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Then, passing to the deck, silent
and steady, no signs of pain upon his
face, so had the calm come to him, as
to Nature anti. this beleaguered city,
before the whirlwind, he looked out.
.upon the clustered groups of boats
tilled with the flower of his army, set-
tled in a menacing tranquillity. There
lay the Light Infantry, Bragg': Ken-
nedy's, Lascelles's, Anstrnther's Reg-
iment. Fraser's Highlanders, and the
much loved, much blamed, and impe-
tuous Louisburg Grenadiers, :steady,
indomitable, silent as cats, precise as
Ittathenuttleians, he could trust thein,
as they loved. his awkward. pain -
twisted body and ugly red hair. "Dam -
Isle. Jack, didst thee ever take hell in
row before?" said a sailor from the
Terror of France to his fellow once,
es the marines grappled with a not.
ilia of French lire.ships. and dragged
-heni. spitting destruction. :,tear i(1
the fleet, to the shore, "Nay. but I've
beet in tow of Jimmy Wolfe's red i
head; that's hell -fire. lad!" was the I
reply.
From boat to boat the General's eye
passed. then shifted to the ships—the
Squirrel, the Leostaf, the Seahorse,
and the rest—and lastly to where the
army of Bougainville lay. Then there
came towards him an taker, who
said quietly, "The tide has turned, •
sir." For reply the General made a
swift motion towards the maintop
shrouds, and almost instantly lant-
erns showed in them. In response,
the crowded boats began to cast away
and, immediately descending, the Gen-
eral passed into his own boat, drew
to the front, and drifted in the cur-
rent ahead of his gallant men, the
ships following after.
It was two by the clock when the
boats began to move. and slowly we
ranged down the stream, silently
steered by the current. No paddle, no
c•rcaking oarlock. broke the stillness.
I was 111 the next boat to the Gen.
eral's for, with Clark unit twenty.
two ether volunteers to the forlorn
here:. I was ie show the way tip the
Ite•ights and we were near to his per.
se:; ler over two molts that !light.
Ne morn was shining. but 1 .v(ulef Fee
1'iati111y:.end blue, when
h,.,ts t at-s.st tatit heli. he saw ale.
1 - ra it h, -If thy.. 01 -
!!.are.. Ir -e
lr t hi4.fi 4111'
u ..ct. 1, 1 here:. ,. sir.
r.;,, .'I1 soli *1.;-i- 1101,1wi
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3r, site :^lite.. acrd aaiti. "Ito' uiel atr"
-Seventeen, sir," was the reply.
"It is the mast lasting passion:' he
said. musing.
It seemed to me then, and 1 eti11
think it, that the passion he meant
was love of country. A moment after-
wards I heard him recite to the offi-
cers about him, in a low, clear tone.
some verses by Mr. Graythe poet,
which I had never then read, though
I have prized them since. Under those
frowning heights, and the smell- of
our distant roaring thirty-two pound-
ers in the air, I heard him say:
"The curfew tolls the knell of parting
day;
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the
lea;
The ploughman homeward plods his
weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and
to me."
I have heard finer voices than his—
it was as tin beside Doltaire's—but
something in it pierced me that night,
and J felt the man, the perfect hero,
when he said:
"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth
e'er gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour --
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave."
Soon afterwards we neared the end
of our quest, the tide carrying us in
to shore; and down the dark heights
there came a challenge, satisfied by
an officer, who said in French that
we wereprovision boats for Mont
-
to .:.w•k4
calm: these, we knew, had been ex-
pected! Then came the batteries of
Samos. Again we passed with the
sante excuse. rounded a headland, and
the great work was begun.
The boats of the Light infantry
swtmg in to shore. No sentry chall-
enged, but I knew that at the top
Laney's lents were set, When the
Light Infantry had landed, we twenty
four volunteers stood still for a mom-
ent, and I pointed out the way. Be-
fore we started, we stooped beside a
brook that leaped lightly clown- the
ravine and drank a little runs roil
water. Then I led the way, Clark at
one ,side of cue. and a soldier of the
Light Infantry at the other. it was
hard climbing, but, following our ea'e-
1111 steps as silently as they might,
the good fellows ['Mule eagerly on.
time a rock broke loose and 051114'
tumbling down, but plunged into a
thicket, where it stayed: else it
night have done for us entirely. I
breathed freely when it stopped.
Once. too, a branch cracked loudly,
and we lay sti11; but hearing nothing
above, we pushed on, and, sweating
greatly, carte close to the top,
Here Clark and i drew back. for
snc'h honour as there might be in
gaining the heights first I wished to
go to these soldiers who had trusted
their lives to my guidance. I let six
go by and reach the heights, and
then I drew myself up. We did not
stir until all twenty-four were safe;
then we made a dash for the lents of
Laney, which now showed in the first
gray light of morning. We were dis-
covered, and shots greeted us; but
we were on them instantly, and in it
hutment 1 had the pleasure of putting
a bullet in Laney's heel and brought
him down. Our cheers told the Gen-
eral the news, and seta hundreds of
soldiers were climbing the hard wily
that we had conte.
