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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-02-23, Page 7DENTIST 0. S. ATKINSON? Lit $„ DDA; GJaduate of the royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario and of $ke University of Toronto. Late Dis- trict Dental Office, Military District, No. 1, London, Ont. Office hours at Bayfield, Ont., Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, from one to, /AO p.m. 2814-12 DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Ophthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefleld'a Eye and Golden Square Throat Hoa- i pital's, London, Eng. At Commercial • Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 13 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford Phone 28?, Stratford. CONSULTING ENGINEERS " James, Proctor & Redfern Ii Li:rated, 36 'Toronto it,. Toronto. Can. age ay- addnmt • menet. WaterWatery/00,e.aewo,- P • '1t �i nernton, Fuctori,s. lrhnu.ttf..'.. Litix,aion. Phone Al.•, lot: ':. el.: •'f eeect" Ten•ntr, OUR FI r'•+--Ueo:.sir 904 oat of the m<.ter ee mre oar eluate. 1 e s. e1: Darr'iat id r 1A'11,t .•n..,. Hpfar' eete. :. s„ ,tor f .,, e tltilo1 I1.-l.I:.. :•: if. •exr ,.t "In v• etnion Y..:k. ,et.forth vlotu y inn. BEST ei BI:S1 Barrist.io, S•tLicit()rs, Cones, :sneers .tett Nut -rtes Public, t. Office in :he k.ut,, Busding, °peens. The Expositor Othce. The Light IN THE Clearing By IRWING BACHELLEIt (Continued from last week.) Ile put his hand on my head, now higher than his shoulder, and said: "I was not looking for you here," He moved his hand down some inches and added: "I waa not lookt- ing for you down here. You can't tell where you'll find these young- sters if you leave them a while." "Vire are xrl for.•tr r moving," said the .eehco!,n tter. "No titan is• ever . •wc illy:, in the same altitude unless a Whig „ U u 1.111 Feil," the Senator • lavish. w,ih a eunt1 ty which 1 did ❑o: I hen appreciate. ;.eked about my aunt" and uncle • cud expressed joy at learning that 1 wn: new under Mr. Ilacket. "I shall be here for a number of ;',,,eks,' he said, "and I shall want to 111'' you often. Maybe' we'll go I hunting some Saturday." tht. bade him good teerning and he ween' en with his wbe•'I1 arrow which ••a ' I d, I remember, with stout I:tacks of meal and;lour. it's went to the sr'hnnl at half past bight What a thrilling place It was wi'h its seventy -tight children and it; three rooms. How noisy they w,I-, as they waited in the school yard `or the hell to ring! 1 stood 'li door -side looking very foolish :dere day, for ! knew not what to d•. wi•h myself. My legs encased is :6, tow breeches felt as if they wt re on fire. My timidity was in- creased by the fact that many were observing me and that my appear - 0 1 1' :teemed to inaiiire sundry, sly r.ma'ks. I saw that most of the t'i:lag^ boys wore botghten clothes nod fine boots. I looked down at my wn leather and was a tower of shame r, • a foundation of greased cowhide. Selly Dunkelberg came in with some her girls and pretended not to see one That was the hardest blow I suffered. Among the handsome, well dressed b, yrs of the village was Henry WI1tp -.the boy who had stolen my water- melon. I had Hover• forgiven him for that or for the killing of my little heti. The hell rang and we marched ire() the big room, while a fat gird with crinkly hair played on a melod- eon. Henry and another boy tried to shove me out of line and a big paper wad struck the side of my Mad as we were marching in and after we were seated a cross-eyed. freckled girl in a red dress made a face at me. It was, on the whole, the unhap- piest day of my life. It reminded me of Captain Cook's account of Ms first day with a barbaric tribe on one of the South Sea isfands. Dur- ing recess I slapped a boy's face for culling me a rabbit and the two others who came to help him went away full of fear and astonishment, for I had the strength of a young 'noose in me those days. Alter that they began to make friends with net. In the noon hour a man came to me in the school yard with a sub- poena fol the examination of Amos Grimshaw. and explained ire meaning. He also said that Bishop Perkins, the district attorney, would call to see me that evening. While I was talking with this man Sally passed me walking with an- other girl and said: "Hello, Bart!" I observed that Henry Willa join- ed them and walked down the street Rt the side of Sally. I got my first pang of jealousy then. When school was nut that after- noon Mr. Hacket said I could have an hour to see the sights of the vil- loge, so I ,,set out, feeling much de- pressed. My self-confidence had vaniahed. I was homesick and felt terribly alone. I passed the jail and stopped and looked at