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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1926-03-25, Page 6INiGHAI4f ADVAIIT.CE,"I'IMRS
ON. MUTUAL FIRE
„SD -RANGE CO.
Et ikcblished 1840.
44 Office, Guelph, Otak,
US' taken on ail 'classes :ot .insur•-
at.reasonable rates.
ZIER COSENS, Agent, Wingham
J. W. DODD
Office in Chisholm block
*IRE, LIFE. ACCIDENT
AL
AND HEALTH
H
---- INSURANCE *-
AND ESTATE
REAL 1SS ATF.
I', O. Box 3tio, Phone 240.
GINGHAM, ONTARIO
DUDLEY HOLMES
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC.
q►ictory and Other Bonds Bought and
sold.
Office—Meyer ,Block, Wingham
Rr VANSTONE
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC.
Money to Loan at Lowest Rates
Wingham, Ontario
J. A. MORTON
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.
W. R. HAMBLY
B.S., M.D., C,M.
Special attention paid to diseases of
Women ' and Children, having:taken
postgraduate work in' Surgery, Bact
eriology and Scientific • Medicine.
Office in the Kerr Residence, be-
tween the Queen's Hotel and the Bap-
tist Church.
Al! business given careful attention.
Phone. 54. P. O. Box iia.
Dr.' Robf. C. Redmond.
M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.)
i 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
Josephine Street. Phone 29,
Dr. Margaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
?acuity of Medicine
Office -Josephine St,, two doors south
of Brunswick Hotel.
iselephones: Office 28z, Residence a5r.
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. m.
Osteopathy Electricity
Telephone 272.
A. R. & F. E. DUVAL
CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALISTS
Members C. A. O.
Graduates of Canadian Chiroprac-
tic College, Toronto. Office in Craw-
ford Block, four doors north of Post
Office.
Hours 2to5;7to8.30p.m.and by
appointments. - Special appointments
made for those coming any distance.
Out of town and night calls re-
sponded to..
Phones:—office, Soo, Residence 13
tin -60L
DRUGLESS PRACTIONERS
J. ALVIN FOX
CHIROPRACTIC AND
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Phone e Y i.
ours t0 -I-, a,in, 2by
, 5, 7-8 p,m, or
appointment.
D. H. MCINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
MASSEUR
?4djustmct is given for diseases of
kinds, specialize in dealing' with
Idren. ' Lady attendant. Night 1
Night Calls
Bonded to.
Oct on,Scott St., 's 'in h
S �� Ont.,
he` hottee of the he late ,las. Walker:
, Telephone r5o.
s Office to6, Resid, 24,
J. WALKER
!RNI URE DEALER
-- and =.
NERAL, D CT
lin
By T. S. FI tci er
"Lady 1...enarclsznere is leaving for ling on it; and I went into Lady Re -
. ha -
Re -
town in
1 if an hour or so,"I re- nardsnaere's room to See if 1' could
marked, ""I really ,tlon't know if find; it. There - it lay on I
she'll .see anybody this morning. As and Tler desk
g picked it up, But Z got itifor
a. rule she sees no one—on business-- formation from what Neatnor
without an appointment. I am her written,e Jia
What he had •^4vritter}, un
-
private secretary can't ` you tell me derneath his own
what your business.. is?" n name, seemed to i
the name of some firm or other—Gil
He gave 'me another stave but firth denbaum and R
oskin. I knew noth
smile at that, and shook' his"very ing about: them -.but somehow,
black, curly Izead, seemed to fit in with what I had sheer
found her in her office, and oni,
'desk before her a small packet, neat
done up in stout' notepaper and h
wily sealed, 13y�:its side: lay a lett
Iwith a name and 'address siirawled
over the'.surfaee of the envelope'
Lady Renardsmere's' super -sized hart
the' ably .left the parcel or, i.ts contents be-
ly hind—he' sat down at his desk, rapid"
he
ly wrote something on a sheet of let-
er, tet' -paper; enclosed and sealed it, and
rdl handed it to rile with a polite bow,
in "Just to let` Lady Reai'dshier know
d: that .you have safely delivered letter
and parcel," he said, witle a smirk.'
Then lie inspected me tiiore carefully,
e- "Her ladyship's, new secretary;' I
think?" }ie added,
''Just so, Mr. Pennithwaite,' I an-
swered.
