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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1935-06-21, Page 7his 1 LEGAL ' 'Phone No, 91 • JOHN L HUG,GARD ' Barrister, fSolicifer, NotaryPublic, Etc. Beattie Block - - Seaforth, Ont. • • HAYS & MEIR Succeeding' R. S. Hays Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyancers and Notaries Public. Solicitors for the Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the Dominion Bank, 1.eaforth. Money to loan, , JOHN II. BEST Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Seaforth - - Ontario • I VETERINARY ;JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. 'Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ary College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet- erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich Street, one door east 'of Dr. Jarrott's office, S'ea- ,forth. A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto. All disease of domestic animals treated by the most modern principles. Charges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended to. Office on Main Street, Hensel', opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. Breeder of Scottish Terriers. Inverness Kennels, Hensall. MEDICAL ' DR. D. E. STURGIS Graduate of the Faculty of Medi- cine,- University of Western Ontario, and St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Phone 67. Of- fice at Dublin, Ont. 3493 t DR. GILBERT C. JARROW • Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. Mem- ber. of College of 'Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode- rich Street, West. Phone. 37. Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay. o P DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of ; Toronto. Late assistant New York O'p•thal- mei ani Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden . Square Throat Hos- pitals, London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in ' each month, from 4.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 58 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. DR. W. C. SPROAT ' Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Lon- ' don. Member of Oollege of Physic- ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office 1 in Aberbart's Drug Store, ,Main St., i Seaforth. Phone 90. 1 DR. F. J. BURROWS 1 Office and residence Goderich Street, i east of the United Church, Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of c Huron. r DR. HUGH H. ROSS 1 Graduate of University of Toronto , Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege •of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate course in 1 Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ; , B,oyal Opthalmie Hospital, London; .1 England; University. Hospital, Lon- c don, England. Office -Back of Do- 1 minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. 1 Night calls answered from residence. 1 'Victoria Street, Seaforth. 1 . 1 DR. E. A. McMASTER t Graduate of the University, of To- 1 ronto, Faculty of Medicine i Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of 1 New York Post Graduate School and 1 Lying-in Hospital, New York. Of- c five on High Street, Seaforth. Phone 1 27. : Office fully equipped for ultra short i wave electric treatment; Ultra Violet 1 Sim Lamp treatments, and Infra red c electric treatments. Nurse in attend- I ance. t 1 DR. G. R. COLLYER Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni- t versity of Western Ontario, Member College of Physicians and Surgeons I of Ontario. Post graduate work at New York City Hospital and Victoria E Hospital, London. Phone: Hensall 56. Office; King Street, Hensall. t 1 DENTAL ' 1 DR. J. A. McTAGGART i Graduate RoyalCollege of Dental 1 Surgeons, Toronto. Office at Hensall, 1 Ont. Phone 106. 1 t AUCTIONEERS I HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in 'farm and household males, Prices reasonable. For dates and information, write or phone Har- old Dale, phone 149, Seaforth, or = ply at The Expositor Office. ARTHUR WEBER Auctioneer's License lr Sixteen years' experience. Satisfaction guaranteed. Telephone; 13-57, Hensall. Write ARTHUR WEBER, j R. R. 1, Dashwood. T INSURANCE THE JOHN RANKING AGENCY Insurance of all 'kinds. , Bonde, Real Estate. Money to Loan. IS'93A,FOR:T1t - ONTARIO Pantie 91. 4rriM3r'�; 4;1 a ; : i..A Ij ease k �F- FRANCIS EVERTON ('Continued groin last week) If he had been brutal to Ethel he was like a dog with a bone over poor Miargaret, and after teaminutes• or so she was wthite•f�aeed'tbo, and hold- ing on to the edge of the table. Ralph was barely -able to contain himself, 'but the little man almost growled at any interruptions al will have the truth. 