HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1950-06-23, Page 9CHAPTER XII
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Sgt, •Michael O'Hara, of the
mounted, on the: trail of the
killer of Jean Gharian anti
Ninon 'Grouse, is In love with
Laure Gharian, widow of the
slain man, Whom he .suspects
of being guilty of both • mut.
dere. He is bringing her back
to face justice with the half
breed, Duval, whom she has
been sheltering in her cabin.
Laure has already saved
O'Hara from death at the
hands of Duval, when O'Hara's
death would have set her free.
O'Hara is puzzled by this.
While they are travelling to-
wards headquarters with a dog
team O'Hara slips and breaks
his arm on • a rocky ledge.
When he recovers conscious-
ness he sees Duval and Laure
speeding away on the sled,
abandoning him to his fate.
He relapses into unconscious-
ness again and wakes up in
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Gharlan'a cabin. Laure gharlan
nurses him with great tender.
nese. When .he wakes up next
morning Duval has gone, but
Laure Is still there. As (Mara
tells her he loves her, some of
his comrades are at the door,
ready to take her with them.
Something in her voice and her
touch seemed to weave a spell.
O'Hara had drained the cup of
tea, and now he sank back. A
subtle feeling of drowsiness crept
over him, and•his head sank back
on his pillows.
Laure came back to Gayle to
pour more hot tea for him. There
was relief in her face. "He's going
to sleep," she said in a low voice.
Gayle rose, taking the cup from
her hands. "I'll drink it by the
fire," he said, and moved to a
chair there.
A sudden gale had risen. It
shook the little cabin and beat
upon the door and windows, but
not even the noise of the wind
seemed to rouse O'Hara once he
had fallen asleep. Gayle drank
bis tea beside the fire with a new
sense of physical comfort. It was
good to be indoors on such a night.
The woman was clearing the table
and he watched her stealthily. Her
movements were slow but wonder-
fully graceful; there was harmony
in them like the facile lilt of mus-
ic. The firelight made glory of her
hair. He seemed to hear again
O'Hara's plea for her.
"Good Lord, it's a pity! Love
at first sight, of course, and she's
guilty!"
It was morning when O'Hara
opened his eyes. A sudden sense
of loss assailed him a deathly
chill. The fire was out! He start-
ed up, .gripping at the side of his
cot with his well hand. Thank
God, his head was clear! He rose
unsteadily to his feet, stretched
himself and straightened; he was
better. He walked stiffly to the
Proclamation
Under authority of By -Law No. 111, for
the Town of Seaforth, no dogs shall be
allowed to run at large in the Town of
Seaforth from June 1st to September 1,
1950. t
Any dogs so found running at large,
contrary to this By -Law, shall be liable
to be killed and the owner or harborer
prosecuted.
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specific form, and the complainant pre-
pared to appear as a witness in .any
charges made following their complaint.
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door and looked into the outer
room. C•ayle, still 'slept before a
black hearth. Beyond was a de-
serted room with only a span;: of
fire •sholving in the stove; there
was no sigon of a woman's pres-
once!
"Laure!"
Hex name rose involuntarily to
O'Hara''s lips. There was no reply.
He straightened himself again, fgr
the first time since his accident
he felt physically fit; except for
the broken arm he was well. He
glanced again at Gayle, and again
looked about the room, scarcely
able to believe that she had gone.
"Laurel" he called entreatingly.
Still no answer! A horrible sus-
picion tdre at his heart. Without a
thought of Gayle now he rushed to
the outside door of the 'little cab-
in and tore it open with his left
hand. In the snow outside he saw
the tracks of her webs, and knew.
Ile steadied himself and swept
the vast sheet of snow with his
eyes. 'He co,pld see far off the tops
of the blob green spruces, dwarf-
ed by the snow. There was no lies
ins thing in sight. He went out-
si le quickly. Gayle's dogs were in
the shelter and yelped for food as
he approached. She 'had gone
along and on foot.
