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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-08-15, Page 7fi . 7 GUi' x ' 5z, 19n. 'J. C. SNAITH (Continued front last week) The knowledge- that he was now free to ito hip worst, and that An Shakespeare's opinion the w•onst he enveloped river, and in the hope of could d9 was of such little account .composing her over -wrought mind, as to be. a• subject of his open scorn, she begat} torepeat the linea of her Med him with fury. ' Also he was part, amazed at the utter indifference of the fellow. He had the power, as he iirnriy believed, to .tak.e,,,'away this man'life, and yet this, half hackney- -writer, half merry-andrew was too prpud to sue for his life wi h civility, let alone to pay for it with current coin of the realm. Grisewood • withdrew with a snarl and a sneer. The morrow should see them all lodged in "The Jud","-' With- in, a month troth that day, he would answer for it thatthenoose should be mold' their necks - He swaggered out of thy house on to the Bankside.- Here his two serv- ant joined him, ftyr at that hour of She" night it was unsafe for any man to be abroad unattended. Thinking his ugly thoughts, he walked sloly in the direction of 'the Falcon stairs. -There he, hailed the waterman, who was awaiting him with a wherry to 'bear him to his own lodging in a more aristocratic quarter of the town. fa_e-e,, she went out o1< doors' into the tests" keen morning air, 'She walked up "Pray, my lord, on what, ground do and down by the bank's of the mist- you hold ,yourself to be the superior of this gentleman?" suddenly inter - resod a harsheand impervious voice. • .It was the voice of the Queen.. The group of gallants .and fine ladies had been too much occupied with the sport that was afoot to notice who •it was who had come into their midst. My lord's confusion was great. And it was not made less by the look of sour disdiain whieh ,animated the fea- tures Of his sovereign. This old raddled woman in' farcical clothes and an auburn wig was by no ,means a,.for`1. She hacl lived: too long in the world and had mingled too freely with tl•.e very best the age had to give not be an uncommonly shrewd judge of things and men. She had the rough commonsense which is a ' far better. equipment than : subtely wLen it comes to dealings. with hu- man nature. • "Well, my lord, on what grounds I ask you?" "On the ground of birth, your grace," said the .fop, who by now had time to collect himself a little.. The Queen's lip curled contemptu- ously. "A man who takes refugee in that," she said, "can have little merit of his'' own, my lord., And to my mind a. roan is twice a fool- who, being bora to opoprtunity, can turn it to. no bet-. ter advantage. How say you, Mas - .ter Shakespeare?" , "There are those, who hold, your grace," • said the player in his deep And musical Voice, "that it is better to be a fool of pedigree than to be. a sage without gules or qual'terings'." The Queen laughed. But the ready independence •of, the player's answer pleased- her as 'much as it surprised her courtiers. There was not cue among them who would have ventur- ed it. There was not one' among, them Who was not unduly eager 'to ac- quieseek, in any •opinion that might be expressed by this august lady. It was not .the Queen's habit to un- bend easily. She held the etaggerat- ed Tudor view of the status of the, sovereign. Her court was expected to approaeh her on bended knee ;mad there were many supple backs in con- sequence, But there was not a trace of the sycophant about this naan •who conversed with her as modestly, as readily and'as easily as he would have alone with a lounger in a•tairerne And while the 'gallants and fine ladies were not a little shocked by the unaffected- ness of -the man's bearinand mar- velled. not a little 'that one so august should bestow so much notice upon a common play -actor, the Queen; on. the other harid, seemed' almost to forget ,for the moment the dizzy eminence to which it bad pleased Providence to cafe her. The truth was she' dearly loved what she tailed "a man." And this was a,scarce-commodity in the exotic atmosphere which surrounded Eliza- beth Tudor. .Few