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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-09-05, Page 7, 1919 11111111.111111111.111111. ear fit into years iery. Sure it's t .ree !y. Iins are basket. earai1Ce, Lade and r d get durable CeNalreallOreelelleeneerleleelell 058 a ,.000 e leading iurden she 7,000,000, anal Debt r}'fs Ifo, woman surly one lave to be rid e )ill of the Ent about National 4 the time its restric-, ion on the go!" r --No Govern- krk your ballot ittce ana Srcrrta y. ttior Lift Mg.) SEPTEMBER 5 1.91Q raSeltalla liiiiliinntuuinuiiuITlah111i11iu3i!' - - , -.: 1 Barbara b M .Si, whoa E (�: 0 T ;" ,.R .e by HARRY IRVING GREENE Moffat, Yard and Co. 510111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111 (Continued from last week.) They arose with. effort - and when they had sought\ the living room sat down heavily. From the kitchen there came for a while the furious clatter of dishes as they smoked with the :contented sloth of the overfed; then Barbara entered and the tri -sided con- manyways. con- versation angled w y . Pr esent- ly it was discovered that Wilson had friends who knew people whom she had met. Wonderful! In the rapid. crossfire of query and comment which followed this miracle John Findlay's tongue ran down and he sat silently, the middle one of the trio, yet a rank outsider. Still on and on their tongues flew and would have stopped when and where there isno telling had n 9st the snap of the silent one's watch case brought them to earth again and to the guilty realization that they had not spoken to him for an hour. But could they have read his thoughts their consciences would have slept a- gain, for internally Findlay was one great silent chuckle. He arose, Wilson with him. "You remember 'I have got to leave on the ten o'clock, southbound and it is nine- thirty already," was his announce- ment. "However, I will be back in a few days this time, .and after that I will be hanging around here for so long that you will lose your appetites at the mere sight of me." " At the door he. took Barbara's cheeksbetween his palms and pursing her lips into a cherry circle kissed them, while Wil- son, now rankest of outsiders, Looked on enviously. When it came his turn to bid her good evening she dropped her lids as their hands and eyes met simultaneously, curtsied to hien in quaint old New England fashion- as he paid his final compliment to the meal and told him that she really hoped he would come again. After that the men walked away while she still stood in the doorway with the light streamingabout her, and although of course neither knew it, the thoughts of one man were the thoughts of the other. Half way down the hill they heard the door close behind them, ime mediately followed by a few notes from a song of the olden time, full and sweet as the notes of a mocking bird, succeeded a moment later by an absurdly squeaking whistle. Then continuouslycognizant of, yet lead "Yes, we will let it rest that way." and Barbara pale as . the dead but And to clear myself of the sus i Findlay voiced his reflections. thought little about as he worked on. p " g ! had' threw open the. door. "Mr. Wilson, that girl back there i Ever since morningthe horses. had' cion of having meddled—I suppose you Cardiff was standing in the center. of will make the one who gets her the been stamping restlessly and several the room with his naturally. florid force' that your father appointed me richest man in America." 1 times he had goner to the stable to face- aflame from anger and alcohol; your guardian when he is away." The bility along that line. Jumping Jehosophat! Here comes that, blamed dog kennel on rollers ten minutes ahead of time. First time that ever happened since they ciat up the ark to build it out of. Just swing this lantern a couple of times and hop on her as she trundles past." - A toot came from the advancing engine and its speed sharply diminish- ed. Findlay swung himself aboard the slowly -moving caboose and disappear- withinit,: leaving the other u looking first at the rear lights of the vanish- ing car and then at the twinkling lights upon the hill.. For the first time in many months he had laughed aloud. For the first time in many months he had talked freely out of the very joy of talking. For the first time in many months he had felt happiness. But he well knew the latter feeling would not last. In the/ fullness of time re- morse might die, but regret, must live with him forever. Until he could take a living, throbbing heart and . placing it within the bosom of Cray- ford say, "Arise, and walk," happiness could not long abide