The Seaforth News, 1937-11-18, Page 6PAGE SIX,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1937
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Well, there may he wise aril friend-
l.c co:uh;,1 in ver ea such as these; but
they do not -lend tbeutselves readily to
to the mneic,an who would adapt
'diem for'concert-purposes, No; all
such lyrical 'faculty as ,he pnase.sed
had been given in one direction. And
yet nl'•t for one moment was he tempt -
cd ;o ,not Mr. Jaap any of those lit-
tle 1s'. t iyrie that be had written ab-
out \leenie---those carcle. s verses that
seemed to ting to e ttnselte.•, as 1s'" were,
and that were all about summer morn-
ings, and rrd and white rose:, anis. the
. caroling of birds, and the whispering
of Clebrig's streams, \leenie's praises
to he _sang at the Harmony t huh? -be
could at soon have imagined herself
singing there,
One wet and i iterable afternoon
old Peter laap was Pasting' through
St. Enoch Square when, notch to his
satisfaction, he ran against the big
skipper. Who had just come out of the
railway -station,
Ballo, Captain," said the little old
.man, "hack already?"
"Just up frae Greenock; and prec-
ious glad to be ashore again, 1 can tell
ye," said Captain McTaggart. "That
`Mary Jane l•1' be my :grave, mark my
words; I never get as far south as the
Mall n' 'Galloway without wondering
whether '191 ever see (Ailsa Craig or
the Tail c' the Bank again, Well, here
I am 'rites time; and I was gaup donn
to hae a glass on the strength o --,-tn
the widow's-"
"We'll gang in tome other place,"
Mr, jaap said, "'I want to hae a word
w,i' ye about that young flow!
Strang,"
They easily discovered anther
bowl; and soon they were leftby
therneel'res in a little 'onapaetn en t,
two big tumblers of ale before them.
"Ay. and what's the natter wi'
hint? .aid the skipper.
din'ia rightly ken," the little old
musician said, "hitt something is, Ye
see, 'Puri feared the lad has no mt ekle
siker--"
"It's a common complaint, Peter!"
the skipper sahL with a,lanigh,
"Ay: but ye see, the flutist o us hae
That's
:int ,
.rte way t ea -in, no the
case ei 12e- id He eaim to c;las ort,
as I .understand it:ad' a anti tit r e at-
e'gg: and he's been leevin' tin that ev-
er since- every penny corning out
q
Ids eapit- 1 and never a penny being
added, That's a nl.t rah -to stake a voting
fellow- anxious."
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"11at there's mair .than that. Tie's a
proud kind o' e -Iris''., its fast won-
der fit' the way that \Frs. Menzies
mars hint, and pretends this and that
so he'll no ,be at any expense; and
when they gang init driving elle 'takes
thing, sv1' her --and a lot o' that kind
*i way ed working; but a' the same
there's sine evmnsa.s that canna be
avaitled, and aril a hit -she says -
will he let iter pay. .And the tnta'
things maul) be great things to him,
if he's eating into his nest-eggin that
way."
"Qt's easy ;getting out 0' that diffi-
lenity," said the big skipper, w.ho was
of .a :CAS sympathetic nature than the
old musician, 'What, for does h -e .nn
stay at bane?'He doesna ,ted to gang
driving wi' her naless he tikes,"
"It's no easy .getting rawly frae
Mrs. \lenzies,", the old man said,
shrewdly, "if she has a mind to take
ye wi' her. And she hersel' sees; that
he canna afford to spend mo•tey even
on little things and yet she's feared
to say anything to feint, Man, •rlinna ye
mind when she wanted him to take a
room in .the house?--wha't was that
but that she meant him to have his
board free? But no --the deevil has
,got some n' the 4lielan pride in him;
she was just:: feared :to say anything
mair about it. :And at the club, too,
it's no every one he'll drink wi' thnngh
there's plenty ready to stand Sam,
now that 'Ronald is kens as a wwriter 0'
poetrry, Not ,tata't but wi' ithers he's
ower free -ay, confound 'him, 'he's :get-
ting the reputation n' a harttm-scar-
rim deil--if hetakes a liking to a
man, he'll gang off .,wi' him and his in
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neighbors for the time 'being, and
goodness knows when or where they -
'11 ,stop. A bottle a: wit kv in their
pswIs . and un they'll make; I ,heart!
the -her week o him and Some '0
:hem finding thentscl'ves at daybreak
in Helenshureh---naught would do the
deevil the 4t'+g•lit before but that he
maim lute td nitf>o' the sant t„�a-air:
and off they sett iliim.anl ,tht 7iethe
Icing night through, until the -f light
!mind them getting across1 the Riese
swath and Iictiipeich Point, He's 110 ,int
the 'best o' hands, that's the fart, '1f
he w•onlrl but starry the widows..."
