The Seaforth News, 1941-03-20, Page 6PAGE SIX
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
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CHAPTER X
A week -passed in the usual routine.
Mabel was ibecoming used to a situa-
tion that, at first, She had -found not
only novel, but a little irksome: and
the officers and men in' their turn,
gradually familiarized to the presence
of a young and •bdocnning girl, whose
,attire and carriage had that air of
r,iodest gentility about theist which
had obtained in the fain'.y of her 'pat-
roness, annoyed iter less by their ill -
concealed admiration. while they
,^ratified her by the respect which,
she was rain to think. they pail her
.n.•ae coni ,-f her father; fiat
troth, was mere to 'i,{- ittriiinte•+1
1.-+ any deterrence for the a :rtl1 ser^
y ea ut.
\iquaintance i1:1 '.:1 a -finis -'1•
a
any eircunlstanee. un sun l o;:-
.'telvent, ;.,•n attain `• loci" 1:•113:•
faunal otic ,,, e re.nlatn e.
,'.vein :raffia(. It ., 1. „utnine hvr
t,+ .hose with -t ..,e •nia-in oe
..:.att• and ti'.- wham, she ,. ,._lit
aroyl. The sort :,i 1 cora:
occupied by her father ho aas not
at: officer. while 'was •., tr h
tort than a conlinon soldier, 'Yr
+et eying- her aloof from the two great
...uses of military- ''t. hissetwil the
.P. tof those where. 1'. 1'aA .tl•.
::self 1, ',..• .e, .ti.d iia i. tit, ditty.
decision comparatively easy. Still
-'-ne soon lis; e ed that there were
a few, even 21.-1?'.i;:. :lti,-e that
j.lrt
to a seat :at t!'. 1 k ...t.t la:it'.
:aJir,•-xlio were 3 -• •'ger:.:,k
the halbert fa.r tonovelty , yell
tarried fignre an, of a pretty -winning
'e: anti by the Ltd +.f:hi nr.t t,yii
tltree lays she had admirers even
..•.nim ..ter gentlemen, Tin, i iaar er-
ter. in p:C.tieMar. trailllesaged
:i '.1i 11101 more t 1 miee
e hlessings i1 matrimony al-
,VaSn ,..t widower, -.vas
disposed to increa•� This in
with the S. r -,. though
: iie 11i tie t *111 iirs :oto t'
mess -mates '.I rot tai. inde
.. •tirt'i•,•l, ,yh-• ,1-+ a
+ S a
ivas inucemore Insolent
ais visit to the quarter- o. vii. 1
vina,e than hal formerly '1r+' 1 -h..
'.cent. .. lahzh...rahn
k.. in .r„tr
theof Sergean.s
datiti�hter.' if.1X-
:•rer. limited their : tri. tit.. - though
'Mabel ;Dunham" soon a toast
:hat even 'hr ensign. r.r the. ..:tenant
lid not disdain hire.
At. the end: of the week, € unman ,d
la -am -lir sent . r Sergeant. Dunham
ter evening roll ail. on husiness of
nature :bat. it vas understood, r:
;aired a personal - ernferent;e. The old
veteran dwelt in a movable hilt,
Which, 'being placed nn trucks, he
could order to be wheeled about at
11ieasure, sometimes living In one
part of the area within the -fort, and
sometimes living in another. On the
present occasion he had made a halt
near the centre: and there he was
found by his subordinate, who was
admitted to his presence without any
delay or dancing attendance in an
antechamber. In 'point of fact, there
was very little difference in the qual-
ity of the accommodations allowed to
the officers and those allowed to the
men, the former being merely granted
the most room.
"Walk in, Sergeant, walk in, my
good friend," said old Lundie heartily
ae, his inferior stood in a respectful
attitude at the door --"walk in, and
take a seat on that stoat,. I have sent
for yon, man, to discuss anythinit 'brut
rosters and .payrolls this evening.. It
.s now many years since we have
',ern comrades, and 'mild lang syne'
should count for something. even be-
tween a major and his orderly, a
Scot and a Yankee. Sit ye down. ratan,
and jut put yourself at your ease. It
has dwelt a 'fine day, Sergeant."
has indeed..'\rater 1)- 1 can."
returners the Luther. ,ebo hong% he
cnnitnpliefl en. far as t t\.. the ]at,
:vas much too .•practised neat to under: -
stand. the degree , , restive; if ewas
necessary to• maintain in -1-,k Planner:
very •fine .day, ,ir, it Was •uetn: and
we- may look for :note of them at
this season:"
"I 'hope so with all my heart. The
crops look well as it is, ten, and-
yoe'll be finding that the 5'Sth make
almost as good farmers as soldiers. I
never san-!better potatoes in Scotland
Than we are likely to have in that new
patch of ours."
