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Durham Chronicle (1867), 26 Sep 1912, p. 6

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Russel Snow, K.C..i of Toronto, is credited with a scheme to form a legal firm, the name of which will read like a weather bulletin. “I was saying the other day,” he declared, “that I should go into artnership with W. E. Raney and ames Hales, and then we could get brother Frost to go in with us. Raney, Snow, Hales and Frost. If you can get any other elements together. I w VII-‘- --â€" ‘ Toronto World. WE HAVE THEM 3" in. 37 in (1“ in in. wide. :4 H 1.00 1,00 7:30 . pair About her was dense (1 she dare not explore the surroundings. ‘ *‘- -‘-- ah whnt '“u 0“" VIII-Ive- V v- -â€"- of what was transpiring without. { e darkness, andg dings. ' certainty tried her If some one should venture out that , way how could she excuse her pres- l ence or explain her purpose? Shel found herself trembling in every limb from nervous fear, startled by every 1 . strange sound. Would the man never 3 ’come? Surely Christie herself must be ready to depart by this time. Almost prepared to flee before the terrors thus conjured up within her mind, they left her as if by magic the moment her straining eyes distin- guished the approach of a dim figure without. She could not tell who it t was the unmistakable form of a man, and that he was whis- to himself. It might not tllng 'softTy prove to Le fhe gambler, but she must accept the <~‘.,-;-.fice, for flesh and blood .could stand ‘he strain of waiting no ' longer. Yet she was not consuicus of fear, only or exultation, as she s “-“‘J nnr in forth into the open, her circulating treely in he the slight creak of the c' saw her, his whistle cea lifted. Instantly she re! as Hawley, her heart lea excitement of encounter. “Why, hulfo, Christi miliarly, ”I thought I expected a ten minutee out as soon as you left 'UU Dllbuu \.-uâ€"-- _ saw her, his whistle ceasing, his hat lifted. Instantly she recognized him as Hawley, her heart. leaping with the ‘ excitement of encounter. “Why, hulfo, Christie," he said fa- miliarly, “I thought I was early, and expected a ten minutes’ wait. I came out as soon as you left the stage.” “Oh, I can dress in a jiffy when there is an; cause for hurry,” Hope responded, permitting herself to drift under his guidance. “Are you disap- pointed? Would you prefer to com- mune with nature ?” “Well, I should say not,” drawn her hand through his arm, and then patting it with his own. “I have seen about all I care to of nature, but not of Chrlstle Maclalre.” “You may learn to feel the same ,” Hope answered, afraid to encourage the man, yet eagerly tearful lest she fall to play her part night, a, d _.A_ .’ ‘Alflnh.“0 “Not the slightest danger,‘ lightly, and pressing her closely against hls body. must confess you exhlbltad per when I was late tonlg ‘ AAA-‘l _ “Did I not have occsswn w: A woman should neva' be kept waiting, especially if her engagement be im- perative.” “Oh, I am not finding any fault, you little spit-fire. I like you all the bet- ter because you fight. But the trou- ble was, Christie. you simply jumped on me without even asking how it oc- curred. You took it for granted I was late on purpose to spite you.” “Well, weren’t you?” and the girl glanced inquiringly up into his face. -1 LL. nI‘nv .nfn 1““ v“ "‘l'"â€" _ “Well, weren’t you?” and the girl glanced inquiringly up into his face. as they passed out of the alley into the light of the Trocadero's windows. “You certainly acted that way." ”No, I did not; but you wouldn't listen, and besides I had no time then to explain. There's a lot happened this afternoon I want to tell you about. Will you give me time to talk with you ?” h ‘ k - -" AL 5kg .m: wuuu JV... “Why. of course,” surprised st question, yet full of eagerness. “‘ should you ask that?” one end touthe other. That is one way in which Keith got onto our dealâ€"he had a room next to Willoughby and Scott, and overheard them talking. I’m not going to take any more tohancess. Will you go to 'Sheeny Joe’s’ with me?" She drew back from him. “ ‘Sheeny Joe’s?’ You mean the sa- "Sure; what’s the use of being so l. squeamish? You sing and dance to a. ‘1 saloon crowd, don’t you? Oh, I know -YOu’ro a good girl, Christie. and all i‘ that. I’m not ranking you-‘with these . fly-by-nights around here. But there’s ~ no reason that I can see why you should shy so at a saloon. Besides. you won’t see any one. Joe has got “Because I want you Bluuu mu..- no one can overhear a syllable. I’m afraid of that damned hotel. You never know who is in the next room, and the slightest whisper travels from “Oh,' I iould rather not,” Hope tal- tered. bewildered by this unexpected request, already half- tempted to break away and run. ‘Really I--I don’t want to go there.’ Hawley was evidently surprise at this refusal, naturally supposing from her lire that Miss Maclaire’ s scrnpies would be easily overcome. This ob- stinacy of the girl aroused his armor. “You women beat the de ,.” he (Copvfllht. CHAPTER XXIX- should say not," drawing nough his arm, and then ith his own. “I have seen care to of nature, but not lightest danger,” laughing pressing her arm more st his body. “Although I . you exhibitad some tem- was late tonight." .t have occasion to? A 1d never be kept waiting, want you alone where tier blood again [1 her veins. At A. G. lcClurg C0,. 1910.) "V"â€" â€"w -vâ€"~ “Yes, I would," catching desperately { at the straw. “I'm not afraid of you; i I’m not blaming you at all, only 1â€"1 p 5 don’t want to go to ‘Sheeny Joe’s.’ " 1 He looked at her, puzzled at her at- ! tltude, and yet- somewhat reassured by . her expression of confidence. 0h, 5 well, what was the difference? It . might be better to let her have her i own way, and the change would not i materially interfere with his plans. ejaculated, grumy, “pretending Io damn particular. Maybe rather stand out there on the and talk?” with a sweep of hi around the horizon. .111. “All right. Christie,” his voice re- gaining its pleasant tone. have your way this time. “You shall There is to quarrel too much at stake for over this.” or exhibit the least reluctance, she clung to his arm, and permitted him to lead her to the right down a dark passage and out into the open land be- yond. He had to feel his way care- fully, and scarcely spoke, yet pro- ceeded as though the passage was reasonably familiar and he had some definite poiz‘t in View. She answered In monosyliahles, now thoroughly re- Mad With Terror, She Pulled the Trigger. gretiul of having permitted herself to drift into this pcsiticn, yet not in the least knowing how to extricate herself. Hawley took everything for granted. her very silence convincing him of her acquiescence. With throbbing putse, Hope felt the small revolver hidden within her dress, undoing a button so that, in emergency, she might grasp it more quickly. Hawley felt the move- ment. the trembling of her arm. I L. “cu ‘. U“ uv VI vmâ€"â€"vw_v “You are afraid, just the same,” be said. pressing her to him lover-like “Darkness always gets on a woman's nerves.” ,,A “Yes. that and loneliness,” resent- ing his familiarity. “Do we need to so any farther? Surely, we are alone “Only a few steps; the ravine yonder, and we can sit down on rocks. I want to smoke, and we will be entirely out of sight there." He helped her down the rather sharp declivity until-both were that‘- oughly concealed below the prairie level. Feeling about with his hands he found the surface of a smooth rock. and seated her upon it. Then a match flared, casting an instant's gleam across his face as he lighted his ciga'r. Blacker than ever the night shut down about them, and he groped for a seat beside her. She could perceive Just one star peering through a rift of cloud, and in her nostrils was the pungent odor of tobacco. With a little shiver of disgust she drew slightly ‘ away from him, dreading what was to come. One thing alone she felt was in her favorâ€"~However familiar Haw- ley attempted to be, he was evidently not yet sufficiently sure of Miss Mae laire to become entirely offensive. She might not have frowned at his love- making, but apparently he had not yet progressed sufficiently far in her good graces to venture to extremes. Hope pressed her lips together, de- termined to resist any further ap-‘ proach of the man. However, his earliest words were a relief. ruv earliest words were a relief. “I reckon, Christie,” he said slowly, between puffs on his cigar, the lighted end of which faintly illnmined his face “you’ve got the idea I have brought. you out here to make love.