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The Seaforth News, 1932-11-03, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE'.SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, NOVEMiBER 3,.1932. - THE Johnson. immignminewmasiamailliMBIE ''if they be of quality, tobe duly+{fined 'asci debarred ;from the purchase of ' any nail wlh!altsbevel," chanted the sex;ban. "Trier in God's name left's on! I exclaimed. "Here, try this!" and I (thew ,from my purse, {zilch was the wearer of the'favor, 'I ;sa'w a nei- lghb'or of mine, tall Jack Pride, who lived twelve 'miles abovie nle, blush and ;stammer, and bow again and again Ito a .n illialer',s apprentice of a girl, net five Ifect 'higth, and, , ,,.all eyes ,wlho dropped a curtsy ateach how. 'something of the leanest, a shilling, 1W!bien 1 had passed theme fifty yards "Try this." quto'th lbas'ter Jeremy or More, and looked back, they were Sparrow,r 'knocked the sextons solids 'bobbing and Ibowilng. And I and o d'o wn. heard' a-,d!iallogne between' Pihyllks 1We left the fellow ,sprawling in the and Coi•y'don. :Says Phyllis, "Any doorway, spilt esti . lfhreats to , the poulltry?" ; air without, but with one covetous 'Oorycloe. "A matter of twalve hens hand clutching at the 'shilling which I and twa calcis." threw behind me, and entered the Phyllis. "A caw?" church which we'tom d yet empty, Corydon "T'wa," ;though lthrou!gh'it)he ;open great door !Phyllis."How much to lccdo ?" we heard the drum beat loudl'y and a Corydon. "Three acnes, 'hiidny, deepening sound ;of foo'tste'ps. (though 'I dinna drin!k the weed nay-' "SI 'h'ave 'choice of position," 'I said. sell•', I'Ina a 'Stewart, woman, an' the: "Yonder window seems a good s!ta- SKlin;g''s pair cousin." j titin. You nern!aili' here lin 'tile c'h'oir?' Phyllis. "What honse!h;old .plel!is!It- "AY," he answered, with a sigh; ing?" "the dignity df iffy calling must- be 'Corydon, "'Ane large {bed; ane flock up'helId: Wherefore 3 slit 00 high 'places, Ibe'd, ante tntindlle bed, ane chest, , ane rubbing elbows with gold lace, when'brunllk, ante leather cafripdt, sax cawf- of ,the very truth the 'humility oif my skin chairs an' We -three a u's!h, 'fiv'e Spirit is such that I would feel more pair o' -sheets an1' au,cPubeen rdevilla's at home in the 'servants' seats ora- ;napkins, sax alchemy spunes mong the negars that ,we .;bought last - flhyllis. "I'11 take you." year." Art the far end lolf th,e meadow, near Had we trot been in 'churc:h I •to the fort, I enet young Hamm, Marie, ,would have Ilauigthed, th'ou'gh indeed' I Suslhed, and hurrying 'back to the Saw that the devoutly !believed his own more populous, pant of the field. word's. IHe'took this seat in' the largest "Not yet mlated?" I asked. "Where and (finest of the chairs :behind the are the maids' eyleis'r with an an- gr.eat velvet one reserved th eserved for e "By —1" he answered, {Go'vern'or,' w'hi'le I went a'ndleaned gtit+lr laugh, "`II! they're all like the against my window, and• :we 'stared sample I've just 'left, i''!! buy me a at each 'other across the 'flolwer-de'cked 'squ'aw from the Paspaiheghsl" lbuilding in profound 'silence, until, I smiled. 'So yam w'ooi'ng has riot. with one great final :Crash, the bells prospered?" ook ,fire. 1eI (have not •ceased, ' the drum 'stopped beating, Nis vanity I b and the procession entered, wooed in earnest," he Said carelessly, • and hitched forward' his Cloak of sky - bine tuftaffeta with sn air. "I sheered off quickly enough, I warrant you, In Whi'c'h S Marryin IfPalte. when 'I found the nature of the com- modity I 'ha'd to deal with." ,The long service of praise and Ahs" 'I .said. 