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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-05-24, Page 7r,4 ., vt t- . E. T 1V[E' T TUBS'T0 (Continued from last weekk "Cowie . on, • Teti ..: !" he shouted.. . "Come out Don't' Tet' us waste any time „about it!" ' They came with ' a rash together„ the first roaring like a butt' and mad 'with the pain he his shine :I,f there are any wits to be found in the making ' of a man, judgment comes to him quick when they are in his possession.' Having been spokesman for•the two of. 'them,. Charles judged" the first of his opponents to be the better mark for his blow. And whatever may have been proved to the contrary in ' ,the fairy tales of long ago, it would not be • believed to be possible. In a fairy tale that marches .with. the times for a man to deliver two blows at' the Same time. Charles •chase the spokes- - -manor that .little party for his mark, and Ieapt forward one step with a swing of his left arnte-to meet him:. The blow ',fell clean and .true with that sound, half -smash, half -thud, ' which is, poetry stud• musical 'enough to those who like, that sort of thing; clean and true it fell with all its force upon his nhouth, and there he • was staggering ,back'' again, spitting blood and with a tooth in his throat, as Charles was borne 'backwards by' the weight of the other's . impact. " Both, tell in a heap to the ground, and it was an uflpieasant_ moment for him then, for, seeing the advantage gained, the spokesman again ..was at him, Still limping he came, and blow-' ing the blood between hn•s''lips as Charles bore the weight of his[ body round .to . bring himself uppermost. It. was a moment of chance, and a Mahe ter of 'inspiration. He freed • an area from; 'the man beneath' him and caught the rst about: the ankles as he came, and there. went the three of them struggling. on the grass, by the side of that road together,' -- It was not, until then" and. in .an that confusion .that his mind caught at the memory of the revolver he el- ways. l=ways. carried an his pocket:' The pos- session of a firearm is valuable not only for its' use. 'If only he could come ib'y hie -feet again, he" knew there 'was little" 'fear. of being unable'.to keep them quiet. And ;thereatwenty yards 'from them down -the road, was the mare,, with her head down, still snort- ing out her jets of 'steam, too exhaust.- , xhaust-z. ed even tie turn her head_ towards borne. Charles -drew a breath for the ef- fort lie • knew it must ,be, and grip- ping his fingers about ' .t'he throat of .the-manbeneath him,' he flung a, leg over the body of the other and turn- ed hie . body round. The'. great strength he had and the sudden im- pulse of that effort was more than those two had bargained for. Slowly, like a man lifting, a mighty load, with a , deep grunting of his breath, . he turned them over, until,' with a shout and a laugh; he had leapt free and left them to scramble to their test. - 1 The first thing that met their eyes was a revolver, addressing itself first to one and then to the other, and Charles Stuart .laughing at their be- wilderment. "Now," said "he, gasping for his .breath and laughing all in one. "What is all this about? It's no good your moving there; you'll get a bit of lead in you if, you do.' Six chambers and they're all full. Here's one of 'em. He lowered; his revb'lver and fired at a great dock -leaf- that was growing, by the.. side of the _road. The bullet bur - /Off' itself with a thud id the soft grass. They turned and looked at the neat, round hole in the dock -leaf, and the'. comical ' expression on their fac- es, as' they looked„. back at him would .have been food for laughter_ for any -man. Charles. Stuart'laughed'like- a child. ' '"It makes a pretty little mark, elf?" "What are you up _ter .heked the spokesman, visibly 'affected by this little display. • ' • ' "What ani I up to? That's what I ,..want to -know about you. lYyou thick o. you're playing highwayman,stopping a stranger like this? What the devil does it matter to you that I've ,•got bdsiness in jyungarva'n? And what else do you want to stop me for ex sept:.to get my.,.purse?, If T weren't in a hurry, I'd' drive the two of you back to Waterford. How's your leg, my friend•? D'y ou think you could do the 'walk?" • The spokesinee grunted in his throat. ,..