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The Clinton News Record, 1939-07-06, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD TBURS., JULY 6, 1939 Eden Phillpotts .11 PRINCII'AL CHARACTERS OM AYLMER: At the time the Mrs. MERCY AYLMER..: Tom's ANGVS MAINE: A young Scot on story opens'is living in Peru, man- mother; egotistical and exacting. Aylmer's, staff, and close compare. Y aging silver mines belonging to his ion of Tom, father. JANE BRADSIHAW: , T4 m Aylmer's JACOB FERNANDEZ: A rich, eld- ELICE PARDO: A Peruvian who, fiancee. At the pine the story erly South American whose hobby .although, young, has been fifteen opens, the expectation is that these - is the study of bird life, He is .a years in the service of the Aylmer two will maaxy on Tom's next leave bachelor and is engaged upon a mining enterprise. He is the most in England. monumental literary work on the trusted native employee: subject of bird life. CHAPTER. XII PERIL IN TROPIC SEAS • The lovers entered into a some-. that lively argument, and feeling thing points to the probability. We • of Hund and welfareof limb much hemselves powerless to solve thee know that earthquake is threatening higher than my fourth part of the. roblom for them, Angus and Felice the mainland. The glass is going iniad treasure, and I hand it over here and thdrew. and the heat ,ashore no doubt increas- I now to Felice. But, at the same time, On deck the Scot defined the posi- ing. We ought to be steaming north, i 1 beg hint heart and soul, for his or south, for all we are worth instead own sake—and perhaps for ours— "We may regard ourselves as hair- of lying alongside this danger zone not to land again. I want to ,be out ng paired on this motion," he said. asking for it," ( of sight of Table Top before it's "You were for going back, of course, "There's always sea room," argued dark." e, but I was entirely upon the side of Pardo. "What can happen if the "Chuck it, Felice," urged Tom. "I'rr Jane: I think she's dead right. It island blew up?" t not saying that to save my own face. isn't only the spiders. I'm looking "I'll tell you if you don't know," But is it good enough?" t answered the other. "If we've just "We must obey our demons," ans- frrived, by some grisly miracle, to wered Pardo. "Every man has a de- �`E1B Clintonh h ' torpor 'News -Record be in at the death of Table Top, two mon, and only those who obey their with which as Incorp°r-ted would ha THE NEW ERA thingshappen-a downfall of demons enjoy peace of mind, whether TEAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ashes out of the sky, such. as over- for good or evil. The good man' is whelmed Pompeii, and a tidal wave miserable when he does ill, because $1.50 per year in advance, to. Can- such as has often overwhelmed whole he has a good demon; the evil man. radian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or cities, let alone cockleshells like this is miserable when he is being harm- • ather foreign countries.. No paper boat. If the island were to blow up less and grazing with the hard. be= .discontinued until all arrears are and sink, the marine conditions for eeaidunless at the option of the pub- ,Usher.' The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the Jebel. ADVERTISING RATES Transient .advertising 12c per count line for 'first insertion. 8c. for each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements not to -exceed one inch, such as.,"Wanted, "Lost, "Strayed", etc., inserted once tor 35c., each subsequent insertion 15c. Rates for display advertising made . known on application. Conununications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good 'faith, be accompanied by the name "af the writer. G. E. HALL - Proprietor a lot deeper than the spiders. I be- to say this," put in Angus. . "I've lieve most surely that we're on the been thinking rather hard. It's very verge of a tremendous upheaval here. well known that you can't have your The time is ripe for it and every- -cake and eat it, too. 1 set my peace 11. T. RANCE Notary PubIic,. Conveyancer tFinancial, Real Estate and Fire In- ouranee Agent, Representing 14 Fire 'insurance Companies. • Division Court Office. Clinton ;.Frank Fingland, B:A., LL.B. , iiiarrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, R.C. t,•sloari Blow — Clinton. Ont, A. E. COOK Piano and. Voice :,Studio—E. C. Nickle, Phone 