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The Seaforth News, 1937-02-11, Page 6PAGE SIX.THE SEAFORTH NEWfi IIIIMMENNINIMMINKEZEMEMIREMIIMI IIIIMMEMENINIONEINIENNEMENIEMENfins The Adventurer The ioutpctsts were trverpowered. and the solders eahar9ed upon the scattered remnant of Cherwell little army. breaking. them and disordering them. When n1v lord leaped ,from the castle, he stood in an open space of grouted, visited by gusts ,uf light from the thrilling- towers, and obnoxious to every aim. Before hint the .garden was alight as tvith the noonday sun, and the faces of the soldiers were clearly ;visible. Two pieces of cannon were tearing at the fragments of his hien, (who, huddled like sheep, \'et kept up a fierce rejoiner with what arms 'they had. \Iy. lord gathered round • hint much as had .tumbled ;after hint, and. issuing his commands sharply, set off at a run across the lawn. The rebels were sparsely arned with guns, and some were provided with pitchforks only and scythes, but many had pikes or pieces of iron shaped in that forst. When Cherwell came up with thein he bade them retire forthwith from that 'flame -swept land exposed -place, and shelter by the bushes, from which they should never have with- drawn. Thas clone, ,he collected his forces, and made his dispositions, throwing forward a line of .pikemen AMOK's'' ry, he tat to the loo; wings ni Rarrs, and passed swiftly to the rer. The grass ran up on the 'house' on each side, in a very unequal ground, where the great most had been, and here he sheltered, spying about for any entrance into the castle. The int - mediate neighborhood of the walls was as black as night, but ata little distance the gardens were lit with flashes. as it had been by a moon scudding among (•loads, Presently 'lee perceived a shadow •that'edrew nigh quickly. issuing front the bushes, and disappeared at last into the streak of darkness that hid himself. He pursed resolved to brook 310 risks upon the business he was .set and he heard softly approaching the feet of some num. Waiting a little longer, he deemed the former upon bio, tied lca•ped out. 11 -lis lingers took some person by the throat, and they strug- gled together, a smothered cry coat- ing from the man, who presently ga- thered 'breath and called "sty lard, my lord!" it was Ravel, who 'head hidden and watehed for his master, and etas now eager tit 'accompany him 00 what errand he was bound. My lord took off his hands. 'only 'just in ;time. For the cannon "There is yet one found faithful,' ceased firing. and a body of horse says he. Wallow you nee," And with - Came from the brees 'behind, thunder- out more words be began to go along ing across the dawn upon them, and the ruins of the ditch, Next they slaw blood -red in that light. The farmers iii, the uncertain darkness something and the Peasants were of a stanah, that hopped 'like a frog, and .was stili brave stock, and held fast in .the elan- a motueut; and ere it hopped again mer of 'their fathers at (Naseby and Ravel had it, pressing upon it fur - 'Worcester; the horses struck upon iously with his knee. There was a that cruel 'line of steel and iron, and, knife ljatmpetl out and ,grazed my staggering', faltered away and glanced lord's arnt. off .with a rebound. "Who is this?" asks my lord, and This repulse appeared .to astonish Ile plucked his man way. "'tis one of the soldiers greatly, who repeated these from the town." their attempt only to find that the "Faith. 1 know hint now," stays courage trf that stubborn hedge had Ravel. bending closer; "'tis a small grown masterful with success.. The Yeoman 1 have spoken with." pdasants flung the horses off their The nein rolled up his eyes. and pikes, and wielded their scythes with turned over there .whither he had vigor, so ,that the assailants went crawled, speaking 110 more. back again in confusion. Amazed •by "This lies against his 'Highness al - this second rebuff, the colonel gave so," muttered Cherwell, through his fresh orders to his piece, which be- teeth, .1 little after they came by a gan to speak again out of angry narrow triuduw at the back of the mouths, tearing up the pikemen. \Dy house. beyond which a itunp was lord saw that his men nrigh1 not swinging, so that a light fell out by stand this. and there were but two the slit upon the stoat This gentle 11 - courses open; the one being to re- rumination, as a benignant star, very treat by way of the ,park, when