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THE SEAFORTH NEWS,
IMICIMENNINEWSES
THURSDAY, SEPT. 14,, 1933.
Crash! it whizzed into the lamp be- Ile crept back to the kitchen door
!hind, and broke on the .wall beyond, and listened.
its contents trickling down the wall Not a sound.
Fearfully he •opened -it a crack.
to the floor.
For a moment; darkness. Then the Silence of the tomb,
spirits met the lamp's smouldering He banged it to. itt •opened rbehind
wick and blazed into flame. him, and the fact lent wings to his
By the sudden light David saw his feet.
father on the far side the table, point- Ilse turned and plunged out into the
ing with crooked foreinger, By his night, and ran through the blackness
side Red Well was standing- alert, for his ,life. And a great owl swooped
hackles up, yellow fangs bared, eyes softly by and hooted mockingly:
lurid; and, at his feet the wee brown "For your life! for your. 1•ifel. for
mouse lay still and lifeless, your life!"
"Oot o' ma hoose! Back to Ken- CIIIIAPTffOR XXI!1
muirl Back to yer—." The un,pardon- ,In the village even the Black Kill-
able word, unmistakable, hovered for er and the murder on the !Screes were
a second on his lips like some foul 'forgotten in this new sensation. The
bubble, and never burst. mystery in which, the affair ,was
• "No mither this timet" panted Da- wrapped, and the ignorance as to all
vid, racing round the • table. its details, served to whet the general
"Wullie!" interest. There had been a 'fight;
The Terror leapt to the attack; but Adam and the Terror had been maul -
David overturned the table as .he ran, ed; and David haddisappeared—
the blunderbuss crashing to the floor; those were the facts. But what was
it fell, opposing a momentary barrier the origin af..,the affraynoone could
in the dog's path. say.
"Stan' off, ye—!" screeched the One or two- of the •Dale'smenhad,
little man, seizing a chair in both indeed, a shrewd suspicion. Tupper
hands; "Stan' off or I'll brain ye." looked guilty; Jem Burton muttered,
But David was on him. "I knoo hoo 'twould be"; while as for
"Wullie. Wullie, to me!" 'Long Kirby, he vanished entirely, not
Again the Terror came with a roar to reappear till three months shad
like the sea. But David, with a mighty sped.
kick fu11 on the jaw, repelled the at- Injured as he -had been, .M`Adain
tack. was yet sufficiently recovered to ap-
Then he gripped his father round pear in the :Sylvester ,Arms On the
the waist and lifted hint from the Saturday following the battle, IHe en -
ground. The little man, struggling in tered the tap -room silently with nev-
those iron arms, screamed, cursed and er a word to a soul; one arm was in a
battered at the face above him, kick- cling and his head bandaged. Be eyed
ing and biting in his frenzy, every man present critically; and, all,
"The Killer! wad ye ken wha's the except'Talnmas, who was brazen, and
Killer? Co and ask them at Kenmuirl jim Mason, who was innocent, :fidget
Ask yer—" ed 'beneath the stare. Maybe it was
David swayed slightly, crushing the well for Long. Kirby he was not there.
body in hie arms till it seemed every "Onythin' the matter" asked Jem,
rib must break; then hurled it from at length, rather lamely, in view of
him with all the might of passion.lthe plain evidences of battle.
The little man fell with a crash and "Na, na; naethin' Got o' the ordin-
a groan, lar," the little man replied, giggling.
The blaze in the corner flared, Only'David set on me, and me
flickered and died. There was hell -1 lecpin', And," with a shrug, "here I
black darkness, and silence of the am noo." Me sat down, wagging his
dead. bandaged head and grinning. "Ye see
David stood against the wall, pant- he's sae playful, is Davie. He ,ev'angs
ing, every nerve tightstrung as the ye o'er the head wi' a chair, kicks ye
hawser of a straining ship. in the jaw, stamps on yer wame; and
In the corner lay the body of his all as merry as May."
father. limp and still; and in the room :And nothing 'further could they get
one other living thing was moving. from him, except that if David reap -
He clung close to the wall, pressing geared it was his (M'Adam's) firm
it with wet hands. The horror of it resolve to hand hien over to the police
ail, the darkness, the man in the cor-
ner, that moving something, petrified
him.
"Feytherd" he whispered.
There was no reply. A chair creak-
ed at an invisible touch. Something
was creeping, stealing, crawling clos-
er.