23w. matter, Tom. Nobody can blame her exactly. But the treasure is yours, 35-tf, for that" ' and if it's a moral problem and the "She won't listen to reason," con- knowledge that it is yours beings fessed Aylmer;, any sort of moral comfort, won't "It is you who won't listen to that content you? It isn't as if you reason," argued Maine. "Jane's ab- wanted the blessed treasureyourself solutely right. The risk far outweighs Your future is wrapped up with mine cause his demon is evil. We people a few hundred miles round the scene have good demons—all of us Maine's won't bear thinking about for any- demon wills that I have his portion body who wants to go on living." id the treasure if I can get it. This "There's plenty of time," astswered means a great deal more to me than Felice. "A. place this size isn'tgoing the treasure, because my demon and. to be sunk without trace in five min- I .have been much at war in the mat- ter. utes. Tam and I can row ashore, get to the cairn and rifle it in an PARDO WANTS THE LOT hour or two at most. Then we can They stared at this singular re- clear out and steam away as quickly mark. as Costa chooses." I "If you must go, you must," said year. Mrs. James had not enjoyed They argued for another ten min- Angus, "but don't let my quarter of gOOd health for the past few years utes; and then Aylmer joined them. the swag . decide you. I shouldn't like He was looking blank and consider- to feel I was responsible for a crash, ably cast down. old man:" "Oughtn't to have brought. Jane," " Jane actually said she would in Hallett township and following "but said, as you know,she would rather a million times give up her in- her marriage in 1910, lived in Grey come. In fact the expedition was her terest than that I should go," said townshipuntil 10 years ago when she idea, wasn't it, Angus?" Tom, "Absolutely,"She doesn't care twopence and Mr, James moved to Wingham, my dear chap. Jane pence about She was a member of Wingham Un - would not take any denial." Benny's treasure. More do I. The ited Church. g "And she won't now. For will snag is to feel that by giving you power she hasn't got an equal, and the lot, it will only make you the as a result I'm in the soup. In fact more determined to go and get it I don't know how to tell you, Pardo."`Felice:' Felice's heart rose. He guessed. at . "By giving me what is better than the nature of the, other's experience any treasure on earth. You give me and knew his course was becoming such peace of mind as I have not clear. The hand of providence had known since I Was a grown man. You worked for him. It remained only to do not understand that, and there is set his own hand to the task ahead. no reason why you •should. All you afternoon. "I think I can understand without need do is to believe it" The pallbearers were, W. J. Greer, being told,' he answered.' "I knew it "Well, don't go mad any way, dear W P. Burman, II. F. McGee, Ed - was inevitable when I left her just fellow," replied Toni.tt We can't pre- mrd Smith, J. 0. Hahisirir, E, Zur- sow. She has tirade it a personal tend to say what you're talking about brigg. Interment took place in Wing - ham Cemetery. TALKS SERIES ON INFLUENCE OF JOHN WESLEY BEGUN BY CANADIAN AUTHOR Dr. J. Wesley Broady, distinguish. any possible gain, I've told. Pardo and you needn't worry as to that ed Canadian biographer and author I don't' say this any more than I of "England, before and after Wes - "I tried to show her what a worth spake just now—to save my rotten ley," is featured currently over the she was making me," continued Tom, face—but just on the chance that C B C National Network from the "I tried to shame her, and it's all You'll see' what a lot of •differennce Toronto Studios ons Mondays, '7.00 to mysterious, because for a girl like it will make to my moral comfort if 7.15 p.m. EMT. Dr. Bready is pees - GEORGE ELLIOTT Jane to show the white feather seems You climb down, too, and don't go enting, in a series of seven talks, a licensed Auctioneer for 'the Country a contradition in terms." ashore again." discussion of the influence of John of Huron I But Pardo shook his head. Wesley, great 18th Century preacher, +L'orrespondence promptly answered "It's net the white feather," de- ' "Let our demons do as they Will on modern democracy. It is Dr, emmeaiate arra nge ensThe ecu be made d dared Angus. "It is stark superiority with us," he