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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-07-06, Page 6PAGE SIX THE SEAFORTH 'NEWS, Essommilimammunamma A 'The boy looked scornfully down on his father. Standing fa his naked feet, he already :towered half a head above the other and was twice the -man. "D'yo' think I'm fear'd o' a thrash- in' fra yo'? 'Goo' gracious mel" he sneered, 'Why, II'd as lief let owd Grammer Maddox lick ale, ;for all 1 ;care." ,A reference to his physical insuf- ficiencies 'fired the little man as surely as a lighted match ;powder. "Ye mann be cauld,. s'tandin' there +so. Rin ye doon and fetch 'o'er little frien' "—a reference to a certain pose. It was nigh fifty .years since Rex son o' 1R'aily • had won back the Trophy for the land ,that gave it ;birth; it was time, they thought, for a Daleland dog, a Gray Dog of 'Ke'n-. mvir—the terms are 'practically syn- onymous—to bring it,home again. Aand Tamles, that .polished phrase - maker, .was only expressing the feel- ings of every 'Dales/nen in the room ,when, one night at She 'Arm's, .he de- clared of 'Owd Bob ,that '‘'to ha' run was to ha' won." Alt which M"Adam sniggered audibly and winked at Red Wull. "To ha' run !was to ha' one -lickin'; to rin nett ye'ar'll be to—" strap 'hanging in the kitchen.,"I'll "'Win next year." 'Tamales interl- +see if I can 'warm ye." posed d'ogm'atically. '"'Oniess"—with David turned and stumbled down shivering sarcasm—"you anand!yer the unlit, narrow stairs. The hard, 'Wullie are •t'hinkin' o'.winnin'." (cold 'boards struck, like death against The little man rose 'from his soli - his naked feet. At his heels followed tory seat at the back of the room and' IRed'Wull, his hot breath fanning the pattered across. boy's bare legs. "Wullie and• I are thinkin' a't." he "I'll no despair yet .o' teachin' ye whispered loudly- in the old man's •ear. the fifth commandment, though i[ ,"Andmaim aimaim'what Adam M'•Adam and kill easel' in dein' it!" tried the little his Red 4Wull, think o' doin', that, ye man, seizing the strap from the boy's may remairk, Mr. (Tlh'ornton, they do, numb grasp. .Next year we rin, and neat year—we When it was over,'M1Adam turned,lwin. 'Come, Wullie wae'll ,leave 'em 'breathless, ,away. At the threshold of to chew that"; and he marched out the room he stopped and looked! of the room amid the jeers of the round: a little, dim -lit, devilish figure, assembled topers. When quiet' was 'framed in the door; while from the 'restored, it was aim Mason who d.e- 'blackness 'behind, Red Wull's eyes clared: '"One thing' certain, win or gleamed yellow. no, they'll not be•far' off." ,Glancing back, the'little man !Meanwhile the summer ended a- 'caugh't such an ,expression an David's's •bruptly. (Hard on the heels of•a :face that for once he was:'fairly a -sweltering autumn the winter carne 'maid. He banged the door and hob- down. In that year the .Daleland as- at 'bled actively down the stairs. ,umed very early its- white cloak, The 'S'ilver. Mere was soon ice -veiled; the! OHAPTER VIII. Wastrel rolled sullenly down below, { I t e mvir, its creeks and .quiet places � t M'Adam—in his saber moments at' tented with jagged 'sheets of ice; + least—never touched David again; in- .while the Scaur:and Muir'Pike raised b stead, he devoted himself to the more hoary heads against the frosty blue,! w congenial exercise of the whiplash •of 'It was the .season still remembered in s his tongue. And he was wise; far' the North as the White 'Winter, thel David, who was already ,nigh a head worst they say, since the famous 1 8. d the taller of the two, and comely and` IFo'r days together Jim Mason was'b strong in proportion, could, if he .studs with his bags in the Dales -:p would, have taken his father in theiman's Daughter, and there was, no c hollow of his hand and crumpled him communication between the „two ly like a dry leaf. :Moreover, with'his Dales. On the Mere Marches the a tongue, at least, the little man en- snow massed deep and impassable in' hi joyed the noble pleasure .of making thick, billowy drifts. In the Devil's n the boy wince. And:so the war was 'Bowl men said it lay piled some score d carried on none the less vindictively. feet