David was afraid.
"Feyther!" he whispered in hoarse
agony, "are yo' hurt?"
The words were stifled in his throat.
A chair overturned with. a crash; a
great body struck him on the chest; a
hot, pestilent breath volleyed in his
face, and wolfish .teeth were reaching
for his throat,
"'Come on, Killer!" he screamed.
The horror of suspense was past. •It
had come and with it he. was himself
again.
Back, back, back, along the wall he
was borne. His hands entwined them-
selves around a hairy throat, he forc-
ed the great head with its horrid
lightsome eyes from him; he braced
himself for the effort, lifted the huge
body at his •breast, and heaved it from
him. It struck the wall and fell with a
soft thud,
As he recoiled a hand clutched his
ankle and sought to trip him. David
kicked 'back and down with all his
strength. There was one awful groan,
and he staggered against the door and
out.
There he paused, leaning against
the wall to breathe.
He struck a match and lifted his
foot to see where the hand had.
'clutched 'him
'G'od! there was blood on his heel.
Then 'a great fear laid hold on him.
A cry was suffocated in his breast by
the panting of his ,heart.
for attempted parricide,
"'Brutal assault on an auld man by
his son!' 'Twill look well in the .Ar-
gus; he! he! They couldna let •him aff
under two years, I'm thinkin'."
M'Adem's . version of the affair was
received with quiet incredulity. The
general verdict was that the had
brought his punishment entirely on
his own head. Tanimas,. indeed, ,w'ho
was always rude when he got witty,
and, in fact, 'the difference between
the two things is only one degree, told
him straight; "It served yo' well reet.
An' I nob'but wish he'd ,made an end
to yo'."
"He did his best, puir lad," M'Adam.
reminded him gently.
""We've bad enough o' yo'," contin-
ued the uncompromising old man.
"I'm fair grieved he didna siice yer
throat while he was at it
At that M'Adam raised his eye-
brows, stared, and then broke into a
low whistle.
'That's it, is it?" he muttered, as
though a new light was dawning on.
him."Ah, noo 'I see."
The days passed :on. There was still
no news of the missing one, and Mag-
gie's face became pitifully white and
haggard,
Of course she did not believe that
David had attempted to murder his
father, desperately tried as she knew
he had been, Still, it was a terrible
thought to her that he might at any
moment be arrested; and her ,girlish
imagination ,was perpetually codiur-
ing up horrid pictures of;: a trial, ,con-
viction, anti the things •that followed.
(Then Sam'! 'started a wild theory
that the little man had murd'e'red his
son, and thrown ,the mangled body
down the dry well at the Grange. The her memory. • i way—no'o d'ye see? Noo d'ye •onder-
story was, of course,; preposterohs, "IMI. --11-----" the words came instan'?"
ant!,' coming from such a 'source, trembling gasps, IShe did not, and he saw it and was
might well have been clis'card:ed, with At the tfirst utterance, however, the satisfied.: What he had been. saying
the ridicule it deserved. Yet it •ser.ved little man's hand dropped; he leant she neither knew nor cared: She only
to, set the cap on the girl's fears;,and back in his chair and gave a soul- remembered the object of her mis-
she resolved, at whatever cost, to visit bursting sigh of relief, son; she only saw before her the fa-
the Grange, beard •M'IAdam, and dis-, No w•onuasl had crossed that thresh then 'of tie man she loved; and a wave
coyer whether be ,could not or would old since his wife died; and, for a lino- .of emotion surged up in her breast,
not allay her gnawing apprehension, inenit, when 'first the girl had entered Site advanced timidly toward him,'
!Her intent she concealed from her silent -footed, aroused from dreanting, holding out her, hands.
father, knowing well that were she to of the loin, ago, he :had thought this `Eti, 'Mr. ,_1PAdem," she pleaded, "I
reveal it to him, he 'would gently but shawl clad figure with the :pale face conte to ask ye after Dlavid." The
ui:nly !forbid :the tattempt; and an an :and peeping hair aro earthly visitor;:, shawl had slippedfrom her head,and
afternoon some Fortnight after Dav- the spirit, rather, of one he had loved lay loose upon ler shoulders; and .she
id's disappearance, choosing her op- long since and lost, come to reproack 'stood before him with her sad face,
por+tunity, she picked up a .shawl, him with a broken troth. iter pretty hair all tossed, and her
threw it over her head, ,and„fled with "Speak up, I icannta'hear,” he said, eyes big with unshed tears—a touch -
palpitating heart out of the farm and in ,tones mild compared With those ing suppliant,'
down the Slope to the ',Wastrel.. last wild .words, "Wild
ye no tell me w'heer he is?
