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The Wingham Advance Times, 1932-09-08, Page 6Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1.840 1Sisks taken: on all class of luster- -*nee at reasonable rates. Rea•AVNER COSENS, Agent, Wing,hani J. W. BUSHFIELD Ramister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. 11loney to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham• Stecceasor to Dudley Holmes R. S. HETHER:INGTON BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office: Morton Block. Telephone 1W. J. H. CRAWFORD 3arrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone liffingbam Ontario ..._.. * . WO, DR. C. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over. Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon :14iedical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly • Phone 54 Wingham DR. ROT C. REDMOND Tit.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Land.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. G. W. HW 9i SOO• DENTIST Office over John (Galbraith's Store. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated Vffice adjoining residence next fro pingiican Church on Centre Street. 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BENNETT At The Royal Service Station. :,.I ;'° .TM-- loTiolg 174W. • R. a, ARMSTRONG RONG LIVE STOCK And GENERAL AUCTIONEER Ability with special training en.. ttbles me to give you satisfaction, Ar; /angel:dents made with W. J. Brown, 3/gingham; or direct to Teeswater. Phone 45r2-2, THOMAS E. SMALL LICENSED AUCTIONEER 20 Years' Experience in Tarin Stock and Implements. Moderate Prices, Phone 331. DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST - X-RAY Office, McDonald Block, Wingham, A. J. WALTER G'ItNITURE AND FUNERAL ERVICE . , WALXER Iicenskd 1utie.ral Director sod Embalmer. roc llitsne 10G, lies. Phone 224. sine Funeral Coach, TIT WINGPXAM ,ADVANCE-•TxMEb SYNOPSIS Johnny Breen, 15 years old, who had spent all of his life aboard a Hudson river tugboat plying near New York, is tossed into the river in a terrific collision which sinks the tug, drowns his mother and the man he called father. Ignorant, unschool- ed ,and fear driven, he drags himself ashore, hides in the friendly dark- ness of a huge covered truck—only to be kicked out at dawn—and into the midst of .a tough gang of river rat boys who beat and chase him. He escapes and, exhausted, tumbles into a basement doorway where he hides. The next day lie is rescued and taken into the home of a Jew- ish family living in the rear of their second-hand clothing store. He work in the sweatshop store—and is openly courted by Becka—the young daughter. . . . The scene shifts to the home of the wealthy Van Horns: —on 5th Avenue, where lives the bachelor — Gilbert Van Horn — in whose life there is a hidden chapter. That chapter was an affair with his mother's maid, who left the house when he was accused. The Eves of Johnny Breen and Gilbert Van Horn first cross when Van Horn sees Breen win his first important ring battle. Pug Malone, fight trainer, rescues young Breen from a crooked manag- er, takes him in hand, finds Breen cannot read and starts him to• night school. Malone, an old-timer, is backed in a health -farm venture --taking Breen her hand as the car stopped. She with him. There they meet and rested against him, her cloak open come to nov Gilbert Van Horn.. at the thio J at, her bare shoulder be- thought about the matter, slipped in- to the mood of his new environment. He was perfectly natural, natural in a way men are natural and simple be- hind the bar of a Bowery saloon, John, without knowing it, practiced the ultimate in correct behavior he was completely at his ease, as he saw no reason to be otherwise,. Josephine, after John evidenced 'iib: awkward signs of stage fright, and seemed endowed with an inherent gentleness, went to remarkable lengths in the process of his further education. He held •'her naturally, skillfully, and picked up the latest dance steps with astonishing'facility. She took him , to the exclusive Des detnona Dances at the St. Botolph. John was accepted everywhere thru the introduction of Van Horn. John's period of rest had come'to a close. His last day had been strangely quiet. His nerves were no longer on edge, but in the depth of his being he felt a sinking sensation of loss. Of course John Breen was more than merely interested in Jo- sephine. Returning from Pagliacci alone. with Josephine one evening the car jolted as they swung across Forty- second Street, and Josephine uttered a startled "Ohl" as they skidded on the slippery street when brought to a sudden stop behind a jam, a bus having blocked the crazy, unregulat ed traffic just as it started moving prize ahead of him in the mighty City of New York. On his chiffon- ier was the, likeness of Josephine in decollete and with a rose in her hair. Visitors to his room ' would glance at it approvingly. Malone and Harboard were there. "A kick goes further than a kiss, when you're arguin' with a jackass.", Malone` swung a polished boot, one leg over the study table in John's room.H arboard was in the chair by the window and John sat on the' conch. "That kid there needed a lack, anL you give it to him, good an' hard." They. were holding a post mortem over John's breakdown, and his almost immediate recovery. The city had simply floored him for a few counts and he was again on his feet, better than ever. "What John needs is strong medicine. I've train- ed him, tended, bar 'long side of him, seen him dive in after learnin', seen him follow it like a bloodhound; yea, an' stick, Harboard, 'stick at it night after night, diggin' on courses an the curb. These were executive en- stuffin' himself with grammar, his- gineers, members of the field force. t'ry, an' 'rithmetick, an' readin' the The walls were