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The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-01, Page 2""AGE2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JULY 1, 1937. "THE LOST PIzINC: By Frances Hodgson F urnett SYNOPSIS to play a part in his life. "Marco Loristan was the kind of a iboy people looked at the second time .when they had looked 'at hhn once. .He was a well-built boy of 12, intern-. .;gentlooking, and well -Mannered. Ile ,.and his father had travelled a great ..deal and the boy was proficient in •several languages, so that he felt at elnente in whatever country he was ..staying.. Marco knew that they were «Samavians, that there was trouble 'and bloodshed in Samavia at present. e13is father had told him the story of the Lost, Prince, who might one day ,,return to Samavia and restore order ',and' Peace. At, present the Loristan's .a,re in London,' England, and Marco ^•;had encountered several interesting ,people, among them, "The Rat," a -.crippled boy who commands a group of willing boys—the boys listen at- qentiively as Marco speaks to :them. 'Later Loristan and Marco have a Jong talk about Samavia, and the Lost 'Prince, who' had disappeared five ",hundred years ago. A secret society, -With members in many European ..countries, were preparing to put his descendant on the throne of Same - ..via and, end the civil wars and blood= •.shed in the country. At .a meeting *•of the Squad, The Rat 'forms a sec - •.,ret society for Samavia among them- vselves, perhaps a street in Paris or a hotel Loristan bent his head. The Rat's father dies, and Loristan in Vienna, and Marco would at once Then he mentioned the name of 'invites the lad to live with him and make a rapid sketch of the face un- another street in another place -and 'Marco. The two boys plan to aid der whose photograph the name of the Marco sketched again. This time it -the cause of the Lost Prince. Marco, locality had been written. It was not was the peasant with the simple face. -while on an errand, assists a young long before he could begin his sketch The Prince bowed again. Then Lori - 'lady in distress; who seems very in- without more than a moment's heli- staff gave another name, and after ti:erested in him. She seems destined tation. And yet even when this had that another and another; and Marco become the case, they still played the hid his work until it was at an end, game night after night. There was and Lazarus stood near with a hand - a great hotel near the Place de la fel of sketches which he had silently Concorde in Paris, of which Marco taken charge of as each was laid a - With which is Incorporated felt he should never hear the naive side. THE NEW ERA during all his life without there start- "Y o u would know these faces "PERMS of SUBSCRIPTION ing up before liis mental .vision a wheresoever you say them.?" said the ea.50 nor veer in advance, to Cana- tall woman with fierce black eyes and Prince. "If you passed one in. Bond Bran addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or a delicate high -bridged nose across Street or in the Marylebone Road, you -ether' foreicn countries. No paper sdiscontinucd until an arrears are paid which the strong eyebrows almost would recognize it at once?" unless at the option of the publish- met. In Vienna there was a palace "As I know yours, sir," Marto ans- war. The data to which every sub- µ.inch would always bring back at wered. • crenation is paid is denoted on the once a hale cold -faced pian with a Then followed a number' of ques- heavy blonde lock which fell over his tions. Loristan asked them as he had forehead. A certain street in Mun- often asked them before. They were ich meant' a stout genial old ariSto- questions asto the height and build of NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Even this was, still called "the game;" but Marco began to know in his secret heart that it was so•much more, that hishand sometimes tremb- led with excitement as he made his sketches over and over again. To make each one many tunes was the best way. to imbed it in his memory. The Rat knew, too, though he had no reason for knowing, but mere in- stinct. He used to lie awake in the night and think it over and'remember what Loristan had .said of the time coming when Marco might need a cornrade.in. his work. What wet his work to lie? Tt was to be something like "the game." And they were, be- ing prepared, for it. And though Marco often lay awake on his bed when The Rat, lay awake en his sofa, neither boy spoke to the other of the thing his mind dwelt on. And Marco Worked as he had never worked be- fore. The game was very exciting when he could prove his prowess. The four gathered together at night in the back sitting -room. Lazarus was obliged to be with then because a second judge was needed. Loristan would mention the name of a place, be mistaken." pleasure •' of his father and