The Clinton News Record, 1936-03-05, Page 3THURS,, MARCH 5, 1936
THE • CLINTON ,NEWS -RECORD
PAGE 8
WI -IAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN, THE
GAY NINTIES
DO YOU REMEMBER "WHAT HAPPENED DURING THR LAST, DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
L
Front The News -Record, Mar. 4th,
1896:
Thelast meeting of the 1. O. G. T.
was largely attended and the follow-
ing program" was rendered: Solo,'Mr.
, J. Foster, reading, Mies C. Barge,
mouth -organ solo, lair. C. Cook, ad-
dl'ess, ' Rev, W, Harris, duet, Misses
Goodwin and A Cant. The literally
part ofnext week's meeting will be
a debate, Resolved: That Women
Should be Given the Franchise." The
affirmative will be led by Mr. Alex.
Cooper, the opposition by Mr, Rogers.
Town Clerk Coats has been official-
ly notified that by J. T. Gar'row, M.
P.P. for West Huron, that $10,000 of �
the Stavely Estate money will be
handed over to: Clinton.' The money'
must be devoted to some public insti-
tution. .
nsti-tution.: . A public meeting should
at once be called and' definite steps
taken for the proper investment of
the money. •
Messrs. Jackson and Gilroy have
returned from a business trip to New
York.
Will Clinton have a Twenty-fourth
of May celebration?
Among the delegates from Clinton
to the R. W. Grand Orange Lodge
of Ontario West are Dr. Freeborn,
Rev. W. Stout and D. Cairtelon.
The Bayfield Fishermen have been
very unfortunate this year. About
New Year's a number of nets were
lost and since then there has been no
fishing done as there has beenno
ice on the lake. Last week's cold snap
formed ice and on Monday a number
of nets were set out, but on Tuesday
the wind carried the ice out and with
it went another lot of nets, some of
them new ones.
The following letter appeared In
this issue of The News -Record, writ-
ten by someone who is, evidently, In ,
possession of early historical facts
about the Township of Goderich. IL•
may be of interest to 'some readers of
this department at this date:
EARLY HISTORY OF GODERICH
TOWNSHIP
.A Brief and Interesting Sketch By.
"Pioneer."
Editor News -Record,
Dear Sir, ---Having nothing to do I
thought I would write a few lines on
the early history of our township. It
Is bounded on the north by the Mait-
land river, on the east by the Base
line . or Hallett township, south by
Bayfield river, and west by Lake Hu-
ron. It is the fifth Iargest township
in the county of Huron, Howick com-
ing first, Ashfield second; Grey Ethel,
Morris -fourth.
The first settler was a man named
Taylor who settled on lots 20 and 21.
Maitland con., in 1828. He was killed
soon afterwards by a tree falling on
him. His sons for many years occu-
pied the same farm.
In May, 1831, the late Hugh Sturdy,
came from York and settled on lots
30 and 31, Maitland con., where his
sons now reside. At the time he to
cated here the only settlers between
his home and Goderich were the Tay-
lor Bros-, above referred to,' who had
cleared considerable of their limper -
The nearest mill was in London
which was then a ,small village. In
1832 the Canada Co. built a mill in
Goderich and for the first two or
three years it only had business
enough to keep it running one , or
two days in the week.
About this time we hear about
Thos. Ginn coming in and settling' on
let 11 and 12, con, B. Mr. Ginn had
the honor of being the first man
married in the township, his partner
being Elizabeth Sturdy, and the cern=
mony was pe'formed by a Mr. Pryor,
a magistrate in charge of the Canada
r'o's business. at Goderich.
In 1831 Jas. Johnston settled on
the Maitland Con„ near Hohnesville.
