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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1935-11-29, Page 7ITEMBIER 29, 1935. I G'rAL Phone No. 91 JOHN J. HUGGARD •raerierter. Solicitor, • Notary Public, Ere, Beattie Block 'Seaforth, Out, HAYS & MEIR • Succeeding R. S. Hays Banisters, Solicitors, Conveyancers and Notaries Public. Solicitors for The Dominion Bank. Office in rear oce the Dominion ' Bank, Seaforth. :Money to ]ban. JOHN H. BEST Barrister, .Solicitor, Etc. Seaforth - Ontarao 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 GoderichhStreet, one door east of Dr. Jaa-rott's office, Sea - forth. A. R. CAIMPBELL, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary Oollege. University of Toronto. All diseases of domestic animals treated by the mine modern princitples, Charges reasonable. Day or night calla .promptly attended to. Office • on 'Ma'in Street, Hensall, opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. Breeder of Scot- tish 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. Nlemvber .3f College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Phone 67. Of- fice at Dublin, Ont: 3493 DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT Graduate of ,Faculty of Medicine, UniveMity 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. DR. W. C. SPROAT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Lon- don. Member of College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office in Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St, Seaforth. Phone 90. DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence, Goderich St., east of the United Church, Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. DR. HUGH H. ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate course in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ; Royal Oipthalunde Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office -Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone N. 5. Night calls answered from residence, Victoria Street, Seaforth. DR. E. A. McMASTER Graduate of the University of To- ronto, Faculty of Medicine Memlber of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of New York Post Graduate School and Lying-in Hospital, Now York. Of- fice on High Street. Seaforth. Phone 27. , Office fully equipped for ultra short wave electric treatment, Ultra Violet Sun Lamp, treatments, and Infra Red electric treatments. Nurse, in attend- ance. DR. G. R. COLLYER Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni- versity of Western Ontario. Member College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Post graduate work at New York City Hospital and Victoria Hospital, London. Phone: Hlensall 56. Office: King Street, Hensall. I)R. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto; - Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pitals. London, Eng. At Oomunercial Hotel, .Seaforth, third Wednesday ip each month, from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. 58,Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. DENTAL DR. J. A. McTAGGART Graduate Royal College bf Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office at Hensall, Ont. Phone 106. AUCTIONEERS HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household sales. Prices re•as'onabie, For dates and information, write or phone Har- old Dale. phone 149, Seaforth, or ap- ply at The Expositor office. ARTHUR WEBER Auctioneer's License Sixteen years' experience. Satisfaction guaranteed. Telephone: 13-57, Hensall, • Write ARTHUR WEBER, R. R. 1, Dashtwo+od, INSURANCE THE JOHN RANKIN AGENCY Insurance of all kinds. Bonds, Real Estate. Money to Loan. Phone 91. SIIIAFOE11Ii ONTARIO . 1A.i ffje,Hrt`-L?kOsts. i4iAfii'1. .W?K M nclmnfr BY PET1ER B. KYNE (Continued from last week) He was sixty-three years old,' se - cording to Gail's cbmputation, and had married, at twenty-six, Miss Abi- gail Monroe, Four children had been horn of this union -David, now thir- ty-eight, Norris, now thirty-six, Abi- gail, tlii}ty-four, and Leland, thirty- two. Ait lt•i+y'birth Lee Purdy's mother had passed away. Ten years later his father had remarried. taking to wife Helen Ambrose, the eldest eiaughter of a wealthy all Revolu- tionary family. Hallie, now approachi- ing• her r.Lnetee.nttlh +birthday, had been the sole issue of that marriage and her mother had died when Hallie was five years old. 