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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-06-17, Page 6PAGE SIX THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937 Rose Meenie 0 Glasgow town, how little mu know That Meenie has wandered in To the very heart of your darkened streets, - 1'hr;mali all the bustle and din. A Sutherland b1„ssont .mining lair :Amid all your clismai haze, ;Forgetting the breath of the stun - mer hills, And the bine of th e northern days, Prom Dixon's bre-wreaths to Rol - lox stalk, . Blow, south 'wind; 'and clear the -.sky. .. Till she think of Kett Clebn s sun- ny slopes, Where the basking red -deer lie. Blow, south wind, and show her a glimpse of blue Through the pall of dusky brown ; And sec that you ;';ward her and tend her well, ' 'You, fortunate Glasgow Town! But then --bunt then—that strange, impossible time=clpring which there would' he no Meeuie visible anywhere alotigthe mountain roads; and Mud - al, water would go by dfitheeded; and there would be no careless, cleat - singing girl's` voice along Loch li'iiav- er's shores—that ,strange time would surely come to an end, and •li,e 'could look forward and see how the ending of it would be: The clouds lay heavy •on Clebrig's crest, For days and weeks together; The shepherds along Strath -Terry's side ' Cunsed• at the rainy weather; "I"!1't§y scarce could get a favoring day , !For the Iburnin; .of the heather, When sudden the clouds were rent in twain And the ..;Il laughed out to the sun; And the hinds stole up, with wand- ering eyes, To the far slopes yellow and dun: And the birds were Singing in ev- ery hush At a Spring anew begun. 0 Clelinig, what is it that makes you. glad. And whither is gone your drawn? Are yon looking afar into the South, 'The long, wide ,strath admen? And sec you that •Meenie is corning hack— Love :decile, f r o lit Gla gow• 1own! He la'i hed. Not yet was Lnve Mecnie taken away from them all. And if in the unknown inure the Stuarts of tilengask and Oroaay were to carry her off and .ntoke a great lady of her, and take her to see strange places, and :perhaps marry her to sone noble person, at least in the meantime Ben C•lebrig and Ben Loyal and the wide straths between icpew they still held in the mighty hollow of their hand this sweet flow- er of Stitherlandahire, and that the world and the skies and the woods and lakes seemed fairer because of her presence. And as regarded him- self, and his relation's with her? Well, Whet must he must. ,Only he hoped— and ,there was surely no great vanity, mhr self-love, nor jealousy in so mo- dest a hope—that the change of her manner towards him was due to the counsels of her mother rather than to anything he had atnw•ittutgly said or done. Rose Meenie—Luce \deenfe— he had caked her in verses; but al- ways he had been most respectful to tleerself: and lie could not believe that she ehn,tght him capable 0 doing anything to offend her, ' (TLAIPTF'-R X711,. Very earls one Sunday morning, while as yet all the world seemed as- leep, a young lady stole out from the hotel at T;airg, and wandered down by herself to the silent and beavarft'1 whore, , f shin. Th 0 1- le .,f t March it 'v.,. i o,' ;. and ,yet the n,• around her was quite summer -i ket and .she was a stranger from tery far climes indeed. who had yent1 red into the His~hiands at this ordinarily •tnrocrard time of the year: so that there was wonder as well .as joy in ler heart as she regarded the fairyland before 'her, For ;1 was certainly not what she had been taught to expect, 'l'liere was not a ripple on the glassy surface of the lake: every feature of the bleeping and faintly .sn1111 world w••as reflected accurately on the per- fect mirror; the browns and yellows of the tower moorland: tib faint purple of the Kirch -woods; the aerial blues of .the distant hills, with here aiid there a p:atch of snow; and the fleecy white masses of the motionless ^loads. It was a kind of dream -world —soft -toned, and placid, and still; elle only sharp bit of color being the scar- let -painted lines of a boat that float- ed double on .that sea of glass. There was not a sound anywhere hitt the wittering of small birds: nor any movement but the slow