his vis or. They were speaking together in ow tones and he waited several minutes. What The . Rat noticed was what he had noticed before—that the big boy could stand still in perfect ease and silence. It- was notnecessary for him ,to'say things or to ask questions --to look at people as if he felt rest- less if they did not sneak to or notice him. He did not seem to require no- tice, and The Rat felt vaguely that, young as he was, this very freedom from any anxiety to be looked at or addressed made hien somehow leak like a great gentleman. Loristan and the Prince .advanced to where he stood. "L'IIotel de Marigny," Loristan said. Marco began to sketch rapidly. He began the portrait of the handsome woman with the delicate high -bridged nose and the black brows which al- most met. As he did it, the Prince drew nearer and watched the work over his shoulder. It did not take very long and, when it was finished, the inspector turned, and after giving Loristan a long and strange look, nodded twice. "It is a remarkable thing," he said. "In that rough sketch she is not to iThe Clinton News -Record label, ADVERTISING RATES — Tran- .,oient advertising 12c per count line 'nor first insertion. 8c for each sub- tequent insertion. Heading counts crat with a sly smile; a village in Ba - s2 lines. Small advertisements not to ',exceed one inch, such as "Wanted;' eerie, a peasant with a vacant and 'Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted once simple countenance. A curled and icor 36c, each subsequent insertion smoothed Mum who looked like•a hair- lthc. Rates for display advertising dresser brought up a place in an Aus- ,nnade known on application. trian mountain town. He knew them Communications intended for pub- an as lie knew his own face and No. '(cation must, as a• guarantee .of good 7 Philibert Place.''.faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. But still night after night the game E, HALL - - Proprietor. was played. Then cane a night when, out of a H. T. RANCE • deep sleep, he was awakened by. Laz- Notary Public, Conveyancer arus touching him. He had so long eerainancial' Real Estate and Fire In- .aurance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Coert Office, Clinton tFranIt Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public . , Successor to W. Brydopel K.C. ,c Sloan Block — • Clintnn, Ont. D. ' TL McINNES 1 CHIROPRACTOR •Electro Therapist, Massage „ i',Svffice Huron. Street. (Few Doors west of Royal. Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION manipulation tun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 .eby GEORGE ELLIOTT "Licensed Auctioneer for the County of 'Huron 't3orregpondence promptly answered limmediate arrangements can be made ,for Sales Date at -.The News -Record, w,P,binton, or .by calling phone 203. cCharges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. VIM Merit:LOP 1111JTT; TL Fire Insurance Company Head Office. Seaforth, Ont.' Officers: been secretly ready to answer any call that he sat up straight in bed at the first touch. "Dress quickly and come down 'co knows." stairs, Lazarus said.. "The Prince Marco looked at his father. is . here and wishes to speak with you.' Marco made no answer but got out of bed and began to slip on his clothes. 'Lazarus touched The Rat. The. Rat was as ready as Marco and sat upright as he had done. "Come down with the young Mas- ter," he commanded. "It is necessary that you 'should be seen and spoken to.» And having given the order he went away. 'No one heard the shoeless feet of the two boys as they stole down the stairs. • An elderly man in: ordinary clothes, butwithan .unmistakable face, was sitting quietly talking to Loristan ing in • his readiness of reply and his who with a gesture called both for- exactness of mammy. ward. "I can't draw," he said at the end. "The Prince has been much inter- "l3ut I can remember. I didn't want ested in what I have told hin, your any one to be bothered with thinking game," he said hi his lowest voice. I was trying, to learn it. So only "He wishes to see you make your Marco knew,' President, ' Alex. Broadfoot, Sea sketches Marco." This he said to Loristan with ap- 'forth; Vice -President, Thomas Moya Marco looked very straight into the peal in his voiee. I' Ian, Seaforth; Secretary -Treasurer, Prince's eyes which were fixed intent- "it was he who invented 'the M. A. Reid, Seaforth, ly on him as he made his bow. g , ame"' said Loristan. "I showed Directors — Alex. Broadfoot, Sea "His Highness does -me honor," he o plans." 'forth; Janmes'Sholdice, Walton; Wil -You his strange maps and lam. Knox, Londesboro; Chris. Leon- said, as his father might have said "It, is a good game," the Prince ibardt, Dublin; James Connolly, God- it. He went to the table at once and answered' in the manner of a man ex- 'erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. took from a drawer his pencils and traordinarily interested and impres- •R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw- <iing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton. pieces of cardboard. sed. "They know it well. They' can List of Agents: W. J. Yeo,- Clin- I should know he was your son be trusted." 