded by tlie Ifreneh. "I tiemetlit notch said long, during Part of the property. But as it \Vas, 1 hatl a etimpettetee and several houses in Glasgow, and 1 set forth to Vir- ginia with a goodly sum of money and a shipload of merchandise, which I should sell to merchants, it it ithaneed I should beconw a planter only. I was warmly welcomed by old friends and by the Governor end his family. and I soon set up an estab- lishment of my own in Williamsburg. joining with rt merchant there in business, while my land Wet; worked by a neighbouring planter. "Those were hearty days, wherein 1 made little money, but had much pleasure in the giving and taking of eivilities, In throwing my doors open Itt acquaintanees, and with my young friend, Mr. Washington, laying the foundation for a Virginian army, by drill and yearly duty in camp, with occasional excursions against the In- dians. I 51110 very well what the end of our troubles with the French would be, and I waited for the time when I should put to keen use the sword Sir John Cedric had given me. Life beat high then, for 1 was in the Hush of manhood; and the spirit of a rich new land was waking in 1111 all, while in our vanity we held to and cherished forms and customs that one would have thought to see left behind in London streets and drawing -rooms. These thinga, these functions in a small place, kept its a little vain and proud. but, I also hope, it gave us some sense of civic duty. "And sow 1 come to that which will, comrade of my heart, bring home to your understanding what lies behiud the charges against me: 'Trouble came between Canada and \'iriginia. Major Washington. one Captain Mackaye. and myself marched ottt of the great meadows, where at Fort Necessity we surrendered, after hard fighting, to a force three times our number, I, with one Captain Van Brion', became a hostage. ,Monsieur Villers, the French commander, gave his bond that ave should be delivered up and an officer and two cadets, who twere tprisoners W itt lis, should he sent on. It -WaS a choice lbetween Mr, 'Mackaye of the Regulars and -Mr. Washington, or Mr, Van Bream and myself. 1 thought of twhatt twould best for tthe country; and ibesides, ,Monsieur Coulin Villiers pitched ,opon any, name at once, and held to 11. So I gave up my sword to Charles Bedford, my ;lieutenant with more regret than 1 can tell, for it was sheathed in mem- ories, -charging 'him to keep it ,safe— that the would use it worthily I know. And so, sorrowfully ;bidding my friends goodebye, away we went upon the sorry trail of ica,ptivity, arriving in due time at Font Do Quesne, at the Junction of the (Ohio and the Mon- ongahela, where 11 was icourteouslly treated. There I bettered my French and made tithe acquaintance of some ladies .from 'Quebec city, who took 9ains to ,help tme twith their language. "Now, there was one lady 40 wham I tit:We'd with some freedom of any early life and Sir John Godric. She was interested tin all, but when -I named Sir 'John she 'became alt once impressed, and I told her of his great attachment to Prince tObartles. More than once she turned to tthe subject, begging me to 'tell her more: and '1 did, still, however, saying nolthing certain papers Sir John had placed in any care. -A few weeks after the first occasion of any speaking, there nya, now arrival at ttlic; fort. It .wras—c-in you guess?-11Vionsieur Driltaire, The night after ibis !coming lir wished me ; .etc.??,f ti-Tog,t;i2Ciittiet, , • 11.491 It, 01 .anoliing and linnuning and ,e-enting io ,are little how my er ..tt last I turned ot) him, and teld him 1 would not give tei the letter,, and if war oink hang on a --Whim of maliee, then, by God's help, the rightness of our c..11e would .be our strong weapon to bring France to her knee,. 'That is your final answer asked he. risin.t. fingering his lace, and view- ing himself in a looking -alas, upon the wall. 'I will net change it now or ever,' answered 1, 'Ever is a long time,' retorted he. ane might speak to 0 'wilful child. 'You ,liall have .time to -think and space f!iii reverie. For if you do not grant thi, trifle you shall no mane see your dear Virginia; 41111 -when the time is ripe you shall -go forth to a 'bet- ter land a, the (lrande 'Marquise shall give you a carriage.' 