'So Lee Purdy was a half-brother to Halite! Gail thought she could de- tect a reason for their devotion to each other. David had married at twenty-four, Norris at twenty-one and Abigail at nineteen. Concerned with their own domestic establishments and their avvn !babies, they had not had time or opportunity tb develop toward Hallie anything approaching the 'measure of affection which her relationship to them demanded. Lee had been aibout thirteen years old, (however, when Bailie. was born; he had been eighteen when her mother died •and the lonely, delicate little thing had got clb•ser to his heart, probably, than had the other mem- bers of the family. Then he had gone forth into the world, to return at infrequent periods. with the glam-' or of adventure upon him. In Hallie'; romantic eyes he had doubtless been a h2ro always. In the (very year of its establis.h- me_et a Purdiy had matriculated at Harvard University, Lee Purdy's grandfather and+ father had graduat- ed freer. Harvard but not Lee Purdy. He had broken the family tradition by attending a school 'of mines ' in Colorado. No further record of the master of La Cuerta Encantada canoe under Gail's eager, searching eyes, but in a large linen envelope pasted by the •.guneen.d flap to .the reverse of the last page in the Genealogy, Gail found copies of all documents relating to her host's service in the Great War. He had a record of eleven enemy airplanes, nine observation balloons, forty-seven aerial combats and two wound stripes. Hte held the Croix de Guerre and the medal of the Le- gion d'Honneur; •the D. S. • 0. had been conferred upon him.' by His Bri- tannuicMajestty, King •George V; he held !rhe Distinguished Service Cross with a cluster of oak leaves, proving that he had won it twice; the Portu- guese. Italians and Belgians had each decorated shim for gallantry in action; and he had been tried, convicted and sentenced to dismissal from the ser- vice for conduct 'unbecoming an of- ficer and a gentleman' --to wit, pub- licly thr'ash'ing his stuperior officer. This sentence had, upon the re- commendation of the Commanding General of the' Army, been disap- proye.,d by the President and a severe reprimand. published in general or- ders and read at retreat formation of his unit, together with a fine of one 'month's pay, had been substitut- ed for the sentence of the general court-martial. A memorandum, ap- parently in Lee Purdy's handwriting and pinned to this unsavory military record explained that he had thrash- ed the Major in a.mom•ent of passion, superinduced by the inexcusable ac- tien of the latter, who had abandon- ed him in a dog-fight! Gail closed the Genealogy. She understood her host now. He had hri'cl back to his first American ances- tor, Thomas Purdy, the pirate. Kind, affable, courtly, polite, with a cer- tain measure of good breeding and refinerne'nt, an alert intelligence and a 'be'coming sense •of his responsibili- ties . as a citizen, Lee Purely Might be, and undoubtedly was, until arous- ed. Thereafter he could with ease develop into a bold, bad, cruel, schem- ing, murderous devil. In a word he was a curious mixture of good and bad -a latter-day Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Had. not his piratical an- ces•tor died in sanctity? . . . Yes, Lee 'Purdy was a throwback. .CHAPTER XII Footsteps echoed along the patio porch and down the hall, pausing at the door of the lilviing room. Gail looked up and found Tommy Scaife standing in the entrance, hat in hand, his face troubled and apologetic. "Beg pardon, miss," he said. "I thought I'd take a quick look through the boss's library an' see if he's gat anything on poison." "I'm 'certain he must have," Gail replied. "He has everything else. What sort +of poison are you interest- ed in?" She had risen to replace the Genealogy and her bright 'eyes were already busy scanning the tittles. "I don't know," Tommy confessed. "Rotry'spoisoned, I think. Anyhow he's got fr'ot'h on his lips an' he's having a convulsion." "Poor fellow! Wlhat has he been eating? Why don't you ask him?" "IRory's an Airedale terrier, mis's.'J "Oils! The siymiptoms incline me to think he hes been given strychnine. Give him raw ,eggs and milk and follow with an emetic-mrlistard and water -a few minters later." "Thanks, miss," Tbmtmy bowed and hastened! away. 