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The Brussels Post, 1927-12-14, Page 7THE ER 'YLSEL$ POST .aaraawnuuu,--s•.•---a• q,w,waua. a�+w-wruvvmu,a,ax-cc..n,adnmvmunv�. oer-'wo,ov. .w•mamla Cream Grading 1\1(attl5 E1'I'IiR CREAM ETTER 15U•1'1'ER 1ETTER PRICES We ere nl \v 1>t•,par^d to (limb, your (•1„a11t hune••tiy, Set 11 1v,i +31.v„>ai nulltl,•liv+•+,i unrG1.e:nu•ry,•mrh ,lay v,.• lit'+ rt eye anima with i•,,ve•rctl n en, u, keep enti eft it, en,. pay a P1,,eine/ t f l e+'ui ret' Ib, matey.ftt for stare i'•.f e .,t, t that ' 1 N 1 p, de. and U ..1,11,* pt•r ib. hinter -1. rti f,•c 11 . 1 }glade over tion e1 N".2 glade. '1'11„ pas!c priuei ilia oi' 1h,• intpct.vr•iu"n1.. ie tltc glumly e1 (> 'e„2 in bat tel i. III, t•ii+n}onlil•11 ,.1 b:. repel and "f1' grade (.1/•.122* This tn,t 1.t+. >u'eun/pli-bed 1,y paying the producer of 1a, mei cream o battier pine p v pealed or butler -rat 111+111 is 1,, 111i, v".Iue.o n1 p'ei e+e„nt 1Ce allot you•patruu- a ,' and einnperat.!eu for het tet mat het.. rt".r\Ve tvhll boat/ y+u2 a ciao, Sten iter Agent, T. C. MCCA1,L, or Phone 2310, Brussels, The n rah Cr winery The Adventures of a Coward NEW SIRIAL STORY, 1 Copyright "Eet kill me not to know where they go!" whispered Anita. '"They go• --a long tiering of men --and the gray light coming on the mountains, and I ,follow a long, long way be- hind. They go tip and up, and 1 fol- low till I so tired 1 could die.. But I give not in.” "You will not know the way after all these year's." "I melee ever;: thing,” said .Anita, "and I remelt—thin. They go on, and I follow, mrd at laet they come to 0 hill more rounded. They go over the side, and 1 follow. But they are goer?" "Where were they gone'"" "I know not." said Anita. "They were gone. I looked, stud I looked, but nowhere 'could I tree them." "Then how does that help us?" . "They took their captives there, and :they left hien about the round hill," "Perhape they killed him at once!" "I th,'enk not! I do not know, I ant not certain, beat I listen, and I hear them say one day he woul11 live a week, eight d.tys, perhaps more, but el ht days. I went back to ties t'flbt }'e, and I pretend that I tun lost. They look at ane, but they say nothing, anal soon in grand- mother {eke me down to my father at Cadent. She say 4 tun too el"ver for simple Indians,. I never go there since." Pen peered into the claeknees wihch gathered about them like :) thick mettle. She could have wrung her hands at the futili.y of this will quest. What could this story of An- - ita s metier to her? How e otthl it help her'; See Ind trusted to Anita, and here they Were thine miles from hone, near the village of Indians v hn were cow: idt t eel dangerous, \\'hac. he,lp were they bringing to Patrick? "How are we to help than(.;?" she said, "How can your story help us?'' "It will take you to the round hill, and 'there. eon ew' ' IT arc 'Ihry. I know at and we will look until we • ind." The win 11 blew colt} from the ,• l linnet mountains, Pen shivered and moaned. "The moon conies," said Anita. There WAS a gleam of silt'"r above the rilge of highest peaks. "loon eve can move." Billy arose and stretched and shook himself, and •l'ookod at his mistress. They stood and stretched their crtun- ped. limbs. The moon sailed up, gold and round like a ball. Pen re- membered the moon which rot', sil- ver and pure and cold, over the Rec- tory at home. Had she eve t, in her wildest dreams., ever thought to stand on at low ridge of the great Andes ,far from English people, near a wild race with only a woman n a braver or more ,powerful than herself, and watch the sante moon sail up into cloudless .lies, the moon which shone, down on the Rectury gardee i The two girls—Anita was little more—trudged on in painful