HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-01-06, Page 2BY RRAFAEL SABATINI, i
The Master Tale -Teller, Author •of "Bardelys the Magnificent." Another
Stirring Story of Adventure and Loy in a New Setting -
The Peninsular War.
WIlO'S WITO.
icl e
lard B `_ ;r rh
ut cr lieutenant t
rsh i)ragoons during. Wellington's
campaign in Portugal, commits an
offence during a drunken revelry, ar-
ousing the iesentmeni of Portuguese
official's. He disappears from his regi=
,bells.
Terence O'Moy, brother-in-law i -law of
yr b 1 l
butler, and adjutant -general, is corn-
pel.ed, to promise that Dick will be
shot when taken. I
Una O'Moy, Sir Terence's ' young
wife, concea.s her brother Dick.
Capt. Ned Tremayne, O'llioy's, sec -.I
rotary, promises toheip get Dick out
of. the: country: Tremayne is in love
with. -Sylvia; Armytage, but Sir Ter-
ence is jealous ef his friendship with.
Lady O'Moe,: Tremayne is, :found
stooping over the body of Count Samo-
val, ,who has been Milled in a duel by
Sir Terence, and is accused of the'
'. He cannot clear himself with-"
out revealing the -fact that Dick But-
ler�
is in ,]tiding.
Co:quhoun Grant, Wellington's see -
ret agent, arrives' on the' scene in time
to . hear Sir Terence ()eider Tremayne
under arrest for disobeytmg Welling
ton's enactment against duelling. I'
CHAPTER XX. kt
"A queer, mysterious nysterdous business this
death of Samoval, said Colonel Grant
to Wellington as they sat alone to
gether in the enclosed garden. "It'
would be easier to read," he continued,
"if it were not for the duelling swords,
Those point unanswerably to a duel.
Otherwise there would be considerable
evidence that Samoval was a spy dealt
with out of hand as he deserved."
Mow? Count Samoval a spy?" t
"In the French interest," answered'e
the colonel' without emotion, "acting
upon the instructions of the Souza
faction," And Grant proceeded' to re-
late precisely what he knew of Sumo-
val.
Lord Wellington sat awhile in sil-
ence, cogitating.
"Is this the evidence of which you
spoke?"
"By no means," was the answer. He
produced . a little wallet bearing the
mita "S" surmounted by a coronet:
"I thought it as well before I •left last
night to make an examination of the
body. This is what I found, and it
contains these to which I would draw
your lordships attention. First this."
And he. placed in Lord Wellington's
tie a o oggrrap note from the
Prince of Esslingen introducing the
bearer, M. de la Fleche, his confiden-
tial agent, who would consult with the
Count, and thanking him_ for the valu-
able information already received
from him.
His lordship sat, down again to read
the letter. "It is a till confirmation
of what you have told me," he said
calmly.
"Then this," said Colonel Grant,
and he placed upon the table a note in
French of the approximate number
and disposition of the British troops
in Portugal at the time. "Now this,
sir." He unfolded a small sketch map,
bearing the title also in French:
Probable position and extent of the
fortifications in the Torres Vedras
section. And he added "I have kept
-"the best for the last." He unfolded
'het another document, and •placed ' it
an the hands of the 'Commander -in-
Chief., It was the note abstracted from
the dispatch carried by Captain Gar-
field.
His lordship's lips tightened as he
considered it. "San -meal's death was
timely indeed, damned timely; and the,
man who killed hint deserves to be
mentioned in dispatches. By the way,
when does Tremayne'e court-martial
alt?"
I have just heard that Marshall'
Beresford has ordered it to sit on
Thursday here at Monsanto."
His lordship considered. "Perhaps
I shall be present. I may be at Torres
Vedras until then. It is :a very odd.
affair. What is your own impression
of it, Grant?"
Grant smiled darkly. "I have been
piecing things together, and the result
is rather curious.
"You shall tell me about it as we
nide into Lisbon. I want you to come
with "me. Lady'O'Moy must forgive
Me if I take French leave, since she
- is nowhere to be found."
