The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-05-09, Page 2THURSDAY, MAY Othf 1035 THE EXETER TJMES-ADVOCATE
“SLUMBERING GOLD”
BY AUBREY BOYD
SECOND INSTALMENT the feel <o£ the boat. Anything seem
ed better than turning back. The
fisherman was being well paid.
"I can't pay my share,’’ he began.
“Bink me, Bud,” protested the
Westerner, “if you ain’t as unexpect-
The money
SYNOPSIS: -On the old side-wheeler
"George E. Starr,” on its way to
the Yukon gold fields in the first
rush of ’97, Speed Malone, exper
ienced gold-camp followers and! eaTs’r7arso*n’s''mul7.
gambler, and young Ed. Maitland, was won on your stake, and half of
on hi-s first trip, trying to recoup Ht’s yo-urn. his lost family fortune, struck np sea shark'
a strange friendship. Maitland left
Speed playing Solo with two other
men and wandered forward, to be
sharply recalled by the report of
a pistol and the news that his
partner had been shot and had
gone overboard. Ed. jumped in. af
ter him, without second thought.
But the cold waters got him, and
in the end it was Speed who did
the rescuing, holding Ed’s head
above water until they were taken
aboard a little boat by a French
fisherman from Seattle. The big
ehip went on without them. NOW
GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Frenchy raised his eyes, folded
his arms, unfolded them and burst
into a geyser of language which, if
the activity of his arms signified
anything, was far from pious.
When the torrent subsided, -Speed
grinned. He drew -from hie pocket
five double-eagles, and dropped them
on the table. “There’s a hundred
dollars belongin’ to me and my ipart-
ner. Now what does I up and do
but gamble this yer hundred”—he
stacked the five gold pieces in a neat
column—“that you’re takin’ us north
to the -camp of Skagway, Alaska.”
But the fisherman began another
outburst in his native tongue.
With no isgn of impatience, the
gambler pulled out a -short-banreled,
triggerless .45 Colt, broke it open,
clicked it back and set it on the
table.
“I don’t savvy your lingo, Frenchy”
he said quietly, “but this baby com
prehends ever’ kn-owed dialec’ and
speaks it fluent. I plays her to cop
per my bet.”
The Frenchman’s eyes blazed.
Lunging sideways he reached for
the knife that was stuck in the ca
bin wall. But before his fingers
touched the haft, the gun roared and
the knife clattered to the floor. In a
curling haze of smoke the fisherman
backed to the companion, while
Speed carefully examined the bore
of his .revolver against the light and
blew smoke from it.
"Mebby you can translate that,”
he suggested. “Reckon the salt wa.-
ter ain’t spoiled her accent none.”
Though torn by the struggle and
perspiring, Frenchy made a labored
refusal. “Too far,” he mumbled. “I
lose ze feesh.”
Speed began to rake in the scat
tered coins, leaving out three fives.
“All -right,” he said pleasantly.
“There’s fifteen, if you ’and us near
a man with a boat who ain’t weak
in t'he head and knees both. We’ll
take some other fishmen to the Yu
kon. To the golden river — ’’And
he hummed a song which that phrase
recalled to him.
“Gold?” echoed Frenchy.
“Sticky with it.” The gambler de
tached a damp cigarette paper, and
became engrossed in the delicate
task of rolling a smoke.
“You goin ’there?”
’Goin’ theTer* Speed had a look
of having been asked an outlandish
question. “Does the stiff live,
Frenchy, pannin’ an ounce of sense
to the ton, Who’d work out a. life
term for a stake he could dig up in
a week? Not even you, if you knew
the layout. Take this -range of yourn
-—a tough one to ride, I should reck
on, with the storms and fog, broken
lines, raw fingers and busted bones.
And when you cash in, what’s the
figure? Frenchy’s pickled carcass
bobbin’ up and down the dirty water
of some cove, and the "-Susette” a
smashed tubful of mud and seaweed
on a stack of rocks.”
Frenchy noacted sadly.
Speed, who had been watching
Frendhy with a speculative eye,
gave all the money before him a
sudden brusque shove to the centre
of the table. “It’s yourn!” he said.
