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The Clinton News Record, 1937-06-03, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD TI-IURS., JUNE 3, 1937. "THE LUST PN� By Frances !Hodgson. irnet SYNOPSIS to play a part in his life: She was a clever, beautiful person, Marco Loristan was the kind of a and saw that she had made a great boy people looked at the second tithe mistake. NOW GO ON "'ITII TSE' STORY when they had looked at him once. You must forgive me," she ex- ile was a well-built boy of 12, intern- "Yon are very kind to me," Marco claimed., "I used the wrong words .gent looking, and well-mannered. He answered, wondering if he did not because I was excited. That is the and his father had travelled a great redden a little. "]tut I nsust go be- way with women. You must see that •.deal and the boy was proficient in cause my father will—" I meant that I knew he was giving .•several languages, so' that he felt at "Your father would let you stay his heart and strength,'his whole' be - :home in whatever country he was and talk to me," she said, with even a ing, to Samavia, even though he 'must •:staying. Marco renew that they were prettier kindliness than before. "Ii is stay in London." .,Samavians, that there was trouble ,from him you have inherited your She started and turned her head .and bloodshed in Samavia at present. beautiful manner. Ile was ,once a to listen to the sound of some one us - "His father had told him the' story of friend of mine, I hope he is my ing the latch -key and opening the • '•the Lost Prince, who'.might one day i friend still, though perhaps he has front door. The some one came in ,returnto Samavia and restore ordeie forgotten me?' with the heavy step of a man. • and peace. At present the Lorastan's! AR that Marco ban -earned and all I"It is one of the lodgers," she said. :are in London, England, and Marco that he had ever trained himself to,"I think it is the one who lives in the had encountered several interesting remember, Quickly rushed back upon third floor' sitting -room." ::people, among them, "The Rat," a' hits now, because he had a clear and I "Then you won't be alone when 1 ,crippled boy who commands a group , rapidly working brain, and had, not go," - said Marco. "I am glad some •of willing boys—the boys Iisten at- lived the ordinary boy's life. Ilene one has come. L will say good-morn- etentively as Marco speaks to them. was a beautiful lady of whom he Ing. May 1 tell my father your Later Loristan and Marco have a knew nothing at ail but that she had' name? ' 'long talk about Samavia, and the Lost twisted her foot in the street and he 1 "Tell me that you are not angry 'Prince, who had disappeared five had helped her back into her house. with me for expressing myself so thundred years ago. A secret society, If silence was still the order, it was awkwardly,," she said. 'with members in many European not for trim to know things or ask "You couldn't have meant it. I -countries, were preparing to put his questions or answer them. She might know that," Marco answered boyish descendant on the throne of Santa- be the loveliest lady in the world and ty, "You couldn't." -via and- end the civil wave and blood- his fa:-hei• her dearest -Crienrl, but,' "No, I couldn't," site repeated, with •shed in the country. At a meeting even if this were a:o, he could best the same etnphaiis on the words. '•of the Squad, The Rat forms a sec- serve them both by obeying her She took a caret from a silver case et :Tsociety for Samavia among then -1 friend's commands with all csurtesy, on the table and gave it to him. ^selves. ,, nd forgetting no :n:tt'uetion he had. "Your- father will remember my The Rat's father dies, and Loristan given. name," she said. "I hope he will let invites the lad to live with him aid; "1 do not think my father ever for- Inc see hint and tell him how yon took Marco. The two boys Plan to aid gets any one," he axle -woad. care of me." the cause of the Lost Prince. Marco: 1 "No,' I am sure he does, not," site She shook his band warmly and let while on an errand; assists a young said softly. "Has he been to Sarna- him go. But just as he reached the lady in• distress, who seems vets in- via during the Met three years?" fdoor she spoke again. terested in him. She seems desline;l i Marco named a mwnent.: I Oh, may I ask you to do one thin;• "Perhaps I ant not the boy you more before you leave me?" she said I think I ant,' lie. said. "My 'father suddenly. "I hope you won't mind. The Clinton News -Record has hewn been to Sansavia." 