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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-12-23, Page 2THE SNARE 13Y RAI'AEL SABATINI, The Master Tale -Teller, Author of "Bardelys the Magndfcent.' Another Stirring Story of Adventure and Love in a New Setting— The Peninsular War. WHO'S WHO. Lt. Richard Butler of the Irish dra- goons, on a foraging expeaitioe during Wellington's camlaign against the French in Portugal, commits an of- fence during a drunken revelry, which arouses the resentment of Portuguese officials, and disappears from his regi- ment. • Terence O'Moy, brother-in-law of Butler and adjutant -general, is visited her Forjas, Portuguese secre- t: :y of state, who warns Sir Terence that Butler must be shot for his of- fence, O'Moy promises. Principal Souza of the council of regency is opposed to Lord Welling- ton's plan .to devastate part of Portu- gal, and interferes with military op- erations until the. British commander- in-chief has issued the ultimatum that unless Souza be removed from the government he, Wellington, wid4 with- draw from the country. Una O'Moy, Sir Terenee's wife, and Butter's sister, hides Butler, unknown to her husband, Count Samovar avowedly an ardent supporter of Wellington, assures Una that he will aid Dick if given an op- portunity. Capt. Ned Tremayne, O'Moy's sec- retary, is in love with Sylvia A:rmytage Una's cousin, a clear -thinking, intelligent young lady. CHAPTER XVI.-(Cont'd.) "Sorry a difference will it males to me," said Sir Terence: "Anything from a horsewhip to a howitzer." And then recollection descending like a cold (rand upon him chilled his hot rage. "My God!" he said, and it was almost a groan. "A moment, Count," he cried. "I—I had forgotten. There is the general order --Lord Wellington's enactment." "Awkward, of course,", said Sarno- val, who had never for a moment' been oblivious of that enactment, and who had been carefully building upon it. You will remember that he was bent on obtaining the key which never left O'Moy's person. "But you should have considered it before committing your- self so irrevocably." Sir Terence steadied himself. "Ir- revocable or not, it will just have to be revocable. The meeting's impose ib e. D'ye think I want to face a firing party on your account?" "I don't think there is the .remotest likelihood of any shell contingency; replied Samoval. But O'Moy went headlong on. "And another thing. Where will I be find- ing nding a friend to meet your friends?" The' count considered. Under the ircumstances Sir Terenceand en- tirely to accommodate you, I might enteeytrtd dispense with seconds." Sir Terence was horrified at the suggestion. "You know that a charge of murder would lie against the sur- vivor." "Oh, quite so, 1 appreciate your considerate concern on the score of what may happen to are afterwards." "Afterwards? After what?" "After I have killed you." "And is it like that?" cried O'Moy, his countenance flaming again, his mind vesting all prudence to the winds. It fcaowed, of course, that Sir Ter- ence became as wax in the hands of Smnaral's desires. It was arranged that Sanioval should come to Monsanto the follow- ing night at 12 o'clock. And the duel ISMS to be hold in the grassy quad- rangle enclosed on four sides by the O'Moy mansion: "Excellent," said Samoval as the arrangements were completed. "Until to -morrow night, then, general!" CHAPTER XVII. THE DUEL. At a few minutes before '2 of the following night Sir Terence paced the quadrangle as he awaited Samoval. The windows that looked down from the four sides of that enclosed garden were all in darkness. The members of the household had withdrawn over an hour ago and were asleep by now. From distant Iiisbou carie softly the chines of midnight, .and immedi- ately there was a sharp rap upon the gates that ci'osed the archway, Sir Terence went to open the wicket, and Samoval stepped quickly over the sill. The two men bowed to each other in silence, and as Sanioval's cloak fell open he produced a pair of duelling swords swathed together in a of leather. Silently, and with no preliminary; conversation, Samoval removed the swathing from the swords, presenting the hilts to Sir Terence who took one and stood rilent, while Samoval tested his. "On guard," the count cried sudden- ly, anti on the words, without giving i i w Sri• Terence o much as time tocam- ph with the tnvitatdot he whirled his Rohe. straight end deadly at