with him. CHAPTER „XV There came an evening ,of almost summer's warmth twenty-four hours after Findlay's departure, and Wilson took advantage of it by propping his chair against -the door casing in the outer air. Upon on�'e of his knees rest- ed the massive head of old Caesar, the watchdog of the premises. He was an immense brute of surly but not evil mind, and he respected the commands of but three human jieingsi John Find- lay, Barbara and the new friend who now petted him. Wilson . understood dogs and liked them, and rarely had difficulty in quickly making friends with even the most vicious, but it had taken him a solid week of courting before he could gain the great mastiff - hound's confidence. Once done, how- ever, Cxsar's friendship quickly be- came mild adoration, and now not even the voice of his owner could coax him_, from Wilson's side. They had. often strolled together, the man and the. brute with the red shot eyes, and upon certain bitter nights after the wood fire had burned out and the cold within the store had become acute, they had slept snugly together area over back and paw over shoulder .to their mutual warmth and companion- ship. Only those who have lived alone in places where the stillness is sel- dom broken save by the foot of an owl or the yelp of a wolf can more than faintly understand the almost blood kinship of human kind to the descendants of that brute who untold thousands of years ago came crawling 'out of the primeval wilderness to lick ' the foot of a skin -clad savage and dumbly say. "my master." The day had been warm and still, ominously so. 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For an instant it had stood there plainly visible, then vanished be- hind the panel whether entering with or without the bidding • of the one , within the watcher had been unable to determine. A second more -and Wil- son had crossed the tracks and was hurrying up the hill. I Cautiously he approached the cot- tage and stopped within earshot to listen. The shame of eavesdropping 'goaded him to retreat but his solemn promise to John Findlay held him still. At least there could be no harm in re- maining long enough to find out if Cardiff was a welcome visitor, for if such were the case no promise could make him listen longer. For the first half minute he heard nothing; then voices arose that grew louder and more intense; the exclantations of a woman and the bass notes of a full - chested man. Deeper boomed the tones of the woodsman and " higher arose the voice of the girl until there -was no mistaking their import. Barbara was frightened and expostulating; j Cardiff angry and threatening. Wil- son stepped to the door ,and rapped sharply. .1 There was -instant silence "within, then the sound- of quickly falling feet HURO " EXPOSITOR opens—even on railroad velocipedes. The next day after we met him up the track he sent me a note asking if he might call.- I told him that I thought it would be useless- as I never attended to any of daddy's business and I was sure he would- only' waste his time. But to -night he came, seem- ing to be half intoxicated and excited ---=anyway acting queerly acrd what on earth do you suppose he wanted me to do:?" s "Marry him, of course." "Yes, but in such a queer way. = He said he had a horse outhide and he wanted me to g� with hint that very instant. Think of it! Of course , I only laughed and said I did not want to be carried away like a cat in a bag. Then he grew angry and said he would take me anyway. That gave me guite ,a fright, but I pretended to become angry also and told him I. would die first. Then he scared me almost out of my 'wits. He said I would die if I didn't go with hi/h. I could feel my knees getting weak, and I was many times more frightened of him than I was of the wolves that night. But I tried to look formidable and asked him if he was ' coward -enough to attack a woman, He swore he would not harm a hair of ihy head' for all the money and king and queens and jacks and ether rubbish in the world, and swore /it so 'earnestly that T really believed him. Then he went rambling on with some wild talk a- bout* having come to save me from -some great mystitxious danger that he alone knead of, and if I would go with him and marry him he would die for me. I thought he was trying to frighten me again, and told him I did not like dead things around the house, and I would rather he died for someone else, anyway. Then he be- came awfully threatening once more and just they you came. What brought You?'" `I saw him against the light when the door opened." Barbara grew very perpendicular in her chair, the shadow of displeasure darkening her eyes. "So you were watching to see if I had callers? I had no idea that my neighbors were so interested in -me," she returned with much haughtiness.