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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-05-23, Page 7ll� ?Vf !V .! 'tVT.;‘, 0!. 11 lei llurr ,R 1, SPECIALIST . Eupt are Varico tile, Vari�oode "V'eilie mall Weaatness Spinal origs Consultation kr:ree C write. J. G. SMITR,• 8ritis �Rplll: stce Specialist, 16 Downie St•, Strat- ford, O. • 8202.26 LEGAL Thone No. 91 JOHN J. HUGGARD. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc, Beattie Block - Seaforth, Ont. R. S. HAYS Banister; Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the Dominion Hank, Seaforth. Money to BEST & BEST Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyan- cers and Notaries Public, Etc. Office In the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor Office. a 1 VETERINARY 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 - winery Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich Street, one door east of Dr. Mackay's office, Sea - forth. A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto. All diseases of domestic animals treated by the most modern principles. Charges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on Main Street, Hensall, Opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. at MEDICAL 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, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- ts, London, Eng. At Commercial Seaforth, third Monday in each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. MI Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. DR. W. C. SPROAT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Lon- don. 'Member of College of Physic- ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office in Abenhart's Drug Store, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 90. a DR. R. P. 1. DOUGALL Honor graduate of Faculty of Medicine and Master of Science, Uni- versity of Western Ontario, London. Member of College of Physicians and Burgeons of Ontario. Office 2 doors ea ofopost office. Phone 56, Hensall, 3004-tf DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY Bayfield Graduate Dublin University, Ire- land. Late Extern Assitant 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.; ihnidays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26 DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence Goderich Street, east of the United Church, Sea - forth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. Dr. C. MACKAY C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- ity University, and g61d medalist of 2'rinity . Medical College; member of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. DR. H. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Tacnity of Medicine, member of Col - ie of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ; Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office ---Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence, Yictorlta Street, Seaforth, DR. J. A. MUNN Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross Graduate of Northwestern Univers- ity, Chicago, I11. Licentiate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Mice over Sills' Hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 151. DR. F. J. BECHELY Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea - forth. Phones: Office, 185 W; resi- dence, 185 J. ' f CONSULTING ENGINEER S. W. Archibald, B.A.Sc., (Tor.), O.L.S., Registered Professional En - r and Land Surveyor. Associate Member Engineering Institute of Can- ada. Office, Seaforth, Ontario. • AUCTIONEERS THOMAS BROWN Licensed auctioneer for the counties of Huron arid Perth. Correspondence arrangements for sale dates can be made by calling The Expositor Office, Seaforth. Charges moderate, a n d satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 302. OSCAR KLOPP 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, Oscar Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone: 18-98. 2868-25 R. T. LUKER Licensed auctioneer for the County of Huron. Sales attended to in all Parts of the county. Seven years* ex- perience in Manitoba and Saskatche- wan. Terms reasonable. Phone No. 178 r 11 Exeter, Centralia P.O., R.R. No. 1. Orders left at The Huron Ex- sito Office, Seaforth, promptly at- . ,w. By Archie P. '.McKisnnae (Continued from last week;, CHAPTER IV DRIFTWOOD Half an hour later Nevilles found himself standing at an intersection; a cross -current in the tide of eight roamers, where he had stood the night before. ,But tp-night he didn't see those faces turned fleetingly to- ward him. as the drifters passed. There was another face before him, a sweet ace lit by wide violet eyes with flecks of gold swimming deep within them. He looked up at the stars. How clean and luminous they seemed -and how far away. She too was like that, the Angel-eclean and luminous -and far away. !He came tack to his surroundings with a start. A young woman whose face still held something of youth and inno- cence behind its mute tragedy had paused before him and was holding up a tiny Ibundle wrapped in a coat. "He is starving," she said, in dead, hopeless tones, "and so am I." "Old stuff, sister," he sneered, "you'll have to carry your troubles further." ,She gave him a long, steady look, and turned away. "Wait!" He caught her wrist and reached toward the bundle in her arms. She shrank back and held it close to her breast. 