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The Brussels Post, 1929-7-17, Page 7X Itus$ZLS POS • WIw1)Nl S11A t We 17tit, :+•+.4.106,6110N+404444selfe.•el, WANTED Highest market price , paid for your Hens Mb yollick Ty William MacHarg. and Edwin Balmer Placa Your Insurance With 0'._ iS, Scott Automobile- Fire - life Phone No, 1, Brussels, Debts Collected We Collect Accounts, Notes and Judgments anywhere and every- where. No collection, . no charge. Write us today for particulars.* Canadian Creditor*. ed tors' Assn Post Office Box 951, Owen Sound W. D. S. JAMIESON, MD; CM; LM.CC; Physician andSr Y Surgeon 8 Office McKelvey Block, Brussels Successor to Dr. White Phone 45. T. T. 11/1'RAE a3., M. C. P„ A S. O, hi, U, H„ Village of 131 nasals, PhyeloIen, Surgeon, Accouahe'tr OMeant residence, oepo911e Mats Ilan hharot. 19llllum street. OR. WAf701-AW Honor graduate of the Ontario Velotot College. Dey ono bight calla, Office app° Floor ;1111, Ethel. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, NOTARY PUBLIC LECKIE BLOCK • BRUSSELS AUCTIONEERS JAMES TAYLOR Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Sales attended to in al' parts of the county. Satiefactioe Guaranteed, or no pa¢ Orders te- at The Post promptly attended to Belgrave Post Office. PHONES: Brussels, 15-13, North Huron, 15-628 D. M. SCOTT Licensed Auctioneer PRICE D S MODERATE For reference consult any person whose sale I have officiatd at. 61 Craig Street, LONDON WM, SPENCE Ethel, Ont. Conveyance, Commissioner and C. e Agent for The Imperial Life Assurance Canada and Ocean Accident Guarantee Corpse, tion, Limited Accident Insurance, Automobile it aurance, Plate Glass insurance, sift Phone 2225 Athol, Oat JAMES M'FADZEAN Agent ilowick Mutual fire Insurance Compal Also Hartford Windstorm and Tornado lnsurenr Money to Loan for The Industrial Mortgage & Trust Campo on First-class Fnrm Mortgages Phone 55 13oz 1 Taaruberry btrent Brum' JNO,SUTHERLAND p 80k LIMITED &e 62' LIMITED 1.4,8 et ALIA ar liar 711Arl"Jl! CLAPS 91e1'I IC„sf+atbns by IR.WIN 10TERS Corr;ght hr ride in aWW1* tot nay, widen non n'1'eme now for the most part - only a summer platy - ground for such as she, had been ()nee 11 plmce where he and other' (1te11 had struggled to grow rlell swiftly; he hail outlined far Iter the ruined lumber doelts and pointed out to her the 1o0u- tioes of the dismantled sawmilis. It was he who bad told he' the names of the freighters passing far nut, and the names of the llgethouses, and something abaft each, Ile had told her, too, agent the Indians. She re- membered one starry night when he had pointed out to her in the sky the ()hosts," tike !unity ' n Indian "11'11 f y P eel Indian way, along which, h, hp nn i t belief, the souls of Indlntis traveled alp to leaven; and how, leder, lying Oil the re'essecl seat beside the fire- place where she could touch the dolts 001)1(11 the heath, he had pniutee nut to her through tate window the Indite) "Way of Dogs" among the constella- tions, by which the clogs ton could I snake that journey. It was he who had told her about Mlehabon and the animals; and he had been the first' to tell her of the Drum. The disgrace, unhappiness, the threat of anmettdag worse, which must have made death n relief to T'nrle Benny, slip had 51'11 n'c'••erl an now In Alan, What more bad mime 00 ..lath since she had hast heard of him? Wo•rl buil renrhed her father through shipping f'uel's In Mtiy and n'ah1 In July which told of ingnit•lns regarding Mode Ronny which Made her and leer father boIievo that Alan WO o',tr'hiug far his father' upon the 111lte5, Now these articles whielt had nrrivel antic pilon to her flint be n nnid never fiml T'nole Benny lite would tenth, through others or thrnntth thenlsc•I('05, 01111 T?nolo Henn" was '1o1'd, Would h' Relieve then that there we0s 00 longer any 'lutnee of Teeming what 015 father had dote? tVunld he remain away beoanse of Oita, not letting her see o• hear frnm lila again? She went 111((0 and picked up the .veining ring. The thnegbt which httd Pone to her tint this was Allan's moth- er's wedding ring, lead fastened itself mein her with a sense of certainty. It fetended that unknown mother; it freed her, at least, fron, the $tl_Rna whet Cnnstnnce's awn mother hart been so reedy to cast, Constnnee Pnnid not yet begin to place itueh' hemny' In relation to that ring; hut site was beginning to he able to think of Alen and his mother. She helrl the litre hand of gold very