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The Clinton News Record, 1932-03-24, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Clinttrn News=Record With which is Incerperated THE NEW ERA Terms of Subscription—$2,00 per year in advance, to Canadian ad- dresses; $2.50 to the U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. ,No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. Advertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12o per ° count, line for first insertion. 8c felt each subsequcni insertion. Heading; counts 2 lines. Smalladvertisements, not to ex- eeed one inch, such as "Wanted', "Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted once for 35c, each subsequent in- sertion 15c. Rates for display ads vertising made known on applica- tion. . Communications intended for pub- lication znUSt, as a guarantee of ,good tfaith, be aecompanied by the name ,of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R, CLARK, • Proprietor. Editor. M, D. 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GEORGE ELLIOTT 'Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron 'Correspondence promptly answered. immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record; Clinton, or by calling phone 1.03. 'Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed, CANADIAN NAT1Q, AM. RAILWAYS TIME . TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton at follows: . Buffalo and Goderieh Div. -Going East, depart, 6.58 a.in Poing East depart 3.05 p:in. 'Going West, depart 1L55 « 0.44 pan. Leedon, heron rt.Bruce 'Going South 3.08 pan 'Going North 0, Cif ErcuicatnctTIIE e ,p TUE NIARSH MURDER STORY OF A' MISSING ACTRESS AND THE c, TAXING OF WITS TO EXPLAIN HER FATE. A O q BY NANCY, BARR MAVITY U-�. 01=Y0 Ott 4 dCtOt�"'RO CITAPTER LII.—(Continued.) ruthlessness that made hint see red. She was standing up, looking at me, "I did not foresee that Barbara would find out. Barbara . could not presenting her ultimatum. Suddenly Orate seized the metal elephant from understand that crime was merely the desk and struck' her with all his the -logical response to an emergency You see, when all's said and done L force on tho point of her chin—a couldn't pull out lit thread ' quite to perfect uppercut. 'She fell :baelc- y wards, striking her head against' the the encl. That is ed weakness.", corner of the desk. Ile stood looking The doctor paused and lighted a at het f for a moment. cigar. The match 'in his hand was < eTyel" killed her/ he said: trembling: "I bent over her, and when. I look - leu see?" He shrugged ,hie mas- ed up he was gone. sive shoulders. "But that's not your story. That, if' you please, is the "She was not dead, only stunned, part you will leave out when you write it. It begins with the day I found Orrice on the doorstep. That' part is quite true. All that T said was true. I was far too clever to lie, Facts can be concealed, but they cannot be obliterated. t "Orin same to see me daily. When he talked with Mrs. Kane he told her that Sheila could reach him through me. .And she did telephone me to arrange a meeting. "Well, when Orme and Sheila left the Ellsworth house on the night of IVLarclr 18, they came to my office for a conference. Orme really did suffer a retroactive amnesia for that inter- view. I was not sure of that until I examined him in jail. It did not mat- ter to me greatly—eny plan was com plete without it --phut I could readily adjust my arrangements to this new circumstance. "Orme insisted that Sheila should aelcnowledge their marriage. Be was willing to give her a divorce—,but that wasn't what the wanted. She knew that if Ellsworth were subject- ed to the publicity of a divorce, her but there was the answer to my problem. 'T could finish the job, and remove the danger of Sheila perntan ently from my path. I .could' eoneea the body; In ease Orme, were found and connected .with. the case, he would believe that he was the murderer,,He would either think that he himself had disposed of the body in a daze or that I had tried to protect hint. Ei- ther way, 'ho insgred by own safety, If necessary I could get hitt off on a plea of insanity. "So I put Sheila out of my way. I saw to it that the police should sug- gest that I search her boudoir. I found the letter in her desk, when I Was rummaging .through her papers, and slipped it into my pocket. Later I destroyed it. "I took the. body to the marsh in Barbara's car instead of my own, to avoid any change of being recogniz- ed.. The one thing I hadn't counted on was that I should meet Barbara in the hall when I was carrying out the body. "She had been aroused by the sound of our voiees, and had heard the crash of Sheila's fall. She stood hold on hint would be loosened. He there on the steps, her hand on her would never re -marry her. And size throat, and looked at mo. She said wanted the status os his wife; she absolutely nothing. But she knew. wanted his mill+ams, She was ap- proaching forty, you know. She was through with adventure, and wanted security. She told me that I would have to get Orme out of her way — if necessary, by having him com- mitted to an asylum, "You remember that I have never denied tny previous acquaintanne with Sheila O'Shay, in the days whet she was on the stage. That was a number of years ago before I had learned