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| | | i ¢ Q 1 { | - THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1930 a PAGE NINE PASSION fy Kaiwe Morir THIS Hy TWENTY THIRD INSTALMENT + Breathless, capless, his feet plunge ing into unexpected puddles between the house and the barn, and the wild binck night howling end cracking and splashing wbowt him, Dan ran for his ear, Its suddenly blazing funnels of light pieked up mirvor-like flashes from the wet i hi shaking wildly wll about, and the stream that was the road bed, Arrived ut the ranch, he drove stright in under the pear and oak trees, and went up the porch steps to the kitchen door, He opened it without knoeking Mrs. Pringle and the big Swede fir and little Margaret Were in the sitchen, with one or two silent, watching women Dan did not know Margaret, in au diminutive bluejneket's blouse and red tie, wus eating her supper at the table; she looked awed, Mrs, Pringle nodded to Dan apathe etieally ; both she and Inga had been crying, "How Is he?" Dan asked "He's just the same, Dan" Cassy's mother answered, And in the silence she slowly, significantly shook her head, "Where's Cassy" "She's in there, with him." The older woman jerked her head in the divection of the room off the kitchen EE ------ ART ~ SCIENCE - SPORT INVuSH Yor ATION AugmbSept 6-1930 ALL-CANADA { YEAR I" "Les V! A RIE Te STE Comma mana Fos ro Depart Milind , an an Creal Th = AA Foren t| must have FLOWER that "assy had turned ino & play- opm; years "o "Can | go mt?" "Jog Mukes wis down af the switeh with his ear," one of the wor men sald, "and he rushed him here, They never thought they'd get him into the house live" an took off his spatiered cont and somebody took it away, "They haven't sven taken his stockings off vet another woman contributed, They wll spoke in hushed tones, with occasional glances at the play. room r, which was rd a few inches, In the brightly lighted, hot kitchen they moved like ghosts, "Mrs, Wallace drove me here from the club," one of the women said, "It was about half past four, and we'd no sooner got here than she asked, 'Where's Tommy'! he don't fie him Inte hacanse It began to rain the Bwediy girl contributed, in # soft, wonder voice, "Well" the first woman sald, "we were sitting in, here talling=this en round fiveand # saw the car and she way so relieved, ne She sald, "There's Tommy ow, Some one's given him wu lift! nd with that the Hellman boy opened . the door, and said, "Tommy's been all mashed to pieces, Mrs, Wallace'l" Dan winced. The women gasped together, It was the boys' elub day, but the direstor thought it ./as going to rain, and they couldn't hike, se he dismis: sed them," Mrs, Pringle supplied, "So they all got fooling, down st the tracks," letting him out of the car==it was uwinl 1" the other woman said, "They wren't going to toyeh him again, Doctor Williams went to get Doctor Charles; they're hoth coming back," "Are they going to get him inte the hospital "Oh, no, they can't move him," Mrs, Pringle said, almost impatiently, to Dan, / "Cassy fasked the doctor how long it would be, and he said that Tom couldn't possibly live through the night I" Bhe began quietly to ery, and the other women cried, Dan sat down at the table, and rested his head on his hand "Does he know anything!" he ask« od presently, ; "Oh, yes, They've given hime stuff, Jou know," the neighbor we- man said, "to ease his pain, But he doesn't seem to be in pain, Doctor Williams sald he was completely smashed to pieces inside, and that sometimes when things were as bad as that they don't feel much" "But he asked for you, the first thing, He must have been a litle confused," Mrs, Pringle said, in tears, but speaking with diffleult self+con- trol, "for he thought {iv were ups stairs, taking a nap. Me kept say« ing, When dad wakes up, | wish he'd some in, and Can telephoned you" Dan could imugine the sturdy litle voles from the wrecked little body, "When dad wakes up" : When dad wakes up, Indeed! He winced again "I've never seen him look as hand: some as he did this merning," Tom: my's grandmother ald. "Cassy al: witys calls for him, at school, or ane of us does," she went on, "But this morning he reminded her it was club day. A bunch of those little fellows Ko out once » week with the teach: er---=the natural history class, they cull it. They always take the school bus home," . White, serious and noiseless, a trained nurse came out of the sick: room, "Mrs, Wallace heard your car," she sald, without preamble, to Dan, "She wants you to gome in" Dan followed her without a word, feeling himself hig and wet and stumbling, in this place of women, and silence, and waiting, Cassy was in a lowsrocker=the rocker she had used when she was nursing Marguret=-beside the hed, She had on a dark brown dress, with a