1 Will you run up -stairs into the draw - "He has not? But—you- are Marco ing-romp and bring me the purple With which is incorporated' i Loristan?" - I book from the small table? I shall THE NEW ERA not mind being alone if 1 have some- `I'es. That is my name." .GERMS CP SUBSCRIPTION R , thing to read." +L31,bo ben veer in advance, to Cana- i Suddenly she leaned forward and "A d!an addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or here long lovely eyes filled with fire. i purple book? On a shrill ta- -ether foreixn countries. No paper! "Then you are a Samavian, and yoti We,"f+said Marco. +•discontinued until all arrears are pat tcisow of the disasters overwhelming "Between' the two long window„ unless at the option of the publish- U.3'5 ou ]chow all the hideousness site smiled bade at him, ear. The data to which every sub -The drawing -room of such houses serintion is paid is denoted on the and barbarity 6f what is being done, 1 •;abet.your lather's sof crust know it all! as these is always to be reached by ADVERTISING RATES — Tran "Every cam ktiosys it," said March, one short flight of stairs. ...went advertising 12c per count line! "But it is youv country—your own! Marco ran up lightly, 8nr first insertion. 8c for each sub -'hour blood must barn in ,our veins. , iequent insertion. Heading counts 3 t" .? lines. Small advertisements not to Marco stood quite still and looked: ',exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," at her. His eyes told whether MOCHAPTER XIV `Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted once blood burned or not, but he did not . Marco Does Not Answer for 35e, each subsequent insertion sitealc. His look was answer enough, ,b5c.: Rates for display advertisingBy the, time he turned the corner conade• known on application. since he did not wish to say any- of the stairs, the beautiful fatly had thing, risen from her seat in the back room "What does your father think?"' I am a Sansavian myself, and I think andwalked into the dining -room at Communications intended for pub- 'sication must, as a guarantee of good rlaith, be accompanied by the name .34 the writer. the front. A heavily -built, clack +G. E. HALL - - Proprietor. night and day, What does he think p bearded man was standing, inside the of the rumor about the descendent of door as if waiting for her. H. T. RANCE the Lost Prince? Does he believe '•I could do nothing with him," site NotaryPublic Conveyancer it eagerly. I > y ? y' said at once, in her soft voice, speak - .d inancial Real Estate and Fire In- Marco was thinking very rapidly' !ng quite prettily and gently, as if euranee Agent. Representing 14 Fire Her beautiful face was; glowing with what site said was the most natural ;Insurance Companies. !emotion, her. beautiful voice tremb- Division Court Office, Clinton I thing in the world, "I managed the ` , red. That She should be a Sansavianr little trick of the sprained foot really 'Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. land love Saniavia, and pour her feel- well, and got him into the house. He Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public :ing forth even to a lloy, was deeply is an amiable boy with perfect ratan- Sutcessor to W. BrydQ.ue, KA moving to him. But howsoever one Q i tiers, and I thought it might be easy : Sloan Block — Clinl•nn, Ont. (was moved, one trust remember that to surprise him into saying mote than silence was still the order. When one Ire Tcnow he was saying. You can gen- was very young, one must remember orally clo that with children and young 'D. H. McINNES ' CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage 'ltiffice: Huron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) ' iliours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION` orders first of all, things. But be either knows nothing "It' might be only a newspaper or has been trained to hold his ton - story," he said. "He says one cannot gue. He's not stupid, and he's of a trust such things. If you know him', high spirit. I made a pathetic little you know he is very calm." scene about Samavia, because I saw al,y manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment 'ton?"Has he taught you to be calm he could be worked up. It did work Phone 207 ` she . said pathetically. You him up. I tried hies' with the Lost • rue only a boy. Boys are not calm. Prince rumor; but, if there is truth GEORGE ELLIOTT Neither are women when their hearts in it, he does not or will not know. I eticensed.,Auctioneer for the County are wrung. Oh, my Samavial Oh, tried to stake hies lose his temper and my poor little country! My brave, betray something indefending his tortured country!" and with a sudden father, whom he thinks a god, by the sob site covered her 'face with her way. But''I made a mistake. I saw her hands. • !that. It's a pity.Boys can sometimes A great lump mounted to Marco's be Made to tell anything." She spoke throat. Boys could not cry, but he very quickly under her breath.' The knew what she meant when she said her heart was wrung. When she lifted her head, the tears in her eyes 'made them softer than ever. for a few minutes. Listen. He's an "If I were a million Samavians in- innocent boy. He sees me only as a stead of one woinan, I should know, gentle angel. Nothing will -. shake what to dol" she cried. "If your him so much as to hear me tell' hint tether