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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-07-18, Page 7• rt 18 1947 3, C. SNAITH (Continued from last week) Phe' terrible voice had now grown so- lortd and so compelling, that it aseemed to tear his brain asunder. When he . took up the pen, his. trem- bling lingers could hardly hold it. Very slowly and very clearly, the voice then uttered the following: "1, Simon Heriot, in the presence of Almighty God and with the shadow of death upon me, hereby solemnly declare, that I have caufsed to be borne to our Sovereign Lady. the Queen, false testimony in the matter of my nephew, Gervase Heriot. I fur- ther•declare that I suborned three men, Robert Grisewood,, John Nixon and Gregory Bannister by name, to bear false .testimony touching the complicity of the, said Gervase Heriot an the Round House Plot, by reason of which alleged. complicity the said Gervase Heriot has, been 'condemned Lo death. In: the presence .• of Al- mighty God, and as I shortly , hope for eternal rest, I de hereby most solemnly evow what I have written to be the truth, the whole troth and nothing but the truth. Given under any hand this second day of July, • 1599—Simon Heriot." • -. -EDWARD- W.- ELLIOTT Licensed' Auctioneer Correal►o'ndenee promptly answered. mediate arrangements can be made • ear sale dates by phoning 203, Clin- ton. Charges moderate and satisfac- tion guaranteed. 4142x52 PERCY C. WRIGHT Licensed Auctioneer iSrousehold, farm; stock, implements land pure bred sales. Special 'training land experience enables me to offer sales Service that is most raid - out and sattisfaetory. PHONE 90 r '22, Under.4he goad of terror, the guilty Aman gathered every, fragment of his crumbling will in order that he might set pen to paper. No less s;lowlY than the grim voice pronounced the .words. Simon Heriot wrote them down erith a kind of automatic precision. It was as if his highly wrought state had became susceptible to a .process of hypnotism. When at last the task was finished and' he hada signed the document which made' full confession of his crime, he was commanded to open a window and to 'fling out the paper in- to the night. He would have had neither the strength nor the„courage to do this of his 'own volition. But the dread vice .compelled him. He rose from the writing table, but now such wee his condition that he could baldly stand. A 'palsy was on his limbs; he was es one who has lost all control of his mind. ' . , "'fake heed, Simon Heriot,” He knew not whence the voice. came, yet a power beyond himself compelled implicit obedience. Scarce- ly able to walk, he tottered toward the casement at the other end of the wide room. y He was destined never to reach it. With a dismal cry, he stopped mid- way. The paper fluttered out- of his hand. Suddenly, he fell face down on the stone •flocer, a slight foam oen his lips. CHAPTER XXVII Hardly had this thing come to pass when a number of •startled faces ap- peared at the outer side of the shut- terless window. Shaking and rattling did not serve 'to force an entrance, but by the time the combined pres- sure of four or five vigorous and de- termined men had been applied, the framework began to yield. Very soon they had made their way into the ropm, - Simon Heriot was dead. One glance et the horrible distort- ed face was enough to tell Gervase (Heriot what had occurred. There was no need for the young man to get down on his+• knees, , candle in hand, and loosen the mean's. clothing. Simon Heriot had already breathed his last. The men who had come with Ger- vase into the room belongedone and all to the Lord Chamberlain's Com- pany. The first of these was ,Wil- liam Shakespeare whose fantastical- ly ingenious' device had been fraught with such tragic consequences. It had succeeded beyond' hope or expecta- tion' Richard 'Burbage's had been the voice which had re-echoed down the' wide chimney with such ghastly effect. , "Dead?" said the playwright, .look- ing round at the circle of astonished wnd'half-terrified faces. •And then he said, with 'a passionate solemnity, with a look of terror in his own dark - glowing eyes, 'God rest his soul. His 'crime was black, but he has paid for it with usury. 'God rest his unhappy soul." • A chill of silence fell 'upon all who Ewioriows BIJsINiSs by In the eyes of employers, "lack' of .initiative"' is con- sidered the most serious fault a worker can have. It is an insidious and dangerous fault. • For most of us, pride of achievement and desire for bigger earnings provide plenty of drive. But we may suffer from temporary loss of enthusiasm in our work due to illness, personal prob- lems, or emotional upsets. At such times it is desirable to take all possible measures to prevent these conditions from becoming chronic. The advice of a physician or close friend may help. So may a frank talk with your em- ployer whose attitude will probably be very under- standing. Sometimes a man has little or no interest in his work. This may not be his .fault. A change of job or. additional responsibilities may be all he needs to make him "spark". But far too many men are in a rut because they are just plain lazy. To them I can only say:- You'll be far"ba it •if - you give your job everything you've got! • • . The life insurance business in Ctinada has grown to tremen- dous proportionsbecause it renders -a needed service and is Refficiently managed. In 1946, approximately 8165,- 000,00Q was paid out in life insurance benefits. d w-Iw. had entered the ropm. 