‘ Lord knows I’d like to well enough, but just now there’s more important matters on hand. Fact is, my girl, we’re up against a little back-set. and have got to make a shift in our plans â€"-â€"a mighty quick shift, too,” he added. almost savagely. “Iâ€"I don’t think I understand." “No, of course, you don't. You im- agine all we’ve got to do in a matter ofthiskindiltoltopintpthenem ‘ " 7â€"- ._ m- 33m .35 any the money. ,u'lar'. Maybe you'd there on the prairie . sweep of his hand W. tttowudd ° be“ “Yes.” ht want on, ”parantly ft' . . A man who [trauma]: WMMmmm wilt lulled with her.exclamatlon (”Idea-act dipthbbodwiflmhdthuhiahhodhasmmk coumIthahcsdead.orHml-. aadthathiswbolsbodyht-orooadyandlaauwynour- ' blood proctwlthonthan-notthewayold andthmw thapohoaslromthehody.aothin¢i.¢.wmyaanhas .P Golda: ' out. 1 Walt. prod.“ to fight your claimâ€" ' and .0 um got to hunt for a substi- tute. I!) you happen to know any old man about the right age who would make Milt for you? She probably wouldn’t have to so on the stand at all. Walt. will cave in as soon as he knows we've got the evidence.” He “M for an answer. but she hardly knew what to say. Then she ro- membered that Kelth insisted that Miss Maclaire had no conception that there was any fraud in her claim. 1 “My husband was a suflercr from stomach trouble M in are blood" writes Mas. Jams H. Mums. of Frank- ! a. fie had a some on his face that would tom 3 scab would dry and drop 0!! in about a month. then anotha' would immediately form. It continued this wa for a lo time. He tried every remedy that an one won an t t found no relief. He then tried . Mom‘s Goigen Medical Discovery which completely cured him. He hasstaedcurednowior two ears.and th valna 0 medicine for lmpurltle’s of the uohdwmmnd in Dr. Pm’ 'sl’lcasct Polka regulate and’ ' stomachdivcrandbowcll. www.mfimm .11, Walt. will cave in as soon no“ v.".- (at the evidence." will Hhâ€"Vdud {or an answer, but sh. hardly kne'w what to 83!. Then she to- membered that Keith insisted um Miss Maclaire had no conception that there was any fraud in her claim. 1 “No. I know no one. But what do you mean? I thought everything was straight? That there was no questia about my right to inherit?” “Well. there isn't, Christie." pulling fiercely on his cigar. “But the courts are particular; they have got to have the whole thing in black and white. I thought all along I could settle the en- tire matter with Waite outside, but the old tool won't listen to reason. I saw him twice to-day." “Twice?" surprise wrung the word from her. “Yes; thought I had got him on on a false scent and out of the way, the a had penny. What's worse, he's evi- dently stumbled on to a. bit of legal information which makes it safer for us to disappear until we can get. the links of our chain forged. He's taken the case into court already, and the sheriff is here tryin’ to find me so as to serve the papers. I’ve got to skip out, and so've you." 18 “I?" rising to her feet. indignanuy. “What have I done to be frightened over?" He laughed. but not pleasantly. “Oh. hell. Christie, can't you unden stand? Old Waite is after you the same way he is me. It'll knock cur whole case if he can get you into court be'ore our evidence is ready. All you know is what I have told you -â€"-that’s stzaizht enoughâ€"but we‘ve go-t to have proof. I can gm it in a month, rm nus got hold of something which give him a levrrzzge. I don’t] know V'ha‘ 3‘ is-«rnaybe it’s just a‘ bluffâ€"â€"l:ut he charge is conspiracy. and he's 31‘ warrants out. There is . nothing ‘5 1.; to do but skin " “15m ray 0 .' '1195; my engagement?" she urged. nl‘ing the insistent emu- esmess of ”1" man. and spari'zng',‘ ;or delay. "W I cannot go. Revues. if the shei is, hunting us, the trains will he mt‘ ' lit (1." “Do you .~1;m)ose 1 am 1001 Bi'Ulgu to risk the trains?" he exclaimed; roughly, p7 It‘sy losing patience. “Not much; hozs; and the open plains tor us. and a gmd night the start of them. They will ~earch for me first, and you’ll never be missed until you fail to show up at the Troadero. Never mind the ciothes; they can be sent after us." “To-night!" she cried, a the immediate danger, 31 her feet. “You urge me you toâ€"night,?