rising into the air of a tiny' column of blue smoke from a distant cottage; summer seen - ed to be here already, as the first light airs of the .morning ---fresh and clear and sweet—came stealing along the silver surface of the water, and only troubling the magic picture here and there in long trembling swathes, The y'oun'g' lardy was of middle height, but looked taller than that 'hy reason of her slight and graceful form; she was pale, almost sallow, of face, with fine features, and a pretty ,mile; her hair was of a lustrous black; and so, ton, were lter‘eyes-- which were large, and soft, and at- tractive, Very foreign she looked as she stood by the .shores of this High- land loch; her figure. and complexion, and beautiful opaque soft dark eyes perhaps suggesting more than any- thing else the Spanish type of the Southern American woman; but ,there was nothing foreign about her attire; she had taken care about that: and if her jet black hair and pale cheek had prompted her to choose nn- 'rsual Inc,oof color, at all events the articles of her costume were all cor- rect—the warm anti serviceable ulster of some roughish yellow and gray material, the huff -colored gaiitteterl glove•, the orange -hued Tam a' Shan - ter which she wore quite as one to the manner horn. For the rest, one conks easily See that she was of a Cheerful temperament; pleased with herself; not over shy. perhaps.; and very straightforward in her look, However, the hest description of .this Young lady was the invention ni an ingenious youth, dwelling on the -auf kern shores of Lake Michigan. 'Carry 1indsmn' lir observed on one • occasion, Is just- 0 real good fellnw, that's what she is.' It was a happy phrase: and it Soon became popular x(110(1 1110 young ge'ntlein en wln' wore Eieglis'h hats 01111 vied with each outer in driving phantom vehicles be- hind long -stepping horses, 'Carry Mods011 —she': jilt the hest fellow going, they would assure you. And how better can one describe her? There was a kind• of frank camarad- erie about her: and site 'liked amass- ment, and was easily amused; and she labored under no desire at all of showing herself 'bright'—which chief- ly reveals itself in impertinent; but, above all. there was- in her composi- tion not a1 trace of alarm over her re- lations, however frank and friendly. with the other rex: she conies talk to any 1)11(1) -old or young, married or single—pnsfarely withotit wondering When he was about to begins to make love to her. 'For one thing, She was quite ea.pa•hle of looking after her- self; for another, the very rliarnl of 'ter manner -the delightful openness nand straightforward»esn of it- seem- -d to drive flirtation and sham senti- ment forthwith out of court. And if. en those young gentlemen in t'lii- _ago called Mb,. Carry IIocdsnn 41 real good fellow,' they emild not help •e nlenlherillg at the same time that he was an exceedingly pretty eirl, ,erhaps they appreciated so highly he pri ile:re ,.f Kenn on _good -e.'.14 rade terms with her that they were content to remain there rather than risk everything by seeking for more, However, that nerd not he discussed further here. People did, indeed, that Mr. John C. iduysen, the editor of the Chicago Citizen, was more than likely to carry off the pretty heiress; if there was any truth in the rumor, at all events bliss Carry Hodson re rnained just .as frank and free and ag- reeable with everybody — especially with young men who could propose exneclitions and amusements. Now there was only one subject capable of entirely upsetting this young lady's equanimity; and it is al- most :a pity to have to introduce it here; for the confession mast be made that, on this one s•uIbject, she was in the habit of using very reprehensible language. Where, indeed, she had picked up so much steamboat and backwoods slang—unless through the 'reading of Texas Siftings—it Is im- possible to say; but her father, who was about the sole recipient of these outbursts. could object with but little show of authority, for 'he was himself exceedingly fond, not exactly of slang; .but of these odd phrases, sant'. times Mali -humorous, that the Amer- icans hymn from day to day to vary the monotony of ordinary speech. These phrases are like getting off the car and running alongside a little hit; you reach your journey's enol --she meaning of the .sentence: .all the :ante. 1.1 lever, the chief bugbear and grievance of Miss Carry Hod- snn's life w'as the Boston girl as dis- played to its in fiction: and an violent became her detestation of that re.