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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-05-25, Page 6THE AVEN Johnson. (Continued .from last week.) QHIAPITI R XXXVIT+I7 In Which I Go Upon A Quest. Through a loophole in the gate of the palisade I looked, and saw the sandy neck yoining the town to the main, and the deep and dark woods beyond, the fairy mantle giving in- visibility to a hoist. Between us and that refuge dead men lay here and there, stiff and stark, with the 'black paint upon them, and the collared 'feathers of their .headdresses red or blue against the .sand. One warrior, +shot through the book, crawled like a wounded beetle to the forest. We left ;him go, for we cared not to 'waste ammunition, myon him. I drew back Holm my loop'ho'le, and (held out my hand ''to the women for a freshly 'loaded musket. A quick murmur like the drawing of •a breath name 'feom our line. The .Governor, ,standing near .me, east' an 'anxious gl'an'ce 'along the stretch taf wooden snakes that were neither so high nor so thick as they ,should (have been. "I am new to this warfare, Captain Per- cy," he said. "Do they think to use those logs that they ecarry as +battering rams?" "As scaling 'Madders, your Honor;" 1 replied. "St is on the cards that we may 'have some sword pray, after ail." "''We'll take your adv'i'ce, tlhe next we build a palisade, (Ral'p'h 'Percy," muttered 1West on my other side. Mounting the 'breast work ;that we had throe/en up to shelter the women whe were to ileal the muskets, he tcoally looked over 'the pales at the on- coming savages. "Wait until a they pass the blasted pine, menl" he cried. "Then ,give 'then; a hail of lead that will 'beat 'them hack to •the Penman key!" An arrow whistled by his ear; a second struck him on the Shoulder, [hunt pierced not his coat !o£ mail. 'He came down from his dangerous post with a' laugh. "'I'f the leader [could 'be picked off"— I said, "It's a long shot, ;but there's no harm in trying." As I spoke'I raised my ;gun 'to my shoulder; but he leaned across Rolfe, who stood . between us, and plucked' me by •the 'sleeve. "You've not +looked at him closely. (Look again." fI did as he 'told rine, and 'lowered my musket. It Was not for me to •send ;that +Indian leader to his account, lRolfe's lips tightened and a sudden 'pallor overspread ,his face, `Nantau- quas?" ;he muttered in any ear, •and I nodded yes. The volley that we ;fired full into the ranks of our foe was -deadly, and we looked to see them turn and (flee as they had fled before. ut this time they were led by ,one who :had :been trained in English steadfastness. Bro- ken :for the :moment, •they ral'lied and came on yelling, bearing logs, thick en -oche., cif trees,' oars tied together,- anything by whose help they could hope to surmount the palisade, We 'fired again, but they had planted 'their ladders. iBefort we .could 'snatch the loaded muskets .,from the women a dozen painted 'figures appeared above the sharpened stakes, A moment, and they and a iecore 'behind. them had leaped 'down upon us, iltt was no time now to skulk be- hind a palisade. At all 'hazards, +that tide from the forest must' be sbem+med. Those that were amongst us we imright kill, lbult 'more were iewarming ;after ]thee, anfd'front the ;neck came the 'ex- nitant yelling of Madly (hurrying re- inforcements. We flung open the 'gates. II drove any Sword through ehe;hearttoof an IIm- than iwtho would have 'opposed .me, and, , calling for men to 'fol'low 'ere, apstang forward, :Perhaps thirty 'came to my'call; :together we Made for 'the opening, A panty of thee !savages in our Midst interposed. We set upon Ithbm 'with sword Wand 'musket butt, and ith'onaglh they :fduglh,t like very denies ;drove them ;'befolre • us' 'through t+he galte'w+ay. Behind urs were wild ,clamor, the shrieking Of women, the stein 1n shouts> of the 'Engl'ish, ;the wlhooping sof the savages; before us a ouslh that must be met and turned. Pt was 'donne. A moment's tierce fgihti'ng, then 'thee Indians wavered, (b'ro'ke and 'fled. (Like sheep we drove 'em (before us, across the neck, .to the edge of the toesrt, into hvarich'they plunged. Ilnto that a'mbu'sh we 'cared trot to foilaw, but den back