CHAPTER XXI:"
THE. EVIDENCE.
Tho board of officers convened by
Marshal Beresford' to form the court
that was to try Capt. Tremayne was
ppresided over by Gen, Sir 1•Iar-ry
t"tripleton, who was in command of the
British troops quartered in °Lisbon. It
included amongst others, the adjutant -
general, Sir Terence O'Moy; Col.
Fletcher of the Engineers, who had
come in- haste from Torres Vedras,.
having first desired to be included in
the board chiefly, on account of his
friendship for Tremayne, and. Maj.
Carruthers, The lunge -advocates
task of conducting the ease against
the prisoner was deputed to the
quartermaster of Tremayne's own
regiment, Maj. Swan,
• The court being swore, Capt. Tre-
'.ifrotk.who entered. It was Lord Wel-
lington.
"A chair here for me, if yqu g'ease,
sergeant;' he. calved and, when -it was
fetched, teolc his seat at the end of the
table, immediately facing .the prose-
cutor,
• Col. Grant continued end canehided
his statement of what he had seen and
heard on the night of the 28th of May
in the garden at Monsanto,
The judge -advocate now invited him
to turn his memory back to the lunefl-
eon party at Sir Terence's on the 27th,
and to tell the court of the altercation
mayue'was brought in by the provost
marshri's guard and given a: stop
placed irnmediately -before and a few
paces from the table. He had dee=ire
a.: offers of a friend to represent him
on the grounds that the court 0001
not possibly afford him a case t
that had passed on that occasion be
1 tween Capt Tremayne' and Count
Sa oval Grant gave t
clear account
d of the incident •of Ned's slurring -re-
mark, and Samovel's rage.
ti i "Have you any questions for the
o witness, Capt. .Tremayne?" inquired
the •judge -advocate; at the conclusion;
of Grant's story.
As before, Capt. Tremayne's.answer
_ was in the negative, coupled witli the
,now usual, admission that Col. Grant's
statement accorded perfectly with his
own recollection of the facts.
The judge -advocate called Priv.
Bates, who had been on sentry duty on
_ the night, of the 2Sth, to corroborate
v_ the evidence of the sergeant of the"
guard as to the hour at which'tho
prisoner had driven up to Monsanto,
"Priv. Bates having been heard, Maj.
Swan announced that he did not pro-
pose to cell -any further witnesses, and
resumed his seat. Thereupon, to the
pres'ident's invitation, Capt. Tremayne
replied that he 'had no witnesses to
call at all.
"In that case, Maj. Swan," said Sir'
Harry, "the court will be glad to hear
you further."
And. Maj. Swan came to his -feet
again to address the court for the
prosecution.•
(To be continued.)
"How say you, then, Capt. Tre-
mayne?" the
judge -advocate ch 11eeig-
ed him, as the president finished read
Ing" the charge against the prisoner
Are you guilty of 'these charges e
not guilty?"
3
Not guilt
The opening address finished, the
butler., Mei sd h
u er, u .ins, was called to the
wit
nese strand. tie t t d' h' t
ons y, but aecu
y,beginning with
otr > er0nce s caking him to take a
letter to the sergeant•of 'the guard
and. ending 'with Treniayhe's arrest
He was not questioned by either Tr-
mayne or the court.
The next witness was Sir. Terence
who gave his evidence quietly from his
place at the board immediately on the
presidents right. • He was pale, but
other wise composed, and his evidence
was no nwe'e than a confirmation of
what Mullinis, had said.-
Invited'- to cro'ss-examine the wit-
ness, Capt. Tremayne declined, admit=
ing freely that ;all that Sir Terence
had said was strictly true. Then Car-
ruthers, who, appeared toe be intent
to act as the prisoner's friend, took
ip the examination of his chief.
"It is, of course, admitted that
Capt. Tremayne enjoyed free access to
Monsanto practically at all hours in
his capacity as your military secre-
tary; Sir Terence?"
"Admitted" said Sir Terence.
"And it is therefore possible that
he might have come upon the body of
he deceased just as Mullins came
pen it?"
