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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
THURSDAY, MAY 19, .1932
John Uri Lloyd
(Continued from last week.) care ov Tittle Sissie, .I She air too
young to fight, but when she's grown
'eB•ut one day we ,started a young up ehe'11 marry an' raisea family ter
help carry on the feud. lAn' Red,'
she said, 'make me ont promise.'
"'Go on, mem, I'1l do et!
" 'Don't yo' let up on the feud, Red.
Et must be ter the end.
`Yto' needn't make me promise
thet,' I said, `I'll fight et out,'
" ''I'd die happy ef your dad were
li.vin' ter help yo'.' 1
" 'Never mind dad,' I said. 'Thar
'air only one feller left over the hill,
the old man. Dad shot t'h'ree ov 'em
before they got him; ,an' I shot one,
an' we can't exlpect ter hev all the
luck:' u
Here the teacher interrupted. "Why
didn't you go for a doctoi? !Perh'ap's
your mother's wound might not have
been necessarily fatal."
"Doctor nuthin! Thar wa'n't no
d'octor's fifteen miles ov our .place;
b'sides, ef I +hed opened the door theta
night I'd hev gat a ball too. Yo'
don't know .nuthin' 'bout' the m'our'ns
an' the feuds. teachah."
"You say that your father had been
killed ?"
"Yes; 'fergot ter mention et, but he
shed been -shot down 'bout a month
b'efoah. ,Next marnin' I shut Sis in
the cabin an' sneaked over ter Jones
an' axed him ter come an' bury mond;
an' I tell yo', teachah, things war
monstrous quiet 'bout our place 'fer a
time after thet. !Sis hed l'arned ter
keep still an' stay in In house. She
war only 'bout three years old, but
she hed seen some lad dash's, teachah,
an' hed lots ov sense fer, sech a little
thing. :Jim war shot, dad war shot,
an' main war shot, but thar wa'n't but
one Holcomb left. 'An' it war Sis er
rate ilex ef. I couldn't git him first 1"
For the second time the narrator
stopped and drew his +coarse sleeve
slowly across his eyes. "Etmakes
me tired, I says, ter talk so ,long,
teachah, but I'll git my 'wind an' be
rested in a minit." Then he contin-
ued: "1 war too little ter use the big
gull, an' hed ter trust to the pistol er
the 'light rifle. an et wa'n't fair mow,
fer Tom Holcomb war the tallest man
I ever seed, an' he shot with a Sprin-
field musket. (But when a fel'ler's in
a feud, et • don't make no difference
'bout the size, ''Et's kill er git killed.
I did what I promised mam I''d do
es best I could. I hedn't much chance
fer I hed ter ;slap in an' out the cabin
an' watch fer my own life an' care fer
Sis an' try ter git a bead on Hloloomb.
But 'twa'n't no use things war ag'in
me. I slipped out one morin' through
the back ,doorter git some meal, fer
tharwa'n't a bite ov bread in the :place
an' when I came back the front door
war wide open. When I saw thet
open door I feared et meant trouble,
I crept inter the house the back way,
an' thar in the open dooir,huggin' her
Tittle rag doll, sat Sissie. I icould' •see
the head ov the .dell over her shoulder,
'The stns war ahinin bright in her face,
her 'back war toward me, her little
head leaned ag'in the side ov the door,
an' she looked es sweet es a piotur.
'Sis,' I said, `.Sissie, yo' mussent sit in
the door; Toni Holcomb'll git you.
Sis.' But she didn't say nuthin,'
',Guess she's asleep; I thought, an'
slipped' ter her side an' jumped at her
an' oried, 'Boot Bood' But she didn't
move."
!The boy's head dropped again, his
chest 'heaved convulsively. Sob after
-sal) broke the air Suddenly control-
ling himself, he defiantly turned to-
ward us boys, 'urn thrash the feller
what laughers et me. 1 ain't a coward
ef I do cry."