Gone? And he was just awake!
She had drugged them both and
made her escape!
A sickening dismay seized him.
She had done this—like a guilty
thing! His feet slipped on the
ice; he caught at a frozen willow
and broke a .bit of it in his one
useful hand, He tore it to pieces
with his teeth as he went back
to the cabin, seized Gayle and
shook him. The place was freez-
ing and the constable awoke,
cursing.
"It's- cold as hell!" he growled.
"Get up," O'Hara ordered, "We
must have been drugged. She's
gone; been gone for hours, and
there's been a lignt snow since;
it'll be hard to trace her."
Gayle leaped up "There," I told
you," he snapped, "she's guilty!"
O'Hara did not answer that; he
was trying to drag on his furs with
one hand. Gayle aroused fully
now, came to this aid. As he did
so he saw O'Hara's face, and put
his hand on his shoulder.
"Oh, man, I'm sorry!" he said
with feeling.
O'Hara choked. Then he glanced
down. On the floor lay a woman's
handkerchief. He picked it up and
thrust it into his tbreat pocket.
"We've got to get her!" he said
grimly.
'Gayle tried to stop him. "Stay
here; I can do it. Why, man, she
can't go far on foot alone!"
"Duval will meet her," O'Hara's
face was hard. His eyes looked
like a dead man's, lusterless.
"I'm equal to Duval," replied
Gayle. "You're not really fit—"
O'Hara thrust him aside with
his left hand. "Do you think I'd
let anyone else — take her?" he
questioned bitterly.
Gayle nodded. He knew what
it meant; O'Hara was true blue.
He would keep his faith to the
service; he would bring her in
though •it killed him.
"I'll harness the dogs," said
Gayle.
O'Hara pointed at the web
F"She's started afoot, but
it's been four or five hours." He
hesitated, studying the frozen
waste. Dark snow clouds lowered
again in an Arctic sky. "I'll go
on. You follow my trickswith the
dogs. If she's met Duval we'll
need them; he's the fastest driver
in -'the North," he added, and his
voice thickened.
"Wait!" Gayle called to him,
running back. "I'll come—you're
not able, only having one arm;
there's the .halfbreed!"
O'Hara smiled grimly, drawing
his pistol with his left hand. "I
can shoot with either hand," he
said.. '
Gayle, harnessing the team,
shouted again to him, but he saw
the tall figure moving steadily
across the frozen barrens.
A light powder of snow had fall-
en since Laure left the cabin. Now
and then O'Hara lost all trace and
had to double back. But the wind
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Courage was ' ag}tt'Acent;
like #err beauty, :tier gentlenee
O'Hara set his' •teeth.; Rebind Wbe hheardGayle's dogs corning
horrid fear that Gayle would find
hey, that •Gayle would take lire
from Duval, obsessed 'him. •Sli
was guilty; her flight •proelaime
it, and, guilty, he, O'Hara, mus
take her, he and no •other man!
Gayle shouted to him, "Her
are sled runners!"
He looked back and shook hi
head, pointing' down. "The web
go this way!" he shouted back,
Gayle drove slowly, in a sem'
circle, trying to trace thee spo
where Laure might have m
Duval, but O'Hara went on. Th
barrens- seemed endless. He cam
to a clump of frozen willows, th
blue ice of the creek. He remem
bered suddenly 'that she had cross
ed it here the day when Grharian
died. It gave him a clue.
Before him rose a sharp emin
ence and a mass of spruce tops
a little forest. The wind hand
swept it bare of fresh snow and
on the slope he saw the marks of
her webs. Gayle shouted` to him
again but he heard nothing. A
biting wind cut his face, but stil
he climbed steadily. At the top
he could look down into the smal
forest. A thin plume of smoke
ascended!