deep. And sheep,_ seeking shelter! Meanwhile another summer was ill the ghylls and protected .spots, d br passing away, and every day brought were buried and lost in their 'hun-lit !fresh proofs of the,prowess of 'Owd deeds. Bob. Tammas, whose stock of yarns That is the time to test the hearts !fa f anent Rex son ,of 'Rally had'after for- of shepherds and sheep -dogs, when I w ay years' hard wear begun to pall on the wind runs•ice-cold across the,up the loyal ears of even old 'Jonas, waste of white, and the low woods to (found no lack of new material now. on the upland shiver black through'sn MF t the Daleaman's Daughter in Sil- a veil of snow, and sheep must •'bei lik and in the 'Border Ram at found and folded or lost: a trial of so 'THURS;D1AY, JULY 6, 1931 over the ice-cold .surface, silently ap- pealing to title hand that had never failed her before—.slidifrgto ''Eternity. !In'the Daleland that winter •the:.en- durance of many' a s+hep''herd and ]'is clog was strained past breaking -point, From. the frozen Black Water to the white-Ipevkect Graminocli Pike two Wren only, each always with his shag- gatyteatiyvted.t, never owned defeat; ne,v- er :turned back; never"failed. in a thing. mfpdj'u ;`to the follotwring spring,` Mr, Tink erton, the squire's agent, declared that James 'Moore and Adam 3M'Adam— Owd Bob, rather, and' Re'd Wain-- had in—had lost ,between them fewer sheep than any 'single fanner on the whole March M'e're Estate—a proud record. 'Of the two;-: many a tale was told that Winter, They .were, inv'i'neilble, 'i.n- co'gvparalble; worthy an'tagonis'ts, lltt , was ' O+wd Bolo 'who, "when he could not drive the band off Black Falces over the, narrow Razorback which led to safety, induced them to'. fo'll'ow him across that tensinc'h death track, one by one, like children be- hind their mistress. lit was Red Wull who was seen conning down the pre- ci'pitous Saddler's, ,How, shooldlee+inlg up that grand o14.gentleman, King o'. the Dale, whose leg was broken. IT'he'gray dog it was wilco found Cy- ril Giilbra'ith by the White' Stones, with a cigarette and a sprained ankle, one the night the whole village, was out with l'an'terns searching for the 'wetil=1ov'e'd young scapegrace. It was the Tailless Tyke and his masher who one bitter ev'eninlg came . upon little ,Mrs. Barton, lying in a huddle beneath the lea of the fast-whitenin:g D'ruid's Pillar with her latest balby on her breast. It was little MriA'dtam ` who took off his coat ward wrapped the dliild' ill ft little MttAdam who , on - wound his plaid, threw it like a breast (band across the dog's great chest, and tied the ends around the weary wo- man's waist: Red :Will it was who dragged her hack .to 'S'tvester Arms and life, straining like a giant through the snow, while his maslter staggered ,behind with the babe in his farms. 'When They reached the inn it was IP- Adane who, with a smile on 'his face, told the la'n'dlord what he thought of him for sen'd'ing his wife across the Marches on such a day and on his er- rand. To which: "I'd a cauld," plead- ed honest Jem. . 'For days together David could not cross the Stony Bottom to Kenmuir. His enforced conifinentent to the Grange led, however, to no more fre- quen' collisions than usual with his father. For 11.1Aid'ant and Red Wull were out at all hours, -in all weathers, ight and day, toiling at their work of salvation, At last, one 'afternoon, David man - a Xeged to cross the Bottom at a point there a fallen thorn -tree gave him a bridge over the soft show. He stayed ut a little while at Kenmluir, yet hen he started for home ' it was at again. (By the time he had crossed the- ice - raped .bridge over' the Wastrel, 'a lizzard was raging. The wind roared ast him, smiting him so that - he oitld not see, But he held on dogged- ; sliding, slipping, tripping, down lid. up again, with one arm shielding s face. On, on, into the white dark- en, blindly on, sobbing, atuntlbling, azed. At length nigh dead, he reached the ink of the Stony Bottom. He looked p'. and he looked down, but nowhere that blinding Heist could he see the alien thorn -tree. I -Ie tobk a step for - and into the white morass, and sank to his thigh. He struggled feebly free him'sel'f; and 