'I will have the truth!" he eried, and he only paused when he •had�ireduced her to tears. A sigh of relief went rotund the table. The Tun - dish lit another cigarette. I hoped 'that we were nearin,g the end, but he started' ,off again quite (pleasantly., his anger and excitement apparently hav- ing evaporated as quickly as they had arisen, )Hie questioned Kenneth and Ralph and then me again in turn, and at the end of his questions, I think that there was nothing in connection with our friendship with the Hansom, or our knowledge •elf each other that he didn't know. '"And now about the key of Miss Palfineemlan's hbedroo n," he .said, look- ing at the doctor, when he had satis- fied himself that he could extract no more infommation from me. "What made you lie about it Ito Mr.r. Jeff- cock?" "I beg your pardon, I did not lie," The; Tundish replied with twinkling eyes. "'You are prepared to swear, then, that you left the door unfastened with the key in the lock?" "I certainly left the door unlock- ed. I know nlothing. albonx:t the key." "And yet (when Dr. Jeffries went upstairs .thhe door was locked and the key to it gone." "So I understand." - "Some one :must have locked it, you. know." ""Why, yes, certairj.y." "And you still ask me too 'believe that you didn't?" . "I can only repeat that I didn't." I was sitting next tlo Alllport and t right angles rho him round the tabletablecorner. I felt his foot pressing gent- ly against my leg, and I looked up at him in surprise. Kenneth sat direct - y.: opposite to mi? and the little man was turned towards him, a malicious •mile on his ugly clever face. "And you didn't lack the dolor by G.ny chance, I suppose, Mr. Dane?" His foot pressed hard against my leg gain; and and I suddenly :realized that he could not reach my..foot 'but that h•e eat perched' in his chair like a child with his tiny legs a -dangle. "Geed Lord, no!" 'Kenneth said. Wh "atever makes you ask me thalt?" "Oh, only because I happened to Find the key in your ibe•dronm under- neath the pillow." Be gave my leg another little dig to remind me again of the promise I had made him on he landing when the inspector roughft him the key that had been found in the dloctor's packet - d must always reflect with shame >n what followed, but I think that to some extent the heat of the room, and he misery of all wehad been through nus't have thrown us off ow balance. We had gone beyond the limit of our endurance. There was a deathlike silence after Allport had made his startling, and :o my knowledge alone, untruthful tatement, Kenneth was too taken pack to speak. His jaw dropped op- en in his astonishment. He might lave seen a ghost, A wasp flew in hrough one of the open windows and Buzzed angrily over our heads, and I einember thinking. to myself, "Lord, lere's another wasp." >Then Ethel ;ave a little half-'hysterilcal titter, and here must'have been something in- 'ectiou.s in its quality, for Margaret `ollowed suit with a high hysterical au•g'h, and before I ic?tew what had rappened, and I sweet, without any vnsciou.s effort of my own, I was eyeing at hint too. Ralph joined in nd there we sat round the table like tad people. It was unspeakably hor- ible and grotesque---enurder and mis- ry'and death in the air, and the'four rf us locked in the grip of helpless aughter. ',Margaret's was. true hys- eria-peal of shrill honer followed real. Ralph rumbled out a deep (bass Ind I shook 'helplessly in my chair, he tears streaming down my cheeks. Allprort sat at one end of the taibie,, ic, diminutive face puckered up into disapproving drown. The Tundish rt the other, placid and unconcerned. Kenneth went white as death and hen the blood rushed back, flooding tis face with an angry orimson as he hose slowly. and •u.nstead'ily to his feet. Yoe lie, you lie," he gasped in a ow voice husky with rage. "You put t there, you mlurderous bloody cad," re shouted furiously, pointing a shak- ng hand at the doctor. Then before ve realized what he was about or oulil do anything to stop him., he urned round and' picking up his chair ry the back he swung it over his head rnd hurled it down the table. He was strong and his uncontroll- able rage added' 'bo his strength. The chair hit the table .a float or two in 1 of The Tundish, Nebo instinc- t too '1 put up a hand to ward it off. The .back caughthislifted arm, and h ehe weight of the heavy Leather-cov- red seat swung Wrestled steed as it were on a pivot, one of the legs, catching Ethel as it •swive•lled round, with tter- ific force, straight across the•mouth. There was a startled cry and a' flash of blood. The chair crashed to the fio'or between them. The Tundish limped to his feet in a second, and half led, half carried her out of the T oom. • Kenneth stood rigid, his face still rcarlet, his rage still holding him,n You teemed it on to hem, you poison.