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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., FEE: 6,1941
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'GENERAL SIR WESTON MARRIS,
a highly -placed officer of the
General Staff visiting New Zeal-
and on duty.
!LORNA MARRIS, his pretty, luxury -
loving daughter.
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
MISS HILDA MARRIS, sister .of the
General, accompanying him to
New Zealand and giving Lorna
such supervision as a high-spirit-
ed girl will tolerate.
CAPTAIN ALLEN RICHARDS, the
General's Aide -de -Camp, who is
engaged to Lorna.
T. H. HAWKSFORD, chauffeur to
the Generai's party. A New
Zealander, handsome in a iug-
ged, arresting fashion."
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advertising 12c ger count line for "Hawksford speaking. You got any
e. report about Richard's ? ".
"Yes I did!"
"He's dead, shot in the bush at.Gul-
livers' Bay, near Kaikoura. He got
into a jam and became desperate."
"Shot?"
"Yes, it was unavoidable. But I
confirmed everything. If it comes
out it might become an international
incident."
"Good heavens! But we can't have
a fuss! I must get in touch with the
Minister:"
"I suggest you phone Kaikoura, or
send someone down as Soon a.s pos
11. T.RrANCE Bible," Hawksford said. "Goodbye,
Notary leubile, Conveyancer sir!"
Financial. Real Estate add Fire La He rang off.
surance Agent. Representing 14 'Fire He found the farmer in the kitchen,
Insurance Companies. with his son.
Division Court Office. Clinton "Have yoti a eat?" asked Hawks -
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The police.station came through,
and he asked them to send out a car
to the homestead as a man had been
shot in the bush at Gulliver's Bay.
"Who is it?" asked 'the sergeant.
"What's the name?"
"That'll do when you get here."
He rang off without further ado,
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his car. Lorna was lying with a blan-
ket over her, her eyes open; her face grave -faced gentlemen were not an -
deadly pale. When Hawksford came ious, she was relieved to find, to
in, she gazed at hien dazedly. It was know what she had deducted from it,
all so new, so terrible in recollection.
Tears filled her eyes.
"I'm sorry I broke down," she man-
aged to say, in the bush; how Hawksford had gone
"I don't wonder at it," he said, and to try to shoot the attacker ---here site
told her in a low voice: "They're tak- was frightened for fear of injuring
ing you to Kaikoura in their ear. hila—and how she herself had tried
Don't talk to anybody about what to escape out of the bush. How Rich -
happened just yet. I've said he trip- ards had followed her, aimed his rifle
ped, and his gun went off. The pol- at her to shoot her, and how Hawks -
ice are on their way here. Your fath-
er will tell you what is best to say
whely he comes back tomorrow.
She nodded. She was able to walk said.
out to the car where the farmer was
at the wheel, waiting.
"Good-bye." said Hawksford.
She could only nod, as she got in
beside the man, and sank trembling show you this piece of paper?" They
back into her seat. handed her the slip with the notes
So they parted without discussion relating to the Picton defences typed
of anything else, overshadowed by the on it.
"Yes my father found it, in the lid
of his typewriter!"
the dark of the narrow track from the That was all, She was allowed to
nomestead to the road. Half -an -hour go,
liter another car drove np, bringing Before she Ieft the court with her
a police -sergeant in Plain clothes and father, she saw another witness come
a constable in uniform, forward and .recognized thi pian she
Hawksford was waiting to take had seen through the window of the
th hill to bring Richards house in Papanui, who had given
how we're expected to act. A man
shot in the back, and here you say,
you're from the Intelligence! I can't
do anything about this; I'll have to
get my instructions' from headquart-
ers."
"That's exactly what I .want you to,
do," aid Hawksford;
CHAPTER XXII
SECRET INQUIRY
Two clays later on a hot morning in
a wooden -walled, barely furnished
room at the back of the court -house
in the town of Kaikoura, a dozen
grave -faced men sat on benches by a.
long table, and carried out a sober
inquiry. Some were in military un-
iform, the majority were not. Their
ears, drawn up in the dusty sunshine
outside, bore the number plates of
New Zealand Government Service;
and one man had come in the military
aeroplane which was lying on the
landing field •at the aerdrome.
Lorna, somewhat pale and hearvy-
eyed, gave her evidence. Her father,
who had brought her, was in the back
of the room. But Hawksford, whom
she had not seen since the night of
Richards's death, was not in court.
"On the 28th of November," she
was asked by the dignified, white -
moustached personage in charge.
"Where were you?"
"At Gulliver's Bay."
"Alone?"
"No, with Mr. Hawksford."
face flamed.
"What happened there?"
