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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-02-21, Page 7r 1 4 M1 21,'1939 RUPTUPE sPEC LL Rupture Varieocele, Varicose blue, Rupture, Weakness Spilial Peeforat- dty. Consultation Free. • Calx or write. J. G. S1\FITII, British Appli- ance Specialist, 15 Downie St., Strat- ford, Ont. . 8202-25 LEGAL Phone No. 91 JOHN J. HUGGARD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Beattie Block - - Seaforth, Ont. t . R. S. HAYS Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office iifrear of the Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. BEST & BEST Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyan- cers and Notaries Public, Etc. Office In the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor Office. VETERINARY JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Vete in - u ary College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. Calls promptly at-,. tended to and charges • moderate. ' et4? erinary Dentistry a specialty. 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Pho�te No. i 178 r 11, xe{teir, Centralia P,O., R.R. e No. L . ` qcl sin . , Burp wito. � Ch Fj�O`i`t, timid* py 'e CLUB Q�" 1" ` NEW FIST By EDGAR WALLACE (Continued from last week) It was illuminated by the light of 'four candles. The walls were cover- ed by a cheap paper its crude design Mellowed by age, and the only furni- ture in the room was a broad divan, On which sat a compatriot, a wizened old Chinaman who was engaged in carving a half -shaped block of ivory which he held between his knees. They greeted one another soberly, and the old man uttered a mechanical politeness. "Yo Len Fo," said Yeh Ling,' "is the man well?" • Yo Len Fo shook his head affirma- tively. "He is well, excellency," he said. "He has been sleeping all the after- noon and he has • just taken three pipes. He has also drunk the whisky you sent." "I will see him," said Yeh Ling, and dropped some money upon the divan. The old man picked up, uncurled himself, and putting down his ivory carefully led the way up another flight of stairs. A small oil lamp burnt on the bare mantelpiece of the room into which Yeh Ling walked. On a discoloured mattress lay a man. He wore only shirt and trousers and his feet were bare. By the side of the mattress was a tray on which rested a pipe, a half-eanptied glass, and a watch, Mr. Wellington Brown looked up t .the visitor, his' glazed eyes show - ng the faintest light of interest. "Lo Yeh Ling . . . come to make?" His language was a queer mixture f Cantonese and English and it was n the former tongue that Yeh Ling eplied. "I do not smoke, Hsien," he said, nd the man chuckled. "Hsien?-'The Unemployed One, h? . . . Funny, haw names stick wasser time?" "It is late," said Yeh Ling. and the ead of the man drooped. "See 'ol' Jesse to -morrow " e said drowsily; "got . . . lot of usiness . ." Yeh Ling stooped, and his slim ngers encircled the man's wrist. The ulse was weak but regular. "It is good," he said, turning to he old carver of ivory. "Every orning there must be air in this oom. No other smoker must come; ou understand, Yo Len Fo? He must e kept here." "This morning he wanted to go ut," said the keeper of the establish- ent. "He will stay for a long time. I ow him. When he was on the Ar- ur River he did not leave his house ✓ three months. Let there he one pe always ready. Obey." He went softly down the stairs and to the night. Only once did he glance back as he ade his unhurried way to the side oor of the Golden Roof. But that ance was sufficient. The man he ad seen loafing at the entrance of e alley -way was watching him. He aw him now, walking on the other de of the road, a dim, secretive fig - e. Yeh Ling slipped into his priv- te door, bent down and raised the alp of a letter -slot. The man had me to a halt on the other side of e road. The reflected light from e blazing signs on the main street uminated his back, but his face vias shadow. "It is not a policeman," said Yeh ng softly, and then, as the man rolled back into the darkness, he lied his stunted servant. "Follow that man who wears a p. You will see him on the other de of the road; he is walking to- ard the houses of the noisy women." A quarter of an hour later the unted man came back with a story failure, and Yeh Ling was not sur - sed. But the watcher was neither liceman nor reporter, of this he as sure. XV In the•oourse of his professional duties Tab 'Holland had been brought nto contact with the master of the Golden Roof on two occasions. The first followed a small scandal, which only remotely touched the restaurant (the woman who was the subject of Tab's investigation had dined there at an important date), and once in connection with a dead -season topic dealing with the nutritive values of food. He had found the Chinaman reserv- ed to a point of