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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1935-02-28, Page 6PAGE z W I N GHAM ADVANCE -TIMES THIRD INSTALIVIENT SYNOPSIS: On the old side-wheel- er "George. E. Starr," an its way to the Yukon gold fields in the first rush Oaf ''97, Speed Malone, experienced. ;goldecamp followerand gambler, and young Ed. ,:Maitland, "onelmis first trip, trying to recoup his lost family for- tune., struck up a strange friendship. :Maitland left Speed playing Solo with two other men and wandered for- 'ward, to be sharplyrecalled by the, report of .a pistol and the news that his partner had been shot and , had gone overboard. Ed jumped in after him, without second thought. But the :cold waters got him, and in the end it was Speed who 'did the rescuing, holding Ed's head above water until they were taken aboard .a little boat by a French, fisherman from Seattle. The big ship went on without them. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Frenchy raised Itis eyes, folded his arms, unfolded them and burst into a geyser of language which, if the activity of his arms signified any- thing, was far from pious. When the torrent subsided, Speed grinned He drew from his pocket of rolling a smoke. "You coin' there?" "Goin' there!" Speed hacl a look of having been asked an outlandish question. "Does the stiff live, pannin' an ounce of sense to the ton, who'd work out a life tern for a stake you could dig up in a week' Not even you, if you knowed the layout, Take this range of yourn—a tough one to ride, I should reckon, with the storms and fog, broken lines, raw fingers and busted bones. And when you cash in, what the figure? Frenchy's pickled carcass bobbin' up and down the dirty water of some cove, and the Susette a smashed tubful of mud and seaweed on a stack of rocks." Frenchy nodded sadly. Speed, who had been watching Frenchy with a speculative eye, gave all the money before him a sudden brusque shove to the center of the table. "It's yourn!" he said. 'With an impulsive, grab, the fish- erman clawed it toward him. The rambler lit his cigarette and spoke to Maitland through a lazy va- por of smoke. 'Unwind the verdic', Judge. Is it legal?" Maitland.had been considering the he five double -eagles, and dropped them proposition as it took shape. on the table. "There's a hundred.. dol chart in the cabin was sketchy, but cars belongin' to me and my pardner. he had sailed broken coasts before Now what does I up and do but gam - ,with less to go by. He liked the feel ble this yer hundred"—he stacked the `. a neat column— rigging, five ,gold pieces in __us north to the that you're takin' Alaska."� va of Sta<\14'\' :carne gv Y,"�� rigging, and a look of having known better things before .Frenchy turned her into a smack. * * * Having to overstay several 'watch- es, Maitland was glad when he found the open sea at Dixon's Entrance, and •was able to shove the tiller into Frenchy's unwilling hands and go be- low. He ate a mulligan Speed had com- piled from the "tailin's" of the prev- ious meal, and tumbled into the bunk for a sleep. Awakened hourslater by a thud of running seas, he had just caught a drowsy 'glimpse of his dory: mate playing solitaire with Frenchy's cards under the swinging cabin lamp, when a sudden lurch sent chair and player sprawling. "Pitchin' cayuses!" the gambler mumbled ruefully. "Am l goirl' to ride this critter before we hit Skag- way?" Mention of Skagway reminded Maitland of a question he had wond- ered about. "Why do you choose that camp instead of •Dyea?" he asked. The other rearranged his cards with some care. "They's no call for a cov- ered play •between you and me, Bud. It don't suit my hand 'to meet the passengers • r her g Georgeo P E. Starr till they have time to forget where they seen me last. There's no wires to beat in the North, and gettin' pass - But the fisherman began another outburst in his native tongue. With no sign of impatience, the gambler pulled out a short -barreled, triggerless .45 Colt, broke it open, clicked it back and set . it on the table_ • "I don't savvy your lingo, Frenchy, .he said equably, "but this baby coin- prehends ever' knowed dialec' and speaks it fluent. I plays her to cop- per my bet." The Frenchman's eyes blazed. Lunging sideways he reached for the knife that was stuck in the cabin wall. But