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r w k the acton free press thursday july uth 146 joan walton wu ner th trout door of th slow whn th trouble started sh could hear loud angry talking amies th street in front of the post office- sh hurried to th door looked out- mr tom warner tall hvyst phanler who lived two mil south of ulndidown wu making th nols iu was laying down th law to dan borland l wont stand for it young fellow i you stay away from tana or ill oh dad a slim iixl crtd sup- iilni out of th warnr sedan parked few feet away vleaat dad dont make a rn she broke into tot ashamed of what v as happening feopl were coming from the store to listen dan hurried to her you cant help it un i a saying comfortingly stay away from her mi warner yvllcd ive told you ill havr ll- law on ou klnas jutl a child and if the mfir an old maid and you the last man on earth 1 wouldn t let ou marry her 1 wouldnt ue tin latt ninn on tatth dan pointed out if ou wcit on hand to intcrfeie i lnn he lunttfd iixl am down the ttreei toward the drugtoie klna ramr into the walton store you imanl kite twnl to joan i know ou unl dad im- hi head 1 hoard jwm bmk in trying to hmiik miothlngly li n t feel too lal alout it kina k cry one knout ita not our fault it a to nwful kin mid miserably dan and i loe each other we want to grt married but in dip right way with all the blessings the trouble started uhrn dan atked dad for me over there but vt hy did he rlioou- tut h a plac to aak foi you joan akel why didnt he go to your home to do that because he un t allowed at our home no borland it and the war- nen dont go to the borland hom either ila been like that for year oh joan its to till i want two bart of laundry soap and some pick ling spice well elope if there t no other way joan people even our own people cant do thlt to us kloping would makr trouble maid joan why all the feuding though you mild your families oh 1 dont know 4ts nlmotl primitive jonn it imi been going on from the times of our greatgrand father both old tcttlert in thlt tact ion something about a loan or a note or something the only thing clear about it it that the two families wont have anything to do with rath other i 11 ipeak to frank iittout it joan offered ut the umppe ronp anl spice hci jour dad t cousin tin i he yea oh i w lh fiank would i talk to dad he know dana fine dad know it loo only he- wont ml mil it mltr the tnll sleepy eyed mnn-of- nil jobs around the walton at ore wni in the hack of the building straight ening stock when klna left ha came toward joan somethln wrong mist joann he ntkrd softly ah hope tain no tioubli jonn told him briefly what she knew of the tituatlon hed that wtll just make things worsa at least f jt a ism bui krank shook hit head id rathar not talk to tore tell ma to mind my own buslnaa- you mean you wont help gl u straight joan asked hurt ana looked up at prank with both appeal and accusation in her eye you know theres been an injustice being i done and you wont help i dont think my talking would do any good frank told bar when a fejlow meddles in turn things he us ually makes them worse uut frank what if aoroeon war trying to keep ut from marrying or planning to marry think how youd fwel tht la as important to klna and dan at our engagement it to ut frank nodded wed work ouit out lie tald the 11 hae to take tare of theirs fhtt afternoon joan questioned 1 j warrirrs and j arlout con- somethlng up your elev ulss wal ton r nolnlac that would concara ymi murh mr barkadale joan aam britkly you rvfuved to help when i asked you an air of etcttement ran through the little town next morning klna came into town with hi r father her eea were red wtth weep ing indicating that the had baen brought rathar against her will and it was clear she was ashamed of w whole thing- she tat in a cmna-bot- lom chair in th rear of the hortoa store whera squire dodds held cour and ttarad at th floor the crowd was jamming th stor when joan frank and uncle jim with mlsry shuffling along banlnd arrival- joan was carrying an old ledger under her arm dr uoyd th veterinary cam leading th