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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-10-23, Page 6Page 6--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 23, 1985 :N • v: F; v,.i}'lvF:JFS3;.;.:.i 4Y::Lii' •• 'b:Si.' ^:•.': Y:;'s::��8:;r: .: .4,:Fp,C:f'. :t'z`•'u • :tis:; ....:>:.. > . l..,. .. e�'•::::.r.:. 4.. .6 . mo�ii,, Yks. N<: "The Sepoy Town" BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 PAID Thomas Th.ompsen James Friel Pat Livingston Joan Helm Merle Elliott • - Advertising Manager -Editor -General Manager "-Compositor • Typesetter Subscription rates in advance: s1 i.00 Outside Canada $60 °° $14.00 Outside Canada $58.00 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in -the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance forsignature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Mulroney shines at conference Prime Minister Brian. Mulroney has managed to put the • deteriorating political .situation at home in Canada behind him and ' has shone en the international. political • stage. During an election campaign voters rarely remember the issues that crop up during a government's tenure but Mulroney's PCs are seemingly determined to create a big enough furor to raise hackles until the next election:.. Mulroney let all thatslide off his back when he went into the international scene! Instead, he threw all ' his not inconsiderable skills as a negotiator to try to,solve an issue . which threatened the Commonwealth family of nations.. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher steadfastly refused to agree to any accord which contained economic' sanctions. But through diligence and an ironic partnership with Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke (Hawke was a hardnosed union leader, Mulroney .a negotiator for an Americanmultinational conglomerate), and . despite .the pessimism of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv' Gandhi, he has encouraged. Thatcher to agree to the •South African Commonwealth Accord. Included in, the accord are economic sanctions against South Africa - a, 'mandatory arms embargo, a ban on new government loans, a •ban on the sale .• of computer. equipment for military use, a ban on new contracts for the sale and export of nuclear products and a ban on the sale %. and export of oil. To avoid completely isolating South Africa, a three members commission has been suggested .to conduct talks ' on dismantling apartheid. Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, with his long-standing. Third World credibility, has been touted 'to head the committee.. These are strong measures and the accord will set the tone for the rest of the,, world when dealing with South Africa. • While Hawke. and Gandhi were trying'. bombast to get. Thatcher to. present 'the all important united front to Pretoria,. Mulroney put in Iy1 ng days as mediator between the hardline states 'dem/a/nding mandatory economic • sanctions and Britain with its obstinate refusal to impair the large trade done between the African nation and the mother country, Using' the 'limp rationalization that South Africa blacks would be harmed by , sanctions. With. this favorable outcome, Mulroney has demonstrat ed his skills in the fluid international political arena and - perhaps through hiswork, another successful. assault on apartheid has been mounted. ' • Katie Murdoch's' umiliating • predica- mentwas a self-infliced injury. It was all caused by her delusions of grandeurand her foolish attempts to appear better than her neighbours. Having so haughtily an- nounced the forthcoming marriage of her daughter , to the son and heir of ' Sir Alexander MacDougal, how could she retract the statement without becoming the laughing stock ,of Redtrees? But that was only a very small part of her problem. Annie had not only returned home unbetrothed, she was pregnant! If the latter little piece of juicy news 'was ever revealed, the Murdoch family would live in eternal disgrace. By any means possible, she had to contrive some ingenious scheme to conceal her daughter's indiscretion. What is more, she would have t� do it quickly! One morning, as Chippy Chisholm and Allan Livingstone were working on the construction of the new church, Katie Murdoch made an unexpected appearance. Chippy whispered to his young friend. "Do ye no see the crafty look on the face o'' yon woman?" he said in disgust. "Mark ' mi words lad, when Katie Murdoch appears wi the smile o' an angel, the devil is no far awa'." J.F. Brookside Public School students competed against four other area schools hi a cross-country meet at the Brookside campus. The course took the young athletes through a variety of . terrain. At top left, Kathleen Peterson of Goderich awaits the next batch of competitors whlle doing a little knitting to pass the time and In the bottom right hand corner, Derek Turner balances across. a log bridging the creek on the' course and in the large photograph, students set themselves for a long race. Katie came straiiht to where the young stonemason' was working on a scaffold. She put on her very best motherly countenance and Allan was puzzled by the complete change in her attitude towards him since they had last met. "Would ye care taettake supper wi' mi daughter this'evenin'. ' she said in a pleasant and friendly tone of voice. "Ye've no come tae see 'er since she came back hame and my Annie is missin' ye company." To Allan, there was something very fishy about Mrs. Murdoch's sudden burst of hospitality and he doubted if Annie had anything to do with such an invitation. Katie left the lad no time to refuse. "We'll expect ye about seven, Mister Livingstone. We hae a brave house now - little mare convenient frae visotors. My Annie will entertain ye in the parlour," she said, and winked as she added: "Ye willna be disturbed - 'twill be all nice an' quiet • like!" Without hearing a word the lad might have said in reply, Katie walked away, satisfied that she had played her first card to her complete satisfaction. When Katie was out of sight, Chippy came up to Allan., "I. couldna help hearin" what the auld witch was'sayin'. Ye'd be daft tae go near the Murdoch place - tonight. or anyother ime!", "What is wrong wi' takin' a bite wi Annie Murdoch?" Allan asked. "I still hae a fancy frae the lass. II'd marry her if she'd 'ave me!" Chippy stroked his beard in thought. He felt very sorry for the lad he was absolutely naive and could be taken in by the scheming Mt1s,. Murdoch so very easily. It was time for blunt talk! ' `Can ye no see the reason 'fru Katie Murdoch pretendein' tae hae a likin' frae ye. Och - ye can marry Annie Murdoch. I'll bet ye at the moment she wouldna shrink from marryin' anybody just as long as she, can pretend tae be respectable." "I dinna ken what ye mean, .Mister Chisholm" the lad said. , "Well I'll tell ye. It deesna take a•genius tae put two an' two taegether. Yon Mudoch lass had got a wee bairn in her belly and whoever put it there doesna want tae marry her!" Suddenly, everything became perfectly clear to Allan'Livingstone - the reason why Annie had lost her affection for him when she set her eyes on young MacDougal - het hasty retreat back to Redtrees when she discovered' that the colonel's son was Merely trifling with her emotions. He had not dreamed, of course, , that ' Annie's infatulation with the MacDougal toff would end in pregnancy. Chippy rambled on,, repeatedly warning the lad to stay away from the Murdoch's and not to become involved in their wicked' schemes. But Allan hardly heard a word the old man said. He still loved Anne Murdoch in spite of all the trouble she had caused him and even though she was carrying the child of another man. "Ye'd best forget anything Katie Murdoch said tae ye," Chippy was saying when Allan finally came back to earth. "Ye'll' get mare than ye bargained for if ye go 'there tae supper!." There was, a far away look in Allan's eyes, as if he had made the most momen- tous decision of, his life. "I appreciate what ye are sayin', Mister' Chisholm; an maybe ye think I am a fool. But I love Annie Murdoch and in spite of everythin', I think I shall marry her!"