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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-06-13, Page 6it WINGHANM ADVANCE-TIIVMES' Thurs y, June 13th, 929 • WOhiogt9n Mutual Iusu anee Ccs. Established 1840 Heart ;Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all class of insur- ance at reasonable ;rates: ABNER COS,NS,,,Agent, Wingham ire .$. W. DODD . ' Office in, Chisholm Mock FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND — HEALTH INSURANCE — • AND REAL ESTATE P. O. Box .360 Phone 240 WINGHAIVI, ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc, Money to Loan Office --Meyer Block, Winghem. Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONI BAR1 I$TER1 SQI.,ICITQR, ETC. ''"`` ��--^ p elm collapse, due to of e Gay 'Stoney -tU-.a.-Udli at j.atwest 1�ate5 p , f i`twOr'lC, Wingharn, - Ontario Delane, successful New . York artist, seeks rest at Idle Island, She Tents a cottage, the "Lone Pine" from an island character,; the "Captain," and his sister,, Alice Andover, "administra.. tor. Chapter IT.—Gay finds the cottage DR. G. H. ROSS is tenanted by an elderly lady, "Aunt DENTIST almiry," who ct,nsents to move to an Office. Over Isard's Store other abode, the "Apple Tree." Awak- ing from sleep, Gay imagines she sees the face of a Chinaman peering in the window, .but on reflection •ascribes the. vision to imagination: She settles down in her new home, anticipating monthsof well-earned rest and recd= peration. ClOPI' e'er (927 by The. BOBBS-Mf RRILL CO. SYNOPSIS 4"'"• I tutitive population Was ,linked up to- gether; by ties of blood - or marriage,. Chaster I,—fin the verge of nerve and oftentimes by both, a net wort: so intricate that only the nior•e obvious forms of relationship were givenel ac knowledgtitent. The island was three or more an es in length, berely oneutile wide, a rugged line of incl: confronting the Atlantic along the east, and drifting' down gradually to a slow low valley slope of emerald green on the bay shore. A. motor roa4 led up from the landing beyond the Captain's house, and there at the bend, turned' back- ward along the shore. But leading theother way,' into the forest, 'were only dwindling trails, <In. the fore- ground of the forest laya long row of pretty summer, houses, fringing the woods and looking off clown the Bras- sy slope to the bay.. The farthest of these houses, built at the last stand; where the forest and the shore -line merged, was the Lone Pine. Beyond all .others, farth- er, higher, alone it stood, ;aloof, re- mote. :13eyondrthe Lone Pine, on the peninsula of forest land that ended in sheer rocky cliffs, was but one 'other building. This was known a. the Little Club house. The Little Club had been a daring social venture for ;a group -of, Port- land:business risen in the years when sailing was the foremos,,t. summer sport along the coast. In those days, every man of means in the city had his own boat, and the Little Club house was their summer rendezvous. As the Tien of' Portland took up motoring, the vogue for sailboats Passed. Year byyear the Little club 1 Y in the cove saw less and less of soc- ial life, and finally, for - a'; period of seven years, it had been opened but once each summer, when the remnant of the old group came by inotor.boat J. A. MORTON (BARRISTER, ETC. Wingharn, Ontario H. W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S.C, R. Successor to; Dr. W. R. Hambly Phone 54 Wingharn DR. RORT. C. REDMOND !VL.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block ,Josephine Street Phone 29 DR. O. 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, Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL, Licensed Drugless Practitioners Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic. College, Toronto, and National Col- lege, Chicago. ' Out of town and 'right calls res- ponded to. All business confidential. Phone, 601-13., J. ALVIN FOX Registered larugless I tactitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND • DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Hours: 2-5, 7-8, or by appointment. Phone 191. