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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-05-10, Page 7r P • 4.._, +a Ms • $111'EL narrkttriii soiicitora, Etc; Patrick Ik M 9eiluueU H. Glom Buis SEAFORTH, QNT. Telephone 174 1: MeXtBAN . Saririeter, Solicitor, Etc. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO • Branch Office --- Hensall Hensall Seaforth Phone 113 ' ' •-• Phone 173 _MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC'' DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of ' University of Toronto, The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. PHONE " 26 , - SEAb'ORTH~ JOHN A. GORWILL, S.A., M.D. Physician .and Surgeon IN DR. H: H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W Res. 54 , Seaforth MARTIN W.STAPLETON, BA., 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 Toronto. Late assistant New 'York. Opthal- snei and Aural Institute;• Moorefield's Eye and Golden ..Square Throat Hos- pital, London; Eng. At' COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 '-p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic drat Tuesday of each month, 63 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. • JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 • - Heasall 40680; DR. F; H. SCHEAK. Physician and Surgeon Phone 56 • Hensall , AUCTIONEERS H'd1VtOLD JACKSON ' ' Specialist in Farts and Hbuseho'.d Sales.. . Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For Information, .etc:, write or phone HAROLDJACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea - forth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. ' W. S. O'NEIL, (IENFIELD, ONT. Licensed Auctioneer Pure •bred sales, also farm stock and implements. . One per • cent. charger Satisfaction guaranteed. For sale dates, 'Phone '28-7, Granton, at my expense. PERCY'. C. WRIGHT Licensed Auctioneer Household; farm stock, implements and pure •bred ' sales. Special training and experience ,enables me to offer you 'sales service that is most effici- ent and satisfactory. Phone 90 r 22, • HenBaU. -' .. 4084-1s ,,t NDONNORT. andH, CLINTO T' • A,M. 9.10 10.f7 10,34 10:43 10.55 11.20 London,• Lv, ' Exeter Hensall Kippers •-•-• Bruoetield Clinton, 'Ar. --- ..,....SOUTH Clinton, Lv. Brncefield Kippen Hensall Exeter London, Ar. (Continued from 'fast weer) ! worse for the drink again, ye can in such cacanine*pags , was sailing the He had taken the 'risk liker,,o., real take that slip of •a thhig upstairs ands) seas at that time .a 'man had needs to gambler. True, he called her.. that every night of his slife'; hut iiad' been 'rine, too certain she would -,have answered to it then, He might have prompted 'her 'first to make the mat- ter sure, • but .,prompting ,would 'have robbed the •moment of more than half its '•value. When she answered; and like Si bird to 'its mate, he flung hie arms about her, but in the Moment of kissing he. put her away again. "I won't give ye a kiss;" said he olemnty, "for I've -a drop taken." And Without mere sentiment to it than that, he put her back in Mrs. Slat- tery's arms, and. shouted• them off to bed like a man driving thepick of his cattle to the'''fleld.- "There now id be: "There's me filly for ye." an: "And where's the mare?' said Father t aseY. .,.,_ John Desmond stood up • to his feet and drank one -long draught from his tumbler. His eyes glittered as he drank, and he shook from: his shoul- ders to his knees like a man in the heat of some mighty purpose. • "Here's the mare I got from an- other man!" he cried; and taking the glass in his hand, he flung it with all his Strength across the room. It struck the wall between' the .windows with a sharp and. ringing report, and fell in a thousand pieces to the floor. P.M. 3,1'0 -3.32 3.44' • 3.53 4.10 5.16 C.N.R:, TIME TABLE EAST A.M. P.M. 5.40 2.35 5.55 2.50 6.05 3.03 6.20 3,21 6.26 3.27 6.31 3.35 6.42 3.:47 Gralerich .Holmesville .". , •. • • Clinton Seaforth -• • St. Colufnban Dublin Mitchell WEST. Mitchell . Dublin St. •Cotumban Seaforth -Clinton , Godench• .. .. V A TAILPIECE After' the primary terms' of' -a bar- gain argain have 'been, agreed