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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-12-04, Page 6PAGE SIX ,; t " •a. tt ,Y THE SEAFORTH NEWS Seeley tt muttered the French- man. alai Captain Sanglier is a brave sold- ir, and will not gainsay the conduct of an honest sailor," put in jasper. is there any traitor here, Captain .Flinty—heart?" ,"Ay," added Muir, "let him speak out then, since ye wish it, unhappy youth! that the truth may be known. I only hope that ye may escape the last punishment when a court will be sitting on your mis- deeds. How is it, Captain; do ye, or do ye not, see a traitor among us?" "Out—yes, sail—hien sur." "Too much lie!" said Arrowhead in a voice of thunder, striking the breast of Muir with the back of his own hand in a sort of ungovernable gesture; "where my warriors:' -- where 1'engeese scalp? Too much lie!" ems Muir wanted not for personal t courage, nm' for a certain sense of s ;v sa'a personal honor. 'rhe violence which had been intended only for a gest- '^ t, *t .rid.+. - ..� , ..l , .. rf^a. ^'> • ::�.�+ ✓°; . are he mistook for a blow; for can - The meeting between Pathfinder diers. who were binding his arms science was suddenly aroused with- itci Sanglier barn sante resemblance under the direotian of Muir, in hint, and he stepped back a pace, 10 that celebrated interview between "What does that mean, indeed?" extending his ]mud towards a gun. w Wellington and Blucher which has cried the guide. stepping forward and fi ds 'ace to livid with rage' ger and sr often been graphically told, It shoving the two subordinates away his countenance expressed the fell rook place at the fire: and the part- With 0 power of muscle that would intention of his heart. But Arrow - stood earnestly regarding each not he denied, ,"Who has the heart head was too quick for hint; with a other for more than a minute without to do it before my eyes?'. wild glance of the eye the Tttsear- speaki.ng. Faith felt that in the other I -It is my orders. Pathfinder," arts• I era looked sheat him; Hien thrust a '':5 saw a formidable foe; and each I w,'red the Quartermaster. "and I corn- hand beneath his own girdle, drew. !'r 11, *bile ,1t ought to treat the other' stand it 00 my own responsibility. forth a concealed knife, and, in tits wih the manly Itherality due to a Yell no' tack' on yourself the legality twinkling of an eye, buried it in the --at•i•ier, that there was little in cone! id orders given by 0110 who bears the i 'body of the Quartermaster to the .r 1t between 410111 111 the way of, kind commission to the. king's sill }h anile. As the ]atter felld las feet, dt ..'1311 Motel' as wolf as id interests. tltte! 1 :' gazing into his fue with the v10.1111'1sis;i'54 for money' and profornu''ntc i "I'd dispute the king's wards if Il stat, of one surprised by death. •s 00lir•r took a pinchofsnuff :uul i', other, 1 , eatise his life had be, -n ' in came from has own mouth. dirt , r the al,i,rnr ;old u, land 14 y- . 11tH_ ]rafter des;u•ces this. aid in a 511181 veicr,- - ds bit•tl e-teAnti 1t1.-. :ren nti +..x- Thi, fad just saved all our scalps, ` -1'."", l'affaire• finte; 0111is." iasis. n us from .i«- shruggitg 1118 shotl1der. "et' west ri "]e:,• Ti ii, .4(1-e ri,ini. alcor, feat and has given 131'411 sc•"feral de moins.' 1: ?.�.�ent itt,alcknt t,,r .i ,.Ib,>ei n- v.,tniv. No. NO, Lieutenant; if this ,ranquiiiny of 1':11115nd, r; 1115 f.- rho first use that you make of your 9'he tet was too sudden to be pro-. t,ll9nrlty. 1, for one, will not reaped tented; and when .trrew•head utter - t known syn amid -fleas 1 e d it yell, hounded into the bushes. f, 1.. 