The Seaforth News, 1937-03-25, Page 6H.''A;GE 'SIX,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, 1VIAR'CH25, 1937
CHIAIPT'EJR :I
On a certain cold evening in Jams
cry, and just as the Scotch night ma
was about to start for ;the north, a
stranger drove up to 'Euston and
alighted, 'and was glad enough to es-
cape from the chill draughts of the
echoing station into the glow and
• warmth and comfort of a sleepinse-
car. Inde was a 'man of means appar-
ently; For one-half cif this carriage,
containing .four berths, and forming
a room apart, as it were. had been re-
served for himself alone, while his
travelling impedimenta — fur -fined
,coats and hoods and 'rugs and what
not—were of an elaborate and .,-unhp-
ttuous description. lOn the other stand,
there was nothing of ostentation ab-
out either his dress-. or appearance, or
demeanor, He was a tall thin. quiet -
looking man. with an :gelling nnse,
sallow complexion, and keen but not
unkindly grey eyes. Il -lis short -crop-
ped hair was grizzled, and there were
deep lines in the worn and ascetic
face; but this may have been the re-
sult of an exhausting climaterather
than of any mental care, for there was
certainly no touch of melancholy in
his expression. His costume was
''''somewhat prim and precise 'there
was a. kind of school-nlasterish look
:'bout the stiff white collar and small
black tie; his gloves were new and
neat, !For the rest, he seemed used to
travelling; he began Ito make himself
at home at once, and scarcely looked
up .from this setting of things - to
rights when the conductor made. his
appearance.
"Mr, Horison, sir?" the latter said,
with an inquiring glance.
"That's about what they call me,"
he answered. slowly, a, lie opened a
capacious dressing -hag covered with
crocodile -hide.
you expect any friends to join
you further along ,sir?"
"Not that 1 knob of," was the ctn-
seer. and a pair of dark Mile velvet
slipper., with initials worked in gold.
were fished edit and thrown upon the
seat beside him.
But when t, rwre the 11u,tor had got
one of the lower sleelemetsbirtlis made
ready, and the traveler had completed
his leisurely arrangements for passing
the night in comfort,- 11 somewhat
one-sided conversation ensued. This
gaunt .low' -.peaking. reserved man
proved to 'be (mitt• talkative—in a car -
ions. measured, dry, and ,Lui'ato fa -
Alan; and if his ennver.ation coneist-
ed chiefly of questions. these showed
that he hada very honest and simple
concern In the welfare of this other
human being whim chance had
thrown in his way. and that he could
express his friendly interest without
any touch of patronage or 1ondeseen-
skin. fie asked'first about the railway
line—how the company's servant:
were paid, what were their hour 011
duty, •whether they had formed any
association for relief in case of sick-
ness, what this particular roan girt for
his work, whether he could look for-
ward to any bettering of his lot, and
so fon th, And then, :fixing his eyes
morescrutinizing-1y on his companion,
he 'began to ask about his family af-
'airs--where he lived. what children
he had, how often he saw them, and
the like; and these questions were so
ohvionsly prompted 'by no idle curi-
osity, but :hy an honest sympathy, and
by the apparent desire of one humans
being to get to understand fully and
clearly the position and surromnd'ings
and prospects of chis other fellow-
areature, that it was impossible for
any one to take offense,
"And dhow old is your little girl?"
":Fight, sir: she will be mine in May
next,"
"What do you call her?"
"Caroline, sir,"
"Why you dont rayl" he exclaim-
ed, with his eyes—which were usually
calm and observant -alighting up with
some Surprise, "That is the name of
my girl too, thotigh T can't call,.her
little any more. Well, now, he ad-
ded, as he took out his purse and sel-
ected a sovereign' from the mass of 1 s'I
- Icorns, "I think this is about what yo
ought to ,do. When yous et back 1
its Camden -Town, you start an accou
in the'Post-office Savings -Bank, your girl's name, and put in this so
ereign as a ifirst 'deposit. Then whet
ever you have act odd sixpence o
shilling to give her, a binthday pre
endt, or that—you keep adding on an
on, and there will be a nice sum to
her in after -years, 'And if ever sh
asks, you can tel'' her it was the fath
er of an American 'Caroline who mad
her this little present; and if 511
grows .up to be as ,good a girl as 111
American 'Carry ,she'll do very used
l think "
The conductor scarcely knew hoe
to express his thanks, but the :\uteri
can cut hint short, saying, coolly:
"I don't give the sovereign to yo
at all.111 is in trust for your daughte
:\ud you don't .look to me the kind o
mail who would go and dri1111 ft."