upon, there are many details to investigate before -the business can 'be said 'to be•com=" plete or hands may' finally• be shaken to clinch the matter. Father, Casey, watching, the swift flight of that glass as it :sped glitter- ing through, the sir, was in 'much the mind of -a man • wee, in the capacity, of agent, feels that he has• effected a good-- deal for his 'master. ' A cleric may be the last' to admit it, .but though he may be more, tru y' he is no less than agent of the affairs of God on that human estate where •lie souls oY Men are reared to the far and ultimate perfections' 'Vow John, Desmond, . drinking ' his soul to damnation, was'in more need' of salvage than that pink and white creature with her coal -black hair, her deep. blue -eyes and • her little- cotton nightshift.. 'Convent or' no convent, there was little fear for, her soul to that astute but gentlehearted. shep-• herd•, so long as the Lather in .whose constant :Company she was to become a woman had ,quit, himself of Ms 'ben totted habits. and made- himself a clean -and •sober man before Ged. Here;- indeed, was. a moment when the agent 'must act, and upon his own initiative, in the interests of that master who -employs him. Father "Casey recognized ,all hist responsibili- ties and came to them with a 'clear mind. It ' was a better transaction, • he 'knew, to save the soul of John Des mond than insure the salvation of Patricia, who by no means, other`than that disastrous example of her father's, could be said to be in jeop- ardy. But were he to .become a sober • man, then might two souls be. gath- ered into the flock, and with that. keen 'eye of a shepherd husbanding' his sheep, Father Casey •saw' all .the prospects' ,of a double purpose to 'be Served. . Yet there was one thing that bid him hesitate. •;John Desmond had thrown an .empty glass against the wall. That last draught he had taken before he -flung the tumbler from his, hand, had not escaped the keen ob- servation of the 'little priest. -' There, indeed, .was a deep.. and sub - tie indication of the force of habit up- on the character of John Desmond. which Father Casey was not slow to 'recognize. "How does the Almighty God know,- said he, in the midst of that silence falling heavily upon them of-, ter the brittle detonation of the splin- tering., -glass -'-how does the Almighty God knew yg'll give up the drinks?" "Glory 'be to God,' man! Sure, doesn't He know' everythin!" exclaim- ed John Desmond -an argument that' Father Casey found, it difficult in that first moment to oppose, until it- oc- curred to him that the Divine, know - :ledge ±night as likely be of one thing as of another. ' Taking off his spectacles, and wip- ing thyetn, he gently suggested that as- pect of the.aid- he•. "Yi'tis the way He knows ye won't," paid- he. "Yirra, man! haven't I smashed rite glass to smithereens!" retorted John Desmond. • "Ye have so," said-. Father Casey, "but ye took the precaution, of empty- ing it' first, and I,dunno is an empty glass broken much more than -the rign of a man and be breakin' his promises rather than binding them." if it had not been for that ugly look that crept into John Desnlond's eyes' at that moment, Father Casey might ver•-gone'-mtr't ntit tna lead"per himself there... was' no real assurance df a• true bargain at all. Buthere was A. man in a • 'fervbnt "exaltation of spirit, submitting to a cavilling criti- cism of his. most earnest oath. For If ever John Desmond meant what he said, it was on that late evening in April when he stood -making hie bargain with this shewd and prat• tical ageiit•of God, -' "Shure, ye tan tizke it or leave it!" he cried; and drove his' list' upon the 'little in lest, that'., ixianner and With just thd'se words With which ;he put. 11.27 9.58 11.37 ; . 10.09 11.40 ,.,.. 