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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1953, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 16 press monday. 1953 Al Cody copyright by Ai Der Butoi for King of Tatum sym com. Chapter Twenty two Rawls had brought some matches from the boat. He crawled them in his hands finding Small dry twigs by feel and building a tiny Heap. The cupped flame hesitated like a dog sniffing curiously at Astrid were equipped for it wit some new food. Then finding it tasty it gulped with huge Appe Tite the flame spreading fast. Rawls moved Back into the River away from the rising wave of Light. Cries fore the silence of the eve Ning a sudden hideous chorus of rage and alarm. But the tinder dry Driftwood was exploding into flame the Light spreading like the glow of a Torch revealing half a Hundred figures who crept upon the Varina. Guns shouted Hasty Challenge and Rawls beside the boat did not venture aboard until he had made himself known. By the time he was Back the River was a second time deserted cleared in panic quickness. Sur prise had been Cousin to terror while the flames leaped As if anxious to kiss the sky. Now flames were subsiding but the the Moon glow hovered like a night Moth at the Western Edge of the badlands. Lomax Mcquestion was no stating in Praise. You re the salvation of us All he declared. And that in thing else. But nobody voiced objection. Grasshopper ing was a common practice on the big Muddy. Like most boats that plied the River both the Varina and the a pair of spars carried along to be used if the boat ran aground. Under Rawls direction the spars were a sed and set Lik posts in the River one on Eithe Side with the tops inclined toward the Bow. Nothing happened while that was done. Apparently the indians had not yet recovered from their double setback or else there was no one familiar with the operation to warn them of what was happening. But the Lull ended As the rigging began. Above the line of the deck each spar must be rigged with a tackle Block then Manila cables Over these one end fast passed ened to the gunwale the wound around the capstan. Other this the Rotten mean Way you. Wirra sad the return for we treated Day that i listened to the specious slickness of a Tricky Tongue were you but my son now would be Astrid was approaching. Slen Der and Graceful in the reflected glow of the still burning pile she looked eminently desirable and in that moment she was his for the taking her lips framing a second to what her father had said. We be work to Rawls re minded them briskly. There la be a couple of hours More of Black dark before the Dawn and no More Wood for a flare. Either the Varina is off the bar before that or it la never come afloat at you re the Mcquestion assured him. But if she does t come off everybody goes aboard the Kathleen stood in the Back ground watching. She too was framed by the firelight behind her hair a Halo in its glow. She d handled a gun with the Best of them when danger was a Finger tip Dis Tant and the Varina belonged to her. Half its cargo might be con Traband the Crew in Mcquestion s pay the boat itself stranded in forbidden Waters but the Varina must float free. Well have to Grasshopper her Rawls added. Everybody keep guns Earnshaw stared incredulous. It was one thing to Grasshopper a boat off a bar in Daylight and with no worse menace than the passing of time to hinder. To do so in a few scant hours of Moonlight when men s movements could be seen and guns and arrows twang out from the Shore w a s some Hub Ancl sure welfare state not for Burns Robert Burns would have squirmed under the paternalism of the modern welfare state Rev. A. R. Huband told a Large congregation at Westminster Church Sun Day evening. The scottish poet would have rebuked the modern chiselled who tries to get All he can giving As Little As possible or. Huband said at the Church s fifth annual Robert Burns service. According to or. Huband Many who applaud Robert Burns at a distance of a Century and a half would not like him at All if they had to apply his principles to their entailed climbing and the opera Tion was in its Middle when the Man at work screamed and a 11 fell an Arrow quivering in his Arm. Rawls jumped and climbed grabbing the half tied rope before everything could crash in a tangle. The other Man fell Back and now More arrows were coming guns taking up the chatter. Rawls worked grimly a needing until the Job was done. And the Devil of it is we be no targets to shoot Back my question fumed. Rawls disregarded him. All he said and at his order the capstan turned the paddle wheel revolved and the Varina was lifted and pushed along. Not enough to free her but Rawls had t expected that the sky Pilot had run them hard aground and it would be a race against the encroaching dark As Well As the Hostiles on Shore to get it off in time with the process to be repeated Over and Over until they floated free. It was not by Chance that the process was called Grasshopper ing. When the spars were set the boat bore a grotesque resemblance to a Grasshopper with great in looking backward eighty years 26, 1873 the committee appointed to draft the Bill for the incorporation of Winnipeg had nearly completed its work it was understood that the Bill contemplated a mayor at a salary of a year nine councillors at each and a tax of one cent on the Dollar. Seventy years 26, 1883 Rich deposits of Gold were found in the rat Portage Kenora area and a group of Winni Eggers had organized the Winnipeg Consoli dated Gold mining company prospectors said there was Little Chance