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The Clinton News Record, 1937-08-19, Page 2t+1GE2 71 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD AUG. lo, 1 37. "THE LOST P.RINCE" By Frances Hodgson Burnett SYNOPSIS . Marco Loristan was the kind of a '`•boy people looked at the second time ',when, they hacl looked at him once, .He was a well-built boy of 12, intelli- agent looking, and well-mannered. He roodhis father had travelled a great selea1 and the boy was proficient in .several languages, so that he felt at to play a part in his life. Events which follow prove her to be an enemy agent, and by a clever trick Marco is captured and closely questioned, but reveals nothing of what he knows hater he escapes,. and shortly afterward he and The Rat are sent out as ,agents of the Cause to vaiic,as cities, where they !inome in whatever cbuntiy. he'was are to conununicate with various lzer ••staying. • Marco knew that they were' sons. n$aeiavians,' ;that there was trouble ] y various ,methods of approach ,and bloodshed' in `Sainavia at present, they have passed along the pass - !His father-' had told him the story of wore!, "The Lamp is lighted," and just contacted a young• shoemak- - he. Lost Prince, who might one day have e eturn to ,Samavia and restore order! or by pretending to need a pair of rand 'peace. At present the Loristan's shoes. They say they cannot wait ;:are in London, England, and Marco! tnhtil theyare made, but must go on spreading the word. had mreountered several interesting ;;people, among then, "The Rat," \ a *crippled boy who commands a group NOW GO ON WITH THE 'STORY of willing boys—the ;boys listen at- tentively as Marco speaks to them. "Yes, you must go on," answered Later Loristan and Marco have a the shoemaker. "But I'll- tell you :Tong; talk about Samavia, and the Lost what I'll do—I'll make them and keep Prince, who had disappeared five then. Some great day might come •dhundreyears ago. A secret society,. when I shall show them to people and •with members in many- European swagger about them." `He glanced ...countries, were preparing to put his round cautiously, and then ended, still kdescendant on the throne of Sama- bending over his measuring. "They •-via and end the civil wars and blood-. will be called the shoes of the Bearer -shed in the ,country. At a meeting of the Sign. And I shall say, `He -sof the Squad, The Rat forms a sec was only a lad. This was the size of 'ret society for Samavia among them- Ws foot.'" Then he stood up with "selves. l a great smile. The Rat's father dies, and Loristan 1 "There'll be climbing enough to be 'invites the lad to live with him and done now," he said; ' "and I look to ''Marco. The. two boys plan to aid see you again somewhere." .the cause of the Lost Prince. Marco, •while on an errand, assists a young "lady in distress, who seems very in- •aterested in him. She• seems destined 'The Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 41.60 Der year in advance, to Cana- dian addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or )then foreign countries. No paper .oliscontinued until all arrears are paid 'enless at the option of the publish- sm. The data to which every sub - ...ambition is paid is denoted on the label. ADVERTISING RATES — Tran- rsient advertising 12c per count line 'for first insertion. 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I Marco shoal( his head. He certainly could see no explanation of its being there. Perhaps some of the oldest villages could tell stories of how' its first'chalets hadl gathered themselves together. An old peasant drilling a cow came down a steep path. He looked with a dull curiosity at The Rat and his crutches; but when Marco advanced and spoke to him in German, he did not ••seem to 'understand, but shook his head saying 'something in;'a sort' of dialect Marco did not know. "If they' all speak like' that, we shall, have to make signs when we want to ask anything." The Rat said. "What will she speak?" "She will know the German for the Sign or we Should not have been sent here," answered Marco. "Come on" They made their way to the village, . which huddled itself togeth evident- ly with the object of keeping itself warm when through the winter months the snows strove to bury it and the winds roared down from the didn't want to make shoes," said The huge crags andtried to tear it from Rat. "They both wanted to be moun- I among' its rocks. The doors and win- tain-climbers. There are mountains dews were few and small, and glimp- in Sarnavia and mountains on the way see of the inside of the houses show - to it. You showed them to me on the, ed earthen floors and dark rooms. map." • It was plain that it was counted a "Yes; and secret messengers who more comfortable thing to live with - can climb anywhere, and crass dan- out light than to let in the cold. germs places, and reconnoiter from points no one else can reach, can find out things and give signals other men cannot," said Marco. It was easy enough to reconnoiter, The few people they saw were evi- dently not• surprised that strangers who discovered their unexpected exis- "That's what I