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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1925-03-12, Page 6A �p�« •, w�xnxm�.M�.m�mm 11', lil 11 lJl 110111 gglli l l oto IlloNYlll llt APuMd101';' le : at Prig r• with leading randsIto sides of it. loud Build- tal NMS i and '1'elepkttane Vierlt'et, School hes convenient. If you t farm, it•wil,1 pay YOU. to torr;. into this, i ^ COSeltIS ee. a Real Estate', 11Glllllolllll1HHUi' llil � II«%Nr!yx,.NnnN,IMwgpr Pu�NIP•lu�l� ,la 11 BITINES$ CARDS WELLINGTON MUTUAL FIRE INSURAI`ICE. CO. Established J840. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all classes of insur- ance at reasonable rates. iteBNER' COSMO; Agent, Wingham 1.110,11.101,4114,•13110.f.001 1110 By Robert pmuua.IlnWp� J C. Stead liAPTFR 11 :y.0i!1' !P the gravel, Presently seusaages were sizzling in the fryilik,-, past and the smell of steaming tea vela ":up' like sweet incense from their little altar,A. hot sausage, 'split and Haid between two stout slabs of breed, andsupper was served, When they 'hadput away the, rein-. tants of their Meal and scoured their ,utensils in the sand, the boy stood recap of the marshes. Beyond those down by the water and skipped stones, Long vistas of undulating prairies marshes, according to the map, the across the stream. He amused him - checkered. in black, moist fields. Here !road swings across the valley, and self at this until the yellow hors of and rheic a grove of; green poplars, there is a bridge over the' river that light, faded. out.betweea the trees and here and. there, a farmhouse, white feeds the lake:" •the reflection of the steel bridge died and peacefdi in their shadows Grass, "And, we . are to camp there to- in the darkness. Once or twice the green and moist, with a purple car- night, aren't we, Daddy X?"` 'sharp whistle of a wild. cluck's flight peting of anemones. Water shining "That is the intention, if Antelope broke upon his ear, and his quick eye front; neatly tiny lakes. Coveys of only continues faithful to the end." located the speedy traveller just as white clouds, ' like ruffled swans, Along the crest of the , northern he faded into the ,grey of heaven; afoat in an infinite sky, shore of the lake they skirted, the boy 'once .a muskrat ventured forth from, road,running straight oiz si;l'ent in wonder at the great cloud the `ol>po`sile,banl • and clic d, silent A longr `flections • floating far below, the m ., forever. >Jla and down the sweeping ie and, bzaicfui,cr,at the challenge of vistas of prairie -land; by the check- drira,ar'busy with his car and with Reed's stone; once a teatn -and wa-; v p thoughts which, even in this peaceful'gon,rumbled ,:over :the bridge; other - thoughts may have had in 'them Sone- wise all was silence save ` the low thing of cloud and shadow too, Tlie murmur of the water and the skip shades of evening trailed farther and and chuckle of the stones .which lie ered black fields breathing deep the still sunshine of early May; through interminable lane bordered with barbed wire fences. A gopher by the roadside, bolt upright:and whistling. farther behind; the . `sunlight blazed threw upon. it. Fresh, damp earth from a badger•, xsiore squarely in their faces; the road 1 ".A.l1 right, Reed," said a voice be- Fresh, mounded on the trail, The hunt Unwound itself like an endless belt hind bim. "AImost time to turn in.; of telephone wires. Water gurgling through a culvert. A crow silent up a neighboring post. Over the ridge to the eastward an undivided attention' of the roan "What shall it ,be?" atom suddenly appears where the, at the wheel. • Reed had come to I "The few, the few—what was it, load leaps'out of the sky. .It grows know such moments by ip.stinct, anal between the oak and the elm?" rapidly, flashing a Heliograph. in the noted in silence how, on tlie' steep , ® , I didn't say it was quite a feud, sunlight as it approaches. Presently itches the brakebands gripped and ydid I? Well let us start a fire, and it defines itself as that most familiar Phe gravel flew from; the tires as the then we shall hear." of all objects on the prairie trail, ou wheels dragged on the stony •road..! Cal gathered some branches into a ter of horse and saddle and laud{- Diet it always was a delightful ex-1iittle heap, •and ow, kneeling beside i36artj and prairie schooner—a Ford perience, and the steeper , the hill the !the pile, ' he struck .:a match: The automobile. Another hundred yards 'more he liked -it. ' He had `a child's' glow lit up his face, very brown andl faith, unmeasured and immeasurable,' •friendly in its ruddy light a moment in "Daddy X." Irnore and,the dry limbs were writh- Presently they reached the valley .ing as the. flame curled' about their levels. Cal released the brakes ands knotted wrists and fingers. Reed �an �.