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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1925-03-26, Page 6u • ,da', Marcia 1111141 11110111411MUNItt ) bane :Barr for Sale at a yeas - rattle price with leading loads ay two ;,idr;g of it. rood Build s, tarul Mali.. and Telephone' •a .. outes, Market; School' and Ch'urahes coAveute t. If you, want' -a farm it will pay you to 15. enquire into thin. tie irg "There is no Raye oval." 'ed the conceit of teachirr1 the lad to Fire. An appetllirig odor came t?p >.�nrtuuamrt .(4441 By CNA.P'i'ER II-•-Cozntinl Again she closed her eyes. not married, Ca1,"., she .iaiurmur Ebert j. C. Stead. nw•wWw..+Wrwui. r�NwuW 19ry7 Ki';. AI int;, in upon hurt, His aria., reaching under tate :blankets beside hien, .found q the place empty, and be sprang, raga from his pillow, In the gravel near- by he saw Cal bending over a fire, "Hello, Daddy X.!" he cried, "Why didn't you call me? What luck for lareakfase?" ui"JLRIi.uww"w xu,gw•��•Papp,.4yuawiawru ns ua:4n.�wwxyx,r u.nNrauua 1 'Big doings, Reed;' big doings, Come and see." d three, and givingrpromise of being an-; The boy clambered out of .he car " ant .other "tremendous" boy, as •Aunt-i3er and ron to the spot where Cal, 'frying ed. tha would have said, that Cal conceiv- pan in hand, leaned aver his little oEsere The lar staggered I•tesal Estate he y gbered to .a chair, dazed !call him ""Daddy X," Daddy he was from something grilling on the hot saran.ce 1i1111113011l I11011I iikapt eteniees EUSINESS' CARDS eATEIJLINGTON MUTUAL FIRE /leTSURANCE CO.' Established 184o, Bead Office, ' Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all ,classes of insur- e at reasonable rates. ]3NER COSENS; Agent, W'inghan J. W. Delp t!, Office in Chisholm Block '.IRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH -- INSURANCE • AND REAL ESTATE P. 0. Box 366. Phone 198. WINGHAM, - - ONTARIO DU''i, LEY HOLMES 'BA:RRISTER,; SOLICITOR, ETC. 3ictory and Other Bonds Bought and soId, Office -Meyer Block, Wingham Re VANSTONE BARRISTER; SOLICITOR, ETC. IVloney to Loan at Lowest Rates. Wingham, Ontario J MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, - Ontario DR. G. R. ROSS Graduate Royal College of. Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto •Faculty of Dentistry. Office Over H. E. Isard's Store. by ,the terrific, unexpected blow. When he did not speak, she ,continued in a voice that was all pleading` and yet had in it a' nate of challenge, al- 1nro$t of defiance—the voice of the self-willed Celesta; "Try not ' to think too bitterly of me, Cal. I wont be here long, The doctor says -- something wrong -I will not get be-t- en" eter." . . He was at her side again. "I do not think bitterly of you, Celesta. But .,.. but'. , ' His voice failed. Then, his cheek agains hers, "Tell me, Celesta." "It's' not much to tell. I loved him. I thought he was a gocl. I ne- glected you for him. I gave up ev- erything for him. Then—he persuad- ed me to leave you, that our secret might be kept. He made me great promises; he promised me everything, ! Then, at last, he—he went away... . I know I am to blame, ' Cal; I accept limy punishment, but—I loved hire. 11 -Ie was half god, half—half devil" "And now you hate him, as I hate him," said Cal, through his teeth: Again she turned her eyes to him, "No, Cal. I love him." •.' . He leaned back, perplexed, confus- ed, struggling in.currents.too deep for his years. "What can I do?" he de- manded, after a silence. "Will you •doione thing for me? Bring up the boy as your own, and promise he shall never know. Proni- iseme that, Cal. And, folding her within his arms, he promised. "Oh, it is: true, Cal—it is true!" she cried, when he had released her. "See—the promise." She ;pointed to a motto, the only, decoration that hung on the bare walls. "A bruised' reed shall he not break, and the. smoking flax shall he not quench." "That has been my way. of light, Cal. I have yearned to it, hung on it, all these days. His kindness which would not break.' the bruised reed— would it reach out to me? It.has—it does, in you!" The boy took her in hisarms again, and for lack of some- thing better to say, whispered in her ear, "My bruised reed—my bruised reed!" Finally she, sent him to get a room, and a sleep. He "did not see her again, alive, CaI was fortunate enough to find a Mrs. Barnes, who had raised six boys and sent them out into the world, and whose mother heart was still unsat- isfied. When