were a million Samavians, he the truth suddenly. It -will be such a would know, too. He would find Iv- shock to him that perhaps you eau• do or's descendant, if lie is on the earth, something' with, hips. then.. Ile may and he would end all this horror!" lose his hold on himself. ''He's only "Who would not end it if they- a boy." could?" cried Marco, quite fiercely. "You're right," .said the bearded "But men, like; your father, men man. "And when he finds out he is who. are 'Samavians, must think night not free to go, it may alarm him and and day about it as I do," she impet- we mayget something worth while." uously insisted, "You see, 1 cannot "If we could ,find out what -is true, help potiring my-shoughts.out even. to or. what Loristan thinks is true, we a boy—because he is a Samavian, should have a clue to work fton," she Only Samavians cave. Saniavia seems said, so little and unimportant to other "We have not much time," the man people. They don't even seem to know whispered. "We are ordered to Bee - that the blood she is pouring forth .ria at once. Before midnight we pours from human veins and beating must be on the way." human hearts. Men like your fath- "Let us go into the other room ernitst think, ,and plan, and feelthat He is coming." they must—meet find a way. Even a When Marco entered the room, the woman feels it. Even a boy must. heavily -built man with the pointed Stefan Loristan cannot be- sitting dark beard was standing by the easy quietly at home, knowing that Samar-, chair, vian hearts are being' shot through' "I am every I could not find the and Same:vian blood poured forth. He book," he apologized. "I looked on all cannot 'think and say nothing!" the tables." Marco started in spite of himself. "I shall be obliged to go and look He felt as it his father had been for it myself," said the Lovely Per - struck in the face. How' dare sheYson', say such words! Big as he was, sus She rose from her chair and stoo'' denly,he looked bigger, and the beau- up smiling. And ather first move-. tiful' lady saw that he slid, mons Marco saw that she was not "Ile is my father," he said slowly. disabled in the least. of Huron 'Correspondence promptly answered "immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, *Clinton, or by, calling phone 203. -Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 1 HE IVICRILLOP MUTITAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office. Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Alex, Broadfoot, Sea - loth; Vice -President, Thomas Moy- ?an, Seaforth; Secretary -Treasurer, 'M. A. Reid, Seaforth. • Directors — Alex. ` Broadfoot, Sea - 'forth; James Sholdlce, Walton; Wil- liam Knox, Londesboro; Chris. Leon- `hardt, Dublin; James Connolly, God- erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. '15. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw- ring, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton. List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin- ton, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; ;John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. Wo. 1; R. F. McKereher, bublin, R. R. 'No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; G. 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"It wasn't hurt," she answered, in her softly pretty voice and with her softly pretty smile: "I only made you think so," It was part 'of her plan to spare him nothing of shock in her sudden transformation.: ,: Marco felt h is breath leave him for 0 moment. 'I made you believe I was hurt because T wanted you to some into the house with me," she added. " wished to find out certain things 1 sun sore -you know." "They ,were things about Samavia," said the man. "Your father knows them, and you must know something of thein at least.. It is necessary that we should hear 'whatyou can tell us. We shall pot allow you to leave the house until you have answered cer- tain questions I shall ask you." Then Marco began to understand. He had heard his father speak of Po- litical spies, men: and women who were, paid to trace the people that certain governments or political par- ties _desired to have followed and ob- served. He knew it was then' wont to search out secrets, to disguise themselves and live among innocent people as if they were' merely ordin- ary neighbors. They must be spies who were paid to follow: his father because- he was a Samavaan and a patriot. He diel not know that they bad taken the house two months before, and had accom- plished several things 'during their apparently innocent stay in it., They had discovered Loristart and had learned to know his outgoings and incomings, and also the outgoings and incomings of Lazarus, Marco, and The Rat. But they meant, if pos- sible, to learn other things. If the boy could be startled and terrified in- to unconscious revelations, it- night prove well worth their while to have played this bit of melodrama before they locked the front door behind them