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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1928-11-29, Page 6Wellington iutgai Fire Insurance Co, Established 1840 Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all elasse of insur- ance at reasonable rates. tASI`3ER C0$EN$, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND "i EALTH INSURANCE — A D REAL ESTATE s, 0. Box 860 Phone 240 4INGHAM, - ONTARIO J. W. EUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—1 eyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes SYNOPSIS CHAPTER 1, -Garth Guthrie, Ca- adianr wa 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 costhim the love of his fiancee, Edith Fal- coner, Sir Charles Guthrie, his bro- tlier, is a millionaire war profiteer. CHAPTER IL—With Etienne Say- anne, hafbreed, his firm friend, Garth meets Doctor Quarrier, geologist, and !his sister Joan. Their schooner has ' drifted ashore. Quarrier complains he has been robbed by a man known as "Laughing McDonald" or to the Ind- ians as "McDonald Ha! Ha!" because 'of a scar which gives him a perpet- ual grin. McDonald is Garth's com- petitor for the fur trade. At Ells -van ROBT. rp. '{�y�y yp /�/'��,T an Indian girl, Ninda,- tuberculosis DR. ROID Il . C. REDMOND victim, yr befriended, _ . dying, en roone ceQr� e Marsh +(. a. 1M,� qlk re` COPYRIGHT by The PENNPVBU' RING CO. R. VANSTONE BARRISTER SOLICrIOR,. ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Win gh.am, : Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. WiItghani, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry Office aVF,' H. E, Isard's Store. f-----. H. t-' lORNE, M. D. .1 and Surgeon Medic::.. .—presentative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R. Harnbly M.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Land.) Garth's mistress, which is hotly re - PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON seated. Joan, trained war nurse, cares for nada but the girl dies Quarrier hints that Ninda is DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of th Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block Josephine Street. Phone 29. ' CHAPTER III.—Garth tells Joan , part of the reasons for his presence e at Elkwan. He takes the Quarriers to Albany, from whence they can pro - I ceed to. Montreal, Charles Guthrie writes reproaching his brother for not coming home. Charles' wife assures him Ethel still loves him, but Garth 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 --9 a.m. to S p.m. A. R. & F. E. 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Afew farms on hand for sale or to I rent on easy terms. Phone 73. Lucknow, Ont THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD Athorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 231, Wingham W. J. BOYCE PLUIVIBIPTI AArT) HEATING ' i. in his heart knows better. His scar- red face has separated them. CHAPTER IV—Three of McDon- ald's party visit Elkwan seeking to buy gun shells. From them Garth learns of evil talk among the Indians concerning him and Ninda, and real- izes Quarrier will spread his version of the affair. Chapter V.—With Etienne's help Garth wins the friendship of Saul Souci, "medicine man" and treaty chief of the Crees, and gets his pro- mise to persuade the Crees to take their furs to Elkwan instead of to Mc- Donald. Garth is ambushed by Joe Mokoman, Ninda's reputed father, whom the factor had driven from Elkwan. "Shot" Garth's airedale com- panion on many battlefields in France, saves him, and the Indian is taken, a prisoner, to Elkwan. Chapter VI. Garth sends Mokoman to McDonald with a message of de- fiance, and the war is on. CHAPTER VII—Garth hails with joy the freezing of the strait, which will enable Souci's followers to bring their furs to Elkwan without difficul- ty. Etienne craftily spreads reports that McDonald and his schooner arc bewitched, and evil will befall all who trade with him. CHAPTER VIII. Waiting in am- bush to shoot Garth, Joe Mokoman is