HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-04-14, Page 6THE ',SEAFORTH NEWS.
THI7}2SDAY;. APRIL'14.
John Uri Lloyd
(Continued from last week.)
It ani. Dis nigger hub be'n savin'
de money for .de pu'pose. De patch ab
t'backah what he raise in de Satuhdlay
afternoon• am buahned ion, long ago;
de rabbet what he sell t'S'tringtoven
ifo'ks am ,gone, an' pow''ful many ob
de fo'ks what eat et am dead; de
cheer beetles what Cope put in hab
been wo'n• out, but de money dey
brurng ani safe. You kin count it at
yoah • ease, Ma's'e Elford;it am :add
doh."
He turned to the door.
" Take the papers, Cupe,your own'
'and Dinah's freedom papers." The
negro hesitated, "Ef it am de dame
t'yo', Mase, de papahs an' de money
may stay t'geddah. ' Mebby doh won't
be no use for de papahs. Cupe doan
avian' no disgrace on his head, an'.
doan 'tend tlhab no disgrace.'
"Explain your meaning."
"Ef some mahn'n de cry come t'
IStringtown dee Cupe an' Dinah am
gone, ef de cabin am empty an' ;de
d•oah locked, elf dah t'ain't been no
good -'bye said, de fo'ks of dis heah
towel] 'muse Cupe an' Dinah of .steal—
ie. demselbs an' rennin' away t',Can-
erdy. II'f "se'ch tings come will ,you
etan•' in de court an show dat freed-
om papah ab Cupe an' count demon-
ey he pay for Dinah into de box ob
de co'ht?"
t "I will."
"An save de honah ob de two ole'
slaves?"
"You may depend upon it,"
Again Cupe turned to the door, and
!again he stopped. "But ef Cope an'
ID'ineh keep libin' in de cabin, bettah
you keep de papahs an' de money, an'
keep all de fa't's t' yo'selb an if Cuipe
'an' Dinah die in de cabin, de papahs
• nam t'be read by de preachah at de
grabe's side, fo' Cupe wan's t' go into
1Heaben free, an' t' hab a free wife
too."
"And the money "
"De money am fo' Susie, if she
ebah am foun'." "
"Susie is gone forever."
"Do you 'mem'ber what Cupe tole
you de night he ;'tan' in dis room an'
,beg fo' de chile?"
"Yes."
"He say: 'De law say dot de chile
• icaint lib wid Cupe, but de sign say
.dat she mus' lib wid Cupe. Ate'
"Susie am gone ferebah, you say, but
'Cupe b'•lebe in de sign, an' Cupe say
dat she am not gone, but':bl come back
When de law am .out ob de way."
"Wheat doyou mean, Cupe?"
"'Ud you let her stay ,wid de brack
fo'ks ef she wah t' come back?"
The judge looked quickly at the
earnest old slave and a sudden light
came over his face, `5Y'es,">he impul-
sively added, "if Susie is found her
,home may be with you until she asks
to go elsewhere."
"An'. aso God am greatah dean de
law," said Cupe. "You may fold detni
papahs 'way, Mese, case Cupe doan
'tend t' be freed. lEf he, wa'h a free
mean he couldn't stay in de cabin. lEtt
am monstrous p'leasan't t' be a sla'be.
an' not t' worry oibiah de rent er feed:
Et am pow'ful edtisfyin' t' de soul t'
open de eyes in de rnahn'n an' see
de Cohn a-growin' an' he'ah de chick-
en an' de duck crowig'' an' a-taldc'in'
an' t' know.. dat de flour sack an' de
':meal bah'1 am fuii. ,Cupe an' Dinah''li
jes, wait in de cabin an' be slabes 'til
dey' dee, an' of Susie comes back t'
ISitringtown she'll fin' de c'abin do:a'h
open an' de cubah spread on de table.
