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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1926-11-08, Page 7Thursday, November 4th, 1920 WINGIKAM ADVANCE -TIMES •-•e•tEkC'ir�sr le . -14 4MF11p �1 L'+ , r "A. zt ,..A. ! CT..n✓.%.,04,11'1,, *.a - r • '1111.. _`4 ' > 9. 4 .41p: ': ' 4�.�:••/1 1. crs*41 G%'. 'H. 4 {c;..►r`0., 1.::r�.!+..:,,F"w nm; r4 ,jyrk�i i -c• e Fr ttri[ ;i ,• 1 � Ira Sri �r 3!+ i ,._ �� , 1111 - px ,,, r t� ' t _. `: *t`e l * _y.r .r ' i' ':~• . - V�+.,. 5:yl t,'y 3 . ,r. 1, i + ,gr* 'Ar• +►+ 4, .F ;y Is t4. i".` e4 Of�. ,, ,' • 3 • :, r�•ii t; , i jib'. i•i ' {Z t. y !. :•�y,• i r.., �,a. yam. .teaJ''4:r ,}X ' .• 'b" ",-•+. t pJt „t 3.'i"i' tyre ..8 .iii �' - �e . 4� [ C : - „may 3" r. .y ' 1,)111 M rd i �" A , '.► •4Fij" •... ,�' Y i' ! . �,r..?"4�''". .�' ,�p��( :,R moi„ �: r "yip';-��.s ?� ' .riN{S Y� f f{ , ` .i'1 l,+. .--r:i -,i P"`>h a1 "�r. y na" . ' • 1. = ;•4 ria �7'.`{ •� �� -3-t ri Ail N ' `Dr iF 4, �T. �., f, t it � . -u, t :' ▪ sera The next round was More one-sid- ed, for only one of. the, French ship's gun fired, and that the feeblest. Neither the big gun amidships, that carried• either a buckshot, .or half a dozen number -sixes; nor the stern chaser swivel -gun was properly fus- ed. I waded in again, turned, the French ship, and, with, a mighty bang, her gun went off, and 1 took the' charge in niy leg. Luckily for me it wasa single buckshot. I near. iy sat down. "I'm shot, I yelped. "Hanging would be more approp- riate," said the Captain. "Come here:" Blood oozed from a neat blue hole, and Faithful` Hound uttered a dog- like howl of woe and horror. Claudia asked to be informed ex- actly how it felt, "Just like being • shot," 1 replied, and added: "I am going to be sick." "Do it in the pond then," request- ed the Captain, producing his pock- et-knife and a box of,matches. "Going tb cauterise the wound and prevent its turningsceptic?" enquir- ed the Lieutenant, as the Captain struck a match, and held the point of the small blade in the frame. • '" "No," replied the Captain "Naval ,sur eery -without aesthetics.... Cut out the cannon -ball." "Now," continued he, turning to me as I sat wondering whether I should shortly have a wooden leg, "will you be gagged or chew on a bril- let? I don't want to be disturbed by your beastly yells." "I shall `not yell;' Captain,",,I re- plied with dignity, and a faint hope. that I spoke the truth. - "Sit on his head, Dig," said Mich- ele to the .Lieutenant; but waving Digby away, I turned on my side, shut my eyes; and offered up my limb. "Hold his hoof then," ordered the Captain..., It was painful beyond words; but I contrived to hold my peace, by bit- -ing the clenched knuckle of my fore- finger, and to refrain from kicking, by realising that it was impossible; with Digby sitting on my leg, and Claudia standing on my -foot. After what seemed a much longer time than it was, I -heard Michael say, apparently froma long' way off: "Here it comes," and then; a cheer from the Band and a dispersal of my torturers, announced the recovery of the buckshot. "Shove it back in the gun, Dig, said the Captain; "and you, Isobel, sneak up to the cupboard outside our bathroom and bring me the scratch- muck." The Faithful Hound, mopping her tear -bedewed face, sped away and soon returned with the scratch -muck (the bottle of antiseptic lotion, pack- et of boric lint, and roll of bandage, which figured as the se;uelae to all our minor casualties.) °• I believed Michael made a really excellent' job of digging out the bull- et and dressing the wound: Of course, the ball had not penetrated very deenly, or a penknife would hardly have been the appropriate surgical tool; . but, as things were, a doctor could not have been verymuch quick- er, . nor the, healing of the wound more clean"and rapid. n And when the bandage was fast- ened, the Captain, in the presence of the whole Band and some temporary members, visitors, raised me to the seventh Heaven of joy and pride by solemnly conferring upon me in per- petuity, the rank and title of Stout Fella, in that I had shed, no tear and uttered no sound during a, major op- eration of "naval surgery without aesthetics." 