`- "We •don't believe ye'rei' after goin' to Dungarvan," said • be. "There are things doin' on the : roate this night, and 'tis yourself is mixed up ,in "em." "If I had, time," said Charles quick- ly, "I should be greatly, interested to hear What they •were. I've, got me suspicions that it's. merely. .a dirty game' of highway robbery; -that the two of you heard I was carrying some money to Dpngarvan, and thought you'd be more 'than a match, for me. Well," he smiled, "we know, all about that now, delft we, and not needing your permission any longer I think I'll move on. You needn't., follow me. You stop there and have a look at that dock -leaf." They looked at him, half believing -now, and, with a word to the pair of them, • standing there disconsolately in the road, Charles Stuart went af- ter -the mare, mounted her, and. with a smile on his face rode off towaids that twilight' that. was gatherinh over the sea. In ..Mess than an hour he came with his panting beast into Strad.6ally, • in time to save •the 'tattered honor of ;.dire, king his father. III . A TAILPIECE In the •fallen twilight;: with night coming along fast .at its heels and -when his .business" had been !done, Charles Stuart set out again on his journey home by the road that leads to Kilmacthomas. It was nowish of his, '• for his father's, •sake, to meet again with his acqua,intankees on that lower road .by the coast. ,Wherefore he chose ,to come by the highway to Dungarvan and so conspired with Fate and Chance—the names •we give our modern witches—to enter the gates of that palace of ••.Enchahxment. • To' this palace all men come, and ,, there,. for, all men,ijes • the, princess for' their wakening: Whatever the .spell of the Enchantment..May' bp, theirs is the power toset her free; and to some it comes in all the grey, drab colors of 'what they .:choose to call reality, to some with all the shim,. tiiering. colors of romance. BOOK V ` KEEPING THE OATH. Patricia grew like a sapling ash, whose buds were no blacker than her eyes or shoots straighter than .her limbs. One ands all, the girls of that family were coined in the mould, of their father,. but none so. deeply mint- ed inted as Patricia, There was his black hair, his dark eyes, that long• upper - lip he had, •making for a large mouth which, in the woman she was to be, offered no. great promise of beauty, but allowed in 'exchange for charas ter,. between which no man in his senses besita'tes for long. The two boys went their mother's way, almost wanting in their wits at, bines, it seemed, as the male stock of those Old Irish' families often .are. ,However, they were wild enough crea- tures in their way, bound for no last- ing good;' but it was a gentle. way compared. with the devil's daring of, their..sisters, It was doubtless by. reason Of that. arresting resemblance to himself: that John Desmond,' despite, the fact that she hr rl bri9'ttght him the death of the' best 'bel•o•ved, clung to Patricia. and offered his ,greatest sacrifice to keep her by him. ' . ',As it came upon evening, and at about' that. time v'heneit--would have been his'w'ont to be ringing the bell for MPs:, Slattery, he would send for her to be brought to him, :and in such the same manner' as.. he sept for his bowl of punch.. "Come here to me now," he would say as she ' appeared 'at the door— "come here. to me, ye -young divvel y'ec;'-,.A'nd setting her on his knee, he would ask her 'if•she were as good as a drop of the. drink to a man, and he with a drought on him would be blowing the dust out of his mouth. "Ye can give me a kiss," she had replied on one •of, these occasions -- "ye can give me a kiss and see which would ye like best." Such a coquette as that she Was, even In those days. "Where did* ye learn that divilry. from ?"