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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1931-11-12, Page 6AGE SIX Wing114110l Aav Once Tilltles. Published at WINGHAM • ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning W. Logan Craig - P14blisher ;Subscription rates — One year $2.00. Six months $1.00, in advance. Te U. S. A, $2,50 per year, ,&4vertieing rates en application. MutUal Fire We�.I]tltlgi"CP'R'x ,psuraUo Go. Established lished 1840 Risks taken on all class oincur- f ince at uI reasonable rats, Ont. Head Office, tram • Ent COSENS, Agent, W g DODD "^Tgvo doors south of Field's Butcher shop. 'IRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND REAL ESTA phone 46 E )P. 0. Box 366 ONTARIO J. W. BUSHPIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. to Loan Money Office --Meyer Block, Winghair Successor to Dudley Holines i ♦ J. 14. CRA F ORD Barrister, Solicitor, NotarY, Etc. Successor to R. V anstone Wingham Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER. ETC. Ontario Wingham, R. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon R. 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THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 231, Winghaln RICHARD B. JACKSON AUCTIONEER Phone 61314, Wroxeter, or address R. R 1, Gerrie. Sales conducted any- where, and satisfaction guaranteed. DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST --' X-RAY Office, McDonald Block, Winghatn. A. J. WALKER N RAL !FURNITURE ANI, FUNERAL SERVICE A. J. WALKER r Licensed Funel Directof and a Etribaltiaer, Office ,hone 106, Res, Phone 224. estin ousiee Funeral Coach. 'i.. TkIE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIME$. Thugs Novena e 2, SYNOPSIS Six people, Horace Johnson (who tells the story), his wife, old Mrs. ,.)ane,. Herbert Robinson and his sis- ter, Mice,. and Dr, S aerr friends and , l Y, neighbors, are in the habit of holding weekly meetings. At one of them, Mrs. Dane, who is hostess, varies the program by unexpectedly arranging a spiritualistic seance with Miss Jere- my, a friend of Dr. Sperry and not a prafessional, as the medium. At the first sitting the medium tells the details of a murder as it is occur- ring. Later that night Sperry learns that a neighbour, Arthur Wells, has been shot mysteriously. With John- son he goes to the Wells residence and they find confirmation of the medium's account, Mrs. Welts tells theni her husband shot himself in a fit of depression. The French maid admits she went out at the time ,Wells was shot, tele- phoning from a nearby drug store. Johnsen goes to the drug store where the clerk tells him the maid- phoned to the Ellingham house, telling some- body there not "tip tall tli it n'ah 65, MARY pOBEprS RIN KAR, r tion of the coal -tongs, and that Lite sooner we had it out the better, .But, on the other hand, llrs. Dane's invi-. ations, by reason of her infirmity, took on something of the nature of commands. "Please say that 1 will be there at four;" I .replied, I bought a new hat that afternoon, and told the clerk to destroy the old. one. Then I went to Mrs.' Dane's. She was in the drawing -room,: about, The second bullet had been intends to de- Mainly excited, Never have I knownfired, had bairn d itself in the floor bauchery." a woman who, confined to a wheel - and had some five minutesuld lived so hard. She did not al- before 1 made.a mistake then. I -sho chair, been dug out. have told her. instead, 1 took my low life to pass her windows, if I may put it that way. She called it G itmoving about1 chair; in, and set atinvr a!, ter to , ,herself • the nucleus around which were enacted all sorts of smell neigh- nt borhood dramas and romances. Fier secretaries did not marry. She ar- t•ied them. It is curious to look back and re- member how Herbert and Sperry and, myself had ignored this quality in her in the Wells case. She was not to be ignored, as 'I discovered that af- ternoon. "Sit down," she said. half sick, Horace." Nothing escapes her eyes, so I was careful to place myself with the lump an my head turned away from her. But I fancy she saw it, for her eyes twinkled. "Horace, Horace;" she said, "How I have detested you all week!" "I? You detested me,?" "Loathed you," she said with unc- tion. "You are cruel and ungrateful. Herbert has influenza, and does not continue his