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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-10-22, Page 2’MUR-SDAY.,' OCTOBER $5, mi s THEEXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Its a The Silver Hawk” BY WILLIAM BYRON MOWERY SYNOPSIS James Dorn, aerial map maker, as-, signed to a territory in the north- ' mm Canadian Rockies lives alone in his camp on Titan Island. Kansas Eby, his friend for the past six years was stationed at Eagle Nest, two hundred miles ■east, Kansas came over one night to a dance that the Indians ■were having on the station platform, When the midnight train pulled in he seen a girl come out and glance hurriedly around and then disappear into the darkness, hurriedly but trace . Dorn . Fere rived of her. about it ; Bergelot, with the Kansas followed failed to find any He told his friend and the same night a trusty metis ar- > girl. CHAPTER IV Aurore McNain was fairly z proof against His hardy adventuresome made him so, and a dozen the last three weeks a pin- g out of a fog-cloud Dorn 'surprise, life had times in macle jumpin in front of his propeller had not caught him unsteady. But now for a few moments this discovery that his visitor was the strange girl of Kansas’s story got past his guard. o “M’sieu Jeem,” old Bergelot fin­ ally stumbled into coherence, “I have brought to see you Mam’selle —•Ma m ’ s el 1 e-----’ ’ Into his rusty speech thick with the burr of the North broke a low golden voice, catching up his hesi­ tant words. .. “McNain. Aurore McNain. I hope we didn’t awake or bother— Her name and certainly that voice. “’m James himself, and somehow in spite o.f the was strang© to Dorn, he had never heard Dorn,” he introduced darkness they found each other’s hand directly, and Dorn noticed in that brief, formal clasp how slender and yet how firm her fingers were. “You didn’t awaken me. I was studying.” He bad could He not think been waiting to her, and that she had forestalled his trip fey coming to him. For that would have let hei’ know someone had seen her, and so have caused her uneasiness, ‘Old Bergelot rumbled was to me, M’sieu Jeem ’sellt Aurore came with But I ... old bones blood . . , I was helpless'to I sat pensant, fearful for her, thought of you, I said, ‘Aurore. there is a man like a sword, and af­ ter much talking I persuaded her to let me bring Again the ■broke into French; and mastered his surprise and reasonably well. He did it best to intimate he had go across to find again. “It that Mam- her trouble and chilly­ help, till I fille, sr her- girl's low golden voice Bergelot’s hesitant this time Dorn noticed the trembling eagerness of it, an •eagernessl and a pleading anxiety which ran like overtones along her words. “Can’t 1 speak to you, Mr. Dorn— just a’ few minutes—and explain why I came? When you understand ... I know how busy you are with important work . . . but what I’m asking will take only a few hours, and Dad Bergelot said he would— he thought you----- Do)rn understood that this gi,rl wanted to ask a- service of him. He noted also her reluctance in begging favour from a stranger—as though some har.d necessity had driven hei* to it. But mostly he was thinking that in a few minutes he would know the explanation of her strange actions over at Titan Station. Tak­ ing the lead into his own hands, he interrupted her. “Hadn’t you better come up to my tent; we can talk there. If you’ll let me guide you—‘the path isn’t much. Dad, go ahead.” He helped hei* step upon the slip­ pery rocks. His hand on her arm, he started up the trail, shielding hex* from brush swishing back. A few yards inland where its glimmer was screened from any. eyes that might be watching­ torch path walk. In light black slippers with silver buckles, and the flash of silken hose and the flutter of a short skirt. He was tempted to turn the torch upward and see what manpex* of girl she was; b.ut lie put down the impulse. As he led her back toward the tent, Dorn sketched in, swiftly and assuredly, what she had done from the time she got off the Transcon­ tinental up to the pres.ent time. When she flitted away from Kansas in the cedar shadows she had gone to Bergelofs cabin and waited there until he came from the dance. S-lie was acquainted, well acquainted, with the old station master. From Kansas’s story it was plain she liad guarded against any soul seeing her over there, and old Bergelot’s cau­ tion proved the point. Unable to help her himself, Berge- lot had brought her across to the island. It was a good guess that her seeking help from a stranger was due to the fact that the 'stranger, so to speak, had wings . Aurore ... to himself Dorn re­ peated her name over and over again. For him it was rich in con- notative magic. He had heard the name throughout the .Strong-Woods of ■Saskatchewan, at this Loon Lake or that Riviere aux Cygnes. It con­ jured up a picture of a French or metise girl, a wilderness-born crea­ ture with the passionate blood and romantic ideals of her race, looking past the tobacco-chewing trappers and horny-handed traders, of actual­ ity into the vistas of her own wist­ ful imagination; a creature seem­ ingly gay and light of heart but hid­ ing, behind her coquetry, the pain and the hopeless longing of a Maria Chapdelaine. Old Bergelot was already in tli$ tent, sitting on the box of machin­ ist tools. Dorn stopped outside and lifted up the mosquito netting for his girl visitor to enter. Aurore McNain -came shaft of brilliant light through the flap-front had a full-glance at her, though