silence. .Anita, unaccuetomcd to walking, whimpered at intervals. Pen, rages- loanee:ie to exercise in English lanes, went forevard sturdily. "You are sure this is the right way she would ask, and Anita would al- ways answor that she was "poeltive." "I not'ire forget," said Anita. Pen walked on in dog'ge'd :titmice. She trusted that Anita did not forget though common sense winispericl that oven if she remembered. little was gained. "Over there ees the village," whis- pered .Anita, pointing to their right. Site dropped her voice to the fain - tat sound, and her hand clu'tcbed Pen's with a warning gesture when Peri called to Billy. Anit•t', eyes were starting from her lead with feu. Pan could see the moonlight. gllHer on the blit -white aroand the pupil. She realised tint Anita was horribly. frightened. She will have been'frith!:ened herself at another time, but now every sc,t- tier. was Swallowed in the, though! that elle met find Patrick "Let ue go back ' said Anita. - And leave yon/ itusbaird 1" "No, n1., not my Jean!, Thea two girls strugg1 c1 on in sil- ence. Their walk had been rough before, but it was a nmeadttm road compared to whent they had now to sin'niount. Rocks which had to be climbed barred thein' path pttt itiices bad to be skirted, They climbed on and an. The noon won high overhead, shining M downupon t 1 1 1.r �• the ton t] ern and t 1.t n } -path with a silvery. Ffin [^ ow long they had been'Walking Pen slid not know; but it seeinel yea•m Arc we near? Are the nom?" She asked at intervals, Her firs: cer- tainty that they were acting like - fools had turned, ito a fevcrieh wish that they could be at this place where .Anita had seen the men dis- appear. Billy smelt in the, rocks and hopped ,jauntily forward. "'noes can eet, " said Anita. They were stanching at the side of a cup- like depression. Shoot yellow turf clothed it on 'one side; or the other were smooth, gray Tonics, shelving in- to the inside of the cup, as it were. "Tltees ees eat!" "They disappeared' from here?" "When I 'get to this Matic rounded place they are gone. 1 search, but I cannot tell where they go." Pen was already heurrry'ing to the edge. It was a sheer precipice, bare clean rock, without foothold of any soot. A littlie farther up the rock was ecaleable, awd down this the two girls made their way, followed by Billy. There was no sign of any track, any altesi, or any hitting -place. They wandered among , the rocks, chilled among] them., and cut their hands and knees, What madness it waasl The deep shadows of the rocks, the hills standing around, silo* and grana;, while these • tWO' searched and omossammie Letterheads Envelopes Billheads And all kinds of Business Stationery printed at The Post Publishing House. We will do a job that will do credit to your business. Look over your stoat of Office Stationery and if it requites replenishing call us by telephone 31. The Post Publishing Nouse droit t.i,'tu Ave:, a7+11 w<u>,i, ••1' w'I,t... it it 2lilt, - .1..h l a.v, Pet.1 •1.a. a• ,lice of the Putt ily t>; t.o •'\k/- 010.1 go trick teal w ttu;.t. not Ingo out w't;r'," '.2 l .Ai l t a ",•Hing. 'rhea ebiln ee; .i5•titt to the a'upla: ,e. in, lied Pen :emit (hewn ulna, the nlrl' with au exceeding Mane crt- 'Petri clt! Patrick ! W here ar••• 11!t +est 1, 1 (Iow'a and cri,•;1 d,• , '' dean" ilea heel weeping and e tetlat!o e • .stored 1',1t to s>1,te +le,ni'eetln+- n,•:;:_, no out of keeping• with tate 'dein, !1.t, w• t;r tit depth of her own Anita!" One s•tiil rteully. She enamel her kande about herr kn+•+,. Dilly w:1.s seratchbn;'• vigur- , u.'lt' at 'he yellow titef. Pet watch - '•d him wit'• :met:etic eye;. Sudden- ly lee doa iii i;pe. t'ed. •.Intta, h:. is ,ono(.' Tlo•y t':tn to the spot where oh.. hat been tlig,.