thought out," The scree should be curious and want to Rat answered. "That was what he look at thorn and their houses, meant when he said, "There will be The boys wandered about as if they climbing enough to be clone non:"' were casual. explorers, who having Strange were the places they went reached the place by chance were in- to and curiously unlike each other terested in all they saw. They went were the people to whom they car - bleak bread and ,sausage and some tied their message. The most singu- milk. The mountaineer owner was lar of all was an old woman who liv- a brawny fellow who understood some ed in so remote a place that the road German. He told then that few stran- which wound round and roundthe gens knew of the village but that bold mountain, wound round it for miles hunters and climbers came for sport. and miles:. It was not a bad road In the forests on the mountain -sides and it was an amazing one to travel, H. T. RANGE dr ed in a small cart b a mule into the little Gssthaus and got were bears and, in the high places, Notary Public, Conveyancer w h e h o n e could b e drag chamois. Now and again, some great gentleman carte withparties of the daring kind — very great gentlemen indeed, he said, shaking his head with pride. There was one who had cas- tles in other mountains,t but he liked best to cone here• , Mateo began to wonder if several strange things might not be true if great gentlemen sometitines climbed to the mysterious place. But he had nen a, Real Estate and Fire In- gets, and clambering slowly with auranee Agent, Representing 14 Fire insurance •ComJanies. rests between when one could not; Division Court $ffice. Clinton the tree -covered precipices and looked down the tossing whiteness of wat- Frank Fingland, B.A., LLB. "Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. :•^.Sloan Block — CTintnn, Ont. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR ' !Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street. (Pew Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION erfalls, or the green foaming of rush- ing streams, and the immensity of farm a n d village -scattered plains spreading •themselves to the feet of other mountains shutting them in were breath -taking beauties to look down on, as the road mounted and not been sent to give the Sign to a wound round and round and higher great gentleman. He had been sent and higher. to give it to an old woman with eyes "How can anyone live higher titan. like an eagle which was young. this?" said The Rat as they sat on ` He had a sketch in his sleeve, with !y manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment the thick moss by the wayside after that of her face, of her steep -roofed, Phone 207the mule and cart had left them. black -beamed,• balconied house. If they walked about a little, they would be sure to come upon it in this tiny GEORGE ELLIOTT "Look at the bare crags looming up hi4censed Auctioneer for the County of 'Huron !Correspon'dence promptly answered '13 nnme8late arrangements can be made 'for Sales Date at The News -Record, 'i?Ihtton, or by calling phone 203, 'Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 'THE MCI ILL is MIT TAL Fire Insurance Company fi + dread Office . Seaforth, Ont. Officers: 'President, Alex, Broadfoot, Sea - forth.;. Vice -President, Thomas, Mol - fan, Seaforth; Secretary -Treasurer,. M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors —Alex. Broadfoot, Sea - 'forth James Sholdice, Walton; Wil- liamKnox, Londesboro; Chris. Leon- 'hardt, Dublin; James Connolly, God- erich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEw lag, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton. l 'List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin- Mon, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; g+oirn E, Pepper, Bi'ucefield, R. R. 'No. 1; R. F. McKercher, Dublin, R. R. -14o. , 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; j: R. G. Jarnsuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank pf ....Commerce, Seaforth. or at Calvin r•-'•Ciitt's Grocery. Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur-- , ,:ince or 'transact other business will „s be '.promptly attend.e j to 011 applica-' VT, • to any ,of the above officers ad- t'Iressed to their respective, post offl- eec. .Lpsses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. ( ANAOIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS TIME TABb,E rains will arrive at and; depart from Clinton as fellows: s a "., Buffille and Goderich Div. i-iiaim; ,East, depart 7.03 a.m. Going' Swat, depart 8.00 p.in. Going West, "depart' 11.45 p.m. Going West, depart 10.00 p.m. Lo>sdes*, '"'Mon rte Bruce Going North, ar. 11.25 lie. 11.47 p.m. (king South' ar. 2.50, leave 3.0$ p.m., a ove ere. Let us look at her a- gain. Her picture looked as if she place. 