Mrs. Bannes.looked ie- to the great blue eyes _ of Celesta's baby it was not hard to make • a bar- gain. ' "What is his name?" she asked. "Reed= -Reed Beach," said Cal. Mrs. Barnes took Cal as 'a boarder, as' well as the ,baby, and Cal i mmedi- ately found work in a printing office. I -Ie had made: up his mind that under•1 no circumstances would he go•. back: to his old home. The secret of Ce -1 lesta was well 11id. • The hospital had known her only as Mrs, Raymond. He had given his, pledge for the boy's' sake, and for the boy's sake, and Ce- lesta's, and his own, that pledge he would keep though the heavens fell. The few belongings he had left at the boarding house would satisfy' his small debts. The ; printing office in which Cal worked was also a newspaper publish- ing office, Perhaps it was a romantic twist inthe boy's nature,. together with a certainjoy which he found in. expressing ideas in words, which led. him to seek reportorial K;work. With a baby to support, he needed all the maney he could earn, and night as- signments presently began to supple- ment his upple-menthis weekly wage as a printer. He covered police, morgues, hotels, and got a glimpse of a life far remov- ed from that of a professor's family and a sleepy university town, . He be- gan : to see that" the tragedy which had. befallen Celesta was not altogether exceptional. She had been a bruised recd, it was true, but now he moved among reed's not merely bruised, but broken. .... Out of his experiences his young mind, groping for some solid philosophy of life, arrived at the conclusion that 'the great error fo,' which all the world pays penalty i. misdirected effort. Every human soul; he thought, is 'an engine which will fro; the thing is to put it at useful work and save it from blowing itself, and others, . to pieces.; .. 'Even this Raymond fellow—he thought of hint as Raymond for lack of another name evdh lac must have had. his better qualities. It was impossible to think of the strong-willed Celesta -- It was when Reed was a,In►trst LY13.Sc., M.D., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery, Bact- eriology and Scientific Medicine. Office in •" the Kerr Residence, bet- •$veenrthe Queen's Hotel and the Bap- tist Church. All business given careful, attention. Phone. 54. ' P. 0. Box 113. M. C. Rednao d 1Vi1RttC.a.• (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr.'"Chishohn's old. stand. dl. tpo ' e L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, Factltyof'Medicine;' Licentiate of the Ontario '•College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block . Josephine Street. Phone 29. r„ Margaret' C C,;, ider General Practitioner Graduate 'University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine' Office—Josephine St., two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Telephtrnes:Office 281; Residence 551., DILL F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Al!l Diseases Treated Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Open every clay except Monday and Wednesday afternoons, Osteopathy Electricity Telephone 272. DRUGLESS PHYSICIANS CHIROPRACTIC atFRm eW oALVIN FOX Pully Qualified Graduate Drugless Practice being in absolute accord with the Laws, of Nature gives he very best results that may be ob- ained in any, :case. Iours: 10- to a.ni., a-.6 and 7-8 pan. Telephone '19i. 11 tt. D. R. McInnes 1e, CHIROPRACTOR '-Qualified Graduate Adjustments given for diseases all kinds, specialize in dealing t children, Lady attendant. Night car. responded to. ' Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont., in house of the late Jtts. Walker, Telephone xso, es.. 4',?face rxurd,� �R.esid.. W�I. Aa J. AEKEilR ITURE DEALER and DIRECTOR otos Equipment AM, r ONTARIO 11.10.04016441111.1 'already called; the x he added in its metal. algebraic sense, as signifying the'un-, "Smells scrumptious," Reed anprov- known quantity, ted. "What is it, Daddy X?" About this time his interest in so- "A secret. Listen. Hold dowry ciology excited' within, liin a 'deterrn- your head. Let me whisper. Wild tion to resume his universit `stu- duck!' inaS y dies. He re-entered college, this Mine "Wild duck? flow? But you said. with • ' a definite purpose in` view. At we; mustn't shoot them; you said it nights he continued his reportorial was against the law?" rounds to make a living for himself self "The law allows .an exception for and the boy, : explorers threatened with