before his fingers touched the .haft, the gun roared and the knife clattered to the floor. In a curling amaze of smoke the fisherman backed to the companion, while Speed care- fnlly examined the bore of his re- volver against the light and blew some smoke from it, "Mebby you can translate that," he suggested. "Reckon the salt- water hint' spoiled her accent none." Though torn by the struggle and perspiring, Frenchy made a labored! I refusal. "Too far,"he nnmmm,bled. " lase ze feesh. Speed began to rake in the scatter- ed coins, leaving out three fives. "All right," he said pleasantly. "There fif- teen, if you land us near a man with a boat who ain't weak in the head and knees both. We'll take some other fisherman to the Yukon. To the gold- en river—" And he hummed a song which that phrase recalled to hire. "Gold?" echoed Frenchy. "Sticky with it" The gambler de- tached a damp cigarette paper, and 'became engrossed in the delicate task Before his fingers J.' Aubrey Boyd (above), is a newspaper man and a college pro- fessor in serious moments. He was born in Seattle, Wash., and is a graduate of the University of Cal, ifornia and University of Glasgow, Scotland. When away he cannot get back to "his west" fast enough. So what was more natural than he should write . a prize winning novel of the West and the Northwest; "Slumbering Gold",, the new serial which this newspaper now presents to its readers. Maitland s.l•,ilfully matched the fright- ened zigzags -with which it tried to evade the approaching sail, till they could see its opal -blue eye, flaming with terror, As the boat came close, :a rope sang from the Westerner's hand neatly ringing the pinto's head. To avoid dragging its nose ueder water, Speed .played out his line, The Sus- ette luffed but was a little heavy for Such delicate handling, and a few in- ches late in bringing to. Rather than release the line, Speed jumped in after it. (Continued Next Week) he asked. "It isn't a course the steamers would take," Maitland answered after, a pause.' "I thought, if the George, E. Starr were to pass us in the nar- rows, going back, ;someone might get the idea you weren't drowned." The reflection of a wave to which they were rising illuminated •the oth- er's face but, left his eyes obscured, "That's a long way to go for a strange' er," he said. • Maitland nd shoo k head.The word his "stranger" hardly applies to a man with whom .one has been drowned, and brought alive again. "I was thinking as we came up the gulf," he said, ra- ther hesitantly, "of how -we started this r. It's a fresh start, e tri tothe P 8 for both of us, in -a way. Why could- n't we see it through as partners?" The gambler twisted the line in his hands. "It says'a whole lot to me, Bud. I've always Wanted to square you for that - lost outfit, and 1 could steer you some in the gold camps. But as for pardners—you don't know w110 I am." "Forget about the outfit. And the other trouble, too. It's a new deal, isn't it?" " hfeanin'?" "If you'll agree to respect the Law while we're partners,• your word's good with me." The flaw in his .proposition appear- ed to Maitland. during the silence that followed. While Speed might have left his record behind him, he had come • north with a purpose he wasn't likely to forget. The Westerner's re- ply, however, took an unexpected forma. "Suppose I coppered against a forc- ed lay by sayin' I'd pull out and leave you clear if I had to tan:gie with ;the Law. Would that go?" He looked up with a misty ques- tion in his eyes, and two brown hands eked• on the bargain. * * *. From the outer waters of the Lynn Canal, a great marine corridor con- tracted toward their destination. Vast` walls of rock loomed on either side to heights of a thousand feet or more, sheer out of the sea, casting a half mile shadow into the gulf. On ledges of these 'canyon faces, spruce and • jackpines perched like window shrubs. Above ,them, in the upper air, snow - crowned peaks glistened with a mol- ten splendor, and in the deep, brood- ing shadows at their base, giganite boulders lay sprawling in the seaweed that wavered and streamed with the ground. swell. When. the Susette traversed . the shadow of these ramparts, late one afternoon in, August, sunlight was falling in shafts into the fjord, •pearl- ing the mists that hung like webs be- tween the canyon heads, and dazzling