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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1927-05-19, Page 6rw' , s asee WELLINGTQN MUTUAL FIRE INSURANOE CO. Established 1840. >Htead Office, Gt eleae Ont. Risks taken en all classes of insur- ance at reasonable rates. ABNER CO3ENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office hi Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH w--- INSURANCE --- AND --AND REAL ESTATE P. 0. Box 360 Phone zeo %INGHAM, - ONTARIO J.W . BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Et . Morley to Loan Office --Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITQR. ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MO RTON BARRISTER, ETC. 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 Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham. Successor to Dr. W. R. !Xan bly. Dr. Robt. C. Rei'tmond 31..R.C.S. :(Eng.:).', L.R.C.P. (Loud.) 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 Iosephitie Street. Phone 29. Dr. Margaret C. Calder General Practitioner. Graduate. University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Office—Josephine St., two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Telephones: Office. 281, Residence 151 DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTaST 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—g a. m. to 8 p. tn. Osteopathy Electricity Telephone 272. A.R.& F. E. DUVAL. Licensed Drugless Practitioners, Chiroiractic and Electro Therapy..; Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto and National College, Chicago. Office opposure Hamilton's Jewelry Store, Main St, HOURS: 21---5', 7--8.3a p.m. and by appointment Out of town and night calls respond- ed to. Atl business confidential. Phones: Office-3oo; Residence.6a - s3. J. ALIN FOX DRUGLESS PRA CTI O N'ER CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Phone 191, Hours r0-12 a.tit., 21, 7-8 p. tn, or by appointment. Itn McfNNLS CHI12 »RACTOR ELECTRICIT'Y' Adjustments given for diseases of all kinds, ,'eeeialize ie dealing with children. e,ttendant. Night Calls' responded ttx. Office on Scott 5t., Wingham, Zine, Telephone x5o. t,a,atat,a W.nreitnitBrunoittMiftttattytitiiiitt,P(rY,itAiaMol ones: Office to6, Regd. aaat A. J. "'.+eLi...,A,xi.CR BURNITY1111 . EAtElt and I+'WXERAL DIRECTOR otos` E(lu.ipntent Ist6 CAM, w ONTARIO 11. orl4it ommommum ttiolumO nl,Yttttot35mmomAn`Yt oto WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES eassesseaseeseseeessinaeseseseneemeseneeserenesee_ By` Percival Cb i3topher Wren THE GREATEST MYSTERY STORY EVER WRITTEN Digby said, "The 'little -darling! bet she comes out to Sidi if the thin doesnt ,tttrn up!" and he bounced 'o the bed, with ,glee, at the idea. "Wonder what Uncle Hector wi do?" said Michael, "Poor Aun Patricia will get a thin time. , . ." "For not preventing, us from pinch ing it?" jeered Digby, "No—for not calling in the' otic at once, said Michael. "1 wonder why she didn't," I re marked: "Yes," said Michael. "Funny, isn't a, . a t And yawning and turning round from the window out of which we had been looking, I noticed that Bol- dini was asleep on the bed behind us. It was curious how quietly that man could move about, with his cat -like steps and silent ways. Recruit -days passed swiftly away, and we were too busy and too tired to be wretched, From five in the morning till five in the evening we were hard at it, and after that we had plenty to do in preparing our -kit and accoutre- ments for the morrow. That done, or given to a needy com- rade to do, we dressed in our walk- ing -out uniforms, according to ,the particular ordre du jour, andwent for a walk in tawdry Hybrid Sidi, or to hear the Legion's magnificent, band in the PIece Sadi Carnot, or the Jar - din Publique. Usually we three went together, but sometimes the two Americans and St. Andre would ac- company us;' and Boldini whenever we could not shake him off. He stuck -to us closer than a broth- er.sticketh,,antrafter his first useful- ness was over (and paid for), as we gained experience and learned the ropes, we certainly did, not desire his society for himself alone. But apparently he, desired ours, and ardently. The mare we saw of the two Ameri; cans, the better ' we liked them, and the same applied to St. Andre -but. precisely the converse was true of Boldini. However, we were not troubled by his presence when Buddy went out with us, for the American would have. none of him, and scrupled not to say so with painful definitenss. "Get to hell• outa this, Cascara 'Sa grads,' he would say truculently, "Don' wantcha. . Go gnaw circles in the ineadpw and keep away from me with both ' feet .Skoot,' son,{' or some equally discoleging address. Painful es this was, we were glad•. to teeofit by it, for Boldini waded more and more familiar. Put into words, the message 'of his manner to s .three (his implications, and the general atmosphere to create) was: "Come -we're all scoundrels to - ether! Why this silly pretence"• of nnocence and superiority? Let's e a united gang and share all loot" ind of idea. I' did not understand. ;Buddy's viru- ent detestation of the man, though; nd when I asked him about it one day, when he flatly refused to let Bol- in, in the canteen, all he could re- ly was: "He's a rattlesnake with a silent attle and he's Lejatmc's spy. You ants watch out He's on yotir rail for soinethin," and Hank had con- rnled this with .a drawled, "Shone, I' Bo, watch the critter." g The first time :that BoIdini showed n objection to Buddy's rudeness, the latter promptly - invited him to come 11 below and bring his fists -an invita- t 'tion which Boldini declined, (and was for ever the admitted inferior, in con -:sequence). • Another person who most certain- e 1 watched u Ysand with h a baleful bode