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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-08-30, Page 7• • (Continued 'from last week) "He said he wouldn't like to . dis- - turb ye," , `Isn't this ,disturbance enough al- ready she cried, and indeed it was. The little Sisters were fluttering like frightened 'pigeons on' whom the eyes of a cat are resting..Alternately they peered out on the road and stole glances at. Patricia, who sat huddled between the two' nuns like one in the stupor of a dream. While Rafferty was -away giving her message, •Mother Frances pulled at the sleeves of her habit and shook them on her arms. She too was like a bird in her perturbation, ruffling out her feathers and preparing to de- fend her young. ,, After a silence amongst them, which to those bursting hearts seem- ed an eternity, a shadow fell across the open doorway, and they stood Charles Stuart. In that firstfhnstant, he met the eyes of Patricia, and when she saw the glitter of determination in his, her own fell down before them. They did not look at each oth- er again. "What is the—the—the—?" be- gan Mother Prances. • "The meaning of this, Mother,"' said Charles quietly—"the meaning is that I've,. got no time to waste, and l've come to fetch this young lady here." "What for, may I- ask?" gasped 'the nun in her astonishment. "Because I'm' in love with her," said be, "and I've reason to believe she's in love with me. .She 'thinks she's got a vocation, but she hasn't. She's n o more the sort that ought to - go in- to a -convent than I am. Mother Frances looked at-Patrieia, S o did they all. "Is this true, Patricia?" she asked• "No," muttered Patricia under ,her /breath, and her head was still bent and her eyes were fixed upon the floor: ' "Can ye hear what she says?" said Mother Frances. "And that's yeer. answer,. Now, if ye've any feelin's ' of a gintleman at all, ye'll put an end LEGAL McCONNELL & . HAYS Barristers,' Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT. telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY •' Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. 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 ' made 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 Opthal- mei 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 first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. JOHN C.CiODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon - Phone 110 ' - Hensall 4068x52 ,DR. F. H. SCHiR'l% Physician and Surgeon Phone 56 - Hensall AUCTIONEERS • HAROLD JACKSON. $ Specialist in Farm and Household Sales, Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. l'or information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea- - forth; ' R.R. 4, Seaforth. W: S O'NEILk DENFIELD, ONT. Licensed Auctioneer Pure bred Bales, also farm stock • and , implements. Ono per cent:, Charge. 8at1s action guaranteed. For sale date, P1ione 284, Granton, at any ekpetree. .: TEMPLE THURSTON • to this disgraceful e:onduct"and go "I hear what she Says," repli Charles, "but I don't 'believe her, . I'm Rot going till she comes with m If you want better reason, I must so far as to betray a confidence tell you that last night she said me, if there was something so stro that she could not resist she wou give up her vocation. Well, she c resist•this, because. I'm going to to her. It's strongen,,a,han all ,'th:e voc tions she'll ever get in her life;" `,'That's` 'blasphemy' cried Moth Frances. • "It may, be," , said' he—"some trut ares" It was then that Patricia jumpe to her' feet. • "I'll settle this,' Mother Frances!" • she ,cried out, when, the poor Sister stretched out a despairing hand to detain her. "Let me stand out 'there on the road. I. cant talk to him sit- ting in here." They. let her go. There was that in her • voice—the .high spirit of John Desmond, perhaps --which they felt could not be denied. ";Now!" she said, when she was out there standing on the road beside him and her 'eyes' were 'flashing back into his. "Ye think ye're stronger than all the thoughts I've had in ,.me mind, ever since I was young! I. dare ye to take --me. now, the way ,I'd „be hatin' ye for the rest of me lifer,"We'll 'see about that," says he, and in the flash of a moment, °she found herself a mere bundle in' his arms, kicking and struggling, it is true, but as helpless in 'that embrace as if she were a baby. Over the. road to -the trap he carried her, with all the nuns now crying out Iike a clock of fright- • ened .geese. Up in the air he .lifted her, holding her, ,still struggling, across , his knees while he took his seat in the trap. There was a -moment when it seemed to him the task was impos- sible, that he would never be able to get the reins in his hands or • set them going' down the road. A. strug- gling woman, though she may do no