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The Huron Expositor, 1946-06-28, Page 7It 4 4 • • • • • • • ,, • , 1'11' .I1•1.11'1 liala111.48641:S11,11. • r. E. TEMPLE THURSTON , ' • (COnnfillied from last week) ' "I.didn't. want ye to be •frettin' year- self,n. said sile. "I knew ye'd be in for it when 1 heard the ,baod start up." "You .heard it begin and you never told me? ,You let me. sit here for another five minutes or more?" "I did," said she. "Well, why did you do that?" • "To get back on her for what she said about Pat. Shure, the poor Child couldn'A 'help the way her. dress was. Didn't she have ,to make it herself, without the help of a finger from one of them' ..." He laughed at her honest spirit of revenge.' "You 'seem to know 'a lot about 'Pat," said he, and keptthe meaning out of his voice as well as he could. "1 do," said she quickly—"shure, know her as well as anyone is here toniglitn • But it was evident he had taken some fright at his words,. for she was quick to ask him had he peen Patricia yet. • He confessed, with an assumption of disappointment that evidently con- vinced" her, he had not;' for her cour- age rose again, and She sat there "D'ye think yell recognize her?" she asked presently, "when ye'd be .secin' her again?" "I'm sure I should," he declared. She laughed still more at that tell- ing him it must have been a deep im- pression the child had made on hire. when• she called out on that Strad - batty toad for him to be a man.- What spirit of adrventure it was came into the mind of Charles Stu- art then, he -could not have said. There was a high 'boulder before him in the mountain race, and, whetheror no.it were ,out, of the ,path.whien he pursued, almost before he knew the thing he did, he had. leapt and land- ed there. . "It was a deep impression," said he; "I don't think I shall ever forget It. •It's" tunny of me, I know,. to be talking like this to you, for, after all, we're strangers." Why, I don't even * LEGAL. McCONNELI4 -& HAYS barristers, Solicitors, Ete. Patrick D. McConnell - IL Glenn Hays • SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. SEAFORTH ,- ONTARIO Phone 173, Seaforth. MEDICAL SEAFORTII CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Physician PR. P. J.- BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office hours daily, except Wednes- day: 1.30-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Appointenents for consultation may 'be made in advance. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and 'Surgeon IN DR. g. H. ROSS' OFI!ICE Phones: Office 5-W R68. 5-J Seaforth. MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon 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, Moorefield's Eye. and Golden Square Throat Hos- pital, London, Ehg. At COMMERCIAL nIOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.to. to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic that Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Phyalciah and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensall 4068x52 'DR. F. H. SCHERK Piayalcian and Surgeon Phone n6 • Hensel' :AUCTIONEERS HAROLD., JACKSON Specialist In Farm and Household Sales.' Liceneed in Huron and Perth Men- tes. Prices reasonable; patisfaction guaranteed. • For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON,. 14 on ,niine $nEn teeth; R.R. Seafortli; - —e• • know your natne! Even Mr. McNa- mara didn't know it when he intro- duced us, but somehow or other I feel j can tell you things." • I He was more in earnest,without knowing it, though part it was in a sudden sense of jest, to pay her out for the trick she had played on him. And she' sat there listening —• sat there in her home-made- frock, with her heart ..quite still and her mind creeping back to those moments by the stream that tumbles down from the hill of Croughan. For something there was in that 'moment then), mak- ing an echo to these dreams ,Of tiers —the butterflies in. the mind.of a girl that take their„eweetnees from aesud- den thought and sometimes touch the 'bitterness as well. • "Tell me, what things," she asked him under her breath. . And