the smoky ' 'fall. of mountain streams which cascaded into the gloom and rose again as rainbowed spray. . At a bend, in the narrowing sea gorge a sudden echo among the shore rocks set, the travelers' ears tingling, and shortly afterwards they -emerged on a dazzling vista of bright water, in. which a cargo steamer lay at an- chor, some two hundred yards foe shore. The landing, beach shone gold in 'the sunlight, shelving- steeply down from. graveled flats, where, a river canyon opened its broad delta on the gulf. Gray tents, scattered along, the flats, and the snowy creat of a bald peak, which glitteredhigh above the canyon, marked it as the outlet of the. skagway river and the base camp of the white pass. "t.andin' borses, said Speed. The heads of the swinmming animals bob- ee11. the ship A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA WHOOPING -COUGH Highly contagious at all times; higlely dangerous for the child under three years of age and particularly so for the baby, is a fair description of whooping -cough. Like several . other complaints, whooping -cough starts as an ordinary cold, with running of the nose, a dry cough and a little fever: Instead of clearing up like a veld, however, the cough persistsuntil it comes as a series of explosive coughs, ending up with a crowing 'sound, or whoop, as the child is at last able to draw in his breath. The child is frightened by this ex- lerience. Vomiting frequently occurs, and between loss of food and loss of sleep, the child's weight and strength are apt to diminish. The younger the child is, the more serious is the con- dition. In Canada, last year, there were 552 deaths from :whooping - cough, and no less than 388 of these were of children under one years of age. In the case of older children, whooping -cough is uncomfortable and distressing, but it is seldom danger- ous. The responsible germ comes from the throat and bronchi of those who have the disease. The germ is thrown out in the mouth spray which accom- panies coughs and sneezes. The %Pat- ient is frequently too young to know that a handkerchief should be used to cover coughs and sneezes, and so he sprays his germs into the faces of those who are nearby. A really practical difficulty in the control of whooping -cough arises' out of the fact that, during the week or two when the child who is developing the disease but who apparently has nothing more than a common cold, the infection is being spread to those touched the haft, the gun roared and the knife clatter- ed to the floor. of the boat. Anything seemed better than turning back. The. fisherman was being well paid. "I can't pay my share," be began. "Sink me, Bud," protested the Wes terner, "if you ain't as unexpected as a parson's mule. The money was wan. on your stake, and half of it's yourn, Also, you're the deep-sea shark. Boats is a branch of knowledge I'm free of, and 1 'don't figure Frenchy for no oceanic scout. So we'll owe you for gettin' us there" The boy pulled on his clothes and went out to look at the Susette. She proved to be a strong, deep -keeled boat with the remain's of a cutter's NOW SORE THROAT EASED IN LESS THAN 3 MINUTES! 1. Crush and stir 3 Aspirin tablets in a third of a glass of water. Rawness, Irritation Go cit Once Note Directions for New Instant Treatment Incredible as it may seem, doctors are now prescribing a way that re- lieves raw, painful sore .throat in as little as 2 to 3 minutes! All you do is crush and stir 3 Aspirin tablets in les glass of water and gargle with it twice. Aspirin tablets disintegrate so completely no irritating particles are left. Results are immediate. At once soreness is eased—discomfort allayed. Everywhere throat specialists urge this fundamental treatment instead of less effective old-time "washes" and "antiseptics." Remember this. And 'when you buy, see that you get, ASPIRIN. It is made in Canada and 2. Gargle thoroughly—"throw head way all druggists have it. Look for the back, allowing a little to trickle down ry Aspirin tablet. throat. }7epear. dq not rinse mouth, name Bayer on ev Apirin is the trade mark of. the Thayer Company, Limited. 