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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1922-11-10, Page 7} • oe heUrit at,; Wodnellty, ay,from ens to 2814,1.2 3ifR+ F. J, R. FQRSTER "'Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opbthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden fdquare Throat lios- pital'e,ILondon Bug. At Cordial's}4). Hotel, Seaford', third Wednesday in each month from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 63 Waterloo, Street, South, Stratford. Phone 267, Stratford, CONSULTING ENGINEERS James, Proctor & Redfern Limited. 36 Toronto at, Toronto. Caa- 8iidgm, Pavements, waterworks Sower. ago Systeme. Incinerators; Factories. Arbitrations. Litigation. one Mel. - 1044. Cable: JPRCO"Toronto mutVsaene pale out of the money we saes our menta. MERCHANTS CASULTY CO. Specialists in Health and Accident Insurance. Policies liberal and unrestricted. Over $1,000,000 paid in losses. Exceptional opportunities for local • Agents. • _ 904 ROYAL BANK BLD'!., f 778-60 Toronto, Ont. LEGAL R. S. HAYS. Barrister Solicitor, Conveyancer_and Rotary Pudic. Solicitor for the Do- minion Bank Office in rear of o- adnion Bank, Seaforth. Money Dto Man. ast.r • BEST & BEST i misters, Solicitors, Convey - sincere and Notaries Public, Etc. Office in the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor Office. ew PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND HOLMES Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub- lic, etc. Money to lend. • In Se est en Monday of each week. Office in i ndd Block. W. Proudfoot, E.G.,.J. L. Killoran, B. E. Holmes. VETERINARY F. HARBURN, V S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ary College, and honorary member of the ntario Veterinary College. Association diseases of all domestic animals by the most mod- ern principles. Dentistry .and Milk Fever a specialty. Office opposite Dick's Hotel, Main Street, 8eaforth. All orders left at ,the hotel will re- ceive prompt attention. Night calls eaceived at the office JOHN GRIEVE, V. S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ary College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet- erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich street, one door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea - forth. (Continued from last 'week.) Jack listened in respectful silegee, s did,to MacF rlane.'s 1 as he always frank outburst, buit neither o mged his mind nor cooled his artier, Where his heart was concerned his judgment rarely worked. Then, loyalty to- a friend in distress was the one thing his father had taught him. He did not agree with his Chief's view' of the situation. If Garry was born a gam- bler, he had kept that fact concealed from him and from his wife. He re- called the conversation he had had with him some weeks before, when he was so enthusiastic over the money he was going to make in the new Warehouse deal. He had been select- ed as the architect for the new build- ings, and it was quite natural that he should have become interested in the securities of the company. This threatened calamity was one that might overtake any ma.n Get Garry out of this hole and he would stay out; let him sink, and hits 'whole career would be ruined. And then there was a sentimental side to it', even if Garry was a gambler-ope that could not be ignored when he thought of Corinne and the child. Late in the afternoon, his mind still unsettled, he poured out his an- xieties, to Ruth. She did not disap- point him. Her big heart swelled only with sympathy for the wife who was suffering. It made no di:erence to her that Corinne had never been even polite, never once during the so- journ of the Minotts in the village, having manifested the slightest inter- est either in her own or Jack's affairs —not even when MacFarlane was in- jured, nor yet when the freshet might have ruined them all. Ruth's gener- ous nature had no room in it for petty rancors or little hurts. Then, too, Jack was troubled for his friend. What was there for her to do but to. follow the lamp he held up to guide her feet—the lamp which now shed its glad effulgence over both? So they talked on, discussing various v.•_z-;s and means, new ties born of a deeper understanding binding them the closer—these two, who, as they sometimes whispered to each other, were "enlisted for life," ready to meet it side by side, whatever the day de- veloped. Before they parted, she promised again to go and see Corinne and cheer her up. "She cannot be left alone, Jack, with this terrible thing hanging over her," she urged, "and you must meet Garry when he re- turns to -night. Then we can learn what he has done—perhaps he will have fixed everything himself." But though Jack went to the station and waited until the arrival of the last train had dropped its passengers, there was no sign of Garry. Nor did Ruth find Corinne. She had gone to the city, so the nurse said, with Mr. -Minott by the early train and would not be back until the next day. Un- til their return Jack and Ruth found their hands tied. On the afternoon of the second day a boy called at the brick office where Jack was settling up the final acedunts connected with the "fill" and the tunnel, preparatory to the move to Mordfordsburg, and handed him a note. It was' from Corinne. "I m in rear trouble. Please come to see at once," it read. "I am MEDICAL C. J. W. HARN, M.D.C.M. 426 Richmond Street, London, Ont., Specialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin- ary diseases