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by Iyduy Parkman CHAPTER VIII "YOU WI-XILE SPEAKING FRENCH
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l 1110 pt wu . most important animal in plosise days in Prince Inward Iahnd. Indeed. it was the poor man's friend and the farmers depended on it. for most at their meat.
In those days the punter roamed at will. finding his food among
-not mom than ten minute!-" the lush meulorvs and slacking his
the doctor cautioned
"H9 I5 V9” thn-st. at brooks and ponds. Dome
weak. M rm mvtl N" 'X'W'- him fall, he fltlmed himself cm beech
:0 talk much not agitate him in any way." The captain, with one
And Hm" I”: II" nuts. Only the choicest pom went
into the family pork barrel, or
1”” ”" hung in bacon from the beams
the for SW9 0? ""3 ”'m9"””” "M" of the kitchen or perhaps in some
cler. nnddcri coiifidently. -'(;nnnl-nli." he said, "1
line oi bright chat. to start ;in' than E'lp the questions gradual like. You leave it rinr
l-lc descended the i:.irni:ir: aft at its loot, rlumsili inwards the ripen wax" iii the starboard cabin.
won't I re liim. I riaro-say he wants cheer- ing up a bit, so I'll hand him 11 with
in to me,
ladder, and Upload door-
sttic morn.
Nowadays most poople are forced to eat slaughter house pork -- a poor substitute for the product put up by our forefathers - and about the only part of a pig that isn't used today is the squeal.
That. elephants have big children may be observed by is recent report from the Moscow zoo of the birth ,to Msmma and Papa Elephant of a son who is 41 inches tall and
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These two bulls each said for 8
Haughian, Toronto.
.000, highest. price for a I-Iolstain inOan- ads since the fall of 1951. Rookvvood Rag Apple Revelation (Taft) was purchased by Martin Buenos Bros. Champion Irighti by w. F. Young, Tsrrsoe Fami. Titusviile. N. Y. Ioth were sold in the sale of the herd of B. 3. Roman. Kink. OM. Which brought an average of 3784, highest dispersal sale average in Canada since 1950. Spectators at the sale were Libby Gardan (left) and Joan
The door had been booked back itisiric to allow such llIIlii.('(i . Lilaiion as was possible, and as me
(iim.nut'.ve compartment, he son, that the man in the bunk was 13-1 in: back with his eyes closed.
The mpmm mood (gr some 5e(;- its horn, It sheds only the miter ands szaziiig disappoint:-dly at the 5h?”-
Zeaii hczrrdccl fare on the pillow. This had been his first chance of ' liar-Ling a talk nt.li the castaway- anii iimv the iiian had gone Sirorp agzmil hail enough slccp in the last riarsl
He glanced over his shoulder tn sac 1f the doctor had
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V6", weighs 300 pounds. y
It. takes 7000 gallons or! water milk producer.
paiisrd on the Llirosli-hold of the '0 770'” one hush” 01 I'M" I " . 1 .
last. fall while Champion is a son
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Airs and Houckhoilno Re-hho
Revelation is a brtoher of both Grand Champions at the Royal
of the Canadian champion yearly
the waiter-wheel of the old girls!
The prong-liomed ant!-lope islmifl at CnrllWhii, when it was oper-
lthe only animal known in shed ated by Duncan Hyde.
Before the mill rolling: n.gn.n. Mr.
could be not Hyds had to
Seeds from conifers range from descend into the wooden cylinder
As though he hadn'tlred pine, two cedar 460,000, while the surrey pine pond, has only 500 seeds to the pound. Nests are made followed,i'ishes. and other kinds of wildlife y had stripped turning. a . .
milion tolpine seeds average 5.000 pounds,
thousand up
to iiearlv,tlintcliet in hand) and cut the to the
pound. Whiteiwatw snakes from the wheel. Tli:s iiiridcnt. occurred when I was small 'ad fishing in the mill and I recall handing the hatchet tn Hyde when he went down to iiivs-stiprate why the wheel
52,000. Atlantic white .1
by mammals.
him riown the ladder and finding as wan 3,; by bipdsl ,
that ho had nm, was about. to try; the cficct of a vlscrcet. cough
tho slcopcr, when he saw that thel
Federal pensions still are being? ml paid to 7,735 widows of Civil Warlrcmiiids mo of the time my cousin , veteran:
Speakziic of eels or W'llI.HTSTiakP5,
by the Veteran's Ad- lRohPrt. Jewcll and I decided to de-
manls 0305 had ODPYWG ind he WEl5i ministration. But there are onlyisiiakc an old well on the back of r9t::Ii'd'-l'-S his l”-5110? Wllh 15"lgl”d three former soldiers of the Uiiion,our farm. near the property now
lnici'cs'. . . iArmy left to draw pensions -- a riwnccl by Fiarl Carrier. The well Th” rilillnlll 5'PPP9d mihi mt" case of longevity among the Wn-lltnd not born in use for manv Eh? U-"lbm M 11"” mid ””dded.men, lie.-irs, Ind”!-d, it was partly filled britzlitly. " A multi-purpose rad-lo-television ,up with pieces of wood and other "-V1”"l”l'- mlswri he greetedlphonomaph has been produced bvlodds and ends. So, armed with a
him. ”.Vli' name's Bmvkcr. RTi' Tmi the masi.ri' 0' this
e F cket ,a manufact.ui'cr with the aSSel'li0llii0llg ladder, block and tackle. and 5'” " pa ' that itislhe tlniestsuch combination buckets .atc. we set. out to clean
You 31'” 5"" W below I 3””',ever designed. It is 37" riiirh aiiciiiie olrl wall of its debris.
hut I've been in and out 0' here a good few times in the last . couple u' days. Wcll, how's it. comin'?" The man essayed a faint smile.: "Not too badly," he said in a weak Voice. ' The captain l0Ulig9d against the
foot of the bunk and surveyed
him critically.
