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The Clinton News Record, 1939-07-13, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLIIITTON NEWS"RECORIJ THURS., JULY 10, 1D39 Eden Phillpotts "POM AYLMER:;At the tine the story opensis living in Peru, man- aging silver urines belonging to his father. !FELICE PARDO: A Ferfivian who, although young, has been fifteen years in the service of the. Aylmer` -mining enterprise. He is the most trusted nature 'employee. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS Mrs. MERCY AY31MER:Tom's mother; egotistical and exacting. JANE BRADSIIAW: Tom Aylmer's fiancee. At the time the story opens, the expectation is-that'these two will marry on Tom's next leave in England. ANGUS ' MAINE: A young ; Scot on Aylmer's staff, and close compel: - ion of. Torn. JACOB FERNANDEZ: A rich, eld- erly South American whose hobby is the study of hirci life. He is a. bachelor and is engaged : upon a monumental literary work on the subject of bird life. CHAPTER XII (Continued) Of late it seemed that the smoky l He , was • occupied with;the tarn of curtains over Table Top grew thicker,' fate that had Dung old Benny's treas- . RESCUE PARTY and, as.•the afternooa advanced, it ure into his hand,' and in such a man - "There are times. when silence' and :separation alone point the road tc safety between us and those we love, :and Jane knew that the less she had • to do with her sweetheart for the present the better. She 'disappeared to her cabin and Angus also wandered away with his private thoughts. Tom remained on -deck trampingup and .down and .looking at his watch: 1 The Clinton. News=Record with, which is lneorporated . THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year in advance, to Can- .,adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or .ether foreign countries. No paper 'discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. 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Then, straining employment. his eyes upon the 'strand, the watcher' In spirit he was already dispensing marked movement; but it was no re- happiness to the hapless before his turning figure that he saw. I boat grounded and 'he made her fast A great change was taking place and left her. in the forest lands to the east and He landed, arnved with an auto - it seemed that some invisible forces mate and his revolver, and he car- hadwakened there, for trees were.ried. his bag which contained the crashing in the midst, as though heavy mattock that might be neces- unseenwoodmen or mighty machines sary, began to cut a swathe through them. Tom watched till darkness began to cover the island'. Then he sought the others. •Costa was demanding to weigh anchor and be gone. He, too, had seen the phenomena in the woods and observed other •sights also. "Fear nothing for him or your ship, Captain," begged Tom. "Pardo is a .very- brave and capable man. He found first that the heat had increased ashore and was now trent.; endous, so that to breathe at all dis tressed his •hugs; and then he saw that the water stream from the hot spring had ,disappeared and matter more solid was flowing in its place. The geyser now sent a molten flood of lava into the sea and a great his - e well come back swiftly. Run up sing of white steam arose where the the riding -light to guide him and let fiery matter touched the water. And ' me have your me ort : Pardo felt the strand trembling un- gaph a der his feet and heard a rumble and Night hurried down upon them and Tom bawled every five minutes to the shore, which was no more than a quarter of a mile distant. Nor did light wholly lack. The volcano cast an intense radiance above it into the sky, and a new 'thing happened, for now they heard the tremendous breath -of its convulsion and the roar increased upon their ears. Still Fel- ice did not come and the outlook of his friends was changed. All three made common cause with Costa and, after long argument, prevailed with him. An abrupt change of feeling in his friends attended Pardo's de- lay, -and Angus was the first to ex- press it. I "One wasn't going back for treas- ure," he told Jane, "but this is quite another pair of shoes—you see that, don't you? Our pal may be in a !] t d if •t' t' f H. T. RANCE' Notary Public, Conveyancer 1f1'inancial, Real Estate and Fire In- suranee Agent, Representing 14 Fire i'insurance Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton laat mes2s, an I• s a quer Ion a • hie life, then the case is altered, of course." 