her features were shadowed; astonished second he felt like Kan­ sas and his wooden Siwasli. /She. was dressed exactly as Kan­ sas had 'described her. Her travel­ ling suit, neat, belted, was rich and ultra-fashionable. She had flung back from her shoulders a iblack-vel- vet mantilla trimmed with white fur. She was bareheaded. Her single ornament, a barrette-like thing subduing an unruly wave of her hair, shot rainbow fires from a cluster of small stones and a big centre diamond. The sight of her in that shaft of light hit Dorn like a -boulder aval­ anche. No wonder she had -com­ pletely upset Kansas Eby’s world! Once again, even though he knew that within a few minutes lie would be listening to her troubles, the question volted across Dorn’s mind: What was she doing here, a girl dressed like that, here in the heart of this Rocky wilderness,, at Titan Pass, at midnight, on a little island out in a lake? iShe was manifestly rich. A city girl? Her clothes certainly stamp­ ed her as coming from some -big city and being society-polished. But Dorn had the distinct impression that beneath the veneer this girl was wilderness-born and bred. He had first got the impression from his partner’s story, Kansas was no slouch in the bush, yet Aurore had sliped away from him like an Indian And coming up the rocky, root-snag­ ged path, he himself had noticed little trial-wise acts of here that made him seem -clumisy-footed in comparison; and he remembered With something of chagrin that? the pressure of her arm had once sav­ ed him from striking his shoulder against a slanted spruce. The beauty and the colour4 of lxer clothes and her suddenly 'coming out of the darkness awoke In Dora a parallel memory of the rarest and most beautiful spectacle he had evei’ seek: of that time two years ago at the Exhibition Aeronautique when he .'and Kansas painted a Moth De­ Haviland exiotically in black, and White and gold, and Kansas took it aloft 011 the last night while Dorn played a huge searchlight against the heavens. He could still remem­ ber the sudden gasp and awe-strick­ en hush of the big crowd when the he snapped on the again, shooting it down at the so that Aurore could see to its he jiggering' yellow circle of saw a pair of white-and- gorgeous Moth, so nrgn its engine was like a mosquito singing, swam out of the blackness into the light and pirouetted ther© a few minutes and then vanished. Inside the tent Aurora slowly turned to him, as though she guess­ ed his man-curiosity, It was simple, natural act with no coquetry, no mannikin pose about it. To Dorn it was a first hint of Aurora Mc­ Kuin’s frank, unaffected nature. In a subtle way it was a very gracious tiling for her to do, for it allowed him to look at her without feeling rude. Across the glow of the torch he met Aurora’s imperious caught and moment he thing else, unbobed hair was a warm brown that shimmered richly under the light. Hei’ features were clear-cut as a camero, hers was an agressive little chin; but her face was an ex­ quisite oval in outline, her eyelash­ es long and dreamy, and there were dimples in her cheeks. -She was slender of body, but her limlbs were rounded and her. bosom was full. Dorn knew there was muscle, firm and vigorous, beneath ,the soft lines of her shoulders and arms. She was younger than he, twenty or perhaps twenty-one, but he f elt himself in'the presence of a mature personality. Kansas’s words imp out “a scared ghost” were still alive in Dorp’s memory. Had it not been fox* them he might not have noticed Aurore*® fright; she was trying to hide her emotion, and doing a soldierly of it, too, But his sharp eyes that one small brown fist clenched till the white. into the streaming and Dorn and for an eyes. They were dark-brown eyes that held him, and for a was unaware of every- Then he saw that hex’ a warm job saw was knuckles were Down at the landing when she spoke to him, pleading 1’er a few minutes, lm had heard a 'Strange suaver in her voice. And now her attitude, as she leaned toward him, was the attitude, the trembling ea­ gerness, of one poised for flight. That look of hers-—mingled fear and haste—-it seemed most a look of hunted Qtyt fixrlrr STnttre-JKhtfarRir Kitablbhed 1873 and ljat Published ©very Thursday at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION—^?2.0Q per ywig K advance. RATES—Farm or Real Estate sale 5pc. each insertion for Brat four Insertions. 25c. each aubao**' quent Insertion, Miscellaneous tides, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, 0$ Found 10c, per line of six wordUt- 10c. per Jlstfc; 5Qc, Legal to Dorn al- desperation. Reading notices Card of Thanks vertlslng 12 and 8 c. per llnir lii? Memorlam, with one ver«e extra verges 25c, each. ~ Member of The Canadian WedO? . Newspaper Association. ■CHAPTER Something Left V Unsaid Without betraying that he ed anything unusual, Dorn eously reached Aurore his Old Bergelot was rumbling i His hesitancy .seemed strange, dinarily he was plain-spoken he beat around the1‘bush now, strangest of' all, he would not Dorn in the eye, (Continued Next Week) notic- court- chair, again, Or­ fe lit and leak: .Britain is passing 'through about the nearest thing to a rip­ roaring election that she has experienced for many a day. « ****** • these hard’ times, to talk . But will anyone show why a rich man his share? ******* , days for stupid, -miserly hoarding but for m- business action. (This thing of clinging to A It’s lots of fun for some people, about soaking the rich, should pay more than 1 * These are not the telligent and resolute a policy of uneasy and hopeless (business drift gets no one any­ where. a ******** A DIFFERENCE Al. -Capone is Ibut thirty-one years of age. He has made quite name for himself but compare his reputation with that of Col, Charles Lindeburgli. It’s one thing to foe famous; it’s quite a dif­ ferent thing to be notorious or infamous. ********* No country, no church, no firm, no business is financially safe that allows itself to be confronted -continuously by .an adverse trade balance. Pay as you go; have your money before you . spend it;' spend less than .you earn and spend only for needful things, these are commonplaces whose ignoring has brought the world perilous­ ly near to -chaos.