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PR- E, A, MCMASTER, M.B.
Graduate of University of Toronto
The Clinic b fully equipped with
complete and modern X.aray and other
up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics,
° equipment:
, Dr. F. J. R. Forster,ecl 1
SP a ist fn
diseases of the . ear, eye, nose and,
throat, will be at the Clinic the first.
Tuesday in every month from 3 to . 5.
Tree Well -Baby Clinic will be held
on the second and last Thursday in
every' month from 1 to 2 p.m.
.....JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D.
Physician. and Surgeon
IN DR. 11. H. ROSS' OFFICE
Phones: Office 5-W Res. 5-J
Seaforth
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., MSD.
Physician and SUrpeon
Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat
Phone 90-W
Seaforth
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthal-
mei and Aural Institute, Moorefleld's
Eye and 'Golden Square Throat Hos-
pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m.
to 4.30 pan:; also at Seaforth Clinic
first Tuesday of each month. 53
Waterloo Street South, Stratford,
AUCTIONEERS
HAROLD JACKSON
Specialist in Farm and Household
Sales.
Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun-
ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction,
guaranteed.
For information, etc., write or phone
HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea -
forth; R.R. 4, Seaforth.
W. S. O'NEIL, DENFIELD
If yotaksiant.' to 'realize greater re-
turns from your auction sales of live
stock and farm equipment, ask those
who know and have heard me. Fif-
teen years' experience. Sales con-
ducted anywhere. For sale dates,
Phone 28-7, Granton, at my expense.
8979-tf
PERCY• C. WRIGHT
Mr. Percy C. Wright will accep
auction sales pertaining ; .to farms
stock, implements and household of
leets. Prices reasonable, with an ex
perienced assistant. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Phone 90 r 22, Hensel'.
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LONDON and CLINTON
NORTH
London, Lv.
Exeter
Hensall „
Kippen
Brucefield
Clinton, Ar.
SOUTH.
Clinton, Lv.
Brucefield
Kippen
Hensall
Exeter
London, Ar.
SU NAYS .ONLY
Taranto to Goderich
(Via London and Clinton)
Toronto, Lv,
London
Clinton
Goderich, Ar.
6.•
A.M.
9.00
10.17
10.34
10.43
10.55
11.20
P.M.
3.10
3.32
3.44
3.53
4.10
5.25
P.M.
6.00
9.40
11.55.
12.20
C.N.R. ' TIME TABLE
EAST
Goderich
'Molmesville
Clinton
Seaforth
St. Columban
Dublin
Mitchell
Mitchell
WEST.
IDublin
St. Columban '
Seaforth
Clinton
'Goderieb
C.P.R. . TIME
EAST
Ooderich
Meneset
McGaw
.Auburn
' Myth..
A.M.
6.15
6.31
6.43
6.59'
7.05
7.12
7.25
11.27
11.37
11.40
11.51
12.04
'12.35
P.M.
2.30
2.50
3.13
3.21
3.27
3.35
3.47
10.33
10.44
10,56
11.10
11,36
TABLE
Walton
• McNaught
Toronto
WEST
Toronto ....:
McNaught
Walton
Blyth
Auburia
Mcaaw
Meneset
sladortom
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4.35
4.40
4.49
4.58
5.09
5.21
6,32
9.45
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8.20
P.M.
12.04
12;ifs
12.28,:
12,39
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gout inged from"last weeks (so t tt"might bo heard
uder'and louder babble. .+` head: anal
th,
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1•.efors Max's .an r . 4ould.nd ineemSd to •a atdiR vate
.recded
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t�xe:�siog-�•herewnew �piut . A�; afeairs had become ;�he property �kf tbye anpsxc a;�qd babble
view in the' racial ;argimOnt!:: • Ruth_, the world. There, was.,i is°''huge .Coni tinl lit beneath the ga,
•a.
who had seen:�her llusbaull draw bei•
'brother away'' aitd suspect `the forme•.
ar's• sobriety, camequiokly along the
passage,'
'What's all this?'she asked. "I
didn't bring lviax here to listenin;
gloomy corners to a lecture about the
franc.. Come on ,back, you two. You're
Missing , all: the fun."
She laughed, drew Saab., away, and,
broke the' tenaion. She 'then gather-
ed the two ,men upand led' them back
to' ;the'sinoke-hung studio --not alto-
gether' sorry
lto-gether'sorry that Saab had •succeed
,ed• :hi getting in a few strong words
on a subject which rankled in her
mind. If was obvious that he had
done so from the blaze in Max's eyes.
