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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1927-12-15, Page 8WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES lingtou Mutual Fire Insurance Co. 'Ostablished x840 Head Office, Guelph, curt. Risks taken on all classes of UMW - Same at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingharn J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Black FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH — INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE P. 0, Box g6o ' Phone 240 ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD ,Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. ' Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes VANSTONE •BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Luau at Leweat Rates uPon which the male Poulatton of remember your recommendation that Wingham. - Ontario Oak Ridge habitually goes to town she •be closely watched, and I have opon its several and various business no doubt that with the clew you've We had by no means exhausted the just given me it won't be many hours J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Winghain, - Ontario, lay concealed, we felt sure, within ture like that, half -wild, chattering a that lonely old house where we had language that no one can understand, CHAPTER IV a result of it, a dangerous criminal is Early the next morning Doctor Mc- now at large. I admit it was not a Alister and, I took one of the trains result you could, have foreseen, for possibilities of discovery which still before we find her. A strange •crea- passed so strange a night; nor had we cannot remain hidden very long. I solved its mystery. But matters of a can't understand though," he went on, rnore instant importance compelled "the reason you gentlemen have for us, for a while, to abandon it. wishing to withhold from me your In the first place, we knew that, full confidence. You haven't given it little as we liked the prospect, it was to me yet. You've discovered some - our clear duty; to rebort to _Ashton thing more that hears upon this case what we knew of the mysterious wild which I haven't heard of." creature who had escapud from the "We have," said the doctor, "and it hospital and was now at large. 13y was with the purpose of telling yon one ineans or another, she must be about it that we came back to town found as quickly as possible. She had this morning—that was part of our already destroyed one life—of that we purpose at any rate. Do you renlem- were practically sure—and. until she ber the green cloak which you so con - was safely under restraint again, we fidently declared, to be nothing but a could have no guaranty that she bit of fiction, born of Will Harvey's would not destroy others. To thwart puerile vanity? Well, we've •found that possibility, we niust call in Ash- that. A green cloak, with •a high col" DR. G. fi. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry Office over H. E. Isardis Store. H. W. COLBORNE M.D. Physiciaxi and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 • Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R. Hanby DR;ROBT. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr. Chisholm's'old stand. "Now, let's have an understanding," said he. "I've given you, freely, all the information you've asked for. It eemPrises Pretty nmeh all the infor- mation you have which can be of any service to you in the solution of the mystery of this, crime. That, of course, is' partly due to luck. I believe that, I 'can solve,that mysterY by my meth- ods. I believe that with your methods you wilefail. Phelps and 1 are going to set about trying to find that girt for ourselves, in our own way. If We find- Wer, we will examine her in our own way; and We shan't tell you anything about it until our investiga- tion is complete," Ashton smiled. "Of course • you know," said he, "that you are propoi- ing something that, under my oath of office, I can't permit. Lf you find that girl—I don't think it very likely that you will, but if you do, I shall be obliged to take her away from you and put her in safe keeping. And the methbds I'll use to determine her guilt or innocence will be my methods' and not yours." The doctor laughed. "That's under- stood.," he said. "You're welcome to take her wherever you can find her, in my labratory, or anywhere else, But if you don't find her—" • "That's thin ice, Doctor McAlister" Ashton interrupted earneitly. "If you proceed with that express determina- tion of yours, I may find it necessary little as I'd like to, to have you watched, as persons suspected of corn pounding' a felony." "All right," said the doctor. "That's understood. Watch away all you like But you'll still let me have a chance at Harvey?" ,.