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The Huron Expositor, 1931-10-30, Page 7414 t>d •t Ei0 i9 .R • e it r- od !d Is• s. ie y, t h et s. is rs e t t be er or ir us m. or he es ng in or in og nd ue to 1.11- it rIt h - he n - a er 00' r. oh w- an yew nk in- olt r - a t 134 1d: er ti as se he r. ly ol- 7k�'1'U1;E '.'ECI,ALU '.. 1lturei Varicocel=, Van';case Veins, I4mzinal Weaknese, Spinal Aefpa'rn- ty, Consultation free. Call o r J. G. a1VI'ITH, British Appli- aa; CO Specialists, 15 Downie St., Strat- ford, Ont. ,•3202-52 LEGAL 'See' Phone No. 91 JQHN J. HTJGGARU Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public,' Etc. Beattie Block - - Seaforth, Ont. R. S. HAYS ' and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Doom pion Bank. Office in rear oh the Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to Iowa Banister,' Solicitor,'Conveyancer BEST' & EST Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyan- cers and Notaries Public, Etc. Office in the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor Office. *•K TERINARY JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ary College. All diseases of demestib animals treated. Calls promptly at- tended to and charges Moderate. Vet- . 'erinary Dentistry a speciality. Office and residence on Goderich Street, one door east of Dr. Maeliay's. office, Sea - f orth. A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S.... Graduate of Ontario Veterinary • College, University of Toronto. All diseases of domestic animals treated `by the most modern principles'. Charges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on MainStreet, Hensall, opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. MEDICAL Dr. E. J. R. FORSTER • Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of 'Toronto., Late assistant New York Ophthal- ehei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pitals, London, Eng, At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Monday in each month, from 11, a.m. to 3 ,p.m. 158 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. DR. W. C. SPROAT ' Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Lon- don. Member of College of Physic- ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office in Aberhart's Drug .Store,, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 90. DR. R. P. I. DOUGALL Honor graduate of Faculty of Medicine and Master of 'Science, Uni- versity of Western Ontario, London. Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office 2 doors east of post office. • Phone 56, Hensel], Ontario. 3004-tf DR... A. "NEWTON-BRADY Graduate Dublin University, Ire- land. Late Extern Assistant Master - Rotunda Hospital for ' Women and -Children, Dublin. Office at residence lately occupied by Mrs. Parsons. •Hours: 9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 p.m.. • Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m. , 2866-23 4) • DR.' F. J. BUR,,ROWS Office and residence Goderich Street, .east of the United Church, Sea - forth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. • DR. C. MACKAY '• C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- ity University, and gold medalist of Trinity Medical College; member of the. College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. • - DR. H. 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AUCTIONEERS THOMAS BROWN • - Licensed auctionher for the counties of Huron and Perth. Correspondence arrangements for sale dates can ibe arcade by calling The Expositor Office _• Seaforth. Charges moderate, a n d satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 802. our ee ist as a OSCAR KLOPP Honor, Graduate Carey Jones' Na- tonal School for Auctioneering, Chi- cago. Special. course taken in Pure Bred Live Stock, Real Estate, Mer- chandise and Farm Sales. Rates in keeping with prevailing markets. Sat- isfaction assured. Write or • wire. Oscar Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone hn 2866-52: 18-93. r-• R. T. LUKER By Joseph C. Linco Contintad from last wade: "Oh, be still, mother!" Oho said. "You're mad 'because I'm going out and you're,. not" I should think you would be glad to, have the enjoy my- self once in a while. ,You can't ex- pect me to stick around that ever- lasting school all day and sit around' this poky old•house every night. What harm is there in my going to a dance with Ezra Blodgett, I'd like to know? He's an old fool, of course, but he's got lots of money and he isn't afraid to spend it. You used to tell me to get all I could out of him. You know: you did." ' - )"Mrs.