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THURS., MAY 19, 1935
MBRING OLD
AVTOGA6TER R S
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SYNOPSIS: Young • Ed. Maitland 'Through this: talk, Speed's mind emptied the glass and lowered it.
and the hardened aabler Speed Ma- I had been shuttling swiftly,trying
to
lone are camp partners ' on the trip weave the full pattern of what it iia -
north to the Yukon gold fields in '97 I plied, The picture that began to en -
9 h ire there first I ere. made him writhe at his bonds
when word of the rich ores g
came down the Pacific coast Mait- I -and at the gag in his mouth.
Fallon jeidied it from his hand.
"Any other little thing you'd like?”
he inquired sardonically.
,."They's. one ether thing,' acknow
ledged Speed, -still looking at Rose.
c. '`'I ain't heard nomusic : for : som:e
land, son of -a Ni'eEnglund seafar- Tho :`Golden Pass" at - Skagway,
ingfamily,was determined to w]r r the protectionof Soapy Smith, tune. If the lady will playa song
s undo p pY
backhis lost family fortifnes..Fren- i. vortex of carnival,
Y was a lathering
chy, the fisherman who took him and It had a slick and spacious floor lit
Speed north; Lucky Rose, 'beautiful Iby hanging, lsgmps which depended
young woman who had given Mait- from the cross -beams of the luiit'ber
land a ring fon a keepsake; Fallen, 'roof, -A piano; banjo and accopdion
trail boss to the rimers, who resent were in the swing of what.shunded
ed Rose'sattentions to Maitland•, like a musical steeplechase. But•they
Steiner, the money lender; young made s spirited noise, and served to
Pete . and his drunken partner Bill: indicate that the romping riot on the,
and Garnet, a well -to -do -modern one dance, floor' was sociably, intended, • -
who hired Maitland and Speed to haul h• crowd' was variously
his stuff from the beach over the In attire, the c w y
mountains to the Yukon --hese were
among the crowd that made up the
gold seekers. At Liarsville, a camp
in the hills, Speed was made trail.
boss in Fallon's -place, because Speed
insisted on closing the trail till it
could be repaired. When a • detach
ment 'of the Canadian Northwest
Mounted Police came riding down the'
pass and mended the bridge for
Speed, there was a truce between him
and Fallon and the trail was reop-
ened. Garnet went back to civilize",
tion for the winter leaving his ,pon-
ies and equipment with Speed and
Maitland. But the horses disappear- .'tention'by the simple means of send
ed just after the transfer. After ing a •bullet into the rafters.
Speed had killed a man in self-defence "Where's Soapy Smith?" Fallon
man who had run a. crooked shell .demanded in, a voice that made the
game at Liarsville—he and Maitland quiet absolute.
got away on .the trail—]Rose helped No one answered, er seemed to.
find their horses—and decided to know. One glance at the posse and
while I finish this cigarett'e."
Fallon wheeled b`tit . Rose ::did not'
see :his. scowl. ' -
A- chord :as clean and: sweet as the
tinkle of the, wit al,at�twjl ght.through'
a •closest canyon flowed front the
strings ender; her touch, and shed an
almost instait•"lull' •on the. crowd.
Then her voice- dissolved into the mu-
sic -- a clear, exquisite contralto,'.
:plaintive, strong and deep, like the
shore wash`, that sounded through it,
informal, mixing corduroy, roughsustaining the rhythmic lapses of
flannel and heavy miners' boots with the song .•
the "store clothes" of ,newcomers.
The bar hadsupporters, its own In that ,beguiling fluently, `riding
a`
who somehow remained audible. ,In spell of :sound, the' prisoner forgot
their rumble -of talk there were ech- everything apparently, but the sing-
oes of a rumor that a dangerous gun- • er's •magic. Bait 'his eyes • drifted to
loan . had broken jail and tried to Lefty's ,with a sidelong glance et the
shoot pp the camp. accordion which dangled• in the hands
of its owner in the orchestra. Fallon
In the tumult no one, therefore, lin- watching Rose and waitin?•'.for. the
mediately noticed that a group o£ end of her song, did not;; notice the
armed hien had entered, pushing be- invisible prompting.; 'Eyes _and- wits
fore thein a hatless captive whose less sharp •than'Lefty's' would'neith=
hands were tied behind his back. The er have perceived the look -nor in,
leader of the posse commanded at- terpreted it; but the; dip quietly de-•
taehed the instrument from the list =
less fingers, and before he was a-
ware of what had happened, tossed.
it to Speed. The pass was hardly
observed before Speed Iliad chided
the accordion with the closing- bars
of Rose's song.