tenderly in her Mind; sea was ,and that, 1(e the ae- enssiinn ag11inst his mother had Nome though her people, she emild tell him snot of this. She could not send the rMe to hhtn, not knowing when, he teas • that ens too much risk. 13th she could ask him to 'one to her; +'Su: gave (het right, She sad 0boughtfnl for several 10,11• Utes, the ring elaaped warmly ill het hind; then she went to her desk and mote: "3.1r, John \Velton, "Blue Rapids. ltuletas. "Dt.tit' 11r. 4seltntit "It is e,ssit.e ;Illy Alan Con -a" has mentioned ul'—o1( at least told you 00 my father—in c n ,1101 cion al. Ms stay ill t'hirltgn. After Alan tea C'h,bt.gu, any father' wrote twice to her lila' Rapids address, ht1 '1id0 .ti i.. lead instr,l•teti the t lnnc ter to •r. to forward Ids mall and nate li01 avail any citttr'ta 111 (hove i'50,ta't',:.s, f'1 the lett etc iter' 1'01111110d to MOO'S lid. 11 Cream Grading. Means BETTER .CREAM ETTER BUTTER ETTER PRICES We are now prepared to Grade your Cream honestly, gather it twice a week and deliver at our Creamery each day we lift it. We gather with covered truck to keep sun off it. We pay a premium of 1 cent per lb. butter fat for Specials over that of No. 1 grade, and 8 cents per lb. bat- ter -tai: for No 1 grade over that of No. t grade. The basin principle of the improvement in the quality of Ontario butter is the elimination of second' and off grade creams. This may be accomplished by paying the producer of good cream a better price per pound of butter -fat duan ispaid to the producersof o crea a r poor m. Wesolicitu ppy patronage and co-operation for better market. Brig 'We will loan you a can. See our Agent, T. C. MoCALL, VW: ,($ !I Ina or Phone `2310, Brussels. The Seaforth Cre'rnery NEURITIS? Sciatica?' Rheumatism? T•R-C°sare wonderftal for Ncuritfs, M. W. Ii. Davit of Grand Bond, Ont,, had title so badly that hie wife lead t0 dress inn, T I1;-C'a made pini well, Iia aayet"My wife also used them for Arthritis. She wouldn't be alive but for theta" Telt-C'8 are equally good for Rl eutnatism Neuralgia, hemtlee and Lumbago, quick. Safe. No harmful drugs. 50c and $,1,00 at your druggeefee. 116 ,s • RHEUJrTTIC ,�a® rUtEUMA'1'IC CAPSULES dress alio In thtat way mune book 10 1Ve 1110 1101 Iik0 to press ill ntiries further them time tis of course leo could have eotnutunl'nled with ifs if he incl not felt that there was seine .tetania for not (Ming so, Now, bow - ever, snntetithtg of Snell supreme 1ut- portanc'e to him has rolue to us that It :Is necessary for us to get word to hilt at once. If you eau tell me any address at witch he min he reached by tiilegrepb or mail—or where a mes- senger can find him—!t will oblige us very much and will be to bis 1tttereit" She hesitatee about to saga it; then, (ntpuliiveiy, she added "'I trust you know teat we have A lan's interest et heart n110 that you can safely the us anything yon may know 115 to where he Ls or what he may he doing. We all liked him here so very much. , , ." She signed her mune. There were still two other letters towrite, Onty the handwriting of the address upon the pat'knge, the Manitowoc postmerlt and the shoe box furnished clues to tate sender of the ring and the watch and the other datings. Constance he r- S '1P could tat trovea those clues, hut H. my or het father could. She wrote to both of them,therefore, describing the articles which had come and re- lating what she had dune, 1'he next noon she received a ‘vire from Henry that lie wits "coining tap." It did not Surprise her, as she had expected bhn the end 00 the week. Late that evening, site sat with her mother on the wile, screened veranda. The Ileitis of some gnat tut nbtg in between the points end moving s ;ift- ly caught her attention. As It entared the path lit filo ineonlight, its look -1‘118sn like s 11 hut of 'urk's power• yacht tent she arose. It ens his way, as Soon Its be had derided to !'ave busi- ness ' again stud get to her, to arrive as soon as possible; that bud beet] 1118 Wily recently, ptu'ti'ulat-ly. Sotate sight of the yueht stirred her wtu'tnly :nui 011( wat'Ite'i while 'it inn in 'lose, stopped aid inetnatly dropped a dingy from the davits. She saw Henry in the -torn of the little boat; it disappeared in the shallow of a pier . . , she heard, paes'tttly, the grave] cif the walla crunch under his quick steps, and then she saw ilial In the moonlight among the trees. She went deem on the pelt to meet him. ".flow quickly you elute 1" "You let yourself