"My child," said the' teacher, as he
hrus'hed away • a tear from his own
eyes, "for the affecting •eliinax came so
suddenly as to unnerve him too, "no
one blames you for crying. I con-
demn thyself for lead'ing you to tell
in public this pathetic story of your
life. It is I who ant: in fault, 'but I
did not know what was coming. It is
a shame,"
"Yes," ,answered the boy, "et war
a shame ter shoot sech a chunk dv
lead 'through sech a little bit ov a girl.
Viet bullebt war 'big 'enough ter kill
deer, an' et run fer the divide. We
shed n't no guns, fer we war out fishin'
',but es et war a settle critter, we
started ter try an' ketch et rennin.
We didn't notice whar et run, an' be-
ifoat I knew et, we war goin' down
the moun'n tother side Dov Bald Hill.
1]dm war ahead an' mighty close on,
the deer when bang went a gun in the
(thicket, an' Jim dropped."
Here the boy stopped, hung his
head and drew his coarse sleeve ac-
ross hie eyes. " 'Scuse ire, teachah,"
he said, "I ain't used t' talkin, en' et
makes me tired t' speak so long."
tIn a moment' he resumed: "I run t'.
Jtim an' raised his head, but et war
ono use, he didn't know me. He war
dead. A minis ball (red gone in jest
above one ear an' out jest below
tother. I couldn't do nothin' fer Jim,
an' so I dropped him an' started ter
sneak fer the thicket. 1 wanted ter
see who done the shootin' . an' I did
see too. tI didn't go straight for the
spot, but snook ter the right an' got
inter a irollath, an' then I crept up till
I cone" near ter the place the smoke
came from, . but thar' want no one
thar.' 'Jest then I looked back. an'
slippin' 'long'the hillside, I ,sew a man
stooped over tryin' ter :keep the layrel
thicket 'twixt Jim an' hisself. He
got 'twist an' old stump .an' Jim an'
cocked his gun an' looked up, He war
a monstrous tall man, Old Holcomb,
He could see Jim a-layin' Char, but he
'didn't seem ter care fer him, an' I
;saw that he war lookin' fer me. Lord,
teachah; of I hed only 'hed my gun
then 1
"But es I didn't, I jest laid low an'
then slipped inter the briars, an'
sneaked 'roue' the hill an' made fer
home.
f'Man an' dad an' •little Sis war
sittin' at the table satin' supper when
'I stepped inter the door, 'Whir's
' Jim?' mam axed.
" `Shot 1'
"Dad got up an' -pirated ter Bald
Hill. 'Hen yo' boys coast the divide?'
" 'Y'es,'
" 'Es he dead?'
" I jest put a finger on each side
ov my head. "Ilinie ball," was all I
said. '•He's lyin' jest over the hog-
back.,
"Dad turned ter tht fireplace an'
took down hisbig ba'r, gun—the big
ba'r gun--J'Y'll bring Jim home. Yo'
folks keep in the cabin till I come.
'Don't yo' go out'
" 'The feud's on ag'in,' war all mam
said. But she blew the coals up an'
commenced ter ,run bullets • fer the big
gun an' she set me ter cleanin' up the
rifle an' revolvers.
"But dad didn't come' home till long
after darle, an' he didn't come home
then nether. Sia an' I went ter sleep
'btit-I guess mam didn't, fer 'bout day-
light. L war waked u,p by a knock on
the door, an' es I opened my eyes
1 saw she war dressed. 'She took
dawnthe ir'n har an' let dad in; he
!hed Jim in his arms.: 'The feud's on,'
he said. 'That'll be a grave dug
'cross the hill too when we bury Jima
Et war a long sh'ot, britt I caught him
through the winder.'
"''Who'd yo' git ' asked mam:
" 'Don't know whether 't is the old
man er .the boy, they're 'b'out the
same size, butet's one ov 'em!