'In a sense, they had one this roan to death, and perhaps that thought was even -More potent in their winds 'than the grim and awful tragedy they had witness- ed. After a while, the spell was, brok- en. purbage picked up the paper that had fallen to the floor. He examined it by the ghostly light of the candles and then handed it to the man who hadcaused it to be written. It might have 'been supposed that the text would have been expressed. in a handwriting barely decipherable, but such was not the case. The writ -', keg was ' sufficiently clear to bear no iveasonable doubt of its authenticity. By a process of •hypnotic. •suggestion the man's mind had,been strung up to a 'point beyond its 'natural• powers, and it hd , not given way Until the last word had ;been written. Shakespeare folded up the paper; and put it in his pocket,_, "I will bear this to the Queen my- self," he said. In the meantime, some of the, oth- ershad raised the body of Simon Her- iot from the ground and had laid it on a,table. But Shakespeare bore no part in all this. It was not that he was callous; it was simply that the sight of death revolted him. After the body had been placed on the table, one and all waited upon the word of the leader of the enterprise, who had devised all that had come to pass. But now his power seemed to have gone from him. Having done so much more than he had meant to do, he was as one overborne by the sense of his deed. He now confront- ed his fellow -players haplessly, ap- parently not knowing what to ,do next or what advice to give. ' As it happened, however,' all fur- ther decision was taken .out of his hands. While one and all stood await- ing that masterful initiative that was no longer at their service, the door of the room was opened very stealth- ily, and two of the dead man's serv- ants entered. Each carried a candle and a fowling -piece. Both men were evidently in deadly fear of their lives, but a sense of duty had prevailed with them over a desire for personal safety. "How, now, .you masterless rogues," said one, who was the 'butler, in a voice ''by no means '• valiant. • "What do you here?" Before it was 'possible to answer the question, the 'antiquated: weapon he carried went off with a loud re- port,'Which seemed to make the room rock to its foundatio s, and half choked all those in it7M, %. the fumes of smoke and gunpowder. It was the result of accident, certainly not of design, but a cry arose from• among the players. , "Oh, God!" It was the voice of the young man Parflete. "Put up your weapons, you fools," cried Gervase. The unlucky Parflete had fallen against the table. Anxiously they. crowded round the man who had been hit, while the butler and the old serv- ing man who was with him, seeing their master's nephew of ••the... com- pany, laid down their weapons. The youngactor had been hit in the arm. •It hung helpless and bloody by his side. Suddenly he fainted, and Gervase had only just time enough to catch him in his' arms. William Kemp, the iambus come- dian and creator of •the role of Fal-. staff, who was, one of those who had borne a part in this tragic conspir- acy, had the presence of mind to seize a horn of brandy that was on the table. Having first, by a free ap- plication to. his own throat, been able to satisfy himself that the liquor was capable of stimulating the heart's ac- tion, he poured a goodly portion of it' down the throat of his wounded comrade. There was virtue in this remedy. But •the unlucky young player lay shivering with pain in the arms of Gervase, while* Burbage attended an .tingly wound with considerable' skill. First he cut away the dripping sleeve of the doublet with his• clasped knife.. Then a ,basin of water was brought and he bathed the wound, and finally bound up the arm tightly in a clean handkerchief. But by .the time this had been done, Parfiete was again insensible. In the meantime, the two servants had discovered that their master was dead. And the horror of that discov- ery was increased by the presence of his nephew, whom they' had presum- ed' to be dead also. • Furthermore, they were not acquainted with the black part their master had •played. Thus their grief and horror were per- fectly sincere. itlhe arrival of whatg certainly ap- peared t6 be a Lawless company of lawless and