starvation. lyCaalferweniondtithseaig?roow<hdeany,hzi2so'wcoonrn- wWitehasrtearexptioesif`wReedeod't tgherteastoemneed• Ise completed, he had faced the world thing to eat. And on top of that, h on what he considered his mission of wen this fine drake a -lit on the rive: life. ,His ixninediate plan was to do a just at daybreak it was too much fo • series of sociological studies for on an"empty. stomach, Reed." l of the mare serious-minded magazin- • But i didu t hear you shoot?" es, and at the sable tittle gather rna- "You area sound sleeper: •Coli- tenial for a book for popular circuli_ science sits light on a young stonaacl:, tion, which he hoped would not mileas well as' on an empty one. '.'Now, advance .his. cause, but provide' money have your dip. It's cold, but safe, if with which he could" continue his you stay near the shore. work. But he had barely begun en' With a sudden contortion of his ns this program when Dr: Aon; in arms the boy emerged from his whom he had founda personal friend, nightdress. There was a gleam of vetoed it. sunlight on his lithe little -body as he plunged into the stream. He carne up It's the open air' for you, my boy", •sputtering and shaking: he had said, after the examination, 0 o w -h!" he shouted "You said "the open air, and no more of this it was cold, and you'were right!" The day and night, grind. A year or two boy was jumping about on thet •grave in. the open, say on the prairies,.and s.,0-o4-hl—Where's the'towel?"'' you may be all .right. • No' more of'"Try a sun rub, Reed. It's :better this grind! !for you, and saves laundry." • But, Doctor, my work-" I The boy raced up and down the But, Cal, your life—and your, boy •bank, rubbing his body with his hands 1 The boy. Oh, yes,....there evas the as he went. In a minute or twothe boy! Of course, the boy . , , 'mornin sun and air had whipped I Reed was eight now; goin to g him . health happy;g clean and dry. I school; y,. more "tre-1 After breakfast: "How's Ante this mendous, than even Cal ',had b leel" morning? Have you called the roll?" whimsical;, romantic; serious only;:. in ; "Antelope, please. No, sir, the roll those bedtime moments when Cal .re- has not been called." 'minded 'him. of 'his' mother Celesta,; "Very well. Sergeant, call tti and they repeated his verse together. roan l and le 'told'liim, whence his name had Brisk and business -like, Reed lufi - cone. 'ryes, there was. the `boy. !P g Cal had gathered his little capital ed into the©ool kit for the tire' gauge and made a quick examination of the about him, bought a:: second-hand wheels while Cal ,measured their oil 'Ford and some. camping utensils, andandasolme resources. Then he pre - said good-bye to the heartbroken. . sente•d himself -with a salute. 'Mrs. Barnes, And here they were, "Front left, sixty; rear left, sixt 1 The fire bad died until onlya few' five; front right, sixty; rear, right., icoals glowed before' him; a chill of fifty" night air came up from the lake; the Cal returned the salute, "Fifteen stars shone stolidly overhead. 'The pounds fatigue duty for rear right. river, swollen with' the spring' over-. "Yes, sir] flows of the prairie sloughs, muttered I More business with the gasoline Igurglingiy at his feet. Into its black tank Then: tide he looked as though it could give, "Sergeant, our advance is cut off l" Iperhaps, ':some answer to the;mystery «Ge era�ll� How cut off?" " of life: "No gasoline." Then he yawned, tapped the ashes .No gasoline!" e. A from his pipe, put it away, and•. went . g "Just a drop—perhaps a quart. Ser - to bed., i ,you are a practical rnan. We CHAPTER THREE , have gasoline enough for five miles, Reed awakened with the sun pour- and oil enough for fifteen miles; how --•--- - far can we go?" . 1 "Twenty Miles'!" "Good! Let us be offs" But on the 'Way up the hill out of the valley -Reed slipped from his '•happy world of .make -belief, "What are you going to do for gasoline, Daddy X? he ventured. "You gave your last money to the man who pull-. SEki.L0USLY ILL non. Ma003.11... Grant, lieutenant reported to be seriously ill at hitt official home in Halifax. who is ed us out of the mud." "Yes. We are in a bad way. We" have neither nion'ey nor• gasoline. What do we do when we have' neither 'Money nor gasoline?" "Write a -story. 