'The Articles of Capitulation!' I -broke out protestinedy. "Ho waved hi, fingers at Inc. 'Alt, that: he rejoined —*that is a matter for conning. You are a hostage. IWell, we need ant take any wastrel or no- body the English offer in exchange content with less than a royal duke For yon are worth more to tis jost now than any Prince we have: at least 'so says the 'Grande Marquise, is your mind quite firm Ito refuse?' the added, nodding his head in a ,bored sort of way. said I. 'I not part with those letters.' 'Batt tthink once again,' he urged; the gain td territory AD Virginia, the peace lbetween our countries!' returned 1. 'I know well you overstate the case. You turn a nail intrigue into a game of nations. Yours is a schodllboy's tale, 'Monsieur Dolitaire.' " 'You' are something traf an ass,' he mused, and took a pinch of snuff. 'And you --you have no name,' re- torted I. "I 'did not know, 'when T Spoke, how this might strike !home in two ways or 1 shoakl not have said it, 1 had not meant of -course, that the was King Louis's illegitimate son. " 'There is some truth tin that,' he replied patiently, though a red spot flamed hligh on this cheeks, "Butt some men need no Chrisitening ,for their !dis- tinction, .and others 'win their names with 'proper 'weapons. '1 ant not there to quarrel -with you. 7 am acting in (a large affair not in a small intrigue; a century of fate may hang on Ithis. Colne teith me,' he added. 'You doubt my 'power maylbe.' "He -opened .6he door of ithe cell, and I followed him oat, ipast the store- house and -the officers' apantments, to the. -drawbridge, Standing in the shad- ow by -the gate he took keys frout his enty's country, As 1)oltaire said, ‘war ,-ts declared, .htut it mI till he had made here in Quebec last efforts to get the letters. 1 ilii not voroviain so bitterly of these tost years, since they ,have brought anti the hest gift of any life, your love and friend -hip; hut my en- emies here, commanded from 1,ranee, haVe bided, Itheir time, till an accident Mrs given them a Mir to dispose wititatvi openly (breaking the accepted 'law of Italians. The y could not dec- ently hang a hostage. for BleY- had signed articles; but they have ,got their chance, as they' think, to try nie for a spy, "Here is ,the case. When fottml that they were determined and had c &qt.:mined to violate their art - lies that they never hounded to set the free front my duty N- a'tiOer all parole, and 1therefore ,ecre"ly ,ent 1, 1r. \Vasliington in 1rginia a plan of Fri Quesne and 'me Qualier. I linivw that 1 nas iny life by doing ,o. Iyut that 'lid 11,11 deter me, ily my -proud,: to Doltaire, I eould not tell of ;the matter ltetneen 115, anti millaterer he has done 111 other ways, he has preserved my Mel for it n.ould have been easy to have me dropped off It a stray Indict, or to reeve accidentally ale in the St, loi',vrt'tt't' 1 hdiel'e this Maller tlf the letter, to be limystien myself and hint and Itigtit -and perhap, not even lligot, though surely he niti,t know 11101 1.a Pompadour ha. ,enne pecttl- tar reason for ititereuth_i herself in a poor captain of proiincials, You non can sta. another moiive for the duel which wit, t alt, itt between your 'Iniitlier and myself. M.1"Idan, and teller- 'were (-dye(' itY I\Vashingtoil 1,1 Central Braddock. and the sequel you loam they have fallen into the hand: of iny enemies, eop'es have goue to France, and I :on to he tried for its life. I're-ervinz faith .nith 111> enemy Doltaire, 1 ean not plead the real cause of my long detention; I can only urge Mat they had not tkept to their articles, and that I, therefore, was Otte from the ole ligations of parale, I any ',ore they have no intention of giving me the benefit of any doubt. My. real butte lies in e,cape and the intervention itf England. thirtrith -my country, alit,! ha.; not concerned herself about me, a, if indeed 411e resented the non-delivery of those letters to Doltaire, sine, the;: were addressed 1,, enc looked on as a traitor, and hell 'by one -atliont she had tatiu,tly pan tinder suspicion. "So -dear .k li te, from that little fort on the banks of the river 1<xlvitt itoe come these stran-tre twi,1 inv., of 1113 life, and 1 can date this fort - um. of a Thing -eon from