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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-04-05, Page 75, pm • IIfD1 . '. U. In. I OR �rGI + YAPiFCS}!if9 WC J+ 0 and TllanP,gt E au Beate Lee Medicine, ><ivaveraity of Cfoecetto. late assielreat New Yorks 1 41eth:atl- ca anal Aural Institute, Moorefteld's iii and Golden Square Throat Hos- rale, London, Eng. At Commercial tel, Seeforth„ third Monday in ee h month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ol) Waterloo Street, South, Stratford, fr1 one 267, Stratford. LEGAL re.ne No. 91 JOIdIN J. EUGGA118D Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Qttte Block - - Seaforth, Ont. 118. S. ]WAYS Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer cid Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office in rearof the IZLemanion sank, Se: a' ortb. Money to Wim, t:;BST .s t•,:EST : arristers, Solicitors, Conveyan- cersand Notaries Public, Etc. I lice the Edge Building, opposite The Liapositor 1 itce. VETERINARY JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. c lEGonor graduate of Ontario Veterin- era College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. Calls promptly at- eluded to and charges moderate. Vet- canary Dentistry a specialty. Office ami} residence on Goderich Street, one � east of Dr. Mackay's Office, Sea- A. R. CAMP is ELL, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary @ollege, University of Toronto. All is eases of domestic animals treated tr. the most modern principles. 0' a 1 ges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on Mein Street, Hensall, opposite Town Mall. Phone 116. MEDICAL DR. W. C. SPROAT Graduate of Facullty of Medicine, 0Itaiversity of Western Ontario, Lon- don. Member of College of Physic - E and Surgeons of Ontario. Office Cm Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St., ,forth. Phone 90. DR. R. P. L DOUGALL 'anor graduate of Faculty of Medicine and Master of Science, Uni- versity of Western Ontario, London. Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 2 doors oast of post office. Phone 56, Hensall, Ontario. 3004-tf DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY Bayfield. Graduate Dublin University, Ire - Lend. Late Extern Assistant Master Rotunda Hospital for Women and Children, Dublin. Office at residence !lately •occupied by Mrs. Parsons. Hours, 9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 p.m.; 6.3'undays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26 DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence Goderich Street, cast of the Methodist Church, Sea- f?ooath. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. DR. C. MACKAY e C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- es?' University, and gold medallist of t`l°rsnity Medical College; member of ' 1ke College of Physicians and Sur - eons of Ontario. IDE. III. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto riaeulty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in ciiVeago Clinical School of Chicago ; g • yal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, gland; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office—Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence, ©ic aria Street, Seaforth. DR. WILLIAM ABERHART Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Member of College of Physiciailis and Surgeons of Ontario. Licentiate of Medical Coun- cil of Canada. Late interne Toronto Western Hospital. Office, Queen's lEtotel Building, North Main Street. Phone 89. Night calls, phone 111. DR. J. A. MUNN Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross Graduate of Northwestern Univers- 9ty, Chicago, I11. Licentiate Royal Collage of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over Sills' Hardware, Main St., :.._.:forth. Phone 151. DR. F. J. 1: ECHELY Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea- Sorth. Phones: Office, 185 W; resi- dence, 185 J. AUCTIIONEERS THOMAS BROWN Licensed auctioneer for the counties of Huron and Perth. Correspondence arrangements for sale dates can be made by calling The Expositor Office, Seaforth. Charges moderate, a n d satisfaction guaranteed. 302 OSCAR KLOPP Honor Graduate Carey Jones' Na- tional School of Auctioneering, Chi- cago. Special course taken in Pure tired Live Stock, Real Estate, Mer- chandise and Farm Sales. Rates in !keeping with prevailinngg market. Sat- lafaetion assured. Writee rPhore Ont. or Oscar Klopp, 28hone 18-93. -52 R. T. LUKER Licensed auctioneer for the County cep : uron. Sales attended to in all > erto of the county. Seven years' ex - 'sentience in Manitoba Saakatche- p n. Terme reasonable. a Phone No. 170 r 1]l Exeter, Centralia P.O., 13.R N. 1. Orders left at The Huron Pee pocdtter O"`ce, Seaforth, promptly at- e/mailed. a a a 5 0 0 A 0 .q 0 0 d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 '. W. ARR13 W IILhenaeti1 Auctioneer fore Pc.tAle ran Co'.:ratilco. 