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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-05-03, Page 7„'. • . ' t ,ONNEI41.4 .! s ���1iCki;torts, Soileltor0,: Etc. Patric$ D,,McConnell - H. Glenn Heys BBAKORTH, !NT. Telephone •..;5,7. S K. L Me.LE-AN - Barrister, Solicitor, Eta, SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Branch Office _ Hensall • Hensall Seaforth Phone,113' Phone 173 , MED4ICA .i' . . SEAFORTU.. "CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto The, Clinic is filly _equipped with eomplete and modern X-ray and 'other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeptics equipment PHONE 26 - SEAFORTH 'JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D.. Physician and 'Surgeon ' :1N DR. 11. H, ROBS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W Res. 5-3 Seaforth MARTIN 'W. STAPLETON, B.A.," M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90-W Seaforth DR. F. J-' R. FORSTER Eye,' Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in, Medicine, University of Toro��ttto. 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' PERCY - C. .WRIGHT Licensed Auctioneer Householde_,farra stock, implements and purebred sales. Special training and experience enables me to offer you sales' service that is most effici- ent and satisfactory. Phone .90 r 22, Hensall,' 4084-12 ' LONDON . and CLINTON • NORTH London, Lv. -Exeter t Hensall , Kippen • •Brucefield 'Clinton,• Ar. -SOUTH 4 'Clinton, Lv. Brucefiefd Kippen Hensall Exeter• London, Ar. 9.10 '10,17 10.34 111.43 10.55 11 .3'cl• C.N.R.-TIME ' TABLE • ' EAST 'Gederich Holmesville Clinton Seaforth St. Columbaih -Dublin Mitchell Mitchell '- WEST • Dublin St. Cambay, Seaforth . Clinton { Goderich. , , 5.40 5.55 6,05 8.20 6.26 6.31 6.42 3.111 3.32 3,4.1 3.53 4.10 5.1'8 P.M. • 2.35 2.60 3.03 3.21 3.27 3.35 3.47 11 27 ' 9,58 11,37 ,le.09 11.40 11.51 • ' 10.21 12.04 10.35 12.35 11.00 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST Ooderich "........... ... 4.35 Meneset 4.40 McGaw .. .. 4.49 . 4.58 Blyth - Walton 'McNaught Toronto 6,09 •�- 5,21. 5.32 • WEST 9,45 A.M. Toronto ..... , 8.20, P.M. 12.04 12.15 12.28 Auburn 12,39 11f e(liaty 12247 Meneset l2,64 4tihdediati„'•.aaz,c..r rs.►.r,.,1 LOG McNaught Walton '• Myth E. 'TE PLE'"'�T ''URSTQN F5 - (Continued from last week) . It was when Father Casey spoke. so• .III • gently of theisa g y d Pproval of God that A BARGAIN WITH THE LORD ODD John Desmond filled hie ,glass and Until the moment when John Des- drank again before he introduced his mon tilted himself up on the leg of conception of ...the Infinite Mercy, or one chair and- leant across with a long. pointed out how it -could 'be applied-- arm'In 'the habit of men in their in: in such a case as his own. d•olence for the bell, the two. sat, al, "I'm not sayin', mind ye," said. • he, most in silence; their lips , sucking,. on -"that it wouldn't be' a mortal • sin for thein. pipes, their eyes, for the most part, set before them. . Father . Casey inquired after. the health of...the children, of Sophie, Margaret, Josephine and Pa¢rfoi ,-the two boys as well,' -more or Teas as though they were cattle. on the farm, all fed in separate stalls. • "How's Sophie?" said, he; an,d •ash briefly John Desmond replied, "she's all right," a.nd son, oue..after 'another till they were all accounted for, and then 'silence. In this fashion these evenings at Waterpark usually began. "until that moment when John Des- mond rang ,the bell fer Mrs. Slattery, and from- that moment he became a man 'of very different temper, "Well, here we are," said 'he, when Mrs. Slattery opened the.door and ap- peared with the well -,,.fled tray. It was the 'welcome he always gave her,whe- thet& there were visitors there or not, and "God help us,...ws-.arp," said she, which was the perpetual formula of her reply. ' When