ing eye, was Colour -Sergeant L'ejaune' - himself, now alas, Sergeant-Major, W e were, however, far too keen, careful, and capable to give him the opportunity ppo tunity he obviously desired, When he came in for room-inspec- tion, he made no pretence of not giv- ling us anti, our kit, , accoutrements, and bedding a longer and more searching inspection than he gave.to anybody else except Buddy. When I met the long hard stare of his hot and cruel eyes, I thought of a' panther or some other feral. beast, whose sole mental content was hate. "tWe're sure for it, pard," said Bud- dy to me, after one of these inspec- tions. "Our name's mud. That section -boss makes nee feel like when I butted into a grizzly-b'ar. Only. I ` liked the b'ar better." "Yep," agreed Hank. He's' a griz- zly-b'ar. tut I've shot -a grizzly. b'ar, I hev?' "They ain't imortial," he added mildly. u b d w tr GEOR.GESA. SIDDALL «-- Brokers Phone 73. Luck;now, Untario.•. Money to lend on first and secox4 mortgages on farm and other real es- tate properties at a reasonable rate of interest, also on •first Chattel mortga- ges on stock and . ort personal tiotes. A few farms on. hand for sale or to rent on easy terms. JAS. GDMOUR LICENSED AUCTIONEER ` ales' conducted at reasonable rates.' Satisfaction Guarentced e -Agent I+"or-- CULfz.05S FIRE INSURANCE Insure in a Good Sound Contpatiy leo r 267 Wingham, One or Fltotre 0.76 r s TROMAS DL' Jt�iLIE.r�I AUCTIONEER -.- - REAL ESTATE SOLD A. thorough knowledge of FarStookt It was also quite clear, that Corpor- al Dupre had found that he had said the wrong thing when he replied to Lejaune's enquiry as to what sort of animals we were, by declaring that we were -model recruits whose sole abject appeared to be the meritingof his approval. Corporal Dupre was not a bad fell- ow at heart, but "hehad got to dive," and it grew clearer and clearer, as the weeks went by, that we three could Thursday, May xgth, 927 do nothing right and BoIdni nothing' includes tont-canvass, fire -wood; a wrong, blanket and, spare uniform), . they Our chief offence was that we would were definitely more so. committ• no offence, but we felt we On one occasion we took a stroll of walked on very thin ice. five hundred miles, marching continu- In fess than a couple of months "etiously at thirty miles a day, as .the were dismissed rtecrtit-drills and be- 'Colonel thought wanted "airing." came full-blown legionnaires, In addition to these marches, we Above the head of my bed.am/eared !:had admirable training in � a rag skirmishing a printed pasteboard card, bearing the land scouting, Alentl�y of company and legend,. John Smith, No. 18896, Soldat battalion drill, first-aid, field engin- end'classe, and I was a (second-class) leering, varied rifle range `work, and Soldier, of Fortune, taking me' place l the theory of infantry warfare. in the ranks of my battalion. In t1 t time By e t me we three felt ourselves time, I should be a Soldat ast • Class, old soldiers, we also began to feel we if I were good, • were ,stagnating mentally, and becom- Michael,Digby,the two ,Americans, ,ing mechanical, bored and stale. NightMaris, and St. Andre came toehe bat -!after night of strolling about Sidi -bel talion at, hte same tme time ardour Iittle ,4libes,was not good enough, and -our party kept 'together. 1 brains were demanding exercise. We now learned what marching Michael decreed that we should realty is, and why the:- Legion is 1,studyArabic both for the good of our known, in the'Nineteenth Army Corps souls and with a view to future use as the as 1" va erre aled The e route- fulness u Hess at such time as we should arc 1 be marches hes were of appalling length at generals entrusted ted with diplornatic. ,an 'unvarying five kilometres an hour. missions ormilitary governorships. s. h F Over English roads, in the English Our Arabic proved useful before climate,' and with the English soldier's then. kit, . they • would have been incredible. We got books from the library, en - Over. sand and desert stones, under gaged 'a half-caste clerk, who worker],' the African sun, end, with the much lin the Bureau Arabe, to meet us for heavier kit of the legionary, brotherly love that g y, (which an` hour, 'four evenings a week, : for non commtsstaned ff d, was goes to make the world a better P, conversation; and took to'haunting true; and what he did, was right, as• Arabi against the .private soldier. The re- suiting discipline was 'taonderful-and. so was the bitterness, hatred„and des- pair of some 'of the victims of injus- tice and personal Spite. A sergeant had only to continue, punishing a victim, for the latter to earn the unfavourable notice of officer,the. when the :latter read the pun., ishment book, and to find his u A Hash-• merit doubled --with a warning trete- for a chance to report us, end Lejaune ware lest a something really serious hip - bided his ;time. pened to hint. Bttt we were wary and we were un- exceptional sdldiers. Even these` skit. ful'fault-finders and_fa'ult-hakes could ld not get an opportunity, and we were favorably orab I noticed 0 race. , , d Y our u Lieutenant e Harold ria t nFalli soft• h nth he onc ess' I , Io (Debussy) and Captain (Renouf), of Turnberry recently came into os whom we saw all too little. Theirs session bf'a farm, after most of the to lead us in manoeuvres and war, the farmers of the vicinitywere through oug h seeding, e n and d t• he prospect o e b P sp ct was Horn„ Arabic cafes instead of French. ones. We distinctly liked the dignified, and courteous men with whom : we talked over the wonderful coffee. We made rapid progress and, after a time, made a point of talking Arabic to ,each other, It is an easy ]ane- uage to learn, especially in a country where it is spoken. 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