"It is possible; certainly. The evi-
dence to conte will no doubt determine
whether it is a tenable opinion."
"Admitting this, then, the attitude
in which Capt. Tremayne was discov-
ered would be a perfectly natural one?
It would be natural' that he should
investigate the identity and huitt of
the man he found here'?"
"Certainly."
"But it would hardly be natural
that he should linger by the body of a
man he had himself sl,' thereby in-,
Curring the risk of bei 'scovered•?"
"That is • a questio he court
rather than for me."
"Thank you, Sir Te
else entre
Sir Terence resumed h s s
'Lady O'Moy was called.
She carne in very white and trey, -
ing, accompanied by Miss Armytage.
' The oath administered, she was in-
vited gently by Maj. Swan to tell the
court what she- knew of the case be-
fore them.
"But -but I know nothing," she
- faltered in evident distress, and Sir
Terence, his elbow " leaning on the
table, covered his mouth with his hand
that its movements might not betray
'him. His eyes glowered upon her with
a' ferocity that was hardly dissembled.
"Will' you be good' enough to tell the
court, Lady O Moy, how you came to
be upon the balcony?" asked the ma-
jor. Nervously she dabbed her lips
with a handkerchief before answer-
ing mechanically as she had been
schooled
"I heard a cry, and I ran out-"
"Yoe were in bed at the time, of
course?"
quoth her husband, inter-
rupting.
I "What on earth -has that to do with
it Sir Terence?" the president rebuk-
ed him-
"The question, sir, does not seem to
inc to be without point," replied 0'-
Moy. "It is intended to enable us to
-for man opinion as to the lapse of time
between her ladyship's hearingthe
cry and reaching the balcony."
Grudgingly the president admitted
the point, and the question was re-
peated-.
"Ye -es," came Lady O'Moy's,trensu=
lous faltering answer, "I was in bed."
"1#ut not asleep -or were you
asleep? rapped O'Moy •again.
' 1 viae not asleep," she told the
court. "I heard the cry, and ran to
the balcony at once. That -that 'is'
all.'
"But what did yeti see from the bal-
cony?" asked Maj. Swan.
"I saw'a man lying on the'gronnd,
and• another kneeling over him, and
then -almost at once -Mullins came
out, and'---".'
"I don't think we need take this
any further, Mn.jSwan," thepresi-
dent again interposed. "We ave
heard. who happened ''after Mullins
conic out,"
"Unless the prisoner wishes-" be -
gen the judge -advocate,
"By,no means," said, Tremayne com-
posedly.
And so, Lady O'Moy made hen way
with faltering steps to' the benches
ranged against the side wall, and'sat
there to; hear the remainder of the
proceedings. ...
Tre-
mayne
THE 'WALLET.
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New York city, satrt it throe years' Course
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ISSUE No. 2-J27.
CHAPTER dal,
AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL.
After the uninteresting and per-
functory evidence of, the sergeant of
the guard who testified that Tremayne
had -arrived at Monsanto a half-hour
before the •body was discovered, the
prisoner way ordered under arrest, the
next. witness celled was Col ,Grant,
his testimony was strictly in accord-
ance with the facts which we know
him to have witnessed, but when he
Was in the middle of hisstatement an
interruption occurred.
A door operle and the mennbers of
the court looked around in :sharp an-
noyance, which changed instantly to
respectful surprise, There was a
scraping of chairs and they were all
on their feet in token of the eespect
for the slight mean in the gray undress
"Accepted."
"Accepted!" What a loveeome word!
What tingly, twinkly thrills are. stirred
In all who hear it!
Or gee it written on a page!
In every land, in every age,
They rise and, cheer it'.
But there are only two, perchance -
The lover' and the torn free laace- ,
Who taste' its flavor
In fullest, finest plentitude,
With rosy raptures most endued,
Its sweetest savor!
And of these two, 1, dare attest;
The Torn free lance comes off first best
- At every season,
Nearest to peace of heart's (Metre, '
"Eh?" Yon full doubtfully inquire!