now he caught the fear. from her, and felt his feet weriae, slipping fromthe rock. "Oh, all—all sorts of things," said he, an effort far too late to save him- self; for as he glanced. across the darkness darkness at her there,'and thought of the fate in store for her, he slipped from that foothold and he fell. There was the water high about his throat, and he was deep in love. •VII A TAILPIECE It would be hard to tell in any fairy tale by whom • the prince is made aware of that princess suffe,ring un- der the sorcerer's spell. He sets out upon his adventures, knowing little of East from West, so long as one or the other of them brings 'him into the heart of life. There is no certain' goal he makes for, no definite treasure he seeks., For life and the hot breath Of it is all he asks. The whole world' is full of princesses imprisoned in some fatal shaVe-a sorcerer's spell has cast upon them, but lie goes forth with -no conscious purpose to set a single one of them. free. , There. are princesses turned into swans, into timid deer; there are prin- cesses bemoaning -their lot in the vile shape df toads and reptiles that crawl upon the earth, needing only that ring of his all -conquering sword and the fearless courage of his eye to trans- form them into the gentle beauty of themselves. How many thousands if princesses there are needing only the love out of the heart of a prince to bring the revelation of their beauty, he knows, full well. Still, it is neither treasure nor princess •he seeks that day he sets out from his father's king- dom. Yet 'through the stiess of flames in that furnace of -life, without ...one to guide his footsteps to her side,'surely he comes upon some princess in her plight. That is the ultimate direction in all fairy tales; that is the ultimate direction in all journeys under the sun. Breaking away from the bondage•of his father's control, Charles Stuart had. gone to the uttermost endsof the earth in search of the adventure -of life, and only. when coming back to the very threshold of his father's door again had he found that for which all princes make their voyage of discov- ery; only then had he found the prin- cess, almost in the very moment of closing her eyes in the endless sleep of her enchantment. -For this is the greatest adventure of all. A man may fight and a man may kill; he may journey into the -wild stretches of unknbwn contin- ents, beating bis way through nature to some littleer some glorious end, but that hour when he falls in love is greater than a hundred 'years of danger. Not only does the heart beat quicker then,..the pulse dilate, and all the energies in his veins swell like the sap that rises in the budding tree but then it is he stretches beyond the reach of the vigorous power of his at% and touches in an tcstasy he will never 'know again the 'fringe, of the very garments of God. w. ()intim, ,DEN;PIE0,- ONt Litenis0,4„Aucti0000,1.! Pure bred Salear:nlito tarMeek and IMpleinotital. fo-0 44r.iL !cent., Charge. biititifilidtioit ai'Riittl. 'or lietnenneent..nnnenien•SKnOtantttOn, At, ttly • eiPetae. • • • r AN AFFAIR WITH MRS. SLATTERY On that evening when their little party had started for Stradbally and the two remaining occupants of Wa- ternarn had nacb lent a hand to the shutting of the hall -door, Mrs. Slat- tery went back again to her kitchen and John Desmond to the solitude of his dining -room, like an'old hound to his kennel after .the huntsmen have left the stable -yard. e, With her pots arid ber saucepans over the kitchen fire,. performing those duties which earn np thanks yet must nevertheless 'be done, the good woman was fretting her heart to think of him there alone, robbed of the Company of his Patricia. "Shure, I'd go and talk wid hiro•nae-, self," said she: in the habit of most women who speak their thoughts aloud when they can be as ungram- matical as they like and stand In no prospect of, heedless interruption— 'I'd go and talk wad him meself, if a' be I thought I could say anvil:lig tc him at all. But what could an olJ cook in a kitchen be sayire to a gin- tleman like himself, an' she talkin' of