the punch was brewed,- and; that, though it was a'silent process, was in 'a pinch livelier silence ' than the moments preceding it, John Des- mond filled the glasses with an old silver punch ladle having a, handle of horn... This' was',about the only relic' of-p.ast grandeur rirthat hoarse, which, had not suffered from the ravages of time. Indeed,' this and a few pieces of furniture were. all that would have raised more than a song under the auctioneer's hammer. He had kept it and with no little sentiment of affec- tion. because.. in . his youth, in that. very room; he had seen his ;father lad-. ling, out the steaming punch with it, and' when the big bowl. was empty, tipping the last drops out of' the 'ladle,' between -his lips, head thrown back with a edeep-drawn-breath of enjoy- ment, at the end of it. With this same ladle he ,helped him- self every night, With it he:poured the punch into 'Father ' Caeiey'.s. glass, that late evening in April, preparatory to ,.opening his soul in the confession of what' was, upon his mind: • It Was after the. first draught had been taken, and he had' smacked his. lips in honest, approval .of 'the brew, that he. leant across the table and looked clgbe into Father Casey's eyes. "Could ' I make, a , bargain with the Almighty God?" said he. 'It was.no .,dpubt something, of a startling nature; Father Casey expect-. ed that evening..to ponder over which he had chosen the long way to Water - „park through the fields. But he was not prepared to act as intermediary between John Desmond and his Cre- ator in a common deal,"and even had" he anticipated it, this direct method of potting the.rnatter took Trim in the, half -breath -of 'surprise. Hesrieant back in. his chair.and looked at 'the eager expression on the fa'Cti of -the man before, him: a "Could I? Coitld,.I?" John Desmond, .nepeat'ed, and illit'""mme but three sep- arate times--"co'hhcl I make a bargain with the .Almighty God?" "Well. when ,ye saj a bargain," the priest began cautiously'. as-though,di„is mind were din of breath and•he were bidding for time to recover it -"when. ye say a bargain, 'tis tiie'way ye,mean ye're goin' to get the best 'of it." John Desmond drank deeply out of his tumbler of punch, hoping in his silence' this' aspect of the matter would beeoverlooke'rl. Father Casey was not for ovet'looki;ng it. He'con- tinued' and In just 'the same judicial tone of voice. "And i rlunno," snid he, "would the Lord (ed a.pprove of it." .Iuc!gina'his.Mbker in the same'.light 'as he would "himself, John Desmond was sure He -would n'ot. But amongst the men with whom he maple his bar- gains, getting from ttheni7the' bP'sf"pos- sible prices and perhaps a little more, when it was to his thinking it was a noble beast he, had' to sell,. among4t them there was no :Stich thing as the Infinite Mercy. If they thought they had been done, they did huts in re- turn, and. at the first possible oppor- •tuitlty; and he them, when he could. liut that, in the mind of John Des- mond, was just, where all human na- ture fell short of the Divine. The Divine pr'erogativ'e he considered it was to suffer the brunt of all transac- tions at the hand of man, and, out of the - same Infinite Mercy, to bear no spleen.' But he hast, long admitted in his mind that the matter needed care- ful manipulation, end who better than a priest of God could she employ to negotiate the delicate preceedinge?' It is indeed, though 'scarcely one there is to know it, the Chiefest rune - tion of these clerics of. the Church to protOdt the interests of God against the crafty dealings of mankind. None better -was equipped for such a role than Father ,Casey. With" all his, sense of humour and his gentle -tongue, his honest dealing and his power of tact, he could preserve the peace so often threatened 'between God and man, when the" latter. Ands himself brought face to fate With the Inviolable .Taws a man to be takin' the advantage of ,a Bargain, and God forgive me if. 