Well -here Is reason:-
The lover, when he hearo„that word-
Although to rapture Ire is stirred -
Begins to double
Exertious, toils, anxieties]
Oft the beginning that word ds
Of stacks of trouble!
Flight 'of'the..Swans
{ Picture tl em far ab0ua the 6hore oi.
the' Puler Ocean, as army of a thews -
and of tivo •thousand ewans, just
launching forth upon their'stmpen"dous
journey, challenging with loud, ecdu1
•ant trumpetings. the leagues that lige
before them. "There is none to hear
;those wild voices, for their strong
wings have lifted them to an altitude
unattainable by the lesser tribes of
the air. They look down, pferhaps, up-
on regiments of brown cranes and
shore birds of 'many 'duds, but above -.,: - ' •
them they see only the untraveled void
an dile a� r
t 1. Northe n sk ?ey
•Th . fly GREEN TE
In a Mag.w•ed e,sha ed phalanx, like
,- .�. p. P T71
the ariniee. Of the geese; but they Sty
faster' by far than any
gen or duck,- u .
Z is,39 far t; must,
delicious.ASHtier it.
and; yet the.,beet of their wide white� �;
pinions is deliberate and unhurried, as
though they held half their power in
reserve. Seen from the earth, they
are far -above the watchers on the
earth -they are highea• than, the'elouds
-they are higher than the toes of the
tallest mountains; and viewing fro
so vast a distance, their passage aorose
the sky, we know that,.nnajestic as that
spectacle • is, we can not realize its full
majesty,.'and stateliness.
What if we could mount unseen to
some •lofty air station, close beside
their `route and•, waiting.; there, _watch
them come on? How the heart quick-
ens at the thought! Ando etteryet
would it be to watch beside their sky
lane -above the. peaks of the Alle-
ghanies,:let us say- on a day .when
their long journey neered its mid, and.
a winter gale had overtaken them in
full flight, mid the air was dense with
squalls and Sui'rles of snow.
We could not see "them then as they
approached, for' the shifting curtains
of the storm would hide them until.
they were almost at hand; but fax off
we could hear them coming, the silvery
clangor of their voices swelling louder
and louder, Oiling a1.1 that solitude with
wild, melodious sound. Then' sudden-
ly
udden
ly out of the murk they would burst
Into view -fantastic, dim, white forme,
looming tremendous in the . pallid
light, their long necks outetretched,
their wide wings rhythmically rising
and falling, powerfully smiting the •
snow and sweeping it aside in swirls-
and eddies, &'resistibly carving a pees -
age through the. storm;; and one by
one they would go luii•tling by, swan
after'awae, shape after shape, like the
ghost's of lost ships of Lhe air until all
the hundreds of them had passed, and
the, wind: of their.. pinions had died
away, and the chime of their voices
was a sound. no lodger.,,. .
.A dream, a vision? No . for
these things .hap4tgn. Every winter,
they happen, If only we could be theme;
to gee them. ., . The Wild swans
come every year acrd -may be seen in!
their thousands on Curritncic Sound
and the waters of the Chesapeni e and, I
n smaller' numbers, front. Lake Erie'
o the Gulf coast awl along the Pacific
stores. -Herbert Ravanel Sass,
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Organ!:
ation of Srass Band
Not Difficult.
Many a half asleep, stagnant town
has.been aroused and stimulated into
n a live, prosperoue community largely
as the result of a brass band.
During the summer months bind
s
concerts on the public square cestailniy
do attract trade, - not' only from the
town' people, but from the rural' dire
tricts surrounding. • This Is Well
proved by the feet that whenever once
established the town band` finds hearty
support on the part of local merchants.
Still farther,' a_ good band wilt en
gender'' pa•kle': g2 oitiesenahip, provide
much advertising to the town and.
serve _es a -strong influenee to kelp
young folks at home instead of break-
ing away to other fields.
Heretofore it lifts been customary to
look upon a,brass band as an assein
blage of musicians. In recent years,.
however, with various• aetivitles that.
are organized, the brass band has
taken oda different aspect, so that we
now find community beside, village
bands, .city bands, lodge bands., fac-
tory bands, peace, firemen, Boy Sod&
bande 'etc.
