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4 7 nH THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1929 ow the Spirit of Christmas brought forgiveness to n old settler's heart won for him the undying grati- 'of an Indian neighbor ABBE III CII MS Bn (By James Holden) khan Pitchett wus weaty hut , He satvon u one Dench w the rearing fire in the big replace which wpb : hast ht to maln room In the leg hich ho had bul ny hit § or knee he balanged u t family Bible, u souvenir of two bathers tid Been killed fight on' he pd the Kin ro Lo ii yours, us man and wile they had toed to make thelr home In New | lake and it makes me homesick for Haven town and rebulld aguin the Brosperity of the Vitehett family, But the bitter feelings engendered during those stirring days had not yet been spent and ns the childern of Loyalists Por four [written to his wil liad Veen received cordially at New. wrk* by the otheers of the governor They welcomed him us a brother and the sutveyor-general ussigned to him # wrant of land, describing it us situs uted 30 miles from the heart of York and close (0 the shore of Lake Ons turlo, There was pleasing news for pettlers, the surveyorgoneral lind stated, The governor was building a Wighway fiom York to Kingston, fi was Jato full when Abraham af ter u jong Journey through the bush hail reached Wig hgmiesite, "It ds a. favorable Spot he had "I'hiroughi 'the | trees 1 can sometimes glimpse the New Haven bay, The highway is he- ing bullt te the north, My nearest) neighbor Is Denjamin Wilson* who [lives In an old Freneh trading post ut the mouth of a sal! stream which eon lod or ane { the prejudice and Hiapleion which he [ ped | 0 PRS EE EE felt towards the children of the fors est, The third Iodian, whom the | chief called Running Deer followed with a great pack upon his buck Evangeline welcomed them warmly and insisted that they lay Strong Axe upon the only bed in the voom, a great four-poster affalr that had been brovght with much difficulty «Enjoy 0 Your Christmas Dinner om Ney ar, Woh thet To-morrow neer's wife she wus able to set ie AT THY bus Vickey, us dd yor : mira Waldorf Cafe Christmas Menu $1.25 Then with a happy smile she Informed | FROM 12 to § PM, the chief that his brother would soon recover, | "Let him remain here" she said, "then when you return from York he | will be fleet and strong and ready to | go with you For a short time no one spoke, The | , i fe thai ll Dif nd Cuslonors aud frionds fiandinther, the Inte Captain Tsanc | spurned y tvest, formerly' of the 1st King's | Then one day Abrabmm announeed | have provided me with shelter, Toda Regiment of Vootguard, England, liad | that he wis going to Upper Canada, |} #hot it deer and we will now have fe jettled lif the Vila pt New Haven, | 116 had heard report that the good | Venison 1) ; S | S or d New York state In Abraham res | Governor Bimeoe was offering grants | All that winter he had worked in fected that it was' now Christmas | of land to those who wished to settle | aking n clearing, In the spring of | eve, your 1796, Tha Fitehett family | under (he old Mag, Abraham knew [1795 he had planted fils first crop and | ad prospered but the coming of the [little about that far northern colony | With the coming of autimn he had | War of Amerienn Revolution had fine | but ft wis sald that the country | reaped a good hurvest fromthe virgin snelally ruined his father, Joshua | could produde fine crops, Had not soll, Winter again, more, wood ehop Pitehett, eldest son of Captain lsnne, many Loyallst families made thems | pine hardships, yes, but his muscles As a peaceful therchant his father had | selves, comfortable homes on the hardened and he enjoyed the bracing M 4 chief and Running Deer squatted | or IS nas le | pi upon the dabin floor, The fir blazed | ken no part ip the conflict but is | north bank of the St, Lawrence, in| #lr Early in the spring hin generous and erackled fn the big, open grate, ighting Bear wis the first to break FOSPOIOIS ov oar the silence and pointing towards the Loyallst sympathies had aroused the | Quebee, in New Brunswick and Nova neighbors had helped him bufld a Th 1 B Kk inition of his neighbors and fol. Puches he knew little about farm- house, Stout logs, hud 10 wy) he © a an owing the conelision of the war they | ing, but better this than to endure | Chins, great stone chimney and fro: had made life unbearable for him Ha | the scorh und hatred of those' who place and thatched roof went into i | oi Ve le (1) ana a | [old Bible he sald simply, "Read the | book," piruugled wl Rit ha could bu ruined | might well be his frlends, he told Sonstruct on it boasted one big raom | n health and in business he had fine | himself, downstairs and uw loft upstairs cone | pages SL A Ee -- We re the Fitehett family ever since his | they found themselves mocked