Tlhe little plank -!bridge rattled as "I'm -Maggie Moore," the girl quay- I'd not ,ask it, I'd not trouble yo' but
she 'trip'ped ,across it; and she fled ered. l've bin waitin' a waifu' while, it
faster lest any one shbttld have 'heard "Moore! Maggie Moore, d'ye say?" seems, and ,I'ni wearyin' fox news o'
and come to look. And, indeed, at the he_ cried, h'al'f rising ,fro!en his chair, a ,him" '
moment, et rattled again behind her,'flueh of color sweeping across his The little man looked. at Tier curi-
arnd she started guiltily around. • It 'face, "the doch'ter o' Janecs Ihfoore?" otusiy. "Ah, noo I ,mind ipe,",--Ibitin 10
proved, ,however, to be only ,Owd Bob IHe Paused for an answer, glowering himself, "You're the lass as is thinkin'.
sweeping after, and she Was glad. at her; and she 'shrank, trembling o' lnarry'ire him?"
"'Gamin' wa' Inc, l'adee she asked as against the door. "We're promised," the girl answer-
the old dog cantered up, .th'asakfitl to The little enran leant back in his ed simply,
,have that gray protector with her. chair. Gradually .a grim smile crept ' "Weel," the Other retnark'ed, "as I
;Round ILanghol'm snow ,fied the two across his countenance. said afore, ye're a good plucked un,
conspirators; over the summer -clad "Wee!, Maggie Moore, he said, Then, in a tone in which, despite the
lower slopes o'f the !Pike; until, at half amused, "ony gate ye're a' good cynicism, a 'certain indefinable sadness
length, they reached t'he Stony !Bot- plucked int." was blenided. "Gin he inak's you as
tam. Down .the ,bramble -covered bank ;And his wizened countenance looked good husband as he mad' sore to me,
of the ravine the ,girl. slid; picked her at her almost -kindly from; beneath its ye'll ha' :ntlade a •nlais't rema:irkable
way from stone to stone across the 'ditty crown of bandages. match, my dear."
streamiet tinkling in that rocky bed; At that the girl's courage returned iivlaggie fired in a moment.
and scrambled -up the opposite bank. with a rush. After all •this little man "A goad feyther makes a good son,"
aAt the top she halted and looked was not so very terrible, (Per'ha'ps he she answered almost pertly; and, then
back. The smoke ;from 'Kemuuir was would be -kind. And in thereliefof with inlfi'nite tenderness, "and I'ni
winding slowly up against the .sky; 110 the moment, the .blood swept hack prayic' a good 'wife'li ,make a .good
her right the low gray cottages of the into her face. ` husband." Dental
village cuddled in the bosons. of the 'There'was not to be .peace yet, IHe smiled scoffingly.
Dale; far away over the (Marches tow- however. IThe blush was still hot 'up- "''I'nr feared that'll no help ye
ered the gaunt ;Scaur; before her roll- on her cheeks, When she caught the much," he said.
ed the swelling slopes of the Muir patter of soft steps in the passage But the girl never heeded this last
[Pike; while Ihehlnd—she glan.ced tint- without. A dark muzzle flecked with sneer, so set was she on her purpose.
idly over 'her shoulder—was the Bill, grey pushed in at the crack of .the (She had heard of the one tender place
at the top of which squatted the door; :two anxious gray eyes followed. fm the heart of this little man with the
.Grange, lifeless, cold, 'seer*ding. Before she could wave hint back tired face and the mocking tongue,
Her heart failed her. 'In her whole (Red Wull had marked the intruder. and she resolved to attain her end by,
life she had never ,spoken to M'Aelam. With a roar he tore himself from his appealing to it.
