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,A A THE L. C. 1. TATLER 2 3 The 'Setter stirred uneasily. A low rumblhag in his throat became definitely a growl. With staring eyes and slowly clenching hands Vail waited. There was an odd fumbling at the door. Vail wait- ed. It would be over' soon and he would find rest. The door creaked slowly back on its hinges. Stinging, needle-like snow blew gustily into the room. Vail waited. A man stepped softly in from the :black- ness. The man's eyes held his again. They were coming closer-closer. Quite suddenly Vail was glad and strangely un- afraid. A last conscious thought came before the blackness. Oh God, no more fear! THE ECLIPSE OF 1932 First Prize Senior Essay On Saturday of August 27th. two car- loads of people and a 'truck load of instru- ments -drove into the Town of Actonvale, P.Q., after driving 400 miles from Ham- ilton, some of them 450 miles from Nor- wich, Ontario. The trip was broken by spending the night at Valleyfield where they crossed the river. Those present were: Rev. D. B. March, D.Sc., EPh.B., F.R.A.S., the head and director of the expedition, Mrs Marsh, Mr John A. Marsh, Mr. W. S. Mallory, M.A., president of the Hamilton 'Centre R.A.S.C., Mr. W. T. Wingham, B.Sc., Professor William Find- lay, of McMaster University, Mr. John Findlay, Mr. F. E. Campbell and the two truckers Vernon and Art. On arriving in town the party was im- mediately shown up the side of quite a high hill. The .road wound around a stone quarry and crusher, up the steep side through scrubby trees past an old copper and gold mine to the top of a little plateau. It was a hard spot to reach with a truck-load of delicate instru- ments, but once there it was worth ten hills like that. The view was perfect. Rouge Mont lay off to the west about 40 miles, far away to the south were moun- tains and hills visible at 60 miles. and miles lay stretched to the east. Our view to the north was partially 'cut oil' by a small woods. Then :began the important ltask of set- ting up. A pier had to be erected for our three big cameras -and carefully set to point toward the pole of the sky. Then the other instruments had to be leveled and set up. ' The whole outfit consisted of 3 tele- scopes with camera attachments, two magnetic instrumenlts i.e., dip-needle and compass needle, to note any magnetic in- fluences, several baromseters, thermom- eters, hygrometers and other 'ometers, and instrument to record the sun's altitude at the moment totaliy occurred, two or three stop watches and time pieces, two teles- copes for observaxtion and a metronome to 'beat the seconds for time. Dr. and Mrs. Marsh resorted to the hotel in town for lodging but the rest of the party set up camp on the top of the hill, and what a site for a camp it was! A more delightful spot for camp- ing could hardly be found, On Monday another car arrived in town and a queer looking spectacle it was. The back seat was filled with du-ffle, outside were tent poles on one side and a tele- scope box and tripod on the other. If it had not been for this car-load this story would not be written, for it was then the author and his father arrived on the scene. With all hands on deck, after we had set up our tent about 15 feet from a little shack filled with dynamite, began a ser- ies of drills which are not even sur- passed in our local cadet corps. We had to go through our 102 seconds perform- ance time after time, so that everything would run as smoothly as a new eight cylinder car when the great event took place. The six men who operated the three cameras exposed imaginary plates by the dozens while Mrs. Marsh counted seconds from the metronome and Dr. Marsh shouted instructions. VVhile this was going on Mr. Wingham was making drawings of an imaginary corona, while I was doing the same vbertween making observations of my two magnetic needles. My father was taking readings at the same time of the various 'ometers men- tioned before. The three telescopes were arranged on one pier in such a manner that each was in a position to be conveniently operated. The largest was a five inch refractor made by Dr. Marsh. The next was the McMaster University 'scope, a 316 inch refractor. The third was a three inch refractor made by Dr. Marsh and the property of the Hamilton Centre R.A.S.C. At the small end of each telescope was a small box-like affair which contained the photographic plates. The large telescope had a focal length of 22 feeft although it was only about six feet long. This was accomplished by a, special lens invented by Dr. Marsh, who is an authority on astronomical photography and recognized as such the world over. 'This same camera was fitted with a blue filter made by Dr. Marsh and arranged to allow only the blue light of the spectrum to enter. The other cameras had a yellow filter and an orange-yellow filter.