She looked up in wonder, but con-
tinued 'pl'aying an accompaniment as
the accordion repeated her melody.
The sudden unexpectedness of the
gesture took the crowd's breath no
less than the perfect chording of the
CLINTON COLLEGIATE' AFFAIRS
INTERSST•lNG,LY,,WE ITCEN
UP I;Y A STUDENT
Cadet Day was held Mast .Thursday,
and due to the inclemency'; of the;
weather, the Inspection was 'held in
the gymnasium at 10.30 in the morn-
ing. • The school dismissed,. and the
onlookers gathered around the gym,
with loud, complaint's against the
weather. The cadets did not have
'kha'ki. •iinifornis- this year, but wore
White shirts and dark trousers. The
band marched around the gym, after
which the boys were put through
.their exercises.
Then Major Jeffries made a few re-
marke, congratulated the boys an,
their turning, and stated that a mark=
ed improvement was shown from last
year.
Kenneth Dougan was presented,
with the D.C.R.A.'cup for the best
shot in the school, and the great day
was over. Arthur Griffiths, was the
ps,atoon commander, Frank Movies,
was Sergeant-Major and the '.section
commanders were Fred Hovey, Frank
Heard, Rex Melnnes and George
Campbell. In the band which was
considered exceptionally good, Clay-
ton Dixon was the hand -leader- and
played the bass drum. Snare drum-
mers were Charles Johnson, Charles
Itfutch, Ross Middleton,' Jack West.
Buglers: Bruce Bartliff, Gordon Mon-
teith, Tom Cooke, Kenneth Dougan,
George Elliott, John Cunninghame,
Cecil Holmes.
THE McKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
Officers
President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea -
forth; Vice -President, James Con-
nolly, Goderich; secretary -treasurer,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors:
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth, R. R
No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; Win.
Knox, Londesboro; Geo, Leonhardt,
Bornholm, R. R. No. 1; John Pepper,
Brucefield; James Connolly, Gode-
rich; Alexander McEwing, Blyth, R.
R. No. 1; Thomas Moylan. Seaforth,
R. R. No. 5; Rhin. R. Archibald, Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 4.
Agents: W. J. Yeo, ' R. R. No. 3,
Clinton; John Murray; Seaforth;
James Watt, Blyth; Finley McKer-
•cher, Seaforth.
Any money to be paid may be paid
to the Royal Bank. Clinton; Bank of
Commerce, Seaforth. or at Calvin
Cutt's Grocery, Goderich.
Parties desiring to effect insur-
ance or transact other business will
be promptly attended to on appliea-
ion to any of the above officers ad-
dressed to their respective post offi-
ces. Losses inspected by the director
who lives nearest the scene.
build a cabin for the .winter near
Bennet, a camp policed by the Moun-
ties. Drew, head of the Mounties,
said there wee -a strange legend a-
bout . a ghostly Siwash that left
tracks in the snow—his new man
Cathcart was 'specially interested in
it. One night the two partners
were surprised to have a half-starv-
ed dog join thein while they were
eating steaks from a deer Speed had
just shot. A little later a man came
out of the storm to thein -the ghost-
ly apparition of the Mounties' leg- erroneous ideas of torr'izin' the camp.
end, they decided—and took half Jailed for murder and mail robbery,'
their deer. While Speed hadgone ire breaks jail, steals a gun, and is the
to Skagway with mail for the Moun- cause not on'y of promisee'ous blood -
ties, Maitland found a half -frozen shed, !hut of holes •bein' shot in your
figure in the stmur, and discovered it ! tent roofs. We've brung him here
to be Pete, who turned out to be a because this roof has a strong cross-
girl disguised as a man. Speed,i beam. With your kind attention, this
when he got back to Skagway, was ceremony will take about three min -
arrested on a charge of murder of utes."
the `shell -game man and tut in jail. As the crowd looked on in dead sil-
When Frenchy, now a deputy, once, Speed was palled across the
floor to the further end of the danc-
ing spacei near the orchestra, where
Ise, was lifted to a table under one of
the traverse roof 'beams. Standing
there, his feet were quickly bound.
One of the posse expertly fashioned
a halter locp with nine winds a-
round the shank of a stout pack line;
the other end was thrown over the
beam, and the noose fitted to the
captive's neck, with the hondoo a-
gainst his ear.
