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The Seaforth News, 1932-09-01, Page 6PAGE Six.'' co ma tee bl ed ,pa! on Pia ta; re er th ra•. lec so pa ar• eci SC. wo ric an sto co ap ter ho lee up sor hal an pre tine sh lei s:to ers he an cle su ata pe gla go has nay all it?' in has is He do up th, the the sal ete pu' mi bre ter ha in Ir ars th ne hla am so • rat Is an ha he us Br me sin ed' rib sc sol fen 1 at h'a aaN ';HE SEAFORTHNWS. THURSDAY, Slfi'dPTEMMBER, 1, 1932: --^,�. eak-lo'okin'g (Nle anion e nged' ore ntrast artment owed ch niers e ed eea ' in that He a of to it so hear a an- has is pre- vio- he o'f are is the of The and as in na- or is no the .ac-: "I as' tol has on but do-' and! loft fa' my him' Ili g'IoIV'e's from 'the Wale, with the aestelt propene ., 'but atl e o lrnenn , cloth' Y l,clay was errataged• oyer same object in 'the cmittera I might not have noble-; ed what I had done had I not •seen an angry look upon the - •invalid's face g y � pthe and heard him ,utter an impatient ex- dalmatian, 1 at once turned, and ree placed the c'1P'tlh,'so promPlbly that. 'I should;have been unable to. say what was underneath- it, beyond; having a. general inpressaarf; that ut Uogked bike a brn'de Dake. 11 m tor,» the eneral said A ht doctor," goodg `hum'oredly, perceivtn how en, eirely a'ccrdential 'the incident was, There is ale reins int" and � n why you should not ,see," ad retching' mut his P ay the limen' c'o'ver- ing 'for the secondtime. I then per- ceived that what I had taken for 'a bride cake was i•'eeellly -•an' admirably exeouted modlei of a ildity range oaf nnounta}ns, who's'e snb'wclad peaks were- mat unlike familiar sugar nn' sees and, minarets, the els, g pi n c1es are theiHimalayas, or, at ��P least the Surinam leran'oh of them," he remarked, "s'howting the principal ;' asse'si between India anisi Afghanis- P g tan. It is an excellent •. Model. • This grained has a special interest for kine, because it is ,the scene of my first ca'm'paign. There is the pass oguosite Kalalbagh and the IThul'valley, where, I was engaged during one summer in protecting .convoys andkeeping the Alfsidis in order. It was•n4t a sinecure I promise You." "And this," said I :indicating a 'blood -red spit whioh had been mark-, ed on,one side Of the pass which he pointed out—"this is the scene of eo'me fight in which you were engage ed." "'Yes, we had a skirmish there," he answered, le'anin'g forward and look- ing at `the reel' mark. "We were at- tacked by—" At this moment he fell back ttlpo',n his pillow as if he had 'been''shat, while the same look of her- ror came aver his face which I had roam. At the same inst'aut there came, apparently from the air immediately above his bed, a sharp, ringing, tink- ling sound, which I can only coin- pare 'to the noise made by a bicycle alarm, rhou'gh it differed from this in having a •distinctly throb'bing,charac- ter, 1 have never, 'before or since, heard any sound which could be con- founded with it. I stared round in as- tonishment, wandering where it could have come from, but without perceive P ing anything to which it would be as- cribed. "It's all right, doctor," the general said with a fenced smile. "It's only Amy private gong. Perhaps you had better step downstairs and write my pre'scrip'tion in the dining room." He was evidently anxious to gest rid of me; so I was forced to take my de- parture, though I would' gladly have stayed a little longer, in the hope of something as to the origin of the mysterious sound, I drove away from the louse with the frill determine ation of calling again upon my patient and endeavoring to elicit some further particulars as to his past life and pre- sent circumstances. 