"\\'hat would 'Jimmy Laidlaw say to
that?" the skipper said, with 'a Inud
laugh.
'Jimmy Laiiilawi Tit bastta the
ghost a' a chance ,o lung as this
young fellow's about. .Hate's just daft
about hitt; httt he's no inclined that
way, 1 can tee --unless 'hunger .should
tame 'hitt, \\'eel, '\lcTaggari, 1 dints
like to see the lad being led away to
the mischief. He's got into 111 baud.,
If it's the want o' a .settled way
leevin tlta's ,currying him, an<I driving
.him to gang wild and reckless at
times, something should be done, l'ut
an sued mean now: 1've seen ower
many young fellows like that gang to
amid Harry; and '1 like this 'act--l'ni
no going to stain Thy and look on
without a word."
":\y; and what would ye dtiv ire dae,
Peter? lake him as a hanri on board
the 'Mary June'."
"Na, na, 'The lad mato can: on wi'
his surveying and that kind n thing --
though he ceettts less and less -1n
think there'll The any solid outcome
frae it. But what think ye e'' this?
There's \lr, ;Inolaon paying the pro-
fessionals from week -to week: anti
here', a fellow tai' a •lint•r natural
voice than any u' thein --if it had
but a little training; men as it is , the
citta likes /1. Bear hila better than
aqy n tltettt, when he can -ht' eggll on
tit giving them a song. \\'e i note,
why slitinldna earks'nt pay the tad
fnr his ,inehi ," - -Not if he a;t get it -for nt thing,...
Peter!"
"Bat It •
v •ant•t -that's Inst tli;
thing. titan," retorted tlte tither."it's
5013 alma Ronald 'Lu .tad a lads
and is it .the immor that liel sing
anyth'n„ \\ by .ton'dna he he en-
gaged like 'Ilse "theta.? ft atonia hr a
stand -.!is'. It wenilcl talc. tip mane ,
his tine. And it !tight make hint +t
wee thin, steadier if lie hent Sr bad
t, ;Mg- every night.".
"Very Lyell. then, ask I'ant I ekom
abort ft," the big skipper said. "\•
may sat it ,scold please the member-
-1'14 bark ye up :ti' that. t_anfai n l
him. I delta 'ken the deer(! had 4,4
Ilia leg crier the traces,
The odd nian answered with a cati-
tiuir, smile;
"Ve're rough and reach, \I'•l'a,t
gars; bila 'that'll no do. 'Ronald's a
cant.strairy chief. 'There's H•ielau hl.00rl
in his veins; and ye never ken when
his pride is gain to'bdeeze cot and 'be
up 'the him writ' in a fluff."
"Beggar, canna he chooser;, ntv
good trees-"
"Beggars? they Hielan folk are
never !beggars; they'll rob and plun-
der ye, and 'bung ye Darer a hedge, and
rile your :pockets, but dell a bit d
then ''Il heg. Na, no; we'll hose to
contrive some ronnflabnnt way to see
how he'll tape it, 13ut 1'11 speak to
Jackson; now that I've see you Wh-
ite no jest o' . 11 sin doing; and we'll
contrive something f dnubtna, Sae
finish up your beer. Captain; and i1
ye're gatitt dotal to see.airs. art enzics,
fel gang as far gi'ye: '1 lawns been
there this nicht m .twwa,"
Now that was an amiable and 'bene-
volent hut, as it turned Out most un-
fortunate design, That same night
Rtnttld dirt ehrrty tip at the tH-Tarulony
Club; and there was a little more than
usual of hilarity and gond fellowship
over the rettrn ni .the skipper from
the perils of the deep. 'f,aidlaw was
there ton: and .he aiso Itad -been ac-
quainted with tire• :vay in 'which they
rant to approach :Ronald, to see Wile -
'her he coiled not he inclleod to ring
regularly at these nautical meetings,
for a stipinat'ti ptty.m•ent.