• Fuller sniffed.' "I'd tell you so now." ••she declared, "if you wasn't. engaged to somebody else. Ezra Blodgett is rich and 'you could have had him as well as not if you hadn't. gone silly over that Calvin Homer.' 'Twould have been a good jobs too." "Calvin would want me to' have a good time. He may be having one himself. How do I know' what he's doing there, at Setuckit?" "Humph! Everybody„,knows you're keeping comany with Calvin, aid they'll talk -see if they don't. He'll hear it pretty soon and then 'twill be just as it's been with every other fellow you've had." "Oh, no, it won't. I can manage Carvin. He likes me pretty well. Yes and I like hire too. He's a nice boy." "Nice boy! He's nice-lookin', that's why you are so crazy over him. But all he ,is is just a common everyday life-saver. I wouldn't care so much for that; though, if you would only marry. him and settle down. How in the world he is ever going, td support us I can't scc but he'd be 'some- body." - "He isn't going to be a life-saver all his life. He is smart and he'll get ahead. I'll make him." "Yes, so I've heard ,you say; but you haven't made much of him yet." "I haven't had the chance. It's corn- ing,, though. That Bartlett won't last long, and when he goes Calvin ,will have his place. Cap'n Kellogg told me as much as that -or, if he didn't tell me, he told somebody else who did tell me. I know." "Yes, you always know. I suppose you know that that daughter of Bart- lett's has been Fief' sitin ' down at the station?" "Of course I know it," sharply. "What of it?" "Oh, nothing. And you know that your nice -Calvin boy took ker down in his boat the very night, after he left here?" "Yes, I know that too. But how did you know?" ' - "Oh, 'I heard. I don't miss every- thing that goes on, even if my own daughter don't tell me. They say the Bartlett' girl is awful pretty too." Miss Fuller's expressive eyeswere becoming very expressive. "Look here, mother," she snapped, "are you" trying to make me jealous? Because if you are you're wasting your time. If I can't take care of myself s:o, far as a nambly-pa.mby kid like that Norma Bartlett is concern- ed than I'll jump overboard. She couldn't have Calvin Homer even if She wanted him. I've got him. And I'm going to keep him." • "All right Then I wouldn't take too many chances, that's all. t see you've got his ring on. Going to let Mr. Blodgett see that?" "Why not? He doesn't. know it is -an engagement ring; does he?" "I'll tell you something, young wo- man. When your father bought my engagement ring he gave it to • me himself. He didn't send it round in the grocery cart like -like a quart of onions. If he had I'd-li'd have thrown it at'him." This time she had scored. Mist Fuller's sweetly „sarcastic smile dis- appeared. Her lips closed. tightly. "I'11 never forgive him for that,", she said, between her teeth. "And Pll make him pay for it too. See if I don't." Sarepta nddd•ed in triumph. "Better make sure you 4.;,:t him first," she ad- vised. "And if I wanted him I wouldn't set folks talking too mirth about you Ind. Ezra Blodgett." When Myra retnEned home, at one o'clock the next morning from the Odd Fellows' "Grand Ball" in the Harniss town hall, she went straight to her mother's room. ,S'arepta was sleeping soundly and was not too good natured at being wakened, But her irritation vanished as she heard the news ,her daughter had to tell. "My, sakes alive!" she exclaimed. "Do 'ou suppose it is true?" Myra nodded. "Of course it is true," she declared. "They were talk- ing about it -the whole evening; They say the schooner could have been sav- ed just as well as not, but Bartlett wouldn't -let the crew go off to her. Alvin Crocker told Henry Mullett, and Henry told Ezra, and Ezra told me that Bartlett ordered the Setuckit crew to stay ashore