'Then he could go in and ask were a hundred years old," her for a chink of water. • They roamed about for an houi+ af- ter they left the Gasthaus. They It secured surely one df the strangest went into the little church and looked things in the world that a creature as old as this one seemed could teethat the graveyard .and wondered if it was not buried out of all sight in the winter. After they had done this, they sauntered out and walked through the huddled clusters of hous- such a place, or, having reached it, could ever descend to the world a- gain to give aid to any person or thing•• es, examining each one as they drew "Her old face was crossed and re near it and passed, crossed with a thousand wrinkles, "I see it!" The Rat exclaimed at Het profile was splendid yet and she last. "It is that very old -looking one had been a beauty in her day. Her standing' a little way from the rest. It is not as tumbled down as most of them. And there are some red flow- ers on the balcony." "Yes! That's it!" said Marco. They' walked up to the low black door and, as hestopped on the threshold, Marco took off his cap. He did this because, sitting in • the door- way on a low wooden chair, the old, old woman with the eagle eyes' 'was hind. But we shall cometo bare lock sitting knitting. soon and then L shall be obliged to, There was no one else in the room stop," and he said the last bitterly. and no one anywhere within sight. He knew that, if Marco had come a- When the old -old woman looked up at lone, he would have ridden in no cart but would have trudged upward and onward sturdily to the end •of his journey. • But they did not reach the crags, as they had thought must be inevi- table. Suddenly half -way to the sky, as it seemed, they carne to a bend in the road and found themselves mount- ing into a new green world—an as- tonishing marvel of a world with, green velvet slopes and soft meadows and thick woodland, and cows feeding in velvet pastures, and—as if it had been snowed down from the huge bare mountain crags which still soar- ed above into heaven -a ,mysterious, ancient, huddled village which, being thus snowed down, might have caught eyes were like an eagle's—and not an old eagle's. And she had a long neck which held her old head high.,' "How could- she get here?" ex- claimed The Rat. • "Those who sent us know, though we don't," said Marco. "Will you sit here and rest while I go on further?" "No!" The Rat answered stubborn- ly. "I didn't train myself to stay be - live long enough to forget the hours they spent in her strange dark house. She kept them and made them spend the night with her. "It is quite safe," she,satd. "I live alone since my man fell into the cre- vasse and was killed because his rope broke when he was trying to have his comrade. So I have two rooms' to spare and sometimes climbers are glad to sleep in them, Mine is a good warm house- and I am well known in the village. You are very young,", she 'added shaking her head. "You are ,very young. You must have good blood in your veins to be. trusted with this. "I have my father's blood," answer- ed Marco. "You are like some one I once' saw," the old woman said, and her eagle eyes set themselves hard upon him. "Tell me your name." There was no reason why he should not tell it to her. "What! It is that!" she cried, out, not loud but low. To Marco's amazement she got up from her chair and stod before him, showing what a tall old woman she really was. There was a startled, ev- en an agitated, look in her face. And suddenly she actually made a sort of curtsey to him—bending her knee as peasants do when they pass a shrine. "It is that!" she said again. "And yet they dare let you go on -a jour- ney like this! That speaks for your courage and for theirs." But Margo did not know what she meant. Her strange obeisance made him feel 'awkward. He stood up be- cause his training had told him that when a woman stands a man also rises.. "The name speaks for the courage," he said, "because it is my father's." She watched him almost anxiously. "You do not even know!" she breathed.—and it was an exclamation and not a question. "I know what I have been told to do," ha answered. "I do not ask anything else." "Who is that?" she asked pointing to The Rat. "He is the friend my father sent with me," said Marco smiling. "He called him my Aide-de-camp. It was a sort of joke because we had play- ed soldiers together." It seemed as if she were °bilged to collect her thoughts. She • stood with her hand at her mouth, looking down at the earth floor. "God guard you!" she said at last, "You are very—very young!" "But all his years," The Rat broke in, "he has been in training for just this thing. He did not know it was training, but it was. A soldier who had been trained for thirteen years would know his work." He was so eager that he forgot she could not understand English. Marco translated what he said into German and added: "What he says is true.' She nodded her head, still with questioning and •anxious eyes. "Yes. Yes,". she muttered. "But you are very young." Then she ask ed in a hesitating way: "Will you not sit down until I do?" "Ne," answered Marco. "I would not sit while nay mother or grand- niother stood." "Then I must sit—and forget," she said. • She passed her hand over her face as though .,she were sweeping away the sudden puzzled trouble in her ex- pression. Then she sat down, as if she had obliged herself to .become a gain the old