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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1926-03-25, Page 6Mi SDI • THE GOD CII STAR !hoar his daughter's low - spoken W .d i prJte4- 11� -011, r mean ter lire tonnes speaker scowled at Roulette. "You dolls mike nae sick, grabbing at every nickel yeu see. Beat it, now! There's plenty of young suckers for you to trim. If you can't respect an old man with gray hair, why—" CRAPTER XIII. (Continual) frozen and that the north wind bore The_rest elf his remark caused the White Horse, at this time, ' ed av a burden of fine, hard par- girl's eyes to widen and the chat- tieles. Keeping well out of." eight, tering voices to fall silent. peaarwiy a mllties ffor ramp, teslas it she stumbled ko.sinotb r sake* door, Sam Kirby turned, the dice -box had in f9acilftiea gambling. The, and then: attars shivering wrete:hedly Pci*ed in his right hand. smi aseits themsehes were little meg outside for °a while, she stole in and "Eh? What's that?" he queried, Hum hart li tern liquor ,caches which es seeps t p behind the stove. vairtwly. reaps opened: art ght for the purpose of She was very miserable indeed by "las -talking to this pink -faced reaping '.profitd. therefore such thus "Iles of nee a� "in nn were ,low f t between f time, stud as the evening wore troll -digger-,•." for the m par ween profes. slowly on her misery increased. AP "Fatb*r'.".,?Roulette, exclaimed. snit ter a while her' father began steak- "I'm just telling her—" $lanai ga hroug .+ho happened to lx .ing dice with some strangers and '� fellow repeated his remark. paststeg through and who chose to the size of their wagers drew an wlteaerpon understanding same to amuse them:olio in that way, audience of interecteid bystanders, Kirby and his expression slowly el - After perhaps a hour,' during Roulette realized that she should tered. Surprise, incredulity, gave aadcly a gone, Sdm Kirby brood had, come not have exposed herself anew to the Piece to. rage ; his eyes began to snail Sam broke away cold for now`her sensations had be- blaze. from the group with which V had come vaguely alarming. She, could "You meld that to—her?" he gasped been drinking and inside f the not even begin to get warm, except in amazefitent. , "To my kid'?" There poise As he• gassed Roulette he now and then when a burning fever was a moment of tense silence (liar- ing to' say ' replaced her chill ; she felt week and ing which- the speaker appeared to "`ra; going ti drift around a hit, pbe numbed by kid, and see if I can't stir un sa little her achingl inside ; he temples s plinger; e e were, like icicles toed!' Sam Plate ethe sdice-box�care '�� Eventually-- she had lost all track of fully upon the bar. His movement ''1lfhere are ' r;a; t•a put up time—her condition 'became fntoler- was deliberates but he kept his flaut ler o oleins'"" his daughter its- able and she decided as risk her Ing gaze fixed upon the object of Whorls displeasure by interruptinghis wrath, and into his lean, ashen ""i do• n't anew yet ;it's early, Want him 'and demanding that he secure countenance .came such demoniac 3o st n-,ja?" for both, of then: a. lodging -place at fury as to appal those who saw it. "Tfl uta shook her head. Roulette uttered a faint moan and "III find a place somewhere. New once,oro were several banknotes 'of slung herself at her father; with "It area stick here where it's nice and large Tdhere ion on the plank bar- strength born of terror she clung vr'WIt. 111 I* back 'by and by." to his right wrist. In this she was Wath sinking heart the girl top en- Sam Kirby was watching a uccesaful, despite old rums effort " eratehed him go. After a moment rat of dice when his daughter ap- to shako her off, but .she could not she rose and:followed him out into preached ; therefore he did not see imprison -both his arms. Kir theby night. She was surprised to die- her. Nor did he turn his head when, stepped forward, oho laid a band 'upon his arm... ! dragging the girl' rover that the thud under foot hed• with hire lee•raised that wicked ar- .inen women, especially . pretty, afloat left hand and brought' it e..--e.