Their -firt d+.turnery was to get duan
o sing at all: and for a long time he
was gond-ntnnttredly obdurate, anti
hey let 'hint aloin•, lint dater on in
be evening, one of Ilia own sonars
s r ani:, -"'Tire fisher lads are hound
for luuite"-and was - received with
immense applause, which naturally
pleased 'him and then there was a
good deal of talking and laughing and
conviviality: in the midst of which
the skipper called to •him -
Vow, IRonald, lad, tutee up; I
havens heard a'song 'frae ye this'thre
weeks and mair; man, if I had a voic
'like yours wauldna I give them -
"The boat rocks at the pier o' Leith.
loud 'the wind iblaws Brae the
ferry;
The ship rides by She Berwick Law.
.Anel '1 maimleave my 'bonnie
Mary!"
--anti indeed he did in his loud and
general hunt, sing these lines in :tones
resembling the :sharpening of a rusty
saw,
"Very will, then," Ronald said,
"- 'sing ''t where1 ant -ones
Int ]'•il ,sing 1
there'., quietness. I'm not going up- on
that platform."
•Of course, the chairman, was glad
enough to make the announcement,
for Ronald's sin -ging was highly ap-
presiatetl by the members; moreover
there was a little experiment to be
tried. So peace was• restored, the ac-
cnnlpanist struck a few notes; and
B'onald, with a little indecision at'
first but afterwards with a clear -
ringing ; tittnttge, sang that gayest of
all Parting -songs, In the hubbub of
applause that 'followed mane but the
cnnspiratora saw what now tacit
place. 'I'•he chairman called a .waiter.
ami 'poke 'a few words to hint in an
undertone: the waiter went over to
the table where 'Ronald was sitting
and ,handed thin a small package: anti
then 'Pvona'id naturally thinking that
this aas merely a written message or
sonicthin.g of the kind, opened tha.
folded piece of white paper.
There was a message. it is tette--
-wwitlt '1': ea•ekson's contpltntcni ,"
'arid there was alio a sovereign, and
a shitting. For an instant Ronald re-
=ttrded this thing with a kind of $e-
w'ildt'rnu'nd; and then his eyes 'blazed;
the money was dashed rat Tto the
grotultl; and, without a ward or a
look at any one in the place, he had
clapped on his hat and stalked to the
door, iris nw;ttli firm shut, his lips
pale, This ,this -door was ai private
titan- leadhig to an outer passage
formerly deserihrd: the handle seely.
ed stiff or awkward; so by main force
he drove it before hint, and, the door
swinging linek into the lohhy. smash.
cal its glass panels against the wall
The "breenge" for there is no other
acrd eaused by this violi't rleptrhu•e
tta. trernendnii:; and Iht' three Ono-
soirators could Turfy sit and lock at
c rah other,
"l'he fat's in the are now," sahl the
skinper,
"1 wonder if the a-ninea'1T pay for
'11.- hr"keti .tl:ws," said Jimmy i,tid-
law.
But it was the little obi iuu iedan.
moat dnrceroed,
\\e Id have is act hold ,t the lad
ami "trifp It rat. scud -10,"The 11 liar
dreri!! 11 1 11' hr elf r•sna conte 1tacit
acre, he'll zet atn,,'i5 a worse lea that
•n,•
are tve'l' have get ?told tdltitit.
t'•tt110, and bring hili to his senses,"
\\'ell, in the em,l-.-after a day or
-'a'. Ronald was paeified; and he rlid
:,,1 hart 141 the clnh: and reunited .his
tions with the friends and ,-iegnain•-
e:i 1 , s he had farmed there. 9nd dint
,•1":'' ii +•ame,ai)„lit that \feettie'r
moan. r:inter --- .who happened- to
bra r ;.tin menthols of the Ttr't•.
Sit ang s raingregatian, and who lyes
very 0+1 i•1,,, to discover tvlty it was.
that 'shernie betrayed such a singular
interest '1 this mere .gamekeeper, and
was repca•tedly referring to hitt in her
cnrres.ponlence-added this nnstscri.pt
to a leiter which she was sending to
laver -Mudd:
"1 don't -know whether it ntav in-
terest you to hear that Ronald Strang
\is', Strang's brother, whom you have
several times asked about: is 'drinking
himself to iieath', and that in the low-
est of -low company,”
CHIAip'i's,R N:`;XTITT.