'VVlhen I left the thanksgiving was well-nigh over when crowd ;they were going 'vest' ,fast. S.'first save her. You . had 'best hurry, if you wish to She sat 'some ten feet from me, in se'cu're a bargain." then, k - the corner, and so M the shadow. of"I m off," he answered; , J e tall . pew. !Beyond :her was a row •of ing his thumb over his Shoulder, "If milkmaid'bea'dbies, 'red of cheek, free to the river and ohs` ,of eye, ,deep -bosomed, land beribboned like Maypoles. I d'oaked again, an d saw-a'nd see -a rose a'm'ongsts.blow- zed poppiles and 'peonies, a 'pearl a- m'ids't glass:'beads, a IPerdita in a ring of 'rus'tic's, a nonp'arellla.df all grace and 'beaii'ty! As I gazed with all my eyes, I ,found more than grace and beauty In that:wonuderful face, {found Pride, wit, lire, determination, filially shame and anger, 'For, ,feeling my eyes upon her, she looked .up and met what she must have 'thought the impudent stare of an appraiser. Her face, •whidh 'had ibeen' wit'ho'ut color, Pale and clear like ,the •'ley about Inc; evening star, went cni'm!son in a mo- ment, She bit her lip and shot at me one withering 'glance, 'then dropped her 'eyelids .and hid the lightning. When I yanked at Cher again, covert- ly, and from. under my ,hand raised as though to push' lbadk any 'hair, she was 'pale 'on'ce more, ,and her dark the clan nursing his cheek, and the, maid 'her hand. "You sliall'.pay well for that,' you siweet vixen!"" he cried; and caught her by both wrists:. (Continued from last week.) last one of you for rioters!" `Upon The,pilatform of the pillory, "H'a, Ral'p'h Percy!" he cried, vsag- ging his gray head, "we two be.; the only sane you'nkers in the plantations! All the others are horn -mad!" "T have caught the infection," I said, "and 'am 'one of the bedlamites." He stared, then broke into a roar of laughter. "Are in earnest?"Inc asked, holding his fat sides. "Ts 'Saul among the .pro- phets,?" "Yes," I answered. "I diced .lash night,—yea or no; and the 'yea!- -plague on it -'had it" /He broke into another roar. "And thou callest that bridal' attire, man'! Why, our cow -keeper goes in flaming silk to -'day!" '1'looked dawn upon my suit of buff, which had in truth seem some service, and at my great boots, which I had not thought to clean since.I mired in 'a. swamp, corning from Henricus the week before; then shrugged ,my shoul- ders. "You will go begging," he continu- ed, wiping his eyes. "Not a one of them .will so much a's look at you.' "Then will they 'miss seeing a man, and not a .popinjay," I retorted. "I shall not break my .heart" A cheer arose from the crowd, • fol- lowed by a oras'hing peal of Inc bells and a louder roll of the drum. The doors of the houses around and to right and left of the square swung open, and the company which head (been quartered overnight upon the 'citizens began to emerge. By twos and threes, some with hurried steps and downcast eyes, others more slow- ly and with free glances at•the star- ing men, they gathered to the centre of the square, where, in surplice and band, there awaited them godly Mas- ter {Backe and Master Wickham of IHenricus, I stared with the rest, 'though I did not add my voice to theirs. ,Before the arrival of yesterday's ship' 'there had been in this natural 'Eden '(leaving the savages out of the reckoning) several thousand Adams, and but Some threescore (Eves. {And 'for the most part, the (Eves were either portly and 'bustling or withered and shrewi's'h (housewife, of a'ge and ex- perien•ce'to defy the 'serpent. These were 'different. Ninety slender :figures deckedin all 'the 'bravery they.could assume; ninety 'comely faces, pink and white, or clear brawn with the rich • 'blood showing through; ninety.pair of eyes, laughing and alluring, or ••down- cast with long ;fringes sweeping round- ed cheeks; ninety pair