there were who dared to hold opinions of their own, let alone to advance them with the unstudied assurance -of this man of lowly calling, who was yet not wholly unmindful of the fact that he was :absolute monarch of an empire,more imperial than Gloriana's own, To be sure, none of those present realized that.fact. Nor was it realiz- ed by the Queen herself. Her mind was strong and shrewd, rather than deep and .subtle. ' It was the player's Independence • of judgment and the r: ;ear yet perfectly modest and simple manner by which he gave it eepres- sion which, made such an appeal -to lrer. It was a sad sight for many an .astonished and resentful eye to ob- serve the Queen and the man. "Shake- scene"—it is a foible of thegreat to • affect a becoming uncertainty .in re- gard to tire names of humblei mor- tals—walking, quite apart from all the rest, up one alley' and. down another, talking and • 1•aughi.ng heartily upon terms which , pe'riloti'sl'y' 'approached equality. What the• Queen's majesty had in• common with the' merry -an - drew in the barred cloak passed the comprehension of all; But the harsh and strident laugh. of the royal lady, not unworthy of a raven with a sore Onset, could be heard continually. Many a diligent courtier. who had slrent the flower et'h'is'years in wait- ing humbly upon the Queen's pleasure without having anything very sub- stautiai in the way of preferment to show for it, was cut to the soul. ,, And it was not here that the scan- dal ended. A little later when"' the Queen dined a place was set for the man Sh•akescene at her own table. And many a lisping, lily-white gen- tleman entleman narrowly observed the de- meanor of this upstart vihose homely style and' unaffected air offered so wide a target "for 'their • criticism. ,CHAPTER XXXI The morning oP the great day broke 'mistily, with, a 'promise of summer glory. 'Poor unhappy Anne, lodged in a cool . and• , clean chamber- 'overlook- ing the river, was awake at the first peep of dawn. Her few hours of sleep had been: terribly disturbed. She awoke with a start and sprang dant 'of bed as sod'n as the light •touch- ed her eyelids.. Only too well did she ' know that further `sleep. would not be for her. Yes, the dread day was come: It might be the last she would know of liberty. Nay; it was most likely, And it was the d -ay on which the fate of •Gervase would be irrevocably sealed. She dare not give her mind to the gibe. matter, which, asleep or awake, encompassed it. Dressing 'in' a fever of haste, as if she.feared to be ov- ertaken by the thoughts she dare not LEGAL McCONNETyL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTIJ<, ONT. .Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister," Solicitor, Etc. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Phone 173, 'Seaforth MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR, E. A. McMASTER, MiB, 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. 11. ROSS' OFFICE ' Phones: Office 5-W: Reg. 5-J Seaforth MAiRTIN 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. but quietly looked the impertinent Leto assistant new York Optha i roxcomt; up and down as if he v'ero ft new slieeies of animal with whom. - Suddenly she was aware that a fig- ure was emerging dimly from the. mists ahead. ft,was that of a man: A moment afterwards she. had recog- nized the author of "As You Like It." The playwright . name toward her. He too had slept, but little, And' in .that softer and wonderful face was a haggard weariness that made •the soul of, the girl recoil. It was the face of a man besieged and torment- ed by a 'thousand devils; of a, man who hall -never known a moment of peace in this life, and who hardly looked to knoW it in the life to cone. , Not so • much as a word- of greet- ing passed between them. But,as the player saw the face of young nd delicate fairness, seared already by the anguish of the semi, he placed a hand on. the girl's shoulder with a gentleness of pity that meant very much Moue than speech. "Be of ,good courage, mistress," that gesture seemed to say. Without speaking a word, the play- er passed on like a wraith into the mists -that hung as a pall upon the