peasant she had been. when they entered. "All the way up the mountain you Wondered why an old woman should be given the Sign," she said. "You, asked each other how she could be of use." "When I was young and filth,' she went on. "I went to a castle ov- er the frontier to be foster -mother to a child who was born a great noble -,tine who was near. the throne. He loved me and I loved him. He was a strong child and he grew up a great hunter and climber. When he was not ten years old, my man taught him to climb. He always loved these moun- tains better than his own. He conies to see me as if he were only a young mountaineer. He sleeps in the room there," with a gesture over her shoul- der int the darkness. "He has great power and, if he chooses to do a thing, he will do it—just, as hes will attack the biggest bear or climb the most dangerous peak. He is one who can bring things about. It is very safe to talk in this room." Then all was quite' clear. Marco and The Rat understood. No more was said about the Sign. It had been given and that'was enough. The old woman told then that they Must sleepin one of her bedrooms. The next morning one of her neighbors, was going down to the valley with a cart and he would help them on their way. The Rat knew. at she was inking of his crutches and he became restless. "Tell, her," he said to Marco, "how I have trained myself until I can do what any one else cap. - And tell her I am growing stronger every day: Tell her I'll show Tier what I can do. Your father wouldn't have let ire come" as your Aide if I hadn't proved to him that I wasn't a cripple. Tell, er.'She thinks I'm no use." • Marco explained and the old wo- man listened attenti>ely. When The andswunghimself about up and down the steep path near 'her house she seemed relieved. His ex.' traerdinary dexterity and 'firm Swift.; DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Five thousand Scottish Boy Scouts provided a striking feature of the great Youth Rally held at Murray- field, Edinburgh, in the presence of Their !Majesties Ring George and Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Wateler Peace Prize For Baden-Powell Lord Baden-Powell, World Chief Scout, has been awarded the 1937 Wateler neace urire of $10 000 for valuable services t o international good will by means of ,the Boy Scout organization." The Wateler prize was founded by a- Netherlander' -of that name, an annual prize to be a- warded the person contributing the most valuable service in the cause of peace. • • World Scout Leaders Confer Boy Scout Association leaders re- presenting 34 different countries and the British Empire will meet at The Hague, Holland, August 10, 11 and 12, - for. the 9th' International Scout Conference. The gathering oc- curs during the World Scout Jambo- ree being held in Holland from July 31 to August 13. The Conference will be preceded by a meeting of the International Scout Association Com- mittee, with H. R. H. Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in the chair. A Bonfire Dog Rescue The rescue of a dog from a Cor- onation bonfire was the unusual act of gallantry that won the Scout Gilt Cross for Assistant Scoutmaster Rob- ert Steliman of Ightman, England. While helping keep the crowds back from the big beacon Sellman was in- formed that a dog had dashed into the base of the pyre and collapsed. Palling his Scout hat over his face and turning• up his_,collar, Steliman ran in to the fire, and in spite of the terrific heat of burning wood, oil and motor tries, groped for the' dog, and found it. Immediately the ani- mal seized his hand'in its mouth. By this hold, and although his hand was badly lacerated, Sellman dragged the dog to safety. Unfortunately the animal was so seriously burned that it had to be destroyed. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals awarded Assistant Scout- master Stellman t h e association's Bronze Medal. The Canada thistle which is over - sunning a large part of the North American continent is not Canadian at all, a fact of which farmers in the United States are unaware when they heap maledictions on its inroads into their fields. The Canada thistle was introduced from Europe. Some of the plants bear male flowers only, which form no seeds; other plants are female and all seed. The flow- ers of the Canada thistle vary in colour, ranging from pale purple through shades of pink to white: first. "If he has taught himself to be like that just for love of your father, he will go to the end," she said. "It is more than one could believe, that a pair of crutches could do such things." The Rat was pacified and could afterwards give himself up to watch- ing her as closely as he wished to He was soon "working out" certain things in his mind. .What he watched was her way of'watehiiig Matco. It was as if she were fascinated and could not keep her eyes from him, She told them stories about the mountains and the strangers who came to climb with guides or to hunt. She•told them about the storms, which sometimes seemed about to nut an end to the- little world among the crags. She described the winter when the snow buried thein and the strong ones