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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-06-05, Page 7' imietA4.014404.44^M4.4. ...41.4.4.4a,4.114.1144114.14.04=11414.44.11044144014.4111/404^4444,454.4,4m4..2141411111.14.441440...111C1.00.1111444.4.. IL Darrietere, SelleItterfa Pi% PaleiCk D. IlfoOonnell H. Glenn liars 0.04FQ.W11/4. 'OW; '010911040 114 8698- K. T.Mail:kit/4T earristr, Eto. - PEAFCIR'11( - ; - orrrAluo Branch Office Henitall Honsall Senforth „.. Phono113 Phone 173 SEAFORTB CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. 4 Graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with complete 'and modern X-ray and other • ea -to -date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will)be-at the Clinic the first :Tuesday i every month from 3 to 5 Free ell -Baby Clinie will be held on the second and last Thursday month from 1 to 2 p.m. every in 8687 - JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-W. Seaforth, MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Phyalclan andSurgeon Successor to Dr. W. 0. Sproat Phone 90-W - Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate -in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Optlial. sired and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Bye and Golden. Square Throat Hos- Vital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SE1AFORT11, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m. te 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. '53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. 12-87 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties: Prices reaionable; satisfietion guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone Harold ;Jackson, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R. R. 4, Seaforth. 8768 - EDWARD. W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer For Huron - a • • Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The Huron Earposi- tor,..Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203, Clinton. Charges moderate and _ satis- faction guaranteed. is829-62 LONDON and WINGHAM NORTH A.M. ' Exeter 10,34 Heiman 10.46 Kippen 10.52 ' Druoefield ' 11.00 Clinton -a. ' 11.47 SOUTH P.M. Clinton 3.08 Brucefield 3.28 • Kippen 3.38 Herman 3.45 . Exeter 3.58 • ' C.N.R. TIME ;TABLE EA8T • A.M. P.M. Goderleh 6.15 2.30 Rolmesville 6.31 2.48 ,Clintort 6.43 3.00 Seaforth 6.59 3.22 1St. Cohtmban 7.05 ' 3.23 Dublin 7.12 3.29 Kitchell 7.24 3.41 CHAPTERj) SPIPPIM: A Plan identified as Joseph. Shun- IS friencj.. drowned in „the Hilden river near .A11/1414 N. Slinn was insured hat the Protec- tive Life IntUrinae contipany, and' his beneheia.rtis a man named.B.' B. Twombley who lives in Troy. - The oompanyai Albany agent, Car- lin,' identifies the' body, and the insurance ttaraey- is paid to Twombley: ;BataTerry Glidden is not satisfied. y He believes there is somethirig wrong •and suspects that Slinn was aniirdered. Con-• vinced that' be. Is right, Jerry tells his boss that :ben prove it, , or he won't come hack. , . Jerry plunged from his chiefs of- fice -and almost obllided with Leila outside it. Steinhardt was 'retreating rather hurriedly amass voltat artists ,call the middle distance, and Leila -Taylor looked: ashamed. ' Of course, there are a hundred rea-1 sons why a secretary surd wait close to her employer's door; but his door was notoriously not soundproof. "Jerry, I - was just-" He recalled a reluctance on her part, a• general cooling process. Be- sides, Sam had lately strained faith in the theory of coincidence by tura,' ing up too.often at the expensive eat - a -bit -and -dance -a -night restaurants to; which she, dragged' a 'fiance who didn't care for them. "Just getting the• dope, dear?", Jer- ry demanded. "In the company's in terests, .of course. Never -mind me, I'm leaairing." Her selfish little mouth formed a circle of unconvincing protest. a '"Oh, I didn't mean-" "And- I 'haven't got a bet -ter job; in fact, I haven't got any job." The Hudson River local coughed. its way northward. Farther and farther behind it, on. 