HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-10-17, Page 3Baronial Castle is Fit for a King
But Price Calls for a Miiiionaire
'Ancient Post -Norman ;Edifice in SussexBuilt by Hero of
Within, Agincourt, Though IJ -to-Date Conies
• Into the Market in Britain
ondon, ,.- Hurstnioneeux Castle,
susses, famous as one of the finest
beautifuland most'
s ongholdsin thSt
outhof England,
'has come into the market, after hav-
ing been restated to something like'
its originalstrength and beauty by
;Colonel Lowther, its last owner.
11 was only natural that a castle
which was built in the time of King
Henry VI, by Sir Bogor de. Fiennes,.
a hero of Agincourt, should show the
ravages of time and possibly' the neg-
lect of successive, owners. The castle
is constructed entirely
of
brick, tclr
and is
1lielievod to have been the largest post -
Boman building of the material in
England, It : has been described as
practically a little town. Within its
rough square were to be found four
'courts, larders, laundries, a bakehouse,
a dairy, a guardroom,: a Chapel and,
of course, a dungeon, Upstairs there
weto lords' and ladies' apartments,
"capable of quartering an array," the
Bird Gallery, the Armour Gallery, and
the Green Gallery.
Entrance to the castle was by a
main gateway, with flanking towers
84 feet high, and 'entrance was not
'easy, for the 'whole place was built
for defence, with battlements, turrets
a
nd;i
h e
Pep of s
galore, re, though in alI its
five centuries, it has never had to
resist a siege, -
Hurstmoneeux had fallenmuch into
Margate After
decay toward the end of the
eentnry. When Horace W
ed it in 1.262 he found tha
(str
action had gone on, a
stained glass that adorned
"we actually found St, Cal
another gentlewoman with
her hand, exiled to the butt
of the floors had fallen aw
ing the walls "in their na
hood," and great trunk'. of
be
red t d ab
ou the h
e r i c'
n 1
r a a
principal
Wyatt, the architect who
Windsor Castle so badly,
in, and on his advice the in
demolished, leaving little
the outer walls, a marvelon
lel to the skill of the Pettis
who served them.
A short time before the w
Lowther bought what was p
a shell of a castle overgrow
and poked with rubbish.
that he spent £200,000 in to
old castle into a residence th
sed all modern comforts and
ienees, always careful that
struction should be in keep
the character of the old buil
So Hurstmonceux Castle
Practically as it was, It is
fit
for o a king;
but '
kings are.
ished nowadays, „ and the
castle looks for perhaps ami
to become its owner,and-utab
glories intact
eighteenth
alpole visit-
t much de-
ad of the
the chapel,
theritte, and
a church in
Ory." Many
ay, reveal.
tine brick.
ivy clam -
at
r en
p m t,.
s.
'restored"
was called
terioi• was
more than.
a memo°
h' builders
ar, Colonel
ractloally
n by ivy..
It is said
ruing the
at posses-
conven-
the molt-
ing with
ding.
stands
a place
tt
r poVer-
ancient
lilonaire
itain its
makeup Is du these shelves, lc
Mr. Law, aia
"front a commutator to a
Midnight signlit pili? And no matter' what de.
the
chassis or Engine may be,
all its Obntpnnents are obtainable
here."'
It was shortly alter three In the'
morning when we returned to the
main 'aectiib0 of the garage, where
the air was filled with sounds of ham-
mering, tapping, racing engines, and
.the ringing of telephone bells,
"What's that?" :I .said, referring to
a long thin hiss that
could be
stn ides•
As ! entered the Dane Road garage gu shed above motorem-pump
all
..of, the least Gent a a nal Co A special es" the
we use for
, whose re� balloon tires," rs fen ask
buses serve this replied. "Passengers often aswc tow
part of coast, an
'empty omnibus swung to Prom the we painp there up. The answer is
road and, like a. horse returning to I
that here one man is kept hard at it
eta
stall, made for its allotted place, all ureas doing ,notbing but -testing
Zero Hour in the Garage the pressure of every tire in service
"That is the'flrst," said Mr. A. Law, pressure 1150 kept this depot. Our tire
-^-the garage s at an average
g superintendent; "about 1b:,nearly five bates .that of the �ordl
8,15 p,m, is our zero hour. Then the nary small ear tire!"