1 was destined, however, to he disappointed; for I re- ceived that very evening a note from tlae general himself, inclosing a hand- some fee for my single visit, and in- forming me that nay treatment had done him so much good that he con- sidered' himself convalescent, and would not trouble me to see him again,. This was the last and male' communication which I ever received from the tenant of Claomber. I have been frequently asked by neighbors and others who were inter- ested in the matter, wleether he gave me the impression of insanity. To this 1 must unhesitatingly answer in the negative. On the contrary, his re - marks gave me the idea of a man who had both read and thought deeply, I observed, however, during our single inderview.'th'at his reflexes were feeble, and other sigas that his constitution was in ass _ unsatisfactory co'ndi'tion and that a sudden crisis might be ap- pr'ehended, Our anxiety, IhGwever, wlas tensed- y';mi�ti by receipt,'; a couple of daaseafter myhlast talk with a. the gel era'1, of a rake fronn Mbad'aent Heatherst'one,. This was brought its by a' little • ragged urchin, the sons' df one of rued fislaernen, who, Jnlfo us thlat it had ,been handed to hi,ni at the avenue gate by an old woman who, T expect, must have been ,the Oloornlber cook.'` "Mt ' deareelt::friends" it ran,," :Gaib- ilei and 1 havegdielVed to think hew conce•rned .you mush he at having nen ilei heard (loin(seen us.,The {rat is thatmp r in we are cam' e11ed to remau the house. And this co'mpute:an,is, not ,p'hysieaq hut monad. Our poor father, who gets more nervous every day, has entreated us to pnomise him that we will not go ort until, after the Sith of Octolber, and to allay his fears we have given; him the desiredpledge. the other Nand, he has ,promised us that after the 'S'th that'is, in 'less than a week—we s be as 'free as air to came or go an. something. to s we please; so we have Took florward to, Gabriel says that slhe explained to you that the ,governor is always a changed man alter this' particular date,on whi'dh Pill his fears reach a crisis. He apgarently Inas more reason than usual this year to antic'ip'ate that trouble is brewing for this unfortunate family, for I have never known him to take so ela- borate precautions or appear sotear- oughly unnerved: Wild would ever think, to see his bent form and his sha'kin'g handle, that he is the same roan who used some ,fe'w s'h'oat years ago to sheat tigers on foot among the jungles of the Teaseand would 'laugh at themore tim'i'd splortsmen who sought the protection Of their, elep'h- ant's howdah? You know that he has the Victoria Cross, which he won in she streets, of Delhi, and yet here he is shivering with terror and starting at every noise in the mast peaceful corner of the world. Oh, the .pity of it, West! Re;mesaber what I have already told you -that it is no fan'ci'ful or im- every reason to suppose to 'be most real. It is, however, of such a nature that it can neither he averted nor can it profitably be expressed in word's. Lf all goes well, you will see us , at (Branksome on the 6'th. With our fond- est love to both of you, I am ever, my dear friend'syour atta'ch'ed _Mordaunt' T This letter was a great relief to 05 ;as lettir ng us know that the 'brothelowly arid sister were under, no physical re- strai'nt• but our powerlessness and lit ability even to co'm'prehend what the •danger was whish threatened those 'whom we lead cone to love batter than ourselves was little short of mad- den ing. Fifty, times a day we asked oursel,ves and asked each other from ,what possilble quarter this peril was a ,petted; but the more we thought of it the more hopeless did any •solu- tion appear. In vain we combined our experiences and, pieced together every word which'lad fallen from the lip of any iraanate o'f Cloona'ber which might be supposed to bear directly or in- directly upon the subject.' At last, weary with fruitless speculation, we were fain to try and drive the natter (roan our thoughts, consoling our- ,selves with the reflection that in a few more days al! restrictions would be removed, and we should 'be able to learn from our frieleds' own lips. ;Those few intervening days, .however, would, we feared, be dreary long ones, And so they would, had it not been for a new and most unexpected incid- ent, which di'ver'ted our minds from our trottlbles and gave . them sone- 'thing fresh 'with Which to '"occupy themselves. OHIAIPITIEIR X,I. Of 'The Casting Aevay roof