"They promises a ;good yield, +Maj-
or 'Duncan; and, in that light a more
comfortable winter than the last,"
"Life is progressive, Sergeant,. in
its comforts as well as in its -need of
them. '\Ve grow old, and I begin to
think it time to retire and settle in
life, 1 foci that lnr Working days are
nearly over."
• "The King trod bless hint! sir, has
10 soli good -service in your honour
yet."
"It may be so, Sergeant Dtnthant.
especially if he should happen to hal e
licnten:m.:-colonelcy left."
5 ti, -y L ',e honoured the day
t',.r .omni•. ,n is S rep t., Dunc;nt
..i 1.nndie sir."
".\ltd l?itncanI 'nicht: will '•e
honored the (lay'1 lie ela'irt•A it, But,
Set—giant.Set-giant. if ya-t hay(. mu.,•r had a
li .t,e Want :. tom ley. > •'u hate had a
-moil wife. and that is the next thing
L, rank iii making 1 mall li:r:••rc."
I have ',et 1 _ n[arrled, 1 Iajor 1)tin-
e.,il, 11.1' it is now a long Bine -lire
I have hail no ,Ir,ah; l'k ,nt the love
I bear hi: majesty olid mg duty."
"What, man! not even the love yon
hear that aet+rc, little, rntioldin'hed,
t-alttekr<S
daughter that I have
n ^t tate fort these last few days!
1)n upon ; u. Sergeant! ,.1d fellow as
I %in. i ea'ili ;,1010.1 lore that little
a- 1 i l.i''f id 'entl the lieutenant-
s netts the (fly 1
',We al! k,i i -where Major Dim -
1101 heart art t ah l that is in Scotland,
Ali—reAlw-re .1 leantiftil holy 1- r,-aily and
-'.;,iii, 1111,1 happy, its Anon a.
his -y,; noise of deity :hall perIlill,"
\ ',t e i a f 'f thing. Ser-
eai
returned the superior, a shade
of melancholypassing- ,.Wer his hard
Scottish Fietllr hi spoke: • and
Seollan.1 is a far- ,1t e .tinlry.
\\tet'!, H ''ia.. 11;, !loather and oat..
malt, 1;1 111', region, we havt' venison
for the killing of itand salmon as
plenty as at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Is
it true, Sergeant, that the men cont.
r,lain of having been over-renisoned
and o'er-nigeoned of late',
"Not -for some weeks, Major Dun-
can, for neither deer nor hirds are so
trt:ty t t tlli: season as they have
;,ern. They begin to throw their re-
marks a'ac•'•:t 1'rnlrerninz• t11.. salmon.
don 1 trast ti shall get through the
smuttier t iib 1 'tiee . ,.1. dtsitir-
'uotcr 1 - 1 store of final, The
Seo.. ,1 in the a:tali.ln do, indeed. talk
more than fs prudent of their want of
(Atmeat. grumbling occasionally of
our wheaten bread."
"Ah, that is human nature, Ser-
geant!' pure, unadulterated Scotch
human nature. A cake, man, to say
the truth, is an agreeable morsel, and
I often <ee the time when I pine for
a bite myself"
"If the feeling .gets :to be trouble-
some, Major Duncan,—in the men I
mean, sir, fur 1 -could not think of
saying so disrespectful a thing to
your honour,' but if the then ever
pine seriously for their natural food,
I would humbly recommend that some
oatmeal he imported, or prepared in
this country for them, and I think we
shall hear no more of h. A very little
would answer for a cure, sir."
"You are a wag, Sergeant; .but hang
me if I am• sure you are nett right.