(jessot de money to 'si'd'e dor her in
case ob a rainy day, an' read de Pap
-
abs ob freedom dbah de grebe ob de
;niggers, an' den gib de money t' de
)Susie chi'lel' 'Cupe backed out of the
room and closed the door behind hiin,
The 1ani,p that threw its light over'
,the open book wherein Mr. Wagner
once had • read, the lines that saved
iCupe, "By Right •of Clergy," lighted
the desk; now weighted with coin
Collected during that ' man's many
days of bondage. IA's the door closed'
the 'judge murmured: "Thank : God
the negro has 'found the child,. but
Chow can 1 explain t -o Mr.' Wagner
that he moist give up Susie?" •
wrong• aide' out, and then drew'it on
again: The giob,e of':light vibrated,
as if in response to,' the action,:'trenh-
atilously nio 'ed• ap and dotyn lite a
1asterli in a wave rocked .bouat; then
',turned to the. right, passed about five
feet 'frons the .negro, -and, proceeding
now 'M a direct fine disappeaged in an
•
adjacent thicket
'Yo' cussed Jiack o'' •Laihrtern•, an'
ef yo' had got of dis. nigger's back
yo' ud slab node bind 'rid' mahan'n, But
Cupe; know Iaw •t' 'circuinlbeult yos
yo! debibu Ifg'ht. No 'Yank. o'.'Lau-
I torsi .dare tech de nhaii who• wears de
coaf'wroiig.side out. Yo' sly cuss, yo'
wahlb'led about es of yo' :wah rat keer-
m- fo' de 'nigger; 'bat, yo' fool dis
clhile. Lawd, bait-et'stah a cloe'e ,call;
fa'' ef yo ba'd'•,cohne fp,onn 'behind, yo'
ul"li'ab, jurnped on de 'rigger an', rode
itiil till de, iigp t ob -day.,Niggers halo'
been cotthed by de Jack; o'• Lanterns
and: rode all de libelong night, ()bah
dehill, frit de briars ate' in de'Brabd-
yard,; An' when dey co'nie halite in
de neahn'n, -tired an' near 'boat: -deed,
de . ni!a'se say dey hale been ou't t' a
shi-ndig dance; but 'et am God's: fare',
det:de Jack; o' :IJanterns;, cotc'h niggers
whalt Joan- know de'Ioalf s'ign,;an".,ride
'stn like, es'ef 'dey.
wash ho'"ses,'
His quick .ear caught a • familiar
sound, the brcakjng,:of brush, caused
bythe mati'oir of an antinial` in. a briar
patch. :A smile broke over his 'face
and .he.,joyously c'all'ed'' out, "Come
heah, D•gawlgel" and.'the dog's,, cad,
nose soon touched 'his hand and his
s'ide.rulbbe'd against'tilhe negro'; -leg.
Reaching his _hand into his pocket,
the • slatve took • therefrom a ...roll, of
itwiine; one end of the sitring he. tied
CHAPTER :XXX•I.
"A Fearful Sign."
The edge 'of winter, moving down
from the Nort'h., had brought ;mist
and cloudy' The air of the day just
passed had been sathrated with" gloom
and. shade. The clouds hung low;
they scraped free -'bops in the wood-
land on the hili, but no rain bade fall-,
en from their sombre folds. Insite'ad,
cool breezes arose thatgrew cooler
as the day. sped and fairly, cold when•
evening came., Pf the .sun • moved ac-
ross the heaven's .thaat, day no ray
from it rea'che'd' the earth. The -pre-
ced'ing night .he'd, turned directly into
.leaden day, the dreary day had, worn
itself out and disappeared ili..gl'oom
there had 'been no twilight of morn
or eve,there had been no blending of
light ared' darkness.
'When ,Cupe s'tep'ped .in't'o the house
of Mr. }?Wagner it Was still daytime,'
yet the lamp was lighted; .when he
,stepped out again night . had come,
but no brighter lamp .was needed than
'before the dray had fairly spend.
