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Wingham, - Ontario
J. A. MORTON
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Wingham, - . Ontario;
DR. G. H. ROSS
Graduate Royal College of Dental
Surgeons
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Office Over H. E. Isard's Store.;
H. W. COLBORNE, M. D
Physician and Surgeon
*edica" Representative D. S. C. R.
Phone '54 Wingha m.
Successor to Dr. W. R. Humbly.
Dr. Robt. C. Redmond
*.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Land.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Dr. • Chisholm's old stand.
DR. R. L. STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Office in Chisholm Block
rlosephine Street. Phone zq.
By Percival " Chritatopber Wren
THE GREATEST MYSTERY STORY EVER WiiITTEN
There had been an enquiry, en-
g`neered by foreign missionaries, a
world-wide scandal, and'soine white -
We held` them out.
"Going to tell our fortunes.- .Be-
ware of a dark ugly man," whispered'
washing—in the course of which Le- Digby to me.
jaune had been washed out. The Colour -Sergeant regarded our
From being a sergeant of the Bel- decently kept hands and, snorted:
gin army, and a Congo rubber -station "" "I'll harden those for you, by God.
factor, autocratic, well -,paid, and with Never done a stroke of work in your
absolute power, he had become a le- lives. I'll manicure. you before you
gionary,• and by force£ulnes, energy die; . .I'll make you wish you had
and; courage, had made good.
Once more he had scope for the
brutality, violence, and ferocious ar-
rogance that• had' • been his assets in observed. "I'll teach you to move
the Belgian Congo, of ,terrible mem quickly, in a way that'll surprise you,"
or he promised,
Y•
At time he wasundoubtedly mad, • "Shore, Bo," replied Hank mildly,
and his madness took the form of wishing to be polite, though ignorant
sadistic savagery. of what had been said ;to him. "Spill'
Upon this ' man, Boldini certainly another moutliful," he added encour
had some claim, or between them agingly.
there was some bond, for Lejaune "Silence, you chattering ape from
never punished Boldini, and they were the trees;" roared Lejaune, "Speak
at times seen in private confabulation, again and I'll tie your wrists to your
though, of course, no non -commission- ankles in the small of your back for
ed officer ,ever walked out, nor drank a week. n By God, I'S crippleyou
with -a private soldier. for life, you two -legged talking cam -
The Belgian deserter, one Vaerren, el.
declared that Boldinihad been a civ- And Hank also grasped that silence
ilian suboi`dinate in the Congo, and is frequently more than gold and
in Lejaune's district, and had been speech much less than silvert
imprisoned for peculation and falsify- Having duly impressed : the draft,.
ing his trade returns: Of •the truth Colour -Sergeant Lejaune. announced
of this I know nothing, but I do that' the Seventh Company would .be'
know that Lejaune favoured the man afflicted with the lot of us, and serve
and procured his promotion to Cor- it right. -He then suddenly roared:
poral," whenhe himself became Ser- "Garde a vous! Pour defiler! Par
I
gone to gaol 'instead,",
He looked Hank over.
"A lazy hulk, I'll take my oath," he
geant-Major.. files de quatre, a droit," and looked
And it was into the hands of this eagerly and anxiously for a victim.
Lejaune that we were now delivered: His face clouded with chagrin and•
To resume: • Colour -Sergeant Le- iclisappointment The draft had
jaune called the roll of our names, 'moved like guardsmen. Those who
and looked us overr !understood French had sprung to -at-
Noting the insignificant stature of itention'and turned like machines, and
Buddy, a pocket Hercules, his face set1 those who did not understand the,
in a contemptuous sneer. actual wools.. had moved with them.
"An undersizedcur," he remarked "En avant .Marchel" he conclu-
to the Sergeant of the Guard. r'ded, and we stepped off like the old
"Guess I've seen better things than soldiers most of us were. -
you dead on a stick, fly paper, any -1 Across the drill -ground we marched
how," replied Buddy promptly. to the storeroom of the fourrier-ser-
Mercifully- Lejaune knew no En- gent of the Seventh Company, and re-
glish-but he .:knew that: a wretched oeived our kit which,. in addition 'to
recruit had dared to open his miser- two cloth 'uniforms, included white
able 'mouth. fatigue uniforms, linen spats, under -
"Silence, dogl" he roared, "Open clothing, the blue woollen sash or
your foul lips again, and I'll close cummerbund,, cleaning materials,
them for a month with my boot. . soap and towels, but no socks, for the•
Speak again, you hound, and I'M kick Legion does not wear them.