the bit df pig' cheek boiled 'wild Cabbage be might be puttin' in his stomach for tomorrow's dinner?" Nevertheless she went fimidly to the dining -room, With the ostensible purpose of pulling the curtains es it fell dark, though expressly with the intention in.her mind of seeing what Way he was passing the time oe his hands.' ••,• He had lit the fire, though it was in the wane ofApril, and stretched out it bis armchair before it, was eittitin there. etneing into the ;flames, While open ,and discarded On the table beside' him) lay a conk ot Moore's "Walt Melodies.", Thengh e could not haye distnie neighed the differenee -betweerk;a Bible and a cookery book, it was this: ioalisie Abe guessed it rtmathe, lle er. had she,Ithmilk hitototm.road ,any, other, 'and on thia, when the deep. • est bitternea was upon his. soul. In the worst, phase of these elepres- sloes, if there were anyone by he wouldread out the book alpud, with no variety in his intonations, but like a child, having learnt the thing by heart. Mrs. Slattery saw the volume on the table and made no comment. In silence she, pulled the curtainsin silence she was about to leave. the room, when his hand stretched out for the book- lying open on the table and she drew her breath in a heavy sigh. "This fella," said he, turning over the piges—"this fella was the divvle of a wan for snatchin' up a 'song. 'Twas himself could make a po'm on a bit of a straw stickin' out of a theta so long as it was 111 this God- forsaken country."' Having found the page he wanted, he turhed to her then, putting' the question he invariably asked her on these sorry occasions: • "Mrs. Slattery, did ye ever read these things at all?" - "I did . not," said she, as was her custom too; for she could read no word in any forra, and well, he knew it, though it never seemed to occur to bis mind at such a time. • "Well, ye ought to," said he, "'twill improve yeer mind, •and it's make ye as miserable as ye could ever want to be i,n yeer life. Just take a listen to this: "Ohl think not my spirits are always as light And as free from a pang as they seem to ye now, Nor expect that the heart -beaming smile of to -night Will return with to-morr* to brighten "SmInlYre4,mwg144 be to God," he went' on, looking up •when he bad read so far, "wouldn't it make *ye feel as if ye were' welkin' through a graveyard to a. weddin' and ye readin' that? And 'tis good stuff, mind ye. Shure, 'tis the Very words I'd write meself if I was a po'et, which thanks be to God I'm not. Shure, I could read ye lash- in's of the same sort of it out of this very book." However, part of -one stance appar ently was enough for her. The sym- pathetic' creature went out of the room without waiting, to hear more. She knew what would do him more good than all the melodies in • the whole of Ireland, and straightway she proceeded to the kitchenAto get it. • For ten whole years John Desmond had kept his pledge with Father Casey and though Mrs. Slattery knew noth- ing of his bnrgain.with the Lord Gd, a thousand times she had rejoiced in the silence of her heart when she ob- served the temperance that had come over him. Never since• that night when she had dropped the tray of whisky on the floor had she attempt- ed to set the temptation before him again, Something, she knew, and of a serious nature, must have persuad- ed him to this total abstinence; more- over, in fear that explanation might cause him -to think folly of his ways, she had never inquired what it was. But ten • years w -a. -s -a, lifetime, and surely she persuaded herself, the weakness must- have gone from him then. In any case the thought of him sitting there alone and reading those verses to himself was more than_ that large heart in her ample bosom could bear to contemplate. In ten' minutes -she was back at tbe dining -room door, with the punch bowl .arid ladle, the lemon. and whisky all heaped up on tlfe tray in her hands.