Yet she knew him well enough +from master's restraining hand, and dash- "Yo' loved a lass yo'sel' aince, Mr,
all 'David's accounts—ay, and bated 'ed across the room. - hl'AdaM," she said. "Hoo would yo'
him for David's sake. She hated him "Back, Bob! screamed Maggie, and ha' felt had she gone away and left
and feared him, too; feared him mor- the dark head withdrew. The door
yo? Y'o'd ha' bin mind; yo' know yo'
tally—this terrible little man , And, slammed with a crash as the great would. And, Mr. M'rAdam, I love the
with a shtirdder ho recalled
s the dim dog flung himself against it, and Meg- lad yer wife loved." !she was kneeling
face in the window and thought of gie was hurled, breathless and white at his feet now with both hands on
his notorious hatred of her father, But faced, into a corner, • his knees, looking up, at hien, Her sad
even 3,I1Adam could hardly harm a iM",Adam was on his feet, poiit.ting face and quivering lips pleaded for her
girl coming, broken-hearted, to seek with a 'shrivelled finger, his face dia- eloquently than any words.
her lover ]Besides, was not 'O'wd ,Bob tboli.cah The little man was visibly touched.
with Iter? "Did
you bring him? did you bring "Ay, ay; lass, that's enough," he
And, turning, she saw the old ,dog that to sea door?" . said, trying to avoid •those big be -
standing a little way tip the hill, look- ' yht'aggie huddled in the corner' in a seedling eyes which would not be
ing back at her as though he wonder- palsy of trepidation. 'Her eyes gleam- •avoided.
ed why she waited, "Am I .not en- ed big and black in the .white face "Will ye no tell me?" she pleaded.
ough?" the faithful gray eyes seemed peering from the .shawl. (Red Wull `"I canna tell ye, lass, for why, I
to say, was now beside her snarling horribly. dinna leen," he answered querulously,
"Lad,' I'm feared," was her answer With nese to the bottom of the door Tri truth he was moved to the heart
to the unspoken question.and busy pawshe was trying to get by her misery. i WATSON AND REID'S
Yet that look determined her, She out; while, on the other side, Owvd ' The girl's last hopes were d'as'hed.
clenched her little teeth, drew the ;Bob, snuffling also at the crack, She had played` her last card and fail- REAL ESTATE
shawl about her, and set off running scratched and pleaded to get in. Oeuly ed. She had citing with the fervor of
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two :miserable wooden inches separ- despairto this last resource, and now
thSoon the run dwindled to a walk, aced the pair, it was torn from her, She had hoped (Sucessors to James 'Watson)
e walk to a crawl, and the crawl toT brought him to protect me. I— .and naw there was no hope. In the
a halt. Her breath Was coming pain- 3 was afraid."fsh of her disappointme tt she re- MA'I'N ST.,SEAFORTH, ONT.
ang ti
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her side like the beatings of an im- raptly.
prisoned bird, Again her gray guard- , by his persistent cruelty, had.driven ed at lowest rates' in First -Clare
""Afraid! I ,w"oneler ye were na al- her love into eXile. Companies,
tan looked up, encouraging her For- raid to bring him here. It's the first .1S'he rose to her Meet and stood
ward, time iver he's set foot on ma land, back.
"Keep close, lad," she whispered, and 't had best be the' last" Ile turn- "Nor 'ken, nor Garel she cried bit -
starting forward afresh. And the old ed to the great dog, "Wullie, Wttllie, terly.
dog ranged up beside her, shoving wad ye?" lie called; Come here. Lay At the words all .the softness fled
into her skirt, as through to let her 'feel ye doom—so-under ma• chair -good ,front the little man's face.
his presence. lad'. Noo's nothe time to settle wvi' "Ye do me a wrang, lass; ye do in-
1So they reached the top •of the hill; him"—nodding toward the door. "We deed," he said, looking up at her with HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Oot
and the house stood before them, can wait" Then turning to Maggie, an assumed.ingenuousness which, had
grim, unfriendly. OFFICERS ye .want him to mak' show at site known him `better, would have OFFICERS
The girl's' £ace was new quite white, the 'Trials two mouths hence, he'd warned her to beware. "Gin I kept Geo. R. McCartney, Seaforth Pres.
yet set; -the -.resemblance to her 'fath- James Connolly, Goderich - Vice -Pres.
best slot come here ,agin. Gin he where the lad was I'd be.the vairy
er was plain to see. With lips comp: -does, he'll no leave ma land alive; first to let you, and the p'lice, ken it Merton A. Reid, Seaforth-Sec.- Treas.
tarred and breath quick -coming, she Wullie'll see to lh,at. Noo, av,hat is 't too; eh, Waltiel het he!" IHe chuckled AGENTS
crossed the threshold, treading softly ye want' o' me?" at his wit and rubbed ,his knees, re- W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John
as though in a house of the dead. Murray, girl in the Dormer, scared al- Murray, R. R.,'3, Seaforth; E. R. G.