his op- ponent's body. But a ray of moon- light caught the blade and its livid flash gave. Sir Terence warning of the thrust tiro treacherously delivered. "Ye ni•urdernus villain," he snarled under his breath, as steel ground on steel, and he flung forward to the at- tack. With that they settled down to it. Samoval pressed Sir Terence back- ward until` they, were fighting close under the windows of the residential wing,. Sir Terence with hie back to them. S'eniuval facing them. It was Fate that placed them so. Fate that watched over Sir Terence, fox quite .udden1y, •even as he realized that Samoval held the tipper hand, was masts; of the situation, something happened. A light, flared up suddenly, to be as iseddeniy` extinguished, and it had its 'tiaurce itn°the window of Lady O'Moy's disseeing-resin, whish 'Samoval was facing, That flash drawing off the count's eyes for one instant, and Leaving them blinded` for another, had revealed him clearly at the same time to Sir Ter- enee. Sir Terence's blade darted in, driven by all that was left of lose spent strength, and Samoval, his eyes • 'un- seeinNg, failed tofind the other's steep until he felt it sinking through his body. His arms sank to his sides' quite nervelessly. Re swayed a mo- ment, then, suddenly limp, pitched' forward upon his face, Sin Terenoe, scarcely realizing what had taken place, stood quite still,. enraged and awed. And then from above, he caught a sibilant whisper: "What was that? 'Sh!" He stepped back softly •and -flatten- ed himself instinctively against the wall, looking up at the balcony in whose shadow he stood concealed, he sane two figures there—has wife's and another's --arid at the same time he caught sight of a rope lad'dei dangling from the balcony. And then to turn Borrill$ doubt into still more horrible cebainby came a roan's voice, subdued, yet not so subdued but that hie recog- nized it for Ned Tremayne's. There's some one lying there. I can make out the figure." "Don't go down! For pity's sake, come back. If any one should donne and find you we shall be ruined" Crouching there for a moment long- er, a man bereft of movement and of reason, stood O'Moy, conscious only of pain. Then very soft and silently he sidled ' :tothe door which he had left ajar, entered, and 'made his way to the little study where sometimes' he worked at night. I Wearily he entered and dropped into the chair that stood before his desk, his face drawn and ghastly, has smouldering eyes staring vacantly ahead. On the desk before him lay the letters that he had spent the pas hours in writing—one tohis wife; another to Tremayne, and" severe STANDARD OF QUALITY MAKE, FOR OVER 50 YEARS BETTER HOME MADE BREAD• Presently, as he advanced' into the quadeange, he disclosed the acquiline features of Coiquhoun Grunt. "Good evening, general. Good even- ing, Tremayne," he greeted one and the other, Then his eyes fell upon the body lying between them.. '"How has this happened,?" "That is what I was just asking Tremayne;" replied Sir Terence. "Muliies discovered him here quite by chance with the body" "Oh!" said Grant, and turned to the captain. "Was it you then?" "I?" interrupted. Tremayne with sudden violence. "Certainly not, Col. Giant. I heard a cry and I carie out to see what it was." "I see," said Grant. "You were with Sir Terenee, then, when this—" "Nay," Sir Terence interrupted. "I have been alone since dinner, clearing up some arrears of work." Then he. tuned to his secretary. "I think, Capt.' Trema ie ho said i•av • yr gravely, "that you had better report yourself under t' arrest_ to your colonel," Tremayne stiffened suddenly. "My I God, _Sir Terence, . you don't believe others connected with has official du- ties. Now it happened that among the latter there was one that was de- stined to play a considerable part, a note for the conrinissary-general upon a matter that commended immediate attention. In a ft. -tell of wicked inspiration, Si Terence realized how Tremayne could be made to pay for his treachery. By God—subtlety should be repaid with subtletly! Ice would deal with Tremayne as cruelly as Tremayne had dealt with hien; and his wanton wife, too should be repaid in kind. 1 e rose, took up the letter to the commnissary-genera'll stepped briskly to the door and pulled it open. "Mullins!" he called sharply. "Are you there? Mullins?" The door at the end of the corridor was thrown open, and Mullins stood silhouetted against the light behind him. "You called, Sir Terence?" "Yes." Sir Terence's voice was miraculously calm. "I am going to bed. But first I want you to step across to the sergeant of the guard with this letter for the commissary- general." 