I-1e'r.
oe
s and offered inc his hand•
"You'll find her a very good mis
tress," he said, o"eccentric—but good-
hearted. I
oodhearted.:I wish you good day:"
(Continued next week)
"Cranage," she ''said, "you've had
lunch? ,Then I want you to do som
'thing for me, YOU so this letter and
small parcel?I want you to Y take them
-'yourself to my solicitor, Mr. Pennith-
d'
a'tc in'
w r Lincoln's �'
t +,oln s Inn I teles. .
"This afternoon?" I asked,
e
"Just
now," ,,r
"
fi
� sheanswered,
"i
0
You
can have the Rolls-Royce—Walker's
- i l ad his dinner, and he'll run you up
to town by half -past four, 'Pennith•..
n wait never leaves his office before
'.five—yop'Il catch him easily. Bu
,Cranage—"' here she paused,a nd in
"I'm afraid, not," lie re y
a sinere. ed when r went to bed tl at night
plied.
it of Neamore.
but may business is one with no one Lady Renardsmere had not return
but Lady
Ren rd "
„
Does she know you?".I asked.
Nell—no!>, he answered after a
second's reflection. '"But—.nay-I ha-
ve my card a minute?"
I gave the card to: him, and he drew t
out a gold pencil -case and wrote
something underneath his name. i
"If Lady Renardsmere sees
he `said confidently: "she'll
stand when she sees that."
Upon that 1 opened the doo
morning room near by, and
hiin.to be seated, went off to fin
dy Renardsmere. She was just
ing breakfast, and had come
ready dressed for her' journe
town. I gave her the card an
piained that its presenter was
ing her pleasure. I added tha
wouldn't tell inc what his bu
was.
"Neamore?" ' she said, grancin
he name. "Don't know him!"
he looked at the pencilled word
heath; at which I myself had -n
Y of
led to look. Her tone altered `
he continued. "Just so! Very
take him into arty "office Crani
The room which Lady Renards
ailed her office was a small a
tent opening out of 'the hall. It
oi-e, like a span's den than a wo
oudoir and Haight have' been t
or a tool -shed more easily than
•, There Lady Renardsmere
er own garden implements, her
ing garb and -shoes, her guns,
g -rods, and all sorts of out-
ings; there, too, she had shelves
books about racing and a set
Ruff's Guide; there also, was a
sk, stuffed with papers, chiefly
ting to her stud:and its doing
at desk wh r
a
which was'pretty Late—lint
dently cani,e horne..during the small
hours, for she was in her: business
room when I looked in at the usual
ince next morning. She went' thr.on-
gh her letters with Inc and gave me
, as.•
that," was leaving. the room, she handed ane
Ander- the cheque -'book which I
had, given
her the day before. She'made ne re-
nstructions about them• then
r of a ference to having made use of it but
asking later on, when I was about: to put it'
d La- back; in the safe, I looked into it- tofinish- see if'slie Itad drawn anyis
heque dux -I
down ing her day intown.`' She had drawn
y to one—there' was the counterfoil. And
d ex- according to that it had been a cheque
await- for £ io 00o q
, , Payable to Percy ! Nea-
t he
siness
g at
Then
s be-
trou-
�,dh!
well=
s
b
s
c
0
ua
b
f.
en
in
th
of
de
la
th
ge.
mere
part -
was
man's'
aken
eith-
kept
g-ard-
fish -
door
full
of
big
re-
; at
e eat I presented myself
every morning, she transacted: all her
business. Here I. conducted Mr. Per-
cy Neamore, and after digging a chair
out of the:accumulated confusion, ba-
de him wait : a few minutes later,
thrrough the open door of nay own of-
fice-roorn, close by, I saw Lady Ren-
ardsmere go to him.
The proceedings of the next half-
hour were—fore that <house—remark-
able. About ten minutes after Lady
Renardsmere had joined her visitor,
N
1
eamore came out of the room, bare-
headed, and looking eminently pleas-
ed with himself, and walking out of
he front door to his conveyance`"paid
ts' driver, who at once mounted his
ex and drove away. Then Neamore
=ent back to Lady Renardsmere, and
for the next quarter of an hour they
were closely closeted. At the end of
r
c
a
1
s
c
I
0
a
hat time she came out and into nny
Dona.