� �• r women, were common enough sights,' sweeping downward, and for a see - Floor Alaskan drinks 1 90 p RED P�PENHEAT ENDS RHEUMATISM ` Peeper Rub takes the "ouch" from sore, stiff. netting joints, It can- riot hurt sou, and it certainly stops that ,old rheumatism torture at once, When yeti are suffering so you can hardly get' around, just try Red Pepper Rub end you will hale the quickest relief known. Nothing has such con» r epenetratingli c t dat red n atas tc p- st soon s you apply u as s a xt l'epperJRub you will feel the tingling Beat. 1'a three minutes it warms the tore spot through and through. Pain acid soreness are gone. - Ask any good druggist for a jar of Bowies. Red Pepper Rub. Be sure to got the genuine, with the:tame Rowles ea orb Nowt as Nerves Were So 8d* Mr. Tbsatas Cox, X X. No. 1;e - Godfr'er, Oat., writes:-- "I was as bed - with toy heart and nerves 1 'multi h4u to get up set of bed daring the eight, sad walk the floor, as I would tithe puck bed ueaotheriug spells, with ars heart, 1 would thidr that sseietieule Z '> would die before 1 got erg them. Atter taking two boxes of Mllburn's Heart sed Nerve Pills I got better and ase sow as well Mei as keerty u ever 1 was, °'Now,1 would reeommead Milburn'* Heart eat Nene Plias to s11 who are bothered in any way with their heart or items, as I cannot say too muck in their *abate" Milbuen's Heart and Neave nine here been on the muarket for the pest 32 yeas; sea that you get them when you"nid for' them. Put up only by The Te M burn Coy Lb (ttted, Toronto, OM, was was not a little out of patience: With betty and still very /angry with the world was happy, "� asassal. while he nursed a broken heart. Well, thet wee ;.. I e.el vita the scheme of things -Mf. wee a mad, topsy- turvy affair at best, and there was nothing stable about any part of it. Be felt very grits, very desperate, very mrch ,abused and very much outside of alt this merriment. Men were playing cards at the rear of the saloon, and among the number was Sam Kirby. The old gambler showed no signs of hie try- ing experience of 'the afternoon; in fact, it appeared to have bean ban. isbed utterly from his mind. He was drinking, sad even while 'Pierce looked on he rapped sharply with his iron hand to call the bartender's — - attention, Meanwhile he scanned 'row. Of tide more will;"be safe in intently the faces of all new -comers. F an article on ZZAJ. This is jazz When the crowd had surged back spelled baekward, for the, music it to the organ Pierce found a place" endeavors to represent would Tre- at the bar and called for a drink of quently sound as. good, or bad,, one whiskey ---the first he had ever or.` as the ashes. dered. This was the end he told Some are afraid that g• ood music himself. et. !is "'over their heady"' They. need He poured the glass nearly ful1,1 net be. Of course many master-. then he gulped the liquor down. le works - are long and conmplkatede as naso THURSDAY, MARCHF25th. 13 $ acid 4ecuece14 • ' M4741 414,tal tasted much as it smelled, heuee he' just y poetical works. are off derived little enjoyment from the' the time nature, and fequire re- experience. As he stripped a 'bill' reated and careful reading and from hie sizable roll .of bank -nates. thinking to graepetheir significance.. the bartender eyed him curiously? But there are many shorter gems, and seemed upon the point of speak- that any music -lover, trained (sr un- ing, but Pierce turned his shoulder.! trained, can understand. . Engaged thus, he heard a voice! Anyone can tell without . a scrap. close to his ear; it said : of musical knewledge that "Suanee "Hello, man!" River' is much finer music than. "It Pierce 'turned to discover that a, Ain't Gonna Rain No More."` Thhw girl was leaning with elbows upon latter is not even grammatical in the plank cdunter at .his side • and its test, and there is no MUSIC to ik looking at hint. Her cbin was' sup- —at least no° original melody., parted upon her clasped fingers; she Play over on the piano • the tingle, was staring into his face. notes, of "Suanee River" and notice She eyed him silently for a mo- . the wistful appeal even in the' un- uient, during: which he returned her accompanied melody. Then try unsmiling gaze. She dropped her over the "Aint Gonna Rein'" piece; eyes to the whisky -glass, then raised It 'sounds idiotic by1 compdarieen. r then- ca a Gehrig a step further, let tom re r in ng p'til I and time that daythe steel :s aft met Mein who had affronted her; rage Again to his,• _prit esence ces pa bad stranget . ceaeioned • neither' flesh and bone, His victim spun . at the insult glowed within his dis-,"'Can hon takeea drink' gike'•thatea'Suanees River" with something ] ke. Comment nor curfoaity. More than Upon 'his heles,. then, with outflung ordered "'brain, and he determined, and not feel it'.