633 ,Jliclted. Tc moo QLm plc, lea m. 'toot lb nt 6 of Uatral Mall ;tate c' o APAI J1G aa Ws. JUS. Vd. 4], 3 u'ato'_ JL' ] 0 i3 0 d d d o 0 0 0 .+.r+.f.� • ' V, i sueoa il mind tap. ' blaAl y1 A room aeon �beea a jS r, for rima Were in est, ; f3 cnbo> ., p.'. Wed, as t0 TOWS *elf had on �piclzz,ixd sap and shaken like 0. daft loins. iGrry managed to foor his antagon- ist wheraevnr be bpd. tine and spec whaeh to set 'ki lf, but this was not often, for Buddy Closed with biers at every opportunity. At such dunes it was the elder n. who eager moat, ' In a way it wag an unequal strug- gle, for youth, ablaze with a holy fire was =felled against .age, stiffened only by stubborn determination.. Nei- ther man longer had any compunc- tions; each fought with: a ferocious singleness of purpose. Buddy's face had been hamunered to a pulp. but Gray was groaning; he could breathe only from the bop of his lungs, and the 'bones of his left hand had' been telescoped. Agonizing pains ran clear to has shoulder, and the hand itself was well-nigh useless. It was an extraordinary combat ; certainly the walls of this luxurious suite had never looked down upon a some eo strange as tads fight between friends. .How long it continued, nei- ther man knew„not a great w'hnle, surely, measured by the clock; but morn interminable time as they gauged it. Nor could Calvin Gray afterward re- call just how it came to an end. He vaguely remembered Buddy Briskow weaving loosely, rocking forward up- on uncertain 1ege,.blindly groping for him—the memory was like that of a figure seen dimly through a mist of dreams—then he remembered calling up his last reserve of failing vigor. Even as he launched the blow he knew it was a knockout. The colos- sus fell, lay motionless. It was a moment or two before Gray could summon strength to lend succor, then he righted an armchair and dragged Buddy into it. He reel- ed as he made for the bathroom. for he was desperately sick; as he wet a towel, meanwhile clinging dizzily to the faucet, his reflection leered forth from the mirror—a battered, repuls- ive countenance, shockingly unlike his own. He was gently mopping young Bris- kow's face when the latter revived. Buddy's eyes were wild, he did not recognize this unpleasant stranger un- til a familiar voice issued from the shapeless lips. "You'll he all right in a few min- utes, my lad.” Briskow lifted his head; he tried to rise, but fell back limply, for as yet his body refused to obey hiss will. "You licked me," he declared. faint- ly. "Licked me good, didn't you?" "Buddy! Oh, Buddy—" It was a yearning cry; Gray's streaked, swol- len features were grotesquely contort- ed. "You won't be mad with me, will you?" "Want to fight any more?" The victor groaned. "My God, no! You nearly killed me." This time Buddy managed to gain his feet. "Then i reckon I'll—go to bed. I feel purty rotten." z Gray laughed aloud, in his deep re- lief. "Righto! And after I've phon- ed for a doctor, if you don't mind, I'll crawl in with you." LIP 0IIV= 1 CDUONO. 000.40 CP°IT00 esg1NON TRgATrD G7t 'PPMAF wONDwa1UL4v ors oravc W©490uar6{il aaraeDtr By REX BEACH Publishere The Musson Book Company, i td. • Toronto (Continued from last week) Gray felt sure that he had visibly aged as a result of that ride, and he began to understand why a new crop of wrinkles was appearing about the -risers of Margie rulton's eyes. No wonder she was beginning to look a trifle weary. Fearing that Belly was likely to turn sentimental without warning, the elder man monopolized as much of "Miss Montague's" time and atten- tion as possible; he danced with her frequently, and he assiduously devo'-- ed himself to winning her favor. The result was a tribute to his acting and to his magnetism. In a moment of abandon she confided to him that she wished he had Buddy's money or— that he was a marrying man. Both of Buddy's flasks had been emptied by this time, however, So Gray was not unduly beguiled by this flattery. On the whole, it was a horrible n'i.ght. As Gray Languidly crept into bed bout daylight he had the satisfac- tion of knowing that he had at least excited his young friend's open jeal- ousy. That might act as a stay. On the .other hand, of.course, it