Then in July, 1832, John and Samuel
Holmes, who had conte out from Ire
and two years previously, and settled
on lots 35 and 84 respectively, of the
Maitland. The sante year we hear of
Robt. Proctor and four Ford brothers
all setting near Holmesville. When
they came in there was only one
framebuildingin Goderieh and very
few of any other kind. Along the
Huron Road there were very few
settlers at this time, but among then
were, It. Slattery and two brothers
named Gibson. Mr. Slattery was up
to a few years ago the oldest settler
in the township; ' At the time the
Holmes' came in 'there were no set-
tlers in the "Huron Tract" except
those in Goderich township which in -
chided thetown at that time and the
Van Egmonds who kept an hotel in
Hallett.
In 1934 the London Road was op-
ened joining the Iiuron Road at.Clin-
ton, from whish time the -country.
traversed by these roads was quickly
settled: The greater number, of the
settlers purchased their land foe
$1.50 per acre. They could either pay
for it in cash inside. of five years or
pay it by working on the toads. How-
ever, the' greater number of them
chose the latter. 'Money was a scarce
article in those days, in 'fact' before
they commenced raising grain their
labor was the only "legal tender" at
their connnand'and, it must be remem-
bered that they brought in very little
cash when they came, but were good
fo ' any number of hard days! work
unci the use to which their earnings
was•pit May be seen to -day in the
splendid furies and en,ellent 111104-
.
legs which grace the entire Township.
This 'scarcity of cash, though in a
milder form, continued until the
building ef'the Grand Trunk Railway.
As
As an' example of the scarcity, of
money it may be interesting to men-
tion that Mr. Sturdy on one occasion
took a barrel of flour to Goderich and
tried to trade it for a' barrel of salt,
but without effect, as the salt was
considered worth more than the floor.
In addition to the early settlers
mentioned we must not forget the
Cox brothers—John, James, George
and David—who carne from Ireland
and -settled near Porter's Hill in 1832
and 1833. Next came the late Joseph
Whitehead and several sons. Then
the next I remember was John Wil-
son, who settled on lot 4, 6th con.
Goderich Township had its own Gov-
ernment as early as 1835, 61 years
ago. The first meeting was held
in Valentine Fisher's hotel, with a
man named Gallagher as Township
Clerk: From 1856 to 1858 Jno. Hol-
mes filled the position of Reeve. 'In
1859 William Piper was elected
Reeve and Jno. Churchill (father of
our present Deputy -Reeve) was elect-
ed Deputy Reeve, both holding of-
fice until 1865. In 1836 Henry Ford
was elected Reeve and D. Patton De-
puty. In 1867 Wm. Sheppard and D.
Patton were reeve and 'Deputy re-
spectively. I will now pass along to
the time when Mr. Gabriel Elliott was
elected Reeve,, with Mr. Jos. Whitely
as Deputy, which was in 1877. Mr.
Elliott held the office of reeve for a
number of years, Mr. Whitely not so
long, Then came Mr. John Beacom,
who filled the office of Deputy until
three years ago, when he resigned to
contest the Reeveship. He was de-
feated by Mr. Cox, the present
Reeve, aha also defeated Mr: Elliott
nine years ago. However, John Bea-
com may yet he elected to fill the
position of reeve of "Goderich
ship Government Government House."
Hohnesville is the only village in
the township.' It consists of two
stores, two blacksmiths,' wagon mak-
er, cheese factory, shoemaker, Epis-
copal and Methodist churches, school
house and a temperance house. I'b
formerly boasted of an hotel but a
few years "ago it was burned down.
Porter's Hill 'has a store and a mail
service and that is about all that can
be said shout it.
Goderich Township, religiously, will
compare favorably with any other
class of people on the face of the
earth. They are sober, industrious,
Mond minded people. Politically this,
grand old township is the purest, vot-
ing Conservative by a big majority,
which goes to show that they ,are an
intelligent people also.
In shipping Goderich township has
excellent facilities, having Goderich
on the west with both boat and Grancl
Trunk Railway, and Clinton on the
east With the Grand Trunk running
east and west, and the G. W. Division.
running north and south. •lts :ex
ports are grain of all kinds, potatoes,
apples and small fruits, horses, cat-
tle, sheep, hogs, hay, lumber, and in
fact nearly everything that grows.