river. Gervas'e, also was early abroad. He too had slept little. • 'Seated at the window o his 'room', brooding with a sick heart on the chances of his fate, he had seen Anne go forth, so that presently he followed her. a they walked, for Ion„ enough ed to- gether, and for the bast time'as they believed. A few ' hours hence all would be decided. And in their hearts their hope of Pte. and perhaps their desire of it was' very slender. Their sufferings of the past few weeks heli been bitter. This morning, they were . overborne.' Whatever fate held in store for them now they felt they had reached the nadir of the•soul. Soon atter nine o'clock that morns ing tate LordChamberlain's servants (mile -irked' in two -of the royal barges that had 'been placed at their'd'irpos- al,. The progress was slow but com- fortable, and •by, •noon of a glorious Jule day.they had come to the palace at Richmond. AEI' the players, with one exception, from the mostimport- ant to the humblest 'member' •of. the Company, hetrayed evideneesa of anxiety .and nervousness. Williaus Shakespeare alone was' so cool • and• collected that the occasion might have been of the most ordinary kind. Those few among the players, who 'shared the dark secret which was to make this days so memorable in the life of the author of the new comedy, were astonished by a c'.ltnness that was to them unnatural, And they could not help mar•velltng how a man 'whose very We depend•ed'nn the whim of a harslr-tempered' and capricious woman: should be . able to mask his thoughts and to control• hie. feelings in, a manner so remarkable, ' The terraces of the palace which overlooked the beautiful park- in which it stood were throngine already with a mob of gallants and court lad- ies.,Their wonderful nlothes gave a versecond-rate air to the tawdry -finery affected by most of the play- ers, Even the cloak of Shakespeare himself- erred •a little, • but that was on the side of modesty.. • One young fop was quick to turn this. fact to account. Having a repu- tation for wit, ands being su;•rounded by those, in whose eyes he had an am- bition •to shine, he gravely accosted the actor, He removed hie ptutned bat with a sweeping gesture ani made a low bow; ' ' "I beg your pardon,'sir, he 'said,. in a loud voice which attracted general notice. "Pray excuse the liberty I take .in addressing yon, but'' admire, the style of your cloak' so much that i would fain ask the • name of your tailor." In spite of the addible tittering of fine iadies and the delighted guffaws •nt' ,allrint.. geptiemen, the pinyweight showed the perfect unconcern of one who has his own private standard of men rand things. He did not reply. mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat ,Hos- pitall, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL 110'171, . SEAFORTH. Next visit, Wednesday,. July 16. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford, JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensall 4068x52 DR. J. A. MacLEAN Physician and Surgeon Phone 134 AUCTLONEERS Hensel' he wa , not yet ac6ain'ted • Thr fop was nettled by this non- chalance. "Well, sir?" ere said impudently. "Give me your tailors name I pray you, in order that I may have the great felicity of taking the air in a cloak exactly its fello.' The w'playwright shook'his head with an air of polite deprecation. • "I have ton kindly a feeling toward an honest craftsman," he said. "God's aea;n, s'r! what do you mean?" "I mean, sir," said' the player, "that I would not like so good a fellow to rhn the double risk of a bads debt and an even worse advertisement. A roar of lausht.er followed from HAROLD JACKSON those who had gathered at the pleas - Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun; ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. e/ For information, etc., write 'or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea- fotth; R.R. 4, Seaforth.. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Audtioneer Correspondence promptly answered. 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Add her untutored but extreme- ly shrewd faculty seldom led her astray5,.c..