1Frank Fingland, B.A., LLB. barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, $.C. "t3loari"Blocs — Clintnn.Ont. D. H. McINNE,3 CHIROPRACTQR Electro Therapist, Massage /Office: Duron 'Stfeet. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) • , ..Hours Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION Vey manrpuiation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 20` s, You must go at daylight," she answered. "You must try to rescue • rustle and continued chatter from the mined close to his bones. Ile lay cliffs of the gorge. face downwards and the discoverers Rocks fell from time to time, but he knew that they would nob strike nim, The nets of the great spiders tangled the way, but he avoided them and then, reaching, the place of the morning's adventure, he saw no sign of the creature that he had slain. Its companions had eaten it. ` Pardo faced the incveasing temp- erature, turned westward and met a solitary 'spider moving towards him. It blocked the way and was larger than the first, He drew his auto- matic, waited till it had come within five yards of him and then fired ancestor had died, Twelve, hours had elapsed since Torn a'lid Angus had seen their friend when they, set out to in -al him, as light broke - the ravage on the shore began to appear. A hundred yards from the „strand they began to feel the heat and the men wino rowed were fearful and little liked their task. Great' rifts appeared in the black„ beaches' and there were visible movements, to beappreciated by the -eye, in the contours of the island. The skyline showed actual motion and a gap had broken on the lip of the crater from which streams of lava poured. The flood moved easterly and was responsible for the destruction of the fertile lands. In contrast. with' this ghastly scene ashore, the sea still remained calm, and it seemed that the order of nat- m•e was;, reversed while -a dynamic earth tottered ;above a static ocean. Promising to return as •swiftly as possible, the young amen leapt ashore while' Aylmer spoke to the sailors.' "You're quite safe here," he said. "The island's quaking, but the sea is steady: Give us twenty minutes—no more. If' we are.not back in that time, we shall never be .coming back and you can return to the ship." • They, protested at his, folly and dried out that there was no need lo others to die; but, neither Maine no Aylmer heard them, The gorge gape ahead:. and over a shaking,•strand th. ran together and entered it. Gre noises thundered overhead and the could not hear themselves speak. Th volcano's bellow, increased while ne phenomena threatened, for the ai was' full 01 fiery" cinders and faIIin debris from the cliffs. But their or deal- Was brief and both their live were spared by fortune of chane A spectacle hideous ,enough awaite r d the at y e w r g s o. d their, yet the apparition told them all they needed to know and set them free to accomplish their own salva- tion while time remained to do so. Beside the skeleton of Benny Boss lay another, clean and white. Only bis bag and heel two weapons re- knew what had overtaken him. Tom looked upward, but only to feel the rain of ashes like hot hail upon his face. The enemies were sped; flames ran along the ground of the gorge where their ponderous webs shrivelled and burned away. They made no stay beside their vanished friend and his ancient kins- man. Indeed Tom, with his feet on fire, turned and limped to the sea instantly; but Angus delayed one moment and picked up Fence's bag. into the mass. It struggled a little He argued that if it were empty, then further, then he fired again and it Pardo had perished before reaching curled up its legs, lurched forward the ,cache; if it contained any new and expired. thing, then he had won his purpose and died upon the journey back, But The geyser was belching lava in a he felt that the bag was weighty, steady flow, but the only danger here stuck to itand followed Aylmer. appeared to be the intolerable heat. The clearing was open to the smoke The shore was shaking And split - above and light dimmed rapidly, but ting now; but both men reached the hint, of course." the cairn stood ten yards distant water together, waded out to the "Tom's got leave to take three from the hot spring and though its smaller boat and boarded her. A men," he explained. "Costa won't let stones burned his hands, Pardo set length of 'opo separated the dinghy any more come We can't row the 1 down his weapons, satisfied himself from the larger craft, and the mom ;big boat without help; and they re -'that no danger threatened, and at- eat they were aboard, the sailors fuse to land in any ease, but they'll 'tacked it. he threw down the stones; began to row. The sea ryas getting. land us and take the dinghy in tow, troubling not for blistered fingers and' up and a great wind rose out of the and wait for us to come back, We'll, quickly discovered the object of his 'increasing darkness; but it blew off l go at the first streak of daylight search. It was bedded in the blocks shore and helped them.. Dayspring land be aboard again with luck in half of old lava and came away at his ' an hour. It may be life or death for touch when he had freed it, Felice." 