its grated windows and thought of Amos and wondered if he were really a mur- derer. I walked toward the house of Mr. Wright and saw him digging potatoes in the garden and went in. I knew that he was my friend. "Well, Bart, how do you like; school?" he aeked. "Not very well," I answered. "Of course not! It's new to you now, and you miss your aunt and uncle. Stick to it. You'll make friends and get interested before long." "I want to go home," I declared. "Now let's look at the compass," he suggested. "You're lost for a minute and, like all lost people, you're herding the wrong' way. Don't be misled by selfishness,' Forget what you want to do and think of what we want. you to do. We want you to make: a man of ,yourself. You must do it for the sake of those dear people who have done so much for you. The needle points toward the schoolhouse Yonder." Ile went on with his work, and, as I walked away, 1 understood thea` the needle he referred to was my conscience. An I neared the schoolmaster's the snore drunken man that. I had seer before went zigzagging tip the road. Mr. -Racket stood in his dooryard. "Who is that?" T asked. "Nick Tubbs -the village drunkard mad sign n' the times," he answered. "Imes chores nt the tavern all day Ord gots home at night filled with his earnings an' a greet sense o' pro- prietorship. Ile is the top flower on the bush." I went about my chores. There was to be no more wavering in my conduct. At the supper table Mr. Hacket kept, us laughing with songs PRGU!•teetr. 1t.Lr,k:H1. Avl HOLMES Barrtat • 'u,.• it..,r• Notaries t'i Ae et. nd 1 ie+,h•, as Men,f . h ve-:n )1T,. r • I' Kidd ' t., n•tfnn; k • L. KIll"r . n, B F, Holmes. Honer [ •'k1 , t..^r, t'r•c ary Cep, 1 ;ra^.u;,,,,• u;•er •. the Med:. 4., c..atior .f the 11-1':' 'Vatarinar, ;,. •it„rts disea'•et, -' , all dome- ` ,' mete b ..he most n ant prin, • t'•atiatry Ind ail r :Fever a it.- ial.y • ;tflic•e oppus, aDiek's Hotel, :ri:,in Street- Senior' !11 orde„ -1, .' i.he hotel wilt ` *sive 516.•.,n a*.aaon Night cal,. i eeeeeivedn. •h” o :r - JOHN GRIEVE. V S. flonoYu . '..l'.; ,•f ler time Veter,, .4ry College •til •l:seasea of domesti,. -animals ''reared Calls promptly at sanded to rind :barges moderate Vet 'winery Dentistry a specialty_ Office and residence on Goderich street, one door east o1 Dr. Scott's office, Sea Perth. '11Rl1ICA I, C..' W 11.1RN. M.D.C.M. 425 Richmond Street. London, Ont. Specialist. Surgery and Genio-Urin. any diseases of men and women. BE A. NEWTON-BRADY Bayfield. Graduate Dublin University, Ire. land. Late Extern Assistant Master Rotenda Hospital for Women and Children, Dublin. Office at residence lately occupied by gra. Parsons. Flours, 9 to 10 a.m,, 6 to 7 p.m. Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m, 2866-26 DR. .1. W. PECK Graduate of Faculty of • Medicin, McGill University, Montreal; mernbe' of College of Physicians and Surgeons ',Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Coun di of Canada; Post -Graduate Member of Resident Medical staff of General Hospital, Montreal, 1914-16. Office, 2 doors east of Post Office. `Phone 66 Hassall, Ontario, DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence, Goderich street oast of the Methodist church, Seaforth Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. DR. C. MACKAY C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin• sty University, and gold medallist of Trinity Medical College; member of ties College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. DR. H. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of'Col lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pans graduate courses ie Chicago Clinical School of Chicago Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London England; University Hgspital, Lon don, England. Office -Back of De minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 6 Night calls answered from residence Victoria street, Seaforth. Or, AUCTIONEERS THOMAS BROWN Licensed auctioneer for the counties of Huron and Perth.. Correspondence arrangements for sale dates can be made by calling up phone 97, Seafort% a'r The Expositor Office. Charges mod orate and satisfaction guaranteed. Honor Graduate Carey Jones' Na- tional School of Auctioneering, Chi- cago. Special course taken in Pure Bred Live Stock, Real Estate, Mer- chandise and Farm Sales. Rates in keeping with prevailing market. Sat- isfaction assured. Write or wire, Odcar Klapp, Zurich, Ont. Phone 18-93. 