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The Huron Expositor, 1929-05-17, Page 7a a- g- ot rra- Ye on en r ite Oe W m ate rd Monday he Piet 11 ems. to 8 1122. OD tree.t, South, S Cady RUPTURE spimcumzu Ruipture, Varicocele, Varicose Veins, Sakialominal Weakness, Spinal Deform- ety. Consultation Free. Call or mrite. J. G. SMITH, British A,ppla- carce Specialist, 15 Downie St., Strat- 20rd, Ont. $202-52 , Barrister, Solicitor, - Notary Public, Eta. OW1 1 tj REX BEACH. The Wareson Book Company, latd. Toroato (Continu from last week) Yonder was something familiar; a patent, spring rocking -chair. Gray knew it well, ft creaked miserably when you sat in it, and when you got up to look at diamond rings it snap- ped its jaws at you like an alligator. Odd that they'd let an alligator into the Ajax Hotel. Nelson's doings, obably. Always up to some devil- try, that Nelson. But, thank God, the fire was out and that ear-splitting racket that hurt his head had chang ed into the soothing patter of rain- drops. There couldn't be any fire with ten thousand barrels of rain falling. Gray closed his eyes and dozed briefly. But he had dreams; calamity haunted him; he awoke to the realiza- tion of some horror. Slowly his brain began to function, then more swiftly until, like a flood released, memory returned. He groaned aloud. Allegheny Briskow appeared out of inowhere and laid a soothing hand up- on his brow. When she saw the light of sanity in his eyes, her face briehtened and she cried, eagerly: ' You're coming around all right aren't you?" "Ten thousand barrels!" he mum- bled. "They said it would be a big well and I counted on it." "Don't try to think-" "But it came in a gasser. I re- nember it all now -nearly all. I -- I'm about ruined, I guess." "No, No!" "It caught fire." "You mustn't talk. Everything is all right -all right, honestly. I'll tell you everything, but just you rest now until Buddy comes." There was magnetism to the girl's touch and comfort in her voice. It was some time later that Gray opened his eyes and spoke in a more natural voice, saying, "How do hap- pen to be here in your house, Attie?" "We brought you over at daylight. Buddy's gone for a doctor, but he'll be back." The girl averted her face quickly and moved toward the win - ow. It. S. lEllAYS eaaerister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Blieaulniozi Bank. Office in rear of the etteeseraion Bank, Seatforth. Morley to EST BEST e -M and Notaries Public, Etc. Office Ces the Edge Building, opposite The melees. en seeme. JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. Ronor graduate of Ontario Veterin- , College. All diseases of domestic e , is treated. Calls promptly at- sidetil to and charges moderate. Vet- aadisary Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich Street, one Graduate of Ontario Veterinary ite lege, University of Toronto. All deteemes of domestic animals treated 1 the most modern principles. irges reasonable. Day or naght eagle promptly attended to. 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Correspondence j arrangements for sale dates can be ! !made by calling The Expositor 0 ce, s PHONE 302 ' OSCAR KLOPP lianor Gr uate Carey Jones? Na- ° elan School of Auctioneering, Chi- ' czEc. Sped course taken Chi Pure r Eked Live Steele, Real Estate, Mer- r griCatiOtill air -aural Write OT wire, I eeetar Xlopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone, 11.3-98. 28e6-52 I R. T. ILUMER of Blume Sallee atteaded to in all ' "1 iemember being hurt in some ay -derrick fell on me, or some- hing. Then the well caught fire. at time is it?" "It's afternoon. About four o'clock. uddy'll be back-" Allie's voice aught queerly. "He'll get back some - "He ought to be at the well-put- ing it out. God! What a sight! I "The well is out!" Allie returned nd seated herself beside the bed. 'You probably won't understand it or elieve it -I can scarcely believe it yself, for it's a miracle. All the ame, it is out, shut in, and not much amage done. You're not ruined, ither, for Buddy says they're short f fuel here, and a gasser this size s worth a good deal-imost as much s a fair well." "How can it be shut in? It was lazing, roaring -a tower of flame. he derrick itself was going-" "I know, but the strangest thing-" Ilie spoke breathlessly. "Let me do he talking, please. You remember he drill stems were standing over in ne corner? Well, the fire drove ev- rybody off, of course; there was no acing it, and they thought sure they'd aye a job -have to send for boilers nd smother it down with steam, may - e, or tunnel under, or something- orki for days, meybe