- markahle young pers011 that it was very nearly interfering with her com- ing to .Europe. 'But, papa, dear,' she notild say, re- garding the book before- her with some amazement, 'will the people in Europe think i am like that?' 'They won't think anything about you." he would say, roughly, 'What a halve --what •a shame to say American girls are like thatl' she w'oeld continue vehemently. '7e self-conscious little beasts—with their chatter about tone, and touch, and cul- ture! Ansi the men, --my gracious, pa- pa, do the people in England think that our young fellows talk like that? "Analyze ole; formulate me!" he cries to the girl; can't you imagine my environment by 'tire aid of your ow0 intuitions: —I'd analyze him fast enough: ' Nitie different sorts of a horn fool; and the rest imitation Engiish prig," 1'd immolate him if he Caine to me with his pretentious idiot•cv; d'd show him the kind o :hipniun'k I am.' 'You are improving, Miss Carry, her father wvonld say, resignedly. 'Yon are certainly. acquiring force 111 your language; when sooner or Inter yon will be coming nut with some of it when you least expect it; and then tyhetlter its you or the other people that will get fits 1 don't know, You'll make them jump." 'No, no, papa, dear," she would an- swer, good-naturedly; for her vehem- ence wars never of long dnratfon. "I have my company planners when if is necessary, Don't 1 know' what I ant? Oh, yes, I do. I'm real high-ton- ed North Side society lady; and ran behave as -ich --when there's anybody present. Bait when it's 0111y you and me, papa, 1 like 01 wave the banner little—that's a14' This phrase of hers, about waving the banner, had conte to mean so many different things that her father could not follow half of them, and so it was handy in %vinding up a discus- sion; and he could only remark, with regard to her going to 'Europe, and her „read lest she should be suspected of resembling one o1 the imaginary beings for whom 'he 11011 conceived co ';rung a detestation, that really people in Eur„pe were as bust iI ;to- ne(' elsewhere, and Might nil show- too absorbing an interest in declaring .what she was like; that perhaps their knowledge of the Boston young lady of fiction was limited, and the matter vol one of deep concern; and that the best tiring she could do was to remem- ber that she was an American girl, 1101 that she had as good a right to dress in her own way, and speak in her own way, and conduct herself in her ow -n way, as any ,French, or 'tier - man, or E'nglis'h, or Italian person she might tweet, All of which Miss Carry received with touch submission --except about dress: she hoped to he able to study that subject, with a little attention, in Paris, 1\ cis, she watt standing there tookinq abroad in the iaiiy-like picture of lake and wood and lontitajn—.and ;'a-. 'her ammyed, ton, than:, now she was -stonily in the .midst of scenes that she had prepared herself for by read - !no. she could recollect none of the -eadine at all, int was w•hrelly and simply interested in the obvious 'wanly of the place itself—when slit ieratnle censcians of a slow and steal- thy footstep behind her, a11t1, instant- ly turning, she discovered that at great hnicrclorerf dog, no doubt belonging to the hotel, had ,come down to 1110kr her acgnaintalee. He said as notch by 1 'brief and heavy gambol, a slow wagging of 1115 mighty tail, and the upturned glance of his snnall, flat, le- onine eyes. • 'Well.” she said, 'who are you? Would you like to go for a walk?' Whether he understood her or aro, he distinctly led the way ---taking the path leading along the shores of the och towards Inver -shin; and as There dirt not .cent to he any sign yet of anybody moving about the hotel, she thought she might just as well take advantage of this volunteered escort. Not that the mastiff -was over-com- Municative in his •friendliness; he would