'Once outside fthe patio he ran to the bunk -h'ous'e, rbtut- ed out Joaquin, the cook. and de- manded eggs and milk. "Por que?" Joaquin demanded. IJike all of his leisurely kind he required always a substantial reason for be - Stirring himself, 'particularly anter hours. Tommy cursed him and bade him in Spanish to talk less and do mlor'e There while Joaquin drew on his trousers and :boots, Tomrmy explaitr- ed that, having heard Rory barking !irks! furiously a couple of .hiundied' yards from the house and over in the direc- tion of the hangar, he had concluded e dog had crossed the trail of a Rory had a habit of noctur- nal prowling. 'Skunks have this hnab • it also and not infrequently Rory's barking at nn'ght had been but the prelude to his ignominious return, a whgrace to dc'gdtom and an outcast from the free and -easy society of tine bunkehous•e until the odor of his en- counter should hralvte worn away. Fearful of the customary annoyance, therefore, Tommy had whistled to Rory, who thereupon head ceased his uproar and live minutes' later had come to the door of Tolmmy's cabin and scratched. Tomhny, 'had opened the door and Rory had fallen at his feet in a ebnvulsion. "This is an old tale on La Cuesta Encantada," quotth Joaquin, "Tom- itito, there are enemies abroad." Hhe buckled on a belt and six-shooter and went with Tommy Scaife to help the latter carry the dog to the kitchen for treatment. But they arrived too late. Rory lay autstreched on the floor of Tomsmy's cabin; as they en- tered' his stutmpy tasseled tail beat the floor feebly, and when Joaquin knelt and stroked the rough head with a kindly "Pobre .perro!" Rory licked the swarthy wrist, essayed 'to get up, failed, sighed and died. Joaquin and Tommy looked ateach other. "Mees Hallie she's coin' feel pretty bad, I theenk, Tomitito, no?" said the cook sorrowfully. "Por la madre de Dios! Eef I catch me those fella he's 'gee the mean heart for poison one poor dog 'because he don' like the stare man like the dog, I tell to you, I keel it." "Some clay, Joaquin -some day!" Tommy Scaife replied hopefully. "I r')n't se much mind what they do t� Lee. He can s'tancl it. but every time somebody sneaks up here and slips a meat ball with strychnine in it to one of our dogs, it sets Hallie Purdy !back a month. May God damn that fiend's foul soul tb the deepest hell!" "I theenk metbbeso you !better tell .mall lie, eh, Tomitilto mite? You tell to the Senorita Rory she go weeth Tony to the' iCuyamaca, When Tony she's come 'back you tell to the Senorita thees 'al' fool Rory he's run away ?or leeve weeth the coyotes-. you tell to him sometheeng-_1 don' care one leetle damn what he is -so ncebbeso Mees Bailie she don' cry liloe leetle 'baby." "That's not a bad• idea, Joaquin. I'll have to, warn Mies Ormsby not to tell her the db'g has [been poisoned." He (hastened down to the hacienda, entering the living room just as the telephone in :Purdy's office across the hall rang -three long bells, and two s'hor't. "Sumelbody callin' 'over the Forest Service line," Tomrmy informed Gail. "Wonder what's doing. Strange, at this hour o' the night ----" 'He event to the office and answered the telephone. Gail heard .him say, at the end of five minutes' silence: "Very well, Jim. We'll be on the watch. Puirdy's away, Tommy Scaife talkin'. You needn't mind ringing up on this .matter again, Jim. Sabe usted?" He paused again at the door of the living -roam, "Rary's dead," he in- forimed her. "Please