masterless men, had plunged already the entire household into a state of alarm. The cries and the noise of firearms had at once aroused the rest of the indoor serv- ants. In a few minutes, these had some crowing into, the.. room: And as, soon as they had learned what had occurred, matters began ,to take an ugly' shape. The steward of Simon Heriot, who had now appeared on the scene, was a man of ;resolute character, He de- clared, that he would -ahold. -in-custody- those who had been responsible for his to'aster's death, notwithstanding 'that one among them w s his mas- ter's nephew. Accordingly, he sent one man to call the outdoor servants; he sent another to procure a horse from the stables and ride with all haste to the nearest justice; also he proclaimed the fact that he would suffer no man to eseape. in that, perhaps, although his in, tention ' was excellent, he was not wise. The players, • including Ger- vase and the falconer, mustered nine men in all, against seven' men and four women. To be sure, one of the TtoWlelt couneil Met lh the clerk's office aceerding tq adlg!li: invent, the reeve, John Winter, inethe chair. All anembere mere ,recent, Moved by Strong and; Zarbrlgg That By-laws Noe. 0 and tf of the `. owµship of Howe ick for the year 1.917;, appointing' fenceviewers polrl4,dkeepers 'as read the third time, be. finally pass- ed. Carried.. Moved by Zurb}riga and Strong: That BY -Law 111o. 7, of the Township of Howick for the. year, 419447, as 'read the third" time, be fin- ally grassed. Carried;. Moved by Zur- brigg and Strong: That we instruct the road superintendent 'to advertise for tenders to build: a sidewalk on Water' Street, Wroxeter, Carried, Moved by Gowdy and" Winter; That we instruct the treasurer to lift re- mainder of service personnel bonds held in trust by bank and 'forward same 'by registered mail to proper re- cipients. Carried. Moved byZurbrigg and Gowdy, that the following bills be .paid: Elmer- Downey, caretaker, Gerrie Hall, $17.50; Municipal World, sup - 'ghee' for Clerk's office, $7.44; G. B. • intruders as sorely disabled and would require the careful, tendance of his friends if he was .to be brought se- curely away. But, in the matter of arms, the advantage was with the players, inasmuch that most of them were provided with swords and they had only to fear one u;idischerged fowling -piece and divers staves and short daggers. Gervase now took command of af- fairs.He approached his uncle's steward coolly enough, for all .that the man preserved a very threatening attitude with his weapon pointed em- niously at the players. "Put it up, you curst fool!" .said Gervase, roundly. "Haven't you done mischief enough already?" "Not 'half the mischief you have done, sir," said the man. "Come not an inch nearer or I--" Before the steward could complete his threat or carry it into effect, Ger- vase suddenly struck up his arm. The piece went off with a tremendous. re- port. This time, happily, its contents were discharged• into the air. - . In the midst ofthe_ smoke and the general confusion, Gervase flung him- self upon the steward and, with the strength and the address of youth, soon ,wreathed the clumsy weapon from his hands. Then, with a blow on the head from the butt of the weapon, he laid the mean insensible, (Continued Next Week) Arid A,01,00,044 • gall%ecwPctc94,. 144.1.311r.c , 000,' �, Vesi :Cfrall;Fer, I#f nn r fair ane $3 : lit]4ert':344'b4pp. ty PPR 99e fele„ Val Lee, Metcalf, 100141': ty en one fex, $Q;M d'acl ,. V.. boUrity enone fox,` $3, P. Durst, Pingo. aloe, $7; P. Purat, 7►alrt salary $pi�Qi R. i Gaon & Bon, bulges and dust - bane, 90e; relief, $14639. Moved* by atrongi a d Whiter: That the read an- emias a approved be paid, Carried',` Moved by Strang ,and Gowdy That thio eouneil do now adjourn to .meat August 5 in the Clerk's office, .or at the call of the Reeve. •Carried'. ELIMVILLE Mrs. W. Horne spent a few days in Exeter with her sister, 'Mrs. E, Mc - Falls. Miss Iris :Toallin.son, of Exeter, is visiting with her friend, Miss Hazel SParling. Mrs.,H•awkins, Miss Stephenson and Miss Smith, of the Public Health, London, spent Wednesday afternoon with their co-worker, Miss Florence Bell, and with Mrs. Thos. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Hanna, of. Sea- forth, spent,• last Tuesday with the former's' sister, Mrs. Thos. Bell. ' Mrs. Reg. 1IcDonald, Barbara and Bobbie are visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Skin- ner, while Mr. McDonald is sick in Westminster Hospital, London, fol- lowing an operation. Mrs. Thos. Bell received a lovely bouquet of carnations and roses from Bessie Clubam, New York, as an ex- pression of sympathy in her recent bereavement. Misses Wanda Stephen and Eunice Penhale attended the Junior Farmers picnic in Stratford Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Routly, Anna and ..NEarES" Ve enc le Loskg interest—loa- lag friends -ah• never went out any more—always too tired. 