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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-06-28, Page 6Rn_— Trunk Tris was a blow to John, Added to A his desire to reach the city co ditiou was not a --- little anxiety as to Elmer'e n By CHARLETTE HAMIVIOND In the trunk. +No, sir," said John, determinedly,' What a long our hours he had to "we won't give it tip if we have to go wait! Time had never dragged .so on foal" before! "Well," said Elmer, "I don't see any At last the longed -for train carie way unless we do go afoot, for we and Jetta reaebed Portland in safety. have only got two dollar's between us, I The next thing was to find his trunk.. and the fare .to Portland is niore'n'two He went up to a man standing near dollars apiece.' some baggage and asked frim how "Pete Bateman got over harder spots to get trunks. "Where's' year check? said the than this," said John, "and I know we can.' "Yes, I suppose so," responded El- mer, "Father might give me a dollar or so to spend at the fair next week. if it would do any good, I'd ask him, but I might as well ask the town 1, Pump.. While the two boys are laying plans, we'll and out who they are and what another place to find trunks? means this planning of theirs. • "Not's I know of. Did your trunk John Sheldon, a bright, quick-witted come along with you?" boy of fourteen, is the son of a well- "I've lust come," replied John; "but to-do farmer; The other boy, Elmer mY trunk came this morning.' - Haznmond, is the village doctor's son, a few months younger. The two are excellent friends. They have been reading "Perilous Adventures of Pete Bateman, the Boy `Sailor." Roused by the daring deeds and wonderful es- . capes of the hero, a mania to go to sea has fallen upon them. They think there's no good in asking their fathers' advice, so they are laying plans in secret, John has learned that the fishing schooner Brittomart sails for New- foundland the twenty-fifth, and it is now the twenty-fourth. The two boys start from beneath the "High Top" sweeting tree in the orchard where they have been sit- ting. "Isn't there a way to go on the freight train?" asked Elmer, throwing an apple core toward a chipmunk, chattering on the stone wall. "No, I guess not," answered John thoughtfully. "But I've got an idea!" he exclaimed exultantly, crumpling up his old straw hat and giving it an upward fling. "Quick—out with it!" said Elmer. "There's an old trunk of grandpa's up in the garret! Do you see! Eimer? Chuck what we want in that, get in, and one of us goes as baggage. What do you say to that?" "You've struck it!" declared EImer.. "Let's go at it. I'm in for that. Why, you're as cute as Pete." "We'll have to start In the morning," said John. "We'll have a gay time. We'll see a bit of the city when we're through our business with the cap- tain." Not a doubt but that they could go conductor.. as sailors had once entered. their John healtate:d. Yes. he bad den+dsd heads. Of course Captain Daly would objeeUons. Be ha=f abed h ins>lf take them. out of this scrape. It was decided that Elmer should. "There was a. boy shut np in, 'that get permission and come down and tilTr, was there"" gnestiozaed stay all night with John. He was to conductor," narrowly watering John, j up scout ham, thus lesseniri� take him what he wanted, and they'd who started s ib ' ;Do zo3 eupply of fresh air. To add to his ward - pack what they could in the trunk. a boy could live :ill tins ima ghat tip : disevnrPort. he began to feel sick. His man. John showed it. The man looked among the trunks. "There isn't any trunk like that here, he said. John stood a minute dismayed. "`There must be one somewhere," he said, not a little anxious. "Is there The man looked again. "Well, the trunk isn't here, that's sure," he said. Poor John! What was to be done? One thing was certain—he must find the trunk. He was sure it was put on board. Where was it now, and where was Elmer? "Can you tell me what to do to find it?" asked John, very earnestly and anxiously. "Don't worry, boy, I'll help you all I can," said the man, good-naturedly. "Did you say. your trunk came on the early train? Did you see it put on?" "Yes, sir," assured John. "I saw it put on that train myself.' "Well, well," said the man, consol- ingly, "You wait here a minute and I'll see if I can find out anything about it. I guess it's all right.' John's frame of mind was anything but an enviable one as he stood await- ing the man's return. A few minutes later he came back with Conductor Parker with him. "You are John Sheldon, are you?" asked the conductor. "Yes, sir," answered John, a little surprised.. "You've lost a trunk, have you, my boy?" "Yes, sir. Can you tell me where to find it?" the latter questioned, eagerly. "Did your trunk contain anything very valuable?' "Very," said John, "and I must find it," looking anxiously around at the trunks. "Any objection to telling me what year trunk contained?" pursued the Where Canada Hopes to Make a Record •11114111M1111if1avinti ir111,1p111111'arflli irati intro 00111,10 smolt I11o111111111 *1 11 i... t+ L F s} ka> .2 rets w F ? k i7' •:,.. .