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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-04-04, Page 6THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1910 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE ° i» aS z It All Depends” i* |by Eardley Beswick 0 of a mo­ pe aceful the edge the light You are won't side dark and of to at Once again they were working on| in silence, except for the hum of the i motor, the slapping of belt joints j and the protesting groans of ma-i terial under heavy cuts. Now that there was a prospect of excitement the time dragged for him more te­ diously than ever. He had taken a piece out of his machine and was finally proving it with the microm­ eter when with the tail of an eye he observed the door swing slowly open. At once he slipped over to the othei’ two men and told them to keel) on steadily unless they should hear three pips from the hooter, when they would know that their presence was required outside. Then he made his way through the door: and, crouching, along the the shed. The night was still quite his light accustomed eyes first there seemed to be no more sound out there than the sigh of a little wind about the buildings. But presently as his fingers found the smooth casing of a length of flex festooning the single strand of barbed wire that surmounted the fence, his ear caught the murmur of voices from the field beyond. He scrabbled on the earth to locate the other flex and the rubber mat at his feet, arranged crouching the bared foot above the point at which he intended them to contact. Then he waited. ‘ “Switch!” called Johnny Cope’s voice out of the darkness to his left, and immediate he brought his foot down on the bare wires. Halfway along the fence a crackling arc blaz­ ed up. ; “One, two, three,” he counted, his eyes staring beyond the iglare at a brutal face that shone as if with astonishment from within only a yard beyond the arc. . Now he raised his foot and tore the fizzing ends apart. At the same instant, in the moment when the brightness of vision endured beyond ] the actual cessation of the arc,1 something dark and heavy seemed! to sail across the fence and thud-; ding full in the face that the arc, had barely ceased to illumine. There was a yell and the sound of a heavy body striking earth. Now babel broke out beyond the ' fence. “Keep back! The . . . place’s Tectrified. Tgh tension!” cried one voice. ‘Blime, I didn’t sign on for that! Seen too much of it in France'.” “’Ere lend a ’and wth ole Abe., He’s got ’is proper. Shouldn’t won­ der if ’e was burnt to cinder, the dirty swine!” The epithet was pro­ bably intended to apply fence forces rather than tim of “high tension,” mysterious forces such Currents being clearly regarded as outraging the conventions of this kind of warfare. Hendringham had a momentary whimsical conception of a complaint against John Cope being directed to the League of Na­ tions. He chuckled to himself while he listened to the scrambling sound made by casualty faded to silence. Johnny Cope had clearly things tidily for him, in the darkness, he drew ends closed and held his to the de- to the vic- the use of as electric the dragging of the sole beyond range. The voice a grumble and at last to Another Attack He waited for a minute or two af­ ter all had gone quiet. Then out^ of the darkness to his left came the voice of Johnny Cope, his most in­ nocent voice. “Wonderful what can be achieved with twelve volts, a brickbat and a little stage-manage­ ment, isn’t it, Geof.?” “You can damn near burn a hole in a fellow’s shoe, but I don’t sup­ pose you intended to do that,” he answered, feeling the scorched sole of his right foot. “Good Lord! I’m sorry Geoff. I hadn’t much material with which to construct that switch, you know. Anyway it isn’t the first pair of shoes nor the most elegant by a long way, to be sacrified in the cause of European peace today, I would re- Coughs Terribly wearing on the system is the cough that comes on at night and prevents sleep. Sometimes it is the constant cough, cough that will not be quieted. Sometimes it is a choked-up, stuffed- up feeling that makes breathing difficult. Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup is the remedy you need to give you relief, for the reason that this prep­ aration contains the healing virtues of the Norway pine tree with which is combined wild cherry bark, and the soothing, healing and expectorant {iroperties of other excellent balsams, >arks and herbs. The T. Milbum Ca, Lt<lt> Toronto, Ont. mind you." “That was yesterday and can’t say I admired them so much as all that,” he answered, feeling impell­ ed to talk nonsense by the reaction from their undoubted peril ment ago to this quiet restoration of a night on of still fields. “Here, come along into and let’s have a cigarette, turning light-headed. They come back, not by the fence anyway. They’re too scared of my ’igh ten­ sion installation. They might