do not tell Mies Halide. When she asks for Rory I'm going to lie to her. Good niche. miss." - 'He returned inside the hangar, closed the dears and with a crook of his finger summoned the Mexican. "Joaquin;" he said, "we've had a -Asti tor in •this hangar. See .here!" And be indicated the Ship he had been driving that day. "He has sawed the two end struts on both wings prac- tically two-thirds t.hr'ough and filled the crack .rade by the saw with bees wax, which ,is almost the same color as this wood. If I hadn't in,stpected the ship very closely I wouldn't have noticed the job. It's mighty neat" He do' thees t rng to -night?" "No,• by Judas, he didn't. He did it yesterday and we've been flying this ship all d y!" "Madre de bias!" "We're fools for luck, Joaquin. 'Listen. I see it all now as clear as mud. I was working on the motor of the other ship all day yesrberday'-- and i was the only man on the ranch. The 'boas, you, Link Hallowell and the riders had gone down to San Onofre with' the cattle drive. About four -thirty yesterday aftbernoon I got this 'rotor shooting on all six and concluded to take her up for a short flight -to test her. "Just as I was hoipping off Miss Hallie waved to me from bem,.win- diow and I thought, 'The base has been gone two days. He will be anx- ious to know how the little one is fee.lin',' so I made up my mind to fly down to San Onbfre and rerport to .hi'r. Half way between Arguello and San 'Onofre I saw a ,car Bustin' along the road. so I came down low an' sure enough it was the boss. I gilv'e him the horn an' when he got out an' waved at one, 1 wirelessed• him with the exhaust, 'Hallie O.K.' Then I started back, developed igni- tion trouble an' had to land to tinker with it. Got fixed up and htome again about twilight, but the point I'm making is that I was gone an hour and a thalf-and I left this. door orp- He looked smilingly at Joaquin. When anything had become perfect- ly clear to Tammy he alwdys smviled. News, with Tommy 'Scaitfe, did not have to be geed tor bad, but definite anis accurate. Joaquin scratched his blue -[black head and tried to look vastly more in•telligemtt than he was. Tommy resumed; "The skunk just ,had time to do a neat, comrplete job [before he heard my motor, homeward bound. So he just slipped out and inti the brush yonder, where he lay low until I had landed ands ' putt a my ship. Then he vamoosed. To -night he came back to doctor the other ship --and Rory' smelled hem and warned him away. T, thanking Rory had a skunk, whist- led to the'•do.g. who concluded at once that everything was O.K. with me, so why should he raise a fuss with the sttranger? 'He didn't. The chanc- es are he came up to smell hire and make friends -and that's where :Rory used poor judgment" Joaquin nodded, as solemn as an owl, and Tommy got into his leath- ern coat end (helmet. "I'nn going to fix that bay's clock for keeps;" he declared. "He'll be back to-mtoeroy nighty but he won't be . travelling on a return -trip ticket. And I'll change that pad+lock right now." Half an hour later, when. the En- chanted Hill swam in the light of the moon zlow well up in the heav- ens, Tommy !Scaife hopped off and headed for Arguello, Joaquin Jose Ramon Orena y Sanchez stood in front of the h'an'gar and watched 'him depart -and when the sound of the motor grew faint, Joaquin Jose Ram- on did a curious thing. From his trousers pocket he 'produced a six- inch section of round) steel, which he had found on Tommy's work bench; tlhis, steel he inserted in the claw of th•e pad`ock and twisted until the padlock fell apart, Casting ithe brok- en lock from him Joaquin slipped in- si,de, climbed 'up into the fuselage of the remaining two-seater, drew his s•ix-s'h'ooter and sat down to await the arrival of gifts such as the gods might prc'riide. He had not long to wait, Scarcely 'ten minutes had passed before his ear, alert as are the ears of all prim- itive peoples% detected a cautious crunching of the gravel in the rear of the hangar. Slowly the footsteps passed around to the front, where ensued