3., If you have signs of a head or chat cold take 2 Aspirin tabtet5--drink a full ghats Of' water. Repeat in 2 hairs, DOES NOT HARM THE HEART ed up for drowned is a good alibi." That Speed had had a serious tangle with the Law before boarding the ship Maitland already suspected. He, now saw•. that the security of the strange' 'alibi • ey in his own hands. Little as the fact appealed to him, he appreciated the other's confidence, that he would not betray it. "I was wondering," he said, "whether. the White Pass from Skagway is abetter traiL" "It's a horse trail. Where there's horses the pay is better. My special reason for choasin' it—" the Western- er's face hardened a little—"is that a mean I'm lookin' for is liable to choose' that route . . What's your plan in makin' for Dyea?" "I thought I might get a longshore job of some kind till I earned an out- fit." "You can do better. If yon tied in with a horse outfit on the White Pass they might pay for heap and throw in the grub." "But tools," Maitland objected. The gambler's mouth twisted hum- orously, as he studied a card. "If you mean picks and shovels, ]3ud, the his 'try of perspectin' learns tis they's mighty little satisfaction in a shovel, and none at all in a pick. You can pick them tip anywhere off the lane- scape. * * From the chart in the cabin Mait- land discovered that they were north of the fifty-fifth latitude and actually in Alaska, though the map dict not mark the bower boundary of that long strip of Coastal islands called the "Denhandle." Through one of these channels Maitland turned a. course west of Zarembo Island into a'long sca gorge which proved to be easilynavigable, but slow for sailing. When fish had followed fish as an unvaried menu for days, the idea of fish became by de- grees more sinister than hunger, ev- en to Frenchy. The cliff shadows had incited into the .glamour and mist of a wider channel when they heard the faint whine of e steamer's siren, passing southward by another course. It sounded queerly, in that solitude, a far echo of the world with which they bad lost contact. Speed wound in his line. "tfow'd Thursday, March 28th, 1935 CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY IN ROME .4 Pope PiusXIborne versary of his coronation as the head' axon to the "Vaticas he was an in Rome in cele- of the Roman Catholic church g bratmons that ma re ed the 14th a1 1t - throughout g ho ut t me world: rld: with whom he collies into contact. It is 'obvious that it is the young child, and, above a11 others, rs,the .baby, , who must be protected. This means that no one' who has a cough orecold should come near the child, and that no coughing youngster or sneezing re-• lative should be allowed to hang over baby's crib or ca.rr'iage, The child with whooping -cough re- quires an abundance of fresh air and sunshine. Most deaths occur because a pneumonia develops; the whooping- cough seems' to make the lungs ready victims for further disease, such as pneumonia. For some unknown rea- son, females suffer more frequently than males. One attack usually con- fers immunity for life. There is lack of unanimity concern- ing the value of whooping -cough vac- cine as a preventive measure. Some authorities have had good results; others have not. This is something to talk over with your family doctor, but, in the meantime, keep your young child away from those who have colds —remembering that what appears to be a cold may be Me onset of whoop - ng -cough or meas • Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed ddressed to the Canadian. Medical Toronto, to socation, 184.College St., oion , will be answered personally by letter. "A victory won over self, is the on-• ly victory acceptable to God." Chas: Noel Douglas. MODERN HOUSEHOLD "Please, sir, you must have confus- ed the switches. The radio is frozen and the refrigerator is 'singing 'La Tosca'." Iliustrierte Blatt, Frankfurt. Prefessimal J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan. Office Meyer Block, Whigham Successor to Dudley Holmes. bed at several points bet and the surf, As they drew nearer, a gaudy pinto flashed into the air and took water in a smother of diamonds. The bmeet, o swain off—not toward shore, however; but in blind panic down the gulf, "Might buy us a feed if we round up this cayuse," Speed suggested. "See if you can turn him, 13ud," you oiue to choose this route, Bud?" Cutting across the runaway's course Ana H. W. COLBORNE. M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Phone 54. Wingham A. R. & F. E. 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