covered with pro - guts out of big books, like he was files, with Progress markings, A con - trying to find out somethin' irreg- tagious air of intense activity, held uJar. His trouble, Harboard, is goin' sway. It seemed to John that he the whole hog or none. He damn was on the edge of a great field of near killed himself when he learned battle, of life and sudden death, -of to read, •expected he could start right vast constructions. John knew what in an' find out everythin' there was. thirst was, knew the sickly trickle He was afraid there was not enough of the lukewarm Croton water, run-' ning brackish and yellow in the deep honeycomb of the city, Here were men working day and night to bring the water: down, the clear, cold, sparkling water of the old hills African enterprises, a man glossed with the polish of tut international experience, alum Rantoul: was a good clxas Gilbert had to admit. He scoured anappointniexit for John Breen as As- sistant Engineer on the great Cots - kill Aquectict. - "Subject, of .course,- to confirming examination," " ]yMighty decent of him, John," Van Hprn remarked. He felt a bit piqu- ed that Rantoul should have'done it. If he 'had thought, he could have managed it himself; but it was a compliment to John, and any one who helped John,' helped him. "Jo sends her congratulations, John. You'll be seeing her soon, Then this winter, when you get start- ed on your: Work, well all be in the city together, Think of it, you might have gone west, or to :Brazil, on that railroad, or up to Alaska .on that survey." "No, Gil, I'm set on the city. Big- gest engineering problem in.the world. I expect to be here all ray life." "Well, the Van Horns have always stuck to New York," Gilbert looked at the boy, closely, as he said it, John Breen was thinking of other things, not of the Van Horns, John came down to the pity on a Friday. Reported at Division Head- quarters, saw huge offices filled with .men working at drafting boards, or engaged in calculations; Other men, rough, with mud -splattered boots, some carrying tunnel laps, came ilk. from a dented car just hauled up at for hula to learn." Pug looked at northward. Josephine was thrown John, smiling: He liked a fighter, against John. His arm steadied'her. and John was certainly that. "If the Her long glove was off; he caught women ever get hold of hini—Gawd Help him, an' them." oh attracts Van Horn, who neath his eyes, in the pale light from ,:glanced at Josephine's picture on the learns of Breen's ;mother, named Harriet. Leaaruninthe arc lights across the avenue. chiffonier; nothing had been said g of John's desire Neither spoke. Their breathing was 1about it. for an egineering course at Columbia intense. An impulse held them, the1 At last, in the spring, John rad- University—he advances the money. g 3 wild melody of the moment before uated. John comes to know Josephine, Van seemed to reverberate through their C. E. Civil Engineer! Horn's ward, Now we findJohnat' S ngineer. John Breen, minds. The e c e t n f school. s 0 her hair, the C.E. John wrote his game again and compelling thrill of contact, savedagain, always adding the significant John blushed furiously.:Malone and Harboard looked' at each other.. Both Breen grinds so hard he verges on them on the crest of emotion. John a nervous breakdown. Van Horn pressed her to him with sudden rude - steps in again to help save hire. ness, kissing her. Josephine, her eyes 14,4 }, rr:.zC a. ra NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "Mr. Gilbert is coming back to town and is bringing Mr. Breen," Jules announced to Josephine, in bed with her toast and coffee. John had been at theV'ait T1orn livine for tett days. 'je looted re- markably well.. His lounge suit, by Van Horn's tailor, 'fitted him as clo- thes had never fitted him before. "You can pay me back when you get out on the job." Van Horn ar- ranged the matter easily. John Breen apparently without an effort or a THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR It's Usually Fatal closed, did more than just receive the imprint of his lips. The car slid to stop 'before the house in the middle Fifties. They sat holt upright. Both were wiser than before. Back in *the dormitory John ar- ranged his work in a methodical way looked through his books as if cont- ing back to old friends, filled his fav- orite pipe from his dry, tobacco in the humidor, looked out of the \vin- dow over the roofs of Harlem, look- ed at himself in. the mirror and stall- ed, Well, after all, he had a great letter for which he had struggled during four years that once seemed so long and then lay behind him like a sudden dream. It had been a fight —it was always a fight in the great- er city. He kept looking at his sheepskin, an elaborate parchment, quaintly stating that he was entitled to "all the rights, privileges and immunities thereunto appertaining." He went to Greenborough carrying the precious screed clutched in his fist. Here was something to show to Pug, to prove that his studies had not been entire- ly in vain. Behind him the last days of the commencement kept recurring, brilliant flashes, intermingled with his dreams of what was to conxe, with thoughts of Josephine and com- fortable interesting problems he would discuss with Gilbert Van Horn. Never had the campus been 5o afire with the spirit of youth. Gilbert Van Horn returned to town and spent a week with John and Pug at Greenborough. He had kept away from the commencement. "Not feeling any too fit," was his excuse. In fact Gilbert was getting very dose to the point where he would have to make a clean breast of things and take his chances with John — but always hoping against hope that something would turn up, "in a natural way," He kept his thoughts to himself and devoted a. large part of his time to watching Josephine. Gerrit