a brief pause while the visitor reconnoitered. Apparently satisfied, from the absence of lights in any of the buildings on the Enchanted Hill, that everybody had retired, and con- fident that he would not be molested until the return of the man he had just heard fly away, the stranger en- tered the hangar and struck a match seeking the electric light switch. He found it, turned it on, looked up' at the airplane which towered above him and - "Rory," said Joaquin Jose Ramon Orena y Sanchez in the soft sibilant accents of his ,mother tongue, "I ded- icate this animal to you." CHAPTER XIII V•'ihen Gail Ormsby left bh•e Arguel- lo hospital Lee Purdy watched from the window until he saw the airplane with its two passengers, rise over the squat adobe houses and soar away toward the Enchanted Hill. He•fol- lew•ed its flight with musing gaze un- til, climbing. it disappeared from his ken. He sighed sadly. "Another bright day-d'rearn shattered," he, soliloquiz- ed. "The fogs of illusion dissipated by the sun of reality. Caramba! Life grows interesting and compli- cat; 1.' He went clown the corridor to the rooun occupied by Ira Todd and rap- ped upon the door. Todd's voice bade him enter. He thrust his head into the 2'00.111. first and glanced cautiously around - he had seen Jake Dart entering the hos- pital earlier in the afternoon. Todd was alone in the room, however, so Purdy entered and closed the door softly. behind him. At the sight of his face Todd had started perceptibly. Now he cleared his throat twice. (dee Purdy, ,,in his day, had known the same peculiar ne- cessity for cleaving his throat a couple of times •before speaking. Fear foes that and Lee Purdy had known fear and could understand it.. Todd's voice was husky and not very convincing as he demanded: "Well, Purdy, what do you want?" "Oh, I just dropped in for a quiet, uninterrupted chat! By the way, your tongue is just a trifle out of Control, isn't it? That rap on the head must have paralyzed some of the facial nerves" Todd nodded. "Little blood clot somewhere, I take it. h th•e pata;y•:i; jut! starting or is it tvc-tring -.veg.?" "It's \retiring away," Totitl admit- ted. *That's c, elfor;,ing, Todd." Purdy sat down in the chair so re- cently- vacated by Gail, lighted a cig- arette, rested his right ankle over his left knee. laced his fingers behind hie head• tilted back his chair and gazed long and interestedly upon his enemy. He did not speak and Todd's face commenced to twitch. He at- tempted to outstare his visitor, but failed, and appeared to discover something of interest an the darken- ing •saw -tooth mountain -'tops miles a- way. Purdy shifted his gaze to the ceiling and blew s'mo'ke rings. Finis a17y: "Well, Todd, it's a fine night for a murder, isn't it?" Ira Todd's sickly face turned the color of a ripe Swiss cheese. H e gulped and licked his lips, then tried to smile politely as if at a particu- larly feeble jest. "It's so .mush nicer to be able to chat odm'fortably with you here," Purdy went en. "Tw'o is company, three is a crowd, Todd; The ,pres- ence of your witnesses always did tend to hamper my conversational style." "I'm sick. Ihn in nb condition to talk to you, Purdy," Ttidd !blustered. "You're not welcome here." "1 wasn't in any condition to talk to you in Chan's restaurant yester- day morning. Todd. I was alone and unarmed, but I didn't whine or look out the window or ,plead illness as an excuse for refu'sin'g to listen to you. As -I recall ,the incident, I ignored you, elttlen when you Vat in my face. R'y E11 'i. yn A , 7 i cheap lrjl 4Irr that yogi, Wli, a hale In !ter Wiled a imam ---aa' leas Iapete1e>--islltellld -haare the eour'age to ,resort to that moth- eaten etrateigy. You hooped I'd reaeh i for my handkerchief to wipe' way your foulness and the movement to- ' ward any coat pocket would then: have given you an excuse to eon- striae Amy action as an attempt to draw a gum. I fooled you, didn't I?" Purdy's faint smile of contempt caus- ed Todd: to writhe. "It must have been a great disap:poinnert to you when I raised