they faint "and wall, (las shed upon a should thereby acknowledge defeat child's dace in the grass, where ire and be cut up 'hy the cavalry; but the ray sleeping, . other to assume an offensive. Upon Cherwell bent forward and touched ,g this latter '171 decided at once, seeing him. and 'the child sate up. looking that all considerations pressed him at them with terrified eye,(, that way. He gave his .commands for "What doe them here. child?" says an advance neon the cannon, ire, ,gently, Whereat the buy, who Ravel, that was in that starch alpo/l AR, -0111t• live years old. told trent- „11 317 helchin.g tnouthe, and carte out ilieg, of how Ile had followed the of it unscathed, declared that there ,"brier,, and, having' heard the noise was scarce a hundred took part in it. of cannon and the fighting, was the others being dead or wounded 0r frightened, and knew not whither to scattered in 'flight. They went for- run, so that Nein; weary in the end. ward without any noises, very atilt he lay down in the grass and thus and determined, with their eyes upon slept, that darkness from which the shot "Fear ye not, habe." says niy lord. steamed on them. (Half -way across "eve are not wicked men, but poor fel- the lawn there were scarce fifty re- low' that seek a reifuge. Know you of maiming, and when they 'had reached a door into the castle?” the guns not two score, The reserves The boy, having recovered of his of The soldiery (IOW came in, and a fears, 'brightened at this, and began fierce fight with steel laud pistol en• to •b'ab'ble chihlishly of what errands sued; but the countrymen, having he had been, and bawl it was he brut little skill tat close quanters, were once fetched milk to this great 'house, .eurely driven back, and, retiring at tel'liitg of a.laely he had seen that kis last upon the (bushes, :pressed by ,their sed her fingers to him from a win - enemies, broke up and dispersed, re- law, Whi'c'h news greatly provoked ceivulg no 'mercy, sty ;lord, who 'questioned '1;111 further; Thus it was t'h'at my lord, all stain- hut he could not 'rementlber from ed with black and brood, but himself w'hic'h of those many windrows. untouched, drew wide into a 'little ")But 'twas here" he says, in his patch of darkness that The shrubbery shrill voice and . his rude accent. made, and laboring with 'Itis breath, "'Twas by a door with great nails," cast up his predica'nient. The battle burring tate words on his treble ton - bed gone against then?, and they were gue, doomed, Nay, more; across the park '1G.uide me," staid Cherwell, east . the the shadows of those poor defeated little child in glee and 'won'der, ran peasants flitted before his eyes, and along the moat without hestatfon, the sounds of combat still came to and stopped 'before an oak damr that him whence they ,were dying, He 'w'as sq)iked. turned without heed,and began. to "When I ha' fetched the milk" run stealthily towards the castle of says he, joyfttllly, "I ha' ,gone aep a Barrs, l'adcler,'' and he pointed ;with admire - The front of the house, where the tion to the wall beside where a ,little ere was still raging, was -in ,the pos- :wooden shutter .was set in the stone. session of the soldiers, who stood Cherwell examined this eagerly an clra'wn u ° nea'r by; avrenchine P Y; so, slipping out of g his hands, pulled oat the' the light. behind a 'btittr..ess of mason -f door up01 its hinges 50 'that at an op 'ening was disclosed, large enough to admit a, man, and beyond in the .d'ar'k- ness a stone stairavay creeping up, Bidding the boy slay nought to 'any, hat to ,return in satiety to his home, ft'r that atone nvoulti /1101151; him, he gave him a piece of money,and slip- ped through the hole, Ravel follow- ing. 'The stone stairway ran up in short i flights, stopping at intervals before doors. Cherwell tried these, which were thick and heavy—this 'being the older part of the eagle—but.they budged not: and thus he ascended to the dry summit, where be heard the rats scampering under the roof and l.. 1 nal noise of wanting,' Set - the 1 1, :. here Was eaten of worms and rotten, anti he and 'Ravei with their. shoulders managed to dislodge it. ane, u11111 c)nt into a room, bare, dark, 'and loud to the tread. The dismal sound was n,w greatly iitirea:ed, and both marvelled, what it might be. It came from some dis- tant chamber, as they guessed, 'hof they knew not how to reach it through the hlecleness, They must guide their steps at a hazard, and 'hitch upon what paa(age, or -boors they might. The house of Bata's, a, 1 have related 'before, teas very wide and rambling, and. by tate lateness di the hour, there was little hope to find any chamber lighted. Sc that my lord and hi, 31,1 811 pursued their way in a maze, i•ding 1111013 the walls arid exploring with their feet, '-est they should stumble or pa.S,c 'headlong into some descent. Says 11avc'1 that they were thus for the space of an hour,. visiting those empty chambers, which were full of a horrid silence that s•pu•ke in the ears. 