llv-er- andwhlte pointer whoa violent ill ness had precipitated this occasion th court proceedings were irreg ular tom warner you aocusa ian borland of poisoning your dog ask- d ikjulr dodda i do squire he thefi offer proof the magistrate rut ui any wttnamsaa he bought some rat poison at the drug store mr warner aald didnt he brt he asked th drug clerk whom he had tummonfd- uirrt yesur he got a tule of u y ea ter da ntorning right after the fuaa nobod atkrd you when the mngutiate snapped 1 txic oui pardon tmd liert rvuualy ip im glad w both i lfs go meddlad frank nodded as thy want out wheres mlsry he asked his memory must have played a part in thu tome way it did oh theres mlvry over on our store porch sprawled out he almokt asleep joan was wrong mury was as leep snoring conientedlj in th warm suntltlne all w as u ell again in landtdowne the third meddler rvtted bamh roith tbolt it it unusual in nature tales j it dymond of the itoaj ontario muwuni to f nd bats and xrout oc- curing in the tame water except in large lakes such a th great lake competition usually results in the el imination sooner or later of eithei lat or trout from small and medium- tued lakes there tt r idence in many rtui of diminution in th number uf trout following the tuc- retful inlrotluction of itatt lady neuonu career varied j roland haines sand gravel tofmou aai fu1 ctmnrt mat stoat worit phone georgetown 113r4 mn r nnin autut hi ihr horlmk nd tl n i mont u ol intle j i trnl ah duslin wat llin mui told her in could lu- ou de htinlht of it but hea imu dead niiim nh wot a itllle loy wliu whs he jonn wanted to know yulet ihin elf now loni dtd ou m jmtlmtll tf 1 k unlrb sjuire rt- akkthl fcomc- doddt on1erd he wild to mr uniner dnn holland ndminthter your dog ie nut vull he k0 he i place he mus n lne ah mmd hlin an liiittt hlnf talk but he uui ol den i m jiieimlnh knowrtl a lot aloul de ixniph in dlt rountry jeremiah dutln joan mued ii i iinnei turn with the duttlnt t of town tntni tie mux mr duatlns gran- n n kluve le duttlnt live on d- wieii ol mr warner use to it one uh tie oldet placet nroun here ney lle in the old warner houm joan ajod rntrrl tenting a warmer trail yat m an tt ho it lo iy nemly burnt out one day years ago it wat on de fifth uh march an ah ent out an hele1 fight d fyah it htd caught fum a had flu in do kitchen loft dat was a nachal bad nh fight but ut quenched 1l it mutt hne iwn a hard fire to onlrol joan wild hints such a hit old house sho lv an de wind was nigh dat day ah iol right up in dat loft an thowrd water as fnv nt dc othah boys could hand it up to me an you inlk tout n llttrrodup plaro it wat dnt loft dey uui ol scrap lumber nl innenzlner ol books wld dust a inch diep on em r mebtio jes a half inch he added avoiding too kiovi efikceratlon what kind of old books joan risked i wu nil sdinpct nml sizes mivrj told her but ah does remem- iht dnt rtey iait to mi ol rouit thhiks monjrt cm did llker jonn nsked quickly you mean like the om k for thnt what other e uhtue do you huve it otfei ajktl the ninrditratt akk ih- lud how the dog was f let ted mr warner tald triumph ntl lie tin tell ui the doj- aild the vrterlnnry ntliout inlng formally awel had xxmi iivmii i administered an an tidote jut a mutuje mr warner lnoke in bert w hut wat the okvn aeent in the ttuff you sold dan borland v rhoaphorua bert rrphrd all right ikk mr warner ask ed a hat kind uf antidote did you kve on- that would tend to relieve photihorut poltonlng said the doct or 1 am positive that the dog had rxen jtolsoned by hm sulre dodiu grunted look ing tideways at dnn intrtcatln he nikeal mr warner where did you find the dog sick btwe4n town and the borland place uild mr warner hnlfway all right dnn said magistrate dodda are you guilty or not not guilty dnn knapped i wouldnt do such a nobody naked you that young fel- hiw whnt hao you got lo say dnn turned to krnnk ou take over now im loo mod to lalk joan lookid nl krnnk who had turned to mi warner her heart srvicaena paniliflu find ttej wttaofifr oa korrsser lioa- pltml skip haufax tct the liner lady nelson one of the last of th whit ldy