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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-06-28, Page 7A Runaway Trunk By aHA LI;1TTE. HAM OND No, sir,' etiid John, detertutnedlYe 4'we won't give a up 1f we have to go. .on toot!" "Well," said Elmer, "I don't see any 1 Wayenters We do go afoot, for we have only get two dollars between ug, and ,the tare to Portland is more'n two dollars apiece." "Pete Bateman got over harder spots titan this," Bald John, '"and I Itnow wq eau,' "Yes, I suppose so," responded 1I- mer, "Father tnight give me a dollar or eo-to spend at the fair next week.. . Ie it would do any' good, I'd ask him, but I might as well. ask the town pump;' . While the two boys aro laying plane, 'we'll And out who they are and what means this planning of theirs. John Sheldon, a bright, quick-witted boy of "fourteen, le the son of a well - •to -do farmer, The. other boy, Elmer Hammond, is "the village doctor's eon, .4 few months younger; The two aro'. excellent ' friends, .•They have been reading "Portents Adventures of Pete Bateman, the Bey 'Sailor," Roused by the daring deeds and wonderful es- capes ;of the hero, a mania to go 'to sea lasefallen upon them. They think there's no good ie. asking' their fathers' .advice, so they are laying plane in ,secret, John has learned that the flatting ,•schooner Brittom rt a sells for ' New- eoundland the twenty-fifth, and it is now the twenty-fourth. The two boys start from beneath the "High Top" sweeting tree in the 'orchard Where they have beeu sit - •ting. "lane there a, way to go on the freight train?" asked Elmer, -throwing :an apple core toward a chipmunk, • chattering . du the stog-e wall, "No, I guess not," answered John thoughtfully. "Bat I've got do idea!" he exclaimed exultantly, crumpling' 'up his, old straw hat and giving it an Upward fling. "Quick—out with it!" said Eimer, "There's an old trunk. of grandpa's up In the garrets Do• you see, Elnier? Chuck what we want in that, get in, and one of us gods as baggage. What do you say to that?" "You've struck it!" declared Elmer, 'Let's go at it. .I'm in for that. Why, ;you're as cute as Pete.' ' "We'll.have to start in the morning," .said John, "We'll have a gay time. We'll see a bit ot the city when we're through our business with the cap- Min." Not a doubt but that they could go ,ae • sailors had once entered their beads. of course -Captain Daly would Make them, It was 'decided that Elmer should get permission and come down and .stay all night with John. 'He was to take him -what he wanted, and they'd pack what they could in the trunk, Before Eimer started for home ,they ,stole softly up to the attic, brought the trunlc down and put it ie a dark scorner of the barn. A Little after dusk, Elmer came over, bringing his best "suit and his new (baseball, tied together in an old hand= kerchief. These, with some sof John's possessions, were packed in the trunk, leaving not a very roomy place for a boy. Half• a dozen or more air holes were bored in the sides. All was ready • for an early start in the morning, The boys retired in good season;. 'but not to sleep. At half -past eleven, John looked at his watch. "Why, Elmer„ if you'll believe It, is isn't but half -past eleven." The same was repeated at one,. and again at half=past two. At three they rose and dressed, went softly- down the stairs and out into the cool. morn- ing.• Elmer had a little homesick twinge as they started, but John laughed at him. Each taking a handle of the trunk, they went''toward the station. They :reached the stable'', as they hoped' to, , before anyone was' about. It required some talking 04 John's part to persuade Elmer that he, be- ing the smaller, ought to go -in the trunk. There was fust room for him to curl doses'. on his side. He got in, John shut.the cove:, lock- ed the trunk, and sat down beside '11. "How do you feel, Elmer?" he asked at length. "Sort of boxed up,' replied •Filmer. "Theta isn't any room to. spare." Soon the station was opened. • John bought his ticket, got his •chock • and when the train came 'steaming in, Ise first made sure the trunk was puton, and then he got on board and off they went. John enjoyed the ride: Twice, only had he been on the care before, and never alone.: At Dalton Station, to a yard behind the station, were kept some deer, a fox, a 'raven and other animals. Their famehad reached John's care, and, as there promised to be a stop of fifteen minutes .for breakfast, ,he left the car and wont • round to 'see them; and•for•a time they qulte.drove his 'sea voyage -from bis mind. There came a sudden reminder, however; when he heard the puff, puff of the unglue and the rambling `ofthe cars. Then he started and ran round to the trout'of the depot, only to see the train rushing off—without'55im,' Jojtn felt badly, but did not show what. to, do. "Well, now, I'. wag a fool!" he thought, as he looked actor the van- lehipg