With an impulsive grab, the fish
erman clawed it toward him.
The gambler lit his cigarette and
spoke to Maitland through a lazy va
por of smoke,
“Unwind the verdic’,
legal?”
Maitland had been
the proposition as it
The chart in the cabin
but 'he had sailed broken coasts be
fore with less to go by. He liked
Judge. Is it
considering
took shape,
was sketchy,
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by Rubbing in
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and Mits. L. Pifer, of Chatham
the week-end with Mr. and
David Baird and Mr. Sam.
•Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Horney
Law while we’re partners, your
word’s good with me."
The flaw in 'his proposition appear
ed to Maitland during the silence
that followed. While Speed might
have left his record behind him, 'he
had come north with a purpose he . . ... I----- ----------- wasn’t likely to forget. The Western-
Also, you’re the deep-jer’s reply, -however, took an unex-
Boats is a branch iof pected form.
knowledge I’m free of, and I don’t; "Suppose I coppered against a
figure Frenchy for no oceanic scout. [ forced lay by sayin’ I’d full out and
So we’ll owe you for gettin’ us there.1 leave you clear if I had to tangle
The boy pulled on his clothes and with the Law, Would that go?”
went out to look at the “Susette.”! He looked up with a misty ques-
She proved to be a strong, deep-keel- tion in his eyes, and two brown
ed boat with the remains of a cut- hands locked on the bargain.
ter’s rigging, and a look of having: * * * *
known better things before
turned her into a smack.* * *
Having had to overstay
Frenchy From the outer waters of the Lyn
Canal, a great marine corridor con
tracted toward their destination.
several ya6t walls of rock loomed on either
watches, Maitland was glad when he side to heights of a thousand feet
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trance, and was able to shove the
tiller into Frenchy’s unwilling hands
and go below.
He ate a mulligan Speed had com
piled from the “tailin’s'” of the pre
vious meal, and tumbled into a bunk _____„„ „ _____
fo'La sleep. Awakened hours later by! tj16 ^eep, brooding shadows at t'heir
a thud -of running seas, he 'had just Ka66i gigantic holders lay sprawling
that wavered and
S£reaniej wjth the ground swell.
When the “Susette” traversed the
shadow of these ramparts, late one
afternoon in August, sunlight was
falling in shafts- into the fjord, pearl
ing the mists that hung like -webs
between the canyon heads, and daz
zling the smoky fall of mountain
streams which cascaded into the
gloom and rose again as rainbowed
spray.
At a bend in the narrowing sea
gorge a sudden echo among the
shore racks set the travelers’ ears
tingling, and shortly afterwards they
emerged on a dazzling vista of bright
water in which a cargo steamer lay
at anchor, -some two hundred yards
from shore.
The landing beach shone gold in
the sunlight, shelving steeply down
from graveled flats, where a river
canyon opened its broad delta on
the gu-lf. Gray tents, scattered
along the flats, and t'he snowy crest
of a balk peak, which glittered high
above the canyon, marked it as the
outlet of the Skagway river and the
base camp of White Pass.
“Landin’ horses,”
heads of the swimming
bed at several pointe between
ship and the surf.
As they drew nearer, a gaudy
to flashed into the air and took
ter in a smother of diamonds.
The bronri-o swam -off—not toward
shore, however, -but in blind panic
down the gulf.
“Might buy us a feed if we round
up this cayuse,” Speed suggested.
“See if you can turn him, Bud.”
Cutting across the runaway’s
course, Maitland skillfully matched
or more, sheer out of the sea, cast
ing a half-mile Shadow into the gulf.
On ledges of these canyon faces,
spruce and jackpines perched like
window shrubs. Above them, in the
upper air, snow-crowned peaks glis
tened with a molten splendor, and in
mate playing solitaire with Frenchy’s
cards under the swinging cabin lamp,
when a sudden lurch sent chair and
player sprawling.
"Pitchin’ cayuses!" the gambler
mum-bled ruefully. “Am I goin’ to
ride this -critter before we hit Skag
way?”