'"Well, teachah, we buried Jim in
our row, an' neater day Sam Holcomb
war buried in thern. Then we all
got ready ter kill an' be kilted. Thar
wa'n't much ter do but ter kiver the
'winders close, ter keep the .guns clean
an' 'then sneak in an' out the house.
Et war watch an' sneak an' hunt an'
sneak. !We killed all our dogs 'ceptin'
i ,one five thet stayed in the house ter
Mark, fer they hedn't sense 'neigh ter
keep oast ov 'Sight, an' ef a dog war
seen in the bushes et would give us
away. lOne night Mem war shot by a
ball that come through ,the winder,
Et war jest a 'little crack, but big
'Hough ter let light out an' a bullet in.
IS'he wa'n't killed dead, but she could-
n't live long, ars' she •,`knowed et.
"Rid,' she said ter, me, 'take good
a b.'ar. :But I'll g' even' with Hol -1
comb y.t."
I aveantthtyti la1ihmethatI
let yid tel+ this'so.row:fiS'[ sfory� lieu."
"11'5 aiii't'd'one yet, teachah.The
little • thing hed opened the door ter.
sit in .he sunshine, 'an' a bullet, :he
size• dv your thumb ploughed *rough
her:chcst an' out her 'back. 1 picked
'her tip an' laid her on the bed. an'
then took a'n' old satchel ani put a
few things inter et ('I hedn't Bauch)
an' carefully`''wrapped up the 'little
!bloody doll, an' put thet on top. 2
•Irain't got nuthin' else now ter mind
me ov Sissie but thea dolt 1 barred
the front door ,an' slipped ont the
back way, ont an'. over 'Tie spur ter
Jones house. I took my pisltol-thet's
the• very'•,pistol" (he pointed to the
weapon on She table) ' an' •befit •. the
guns aft' everytthing, else.
'TA !ain't fair,' I said ter J'one;,
'Hlolcomb's too big fer me.'
Coin'
ter 'run away?' said Jones.
'MO! 'gain' ter go away. ter grow'
bigger. Tell Tom Holcomb thet ef
'he' wants me I'll !be in 'Stringtown on
the Pike."
'An' ef he 'don't fouler yo'?'
!"When Ion big 'n'ough ter,h!an'dlle
a Springfield guns I71 be back ag'in.
Tell' him the feud's on fill one ,er
other ov us es Ada'
r's 'An' S'?s'sfe 1 air yo' gain' ter
leave 'Sissie?' " ,said Jones.
'She don't need rade no danger.
Yo'll find her on the bed in the cabin.
(Bury her in the -:raw, '1on'gsid'e ov
mam, II shan't go ter the buryin', fo'
I can't run n'o risk ov old Ho'icomb's
gun.' N u l ,iM;r
Th
et s all, fieachah,
Drawing the child to his' side, Pro-
fessor Drake gently smoothed the un-
kempt red hair, parting it with his
inders:in the place a part should. be
but seldom before hed been seen.
Then he spoke:
'And, you etfpect 1?,r, Holcomb to
follow you to Stringtown?"
"I looks fer him every 'nrinit, aid' I
hev ter watch sharp. ITlhar ain't no
other head like mine, an' es soon es
he sots eyes on et he'll draw his, gun.
'Ith'et's why I sets on the fence -post
,watchin' the puke; ef I catch sight
ov him first, 'et'll help me powerful
much."
"If he observes you before you see
him?"
"Holco'urb's a dead shot, .teachah,
an' my head's a good mark. Thar
ain't much chance. PTe'achah," he
continued, "please give me back my
;p'istol an' give .me leave ter carry et.
fer I needs'et (bad. .I hain't no other
friend, ,this side' ov the graveyard in
the
friend,
Ef I fights any. ov
these 'ere boys I'll use my fists er a
stick er a stone. I'll bite 'an' scratch,
like the girls do, I'll pull hair Like
thet feller" Che pointed to me). "I
promise Chet I'll not use a gun lessen
Holcomb comites, Ef he does, et'1.l
mean 'the endin' o'f the feud ' one way
er tother, an' ef I hain't no grin et'll
be his way sure. iI'm a. bad boy, es
yo' folks looks et me, but yo' hain't
seed . things es I've seed 'em. Yo'
'hain't no feud ter fight out. Please
give me back my gun. 11'11 jest set
on the 'fence and won't bother no-'
body."