occasionally tarn round to see if she was following; and if she called to hint and spoke to him, he wotild merely snake another heavy effort at a gambol and .go on again with his slot' -moving pace. Now and again a shepherd's collie would came charg- ing clown on hint 'from the hill -side. or two or three small terriers, keep- ing sentry at the door of a cottage, would soddenly bl'ea'k the stillness of the Sunday morning by the most fer- ocious ibarkin:g at iris approach; but he took no heed of one or the other, 'Do you know that you are an ami- able dog—h'u't not amusing? she said to him, when he hall to wait for her to let hint get through a swinging stile, 'I've got a dog at home not a quarter as big at 3011, ,and he can talk twice as much. 1 suppose your 1hi,ught•s are important, though What 110 they call you? Dr, Johnson?' He looked at her with the clear, Sion -like eyes, hitt only for a second; seemed to think it futile trying to un- derstand Iter; end T11111 went on again with his heavy, shanthlieg waddle. And she liked the clear freshness of the nmorning, and the novelty of be- ing all alone by herself in the Scottish Highlands, and of going forward as a kind of pioneer and discoverer; and so she walked on in much delight, listening to the birds, looking at the sheep, and thinking nothing at all of breakfast, and the long day's drive before her father and• herself. And then a sadden 'conviction was flashed on her mind that soitle'tltillg was wrong. There was a man -00111- ing rushing along the road after her— with neither coat nor jacket on—and as he drew near she could hear him slopes of heather, the snow -touched azure hl'ld:s along the horizon --+all these looked pretty, and were peace Tally shining on this fair morning; and even after they had got away frons the last trace of human habita- tion, and were monotonously driving through mile after mile of the wide, boggy, hopeless peat -land, the winter :colors were really brighter than those of summer, and the des'olatio'n far from overpowering. 1'1 they met with no human beings, there were other living objects to attract the eye. A golden plover—standing on a hillock not half -a -dozen yards off would go whirring by; a red -plumed grouse - cock would cease dusting lhimsel'f in the road, and would he off into the heather as they canoe along, standing and looking at them as they passed. ,And 'so on and on they went, mile af- ter mile, along the fair shining Strath ferry; the morning air blowing fresh - 1y about them; the sunlight lying pla- cidly on those wide stretches of rus- set and golden bog -land; and now and again a flash of dark blase showing) where some mountain -tarn lay silent amid the moors, 'And- you thought I should be.dis- appointed, .paps, dear?' said ?sliss Carry. 'or frightened by the loneli- ness? Why, it's just ton beautiful for anything! e\nd so this is where the Clan Mackay lived in former days?' 'Is it?' said her father, '1 wonder what they lived on. I dont think we'd give much for that land in Illinois,. I(live for it? Guess you. couldn't get a white man to trade for that sort of land; we'd haveto atsic Wisconsin to take it 'and hide it away somewhere.' 'What are those things fol'?' she asked, indicating certain tall poles that stood at intervals along the road - slide, 'Why don't you know? These .are poles to tell thein where the roar] is in the snow tilde: `Then it is not always May in these h a pp y latitudes?' slit e observed, shrewdly. He laughed, l heard some dreadful stories; when T was here in January—bub I don't believe much in weather -stories. Any- how, we've got to take what tomes naw; and so far there is not much to howl about,' And at 'last they crime in sight of the ruffled blue w'a'ters of Loch Na- vel.; and the long yellow promontor- ies running out into the lake; and the scant birch -woods fringing here and there the rooky short; with the little Hamlet of fiver -Missal nestling (town there in the 'hollow; and far away in the north 'the mountain -masses of Bert Hope and Ben Loyal struck white with straw, .and she teas veru enricnrs to see the kind .of .people who lived in these remote salitnrles; and the pretty sloe -black eyes were' all al- ert as the