Hoping this may be of interest to
some and give offenceto none, I -ant,
yours truly,
—PIONEER.
From The New. Era, Mar, 6th, 1896:
There were registered with the
town clerk last year 37 births, 23
marriages and 16 deaths.
Mr. G. F. Emerson will open a bi-
cycle riding school in the town hall
on Monday afternono.
Austin—Seeley—In Clinton, on the
4th inst., by the Rev. J. W. `Holmes,
Alfred, Austin of Blyth to Alice See-
ley of Clinton.
Wheatley-Armstrong—At Hensel!,
on Feb. 27th, by the Rev. J. S, Hen-
derson, W. Wheatley of Clinton, to
Mary, daughter of Mr. John Arm-
strong of Tuekerstnith.
Elliott.—Jervis—At the residence of
the bride's father, on the 4th inst., by
the Rev. E. W. Andrews, Alec. El-
liott of the Bayfield Road, to Rosa,
daughter of Mn. W. Jervis, also of
Goderich township.
Shipley—Miller—At the residence
of Ed. Cook, Detroit, on Feb. 27th,
C. W. Shipley of Cass City, Mich,, to
Alice Miller, Detroit, formerly of
Clinton.
Goderich Township: -A very happy
event took place on Wednesday last
at Mr. Wm. Stirling's, ,when his eld-
est daughter, Mary, was married to
Donald N cIs enzie of the Goderich
road. We wish thein a long and
prosperous life.
On Wednesday evening of last week
friends 'of Mr. and Mrs. W•'H• Lobb,
to the number of about thirty, as-
sembled at their home to spend the
evening with; them before their re -
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS 'ARE
WE NEED RAILWAY SERVICE
In a country such as ours s. we can
not get along without railway 'ser-
viee but we fail to realize, the im-
portance of this until *e are snow-
bound. Then when things , are nor-
mal again wewill soon forget the
days when we had no other commun-
ication with the rest of the ,district
except that which the railways sup
plied.--Wingham Advance -Times.
BUT IS IT?
We have known all along that so-
ciety is cluttered up with a lot of
loafers. It has remained for the last
few years for the belief to grow that
it is society's duty to feed, clothe and
shelter these who refuse to toil and
spin in their own behalf,
—Banter 'hues -Advocate.,
TWO `'E1JSTEES NEEDED
Two more Members are required
on the Public School Board, one , of
the heaviest, if not the heaviest
spending body in town. Here is an
opportunity for at least two reliable'
residents to serve their fellow citi-
zens. If they possess some know-
ledge of public affairs, so much the
better, but they should at least have
a sympathetic and understanding in-
terest in both teachers and pupils.
—Goderich Star.
MAX' TO FIT THE SUIT : ,
From a small town in New York
state comes an interesting and
thought provoking story of localecon-
omy.
The community was faced with the
necessity of naming a new chief of
police. The complete uniform of the
previous incumbent, purchased at a
cost of $200, was available for the
use of the next. There were half a
dozen applicants for the job.
What was the municipal govern-
ment to do? Its members decided
finally to combine prudence with law
enforcement. They named as chief
of police the man who came nearest
to fitting the uniform, thus saving
the price of a new one and getting a
law enforcement official in a sittgle
move—Kingston Whig -Standard.
AN INCIDENT
A young friend of ours runs a
store in the country. Last sunnier
he gave a farmer's hired man credit
in the way of groceries and house-
hold supplies. During the autumn
this man's child became quite ill and
the store •account mounted rapidly.
At' last the customer asked for two
pounds oT tobacco and was flatly re-
fused. Shortly after the refusal a
neighbor whose credit Is very good
chided the grocer for his non-contin-
uance'of credit. "I have carried that
masa for 'throe months: Now that you
have interested yourself in him, how
would it do if you were to put $50.00
to his eredit, you taking fthe 'chances
of collection!" the store -keeper sug-
gested.