try the lane later 'when they’ve gather­ ed their wits. But they’ve lost their leader and their morale’s no longer much to boast about. Lord!” he enthused, “ that was a lovely target, Geoff his great ugly mug not three yards off and me with a hulking brickbat in my hand waiting. I heaved that bat right into his fea­ tures. He’ll be as ugly as me be­ fore he’s mended, poor chap!” “Hospital case?” “Ought, to be. But I doubt if they want to rouse inquiries and it’ll be some tipae before they realize that the effects aren’t exactly what you’d . ,expect from electrification only.” • > They were back in the shed again, ■ smoking. Cope, brisk and excited, • but efficient behind his high spirits, like a schoolboy after a win at Rug- ■ ger. “A scorched sole against a , smashed mug! Reckoning on the • basis of casualties, as all great 'Gen- • erals do .in order to know who won, the victory’s ours, this time," lie boasted. “I’ll try to let you know if they're going to make an assault by way of the lane. That ought to be amusing, too, and I shouldn’t like to miss the high spots,” he promised and flinging aside the stub of his cigarette, went out once more into the darkness. Just before dawn Hendringham went out to find him with an invita­ tion to partake of the last of the coffee that Evans had heated up in a further attempt to keep them brisk at their work. The light was already faint in the open yard, but all the corners seemed composed of impene- j t’rable shadow. At first he had a ] job to find the car, which had clear-■ ly been removed from the centre of , the yard. Exploring carefully ■ across the rough and littered space, he at last stumbled on to a rear wing and feeling his way along the running board, realised that the whole vehicle was standing at the top of the lane, racing the exit so as to block' it effectively. There was perhaps a foot to spare on either side between the backs of the cot­ tages. Instinct made him approach very quietly, and, feeling his way along the running board, he whispered in­ to the dark interior: “Are you there Johnny?” and received an answering “S-h-h” in yeply. “Like a cup of coffee?" “If it is coffee?” Even in a whis­ per '.Cope’s voice could sound temptuous. “You made it yourself.” “Then it was good once.” “Evans has hotted it up.” “Then he can drink it himself, the clod!” “It’s all right, I’ve just had some.” “My God! To think I should waste my talents on palates like yours! Don’t you know that real coffee should never be reheated man I Even the first heating drives off half the aroma. When the second half has gone it’s no longer a fit drink for gentlemen." To Hendringham this was the mere pedantry of gourmandise. He had drunk and been refreshed, and so far as his palate would discrim­ inate there was an essential differ­ ence between the first brew and the re-heated one. He was * about to move away and leave this hyperaes- thetic voluptuary to his watch, when an urgent whisper from the driving seat recalled him. “If you’re far enough forward for a rest not to be too fatal, Geoff, you may as well climb in and share the fun. It’s a bit dreary waiting alone here, and if they’re coming at all they’ll be here pretty soon now. They’ll want to get their job done before it comes light." Welcoming the idea of a rest and satisfied that the job was now so well forward that it would permit of him taking one, Hendringham climbed in beside his friend and they sat in silence for a while listening to the easy ticking over of the big engine. Tuned to a hair, as were all Johnny's engines, she made as­ tonishingly little noise and there was , only the faint fibration beneath their • feet to remind them that all that | power lay idling for their service. I The sky above them was greying I imperceptibly, a few stars paling; between the thunder clouds that had hung about all night, the hint; of red in the Eastern horizon, a slight, .almost imperceptible fresh-] enlng of the breeze. It was peaceful | enough to invite sleep and Hend-1 ringham had actually closed his , eyes and was beginning to doze | •con- IIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIilllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllR when, from the lane below, came the sound of a litle slurring foot­ step, a pebble was scrunched and spurted sideways against the wall. Alert as ever, Johnny Cope switched on the headlights, and at the same instant the big engine throbbed into a crescendo fury, recovered its vio­ lent, mile-consuming life. The old clutch jerked itself in and the whole car went forward with a horrible jarring leap. In the light of the focussed beams Hendringham ,could see a little group of rough-looking men, startled, bunched together, wasting a valu­ able instant, then scatter and begin to run back down the lane, iLike an infuriated ed speed stragglers, whole late into its continuance on the other side of the main street. Several of the running figures reached the