fold of chiffon at the open neck, and folds of chiffon at her brown wrists, Her rich dark hair had slips ved to a curly coll an her shoulders he looked over her shoulder " Dan came in, and her blue eyes widened, but without a smile, "Don't move, Tom!" her quiet voles sald warningly, And at the seund of it a torrent of love and Wony rose in Dan's heart, and he began to tremble with exquisite pain, He went to the foot of the bed god mantked 4 smile, in Wing lat 'on his hack, smiled back from a leun little face that had paled une ion ook all right, Tem!" Dan yoloe, lim all right". Tommy whispers, "Don't move," Cassy said again, ine flexibly, "He must not move," | 4 said to Dan, over her shoulder, he feels that he is going to coug! n, he is ait do foil me, a0 then. we're to n . ken!" Dan asked, omen prokent | think a rib or two are broken; they couldn't touch him, he glanced significantly down jt her hands, and Dan's lovk followld hers, He saw that the child's hard, rubby young handy and Cassy's thin rows, memorable Ingrors were welds od together with drying red enamel, and that the blanket was stained wh splotehes of the same ominous bri or, Be done?" he breathed, "We 't know," answe Canny, "Tak! out of Jou Muke's ca she said, "and then agaln==about ha a an hour wgo, iter the dogter ha [Wee : 4 " 'she began a ones fter § silence, "Once mere woul D hed the Bhtmae, " Ih Tom Dos ove, 1 wan be for long x Id just give th fo 8 ou in We Ju tt it o to heal over-seven the tine 3 " AY like a nosebleed, sweets heart, You know how atill yeu have end 'not say "the end" but She 4 ¥ n't always np season' There's y : nila c : bE AE av wna hones, me rv es there was nothing dramatic In veice he | Or manner, The boy was like his mother, but he would be taller some day, His hands were as big us hers now, His fage was lean, and lighted, us Case oy's was, by sapphire-blue eyes In biagk lashes; he looked sll boy at seven and & half, but Dan noticed the baby softness and straightness of the throat that his opened shirt exposed, He was. only partly un: dressed, he still wore wet, bloody, mud-stained little linen knlekerboek- ers, but they had been unbuckled at the knee, und loosened at the helt; not to hind him, Against the white Mow lay the great mop of weft Pluck plumage that was his hair "We were on top of the ear, down near the tanks," Tommy suddenly volunteered, "And 1 Jumped, | don't think | oughter of jumped," "Why did you jump!" Dan asked, in i gruff, gentle echo of his own vole "Cause Ben sald maybe they were startin' for Chicago!" "Another time," Dan said mildly, "I wouldn't Jump "No, sir, | won't dad," promised, A sllenge, The two doctors had come noiselessly ini Cassy looked at them expectantly, but did not move "Dad, 1 thught yu were upsotairs asleep, | forgot you'd gone away, "You were sort of dopey, | guess," "Don't move, Tommy." hy won't, mom, Dad, ean you stay Hy Tommy """Ainchoo goin' back?" "Nope," He shut his eyes, and opened them agai, with all a little boy's adora tion for his mother in their hlye. ness, "Could 1 go to sleep, mom!" Her glance flickered to the shad aws for a tenth of a segond, returns ed, She nodded. And Dan knew from. the despening pallor of her weary patient face that the dostors, behind Hy had merely shrugged, It didn't matter what Tom did, now "If you don't: move, Tom" The minutes began to wheel hy and were hours, Dan thought, as they slowly passed, that Cassy wis like the hub of a wheel, and all of them, the others, nurses, horrified urriving nelghhors and friends, doe tors, her mother, even the little in valid himself, were merely the spokes, She held them all in that quiet iron grip of hers, that was yphled by her hold on the brown bleady little hands, Tomy dozed, roused, talked ani matedly, doged again "Weaker," the nurse sald to Cus sy, bending over to wipe his mouth with & bit of eetton, "He's had no dinner," Cassy re sponded resolutely. Quiside of the old farmhouse in the dark, rain fell spattering; gut ters dripped. Now and then un es: eeially viclous onslaught shook the huliding But through if all the lamp burned softly on, untroubled, and the thin hrewn hands held steadily the little boy's hands that were varnish Fed with dull vermilion Dan found himself in the kitehen, whieh was as brightly lighted, as hot and unnatural as before, he clock over Inga's sink said twenty imnutes to four, Ons of the foeter was having coffee and tomst| rh. Pringle was sitting opposite hm, but she'was not eating 'Almost twelve hours of it," Dan sald, sitting down, "You, ven" the dovtor agreed favely, "The little boy has tremens ous Pesistence," "Will you have n eyp of coffee?" an unknown woman asked gently, "No, thanks, nothing" "Perrible thing" the doctor com: mented mathe Dan planted his elbows on the table, [] ey haggard in his