of ripe.red lips -the crowd 'Shouted itself hoarse and would not be restrained , 'brusbin4 aside like straw's. the 'staves of the .marshal and his men,'and surging in d mels line'f adventurousa s upon, the o I saw young men, panting, seize hand l toward them or arm and Strive to'pul some reluctant fair; others sn'atehed kisses, or fell on ,their knees and be- gan speeches out of ',Eup'hues; others commenced an inventory of their pos- ses'sio'ns,—acres, ,tobacco, servants, hosasehold plenishing, All .was 'h'ub'bub, protestation, frightened tries, and ' hys- terical 'laughter. The officers ran 'to and fro, threatening •and' convrnan'd'in'g; .ter that 'came to the !South'am'pton," 'Master Pory alternately cried nit' new acquaintance explained. la lair "Shamel and•laughed' his {loudest; to silt in the choir. •Let us pass, gp'od and I 'plucked away a jackanapes of fellow. IT'hse sexton ssqu'ared ;hi'ms'elf infant the • oarro w oiple n'in!g, and, 'swelled with She struggled fiondely, bending her head this way and that, but his hot lips had towelled 'her face before I • could come between, • lWhen'I'•had knocked him down he lay' where he fell dazed by ;the blow, and blinking up'at me' ,with his small ferret eyes. I knew him to be :one I ward S!heinpless, and I !knew 'no good oif' him. He had been a lawyer in Eng- land. ng- ladd'.'He 'lay on the, very brick of the .stream, ;with,' one arni touching the; water. FI1�esih and blood could 'slot re- sist it, So, assisted by the toe .of my boot, he took a cold `bath :to cool his hot blood, When he had clanvbered. out and had gone away, cur'sdng, I. 'turned to wh'ic'h 'stood in ,the centre of the mar- ket place, suddenly 'appeared' a man of gigantic frame; with a strong face deeply lined •and' a great 's'holck of grizzled Ih'atr,-a ;atrange thing for ,he was not old, I knew him to be one Master •Jeremy :Sparrow, a minister brought by ,the !Southampton a month 'before, ,and as ye't without a 'ch'arge, but at .that time ,I ha'd .not sspioken'with him. Without word.of warning he Thundered into a psalm of 'bhanksgi�v- ing, ,singing it. at the top o•f a power- ful and yet sweet and tender ,voice, •and' with a fervor, and .exaltation that caught the )leant of the riotous crowd: 'The two ministers in the throng be- neath took u;p-.the strain; Master Pory added a •husky tenor, eloquent of mach sank, presently ,we mere all 'singing, The audacious suitors, charmed into rationality, fell 'back and the 'broken line re-formed. The :Governor and the Council descended, and with _ pomp and solemnity took.their places bet- ween the maid's and' the two ministers who were to head the column. The psalm, ended, the drum beat a thund- ering roll, and the ,procession .moved forward in the direction of the c'hurch: Master 1Pory, having left me, .to take his Place among 'his 'brethren of the Coucacil, and the mob of 'those who bad game to •purohase.and of the cur- ious idle shaving •streamed' away •at +the. heels of Inc'marshal and 'his officers, S found myself alone in the .square, save for the singer, who now 'dle'scended from the pillory and 'dame up to me. "Captain Ralph !Percy, if 'I mistake not?" he said, in a voice as deep and rich as the basis of an engin. "'The same," II an'swere'd. "And you are 'Master Jeremy !Sparrow?" "Yes, a silly .preacher, --the poorest, meekest, and 7owlfest of the Lord's servitors." ifl, , •.: a l His deep voice, magnificent frame, and ,bold and' free address so gave the lie to 'the humility di :his words that I had much ado to keep` from laughing, 'Hie saw, and ills face, which was of a east most martial, flashed into a's'nli'le, like sunshine 'on a ,scarred ,duff,: "You laugh in your sleeve,"she said good-Ihumoredly, "and yet 3 am hut what 'I profess to be, In spirit 11 am a very )job, though nature hath 'seen !fat to dress me as a'S'amson. 