to the pal- isade 'and the town, believing and with reason, that bhe lesson had been taught. !strip of sand (w'a's strewn with the dead• and the ding, but they beiooged not to'n's. Our dead number- ed but three, and we !bore ;their (bodies with us. IWlithin the 'pa'lis'ade we found the IEhglish in sufficiently 'good case. Of the score or more Indicans cut off by us frons. their mates and ,penned with- in .that ,deiath 'snap, half at 'least were (ready ;dead, run through with sword 'and pike, 'Shat .doors; ,with the ,muskets that there was naive time to load. Theremainder, !hemmed' about, 'pressed laga+inst the wall, were fast 'meeting with a like fate. They stood no Chance against us; .eve cared no!t'to make pri- soners'of 'them; it was a •slaugihlter, bunt they had taken the initiative. (They fought with the 'co'u'rage Of des- pair, striving to spring in upon via, 'striking When 'they 'could Iwith'h'atchet and 'knife, and 'through it loll 'tal'kin'g and laughing, making 'Geld knows 'what savage boasts, wh'a't 'taints against the lEnglish, 'what references to thg Iht ibting ,grounds to 'which they were going. They where brave mien that we slew that day. At ` t last there was left 'bolt the lead- er,-iunlhaom'ed, unwounded, through tinse and time again 'he had striven o 'close with 'same one of us, to strike and to die striking with his 'fellows, 'Behind him was the wall : of the'half circle 'which he faced well-nigh all were old -soldiers and 'serva'n'ts Of'bhe colony, gentlemen .none Of wham had come in later than Dale—iRdl'fe,.t West, Wynne, and others. We were swards men all. 'When: in his desperation .he would have thrown himself upon us we contended ourselves with keeping him at sword's .length, and at last ,West sent the knife in the dark hand whirling over the palisade. Some one had ,shouted to the 'musketeers to snare him. !When he saw that he 'stood alone, he stepped .bank against the ,wall, drew .himself up to'his 'full height, ,and fold- ed his arms. Perhaps .he 'thought we .shaot'himedown then 'asd there, perhaps he saw .hisuself a captive' amongst us, a •show for bhe +strangers that the Ships brought in. The din had ceased, and we 'bhe living, the victors, stood ,and looked at the vanqu'is'hed dead at our feet, .and at, the :dead beyond the gates, and at the nook upon which was ino. living foe; and at the blue sky' bendingCMOS all. !Our hearts told us, and told ors truly, that the lesson had -!been taught, thatno more !fanner treed we at 'James- town fear an Indian attack. And then we 'booked' at him :who're l'ife we had spared. IHe opposed our gaze with his fold- ed arms and his head 'held ,high •and his back 'against 'the wall, ,Many of ms could remember 'hina, a proud, shy 'land, coming for the ,first time from the forest with his sister,to see the Eng Eng - Moll village and its wonders. Par idle- ness we had set th,im in aur ,midst 'khat summer dray, long ago,,'on the .green 'by the .fort, and had called them "your royal highness," laughing at the quieckness Of Muer wit, anld' adat>inniag the spirit 'and 'bearing of the lad and the proenese he gave of spl'end'id mean- hnoo,d.'And all 'knew the tale "I° had brought the .night 'before. • (Slowly, as one man, and' spoken whth no word, we fell bank, the :kalif. circle trali'ghlt'ening Mite a line .and leaving a clear 'p'stlhiwlay to the open gates. The wind 'had ceased' to 'blow, I remember, and .a sunnys'tllnes+s :faq Wort the sand, and the ,rou'gh'.hewn 'we'ekl•en stakes, ,and a lit`tie patch of tender Davi •'across ,whio1a a'tentohedl a dead .mantes : atm. The c'hetso, 'bens' began to ring. The Indian o'u't Of whose path to! eft and ifa+eedtone we had stepped THE.SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933. glanced ,from; Ube line of towered' Steel to the; open gates and tike 'fores't be. yond; and dutiderstood. Far a fu'i'i anin- uite lee Waited, moving not a .musleJle, still and stately as sometolble,mas'ter_; + ece un bronze. Then he stepped P from the shadow iced the win and moved past as through the svnshiine that turned the eagle feather in his s'osip look. to gond: (His eyes were .fixed upon the forest; there was no change in the supenli eaten of his face. He went