life of The extraordinary• thing about the broken hat and .jammed it on. nay head Arthur Wells story was not his kill with a force that made the`Jt-Map she ing. For killing it was, It was the had noticed jump like a toothache, and went out,' ° When, at noon and luncheon, I :tried to tell her the truth, she listened to .the .'end: Then: "I should think you could have done better than that," she said. "You have had all morning to think it out." However, if things were in a state of armed neutrality at home, I had a certain compensation for them when I told my story to Sperry that after- noon. most mysteries. I have in my own "You see .how it is," I finished. house, for instance, an example of a "You can stay out of this, or come great mystery, founded on mere ab- in, Sperry, but I cannot stop now, He sentmindedness. was murdered beyond a doubt, and This is what my wife terms the there is an intelligent 'effort being mystery of the fire -tongs. Made to eliminate every particle of evidence." He nodded. way it was solved. Here was a young . woman, Miss Jeremy, who had not known young We11s, had not known his Svife, had until that first meeting at Mrs, Dane's, never met any member of the Neighborhood Club, Yet, 'but for her, Arthur Wells would have gone to his grave bearing the stigma of moral cowardice, of suicide. The solution, when it came, was amazing, but remarkably simple. Like I had left the Wells house as soon as I had made the discovery in the night nursery. I carried the candle "It looks like it. And this man and the fire -tongs downstairs. I was who was there last night—" apparently calm but watchful. I dare "Why a man?" At a second seance, Miss Jresor say that I have never been more calm 'He took your overcoat, instead of count. And Sperry is in lore—oh yes, adds details about a summer resort in my life. I knew quite well that I Inc own didn't he? It may have been I know it. I know a great many where Charles i?llineham was known had the fire -tongs in my hand. Just —it's curious, isn't it, that We've had things. But you," ti, have been at the same time that when I ceased to be cognisant of jno suggestion of Ellingham in all the I could only stare at her. Mrs. 11'ells was there. She also tells thehn was probably when, on entering of a pocketbook being lost which the library, I found that my overcoat contained some important car tickets and letters. Mrs. Dane, alone of the women, seems thrilled by the investi- gation. Johnson goes alone and investi- gates the deserted house. He is fri- ghtened by strange noises, as of an intruder in the house, but completes his investigation. 'You look had disappeared, and that my stiff hat, badly broken, Iay on the floor. of the proceedings at the two seances humor. You'll forgive me, T know, if However, as I say, I was still extra- and now he brought them out and fell 1, tell youi your lack of humor was ordinarily composed. I picked up my to studying then,. hat, and moving to the rear door, "She was right about the bullet in went out and closed it. When I rea- the ceiling," he reflected. "1 suppose shed the street, however I had only you didn't look for the box of shells gone a few yards when I discovered for the revolver:" that I was still carrying the lighted "I meant to, but it slipped my candle, and that a man, passing by, mind." NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY had stopped and was staring after bre. He shuffled the loose pages,of the My composure is shown by the record. "Cane—washed' away by the fact 1 dropped the candle down the water—a knee that is hurt—the cur - rest of the material," "The strange thing is," she went Like the other members of theort, "that I have known you for years, Neighborhood Club, he had a copy; and never suspected your sense of I know, as it happens, very little of firearms, but I did realize that a shot from a .45 Colt automatic would have considerable penetrative power. To be exact, that the bullet had .pro- bably either lodged itself in a joist, or had penetrated through the floor- ing and might be somewhere over my head. my client had dined. The hat offered :belongs, about Hawkins. And prob- But my candle was inadequate for more serious difficulties. I fancied: ably this; 'It will be terrible if the mare than the most superficial exam- that, by kissing my wife good -by at ;letters are found.' They were in the ination of the ceiling, which present- the breakfast table, I might be able packet book, presumably." ed so far as I could see an unbroken to get out without herefollowing me: He folded up the papers and re- surface. I turned my attention, there- to the front door, which is her cus-'placed them in a drewer. ' fore. to the floor. It was when I was teen. , We'd better go back to the house," he said. "Whoever took your tc+ my mind the only flaw in an oth- erwise perfect character." (To Be Continued,) Hints For Homebodies Written for The Advance -Times Jesie Alen Brown By next sewer opening, but the (fact re- tain would have been safer—Hawkins retains that I carried the fire -tongs —the drawing -room furniture is all School Lunches home. I do not recall doing' so. In over the house. That last, Horace, There are many children who eat fact, I knew nothing of the matter isn't pertinent. It refers clearly to a cold lunch day in and day out, It until morning. On the way to my the room we were in. Of course, the is too bad that it is so, as it is not house I was elaborating a story to point is, how much :of the rest is , necessary. If nothing else can be the effect that my overcoathad been ;also extraneous matter?" He re -read done about it, they can at least car - stolen from a restaurant where i and ore of the sheets. "Of course that 'r rercoat by mistake probably left unc•. The difficulty is, of course, that h: probably discovered his error and went back again last night. Confound it, man, if you had thought of that at the tune, we would have something to go on today" "• If I had thought of a number of !things, I'd have stayed out of the place altc'gether," I retorted tartly. "1 wish you could help rhe about the fir: -tongs, Sperry. I don't seem able :to think of anyexplanationthat Mrs. t s Johnson would be willing to accept."' ' `Tell her the truth. "I don't think you 'understand, I explained. "She simply wouldn't be- lieve it. And if she did I should have Ito agree to drop the investigation. As a matter of fact, Sperry, I had re - A man bad stopped and waa ae. a#qe l sorted to supterfuge in order to re- } main out last evening, and I am bit - learning the rug back that I teen rniz- i But, as a matter of fact, I need j terly regretting my mendacity.„ ed the origin of the sound which had ! not have concerned myself about theBut Sperry has, I am aar id, rather C r -loose ideas. .tattled me. It had been the soft l.at. When I descended to breakfast 5 movement of the carpet across the - the next morning I found her sur- "Every man,” he said, "would rath- ,ar boards. 1 reying the umbrella -stand in the hall, er tell the truth, but every woman Some cue, then, had been there be The fire -tongs werestanding there, makes it necessary to lie to her. For - are me—some one who knew what ,1gleaming, among my sticks and um- get the fire -tongs, Horace, and for- t knew, had reasoned as I reasoned. i brel as. get Mrs. Johnson to -night. He may Same one who, in all probability, still I lied. I lied shamelessly. She is a lurked on the upper floor. ,nervous woman, and, as we have no Obeying an impulse, I stood erect !children, her attitude toward ire is and called out sharply, "Sperry" I one of watchful waiting, Through .aid. "Sperry." ;long years she has expected ire to There wao no answer. I tried again commit some indescretion —' inno- calling Herbert. But only my own 1 cent, of course, such as going out voice came back to me, • and the !without "my overcoat on a cool day: whistling of the wind through the Rind she intends to be an hand for windows I had opened. every emergency. I dared not con - My fears, never long in abeyance , fess, therefore, that on the previous that night, roused again. 