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THU.R'SDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1932,
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Doyle
('Continued from last week.) rent, "Has any 'one ,disturbed the
ISah$b?", he 'asked. •.N
"When first tke" oce alt cadences "This instant — 'bins a torrent: 'hitt
mere ,p'unsued many 'thousands ons
.years ago, ilt was !found by th'e Team-
ed' that the short tenure :of human
existence was too limited to allow e
ena'n to attain 'the l!o'$tiegt teights: of
inner 'life, The inquirers .of ,those 'd'ays
.directed ,their energies in the 'first
place, 'therefore, to the Ilengthettiing of
their 'dwn days in order that they
might 'have mere Sc'ope for improve -
mete. IB'y their knowledge of the sec-
ret laws Of (Nature they were enabled
to 'fonbity ith'ear b'od'ies against disease
and old age. IIt only remained to pno-
teet themselves against the a's'saults
of wicked and violent men who are
ewer ready to d'estroy what is wiser
and nobler than Ithemseives, There
was no direct means by which• this
protection could be effected,lbut it was
in some :measure attained iby arrang-
ing the occult forces ,in .such a way
that a terrible and unavoidable •retri-
bution should await the offender. It
was irrevocably ordained by laws
which cannot be reversed that any
one who ,should shed the blood orf a
brother who had attained a 'certain
degree of sanctity should be a:dootned
nn'an. Those laws are extant to this
day, John iHeatherstoee, and you .have
;placed yourself in their power. 'K'in'g
or emperor :would, be hel'ples's !before
the forces ,which .you ,hav'e called into
play. What hope, "!then is There ,for
you ?
"In former days +these laws acted so
instantaneously that the slayer perish-
ed with ,his victim. ,It was judged 'af-
terward :that this prompt retribution"
prevented the offender from having
time to realize the enormity oil his off-
lfense. It was therefore 'ordain'ed that
in a17 such cases the retribution s'htiuld
be left in the hands of the 'chelas, 'or
dm'mediate disciples of lite holy man,
with power to 'extend or shorten it
at their 'wi'll, exacting it either at the
time or at any ]future ,anniversary ,of
the day when the erime was commit-
ted. Why ,punish'men't should 'come
oe those days only it does tot con-
oe'rn you to know. Suffice it that you
are the murderer of :G'h'ooia'b Shah,
the' thrice blessed, and that tI am the
senior of his .three chelas commas -
stoned to avenge +his death.
"It is no .personal 'matter 'between
us. Amid our studies we have no lei -
eine or inclination for personal mat-
ters. It is .ane immutable Jaw, and it
is as 'impossible for us to ,relax it as
it ,is for you .to escape from id. Sooner
or later we shall come to you and
Ic'laim your '11fe in atonement ,for the
one which you 'halve !taken, The some
(late shall be m'e'ted out' to the wretch-
ed soldier, 'Smi'th, who, th'ough less
guilty than yourself, has ,incurred t'he
Same penalty by raising his saerileg-
,j'ous hand against the chosen of iBud-
,dlh.a, +If your life is prolonged it is
merely that you, may have 'ti'm'e to re -
Pent of your misdeed and to 'feel the
full ,force of your punishment. And
lest you s'hou'ld be tempted 'bo 'c'a'st it
out of your mina and ,to for'ge't it,
,our 'hell - our 'astral bell, the use of
,which is one of our occult secrets —
shall ever 'rensind• you 'of what hes
and .what is to be, You sh'a'll hear it
by day and you shall hear it by ,night,
and ,it will be a sign to you 'that!, do
what you may land go 'where you 'will,
you can never shake yourself clear ;af
the chelas of 'Ghoolab 'Sha'h. You will
never see me more, accursed'one, un-
til the day when we 'come 'for you.
Live in fear, an'd in 'that anticipation
'which is worse than d'e'ath•" !With' •a
menacing .wave olf the; hand the fig-
ure turned and swep't out of !m.y, tenet
into the darkn'es's,
The ;ins'tan't that the fellow dieap-
peaned ',from my sight I recovered
from the 'lethargy which 'had eaten
upon me.,Springing to my ,feet, I
rus!h'ed to the opening and l'oo'ked out.