11 -le took out an evening newspape
and at the hint the conductor even
away to get ready the berths.in th
other end of the car. \\'hen he cafn
back again to see if the gentlentai
w'a,nted an}'thin.g further for th
night, they had thundered along th
line until they were nearing'Ruyby,
"\\'h}•, yes," Mr. Hodson said, ii
answer to the question, "port 10igl
get Hie a !bottle of soda -water whet
we get to the station,"
"luring 111e a Bottle, then, please,"
-And shall 1 ',got anything else To
you, sir, at Rugby?"
"No, I thank you,"
\\'hen the noon returned 1111th the
soda -water, the traveler had, taken
fr,nn his dressing -bag a bottle labelled
"Bromide of Ilotaaium," and he was
just :Mint int to mix his t o toiiutry sleep-
ing draught, (1 hen it occurred to hint
that perhaps this conductor could tell
hits something. of the new and iar
:tenors into 11)11![11 he .,las ahem to
adventure for the first ':in1,', .\11.1fn
slaking these inyniric he showed that
he was j11st as irauk-spoken about
his 0W(1 plans and cireinnsn,n(c, a.
he expected other people to he abouttheirs, I\'hen the conductor 'infes-
ted that he .knew :text 10 nothing ab-
out the north of Scotland, never hav-
ing been ,further than 'Perth, and even
then his knowledge of the country he-
mueontdned to the railway line and
the stations, air. :Hodson went nn du
say in that methodical way of 1114,
with little' rising billet:Mins here and
there;
...Well, it's hound to he different
from 1.on d„n, anyway, 11 30n't he
like 1semi en: and that's the main
thing for 1113. \\'h}• that Lenton fog,
newer moving, .elute in the morning,
-sae a nicht, his just too dismal for
anything; the inside of a jail li a feel
to it, 'fears to me that a London af-
tern,otl is Ms,: about is melancholy
as they make it; if there's anything.
more melancholy than that anywhere.
1 don't 11(1 1 it. Well, may, it can't he
like that at tape \Veath.”
"I .should think not, sir,"
"I stare say if i lived in the Mown,
and had my club surd knew people, it
might be different; and my (laughter
scents to get through the time well
enontll: but young folks are easily .s
amused, Say, now, about this salmon -
fishing, in the north: you don't :know
when it begins?"
"NO, sir,"
'You haven't seen anybody going
yet with a bundle of rods?"
"No, :sir„)leyt thi- year yet.”
"Hope they haven't been playing it
on rte... -1 was toldI could 'begin on
the eleiventh. I -Int it t
1011'1 signify
much so lrn,g', 1 get out ,ef that in-
fernal 6.111 -throat atmosphere of
London."
.\.t this point the train began to
.low' into ,Rugby station, and t1i
conductor left to attend to his duties;
and by the time they were moving out
again and on their Way to tete far
north \'Fr.'Hodson had mired and
thank his nightly potion,, and, partial-
ly undressed, was wrapped up in theshirk and warm coverings of the
teeing berth, where, 'whether owing'
to the 'bromide of potassium or the
jog -trot rattle of 'the wheels, he was
soon plunged in a profound slunTbee.
\yell, if part of his design in thus
venturing ninon a journey to the :north
!11 mid-winterwas tai get 'away dram
the 010110tonous mists of London, 'the
next morning show=ed him that so far
had been abundantly successful.
The day breaking caused him to open
his eyes, and instinctively lie turned to
tiie window. There before hint was a
miasma, and miaso, and welrpnle
sight. •No more dismal grays, and the
se:th3ring down of 3hopeless dusk,
',rat the clear, glad light of the morn-
ing --a hand of 'flashing gold all along
tilt. eastern horizon, `behind the jet -
1 black stems and :branches of the leaf-
less trees; and over that the heavens
,vete all of a pale and luminous lilac,
' with clouds hanging here and there—
clouds that were dark and almost
thunderous in their purple look, bent
that really meant nothing but 'beauty,
'as they lay there soft and motionless
in the glowing and mystical dawn.
