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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-06-14, Page 7} „ ff NIPTA 'TlitRer, FF�trf:z;•°'t (0Antinuod;' fr'Qp4.la it week) IV CARRI A„i I; IA 113 H SE;;: ' The house of Carrickbarrohane where in Morse dare lived Michael • Mc Namara -:•-known as Micky the whole county repnid. -stood well back „from' the road, ,some -two Hailes outside Stradbally, 4n parklpnd of its own. The salt winds off the sea had left their iiimiint upon all the vegetatipn about it. •Stunted hawtb;ornes 'with; twisted trunks were bent inland. some blown hack like the hair oil the heart of a woman that isshake!' out in the scuffle of the wind, It is a black part of the, world ev- en now. for the storms that fret the Channel sea are born out of the deep womb of the wide Atlantic and come recklessly to shore, :like the children of -g+ants,'•'?beut Mian wilful d'estruc- tion,' ' Even were there the heart for it, there is little -purpose in the protec- tion of property on that coast. The eea is forever creeping into the es - late of the land, poaching;• a piece of rastnre 'here' , there stealing a poor Feld of corn from un•ior the fatmer:s very eyes.. ' For some miles inland it takes its perquisites, after the fash- ion of those who steal, small petty thefts, when there are no eyes about. • earrickbarrohane House was pro- tected in no little degree by giant elms that stood like dogs, guarding It from -the sea winds, yet in its nor- mal aspect and in its tones of chilly grey behind the black trees had no great air .of comfort, but rather the suggestion of one shivering in a d.is- anal shelter, . with shoulders. nipped and narrowed in the cold. On that, night, however, it wore a LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAF'ORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 • A. W: SILLERY Barrister; Solicitor, Eta. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Phone 173; Seaforth. MEDICAL.. SEAFORTH . CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Physician DR. P. L. BRADY,, M.D. Surgeon Office hours daily, except • Wednes- day: 1.30-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Appointments for consultation may be'xiade in advance, JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR- H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W Res. 5-J "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 Toronto. Late assistant New York Optha:- mei and., Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and. Golden Square Throat 'Hos- Vital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL seHOTEL, •SEAFORTH,, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m:' to 4.30. p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic • first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensel” )ids', 4068x62 DR. F. H. SCHERK Physician and Surgeon , Phone 56 • Hensal'1'" AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, ete., write or phone HAROLD. JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea - forth; R.1. 4, Seaforth. W. S. O'NEIL, DENFIELD,. ONT. look o$ tifla+e,suateMet gaiety, *WI ping out of the 'hedge on the Streds bright •lights in all the windows, ani4';belly^ road. Vrindse 'Antares dangling from the It would go hard, however, with wo- lower branches of. the trees. Theremen if thew hard 'no more than their was. the sound of laughter, of •anu� ric eyesight to be trusting to. Sophie's ,instinct- picked 'him out -sure enough, the moment he entered the room, .,and, in the space of an instant • had. gone up -and introduced 'herself *again. Charles looked his astonishment, and mingled* with' no little admiration too. There was not a girl In the whole room within sight who could match her for the beauty ,she had: If from her father she had borrowed the greater part of- her spirit, there at least was the 'gentleness of her mother looking out .of, her soft brow eyes; . and that dainty curve of the upper lip tp which John Desmond) had eaten so wilting es v4ctlm in his youth mazeall the full value of its imprese Mon upon, Charles Stuart as he stood looking down at her, „ It. was a dance 'he wanted at 'once. and not one or two, but three if she would give them. She doled them out with as tantalizing a grace as you niight have expected from; one of that family. For with all the big spirit of Jahn Desmond and all the tenger gentleness • of his wife,, be- tween them "'both they had bred coquettes, these two. Even Margar- et and,Josephine, they were flirts, the pair .of them, in • their more timid way. She pointedthem out to him, sur- rounded by the black coat's, but with eyes casting in• quick glances tosee what their sister was up to with their hero of a noisy hour.. "And which .is Patricia?" he asked. "Oh, sure, she's the kid," replied Sophie — "This is her first dance. She'll be pinning herself together up- stairs. 