"Oh, that's different!" The shoe
was on his own foot.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
WHAT, INDEED?
With n u r p a v,e d h'ig'hways
buried under feet of accumulating
snow that no plows could keep 'clean;
with transport trucks, busses and
ears stalled and buried in snow all
along the highways, bow would we
have moved and lived and had -our
moval to another part of the town-
ship,.and to give a tangible expres-
sion to their good will. . . . During
the evening a purse of money and :in
,appreciative address was presented.
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When The Present Century
Was Young
From The News -Record, Mar. 2nd,
1911:
Mr. Roy East of the Tiilsonburg'
Branch of the Royal Bank, ,cavae
home Fdriay night and has since
been suffering from an attack of
measles.
Rev. W. H. and Mrs. Dunbar left
yesterday for Bervie, their new par-
ish. • ,
The home of Mr. and Mrs. 4, B.
Lindsay was the : scene of a' pretty.
wedding yesterday afternoon when
their eldest daughter, Ida Louise,
was united ,in marriage to Mr. J.
Lindsay Kyle of Wilkie, Sask. .
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Dr, Stewart and was witnessed
only by immediate relatives . . Mr.
and Mrs. 'Kyle left on the 6.30 train
for Goderich, to take the C: P. R.
train today for' their home at Wilkie.
From The New Era, Mar. 2ncl, 1911:
' A top buggy made its appearance
on Monday morning. Is this a sign
\of approaching spring?
On. Tuesday evening Clinton Lodge
held theft annual At -Horne.
The Clinton Orchestra supplied the
music during the evening. Progres-
sive flinch and euchre were the games
played and Mrs, Hellyar' and R. E.
Manning and Miss Torrance . and A,
J. Morrish won the prizes in the re-
spective games. Lunch was served
after which Mr. Fowler sang"Asleep
in the Deep" and Mr. Stevehs of See -
forth gave two excellent piano solo's.
SAYING
being if, it had not been for the rail-
ways?
The truth is that we are not quite
so fast and so smart as we thought
we were. We haven't got past. the
railway age yet, and as far as this
county is concerned, we probably
never will.
For the past few weeks we would
have been in a bad way if ithad not
been for the once despised rails. Take
the L. H. & B. line running north
and south through the middle of the
county. )Ince a busy line, it had
dwindled in prestige, until` it became
slightingly 'referred to as the "but-
ter and eggs." '
Even it came into its own again
this winter. It took two hours and
a half one night last week to .goad
the mail, express : and freight into
it, and the passenger teaches were
erowded. '
tes-And with the London paved high-,
way blocked from end to end and im-
passable, didn't the people at the sta-
tions along the way welcome it? It
carried their butter and eggs all
right, and it carried their coal and a
good many other things too.
And it was that way with every
village and town along the . other
railways in the county. Without the
railways this winter we would have
been back to early pioneer days, and
fast and clever as we think we ` are
in this generation, we doubt very
much if we would prove as self re-
liant and self supporting as' our fore-
fathers proved: under similar<circum-
stances.
—Seaforth Expositor.
FOR ITISTORY TO RECORD
Hon. Charles Dunning is running
Canasta's -budget. He has brought
down a statement or two and pre-
sented them to the House. He inti-
mates that there will be no inflation
of money, — he probably means no
further' inflation, and he does not
take 'the trouble to inform`the House
even, just what the present status
of Canadian money is. It would be
all right with most of es to get a
complete and truthful review of all
of this money business, including an
analysis of our 'currency. But we.
Won't get it, We have W turn to
]rather Coughlin or lawyer McQuor
quodale, and listen to their unan-
swered side of the story, - also the
silence that meets this loud voiced
defiance of contradiction. For what
they are taxed, the people have a:
right to know. The government
which . demands, under heavy penal-
ties a return of `statements from ev-
ery business man, and salaried man,
to show how much he may be taxed,
should in all fairness do as much for
the taxpayer. -Listowel Standard.