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR ELECTRICITY Adjustments given for diseases of cottage, and down to the rocky shore, all kinds; we specialize in dealing with and, as strength returned, her spirit children. Lady attendant. Night calls I of adventure quickened also. Each day she fared farther, always with greater joy, and daily daring steeper icliffs_ and rougher walls of ,rode. GEORGE A. SIDDAL I Comprising in all some seven him- ? died acres, the island had originally BROKER (been occupied exclusively by three Money to lend on first and second i families of sturdy seafaring stock:. mortgages on farm and other real es-1the Wallaces, the 1CcAnctlers and the. tate properties at a reaesonable rate of interest, also on first Chattel mora- Mar•lings. The first settler of all ryas gages on stock and on personal notes, the grandfather of the present Cap A. few farms on hand for sale or to fain. He, always referred to as the real on easy, terris, First Captain Wallace had come there Phone 73, ,ucknow, Ont, with his sons and daughters, his serv- THE STORY And .for all these things, as Auntal- miry gave in service, she was paid in kind: Winter 'apples, potatoes, squashes, jellies and canned fruit fill- ed her -larder. She had a charge ac- count at the Pier grocery store, but her monthly bills- were rendered, not to her, but to the administrator, as was right. Auntalrrriry had her own bank ac- count, too. It was a small bank ac- count, but like the widows oil and meal it never diminished, but rather grew a little, curiously, now and then. Its nucleus was her identical bank account of thirty years before, when she was obliged after a severe ill- ness to give up, once and forever, all actively remunerative labor. No one, however, considered Aunt- amiry an object of charity nor did she so consider herself. She aid what she could. She received what she needed. "Why, it is socialism;"1Gay cried for great week -end orgy of lobster, enthusiastically. The very principle of socialism, applied, effective and practical!" 'But -Iters, Andover drew herself up coldly. "Not by any means," she said sternly. "Such an idea! Socialism is one of ,those new-fangled notions brought over from Russia or one of those bolshevik countries. We don't hold to such things on our island." With the, familiar and much loved paraphernalia of her profession about her, . and with all of her pretty per- sonal possessions to soften the rugged austerity of her 'surroundings, Gay settled down with comfortable anti- cipations of long and lovely leisure for leisurely work. Everyday she went out for a long walk through the, shivering little forest that backed the responded to, Office on Scott St., Winghanr Phone 150 Ont. T140MAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 231, Wingharn RICHARD B. JACKSON ' AUCTIONEER' Phone 613rG, 'Wroxeter, or address R. R. 1, Gort•ie. Scales conducted any where and satisfaction ` :guaranteed, .George Walker, Garde, can arrange *fates. IRS. A. i. & A. W. IRWIN life, but (lid not go ((way. 'Lobster DENTISTS trappers came for a; season, and set- 1)Efic Macl)onalcl t3lock Wingham i tied for life. Tater, as modern eon e g tvcltiienccs added comfort to island life, many.w'lto wereengaged in cler- it•31 err professional work in Portland A. 3. WALKER built, permanent Moores near the fer- FURNITURE AND, .I UNEtAL ry landing, altd crossed the bay to SERVICE their work in the morning, and back to their island hollies at ,light. While many of the; later genera- tions' of \''V-allctr,e had gone into pro- fessional work and removed to 'other states, many also remained on, the island, where they had inafried and intcrrtl;tl°rigid, so that folly half the She Stwruggeld on Until She Reached the Little Stretch of Sheltered Beach. fish, and, . it was rumored, forbidden brew. For the last three years elven this mild burst of diversions had been abandoned, and the famous old Little ants and his boats, and settled down I club was as. dead as the oldest 'gray to carrryon a wide curd prosperous pine in the woodland. fish and lobster traffic, incidental to The Little Club house was built his sailing; trade. His children had with the natural rock of the shore as married, cottages sprang up in the a general base, as indeed were most wood; and the wild growth every of the island honies along the coast. year