"Listen to this, my dears," she
said. . "It's perfectly wonderful."
And it was. One of Nershwin's
confreres, a short man with a boyish
face and thick black hair; was in pos-
session of the piano composing; on
the spur of the moment, the music
of a piece that was taken haphazard
frc m the advertising pages of a lad-
ies' magazine. He sang of stocking'$a.
and underclothing, ' nightgowns, cor-
sets,' beauty restorers and Zip. Solos
and duets and choruses were founded
by him on these almbst human and
desirable subjects - to the delight of
all in the rooms. With a brilliant
facility of rhyme and melody, both
of which he touched with a broad
caricature of those in current plays,.
he worked his way through two sleirt
facts and ' wound upwith a finale to
which everyone longed to dance.. It
was a tour de 'force.
During .the laughter and, shifting
that followed Max found himself face
to face, to his extreme delight, with
Rebou, the French composer - the
man who had written "Ma Femme,"
and • most of the recent hits of the
Folies Bergeres and . the Moulin
Rouge that were played by every
band.
Willa ejaculations of reat affection
they kissed .each other .ori both
cheeks. Yes, Rebou had come to New
York fora few weeks to stage certain
of his newest songs in one of the
Schubert revues. But, mon Dieu, it
was •indescribable, this city! What
immensity, what crowds, what height,
what . a strange fantastic beauty!
What a stage, how: lavish. How you
say -money to burn. And the number
of theatres; It was possible to' place
all those of Paris in a single street.
The kindness too. Amazing. He had
been entertained by all the American
composers as though he were Offen-
bach or Arri Fragson or the author
of "Valencia" himself! "And you,
mon cher, it is for several recitals?
. No, no, I remember, of • course.
This marriage. • • So droll: But why
get married, and to an American girl
like a titled Frenchman? . You do
not need•money, is it not'? Domestic-
ity-it does not live with music. And
if there are babies -oh, mon Dieu!
Of all men you are wedded to music,
with a little friend round the corner.
Retirez ,.vous, mon vieux!"
Max changed the . subject quickly.•
He said: ''I don't care Where -you're
staying here. Pack your things and
come to my father's house."
Rebou would be enchanted. - He
Was in a hotelthat overwhelmed
bim. It was like a city in which he
was lost. And on one •side, in a
great gap, athousand devils made
noises 'that split his teeth. And a
machine, like a hideous monster,
champed great stonesbetween • its
iron jaws. "But," he added gravely,
"to touch again, with trepidation, on
the question of your marriage, so
much discussed, my dear Max, per-
mit me to ask you if you have taken
into consideration the danger - yes,
it is danger -of transplanting an Am-
erican flower to a Latin soil. So
strange, so different. In almost ev-
ery other attempt, experiment, trial,
there has been failure to acclima-
tize. Not only the, language but the
customs, lesnuances, the .subtle char-
acteristics, the points of view, make
it very rash. A girl of high society
this, ap. heiress, 1 have been told.
Will •it not be, perhaps, a little cruel,
or at least unkind and thoughtless,
or. shall I say optimistic, to make
'such a transition • to another and a
Bohemian extreme? To you, it is a
bore, Society. . And the hours you
keep, mon cher! The night turned
into day. And yet it is your work,
your life, and Paris is your mother.
During the first fine flash of passion
it is well, no doubt. But later, --when
your music claims you, what of • a.
lonely girl? .;I..offer you My, apolo-
gies In advance, but is there not the
chance that when you are adored byl
women ;he may turn to another man?
I am dour friend, your brother. I es-
teem and love you, my dear Mak, and
it' is for me, therefore, more than
any, to say these things to you, :at
the risk of anger. l should grieve to
see you, whose mistt'ess is music,
swept on a„wave of passion into the
black deep waters of regret and sor-
row."
All this was Said among a Jam of
new arl'ivais, aniong whom: Iltax and
ti's gild friend Xtebou . °Stood nose to'
nese And it was necesea'ry that It
s oiild ;b'o Oda ottt in ta wok *older
spiraey, it appeared'; to' liim,, as he b.e b soattered laughs an
came more--' •bewildered, anddazed tike elevatorrose
emptying 'those rooms`+ rHe never
.heard all` this, or the silenrre, the sud
den_ shatter of , the ,city's,':' noises, or
the„roar of the-passing,.day.