JERRY FULLER DOES MOSTLY EVERYTHING IN MUSICAL LINE
EXPRESSES API'lSIiCIATI,ON OF THE YOUNGELOODS
-"LET'S GO TO THE MUSIC HALL RECEIVES HELPFUL LET.
TERS FROM LISTENERS.
Though born and raised among
the lofty peaks of the Rocky Moun-
tains a t Banff,
Alberta, J e r r y
Fuller did not mas-
ter the mountain
yodel. 'With the
exception of that
vocal accoinplislr-
meat, however, he
does most. every-
thing else in the
musical line, not
t h e Ieast among
then? being Is i s Jerry leaner
string -bass plucking, henna tanning
the /Chasing Shadows" broadcast
from Calgary, over the national net-
auorls of the ,Canadian Nadia Oonunis-
sion, Sundays at 10.30 p.m. EST.
Jerry is 00 orchestra leader in Itis
own right, plays several reed And
brass instruments, produces many of
the musical arrangements for Jaseha
Galperin's Radio Commission o r -
chestra in Calgarry, and is well known
in Calgary, his home -town, as the
vocal soloist of his own dance or-
chestra. He studied piano :as a
.youngster, but taught himself the
use of the several different anstrte-
iments that he now plays.
Youngbloods ,on ,Camas
Letter's of eoutreendation for the
work of the Youngbloods of `Seaver
Bend, who are heard axe bile +Conimis-
sion's national network every Mott -
day night, are always ,appreciated,
but there is 'one listener in Winnipeg'
who spent hours of work to perfect
his ,expression .of appmeiation of
their broadcasts. The gentleman is
Jack Erickson, who bretiglat to .the
studio :au oil painting of his .coneep-
tion ,of what the Yoruagbleed home
and ,surroundings looked like to shim
as he listened to their broadcasts.
And there on the canvas ate paint-
ed themembers of the famiiy stand-
ing watching the landing of Tell In
his .aeroplane. The scene, is tate ..mar
of the Youngblood i'arnt 'home, .a
rake is standing by the back door,; :on
tate . other side below the summer
kitchen window, the rain -barrel, and
a spade lean against the wall. Stand-
ing on the lower step is Julia, hav-
ing evidently just finished '.washing
dishes: (if the apron she is wearing is
any indication). Ma, Pa, and Trudy
stand nearby. Heavy, Julia's husband,
stands seine distance away watching
every move of the plane as it heads
down to the pasture --- and right
alongside Ted is .the faithful dog,
Tramp. On 'the left is Whitey, who.
times without number has been sad-
dled to Carry Ted to Broseley. The
foliage, trees, pump, stumps, and
well-worn paths around the door of
the kitchen are clearly depicted. A
blue sky is broken onlyby a 'plane—
to be exact a• bi-plane—coming, down
to make a landing in, the open'Pas-
ture. The painting is 30 . incIhes by
20 inches'and has been given a place
of honour in the, Winnipeg studios.
When Fan Letters .Help
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"Let's Go " To The Music Hall"
gets a brand of fan letters all its
own. In the first place the fans foe.
this jolly epic of the music hall
stage grow and grow. They spring
from north, east, south and west In
ever increasing numbers and there is
no national barrier,,
But more hnportant still is the
fact that' they are a never ending
•
source of practical aid to producer
George Young, as well as a constant
inspiration to his band .of vocalists
and entertainers. George can't pos-
sibly run out of numbers, for just
when he thinks he has written down
the very last song that has ever been
heard on any music hall stege'then
or now, up pops a fan with a song
that his father or uncle rade famous.
in London forty years ago.