attacked and killed by Shot. At a "pow -wow" held by his orders Souci convinces the Indians that McDonald is the friend of demons and to be a- voided. the chief counsels them toa take their to ,•., Elkwan, thus assur- ing the factor of trade which will es- tablish a record for the post. Chapter IN, -Garth learns through a letter from his brother that Quer- tier has made the worst of Ninda's presence at Elkwan, and the story is generally believed, though Ethel writ- es him she is willing to forgive. In contempt he turns from both coin- nunicatirnls to a letter from Joan, wham he now knows he loves. She tells him, to his astonishment, she is working in a school for homeless chil- dren, • jCHAPTER X ---:The furs brought to Garth are easily worth $2$,000; a won derftrl season', trade, At Albany be learns 'McDonald is thought to be a man wanted in Nova Scotia : for the 'Murder of his Wife lever.' To his im mense,surprise he finds Joan a nursee lhone 58 Night Phone 88 at the mission school, at Albany. His Ilr,ve for the girl deepens. DRS.• A. J. & A. W. IRW I NN ,NOW Cr0 ON WITH THE STORY DENTISTS Macdotithli Meek b eleorlar_•t' " V.';at is it'",' ' 1 hear some soun'. on dat boat," .1111461 , 11111'111/g11Y16 I IYR+fhY.eHte1.W,.NYr+ A. J. WALKER Phones: Office 106, Reesii. ' 4, FURNITURE REALE t and FUNERAL DIRECT -GR Motor Equipineht WINGHAM -- ONTWRIO t000poinewiee.bullminioweinie*. i,illbi,i1,eeo.e 'Eet ecs de :spirit,' whispered, the Cree, "We go up an' leesten," said Eti- enne, prodding the reluctant Indian forward, Standing with rifles leveled on the plank -sheathed deck -house, they wait- ed. Presently to the straining ears of the men came a moaning as of a creature in agony, to culminate in a SERVICE crescendo of groans, The two sten peered questioningly into each other's faces. At their side the airedale trembled in a frenzy of excitement, "Make him call to them," muttered Guthrie, with a nod at the panic -Stric- ken Cree. The steel muzzle of Savanne's rifle found the Indian's ribs,, in a voice shattered by terror, the Cree called: "Kequay! 'Alto!" But rao answer from within broke the' heavy silence. They waited,, Again low moaning drifted from the deck- house. "I'ni going aboard," said Guthrie and calling Shot,' leaped the rail, fol- lowed by Etienne. A. door behind the sheathing, opened to his hand, and with the dog in front, they Made their way down to the pitlike blackness of the cabin. The odor of spilled whisky, food—anti the stench of corpses :struck them like a blow in the face, Strik- ing a match, Etienne lit the stub of a candle he took from his pocket. In its flickering light the two gazed in horror at the chaos around them. On the table, the floor, whisky bottles, empty, half full, lay in a litter of meat and biscuit tins, dishes and scattered food. Sitting, jammed gra- tesquely between boxes in a corner, a -rigid hand gripping a glass, the can- dle lit the staring eyes and gaping mouth of a dead man. "Black Breault!" muttered Guthrie. "Died drunk! Bat that groan! 'Where are the rest?" Turning,.' nauseated from the air and the loathsome spectacle, they found a stateroom. In two berths lay the dead bodies. of the bearded mate. Guthrie had met on the beach, and a sailor. Then a muttered groan and a curse led them to the adjoining room. Guthrie stood in the low door, holding the candle above his head. In a bunk a gigantic figure lay in, a sleeping bag. Guthrie bent forward thrusting his arm with the light into the room.. The heavy breathing of the bulk in the berth pulsed through the small room. "McDonald!" Etienne crowded beside his chief, curious to see the man whose fame had swept James bay. The face was turned from the door and Guthrie entered the room to stumble over a bottle which rolled away, spilling its contents. Then he held a light over the mutilated face, As the candle lit the russet hair and unseeing eyes, flaming with fever a- bove the shattered face with its red beard, Garth Guthrie stared motion- less. Slowly his jaw dropped. As if in the spell of some strange fasci- nation, the grimacing face in the can- dle light held Guthrie's unwavering eyes. Bewilderment, profound, shift- ed slowly to amazement—to recogni- tion. "Craig Galbraith!" he gasped. Then swiftly turning back the robes, ex- posed at the base of the corded neck a jagged scar. "Craig Galbraith!