(Deeply moved by Red -Head's dra-
matic story, Prof. Drake stood for
same moments in silent meditation. "I
perceive there coniesa time," he
mournfully said to himself, "when du-
ty demands that wrong be continued
in, behalf of wrong already ,estalb-
lished. Alas, the lane under which
these people live makes that which we
call wrong diito what they call right!
It is wrong fat Inc to allow this boy
to carry a ,pistol with murder in his
heart, and surely that is the abject
Mut a greater wrong it would be to
render him' defenceles's, for he might
in that condition encouudter his enemy,
the misguided armed man, who would
shoot hint on sight." Then taking the
revolver front the 'table, the teacher
handed jt'to the pleading boy. "Child,"
he .gently saki, "As a special privilege
I
give you per'm'ission to carry this
'weapon, which you need to de'fe'nd
your life, but I shall speak to Mr.
,Niordlman concerning this affair, and
endeavor to reach and disarm Mn,
IHrollcostdh, or at least prevail on him
to keep away from Stringtown."
'-`Nordntait knows all 'bout it, and
the takes nay part. But yo' needn't try
t' stop Holcomb. He knows every hole
in the mountains, an' he dold't intend t'
quilt 'tiill the feud's foughtit' th'e end.
Nb one kin edge In. It's him an' me
:fer et, teachah."
CHAPTER XLV
"Tell ire,, Jennie, Tell me what it is"
'The fall session passed, the holidays
came and went, the spri•n!g session
had atearly;worit itself away. The evil
pred'iction's 'eonicerating us three
drer't had passed froth 'airy nsih:d, ai'ad
no longer-dietutbeil over the Red -
!Head boy. I'. looked forward to the
coming entente; wheal I hoped, that
biry life in the 1Stringtown school
wotrlld terminate. The session's close
approached, Susie in loving friendship
with all the girls, my antagonist 'witih-
out a friend ariovng the boys, Well do
1
remember that fatelel last morning,
That morning, 01 wiricli the date
is lost and need not be revived, fot'
the story I have to relate does, no ere
(Ir'u to•any day, the ,iris'of the String
town school were, I perceived as I
'sat in place' before school 'opened, in
subdued excitement. Whispering
groups inearnestccnvers•altitiut indlca!t-
edthat .something of importance had
occurre'd to disturb thein. When a
boy chanced to approach the lips
wouldcease to mo'v'e, but would 'be-
ginjto buzz again an ,his'depanture, in
dicating' that the: subject -matter was
(fit ,only foi- girls tohear. I sat alone
in my place, and no , did Red -Henri:
1We' two boys had troubles•of'ourr own.
Re'd-Bead` and I h'a.d me 't again, had
"mouthed", each other„ had parted to
+aiwiait by appointment, the ending of
they session now neat' at hand,;'( knew
1u1i1 well •that Professor Drake would
not overlook a second fight,, and nay
antagonist knew thet Mr. Nordna'an'
had promised that he should be obe-
dient and break no rules. He 'sulked in
his place, scantling at whont!soevei''
chanced to meet, his' gaze. w'h'ile I. sat
glumly in my place inedi ltiting over
the coming ,fight. 'The prediction of tile;
old. negro Cape sprang to ntly mind;'
I looked across the room to the girl's.
Susie was not in her place. Then it
was that I first chanced to o'b'serve
the whislpering group with heads close
pressed together, and as the moments
palsted I sat silently eyeing them,
studying their m'ovement's, and at, la's't
I concerned mys'el'f enough to wander
what could''! have occurred to create
su'c'h subdued excitement in their
(ranks.