2866-52 R. T. LUKER Licensed auctioneer for the County et Huron. Sales attended to hi al, parte of the county. Seven years' ex parlance in Manitoba and Saskatcho wen. Terme reasonable. Phone No 175 r 11, %Scoter ' atralla P. 0., R 1R No 1. Orders left at The Huron lxposltor Office, Seaforth, promptly antlsiid, Sold in Seafurth by E. UMBACH and jests and stories. The boy John, having been reproved for rapid eat• iosg hurled his spoon upon the floor. "Those in favor of his punishment wilt please say aye?" said the schoui- mester. I remember that we had a divided hcuse on that important question. The schoolmaster said: "Michael Henry wishes hien to la• forgiven on promise of letter conduct but for the next offense he shall ride the bad- ger.,, This meant lying for a painful 'Lenient across his father's knee. The promise was given and our .merry -making resented. The district attorney, whom 1 had met before, came to see me after supper and asked more questions and, advised me to talk with no one about the shoot- ing without his consent. Soon he went away, and after I had learned my lessons Mr. Ifacket said: "Let us walk up to the jail and spend a few minutes with Amos." We hurried to the jail. The sher- iff, a stoot-built, stern -recce] man, admitted tee "Can we see the Grimshaw bey??" Mr. Hacket inquired. "I guess so," he answered as he lazily rose from his chair and took down a hunch of large keys which had been hanging on the wall, "His father has just left." He spoke in a low solemn tone which impressed me deeply as he put a lighted candle in the hand of the schoolmaster. He led us through a door into a narrow corridor. He thrust a big key into the leek of a heavy iron grating and threw ' it open and bade us step in. We en- tered an ill -smelling, stone -floored rem with a number of cells against its rear wall. He locked tile door behind us. I saw a face and figure in the dim candle -light, behind the grated door of one of these cells. How lonely and dejected and help- less was the expression of that figure. The sheriff went to the door and un- locked it. "Hello, Grimshaw," he said storn- lv. "Steps out here." It all went to my heart -the man- ners of the s iff so like the cold iron of his k nd doors -the dim candle light, t pale, frightened youth who walked toward us. We shook his hand and he said that he war glad to set us. I saw the scar under his left ear and reaching out upon his cheek which my stone had made and knew that he bore the mark of Cain. He asked if he could see me alone and the sheriff shook his head and sale, sternly: "Against the rules." "Amos, I've a boy o' my own an' T feel fur ye," said the schoolmaster. "I'nt going to come here, now and then, to cheer ye up and bring ye some books to read. If there's arty word of advice 1 can give ye -let me know. Have ye a lawyer?". "There's run' coming to -morrow." "Don't say a word about the case:, boy. to any one but your lawyer - mind that." We left him and went to our home and beds. I to spend half the night thinking of •my discovery, since which, for some reason, I had no doubt of the guilt of Amos, but I spoke not of it an any one and the secret worried me. Next morning on my way to school I passed a scene more strange and memorable than any in my long experience. I saw the shabby figure of old Benjamin Grimshaw walking in the side path. Iiia hands were in his pockets, his eyes bent upon the ground, his lips moving as if he were in deep thought. Roving Kate, the ragged, silent woman who, fur the fortune of Amos, had drawn a gibbet the shadow of which was now upon him, walked slowly behind the mon- ey -lender pointing at him with her bony forefinger. Her stern eyes watched him as the cat watches when its prey is near it, She did not notice me. Silently, her feet wrapped in rags, she walked behind the man, always pointing nt hien. When he stopped she stopped. When he resumed his slow progress: she followed. it thrilled me, partly be- cause I had begun to believe in the wfeta!lt ,'In+ tedp r1 +er'oK 'the.Sfle,�lt Woman I twenty rein 1# to ewe and gid tugfed into 161. Mein street babin4 and clone by them, I saw hjm atop and'buy some trackers .and an apple and a piece of chee..e. lilsanwhite she stood pointing at him, hie saw but gave no heed to her. He walked along ,the street in front of the steres, she following as before. How patiently she followed! "Whes she follow him that way??'"" 1 aaoked the storekeeper when they were gone. Oh, I duan, boy!Y he answered. "She's crazy an' -1 guesa she duan what she s doio,'w'' The explanation did not satisfy me. I knew, or tkought I kneiv, better than he the meaning of that look in her eyes. I had seen it before. I started, for the big schoolhouse and a number of boys joined me with pleasant words. "I saw you lookin' at of Kate," one of them said to me. "Don't ye ever make fun o' her. She's got the evil eye an' if ehe puts it on ye, why, yell git drownded er fall off a high place er somethin'.", The boys were of one accord about that. Sally ran past us with that low - lived Wills boy, whu carried her books for her. His father had gone into the grocery business and Henry wore boughten clothes. 