Mention of Skagway reminded Ed
of a question he had wondered about
“Why do you choose that camp in
stead of Dyea?” he asked.
The other arranged -his cards with
some care. “They’ll no call for a
covered play between you and me,
Bud. It don’t suit my hand to meet
the George E. Starr or her passen
gers till they have time to forget
where they seen me last. There’s no
wires to beat in the North, and get
tin’ passed up tor drowned is a good
alibi.”
That Speed had had a serious
tangle with the Law before boarding
the ship Maitland already suspected.
He now saw that the security -of the
strange alibi lay in his own hands.
Little as the fact appealed to him,
he appreciated the other's confidence
that he would not betray it. “I was
wondering,” he said, “whether the
White Pass from Skagway is a bet
ter trail.”
“It’s a horse trail. Where there’s
horses the pay is better. My special
reason for choosin’ it—” the West-
eraer’s face -hardened a little—"is
that a man I’m lookin' tor is liable
to chocse that route...............What’s
your .plan in makin’ -for Dyea?”
“I thought I might get a long
shore job of some kind till I earned
an outfit.”
“You can do better. If you tied
in with a horse outfit on the White
Pass, they might pay for help and trie frightened zigzags with which it
throw in trie grub.” '
"But tools,” Maitland -objected.
The gambler’s . face
humorously, as he studied a card. I close, a rope sang from the Western- "If you mean picks and shovels, I er’s hand, neatly ringing the pinto’s
Bud, the hist’ry of perspectin’ learns head. To- avoid dragging its nose
us they’s mighty little satisfaction under water, Speed played out his
in a shovel, and none at all in a ’
pick.You can /pick them up
where off the landscape.”* * * *
From the chart in the cabin
land -discovered that they were
of the fifty-fifth latitude and actually
in Alaska, though the map did not
mark the lower boundary of that
long strip of Coastal islands- called
the “Panhandle.”
Through one
Maitland turned
Zarembo Island
gorge, 1
navigable, but slow
When fish had 'followed fish as an
unvaried menu for days, the idea of
fish became by degrees more sinis
ter than hunger, even for Frenchy.
The cliff shadows had melted into
the glamour and mist of a wider
channel when they heard the faint'
whine of a steamer’s siren, passing
southward by another course. It
sounded queerly, in that solitude, a
far echo of the world with which
they had lost contact.
Speed wound in his line. “Flow’d
you come to choose this route, Bud?
he asked.
"It isn’t a -course the steamers
would take,” Maitland answered
after a pause. "I thought, if the
Gecrge E. Starr were to pass us in
the narrows, going back,
anight get t'he idea you
drowned.”
The reflection of a wave
they were rising illuminated the
other's face but left his eyes ob
scured. “That’s a long way to go
for a stranger,” he said.
Maitland shook his head. The
word “stranger” hardly applies to a
man with whom one has been
drowned and brought alive again. “I
was thinkink as we .
gulf,” he said, rather hesitantly,
how we started this trip together.
It’s a fresh start for
a way. Why couldn’t we see
through as partners?”
The gambler twisted the line
his hands. “It says a whole lot
me, Bud. I’ve always wanted
square you for that lost outfit, and
I could steer you some in the gold
camps. But as for partners-—-you
don’t know who I am.”
“Forget about the -outfit. And the
other trouble too. It’s a new deal,
isn’t it?”
“Mean’?”
“If you’ll agree to respect the
said Speed. The
g animals bob-
the
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Mr,
spent
Mrs.
Mera er ....................................and Irma, of Kippen, and Mrs. Lila
Stone,.
with Mr.
and Mrs.
don and ......
and two children, of Exeter, spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Motz.—Mr. Thomas Yuli
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scbeiding,
all of London, spent the holiday with
the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Motz.—Miss Jean Baynham
left Wednesday for Forest where -she
has secured employment.—-Mr, am
Mrs. Stewart Kuhn, of Baden, spent
the week-end -with Mr. and Mrs. H.