- ng cad," he yelled as the doctor van - shed through the door. Then he seemed suddenly to regain control and added in a low ;Voice, day God, what have I done." 1A11pore sprang to his side and :t �isak, dragged• him down into his chair. "You had better sit down theme, my friend," :he said, and then turning to ane, 'he asked ane to go and see if the doctor 'wanted any help., I ran' along to the eonsnxlthig• room to 'find Ethel flat on her (back on the couch, and The Tundish iben'dang ev- es her, "Ah, thanks, Jeffcock," he said as 'I came up Ito them, "I want a little help." I fetched him basin and water and cotton wool, and he was soon at work with his deft and steady fin- gers. There was something border- ing on the unnatural in his unruf- fled calm. It was not only that he "was undislturlbed, but it was the idea he gave of hidden reserves that im- pressed me so much,. Nothing, I felt, in heaven or earth, natural or supernatural, could move this quiet pleasant man, and as I watched him tenderly at week, I remembered the fearful danger he was in. I pictur- ed him :actually on the scaffold --(the rope about his neck -the hangman ready to .pull the fatal bolt and drop him to G;od aliorfe knows where. My fancy even led me to the lengtheef wondering how he would stand. With folded arms and bended head? No, to melodramatic that. Smoking a cigarette perhaps? No again; that would savour too mrueh-of braggado- cio. Finally I decided that he would in all probability be ,blowing his. nose. 1 suppose that my little flight of ghoulish fancy cannot have lasted for more than a second or so, but he looked up at ane amused, almost as though he had guessed whither my, thoughts had wandered, "Come, Jeff- epck, you had better go back and tell them there isn't very much,. amiss. They will be anxious, you know. A badly cut lip, and a couple .of loosen- ed teeth are the extent of the, dam- age." He was sitting on the edge of the couch, and as I closedp the door be- hind me, I heard Ethelwhisper soft- ly, "Oh, Tundish' dear, what a rock you are. What should I do without you?" Was it my fancy? Had my -hear- ing for. 'once in a while played me false? Or did hereally reply, "Well, why should you, Ethel darling?" CHAPTER VII h. I ARGUE WITH KENNETH Up to this point in my story, whilst, as was only natural, I had some doubts about The Tundish, he certainly had all my sympathy. If Ethel was his most outspoken Cham- pion, I was more than ready to en- dorse her opinions. Whilst she show- ed by every possible action and by every look that she was sure of his ilrnocence, desolated by his . awful plight, and ready to take his part against these of our party who were less inclined to ignore the evidence against him, I was' less demonstra- tive and 1 think more tolerant of the .(pinions held by Kenneth and, to a lesser degree, by IMargaret and Ralph but I was q}iite eager to feel as sure as she was about his innocence. I was ready to set down thefin ing of the key in his coat •pocket, is unsattis- facto y account of his ealings with S'tella'r father, and all the other evi- dence that indicated his guilt so strongly, as nothing more than a string of coincidences, mere unfor- tunate accidents of circumstance, that time and patience would be sure to explain away. Indeed, v,Vhen I look back, I am al- ways astonished at the way the doc- tor dominated our little party. Be made no effort to clear himself - he accepted all. the damning facts Ithat told so heavily against him, without either attempting to belittle or ex- plain them away -and then he simp- ly ignored the whole .uncomforltable position, Kenneth and Ethel quar- relled openly, Margaret, Ralph and I were worried and ill at ease; he, in danger of immediate arrest and the end of his medical career, alone re- mained calm and undisturbed. Glut somehow, I did not like the idea of hisefallineain love with Ethel or at any rate making any open dec- laration of his feelings. It was not only that I felt that it added yet an- otl•cr note to the general .discord•. It was unseemly and ineabortune - it was deliberately inconsiderate. And it was from this time that I began to wonder if Kenneth's attitude was not more reasonable than I had at first supposed it, and that my admir- ation for the doctor began to be more troubled in its quality, 'i admired him still, but I had the uncomfort- able feeling that just conceivably my admiration might be misplaced. J returned to the dining•robm and re'n-orted on EtheI's condition. Ken- neth sat at the end of the table in the ohair that little Allport had been occupying. His own still lay on the floor where he had hurled it. He was looking straight before him, a picture of glum