and rest. Just think of it! Rest!" "But he did order 'ern to go, final- ly?" - "Yes, he did, but not until •Crocker and Philander Jarvis and their crowd had started first. Alvin said he didn't believe Bartlett, would have started at all if they hadn't shamed him into doing it. • Everybody says there will be an investigation: If ,Superinte•nd- ent Kellogg hears of• it-'-" "Well, do you think he will hear of it?" Mies' Fuller laughed triumphantly. "You just bet he will!" she declared. "Piii see that he does. Oh, yes, he'll hear of it all right." "Humph! You act pretty sure, seems to me. Who is going to ten hint, I want to know? You won't see him, it isn't likely." • "I shan't need 'to. Ezra Blodgett is going to 'Provincetown to -morrow or next day and he'll see him. He premised -me he would." Licensed tiuctioneer for the County of Huron. Sales attended - to • in all parts of the county. Seven years' ex- perience in Manitoba and Saskatche- wail, Terms reasonable. , Phone No. 1780 11, Exeter, Centralia P. 0., R.R. No. 1. Orders left at The Huron Ex- sito'r Office,. Seaforth, promptly at - ,Aided to. Sarepta raised her head from the I•,w. - at!" she exclaimed. "You don't en • tell me that you've got Ezra • • wo�ifking to make Calvin Homer keeper at Setuckit? - Ile isn't Such a numbskull as to help you marry another man, is he?" Her daughter laughed again. "He doesn't know that be is helping," she announced. "I told' him 1 ithought it was his duty as a good citizen to give Cap'n Kellogg a tip: as to how things were going down there, that's all. I am going to make Calvin 'Honer keep- er of Setuckit Station.. Good -night, mother." - Mrs. Fuller gave it up in disgust. "You're@ bound to marry that life- saver, arCyn t you?" she sneered. CHAPTER XI When Peleg Myrick came down to Sett kit two days ,after the storm he brought the station mail. In it was a letter addressed to Calvin. He re- cognized the writing on the envelope and waited until he was alone before opening it, The note was short -for a letter from an engaged young wo- man tib her fiance it was' astonishingly bol -;but. it was^ urgent. Practically every other word was undersoored,, "Dearest [wrote Myra],I must see you very soon. 'I have some import- ant things to say to you. Just as soon as you possibly can 1 want yeas iio take a dap -off and come up here,' I know yeu, wonder why you have not heard from me before. No doubt you are beginning to think I have for- gotten any precious boy altogether. 'That is not true, 'you May be sure. Far, far from it. I ha*ie been plan. ning and planning for us both every Minute since you left me, and that seems ages and age's ago, doesn't it? If I hod not had your dear letters, to comfort me I don't know what I should have done. Of course I under- stand how hard• itis for you to get away, with the responsibility of the station entirely on your shoulders,, but now you 'must come...I have heard what has been going"on down there - everyone is talking about it -and I am as excited as can be. Now is our time. You understand what I mean, Caliriin dear, don't you? And we must make the most of it. Come to me at once. I must see you. Write, or get word to me somehow, when you are coming. • But make it very soon. In a very little while, if things go as they should --and 'as we must make things: -.we can, announce our engage- ment. Then I shall be the happiest girl in the world. And you will be happy too; won't you dear?" .. • The remainder of the letter would not be particularly, interesting to the world in general. °Nor, to tell the ex- act truth, was it as interesting to Cal- vin as such assurances • are assumed to be the person' most concerned. If Miss Fuller was on the verge of be- coming the happiest girl in the world he was by no means the kiappiest man. The underscored sentences in the let- ter troubled ° him, not so much by what they expressed as by what he feared they might imply. Well, she Was right in one thing -they were' in comrplete agreement there -he must ge to Orham and see her immediate- ly. 