'tie mes'elf, 'would ever .do. such ,a thing. But aren't I a pore human creature, with all me faults and foibles; and'if. 'twere a matter of sellin' a' horse, wouldn't the Almighty God 'know, an' better than I wud 'meself, every pinny, I'd paid for the aeaf'in' of it, ane, •what profit' it 'lid be the fair thing 'for me to take? He would indeed." • At this point, 'seeing ..that Father 'Casey's glass was. short • within, an 'inch of the brim, he, 'took out the punch. •ladle' 'an -d filled it up to over- flowing. "If ye sip that," said he, "the way ye'd be bending yeer head,...down- to it like a horse and it goin'''to" water, ye won't lose a drop of Father Case$' lowered his 'head and sipped,. and then looked up,.. "And 'what's the omniscience of God to do with yeer bargain?" •he asked: John Desmond laid a fist on the table before him, when, had FatheP Casey known him in his dealings With horses, he would have realized 'that this was the moment of: barter when he was going to prove irrevocably to his man how surely he was in need of that which John Desmond. had, to' sell hini;moreovar, that 'if he'did'not take it then, the"chance .was gone from him for .ever. "It has this to do," .said he -"that with that whatever -ye -Call -it of God., there's na such thing :as a pore, hu- man creature like meseif doing a deal. Yirra, I wpuldn't do such a thing. But if I did" -and he cocked his head on the extremity Of one side, to convince Father Casey hOW' extremely unlikely it was-"shure, ;wouldn't the Infinite ,Mercy of 'the Almighty God make Al- lowances for the the Way I'd be only a man, and not always sober at that?" Father Casey filled another pipe and lit it before he spoke`, It was a delicate matter, the more- .delicate seeing that he did not know as yet what 'was coming, -and he needed ev- ery moment he could steal in 'Which to, prepare his answers. When,. the -wreaths and rings of. smoke' 'were at last rising from • his pipe, and such time had 'passed its any man must reasonably allow him for the' tobacco to .have well lit, lie looked u.p ince' more through his spectacles at his host: "John Desmond;" said' he, "when I want .a new mare, and 'tis gettin' on that way, will ye buy' her for me?" "I will," said John, "and, faith, I'll let ye have her at what l .paid' for her if yell :see to this matter for me now." . • Father Casey chuckled' down the stem of his pipe. for these were the moments of entertainment he antici- pated when he accepted those invita- tions to Waterpark. • "Well, what 'is it?" said he, for now that he ,had been trn,ppe;d into a bar - 'gain himself, .to say the..least of it, it'was in the spirit„of the entire pro' ceedin•gs,'witb all their show of sup- erficial honesty; to 'hear what his com- panion had to say.. "Tell me what it is;i'•• said he, "and if 'tis tine way I oughtn't to be hearing it in the con- fessional, I'll Hsiento ye." , A FILLY, FOR A••MARE - • Before any bargain -can properly be entered upon, there is. always, a 'little ceremonial to he. observed in the mat- ter of refreshment. John Desmond Casey. •"Was'that .the'Way with. ye?' And what did ye says to him at all?" For these are. the most terrible de- mands the 'Church of Rome has ever made upon its faithful ones. 