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DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B.
Graduate of University of Toronto
PAUL L. BRADY, M.D.
Graduate of. University of Toronto
Ther -Clinic is fully equipped with
complete and modern X-ray and other
up-to-date diagnostic and there oeutics
equipment.
Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in
diseases Of the ear, eye, nose and
throat, will be at the Clinic the first
Tuesday in 'every month from 3 to 5
p.m.
Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held
en the second and last Thursday in
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Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE
Phone 6-W Seaforth
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Physician and Surgeon
Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat
Phone 90-W Seaforth
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'1CHAPTER XII
SYNOPSIS
Camilla Dean tours in the East
with a party of other Americans.
She is warned of danger by Ron-
tld Barker -El Kerak-leader of
Arab tribes,,., enemies of Hassan
Isar, whose proposal of mar -
the Syrian desert, the bus is
attacked and Camilla is carried
off. She is treated with consider-
ation, and finds Hassan has plann-
ed the abduction.
"I think you'll be glad to have good
news of your friends," Hassan said.
"The great adventure of your friend
Michael having ended in disaster, he
thought it bestto return to .Damas-
cus. He was not badly hurt, just a
bullet through the flesh of his should-
er. Torelli drove, I'm told, and mon-
aged very well. Your cousin Josie is
worried about you, of course, and I
have no way of reassuring her. Miss
Priestly is very happy to be back at
the hotel with Torelli, and Kitty
Trimfble is on her way to Beirut."
"And you think you can keep a
story like this quiet "
"It will be a nine days' wonder and
then forgotten."
"Not with 'the body"of Slim as ev-
idence."
"There will be no body of Slim," he
said. "When there's no body there's
no crime. They tell me it was Slim
who made the trouble. He'lI make no
more." -
She sat silent, wondering how she
could have toleratea Hassan for so
long. He went out to bathe his face
and hands, leaving her in a misery
of uncertainty. There now seemed no
She was done'. . . finished . .
none of her old weapons would do.
She was done . finisher, .
"Ypu see, my dear," Hassan told
Camilla, "I've done everything in the
world I could think of to please you
and all I've had in return is hypoc-
risy and intrigue. I offered you mar-
riage. as fine a match as you'll find
in all Syria. And you refused me.
That was your privilege. You played
the game according to your own code
and I am playing it according to
mine -a savage code if you like, but
consistent with my plan of life, Am-
ong the desert people the man car-
ries off his bride who ie supposed to
weep and try to scratch his eyes out.
'That won't be difficult for you, of
course." He laughed.at her.
"Thank goodness, you're not my
husband."
("Under the Mohammedan law your
vows have already
wife."
"My vows?"
"Yes, my dear, on the train to Jer-
usalem when you hoped to get me to
tell you about Osman Khali."
She started in wonder at • his con-
'tinued impudence. What did it all
mean? Did the believe what he said
or was he just trying this new means
of intimidating her? She gave him
a wry sort of smile.' "And do you'
really think you can make me believe
all this?"
"I'm afraid you'll have to." Hakim
came in and poured the coffee.
"Have a cigarette? These are Arif's
from Beirut."
He smoked inhaling deeply, and
gazed at her through he haze. He
was far too courteous to be trusted.
As he lighted her cigarette their fing-
ers touched and he suddenly rose,
passing around the table and catch-
ing her by the shoulders. She
struggled furiously and , he gave a
short laugh. "Am I so distasteful to
you as all that?"
He turned and lighted ad second cig-
arette, while she tried to 'think of
some expedient, unusual and desper-
ate . . . It came to her quickly like
an inspiration -a thought that might
endanger Ronnie's plans and her•own.
And yet -"Hassan," She said quickly,
"What would you say if I told you
you that Ronald Barker will soon find
the riding place of Osman Khali?"
He looked up at her, puzzled, but
his attention was derveted. Then be
smiled easily. "I would say that it is
* * *
A man came quickly- from the dusk-
of
uskof the inner side of the tent be-
yond the perimeter of light. He was
one of the three men who had ridden
with her after the holdup. She cow-
ered away from ,him but he held -up
his 'hand, speaking quickly in brok-
en French.
"Mademoiselle," he whispered; "1
belong to the tribes of El Kerak.' He
asked me to give you this yesterday not true."
but there was no opportunity until "Even if I mentioned the house of
now," and he'handed her a soiled slip
of paper. She glanced at it quickly
and read the brief message. "The
jiri r7i i otic drilie'iibtiitl`e''
It was unsigned but a great thrill
shot through her as she realized
that Ronnie was again near and
would help her. She turned to the
messenger. "When?" she asked him.
"Soon" he replied and dropping
his knees, suddenly disappeared.