weeks, and pend a fortune. Anyhow, they were a panic, but when the derrick went own what do you think? That taok of drill stems fell in such a way s to close the gate valve at the top f the casing." Gray frowned, he shook his head. Impossible. You're trying to ease y mind." "Cif course it's impossible. But it appened, just as I tell you. Buddy ad a bar fixed in the valve wheel, ke a long handle, so that a half turn ✓ maybe a quarter, would shut it. nyhow, those drill stems caught that ar in falling and closed the valve. omebody said it happened once be - ore, to an oil well over in Louis - "It -sounds incredible." The speak - ✓ made an effort to collect himself, e raised an uncertain hand to his andaged head. "What ails me? I ecall a lot of things, but they're pret- y well confused." Allie made known the nature of he accident resulting, in Gray's in- ury, and he nodded his understand - g. "So Buddy saved my life!" He miled. "Great boy, Buddy! I'll know etter tlian to mix it with him again he learns too quickly." "Oh, it was terrible! I've been so enly lost control of herself and, bow - g her head, she bid her face in the usty patchwork quilt. Her shout- ers shook, her whole strong body witched and trembled. "You've been wful sick. I did the best I could, "There, there!" Gray placed his and upon the girl's head; he took er palm in his and stroked it. "I'm ot worth your tears, child. And nyhow, I'm all right again; I am, wheel. I'm as well as ever, so far s can tell By the way, what set he well afire?'' "Buddy thinks somebody must have lapped cigarette when the stem- ede CAMP." The girl ridged her ace and wiped tae tears from it. "It oesn't seem possible anybody would gives a brilliant lasting shine with a miniimairn of effort. Use it daily on your shoes, not only for appearance's sake but also because it preserves the leather. THE "NUGGET" TIN OPENS WITH A TWIST! 62 'be so careless as to smoke near a well that was coming in, but- Just think, Mr. Gray, those drill stems shut it off! Why, it was the hand of God!" "It seems so. My luck hasn't run out, that's plain." The speaker pon dered briefly, then he said: "Shut in! Safe! Jove, We wonderful! Buddy can take me to the railroad to -night and-" "Oh, you can't leave. You're not "I must. This gasser was a great disappointment to me. I allowed my- self to count on a big well, and now I have a serious problem to meet. It must be met without delay. Buddy will soon be back, I dare say ?" Allie undertook to evade the speaker's eye, but unsuccessfully, and he inquired, sharply: "What's wrong? What's hap- pened to him?" "Nothing. He's all right, but" - Gray's evident alarm demanded the truth, therefore she explained -"but I don't know when he'll be back. That's why I've been so frightened. It has been raining cats and dogs; the creek has overflowed and every- thing is under ,water." "Under water? Here? Why, that can't be." Gray insisted upon rising, and Allie finally consented to his do- ing so; then, despite his protest that he was quite able to take care of himself, she helped him to the win- dow. From that position he beheld a surprising scene. The Briskow farm lay in a flat, saucerlike valley, arid and dusty at most seasons of the year, but now a shallow lake, the surface of which was broken by occasional fences, misty clumps of bushes, or the tops of dead weeds. The nearest Briskow derrick was dimly visible, its floor a- wash, its shape suggestive of the bat- tle mast of sunken man-of-war. "It's not more than a foot or two deep on the level," Allie explained, "but that's enough. And it has come up six inches since Buddy left. He'd have been back before this if he could have made it." "Did you ever see it like this be- fore?' "Once, when I was a little girl. Some years the creek never has a drop in it." "Then we're marooned." "We were cut off for three days that time." Gray froweed. What next? he ask- ee himself. Here was a calamity that coeld not be dodged. He shrugged, finally. "No use to fret. No use to crouch beneath a load. I'd give my right arm to be back in Dallas, but - this is our chance to cultivate the Christian virtue of submission. So be it! One must have a heart for every fate, but," he smiled at the Lire "it is hard to be philosophical when you're hungry. And I'm hun- 'Oh, you are better!" "I'm well, I tell you, except for the bruises 'bequeathed me by your brutal brother. Three days -a week, may- be! My God! By the way, is there any food in the house?" "Plenty." "Then -we've nothing to do except get better acquainted, and that is something I've wanted to do for some time." Allegheny Briskow