by the .huddlled',dead and the Iloipg lines ,orf the living that spoke no word, and vata orf ;the .gattesi and acr'ase fhe neck, walking slowly that we +mi'ght yet sh'oat :him down if we slaw: fit to re- pent '.ourselroe's, 'and proudly like a king's son. There wars 'no sound save the churudh :b'e'lls .ringing 'far Duni de- liverance. Ills renc+hed the ,shadow of the 'trees: a anloinen't, and the 'foresit hand thank '(here awn. We .sheathed bur swards and liken- ed to the .'Governor's. (few .earnest word's of thankfulness and of ''rec'o'g nition df sahibs ar-. that ,m'an''sservice, and 'then' we set to w'or'k to clear the ground of the =dead, to piece sentinels, to bring bhe.'town into order, to deter- mine what :policy we should, pursue, to search for Ways by which we might reach and add those who might yet be alive in the 'plantation's above .and b'e'- low nuts. We could not go through the forest where every tree might hide a floe b'u't there was the river. For the meet part the houses of the English had been built like mine at W'eyantoke, 'very near to the 'water. ,I volunteered to lead a ,party tip river, avid 'Wynne to go .with another toward the Nay. !Beet as . the council at the lGovernor'is :was breaking up, and as 'Wynne and . I were 'hurrying off ,to make bur choice of the craft at the lending, there came a great noise Irom the .Watchers et the 'bank, and a (cry that boats were com- ing down the stream, , It Was so, aged there were in them nnhite men, nehrl•y all of whom had their wounds • to "show, and 'cowering womenand children. One lodat had Dome from the Plantation at IPestpa- hegth, and two from Manbin.Bran.don; they held all that were left of the People. . A woman had In her lap 'the 'bod'y of a ,chi'l'd, and would not let urs take it holm her; another, with a haelf-severed' anus, crouched above a mann who lay in his ;blood in the het - tom of the boat: Thus - began that strange proces- sion that lasted throughout the after- noon and night and into the next day, when a s'lo'op came .down 'from Hen- ricus with .the news that the Eng- lish were in force there M stand their ground, although' their loss 'had been heavy. Hour after hour they came as fast as saidandoar could bring, them, ,the panic-stricken folk, whose hooses were !burned, Whose kindred were slain, who had themselves es- caped as by a miracle. Many were sorely wou'aded, so that they died when we lifted them from rthe beats; others had slighter hurts. Each boat- load had fhe same tale to tell of treachery, surprise, and fiendish butchery. 'Wherever it had been pos- sible the English had made a des- perate defense, in the face of which the savages gave way and finally retired to the 'forest. Contrary to their wont, the Indians took few pris- oners, hut for the most part slew outright .those whom they seized, wreaking their spite upon the sense- less corpses. A man too good for this world, George Thorpe, who would think no evil, was killed and his body mutilated by those whom he had taught and loved, And Nath- aniel Powel was dead, and four others of the !Council, besides many more of name and note. There were many women slain and little children, !From the stronger hundreds came tidings of the number dost, and that the survivors would 'hold the 'hones that were Lleft, for the time at least, The Indians had withdrawn; it re- mained to be seen if they were sat- isfied with the 'havoc they ,had wrought. Would his Honor send by boat -there .coulel be ' nso traveling through. 'bhe .wo'o'ds—,news of how others had fared, and also powder and shot? 'Before the dawning we had heard from all save the remoter settlements, The blow had been Struck, and the .hurt was deep, But it was not 'beyond. remedy, thank God .1 Itt is known what 'measures we took for our "protection, and how soon the wound to the colony ' was healed, and what vengeance we meted out to those who 'had set upon us in the dank, and had . faile'd.' tq reach the heart. These things •belong to history, and I am but telling my own Story,—muse and another's, In the chill and darkness of the hour before dawn samme'thing like quiet 1e'l1 upon the distracted, bee'eth- less town, There was a pause in the naming of the 