'"Cranage," she said, "give the my A
ccount cheque-book—I may want it
u :town." ,
Since my arrival at Renardsmere
Rouse I had kept all its mistress's
heque books; she had several, all re
erring to different accounts, the one
he now asked for related to what I
onsidered her own private account.
got it out of the safe and handed it
ver; she put it away in her hand -bag
nd merely remarking that she sup-
posed she'd be home sometime during
the evening or night, went back to
her visitor. ` Ten minutes later her
car came round to the front door, and
presently she and, Mr. Percy Neamore
einerged from the sanetum,,and: went
out to it. Having a question to Tut
toll :
er before she left,: I',went out,
ton. To my astonishment Neatnore
had a4lreacly entered the car and was
making himself mightyycomfortable in
one of its luxurous corners; Lady Re-
nardsniere, still ort the terrace steps,
Was giving orders to her chauffeur.
"Go straight to the Ritz Walker"
she commanded. "This gentleman
and I are lunching there. Get me
there by one o'clock, sharp, "-
P After
that you Can take this car round to
Park Lane, and. 1'11
ring you up a � wile r
I want you, later
A. eminent later'th to.
bigcar a moved
of:f, and I went back into the house
considerably mystified. Who
Ori cat -
fit was Mr: 3 y ea H?orc N t
ord that Lady
Reiiatds mereshould
� carr
hint off ,
Y to
town,and go to lunchwith him at tile'
Rita? Until three-quarters of an
hour previously he had been an
2bso•
haste stranger to her—why this 'sudden
intimacy? Was it business—and if
so, what bttsines's? I remembered
I. must here explain a y 'cculi' ' 1
P army, •
or fad, or practice of - Lady Renards-1
mere's—whatever you Iilce to call it.'
I `have already said that,she'had sev- 1
eral. cheque-books' all relating i
, a ing, to dtf-,
ferent accounts. It was her' strict
rule whenever a cheque was paid d oixtl
for
anything, however large, howeverit
small the amount, to have particulars It
of the payment posted tip on' ., the Is
counterfoil. Thus, if I paid Holroyd
so' much for his weekly account for rl
hay, or straw, or horse -corn had to t
enter up on the counterfoil the precise g
details; this practise was adhered to b
in the case of each: cheque-book, and
'punctiliously ously observed:: by Lady Re- lc
nardsmere herself as regards this ,ri=;
vate cheque-book which she had juste
restored to me. It was a rule,whi'eh':s
she never broke; that she was•meticul-'o
ously particular about sticking to. But b
she had broken ''it in this instance- la
there was nothing on the conterfoii to m
s w why Lady Renardsmere iiad Before I con}
Mr, I d protest or stop
'the exce'ssof what, I could see, was a
real anxiety, laid her hand on any
arm as 1 stood by her --
lie that you won't. stop the
car and leave it anywhere—any e
'at, ail, on the way!"
i "Certainly Lady Renardsmere!" I
answered. _"Why should 'I stop it?"
"Oh, I .don't `know!" she said.
"Young men pull up, I suppose, to
'get a drink; or—that sort of thing.
But you won't, will you, Cranage?
You'll go"sstraight; from ivy door to
Pennithwaite's?--you'll take the 'par-
cel. from my hand and this letter and
think of nothing else until you've `de
livered them. into his?"
"Of course, Lady Renardsmere!" _ I
protested, "I'll do, exactly w!iat you
ask. Give your orders to Walken-
he's to go, straight from here, with-
out stop, to Lincoln's Inn :Fields,"'
"Yes," she said. "Very -well -he'll
be, ready in: ten minutes. Thank you,-
Crarage. And=where will : you put
it
I showed her. I put the parcel -a
iny,'"three-inch' square thing—in my
rousers' pocket; the letter in a brea-
t pocket.
"'Shan't even touch them myself,
Lady Renardsmere, till I' hand, them
o Mr. Pennithwaite,"_I said. "Re
and them as' safe as—as safe .can.
e."
"Good lad!" she` replied, more
heerily. "I felt I could trust you.
Well, pow, when. yoti've 'seen: Pen-
thwaite, you'll'be free. Get dinner
ornewhere-a' good one -make your
wn arrangements with Walker about
be
you back—anything, as long
s you've delivered parcel and letter
y boy!"
ho
her
paid Mr, • Percy Neamore ten thous- ' Here! -that'll pay for your dinner,
and pounds. » !she had thrust a five-pound'_note into
I alai neither mere inquisitive nor' my Band and: left the room. I went
less inquisitive than the average man to get ready dy#or my journey; when I
-which means that I possess a fair -1 came dotvn again she was at the hall
Share of proper and 'reasonable curl- ldoor, giving strict orders to'Walker.
osity. I was curious about this Nea- "And after that you'll take' your or
more transaction—I wanted' '
to know ders.„-from lir. Cranage as to coming
about it. - And' taking advantage of back," she concluded.' "The: present
my position, and of my knowledge of thing is—straight there Without stop!"