� "� noun:oduuullrlr:uiiu111111 Ilriiuioluurmu011111nil:oln11MS01mu1ur . nnrr1'rIlmiliioa An air view of the new represented by her leading THE OLYMPIC STADIUM AT AMSTERDAM stadium which seats 40,000 now ready for the Olympic games. amateurs. Canada Fostering Land Settlement by the British Committee on Immigration Presents Its Report to the House of Com- mons - Ottawa —A reduction in ocean rates of 210 for British immigrants is recommended in the report of the seleot standing committee ou agri- culture and immigration, tabled in the recent Parliament. While in th'e opinion. of the oommittee the responsi- bility and control of the eeiection Of immigrants, no matter by whom re- cruited, must west solely with the Government of Canada, it suggests that special efforts be made to ex- tend x tend the field of activity of the prov- incial authorities, ,particularly in the matter of the placement, settlement and supervision of immigrans, and , teat the Federal Government consid- er •oomtributing to defray the cost of provincial oo-operation. To prevent expenee and unneces- sary inconvenience to the would-be immigrant it is recommended that greater care be given to the physical examinations before leaving the home' lands, and that in the British Isles local doctors, under the control of the Canadian .medical authorities, should make these examinations. Approval, in the report, is given to previous efi forts to enoourage the young- British immigrant, and it recommends that the age limit for boys be extended from 14 of 19 years. Extension of the assisted passage privileges to the families of !mm} grants from Great Britain is recom- mended by the 'committee, but it does not feel that the 3000 -family settle- ment schemme be further extended un- til after the present experiment has been tested. The committee approves of the ex- tension x tension to other provinces• of the tri- partite agreement with the British, federal and provincial governments for the encouragement of land settle- ment by British immigrants. Under this scheme the:Provincial Govern- ment provides the farm,'the British Government supplies $1540 for stock and equipment, and the Canadian Government recruits the settler and promises settlement and supervision free of charge, and, in addition, shares on a b�0-50 basis any loss on ac- count of stock and equipment. A review by the committee of th'e present immigration policy shown that the British immigrant is in a specially favorable position as oom- pared with the continental, while all citizens of the United States are eli- gible to emigrate provided that they are physically and mentally sound and in a position to maintain them- selves.'tmtil employment can be secur- ed With them as with the British no passport is requieed. The committee held 36 sittings and called upon 29 witnesses, including Robert Forks, Minister of Immigra- tion mmigra tion and Colonization; Sir Henry Thornton, president, Canadian Na Venal Railways.; E. W. Beatty, priest dent, Canadian Pacific Railway; membersof Parliament and officers of social welfare and immigration or ganizations. Canada will be well at home—more, that he had never left home. The conductor turned away, saying that he had an engagement of a few minutes, and that John could wait there if he liked till he came back. Unhappy John! He waited; for he didn't know what else to do. Meantime, let us return to Elmer in the trunk. Fortunately, the trunk was put •in right side up, and, for a time, he went quite comfortably. At one of the sta-:displayed. tions, where more trunks wave put I Conductor Parker knew the boy's throughout the British Empire has in, one came crash on top of Elmer's..father, and he decided to send Elmer been largely due to their gift for The cover cracked, and Elmer shrank home. He had looked through the tongues. The bilingual Scotsmen had down.!train for John, thinking to see if his in old days no difficulty in acquiring "Gracious, that came near smasbing mind had changed; but no boy an- the classical langauges and the French me. ' he thought. "Hope they won't swering his description was found, a� tongue. In quite recent years the !we, who remember put in many like that." His bones were beginning to ache, t Dalton Station, know what was. "Well," asked the conductor, with a dry smile, "do you want to keep on and go to sea?" Elmer's longing - for the sea had cooled. His experience in the trunk had taken the romance out of a sailor's life for him. "I'd' rather go home than do any- thing else in the world," said Elmer, with more energy than he had before a. wretched, homesick boa he Bilingualism • • London Times (Ind.) : Bilingualism is an asset of the greatest importance in the life of any nation. The capa- city to speak two tongues has an educational value that English educa- tionists are only now beginning to realize. Border peoples who, from sheer necessity, have to speak two or more languages are said to be excep- tionally intelligent. The ancient and modern influence of tbe Scots both in England and on tbe Continent and his adventure a 1 Welsh have been following this ancient Scottish exemplar and have and he felt stiff from being cramped ; But Elmer, a sadder and somewhat invaded London in pursuit of various .wiser boy, was left to take the next industries, not excluding politics, with In one position so long. f He tried to stzetch—in, vain. 1 -le train borne. 