harm, is sufficient' ,interference to any mime of action. But just as he was stretching for the reins she lay - still, and then 'iihen he got the .horse started, she began her struggles again. • It was a- comparatively easy- matter now to hold her with one hand and drive with the other, for her strug- gles were less than he had expected them to be. So they started off ,down the road, away towards the'height of Ravens Rock, and there behind them like a, little cluster. of black crown, with the white mare in their midst,. stood the little Sisters' looking after them. Not more than. a' hundred'yardS'had they gone when called out that she could bear that Patricia,position no longer. "Let me sit on the seat!" she cried. "You'll jump out,"'said he. "Perhaps I shall," she replied. "Then you can stay where you are," he told her. After another fifty yards, she prom- ised she would not jump out. He let her slip to her feet and, helped her to the seat•beside him. "I do hate you!" she exclaimed when she wass free, "I've expected that," he 'replied. "You were, bound to hate' n!F. I mutt put up with that till I can get bet- ter•." • "Ye'Il never get better from me,", sheen muttered. i "Well, • anyhow, 'tis better than nothing at all," said he. „ - again. �,. ed - "We'lmay•get�'there in-•thine"at this and pace,' said he. "It makes a devil of e. a lot of difference who holds the go reins." and "This horse," said he, "could go to twice as fast if he wanted to."' ng At which she took the whip out of ld it's socketand flicked the horse on an't its neck, ' The animal bounded for- ke ward, and Out of 'the corner. of his a- eye Charles saw the look, of pleasure that had come into her face. .. . er "Patricia," he said presently. "What is it?" she asked. the "I love you," he replied, exactly as he had done the night before. • d She made -lap answer such, as she had given him•,• then, 'but taking out the whip again "and in silence, she flicked the horse'"- on the neck once more, X JOHN DESMOND COMES INTO HIS KINGDOM John • Desmond kept the height of his spirits • for • so long as .he was in sight of Patricia,. with her trembling lip and that betraying glitter in her eye. But with every mile as he drove back alone along the road to Port - law, depression set .upon him, unspar- ing in its revenge. 'He came back in- to the house with heavy looks and a good word ,for no one. They were setting the house to rights again. From one room to an- other he went for solitude and 'his comfort, swearing at them all. There was no comfort to be• found except in the kitchen, and there by the fire he sat shouting-•-at"MYS-. "Slattery .,to "get him his drink. She brought it en the tray and stood there before him, -'less' afraid •of his tempers than, any left in that house now that Patricia was gone. "What's 'on ye?" ' she ,demanded, with 'no little temper rising in her- self, for she guessed how things must have gone badly for the hoPe in both their hearts.. "What's on ye at all?" she repeated—"ye goin' •out • of the house 'as if ye were goat, to a Wed - 'din', and corrin' back the way ye'd buried a corpse itself." He 'gave her not' one word in an- swer till he had brewed his' drink, and politely enough she waited in full knowledge that that word must come. "Has anythin' happened at all?" she asked, to give him matter for his answer when' once hehad taken a draught 'of his brew. "Nothing has happened," •he growl ed—"not a thing at all!" "Did ye expect something?" "I- did indeed." 1 • . '"What ;did ye _expect?" "Shure„ I dunno., And, begor, 'tis the way I didn't want to know. 'Tis the deuce of a conscience I have, -and wouldn't it have been accusin' me of takin' 'a hand in it and breakin' me - vows to the Almighty God. I kept me fingers out of the whole thing, and 'tis too late now. 'Tis inside those walls at Clonmel she'll • be this night, and once she gets the ways of it there's nothing '11 move her. Shure, there's more food and drink a wo- man can get out of one prayer than I'd find in a whole bowl of this stuff, and 'tis more than one" bowl I shall want this night before me head'll go down on me pillow." "Yirra, what could he have done?" cried Mrs. Slattery. "'When last night was over, didn't I• know it was too late then," "Had it been meself," said John„ Desmond, "I'd' have gone straight to Rathgormuck, and I'd have pitched a tale to the Mother there would have kept that child out of the convent if she'd come to it 011 her two knees bendin'—I would so. •Didn't• she. As good as'tell him she'd give up her vo- cation -.if a' be there was something stronger •came in • the way. 