'He could write, of course, and make his position perfectly clear, but writing seemed cowardly. .No, he must see her. But when:he thought of putting this determination into action, difficulties began presenting themselves. Benoni Bartlett was not .well, plainly not at all well. His;,exertions apd the men- tal strain of two wrrcks' in one day had an effect which -to Homer at least -was obvious. ' The keeper was up and about and attending to his duties, but he seemed depressed and more nervous and careworn than ev- er. He y as silent, even morose, dur- ing the days, and at night the men on duty were likely to meet him wander- ing about the station at any hour. He talked' to himself more than 'ever, and Calvin noticed that the little Bible which his daughter had given him was always open upon the table in his room. Hie developed a habit of ask- ing peculiar questions, questions upon points of religious belief, and at the most unexpected times. The occasion when Homer first men- tioned the "liberty day" which he de- sired was one of these times. Calvin knowing that the skipper was alone in the room, visited, that room and stated hie case. He explained . that he hadnot taken a day Off for a long while, • that he had some 'busines's in Orham which needed attention, and suggested that he be allowed to go up to the village the next day. Bart: lett, seated in the ch -air 'by,the win- dow and gazingout, did not turn his head. He heard --or appeared to hear -his subordinate through to the end,• but when he did speak his answer, was not an answer. at all; it eentain- ed 'no reference to the matter of the requested liberty. He pulled slowly at his beard and asked: "Boy, do you read the. Word reg' - tar ?" Calvin did not. catch his meaning. "Word?" he repeated. "What word?" Bartlett turned then. He was frowning and his eyes had 'that strange glint upon which •Seleucus had Commented when he first saw it. "There ain't but one Word, is there," he demanded gruffly. "There's only one thath worth readin', and if you read it oftener you'd be a better revan. I read it night and dpy'-night and day, I do -and it's balm in Gilead to my soul." But there's, some hard parts in it, parts that's kind of -kind of discouragin' rto a sinner like me. Bay," with an eagerness that was pathetic, "do you cal'late He'll be too hard on a feller that slips up once in a while? Don't you eal'late He'll make some al- lowancen and not 'bear down on him n too hard? Eh•? Dont you?" •Homer, not catching his meaning and completely taken by surprise, was not ready with a reply. Bartlett did "not wait for one. "It says eight here,' he went on; tapping the open pages of the Bible with his forefinger, "that "except ye keep' His commandments you'll go to leel'1" That''sewhat it says. • Boy,' in an agitated' whisper, "I. ,broke one of His commandments t'other day. Yes, I did. •I don't know much about what I done • that afternoon,. but I know. I did that. I took His name in vain. Do you ca+l'late He'll -He'll stick to what He says? Eh ? ' Why don't you say somethin'? You don't • think I'll be lost just for that one slip, do you•? You don't think He'll be as hard on a poor feller as all that?" 'Calvin, stifling his impatience, soothed' him as best he could, fortify- ing his consolation .:with. such Scrip- tural quotations co!rleer:Mpg forgive- ness as he could remember. After a time, when his assurances seemed to be producing an effect,` he ventured once ' more to speaks concerning the day in Orham. Benoni heard and un- derstood,, but ;he shook his head. "I'd rather you didn't go just now, if you wouldn't mind," he said; and added, apologetically, "It don't seem hardly as if I could spare you. I - I'm. kind •of -of tired and sort of wore out these days, seems so, and you're about the only one down here I know I can depend on..»Hadn't you just as soon put off goin' for a little spell? • Hadn't you, Calvin?" • There was but one .reply to make and Homer made it. "If you feel that way, 'Cap'n," he said, "of course I'll wait." Bo •Calvin was forced to write Myra a note ezplaining that he could :`rot leave the station immediately, but would come to her ,at the first pos- §ible moment. 