A Sepoy •sentry 'was s'tanding;lcanin'g
neon 'has musket, ;a few paces 'off.
a'Yldu eio.g," I said in 'Hindustani,
"wha't d'o you meanby letting peo!p'ie
'd!isttutlb me in this ,way?".
,The man. ?stared' at me in amaze -
must !hove seen him p'a'ss out KO my
tent."
".Surely the IBurra !Sahib i's• mis-
taken," the man 'answered, respect-
fully but ,firmly. ""I have bteen there
for an hour, and' no !one !has passed
from the tent."
IPuze)led ;and discan!certed, I •w'as sit-
ting by the side of my couch wonder-
ing 'whether the whole thing was a
deltistlon, brought on by the nervous
excitement of our skirmish, w'h'en a
new marvel 'overtook rte. :Frim over
my thead. 'there su'ddlently sounded' a
sharp, tinkling 'sound, fikb that pro-
duced by en empty glass when 'flip-
ped by the nail, only 'louder and More
intense. I looked up, but mobbing was
to be seen. II examined the whole in-
terior of the tent carefully, but without
discoverarsig any oause for the strange
sound. At last, worn out with fatigue,
3 gave 'the mystery' up, and throwing
myself upon the couch was soon fast
asleep. When 'I woke this morning
I was inclined to put the whole' of
my yesterday 'nigh't's .experience down
to imagination, but I was soon dis-
abused of theidea, for I had 'hardy
risen !b'e'fore the .same strange sound
was repeated in my very ear as
loudly, and to a'il appearance as
'cau•selessly, as +before, 'W.h!at it is or
where it comes 'from I -cannot ,con-
ceive. have not heard it since. Can
the 'feliaw's threats have 'something
in them and this 'be 'the warning !of
which he spoke? Surely it is - im-
,possible. Yet .his 'manner was in-
;describab'ly im,pres'sive..I 'have 'tried to
set daav'im .what be said as ;accurately
as I can, but I fear '3 have omitted ' -a
good 'deal. ,What is to 'be the ,end- of
this strange affair? I must go in for
a course .of religion. Not a word to
Chamberlain or Elliott, They tell me
I am 'Looking like a !ghost this Morn-
ing.
Evening.— Have ''managed to com-
pare notes wii'th !Gutter .'Rnsfus 'Snaith
of the ,Artillery, who knecked the old
+fellow- over with 'the 'butt of 'his
gum. His experience has been the
'sante as mitre. He has heard the' sound
too. What is the meaning .of it ail
'My 'brain is in a whirl.
!October 10 (flour days later). -God
help us!
This last 'laconic entry terminated
the journal. It seemed tome that com-
ing as it did after -!four days' complete
silence it 'told a clearer Italie Of a shak-
en nerve and a broken spirit 'than
'cou'ld any more elaborate narrative.
!Pinned en to the journal was a sup-
plementary statement ,which had evid-
ently been .recently added ,by the
general.
"From that day to this," it said, "I
have had• 'n'a night or day 'free from
intrusion .df that dreadful sound with
its accompanyin'g train of thought.
Time and custom have ihnought se
no relief, but, on ,th'e.cantrary, as the
years pass over mty' 'head' my physical
strength decreases and my nerves 'b'e-
'c'ame less able to bear up against the
continual strain. a ant a 'broken' man
in mind and bode. ;I live in a state of
tension, always straining- ,my tears for
the 'hated' sound, alfrajd bo conlvensse
with my fellows for fear of exp,osin'g
my dreadful condition to them, with
no comfort or h'o'pe o'f comfort on bhas
side oil the grave. a should be willing,
Heaven knows, to die, and yet ,as each
lath of October comes ,ttoun'd, I ,am
pro's'trated with fear ,because I 'de net
know ,what s'tran:ge and terrible 'ex-
perience may be in store Tor me. Par-
ty yearn ,have p'asse'd since I slew
Gh'oai.ah''S'hah, and forty times '!I!'have
gone through all ',the ,h'orr'ors of .death,
without 'atta'ining the 'bd!eased 'peace
which lies beyond. S 'have no imeaits
of knowing in 'what s'h'ape my late will
come upon me. 3 bare immured: my-
self in this lonely country, 'ands sur-
rounded m,y'se0 with 'barriers, because
i11 my weaker moments my instincts
urge ire to take, spine steeps Ilea' self-
pr;dtectias1 ,but I know weal in my
heart how'1u'ti'le it all is' They -must
come gaticldy now, for 'I 'gro'w o'1d,
and Nature will forestall them unless ;.aur search, the clog - tugging and
straining at its leash in its excitement
as it followedin the ,genera'l's - root -
steps,
+Our way lay for a couple of Jinn--
fired
un-Bred yards along the highroad, and
than passed through agap in the
hedge anti on to the moor, across
which we were add' in a hes-line to
the 'northward. The • sun had by thin
lime risen above the horizon, and
the whole countryside looked so fresh
blue, sparkling
� the bt
• 'cot 'iron
and sweet, r
that ns
sea to the pupurpleto nn at
of , it
was difficult to realize ']tow weird and
+uncanny was the enterprise upon
'whioh we were engaged.
