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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-08-09, Page 6Wellington Mutual Insurance Co. Established x&qu Bead Office, Guelph, Ont, Rieke taken on all classe of incur- lance at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham Fire J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND iEALTH INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE '+>M. 0. Sox 36o Phone 240 seerINGHAM, ONTARIO, J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC, Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry Office over H. E. Isard's Store.. H. W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Phone 5e Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND lef.R.C.S. (ENO.) L,R.C,P. (Loud.) PHYSICIAN •AND SURGEON George Marsh COPYRtCHT 1.y The PENN PUBLISHING CO. CHAPTER 1.—Garth Guthrie, Ca- nadian anadian war veteran, having to live in the open on account of weakened lungs, is factor of. a Hudson's Bay post at Elkwan. He came back from the _conflict with a permanently scar- red face, which he realizes cost him the love of his fiancee, Edith Fal- t coner. Sir Charles Guthrie, his bra- 7 ther, is a millionaire war profiteer. CHAPTER II.—With Etienne Sat- r anne, halfbreed, his firm friend, Garth a meets Doctor Quarrier, geologist, and his sister Juan. Their schooner has s drifted ashore, Quarrier complains lie •p has been rubbed by a man known as y "Laughing McDonald" or to the Ind- i ians as "McDonald Hal Ha!" because of a scar which gives him a perpet- u cal grin. McDonald is Garth's conn- e petitor for the fur trade, At Elkwan w an Indian girl, Nelda, tuberculosis sa victim, whom Garth has befriended, is h dying. Quarrier hints that Ninda is Garth's mistress, which is hotly re- er w th a ha 7 th the sailors, under the,direction of Etienne, began unloading botes'from the heavily weighted' craft, "Yes, we didn't want, to run short before reaching Fort Albany," replied Quarrier, "But the excess weight will bother you on these tide -fiats." Then he eon - inue'd, "Doctor, I regret- that I shall lave to put you in the trade -house with your men: I have a spare bed oom for Miss Quarrier.' You will eat t my quarters, of course." "Oh, we don't expect much at a mail trading post, Mr. Guthrie," re- lied Quarrier, magnanimously, "If ou can make my sister comfortable, is perfectly satisfactory." The girl Iaughed, "As sister has put p for three months with a most un- omfortable two -by -five berth 'on a obbly schooner, Mr. Guthrie," she id, "I know I shall revel in your ospitality." She,had shed her coat and sou'west- and Guthrie's eyes measured her vith a quick glance. Taller, he ought, than she seemed in the boat, an SYNOPSIS c commented the factor with a smile, as sented, Joan, trained war nurse, cares DR. R. i._'.STEWAi2T for Ninda, but the girl dies. Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Ontario College of Physicians and "B Back again! How's all my family?' Office in Chisholm Block A squat•Indian woman shuffled into Josephine Street, Phone ee, the living room, her wide mouth split- ting a swarthy face in a grin of de- light. 'Alloy We glad you come!" Guthrie expelled a deep breath of relief. A voice from an adjacent room sailed faintly. "Nia! Niel You come back! It ees long tam!" "Yes, Ninda." He bent over the cot where lay the wraith of a girl in whose face, thin to emaciation, great dark eyes glowed feverishly' as she smiled up to him in her joy. "It was the storm, Ninda—the wind. As R. & F. E. DUVAL We could not travel." The blue -black hair, heaped in. braids on the pillow, accentuated the DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over John. Galbraith's Store. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated -Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272, Hours—p a.m. to S p.m. Licensed Drugless Practitioners, Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic{pallor of the dusky skin, shot over College, Toronto, and National Col- f the high Chicago, cheek bones with the flush of Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry' fever. She had failed rapidly since Store, Main St. he left, but in her hour of extreminity '4OURS: 2-5, 7-5.30 p.m., and by' appointment. '.istt of town and night calls re- .donded to. All business ec nfdential. Phones. Office 300; Residence 6o;. -r3. J. ALVIN FOX Registered Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND she would not'ibe alone. "You go—no more?'' she whispered, searching his bronze face. He shook his head. "No more, Ninda," Anne came in with some hot con- densed milk. The girl sipped a little, then smiled at the pitying face of the DRUGLESS PRACTICE 'man with its scar furrowing the right cheek, "You here all tam now, Nin>:ia appointment. Phone 191, sleep," With a sigh her eyes closed. As D. H. McINNES Guthrie Left the room, he looked back, CHIROPRACTOR On the pinched oval, of her face 'hay_ ELECTRICITY Bred a smile. Adjustments given for diseases of "Where's the boat, Etienne?" he all kinds; we specialize in dealing with asked, huskily, entering the trade - children, LaLady attendant. Night calls house, which stood in the -clearing outside the dog stockade. Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont. „ Phone 13o She come slow along the shore— not far now." Guthrie went down to the landing to meet his guests. The lack of space at his quarters—at first thought em- barassing-was now a source of satis- faction, for there would be room for Miss Quarrier, only, Her pompous brother and. the rest would sleep in Afew farms on hand for sale or to t},e trade -haus'. He would take rent on easy terms. Quarrier in to meals and the others ELETRO-THERAPY Hours: 10-12 a.m,, 2-5, 7-S., or by GEORGE A. SIDDAL BROKER — Money to lend on first anti second mortgages on farm and other real es- tate properties at a reasonable rate of interest, also on first Chattel mort- gages on stock and on personal notes, Phone 73. Luclziiow, Ont, could eat with Etienne, THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD Athorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 231, Wingham W. J. BOYCE PLiUMBING AND HEATING Phone 513 Night Phone SS DRS. A. J. & A. W. IRWIN DENTISTS Bee Macdonald. Bleck . Wirtghann vioniitiinLox,u,"""lit",,tentli ihmMaioin i iniiiVs Ab J. WALK:::R Phones: C'' esld 224 `I,TRNIT DEALER and FUNERAL, DIRECTO MVM'otor Equipment HAM ONTARIO 11 i,Yi,filt'!HMI1ii0Pi111t0000#10ititA"„bi6bMin b • And then, there was Ninda, Guthrie fiercly resented the pres- ence of thepeople whose boat was slowly approaching the landing, Why had they been sent ten at this time -- these strangers, This bearded ass of a geologist would spread himself all over the place, demanding, attention; would doubtless ask him to ko.to'Aki- misli and 'save the stuff salvaged on the beach. Well, he would pack them” off to 'Albany at once, But the sister seemed a .-...erent sort --nice eyes she had, straight, direct, but ~i'imething sad :Mot '' them; a sense of humor,too, s' r she h ugiled flat in Quarricr's face the McDonald story. So the free- trader was in the bay still? Strange, that! Did he mean to Winter there? If he did, it would cut into the Christ- mas' trade in foxes --•would be bad for Elkwen. Daring chap, this McDon- aid, Who was he, anyhow The arrival: of the boat cut short his rumination, "I see you brought plenty of foods' cleanly made. The eyes which s seemed black, he saw were brown. oung, too, she was; much younger an her brother, and what hair! As he led the way across the clear- ing lie wondered how the presence of this White woman would affect the Why Had They Been Sent Him at This Time? girl with the dark skin who was slow- ly coughing her life away. He found himself embarrassed --at a loss for an explanation of the situation to his guest "Miss Quarrier;" he forced himself to begin, "we have a very sick girl in I his inspections," apologized Joan the girl softener' to one of pity, "I know. I will help, you." ?li *; Under a sky flushed with the rose of the northern twilight, Joan Quarrier and her brother stood on the high shore of the Elkwan, whose fiat sur- face caught and held the warm tones of the heavens. On guard before the factor's house, inside the stoekeele, lay the great Airedale, satisfied, since his introduction, that these People were at Elkwan with the consent of his master, but nursing, nevertheless, a deep dislike of the man with the hairy face, who had dared attempt to rub the ears of the former mascot of the First battalion, Royal Moil- reals, "So there's a dying Indian woman at the house?" Quarrier was saying. "Yes, He asked me to see her. She has a frightful pulse and temperature, It's a matterof days --hours, I should think." "Matter • of squaw -man, also," sniffed Quarrier, The girl's straight brows contracted with irritation. "No, I' don't think so. It's a matter of big heart, Old Anne, the Cree cook, found her sick in a tipi, when the Indians *were here in June for the trade. Out of sheer humanity they took care of her," "You believe that story?" scoffed the man of science. The eyes of the girl hardened, "Well, Mr. Grundy, it's none of your business or, mile, is it?" "I should distinctly say it was my business—to have my sister, without • so much as any apology to me, shar- ing his house 'with his—squaw," pro- tested Quarrier in tones of outraged dignity. "Very well. How would you like to have me sleep with you and the in the trade -house? He's given his room. What more could he And. Pd advise you as a guest .of Guthrie to