-` here were those, -and Hem- itg and Burbage had. been among tn, who 'had •been,-inciined to de- plore the Net that ,;the author. had not prepared stronger food for Gloriena's palate. A playeof delicacy and fan-- tasy, all lightness and grace, would surely miss the mark. She who had' held, her sides' at the broad humors of Juliet's' nurse and of Hostess Quickly would 'hardly appreciate the •melrih- choly ,Jacques, Touchstone and above all, the subtle charm of Rosalind. "But this was not the ease. Those finely 'accomplished actors, 'William Kemp andRichard Burbage, had very wisely been intrusted with the two chief male characters. To be Sure, it, was hardly Nature's design that they should in'terpret thein, blit play- ers of their genius dignify and enc hellish every role for which they are cast. The noble voice, the manly bear= ing, the persuasive ease of style, that cllpicest fruit of many a victory hard- ly ardly won, tells just as surely in a whim- sical impersonation, a little away from the main lines of human devel- opment as in the delineation of some. incomparably drawn world figure such as Hamlet, Falstaff, Lear. Unaided these great men 'would been herself. Of a sudden the raddled .And yet they did• but serve as a kind of heavy relief, a somber frame for the central figure. Rosalind has stood for three centuries as the symbol of wpmanhood in its youthful glory. That embodiment of the divinity of girlhood still remains without a peer. And none could have given it more powerful, more appealing expression than Anne Feversham. , From the moment the slight figure ouths of the forest came of thedet h s P and spoke her first magic lines, in a voice as clear as a bt+;ll, a hush seem- ed .to fall upon all. The occupants of the pavilion no less than the humbler spectators who were privileged to sit upon the .grays were spellbound, •The tall figure. trim and slender, yet ex- quisite in outline; looked a little gaunt, a little.hne-drawn in ltg close - fitting boy's' dress. The eyes shone opt of the pareface with a luster that fascinated those the''least sensi- tive to beauty. And the voice thrill- ing with a nameless ..music ravished ears which knew it not for a cadence borne upon the long night of the soul. In that great and •girliant company. however, were tinge who had eyes to see and ears to hear. end when all was 'said, the Queen was ,foremost among them. Harsh, crabbed, diffi- narrow, insensible to, many very end of ant prospn.t of a little player -baiting by an accredited wag. Many there were about the Court who were by no means well-disposed toward play- ers in general These actors were claiming far too much attention from those .in high places. 'Their continual- ly•growing favor was beginning to be a matter of concern to those whose own exlatene i' depended so largely on the indulgence of the great. But the fop was completely•ta.ken aback by the player's rejoinder. For the moment he did not know how to reply. He hada not expected to be heli] up to ridicule in that place of all others by an humble individual who had not the least pretensions• to 'Walt. Ion. But the laugh had gore against hint heavily. And being in r'eaiity a dull and commonplace fellow enough, in the end he took refuge in round'' abuse of "those common jays who would peacock it „among their bat - cult, things as she was to the ' "$' : ` iS �'� (.2#0.1; LAN ' IN RR AE C} ` 'A PRQYIaNDg ONTARIO 'COUNTY OF HU1XON JRX VrJlT.UiE OF A. WA.'i.'#1••ktt ?#ndba' b'lee heed of the W:aiden-and cal pE'`the, County of `firlren, `bearing date the Ninthday of July, 1947, ands to tUe directed. cornmuuding,me to levy' upoO the lands mentioned iq the tell'owtng. Het, for -arrears of taxes, thereou, tergethex..With all costs i earned, X hereby give notice thoi xtn'les& the arrears sled•• costs apt sooner paid, l shall Proceed,' sell the said lands, or as onrush: thereof as shall be suf4eient to . Useh a rye such arrears of takes sect: charges thereon, at my 'office in tastoCoart Irottse, .Goderich, by peislie :.auction;, on ^ayfoarday, November 3, 1947, at the I>our, of two o'clock in,theaoon, ftern,. iu .ee rp1i;a;pea •with tho Statutes fn. that behalf. Notice is hereby further•.