despair. It has often occurred to me that people of a quick and ready temper must be altogether lacking so far as any sense of humour is concerned - that these hot burste of passion must• leave such a feeling of ridicule and shame that only those insensible to both could affords to indulge. Ken- neth, however, was not of the hot- tempered type, and as I saw him seat- ed morosely at the end of the table, I yeas both sorry and concerned; sor- ry for him, whole -hearted sorry, con- cerned for the future. iHow were we to get through the next few days, I wondered, with the doctor and Ethel and Kenneth all confined within the ten -foot wall that circled Dalehouse •and its secluded sunbaked garden ? Barely six hours had passed since Ethel had left the breakfast table to waken Stella, and yet here we were, all at loggerheads and enmityh- el's and Kenneth's engagement brok- en, probably beyond repair. The doc- tor making love to Ethel, if me hear- ing had not played acre a trick; Ken- neth giving Way to violence and the hurling of chairs. Each one •of us busy with our awn dark thoughts and conjectures. How were we to get through the hours that lay ahead? Allport w'aa writing up some notes in hie pocketbook, and looked up as I made my statement. 'Well, that's a nierrcy, at an'y..,rate," ,he gru•mrbled; and with a glance over his sroulder at the elock, "'Will the doctor be long before he is back? I want to see shim again, and l; must leave the house by three to'clook; would you mind telling him, and ask Miss Sunr- merson to bring me the statement she has been waiting out." 7 •had forgotten all about Miss Sum- merson, but I hurried back along the passage to' the consulting room to give The Tundish the detective's message. Ethel was still on the couch, lying an her back with the lower part of her face heavily band- aged. She raised her eyebrows by way of a smile of greeting -it was all she could do, poor girl -and in answer to my question as to the doc- tor's whereabout she -pointed to the door of the dispensary. I found him standing against the desk, holding a sealed envelope in one hand. To my astonishment he was hum•min•g a gentle air. "Here is Miss Summrerson's report," he laugh- ed, "bub where, oh, where,. is • Miss •Summerson herself? I don't think Our little friend will be overpieased, will he?" "Do you mean to say she has gone?" - "Yes, and after all she wasn't de- finitely told to stay. However, let us take her report to Allport and hear what he has to say." We found the little man, watch in hand, "'014 here you are at last," he said, "I've got exactly five minutes left, and these are my instruc•ti'ns: "You, Dr. Wallace, can go on your rounds as usual -it might appear too extraordinary did you' nob --,but one of my men is to act as chauffeur. I've already arranged it with Inspector Brown. If any one asks questions, as no doubt they will, you are to say that Miss Palfreeman died in her sleep and that the police are arrang- ing for, a post-mortem( to find out the cause if they can. You can say it's a mystery -as indeed it is -and you need mention neither suicide or mur- der. 'I don't know,' will be your best an=swer to neost of the questions you are likely to be asked, "Apart •from the elector, none of• you are to leave the house and gar - en, and you 'are not to make any mention of Miss Palfreenr'an's death _'either aver the telephone nr by let- ter. Miss Hanson, for instance, is not to write to her father or mother about it. 'There will be a formal in- quest •the day after to -morrow which you will have to attend•, but I am ar- ranging it so that practically no questions at all will be asked you It will be a purely formral affair, rpostpone•d until after my return." Then he added after a brief pause, "I have been wondering Whether you would like one of my men to sleep in the house -what do you say, Miss Hunter?" (Margaret looked at him wide eyed, "Surely that is hardly necessary," she said. "It shall he as you:swish, if Miss Hanson and the others 'agree. I will ask Miss Hanson myself. How do you feel about it, Mr. Dane?" Kenneth looked stonily= ahead and refused to make an answer. Allport shrugged his shoulders, saying, "Well, ff you feel safe, and 'the d rotor here agrees as well, Miss *Bunter shall have her way. I skint imagine you are likely to have any trot:ale, at least not trouble than any man of mine could"prevent. And now where is Miss Summerson?" "She has, gone," said The Tundish, "I found this addressed to you on the desk in the dispensary just now." "The devil she has!" He tore open the envelope and hastily read the contents, a sarcastic smile twisting his sloppy mouth. Then he included us all in a stiff formal little bow and left the room. A few minutes later we