'Tis hard enough in all conscience to have to chose, but :harder by , far to have no choied at all -indeed, to be compelled to sacrifice that' one who, in ninety- nine cases -out of a hundred, must be 'the best _ ,beloved, There its not, a priest,. Mere is not a doctor, there is not a, Man in all the Roman •:Catholic Church -for all three .. may be con- cerned in it -who would not sooner go to the utmost ends of the earth than be . involved in such a predica- ment. • • "I told him," 'replied John Desmond promptly-`fI told him •to go upstairs, and use his bottles and his }calves for me own .damnation; for if ,'twas- 'a girrl it' was -and she . got into the habit. of bringing girris into the world' -hadn't I promised, if she overed• it, the.. little creature should go into a convent? In the name of God, then, wasn't 'it -better herself „should come out of it,,..with thg.. ,gentle Win -She had and she keeping me off the drink than I with another .girrl on me hands, who would be gain' into a con- vent before she could so•much as mix a bowl 'of punch for me?" It had come to ,seem ,by' iiow, with all 'the intervening years, to give it weight -it had come to seem to John Desmond the most convincing. logic a man' could. aged. He brought iffi out therefore like a gambler playing a high trump -card; who. r'at's: it down with a braggart blow of, his fist up_ fon . the table, because lie believes there is none to beat it. But .Father Casey was no gambler. Indeed;.there was a cautious man, playing by the value of the cards in his own hand rather than .:by hope of the poverty in ' his opponent's, When• John Desmond had made an end of speaking, .the priest shook his head. . "'Twas a swift visitation of the 'Lord God," said he,. "axed He bringin' His judgment. on ye before •the•night was gone into morning:' Having said 'which, as amongst • priests of the Church, it, ,.was beyond the .•human power in him 'to refrain froth 'express- ing his mind as amongst: men, and he added: "But wasn't ita'strange thing, the doctor couldn't save 'her lifer and ye tellin' him that was the' way ye'd ,have •_it?" "That doetot'," said" `Johp Desmond, "couldn't save a cat, and it with nine lives to 'uthe could not!" And hav- ing delivered himself emphatically of this • dictum, he began brewing hitt- self another'bowl, when neither of them spoke again until the operation• was over. • When the punch ladle was swim mingin the steaming liquid once more and glasses. were filledt again to. the brim, Father Casey leant an el- bow oh the table. • "Ye haven't told me," said' he, "the. terms of yeer bargain -and if "•tis any- thing like the. wan ye.' made before, I dunn ought I. to be listenin' to 'it at all," "Ye'll• have 'to listr"3," John 'Des- mond declared, "and that's' all there is about it." For by now, with all the drink ,he had :taken, he was coming into the despotism of his kingdom. As Father Casey,,,looked up at him, there was that .God•fev'less "glitter in his eye by' Which the little priest. from a• long experience of .-those nights, knew he meant to brook no hindrance. • "Well; this is the way with lite,"' he began, "I made an oath to' the Almighty God the girri should' go. -in- to a convent. 'Twas to Mrs, Slattery - I was swearing, the time we'd' be standin', dowii"in this room talkirr' and the boy, gone on. the old grey mare like a livin' streak for the doctor. 'If it's the way herself ovens 'it' 'said I to her, 'I'll Sind the little .creattire'in.- to a convent.' 'Shure, it might be a boys, -says she, and I send nothin' to that. Why would I? Wasn't 'it like Jim Foley, and he yioin' `s", ' deal With ants over 'the roan mare had a spavin in her off lad-leg.''What d'ye want?' could not have begun. to discuss terms say; 'he. 'Thirty -pounds,'' ,,,said I. for so much as the . purchase of a 'Right,' says he, -'if yell throw in the clutch of •eggs with,out•the custom of cart ye have.' says he,''with one of this observance. Accordingly', the first. the shafts is. broken on' it.' Shure, thing he 'did upon Father Casey's in- 'twits the mare I .was sellin'• and not vitiation to htn�,.to speak his mind was the- cart at all. And wasn't it a girrl to, lean over the punch bowl- for the ladle and fill up their glasses to the brim. When this was done, he took a large draught hintgelI,, after. which his eyes narrowed down to the care- ful Measurement of his words. "Ye were, not in the liouse," hr be- gan., "the night me poor wife took her ways out of this world, or ye'd have teen .the, pasty state I was in. and I settin' here all -that night with one bottle as dry as a bone and another with the whisky tryin' hard could it touch the lower -edge of the label, In- deed thank God ye 'were not, .and I I was .bespeaking to' Mrs.'