>' she inquired. Mendelspohn's "0 Beat in the Lord,"' arms and an expression of shocked before he. had gone very far t once urs the last h ur r two me d ,ng It o o n amazement still upon his facq, he first (lily, was to right that had s ak n to her with ea f turn ie when she had turned her back. 'It Kirby strode to him , before other where around, or, if not, he hands. could conte to Roulette's as- sogn make lria appearance - was quite natural, therefore, Haat the i Matzoth and hear him out :of 'reach di aided to postpone. his erran fellow wfth shoot Kirby': ryas gain` he twice buried Inc heavy hobnailed t: lough tt look through • to bling asttention interpret her peffort n.to) boot ill the prostrate figure. Ha pre- drinking -places and to -aettl 1w cls m attent o asantto n i n attempts I tis terrumt the ams and that he should stinted a terrible exhibition of ani- score.. 1 g mlar•ead the meaning p e easy a crashed backward to the floor. Probably, the miscreant was ashy, but they had taken no often 'him hat his "No.' I want to: feel it; that's'wh, Handel'a "Comfort Ye'. ar "I Kator{r some- « hat s the Idea . playing either of these three care - would, "Idea? Well, it's my own . idea—' fully the hearer will have to pdntit Sam = my own business." that' he does not see quite• so . auucli d long _ . (T,o, be continued) 'beauty in "Suanee River" after. all o tete wrong: I take it," he sa{d, gruffly. . That My Redeemer t iveth."' Alter h —if he is honest, and .does' not. let e. the the power of association and sonti- Tb Cl b me rule his is` - nt s de I n c 0. Te r S � hoe o of het; ' anal ferocity, for he whys growling No one, on seeini, hint thus, would ductaons of Mendelsohn and Handel ibg look.. There being' considerable oaths.deep in his throat and in his have suspected that he was drunk ; money at stake, he frowned down eyes was the light of murder. He fought,for o liberty hex with th whichto at her, then with. an impatient Res -y tura he brushed her aside. finish his task, and those ,who 're- "None of that, sister!" he warned :trained him found that somehow her, "You get. out of here," , he had managed to draw an ivory - handled Kirby was in the midst of a handled six-shooter from some place by H. C.'}- AMILTQN rank as high as anything in tine' he; walked straight, his tongue was Organist North St. United Church realm of pure musical beauty in an i cl'a his-'exceedingly:simple ,ted'ent` and he was master of form m Ii;a , t P e ndel s `melodic physical powers td a deceptive de - the THE STANDARD s especially are very. old, and gree ; o ly in his abnormally alert the comfort, the hope, the divine as- greeIn nearly all communities the surance, seem to be breathed in their and feverish eyes was there a sign standard. oe tnt:sic, both what is per- . ,veryoutline. that his brain was completely. crazed:formed and how it is performed, tl nee These things are real Roulette stilted for a long while, music, and performers ought.,to feel and , tgptdily her condition grew Is much too low.. ]People be3co or it a. duty on: themselves to fit them accustomed to listening : to poor selves' to render'such beautiful and afrequently lost herself in acame ssort types of pieces ,and also a°poor things creditably, and acquaint the of painful doze. 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Kirb m tt d h I When the fallen roan had been lifted to his feet and hurried .out of the saloon olti Siam tried his best to ,follow, but hid captors hold him fast.. 'away on nig htnmare ,,journeys, return- diacxlminatfns enough, • and Second- They pleaded with; him, they as$tapd, .ing onlx .. ltrhen : the pains be rete date players and singes•;, take refuge they pacified him` as well as' they 'keener- ' fIer fever was high awe in this attitude of their auditors, to could.. It Was a long time, however, she' was'T,auseated, listless; her chest the extent of passing up some -pretty before they dared trest the alone ached.' and her breathing troubled poor stunt, "'The people don't~ know with Roulette, and even theta they hex when she 'was conscious enough the difference." They frequently turned wetchfei eyes. in .his direction, to think; Her surround{nes becamee people do hot, '`I didn't want anything to hap -unreal too, ,the faces that