that the world cannot beat' to face honesty, the: its pretty words must be taken with mock ser- iousness. "Sheila had a roommate then --a dancer just rising to fame. Her name WAS quickly forgotten—you would not remember it. I have never pretended that my passing attach- ment to her was more thanwhat it was, I certainly could not afford to have my name linked stetlz her; a doc- tor must avoid scandal. "When she lost her job Because she was going to have a baby and could no longer dance, it was strictly her own business. She let her emo Hoes run away with her. In a fit of depression, she jumped into the Seine. But she left a Ietter behind her for Sheila, telling the whole story,. "Of course Sheila had kept that letter, She would! She was the kind of fool that keeps everything. But not quite a fool. For once in my life I' had met a person like my- self, one who let nothing stand in the way of what she wanted. "Site threatened me with exposure if I didn't dispose of Orme. And I knew what the silly world would think of that story. My carefully constructed mask would slip with a vepgeauce! "The world shrieks for vengeance, And, once started on the track,, it Would find other ineiiients of the past to dig tip. No, I couldn't afforr to let Sheila O'Shay keep that wea, ton in her hands. I, said very little: I was considering the problem and how to meet it. "Then Orme unexpectedly met it for me. The threat of railroading hini to the asylum set him wild. It was her contempt more than her THE 1VIcHILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, J. Bennewies, Brodhag- en, vice-president, James Connelly, Goderich. See, -treasurer, D. F. Mc- Gregor, Seaforth. Directors; James Evans, Bsech- wood; James Shouldice, Walton; Wnt, Knox, Londesbore; Relit. Ferris, Iiul- iett; John Pepper, Brucefleld; A. Broadfoot, Seaforth; G. F, M'.cCart nes, Seaforth. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. -8. Clinton; '3c,hn Murray, Seaforth; Janes Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinohley. Seaforth. Any money to be paid may paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, My at Calvin Cult's Grocery, Goderieh, Parties dnslring 'to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on appliess titin to any of the above °Men, addressed to their respective post en, 'Losses inspected by the :Deo - 11.58 .t ni. t And she couldn't see it as I saw it, as merely the neces:-nry adjustment to a problem. "I seat/ the horror in her eyes. And yet she said nothing. She would have gene through life in the shadow of that horror. I knew that I could trust Barbara." "Yes," said Peter. "You would trust Barbara." "Of' course, the horror in her eyes should have meant nothing to me. Her loyalty should have been merely one of those useful weaknesses of humanity which I had learned to count upon. Pretty playthings!" "Yes; Peter said again, "The useless, impractical virtues --incor- ruptible beauty. Batibara's like that." "And I discovered my own weak- ness. It was hard to live with that horror in Barbara's eyes. I hope you can make it clear 'to Barbara that I loved her." "Yes," said Peter, "I will make it clear." "It won't matter to tae, of course. I shall not know. And yet, somehow, it does seem to matter." "I think it matters. You can count on rue." "I know I cue count on you. Yon live by words—they mean something to you. queer, isn't it'? Honor, loy- alty, trust—just words. And yet you live by them. They are your reality, And ie the end, I have to const on them. And yet I. ant the master of them all. I could save my- self. Only, if I carried it;through, i1' I saved myself, I should be bonded as a failure.. 1 should have to admit that for the first time I had taken e case which I could nog solve. You were eight when you taunted me with that" "I'm sorry," Peter said, painfully. "I'm sorry I put it to you like that,!' "Oh. but I 'had already put it to myself! And if I let myself fail — there would always be the ]terror in Barbara's eyes." "Yon see," Peter exclaimed. "You were not the complete egotist after all! There was a flaw in ,your cru- stal Or perhaps the flaw was the other thing, the thing that enslaver' your intelligence to one narrow per sonal ambition. I `don't know---. "It's rather an academie point, isn't it?" the doctor smiled, "But it's no- thing to make such a fuss about. And I rather fancy I've written a thing. or two which will be remem- bered when all this has dropped into the limbo of forgotten news. Atter alt, I've done some good 'Work, Peter." Dr. 