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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-10-15, Page 7rOBER 15, 1920.-`' susammationesneveenato r ocr BER 192..:., s - ewes best she was able about the mysteri- ous and malefic influences that were sapping the strength of the X. K. The Rider of the King Log By HOLMAN DAY HARPER & BROTHERS • (Continued from last week.) CHAPTER XXIX In saving a life Kenneth Marthorn does something which causes a man to lose his wits, Kenneth Marthorn was almost un- manageable during the delirium of his illness; he raved about a. pledge that had been `given and a duty that be must perform. It was necessary to bind him upon his bed with canvas strips. During his fractious convalescence he was almost unmanageable, too! He gave little heed to, the protests of his physician. His constant worry slowed his recovery. By trying to keep all news and business from him they who attended him aggravated his distemper. He wanted to know what was going on in the upper To - ban, Colonel Marthorn, making daily visits. assured him that everything was all -right, but the colonel resolute- ly refused to discuss any details. Business talk was forbidden by the doctor's orders, so. the father declar- ed; he did not propose to be a con- tributory party in causing Kenneth to suffer a setback! But Kenneth did have the setback: In spite of all anybody could say he insisted on leaving the hospital. That folly brought him back in short order; he had suffered a serious relapse while he was rushing his preparations for his journey back to the Tolean. In chastened mood he set himself to the task of getting well; a serious and resolute minds is a good physician and a firm intent is an efficient nurse. But it was late in the winter, .,and the March wind's were hushing their shrieks in spring -welcoming cooings when he stepped foot once more in Ste. Agathe. After he hod toiled up the snowy bill to the Kavanagh mansion he was considerably disconcerted during the first Dart of his interview with -Clare. The depth of her solicitude astonished him. She looked honestly frightened when she saw his pallor and his weak- ness. He, had much •trouble in con- vincing her that he was really able to be about. Then she gave him sympathy with Celtic impulsiveness— with so much warmth that he was embarrassed. He had never before detected in her any sympathetic in- terest in him. But there was no dis- counting this new and friendly candor of hers; those big gray eyes were fill- ed withhonest concern. Later, during their talk, those eyes wert misty; Clare told him as Kenneth made notes with engineer's cautiousness about details and when he left her to return to the tavern he gave her his promise that be would put his best thought on the matter; he asked permission' to conye°"back to her the next day for further confer- ence. She had not been able to inform him very thoroughly just what the Temiscouata was --about in the way of actual operations; but she told him enough so that he could guess a great deal, and he saw mischief ac- leomplished and more mischief intend- ed. They` were going, over his bead! It was deliberate attempt to antago- nize ,the competitive interests and make his compromise plans impossible of 'execution. He was obliged to use all the strength of his mind to force himself to turn his back on his rage and give his calm and concentrated attention to what should be done. The next day, at his suggestion, she wired her lawyer for a statement of the legal aspects of the -K. af- fairs and ordered him to follow, in person, his telegram of reply. He wired her that in view to certain new legislation regarding the affairs on the ° Toban—acts already passed or being then considered in committee, to become law after the usual lapse of time—he had considered it best to discontinue all litigation; his duties in court would not allow him to come north at that time, he added. But he did+ not reassure Clare by stating that .he had watched the acts and resolves which had to do with 4egislation for the Toban, or that he had been safeguarding the interests of the X. K. Kenneth drew her attention to that fact with considerable violence of language. It looked to him as if those interests had been betrayed, and he told her so. "And I have been silly enough to any kind should soon follow. B;s- tXhin !that I have , ern running the mated Magnesia is not a laxative, is she !amen' , helplessly. I have done nothing except keep busy harmless, pleasant and easy to take with a lot of pretty details. • I have and can be obtained from any local been blind to the really big thing!" , druggist. Don't confuse Bisurated "You had a right to think that