'Evets which follow- ed canvpelled still further postpone ment. Crocker .and Jarvis and their men were working at the nets in the weird shanty up the beach, and had had no opportunity to visit the village and tell their story there. But they had bad visitors, members of the Or - ham life-saving crew and an occas- ional fisherman, , and had told it to them. The news :spread and, as Myra Fuller told her mother, practically ev- eryone in Orham 'and the neighbour- ing towns was talking about it, mag- nifying rumours and prophesying trouble and probable investigation by the district superintendent. Peleg Myrick brought the news of these rumours and prophecies to Setuckit and told the men there. Seleucus Gammon, too, heard the .story from his brother-in-law. He and Homer' talked it over. "I don't ca'l'late mueh'll co e of. it this time, 'Cal," confided Seleudus. t'If we hadn't beat out Philander and Al- vin and their ' galig and got the men off that vessel there would have been the 'Old Harry to pay. But we did, you see. Old Bologny was a kind of late starter, but when he got agoin' he sartin did, m'ake things hum. Crimes tee, how he did lay into Alvin! It done me good to hear him cuss: Prov- ed he•was human, you understan,ii. It helped him With the boys more'n.any- thing else could. They've been taikin' about it, of course, and we've all made up our minds, if Kellogg should breeze down here askin' questions, to stand by the old man. Give him another chance, anyhow." "Humph! You've changed your mind about the' skipper since the last time we talked, Seleucus. Then, if I remember, you figured that he was crazy." "I think he is. yet. Crazy as a bug on a hot plate --.when it comes• to prayer-meetin' talk and the like of that. And I own up he acted crazy off to that wreck. But that was sen- sible crazy. That's the kind of crazi- ness that eounbs for somethin'. The crazier he gets that way the better skipper of Setuckit Life -Savin' Sta- tion he'll be. That's the way the boys feel. They want to give him another chance and see how loony he'll be next ,time. They, want to hear him swear some more. Ho, ho! Crimus! I wouldn't have misled that for two months' -say." "But --remember, you said it your- self, Seleucus-we might have got that schooner afloat if we had start- ed in time.." Gammon stopped laughing and nod- . dal gravely.. "You and me know that Cal," he admitted, "but the boys don't; or, if it did. come acrost their Minds, -they'+ve forgot it. And they ,won't let Cap'n Kellogg know they ever thought of such a thing. No, we're all agoin' to stand by Bologny, unless -well, unless .you 'want the keeper's job yourself, Cal. If you do -well, if you do then we'll talk dif- ferent." - "I don't. Not that way. You and ail hands are not to mention my name. You understand that?" - "Sartin sure. We know how , you feel, Cal. We don't blame you for feelin' that way. . . • That Nor- ma Bartlett is •am mighty fine girl." Calvin swung about to glare at him. "What on earth has she got to do with it?" het( demanded hotly. • "Eh? Why, n'othin'. Who said she had? I was ju•sthsayin' what a nice girl'she wogs, that's -all. No heed for you to get red-faced and foam up over thatt, as I know of. But the boys like her 'first-rate and they're more for Bolognehright now than they've been afore since' he was wished on to us. If ,you doubt it you notice how Wal'lie Oaks is playin' puppy dog to him again these days: Wallie's ' a pretty fair piede of drift to show whieh way the tide's settin'." Kellogg drove down to Setuckit be fore the week ended. Homer' had been expecting him, so he was notsurpris- ed. He was astonished, however when the 'buggy stopped at the ate- • tion door, to see Norma Bartlett on the seat beside the superintendent. It was a snowy day, but hold and windy, thea door11" tdlan d4P: dl Pr n, ay basJ►lay r unsil ?