were forced to dig out the weak and some lived for days under the masses .of soft whiteness, glad to keep their cows or goats hi their rooms that they might share the warmth of their bodies. The villagers were forc- ed to be good neighbors to ,each oth- er, for the man who was not ready to 'dig out a hidden chimney or buried door to -day might be left to freeze and starve'its his snow tomb next week. • Through the worst part of the winter no creature frons the world be- low could make way to them to find out whether they: were dead or' alive. While she talked she Watched Mar - him with- her young eagle's eyes, that th' co as if she were always asking her - holding' her head high on her long self sane question about him. The neck, Marco knew he need not ask Rat was sure that she liked him and for water. or for anything "else, greatly admired his strong body and "The Lamp is lighted," he said, in good looks, It was not necessary for his low but strong: and clear,young hint to carry himself slotuchingly in voice. her presence and he looked glowing She dropped her knitting upon her and noble. There was a sort of rev - knees and gazed at him a` moment erenee in her manner when she spoke in silence. She knew German it was to him. She reminded him ' of Las clear, for it was' in. German she 'ons- h k arus more than once. When she gave wered him. them their evening meal, she insisted "God be thanked!" she said. "Come on waiting on him with a certain re- in, young Bearer of the Sign, and Rat got ori h m 11 b t spectral ` ceremony. She would not bring your friend in with you. 1 h sit at table with him, and The Rat. live alone and not a soul is within began to realize' that she felt that hearing." he himself should be standing to serve She was, a wonderful old woman.' ness evidently amazed' her and gave him. Neither Vasco nor The Rat would her a confidence' she had not felt at (Continued Next Week) HEP U EL Y1 'TS EARLY Dynamic Speech by Earl Rowe at St. Thomas is followed by Announce- ment. No date Fised—Probably October 19. Premier Mitehell Hepburn at St. Thomas on Thursday night definitely connnitted Ontario to an early Fall election. Premier Hepburn announced that the persistent challenges of Mr. Rowe left no other course open to him, and made the announcement at a convention which selected Mr. Hep- burn as Liberal candidate. Election rumours have been rife throughout the Province, particularly in the past three days. That a defin- ite announcement, was forthcoming was announced by the Hon. Earl Rowe when a large, enthusiastic audience turned, out at St. Thomas Tuesday night, in Mr. Hepburn's own riding, to, show the Hon. Earl Rowe their de- votion to him and their allegiance to the Conservative party. The Casino was filled to capacity, many people having to stand for hours in swelter- ing heat to listen to the dynamic' speech of the Hon. Earl Rowe on the bad administration of the Hepburn' regime. Amplifiers carried th e speech to crowds who sat outside in the pouring rain. N. R. Martin, 47 - year -old Yarmouth dairy farmer was nominated to oppose Premier Hep- burn in his own riding. Mr. Rowe delivered a great speech which was cheered to the echo. He stated at the outset that he would not descend to personalities and directed his whole attack to the Liberal re- gime. With consummate Logic and masterly skill he picked the present administration to ,pieces. Dissecting it like a surgeon, he showed that it was bad in every part, and that its doom was inevitable. Mr. Hepburn however, made a bitter attack upon Mr. Rowe's friends, including the. Hon. R. B. Bennett, who has indicat- ed his desire to assist Mr. Rowe in the forthcoming campaign. It is of interest that at Windsor, where the Liberals named David Croll, former Welfare -Labour Minis- ter, that Mr. Croll received the nom- ination of the Windsor-Walkerville riding by acclamation, following his attack on "Shot -Gun Liberalism" wherein he urged Premier Hepburn to "follow the British way and trust the people." Mr. Croll stated "When the Hepburn Government started taking backward steps, I walked out." "Since my resignation I have said nothing," continued Mr. Croll. "I have seen the mad and tragic contro- versy setting one Ontario citizen a- gainst another, employer against em- ployee, farmer against industrial worker, and I feel it is time for me to speak," y ,,::, I • Mr. Rowe at St. T1ionias showed how the youth of the ProVhtce was being debauched by mushroom beer parlours. Not that Mr. Rowe stands for Prohibition, but for a decent sys- tem of control, independent of poli- tical partisanship. By contrast, Mr. Hepburn stated that there was noth- ing wrong with the government li- quor policy, that criticism was unjus- Hepburn's promises, .he knew as a farmer what this meant to them and how deeply moved they were by this reduction. They showed their an- tagonism to Mr. Hepburn by loud cheering and an enthusiastic demon- stration following every point that Mr. Earl Rowe made. Mr., Rowe stood up to defend Bri- tish justice, With a stern manner, carrying strong conviction, he at- tacked the Hepburn administration under which