was pushed :farther and farther A „wide piazza circled three sides of back to make way for gardens, or- the li:ouse, and on the north gve it chards and lawns. a far .view of sea' and sky. Gay was Others carne to the island, some for 'tot long in discovering this deserted holidays, :bottle in service, and mar- piazza,and sometimes went with her. tied, and remained, 'rite early teach- sketching pad,, which elle carried on urs of the little ,,public: school grew all occasions, and sat: there, idly deaw- old in labor, and" retired to private ing in the' pleasant shade.: Gay often leaned far out ,over the piaeza railing, trying to see beneath, wishing; the distance were less, that site could drop down. And then one day, when her strength had conic a- gain, and her most venturesome mood was, upon her, she slipped tinder' the r•aihng 011 1110 easter•11 side of the club hearse, and holding with both hands, now to the. wild :branches that grew in the crevices, now to- the rough and ragged, rocks themselves, slowly,, stumbling-, falling, splashing herself with water in the lower places, cutting and bruising her hands, she struggled on until :elle reached the lit.. Licen A. J. Walker d Puneral Director and Embalmer, Office Phone 106. Res Phone 224, T afest Lirrnottoirre 1'yun•erel 'Conal, tle' stretch ,of sheltered beach. "1 knew ? could do it," she said cockily, waving away the reproachful stinging of her torn Bands, "T said 1 would, and I did." She °ran at once to the club house, under the piazza. She found a full, lower s'p'ry of the house showing; there, with a wide .floor, and two win- dows, but they were heavily framed in wooden shuttees, further protect- ed by stout irongratings, and secured with heavy patented lacks.. 'Gay shook the rusted loch impa- tiently, • "I'd love to get in," she thought wistfully. "Perhaps it is a haunted chateau. :Whoever heard of an island without a haunted chateau?" t The little cove was a pretty one, marvelously well protected. Onthe left side the rocky ledge ran .far out, curving Tll;e a bow. It was among .the rocks on the left that theold bathouse stood, but ,although Gay pulled at`the lock, even banged at it with a stone, it would not yield. Ev- ery crack' was 'sealed, and the win- dows were boarded and barred: "Stingy things," she said crossly; "The way ehcy keepthemselves lock- ed up you'd think they were a band of bootleggers," As she stood in the sandy beach,. looking out, her eyes shone with pleasure! She forgot the hard strug- gle with the rocks, she did not think of her torn and bleeding hands: It was very lovely: The tide was coming in, nearly full, and she was obliged to move back to step or two to avoid a'wetting.' But she could not tear herself from .the place. And then, as she stood, she saw the incoming waves bore. freight —a barrel—no, a sack -no Gay watched it curiously and felt the little thrill of excitement that al- ways collies with thought of treasure borne by the sea. "Treasure trove," she whispered. "Pirate's prize. Finders keepers." Now it swept far forward on the wave. 'Then it receded again, sucked back by the outgoing water. But caught full at last by the surging tide, it swept close in to shore. "Oh, l do believe it is a sea-chest— wrapped in rugs—or—something,"she cried aloud joyously. "Qh, I believe. itis•!". She ran out a few Steps, regardless of the water that splashed about her: ankles, leaning; far forward, ready to catch hold 'when it came nearer. Sud- denly it turned, swung toward her. Gay cried out, faintly. She saw it, plainly. It was the body of a man. Thehands beneath the water showed faintly radiant, the, face shone palely. 