1 "You brute!" she panted, and low- ering her face against the bundle broke into racking sorbs. He stepped forward and placed his hand's on the heaving shoulders. "I'm sorry," he said shortly. "I'm afraid I was mistaken in you." He glanced about him. The pas- sers-by were paying no attention. She raised her head slowly. "Yes," she said, "you were mistak- en. You may believe me when I say that 'I have never, accosted a man in this manner !before." He was watching her closely. That she did not belong to this weld in which he had found her, he was cer- tain. Her face, her manner of speech confirmed this contiction. "I am going to help you," he de- cided, proffering.a bank -note. Her face lighted, but she shook her head. "If you will let me have just suf- ficient to get milk for 'baby," she fal- tered, "I can accept no more." ''But you too are hungry," he in- sisted, "you must take the money." He opened one of the little, clench- ed hands and forced the bill into it. "There now, that's settled." A battered, decrepit car was com- ing laboriously up the street. He hail- ed it: "If you know, of a half -respectable restaurant in this neighborhood," he accosted the bleary-eyed driver, who got stiffly down from his seat and opened the door, "take us to it." "Hop soo's," wheezed the man. "The very place." "Guess. again." The steel -'blue eyes looking into the bleary ones were not hard to lead. "Do you know Tommy Hater's place, up Market Square way?" "Sure I knows it. It's quite a piece up, though, and the fare'll be four bits." °Drive there." He was assisting the woman into the cab. ' "You'll have to take me on trust," he said, as he felt the tremor of her arm. "Maybe there is something you'd like to tell me, and we can't very well talk here; besides you need food." S?ince fell between them as the car clattered up the rough street, a silence which endured until a better section of 'the city grew up before them. The taxi stopped before a moder- ately-sized restaurant, Nevilies help- ed his charge to alight, paid the driv- er and took 'possession' of the baby. "It's all right," he assured the mother, "you seem pretty well used up. Come right along this way." He led her into the cosy little rest- aurant, at this hour almost empty of patrons, through the room and down a dimly illuminated hall into one of the partitioned -off boxes which passed as private dining rooms. The woman -she was little more than a girl he noted now -sank wearily into the seat he placed before the tiny table, and with a wan smile held out her arms. He placed the baby in them and she cuddled it close to her breast. A tiny sniffling whimper came from the bun- dle, and Nevilies felt his scalp work. It was not the first time he had found himself in a peculiar situation, but this latest was quite a new and unique one to him. • "That youngster's hungry," he de- clared. "I'll order some food." He struck the bell on the table and gave an order to the white-aproned negro waiter who indolently respond- ed. "Two steaks, a `pot of strong cof- fee, hot muffins and lots of butter." He turned to the girl. "Perhaps there's something else you'd like?" "Some milk and hot water, please," she supplemented. He tossed the negro half a dollar. "Now, you make it snappy, Adonis." The waiter flashed two rows of white teeth and ducked from the room. "I'm just beginning to realize that I'm hungry myself," said Nevilies, seating himself on the opposite side of the table. "Have been too busy to -night to think of dinner." "You live here?" Her gaze met his hopefully, he thought. "No," he answered. "Used to, though, several years ago." The purple lids fluttered down up- on the wistful eye;. • "I guess you 'can't 'help me as 1 hoped you maght, after all,' she sight- ed. He leaned across the table toward her. "You are searching for somebody here?" "My husband," she answered. "You're husband?" he repeated dully. !Then, as she stirred and opened her eyes again, he spoke quickly. "Don't tell me any more, if, it dis- tresses you." v. "But I want you to know," she mur rn i ;ed. "You see, you may be able to help me." He nodded. 1 "I met my husband a year ago," she continued. "I was teaching a coun- try school near the Doneleck moun- tains. 3 was only a country girl, and romantic, I suppose, as most country girls are. One night, while returning from the school to my boarding house 1 tripped and sprained my 'ankle. He overtook me and drove me home in his car. After that we met often." She paused and sat looking away into space. "I had a brother who was very fond of me," she resumed softly. "He was the only near relative I possessed ; my mother and father were dead. in some way he learned of " Again she paused, and with slender hands clenched, sat looking down at the bundle in'her lap. "My brother came to me," she con- tinued drearily, "from many miles a- way. 