And now, while an army nllmbed to
the heights o1 Maitre Abraham, Ad-
miral Saunders in the gray ,lawn \vas
hamlclr tiuc 3lnutcalut's e ue'ampmeitL
and beans lille4 with uuuinr.s and
soldiers drew to lit, P,eanport flats,
as if to hind there: while 01:4,,
beanies. ::lulls and c(tet•ass s were
Marled from Levis upon the town, 1e-
eeivine Alum 01111. At lust. however,
sit pre ting, he rode teeards the town
act six Welted: and saw olir stutter
ranks spread across the plains bet -
iv,., -1' hitt and Bougainville, .sod on
the (Test. r:'airer to him, ( eine its
01(it ettiazenlena, the '((141!'•-r •nein
ltnttaa1014 qt' Gui(0tll4 ,=140111(1
11(0 day before have occupied the very
ground held by Laney. A light rain
falling adder] to their gloom, but
cheered us. It gave us a better light
to light by. for in the clear September
air, the bright sun shining in our
faces, they would have had us at ad-
vantage.
1n another hour the gates of SL
John and St. Louis emptied out upon.
this battlefield a warring flood of our
foes. It was a handsome sight: the
white uniforms of the brave regi-
ments. Roussillon, La Sarre, Guienne,
Languedoc, Bean, mixed with the
dark, ext+itable militia, the sturdy
burghers of the town, a band of cour-
eurs de hofs in their rough hunter's
costume, and whooping Indians,
painted and furious, ready to eat us.
But there was bungling with them.
Vaudreuil hung back or came tardily
from Beauport; Bougainville had not
yet arrived; and when they night
have pitted twice our number against
us, they had not many more than we.
With Bougainville behind us and
Montcalm in front, we might have
been checked, thortgh there was Ito
roan in all our array but believed that
we should win the day. I could plain-
ly see Montealnt, mounted on. a dark
horse, riding along the lines as they
formed against us, waving his sword,
a truly gallant figure. Fie was answ-
ered by a roar of applause and greet-
ing. On the left their Indians and
burghers overlapped our second line,
where Townsend with Amberst's and
the Light Infantry, and Colonel Bin' -
ton with the Royal Americans and -
Light Infantry, guarded our flank,
prepared to 'tweet Bougainville. 1n
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
CANADA TURNS OUT MORE PLANES
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\\'itlt each month of war the humming wheels of the Canadian aircraft industry reach a higher tempo in their
song of promised victory. In this photograph a worltmttu is shown ne lie attaches a wing -tip light to a Lysander
army co-operation airplane. A considerable number of tit tee machines are being made in Canada for both British
end Canadian use.
'aifrrl�a�tii',ukt !Ol
vain our foes tried to get between
our right flank and the river; 01 -
way's Regiment, thrown out; defeated
that.
11 was my hope that .Doltaire was
with Moltcah11. and that we might
meet and end our quarrel. 1 carte to
know afterwards that it was he who
had induced ltlohlc'al111 to send the
battalion of Gulelnre to the heights
above the Anse du Foulon. The bat-
talion had not been moved till twen-
ty -foul' Hours after the ortiet' wee
given, or we should never have gain-
ed those heights; atones rolled from
the cliff would have destroyed 1111
army 1
We waited, Clark and 1, with the
Louisburg Grenadiers while they
formed, We made no noise, but stood
steady and still, the bagpipes of the
Highlanders shrilly challenging, At
eight o'clock sharpshooters began fir-
ing on us from the left, and our skir-
mishers were thrown out to Bold
thein in cheek, or drive them from
the houses where they sheltered and
galled 'rownsend's meu. Their field
pieces opened on us, too, and yet we
410 nothing, but at nine o'clock, be-
ing ordered, we lay down and waited
still. There was no restlessness, no
anxiety, no show of doubt, for these
men of otn's were old fighters. and
they trusted their leaders, Ft'om
bushes. trees, coverts, and fields of
grain there carne that constant hail
of fire, and there fell upon our ranks
I a doggedness, a quiet anger, w'111(11
grow• into a grisly patience. The only
pleasure we herd in two long ]ours
was in watching our two brass six.,
Pounders' play upon the irregnuur
ranks of our foes. making ,'ournefon,
(cul '1'Owuseed drive hack a deeteh-
rept or eiteath•y from cap Rouge'.
which '-(11511 to break ear I•it tintilc
and 41 1111 iib Ill t01(11.