'Grating in the ,sand, surging in the water, it slid_up on the shore, swung, at her feet, and the receding waves suckedat it jealously. Stifling her innate.,gepulsion, . Gay thrust out a stiff, resentful unwilling hand, closed her fingers firmly on the flapping lapel of the coat, and 'with the help of the next incoming wave, she drew it high' up on the Sand be- yond the: water line. No hope of resuscitation for that unfortunate. :Already it was set in the rigidity of death, And over 'the, temple gaped a great dark bullet wound; where the stiff hair, dripping salt water, clung thickly in the blood that had drenched it, the edges wash- ed flabby -white. Gay turned away from it, instinc- tively recoiling, her natural thought to run quickly far fromthe terrible sight. But as she turned here eyes Evil on the hand that lay flung out on the sand, a long fine hand, a hand that even In death suggested the emo- tions of life, desire, tenderness, pas- sion, that had tingled in its finger- tips. inger tips• Gay's eyes hong on it, spellbound,. and then, slowly, swept to the face again.It was a tired face, worn, all set into grim hard lines;; had prob- ably been a_,handsome face in life, the head finely shaped, the forehead high, the chin, slender and clear -cul, 'I'Jte lips had been delicate and fine before: that last grim anxiety had locked thein :into this hard cast.. Gay shuddered, buried her face .in her hands. Then she stood up, sud- denly determined, and' called for help, again and again, her clear high voice ringing and reverberating among the rocks that bound the cove. It was seldom that strollers came through the woods so far, and the • cottages were far removed. There was no',an:- swer•, although she contin.tted to call et'en when site had ceased to expect response. And so at last, bravely, she took responsibility to herself, set her lips hard and bent down to draw the body higher one the sand, .beyond the :reach. of the tide ariits highest point, She lifted the outtllrowtt hand and laid it gently back upon the breathless breast, andspread her wispy handker- chief, pitifully, over the pale set face:. Then, in a freest' :accession of horror, she rare wildly (tfson the' hocks of the cliff, clambering over them, :streg- gling 'feverishly. in her Baste, and her terror was magnified by her fhght, so that she sobbed aloud, : fell often in her foolish frenzy, and cut herself, The Wil s Shnplest En In Ca1 A( 1)<'Y du'st '` lktylea'" Car c ,q. j�17�ti es lt.was inevitable that such.a beautiful car as the. new Willys- IKnight"70dil" should step „qquuickly into preferred place in public favor. tach month we are1uildin"niore Knight=engined care than ever' were built in any 'preceding month.. Here is a car whose high-powered, quick -accelerating motor is simplicity itself. 118 to 158 less parts than any other automobile a e. Just two metal sleeves in each cylilnder sliding up and wn, one within the other, in a' film of mil—that is all. -With no carbon troubles, no valves to be ground, no springs to weaken, the new Willys-Knight engine cuts upkeep costs in; two. . Your nearest Willys-Knigibt dealer will gladly give you, a demonstration, oelezeree 1•,f .'lt41:. wr' ,0.s7vi:S>.firirv'2.W.a7q' FINGER-TIP CONTROL" One button• in center of steering 'wheel controls starter, lights and horri. Simple design, easy oper- ation. No wires in steer - big post. D. MacDonald, Wnghan n%7 COACH $1420 Sedan $1545; Coupe $1420; Roadster $1420; Touring $1325. Willys-Knight 56-A Coach $1220; Sedan $1345.. Prices F.O.B'. Factory, • Toronto, taxes extra. but did not feel the pain. • Out of the rocks, disheveled,' soiled, her pale face streaked with tears, she stopped to recompense herself, adjust- ed her blouse and belt,;ard tried to wipe the telltale ,narks of fear, from her face.;, In' a,semblance of order at' last he ran through the woods,and down the lane to the Captain's house. 'The Captain,"sh'ocked by her white and tfrightened face -.even more that by the incoherent tale she told, extri- dated himself from the fold of dos, and cats with nervous impatience, an brushed against two" granddaughters in his haste to get Gay into a chair before she fainted.. • (Continued Next Week.) 1 • OW about•cheating the junk man, Mr. Motorist, nest time your tire "blows?" We're good at building up"tires some folks figure are "through." .f1..good`repair job done by men who know how will often put a tire back on the road as good as, ever— ready and Willing to give its full mileage. Don't throw your tire or'tube away until we've+ seen it. i ` W �x a Tire Vulcanizing Depot Wingham, am Ontario eteeeleSer Tt,b,, ftep,iir )ZM tx a cars Sf etnergenq' repair* en the seat. q5ne tat e,1ve vett the peke i at* tafie,g tad a let et bats Rod tontine. Gera is thee* iheg gilt qtr psiti