• Ashton shrugged his shoulders with avexation that was half -genuine, half simulated.'"You don't deserve it," he said, "but I've made a promise and I'll stick to it." CHAPTER V I fully expected that after the grill- ing he had rece,ived at the hands of th district attorney, Harvey wcald prove a recalcitrant and reluctant sub- ject for the tests we wished to try upon him. He was nervous, it is tree, and it took a great deal of reassuring of the most tactful sort, on Doctor McAlister's part, to get him quieted down into anything like a normal, state of mind; bue he was perfectly • His first sight of the queer, mysteri- ous looking instruments which our big room contained did oothing to cou4teract that fear. To the eye of ignorance it must look like a torture chamber from. the Inquisition, brought down to, date. -Idy chief spent the better part of an hour taking the young man around and •explaining the different instru- • ments to him, and, it was not long be- fore young Harvey began ta show an inclination to test himself by every electrical and mechanical piece of ap- paratus in tile laboratory. He had for- gotten the Oak Ridge mystery, for- gotten Ashton, forgotten his recent arrest, forgotten, even, the detective who was waiting in the corridor out- side. He was, ready at last for our real experiment. • Nothing about Doctor McAlister's manner suggested that there was any 'difference from our point of view; between the amusing things we had been doing and the test which he now proposed. can thirik," he said. "Vou're to sit here will read you -a list of words. The say, aloud, the word it makes you think of—say it just as quickly as you can. You've shown an unusually quick reaction time so far, but this is a bet- ter test than any of them. We hang up a pair of little telephones, so—one in front of you and one in front of Mr. ]'helps, The moment he speaks a word it makes a little mark on that revolving cylinder. The moment you speak, a second mark is made. The cylinder tnrns round all the and the distance between the two Marks show how quickly or how slowly you think."• , my crahlilefmlyitadeYieiredp7rend,thweitilitsLawgio'ioedil deal of care, while we were waiting for them to bring Harvey to the la- boratory. The first twelve Words were what we call central, that is they had no connection, so far as we know, with the Grime, the mystery or inquest In telling us his association with theM which he would probably do freely •enough, our. stibject would, establish his normal :Teed, in this sort of incii- tal operation, • But the thirteenth word•was Loops and the fourteenth was Pipe. The as- sociations he should announce L with those two woods and the time he would go far toward establishing a conviction in the doetor's mind and in mine as to whether Harvey had guilty knowledge of the means which had been employed for the old man' mur- der, If he had such guilty knowledge, if he had seen that ghastly tourniquet made, and twisted it taut himself, or had 'witnessed the operation, thOs DR. R. L. STEWART ton and the police, however little to lar, just as Harvey described it." Graduate of University of Toronto, liking such a course mi ht our own g g Ashton eagerly demand the de - Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the be. tails as to where and how the cloak Ontario Coilege of Physicians and We deferred our breakfast until our ;was found, and these I supplied him Surgeons. arrival in town, memories of the din- with. Office in Chisholm Block Josephine Street. Phone ag. ner we had had the night before mak- I Then there was a little silence. His ong it easy to go hungry for a while. displeasure over our previous reti- Dr. Margaret C. Calder :we were later getting in than we ex- cenoe was suddenly swallowed up in General Practitioner ipected to be, for a combination of fog •his interest in the revelations we Graduate University of Toronto and freezing sleet delayed our train. made to him. FacultY °f Medicine Out of the car windows we could sce . of grunswick Hotel v, -e crawled along, that the tele- • . he said at last. "He wa.s righCand 1 l'Irelephone,s: Office z8z,„ Residence asi