Speed watched these preparations
with apparent resignation. His rov-
ing glance came to rest on Felton,
-tyro stood ready to send him clear.
"Still figurin' a playa" his captor
taunted.
"Yes,' said Speed. "One. They
say a man's last look sees clear, Fal-
lon. I ain't never tried to figure
what lies over the line, but if that's
so, maybe you don't check me out,
complete. If you frame a deal a-
gainst the boy, my pardner, or lay
hands on Pete, by God, I'll follow
you—dead!"
Cleaning: and Pressing
Suits. Coats and Dressc
DRY CLEANED AND REPAIRII
W. J. JACO
If not open work may' be lab 0
Heard's Barber Shoe
CANADIAN ATiOPIAL:' AIRWAYS
the prisoner had sent through the
crowd; drunk and saber, an electric
sense of what was impending. There
was a low drone and buzz of excite-
ment. They pressed in for a closer
view of the prisoner, who was look-
ing at the rafters.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said Fal-
lon, "the character. of this murderous
desperado is knowed to ever' miner
who was on the trail in the first
stampede of '97. He returns with
brought his supper to him, he made
a break for freedom and escaped.
NOW GO ON WITH TILE STORY
Speed -waited another instant to
watch the door. The foremost of the
marshall's omen rushed into view a
thought sooner than he had counted
on. Too soon for Lefty, anyway; the
door was still shut.
Speed raised the gun for a shot
that would draw them away from it.
The revolver spat flame with a stun-
ning roar, .
Ror a priceless second, he stood'
'dazed and half -blinded, stumbling to
keep his balance and conscious of no
more than the fact that he was alive,
A numbness centered in his arm and
hand. As the haze cleared he realiz-
ed that the gun had blown to pieces.
Probably frost in the barrel ... he
should have warmed it on the lantern
before he left_Steiner's tent.
And in that tick of doom, the pack
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive at and depart front
Clinton as follows:'
Buffalo and 6oderich Div.
Going East, depart 7.08 a.m.
Going East, depart 8.00 p.m.
'Going West, depart 11.50 a.m.
Going West, depart 9.58 p.nt.
London, Huron & Bruce
'Going North, ar. 11.34. lve. 11.54 a.m.
Going South 3.08 p.m.
Hatching eggs shipped recently.
'from Canada to Honolulu have prow
'en so successful that further orders
have been received by British Colum -
Jia, dealers. According tolatest ad-
vices, there is every indication that
a substantial trade will be developed.
was en him. The last thing he knew "Doman it, Fallon, said an old min -
was the -writhing twist he gave his er, "I've seen men hung before, but
body so as to land on his shoulder, never in your cold-blooded style. At
least they're given the. offer of a last
and a flare of fire in his head. Then
the snow went black drink or a smoke. Why don't you do
it regular?"
He was still onhis shoulder when Some of the old-timers voiced ap-
l.e became conscious again, but his provai of ,that.
hands were trussed behind him with "All right," Fallon growled. "You
a rope; his •ankles werebound; he can ask him, VIII damned if I will."
was gagged and lying on dry ground. Th..e..•man put the question.
• Gradually a• murnmr of low voices "ff it's a choice," said Speed, "I'd
in the tent became articulate. He re- like to roll a cigarette, I've got the
cognized Fallon's and lay motionless. makin's."
" so we didn't find the kid His hands were untied and the bar -
through the winter till Chik Holter tender told to, "Bring a glass of the
located a camp do the Teslin a ways special, Soapy."
above where we camped on the Lew- • Gratefully flexing lis wrists, Speed
es. An outfit was'cuttin' timber there rolled a cigarette and was lighting
for a raft, and Pete had a job cookin' it, when the drink arrived in a well -
for ` them. '- Holter picked up the filled tumbler. "I take this kind,
mare's trail headin' west, alone. Pie- Soapy," he said, "but I never liked
ked it up and lost it." to drink alone. You can use: my
"The blizzard, I reckon. But I fig- name freely in urgin' drinks on the
tired the kid was making for the house. • The., marshal has in wadi'
coast. He had to come down for This sentiment was most faVorably
some gear anyway, and we'll head received by a number of the.revelets
Pete off here at the .'same time." • whose thirst had ;outlasted their
Speed's ear caught sharply at some means . This discovery', that the con -
hidden implication in the man's voice, demned man's credit was still good
The other voice murmured an in- with Soapy erected a generally good
terruption. "Seemis to me like your impression. Fallon :gnawed his cheek.