'The scent roust have, laid strongly
upon the ground, 'for the .dog never.
hesitated mor 'stoppe:d, dragging its,
master a'iopg at a pace wh'foh render-
ed conwerisa!t•ion 'impossible. Att one
place, to crossing a small sltream, we
seemed to ,get off the trail for a few
minutes, 'but .our keen n'o'sed• .ally soon
picked it up ,upon the ,other side and
foln'owed it over the 'trackl'e'ss moor,
whii'n'in,g and yelping all the time in
its eagerness. Had we not ail three
'been Miert of foot ands 'long of .wind
we could not Ita've persisted do the
•oon'tinnro:us, rapid journey ,saver bhe
roughest Of ;ground; with the heather
Often wellnigh .up to .our waists,
;For my •own .part, 'I 'have no idea
no'w, looking back, what goal it was
'w'hic'h 'I expected to• reach at the end
of our pursuit. I can remember that
my mind. : was .full of the vaguest and
stunt. nearydng'spee'ula'tions. Could it he
that the three 'Budd'hi'sts hod had a
craft in re'adines's off, the 'doaislt, a'n'd'
'had embarked with 'their prisoners
for the East? The !direction of their
track •oeelmed at first to favor this
supeos'iti'on, for It lay iso 'the line of
the upper end of the bay, that it end-
ed by 'branching off and striking di-
rectly behind. Clearly the ocean was
not to be our terminus,
. IBy ten 'o''cl'ock we had wanted cio'se
upon twelve miles, and were compell-
ed to call, a'• halt ;for a few mi•uu'tes to
recover our i reath,,for the lastmile
or two we had been. ' breastin'g rile
long, wearying slope Of the Wigtown
halls. From the swman'it of this range,
which is nowhere .more than a thous-
and feet in height, we could see, look-
ing northward, .such a scene of bleak-
ness add
leak-mess"and desolation as can hardly 'be
matched in any country, Right away
to' the 'horizon sbretc'hed the br•oed ex-
pense of mud and of water, mingled
and mixed together in the wildest
ohaos, like a portion of some world
in the process of form!atio'n. 'Here and
there on the dun.coaored surface of
:this great marsh there had burst out
:patches of sickly yellow reeds and ,of
Iii id .greenrshscorn, which ,only ,served
to heighten anal intensify the .gloomy
effect of the dull, melancholy expanse.
On the side !nearest to us some ,aban-
dosbedpeat cuttings showed that ubi-
quitous man •h'ad been et work there,
but beyond these few petty scars
there was no sign anywhere of hu-
man .lffe. Not even a crow or a sea -
,gull flapped their way over that hid-
eous desert.
This is the great bog of ,Gree, which
may be seen in the 'maps to exteid
over a considerable surface of the
,shire o!f Wigtown. It' is a •s'altawater
marsh formed by on. inroad of the
sea, and 00 intersected is it with dan-
gerous swamps and treacherous pit
,falls 'cif liquid mud, that no man
would venture 'through it unless he
had theguidance of one of the flew
peasants whet retain the secret of its
paths. As we approached. the fringe
of rushes which marked ,its border, .a
.foul, dank smell rose up from the
stagnant wilderness, as from impure
water and decaying vegetation— an
bhey mace haste,
"I take 'credit to myself that I
have kept my 'hands -oft the prussic
acid 'or op!ittni 'bottle. 1t has always
been is my .Power to checlnnate my
occult persecutors in that way, but
I have over ]tell.that a man in this
world canndt desert his post until
he has -1 been relieved in due course lby
the authorities. 1 have no scruples,
however, about exposing myself ,to
duringtheSikh and Se -
danger, and td dSi
'soled do
Se -
pay wars I , all thattman co
'to count death: Ile .passed me by,
htdwever, and pickeed 'out 'manly` e
young fellow to wlsom life wins :only
opening ;add who had everything to
]i've for, while 'I +survived+ '•to win
creases and' 'honors Which Ihed ]'oat.