******** THOSE LANTERNS Over and over again road accidents have been the narrowest margin ‘because drivers ignore the the carrying of proper lights. CY .I”.,.. world perilous- averted only by .....__ _ law requiring the carrying of proper lights. Till officers, and magistrates learn to do their simple duty with offenders against the law governing such matters deaths a.re bound to occur. The idea persists that the Law in this particular,is intended for a joke. Well, it isn t! * * * * *- * * * BESEIGING NORMALCY Seige tactics rather than rush,Ucti.cs„8are going;-to win us our way out of our present financial difficulties. It must be remem­ bered. that seige tactics require to .be -carried on day and night, for months or years at a time, if need foe. Just now, a whole lot. or our people should remember that there’s nothing gained foy pushing the financial seige during the day, only to alllow 'spendthrift habits to work ruin during the night and on holidays.during the night and on holidays. ******** A STANDARD NEEDED has allowed the pound to slump in ____„ __not .fallen,” talk the easy going and These facile talkers should be sharply reminded value. Yet the the thoughtless, that chaos has “Britain heavens ’have been prevented by men who thought and toiled terribly to keep the state and the business of the world on a relatively level keel, lill the British currency -comes to some recognized level, earnings by brain or hand, provisions for old age, business deals an-d all our commercial transactions take on a degree of uncertainty suggestive of the results of the race track or of a general election. This, thing of trusting to luck is inviting ruin. We must have some standard of monetary values. * * * * * * * * A BUSNIESS BLUNDER It is earnestly to be hoped that Old Ontario has not set hei foot in her apple trade by sending apples out West for Sasikatcn- • ewan relief, packed as these apples have been found. Let us hope for one thing that the apples reach their -destiny in good condition, though this is hardly to foe looked for as apples packed in sacks are likely to have a rough time of it. In the next place let us .trust that the westerners will see in our sending apples a gesture of good will, rather a sample of fruit packing. Farmers had neither boxes nor barrels for the. packing. They were aware of a great need on the part of fellOw’citizens anci did theix’ sturdy best to meet the emergency. Westerners, as they unload our supplies, must in fairness keep these facts in min-d. Rei'haps Old Ontario’s " A1......... trade with the West, bad situation. well meant effort will re-open the apple There is nothing like making the best of a * A SUGGESTION Folk insist that war is among the inevitable experiences of the face. These same people talk of the fine qualities Of self-re­ liance, initiative and courage developed by war. They point out that it does a nation no end of good to have her manhood, from time to time, take the field and lead the simple life. These same advocates of war and battle tell us of the stimulus given to trade, to manufacture, to agriculture and science to have men take the field on battle bent. ■Suppose we admit all this, which -we don’t. But should it ibe proven that war is a good thing for the race and that the sword is the supreme arbiter in disputes, we still have a suggestion to offer. Why not elimnate all profits from War? Why not insist that when the-hurlyblury’s done, no nation participating in war should profit by one foot of Uhd, -by one league of sea, by a single dollar or fey one grain of wheat? Further, why should non-com­ batant governments not see to it that no individual or firm within its jurisdiction shall profit in any degree or way or shape or form for munitions ,or clothing dr cash or in any manner whatsoever? We venture to say that the quickest way to abolish war is to take the profits cut of-war. Apparently it is a waste of time and energy to appeal to some men’s consciences in a matter like this. The men Who promote war these days are mostly a sordid lot whose one desire is to win the dollar or its equivalent. Take the profit out of war and the war drum will cease its throbbing. as long as there is financial gain to be won in international slaughter nations will excite the innocent to combat in order that the coffers of the greedy and unscrupulous may be filled. !— ... 1 jib Professional Cards .........■.......1* GLADMAN & STANBURY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Money to Loan, Investments Insux ance Safe-Deposit vault for use ef ait- „ Clients without charge EXETER LONDON BENftALB CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office: Carling Block, Mai* EXETER,' ONT. At Lncan Monday and Thursday Dr. G. S. 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