1 couldn"t t,al Sally how mean he was. 1 was angry and decided not to speak to her until she spoke to me. I gut along better in school, although there was some tittering when 1 recited, probably because 1 had a broader dialect and bigger trots than the I oys of the village. CHAPTER X I Meet President Van Buren and Am Cross-examined by Mr. Grimshaw. The days went easier after that. The boys took me int. their play and scene of them were must friendly. I Aad a swift foot and a good eye as well as a strong arm, and could hold my own at three-olet•cat-a kind of baseball which we played in the school yard. Saturday came. As we were sitting down et the table that Leeming the young children clung to the knees of Mr. Hacket and begged him to take them up the river in a beat. "Good Lord! What wilt thou give me when I grow childless?" he ex- claimed with his arms around them. "That was the question of Abraham, and it often comes to me. Of course we shall go. But hark! Let us hear what the green chair has to say " There was a moment of silence and then he went on with a merry laugh. "Right ye are, Michael Henry! You are always right, my boy -God bless your soul! We shall take Bart with us an' doughnuts an' cheese an' cookies an' dried meat for all." From that moment i date the be- ginning of my love f,r the occupant of the green chair in the home of Michael Hacket. Those good people were Catholics and 1 a Protestant and yet this Michael Henry always insisted upon the meat delicate eon - sideration for my faith and feelings. "I promised to spend the morning in the field with Mr. Wright, if I may have your consent, sir," I said. "Then we shall console ouraielver, knowing that you are in better com- pany," said Mr. Racket, Mr. Dunkelberg called at the house. in Ashery Lane to see me after breakfast, "Bart, if you will come with me I should like to order some store clothes and boots for you," he said in his squeaky voice. For a moment I knew nut how to answer him. Nettled as I had been by Sally's treatment of me, the of- fer was like rubbing ashes on the • soreness of my spirit. I blushed and surveyed my garm- ents and said: "I guess I look pretty badly, don't I?" "You look all right, but 1 thought maybe you would feel better in soft - ter raiment, especially if you care to go around much with the young people. I am an old friend of the family and I guess it would be pro- per for me to buy the clothes for you. When you are older you can buy a suit for me, sometime, if you care to." It should be understood that well- to-do people in the towns were more particular about their dress those days than now. "I'll ask my aunt and uncia about it," I proposed. "That's all right," he answered. "I'm going to drive up to your house this afternoon and your uncle wishes you to go with me. We aro all to have a talk with Mr. Grimshaw." He left me and I went over to :lir. Wright's. They told me that he was cutting corr. M the back lot, where I found h "How do 1 look M ,these clothes?" I bravely asked. "Like the son of a farmer- up in tie hills and that's just as you aught to look," he answered. In a moment he added as he reap - cd a hill of corn with his sickle. "i suppose they are making fun of you, partner." "Some," 1 answered, blushing. "Don't mind chat" he advised, And then •quoted the stanza: "Were I as tall In reach the epin Or grasp the eeean in a span I'd still he measured by my soul; The mind's the standard orf the man." "Mr. Dunkelberg came this morn- ing and wanted 1n buy me some new i clothes and hoots.," I said. The Senator :sopped work and stood looking at int with hie hands upon his hips. "1 wouldn't let him do it if f were you." he said thoughtfully. .lust then I saw a young man come running toward us in the distant field. Mr. Wright took out his compass. "Look here," he said, "you see the needle pointe due north." He took a lodestone out of his CeMetaffiettleette 2r254 rx, pocket and holding it at• the con pass moved it back an forth. The needle followed it! The young man came up to us breathing deeply. Perspiration was rolling off his face. He was much excited and spoke with some dif- ficulty. "Senator Wright," he gasped, "Mrs. Wright sent me down to tell you that President Van Buren is at the house•" f remember vividly the look of mild amusement in the Senator's face and the serene calmness with which he looked at the young man aid said to him: "Tell Mrs. Wright to make him comfortable in our easiest chair and to say to the President that I shall be up directly." To my utter surprise he resumed his