'Cavanaugh methodically tamp ed out the stub of his .cigar against the side of the ash rat/ and holt drew another from his pocket. Then he 'dieted it back again.. "No," he murmured, "there isn't time. I don't suppose. Peter+, you'd care to shake hands with tae, for mond-bye ? Silly of we to care about a thing like that!" • Peter rnoe stiffly. His lips were eresseii tiehtly together and his throat ached unbearably. The..,tenrr tvern on his.. cheeks as he held out his. er who lives nearest the scene. hand.. "Good-bye, •tny ;friend," he said. Then came i=' t tornz h to add the words the doctor would most wish to take with ham'; "The world will remember' you as a great man." "Good-bye, Peter,' the doctor said cheerfully. "You'd better go and 'find Barbara; T don't want her to be startled by the shot." Gl-H'APTER LIII. Barbara was drowsing in the big chair by the fire. Peter came gently behind her, and held both hands over her ears. She looked ep.at 'hien dreamily, only half awake, A muf- fled report carne from the doctor's office. es "What is that?" Barbara struggled to her feet, but Peter's arms were warm and close around her. "It's all right, darling. It's all right," he crooned. She put up her hand to his face, and Iooked wonderingly at 'her wet fingers. ` Peter, sat down in the big their and held her close, as ifshe were a Child, "It's ail over nowe dear. After all, was the only way; the !best way. There is: nothing more to hide. Just remember that your father was a great man—rand that he was good to you." ;'You know?" "I know everything. He has told me all about it. And he chose to go out—this way. Ile chose to wipe the page clean. He cleared up his last case. He didn't save himself." "Do yen know, Peter," Barbara Said, "I' think I an: rather proud of my father. I think I will marry you, Peter." "Yes," Peter said. "But he wanted then to know that he hadn't really failed to solve the case. But I tbelieve.ht. would let you have it your way, Barbara." Then Peter rang up Jimmy. "Jim- my, Dr. Cavanaugh has just commit- ted suicide. Breakdown, due to ov- erwork on the Ellsworth case. I was present. Yes, it's exclusive, absol- utely. And, Jimmy, that's not all. I've another piece of front page news for you. .I'm going to be marriedli "Hell!" said Jimmy. "That's not news." (Tho End.) DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Whistling Vs. Smoking During the recent newspaper "whistling nuisance" debate Lord Baden-Powell confessed to being one, "Carrying out the Scout Law," he said, "when angry, or in difficulty I whistle, and likewise when I am par- ticularly enjoying life and feellug uppish. Also for me whistling pro- vides a substitute for smoking,—for, like a pipe, it gives satisfaction to me and annoyance to everybody else!" An i's'ntergency Guard of Honor An interesting inside story of the role plslyed by a Boy Scout Guard of Honour is told by President D. P Cruikshanks of eche blThto Skating Club of Ottawa. The occasion was the last visit of Viscount and Lady Wiillingdon to the animal skating carnival, the "Minto Follies," accom- panied by distinguished members of the diplomatic corps and several pro viircial lieutenants -governor. To facilitate the approach of the party to the vice -regal box a strip of carpet had been placed upon the ice A. few minutes before the arrival of the guests the director, on a fins tour of inspection, stepped upon the carpet. It slipped under him. Immediately CatiTe Visions of a catastrophe,—His Excellency or Iles Exeellency, or the Japanese Consu General, or the U.S. Minister—nos sibly even the whole distinguished party in a heap on the ice? And et/ en broken bones! The director thought rapidly. Smartly uniformed Stouts were scattered about the auditorium on various duties. Hastily he called then together Quickly. he explained, and placed them at intervals aloftg the eared. each boy's toes firmly e'lanzping the carpet -edge to the ice. Their Excellencies and guests pas- sed through the erect line of Scouts, smilingly appreciative of the youth- ful guard of honour,—and reached their box in safety. ' Clothing Collection Up To Scouts The entire collecting task of a Feb- ruary clothing drive of Windsor, Ont., and :the other Border Cities was given the Boy Scouts. A schedule of districts and the troops assigned to each was .published it the Border Cities Star. Scout World Meet to Boost Hungary Hungarians predict that Godollo, neat' Budapest, will earn a place in history alongside Arrowe Park, Eng- land, when the fifth world gathering of Boy Scouts is held there next, THURS•,.MARC11 24, 1932 year. They are counting 'upon the presence of Canadian Scouts, s : A Prominent Canadian Tribute To Baden-Powell "No' individual man has exerted such a world-wide influence for good on such avast number ,of'people or all nations as Lord Baden-Powell. His name and example will be re- membered when the memory of many of his compeers has faded into ob- livion. It is indeed a privilege for any man or woman to be associated with such a movement;"—Hon, Lieut, Col. J.e H. Woods, Managing Direc tor, The Calgary herald, and Pro- vincial cial Comniissi'onei of the Boy Scouts of. Alberta, at a Baden-Pow- ell birthday banquet, Scouts For nucleon's Bay 'Co: Old Country Rovers of several years' Scout experience are being sought by. the Hudson's Bay Co. for apprenticeship posts in Canada. Ten or more have been in touch with' Do- minion Scout Headquarters. A re- cent typical letter' from a .Scottish Rover tells of two months alone as cook with his factor on an Ungava Island, awaiting the freeze-up, . then visits of Eskimos, the making of igloos, hunting seals and trapping foxes. All these young Scout adven- turers write cheerily, reflecting the true Scout spirit under conditions that at titles must be lonesomely trying. Omemee Minister is Still Active Despite Years of Public Service (Special Correspondence in Battineau (North Dak.) Courant.) Although Rev. Thomas Johnson of Omemee is going on his 76th birthday he has never refused to go when called to bury the dead or visit the sick regardless of the wea- ther. Rev. Johnson was Bern near Bayfield, Huron County, bnt., 'of hardy pioneers that came from Ulster Ireland. In 1882 he came west and wor1:ed at railroading on the C.P.R,, then being built to the coast. 