There' was no moon„but` had there
been a fall moon high in the heavens
no ray could have pierced that ,thick
cloak. The heavens and `,the •eareh'
were hiddenfrom sight. When 'Cupe
left the door of Judge Elford 'the
darkness above and below had run
together; distance had disappeared;
there was no near, no far,
Never before had that night -loving
man felt the weight of darkness. He
stood in . the street and rubbed his
eyes, dpened them wide, mu'tteeed and
stood expec'tan't, but saw no 'light
save an occasional window gleam,
which served but to deepen the, sur-
rounding b'lackness.,
"Et am monstrous strange fo' a
nigger, t' be caught by de da'kness,
et am s'prisin' cu'ytts. When nigger
sleep et am inde sunshine; de sof'
nes; ob de sunshine am soovin' t' de
eye. When.. de night-time come, de
cat, de dawg, de coon, de 'possum an'
de nigger am on dere feet. De night-
time am de' time fo' de brack man t'
be awake, de ,daytime a'm de time fit'
•de nigger t' sleep., An' so et wah in de
hat 'Guinee country' Gupe's :gran'dad
come from, when e'b'ry creature, sleep
in de day an' run, in de night. 'Mt
habit am wid de nigger. yet."
.Cupestruggledalong, aided by the
slender light that came dram an oc-
casional: window, until fie turned into
a field .below the. village. Then •im-
penetrabledarkness closed in upon
him; the tree -top, waving above,
made no mark' against the sky, the
)horizon gave no streak to lighten the
gloom; above and below the deepest
darkness reigned.
Suddenly to the right he caught
sight „of a moving light • .that floated
slowly in a horizontal direction over.
the :eaiith, seemingly a few feet above
its surface. The eyes' of the negro
were riveted on • the pphen'onmenon,
which --a :globe, of light, not a flame—
flitted in and out of sight as it pass-
ed behind a clump df bushes -or a tree
trunk, to reappear again. Following
the undulating surface of the ground,
it mored steadily along,.. now to the
right, new to the left, but even oft -
ward towa,nd
n-ward-toward the spot where .stood
the man whose eyes: were fixed • ore
the strange illumination, which ., Was
neither spaark mar flame nor army form
of fire. There was no wind. ' The
negro thrust a finger into his 'nyouth,
withdrew it and held; it in ' the air
above his head, but no touch of cold -
'less .came' to either side; and still the
glimmer flittered' back 'and' forth,
careless alike to path or road, draw-
ing closer with each 'chaiige of ' .di -
.When but a few. feet frotn the ne-
gro its direction chlanged, and then
dor the first time it started, straight
for his person,: floating about a foot
above the earth, This final action
,was, responded to by the old man,
Who, until this ,time, but for the single
m&vement by ;which he had tested
the wined,had.'stood like . 'a ` statue.
With a motion sitrangely rapid for
one sioaged, 'he. jerked his coat from
hie person, quickly, turned the sleeves
about the neck of the dog, the other
he held in• h'is hand. ` "keep in. de ,pall'
an! '.'go home, yo' Moll": ordered tlhe
master, ''and• together, map and • dog
moved onward. "Dns am 'a monstrous
shame t' any nigger, and t' think flat
Cupe should dbah feel de disgrace ob
such a ting es urs, .Et am lucky dat
et ant night; fo' -de hame am moat
'd'an Cupe could bear in: daylight. But
de dawg tain't tole nobody, an' ono-
body but de dawg am heah •t' see de
shame ob de nigger-. Et am a mon-
strous eleame, an' et, ani a fearful sign;.
de Lewd only knows, de meanin' ob
seoh a ,sigh."
)jJf the old negroes did not believe
that to wear %a coat '.wrong side apt
.weeedd protect them from' the "jack o'
Lantern" they affected as much. They
also affected` to believe that the negro
caught by one would be ridden till
morning.
CHAPTER XXXII:
The Spirits Affeet Dinah.