'Yirra, wasn't that invitation enough for any man to whip her up in his arms... there and then and make Co more nonsense about it. Shure, hadn't I been tellin' hint: meself there's only one way a Man is stronger than a woman, and that's with his fisht? I'bad so, "Faith, 1've got no patience with' the young men of this generation. They're let - tin' the women get the, upper hand of them entirely. Isn't it• 'got., to....make tile bread he has, and, begor, she won't have him •unless he shows en- ough strength in his ar'iri to shtraight> en out the first man that comes agin him. And there's only one way for a man makin' love to a woman, for him to show her that." "What way's that?" said Mrs, Slat- tery. He looked up at her as though she was a fool. "Catch` her round the middle," said he, "and take her off her feet, and if ye ever get a Man doin' that• to ye," he added, " tris a fine long arm he'll have and a shtrong fella he'll be in- to the bargain, and 'tis well ye'd be to be takin' hint quick before his arm is tired." He talked ,no littleowisdom as, .he. sat -there--that'-eveng drin inking his punch and insisting on the presence of Mrs. Slattery, who stood there for some hours together,. watching him get drunk. "There's no man," was one of the things he said, when the punch had got bold of him--"there'-s no man can match his wits agin the woman is worth her salt. Yirra, she'll beat him every time. Shure, there's only one thing she can't wriggle out of it," 'said he, "and that's the grip of his hand, and the more she knows it, the •less she'll want to get:_away." They tallied there till it was dark, 'Nit he would have no lamps' llghte •, he. said. "I can bear best what I've got In the dark," said he, but presently there came one of the girls with a iigllted Candle in her hand, tearing that Father Casey Web at the door and he in a perspiration with his iitlare •sweating under him. After a long spell ,0'1 silence, she asked him how he had come out on that road. He explained his leaving the dance early the night before, how he' had gone back to Waterford and hired the' trap, and come out to that place where he had been waiting. 'Ye meant to do it, then,", said she. "I did," he replied—;'after' what you said last night:" Again the sound of his words, "All right—all .right!"' came back into the swinging 'o.t the trap and the beat of the horse's •hoofs. "Ye've got the divvle's own will," said she. "And Where. are ye . takin' me, please?" . "To Dungarvan — there's a boat waiting there; I know the captain. We shall be in England this time to- morrow and married—as soon as you like." "I won't do it!" she' eytclaimed. "I'll wait til] you do," said he. "Oh, I do hate you!" she cried again: - "I expected that," he repeated. She fell exasperated into silence of-' ter this, but all that time there was singing in her ears, the music of the. prince's sword. It' came in. the. note of the humming. Wheels, in the beat of the horse's hoofs, in the free, faint song of the wind as it sped them -by. Involuntarily she thought of the dis- mal green light ,inside' the convent conveyance; noaess involuntarily she drew a deep breath as these thoughts passed -across her mind., Then she fell to comparing the horse before hes• with the old white mare doing its five miles an `hour with the rein§ in Rafferty's hands. ' With that consideration she snatch - etre glance at Charles Stuart's hands, holding the reins, and despite herself she smiled when she saw the way he clutched them, "Ye don't know how to drive;" "said sh e. - • "I Can't help that," said he. "We're getting there. If you hadn't. started so late from Rathgormuck we'd have plenty of time to spare." "'Twasn't I started late," said she; then a `moment later slie put out -her hand. "Give me the 'reins," said she. He set his face' lest he should smile, and gave them at once into her hands. Immediately they were ,in her grip the 'horse set forwavd With a quieker step. He stadthered a smile • ,,, "Show him in bere," said John I)eemond. "rtn ist no' fi't Bute to be taudllut, fdr} %pe. ?I'rixey +hrglfl It• tlarrq little Men in„ atf>l brePOleiik*I0 the ride he had rade dR}vn .110,140 road. "Glory 'fte tq ,ci 4i" said h.e, as he 'entexed the kltw 011.1 "Didn't • I tell ye 'twas a#ld; 'idea to be haven" a dance for that.child and she goin into the c vent the next day," "What's 14400.e4 her?" asked John Desmoid and despite the state- ment about his condition; he leapt- to his feet. "There's some men has taken her," gasped Father Casey—"and •she on the --road with the titins to Clonmel. Shure, never was there such .a scan- dal iii these parts; all the time I've been parish priest take this place." "Where did' he take her?" asked Mrs. Slattery. "'Twas a mile., beyond..Curragh- keily; on the ' nountai.n road. There he was with a trap ready and all, and they've taken the road to Dungarvan." "Did she go willin'?" asked John Desmond. "She did not. The nuns sent word to me. There she was kickin' and struggling, and he.. catchin' her up in the power of