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Henry Holt .and his ward, Muriel
Mainwaring, are staying at a Dartmoor
Yarm.- Holt, who is a naturalist, has an
old friend, bloineau, living at Kestrel
;louse, om he is in the habit of visit-
ing. A series of mysterious disappear -
ane take place, the latest victim being
Mena Page, daughter ofthe local vicar.
.1, w boarder, Percival Pyecroft, ar-
rives ..t the farm, having been sent to
Dartmoor for his health. At the local
inn he gets into conversation with Con -
eta le Lord, and hears mention of the
Dartmoor Hell
Percivalgets
the Hound. inebriated on
dition
and starts a conversation with
Dolt and Muriel.
CelAPTER II.—(Cont'd.)
Mr, Bolt turned to Muriel and
whispered:
"I think, my dear, that I should
run along to bed. I'll—er-clear np."
Muriel Mainwaring rose from her
chair, kissed ner guardian and mur-
mured "good night" to the young luau
who was blinking owlishly at her. She
understood now what was the nature
of his malady, and for some untie -
countable reason she felt the hot tears
starting to her eyes as she went slow-
ly and thoughtfully to her bedroom.!
Holt turned to Pyeeroft, a pucker of
annoyance creasing itis high fore -
heed:
"I must say, sir," he began .the';
the other stopped him 'with a wave of •
his hand.
"No, professor, no, no, you are!
quite wrong. I'm not drunk. Bus I
shay, professor—"
"I'm not a professor, and I'm more
than—er—astonished at your con -e
duct, sir," snapped Holt with _onsid-1
erable heat.
"Not a pro—professhor!" et:claire
ed Pyecroft blankly.
"No, sir, I am not."
Henry Holt turned his back upon
him and proceeded to gather together;
his belongings. Packing them ,n the:
valise he tucked it trader his arm. 1
"I wish you good night," he said
icily.
"Nightie, Pro.:," nodded Pyeeroit,
grinnieg amiably.
For the best part of half an hour
he remained almost motionless,
in
long legs stretched out in front of
him, his hands thrust deep into :his
trouser pockets. Rousing himself at
last, he glanced towards the side-
board -arid, happening to catch elel:t
of himself in the oval mirror which
adorned the back, he winked wife
solemn deliberation at the refltetien.
CHAPTER III.
Percival Pyecroft was leaning lan-
guidly over the farmyard gate appar-
ently lost in contemplation of the
rugged moorland. A cool breeze, la-
den with the sweet scent of bracken
and heather, gently ruffled his
auburn hair in playful caress. As
far as the eye could see not a living
thing was moving on the moor; a
scene of peace and rare beauty, in-
sidiously alluring in its suggestion
of romance and mystery. The gatnt
tors were fast fading from view as
the purple haze deepened in tbe veil
of twilight. A raven croaked huskily
as it soared high overhead on its way
to the rocky crag_ far out on •she
moor.
Pyecroft glanced up at the great
black bird and then, as if coming to
a sudden resolution, detached himself
from the gate and stepped out on o
the white road. FIe paused a moment
underidedly and .hen squaring his
broad shoulder set out across 'he
heather towards the valley.
Though Mr. Holt still treated him
with a certain tolerant contempt, with
the ward he had so far progresses: as
to have played several games of Le-
nis that very morning on the rather
'patehy courts which Barrows boasted
and did not forget to advertise.
It was to Muriel Mainwaring that
his thoughts were turning now For
the first time he was conscious of a
vague dissatisfaction with his mode
of life, and the knowledge roused in
him a sense of uneasiness.
Absorbed with his thoughts he had
reached the entrance to the valley
before he realized that it was grow-
ing dark. The sound of the river
swirling among the lichen -stained
boulders roused him front his reverie.
Wit}: et .staet he halted and planer: !
about him. On the other side the land
rcoe sheer front the water's edge, a
towering wall of bare granite, grim
and melancholy in the gathering
darkness. Before hint stood a small
wood of stunted oaks which concealed
the valley itself, a delightful place in
daylight, but now its gloomy interior
was uninviting, almost menacing.
• From somewhere in its depths an owl
hooted, a dismal, sinister sound.