appeared • or if 'they do,othey do not wish, to a eon." The girl spoke listlessly.' and disappeared befogs her were the sapear' critical, so they say it bras p- . Kirby began to: ftreij le again, but faces. of dfifie�ttiit figures. "vera line," anyway. But it was. not she interrupted him, "It Waehtt the ilnminditfl of his'daughter'auneed, very •fine -far from it, and sensible. mans fault, it' was a perfectly oat- _ heedless of the passage of. time; Spin, grown Hien and women ought to be ural mistake on his part, and Iva Kir1y ;1'oitared about.the•-salons and honest and say so. •Only when the legrraed to expect sae: things. le— :waited patiently for the coming of hearers demand better selections I'm sielt, dad. You must find a place fa. certain roan, After `a flans ho and better zenditiona; will the 'stand ifor me, quick." _r fought some chips and sat fn a poker and be raised, second-rate perform- Sun, agreed readily enough: The game, but he paid less attention to Cry will. "play, to the•gallery"—sate{ biting cold of 'the wind. met them. at . the spots on hiu cards than to the bit 14stunts" 'sometimes instead of the door. Romtletta a summonimig .door through which• men came and pure music. These' "stunts", some- what strength ' 4he could.- trudged., went These Satter he eyed with the ;timer take the form of exceptional along at his ,side. ,t utd not take unblinkin ,`"itfeme of At serpent. - high notes. held abnormally long, ex - them long to eauvase the town and _ Pierce erhillips' life wa$, ruined, gggerated.•,or ' distorted time, etc, to discover that there were no lodg- He was 'sure of: lee Precisely -What They hardily deserve the name of Ings to be had. Roulette , halted i onstitt,ted a.° ruined . life, just , owr �`sititata'�; .ger , a "stunt" squires •a finally, explaining through teethsthat much' ouch a'�oite' differed from a certain amount of smartness—of chatteted : suecesafuta life, he had `only the 'some sort while thea aforesaid "I—arm frozen! Take rife' 'back vaguest idea, but his own ,at the ma- things are after all nothing but van - where there's a stove --'back to the ment, was tut Eooless, spoiled. Dire •{ty and a levo of self -praise. �hc saloon ---anywhere. 0nly do it quick--consequenees were bound ,to follow greatest art -is 'to conceal ort-' -as has . ;- such a ;.tragedy as. this, so he told been -welt said, The true artist never "Pxhaw! It fent cold,"" Kirby pro• himself, and he looked forward with obtrudes his purrose—he gives him- tested, mildly. ' . .e • 4 gloomy satisfaction to their realize self to a sincere. and loving interpre- The nature of taps remark •showed tion; whatever they,.should prove to taticn of the beauty contained in the more plainly than anything he had be, however: terrible the fate • that selection he is rendering, and lets said or done during the everting that was to. overtake him, the blame, the f that beauty have. as free and ,unfet- the speaker was not himself. It sig- responsibility therefore, lay entirely 1 tered channels of utterance as pee - 1 such a dreadful change in him, upon the heartless woman who had siblo. •, it marked so surely tine extent of Itis worked the evil, and he' earnestly People„ often demand "thiega they nmetanlrrphoais, that Roulette's years hoped they would be brorght Dome know" --slid claim to be satisfied if came. to her, some well known tune is played or ' "Looks like we'd havb to make the ' Yes, the Countess Courtesu was sung. It is not muhical beauty they best of it and stay. awake till .morn- heartless, but also that when he had are :appreciating here—At. least—not ing,”the father went on,; dully. O managed to reconcile himself to that primarily. It is association anal sen "No," no! I'm too sick," the girl wrong .she had lacked the . courage timent meetly. There are many sobbed, "and too sold. • Leave me to meet him half -way. There were things as beautiful, and more so oft - where I ,can keep warm then go but hwo explanations of her action ; en, only they do not know then, er Awl the Countess antd--ask her to either she was weak and cowardly have heard them so miserably reed - put me up, or else she did not love him. ether ered that no ,beauty has been dis- Returning to their etartingehhint, afforded much consolation. ce noble. as -Kirby saw to his: fuer ter'! comfort 'Some women, it seemed, to him, n9'. A good piece of music is deaerv- de best he could, tlftcr which