.At first thought one might think or-
genizing a band was a big job, but
when you.analyze the matter' you will
see that it is not difllcult. Every com-
munity. or organization has in its mem-
bers a certain nunnber of people who
can play more or less proficiently up-
on some band instrument, In addition
to these, there are always several who
are ambitious to learn and would glade
ly take' up the study if these were any
Incentive to do "so. '
To get a band together; ^first make
up tivo lists -one of persons who you
know' play some instrument, and an-
other ldst of persons who you think
are musically inclined and would be
interested. Then drop a line to these
persons, announcing a mass meeting-
for
eeting
foo' the purpose of organizing. a band.
Hold your meeting at some central
location on some evenliig that will be
convenient for all to attend. Arrange
to have a few of your local mereheats
on hand and appoint was of them tem-
porary chairman. of the meeting,
Explain to the crowd the advantage
to both the eoinmunity and individual,
laying particular streae blpou the plea-
sure and personal satlsfaeotion of play
iug in a band. Then explain that 11 Is
Possible to secure progressive band
books adapted to even the youngest
baud.
Yoit will find enthusiasm taking root
and before you know 1t you will have
a nucleus of a real band.
Of course, it stands to roanon that It
Lakes money to heap a band together
until it can put itself 0n 0 self•sus-
treeing basis. Therefore,• have it un
deasteod that each member is to pro•
vide his own inetrumen1. This will
work hardship on none, because any
1,0rsoli .who doss not have.reeslycash
can buy an instrument on easy terms
from any retailer. 11 will cast some-
thing far music and tun instructor to
get the band properly started, and
leis exponee is generally gladly borne'
Iy .local merchants- Marc, indeed .is
he local merchant' who will not cheer-
filly and freely support a brass band
-h0 Icnowe that every dollar he,puts
nto it is returned many tinge's over.
rherefole, put the matter squarely up
0 your local merchants, as 0 clean -
et, legitimate business proposition;
xp:laip to them -that in all ,probability
assistance will only be needed at the
!ret. -
]tile the free lance may stretch, may i
slouch t
Upon his rich, soft. wide plushcouch 1
(Thus all free lances -I) '
And yawn serenely, smugly!
None pities the rash editor
Who 'leek stub chances!
--Minie Leona Upton, t
- A Disappointment.
Mr, Smith --"You look disappointed
with that parcel the postmen has just
brought you" .
Mrs. Smith --"Yee. 1 saw air adver-
tisement for a device that was guar-
anteed to keep down gas bills so I
wrote for one."
"And what have they sent you?"
"A paper weight."
For Cords-Minard's Liniment.
• You Cannot Find—.
--one great inventiou whose !even -
or -was not called a fool at some time.
-A savier of the world wile has not
been 'crucified at some Lime. -
- A real prophet who has not suf
erect some etonings.
A social •convention that has not
had some good reason for its exist-
ence.
-Any- law that does not work tla in-
justice at some time. J,.
--Any traffic rule that will protect
the item who runs past t.lie signs,
-Any' excuse that will :quiet 'your
colisciell a indeiln�itely.'
WOMAN HOLDS HEAVIEST JOB IN SHOPS
AR rs.-Anna11e11e Cooper, of Battle
1lYY�A Creek, Mich., to use her own
words, "was broke." '
That was in the war days when
jobs which formerly were_ consider-
ed strictly the prerogative df niers,
were .going to women for the first
time. --Women, were being employed
in railroad` drops, and Mia. Cooper
was one of those who secured work
at the Canadian National Railways
shops at Battle Creek.
Today she holds the heaviest
in the shops; a job ;of thril'�ls, and; is
a lone woman among a chola 'Twine
of 600 ;nen. Her's ss the jolt of
operating alt the,creees •ghat 1 ift
locomotives which come into, the.