—Laughing Mc- Donald! God! -what irony! Turning ter' the perplexed Etienne, Guthrie rapidly explained as he felt for the pulse in a huge wrist. "Etienne, you and I have worka-. head! This is 'flu' or pneumonia, He needs softie nourishment—may have starved for days. The bag has saved him—kept him warm with that fever," "But you nurse heem—dis McDon- al' Ha! Hal?" demanded the sur- prised half-breed. "Nurse him!" Garth laughed rawly. "Why, this man took me on his back through hell itself—brought me through a barrage with one of ,his arms broken and a shot in the chest. He was my friend—xny pal, under, stand?—saved my life! We were bro.;= tilers -in France! Light the galley lamp.' and heat sonic broth -soup, quick!" "Hees name not McDoiaal'?" asked the bewildered Etienne, dazed by the swiftreversal of the situation. "Not . U1 I never su, pGCkCd--tleVCr" dreamed who McDonald was, 'Hoe was shot in the face while I was rtt the hospital, I didn't know how bad it was—never saw him avail!' With a quick glance of admiration at the gigantic frame of he man hop in delirium, Etienne 'werit'to 'fnlind the galley and start a fire. INGHAM AJ)VANCE,.TXME$ Thursday, Nove G. 29th, 1f2$, Guthrie found and lit a lamp; then lzoured some whisky hi a glass and Propping up the head of the uncon- sclous man, gut it down his throat, A rapid inspection of the boat discov- ered a fourth corpse, The Cree known to be with the schooner, and another man, had evidently deserted the dying, The absence of rash on the bodies and faces did away with the possibility of measles or small- pox, It was doubtless influenza, Comm.' tracted 'from an Indian or Eskimo, for a wat•rting had been received at. Albany from Moose that' influenza was again loose on tie, bay. Finding the Cree waiting out on the ice, Garth sent him for the dog-teanis and leaving the efficient Etienne watching a kettle of canned Soup and. a coffee pot on an oil stove, returned to Captain Craig Galbraith, alias Mc- Donald Ha! Ha! Lighting a pipe to combat the odor sallied of f sp led whrsl:y, Garth sat down on a stool to consider his problem, Once after his return home he had heard from the man who had brought' him unconscious through that hail of gas and lead and steel, and. whom he had never seen since the day Gal- braith left the sante hospital to rejoin his command. In his letter front Hali- fax, Craig had refused an invitation ti visit Montreal, pleading business, but, unknown to Garth, the giant at whom the women of France were wont to'turn admiring eyes, had conte home wearing the grin of a gargoyle. Then, dike a rifle shot, struck home the realization that the man wanted in Halifax for killing his Wife's Mover was the man in the bunk. He pie tuned the agony of, him once called Han d, c s 1 rn cG a] braith bringing that twisted grimace back to the wife he had loved—the blind rage, born of de- spair and shame, that heated this blood on finding her faithless as, a woman, and as a hero's wife, for the broad chest of Craig Galbraith, fa- mous in the. Canadian corps for his trench raids, -wore the bronze badge of the elect—the Victoria Cross. If he died, it did not matter; but if he lived? If he lived, he was a hunt- ed Oman. Cameron would send a party to Seal. Cove on heating from Guthrie of his discovvery. The ship and fur would be held for government action. In the meantime what of the the man in delirium? Etienne entered with soup, which Galbraith mechanically swallowed. "Is the Cree back with the .dogs, or did he leave us?" "No, he come .back. I tole heem I would follow heem an' cut hees t'roat if he run away," said Savanne dryly., "Etienne, we can't