boats which ran in peacatlm be i ween canadian porta and th british west indira recently pasted the vjooomlle mark in hr voyage as a hospital ship and repatriation transport- of th canadian national steam ships i july boat ht only the idy nelson and iady itodney re main the i ad homert ijtdy drake and ljidy hawkins wrie lost by en emy act km the ldy nrlton hettelf bear scan uf war a ormrnt uboat fired a torpedo into her while the wat mooted at a pier in t lucla in 1h salvaginl and it pnlt lie tneame a hoapllal kh o and a mi h arred snme jti rro miiunhnl hr icemen ihrouyh the kuhmnilne infi atexl wat era of the mlnntu and the mediter ranean ome in the b of biscay the klipptil through a m dou of i man deidroer whlili inter welt route hy a lak for of hntlhh and canad ian fighting hlpt most of t he w ounded had her hospital ho nurseries wm r bracken real toftatt hmohtti ikii and auumbbbiu imunuu hcallh and acridcnt insurant b tk hataaj ui aimium tl ouwb ijel us rrjis yur morfgax loans on that nrw hous ihonk 2 acton ont pkaikie schooner wli lwii broukht ho ards were turn and piny room for nr icemens children who with their mothers now nre coming to canada itamtn kth ikraink pkinck bupkitt b c cb kightyflve innn of peanuts s4aled in cans from v s army ttoret here have been thlppod to the ukraine where tt la understood they will he distributed through united nations ketnhllttadon 1uiu f wit i jiminii m hooner fi liloneer lifi wlnnlmk asalsu at the t ompany ret rente weekly hiondcnata ndn net uow ler w hia plont canndna wet get h inking hit own pralri and th cr atiiealirt mt sal in k the feel of the wagon si luionrr nut lieyond the gates of him i mary koahowkki aoraiio aolout who i rhone w lien j i in role cimlrr ami hit the hallnds urul limes of tin early aet tiers in th f irnliii s hooner oxer the cbc trans-can- ktldnya at h to pm kdi often musical hnpl knur fanner wild kiink hitv 1 put out in i he pcst two day theeiy l kind f rat ioisonlng thit dnn bitugtit one of them jtx taylor i hen halfway betwivn town and the borland place w here ou lound the do snk hi dog win n tramp snv joe he called turning to the crowd yncm lab dc nnpi in de office ixt m mm thnt point on i ah dey wui ol and crocked on iai n yenterdny morning pelln yes n tall fnrmer answered did they get burned i didnt think he could get nt nenr your but the non nh chunked em out of de hu 1 had it in the crib but a rni of the meal out way uh de f nh ah guevs dpji muslo drug sornt still right up in dnt loft now j thiouih n crack when imrle jim walton came krnnk turned to dnn liack to the store at two- lift ecu loan i vaw me the tube of poison lltk mlsry in the walton enr and j bought ho held the tube up headed for the dust ft place i rtl isnt hroken tom your she returned to town about an hour falkm e ulencc is wnshal up later bringing lo old ledgers and i someone cheered found lnnwlowne in a state of high excitement krank was walling frr her nl the aton beople were stand ing in front of the stores talking krank enme out to meet her as she i wish i could help them mlsry f unnadownc in a state of hlsh j hooray for krnnk he snld its o shame people havrf krank was walling frr quiet bellowed squire dodds to lie in trouble over something they nl lnp k leople were stand- case dltmlss4d iflni een remember t mk m front of the stores talking i joan pustutl forward sho is mlsry agred ah leen rnnji rnme out to meet her as she wait dan nnd mr warner ie knowin bout de warner- borland t from the car i found something you must know- trouble alnco ah was a youngun but whnts happened the asked about ixwk line ah nln t beared cnckly whut it was why do you look s worried whntls if mr warner now thhit he scratched his head as it y wnrner has accused dnn bor- i hatisd linked what book is trying to call up something from hli hmn o oionlng his bird dog that i but dnn wouldnt do n thing liko its iui w ledger of mr junius ithnt jivin snid angrily he is not warners 7oui grandfather look that kind mr wnrner ought to bejheie oer in the unud vtfieft on ashamed to accuse him of j pigc at thlt entry in november amnzing to