Rantoul, so he be- gan to realize, was making remark- abel progress with his ward. Ran- toul was a romantic figure, a man with a past shrouded in the glamour of adventure, of Smith American and where Rip V Van 'Winkle slept t and P. dreamed. Men were drilling and sinking shafts, were tunneling and mining under the broad Hudson, and now the huge final bore, beneath Manhattan, was to be accomplished, the last deep drift four hundred and more feet in the solid rock of the parching, steaming city. It was a magnificent enterprise, a cause, a crusade, .a direct reply to those who give scant honor to the engineer. His appointment had been accom- plished in a moment. These hien. wasted no time, "Report Section Five, Shaft Eleven, to engineer Hurl - butt, Monday eight am.," The Di- vision Engineer, named Wild, shook his hand. "Keep your eyes open, and good luck." John was on the street and entering the new Subway at 781st Street, "Why did he wish me 'good luck'? he wondered. A man sitting next to John held a paper, he saw the head- line. TEN 'MEN KILLED ON A QVEDXJCT SIPHON. It was print- ed in red and further down was list- ed a long record of other casualties and deaths. John stopped at the field house marked Shaft XI. He met the gang, Mailing, a Penn, man., and .Barrow of Boston Tech. These fellows bad an extra room in a small apartment near the wade. "Sure, cone in, it's. handy here and you can't hear all the blasts if you're a sound sleeper." James Mailing, C.E., had already been on important work, driving the Pennsylvania tubes. He had the un- healthy pallor of the men who have worked in shields, under pressure.. "Camle gip here for my health. Rath- er get gunned than doubled with the bends. 'Take my tip, Breep, keep out of air." He spoke with the assurance of a man of immense experience, Everywhere an earnest activity Prevailed ;the palaverers were not there; these men were doers. They were assembling the machineryfor sinking a -•shaft in Morningside Park. A -swearing .boss driver was ragging Thursday, SeptenibeJc 8,.r1932.. oath, Service anabi I -I 1J o TRE r g ft41 Association aitod•i,y RANT FL,EMING, M4. ASSOCIATE SECnrY ARY TOO LATE There are no other words used in medicine which tell such a sad story as the two words "too late." They are infinitely sad because they imply that there was a period of time when it would not have been too late, a time wlrsn' help might have been giv- en, It is unfortunately true that there are many things concerning the cause, prevention and treatment of disease that we do not icnow. How- ever, what is known is of greatest value—indeed it often has its only value—when used early in the course of development of disease. It can be fairly stated, in the vast majority of cases of illness, if the disease were treated early the patient would in ail Iikelihood be cured, or at least the condition would be im- proved. On the other hand, it is equally true that, in most cases, very little can be done for disease that is far advanced or firmly fixed in a chronic form. Early treatment' is urged, because. it is the best way to secure results. Delay in securing treatment is al- most sure to lead to a more prolong- ed and more `.serious, if not fatal cori- dition, Many cases of cancer can be cured byearly treainent. The reason can- cer patients hear the words 'too late' is very frequentlyy because they did not realize that a condition could be. serious x d till til pain occurs before ,consulting the - doctor 'is in most cases "too late." There is no reason why this occur; It would. not Y t s should occur were at» tention given' to certain conditions which indicate, the possibility of cal» ter, These conditions do nott essarily mean the ;' n- presenee of a can -s' eerous growth, but. a doctor is the only person who can ascertain what they do mean' in each individual case. Any lump, particularly in the breast,° should: be: investigated. Any; sore, which has not healed properly within a reasonable time should be regarded with' suspicion. Any unus- ual discharge or bleeding from any part of the body, particularly in wo- men after the menopause, should ne- ver be disregarded. Indigestion should`always be looked into, and its - cause ascertained, It is by prompt. attention' to. such. abnormal conditions, which do not appear to be serious, and which do not cause any real discomfort, that cancer will be discovered in its ear- ly, curable stage. Early .cancer is curable, but the: proper means of treatment cannot be ` applied and a cure effected unless - the patient comes to his doctor at the first suggestion of such abnormal: conditions as have , been mentioned. Do so, and you will not be told that it is "too late." Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- a s not cause pain. Pain sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,. and theall cancer patient who waits un- ter. is usually a late symptom. of cancer, will be answered personally by Iet- - a ggang of sullen Polack ack workmen; n several engineers stood about discus- sing iscussing location prints, and Mailing, in charge of a new transit, was direct- ing some youths carrying a silvery tape and a plumb bob.,_ He beckon- ed to John. "Don't report until Monday, he advised. "They run this job like a war," he added with a 'certain pride. "You_ of g your orders, see Hurburt at eight, sharp, blue Monday, and: then pronto! pronto! pronto "Hey, you!" he bent to the eye -piece of the telescope and bawled at his assist- ants. "Left, danxmit, left! Don't yotr_ fellows now the signals?" Mailing straightened himself with a smile of - important disgust. (Continued Next Weelc) from 141EwDwCHEs COLDS AN ,_SO NEURITS, EU Don't be a chronic sufferer from headaches, or any other pain. There is hardly an ache or pain . 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