'the loom of the sky, the lights af •New 'York wove more and more faintly their red nocturnal rug." Jerry, in the smoking car, took stock.. He hid a few hundred dollars, a de- termination, to make good, a sense of injury -and a hunch. eeTn e ,ters, thet r iofaeteheetase ipnosaeansysinenns. Tie dee' or: He began to wonder if -the latt ipair might .not often be a lia- bilitt,' - • Hi* hunch, particularly, It -had been justifiable enougth-aas a hanch. But. then Steinharclas sneers had harden- ed it anto a less justifiable belief. And flnallya-the threats of Lightner had metamorphosed it into a certain- ty. Was this logical? Or was it just youthful 'bullheadedness? Jerry put up at a poor hotel in Lin- lithgo. E-arly next morning, he in- quired for "thee coroner. . "What you want him for?" asked the hotel clerk. •"Thought you was a live one'. Well, there ain't none." "No what?" • 'Coroner, of course.' Not here. He lives up' at Hudson. All we've got's a depity, Elwood Norbeck. You'll best find him at the corner drug store "The F. L. I, tartans a lainatli, 02 Tools, an' 'you can tell 'em I said eo. -case is 'closed. I cleated it. Then Your , P. L. I. ordered' a couple lit snoopers down from Albany who had the nerve to check Up.the whole thing, but was forced to- agree with ine an' apologize. An' now, as if that wasn't enough, your gang sende you here. Are they busted? Can't they pay up?" "The claim's been satisfied." "Then why isn't the Company. No, sir. • Columbia comity ' won't reopen this case for anybody." Jerry explained, that he had wanted merely to leek over the records.. A reason, however, it was hard to sup- ply. He suspected that records didn't ea - 1st -was told that they' sad been promptly, and properly, forwarded to the county seat -guess that they were the barest report, containing nothing with which he wasn't already ac- quainted. No use, then, to add insult to in- jury by inviting the name and ad- dress of the official physician; these were easily acquired elsewhere, and that red -whiskered personage was sought at his; 'office without Mr. Nor - beck forewarning hi -in to uphold Co- lumbia county's honor, Well, warning would have been su- perfluous. The advent of that medi- cal colleague from the State capital had hurt Dr. Gibbony's professional pride: "And all his autopsy showed was exactly what mine did -death by drowning." "Sure. I only wanted to know if there were any signs of a streggle." "Not a tear -not a rip. Besides, his letter turned out to corroborate "And- that's at Hudson with 'the re- port?" "Certainly not. Not being found till afterwards, it was brought here by your folks and then handed back to the executor." 'Who was he?" "Slinn's store clerk, under a will just executed. He'd been with 'Slam since the grocery opened -been good to him, too, I figure, and there weren't any kin, and his pay was in arrears." Little here. Nothing at the county seat. And yet Glidden's hunch per- sisted. It had to, and he had to prove it' correct. Of course, he'd stopped off en his way toward Albany only so as not 'Le -overlook any bet. Yet there must be something. If a crime had been .conamitted, every criminological system was disproved unless there had been some slip made by the criminal at this end of the case. the seclusion of the Hud.son taxi which bore him to the station, Jerry beat his brains black and blue. His lips tight. he pressed his frowning forehead between his fists and: stared sightlessly out of the cab winddw. What was it the Linlithgo doctor had said? "In the clothes not a tear -not a rip." terry's instinct -declar- ed there•was a flaw somewhere, but his reason refused to find