sang while she prepared supper, for the reaction iron the strain of the last twelve hours was like an intoxication. Mr Gray was in no further danger; he At the end of a dela vvorrEt, relieve nervous tenoiomi befoee eating. Wrigley's will refresh and tone you up--ao that you're ready to emerier your food. Then, sifter meake Wirigley's helps digestion, cleances the tee „removes all meow of eratine semoaising- sweetens the kende eeeee VIP til3r Ont. Of, fee re as czar./ et,oetside" world for the tiMe. tease ealeast, he wee hem to look out tor, ban to wait bv• on and to Singed. Allie laughed ai the drumming of the rein upon the ory of some of the thilegai she had done. She could feelt :again Graya head upon her bosonwhialips against hers, his body straleed to hers. She had listened to bis :heartbeats; with her own abundant strength she had snielded him, fought for. him, drawn him, by very force of her will, back to life; the anguish she had suffer- ed during those long hours became, in retrospect, a poignant pleasure. She wondered if by any chance he would remember - there ead been times when he had seemed to lie al- most rational. She hoped not. And yet -why not? If he did remember, if indeed he had felt hee kisses or heard her pleadings, that memory, ev en if subconscious, might serve te awaieen him. It might evoke some re- sponse to the flaming passion that had finally escaped her control. Gray was a strong man; his emotions, once roused. were probably as wild as hers, therefore, who could tell what might happen? Irresistible forces, fire and flood, had thrown them tegether. They were at the mercy of elemental pow- ers, and they were alone with each hoped against hope; she prayed reck- lessly, defiantly, that her hour had struck. Gray came into the kitchen after a while to warm himself over th stove. He was still a little bit u steady on his feet, and his head fe queer; but: he assumed a certain ga ety and insisted upon bearing an aw ward hand with the cooking and th dishes. He had never seen Alhe a she was now, nor in a mood to corn pare with thee and for the first tim he realized how fully she had de veloped. It was riot surprising tha her metamorphosis had escaped hi attention, for he had never taken tim to do more than briefly appraise he With leisure for observation, howev er, he noted that she had made goo her promise of rare physical charm and that her comeliness had ripene into real beauty -beauty built on a overwhelming scale, to be sure, an hence doubly striking -moreover, h saw that all traces of her stolidit had vanished. She was an intelli gent, wide-awake, vibrant person, an at this moment a genial fire, breathless excitement, was ablate within her. Gray complimented he frankly, and she was extravagantly pleased. "Buddy said almost the same thing she told hira. "I don't care whether it's true or not, if you believe it." "Oh, it's true! I saw great things in you, but-" "Even when you saw me hoeing in the garden that first day?" "Even then; but I wasn't prepared for a miracle. You were an enchant- ed princess, and it required only a magic word to break the spell." "It is all your doings, Mr. Gray. Whatever am I owe it all to you. And it's the same with the rest of the family. 1-" Attie hesitated, looked up from her work, then shook her head smilingly. "What?" "I feel as as if you'd make me and I -belonged to you." It was dusk by this time; the girl's face was lit only by the indirect glow from the open door of the stove, therefore Gray could make nothing of her ex- pression. "How very flattering!" he laughed. "As a real matter of fact, I had al- most nothing to do with it." "All the same that's how I feel - as if I owed you everything and had to give something back. Women are queer, I guess. They love to give. And yet they're selfish -more selfish than men." "I wouldn't say so." "You don't know how bad hurt you were, Mr. Gray. I saved your life as much as Buddy did. You'd have died only for -only I wouldn't let you." "I believe it. So you see, you have more than evened the score. After all, I merely awakened the Sleeping Beauty, while you-" "The prince woke her up with a kiss didn't he?" Attie said, with a smile. "So the story goes. Fairy stories, by the way, are the only kind one can afford to believe." "Then I've got -something coming to me, haven't I?" This time the girl turned her face invitingly to the speaker and waited. Here was a new Allie Briskow, in- deed, and one that amazed, nay, dis- turbed, Gray. Romance, he told him- self. The girl meant nothing by this; nevertheless, her fancy had run far enough. He ignored her invitation, and