'Phis struck a panic at last into the man's breast and he besought his lord to fly. ''\Vhither." .says Cherwell, stock- ing hint, " will ye ,fly? Have you, then, the secret of this place.' .1for niy li'art, I .m1i ld as easy to go forward as to go back:'—at which saying Ravel was Elting into a .sharper terror, and could where,' contain 'himself, the mote 50 that he head still that dron- ing lamentation, falling and rising again like the crying of some tartar - ed ghost. Sat my lord paid no heed attempting even to draw clear this 50ut,d, 'for lie supposed that so he e•olrld• tome to that .part of the 'house which vvas inhabited. A'nd a little 1,1- te'rwards he heard it closer, and soon again it rose from hard 'by, which set Ravel trenmbling, Next my lord stop- ped before a- door, and thrust it open, giving command to .Ravel to stay; antl then he entered, Soon he eagle forth. from whence that direful noise issued, which was now ,stink low and plaintive; and whispers he— Tis a poor soil in travail—' ane that has a 11 1.111 by this fight, may be a servant of the house. I know tot; for there is nothing visible •batt slackness• and this groaning rises mut the floor, i laid my hands upon hat which is there,' says he, "anal 'tis old and quiet. Ts there no life in this dace? Let us away," With that they went forward agate, nd at length perceived •t ,hinii,g be- tath some tkor which Cherwell mi- ned, and the light of 41 lanthorn treanted 0111 upon the corridor. He vent in and 'perceived a great bed a ith a canopy, and upon the bed, in is torn, foul raiment, lay Sir \for• ,pmt Pringle. He lay like a hog, sur- eitc-d of wine and .food, and it. was lain he had celebrated the victory •fere 11 cairon al. Upon a table in that real chamber Was a horn of Mk and ethers, rani my lord Cherwell took Meer of paper and drove the weapon 1 the hilt into elle pillow by Sir \lor- aiult's head, navel saw the writing, chick was this only—"Let hint that rinketh he .tandeth take heed lest be ill," and thereto he had put iris ane. Taking the -anthem, he came tit, and after that they went with n ;ter ease, walking Ina part of the. ;.tie ,which 3031,3- used, Yet there •11110! poor glance that my lord oald achieve what lie desired until uex•peeledly he heard a voice, ,law id soft and hruken, from a 'ch'amber the 'bottom of a passage, which led one of the towers. ;I -Te .set his hand the door, and it teas locked mull rred. "Here is whither we are ibouncl,'" he yS toiRa•rtI, eagerly. "This is our Irncy's env." and he ,flung himself ;mat the oak, which creaked ,but. elded not. The :predicament in rich they stood was not easy, for 11 oak! have been impossible to (ha- ver the 'keys in that labyrinth. Yet y lord halted not, nor feared. 3-(c eve a piste- that waw still •eharged, of with the aid' of his 11anthorn, trying in the .pan, he thrust) it to the is and 'fired, The report came iback ng those 'corridors with great r,ev- erations, like the innumerable Inds of battle; 'but the door bent. ant gave way, and Cherwell thrust it ck with his weight, and 'opened. a ) to admit hire, ,breaking into a ite, still chamber, \t the .fist sight of that room, toll was all white, white as to tate Its, and -very white with clothes d garments, glowing in a white n light, it seemed that: he had come' o a place of faery. But 'twas not ti,S 1 a 11 r h cl p a ft a tc d 11 i• n g w' 111 at at to to 'ha SR jot ag yi w• t CO 111 dr 1111 b'k loc lino eitb so ail. ba gal wit tvh wfa atm dfi int THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1937 that; rather it was the dwelling,place of some 'white spirit that 'prayed and suffered, !For my lord's eyes next fell upon his lady, the Countess of Cher- w''ll, where she •knelt, in her white raiment, whispering her prayers 'to God for succor, 'She had started and cried in alarm, het when her eyes ;fell note with