â€"now ?" “Sure. dBn‘t be foolish and kick up a row. The horses are here waiting just around the end of the ravine." Juw‘v "-VWâ€"r ,. She pressed her hands to her breast. shrinking away from him. “No! No! I will not go!" she de- clared, indignantiy. “Keep back! Hawley must have expected the re- sistance, for with a single movement he grasped her even as she turned to fly, pinning her arms helplessly to her side. holding her as in a vise. l L- Don't touch me! “.Oh but you will, my beauty," no growled. “I thought you might not up and I'm ready. Do you think I am‘ fool enough to leave you here alone to‘ be pumped dry? It la a big stake l'm playing after, girl, and I am not going to lose it through the whims of a woman. If you won't go pleasantly. then you’ll go by force. Keep still, you tlgress! Do you want me to choke you?” 1' She struggled to break loose. twist» ing and turning, but the eflort was. Suddenly he whistled sharp- ly. There was the sound of feet scrambling down the path. and the frightened woman perceived the dim outlines of several approaching men. She gave one scream. and Haw- loy released his grip on her arms to grasp her throat. ’ ‘L. â€"‘--n\"\“ha 6-wr â€"â€"â€" ,, She jerked away, half-stumbling backward over e rock. The revolver. carried concealed in her dress, was in her hand. Mad with terror, scarcely knowing what she did. she pulled me trigger. In the flash she saw one u -‘ u.“ Ar\|.vn nuv 'V -uo trigger. In the flash she saw one man throw up his hands and go down. The next instant the others were upon In Christie’s Room. Keith swept his glance up and down the street without results. Surely‘ Hawley and his companion could not have disappeared so suddenly. They had turned to the right, he was ce!‘ taln as to that. and he pushed through the crowd of men around the theater entrance, and hastened to overtake them. He 'found nothing to overwke â€"â€"nowhere along that stretch of street, illumined by window lights, was t. â€"â€" _-Ib§n- lllUlllluVu v.1 vv .qu my sign of a man and woman walking together. He stopped. bewildered, staring hllndly about, falling utterly to comprehend this mysterlous vanishing. What could it mean? What. had hap- pened? How could they have disap- peared so completely during that sin- gle moment he had waited to speak to Fairbaln? The man's heart beat like a trip-hammer with apprehension. I t6 her feet, indignantly. I done to be frightened CHAPTER xxx. pose I am fool ex‘orgn rains?" he exclaimed, she cried. awakening to . danger. and rising to '0’ t6 fly with beauty." he 33‘ How The Body Kills Gays. A A ‘n-A. twist»- preposterous, and yet, With no nth‘ri supposition‘possible, he entered ti <2 1:3 ’ one after the other in hasty seawn. questioning the inmates sharply, (m‘y to find himself totally hafi‘ledâ€"-Hmv3~y and H090 had vanished as tlzor‘uzh swallowed by the earth He explored dark passage-ways L-e-tmvw. tho» suit- tered buildings, t‘l;'.1‘.":.-"IW; uh‘t recklessly, but came in ‘ . s1" pt again without rev.“ r 7 Could they hrv , er side, in the (' thus reached t“ , than it seemed to him possible? There jwas barely a chance that this could be true, and yet Keith grasped at'it desperately, cursing himself for hav- ing wasted time. Five minutes later. breathless, almost speechless with anxiety. he startled the clerk. “Has Miss Waite come in? Miss 1.1mm “Has Mis Hope Waite “Blamed if I know." retortea me other, indifferently. “Can‘t. for thc‘ life of me te;1 those two females apart. One of them passed through 'bout ten minutes ago. Doc Fairbain was with her. Another party just went up stairs hunting Miss Maclatre, and as they haven’t come down. I reckon It must have been herâ€"anything wrong 1" -- . AI__ ..“vhn UV “I'm not sure yet," snoruy. n was this other person?” “Old fel'ow with white hair and whiskersâ€"swore like a pirateâ€"had the sheriff a‘rmg with him." It came to Keith in I. flashâ€"it was Waite. Pezhaps Christie knew. Per- haps the General knew. Certainly something of importance was crystal. lining in the actress' room which might help to explain all else. He rushed up the stairs. barely waiting to pugn: “You’re an advenwwssfi u u..