- Then her manner changed abruptly. "I won't have people watching me. I can take Bare of myself." "Undoubtedly. I am very sorry that I came." He started to arise but her hand was upon --his sleeve in a twink- ling. - "You know I did not mean what I said. I am always saying something that I don't mean—and somehow you manage to misunderstand everything anyway. What I meant was—" she paused and averted her face. It was Seldom that Barbara became confound- ed in her speech but now her tongue stumbled awkwardly. Wilson hasten- ed to her rescue. . "What you, meant was you do not mind he act of being watched, but you re ent the implication" "Amen," was the fervent echo. Findlay walked in silence for a dozen paces and then threw the stub of his cigar into the darkness from which it glared at them like an evil eye. "Now I am going -to tell you something. She is afraid of that man Cardiff." "Any particular reason for fearing him ?" "Not that. I know of, yet I believe he is the only man in the world she does fear. And I don't know as I blame her after seeing the look that was on his face the other day at the dam. There was murder blazing there as plain as if it had been printed in letters an inch high. Just why she is afraid of him I don't lulow, unless it is instinct, for she has never spoken a word about it. - But. I blow it is a fact just the same as I know she would trust you anywhere, for she is her mother's image and I knew -her mother as I know myself. I just want to re- mind you that your guardianship is still in full force and effect during my absence, and I want you to keep an extra close watch on her for the next few days. When I return again I'll relieve you of any further responsi- quiet them, each time finding them and at his first sight of the newcomer girl leaned quickly forward, white -eyed and nervous. The sun had his great hands knotted -into maul -like very much in earnest, gone down an .hour before glowing fists and the malice' of a devil seemed "No, I did not know it, and I don't like a polished copper disk, with dark to glow. in his eyes. But the girl was care if he did. I am of age and j clouds mounting high in the west and between -him and the intruder and don't need a guardian. ' Andif I eve the leaves of the trees seeming to slowly his fingers relaxed. - do need one I'll pick him to suit my- shiver and cell like sensate things The girl's gasp of relief as her self whether daddy likes him or not. though 'no breath of air fanned them. - glance rested upon Wilson was quick- I absolutely refuse to recognize your At last Wtilson decided that an elec- ly followed by -a wild rush of words. authority. You are discharged. There trical atoll.-_ -which would probably "Oh, I am so- glad you called. Coale is no need of your being cross about bring a high wind and a heavy down- right in. Of course you remember it, but I mean. every „word .I say." fall of rain hovered behind the horizon, Mr. Cardiff. He happened to be pass- Wilson get upon his feet and walked and had fortified the woodbox ,with a ,ing and stopped to enquire if I was to the door. "Then I will bid- you double armful of dry pine slabs be- : well. Take this chair. I insist.' Shall good night. I only came here in my fore seating himself by the door to I get you a chair also, Mr. Cardiff 1 official capacity,- and that having terns - pass the' -hours that separated him . or must you go so soon?" Her white- , inated my stay should certainly term - from bed. - Partly because of ' his ness, the almost incoherent -rapidity • inate with it. Just a word more. I promise to his employer, but more be- of her speech and the palsied hands • don't believe any danger threatens cause his own thoughts ran straightof this girl whose sang froid in -Pours You; ,,I cannot conceive that any can. z bluffing. r in and lull merely drunk n b that � way; he kept his eyes for the of � danger had made Wilson. marvel, i Cardiff was me e y n• most of the time upon the Findlay caused him to glare balefully at the But perhaps it would be well to lock ,cottage.."He had not seen Barbara one who- stood beyond her, and al- 1 up tight and put that gun by your since her father left. though het made :not the slightest " bed. If you see or hear anything The outlines of..the,house were lost' hostile movement every muscle was -1 that alarms you, fire it and. I will be in the - dusk but the window lights as taut- as a coiled spring. Cardiff here within • two minutes, unofficially shone brightly. Instead of growing turned to her. but at your service ji}st the same. chill with the oncoming of darkness - "Yes, I must go for time 'is almost Will you promise me that much be - 1 the balminess of the air seemed to ,in- priceless to me to -night," he said fore , you. tell me `good night'?" crease, and the eyesof the watcher with a show of deference. "It is not She crossed the room and stood close 1 half closed as his chin sank_ drowsily. probable that I will . see you again, before him. "Please don't get angry," Then of a sudden.ihis head flew up and Miss Findlay..If my- words youto she pleaded. "Let us always be to=night have seemed parables, doubt- friends. When I say little things on "A Joan of Arc Machine" HE withstood everything in the field and above all was, and still is, the last and only car to survive until the cessation of hostilities" --Extract from letter received by Ford Motor Company from a British Soldier, in Africa. Over-shell-tornroads, through water soaked fields, second only to the tanks in its power to climb debris and crater holes, the Ford car made a world famous record in the fighting area of the great war. In press despatches,_ in field reports, in letters, in rhyme and song the praises of the Ford were sounded. In France - 700 cars out of 1,000 were Fords In Italy - - 850 cars out of 1,000 were Fords In Egypt - 996 cars out of 1,000 were Fords In- Mesopotamia 999 cars out of 1, were Fords The Ford power plant that established thio world-wideill record id ame, I w in every theatre of the war remains lithe the Ford you buy. !lord Runabout $680. Touring 6620. On open modals:the Electric Starting ori Lighting Equipment is 1100 extra. Coale 09Th. Sedan 01,175 (olosed model prices include electric Starting and Lgh$in$ Ittlitpment). demountable rime, tiro carrier, and non•.- tires on Ont., t on closed oars only at '1125 extra. These prices sad die etoa. war T. , Dew oily ('Gine Ford Parts. - MO Canadian Dealers asset over 4000 Service Gar*use tuvvly tem. i!s 1 Cook Bros. . Dealers Hensall J. F. baly . - Dealer . Seaforth 1 less Mr-. Wilson can interpret them." the spur of the moment—forget them The sneering nialignancy of the last for I value your friendship.and solic- sentence caused Wilson to start for- itude more, than I can tell you. And ward, but the other man without a don't think that I have forgotten how 'glance at him picked up his hat from a chair and strode out of the door. Quick as a cat Barbara had closed it behind hint and now stood with her back against it as though barring it against all entrance. Wilson placed himself fairly before her. "I wish you would tell me ;bout it. You know I only ask this in the hope that I may be of some assistance," he said quietly. Her face was still color- less and her hands shaking. Plainly Barbara had undergone an ordeal. She did not answer him and he took her by the sleeve and led her to a chair, making her sit in it and placing himself a yard away. "Tell me," he went on with calm insistence. "Your father commended you to my care in his absence and I think I should - know about this affair to -night that may know how to act in the future. . Are you going • to tell me ?" • - She had grown quieter now and her color was returning and she even smiled faint- ly. "Yes, I will telI." "Very well. I arra listening, but I do not hear." - "I am about to begin. I don't like Mr, Cardiff." "I am content. Go ahead, please." "And I never did and I -never will," "I am still not displeased." "And I have always been afraid of him, too. I don't know why, because he has always been courteous to me before to -night, but I presume it was because he is so big and tremendously strong. And then, too, when 1 world say little things that he did not `hke, such an ugly look would come into his eyes. �I always felt so tiny and help- less down there at his feet—Iike a mouse feels before a mastiff, I guess. All he would have to do would be to make one little snap and then where would I be!" "Has he annoyed you much?" "No, because I always tried to avoid him. ' But he used to meet me in such out-of-the-way places; gathering ferns woods; In the ods; strolling along the tote roads; taking little sun baths in the much I owe you, even though I object to your guardianship. I will do as you say about the gun. Good night." He bowed and left her, truthfull vowing that her little outcroppings of impulsiveness troubled hila not at all.. She. closed the door as he reached the 'foot of the steps and the click of the • key in the lock told him that she had renlemberecl that admonition and