1 A metal box lay there some two 1 "It's your duty now," she said. "I feet long, a foot wide and two feet don't think he's alive, Angus, for if deep, lie appraised its weight as GEORGE ELLIOTT '.Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron .4;orrespondence -promptly answered Immediate arrangements can be made! :der. Sales Date at The News -Record, l Clinton, or by calling phone 203. iOharges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. `SHE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.' Officers: President, Thomas Moylan, Sea - North; Vice, President, William Knox, ,Londesboro; Secretary -Treasurer, M. -A. 'Reid, Seaforth. Directors, Alex. ,Broadfoot, Seaforth; James Sholdice, 'Walton; James Connolly, Goderich; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Chris. Leonharilt, Dublin; Alex. McEwing, .B} th; Frank McGregor, Clinton. List of Agents: E. A. Yeo, R.R. 1, Goderich, Phone 603r81, Clinton; ..James Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, 'Brucefield, R. R. No. 1; R. F. McKer- cher, Dublin, R. R. No. 1; Cfiae. F. ilIewitt, Kincardine; R. G. Jarmuth, 1Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. Any money to be paid may be paid uo the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of %Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin aautt's Gro ery, Goderich. Parties cleairing to effect insur- ance or transact other business will ,be promptly attended to on applica- tion to any ,of the above officers ad edressed to their respective post offi- •ees, Losses inspected by the director ''caho lives nearest the scene. AMAfflAN ATI l NAIL I WAYS TIME TABLE l'rr•ains win arrive at and .depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich ‘Going East,. depart ... ..6.58 a.m. 'Going Past, depart3.00 p.m 'Going West, 'depart . 11.45 a.m. Going West, depart 10.00 pni., London, Huron & Brice 4Going North, ar. '11:25 lye. 11.47. Pm 'Zioing South ar. -2:50, leave 3.08 p.m., he had lived, he would not have let he liftedit into his bag and guessed us down." I that it might be fifteen to twenty "We must hope, Jane, I'd go alone pounds, for your sake and you know it, but Aylmer wouldn't stand for that." This lungs were bursting and he "Nor I, He must go too. I'd come I tore off. his jacket and cast away myself. I wouldn't be frightened,' but his shoes, for they began to burn his I'd be useless." feet. Then carrying his bag in the "Hope on hoe ever" he said ' left hand and his lighter revolver in p 1 "H true island's gine to -morrow: the other, he turned to gat.back to nobody can land, He laughed, ihis chest tortured him, but only a "If the island's going to -night, my gene of happiness and triumph was dear girl, we're going with it." ?n his heart. Everything had grown still .and "Why did Felice slap and look at steadfast again after the tremor and the ground when we saw him land?" the mouth of the gorge apen,ed but she asked. "I don't know, but I'd hazard a tete 'yards distant when he stood a moment aiid looked down upset the guess.' "You can't live in Peru and skeleton of Benny Boss. Itseemednot feel an earth tremor now and to grin congratulations, and Felice again. I think he knew things were grinned back and tried to speak. But getting shaky, Jane; but the island he found his voice was gone. He re - is a pretty solid chunk, it isn't going petted the mattock which he had Ieft to cave in without a fight." behind him, for now—in safety, with The night was full of farmidable his boat but 20 yards away—he :told noises, though as' yet no sea lifted; himself that it had been a seemly but thunder growled overhead d thing to bury his great-grandfather's lightning glared through the pall of, smoke making the dull blaze of the banes under.the clean cinders. But volcano faint beneath its diamond his strength was gone and he knew brightness. Before dawn the were that the fiery fumes had injured him y within. His breath came with' diffi- away, and, at the first sulky streak cult, and he