-“ ndventureSBâ€"Hawley's mistress, prob, “NOW, 869 have, Waite." and Fair- bain swung himself forward, you drop that. Miss Maclaire is my friend. and if you say another word I'll smash you. sheriff or no sherifl." Waite glared at him. " be snorted, “what "You old fool, hvo you got to do with this?” ' “I’ve got this to do with. you'll find â€"-the woman is to '11 blow your damned ctr lawfully r he'ligerenuyo I," sure yet," shortly. "Who as though Lce He explored ,0! an the scat: :m mtn . ) '_I : 2‘ ato t 0‘ -.- 9"! 9‘ 'H question willnot 118!“ Ten cohorts of 600 men each, with a wing of 300 cavalry, Wu alre. It will :the ordinng‘y composition of THE QUESTION OF THE HOI'R It has been noted that the girls are graciously and numerously aeâ€" cepting the quite cordial invita- tion of the Last West to go out there and get married. If these girls would accept the same conditions down hereâ€"if they would be willing to start life in an Ontario town or country place under the same Circumstzm- ces as in Manitoba. Saskatchewan or Albertaâ€"they would all be married before Christmas. and every one of them be within hail of her paw and maw. What are the conditions some of themâ€"the majority of them accept? They go away alone sometimes to meet their intended at a big tool-box {and a pile of ties, called a sta- tion. anywhere between North Bay ‘and the eternal hills. They go to ”.the nearest tavern and get mar- !ried in the parlor upstairs. by ‘the nearest preacher that they ican get; his religion doesn‘t fizz ion them. Now. do you think that her ladyship would stand for that kind of thing down here? But keep your eye on the screenâ€" this is a moving picture show. She starts at keeping house in a sod hut or in a plank shack. which is parlor. kitchen. dining- hall. spare bedroom, granary. tool-house and horse-stable. all in one. I will hold the film for half a second to ask you if you think she would stand for that down here? (Cries of “G’wan.”\ Her home is situated on anaked prairie. fifty miles from the nearest post-office. and she is perfectly satisfied to go for her 1 mail in a buckboard or a farm- 1 wagon. or ride it man-fashion on horseback. She wouldn’t do that down here for the best man on earth. Why. the rural delivery " box is right at her father’s gate. V and they lived up the lane only 1' about a hundred yards. and she 3 used to hound the poor old man us out twice a day to see if there 0 was anything in it for her. e If you were to ask one of these girls to marry you down here in 'Ontario. she would want .tb" y homestead and nothing less. 3 our " old folks have to move out and I' live in town. and if you happened I: to have a silly brother or a te feeble-minded auntâ€"and nine out I' 'of ten of us haveâ€"the one would u. have ‘to be bundled off to the .d house of refuge and the other to the old women’s home. “you. of- [y fered to take her for a ride in a yr buckboard or a lumber wagon. 3‘ she would set the dogs on you. 1' She wants to start off where your 1" poor old mother quit: but as soon as she gets west of the Soo shell "' rough it in any old place. She " mm 1...“, herself in the wilderness l l as she gets west of the son sneu rough it in any old place. She will. bury herself in the wilderness for six solid months in the year and never see a neighbor‘s face. Ask her to do it down here and her brothers will beat you upâ€" that‘s what they will do with you. The way I got my girl was this: I went awa' up about a couple of thuusan miles more or um, um nthpr side of Saskatoon this: I went away up uuum .. couple of thousand miles more or less the other side of Saskatoon and built me a sod house. Then I wrote her letters telling her how lonely I was. and how much I needed her. and all that was wanted to make it an earthly par- adise was her own sweet self, Down here I couldn't have got next or near her for less than a thousand dollars, a new brick house. and a 1913 model motor car. I’m a Dutchman if she didn‘t pay her own way to get to me, and she would have footed it if she couldn’t get a train. As mo in I got her, I boxed her up and lbrought her down to the Wigwam. "Owâ€"u "â€" But even/thing’s fair in love and war. â€"The Khln. It you knew of the real value of Chamberlain’s Liniment (or lame back, soreness of the muscles, sprains, and rheumatic pains. you would never wish to be without it. For ssle by all dealers. September ROMAN LEGION. 25th, 1912. hereâ€"i! :a rt lite country

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