of men and women, a g keen to the b And ,bite igni), ,neem the ,Rector, anwlll stop: at nothing," Jack's 'ling/tee ,t htened and leis lips came togetherr;;. ''1Ie, will atop On that threshold," he said , in a low, determined voice, "0/14 .., never HM it --no; matter what be wants. I will go up `. and tell Garry so.,Y. "No, not yet- wait,R she pleaded, in nervops twitching' tones-+-fwith pauses between a 8.eftpf&kr rYoll: must ktea; 9t all fires ixry tl. G had not told me,all_When you were here two nights ago; he did ' not tell me uhtil after you left. Then I knelt down by his led -and put my arms around him and he told me everything=about the people he had seen -and -McGowan -everything." She ceased speaking and hid her eyes with the back of one hand as if to shut out some spectre, then she stumbled on. "We took the early train for New York and I wait- ed until my stepfather was in his of- fice and went into his private room. It was Garry's last hope. ,He thought Mr. Breen. would listen to me on ac- count of mother. I told him of our dreadful situation; how Garry must have ten thousand dollars, and must have it in twenty-four hours, to save us all from ruin. Would you believe, Jack—that he laughed and said it was an old story; that Garry had no business to be speculating; that he had told him a dozen times to keep out of the Street; that if Garry had any collaterals of any kind, he would loan him ten thousand dollars or any other sum, but that he had no good money to throw after bad. I did. all I could; I almost went down, on my knees to ,him; I begged for myself and my mother, but he only kept say- ing—'You go home, Corinne, and look after your baby—women don't under- stand these things.' Oh, Jack!—I could not believe that he was the same man who married my mother —and he isn't. Every year he has grown harder and harder; he is a thousand times worse than when you lived with him. Garry was waiting outside for me, and when I told him he turned as white as a sheet, and had to hold on to the iron railing for a moment. It was all I could do to get him home. If he sees Mr. Mc- Gowan now it will kill him; he can't pay him and he must tell him so, and it will all come out." "But he will pay him, Corinne, when he gets well." - There came a pause. Then she said slowly as if each word was wrung from her heart: "There is no money. Garry took the trust funds from the church." "No money, Corinne! You don't mean—you can't—Oh! My God! Not Garry!—No—not Garry!" "Yes! I mean it. He expected to pay it back, but the people he is with in New York lied to him, and now it is all gone." There was no change in her voice. She stood gazing into his face-, not a tear in her eyes; no quiver of her lips. She had passed that stage; she was like a victim led to the stake in whom nothing but dull endurance is left. xack bilcibd into a chair and sat with bowed head, his cheeks in his hands. Had the earth opened under him he could not have been more astounded. Garry Minott a defaulter! Garry a thief! Everything seemed to whirl about him—only the woman re- mained quiet—still standing—her calm, impassive eyes fixed on his bowed head; her dry, withering, soul- less words still vibrating in the hush- ed room. "When did this happen, Corinne— this—this taking of Mr. McGowan's money?" The words came between his closed fingers, as if he, too, would shut out some horrible shape. "Some two weeks ago. "When did you know of it?" "Night before last, after you left him. I knew he was in trouble, but I did not know it was as bad as this. If Mr. Breen had helped me every- thing would have been all right, for Garry sold out all the stock he.had in the Warehouse Company, and this ten thousand dollars is. all he owes." She shivered as she spoke, and her ppale, tired eyes closed as if in pain. Nothing was said between them for a while, and neither of them stirred. i During the silence the front door was heard to open, letting in the village doctor, who mounted the stairs, his footfalls reverberating,- in Garry's room overhead. Jack raised his eyes at last and studied her closely. The frail body seemed more crumpled and forlorn in the depths of the chair, where she had sunk, that when she had been standing before him. The blonde hair, always so glossy, was dry as hemp; the small, upturned nose, once so piquant and saucy, was thin and pinched -.almost transparent; the washed -but, colorless eyes, which in her girlhood had flashed and sparkled so roguishly, were half hidden under swollen lids. The arms were flat, the hands like bird claws. The white heat of a furnace of agony had shriv- elled her poor body, drying up all the juices of its youth. And yet with the scorching there had crept into the wan face, and into the tones of her tired, heart -broken voice something ,Tack'had never found in her as a girl—something of tender- ness, unselfishness bf self sacrifice for another, and with it there flamed up in his own heart a determination to help --to wipe out everything—to sponge the record, to re-establish the man who in a moment of agony had 'given way to an overpowering tempta- tion and brought his wife to this con- dition.. A lump rose in his throat, and a look of his old father shone out of his face -that look with which in the years gone by he had defied jury, district attorney, and public opinion for what he considered mercy. And mercy should be exercised now. Garry had"never done- one dishonest act be - ' DR. J. W. PECK Graduate of Faculty of 'Medicine McGill