be careful what you Did you notice his face?" "You mean the scar?" • , "No, I mean the mouth and eye." • "What about them?" "Just this, blind man. I'd feel very sorry for the person who was the cause of Mr. Guthrie losing his tem- per Whether it's pity or affection, I don't knoviv, but rather than have the last hours of this poor child dis- turbed, he'd throw you into the river and the rest of us with you." "Nonsense.. I'll report him to his superiors at AIbany if he comes any high-handed business with me." "Arch," she taunted, "you know that your'e really a bit timid, under- neath," The lean flushed angrily and started to reply, but the girl stopped hint with her raised hand. " You were. pretty scared when that blow struck us—rather last your head, brother," Then she said, soberly; "I advise you to be very careful how you bluster to the factor of Elkwan," men me do? Mr, say. the Guthrie appeared at the door of his house and called them in to supper. As Dr. Archibald Quarrier followed his sister into the living room where The table had been set for three, little in its meager furnishings escaped his roving eyes. "We are very primitive here, you see," Guthrie said as lie watched the geologist's minute inspection of his 1` quarters, which terminated at : the bookshelves. "And I cannot guaran- tee 4nne's bread, it varies, but her caribou stew and broiled whitefish I '. hope you will like." "My brother, as a scientist, Mr. i. Guthrie, is nothing if not thorough in the house it is unfoitunate we are Quarrier with a grimace which failed so crowded, but I have no other room, to conceal from her host her ember - I'm giving you mine.' rassment. "And I shall revel i He had stopped as he spoke, and whitefish." nyour PPO stared down at his moccasins; then Quarrier turned petulantly. "There #. continued, while her questioning eyes you go again, Joan, always making I studied his face, remarks at my expense," then ad- "She came here at the spring trade dressed Guthrie, "1 see from your —very sick—would have flickered out books that you are not interested in in weeks without proper food. Old science," Anne and I have done our best, but With a significant glance at the canned milk and broth are all we had girl, Guthrie soberly answered: "No, for her. And now it may be any day 1 fear I haven't the scientific mind, I -I was terribly anxious about her— waste my time up here reading fiction to get home. You noticed it—when and history—poetry, too.'' we met you?" "Poetry?" With silent deprecation, "Yes, I noticed it," replied the girl. Quarrier shook his head as he took "I knew you were worried about the chair Gordon' offered at the table, t something. I'm so sorry, Mr. Guthrie, Old Anne shuffled in with the We shall be a great burden 'at such steaming stew and crisp whitefish, her • a time."` wide, wrinkled face alight with pride "No, it's not that, I have room for in the dignity 'of_her office. Quarrier I you, and the others don't matter. But was deep in the narrative of his sum- it will be tuipleasatit for 'o y u --in the mer voyage to theeast' co h ttse," se of.I.3ud- son, as bay in the interest of a Torbnts Miss Quarrier straightened, threw syndicate, which had been formed to back her head and held his enxbar- explore the region and to exploit, if rased glance as, she quietly said: commercially practicable,,, the copper "Would it help you to knotty that I and iron deposits known to exist, was a nurse' overseas through the last when the sound of coughing from an three years of the war?" inner room: brought Guthrie to his He went red .under the decy tan. feet, She would not mind Ninda, thee—siie "Pardon me," he said, and Ieft to whom agony and death had been them. commonplaces. _ Quarrier"s thilk eyebrows knotted, "I am glad ---you will understand, "He's paying the'piper tow. How an You . see—she, somehow, wants me ' educated man, as he scents to be, can with her at the end -s -fears I'll not be come up here in this Godforsaken there: I've promised her." country: in 'the"first place, and thee As he .spoke, the quizzical "took of take tip with a squaw—Pah I" 'The girl he addressed sat' tense, with chin up, listening, as though she had not heard. In a moment 'Guthrie opened the door, his face gray with anxiety. "Couldyou come—a xnoMent?r he asked the girl who had risme from the table, "You said you 'could help— she's pretty bad?" Joan Quarrier hurried to her riled'. eine kit in Gordon's room, emerged, and, followed him, " There, to the an- noyance of the reap who ate heavily of Anne's cooking, they stayed until be had finished. At length, eviler: the opiate had brought respite to the suf- ferer, Joan . and Guthrie returned to the living room. "I'm sorry, sir," said Guthrie,. 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