main street before them and leapt aside, but two were either too late or too slow of movement to escape in this way. They scramb­ led madly, as if terror-stricken, to get out of the way, but deliberately, accelerating 'With every yard, John­ ny Cope bore down on them. Hend­ ringham felt a heart-sickening hope; that they might get clear in time. It seemed too inhuman to be trying deliberately to create an accident instead of, in the normal way of mo- everything to avoid moment the two Juggernaut they gather- and swooped upon the The beams lit up the like a tunnel, and faded torists, risking one. At the last fugitives scattered, one to each side, only to be caught by the wings, as the long, low body charged clear in­ to the main street, and shot, across into the narrow, uphill passage be­ yond. They disappeared out of the tunnel of light, hurled sideways in a staggering, fantastic flight, by the impact of the wings. Quite nonchalantly the driver braked and reversed, backing skil­ fully along their course. There were little bending groups on either side of them as they crossed the street again, but these seemed too busy to attempt any interference with their passage. “Best leave them to look after their own casual ties,” he said. “They have lost nearly half their effective­ ness as it is and they aren’t of the quality that attacks when the forces are equal on each side. Victory this time, Geoff, without so much as a scorched shoe to diminish our tri­ umph, unless of .course, I’ve spoilt my clutch. Starting up in second’s asking something of a cai’ of this kind, and with the throttle wide open, too. It’s a bit of luck we . didn’t strip something, or shear a back axle, but it had to be risked that time.” “Any objection to lighting a cigar­ ette?” was Hendringham’s only an­ swer. He was shaken more than he had been by anything since the sight of little Pamphlett, and for him, one of the most distressing as-j pects of the affair was the revela­ tion he had of something unexpect­ edly remorseless in Johnny Cope, an exultant brutality in the gusto with which he seemed to have run his opponents down. He had to remind himself that Cope undoubtedly be­ lieved that there was something paramount at stake, the risk of a conflagration between to mighty na­ tions that would send men, not by units, but by battalions, to far more effective forms of destruction than any that could be wrought by a car at speed. Theirs was a catastrophe that could be paralleled, even excel­ led, a hundred times a week along the peaceful roads of England, with the other there such a thing as all Europe. They smoked ringham revisualising the flinging apart of those two fugitive figures, a minute seemed clear in the lights, scurrying, desperate as hunted rats, the next hurtling out of tlie light to fall inertly on the gritty surface of the road. He hoped that neither had been more than effectively dis­ abled. The headlights were still blazing down the lane. 'Cape bent to turn them off. “No use taking more than needful out of those batteries,” he remarked coolly. “Besides a beam like that is a good director for a shot. We mustn’t forget that they have fire­ arms even if they were too shaken by surprise to make use of them. It’s about time you got back to your job again my lad, I’ll have to do a spot of work straightening those wings of mine.” •Simultaneously they flung their cigarette butts outwards, twin sparks : across dawn, slowly < licitous men in yet. “I’m suppose up an appetite, “Well, you can tell them that our might cease to be a peaceful road in in silence, Hend- butts outwards, passing like tiny meteorites the greying light of the Hendringham, climbing out, paused to answer a so- enquiry as to -whether, the there were getting hungry a bit peakish myself so I the other two are getting he answered. ROE HOG 1 ■ nm... -i ! .. . .................................yi.-,.. The Exeter Times-Advocate Established 1873 and 1387 at Exeter* Ontario Published every Thursday moraine SUBSCRIPTION—? 2.00 per year In advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c. each insertion for first four insertions. 25c. each subse­ quent insertion. 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DAVIDSON Hensall CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office: Carling Block, Mein Sfaree", EXETER, ONT. half past manage but I’ve my time. The 7 Mistakesbreakfast is scheduled for six. We shall have to with that little gas ring, cooked for ten on less in Tell them to leave it to me, but you can warn them there won’ be any marmalade. The devil take that dog of Mencih’s!” “I doubt if that’ll worry them. After your demonstration with the coffee they’ll probably leave it to you with complete confidence.” “Thank you, old man. I’ll not to let them down. His voice infinitely more serious than it been when lives rather than appe­ tites were at stake, but that was Johnny Cope all over. He invariably treated the question of a meal as if it were the primary concern of his li|e and jested flippantly when that life itself was threatened. At half past six to the minute he miraculously fed them on bacon and eggs and fee, last try was had There are seven mistakes of life that many of us make — read them over once then check the mistakes you make — 1. the delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others down. 2. the tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. 