answered. "I am armed Bready's theory that Wesley'sgar Sire- ':7lintbn, or by calling phone '103. of intellect. You couldn't fool Jane. •nosy—armed with such mighty weep - She Charges Moderate and Satisfaction laughed about the .spiders as eta 'that not the powers of hell would Guaranteed, soon as she recovered consciousness make Hie fear. All is well with me, THE Il1eI>s11,T,®1' MUTUAL—you told us so. She looks ahead, and.I have been given a glance into as I do, and )mows that it's playing the future denied to most men. i 'Ire Insurance Company with precious lives to go back there. Angus s ask°. it. He armed himself heavily; but no premonition of peril dimmed his high spirits, Ayfiner, behind his back, tried to plan an armed guard from the crew; but Angus had told their adventure to Captain Costa, and ever - body knew it now. Three sailors vol- unteered for shore, but Costa refused them permission to go. He was an angry man, and only the assurance that he should sail' that night calm- ed hien. "You are all weak in your beads," he told Angus, and Maine agreed with him. "Not a doubt of it, Captain he said "The equator is no place for us northerners at any time." Jane insisted .on rising and corning to see Felice before he left the ship but she quickly became conscious of the change in his spirit and for`the first time realized a radiant and; in- spiring quality that he had never re- vealed before. His entbusiasnn could not be ignored, and her petition to abandon his purpose—Seemedbut a feeble plea before the fearless ardour he now displayed, "Fear nothing at all," he command- ed her. "The danger is altogether past, Jane. My mind- is at peace and success awaitsInc." "Go then," she answered. Don't delay a moment, Felice. it is useless I know better than I have ever known anything on this earth—that to argue about it. But do remember the gorge will be full of spiders." "The gorge will be full of Light," he answered. Five minutes later Pardo had taken the dinghy and rowed him ashore. They watched him from the deck in silence until he landed, turned and waved to them, then disappeared into the cleft. For a moment it seemed that something,- strange confronted. him for he stood, lifted his feet and examined the black earth beneath them. But the discovery rather hast- ened than deterred his actions, and he was swiftly gone. . (To be Continued) MRS. PHILIP JAMES The death occurred, at her hone in Wingham on Friday evening, June 23rd, of Rosanna Jenkins, beloved wife of Philip James, in her 66th but her condition was not considered serious until she suffered a hem- orrhage of the brain the night pre- vious to her passing. She was born She leaves to mourn their loss be- sides her husband, two sisters and one brother, Mrs. J. Watkins, of Clinton; Miss Lottie Jenkins, of Wingham, and John Jenkins, of Lon- desboro; The funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Loney at the residence, Frances Street, Wingham, on Monday D. H. McINNES CIAIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street. (Few Doora west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION be manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone - 20'7 so." fluence paved the way for the sup- port of such great men and women as Dr, Barnardo, Elizabeth Fry and Dr, Livingstone. , • Dr. Bready has enjoyed a long and Head Office Seaforth Ont.And as „ brilliant career in the field of social r, ,your life happens to be mares We could exert force ,Pardo," he research. His book, "Lord Shafte- 7Presidettt, Off ce r Moylan, Seal precious to her than anything else said," and I'Mnot too sure. whether bury," has been. described by the on earth, she wants to keep it in we ought not to do it. If we told Hon. R. B. Bennett as the ins nation forth; Vice' ?resident, William Knox, your body." Costa that our mind was •a bit cloud- p Canada's L ndosboto; Secr tart'-Trforth.eaati or, M "If I go back, she can't prevent ed, as the result of •what happened biography, "Dr, Bernardo," has been s it, of course; but she can prevent this morning, and we felt for your translated into French and Chinese Walton; out, Seaforth; James Sholdiee, Wasomething. else. She's quite calm and safety he would jolly soon keep. you and his newest book, "England, be - kept her nerve better than I' did as aboard -and be thanlrfuL He's frett- fore and after Wesley", has received