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The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-15, Page 2!AGE2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, TRURIS., JULY 16, I6V. 1 THS LOST PRINC By, Frances„ Hodgson B.rnett SYNOPSIS' Marco Loristan, was the kind of a boy •people looked at the second thne when they had looked at hint once. Ile was a well-built boy of 12, intelli- igent looking, and well-mannered. He :and his father had travelled a great meal and the bey was ,proficient in rsevera1, languages, so that he felt at rTitome in whatever country he was -staying. Marco knew that they were Samavians, that there was trouble =and bloodshed in Samavia at present. :'lib's 'father had told him the story of tbe'Lost Prince, who alight one day rretim'to :Samavia and restore order ••and:•peace. At present the'Loristan's are in 'London, England, and Marco r.had encountered . several interesting rpeeple,aamong them, "The Rat," a tiorippled boy who commands a group +of 'willing boys -the. boys listen at- tentively as Marco speaks to them. to, play a part in his life. Events which follow prove her to be an enemy ,agent,' and by a clever tiick Marco is captured and closely questioned, but reveals nothing of what he knows. Later he escapes, and shortly afterward he and The Rat are sent out 'as • agents of the, Cause to various cities, where they are to communicate with various per- sons. this he had carried the sketch of the'. lady which he had torn • up in Pa is.', When they walked in the streets of Munich, the morning. after their ar- rival, he carried still, another sketch. It was the one picturing the genial looking old aristocrat with the sly smile. One of the things they had learned about this one was that his chief characteristic was his passion for music, He was a patron of musicians and he spent much :time in Munich NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY because be loved its musical atnrose lien he reached "ed obeli bedroons pheee and the earnestness : of its 'op W era -goers. The Rat was gazing Out of the win- :. "The smiliiary b - d dow watching every living thing F°and plays in the which. passed in the. street below. He eid'herrn-belle at midday. , When something very good it being played, who had never seenanything but soinetiines,people sem their, carriages London was absorbed by the spell of so that they can listen. We will go Paris and was ,learning • it by heart. there;" said Iifaseov " Soinething has been sent to us. era's. a chance," said The Rat. .Later Loristan and• `Marco have a Look at this," said Marco. "We mustn't lose anything like a The Rat was at his side atone. ]long talk about Samavia, and the Lost e What is. it: Where did it come The day' was brilliant and sunny, 1. Prince, who had disappeared five I. hundred years ago. A'secret society, .•with 'members "in many European ',countries, were preparing to put. his • descendant on the throne of Sama- from?"the people passing through the They opened, -the .package and at streets looked' comfortable and 'home- ly, : the mixture: of old streets and quite common woolen socks. As Mar - modern ones, of ancient corners and co took up the socks in the. middle shops and -houses of .fee day was via+anii end the, civil wars and blood- of the parcel,'he felt that. there was shed In the country. At a` meeting `h'•d 't ` o'f'the Squad, The Rat forms a sec - r ret society for Samavia among them- in and drew out a numbest of five- eselves. f t — t sieve ones because mllaration. He hail begun to grow, some- mg mss e t—some ung laid ietuiesque and clieeidul. ,The Rat flat and carefully.. He nut his hand swinging through the crowd on his •crutches v es' full! of interest and, ex- t retic no es no . and the change' in has tae. and ex - The Rat's father dies, and Loristan 'new ones would` have and them- . Invites the lad to live with him and ex- 'new b cracicli These were old pression w11iblr had begun ire London y had become • mere noticeable. He had been given his: "place','" and a work to do which entitled' 'nim to hold it. No one could have. sustyeeted them No one will be', surprised when we of carrying a. strange and vital secret change these,." The Rat saiiil with them as they strolled. along to - Each, of 'them believed the package gether. They seemed only twb ordin- had been sent by the great lady, but ary boys sssbo. looked) isu at shop win it had been. done so carefully that' dows and talked ever their contents, not the slightest clue was furnished.' and who ?laiteued with... upturned faces To The Rat, part of the deep ex -I in the Marlen -Platz: befos:e tbe,ornate citensent of "the Game'' was the Gothic Rathaus to ]sear the eleven working out of the plans and