rehouse of memories by de wn mistah krank may knoi a little aomethln ihiui dlt business hii granmu an mktlah wurners pa wux utt coutlns when krnnk barkudnle came to own a mauthalmrnlnghetrpjrgtnttv e wiyitf krank hioki in dropped in to see joan who gave him an account of the mornings hap penings whata tt all about jonn atkej why thia trouhl i dont know exactly frank said slowly but its something about a note that tom warner grandfather ndored for dans groat-grandfith- r it was along about the urn of ihr civil war old mr borland is aald to have defaulted on the note and mr warner had to pay it around a thousand dollars i think it was but the borland ar wellfixed joan sfcld they could pay off such a not and straight it out why dans grandfather frank broko tn insisted that the not btutnaai had been straightened qjlt was dona in a sort of roundabout trading way 7s but iti to childish frank wont you bo to mr warner and talk to him make him see what h forcing etna rind dan to do if they elope grudge poisoning the went on into danwoujdn do such n thing frank went on hut he dog wot poisoned and dnn did buy wmo rat poison at the drugstore this ifmtt ueccied of e borland timber value on thousand dollars rhedefaulted not dan aald- tlowly we knew it was paid but trandfnther left no record of it he wns old nnd ho wt mr warnir said joan he died in nbvember of 67 nnd he impatiently must have been 111 when he made thlfl i know but its mighty hnd thnt entry see how different the hand- it happened on the very day tom writing is from the rest of the ledger hopped all oer dan hes hnvtng this entry should have been made dnn arrested th preliminary hear- i back here on page 346 along with ing before the justice of the peace will morning circumstantial evidence joan said what do you mean im lucky lucky lad oahinfj tnaaodtfh the wire in his fleet to climb over a hydro barrier probably lo recover a ball moy hove sovod hit iii some boys have not been to lucky hydro energy it on of the finest things we have in ontario to moke for batter living- but tt con slop one from living if you thoughtlessly give ft o chance t flaihjhf your body every potslble precaution for safety is taken by your hydro but once in a while someone gatt tfty or take a hons and- swibta a imv climbs a polo and touches a wire or ho wet his ksta o be held tomorrow morning oh frank joan was incredul ous arrestedt did th dog die no quick work by th vet raved him what nre you doing with those oldledger im planning to study some local history joan told him they date back to the 60s andtqj nnd they were the hecount books of mr jun ius p warner mlsry and i got them out of the loft tt the dustln house which was one the bid warner home interesting frank said slowly mention of the lostncurred in the default of the note ha signed for mr borland but tt wasnt put there it was jotted down oxer here after a skip of over a hundred pages it wat hidden vou all study the ledger youll tctrtherowtas no other reason for the timber deal it pnid- that note youll see mr warner took the book thnt joan thrust into his hands ho said nothing elna was leaning over his shoulder turning pages with tremb ling fingers dan was watching he didnt look grim any more come frank joan said softly t tragedy striker a boy climbs a polo near a hydra line and it contacts a htghvonago circuit and car d or lnury to whoever it holding h sometimes a storm breaks down a una and some one takes held of the broken live wire with disastrous result tftoso ar ust examples of acts that or beyond the power of hydra to prevent your hymro can only warn of danger and seek corporation of parents and teachers and all whohavo influence with fhoso who might expos ftftomselves to thai dang hydro nd never bo a throat to anyone what 1 will not climb poles 2vyiirstay away from dlsttiburton lines and transformer stations 3 will keep away from fallen wires -1- for your safety in cose of trouble immediately notify your nearest j hydra office but never never touch a fallen wire the hydro tlectric power commission of ontario advertisers meet the most people 3l lfey iajmiiiii