Magnesia with other forms of mag good lawyer would take all that part nesia, milks, citrates, etc., but get on his shoulders and be responsible, it in the pure bisurated form (powder Miss Kavanagh," he said, trying to tor histlets),purpose. especially prepared for help her wounded "pride. . "Donald -told me _he was the best mon?? could hire." . "Perhaps Mr. Kezar knows more about picking woods horses than about selecting efficient lawyers. This man •doesn't sound right: But I have a college friend in the law who can - be trusted. Suppod _ we wire him to get on the trail and investigate?" "I'll be grateful if you can induce him to act for me." - "In spite of my hurry to be in the woods and' see just what's doing there, I feel that I'd better stay here at the end of the wire till we know what's what about the law situation.". "It does_ truly seem as it we might accomplish more if you stay here till we know where we stand." There was a delicious glow in him then. She had adopted the s "we" he had been using. After that they did not refer.' to the Great Temiscouata or the X. K. "We" was a term which_ appeared.toa fit best their earnest co-operation. Kenneth, again at his work, found CATARRH .OF THE STOMACH IS DANGEROUS THE HURON EXPOSITOR "Thousand's Have It and Dont' Know It," Says Physician. Frequently Mistaken for Indigestion—How -to Recognize and Treat. "Thousands of people suffer more or less constantly from ,furred, coated tongue, bad breath, sour burning stomach, frequent vomitting, rumbl- ing in stomach, bitter eructations, gas, winds and stomach acidity and call it indigestion when in reality their trouble is due to gastric catarrh of the stomach," -writes a Na* York physician. Catarrh of the stomach is danger- ous because the mucous membrane lining of the stomach is thickened and a coating of phlegm; covers, the surface so :-that the digestive fluids cannot mix with the food and .digest them. This condition soon breeds disease in the fermented, unassimilat- ed food. The blood is polluted and. carries the infection throughout the' body. Gastric ulcers are apt to form and frequently an ulcer is the first sign of a deadly cancer. In catarrh of the stomach a good and safe treatment is to take before meals asteaspoonful of pure Bisuratea Magnesia in half a glass of hot water as hot as you can comfortably drink it. The hot water washes the • mucous from the stomach walla and draws the blood to the stomach while the bisurated: magnesias is an excel- lent solvent for mucus and increases the efficiency of the hot water treat- ment. Moreover the Bisurated Mag- nesia will serve as a . powerful but harmless antacid which will neutra- lize any excess hydrochloric acid that may be in your stomach and sweeten its• food contents. • Easy, natural digestion without distress of that a great many of his morbid fore- bodings were leaving him. -Vas he not the Temiscouata's chief engineer, after all, necessary to the- syndicate, backed by the directors, son of the president? He did not rehearse what he intended to say to D.onaldson when that troublesome gentleman was met up with in the north country. Ken- neth was perfectly sure that words of the unrehearsal sort would not be lacking. He began to show Crar4e1 the -gayer side of his nature and she responded; in -her case it was reac- tion from the distress with which she had been looking on the troubled affairs of her business. He did not realize how much she was grieving because - she had been made conscious of her inadequacy as head of the X K. She had blindly trusted the greater interests of the 'concern to.,ethers .instead, of making sure for herself. She dreaded the news which might come from down - CANADIAN SHOES FOR CANADIAN -PEOPLE LL of us want to believe the rumors regarding further reduction in foot- wear prices. If they were founded on fact—or even probability --we would ,have been ahead of Rumor in an- nouncing the good news. - BUT rumor, as usual, ignores the one fact that controls the situation—that prices to the retail- er are governed by the cost of raw materials and labor. High prices are not of our making or seeking. They have been im- posed upon us and you by the •tremendously increased cost of every 'single thing that enters into the making of shoes. And these high material costs, to- gether with to -day's wage scale, which govern and dictate our shoe prices, show no immediate ten- dency to permanently seek lower levels. 