3. insisting a thing is impossible because we ourselves cannot ac­ complish it. 4. attempting persons to live do. 5. neglecting refinement by not acquiring the bit of reading. 6. refusing to set aside trivial preferences in order that important things may be accomplished. 7. the failure to recognize the powerful efficiency of newspaper advertising. to compel other and believe as we development and ha- to five simple where Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S..D.D.S. DENTIST Office: Carling Block EXETER, ONT. Closed WednesGay Afternoon* and crisp fried slices of bread fragrant, freshly-brewed cof- after consuming which to the drop and the last crumb they ESCAPE a* MISERY OF COLDS Use specialized medication .for nose and upper throat where most colds start Helps Prevent Colds Developing-Don’t wait until a miserable cold develops. At the very first warning sneeze, sniffle, or nasal irritation-put a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril immediately. Used in time, Va-tro-nol helps to prevent the de­ velopment of many colds. Clears Stuffy Head, Too-Even when your head is all clogged up from a neglected cold, Va-tro-nol brings comforting relief. It quickly clears away the clogging mucus, reduces swollen mem­ branes, helps to keep the sinuses from being blocked by the cold- 1 e t s you breathe again. FEEL its tingling medication go to work-----7 Vicks I. Va-tro-nol Used- in more homes than any other medication of its kind sat back and discussed their night’s progress with a measure of satisfac- j tion. .Hendringham was confident now of starting assembly by the mid-. die of the morning. j “Let’s say three o'clock this af- | ternoon,” Cope corrected him. “Your { own services will be required else- [ where this morning, I’m afraid, but this afternoon there ought to be four of us available for assembly. How long ought it to take with four?” “There’s a matter of fifteen hours on it altogether, say five hours if we all take a hand.” This was Crowder speaking out of the fullness of ex­ perience. “In that case we’ll put it forward to one o’clock precisely to be on the safe side. Mr. 'Hendringham and’l will return at that time. You two get it as forward as you can' in the meantime.” He rose and motioned to Hendringham to follow him out­ side. “Now for a bath and a change of clothing,” he said, as soon they were out of hearing of the others. “There isn’t much to do really, but we ought to show up and looked uncon­ cerned, if only to confuse the enemy. An easy morning won’t do you any harm, and I want you not to be too stale tonight. We’re likely to reach the climax of everything then.” (To be Continued) BABY CHICKS A-l Baby Chicks for 29 years. Hybrids , White Leghorn - Barred Rock Cross and White Leghorns 9 c Barred Rocks and New Hampshires and Brown Leghorns 10c, White Rocks and Black Giants 11c. Phone 3-8-3. A. H. SWITZER HATCHERY Granton, Ont. Your Next Visit to TORONTO Try Hotel Waverley Located on Wide Spadina Ave. at College St Easy Parking Convenient to• singl0 ’Rales k- Facllltte* Highway* ■ - $1.50to$2.50 : - $2.50 to $5.00 Four to Room, $5.00 to SB.00 to the University, Buildings* Gardens, Hospitals, and Retail Close .. .... Parliament Maplo Leaf Theatres, ----. Wholesale Houses, the Fashionable ----- Shopping District. A, Ml POWELL, President z* THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspapet It records for you tho world's clean, constructive doings The Monitor does not exploit crime or sensation; neither does It ignore them, but deals correctively with them. Features for busy men and all the family,, including the Weekly Magazine Section. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor for a period of , „ 1 year $12.00 6 months $6.00 3 months $3.00 1 month $1.00 .Saturday issue, including Magazine Section: 1 year 62.60, 6 issues 25o Name Address “Sample "Copy on Request I A few days ago the telephone rang in the Baltimore operations office of Pau-American Airways. The time was 4.30 a.m. The question, prob­ ably the strangest telephone query ever answered. “How long do you boil a ’three minute egg?" asked the steward of the -7 8-passenger “Clipper” then making a test flight across the At­ lantic. “Three minutes, of course," was the answer. In response tb a query as to what was the idea of telephoning from mid-Atlantic at that early hour, the steward amplified his question by explaining that the Clipper was then nearing the Azores. “We are flying at 8,'100 feet - and water