• he asked. h@i' when the kiss was given, to which she hid sbaken- her. bead, tossing her black hair, as, littli conscious of •the nature of her •sea that had taught her, ala- girl -coming tltrfdf-did to the ga es' o womanhood. • Sophie and Margaret, the two eld- est, 'these 'had long left school, and for two years at least had taxied of the glories of dances in Waterford or wherever a "Jioor ,Netts cleated. within, their reach in the ooi tIteeeGod knows hew they dressed thetheeiveti on those eedaSions. Wherever they went, the ;women; •stared ht , them, frankly open tnointti considerate enough to. drop thtlir•'voideeelir 'eritielst lett 'a°'telthitter, bat speaking. plainly .., enough. with .41 ei ithe)r eyes. •«Indeed, it needs one with. brilliant wit to say more in such a .purpose• with 'her tongue .'th'an 'she does ;With •those' eyes' that slowly' travel up and down,' like a scissors ' ripping ;stitches "every Inch, However, they did 'dress themselves and it was • all dofte long nights over the fire in' their Bedrooms; and how- ever much the women stared, the Men stared, the men were not slow ..in coming forward: No sooner was it known' that the Miss ,Desinonds were • in "the room than there were the black 'Oats about them, like rooks in • a field • of corn. And. at this. time,, tlntil respectively they were' sixteen. 'and seventeen years' of age, Patricia and Josephine were driving•into Waterford in' an old gig to the • Miss Whelan' school for the 'daughters of gentlemen in Lady. Lane. And all this time John Des- mond was keeping his bargain with the Lord God, becoming by evening a man of sour temper and uncongenial ways, from..which Patricia was the only one to rouse him. To .no ' one in that ' house had he. spoken of his contract with Father Casey, and, •indeed, had bound the priest to secrecy about it. • "Let '"elm all think 'tis the way she's goin' into a convent," said he. "'Twill do no harm to her, for ,'tis a 'little divvle she is entirely. Her eyes weren't made for the good 'of her soul, I'm thinkin'." • $ut this was not his purpose for keeping the secret close, and• it is un- likely that even Father Casey suppos- ed it to be so. Having -given his word John ,Desmond was a man with some pride' in it, however little pleasure the gift afforded him. Fully aware' of all the. sn'btleties of temptation, both when alone in 'the house -and' in com- pany with. others . about ' 'his daily round, he. would not have it 'said- by all who' knew him that ,here was a man who, before God and- having g'iv- en his wird,. could not so. much as keep a glass from his `lips. There al- ways lurked• in the precincts of. his mind' the ..looming possibility' of fail- ure, and until 'the sight of a punch- bowl' shad no`'further interest 'for him, he was ''determined to, keep silence• about his vow.•. • ' (Continued Next Week). , DUBLIN Personasl ':;WhH. Evans and daugh- ter, Mrs. •Woolciett, 'Galt, .with. Mr. and Mts. P. Matthews; Mr. and • Mrs. Jos. Moylan and daughter, Kitchener, with relatives; Mrs. Frank Evans and daughter, Joan, attended the cere- mony of:the crowning of the May Queen at Stratford Normal ,School on Friday. Miss Marie Evans was one of the attendants; Mr. and Mrs, Ar- thur Forster ht Markdale; ' Mr. and Mrs. 'Patrick Jordan, Mrs. Jo's. Jor- dan. - attended the funeral of Mrs. Cornelius Jordan, at Niagara Falls; •Mr. and Mrs. ,Carl Steinbach and Miss 'Doris Flanagan, London, and Joseph Flanagan, Kitchener, with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Flanagan; Miss L. Heffer- nan, Waterloo, with Mrs. Charles Ma- lone; Mrs.. •Gar Smith has returned home after spending., a month in Ham- ilton; Thos. M,utphy• has been ap- pointed night watchman at Dublin Creamery; Mrs. Wm, Lane in. Blyth; Mr, and Mrs, A. Forster at Markdale.. St. Mary's Ladies' Guild . • The' Ladies' Guild of St; Mary's An- glican Church 'held their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Harold Wilson on 'Tuesday , afternoon with. a representative attendance.