'Tis the wap girls always do that :when they come to their first dance." "Why their first?" .said he. She looked up at him with a twin- kle that w tether's in her mother's brownhe eyes—"'Tie ' when they get experience;" said sh'e,' 'toes, wouldn't mind if their clothes w'Jre dropping off them, so long as they had • a good pick .of the men," She raised herself on tiptoe, so that her mouth came nearer to his ear. "She's made her own frock," she whispered, "and she thinkinl when she triecr it on at home it was; the most beautiful thing in the world. And now she's here with- all "the others 'tis a rag she's callin' it, and she upstairs with her mouth full of pins." How was he to recognize the small, still voice, • of jealousy whispering there? Sophie's ears had been quick to hear that outburst of .Patricia's.on the Stradbally road, and, quicker than his, had caught the .•ready reaction of it in his. reply* . In ,that_moment she might even have wished that the high- er flights of Patricia's spirits were her own. But opportunity is a wide arena in which a woman may use all the weapons that she has. Sophie was now using hers, and with such effect that Patricia, with all her ,talk of pole -axes and the flame he had seen at that moment in her eyes„ slipped gently from his memory to the per- suading wiles of this girt with all her beauty, at his side: From Margaret and from Josephine; he took his dances too, but none so many as he asked of Sophie. After ,the, third extra, and when the dance was at last to begin, he wase dragged away by Micky., bis host, in= to the dining -room, stripped of all its furniture,' with the exception. of "the table that gfoaned beneath the weight of the dishes-piledeepon it' ` "There en't be much of that left, ,said Micc ,, "the time it'll be strikin'. the twelve o'clock." ^ It was a Friday night, most popular .and the stir of people that carae like a. murmur• -In the wind across the'. wade grassland as coon as ever you Miter- ed the 'drive. Outside -,cars and Wide cars, 'vehicles no coach -builder #tad ever mad;e,'before or will make again, lwere coming -and going in character- ictic confusion, the voices of the driv- 'ere lifted- Cin such tempestuous alter cation}. struggling for entrance and exit, ,as seemed touggest that at any moment there Might, be a slitting of throats. Many an outside car making .its way up the drive that night was laden no less than that which came from ;Waterpark. Many an inside car, fill ed to overflowing, disgorged its crowded occupants once the house was in night. Jinny McNamara was coming . out to a.. fair company, drawn mostly from Dungarvan,'Who adl driven long miles ' over the rutted roads, and scarce a dozen in the -whole gather- ing had ever seen Jinny in their lives before. ,- As"soon as they entered the drive, Charles Stuart slipped off the seat tea the well and walked beside the car as it mounted the gradual ascent to the house. This was odd adventure to him who had trafficked in none but the stern- er issues of life, where men are dodge ing danger, and with nothaig -more between them and deata than a quick eye and the ninyblenesf. their wits. Beside the events of has life in Mexi- e,o, this was adventure domesticated and tame, yet possessing an element he. had_zl_ever encountered before, the element • he of set, having, but little place in the mind of a man_ who is living 'from day, "-to 'day by • the strength 'of' his wrist and the clean, quick...viilon.. of:..- _... • . There .on that car, beside which .he walked, were four creatures, stran- gers toebies less than •an hour before who, even in that darkness` and for all he knew because of it, suggested. that first, new, strange movement in his pulses by which the young man knows hee is coming upon ,the mys- tery of life, Up the Iong stretch of that drive he found himself eager for the lights .of the house to show him the features of that strange little- company who had helped him out of his dilemma, and but for whom he might still have been sitting by, the side of that poor 'beast..with age broken wind on a far road miles from eign of habitation. Over the remainder of the drive, he had learnt their names, all intro- duced by Sophie, and all, except Pa- tricia,.making some rejoindere to his salute, if -..it. were no more than'a.girl- ish giggle... With Timothy it took the form of {whipping up the old, mare till the wheels were rattling and,. bumping beneath them. He gathered that they came from Po!ttlaw. He understood the name of their house was Waterpark, and from Timothy that it would be the hell of a fine pl'ace with a bit of money 'spent upon it. Blit beyond thio* they were still strangers to him in the black- ness of that night, no -"'less than be to them, and when they reached :the -.pen,. halL-stoor._.-•.-..through 'which the first light they had seen other than the lamps of the car was flooding out on to the drive, they had, whipped off their seats and were gone up the stairs into the hall before he had time so much as to .catch a glimpse at them. 