might have directly the opposite effect—one could never tell—and it might be the part of wisdom, therefore, to gain possession of that diamond ring. Buddy sought him out in the lobby, early the next afternoon, and after a colorless greeting, said, queerly, 'Would you mind comin' up to my room for a minute?" "Certainly not. I'd have looked in on you before this if I'd thought you were up." As the two mounted the wide marble stairs Gray went on, cheerfully: "Not looking your best this moiln—afternoon, my lad. As for me, I am, in a manner of speak- ing reborn. I have taken a new start. Careful reflection upon the providential outcome of that amazing skid has convinced me that whatever joys or sorrows assail me hereafter, however much or little of life is spar- ed me, it will be all `velvet.' A touch of mascaro about my temples and I shall look as young as I did yester- day. What are we going to do to- night?" "I dunno." Once inside his spacious suite, Bud- dy flung himself into a chair and with trembling fingers lit a cigarette. It was evident that he had something to say but either dreaded saying it or knew not where to begin. His com- panion, meanwhile, pretended to look out upon the street below. In reality he was observing the young giant. Poor Buddy! He was suffering. The latter cleared his throat sever- al times before he managed to say, "you don't want me to marry Arline, do you, Mr. Gray?" "Frankly, my boy. I do not." "you are a Man, yes, although you were only a boy a few weeks ago. You are going to act like a man, now.„ "You goin' to try an' hold me here? The inquiry was one of mingled as- tonishment and anger, for young Bris- kow could scarcely believe his eyes. "Don't do that, Mr. Gray. I= No- body can't make me do anything. Please don't! That's plumb foolish." "What if I told you that Miss Mon- tague is—" Buddy interrupted with a harsh cry. "Damn it! I said I wouldn't listen to anything against her. I'm tellin' you, again. keep your mouth shut'a- bout her." The youth's face was pur- ple; he was trembling; his fists were clenched, and with difficulty he: ° re- strained even a wilder outburst. "You can have the ring, but—you lemme out of here, quick." When this com- mand went unheeded he strode to- ward the bedroom, intending to use the other exit, but his caller inter- cepted him. "Lomme out!" the young man shouted. "One of us is going to remain in this room, and I think it will be you. As Gray spoke he jerked off his coat and flung it aside. "Better strip, Buddy, if you mean to try it." Buddy recoiled a step. Incredulous- ly he exclaimed: "You—you would not try that! This is my room. You must be crazy." "I think I am. indeed, to endure what I have endured these last two days; to make myself ridiculous; to be humiliated; to risk my business ruin just to save a young fool from hist folly.'l Impatience, resentment, anger were in the speaker's tone. "I never ast you. You butted in —tried to cut me out. That's dirty. You was lyin' when you said—" "Have it that way. I've run out of patience." Ozark Briskow, too, had reached the limit of his endurance; he exploded. For answer the Latter moved close and slapped him, across the mouth, saying: "Fight, you idiot!" Buddy's low, gasping cry had the effect of a roar; it left the room echoing, then savagely he lunged at his assailant. He was blind, in him was a sudden maniacal impulse to destroy; he had no thought of conse- quences. Gray knocked him down. It was a blow that would have fel- led an ox. As the youth lay half dazed he heard the other taunting him. mocking him. "Get up, you lummox, and defend yourself. You'll be a man when I get through with you." Codes of combat are peculiar to localities. In the north woods, for instance, lumberjacks fight with fist and heel; in the Southwest, when a man is mad enough to fight at all, he is usually mad enough to kill. As Buddy Briskow rose to his knees he groped for the nearest weapon, the nearest missile, something—anything with which to slays His hand fel up- rn a heavy metal vase, and with tits 1.e s ruck wickedly as Gray closed with him. This time they went down together and rolled across the floor. The legs of a desk crashed and a later of writing materials was spilled over them. Gray was the first to regain his Beet, but his shirt had been tern half efF and he tasted blood upon his lips. Ile had met strong men in his time, but never had he felt such a rock - eke mass of bone and muscle as now. Euddy was like a kicking horse; his fists were as hard as hoofs, and that v, n'ch they smote they