11.51 10.21 12.04' 10.35 12.35 11.00 C.P.tt. TIME TABLE EAST •Goderieb 1Reneset • McGa* A.utnifn Blyth Walton McNaught Toronto 4.35 4.40 • 4.4.9 4.58 5.09 5,21 5.32 9.45 WEST Toronto McNaught` - Welton 12.28 Blyth 13.39many ,Ailbttit'h air end to a haggling in the A.M. 8.20 P.11+I- 12.04 12:15 _pen her into a ,convent, "nightsh'ift't aadi turn his money into, kind andu have it alt, and may I never set eyes on her ^,train in this world, for 'tis well-s'bnre I shouldn't. in the next." This was fair 'speaking enough, and the. priest, -now well satisfied with the bargain as it stood, the man in Father Casey looked out through those round rimmed spectacles with •a suspicious. brightness in his eyes. For drunk as he was;• and. standing' there swaying 'for support against the tabl'e's edge; there was. all' the •pride apd., defiance of a stout-hearted.•.gentleman in John Desmond, to say which of any man is -to 'crown 'him with all the attributes of a king. For what alae, indeed, is lie in this story? And If e'er proof were needed of how, a: king consulted the wisest man in his kingdom, seeking» to -de- stroy de-stroy the enchantment cast upon. the princess his daughter at the ',hour ofher birth, -'surely there were enough thatI.April' evening 'when Father Casey came ambling through the fields on the back of the old mare to Water park. A fairy tale, first and foremost, is a true story. Would a child ever be- lieve it .if' it were not? For that which takes, piace in a fairy story, the slaughter of the giant and the killing of the dragon, the triumph of the prince andthe ever-aftering happi- ness of the p•rincestezthese are' not the things ,that happen, but the things that are: And the things that are, are true, and the things that 'happen are false.. They are no more than all those accidents in life by which one man -breaks, his leg that, was meant 'to be whole, while another takes the. life of hi's neighbor which a million Years and more had conspired in the intention that it should be kept, ,'You may kill giants, for they are neither more nor less than the em- bodiment of -evil. • Such slaughter as this is in' the true meaning of things, and with but the heart .of a ch'ild.you will, believe' in its, thrilling narrative. But to kill your neighbor, there is no child will give credence to a story re- counting such happenings as that, For whether he May strum .ori the piano from orning.' till :night, arid however unpieant his countenance may be, .your' eighbor is made, no' less than .yRty„in the ima_ge,of._God,. when there must be some good in him' ' The. -wficle • matter is,. we have left our childhood' behind us. and now the thins .. that happen seem more real than all the things that are:- For the fairy tale with' its true story we 'have substituted the•-Moilern novel with its false. 'Princes and princesses ,are •out ,of fashion. ' In this latter-day narra- tive, kings and queens are dead. Art has grown scornful of a happy end- ing., Our stories, can be told no long- er by the light of the fire, for the searchingrays of that false light of realism are full upon them.' ' Well, who cares? Here at least is a tale for a winter's night,- with an elm log making- ladders for the climb- ing flames. The hearts of the listen- ing children are all I 'want. Give me those, -and you. may .shut the door and leave us by that winter's. fire alone. • BOOI 'IV THE RETURN Six years wove their threads into the' •pattern • of this story before Charles Stuart returned from his ad= ventures .to. the town of Waterford. • Round' the bend of Hook Head, past Dunca'nnoh and Ballyhack, 'there sail: ed "one day at about four o'clock of 'an afternoon early in April a brig( of no great tonnage, with all the signs of 'ugly weather about her spars and ropes, The roof of the deck -house had beep blown away or washed to splinters' beneath a. -heavy sea. A •tar- paulin had taken .its place and-, in the' light breeze of that- April afternoon, flapped' idly at the shrouds where the stay -ropes had, not bound it, beating a cheerful tattoo against the deck- house walls. The top -sail and top -gal lant yards had vanished from her fore mast. Far away on the Atlantic they were floating, drifting wreckage some sailor or a passing ship might Well send a, prayer after, picturing the un: happy ship that had found her ,-est about that place. - • Over the taffrail the sailors were leaning on their folded' arms, with all that quiet contented ldok a