thought of the quarter of- light, Tom and Angus had gone of a mile that separated hint from • ashore, while the three rowers made the ship, the painter of the. idle dinghy.. fast to their larger boat, turned her bows,'Eyes were fixed upon the strand round and waited for them. The men and Toni had never ceased to watch Were terrified and chattered to keep since he landed, brit. Felice was in the up their spirits.while the light wax- i1eouth of the gorge and invisible to ed and revealed many nocturnal his friend. Now Pardo bent down changes. to pick up his bag,' and the action was his last but one. From. high above, on a massive rope of its own CHAPTER XIII spimting, a spider had' descended and ANOTHER SKELETON now it dropped upon him. He had kept his eyes everywhere save in the A medley of emotions had sped black air over his' head. He --knew through Felice's brain •as he pulled what had happened and fired twice, himself ashore but terror not one but too late to save himself.' The of them. He had never known fear huge insect indeed perished, but not under any circumstances, and danger Before its fangs were ih the 'man's only served to tighten his unfailing back, and lightning could not have nerve and breed •increase of caution. killed him quicker. He died as his „ ' safety. His hands were blistered and was swiftly swallowed in night; yet they saw one terrific downfall before they reached the ship, for suddenly the twin peaks, above the grater swayed seaward and fell together with a vast volume of sound. The men were rowing for their lives now with yet a hundred yards to go 'before they reached the ship. Her steam was up and she only. waited until they should return. A billow, set running by the fallen cliffs, caught and half swamped the boats before they could get under the Iguana's lee; •but they made her as she was already beginning to move north, The lesser boat was hoisted first with Tom and Angus in it; then the pinnace followed and Costa signalled "full steam ahead" to the engine room. The captain's plans had long been made and his course determined. (To Be Continued) GOOD SALESMANSHIP J. H. Cranston, publisher of the Midland .Free Press, tells this story. about Rev. W. A. Cameron, of York- minster Baptist Church, Toronto, a story of good salesmanship. At a convention of Baptist World Alliance in Stockholm, Sweden, a delegate front Washington, D, C., used the greater Dart of an hour in proseht- ing• Washington as the next best con- vention eity. When he had finished, Mr. Cameron rose to present an in- vitation fr9m Toronto. • He said he would just .tell .a story, which was: A pretty Miss. went to the confes- eional anal'said, "Father, a man kis sed me. The priest said, "How many times my child?" "Father," was the reply, "I came to confess, not to boast` The story was re- ceived with tremendous applause and Toroltto won the Convention. Here is a riddle: What is it hap- pens twice in a moment, once in a initiate, and not once in a hundred years.? The answer is a simple one: the letter "m", il..Ar ce;" o'le seice".°, ill'' s'ev'..L e'letweaws1"e olVo es"u' refs c'a'alVas.i'ne4Vr • 4a. YOUR WORLD AND MINE (copyright) by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD .- i4'e r, M YAG s *1t',. Xs Y'e s"a'sr4'Ve s'sVe s The world is full of slippers -- meaning, persons who have slipped - slipped from prosperity, from recti- tude, from high purpose, front public confidence, from high position. Some- times, the slipping is the consequence of an accident; quite often it repres- ents choice. The Prodigal Son chose to slip. He added everything up, and concluded chat he would' get more out of life by going to the dogs -and the' pigs. The Bible is full of the stories of men who slipped—who let go their hold on righteousness, on integrity, on purity, on faith, on honour. Some of these Bible persons came to their' senses' before the Great Reaper ar- rived to cut them down. Many re- mained' down to the very end; Job represents a ,man who did not slip, though he was sorely tried. Jacob slipped, yet he recovered.hiinself, and so did David; so did Peter. Judas slipped, and stayed slipped. A fine sermon, or series of sermons, could be preached on the great slippers of the Bible, and on how some of them regained lost ground. y-5 ea oee'Ve°e'eed°d'eoe'e'iWsearea"1'faoy'de"e"n"It ay- vice-president of, his company. Ile had an income of over $20,000. But he was domineering—had not much patience with others -was always bent on forcing his views on others. He was a salesman, but his ways offended buyer, and they turned