instead of kissing her he 'patted her shoulder affectionately, saying: "You're a dear child, and I can never repay you for mending my poor cracked head." He turned his back, went to the table and lit the lamp, uncomfortably aware of the fact, meanwhile, that Allie remained motionless where he had left her. Fee ran on, casually, during the time he adjusted chimney and wick: "I was on the porch just now and found a rabbit crouching there. The poor thing was too wet and frightened to move." Allie did not seem to hear him "All sorts of hings are floating about; dead chick - ns, rattlesnakes, and- Oh yes, an- ther thing I noticed; there's a good eal of oil on the water! I wonder -cohere it comes from?" Mlle stirred herself; she jerked op - n the oven door, peered in, then lammed it shut. Her voice was mil - en as she said: "They've been ex- ecting a gusher on sixteen, Maybe he reservoirs have overflowed, or a ipe line has broken. Maybe it came n wild, you can't tell. This flood will ost a good many people a lot." Supper, when the two sat down to , proved to be a pleasant meal, for he soft glow of the lamp, the warmth rom the stove, made of the Bristkow itchen a cozy place, while the drum- ing of the rain overhead enhanced heir feeling of comfort and seeurity. ray's appetite was not that of a ek man, and Allie, who had regained er agTee le humor by thie time, sited upon him with eager face eta ?dieing etres. rae paused, finally, to Hew ehe radio program Been Friday 1E0,4 -k -zing lt y- lc - r. a it The arta= convict -km of veacceat value whicia f.,,csen the CIWIlainger gingez eight fie borne out fin Performance of ranIllilhant range and amestrozwz9 nsagil a wealth of lane care detaiiI4 never before was. data 7-Ath this prIce fes smooth and &Jaye -ell, power; les kergeg, roomy, floe bodies; its 7,I5 ovageozang oer,J 60 ?edges are hone? AP? lleaeee efree P-ases?s, The variegy is so grace page have alleeacs0 eniit ?OR iNSTANCE., in an* whit wits? peweee* rae $250 and swatie =we p feasermeateares $61.25. Year p-oaegat via/ wet - 2b/6 ewer eiritke The /lowest 'len= ate bolo -Boa. say: "See here! You're not eating a bite." "Pm not hungry. I couldn't eat, to -night. Please -I'm perfectly hap- py. I feel like a slave at the great lord's table; all I care to do is look on." After a moment she continued: "It couldn't have been so bed to 'be a slave -a girl slave. Somebody own- ed them, anyhow; they belonged to their masters, body and soul, and that's something. Women are like that. They've get to belong to some- body to be happy." Gray was a talkative man, there- fore he argued this point until he be- gan to suspect that his companion was not heeding his words so much as the sound of his voice. More plain- ly than before he realized that there was something about Allie to -night utterly strange and quite contrary to his conception of her, but, because he believed her to be unlike other wom- en, he did not try to understand it. During the night an explosive crash followed by a loud reverberation a- woke Calvin Gray and brought him up sitting. His room was lit by white flickers, against which he saw that the rain still sheeted his windows; he fumbled for his watch and found that it was two o'clock. This was a storm indeed, and he 'began to fear that this deluge might swell the waters to a danger point; therefore he rose, struck a light, and dressed himself. Sleep was out of the question, anyhow, amid such an uproar. As he stepped out upon the front porch, his atten- tion was instantly drawn to a yellow glow in the west, a distant torch, the flame of which illuminated the angry night. He stared at it for a moment before he realized its meaning. A well was afire! Lightning had wrecked a derrick and ignited the stream of oil. No wonder, he told himself, for this field was dotted with towers well cal - skies, and amid a play of destructive skies, and amid a play f destructime forces such as this nothing less than a miracle could have prevented some- thing of the sort. But it was a pity, for yonder a small -sized fortune was going up in smoke. By the next flare he saw that the waters had crept higher. They were nearly up to the porch floor now, and, obviously, they were still rising. That rabbit was crouched where he had last seen it, a wet ball of fur with round - black eyes. The heavens echoed al- most constantly, now to a thick dist- ant rumble, again to an appalling din directly overhead; for seconds at a time there was light enough to read by. The house, Gray decided, was in no danger, except from a direct bolt, for the valley was nothing more than a shallow