She told them, about seeing the life-
boat on the shore with the name "M.
S. Yama Mara" on the bow. These
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Lorna shivered and shook her head.
The General went back to the court
house, and Lorna went upstairs to lie
down, under the kind ministrations
of.her aunt. She only had one
thought, Where was Hawksford?
Why did he keep away? Didn't he
mean those thing's he had said to her
in that terrible hour in the bush?
RICHARDS PAST
The General returned an hour later,
with�news ews that the inquiry was
closed; lie came to sit by Lorna's bed.
"A, formal inquest will be held in
camera," he said, "and a verdict of
death by misadventure returned. It
must be hushed -up or there will be a
public seandel which might become an.
international incident. These things
go on all the time, and the visit of
'the "Yuma Maru was not necessar-
ily official; but it might not be pos-
sible to convince the New Zealand
public of that!" .
Then the affair is closed?" said
Lorna, in 'vast relief.
"Yes," said the General. "Except
that I have hear one or two things
about Richards -that I think you
.should know. This whole business
must have been moat distressing far
you„ my dear,- quite apart from the
shock of the danger you wentthro-
ugh!"
"Perhaps not as distressing as it
should have been," said Lorna. "Per-
haps I didn't care about Allen as much
as I should have done. I mean, I've
been a very superficial person in some
ways—!" she broke off. "But tell me,
please."
The General heard her confession in
some surprise, and then went on to
explain:
"It seems that the Intelligence here
made an investigation into Allen's re-
cord before we ever arrived; and that
was why they gave Hawksford the
job of chauffeur, so that he could
keep an eye on Allen. It seems that
the source of Allen's income in Eng-
land was rather mysterious; he had
more than his Army pay, obviously;
yet he was not getting the money from
his family because, as you know, he
didn't get on with his father. The
suggestion 'is that he had been selling
information for some time. It seems
-that his guarrel with his father was
a much more; ,serious affair than he
ever told us; and the information sent
out here about the situation was this:
"The Richards, as you Iniow, have
been a family of intpeccable repute -
ions. But Allen's another came of
the army in India for three generat-
ions. But Allen's mother came of
of different stock, and there had been.
an 'earlier marriage with a German
count, who evidently abandoned her,
or she him. At any rate she married
Colonel Richards, and she died quite
early in their married' life. Allen
grew. inn. -es. Colonel Richard's son;
Richards, I understand, gave him ev-
ery protection, but Allen conceived a
loathing for hint; he knew, presum-
ably, the secret of his own parentage,"
"That would explain, then ?"
began Lorna.
but only the actual events of the day.
She described the shots which had
been fired at them on the hillside, and
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for had prevented it by shooting him
from the bush behind.
"Mr. Hawksford saved my life!" she
They didn't semi interested hi that.
"Thank you, Miss Marris, That
will be all. Oh, one moment! Qa the
24th of November did General Marris
nightmare through which they had
came, The car drove jolting away in
hem over e
in. The sergeant asked questions: Hawksford the letter which lie had
"I don't know you, do I? What steamed open. She hoard the com-
are you doing np here? Visitor to mencement of the examination,
these parts?" I "Are you Arthur Henry Beeton, of
"Drivinga car for General -Sir Wes- 15, Calmer Avenue, Christchurch?"
ton Marris. Staying at the hotel int "I am "
"You are employed by the Post and
Kaikoura," replied Hawksford.
"And, this fellow?" said the ser Telegraph Department?"
geant, as they set out into the night ` "That's right."
with the constable and the farmer's i "Did you, on the 24th of November,
son. "A friend of yours, was he?" I on the instructions of your superiors,
"I knew him," said Hawksford. !hand a letter to Mr. Hawksford, act
tie sensed a growing dissatisfaction dressed to Captain Allen Richards
M the sergeant, He walked slowly, at a Christchurch post office box
to allow the other two men to get a- number?"
head; the sergeant, lagging behind,"I did . .
with him in the darkness, flashed his That was all she heard. She under -
torch in Hawksford's face and be- stood then that the letter bad been
.tune aggressive, I for Allen; and that the postal aubh-
"What's it all about? I asked for orities had given it to Hawksford for
retails on the phone and you wouldn't examination.
give them? Who is this chap, and She left the court with her father,
how did it happen, and what haveand•they drove back to the hotel in a
you to do with it?" • !taxi.
