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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1928-05-17, Page 6rACIr $IL The Ora us tia ge Pekoe is extra good w'tRii. bright, ,Gf>(ll7xir ttJ7t' en • aoned y GORGE MARSH e SYNOPSIS CRRAFT1:.I1 Le -Garth G uthr;e. Ca - i • n ?rt_.•dsrnn tune %et..ran, having to live Si the open on account of wealtened Inu;i% le factor Of a Hudeon's Bey pent at ESk an. Ile carne back iron,. the .conflict with a permanently reaerred fate, which lie realizes cost galea the love of his fiancee, Edith it'alconer. Sir Charles c uthele, his 1► ether, Is a millionaire aver profi- teer. 'CRAFTER I 'xi.-� lt'Itlr Etienne Say.. atwzir, . Lalfbreed, his firm Friend, N trlettlt rta�r vereat•wre r See ?AKA • • r aNdaADIT takt4I �o. 250.'eta 30r. 4 'box. WIG salc rc;^me,dy Tor CONSTI PATIO N -kik; Qopt:Rieli STAR e^.ij het :• ere i'1'ten %heel f..ai-t°t { =1 e {i.4:,l eeeti; re e p.,ij 1.3 Both Pier Children /came e►2 ovil tele ttinete the It] lane heed, Both Children deem, 4'3P2cra'rtg hint Sala 1 Nide, leer u a.N,a t• the viva ^.::'La seer:; el tee rcalieee Q 3i4;!'A' t+,it ,_nae zL4 jus tsieat 1'al•es in si''en-c then teo fay eereioa of the agate:. < i tie ranee r ,i] .�;a , tt ate liFime .?. `:�avl h ii �° }i4' 4 t etl, °itb£i �^i f uitt el lop i y e. `ie winter t tie. eee 0_.7, iv'tsS�LL'iii�l: 4'ibie}3 iii?O.iJ7 1,EeliviC I ualtc:tl• ziL;cl cz #lett., the wbit:ene? ire 1i }trat;t ori , ltl ;iAtil ere? rer,3 lura • alatt'orima geese tr a %vinit the s£eai of te" winter ea the ielsanEl. Ito'r• got flat nets vihsela .tiri;ricl n„i be la"E ,1'tiVi 07:three eons neve, Qw1 bemotes (leavital the tee, flatiron: and Etaeils^ `'•t, Treaty t=hcef of time f,haus, re Na, in e'en- El of tier. ^rpt n4go, tl?hEl 'ita� man, 13t]^.�Clr7, to. , to e. "How nmerie of heir t eilii. Are'hill- t Ills,:y;' ' 14 tICAN1.; c;imclic tfarorisb tering on then land . asked Garth we teeth, the, hair bvecd grtrnte<I hid The half -bocci closed ria. email dieepprotal, 4'lie winter on de Lit eyes, his face contracted into a ext"ante eekwaIt—,00 till ado #r[^iz]'ssl: coun- Worls of lines ria he eounte.l the lam-, , twee. IFet �teo1 tak Ic taro tan to' fiord Thee which heel, tbrough the euem-e- vieeeleat , crowed the ettait to hunt on the 1. ""pia, I l;r,ow it Will be difficult Hca • reat lamed, instc:acl tit taking the , get hire ecaroas . the strait before the river trill for the f ,est seal• 1nusli. ice; but wo'1n put him over come- ' of the Tlkwan headwaters j;]oer:' "tYs. got twelve-fifteenhunted ""iYa; •get froran ten %yid our tend' ' there Att !stet t d Ia p lazt u3rrrvzcr t * t aS4a a��q an Ea is • ," pro ee;eei the hard:lead/ tae t more den ai, ed bushman. "That ireaue a lot of for pelts if . "Well take a birch cacao° and leave the mice anti rabbits areIentiful p , it—ar c the tittle it toboggan te.. n . t oco ,o Viand the Iitt.xp came through the out with—the Bogs eau follow `thQ. — tauiriiiner. -� ., ..-�.._.._ _ __. _. _.. _.. _ . P--�,4...,> Wig, tP,.... _t}1' ad the cn.liva, 1 Etienne Scowled. '"'Wo not get etie Guthrie, *pelt of tet, he inuttered, "Dem Knowing the country, • L''tieune rola poop!' wove de bunter .beeg price." lined only teo well the difiieulty of 1 \It was trete. 'Gut oft from the iso- traveling between seasons:; breaking Iatad until the Tee se Garth meets Do for (barrier, geolo. gist, and his sister Joan. Their schooner has drifted ashore. Quar- ried temp/eine he has been robbed by u ma� n known as eLaughingMc- " Donald or to the Indians as ale. Donald Hal Hal".._ because of a near which gives -him u perpetual grin. IdeDonald is Garth's competitor for the fur trade, At Elkwan an Indian tgirl, Ninda, tuboreulosis victim, whore Garth hue befriended, is dy- ing: Quari1e>i hints that Ninda. ig Garth s mistress, -which is hotly re- ' sented, Joan, trained war nurse, 'cares for Ninda, but tho gh'1 dies. CHAPTER In.—Garth tells Joan part of the reasons for his presence at Ell:Ivan. Fi'e tales the Quaxrriers to Albany, from whence they can oreecc.l b. Montreal. Charles Guth - ie . v rtes reproaching his brother eta: not* cal ntgg Lome. .Charles' wife eeee.hirt Ethel still loves'hinr. but e'er h in itis heart_ knows .better. secreecl face has separated them. CHAPTER IV.