The door opened, and Susie, tripped
into the roam. I watched .her, as she
passed down the open apace before
the door, across'and past the spolt
Where once the teacher had marked
two circles on the ,floor for Red -Head
and fie to stand in, until she.reached
a group of girls , who, on opposing
seats, vat with 'heeds together, lean-
ing ,across the aisles, These girls
shrank back, gazing intently into her
face as .she drew near, but trade no
offer toreturn the pleasant' greeting.
A cold stare' was .their response, and
beneath it the smile 00 Susie's face
'disappeared. She was only a child but
no words were ne'ces'sary to tell to
her the Story carried by those un'fee '
ing eyes aitd shrinking form's. She
passed along with downcast face, her
Batelle! of books hanging upon her.
arm. From the cheek toward me the
blood had fled; leaving a surface white
as d'ough;`I saw those roses fade as
I have sometimes seen a beautifully
tinted evening cloud' deaden and turn
tp leaden hue. Down the aisle to her
.own desk .;passed the. child while on
either side, peering at her as 'girl's w'hte
have the devil in their hearts only can.
'sat those Stringtown giris..Bu't Susie
looked neither to the right nor to the
left, although it could be seen that she
'felt the touch :Of those scornful eyes.
Her doskmate, Jennie Mauley, the.
youngest daughter of the "upright"
,Mr.Mauley, sat in• her place; but as
'Susie approached she too drew away
as though the touch Of the garment
of the approaoliin'g girt Might be un-
clean. The child stopped short, the
satchel 'of b'oo'ks slipped, from Iter
nerveless arm and fell upon the floor,
!Pleadingly site raised her clasped
hands, then dropped into her seat and
imploringly turned her pallid face up
on her deskmate. Her forms seemed to
draw into itself as does the delicate,
shrinking sensitive plant when touch
ed by a rough hand. I -ler words came
low and tremulous, but I caught their:
"Tell nbe, Jennie! tell rare what it
is!"
For reply the des'kmate :drew back
again, Then carne whispers front
about; the busy tongues of String -
town girls' were loosed, Slowly the.
kneeling child arose, and turned back
toward the door; She did ]rot stop to
,.pack tip the fallen satchel; a rosy-
apple
osyapple touched by her foot rolled ac-
ross the floor to the rostrum, but she:
heeded it not, The w'his'pers' ' grew
louder as she pasted back along thet
vacated aisle, and then as she reached
the middle o'f the open s'p'ace before
the ,door, one tongue, bolder and more
vicious than the others, sang. iia sar-
Ic•astic 'ttto'n'atone, "Only Susie, Nigger
Susie, Nigger Susie!"
Had the girl been ins'tan'tly petrified
she could' slot have stopped more sud'
denly. A ,pallor came over her face.
Her beseeching eyes wandered about
from one to another as if a'ppealin'g fox
lheirp from a sympathetic soul, but no
responseotherthan a Malicious. stare
'net her .gaze,, and she turned again
toward the door,
The Real-llleaded Boy of Nordmtan
sprang across bhe'floer and threw his
arm about the shrinking girl, who,
dropped her head convulsively upon
his sh'ou'lder. Raising his clenched fist,
he shook it viciously at the group of
girl's, and s'h'outed: "I kin thrash: the
brother ov the girl who said theist
swords ter this unl" Giving them,no
time to reply, he.cointinued•: "I' kin
thras'h' any boy in School .ov my sized
a bad boy from the Haintuick
Moun'nls, but I ain't bad 'noaagh ter be.
a'brother ter s'ech a set es .,yon-uu'sl
I'm awful mean an' bads, I kin knock
the eyes :out ov ;a pig an' watch et
•stunt!bie 'bout; 'I- kin pu!11 the legs ;off,
pv a frog an' watch et try .ter hop; I
]cu break the wings ov a bird an.