-W. DOD ( fh.ce iia. ,Clsishoim Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND I•lEA7TH . «-- INSURANCE -- AND REAL ESTATE P. 0.; Box 366. Phone 198. WINGIIAIVI, . ONTARIO DUDLEY HOLES BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Victory and Other Bonds Bought and sold. #, Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Fedigr€ R. VANSTONE to S. CUSTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. grave. ey to Loan at Lowest Rates.. • Wingham, Ontario frame' ,t • MORTON to Cl: St. BARRISTER, ETC. ' Wingharn, Ontario FOR d Sit` r';1P ll'L p 6m ® '',OSS Graduate Royal College of Dental'. Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. Office Over H. E. Isard's Store. beneath their ±lying wheels. "Oh, aren't we to` have a fire and a en At length they began to drop down `story, Daddy X? , a steep and winding road into the val- I "The fire. is ready for starting, and ley, and the car demanded the 'the story, too, I think," said Cal. R. UUAM.tLY B.Sc., M.D., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery, Bact- ;p,griology and Scientific Medicine. Office in the Kerr Residence, bet- ween the Queen's Hotel and the Bap- tist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone. 54 P. O. Box 1t3. r '° ob#o Cm Re ;i' mand M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr. Chisholni's old stand. R. ;'.' ® L. STEWART I'aduate of University of Toronto, alty of Medicine; Licentiate of the aria College of Physicians and Eh;:a'rgebns. Office in Chisholm Block phine Street. Phone 29. i„ , ar aret C C',,lae General Practitioner GGzaaduate •Universitg of Toronto Faculty of'.iJledicine Office—Josephine St.,,two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Telephones:"'Office 28s, Residence 151. o °"/A. PAR.'S'. ER t S, EO'PATHIC PHYSICIAN All Diseases Treated adjoining residence next to �=µti I?3:PI C71'El�n Church on Centre Street; res of + every day except Monday a e, brick liday afternoons. Rt ideal lholeapatliy Electricity aiaarlcet '1elephone:2/2•, and it proclaims itself an old Ford au- tomobile,- sagging and rumbling and, flapping its fenders like, a spaniel's ears. t� man and a boy occupy the front •seat; the lion at the steering wheel. up momentum, Here they turned to 'to the fire and sat down together. ac ears w The boy is of n6t more than eight.south and a. tall shadow -car, with "`The quarrel between the oak and `since she was a little Christmas tree years,_ and his keen little fort .the , or nine funny. oval wheels and: a very top- the elm was over the spruce, Cal and stole silently away to a,sandy. 111.W1, 1.111 r11, Thursday IVIarel Deli N Oak, Maple, Birch or Beech, •• Seaman. Kent Hardwood 'loorin is ad- mired for its sheer beauty. The natural grains and ex- cellent milling enable you: to turn any nook or,;por•ner of your home into a ver- itable beauty 'spot by ob- taining a surface that truly reflects the charm of dainty furnishings. The costis small, the 'result is enor- mous—if measured in terms of beauty, economy and durability. Measure your rooms' and get an estimate. Ask for prices o -~'1Seam r . r•t .F1 or Finis. Wax LU} 1 ,t•• AL COMPA in m, S G'. AMAIN K M N T H'A Ft. W O O ont�;;r Q^2 o f LooRING ..._..... the car floated forward with its pent- land Cal rolled an old tree trunk near i h• hadhome bl k t1 ch nd oculars WinghanTCxr ESS PH'Y'SICIANS -- 1 EPORTLCI .IROIPRA,CTIC ; 'C?ni"`l ' " m J. ALVIN FOX 9111 114 busi 1s'ully Qualf£ied Graduate pos••,aglesS Practice 'wing in absolute n. lwithl the Laws of Nature gives best results that may be ob- any case. , a.a:n,, 2 --5 and q -8 p.m. Telephone I9I. upturned to his companion, is flushed with interest and childish enthusi- asm. The two are deep in discussion, and, as we are to travel with them through the pages of this narrative, let us stop them here and climb aboard, ands watching us instead of the' road, carpet of light and shadow. It was „ "No, I wouldn't exactly say'there and it ran right into the ehns!'' then the oak would lean `gently to -there she has lived for ever since. was a feud between the oak and the "A d r always should watch the and his evergreen companion A d dad tI g elm; it wasn't quite so bad as that—"• i . D 11. nannies :CHIROPRACTOR Canalified Graduate Adjustinents given ; for diseases all kinds,, specialize in dealing children, Lady attendant. Night cal utesla'on led to. fliee on Scott St. Winghem, Ont., lit lxtruse of the late f as. Walker. TeleedeJne 150. i eskl. , DEALER CTOR uuarl JiP ateP1t. TAM e no other tree`could grow;' heavy body, glided silently 011 began. "Both the oak and the elm ridge, whey their left until they plunged into a'were in love with' the beautiful because she could not bear to hear her grove ,of ancient elms. 