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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-04-06, Page 7CD 0 The Ligh t IN THE' Clearing By IRWING 1 BACIiE+ LLER ie to scene of evening I rein hie aeco dtuatnreterned over ' hislabors. So (v tread th© to purselvee. ember my keen interest ir. nt of riding from Albany to Utica oti the new railroads. He spoke with enthusiasm of the smoothness and swiftness of the journey. "With no mishap they now make it , in about a half a day," he said, as we listened with wonder. "It is like riding in a house with a good deal of smoke coming out of the chimney and in at the windows. You sit on a comfortable bench with a back and a foot -rest in front and look out of the window and rifle. But I tremble sometimes to think of what might (cued from um wesk.) 1$ppen •with all that weight and Is speed. I couldn't help hearing it, for I ' "We bad a little mishap after leab- was working in the room in which ing Ballston Spa. The locomotive they talked: Well, really, ft'doesn't engine broke down and the train matter much now. They are S gone. stepped.' The passengers poured out "Who is young Latour?" I asked like bees. We put our hands and when Mrs. Jenieon had left us, shoulders on the train and pushed it A rake and dissolute young man backwards about a third of a mile to whose father is very rich and lives a passing station. There the engine in a great mansion over in J'effereon hour hour'st of wait aur horse was hitched to and after an County," Mrs. Wrightne answered. the train. With the help of the men I wondered then if there had been f a purpose in that drop of honey from the eup of the Silent Wontan. I remember that the Senator, who returned to Canton that evening on the Watertown stage, laughed heart- heestarted it. At the next town our ]:orae was reinforced by two others. They hauled us to the engine'station four miles beyond, where another lo- comotive engine was attached to the ily when, as we were sitting by the train, and.syy_wdht on by steam and fireside, Mrs. Wright told of the call at a fearful rate of speed." of the Binkses. Mrs. Wright, being weary, after "The good. lady enjoys a singular the day's work, went to bed early and plurality," he remarked. at his request, I sat with the Senator "She enjoys it better than we do," by the fire for an" hour or so. I have said Mrs. Wright. always thought it a lucky circum - The Senatoh h'sd greeted me with stance, for he asked me to tell of my a fatherly warmth. Again I felt plans and gavel me advice and en - that strong appeal to my eye tin his couragement which have had a mark- That evening I wrote my first lova broadcloth and fine linen and beaver ed effect upon my career. letter—a nwarm and moving hat and in the splendid dignity and I re neinber telling him that I wish- ! fragment fairly w . My family have courtesy of his manners. ed to be a lawyer and my reasons g y urged me to let it go in the record, "I've had good reports of you, for it. He told me that a lawyer was hitt I have firmly refused. There Bart, and I'm very glad to see you," either a pest or a servant of justice ha said. "I believe 'your own marks have been excellent in the lest year," I ventured. "Poorer than I could wish. The teacher has been very kind to me," he laughed. "What have you been studying. "Latin (I always mentioned the Latin first), Algebra, Arithmetic, Grammar Geography and History." "Including the history of the Rinks - es," he laughed. Th@re was never a note of humor in his speeches. but he was playful in his talk at times, especially when trusted friends were with him. "She is a very common woman, after ail,' he added, He asked about my aunt and uncle and I. told him of all that had be. - fallen us, save the one thing of whic'., dollars. 