think you needed Me; Connie!" "I did..,." He had caught her hand in his and he held It while be brought her to tile porch tend, exchanged greetings with her mother. Then he led her on past and into the house. When she saw his free in the light, there were signs of strain in it. "You're tired, Henry!" • He shook ills head. ;'It's been rot- ten hot In Chlcagn; then 1 goes+ I was mentally stoking all the Wily up here, Connie. But first, where are the things you wanted me to see?" She ran upstairs aid brought theta down to hint. Iter bends ware shutt- ing now as she gave them to him; site could not exactly understand why; but her tremor increased- as she saw its big hands fumbling as he unwrapped the muffler and shook out the things It inclosed, lie took them up one by one and looked at them, as she bad done. His lingers were steady now, but only by mastering of cuntrnl, the effort for which amazed ler. lie had the watch in his Mends, "The leseription is inside the front" she said. Slue pried the rover open again and read, with him, the words engraved within. As master of . , : What ship was he master of then, Henry, and how did he rescue the Wlnnehngtes peo- ple?" "Ile !lever tainted to ane' abnnt thlat,'S like that, Constance, This is nil ?" Fleury palet the things heel: In Ole box, "Of course, this is tate end of . Benjamin Corlett," "Of &'nurse," Constance said. She was shaking again and, without will- ing i0, she withdrew a little front Hen- ry. 1 -le caught her hand again and drew her Back towau'd him. 1118 hand was quite Steady. "Yon know why I canoe to you as quick as I could? You ltttow why 1— why my mind was behind every thrust of the engines?" "Nee, "You don't? Oh, you know; you must know nowt "Yes, Henry," she said. "I've been patient, Connie. Till I got your letter telling the this about Ben, I'd wafted for. your sake—for our sakes—though it seelued at tinges it was impossible. You haven't known quite what's the matter hetweot las these last months, little girl; but I've but known. We've been engaged; lu w . V t' bot all there'S been to it. that's ri u 1 Don't think I Hake little of that; you know what I mean, You've been thine; hate -hitt you haven't let me realize it, yen see. And Bee been patient, for I knew the reason, It was leen 110144011. Mg your mend against me," r "Rio I No, Henry 1" '"You've denied It; I've recognized that you've denied It, not only to me itt43 end to your people, but to yourself, Of course, , kne>:', us I know that I,,aiu here with your band in mine, and as We will stand before the altar tu(;etb- er, that he heel no rouse to speak against rte, I've wnlieit, COPIA!, to give Idol 11 rhat.eu tt> stly to you what Ile bade to say; 1 wanted You t0 heti' 11 before making you wholly talne. But now there's no tael'el to wait iiny long- er, you and I. lien's gmrie, neier to conte back. I tens star of that by what you wrote 1ie, Ra titin time when started to you 1 brought with lne— Itis." Ile felt in his legend and brottght lit n ring of nation gold; he hehl it be- fore her so that she could see within It her own Initials and his and a blank lett for the date, Het' gaze went from it for an instant to the box where he had put back the teller clog—Alan's mother's. Feeling for her long ago gazing titans, as she must have, at that ring, bele her for a moment. Was 11 because of that that Coustanee found herself cold noel "You mean you want me to marry you—at once, Henry?" He drew her to bhn poweri any; site felt him warm, almost rough with piessioas. Since that dtty when, in He Drew Her to Him Powerfully; She Felt Him Warm, Almost Rough With Passions. Alan Conrad's presence, he had grasped and kissed her, she lead not let him "realize" their engagement, as he bad put 1t. "Why not?" he turned her face up to his now. "Your mother's here; your father will follow soon; or, if you will, et ell run away—Constance 1 You've kept me off so long! You don't be- lieve there's anything against me, dear? Do you? Do you?" "No; not Of course not!" "Then we're going to be married. RIget away, we'll have It then; Ile here; now!" "No; not now, Henry. ere l" "Not here? Why not?" She could give no answer. He held her and commanded her again; only when he frightened her, he ceased. "Why must it be at once, Henry? I don't understand I" "It's not must, dear, • he denied. "It's just that I want you so!" When would it be, ite demanded then; before spring, she promised at last. But that was all he