1 had in- ; everting I had burglariously. entered :,tautly a conviction that some human i a closed house, had there surprised figure, sinister and dangerous, wast another intruder at work, had fallen and bumped my head severely, and had, finally, had nay overcoat "taken. "Horace," she said coldly, "where did you get those fire -tongs?" "Fire -tongs?' I repeated, "Why, that's.sa; They are fire -tongs," "I amnot a curious woman," she put in incisively, "but when my bus - band spends an evening out,and:re- Jerking in the shadows of that empty floor, and I remember backing away from the door and standing in the center of the room, prepared for some stealthy, murderous assault, When none came I looked about for a weapon, and finally took the only thing . in sight, coal -tongs from the fireplace. Armed with that, I made a cursory round of the near -by. rooms turns minas his overcoat, with his but there was no one hiding itt them, I went back to the rug ,and ex- amined the floor beneath it. I was right. Some one had been, there be - fare ire. Bits of splintered wood lay hat smashed, a lump the size of an egg over his ear, and puts a pair' of fire -tongs in the umbrella stand un- der the impression that it is an um- brella, I have a right to ask if he not have dared to go back in daylight for his overcoat," "Very well," I agreed, But it was not very well, and I knew it. I felt that, in a way my whole domestic happiness was at stake. My wife is a difficult person to argue with. She is just as tenacious of an opinion once formed as are all very amiable people. However, unfortun- ately for our investigation, but luck- ily for ane, under the circumstances.. Sperry was called to another city that afternoon and did not return for two days. It was, it will he recalled, on the Thursday night following the second sitting that I had gone alone to the Wells house, and nay interview with Sperry was an Friday. It was on P Y y: Friday afternoon that I received a telephone message from Mrs, Dane, asking ine, to take tea with her, "At what time?" I asked her see- rotary, "At four o'clock," 1 hesitated, 1 felt that try wife was. waiting at hon for further explana- ry vacuum bottles with a hot drink or soup in them. The chief drawback to this is that the mortality of bot- tles is high. The bottles are fragile and children are naturally careless. Cities have their school lunch problems too, but it is the rural prob- lem that we will consider particularly to -day. A good many schools have worked out the problem fo suit their particular needs and circumstances, Some of them make a hot drink, such as 'cocoa, out of funds•for that pur- pose. Some of them take turns in providing the necessary milk, others buy all supplies. In other • schools, the older pupils,, both boys and girls take turns .in preparing ti hot disit for 'everyone with materials brought from ,route. C)nc schoo'l•has n'orked •out a'Sys- tem wlricJt is: very s#rt if,lctor•y for then and lotiks to hie a feasible one, so 1 a.to going, 'to pass 1 an, Each - child brings food already to be heat- ed, front. home. They bring it in gem jars and it is: healed in a boiler, on; a canning rack, The children, ttdt'e Wilts la looking after the heating of the food. This method provides for variety, is inexpensive, anti very lit- tle trouble.' School lure-bes sIiteWu be cunsidcr- cd when the family cookie}; is done. Special cooking should not be nee"-' essary, but food which is prepared, nifty be kept for luneh. It is not wise to depend on food which may be left as there may be no 'left -overs, but some should, be reserved for that special purpose, Small jars with tops are the best thing to use as contain- ers. If food may be heated as with the boiler system, the jars may be filled with baked beans, macaroni, creamed foods of all kinds; scalloped dishes; potatoes, scalloped, creamed, or au gratin; any sort of suitable food that you may be for sup- per. When the dessert for dinner is made, the school=lunch should be kept in mind and the small jar filled. with pudding. Children' love' variety and a change in decoration will make a simple dessert a treat. After the jar is filled, top • the pudding with a marshmallow, a bit of jelly, a cherry, a few raisins, some chopped nuts, or some similar garnish. It is not much trouble nor expense, but it will add/ to the interest of the meal. • Sandwiches are the main -stay of the lunch. Fortunately most child- ren tire of sandwiches, and there is. an infinite variety of filling. When I was a youngster, an egg sandwich was a poor relation and was scorned. Any child who happened to get one was just out of luck. Times have changed, • even in sandwiches. Egg sandwiches are served at the nicest of afternoon teas, and. I watched children time after time, choose an egg sandwich when there was a var- iety offered. There' need be no mon- otony even in egg sandwiches, as there are so many ways