'Oh, Daddy X, write the story of the oak and the. elan!" But Cal -shook his head The youngster was thinking of the recour- se Cal had. had to newspapers in the cities they' had come through; he was genet. ally able to sell some kind of "story" to buy gasoline and food, {{{ "No newspaper market here," lire ! :had to say. " ,N��gN1,Wppq �j } VOR thehealth and happiness of the family, lay Seaman Kent Hardwood Flooringand you will find also :;!bat the venture saves you� money. ittle .cchildren romp without harm-, on its clean holesome surface which is kept so with the minimum of household labour. Seaman Dent Hardwood Flooring will give you a more beautiful and lasting surface than any other floor material • that we know of .�. and the interest- ing part of it is that it will cost you less, too. Let us' show you ex- actly what the cost would be for your floors. AOk mac 4 .N4 .r tvi fiF,:,R •A.. , VV irJgl1la- 9 C •S E A MAN — K CT.—_ �R Dvy O "And food?". "Almost." "And money?" "Quite." "Let us go in" Onitiai0 D8D F LO O R "Jumpin' jack rabbits, who have we here?" "Two .hired men," said "Cal. "You weren't expecting us?"' "Not as you'd notice it. Whose "Very good, Sergeant." ihired men?" He turned' the wheels to the left Yours, and the rickety car contorted itself The farmer removed the twisted ac. strangely but successfully down into cumulation from his head .) and -hare the ditch and up again. The gate was^rowed his scalp with his thick: fingers.. 'open and they rumbled along a ,trail "Well, I'll be clanged," he confided at threading its way ainong the poplars.: last.' "1 adniit :bein' in. Plainville last Suddenly it broadened into an open night an' havin' a bit more formalin space and they found themselves in than was good for me, but I .don't the midst of a village' of `farin.build- have no recollection of hirin' -a mman. ings. Therewas a scurrying of poul- an'a boy an' a tin Lizzie. What is the try out of their way and much chatter ,deal?" from a flock of geese more than half The farmer's partial confession dispo§ed to'. hostility. Cal brought ened an unexpectel channclfor Cars- his car to an abrupt stop, wedged be- quick wits. "Forty dollars a month tween an;. obstreperous steer ant the for zne, during the season," he said; .. corner of a. log building. "the boy gets his board and goes to. Around the corner of the building, school, and Lizzie makes herself, use.: from the eastward, came the shadow ful about the farm if you furnish the of a mail, grotesque and squatty or gasoline." ,the hard -packed earth' of the . barn- The thick fingers gently continued :yard. 1n immediate pursuit, of the their harrowing; 'while a twinkle,. +ol shadow came the substance six feet amusement lit up.the:broad, red face: and sixty years of substance; broad- I "Not so bad," he -confided. "I was chested substance under a blue cottoi afraid I might have sold: you the farm. shirt and blue duck overalls ' held in or got you engaged to ' Minnie, or.` precarious position by a pair of red traded off tate wife's spaniel, or some-. leather suspenders with two ruptured 'thing serious like that. Well, Jack - eyelets; thewhole surmounted by a son Stake is a -manthat, stands by his llarge; ruddy, and not ill-natured face, bargain. 'But one thing," he added, fringed about the`cars with a pleasant with an apparent twinge of apprehen-• tangle of•grey hairs and topped wi'•h cion; nothin' o' this to the wife. She's a submissive lump of straw hat. a suspeecious creature, is the wife. 1- "Whoa, •Eliza!" he • exclaimed. (Continued on following page) i "A country paper. But country j ;papers don't buy stories, usually. Thi editor writes his own, or acquires 'them by means of a long pair ..if: 'shears and a pastepot. No, Sergeant, the army must go to work." "Where? On a•farm ?" 1 "On a farm. On the first farm we ,core to. Certainly on a. farm within 'five miles," "Oh, goodies "A tremendous word for a sergeant, I imust say," said the general, se - rely. They were up onthd4rolling prair- ie again, bowling through a countiy tufted with groves of small poplj'rs and' willows, Presently a trail' led off to the left _through 'a. gate in a wire fence and lost itself amidst the pop- lars" Cal brought his car to a stop. "Consultation of staff," he announe- ed. ':"Doubtless that trail leads to a frin-Yard. Shall we go 'in?" "We are ;out of gasoline?" "Almost. rr Governor of Now, Scotia, I "Isn't there a• paper in Plainville?" 1 .02/015vsnlAW7 ihkrig'»tt relieve SInaen ettso ar, tette arca eer rata the eliMin4tavt+ °rganna. maks yen feel frim, "'Defter Than 'll!•a Fur l.irs,t' pain" Q";a7S 00o. 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