buses begin to eotrte in for the night,) It was hard to believe amid this
and atter that, we get them In a bustling scene that it would still be
steady stream for three hours," two hours or more before the earlies
I watched the arrival of these red riser in Margate'wc,ttld. awaken. t
chariots at regular intervals while, these r �.' +•--- Sat
the sky deepened and the sounds of
snerrttneut faded from the town. By
midnight the garage resembled EP -
nom Road on Derby Day, _Trp to tip
and aide by side they stood, empty,
and silent, and cue wondered how on
earth the drivers would sortthemout in the morning, At 12.15 a m
the last bus came le and a tired driver
clambered from his hox. He had
been to London and back that .day—
no mean run,
The London bus aecupied the last
-remaining space, There were now
fifty -flue red monsters with dust and
mud upon their coachwork and wheels
=the dust of _Westgate, Ramsgate,
Monis Bay, Deal, Broadstairs, Dor-
Or Faversham, Canterbury and even
02 London, Brighton, and Portsmouth.
The Driver's /Last Duty
•
By CLAUDE LUKE
It was shortly after nine in the eve.
tang when, leaving Margate Station,
12 turned towards Dane Road, which is
on the fringe of C1ilatonville, Down
on the beach groups of bathers were
having their last dip, while on the
promenade hundreds of families and
couples were making their way to-
wards
Deer cafe, or danee:halL
tat day was
ly
approaching and much remainedtobe done. Two were going from one
bits to another playing a hose upon
the wheels and coachwork, while two
more followed them and attached the
windows with leather and ' cloth,
Paintwork 'began to gleam and the
window -panes shone. Soon the metal-
work was glistening also,
Dawn Over the Sea
Meanwhile, the clop -clop of brooms
orously
applied brushes he rtsoued nded evek of rywhere
as the insides of the fifty -flue buses
were swept clean and each of the
2,000 seats, and cushions beaten and
dusted. On tete "Tiger," a new dou-
ble-decker to hold 46 passengers, a
main was testing the small reading.
belbs with which 'each of the outer
An hour or so previousry the nightie e luxury, incidentally, thas at uI London
le open top sta.E had come on 'duty, and now then has yet to enjoy,
last of the seventy'drivers bad goneI -Only then, as tete dawn was begin-
ning .to steal ftp itonithe sea, did the
First, however, each driver had telePhote bell cease to ring. Through-,
Made his report for, the day, This out the night tnessages Itad cot
Is a nightly duty. If his engine is from private houses, hotels, a
troublesome, or a bolt work lose, or boarding -hooses in Margate and 0
a brakeshoe is worn, he notlfles the tonv1Ile reserving seats on tete
night staff, who have tate defect over- row for late arrivals. m
hauled by the next morning. If it About .five o'clock the buses w
10 a serious matter, the omnibus is thoroughly sprayed,' inside
taken out of service and given a dock with disinfectant, and for a space tl
Overhaul during, the day, garage smelt like a hospital ward,
When. They Close Down
A few minutes later a new d
had begun. The first driver and c
doctor signed on, and the first bus
Ramsgate moved but into the'mor
ing su«. According to the time
their duty, the drivers appeared. Slo
ly the packed garage began to so
c.with
self out, At 3 a.m.' I bade farewe
ars replenished the machines with to the night staff, who went off to bed
oil and petrol.
Trying the Tires as the day workers arrived. At 10,15
a,m, the last bus was out, My last
view of tate garage was of a bus set
aside for a dock overhaul belug rapid-
ty dismantled, and of another three
buses receiving new coats of paint.