Clear anal- 'brilliant in their Mute and
white are the shining northern ekie.s;
and tthe winds that come 'blowing over
the moorland' are honey -scented from
the heather;, and the wide watch; of
the Ldcit are all of a rulted and
shimnt'ering silver, with a thin fringe
of foam along the curving bays. And
this is Lowe Meeaie that comes Oral
from the cottage acrd 'conies down jo
the roach;' with perhaps less of the
it'ild-rose tint in -her cheeks than used.
to 'be there, and ;less of the ready light
of gladness that used to leap inhin her
blue -gray eyes; hut still with that con-
stant gentleness of expression that
seem; to 'bring her into accord with
all the beautiful, things in title land -
:cane arnnnd her. And indeed, OP the,
particular .morning, she is cheerful en-
ough; walking briskly; chatting to the
ancient terrier that is -treating at her
side; and equably regarding, now the
,.curet --oft shadows that steal along
the sunlit slopes of C1e!trig, and now.
the wheeling and circling of some .pee-'
wits that have been startled front their'
marshy dtaunt.% Thy the side of the
stream,
"And wlto knows but that there
may the a message or a bit of new
Inc us this morning?" she says to the
faithful Harry, For yonder comes
the mail, And indeed it's well Inc you,
my ,good little chap, that you can't .un-
derstand how far away :Glasgow is; 1
suppose you expect to see your :mas-
ter at any minute, at every tarn of the
road, And if he should send you a
message --nor Maggie either: how ant
I to tell you?"
The pretty 'Nelly is at the door of
the inn, scattering food to the fowls.
"1 is a beautiful moaruing, Miss
1aouglas," she :says.
And here is Mr. Murray, with his
pipe, and his occultly humorous air,
"Aird are you come along for your
letters, \lfss \leenie?" ite says; "Ay,
ay, 'it:is not an miasmal thing for a
young leads' to -he anxious albout a
letter -it is not an unusual thing at
all."
And note the mail -ear comes swing-
ing rap. hl: the door; the one ortwo
Pw,sengers alight, glad to stretch their
lets; the ledtershags are hauled clown,
and .\1 -is Douglas follows them in-
doors. Mrs. Mftrray, who acts as'post-
mistress,.is not long in sorting out 'the
contents,
"Two for .nue? ;aid '19cenie. "And
both from Glasgow? Well, now, that
does not ti'iten happen,"
Rut of:coarse she could riot further
interrupt 'the post -mistress in the per-
formance ofher duties: 55 the ]tuft the•
letters in her pocket; passed out from
the inn and 'through the little crowd
of loiterers; and Made Inc. the high
road and for dtotne. She was in no
hurry to open these budgets of news.
Such things carte but once in a while
to this remote hamlet; and when They
did conte they were leisurely and
thorou:gatay perused ---not skimmed
and thrown aside. Nevertheless when
she got np to the high road, she
thought she would ,pause there for
just a second, and rout her eye .over
rife pages, lest there might be some
meutlon of 'Ronald's mune. She had
heard of Mint but little of late; and he
had never once written to her-per-
hans he had no cxcnse for doing sn.
It was tllrou.glt Maggie that from
tiff to tion t• sift got news of hint; and
now it wets \lategit''s letter that she
<rpened first,
\Wali, there was very little abort
Ronald, 31agale wan at school; Ron-
ald w'as hit sy, ie so'ldmn came over to
hire minister's house, t:\1d so 31eenit',
wish a lilt a sigh, .put the letter in-
to her Bucket; and tarred to the oth-
er. Bat now she ace's imdilTrrt rat nnP
tireless, 11 was mil likely that her
sister had anything to say about Ron-
alrr;"for ht' lad not yet called et the
house. Moreover, Mrs. -Genii:MIl
from two or there expressinns she had
11s:11. not did h 1 t t seem anxious to make
his acquaintance,
And 'then the ;girl's breath caught
•nil she 'became soddenly pale.
"Drinking himself to death, in the
lowest ,ef law eampany"--bitese were
the surds tamframing her startle';
eves; incl the melt infant site itad
darted a glance along the road, Incl
another hack towards the inn, as if
with sudden strange fear that some
one had rnt•e'rsren. No, she was all
alone; with the quickly closed letter
in her trembling hand; her brain be-
wildered; her heart heating: and tv1111
a kind of terror un her face, 'And then
rather hlrudly, she turned and walked
away ill :the other direction --not to-
wards her own home; and still held
the letter tightly clasped, as if .elle
feared that some eine might get at
this ghastly secret.
''Rnnadd I--IRanald 1" -ethers w'as a
cry of anguish 'in her heart; far this
was all too sharp and sudden an end
to certain wistful dreams and fancies.