recognitions upon him,' she etc a louder cry,and, struggling tuts to �gg g her feet,ran to him, weeping and calling on hon and weeping again She was clad only in her night -rail, yet she laid' her head upon his 'breast and .lung to hint. moaning like a dove without words. But in a 'little site withdrew her arms, and stepped back, cooking on him with alarm and shame, and yet with gladness. ".Ye are come to take me, my Lord?" she said, in her 'broken vokee. "Indeed, I knew that you would come. 1 'have been awaiting i*ou. It`has been a long vinte r, my lord, 1u I have seen the spring to -day from my prison win - "Dear heart,'" said he, "ye are -1e- livered. of our prison. The walls are broke down, Ye have your passage into freedom. Ye shalt do 'as ye lista There is none shad stay ye, never again," 11e drew her to film, and soothed her. "My lord," she says, in a. weeping voice, "1 have pat you in great peril of your life. Ye go abroad in fears. Yea, they Yot(! me of what you r have suffered, and on what a thread your saifety hung. 1 ant not worthy of this sacrifice." "You are .CmlI1tess of Cherwell said he, "and yon are worthy of all that the Earl of Cherwell shall give ye, Ye are my wife, and what 11 prolf- cr,. that is your dace and privilege." ":Aye " she said. whispering, for she was tarn with evident emotions and seance knew 'what she said, so 1oron)1(1 up011 was .She; "aye, 1 am hat a poor maid, but y0u3 wife—die wife to one that is strong to defeat princes. 1 ant apron, my lord, to 'bear that title, You have delivered ole from this evil. You are sovereign in ire eyes of one poor soul that hath •been ated," she cried "Nay, my lord,' ye are my 'God that halt/ delivered. nu:— What say 1 ?" and she wrung her hand., and -kneeled upon the floor in her distress, tossed about with the con'flici of her feelings. 'Come," says Cherwell, softly, `"tis time we ,were on ithe way and free of this house, lest others try to hold us." "Whatl" she called, leaping to her feet, her hair falling a'bou't her should- ers. "Is there still danger? Are y"0tl pursued ever. here? W!'bl they not suf- fer ye to rest, these 'wicked .111011 that would rob me of my honor and you of your life?" \\'e are scattered over the country - sidle,' said he, "The King's troops brake my poor yeomen; but that shall not conte between your safety. -Conte, or they will be upon us." "Yea, will 1 come," said she, in her uepidation, flying to the further side ni the chamber, nvhere her raiment lay. "I will conte, my lord." 113vt now there was a cry from Ra- vel at the door, who had been in great alarm by reason of the report of the 111;fol: and immediately on that 111y lot--, turning saw I rayde standing in the tray, with his hand 011 refs sword Y and a smile on his •ince, i give Gehl ilio compliments, my lord. said 'I'rayle, (bowing, 'tis hard to know where you may he taken. You are dike the fiend that goes about the earth. And f blame you not that you shott!d. come to rest at last in a lady's chamber. 1But you were tvarn- ed, my lord; you had your warning." "Nuts, by God; 'Harry Trayle," cried my lard. "ye are come 'here to die," and he took his sword 'forth. 'Nay, but to lead you back to the 'Cower, where they shall take 'better care of yon this time," says 'I'rayle, still smiling. On that my •aah dried nett: "The .('ower! was it there? /Ah, my Blear lord!" and she seized on his 'hand, carrying ing it to her bosom. But lie part her aside,q'ak'dly, and called to Ravel to poll to the door. ''1 warned ye also," .said he to 'I'r.ayle, in a quiet voice, "1t seems that ashen 1 spoke with you last twas as service -over your dead ibody that I. read U•r, 'I"rayle, Now is your appointed time. 'You are entered here to die. There is no hope but that you shall die in this room." 