We Ives seen the >nlrs go down, 1140
14(01 1ed light of (acus break
ur'1 tire•
Nil ](1 e} city and the
heights of. t'hailesbourg, we had
Watched the silo ru110• 11p, and ,hen
steal- 0(1:115 behind the 1,1aw-ravelling
r1011s and h101510g mist; we had
looked across over unreaped earn -
fields nod the dull, slovenly St,
('hlu•h•s. knowing that inulless lea-
gime of country, . north and south,
east and west, lay in the balance for
the last time. 1 believed that this day
would see the last, of the strife be-
tween England and Fraise for domin-
ion stere; of La Pompadour's spite
which I had roused to action against
my country; of the struggle between
Doltalre and myself.
The public stake was worthy of our
army—worthy of the dauntless .sold-
ier who had begged his physicians to
patch him up long enough to fight
this fight, whereon he staked his re-
putation, life, all that a elan loves in
the world; the private stake was
more than worthy of my long suffer -
tugs. 1 thought that Montc'alm lied
waited for Vaudreuil, hut no, .At ten
o'clock his three columns came dawn
upon us briskly, making a wild tattle;
two columns moving upon, our right
and one upon our left, airing oblique-
ly and constantly as they marched.
Then cause the command to rise, and
we stood up and waited, our muskets
loaded with an extra ball, 1 could
reel the stern malice in our ranks, as
WO stood there and took, without re-
turning a shot, that damnable lire.
Minute after minute passed; then
ca1116 the sharp command to advance.
We did so, and again halted; and yet
no shot casae from us. We stood
there,fnaclive, a long palisade of red.
At last I saw our General raise his
sword, a command rang flown the
long line of battle, and. like one ter-
rible cannon -shot, our muskets -sang
together with as perfect a precision
as of a private field of exercise.
Then, waiting for the smoke to clear
a little, another volley carte in chop-
py waved of sound, and again in a
persistent - clattering, Then a light
breeze lifted the smoke and mist well
away, and a wayward sunlight Showed
our fee, lilts a loug white wave re-
treating from a rocky shore, bending,
crumpling, breaking, and, 111 a1 Mad -
red little billows, fleeing seaward,
Thus checked, confounded, the
French army trembled and fel] back.
Then I heard the order to charge,
and from neatly foto' thousand
throats there came for the first time
our exultant British cheer, and high
over all rang the slogan of Fraser's
Highlanders, To my loft I saw the
flashing broadswords of the clans-
men, ahead of all the rest. Those
sickles of death clove through and
broke the battalions of La Sarre, and
Lascelles scattered the soldiers of
Languedoc into flying columns. We on.
the right, led by Wolfe, charged the
desperate and valiant then of Roussil-
lon and Guienne and the impetuous
slun'pshooters of the militia. As we
cattle on I observed the General sway
and push forward again, and then I
lost sight of hint, for I 01140 what gave
the battle a new interest td me: hol-
taire, cool and deliberate, animatiug
and encouraging the French 10001111•
1 moved in a shaking hedge of bay-
onets. keeping 1(15 eye upon hien; and
presently there was a1 11aud40-hand
melee, out Of which I fought to reach
him. 1 was making for ithl1, where be
now s,110111 to rally the retreating
tedium's. when I noticed, not far
away, Gabord, mounted, and atttcl:-
ed by three gre'nadier's, Looking bac]:
11000 I see Idut. with ]tis sabl'o ((10
tint; right 011d left, as Ili, drove 1111
Lor -t' au nuc gr„na,lier. who (11115ed
and fell en the slippery ernlnal while
Ihn home rode oil hila. halle•rin5
4ththillely Hewn swept the sabre,
Mud (11-1+00 (]trough the e,•h,0k and
Asia of note foe: another sweep, and
bayonet of the other was struck
aside; and aunother, which was turn-
ed aside as Gabord's horse rale
dewli. bayoneted by the fallen grena-
dier. lint (labord was on his fret
again, roaring like a bull, with 0
wild grin on his face, as he pertly
turned aside the bayonet of the last
grenadier. It ca05111 ]tint in the flesh
of the lel] side. He grasped the
musket -barrel, and swung his sabre
with fierce precision. The man's
head dropped back like the lid of a
pot, and he tumbled into a heap of
the faded golden -rod flower 'which
spattered the field.
At this moment I sttw Juste Duv-
arney making towards me, hatred
and deadly purpose in his eyes, I had
will enough to meet bin, and to hill
him too, yet I could not help but
think of Atixe. Gabord saw him also,
and, being nearer, made for me as
well. For that act 1 cherish his mem-
ory. The thought was worthy of a
gentleman of breeding; he had the
true thing in his heart, IIe would
save us—two brothers—from fighting,
by fighting me himself! •
J -Ie reached inc first, and with an
"Au (liable!" trade a stroke at Ana. It
was a platter .of sword and sabre
now. Clark met Juste Duvarney's
rush; and there we were, at as line
a. game of .cross-purposes as you can
think: Clark hungering Inc Gabord's
life (Gabord had once been itis jailer
too), and ,Juste Duverney for mine;
the battle flaring on attend of ns.