1 With a shrug of his shcuidees
which was half a shiver Pyecroft
turned away and was on the point
of retracing kis steps, when suddenly
a shadow moved out of the deeper
shadows by a great rock. With a
smothered oath he leaped back,
stumbled ever a stone and fell upon
:eh back. A vecond later something
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'&'RAPE -MARK etg ,
Made in !;amid;
hurled itself upon him, halt stunning wonder as they try to make out. A
him with a savage blow. couple of taps and a sniff o' dope„
Forone horrible second he had the and there you are."
impression that some nuge, grotesque A murmur of satisfaction and Pye-1
creature was hovering, bet -like, over croft was acutely coeitnscious of the v
him and then it struck again. He was presence over him. He heard a ¢harp i
slimly aware of the odor of sickly intake of breath and a second :'ter
sweetness, a thoueana stars danced there came a savage snarl of rage,k
and flashed before hiu eyes with be- positively bestial in its animal fer-i
wildering rapidity, and then the ocity.
blackness of oblivion. "You damned, clumsy, bungling
His first coherent thought on re- fools!" stormed the Doc, hoarse with
gaining consciouoness brought the concentrated fury, "this is not the`
realization that he was Iying on the ntan l"
bottom of a motor vehicle which was "Not ... not the than?" etammer-
bumping its way over some extremely ed the others in unison. •
rough ground. His head seemed. to ' "No, damn you, this is that drunken
be revolving in every direction, cot from Barrows, utterly useless_car-
spasms of pain stabbed across his rion. Take him back to where you
brow, he felt sick ane exhausted. By found him and make it look like an
an effort of will he forced his eyes accident. By James, you shall pay
open and immediately perceived a for thisl"
To
pair of boots resting on his chest. For ( be continued. )
several minutes he staredat them
vacantly and then as the owner shift- What 1QT�
ed his weight a little he closed his hR J. York
eyes, in a determined attempt to col- �� Wearing
lect his thoughts.
Whatever else he may have been
Pyecroft was no coward, and though BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTOI
many emotions, thronged through his
mind fear was not one of them. With Illustrated Dresstnaking Lesson Fur-
a philosoehical calm, :remarkable lashed With Every Pattern
under the circumstances, he waited
patiently for something definite to
happen. Presently lie was awa_e that
the ear was descending a steep incline,
very cautiously, and a few minutes
later the brakes were suddenly ap-
plied, bringing the vehicle to an
abrupt halt which jarred every nerve
in his body.
The boots were removed frim his
chest and a beam of light was direct-
ed full upon his face. Not by the
flicker ce an eyelid nor the twitch of
a muscle did Pyeeroft reveal that he
was conscious.
"Still sleeping?" queried a soft, cul-
tured voice.
"Sure thing, bo'," replied the other.
"Goin' to hump him out?"
Pyecroft felt himself dragged from
the car and dumped unceremoniously
en the coarse, tufted grass. Very
slowly he raised his eyelids, but the
darkness and his position so limited
his range of vision that he could see
practically nothing.
He heard the swirl of the river
clearly and judged that he must be
a matter of yards only froth the
water. Already he was feeling Let-
ter, his head still ached but the
na'rsea had passed and his strength
was' returning. As far as he could
tell his captors numbered either two
or three, not more, and, provided that
they were not armed, would not have
!.resented a very formidable obstacle
to escape. But the spirit of adventure
was upon hint and he was determinee
to see this strange business to its end,
although he was aware that he ran
considerable risk in doing so.
Accordingly he lay passive when he
felt his legs seized end his shoulders
gripped. They lifted him awkwardly,
evidently finding the dead weight of
his great body no easy burden. He
heard the creaking of wood and con-
cluded that they were crossing the
stream, but he did not venture to hole.
Fer perhaps five minutes they
struggled along with him acid then he
heard a new sound which for soine
moments puzzled him until he realiz-
ed that it was the rustle of wind 'blow-
ing through trees, probably pines. He
wondered where he could be, as trees
of the size he imagined these to be
were conspicuous by their absence, or
at least, rarity, on Dartmoor. He
noted that their feet made no sound
as they plodded along,
Presently they halted and he heard
a low, eerie whistle, rising in three
irregular notes and falling in weird,
uncanny cadence to silence again.
There followed the sound of belts be-
ing drawn and a few whispered words.
The door closed softly after them.
Still not daring to open bis eyes
he felt himself lowered -upon a couch
and heard an exclamation of relief
from one of his bearers.
"'S truth, he's a load, thought I
should have dropped him eomin' up
the plantation. Guess the Doe oughter
be pleased with that l'il cop."
The men moved away and, seizing
the opportunity, Pyecroft partly open-
ed one eye to glance stealthily about.
He perceived that he was in a well
furnished room, the floor of which
was covered by a thick, expensive -
looking, blue carpet, upon which the
feet of the two men made no sound
as they moved towarde the table in
the miadle of the room.
Taking up a decanter, one of them
poured whisky into a tumbler.
"Guess I can do with it, bo'," he
remarked, draining the tumbler.
His companion shrugged his shoul-
ders.
"The less you drink of that, my lad,
the better," he snapped.
"Put a sock in it," retorted the
other. "Hullo! The Dot's eomin'."