taciturnity, mono- syllabic in speech; a most unsatisfac- ory person. Tab knew nothing about him ex- cept that he was a successful China- man who had gravitated into the restaurant business. He asked Jac- ques for enlightment, well knowing that if the news -editor could not sat- sfy his curiosity it was (because Yeh Ling was altogether uninteresting. Jacques was one of those rarities, to whom reference is so frequently made hat it might be imagined they were as common, as straws in a stable. He was a veritable "mine of information.'' The genus occurs sometimes in news - aper paper offices. Jacques knew every- body and everybody's wife. He knew why they married. He also knew why stars twinkled and the chemical com- position of tears. Quote him a line tom any classic and he would give Y its predecessor and that which ollowed. He knew the dates of all mportant earthquakes and was an authority on the Mogul Emperors. He could • sketch you with equal facil- ty the position of Frossard's second ores at Rezonville on August 17th, 1$7Q, .or the military situation at Thermopola and dates. The only serious studentaa o t. TM Megaphone reference library were the reporters who went there to confound• Jacques. They never succeeded. "Yeh Ling? Yes . . . queer bird. An educated Chink got a son who is quite a swell scholar by Chinese standards. He ought to ,snake a good story some day; that house he is building at Storford-it is on the way to Hertford; says that one day his son will be the Chinese Ambassador here, and he wants hint to have a house worthy of his posi- tion. That is what he - told Stott. Know Stott? He is a dud architect who knows it all. Weird little devil who looks as if he might have been clever with a different kind of brain. Sstott laid• out the ground work: sort of Chinese temple with two enorm- ous concrete pillars that are going to stand half way down tie drive. The Pillar of Cheerful Memories and the Pillar of Grateful Hearts. That's what he is going to "all them. 'Stott thought it was heathenish and won- dered if the bishop would like it. Yes, you ought to see that place, Tab. No, it isn't built. Yeh Ling has nothing but Chink labor. The Secretary of the Builders' Union went to see him about it. Yeh Ling said his ances- tors had a Union of their own which put the bar upon non -Taoist labor.. Taoism--" "I hate to wade into the foaming torrent of your eloquence," said Tab gently, "but how did you come to meet Stott?" "Same lodge," said Jacques. "It is not for me to talk down a brother craftsman -are you one of us, by the way?" Tab shook his head. "Ought to be. Get a little respect for authority into your system. As I was saying. I don't want to knock Stott, but he's not everybody's meat. Go and see that temple, or whatever it is, Tab. . Might 'be a good story." On the .first idle day he had Tob took his motor bicycle•and went out to Storford. He was not entirely without hope that he would see Ursu- la -her house was only seven miles beyond Storford Hill, and he had rea- son to know that she had withdrawn herself to her country home. in , a letter telling this she had told him in so many words that when she wanted him she would send for him. He saw the building from a' dist- ance. He . had noticed it before -it wiz hardly possible to miss seeing it, for it stood on the crest of one of the few hills the country boasted. The walls were half finished and heavy wooden uprights rose like the palings of a fence above the.queerly laid courses, And 'one of the pillars already lifted its lofty head. It flanked on one side a broad pathway, which was half the width of the house, and stood some fifty feet above the ground, being crowned by a small stone dragon. Tab wondered if this was the Pil- lar of Grateful Hearts or that which stood, or would stand, for Cheerful Memories. Its diameter must have been fully five feet. Near at hand was one of the wooden moulds in which it was cast, and a Chinese workman was scraping the interior. Tab walked through a break in the low hedge which separated Yeh Ling's new home from the road, and now stord regarding with interest the ac- tivities of the blue -bloused workmen. Their industry was remarkable. Whe- ther they were running bricks a n d mortar, or cutting out the garden (al- ready taking shape), or walling up the terraces, they moved quickly, un- tiringly, wholly absorbed in their oc- cupations. Never once did they stop to lean upon their spades and picks to discuss the chances of the new Ad- ministration, or to tell -one another how Milligan got his black eye. Nobody seemed to notice Tab. He strolled farther into the land, and there was none to challenge his right. A gang of men were gravelling and rolling the broad path, and one of these said something which sent the others into a fit of that chittering laughter which is peculiar to the' East, Tab wondered what was the joke. Turning to walk back'to the road, he saw that a car had stopped at the break in the hedge, and his heart gave a leap, four its occupant was Ursula. "What do you think of it?" she ask- ed. "It is going to be rather wonderful -how do you like the idea of having a Chinaman for a neighbor? 