'rrayle made a gesture of assent, ,but looked aslant at my lady„ who cowered by the 'bed "Nay, by the light of heaven," cried Cherwell, understanding trim, "it •is. -sere--diene, you shall •fall --in this room, and before the feet of her that yon have wronged „so foully. Kinard ye." and he ran tipon hila. My 'lord pressed him 11!ke a madman but with .cadet eyes, engaging with the cream bred of a ,,great hate and a great vengeance.. Frayle was a taller magi, and th;.oker of arm ant body, yet he. seemed not then to be so' ,strenuous as my lore!, sho pushed him (back. and ,back, and ever held his pont for the heart, slight, dancing, iiaeluctaihle, and singk:g and'swinging like a reed, 'rrayle foil! away before his frenzy,; and a look of doubt rose in Iris face, e taking the place mf that indifferent smile. He was a man of reckless eoutr- age, with little principle to guide a stout heart; and in despite of his vices, which were neither few nor small, he had that in him which might not derogate from his blood. He fought thus a hopeless .fight without failing spirit, asking for no mercy, bat kee Pittehis gaze tort ed ,towardsards My lord's front, It was as though one shrugged his shoulders at his death with a little simpering smile, 'that meaned still to 'be merry. (To be continued.) . d) YANSEN'S FREEZER ADVENTURE After 'the refrigerating hark, the f'i'lly Merrill, w<i5 wrecked 011 tree Londoner in the reinter of 1.904, 'ler freezing machinery and ;boilers were established in •a 1n•ge barfld.ing on thv Halibut Wlt•.,arf to continue to freeze herring and other dish, The new cold -storage plant 41ad 11;, ul13 been finished early the foJlvw- iug winter when 'the entire- fleet 0a: vessels which had sailed •111 the 1au- tunt'n Inc Newfoundland began, tom.in the harbor with inr.melse (ar- got; of frozen herring, 1'eople ill X ;England, whether they are landsmen or sea -folk, will not readily forget the pheno•ntenally warns weather that prevailed in 1111 winter of 1119015.df1, when geese and celnts were shot alt winter off .141 11cI'le 'Ground ledges, and crocus rood bias. plants started in jointers' in the eus- tonrhorse yard. 1t was useless for the vessels to start down the Atlantic to dispose of their cargoes 0, the big seaports. as had .been the custom other winters. for as soot as the hatches were ttn- battencd and the •warm adds a•eached the fish in the 'holds, the frost wonid vanish and they mould !become 11 Owners for market Owners of vessels incl. cargoes soont decided to stow the fish in 'the cold -storage 'plant to await cold wea- ther, and the Rattler, .the first vessel to arrive, 'began the discharge of her cargo of 'fifteen 'hundred 'barrels. Pour days later the Flying Claud pulled into the wharf and began the discharge of 'her thousand 'barrels, and as a precautionary measure, the manager of the company set a gang of men to 'work shoring tip the wharf tinder the building with 'hundreds of spruce spars set deep into the mud. Two gangs of men worked night and day far two weeks storing the dish, and last last the two storage rooms of the plant•were'fall front•A'oor to eefifn'g. \'fen w^Vo frequented the wharf 'wondered if the .building could' stand the strain put upon it. The structure was 'perfectly square, :f was flat -roofed, and was divided in - o three great rooms, one above an- other. The two lower rooms were storage -rooms; the upper room was the freezing o• 'coil -room rouncl w'h'ich ran miles of iron piping in which circulated the strong 1i:gnitl ammonia, the condensation and ex - pension of which produced intense cold Which kept the temperature of the •building below the freezin'g-point. When the Lady Antrim, a Booth - bay vessel, lay alongside the wharf and the company's manager ordered her cargo stowed above the freezing - room, men who worked within the building ,began to 5110w' fear. Two sten 'knocked 'off work. But all event well with tine stout ng of the l tidy Antrim's cargo Inc two flays. f)he night gang of the third clay 11ac1 knocked off work and the day shift had been working some two hour, when the men within' the freer-- fin'g-room felt a, sudden jar. Then the floor seemed to settle 'beneath ,their fee 1. '1'11 a than they .dropped their shov- els and slgaulgees, and landed :breath- lessly below on the wharf by sliding down the 'hoist!n'g-cable. The manager was ;50011 on te scene. 11=le laughed at the frightened 01e11, 'T'he'n he started up the three flights of stairs running to ,each of the three doors outside the Ibmiicling. Not a man went with ,11111 'Satre •Gnoclnian Yafisen, 'a young 'lcelan.der, who had been em'p.loy.ed on the ,bank during her career and 'fi'na'l wrecking. 'I''he crowd ,gath.ered on the wharf, stood in suspense after ,the two men entered the freezinlg,raoni• The man ager 'readily saw the ,cause of '1115 n1en's fright. 'The big 150.1.1(1) tiro hen supporting the tireezIllg_room ,floor in the .middle had •broken 'under the strain put upon ;t, 1t was ;readily' seen by him that the entire weight of 'bout rooms was thrown on the 'middle timber supe r -. lie second, and he1 I c t dangerous situation ,to the youexplaing t- lan'dier: 3'oun'g lace Hae hasltily rebu,rned to the 'wharf and gated 'plan after lean ;n the orowd> to assist 'Yansen in Cutting a.. 