prisoner's ears • is awake." Curious newcomers were jamming
speakin' to him," growled Fal- in through the doorway, and Speed
lona "He likely knows plenty. it al- paused with the glass half -drained,
ways looked to rite like he had some= at sight of one of them. Lefty, wear-
thin'afigured about Pete, and about ing'a look of strongly mingled tri-
Owens, too." umph and discomfiture, answered his
"Well, if he won't explain hisself, stare by touching one bulge in the
it'il be tough. He snot and killed a side of his coat and another in his
man in this camp, and was charged, pocket. Speed resumed his drink
legal. He busted jail, stole a gun, with,atwisted grimace. So Lefty
andwould have done plenty more if had his guns and mail. The money
the gun had been good. He ain't a would have been safer in the mar-
Canadian. 'We'll tell the `Mounties' shays office. '.Wirth the deft trick of
we don't figure they'd choose a man iris kind in worming through crowds,
of this char-cter to run their mail. We the dip drew nearer:'. The forward
suspect he stole it; he was seen gam- Dress of the crowd had brought Rose
blip' in a joint with the mail in his nearer too.Speed met her clouded
V1 bit a territis driving smash to the
Jaw he sent Fallon spinning.
The C. C. I. students feel they
.innet.express their gratitudeto the
children.next door for the entertain-
ment supplied by them during the
long dreary hours of school. On.
Monday' ; we heard a mouth -organ
sold., 'end: for days after ,the cadets
started practising, martial commands
and other . war -like sounds were
heard,;as the band, armed with wood-
en swords, gave a very creditable
incitation of the C.C.I. boys doing
cadet drill,
4 ill'
The C.C.I. girls who performed the
were in Fallon's favor. He drove in a
pounding barage- of body punches.
Maitland closed in, trying to smother
the assault, but taking meanwhile a
thrashing'rain ,of jack -hammer blows
to the head and body. The instinctive
bglanae which a sailor learns on
him now; he thrust back of a sudden,
and Fallon's foot, less sure of the
glassy floor, slipped a little. The
Soy lashed- up with a short left that
•cut the other's upper lip, and then
;drove home• a full -shouldered right,
as-Fallpn's head snapped back. He
came.back with a spring that tore
through Maitland's guard by :sheer
weight and fury. They slipped and
came up in a swaying grapple.
(Continued Next Week)
two instruments. 'Fie lured Rose's
song in to a lighter, brisker measure
which she instinctively matched with
the guitar until the melody itself
was subtly changed.
Here was dance music such as few
mines have heard, played by two ar-
tists who had music in their hearts
and fingers. And as Speed swayed
slightly with the playing, his eyes e-
vading the smoke that curled up from
the shortening cigarette butt,, his feet
were just visibly weaving too—as it
seemed to the infeetio not his own
music; but with a crafty, studied
strain against the rope. "Come on,
boys,'' he chanted suddenly. "Take
.your pardner!"
The crowd was almost swept off
its feet. In another moment the
miracle might have been done. Lefty,
with a gape of awed admiration,
caught the meaning of Speed's strat-
egy.
But Fallon cane alive with a roar-
ing curse.
"I'll make you dance, you jiggin—'
He made a stride for the •table to
kick it over.
The kick, however,- was not com-
pleted. The crowd had buckled and
swayed inward from the door, cleav-
ed apart by a powerful pair of shoul-
ders and by a dark, youthful battling
head ,which Speed had never hoped
to see again. It .was Maitland.
There was a sharp crack ;of fist a-
gainst;bot3e, and Fallon was stiffened
td his'toes by a terrific driving smash
to the jaw• '
He rocked and went backwards but
saved himself from falling by lurch-
ing
urching into the piano keys with a loud
discord.
To the crowd it was like a gong.
A lynching wasone thing; this was
something more; the challenge laced
then blood with a strong intoxicant.
The night had a head of steam.
Fallon shook his head groggily. A
movement of one hand to his belt
brought a roar of protest fromthe
crowd—on. their own account no less,
than than of fair play. But Fallon
had no intention of shooting., He
pushed the gun tight in the holster,
and bracing himself against the pi-
ano leaped for his antagonist.
The crash when they met sounded
like the iinpact of 'bulls. Both hien
were ' magn1'teently strong, and
touglietied, by the snow trails, though
Sword Dance for the Jubilee celebra-
tion are very indignant.- Think of all
the 'hard work of practising and find-
ing costumes, to say nothing of the
wear and tear on nerves when the
event finally came off and they were
not even mentioned in the paper.