any. Puzzling when he boarded the train he was still puzzling whan be reaCh- d Albany. "Just getting the dope, dear?" Jerry dental:Ideal. WEST, any time after nine." Wir,• Norbeck turned out -to be one of several gentlemen who all looked alike and sat, daylong, with their backs, to the soda counter. Elwood, however, answered to his name, creaked the rusted hinges of waist and knees and condescended to come to the sidewalk. . "What can I do for you?" . He was small, thin, narrovt-ehested, but quite aware of his official dignity. That famous -booklet, 'Room at the Top," declares: "Respect for superiors never kept an inferior down." After all, there might be something in it. Jerry boNkred. "I Want to Consult you In your public capacity.", ;Sunken eyes brightened,. "Got a A.M. corpse?" Toronto 8.30 "Not exactly; but you had one the' Mt Other day. from the P. L. I. Co. • Wellana. Another_ stleneas_ glade _gola wrong!. illactRatighf 12,04 --4that Shun ease."' a!! Jerry's mention of the great corpOra- 4klibtirn ' • • `` '''''''' • • • • • • -1.6•" tion was enough to reuse the • SIOGite 12.47 . • 10.64 "depitra" wrath,' Elwood al:10HW the • 13611914011; ..... 1.00 whJ o.11`°°rIL Mitchell 11.06 9.28 Dublin . . 1L14 9.36 Seaforth .... 11.80 9.47 'Minton 11.45 10.00 Goderich 12.05 10.25 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST Goderich 4.35 Menet 4.41 McGaw •4.49 °Anhui% 4.58 Blyth 5.09 Wa,tton 5.21 MeNtaight 5.22 Toronto 9.45 ST • • laor that Matter, he found only one new fact there There his- ' activities assumed four phases: 1. -Carlin haa-(left for a vaca- tion, at Casco Bay. No great loss, Jerry reflected, since the local ag- ent's mind would be colored by Sam Steinbardt's corresPondenco with him. 2. -The tailor had no fresh light to cast on the subject. None had been -seriously expected of him. 3. -Ditto the company's Albany physician. -Yes, he had gone to Linlithgo and made a separate , autopsy. No, there wasn't `the slightest sign of a struggle. Jerry could disenver no detail in which there had been either negligence or airot'. 4. -The clerk executota-- • Put this' proved rather a large pro - bees. When: Jerry arrived at the grocery atore-a small store to Swallow $50,- 00 -Howard Weaver, the exevatat was engaged, loue-handed, in clotting ip for the eight. He strtfok you at ailee as a fellow who would be lone - :banded as long s aay; other hand ,,;4; t.•• ' •.e, • . . 174 - A A...Ai . • • cost money. Twenty be was; aeatra he might bave been; and- lale gjafe 'fibovied knowledge of itlarldalis mouth waswa sxJlaU, lilts Ths nose long'and thin- '' - He led Jerry t/I/et through the door surmounted' by a, liege can- vas sign: "OUT OF pusmtoss! EXE013TOR'S 1tritLE!" Deeidedly, here 'Was' .a gentleman With an eye to the main,Chance. Jerry realized that he weeld Ave nothing by getting down .at fltie to brass tacks. "Why d' you want to•lanceiv?" asked Mr, Weaver. "He paid' hie premiums all right, didn't, "-pure. Your inheritance is, safe." The heir and executor eniked. "If I can cleat two ;hundred and fifty by my 'sacrifice' ads I'1 be, doin' fine. Slinn owe a the jobbers for nearly ev- ery bit of the stook on hand." "Oh, you'll be all 'right We just wanted another leok at the letter and make a coniparison Of it with some of Sinn's other writing." "Carlin done that." Carlin reigat be influenced by Stein- hardt's prejudices •-`-• cleaibtless was. "Well, we wanted to do 14 "He gave me a telnapbt for the Chance." "Here's ariother." • Influenced or not, Carlin had rea- son to endorse that letter as authen- tic. A pftiable confession of despair. Jerry did not profess to be an ex- pert in these matters, but he' would reluctantly have had to swear it was written ;by the same hand that aept the doleful bociks; and this wasn't at all, he took ostentatious care to prove, Howard Weaver's.. Jerry walked out Only after he had reached he sidewalk did he fling an apparently thoughtless question or two over bis shoulder: "It's a hot evening. , Any swimming in the river here?" "Some." 