rile day The 1111(1 made his proliecy ft, tin the of my mud fort, "Whatever Cattle- 110.1". if yon have this record, yon will knon the private history of my .told an, with unpractised loll:2;111, Irrit with a ,wish itt itt tiliderStood, and to set a stor3 the letter should he as true as the spirit. Friend beyond all price to me, some day this tale -will ria ch your hamis, and 1 ask you to lion, it in your 'heart, and, -whatever comes, let it the for my remembrance. Gad he With )0111, and farewell!" (To 13e Continued.) THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940. PROFESSIONAL CARDS MEDICAL pc ,my,, 'Here,' said he, 'are what will sit yOtt +free. This fort is all mine: 1 t for France. \ Vil I you care ,to free yourself? You shall have e,cort to yalir a,‘11 -people. Vim ,em' 1 ant most serion,,' lie added, l•tityrhing 'It is not iny way 10 sweat or worry. You and 1 110.14 'WM' and peace in our hands. \\'ltieh ,hall it be? In this trouble France and England will be mangled. It tiros one to think of it when life can be so easy. Now, for the la,t tinte,' he argedholding ottt the keVs. 'Your nord of honour that the letters shall he mine—eh?' —Never,' 1 tconcludetl, 'England and France are in greater hands than yours or mine. tied of battle still stand, ibe,i'le the balance,: ,bruage,1 Oh, well,' said he, 'that ends it. It .5111 Ile illterestinq 141 watch the tWity Of the baitles, Nleanwhile you travel to utiebec. Remember that how L'Ver free you may appear >111 1111 hay e 1y:11011,r,, that when you 111 ,1114 pal 11111 111' 111 1110:1 damter, that ill she end at. -will have those letter, or 3' 010 life: that mean -while the War will go o», glint you ,hall liar e no -hare in it, and t ha t the .i\ hole pow in of England will not he enough ttt set her 'hostage free. That is all there is to say, 1 !think. 'Will you lift a ;glass of wine with me?' ,he added ,courteously, twavilig a hand towards the commander's quarter,. -1 assented, for why, thought 1, should there be ti personal quarrel the- tw('et) ti,? We talked on many things for an hour or more, and his I found the keenest mind that ever .1 have met. "'There was in hint a dispassionateness, a breadthuhich seemed most strange in a trifler of the Conti, in an exquis- ite—for such he was. 1 sometimes think that hie elestunee and flippancy Were deliberate, lest he shorild he -tak- ing himself or life to seriously. His intelligence charmed me, held me, and later, as we travelled up to Quebec, 1 found my journey 'one long feast of interest. Ho ,was never dull, and ibis cynicism had an admirable grace and cordiality. A !horn intriguer, he still was above itttnigue, justifying it on the basis that life was all sport. In !logic a Ic-veller, praising the lowly, as he called them, the ichanivion of the peasant, the apologise for the bour- geois—Who always, he said, bad ,civic virtues—'he nevertheless held ithat what was best, .that it ,could not the altered, and (that it was all interest- ing. 'I never repent,' lie said to ane one day. 11 lha.ve ,done after my nature, in the sway andm timpuise of tour time, and as tire Jing has said, alter us the tdelege. What a 'pity it is we shall see neither !the flood nor She ark! •Aincl so, when all. is done, we 6helil anise idle enose interesting thing of all: ourselves dead and the galp and ruin iwe 3eave 1heitind us, By -that, front my stand- point,' he nviottlfl add, e is a Baiittre as 0 spectaelle.' "Talking in 'this .fashion and in a ihordireci iother ways, .we came eo Que- bec. And you'll:now in ,gettenal What happened. I inlet your ihonoured fa.ther, whose life I had saved on she .0trio some years 'before, and he. (110040(111 for rny .comfort ili my ibondage. You ,knova how exeliange after testa -range was refused, and that for near three years I have been here, fretting any soul .out, eager Ito Ibi fighting in our cause, yet tied,hand and foot, wasting time and losing heart, idle in an en - SEAFORTH CLINIC Dr. E. A. McMaster, M,B., Graduate of Uuiversity of Toronto. J. Colquhoun, MB,, C.M., Grad- uate of Dallioneie University, Hallfax. The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern x-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptte equipment. Dr, Margaret