'spruce. The oak` wooed her in mid- friends quarreling about her. And in "Oh, Daddy X!" , the boy cried, 'day, when the sun • poured ' its hot the morning when the oak and the elm.' his hands "We've won! briliiance through' the still boughs awoke they saw their. beautiful love. Clapping n g ' and wove on the away on^the 'ridge, where neither of She it was rosin Ante—Ante-lope, ie: grass., beneath a them could grow at all And there e elm ff lit the oalc and n s , rive w " Cal. h' in her ear • ``Spruce I • rove Daddy X?"' the'lad inquired, raising d "What is a feud' Daddy X?" road said a whisper Iles gaze from the fire to the face of " y "Yes, the boy agreed. "There lyou dear'' but the spruce—" Why, a feud is when one family 1 b h culvert feels aggrieved " "What is aggrieved, Daddy X. havingreceived a blow in a vital part Spruce, I love you, dear' his high words t at e, too, eparte ,boy. "That is when you think someone 'to you,f " well,' I did!. But poetry but he went to the valley, not fax "Yes, Reed." out—" the oak made poitry with the gentle elmlive apart, u undertheir gruff wasto watch Cal did' of his .leaves in the sunlight. surfaces they are' very, very sad."- ed reed; isn't it; Daddy X?" Foi what he rustle „ < lad. But cannot under - understand." you will had become engrossed in the bars of bashfully. p o but for a moment it threaten -and watched a slender tongue of h N + ellow sunlight which, streaming In the evening the elm, ,which al - ed to be," and the driver's lips dis through, aisles between the trees, 'so stood near the" -spruce, would flame whipping the smoke upwards. t , The bedtime story was always to him. closed a glint of white teeth. "You flicked h' ` f rapid succession oftremble toward her and say, Look at see, that'happened t to Daddy X. limbs! See how, all my branches quite different from—" "Oh, Daddy X, you are making poe. his :friend. . with another and-=" zg ht e a high, The young man made a feint of try! You said, `Whisper in her ear, 1 "Oh not The elm was so sorry'for friend of his, whom he knew only as Daddy X,' always had a new story ev- ery night, and never needed to read. it out of a book., What a wonderful Daddy X' he was! "Now/you must say your verse and go to bed,"'said Cal, after tliey had watched ' the fire smoulder for a•. while. The lad clasped his hands,, and,. !` raising his face to the ' bright stars,, repeated 'solemnly •the words, "A Bruised reed shall he not break, and the sinoking flax; shall he not quench.' "That was what my mother said;, last, wasn't it, Daddy X?"'said the, • been unfair—hasn't been a good of his anatomy. "That's one , Well, so , has Reed,"he admitted, "But watch is the language of love, and no doubt from the 'river. And so. the oak and "And that is why you called me sport, you know. Like the.man. who1 t b t d Reed because "my mother was called bruis- wouldn't pull us out of the mud -hole yesterday until I gave •him a dollar." "Was that a feud?" not say, and the`lioy' did 'not ,ask He But the spruce only bowed herhead,But very beautiful, said the boy. Yes, you Reed oked the fire with a stick stand, Some day perhaps understand." But under his breath. e renewed the promise given. ' o the boy's dead mother: "He never, shall;, is ace in ra z ' ten -mi he never shall!" dol- lar, and one always feels -a st dollar you used to wear on your See m straight trunk; see my shape- ole into- fairyland. And this strange (Continued in our• next issue) tal .attachment f his last dollar ny bandy Y men - hat," he explained Iy � ... o. be our last dol -beautiful? a season. of delight, a light and shadow. "It's like that fun- 'me, Spruce! Am I not. nute ram - "What a sen -ti -mental taclime*zt, Suddenly the winding road, as reach to the same height and make a isthough by a wiggle of its great back- green umbrella in the sky. Think Daddy X. bone, straightened out before . them, of that when you ;are tempted to look "Something you will not' begin to It led along a well -graded turnpike to upon the knotty, knarled, twistfd understand until you are about four- the yawning arches of a steel bridge, oak; Will you not come under that teen or fifteen, and will not have fin- ished understanding when you are an but off to the side, almost buried in umbella, dear Spruce, and let me old, man, like me, at twenty-six a growth of ` grass and infant poplars, shelter you` when the winds blow and • a side trail led down to an old ford the snow falls and the world is white Now—where were . we? Oh, yes! At ;where the settlers had • braved the ri- and still in the cold ' grip of winter? the quarte`l between the oak and the :ver for a score of years before the But the spruce only bowed her head, elm. ..As I "was saying-" building of the bridge. bashfully. Bump! The dog's ear fenders flap , "This should be a good place to "Then the oak said, gruffly; 'Elm, ped against the wheels. camp;.what say you, Ante -hope?" why do, you make love to , Spruce? "Whoa, Ante! . rt likei your.step! Cal bounced up and down in his She has been niy companion since i that!" it ert Mustn't hit a culvert 1 seat until the can nodded her nose. ' childhood. I have watched her grow The' child's voice was raised in stur- dy good," you say. A#ellow feel 'from a tiny Christmas -free to a beau- dy, protest. "You promised, remember?"