'beats.. The wounded and the dying head been cared for,.and the n'ois'e of the women and the children •was stilled et last. All wras well at-tls'e palisade; the strong parity enloamlped n room the neck reponted the' foresit ilii.eyOnd them 'as still`, as for we were all of, one ,mind and our of the year—(fluttered before me; then rose t'hrongh a mist of green '' and Inn the Govern'or's house, was hell'd sh'or't council, =stribd ed .and .kiuiet, 'words were few. Iit was decided that then"George 'shoould' sail at once with 'the tidings; and with an appeal for ai ins and Ipowder and a supply of hien. The Esiperance'' would still be , with as, besides the Hope -in -God and the Tigeni the Margaret and John would tsborbly come in, being already overdue. i'MLord Carnal goes upon bhe George, gentlenen,"; said ;1faster Dory. "He sent('but now to demand if she sailed to-moriro+w.' He is fill, and -.would be at home." lOne or ,two glanced' at nee, : belt I sat 'w'i'th• a face dike 'stone, and the Governor, rising, .broke u'p. • the 'coum,hil: - I left the house, and .the street ,that was lit with torches ,aired noisy with going to and fro, and went down to tlhe river. 'Rolfe had been detained by bhe Governor, West comimanded the party ,at ,the neck. There were great res burning along the ni'ver bank,' a'nd men matching for the incoming boats; but I 'knew of a place where neo guard was Set, and where one op two canoes were moored. • There was no 'firelight there, and . no one saw me when I' entered a canoe 'and cut the rape .and ' pushed off from the land, - iWell-nruigh a day and a night had passed since lady Wyatt had told. me that which made for my heart a night-time indeed. I 'believed my wife to be dead,—yea, II trusted that she was dead. I hoped that it had been quinkly. over, -one 'blow. ....Better that, oh, better that a thousand times, than that ushe should have. been 'car- rigid off to some village, saved to- day to die a thousand deaths to- morrow. But 'I 'thought that there might have been left, lying on the dead leaves of the forest, that fair s'h'ell from which the soul had flown. I knew not 'where to go,—to the north, to the east, to de west, --brut go I must. 'I had no hope , of ,finding that Which I went to seek, and no th'ough't but to fake uip that quest. I was a soldier, and I head 'stood to my post; but now the need was past, and I could go. Iin' the hall at the !Governor's house, I had written a line 'af farewell to Rolfe, and had, given 'the paper 'into the hand, of a trusty fellow, Charging him not to deliver it 'for two ;hours to come. r rowed two miles downstream through the quiet d'a'rkness,—sh quiet after the hubbub orf„.the nevem When I turned my boat 'to the Shore the day was close at hand. The stars were gone, and a pale, ,cold fig'let, more desolate than the dark, stream- ed frons the east across which ran, like a fadetd blood stain, a smear of faint red. Upon the forest the mist lay dteagy. When I 'd'rove the 'boat in amongst the sedge and reeds be- low the bank, I could see only the trunks of the nearest trees, hear only', the sullen cry- of some river ibird 1, that:'1 had disturbed. 'Why I was at some pain's to fasit- en the boat to a sycamore that dip- ped a pallid arm into fhe stream I do not -know. I never thought to come back to the sycamore; I never thought -'•to bend an oar again, to be- hold again the river that the trees and' 'the mist hid ifrom me before I had • gone twenty yards into the the legend: "One share in the cow.” forest. Then they sold '500 of these shares at $?10 each, whi'dh brought them V5,000, OHIAIPTIErR XXXtX and divided the other 500 shares among themselves as their reward for In 'Which We Listen To A Song being smart, Each man of the ten now had Sil It was like a May morning, so mild Shares, whereas in the beginning each was the air, so gay the sunshine, 'head but one. when the mist had risen. Wild flow- 'But one of the ten began to worry. ers were blooming, and here and there "Look here, he said,` "every fellow unfolding leaves tnade a delicate fret- who bought a spare in this cow :will work against a deep blue sky. The expect a 'gallon of mihk to -night, and wind did not blow;' everywhere the cow gives