. Slattery?, Any�liow', 'twas the 'gilt.] I made me oath on, and i made no bargain, mind ye, for when I'd sai11 me condition, didn't Mrs. Slattery shake,her.,.head and she tellin' we.'•twie: no good, the w'orrid knew, making ,i bargain with the Lord God. "Tis all right, then,' says I. 'If 'tis a gh'rl, she shall go into a oonvent, anyhow," and the Al» mighty God can do what He likes with rite,' Shure. I said. that, and Won't I keep to 'ut the time I'd be a •breathin' man," He stopped: 'for breath then; as near sending for ye. 'Twas no fit though to give' earnest of his inten- sight for a priest to see, though I tions•, drinking, as well from his. tumb- h.id.moments, mind ye -I had mom- ler of punch rather than lose the' eirts 'Whet I was' as. sober as an owl." benefit of the opportunity. Father "I'm glad I was in me. bed,"' said Casey waited in silence, having as Father Casey, "though I blanxe meself yet no thought, of committing him-' I' was,. not with her, and she gain' to, self. her rest without the' blessing of the The clatter of the glass as he put Church," " it down unsteadily on the Sable was "'Twas that fool of ,a'tioctor," John the signa,.for Jbhn Desmond to pro - Desmond' continued, taking but scant ceed. ,kie left his hand there, hold - notice of the priest's regrets:"Didn't ing the glass, for this wee ever his lie come down here to me in this- ,attitude wive discussing .all. matte.rs i'•Z 'Pie Tie the mother having about them the delicacy, of a or the child, Jodi Desmond, and I've bargain. come to know which is it to be. "Well, I've told ye," said hie, "the "Glory be to God!" exclaimed Way that damned fella of a doctor .Father c .sey,• for this, indeed, Was came'down with his talk and he put - the first time he had beard the -true tin' me in the cleft of a ,,stick -'-the story of that night, John Desmond yvay I'd be damned, whichever aide I having said nothing Of it on, account twisted. 'Ye'll save herself,' says. I, of the decision he had given, "land" 'and. 'tis I'm tellin.' ye.' Vitra; he went Doctor O'Connor keeping a 'Closed upstairs; and back be colnee, again in mouth for .Phis reputation's sake. the -break of mornin' anti' he sayin' while as fat...,,a.s' Mrs. Slattery . Was she at'aa dead." ' concerned, -the 'affairs of that house- ':For a .moment he stoppedr; speaking hold were docked away Pot ever in as lila' miM sped bank tridroas the' the large depth• Of her faithful heart. Years, and he saw ®.gain that picture, "GlOry, be to od!" repeated rather ok'the'•bt;inIight^i;i1 the i'6uf`sih;rise, a brill a ty's 0„94 ,/ tymi4,' the* je4 /]Cary` upon the floor.• btterness of a loan who tla4t =Pel .0Pi;f ceased his ' Caring? Ile dlrisW l ep 'breath; •arid, drank,,again, t• ..!Welk *ere •Ye arei" ,said he ,pre OW; "and, tlAr!1 tl}Rt..Way thio come to be Biwa men 'buytn' a,: i 119.043, al4d'! sha docte ed the way" t lrfnl he 4., clone fl e 5:11 i g * lri serf, tau the'd go her boMe, to, til :stables, and he glad could be sell he 'then, for- the price of e• drink -Ur an old hat or a pinny piece. at az11." • Father Meer sat nodding '1 head for the matter was deer ,i129410 t him •nov. With no little honeStty an graphic power of illumination, Jphn Desmond had-,.,.ut the ease in'a .fai way. It was, ,indeed, very little Of ferent to a man making a bad. bar. gain over a 'beast, then seeing how best he coulde get ri4 of it, ••..But in the austere mind • of the priest, 