'hole down thronlgh the two f1. p banks of fish to the wharf doors. vied order to gut u), a st. below, i Port the w'ea eued out pillar '.to ,4Leif- cfloors. 13th his ef- forts were futile. PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical DR. E. A. \I0MiAIS!TIEIR—Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- ity of Toronto, and of the New York Post Grad•ua•te IS'choor and Hospital, 'Member of the College of Physician and (Surgeons of Ontario. Office on Hire street. ret. Phone g 27. Office fully' equipped for x-ray diagnosis and for ultra .Short wave electric treatment, ultra violet 'sun lamp treatment and infra red electric treatanent. Nurse in attendance. DR. GI•LBERT C. JARROTT — Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Uai- iversity of Western Ontario, Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. •Office 43 Goderich street west. Phone 317. Hours 2-4.30 pan., 7,30.9 p.m, Other hours by appoint- ment, Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay, DR. H. LIUGIH ROSS, Physician and Surgeon Late of London Hos- pital, London, England; Special at- tention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Office and residence behind Dominion Bank, Office Phone No 5; Residence Phone 104. DR. F, J, BURROW'S, Seaforth, Office and residence, 'Goderich street, east "of the United Church. Coroner for .the County of Huron, Telephone No. 4'6, DR, F. J. R. .HIO'RST'ER— Eye Ear, Nose and Throat, 'Graduate in Medicine, University al Toronto 1897. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moore'field's Eye, and 'Golden Square throat hospi- tals, London, At Commercial 'Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month from 1.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. DR. W. C. SPROAT Physician - Surgeon Phone 9.0-4V. Office John St. 'Seaforth, Auctioneer. GEORGE 'ELIiIIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the 'County of Huron. Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The ,Seaforth News, Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. F. W. AHRENS, Licensed ,Auction- eer for Perth and ;Huron Counties. S'al'es Solicited. Terms on Application, Farm ,Stock, chattels and real estate property. R. R. No. 4, ,Mitchell. Phone 034 r 6, Apply at this office, WATSON & REID REAL ESTATE AND INSU•R'AN'CE AGENCY (Successors to James Watson) MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT- All kinds of Insurance risks effect- ed at lowest rates in First -Class Companies. Int McKILLOP Mutual Fire Inman Co HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS President—Alex, Broadt?oot, Seaforth; Vice -President, John E. Pepper, Brucefield; Secretary - Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS F. McKercher, R.R,1, Dublin; John E. Pepper, ,LR], Brucefield;'E. R, Jarntouah, Brodhagen;, James Watt, Blyth; C, F. 'Hewitt, ,Kincardine; Wen. Yeo, Holmesvilde.. DIR1EOTORS Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3; James S'hoidice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Bornholm No, 1; John Pepper, Bruce - field; James Connolly, Goderich; Alex, VIcl vying, Blyth No. 1; 'Thom- as Moylan, Seaforth No. 5; Wm, R. Archibald, Seaforth No. 4. • Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other business, will be Promptly attended to by applications to any of the above named officers addressed to their respective 'post - offices. A new danger suddenly presented itself to the manager. Up in the freezing -room,; round which ran coil after coil of iron piping, containing the powedful liquid ammonia, the floor and wa'l'ls to; 'whaicilt• they were secured had become .so i'r'reg'u'lar and bulged that it seemed ' onlly a spatter of minutes before the frosty pipes would' break. 'Then 'there would 'be great danger, Men. could not work all instant in the suffocating 'gas' pro- duced by the vaporization of sudden- ly liberated 'liquid ammonia. More- over, the fumes would permeate thebuilding and ;destroy thova'ands of dollars worth of tfisllh, i'ain'sen 'had .begun, work While the manager was on the •wih'arf, sharp axe he had hewed With a t'heough the freezing-rooma hole dow,s Ifiloor. His orcl.ors were tocut clear through : :goons anti fish until he reachedthe elle (Continued on Page Seven)