'ton, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; and a Samavian," the Prince remark- :+No such thing has ever been' done �iLbhn E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. ed. before," Loristan said. "It is as new 'f'io. 1; R. F. McKercher, Dublin, R. R. Then his keen and deep, -set eyes as it is daring and Simple." "No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; turned themselves on the « boy with the 'OIL, G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1.Therein lies its safety," the Prince Any money to be paid may be paid crutches, answered. ..to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of "This,". said Loristan, "is the one <pe haps only boyhood, said Lor- Commer e, Seaforth, or at Calvin who calls himself The Rat, He is istan, "could have dared to imagine :Cutts Grocery, Gedericlr.1' Parties desiring to effect insur- one of us. it." ...wee or transact other business will The Rat saluted.' "The Prince thanks you," he said ' ibe promptly attended to do Retake- ' Ion to any of the above officers ad - respective post .offi- e to their s ' dressedp P . ees. Losses inspected by the director ' who lives nearest the scene. the originals of the pictures; of the color of their hair and eyes, andthe order of their complexions. Marco answered them all. He knew all but the names of these people, and it was plainly not necessary that he should know them, as his father had never uttered them. After this, questioning was at an end the Prince pointed to The Rat who had leaned on his crutches against the wall, his eyes fiercely eager like a ferret's. "And he?" the Prince said. "What can he do?" "Let me try," said The Rat. "Mar - "May I help him to show you," he asked. "Yes," ' Loristan answered, and then, as he turned to the Prince, he said again in his low voice: "He is one of us." Then Marco began a new form of game. He held up one of the pictur- ed faces before The Rat, and The Rat named at once the city and place con fleeted with it, he detailed the color of eyes and hair, the height, the build, all the personal details as Mar- co himself had detailed thein. To these he added descriptions of the cities, and points concerning the po- lice system, the palaces, the people. His face twisted itself, hiseyes burn - 'CANADIAN NATIONAO. RAILWAYS TIME TABLE VTrains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalb and Goderich Div. +' Going East, depart' V.03 a.m. 'Going East, depart 8.00 p.m. ',Going West, depart 12.ft p.m. Going, West, depart 10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce t•,Going North, ar. 11.34. lve 12.02 -p.m. eHoire South 3.08 p.m. "Please tell him, sir," he whispered, after a few .more words spoken aside "that the crutches don't matter." Ito his visitor. "We both thank you. "He has trained himself to an ex- You may go back to your beds." traordinary activity," Loristan said.) And the boys went. "He can do anything." The keen eyes were still taking The Rat in. • "They are an advantage,"said the Prince at last: Lazarus had nailed togethet a I ' A week had not passed befoise Tight, rough easel which Marco used Marco brought to The Rat in their in making his sketches when the bedroom ;an envelope containing a game was played. Lazarus was stand -j number of slips of paper on each of ing hi state at the door., •and he camel which was written something. forward, brought the easel from its l "This is another part of the game," corner, and arranged the necessary he said gravely. "Let us sit down drawing materials upon it. together by the table and study it." Marco stood near it and waited the They sat down and examined what CHAPTER XIX "That I's One" head of each was the name of one of was written on 'the slips. At the the 'places with which Marco had con- nected a face he had sketched. Be- low were clear anil concise directions as to how it was to be reached and the words to be said when, each indi- vidual was encountered. "This person is to be found at his stall in the market," was written of the vacant -faced peasant, "You will first attract his attention by asking the price of something. When he is looking at you,, touch your left thumb lightly with the forefinger of your right hand, Then utter in a low die= tinct tone the words 'The Lame is lighted,' Thai is all, you are to da." Sometimes the directions were not quite so simple, but they were all in- structions of the same order. The originals of the sketches were to be sought out — always with precaution which should conceal that they were being sought at all, and always in such a manner as would cause an en- counter