Outside the garage gates three girls
and three youths in summer dresses
and flannels paused on their way to
the sea. Tttey looked curiously in-
side.
"Rum place," remarked one,
"Cushy job, I should think, looking
after buses:"'
I looked at the superttteademt and
we both yawned expressively.
"Don't you ever Mese down Isere?"
I asked him.
"Certainly! This piece is desevt-
ed at 5 p.m, ou Christmas Day,"
"And when do yea open again?" I
said,.
"Oh, at 5 4.01,,on Boxing Dayl"
BEARDS
o peracm.
there was a marvellous array of spare, al bgt'atifcationthat oort reward, at solo tth t does
parts in upwards or 6,000 plgeon-1 not make distinctions, and that
Doles, I leaves behind ne heartaehes, eau bo
rEVet'y single detail of au omnibus' oiled divlhe,
"Trim" Hair Cuts Are Not in Order Noris "Smartness" Required
CHINESE BORDER TROOPS AT TROUBLED AREA
Members Of Chinese Frontier contingent at Haller,
against the Soviet, under command a , HeflungHHHang province, chief concentration point
. of Gen. Chang TsoHsiang, t tt for de-
fence
That B .__
®nnie Fight monsenee test of facts, M, Polo/Ire last soldier—British,
Bel-
ts not the man I tikish, Ercall, or Bel -
to give away a'
1
Y 0
nt 'ta
P fig n.
A t the Hague. lie negotiations: Yet, as is now known That ill
preliminary urinary agreen t shall
Pirates' Isle At Longwoo
Touxiets Cad Visit a ,Real sea1
After par brief tear or the town WO
1#s where Napoleon s i t t
QWn Klug �
the time of 1 exile. !t is situated
4
South Sea Islands 1P volt want re. tOWn 011 Itlatrt twDtirOna•
Robbers' Stronghold,•, started for LOrgwond, the objective of
II
Which Still Has " our visit to St. Helena, tete bowie.
.. ten praet ally all
tis ex
There is no Meed to pine for the about four miles inland front amines.,
n aft elevated
stance—go to Luudyl ' .land feet high, 011( the load leading to
This little island, twenty-one mho's It Is s'ery steel! Gild zigzags as it
t Y sea front Ilfracombe, and twelve I clinlba, Driving tip the valley we Mut
miles N,N, W, of Idartlaitd Point, oric1nto to "Tile Brti , ," ilia house
ti0 lovely Devanslhire coast, stands; 1vh01'e fvapoleon lived 101, several
out of rue 19rletol Chaawei Bice tt rut • it;riciiii eokswhileLongwoodwasbeinggadbastion,11(10readyfor Ole,ThisplacenowPer eent«a'ies- it wasono0PtitsOlollgstorueEastern'Peleg•raplemnortuotOrfousttauuts ofseadespora•°ttipaag:It couststsofsottlOwtlite•dons in British water's. The ruins ofashEdbungalows etudeePvolcanicaaittal1castle,700 years01(1,areail ctc,wttlttin roofspa1uled retl,lorethatt'otuains0YlIlestrongholdbuilose o1 many 01'Cho houses, ori rue
by the first of Lundy's pirate "'kings," 111151111, 011 the waY UP we also iraw
William de 'Wallace, who made the in- the alarm house where In olden tlu,,-s
accosting island his refuge after a a gun was fired -to warn the natfvee
conspiracy against henry 112. Ire was that a ship was approaching tate is-
foliowed by a long and unsavoury sue- laird'
cesalou of wreckers, pirates, smug- The bare hills reminded me some.
glens, and privateers, chat of the Canary Islands. Cattle
On the Shutter Rock and sheep were grazing in the fields.