University, Montreal; member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Coon. ell of Canada; Post -Graduate Member of Resident Medical staff of General Hospitals Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2 doors east of Post Office. Phone 56. Rensall, Ontario. DR. F. J. BURROW Office and itsidence, Goderich street east of the Methodist church, Seaforth Pkone 46 Coroner for the County of here at home. Corinne was waiting for him in the hall.. She took his hand without a word of welcome, and drew him into the small room. where she had seen him two nights before. This time she shut and locked the door. "Mr. McGowan has just been here," she moaned, in a voice that showed how terrible was the strain. "He tried to force his way up into Garry's room but I held him back. He is coming again with some one of the church trustees. Garry had a bad turn in New York and we came home train and I have made 4: ,' tele, Gowwn Rltd ted e d b i liant, lova, f ` down on his. lanes to .H for Mol or any other roan who sou lend'" Aa ado lar.,' Corinne ;met have ,Seen the new look. in his face, for her own eyes brighten as' ehe asked: "Have you thoult'of something that can help i im?' Jack did not answer. His mind was too intent on finding 'some thread hich would unravel the tangle., "Does anybody else' know of this, Corinne?" he asked at last in a low- pitched voice, - "Nobody." "Nobody must," he exclaimed firm- ly. Then he added gently -"Why did you tell me?" "He liked me to. It would all have come out in the end, and he didn't want - you to see, McGowan and not know the truth. Keep still -some one is knocking," she whispered, her fin- Huron, by the noon , him lie down and sent for the- doctor. McGowan must raft see him; it will kill him if he does. Don't leave us, Jack!" "But how dare he cone here and try to force his—" "He will dare. He cursed and went on dreadfiully. The door• was shut, but Carry heard him. Oh, Jack!—what arc we to do?" "Don't worry, Corinne; I'll take lege of Physicians and Surgeons of care of Mr. McGowan. I myself Ontario; pass graduate courses, in heard Garry tell him that he would Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; attend to his payments in a few days Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, and he went, away satisfied." England; University Hospital, Lon- Yes but McGowan says he has don, England. Office -Back of Do- , minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, • Night calls answered from residence,` Victoria street, Seaforth. AUCTIONEERS DR. C. MACKAY C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin- ity University, and gold medallist of Trinity Medical College; member of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. DR. H. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col - THOMAS BROWN Licensed auctioneer for the counties of Huron and Perth. Correspondence arrangement' for sale dates can be etude by calling up phone 97, Seaford' er Tke Expositor Office. Charges mod. orate and satisfaction guaranteed. R. T. LUKER Licensed auctioneer for the Gouty of Heron. Sales attended to _i><_ all pasts of the county. Seven years' ex. Faience in Manitoba and Seskateie. wan. Terms reasonable. Phone No. 176 r 11, Elder Centralia P. O., R. I. No 1. Orders left at The Huron E xpositor OMee, 8eafoitm 7 Mlsaiitli, 4tv�A�»'ii'lYz,4.vY�t'35 gers pressed to her lips in her fright. I know it is McGowan, Jack. Shall I see him, or will you?" "I will --Bou Stay here." Jack lifted himself ,erect and brac- ed back his shoulders. He intended to be polite to McGowan, but he also intended to be firm. He also intend- ed to refuse him any -information or promise of any kind' until the regular monthly meeting of the Church Board which would occur on Monday. This would give him time to act, and per- haps to save the situation, desperate as it looked. With this in his mind he turned the key and threw wide the door. It was the doctor who stood outside. He seemed to be laboring under some excitement. "I heard you were here, Mr. Breen, —come upstairs." Jack obeyed mechanically. Garry had evidently heard of his being downstairs and had some instructions to give, or some further confession to make. He would save him now from that humiliation; he would get his arms around him, as Corinne had done, and tell him he was still his friend, and that nothing which he had done had wrecked his affection for him. As these thoughts rushed over him his pace quickened, mounting the stairs two steps at a time so that he might save his friend even a moment of additional suffering. The doctor touched Jack on the shoulder, made a sign for him to moderate his steps, and the two moved to where his pa- tient lay. Garry was on the bed, outside the covering, when they entered. He was lying on his back, his head and neck flat on a pillow, one foot resting on the floor. He was in his trousers and shirt; his coat and waistcoat lay at daylight and stays away for two where he had thrown them, nights more, and then sneaks home "Garry," began Jack in a low voice again in the middle of the day when —"I just ran in to say that--" you don't expect him, and goes to The sick man did not move, bed and sends for the doctor. How many kinds of a damned fool does he take me for? That work's been fin- ished three weeks yesterday; the money is all in the bank to pay for it just as soon as he signs the check, and he don't sign it, and ye can't get him to sign it. Ain't that so, Jim Murphy?" Murphy nodded, and McGowan blaz- ed on: If you want to know what I think