''I may as well explain for your ears The General had told her when he
only, that he didn't fall on his gun; arrived from the Chathams on the
you'll find he was shot through the previous day; that Hawksford . had
back," said Hawksford. "I'd better gone to Wellington to report.
begin by showing you this," I • "Is Hawksford here now?" she
He drew out a note -case from his asked.
inner pocket and took a folded sheet "Yes, he gave evidence before you,
of paper from it. The sergeant, be- they sent hien out while you gave
wiidered and agog, held his torch •ewer yours."
twice, in a puzzled fashion, then held i "What will happen, to him?" she
the paper. He react the words slowly managed to ask.
the torch closer to the official stamp, t "Happen? Nothing my dear!. It'
•vhich bore ;the word's—"Prime Min- was a clear case of self-defence.' Odd
ister's. Department" I that Richards should have got it in the
"Intelligence ,, are you?" he said, back in the end --a traitor's death!"
finally. "We 'don't know where we The General pulled himself up, te-
am these days. Emergency regulat- I, membering what Allen had been to.
ions, and what not, we don't know her, feeling he had said'.too. Hauch.
"Why he felt no loyalty for our
country; may have loathed it as he
loathed his adopted father! Another
thing was that he lived beyond his
means, and he had too muck social
ambition. He had to pay for it some-
how, . and he found this abominable
way! When I think my dear,' -that
you might -have married hien. if all
this had not come out-!"
"I suppose that was why he wanted
to marry me," said Lorna, "so that he
would better his opportunities for col-
lecting information."
"Well, my dear, one doesn't like to
think so—"
"It's good for my vanity to realize
it," said Lorna. "And what else do
I deserve? One of my reasons for a-
greeing to marry him was that I felt
sure he didn't love me too much."
Unused to discussing• her intimate
motives with his daughter, General
Marris was at a loss for a reply;
"You agree," said Lorna, with a
strange eagerness, "that one should
marry for love?" That nothing else
should matter?"
"I wouldn't say nothing else mat-
ters," said General, painfully, but sin-
cerely, "but your dear mother and I
were very much attached. You must
have realised that. Marriage without
love is not: a real marriage at all." •
"Yes," said'.Lorna, suddenly loolcing
very troubled and preoccupied. "I'in
glad yott told me about Allen: It ex-
plains to much. Poor Allen! He tried
to kill me. It's like someone I never
knew at all."
rasoimmocre
realize that Canada now calls on me.. • to join in a great
National Savings Plan... necessary to win the war and vital to my
own safety.
-that
the gallant men of the Army, Navy and Mr Force
now on the fighting front ... need me on the financial front. They,
need munitions, material and equipment . and only by my money
which represents the production of war materials can this support be
secured. They are my protectors. They call on me to be their provider.
—that this will require hard work and many dollars.
-that only by hard work and frugal living ... by LENDING..
all I can to Canada ... can I do my part to help to win the war and
establish our future security.
1 Pledge-- that I will forego the purchase of unnecessary articles
... however small the cost .. , no matter how well I am able to pay
for them .. , which take labour and materials away from the great task
of providing goods needed to win the war.
Pnblitbad
by ,bo
!rear Savings
Committaa,
Ottawa
—that NOW ... starting this month ... I will put a definite
part of my income aside in War Savings Certificates. 'I will have it
deducted regularly ... each week ... each month ... either from my
pay envelope or from my savings account, by arrangement with my
employer or my bank manager."
(Signed by)
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mitiegmepieSsleSel
International S.S.
Lesson
General. Marris rose and was on .his
way to the door, where her muffled
voice asked himfromthe becl:
"Where did Mr. Hawksford go after
the inquiry, father?"
"IIe's somewhere in the town. Ile
will drive us down to Christchurch
this afternoon, and after that we
shall have to get another man: to drive
the car, I sulipose. Ocld about that
chap you' know.'
"Did you know he was yvorking for
the Intelligence?"
"No I didnot!" said the General,
testily, fired by the only thing in the
affair which really annoyed him. "It.
was a disgrace that I wasn't told
-a
disgrace;•in my opinion."
"What do you think of him, Fath-
er e" • •
• "Orr, he's a very good man. Plenty
of grit and pluck and brains, I like
that type of New Zealander. I've
nothing against the man himself—but
they should have, told me 1n Welling-
ton when we arrived!"
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
February 9th
Lesson: Luke 16:10-15, 19-23
G.T. v 13
by REV. GORDON PEDDIE, B.A.
1. What do we learn front the way
in which we use our temporal posses-
eions ?
Answer: If we treat our temporal
possessions as though we had a right
to them, as though they were really
our own (forgetting that they are
gifts of God which we have only by
His mercy) we not only become the
slaves of these temporal and created
things, but thereby also cut oursel-
ves off from God's great gift of eter-
nal life.