'Vome along?" "Ain't get the time." "Didn't 'Slinn use to do it?" "Him.? Never. He was afraid as death Of the river, and I guess that's how he naturally thought of it to &kill himself in. 110 couldn't swim 4 stroke." Some hours later, Jetty took a third train. He possessed the valu- able ability to mock his failures with- out shaking hip purpose. Nearly everything substantiated the original reports, and the only newly found fact was Overbalanced by them: Slinn, couldn't swim a n drowning is an ideal means for a non - swimmer's murder -but ft is equally desirable in case be wants to commit suicide. Then there was that letter and the lack of any token of viol- ence, The dead man had indeed few friends in Albany; he seemed to have been something of a recluse., But Jerry wouldn't give up. The' hunch held. Besides if he could prove Lightner and Steinhardt wrong, they would have to keep. -hi S job for him; whereas, if be couldn't - Troy and Twombley-B. B. Tworia bley? Not yet. Glidden's thoughts returned to the office recoada. "Place of birth, Doncaster, Pa." He went, there. Lightner's motto: ''Do Now." It took_the reSt of the night, which was followed by a disappointing day. Birth registration postdated Joseph Slinn's appearance on this planet, -and were baptismal books to be consult- ed -well, this city boasted thirty-sev- en churches. '"Slinn's a funny name yet," said the Pennsylvania Dutch prethonet- ary's clerk, "and' I sink I heard it so e're, but you can see fer yourself it int in the city direct'rY." 'Howabout the country around here?" "The only sing's the 'phone book." And there, at last, was a little luck. It was one of those telephone books in which the far rural sabscriberess are listed not under the different - ex- chatges that serve them,but under their own -names. Jerry was about to surrender the volume when his eye lighted on this entry: WALKER, Rose. Gen'l store, ato., Pub. Pay ,Sta. (Slinn, Angela), Ironburg Mt, Joy 61. (Continued Next Week) Baked Beans Inexpensive products' cooked' in this economical way (lowest possible con- stant 'heat) save time, money and food value. 1 lb. navy beans 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons molasses 6 tablespoons sugar 4 cups water y2 Ib. salt pork. Wash beans thoroughly and, place in Well -cooker of electric range. Add seasonings and mix. Add Water and meat. Place cover on Well -cooker. Turn aitch to 'Low' heat and cook 10-12 hours or overnight. Yield ----4-6 serviags. "That soda jerker rrilItee a nice soda. I waider how he learned'?" "Via ni'aybe he went t� Sundae Sahottl." 6 Lb.' :11 ',' •,,' ,P.•,•'.,:•' •:'• ',', .,.,', f, " ,,l"r" t I Still Plenty art Time Spring openedaunliettally Win 'In many .part fi of Canada this year, but ras generally happens after a warm spell, the 'weather turned, cold again, and sortie enthusiasts who rushed their gardening operations probably regretted later. Admittedly, there is a thrill in get- ting the'garden planted weeks earlier than usual, and if salt goes well there is also a thrill in picking the first flowers or sampling the first vege- tables weeks ahead of the neighbors. Rut, as the experts point out, there ie solid satisfaction 'at least in; having the garden harvest last weeks' longer than is possible when everything is planted on a"single afternoon. The beginner almost invariably suf- fers from an overdose of Sprang fever and plants too soon. There is no harm in planting a portion of the gar- den very early, but for maximum re- sults all plantings, and this especial- ly applies to vegetables, should pe spread out. This prolongs the har- vesting season of really fresh vege- tables, eases the work of cultivation and planting, and