's'ank deeper.'The ow wreathed, twisting, round hili ke a white flame, and he collapsed, ftly crying on the wah?te'bed, "I canna -I canna]" he moaned, 'Little Mrs. Moore, her face whiter and frailer than ever, stood at the window, looking out into the storm. "I canna rest'for thifi'ki•n' o'"the lad,' she said. Then, turning, she SSW husband;' his fur cap down over his ears, buttoning his pilot -coat about his throat, while Owd Bob stood' at his feet, waiting. • +'Ye're no goin', J'ames?', she asked, anxiously, "But .I ani,"lass," he answered; and she knew hint too well to say more. So those two won't quietly out to save life or lose it, nor counted the uram'mocn.co'wn, each succeeding head as well as 'heart, .of resource as market day brought some fresh tale, well as resolution. Men told how the gray dog had out- lIn that winter more than on done Gypsy man p y Jack, the sheep -sneak; and many a dog lost his life in the 'how he had cut out a ;Kenmufr shear- quiet .performance of his duty, gliding ling from the very centre of ILondes- to death over the slippery er ow- ley's pack; and a thousand like f P y sn h selves, or overwhelmed beneath an stories, avalanche of the warm, suffocating The 'Gray Dogs of Kenmuir have white: smoo'red, as they call i't, Many 'always 'been equally heroes and fav- a deed was done, many a dea't'h died, orites in the ,Daleland. And the con- recorded only in that iBook which fidence of the 'Dalesmen in Owd Bob holds the names of those -men or was now invincible, ISometirbes on animals, souls ornosouls—who Tried. market days he would execute some They found old Wrottesley, the Unaccountable . manoeuvre, and a squire's head shepherd lying one mor - strange shepherd would ask "What's p y g ming at Gill's foot, like a statue in its the gray dog :at?" To 'which the white bed, the snow gently blowing nearest Dlalesman would reply: "Nay, about the venerable face, calm and I canno tell ye! But he's reet e- .beautiful in death. And stretched 'lough. Yon's Owd 'Bob ,o' Ken -1, upon his bosom, her master's hands ,muir." ' blue, and stiff,' still clasped about her [Whereon the stranger would prick neck, his old dog Jess, ,She had hurl - his ears and watch with close atten- riled there, as a last hope, to keep the tion. ! dear, dead master warm, her great "Yen's Owd -Bob o' I enmuir, is heart riven, -hoping where there was rite? he would say; for already a- no hope. mong the faculty the name was be -i That night she followed him to coming known. :And never in such a herd sheep in a better land. Death case ltd the young dog fail to jus'ti'fy1 from exposure, 'Dingley; the vet., gave the faith of his supporters. it; but ac little MlAdam, his eyes 'I1 came, therefore, as a keen dis-I I dimmer than their wont, declared appointment to every D'ales'man, 'from'huskil Y, ; ''We ken better, e er, Wullie," Herbert 'Trotter, Secretary Of they ;Cyril 'Galbraith, a young man of Trials, to little iBilly,Thornton, 'when'' over'hurdened with emotions, told ,the Master Ipersisted in his decision 1with a sob ,in his voice how, at the dog p he I terrible Rowan ..Rock, J'im Mason head not to run the 'for the 'Cw in t a,ppmoachang.Dale ITrialee and that! stood, inupo'tent,.dumb, big -eyed, wat- hough'parson, Squire,and"an Ladsl y 1. citing tBet'sy, Betsy, •the friend and Eleanor essayed to shake his: `ptnr- partner of the gest ten , y'ears—sli'pping Down a wind shattered slope—over a spar of ice—up an eternal kiwi—a forlorn hope. In a whirlwind chaos of snow, the tempest storming at them, the white earth lashing them, they fought a good fight. In' front, Owd Bob, the snow clinging to his shaggy coat, his hair cutting like lashes of steel` across eyes! his head lowered as he followed the .finger, of God; and close be'hi'nd; James Moore, his back steric against the storm, stalwart still, yet sway ng like a tree before the wind. So,, they •battled th'rough the 'bring. cif the Stony Bottom—only to 'arrive too late. :For, just as the Master ' peerin;g About hun ., had can'ghlt: sight ;of a ehlapellei Is lump lying nitoit'i'onlesi in front,' there' ;loohnel alcrlas'a dlie"sno'w- ch:oked gulf through the white Brio( of; the storm a gigantic fug'ue '-forging, doggedly forward, bis ,great head clown 16 meet the hurricane. And close behind, buffeted and bruised, stiff and 'staggering; a Inci'kldauretldss figure holding stubbornly on, clutch- ing with one heard at the gale; and 'a shrill voice, whirled away on th'e tn.utkpet tones of the windy crying; ' Noo, Wullre, wi' mel "'Scots v'ha' fiat wi' Wallace bled, ,Scots wham Bruce hats alien led! Welcome to—!