1 remember that after I I had spoken only with them and went til my room that night I stitched Sally. sip the opening in my jacket pocket., "1 shall go up to see them soon," which contained my wealth, with the he said. needle and thread which Aunt Deel The people of the little village had had put in my bundle, and slept with' learned that he preferred to be let the jacket under my mattress. The Senator and I'were up at five o clock and at work in the garden. What a contrast to see him spading in his old farm suit! Mrs Wright Pad fa'u,vtQ1sF^ r ito i' e mew xle itttanu ewi� , Ow ., o; foa mew, t d mi s 911 4{d, t�rimwIkl"'o8s;.ru�ie Then the ( voice, of Rodney w ed 1n a iiite 19YI0nlse;j are. I pato OResj 62a. Olpllingtun W. Tet pta0- BarnesBran, trumpet in the We ci near us %ereg Iittie'A wordlt, of the old world which, waa, t ."Any num Vvbo says a mean thingin a half-hearted fashiee,, to wainta n said to me that day. If you want to of another whew' he can't prove it itself in the midst of ,e .demeera'cy. unsa it,you can d it by ought to be tseatad in the same way." jt was the manorial life of th y oletter, you "That's so," a number of voices an- trans—a relic of ancient feudalism know. T think that would be the best way to do it. SO don't be afraid of ewer . . which had its beginning in 1629, when ee hurting my feelings. Perhaps I The slanderer stayed in retirement The West Indies ,Company issued its would be glad. You don't know, tfie rest ..f the day and the incident charter of Prlyileges and Exemptions. What a long day that wast It seems passed into history, not without leav- That charter offered to any member as if it wasn't over yet. How lucky ing its impression on the people of the of the company who should, within for me that it was such a beautiful two towns, four years, bring fifty adults to the day! You know I have fosgottgn all Mylife went• on with little in it , New Netherlands and establish them about the pain, but I laugh when I wcrth recording until the letter came, along the Hudson, a liberal grant of think how I looked and how Mr. La- I speak of it "aa 'the letter; because, land, to be called a manor, of. which tour looked. He laughed a good deal of its effect upon,my career. It was' the owner or patrotin should be Zell going home, as if thinking of some from Sally, and it said: proprietor and chief magistrate. The wonderful Joke. In September I am "Dear Bart. -,-It's all over for a long settlers were to be exempt from tax= going away to a young ladies' school time, perhaps forever—that will de- t ation for ten years, but under bond to in Albany, I hate it. Can you Im- Pend on you. I.shall be true to yon, stay in one place and develop it. In aglne why? I ant to learn fine man- if you really love me, even if I• have . the beginning the patroon built houses y ' to wait many; many years. Mother and barna and furnished cattle, seed dans and Flnch and Spanish and dancing and be good enough for any and father saw and read your letter. and tools. The tenants for them - man's wife Think of that Father They say we are too young to be selves and.their heirs agreed to pay says that T must marry a big man. thinking about love and that we have him a fixed rent forever in stock and Jimmy Crimps! As if a big man hoc to stop it. How can I atop it? produce, and, further, to grind at the wculdn't know better. I am often I guess 'I would have to stop living. owner's mill and neither to hunt nor afraid that you will know too much But we shall have to depend upon our • fish - intellect sees how foolish I am My as good as mine. Father says no I worked, was counsel and collector I know what will happen when yourmemories now. I hope that ours is Judge Westbrook, in whose office grandmother says that I am frivolous more letters without his permission for the patroons, notably for the man - and he stamped his foot 80 hard that ors of 'Livingstone and Van Renesal- and far from God I am afraid it's I thin he must have made a dent in aer—two little kingdoms in the true, but sometimes I want to be good the floor. Talk about slavery—what . =only sometimes. T remember you heart of the great republic. said, mice. that you were going W do you think of that' Mother says , I spent two years at my work and that we must wart that it would studied in the office of the learned licve that you could. So does tnother. make father a great deal of trouble judge with an ever-present but di- makes you keep � I makes me afraid Oh dear! How to write. I guess the soul of old belonged to the bowling and athletic be - be like Silas Wright. Honestly I be - if it were known that 1 nunlshtag sense of homesickness. I want to trying, but it allowed you sad and homesick I feel to -day! TellGrimshaw is still following you. Well club and had many friends. me the truth now, when you write." u= must stretch out that lovely. day ; Mr. Louis Latour, of Jefferson coun- as far as we can. its words and Its i ty, whom I"had met in the company sunshine are always in my heart. I i of Mr. Dunkelberg, came during my las yea ere osuy law in and that his chief aim should be the promotion of peace and good will in his community. He promised to try and arrange for my accommodatinn in his office in the autumn and mean- while to lend me some books to read while I was at home. "Before we go to bed let us have a settlement," said the Senator. "Will you kindly sit down at the table there and make up a statement of all the time you have given me?" 