watch et ll utter ,bhent s tlze,tJtntgs 1
lain dol Wihatever's bad e',s' •fermi--fer,
nie! 1 'kin:' do anything neon_ thet any
any other' boy ever did, .but I ain't.
mean cr bad 'nilgai ter be 'a brother
ter sech a "set' es you-urs1 Bring on
yer brothers, I says, bring ''els one at
a tine, er'two at a clip, an' ,I'll thrashS
thedot! b'11 fight with fist' er teeth er
club er stone er gutn1 Ent "Nordanan's
Red -Head 'Boy, I "are-ethat's what yo''
calls me, 'an' that's me, an' I''m a dev
i�lish bad un! I've killed my man` tap
tip in the -'serous ns, an' Ill ,kill another
„er get shot myself,".
He stood ,defiant, vicious, m'aligivant,.
Tihe skin on his head began to wabble
as if Making sport of his hearers; the
ears moved back and forth again as
they did the day I faced' him; and 1
saw, too, that he and Susie stood to-
gether on the ,spot where he and I had
once 'stood. But my , admiration for
him now supplanted my hatred. I
sprang frontmy place and m'oved' to-
ward the two children, holding out
Amy hand. "Let ins 'be, with ,you, and
Susie,"'I said, '`we three together. Let
us be firiendts." '
"Back,", hs: cried; "er I'1'1• hit yo'l I
want '',no friend, in Strinigtawnl I hate
yo' all, I hate everybody on earth. I
hate Susie, too, 'cause she's ,been born,
but I takes up fer her pow not 'p'au'se
I cares fer her, but 'cause "yo'atl hev
'thrown her down." '
"You need not: hate, me any longer,
tI am your friend :naw!" I 'cried.'
"I'll hit yo' el yo' don't go back! I
hain't no friend fol
' ourn yo'air ov
trtine. 'We'll fight et out ,day , after
School -'closes."
In' a very different tone he spoke
now to Susie. ."We two air alone,
ISu'sie;,Yo' hain't no name ter be
proud ov, an' I ain'tnever 'heel .none
at all. You're 'only Susie,' an' Pin only
(Red Head. I'il take yo' home ter nig-
ger Cupe, an' I'il thrash the feller
what insults yo' ever ag'in." He looked
at the girls and spoke in an, earnest
tone, and with language such as I
could not,. have expected him to use.
`'Girls, yo' air meaner 'n ,pison an'
eneekiirer it snakes. This un hadn't
,done .yo' no •harm, an' she, ain't ter
blame fer.the deviltry ov the cdward
ov,a father who desertecd' her. I hears
all yeast whisperin'; my ears kits stand
up ant' catch mighty 'low sounds. I
know•all yo' said, an'' I answers all ov
yo' now. I talcealback what I promis-
ed the teachah 'bout siltootls' in this
school. I'll shoot the brother ovathe
Ifinsit girl who even makes another
whipper '.gaiwst this one.. Ef she ain't
no brother I'll shoot her dad, an' of
s'he hainit no dad"—he stopped—I'll
take et out ov her ,own*hide, but 1'11
notskill her. Don't fergit what I says,
!fer I means et,
"Come, Susie," he continued, "we
(hev fro use for this .place now. Yo' en'
me air alone in the world. Yo' air
Susie nobody, an'. I'm• n'obody, the
1Red-Head." 'Turning to inc, .he added,
"Yo' wants ter .shales hands, but we
two don't shake hands till atter the
fight. I'll meet yo' in. Indian H'oliah
where yo 'said yo'dbethe morel' after
.school shots up, but thar ain't ter be
no shakin' ov hands."
(Never again did either he or she en-
ter the door of the Stringtown school,
•
To be continued.
PIROFESS'IONAL CARDS
„Medical
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and Surgeon, 'L'ate of London Hos-
pital, London, England, Special
attention to diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. Office and, reNl-
derice behind' Dominion. Bank Office
Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104.