train, Ile, tusked a man standing near when the next train went to Portland, • "Net Se; seseeneop," w'as, answered, This Was a blew to John, Added to ltle desire to reach the city was not a little anxiety as" to Eb ner's condition In the trunk, Whet a long four hours he bad to waitl Time had never dragged '00 befot'eI At last the longed -for train oama and John reached Portland fe eafetY., The next thing was to Lind his trunk. He want up to a man etandtug near some baggage and asked him how to get trguks, "Whore's your cheok?" field the pian, John showed It. The man looked among the trunks. "There lbn't any trunk like that here,, he said, John •steod'a minute dismayed. "There meet be one somewhere," he said, not a little anidous, "Ie there another place to find trunks? ' "Not's I know of. Did your trunk come along with you?" "I've just come," replied John; "but my trunk came this morning." The man looked again. "Well, the trunk isn't here, that's sure," ho said:n Poor John! What waseeo be done? One thing was cel'talu—he must find the trunk. He was sure 11 was put on board. Where was it now, and where was Elmer? "Oen you tell me what to do to find it?" asked Sohn, very earnestly and anxiously, "Don't worry, boy, I'31 help you all I can," said themail good-naturedly. "Did you say your trunk- came on the early train? Did you see it put on?" "Yes, sir," assured John. "I saw it put on that train myself.' "Well, well," said the man, consol- ingly. "You wait here a minute and Pitsea if I can find out anything about it. I guess it's all right." John's frame of mind was anything but an enviable one as he stood await lug the man's return. A few minutes later he came back with Condector Parker with him. "You are John Sheldon, are you?" asked the conductor. • "Yes, sir," ,answered John, a little, surprised. "You've lost a trunk, have you, my boy?" "Yea, sir. Can you tell me where to find it?" the Iatter. questioned, eagerly. "Did your trunk contain anything very valuable?' "Very," said Sohn, "and I must find it," looking anxiously around at the trunks. "Any objection to telling me what. your truck contained?"' pursued the conductor. John hesitated. Yes, he had decided objections. He half wished himself out of this scrape. "There- was "a boy shut up in that trunk, was there?" questioned the conductor, narrowly, watching John, who started visibly, "Do you think a boy could live till this time shut up like that?" added the conductor, in a sterner vole's. "I -don't know," said John, with a catch in his voice. Running away to sea thus far had proved a doubtful pleasure. "That's a thing you 'should have thought of before trying such a fool- hardy trick es this," said the conduc- tor. "If you wanted to go to sea, why didn't you do it Ilse a man, and -not sneak off likea thief?' John stood abashed, terror-stricken, too, at the thought of what might be Elmer's tate. "You want to go to sea, do you?" continued the conductor, Ironically. "I --don't know," faltered John. "But I want to find the trunk." _'Naturally You do," mercilessly said the conductor. "I should suppose you would after leaving a boy in a danger- ous situation like that" "Oh, sir, if you know anything about Elmer, please tell me!" with a sharper catch in his voice. "The best tiring you can do is to go home and learn the result of your lolly! You may be in time to attend the funeral. Poor" John! No one to blame but himself. He feared the worst had come, and •certainly wished himself Where Canada I'I(yes to Mahe al Record 6,111101111 ' 11 UM( Nineli null tM MIl111111'r11,11111 IM I(1111 IIGl11nl llnr1111111111i1W1111p11l1 111111I1,Rlf 11110.1' s. .S ete118NUQirl1111f1 .1llfllfli1''1111I1f1111'Oillll 1r<hliflllll'1O11flNftfi®d'tilifefeieiiYii'titllilllllil'fillffllltlrifllfllll!6>r+. THE OLYMPIC STADIUM AT AMSTERDAM An ale view of the new stadium whioh seats 40,0.00 now ready for the Olympic games. Canada will be well represented by Isar leading amateurs, at home—more, that he had never left hone, The conductorturned away, saying' that he had an engagement of a few minutes, and that John could wait there if he liked till he came back. Unhappy John! He waited; for he didn't know what else. to do. Meantime, let us return to Elmer In the trunk.' Fortunately,, the trunk was put in right side up, and, for a time, he went quite comfortably. At one of the sta- tions where more trunks were put what a wretched, homesick boy he was. "Well," asked the conductor with a dry smile, "do you want to keep on and go to sear" Elmer.'s longing for the sea had cooled, His experience in the trunk had taken the romance opt of a sailor's life for him. "I'd rather go home than do any- thing nything else in the world," said Elmer, with more energy than he lied before displayed. Conductor Parker knew the boy's • Bilingualism .. London Times (Ind.) : Bilingualism 15 an asset of thegreatest importance in the life of any nation. The caps- city