•in.". Tiley eo,.ild bear Min tlntnenu clown the ,•,!,hit'.; Lair - row with little whines of delight. hilly conte haul!' calird Pen. Du: hilly was not gong to obey any one but hit, master. 11i, whim - pen, and whines of delight, sounded nether away. "You . r. sure that tint is a rain i dt-bol. 1 It is not the hole of no an- imal which will kill him, perhaps?" "bie't cies a rabbit," said Anita. "Billy always catches the rabbits." "I wish he would come bank," mid Pen. But the minutes pacer} and Billy lid not come. "What will Patri:'k say if he is killed''? Billy! Billy !" But there was no return of Billy. "We must be leaving'!" said Anita uneasily. "The moon, she ,boos, and oc£ will he dark, We must get down from thees (till, or we frill and hurt oune'elves," "Do you think I shall leave Dilly?" "Then we all die!" An°.ttt spread out her hands and shrugged her shoulders. When cet ees dark we cannot grit bark; when eet conies morning we are seen by the Indians perhaps." "I shall not leave 131111'!" amid Pen, with stubborn fierceness. "And I leave not madam„ said Anita, with resignation and many tears. Pen called to Billy in every term that she could think of. She miter- ed, site begged, site scolded, but no Billy came, The m.00nhacl eet. before Billy's white forms glimmered through the darkness. He rushed to Pen and .ium'>ed +tport her It .king her face an':d, Showing. every sign oi' delleht, Pe n was too thankful to see him to give him the scolding she thought he de- served. She covered his head with kisses. "Anita, there ie something on his collar!" She felt a piece of frier rustle better ett her fingers. "What '"1'hrre m.h ay be topes there:- ented I' 'n. "You go within A t ins and earl I will bury art +n ti, • "M1I>tt twill:on?" '.tit , „n s1.'! W., n1. t 1 > U I•. ,+,t 1 , .. 1.1>... F'e't t u' ort will b) ". 1' • 1.t e rt l 11,1, l,otn 1.b+,: l .1.•e •et +. "T1t to we 0 .limit lard lien y �1•r,htrl. "l. tieon, leen: 1 1,.1 ' :'n,' h:1.': reel y rlt•it'`a: u, ,+.tel±, vitt!)t'' s1.! Aline 1,•r_uan,, Jn n.,h 1',.;I,,u :t dozen ut.b'•'r. mar;, I :u 'l., dark road. Chewe'.XN1.Ill. And Inn, F.-ren:w, x;IA heyicy, It•r]d•; as:lie e've'r teas Inrttt te , /I- AA.' 111'2*. Pity. l„'141 Pe.l, ;tubhinc; over hen', and ncoldi"g her pllAted. her off. "I have round hint' sin, "Sec here is the pap'>l ! Devi, they t•npc Mrs F'cre•n.:nn trod- tit,' Sel's.vl by 't lantern's light, held by J•ts.•. (andld, blest you!” :anal Mine Fe•r- ru.,eri weeping. "1 :'colded you just now, but it was only because1 was 1'1'ie:htr nett'.' Yc , yes, I know! But have you ropes ..' They had none. It seemed Inc the moment as though they would have to return to the hacienda. But Ped- ro was sure that there would he a rope at old Pierce's hut, which was only a few paces on. They went there, to meet Anita running from the do•o, a long and thick rope in her brands. • "Madam! Madam, I have ono! Ah Mees Fairgusson and men! Eat ees tt5ood! Madam has the paper mild the maoter and my Jean are found!" "1 know the way!" said Pen eager- ly. "I have studiodi the plan. I know where it is and how we go!" "My dear child, I cannot take you; Ptd ride would be angry. There maybe danger.. The Indians----" "There is no danger from them— or I think not. We neer} not go near their village, and if we hurry we shall be there before daylight. Youhave a lantern, and we shall be able to see, I mush go, Sarah—I am going! 