W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Chris. a matter 01 fact. But if I go • back, ing like .mad to go,and now nothing Leonhardt, Dublin; Alex. 112cEwing, 400 press reviews in eight Queen's Uni- then she wont marry me, the argu- stands betweoru him. and departure He is a graduate of Uni- 3 'bit; Frank McGregor, Clinton. ment being' that I put m List of Agents: E. A. Yeo, A.R. 1, y personal but 'yourself. *deity, University of Toronto, of Goderich, Phone 603r31, Clinton pride and vanity and self-respect, and Felice gave one of his rare laughs. Union. Seminary and a Doctor of. the James Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, sa on before my affection for her." "No, no," he answered and put his University of Landon. His next Brucefield, R. R. No, 1; A. F. Meer -i "Perfectly reasonable, declared right hand to his left armpit. "You broadcast, the 'third in this series, thee, Dublin, R. R. leo. i; Chas. F. Angus, "And perfectly, true," would:not do that, because it would will be heard on Monday, July 10, )Hewitt, Kincardine; R. G. Jai -meth,' "What did you tell her?", asked mean the shedding of blood, Angus. 7.00 to 7.15 p.m. EDST. Bornly 1m, E. R. No. 1. may Pardo. An mons to be paid be paid � My little spider• -killer is loaded. I to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of "Well, you see what a dilemma, I. would not shoot any man upon this Commerce, Seaforth• ' or at Calvin was in. Jane has had a hell of a ship save one man but if you stood Obtt's Grocery, Goderich, day, and who was i to preach about between me and my treaure—mine Parties desiring to effect baser- my duty toyou chs s with her Tin ante or transact other business will P Y g —a11 mine 'now—then S would shoot be promptly attended to on applies- there Iooking like an obstinate but myself.." GOODYEAR EARNINGS, EXCEED DIVIDEND NEEDS With letter to shareholders enclos- ion to any, of the above officers sel utterly washed-out rag? She knows "Go to it then, and be done with ing quarterly dividend cheque, Presi- (gassed th their respective post offithat Angus is on her side, and she it," said Tom. "Get it over, Felice, dent A. G. Partridge stated. ccs Losses inspected. by the director who lives nearest the scene; • knows that I don't care a button and let us have peace—with dishon- "In forwarding cheques for divi- :■.� about the treasure myself, so it's our." lends covering the second quarter of p e"" merely a question of you, Pardo. I "There is no dishonour for any of 1989, ,I am pleased to report that yi' 1 �ir i said that I'd speak toou and see. us," yanswered the other: "The sea is while completed accounts for the TIME TABLE • her again in five minutes.' safe still,and I will be veryfirst six months are not yet avail- ':'5ar'e'nas will arrive at and depart from "See quick. p See her again at once and put Tell Jane how it is to be, and let able, your Company's total sales for Clinton as follows; §'IisAND At oN riulfalo and Goderich Pitt her out of her misery,".Said , Felice. Costa know that he shall sail before this period will compare very favor- "I will go alone. Destro determines sunset. All is ended before we go• to ably with the same period of 1938 oi'rf oing Fast, depart N.00 oing East, depart 6 58 arm.' our affairs, and destiny has done a our evening meal; my demon tells and earnings_will eon nue reason - 'Going West, depart 11.45 am. ,m, right and just thing.a me' so." ably satisfactorily, exceeding the Going• West, depart 10.00 P.m. "You mean it?" He hastened away and called fordividend' requirements. London, Huron &Bruce If "Yes, Tom." food. Then, after he had eaten, hel, "New car registrations for Canada, Going North, ar. 11.25 lve. 11.47 p.m., i _ It seems so feeble and wrong." made his 'preparations, carrying only, however, are approximately' 18% , p.m. ; "bag in below those 01 1938," 'Going South ar. 2.60 leave 8.08 As fax 'as I'm concerned, I'd like- his with him and a mattock :06' M1i'W.V. """"yP"'W.V.."u•"",Y""■".`YJ'■NL°"•P"°V"°uV""u"i ""d'A,V,... "",0 In Tahiti his discauragementc, his `aI a. ■ poverty, hardsips and the state oe .' 