crushed or hl uised or lacerated. He possessed now the supreme strength of a mad- man, and he was quite insensible to n. Ile was uttering strange ant - mai sounds. "Shut up!" Gray panted. "Have the guts to—keep still. You'llh-- rouse the—" He dodged an awkward swinging blow from the giant and sent him reeling. Buddy fetched up against the solid wall with a crash, for Gray had centered every pound of his weight behind his punch, but the coun- tryman rebounded like a thing of rubber and again they clinched. A room cluttered with heavy furni- ture is not like n boxing ring. In spite of Gray's skill and an agility uncommon in a man of his size, it was impossible to stun the other's rushes or to avoid them. Straining with each other they ricocheted a- gainst tables and chairs, and only the fact that. much of the furniture was padded, and the floor thickly carpet• ed, prevented the sound of their strug- gle from alarming the occupants of the halls and th•' lobby. They fought furiously. moving the while like two wrestlers trying for flying holds; time and again they fell with first one on top and then the other; their flesh "Why h 7„ "There are many reasons." "What's one?" "I don't think you love her." Briskow stirred. "Is that why you —went an' got that di'mon' ring I had made?" When this query met with a nod the young Texan's face flamed and his eyes glowed. "What in hell—" He swallowed his anger, rose to his feet and made a nervous circuit of the room before coming to a pause at Gray's sire. His lips were working; there was a tragic, a piteous appeal in his eyes; his voice shook as he stammered: "I didn't mean to break out at you, Mr. Gray. I like you. Gee! I— You're kinda like God to me. I'd ruther be like you than—well, there ain't nobody I like like I like you— You could get her away from me if you wanted to, but —you wouldn't do a trick 'like that, would you? I was mighty happy till you came` You—got that ring with you?" "I have it in "1 want it." quivering hand. 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 "I'm "why goin' to to -day. If she "She will." Buddy gasped. "You sure?" "I'm quite sure she would if you asked her. But I don't want you to ask her." When an expression of pained reproach leaped into the lad's face, the speaker explained. quickly: "Don't think for a moment that I care for her, nor that she has the slight- est interest in me. It is you that I care for. What you just said pleas- ed me, touched me. I wish you could understand how much I really do care for you, Buddy. Won't you wait—a few days, before .you—" "I can't wait." "You must." The men eyed each other steadily for a moment, then Buddy demanded, querulously, "What have you got a- gainst her. anyhow?" "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." "She told me everything there is to tell an' 1 told you. I don't care what she's done—if she, ever done anything S'he's had a hard time." "Will you wait Potty -eight hours?' "No" "Twenty-four?°" "Gimme that rinse'° When Gray made no move the speaker ran on excitedly: "I'rn a man. laza of age. It's none of your bueineas whet I do —nor Pa's or Ma's, either. 3[t b'on'a do to good for them to cone." Gray went to the door, Sleeked it Mid dd.lpoehete/d� frill, gkei.n_ Q°7F att41617' ---io y'N'est 'C':t+o+Ut 9lalrilla, 1hl 2oea vino cadb--` my pocket." Buddy extended a ask her to marry me, won't I'm goin' to—" ° CHAPTER XXII banking requirements of farmers defer according to location and the part c- Jar branch of farmin I�.....tfwy1�,�,(; ke rte' which they are enga.,d. 1.6 tever your banking requirements may be yam will find the Bann of Mont'reail prepared to give the particular form of service you need. Established a&1.7 TOTAL ASSETS IN JESCESSS OP 0 8 70,000,0 11-leusall Branch: Clint= Eseetic h 1HI. L. R. CON RS, Manager SHARP, M,� Brueefield (Sub -Agency) : Open Tuesday and Saturday "Seventeen. What's the big idea, anyhow?" The question was directed impudently at the occupant of the ci;van. "Did you send all the way to IIc,t Springs to get a guy you can lick?" "Your mother is here in Dallas, my i:oy " "Yeah?" There was a pause. How it it breaking for her?" "Um -m, very well. I thought she'd like to see you." Bennie cocked his head. he eyed the speaker curiously, suspiciously. Come clean," he rumbled. "Mallow said you could use me." "I can. I will." The boy shrugged. "Ali right, Sharkey. I s'pose it'll come out, in time. Only remember, I've got twenty coining, win or lose." "Of course." Gray waved toward the dresser, upon which was a hand- ful of bills. "Help