1i/billies bowed, as he received the letter from his master: "Certainly, Sir Terence." As he departed Sir Terence turned and slowly paced back to his desk, leaving the door open, His eyes had narrowed; there was a cruel, an al- most evil smile on his lips as he stood waiting. Oh, he would pay the score that lay between himself and those two who had betrayed him. They should receive teearhery for treach- ery, mockery for mockery, and for dishonor (death! "Sir Terence! Sir Terence! For God's sake. Sir Terence!" he heard the voice of his old servant. Sir Terence stepped to has door. "Why, what the devil—" he was be- ginning in his bluff normal tongs, when the servant, showing a white, scared face, cut turn short."A terrible thing, Sir Terence! Oh, the saints protect us, a dreaful thing! This way, sir 1 There's a man killed— Count Samoval, I think it is 1 In the quadrangle, sir!" "Count Samoval, did ye say? Im- possible!" and Sir Terence went out quickly followed by the butler. In the quadrangle the moon had overtopped the roof of the opposite wing, so that full upon the enclosed garden 1ell now its white light. There lay the `black still form of Santova] supine, and beside him knelt Tre- mayne, syno, whilst in the balcony above leaned her ladyship. The rope ladder, Sir Terenoe's swift glance observed, bad disappeared, He stepped forward and came to a standstill beside the two—his dead enemy and his living one. that 1 Sir Terence interrupted him. The voice in which he spoke was stern, al- most sad; but his eyes gleamed with fiendish mockery the while. "What were you doing here?" he asked. Tremayne stood stricken and silent. Su The answer was so easy,' but it would entail delivering Richard Butler to his death. And so for the sake of a man's life he was driven into falsehood. "T was on my way to see you," he said•. "To what purpose?" cried Sir Ter- ence on a note of grim doubt. "Really, Sir Terence, if my word is not sufficient, 1 refuse to submit to cross-examination." Sir Terence summoned the sergeant of the guard. ''How long is it since Capt. Tremayne arrived?" he asked.. "Capt. Tremayne, sir, arrived rath- er more than half an hour ago," was the answer. "Half an hour ago, eh?" said Sir Terence, and looked at Tremayne again. "I think you had better do as I suggest, Capt. Tremayne, repeat yourself under arrest to Col. Fletcher. in the morning; sir." Tremayne hesitated, then saluted curtly, and, without another word, turner and departed. In his wake went Cdk Grant, after taking his leave of Sir Terence. Icer ladyship vanish- ed fom the balcony, end finally Sir Terence slowly re-entered the house and turned into his study. (To be continued.) ' ee Minard's Liniment for Sore Back, CHAPTER XVIII.• Ilene ARREST "Why, Ned," O'efoy asked gravely, "how did this happen?" "Happen?" echoed Tremayne, rath- er dazoddy. "That le what I am won- dering. 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This applied t0 northern Quebec, Nova Seotl•a, norther" Ozitarto and Beltleb Columbia, Lite outstanding bunting gr'oun'ds or this country. Two Anieriean. hunters, Captain' Prank Donees and Jose:plt Sartori, called at the tourist department of the Canadian Pacific 'Railway in Montreal and a511te:1 for a trip to a read hard Minting gerund. The agent suggeeNted the Cariboo COntnt'y In B.C. They went In fora month and on their rad urn (le- otard it was a hunter's paradise second to none. Captain 1)onrlerat explained tett they had 'found what they were alter -a, hard 00u1)Lry..to hunt. hull this Ito said put the real joy in a hunting trip. It was a case of males sharpest wits against the unusual enemies or the gam. They i'eetnl'aiod with several moose, Lhree caribou; four mountain goats ens foto' coyotes, They were sttisiietl and happy and reiterated the statement or every linter that conies to Canada- -that its heating faciiitiee are the. ltnest iu existence.. 'wanting uality That is 'r51 wlaypeople insist on Seslada. Canada's- Petroleum Industry. e. .. D The, keen Interest evinced In the oil- drtlliug situation in Western Care&, and the possibility of that area be- coming a large $seducer, has some- what overeliadawed the importance of the petroleum proniuets industry,' whish has made steadry, and eubstan- tial progeess foam year to yrear and it now regarded as one of the leading •in- clustries in Canada. Last year the out- put of petroleum •produebs, from Cana- dean refineries and plants amounted. In. valve to '.