Kuhn,—Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kuhn
have moved into the home of the
late Charles Kerr, -of Benmiller.—
Mr. Mervin Sims, of Exeter, spent
the holiday with his grand parents,
Mr, and Mrs. Job Sims,—Miss Lula
Kerr, of Toronto, spent the holiday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Kerr.—Mr. Aaron Wein and Mr. F.
Kerr,
yards
of Hamilton, visited Friday
and Mrs. Wm. Motz.—Mr.
Wm. Heatherley, of Loa-
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Motz
started up their brick and tile
last week.
GRAND BEND
Mr. and Mrs. Wiltord Mathers, of
London, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Lovie.—Mr. Norman
Turnbull and Mr. Aqueales Sharrow
and son attended the funeral of their
uncle, Mr. Win. Sharrow, Bad Axe,
Mic:h., last week returning on Sun
day.—Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lovie has
moved into the burg living in Mr.
Sim Ireland’s house. They are re
tiring, leaving the farm to their son
Kenneth, w'ho was recently married.
—Mrs. Mona Pollock, .of Detroit,
spent the past week with her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brenner.—
Mr. Bruce Bossenberry has opened
up his -hotel ready for the summer
1) II D PfiS
While ’standing on the bank of_the
river Saturday of last
Clinger picked up a
which said tar soap,
to throw it into the
float but thought he
first and to his surprise there was a
full set of false teeth in. t'he box.
Someone may have lost them.
Miss Bulah Helt arid Miss Nora
Webb, of London,
ents Sunday.
Mrs. Bert Craig
veils visited Mrs.
Marys last week.
G erry-D es j a rd hie
Grand Bend United church was
the scene of a charming spring wed
ding at 12 o’clock Saturday, when
Rev. J. B. Moore united in marriage
Nola, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Desjardine, of Grand Bend, to
Archie 'Gerry, sen of Mr. and Mrs.
David Gerry, of Strathroy. The
bride, who, was given in marriage
j by her father, was very winsome in
her gown of white satin and lace,
with veil exquisitely arranged on a
bandeau of orange blossoms. She
carried a bouquet of Talisman roses
with maidenhair fern. Miss Marion
Park, of Sarnia, the bride’s attend
ant wore pale blue taffeta with pic
ture hat to match and carried Amer
ican Beauty roses. Little Misses
Evelyn Jean Desjardine, niece of the
bride and Jean MacGregor, cousin of
bride, were delightful flower-girls,
wearing pale pink .organdy trimmed
with lace and blue satin ribbon and
white sandals and carrying baskets
of sweet peas. Supporting the groom
was Mr. Donald Desjardine, of Grand
Bend, brother of the bride. The ush
ers were Mr. Stewart McNeil, of
Strathroy, cousin of the groom, and
M.r. Howard Desjardine, of Grand
Bend, brother of the bride. The
wedding music, the Bridal Chorus
from Lohengrin and Mendellsohn’s
Wedding March was played by Miss
Mae Patterson. During the signing of
the register, Mrs. Wilbur McCleish
sang very sweetly, “Blest Be the Tie
that Binds.” The groom’s gift to
t'he flower girls were white gold
bracelets, to the organist and brides-
the maids, white gold bracelets, to the
week Mr. Bert
little tin box
He was going
river to see it
would open it
visited their par-
and Mrs. A. Ra-
S. Dewey in St.
KIRKTON
Walter. Hazelwood returnedMr.
Tuesday having epent the past six
months with his sons in Detroit. His
son William and Mr. J,a<s. Pond, of
Detroit accompanied him home,—
The ice storm on Friday done quite
a lot of damage to- telephone -wires
and hydro. Our village was in
darkness and once more had to use
the old oil lamps and candles.—Miss
Mamie Pridham,' teacher of Exeter,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. H. Bu-rgen.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Kelk, of Windsor and daughter Win
nie, of London, spent the holiday
with Mr. Har^y White.—Mr. Rand
lee, formerly iof the Bank visited the
holiday in cur village.
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pin-
wa-
tried to evade the approaching sail,
1 till they could see its opal-blue eye,
twisted flaming with terror. As the boat came
£,ny-
Mait-
noirth
line. The "-Susette” luffed but was
a little heavy for such delicate hand
ling, and a few inches late in bring
ing
line,
to. Rather than release
Speed jumped in after it.