1 his health led him' to contemplate suicide. His distress became unbear- a able, He had. no bread, and lived on, a , 7; little water and fruits. He went to YOUR WORLDANE) ?MINE (Copyright) by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD d' the Marquesas Islands, where he died '�,"""•a•� "`'ifs`: r e°,""oSY"L•a"a"."" ,""`° ■ ■, .. " " .. w ■ . °P —1.903, aged 55. i "kir■ ■•■•�"r ■ " " " e ■ " i ."e': 1'a n n ir'c•■""11. A young men known to me is the in Hollywood. Hollywood people _Of himself, near the end of his days, leader of an orchestra, which means dress well and live extravagantly, but Gaugin wrote. I am savage, a wolf genius.far music. For culture is something more that cloth - that he has awithout cellar in' thee woods," The several years he has had an orehestr'a es and wealth and•ostentious extrava-last words written by him were: It 'wi11 be'said that all. my life I have which in the•winter months, plays at game, The lives of most persons in night clubs, and in summer at re- Hollywood is a dirty life-- a soiled sones. lie has to be continually on the life- a cheap life- and no amount watch for engagements, for there is of glamour and gilding can hide the no stability to his class of employ- baseness of Hollywood leaders. Their meta. His orchestra plays chiefly in life is wholly unnatural a high -ten- the evenings, and often: into the small sion life, a life made ugly by jean hours of the morning. His remuner- tousles of normal living. What rebukes ation is not large— not enough to me is this fact, namely, I like going pay; the nine members of his or -Ito the movies. It is this liking of chestra a proper wage. mine — a liking possessed by millions upon millions of others — which has Now, for all but a very few or- produced' and whish sustains Holly- chestra leaders, this class of employ- wood, and which makes life in Holly- ment is filled with anxiety. Also, the wood so sinful and rotten. Really, we kind of work is unwholesome. It may are not much different from or better seen to have a sort of glamour, but than the Romans who went daily to obviously playing night .atter night the arenas to see lions devour slaves in night clubs, for dancers, is: not and Christians, and gladiators fight calculated to produce health or Mime to the death; than the Romans who iness, Then, too, what is the future caroused and gorged themselves at Some of them may have achieved for men whose occupation is playing the banquets. !fame of sorts, but fame does not dance music? One is unlikely to build up a good character or a good mind been condemned to fall, to rise again, to fall again. All my old energy is diminished daily. All my preo0- cupatione kill me;" In this painter's life you see the. life of many painters—the life of many men of consuming, genius, Gauguin made a great name for him- self, and made a profound influence on the art of his day, but always he lived tragiealiy-defeatedly, Possibly all, of us know persons of very remarkable genius; and if We do, then I venture to say that these persons are neither very companion- able, or equable in the matter of their temperament, or very happy— and perhaps not very prosperoue. or a good future by being a member r oega'n is contribution to the I The happiest persons are rather of a dance -hall orchestra. On the News Record by speaking of a young Ordinary persons—and it is persons contrary, one's character, one's mor- ed with a genius for music. T want- of normal qualities who da the. als, and one's mind are pretty certain ed to say that genius can be a torso world's sturdy work: to deteriorate rapidly. something to be dreaded and run away from. Yet most of us, I fancy, are admirers of genius, and applaud n genius, and wish that we had ex - magazines and books, about the lure i compensate for lack of happiness and warm and 'lasting friendships, We read a good deal, in stories of Hollywood, and Hollywood itself tries hard to sell itself to the im- agination of young people. It is quite common to. see at the movies films presenting "stars" and their pastimes and triumphs, and manner of life; and patrons of movies are bidden to write to somebody at Hollywood for special information desired. Yet all of us know that Hollywood is a cheat that it deceives those whe go there in the hope of getting employment. It is true that we do hear from time to time of the quick and remarkable success of this one and that one; but for everyone who succeeds at Holly- wood, there are thousands of fame - seekers whom Hollywood rejects, But the knowledge does not prevent fame seekers from going to Hollywood, does not put a cold douche over - youthful confidence and ambition. Hollywood is a good