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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1918
Page
3
Hazel and Roaring Bill abandon Cariboo Meadows and trek through a thawing Yukon landscape. The spring wind loosens fears as Hazel longs for home while Bill maps routes toward Bella Coola and a coastward future, with prophecy of a voyage by steamship the next day.
A vintage consumer advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for ill children with feverish, cross, or constipated symptoms. It claims safe, thorough cleansing by softening stools, notes the product’s fruity taste, and warns against counterfeit copies while directing readers to the genuine bottle from the California Syrup Company.
Hazel Weir a Granville stenographer engaged to Jack Barrow leaves Harrington Bush after he proposes. Bush dies after a fall from a horse leaving a will to Hazel. Hazel then becomes a teacher in Cariboo Meadows BC where she meets Roaring Bill Wagstaff and ends up trapped in the mountains overnight.
In a harsh winter in the cabin Hazel adapts to life with Roaring Bill Wagstaff. He provides food and warmth, teaches her hunting and survival skills, and a wary companionship forms. A tentative trust grows but Hazel never forgives him for his earlier approach.
A lyrical scene unfolds as spring nears with blue skies and a shifting breeze. Hazel moves about without coat in mild air while a late gale sweeps the trees and a long-awaited sound returns at midnight.
Bill Wagstaff offers Hazel money from Mother Marth and advises on a backstory to return to the Meadows. He urges a plausible account of being lost and later with Indians and whites to Vancouver, then recommends the Lady Smith hotel in Vancouver. He bids Hazel farewell as the Stanley D. sails away.
Hazel gains freedom in spring and exercises a prerogative long held by women. The exact action is promised to be revealed in the next installment.
An old advertisement promotes Freezone for removing hard skin and corns on feet. It touts a low price at drug stores and describes lifting calluses with fingers, claiming the underlying skin becomes pink and healthy without soreness. The text ends with a moral quip about human error and concealment.
An advertisement extols Vacher Balm as a nerve calming salve that also fights disease germs and infection. It markets 25¢ and 50¢ jars and tubes, claims quick relief for rheumatism neuralgia toothache burns and more, and offers free samples and direct supply through E W Vacher of New Orleans.
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