These were the dreams and fancies of
long wakeful nights, when she would
lie and wonder what was the meaning
of his farewell look towards her; and
wonder 11 ate could guess that his go-
ing away w118 to change all her life
fen heir. and wonder. whether, 11 all
things were to go well with him, be
wnuirl come hack and claim her love
-that was !there awai.tip,a hi.ni, and'
wo1,11r1 -always await film, whether he
would eyer'come hack or to, And
sontel•httes, indeed, themorning fight
brought 41 joyous assnran'ee with it:
she knee, well why he ,had not yen-'
lured in hand her that tell-tale iltcs-
sage that he had actually tvrittrn.out
and addressed to her; Hut i11 the tris
futre', when he could C01115 With
treater confidence and declare the
truth-w-ofrlcf she allow fattier, or ulo:
ther, or anyone else to interfere? ,(lit
these" mornings the Modal 114ttrr
seemed to iaugh as it w*est rippling
by; it hail a rfriendly sound; she route'
hear it
Move the 'sweet forget -me -riots
That ,grow for 'happy ;lovers,
And at such titters her favorite and
secret 'reading was ,of women who
tail been :hold and ;generous x'it1t their
:Ove; and she 'feared she had been tint -
id and had fallen in too easily wi'tlt
her mother's scheme's for her; but
now 'that she understood herself Net-
ter -•now that her heart had revealed
itself plainly to 'her -surely, if evitr
that •glad time were to conte -ii ever
she were to see him 'hasten along to
the little garden -gate -on the 'very,
first moment of Inc'arrival-1.4e
not stint her welcome of hint? W'hi'te,
white were the mornings on which
such 'fancies filled her head; and the
1+htdal laughed along its clear brown
shallow's; and theme was a kind of mu
sic in 'the moorland air,
"l)rireking himself to death, in the
lowest o7 low company"; black night
seemed to have fallen upon her, and
a w=ild 'bewilderment, and a ennshing
sense of hopelessness that s,hu't out
forever those fair visions of the fut.
erre. She did not stay to ask whether
this nti;gtt not be a woman's exalt
gentian of the mere ,gossip of a
strait-laced set; the +blow had 'fallen
too s'udden'ly to let her reason about
it; she only knew that the very pride
of her life, -elle secret hope o'f her
heart, had 'been in a moment extin-
gnishcd, lAnd :Ronald--Q2onald that
teas ever the sutaetes:t d-
51105at of theta. all-tlte gayestandh-anand
most „tudacfons, the very 'king of all
the comgratty a 'h•ithersocver he went
was it this sante IRona11te�ho hart iu
so short a time become a bleared and
besotted drttnktu•d, sht-ening 'tire pub-
lic .way's, hti<ling in ignoble 'haunts.
with the basest of creatures for his
only friends? And ,he--- that had :been
so proud of hint -=that -had been to as-
sured of his future --nay, that had giv-
en him the love of her i-ife, and had
sworn to herself'tbat, whether he ever
carte to claim it or no, no other ratan
should take his .place in her heart -
she it was w'ltn had 'become possessed
of this dreadful secret, while all the
others were stili imagining that 'Ron-
ald was as the. Ronald of yore. She
dared not go hack to Inter-Mu:da l --
not yet, at least. She went away along
flue highway; and then left that for a
path 'that led alongside a .mail burn;
and hy-and-'by, when site carte to a
place srhtm'e she was: screened from
all observation by steep and wooded
.blanks, .,,he sat clown 'there with some
'kind of vague notion that she ought
more cat'cfnl•ly' to read this terrible
netts; lout presently, site had flung her-
self, •fate do WI7 turd, nn the heather,
in an inter agony of grief, and thee;
ire lay and sobbed and crier], tt'ifli her
head 'buried in her hands "Rona.ld 1-
'Ronalrll" her heart seemed to call
aloud in its despair; int holy was any
appeal to he carried to hint. --array 1.'
'Glasgow town? And was this the end?
'Was he never coming back? '.I'ht
proud young life that promised so fair
to ,he sacked under and whirled away
in a black current; ;uta a, for her-
for ilex the memory ,sf a few happy
days punt on Medal's hanks, and
years Ind years of lonely thinking nt'-
er what might have been,
A sharp whistle startled her; ant;
she spy trig to her foot, and pastil•
dried her eyes, 1 (orlon setter came
ranging through the strip u'f birch.
wood, and then its companion; hath
dogs merely glanced at her ---'that
were far ton intent on their inunedi
ate work to trace further notice:' And.
then it quickly occurred bo her that.
if this were '10r selene who was
ranting along, perliaps she might ap-
peal to him --,.he might beg of him to
write to Ronald -or even to go to
lllasgow- for had not these two heel'
companions and friends ,•gild he tun-
a
ansa man -the would lntow• what 'to-do--
yihat could she rho, a -helpless girl?