Many a ship, blinded by treacherous 1Little Yellow birds and birds With
fog, or blown by fierce gales, has gray and pink bills fluttered about, awl
crashed on Lundy's jagged pinnacles, We saw reit birds and weavers, called
No further back than. 1906, the 14,- Napoleon's birds, and heard the coo -
000.10n first-class battleship Montagu ing of doves. Pheasants and
grounded on the Shutter Itocic In a log pare
and was totally Iost. But to -day two et'e, and Cafe polony duck levo
were, also deer and mine birds, which,
lighthouses
guide a
g em'' are n len
finer n it
s t t they « u e 1
D the Y is e become eCome
Channel 121111 warn them of the dam- pest' We were passing among hills
gers of the rocks. covered with
roaolred a it 7i w be cite uegtnuing, Wer Though It Is only about three mites
with Britain * 111 li Spa percentages shall have l have un utthe war, We 1 long by one mile wide, with an area
with
not be titahged. They have eThereshill !still
organize the peace, pl some 1,000nacres, the island des.
be no real thought of peace `plays an Bowers variety. of Utes are
been changed and they have not been while the troops of three cation aro ahs
restored. To make up for their Emit. encamped on the territory and wild dowers. Its antiquities are
utIon We are offered irrelevant figures fourth. piles the armies t, oP ,bel o a great attraction. Tumuli, round
teN'
e1.
s rocking oeldn
drawn
t n Y•r g
from 0 stone,
o n tria Within
e Duand
Enemy standing
din
yProperty.
g
a:t
c hats
ownstate
fires
frontiers all
oelstelling
ouand11 n
eta E I 0
combined atone ceases abound, g Prue storied past,
to think in terms of. military saue•I
tions, it can devote itself to exhibiting Even its rocks have a value. Lundy
the real meaning of its peace agencies I granite was very largely used in the
the League and. the Pact. Tlie aims 1 construction of the famous Victoria
will then come when it wilt be pos. I Embankment, in London,
stole to view the international sit -t The island has a population ti uaP P ation of
about fort
Ey J, L. Garvin
Not since 1914 has August made his-
tory as now, The Hague Conference
aims at the full liaeifleatlen of Europe,
and its
m
eft
fiber
s r
ealiz'
nr
g that
this is
indeed the golden moment, are strly-'
ike
ing .that its achievement may not fail calculations Or srpiusea owith n the tlex-
short of its aims. The cardinal issues parts' estimates.' Such paltrydevices
are Reparations and Disarmament, at !will never secure that whole -hearted
ea
which Versailles, Spa and Geneva 10- British su • tssential'tto
bored in vain, But to -day, with await which 0 essential to
e.
minds schooled to wisdotft by ten i me 11. Certain minion' rights settle -
years of experience and disepp0fnt- ghts war
ment, they are ripe for effective treat-
ment.
secured to this country at Spa. In re -
Hance upon them Britain has settled
I tuna het• debtors s o
t n terms
the I let ns
Yours of un
g Plait was exhibited leled paral•
as'the ark of file financial covenant, generosity, The COUutrY is b
on which 114r. Snowden had laid a rash
Philistine I111114, Self-luterest has in
5Dlt•ed H,
on as a whole, when Mr. Hender-
son's negotiations with M. Briancl and Its Present owner, Herr Stresemann will link themselves hr
organically with Mr.1825 for £1
MACDO 000 i
n
al '
a
s
111 -
s
Y an
emissionsvie
it
M15+ t C -
Itlh u
sir
G m
.hindOne
General to
Mr.I1
Snowden in his refusal to till then will statesmen enDawes. Netcall himself "Icing of
have them whittled awe Lundy.