Some rare anecdotes come along
with these friendly suggestions from
fans, For instance, Phillip A. Laf-
Toy, A.'I,SC.M, ,ef 'Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
2I.S.A., who started his career as an
orchestra boy in the Old 'Blue Bell
Music Ball, Portsmouth, England,
sends along, in addition to a price-
less list of songs, a pay sheet for
the week of August 25, 1888. It is
interesting to note that the orchestra
leacher received £2-5-0 while the star
of the show received 412-12-0. Mr,
Laffey played for nearly every tam-
ous music hall star of the British
stage during his orchestra days in
the Old Country and since touring to
America he has played everything
from concert and grand opera to
burlesque.
One fan keeps Yvonne Miller's am-
bition aflame by assuring her that
Vesta 'Tilley, whom she so frequently
impersonates, received one thousand
pounds ($5,000) a week in 1910. An-
other ribs the "Chairman" for con-
tenting himself with beer, when no
chairman in the good old days would
stoop to less than Scotch or Irish!
Front Lachine, Quebec, conies the
word that every Saturday night a
party Of four old timers whose com-
bined ages total nearly three hun-
dred years, are ready at the radio
:for the curtain -rise of "Let's Go To
The Music Hall:"
,.
9ianvng ;Ot'her, Tleings—
l2orace Stovin, western regional
program director of the Canadian
Radio '.Comanission, teas a recent vis-
itor t� the CRBC studios' at Calgary
turd was an interested ;guest of "Club
13," the mythical night club of the
national network broadcast each
Wednesday at 10.00 pan. EST. Bor-
ate thought he was a guest, but it
didn't take long to rehearse him into
a part in the show. It was "Gay
Ninties" night and a real, old-fash-
ioned. melodrama called for a hero
of the high -voiced tenor variety.
Now Horace isn't a tenor, but. Hs -
tenets that night heard an excellent
falsetto and incidentally a marvelous
piece of 'play-acting by the regional
director.
Gladys Rutherford's portrayal . of
Martha Youngblood ("Ma"), in the
Monday night presentation : 'of the
Canadian Radio Commission, "The
Youngbloods of Beaver. Bend," has
placed this clever actress in the front
ranks of those who are heard an the
various dramatic productions -broad-
cast over the various networks, on
this continent. But •riot only is Mrs.
Rutherford an outstanding ,actress;
she is also a producer in her own
right. As each season comes around
she, is to be seen. directing plays for
societies, clubs, and service organiza-
tions.
This year she is directing a play
y g
whieh is to be entered in the Domin-
ion Drama Featival. The St. David's
Society; , of Winnipeg, have retained
her services as director for a play
written by J. 0. Francis, "Birds of
OUT 1OF THE FOG
All day long the fog had brooded
over London in a yellow, threaten-
ing hood. In the early dusk, it fell
with silent, inexorable swiftness.
With its ` descent :traffic' became
muffled to the ear as well as to 'the
eye, and everything assumed an as-
pect.of spectral unrdality.
Harrison was ono of the few per-
sons in London who welcomed the
fog. It could not, he thought, have
come at a better time, He sat on a
bench in Hyde Park, hunched into
formlessness as he sought to shut
out the penetrating cold of the fog.
"Gosh," thought Harrison, "this is
a bit of luck, eh?"
He`tentative) twitched
y his
..mus -
les into activity. Then, rising,' he
shuffled along in the, direction of
Marble Arch.
Harrison welcomed the fog be-
cause of the .admirable cloak it of-
fereil him. Harrison was a thief—
and 'a poor one. Had he been a bet-
ter thief he migiit 'not have been
sitting in Hyde Park so'"inadequately
clad. On the other hand, had he been
a better thief, he might have been
sitting its goal. Although, he thought
sometimes, that would be an im
prevenient upon his present condi-
tion. •
Primarily, Harrison was a poor
thief because he was a coward, Like
so manyothers, he now stole habit-
ually because the first step had pre-
sented itself to him accidentally. It
had been safe, it had been easy, it
had been profitable.