7 assure you I am worse misfi'tted than is Master Yardstick yonder in those Falet'affian hose. But, good sir, .wi'11 you molt, go to church? "'I'f ,the church 'mere !Paul's, I might," 1 . answered. "As it is, we could not .get withiln fifty )feet of the door." "Of ,the great door, ay, but the ,min- isters may'p'as's ;through ,the oldie door. IIf you please, 11 will take you in with rile. The pretty ,fool's yonder 'march slowly; if we 'turn down this Pane, we wall •ou'tstri'p them quite "Agreed," tI said, and we '!turned into a lane thick planted with tolbacco, made a detour 'oif' 'th•e i;G,overnor's. house, and outflanked the !precession, arriving alt the 'small dolor !before It 'had' entered the dhurdh'yard. !Here 'we found the ,sextan mounting guard. • "`I amt M'aslter ISparrolw, the mimes-. PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical SDR. H.HUGH ROSS, Physleiw and Surgeon. Late' of London Hos- pital, London, England: • Special •attention• to diseases of the eye, ear,, , nose and throat. Office and rest- den;ce behind Dominion Bank, Office Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104, 'face her, She stood agahist the trunk Of a great cedar, her head (thrown hack, a s'p'ot of angry crimson in each cheek, orale small hand clenched at her, throat. II had heard Ther laugh 'es ISlh!arpllesi' 'touched the water, but nowt/ there was only defiance in her face, As wle,gazed at each. other, a burst of laughter •came to us 'frog the meadow. !behind: I looked .over my shou'lder, and 'beheld 'young Ha'm�or�probably disappointed of a 'wife, w'ijth Giles .Aylen and 'Wynne, returning to'his a- bandoned quarry. (She saw, too, for the crim's'on spre'a'd .and deepened and her bosom heaved, Her dark eyles, glancing her a'n'd there like those of a hunted creature, 'm'et my own. 'DR, F. J. B,U1R1ROIVVIS, i, Seaforth. Office and residence, Goderich street, east of the United" Church: Coroner for the County of Huron, Telephone N'o, 46. DR. C. MiAOISJAY.—C. Mack.Ur.' honor. graduate of, Trinity. University; and gold' medallist of Trinity. Melton! College; member of the College sod Physicians and Surgeons of: Ontario. you keep .on 'clum'p of cedars, you will find Term- • I bowed law, ,and advanced 'to lassagaunt in ruff and •fa'rtihingate." her hand. IW'hen 'Inc was gone, I stood still The finger tips which she slowly "M'ad;am," I said, "w'i'll you marry me?" 'She looked at me strangely. "Do you d'ic'e 'here'?" she asked at lath, with a-disd'aiu!full wave of .her hand toward the town, • DR. F. J. R. F0ORSITER—Eye, Ear Nose and Throat.' Graduate in Medi- cine, University of Toronto 1857. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield'a Eye,' and Golden Square throat hospi- tals, London, England, At Comim- erdial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd' Monday i7 each month, from 11 a.m, to 3' p.m. "No, madam," I answered. "I live up river, in Wey'anoke !Hundred, some miles from here." • "'T'h'en, in God's name, let tis be gone!" she cried, with sudden passion. for while and watched the slow sweep of a 'buzzard ,high 'in the hlee, after which I un'sheathed my dagger, and with it tried to scrape ,the dried maid from my bolts, Succeeding but indifferently, •I putt the )blade up, stared again at the,sky, drew a long br'e'ath, and marched upon the cov- ert of cedars indicated by Hamar As I neared it, I heard at first only the wash of the river; but presently bhiere came to my ears the sound •of a man's voice, and then a woirran's an- gry "Begone, sir!" "Kiss and be friend's," said the eyes ,were fixed upon the water and. the green 'trees without