his arms." There was. one look that passed be- tween Mrs. Slattery and John Des. mond, and one look• was enough. "Well, what can I do?': he asked, standing there and swinging like a pendulum backwards and forwards on his feet. - "What .can ye do?" cried Father Casey. "Yirra, glory be to God, isn't she yeer own child and ye can stand there askin' me that. Shure, get the best horse ye've got in the stables, man, and ,ride to Dungarvan. If he gets her on a boat there and is off with her, she's lost." "Begor, I'll find her," said John Des- mond, and he went out into the stable yard, shouting for the boy to fetch his horse. In less -than five minutes ' he was rolling in the saddle and cursing in a fine temper at anything that came in his way. "I'll find her," he shouted. "But if she'll treat me like that, I'll not have the girrl back in me house again un- less she begs me to take her."' Shakin g-..in.every._-part of her, Mrs. Slattery ,rate,to his Side as he turned to go out of the yaid.- • "Tell her," she• whispered"— '"tell her— "Oh, Shure, I'll know what to tell her," he whispered back, and he gal- loped' out on to the drive. They heard the rattle of" his horse's hoofs mak- ing thunder out there ,in the darkness. "There's no man with the drink in: him I'd trust to. ride a horse on a dark night like himself," said Mrs. Slattery as she came back into the kitchen. "'Tisa grand •man he is;" she added, "and a great gintleman." It was long before they got to bed that night. Never was there so much chattering in Waterpark before; as. they all sat in the kitchen, wonder- ing who it could be had taken Petri- ctia away. At last they went to. their rooms, and only the good woman, Mrs: Slattery, sat' waiting up in the hope of her master's return, She' did not wait in vain. Not long after midnight she caught the r!ou d ti Qct se's41wQfs cogaingl?' a canteir ufr the dr, ive, anc4• vas a# t hail -deer ae fast as,.;her,.10gt3 �'O! ca1Cry her: "How as it ye'rc., track so soon,„. • she Called out ijtto the darkxtess. There was zlo" answex, 'but: at the Sound of a voice the horse stood still and shiver:d and panted in the bit- terness of Its distress.ith a err on her lips, the good Woman., ran down • the, steps. Something was hang, "Ing like a garment from the stirrup, dragging there onthe ground. She bent over it with a chill . and a pain at her heart, and found the body of John Desmond come tShus••'in no mean Way into his kingdom, • A TAIXILPIECE It is characteristic of the -fairy tale that it tells no more than it need. When once the princess is set free of the spell, of enchantment in whose thrall she has been held, there is an 'end, the big issues 'are decided, and it is q,nly the big issues a fairy story concerns, itself to relate. "Once upon a time," says the fairy tale, "there was a king of a great country—" And wastes. no moment with genealogical trees or such con- trivances to tell you how he came to ,be sitting on his throne. -And that, no doubt, is the way to tell a story. There is no need to des- cribe that passage across the water from Dungarvan to the bleak coast of Wales, no purpose in relating ' that first moment when Charles Stuart took Patricia in his arms. To the shrewd reader it surely was sufficient when, declaring she could speak the better, to him outside the' convent conveyance,; Patricia had descended and stood beside him on the road. No vastly superior knowl- edge of women was required to see what she intended by that. If he had the strength to convey her struggling to the trap, it was much more con- venient that he took her where she stood, than having to scramble for her, over the laps of a lot of nuns. - A woman will always save a -man's dignity for him if she wants to love him afterwards., just as surely asyit is the -first thing she will' rob hilt of when her heart is her own. --That-standing out in the -road, then, Was signal enough for the end of any fairy tale such as wewant to. read. But this story is of the modern order. The listening children ask more, ques- tions today: So it is our story is car- ried on until --Patricia takes the whip in •her hand and flicks it over the horse's neck;. lest they come too, late into Dungarvan; And in such a mood no 'more demonstration of affection can be asked,of a woman than that. Once she took 'the reins in her hand, increasing the pace by at least three Wiles an hour, What else could there be for those two but -the happiness that is ever after? And with John Desmond —• well, kings as well as men must die, and who better fitted in this story was there than he for a strenuous death in the full tide of his cups and in the very hour of his deliverance? Here we are, then, with the elm log burnt and that winter fire turning to ab1,,.