Step by step these companions, the
•faithful brute and the bonded slave,
had journeyed from-Stmingtawn, until
now;the dog's nose was prone against
the front door of the cabin,, which
'Cupe was not able 'to' see. "There
•h.a•b be'n famil'ar signs 'long de pall,
but de dawg`caint talk an' de dark-
ness ob night am coverin' ` 'de way,
Dah` wait a roun rail on .de 'las' 'fence
we clim'b'ed; et wa'h'suah de fence wha
once stood befit' de• cabin, bat dah
ain't no cabin 'heath, Ef de ebil saper-
rn'ts'Ih'ab moved dat fence an' bent dot
paff t' fool de ole .nean, dah anitrouble
befo' his steps; ant'. he 'mus' :.move
monstrous keerful. pe debbii ' may
be restin' at de end ab dis walk. An'
de• dawg won't move' no inoa'h. Et
am de fust .time dat' dawg hab 'gone
backon his m'd'se. Go home, Dgawge
IWash'n''t'n I" A jerk at' the string, and
the clog in reply bayed long, tremu-
lously, anti stood still, his nose close
against the cabin door: "Et . ani a
painful: howl yo' am nnakin', Dgawge.
I hab nebbah head tech talk .befor'.
1De voice yo' speak when yo' tree de
coon, de 'possumer de rabbet . aim
plain; but Cupe nebbah hea'd yo' talk'
bcfo' like' obs. What yo! see t' make
sec'h talk es, d'at? An' only t' t'ink ob
de, shame ob de nigger.", Suddenly he
raiseld his head, snuffed the air, and
'dropped the string, "Et am •t4back,
et am •de han' ob' b'ackey what hang
'side'de cabin doa'h, De'smell am not
t' be mistook'n,"+ Again he snuffed
the air;' `:Et am • de cabin yo' hab
treed, Dgawge; yo' 'nebba'in treed de
cabin befit' an''dat es why yo': -talk so
strange." Reaching out dins hand, the
doer levee fined, ,and Cupe at' ,amts
gave a. laud rap. eT.here was no res-
ponse: Again he knocked, with no.
better result. Cupe s'lowl'y moved his
'fingers over the door.. The latch
string 'bung out.' de Lawd,
an' 'what am, de na'ttah' wid Dinah!"
Opening the . door, he groped' about
inside, reae'hed the mantelpiece;
.st'ruc'k a match, and " lighted_ the'
candle. Tie' child lay asleep on' 'the
tittle bed.' Dinah, ivi'th head, thrown
back so' that it••res•ted, en the edge o'f,
the:; bed, lay sprawled on the floor.
• "By 'de bones ob .my ,gran'papl".
No ' other word , did Cupe .natter,—'
that uihusu'al• expression, a relic of eleis'
old master, expressed the, depth, of his
surprise, Stepping.'te tine prostrate.
for rl,,',he held 'the candle' Before the
sleepers. lips; the flame leaned out
ward; breath ,•;was there, Raising: it
sliigh:tly„ he moved the light back
find forth before he eyes. Noe, move -
n -kite. ("Et am monstrous strange,"
he muttered. Kneelli he pl. d hn •
ees e clasc 1 ,her lips, and at` mice a
scowi aprread over his black' face.
'IDe cause a'nn•cleah ef de night am,
da'k' Cupe;steapped to the, ulautcl-
piece, and gtsfping the bottle, hel'd•,
it .before the light, "Le cause 'am 'riot'
so cle'alh •" he muunbaled, as he s'aw brat
the surface• of 'the liquid me,glced the.
exact spot where 'he' had, left'it, Shak-
ing his head, the old negro •unleariced
the bottle and raised it to lids'. nose_:
"E•t, and lickailf," He: thrust the neck
inito his -mouth, 1nis. 'flabby dips sack-
ed aboiut the shoulder of the bottle,
gurgle after gurgle folioiwetl, unci
When he replaced the eek more than
kalif the contents had disappeared:
"Et am a' shame," Elie shuttered, "et
am a shame dot a' genen, inns' ,swall'ah
'so much. Weevil fa' 'so little. Halvah,"
Grasping ID nia'h ,by' tlhe shjoul'der.s,
Cupe gave her a violent jerle,. which
':raised her fairly' tepon her feet; ' add
as she opened her eyes, he thrust
the woman_' upon a ,'lwoioden-,bot-
to'med•.clhla'ir with.. a •sh'uclf-'•that
'brought her to consciouisne,as. Stand-
ing befare her, Cape .shook his fistclose to her .face and said,, in a deep,
dramatic bonne:
^;Doh am direful signs • t' eight;
de'y 'Came from in de. cabin,• front de
air an' from de earf,"
Dinah dazed and drowsy, only
stared back -at• the old man, wino' con-
tinned:, "De s'igh's am t'ickenitn'''an'
pintin,,, but, de . debb'il'•' only , •knnows
,whed'dalln de 'end. em ;good .er bad,"
Still no reply. •
r "But de signs am not so ncorryn.n'
es de, niggers disgrace"
"Whet disgrace?" .queried Dinah;
rubbing her -eyes. -
' "Dah hp'b be'n, double . disgrace , on
Cupe 'dis night."