1bt•io, 1.5,11:::11.,k 'betrays il.' ltscit, until1,becalm ' 1 .ry tt, i "This savours a lier i ibuthow- the whiti• 111,']11 15.1.' ; loo dumfonded .J7.0R:ic yn, TI,,, l ,.nr,i1.,Ii.,411tt n,°' a ,,re,dMull; but�cto follow (lin uchgoak. flowerer, ]lar nee nr.n bear much from Pathfinder. Lt irs was mare 001101,11and thebulls the h ;n , lr. '. 1„1 its . tura-,• 'tial• 1 thk ,lose, r has seemed hal .lured} closed on the pasting _. l to sero oly of the Tuscarora than they above that which he lt st had a ,u the affair. cutt .meice ought no; hwe re again opened by that. of the e. l 11'31, .le 1 i • 0 ant t ts: j TO 011, Y) ook past transactions. laid ='1 the ,lit,•. fates, nil simplicity eel not Major Flun Duncan himself denounce- It lawaI in full pursuit. Jaslatr Western spoke French 1111- ., er, cr bed • allyfford'to Ithe into Sergeant Dunham before we• enti ✓ y, and the words and mann" of rlutrad r, -Wei, and lit soon came to left the post': Have tee riot aeon &uglier struck hint. f that t' yco01110 telt" w•ouio ma.stiticie�nt with our own .cos to make ..~peak. ;4loncieur," ,:aid in :7501111' to accept him for her bus•„ure of having been betrayed" fin,' English; 'am 1 the ur,"traitor't•, lard walla not se uple to shale Ids is it not natural, and almost neves- f tar's, bowev =r itnntbfe. HE, les, ary, to ].slices that this young man „1'e voila." answered the cool S t has been Frenchman. "dot is our 0spion our card , n t r -s a brave: warrior; th � traitor? Ah, l athfind- 1,•r: ye'11 no, he agent—our friend ma fol--c'etait x t nasi tart ,c, nulls of that lilt• making yourself at un grand scelerat solei." :-..-'11A5 whu h s the t ,-tilt of I t:e••tleal creatstatesnuen or a great captain While speaking, Sanglier bent. ov.. k yld , to 14510+v kilt 0f what if you put too much faith ill appear- er the dead body and thrust his hand ., i ,.std to his I1 judice for the enc.'s. Lore] bless mei lord Ness luta a pocket of the Quartermaster, .. r 1)0ot111 and it Fbrtt,l o7 Every me'. 14' 3 do not 1'rheee. could the' into 14 f tchfke he rthec 8 arter. aster, subject are r tt-t11y those who know truth be come at. a: you often say tang the 'h he d 011 the ecraund. iaitlitha n r but be could net 1 v sur x.,11, Pathfind4r, that ht potris} ,.- i ' 1.1-"illi'1)l1 . . ee i. .t more t•n sevt'rul dimhle-haus rolled towards f t ld•hlo,xl• mum 1 vice than •sen i ...1„11:._1,,, i=. 810 the soldiers who were not slow in cr,. t e:t' '11 elle 5111 end theft tit hang of humalt picking them tip. Casting the purse :1111,' n l alt c:,'• forgot kis 'wl;tte Waists•” tier of for. in contempt, mpt the colt .. ,:, :, n r rl e> ti •at .0;4,7, ;lure- captain 5;ul;:li,•t' ,01,1,88,..d 1 is 01." CM ,1,: ,eth ,- 11_1.1, Patbfind,shoulders: theft he looked .1410,,4.ly tune turned towards the soup he had was a la; lb: to ret,:' a'aptairt. The (1)121 Jasna•r towards the Quarter_ 1,1(11 preparing with so 11101h care, int. .:,,111.1 not . i and finding It. to his liking, he began ion:prebend av3 411 otlt. master. t„r, and from the Qutu termvstr't' to break his fast with an :lir of indif- tvr bad oftet, 1. ,,,d of tow ted, Jasper. , -1 . i ]-111' . jet ti' and '1 care 111,1 for your enry. 01' your ferenee flint . the -111901 stoical Indian warrior might have envied: t-41 and in ,.-v.-r:1 instances they Ittt , 21st' a veu for your huntatl 'II APTER XVII ;.,1 .d frim into erne •=rrors . out t int.” rttuintd Jay„ 1 1 t r men • by which a frank and _; ,:.trier l diplomatist , s5,51 to 'f.. -,,,phis secrets t' hitt Di31, ('01e wl:c. .. ••rnol.bt d anti wily. -y1' , they a, h•°rne. had 0a,7-13 at etherthe mariner t:lfni0ild't. �•r, rr ii.