your teeth down your throats:" 1 We were then inspected by the ad -
Buddy had not understood a word. jutant (whereas. the adjutant is a non
He had seen a sneer, and heard con- commissioned officer) and '.marched'by.
temptuous words; and he had dared a corporal to our casernes, or barrack
to pnesume upon being an ignorant rooms'..
recruit, not even in uniform. Now Going up staircases and along Cor-
he heard, an angry roar, and was too ridors, a squad of ten. of us, including'
old a soldier to do anything but stiff- Boldini, St. Andre, Vogue, Glock,
en to attention. Buddy, Hank, my brothers, and myself
It was borne upon him that there :were directed to our room -a huge,.
was some pep to, Legion sergeants, and clean, well -ventilated bare chamber,
they were some roosters, on their iin .which were thirty beds. ,Here
own dung -hill. Better argue wiih we were handed over to some legion -
a New. York cop on Broadway at naires, who were poli"Shing ;their belts,
Dr. Margaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of ,Medicine
DUiee-Josephine St., .two doors south
of Brunvwiick Hotel.
ITP ephones: Office 281, Residence int''
DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office. Over John Galbraith's Store
F. A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence next to
Anglican Church' on Centre Street.
Sundays by appointment
Hours -9 a. m. to 8 p. rn.
Osteopathy Electricity
Telephone 272.
A. R. & F. E..DUVAL
Licensed Drugless Practitioners,
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy.
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic
College, Toronto and National. College,
Chicago.
Office opposite Hamilton's. Jewelry.
Store, Main St.
HOURS: 2-5; 7-8.3o p.m, and by
appointment.
Out of town and night calls respond-
ed to. All business confidential.
Phones: Office—goo; Residence 6m -
J. ALVIN FOX
DRUGLESS PRACTIONER
CHIROPRACTIC AND
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Phone rgi.
Hours to -12 a,m,, 2-5,>7-8 p. in, or by
appointment.
D. H. McIINNESS
CHIROPRACTOR
ELECTRICI'T'Y
Adjustments given for diseases of
all kinds, ,•'lei ialize in dealing with
children, La.:, attendant. Night Calls
responded to.
Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont.
Telephone 350,
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Ihories. Officeip6,Reid2a{
A. J. WALKER
fi
I'U'RNI'T'TYRE DEALER
and �-
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
llfator r„gttipineait
WINC:i] AM, ONTARIO
,"YrYttside",t"rl,vilitlilii"YYIYYd1rYrn,Y,edi010blelyd,r,Mk'+;
midnight, than to donate back -chat
to the rough -neck..
But the mischief•was done, and Bud-
dy was a marked man. More, any
friend of Buddy was a marked man,
and any friend of his friend's, unto
the third and fourth generation.
When the bloodshot eye "of Colour-
Sergeant Lejaune fell upon Boldini,
it halted., and a long look passed be-,
tween the two men, Neither spoke.
Upon us three Gestes he looked with
disfavour.
"Runaway pimps, he said, "Show
me your hands."
GEORGE A. SIDDALL
Broker
Phone fig. Lucknow, Ontario.
Money to lend on first and second
mortgages on farm and other real es-
tate properties at a seasonable rate of
interest, also on first Chattel tnortga-
ges on stock and on personal notes.
A few farms on hand' for sale or to
rent on easy `terms.
cartridge -pouches, and accoutrements.
"Bleus,""'said Corporal Dupre to
these men. "Show them what to
do, Schwartz, Colonna, Brandt, Haff,
and. Delarey. . • .Kit, bedding, every-
thing.Do'
.; Don't go en promenade be-
fore they know their boots from their
kepis.,,
"All right, " *said gli , Corporal, said one . of
the rnen, and when the Corporal had
gone out, changed his tone as he went
on:
"The devil damn all bleus, Why
couldn't you go to hell, instead of
coming here to waste out time? How-
,ever, you shall repay us in the can-
teen!. Come on, get to work now,`
,and the sooner we can get to the
bottles. . ..
But 13oldini had a word to say.
"Wriggle bac!.'. into the cheese you
, crawled out of, you one-year, half-
baked, imitation of a soldier," he snap-
ped. "1 was a legionary and fought
in Madagascar; Morocco, and the
Soudan when you were in the found-
ling orphanage."