There may be sweeter things in this
world, after ail than oatmeal. You
have a sweet daughter. Dunham,
for one."
-"The girl is like her mother, Major
said the Sergeant sroudly. ".Neither
Was brmtght up on anything 'better
than -good American flour. The- girt
will pass inspection, sir." -
1 -hat would she, I'll answer for it.
We'd, I may as well come to the point
at once, and wring up my reserve
int, the front of the thattle. Here i.
Davy Muir. the gnarterma:•ter, ,lis.
...wised to make y •nr daughter his wif:.
and iie has jeiSt :rot the to opet thi
matter to you, being fearfami of com-
fpromisin.g his own dignity; and I may
as well add that half 'the youngsters
In the fort toast :her; .arnd talk of her
from morning till night."
*1She is much honmonred,sir," re -
tamed the father stiffly; 'shut I trust
the gentlemen will find something
rltorc worthy of them to talk af'.lout
ere long. I hope to ser her the hide
of at honest than beforemanyweeks,
sir.' -
"Yes, Davy is an honest mat, and
that is more than can 1,,e said for all
in the q:narterma•ter , department,
I'm thinking, Sergeant," returned
Lundie, with a slight smile. "Well,
thin may I tell the Cupid -stricken
youth that the matter is as good as
settled?" - -
"I thank your 'honour; 'but Mabel
is betrothed to another."
""rhe devil sbe is; That will produce
a stir in the force; though Int not
sorry to hear it either, for, to ibe -frank
with you, Sergeant, I'm nc, great ad-
mirer of une'qu'al matches." -
"1 think with your honour, and
have no desire to see My daughter at
officer's lady. If she call :get as high
RS 'her mother was 'before her, it
might to satisfy any reasonable
woman,"
"Aird may I ask, Sergeant, who is
the lucky man that you intend to call
son -in -lawn?"
"The Pathfinder, your honour."
"Pathfinder-"
"The sante, 'Major Duncan: and in
naming hint to you, I give yott his
whole history. No one is bettei''knou
on this frontier than sly honest.
brave, true -hearted friend."
-All that is true enough; hut is he
after all, the sort of person to Malec
a ;girl of twenty happy?"
'l\Vhy not, your honour The 111111
is at the head of his calling. 'There is
no other guide or scout 'connected
with the army who leas 'Half the re-
nutat;rnl of Pathfinder, or w"ho des-
erves to have it 111111 as well.
"Very trite, Sergeant; but is the re-
putation of a scout exactly the sort of
renown to capitivate a girl's 'alley "
"Talking of girl's fancies, is in -my
humble opinion much like talking ni a
recruit's judgment. If we were to take
the movements of the awkward squad,
s;r, a, a ;aide, we should never form
t d eeint line in battalion, Major Dun -
"But your daughter has nothing
awkward about her: for a genteeler
girl of her class could not be Sound in
olrl Albion itself: Is she of your way
of thinkin-g in this matter --though.
I suppose she must be, as you say
she is 'betrothed."
"•\\'c have not yet con've•sed on the
111hi,, :, your 'honour; 'bus 1 consider
her mind as good as made up, front
several little circumstances which
mi„ht be named."
"A111 'what are these cincninstances,
Sergeant?" agsltcd the Major, w•ho ;be-
gan to take Imre interest than he had
at first felt on the subject. "1 conies,
a little curiosity tel khow sontetlning
about a woman's mind, being, as you
know, a 'bachelor myself."
't\Vhy, your honour, when 1 spe+ik
of the Path'findor to the gi•i-1, she al-
ways looks ole full in the face; chimes
in with everything I say in itis favour,
and line t frank 01UI way with her,
which says 21s much a if she hall con-
sidered bun already as a husband,"
'T-hnt anis these signs, you think,
Dunham, are faithful tokens of your
daughter's feelings?"
"1 do, your honour, for they strike
me as 1:0ai'al, \\'hen I find u mann, sir,
Who look: ate full in the Mace, while
he praises an officer, --for, !begging
your honour's pardon, the Wren will
sometimes pass their strictures on
het•ters,—and when T find a man look-
innq• me in the eyes as he (praises his
captain, 1 always set it down that the
fellow is 'honest, and means ,what he
sates,"
"Is there not some material differ-
ence in the age of the intended !bride-
groom and that of his 'pretty -bride,
Sergeant?"