and | the Indiang eall Oshawa, He and his | | her labors close to her husband whose eyes showed plainly the admiration which he felt, Strong Axe, exhausted by his battle with the bear and with | | wounds, had fallen into a sleep, The | good woman sat down tu rest from | Stuffed Egg a la Victoria ~ Iced Celery Mock Turtle «= Cream of Asparagus Grilled White Fish -- Anchovy Sauce Broiled Spring Lamb Chops, a la Marseilles Creamed Shrimps with fresh Mushrooms, en timbles Grilled Filet Mignon a la Victor Huge French Charlotte Russe Stuffed Young Turkey, en Demi-Glace Roast Milk Fed Chicken ~-- Ham Dressing Roast Young Duck ~ Puree Apple Prime Rib of Beef -- Yorkshire Pudding Salad a la Jardinjere Mashed or Boiled Potatoes -- Early June Peas English Plum Pudding -- Hard Sauce Green Apple Pie Hot Mince Pie or Butterscotch Pie Christmas Fruit @ake «= Assorted Fruits Mixed Nuts -- Vanilla Ice Cream Abraham took the volume in his | hands snd read again the story of ally given * the unequal siruggle "I go to Cronda" he had sald to | nected by a Ilndder, Tie government Wo Li pL EA and died nt Now Haven In the year | his wife, had given Wim a tem of oxen, a wh " the first Christmas, The Ilurons | | Erande transfixed with its simple | 1790, and was followed very shortly | "Yes, go, my husband," she had re« | cride plough and one mileh cow, T¢ to the grave by his wile Caroline, a | plied simply, and had smiled bravely | kether he and Bonjamin Wilson ha .. | musket and motioned the Indian to] come for this Is | "an uneompromising, Dissenter should | Christmas ve" be reading the Scriptures to one whe death, sithough already married to| flower? Wilson had said, "I will look after | feet in height and™he could 'readily | donned his hat of beaver.and warm | come a Christian many year before, Evangeline Spreggs, whose father and | Abraham Fltchett had gone, Ie | YOUF €FORS, yOUr 9xun and your cow, | Imagine the supple museles concealed | Mittens of homespun, HH we no ef | he sald, through the influence of enter Without further ado th settler | had obviously beon a pupil of the) | ---- ---- " w--" SU who understood Tea or Coffees Telephone 1331 or 2248' Tables can be Reserved at any Hour For a minute the interior of her hon elf with preparat ed the pages second chapter of Luke of the old book to the | the ground, They dragged the bear to receive the Abraham: und Lis: wife © hastened | #8 You have saved me, his brother, | [ | As Tong as the river flows inte the | | and in the | body drem the wan and helped him | injured native, down to ascertain the cause of the | Hight of the fire he read aloud the | 10 his fears Mis left wrm bubg u big water the Hurods will zemember," + grandeur and listened in rapt atten | | Hon while the settler noticed that the | chief crossed himself several times, ! Abraham thought it strange that he, | descendant of u proud old Puritan] at him, But why shed tears, for wa) | Powed their crops, the seed falling in { family, not the blood of the ploneers stil | the furrows which had been ploughed | "The native strode to the centre of elasped his wile to his bosom Ther, (Jesuits, 'q Abrahan wis # youhg man of twene | strong In the Spreggs who could between the stumpr, | the room Abraham noticed that he | ! ing bid Jt goodby he wrapped | When the reading Bode h neiuded tysiwo at the time of his parents' | trace thelr ancestry back to the May Go and get your wife and family" | was a powerful man, well over' six | HIS Heavy sheep kin cont' about him, | the Indian spoke briefly, Ie had be i The two shook hands as friends | beneath his be aded deersskin clothes, | fort to army himself and this gebture | white father, lather LeDue, who had Abraham returned | His head was erawned with a cap of | of confidencg found response in. the | many winters ago «¢ tablished 4 nis to the old colonies, Iu September he | squirrel skin while on his feet he heart of the red man, With a faint | sion at a trading post of the French agin reached his litle clearing, but | wore moeeaste, 'With a gesture the | ghost of usmle Huron aid his { near the month of the creek Oshawa this time not alone, His wife was at | settler urged his guest to be seated | 100 ket, tomahawk and bunting knife "father LeDuc tell me of the Great | BUY NO Ww : his side and his two sturdy little chil | bist the Indian remained tanding | vpon the cabin Hoge, mid lead the way | Spirit, the little jor and the Holy ; dren, Isaac, aged five, and Ruth, aged | while he explaiméd 'his mission Ire the cabl he nding walked | Virgin," he added, "1 never forggt) three [ME name. Te all wiikse 17h ting | Ahead, noiseless ay i shudow flitting | Late that night the occupants uf Abraham thought all this as he | Bear, chief of a wandering: tribe of | #6104 the white hard: exited mmow | the eabin retired to rest. Abraham gazed at the old