heard the front door bang,and ening; " g-• we were alone once more and left to He was lacinsri his shoes, and our own resources. Another devast- , e of the laces brake with a sudden sting silence -a silence wrhich, awk snap. It was the last straw. "Curse ward and uncomfortable as it was hint," he cried. "You say how are it seemed yet more awkward to we going to get through the time till break ---settled c''wn on us. Kenneth Allport comes back? He'll be damn - made no movement, and we four stood ed lucky if he gets through without tongue-tied looking first at him and a broken neck." then at each other. "And in Heaven's name what good . The doctor was the first to speak. would that do you?" I asked, "A cold bath and a change is the "Good, why the same sort of good prosper prescription for all of us, I that it does me to tell you that you're fancy, but if the inspector can lend nothing but a blinking fool. Clear me a body -guard I have one or two out!" patients who will be feeling neglect- I went. I felt that I was doing ed! Ethel ought to go to her room more harm than good, and that I and lie down; Margaret, will you try almost deserved his deser•i•ption. My to persuade her to? She is to keep original estimate of his character had the bandage on until I come back, been correct. There were no grays then a piece of ;i]aster will be all that for Kenneth. is required. You, needn't feel that On the landing I stood for a mom - she is badly hurt, Kenneth." ent considering whether I would go "Go to-,--!" was Kenneth's corn- back to my room and sit there till meet. 'tea time, or try to find some shady, "I'll go to my patients first," The spot in the 'garden. I wanted to be Tundish replied pleasantly. "I'll or- alone, I wanted to think. But there der tea for half -past four, and as this was another little surprise awaiting room is so hot I'll tell Annie to set me. As I stood 1 heard a 'sort of it in the garden." swishing noise on the stairs'leading I was glad when he was gone. I up to the fLeor above. It was too in - could see that his good-tempered tol- termittent as have been made by one erance acted like a red rag to a bull of the Maids sweeping down. A shuf- SO far as Kenneth was concerned, file and then a gentle load -pad -pad and I feared another explosion. Mar- and then another shuffle. My curios- garet departed: to see eater Ethel, and: ity was aroused. I couldn't make it I went to the telephone to explain out. I tiptoed along the landing ,to my lengthened holiday as well as I the foot of the stairs. It was' Mar - might to Brenda. I got through garet; she was down on her hands promptly, 'but I found my talk more •and knees searcfiing for something': difficult than I had anticipated. The She was patting the pile of the stair line was clear and she was• full of carpet and that had evade the pad - awkward questions. , ding noise that 'rad attracted my at - "Are you in the finells, then?" she ten`tion. There was a something fev- queried in a jesting voice that was erish and urgent about the way she anything but complimentary. • searched. ion ilea ,• + XL st.•.. arsdar. �asrd r+�` e>!F' the week." ^"But I thought you Were iao he in London on Friday?'" "That will rliave to be aoetpOneel. I can't hello mesself, I shall get 'beak as soon as I can but it may not be till Saturday." ('You db sound mes!terious and no a bit as if Jim were eying your self. What tom earth's the matter?' "There's nothing the matter and I'll let -you know more exaetly_.'when I shall be home as seen as I can. You must hold your curiosity in check Ran til you see me." d "Oh! 1' say," and' -'then with a gig- gle that • sounded doubly inane over the wire, 'have you gone and, done it 'alt last?" I put the receiver 'down with bang. Why on earth did Brenda al- ways imagine that I was on the biz of a matrimonial adventure'?, She was nearly as bad as the diminutive A 1, ; lI- A bath and a change of clothes •brou•gbt some relief from the depress- ing heat, abut I had an encounter with Kenneth which went very far to nul- lify it, and 'I came to the conclusion that I had better leave shatters alone and that peace would only be attain- ed if those of os -who differed could keep apart: Ile was coming out of the bathroom as I came out ,of my Ibed'ro'an to go downstairs, his dark ,1!lue dressing -gown :open at the throat, and showing the splendid pro. portions of his chest. I asked if I could come along with him and have a chat whilst he dressed.. ""Why, yes, of course•," he answer- ed pleasantly enough. He found me .cigarettes and snatches, and pulled out a wicker arm -chair. "'Loo'k here, how are we going to get through the time until Allport releases us?" I began with . some lit- tle hesitation. "Can't we arrange some sort of a compromise?" "ISprely we have compromised -at apy rate we have agreed to put up with him for a couple of days," buthat's not much good if you and he are going to quarrel whenever yop meet," I ventured.