to appear to be mere chance. Then certain words were to be utter- ed, but always without attracting the attention of any bystander or passer - The boys worked at their task through the entire day: They con- centrated all their powers upon it. They wrote and re-wrote—they re- peated to each other what they com- mitted to memory as if it were a les- son. Marco worked with the greater ease and more rapidly, because exer- cise of this order had been his prac- tice and entertainment from his baby- hood. The Rat, however, almost kept pace with him, as he had been born with a phenomenal memory and his eagerness and desire were a fury. But throughout the entire day nei- ther of them once referred to what they were doing as anything but ,'the game • At n:" ight, it is true, each found him- self lying awake and thinking. It was The Rat who broke the silence from his sofa. ' "It is what the messengers of the Secret Party would be ordered to do when they were sent out to give the Sign for the Rising," he said. "I made that up the first day I invented the party, didn't I?" "Yes," answered Marco. After a third day's concentration they knew by heart,everything given to them to learn. That night Loris - tan put, them through an examina- tion. "Can ,you 'write these things?" he asked, after each had repeated them and emerged safely from all cross- qustioning. Each boy wrote thein correctly from memory. "Write yours in French—in Ger- man—in Russian—in Samavian," Lor- istan said to Marco. "All you have told me to do and to learn is part of myself, Father," Marco said in the end. "It is part of me, as if it were my hand or my eyes—or my heart." "I believe that is true," answered Loristan. He waspale that night and there Was a shadow on his face. His eyes held a great longing as they rested on Marco. It was a yearning which had a sort of dread in it. Lazarus also did not seem quite himself. He was red instead of pale, and his movements were uncertain and restless, He cleared his throat nervously at intervals and more than once left his chair as if to look for something. It was almost midnight when Loris - tan, standing near Marco; put#his arm round his shoulders. "The Game"—he began, and then was silent a few moments while Mar- co felt his arm tighten its hold. Both Marco and The Rat felt a hard quick beat in their breasts, and, because of this and because the pause seemed long, Marco spoke, "The Game—yes, Father?" he said. "The Game is about to give you work to do—both of you," Lorsitan answered. Lazarus cleared his throat and walked to the easel in the corner of the room. But he only changed the position of a piece of drawing -paper on it and then carne back. "In: two days you are to go to Paris —as you," to The Rat, "planned in the game." "As I planned?" The Rat basely breathed the words, "Vase' answered Loristan, "The instructions you have learned you will carry out. There is no more. to be done than to manage to approach certain persons closely enough to be able to utter certain words to them," "Only to young strollers whom no pian could suspect," put in Lazarus in an astonishingly rough and shaky voices "Thep could pass near the Emperor himself without danger. The young Master—" his voice became so hoarse that he was obliged to clear it loudly—"the young Master must carry himself less finely. It would be well to shuffle a little and slouch as if he were of the common people." "Yes," said The'Rat hastily. "He must do that. I can teach hint. He holds his: head and his shoulders like a gentleman. He must look like a street lad." "I will look like one," said Marco with determination. "I will trust you to remind him," Loristan said to The Rat, and ise said it with gravity. "That will be your charge." (Continued Next Week). c "Is there hot water in your house?" asked one small boy of another. "There is,," replied the other, "and I am always in it." OUR FOREST HERITAGE A SERIES OP TALKS BY JOHN C. IIiWIN, B.Sc.F.,F.E, • 1. "BUT ONLY GOD CAN MAKE A TREE." 2. "TIIE DESERTED VILLAGE." 3. "WHAT POOLS THESE MORTALS 13E." "The Deserted Village" Last week I spoke about the im-I portance of wood in our civilization, and how from the cradle to the grave we are surrounded and served by wood in its various forms. As an in- teresting • dives•sion try some time to list the articles you know that are made of or derived from wood. I think you will be surprised at the to- tal number•. I mentioned also some popular mis- conceptions about the growth of trees, and what is necessary to secure their reproduction. I tried to outline brief- ly the.ideal of the forest engineer= to grow the best possible crop of trees on land that cannot profitably be used for anything else. I said also that we have in Canada a tremendous area of such land, much of it fortunately still covered by forest growth, but a great deal of which is, as a result of fires, not bearing any useful