he wan- bad in themselves, were born to work ing of being well performed, end j doted out in the eight once more, evil, and evidently Hilda was' one being well listened to. Not onfy Hls intenione fivers gbod, bub he of them, She had done her task once or twice, but several times. I'br well in this instanee, fol- •she had the better i piece df music the more thoroughly blasted . his life! •- He it will "grow" on one. Good music would pretend to -forget, but never- is 'something' like character,. A- fine theless he would see to it that she character impresse:n one more all the was undeceived, and that the injury time, while a person of poor chaeract- she had done hiin remained an eves'- er will make the best showing he present reproach • to °tier. That romans at an introduction—after world be his revenge. /teal for- that he gradually faits in our esti-i getfulness, of course, was cut of the motion. question. How -could he assume It is a difficult thing to gauge a such an attitude? As he pondered Piece of music as to its worth, the the question he remembered that,1 eame way as• we would a yard of there were artificial aids to oblivion:- eloth, and yet there Is a certain sinm-i Ruined men fttvariably took to ilarity between music well put to -'1 drink, Why shouldn't he, attempt to gether and good workmanship in any drown lits aorrown? After all, ; ether line.. For one thing good might the's'e not be real and actual workmonaip ie honest and wears relief in ligror! After consideration well. So does good musk. Many he decided to try it. thins smitten a hutmdred years ago •hots.- a tern t •saloon -nem- by :tense er Wie rre.. Mot ale frail: end. "np .to the sounds of singing and of laugh- the PRInute - it emditably perform - ter, and thither he turned his steps. td-- as if written y+nsterdog. What When he mitered the place a lively are called the 'bid tunes" by which acme greeted him. Somehow er 1 mnay included the old hymns: other a moan we organ had piainfatioa melodies, darker songs, been marred, siert at this a bearded etc., *re not nearly so cid as the mss" fellow in a mackinaw coat was seat-. terpiert7sei of Handel, leach, Mozart, ed. He was alatrtng a merited ae-' Haydn, Beethoven, or even Mendel. rompanismaent #em• two women. Waters - gecko, They seem oii • bepsuse so evidently, who cause with the .epee many hare known them ever since standee ,ef pri[eeolonal "coca t *7 "'aid rentenahsr, Many of altoseters.• Oilier women were pts- OWN poloist beauty of a quite ,high eat, anal PhHlips racogniae i them or' , bat not 'such la fine, delieate, as members et •that theatrical troo7re clashes sort of beauty as that of stens • he had men at + Sheep tltma><*--eta 77v,a "p• alwhor songs of today tare- . "actroease" to whom Tom Lin- . • = tort had referred with Bask easier- ' comtala any real mwkat baataty. ate se resort. ?key are not rich in either ea ig e�t- Pbil Ips looked oat niteedlly; he ty Qr "wearing" Nasillti*a. 'they astir► - Crowned,, his Hp rutted. All the ''holly herr today anal gone smear. sleep,' «however,. for her eyes were''sometimes encore. because it is customary, and accept what is` given open sand staring ; her wits wandered as a matter of course. They are not Ihtikes, 111.40 t'ritats Skin wt. stiilriaar its by imagic �G.W"t` neglect any. skin trouble, however slight and nesuspit ictus ! Unless attended to right away. that rough patch or perstetent natation, may reedy des elm: into eczema or other meiotic elraease that rnav be' dillicult to eradicate. Veer sttfr•t and most curtain remedy is Lam•iiuk. This ktgily,i*trseWtec herbal balm quickly soothes ;rain and mita,. reepeseopegerminfectton,allays inl[A sweat+eat toed snob makes Mss ski* .- , and heahb>•. 7:am•13uk owes its superior remedied rirtdb to its herbal origin and its penetrative power. It searches out the hidden'roots of disease. Zam.Buk is safer too. because of its freedom from the rancid fats and coarse drugs found to snare ointments. Benin with Zam Bek to -dor tad make tear skin clear and healthy rent itek Medic,nal Soap is a`plen- did *id to the treatment. A U OrsarrOft0,44/ Mew* wit iso .11,01* atw..alra 41640 a>r w .abs s tragi ball ;til 1{t -.. '. * ` t public • with the betterclass of music. As soon as people generally get to know the difference between poor music and good, in: the same measure will they Mice. it. 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