'',What done disgrace yo'
• "Cupe 'hab 'queered hidse'f; fp' fie
haat ' be'n los,' awn' y'o' hob .brung
grace t' him Itote"'
"Dah halo hen no. disgrace ob yoah;
,wife, of yo' hab .be'n los', " reto'rted
Dinah, with Offended dignity, •
"Doh hab be'n two Iaisgraces ob
Dinah. Yo' ,hab bean. drunk, an' yo'
Male sten '1•ipka'h. Dalt' ane no wussadi
'a- sin den t' steal dickah " • e •
"Befo'' 'Gad, Cupe Hardman,' dis
nigger hob n't seed ner•teched_a drop
ab lickah lo' a yeah!"
"Atn' adah, am now ann•uda'h dis-
gracer fo' yo'' inab tole a lie. De ddb-,
bil hab got yo,' suah,"
"De bottle' am jee' es' yo' let' et,
Cupe' Hard'inali; etat's on de, nnati'tett
piece au' am full," She turned her
eyes to !the vial, and was startled, to
findit half emptied. ,
"De bottle am 'witched; et was full
t' de line," she added.
• Cape held up this hand, motioning
her to cease speaking, but the 'alarm-
ed .woman continued:
"De• ebil sperrits am in de Noose,
day h'a't be'ir in et all- day. Wihen
ID'ina'h• 'heat de ,gnaby in. 'de skillet
an' poah de watah out Olt de cup into
et,' de skillet fly info pieces. De deb'bf1
broke .oat skillet, suah"
"Yo' wah' drunk, yo' , fool, an"
disarmed yo' peaked watali into, de
skillet, but yo' poahed et into de
.bottle. Y'o' drunk a gild oh whiskey,
an' den yo' fill de bottle op wid watch,
hab be'n dre'ainiin' like a drunken
nigger dreams. De.debbil'li'git ye'
'yin' soul," Dinah 'pointed. to - the
hearth, ,where fragments of the ves-
sel were'Iscaittered, "Do de dream
bre'k a skillet?"
.Cupe;' more disturbed, by the :evid-
ence of the broken skillet than ' he.
cared' to admit, said solemnly:' "Yo'
hab be'n .poeeful wicked, Yo' kwon_
yo' • drunk: de lickah."
"Ain what el I did talk a drop, yo'
hain't no cause t' jaw. Yo'. ble
.ett
clean yoah own toot .yo". ' pick
Dlinaln's:' -
".W'hat yo' aneen t' 'sinuate?'
"Who' yoah million patch, .Cupe
Hardman?", •
"De night 'de,. Bust lunger sit in de
tree an' Isdng,'six week's ago t' -mor-
rah night; yo' slip out: ob' de'c'abin an'
wah gone 'bout an hour, ' Yo'' come
back, wild two • wata'h-tni'1lions :kb d'e
meal sack' 'cross, :yoah Shoulders."
'"De cause am e'aty,t' ';plain,
"Yo' got 'no minicar patch, yo', fs cads
in' nigger?, '
"I tole yo' de ,cause aam, easy t'
'asipl'ain. De million yo'".-,foun' in • one•
en' db de sack wah growin' .c'ros's de
•paff, an'. Cupe; je's noise de :p'aff, fit'
feel' et hurt some .feldaih's:'foot.' ,
"But 'de teddfah' mi1'lioui."