She moved quickly to the flap of
the tent and as• she •appeared the
guard outside rose and faced her with
a forbidding gesture. It was extraord-
inary that no 'one had noticed the
stranger as he came and went. Hassan
apparently was still' in his dressing
tent.
She turned slowly as Hassan reen-
tered -the tent.
"And now," he said,. "we shall be
cozy . and quite' 'en famine' I made
plans for this visit some days ago
when I hoped to get you to accept my
invitatioh, and sent some • food from
Tadmore."
"I -I couldn't eat," she said, "I'm
made you my
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LONDON and WINGHAM'
NORTH
A.M
Exeter 10.34
Hensall 10.48
Kipper 10.52
Srucefield 11.00
Clinton 11.47
P.M.
3.08
3.28
' 8.38
3.45
3.58
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Clinton
Bruceileld
Kippen
Hensall
Exeter
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
A.M. P.M,
6.15 2.30
6.31 2.48
6.48 8.00
6.59 3.22
7.05 8.28
7.12 8.29
7.24 8.41
Goderich
Holmesville
Clinton ..••
Seaforth
St. Colum'ban
Dublin
Mitchell
WEST
Mitchell
Dublin .. • -
Beatorth ......... .
Clinton
Goderich
\11.06
111.14
11.89
11.45
12.05
9.28
9.36
9.47
10.0p
10.25
C.P.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
Goderich
Memel
McGaw
Auburn
Blyth
7P.altoni
McNaught
Toronto
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Saied Ahmal Affandi-" •
Her information was still intried, a
shot in the dark, but it struck him
ewhere"-and she.:-knew•---sire---had
made no mistake for he twisted to-
ward her quickly. "Where did you hear
that name?"
"At Kufah on the Tifris, at Bag-
dad," she added.
He caught her by the wrist and
hurt her more than he had hurt her
before but she didn't mind it so much.
"Where did yotf get this nonsense?"
he asked roughly. •
"You once told me I was clever-"
"You'll suffer for this!" he raged.
He rushed to the flap of the tent,
clapping his hands and shouting in
Syriac. The encampment was in a
commotion at once, men shouting
from ope tent to another, 'lanterns
flashing, and through it all Hassan
striding like -a demon. And then
when she wondered what was to hap-
pen next it happened quickly -the
sound of a rifle shot at a distance -
squealing, then more rifle shots clos-
er at hand and a turmoil of shouting
that's all. Oh, Ronni4, I'm so glad -I
think I've nevax beea gladder in my
life."
.r.•
"I couldn't get here before. The
fellow on watch just wouldn't go to
sleep and at last he had to be shot,
otherwise there wouldn't have been
such a row. Did you get my message?"
"Only a moment ago, at least I
think it was only a.., moment. Every,
thing happened so quickly. Tell me,
ow did you know where I was?"
"I had a warning •before the hold
up, yesterday. I foilnd out that Zaagi
was one of the Anazeh tribesmen and
a partisan of Hassan Isar's, so I
wasn't far away. You see I've had
Hassan's outfit for more than a years.
That's how we knew so much about
him. That's why I 'warned you not `to
go with Michael Gay. Hassan's ways
are well known in Syria. I tried to
convince you-"
She put her- arms around his neck
more closely. "I've been an awful
fool -I deserved everything that" has
happened to me. I ought to have
known your advice was the best. But
I hoped I could succeed in helping
you even against your will."
"It was a terrible chance you took,
Camille." - •
"I realize that, but
speak of Hassan now."
Ronnie released her •for a moment
and turned to examine a white figure
stretched upon the ground not far
away. She sow Rennie bend -over. "He
fired at me twice" and missed!" he
said breathlessly as he straightened.
"Bad luck for him=good luck for me.
I wasn't destined to be killed by Has-
san. Perhaps after what has already
happened, he knew it." e
El Kerak's men were now swarming
all over the encampment, taking
..down the tents and poles' and piling
everything upon the camels. Camilla
watched them for a moment as Yusef
emerged with her traveling case.
"W'hat is happening?" she asked. ,
"The spoils of war. It's custom. We
must leave at once, before Hassan's
followers return with more men. re -
Morrow. I'm going to send you to Beir-
ut. News travels fast in the desert, as
fast as a 'horse can gallop."
"`And what about Osman Khali?"
He frowned. "The,affair. of Osman
will have to wait until you're safe."
"Ronnie!" She gasped, as she real-
ized that she had neglected to tell him
the thing he most wanted to know,
that they • had both been working so
hard to find out. She had grasped
his arm so doilentlr, that he turned
in amazement. "Real" et ,„Osman!"