• "Won't you.'try to believe that he may be innocent until Allport has gone into it a little further?" "No, I won't. You mean well, Jeff- cock, I know, but it's no good:' .You. think I'm unreasonable, but ,lust ask yourself how you would like it if you were in.my place. He commits a cold-blooded murder and' then takes advantage of Ethel's absurd hero worship to persuade- her to break off her engagement wit14 me, Ever since I first knew her she has been singing his praises." "But you can't be as certain as all that," R insisted, "and I don't believe he has said a single thing to try ani persuade Ethel to break away from you together -to prevent your falling out over him, and besides that, even if most of the evidence points to him we are pretty well all of us tarred with the same brush. 1 knew all a- bout the poison and so did Ethel. The key of the bedroom door was found under your pillow, you know," I added rather maliciously. • h'Yes., and who put it there?" be burst in. 'SWlhy, he did. Of course he did. And the 'rest of you are will- ing to believe every word he says. He's only to ask youi 'to keep Ethel and me together,' damn his impu- dence, and you immediately believe that he is a paragon of unselfish piety -a sort of martyr sacci forg himself others. Do you hon lly mean to tell me that you have no doubts about the man yourself?" "I can't conceive it possible that either he or ybu or any of the others could have done such a thing." "But Stella was murdered, you know. You simply can't get away from it. Opportunity, motive, every- thing points as clearly as it can to the doctor. It's impossible to over- ]nok wha�t,he said, or rather what he didn't say, about his quarrel with her father -and then she's found poison- ed the day after her arrival, A n d (elite apart from all that, the way he allows Ethel to slop over him is suf- ficient to damn him in my opinion. No real man would encourage it when she was engaged •to -me. Then he puts the key under my pillow so that she may begin to have doubt., about me:" "Nonsense!" I :cried, "Ethel hasn't any ideas of the kind. Even I know her well enovgh•for that. As for the key, any one of us could have put it under your pillow, and after all we only have the detective's word for it that it was found there at all." "Oh, don't he a fool, of course it was found there, You can talk a- bout it until you are blue in the gills, but I shall still believe him a pais- a nk ciehja1.t "moldy , r i'eIre'atpa Vans haldou ds 1l?ta$ASti' 'on. t itai"l.•, lmo'w and1 T it Ma it rnd;:at hag ... ed into a. erealt,1'ee just' k+een..lup•i tell Annie that •Ethel: wants• Oaate in, ;her room. Newer mind it, Meal' Annie to keep liar• eyes open for it," 'We went .'downstairs, she to bet1 berlhrooin, and 1 to tthe hall below,.. wthere I nearly' ran full tilt.. into An- nie at the top of the 'hasem•en:t stairs, I sauntered out into t111e garden and lit my (pipe. 'I had >paeed once along the lawn in the shade of the cedar and was retracing my steps towards the house, when Margarrat came to meet me. "Have you seen • Annie anywhere?" .she queried. "Yes, she came up the basement stairs as 1 came down just now." "Oh,. •1'kd .ytpil. _tell her Meet Ethers tea?" "No, I thought you had been up to the top landing, to tell her that." "I did, but she wasn't in her room. I'll jest run in and tell her and then come (back to you. I do so want a quiet talk with some one sensible and sane" She.hurried back to the house and I opened a couple of deck. -chairs and sat down to await her return. pow I wanted an opportunity for an hour's quiet thought! But the heat and the midges were terrible. They were all- pervading; 'they swamped thought and everything else. There must be, I thought, some pernicious influence at work. On my previous visits I 'had always been im- pressed with the calm and ordered life at Dalehouse. I had enjoyed sit- ting out - in this lovely sheltered gar- den after dinner, with Hanson, pipes going, conversation natural and un- laboured, whilst the light faded a- way, to leave the great cathedral sil- hoaJ•etted in black against the sky. The cathedral still towered up, above the garden wall but that was all of calm and peace that remained. Even before the awful discovery of Stella's death I had sensed an uncom- fortable restraint in.the air, and now every little incident and every single conversation seemed , fraught with some hidden meaning and double pur- pose. I could not •even accept Mar- garet's simple assertion that she had lost a sixpenny