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SEAFORTVE - - ONTARIO
Branch Office - Reagan,
Hensall
Phone113
• Seaforth
Phone 173
MEDICAL
SEAFORTII CLINIC
• DR. E. A. MoMASTER, M.B.
Graduate of University of Toronto
PAUL L. BRADY, M.D.
Graduate ofoUnIversity of Toronto
The Clinic is fully equipped with
complete and modern X-ray and other
epto-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 in every month from 3 to 5
p.m. s.
Free Well -Baby Clinic will be,held
on the second and last Thursday in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m.
8687 -
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE
Phone 5-W - • ' Seaforth
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, BA., M.D.
physician aqd Surgeon
Successor to Dr. W.
Phone 90-W
OE Sproat
Seaforth
DR. 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-
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HOTEL, SEAF'OR.TH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic
Ora Tuesday of each month. '53
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LONDON' and WPIGAAM
NORTH
A.M.
Exeter 10.34
Hensall 10.46
Nippon 10.52
Brucelield 11.00
Clinton 11.47
• SOUTH
Clinton '
Brucefteld
Kippen
Hensel!
Exeter
...
P.M.
3.08
3.28
_ C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
A.M.
Goderich. 6.15
Holraesville 6.31
Clinton 6.43
Seaforth 6.59.
7.05
7.12
7.24
St Columban
Dublin
2
3.38
3.45
3.58
CHAPTER, ly
SYNOPS193
A man identified ah Joseph
Blinnig feund dimmed in: the
Hudson' river near Albany,' N,, T.
Shim was insured by the I'Votee.
tive Life-Inetirance company, and
his beneficiary is a man named B.
B. Twomtbley who lives in Troy.
The corapany's Albany agent, Car-
e, lin, identifies the body, and the
,insurance money Is paid to
Twombley. But Jerry GliddenIs
not satisfied. He believes there,
t. is something wrong and suspects
that Slinn was murdered. Con-
vinced that he is right, Jerry
goes to Albany, only to find that
Carlin has left for a vacation in
Maine. He then goes to Iron -
burg, a little mining town in
Pennsylvania to see an "Angela
Slinn." She turns out to be an
ugly recluse of a woman who
lives in a shack near at abandon-
ed mine. Jerry hears the story
of the "Break 0' Day" iron mine.
and of Rose Walker, granddaugh-
ter of the owner. Rose runs the
local store and post office. Jerry
has just knocked on the, door of
Angela Slinn's shack.'
No answer.
Jerry knocked again -louder. •
Still no answer,
Was the tenant, away from home?
Possibly, but Jerry didn't get what
he called "the feel" of that; be got,
rather, the feel of a, sinister pres-
eace.
He rattled at the crazy knob and,
simultaneously, kicked the fragile.
door. "Hi!" he shouted.
, Something stirred inside.
Then there came another sound -
the sound of steps shuffling across! a
floor of ,ha.rdbeaten earth.
Then a . husky .voice, jut such a
.voice as Angela Shun was bound to
have:
"Who's there?"
It was all queer, yet no queerer.
than what Glidden had already seen
and been told about the woman.
He had intended frankness. No
need, however, to employ it until
face to face with its potential object.
Angela Slinn showed the mistrust
of civilization common to every re-
cluse.
"Somebody to see you," was Jerry's
obvtotis reply.
Now he could bear labored breath-
ing. He answered:
"Youtolon't' know me, but-"
2.30
2.48
3.00
3.32
3.23
3.29
3.41
Any vie* of the ehaelt'e interior
Was frapOesible, It was dart there,
ea' .the figure at the eatrance block-
oIt, anyhow.
"My name's Glidden." . .
"New to ine. Whit' d'ieu want?"
Jerra's decisloo had favored frank-
ness -more or lees frankaess.
stinctively.teonvinced of something
Sneer about the Slinn-Twombley case
he wanted to find put first, all he
could concenning the dead man, then
'pursue a similar process regarding
the 'beneficiary.. If there was aught
wrong in the ,orioin,a1 insurance ap-
plication, so much the better for Jer-
ry and his job; if there was aught
wrong with the death and the bene-
ficiary's part therein, again so much
the better for Jerry -and the worse
for Twombley. Therefore, direct
queetions,
And ,.yet, Jerry lacked authority.
Moreover, this creature before ,him
evinced strong suspieions. To hint
at legal complications to such a na-
ture would, he suddenly realized, in-
vite failure. He welcomed what s.p-
peered to be' an inspired lie.
"You're from Doncaster, aren't you,
Mss Slinn?"
"That's my business."
"Sure it is,- but I'd like to know."