handsome young face, stared straight ing abe of (] other man, "No ghanee? asked steadily, "No, no, I'm afraid net, Daator Williams thinks this might. go on for another twentysfour hours, But 1 don't believe it, There {8 a decided weakening" the decter answered, (Te be Continued.) CHURCHILL NO LONGER IS "NO WOMAN'S LAND" Ohurohill, Mane~=Up on the rocky shore of Huson Ray, Chur ohill was once "No Woman's Land", For five yeara---=inoluding the seve ore winters=-Mra, A Gibson, wite of the Ohureh of England minister, has made the new pert her home, But this summer Churchill boasts {ta largest contingent of feminity wefour Women, Three new lady residents came north on the Muskeg Limited late fn May, They were: Mra, 8, Mar tin, wife of the United Church missionary; her daughter, Marg 'aret; and Mra, Claude neo wife of the divisional engineer of the Canadian National IwayS, |) " ohtens uti h sel, and aniedi All three will reside at Ohurehill wath autumn CHEAP GASOINE BECOMES MEMORY No Longer May Californians Purchase Gallon for 8 Conts Los Angeles, "July 18. The Paoitie const's Roman holiduy, while giant ell corporations bet~ tied for supremacy, apposred Just about over today, While thousands of motorists prepared to spend a week-end on wheels an announcement from Standard ON headquarters, blast od the days of cheap gasoline, Bifective this morning, the standard announcement sald, the company will restore prices to tha levels prevailing before the be ginning of the drastic reductions, Apprised of the move, officials of other large companies said they halleved all would fall into line with Standard and place the price wo 10% cents, The announcement came al A time when gasoline was selling at service stations as low as five cents & Wallon, In Seattle, Wash, the prien tumble took on the form of a "free " line' when one downtown station announced that with svery change of ofl, five gallons of gasoline would he given tree of chars, The majority of Benttle stations mold from § to 0% cents, FASTER METHODS OF HARVESTING WHEAT TO HELP CHURCHILL Winnipeg, Man =kliective une of Chuva 0, the west's new port on Hudson Bay, in increasingly wssyred hy new-tound rapid methods of har vesting the prairie wheat erop, In the opinion of Hen, D, G, MeKaon- gle, minister of mines and natural resources, Mr, MoKenzie recent) made & canon and rail trip through the north to the Bay harbor, Advances in harvesting during the past five years, now permitting a sixemonth movement of grain and nllowing the erop to he piseed on the market in Heptember will tend to sid the new port. he says Alded by grain elevators of which the first unit Is now under cons striction, the crop can be loaded for whipment while navigation through the straits In at its height, Utiligation of the harvester: sombine, trucks and small harvest. ing outfits throughout the west wre the main advances during the last halt-decade In speeding the moves ment of grain to market, MELT UP STATUE OF KING WILLIAM AS SCRAP METAL Irish Town Tired of Having Monument Buffeted About Bayle, County Roscommon, Trish Pree Bate, July 12, AL last Lhe siatue of William, Prings of Grange, erected hy an Earl of Kingston 60 years ago, han reash- wd the lest wage of Its chequered career, It haw heen sold to & moti) delay for a few shillings and will he melted down and used for hullding purposes, The statue, which wood on the hridge in the centre of this little town, was known loewlly as "King Billy," Vor halt Woeentury It has stood as a4 chal lenge to the inhabitants, few of whom adhere to the same faith we did William the Third, Many wn time In recent years the sialus lun heen tarred and feathered and piinted in the new nations! col ors gvernight a" | look originally | Hotel Distinetively Different' / as EE River Bhannon, from which 1 wan vesciued, painted white and wel up on # high menhment In the local disturbed for a time but one morn: Ing local police found "King Billy' | on the ground, Now minus & head, Ones, at the heigh! of Republican agitation a branch It was finally thrown into the | was placed in one hand and & Ds Valera flag in the. other hand of the mueh-huffetad statue, A your ako "King BiUly's" muti were thrown from pedostal In the grounds and remained a long time ground hy Ovange | luted remains There IL was Jeft un: | thely metal dealer sonnel) haw agreed to well it to the ---- ma ir Judge the Government On lfs Record And You'll Vote Liberal EVER has a Government gone before the electors of Canada with a better, cleaner or a more progressive record than the present Liberal Government, Premier King has rightly pointed out that the present Government, during its tenure of office from December, 1921, has brought the country out of a period of the deepest depression to years of prosperity unequalled in the Dominion's