"Name of a name of a name!" gab-
bled
bled one' of the men; "if it isn't old
Boldini conte back!" and he roared
with laughter aped, threw himself on
a bed,,
"Wait till T'm a corporal, friend
Brandt," said 13oldini. "I'll make
you laugh louder than that,'
• He did not have to wait:, however,
as the man redoubled his yells of
laughter,.
The return of Boldini, for some
reason, struck hirlt as a most price-
less joke.
"T --Here, you Colonna, Schwartz anti,
I -Taff, take those five and ;i'li attend to
these," said Boldini;; and proceeded
to direct tis to .appropriate beds and
JAS. GILMOUR
LICENSED- AUCTIONEER
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Satisfaction Guaranteed
—Agent Por— f
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Insure in a Good Sound Company
Box 267 gingham, Ont
or Phone 276 r s
THOMAS FELLS
AUCTIONEER —
REAL ESTATE SOLD -
A thorough Ittowledge of Parm
Stock.
Phbrne 2Sr, Winghsut
put our kit on them.
He then gave us a eley'er exhibition
of clothes -folding, and built up a se-
cure' and meat little paquetage of
uniform and kit on the shelf above
his bed.
"There you are—do that first," said
he. "Everything in elbow -to finger-
tip'; lengths, !riled so," and we set about
folding coats, trousers, overcoats, and
kit, as he had done, and putting the
pile on the shelf at the head of the
WOMEN.
APPROACHING
MIDDLE LIFE
WHAT MRS. GODIN SAYS
ABOUT "FRUIT-A-TIVES"
MRS.' O. GODIN.
Mrs. Godin's letter is of particular interest
to women' approaching /middle -life. It
"I am giving this testimonial hoping it
will benefit everywoman suffering as I
did at the change'' of. life. I was obliged
to -go to bed, had terrible dizziness and
pain, and felt extremely .weak. 'Fruit -a=
fives' were really a God -send to me. Now
I am in perfect heal'th'. 'Every woman
should follow my example. They'would
surely get the wonderful relief I did:"
Mrs. Onesime Gedin PaquetvilIe N B.
By toning up the stomach, kidneys ,and
bowels, "Fruit=a-tives" is a great help to
women at•this trying stage of life "Fruit-
. a-tives".is-a sane medicine.;.It,acts in,a
natural way because it inade•of intensi-
led fresh fruit" jukes combined with •
tonics. Let "Fruit-a-tives" help you, too.
Start today.' 25c and Sec a box, every-
' where.
GIVE THE KIDDIES
THE BEST
LUr 'MEM WEAR
cusfaaor�-soL�
oes ldren IIIc
ShePe,vf'hfldrnio
These cushion -sole shoes are° made
on comfort lasts and allow "room to
grow for every toe." Let the children
wear "Hurlbuts" and they'll' grow up
with erfecti -sha1' feet—a price-
less
heritage.
Hurlbut shoes come in laced or but-
ton styles, in patent, black and brown
Y
calf. •' to
W. J. GREER,.
Win ham
g , Ontario;
Baby.
chicks cost too
much to dose by.
lack of care and proper
feed. White Diarrhoea
and other chick diseases prevented
by feeding Prates Baby Chick Food,.
It saves millions and insures healthy
fast.growing chicks and early -laying
pullets, Buythebest:
a.
Sabi ] 'ick:F' od
✓old ii . idifist ttn
mgt d4.TcY�r d.
din Mit
Pew
bed,as thiere was no kit -bag or Lox
of any sort,
Having done; this, we Fbad our first
lesson in astignage, the polishing of
belts, and cartridge pouches, with wax
and rags; and then in rifle -cleaning.
We were next conducted downstairs
and out to the concrete' open-air lav-
abo, and shown where to wash our
white canvas fatigue -uniforms.
We were •then flurried to the can-
teen, that we might do our duty to
our comrades of the escouade and
Pay our footing,
j ,The. scene here resembled that in
tpie canteens of Forts St. Jean - s,;ra!d
St. Therese, save that the men were
all legionnaires, - of course, and the
person behind the bar was a woman,
a veritable French vivandiere, and fille.
du regiment!.
Here again, a few francs procuned
an incredible, quantity of wine, and
all was harmony, noise, and: 'hectic,
gaiety . of the kind induced by',ealco-
hol. Returning to our barrack -room
at the call of the "Lights out" bugle,'
we completed our preparations for the
morrow by the meagre light of the
caserne night -lamp.