the.window. The congregation rose, an•d al stood up with the other maid's, 'Her dress' of dark woolen, severe and un- adorned, her 'biose ruff and prim white calif„would have cried "Purit- an,” !had ever !Puritan booked like this woman, upon who'nl' the poor apparel had' the :seeming of ,purple and ermine. Anon came the `benedic't'ion. G'overn- or, Counc'il'ors, commanders, and min- isters left the choir'': and paced sol- emnly down the ai's'le; ate maids clos- ed in behind'; and we who had lined the walls, shifting from one heel to {the other forr a along two hours, br,oug:ht up: the 'rear, and so .passed from the church to a fair ,greeai mea- dew admjaceat thereto. Here the conn- pany disbanded; ,the twearer's of gold lace 'betaking themselves to seats er- ected in the s'hado'w of a mighty oahe, and the ministers, Of ;whom there were lour, !bes'to'wing themselves ':'within pulpits : of tury. For one altar and one clergyman could not 'hope to di's .patch that day's bu'sine'ss. As for the maids) -for a minute or made one 'dustier; ,then DIR. W. C. SIPIROA!T.—Graduate of Faculty of Medicine{ University of Western Ontario, London. Member of College of Physicians and Sue- geons of Ontario. Office in rear of Aber'hart's drug store, Seaforth. Phone 90. Hours 1.30.4 p.m., 7.30 -9 p.m. Other hours by appointment. Dental and reluctantl'Y resigned to Inc were acy, and the look with which she ,fay- o'gled me was not such as age as poets feign for like occasions. I shrugged the 'should'ers of my spirit, bust said trophies. So, 'Nand in hand, though at arras' length, we passed. from the shade of the •cedars into the ,open mea- dow, where •wepresently 'met ,H'amor arid 'his 'panty. They would have bar- red the way, 'lau'gh'ing and making un- savory jests, but I ^drew her clo'ser Ito me and +laid •my hand upon my Sword. 'The sound that followed 'being.rTlhley stood aside,. for.I was the b'es't something of the loudest for even the swrordernen in Virginia most healrty salutation, I was not sur- p'ri'sed, an .panting the bushes, to find QTo be 'Continued.) sixteen who 'had his,hand upon a''girl's ruff, an•d ,Stolle him until the breath' was well-nigh ;out oif him. The clamor •d'id (but acre ase. "Way for the Governors" cried the ,marshal "Shame an. you, my,magte'rs! Way 'for his'!Honor and th!e wonship- ful !Council!" The 'three wooden 'steps leading dlo from the door of the'Go ,Governor's V 5 Ihou'se suddenly blossomed into crim- son and gold, as his Honor with the 'atten'dant 'Cou'ncilors: •emerged from the 'hall .and s'to'od staring at the mob Ib•el'aw. The 'Governor's 'honest moon face was a qui'te 'pale with. ,pas;siom.,."W'h'at a "You, reverend ..,sin 'I ,wsltI admit, such being my duty: But this gentle- man is no ,preacher; ' I may not allolw' hint. to pass." "You, mi's!take, friend, '''aid• my ,com- panion gravely. "This' gentleman, my , t nl ;but 'just co e u has b worthy col�leag eJ from the island of St. ',Brandon, ' where he preaches on ,the witches' ,Sabbalt'h: hence the disorder of ids apparel. 'His 'adlmittance'be'041 any head: wherefore let us by." "'None to enter at the ,west door save'Councilors, commander, and min- , devil is !this?" he cried, 'wrathifuih.y,,'i's!ters. Any attemptin'g to ,)once an en ""D'i'd you never see a woman 'before? trance to he ar'res'ted and Paid by the IWhe;re's the marshal? I'll] imprison the heels mf they be of the generality,• or, more they ' s'h'yly or with laughter, they drifted apart like 'the petals 'off a wind-blown .rose, and sills doublet and hose gave' Chase. ;Fide minutes sawthe goodly company of damsels errant and would-be !bridelgrooms scattered far and 'near over the smiling meadow. 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