Something tightened about his
heart. He forgot to signal to
Gayle, and plunged down into the
snow, following her prints through
the trees. At last the evergreens
parted. In a coulee he saw a
brown object and knew it for the
roof of a tiny cabin, some trap-
per's shelter. Strange that in all
his previous hunt for clues he had
not found it! He was right now;
her prints were fresh here. It
had •taeen her a long time, too, to
reach it in the drifts. The webs
led him straight to the door.
There were no fresh signs of
dogs .or a sled; it was unearthly
still. Only the thin curl of blue
smoke and the footprints to the
door! Her feet—going here—for
what purpose? She knew she
would be tracked? Was it the
baiting of a trap?
O'Hara drew himself up. Be
pressed his hand across his eyes,
a shudder ran through him. Be-
hind him he heard Gayle's dogs
give tongue to their howls. "For
the service!" he whispered, and
opened, the door.
There was a fire burning in the
stove, and the glow of red coals
fell on the figure of a man stretch-
ed on a bed of furs. He lay still,
a rigid profile. One glance told
O'Hara he was dead. Beside him,
kneeling, her back to the door,
was. Laure Gharian.
. O'Hara stood still. The fire
glow made a glory of her beauty.
Her hands were clasped; she was
praying. There was a long mom-
ent of silence in which he could
hear her breathe, then —. nearer
and nearer—Gayle's dogs yelped.
She lifted her head and their
eyes met. O'Hara could not speak.
She rose slowly to her feet and
stood, looking down at the dead
man's still face. Then she turned,
and her beautiful eyes were full of
tears.
"So you've come, m'sieur? Even
here?" Her hand went to her
heart, as if to still its beating.
"I'm glad you slept—I meant you
to sleep—until he was—beyond the
law!"
O'Haya took a step forward,
looking down • at the dead man.
"He did it!" he gasped, suddenly
knowing the truth.
"He was my brother," she said
simply. "We came together to the
grave of my little child. I never
went to the cabin at all then; 1
didn't mean to go there, for my
husband and I were utterly sep-
arated, But Paul saw Ninon Creuse
at the door. He had known her in
Quebec, when she was training in
the hospital, and he loved her! It
was that, m'sieur, not so much my
quarrel that he took up. It was
mad •pealousy because Ninon was
there and Gharian loved her, Paul
told this afterward."
"At the time I didn't know,
didn't realize it all until — too
late! He was furious,- tried to
make Ninon come with us. Ghar-
ian interfered, and my brother
told him to come outside like a
man and •fight it out.
"In the end it was •a duel. Ghar-
ian wounded Paul. Paul's shot
killed Gharian outright. The girl
sprang between them,' struggling to
disarm them, to keep them apart.
Unhappily it was a shot from my
brother's pistol that killed her—
and broke his heart! I was at the
little grave. when I heard the shots,
I ran to them and found Ninon dy-
ing, in her agon, she caught at
my coat and tore those two bits
away. Oh, I didn't hate her,
m'sieur; I pitied her. .I did all I
could. Paul was mortally wound-
ed, and in great anguish of mind.
I held him up. We • got to the
cileek and Duval earner we put
Paul on his sled and brought him
here to hide him. I took, his pis-
tol to the cabin on purpose, and
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A New
Absorbing Story
WHITE
ROCK
TRAIL
by
J. Allan Dunn
Starting next week
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Agricultural
Activities
(Continued from Page 2)
have been planted along the east
end of the school garden.
Home Projects
The three clubs—Girls' Garden
Club, Baby Beef Calf Club, the
Tractor Club—are quite popular.
Fortunately there are many stud-
ents who are in one or more of
the clubs, Other popular projects
are: (a) feeding and management
of chicks` to laying age; (b) re-
modelling the 'poultry house; (c)
seeding a plot for permanent pas-
ture; (d) improvement of home
grounds. It seems quite definite
that there will be a Swine Club lo-
cally this year.
Mr. Dobson and myself plan to
visit the homes of students to in-
spect the home projects. We have
received a considerable amount of
assistance in the project work
from Mr..' Gordon Bennett, .agricul-
tural representative, and from his
assistant, Mr. Fred Wilson.