graph wires were already sagging tin- was wrong." -- der their white armor of ice. As soon "How do you make that out?" DR. G. W. HOWSON as we got in, we drove straight to • DENTIST The Meredith. , cinestioneck I "Didn't I tell you that Mallory sus - Office over John galbraith's Store In the restaurant we found Ashton pectal Harvey of some active con- Office—Josephine St, two doors south • "lhat s one to Ilallory, certainly, 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 pm. Osteopathy Electricity • Telephone ea. himself, just sitting down to break- nection with the ...crime, and though fast. He welcomed us with an eager-' Iness that showed that he had already The ,,discovery of the cloak makes it heard some report of our adventure , evident that he was right. He knew of the night before. 1 who the actual criminal was, knows i "I was on the point cif telephoning now, and was undoubtedly associated for you," he said, "but you've saved with her. He probably though.to save the precious hour or two by corning 1 himself by giving us the clew that on your own account. Mallory re- !would lead to her detection. In his ported to me here at six o'clock thii eagerness he overneached himself and A.. R. & F. E. DUVAL morning, having come all the way ' told too much, told, more than he Licensed Drugless Practitioners, from Oak Ridge on foot, and without could Posibly have •seen, if his test Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. h r . ._ . National col- terious woma.n who invacy the Mur- He broke off there with a •short College, a that he was lying to shield himself? Graduates of Canadian Chiropra.ctic getting e s ightest trace of the live- rnony as to how he saw it were true." Toronto, nd lege Chicago. gan house last night. 1 confess that laugh. "But confess," he said, turn - Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry her appearance throws a different ing to my chief, "cdnfess that this Store, Main St. • light on Harvey's testimony. And discovery of Phelps puts,your theory , 3 Out of town and night calls re- Way, she is the criminal. ;of court. Harvey testified to a. black - HOURS: 2-5 7-8. p.m., and • • Dy app0Mtnient think you'll agree that ie all probe- of associative allusion completely out - • )1 sponded to. All business confidential. Wye no doubt myself," said Doc- haired woman in a green cloak, and Phones: Office 3Oo; Residence 6or-x. tor McAlister, "that it was her hands denies that be saw more of ber than that strangled old Morgan" her silhouette upon the shade. We i "Well, then, shes the criminal, isn't know now that a black -haired, woman • answer to this question as too obvious from which it follows that Harvey i"The whole energies of the police and J. ALVIN FOX DRUGLESS PRACTITIONER !she?" said Ashton; and regal...ling the a green cloak was a.ctually there, CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY ;to be waited, for, he went straight on. Phone zgr... Hours: 10-12' a.m., 2-5, 7-8 p.m., or of all the. detective force connected with our office will be bent toward finding her, What I want from you— D. H. McINNES from both of you, independently—is CHIROPRACTOR the most complete and careful de - ELECT RICIT scription you can give of the physical Adjustments given for diseases of all kinds; specialize in dealing with appearance of the woman -who entered children. Lady attendant. Night calls Henry Morgan's study last night." responded to. "you can describe her for your - Office on Scott St., Wingharn, Ont. hell," said Doctor McAlister rather shortly, "You have a talent that way." "What do you mean?" GEORGE A. SIDDALL --Broker-- Phone /3. Lucknow, Ontario Money to lend on first and second by appointment. Phone iso • "You've seen her. You've enjoyed a good look at her. She's the girl that Reinhardt sent for us to see at St. Michael's two nights ago." mortgages on farm and other real es-. tate properties at a reasonable rate of Ashton stared in clear amagein, interest, also on first Chattel mart- first at the doctor and then at me. gage.s on stock and, on personal notes,1 "You're sure?" he gasped. A few feigns on hand for Sale ot to epti.fectiye said, gravely, rent on easy terms. • For a moment be sat silent. Then THOMAS FELLS Ike frowned. "May I ask whether you had any AUCT.IONEER — REAL ESTATE SOLD 'syspicion, when we saw her there at A thorough knowledge of Farm • the hospital, that she might prove to Stock Phone zgr, Wingharn 'Yes," said my chief 