sailor wears as. after a hard voyage, lie comes at .last to port. From some- where about the ship the sound 'of .a concertina lifted into the Warm breeze and was carried in ripples across the blue water, breaking In 'little Waves of sound in the ears of those who heard it from the shore. ) ' captain was at the wheel, steering her up the river under just so much canvas ,as *as 'left to them' after the storms they had w in the Atlantic; and one amongst those four men leaning over the ship's side, with eyes bent eagerly upon the familiar places ,he had! not seen, -'for six adventurous years, was' Charles Stuart, the prince •of this fairy tale who. comes again. Into the story train the Uttermost end's Of -the' earth. No little fortune had he Made, 'as Would any nian 'have done, travelling' With a freelance 'in Melded in those days. I•Iowever Much It was; he gar- 'ilhd "�ti °M A him; *OH Seared a'h'rtiut lifeCia ci12,47 ina•rket-place. "And I'll Wear this, • z ' iieIIelle�y set , ...P . '. ,,g 'Taw" he adde'd'; "if ever ye 60 the the this 'body' in some portable form. For going, to fbilow thebtt Mid what bad ryi i .. i W+s • �- close about his pQ#'so). As' a sailor workbag before the' mast he had come home, •coffering all' Chose discomforts that are, to be met with in .a small Ship: • But it was life as 'she lived it, free Of all• the responsibilities( save that of the wholeness of b-ii9 'own skin, Indeed he • had 'learnt 'to . alternate his life with periods of • lugury and hard. iiv- in,g..enjoydng"•t)ie-Orad until the call -of the Second, 'with .all its promise of adventure, ,beenme too loud- in' 'his ears; when, from a span of ease in one of those tropia cities; he would start •off into- the' mad race of the stream, once -more, With little care as to where it carried, him. Thus, after six years' jolting against the lives of men, holding his own at none too high a. price., he came" to think with' a gentler mind Of- that old map with hie seals and his sealing - w -ax, 'his wines and his ,spirits, ;taking his risk as well in. the..peaceful little" town of Waterford. There is the homing instinct in all men,. and sets- in after a swift -reac- tion upon that fever of, Wander -.Lust which, when,. •once in the blood, can never be. eradicated. Charles Stuart thought of his' father, gambling with those overwhelming stakes in the game he had chosen- to play, and the thought that_ for all he knew, the old man might •be ' then' suffering the merciless penalty, of the law, broken in spirit• and shattered in hope of,ev- er holding the hand- of a friend -again, so pricked his conscience that at last he could' resist it no longer. Collecting all' the little -fortune . he had made, 'he' bought- himself a sail or's rig and applied at the docks- for a berth before the 'maet_'of the next ship sailing homeward. As chance would have it; there was one bound for the :port of Dublin. He signed papers ,and went aboard. What weather. they beat through might • well have peen. seen. even by kan inexperienced'laiidsman from the condition" of -the brig alone, an s'he. made 'her way ,up the river that April `afterdgon. • A sterna had been •blowing for four days; and a^choking fog wast with . it too, when, they knew. they, must be off the coast of Ireland, „Knowing• the treachery of 'that .coast, the skipper steered . his 'course well out• to sea, 'sweari3ig'rtlaaat as soon as he .could see his hand before his face he would: run her into port and take his ease from all those battering, winds while- they were Seeing to his tackle. - Then one morning the mist had lifted, -the April Buntline trolled on.. the decks and dried them white, like linen `on a line. There were the blue skies after the dismal waste of grey, and there, on .the port bow, shimmering in the - sunny distance, lay the coast of Ireland, like a stone of emerald in a marquise. ring. It was not long before Charles Stu- art, better acquainted. with -that coast than 'any, on- 'the ship, 'made out the white 'tower of the lighthouse at Roche's Point and the 'grey ,walls of Trabolgan House standing on the lonely edge of: the cliff. , "'There's