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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 11 May 1911, p. 1

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Buggies, ( Colter Th Portiaud | Cd fulPstoek 'con: stantly on jiand. {Gasoline and" Coal Oil always in stick] Puoxt Deoers--Bellor Thde :pend- | ent--promptly attended to. BW. DISNEY. OTIOR 1s «wally GIVEN THAT y the Board of Lioenst Commissioner L "lor Soil Ontasle [ meet in the Gn Tharsday, Ha 1 b, {1gir, at Ten o'clock: a.m', ok the!" purpose. ol considering the appl c= 1 f Eravk WW. Dunsam, for th H Al Te Sheng 'message "eallies the whole nei hborhood and even; own to the danger point. and 'the farm Be re sa ed. - b sop ftps ? 2 : 8 Pear, and Corry Trees fl. Are yo your way Spruce, Austria and. Se Pines 3.to 4 feet high. 0 mental Trees and Shei Roses, Currants, Straw! Plants, &e, & El kan wastes as have no' otfier an. thors, and in this stirring, grip: ping narrative is shown the besi trange patois, and the 'gave work "of = Mr. 'Beach's | Yolce to hier words, tor 36, wad» wr Boyd Emerson and_his Shperkits man efforts to win a fortusty foe di the 'woman "he loved; Cherry Malotte, the.cdpiivdting, ener- getic young worian who combats ed desperate men on the batile- groand of their own choosing Mildred Wayland, the imperious beaaty and society - favorife,' whose hond was sought by bitter | rivals who did not stop at murs der; George Balt, the. stird' fisher "hero, whose voice was like the roar Jf giant waves on a lee shore; "Fingerless" Fraser, whose quaint humor alone pre- vented him from going to jail, where he really belonged, and | Willis Marsh, unprincipled in- trigaer and a betrayer of ifén' and women--these are gome of the characters and elements that make this story one of the great- est tales of adventure ever writ. tert, ~ br CHAPTER L- 7 HE trail to Kalvik leads down froin the northwird abautiing over the tupdta which flapks the tide flats, then creeps out upon 'the salt ice "of the 'fiver "and * Eussiup' school est presiding 'sud . Rarly one' December 'afternoon. there entered. upon this trail from the: tim berless hills far away to the northward a 'weary team: of six dogs, driven by two men, | a The travelers had been plodding sl-' lenly hour after bodr, dispirited by, thé weight of the stom. } "Iingeriess" Fraser broke tras, and Boyd Emerson drove. "Anotber day like this and we'd both be snow blind," observed Emerson grimly as be bent to hig task. "But it can't be far to the river pow. ol An hour later they dropped from the plain down through a guttérlike gully to the river, where they found & trail, glass bard beneath its downy covering, A cold breath sucked up° from the sed.. Ahead they saw the ragged ice upended by thé tide. One branch led to the village. which they kuew Joy somewhere on the farther side, hidden by a Te | tng snow, The golug: here was 80 rough that both men leaped from their seats and. fan ide the sled. They mounted 4 {wwellibg ridge ana rushed down to tba | : lve her io bond. bt a Loy dd the dois leaped, but with-a crash the 4 avd for a moment the "Plngeriess"™ Broke through in turn, gasping 48 ho ly wetet rose to his armpits. 'Tach man aimed to secure sn inde pendent Jooling.. but the 2 Sons 18 wily ¢ enlarged the pool. Bméfsoh "th cid team. looms, auA" hd {he other spat. ont. 8; mouthtul of man, "One mile you go--white wan 'house. lo quick--you freeze." - "A3n't you got vo dry'clottiest: Qur is soaked." Again the Indian translated some Words from the girl. = "Ro. You burty and no "stop bere, . We go quick over yonder. No ean stop at 'all" He burried back to his mistress, cried onee to the pack of gray dogs, ,'"Ognab[" and they were off as it in chase. As they dashed past'bothh White men Bad ope fleeting glimpse of a Agvoman's face beneath a furred hood, andl then it was gone. "Did you see?' Fraser ejaculated. "Good Lord! It's a woman--a blond woman!" "Nonsengel She must be: a breed," ' sald Emerson. "Breeds don't hizve yellow hall" gon cldrel the other, Swiftly they bent fn the free dors and lashed the tearm to a run. s They felt the chill of death in their bones, and instead of ridiug they ran with the ed till their blood beat palafylly, heir 6tbér coverings Were Hite shells, thelr upderclothes were soaked, and, withoggh their going was difficult and clumsy, they dared not stop, for this 1s the extremest peril of tbe north. They swung over the river baok and into'the midst of great rambling tram | buildings. 