'He was very angry. He told me that I must never see the man I had learned to love again. He said that I was being played with, and that he would kill ney lover if I did not give him up." "I promised, because I knew he would keep his word. He was quick- tempered but he had always been father, mother, and brother in one to nae. I did not question for an instant but that he knew what was best. "That night-" The voice chok- ed. "That night -,I told the man who had become so dear to me that I must give him up. He refused to listen. He pleaded with me, and -well, that same night we were married. I left a note for my .brother, telling hien all and asking forgiveness. I could not tell him where we were going, be- cause I did not know." "And your husband brought you here?" asked her amazed listener. `To this section of the city?" "Yes." The blood crept into her 1 pale cheeks. "He told me for certain reasons we must keep our marriage secret for a little time. Ile was building a home in Spring Grove, and later we would go there. Of course, I trusted' him. He was tenderness it- self. I did not see him often during the months that followed, but through his agent he supplied me with suf- ficent money to live very comfortab- ly." 'Her head dropped until her lips rested against the infant's cheek. "When baby came, he was de'iiriois with joy. 'I think I was never so close to him before. He told, me cer- tain things: he was in the power of unscrupulous people. He was fighting for liberty, love and honour. I must trust him a little longer, but wealth power and happiness would be our reward for being kept apart. Pos- sibly he might not be able to visit me again for some time. That was the last time I saw nay husband. The ag- ent ceased coming. I was in arrears for the rent of my little flat. I had no money on which baby and I might subsist. This morning we were forc- ed to leave." Her listener's face was tense. "You should have written to your brother and told him everything," he said. She smiled bravely across at him. "I have no brother now," she said sorrowfulyl, "he was killed in France. The waiter entered and placed food before them. Nevilles watched her, fascinated, as quickly she mixed milk and water and pouredit into a tiny bottle with rubber nipple. "He's so hungry and so good," she said softly. Neville's throat was tight and his eyes misty. Never before had he un- derstood womanhood, motherhood. His soul was.exalted. Be might have prayed, and perhaps it was a prayer Ile muttered as he stood looking down at mother and child. "Damn a cur who would do a thing like that!" She glanced up and caught his gaze. "Look," she smiled and raised the puckered, devouring baby face for hint to see. "And listen, he's fairly purr- ing with contentment." He came a step closer, and with n hand on the table stood looking down at her. "Would you care to tell me your husband's name?" he asked. "I might know him, you see." She spoke a name almost in a whis- per, but he caught it, and his eyes opened wide. "And your brother's?" Again she murmured a name, and he gave a start. Her whole atten- tion was on her baby and she did not notice his agitation. He bent toward her eagerly, then as suddenly check- ed the words he was about to utter. "He has fallen asleep," she said tenderly, and covered the wee face with the shawl. But Nevilles did not hear her. He was' out of the room, striding down the hall. At the cashier's desk, a stoop -shoul- dered man was totalling records from the register. He looked scowlingly up es a hand gripped his shoulder, but the frown quickly vanished and a look of surprise and pleasure took its place as he recognized his distur- ber. "Well, of all people-='-!" he ex- claimed. "No names, Tommy," cautioned Nevilies. fiBut xi' .... exmmexl tx�N` #year, the, 0 ! ttus Mh�t 4 t tl►ey, Too a„ was the:.:" other wayorn d, 4,tpnyth'ing. Ifni just tn," HO hersitSbe+!(; A-SaY, I won.• der if you eonld ' pera080e' Your good wife to-do axe aa-fav0417,7 • "+She'l1 do it for you .lf she'll do it for anybody," declared' the other.. "What is it?" • Nevilles . leaned acrgsa the counter and *!poke something in a lowered voice in the man's ear. "And that's exaetly heev it stands," he concluded. '"If Mrs. Flater will look after them for a while, 'TorYixxl}y, I'll be aw- fully glad." "Just wait here," cried Flater, "P11 go ask her right now." He passed through a door, and Nevilies leaned on the desk and wait- ed. At theT end of five minutes the proprietor was 'back. • "Wife says to tell you it's all right. She's dressing and'il :be down in a- bout half an hour. Q told her to be careful about spilling your name." Neville* wrung the bony hand of his ,benefactor. i "Same good old Tommy! Then I'll go back and get a bite to eat." He turned away, then, noticing a public telephone -booth beside the stairway, he entered it and called a number. "Ring 'em, till they respond," he told Central, and leaned back against the wall prepared to wait. Five minutes :passed. during- which at intervals he could hear the oper- ator ringing his number. Then he became alert. At last he had gotten somebody. "Is that Mr. Trollivor's residence'?" he asked. "Well, get him. It's !very important. Yes, I'll wait, but hurry." Another interval and then a suave voice came to him. "Yes? •Wheat is it?" "Are you Mr. Wesley T s llivor?" Nevilles inquired. "I am. What do you want?" "(Merely to ask you, Mr. Trollivor, if you ever knew a man by the name of Daniel Walters?" Then laughing softly Nevilies hung up• the receiver. CHAPTER V WEBSTER PRO TEM It was characteristic of Nevilles hat anything he undertook received his whole -hearted attention. A s hough the sheer adventure of filling another man's shoes appealed to him, he entered into the playing of the role of David Webster with that a- bandon which 'had won for him the appellation of "Dare -Devil" in the mines. Three days were spent by Haight and Trollivor in industriously coach- ing the impostor. He was warned concerning 'this; admonished concern- ing that; the servants of Shag Villa were minutely described to him. Rob- bins, the aged 'butler, he learned, was eccentric. And because he was pret- ty sure to remember Webster as a boy, it behoved Nevilles to keep cer- tain things pertaining to the old man uppermost in mind. So, too, with the housekeeper, Mrs. Martin. She had been fond of David Webster, in spite of his faults, and had brooded deeply when the boy ran away; ,as a matter of fact, she had never quite forgiver, Parnley for his stern denouncement of his nephew. The other servants did not so much matter. They had been installed since David's disappearance, Nevilies was informed; and if he had a shrewd suspicion why, he gave no sign. Some- thing of respect for the nian.who bad remembered his loyal servants stirred within him. At any rate, he thought, Parnley had possessed a certain amount of sentiment. Nevilles mastered the important de- tails of his part with a despatch that disconcerted rather than gratified, the trustees. If this man was to act as their tool was so quick in grasping essentials did it not bespeak a clever !T, it Si! Ins IG lir td X14 .C' z 3S.ii .ii'�k•}r een byerlg and milk for tbe cl$1a per. Dietitians sayit dish .. ' . easy to digest; balanced. The very type of -sop" : -r per cl ildren need. And it saves. any mother work, worry and 1 ri 1 11 time C -yl RAT FLAKES MORE than 12,000,000 people daily demand Kellogg's because of that famous "wonder" flavor. You'll like Kellogg's for lunch and supper as well as break- fast. Great with fresh or canned fruits and berries. Look for the red -and -green package - with the waxtite inner sealed wrapper that keeps the (lakeseeven-fresh. At all grocers. Served by hotels, restaurants. Made by Kellogg in London, Ontario. nese and perception which might sooner or later prove a trip -up to cer- tain of their well -laid plans? Haight had on more than one oc- casion voiced his apprehension in this regard to Trollivor during the three days spent in whipping Nevilles into form. The lawyer had simply pooh- poohed him back into a reasonable sense of security. Nevilles had been introduced to the manager of the bank which held the Parnley millions and to Trollivor's tailor. He was to go home to Shag Villa and proceed to play the part of an arrogant, witless and conceited jackass -as nearly as he could form a conception of the role as outlined for him 'by Haight and Trollivor. "For you see," Haight had ex- plained to him, "when you pass quiet- ly out, as you will at the end of three months, our worthy townspeople must have nothing to grieve for; it is understood that your life be sI sp- ed so that you will be consideree something of a menace to society." "I see." Nevilies had smiled bit- terly. "So that when my hat is found floating on the river beside my upturned canoe, pious people will breathe a sigh of relief. I get you." At ten oklock on the fourth morn- ing following his acceptance of the agents' terms Nevilies appeared be- fore Haight and Trollivor dressed in a golf suit of rough tweed which set OWsE'.S1Fprice ever placed on a STUDEBAKER. 1 1 55 to $1450 at the factory Gov't taxes extra 114 -INCH WHEELBASE -770 HORSEPOWER Hydraulic shock absorbers ...Lanchester Vibration Damper ... Double -drop frame ... Gasoline filter ... Fuel pump ... Timken tapered roller bearings ... New Full -Power Muffler ... Cam -and -lever - steering ... Adjustable steering wheel and seat ... Drain engine oil only every 2500 miles ... 40 miles an hour even when NEW. STUDEBAKER SIX MODELS AND PRICES Coupe, 2 -pass. . . . $1155 Club Sedan . . . 1195 Tourer 1245 Sedan 1270 Coupe, 4 -pass. . . . $1270 Regal Tourer . . . . 