1 for- got-1You rather like the Chinese." "Yes," she said shortly. "There could be worse neighbors than Yeh Ling." "You know him?" 'He wondered if she would deny ac- quaintance or evade the question. "`Very' well," she said calmly; "he is the proprietor of the Golden Roof. I often dine there. You know hirn too?" "Slightly," said Tab, looking back at the unfinished house. "He must be rich." - "I don't know. One never really knows what money is required to build a place like this. The labor is cheap, and it seems a very simple kind of house." And then, with a wave of her hand, she drove on. She might at least have asked him to lunch, he thought in- dignantly. A week went past, a drab week for a discontented Tab Holland, for now there was neither a likelihood of nor an excuse for a chance meeting. A sedative week for the hiding Wal- ters. References to the murder sel- dom arppeared now in the newspapers, and he had found a man who had of- fered to get him a job as a steward on an outward -bound liner. A week of drugged sleep for a be- sotted rnan•, curled up on a mattress at the top 'of, To Len F!o's houses. But .for Ar t t' tints an exeeP-. tioulaily butt nvedhstti5'h gleets yrs no nel7apaper wreeo'i yob ills adtiviti.ee. Tab no longer ape tt itis evenings at home. The fl seeltbed horribly empty now' that the ' l lye -sick Ilex had gone. +I ie had had a radio from him, saying that he was improved in health. The message was cheerful enough, so that XJrsula's refusal could ' not have bitten Very hard. By the end of the week life had be- come an intolerable • dreariness, and to make matters worse nothing was happening in the great.world that called for Tab's intervention and in- terest. He was in that condition of utter boredom when ..there happened the first of those remarkable incidents which, in his official "account of the case, Inspector Carver refers to as "The Second Activity." The flats, one of which Tab occu- pied, had originally been apartments in a -private house. With little struc- tural alteration they had been turned into self-contained suites. On ear of the landings was a door of one of the four flats. ;Admission toy th house was by the front door, and th landlord had so arranged matter that, whilst the key of each flat wa different. all keys opened the stree door. It was therefore possible to go in and out without observation, unless by chance one of the other tenants happened to be on the stairs or ie the 'passage -way at the time. On Saturday night Tab knew ha would be'alone in the house; the other three tenants invariably spent the week end out of town. One was a middle-aged musician who lived on the top floor. Beneath him was a young couple engaged in literary work; then came Tab's flat; and the ground -floor suite was occupied by a man whose profession was unknown, but who was generally believed to be connected with an advertising agency He. was seldom at home, and Tab had only seen him once. The Saturday night happened to be the occasion of an annual dinner of his club, and Tab dressed and went out early, spent a mildly exhilarating evening, and returned home at half - past twelve. There was nothing'in first appearance to suggest that any- thing unusual had happened in his absence, except that the lights in his sitting -room were burning and he had switched them off before he went out. His first impression was' that the waste of current was due to his own carelessness, -but then he recalled very clearly that he had turned out the light and closed the sitting -room door before he went out. Now the sitti room door was open, as also was t `e door of Rex's old room. ANGIER'S EMULSION increases appetite ... aids digestion ...and helps to rebuild healthy tissue. Pleasant to Pake-. It Helps Digestion 43 cause it saves a lot of running up and h• down stairs, but the street door was closed when I came home." e"How would it have been a simple matter to burgle the flat?" asked. Car- s ver, and Tab explained that there was sIa window on the landing through t which a sure-footed and skilful ad- venturer might emerge on to a nar- row ledge by.which the kitchen win- dow could be reached. "He didn't go that way, I should think," said Carver, after he had in- spected the kitchenette. "No; the burglar opened the door like a gen- tleman. Do you know whether Mr. Lander had anything worth stealing in that trunk?" Tab shook his head. "I am perfectly certain he hadn't," he said. "Poor old Rex had nothing of value except the money he drew from his uncle's estate jusf'before he left." Carver went back