Conservation and Reforestration
Someiof the students have se-
lected •.•mss;, project related to this
work .. ce have obtained trees di-
rect fr.. `'e -Department of Lands
and Forest,-`aFour hundred trees
have been obtained from that De-
partment this year and have been
planted at the edge of the school
garden.
School Trips
On Nov. 18, 1949, 41 students of
Grade' XI went to the Royal Winter
Fair. The transportation was look-
ed after by the Board and the of-
ficials of the Winter Fair provided
free passes of admission to the stu-
dents. This is an excellent oppor-
tunity
pportunity for Middle School students
to see outstanding agricultural ex-
hibits. On the day before Mr. Gou-
die's sale, the boys of Grade X
were taken to his farm. The trip
was most interesting and profit-
able for the boys.
The Annual Open Night
This was held on April 21 and
there was a large crowd, There
was a fashion show in the audi-
torium and boys were working in
the shop where different things
were exhibited. Displays of other
departments were in various class-
rooms. In the agriculture class-
room colored slides of students and
their projects were shown.
Achievement Day. — This was
held on Sept. 23. We are fortunate
in having an excellent High School
section at the Fall Fair and appre-
Creuse found it.
"For weeks I've stayed to tend
him secretly. The doctor who
dressed your arm has been here,
but he couldn't save .him. He
kept our secret because Paul was
dying; .I begged to have him die
in peace. 1 came to him just in
time last night. The doctor had
warned me that the end was near
M'siew•, I wouldn't betray him as
he'd suffered enough. I decided to
go with you to prison until the
end, rather than have the law
here! I loved my brother, for he
was all I had. He fought—as most
men would—and Gharian died. I
can tell you now, he can suffer no
more, he's—.beyond the law!"
As she finished, she turned
again, drew the furs up over the
dead face, sobbing.
O'Hara snatched at a chair back
and steadied himself, • the room
seemed to reel. "Laure," the whis-
pered, white lipped, "I came to-
eay_„ .
"To take me?" she smiled wan-
ly. "M'sieur, I wouldn't kill a
mouse."
She did not move or speak, and
hie heart sank, The door fell open
and the bitter wind drove in. He
lifted his head and looked at her
with anguished eyes. But her face
was calm and beautiful, and, as
he looked, her eyes softened.
"M'sieur," she whispered, "I
wouldn't have had you fail to do
your duty. For that I honor you!
For this, for your pity and your
gentleness to me, for this—"
,He held her hand tight. "For
this?" be cried; "for this, Laura?"
"For this I love you," she an-
swered a1nitlly, 'and laid her free
hand upott'lii�scheek.
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' rit END
Mate the co-operation of the ex-
ecutive and directors of the Sea -
forth Agricultural Society; 128 stu-
dents had one or more entries in
Shop, Home Economis, Agriculture
or Poultry.
Community Use Of School
All Club members in the county
met in the school auditorium on
Nov. 18 for distribution of awards.
Night classes were held in the
school on Tuesday evening of each
week for eight consecutive weeks,
beginning Jan. 24. These classes
'were well attended and were well
received by the public. The lec-
tures were given by local and out-
side men on various topics of spe-
cial interest to rural people. An
organization meeting for Junior
Farmers and the Junior Institute
was held in the school this spring.
Co-ordination Of Courses
The girls, under the leadership
of Mrs. Stevens, have canned vege-
tables that were grown in the
school garden. The boys supervis-
ed by Mr. Slattery, have made a
cold frame, made a fattening crate,
constructed and erected a sign in
the garden and have done a lot of
other work.
Use Of Visual Aids
The 35 mm. camera has been us-
ed extensively for project work.
The'projector that is used for the
2x2 slides and film strips` is also
most valuable. During the winter
months many films on agricultural
topics were shown to the students
on the sound projector.
In conclusion I would like to
thank the members of tlie Board
for their active interest in matters
relating to Agricultural Science
and Agriculture in the school. Mr.
