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Prize.Winning Story
--The Phantom orsema
By'CAROL. Mtcl,IR l'fsat staring into a small fire. 1. was the pass seen so long ago
R.R. 1 -Contralto.i Neither spoke. Ear_ had his t by the pioneers. The men starred
own problems, hut one thing they t
tThis short story won first :knew — they would never et I out a word to each other they at one another unbelieving. With -
prize in a junior writing contest : across, the desert alive without : started en. Terror-stricken, the
at SHDHS and was published .in ; water and more food. A coyote !horses balked and when the men
this years Ink Spot, the school's broke the silence, sending up urged them forward they slid•
Ter book.) . its mournful cry to the Moon that !ply steered away from it and
Night had come quickly to the had just appeared. Rusty was .tile . wouldn't move. Angrily the riders
dessert and it was cold. deathly first to speak. ' looked around and their eyes
Old. Not a breath of air or wind "Luke, we can't go on likefinally came to rest on a rock ---
stirred the still waste of sand, this notch longer. If we do we' a rock that enclosed a shadow
• The sky was pitch black and will starve to death." , partly hidden in the rock :forma -
one lone star was bravely trying "I know," said Luke. "How , lion. Luke turned to Rusty and
So shine. much grub have we left?" , he read his partner's mind. The
Rusty livens and Luke Short "Not very much'I'm afraid. we; legend was true: the phantom'
have three cans of beans. four' horseman was real.
This Week Its ' dried biscuits and half a canteen The phantom's arm appeared
of water." , to point north-east and slowly,
"Sounds bad. very bad." said;'ereeping. the shadow began to
,
Thames Road iLuke, thoughtfully. "What aboutjniote. Ilast�,
and Luke followed'l our horses? How long can they the shadow until, nearing the
By MRS. WU.-LAM RHQDAlast:'" lend of the pass, they realized
1 "About two more days at the' there was nolhing ahead of them
Personal Items most. Maybe they will only last ' except the virion of water. cool,
one more day, 1 dont knew," ' clear, retresliing water. At the
Allan Nickels of London has announced Rusty. i end of the pass horses and men
been holidaying with hilly and Without another sword they: quenched their thirst and re-!
' Mr, and Mrs. Morrison Cas• into them and fell asleep. Early A day later they were home in
Bobby Snow. rolled vat their beds, crawled ' filled their r.a.nteens.
well of Brantford spent the week- the next morning they were ou I Black Gulch. They did not re-:
end with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin their way heading to what they port their story to their friends,,
,Passmore. thought was safety from the riot but instead kept it to then
31r. and Mrs. George Monteith sun that was beating down on selves,
and Nancy of Toronto spent a their backs. 1 Luke and Rusty are both old
few days with the former's moth-. There was a legend that was now and greying at the temples.!.
er, Afrs. Anna Monteith at the associated with this desert. 11 This story happened a long tints
home •of Mr. Edgar Monteith, was or went something like this, ago but both men still wonder if
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dolliwer A band of wagons were making their experience was real or i
and family of London spent Sun -their long tre,k across this desert just a mirage. Luke summed it
day with Mr, and Mrs. Donald and became lost. For days they: up this way.
Kernick, . wandered when one night they "I suppose well never know
Mr. George Castle of London saw a mysterious pass. It wasn't and if we told anyone they .
spent last week with ;1lr, and
on the map and no one who had wouldn't believe us, so we've.
Mrs. joe Faernick.•made the trip had ever heard kept it a secret even after all
or seen it before. The settlers
Mr.
of n. Air. sand Mrs ykernan Gordan hesitated for a while but at last Was there really a pass in the
Moir, David and Paul, Mr. and • having come to an agreement desert with its shadowy guide
Mrs. Bert Bissett of Exeter, 11r. they ventured on. Suddenly, the or was it a vision of fantasy?
and Mrs. Milton Luther, Mr. and front wagon stopped. The horses
Mrs, Glenn Jeffery held a family ;balked and the dogs and other Report On
ppicnic at the home of Mr. and animals wouldn't go any .farther.
rs. Charles Jeffery on Sun-; "Why wouldn't the animals
day. :move on?" the pioneers thought.
Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Pym .,1}ad some sixth sense warned
Mr. and firs, them that there was something
spent Sunday with
Tony Shulman of Einbro. !ahead —something that either
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wasnidgemeant danger or a way to free- Mr. and Mrs. john Smith,
and Billy of Ailsa Craig. Mr. and dont? What was a pass doing in Sharon and Janice, of Hamilton,
Mrs. William Allen, Susan and ; the desert when there was no visited last week with Mr. and
Joan were on a motor trip Sun -record of it on the map?" Mrs. Roy Aforenz, Ernest, June
day to Barrie, Lake Siincoe,' While the animals stood tremb- and Sharon:
Georgian Bay, Collingwood and ling the puzzled settlers turned Mr. and Mrs, William Mercer,
other points north. to stare in the sante direction Bill and Richard, of London,
W.A. And W.M.S Meeting i and saw something that would were Friday visitors with Mr.
The August meeting; of the' make anyone' hair curl. In the and Mrs. Arthur Finkbeiner, and
W.A. and W.M.S. was held on shadow of a rock, just barely Dr. and MrsC. B. Sanders,
Wednesday evening in the church; visible in the half-light of the Janet and David, of Welland,
basement when the Missionmoon, was the figure of a man who were on vacation with Mrs.
Band was entertained. There on horseback facing north — Sanders' parents.
were 27 adults and 26 children ;north, the pioneers thought, to Mr. and. Mrs, Frank Levi,
present, ;safety and civilization. The pio- Mr.
Hilda and Rachel, of
Mrs. Edwin Miller was in
'veers finally recovered .from Transvaal, were Sunday visitors
charge of the meeting and was :their shock and recalled some -with Mr. and Mrs. Wray Swett -
;assisted in the devotional period! thing the Indians had told them, ser. Ron and Barbara. .
by Mrs. Victor Jeffery. , "When people are lost in the
The program included a piano; desert they will, when they awake
sola by Sharon Passmore, read on the third morning, see a pass.
it is in
Gardinethere s by r vocal duet b n Mayer and Barbara ± Maril
and howxTitagotble therew�and�sit will
and Marlene Webber and a story always remain a mystery to us.
by Mrs. Reg. Hodgert. (If you go through the pass you
Mrs. Wilfred Hankin and Mrs.
!will see a shadow of a man on
Reg, Hodgert were the hostesses 1 horseback pointing. in the direr-
for the evening. tion of safety. Sensing that there
was no danger now, the pioneers
slowly started through the pass.
these years."
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are attending the United Church'
camp north of Goderich this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burr, Donald
A day later they were across the and Jimmie, of Preston, were
desert. and on their way to their weekend visitors with the Clarke
new homes. families.
Rusty and Luke had not made Miss Gloria Adams and Bill
any headway during the day, so
they agreed to travel through
the night. The moon was just
Marone, spent last week holiday-
ing with relatives in. London.
Mrs. Harry Clarke is staving
pushing its way through dense thisweek with her grandchildren
black clouds when Rusty and Patsy, Bonnie and Larry Clarke,
Luke stopped for a bit to eat, at Crediton, while their parents,
Two hours later they started out Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clarke, are
again. This time they seemed to holidaying. in Detroit.
be just going around in circles. Miss Shirley Coleman, of Lon.
Suddenly, before their eyes don, was a weekend visitor with
her mother, Mrs. 3. Coleman.
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shows. There is a chance that 'doe..n't look as if }lit Parade
he might go back in the fall to ; %sill return this season though
do a couple of record.. o's stilt un the auction black.
!sate lteni and her husbatul, !However. even if the show does
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scene for the winter season. Wil . ta. ula:rs on the t'BC.
lis has signed to appear in a : Ili rt Pearl might be coming up
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wife will star in a West End! shows, toe.
London play "The Stepmother." ` Denny 1'auglian's orchestra I
The }lances Sisters are touring! was playing at the big society
out west in a country Inusie i%.iil its Montreal -- the one
show that headlines Tommy !Princess Margaret did not(at-
!feral. Denny will be on TV for
Common.
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dist has spent the summer doing shows this season,
personal appearances. Eeeause I Another 39 -week TV series Is
of this the show will probably; being filmed in Toronto ibis
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this winter. 4 American. hitt Beth Lockerbie
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ing at the Club Morocco in Win -I playing supporting roles.
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A few years ago. a talented
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