- Rev. C. ,F. L. Gilbert • conducted the .devotional session, anti following business ar- rangem,ents of the. Ineeting, the last-' ies completed a' quilt. • Lunch was serried by the hostess, assisted. -by her daugliter, Miss 'Anne Wilson.. HENS ALL --: ' The Arnold Circle (Evening Auxil- iary). of Cermet Church met„at the home of Mrs: R. A. Orr Tuesday eve- ning, May 14th, 'with Mrs. Stewart Bell assisting: There was .a good at- tendance. The president, Mrs,. M, Moir; opened the Meeting with prayer followed with Hymn 581 and a read- ing by Mips Jean McQueen, "My Mother '['serf. T8 Say." The Scripture lesson was taken by Mrs, Ste's-art Bell from -hetes 13:42M and Acts 14: S-11., Mrs. 'C. Forrest then ,led in prayer. The business period follow- ed, and Mrs. W. -Brown garc•e the topic on "Africa." The meeting closed by singing Hymn 381 and prayer by Mrs, Roy Bell, ELI11IVILLEE Mr. and Mt's:.Harry Ford and Gor- don have moved to their new borne south of Winchelsea, lormeely owned• by John Herne 'Sr. Mr: ltiontmerancy, of Toronto, has purchased 'the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ford, but does not intend • mov_ing in for some time. Mt. John Ridley, who underwent an operation for a ruptured appendix in St.. Joseph's Hospital, London, is eaten home Mfr. and Mrs. Frank Routly and ]Muriel, of Kirk.ton, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Routly on Sunday evening. ' Miss Evelyn Dobbs, who has been working'at , Kippen, has returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Minor Dobbs. -Mr. and Mrs. Cliff' Brook tl John- ylnie visited in London On Mother's' .Day, Sunday; Mitq'' 12th. i. -Mr.. Murray Stephen has cojn.pletedi ps course at '.deal 9echnietil lacerti•: "tJ.ondon, aim; li'a$ seeurail a" posiliott +rat hookkeelfer iii‘a Lbndoh, gar/ager„,„ ll,,h rp t••w, ...,,kr • �, . • , •• ".74:4 44441i • eAtlt 4? The death Marie MUIi London, Al10t4 .7o.talt) months "Mies , of Merl Ig itate. Y 9th, tehlehe ilid;ess of SXe wad horn. in dughtar of Afar: sgrpor,xLer.and the late •Ilya., Miller, Wha i',u'a. t u xxierly V1ol4 Ball. Miss Miller.•St'aii`r':tiad a position in London 'for •the 'last, tw¢ , ye;a,re, and was a nosepbeneht the Lutheran Church-- .She 'is sutw ved by. h.er father; four arena eah Mrs. Leoa!axd Shenk, Dashwood•,•' Mildred, ' London; Alloe and, itu.by, at holm, and two • brothers, Themis anti Delmar, at home. The funeral, *Mich we,s., large- ly attended, watt a eld on Saturday trentthe. kloffman. #neral Horne: to :.the Lutheran Church ,with Rev, Luft.. officiating. The pallbearers were ,uncles of the (t'eeeaend: Walter, Rud- olph, ,Ferd, Oscar. anti Rhyna A'Iiller and Chris. Andereone •Interment was. `made in the Lutheran -.Bronson Line Cemetery. Miss Miller. was a grand niece of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hanka an'd Mr. George Bell, Seaforth.. Membees of the Walther Leag3ue,,;of Lwhicli she was 1 a, ember `attended in "a. body. Those' attending the 'funeral from • a distance were; ' Mr, • •.and Mrs. Thos.• Bell, Elimville; Mildred and ,Florence .heli, London; Mr. and Mrs.. Charles Stephen, Mr., and .Mrs. Harold Bell and Llayd, Mt.' and Mts. Athln Pyrm, Mrs. Alvin Cooper ,:jtnd Mra. Norman Jac-' .ques, Elinpville 'Mr.. add Mrs, Andrew: Hueston. and Mrhand 11!l:rs..Allen, Sea - forth; Mrs. Wilbur Dining, Mrs: Wan.• Brintne'll and Mrs. •Jack Munn ' and twin daughters, Chiseliiurst. • Mrs. Jas. McLaughlin and, daugh- ter, of London, spent. Wednesda'y•�of last week at :the hont,e of her bro- ther, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Woods . and family. Mr. and. Mrs.. Sam' Hanna, of Sea - forth, "were visitors one day last week at the home of the former's sister -and brother-in-law, Mr., and Mrs. Thomits Bell. -. Miss Phyllis Vaughan, of Londes- •boro, spent the week -end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vaughan.