„' . As she appeared in the doorway with a look saying,.as plain upon her face, "Shure, I know what ye want," the eyes of John Desmond lifted from the flames 'of the fire and rested on the burden in her hands. She Was abotrrtO-pulthe tray down upon the table when the expression on his face arrested the, slightest movement in her body. Never in all his rages—and they' had been many —had -he ever struck her in his life; but she made sure he was about to do it then,' and in the sudden knowl- edge of the -temptation it' still was in his mind, she would have -suffered the blow without a word. "Did I ring the bell?" said he, and in a voice that travelled through her veins in a sickening vibration 0! fear. "Ye did not," said she, trembling. "Then what have ye got tiTge?" be demanded—"and ye hoidin' it as if it were a bottle of baby's milk. neya want to be thrown out of this house for tamperin' with the drink!" cried lie. "For 'tis goin' the right way ye are to get it. D'ye want me to give ye a month's wages before they're duennehicn is a thing I never did to any servant in me life?", "I do not," she whispered. "Then take that stuff," said he, "and niver let mnsee it inside the walls of this room again," Without so much as resting the tray on the corner of the table, she turned and went out of the 'open noor; and not until she had set it down again in the kitchen did she give way to the agony of her shame and disap- pointment ' "Niver in all me life!" were the first coherent words she spoke, and all the rest of the thousand things she saidewere lost in the violent pas- , sion of her sobbing. Some drastic issue was bound to come out of this, for when once a wo- man starts crying because ;she can- not help it—and that is not so very' often the case—tears seem to accumu- late as much as to flow, By the time she has worked ‘ herself into a temp - eat of pattelOtiate revolt, the •flood- gates of restraint are' burst with the - weight of tfiat reservoir of tears, and •she• is beating •at the gates of Plaice in her hunger to be avenged. In ten. Minutes, Mrs. Slattery wan tea again at -.-the dining•room doot, tho tears still wet in. a .broad #1u4ge on her 'cheeks and her:notice ,teafly on the tin of her tongte, • 411aveti'Ll been in this barrack of 4 " • • , „• „ w9400k .tote,,,to'tbe , cit of WO*Ii;k: said be, ud 1 thet over lietbeny frorn oollIwPryktg;t041#4;rewb;leds.taiitel;144: be 410,;°' Yv.f01414,1±;01740311: Mtn Des, mond ahea. K.00: 10,001,d, but was ener lentnat state "Mind towards when hatred andlove are no -es than one and the ague emotion.• Nev- •ertheless she stond there, slightly Winging the dOot ihaekwards and Mr - wards, like sOmelPline best lashing its tail and, foe Ihe moment, PnWer- , less thher mage' to speak. "When ye've done swinginthat doer," said he, `0,0 way I can e1 the the circulatithi of a 'draught round me feet would drive me mad in five min- utes, will ye get 'back to yeer work and keep yeer t e per for the kitchen range till I can i•ird to buy ye a new one!' nei more stroke or strive of work in this houliel" he cried out with the finding of ber tongue. -"And 'tis not takin'„notiee I am afther all these years, but givin' it, the way ye needn't put yeer hand in yeer pocket for a shillin' or a pinny piece itself." John Desmond looked at her with a twinkle, and more than a twinkle, in his eyes': This was the spirit that inade good stock and would have bred him 'better sons than that in the gen- tle creature who had left behind her the witless Timothy and the sluggard John. He turned in no bitterness to his memory of her then and made the inevitable comparison a man Would Make when his •days are passing and life for him) is greatly compaSsed the youth' of others. • I .,, - • -0) • 491:040,.'4..044,0itid 00.6164 1744.40*-49.041",0a,,S10 itliej0; Art FortPof t0.0,,by*, a04 MI!.,,•01.4-)Kr$,:-.44-10440.0; -4.0f0;044,• of Eeter,, 'Pena' .Stay MOD*. with Mr. andirsi;00,':Fr.00I40i"8i01*r. The severe •Witui ent$ tb.1140.0t,..0F,4 wi Sunday and MondaY.Ellt late OVIro OM when Wine linebe axe:1'000e Were, blown. down on the wire. -14 ' Nit Cil Mrs. Arnold Ste hen; ... 