lost no time in following it. As he reached the base of the hill the form of a man loomed out of the darkmess before hire and the voice of Cardiff came to his ears in an angry growl. "Now your I've got you and I'm going :to crack every bone in your car- cass for an eavesdropping, meddling. cur." In the crack of a whip Wilson had sidestepped the oncomer wide and was sending him his stern warning. "Cardiff, keep away Afrom me. I have no quarrel' with you and I only wish to go my way untnolested. But bear this in mind. I arh not going to run." "You'll have nothing but broken legs to run .on," gritted the other with a rush and the uplifting of a bludgeon ' filled fist. But the blow was wasted, by the back spring of the one assailed, and Cardiff in the midst of repeating the rushp aused abruptly with the club poised in mid air. For a huge, red -eyed brute leaping from out of the darkness crouched before him with white fangs bared and throat filled with mutterings: It was Casar, the cross -bred mastiff hound, who sniffing along the trail of his absent master had seen the blow and with 'neck bristling .with, rage had leaped to the defense of his comrade and keeper. The slightest aggressive movement on the part of the one so suddenly brought to bay, and the lg teeth would be tearing hisesh ,and none knew it better than di Gardi f, Mo- tionless he stood with club in air. "Down, dog," yelled lson as - he gripped his champion by the, spiked collar. "Down, I say." -The mutterings grew lower and the brute sullenly sank upon his belly, but his red eyes still glowed fiendishly at the man before him. Wilson straddling the dog gripped him r firmly axil ad- dressed his enemy once more. "You had better leave as quietly and as quickly as you know bow. As I told you a moment ago I do not want to quarrel with you, but in addi- • tion I will tell you this. Despite your size I care for you not at all. The bigger a man is the easier he is to bit, and the heavier he is the harder he will fall. Furthermore, while I have to be responsible for my own !! acts, I cannot be bound by what this 11 dog may do to you if I am compelled !!! to loosen him." And Cardiff, 'judge it enough of men to know that this one before him was not an enemy= to be despised even by one as mighty as himself, and knowing further that to face the rage of Cmsar in action would be to face a raging fiend whose jaws could crack the bones of an ox, back- ed slowly away until the curtain of night was well drawn between him and the formidable pair. But from the distance his voice returned to them. "I would have saved the woman but she would not have it so and now you do it if you can. And I would have broken your neck for eavesdropping and interfering had it not been for your damned hound—but even that is unnecessary. You may be smiling at me now, but you will think hard of what I have said before you see an- other night. (Lumberman, baht You don't know the letter 'A' of the woods alphabet or you would undoirstand what I am trying to tell you now., You may have her, but you won't keep her long. Good -by, and to hell with you." The dull thud of a horse's • i • •. s: • • w b • • • i i • • 7 INCORPORATED 1855 MOISONS BANK CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000 OVER 100 . BRANCHES Any information info.- oration needed. about Bank- ing will be gladly and courteously given on application by the Manager of any. one of our Branches. BRANCHES IN `THIS DISTRICT Brucefield St. Marys Hirkton Exeter Clinton Hensall l ch • 0 • 4,.s.rot'sass'.**Rs7111A71s01.041.*s1f'ttsis110s61kr•sesosah.si.B•lfpeasss.ss.s#;ssi hoofs followed his words, then silence. Wondering if more than mere brag- gadocio lay back of the great woods- man's warning and curse, _Wilson sought his bed with the resolve to sleep with one eye on the star -like night light of the cottage and with. both :ears set to catch the warning re- port of the gun. Commanding Caesar ; to "watch sharp" he went to bed di- vested only of his chat, coat and boots. CHAPTER XVI The scream of a horse in the stable and the deep, bell -like boom of Czesar's voice brought Wilson from his light slumber and onto his feet in a twinkl- ing. His first' coherent thought as he leaped from his bed was that he VMS coughing, the second that the room was flooded with a - light that was neither the white light of the moon nor the ruddy light of day, but rather a scarlet glare that lay upon floor and wall, and reddened thein, until they looked as though they had been bathed with arterial blood. He rushed to the window and gazed out. 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