$60,762,127. This value etas the highest shown for the Indus - FAMOUS LINES OFTEN MISQUOTED Diecussbon as to the ordgluad word- ing of Mrs. M,aiis rope opinion of com- •pairleome d&reots wtt'ention to the ten querucy wide which the epigrammatic expn'essions of authors a'ne misquoted in.,everyday talk laud`writing. Advo - rates of absolute corroctne'ss -shudder' at the liberties telbem with original texts. Tales for example Butler's fa- mous dln,es- "lie that eom,PNUes• against his will Is of lois cern opinion. still," which ams ttiva interpreted: "Con.vinoe a men against his will .and. he's of the same opiniha. stilly" or "persuade a mail against his welly" etc., which Is not quite so mean ngthese, for although a man may he peisntaded against his will, he cannot he eeuvinoed. That quotations from the Bible should be mauled is, surprising, but it Is trine. here are a few: Cocutect-"It ie not gored' that men should be alone'; inemerect—"It is not good that a man. should dive alone." Correct—"Behold, theme ards'eth a little •ebmd out of tine .sea like a maces hand"; tnnonn+eot—"A cloud• no beeger than a man's hand:" Correct—"In the mtulbhhutle of coaem- selars there 1s safety"; lsrcoirect—"Int the multitude of counselors there is wisdom.' Coerect- "There is no new thing under the sunt"'; iNneorreet—"There Is nothing new under this sun." ornett--':That he mayn C run that readeth it"; 1aeorreet—"He that runs may read." Correct—"The laborer Is worthy of his reward"; Incorrect—"The laborer is worthy of his hire." A much quoted lino of Shake spsai•o'a, "All that gldeters is not gold," has beers r'end'ered, "All is not gold that glitters" and "All that glitters is not gold." 'Glister's.evidently does not appeal. ' "The play's the thing," quoted of 1 - times with approval by •critices, actual- ly requires the succeeding sentence, "Wherein I'1l catch the cousclonce of the king," to complete its meaning. "A Tose by any .surer name would smell as sweet," le really p'neoadel by the words "That which we call;" but it is e'edont gored. I•t is a s'emta•rkable fact that Shake- speare is mare misquoted than ony other vette?. "Though hen benutti- ness, yet theo•e's method in it," be- come•v there's method in his nuad- nes•s. Misery acquaints a man web strange bedfellows" is renderel "Mee fortune snakes a. mann acquainted with," etc "It's an 441 wind that blows nobody any goody" is the, general way in which. Thomas Tuaser la' misquoted. Tassel' wrote; "Except wined attendee an new:er tt stood, It is an ill winds turns none to good," I Lord Brooke wsete more than three, hundred rase% ago, "Anti onit of /abut as soon es out. of sight," which to now serversed in "Out of eight i0 out of mind." "She and. eomperisons are. odious,' wrote Dr, John Donne, and he Is variously interpreted, Even Bee Jonson, speaking of S'hekespeanuek "smelt/ Latin and less Gr+eoek " has' "little' substituite•d. for sneak." Mil'=! ton's "human, farce .diviner' gets "forme'; I for faze, • and "all" is adopted Por I "neighboring!' In the tenuous. lane, "the l cynosure of neighboring eyes," John Morrie, 1657-1711, wrote "like angel's visits shoat and. bright," and Robert Blair, 1699-1746, had It "like those of angels shont and far be-; tween" an'd Thomas Campbell adopted the yseietfinemit In "PleesNures o1 Hope"; as "like angels' visits, few mid far be- tween." The :man who quotes' geteral-' ly says 'like a'ng'els' visit's', few ant far between.." 11Iatthtuw I'rlon•,s "i*ii+tue Is her own reward," is, always quoted. with "its" for "her." Adidision's! "The wo,mam that deliberates• is lost is spoiled: by l "hesitates." Congre1ve's "Nor ]cell a fury like a woman scorner" is mis- i quoted as "hes] leas,' •eito. Pope's"A 1'iittle teaamiug is a dangerous.. thtug" 1 els given its "a little Iteowledge," whdeh senders it perhaps, , less meaningful; and "welcome the croming, speed' the golvg guest" leas the mere elegant t, "dopaa•teeg" iu $arca•. Gray's Elegy may dive' forever ands ennon r n,o is quotations, too. "The:, kept the noiseless tenor of their way" le quoted by ninety-nine out of a hun- dred persons with 'i•ven tenor" Cow- per's "Variety is lite eery spice of life" invariably