14.410 Atly_4, _Ark`, are. mite tives .bere. They intend to live in Canada when they find a place ant - able. . As a man, seeing broadly, in .the dispassioniate autumn of his life, when the budsfiave long broken and the leaves have had their day, there Was something in the soul of that corpu- lent creatdre as she flung her thirty years of service at his feet, asking in her pride for no recognition of a sin- gle hour, _and all because he had flouted her wish to minister to his comfort—there was something in her, then, he saw, which would have brought credit to the name of Des- mond. He knew no less that had he youth again he would have chosen no other than he did. -`"Ye're, a damn- fool!" said be, and having no, need for manners, he spat in the fire to put an end to the mat- ter. "Then that's the last of ut!" she cried, .and- would keep her dignity whatever else she lost. "As far as I' am concerned, it is," said he. "When are ye goin'?" "I'll not rest .me head here this night," he declared. "Then where will ye rest it?" (Continued Next Week) USBORNE • Council Meets The municipal council of the Town- ship of Usborne met in the township hall ,in regular session on Saturday, June "8,' at 1 o'clock p.m,' All mem- bers were present with the exception of Councillor Tuckey. Reeve Berry -presided.' Minutes of the, regular meeting of May; 11 and special meet- ing of May 27, were 'adopted as printed on motion. by Brock And Dun- can. The following correspondence was dealt with:. Renewal certificate ef the collector's fidelity bond, with the General Accident Assurance Com- pany, at an annual premium of $22.50, accepted on motion by Ellerington and Brock. .From a general meeting of S:S. No. 2; asking that this school section be excused from entering the Township School' Area and also ask -t ing that no school bus service for high school pupils ,be made available 'to pupils from thinnenction. Council decided that an opinion should be ne- cured. from the Department of Edu- cation as to proper procedure in al- lowing this Section to withdraw from the Township School Ateean Depart- ment of Municipal Affaers, summary of legislation; J H. Kinkead, Secre- tary of Consultative Committee for High ,School Distriets, acknowledging receipt of the forms from Usborne Township, requesting inclusion in Exeter High School district; filed. Association -of Assessing Officers, pro- gram for convection June 10, 11 and 12 in Toronto. Frank Hudson, Clerk of Biddulph Township, enclosing a resolution from Biddulph council, ask- ing that that portion of Union S.S. No. 12 (Whalen), which lies in Bid- dulph Township' be included in the newly -formed Township School Area of -Usborne. - A claim from Wm. Dickey for hens destroyed by a dog, was disallowed because'the amount in dispute was less than the minim= 50 pounds, .14,gr,c0 " PA,. 0.0040:•!t''' 0;;VM4150:," 000ted Lt$ »V praetsin'Ot:49.141 .021-0,74441.1001tig;,•,,,, *itb,,-,rp41 7 beU, raees.anen 1r i' :•'nen • T4e: Parig. :s.:130.gt.A 0.1,-LATi',201,4 *g* _soon brolp .Q.Ut not - aider -Wenn tftt7f0.3.311P;410.#0144:, Penni Ennen, FraillenKainnn'n enninn. Huree. "Windeate" ineneineil )Cuteheen;a.N4irtblnereni, #.1ennennibinin to the tune, en $4; and, itit40403 bvn for the interrupting call to the tables it's hard Co SO what that score might have been. After supper the" races got under Way. Two little ladies, Lucille White and aandra MeKellat, fought it out for top honors ia the rake for all un- der five years old. Lucille won. The boys, eight and under, ran a hard race, Paul McOutcheon winning, but with Leland ,White and Philiti-• Jack- son right on his heels. Vaprig-gnnter won; the ^raee ,for girls 12- and under, thut Gay Lowndes and Joanne Roils - way were close behind. Boys 12 years and under were nobly represented by Bernard O'Keefe, who won the race, and Ernest Carter, who gave 'Bernard a run for his money. Robert McKen- zie was the thirst across the tape among- the 'boys 16 and untier.,Annald but it was moved by .Ellerington ad Duncanthat Mr. Dickey be paid the •bounty of $5.00, provided for by town- ship by-law for ehootieg a dog found destroying the poultry. Carried, ' A discussion took place re the re- cent improvements made to the grounds of the Exeter Agricultural So- ciety. Moven by' Brock. and Duncan: That this, township