stay here. We'll pick up this 'flu', or something worse. The ship is a morgue. And I won't leave the h 1l 1 man w o won <n t eave inc." For a space Guthrie puffed fur- iously at his pipe. Suddenly he slap- ped his knee. "I've got it! Listen! His heart is going strong, and the fever, as near as I can tell, is not as bad as it might be. It's fifty miles to Elkwan. With the Cree's dog's youcan make it by daylight. Well wrapped up and bound, so he can't roll out or hurt himself, he'll make it. It isn't cold, and cold air is bet- ter than this stinking ship—" Etienne listened as if he thought Guthrie had suddenly gone mad. "But you? we're you go?' 'he broke in. Guthrie smiled. "I'm going to take our dogs to Albany." "To Albanee?" "Yes! It's my duty to to Cameron at once." "De Cree can go." "No, you'll need his help, I'll pay him well." "But," Etienne sensed that some- thing lay behind it all, "we talc' dis man to Elkwan an' de police come— den w'at?" Etienne also had guessed. "At Albany," smiled Guthrie, "I'l'l tell Cameron that you shot yourself accidentally—bad wound. And I am going to bring Miss Quarrier up the coast tomorrow, to nurse you, She knows all about wounds—and I think —she'll come," added Guthrie quietly. "By gar!" The half-breed stared at his chief in unqualified admiration. "It's his only chance for life. Here he would die, The place is infested with ger'ns—ought to be burned. You understand? You start . as soon as you can. I'm on my way now. I'll be in Elkwan tomorrow night—if she'll come with her medicine kit. And I think she will -'for she's a soldier, God bless 'her!" ' After forcing' more soup down the throat of the sick man, he was given a stiff drink of Whisky, „bundled :in' fur, bound with strips of blanket, and with great difficulty carried to the sled. Fortunately for Guthrie's plan, the delirium had not taken a violent form, for the enormous strength of Galbraith would have baffled them, Witha grip of the hand'. Guthrie bade his staunch head man good -by, and whistling to Shot, started with his tired team for Albany, Already 'that day the dogs had done GO miles and the forty stifles before them over the rough sea -lee, even with the light 'sled, would, if pushed, 'bring them "in - 'to Albany, live ;sore-foater; stiif-'leg- report this gc.d cripples. So it was not until the' sky grayed with .dawn that Gttthrie drove up to the tradehouse at Fort Albany, and feeding his tired team, put them in an empty shack where they' Might sleep through the morn- ing, undisturbed by the hectoring of tile' post dogs. Later, walking in on the Camerons at their breakfast, he told of the stalk ing of the schooner of the dead, `"Well, that's the wildest tale I have heard in forty 'years on this coast," ejaculated the factor, while' his wife and children sat with awed faces, "Not a soul alive on the "ship?" "Not'a soul alive," repeated Garth, 'Flu' and ,probably the whisky they carried didn't help any. The schooner reeked with it. Poor devils, they must have stayed drunk to ease their misery," "And the far, two years' trade, did you. see it?"cool," expostulated the older man. ,"r "No, :but Etienne said there was. a ; I rn your friend and I'm proud to be,. First -crop Japan teas are admittedly the finest that colmle suit Of the land of blossoms,. SALAOA Japan green tea Is ce nprased� only of first-crolr, leaves.. Fresh fro ear the Gardens berior, and I had honed, away friend but you're on dangerous ground, Cam eron.. What. do you mean by—hurt? "There, there, now; my lad! Kee , "Mrs. Cameron and I • understand, - Guthrie, Etienne and Joan' told as.. " I't's this white -livered naissionar•y who Keel has made the trouble and if Joan goes - with you to take care of 'Etienne, he'll 1•r not spare e hi:i• either• -he'll bust with lot of it on' board, Then, sonichow, N w you've brought it iii, I've got t in cash g,his rifle, he shot himself." !talk from the shoulder, You don' Shot himself?" realize what that skunk of a Quarrie "Yes, in. the