+eae re•etlnigs» : . Norma entered'• the s pis-oopt: There she And iCalyixi at There was fico: sensible reasten Ire he should vie felt the least rra,shhd at alemeeting, yet, 00 44 and when t'lxey shook• hands he found it d f e it to epeak, "ha�,emibsa:rassr/.ent may.tave bean eonit gious, fief, she, tiro, .hesita+t ed n?ornentarily. But she recovered .at once and her greeting was cheery and quite matter of fact. . "Why, how do you do, Mr. Horner ?h. she said, "I have• surprised you, just as I have all the others. And father Will be the , most surprised of all. Where is he?" "Ile is in hive room, • Miss Bartlett. He'll be awfully glad to see you. Go right in." ' She inloved toward the door of the keeperls oam,"but ppu'sed, and turn- ed back: "Tell me," she whispered cautious- ly; "how is he? . Is he well? • He's not sick-er anything like that?":' - "Oh, I don't know. Something in his last Tetter--sornethi8'g he said •or the way he said it--aiorried me• a little. Has there 'been ;trouble here ?. Any unusual trouble, I mean?" "No." He tried to say it promptly and in a way to carry conviction, but it was evident that the attempt was not a complete success. She ' was looking at him, looking him through and through with those clear eyes of hers. "Are you sure?" she demanded. "Why, yes -yes, of course. But how•doesf, 't happen you came back so soon? We -your father didn't expect you for another three weeks at least." "I know; but something happened there at Fairborough which made it possible for me to egme now. And father's letter troubled me and -I'll tell you all about it by and by. I must •see him before I say another Word to anybody."' "Of course.. And PI1 keep Cap'n Kellogg busy for a while, Tell the skipper he needn't hurry." "Thank you."' Again she paused and looked at him. "The superintend- ent brought me down here," she said. "I met him up in the village. He knew me, of course -we saw a good deal of each other there at Crooked Hill while father was so ill -and he said he was coming here and offered to• take me with him. Why is he com- ing here at this time, Mr. Homer?" Calvin was expecting this question, cr one like it, and this time he was ready. "Oh, he comes ever so often," he said carelessly. "It' is part sof his job. He has to inspect all the stations." "Yes, I know,, but— Oh, here he is! I'll see you all by and by." She knocked softly at the keeper's door and entered, closing it behind her. Homer turned to greet the sup- erintendent. 9 He had dreaded the Meeting, but Kellogg's manner was so good-natur-• edaand casual that, after the first few minutes, he began to bell ve his dread unwarranted, The sup rintendent in- quired concerning Ba tt, learned that the latter was with his daugh- ter, and nodded comprehendingiy. "We won't disturb 'em," he said. "I shall be here the better part of the day and I'll have time enough to see him later on. S .e aloin, how are you? How are thing' going nowa- days: all taut and`ip-shape, are they?" : % .. Calvin answer.': in the affirmative. He expected a arp cross-exam/na- tion, but the fe r• questions Kell�og'g asked were quite neral in scope. "Haw is the cap'n getting on with the' crew?" he -wanted to know. "Do they like him better than they did at first?" "Yes, I think they do." "How do you like him.?" ' "Why -why, all right. He is ,queer in some ways; but he is on the job." ;'Handles things pretty well, take 'em by and 'large; does he?" "Yes." "Yon- haven't any fault to find, then?" ""' "No." i'I see. Well, I'm going to 'hang around here for three or• four hours. Don't pay any attention to .me. 'll see you again before I go." ' That was all, and Homer was great- ly relieved. He was busy with var- ious duties, ar6d he saw the superin- tendent only at dinner and at brief and casual 'intervals during the ,day. The dinner was a jolly meal, for Nor- ma and Kellogg were at •the table, and there was much joking and story -tell- ing„ Bartlett was in better spirits than he had been since the day of the wreck, and there weee no symptoms of "queerness" in his manners or con- versation. His melancholy had 'van= ished and he told a story or two him- self. Evidently his daughter.'s arriv- al was the tonic he•needed. Beach drill was •carried through with a snap and finish which brought a Word of commendation from the official visitor. Homer's apprehensions concerning trouble were pretty thor- oughly dispelled by this time. Ap- parently the visit was but a matter of routine after all. Peleg Myrick's disturbing yarns oh investigations and all the rest were but exaggerations of village gossip, nothing more; Pel- eg was always a sensation -monger. And the