'THAT is why we cannot make any definite promise to you that our prices to the retailer will be any lower this season than those In effect for Spring, 1921, styles. Irresponsible Rumor ignores these facts—delights in 'sensational news"— and, as is so often the case, hurts everybody indiscrimin- ately until its falseness and vicious- ness become apparent. We appreciate our responsibility to you ; we want to help towards cheaper living and we are earnest- ly striving to improve ' matters. We ask your confidence and belief t© encourage us towards that end: UR advice to you—and we give it in.allsincerity—Is i ;., . _ to BUY NOW any shoes you need for yourself or' ' ' ;:,' ::. iiyour family for Fall and Winter. Don't buy extrava- ;;;:I ir sandy or recklessly, but do so carefully and judiciously.tit p country. Yet there was consolation for her in the thought that this man, who was so distinctly capable had promised her his help. Whenever he climbed the snowy hill he saw her at the window, wait- ing for him. In their conferences she confidently bent her head ,beside . his when he explained the details of his blue- prints. They were in that position one afternoon • when Romeo Shank burst in upon,them. He did not knock. He did not wait to • be announced by Elisiane. 'He did not pull off his shaggy fur cap. His- mouth' was open, his tongue lolled, and he was panting like an exhausted dog. "Hell has broke loose!", he squawked. He clapped his mittened hands together with swift . blows. "Hell has broke loose!" he said, over and over. "Get a stop -line across that tongue of yours, man. Don't you realize where you are?" expostulated Ken- neth, angrily. • "They've torched on Vim Mulkern!" Then Shank poured out his informa- tion in broken sentences. Tim Mul- kern had believed lies about his wife. Tim Mulkern had come tearing into Ste. Agathe. Tim Mulkern was gulp- ing down tin dipperfuls of rum in One -legged Clausen's kitchen the village blind -tiger. Shank had been there when Tim Mulkern had rushed in to find rum to make himself fit for ruin and murder. Tim Mulkern had a sack of dynamite on his back and nobody dared to put up a finger of restraint. And when he was drunk enough Tim Mulkern would blow him- self and Rosie and their little home to everlasting damnation! " "But Tim will listen to me!" cried Clare. "he'll listen to nobody else, col- leen!" shouted the fire warden. "It's a last hope. I've run' to fetch you. He wbn't harm you." She started to get her cap and her coat, but Kenneth followed her and set hands" on her arms. "Listen, Clare!" In' his agony of apprehension he did not note that his tongue spoke 'the name his heart held. "You must listen! The man is crazed. You mustn't go." "But he is mild and- good under- neath. I can make him understand." "At 'most any other time—yes! But this is no job for a girl. I won't allow you to go. And there's no time for more talk. Stay here! I com- mand you to stay here. Come, Shank! Let's run for it!" He did not stay for coat or 'cap. He leaped away with the fire warden at his heels. In Clausen's kitchen Tim Mulkern, his dreadful sack strapped on his back, was roaring threats. He made no concealment ofp his purpose. The three frightened men whohad been loafing in the place were backed a- gainst the wall. - "I want rum. .I want nerve. I'm getting it. And then for it! The front door of hell will be open when we get there, for they'll hear us when we start from here." Into this scene came Marthorn, plunging= through the doorway. 'What's the matter with you, Mul- kern ?" he demanded, fiercely. "Hold off there, you 'Temiscouata sneak! I've got an extra stick of canned thunder for you. • You de- serve it. Tell your dirty gang to blow the upper Ebeemah outlet, will yeh?" "You're lying, Mulkern. Our foli have done no such thing. Thatwould be against my strict orders." t "Orders! Orders!" sneered the( dynamite boss. "You're the liar! I tell you that your hounds have blow - ed the outlet. But what the blazes do I care now? One more dipper of rum and then I'll shoot the—'t Marthorn broke in furiously on Mulkern's obscene declarations of what he would' kto to the woman who had betrayed him. "My God, Mulkern, I should think such words would choke -you! I know your wife and—" "You're probably one of the crowd that. knows her too devilish well! Shut_ up ! I. believe my friends. They have told me." He lurched toward the jug on the table. "It's no use to talk to him," quav- ered Clausen, holding his crutches crossed in front of himself as if he hoped to make a barricade. "I won't let him be talked to here. He's liable to get mad and blow up my house." In that horrible crisis Kenneth re- alized that more appeal from a Tern- iscouata man would inflame rather than quiet the maniac. The news that the outlet had been blown—sure peril for the X. K. drive—roused mighty anger in the chief engineer. It struck a deadly blow at all his promises to .Clare; it left him in- the position