”'1'Vhat's the stuff! he 'But. you're lPt'”.lnE pretty used up.I ain't. you? Not the bright. lad you was. ob?”
"I'm a bit weak,” the siiittod.
The captain nodded profoundly.
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i one gadget.
Did you know that such flowersi
the Lady Viking. ly. and the Flame of the North lsay Jack Robinson. his face bear- remmkedl all give forth profuse blossoms in,ing :1 verx frightened look. the dead of winter? These strange. and beautilful flower children o!,sriake.s." he said, "The moment I the
wide. It has a radio l7” TVI receiver, a three speed phonograph. and an electric clock all rolled into ins to which one of us would go
When the ladder had been put into position, the question arose
iriowii first and tie the loose debris ' ' to the lift chain, Robert; was the first to descend the Viklnglbut he was up before you could 'tThat. damn well is alive with
winter require no gardenlnglplanted mv feet against the stones
man Ad. lskill, no work, no care You simt)ly,to get a hold while I placed the drop them vi the surface of the earth and when ; tcrs came at me from all direclimis,
few inches below chain around those sticks. the crit-
..I.” bet you m.,,g-- he mud, --youithe shows of winter lie white iipoiiiliissimz and darting ilinir tongues
look it, if it comes to
V0,,-re 5 king m wmi, you was ablaze with color! ' S-even eels completely tied up funnv that I laid aside the ropc
when we picked .V0i1Ul!. Y0”!
ought to hat seen yourself then;
Ln”, Buy your lawn you'll see your gardenlin n menacing manner.”
The whole thing struck me so
I was holding and laughed lfke one who had Just read e prise Ioke. . . .
Perhaps my laughter had same- thing to do with Jewell! refusal to go down again. I rather think it was his terror of the snakes - but that ended his part in the ex- pedition, I was left to do the job alone or leave it to future generations.
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Recalling how Hyde had disposed of the eels in the old water wheel. I, too, armed myself with a shing- ling hatchet and want below.
That old well appeared to be A place of snakes unlimited. Stand- ing on the bottom rung of the ladder I dispatched every last one of them that ventured too near.
The following day, assisted by a neighbor, the last pieces of debris was taken to the surface. Then we scooped about it foot of sand from the well's bottom and the spring came into Production again.
When the pieces of, snakes were assembled we counted 16 dead creepers.
Al snockfimc -- at nie;riIIi'mi:l
Banfioww
STABILIZED PEANUT BUTTER
I don't. mind tellm' you I started; wnnderin' what I was 801115 I0 use to sew you up in. Thereis an! old fore-t.ops'ls that. would ha'i done. but its still got plenty O'l wear in it for fine weather an'i I didn't fancy havin' to cut it? up. Im glad I dldn"t. now, but. I never thought yould make the grade. 0' course, you ain't out. 0' danpzor yet. You might go an' have a rclapse or somethin'. But Any- way, I'm leavinl that old canvas down in the locker till I'm sure: I'm goin' to want. it. in no good loolin' ahead too far." '
"1- hope I'm not going to need it now," the other suggested. '
"No; maybe not,” the caiptainl l'ii!TN'(l jiidlciaily. "l-iere's hoplnii nnyiimr. As a matta of fact. the, dnr's foclin' good an hopefult about you now - an' he ain't. no fool oven if he is a frog-eater."
"Hols a frog-eater?" the man rhpcnied in double surprise.
”Fi'ciich," the captain explain- crl. ”He's one at these here scien- tific itilRS that goes around meas- lirlll' peoples heads an” that. He's a zlicst. 0' the French Gov'ment. down at. Noumea, an' he's taking a jaunt up to Fiji to see what the llliZKflr5' hands is like up there. But he's a proper doctor as well, so . .. Why, whats up? Got a pain or something?"
The sick man had partly raised his head and was gazing at him with an odd scared look in his gray eyes.
"what. is it?” the captain re- peated, staring at him in some alarm. "Ain't 3011 ft-.elin' so good? Shall I call him down?"
The other slowly relaxed on to
the pillow again and slightly shook his head.
"it's iint.hlniz," he muttered. "But. s this doctor. You say he
comes from Noumea?"
”Th:it.'g right," the captain af-I firmed. "Why? Do you know any- one there?”
"No." the man returned faintly. ”Nn one. I - Ive never been t.hcri-."
"Oh, I thmight. maibe you did," the ca.pt.ain remarked. "He said ynu was jabbci'in' French when you was off your hand, an' seen' yours on Gov'ment. service... Anyway, as I was sayin', he ain't no fool. It was hi.rn that found out who you was. 0' course, I lmaw you was one o' the Man- waii's crowd as soon as I see the name of the whalcboat, but it. was him that opened up that pack- et an' found out. you was the new Resident for Arafui. I couldn't make tap nor tail of it. msself. All that leizal lingo reads like Dutch to me. 'BIy these presents and 'our well-beloved Richard Matthew 'I'hurlow'l I reckon it sounds dippyl But. he sorted it.
out an' put it into plain English. an' then I tumlbled to it that you was the teller that was t.akln' on old Parson's job."
To be continued
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