boils at lower temperatures as the altitude increases, but I don’t know how much,” Baltimore made some inquiries and, in a few minutes, r^pg up the big plane with the information that a “three minute” egg must be boiled for 12i minutes at 8.,100 feet. All was well. Breakfast was] served. The occurrence set a new problem fof aircraft operators. Where long flights are to be made the subject of cooking becomes important. There are many sides to it, The eggs presented no terrific problem. But' tea because of its different treatment, presents a mathematical problem not too easily solved by a slide rule and logarithms. If one could boil tea it would be simple. Have you ever tasted boil­ ed tea? Horrible! Tea, made with freshly-boiling water, should be al­ lowed to infuse front* three minutes. On the ground that is enough, but at an altitude water boils at a lower temperature two questions arise. How long should the water boil? How long should the tea infuse?. Answers to both questions, accord­ ing to airlines, in Great Britain, are like “Mr. Punch’s advice to those about to marry—“Don’t.” Lengtnier boiling makes no dif­ ference. Once the water reaches boiling point its temperature re­ mains stationary, therefore no mat­ tei’ how long it is boiled it will not reach the 212 degrees necessary for the correct making of tea. As a consequence they discovered that tea would have to be made on the ground and carried aloft in vacuum bottles. This is ’exactly- what is done in many Canadian offices and factor­ ies today. Where large quantities are needed for the afternoon rest pause employers often avail them­ selves of vacuum tea service from a neighboring restaurant or, when they are equipped for it, from their factory kitchens. The tea is made in orthodox fa­ shion from freshly-boiled water poured over a tea bag. After a pro­ per infusion the tea is removed, the vacuum bottle stoppered and service may be made whenever required. In the Imperial Airways “Hercules” two years from Paris to London, of course the steward As a matter of course Not being much of a scientist it had not occurred to me that there was anything unusual about it. I’m fussy about my tea, so I’m forced to the conclusion that you can make a good cup of tea keep it in a vacuum bottle and 3,000 feet So here which you all depends..” Dr. H. H. COWEN, L.D.S.,D.DS DENTAL SURGEON Office opposite the Post Office. Main Street, Exeter Office 36w Telephones Res. 36) Closed Wednesday Afternoon* 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 188 USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUA1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY plane ago I flew As a matter served tea. I drank it. enjoy it hours later1 at or at ground level. is something can apply the alse phrase' to “It DIFFERENT TYPES t CUTWORM PESTS Many people think of as one particular species Actually they are stages species or less species . _____ full grown caterpillars. These be­ come active very early in the spring, feed for a short time and then change to the pupa state and later develop as moths in the spring months. Others pass the winter as very small caterpillars become ac­ tive when seeding plants are appear­ ing above ground in the spring, feed on such plants over a considerable period and cause severe losses be­ fore they reach their' full growth. Still -others hatch from eggs In the spring and attack late seedling or transplanted plants. These features need to be kept in mind in connection with measures for the protection of plants from damage. Preventive measures in-] tended for the protection of plants should be begun early and be con­ tinued until the end of June to en­ sure against losses. Special cultur­ al methods have, been devised to combat certain species. As it is desirable to obtain information at the earliest opportunity, preferably before planting, as to the best meth­ ods to use in the protection of plants, growers may write to the Division of Entomology, Science Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, or to the Do-® minion Entomological Laboratory in the Province concerned. cutworms of insect, caterpillar of a number of different of moth which have more similar feeding habits. Some pass the winter as nearly the a number Head Office?, Exeter, Ont. President ............. JOHN Kirkton, R. R. HACKNEY 1 Vice-President .... JOHN McGRATB' Dublin, Ont. . 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 B. W. F. BEAVERS ............. Exeter GLADMAN & STANBURY Solicitors, Exeter 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 Chairman of Concert (to excited village constable): “What do you want?” Village Constable: “Someone tele­ phoned the station to say a man by the name of Shubert was being murdered here.” o—0—0 ! “You just can’t trust anybody nowadays. Why, my own grocer gave me a phony quarter in change this morning.” “Let me see it.” “Oh, I haven't got it any more* I gave it to the milk man.”