—Three of 11lcl)on• aids party visit Elkwan: seeking to herd, hard, as the . the young reef in the quiet reaches of peat was, while the Iit1 i u era cocoo c :tie rr ter until coulee led to abandon reach tho schooner wintering'at Seal the corm; then the wait for the elos, Cove and get more for their fur, the ing of the stream and the snot-. For to 1 k w ut o indeed gloomy..But r�-Aaf ck� the - thin fee . the Elkwan Gartas h had no idea of ailowving these would b" a trap for tbo newer - dor stra gers to tome into his territory tom. To the trail -wise Etienne. it and eake the v 1 li aua .h fox trade of was s a foolish sh venture- tee the man Akim-iski away - from him without a whose only thought %vas the salvage Mrug le. While 'be remained in the of the fox trade. a necessity. empla of the company, be would -'"Trow you get teem- to de—islander give't best ,t e ethatbe shado loyalty I £ o It f thecis and i annal d etre t areopen, and , service, ...Itis pride was lzwoIv well tnke him in the York boa. p'We ed;. nudes he searehed for a :solution R.an wait for the wind. toot if there of the ' across."' problem which. the presence -isn't ton nnueh lIow ice; we'll get hint: of this schooner presented, the desire to beat \this free•trader in his. bold ry or t e price e. t f h vicess ss Silver unci black fox of .l Akinuaki obsessed, leis :thoughts. i } From r iham . at Atcawapisket and Bouch r at I+ apiskan, he antici- pated little aid or comfort. The fora mer Was an ,ivaetive, oldish: mun with a large up.rfver trade, and Boucher, according to , Cameron at Alttany, nl- rendy in n p is over the mor of the mnrlr£rt� taru ns aboardaboard1tila:Don::ld' s sclinn'r'. Se x e Garth had decided that he e•etiel egrawe his colleagues It has won.'>tnore people to Kellogg's Corn Flakes* than to any other ready -to -eat cereal. Flavor' and rnatchlesa. ferispnelsl Just because they. taste so good ' that's why more +tb n 11,000,0 .people demand eflo ' l,eac day. FLAKE '0" Keliaarg's were the frit sant original cute ilakesl .Tr waniter ilavarr and srispnaasbata bush blrtn capipol Serve for lunch or diluter r' as -- ..sis.:hreahlest.. Fine for*** IRld,ites` •.venins-tasal,...Neve7r touatb. thick -'bttt extra . crisp. • Baby to digest. Order at hotel*, reetatreants, safeter as. • On : dhdn '!cars. Sall tie�r all grocers. ?dad* ler xenon 111.4014014k Oat.' 0.v 'Etiemee knocked out his pipe. iiis bright eyes snapped an he looked at Guthrie. "Reef you say so, I go. ,, But we r two a , a a t fool, u dn "But we've got to give these peo. pie a fi ht for that furit's Worth. thousands to us."' "All right, bass,. •:we fig"' ht."' 13ut when the eteran • voyager told his wife of the mad' purpose of Guthrie, her dark face grayed .with fear at the thoughtofthe Novembar jour- ney over the thin ice of the Elkwan, - For n week, 'with jiffs two Maes hustles, Castor and Pollux, and Sho following opposite -banks of the el to avoid fighting, Garth and Eden poled and paddled and tracked p st blackeuruce and,popla> era shores from the latter .of which he frosthad stripped the leaves. 'At the mouth of •the Little El v the winter suddenly shut down. oek- Marg lakes and• deadwaters *1 . ia, shelltoo thick `for their bat erins poles to break a channel thea h for their canoe, and the men insearch of Saul Souei -were prisoners. Some- where. up the little .Elkwan pan the �It Subject to CRISP and RRONCRITIR UG -3 3i. Parrett, inciter, One, ;O ter:tee = ie. irr,1 to theaa the eemiee Of whets as tcgr uay cIiilirt:a wire. ;ar ; s ibas w brcu Titter. f 4.gy bafi:• w e e,.