to Rex's room and carefully emptied the trunk, item by item. "It was something at the bottom of the trunk. I should imagine it was in this box." He handled a little wooden box with a sliding lid. "And here is the top," he said, picking it.up from the -bed. "Can you get in touch with Mr. Lander?' "He'll be at Naples in a day or two; I'll wire him then; but I shouldn't im- agine he had lost anything worth the thief's trouble," said Tab. They went back to the sitting -room and Carver stood a long time by the table, tapping its covered surface nervously, his long face puckered in thought. "Do you know what I think?" he said suddenly. "Generally," said Tab. "Do you know what`I am thinking now?" "You think I am giving you a lot of trouble ,over a happening which wasn't worth mentioning," said Tab. Carver shook his head. "I am thinking this," he said slow- ly and deliberately: "that the man who burgled this flat was the man who killed Jesse Trasmere! If you ask me to give chapter and verse for my conclusion, I shall both disappoint you and disappoint myself. I have al- ways found," he went on, "that when one has an instinctive conviction it is a mistake to make too close an ex- amination of one's mind. Every hu- man being was endowed, some time or other, with as powerful and potent an instinct as the most sensitive of wild animals. With the growth of reason. the instinctive quality faded, until to -day, in humanity, we find only the faintest trace of it. Yet,"' he said earnestly, "it is possible for humanity to cultivate that germ of instinct so that one can go to a race- track and pick every winner." "You are joking," said Tab surpris- ed, but Carver shook his head. XVI Tab smiled to himself. He who had investigated so many burglaries had never imagined that he would be fav- ored by the attention of those mid • night adventurers. He went into Rex's room, turned the switch, and had only to take one glance to know that some- body had been very busy indeed in his absence. Under the bed which his companion had occupied were two shallow trunks, filled with those of Rex Lander's belongings which he had not taken with him. One of these had been pulled out, placed on the bed and opened. It had been opened un- scientifically with a chisel, which Tab know was his property, and must have been taken from the toolbox in the kitchen. The lock was wrenched off and the contents of the box were scattered on the bed. The other trunk had not been touched. Whether the thief had been successful in his quest Tab did not know. because he was ignorant of the box's contents. He guessed he must have been disappoint- ed, for beyond a quantity of under - linen, more or less in a state of dis- repair, a few books and drawing in- struments, and a packet of letters which Tab saw at a glance were from Jesse Trasmere, there was nothing at all valuable in the trunk. He went to his own room, but none of his things had been touched. And then he began a careful search of th3 other rooms in the flat. They yield- ed, however, no clue as to the identity of the .mysterious visitor, and Tab got on to the 'phone to Carver and was lucky to find him. "`Burglars? That's poetic justic, Tab," said Carver's'sad voice. "I'll come right along." The detective was at the house in ten minutes. "If this had happened in the day- time I could find •a fairly simple ex- planation," said Tab, "because the front door below is left open until nine, and the tenant who comes in or gqes out nearest to nine o'clock closes it. We keep the door open, be- "You get flashes of it at times; you call them 'hunches.' It is really your atrophied instinct asserting itself. But you won't give it a chance. You slay it with the hands of logic and smother it with argument, and my in- stinct tells me that the hand that op- ened Mr. Lander's trunk was the hand that destroyed Trasmere. I had a queer feeling when you telephoned to me," he went on -"a queer feeling, as though you or somebody was go- ing to hand to me a ready-made solu- tion of Trasmere's death." "And you are disappointed. My poor old Carver," said Tab pityingly. "You think too much!" "We all think too much," said Car- ver relapsing into his natural gloom. The next morning the tenant who occupied the flat below came up whilst Tab was dressing and Mr. Holland was a little taken aback to see one who so seldom put in an appearance on any day. He was a red-faced gen- tleman, somewhat sportily attired. "I hope you didn't mind my shout - They Built Their Own THE town of Truro, N.S., needed a new chemical engine, so the fire crew bought a Canadian Ford truck chassis and built one them- selves. With the exception of the chemical tanks, which were trans- ferred from an old horse-drawn chemical cart, the engine is entire- ly a home made affair,# *'11 of the work being dons in spays:time by 61 fire crew► with the atiintance