Presently Lord ':\ flint' appeaa'ed, ctso
ing leisurely along the banks of life
little strearot in company with a keep-
er and a young ,lad :and when he saw
her 'he praised his cap and .greeted lier.
"Dont let us disturb you, Miss
iDottq las," .said he. "Ga'titering 'Aatwers
fin- the dinner -table, 'I suppose?"
"1 Hope 'I have 'clone .no harm," said
she, though her minda
w s so 'agitated
that she scarcely knew what she said.
`1l-,1 have -have not seen any thirds
-nor a hare eitdter,"
"113aint? 'No, no," she said, :good-
natureelly. P hope your mamma is
cieite weld_ l'het-e's a haunch: of a roe-
buck .at the dodge that Duncan can
take along this afternoon-"
"Yom- lordship," said the keeper re-
provingly, "there's Bella drawing
10 something."
on
"Good itiornin.g% Miss
])nu las,,, he
said, luiddY, and the hest moment
he was off,
But even during that brit
t inter-
view she had instinctively arrived a1
the conclusion that it was' not for her
to spread about Ibis 'bruit in Invers
i1-acla,l, See coulcl not, This news ah_
ant 'Ronald to come from her lips --
with perhaps 'this or that keept
carry it on to ,the inn and inakeo
Topic of it the
general wonder chert? They
would hear of it soon enough. But no
ore--ett even anyone -int her '04111
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical
DR, E. A. :Vic -MASTER -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 for
ultra 'short wave electric treatment,
ultra violet- sun lamp treatment and
'ttfra red electric treatment. Nurse in
atten-dance.
DR. 6'ILB.E'.RT C. JAR'ROTT --
Graduate
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, U'n-
'versity of Wester -ti Ontario. Member
of •College of Physicians and Sturgeons
of Ontario. Office 43 Goderich street
west, Phone 3V, Hours 2-4,30 p.m,;
720-9 pan. Other 'hours by appoint-
ment. Successor to Dr: Citas, Mackay
DR, H. HI.AGIH ROSS, Physician
and Surgeon Late of London Hos-
pital, London, England. Special at-
tention to diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and 'throat. Office and residence
behind Dominion Bank, Office Phone
No, 5; Residence Phone 104,
DR. F. J. B'•UR-ROW'S, .Seaforth,
O-Pfice and residence, Goderich street,
east of the United Church, Coroner
for the. County of 'Huron, Telephone
No. 445.
DR F. 5. R. FO'RST!E'R- Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate in
Medicine, University of Toronto 11897,
Late Assistant New York O'phthal-
mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye, and 'Golden .Square throat •hospi-
tals, London, At Commercial Hotel,
Seaforth, third Wednesday in each
month from .1.30 p.m. to 5 pan,
DR, W. C. SPROAT
Physician - Surgeon
Phone 90-W. Office John St, Seaforth•
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. AHRENS, Licensed Auction-
eer for Perth and Huron Counties,
Sages 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.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First-tL'lais
Companies.
THE McKII.LOP
Mutual Fire
a
Insurance Co
HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont.
OFFICER.S
President -Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth;
Vice-tPresidcnt, Thomas Moylan,
Se'crelary-Treasurer, M. A. Reid,
Seaforth.
AGENTS
F. McKereher, R.R,1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R,R,1, Brucefield; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, B•rodlhagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Holmesville.
DARE OTI'ORS
Alex: Broadfoot, Seaforth No, 3;
Janes Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox
Lon des boro; George Leonhard t,
Bornholm No, I; Frank 'McGregor,
,Clinton No. 5; Jrantes 'Connolly, 'God,-;
erich; :\ieN. '\'lcEwingBlyth No. 1;
Thninas Boylan, Seaforth No, 5;
Wm. R. Archibald, Sea'fotth 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,
Household--tiwotl'tl be able to guess
what it meant to her; as yet she her-
self could:ltard'ly realize it, except that
all of a sudden her life secured to ,have
grown dark,
She Thad to get back to the cottage
in time for the midday dinner, and
she Sat at the table there, pale and
silent, and with a .consciousness of
gttiltt weighting upon her. She even
did her best to eat something, in or-
der to avoid °their remarks and looks;
but she failed in .that; and was glad to
get away as :soon as she could to the
privacy of her own room.
(To Be Continued)
Patron (to •very slow waiter);
'Pring rte- some salad, please, 'And
you might jest send nae a. post cared
every ttow , and then while'
yalt re
away,"