'gov erning those gentle sympathie,,s of.the man, •there stood ibrth in, glaring dis tinctness that blot upon the bargain the wilful transgression of John Des mpttd against'the irrevocable laws o the Church. Deeply as the sentiment of the man were set in his heart there was, this matter• of his clerical. conscience to' be accounted for, and overruling in him, despite himself; all £h ee eager instincts. within him to make allowances for the frailty o human nature., • Once a priest, as they say, always a priest, whence it must be, supposed they mean that even the heart. in 'a man 'cannot unfrock him. 'However that may be of some. men, it was true of Father •Casey. The priest in him struggled fiercely With the . man, and, the priest. conquered. When 'John,,. Desmond , saw that steely, ascetic look creep into the eyes behind those round -rimmed spec= tacles, he knew what justice he was about to receive. With no little pur- pose had he asked for those spec- tacles to be cleaned at the very com- mencement of their interview, but he had done so in the hopes of seeing through them that friendly twitlk'le, when he would be sure all was well with' his 'cause, But --now, before the Priest • had spoken, he knew the ver- diet that was to be passedt, yet even then, with the inexhaustible cunning of his race, did not entirety give up hope of what the ultimate issue might be. • "Is it the way ye want to break yeer word to.the Almighty God?" said Father Casey at last, and puttiln.•g it that way left no doubt in John Des- mond's mind regarding.his opinion of the matter: ' • To .accept it in that light, however, would be to threaten the very foun- dations of his case, and his wits .as yet were too sharpened with ' the ,s s p� e1d. x 2 - e 0 r f� f s f • o'neb mula iailonetig of 041, ea;id "nlla , itan "ot b*'ea1 ' Could Put •-ecasihosOns e --such cllti when', u1arket, and geti Gelling ',the �iriin ippl "'Tis not b akingr me 'word at ve ney'er One it charm her ce when iae1 re used on oc4,; a deal'in the preparatory to dirge buyer .' a alt which is a.thiJ1` I' " ci since I've SA'a.licrs�e in, Waterford: •Ile leant Porwar4 here -across, the to bre,.: so that .his,"ey'ee ;were twink ling' close to' loather°, +Casey's;: and there was all that �,# ►xession; in his face of a man . w'hh is: giyirig �soiue thing away Ont. •of the shee'xr"geiteepe-. fty of his heart. trti "If I sold' ye 'a lay,". said he, pact more than six months old, and • lir-two years' time I'd be comi`n' to' yo e sarin.', 'Look here;'Father Casey, I'll take that creature back from ye, the 'way ye 'wouldn't 'have the trouble 'of breakin' her in yeerself-,for 'tip a nasty job with the divvle she is, and I'm tellin' ye -411 take her bank;, and 'if I won't give ya a :fine :mare, as fit to drive: or ride, 'and she as quiet as a 1•auib and as' fast as an Anierlca'n trotter would be .goin' round ' thein pants they have in Neir •York over,' wouldn't it be a"fine deal, auty� divvle a• bit of break}n' rag word; about' it at all?" Ile leant back in his chair, as one who would 'say he could speak no fairer than that, . "Now, .hat Would 'ye say to that?" lie asked: , "Well," eaid.Father Casey, "I should want to know' first how valuable it was the filly had •become, and I should want to knot-' what was the matter with •the ' mare was as quiet as a. lamb and as fast as an Ameri- can trotter." "And I can tell ya` that," .replied; John Desmond; and' without' a mom- ent's hesitation. "I've watched the filly growin' up, the way she might be<ip yeer field -over the wall in the park there, and I passin' it every day. I've watched her straighteein' out her limbs, and she's Come to get a Value in the heart of.me because 'trw•as the way I'd bred and reared' her mheseif. And that's why I want her hack:"• 'Chen what's the matter with , the mare?" persisted Father Casey. "There's nothing the 'matter' with her at all. I've, ridden her meself, and, begarra, she fits me like a glove; but • 'tis the way I got her off another man, and I'd sooner have the filly and• she not tried in harness than sixty mares like her in the stable:" He looked' through the spectacles of the little priest,: and there, crept a glint of • triumph into his own :eyes as he read there the turning point in his favour. It was the • m'oment, to .l, • 4•'__ OCATIID os wide $PMItN Ai -00110 0.), sir..t .. RATES. 