a1li relish 'for me, Wie1•l, +well, these
'things :cannot' depend u'p'on' c'h'ance,
and there is n'o d'oub't (some deep rea-
son' for it all. 'One ,compenaa'tion Pro-.
eidenae has made no in the sh'ape of
a. true and ,faithful wife, to whom. I
toed my dreadlful secret Ib'efoire ,the
wedding, ,and who n'db'ly consented' to
share any l'o't. She has dilated half the
!burden from Inv shlou'bd'erss, ,bust with
the effect, poor ,soud,-,af •cru's!hin'g her
ta✓tisa ,1lik.'beneeath its, weight. ,My chil-
dren', too, ,hove been a comlfort to ane,
M'ord'aun't knows all, ;or nearly M.
Gabriel we have 'endeavored 'to keep
in the !dark, -though we cannot prev'en't
her finolm knowing .that 'there is some-
thing amiss. 'I should like this sita'te
resent to he 'a'howr 16 Dr. John East -
Of IS'tran'raer. He beard on one
'occesio'n this ':h'auntin'g sound. My' sod
endperience may • 'sh'ow h'i'm . that I
sp!o!ke the truth Iwlhen I ,said that there
was much knowledge in the world
'which, has never !founid its way to
England yet, . J. 13. 'Heabh'erstone.,"
iIt was going on for dawn by the
time that T had ,finished ' this 'extea-
ordinary ,narrative, to :which my sis-
ter and. 'Mondannt H'ea'thes'stene list-
ened with the most abatisb'ed at-
tention. Already .we could see through
the window that the stars had begun
!to fade, and a gray light to appear
in the east, The crofter . who owned
the lurcher dog lived a couple of ,miles
off, so it was time, 'for us to :be on
foot. ;Lsa'ving Esther to bell my 'father
the story in such fashion Is she might,
we thrust some food ,in our, pockets
and setoff upon' our solemn and
eventful' errand.
CHAPTER XVS,
'At 'T'he bole of 'Cree.
It was dark enough when we start-
ed to snake it 11,0 easy un'atter to find
our :way across the moors, but as we
advanced it grew lighter 'and lighter,
until by the time we reached Ful-
larton's cabin at was broad ,daylight.
Early as it was, he was up and about,
Tor th'e Wigtown peasants are an ear-
ly rising race. We explained our mis-
sion to him in as •few worlds as pos-
sible, add .having m'ad'e his bargain--
what
argain-what Scat ever eiegleoted that pre-
li'mtnary ? — he egreed not only to let
us have the use of his dog but to
come • with us hims'e'llf. ,Mordaunt, 1'n
,his desire for privacy, would have ,de -
littoral •at this arrangement, but 'I
pointed ou't to 'him that we h'ad no
idea wlsat was in store ,for us, and
the addition of a etnou!g, able -'bodied
man to our party might prove to ;he
olf the utmost consequence. Again,
the dog was less likely to give,us
trouble if we had its master to on-
Itrol it. My arguments, carried the 'day,
and the biped accom'pani'ed us as well
as his Pour -footed companion,
]There was some little similarity be=
''bween the two 'for the man was a
towsy headed fellow with a great mop
dense eruption, as though Nature were
afflicted with a 'tout, disease, which'
manifested 'itself by this crop of
pl'a'gue spots. Hei;e-nand there !lark,.
crab -like ,creatures "scuttled .acros's our
path and hitleou+sworms
woiggled and writhed amid the sick-
ly reccls. Swarms of hhzzntg piping
Insects rose up at e'vory step and
formed a dense cloud around our
head's, settling on our hands ' and
faces and' iaiocoulatin°g us with their
had I went -tired
filthy venom Never d
i'
on t ur
' il n t 'and f e d a
into so ,est o d
1 g
place ivbordaun+t ,H'ea'therstone. sheode.
on, however, with a sed purpose upon
his swa+nthy 'brow, and we !could' but
follow him, determined to stand by
to tee ein!d of the ad'ventu're,
IAIs we advanced the path grew nar-
rower „and ',narrower until, es we saw
a the tracks, our preadoessors .had
been ,compelled to walk in single !file,
,Fullanton was leadi'n'g u's wi't'h the,
dog, 'Mondaunt ;behind thi'm, while I'
brought'up ,the rear. The peasant had..
been sulky and surly for a ,little time
bock, hardly answering when spoken
'to, but 'he now s'tepeped short .and pos-
itively refused to go a .strip •fa'rth'er.