• . Mr. and •Mrs. Thos. Bell and Mr. -and Mrs. Chas: i•Step pert and dau'gh'= tars, 'Wanda and Betty. Anh , t Sunday at the home of. Mr. d Mrs. Andrew Hueston' in-..Seaforth. ' The county. gravel .trucks are draw:- : ing gravel from Cann's pit for the St. Mary's and Crediton roads, which are receiving a new tar surface. Fairbairn - Ballantyne A pretty wedding.took place on Sat- urday, May lith, at 2 p.m.. at Thanes Road Manse,' when Audrey Bernjte,•, daughter of Mr. John Ballantyne and , the late Mi•s.' Ballantyne, of Thames Road, became the -bride of Clarence Roe Fairbairn; son of the late 'Mr.. and Mrs. George. Fairbairn, Hensall: Rev. Wm. Malt performed the cere- mony, The bride, was given in ,mar - h o? ride naatohil} est of ametilyatt s grPo#Al. Sate cat�rlcd a 17 u klet .o Dettex, I, ''atr- bnta"n,istex cfi the g�"♦aOxals, wan brides-: nnaid end wol.e a #!oorieAgth• wtt: of pink sheer, aveering tin gh d toe ctr l the ,gift of the groom, and earthed •a •bark. gpet of lehanzra Ii!ill roses,. k''OJ.tpwwittgg i. `the• cerentenee •the happy equpte leffe for • Letialhtt ,for -::a -"reception,,;, at Glen Aiith, "Vater• they went:'an i? ,444' to the United States ami. Western gate ada, and on their •return,will reside Exeter. • Field . Fletcher A pretty candlelight wedding took .place at the, ' home of the ,:bride's mother, Mrs- Roy Fieteher,_tif Exeter, on Friday, May 10th, at 7.30 pmt., when Eldonna Marie, daughter of Mra. Fletcher and the late Roy Fletcher, became, the . 'bride of Robert Cecil -Field, son 'of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Field of Centralia. Rev. Wm, ", Mair; of Thames' Road Church performed the double ring ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Douglas Fletcher, and looked charm- ing lh• an ivory satin gown with sweet- heart neckline and Victorian sleeves and a long veil from pearftrimmed coronet headdress. She carried a. sheaf of 'red roses and white snap-• dragons; knotted with white;,,ribtion. Shhe also wore a. • single attend' of pearls, the gift of her . mother. The matron of honor was 'Mrs.. John S. Green, of Exeter, who wore e. gown of daffodil yellow dotted Salsa with matchipg gloves, finger-tip veil with mauve -sweet peas. Her bouquet was Talisman roses and sweet peas, Miss Margaret Ann Coward, niece of the bride, was the pretty aliewer girl, who wore a gown of green taffeta with green gauntlets'-and•'c'arried a nosegay of pink and white sweet peas; The wedding music' was, played by Miss Winnifred Field, sister of The groom: The wadding ceremony was perform- ed in trent of- a background' of spring flowers and ferns, The reception was held at the bride's' home, 'where her • mother assisted in receiving the guests' in a navy blue crepe gown with corsage of red 'roses, while '-the groom's mother wore a. grey dress with red roses. Mr. Harvey Lovey, of London, was the groomsman. At 'the reception the bride's table was' cen- tred by a three-tier wedding cake and spring flowers also adorned the table, Those assisting were Miss Audrey Russell, Hensel], and Miss Jean Mc- Dougall, Londou, Mr. and Mrs. Field left, later for a wedding trip to Flor- ida, the, bride weaning a brown suit with biege 'three-quarter length coat and matching hat and' accessories and a corsage of Talisman roses. -. Guests from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. E. S. 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Remember CEL -O -GLASS... the flexible cellulose -acetate gla,ss,subatitute which many farmers Used before the war, to get egg -producing ultra-. violet rays into their hen- • houses? Well,. it's coming back soon to civilian life, complete with a 5 -year per- formance guarantee. CEL -0 - GLASS nit only brings in sun and keeps out cold. It ell ninethe breakage costs as well. • ,.34meone_ might well --coin--- '-•-,'-- the phrase, ha -ditch in lime saves nine men's time", or - -` words to that effect, esped- ' t ally since attchittgwith dyta- • j B.. t le amite has now become, S. science; Partners, as well^*' ext$losives engined -s5 aiirjEe emitting explosi 'es to it silt`thia*tatelititihe',tit 16q . And €h deiin* qttAheyili'' labouf'i tiniti'and e5tpobl " ' Fktebtrt � 1 0, ,.:, tl fib'o erii lTtr et* • 04