methods of each person concerieed: He could not have slept without working out some scheme which might have been used in this case. It thrilled hien to contemplate the difZeultiea the great trumpeters and tilting knights. When, lady might have found' herself oblig- the show was ever and the automat e; ed to overcome, • cock. broke forth into his lusty fare - Perhaps," he said after thinking wells crow; they laughed„just as any „ ether boys would have laugiedt it over.for some time; she went to Sometimes it would have been easy a big common shop dressed as if. she were an ordinary woman and bought for The Rat to forget that there --was the socks and pretended she. was` go - the ing graver in the 'world than the new places and new wonders he was seeing, as if he were a wander- ing minstrel in a .story.' Marco. The two boys plan to aid 'enough to be soft. But there were the cause of the Lost Prince. Marco, enough of them to amount to a sub - while on an errand, assists a young I stantial mama. ,, • lady in distress, who seems very hi- I ""It is in small notes because poor terested in him.' She seems destined boys would. have only small ones. 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EVEN IN SWEDEN NATURE'S TREE METHOD IS BEST 1'u Ontario Tree Planting By Man Has Not Been Wholly A Success Over' in Sweden where scientific fofests�y has been followed:for"two generations "`the' ideal" method of reforestation is by Nature's method, without more than a pat on the head from man. Under Canadian conditions reseed- ing by Nature is the only pr fctical method. Our efforts at artificial for- est regeneration have been of doubt- ful value. Wilson Woodside, writing in a To ionto paper says: "Forestry has been developed to a science in Sweden. The nation's for ding his olcl head and bursting his ests are measured, and estimated to. gloves with applauding when a good contain 1,420 mullion cubic meters of thing is done. He ought to have led wood. The annual growth is calcul an orchestra or played a 'cello. He. ated at forty-seven' million cubic is too big for a 'violin.” There was a grounl about the car- riage to the last when the music carne to an end and it drove.away. There had been' no possible opportunity of passing close to; it even had the pies - once of the yousugt. officer and the boy not presented en insurmountable ob- stacle. Marco and The Rat went on their way and passed by the Hof -Theater and read the bills. "1 isan and Is- olde" was to be presented at night and a great singer would' sing Isolde. "He will' goy to hear that" both boys said at once. ; "He will be sure t0 go."' It was decided between there that Marco should ge on his quest alone when night came. 'Ohe• boy who h meters of wood. The annual growth is calculated at forty-seven million cubic meters; the "crop" taken out ie between thirty and forty millions. Her forest land', is Sweden's greatest single' natural resource, ,and she' in- tends, that it be permanently main twined. For thirty years it has been unl'awfi<it not merely to slash foi,'osts but even to thin them out unduly. Immature trees -'nay nes be cut at all, and the replacement of all' ma- ture timber ant swiat be prided' for 'either by natural regeneration the ideal Held' out), or by planting seedlings:. "To this end the State provides hung annually from its nurseries forty to about the entrance of the Opera forty-five millions seedffn2 trees' mid would be 'observed` fess tlia'rn two. many tons of • elle and spruce seed. "People notice crutches more than Its foresters dig fsts to five• thousand they notice. legs," The Rat said.. "I'd miles of forest ditches, clean out better keep out of the way unless eeedreds of rnires of break', and °visili you need me. M'y' trine hasn't come annually all of Svreden's 20,000 log - yet: Even if• it doesn't come at all ging sites. This wont' of supervis- I've—I"'ve been on' d'ufy:, PV'c' goste loan and education is cawriedl ons tipsy with yea and I've been ready—that's the Forest Cemmniesibn' Board;. ami' what an. 