hip. That's why I'm ''tattled about you—" here." Guthrie took the bit in his . "Oh, 1 know all about that---tlia teeth as his gray eyes squarely met sick child who died at Elkwan-Joar Cameron's. "I'm going 'to ask Miss was there. Hasn't she told you?" Quarrier to coni.e to Elkwan with her "Why, of course! But the rest here U un o righte'oits horror --And it'll hurt Joan." t "Will you call tour wife? asked r Guthrie, in a tone brittle like the shattering. s of his, t jaw and temples working tinder the.. I skin. "Why, _yes!" replied the factor.. , "`Mary! We want to speak to you," 3 of lee, the museie Iiaedicine kit. She l:now's wounds and at Moose—you know them. Swat Pial afraid of blood poisoning:". "But why ever didn't. you put 'him on the sled and bring hith here. She. can take care of him better at Al- bany, and then—" Guthrie shook, his head. ' "He wouldn't come, Cameron. He thinks he going to die, and wanted to be with his wife and children." ".Oh, but how cmin you ask that girl' to go to Elkwan? She's needed here. Swan'll raise a devil of a row—has al- ready, over your seeing" her." In the narrowing 'eyes of Guthrie lurked a glint which Cameron recog- nized. He had seen it before in.the leak of mon,. indomnitable, desperate. It startled him, made hint Wonder.-- about onder- about the affair between Joan' Quar- rier••and the factor of Elkwan. "Of course, we don't want anything to happen to Etienne," he temporized; "but why you didn't bring him here is beyond roe." . "I've already told you why, Came- ron," The gray eyes of the speaker were black, as they bored coldly into those of the kindly Scotsman. Ill at ease, Mrs. Cameron went to the kit - chen to digest the startling announce - Inept. "Yes, I know they always want their family around when they're scared. Well, if she'll go, it's her business. •It'll raise a rumpus, though, and I hate to have her—hurt." Guthrie was. on his feet scowling down at the other. "One minute! Let's go slow here! You're my au - 1011P., "Let's Go Slow Here!" has made a row because she wasn't Sent to the omission, to die." "What of it?" snapped Guthrie. "He says you kept her there against her will." "Nonsense! She couldn't walk a hundred yards ivithout stopping to rest. She refused to come down the coast to the mission -just faded away." • 1. , "Mrs. Cameron,' said .Garth, quietly, "your husband tells me, that it will seriously hurt Joan Quarrier's reputa- tion in missionary circles, if she goes to take care of .Etienne's wound:" "I'm afraid it will cause a lot' of talk here and at Moose," 'regretfully agreed the factor's wife. "You know what they are," "rNo, I don't know what they are— except this, I know that Mr. Swan' must have a foul mind. Of course,•he has no head—there's no room under his hat for one." - "He'll surely forbid her to go with you, Major Guthrie,' "Suppose she goes anyway?" "I don't know what to say." Guthrie smiled. "Well, would yott feel better about it, if I told you I loved her, and have already tried to ask her to marry ane—will ask her every day she's at Elkwan?" The face of the startled and embar- rassed Mary Cameron flushed with de- light. "Oh, Major Guthrie! I'm so glad—so glad!" "H-111 take her up today! r wasn't sure you were serious, my boy,. and we think a lot of her," gruffly ex- claimed the factor. Her eyes misted with tears she. could'" not control, the factor's wife grasped the hand of Guthrie with both of hers. "I don't know—she never told me!" she cried,"but I've thought somehow that she thinks a lot of you. I wish you luck!" So peace was made at Cameron's. (To Be Continued.) We Have a Complete Range of High=Quality •0 Personal .. GREETING CARDS New Designs Correct Styles, Personal Gretting Cards solve the Christmas Gift problem. Order t your cards now, when the selection isom l c.r� 1. letc and the Christmas rush has not begun Prices range from $1OO- Per Dozen, U�] i Including printing of name and address on each. card.. TUE ADVANCE=TIMES WINaf1AM, ONTARIO euu,bs i.