Thereafter, he had- felt an uncon-
querable scorn for the tedious office
which claimed his days, and in re-
ward, paid him in three months what
that initial enterprise had gained for
him in as many hours. So he had
given up his job, left everything,
confident of his ability to earn a
dishonest livelihood. And ever since
he had drifted along with increasing
unsuccesst
His plan was now simple. He might
have taken advantage of the fog to
pick pockets, but his single, .terrify-
ing experience of that, when he had
fumbled in his nervousness, and had
been forced to run many miles, with
his ribs cracking and his heart burst-
ing, had given hint a lasting aversion
from that particular form of petty
robbery.
He intended to do what he had
clone before when kindly fogs had
conte to his aid. He intended to walk
into a likely looking house as boldly
as his nature would allow, and lay
his hands upon what he might find.
If he should be interrupted, it
would be easy to apologise—explain
that he had mistaken the house for
his home in the fog. It might cause
many varieties are brought to the
Canadian Radio Commission listeners
in the program "Hors d'(Euvr'es"
broadcast every Tuesday at 7.45 pan.
Maurice Durieux directs the etseni-
bre, composed of stellar performers,
Paul David at the piano, G. Romano,
saxophone, and Saturn Gentillett:,
accordeonist. The songs feature the
voice of Colette Ferrier, French cab -
met entertainer.
If it's pep and variety that you are
looking for in your radio bill of
fare, the Canadian Radio Comni e-
sion program "Edgar Herring's Nov-
elties," should not be overlooked.
This quarter-hour presentation heard
every Thsirsclay at 7.45 o'clock EST,
features old favourites and new all
dressed up for the usual combination
of xylophone, vibra-harpe, two pi-
anos and violin. From the starting
light to the "off the air" signal this
combination never lets up in its at-
tempt to please you; Edgar Herring,
well-known xylophonist, is the musi-
cal director.
.COMMISSION FEATURES ,
DAY BY DAY
(All` Tunes Eastern Standard)
Thursday, March 12:
9.30 p.m. "Woodwind Duo"—
From Winnipeg.
10.00 p.m. "For You, Madame"—
From Montreal.
Friday, March 13:
9.30 p.m. "Canadian Concert Hall
of the Air"—
From Montreal.
10.00 p.m. Cleveland Symphony Or-
chestra --
From
r-
chestra—From: New York.
Saturday, March 14:
8.30 p.m. "Let's Go to the Music
Hall"—
From Toronto.
10.30 p.m. Don Bestor and his Or-
chestra—
From Montreal.
Sunday, March 15:
9.00 p.nr "Forgotten Footsteps"---
From
ootsteps"—Frond Toronto.
10.00 pan. "Atlantic Nocturne"
From Halifax.
Monday, March, 16:
9.00 p.m. "Melodic Strings"--
Prom
trings"—From Toronto,
10.00 p.m. "Youngbloods of Beaver
Bend"—
Prom Winnipeg.
Tuesday, March 17:
8.00 p,m. "Show Time on the: Air"
—From Montreal.
10.00 p.ni.. "Nickelodeon"—
From New York.
Wednesday, March 18:
9.00 p.m. "Road to Yesterday"—
F • To • t
a Feather," a orie-act comedy. + : 10.00 p.m. "Club 13"—
Musical • IFrom
tid-bits of many hoods and
suspicion, but it was an ekcute that
could not readily be disproved. And
even''
if the worstcame to the worst
a quick dash into the street and es-
cape in the fog would be simplicity
itself. ,
So mused Harrison ashe emerged,
at, Marble -Arch, crossed the .Bays=
l water Road, shuffled
and'up the
Edgeware Road. It was queer how
dint everything looked. The lamps
seemed nothing but hazy, orange
balls; they could not be seen until
one was right under thein. The shop
windows, threw out a light that was
caught and checked straightway by
the fog. One walked unexpectedly
into what looked like a solid bank of
light, and stepped out of it, again im-
mediately into gloom. '
Harrison
had no particular idea
where he was going. It didn't mat-
ter. He allowed his feet to take him.
where they would. In any case, it
was impossible to tell where he was.;
He guessed,"from 'the quiet, that he
had left the Edgware Road, but
where he had turned off he had nr'.
idea. He was deep in meditation,
for, despite the protective fog, Har -
risen was, mortally scared. He had.
attempted 'no theft for weeks now
and •nerve is soon lost. Especially/
when there has never been much to
lose.