Quickly he got .1113. The windows were And open. nd this air that rush-
ed in—so 'fresh, so sweet, so,fitdl of all
u kinds of mellowand 'fragrant mes-
io I •ages from the hills, and the pine
tit woods, and the wide -lying straths—
n, did it not' bring a strange kind of joy
1'- and surprise with it? '
1- "A beautiful morning, sir; we are now," getting near to !Perth ov," 'the con-
s- doctor said, when he made his ap-
a ptarance, te
* "Are e 011 time?"
e "'Yes, in :very good mite,"
"And no hurry about breakfast?"
e 'No, sir; 70u dvn't start again till
e nine o'cloc),"
e l :liven this big hollow station. with
1, its wide .stone platforms and resound -
ling arch—was it the white light that
I
v tilled k, or the fresh air that 'blew
- through it, that made it quite a cheer-
ft;1 place? He was charmed) with the
O accent of the timid hand -maiden who
r. brought him his breakfast in the re-
f .freshment room, and who waited on
I in such a friendly, half -anxious
r; shy fashion, and he wondered ivheth-
e'er he. wopld dare to offer so pretty
1
C and 1111 -mannered x young lady any-
. thing neer the customary charge 'in
1 token of his gratitude 'to her for her
c gentle ways. !Perth itself: well, there,
c had :been rain in the night, and the
(streets. near the saation were hill. of
1 111131; but then the earl rut,. in the
u1 Mild were gleaming lines of gold, and
1 the benhltifnl ,icy tiling over the slow -
1
+ly rising smoke of the mouses, and
the air wa.,everywhere so 0)111131 and
r,weh`onw, tie had got into a new•
I1uworld altogether; ; ,tic nl right of the
London atmosphere (its lifted from
hint; he whistled "Auld Lang Syne"---
w•hic)1 was the only Scotch air he
Jknew—and the lugubriuue mine
sounded quite pleasant on so jnyoui a
morning,
Moreover, these were hilt the first
and eohtmotiplace experience;. For
h}• -turd -by, when he had again taken
his .,eat to prosecute itis journey --
and he found himself the -sole occup-
ant of the rtn•ritige'—the sunrise had
widened int„ the full splendor of a
.1111 -lit day: am! as the Irai11 spell
away to the north, he, sitting at the
window there, and (laving mottling to
do but examine the now country he
was entering; was wholly amazed at
the eseranrtlinary vividness of the
light. The wide stretches of the Tay
shone like burnished .Silver; there
were yellow strath. and fields, and
bee. h hedges iti a rich russet red, and
lir woods of a deep fresh green: and
still further away low-lying hills of a
soft and rn,rldy pimple, touched sharp
her,, and there with pansies of snow,
old ,,.,•r .t'1 !hese a blur sky as of
summer, rite insist, warn air that
!dee ;n at the window seemed laden
1111 ;,rue od r:1 di, country women
at the 'imall Stations had a fresh pint
enter in their cheek; everywhere a
new and glad and wholesome life
01'l'111 ed to be abroad. 311111 chrerfwl-
11 :Old rich hues,and smilight,
"This is good enonzh,' he said to
himself, "This 15 something like what
1 sliipped .for,"
'Aod se they ,ped on: through the
,oft, wide -stretching woods of \durth-
ly, and Bimini. and 1)unkelrl; through
the ',Marlow and sudden ;_Rants of
Killiecrankie, 'Pass; on by Blair
Athol! and the banks of the 'Garry;
mitjl, with slow and laboring breath,.
the train began ,to force its way up
the heights of (143 'Grampians, in the
Ione neighborhood of the If)r.nulttcit-
ter Forest. •1'he air was keener here;
the pitches of xn,iw were nearer at
hand; indeed in some ,places the 'line
had evidently been clearer;, and large
snow baulks heaped up on each side,.
Bin by -anti -by the motion of the train
seemed to 'become easier, alud Soon
if (111s apparent that 'the descent had
begun. Presently they were rattling
away (IOW', into the 'wide and shining
valley of Strathspey: and far aver
there on , the west and north, and
keeping giant over theplain, as it
were, rose thegiant masses of the
!"'ail neot•n, hills,.. the snow sparkling
here and there on their shoulders and
peaks,
ft (1(5 not 1111 1 11 half past folk 111
the afternoon that the long railway
journey came to an end; and daring
that time he had come upon natty a
scene of historical interest and pictor-
ial 'beauty, He had been within a short
distance of the mouniuful 'Magi's of
'Cromdale;" he had crossed Culloden
Moor, 'Nearing iForees, he had conte
within sight of the Northern Sea, and
thereafter had skirted the blue ruffled
waters of the \foray and Cromarty
and Dornoch 'fit•tlhs. tint even 'when he
had gat to tai•rg, a little hamlet at
the ,foot ni Loch S'hjn, his ;traveling
for the day \vas not nearly over;
there still remained a drive of Tour-
and-1e'ent}• miles; and although ' it
was now dusk, and the weather
threatened to change, lee 'preferred ho
push on that night. Traveling did not
seem t0 tire him mntsh: no doubt he
was familiar with ininleasuralbiy ,great-
er 'distances in his own country,
Moreover, he had learned that 'there
was nothing particular to look at in
the stretch .of wild moorland that lay
dark .between Hint and his destination
and then again, if it 'was dark now,
there would be moonlight later on, 'So
be ate his dinner 'leisurely and in con-
tent until it wagonette with two stout
horses was ;brought round; then he
gat in, and presently they were away
from the little hamlet and out in a.