1375 Regal Sedan . . . . 1S55 Landau Sedan . . . 1450 Prices of the factory. Gov't faxes extra The greatest value in Studebaker's 78 years of honest merchandising Regier's Garage SRAIORTH - ONTARIO off his athletic figure superbly, a wide -brimmed hat set rakishly on hie short -cropped head, and the devil's own twinkle in his blue eyes. The curtain was about to be rung up. With quiet dignity he met the ef- fusive editors of the two papers which Haight secretly owned and control- led, and to whom he recited certain fictitious stories concerning his life abroad, as compiled by his in;truc- tors, and others who were links in the chain welded by the men behind the scheme in which he was playing lead. Later, his effects having been sent, forth from the hotel to the palatial home of the deceased Parnley, now to be his own, as he drove slowly out of the city towards the estate with the highly gratified Haight 'beside him. Nevilies confessed to himself for the first time in his life he was experi- encing emotions which bordered dan- gerously on panic. "You mustn't forget," Haight re- minded him, "that this estate com- prises some seven hundred acres ; four hundred bush, balance farm land. You've gat a trout stream and a lodge up in the oak forest. also a shooting ground called Drowned Ac- res on the,, Muskavahooch flats. "Those duck grounds lie north, up river. You used to accompany your uncle on some of his 'fishing and shooting trips. Old Robbins was some- times taken along too. These are points you must remember; and, oh, yes, you mustn't forget that occasion you accidentally shot the 'peak off old Robin's cap or the time he fished you out of the cistern." "I wonder." mused Nevilles, "where the dickens he got all the inside dope, anyway." As the car swung up the wide, tree canopied drive to the house Nevilles set his teeth. On the steps stood a snowy -hair- ed, sweet-faced woman. She smiled clown at hin•i as he alighted, and with a..•ms half -outstretched came down the steps. An old man came hobbling in her wake, his wrinkled face working, and his faded eyes aglow. "Keep cool. now," admonished Haight in a whisper. "It's Robbins and Mrs. Martin." For an instant Nevilles felt a strange weakness assail him; almost a repugnance toward himself at sight of those two loyal old servitors of the Parnley home; 'but it was quickly masterd "Robbins," he cries] heartily, wring- ing the hand of the aged butler, who was first to reach him. "It's good to see you again." Robbins attempted to speak, •and choked un. He stood gazing at Nev- ilies, tears streaming down his seam- ed face. "Welcome home," he managed to stannnler, "You've been long away, Mister David, sir." Nevilies went forward to greet the housekeeper. "Hello, auntie," he cried -that was the way he had been warned to ac- cost her -"it's the bad boy come back to plague yeti." She gave a little cry, and flinging her arms about his neck drew his face down to hers. "Davie, dear," she welcomed him, "it's good to see you again. He ask- ed for you when he was speedin' out. 'Tell Davie 1 was over stern and re- pent it,' says he in a whisper. 'He'll be coming home some day. You'll be good to him, auntie." She patted his face and wiped her streaming eyes on her apron. "You be bigger and stronger than you used to he, Mister Davie, sir," broke in old Robbins, quickly, his own eyes perilously near to shedding tears. "Push, man," cried the housekeep- er, "he was 'but a stripling wheti he ran -4--" She caught herself up with et gasp of dismay. Nevilles laughed. "When I ran away, auntie. Go on, finish it. I did run away, didn't I?" "Come in," cried Mrs. Martin, "You too, sir," beaming on Haight. "The luncheon is all ready, and Davie, we have a dish you used to like -all pre- pared for you. Now then, what is it. do you suppose?" (Continued next week.) Relieve ciiE ^ear 'KIDNEY PILLS LONDON AND WINGHAM North. a.m. p.m. Centralia 10.36 5.41 Exeter 10.49 5.54 Hensall 11.03 6.08 Kippen 11.08 6.13 Brucefield 11.17 6.22 Clinton 12.03 8.42 Londesboro 12.23 7.02 Blyth 12.32 7.11 12.44 7.23 1.00 7.48 Belgrave ..... Wingham South. Wingham Belgrave Blyth Londesboro Clinton Brucefield Kippen Hensel' ........... Exeter ... Centralia ....,.... a.m. 6.45 7.03 7.14 7.21 7.40 7.58 8.05 8.13 8.27 8.39 C. N. R. TIME TABLE Goderich Holmesville Clinton Seaforth East. Se. Columban Dublin Dublin St. Columban. Seaforth Clinton Holmesville Goderich West. a.m. 11.27 11.32 11.43 11.59 12.11 12.25 a.m. 6,20 6.36 6.44 6.59 7.06 7.11 p.m. 3.05 8.23 3.37 3.45 4.08 4.28 4.36 4.43 4.58 5.08 p.m. 2.20 2.37, 2.50 3.08 3.15 8.22 p.m. p.m. 5.38 10.04 5.44 5.53 10.17 6.08-5.43 10.31 7.05 10.40 7.10 10.67 C. P. R. TIME 'TABLE East. Goderich Menset McGaw . .... Auburn Blyth Walton McNau.ght Toronto West. Toronto McNaught Walton Blyth Auburn ........ McGaw Meneset Goderich a.m. 5.50 5.55 6.04 6.11 6.25 6.40 6.52 10.28 ant. 7.40 11.48 1'2.01 12.12 12.28 12:84 12.41 12.41 f Yw�l. i•{: 4'4, f ;ts .u, 1'