Presently, he became aware that
he had stopped walking. Like most
thieves of his type, Harrison was sup-
erstitious. Did this mean, then, that.
the Fates' intended him to burgle the
house outside which he had stopped?'
He peered at it. There was little e-
nough of it to be seen through the
fog, but the lower windows, at least,
were in darkness. He could see no
higher.
It had possibilities. A quick sur-
vey of the rooms nearest the front
door, and if there was nothing small
enough and, valuable enough for him
to take he would try his luck else-
where. The street, at all events, look-
ed promising. 'It was very quiet, and
only two or three people had passed
him—momentary, vague blurs of in-
tensified darkness.
Harrison thought to himself.
"Well, here goes!"
He tried to convince himself that
he was experiencing a sensation of
exhiliaration, that his whole being
was keyed to the venture. But his.
forehead was sweating freely, and
his spine reit cold and clammy. It
was always thus when he attempted
a "job."
The front door gave directly on
to the pavement. Harrison tried the
handle. with infinite caution. It
turned. He exerted pressure, and the
door swung inwards. It hadn't got
a Yale lock. That was a stroke of
luck! Maybe the Fates were with
him! Harrison felt cheered, though
still apprehensive.
He stepped inside, and stood listen-
ing. Not a sound was to be heard.
The house felt empty somehow. Ile
risked closing the .door behind him,
for the fog aces drifting inside in
lazy, tenuous wreaths. The door
strut with a little bang, and he wait-
ed s fiercer
with a heart ea o
�ed t g y
that he wondered whether above its
he would be able to hear any sounds..
But there was no sound to be heard.
He moved along the passage in
the dark, trailing his hand against
the wall. His fingers brushed against
a doorknob. He turned it, and went
into the room.
Inside, there was no light save
for a gas fire. In front of the fire.
was the dim outline of a woman in
a chair. And a voice said very calm-
ly:
"Hallo, Arthur! Conte in and shut
the door."
Every hair on Harrison's scalp
seemed to rear itself prickingly. He'
stood stock still, his hand on the
doorknob, absolutely incapable of
movement. And his heart thumped
away more wildly than ever.
"Come in, Arthur," said the voice
again. "Don't stand there. And
switch the light on, will you? The
blinds are drawn."
Somehow, Harrison never thought
of disobeying, of Ieaping through the
door and out into the friendly fog.
His nerve had deserted him so com-
pletely now that he could not think
for himself. He could only do what
he was told. ;Like an automation he
closed the door and swept his hand
up the wall until it found the light-
ing switch. ,
With startling clarity the room
was revealed. It was small and com-
fortably, furnished, but Harrison saw
only the woman in front of the fire.
A stick leaned against her chair, and
her white face was, lined and wrink-
led beneath her grey hair. She turn-
ed her face to Harrison, but she did
not start or exclaim. Her eyes, too,
were white. "She was sightless,
"I thought I heard your step in the
passage," she said,."but I couldn't be.
sure."
He said nothing, because he eolith,.
not speak. She gave a queer little
sugb, gasping and exultant.
"Oh, it's no good!" she cried. "I
—I can't go : on being matter-of-fact
and—and unexcited. But I did try
didn't I, Arthur? The, doctor says
-mustn't get excited, you know
but, of course, you don't know -and
I really thought Pd try, but — Oh,,
sn't it` wonderful, wonderful, that
you're here again?"
Desperately Harrison strove tosol- .,lett himself. He said:
"Weren't weren't you expecting
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