There she paused and lifted a warn- girdles of he contempt blazing in
most out of her senses by this last the girl's face, Jammouth, Brod'hagen; James Watt.
ing 'finger at her companion bidding occurrence, remained dumb:I canna tett ye where he .is now, B'lyt'h; C. P. Hewitt, Kincardine;
him ,half without; then slue turned to li'iAdamt marked her hesitation, and:'bpi-•ye)d :aibins care to hear o' when Wm. Yeo, Hblmesvilde.
the door on the left of the entrance Xlast." He turned ,the stair •• DIRECTORS:.
grinned sardonically. I saw him la
and tapped,. "'I see hoc 'tis," said he; "yet dad's :the better to address'her, "'Twas like William Knox, Lond'esboro; George
She listened, her head buried in the sent ye, A'inee before he, -wanted so: I was si'btin' in this vairy chair it Leonhardt, Brodlhagen; James Cori-
shawl, close to the wood panelling, soniethin' o' me,' and did he'come 'to was, asleep, when he crep upbehind nilly, Godenich; Alex, Broad'Eoo Ne
There was no answer; .she could onlyP t.
fetch ,it himself like a imam? Not he. an ,lop' on ma back, T knew naethin' 3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Blythe
hear the drumming of her heart. He sent the son bo rob the father_ o't till I foundteasel' on the floor an' George ,McCalrtney, No. 3, Seaforth;
She knocked again. From within Then, leaning 'forward in> his chair him kneelin' on me. I saw bythe look John Pepper, B:rucefield
came the scraping of a chair cautious- J'ammes SE.o1-
1 h d back, f b and glaring at the girl, "`Ay, and mair ion him he was'se't an ifinlshin'eme, so duce, Waltot; Thomas Moylan, No- h,
than that! The night the lad set. on 11 said'—" Seaforth.
me he cam""—with hissing emphasis "`Ya' kali yore yin', ;very word o't,"' Parties desirous to effect 'insuraact
—straight ;'front Kenniuir!" IHe paused she :cried. or transact other bissiness, will be
and stared at her' intently, and she The little 'man hitched his trousers, Promptly attended to by app'licatioua
was still dumb before him. "Gin I'd crossed his legs, and yawned. to any of the above named officers ad -
ben killed, 'Wullie'd ha' bin disquali- "An honest lee for an ,honest pee-
and
dressed bo their respective .post
fied from co•mpetin' for the 'Cu'p. With pose is a matter any man ' may he offices.
Adam MlAdam's Red .Well sot o' the proud o'f, as you'll leen by the time
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y s- on -e . qac , followed y a deep -
mouthed cavernous growl.
Her heart stood still, but She turn-
ed the handle and entered, leavinga
crack open behind.
On the far side of the room a little
man was sitting. !His -head was swath-
ed in dirty bandages, .and a bottle was
on the table beside hint. He was lean-
ing forward; his face was gray, and
there was a share of naked horror, in
his eyes. One hand grasped the great
dog who stood at his side, with yel-
low teeth glinting, and muzzle hid-
eously wrinkled; with the other he
pointed a palsied finger at her:
"Ma ',God! wha are ye?", he cried
hoarsely,
The girl stood] hard against the
door, her fingers ,still on the handle:
treon;bl;ng like an aspen at the sight,
of that uncan.nie pair.
That look' in the little man's eyes.
netrified her: the swollen pupil's:
lashless lids, yawning wide; the bro-
ken range .01 teeth in that "gaping
month, froze her very "soul, Rumors
of the man's insanity .tided back on
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you're nt•y.years, ma lass."
The girl •slowly crossed the room_
At the door she turned.
"Then ye'Il no ,tell me' wlteer he is?".
She asked• with .a heart -;breaking trill;
in her voice. •
"On era word, lass, 'I dinna tea,"
he cried, half passionately. .
"'On 'your word, Mr. M'Adaml
she .said with a . quiet scorn in her
voice that might have stung Iscariot-
The
scariotThe little matt spun round in his
chair, an angry red dyeing his cheeks..
In another moment he was suave and
smiling again,
'"T canna tel'( ye where he is noo,"
he said, unctuously; "but aiblims; P
could '•let ye 'know where he's gaein'
to."
,(To 'Be Continued)