and hastily crossed the Channel, leaving' their landlord to discover for himself that the house had been va- cated, In Marco's mind strange things were Happening. They were spies! But that was not all. The Lovely Person had been right when she said that he would receive a shock. His strong young chest swelled. In all his life, he had never come face to face with black treachery before. He could not grasp it. This gentle and friendly being with the grateful soft voice and grateful soft eyes had be- trayed—betrayed h!ml I1 seemed im- possible to believe it, and yet the smile on her curved mouth told him that it was true. When he had sprung to her help, she had been playing a trick! Nyhen he had been sorry for her pain and had winced at the sound of her low exclamation, she had been deliberately laying a trap to harm him. For a few seconds he was stunned—perhaps, if he had not been his father's son, he might have been stunned only, But - he was more. When the first seconds had passed, there arose slowly within him a sense of something like high, remote dis- dain. It grew in his deep boy's eyes as he gazed directly into the, pupils of the long soft dark ones. His body felt as if it were growing taller. "Yoti are very clever," he said slow- ly. Then, after 'a second's pause, he added, "I was too young to know that there was any one so—clever—ha the world." `The Lovely Person laughed, but she did not laugh easily. She srpke to her companion. "A grand seigneur!" she said. "As one looks at hisn, one half believes it it true." The man with the beard was look- ing very angry. His eyes were savage and his dant skin reddened. Marco. Uptight . that he looked at him as if he hated hint, and was made fierce by the mere sight of him, f tegious reason. "Two clays before you left Mos- cow," he said, "three men cause to see your father. They looked like peas- ants. They talkedto hips for more than an hour. They' brought With them is roll of parchment. Is that not true?" "I know nothing," said Marco. "Before you went to Moscow, you were in Budapest. You ,went there from Vienna. You were there for three months,; and your father sate many people. Some of them came in the middle of the night." "I know nothing," said Marino. "You have spent your life in trav- eling .from one country to another," persisted the man. "You know the European languages as if you were a courier, or the portier in a'rVien- nese hotel. Do you not?" insultingly. Marco slid not answer. ' The Lovely Person began to speak to the man rapidly in Russian. "A spy and an adventurer Stefan Loristan has always been and always will be," she said. "We know What he is. The police in every capital in Europe know him as a sharper and, a vagabond, as well as a spy. And yet, with all his cleverness, he does notee s m to have money. What did he do with the bribe the Maranovitch gave him for betraying what he knew of the old fortress? The boy doesn't even suspect him. Perhaps it's true that he knows nothing.. Or perhaps it is true that he has been so ill-treated and flogged from his babyhood that he dare not sneak. There is a .cowed looked in his eyes in spite of his child- ish, swagger. He's been both starved and beaten." The outburst was well done. She did not look at Marco as, she poured forth her words, She spoke with the abruptness and impetuosity of a per- son whose feelings had got the bet- ter of her. IfMarco was sensitive a- bout his father, she felt sure that his youth would make his face reveal something if his tongue did scot—if he understood Russian, which was one of the things it would be useful to find out, because it was a feet which would verify many other things. Marcos face disappointed her. No change took place in it, and the blood did not rise to the surface of his skin. He listened with an uninter- ested, air, blank and cold and polite. Let them say what they chose. The man twisted his pointed beard and shrugged his shoulders. "We have a good little wine -cellar downstairs," he said. "You are go- ing down into it, and you will prob- ably stay there for some time if you clo not make up your Hund to answer my questions. You think that noth- ing can happen to you in a house in a. London street where policemen walk up and down. But you, are mistaken.. if you yelled now, even if any one. chanced to hear you, they would only think you were a lad getting a thrash- ing he- deserved. You can yell as much as you like in the black little Wine -cellar, and no one will hear at all. We only took this house for three months, and we shall leave it to -night without mentioning the fact to any, one. If we choose to leaw you in the wine -cellar, you will wait there until somebody begins to notice that no one goes in and out, and chan- ces to mention it to the landlord which few people would take the trou- ble to do. Did ,youcome here from Moscow?" I know nothing," said Marco. (Continuednext week) Rev. 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