hints in Myra's letter, and Seleucu's's forebodingsbased upon his spiteful brother-in-law's confidences were parts of the same magnifying of unfounded rumour. People were bound to talk, anyhow, and in winter there was so little. to talk about. Captain Kellogg was notythe man to heed gos- sip; .he ,probably, had paid no atten- tion .to it whatever. • But Calvin's' ease of mind lasted only until four o'clock that afternoon. Then, as he sat reading in the mess- room, Kellogg came out of the keep- er's room, where he had been closeted 'with Benoni for for a half-hour or more, aid laid a hand On his/ shoul- der. "Cal," he said, in a low tone, "come out to the barn with me. I want to talk with you. Better put on your sweater and cap. It's lialble to be chilly out there." ;Calvin obeyed orders so far as the sweater and cap were concerned, and followed his superior out to' the chill, shut -up stable. The superintendent carefully closed the door behind them and lse'ated' ;himself on the grain box.• "Sufi, down here alongside, • Cal," he xn� tli+ y4rxk A f! aro t4,9iru .: non? yen, aeon, came heir to g �3Homer hesitated.. cold' and dark and glaoaxiy.; wailed and rattled 'the wino n s, hors ettamaed and stirred in tl eit; stalls, "Cine on," urged Kellogg: "Spin your darn. • Give 'me the 'whole of and don't'leave out anything; . Begin Blh. ng. How long did fellow, 'hefere -nu smartedyou to Wyn ham - at the beginwart nii that :schooner?" t 3 Calvin told the story. He told it as truthfully and as comprehensively a s he eoul+d; )`low Bartlett himself had first sighted the stranded schooner, of his delay in ordering out the boat, of his expressed reasons for the delay, •of the departure of the, whaleboat, and then of the mad race to the wreck and the 'rescue of the crew. The sup- endent heard hien to the end with - t. Then he nodded. - he grunted.. "That's o ' I got it from the other I ..• uppose you noticed it I didn' mean .0 should -but I've b at the pumps pretty steady ever since ' ' landed here ,and I've .got, the yarn from every one of 'em. They all bear you out, Cal. Now' then, what is your idea of it all? Do you think the keeper stayed on shore be- cause he was scared, himself, or be- cause he really thought it Was too much risk to take out a tired er••ew twice in, a few hours, unless it. -was Goderich ..... ahsolutely necessary . . ?'' Eh? Menset I wept it straight; What do you McGaw think?"' Auburn ern omit. ea "U just Goderich, .... Holnesvlle Clinton .,,� Seaforth , ?.32 St: Cohnuban .... • ' .1$ '. Dahlin "• '7,23 West. Dub13ii ,, 11.24 5.I' St. Columban ' 11.29 Seaforth 11.40. Clinton ..... 1155 Holmesville ...At . 12.0 91 Goderich .........: 12 20/" "10.14 , C. P. R. TIME TABL \E ,East. 0.•. • 5.55 - 514 6.11 Homer waited a • moment before re- Blyth plying. He• would have given much Walton to evade the obligation of replying at McNaught all. Toronto "Well, air," he said, after the mo- ment of consideration, "to be honest, I don't know. At first I couldn't, un- derstand. When he hung hack and wouldn't give the order, I was as mad as the rest. Then -well, yes, •I did think he was scared. But after he did start he soon• took thert idea out of my head. He wasn't scared then, you can take my word for that. I never ea* a man think less about his own skin than he did. When he got that boat off he was up to his neck in the surf and didnit seem 'to know it. He drove us off to that shoal as if he was a steam engine. Honestly, I believe he would have jammed our bow straight through that -whaleboat if they hadn't got her out of the way. If I had had any breath left I'd have given three cheers for him then.' • Kellogg chuckled once more. "I'd like -to have seen that," he vowed. "I understand he told Crocker where to get off, and named the port. Ho, ho! Every one of the boys took pains to tell me that part, I wish I had been there. . .. , Well, that's all of that. Answer me this: Do you fig- ure that, provided he -'had started sooner, you might have floated 'the schooner?" ° Calvin had • 'been , expecting• that question•,.and dreading it. He hesitat- ed again before answering. There wasp a face before his mind's eye -ant the face of