'Their tral). fed them to a | 'high, banked, cabin, 'Another mile ve meant disgater, "Rot olf. soe OW and "tell bisa dogs. Before he could reach the eabin the door opened and Fraser appeared, a strange, dazed look op his face. He was followed by a large man of sullen countenfuce, "1£8 no use," Fraser said. "We can't go fn." ¥What's wrong? Somebody sick ". don't koow what's the matter. This map just says 'nix,' that's all." The fellow growled, "Yaas; Ay got 00 ropm." "But you don't understand," sald Emerson. "We're. wet. We broke through the ite. Never mmd 'the room. We'll gét fiong somehow." "Ybu ciin't come In har. You find anoder house t'ree mile furder," The traveler pushed forward. Invol untarily the watchman drew back, | wheteéupon the unwelcome visitor. | crowded past, jostling bis inhospitable' | host roughly. . Emerson's quick a gnined. hin entrance, and Fritser fol lowed behind into the living room, | where 'a fiat nosed squaw withdrew before them. The young man address. | &d her peremptorily: "pudeli' up that fire and get us some | thing to eat, quicky" - {Je and remove, Fre pe ai me 'from the' nos "Tawking dnd spitting © the. discharge is oT ontal are' tleared, (headache ' 1s' breath is purified. Ev very trace tarrh; bronchial and. throat is permanently cured. Two months' treatment. large od price $1, and guaranteed. Small size B0q. All rellable dealers, or the | tarrhozone Co., Kingston, Ont: Fraser haa been watching the' flow low nad vow remarked to'his comps joo what afls that ginney?" The assumption of good nature awily ftom Boyd Emerson as be | plied: "I pever knew anybody to refine shelter to freezing men befares?, The watchman reappeared, a "You can't stop har!" he sald. 3 got orders. By Yingo, Ay trow you out!" He stooped and gathered up the ad ments nearest him, then. stepped or. ward the outer door, could make good hts thrent whirled like a cat, his deep set dark with sudden fury, and seized" | dost by the nape of the neck.' Tie jerked bim. back so: roughly shat the wet clothes flapped to the floor in directions, whereat tbe Scandina let forth a bellow, but Emerson him heavily on the jaw with his opens band, then buried Bim backward {nto the room so violently that be reeled, and, his legs colliding with a beneby. be fell agatost the wall His df 3 ant stepped in and throttled him, ing tifs head violently against the log, Emerson, stepping back, spoke in & | quivering velce which Fraser had nets, et beard before; ¥ "I"m" Just plasing with you. no i. { don't want to hurt you." | ! "(jet out of my-boyse! Ay got on Sarah, 4 Sried ihe watchman and | | { { | | { | | t @ocraill, "forked the door. OPUNP and kicked hit out inte the snow, them barred the entrance' and returned to | the warwth of the logs. bis face cons vised sud hls lips | Working. © EA portman AIRSHIP SMASHED, Leabaudy Dirigible Is Totally Wrecks ed While Trying to Land 7 London, May 5.--The Governmen$ | has had the worst of luck with its dirigible airships. The Leabaudy dirid gible, which was damaged while being | put into its shed at Aldershet after' | a successful flight from Paris las. | summer, was totally wrecked at Farnw, | borough on its first trial trip yester<e i day. A great naval airship, the aeons. struction of which has been surround<: | ed by secrecy, and which was plan. ned to take a spectacular part in | coronation naval review, was so damaged at Barrow Wednesday, that | it cannot be taken out for toounths.. The Leabaudy met disaster aguingt A [3 | clump of trees and is a mass of ruins. Major Sir A. Bannerman, commans dant of the air battalion at 'Soutlt Farnborough, and hesd of the Gow ernment's seronauta, took the : out of her shed last, evening crew of seven. The EE ed gracefully and traveled fo: some time. Finally 'thi began to descend, and dri helplessly, struck the frees. was a great cracking and rending, the bag exploded with a Aad report, One of the crew was badly nj % The Leabaudy was 337 feet and the naval airship 510 lets Clement-Bayard, 300 feet, which al sailed to England from. France, is. only dirizible belonging b the Srnment peli tied a craft has pot en {rie sizice arrival last fal

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