No one knew that he was lying on
the floor of that tubby hole in a hell
pf torture . and regrets, laecause "no
sound came from it to arrest an ear.
His spirit might have ftieltered and
gone out, leaving a -grog Fold corpse
between that broken chair and suit-
case,: and no one would :'•'have been
any the wiser in the indifferent place.
Hoar after hour he lay ;.there until
the poison .was absorbed and the
dream had unwound itself to the bit-
ter and dreadful end. Then, at last,
he emerged from the tunnel, saw day-
light under the crack of" -the door,
staggered tohis feet, bewildered,
wondered • where on earth he was, tot-
tered to the landing in'dishevelled
evening clothes, saw by ;'his watch
that it was half -past six l.'found his
way downstairs to the silent
serted • studio, made for the
the end of the corridor, and
among thatswaying, crowd and ti.oiae,
•
to . crush him' ant Of' indivicleal action
-to make hint feel' from the pressure;
of . one. 'side ,that he was. a rat• •and
renegade and from the other an im-
possible person, a pariah' dog.
in the email,.oasis.• 'between these
heated factions his sister .. and his
dearest friend ;'turned upon him'_'the
hideous accusations •of.selfishness and.
cruelty. •
The other, mae.,in his sister's party
his way through the phalanx
of men and "women, made a long arm'
over several too golden heads and
suceeede td 'in passing drinks to Re-
bou and Max. The place was as red
hot as one of the most popular danc-
ing places oil a 'Saturday night." They
were welcomed by both and finished
at 'a gulp: In the course of half an
hour Rebou scouted about' for further
drinks and .brought them back. De-
pressed and thirsty, Max drank them,
trusting that they would dispel the
.blackness that shrouded his hopes. It
may have been owiiag to the fact that
.Rebou,, like the others, had become
inuredto synthetic concoctions and
infested With. an army pf protective
cocci who fought the poison of these
dire ' things. When, at any rate, he
was caught in the whirlpool and
swept away, •he appeared still to be
as sane and healthy as .he was 'before:
He waved his hand to Max, shrugged
his shoulders and with a flash 'of
teeth disappeared. But upon Max,
who had come from a free Europe,
and had been living in a 'house with
a pre -bootlegger cellar in a state of
civilization,' 'the poison of that disas-
trous liquor had a weird effect.
The faces of those about -him! be-
came larger and larger, until they `as-
sumed the bulbous and ever-increas-
ing proportions of close-ups on the
screen. , They swayed towards him
and went back again -red lips, made-
up eyes, moving mouths, deep uncan-
ny lines. He lost his legs and float-
ed, ,bumped like a gasbag into elbows
and chins and noses. He felt that his
eyes had become as large as the hard
round globes of light that lirie a Gar-
gantuan pier,,„, Curious and stounding
words in many languages darted about
in his mind like a collection of
bizarre fish in a 'bowl. He saw rock-
ets ascend, and break, with violent
explosions, .into a rain . of cetored
stars. He - 'saw- enormous flaming
Catherine wheels stammer and whirl,
throwing off sh'ets of glittering -spray.
The laughter all about him became
menacing, diabolical, and every note
struck on the piano bent the drunks
of his ears. His head swelled and
became so heavy, that he -felt himself
turn upside down with his -feather-
like legs in the air. He was seized
with . a deadly sickness and a hand
with red-hot fingers twisted his se -
trails round.
With a supreme effort. of, will,.
brought about by, .the sense of fear
and decency, he hoisted himself to
his feet and with a longing to hide
away and die in private, staggered
through the crowd to ,the' stairs, drag
ged himself on aft fours to an open.
door atthe top and with a cry of
'gratitude fell flat upon his 'face.
Here, `in what was a eubby hole
half-filled with empty bags, trunks
and supertlous furniture, an immacu-
late but suffering Max, the' pride of
Musical. Europe, the sensitive, gentle,
true -hearted, and most uhhappy man,
lay in one long frightful 'dream be-
tween an armchair with a broken leg
and 'a "suitcase plastered with. the
Iabels of foreign hotels.