31og1.. $150 '$3,54 Dsefils ;3.2;50, 7,Cie Write for ¢visc Early RciRi llyi ldl,e. `n,4Y WITHIN WALKING',Rt$�� 4"... rows ,'rr.sid.rii' t4 • clinch "the 'argaiii--,the utom.ebt when, :the spinning bfa coin,•%i*ith twit' earls to it would settle the matter' then n,.114 there, He juzinpe4rt --iiia'•" feet, anis gang the 'bell,• '. "Don't speak,"a14; he as be• stop there, leaning unsteadily against -the waIi. "Don't: say a., word till;'..]: clog*. ye." And when Mrs, Slattery,' appear" - .ed at the door, he ;demanded ,that.' •hjiss Patricia, faltonld, :hrollgitt,Own,. that moment to the dipjng room "The poor: darlin's". in'. bed and asleep," said Mrs. Slattery. t, "Bring 'herdown," said he. "Shure, glory be to' God, wonranVye-llc:be tell in' me I can't have me own horses out of the. stables- Bring her down bed and all if ye don't• want. tg..v�alt ' en her." But the bed was too much for Mrs.. Slattery''s powers, having 'the lied of her• own ample . -bosom to •carry;. wherefore Patricia appeared wrapped in a -blanket with the simple edges 'o a white cotton nightshift peeping out of -its folds. ,,,,,.....,. 'With no little misgiving, Mrs•. Slat-, tery put the child into his arms, but would not leave go of thebundle till he was 'well seated in his chair. Awake by n"W;'• Patricia was sitting up, 'rubbing her eyes In that candle- light, but making no complaint ,against such treatment; »-which, after. all, was not so unusual in that house. "Pat," said John Desm nd, "will ye ' tell Father Casey what y'e are." Our princess sat up in her bundle of blankets, and her little nightshift wee•, unbuttoned at the 'neck and her eyes were all -full' of shadows, and of. sleep. "I'se a,•filly," said she. (Continued NextWeek)' • uv IV ere Our friends from the States have always enjoyed fishing the waters of Ontario .. 73,000 angling permits were bought by them in one year. When they return, let's give them a great welcome! WHAT CANT DO? The answer is plenty! Here are some of the things anyone, can do. The suggestions come from & well-known Ontario hotelman: 1. Know the places of interest and beauty :•spots'~ ice" your district and... tell .. people about them. " 2. When you write your friends in the States tell them about' • some of the places they would enjoy 'visiting. 3. Try to make any Visitor glad he came. 4.. Take time to give requested in- formation fully and' graciously. 5. In business dealings, remember our reputation for courtesy and fairness depends on you. 6. To sum' it up, ' follow the - "Golden Rule." IT'S EVERYBODY'S . BUSINESS Worth his weight in gold! Actually, the Province of Ontario, in pre-war years, profited. to 'almost the same extent from tourist business as it did -from the-znuch•publicized._g4ld. mining industry. it is lip to each , of us individually to see that this business goes on growing. This'diagra,-i, based on figures sup- plied by the Hotel Association, shows 'how everyone benefits from the Ontario tourist income. Every teusrist dollar • is, steered this way : 75. 1. Hotels; 2. Retail stores; 3. Res- taurants; 4. Taxes, etc; 5. Amuse- ments; 6. Garages. "Let's make diem • want to came back!" PLANNING A. HOLIDAY? Torii iia "O'nkel° Hendee Odor 110:30 P•m y ThuMdisIO Migito and Saleid y vriErz:i' k -PUBLISHED . . 4 IN THE P.UBLIC'iNTEREST ie<tr'rt MINI LASAYt LW* it, • y