(Continued. Next Week)
THE OLD RAIL FENCE
On Tuesady, we saw a Peabody boy
unloading at a store, kindling wood
cut` from cedar rails that had once
done good service on an old pioneer
farm. Wire fences ar now taking
the places of .the snake fences so
common in the early days of this
province. We don't know who the
author of "The Old Rail Fence" is
but the lines were recalled as we saw
the use to which the cedar rails were
being put. Here they are:
Y
merry days of .n
In the Y boyhood when'
we never knew a are
Greater than themumps' or measles
or a mother's cut of hair,
When a soretoe wawa treasure and
a•stone-bruise on the heel
Filled the other boys with envy which
they tried not to conceal,
There were , many treasured objects
on the farm we held most deer,
Orchards, fields, the creek we swam'
in, and the old spring cold and clear
Over there the woods of hick'ry and
of oak so deep and dense;
Looming up behind the outlines of the
old rail fence.
On its rails' the quail would whistle in
the, early summer morn.
Calling to their Biding fellows in. the
fields of waving corn,
And the meadow. larks and robins on
the 'stakes would sit and sing,
Till the • forest shades' behind them
with their melody, would ring,
There the catbird and the jaybird sat
and called each other names,
And the squirrels and the chipmunks
played the chase -and -catch -me
games;_
And the garter snake was often in
unpleasant evidence
In the grasses in the corners of the
old rail fence
As we grow to early manhood, when
the country iris
t e
we
thought
Yg
In the diadem of beauty were the very
fairest pearls;
Oft. frons spellin': school or mneetin' or
the jolly shuckin' bee.
Down the. old lane we would wander
with a merry little�i "she."
On the grassy seat we'd linger i•n the
moonlight,, she and I,
And we'd paint a future picture touch-
ed 'with
ouch-ed'wiith colors most intense,
As we sat there in the corner of the
old rail fence.
There one night' in happy dreaming
we. 'were sitting hand, in hand,
Up so near the gates ofheaven we
coulthalmost heat the band,
When 'she, heard a declaration whis-
pered in her lis'ning ear—
One she often since has told inc she
was mighty glad to hear,
On my head there's now a desert
fringed with foliage of gray,
And there's many a threa'cl of, silver
in her dear old head today,,
Yet the flame' of love is burning •in
our bosons as intense
As it burned in the corner of that
old rail fence.
SALEM
Miss Eve McMichael returned to
Normal at Stratford, after spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thonfas McMichael,
Miss Itazol Weir.';Yetprne'd to Tor.
onto to her teaching duties after
spending her Vacation with her par-
ents, Mrl, and Mrs. D, L. Weir,
lltrs, Earl Acheson of 'Toronto re-
turned home after spending the lastF,
coupl'eof weeks with ber parents,` Mr,
and Mrs. A. E. Gallaher;.
Mrs ,McGuire of Brussels gave a
very interesting missionary discourse,
which was appreciated by".all those
+
Thursday,April ash, 1927
present last"Sunday afternoon:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard f'alnaer re-
turned home after spending some
time whit friends in' Wingharn.
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We•carry a full range of
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Pais ts; Auto -Enamels, etc. •
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Wtnnham 'Ontarla
Scarfte's
Auto Euarael
has transformed, thou-
sands of `seedy" looking
cars into cars of, fresh,
new beauty.
Scarfe's Auto Enamel
comes in many pleasing
colors. Can be applied.
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inexpensively. We w)11
gladly supply color card,
together •;with full in-
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GOVERNMENT statistics prove the pub-
he acceptance of the Qldsm'obile Sura
Autoniobile.registrationJfigures tell the stot f
of OIdsmobile's ever-growing popularity f r
more graphically than worc'.s.
,A
comparison .of the years 1926 and 1925
, shows an increase, throughout C .txada, o.
108% in Oldsmobile Six registrations.
Janrind Feb,i'ary; of 1927 show alt -
crease ouaryf 133 %a `overuathe sazxte twd rl�ortlxns
of last year and an increase of 1042 % °vet;
the corresponding period of 1925.
These figures prove beyond question that Oldsmobile'
--- Six is succeeding, even beyond expectation, in its tisk
of supplying to the Canadian people a six -cylinder
automobile of unquestionably high quality, at et
!phenomenally low price.
When you have seen and drivers and known Oldsmo-
bile, you will appreciate why "Canada has endorsed
the Oldsmobile Six."
There are a jean good territories .still available for
responsible dealers.
'Write Olds Motor Voila of Canso Lifnrte,d, UsbaW 4, O„tarid
PA, M. CRAWFORD, WING -HAM, ONT.
Dealer in Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, andMctaughianr. Cars