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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-08-31, Page 2THURSDAY, AUGUST 31st, 1939 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE TO? By Isabel Waitt Came i II “Lanes used to have boats," Aunt Nella volunteered. “Our boat — the Eleanor — leaks.” “Roddy—what’s become of that speedboat of his?” I asked. The thought that he'd never use it again made me quiver. Hadn’t seen it for years, she said. My aunt assured us no boats at the Head had been used this summer. “Then the person can’t get away Old, you say? And deaf?” “Wylie—Mr. Gerry’s the only one who knows him.” Poor Aunt Nella, how the stubby path must be hurt­ ing her feet,! I offered to run ahead after her shoes, but she’d make it, she said. Wylie began to sing at the top of his maudlin lungs,— I wash sheeing Nella ho-o-ome, I wash sheeing Nella home An’ ’twash-at Aunt Dinah’s------ “Shut up!” He shut. “You shound awful to me, m’ dear. Awful fun— fun—” They had to carry him upstairs— De Witt and Hugh Norcross, with Albion Potter helping from the rear, and me running ahead to open the door. Back in the living room we all trooped, waiting for the men to come downstairs. Auntie had sent me down, begging me to do something to quiet her boarders, who'd all be leaving, she just knew, the first thing in the morning, could I do! “Is everybody at the Victor Quade asked me. I looked around and Witt, Hugh Norcross, Albion ] Mr. Quincy and Lily Kendall, but Miss Bessie Norcross, asleep up­ stairs, and my aunt and uncle.” Mr. Quade and Thaddeus Quincy held a consultation. Then Mr. Quincy thumped for silence and leaned back in his chair with an eager, pleased look on his withered face. I vow he was enjoying himself. The Committee “Mr. Quincy and I think a mittee should be chosen to go down to the old church where Miss Jason made her—her terrifying discovery a while ago to verify it. Not that we doubt you, Miss Jason,” Victor Quade expatiated. “But, after all, you did enter that basement alone and saw what you think you saw by two flaring matches. You might, have been mistaken. You did not touch that—” ‘‘No—no! But—it stuck out—all —all stiff.” He looked at me queerly. “If that is right, that -would mean rigor mor­ tis—long enough for it and not too long afterwards.” “You appear to know plenty about such things,” Hugh said. “It is planning to write mystery stories—” Mr. Quincy broke in. “Wasn’t you running through the Lane estate right after dark, was it, Norcross? Judy and I called to you?” I held my breath. Hugh changed color. He looked as if he’d been caught stealing lump sugar. “May have been. What of it? I went to my sister’s room and—well, she was gone. Thought she might have strolled over toward the sea and ran after her, but just then her light came on and I ran home again. Any harm in that?” He turned to me “If I’d heard you speak I’d certain­ ly have answered.” Victor Quade whispered in my ear. “Could you make a note of that?” Aloud, he said, “Such questions are for the police, provided Miss Jason’s right. The first thing isn’t mutual recrimination, as I see it, but a trip to the church. Not too many of us. Don’t want to obliterate any pos­ sible footprints. But first we’ve got to know it is murder. Good Lord, this Lane may have had a stroke—” “Inside my sea chest?” T asked coldly. “Had a stroke and crawled in? Or crawled in and had a stroke? Mr. Quincy’s cane thumped. “I appoint Mr. Quade, Mr. Potter and the Rev. De Witt. Keep close to­ gether and come straight back. We will wait here. Judy got a flashlight. Do? inn saw What here?” Mr. De Potter, “All could com-i UlilllllllIIIlilllllS I made Albion Potter come with)the morning would be time enough, me while I found Uncle Wylie's, out s “Who’s imagining now?” I accus- on the shelf in the back pantry. “This kind of business makes me sick to my stomach,” Potter said, pop-eyed. “Could we have something hot when we get back — coffee or cocoa?” “Sure. I’ll make it for you.” Lily Kendall stood in the kitchen door. “Mr. Quincy says he wants his malt­ ed milk." < The Body is Missing He could just -wait. I went back with the flashlight and gave it to Victor Quade. Then Lily and I re­ turned to the kitchen and put the kettle on. I let her slice a loaf of bread and then wished I hadn’t, she | cut such chunks of slices. We made coffee and malted milk for Mr. Quincy, and I sent up a cup to Aunt Nella by Hugh. “She was still giving him merry aitch, but she thanked me,” he grin­ ned. “And your