modern phen- omenon.. It is a centre of lax morals and of tragedy and bitterness. Its life is a. thoroughly unwholesome one. The stars do not remain stars for long. 1f you can, recall the stars of five or ten years ago. The probability is that you cannot recall 10 stars of 1929; and it is certain that the stars of today will have been burned out by 1949. It amuses me when I read about these Hollywood stars and the Holly -I wood ;colony ae being representatives of high social achievement and posit.; Mrs. There is very little true culture ceptional genius, meaning a talent of a very positive and out -thrusting kind a passion to do or be something which .will win us distinction, and per- haps a fortune. The truth of the mat- ter is that one is likely to be happ- ier, and more useful to his day and generation, if he lacks a compelling genius. Genius and insanity are sep- arated by only a very narrow space. Let us look, by way of example at Paul Gauguin, a French painter. In a book about ,him, his biographer says: "Perhaps one will never pene- trate to the bottom of this enigmatic being. He often hid his tenderness under ferocious sarcasms. A cruel destiny and an absolute solitude pro- duced in him ingratitude and lyre: - ism, meanness and generosity, pride and compassion, astonishingly inter- mingled. One wonders whether Gang- in was ever really happy, whether during his entire life as an artist he ever had a moment of peace and re- laxation. In his youth Gaugin was a sailor then aback class. Then he began as- sociating with painters. His develop- ment as painter Ied him into poverty and domestic unhappiness. He left his wife. He endured the pains and the bitternesses of poverty. His suf- ferings front cold led him to seek warmth in Panama. Illness took him back to France. His fame as a paint- er grew. Then he sailed for far Tahiti. He returned to Paris. Then back a- gain to the tropic—to Tahiti. HEADS POSTMASTERS 0. P. Sills, of Seaforth, has been named president of the Huron tract sone of the Ontario Postmasters' As- sociation. Other officers: Secretary, E. 3. Hingct, of Mitchell; executive, A. R Tasker, of Blyth; A. D. Smith, of Bluevale; W. L. Querengeser, of Brodhagen; B, F. Lancaster, of St. Marys, and Fred Bonthron, of Hen- sail. r.., 2 dl Nineteen checks totaling $42,090,64 have been mailed by County Treas- urer A. H. Erskine to highand con- tinuation school boards, for payment of students from outside, where there are no secondary schools. The Clin- ton cheque topped the lists with $7,786. Goderich was next with $6,135. Nine schools outside Harm County will receive cheques. We received s. Flipping the other day which bore the following: "Tho merchant who doesn't advertise is like the man who kisses his gal in the dark—he may know what he's doing, but nobody else does." aellask"s{{fit �� Y;m {q� ' RAt.� "The purest Form In which tobacco can be smoked" o' 1t/HO ffiS THE MACHINE S6 P W RK Not for some time now could farming have been practised on the small scale style familiar in the world of yesteryear. if toddy we had to rely: on the old-time cradle methods of cutting and garner ing the crop, it would take every able-bodied mon in every province of our Dominion to harvest the average wheat crop, of Western Canada. Thanks, however, to modern farm machinery, with, practically no seasonal increase in hirer) labor, the farmer is able to take care of even the heaviest of harvests. The making of the machines for harvesting is but a transference of labor from the field to the factory. Instead of the short seasonal engagement during the rush days of harvest, the implement' worker is given Io,n,�er periods of employment, and the days he spends in making farm equipment Lessens the number of Hien required in the farm field. Thus, these mets, during the winter months, help snake short work of garnering greater crops duringthe few and fleeting days of harvest season, and so many of the men thus engaged have themselves come from farm homes. It was only natural when turning their faces city -wards, that men from the farm should first seek empleyrnent with a company whose name to them had been a' household word. In Massey -Harris, whose origin ninety years ago was on a farm, these one- time farmers find a rather logical expression for their abilities in the mechanical side of farming—for while in frege or machine shop—they also farm. 1