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" Prices • reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. I+'or information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea- mordh; R.R. 4, Seaforth. • -. -EDWARD- W.- ELLIOTT Licensed' Auctioneer Correal►o'ndenee promptly answered. mediate arrangements can be made • ear sale dates by phoning 203, Clin- ton. Charges moderate and satisfac- tion guaranteed. 4142x52 PERCY C. WRIGHT Licensed Auctioneer iSrousehold, farm; stock, implements land pure bred sales. Special 'training land experience enables me to offer sales Service that is most raid - out and sattisfaetory. PHONE 90 r '22, Under.4he goad of terror, the guilty Aman gathered every, fragment of his crumbling will in order that he might set pen to paper. No less s;lowlY than the grim voice pronounced the .words. Simon Heriot wrote them down erith a kind of automatic precision. It was as if his highly wrought state had became susceptible to a .process of hypnotism. When at last the task was finished and' he hada signed the document which made' full confession of his crime, he was commanded to open a window and to 'fling out the paper in- to the night. He would have had neither the strength nor the„courage to do this of his 'own volition. But the dread vice .compelled him. He rose from the writing table, but now such wee his condition that he could baldly stand. A 'palsy was on his limbs; he was es one who has lost all control of his mind. ' . , "'fake heed, Simon Heriot,” He knew not whence the voice. came, yet a power beyond himself compelled implicit obedience. Scarce- ly able to walk, he tottered toward the casement at the other end of the wide room. y He was destined never to reach it. With a dismal cry, he stopped mid- way. The paper fluttered out- of his hand. Suddenly, he fell face down on the stone •flocer, a slight foam oen his lips. CHAPTER XXVII Hardly had this thing come to pass when a number of •startled faces ap- peared at the outer side of the shut- terless window. Shaking and rattling did not serve 'to force an entrance, but by the time the combined pres- sure of four or five vigorous and de- termined men had been applied, the framework began to yield. Very soon they had made their way into the ropm, - Simon Heriot was dead. One glance et the horrible distort- ed face was enough to tell Gervase (Heriot what had occurred. There was no need for the young man to get down on his+• knees, , candle in hand, and loosen the mean's. clothing. Simon Heriot had already breathed his last. The men who had come with Ger- vase into the room belongedone and all to the Lord Chamberlain's Com- pany. The first of these was ,Wil- liam Shakespeare whose fantastical- ly ingenious' device had been fraught with such tragic consequences. It had succeeded beyond' hope or expecta- tion' Richard 'Burbage's had been the voice which had re-echoed down the' wide chimney with such ghastly effect. , "Dead?" said the playwright, .look- ing round at the circle of astonished wnd'half-terrified faces. •And then he said, with 'a passionate solemnity, with a look of terror in his own dark - glowing eyes, 'God rest his soul. His 'crime was black, but he has paid for it with usury. 'God rest his unhappy soul." • A chill of silence fell 'upon all who Ewioriows BIJsINiSs by In the eyes of employers, "lack' of .initiative"' is con- sidered the most serious fault a worker can have. It is an insidious and dangerous fault. • For most of us, pride of achievement and desire for bigger earnings provide plenty of drive. But we may suffer from temporary loss of enthusiasm in our work due to illness, personal prob- lems, or emotional upsets. At such times it is desirable to take all possible measures to prevent these conditions from becoming chronic. The advice of a physician or close friend may help. So may a frank talk with your em- ployer whose attitude will probably be very under- standing. Sometimes a man has little or no interest in his work. This may not be his .fault. A change of job or. additional responsibilities may be all he needs to make him "spark". But far too many men are in a rut because they are just plain lazy. To them I can only say:- You'll be far"ba it •if - you give your job everything you've got! • • . The life insurance business in Ctinada has grown to tremen- dous proportionsbecause it renders -a needed service and is Refficiently managed. In 1946, approximately 8165,- 000,00Q was paid out in life insurance benefits. d w-Iw. had entered the ropm. 