the Bark "Belinda." - 'O'ceolber had broken auspiciously With a :bright sun and, a cloudless sky. IThere had in the morning 'b'ee'n a slight breeze, and a few, little white (wreaths of vapor drifted here and there like the scattered feathers of some gigantic ,bird; hut as the day wore on, such wind as there was fell to'ntpletely away, and the air became close and stagnant. The sun blazed ci'ow•v'n 'witch a degree, of heat which was 'remarkable so late in the season, -and a shimmering haze lay upon the 'upland moors and concealed the Irish mountains on the tether side of the IOh'anu'el. The sea itself'rose` and fell In Aa long, heavy, oily roll, sweeping 'slow'ly landward, anti breaking sullen- :ly with a dual, t>;on,otonous booming upon the rock.Jgirt shore. To the in- exipericnlc,ed all seemed' calm and, :peaceful, but to those who are accus- tamed to read n'ature's warnings there was a dark menace in air and sky and rea. . ' IMy s!s'tter and, I walked out in' the afternoon, sauntering ' slowly' ,along ,the margin of thegreat sand . spit 3" P iwlui'dh shoats. out into the Irish sea, Ranking upon. one. side the magma_ gp ,cent ' Bay olf 'Luce, and on: the Other the more obscure inlet of Kirkma'i'den ,on tlh Ih e s ores af,which'th'e Bsanksome Vert is•si'tuaited rt property was too' sultry 'to go far; se we soon seated ourselves 'upon acne of de sandy'lli'il cielea,' ovet- .grovel with faded rrassttrfts,, which extend along the ' coast line, ; .and which, for'ir. nature's 'dy,kt aga'inse'the encroachments of the o'sean, Our rest was soon interr•'upted by The s'cruneh- ,lila of heavy' 'upon,: the, altdrigle, � and, Jar?iteson, the olid man,o-w'ar's- Man. whom I have already had occa- Bion to nnert'tion r1 e. ,eis ap'pea'rance, with theflat c'incttllar net upon his !back•whidh he used, floc slhcinap ca4ch- ing: He came toiwardens' upon°seeing' us amd said in has rough kindly Way t he, hoped we wore n'ot take it that a deal• .of amiss if he sent us up d! shrimps for our •tea at Branleso'me, 11 aye make a good catch before a storm,' he remarked, "You think there is going 'to 'be a storm, then?" I asked: 41Why even a marine could see that," die a'n'sw`ere'd, sticking a great wedge of tolbace'o iuito his cheedcl "Tlie moors over near CIeomlber are list 'white wi' gulls and ki'triewakes. What d'ye thinik they colnya' aslhare for except to es- ,oa,'e'"haviro all the feathers blown out gNose o' thein? I mind a day Pike thl's-when I ;was wi'. Charlie Napier off :•, Cron-' stadt. Iii ' el'! nigh Ible,w us under the gmic gu'n's o' fh�c_•forts, for,all our engines an'd prgpele,ers." "Have !ou ever -,seen a wreck 'in these paints?" I asked. i' "IJard' love 'ye sir, it's a .f rreous Iplace'for ;wrecks, Wlhy, in that very bey down there two o' King Philip's (first -rates, foundered w•i' all hands in the days a' ,the 'S'p'anish war. If that sheet o' 'water and the ,Blas o' Luce rained, the corner could te'l'l their are tale bh'ey':d have a gey lot to speak of. When theJedgmeult ,Dlay comes round that water will be just bu'bb'ling wi' ;Vhe number o' folks that will 'be coin- ing up free the bottom." '"I trust that there will be no Es - wrecks while we are here," said Es- 'ther .earnestly; The old ;man 'shook his grizzled head and looked' distrustfully at the hazy .horizon, '"If it blows from the west," may find it n'o joke to be caught with- .out sea room in the North Ohannel. fllhere's that bark but there: 'I dare- say her master would 'be glad enough to find himself safe in the Clyde." "She seems to, be absolptely mo tiomdess." I remarked, looking at the vessel ,in, question, whose Iblack hull end gleaming salla rose andfell 's with the throbbing ' of the 'giant pulse beneath, her. "Perhaps, IJ g, arnieson, we are wrong ' and there 'will be no storm after all." The old sailor chuokled to himself .with an air of superior knowledge, and shuffled away wah his shrimp net !while my sister and I walked' slowly h'ome'ward through the hot and stag- nemair. I went up to my father's study to see if the old gentleman had any instructions 'as to the 'estate, for