against him. So this high-powered man' began to slip. Today he is hold- ing a position where his salary r is less than a fourth of what it used) to be. I am thinking of another man—a lawyer. He had the confidence of many persons, and was the custodian of the money of numerous clients; but opportunity . made him a thief, and he had to go to prison and was disbarred from his profession. Today he is trying successfully to get back. Presumably he had repented his sins and is using time to redeem his errors. Probably all of us slip in spine way or ways. We may let go our high purpose, and may become mere drifters. We may abandon, for a period, the practice of the virtues. We may •say, "What's the use?", in regard to policies and practices and ,paths: We make errors of judgment, and so lose our jobs or our savings, or our hope of advancement, or may lose our friends. Our slipping may be due to causes and circumstances over which we have no control, or may be due to the sins and errors of our kin. Few of us get through life without a slip or two. But, thanks be to heaven, we need History both before and since the time of Christ abounds with tales of men and women who slipped—men and women of both high and low estate. Shakespeare's plays are, many of them, about kings and others who slipped. Macbeth is an example. Many British sovereigns slipped. Charles I is an example. Many men and women famous in literature's annul slipped. Francis Thompson, poet slipped. It was he who wrote tha poignant poem, "The Hound of Hear en"—a poem, descriptive of his own experience. He had sunken low—be came a drunkard and a dissolute per son, yet he felt himself to be pursued even when he was base by the Say iour of men,, and he recovered hi place among the chosen of God. Si Walter Scott slipped -not in honour but in fortune. Bobbie Burns slipped Charles Dickens slipped. George Elio and Oscar Wilde slipped; so, too, did Zack London. More than one president of the 'United States slipped, among them being General Ulysses Grant. Among newspaper publishers one great slip- per is William Randolph Hearst. Cities slip. A. generation ago the American magazines curried the stor- ies of corrupt cities. To this day the administration -of many cities is corrupt, s not be hopeless when he have slip- ; `ped; we can regain much of what t may have been lost; and our. business - becomes both a purpose and an en- deavour to make good our losses, even when these losses are not due - to failures or errors of our own. It is not very creditable to us when - we let our slippings defeat us .per- s manently. When Sir Walter Scott r found himself owing a vast sum of , money, not because he himself had done anything wrong, but because his t partners in a printing business had made errors, he accepted the situa- tion, and set out to mend it, and he Nations slip. Rome slipped. Greece France slipped. Germany and Russia slipped. Spain slipped. Great industrial and financial or- ganizations slip — just because, at bottom, they are but men. The hist- ory of our great railway companies is a story of slippers. Most of them have black pages in their story — pages which record greed, oppression, injustice, ruthlessness. Political parties slip in every country. Ili Canada we have seen many ,lippings — of both Conserv- atives'and Liberals. Indeed, it seen}s to be almost impossibly hard for any Political party to remain stable when in power: it goes so high, like a thrown ball, and then begins to, fall. It falls because its component men lose their integrity, their vision, their idealism, their powers of; resistance to temptations of many sorts. I ant thinking, however, more of persons like myself — ordinary men and women, without national or 'pro- vincial fame, and perhaps of no sort of fame—quite obscure persons. No natter what our status may, be,loc- ally, provincially, nationally, We are tremendously important to ourselves. Each of us has to live his or her life, from birth to death, just as much as kings and lords and million- aires and famous persons have to live their• lives. No person is obscure or unimportant in the sight of heaven. When life ends for every person, then each person is weighed and measured, not by what fame or wealth or power, or importance, or eminence he had during the days of his life, but by his character—by the quality of his life—by the degree of its likeness to the divine pattern. No 'person can alibi at the close of life I ani thinking of mho man who held a good position 10 years ago, but he made himself offensive to those who had to call on