(Continued next week)
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WHALEN KHIVA
met on
home of
members
The Daisy Mission Band
Saturday afternoon at the
Clare Hazelwood with 11
present. Merle Squire was in the
cihair. Jean Ogden read the Scrip
ture lesson. Readings were given
by Ruth Hodgson, Eunice Parkin
son and Shirley Squire. The story
i‘A Ride in the Night’’ was given by
Mrs. Gunning. iSinging and a pray
er by all closed the meeting.—-Miss
Alma Parkinson spent Sunday at the
home ,of Mr, White near Kirkton.
The school was closed here on
Monday in honor of the King’s Silver
Jubilee.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lip
pert entertained a number of the
young people to a dance on Thurs
day evening.—Misis Berneice Neeb,
of London, is spending a couple of
weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Alex. Neeb.—Miss Clara Doug
las spent tihe week-end with her par
ents. in Ilderton,—Miss Clara Diet-
rich iis visiting relatives in Detroit
at present.
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soloist, a pin, and to the ushers and
best man white gold tie-pins. Follow
ing the ceremony, a reception was
held at the home of the bride’s par
ents with about 75 guests in attend
ance. The table was centred with
the wedding cake and tall pink tap
ers, while the house was decorated
wit'll Spring flowers. Assisting Mrs.
Hugh Love in the dining-room were
the Misses Maureen Desjardine, Ru-
gie Desjardine, Verna Desjardine,
Ardella Portice, Annie Macgregor
Inez Kernohan, Mildred Ellis, Annie
McNeil and Marjorie Patterson. The
bride’s going-away ensemble was a
gown of navy blue sheer crepe trim
med with yellow, navy coat with hat
and accessories to match. After an
extended honeymoon trip to Niagara
Falls, Hamilton, Toronto and points
east t'hey will reside on the groom’s
farm near Strathroy.
splendid meeting was heldA .the home of Mrs. Alvin Moir.
at
The
”£* jntJ~”a~~].ong~"seal minutes of the last meeting were
which "proved to be easily Iread the secretary Mrs. Wm.. Eth_ * _ I Atn-ncrfAti nr>n tho nncinacc nr r! n Pfoin sailing.
of these channels
a course west of
into
■someone
weren’t
to which
; i erington and. the business of the
■'meeting dealt with by the president,
Mrs. Rufus Kestle. The final ar
rangements were made for the dis
trict annual at Seaforth. A special
meeting of the district was held at
the home of t'he president, Miss
Keddy and Mrs. Arthur Rundle gave
a splendid report of same. Gordon
Kleinfeldt favored with several solos
accompanying himself on the guitar.
Mr. Wm. Ward of Exeter was then
called upon to give the topic, which
proved real educational along the
line of horticulture. He chose the,
■rose and gladioli and gave every de
tail as to their care and culture, also
answered any questions that anyone
asked along these lines. The roll
call was answered by “Suggestions
for a perennial border.” Little Don
na Parker gave a delightful recita
tion and Mrs. Hicks a two-minute
talk on the motto “If you cannot
make light of your troubles, keep
them dark” and Mrs. Parker gave
the current' events. A piano instru
mental by Anna Kernick brought a
well arranged program to a close.
The 'hostess assisted by her helpers
served lunch and a silver collection
was taken.
THAMES ROAD
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fawcett, of
Mitchell, were visitors with Mr. and
Mrs, Pollen here Friday.—Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Allen, of Brantford,
spent the week-end- with Mr. and Mrs. Trios. Allen.-—The Sacrament
of the Lord’s Supper was observed
here and at Iloy’s church on Sunday
with Rev. Mr. Elliott of Main St.
church, Exeter in charge. The choir
rendered suitable music for the oc
casion. A quartet was given by Mr.
Moody, Mrs. A. Gardiner, Mr. Wm.
Cann and Mrs. John Hodgert, “Alas
and Did my Saviour Bleed.’’ The
service was full of spiritual refresh
ment to all. A! good congregation
was present.
came up the
“of
both of us,
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