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For what other reason could a wo- mangy like Aunt Patricia. have married uncle Hector, anddid not he 'still own the, "Blue Water"—and so re= tain his sole claim to distinction? Certainly his wife did not own it, for she could not wear it, nor do any- thing else with it. She could merety. look at it occasionally, like anybody, else. That wis-something anyho y,, if it affected her as it did me .... My degree of S.F. (Stout Fella) 1 earned in this: wise. One of Michael's favourite and most\thrilling pastimes was "Naval. Engagements." When. this clelightful`•pursuit was in being; two stately ships, with sails set and rudders fixed, were simultaneously shoved forth from the concrete edge of the lily -pond, by the Captain and the Lieutenant respectively. est Yourself ! dismasted and the'Tricouleur trail- ing in the water.) I was then privileged to wade, like Gulliver at Lilliput, into the. deep, and bring the ships to harbour where their guns were reloaded by 'Michael and Digby, antL the voyagee\repeated. • On this great day, the first combat was ideal. The ships. converged,. the guns of both fired almost simul- taneously, splinters flew, soldiers fell or were sent flying overboard, the ships rocked to the explosions and concussion of the shot, and then drif- ted together and remained locked An a death -grapple to the shouts.-pf "Boarders ready", and !`Prepare to re- ceive boarders," from the Captain, and Lieutenant. '',etch 'em in, Feeble Geste," said Michael, imagination. sated, and tucking up my trousers, I waded in, reversed the ships, and sent them to port: They were crowded with lead Sold- iers, bore..each a battery of three brass cannon,' and were, at the out- set, about a yard apart. But, to each loaded canyon was attached a fuse, and, at the Captain's word,, the fuses were lighted as the ships were laun- ched from their harbours: The Captain presided over the des- tinies of the ship that flew the White Ensign and Union Jac11, and the Lieutenant over those of the one that carried the 'Tri -couleur of France. There was a glorious ,uncertainty of -result. Each ship might receive a 1proaclslde from the other, one alone might suffer; of both might blaze in- effectually into the blue by reason of a deviation;' of their courses. After, the broadsides had been exchanged,' we all sat and gloated upon the.att i ractiwo scone, as titre strips glided on, wreathed in battel-Sinoke, perhaps with riddled and splintered hulls on one memorable and delight -1 fttl occesfottwith. the 1 i'eudh, ship ilt HOW TO Stop that Tickling in Your Threat AT NIGHT Don't. Stay Awake at Nights Coughing. Tliis is Distressing and Weakening, and will Even - Wally Lead to Something worse Stop it 'now by getting a small mottle of Hamilton's Throat & Lung Balsatn, This will, with the first doSe, give relief, and is absolutely guaranteed to clear up the worst cold. Your local • druggist has this it direct stock. or you can get in sto y R T90 Write Sal.ada4,. Toronto, for free sample and sail so that the charred wreck- age went by the board, and we stood silent, envisaging the horrors of a burning ship at sea. As the vessel burned down to the water's edge, and then disappeared with hissings and smoking, Michael broke the ensuing silence with words that I was to remember many years later in a very different place. (Ap- parently ,Dkigby remembered thein too.) 'That's what I call a funeral!" said Michael. "Compare that `with being stuck ten feet down in the mud and clay of a beastly cemetery for worms to eat\and maggots to 'wriggle about in you.... Gripes! I'd give siornething to have one like than when my turn comes. ...Good idea! Til write it down in my will, and none of you dirty little dogs will get properly" done." "P,ighto, Beau," said Dight' "I'll give you one, old chap, whenever you like." "So will I you, Dig, if you die. first," replied Michael to his twin, and they solemnly shook hands upon My gratification for these honours was the greater in that nothing bad been further from my thoughts than such promotion and reward. Freq- uently had I striven in tine past to win one of the Band's recognised. Or- ders of Merit—Faithful Hound, Good Egg, Stout Fella, or even Order of Michael • (For Valour)—but had never hitherto won any • decoration or recognition . beyond some such cryptic remark anything from me, unless you see it (Continued Next Week) had Your Summer Collage From Fire ! * Underwriters give lower insurance rates on summer cottages roofed. with Brantford Asphalt Slates because they'are fire resistant and cannot be ignited by urmng shingles or -,5" r N�: lt' M y,J,� flying embers. 19 i , wr&•Yr�. !tttl4 r ias��a,r sssn►sss�r�11�ssws s�fs► �if�6sis► ,. rI ai�r�is+®i�sslsYs'•� limaffirmirr „! 0.,111 nir�unlllldu, —� ! Ri: d9iioi�l Si Iisiiiufii i � i,irrii. uai4il itiuniruili� llbnuuu lir l!; oc ■151IiUII � �111iiii i II ILII I I I I II I II II I I II I III IIiiJIIiiI ire erOrratOOfilligea .i!llit Brantford, Ontario Stock Carried, Information Furnished and Service on Brantford Roofing rendered by Rae & Thompson, - Wiaigham Gor>rie. R. I3. Carson,. Thos. Stewart, -. 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