to speak two tongues has an educational value that English educa- tionists are only now beginning to realize. Border peoples who, from sheer necessity, have to speak two or more languages are said to be excep- tionally intelligent. The ancient and modern influence of the Scots both in England and on the Continent and in, one came crash on top of Elmer's. father, and he decided to send Elmer throughout the British- Empire has The cover cracked and Elmer shrank home He had looked through the been largely due to their gift for ,down. train for John, tl}inking to see if his tongues. The bilingual Scotsmen had "Gracious, that came near smashing mind had changed; but no boy mi- me! ' he thought. "Hope they won't swering hie description was found, as put in many like than' we, who remember his adventure at His. bones were beginning to ache, Dalton Station, know. ancient Scottish exemplar have and he felt stiff from being cramer ped But Elmer, a sadder and somewhat invaded London in emplar andf various in one position so long. wiser boy, was left to take the next industries, not excluding politics, with He tried to stretch—in vain. He train home, notable success, while the Welsh in - then tried to •turn a little, with, a like Quite late in, the evening there was result.a rap at the Sheldon door, and a vasion of Oxford and Cambridge dates "Oh, dear!" he groaned. "This Is shame -faced, though light-hearted, boy from the thirteenth. century. For some anything but Pun." was let in. seven centuries universities, Indeed All this time other trunks were pit- Running away to sea was never a from the date when their own great Mg up about him; thus lessening his Pleasant subject to the two boys after. monastic 'schools disappeared. Bt - supply of fresh air. To add to his ward• discomfort, he began to feel sick. Ins head, ached—yes, and he ached all Oyer. "I'd give ten dollars to be out of this," he thought. "I wish a hadn't' in old days no difficulty in acquiring the classical langauges and theaFrence. tongue. In quite recent years the Welsh have been following this The Jew • �D V. Dinsdale in the Leeds Mer - come in this sneaking way." eery: In times not long past, with (London): Europe has no ambition He grew sicker. He wondered if he land, social and educational oppor- to become a pawn in the game of were going to die; he was sure he tunities, rights of citiensthip—ale American 'party politics. That in a felt sick enough. wrested from him, money (earned by word explains the attitude on this. At last he could endure it no longer. ftbe sweat of his brow) remained his side of the Atlantic towards the sen - He heard men in the car, and he cried ; only weapon wherewith to fight the saional project of the Washington out' world and win for himself that equal Government for the Renunciation of "Let me out!" lingualism Iles 'behind much of the success of the Celts who have tra- veled into new lands. Renunciation of War Leo Meese in the National Review "Hello, there!" exclaimed one of the men. "What's that?" They stood still a minute, listening. "Let me out! Oh, let me out! ' came id' mued tones to their ears. "place in the sun" to vab4ch, in cam- Ward . . Having been once bitten, mon with all mankind, he was justly we are twice shy. We went through entitled. Society became to him an a similar performance eight years age all but impregnable fortress, where under the auspices of a former Ameri- "every door was barred with gold, and can President, who broke all preced- opened but to golden keys." Per-, ent and came hotfoot to Europe for "Robbers!" shouted the man, jump- haps as Yet he has scarce learnt to the express purpose of "making the ing back. "Thieves in here!" And for a few minutes there was quitea lively time in the car. The trunks" were pulled out, and society at large are necessary to per guided by a rather stifled howl, El- 'made lblm to sheathe a weapon now, mer's trunk was broken open, and a we hope, grown rusty,and to enter by miserable; haggard, homesick boy was every door with noother passport Lound. than his own true and undeniable The conductor came along, and merits' to recommend him; whore his. Elmer, in a very shamefaced way, con- skill and justice In business, loyalty fessed alt about the sea -going plan, and generosity in rlendship,"sociabil- but.only after various questions from ity, adaptability, and natural talents the conductdr. Eisen John might have will speedily •prove him an asset to forgiven him for telling, if he had seen any community of worth. oease flourishing that once so magic world safe for democracy" through "open .sesame." IP so, only time and. the instrumentality of the League of a less frigid welcome on the; part of Nations, which its author conceived as a Super. State (to wilt, "the United State of the World"). with complete oontrol of international relations, and therefore in a position to make inter- national wars