bit on the stairs without wondering why she should have been handling money on the way to speak to Annie. Could she have pulled it out with her handkerchief? I began to ponder on how and where girls carried them. I found that I was very vague about it, but 1 h:gd a general impression that pockets no longer existed and that even if they carried purses apt all, they did not have to extract them when a hand- kerchief was required. What did they do with ,•their money? No, it some- how did:"' not seem natural and reason- able that she soulil' have dropped a sixpence on those stairs, but why she should lie to me about it, or for what else she could have been looking so urgently if she had! lied, I could not even guess. Thinking over our conversation, I found that I could not remember Whether she told me she had actually given Annie her message or not but I most ceetainiy had tie impression that Annie was upstairs in her room, or why shou•]d I have been so sur- prised when I ran into her a moment later at the top of the basement stairs. (Continued next week.) -Canadian Turkeys- 'z Canadian turkeys enter G .eat B Iain free of duty. From May 2, 1i 3 ; the duty en foreign ti rkeys `enterl the British Isles will -be six cente pound in place of the former duty oi''. two cents per pound, it is aniroaneed, r,! London and Winghaltln South P3f. 'W'ingham 1.55 Belgrave 2.11 Blyth 2.23 Londesboro 2.30 Clinton 3.08 Brucefield 3.27 Kippers '' 3.35 Hensel]. , 3.41. Exeter 3.55 North A.M. Exeter ,... 10.42 Hensall 10.55 Kippen 11.01 Brucefield 11.09:. Clinton 11.54 Londes'boro 12.10 Blyth , 12.19 Belgrave 12:30 Wingham• 12.50 C.N.R. Time Table East Goderich Clinton Seaforth Dublin Mitchell West Dublin Seaforth Clinton • Goderich C.P.R. Time East A.M. 6.45 7.08 7.22 7.33 7.42 '11.19 11.34 11.50 12.10 Table Goderich Menset McGaw Auburn Blyth VIaItoe McNaught Toronto West P.M. 2.30 3.00• 3.18' 3.31. 3.43 9.44 9.57 10.11 10.37 AJM. 5.50 5.55 6.04 6.11 6.25 6.40 6.52 10.25 A.M. Toronto 7.40 MeNaught 11.48 Walton 12.01 Blyth 12.12 Auburn t 12.23 McGaw 12.34 Menset 12.41 Goderich 12.46 CieSNAPSI4OT GUIL THE CANDID CAMERA l' It is the unusual, "candid" picture that attracts atten- tion. "CANDID Photography." What l.+ is it? Just this. It is one•of the most fascinating branches of amateur photography and fur- thermore is fast becoming one of the most popular sports with those who wish toglorify their snapshot collections with unusual, out -of -the - ordinary type of pictures. For excitement, candid photog- raphy is a first cousin to big game hunting or deep-sea fishing but you need not go to the wilds of the Congo nor off the coast of Florida to stalk your quarry. You will find plenty of material to shoot right in your old hone town. You may still say, "Well, what is this candid photography?" Can- did photography is nothing more nor less than taking pictures of people when they are unaware that they are about to be "shot" so, there- fore, you catch them in natural, un- posed positions with natural expres- sions, It might be called "intimate" photograpby-informal snapshots. The essence of candid photog- raphy is action. Get pictures of peo- pie doing things. Such pictures should be taken as close to the sub- ject as possible, for we are usually featuring people In this type of photography and they should be predominating in the picture. When we speak of snapping peo- ple in "action" or "doing something" it does not necessarily mean that the person should be actually on the move. An unusual picture 61 a person asleep may make a great candid camera picture. He is doing something. Don't think for one minute that candid photography means that you go around just shooting in a hit-and- miss fashion. Any six-year-old child can do that. If you want to really enjoy the thrills that come with can- did photography you will want to give it considerable thought. The modern miniature camera has been the leading factor in the development and popularity of can- did photography. First of all, its size makes it less conspicuous than the camera using a 31/4 x41/4 or larger film. It's ready for action on a mo- ment's notice, for with the majority of makes the pressing.of a button opens the camera ready for quick focusing. Where, when and how you take your candid snapshots depends al- most entirely on your equipment. If you are to be a real dyed-in-the-wool candid snapshooter you will shoot under conditions "as is" and Trot as you make them. There are many things to consider in this fascinating hobby of candid photography and it takes practices and patience if you want to get the fullest enjoyment out of i-t,'Next week we Will discuss personal and mechanical requiremefftg• for the candid enthusiasts. - JOHN VAN GV1L1 E1.