'Aide -de -Camp does." Itly its branches fm every country Ft. He stayed' at home and read' such is, ampported by a" tax' of 1.3 per cent: Engliafe papers as he coedd lay band's` mg the stumpage' verge' of ' all' thither on and he drew plans and' re-fanglttl cut. Forest operators, Targe and battles en paper. I small' have come to cos•operate' sot Marco went to the opera. Even; if , vrstelll that the comnrii'ssion'a annual o'clock chines play and see the paint- ed figures of the Icing and Queen watch irnom their balcony ,the pas- sing before them of the automatic tournament processiarsn with , i t ss ing to carry thein home herself. She would do that so that she could take them into some corner and slip the money in. Then, as she wanted to have them sent from the shop, per lru- H. T. RANCE haps sire bought some other things Notary Public, Conveyancer and asked the people to deliver the EFinancial• Real Estate and Fire In -packages to different places. The .?prance 1!agent, Representing 14 Fire socks were sent, to us and the other tilnsurance. Companies. Division Court OfficeClinton thing's to some one else.. She would , go to a shop where na one knew her and no one would expect to see her and she would wear clothes which looked neither rich nor too poor." He created the whole episode with see who aright chance to be among all its details and explained them to the audience. Because the day was sunny, and also because the band was playing: a specially fine programme the crowd Even before they had left London,. in the square was larger than usual. certain newspapers had swept out of Several vehicles had stopped, and existence the story of the descendant among 'them were one or two which of the Lost Prince. This had been were not merely hired cabs• but were done by derision and light handling the carriages of private persons. -by treating it as a romantic legend. One of them had evidently arrived At first, The Rat resented this bit- early, as it was drawn up in a good terly, but one day, at a meal, when Position when the boys, reached the he had been producing arguments to corner. It was a big open carriage prove that the story must be' a true and a grand one, luxuriously uphol- one,.' Loristan somehow checked him stared in green, The footman and by his own: silence; coachman wore green and silver ,liv- "If there, is such a man,'•' he said cries and seemed to know that people after a•pause, "it is well for him that were looking at them and then etas- his existence should not be believed ter. He was a stout, genial -looking in—for some time at least." old aristocrat with a sly smile, though The Rat casae to a dead stop. He as he listened to the music, it almost felt hot for a moment and then felt forgot to be sly. In the carriage cold: He ,saw a new idea all at once. with hint were a young officer and a He had been. Making a mistake in little boy, and they also listened at - tactics. tentively. Standing near the carriage No more was said but,when they door were several people who were were alone afterward, he poured him- self forth to Mateo.: "I was a fool!', 'he cried out. "Why couldn't I see it for myself! Shall I tell you what I believe has• been done? There•le some one who has influence in England and who is a friend to Samavia. They've got the newspapers to snake fun of the story so that it won't be believed. If it bent where he is, going' after the me sle is over." Yes, there was no •mistaking him, He was the , right man. ' Each of them knew by heart the creases on his stout face and the sweep of his gray moustache. But .there was nothing noticable in a boy looking 1'Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Bry e KA Sloan Block Cl nt•nn, tInt. INNS. (kill .O:A:Me � ' ' • CHIROPRACTOR Electro Message, Office: Huron 'Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION '4t9'manipulation, Sun -Ray Treatment • Phene 207 ) GEORGE ELLIOTT cLicensed Auctioneer for the County , of Huron "+Correspondence promptly answered `immediate arrangements can be made 'Kot Sales Date at The News -Record, binton, or by calling phone '203. ;Charges Moderate and' Satisfaction Guaranteed. he had ,rot known his way to the square ,rear the place wlieve. bhe trek - Theater stood ,he could easily have found itt by fallowing. tlia' groups of list of specific prohibitions of actio itgnuw numbers enl'r about 100' and its court actions Press' t hoer half' ax da - 's rr "' people in the streets who all seemed! Fro fire above ave several' sigmfi; walking in one direction. There were studied',; fn 'their odd ca'''ps' wakingcs�nt hints Ontario might well' take three or four abreast there were. nwfe oF: yowler couples and older ones, and (x Sweden doesaitv permit as for - here and there whole families; there' eat to be thinned out unduly. Doubt - were. soldiers of all agesr officers and privates; and, when 'tali. was to, be heard: Oa passing, it was always talk about music. For some time Marco waited in the square and watched the carriages• roll up and pass under the huge pillared portico to deposit thane contents at the entrance and at once drive away in orderly sequence. He most make 'sure that the grand carriage with the green and silver liveries rol!iecl' up with the rest. If it came he would buy a cheap ticket and go in- side. But in Samavia bloody battles were being fought, and bloody plans were being wrought out, and in anguished anxiety the Secret Party and the