put their
Y, Tlie- buildings coinprise
-a church, a farm, and a few cottages,
i`
who
bought t it in
s Entitles, b
Y• hands..to the true work of reconskrttc. Lundy is in one respect a
is find The BritishiWe I Perfect
efensible contention. case against deliveries tion. must build patiently if we' paradise, for it has neither rates
Let us get back to common sense, to kind has had a more sympathetic are to build lastingly; but with so taxes' nor
The plan Embodies the recommenda-
tions reception 11 Graham presented it much to be done it would b
tions of experts
with 111 his t yeare well if
upon a P Y his could
special caIu d
mat
of aspect , persuasive
roast see the b
the eu begin- Abilities
r
t li
problem. t ire
fn —
a
I t g. i1?o
ntreal Standard. Every person is responsible for all
--.a.----
per the good within the scope of Ills abili-
Life ties, and for no more, and none can
Life is like a library owned by an tell whose sphere is the largest. --Gail
author. Iu it are a few books which Hamilton,
he wrote himself, but most of them
But it. is not I witch has most
sacrosanct, On the contrary, it is the _ Y the
duty of statesmen to reanould it in 50 system—for
a fattcontractt3n delivery
far as it fails to harmonize with aver- , diel not seriously contest it, Its arms
age opinion, the ultimate sanction of It is, ill -
any 'sentiment, 'heed, out of the question that a wag -
British opinion, whose detachment 1 flee developed without due controle
renders it amake-weight fn Europeanand as a desperate expedient in the
peace, has a special right to be sates- I 'evil days of collapsed no and adeae ing
Red. Mr. Snowden had to make it I clnt en nds, Sven t noyear'made ►egin•
clear that the British Government mate and given ten years' law,
It. Gr
ower O
exposition, Even the German delega-
tion,os to gain h
as not only uncommitted, but Thos• On the commercial, no less than on us o
tile. It was indeed q 011 the flnanct o n a long le
were written for him—Rev. Harry Teacher:—"linty were you not at
.Emerson Fosdick, D•
�' school yesterday, Tommy?" TOnitnq
—(knowing that the teacher would
Stnoe few large pleasures are lent
se for the side, the Britislt case is 'trate a large underge roswtwh of
e o
lron:haud ungloved. strong by virtue of its fmmttnent jus. pleasures. --Mary A. Livermore.
was The, Chancellor's arstinreut i
when war -exhausted Germany
far ince. From the very outset, Prom the
too strong to be countered by any in -,days I
vocation of the experts' formula. Our (t+as services,
a treasury of wealth
war loans to the Allies were enor-land services, the issue has never bleu
thous, li'e bear their burden• But
we insist that we will not also .liqu t 'leis, At last we have made a be. knowledge, that we may impart
elate borrowings s latefence of our insular !t-Iazlftt. n t
Those w
examined in the cold light of in ' no curiosit
g made on their behalf, d stand In
Silence
ho can keep secrets, have
Y. We only wish to gain
culti-
small
de
It is the fashion to spear: of Eure ]deal of fair -play.
America. lygr, F I
payments toPe s The straight and narrow
The political committee has worked g path is
Hest has given figures Which reveal in a calmer atmosphere. Quietly 000 of the few
roads that are still
the emptiness of the phrase. Up to functioning under the I safe for
now the presidency of
pedestrians,
paymetts have bort British.1hir• Henderson, it has squarely Paced
rather than European. h
it—
Ont of 1,159 t e fact tlhat anything short cP 00211- Brother]
million dollars paid up to April 1 last Y Advice:—There is a car-
plete evacuation would be an idle gas• fain curate, who is of a painfully ter -
94Q millions were found by London.' tare. Here' too, the British Govern, vows temperatneut, and iu cons -
It cannot be supposed that Br men tltas ivet queace e
will Britain g t a notable le is coustan
wipe this enormous sum, found g y leas madea1 Cleae me til making coma -
during the years of severest economic IFotei n Secreta° 1 ward remarks —intended as compli:
that the British occu iatibn of German I nts—to the Bishop and others. Up -
struggle; clean off the slate and start territory cannot be prolonged. Evac - Ion one occasion, having distinguish -
afresh. (nation, it is reported, will begin in !n himself in an unusual degree dur-
IP it were, indeed, tete case that the mid-September; and the last Bettslt g gathering of clergy to an
bull' of our' clai
ms had been conceded soldier will be ironic for Clltistmas; noon tea at the Bishop'spalace, he
er-
we should be the first to urge a settle - 10n the other hand the Was- taken to p he
trent. We should ` 1 e situation will task for his fain
Could. bid I ass by
ops go and to was One of his
rid Mr. Snowden not be mended if our trb 111 senior ctuate wl
111- be content with the honour and vie.'the French troops remain indefinitely
or- toryhis totnnanions, 4n the way hems "Look
courage had achieved, We In the Third oohs. Mr. Henderson's
i�iet'e," said the senior, decidedly,
. would have him remember that - task f t
t n and peace are tar 1 crepe° of , " Why cannot you
ere cilliat'b tat con s o exercise the wart I "Yon are
an assn Wl
ut, worth more ch the Rhineland occupation is the keep quiet, instead of making your
than money and not push his sland.I symbol and the inspiration. He will asinine remarks? I am speaking to
to point to x11 -advised extremes. But leave don a real work for You as a brothe—"
here, again the Peaoe lP the sLoudpoi laughterd
newGermany terruPted him at file la-
te
lies to the oom-, Year sees free of the, point, and for a
moment It e w
ay
on-
to
of
w•.
rt.
11
Out -on the road a late reveller hunt -
Med his way homewards; and while
Margate and Cliftonville slept solid-
ly, in the Dane Road Depot things
moved with increasing speed. IF'irst,
there were the minor repairs to be.
done, and a fitter and his mate work-
ed at a rare pace, passing rapid]y
from one to notlter while Otlier we
Each car holds from thirty to flft.V
gallons of petrol; the London bus
alone, with its 1,000 mites a week,
consumes about 140 gallons, ittci-
itentally, it 18. a crime to smoke with
4n tete garage precincts. Beneath the
floor is a small lake of petrol -3,000
gallons—which Is forced up into Mite
engine tanks by a special pump.
While this work was in run swing
Mr. Law took me to tete club -room,
,where a handful of Hien, who had
finished their duty,. were playing bil-
liards, darts, and • rings. Then he
Showed me the room where 800 spare.
cushions are stored against e111er•
gency; the carpenter's shop. where
Coachwork repatt•s are effected; and
Che upholstery shop 'where ten melt
are' constantly employed melding
and resp2(ttging wore and torn seats
9n11 cattalos. Iu anetiter place hen-
(bods or spare tires and tubes were
stacked, while in the general slot•
Canada's Wealth Spreads
Farther
North
say ay ire must not stay away for every
t little ache),—"Please teacher—I had
appendicitis,"
More than 7,000 cases or eggs have
been stripped by the Saskatchewan
Egg and Poultry Pool to London,
Liverpool and Bristol buyers, Thel
Saskatchewan Egg and P
gold -red 'acts bion.
some,. pink and red aloe, patcites of
wild geranium, oleander, and wild art•
ton, and meeting picturesque coWntry
people with loaded burros; Who bolded
and smiled most politely,
We saw . the natives gathering fibre
or flax, which had been spread to dry
a
a d loading adi n
g
it in
t0 wagons a
v o
ns a
dr •
1
drawn ib
y
e «, s Tilly is, made Oslo hemp rope
and exported. As we rode along we
met a settool teacher—a white woman
—riding a donkey, and a plantation
owner on a Rae horse, while natives
were gathered at various• pointe to
watch the tourists.
Finally we came to a gate that led
to a grass road and down through a
pretty lane to a beautiful little dell,
one of the most secluded and serene
spots in the world.. , During Na-
poleon's stay at Longwood this hol-
low was his favorite spot• He would
ride to
I •
to
almost every day, drink.
front the spring, and read under one
of the willow trees.