only 'ten 'gallons. When were stillness soft and sweet, dewy the 'milk is ;divided Cinto one thousand freshness, c'areles's peace: and ten parts these ,new shareholders, Hour after hour I walked slowly won't get a spoonful. Shares will dr.on. through the woodland, pausing now to ativing. (We'd better unload while and then to look from side to side. we n'can." Lt a'l'as idle_' going, wandering ha a. de- IS'ce (the ten men went •out an ,;the Sept.' with no guiding star, The' place street to find iarvestons an•d each sof where ,I would be nmight lie to the 'th'em sold the ifi'fty shares that 'had east, to the west, In the wine en- been awarded to him, and thus they shrouding forest I might have pass- obtained a second IS5,000 'to ldivide ed it. by. I believed mot dial I had ans'on_ them, done so. Surely, suety I should have (But now ,nig:htt 'was drawing near. known, surely thevoice that lived afnd again one of the ten began to; gassed from my sight. it he 'stin climbed 'higher into the ,deep "blue sky. IS'ave;,where grew pine's or cedar's There ,.were no .slsado'wy 'places nn 'Itibe forest. The,slight green Of uncurling leaves .the airy scarlet of: the maples, the 'bare bran'c'hes of /the tardier trees, opposed notearrier to the sunlight. ill streamed into the world ,bel!otw the treatolps, and lay warm iepoti, the ;dead leaves and' the green moss ' and ;the ,fragile wild :iflow- ers, ;There 'was. a noise o:f 'b'ird's, and a. fox 'b'arked. All was lightness, gay ety, and` Warmth; ' the sap was run" ing, the heylday 'Of . the spring at hand, AhI ;to ibe riding:'with her,'to be going Thome through 'the fairy for- est, the venaltine, and. the singing 1 Tike h'aplpy miles to Weyanoke, the smell Iolf ]the 'sas'safras 1•ti' eve 'woods; the house 'tall liit and trimmed. The fire ki:ndl;,t, the wine upon ;the table Diceon's welcoming [face, and his hand upon !Black ;Lans'ora'1'is bridle; the minister, too, 'maybe', 'wi'th his great .heart and this kindly eyes; her hand in mine, 'herr :heard urpbn my breaslt• ., , ITh'e 'vision faded, Never, never, for me a tfome-'ctomiinrg sudh as that, so ,deep,`so 'dear, so 'sweet. The rmen, who were my friend's, the woman whom I 'loved, road gone into a :'+far country. This World' was telt their hare. They ' had'cnassed Ithe'threshol;d While •I lagged 'behind. The door was Shut, and without were the night :and I. With tlhe 'fading of the vision ratite a sudden 'consciousness 'of a pre- settce in the forest other 'tth'an my own. I turned sharply, and saw . all (I'n'dian walking with me, step for step, but with a space betweeit its of earth and !hro'wn tree trunks and drooping 'branches. Por a moment I thought that he was a shadow, not substance; 'then: -I stood stile], - waiting for him ,bo speak or to draw nearer. At the first glinnip'se'of .the' b'ron'ze lflg-. ure oL nand touched my sward, but When I saw who it was I let niy ii!an'd fall. He too paused, but he did not offer to speak. With his hand upon a great bow, he 'waited, motionless in the sun.'tigiht. IA minute or more thus; then d, w'a'lked on 'with my eyes a soa him. (To be 'Continued.) THE FAIRY COW Ten men who were 'finan'ciers ch'ip'ped in ten' dollars eadh and b'ough't a cow that gave teen +gallons of milk every 'day, says Rblbert ten The mi'l'k was divided at 'ei'ght and eadh man received one gallon as his share. Soon the neighbors far and near h'ear'd albout ahiis wonderful caw and said to ane another, ",Thin'k of ,gett- ing a whole gallon of milk every day What a 'wonderful return on a ten- d'dltar investment. I wish I had a share in her." When this talk was repeated to the' ten men, they held a meeting and one Of them said, ""Let us give these people what 'they want, O'ur shares in the now cost us ten dollars each and we can sell other shares at the same price." So timed went to a printer and Ob- tained 1,000 sheets of paper bearing only in my heart would have called `worry, to me to stay."