sister?” “Pounding her ear. Headache medicine." We -went back to the living room to wait for the committee and talked in lowered tones, the way people do when there’s a dead body in house. A fine how-do for guests, who’d come for a rest! one would be astonished to see leave in the morning. Aunt was right, they’d all go, A short laugh reached us outside. Voices cheery. The were coming back at last. Before they reached the steps we could hear Mr. De Witt’s admonishing boom,— “—mustn't be too hard on her—gid­ dy young woman—imagination.” Thaddeus Quincy’s eyes sought mine, questioningly. Then his mouth quirked and he muttered the single word ass. I didn’t know whether he meant me or the preacher. Now the committee came into the room. Jonas De Witt beamed at us as he spread his hands. “False alarm dear friends. The young lady’s imag­ ination got the better of her.” Albion Potter nodded in agree­ ment. “There certainly wasn’t a— hand sticking out of the sea chest. Or—or anything in it. Mr. Quade looked. It was quite empty.” “That’s right. Miss Jason, in that dark basement at night it’s no won­ der your imagination played you tricks. If you saw anything it’s not there now.” I sat staring from one to the other longing to -whack the fatuous grin off their faces. Especially the cler­ gyman’s, as he added. “And dead bodies don’t walk away, my dear.” the oui* I No them Nella from men I had a day-niglit- Only remember to the Head to at- and wasn’t there. out bridge that see in the Victoi’ too.” I wasn’t Another Bad Night Could Get No Rest To the thousands who toss, night after night, on sleepless beds and to whose eyes slumber will not come. To those who sleep in a hind of Way, but whose rest is broken by bad dreams and nightmares. 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After 6 minutes strain liquid into 2-quart container; while hot, add 1 to "iX cups of sugar and juice of 2 lemons, strained; stir until sugar is dissolved; fill container with cpld water, Do not allow tea to cool before adding cold water or liquid will become cloudy. Serve with chipped ice. The above makes 7 tall glasses. "SALADA SEES TEA|ed him. Sleeping Arrangements Lily yawned. “Shucks!” she said. "Tomorrow the Rockville street de­ partment will fix the bridge. There won’t be any publicity to amount to beans. No murder no pictures on the front page. Me, I’m going to bed,” “Good idea. Ought to sleep well after our little excitement and cof­ fee.” Thaddeus Quincy handed me his empty malted milk glass and be­ gan to wheel himself across the his room. “Good night, all. Sweet dreams.” One by one the party followed suit, going to their respective rooms, The inn wasn’t large, having been or­ iginally, as I’ve said, a private home. Upstairs we had only five bedrooms, with tw’O and a cubicle on the third floor. This is how we bedded our guests. Mr. Quincy had the front room opposite the parlor on the first floor, as a special concession, as before related. Above him was the Rev. Jonas De Witt. Across, in the front bedroom, slept Lily Kendall, Bessie Norcross’s room came directly be­ hind her, and then Hugh’s a tiny one, even smaller than Albion Pot­ ter’s self-styled studio in the rear. Aunt Nella and Uncle Wylie oc­ cupied the room on the directly above the Rev. Witt’s. My nook, next two windows, sawed-off but I could see the ocean from one and the long, curving Neck toward town from the other. Across the tiny hall was a storeroom full of oddments to delight antique collect­ ors, the Salvation Army and the junk man. It seemed as if Auntie never threwr away a thing. She hadn’t used a butter churn for years, but there was one in the attic beside an old bustle, neatly wrapped in newspa­ pers and marked—“Aunt Code’s bustle.” I’d never even heard of Aunt Code. Hugh Norcross had put up a tent on the lawn, where he sometimes slept on the warm nights. With the inn on one side and the castle on the other and woods at the rear, it faced virtually the whole Head—a gorgeous spot which he himself had selected. I out tonight, apparently about it out be afraid of,” I heard Hugh explode. But he went along upstairs just the same, the poor, henpecked brother. Quade Believes Me Victor Quade waited till they were all out of hearing. “With your per­ mission I’ll sleep here on the daven­ port tonight. I know’ you haven’t an extra room, but a blanket, per­ haps?” “He couldn’t be afraid! “Of course I said. “You don’t mean you’re be­ ginning to believe I didn’t imagine things.” “Go to bed and forget it. No use worrying over—” “Bu- I’m