� 1 11 s1t'`' ,f • ;..410.,r11,, _ e rii'1-10 s' .01 - _r'40s 1 -e 313.1 -3,2:•.231 11,--ter•}-,1 .. ertlrt,e:ty •.9,• ; r • ;1; ,' art cs 1.'' 14 11, rreni11. • wit,., �• ..:l,v ,t. iii to 11 e P, 3 idol " @ nt. . r ar:. 111 ugh a friendly smile. 314. milita10- MIL2101'. et la i07001e.- '}ilii Y ]riga is R^ _iy 1 on ! rata ,,1 .he 171711,5.= of j 11'� ,h,d 501 0'' u1''t 11 , Thu- ',Z,1111(21 is.- e1+f trtttli•t el.ta ,-,1111(.1 . bat11 ie ngii- nor J it!: e to :try Vt.-nen-via,. yen find the Mingo l!wv, illy r.r,inic:t. '.tistr.r ]linty, lt- eon 1,d . ;may,. ♦i'ell. 1'1" .. 0,ltl ' 145)4. t'110Hr I , '.1) bat- - 1•it was iiiwityF. hnht 11:frr ,1 4..1'r nL Kafiri your ewn; :me 'M:-. f,t , to r t :a, Ls_ -i . lt. Pathfinder. e Eau -donee is my friend; Jasper While Muir's body was in th 1'.au•dauvar t.- a brave fad. and ;an hands of his soldiers. who laid it de honest lad. and tt loyal Iad; and 00 ee.ntly aside, and covered it with a malt of the :,:,#h shall lay hands an greatcoat. C'hingachgook silently re- man short of I,undie's awn orders, sumed his place at the fire, and both while I'm in the way to prevent it. Vou may have authority over your soldiers: blit you have alone over 1i_—'per and 48,;. Muster Muir." `•Fieri' ejaculated Sanglier. t;a' ,.tot partaking equally of the , ., . ill(' throat tend of the i1'''' 'Will ye n+,'' hearken to reason. Pathfinder? 11.-'11 fro' be fo1•c+•tting out scspiei0ns and judgments; and h(1' is another circumstance to IU'' - tit and aggravate them all. Ye ee th little- bit of bunting; well. where should it be found but by Maio 1 Dtinhar,, on the branch of re.• ur :his: very island, lust an haus or -f, before the attack of the , nemy : i:rtd if ye'll be at the trim- tde t,. look at the fly of the Scud's ensign, ye'11 just say that the (doth has tsee11 cut from out it. (,'ir,'uoi- .tant}al 4,524)10)- 1511- never strongA- nr •, 1Ia, 1'oi. c'. st 2411 pea fort, ',lei," !growled Saliency between his teeth. { Talk 1', lav of no 1-1-tst,;1' and wires 1 mays the lean." ,, of tine: d the Pathfinder. "Jasper this c•sit of honesty; and 11 is 100 t to ,* til'd with. like if a1n.... coma! „','1 No. n'.; in; I ,. I . which vim i, 1. r• til ,.ra•.,-•. he;t-t10: wnr 541d lit ,N'rt '.:itl1. ,.r ah.• ut'p- a,P r Y:•l'.•. You overef to your CEc, LI tt, flan: 31 11'1111." 1119:1 i' :_l 111i1dr 1 ''110 most. C e;.tai,t ..nit :Arlttshr ul, this }atom l'usaaricrii, hays 1'0(12 in follre i roo that ilia- unfortunate boy is the traitor. :After such testimony you edit no longer oppose my right to correct him, as well a15 the neces- sity of the act." _r-1lfi-ia I, r,rn,'1,. ., rl;ich .s .4 1s'lrn. "1.1• jeattr,• 008151«- 4,5 _. Th,,, 1,111(l and eye rt �'at'lta n •a�+1i'= liar die»,101 1110 look of Pathfinder to the opposite shit of the fires when. Jasper, Just at diet moment had been rudely 541004 by two of the sol. Sanglier and Pathfinder remarked that he carried a flesh and bleeding scalp at his girdle. No one asked any questions; and the -:former, although perfectly satisfied that Arrowhead had fallen, manifested neither curio- sity nor feeling. He continued calm- ly eating his soup, as if the meal had been tranquil as usual. There was something of pride and of an assum- ed indifference to fate, imitated from the Indians, in all this; but there was more that really resulted from prac- tice, habitual self -command, and con- stitutional hardihood. With Pathfind- er the case was It little different in feeling, though much the same in appearance, He disliked Muir, whose smooth-tongued courtesy was little in accordance with his own frank and ingenuous ways; but