'Let ye wait there• the time I'a be goin' round -to the stables," shouted Timothy, and before- he. could* expost- ulate or propose that he might come, as well, the young devil had whipped up the mare, .who, relieved of her load. ,bounded .into the- darkness of the -trees. and was gone. Charles Stu- art found himself standing on the steps of, a strange house in all that coming and going and shouts of wee came—standing there, and. alone.' In this predicament, he was not left long in doubt. - Across the hall and out on to thesteps there eame a •man about fifty years of age," as florid in countenance as he was in speech. • "Where's the fella?" he said in a loud voice—"where's the fella had to shopt his horse? They told me his name, but I can't remember it. Where is he?". Charles came forward. "Stuart's my name," eaid he. "Ah! Stuart! It is, of course. There's a sieve df a memory for ye, an' they tellin' me .two minutes gone. I'm glad to meet ye—I am indeed! Ye must have had. a bad ride. Cottee upstairs, man—shure, come .upstairs - I've got the tail of a coat and a• shirt I can lento ye, and a pair of slippers' too, the way ye can be hop.pin' it with the best of them. Will ye have a drink now, or will 'ye come and change first? Ah! clone and have a drink—or I'll have 4t sent up to the room, whicheyer ye like. Shure, the place is yeer own; ye've only got to rips, a bell -if it'll ring -and tell the servant what Ye want, if there's a servant at all would be comin' to ye in all this shemozzle," He waited for no answer, and carcely waited* for breath to speak. A man who has had; to ride his horse to death and then shoot ft on the roadside with a pistol -all ready for the business in his pocket is on the fair way to being somewhat of • a hero in a house like that. Micky— since none knew him by any other name—could have been no ,;protide' had he been welcoming royalty to bis doors. The best he had, waif placee at Charles's disposal„ and half at hour later he .came down( Into the rdotn where 'they were all dancing a stamping and m -' a merry ass' "Of.theme:-with., IVIle'liu'i; tall ti'f : iodavi6 i hie back, whoni none wouldi have re cognized from that dark figure sten- Licensed Auctioneer Pure bred sales; also farm stock and implements. One per cent. charge; • Satisfaction guaranteed. For sale dates, Phone 28-7, Granton, at my expense. • PERCY - C. WRIGHT • Licensed Auctioneer Heeteeholtl','farm wtoek, implements and pure bred sales., ,special training and expert nee enables;' Ma to offer you sales Sairirlce that le most effiei eat add elitiafitattnt. `.Mute 99' le 22i HetrsslL Meet �” 6'Tri ee tele' w�i!l'I e'h� hl#i ndi" liirty'. illiae u It Hilt at!ili} 1 7e Wroge ' lie' '�Xzo ;vas #�� xox�pd��z Ate drinjl; Otte ;' �of ei the a ial' hPAtoo4„03. +ens„,'a>rSl piled h.ia:. lent' wkh, »iile his cttrii#rsity.. NOVO and broiled wi't'hiat hi t0, find cut what had been that Poigliews, on, the Ptrad- bally, rand, that O.Olerli for a horse owl beat and a. PietRi ready in the pocket "Ye tlon'.t enle yr'a' shooter as,_ a • ^ule` do ye?” he asked, ' - "1'va been, Mkt „In Mexico," said Charles cautiously, "You can't walk about there iinelep d daylight without one." In Mexico!'" ;sa#d Micky•, :•`Well;_ fancy that now!' , arta, a long way off; Aad was indeed .a: Ong way off to him who had never ;been further than Waterford in his,; life. (•Continued' Next Week) • Mrs, A. Morgan„ ;wife of -`Township -Clerk Archie Noon, is recovering nicely from her recent operation . in) St' Joseph's Hospital., London, Mr. and Mrs. W. Smith •and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley (pward visited in Tiverton over the week -end. - alu:fie Interesting Prognm, Car- ried-Ont-and ar.:Tied-Ont-and cels Elected, Qi{ite a number of relat#Nes of the Salkeld m a e ,clan, from Coton 'district at: tended their. -.annual picnic in Lions l?,alrk, Seaforth, oir, 4stur;ciax, Anne 8 :Dinner' was -served' at 12.30e after, which sports, were: Indulged in. Winners in some of the contests ware: Bali throwing: Ladies., 1st,,: Mrs. Wilson; 2nd,, Mrs. George Salk- eta; Salkelcl; 3rd, ` Miss- E. Washington; Peen, 1st, Gordon Miller; 2nd, Wm, Hume; "kick -the slipper, 1st, Mrs. --William Haeme; . 2nd, •Mks. George Salkeldi 3rd, Mrs. S. Rae; children's race, 10„ Barre Hern; 2nd, Donna Bern; three-; legged race, 1st, Lorraine Wilson and Mrs: G. •Miller; and, Ethel ;Washing- ton and Mrs. W. Wallis; 3rd;- 'Mas. Dalling.and Mrs. George Salkeld; old- est niember Present, Mr. J. J. Wash- yr *'4syn» �w o0.a4s�al'' gid t wads! >p the 41,10u0* ieaiai4 wltiii#ill Fa W amy;f1. of tae �c@ ud},ce,;$,,,4<.�rn. ter ath�1,i:r1 yA "d @t Mayf Aubufrai� zn Helattelee C.lira J and Mrs E t,F•,rrratti'. Rt ��11} ljUpil and •1Virs V U *e bi?a�lilai;, .' nsend a ' Mrail >rs, Jenk#nsTow,. of CJ#nton;rIr ." and Mrs, Rundle, GF,oderichft;- slio'wedd. BenMiller;;M':r land. Mre Salkeld andld fan ly', St : al elensa; ,'. w # a, a 31„„'r,y¢ti and Mrs. E• IJarrisl.^ani Mr;:nnd Na?K, • "n ant; Str tQrd f n T. Salkeld Lucknow Mr. and Mr j -mlie il?agreOP1eq Heasl# nd a i :'''and r r P a fin 1 M . rind . #K'r y Misa Mary' i�•+o?s;,; Leland 17uAsmore wand family,° "Sacra, . ; Mr^ li, , �; ; Until ford; Mi. -arid' Mrs: George Matheson qP "Tlae'Uaieidf and' fan'U , Goderlch-, Mr 'and M%: tglilai tb _rete; theflup iPOO Wallace . Miller sand Mrs .'T., Wilson. Oaf Y by, s>�i'sts . l''y R' , .�ldy and. family,' . 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Sports were en- AgI'1CU1tuoyed,, also the usual game of ball, • The day concluded with another ex - Perth Cocellent' meal, �?r li NATIONAL 0 EVERYWHERE IN. CANADA,. >alute to on and br of our business Northside Choir They are to be highly commended for their tremendous achievements in food, production during the many years of war. Congratulations Seaforth 's Leading Customer Outfitters • for'- Every Member of the Family. SEAFORTH b;.