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Ont. cooked our breakfast and called us in at six. 1 remember we were fixing the fence around his pasture lot that day when a handsomely dressed gentle - melt came back in the field. Mr. Wright.. was chopping at a small spruce. Is Senator Wright here?" the stranger inquired of me. I pointed to the chopper. "I beg your pardon—I am looking for the distinguished United States Senator," he explained with a smile. Again I pointed at the man with the ax and said: "That is the Senator." Often I have thought of the look of astonishment on the face of the stranger as he said: "Will you have the kindness to tell him that General Macomb would like to speak with him?" I halted his ax and conveyed the message. "Is this the hero of Plattsburg?" Mr. Wright asked. "Well, I have been there," said the General. They shook hands and went up to the house together. I walked back to the hills that evening. There I found a letter from Sally. She and her mother, who was in ill health were spending the sum - are some things which I can not do even in this little masquerade. It is enough to say that when the day ended I had deliberately chosen two of the many ways that lay before Inc. CHAPTER XVI I Use My Own Compass at a Fork in the Road. Swiftly now I move across the bor- der into manhood—a serious, eager, restless manhood, It was the fashion of the young those days. I spent a summer of hard work in the fields. Evenings I read the books which Mr. Wright had loaned to me, Black - stone's Commentaries and Greenleaf on Evidence and a translation by Doc- tr.r Bowditch of LaPlace's Mecanique Celeste. The latter I read aloud. I mention it because in a way it served as an antidote for that growing sense of expansion in my intellect. In the vastness of infinite space I found the littleness of man and his best ac- complishments. Mr. Wright came up for a day's fishing in July. My uncle and I took him up the river. I remember that after he had landed a nig trout he sat down and held the fish up before him and looked proudly at the grace- ful. glowing, arrowy shape. "1 never did anything in the Sen- ate that seemed half so important as this," he remarked thoughtfully. While we ate our luncheon he de- scribed Jackson and spoke of the famous cheese which he had kept on a table in the vestibule of the White House for his callers. He described his fellow senators—Webster, Clay, Rives, Calhoun and Benton. I.re- member that Webster was, in his view, the least of them, although at his- best the greatest orator. We had a delightful day, and when I drove back to the village with him that night he told me that I could go into the office of Wright and Baldwin after harvesting. • "It will do for a start," he said "A little later I shall try to find a better place far you." I began my work taking only the studies at school which would qualify me for surveying. I had not been in Canton a week when I received a rude shock which was my first lesson in the ungentle art of politics. Rodney Barnes and Uncle Peabody were standing with me in front of a store. A man came out with Colonel Hand and- said in a loud voice that' Site Wright was a spoilsman and a drunk- ard—in polities for what he could get mer with relatives at! Portsmouth, flout of it. New Hampshire. She wrote of rid- My uncle turned toward the stran- ing and fishing and sailing, but of all that she wrote I think only of these words now: "I meet many good-looking boys here, but none of them are like you. I wonder if you remember what you "A. Terrible Experience" "I Recall My Experiences with the Burglar with Feelings of Horror ! " "Howwonld yon feel if/yml wakened in the middle of the night with A flashlight shining in your eyes and the gruff voice of a 10011 threatening that, 'If you make the align test noise, I'll shoot7"That was niy experience the eud of last March when my hus- band was away in the woods and I was alone with my three children. Everytime I think of this experience a shudder passea over me and as long „pe I live I shall remember it. At the time I. really thought I would die. It's a wonder my heart dirt not stop besting. 