1 notable success, while the Welsh in - then tried to turn a little. with a like ! Quite late in the evening there was i vasion of Oxford and Cambridge dates result 'a rap at the Sheldon door, and a from the thirteenth century. For some 'nab, dear;" he groaned. "This' is shame -faced, though light-hearted, boy ything but fun." I seven centuries universities, indeed an was let in. from the date when their own great All this time other trunks were pil-1 Running away to sea was never a monastic schools disappeared. Bi- h;s pleasant subject to the two boys after- t lingualism lies behind much of the success of the Celts who have tra- veled into new lands. Renunciation of War Leo Maxse in the National Review, (London) : Europe has no ambition Before Elmer started for home ,they stole softly up to the attic, brought the trunk down and put it 1n a dark corner of the barn. A Iittle after dusk, Elmer came over, bringing his best suit and his new baseball, tied together in an old hand- kerchief. These, with some of John's possessions, were packed in the trunk, leaving not a very roomy place for a boy. Half a dozen or more air holes were bored in the sides. All was ready for an early start in the morning. The boys retired in good season, but not to sleep. At half -past eleven, John looked at his watch. "Why, Elmer, if you'll believe it, is isn't but half -past eleven," The same was repeated at one, and again at half -past two. At three they rose mid dressed, went softly down the stairs and out into the cool morn- ing. Elmer had a little homesick twinge as they started, but John laughed at him. Each taking a handle of the trunk,. they went ,toward the station. They reached the station, as they hoped to, before anyone was about. It required some talking on John's part to persuade Elmer that he, be- ing the smaller, ought to go In the trunk. There was just room for him to curl down on his side. • I -le got in, John shut the cover, lock- ed the trunk, and sat down beside it. "l-iow do you feel, Elmer?" he asked at length. "Sort of boxed up,' replied Elmer. "There isn't any room to spare," Soon tate station was opened. John bought his ticket, got his check and when the train came steaming, in, lie first made sure the trunk was put'on, and then he got on board and off they went. Johnenjoyed the ride. Twice only had he been on the cars before, and 'never alone. At i)alton Station, In a yard behind the station, were kept some deer, a fox, a raven and other animals. '!'heir fame had reached John'ss ears, and,, as there promised to' be a stop rif fifteen minutes for breakfast,- he left the car and went round to see therm; and fur a time they quite drove bis sea voyage from his mind. There came a sudden reminder, however, when he heard the puff, puff. of the engine and the rumbling of - the cars. Then he started and ran round to the front of the depot, only to ee0 the train dishing off ----without iliin. John felt badly, but did not know what to do, "Welt, now, I was a fool!" he thought, as he looked after the van- ishing train. Heaskeda man standing near when the next train went to Portland. "Not till afternoon," was answered, like that;"" added the condueator, in ahead ached—yes, and he ached all; sterner voice.over. "I—don't know," eald John, with a , "I'd give ten dollars to be out of I catch in his voice. rets" he thought. "i wish I hadn't D V. Dinadale in the Leeds lifer Running away to sea thus tar had t 1 past with proved a doubtful pleasure. d tional oppor "That's a thing you should have thought of before trying such a fool- hardy trick as this," said the conduc- tor. "If you wanted to go to sea, why didn't you do it like a man, and not sneak off like a thief?' John stood abashed, terror-stricken, too, at the thought of what might be Elmer's fate. "You want to go to sea, do you?" continued the conductor, ironically. "I—don't know," faltered John. "But I want- to find the trunk." ing back. "Thieves in here!" cease "Naturally you do," mercilessly said And for a few minutes there was "open .sesame." If so, only time and the conductor. "I should suppose You quite a lively time in the car. a less frigid welcome on the part 01 would after leaving a boy in a danger The trunks were pulled out, and , society at large are necessary to per- ous situation like that" - guided by a rather stifled howl, El- suede !him to sheathe a weapon now, "Oh, sir, 11 you know anything about mer's trunk was broken open, and a I we hope, grown rusty,and to enter by Elmer, please tell me!" with a sharper miserable, haggard, homesick boy was ! every door with no other passport. catch in his voice. found. 