A portrait of the artist as a young man. Here we have Thomas P. Kelley, a very dapper little boy who would grow up to write Bad Men of Canada, No Tears for Goldie , The Gorilla's Daughter and 'The Soul Eater':
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A JOURNEY THROUGH CANADA'S FORGOTTEN, NEGLECTED AND SUPPRESSED WRITING
Sir Isaac Brock
6 October 1769 - 13 October 1812
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'Brock: Valiant Leader' by J.D. Logan Canadian Poets and Poetry John W. Garvin, ed. (Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1916) |
from Brock Centenary, 1812-1912: Account of the Celebration at Queenston Heights, Ontario, on the 12th of October, 1912 Alexander Fraser, ed. (Toronto: William Briggs, 1913) |
The Dusty Bookcase:A Journey Through Canada'sForgotten, Neglected, and Suppressed Writing
The Pittsburgh Press, 21 May 1912 |
The Canadian Bookman, August 1909 |
The Regina Morning Leader, 21 May 1912 |
The New York Times, 21 May 1912 |
Again and again the belt descended.Where to?
At last Danny could bear it no longer. Like a caged beast suddenly freed, he turned on his father and wrestled with him for possession of the belt. Matt roared with rage; his meaty right hand clutched the boy's throat and he shook that twisting young body as if it were a rattling bag of coals.
Exhausted, Danny went limp, Matt let him fall to the floor where he kicked him in the stomach. The boy writhed and screamed as the boot connected.
"Now – now – what's yore answer?" said Matt, breathing heavily, laying down a fine mist of whisky breath close to Danny's face.
"I – I'll go."
"Look, Danny. This is as hard for me as it is for you –"For a guy who lost his virginity mere hours earlier, Danny really seems to know what's what:
"That's wrong," Danny interrupted. "This is easy for me. All I have to do is tell you to go to hell, Dave."
"Listen to me, Dave. Sometimes you do things that even if they're bad you still have to do them and even if they'll hurt you they still have to be done. Do you know what I mean? I'm sure Anne feels the same way about it. She'll get over the novelty of me pretty soon.""So you're just puppets of passion, eh?" responds Dave.
"That guy Dusty sure knocked something out of me," muttered Danny.The magical, transformative power of the ring extends to the locker room, where Dave's blow to Manny's jaw ends their estrangement. And Clara? Despite her ellipses, Anne manages to fill in the blanks:
"I know..." replied Anne slowly, "... and Danny... it's funny how everything turns out for the best!"
"What d'ya mean?" he asked.
"I think that guy knocked something bad out of you... and I'm glad!"
"From what Dave told me... they're still in love with each other... always have been... it's just the way of life that's driven them apart."So, is there anything to be made of the similarity between the names Danny Cannon and Danny Halperin?
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