strange land of dankness and silence,
scarcely anything visible around
then;, the only sound the jog -trot
sound of the horses' feet,
41 was a 'desperately lonely thrive.
'Che mad appeared to go over :inter-
minable utiles of flat or scarcely u.11
dilating moorland; and even when th
moonlight began to make the dark
Hess faintly 'that only increas
cal the sense of solitude, for there wa
not even it single tree to break the
monotony of the sombre horizon line
1t had begun to wain also; not actua
rain, 'but a 'kind of dial drizzle, tha
seemed to unix itself up with the in-
effectual moonlight, and throw a wan
haze over these far-reaching and deso-
late wastes. Tramp, tramp, went the
horses' feet through this gh0s117
evorkl; the wet mist ;g're'w thicker and
thicker, and clime' around the travel-
er's hair; it was a chilling mist, more-
over, and seemed to search for weak
places about the throat, 'The 0111)'
sharply defined objects that the eye
could rest on were the heads and un -
throe 11 ears Of the horses, that shone
in the light .sent forward by the
lamps; all else was a formless wilder -
31e58 of gloom. shadows followi
Shadows, and ever the desolate Ian
scars: stretching on and on, and IUs!
itself in 111e (light,
The .\ntericaah .toot; rap in the w,
°11110 perhaps to shake off for a s
01ud the clammy Sensation of the w•
"Say, young' man," he observed
but in an absent kind of way. for I
Was regarding, a5 far els that was 130
slide, the dusky' undulations of i!
mournful landscape -- "'don'' y,
think, now, that for a good wind
some 11,1.13 of iGod-forsakenness, this
shout taker the cake?"
beg your pardon, sir," said 11
driver, w'lio was apparently a Low-
lanrler.
The stranger, however, did not
seem inclined n u •r ncontinue
u l 1 ni'
,he ranver-
.ation:-he sank: into his seat again. ga-
thered his rugs round 111111, and con-
tented hiti1'e•!I as heretofore by .idly
watching the lamp -light touching
here and there on the harness and
diluting up the horses' heads and
ears.
\lite after mile, hour after hour.
wenn by in this nloilot,nnu5 I tahital,
aid 10 the ,t1•amger it seemed as if he
were pi'ec'ing further and further int
some unknown land ullpeopled by ons
141111111111 creatures. Not a 1'117 10 11g11',
from any slut- lir farm -house was 115-
ible anywhere, 1,111 as the time went
on, there was at least some little
?xoc•enlent in the weather, .Either the
moonlight was growing stronger, or
the thin drizzle clearing off: at all
events, he could now make out ahead
of him, and beyond the flat moor -land
he dusky masses of ;came 1111)111)tain.c,
Willi one great prate overtopping then'.
,l -le asked the name.
"'''hat is lien t'l3brig sir."
Ait'd then through the mist and the
moonlight a Hull sheet of silver began
to disclose itself rlinily.
''Is that lake down there?"
"Loch Naver, sir,"
'"Then we are nod far From Talver-
M u:dnal ?"'
"'No far, 1100; just a table or two,
sir," w•a5 t113 consoling answer.
1v1d indeed when he 'got to the end
of his ,jounneY, and reached the little
hostelry. sot far amid these moorland
a101 mountain w'ild's, his welcome
thele made ample ''mends. He was
ushered into a plain, substantially .fur-
nished and spacious sitting -roost,
brightly lit alp by the ;lamp that stood
on the 'white cloth of the table, and
also h4 the 'blazing glare •from tile'
peats in the enighty fire -place; and
when his eyes had got accustomed to
(this he ildcrment of warm th and
light, he 'found awaiting his orders,'
and etan�diir shyly at the door,' ,a
pretty, tall, fair-haired ;girl, who, with
the softest accent in 'the world, asked'
(hint what she should bring him .for
ng
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supper. And w'he'n he said he did riot
care to have anything, she seemed
q.nile surprised and 'even concerned. Dt
was a long, long'dusrve, she said in her
shy and pretty way: and evenil11 not
the gentleman have some hare soup
that they' had kept ;hot 'for him? and
so forth. But her coaxing was of 110
avail,
By -the -way, what is your :tame,
my ging?" he said.