` (Here. he is, Wiulliel '—or to. vict'or!iel" Th•e knave little-. voice died away.. 'The quest was over; the lost sheep, +found. And the last James Moore saw of then! Was the .same small, ga'lilla'n !form, half carrying, halif "dragging the' rescued boy out of, the Valley of the 'Shadow and away. ✓ Davin was none the worse for his! !ad'venture, for on reaching home' M' - 'Adam .produced a faumlfliar: bottle. 'Here's something to warm yer in- side, and"—Making a feint at the 'strap on the wallit—"'here's something to do the same by yer=—!nut, Wtt]']ue, oot again!" And oat they went—u'dreckolued heroes. It' was"bast a week, later, in the very, heart of the bitter time, that 'there carie a day when, from gray dawn to grayer eve, neither James Moore nor' !Olwd Bolb stirred oat into the wintry white. And the Ma'ster's face ' was hard and set as it a'lway's was in time of trouble. ;Outside the wind screamed down the D'ale; wlplile the snow (fell relentt essily; 'softly fiangerintig .the windows, blocking the doors, and p'illin'g deep taga!ins't-the walls. Ins'i'de the house there Was a strange quiet; no sound save for 'h'uslhed voices,-'a'nld upstairs the shuffling of muffled feet. Below, a'1'1 day long, Olwd Bblb pat- rolled the pass'a'ge like some silent gray spectre, 'Once there. came ,a low knocking at the door; and David,his face and hair and cap smothered in the all-pervad- ing white, came . in with an eddy of snow. He patted Olwd Bch, and mov- ed on td'ptoe into the kitchren. To him came Mlaggie softly, shoes in hand,. with white, frightened face. The two whispered anxiously awhile like bro- ther and sister as they were; then .the 'boy. crept quietly 'away; only a 'little pool of water on the oor and wet,, treacherous 'foot -dabs toward the door testifying to the 'visitor. Toward evening ,the wind died! down, but the tn'ourning flakes still fell, I With the darkening of night Olwd Bob ret'reated' to the porch and lay; down I blanket., aw O 1 1715 allle et., Tlme light'from. the lamp at the head of the stairs' shone through the 'crack of 'open door 'on his dark 'head and the eyes that never slept land, at the sunless dawn, a life 'passed. And; all through that night of age- tonig,,aglony'tie gray, figure' stood, s'tiul as a statue, at ,the foot •o:f the gt�airs. 'Only, when with the !first chill breath of ntor)t'i'nlg,-,a ' day, gmai�ok-quencili'e'd solo of a strong Man s'al-'eowin'g for the theip-meet' of a'score of years and.a tiny cry of a new -+born child ,wailinvg. Ibacause it's 'mother was not, came down to Iris ears, the Grlay Waticih- man !dropped his head upon his bosom and, with a little whimpering note, crept !back ,to his. blanket. ' IA ;little later 'the door above opened and Janle+s Moore'' tramped /down the stairs. il--Ie loolced'tialller and gaunter than his'wont, 'but there' was no trace of emotion on his face. IAIt'the loot ,elf the stairs Owd Bob !stole 'out -to ,meet him. 'He,came croulehin'g up, 'head,an'(l idal.l down, in a manner no man eversaw before or since: Alt the m'asher's feet.. 'he stopped and whined p'iti'fully. 'Then, for one 'slhort moment, James :Moore'•s .whole face quivered. "Well, lad," 'lie said, ;quite low, and ails voice broke; ".''she's awa' 1" That aCa's all; ' for they were an un- demonsltratiive couple: , Then they turned and 'went .out to- gether into the bleak, morning. ICHIAIPITIElR VIIII(1 To piavid M'IAdarn the.to's's o'f, gentle 'E'lizalb'eth' .Moore was as real a grief as to her children. Yet 'he Manfully smothered 'his • own- ac'hin'g' theaot and devoted 'himself to comforting the .!burners art iKenanair. an the day's succeeding 'Mrs. Moores death :the 'hey recklessly neglected hes duties at 'the 'Grange. But littleM'- Aldlam foatb re to rebuke him. Alt times,indeed, the essayed t0 be 'pas- sively