crop of trees, and some of which is en- tirely barren. This barren land is so stripped of trees that it will not pro- duce a forest, without aid, for hun- dreds undreds of years. In the time at my disposal I can- not begin to tell you in any detail what has led up to the present state of affairs. It is a very interesting story, but it would take many broad- casts the length of this one to tell it in full. I can only say that two, major factors . have contributed: first, the activities of the lumbering indus- try, and second the urge on the past of colonists and colonizing agencies to open up the country as rapidly as possible. Settlers from the British Isles and Europe were lured by adver- tisements which painted the country in glowing colors, praising the fer- tility of the soil, and offering one hundred acres of free land to each settler . As will be imagined, the sys- tem led to many abuses, as it does even today; many settlers took up land merely for the timber upon it,, and when the timber was sold the land was abandoned. All of then cannot be blamed, for a large part of the area settled was not really fit for agriculture. Practically anywhere one goes in Ontario one finds land that has been cleared, land from which the trees should never have been re- moved, and in some of the more northerly and easterly sections of the lower part of .Ontario, one can see literally miles of fences built of stones gathered from the fields— fields and houses have now been abandoned, and the trees are again making a foothold—mute evidence of the tremendous energy of the early settlers and their misguided optim- ism. It is saddening to reflect upon the struggles of two generations of settlers in hewing their farms out of the forest—farms which have been abandoned in the exodus to the towns and cities, to the western provinees and to the United States, It must not be thought, however:, that at the time such settlement was being most actively promoted every- one was in favor of the polity of clearing ,what were essentially forest lands. In the legislatures of, the day many protests, were voiced, and it was urged that the areas of icon-ag- riculturalland be reserved for the growth of trees. The protests were • not heeded, and it seemed to be the general idea that the forest was a kind of extra. bounty nature had thrown in with the land. Apparently it had not occurred to the majority that a forest properly maintained could be a perpetual asset to the na- tion. In view of our own indifference, however , regarding the tremendous resource we as a nation have in our forests, and the inexplicable inertia of our leaders in carrying out any forest policy that is worth more than the paper it is written on, we should not judge our predecessors too harshly. It was a rigorous age—there was still something of the feeling inherited, they say, from the first pioneers, that the forest was an enemy, concealiy„ the foes -who lurked in its fastnesses. The supply of trees seemed inexhaus- tible. Perhaps a man in those days could be excused if, when burning the brush and probably even the logs he was unable to sell, he allowed the fire to get out of control and run in the green timber. Nor should we be too ready to point the finger of scorn at the ear- ly lumbermen. Vast areas in this province are silent witnesses to their. carelessness in not taking,lirecautions with fire in woods full of dried -out slash and tree -tops left after logging. But thousands of acres are still being burned in Canada through sheer carelessness. It seems unfortunate that many of those who enjoy smok- ing should be so reckless when in the woods, and flies jeopardize hum.. dreds of thousands of dollars' worth of timber belonging to ather people. It is a rather sad reflection on the hold the smoking habit has an so many otherwise respectable human beings. Someno doubt salve their or cigarette, but as an. example to those who may not be so careful, the right-minded citizen should abstain consciences .by .thinking that they are always very careful about mat- ches and the ashes from a pipe, cigar altogether in the woods. It is a small price to pay for one's pleasure there. Not only is the timber destroy- ed or rendered much less valuable. Fire has far-reaching effects on the nearby communities and the country as a whole. In the settlement of Ontario throughout the area bounded in the north by a line drawn from the north end of Georgian Bay east to the Ot- tawa River, land settlement and the. lumbering industry developed togeth- er. Communities sprang up . around the saw -mills, and these, together with the camps, furnished a market for the extra produce the farmer was able to raise from his land, such as • it was. In addition, the men from the farms went to work in the lumber camps in the fall and winter, and on the "drive" in the spring. 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