He started at her. `I've found out
where he is. His address is in the care
of Saied Affandi at Kufah."
"Ahmal lives at Kufah. He's an-
other descendant of the Prophet
but how did you find this out?"
She told him' and then smiled.
"You once said a little luck, a little
ingenuity and a lot of impudence
makes a good detective. And I've had
them all."
There was a moment of silence. In
the distance she heard again the
Sounds that had frightened her the
night before, of jackals yelping with
hunger. And she -understood why ,the
sounds were closer. The same thought
that had crossed her mind had come
to Ronnie, who called.a•man and spoke
a few {,words in Syrias. There were
four dead. The Anazeh had carried
off their wounded.
But the grave diggers Were saved
their trouble, for before Ronnie was
ready to leave camp, a sheik -it was
the one with the long red boots -
came alone, asking permission to
take charge of Hassan's dead. And
the last thing Camilla remembered
was the sheik standing guard by the
body of Hassan, waiting for his men
oto appear.
we needn't
...
A man clime quickly from the dusk of the Inner side of the tent beyond
the perimeter of light-,
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not hungry."
"After I've taken all this trouble?
Nonsense! ,You must eat of my
bread and salt, my dear, according
to the Arabian custom, if only to
show that you're not angry."
"Why waste words?" she said,
forcing a smile. "I refused the invit-
ation to go with you on a caravan 'be-
cause I distrusted you. It seems that
I was right-"
"But here we are whether you dis-
trust me or not. And don't you think
it would be wiser if you made the
best of it?"
P.M. "There is no best of it -only the
4.20 worst," she said with a bitterness in -
4.24 tended to hide her hope of Ronnie.
4.82 "Weil, at least now we understand
12.82 each other. For the first -time you're
'12.23 actually honest with me. I don't mind
12,13' saying it's rather refre.4hing. But I
12.0$ didn't think you'd be such a poor los-
8.80 er. I thought at least you were' a
good sport-"
"Your' ideas of a sport and mine
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may be different,"
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iu,n Y�°Y;Yi y'p 11'YY Y!^tY W W1ii�W P W Y i e
(By W. H. Johnston, in The London
Free Press)
Roads in modern and mediaeval.
times have been -recognized as of vital
importance " to the 'well-being of
peoples and nations. We find the Ronal
an legions devoting their leisure time
in the building of those wonderful
roads some of which are still in exist-
ence in Great Britain, after almost
2,000 years of usefulness.
In the settlements of the Huron
Tract the first task of the Canadian
Company 'was to provide roads from
the outside world into and through
the vast dark forest, wilderness,
stretching almost from Lake Ontario
to Lake, Huron. As Goderich had been
chosen as the capital of this great
territory the Huron road was one of
the first to be opened. The contract
of constructing it from Wilmot to God=
erich was let to Col. Vari Egmond, one
of the pioneers of the tract and emin-
ently fitted to take charge and import-
ant work. He was probably the weal-
thiest man in the district and his ex-
perience as an officer in the Napol-
eonic wars in Europe was an aid in
managing a large force of workmen.
In the building of those seventy
miles through the forest, his was an
herculean task. The road was to be
only twelve feet wide, a mere sleigh
track, but it was to be, as far as pos-
sible, -straight along the surveyoes
tine. These men went ahead with axe -
men to Van Egmond's army of road
makers, remove obstacles and blaze
a trail for there were coudtless creeks
and rivers to cross, swales and
swamps that if it were possible to
build a road through them had to be
crossed with corduroy bridges, but if
not, then a detour had to be opened
around them. Cabins were built st
stated intervals to house 'his workers.
and angry men. Through it all she
heard the name of El Keralc uttered
first in surprise, and then fear.
Hassan had rushed out of the tent,
but a hand caught hers. "Trust me,"
said a voice in French which she re-
cognized as Ronnie's messenger,
"and follow " Together they bent un
der the wall of the " tent and in a
moment were out in the darkness
with walls of goatskin 'around them.
She heard Hassan's voice, then Ron-
ald Barker's, as the two men met.
Camilla tore her hand away from the
grasp of her guide and ran out into
the open just in time to see a man
in Arabian robes rush toward Hassan,
his automatic blazing spitefully.
The surprise was effective. The
tribesmen of El-Kerak, having shot
the lookout tower, had dashed sudden-
ly around the two sides of the .hill,
converging on , Hassan's bewildertd
followers who had rushed from their
tents half awake and fought until they
found themselves surrounded. With
the fall of Hassan the battle was over,
for his surviving warriors. found what
horses they could and dashed away
into the darkness.
After a while he found her and took
her into hi8 arms.