of local blacksmiths and plumbers. The engine is fully equipped, car- rying ladders, chemical hose, tools and six hundred feet of fire hose. The bumper is a piece of heavy tubing which the men nickel plated. It has the appearance and dura- bility of a professionaljob, and Including everything, the cost Was WILY fifteen hundred dollars. rS4^; ,(On �fllllriht is 'Ta be exact, jx1111 fetes a at all," said �.'ab, :slnilxng. "Ili �'.0 the noise you heard was made burglar." "A burglar?" said tibe startled uxa "I heard the row, and it woke me tt I got out of bed and yelled up, aa, thought, to you." "What time was this?" "Between ten and half -past," sal the other. "It was just getting dark. "'He must have dropped the box he was putting it on the bed," sai Tab thoughtfully. "You didn't b any chance see him?" "I heard him go out about a guar ter of an hour after I'd made a fuss, said the man from downstairs, "a I was feeling so ashamed of mys for losing my temper that'I opene the door to apologize for shouting a him." "You didn't see him?" The man shook his•head. "He shut the door quickly. just a I got into the passage. The only thing I saw was his hand on the edge of the door. He was wearing black graves. Naturally I thought it was you, though the black gloves seemed to be a queer sort of thing for a young man to wear, even if he was in mourn 'ng; and taking it for granted that it was you' •and that you were mad with me, I thought no more about it." All this Tab duly reported to Car- ver. That ended the episode of Satur- day. Sunday's surprise was more pleasant but not less disturbing. It was late in the evening, and Tab was, reading by the light of a table -lamp when tte bell which connected with the front door rang urgently. This meant that the front door was dos- ed. en the night of Wellington Brown's visit it was open. He un- consciously connected the two visita- tions, and wondered whether his in- stinct was working as well as Carver could wish. Putting the book'aside he went down and opened the door, and nearly staggered in his astonish- ment, for his visitor was Ursula Ard- fern, and her little car stood by the edge of the side -walk. "I am on my way to the Central," she explained. "Can I come in?" He had seen the two suit -cases strapped to the back of the car, and had wondered to what distant and in- accessible spot she was bound. "Come in, please," he said hastily. "I am afraid this room is rather smoky." He made to pull up the blind, but she' stopped him. "Please don't," she said, "I am all nerves and shivers, and I feel I could swoon on the slightest excuse. It is rather a pity that that delightful practice of our grandmothers' days went out of fashion. It would be such a relief to swoon sometimes." Her tone was half -jesting, but there was a whole lot of seriousness in her face. "I am coming to live at the Central again,"_she. said, "though I really cannot afford that extrarva- gance." "What has happened?" "Stone Cottage is haunted," • was the staggering reply. "Haunted?" She nodded, and a momentary smile came into her eyes, only to fade as quickly as it came. "Not by a ghost," she said, "but by a very human man -a mysterious individual in black. The woman who looks after me saw him the other night in the garden; I myself have seen him from my window and chal- lenged , him. He has been seen by other people pacing the road outside. Now tell me honestly, Tab Holland, am I under the observation of the police?" The thought had also occurred to Tab. "I don't think so," he said. "Car- ver does not tell me everything, but he has never mentioned your name to me as being under the slightest suspicion. In black, you say?" "Yes," nodded the girl. "From head to foot in black, including black gloves. It was rather spectacular-" "Black gloves?" interrupter Tab. "I wonder if it is my bruglar?" and he told her of the visitor who had come the night before. "It is extraordinary," she said; "more extraordinary because he was not seen last night. I am not usual- ly nervous, but I must confess that it is a little worrying to know that somebody is watching me." "How did he come? Had he a car or bicycle, or did he come by train?" On this point she could not enlight- en him. "I almost wish you had not come up," said Tab. "If you had told me, I would have gone to Stone Cottage and stayed the night, especially after my burglar. I should like to meet the gentleman who treats my flat so unceremoniously." She made no reply, and then: "Why did I come here, I wonder?" she asked, and it was as though she were speaking to herself, for she laughed. "Poor Mr. Tab," she said, with that little hint of mockery in her voice which he adored, "I am lay- ing all my burdens upon you. Mys- tery upon mystery, some of my own, but this, I promise you, not of my making." She considered. her finger at her lips. "Suppose I return to Stone Cottage on Monday'morning and you come down later? My wo- man will be an efficient chaperon, and I think you should come after dark - that is, if you can spare the time." Tab wanted to tell her that all eternity, so far as he was concerned, was at her disposal, but very wisely refrained. He saw her to her car and went back to his room with a sense of ex- hilaration that he had not felt all that week. tiedb I hemi tkla�tl�r sop:1i id,. D?d you d P "a m g.?n d y „ nd elf d xVII It was a delicate matter broaching the subject of police espionage . to Carver. In the first place he did net want to give the Inspector the slight- est hint that Ursula Ardfern expect- ed to be watched. 