pay. the Exeter Agricultural ,Soniety. a special grant on this account of 8500.00. Carried. Moved by Dunean and Brock: That the regular grants to the Kirkton .and Exeter Agricultural Societiee, this year be $60.00 no each society. Car- ried. Re bridge between lots .15 and 16, concession 13, on Exeter side - road, in need of repairs: Moved by Duncan .and Elleringtten that ,neces- sary temporary repairs be made now and that the road superintendent se- cure snecincations from an engineer with 'a view to rebuilding the bridge next year. Carried. ..... Bine and accounts, including the road voucher for the amount of $156.17; -Were- .approved and ordered paid"' Council adjourned to meet again in regular session on Snturiday, July 15, .at 2.^-o'clock-p11:1.A..e'in Mor- gan, 'Clerk. iiiad;;ztlict:44itr. ctt''''01:1,:n,:a: 0:*P.;P:441:9#,•: a at Yg, t'1 11tii..4, gii , )r- •,• 0 -of WM, i.,i,".., ":' ;J:' " '', '1!'•"N':,67*,!,,A The 4,10veltY 40$0.t ye tar MI.e• P.rfir1140.111. c4;e411;',.':Wenc,&4.,Ji0t... ,:tstll.:1:411,1;ift54:::::/49118;n:tellifitit:itor.'14::::0:1:i,ww4 ix. al‘n thic6.1C'El4ed4lilla''r411.wcitnar:t4tthe7.,1111,,,,01!'0,eia.,,,,, Me contest 4, f., Ytt gettilig., first .-111,46in 7, -.:0004:10;;:*.0 The"nr w for prizes *04 gall *17' b.23'. *inIlii* the 001aeg-".0.400:..00140t.... 4authyeloe,:iretaliieingds- tww.eevoreehl:*.stoa s,...i.tev.,:,:sa. 400714ALIILA,04,:: jawyaiyon.' sa;liad 'ndfMr.isr.Hic4.,44416,34 nxzv/40, ax.vlohke., • ens were able to Ming homethe nee- on—or iathnr the ham. .. : ' The picnic is. over for •anOtineennear but the Huron.Old Boys' Assocnition,, ." of Toronto wilmeet noguinren iMtin another picnic ' time 'lone' areiniti. Huronites love pienide nen,it is ;ng' • nificant that it teen eioneeneinneati , catastrophic as the ienn to liring a temporary lull in thelr picnicking activities. WHIN !JS TORONTO: Allske Twit, Him* 11, Notets antrirg LOCATE) ea Wide SPADINA. AVE: . c.111. Siroe. .,RATES, smote $1.so.-$.1.50• " Double $2-50- $7.00 Write for Folder We Advise Early Reservation A WHOI.E Drs SIGHT-SEEING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AL NC-POWEII, • JOHNNY USED TO HAVE FUN blowing dandelions, but the pay-off came later when he had to dig out Mr. Whiskers' offspring from the lawn. Now, thanks to C -I -L and chemistry, he has his Am without work. His dad simply eliminates the new dandelions with a new hormone spray called "Herbate" 2, 4-D. • YE S, DANDELIONS, plantain and many other weeds can bemade to disappear, leaving the grass to take over umnolested. "Herbate" is one of the newest of new chemical products that make life more enjoyable; ; ; for grown-ups as well as small boys: • greilING CANADIA:-N-S, 11',It 0,0 .C.At I 1 1 • Man-made briitiesr.Saifing meat on the hoof ..:Weatherproof - duds .; . Better fruit... Here's a new brush that looks something like a ques- tion mark. But there's no question about it—its nylon brisdes will outwear by many times the bristle of the Chin- ese Bog. This particular brush is for cleaning coffee makers. It is only one of hundreds of new -type nylon brushes now coming on the • market. ' • ^ "All that they want" is the modern farmer's principle • when it comes to providing salt for his livestiocic. With salt blocks or salt-boiesia stables, fields and pastdres, animals now help them- selves, free choice, and grow faster, sturdier because of it. It's just another of the ad- vances in animal nutrition that mark our times. Durable water repellents that won't come out in wash- ing or dry cleaning will soon be common in many outer garments. Not only will these give protection against showers, but clothes won't spot as easily. These prod- ucts, such as "Velan" from England and "Zelan" from the United States, are be- coming well known to the people who are making tex- tiles for your new clothes. " • /1 j 1 ,Fruit that fails prematurity ideates waste to the orchard. ist. But:chemistry knows. - way tokeepiruiton .1 untities ready to .ben nnffinetininOPPinn#Pnfr '0•Inientritinn.naninnhnitinin' •.enantin .,sttra th;0,00.14 ' !`W.10dtal1;?. •***" '00040,fetilt 411411110:' r•