could make her say. And so he let ber•go, The next evening, In the moeiallght, she drove bim to Petoskey. He had messages to send and preferred to trust the telegraph office in the larger town. Not lip Alan was driving northward along the long, sandy peninsula which sep- arates the blue waters of (;rand Trav- erse from Lake Michigan; and, think- ing of Constance, he knew that she was near. He not only had remem- bered that she would be north at Har- bor Point this month; he had seen in out of the Petoskey pultere that she and her mother were at the Sherrill sumuter 1101ue. HIS business now was tailing him nearer them then he had been at any time before; and, if he wished to weaken, he night convince himself that he might learnt from her circumstances which would aid hint i0 his tusk. But he w•as not going to iter for help; that was following In has fa- ther's foniateps. When be knew every- thing, then—not till then—he mill go to her; for then he world know eXtlet' 13' what was upon him and what he should do. lois visits to the people named on those sheets written by his father had been confusing at first ; ire had had great difficulty In tracing some of them at all; end, afterward, he cattle uncover no certain connection either between thein and Benjamin Curvet or between themselves. But recently, he had been succeeding better in tilis lat- ter. He lad seen—he reckoned them over again—fourteen of the twenty-one Dammed nriginally on Benjamin Cor - vet's lists; that is, he iind sect either the btdevidual originally named, or the surviving relative written in below the name crossed oar. Ile had found that t:he. crossing out of the mane meant that the person was dead, except in ft the coun- the case of two who head left t try and whose whereahmta were as unknown to their present relatives BS they 1,5'1 been to Benjamin t'arret, mud the (Ilse of one other, w,10 was in an insane asylum. Ile had fna11111 that no one of the pewee: whom he saw laid known Bea - j8111111 tempt personally; many of them dki not know 111111 et an, the others Uu"w aim only as a name, Rt0, when Aim) proceeded, always there was one connotation with ead't of the original nainoa; itlwgy$ one ear- cunletilnce bound all together, When Ile lead established that circumstance as lnnuincing the fortunes of the first two on ills lists, he bad, said to him- self, as the blood pricked queerly un- der the tithe, that the net might be a mere coincidence. men lie estee netted ht also as affeeting the fate 1(f the third and of the fourth and of the fifth, such explanation no lunger sill/Iced; and he found h In ennuuen to all fourteen, sometime, ni the d'. elrhig tartar of their fine,urotlh.:'s iIi only slightly afreeting .theta. but tiitlaye It was there. In now 0 ally dntereut nays. to Whitt strange, diverse 'mullfi'st titins [bet shtgir 'iretmeennee bud 1-pr'a1 to these melee nlen Alan Pell inter- viewed ! :Xo two of thetas Mei boon affected alike, he reuknued. its he went over his nates of them, 'NOW be WIle gilds to treee those ennsetetenees to timelier. To Whitt sort of place would It bring him today and what would Ile find there? He knew only that it wound be quite distinct from the rest, 'rhe driver turned aside from the road across a eb'ared field where ruts showed the passing of many previous vehicles; crossing this, they entered the Wands. Little fires for cooking burned all about theta, tend nearer were parked an immense number of farm wagons and buggies, with horses unharnessed and munching grain. Al- an's guide found a phtee among these for his automobile, and they got nut and went forward on foot. All about them, seated upon the or walk - Ing about, were Indians, family groups anurng which children played. Alan saw among these looking on, the bright dresses and sport coats of summer visitors who bud conte to teeth. The figure oP girl among these eaught his attention, and be started; then swiftly he told himself that 1t was only his thinking of Con- stnnee Sherrill that made him believe this was she. But ane she had seen hit; she paled, then as quickly flushed, ttncl'leaving the group she had been with, carne toward hila, He had no choice now whether he would avoid her or not; and his hap- piness at seeing her held Oink stupid, Wal elditg her. tier e; iw were ve'y bright and with sonlethhtg more than friendly greeting; there was happi- ness in them too. Ills throat shut together as he recognized this, and his hand closed warmly over