K. Campbell, M.D., L.A.B.P., Specialist iu Diseases in Infants and Children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday in every month from 3 to 6 p.m. Dr, 1.0, J, 11 Forster, Specialist in Diseases of the E'er, Eye, NOM) and Throat, will bo at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month froni 4 to 6 p.m. Free well -baby clinic will be held un the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. JOHN A. GORWILL, Physician and Surgeon In Dr. II, H. Ross' office. Phone 6.1 W. C. SPROAT, M.D., F.A.C.S. Surgery Phone 90-W. Oface John St., Seatorth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medleine, University of Toronto. Late Assistant New York Ophthalmie and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square throat hospitals, London, Eng, At Commercial Hotel, Seatorth, third Wedustaday iu each month from 2 to 4 p.m. Also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday in etteh mouth. -63 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 JUNIOR INSTITUTE TO HELP PROTECT FLOWERS Will Assist in Campaign to Save On- tario Wild Flowers The president the Women's In kitute -has received the following 'let- ter Proal ,C,,»,tance G. Matthews, pre- sident of the Trillinm Publicity 'Cain- paign: "We shookl like through the Wo- man's lostitutes to inform 'the women throughout Ontario of the taiunolting of a campaign lta save the wild flow- ers of our 'province. "Many, of tus, can remember how beautiful the woods near our towns used to be in 'the spring when she wildflowers 100001' in bloom; ibut each year wilckflowers have become more scarce MALI now, iti some districts, tow can lite eeen. Th,i has been due for the most pant ItO the thought,le9stless of children Who love to go into She woods in the spring and tivho, !because .they are fond of !flowers, pick all they can see without realizing they are do- ing 1110111 any harm, twild-iflower tcampaign this May is directing especial attention itc the White Triitioin which parliament has made 'the ,emblent 'flower of Ont- ario. This 'favorite flower is rapidly -disappearing in -many spots. The tail - leaves grow close to the !bloom, so when late flower is tpicked all the leaves are taken too. This weakens -the plant so much it is apt to die. Tril- liums that do live after being picked will not bloom again for a dimulyer of years, and ,of -course are -unable -to eel seed. The an calibers of -your Institute can ido much 10 ipreV011it Ifurther destruc- tion of these ;beautiful 'flowers by let- ting the children know Rte harm they are thoughelessly doing thy ;picking them, IMlost people ,feel sorry when the gay tisk:Pains !they are tearrying twibit .blefore they ran be brought home and must the thrown away. If they knew that 'besides ruining the 'Bowers they are also mining the planes, they snight leave them in -the nsioncls for others to e'n "1t't:giYta. 1 1-1 ;ch 1ettr to our grarlchilcIrea, instead of finding the pro-vince ,!4 -wept bare, may atso joy a 'beautiful Ontario." 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. 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, HAROLD JACKSON Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, write or phone Harold Jackson, 65Sr12, Sea - forth central; Brucefield R.R.1, 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, Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Vice President W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS F. MaKercher, RM.', Dublin; John E. Pepper, 16111, Brucefield; B. R. G. Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt, Blyth; C. F. HeWitt, Kincardine; Wm. Yeo, Holmesville. DIRECTORS Alex Broadfoot, Seaforth; William Knox, Landeeboro; Chris Leonhardt, Dublin; James Connolly, Gpderich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEwing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton. Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other business, will be promptly attended to by applications to any of the above named officers addressed to their respective post - offices. It was Bobby's first dancing lesson. "Well, Bobby," asked his teacher, "do you think you'll make a dancer?" "Sure," answered Bobby. "Ws nothing but taunting round and wiping your feet," Want and For Sale Add,, 1 week 25e.