wagonette rattled along to ward's the two or three scattered houses; and perhaps, as they drove up to the inn, she was wondering whe- ther Ronald the gamekeeper, of whom she had heard so notch, would be any- where visible, But there was scarcely any one there. The Sab'hath quiet lay over the little hamlet, ldr. Murray appeared, .however—in his Sunday costume, of 'course --and' an ostler: and .presently loss 'Carry and her fa- ther were in the Sitting -room that had been prepared for them—a great mass of poets cheerfully blazing in the capacious tire -place, and the white -covered table furnisher] with a substantias luncheon, `And what do you thick of your future maid?* her farther asked, whet the pretty Nell} had left the room. , i think she has the s'oftesj )(lice 1 ever heard a. woman speak trip,' was the immediate answer, .',Fors Snell a pretty way of talking— and looking at yon—very ,gentle and friendly. Bill she won't do for my maid, papa;; she's too tall; I should want to put a string round her neck and lead her about like a giraffe.' flowerer, she was pleased with the appearance and manner of the girl, and that ww'as something; for, oddly enough, 'Mr. Hodson seemed to ima- gine that he had discovered this re- mote hamlet, and Was responsible for it, and anxious that his daughter s'hnnid think well of it, .and of the people ,she might meet in it. 'T -Te call- ed .her attention t0 the anent of the peat; to the neatness .with which the joints .an the table had been &Cora't- ed with pauper frills; to the aanIg1l055 and quiet of the sitting -room; to the spacious character of the views from the w'indow's—one taking ill ('lehrig and the loch, the other reaching away op to Ben Loyal. All these thing;: he had provided for her, as it were; and it must be 111(1 that .slit' was a most excellent travelling- companion, al- ways content, easily interested, never nit of humor. :So, when the proposed tiler Iln•hcon, that they should gn dont and call on 'Rona lis Strnnng, she .reality eonsetvted; no doubt a keeper's !welling in these wild's .would he something,curious—perhaps of a wig - yam character, anri of course filled vith all kionss of trophies of 'his Moil= ng, \\'efl, they wet along to the co age, and Mfr, Hodson knocked light -1 'Ali, you rascai1 you rascal! bolted again?' He seemed to pay no attention to her; he ran past her and made straight for:the mastiff; and in -a cou- ple of minutes had a muzzle securely fastened a1 the beast, and was leading him hack with an iron chain. 'Surely that is not a ferocious clot;? said she, as they came up—aid per- haps she ,was ,curious to know whe- ther site had run .any 'chance of be- ing caller. 'The toaster had to pay five pound- last year for his worrying sheep—the rascal,' said the man; and the great dog wagged his tail as if in approval, \1'Iry, he seems a most gentle crea- ture,' she said, walking on with the lnari, 'Ay. and SO he i1, miss=•g110tit times. But' he's barely three years old, and already he's killed two collies, and a terrier, and 'worriers three sheep.' 'Killed other dogs? Oil, Dr. John- son!' she exclaimed, 'He's reluctant to he.gin, miss; but when he (loos begin he matin kill— there's no stopping him. The rascal! he likes fine to get slipping' away 0i' one of the gentlefolks, if he's let otT the 711ai11 for a few (minutes—it's a Gori'' mercy he has clone no ,harm this utnrniu4-.-it was the ostler let hint off the, chain—awl he'd have lost his plata' if there had been any nlair worrying,' 'No, no, no, he 01111(1 not' she said confidently, '1 took the dog away, if any Mischief hart been done, I world have pairs --why, of course.' 