Queenstown Harbor!" he shouted to the Captain .at the wheel. "If she'll take, a point or two you can run ' her straight in in an hour or less." ., "She'll not take another. point"" shouted the captain) and cast his eyes up et, those gaps in the- rigging where the fore -top and top -gallant yards' had been singing their swig on the mast only a week before, A' smile sprang' up 'Into the eyes. of Charles Stuart, .watching the line of that glittering land. "You'll have to make, Waterford, then," he'' called back above the still high, note' of the dropping wind; and Waterford they made, 'caring down the river between Dollar Bay and Knohkavelish Head at four o'clock in the afternoon. At Cheek Point the•eiciseman came aboard, and Charles Stuart went down below in readiness to be .gone. As soon as the -anchor was cast, the rest of the,. crew, intending to go ashore, ,quickly follow ed him, ' and whet. he came up again on deck there was not a man to be. seen where for the last three weeks,- passing through that weather, men had been coming and going , about their duties day and night. ` He drew a contented 'breath as he stood looking up the river towards the spires of the churches and the roofs 'of the houses, all returning now to his partly awakened, memory, So lie might have stood for some min- utes, enjoying in anticipation . the x.ospectiA4-4,he-.48,ye--befot'ehinm;•-but at that instant every other; Interest was scattered from his Mind by the sound of his father's name, spoken a strange man's voice. e *turned round, The hatches were off, and there, at, hi:3 elbow almost, but out of sight, were the excisemen examining the cargo of the Yrs-ig. "They should be starting from- Stradbally to -night," said the voice, "and• we've got men ready. on the road'. to toile* them the whole way. 'Tis the lasti`bottle Sandy Stuart '11 sell to the gintry of this town for many a- leng tray." ere €fed , tE o fine€,'ll?a'f�on4 CO 111* g°111 u', l tbralice '.4f that underground j?.asrf&l ex frotu i p. l ale in ..the Wall vuith blit foot teat tlte».e� were ,excise, en, fear :+vtiarl to " all Oren th&t lasx itestiotl,, and with littiit_ chance' of~ lgrz'or. ._. quer• e+ome ingenious tranea,ction of smuggling,. they were •hot . upon, hit father's tracks, and - it .mattcr.ed little '-o• what S�tradbal1y had to'd. WI* I. His plain. 'undoubted'' business ' it Wan ;tp suet info the town as siren lale;. and .ward M e o . lean beas ,pssifore• it watt too late. , For now, with what he had learnt of life, there was none of• that horror in 'hie mind when he thought upon his' ,father's'. illicit • deaiingg, He had seen piracy' 'on the high ,seas ; murder done in hot blood and.in cold. Ships he knew of that .'would never. return to port again, which more, or 'might it not -he considered',.less, than. an act of God, had despatched to their last resting -place. 'Beside such deeds as 'these, .an evasion of customs was no 'more than a ,mere game of hide- and-seek; but the consequences were' serious enough, and he felt his blood run hot and ready for adventure art the thought of the danger in which his father stood. • Di the boa,t•,...,that had brought ''the excisemen he' contrived, with two of the other sailors, to be taken up the river to the town. ' Taking the stroke oar, he questioned them casually as they sat the Stern,: relying upon that....egotism of a man which findin eternal favor In the,,,.conversation of his own shop. ,„..They maintained an air -of secrecy, however, hinting darkly 'of the sur- prise it would. be to some in that town if they' knew the doings of their next door neighbors. But enough; end -more than: enough,' had; 'leen. for Charles to know that action was nec- essary, and without delay. • . • As soon as he had 'landed, there=, 'ore, on the quay -side -and by, then it was'fxve o'clock and •after -he made his way with all haste up to Lady Lane, having assured • himself that. the excisemen lad formed to suspi- cion • from his questioning and were not following him. There was no time to give rein 'to all the . memories and recollections that would have crowded back into his mind as