Benoni Bartlett, but an- other. . "Why, I don't know, Cap'n Kellogg,"1 he said again. "At first it rather seemed to me that we might. But, thinking it over since, I'm not sure about it. It was blowing• a gale, and the seas were running high. They 'were breaking clean over her when we got there. We might have got her off -and then again we mightn't. It was a toss-up, I guess." "Une-hum. But, if it had been up to you, you 'would have started and had a try, wouldn't you?" "Yes. I suppose I should." • "I know plaguy well you would. Now, one more thing. Do you think Bartlett is right -right in his head, I • Toronto • ',6,;25 6.40 6.62. • 10,25 West. • t a.m. 7.40 McNaught . 11.48 Walton . 12.01 Blyth 12.12 Auburn 12.23 McGaw 12:34 Meneset •:12.41: Gcx erich 12.46 0111011.11.0. m• ean?" • "I think-,--, Well, I think he may ' be a little off on religious matters. He is--" • "Oh, never mind that," impatient- ly.. "The smartest 'seal-cap'n I ever sailed+ with used ' to . read- the second mate eand me a chapter out of the Bible every night before he.turned in. And we hadpea , rs along with the. -saleratus biscu for breakfast. But I've seen that same eap'n take the . ship through art Indian Ocean typhoon - and stay on;deck for thirty hours run- ning, and grin and whistle a hymn time when it looked as if every sea was going td drive all hands to the bottom. I don't care how crazy B-en- oni is that way. What I'rlk asking you• is whether you think he's to -o crazy to be keeper at Setuckit." "No, I don't think he is." "And you don't think he's yellow?"' . "How could I think so after seeing him head for that whaleboat?" "Humph! That'e dodging the ques- tion a little mite, isn't it? Well,, nev- er mindt• you don't dodge it anymore • than the rest of the boys. If you were Me, then, you'd let him stay on here -give him another chance?" "Yes, I would." • "You say that prompt enough. Sure e it is Bartlett and ,not his good-looking daughter you art gibing the chance to .? Well, well! you needn't bite me. Maybe I feel like giving her the chance myself. She believes in her cranky dad, Pll say that for. her. And the inen are for him now. I own that surprises me.. Yes, it does." (Continued next week.) uj 1 Food Expert Finds White, . Bread Attack Unjustified • • • 4 ' t S0 much has beep said about the value of whole+ wheat bread,, some of ft ' eorrect and some exag- gerated, that it has been overdone by the extremists and 'the pendu- lum is swinging back again to a wiser variety in bread, according to Dr. R. E. Lee, research director cf Standard Brands Limited, in a talk before Canadian bakers. "Periodically," says Dr. Lee "the agitation. for whole wheat bread breaks out like an epidemic runs, its course and dies out. No on& can justly attack bread, be it white or brown.. Both have a place in the diet. Flour is one of the most com- pletely digestible foods we have. All varieties of bread are good, but one, would not, think- so after • reading the. articles of those who advocate the use of only whole wheat bread. "A diet including too much coarse bread so stimulates the in- testinal muscles that food materials are• not as completely absorbed as when they pass through the ali- mentary tract at a normal rate. This is why whole wheat bread is always included in reducing . ; diets - "Much that is written about white flour is carelessly applied to white bread, forgetting that white bread .es made today is a highly supplemanted.food, containing salt,. fat, milk, yeaft and usually • malt ••' extract. ' V "White bread should have .aa • prominent a place in the diet as- any other, but no single variety of bread should be exclusively eaten., The value of variety of breadd is unquestioned. • Variety of , breads Trot only supplies a variety of in- gredients so helpful in aupportirig maintenance in normal growth, but - it atimulatee the appetite. • A tired appetite will 'often result from an • , unbalanced diet. Refresh it with variety and see it respond. • . "Rveryolie should 'est plenty .Of bread, for it is a. sploQnihd aid to', the bodyt but we Should bei hetet*. not to •dull Our ap etite ivitlt saYnet nese. 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