talk with me as the young man went away. "You nee all ways are north when you put this lodestone nearthe needle," he went on. "If it it to te!i you the truth you must keep the lodestone away from the needle. It's that way, too, with the compass of your soul, partner. There the lode- stone is nelflshness, and with its help you can make' any direction look right to you and soon -you're tont." He put his hand on my arm and said in a low tone which made me to understand that it was for my car only. •"What I fear is that they may try to tamper with your compass. Look out for lodestones." He was near the end of a row and went on with his reaping as he said: "I could take my body off this mw ttry minute, but the only way to get my mind off it is tt go to its end." He bound the last bundle and then we walked together toward the house the Senator carrying his sickle. "I shall introduce you to the Presi- dent," he said as we neared our des- tination. "Then perhaps you had better leave us." At home we had read much about the new President and regarded him with deep veneration. In general 1 , knew the grounds of it -his fight 1 1 against the banks for using public funds for selfish purposes and "swap -I ping mushrats for mink" with the 1 government, as uncle put it, by seek - Ing to return the _pane in cheapened • paper money; his -long battle for the 1 extension of the right of suffrage in our state; bit fiery eloquence in de- bate. Often I had heard Uncle Pea- body say that Van Burne had made it possible for a poor man to vote in York State and hold up his head like a man. So I was deeply moved by the prospect of seeing him. I could not remember that I hal ever been "introduced" to anybody. I knew that people put their wits on exhibition and often flung down a "snag" 'by way of demonstrating their fitness for the honor, when they were introduced in books. I remem- ber asking rather timidly: "What shall I say when -when you -introduce me?" "Oh, say anything that you want to say," he answered with a look of amusement. "I'm kind o' scared," I said. "You needn't be -he was once a poor . boy just like you." "Just like me!" I ttepeated, thoughtfully, for while I had heard a good deal of that kind of thing fp our home, it had not, somehow, gut under my jacket, as they used to say. "Just like you -cowhide and all- ose son of a small freeholder in Kin- derhook on the Hudson," he went on "But he waa well fed in brain and body and kept his heart clean. So, of course, he grew and is still grow- ing. That's a curious thing about men and women, Bart- If they are in good ground and properly cared for they never atop growing -never! --and that's a pretty full word - isn't it?" I felt its fulness, but the Senator had a way of stopping just this side a the grave in all his talks with ate, and so there was no sign of preach- ing in any 61 it. 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Instead of being a pleasure as formerly, these duties became a real task- I lost all desire for food and nothing would tempt me. I had to make myself eat. I would go to bed at night and toss from side to side for hours at a time. After a while I would doze off only to find that I had been sleeping for ten or fifteen minutes- Naturally when morning came, not having slept, I started the day completely tired out. I was shaky and ner- vous. The least noise would startle me and make my heart race along. I could see that my hus- band was worried. I was losing weight every week and had al- ready lost 54 pounds. I tried all kinds of tonics, but they didn't help me. One night, a night I shall never forget because it started me on the way to health and happiness again, my husband brouglrt in a bottle of Carnot. A friend told him that Carnol had saved his wife's life, so he insist- ed upon my trying it. Six weeks after I began taking Camel, my weight increased from 93 pounds to 158, an increase of 65 pounds. And, am I well these days ? Every morning 1 fairly jump out of bed ready to tackle anything and every minute of the day is a joy to me now" Carnol is sold by your druggist, and if you can conscientiously say, after you have tried it, that it hasn't done you any good, return the empty bottle to him and he will refund your money. 8-622 Sold by E. Umbach, Phm. B. The Seaforth Creamery Co. C. A. BARBER. CRANE TRUNnSY U.M TRAIN SERVICE TO TORONTO Daily Except Sunday Leave Goderidh . 6.00 a -m. 2.20 p.m, Leave Clinton . • . 6.25 a.m. 2.5E p,0, Leave Seaforth .. 641 a.m. 3.12 pan. Leave Mitchell. 7.04 a.m. 8.42 pa. Arrive Stratford 7.30 a.m. 4.10 pmf. Arrive Kitchener 820 atm. 6.20 pm Arrive Guelph .. 8.45 am_ 5,50 p.m. Arrive Toronto ..10.10 am. 7.40 pan. 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