1 than his own true and undeniable "The best thing you can do is to The conductor came along, and merits to recommend him; where his go home and learn the result of your Elmer, in a very shamefaced way, con- skill and justice in business, loyalty folly! You may be in time to attend 1 b t sea going plan and generosity in riendship, sociabt the funeral " Poor John! No one to blame but himself. He feared the worst had come, and certainly wished himself The Jew akin way." curt': In times no ong to become a pawn in the :game of He grew sicker. He wondered if he land, social and educational American party politics. That in a were going to die; he was sure hey tunities, rights of citiensThip—all word explains the attitude on thin felt sick enough. 1 wrested from him, money (earned by I of the Atlantic towards the sen - At last he could endure it no longer. ;the sweat of his brow) remained his s side ofal project of the ds the sen - He heard men in the car, and he cried only weapon wherewith to fight the! Government for the Renunciation of out: - world and win for himself that equal 1Var Having been once bitten, "Let me out!" "place in the sun" to which, in corn Iwo are twice shy. We went through "Hello, there!" exclaimed one of man with all mankind, he was justly a similar performance eight years ago the men. "What's that?" 1 entitled. Society became to him an under the auspices of a former Ameri- Tliey stood stili a minute, listening. all hut impregnable fortress, where can President, who broke all preced "Let me out! Oh, let me out! ' i "every door was barred with gold, and cut and came hotfoot to Europe for came in mued tones to their ears. opened but to golden keys." Per the express purpose of "making the "Robbers!" shouted the man, jump.' haps, as yet, ire has scarce learnt to world safe for democracy" through ` Tielit that once so ma tbetb�e instrumentality of the League of Nations, which its author conceived as a Super State'(to wilt, "the. United State of the World"). with complete control of .international relations, and .therefore in a position to make inter- national wars impossible. come in this sneaking She—"Love-making is the same as it always was!" He• -"How can you • fessed al about the tell. but only after various questions from ity, adaptability, and natural talents �" She -"I've just read of a Greek the conductor. Even John might have will speedily prove him an asset 10 maiden who sat and listened to a lyre forgiven him for telling, if he had seen any community of worth all night." isulrtday crowds enjoy the blaze 0 seeing this beauty spot, THO1JSANbS VISIT GARC►>=N8 AT HAMPTON COURT fort'' 111 the ;gardens of this historic 0 Id seat of I`voyatty in England. Ftw Canadians who visit +'tt•tand pais Canada Building y Motor' Highways - Montreal.—Reports from all prov- inces received by the Canadian Good Roads Association indicate that higher expenditures will be made this year on Canadian highways than during any past year in their history. 'The great increase in motor traffic in Can-•, ada, combined with the annual sum- mer influx of motorists from the Unfitted States, are causes bebind the increased expenditure on highways. Last year the enormoustotal of 3,153,- 800 - automobiles entered Canada from the United States -four touring pur- poses, and it is expected the motor tourist traflicfrom the South this year" will break all records. New Canadians to Celebrate Winnipeg, Manitoba. -New Cana- dians of Canada will stage a Folk Song and Handicraft Festival in this city to demonstrate some of the cul- tural contributions they are making to Canadian life. The festival will be presented by fifteen racial groups in picturesque costumes, songs and dances, illustrating the wealth of are and music brought to Canada by re- cent settlers from Europe. The extensive areas available for farm- settlement in Western Canada have been attracting immigration not only from Great Britain and the United States, but also from the Continent of Europe in considerable numbers, and this festival is expected to prove an important factor itt bringing the various races Ino friendly contact with each other and insuring a fuller ap- preciation of the contribution each is malting to Canadian national' life. The Typical Englishman London Sunday Times (Cons.) : The reason why people of all parties up and clown the country. like Mr. Bald;. win Is because 'he' speakstheir thoughts. aloud for them. Ile is in a real sense the "typloal Idnglishntantl Again and again he is heard voicing the common -souse view; it may not be very profound; but it is always plain and it appeals to the public's better nature. Mr, Baldwin makes the tr,an hi the street artiutlater' -