lake; nevertheless - A blinding, blue -white streak came and he counted the eeconds before the sound reached him. Sound trav- elled something like a thousand feet a second, he reflected; that bolt must have struck about a mile distant. Nothing alarming about that, sure- ly. A moment, then he blinked and rubbed his eyes, for out of the murk was born another 'bonfire like that to the westward. ler -4 x-Diesrt "Pot light, flakey pie crust, use 2 tablespoons less per cup of Purity Mout than of orclinanr paatry ooft wheat flour and I level tableapoon more off shorten- ing. it dry. For mum ricb cruoe half bun= and hallf 55-4 3or for Pcsity Arm. Weatorn Canada Plow Mille Co. Ilimitod. Toronto Hearing an exclamation behind him Gray turned to behold Allie 13riskow's dim figure in the door. "Hello!" he cried, excitedly. "Did you see that? Yonder are two wells afire." "I know. I haven't closed my eyes. Tee can see another one from my win- dow." Allie snapped the light from a poritet flash upon Gray, and, not- ing that he was only partly clad, she urged him to come into the house. When he ignored the request she join- ed him, and together they stared at the mounting flames. "Jove! That's terrible!" late mutter- ed. "Look here." Allie directed the beam of light down over the edge of the pont', and moved it slowly from side to side. The surface of the wa- ter was not only burdened with debris but also it was thick with oil. "It's just like that on the other side. That gusher on sixteen must be wild." "Why didn't you call me?" the man inquired, sharply. "What was the use? There's no chance for us to get out." ellew far is it back to high a ways. Too far to wade. It would be over our heads in places, too. I don't like the look of it, do you? Not with those fires going, and-" "I dare say it won't get any worse. Gray spoke with a carelessness that he was far from feeling, but his tone did not deceive the girl. "It doesn't have to get any worse," she declared, impatiently. "There's oil enough here to burn. We're in the middle of a lake of it. What'll happen if it catches fire?" "Frankly, I don't know. I've nev- er been marooned in a lake of oil. Probably this rain would quench it-" "You know better than that!" Al - lie cried. "Dona act as if I were a kid. We're in a bad fix, with fire on three sides of us." "At least we'll 'be as well off inside as out here," Gray declared and his companions agreed, so together they went into her room, where, side by side, they peered through her win- dow. What Allie had said was true, and the man pinched himself to see if he were dreaming. This conflagra- tion was even closer than the others, and he could not doubt that there was every likelihood of its spreading to the surface of the lake itself. Here was a situation, truly. For the life of him he could think of no way out of it. "I've read about this sort of thing," Allie was saying. "Tanks bursting and rivers afire. It spreads all over, the fire does, and there's no putting it out." "One thing sure, this lightning won't last iong-" A blue glare and a ripping explos- ion gave the lie to Gray's cheering words. Allie Briskow recoiled from the window. "Well be burned alive!" she gasp- ed. "Roasted like rats in a trap. I - I'm frightened, Mr. Gray." She drew closer to him. No need of that. We'll get out of this scrape someho-w-people always do." A flicker lit the room, and he saw that the face upturned to his was wide eyed, strained. That brief glimpse of Allie, like a picture seen through the seutter of a camera, re- mained long with the man, for her hair was unbound, her bps were part- ed, and her dark eyes were peculiarly brilliant;through the opening of her lacy negligee her round, white neck and swelling bosom were exposed. It was a head, a bust, to he remember- ed. said, huskily, and he felt her body shriek close to his. She clung tightly to him, trembling at first, thee shak- ing in every limb. Fright, it seemed, had suddenly mastered Allie Briskow. Gray endeavored for a moment to soothe her, then gently to loosen her hold; he spoke to her as he would have spoken to a terrified child, it the Wildness of her emotion matcbed the wildness of the night, and her stretigta was nearly equal to his, Knowing her as he did, this abyarnal terror was inexplicable; mob abandon was entirely out of keeping with her. But she had acted queerly ever shwa -Gray was ashamed of the thought that leaped into his mind; he hated himself for harboring it. He hated himself also for the thrill that coursed through him at contact with this dis- heveled creature. 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