history, If for no other reason than that alone, the present Government deserves to be returned to power, But you'll find other reasons aplenty in the brief resume that follows of the Government's record of achievement, Reduction of Debt Every year since 1924 the Government has paid off annually a substantial portion of the National Debt which had reached the staggering tol of $2,427,000,000 when the MacKensie King Government assumed office, At (he rate the Liberal Government has been paying off the debt, the total Public Debt of Canada would be wiped out in 41 years, Surpluses over Expenditures The Liberal Government has been a very busis nesslike one, Expenditures have been kept down to & minimum, The sum total of annual sur luses under the present Liberal regime total 275,000,000, Surpluses instead of deficits have been the Liberal record, Reduction In Taxes Since 1024 the present Government has not only reduced the National Debt but has reduced the taxation burdens of the people, The Dominion income tax has been reduced to such an extent that today the masses of the people ay very little income tax to the Dominion jovernment, The average income-axpayer is now paying 80 per cent, less than he did five years ago. Great numbers pay nothing ac all, The Sales Tax which was 6% in 1923 has been edused Jot bY yet ued] 1 saw smounts to but 196 and that Is likely to disappear next year ning Gam nll 1 eke Taxes on cheques below $10, taxes on recel yh 4 on lloray and stestmahi oh Wlegrimg ® on oo h ny fit insurance premiums, have a n 1] Postage has been Jucusbiished f Canada to si pare of the Beiiah pe It In estimated that the present Government has reduced the tax burden on the people of Canada 10 such an extent that we are paying #118,000,000 less taxes to the Dominion Government this year than in 1926; A truly remarkable achievement, Government Rallways Put On Their Feet The present Liberal administration took over » roup of bankrupt railways, consolidated them nto one system and put them under the control of Sir Henry Thornton, with the result that Canada possesses, under government ownership, one of the most efficient rallway systems in the world, with former operating deficits changed into operating surpluses, Besides establishing the Government Railways on a sound foundation, the Liberal Government has also succeeded in securing far-reaching reduc tons in rallways rates in all pares of da, Completed the Welland Canal Under the present Liberal Government the great new Welland Canal has been completed, This will enable the very largest steamers and freighters to travel from Lake Ontario to the Upper Lakes, With the completion of the St, Lawrence waterways project, of which the pres: ent Liberal Government stands squarely in favor, ocean liners will be able to ascend the St, Laws rence, thence Shiough the Welland Canal to all ports on the Great Generous Treatment of War Veterans Colonel Lafleche, Dominion President of the Canadian Legion, says Canada now leads the British Empire in treatment of returned men, a or cu iavnts At, a ma nslon ¢ broad tag ROnrous methods of giving veterans he Janell of a doubt a i) Joe of dis Ability, exem doing Justice to LE returned vd Check Migration fo the States The migration from Canada to the States which was proceeding ac such an alarming rate when the Liberal Government took office has heen checked and a return flow of Canadians back to Canada has been established, Old Age Pensions The present Liberal Government established Old Age Pensions, a great humanitarian measure, from which nearly 50,000 aged people in the Dominion are benefitting, Revisions In Tarif The latest and most ambitious achievement of the resent Liberal Government has been the recent visions in the tariff, with the object of divert ing a large pro relon of our ra from United States to Great Britain and other Empire dominions and in that way making it ble for Britain to buy more of our wheat and other ducts that the United States has shut out of or markets, This new Ring-Dusaing Bud has created a tremendous impression in Britain, and has Je an impetus to the great intra-Empire Trade project 10 be discussed at the finite Beonomic Conference "to be held in England, this Fall, A Record fo Be Proud Of Any faieminded man or woman will that the MacKensie King Govatnment has a record of which all Canadians are proud, It is a record of financial and businesslike statesman: ship that no other government or no other country has equalled since the war, It Ih a record that merit the endorsation of the people of Canada, A record that deserves an over whiliing verde in favor of MacKensie King and his Government ai the polls on July 28th, Build Canada and Empire Trade | Bennett CAN'T Win--Vote Liberal . ONTARIO LIBERAL GANPAIGN COMMITTEE, TORONTO Nn -