Bible on his knee, | Hurons which was making ht Inter wo settler trudged behind und w | and Fvangeline had surrendered their | His children were now tucked safely | encampment on the shore of Lak tehingg In the | bed to the injured Strong Axe, {In bed in the loft, His wife Fyvags| Seugoge: He with hig brother, Strong | P40 4901 he sa two cross the | they mounted to the loft where they geline sat on a stool at his feet Tooke] Axe, ail unother braye were on their | ¥iUo clearing and disappear Into the | made themselves comiortable for the | if | \ ing pensively at the bright dancing | way to York to trade furs | up | Garkn | weyond night, The Chief and Running Deer | flames, She must find it different, | plics, They had travelled all that af otiler's wife reod Wefe content to rest upon the cabir | her husband thought, from (he fine | ternoon and were expecting to reach | ned onthe threshold of the cabin, | floor | | old volnlal mansion of the Sproays | York in another da¥'s Journ A | IT} ind had dropped and It was now Christmas morning, 1790, and ty | whieh Imd for so long been her home mile from the mouth of the creck turlight, clear and cold, One star | Maxen-haired, rosy-checked young i -- . Pr ----p psy nt Now Haven, But she way happy, | they had made camp, Sts Axe | in the emt outshone all its fellows | sters tumbled down the ladder leud PR TV- TF 18 (RoW 5 1370 Roll 7h-Tp 0b Rl Ty UE RS TAY he divined, und her hands so often | had gone Into the bush to find some | ond aw it twjnkled brightly she | Ing from the loft to the main room of | oo : hth ' busy with heghn nig wheel, busy | game He was not lone away when | thought of the star hieh had shone | thelr eabin home [hey were five & nn NPY fn AA with ' hundred™ousehold duties were | thay heard n'shot and « shout, They | over a stable in a fur off land on that | yearsold Isnuc Fitchett and his threo. GH v akirt |'swhat could ou lawyer 'suy for you!" olded in peace upon her ap, For | rushed to the spot where the shout | first: Christmas eve I'he thought | year-old sister, Ruth, With squeals ith difficulty the red man raised " "Well, Sah Judge," said the negro THE BEST PRODUCED IN AMERICA [ this was Christmas Eve, a sacred, | ind ome from, Strong Axe was | comforted her and shutting the door | of delight they pounced upon a pile Phimself and sald, "Flghting Bear Is | "that's Just what I'll supe be inte " holy night | ing peosteate in the snow while th alnst the cold she returned to the | of 'skins which Tay 'upon the cabin journeying to York with' 'Running | ested tah Jentod EA Clearing his throat, Abraham turns | deal body of a bear pinned him to | and busied hers | floor, Deer, He said th gilts ire for you! - | { { { i o ---- ) | \braham v found that Fighting | merriment, Fighting Baar' and J | HARDER IN STRUCTURE | tory of Bethlehem and the birth of | 1o%s to his sida but fn his right he was | Doar had not Ned to him, It was not | Strong Axe had disappeared but had - RT we LESS ASH is] Yion His wis Jutoned intent] still tluteh ng i hunt « nif eh | Jong before his guide had conducted | left precious skins of black fox, silver I'he negro was belong tried and 9 and as the words « 10 beautiful | wus red with: bloe Hood was Issn | Bim to the encampment on the bank | fox and beaver, Lane and Ruth were | asked for time to obta ' 5 FW ' ¥ A H oy . ¢ 0 | 0 obtain legal assist | story wi poured forth the hearts | ing from a wold in his sh ulder | of the creek, called Oshawa by the | each holding boisterovsly 'a palr of |ance, Taxi Service caused by the bear AW He was | Indians, Strong Axe was indeed in-| tiny, beaded moceassing, * Only when "Lega! assistance!" snapped the PHONE 1490 h a8 and thanksgiving Jesus wa wenk and eculd not walk so they had | jured and as the settler helped to] the ehildren- saw the figure of an Tn- | jude, * orn in a manger and thelr own two | cagglad him back to their camp, He, | carry the wounded man to the cabin | dian reclining on the four poster bed leller's shop, two policemen yaw you ' . * 1Xon oa (4) flee anes werd Ivin asleep In \ he | Fighting, Doar, had gone In search of | he gave thanks in his heart that his | did they lose thelr boisterousncss and | You had the goods on you and you ™ Joh whieh could be fered Yitle | hye h M ht bet | Ly 14 he | wife's generous impulse had overcome | cling hy and frightened to their mo- Thave been convicted 42 times, Now, er woul die, he cou nat tel wl ' ETT ETT TR, pa nonight The EL SMD EU EE of man and wife welled with happl Corner Bond and Prince Btroets You were caught in the jews | "I wonder If ir wa TELEPHONE 2602 FIVE DIRECT LINES this', Abraham sald aloud w 1 Lone to the wind howlin the eabin, It had been sn day and the wind wus not much abat ed I'he cold outside made the in of thelr humble home all the | battle in the Ifa was ut sink [he red