of making them. To our way of thinking, the nicest way is to cook one egg for 5 minutes and hard cook the rest The • 5 minute egg . is sufficiently soft to moisten the rest. Season well with salt and pepper, and add a little fine- ly scraped onion, Salad dregsing may be used to moisten the hard cooked egg and a little chopped pickle added as seasoning: Chopped bacon and egg, mixed and seasoned makes a good sandwich filling. The older children may have a fried egg sand- wich. Bacon may be added tp this, too, The egg may be scrambled plain, or it may be scrambled in a little onion cooked in the butter be- fore the egg is added, or it may be scrambled with green pepper, or a little chili -sauce. I have stressed the egg sandwich, bCettUsti i;loot rural: ,comes have eggs, i\ sweet should he included in the lunch, and foi' variety it may be a slw.eet sandwich, Dates ptit through the _dropper and peanut butter makes tt tasty filling, Nuts and raisins ground and 'moistened with salad. choosing, Orange marmalade and, cheese is anotherpossibility, if pos- sible put in a surprise ;of some sort. A bit of candy, some dates, trots, rail - iris of ft•rlit• Keep ai special • plaice for all lunch supplies, so that they can be' made - quickly ;and with less effort, Wrap each kind of food 'separately ` in wax- ed paper, To carry one's lunch each day is monotonous,, just as having tog, make it each day is. So vary th' r monotony for every one concerned, by a bit of 'variety, Hindus s cup ;shortening 1 egg, beaten } teaspoon salt 213 cup chopped nut meats 113 clip sugar 113 cup molasses 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 squares melted chocolate Cream the shortening and sugar;: add the egg, molasses and chocolate; sift the dry ingredients, add with the nuts to the first mixture. Drop a tea- spoon on a well greased pan and bake in a moderate oven of 350 degrees,. for about 12 minutes, 0`AHMUAC 444 For Troubles due Acid INDIGtoESTION ACID STOMACH HEARTBURN HEADACHE GASES.NAUaEA educe the Add ICK stomachs, sour' stomachs and; indigestion usually mean excess acid. The stomach nerves are over -stimulated. Too much acid makes the stomach. and intestines sour. Alkali kills acid instantly. The best form is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia, because one harm- less dose neutralizes many times its- volume in acid. For 50 years the stand- ard with physicians .everywhere. 'Fake a spoonful in water and your unhappy condition will probably end )1. in five minutes. Then you will always know what to do. Crude and harmful methods wilinever appeal yougGne prove this for your own sake. It may save a great many disagreeable hours. Be sure to get the genuine Phillips" Milk of Magnesia prescribed b physicians in correcting excess arirl4y ebrizt \ `N•\• 1,r e \ ti a55 K)o e I, 41:N:1\ ... , ,;,:i. ':;>;,..54k, ..1d1144 ..% J y : -,;-^ '..t\'''' 1 7� ' 1 N I ' .4 ti -'11 . 4 4 ti enteeseateeee sem:--'..•;\\.r4�',, ''\`�„�'�L` _.....4. ._11 tl . ' i 1i r .� illy` 4'.;; iv •, r• 'C�� 7 � --.. La .. • ,.vVIAim aaee " n half a minute Mrs. Cratchit A entered --hushed but . b . smiling proudly—with the pudding, like a speckled cannonball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half a quarter% of ignited brandy, and Wight with Christmas holly stuck into the top. Not very ma%y words, but in those few words Charles Dickens seems to have gathered together all the reasons why every year Canadians from all over the. Dominion look towerdb England and the old-fashioned Christmas. Abd the ghostly stnell of that Christmas pudding, "like an eat- ing -house and a astrycook's next door to each other, With a laun- dress's next door to that,", has an influence on steamship passenger officials as they make up their sailing lists. This year the Canadian l,'acific has arranged four sailings from Saint John, N.D., designed to *�\76st- alio* home -ward bound Canadians to reach even the remotest parts of the BritishIsles in time for the, great English festival. They are, the IVlontelare• or Glasgow, Belfast and Liver oel Deeember q , mb fifth,. Duchess of e e s of Bedford to the same ports Deeember lIth, Montrose to. Cherbourg, Southampton and Ante• wer December 12th, Duchese . of Riehniond to GlasoW Belfast ant d, Liverpool Deee ee ifi p fhb th ,for firer• real last-mitnu Ile• tegerellers.