he had been shocked by his unexpected and violent death, though accustomed to similar scenes,- and he had been stir - prised •at. the exposure of his treach- ery. With a view to ascertain the ex- tent of the latter, as soon as the body was removed, he began to question the Captain on the subject. The lat- ter, having no particular motive for secrecy now that his agent was dead, in the course of the breakfast re- vealed the following circumstances. Soon after the 55th appeared on the frontiers, Muir had volunteered his services to the enemy. In making his offers, he boasted of his intimacy with Lundie, and of the means it. af- forded of furnishing more accurate and important information than us- ual. His terns had been accepted, and Monsieur Sanglier had several interviews with him in this vicinity of the fort at Oswego and had actu- ally passed out entire night secreted in the -garrison, Arrowhead, however, was the usual channel of information and the anonymous letter to Major Ilmu•an had been originally written by Muir. transmitted to 11(111 '1) copied. and sent hack by the Tuseau• oral, who was returning from that. errand when t aptultd by the Scud. 11 -is scarcely necessary ssary to add that Jasper was to he sacrificed in alder to conceal the Quartermaster's lster's trea- son. and that tate position of the is- land had been betrayed to the enemy by the. latter. An extraordinary coup pensation—that 'which was found in his purse, had induced hint to accom- pany the party under Sergeant Dun- ham, in order to give the signals that wore to bring on the attack. His admiration of Mabel was in a great degree feigned, in order that he might have an excuse for accom- panying the patty without sharing in. the responsibility of it, defeat, or incurring the risk of having no other strong and seemingly sufficient mo- tive. 4Tueh of this was known to Captain Sanglier, particularly tin• part in connection with Mabel, and he did not fail to let his auditors in- to the wholc secret frequently laugh- ing in a sarcastic manner, as he re- vealed the different expedients of the luckless Quartermaster. "Touchez-1a," said the cold -blood: ed partisan, holding out his sinewy hand to Pathfinder, when- he ended his explanations; "you be homtete, and dot is hc•aucoup. We tak' de spy as we tak' la medicine, for de good; mals. je les dettste! Touehez•la." •'I'll shake your hand, Captain, I will; for you're a lawful and nat'ral Pathfinder,'sand a mint] returned manful on but the body of the Quartermaster t master shall never disgrace English ground. I did intend to early it back to Lundie, that he might play his bagpipes aver it, but now' it shall lie here on the spot where he acted his villainy, and have his own treason for a headstone. Captain Flinty -I heart, I suppose, this consorting with traitors is a part- of a soldier's busi- ness; but, 1 tell you honestly, it is not to my liking, and I'd rather it `. should he you than 1 who had this affair on his conscience. What an awful sinner! To plot, right and left, ag'in country, friends, and the Lord! Jasper, boy, it word with you aside, for a single minute." Pathfinder now led the young man apart, and squeezing his hand, with t1' h ontiuued; cat's In 118 awn eyes, e r "'You know me, Rau -douse, and I JOHN A. GORV✓lLL, B.A.,M.D, know you," said be, "and this new's has not changed my opinion of you Physician and Surgeon anymanner, I never helieved the in In Dr, 8, H. Rosa' ofAce. Fhone 5 J tales, though it looked solenut at one ill es it diel look sol THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941 PROFESSIONAL CARDS CAR MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC Dr, 17. A. MoMaster, M.B., Graduate of University of Toronto. Paul L. Brady, TMD., Graduate of Mayoralty of Toronto. The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern x-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptic equipment, Dr. F. J. 14. Forster, Specialist in Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuosday 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. time, I w own;- e11u1, and it made the feel solemn too. I never suspected you for a min- ute, for I know your gifts don't lie that -a -way; but, I must own, I didn't suspect the Quartermaster neither." "And he holding his Majesty's commission, Pathfinder!" "It isn't so much that, Jasper Western, it isn't so much that. Her held a c0nunission from God to act right, and to deal fairly with his fel- . low -creatures, and he has failed aw- fully in his duty." "I'o think of his pretending love! for one like ]]label, too, when he felt none." "That tea:. bad, sartainly; the fel. low must baric hard Mingo blood in his veins. The elan that deals unfair- ly by a woman can be but a mongrel lily lad. Here 18 the Sergeant, poor man, on his dying bed he has given the his daughter for a wife, and Ma- bel, dear girl, has consented to it; and it makes me feelthat 1 have two welfare:: to look after, two natures to care for, and two hearts to glad- den, Alt's me. jasper! 1 sometimes feel that I'm not good enough for, that sweet child!" Eau -douse had nearly- gasped for , breath when be first heard this in= te.11igenee and, though he succeeded in suppressing any other autwni"l signs of agitation, his cheek was blanched nearly to the paleness of death. Mill he found means to ans- wer not only with firmness but with ..Say not so, Pathinder; you are good enough for a queen." "Ay, ay, boy, according to yotu• ide•es of my oodness that is 01 say, I can kill a deer. or even a Mingo at treed, with any man 011 the 110 s; or I can follow a forest -path with as true an eye, w. 1 cad the stars, when others do not understand theta, No doubt, no doubt, Jiahel will have venison enough, and fish enough, and pigeons enough; but will she have knowledge enough and will she have 'does enough, grid pleasant con- versation enough, when life concis to drag -a little, and each of us begins to pass for our true values?." 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McKereher, R. R.1, Dublin; Joht. E. Pepper, 71.71,1, BrucefleId; J. F Procter, Brodhagen; James Watt Blyth; Aldred Yeo, Iiolmesville. DIRECTORS Alex Broadfoot, Seaforth; William Knox, Londesboro; Chris Leonhardt, Dublin; 16. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEwing Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clfntonl Thigh Alexander, Walton. Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other business, will ba promptly attended to by applications to any of the above named officers addressed to their respective post offices. "Now, Jasper. I dare to say you think so, nay, I know you do for it is nat'ral, and according to friend• ship for people to look o'ret favonl•- aebly at them they love. Yes, yes, if 1 had to marry you, boy, I should give myself no ednsal'n about my being well looked 1131011, for you 11110e (11- w•,y0 shown a disposition tosee me and all I do with friendly eyes, Dur, a young gall, after sill, must wish to Inai•1'\' at man that is nearer to het' own age and fancies, than to have one old enough to be her father, and rude enough to frighten her. I won- der,Jasper, that -Mabel never took a fancy to you, now, rather than sett- ing her mind on me," ity Want and For Sale Ads, di week 25c