impossible. • She—"Love-making Is the same as it always was! "- He—"How can you tell?" She—"I've just read of a Greek maiden who sat and listened to a lyre all night." THOUSANDS VIII GARDENS AT HAMPTON COURT Sunday oroWda enjoy the bla6a of glory in the gardens of this historic 0 Id seat of Royalty in England. seeing this beauty spot, !'env Canadians who visit linglaad mise Canada Fostering Land Settlement by the British COminittee on Imnugration Pre, its Report to the ,Hsentsouse of Com- mons Ottawa—A reduetton In ocean ✓ ates' of £10 for 13rltieil immigrante Is recommended tri the report of the se?eot standing committee on agri- culture and Immigration, tabled in the reoent Parliament; While in tire opinion of the committee the rotenone - Witty grid contest of the selection of immigrants, no matter by whom, re- cruited,, meat recut solely with the' Government ot Canada, It suggests that special efforts be made to ex- tend the field of activity of the prov- inoial autheritles, startiriularly in the matter of the placement, settlement and supervision of immigrana, and that the Federal Government coneld- er 'oontriituting to defray the cost of provincial co-operation. To prevent expeaae and unneces- eery Incouvenienee to the would-be Immigrant it is recommended that greater care be given to the physical examhlationa before leaving the home lands, and that in the British Isles local doctors, under the control of the Canadian medical autboritles, should make these examinations, Approval, in the report, is given to previous ef- forts to encourage the young British immigrant, and it recommends that the age limit ter boys be extended from 14 ot 19 years. Extension of the assisted passage privileges to the families of Immi- grants from Great Britain is re -cum- mended by the committee;' but it does Unemployment not feel that th,e 3000-tamtly settle- Nation and Athenaeum (London): most scheme be turther extended un- If we are beooming gradually less tit after thepreaont experiment has hopeful that unemployment is about been tested. The committee approves of the ex- tenstoa to other provinces of the tri- partite agreement with the British, federal and provincial governments for the encouragement of land settle- ment by British immigrants, Under this scheme the Provincial Govern- ment .provides the farm, the British Government supplies $1500 for stock and equipment, and the Canadian Government recruits the settler and promises settlement and supervision free of eherge, and, in addition, shares on a 50-5D basis any loss on ac- count of stock and equipment. A review be the oommittee of the present immi ration policy shown that the British immigrant is in a specially favorable position as com- eared with the continental, while all citizens of the United States are eli- gible to emigrate Provided teat they 508 !physically and mentally sound and in a position to maintain them- selves uutii employment can be secur- ed, With them as with the British no passport is required. The committee held 36 sittings and called upon 29 wituesses. including Robert Forks, Minister of Immigra- tion and Colonization; Sir Henry Thornton, •president, Canadian Na- tional Beltways'; E. W. Beatty, presi- dent, Canadian Pacific Railway; mambersof Parliament and officers of social welfare and Immigration or. ganlzations. Canada Building Many Motor Where Britain Beatsthe World Merl of Scientific Ingenuity and . Practical Appli- cation, London. --Sir Alfred Mond, M.P., addressed the Chemical Industry Con- ference at Westminster Me 0010150110 research as applied to industry, "Wo have had our share, a very fair share,• of the most eminent men of Holmes° the world bas eves' seen," be said. "I have -seen leaders of industry in every country In the world, and I can say without fear of contradiction that we have to -day In this country men. with more ingenuity and more prim*" „' cal application of scientific principles to scutal ;manufacture than in anY other country in Use world.' A good deal of nonsense was talked. about research. Soma people dhbuglit research could be ordered like a split of clothes, An inventor was barn, not made. Re was optimistic 'emit .the com- plete picture of Britain's Industrial future. It wns• 22u4 041:1.4ere were industries which were in backwater, and that there were industries which' were bankrupt. Those industries which had applied the principle of the science of organ. 1 zation were prosperol,s .and Progress aive, Those which had failed to utilize the opportunities which this soience offered were depressed and retrogressive. The great advantages of amalgama- tion were the way it enabled the tat ants of every industry to be collected in a common pool. Highways Montreal.