1 ant his wife, and you cannot com- mand me' as though I were a baby!" "Very well, child/, very well! What is that woman crying?" Mrs. Lyon, tivakened froni her feverish doze by the voices without, had raised her cry of Patrick, forgive!" " 'Patrick, forgive!" Why does she tory that? humph!" exclaimed Miss Ferguson. "Are you coming too, Anita? There may a$ well be three fools as two! We shall not hinder the mets in their work any- more." 11*' Anita was too exha'tsted to go farther. She shook her heed, pointed to her cut feet, and wept that she :Mould not see her Jean so soon tts the others. "If madam go not, 1 go; but if madant.:how you the way I sty here emit you return with my *Irate" is it? Anita, can you see?' "'Very cry well; let us go on. Child, bl melte fingers' of the two g,rls trent, you noel! trot fly.,Wo Candie- ro so f fart •• _ .1 . "It is Patric. s haiuhvriting," eaid Pen never hneit.tted in her lead to- 1 Pero in a low voice. 1 word the cttp-like hollow in the hills. "nucelt! Get out then +bee:; hallow She had niaelc a plan in her mind of into the moonlight; •e t, d sear" the exact ever: to lower the cop= over They ran and climbed out to i the edge where she. and Allen feet where the ntaonlight shone• ! peered cut never suspected that the; anon lay hidden below. 'l']te amen and ;\Liss Ferguson, Roiled behind, unable to keep up with Pin's light feet. The darkness seemed to have no power to make her hesitate. Its 1coa°on fell gemmed,c t , atd recovered herself and sturdily con- tinued the way, Thu sten walked behind, talk;, in whisper-. Not > even the retoCb cline that, to rouse: the Iuci;ans would mean a fight could keep them silent. Ali length the cuplike depression was reached. The note, Silk clutched in Pon's hand, wan consulted''. It was plain whore was the, place to Pulver rite rope. Pedro wae, the first to volunteer to doecend into the black- nes?t. H was lowered until the rope becauhe shatek Leaning over the edge, the light from the lantern which ha carried fhlcltir ng many feet below. It was waved, mulch a voice floated up to them—"More men must come!" The entraneel•to the cave was walled up with large' stones. Jose was the next to go, and two hien followed! him. They could /tear the racks they heaved from the en- trance fall into, the valley below, bounding down the precipice with a thunderous echo. Dawn WAS Om - meeting on the mountain -tops before there came a signal ito draw the rope upwards. Pon teamed over • the 'precipiee, welching foe the rope's 'burden to appear. Sho did not expect i;b would be Patrick. He would be the last to came, she titlougi>Ib, With a pend Smile. The first was Pat Lyon, The _ child's face was worn with fatigue ++,.+.,.. WEDNESDAY, DI,c. I.1, 1!12'/ oe.a✓eee.0....ea✓eset.a esaaeate+. .-1,'1 bile, acid fled earl come tea" .ani t 4 , 1 ]i: ;: r,t>'t Ins Ion!! forin . tssi,l I day,,00, leveling an•,y. 11.I.-yulce 4 , trti. ;1 buy should (roe (ct,t cin LIT 1:'y upitn ‘t,:ah , iota•+1, ia':i'2 b., b.•••uth 6 .. .- l +ei,•ltits. P t . lectin_, t`. him, w gust 1, 1 r.':"".t,1.t t i rid ill for t r. ,. t •, rt4,t l,witr. tit 1;t.';o1. .t•: ,l, twit up :ti?.? n n Z1 1.r. 1 •'u -a„ and :.;.>u' + ilt<:,t) 1.,'0 I+x let Petri -it 1•n! Lat frets i)n+n "A WANTED lend la r ;+1" lee; :r bulli" . i'.e •,/'v }G•:''>f+,. f4`'W7'r'p^k't0•70':0+ 'iot•t' w•1>tt1' of foo indenn'1:, ;,?r•, 11,' s1. a ^L:' 1 '' of Penurine wine, ..ele, would 1tt' 1-1 ,1 him, 01010' h, c:2* • ,ling: W111( W4,1.11:111,;,, 1.111.1,t.+1 t:r:inneert. \T1., .h, +'r2*-aq ."+:V Ir,t. )pan!'- he :;lid proudly. cried, ant. 011.4•1'. 1 v:otld 1'it nen.- thing to drink." Iiut there wag nn(hina•. "Do you man flail: you have '1.„t: brought anything for 1.h -ant brandy?" " said Pen to Miss. Ferguson owned d : lr-1./,t' t ae..