'bluntly; "it's have somit connection with the case' W. J. BOYCE PLUMBING AND HEATING. Ridge mystery, 1 reeognizod and un- I "Oh, well, I've no objection tb your hone 58 Night Phone 88 derstood, the language in which she trying. I'll have 'him arrested at once was chattering to herself. It's a Ian- and brought to town. Where do you your right to ask. 1 did suspect a con - lied, knew that he lied, And to have lied thus about a matter which he knew to be vital and significant, he must have some powerful, and prob- ably guilty, motive. I don't believe that you can get itway from the logic of that." "Your conclusion is probable," said my chief, "but it's not irfevitable." Ashton dismissed, the denial with a mere tolerant shrug, and set it down to the obstinacy of old • age, "You brought the cloak to town with you, - I suppose," lie went on presently. I nodded, "You'll want it, I presume?" "Yes," he said. "It may prove a val- uable bit of bait not for the girl her- self, of course, but possibly for one of her accomplices, I'll have Harvey arrested at once.' Surveillance isn't good enough for him now; I want him in jail." ' "You promised, me a chance at Har- vey after you got through with him, 13o you remember?" said the doctor. "I hope you don't mean to withdraw it." Ashton starod at bile. "'You still think you can beat up anything irt nection between her and the Oak that covert?" he asked incredulously tWt) SiltiPle little Words would almost infallibly recall it. The words thee would flash into his mind might be violin, perhaps or throat, or even, Possibly the plain black word, murder If some such word as that, some damaging, . suggestive word, should flash into his mind, one of two ,thing.t Thursday, December x5th, x927 axle shafts for driving only and 'does not require them to erry the weight of the car. Final driVe is by spiral bevel gear permanently adjusted and noiseless. Pull torque tube drive is used and relieves the Springs of all starting and si ;fining strains, Four-wheel, internal would happen. He would either say I: ,.anding, mechanically actuated aloud, or he wolild stop himself fr,, '1, .kes are employed. Throughout the saying it, and deliberately think another word, which to dur ears, could Rave no sinister significance, But that latter course of action would betray him as certainly as the other,, for -thought takes thne, and the fatt that he had been obliged to stop to think w,ould, bit remorselitssly and exactly shown in the chronograph. With a feeling of excitement which I found it hard to conceal, I began reading those first .twelve neutral words, His answers came with flash' like rapidity., He was a good subject and he had entered fully into the spir- it of the test. To my ear the interval between my word and his was about half a second. When I saw the record afterward, I found that it averaged a little leSs than that—about fbur- teenths. ) The word Pen brought the obvious association, Ink. Snow called up Sho- vel; and Son, Theatre. The twelfth word Sign, called, up the curious as- sociation, Woodland, which . wasto prove of interest and significance -to us before the day was out. But I had no time to think about it then. Without varying the interval, with- out varying the tone of my voice, or raising my eyes from the list, I held in my hand, I pronounced the thir- teenth word, Loops. The answer came in a flash, and it was Automobile. I glanced up as he said it, and caught a faint smile of reminiscence on his lips. Loops in his mind were things to be looped, and the circus billboard supplied the as- sociation with Automobile. 'The next word 'Pipe, brought the simple asso- ciation, Tobacco. To my mind his un- hesitating utterance of that world was as good a demonstration of his inno- cence of the crime itself as a com- pletely established alibi would have" been_ • But we were only at the beginning of our experiment. Neither the doctor nor I belieVed hirn •guilty. We both believed that, hidden in some corner of that mind of his, Was a piece,,of unsuspected knowledge which would give us the key with which to unlock the heart of the mystery, (Continuul next week) ;./0,.101,!",n),IMMil'ialWitnalillli11111.21r10Y0411MIONfil Phones:. Office /o6, Resid. e24 A, J. WALKER FURNITURE DEALFAt arid — FuNEkAL DIRECTOR Motor Equipment • - ONTARIO guage that with minor variations, is want him? At your labratoryi spoken ie all those islands in the,' "Yes," said, the doctor. "When may South