"Nelly, sir."
"Well, then, Nelly, do you happen
to know whether Lord ,Ailine's keeper
is anywhere in the neighbourhood?"
'He is in the (111n, sir, 'waiting 'for
you,"
'Oh, indeed. Well, tell ltim '1 should
like to see him, (And say, what is his
naane?'
"R'ona'ld, sir,"
"Ronald?".
"That is his :first name," she ex-
plained.
"lN•Iis 'first name?' I thought til
was one of our ,Americanisms,"
Site did not seemto tun,derstatrtl
this,
"Ronald Strang. is his name, sir; but
the jist ca10' him iRonald "
"Very well, rNell} ; you go and toll
113111 'd waft to see him."
"!Ferry well, sir," *he said; and
away she w'en't.
But little indeed did this fndefatig-
ble student of nature and human na-
ture—who had been ,but half interest-
ed by his observations and experi-
ences through that long clay's travel—
know what was yet in Store for hint.
The door opened; a ,slim -built and
yet muscular young :pian df eight -and
-twenty or so appeared there, clad in
a smart [leer stalkil'g costume of
brownish -green; he held itis cap in his
hand; and round his shoulder was the
strap from which hung behind' the
brown leather case of his telescope,
This Mr, (DT otlson ;aw at a :;lance;
and also sohnctliung more. He prided
himself on his judgment of character,
And when his quick look had taken in
elle keen sun-tanned face of this
young fellow, the square intel'lecUntl
forehead, the find eyebrows, the dint-
ly cart and intelligens' :Mouth, and a
certain proud set of the head, 11e said
to himself, "This is a man; there's
something here worth knowing.,,
''Good evening, Sir," the keeper
said, to break the momentary silence,
"Cool evening," said 'Mr. 1-1odso
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical
DIR, E. A. McMIASITiEIR--Gradualte
of the Facukty of Medicine; UJnivers-
j y of T'oron'to, and of the New York
Post 'Grad'uate -School and Hospital
Member of the College of Physicians
and 'Surgeons of Ontario. Oftfice. an
High street. Phone 27. Office fully
equipped for x-ray diagnosis and for
ultra 'Short wave electric treatment,
ultra violet 'S1111 lamp treatment and
infra red electric treatment, Nurse in
attendance.
DR. GILB1ERT C. JARROTT —
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Un-
iversity of Westerns Ontario. Member
of College of Physicians and'Surgeons
of Ontario. Office 46 Goderich street
west. Phone 37, Hours 2'.4,3(1
7.313-9 pan. Other hours by appoint.
menti. Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay
atl
DR, H. HUGH 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 D'onnnnion,Batrk, Office Phone
No 5; Residence Phone HA4.
n
(who had been rather startled out of
Itis planners), "Come and sit rlovm by
the fire and let's have ;t ta.ik now
about the shooting and the salmon.
fishing. t1 have brought the letters
frau the ;Duke's agent with ole."
"1'es, sir," said Strang; and he
mored a bit further 111 10 the intro;
but remained studding, cap in hand.
"Pull in a char. said Mr. 1lod..on
who was searching int the letters.
"'Thank ye, sir; thank ye." said the
keeper; but he remained sta11ding nev-
ertheless.
\I r. 1i'o lson retureed to the halite.