kind. David, however, was 'too deeply sunk i'n this own sorrow to note the change. The day of the funeral came, The earth was •throiwing off .its ice fetters; and the Dale was lost in a Mourning mist. IIn' the afternoon M'IAdam was standing at the window of the kitchen contemp'lating the inlfini'te weariness of the scene; when the door of the house d :opened .anslhut noiselessly. Red IWO] raised 'himself on to the sill and growled, and D'av'id hurried past the window making For Kle rnu•ir, M'Adam 'watched the passing figure indifferent ly; than with anangry oath sprang to the windw*. "ta3ring ,me' back that coat, ye thief!" Ihe cried, tapping 'fiericely, on the pane: Tal' it`aff at onst,' ye muckle gowk, or 191 come and tear it aff ye,-D'ye see him, 'Millie? the great coo'f has ma coast -'me black coat, new last Michaelm'as, and it rainin' 'nough to melt it." He threw up the window with a bang and leaned out. 'Bring it back, I tell ye;_ondootiful, or I• li summons .ye. Though; ye've no respect for me, ye might have forma claithes. Ye're too big fer yer ain boots, lett al'ane,•ima coat: D'ye think I had it cut for a. elephant? 'burs'tin', I tell ye, Tak' it affl Fetch it here, or I'll e'en send Wull'ie to bring itl", David paid no heed excep't,to begin running heavily down the hill. The coat was stretched in wrinkled agony across his badk; his big, red' wrists protruded like shank -bones from the l eeves; and the little tails flapped wearily in vain attempts to reach the wearer's legs. M•Adam, bubbling over with indig- ation, s'cram'bled half through the pen window. 'Then, tickled at ;trite mazin'g impudence of the thing, he aused, smiled, dropped to the ground again, and watched the uncouth, re- reating figure with chuckling amuse- ment. 'Did ye ever see the like o' that, Wulllte?" he muttered. 'YMa puir coat —pair wee cootie! it gars me' greet ,to see her in pain, A man's coat, Wul- lie, is afters unco sima' for hisson's back; and David there is strainin' and stretchin' her nigh : to brakin', for a' the world as he does ma 'forbearance, And what's he care alb'o'ot the one or ii'ther?—not a finger flip." As to stood' watching the dis'a'p- caring figure there ' began the slow ailing of the' minute-!be'll in t'he little ale Church.n' N'ow near, now far, ow boll(!, now low, its .dull 'chant rang out through the m'is't lilae the stow -drop- ping teats of a mourning world. 'The hours passed, and the gray knight s till 'kept 'his vigil. Alone in the darkness—alone, it almlos't seemed, in the house—he watched, His 'head 1 lay motionless along his paws, .butt the steady gray eyes 'never flinch'e'd or drooped, - I' Time tramped on on leaden foot, and still he ,waited; :;and ever the pain of hovering anxiety was stamped deeper in the gray eyes, Alt length it grew past bearing; the hollow stillness of the (house over;catm'e .him. He rose, pu•ihed open the •door, :and softly puttered across the pass- age. LAt the foot of the sttaies fie h'alted,� his forepaws on the Ifirs't step, his 'n grave face and pleading eyes 'upli'fted as .though he were ,'praying, The dim IP light fell on ,the raised head, and the vvf'h'ite es'cutcheon on his breast shone out like the !snow onSalmon. t. Alt length, 'with a sound 'l'i'ke a sob, he dropped to the ground, and stood.' listening, his tail dropping and 'head raised. 'Then he turned and 'began 'sofltly pacing up;an'd clown, like some velvet -footed sentinel at the gate of :d'eat'h, IUp• and diolwn, up and down, softly as the falling snow,) for a weary, weary 1 while. Again he stopped and Stood, :listen- ing intently, at the ,foot of the stairs; and his gray coat quivered as though ,p .there were 'a`draug!ht. • !Of a sudden, the de'atihfy °stil]ness of the ]rouse was broken. Upstairs, feet were running hurriedly. There was a cry, and again silence, IA life was 'coming in; a ,life was'.go- i{)g out. !TM e mink es passed; hours passed; (To Be Continued,) Send •us the names of your visitors.' A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it with $1 for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by THE Clemons SCIENCE PUELIEII8Na SOCIETY Boston, Massachosetts,. U. 8; A. 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