hat; the every" omitted. Orabbe's 'Pe three a wi•li, then wisdom finds : a ;r" fines acceptance as "Weeme..,oltere's, a will thei+e's a way." Buruss'-q "sorste wee sleet lioue" 4's em - target to dee wee slroa•t hems"; Wordsworth s "the nod de's first" is given with "young" stcbetitutetl t'or try sines 1922 and compares with outs put values of $49,411,067 in. 1924 and 346,280,534 In 1923. . There were, 13 refineries acid 8 Meets manufacturing only lubricating ofd's, greasle'S, etc., in operation with tine Dominion last year, according to a report issued by the Bureau of Sta- tisti•es. Of the 13 renner, les to open, - tion 3 were inOntario, 3 in Alberta, 2 In Quehee, 2 in British 'Columbia, ands 1 each in Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan; and of the 8 plants .producing lubricating silly, greases, ole., . 4 were in Ontario, 2 in Quebec and 1 ,each in New Brunswick and Alberta. These piawts represeent- ed a capital Investment of 350,580,549. The 'Industry gave employment to 8,738 -persons .last year ,to when salaries and wages totalling 35,775,046 were paid, General Analysts. - An analyslts of production shows that gasoline was' the most valuable product manufactured. by the tnduatiy during 1925, having amounted to 165,- 769,475 imperial gallons, valued at 327,- 917,151. This is an tnepease of op: proximately 6,600,000 gallons ill quan- "One seep above an! subllms makes the rlllctulaus" is found in Paine's "Age of ReatCon" end it is invariably bungled. ])Israeli's "Everything tomes 1f -a man will oily wait" has been mie quoted in a dozen ways, Incident. A 1311-ot-au-lelf &'ante filppiting clown From whore she lived In leaerie Town. She was bored in the Lands 01 I'aerie, And silo wanted to work lin a dlxiry. The Guard at the Border lowered hie spear, "No Illi or Goblin creases here. Witches a :1 Will -o' -the -Wisps go through, This Pass Is not for the. likes• of you. Go back to the Town of l aegis: You are much too pert and airy." The Bit -of -an -Elf was young and slim, Ansi site frowned a, d'neadfal frown at ]ting "Tire Mortal Lauds are wide and fair With cows and goats et pasture there, That this Is true I surely. know, For the \Vil•l-o'-the-Wisps have told Ire so. 1 ant bored in the Lands of Faerie And 1 want to workin a dairy." Said the. Guard, "What is ells tele you're told? Your hair its it happens is match too gold; Your voiec too sweet and your lips too red And youa• eyes too dark," is what he seise. "The E intent!. I ids tire noI faru Yo .• It wouldn't be safe to lei yen through! 'You go and dames in your Faerie Ring 13y the light or tete inooit. This is just the thing! The Guard was big and burly And his voice was rcuglt and early. The Bit -or -on -BR was young and ^slim And sha co;a:e:i a petty 11080 at him: ":The Mork' Lauds; ere wide and fair, With people always working there—• smile turn my lips from re:i to blue 11 it happened that color appealed to you, And n>.ake my eyes all light and queer.;. But it isn't worth while. Put ftp that spear! 1 lin,bored in the Lands of Facile.": And—she, went to work hi a dairy. -Alberta Ba, seetl•. Mlnard's Liniment for. Colds, 1 Eruption of the Populace. Tourist (in Nuiiles) ltsaveus, what' Is that roar Mt. emu -vies? Guide "No---Mnasolind to here to- day." ." . lrposeibte, The Boss ---"Robert, I bops you try to save half of what y"ou sewn." Office Bog'—"I don't get that muab, "Big Saving to You' 06 SETS and SUPPLIES 1 At Practically Wholesale Prices.. 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The output of kerosene dropped off from 61,296,286 gallons valued at 87,- 487,457 to 46,012,666 gallons valued at 35,967,298 last year. Lubricating oils showed a Might gain last year increas- ing in quantity from 15,467,084 gallons to 15,775,654 gallons and in value from $8,058,199 to $3,129,228. There was.ltttie or no ohaiug.e in the outputof pott'oleuni s'plrlts•, gi-$aye, wax and candles, asphalt, and petro- leum coke. It is of intermit to nate that the quantity of Canadian crude oil need in manufacturing processes last year amounted to 12,337,192 int- peola:l gallons, as oompered with 5,172,- 903 gallons in 1924, an lemmas° of about 150 per cent. e Exports and Imports. .Exports of petroleum and Its pro- ducts from Canada are necessarily small, as tb•e Dominion is in the Posi- tion of not being able to fulfil all Its own requh'eanenta. 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