"De sack wiah lop -sided '.den, an'
Cape, couldn't 'carry et. Et. 'web', a
sin t' waste de 'fruit, do he go back
an' then, de weight by aliment' e'ts
mate friom jes :inside de wence' an'
put et into .de nldld'ah
"Betlt'ah yo' say', • nuffin' 'bout
de drop, ob ` lgckah, "Gripe. Et web
,pow• fel sweet t' de baste, an' so web
de `mrlllionls.Dnnah' taste em 'half; aa'
am agoleilfied t' speak:"
' D'malh,' -fit die sake ,ob .de sinoove
ergyulenit yo' nnake,'dali. will be fer-
gibness dis once,1
bu't of, elrah yo'' does
'sect a ting ag'in, Co suali es•iny'narn'e
es Gupe'Hardman, I'll sole'yo' do.eenn'
Yo iii sole .me' Souf, yo' eiiggerl'
'yo` bettah'ovn yo'self befit' yo', talk
'about solin'..udldah fe lcsl"
Dinah, yo' em in my pocket. 'I
bought ala' paid fon yo',,
e'f ebah'yo" disgrace yoah'owner a,g';1.
es • yo hab di, night yo bettah look;
o;ut fot,de-trantp t'<Caeoigy .a'm slhtnll'
sua'h ° ,
"An'barb yo boiight,yo'seib
"Yes!'
"De Uawd",be•prai'sed, 'Gupe!'•T
kti'ow yo' !nano be'insab'in' money.'fo'
'fiifty yeblh,s,, ain' I'.:know' ylo'hl rise. pt
when nine rune corse. • Ef we am' free
iniggers, we kin>'w'alk t' rOan'erdy - its'
ie dad'iigint ";
"Et am do s'a•creid truff,'Dinlah; yo'
hab .got sense miff t see ;in de day-
thine, ef. yo' .'ens a ,wont'an. A' wo-
nlan • ani• like a dish rag; Divalh, she
bin nnons'trous cossventent:tin her place;
but 'el she gbb'otit ob' 'et ,she eine.
'wuff muffin t' nobody; ;Dan yo'. fere
git yoah ,palace,
diversion, ch'ange'd the current,
.Of Gupe'; thotights,, and .he, drappled
'at once the subject' of Dua•h!s failings
and ereberred tohis personal nnisad-•
vesture, ''
"Doh wah 'nu'ddah serge;; an' et .wah
a desgrace t' Cupe, H'is' eyes mnah'les'
t' tiighlt; 'ali' de nigger ,had 't'.tie''his-
elf t' de d'awget' fin' de cabin."
"Wah ,yo' drunk?" The Wife's. eyels
dwnnkled.
Et':nvah sp,egrits suath;, but' ebi'1
epenrits, illdt;l'ickalh, an' de eri' am not
` P•'rapls' de same ebil sperrits stet
yoah eyes, Gupe, vwlbat take :de lickadi
out 'ob de ,battle•t' pit . Diina'h , into
trouble." •
"Z!aaly," said. Cupe ironfeally; but
go' bettah:'Ibe keeriful dey'dban do' et
ag'in.. De be d'in' signs aux thic'k'nin'
-,np: Keep yoah eyes: pee'l'ed, an' be
ready, fa' ef. de workin' ab.,de. 'sign
air' lelbil,• de Bain' •doah'lI close; ' an'
yo'lll •sitalbt .wid Cupe •fo' de Nprf in de
night time,'';,_
CHAPTER XXXITh,
Old Jew, Mose, And Sammy Drew.