'In a sense, they had one this roan to death, and perhaps that thought was even -More potent in their winds 'than the grim and awful tragedy they had witness- ed. After a while, the spell was, brok- en. purbage picked up the paper that had fallen to the floor. He examined it by the ghostly light of the candles and then handed it to the man who hadcaused it to be written. It might have 'been supposed that the text would have been expressed. in a handwriting barely decipherable, but such was not the case. The writ -', keg was ' sufficiently clear to bear no iveasonable doubt of its authenticity. By a process of •hypnotic. •suggestion the man's mind had,been strung up to a 'point beyond its 'natural• powers, and it hd , not given way Until the last word had ;been written. Shakespeare folded up the paper; and put it in his pocket,_, "I will bear this to the Queen my- self," he said. In the meantime, some of the, oth- ershad raised the body of Simon Her- iot from the ground and had laid it on a,table. But Shakespeare bore no part in all this. It was not that he was callous; it was simply that the sight of death revolted him. After the body had been placed on the table, one and all waited upon the word of the leader of the enterprise, who had devised all that had come to pass. But now his power seemed to have gone from him. Having done so much more than he had meant to do, he was as one overborne by the sense of his deed. He now confront- ed his fellow -players haplessly, ap- parently not knowing what to ,do next or what advice to give. ' As it happened, however,' all fur- ther decision was taken .out of his hands. While one and all stood await- ing that masterful initiative that was no longer at their service, the door of the room was opened very stealth- ily, and two of the dead man's serv- ants entered. Each carried a candle and a fowling -piece. Both men were evidently in deadly fear of their lives, but a sense of duty had prevailed with them over a desire for personal safety. "How, now, .you masterless rogues," said one, who was the 'butler, in a voice ''by no means '• valiant. • "What do you here?" Before it was 'possible to answer the question, the 'antiquated: weapon he carried went off with a loud re- port,'Which seemed to make the room rock to its foundatio s, and half choked all those in it7M, %. the fumes of smoke and gunpowder. It was the result of accident, certainly not of design, but a cry arose from• among the players. , "Oh, God!" It was the voice of the young man Parflete. "Put up your weapons, you fools," cried Gervase. The unlucky Parflete had fallen against the table. Anxiously they. crowded round the man who had been hit, while the butler and the old serv- ing man who was with him, seeing their master's nephew of ••the... com- pany, laid down their weapons. The youngactor had been hit in the arm. •It hung helpless and bloody by his side. Suddenly he fainted, and Gervase had only just time enough to catch him in his' arms. William Kemp, the iambus come- dian and creator of •the role of Fal-. staff, who was, one of those who had borne a part in this tragic conspir- acy, had the presence of mind to seize a horn of brandy that was on the table. Having first, by a free ap- plication to. his own throat, been able to satisfy himself that the liquor was capable of stimulating the heart's ac- tion, he poured a goodly portion of it' down the throat of his wounded comrade. There was virtue in this remedy. But •the unlucky young player lay shivering with pain in the arms of Gervase, while* Burbage attended an .tingly wound with considerable' skill. First he cut away the dripping sleeve of the doublet with his• clasped knife.. Then a ,basin of water was brought and he bathed the wound, and finally bound up the arm tightly in a clean handkerchief. But by .the time this had been done, Parfiete was again insensible. In the meantime, the two servants had discovered that their master was dead. And the horror of that discov- ery was increased by the presence of his nephew, whom they' had presum- ed' to be dead also. • Furthermore, they were not acquainted with the black part their master had •played. Thus their grief and horror were per- fectly sincere. itlhe arrival of whatg certainly ap- peared t6 be a Lawless company of lawless and masterless men, had plunged already the entire household into a state of alarm. The cries and the noise of firearms had at once aroused the rest of the indoor serv- ants. In a few minutes, these had some crowing into, the.. room: And as, soon as they had learned what had occurred, matters began ,to take an ugly' shape. The steward of Simon Heriot, who had now appeared on the scene, was a man of ;resolute character, He de- clared, that he would -ahold. -in-custody- those who had been responsible for his to'aster's death, notwithstanding 'that one among them w s his mas- ter's nephew. Accordingly, he sent one man to call the outdoor servants; he sent another to procure a horse from the stables and ride with all haste to the nearest justice; also he proclaimed the fact that he would suffer no man to eseape. in that, perhaps, although his in, tention ' was excellent, he was not wise. The players, • including Ger- vase and the falconer, mustered