"Sit down, mail, .sit down," said he,
and he himself palled in a chair. "1
(10n'1 know 'what your CIISto115 are
over here, but anyhow 1'111 an ..1ttt3tic-
all citizen; 1'111 not ai lord,"
Somewhat reluctantly the keeper
obeyed e i this 'I"
1 7 1111Ct1Uu
J ,and for a mins
ute oi' .two seemed :10 be rather un-
c•ninfortablc; hut when he began to
answer the questions concisely put to
him with regard to the bra Ines be-
fore them, his shyneas wholly Wore
away, for he was the master of this
,nhjecl, not the suranger w•i10 was
seeking for information. into the de-
tails of these nadirs it is needless to
enter here; and, indeed, su struck ((11,
the :\nlerica11 with the talk and bear-
ing of this new acquaintance that the
conversation went far afield, ':\.rod the
farther afield)' it went, the More. anti
more was rte Impressed with the ex-
traordinary information and intellig-
ence of the man, the independence of
his views, the shrewdness and sonic
tunes sarcasm of his judguli'mt8, \l -
ways he was very respectful; hint 10
hie eyes - ---which seemed singularly
dark and lustrous here in -doors, hut
which, outof-doors and when he w115
after the wary stag, or the still more
;vary loins, on the far .slopes of Cle-
hrig, contracted and 'became of a .keen
hrow•nish-gray--i0as a kind of veiled
fire of humor, which, as the stranger
gtieiesed, 111141st in other circumstances
Maze fort' wildly enough. Mr. 14od-
0011, of :Chicago, was entirely puzzled,
gamekeeper 'f -Te had 'thon,g:1it
(from his leading, of English ,hool:s1
that a ,game=keeper was a velveteen -
coated ,person whose ideas ranged
fr•on the ale -house to kite pheasant
coverts, ait•d thence and quickly back
again. But this man seemed to have a
Wide and: competent kniiw'ieclge of
public affairs; and, when it cause to a
platter of argument!(the;v had a'keen
little arm:; :Me about the proteotOn ta-
riffs of America) 11e could reason
Bald, 'aped was not overeontplialrt,
"Who's the man that ,keeps cii•c•ling
the lighthouse in Itha.t motorboat?"
'Just an actor ..trying to tkeep in
the spotlight,"
Want and For Sale ads„ 1 week 25c.,
DR, F. J. BUR'ROW'S, ,Seaforth,
Office and residence, Goderich street,
east of the United Church, Coroner
for the County of Huron, Telephone
N'o, 46.
• DR. F. J. R. •FORSTER— Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat, Graduate in
Medicine, University of Toronto 4697.
Late Assistant New York Ophthal-
mic and Antral Institute, Moorefield's
Eye, and Golden Square throat hospi-
tals, ,London, At Commercial Hotel,
Seaforth, third Wednesday in each
month from 1.30 ,pan. to 5 p.m,
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Physician Surgeon
Phone 90 -WV. Office John St. 'Seaforbh.
Auctioneer.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed
Auctioneer for the County of Huron.
Arrangement's can be spade for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News. Charges
,moderate and satisfaction guaranteed.
F. W. AHRENS, Licensed Auction-
eer for Perth and Huron Counties.
Sales Solicited. Terms on Application_
FarmStock, chattels and real estate
property, R. R. No, 4, Mitchell.
Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office.
WATSON& REID
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Successors to James Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies,
THE mcIULLUp
Mutual alF
Fire Insurance Go
HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Orit,
OFFICERS
President—Ales, Brofdfoot, Seaforth;
Vice -President; John E. Pepper,
Brucefie'ld; Secretary - Treasurer,
Ai. A. Reid, Seaforth,
AGENTS
F. McKercher, R.R.1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, .R.R,1, Brucefield; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, .Kincardine;
Wm, Yeo, Halmesvihe,
DIRE.OTORS
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth .No, 3;
Janes Sholdice, Walton'
Londeshoro; WeKnox,
George Leonhardt,
Bornholm No.1; John Pepper, Bruce -
field; James Connolly, Goderich;
Alex. \lcEwing, Blyth No. 1; Tiho'rn-
as Moylan, Seaforth No. 5; Wm, R.
Archibald, Seaforth iV'o, 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,
AN'OT'HER FOR RIPPL'EY
Something new in engine trouble
happened' to J. N. Stephenson of Sen-
nevill'l'e, Que., the .other day. The mo-
tor coughed and the car lei:eked ,and
jumped, indicating that one or more
cylinders were not w'orleing, iP,nobab'ly
a cracked spark .plug and a short cir-
.c'urt. 'So, the ,garage. The attendant
opened the hood—arid laughed,
"Here's a now one," said he
'known cows, its=, fivo
'pand even, :incase to
stop a ear, but this is the first time I
ever heard of its being done by .a cat."
Slur' eaoulglh, the long-tailed rodent
had er
aswled 4511 tap of theengine'to
get waren and. enad'e a abort circuit
.across two spark 'plugs which, 10 the
1119136 OddesmOb(le; tare seat in the top
of .the engine. Tihe garage man said ft
was worth admission and ,amusement
tax,