man | | been surprised by the bear which wa a viclous gid male and unlike nu t of "| its kind had not yet retired for more Inviting for in spite ol its rough | long winter sleep, He had fired his | gee Ate Ht He ci cl | construction it had been built 20} sheet hastily and the ball had pene w------ -- -- 1 Withatand the , rigoms of an Lipper trated ity fat neck, Infuriated by the | | | | | ------ CLAM terior n4th, 1929. pmber bs Christmas Letters Ing when he was suddenly interrupts | great forepaw had crushed his arm od by a loud knock at the cabin | The Indian fell but as he was going | 4 door, HMusband and wife stood wp | down before the charge of the ani | startled, for who could be out at this | mal he drew forth his hunting knife 4 time of night in a country where sult | As the creature pressed him to the g is here and ancther 10866 here . now words be esp More Another Christma raplidl 4 ar °® ther phrases, ke put together 10 ma ve wishes, gincerity od phrases = tiNerry Abraham and hia wite listened with | ig time honor r"e Interest and with horror as the Hu v LA New Yon ' ¢ as the Hu. hd HappV ron thus addressed them, The settler . . at once realized that the chiel wished | him to go to the asgistance of his in« | § fured brother Buf supposing that | this were only a ruse to entice him | § out of the eabin, to murder him and then to steal his goods, With trou bled mind he picked up the great old L quick eye seemed to | Wikis fram the floor where it had fals [ deteot his design and without maks | yo and placed it roverently upon the . , y 3 Prosperity to people the world tng wny hostile motion or advancing rough homesmade table which oeens i N | one pac he raised his hand as If in pled the centre of the room, Un a over, utation { thinkingly he turned over the thick travellers rare? The door had not | blade had found the * bear's heart been bolted, It swung slowly open | With his last remaining strength | and the tall, lithe figure of an Indian | Strong Axe had plunged it to {ts hilt, | was seen standing at the thre hold, | und only just in time, A musket rested in the hollow of his | farm and a tomahawk and scalping | knife gleamed wickedly from his belt The seltler's first instinct was 16 | | reach for his musket which wan re | elintng in a corner by the fireplace | He Jumped to his feet and the heayy opened Dible fell from his lap to the one for all, and the New Year he Iis wile clung fearfully 19 his | side bring with it, Righteous Joy and [4&1 The Indian's tlers were few and far between and | garth and probable death its keen eS Canada winter wound the animal had attacked him | Heo was about to return to his reads | and with one terrific sweep of ita : spt BUCCEES ink our bigges Most of us Lh make and that have 1ies. in the we cau nl t 4 happiness gen I will be no bak 0 Al that our greatest her friends. May Christmas Day be a Morry ! y Th t i8 with pusinesse RE lays & large part in iseal: bien? rying on any enterpr v, 80S on of gut ip as much a par of ied 1 organization BC, | who . Miogs bossible. our to the along th? tv ie proudly RAN oY within opr Sw ion nave handled, Bea organises 'aetails an ve hora he pusll yoxine at amount of exacting | of a very gre ALL own sphere yours within Jur hackneyed lof bloody raids between New Fran ing tha something, and SPIMIPEREIMMSIIMRE IRIN SG LH i. nd tho English colonies he la been towa 11ly mean adams " Ct Wn \ Kio a contpany of ceelonial militia i R8Ye ' 'gerviee inue with reneve RN ~ - IB H , N Y MEME © HEE IEEE EE he Mshau at: sow ut of Kur. |g ward 116 ard the same ---- -------- C \Willian Henry be Had fallen nto the shoal a orodit LJ I hands Of x party of Hurons, allies of The Commercial Hotel vige , and only the French, The savages had slain t Glving Service for Td years, 1850-=1080, Prosperi y S50 1 \ "" | come in peace, he sald In a | leather cover and glanced at the page equa ixture of English and French" for | whieh bore a record of the births and | ie suke of the little Jesus and the | deaths fn the Fitehett family since | Ka and { Captain Isanco. had landed at New | N ersonality | \brahain relaxed the hold on his | Haven, His face turned white as he p he actua ' ve : Fo Nov read an entry, neatly written, "Tonu« ' of Thickson than Fitehetty born in Righy, Corns wall «county, Lingland,. year 17210 Married Elizabeth Bowan of Benjas win's Cove, Mussachusetts Colony, Oo or a es | Ae: J Departed thig life on May Sth, bh : 1! 1756; «when slain. by Huron Indians it I near Fort William Meney, May his i) oul coat In peace," PR brat fempmbeed for his If | father hat often told Tint the story ONTARIO HL Jonathan was a younger brother of pM [Lorain Isanc, and a great unela of ke) fh irahaun A sh adventurous man, in father had sald, Yond of hunting and of fighting. 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