In a wild phantasmagoria of people
and places he followed himself
through a series ' of heart -breaking
scenes. Always there was Jean a lit-
tle ahead of him,• never touchable,
'neves to. be arrested, paying no at-
tentithl to his agonized cries; run-
ning away, escaping with another man
who had the" face and figure of Tony
Northrup. He rushed into stations,
gasping, breathless, only to see the
trains slipping out into which Jean
and Tony had clambered as they mov-
ed: He followed •in aeroplanes
through thick, dark clouds• and wind
storms, dropping so suddenly through
air pockets that his heart leaped:out
of his mouth. He arrived at swarm-
ing termini, dodged antagonistic peo-
ple who seemed deliberately to im-
pede, him, to other stations, only
again, and again to 'see those slipping
trains in. which Jean, his darling, was.
carried off. He..swarmed up glacial
mountains with blood in' his shoes
and - cith.hls knees. in his chin -jean
and Pony in sight but out of reach -
to fall bruised and weeping as they
disappeared,. He cried out to this
,sweet retreating figure, who was in
•such horror of his teUch: "All I ask
is your forgiveness. One kind word.
It was a mistake -they said it was a
'mistake, but I wouldn't listen: Jean,
Jean, I ask nathing of you but ,the
old kind smile, a friendly • word that
T may take back with Me to tencrits
blooms."
Bone'' after hour, poor little devil
he ran afro wept and stumbled
;gh
through this astty coma, twisted
pito biota of Poignant phyiff al Pain
prop. thestrce .. ,
cross the, Darr^ alto to his fad
ob ting house.
art 'and ` ex- His sister 'algid;, 7 eboix '14,0,170,1.1s
.ht
our , orr .two 'l "a way; t.404'0 r. were right. :
oi`ces con- erYeeewas agaa#t,t him,,, 'r J one side
fol he .wait a Jew; n.t the oth .r
adinage, as ' a rat, and .if 'he:<snaAPed hiss f4nger's
,descended, iii : the face Of • them all. and'. trans;•
'planted ,Jean to ParL ,
Oh God!: ` "`He' .had bceu thraiugh all
that must happen to her and to`•1}inr:
self. ... . .
He must eseape. By way of death
with a gun? He could never eat his
throat, No. Music called and claim-
ed him. .He must Play and interpret,
the joy and, sorrow of the ?Masters.
It was his job, his compensation. In.
what other' way, . then? 4e must.
think and think.
Ile ' paid the cab, tottered up the
steps and rang the bell. Quick
come!
Denham opened the door.
"My God, Mr. Max. It's you."
"Yes, yes. am-1'ra ill. , l;.et . me
pass."
He passed, as Denham, with an op-
'en.mouth at the sight of him, with a
face as white as a sheet, fell back.
Then, suddenly alive to the fact that
the day had gone, and that his
and de- strange absence must have given anx-
door at iety to Jean" and to his father, he
let 'him- wheeled,; around.
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ate
e this -oar,,
go iarrl'ai'me
"`Bed bs
lu'rdhed #'cowers
once maze fell
sa:
Denham adanired Mai'. as a: >rs?..
beyond even his capacity of . descant:
titin Beltrw stairs Ire►ad laid too
-
frequentlyas one -who knew and los
ed masi,c' . " he had' con beted a regi i'
m9ntai' ore'hestta•''of 'u oathorgansbe-
hind the trenches, . which ad;iadded::`"ile s nd
considerably Pa ;the fame .Old 'glpry and P0.49.34,
of. the East Surreys -that he had nev go to 'frit if they 'wa
er 'card noticing like ;the;
ri liiukin; ?the final reef. fo
puff. ' Having sacrificed 'several hours :thrush ',ud' feed:: out
of 'his much-needed sleep night atter, =SWaP,with a couple "o ry
night, in order to crush ()Weide the ;trust lel ,because ,e.., .xus
dor of the music -room, he had given understands 'E's get icor
it out as his definite opinion that..aboat anybody ' never to
"that .boy's. -got it. It's the real stuff. Are. And .he's 'merry ;an
I know the work. of .moat of the 'et liked a .child
1 puttrhat down to;!
ones of my time, but that young fel- the fact` that ''e's one. of the very' fow...
ler knocks -spots off the 'ole bilin' 'genuine' jappy fellers .`that's knockin''
lot.nouomethin nand does bto h an oath. Some People might
He knows
something p youout df trou-
ble--the
rou a g and t inclined to ire dhoti#
ble-the same as one of those Oar- ed if 1. summed, 'is; character tip hy;
ious days in Switzerland when the 'Saying there's a bit of Christ about'',
colour and cleadness make it all, far 'im. In other words 'e.'s a gentleman,
too good to .be true. He 'as imagina- which is pretty much" the Sews,"
tion and he is imagination, and he. . • (Continued Next Week)
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