`Theme will .be a low at milkingBeside anew"ly 1edleld tree, ' in a t1me," the said. "Hasten abroad and glade starred with small white 'flow.p'ersu'ade each of 'the 'Shareholders to ers, I carte' upon the' bodies of a sign a 'proxy, w'h'ich is a jolter author - man and a 'boy, se hacked, so hewn,-'vin;g you to case as you .;think 'hest so robbed ofall'comeliness, that at the' vote to which his share entitles the sight the heart stood still and hatn. Then,re'tunin with the proxies the brain grew sick. Farther on .was and we shall do some voting." a cleaning, and in the midst elle char- !Alt twilight (the anen' ;met at the red and idlackene'd walls. of what had lba'n' and'in their, hands suers 'L,D00 been a home, I crossed the freshly Signed proxiesto represent the 'absent Mimed earth, and looked in at the sharehdlde'rs..:Anid the ten were enki•tl cabin' stillness and ,the 'ed to vote in !skein own right, for each door with the stunhine. A'wannan lay dead upon the sbid'L'held 'his 'original share. floor, her out -stretc'h'ed hand clench I�aw" said Ole one who did this ed upon the foot of a cradle. I' en- - talking,. "we muse organize, This tered the room,.' and, looking ' withinco'mp'any nee'd's 'a Ipre$iden!t, 'a 'tress - the cradle, found that the babe had unci and 'eight vice-presidents. l That not 'been spared, Taking up the little Oyes 'each 'orf xis a lob. And since waxen' body with the Ibl'o:od upon its +;keens ora lien olf urs anrd the cow fives innocent lirea'slt, I laid it within the lien Alfons; it its moved and 'seconded mother's arms, and went my way that each of tvs receive a salary' of mine over the sunny doosstep and the 'gallon of im'ilk per 'dray. ;Aloe in 'favor earth that dad lbeea, made ready for sa'Y Aye''' planting. A white bultlbelfly— the first (The Motion 'carried .without 'a dis- senting .vote. And then they the cow. i ri»yitr0;1.. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, , Medical 'DR. H. HUGH ROSS, S, . Physician and Surgeon. Late of London 'Ho- pital, London, England, Special attention to diseases of Ole eye, die, nose and throat.. Office and; real dence behind :Dominion. B'a'nk, -O'ff'ice Phone No.' 5; Residence Phone 104. DR, F. J. BURROWS,' Seafordt. Office and residence, Godericlt stmt. east of. the United Church. Connie for ,the County of Huron.; Telephos DR. F. j. R. FOR1SITER-Eye, Ear • Norse and Throat. Graduate in Medi- cine, University of Toronto 1817. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic . and Aural Institute; Moorefield's Eye, and d+aid'en• Square throat hospi- tals, London, England At Cone - ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday it each month; from 11 a.m. to 3 p.a, DiR. W. C. SIPIRIOAT.-Graduate at Faculty of Medicine, University pi Western Ontario, London. Member of College of Physicians and Sir geons of Ontario. Office in rear 'o( A'ber'hart's drug store, Seaford'. Phone 90. 'H'ours 1.30-4 p.m., i3 -9 p.m, Other hours lay appoiataac*t, Dental DR. . ;J.• A. .MUNN, Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of Horde - western University, Chicago, ill. Ci- centiate Royal College. of/Dental Sur- geons, urgeons, Toronto. Office over Silii hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 'i31. DIR. F. J. B1ECHEL"Y, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, Office over W. R. S'mith's grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones, office 185W, residence 185J. Auctioneer. 'GEOIRIGIE ELLIOTT, Licensee Auctioneer for the County of Huron !Arrangements can be Made for Sale 'Date at The Seaforth News. Charges moderate and satisfaction guraateed. WATSON AND REID'S REAL ESTATE AND INSU'RAN'CE AGENCY (Succssors to James 'Watson) MAtIN' ST., SEAFIO'R'TH, ONT. All kinds of Insurance risks effect - ed at lowest rates in First -Class Companies. THE NicKILLOP Mutual Fire re Insurance Co, HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Ont OFFICERS .Geo, R, McCartney, Seaforth - Pres. James Connolly, Goderieth Vice -(Pres Merton A. Reid, Seaforth-Sec.- Treas. 'AGENTS: W. E. Hinckley, Seaforth; Jahn Murray, R. R. 3, Seafort); E. R. G. Jarmouth, Brod'h'agen; James Watt;, Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine. DIRECTORS: William T{'nor, Londesiboro; George Leonhardt, Brodevagen; James 'Con'- n'ally, God'erich; Alex, 13ro'ad'font, No. 3, 'Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Blythe George McCartney, No. 3, Saaforttt;. 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