"It's no canny," he said;' a'besides,
I ken 'where it will lead us tae,l"
.teWhere, then ?"'I asked.
"Tae th'e H'ol'e 'o' Gree," he answer-
ed. "It's no far frae byre I' thi'n'king,"
"The Hole of Creel What is than
then?"
alt's a great muckle hole in the
ground ehet gangs awa' dour so 'deep
that neebody could ever teach the
bottom. Indeed there are .folk wha
say that it's just to dolor lea'd'in' iniac
tat 'bobtonnl'e's's pit itsea."
'You have ,been: there thein?" I
asked., •
`sBeets there!" he cried. "'What
would S he dein' at the Hobe o' Cnee?
No, I've ;neves ''been there, nor any
;other man in 'his senses."
'How do you know about it, then,?"
"'My .great .grandfeyth'er had been
there, and. 'that's how I ken," •Fullar-
ton an's'wered', "He was Bou' .one S'at-
tsrday nicht and he went for a be't.
He didn'a like tae talk abo'ot it after-
ward; and he tvouldel'a tell a' what
befell him, but he was aye cleared o'
the very'n+ame. He's the first Fuller-
ton that's been at the. Hobe o' age,
and .held be the last for me. If ye'IL
'tak' my advise yell just gie the mat-
ter up and gang hire again, for
there's no guf•cl tae be got oat o' this
place."
"We shall go` on with you. or with-
out you," Mordautn answered. "Let
us have your dog and we can pick you
up on our way 'b'ack,"
"Na, ns," he cried; "I'11 no hie my
dog scared wi' bogies alnd' ru'n'ning
down Ansi Nick as if he were a 'hare.
Tlhe dog shall bide wi' nae."
"The d+o'g shall go with' us," said .my
companion, with his eyes ablazin.g.
"We have .no time to argue with you,
1Hs+re'a a ftve-+pound note. Let us have
the dog, or, by heaven, I shall take it
by force and throw you in the tblok if
you hinder us." I could realize the
Heatherstone of ,forty years ago when
I saw the fierce and sudden wrath
evh'ich lit up the features of his son.
Either the 'bribe or the threat had.
'the desired effect; for the fellow grab
;bed at 'the money with one hand
while with the other he surrendered
!the.leasIs which held ,the lurcher.
Leaving 'him to retrace Ns 'steps, we
Continued to make• our way into the
utmost recesses of the great swamp.
The tortuous path ,grew less and less
defined as we +proceeded, and .was even
covered in places with water; but the
increasing excitement of the h'oun'd
mei the sigh't of the deep footmarks an
the mud, s'timulade.d us to push on.
At last, after struggling through a
grove of high 'bulrushes, we came on
a spot the gloomy horror of which
might have furnished Dante with a
fresh terror for his Infemn'o..
'The whole bog in this peat'app,eared
to hove sunk in, forming :a':great Mil-
e el
unee'I-'ah'apecl depression, which ,term'ie'-
ated in the center in a circular rift or
opening'about £•ontypa'ces in diameter.
II't was :a whir]•poo1 - a perfect ,mlae'l
s'tr'om of diad, sloping down on every
side to this silent and awful c'ha'sm.
'Clearl'y this was the spot which, un-
der the name of the Hole of Cree;
bore s'uc'h a sinister reputation among
,the rustics. I could, pot wonder .at it
impressing• their imagination, for .a
more weird or gloomy scene, or one
nhore woeithy olf .the avenue inhifeh ted
to it, !could not be co'n'ceived, The
strip's passed dawn thede'cd•ivwity which,
syrraun'ded the abyss, and we . 'ftoit-
ldwed ,!helm with a`s'inkinng ;feeling id
,our hearts, as we -realized 'that bhiis
was ibe end lof our sciatica,. A' little
way from the d'dwn'wa'r.d path was,
the return 'trail' made by the ,feet of
those who had cone back !from .the
c'hasm's edge. Our eyes ,felt .upon these.
tracks at the same 'm'oment, and'. we.
ea'dh gave a cry of 'horror, and stead
'gating :s'peechlels!ely at - them.. For
!there in those blurred foot marks,
'the wh'o're drama, was revealed. Five
had ,gone d'olwn, but -only three had
returnecl.