he became engrossed in a new work upon Oriental literature, and the .practical management of the property 'had iia ,consequence devolved entirely upon nae: I .faunal him seated at his square library, table, which was so heaped with books midpapers that nothing of claim Was visible frons the door except a tuft of white hair, :'My dear son," he said to `nee as I entered, "it is a gre'a't grief to nae that you are not more conversant with Sans•crit. When I was your age a was much more ad - voiced in many of the dialects, "I regret extremely, sir," I answer- ed, "that I have not' inherited your wonderfa] talents as a polyglot:" "I have set myself a task," he ex- plained, "which, if it could only be continued, from generation to genera- tion in our family until it was com- pieted, would make the name. of West immortal. This is nothing less than to publish an En. Iish translation of the IB:u,d'd'hist Marinas with a preface giving an idea of the+posftion• 01 Bra'h- monism before the coming of S'akya- mania. With diligence it is Possible 'that I might be able myself to coxae 'pleite part of the':prefa'ce before I die." "And pray, sir," I. asked,' "how long would the whole: work be when it Wee Ifin'ished?" . "'The abridged edition in the I'nap- enol Library of Pekin," said my fa'th, er, rubbing his hands together, "con- !sists of 325 volumes of an average ;weigh' of five pounds. 'Then the pre- 'face, which much 'embrace ` several 'things could hardly be completed in lea's, than ten volumes. Now 1,5 we ape 'por!t'ion one 'volume to eaoh year there is every prospect of the family coming to an end o'f its tank about the ,date 22150, the twe'llfth generation .com'pleti'ng She work, while the thir- teenth might occupy itself upon the index." ' "And holes` are out descendants to• 'live, sir," I asked with a'si'de, "der- nag'tlhe progress of this great under- taking?" , ' '`That's the, worst off you, Jack," m'y father cried' petuiian'tl'y. "There is no'thin'g .pra'otical about you. Instead of co•nllninag your .aetent'iom to tihe w'or!c'in.g out of my nolble scheme, You 'begun rai'si'ng all sorts olf ah'aurd ob- ", idtieIt is a mere maker i' le ns. .ik of detail 11ow, our live as long' asAS g. they stick to the Djagmas, Now I PROFESSIONAL CARDS Revnge 1, o Mysterious. ja1+� y�� Medical ,, DR. IZ, H GH 13O;SIS F.hysdciw and Surgeon, Late 'of' L•ondan H'orl til Landon; • England. S' alai• P g.. .. g Pe• attention to diseases` of«the eye, ear; none and ind Office and ere denee behind Dominion. wBank O 04. Phone No." 5, Residence Phone 144:' ` eaaorahl, ITER, and J ..B., , ,, ,, ,.S • -OfPic ofe then Un tele GGadcer,ahOot ,i ,eastChurch. mmor ,for. the County of`Huron. Telepbo 'I N'o 46 'PR.' C. MIAOI{IA'Y,—C. . MaeleaV; honor graduate of Trinity, Univeralal and gold medallist of Trinita' , .. o. .College; mern'ber o'f the College' of;, Physkian's and Surgeons of Ontar'io:' - DR, F. J. R. PIO'RISITER-Eye, EM . and Throat. Graduate in Media cine, University of Toronto 1690y. ,Late Assistant pew York Op'h'bha1: and Aural Institute, Moorefield , Eye and Golden Square •throat hoops=. tale, London; England. At Oomm-' eicial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday is each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m, .' (Continued from last week.) (Y •some the led the way down a series of redoes to the chamber of the sick n, which was situated in the ex- me wing of the bu long. It was a room, scantily furnish- with a small truckle bed, a cam- gnin'g chair, and a plain deal -table, which were scattered' numerous Pers and books. IIs the tenter df thea there stood a large object of ire outline, which was cowered o'y- with a s'hee't Of linen. All, round walls and in the corners were ar- a very •dhoice and varied col- tion of arms, prinlcipally swords, me of which were of the s'tra'ight. tern in common use in the !British my, while among the others were Miters, tulwars, cuc'hurries, and a of other specimens of Oriental rkmanship. Many of these were MyDr. hilts sparkling with precious nes, so that there wins a piquant between the