Norman Davies, Secondary School
Inspector, has been most helpful
with constructive suggestions, Mr.
Plumsteel and Mr. Dobson have
done conajiderable work in connec-
tion with these courses. Mrs. Stev-
ens .and Mr. Slattery have tad at
one time or another a lot of extra
work because of things accomplish-
ed in their departments related
directly or indirectly to agricul-
ture. Mr. F. Scarlett has spent con-
siderable time on week -ends feed-
ing poultry, adjusting incubator,
etc., when I have been out of town.
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Each student does his share in developing the five -acre farm
adjoining the High Schools All students up to Grade 12 take
part in planting, hoeing and other chores. Four girls, with new-
ly -constructed sign, are Eileen McCartney, Pat Lane, Pat Doyle
and Ruth Boyd. Bending over furrows at right is Douglas Keys.
Salkeld Family Reunion
Held At Seaforth Lions Park
The Salkeld annual reunion was
held at the Lions Park, Seaforth,
on Saturday, with 66 members pre-
sent. Dinner was served at 1 p.m.,
after which an hour of sports was
enjoyed by old and young alike. A.
three-legged race was won by Mary
Andrew and Betty Mathieson; . a
relay race by Ann Todd and Mar-
garet Bouskill; a wheelbarrow race
by David and 'Geo. Hume; a time
race by David Hume, Margaret
Bouskill and Geo. Hume; a spot
race 153 Mrs. G. Bouskill and Mrs.
W. Wallis; a minute race by Mrs.
Jennie Wise and Mrs. Wm. bal-
ling; kick the 'slipper race by Mrs.
Jennie Wise, Mrs. M. Wallis and
Mrs, Geo. Salkeld.
The election of officers took
place, those for next year being:
Pres., Roy Rundle, Goderich; vice-
pres., Mrs. S. Rae, Stratford; sec:
treas., Mrs. F. Townsend, Clinton;
assistant, Miss E. Washington, Au-
burn. It was decided to pay $5 to
the Lions Club, Seaforth, for the
use of the park and a donation to
be paid the caretaker. A program
was then enjoyed, consisting of a
sing -song; solo by Ann Todd; some
history of the Salkeld Clan by Mrs.
M. Rowed; readings by Mrs. Geo.
Salkeld, David Hume and George
Hume; reading of "The Salkeld
Spectator" by Mrs. F. Townsend,
which tells of the doings of the
members of the clan for the past
year; speech by Mrs. Bouskill, of
Winnipeg, on flood conditions there
and who received a prize for the
one coming the • farthest for the
picnic. It was decided that Mrs.
M. Rowed be responsible for .The
Spectator for the corning year, and
that the picnic be held on the third
Saturday in June next year. Sup-
per was served at 5:30 and all re-
ported having had, a good day.
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Guests were present from Clinton,
Dungannon, Auburn, Stratford, God-
erich, St. Helen's, Lucknow and
Monkton.
The Voice Of
Temperance
These words spoken by John
Diefenbaker, M.P., should cause
our law makers to reflect: "There
is no section of Criminal Law more
evaded than that against drunken
driving. Of 1800 killed on Can-
ada's roads in 1949, about 30 per
cent died in accidents in which.
drunk drivers• were involved.
Drunken drivers kill five times as
many 'Canadians as are murdered.
Something must be done. Why not
chemical blood tests now? Wait-
ing another year means that 600
or more Canadians will be killed
because the law is not sufficently
stern." The Huron Temperance
Federation endorses 'Mr. Diefen-
baker's suggestion of chemical
blood tests for drivers suspected of
being under the influence of liquor.
—•(Adv.).
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The "cut -in" driver is headed for trouble ..,,,• ori
the road or iri the courts. The motorist who
swerves in and out of traffic lanes is o menarl,
to life and property.
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT 01' H I G H W .A " 5
GEO. H. DOLICETT, Minister
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