of a traitor. At that moment his mental state nearly matched that of the cursing creature who was pouring rum from the jug, wavering on, unsteady feet. It was no time .for any fine touches of mediation. Mulkern's-'attention was on the jug and the dipper. Kenneth, weakened by illness, knew that he was no match for Mulkern. A struggle would force the `hazard of the horrid burden the man ,bore. Marthorn yanked one of the stout ash crutches from Clausen, swung and struck Mulkern a wicked blow on Rheumatism -.. Neuritis, Sciatica, Neuralgia. nmpleton's eumatnc Capsules 7 �h$hal iOn srere. A healthful, money -saving rem, *all known for fifteentart„ iribed by doctors, sold by ate, ;1.00 a box. Ask ai "(site for a free trial etons, 142 King thehead—a blow that "plocked" dul- ly, ully, like an ax in wood.While the victim was erumpling down towards the floor Kenneth leaped to him and pushed him forward onto his face. The awful sack did not touch the floor. Mulkern was limp and still and the young man gingerly unstrap- ped the pack and lifted it off. "Friends told hien, hey?" squealed, Mr. Shank. "I know how those stories were started toward up river! r hain't got ears to sleep on ; and cover myself up with! ' I use 'em to listen with! It's all more of your Terniscouata work, Marthorn! It is, I say! But I !fever thought Tim Mul- kern would believe their damn' lies about the truestlittle wife that ever lived. Now you'v'e killed him, haven't you?" (Continued next week.) Delicious in the cup. Pi Inas no equal for quality and tyou have no t�tl.+rf &dada, send us a ree sample eft tie ri= you now use Black Green o Ii Tea. mom flavour... card r you 'onto Thee. hear us hen we cry to �r _ , .� those I eel on the sea!" �� � r Have you ever been at sea in a storm aria seen the clouds lowering, the wind rising and the waves running, .nounta.ins high, decks treacherous and the crew anxious? Unless you have, you cannot imagine its awful majesty, or, - the cau,-age it calls. lip ace! the spirit it commends in men. .amara • Cargaians Have. Never Seen 'the Sea --- Yet the sea. is Canada'sWorld-Trade . highway. The sea and the Merchant Sailors make uo prosperous. But the Merchant Seaman's life is hard and perilous,- He, wages continuous battle against the forces of nature. The real sailor is not the deck steward or attendant on comfortable ocean liners. His ship is to floating palace. His voyage no pleasure trip,. r -The Real 5 . c r'3 Ship is the Tramp Steamer-- or Windjammer, beating against gales—decks awash—sleep a stranger for days and nights on end. Frozen in winter, dodging icebergs in spring, groping through fogs off treacherous banks, beating round the Horn,• fighting ting through typhoons, or becalmed n the Yellow Sea. Tough going all the way. Death .fit lw .ys Hovers ers Over the Wheel— is it any wonder, then, that the Navy League wants to make life comfortable for our sailors when ashore? After all, Canada is -their home; and the home, while they are here, of the sailors of other lands,. The Navy League endows, maintains or assists in maintaining every Sailor's Home, Institute and Welfare Society in Canada. And every dollar subscribed for the maintenance of these Homes and Institutes will be money well invested, and redound to our national prosperity. The Sea is Our Heritage and Our Strength— In proportion as we develop this Sea -Conscious Spirit so shall we advance in world civilization and trade. We can only develop' our Sea -Conscious Spirit, by making life more endurable to Canadian Sailors, And it is for, this purpose that a,portion of the Navy League's Fund is set aside. To carry on its work next year, the Navy League must have $760,000. This money must be raised next week. It is not a large amount and borne in proportion from Coast, to Coast it must surely be subscribed. The Navy League of Canada SAIL Sp WEEK CAMPAIGN October 18-23. Dominion Objective41 7 , . The work- of € p Navy Leagueis— to enlighten people upon the importance of the sea; so that Canadian products may be shipped, through Canadian ports, in Canadian ',hips, of- ficered and manned by trained Canadians. to encourage and .to undertake the training of Canadian lads to man Canada's Navy and Mer- cantile Marine. to formulate a fundamentally sound policy for the training of our present sea -faring population, to meet an emergency, so that Canadian overseas commerce will be adequately protected. •to support facilities for making the Sailor's lifist ashore endurable. to provide for dependents of these who protect Canada, Nationally, Imperially and mercially. - These objects can only be achieved through organization representative of p lelic reopenss' and outside party politics.