my arm so very, very slowly and wiped away the spittle with my linger. And when that fail- ed, you decried my sister's tvirtne by hinting broadly that she wasn't my sister.. And stili I ignored you." "I wanted to show you up," Todd i i anaged to say defiantly. "And I did just that." "You are a consummate fooL You.' signed your own.death warrant, Todd." "Are you going to 'kill me now. when I'mr unarmed and too helpless to defend myself?" "Nothin'gs'so stupid as that, Todd. I thought you might like to know that . Link Hallowell and Tommy Scaife shook dice with each other at San Onofre yesterday morning for the privilege of killing you. Tommy won," "Interesting, if true," Todd mur- mured thickly. "Tommy asked me to call upon you and inform you, that unless you. print, in the next issue of the Arguello Cit- izen, an abject and complete retrac- tion of every dirty charge you brought against •rte in Chan's res- taurant yesterday morning, he will kill you on sight." "He's bluffing. Why don't you kill your own enemies, Purdy?" "Tommy and Link object. Of course it's really my job, but those confounded sentimentalists argue that 1 can't afford the luxury because of my invalid sister, and that it's up to me to he in position to bail Tommy out of jail and see that he gets a fair trial. It is well known that you have publicly given utterance to a tater which, to the New Mexico way of Thinking, places y'ou in the category of one who wants killin'. And it isn't customary, in this state for juries to convict men who kill other men who 'want .killin'.' But of curse you know that. I don't have :3 tell )•ou." "Guess I'll have to have Tommy Scaife put under heavy bonds to keep the peace." Todd countered. His first fright over, he was regaining his composure. Purdy (blew another snutike ring. "Weil, of course, in that case Link Hallowell will have to be considered, although Link hasn't made any threats nor has he 'sent you any mes- sage by me. Still, if I were you I'd consider Linik an integral part 'of my social problem," He sighed deeply. "The yearning for peace is very strong in me, Todd," he con- tinued. "I'll be content with a pub- lic apology, sworn to before a notary public. Just a plain blunt admission that you're a liar, Todd, and after that you will he free to depart in peace and never come back. H o w does the program strike you?" "It t:oesn't strike me at all, Purdy. You know I can't do that." Purdy shrugged. "You have the courage of an egotistic coward, and I'm not so certain I prefer it other- wise. By the way you've had quite a conversation with Miss Grimsby." Todd ' actually grinned. "Sort of spoiled your game there, Purdy." "Interesting, if true," Purdy re- plied laconically, "to quote your own recent words. She asked me if cer- tain charges you had made against mt.y honor were true and I admitted their truth. It wasn't easy to do, but I concluded one liar was enough in this hospital at one time." The door had opened softly. "Hello, Jake. I can see you in the mirror, s'o you'll pardon me, will you not, if 1 fail to turn around? Aro you back on the Box K pay roll, Jake?" Purdy queried socially. "You bet," Jake Dort replied. "Vamose!" "Held your horsee, Jake. I'm not going to ivamose until I have finish= cd saying to Todd sante things I have conte to say to him." "Gimme my gun. Jake," Ira com- manded. He sat up in bed and stretched an eager hand toward the range bogs, who shook his head. "You don't want 00 gun -play to- day. Iry," he soothell' the manager, "Kill him'." Todd pleaded. "He threatening me. He's come here to kill me. I tell you." "That isn't true, ,Jake. Ili peace- able to -day. Todd, don't you know ,Jake will not shoot an unarmed man?" "Then gimme my grin and I'll de it," Tocld pleaded with .Jake Dort. Jake's bruised and swollen face was turned from Purdy to Todd and back again. "Guess we'll wait till Purdy has a bad day," he concluded. "I come to report, try. Everything is fixed up an' I'm startin' for the ranch as soon a., I can get a snack o' supper over to the.. hotel." "Throw Purdy- out ,before you go," Todd snarled. "I'nc a sick man, I can'tbe ann'oy'ed with him." "Come on, Purdy," .Jake command- ed. "I'm talkin' to y'ou." "And 1 hear y'ou, Jake. You're the law, • if that tin star an your rest means anything, and I'm a law-abid- ing citizen. Good night, Todd. You may get a little sleep to -night. hut I doJau,bttke it." Dbrt followed Purdy out ,into the corridor and closed the door. The two men* stood facing each other. "I've just heard what Iry said to you in the restaurant," Jake said sadly. "I suppose you been in remrindim' him of his bad judgment." Purdy nod- ded. "Gimnne three days to argy him into takin' that back, Purdy," Jake pleaded. "Iry ain't such a bad feller once you get to know him well. You got to remember his head ain't work- in' right bo -day." "1t certainly wasn't working right yesterday morn.imig." Jake produced his plug of chewing tobacco and meditatively bit a large chew 'out of lit. "I been tellin' Iry for quite a spell hens got you seized up wrong," hg co'm'plained. Purdy stepped up to Jake and laid his bate) , )Fraternally en the broad uXK w351'ik: s X4e ssrha,>ii': Welty • ma '.r , JZa'lue? t MOW_ ma aar a s[hr'tottr'c and Pre:Mots ' hint a day or a am 'e . What's [back of 'al!i+ calla ananti who is )back of 'redid,?" . 'tPurdly, 1 compo," J'afke a01#01.14 with sirs ple ciireat:few ' "Iry t411& xrie one thing ale 1-hea+r another ann you tell me eorrethin' else. Me, I atitft in on anythinlg. I'm just ]tiyy's friend an' the mange 'Moss 'of 'Ghe Box R Ranch. That lees me out." "Todd carie to me with a fair pro- p'osition to buy me out a year ago," Purdy complained. "I declined to sell 'beeaese I didn't want to and I didn't have to. Three months later he came :back with an offer of twelve dollars ant acre for my seven thous- and acres of wild hay land in tthe 'valley of the upper Rio Hondo and ten dollars an acre for my hundred tho-usand acres in El Valle de los Ojos Negros.' I paid four dollars an ars for El Valle de los Ojos Negros. in 1919, but still I refused to sell. A month later Todd offered me twelve dollars an acre for that des- ert land and a benne. of ten thousand dollars to abandon my grazing per- mit if I accepted his offer. I declin- ed because I d'omrt want to leave La Cuesta Encantada until ivy . sister gets well. The altitude and the Eli - mate are just what she needs. I am happy here and if I sell I only have to take up the search for happiness again. It's not easy to find a ranch that pleases 'one as Much as my ranch here pleases mte. "I hold Todd I wouldn't sell at any.peice.. Then the panic came with the period of post-war deflation and my financial condition changed very rapidly. It seemed wise to sell then, so I called on .Todd and told him I had changed my mind and would con- sider his last 'offer. He said his peo- ple were nO. 'longer interested, but s'j ertly after that twenty thousand sheep invaded El Valle de los Ojos Negros. They were' there three weeks before we discovered them, and after my boys drove therm off I had to maintain a daily patrol to see that they stayed off. They annoyed me all summer and fall. (Oontinued Next Week) A travelling circus had arrived at a small village, and the local gossip - carrier hastened out to look things over. He found three circus hands sitting in dejected silence. "What's wrong?" asked the vil- lager. "The elephant is dead," was the re- ply - "I'm sorry, but I'm glad to see you eteen imalrr.' ..the riri�. ' ain.tn th' three. :"You see, ivy to dog the lole''to LONDON .4•d, south Wing&is,rm .....,..,.. ,'; . Belgrave ,. ..•,.. • k • ....•, Blyth Landesbora t Clinton Brucefield Kippers Hensall Exeter North Exeter Hensall Ki'ppea Brucefield Clinton Londeslboro Blyth ...... Belgrave Wirnghaine ....;.., 3.4 3.•_Y Adlte 10.42. 