Pacific, The thing she was we expect him? ThiS afternoon, some - singing to herself was a death chant." tune? • Ashton looked pretty grave at that. "Yes," said Ashton, "Not later that won't presume," he said, quos- four o e oe c." tio,n your motive ior yoar reticence The doctor swallowed the last of with me the other night, 'Undoubted- big coffee, pushed bath hit chair, and d ifi bi t 1 but as Irosd to bit great ungainly height, 19110751111106110$1.titi11110111 IllaYit$1411111111011,1111111110111100114 .going to see how quickly you down 'in this chair, and Mr. Phelps instant he reads a word you are to ease and quietness of opera- tion, great strength and accessibility of all parts, and economical opera- tion have been kept in mind, Accod- ing t9Messrs, Wetherall and, Green- wood, the purpose back of the new car.is to provide a small car which will incorporate all light car advan- tages with the features of comfort, speed and safety hitherto regarded as Peculiar to heavy and expensive ma'- , chines. • The four -cylinder powerplant of the new Ford. develops 40 horse -power at 2200 revolutions. The S.A.E. rating for license purposes is 24.03 hp. This great power has been effected with- out sacrifice of economy and the flClV Car will give go or more miles to the gallon. ' Lubrication is a combination Of pump and splash systems while cool- ing combines therrno-syphon and pump circulation of water. The ac- tion of the water pump is so design- ed that it comes into effect after the motor has reached the ideal temperez ature for engine perforinance, and overcooling at low engine speeds or in cold weather is thus avoided. 'I'he motor itself is essentially a low -speed motor, developing its maximum pow- er at 2200 r.p.m. This ois consistent with established Ford practice -Which always has aimed at secnring a min- . imuni amount of piston travel per mile of road travel. with a resultant minimum of strain and wear on mov- ing parts. The motor is set in the frame at an angle of 3 I-3, degrees which affords practically a straight-line drive to, the rear axle. The clutch comprises four driving and five driven discs which operate without lubrication. A fea- ture of the clutch is that on disen- gagement it iminediately and com- pletely neutralizes the driven, discs with the result that the gearshift lev- er may be snapped across immediate- ly without fear of clashing gears. Clutches of this type have hitherto been peculiar to high-priced, cars. • The transmission, Mr. Greenwood says, departs from conventional light car practice in the use of ball and roll- er bearings instead of bushings. These bearings make for more satisfactory. operation, smoother performance and longer life. The steering gear also is unique in the light car field, being of the irreversible worm and sector type with the worm carried in ball bear- ings. Frontiend weight of the tar al- so is, carried on roller bearings which are placed at. the top of the spindle bolts, resulting in unusual steering, ease. Transvers semi -elliptic springs are THE MYSTERY 'CAR EXPLAINED "The new, Ford car it now ondis- play in the larger ;centres of popula- tion,' said Mr. :Wetherell and Mr. Greenwood, local Ford dealers, in conimenting on he recent announce- ment of an advance -Showing of the. New Car. "The bigfactories at Ford, the present owners of Model T cars, Mr, Greenwood declared that they need not fear negleet on the part of the Ford Motor Company of Ca,nada •or dealers, The factory at Fold, Ont, will continue manufacturing I\Todel T parts, and all' dealers will c,ontinue to carry a full stock. Therefore, as long as Model T 'cars are being op- erated, parts,„and service ane available, This policy of protection of present car owners against spurietis parts is, a creditable one. '"We are laying plans for a busy time when our first cars are deliver- ed," stated Mr. Greenwood, "The first model will be placed on public exhibition in our showroom immedi- ately it arrives and all who care to in- spect it will be welcomed," • A neal blizzard - from the west,. struck this pail on Wednesday night following' a heavy rain—quite.a. re- minder that winter' is here in earnest.. " Bell Telephone Inca have been en- gaged the last week putting in a 400. pair cable on the pole leading to ten- - tral,, to take the • place of several smaller cables. Ontario, are beginning to produce 'used, and for it Ford engineers claim. cars in limited nuniber,-but they have the following