him in the course of bnsiliess. Ile was inclined to show off ,his brilliance of mind and speech. He sought, to make an impression on his callers. He did not listen attentively to What was said to him. Re was snippy. It was not long before this man's employers let him, go: he was not the sort of employee whom they wanted. Thus this man slipped, and he went on slipping for years. Fortunately, after many adventures, in many jobs, he became .humble, and he ,tried suc- cessfully to reestablish himself in others' good opinion. Because he is a man of exceptional ability, he eventually found employment with a very good firm, and today is marring good. I am thinkingof another man— very brilliant -very forceful. He was mmenowor „ r . �:f/''�F.IZ5 lino BL Now ONvt You can't beat it for speed -- for neatness -- for. ease of operation! Help them to better grades. ='''10W014 DiSPLAY AT CLINTON NEWS -RECORD See George' Knights succeeded in his effort though prob ably the effort shortened his days •and certainly clouded his life, 1 Life is a great mystery. We may not understand why adversity comes to some, and why others less worthy seem to have .the favour of Dame Fortune, But one thing stands out plainly, namely: we are given time-- plenty of time — to get back our losses, or to get back something finer and better than what we lost. "SHE HIM" ! A backwoods mountaineer one day found a mirror on the road that a tourist had lost. "Well, if it ain't my old dad", he said, as he looked into the mirror, "I never knowed he .had his pitcher took." He took the mirror home and stole into the attic to hide it. His actions did not escape his suspicious wife. That night as he slept, she slipped up to the attic, 'and found the mirror. "Mum -um," she said, looking in the mirror, "So that's the old hag he hag been chasin." l'ammgm'ssrs EE PORAL G A a ET7 S The purest form in wheel ! bscco can be smoked" 7h E WORLDS GOOD NEWS will come to your home every clay through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An Internattona6 Daily Newspaper 1t records for you the world's clean, constructive doings. The Monitor but deals cnot orrectively %kith them a or sensation; for b Mtn men and all the family, including tate Weekly Mog,.zine Section. The Christian Science Publlshing Onalety One, Norway street, Seaton,. Massachusetts manse enter my nhbeotiptton to The Christian Science Monitor for a. period of 1 year 512,00 6 months 56.00 3 months 13.00 1 month $1,00 estates.), Issue. including Magazine. Section; 1 year 52,00, 0150ues 250 Name Address , VamIda Copy or, 12er/um ... rn=stiaQsu 1 C SPRING BLOSSOMS Blossoms add a charming seasonal quality to your springtime snapshots. Make a collection of such snaps this year -they're welcome in any album. NOTIII:R winter has passed into history, and spring is coming in. Soon many trees will be masses of blossom, early flowers will appear— and we Will face picture opportuni- ties that occur at no other season.. Any camera can be used for taking pictures of springtime blossoms. Usually, the best ,blossom pictures are close-ups, and we should always avoid the temptation to include too much. A single graceful branch gen- erally makes a better picture than a whole' orchard. For these closo•ups, a portrait at- tltchment'will be needed if you use a box or fixed -focus folding camera. Such an attachment is also helpful with focusing cameras. Another use- ful device is a short tape measure, since in a close-up the distance from camera to subject must be correct. A pocket range finder is even more convenient for measuring distances. Lighting is important Straight overhead sunlight should be avoided. Rather, light should come from the side, or somewhat from behind the blossoms, 80 that tbslr form and translucency are emphasized. For this reason, the best time for taking blossom pictures are rather early morning or late afternoon..A. slightly hazy day, with soft diffusedsunlight, is ideal for making these blossom. studies. Any good "chrome" or "pan" film is suitable. Por pictures that are to be enlarged, a flue -grained film is best. With "chI'ome" or "pan" film, satisfactory pictures can often be, made without color filters, although. a yellow filter such as the, IC -1 or K-2. may be used for even more truthful tone values and for darkeningthe sky behind white blossoms. Blossoms make beautiful spring - lute settings for informal portraits of friends, or family and children, Collect as many of these pictures as you can this miason, for they are al- ways a welcome touch in any album. 134 John van. Guilder