her method of doing things, 1 carried'- ''I got into the car and" we: moved
the cheque-book back to Lady , Re- off,' Lady Renardsmere' ivin me a
nardsmere and',iiidicaeed the last coun- 'sort of, half -warning' half
-admonitory
admonitory
terfoil: look as I raised myhate . to
"No' particulars her. ' I
have been, entered knew what she meant, it was a' re -
up on this," I said, in the thost'nich _ minder of ,what she had said to me
ferent and casual tone .I could effete in• her room. And as we cleared the
at the same time watching her nar- village and struck out for the London
rowly. "There's nothing but';name and Portsmouth road six miles away
and amount." across country, 1 wondered -why she
For about the only time that I re- was so anxious that there should be.
member during my connection with no break in my journey between Re
her, Lady Renardsmere showed her- nardsmere House and-Lincol's trim
self taken aback. Fields, Those were of the days of
"Um-er—well, never mind it, this highwaymen. But what' was it that I
time, Cranage," she said almost. apo- was carrying to l,Ir,' Pennithwaite?
logetically. "It --it's a little private'Evidently something of great value or'
transaction of my own," importance, sinaIl as it wits. Didt:she
"I drew your attention to.it," I said,. fear that I might, be stopped—in
"because it's, your strict rule to enter broad daylight, on a pleasant Spring
these particulars on counterfoils," ,'tide afternoon? Thee idea'seemed ri
"I know—I know!" she answered diculous—and yet, her'anxiety had
hastily, "Quite right to 'point it out been,real enough, so real:indeed that
—that is my rule. But in this case— it communicated itself 'tonnein some
a private affair, as I said. Of course,'d'egr'ee, and niy only concern was'' to
I. know what the cheque was paid: foi°! 'get to town and discharge -my coin:
All right, Cranage -you were `;,quite naissian;as speedily as possible, And I
right in drawing nay attention to it," `had nothing 'co complain' of in ;Walk-
So I got nothing out of that, and- 1 'errs share of the business—striking
was as wise as ever as to why. site into the London 'road at Petersfield,
had paid Mr, Percy Nearnore so large he bowled along that 'famous highway
a 'sum, Perhaps, I thought, it was . a. '.at a. rare turn of speed, rile eventually
P ,
betting transaction. I knew that, l.,,a- turned out of ICingsway• into Lin-
dy Renardsmere Backed her f.angy-'coin's Inti Fields at precisely twenty -
now and then, not only with r'egarcl'to five minutes
to five.
her own horses, but to diose of other
Mr.. Petiaitiiwaite. s office (T.'ennitla-
owvners.I eie�•
owners; l w, too, that she : was waiter' 14Ia11aliy '. an,d Pennithwaite)
backing Rippling Ruby heavilyto win `
tla -y ,was on the south side of the Fields-�-
c Derby, Possibly this ten• thous- Ione 'of those old houses.` whicli',haec
and pounds was sum placed in Nea- 'survived the senseless craze of re-
miaoire's hands to be laid oat amon st'bui d"n?
g t al t � and restoration; 2nd remain
various turf Commission agents. -:,
g rts. "Ou .to show us how n7uch more taste in
ly one thing was certain about '
rt, architecture our -great-grandfathers
however --.it had been paid, and leady had than we have. And Mr. Peunith-
Ren1trdsnere an
d 1�'eanore ,were, '
� ,,. t•1ie write wase}n, and received me in a
only people le who knew
P n w why, 3' -et— (great room, with a beautifull mould -
there ,seemedY
to ,
be
some to
mystery ystety edccilnag and a.frtte fireplace -lie was
about the matter—Neamore's corningf
the sort of than who would have Iaok-
was mysie:tions--his going upto t
own cd o4it of. 'dace in anyother •r`
wit .' '• (. 1surround-
with Lady Rtnaadsznere was an stern- it
Y tgs, , being:. himself of a solelian 'rite
otth—it was odd, toot that she could- Old-fashioned i'
ix x ed type—arid to him, liav-
ir t or wouldn't fill` upthat
c0ttttterfoil. Mtg.' boett'
, � � assured that he was Mr.
However, there was- more mystery I'c9nitlzwaite, I delivered tip :.otter
1.
at band, I used to lunch rn myo rt
. w arid parcel. He .read the letter in ni
Y
sitting -room; just as I had finished presence then,
P , taking the parcel with
that
, _
'tdayand , ,�
was
slipping :
ii
i
into an
pp gcis
lIn � he
�h retired Y ,ti ed auto an ;inner room,
ch,''
xir with,riiy pint and the riewspa, He' .temaitied there collie' littletime;
Neamore's (lard theta and his soribb- ,Pelt Lad Itenardsmea; t ni-
r Y e relit for- me, I wiseih he •catnb back�havng ptesuni-
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
FOR MARCH.