he ascended that little flight of steps and rang- the bell of the old house, in Lady Lane., "They would- be starting from Stradbally that night;" the excisemen had, said,, - and with. tt sun already flaming in its gradual de cent down the sky, there was nota, moment to be wasted: ,. .The servant, who opened the door gazed at thi's man with itis rough sail- or''; clothes -In o>3en- amazement as he "Strode 'into the hail and, closed the .doer -behihd • "Where's 'your master?" said. he in, •a quick voice. "Where's my- 'father?" .he added, "to gie*.lier -confidence, for there Was that in the look oilier, be- tokening an Imminent desire to scream. "I'm Mr; Charles Stuart," he went on at once. "I've just 'come back 'from abroad, and I must see him at once." ,+ Still she was reduced to a state: of helpless inactivity: Therefore; stand- ing in the ball, he left her and went into the office. A boy„_ sat there -At the desk • where • once he had sat; where:that memorable morning in.his, life he •had: broken his quilt pen and climbed, down from the office' stool to find his father in the cellar. Thither he went now, saying no word of ex- planation to' the boy, who, 'like the servant in the hall, stared after him: bewildered by his sudden entrance and sudden departure. The door into the cellar 'was open, This meant without doubt the old man was -there; and there he found him, just as he had left him Six years be- fore, decanting his wines into their Of? O011^14 REL /IF Of HEADACHE & Other Pains bottles with all.. the gentle innoeenee. of the most honest wine -merchant In the world. "Father," Said Charles, and look- ing up, the old man dropped the abet tie from his hands, added to which so great Was his ams.*ement that ,he did not even turnhis eyes to the ground to see ,how much he had. spilt,• •- c . . For One moment he' drew 'himself up :to the fullness of his height swift"'remembrance of his paternal dignity' and the, recollection- of the, way'this soh of 'his had'treated'him; but in a ready antieipatigii'' of that- for hatfor a son does.. not forget elle weak- nesses in his father's . character,• though he. may *be awayfrom home for twenty' years -Charles thrust Qut' .hishand, now grown. firm and' power fill, seized upon his ; father's and wrung it hard, • ""None of that pride," said he, with a laugh 'the sea had bred, in him. "What's more, there's no time to say . are you glad or" sorry to see me back again.- You've got to tell me, and tell me quick, what you're doing at Strad - belly tonight? . ' What's up? What's happening? You can tell me the whale , O itu (? st. el#0.0O' nolsnsif t1. that, office 'other1 ui1/,;:? IFR:. happening a,t Strad!'} y •to yon'ye >aot a' 'hand.tn,, bebalt insula must 14e_4o'h0: 'at Qttee' ; (Continued: Next Week') IMHM IMI Tia , • * iR1t.�r ir, R,E tNo sEn:. ac LOCATlII ase wide SPAi11NA„AW, RATS .... *nein $Lilo #tt t.0 DWxi$s $!4,0747,00 ' fila te;for Folder. We Advise Farlyr Reservatson i.A WHOLE DAY'S SIGHT-SEEING WITHIN WILLKING' DISTANCE A. M. POWE.L. PreddSnl e iwziftie Pro/0z' Pr at Onta ro's racetracks! 'They come; in hundreds from the States to watch the King's Plate - :. one of Ontario's greatest attractions for racing enthusiasts. Whatever' 'brings them to Ontario, we all have. a. stake in their return..... , so let's do what we • can to 'see theyenjoy every minute of uteri'" :licit. a IT'S EVERYBODY'S 'BUSINESS y- o .. ... H ;tow014 't4l4i' -'/ Ontario profits almost Every* tourist dollar as much from tourist, is shared this way: business • .as from gold -I. Hotels; '2. Stores; mining. It's up to each 3. Restaurants; 4. Taxes, one of is to keep titis-_:.;etc.; 5. Amusements; business growing. 6. Garages. `.`.Let's make them want to come back!" PLANNING A HOLIDAY? Tune in "Ontario Holiday" CFRB, 10:30'pm.,• Thus., Fri., and Sal. ' PUBLISHED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY JOHN ..... Who-'Waiiid be starting from Strad bully that night? Where were they'' 1J toy 'jtt'S 9°93 - L WALKER' CON COWIE ,. RALPH WOW STFVE 101110J1M V1Pbi4D, ' 4" IBDDIE WAIEING • • r t"LAPL (SS POLICY * f i 7,S' 41 1 i 77•115 ,YE -WS 'd