Another drive and finally we came
to Longwood, situated on a high pla-
teau overlooking the sea seventeen
hundred feet below. It was wind.
swept and somewhat misty. Although
the one -storey farmhouse may once
have been a barn, it was neat and
clean, with a walled garden t0 one
side. Longwood . • a bit of France
in the midst of an English island, for
they were presented to Napoleon IH,
In 1858, and are now in the care of the
French Consul Monsieur Colin, who
with his wife and childreu has Iived
Isere for about eight years. They re•
ceived us acid showed us over the
house and seemed h0pny at tits
chance to talk'Frenclt. Monsieur Col.
0('in had prepared with touching kind.
is a co-operative marketing organize- nese for the coming of the touriste—
tion controlled by women, Partners'Imore, perhaps, than had visited the
Wives. Only one man is on the boardplacein al the years before. IIe ltad
cP. directors.
For ttvo years a certain actor had
been out of work until, Paced with
utter poverty, he accepted a small
part at £4 a week, Hls luck seemed
to have changed, Por om the same day
he found a wallet containing £496,
Meeting an acquaintance who asked
lhim who things were in the theatri-
cal profession, Ile replied: "0, very
good indeed. I am getting £500 a
week now."—London Answers,
The club members were discussing southern exposure... . Here the two
laziness. One family told about his boys constructed a. beautiful igloo,
hiking trip through the South. Cominglwitu lligh-be4 platform en
to a stream, lie saw a mountaineer ' gently sloping
walls, and an almost fiat roof , the
sitting on the bank against a tree, his
hat over his face and a fishing pole A blocks
Ging Ina ;Athol.'
stuck under one knee, the line in the a pleasure to see
water. "hello" an Eskimo cut and handle snow. One
said the visitor; cannot but admire the skill and dex-
"beau here alt day 7" "Y "+ terfty with which he cuts it on the
surface, breaks ft out with his toe,
lays it up on the wall, bevels the
edges, and thumps it into place with
his hand. I wonder If there aro any
other people in the world who attempt
to build an arch or cone without sup -
Port Starting from the ground in a
spiral from right to left, the blocks
mount higher and higher, ever assum-
ing a more horizontal position, until
the last two or three appear to bang
in the air, the last block locking the
whole structure. This work can be
done by two good men in about an
hour.
Entering a newly cOnetructed igloo
seems Iike a vision. of fairyland, the
light filtering through the MOW a
beautiful ethereal blue; everything—
the bed, the two side platforms, the
wall — absolutely spotless. -- Frons
"Pour Years in the VVltlte North," by
Donald B. MacMillan,
RtG,F(T
Whenever We vary frotu the highest
rale o2 right, just so far we do an In-
jury to ,hie world: Ilawthorno,
Southern Judge—"Now Jake, these
bilis ought to be paid up. How much
do you earn a week?" J'alce—Well,
ledge, some weeks it's mo' ,den Were
and some weeks leas,
"Yeti ktlow, Bob, I lova Sybil fright.
fully but her father objects to Oar
marriage, and If he doesn't give in
I'll—well, I'll have to commit sutrkte,
What would you t.dvise?" "Well, oar.
bolt' OM does very waft, hear."
ready seeds and slips from the flowers
in the garden ..', which he hoped
would be replanted and thrive is
American gardens, To us,: who were
fortunate in` being the first to arrive, ,
he gave a slate from the roof of bra
poleon's time,—Isabel Anderson, in
"Circling Africa."
Our Igloo
Proceeding for about hall au hour,
we reahed a well -sheltered spot with
P. was the
why.Catch anything?" `•Dunn° " r.
response from the motionless fiche
Construction camp at Isiaud
lr'niie, ou
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WHERE. THE POWER COMES FOR FLIIV FLON MiNES
iturcltlit River, la wilds of northern Sasicatohewan, from where newer Is conveyed over 70 relies to Finn Pilon miuea