ByBetty
Webs
Y
Webster'
THINGS WORTH KNOWING
How. To •Clean a Straw Hat
Until you have tried this easy me-
thod you really can't realize how sim-
ple it is to make a soiled straw hat
look like new.
Brush all the dust off of it, then go.
all over it with danip corn -meal, rubb-
ing it in well.': Next apply dry meal,
work thoroughly into the straw: and
leave it on for some hours. Brush:
out the meal and wash freely with
peroxide of hydrogen. Let it dry in
the shade.
-re--
COOKING HINTS
Fried Mush
Method: Put 2 cups of boiling -wa-
wa-
ter in a double boiler "f''.Add a ,little,
salt. Pour one cup 'of' corn meal
slowly into water. Stir until it thick-
ens. If too'thick,' thin with water.-
Cook slowly for, at least one hour,
Pour into a buttered loaf pan. Let
stand until cold and stiff. Cut
f into sli-
ces. -,Dip. each slice' into ',flour and
fry. Serve in place of meat with ni-
ce butter and maple syrup.
--o—
Fish Chowder
Any fish can be used. Halibut or
canned Fish Flakes always make good.
chowder.
z'punds of fish.
h
x .cup of potatoes (cubed).
I cup of tomatoes.
i- cup of milk. '
cop of salt pork or bacon (cut up).
cup pf onions (cut up).
A little flour:
Method: Clean fish and boil for 15
minutes. Cut up bacon, or pork and
brown nicely in butter. Fry onions:
Add tomato, onions, and pork to fish
and water mixture,:'' Add • seasoning-
and
easoningand milk. Cook slowly for 20 min-
utes. Mix flour with water and make
a paste. Stir this into chowder until
it thickens.; .'Serve with warm crack -
e
rs.
BAKING HINTS
Date Cake
I poundofdates (ground)
I level teaspoon of soda.':
x cup of boiling water.
A little butter.
i cup of, sugar.
Thuradai ', March 25th.;, 1926,
DOMINO
TOILET
PAPER `..
6 ROLLS 19c
SALM
EAGLE BRAND
CONDENSED
MILK
2T!
NS 35C
GOLDEN CRUNCH
BUTTER SCOTCH
SATIN MIXED
1 9C! Iib.
•
DOMINO BRAND
CATSUP
1
9c BOTTLE
DOfi'IiNitN LOAF
CHEESE
f
ib.
Finest
, Red
Sockeye
National
Sour Mixed
12 oz. bottle.
The Mayer and Sirenath
of our Teas are Excellent
TEA
SELECT, BLEND
69c Ib.
RIC:I-I1NIELLO
79c lb.
D.S.L. BULK
59c lb.
PEARLINE 2 inks 15c
SOAP CHIPS 2 abs. 25c
CASTILE SOAP $ cakes 10c
LAUNDRY STARCH Ib, 1
0C
COMFORT SOAP .10 for 59e;
LUX TOILET SOAP 3 for 25c
4Ib T ' '
M j
T.
OLD, CITY
RASPBERRY
'JAM
REG. 65e
1 lb. tin
`lYl 3 s d.`
v. !b. tin 20c
5c
MAPLE LEAF
MATCHES.
+CHEamu r' -
S
BOxES eT
' ��++
�c;
SARDINES
GLACIER AND. JUTLAND
3 TINS Y9C
?ANCY HEAD RICE 3 lbs. 29c
No. 5 PLAIN OLIVES 2 for 25c
IIS'I ELNA CORNED BEEF 'w: 25c
SNAPS MOLASSES SNAPS 2 lbs. 25c
BEECHAM'S ;PILLS 2Sc
Venn's Lightning Cough Syrup Mc
These Prices, in effect for one week from date of this'
paper 117C
/if cups of flour.
Salt.
1egg.
cup of nuts.
Method: Grind dates. Rub soda in-
to dates. Pour over 'i cup of boiling
water. Add the remaining ing edi-
ents, Bake in a moderate even. �w
Date: Cream
2 cups of milk.
I egg. _ ,
1,1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
I ` package of dates.
A little salt.
Method: Pour milk over dates. 'Put
in double bgiler. Steam for z hour.