@'W.11idfali of e t rationed sl i .. tAtisi Plenth means that, 1#4347 iiwi¢Aa(, makers are, c xatr g tlte>it'1304.0 and'' will he z14,444g more1amss apc pi" 1 than they had intended, Tire ktoite`. econow sts of the gofitaM er ,Secti:on, Dominion Depaitmeht of 4gi;ietiltilrn,` point out that sugar •still .has to 'be. used with a careful hand and in'•t4is year's folder "Jams, Jellies and Ilii k' les," tire tested recipes which inolllde • "Corn Relish" are given with this in mind. Speaking of the folder, ,a ropy may heobtained by writing •to the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Each of they three recipes. which fol- low calls for tomatoes, either red or green. The Chili, Sauce and Corn Re- lish should be made right away while ripe tomatoes are at their best, but the Green Tomato Chow -Chow may be- left until a little later. Chili sauce' is so good that even though one batch takes almost zhalf the extra two pounds of sugar allowed per person, it is well worth using the sugar for this purpose. The same might be said about the Green Tomato •Chow Chow which, incidentally, is an ex- cellent xcellent way of making good use of these tomatoes in the garden which - refuse to ripen. • Chili Sauce 1 tablespoon whole cloves 3 tablespoons whole allspice " 1. gallon chopped; skinned ripe tomatoes (8 lbs.) 21/2 cups chopped, peeled onions (6 medium) 2%' cups chopped, seeded green or sweet red peppers (6,me,i- ium) 11/2 cups .sugar 2 tablespoons salt 4 cups blended pickling -vinegar. Tie spices in cheesecloth -bag. Com- bine with remaining ingredients in saucepan. -Cook, uncovered, 2W -to :3 hours, or until quite thick, stirring frequently: RQ,move 'spice bag. Pour into sterilize& sealers or jars and seal. Yield: About 6 pints. Corn Relish 6 cups corn (cut from cob) 4 cups coarsely chopped cucumber 4 cups coarsely chopped ripe tom- atoes - 4'cups • coarsely chopped celery 1 cup chopped green pepper 1 cup chopped sweet red pepper 4 cups chopped white onions 3 'tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons mustard 1 tablespoon tumeric ^ , 4 cups pickling vinegar the grey ashes: Let's light our dies so, and get to bed. THE END can - acids solbtiouted-betto,P*41# lank. botter. Get 1)040 •2 r/z cups brown, sugar : `;• Mix ingredients: Well Simmer, t covered, 'until thickea.ed-41?µt .minute:, :stirring frequently, Yield, About 8 pints: 1. Green Tomato Chow-Cttow 30 medium ggreen tomatoes (71/2 lbs.) 6 large onions • i/2 cup salt 1 tablespoon mustard seed 1 tablespoon whole allspice ' 1 tablespoon celery seed 1 tablespoon •whole ,claves 1 tablespoon dry mustard - 1 tablespoon peppercorns 1/i lemon, 2 sweet red peppers 3 cups brown sugar 3 cups brown sugar 3 cups blended pickling vinegar:. Slice tomatoes and 'onions thinly • and place in a crock or enamel ves- sel inalternate layers with the salt. Let stand overnight. In the morning, drain thoroughly, rinse in cold water ,and drain well "again. Tie allspices loosely in a cheesecloth bag; slice - . .. lemon thinly; remove stem and seeds from peppers and slice thinly, Add , spice bag and sugar to vinegar, bring ` O. 'boiling—point- -then add tomatoes, onions, lemon and peppers. Cook for one-half hour, stirring.,gently to pre - Vent sticking. Remove spice bag and pack pickles in hot, sterilized jars; cool and seal. • Yield.; Aboutie pints: ONTARIO PARENTS CAN TAKE THESE RECOGNIZED PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE POSSIBLE THREAT OF P OLIO ., g�1. Nf:> It is in August and September that poliomyelitis (polio) is most prevalent. During these last weeksof summer,thoughtful parents should observe every rule that will protect their little ones ,,from, this disease. In our Province, comparatively few cases of polio have occurred as yet but in some sections, of the United States, infantile paralysis—as 'it is more commonly called—has reach- ed epidemic proportions. The Ontario Department of health' • therefore urges every family to keep in step with the common-sense precautions outlined below. Read them carefully,, Encourage your children to practice them daily. Guard your family's 'health during this particular period of the years SIX `SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS: \eel or scrub all raw fruitand +vege- ables before sere -in 2. rotect all food.froir cies 3. Teach your children to avoid crowded beaches and pock and twimriiing in dirty water. 4. Avoid over -fatigue and if 'poSsibie have your children rest for two hours each afternoon. 5. Prevent your children from suffering sudden chills, or,exposing themselves to too much sun. 6. Make sure your children wash their hands before eating. If your child is i11 do not hesltpte to seek medical advice DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE .PROVINCE OL ONTARIO •I. T. Phcdr, M.B., D.R.H. Dejitity Minister of Health Roll tl 1'e ICehfy Minister sit *era, • • l,`