+aiaadwite bronchitis x bee to kala cur la ft eittlegr©eltioa nil night leg. or no weal hero "The ether ehitti bad breusbitis steel ti csoap eeetiuuclly nz til Ii teal aht ut ' eaeflY". NAY Teta, Dr. Wood's Norway fne Syrup stirtea with a bottle semi et the n4 apml tome they thawed of their old we* x v 't a and Iarwaai a e : # the. it relieved thenar both, and neither of them _AWN been troubled t?iree." R Pried She. a bottle, i*rgp ftrnxil r &zs pc.; put up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Qat. trap:lrnes af'the lean;-tharea. -wife* tlte'v=had _slaved for days 'th ice. i crusted poles and, paddles. • 4 frees:• ing bands, while , their ho breaths rote in ealutiins an the Ice- air; but until, a fait of snow, er s me bitter "nights to bridge the river trail, they. . could not move. Um ver, ° there were live hungry ntouth• to ,fend, sa then hunted back in tit muskeg for eeeerearlbou. At last, when revere. frost teed sealed the slower flowing res... 'thee. of the river with three-inch ice, they hitebed the Lh�utt. nes. and start- ed. Shot,'who the 1 1ntar nrevinus learned to draw arth's trapping sled. refaaine to teal with the larg- er dogs, ran loose. • The second day ut,they learned dont an Indian t at • Salmi's main Aan,p was two al eps up the river. nd thanks to t e . trained eyes of Etienne, the sle avoided the traps. of \shell lee over he swift water, and theaecond aught turned in tom watt ter tomo,. _e ....._ . Atethe challenge of his doge.Saul Souei,., Treaty /Chief of the l lkwan Crees,llean, ; guzzled, taciturn, with bony feature . aver •, whielt leather - like Skin lin d with wrinkles was tightly d pushed through the flap of hien pf. "Ilequayt' he said, showing, no surprise El \the strange appearance of the El wan neonle one hundred and fifty ides inland at a time .when .na sane ndiab s traveled the river. The 'throe s1ao k fends and, first feeding' and chaining the dogs to trope. a tend the smoky' tent where Saul's and two sons were eat ino ft' a temper eke.tle. - Not until h h guee s had been ecru 44, • A Nato claw Varnish ghat save# time and eliminates mass. A FLOOR varnish that drive within four hours! What a con. venience to enjoy- without muss or disruption to regular' household routine. Scotto new 34°4, l°xouir Floor Varnish is the very thing„for ]renewing the beauty of doors. 'woodwork and linoleum&, It. quick. drying feature cuts down labor, saves time and eliminates discomfort. Go to your 4carlac dealer and tee the smut and colorful Scarf line of paint% varnishes and enamels—to-day. it Varnishes E Paints ed - with caribou stew and tea did Staid question therm as:to the pure pose. of. their conning. Then he said in , neo which C vlih t c Etienne interpreted e to Garth: "You take a hard moon to travel up the- Elkwan, "tYo- couldeat' wait, sg started lir the canoe, replied Etienne ' in the same language. "Yoe dill not break- through the ice:" oN•p ne geese e liuva .passed;; it .wall. e long now until the big snow," ""T not voue sided txe hunter, lighting hi pipe: low are the game signs There are plenty of mink , but the .ynx arta fax h, ve `left the valley.' Etienneys. eyes brightened msxxk. "There fa much fax sign nisTcd. This' wan hearsay oath old, but the half -bre be. would' need every possible ment'.tor gain Souei's ear to position: • ' ;'My sone will bee glad. them are there." "Alae have route -to talk, about the island." . Solid's bony face clouded met the frowning look of his "'1'.'tuld you at tlae spring would not go." "But there is meals' ie% then." replied Etienne to t eolarlesutones as the other. ""News? What has, hints Then -the astute Savannp his knowledge of the Indian, meet, 'Slowiy, without emotion,. described the coming'• of M s since the k and ot- seem to A. t fire on, Aki. over a od knew' , argu- lns' open^ Three of to you ax he s: wife. : trade .1 vs since the same tsc"tfod ".'