14'e compromised telling that gloomy man, at the A Differ haViarecitplegettte zn a f mires gnoehon Rita ha workedagyet W.,"" hoe been Q. great' 4'erer liver: 4.14 men M*, abd;al4SrtryirtA' gee q tla l,`ate tg rTt wo"nen 7'had'td give hp to ark, but Wj 4* lo;. Krl4echen $alta I'am:bad at garb agai>;, gall 9ivetmy on a'.litke even ttwrRtngr,arut pear of the little cainPtaihte nQW IOW&4 hiitl, anerally seta. He ie homer 414 ort ijter J have enclosed a snap-ehot of $oak and self, 43 years, bap 8 years. T shall a(Way5 1f ltlit recommend Xrueehen, and,I would not be Mitho4fr them myself in a hurts." -0Mzs i M. P. OtIBlual lekterc, Ste ter in9A741?A0r.• Kruschen salts is ,obtainable at drug ant: department stores In Canada at 75e. a Mottle. A bottle contains enough to last for 4 or. 5., months -rood health fps half-e•.eeat FREE TRIAL OFFER If you have never tried Kri berry a now at our expense. We have distributed .a were many special " GIANT " packages width make it easy for you to prove our claim for yourself. pAsk your druggist ,for the new " GIANT " 75c.. This consists of our regular 75c. bottle together with a separate trial bottle-sufilcient for about one week. Open the trial bottle first, put it to the test, and then, if not entirely convinced that xruschen does everything we claim it to do the regular bottle is stttl as good a9. new. Tate it back. %Yom• druggist is authorised to return your /5e. immediate and without question. You have tried grus free, at our expense. What could be fairer ? Manufactured br E. Ltd_Griffiths e� Ltd: McGillivray Brota Toronto. �� ab. • "Of course it isn't a thief," said Carver promptly. "Thieves do not ad- vertise their presence by alarming the ` people they hope to rob. Has she complained to the local police?" Tab did not know, but he guessed that she had not. "It maybe a coincidence," said Carver, "and the man in black may really have nothing whatever to do with the murder of Trasmere, but I am intrigued. You are going„ down, you say? I wonder if Miss Ardfern would mind my coming too?" Tab was in a dilemma here. To hesitate would be to give the police officer a wholly wrong impression. To accept was to eclipse the happy eve- t ning he had in prospect. For to be alone with Ursula Ardfern. to stand to her in the nature of a protector, would be a wonderful experience which he had no desire to share." "I am sure <Miss Ardfern would be delighted," he said. "If I can get away I will come," said Carver. Tab fervently hoped that urgent business would keep his friend in town. He sent a note round to Ursula put- ting forward Carver's suggestion, and received a reply by return extending her invitation. After mature thought, Tab decided that it was not at all a bad idea to have Carver with him. It would give the girl an opportunity of making friends with one who might, in cer- tain circumstances, be a difficult man, to satisfy. She could not have too many friends, he thought, and was almost relieved when Carver hurried into the station a few minutes before the last train to Hertford left. (Continued next week.) LONDON AND WINGHAM North. a.m. p.m. Centralia 10.36 b.' Exeter 10.49 5.54 Hensall 11.03 6.08 Kippen 11.08 6.131' Brucefield 11.17 6.22' Clinton 12.03 6.42 Londesboro 12.23' 7.02 Blyth 12.32 7.11 Belgrave .......... 12.44 7.23 Wingham 1.00 7.46 Wingham Belgrave Blyth Londesboro Clinton South. Brucefield ... Kippen Hensall Exeter Centralia a.m. 6.45 7.03 7.14 7.21 7.40 7.58 8.05 8.13 8.27 8.39 C. N. R. TIME TABLE Goderich Holmesville Clinton Seaforth St. Columban Dublin East. Dublin St. Columban. Seaforth Clinton Holmesville Goderich West. a.m. 11.27 11.32 11.43 11.59 12.11 12.25 a.m. 6,20 6.36 6.44 6.59 7.06 7.11 p.m. 3.05 8.23 3.37 3.45 4.08 4.28' 4.36 4.43 4.58 5.08 p.m. 2.20 2.37 2.50 3.08 3.16 3.22 P.m. p.m. 5.38 10.04 5.44 5.53 10.17 6.08-5.43 10.31 7.05 10.40 7.10 10.57 C. P. R. TIME TABLE East. Goderich Menset McGaw Auburn Blyth Walton McNaught Toronto • West. RIM 5.50 6.65 6.04 6.11 6.25 6.40 6.62 10.26 a.m. Toronto ' 7.40 McNaught • 11.48 ]2.01 Ith2 it ht oppbrtt�nity, thea he had seen JA burn •• ... 12.11 Vibe Ardfeidi. 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