10.55' 11.01 11.90 11..54 12.10 12:e9 12,30 12.50 C.N.R. TIME TABLE East Goderich Clinton Seaforth Dublin Mitchell West Dublin ... J .... ... Seaforth Clinton Goderich A.M. P.X. 6.45 2.30 7.08 3.00 7.22 '' 3.18 7.33 3.31 '7.42 3.43 11.19 11.34 11.50 12.10 9.44 9.57 10-11 10.37 C.P.R. TIME TABLE East A.M. Goderich 5.50 Men set 5.55 McGaw 6.04 Auburn 6.11 Blyth 6.25 Walton 6.40 McNaught 6.52 Toronto 10.25 A.M. Toronto 7.40 McNaught 11.48 Walton 12.01 Blyth 12.12 Auburn 12,28, McGaw 12,34 Menset 12.41 Goderich 12.46 West eSNAPSuOT GUIL HOME LIFE Family gatherings offer unusual opportunities for story -telling pictures. AREADER of the Snapshot Guild sent in the above picture as an example of what can be clone by an amateur photographer with an in- expensive camera. Photographically it is an excellent pictere and this Guild member is to be congratulated on his work. To the Snapshot Guild, however, this picture represents much more than an example of good photogra- phy. It tells a real story. As. we visu- alize the story behind this picture it takes us into the homes of thou- sands of typical Canadian family groups gathered at the home of parents for the day or evening. It is just such pictures that add interest and value to your snapshot collection and every year, as the children "grow up," you will cherish such snapshots more and more. Record pictures, such as scenes, buildings, monuments and other places of interest you snap in your travels are important and interest- ing, but don't overlook the innumer- able opportunities for intimate, story -telling pictures of the family. With present day film and Photo- flash or Photoflood bulbs you can take indoor pictures with any camera equipped for "time" exposure. The picture above was taken with an or- dinary camera with the aid of a No. 20 Photoflash bulb. Here is what you do. Place your camera on a tripod, table or some- thing solid so that there will be no movement of the camera when the picture is taken. Locate your sub- jects, or group in the finder. At arm's length to the aide of your camera place an ordinary floor lamp; to get full efficiency from the light, remove the shade and bold a white card or a pillow case in back of it to serve as a reflector. If in a group picture of this kind you find that the distance at which the Photoflash will be placed is about 10 feet from the group use stop 111 with an anastig-• mat lens or No. 1 stop on single lens cameras or bata, cameras. With double lenses not of the anastigmat type, use the largest stop. "th the current in the lamp tur ed off re - the Photo- flash the home bulb wi� re- place flash bulb. Set your camera for a time exposure; open the shutter and instantly "turn on" the Photoflash bulb which you have placed in the floor lamp. There will be a vivid, in- stantaneous flash of light. Immedi- ately aft er this flash close the shutter of your camera and you have your picture. If you prefer you can take a snap- shot of such a group, providing yod have a camera with an f.6.:1 lens or faster, using Photoflood bulbs. It will be necessary to employ two floor lamps; place one lamp about 5 feet in front and a little to the right of your subjects; place lamp number two about six feet to the front and left of the group. Tilt the shades on the lamps so that the light is cast over the entire group. Place two Photoflood bulbs in the lamp to the left and one or two in the one to the right. Be sure to use super -sensitive " panchromatic film for best results for snapshots with this kind of a set-up. With flim slower than super -sensitive short time exposures can be made with Photoflood bulbs. Set the diaphragm at 1.6.3 and the shutter speed at 1/26 of a second; turn on your Photoflood lamps and - snap -you have trade a snapshot at night indoors!, When shades on home lamps can- not be tilted or are of a kind that does not permit directing the light on the subject, remove the shade. In such cases, some kind of reflector back of the lights will throw con- siderably more light forward. Don't forget these important pic- tures around the home. Get some Photoflash or Photoflood bulbs (they can be purchased in almost any store where they sell photogre4shie supplies), load Your camera with super -sensitive panehromatic film. and take a few snapshots at njtht indoors. It's a lot of fun. JOHN VAN GUILDEIR • A