Forgers of the Sword 'waited breath- less for the Sign for which they had 'waited so long. And inside the lin- ing of Marco's coat was hidden the sketched face, as the two unnoticed lads made their way to the Feld- hel'rn-halle to hear the band play and Marco. It fascinated him for the entire evening and he felt. relieved after it and slept well, THE MCI LL01P M Jti'JAL Fire Insurance Company Bread Office, Seaforth, Ont. • s .. dfficers: ' President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- forth; Vice -President, Thomas Moy- lan, Seaforth; Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors —Alex. Broadfoot, Sea Forth; James Sholdice, Walton; Wil- liam Knox, Londesboro; Chris. Leon- hardt, Dublin; James Connolly, God- erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw- Ang,, Elyth; Frank Mcregor, Clinton. List of Agents: W. J. 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The Chancellor got out looking less genial than usual because he was afraid that he sleight lose some of the overture. A. rosy-cheeked girl in a white frock was with him and she was evidently trying to soothe him. "I do not think we are really late, Father," she said. "Don't feel cross dear. It will spoil the mimic for you" This was not a time in which a man's attention could be attracted quietly. Marco ran to get the ticket which would give him a place among the rows of young, soldiers, artists, male and female students, and musi- cians who were willing to stand four or five deep throughout the perfor- mance of even the longest opera. He knew that, unless they were in one of the few boxes which belonged only to the court,' -the Chancellor and his rosy-cheeked daughter would be in the best seats in the front curve of the balcony which were the most de- sirable of e-sirable,of the house. He soon saw them.' They had secured the central places directly below the large royal box where two quiet princesses and their attendants were already seated. When he found he was not too late to hear the overture, the Chancellor's face became more genial than ever. He settled himself down to an even- ing of'enjoyment and evidently forgot everything else in the world. Marco did not lose sight of him. When the audience went out between the acts to promenade in the corridors he might go also and there might be a chance to pass near to him in the crowd.' He • watched • hint closely. Sometimes his fine old face sadden- ed at the beautiful woe of the music,. sometimes it looked enraptured, and it was always evident that every note reached his 'soul. The pretty daughter who sat be- side him was attentive but not so enthralled. After the first act two glittering young, officers appeared end made elegant and low bows, drawing their heels together as they kissed her hand.nd. They looked sorry rY when they were obliged to return to their seats again. • After the second act the Chancellor sat for a few, minutes as if he were in a dream, The people in the seats near him began to rise from their chairs and file out into the corridors. The young officers were to be seen rising also. The rosy daughter ileacs ed forward and touch her father's arm. gently. "She wants Klin to tale her out," Marco thought. ' "He will take here because he is good-natured.' .0Trains••will;arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich DN. Going East, depart 7.0'3 a.m. Going East, depart 3.00 Pan. ( Going West, depart 1$,U2 p.m. Q,,awoing' West,. depart;10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce e.,Going North, ar. 11.34. ive 12.02 p.m. Going South 3.08, P.m. AiDS DIGESTION. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING REFORESTATION NEEDS We do not realize that Heath lurks is is at last begin- around the corner. We h'a've not ilri:tisls Columb b g seen his shadow' nor heard his foot- ning to realize that its forests are. not' fereaslra'ustiblet Sesiness men are steps. , But ,Death waits, b a e econtimsg alarmed' over the : inroads nto her forests and. the lack of any degimte: plans of reforestation. The Vancouver' Island' Board; of Trade, whose members live in air area which was once covered with magnificent imber but which has been sadly loot- d'in recent' years, is taking' steps to have the necessity of reforestation mpresseiT upotr. the government. Under modern logging methods whole acres' Mr be slasliedl down bs a comparatively short tfsrtp. The Victoria Colonist recently' published pictures which showed how: the great forests of Vancouver Island' are be- ing cut down, the mountain sides de- nuded and 'the. vall'ey left just barren spaces. Timber is one•'of EtiiiSh' Ch•- lumbia's greatest resources, an d should be a permanent spume, of wealth. And`yet the province is be- ing . mined. Ontario, however, ,can- not teach Biitlsli+ .Columbia any les- sons. Our forest situation is not mach better. It is tune we profited' by the example of Sweden, Germany and' the northern countries of Europe. By scientific and' systematic refor- estation the tiinliur wealth• i ' Being conserved. Now 'is the tiine to act Wore it is too. Tate. Eond'on Flee Press,. Tess same trees are' left to, reseed! thea ; ound. • (2) immature trees are not allow- ed to he cut at all' (3) "Natural regeneratiiont'' im- plies ce'r'tain work- In• helping Nature. (•LA Sweden digs forest duchess to drains web forest land and cleans. out brooks for the same•„pu�rposct. (5) There is on, annual inspettiost of camps, to see that the law is ob- served. It would appear that this paper has been unconsciously advocating Swe- dish methods for some time. plainly friends or acquaintances, as they occasionally spoke to him. Mar- co touched . The Rat's coat sleeve as the two boys approached. ”"It would not be easy to ,get inear him," he said. "Let us go and stand as close . to the carriage as' we can get without pushing. Perhaps we may hear some one say something a- was believed, both the Iarovitch and the Maranovitch would be on the. lookout, '• and the Secret, Party would lose their chances.. What a fool I was not to think of it! There's some one watching and working here who is a friend to Samavia." 'But there is some one in Samavia for a moment at a piece of paper, who has begun to suspect that it and Marco sauntered a few steps' to might be, tine", Marco answered. "Ifla bitof space left bare•by.the crowd there were not, I should not have and took a last glance at his sketch. been shut in the cellar. Some one His rule was to, make sure at the fin - thought, my father knew something.' al moment. The music was very good The spies had orders to find out what and the group about the carriage it was." was evidently enthusiastic. There "Yes. Yes. That's true, too!" The was. talk and praise and comment. Rat answered anxiously. "We shall r and the old aristocrat nodded his head have to be',very careful.' repeatedly in applause. In the lining of the sleeve of Mgr- . "The Chancellor is music mad," a co's coat there was a slit into which looker-on near. the' boys said to an- he could slip any small thing he wish other. "At the opera every night ed to conceal and also wished to be unless serious affairs keep him a- (Continued next week' able to'. reach without trouble. In way! There you may see him nod- ( ) Waits round! the bend in the road car's faltering brakes, in the trail of seine chance driver• -who loves aleehot and gasgiline and mixes them to, well. In the street, in the open high, way What matter where? Death waits and does not announce fife cosnirrg:. We are marked down to die. The*. greats God called; Statistics has writ- ten our names down' in his little book and by aetua Sal' larvas we are doomed., We do not know it best death is. coining:. Some of us are little' children. Our deaths will be swore horrible, more tragic; than the others, Birt die wee will. Parents, teachers' and profes- sibn'al life -saver's with their glib warnings will avail ire not. We are marked' d'owm "WHO ARE ABOUT TO' DIE" We who age about to die salute your That was the greeting gladiators of old gave. to the Roman emperor before they perished in the arena. But we: are not gladiators and we are not going into battle, We have no hate fbr anyone. We are not sick of life.. We do not wish to die. But we will' by the hustdreds, lay the thousaaule, We are tine people' who, etre going to die in fatal accidents during the Year 29177. Most: of us leave not even a pre- monition of the fete which awaits us. We are careless newt Wry do not take thought. Pliant: you" never been as child,. do, your ,sit know• what it is to be a stranger' to responsibility, to depend on others for care;. for shel- ter, for protection?' Yes protection. That is Dasa of the things the child is taught to expect ,from his elders. Something in a cruel and reckless age' he does not reeei've:. Our deaths will be snore: tragic, be- cause more cruet than; air they others. You can see the. headlines, "Five Children Killed in Safety Zone," "Tots Run, Over on Way. From Reheotfs You will read these headlines many times over in 1937. Will you heed them ?—Kincardine News. PICQBA+C PIPE TOBACCO_ FOR A M ILD. COOL SMOKE Every Town Wants Industries 27. W ' ','< : Every industry, be it large or small, adds to the progutess and prosperity of any community. Every such industry brings new capi- tal to a town, and distributes this among the business men generally in the way of wages and salaries. Everybody benefits. 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