+ displayed tempera. tion, he s»onaW, e' `reetradere to the west' fit`, with a shipfell ofaeheap trade Gads, and inferior flour. tea' and sugar, a, was" sudden wealth he. was .after, and to get it he would bribe tho• bung +Ars, receive them with what looked like better prices in trade for, their fox skins. taut in a yreur—two years —he wopld be tbrou>rhwould 'not return, and they would conte to the company again, begging for • a 'debt" But the enmpany, who had taken tare of their fathers and, grandfathers thronrlt many lean year. would, remember rvlia had gone to the free-trader, There would be Ito ."advance'" for these in the yrara to Onto 'and their women And chil- dren -would ' whimper through the ; lime snows. ..ICS, Sou. n hit great cenSaultaur bycifilae commapany,eld coulSd save these hunters' from the cheap {guns and trade goods of 112eDanald, who eared nothing for the Crees. The•-corpanyrt•wboso-goodowere bon. .w. eSt as he" kYnetteewboso-sugar-was not sanded, whose powder never failed, And whose tea soothed the stomach 1 of the Crees, was as':aneient- as the hills, and as permanent. It would always remain on the bay to trade with the Indians with • goods that ` nelrer •changed, He; SaUI Soueir his fatherand his father's; father had teen the friend of the Iiudsan's Bay .•-had never filled it. Would he fail it now when be was needed to turn the young hunters at Akimiski from their folly? For a Tung time the sm:oke.1ilied ti was i en titvu ace Souci wrae grave with thought. Avoiding the aanxpau:, eey es of .hie.. wife. he sat erosealegued staring -In- to the small fere in the renter of the wigwam. With eyes red and throat raw from the smoke of the tipi tire, berth impatiently watched the old InAtan'o. stolid Estee. , The wife ode Saul, unable to sttffe. her fent. at length loosed upon hint' n torrent of reproach—only to be, uileneecl by a stern command. At last. the Indian. evidently* having Roma to a decision, turned to the mss. tateeeleee erste eve;+n,i _fnr Hie atn- . were ""My,trap•ilues .reach tar into the four winds. My fish and meat eaehe is heavy, There are many caribou in the muskeg; at Akintislci there etre none-�cnly rabbits and . wolves and foxes." Ignorant of the drift of Souei's re- ivarks, Carth watched Etienne's Stn- ' passive fare. Suddenly his heart oU�,rekcned, as..a faint gleam entered the slit•like erex of his friend. W'otlld old Souci come, after all`?" "It in true" continued the Indian, ,"nth© eomtaany is my friend. It was tho friend of nny .father. It its bet• ter that the young amen trade with it than with these people who tome and go If I go, how shall I live for''. 1 hat nt;,esehe at Akimiski't live. tehnll• 1 tsress time w St -0,m lee has. not set? � \ Etienne's Mark ince Wrinkled with ;►lelteure. So ei ' would go. "Tho et,mltanv will' make you its mete, if yea will go," he maid. "We will net you at retie the '� wn water in the. ' York ,boat aril hive you aupl'lics for the winter, and' your i�rn',—what tie`ermn, a le enewgun Gents' .Smart Wear WORTH 'HIDE . . HAND TAILORING Made in cur own shop OUR SPECIALTY Abe Special Orders to your Measure gene 1 CHAS. BLACK GODERICH 11 0 THE SQUARE. .-., Phone. 219 "WE LEAO" p 4 for you and your sons and * debt j HER "i'' A . (' N'E double the hunt your family bring. In." Etienne extended his hand to I at O'li'n; risk, use Mrs. Sybilla Spahra seal the bargain. 1 Tonsilitis, for Cough, Bronchitis, Whooping -cough, r "We n t oro a ! Catarrh, may o s the rt'ater be- � Croup, , fore the Christmas trade—then we Quinsy, Sore Throats and T'onail will lose the fur, for the trade will troubles. Bosults good or money go..to"theireamps: suggested Saul: back. ""we will cross you to the island at' once, if you- will return with us now." The wife pf Saul was already wail. ing in•protest-ofihis decision, but the Uwe of his sons betrayed no flip.(?R g "My sons and any' wife Wilt stay here,' said the Indian without a glance at those interested. "I will go down river with you, fur the win- ter will not wait." Etienne turned to- the smiltnl, Guthrie, "You see, he will go 'with us at once. Now, we will mak' de tronbl for: Motional Rai Rai to g'et all dose fax.skin." eared •he• repeated .Tsuch his conversation with Saul. (To be continued) RE-FLO R'WITH SEAMAN -KENT HARDWOOD FLOORING Thatr� F#,saits#sg •.,. Praise may be effective, but knock- ing doesn't Improve things. Look at , the weather, mom :that "well-furnish. "Cd" l a . Q k Wo amount of furniture,'` however carefully select, ed, can. of itself give a .u'NOLs`1NO NDN HI G Free- �i Civet! Estimates.�. Over 100 Mohair and Tapestry Sartiplea to choose front P. A. 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