VALUE OF AN EDUCATION
!Pat was sexton of the'chureh, when
the lofficials decided to 'catn'bine the
duties of a clerk .with those of sexton.
!Since Pat could neither •read nor
write he lost the job. Then he got
work driving a: wagon and went to
'hauling :dirt.
(Pretty soon he bought the wagon
and the horses that the drove. At the
end of a year lie owned several wa-
gons,l purchased with 'h'is prolfits. Af-
ter another year or so he had a large
and prosperous ,transportation ' bust
ness with 'many wagons and trucks.
About that time he was making a,
Contract, and"when he admitted that
he couldn't read the lawyer said, "You
can't read, and yet you stave built up
this great business) ,My, my, . what
'wouldn't you be if you'd anl'y learned
to, read and writes" _ .(.
"Of would 'be-setslton of the church,"
repl'ie'd (Pat.
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)DR, F. J, B'UIRRGWS, Seaforth.
Office and residence, Goderich street,
east of the United Church. Coroner
for the County of Huron. Telephone
No. 46.
DR, 11 MIAIOIlAY.-C:'' Mackay,. honor graduate of Trinity University
and, .gold medallist of Trinity Medial"
College; member of the College o6 •
Physicians and Surgeohs of Ontario.
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Nose and Throat. Graduate iri'Medi-
cine, University of Toronto 11897,
Late Assistant New York Ophthal-
mic and Aurra1' Institute, Moorefield'.
Eye, and Golden Square throat hospi
tats, London, England. At Comm-
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday in
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m
DR. W. C. SIPIROA'T..- Graduate of
Fwculty. sof Medicine, University of
Western Ontario, London. Member
of College of 'Physicians and Svc -
g
eons of Ontario.'
Office' inrear of
Aberhart's drug store, Sea'foa+th.
Phone 90.. Hours .1.30-4 p.m., 7.30
-9 p.m. Other hours by appointment.
Dental
OR. J. A. MLLN'N, Successor to
Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North-
western University, Chicago, P11.li-
centiate Royal College of Dental Sur-
geons, Toronto. Office over Sills'
hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone
151.
•
DR. F. 3, BtEOHELY, graduate
Royal College of Dental Surgeons,
Toronto. 'Office over W. R. Smith's
grocery, Main; St., Seaforth. Phoma,
office 185W, residence 185J.
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 guranteed.
WATSON AND REiD'8
REAL ESTATE
AND INSUR•AN'CE AGENCY
(Succssors to James 'Watson)
MADN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Claus
Companies.
THE McKILLOP
Mutualit
F e Insurance Co.
FARM AND I'SOLATE'D TOWN
PIR!OIPE'RITY,' 0 ,N ^L Y, ITPSU.RJED
Officers John Bennewies, 'Brad_
hagen, President; Jas Connoily, 'God-
erich, Vice -Pres.; ID. P. ':MdGregor,
Seaforth No. 4, Sec.-Treas.
Directors --Geo, R. McCartney, Sea,
forth No. 3; Alexa Broadfoot, 'Sea -
forth No, 3; James Evans, ISea'forth
No. 5; !Rohn .!Ferris, Blyth No. 1; Jas.
Sholdice, Walton No. 4; John Pepper,
lBrucefield,: 'William Knox, • Londes-
borough.
Agents—gas. Watt, •'Blyth No. 1; W..
E. Lusolcley, (Seaforth; ,j. ;A. - Murray;
Seaforth'N'o. 3; W. J. Yeo, Clinton
No. .3; R. 'G. lianmuth, Bornholm.
Auditors — Jas. Kerr, :Seaforth;
Th'o's, Moylan, ISe'a'fortb lNo. 5.
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other .business, will be
prom'p'tly attended to by applications
to any of the, above named officers 3d -
dressed to their res'pe'ctive post •
offices.
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