about it—there's something crooked about the whole business, and it gets crookeder all the time. He's drunk, if he's anything—boiling drunk and—" Jack laid the full weight of his hand on the speaker's shoulder: "Stop short off where you are, Mr. McGowan." The voice came as if -through tightly clenched teeth. "If you have any business that I can at- tend to I am here to do it, but you can't remain here and abuse Mr. Min- ott. My purpose in coming down- stairs was to help you if I could, but you must act like a man, not like a ruffian." Murphy stepped quickly between the two men: "Go easy, Mac," he cried in a con- ciliatory tone. ' If the doctor's with him ye can't see him. Hear what Mr. Breen has to say; ye got to wait any- how. Of course, Mr. Breen, Mr. Mc- Gowan is het up because the men is gettin' ugly, and he ain't get money 10 for 15 cents the i a r; original fv 25 for 35 centsPietnre of a Movie Star in every pAcl in his ear. "Mrs. Minott says, sir, that Mr. McGowan and another man are down- stairs." The contractor was standing in the hall, his hat still on his head. The other man Jack recognized as Murphy one - f the church building trustees. That 'McGowan was in an ugly mood was evident from the expression on his face, his jaw setting tighter when he discovered that Jack and not Garry was coming down to meet him; Jack having been associated with MacFar- lane, who had "robbed him of dam- ages" to the "fill." "I came to see Mr. Minott," Mc- Gowan blurted out before Jack's feet had touched the bottom step of the stairs. "I hear he's in -come home at dinner time." Jack continued his advance without answering until he had reached their side. Then with a "Good -evening, gentlemen," he said in a perfectly even voice: "Mr. Minott is ill and can see no one. I have just left the doctor sit- ting beside his bed. If there is any- thing I can do for either of you I will do it with 'pleasure." McGowan shoved his hat back on his forehead as if to give himself more air. "That kind of guff won't go with me no longer," he snarled, his face growing redder every instant. "This ill business is played out. He prom- ised me three nights ago he'd make out a certificate next day—you heard him say it—and I waited for him all the morning and he never showed up. And then he sneaks off to New York Jack stopped, and turned his head to the doctor. "Asleep?" he whispered. "No; -drugged. That's why I wanted you to see him before I called his wife. Is he accustomed to this sort of thing?" and he picked up a bottle from the table. Jack took the phial in his hand; it was quite small, and had a glass stopper. "What is it, doctor?" "I don't know. Some preparation of chloral, I should think; smells and looks like it. I'll take it home and find out. If he's been taking this right along he may know how much he can stand, but if he's experiment- ing with it, he'll wake up some fine morning in the next world. What do you know about it?" "Only what I have heard Mrs. Min- ott say," Jack whispered behind his hand. "He can't sleep without it, she told me. He's been under a terrible business strain lately and couldn't stand the pressure, I expect." "Well, that's a little better," re- turned the doctor, moving the appar- ently lifeless arm aside and placing his ear close to the patient's breast. For a moment lie listened intently, then he drew up a chair and sat down beside him, his fingers on Garry's pulse. "You don't think he's in danger, do you, doctor?" asked Jack in an anxi- ous tone. "No — he'll pull through. His breathing is bad, hut his heart is do- ing fairly well. But he's got to stop this sort of thing." Here the old doctor's voice rose as his Indignation increased (nothing would wake Gar- ry). It's criminal — it's damnable! Every time one of you New York people get worried, or short of money or stocks, or what not, off you go to a two -cent drug shop and buy enough poisono to kill a family. It's damn- able, Breen,—and you must tell Min- ott so when he wakes up." Jack made no protest against being included in the denunciation. He was too completely absorbed in the fate of the man who lay in a, stupor. "Is there anything can be clone for him?" he asked. "I can't tell yet. He may only have taken a small dose, I will watch him for a while. But if his pulse weak- ens we must shake him awake some- how, You needn't wait. I'll call you if I want you. You've told me what I wanted to know." Again Jack hent over Garry, his heart wrung with pity and dismay. He was still there when the door op- ened softly and a servant entered, tip- toed to where he stood, and whispered enough for his next pay roll, and the last one ain't all paid yit." McGowan again shifted his hat - this time he canted it on one side. His companion's. warning had had its effect, for his voice was now pitched in a lower key. "There ain't no use talking pay- roll to Mr. Breen, Jim," he growled. "He knows what it is; he gits up agin' it once in a while himself. If he'll tell me just when 'Pm going to get my money I'll wait like any decent man would wait, but I want td know, and I want to know now." At that instant the door of the sit- ting -room opened, and Corinne, shrinking as one in mortal fright, glided out and made a hurried escape upstairs. Murphy sagged back a- gainst the wall and waited respect- fully for her to disappear. McGowan did not alter his position nor did he remove his hat, though he waited un- til she had reached the landing be- fore speaking again. 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