Shope for repairs, 'some 'off" the
engines weighing more than 150
tons ' A11'day long she -works ort
her little narrow platforre, from 42)
to 65 feet' in the air. And during
the years of her work she has never
had the slightest mishap: Anmong
other things it is her duty, to detect
defects in the wiring, fingers, t
.con-
tacts and brushes of the cranes and
see that they are kept iii repair. t
And to all the Bilis, Joes, and Jims
in the shops she is "Annabelle." I
Shewent into the shops, with 26
other women, and with armistice i.
and readjustment the ' others went ' c
back to .household or office tasks.
Mrs. Cooper stuck to her job. She
was filling the shoes of both father I
and, another to her little daughter
Hilda, and her job meant a great
deal to her.
"I love any home and my child,"
she said. "Of course, the work in the
shops is not a woman's environment.
As it is the practical thing to do, s
I waaaoverails while doing my work.. .,
When T. din through for the day 1 i
leave that side of ray, life behind me
and go home housekeeping for the
rest of the day. My one desire is to:
give my little child an education and' s
the thinn. that other children have. e
I love my work since I became used
ttohit.ank yoTruad!e jobs with anyone? No,
"
Undoubtedly the most powerful
lifting device in Battle Creek, the
huge crane operated by Mrs. Cooper
is inti by .a travelling motor of 50
horse pew;er'ansi -toio hoisting noo-
tors of, 50 horse power, one on each
carriage. The bridge of the crane
runs on rollers which are attached
to .each end. The bridges of all the.
cranes have, .the entire ,sweep' of. the
erecting Mending, MUD fag the full
length of the ship. The largest
crane, which lifts' locomotives, is 65
feet in the any while the smaller
cranes are about 15 feet low=ex. With
the hand of a skilled mechanic, Mrs.
Cooper operates the levers which
whisk 1.50 -ton engines high HO the.
air, swing, them over the top of
other locomotives and place them On
other tracks where they are to be
a'epaired and adjusted.
Altogether there are• eight Orange
in the. shop'to be operated ::and ins
'Specter] by 'Mrs, Cooper. They vary,
in lifting. strength from 160 • tons to
5 tons.
Mlroard'e Liniment for chapped hands.
The Problem. , .
-
The ,professor of astronomy ' had
bown iris fair visitor all through the
ibseeeetory, •and explained the work
11 minute detach -
"I can understand how a new star
night be discovered," she remarked
n eetly "but. ]tow de you clever people
ver find out ifs name?"
In His Head.
"Now,' sold lbe echool-Inspecto.r,
"give me.a definition of space."
Conl'my stood ep,_Gustered end red.'
]lease; sir," he stammered "spare
where they e' is nothing. ,• r-1' osdm't.
replain it exactly bat t haveitn hi my
ad all right, sir!"
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• "Poor Smitles home is sadly neglect-
ed."
"Yes, his wife is interested in pri-
San -reform, pure politics and clean
plays: ".
Canada's F'qupinent far.
Caring for Sick.
People are, for the'`inesj part,beizsd
of .the fact that Canada is a land. of
far-flung.; boa,ieas and. intim:as 0
tianoes hat it is another in;? er`to keep
up. with the steadily 1110000rvg stream
of information showing how : far the
natdtou has p-vo.gr,essed In crying out
theof caring- for ti E -.tie
t -duty c r the v i i a
Y
f
i l ioisns. -Canada has ons, tl
is c t , re
10051 healthful of climates but when
the ,results oL' ,rccdesit or dl.oemee,have
to be cembatui;' theory and mantic -4
both suggest that, a properly equipped
is
and staffed bosllltal a gr�rt.aJd. To
eaeertainewhat Our equipment: was in,
this regard the Depertnteart of I-lealith ,
took a,census of hesleitals four 1925, amu]
has ,i ;sued a bullkein giving the re-
sults.
There are 676 hospitale far Canatte,
nettiucludtng those fee meatta.l patiently
or sanitariums for tubeutculotiis pa;
tients. Of. theee 288 ars public host-
vitals, 259 private, and 29 lied Grose.
As might be expected the public- hos-
pitals nate by far the largest unitn.