That night I sat in our . home ' by
my mother's ,side, brooding' over.. the'
htemiliat'ions my apparent dullness
daily brought upon me at the String -
town school. Hitherto I had borne
the stigma in dufn'b, indifferent care-
less Duthie/1,1,M as perception's quick-
ened, my shertcomings that had long
been manifest' to others, suddenly
flashed into inien'la'l view. 'Shame red-
deeed my .brown cheek, and rea'l'izing
that the 'Stringtown asoh'ool was no
longer the place' for me, I implored
my mother to. allow me to seek in-
struction 'elsawlhere. Never
in-Sttring-
town could I win 'the .respect of my
comrades nor of my'seif;'nor regain
the ground that had been -lost: That
distasteful front row at school, where
I sat among the little boys—the hate-
ful scene, daily, enacted, left an in-
delible impression upon me, and all
these humiliations were vivid at this
moment, •'At.last it betaine imp'os-
saible"to restrain'ney grief and I cried
in despair, "h cannot go back, I can-
not„ I cannot!"
"But," pleaded arty tnather, "we are.
very poor. By close economy we can
'live here where' we osvn the little
home your father left us; ` elsewhere
we would istarve. God has blessed us
with health; for this 'lie thankful, we
cannot ask him for wealth!' Tears'
streaked their way' down my .cheeks,
but under the soothing' tones, of , my
mother's voice the,gush,of grief had
given place to a mood .of`seziou:snes's.
At this point in, our conference `a
knock 'interrup'ted the sceine, I opened
the. door. 'Mose elle (Jew' entered, His
smiling face gleamed in the lamplight,
and by 'invitation he seated himself
at my side: • '
To be; continued.
PLEASURE VS. , DEBTS
'(;S'tayner Sup)"
'Who's 'paying , Peter? 'Collection's
are deucedly slaw, in, fact quite slow.
So: say collection agencies, business
men, and' even doctors, Iia spite of. this
arnddsipu'ted' difficulty in ,abltaining sat-
iseaction for just debts we, findsports
Palaces of all kinds holding C'apacity'
crowds 'night after. `night -and'. the
'laths paid` their ,admission.What in
the ,World is the Matter' with the sense
of moral' obligations today? Is it ex-
istent, well, we:yvonder? "Pleasure alt
all casts,, debits be •hanged," seems to
be .a universal Motto. What 'a deplore.
:"able eandliltion1. When, peop'le adopt
•buac!h sin attitude: •af ;irre!sponsnbilety our
whale economic system is t'hre'atened:
IThe sooner we jack ourselves up and.
realize the trend of modern l methods
of living the better 'twill :be for us' all.
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DR, H IIUICslI-I ROSS, ', Phyeic4it
and Surgeon. • Late of • Loudont' +Pieta•
pita!, Londtofi,' England. • Spec14.,
attention to, diseases 'of the, eye,, eve,
nose and throat,', Office and red,-' 1
dente ;behind Dominion Banlc'`Ofife'e
Phone,' No, '5; ,Residence :Phan fat.
DR.. P J. BUIRIRIOIWS, Seafortik
Office -and residence; Godetich street.,•
eastof the United Church. Cerwsa
for the ,County' of Huron, Tel • fioaa •'
DR.'„ C.. MIACklAY.-iC, Viatica;;; •
honor graduate pf TrinityUaiveraft
and gold medallist of Trinity Medi*
College;', member of the :College • of '
Physicians a'nd RSurgeons of;"Ontatia .'
DIR.. F. J. R. '• EO'RISITER-Eye, Ear,
Nose and ,Throat, ,Graduate irel tte-
cine;. University a of Toronto ", SBM.
Late .Assistant New York ®tlttba-
mic anld. Aural Institute, ::Moorefield**, ,
Eye; and, Golden Square ;throat hoagli-
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each, month, from. 11 eau. to;3 a.m.
DR. W. C. SIPIRIOAIT,—wdnaduai?e lf
Faculty of Medicine, . U'ni'versity of '
.Western 'On'tario, London. i16a"cb'
of College of Physicians' ' :sad Ste-'
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Aberhart's drug .store, . Scuba*, '•
Phone 90. Hours 1.304 p.m., 7J1
-9 p.m.'` Otther hours by appointment.
Dental
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Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate •of North-
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centiate Royal C'oilege•of,Deatal Sur-
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grading*
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office 185'W, . residence 185J.
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