simplicity of the' and the wealth which glit- ed on the walls. I had little time, Wever, to observe the general's col - tion, since the general himself lay on his couch and was evidently in e need of my services, He was lying with his head turned f away from nr, breathing heavily, 1 apparently unconscious of our Bence, His bright, staring eyes and deep hectic flush upon his cheek that his fever was at its itht. I advanced to the bedside, and aping over lira, I placed my fins._ upon his pulse, when immediately sprang up into the sittiiag position I struck at me frenziedly with his ached hands. I have never seen intensity of fear and horror raped upon a human face as ap- upon flit which mac naw ring up at rte. Bloedhouu.di" he yelled; "let nae —let me go, I say! Keep your ads off rue. Is it not enough that life has been ruined 'When is it to end? How long am I to endure `Hush, dear, hushl" said his wife a soothing voice, passing her cool ad over his heated forehead, "This Doctor Easterling, from Stranrraer. has not come to harm you, but to you good." Che general dropped wearily back an his pfl1awq and I could see by changed expression of his face .t the delirium had left him, and t he understood what had been d', I slipped my clinical thermom- r into his arnipit and counted his !se rate. It amounted to 120 per sate and his temperature proved to 104. Clearly it was a case of remit- t fever, such as occurs in men who e spent a great part of their 'lives the tropics "There is no danger," em,arked. "With a little quinine and enic we shall very soon overcome attack and .restore his health," `No danger, eh?" he said. "There ver is any danger to me, 1 am as rd to kill as the Wiandering Jew, I quite clear ha the head now, Mary; you may leave me with the doctor." Mrs. Heatherstone left the room— her unwillingly as 5 thought—and at d'o'wn 'by the bedside to 'listen to Oiling which my patient might ee to commuislcalte, "I want you to ,examine my liver," said, when the door was closed. "I to have an alhsces's there, and adie, the staff surgeon, said that it s ten to one that it wo'u'ld carry off. I have not felt much of it ceI heft India. This is where it us- to be, just under the ,angle of the s,. "'I can find the place" „said I, atter; king a careful euaansina'tion; "'but tin happy to tell you that +he ab- has either entirely' been' ab's'o'ijb- or has turned calcareous, -:as these itary albsces'ses will. 'There. is rio r of its doing you any harm now." He see'need •by no moans averjloycd •the intelligence, "Things always ppe'n so with nee," :he seed moodily. dw, if another 'fellow was feverish and •d'eliriots he would sures be danger; and yet you tell me I, mei in none. Look at this, naw." 'bared his chest and showed, me Puckered wound Over the region the heart, "That's where the Jeza'il bullet all a hillman went in. Yau would think that was in the night spot settle a m'a'n; and yet what does do but glance upon, a rib, and go clean round ,and out at the 'b'a'ck, without much as penetrating what you melds- cos caul the pleura. Did ever you of such a thing " , "You were certainly b'o'rn under 'lucky star," I o'b'served, with a smile. `That's a matter of opinion," he s'wered, shaking his head. "`Death' terrors for' me, if it will but come in some familiar form; but I co'nfe'ss that the aneicip,ation of some strange, some preternatural form of death very terrible and unnerving." at at his remark, "that you would fer a natural death to a death by lence. "No, I 'don't mean that exactly," answered. "I am too familiar with steel and lead to 'be afraid either. either. Do you know anything about odylic force, doctor?" "No, I do not," I replied glancing sharply at him to see if there were any signs of his delirium returning. His expression was intelli ent, how- g' ever, and the feverish flush had faded from his cheeks. "Ali, you western scientific m.cn very much behind the day in shale things," he remarked. "In all that material and conducive to the com- fort of the body you are pre-eminent, but in what concerns the subtle force of nature, and the latent