the small, trembling hand whl(h she put out to him. All his rons'ltns thought was lost for the moment in the here realization of her presrnee; be stood, holding her hand, oblivious that there were people looking; she ton seemed careless of that. Then she whitened tagaln and withdrew her htud; she seemed slightly confused, He was con- fused as well; it was not like this that he had ineant to greet her; he caught himself together. Cap in hand, he stooc beside her, trying to look and to feel as any or- dinary acquaintance of hers would have looked. CHAPTER X311. The Owner of the Watch. "So they got word to you 1" Con- stance exclaimed; she seethed still confused. "Oh, no -of course they couldn't have done that! They've hardly got my letter yeL" "Your letter?" Alan asked. "I wrote to Blue Rapids," she ex- plained. "Some things came—they were sent to ma. Some things of Uncle Benny'sw!llch were meant for you Instead of me." "You mean you've heard from him?" "No—not that" "What things, Miss Sherrill?' "A watch of his and some coins and —it ring." She did not explain the slgnhkance of those things, and he could not tell from her mere enumera- tion of them and without seet(tg them that they furnished proof that his father was dead. She could not In- form him of that, she felt, just here and now. Ill tell yon about that later. You— ynu were coming to Harbor Point to see 115?' Ile colored. 'Tmafraid not. I got as near as this to you be'ause there - is a matt—an Indian—I have to See," "An rndlan 1 '.i'hat 1s his name? You see I know quite a lot of thein." "Jo Pape:" She shook her head. "No; I don't know hint." She found a spot where the moss was covered with dry pine needles and sat down upon the ground, "Sit down," she invited; "I want you to tell Inc what yon have been do- ing" I've been on the boats." He dropped down upon the mass beside her. ""/:ental yesterday I was a not very highly honored member of the crew of the package freighter Oscoda; I left her at 'Frankrort and came up here." "Is Wassaquam with you?" "Ile wasn't on the Decode; but he was with me at first. Now, I believe, he has gone back to his own people— to Middle Village." "You mean you've been looking for Mr, ('dtrvet in that way?" "Not exactly that-" IIB hesitated; but he could see no reason for not tell- ing what he had been doing. He he'd not so attach 11(1(1 n from her and her father what he had found lu Benja- min llorvet's house; rattler, be had re- frained from m litioutn it In h[ notes to them when he left Chimp hecnusc he had thought that the lists would send to an immediate explanation; they had nut led to that, but only to a suggestion, lndetinite yet. Ile bad Itmnvn that, if his searelt flnaity de- veloped nothing; 0101'0 than It bad, he most at last ern 1111 Sherrill and get Sherrill's alt]. "We found some writing, Miss Sher - (Continued Next Week) M 1 the Master Saiesm Lo, the people of the earth do me homage. 1 am the herald of success for men, merchants, manufacturers, municipalities and nations. I go forth to tell the world the message of service and sound merchandise. And the world lis- tens When 1 speak. There was a day long ago, when by sheer weight of superior merit, a business could vise above the common level without me, but that day has passed into oblivion. Far those who have used me as their servant I have gathered untold millions into their coffers. I Sell More Merchandise per dollar of salary paid me than any other sales- man on the face of the earth, The fabled lamp of Aladdin never called to the service of its master genii half so rich and powerful as 1 am, to the man who keeps me constantly on his payroll. I Hold the Business of the seasons in the hollow of my hand, I com- mand the legions of fashion, mold the styles and lead the world whithersoever I go. I drive unprin- cipled business to cover, and sound the death -knell of inferior merc'hand'ie. Frauds are afraid of me be- cause; 1 march in the broad tight of day. • Whoever Makes Me Their Ser ant for life takes no chances on drawing down dividends from my untold treasures bestowed with a lavish hand. 1 have awakened and inspired nations, set mil- lions of men to tight the battles 'of freedom beyond the seas and raised billions of dollars to foot the bills. Nations and kings pay me homage and the business world bows at my feet. I sow broad fields for you to reap a golden harvest. 1 Am 'Master Salesman at Your Service 1 Am Adverthn Waiting Your Command The P