'Why, of cols,' was what she really said; but all the man knew was that this Anteriean lady spoke a very plea- sant voice; and seemed goon -nattered; and was well-meaning, too, for she wvnuirl not have had the ostler suff(1r, Anyway, the mastiff, with as much rli;gnily as was com'pa'tible with a intlzale and an iron attain, was con- ducted hack to Ifs kennel; and Mks Hodson went into the hotel, and ex- pressed her profound sorrow t.liat she had kept breakfast waiting; hut ex- plained to her father that it was not every morning she had the chance of exploring the i1ighlnnlds all by her- self—or rather a'ccompan'ied by a ledge creature ap'pare'ntly of amiable nature, bot wtitle really dark possibilities ,at- laChe 1, In tine ,course of tittle the wvag'on01- te and horses were brought alines to the door of the little hotel; their bag- c,atge 511. put In; and presently 111ey had set forth on their drive through the Mill, sunlit, solitary conntrv. But this was a far more pleasant jrnitiley than his first venturing into these wibis, '11e had been warning his tanghten'of the bleak and savage soli- tude she would have to encounter; hot now it appeared quite cheerful- -1n a subdued kind of way, es if a sort f Sunday silence hang over 111e land- ape. Ile pale bine waters of Loch -111111, the beach -woods, the russet PROFESSIONAL CARDS' Medical DR, E. A. MollkAiSIT!EIR—Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- ity of Toronto, and of the New York Post ,Graduate School and Hospital. Member of the College of Physicians and 'Surgeons of Ontario. Office on High street. Phone 27. Office fully equipped for x-ray diagnosis and liar ultra short wave electric treatment, ultra violet sun la.'nep treatment and infra red electric treatment. Nurse in. attendance. DR.:GPL'B'E1121T C. JIA'RRIOTT — Graduate of Faoulty of Medicine, Un- iversity of. Western Ontario. Member of College. of Physicians andSSurgeons of Ontario. 'Office 43 Goderich street west. Phone 317. ,Hours 2.4.30 p:m., 7,30.9 .p.m, Other hours by appoint. went. Successor to Dr. Chats. ,Mackay, DR. H. HUGH ROSS, Physician and Surgeon Late of London . Hos- pital, London, England. Special at- tentidn to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. -Office and residence behind Dominion Bans:, Office Phone No. 5; 'Residence Phone 104. DR. F. J. BURROWS, Seaforth, Office and residence, 'Goderieh street, east of the United Church, Coroner for the County of Huron. Telephone No. 46. DR. F. 3, R. FORSTER— Eye Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto 1'697, Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Mooreefield's Eye, and Golden Square throat hospi- tals, London. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, thirst Wednesday in each month from. 1,30 pm, to 5 p.m. DR, W. C. SPROAT Physician - Surgeon Phone 90-W, Office John St. SeaforUh 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. F. W. A:H:RENS, Licensed Auction- eer for Perth and •Hu•ron Counties, Sales Solicited. Terms an Application. Farm S'tocic, chattels and real estate •property. R. R. No. 4, :Mitchell. Phone 6'34 r 6. Apply at this office, 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 McKILLOJ' MutuaI Fire Insurance co HEAD OFPICE,-SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS President—Alex. Broadfoat, Seaforth; Vice -President, John E, Pepper, Brucefield; Secretary - Treasurer, M. A, Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS F. M.cKercher, R.R.1, Dublin; John E. Pepper, R.R.1, .Brucefie d; E. R. G. Jarmouth, Brodlhagen; James Watt, Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, •Kincardine; Wm. Yeo, Holmesyille, • DIRECTORS Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; George Leon:hardt, Bornholm No,1; John Pepper, Bruce - field; James Connolly, Goderich; Alex, Mc1n'iieg, Blyth No. 1; Thom- as Moylan, Seaforth No. 5; Wm. R. Archibald, Scaforfh 'No. 4, 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. ly on the door. There was no ,answwver. IIe rapped 0 little more loucliy; then they 'heard some one within; and pre- sently the door was thrown open, and Ronald Mood before ahem—a book in one hand, a pipe •11) the other, no jack- et covering his shirt-slee011, and• the absence ref any neck -tie showing a lit- tle 1111(11 than vyas necessary of the firm set of his stun -tanned throat. He had been caught , unawares -as his startled eyes proclaineocU in 'fact, he had been reading aP'aradnse ltegainied,. and manfully r0esfs ting the temptation to slip ort 10 0116 gracious Melody of Li-\llegro, and Ill 1.1?enserose, and •Ly- ciclas; and when he heard the tapping he fancied it was merly one of the; lades cone for a cleat Or 'the hest news- paper, and had itl1r)e no preparations for the reception of visitors'. (To Be Continued)