-tiful maiden with lovely symmetrical da Daddy X; don't you ing, I suppose; Ford for ford. Well ' y' we'll turn down here," and he guided green arms that str,etch toward . me, "What did- t promise, Reed? It and with green hair"'that trembles in Lit. along the deserted trail. Down. by' slips me." When we the river there widened out a gravelly 'the wind, but never grows ruffled or "Don't yo la remember' 1 •-fuzzy and never. falls, to the ground were stuck in the mud you, took the shelf. Against its pebblyshore the, ' wheel in both hands and you said, blue -brown water of the stream con- 'like yours and, mine, Spruce belongs 'Ante, get us out of this. and T will be tided strange things whisperinglyonto ine, I tell you,' said the oak, gruf- more respectful to you, and i won't its way to the marshes and the lake• fly. 'Leave her alone,' , and ! Theyclimbed' out and stretched' "Then the dm answered in his big, ask you to wade in the medal va S'll'eir' limbs. "To the big stamp and sighing voice, which came down frfromcall you by your full name,; ti y thbackl" Reed suddenly challenged among his stately limb's, 'Oak/ you, "Antelope'V like that." , land was off like the wind, while his shall not interfere in my:' love . for "Dear me, so I did! But then, sheicompanion dallied for a moment to 'Spruce. It is 1 who here grown be - didn't get tis out of the mud, did she? , ofit at the finish, ?ant- i her all these ears; it is .I who 1 make a race side y W e had to have a farmer haul us with ,, but it was his team, at the price of our last dol ing, they carne up together,have poi%itedher slcywarclwhile yott 'eared fender first.: t was a promise, and e cl said They boy,:solidly.-so is the car as Cala startled a fire with, a ;nine, I tell you. I will not leave s.,. were boviling along: and had, just crested the next hill. Suddenly the shining surface of the lake broke upon their vision. "Whoa, Ante-lope!"and the driver brought his car to a stop. For a 'full • minute. the two compan- ions gazed in silence at: the scene out- spread before them. The prairie lev- els broke abruptly into a .deep valley,, blazoned on its higher slopes with vi- vid patches of light green poplars and balin-o'-gileads; on %its lower reaches with the darker hues' of stately elms. Between the broad hanks, and filling all the bed of the valley, lay the lake, its surface shining like a mirror of quicksilver. "This must be the lake shown on our map," said Calvin peach' "See, tI ere, at the western end, is the deep -the boy's hand that touched tlhe dog-were'teinpting het down. to the mus - lar—„ t,I we got i lty earth. Leave her to isle! 1' li 1 Reed brotight�the"grub bo•x" out of I "But the oak said gruffly, 'She is • -, ` i' 1.� .1, •� r (. J 4) • `.JSP4—,,, ,• "- -- 1 I. �:./l` • ...->,-...,. :•''.• `\ t '-.. �. - ,, • r ' ` `- t"A co,.s' WE CAN LOAN TO YOU ANY PAIi'TOr OUR GREAT WAt.t•'-1 wE OOKY Nit ;r! T'••t. 'i7-t.4N CAA/ us . rr; 711"7- ,r • _ f .:;,•o�°-- �. THEY WILL'RROBABLY HAVE TO WALL THE•PLACE IN AND LET ,'p1112 SHOOT . , .--Ireland in the Columbus { Dispateh. ta.• readargli YOU cetia't feel so good ° but what Wilt Make ke yoti feel better. TC I RUGCx Ito yowl "Their- the great elm shouted down, `Nov; Oak, I will have your sap for this! When the northwest (wind blows I will fall upon you, and crush you, into the earth, and every- one who passes shall laugh and say, "Look what what Elm has done to lOak l" "Then the beautiful spruce, when she heard these loud and:aiigrywords, ;trembled silently, and tears carne to Ther many eyes and fell like dew ran. the waren grass, for she, loved both !the oak and t, and lhave told you twlxiehi�she loved the e not I bet- . ter. And as the spruce trenmbled, and M1FZ11 BRANCH, wept she made a great resolve, „ 4V1NG is just as important as earning„ for earning is but of the present, while saving is assurance of fixture security and, the, foundation of prosperity. ' The Dominion 13ank protects the funds of its depositors by the prudent mana.goi;raerlt of experienced officers. t,wwas deep ula- • . A. WALLAC on hem - she taroseghfrein the richt Aiiatosesiss'1t1! e 0 Mentlger.