for mining of the pan and Sluice variety. Sixty years 26, 1893 James g. Elaine reorganized of the Confederate states after the civil War Secretary of state in the Garfield Cabinet and one of the United states Best known journalists and politicians died at his Home in Washington Elaine had spent 20 years in Congress. Fifty years 26, 1803 j the Thistle hockey team of Ora was rapidly winning to the front their latest feat was to de feat the crack Portage la Prairie team 4-2 in the portages Home rink the Arena thistles lineup Ross Brown is Griffis Roxy Beaudro Tommy Hooper Martin and Billy Mcginsie. Gainly legs poised and when i did move it was in a series of tops. Those on Shore kept up a con Stant harassment against which Here was no defence. But beyond that first Lucky shot with a the irid ians scored few successes. The Light was Tricky and he distance Long for bows while guns they would take no prizes for marksmanship. But the Strain on the nerves made the drag even while it seemed to race. Kathleen watching like the rest held her breath each time the Varina Felt the same ache of disappointment As it still held fast after the hop. There was unreal Ity in this situation the Black Sheen of the River with stars Shiv ering in its Mirror the Moon creeping Aboye. Even the guns he arrows and the indians were Ike a bad dream from which she must finally awake. Only the Varina and Denny Rawls held reality across two thousand watery Miles they had come to be her world. She d liked the looks of 3enny that night at the a Man standing tall and cocksure but without conscious and despite All setbacks he d ived up to that reputation in the intervening weeks. Her heart Lead cried out against in store for him from which she had striven vainly to save him. If her motives had been half selfish they were no longer so. She f like crying ouf when he walked exposed and a gun spat at him and her flesh cringed when she was sure that he was hit. But this was a Battle beyond the physical. More than Ever it was a ight for men and of hings of emotions and hearts. The values had changed and the stakes had shifted but the Strug be was becoming each Day More intense. They d win tonight be cause Denny was Captain. But what of the Days ahead from another part of the deck crouching behind a shelter Astrid watched with the same intensity. Been a fool she realized bit Jerl y. At Long last she knew what so wanted and knew that it was out of reach. Once the cup had been at her lips and she d cast it aside. There Lay the irony for she had done it for Mark whiter and whiter now was the big question Mark of this whole mad Advent ure. Back at St. Louis he d played he Lover and deferred to her fax her. But the idea had been his. And what wild dream actuated him she was yet to learn. He d told Only a part of his plan a part of the truth. She sensed an unsuspected strength in him a coldness of Pur Iose that could be ruthless. He Vas a silent Man but behind the silence was a purpose bordering on fanaticism. A shout went up and As the Moon went out of sight the a was afloat again. Time to go of bed. Astrid groped her eyes dry and hot. Morning or waking a Ould bring no end to Nightmare. To be continued forty years 26, 1913 a cow was viewed by the free press stockyards re sorter in the Winnipeg stockyards fed Mammoth Bovine by a. Mcgregor had been Boissevain shipped by William Hanley Boissevain and bought by Swift Cana Dian. Own honest Man following the service approximately 600 attended a special Burns program in the concert Hall. No Nett Pipi held up the poor Man As worthy Winnipeg. V St n of respect by revealing the of Winnipeg injustices under which he suffer resident of Winnipeg. Thirty years 26, 1923 Muriel Harper 536 Maryland candidate of the comp Ometer de and by encouraging him to be proud of his manhood and his to those who become impatient of the exuberance of youth he have said careful Don t break their spirit. A sturdy Independence is a priceless musical program prof. J. M. Brown former pres ident of the Burns club read the lesson from the braid scots Bible and special scottish music was Sung by the choir. Artists in the musical program followed were Roy Firth baritone Doreen Calder Soprano Primrose Dickie Reader Helen Tennent and Ruth Matheson vocal duets and Piper Robert Young. A film of scottish scenes was also shown. St. Alban s names five life members annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Alban s Parish was held monday with Rev. Canon fre Derick Hughes presiding. Church appointed for 1953 were w. K. Broughton j. S. Mitchell e. E. Venour w. J. Tay Lor and c. A. Birch honorary life members of vestry f. A. Pink Rector s Warden g. T. Nordan people s Warden g. H. Kelly trea surer l. R. Morris Secretary committee representatives c. R. Brown r. Buckland g. F. Birch j. Spencer h. N. Christmas. Vestry members Are c. W. Wright r. H. Hibberd s. A. Blacker w. Wilkes j. Birch g. W. Humphreys h. W. Pink j. Parker e. Attree Black t. R. Humphreys r. L. D. T. Hollingsworth and h. C. Rayner. Delegates to Synod Are w. K. Broughton a. Winchester c. R. Brown c. W. Wright w. J. Tay Lor r. J. Hibberd. Auditors Are n., Black and William kandia. Beccles England j ners fireworks and detonating Sig i nals heralded the last passenger train to run Between Beccles suf j Folk and. Tivetshall Norfolk. The line opened in ,1855, was close for economic reasons. Twenty years 26, 193 the Winnipeg symphony orches tra with Bernard Naylor formerly of Oxford England As conductor gave its third concert in Winnipeg s new auditorium. 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