makes for more ev- en results. - , In most part 4 of the Dominion there is still pleaty of time to plant all vegetables, ,and of the tender and semi -tender sortal. it is not advisable to consider the inain planting until now. Bug Killers An ounce of prevention is woath ,a -pound of cuae, is just as applicable to war again;et garden insectaand dis- eases as it 'is' to general health. The proper treat*ent, just as soon as the first da,maga, shows or is ex.pected, will win tae battle. It is amazing the injury disease or insets' can cause in a few hairs once they are well es- tablis.hei. Availible almoet everywhere in. Canad,aare cheap and effective com- mercial rprays and powders which will haf1t e such pests as fungus, 1 aphids, r pt, wilt, cut worms, potato bugs, et:a! In some cases these dusts or spray , are made of a combination of materi, g to cope with a variety of a . •,.. Ogt•W4P0, 4,13,(MAIAPA: ass the 4aants are leli tin -saga Oainktr; a'adeir.: ' ' - a • - ,• Generally sp eating, ..aal•A entee are art led ilito three 4 4 -, ftlegufa that blew, in• 4sjlt 'I'rthe 'TolP Inge; anoki#0 In4egii?.., w lila ilt.941:9.a.1 the salne results and the :eating lauds, which litere*..*volIF :0,30 tpl- iage. Burning Or 41414 'riDaari fip.cl' dusts will hamil e theollisi *0,' while l the ',eaters" a grad be destraYed WM, a poisoni -lake Oultivation Killing weeds .is only one of the functions of g4.140,kcultiv,a0on-, Of equal importnn' in the stirring upof -the the soii, to present eopr*ess, 'baking and to..eheek evaporatiOn of valuable moisture In the dryer sections of Canada the latter point is vital. By breaking up the surface we produce a mulch Which checks° the eapillia/7 action or upward movement of mois- ture to the top of the soil sarface where it might be evaporated by the rani. Usually one thorough cultivation of the garden previous to planting, or among the perennials and shrubs ear- ly in the Spring, followed by a cou- ple more at two-week intervals dur- ing the growing season will by suf- ficient. But in dry years or seasons when, weed growth is excese&ve, more may be need. NEXT WEEK - General Garden Care; More About Weeds and In- sects; Handling Late Plantings. 1 ,1 1 Wheat 38 Inches Long /A'e,idal. of the fa -11 wheat in thiel arca isaa splendid Crop, but Wii- herimiptocter, 5th l'ae of Morris, has eokinaat vr on Monday ori t ea' 18 au excePtionally good at he Si° h'i some arf t was quite a -ct. , 04).be l length, 'sq he measured some of the stocks andko is surprise it *as 38 inches in -height. This. is a great growth for so early in. the season.- Wingham Advance -Times. 45 • CONTAINS VITAMIN 8 °•• : Laikre ° At tIle .4.13,4114.1.'14144.7e, .44the9- Lawn the hnine of the psdt A Berry on Tuosday•eft*mM. km abafitere taq:°;°R.1.4.PIP.. Honakary.vrosi4p4t7PtIrM,.:..,4 -president, 'Mrs. V; E. ,-!ili..801,14 ; presadent, Mrsa Beary..; secr9taryd treasurer Ms°°113ersilde' ' Rtietbial,„,:ra gamesfeonvenler,,a4ae,,W#411;r14470;( membership, Afre-, Itli)1,,W,g13;..W4pg ' committee, Mrs. Percy 1/0074 • Ir. Walter ' Bennett; social ? Venaretter; Mrs. H. Allen, It was treadeetPlield their official °peeing ottaalereadaaanya. ning, 'June Ailirohate, PRONTO Hotel.WoyetrIey sP.•4.#4* AVE. aTC-91.r4-910 S. RATES BRIDLE - $1.50 to $3,00 DOUBLE $2.50 to $6.00 SpecinrWnolds and Monthly Rotes A MODERN . QUIET... WELL CONDUCTED . . 4;91,4verownir 'Lockup Ho*. 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Just check with your- self and be sure that you are reading the advertisements .regularly the big ones and the little Ones. It is time well spent . . always! Your Local Paper Is Your Buying Guide THE Avoid time -wasting, money -wasting detours on the road to merchandise value. Read the advertising "road maps." f. • I .; • •S'•;.,ti. 41 • • ' 44, MCLEAN BROS., Publiidiers Phone 41 I ist a° • 9, littablished 1860 1