.!Ile lou„, a'll right?"
t 8 es --Hist 8 .1i'ttle ,bewi+ilde1e4
A Huge P?oject for Those Days
The whole project was enough -o
daunt the most daring army general,
but the -Colonel went 'at the work
most methodically, engaged a large
number of Scotch and Irish immi-
grants and inspired them to do -their
best. Mostly younger men, they were
a free and rollicking crowd, goodnat-
ured and law-abiding, ready for_ any,
emergency. Sometimes far from a
sheltering cabin or a hospitable inn,
they roughed it in the woods by the
roadside. Certain men went a short
distance ahead gathered dry cedar
or hemlock fuel and started a huge
fire beside a great log When the men
came in they 'were fed well with good
plain strong food, meat roasted be-
side the big fire but juicy and appetiz-
ing. Hungry and tired they ate with a
relish and after "a spell of chat and
story -telling they lay, down on luxur-
ious couches of 'hemlock boughs to
rest weary limbs until' morning. One
writer tells that they lay "spoon
fashion" and the first awake in the
morning called ."spoon," when all as
one man turned over -on .the other
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Wins Scholarship
Marjorie Pierce, a student of Kit-
chener -Waterloo Collegiate for , the
last two years, was successful in
winning a scholarship which gives
her two years tuition at Western Un-
iversity. The value of the scholarsh'
was $250. She will enter Univer
this Term. Marjorie is at presen
ployed with The Mutual Life Insu
of Waterloo. Besides winning
scholarship, she also ranks hig`,for
another scholarship, which will not
be decided Until a later date.
Marjorie is a former pupil of Blyth
Public and Continuation School, and
her friends here will read of her
success with pleasure. Congratula-
tions!-- Blyth Standard.
ity
em-
ance
this
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Not Very Safe, but Useful
The road, though built, was not
very safe. In safe portions wheels
sank to the axle in the mud, while
many a top-heavy load swayed; dang-
erously near upsetting. In crossing the
narrow corduroy bridges, often bound-
ed each -'side by a large and deep pool
of dirty greenish water, many a timid
yes and many a manly heart stood still
as the wagon wheels bounded from log
to log and the load appeared about
to be deposited in- one of the bottom-
less ponds. Be that as is may, it is a
well-known , fact that when Major
Strickland's wife, child andnurse-
maid with their 'household possessions
were on their way from Guelph to
Goderich they got along all right un-
til the second day when 'tliey 'reached
the Huron road, when their wagon,
drawn by a yoke of oxen, with the
side.
In an .incredibly short ti e the road
was finished and' at one it became
the highway for a vas multitude . in
search of homes, a 'reehold estate.
Homes from whinthey dould not be
evicted. A home -here the little ones
of the family might grow •to manhood
and womanhood without fear of being
dispossessed. What a vision for those
early settlers!
Van Egmond grasped his opportun-
ity. Along the road inns were estab-
lished by Seebach, Helmer, Fry'f5gle
and others. His own home on the
Huron 'road, a few miles east of Clin-
ton, was ever open to the weary
traveller or the friendly visitor. With
an eye to business and foreseeing the
great rush of immigration, he laid in
a stock of 550 barrels of flour and af-
ter 1832 he had twenty four -horse
teams on the road to bring - settlers
and their goods from Toronto to God-
erich of intervening settlements as
they wished, He had a good business
in supplying the inns and settlers
along the way.
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women on the bedding on top of the -
load, upset twice. Though they -were
still sixty miles from Goderich that
was enough for Mrs. Strickland.
Fearing for her child's safety she car-
ried it in her arms all the rest of''the z
way except for six miles before she
reached Fryfogle's, when a man, tra-
velling westward, carried the babe
for that distance.
About 113 years have elapsed since
the Huron road was completed Of
course it was aio great road as we
think of roads now -a -days, but who
can estimate itsinfluence on the mak-
ing of history in this part of Western
Ontario.. Today it is part of No. 8 of
the King's Highway, running from ,
Goderich to Hamilton, beautifully
paved and serving the public well,
but who will dare to aver it is more
useful than it was a century ago.
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VETERANS OF THE SEA
Already Canadians are being listed among the veterans of Atlantic
battles. They portray the confidence of the allied forces that Hitlerism'
will be defeated and liberty restored to nations the enemy has overrun.
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TRAIN IN- HARVA,RDS
Success of the British, donittronweaith Air Training Scheme- which it now tithing 60 htif'dre'14 d>
trained airmen, engineers navin'atoNs'and observers 'each month haesttrpa8sed eVef the ttt•ealiti't b
vbc tet� its inotl ti The .pilots undergo fiphte+r ti�ailhinit in the speedy H•ath/di'el' refi
those who ad a p Mkt
pictured above.
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