Pisey,avet'age a littlemaye• 66.beds per
hospital; private hospitals average 8%
beds each, and Red- Grose hostpatade, 6
beds:each. Geaueeng a1'r hoepitels to-
gether the following' table Shows the
number of hospitals and number , oe
beds in each province:- '
Province Hospitals Beds
Nova Scotia .. ... 29 1,313
New Brumswit;k ..... , 20 933
Prtnoe Edward Island. 3 186
Quebec 48
Ontario 176 ',
Manitoba„46
Ss,skatcbewan... 115
Alberta 132
British Columbia .. 101.
Yukon 3
Northwest Territories3
4,012
9,995
2,872
2,247
2,871
3,537
72
29
” Totals. 676 .28,078
The report contains a map of: Can.
ada 'showing where; each hospital is
located and] it is-lateresting to note
how fair these agencies .of healing
penleti'C•trte into our gt'e•s't hinterland,
Of equal interest as showing how. -
rapidl'y the work le growing is a note
on the back page to the effect that
thirteen hospitals have been opeweci
in 1926 which axe not included in the
body of the report.. These comprise
the Presbyterian Church heepi-tale at
South Porcupine, Ontario, and Me-
Murray, Alberta; the United 'Church
hospi'tal at Eriekedale, Manitoba; the
Roman Cabhodic hospital at Vilna; Ai
berta; a •private hospital at Campbell -
Hivar, British Columbia; and the.
Church of linglaavd hospital at Aklavik,
Northwest Teitritorlee, The- foliowinnif
seven Rend Crecy outpost hospitals- at
the points lndieated• complete this list,
Reclean, Kirkland Lake, and Tied Lake;
Ontario; Bracken anti Wood Moue
tato, Saelcatchewnn; end -Beaver Lodge
and Killasn, Alberta,
.-ea
The Merchant Sator Cowes
• Homo.
L
'rite train seems to go sioii•er and
slower. At last it reaches the long,
stingy station. One anxiously scat's
the platform, as the train pull's in, for
a glimpse of -a familiar lace. "This' is
of no aver]. We .could hardly expect
to see friends there unless they kpew
of our coming.
We go, slowly up the street toward
the 'waiting bas,'our eyes all of the
time drinking in the old familiar
sights. The buildings are 'as gold
friends greeting us :after cur menthe
of wanderings. -We unconsciously
quicken our pace.
The driver of the bus„ happens to
giance ear way and upon recognizing
us, hastens, over to shake our hand.
It gives us a pleasant thrill to find
someone. we knew. The bus, after a
few mieutsee of waiting for stragglers,
begins its trip. 620 are on the last
leg of our journey. Haw green and
beautiful 'the countryside appears as
we glide along the highway! The high
hills towering above the winding' road
are covered by dense forests with here
and there a huge patch of green. They
leak a giant's checker -board.
IIal there .is the bridge over the
creels -which indicatesthat we are half-
-Way ]tome.: We now nave only two
and a half miles to go. '
The bus jars' to a step in front of
the country store. This is opposite
our destination. We are impatient as
we search for the fare. The driver
aktwly court's out the change. 11 hill'
pie realizes what this moment means,
The bu i`resums. its speed] while eve
are aroseing the thoroughfare. Hew
pretty- and old-fashioned the house
looks, under the horse chestnut tree.
The lawn is so green and clean.,The
pure inoinetaitn air giver pleaeu& to
the lungs after their experdenceewfth
the'cit.y grime and 'dust.
\Vs de -mover sem:eerie :looking ,oat
f the kitchen` Window to "see who got
off tate bus. The curious sue gives a
Stalk, of stn pa lee. Theti•.'tie are Slid-
enly souround:ed with a bevy of lou
ng folks, Their laughter, huge enol
kiisses staking up for tho long, dreamy
smeom'l'itng oafgesolviteudYalaet saans andm,oinreg
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Wonderful;
women were asain abutchef'e
hop 'where a pig's head was on dis-
play with a lemon in- itsriioue l
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women,",that ioimindte-me that I p%
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A man is as old a0 he feels, but
never so irnpoa•tant.