Make datesfine by cutting or press
them through a colander. Add egg,
salt and cinnamon, ' Put into pie pan
lined with crust and bake 45 minutes
in a slow oven.
Include These Desserts In Youi
List of Favorites
Baked Orange Pudding
2 eggs.
Cup of milk.
Tablespoonful
P of melted butter.
3 cups of: flour (into which two tea-
spoons of baking powder have been
sifted).
4 oranges.
Method: Make a batter of the eggs
milk and melted' butter and ;flour.
Peel, seed and cut the oranges into
bits. Beat "these into the batter and
bake 'i'n a greased pudding dish in a
hot oven. Serve with hot orange sau-
ce.
_0—
Baked•Charlotte
Slice stale calve as .neaty as possi-
ble. Spread jam or jelly \on each
J jellyeon pie-
ce. Pour over it a raw custard made
by beating' an egg very light and
stirring it into a large cupfulof milk.
No sugar needed. ' Bake, covered, for
half. an hour. Eat hot with lemon
sauce or,very cold with cream,
(Readers, Note: If you have any
questions concerning Recipes and oth-
er Household Hints you would like to
ask Betty Webster—address her in
care of this paper.)
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WVORSH
I-1I]PPERS QF THE SUIS GOD
L ong ago, under the shadow of th.,Q
Canadian Pacific fiocicies, .the
western Indians ivonshipped the sun
with strange and barbarous rites,
It was the custom of the red than of
the "pIains to boty down in homage
each year in worship to the friendly
orb thatyave• him light to see,
strength to''kuru otv
p at for battle,
warmth when, he was cold, and in
a11 ' ways s enhane
Y d his ' prrogress
through the -countless ages of his
w..
hole tribca..the
6 r together now
v
during the, month of midsiirnnier,
ui;un some spot on which the snitshin
os every, moment from suxrisc
to 'sunset, to worship and be blessed
in the sight of the sun god. An In-
dianwo a
rn n, -selected ,by the liead
Wien •of the tribes, embodies the'.
'human s
aerifice of all those 'gather-:
ed. She Sits in the sun I•
a n c anoe lodge,.
for four days and four nights ni s
And
every two hours of this Lanae her:
head ,d is,rink,
s •
p led with ashes, The
woman does not ,eat 'cr.drink'a
, nd is
gguarded by the CiveW haghest priests,
or witch doctors of, the tribe, who
sing and chant monotonously all the:
tithe, Whistles Are blown ani totni
tors boatel. All ab: that the wo-'
rosy) should not close an. eyes in
1 deep.
The sun -worshippers include the
mightiest of ;the Indian tribes, the
Blaekfeet, Stbnys,• Piemans, and Sar-
sees. They have a heritage of noble
blood if; their veins..,.
Throughout the ages, despite the
apparently .civilizin* influence of
the white :man, they have retained
their form of worship, Alany� 'of
these Indians are Christians, They
attend regular ohureh services
Many of diem are wutl educated and
speaknglish with a fluency which
tvotilcl astonish the average white
man, But in their secret heart"
they know, they feet they have been
linable to eradicate the beliefs and
superstitions . in whieh they were
z� f,
sttUtYiei bed for cenuries, before the
e
Canadian
I
s
acaf is Railt*1ay bored its
way through the .mountain of
ite and brought the white .mangran.
. with',
his superior standards of life.
Onto it year the Indians shed the.
do v
n anti
o n 1
a raiment t Of
the white
nada which they have 'adoppted, and
th
fgg
eer to deride around, the ezt nip- ie
r s where offerings are burnt ,as
Sacrifices for the 'favour of the sun
kocid Tate Ittidiana bretat up int
f•;
>v:
tnavvering the can of the Tribee..
groups. and sing, enAM:or make,
speeches. From all 'arts
camp:co P 6 tl e
come the:'
sounds of Loma loans,.
Y'ar drums, medicine pipe drams,
and many other Porins of instru-
ments'
Which the Iridian believes will
help his canse to. i'CCe
,sive the bless-
ings of the sun gad: As the smokerises teawenvard from the
fires th
priests chant :weird hymns,t a
'antics become wild ntheir
e:: and wilder,
their
movements faster:
Thee, as the darkness
bre
aksand�
the,r
chill, grey ";Cl'dwn'slowly
over the Beene,' all beeain sprea
The Indians sloe , But''
P they p
o'clock y ease at
seven or eight
• cit acid spetsd the
day preparing for the next night,
,And ieo the 1estivitibe cotttintns for
two week,,