2. Why did the Pharisees `deride' or
mock Christ when He said, "Ye can-
not serve God and mammon? (Marg-
in, "riches"),
Answer: Because it is the way with
all men who "justify themselves be-
fore men" and who judge according
to outward appearance's to regard as
"foolish" or "ricliculous" anyone who
declares that earthly things provide a
snare for sinful man, and that "true
riches" (v 11) are the treasures in
heaven "(Matt 6: 19-21.)
3. What was the great error of the
rich. reran? (v 10.)
Answer: The great error o! the rich
was that he accepted God's gifts as
his own possessions, thereby becoming
enslaved to them and forgetting that
all God's mercies are to be used by us
to -facet the necds'of our fellows. Even
the dogs that licked Lazarus' sores
condemned the rich pian in his blind
slavery to the things of life.
4. What do verses 22 and 23 teach
us?
Answer: That it is far, far' better
to live a mean, beggarly and half-
starved existence in thisworld, de-
pendent upon the grace and mercy of
God, and to receive His gift of et-
ernal life, than to fasteni our minds
and our .souls in shameful idolatry
upon temporal things, blinded to the
most obvious duties in this present
life, and be dart into hell in the next
(See Psalm. 87, especially v 16.)
Huron Old Boys Association
of Toronto.
OFFICERS 1941
Honorary Presidents: Hon. J. A.
Gardiner, Mrs. J. A McLaren, Mr. E.
J, B. Duncan, Mr, A. C. McVicar. Dr.
G. F. Belden, H. M. Jackson.
Past President: Dr. J. C. Ferguson.
President: A. G. Smith.
Vice Presidents: Mr. W. E. Hanna,
Mr. W. F. Cantelon, Mr. G. M. Ches-
ney, ilii. Byron Camlpbell, Mr. M.
Scarlett, Mr. A. McQuarrie.
Honorary Secretary: Mr. E. Floody.
Secretary: Mr. R, S. Sheppard, A.
McQuarrie,
Financial Secretary: Mr. John
Moon.
Treasurer: Dr, H. J. Hodgins.
Chaplain: Rev. R. C', 1Vlebermid.
Attclitors: H. T. Morrish, Geo. E.
Ferguson,
Committees
Reception.: Mr. A. G. Snaith, Con-
venor,
Refreshment: 'Mrs. D, Thompson,
Convenor.
Program: H. M. Jackson, Conven-
or.
Publicity: Mr, E. Floody, Convenor.
Visiting: Mrs. H. L Brown and—
Chairman of Town Committees.
The and Annual Meeting of the
Huron Old Boys Association of Torn
onto was held in the Y.M.C.A., Dov-
ercourt and College Streets, on Fri?
day evening last with a good attend -
Mee representing all sections of the
old County. Amongst those present
were the following:
Mi': A. G. Smith, Ms. H. M. Jack-
son, Mr. J, A.McLaren, Mr. E. Fleetly,
Dr. and Mrs. G. F. Boldon, Mr. R.
Leiper, D. and Mrs. H. J, Modgins,
1VIr. and Mrs. J. Moon, Mr, and Mrs.
L. 111. Pringle, Mr. R S. Sheppard, Air,
W. A. Buchannan, Mr. B. H. McCrea-
th, Mi. 'and Mrs. W. E. Hanna, Mr.
Mid Mrs. S. 111, Wickens, Mr, and Mrs.
Don McLean, Mrs. J. G. Ferguson,
Mrs I. H. BrownyMrs. W. W. Sloan,
Mrs. E. DeLacey, Mr. H. C. Sloan,
M'r. and Mrs. W. D.Spcinks, Miss A.
Hamilton, Mrs. 11, Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Eagan, 1VIrs D. C.
Young, Mr. Fowler, President of the
Juniors.
Notes
President elect, Smith is a Winigham
Old Boy, having been mayor of the
Progressive toiln and formerly edit
of the Wingham Advance. M
Smith was born at Lanesville in As
field.
Dr, Ferguson, past president w
absent from the meeting, being call
to Ottawa in commotion with W
work,
Mr, Robt; Leiper received ma
congratulations re his father's els
ion to the Wardenship of Hur
County at last weeks session.
In the absence of Dr. Ferguson,
H, M. Jackson, past president act
as presiding officer until after" t
election of officers and installing c
freers for the new offices. "'
Mr. H. 'M: Jackson is now the n
chairman of the prograin eonnniti
met watch him retake things hump d
ing the intoning year.
Dr. Beldon moved a motion of a
preciationr of Dr. Ferguson's servi
for the past year which was carni
unanimously.
On motion of Messrs McLaren. a
Floody, the secretary was instruct
to forward a letter of condolence
the widow of the late.Thomas A. Rt
sell, Hon President.
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