nine men in all, against seven' men and four women. To be sure, one of the TtoWlelt couneil Met lh the clerk's office aceerding tq adlg!li: invent, the reeve, John Winter, inethe chair. All anembere mere ,recent, Moved by Strong and; Zarbrlgg That By-laws Noe. 0 and tf of the `. owµship of Howe ick for the year 1.917;, appointing' fenceviewers polrl4,dkeepers 'as read the third time, be. finally pass- ed. Carried.. Moved by Zurb}riga and Strong: That BY -Law 111o. 7, of the Township of Howick for the. year, 419447, as 'read the third" time, be fin- ally grassed. Carried;. Moved by Zur- brigg and Strong: That we instruct the road superintendent 'to advertise for tenders to build: a sidewalk on Water' Street, Wroxeter, Carried, Moved by Gowdy and" Winter; That we instruct the treasurer to lift re- mainder of service personnel bonds held in trust by bank and 'forward same 'by registered mail to proper re- cipients. Carried. Moved byZurbrigg and Gowdy, that the following bills be .paid: Elmer- Downey, caretaker, Gerrie Hall, $17.50; Municipal World, sup - 'ghee' for Clerk's office, $7.44; G. B. • intruders as sorely disabled and would require the careful, tendance of his friends if he was .to be brought se- curely away. But, in the matter of arms, the advantage was with the players, inasmuch that most of them were provided with swords and they had only to fear one u;idischerged fowling -piece and divers staves and short daggers. Gervase now took command of af- fairs.He approached his uncle's steward coolly enough, for all .that the man preserved a very threatening attitude with his weapon pointed em- niously at the players. "Put it up, you curst fool!" .said Gervase, roundly. "Haven't you done mischief enough already?" "Not 'half the mischief you have done, sir," said the man. "Come not an inch nearer or I--" Before the steward could complete his threat or carry it into effect, Ger- vase suddenly struck up his arm. The piece went off with a tremendous. re- port. This time, happily, its contents were discharged• into the air. - . In the midst ofthe_ smoke and the general confusion, Gervase flung him- self upon the steward and, with the strength and the address of youth, soon ,wreathed the clumsy weapon from his hands. Then, with a blow on the head from the butt of the weapon, he laid the mean insensible, (Continued Next Week) Arid A,01,00,044 • gall%ecwPctc94,. 144.1.311r.c , 000,' �, Vesi :Cfrall;Fer, I#f nn r fair ane $3 : lit]4ert':344'b4pp. ty PPR 99e fele„ Val Lee, Metcalf, 100141': ty en one fex, $Q;M d'acl ,. V.. boUrity enone fox,` $3, P. Durst, Pingo. aloe, $7; P. Purat, 7►alrt salary $pi�Qi R. i Gaon & Bon, bulges and dust - bane, 90e; relief, $14639. Moved* by atrongi a d Whiter: That the read an- emias a approved be paid, Carried',` Moved by Strang ,and Gowdy That thio eouneil do now adjourn to .meat August 5 in the Clerk's office, .or at the call of the Reeve. •Carried'. ELIMVILLE Mrs. W. Horne spent a few days in Exeter with her sister, 'Mrs. E, Mc - Falls. Miss Iris :Toallin.son, of Exeter, is visiting with her friend, Miss Hazel SParling. Mrs.,H•awkins, Miss Stephenson and Miss Smith, of the Public Health, London, spent Wednesday afternoon with their co-worker, Miss Florence Bell, and with Mrs. Thos. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Hanna, of. Sea- forth, spent,• last Tuesday with the former's' sister, Mrs. Thos. Bell. ' Mrs. Reg. 1IcDonald, Barbara and Bobbie are visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Skin- ner, while Mr. McDonald is sick in Westminster Hospital, London, fol- lowing an operation. Mrs. Thos. Bell received a lovely bouquet of carnations and roses from Bessie Clubam, New York, as an ex- pression of sympathy in her recent bereavement. Misses Wanda Stephen and Eunice Penhale attended the Junior Farmers picnic in Stratford Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. Routly, Anna and ..NEarES" Ve enc le Loskg interest—loa- lag friends -ah• never went out any more—always too tired. "Nerves". she . though --hut it was her kidneys -the 61- ters of her blood— that needed attention. She used Dodd's -Sidney Pills at.esee.' The improved action other kidneys helped to clear away Mood •" impurities and excess acids. Fatigue. backache„ headache, lack of energy dis- appeared. Dodd's Kidney Pills • contain essential oilsaidmedicinal ingredients that act directly upon the kidneys -end help restore their normal action. 144 aAd 1M1 ,^ 'rags :?+ Olt .., * 404194 Iviaite(1 7relat l Waugham over the week-erxdr.•. s; ARIVIERpoS may borrow on • special terms under the Farm Improvement Loans Act for the purchase of breeding stock, agri- cultural implements and equip- ment, electric systems, electrical household and dairy appliances, drainage, fencing, repairs . "to buildings and other farni im- provements. Rates of interest .. 5% per annum. 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