- dly tht_t clic had forgol•t+•n in the 'x- citcnnont of finding the meat Anohor burden ;came ova: the edge of the precipice. This time it was Captain Lyon, whop./ Incehunt' in helplco:: f'as'hion. He ltdtitei when. he was placed upon the grimed. "'They let :father fall, and hie, -11.g is broken. Father has groaned dread- fully!" said Pat The third to come wag Fieloyson. He was not as much worn and ex- hausted ars the ether two, but hie cion bcs ware hanging in `.niters about him, and there wits a big scratch clown the side of his face. "We fought when they seizett us," he explained; but the master 1$ not touched. It was done ::o '.ucblen that, we could only struggle for a minute, and then we were tied and done for. But they undid the ropes when they'd got us safely in that cave. We never expected to see our homes again when they'd covered up the entrance with rocks and left us there to die of starvation." "They are brutes!" "So they are, ma'am! They were turned vicious through the Captain there. He's found out too much, and when we came to look for ;rim they treated us the sain way." - "Where wase Captain Lyon -and the boy?" "In the cave. The boy's behaved. like ,a little hero. He wasn't cr,•ing when they threw us into ton cave, but was just sitting by his father and wiping his forehead. He's re hood r. 1:Via .bill ar:,:c.1. f h'r:1.b:•,i2*: of C aptu:Tn I, in 1':,1. r,+ 1. a ' uxn,•d die''etine of ar- cane. 'l'lt;. 1.u•.{ had 1.n li*• ht h.,d ,->:> a, t it, it,.u`1(4.14! + w , > mouth. Ft open.ti twit. :t ,,I' rock jutt..,rt". out :,t the rid, or 'to prteipi,'c, tvitieh then rats e'er down lar •vocal hon tr..d feet. it tea, +her,=•'ort: impossible t" ,-scale, ilial the prison, )t•:; had eon-. t:•iv,.ti in move the roi•ka at the cave's unit ;o dt ate th':em uli. It tett, a titin to draw them up. It was a c. t'tuing id 'iii.. -place, and a good , late in which to conceal men who would he looked for. 1 believe they meant to kill us," ! Markle k Ferguson later; but the old head man thought he, might get roe, away from the rest. I know that he would have eared me if hie could, hut they were frantic with Lyon, and nothing would de bu't that we tihoald die. So he hit upon this plan. We were to he shut in here to he starved, but later he would have Cried to get me away." "Nota bit of it, sir!" Finlayson said. "How could he do it?. You would have raised men so conte to our rescue. We were meant to starve there, as the men whose skel- etons we found in the cave had starved. You may take my word on that, sir." (Continued Next Week.) 0 Use care in washing the body of the car. Certain finishes need par- tieular attention, AUCTIONEERS THOMAS BROWN Seal orth, Ontario l ie. aged title %,ton.•,'(. for cnttntle t i' lltuun and Pt+tt 7anl ret t.r.et/, nl:- fu2• tit. - dal t'tn i)e made by calling 1 p:• Post, f'harp'1., h,'ason ahi, •, hall: faction Guaranteed or no ,hat'1_:i , I6.11. JAMES TAYLOR I ir.'rt;c d Au,•tiun + r far the County. o: Heron. net,, att,.,1.1 to in tin jai te 01 Die Coulee. init.eltieteint G lana tr al, or 2.e. pity. Orders left a 'T-, tosl prompt by attended to. 1 elet: ,' Post, 111 tine. I'IIONI':S: 1tt'u..x•}:, 15 le, North Huron, 15-628 KEMP BROS. Auctioneers 4u,tr, t ii 1.1,:: or ill ki n t u ee oted ...lei eon -Mei ed''•atl " Lt ie. teitar- r t- E.t1 anti t''riae t .. n,0.: +t 1'itone eietewel an;. 121, 111* or 1 rt. o2*;• ex•• W. J. DOWD Auctioneer Cti•.!' > 1"ft at this ofi c or with Z ito . 1t.iE r, Bras r•It, 1 11. l4 1.v i!1 ,•u sure you ,b4 st al ..-t o.cs at right price,. Box 4114 LISTOWEL Pl,ne. 246 D. M. SCOTT Licensed Auctioneer PRICES MODERATE For reference consult any .person whose sale I have officiatd' at. 61 Craig Street, LONDON C. C. RAMAGE, D.D.S., L.D.S. BRUSSELS, ONT. Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons and Honor Graduate Uni- versity of Toronto. Dentistry in all its branches. Office Over Standard Bank, Phones—Office 200. Residence 65-14 WM. SPENCE Ethel, Ont. Conveyance, Commissioner and C. .1. Agent for The Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Cana& and Ocean Accident Guarantee Corpora- tion, Limited Accident Insurance, Automobile In- surance, Plate Glass Insurance, etc, Phone 2225 Athol, Ont. W. D. 5. .1AMI E S0N, JAMES NI' FADZEAN MD; CM; LM.CC; ! Agent Hawick Mutual Fire insurance Company Physician and Surgeon AISO Office McKelvey Block, Brussels Hartford Windstorm and Tornado Insurance Sucec soy to Dr. White Phone 45. T. T. M' RAE Phone 42 Boni Turnberry Street Brussel +ENO. SUTHERLAND & SON M. B., M. C. P., m S. O. LIMITED M. u. H., vatsgo of Brussels. 2,...vsale Pbn,icten, surgeon, Aeaouotte,tr oat et. at rnsidenee. oppo:atre Melville Charon. °,ki.,fle ` O''VVIPd9.011 William street. little chap!" D,{. WARDLAW "114x. Ferguson says that I'ttt to +lanai grstluatu of the Ontario Vase:,)rart stay at the hacienda as lona' ae ever -.peen Pas.n1. d night calks. 012 en ‘.11.4,C441 e "We are buried in a cave at the toot of a precipice, three utiles to The south-ora:'t of the Indian village. Whoever helps tis musk bring ropes. diiiptain Lyon ha,- broken his ht'g•. 7tt:others1.tta well. T h ve trio to r aka at' the way to the plani where they have • put u,, There at,' several landmarks." Thr, follow -'d a des- cription 1.l'' tett la"511ould c }.ton of rads ! bile. this be taken front bit' dans neck, Barr; it to Mrs Ferguson, at Finlay - son's house, or to the hacienda, whichever is nearest. The person who does so, and brings help, abeill be rewiarded.—Pulti'ick Ferguson.'' Pen kissed the paper. She had aro pencil, but fastened to her collar Wats a beooek that she knew Pat- rick would recognize. She pirated it Ito Billy's collar and, putting him at the hole, signed to him to go; and Billy obeyed, nothing loath. Holding the paper firmly clutched in hem 'hand, Pen sped down the mountain, Anita could not keep pace with her, and struggled along behind with 'whispered calls to her to be 'careful. But Pen never tnttti.e a ftilse step or slip. "How slow you are, Aultar' she called once or twice. They left the villVag'e fat' behind; they were on the rough track once more, The moon was gone, and the might was daardc, but Pen ran' on with light feet. "I, shall save Mill 1" . she whisperede kissing the paper. "r stiull save him!" They could nee the glintinAer' on to blight iii Old Pieeee's haute Urczazzr BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. CONVEYANCER, NOTARY PUBLIC Vicar Mill, Bt net LECKIE BLOCK - =.a°.ussELs ,.•ci�.�Q'.FurTFuSa.n"f6n '.u1L"t'r,•mY,' 1dS,e+Al2neiiti isl` blums. Ii ii atrm-v—.R. 4.!iT"k'IJii 19j 71.1.. EmoliLR ' . sss'Le7r} .nasaw +'... salla rmrr.,aaa a =. 7,n', •shy Another bfr 4 , Out £f s, r; 1.a' "ss ,lust one of the trews items which are appearing in papers quite too often thes3 days throughout the Dominion. And r, what is the reason? ']'hare is only one, and that is lack of Hashing t lure of the n institutionsand the g 3ov alt td home Y publicity of large city t t hit-Munte. Many citizens, cwhile earning their wagete ant salaries in one place, never- theless send a large Inalnel-'tion of this money out of the community for questionable bargains, thus depriving such community of that ntucli .,enessat'y working capital. e` Men e San They have local firms who are able and ready to supply them with all their requirements, yet for the most trivial reason or excuse they will consent to extend this patronage to outside firms, thus helping to build up distant cities at the expense of their home town. They seem to forget that this money so sent out might otherwise have been largely returned to thein by those with whom they should have left this business. Therefore, when in need of printed matter of any kind, whether farmer, business man or professional man, always extend first consideration to The Post Publishing House t