—Reports from all prov- inces received by the Canadian' Good Roads Association indicate that higher expenditpres will be made this year on Canadian highways than during any past year in their history. The great increase in motor traffic in Can- ada, combined, with the annual sum- mer influx of motorists from the Iinitted States, are causes behind the increased expenditure on highways. Last year the enormous total of 3,153,- 800 automobiles entered Canada Prom the United States Your • touring pur- poses, and it is expected the motor tourist traffic from the South this year will break all records. New Canadians to Celebrate Winnipeg, Manitoba.—Naw Cana- dians of Canada will stage a Folk Song and Handicraft Festival in this city to demonstrate some of the cul- tural contributions they are making to Canadian life. The festival will be presented by fifteen racial groups in picturesque costumes, songs and dances, illustrating the wealth of are and music • brought to Canada bye re - emit settlers from Europe. The extensive areas avattablo for barns settlement in Western Canada have been attracting immigration not only from Great Britain and the United States, but also from the Continent to cure itself, we are also becoming less concerned about its continuance. Now !t le, no doubt, very na- tural to be less` worried about large- scale unemployment when it has con- tinued for seven or eigtit years in- stead of only three or four. But the unemployment itself does not become one 'cubit less serious. On the 'con- trary, it becames more serious The longer unemployment' Lasts, the more formidable become the distress, the Loss of skill, the less of habits of in - Misery, the demoralization of chars actor, the numbing effects on the ris- ing generation in the industries and areas where the unemployment to mainly concentrated. Canada's Immigration Problem J. E. M. Clark in the. Nineteenth Century and After (London): Can- ada in these days appears to furnish an excellent Illustration of the man- ner in which the old order of things has failed to keep pace with changing conditions. As viewed through the medium of bank clearings trade re- turns, and company balance -sheets, all is well; but there need be no delu- sion as to the signiflcanse of a declin- ing eclining birth rate coupled with a slacken- ing of the flow of immigrants and a constant exodus of the native born in a country of 9,000,000 people. . . . The idea so long prevalent that i3 re- turns on invested funds are satisfac- tory and the "key" "men well looked after the fate of the residuum to really not of much. a000tlnt ,seems to call with increasing urgency for inodt- ficatlon. One in Every Nine Has' Car Ottawa, Canada.—Of the ,945,675 motor vehicles in Canada, not includ- ing farm implements propelled by mo- tor power, the Province of Ontario _ leads with a total of 436,120, a 'per- centage of 13-7 per 100 of population; Quebec comes next in point of total vehicles with 128,459—equal' to 4.9 per cent, of population; Saskatchewan third. with 106,599 vehicles, and 12.7 Per cent.; British Columbia, 77,617 and 13.5 per cent.; Alberta 73,830 and 12 per cent.; Nova Scotia, 30,059 and 6.5 per cent.; New Brunswick 24,544 and 6 per cent.; Prince Edward Island, 4,388 and 5,1 per cent; the Yukon Ter- ritory, 156 and 4,5 per cent, For the whole of Canada there are 9.9 vehicles for every 100 of the population. Anglo-American Co- operation Wickham Steed in the Review of Reviews • (London): Within the next few years we s,bell have be face a number of difficult .questions %in whioh quality ot our relatiousltip to the Uni- ted nited States may prove to be a decisive tactor. By 1931, at latest, the unsatle-_ factory position left by the break 01 Europe in considerable numbers, i down of the Geneva Oonferenca will and this festival is expected to prove kava t0 be faced. 11, by that time, au important factor In bringing the oordial agreement With the United ,various. races tno friendly contact with States has tLot boon reaoh�ed, rat • outer and insuring a fuller ap-i shall be confronted by the unpleaeaat predation of the contribution each is 1 alternative of giving the Big Navy making to Canadian national life. ti The Typical Englishman London Sunday Times (Cons.); The reason why people of all patties up and down the: country like Mr. Bald- win is because he speaks their thoughts aloud for them, He is In a' Party in America an additional rear son to agitate for a preponderant navy, er of entering upon what will, in effect, be naval competition with America, however, decently it may be nsasked. i) This Is frets'. .directions to the we- real sense the "typical EnglIshmaze men students in au Amfican Col. Again and again is [!tsar- .'oI,11s lege: "Students who marry during, the colnitioll-hioitina lest;;' - - Gdi their• coiitse 'v1ll no bs permitted to bo very profound,. but it is always remain in Gallego. - Further, students plain and it appeals to the'' pubiic's who aro already married must either' bettor nature. Mr. Baldwin makeslive with their husbattds or make the man In the Street articulate. tether. 6rreto,,aaients With the Dean."