1 was so weak that even if I had any desire to move, I could not. I was bathed in scold, elamnty pers- piration. Even to recall the shocking details now makes me shudder. It was a result of this shock that I contracted a high fever and for hours at a time I was delirious. I got so bad that the doctor finally gave tip hope of my ever recovering, but by cnreftil nursing, 'I was filially pro - r. suriced out of danger. The shock bad left me so weak, that, for no reason whatever, I would suddenly burst into tears. All the life seemed to have been taken out of me. I kept getting weaker and weaker, so much so that my husband and children were constantly worrying about Ire. Doctors prescribed Ler tee and while Iwillinglytried theirmrdicines,only very few of them dad me any good, but unfortunately the gond was not lasting lily family asked me if I would try Carnol and I sold, 'I was willing to try anything,' but felt that it would not do me any good. Four bottles of Carnol taken regularly, has completely restored my former hen! th and strength and, while' occasionally recall my experience with the burglar with feelingsof horror, I am otherwise as well and strong as I have ever been. Carnol is the most wonderful preparation I have ever used for building and restoring health ati8•', Strength. It bas done wonders for several of niy friends to whom I have recommended it." Mrs. Mee. of.... Carnol is sold by your druggist, and if you can c000citntieuslyy say, atter you have tried it, that it hnsn't done you any good, return the empty bottle to hint and he will refund yoiur money. 48 For Sale by E Umbach, Phut. B. ger with a look of amazement. Rod- ney Barnes dropped the knife with which he had been whittling. I felt my face turning red. "What's that, mister?" asked Rod- ney Barnes. The stranger repeated his state- ment and added that he could prove it. "Le's see ye," said Itarnes as he ap- proached him. There was a half moment of silence. "Go on with yer proof," Rodney insisted. his great right hand trembl- ing as he whittled. "There are plenty of men in Albany that know the facts," said the st.rsng- er. ".Any, other prnnf to oli'cr'" "That's enough." "Oh, T see, ye can't, prnve it tn-day, het ye don't mind saying it to -day. Say, mister, where do ve live?" "None n' your clam' �in.sinesa." Swift as a cat's paw the nig, right. hand of Rodney caught the man by his shoulder and threw him down.Seiz- ing him by the collar and the seat of his trousers our giant friend lifted the slenderer and flung him to the roof of a wooden awning in front of the grocer's shop near which we stood. "Now you stay thbre 'til I git cooled off or you'll be hurt," said Rodney. "You better he out o' my reach for a few minutes." A -crowd had begun to gather. "I want you all to take a look at that man," Rodney shouted. "He says Pile Wright is a drunkard an' n thief." Laud Beers followed the statement, am risking the salvation of my soul , la f th t t d th' in writing this. But I'd rather burn ! office of the judge, a privilege for forever than not tell you how happy which he was indebted to the influ- High usury and bad security gen- your letter made me, dear Bart. It encs of Senator Wright, I understood. erully go together.—Milverton Sun. is that Grimshaw trouble that is . Special are providedet evetf' Qne o! p11r' and assure 'to our, oopoo,oro courteond atitelptaou, Hepositi of $1A1i and o)taarda. fav BXO.N IN MST* Bruce *c14 tat. IMaarys Exeter Clinton Hensall, Ile waa a gay Lotharlo, always boast- ing of his love affairs, and I had little to do with him. One day in May near the end of my two years in Cobleskill, Judge Westbrook gave me two rits to serve on settlers in the neighborhood of Baldwin Heights for non payment of rent. He told me what I knew, that there was bitter feeling against the patroons in that vicinity and that I might encounter opposition to the service of the writs. If so I was not to press the matter, but bring them back and he would give them to the sheriff. (Continued next week.) keeping US apart. On the third of June, 1844, we shall both be twenty- one—and I suppose that we can do as we please then. The day is a long way off, but I will apree to meet you that day at eleven in the morning un- der the old pine on the river where I met you that day and you told me that you loved me. If either or both should die our souls will know where Ui find each other. If you will sol- emnly promise, write these words and only these to my mother — Amour omnia vincit, but do not sign your name. 