yourself. Better make it twenty-five. Then wait out- side, please. We will join you in a few minutes." "And don't make it thirty," Ben- nie's travelling companion sharply cautioned. When the door had closed, Gray gave his friend certain instructions, after which he limped to the telephone and called Arline Montague. "May I ask„,you to step down to Buddy's room?" " he inquired, after making himself known. "Oh, it will be quite all right— We three must have a little talk— But he couldn't see you last night. He was quite ill, really; I sat up with him most of—'a Thi was 'a longer hiatus then. "re ado t we better argue that in Buddy's pres- ence? Thank you. In five minutes, then." As he and Gray prepared to leave, Mallow said, sourly: "Margie is se good little dame in her way, and B feel like a—like a damned `stood." "My dear fellow," the other told him, "I understand, and I'd gladly take another beating like this one tta escape this wretched denouement." When Ozark Briskow answered Gray's request for admittance, Ilse was deeply embarrassed to find 4lluea Montague also waiting; his stammer ed protest was interrupted by her sharp inquiry: (Continued next week.) On the morning after the fight Mal- low knocked at Gray's door. then in answer to an indistinct and irritable command to be gone, he made himself known. "It's me, Governor. And I've got Exhibit A." "Really?" came the startled query. There was a stir from within, the lock' snapped and the door opened. "I've got a little friend here that I want you to—" Mallow paused in- side the threshold, his mouth fell op- en, he stared in frank amazement. "Sweet spirits of niter!" he gasped. "What happened to you?" "I was playing tag in the hall with onip other old men, and one of them struck me." "My God, you're a sight!" Mallow remained petrified. "1 never saw a e.orse mess." "Come in and close the door. I am in, therefore I have a certain shy- ness about exposing my beauty to the curious gaze. Pardon me if I seat myself first; I find it more comfort - Pale to sit than to stand, to recline than to sit." Stiffly the speaker let himself into an upholstered divan and fitted the cushions to his aches and his pains. his bruises and his abras- ions. He sighed miserably. His fea- tures were discolored, shapeless; his lips were cut; strips of adhesive tape held the edges of a wound together; his left hand was tightly bandaged and the room reeked with the odor of liniment. "You've been bit with a safe, or something," Mallow declared. "Evi- dences of some blunt instrument, as the newspapers say; maybe a pair of chain tongs." "Blunt and heavy, yes. Buddy I3ris- kow and I had an argument—" "That big bum? Did he lay it on you like that. Say. he's got the makings of a champ!' "Pride impels me to state that he got the worse of it.. ile is scarcely presentable, While i- " "Your side won?" "It did. Now, when" is the boy?" "lie's outside." '\ hhout shifting his astonished gaze, Mallow raised his vdice and cried. 'Hey. Rennie!" The door opened, a trim diminutive figure entered. "Bennie, mit my friend Col- onel Cray." The youngster, a hay of indetermin- ate age, advanced and shook hands. There was no mistaking him; he was Margie Fulton's son in size, in color- ing, in features. "i told Bennie you could use a bright kid about his age And he's bright." Tt required no clever analysis of the lad to convince Gray that he was in- deed bright, as bright -and as hard ---.as a silver dollar. ire bad a lik- ahle face, or it would have been lik- able had it been in repose. It was twitching now, and Cray said. with a smile, "Go ahead and laugh, son," ' The urchin's lips parted in a wide grin, and he spoke for the first time. "Did the German do that`?" The ef- fect of his voice was startling for it was deep and husky; it vvao the older man's turn to be astonished. ' He could Paas for fifteen on the street," !fallow said; "hut -when he Mks I chalk him down for thirtr-4370. IoW olds WO pea, Ban?" )0) 70) r'cp) `r' 5; sseeeeeeeeeeeeeesaieeeeeeeee eeseeeeer • aeersee The Durant 664099 De Luxe Coupe ]Red Seal Continental Moto? Bendix Four-iF'heel Brakes Morse Silent Timing Chains ]Full Force Feed Lubrication Passenger Cars Fours and Sixes from $6'5 to $2095 f.o.b., Leaside, Ont. Standard Factory Equipcsesse Taxes !Extra 0 Sag HE Durant "De Luxe" Models lead the way in matt e 1 porating refinements that until now were not old able in the four cylinder field. You will really have to examine these smartest -of -all foam to fully appreciate them. 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