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i >.~ o o s I _ “l "W 5.1: E a as? g, w = - m 'Q m a, a 2 - E = = a .2 = m t i!,h,,ti'i'.,isiis:,iii1ri',c,i:.'ia',i,isi,ii, -------------., .|_r = - Til o - mg - E o W co O I a u: a i ' h - w, - at E tr, C1. a " Kfl? _. C 'e'og'y.'iiicitc.irrcav_d! t en 'b1QsinrGcivoec.,vr, ode t so 2?. “r a” -/-ii/rc,"jf,'Zriy. , yc8rj,.ijii.,irc2j.rii'i-',,",rr,i . . _ , z " - i As a small boy, Ben lived for a time on Main Street you have to sneak 'em too?" _ U Q y a 'ts 5 Eg = J' 2 o .d I next door to Mr. & Mrs. ChP. McConnell. Mrs. 0.P. OP. assured him they tasted better that way. I _.. + 3 sil' u.' "‘ Th' 2 cvs?. .2 3 . _ . a _ - V2 = (Edith) was "d quiet, serene woman who, after 40 years Around about that same time, week Jays, 9.00 to 4.00, m. M S .2 E E g 3 F, a. g g t oftoil as a famter‘s wife, much ofit- in her time _. harsh Ben sat in Miss McGloughlin's 4th grade class room at of) as r it Ir; V Eng 3 f, I: I and demanding. was quite content to sit in her front Brighton RS, and looked out the window and dreamed. L Q t, .. 8 y, it b? 8 w g, ite?, room by the sunny west window and spend her days He couldn't see the Presbyterian church from this i; tu., 2- ".,5 "E, C", 3'3 : 'f, g E ( knitting work socks for her son. op, on the other hand, vantage point, nor the great maples, but he must have >1: W N N ICP, U U th 13 o S', l was still very much alive," and it is doubtful that found other objects of equally consuming interest. And 'tee: . o I: U .. u ' _ Brighton possessed or ever knew u more youthful "sixty M' the school year wore on. Miss McGloughlin became c: M LE. c, E S A' t; t g 5: l something." O.P. could and would Foreclose on a more and more concerned, Ben had the potential to lead 3 a l? i-':'; G 3 0 , fi E J? mortgage or call in a debt with alacriry and precious his class, but his marks were dangerously low. Finally, h 5 :5 0 g 2 E ..e. E E f; k little mercy, but he had a soft spot for kids. He'd raised she was moved to call Ben's Mom in for a chat one day 0 S ,5 p, E g .2 if 'g5 “a Td zi I three sons of his own and there was _ = 'Nia W; after class. 0%? t tg mal C' 'i,'. a“: E E Ji g more than a bit oi the "little boy" left in ia r"" "Oh, you know, 'r Miss M. explained, to , E a: E W.' . g 3 t' a i him. A large part of that small person _ ‘ Biti it, _; "Ben's not a speck of trouble. But he's a OQ“: : E E g' E m E is Jd that remained was a love of cookies; ' ' , l, tt 1i dreamer. Always staring out the window. 1f 2tp 5 3 3 d?. a 3 s: = E ii particularly his wife's oumcals, made as " "a'4 1 And it's a shame. What he's capable of SN': a E a Ei g "e a = 'is, ttt g . only women of Scottish descent and . i. accomplishing. why. it'sjust sky-high," o (i , a) Tz' Je, Le .3 E E is E raised in Seymour Township could "i , ' 7, _ Well. Ben's Mom must have had a n q, us, f 1'-ris.:, a: I; 1,i's' a = maker Ben. too, developed an abiding O _ rather forceful chat with her number one , - j,?. iv“; "E g E g'.11l. E. Tve, [ affection for those same cookies. And ver 1,lu5 _ son, oecnuse by year's end. Ben was up t ii E: on it; 3 it 2 E E on many a late afternoon in the side sun "mmm _ at the top of the class where he belonged m V = a u - .2 n I porch - just off the kitchen _ with milk _-aT.--- i" (though it was responsibly reported that c 5“,; - A p = c Cl a and oatmeals on the end table, 0.1”. _ by Pater McConnell ",'- he could still be caught now and then 1 - g E m "ii in} a“ c, S.' e'.)'. settled in the "glider" and peered ___ TeeTe __ ___ __ __ (Frr.rrr. _.rr-ere, C sneakingapeek outthut window). r,'-, w 6 gig . y g; 0 if St 5 T, through his tround-rimmed reading glasses and over his We are all appreciativeJy familiar with the credits ofthe i) w TI lg it 'd a? g b' I'-,' p: = beloved Toronto Daily Star at the pensive little chap adult Ben (though they bear iterating and reiterating). l, - E. E b' fi. % E 8 t 3 p, who perched on the footstool before him. From time to The Family, the law office, the court room. Parliament ts 3” TA E a cc:" : -'T.' w E ' _ . T h a - = - - time. both devoted lull attention to the expanse of St. Paul's, The Masons, The Legion, the Village of E E " a E E a - g 'c' f l streetscape outside the poreh's north windows. And they Brighton, the Town of Brighton; not to mention the golf .2 2 ' t f? E .3 ' it B . discussed some pretty important things: How much course and the "hot" trombone. And then there was the l ii: g 8 I; S g 2 " .f g rainwater did they suppose would run off the roofof the social conscience and the unerring sense of "the right i, z E: E g E Ta', C.'. ‘9‘ g a . . s ' n ' ' a: l -. " _ Prcshyteriau church ifyou put barrels at both ends? How thing to do, a, E s, I' E E o E pi, t, A E . H H t. _ old did they figure were the great maples that stood We, and there are so, so many of us, have but late dd da g ii 'l,-','. a; i, E o .e, S." ' . , ' . o = _ before both their' houses? hidden Ben a fond farewell. Citizen Ben. Yes. 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