Surely such an injustice as this can
not be countenanced. The ' sword
dancers are very indignant, and' wish
to observe that unless they receive
the proper appreciation, they will
hereafter: say very haughtily—"No,
thank you!" to any committees who
attempt to put them on a program.
Therefore, to solace the wounded
feelings of the' girls, we shall say
that the dancers were, Margaret
Middleton, Jean Cameron, Ruth Lav -
is, Helen Welsh, Elvelyn Beard, Jean.
Cornish, Virginia Harris, Madeline
Murch.
The 3rd Foran Latin class took up
"A Roman Girls' Untimely Death"
recently, and discovered' that the
girl who died was gentle, kind, -;mod-
est and loved, her teachers. The tea-
oher pointed out that it is usually
people who are singularly good and
have these characteristics' (or should
we call them) peculiarities?) who
die young. Whether or not there is
any real danger, Agnes Agnew is
stricken with fear, and it is reported
that she is trying to do something
bad, that the danger of an early death
may be averted.
* '1G iii
The Third Form menagerie consist-
ing
onsisting of Foxie, Fishie and Lion has
suffered a loss, Ruth Lyon has stop-
ped school and thus "Fishie" Camer-
on and "Foxie" 'Holland are left a-
lone.
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Mr. Cooper's rules are very strict.
He decrees: that anyone who talks
after the 5 -minute b'eil has rung,
must suffer a 10 -minute detention at
four. However, Faye , Lindsay's
talkativeness so taxed his arithmetic-
al powers that an amnesty •was de-
clared after Easter, old iseores were
wiped out, and Miss Lindsay prompt-
ly started all ever again,'
STRAWS IN SCIENCE
Straws, as the old saying has it,
show how the wind blows, and by the
same token, in modern parlance,
straws demonstrate the immense val-
ue of: agricultural research as, applied.
by scientists to the exacting needs
of the present day. To the ordinary
observer wheat straw is just wheat'.
straw, but in the hands of the Cana-
dian
anadian . Agricultural chemists wheat
straw is a storehouse of invaluable
material. For instance, a study of
the resin extracted from wheat straw
has shown that about one-quarter of
it (or 1.5 per cent of the straw) con-
sists of a mixture comprising an oil,
free fatty acids, a wax,, and a small
quantity of an essential oil. On sap-
onification, ,the oil yields sitosterol
and a>kmixture of fatty acids (palm-
itic, stearic, oleoic, linolie, and lig-
noceric acids 'were identified) while.
the wax yields ceryl alcohol, sitos-
terol, palmitic and cerotie acids.
The remainder of the resin (4.7 per
cent of the straw) consists mostly of
lignin, but contains in addition small
quantities' of phytosterolin, sterol
ester, i -inositol, and potassium nit-
rate. Science does not clutch at
straws; it gives facts.
SEAFORTH: W. A. G. Pennyley-
eon, of Toronto, has moved into his
office in the post office building here,
having been appcNnted permanent
excise 'officer here in charge of the
malt house at the plant of W. War-
ren Thompson; .which began opera-
tion Last week. Since purchasing the
mill property on Railway street some
time ago, Mr., Thompson has com-
pleted extensive alterations in order
to fit the plant for the manufacture
of malt. The opening of the plant it
is believed, will provide a market for
the farmers of the district who grow
barley. Mo. Thompson' will employ
six men and will use each year 50,000
bushels of barley.
THE WORLD'S`
MOST FAMOUS
FLAVOR
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pocket." ,eyes again in a long: study, as he the weight 'arid' matured experience
Silly Van
xT4_ Says:
One of the most successful salesmen of this time, Mr. Billy Van,
says that successful salesmanship is simply the application of show-
manship to merchandising."
"The secret of success in acting is to rehearse and rehearse and
rehease until you have created an unforgettable' impression upon the
mind of the actor. He then lives his part. His sincerity enables his
audience to live it with him. Of course, the play must be good. It
gets you nowhere to -have people say, 'Billy Van was great, but the
show was rotten!" Similarly youmust have' a good product, and be-
cause you are talking to a procession and not a standing crowd, your
advertising must be insistent and persistent. You must rehearse
and: rehease and rehease if both the show and the actors -the product
andand the actors—aro to get their message across—to create the
unforgettable impression.
•a
"There is no such thing as sales resistance to quality merchan-
dise at the right price," said Mr. Van. "The'secret of salesman
ship •is to give as much as possible for as little is possible."
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