Pyecroft heard the sound of shuf-
fling feet and, suppressing a powerfnl
desire to get a glimpse of the new-
comer, immediately closed his eyes
again, He sensed the man approa^.h-
ing him, and at the same time became
aware of an extraordinary sensation.
It was not altogether fear, rather
was it a sense of loathing, an uttr_
repugnance for something unspeak-
ably foul.
It was with a very decided effort,
of will that he restrained a shudeier.
"All O,K., Dec?" said a voice from
the table.
"Any trouble?"
The question came in harsh, grat-
ing tones, which seemed to increase yjrllIiam T. Allison, in "Canadian
the astonishing semi of revulsion; poets.
which P,vecroft so unaccountably felt.'! - -
"Tro,lblee No, Dec, too easy for
words, Guess he ain't such a livin' i ISSUE No. 13—'31
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The Canadian Pine
A keen, sweet fragrance lies along
the air,
The odor of the tall. Canadian pine:
How soft the sunbeams on his
needles shine,
And where the snow has left the
forest bare,
He -spreads his russet carpet every-
where,
High in his swaying top the croon-
ing wind
Eases bis stormy soul—time out of
mind
He sought bis' ancient, steadfast
solace there,;
And so I fled beneath the sturdy
pine,
The spirit of the north, the blessed
Peace
That calms this easy -troubled soul
of mine,
And gives to discontent a sure sur-
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In all the north T love the pine
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. and Ida Boa SCOTTIE-
.
We'
COTTII -
We' has_ slipped down tee burning,
slope, expectin;, every minute to be
our last, then found ourselves falling
into space. We shut our eyes, rather
than see the fiercely burning furnace,
that we believed lay below—the stub
deniy I found my-
self choking for
breath, deep down
in the cool swirling
depths of a moun-
tain pool - I
I fought my way
to the top, and
found Scottie
'swimming in cir-
cles up there' on the surface, looking
for me, with a most doleful expression.
on his whiskered face,'
Above us the woods burned brightly,
and down stream the river disappear-
ed in a smoke-filled tunnel of flaming,
trees. 11 was through that tumor we
must go if we were ever to get out.
The alr was alive with hot cinders-
and the light was so uncertain :that
we had ne idea whether the sum was
shining or not,
When the water grew shallow I
waded around slippery boulders, and
crawled over ledges where the swift,
white current pullett and tugged at my
clothes and often swept me off my
feet. It was painfully slow work for
both of us. Scottie was clutched un-
der my coat and I staggered along as
fast as I could.
The stream narrowed; and the rock
ledges on either side rose to a height
of twenty feet or more. It was a' re-
gular gorge. Up over us the woods
were burring fiercely, but above the
crackle and roar of the flames rose
another sound—a sort of deep bass
rumble like thunder that broke
through a long drawn out note. Fall-
ing water, and not very far ahead!
The current grey deeper and swift-
er, and the gorge cotetinuedto grow
steeper and narrower. I clung to a
ledge for support while I rested.
Sure enough. Not a hundred feet
along, the stream dropped over a
ledge. I crept as closely as I dared.
Apparently the water fell twenty -live
or thirty-five feet into a round basin
and the gorge was considerably wider
at that point. It looped for all the
world as if some giant with an auger
had bored this big hole in the rock,
into which the water tumbled and
hissed.
Slowly, step by step, weretraced
our way back through' the gorge. On
a fiat rook in the stream we sat down
to think—thebank was too cool for
comfort and the rock was none` too
cool. Taking off my leather jacket, I
carefully cut the heavy leather into
strips, using the sleeves and all. When •
fastenefi together these strips made e,
strong rope about ten or twelve yards'
long. • • .
Now for a place to tie it at the head
of the falls. T needed a log thatcould
be wedged securely between the walls
of the gorge—that wouid'flo it. Final.
ly I foun , one the right .size. Half
floating it, I made my` way towards
the edge of the falls. One false move
—and over I'd have gone! Carefully
I worked one>,end into a crevise in
the ledge. With on end anchored I
pushed the other into place against
the opposite wail of the gorge.; Then
I went hack for Scottie.
Froin my shirt
I made a sling,
With one end
of the rope
anchored
around my
i t 1t C` waist, I braced
/Iflfmyself against
�
`. ,?,., _ the tree. and
lowered Scottie.
down. The rope just,reached, and he
climbed out on the side of the •basin..
My turn Jame now. I straddled the
log, took a tight hold of the leather
rope, and slipped over. The force of
tie Palle was tremendous. The rope
slipped through my fingers, and I spun
dizzily around,- and with a thump I
landed in the shallow water at the
edge of tee basin. I climbed wearily
out and there war Scottie watching
me on the Wile
The weeds seemet: to be getting
lighter ahead. I pushed on faster—
and soon we were on theedgeof the
nicest little mountain lake you ever
saw. Far up to the right the fire was
rapidly working down to the lake. To
our left, the woods were burning al-
most to the water's edge. We were
hemmed in again.