Soon the two were clean cut off from
the French army, and must light to
the death or surrender,
Juste Duvarney • spoke only -once,
and then it was bet the rancorous
word "'Renegade!" nor dict I speak at
all; but Clark was blasphemous, and
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940
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Gabord, bleeding, fought with a gut-
tering relish,
"Fair fight and fowl for spitting,"
be cried. "Go home to heaven, dick-
ey -bird!" .
Between phrases of this hind we
cut and thrust for life, an odd sort of
fighting. 1 fought with a desperate
alertness, and presently my sword
passed through his body, drew out,
and he shivered, . fell --where he
stood, collapsing suddenly like a bag.
1 knelt beside( trim and lifted up his,
head. His eyes were glazing fast,
"Gabord! Gabord!" I called, grief-
stricken, for that work was the worst
I ever diti in this world,
He started, stared, and fumbled at
his waistcoat. I quickly put my
hand in, and drew out—ate of Math-
ilde's wooden crosses!
"To cheat—the devil—yet—alto!"
he whispered, kissed the cross, and
so was done with life.
When I turned from him, Clark
stood alone beside rte. Dazed as 1 ;
did not at first grasp We significance •
of that fact. I looked towards the
town, and saw the French 'army
hustling into the St. Louis Gate;
Salty the highlanders charging the
bushes at the Cote Ste. Genevieve,
where the brave Canadians made
their last staid; saw, not fifty feet
away, the nohlest soldier of our time.
even General Wolfe, dead in the
arms of 1111. Henderson. at volunteer
in the Twentysecoud1 and them, al-
most at my reel, stretched out as 1
had neem him lie in the Palace court-
yard two years before, i beheld Juste
Duvarney.
But maw he was beyond all friend-
ship or rerum1iliattiau--1'ol'ever!
WORLD'S LONGEST JOURNEY
From Tibet to the Argentine by
Camel. Ship and Train
The betee'st journey in the we•r:o
has been covered by the ('as 111(4,
goods sent Miring the, last six month
front :;cotiund to the Argentine. -
11 began im the mmititaine of 1'i1 1.
t'hin'se tn<•rchattt, still travel 1:y
cannel from 'Tientsin 10 Tibet over
the road cure trod by 111an•ee Polo. the
Venetian merchant adventurer of the
thirteenth century.
They go to hay from mountain
herdsmen the fleece of the Tibetan
goat. 1t is the lightest wool in the
world,
From Tientsii the wool is shipped
in bales to Scotland. In Hawick it is
span and ]utted into garments
which are thou shipped to Buenos'
Aires.
ht the last six months the Argent,
iue has taken from Scotland more
Cashntir goods than in the previous
twelve.
To -day smart women in Buenos
Aires can amuse themselves as did
the great ladies of the 13th century
with their vast shawls of Indian silk.
They can tante a Braemar juniper and
draw it through a wedding ring: one
of the most popular of these junipers
weighs only 21/6 oz,
A few years ago the demand in the
Argentine \vaa for the heavier
weights. Central heating has charged
that, and lightweights are to -clay the
vogue. The stand collar, introduced
three years ago, is standard now aid
tltie season's popular shades are
bottle Or - tartan green, jade, wine,
marina, :Royal blue a.rtd Mauve,
A. package, a hamper, a (box, or a
'barrel ,of alpjplos at the present time
constitutes one of the most .seasonal
and acceptable (presents to the'family
-
or oto tfriel ds. It also beetles 'Canadian
'marketing. {
By eating apples ,dither cooked or "A fool and his money are
rate you can ',help yourself Bio IheaUth parted."
and 'help the ,Canadian fruit grower I "Who got yours?"
SEAFORTH CLINIC
Dr. 11, A. McMaster, M -B„ Graduate
of University of Toronto.
J. 11 Colgnhoun, M.D., C,M„ Grad•
uate of Dalhousie University, Halifax.
The Clinic is fully equipped with
complete and modern x-ray and other
up-to-date diagnostic and therouptie
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. IP, 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.
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A.,M,D.
Physician and Surgeon
In Dr. H. H. Roes' office, Phone 6 J
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in IVledicine, University
of Toronto. Late Aseiatant New York
Ophthalmic and Aural Institute,
Moorefleld's Eye, and Golden Square
throat hoapitala, 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. --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 alt
ternoon, each month,
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"Madan," remarked a conscienti-
ous pork dealer to a woman who
wanted to purchase some sausages,
"I don't think I ought to sell you
any, as the last I sold from the same
lot contained trychnosis."
"Never mind that!" returned the
housewife. "John told me to be sure
and have sausage for breakfast. I
don't eat 'em myself."
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