"\'211(1 are quite right, sir; Pathfinder
is well affianced towards forty, and
Mabel has every prospect of hapiii-
t11s5 that a young woman can -derive
from the certainly of possessing. an
experiences hushand. 1 w•as quite
forty myself, your honour, ahem i
married her mother."
"I3ti't will your daughter he as like-
ly to admire a .riven hunting shirt,
anon as that our worthy guide wears,
with a -ox-skin ran. as the smart un-
iform of the 5Sth?"
"Perhaps nut, sir; and therefore
she 1y111 hate the merit of self-denial,
which always makes a young woman
wiser and 'better."
"And are you not afraid that she
stay be left a widower while still a
young Wain an? What between wild
beasts, and wilder savage,, -Pathfind-
er may he said to carry his fife !u his
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
hand." -
"i1'Tera Mullet has its billet', Lim
die,' for so the 0.0 213 was inial of
of being culled !u his moments of con-
(Iescension, atol when m11 engaged in
military affairs; "and no Man - in die
55th -can call 'himself 'heyond or above
the chances of sudden 'death, I -n that
particular. t\laibel would .gain -nothin
by a change. Besides, sir, if I may�
speak freely on such a snb.joct, I
much doubt if ever Pathfinder dies ill
battle, or thy any -of the sadder chanc-
es of the wilderness,"
"And Why so, Sergeant?" ,asked the
Major. He is a soldier, so far as
danger is concerned, and one that is
mach more than usually exposed; and
being free of his 'person, why should
he expect to escape when others cin
not?"
"I do not believe, , your honour,.
that the Path'iitider considers his anal
chances better .than any one's else,
but the man will never die by a !bullet.
1 have seen, hitt so often handling
his rifle with as much. composure as
if it were a shepherd's crook, in the
midst of t'he heaviest showers of bul-
lets, and under so many extraordin-
ary circumstances, that I do not think
Providence means he should ever fall
in that manner. And yet, if there .be
a man in 'his majesty's dominions who
really deserves such a death, it is
Pathfinder."
9\\'e neve- knew, Sergeant," - re-
turned Lundie, with a cotultenance
grieve with thought; "land the less we
say about it, perhaps, the (better. lint
will yawn daag'hter—Malbel, I think,
you 'ca'll her --will \label be as wil-
ling to accept one who, after all, is a
stere hanger-on of thearmy, as to
take one from the service itself?
There is no hope 'ni promotion for the
guide, Sergeant."
"He is at the head of his i•orps al-
ready, your Honour% In short, +Mabel
has Made up her hind an this 5411-
ject; and as your htuiottr has had the
e inrleseet.oion to speak 4.0 me about
71 r, \thio, i trust yo'.t wild'ht' kind en-
ough (0 say that the isirl is as good
:IA billeted for life."
"f\\'c11, well, this is your own mats
ter, and, non—Sergeant 1)utlhaan1"
"Your honour:" said the other, ri.-
ing, and giving the customary salute.
"You have been told it is my inten-
tion to send you tan among the
'fl,-ottsand Islands for the next 110111 h.
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All the old subalterns have had their
tours of duty in that quarter—ail that
1 like to trust at least; and it. !has 'at
length come to your turn. 'Lieutenant
Muir, it is true, .claims his right; but,
being quartermaster, I do not like to
break .up well-established arrange-
ments. Are the men drafted?"
"Everything is ready, your honour.
The d'rait is made, and 'I understood
that the •canoe which .got in Last night
Ibrougbt a message to say that the
party already below is 'looking out for
the relief."
"l -t diol; and" you- must sari the day
after to -morrow, if not to-ntorroav'
night. It will be wise, perhaps, to
sail ie .the dark.
"So jasper thinks, Major Duncan;
and I know no one more to he dep-
ended an in such an 'a'ffair than
young lJas'per I'fVestern."
"Young Jasper Eau-doucel" said
Lunilie, a - slight 'smi'le .gathering
around his usualiy stern mouth. "Will
that lad be of your party, Sergeant?"
"Your honour will remember that
the Scud never quits port without
him.'