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THE L. C. I. TATLER 2 pq, wr an 5 - 4, 1 Y .. FEAR his lips suddenly. That doctor-He had llst prize senior short storyl lGreta B. Coshl We1l? The voice was querulous and had a cur- ious rasping quality. The shrewd eyes of the doctor noted the gray pallor of the face, the haunted eyes of the man. The eyes searched the mask-like face of the doctor, who glanced rapidly away. He felt suddenly very tired and old-for he had seen fear in the man's eyes and he could offer no help. The man would tell him nothing. The quietly level tones of the doctor fell flatly into the silence between them. You must get rest. Would it not be possible for you to leave the city? Now, a quiet place in the country - - And the doctor poised slim fingers together. Then lips curler ironically into a. semb- lance of a smile. Rest? Yes, he needed rest. He knew that. But when? How? How find rest for a sick mind, a soul in torment? Was he going mad? Fear clutched at his heart, made him lurch and catch sharply at the door-knob. What a fool he had been to consult a doctor. He laughed suddenly, hollowly and with- out mirth. Horrible to hear a man laugh like that, thought the doctor as he usher- ed out his patient and glanced after him down the snow-covered street. Poor beg- gar! The doctor shrugged his shoulders. nodded vaguely at the stiifly-starched nurse, recalled himself sharply and said All right-next. ::: ::: sf A quiet place in the country the doctor had said. Well, he was here. It had not been so difficult to get away. Young Rhodes would take his place efficiently enough, if not with finesse. There had been just a suspicion of smugness in his Don't worry, Mr. Vail. We'll carry on all right. Luck and health to you, Sir. He felt suddenly and definitely alone. EXCGIN fOr Perry, the setter, he was alone-there was no doubt about rthat. The hunting-lodge was miles from the nearest village and almost smothered in snow. He sank down wearily into the rough seat in front of the red flames he had coaxed into life. A wry smile twisted not expected to 'be taken so literally-He wondered if he had been wise to come alone to this hunting shack of his. He ful fashion. He spread fthe fingers and slowly clenched them into fists. Dusk crept steadily into dusty corners. in its clutches, he could only drown. It was good to be so tired, one could not think. Thoughts brought always an en- gulfing tide of black despair and once Vail stirred uneasily. He felt cold. Rising jerkily, he caught up sticks from the pile and hurriedly thrust rthem into the sickly fire. With curious intentness he Watched thin blue flames 'brighten into flaring red. Ah, that was better. The heat was a drug. He felt strangely calm. He was aware vaguely of the fretful sobbing of the wind in the evergreens. Soon that too became remote. There was another sound. It clutched at him persistently- annoyingly. Irt pulled him hack for an instant from the sleep he Wanted-need- ed. A thin knife-edge of fear struck deep. Was someone knocking at the frost cofv- ered window. But wait. He remembered now. A tree grew there-bare branches were tapping sharply. He lay back limply, exhausted. Was there no rest in sleep? He saw again the mob in the court room. Lean, vulture-like faces, drinking in every detail of the sordid story. Inhuman faces. In- human people. He did not want to look at the prisoner. He would not look at the prisoner. He had to look at the pris- oner. A sick wave of horror gripped him. The man was gazing at ihim. 'I'he eyes were coolly speculative. Vail realized that the man knew. The eyes held a message for him. They said wait. A long shud- dering tremor laid hold of him and he awoke. A slight movement of the setter at his feet cleared his confused senses-though the face with the accusing eyes seemed to leer from the dark corners, to smirk from the flames. With coldly sweating hands he clutched a stick and poked the fire viciously. He found himself listening in- tently. The low wailing Wind had risen to a screech. The shack trembled and creaked painfully under the lash of it.
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