defenceless girls and wo- men were recently carried from the streets of Peterborough in a gassed and unconscious condition. ,He called on the people of Ontario to rebel a- gainst such a brutal conception of justice. "Mr. Hepburn's idea of order is the Hepburn Hussars," said Mr. Rowe. "I stand for justice for the people, enforced by. the people; not justice for the rich, enforced by the army." Every inch a Britisher, Mr. Rowe demanded the right of free association for .all men in the Pro- vince and the end of this regime of terror. Mr. Earl Rowe held his audience by his simplicity and the dynamic force of his appeal. He spoke as only a man can speak who speaks from his heart. It was a passionate speech; the speech of "a span with a mission—to re-establish the British conception of justice in the Province and to end the political trickery in the Civil Service. It Was a Great Speech by a Great Leader The St. Thomas Times Journal commented editorially in their issue of Wednesday last as follows: "Judging by the enthusiasm dis- played at the nominating convention at Pinafore Park last evening, the Conservatives of Elgin are by no means dismayed at the prospect of having to overcome the popularity of Premier Hepburn and the undoubted prestige that a party leader and the head of the government carries with him into a fight. They are pinning their faith to the merit of their own leader's policies and to the popular- ity and capability of their own can- ! didate, Norman R. Martin, plus the effectiveness of their election cam- , paign am-•paign organization. "Hon. Earl Rowe, the Provincial ileader, admitted that he had come to St. Thomas doubtful of the prospects of the party in Elgin,but said he was convinced, after seeing the high type of candidate selected and the manner of his nomination, that there was a good chance of redeeming the riding, •„, • "Mr, Martin's popularity ~ in the ' ranks of the Conservatives is quite manifest, For years his name has been mentioned as a prospective can- didate and he now conies forward at a time when a strong man is urgent- ly needed, That he has a difficult task ahead of hitii both be and his party are fully aware; in fact the odds are marked clearly against him and in favor of his opponent. But it is well to remember the words of the old Conservative chieftan, Sir John A. Macdonald, who declared that the results of an election were as uncer- tified and that great profits had ac- tain as of a horse race and there trued to the government. have been surprising upsets, even in Mr. Rowe pointed out that the are not easily 'changed. Elgin where the opinions of the vot- ers• Hepburn regime got into power with. a promise to reduce taxes, which un -I "Mr. Rowe, making his first speech der the Henry administration had: as leader in St. Thomas, created, as been Fifty Million a year. Now tax-? did Mr. Martin. a good impression. to Ninety -Two Million.' es animated to appears to have a good grasp of• Therefore a surplus budget is not "bile questions, speaks distinctly, amazing. 1 avoids personalities, scores his points Mr, Rowe spoke of the farmers, o...with effect, can .tell the odd story their plight and the manner in which`: well and avoids any attempt at they had been deceived by Mr. Hep- burn.he Mr. Rowe, himself a farner,,broke no new ground in the matter spoke with strong feeling on this of policy, stickiitg quite close to his point. His audience, in which there stand already outlined on the 'various were many farmers, realized that he issues. He did give an inkling that was one of their ownkind speaking he to carry the "war into Afri- to them, A man like the, who had ca" on the beer parlour, Hydro and i heat burdenof days, eivil service questions and attack' the borne the and t y ' attitude of Hepburn on the C. I. 0., on the land. A young man, 'who athletic build gave evidence of hard which he claimed was brought in to clays' under the sun: A matt with divert the attention of the electors strong capable hands, hands that can from the maladministration he said existed at Queen's Park. Mr. Rowe guide plough horses as surely and did promise that as soon as the eIec- with the same masterly skill as they 'do n data was set he would elaborate can race horses; an inherited trait n his views on smatters that would come �' Mime his father drove the old stage wadi in York county. Hands into before the electorate. This is as it which government can be safely en- should be. The people Are entitled to trusted, He was one of them—Bri- a clear statement from their leaders.” tish, Bard -working, 'sincere. Having a real knowledge of the The 'woman wiho drives from the farm, he could speak to farmers as back seat of a car, says a cynic, 'is farmers, yet because he is Earl; no worse than the man who cooks with nineteen years of political ser -from the dining -room table. vice behind him, a man with, a 'fined public and private record, they knew that they could trust him. He is a Man who, knows the soil; a man of culture, a man of whom Ontario can be justly proud. When Mr. Rowe pointed out that the grant to ' farmers had been re- duced $300,000 a year in spite of Mr.