Suddenly there was a scrambling in
the underbrush—some heavy anima]
scratching through. Scottie remem-
bered the bears and stood still with
every hair standing straight out like
a porcupine. The crashing grew
nearer ,
(To be continued)
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Engineers of Geodetic Survey
of. Canada, Department of
the Interior, Had. •iifricult
Task
During the summer of 1980, the
Geodetic Survey of Can;2da, Depart-
ment of the Interior, carried out the
difficult task of establishing, as-
tronomically, two :points on the unsue
veyed section of the Ontario -Mani-
toba -boundary between Island lake
and Hudson bay. In addition, the
terminal point of this line was locat-
ed astronomically on the ,Iiuilson
Bay coast according to the provielons
of the Act of Parliament . of 1912
dealing with this' provincial booed-
ary. According to statute . Commenc-
ing at the boundary between Canada
and the United States, the boundary
between the two provinces follows a
straight line drawn due north through.
the northwest angle of Lake of the
Woods, to the intersection of the
-centre of the road: allowance at the
12th base line of the Dominion Land
Surveys system. The longitude of
this meridian section' of boundary
was officially determined to be 95 deg.
09' 11".61 west of Greenwich. At the
12th base line the boundary is de-
flected to the northeast and extends
in a straight: line to the east end of
Island lake. From Island lake the
statuatory. boundary le defined as a
straight line extending to the point
where the 89th meridian of west
longitude intersects the south coast
of Hudson bay, ..
-The section of the interprovincial
boundary from Lake of the Woods
northward to the 12th base line and;
thence northeasterly to Island lake
had already been surveyed and mark2.
ed on the ground. The remaining,
section from Islandlake to Hudsoe
bay. had not been of exploration in
this section of country little or no
knowledge was available of the ter-
ritoty through which this line would
' .pass, As a� preliminary step to seed-
ling out engineers to survey the line
, on the ground and erect the metes-
sary boundary monuments, At was
necessary to establish by precise ob-
servations, the boundary terminal
on the Hudson Bay coast. When tills
was done the initial azimuth (true
direction) at Island lake of this 280
mile line could be- computer and
made available for the commence-
ment of the work of demarcation. As
a further aid to the surveyor en-
gaged in running this line, It was. Be-
tided to photograph from aircraft a
strip of country from Island lake
Hudson bay following as closely as
possible • the theoretical boundary.
From the photographs it was plan-
ned to plot a provisional strip map
showing the main water routes and
topography of such, great Importance
to the surveyor in planning his travel
routes and field operations. Un-
fortunately at the present. stage of
development of aerial navigation it is
impossible to navigate a machine in
a -straight line along a theoretical
line 280 miles in length over an un-
mapped area. " The Geodetic Survey
of Canada was therefore asked to•
co-operate in this undertaking and: to
establish two intermediate points at
intervals on the thecretcal .in a as
well se to locate, the boundary ter-
minal by the methods of precise, or
as it is better known, geodetic as-
tronomy. The surveyor Conducting
the subsequent -aerial photograpelc
operation would then nave at his dis-
posal at intervals along the line,
known points on which to chock his
course.
Geodetie engineers' iu establishing
theboundary terminal proceeded
down the Nelson river in -canoes ant
made their way southeasterly Meng.
the coast a distance of 110 miles:
At the point where the 89th meridian
of longitude was found to intersect
the- coast, the boundary terminal was,
established and marked permanently
on the ground by the erection of a
substantial concrete monument. The
position of this monument, marking
the most northerly limit of Ontario
was made more easily identifiable
from the air by' mapping the neigh-
boring shore lines and other topo-
graphical -features.
opographical-features:
In the location of the two inter-•
mediate points on, the theoretical
boundary between Island lake and
Hudson bay, aircraft were used for• •
transportation. Flying over this un-
manned area, the'aircreft were direct-.
ed by the methods of aerial naviga-
tion .until a lake was found apliroxi-
matoly on the lino of the theoretical
boundary. Landing on the lake an
astronomical observation for position
then permitted a: calculation to be•
made of the distance and direction
from the observed station to the
boundary. By repeated trials, us-
ing this method two points were es-•
tablished close to the, theoretical line,
—one on Black Duck lake .about 90.
miles east of Gods lake and the other.
near Sturgeon lake shown on most
maps of "northern Manitoba on they
upper reaches of the Sham}tttawa
river. These points when 'shown
on sketch maps of .the local areas
will serve to guide the aviators on
the subsequent aerial photographical
operation, preparatory to the actual
work of demarcation.
It is foolish for us to lock up the
debtor in a debtor's prison and expert
him to pay his,debt.—tienry Morgan -
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