(Qon+tintled! Nlext Week).
of yellow hair and a straggling b'eard, earthily, noisome smell which poison -
While the dog was of the long-haired, :ed ,the fresh n,plam;d air, So forbidding
usike'mpt breed' looking like an alai- and gloomy was the aspect of the
malted bundle :of oakum. All our way
to the Hall its 'ow'ner kept retailing
iosta'n'ees of the creature's sagacity
and powers :of ,scent, +which, accond-
ing to his account, were little less than
miraculous. His anecdotes had a por
atsdienoe, I fear, for my mind was
filied with the strange ,story' wh'ic'h S
'had been .reading, while M'ordawn't
strode on with wild eyes and (feverish
cheeks, without a thought for any-
thi•n'g but the 'problean which .we 'had
to 'solve. Again acrd again as we top -1
ped an eminence I saw him " look
!eagerly round ,him in the ''faint hope
,of seeing 'some trace of the absentee,
but over the whole expanse .of moor-
land there was no sign df movement
os of life, All was dead and silent and
deserted.
Our visit to the ,Ilal1 was a very
tbnief one, for every minute 'now was
of . ilnportan'oe'. !Mordauu+t rus'h'ed' in
and emerged with an old 'coat' of his
father's which he h'and'ed to Fu'hlar-
tosi, w'ho held. at out to the dog, The
intelligent brute sciiffed at it all; over,
then' ram whining a little way, down
the :avenue, came 'bock to s'niiff the
coat :a'gaie, and finally ,elevating its
stump ,of •a tail in tri'um'ph, uttered a
'sulcc'ession .of 'sh'ar'p yelps to show that
it was satislfied that it lead struck ]the
trail, lilts owarer tied a long ,cord to
its 'coll'ar to prevent it 'from. going Moo
Past 'for us, and. we 'all sot off upon
place that our stout+crolfiter hesitated,
and it was all that we could da to.
persuade :hint to ,proceed. ,Our lurcher,
,however, non being su'b'jected to .the
delicate inn!pressnons of .our higher or-
ganiz'ati'on's, 'still rasa yelping ..alo'm
with its nose on, the ground and every
lbibre df its body quivering with ex-
citement and eagerness,
'There .was no d'ifficu'lty about pjck-
i'itg our way through the morass, for
wherever the five could go we three
could lolmlo'w, If we eoul'd Nave had
any doubts as to our dog's guidance
they would` all ,Nave !been removed
now, for in the soft black oozing soil.
we could distinctly trace the tracks of
the whole party. ,From, these we could
see' that they had walked abreast, and,
fur therttrore, that each was albaut.
equidis'ta•nt, from the other. Clearly,
then, no p'h'ysical force had been. used
in 'taking; the ,general and ,his com-
panion, along. ,The 'cani!pultion had
been psy'ch'ical end not material.
Once within: the swamp we had to
be careful not to deviate; from the
narrow ;track, which "offered a firm
lfob'th!o1'd.:On ,each side lay sh'allo'w
sh'ee'ts of s'tagnantt water overlying a
trea'c'herous bottom] df semafluit mud,
w'hic'h rose shove the surface ,here and
there in moist, sweltering banks, .mot-
tled ,older w'itl oc'casion'al patches o'f
unhealtihy.'vege'tationt. . Greet poorple.
and yellow ettm:gi had beakee ,out in a
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DR. H. HUGI-1 ROSS, ' Physician
and Surgeon. Late of London HOS.
,pita], London, England. Special
attention, to diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throats` Office and' resits
dente behind Dominion Bank. Office
Phone No. 5;Residence n nc 44.
de e Ph n o e 1
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Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medd'
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Dental
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western University, Chicago, Ill. Li-
centiate Royal College of Dental Sur-
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hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone
151.
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Toronto. Office over W. R. Smit'h'a:
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