advantages: that the lio't yet swung into the enurint'us vul- !springs contact With the frame at ()fl- ume of production that will be neces- ,iy one point and that at the centre sary to satisfy the demand for this i line of the chassis With the result extraordinary cat, at, we ,txpc,ct that that the chassis is subjected to no' have a Car for display in our own 'roads; that it permits full.torque tube "In the meantime," they continued, weight to a miniinuni .and, improves tures shOwing each of the six pas- ling .road shocks to perform; and that •senger models--4he Tudor Sedan, For riding qualities;. that the springs have dor Sedan, Coupe, Sport Coupe, phae- danger of uneven applicatien or :front ton' and Readster77and a supply of W.heel brakes is avoided- because the catalogues giving ftill specifications front axle is ; held; ;rigiclky at right it will 'bit. a few weeks. yet before we tWisting 'strains even on the wrst o town. drive; that • it reduces unginung "We have secured large .display pic- I only their natural function of absorb - • ; on the care, and areshowing these in angles to the centre line of the chas- our showroom. They afford an idea sis and there is no possibility of un - of the splendid consequence of the even tension upon brake rods. '`‘• Ford company's long 'and enormous The brakes are of special Ford de - to ask in .desiging aid perfecting the sign and operate on the inner surface new car." of substantial steel &tuns. All brake' The lines of the new Ford are dis- parts are cadmitun plated asit pre- tinctive. A wheelbase of iogl inches, caution, against rust and each brake lower suspension, improved lines, is instantaneously adjustable through gracefully contoured one-piece fend- manipulation of a" small. adjusting ers command attention and suggest stud on the exterior of each brake speed and stability. But it is "in per- drum, Brake pedal or hand lever will formance that it is most striking. It apply ail four brakes simultaneously, is capable of more than 6o milts an Sixty per cent, of the brakitig effort hour for hours on end, and will hold is applkd to the rear wheels and forty that speed without discomfort to pas- per cent. to the front wheelt, sengers and without injury to the The new Ford car is completelS, chanism. It a,cceIerates ;at •a terrific equipped4with five steel spoke wheels, pace and can be made to literally Alemite-Zerk chassis Imbrication, four 1-eap forward when the 'clutch is en- hydraulic shock abSorberS, sPeed0- gaged,. It has been 'driven at more meter, windshield wiper, rear -View than 40 miles per hour in intermediate mirror, remote door -latch control, gear. It manoeuvres with great ease, etc, There are six body madels: holds the roughest toads at speed, dor, Fordor, Phaeton, Coupe, Sport holds on sharp unbanked curves at Coupe, Sport Roadster, eni!li avai1- 45 miles per hour and has a turtling able in a nuMber of color options, "Never before," said IVI:r.„ Green- wood, "has such inibile confidenee, in nIly manufacturer been displayed as in the reception or tlii$ tieW Ford rar In the production of ibis car which is different in every respect from the fittnous model T, the, reliability (.1r Ford manufatturing has been SIC ffici eta •for thousands ;of Canadian cio' buyers to .plare their order with ;eaqb deposits before any details were Irittoik Itt COMtbatiti radius of only 17 feet. • Bodies of the new Ford car ;are of all -steel •construct:1On, and a new type of °tie -piece steel -spoke wheel employ ing •a drop centre tire and, eliminating the old fashioned rim and rim clamps is employed. Tile transmission is 'se- lective sliding gear with three forward Speeds and one reverse, and, the clutch is of a plate multiple dry -disc design, patterned after the famous Liticoln hitch. Rear hide it of the three-quar. or floating design which employs the • g 011 pOsitio Your •s PE S N Operator Telephone service, is not -produced' for delivery in bulk, or in stan- dard packaged over the counter. Every call is turned out "to • order -- a custom service de- signed to meet revsonal needs, at a moment's notice. Your telephone operator is a mult, .91e personality. She sits at t le switchboard — local, long dis- tance — with signal lines to her sisters " at the other end" ready to select • the track for any journey you select. To her, your call means more ' than'just a combination of switch- board manipulations. 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