1-Iis' B s.. e d' VMS herding J a the horses • " s to � the g r company which was necessary 00 act count of hostle Indians. , As a herd: cr hail been killed by the Indians not another man could be found to take the job but himself, IIe rode the fastest horse in the outfit and was an expert with a rifle so was ready to. give a good account of himself ,if need be. At this time the railroad had reached Brandon so the Reverend was in Regina, Moose Jaw and Swift C'ur'rent before any buildings were erected. In the fall of 1884 he went back to his old home in Ontario: stayed ten months and arrived in Milton in 1885 where he lived until 1888. Iris preaching career began 8' years ago, at Pleasant Valley. From there he carne west and preached to the cowboys along the house River, Since that, time he has held several charges among them Bethel near Cando and Island Lake where he assisted in building the church. He was also stationed at Bisbee, Ant- ler, and still preaches occasionally here. 'Mile the Reverend gentle- man 'beIongs to the old school of fundamentalists it can be said to his eternal credit that be finds no fault with the other fellow that worships in another way, Rev. John- son has officiated at many marriage ceremonies and of all the people he has joined together only one couple has seen fit to take their troubles te the courts. This one case seems to be his only regret. He holds membership in the Ma- sons and Oddfellows and takes a great interest in those honorable bodies. The citizens of Onsemee aro very proud of their grand old preacher and hope that he has many years left to be with them. NEWS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT DUNGANNON: A happy growl of about 40 young people journeyed in sleighs and cutters to the home of Miss Margaret Durnin on the even- ing of St. Patrick's Day, for an ev, ening's enjoyment. The party wae the culmination of the contest, spon- sored by the Junior branch of the Women's Institute of Dungannon, in which sides, captained by the Misses Cora Finnigan and Mary. Lednor, contested in a drive fdrdnenibers for the Dungannon Public Library. hfiss; Pitti •' gans side Won the contest and tho loots were entertaining the win - net's. The evenin•r was. spent in games, contests and music. In keep- ing with St. ,Patrick's Day, there, was a Shamrock contest, The "high" prize in the progressive euchre ti};Gy won by 1Vriss Doris' ISnfythe, while Allan Reid won the consolation prize. After the games lunch was served by Aliso' Lednor's 'team.' A number of members of the Junior Farmer's Club were present, as this being leap year+, each member of the Jun- ior Institute was allowed to invite her.brether, or, some other person's brother, ' WINGHAM: With the passing of James H. •Casemore, on ,Saturday, the Township of. Morris lost one of its pioneer residents. •lter. Casotnore was in his 84th year, was born in the County of Perth, and at the age. of 19 yea -re moved to Morris, where he had since resided. Deceased was twice married, his first, wife being Mary Hanna, whom he married in 1875 and w'hp three years later died, and from this ,union there was one son, William, who died in 1808. His second wife was Eliza. Balfour, who predeceased him in 1002, and from this union there were two sons and two. daughters. They ave: Mrs. John Baird, of Turnberry; Andrew, on the homestead; Frank and Mrs. G. Per- in, in the West. There are also eight brothers, George, of Kansas City; William and Jerry,. of Turn - berry; Robert, of Wiarton, Joseph, John and EIi, of Morris; Thomas, of Clinton; one sister, •31trs. John Hun- ter of Morris. Deceased had been ailing for six months, although he had not been confined to his bed for any length of time. In religion he was an Anglican. The funeral ser- vice was conducted at -his late resi- dence in Morris Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Kenneth McLean, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham. Interment in the Wingham Cemetery. EXETER: When Mrs. W. .7. Powell was walking past Main Street United Church she fell on the icy pavement and broke her leg. Dr, J. G. Dunlop set the injured limb and Mrs. Powell's -.ondition is re- garded as satisfactory. The victim,, of the accident resides on Victoria street, two blocks from the church. 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We'd read less, move about Iess, lower our living stand, ands, be content with poorer machines, eat coarser foods and wear coarser clothing, live in unattractive homes, do a vast amount of distasteful labor, wear ill-fitting shoes, see ugliness everywhere, have more ,illness, meet with more accidents, have more tooth- aches; and our stores would be very dull places in- deed. Ta blot out advertisements would be like blotting out the sun—the source of light and ener- gy. Be grateful to advertisers, and show your gratitude by buyinga what they bring so faithfully to your attention in this and other newspapers. And always remember that Advertisers are world civilizers and your true friends] THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PHONE 4