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When he? awoke he could perceive through the forest a slight tinge of crimson in the west; and he knew that the day was done. At first he could as he passed outward again to the pine region, he found a rowan tree loaded with crimson fruit. He ate several bunches of the bitter berries, and, having sated his appetite, filled his pockets. Then, seeking a dense part of the wood, he lay down to rest. He had resolved that when night came he would set out for Markham, and, trusting that there were sever- al farm houses near that settlement whose inmates had not heard of the duel, he determined to obtain food. What he would do af‘en-rurds fate alone would determine. Laying his head upon a mossy hummock, com- fortable as a pillow of cider down, despite the anguish of his aunt, and the stinging of his wound, he was soon asleep, and dreaming of days when there was neither peril nor sor- row. ‘ It was not of his love that next he thought, but of his wretched predic- ament. He was aware that In his own territory he was exposed t) con- stant danger‘ of detection, yet he "phinly saw that escape. to the United States was impossible in his present apparel. The hue and cry would des- cribe him accurately; the law would put a price upon his Head; and what the cupidity of ordinary man-kind is he well knew. He had a half dozen sovereigns and a bank note in his pocket-book; but were he to attempt to purchase rougher clothes attention would at once be attracted to him. As the afternoon wore on “hunger con- tinued to torment him with increasing keenness. Knowing that upon the el- eVLated ground he would be likely to find a hardwood groe, be set out, and, after an hours tramp, was rewarded by finding himself in a grove of beeth- es. He gathered nigh onto :1 pint of nuts which gave him some relief; and His long experience as a hunter had taught him how to manage wounds; and he now prepared a number of nar- i’ow strips of linenfli Ubon each of these he spread a quantity of the fir balsam; and then put a strip across the wound. About a. dozen similar pieces were laid across, and these held the wound together; after which be placed a couple of larger slips along the wound at right angles to the shonter pieces. He then dressed and seated himself upon a tree-bole, and once more became buried in his gloo- my reflections. He had taken nothing to eat since the evening before; and pangs of hunger began to gnaw him. He walk- ed a short way toward a large grey rock near whic hhe heard a gurgling sound, and as he .advanced he saw that a little stream of water {:ushed from the base. He drank copiously of the pure, cold spring, and bathed his temples; but in carrying the water to his forehead he noticed that one of his hands was dusted with blood. Then for the first time had the thou- ght of his wound recurred to him. Stripping himself of his coat. Waist- rcoat and shirt, he perceived that he had lost an immense quantity of blood. Tearing a piece off his linen shirt he proceeded to moisten the coagulated blood‘ to ascertain the nature of the hurt. He soon found that the ball had hit him obliquely upor: the breast glanced,‘and gone around. making a serious flesh wound. Probing‘ with his finger he located the ball which had lodged in the muscles under his left arm. Taking his knife he insert- che book with which it was luckily supplied, and ,after much pain; and rending of the flesh and muscles, ex- tracted the bullet. The leeding soon became less copious; and from this he took much heart, for he was assumd that no artery was severed. Having washed the wound \he proceeded to make some lint, which he applied as Wally as a surgeon could have done, after which he went to a 131' tree. and therefrom obtained a quantity of balsam. proce blood' hurt. had 11 ‘Ah, the sleuth-hounds are every- where around,’ he cried, as faint and confused shouts came from the road and the country side. ‘But I am safe .Eeye, at least for a time;’ and he look- bd gratefully at the grand sheltering solitude about him. 'No footprint des- ecrated this sanctuary of nature. Would h , Roland began to ask himself, h ve been hurried into the hasty words, the passionate feeling, which were really the origin of all this huge, but ofr his regard for her? No; he saw it all plainly now. He had courted this quarrel; he obtained what he so ght, and/now did he hold in his ham}; the bitter fruit? ‘But he might have had his will; she was a lone girl; and her unnatur- al father was no less eager that the marriage shbuld be than the, base- born himself. Let it, be!’ Then a startled gleam came into his face. The following story is founded on fact and as the author aptly said “everyone in this part of the fountry who is not deaf has heard of the gang at Markham Swamp.” The story was first published in 1886. It will run as a continued story' in The Liberal. The Robbers of Markham Swamp :k, com- er down, art, and he was 'e of the the ball 1e breast making: a 1.9; with 111 which i { 3 I I g i it I he had come hither, but a sharp pain lin his breast brought back the ‘truth in its naked hideousness. Why shonâ€" ld he ever have awakened? “'as he 'not happy in that sweet, sweet state wherein the present had no place, and the happy past was lived again? For while he slept he once again met Ast- er. Tears were in her glorious eyes, and with trembling lips she told him that she thought he would never come And, taking him to the bank of the little stream that brawled down down the rough slope‘of her father’s ‘common, she made him vow that he ,would never again leave her pining. And taking her-head upon his should~ er he looked into her beautiful eyes, and he read in their tender glimmer- ing depths the secret that she loved him. Ah, how happy was her lot? He kissed the upturned mouth and held her to his heart. They pledged themselves to one another for ever and ever. Then the angel w watched over his sleeping flew away, and he A sound came to his ears. Alas! it was not.the music .of his beloved Aster’s voice but the haying' of bloodhounds. was awake (Contir’iiled (Next Week) With fizhe custqms investigatian sfiifl far i?er finiszsfimé, King G®vemment afireaéy staginfis canvfigfiefil havfimgg mwmmfied with smugglers? bogtfieggers, fiopaestea‘s amfl fizhfieveae amfi e235 having: €323.55 Emerita a pfirty to éefrauding the Nationafi Treawwgr iegifima’ke businessg &eba,udh§ng Eifficiafis, higfi'n panflaiow; thwartimg the aézimiflifitfifimmn Qf fiussiice, and hiking the eiectorate! T dVertisem on t) Guilty knowledge even in 1923 of the frauds that were being practised has been proven against the King Government beyond the shadow of a doubt. Time and again. in 1924 and 1925. the Commercial Protective Associationâ€"an organization of business menâ€"placed before Mr. King irrefutable evidenc s of it. that they had succeeded in tracing down at their 0 expense. With his Government hopelealy entangled with Canada's criminal element. Mr. King did notâ€"dared'notâ€" take any action to remedy the appalling conditions. Police officersâ€"members of the ineorruptible Royal Canadian Mountedâ€"were withdrawn from the Quebec boundary line at the request of the smuggling ring. Honest traders had asked for increased police protection. but the King Government preferred to grant the request of those_who were defrauding the public revenue. I: Corr'.:pt'ofiicials were unpunished and promoted; honest officiais were punished and demoted. Prison-made goods are on the prohibited list. yet tons and tcns of such goods. produced in prisons where contagious diseases were prevalent among the inmates, were smuggled Into Canada for sale to innocent Canadian consumers, with th 3 direct knowledge and co-operation of Government officials. Stolen automobiles, smuggled into Canada with the conn vance of Customs officials. were old for a pittance to friends of the King G0vemment, and those found guilty were allowed not only to go unpunishpd but to continue their nefarious trafle. Smuggled liquor selling’was engaged in oh 3 large scale by C_ustoms officials whose duty it was to protect the Treasury. j Committee, that the Chairman Mr. Mercier was a Liberal, and that the Prosecuting Counsel Mr. Calder .was a Liberal candidate in the last election, and despite the further fact that the committee sat almost daily for five months. thus affording Liberal members ample opportunity to uncover malfeasance onthe part of previous ministries, not one word of proof, not one breath of suspicion, was brought against the administration\f the Customs Department under the Laurier, Borden and Meighen Govern- ments, but only against its administration under Mr. William Lyon MacKenrie King! Has anythino more disgraceful ever besmirched the pages of Canadian history? Can a proud and honourable nation, whose people fear God and eschew evil, afford to condone such dishonesty, such cormption, on the part of its Eeaders and public servanté? Despite the fact that with Mr. Kennedy supporting them, the Liberals had a majority on the Investigation “'0 now am resolved to sel! tho hzllumrr' r-f'lhis suh Uixi~in'n, urrwasxe and has lncatdfi IFSi than five minutes {ruin the centre of Richmond Hill wind the street‘car C()l]v0r1iv!Icvs. Why nnt"huy a. marker, garden or t-hickén :md hw- fm-m cmuljined/ 'l'hé Snil is n. light clay loam Barliuqlarly udnplvd fur gardening pun-pnsps. Nuke ynm' hnmP at, Richmnnd Hill whmvn yr‘m can get, a. couple of HOI'PH fur the prive of n lut. Achag’F frmn $25011p. The fins are being sold fast, Buy nmv_ Small cash payment and ensy terms. Phone or" write “9d nu: salesman will call on you. 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