•given, that if any cif the said ,lairds rerr.:aiu unsoidr alta ad'orirn ed sale will be. held on 'Pdon.d'ay, November 10, 1947, at tete sante :hour an, place; anct ;1 ; which, Municipalities may reserve the right to . purchase any of the said l >l. A. H1!';.' Goderich, Ont.,"'°J'uiy' I1, 1947. Treasurer of the. poimfy TW! TOWNSHIP OF ASHFIELD Years in - Description • 'Arrears 'Nam and N. 13. Coleman and, John Ryan—Lot H.R. 10, Port Albert . 1944 Alex McRae—S, pt. Lot 2. -LR. , .... 1914-5 TOWNSHIP OF HOWICK- W.:H. Preston—,Lots 30-34, Ferguson 'St., Wroxeter 1944-5-6 • TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY Ben Spencer—Lots 1, A. and';B., Argyle St., Rayfield , ...., „......: 4944 -5-6• Geo, Dufrenette—Lot 3, Corriveau Survey , 1944 Chas. Ratllweil Estate—Lot200, Ann St., Bayfie 1944-5-6 • 1r .. • TOWNSHIP. OF STEPHEN 5; Taxes eats ..,•. Toni` $12.13 $2.30 '$:14.0 5.22 2425 , 7,47l 10;60 2,.2.5 ^ 12:$5 ,• 6.32 . 2.25 , 8,57 1.932.26 2.26 4,1$ 1Q 10.'' 2.25 12.35 Catherine; Romprie- ''t. Lot 11, Con. 15 1944-5-6 "a'2:'50'" Thos. Baynham—Pt. Lot 10, Com 17 1944-5 11.56 Eloise Noecker—Lots 316-7, Plan 24 1944-5-6 125.25 TOWNSHIP OF TURNBERRY Fred Hallenbeck—Lots 4-5, D.S F. D. Kyte—S. pt. Lots 1-2-3-4, Centre; Lots 5-8.9-60, 1944-5,6 Con. A... 1944-5-6 TOWNSHIP OF WEST WAWANQSH' A. Nicholson -N. pt. E. y' Lot 13, Con: 1.0 1944-5-6 16.26 2.40 18.66 2.30 5,X2• 4.75 • 13.86- 130.37 . 16.95 - 2.42 - 19.3 ,7 230.94 7.76 238.70 VILLAGE OF BLYTH Ed. Cartwright`"`lst„ti s 21-2-5, Kellys Survey 1944-5-6 Paul Watson --Lots 3324-5, Coombs Survey 19,44-5-6 Chas. Burling Estate—Lot 65, McDonald Survey 1944-5-6 All of the above lots are patented. Published in The Ontario Gazette••• August 2, that long life that was now so near • its close, she retained her force of judgment and her power of seeing things in their true relation, Rosalind spoke to•her: spoke to her not in her capacity as the sovereign of a great people, but of that even more sacred, more universal thing, which every wo- man verging upon .seventy has once been hersel;ff Ora sudden the raddled old cheeks were wet. Men, too, were spellbound. Cecil, •Raleigh, Pembroke, Southampton and many others alnfest equally famous were.gazing upon that scene. These -were first-rate niinda,.and iii all ages. in all eoentries, the eternal )verities address them in the same way. Six Fopling knew that the Queen wee' weeping, and was amazed that she should: not have more regard for the havoc of bee cheeks: Cecil knew why site was weeping and held Ater 'so • much more a Queen. (Continued Next Week) - 9. 29.90 2.75 32.65 24.90 ° 2'.52 ,27.52 30.05 2.75 82.80 1947 (one insertion). • FANAL SERVKE OCD•DISABLED OR DEAD CATTLE • HORSES • HOGS • SHEEP • CALVES Promptly and Efficiently Removed Simply .Phone Collect MITCHELL - 219 STRATFORD 215 INGERSOLL 21 WE DO THE REST! a. CHAPTER XXXII • By two o'clock that afternoon all was in readriness for the performance of the new comedy before Glorian'a arid. her„Court. A -pavilion had been raised in the middle of :one of the great lawns, in order that the spec- tators might be shielded from the sun- shine which beat .fiercely from e. cloudless July heaven. At the edge of the lawn was a thicket of fine trees. and heather, .a. veritable Forest of Arden ih miniature, From the depths of this. glade emerged the performers in this • woodland pastoral., It was a great ordeal for Anne. On. •an occasion of far less importance she might have been overcome by fear. ' lout now she was strung up al- most to the breaking point. • So grave was her pass and so much was at stake that a supreme call was made upon her will. And she ,responded nobly. No human, being could have exercised a, greater power of mind or •brought' a finer resolution to bear up- on her task. The success of the play was never in doubt. To begin with it was one HANDS AT WORK .. LEARNING .REFRIGERATION- ONTARIO'S productive capacity is the "meatlure of her future prosperity. To assure this province -a prominent place in domestic and foreign trade markets, skilled hands are needed. Increased production of refrigeration units will mean a greater need for skilled' -servicing. 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