not worrying. Are you? And—and do you always carry stacks of $20 bills?” He looked at me puzzled, then his forehe d unpuckered. “Oh, you want me to pay in advance. Is that it?” “Ce’ ’ainly not. I’ll get a blanket.” If he’d sent me the auction money he was a good actor. I came back with the blanket, and he followed me around while I locked up. There were o ily the back and front door. Perhaps I should have described the inn before. A narrow hallway ran down the centre of the loyrer floor, with the parlor (so ugly!) din­ ing room and kitchen off the left, as you enter; Mr. Quincy’s room, my office and a string of downstairs lavatories off the right. At the end of the kitchen was a built-on wood­ shed. The old barn across the drive served as a garage, workshop and storage for the Eleanor. That’s all there was to us. The castle, with its stables, boathouse and garage, all in one, and the eyesore of the Smedley fish shed, were the remainder of the Head. Except, of course, Mr. Quade’s trailer, A narrow beach skirted the bluff from the church to our woods below the barn, though you couldn’t [see it. “I hope you will be comfortable,” I said to Mr. Quade. ; “I hope you won’t be nervous.” j “Nervous? Well, wouldn’t you be if you felt sure something pretty ter- 'rible was going on and no one be­ lieved you?” > “I believe you, Miss Jasoti,” he j said, quietly. “But there’s nothing (to be done tonight, That’s why-why il let it slide about your seeing things ! Would you feel too badly about Rod- idy Lane?” | I shrugged. “Not ■ heard. Broken too ,But why the change ! “You’d be scared , lie awake all night and worry.” i “Behaved terribly so far, haven’t , I? Tell me this instant or — i’ll I third floor Jonas De them, had and rattly, wondered if he’d sleep He and his sister were having an argument in the hall. ‘Nothing to plays golf?” the guests, minister. I Western Fair TETREAU - CHAPDELAINE REUNION Professional Cards With one of the largest and most varied programs and entry lists in its history the Western Fair Assoc- ation has announced the following lineup for exhibition week at London September 11 to 16. Monday—Children’s day; after­ noon and evening grandstand shows; new All-Canadian midway; dog show, flower show; judging dairy products, hobbies, honey, agricultural products fruits, poultry, light horses, Perch- erons, Shorthorns, Yorkshires, Berk- shires, Dorsets, Cheviots, Suffolks; band concerts by Strathroy Boys and Girls Trumpet Baud and London Moose Boys Band. Tuesday—Afternoon and evening grandstand shows; evening horse show Ontario arena; band concert by Oxford Rifles Band; All-Canadian midway; 2.26 pacing stake and 2.22 trot; dog show, flower show; judg­ ing Grade Percherons, Belgians and Wagon horses; Herefords, Jerseys, Shropshires, Southdowns, Hamp- shires, Tamworth, Belgians, light , horses; intercounty junior livestock judging and team demonstrations; CHAPTER VII [girls home making club exhibits. I repeated horrified, | Wednesday—Farmers’ Day; two olf club grandstand shows; concert by Royal • Canadian Regiment band; three year too/old' pacing stake and 2.12 race; dog on the in the mean, scream.” Who plays Golf? Victor laughed. “It’s just this. There’s a car in the Lane garage. I peeked in the window with the flash. Green it was. That his?” “Lord, yes. And if he’d left the Head he’d have gone in it.” “Exactly. Having no boat, in it, didn’t he?.” I nodded, putting a pillowcase over the sofa cushion. “Do the others know. Potter and Mr. De Witt?” Sure they know, They must have seen it, too. But there’s something else they don’t know.” We were almost whispering. I finished making up. the best bed I could on that slippery old davenport and sat down, wide-eyed. “Who at this house Vitcor demanded. “Wh-hy, several of Hugh Norcross and the don’t think Mr. Potter does anything but paint, but Bessie Norcrdss some­ times, plays. You don’t mean—?” Again the picture of Mr. De Witt saying what he’d like to do to Roddy as he made his vicious stroke lawn came to my mind. “You didn’t see a 'golf club basement, near the chest, I did you?” “Nothing but that hand with the ring—flashing horribly.” I hid my face in my hands and shuddered. “I’m a brute,” Victor said. “We won’t talk about it any more. “We will, too,” I flared, wasn’t any golf club there examined the chest after the I’r sure of that, because I around for something to pry up the lid with and had to use a bobby pin. Why? Did you see one down there tonight,, Mr. Quade?’ “I did,” he said, “but I didn't men­ tion the fact to the others. It was back of the chest, and there was a dark stain on it that looked like blood.” Tetreau, 11 daughter of Tetreau, of dinner was GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W. Gladman) BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, &c Money to Loan, Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vaults for use of our Clients without charge EXETER and HENSALL ft “There when I auction. hunted “BLOOD!” •when Victor said a stained gi was in the church basement. “Positively. And in the chest, Not much, but a stain at one end.' show, flower show; judging Clydes- I made De Witt and Potter stay on ’ dales, the stairs while I investigated with a flash. Hard work, I Jell you. That minister was bound to walk all over the place, despite what I told him about footprints for the police. I be­ lieved you from the first, Miss Jason “So you went ahead—” “And opened the chest—it was un­ locked—to find it empty. Then I asked the others to scout around the cliff path, beyond the basement door, to see if friend Lane was staggering ■along wounded. But I knew better. I ^wanted to get rid of them and have time to examine the chest and shut ,it up again.” (To be Continued) Aberdeen-Angus, Holsteins, Lincolns, Leicesters, Coltswolds, Ox- fordowns, light horses; evening horse show; Midway. Thursday—Morning and afternoon grandstand shows; midway; concert by Canadian Fusiliers band; three year old trotting stake and 2.28 pace evening horse show Ontario arena; judging grade Clydesdales, j horses, Ayrshire, fat cattle, [calf club competition; second flower 'shows, second dog show; midway. I Friday—Two grandstand shows; 2.17 pacing stake and 2.15 trot; con­ certs by Petrolia Citizens’ band; dog show’, flower and building dis­ play, horse show, Ontario arena, ' midway. I Saturday- draft junior Experiments to determine the methods of seeding grasses __, legumes on weedy or overgrazed land P-m3 midway, have been started at 246 locations shows; flower show, in the drought area of Western Can-j ada. These projects vary in size sensational Chicago driver; band from 10 to 640 acres with an aver- concerts by Strathroy Boys and Girls age of 18 acres each. The total area Trumpet Band and London Veterans covered is 450 0 acres. Band. Amout 150 persons from Detroit, Pontiac, Bad Axe, Port Huron, Pig­ eon and Clouson, Mich., Saskatoon, Sask., London, Grand Bend, Sarnia, Chatham and Dashwood, Ontario at­ tended the 5th annual reunion of the Tetreau and Chapdelaine families on Sunday in Forester, Mich. Levi Tet­ reau 78 years old, of Bad Axe, was the oldest and Helen months, the youngest, Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Bad Axe. A pot-luck served and a program of games, con­ tests and races were the feature of the afternoon and refreshments. The election of officers for the Michigan side was as follows, Mrs. Francis Horton, of Port Huron was again elected as secretary and Noah Tet­ reau as president also of Port Hur­ on. Mrs .Lavina Forbes, of Detroit, treasurer and George May, Detroit was chosen as the sportsmen com­ mittee. Officers for the Canadian side are as follows, Mrs. Henry De­ vine, Dashwood secretary-treaurer; Mr. Francis La Fond, Sarnia, presi­ dent and Peter Eisenbach, of Grana Bend as sportsmen committee. The 1940 reunion will be held by our Canadian cousins in Grand Bend, Ontario. ZURICH FOAL CLUB HOLDS SESSION AT’ DASHWOOD FARM A meeting of the Zurich Heavy­ draft Foal Club was held at the farm or Arthur Weber, club, composed of farmers' Zurich by the village Huron sentative J. C. Shearer. In addition to the members of the club many of the fathers also atended the meet- 1 ing. The president of the club, Lorne Rader, occupied the chair and after calling the meeting to order _■ called upon William Decker, presi- I dent of the Agricultural Society to " ! address the meeting. Mr. Decker re­ ferred to a recent farm-to-farm tour Dashwood. The sons of district and is sponsored Agricultural Society of that under the supervision of the County Agricultural Repre- ■All buildings open until j of inspection Of the colts being rais- way, vo giandstand ; cluj? members made by Mr. . .. . 11 show, dog; daredevil ghearer -jjr. Weber and himself and j display on track by Plash Willlams | took occaslou CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, io LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office; Carling Block, Mjain Stree’, EXETER, ONT. Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTIST Office; Carling Block EXETER, ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoon* Dr. H. H. COWEN, L.D.S.,D.DS. DENTAL SURGEON Office opposite the Post Office, Main Street, Exeter Office 36w Telephones Res. 38j Closed Wednesday Afternoons ARTHUR WEBER LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY PRICES REASONABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. No. 1, DASHWOOD FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER P. O. or RING 138 CHAPTER IV There they all sat in a circle, star­ ing at me as if I were nuts. I stood up and said tartly. “All right, I’m glad I’m wrong, mare, I suppose, this, Roddy came tend the auction He engaged breakfast here and did not show up. There’s been no light at the castle. He did wear a square­ cut diamond like the one I imagined I saw on—on a hand sticking of the sea chest. And the was blown up!” Had they forgotten larger issue? I could Quade’s eyes twinkle. “Maybe I imagined had to say it. “Maybe it blown up at all. It just collapsed when one of your cars back-fired, ac­ counting for the noise and every­ thing. That’s just dandy. Now none of you will have any reason for leav­ ing Auntie in the lurch. Shall I get the coffee?” “Please do,” Victor Quade, said looking hard at me. Lily left the room with me, high­ ly elated at the turn of events. “Been a killer round that church I’d a-seen him,” Lily said, piling sandwiches on a tray. “I was watch­ ing the sunsquat, remember.” I remembered there wasn’t any sunset—'just a miserable panorama of clouds and gathering fog from the sea. The sun had died at sup­ pertime, but I didn’t say anything. When I brought in the coffee. Al­ bion Potter was explaining to Mr. Quincy that the committee had gone from the church to the castle, and, failing to rouse anyone there, had tried the fish shed. Both were lock- | ed and silent. That’s what had taken them so long. They’d wanted to be sure the person Judy thought she saw wasn’t hiding somewhat else—ill, maybe, Or wounded. "Perhaps he’s in your trailer, Mr. Quade,” I said shortly. Lily giggled. “Yeah, how chummy! There ain’t no other place he could be less it’s in the Pirate’s Mouth,” Victor Quade looked blank. When he learned about that slit in the cliff he wanted to go down right away. But the rest of us forestalled him. Almost inaccessable in bright day­ light, it would be suicide at night. One had to be very careful of those tricky footholds, A slip and blooey, —-down into the foamy depths! In from what I’ve many hearts, of face?” to death. You’d IFirestone champion Tires are sweeping aside all performance records. They're the greatest tires Firestone ever built—the only tire with all these advantages: SAFETY-LOCK CORDS -—an entirely new method of tire build­ ing—35% stronger. 2 EXTRA CORD PLIES under the tread make the tire safe at any speed. 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Clydesdale, constituting one class and Percheron and Belgian the other Of the first class there are 6 foals and of the second class nine. A vote of thanks to speakers and host was, extended by Claire Geiger, sec­ retary of the club, and Mr. Weber was named to respond. USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Exeter, Ont. President ........... JOHN Kirkton, R. R. Vice-President .... JOHN Dublin, Ont. HACKNEY 1 McGrath DIRECTORS W.. H.. COATES .................. Exeter ANGUS SINCLAIR ... Mitchell, R. 1 WM. HAMILTON ... Cromarty, R. 1 T. BALLANTYNE ... Woodham, R. 1 AGENTS JOHN ESSERY ................ Centralia ALVIN L. HARRIS ... Mitchell R. 1 THOS. SCOTT .................. Cromarty SECRETARY-TREASURER W. F. BEAVERS .............. ExeterB. 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I Definitions Boy: A noise with dirt oil it. Courtesy: Just good manners but (rarely to be found in automobiles) Filing System: A hiding place for correspondence. Detour: The roughest distance between two points. Gentleman and Lady: Rapidly be­ coming historical ■characters. Work: So neglected in the 20’s that it vanished in many places and ’.nur.’t been found in the 30s. Lumber Shingles Our Prices are the Lowest they have been for several years. If you are building it will pay you to call and get prices. Just think Matched Lumber at $35.00 per M. feet A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 We Deliver Granton DEAD LIVESTOCK < Phone Exeter 235, Collect DAY OR NIGHT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK Our drivers are equipped to shoot old or crippled animals DARLING and Co. of Canada, Ltd. CHATHAM, ONT.