'SALLY:, . What a serious matter it seemed to, me then! I remember that it gave Time a rather slow feet. 1 wrote the words very neatly and plainly on a sheet of paper and mailed it to Mrs, Ilurkleherg. I wondered if Sally would stand firm and hinged to know tho secrets of the future. More than ever I ivas resolved 1., is, the principal witness in some great (natter, as my friend in Ashery Lithe hail put it, I was eight month, with Wright and Baldwin when 1 %vas offered a clerkship in the office .d' Budge West- broek, at Cobleskill. in Schoharie County, at two hundred a year oral my board. I knew net then just how the offer had come, het knew that the Senator must have recommended me. I know now that he wanted a reliable witness of the rent troubles which were growing acute -in Schoharie, Del- aware and Columbia Counties. It was a trial to go so far from home, as Aunt Deel put it, but both my aunt and uncle agreed that it was "for the best" "Mr. Purvis" had come to work for my uncle. In the midst of my pre- parations the man of gristle decided that he would like to go with me and see the world and try his fortune in another part of the country. How it wrung my heart, when Mr. Purvis and I got into the stage at Canton, to see my aunt and uncle standing by the front wheel looking up at me. How old and lonely and forlorn they looked! Aunt Deel had her purse in her hand. I remember how she took a dollar bill out of it— I suppose it was the" only dollar she had—and looked at it a moment and then handed it up to me. "You better take it," she said. "I'm 'fraid you won't have enough." How her hand and lips trembled! I hove always kept that dollar. I couldn't see them as we drove away. I enjoyed the ride and the taverns and the talk of the passengers and the steamboat journey through the two lakes and down the river, but be- hind it all was a dark background. The shadows of my beloved friends fell every day upon my joys. How- ever, I would be nearer Sally. It was a comfort when we were in Al- bany to reflect that she was some- where in that noisy, bewildering spread of streets and bait -dings, I walked a few blacks from the landing, taking careful note of my way --men- tally blazing a trail for fear of get- ting lost—and looked wistfully up a , long street.. There were many people hut no Sally. The judo reesived me kindly and gave Purvis a ion in his garden. i was able to take his dictation in sound hand and spent most of my time in taking down (entracte and Correa- pondcnce and drafting them into pro- per form, which 1 had the knack of doing rather neatly. I was impressed by the immensity of certain towns nt . the neighhorhee 1, and there were 1 some temptations in my way. Many people, and especially the prominent; I men, indulged in ardent spirits. One of my young friends induced me to go to dinner with him at Van ' Brocklin's, the fashionable restaurant of a near city. We had a bottle of wine and some adventures and i was I sick for a week after it. Every day , of that week I attended a convention ' of my ancestors and received much good advice. Inward the end of it my friend came to see me. "There's no nae of my trying to he a gentleman." T said. "i fear that another effort. would hang my Telt on thin a volley of oaths and a moment the door. It's a disgrace, probably, of danger, for eomehndy shouted: bolt I've got to be gond. 1"51 driven "Let's tar an' feather him." to it" "No, we'll just look at him for a "The way T 1n,dk at it is this " said few minutes," Rodney Barnes shout- he. "We're ve, ng fellows snrl mak- ed. "He's one o' the greatest curl- ing a good deal of money end we can't ilsities that ever came M this town." tell when we'll die and leave a lot The slanderer, thoroughly. frighten- that we'll never get any gond of." MA OH a %x16. TIN NOW 804 St (Sister says "True skin comfort—no fads—the secret of that charming glow." .�an-zily use it IN' ANTS DELIOHT `TOILET SOAP 1/4 JOHN TAYLOR & CO., LIMITED TORONTO