powers o.f human spirit your best men are cera turies behind the humblest coolies India. Countless generations of beef-,le'arning eating, comfort -loving ancestors have given our anim'al instincts the com- mend over our spiritual ones. body, which should have been a nacre tool for the use of the soul, has now become a degrading prison in which at is confined. The Oriental soul body are not so welded together ours are, and there is far less wrench when they part in death." "They do not appear to derive much benefit from this peculiarity in their organization," I remarked, incredu- lousily• "Merely the benefit of superior knowledge," the general answered. "If you were to go to India, probably the very first thing you would see the way of amusement would be a tive doing what is called the mango trick. Of course you have heard read of it. The fellow plants a mango seed, and makes passes over it until it sprouts and hears leaves and fruit— all in the space of half an hour. It not really a trick—it is a power. These men know more than your scientists do about nature's processes, and they can accelerate or retard her workings by subtle means of which we have conception. These low -caste conjurors as they' are called—are marc vti']gar dabblers, but the peen who have trod the higher path, the brethren of R'agi-zog, are far snare ocr superiors. in knowledge than we are of the Hat- tento'ts or Petagonian's," - "You speak as if you were well quainted 'with thein," I remarked. To my cost, I do," he answered. have been brought in' contact with them in a way which 1 tru'at ho .other poor devil ever will he, B'ut, really, regards odylic force you caught know' so'meth'ing about it, fogy it a great future before it ib your p110- Session. I did rat patticiiIlarly relish ha,ving •a course prescribed for me a subject conne'oted'with my owl pro-' fess!ion, 's!o I Mudie nb ruminant, rose to tante my depauiture. Before ing s'o'I felit hae'pu.lse once ,here, found bleat the fever head entirely ham, in the suddenuneccoulntable 'slnon which is peculiar to these maI, arnou's tyipes of disease. I turned' face toward him to congratullate upon bis ianiprovem'em't, and stretched out my hand at the same time to pick` DIR. W. C., SIPROAT.—'Graduate at Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario,. •London. Member of College of Physicians and Sur, geons of Ontario. Office in rear Of Aberhart's drug store, Seatoreh, Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p.m., 7.30 -9 p.m. Other hours by app'ointmen't: Dental DR. J A. MLT'N'N, Successor to R. R. Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, Ill. Li - centfate Royal College of Dental 5ui- aeons, Toronto. Office over Sills r hardware Main. St., Seaforth, Phone 151. DR. F. J. BECH'ELY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeon!, +Toronto, Office over W. `R, Smith'r grocery, Main St., Seaforth. P.honee, office 185'W, residence 185J. Auctioneer. ' IG'EOIRGIE EILLI'OTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron !Arrangements can be made for Sale ;Date at The Seaforth News. Charges moderate and satisfaction guranteed. 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Ga- hrie'l lair df her tbrafher since theinter- view in which thc general had discov- ed •the co,mirunicatioe which wa,s kept up Ibe'bween tie. I: tied no doubt' that some sort of res'traiat lead been placed upon ttbem;',`and the tho'ug'ht that we had ,brou'g'ht troulble on their heads Was a' bitter ane both to' my sister and myself, 'want you to go up to the .b'o'th.y of ,r'ergus McDonald and see` alb'ou't the 'th'atch mad 'Willie Fullerton has writ- eon to say that his milk -caw is bad, ,You might look in upon, your way !and ask, after it." I started, off upon My errands,' but before doing so I took a look at the 'barometer upon three wall, The mer- curry had sunk, to •, the phenomenal point 'of tiveeaty eight inlcl'es. 'Clearly Y the old sailor, lead net ibcen wron'g in, 'H'is inter relbafi' g p on of natures signs_ 1 rater:lea over 'h the moors in th'e (To be Continu'e'd). alar ' Is .w ass n ss5,