Those green eyes narrowed. "Why?"
"I'm collecting, paateriale-" it was
aamasterly deception! -"for a history
of the pioneer families of Doncaster
County, and this nettle of Slinn is on.
the list of grants made, by William
Penn.. Now, I'd like-" •
"Those Slinns aren't ati'A."
"But they must. be," persisted Jer-
ry glibly. "Tlae name's not a corn,
men one; you're living in the coen-
,
"Not the same 'family:"
"Miss
He had a most uncomfortable be-
lief that, paying small attention to
what he said, she was looking deep
into his mind,
"And anyhow, I haven't any inter-
est in family trees."
Her short neck had thrown her
square head forward.. He bad a most
uncomfortable feeling that, paying
small attentioii to' what he said, she
was looking 'deep into his mind.
"When people are dead, it's best f-
let them lie."
He somehow brought her back
the surface of things. She looked at
him darkly; her voice was hollow. It
was as if there came a chill into the
summer air, but he mustn't be affect-
ed by such stuff. "These Slinns who
settled at Doneaster-"
"I tell you, they're not my people."
She began to shut the door. It ea:
"If I don't know you, I don't want countered, none too politely, his in-
to . see you." truding shoe. The lie didn't appear
"It's important?' to be so inspired, after all. Could
"And if you doo.'t know': me, what he startle 41Y -thing mit other? The
do you want to see me for?" - • , pressure' increased; he must try.
'If you'll only ()pen up, I'll tell you.
You won't regret it."
Another pause. More labored
breaths- The householder seemed to
be thinking' things over, and thought
seemed to, be a hard process.
"Aw, come on and open up!".
"Well, don't be in such a• hurry.
This bolt sticks."
"Well, arena, you," he asked, "some
connection of the Joileph Slinn' who
recently was drowned. in the aludeen
river between Albany and Linlithgo?
Ouch!"
One of her brogans had crashed
against the shin above his trespass-
ing foot -and the brogans were hob-
nailed. He drew ,back the leg invol-
.
•11 "to '7///)./
. She scowled at him, "Who are you?"
-,••• P.'s 1
Litchell
• '
•
.••
Easy to belieVe it was rusted'. But untarily. 'lie stooped to nurse ft.
west si,r,by should it ,heye been. in use -at "You get out of here!"
ten o'clock ' of a sumnter morning? Bang! The door was shut in his
Mitchell ....° ''''''' : 1L06 , 9.28 Jerry bad always heard that country face. With amazing ease, its rusty
Dublin .......11.14 9;36, people were early risers . . • bolt jumped home.
Beaforth • i1.89 ,• 9.47 "Good morning." • ,- Jerry grinned. "As a liar," he said,
Clinton s•11.45 10.00 That door' 'he'd at last opeLed, Not "I don't seem to rate quite one out or
Goderich .12.05 10.25' very far, it was true, but enough to a pos6ib1e ten."
let the stmlight. pour over the pergola He looked at the door; the dear
who luid emptied it. ., - stared blindly past him and across
C.P.R. TIME TABLE . Brogaois; Mether hubbard, son -bon- that stretch of dreary wasteland. He
EAST net 'his, gaze-satta-npothe, figure and listened; there came no sound from
found it dreg* "illitae, IA4 evening. within 'the stank -
P.M., But this bine the -face was Visible. "I guees," he reflected, "that there
. '' 47•40 • • • 447 chin` to low foireheitdea The' ',cheek- in those books Lightner loves and I
, 4.40' 'Bread ft *a,. and Short froln 'airfare are hundreds of thousands . of words
Coderich s
Mefieset r
McGaw .. 4.0 hehee'i,rdre PrOnitnent, the Bose was was fool enough to read. But there's
Auburn 4.1).9, althost a a.setilita Frein ,. casiansablut not, one Pleee of Schrice in, the whole
e nrth .614 seeketi 'the green eyes Ilewedr melee ele-kOlit shelf of 'em to tell you what
Walton 4 * 61i6, 1,3110artly. Altogether aft ettpledgant bar to do' when a lady kicks, your shitte_
IllifoNeught 6.37 diVidttal. • andbolts the door on you."
'oronto 9.40 !terry eaPertenced One of his 'direct- Meek again? To what narpose?
• \ WEST " ing luilitheahe thought it Wise to Invent another lie? It was sure not
A.M. insert a foot into the doorwaY. "1 to be believed., HoweVer, he dur net
Toronto ..... - 8.80 Stist Went to ash you a mouele Of qUeSa Yet turn .4ch ehe way that he had
'come, Jitateadolte made a circuit of
trOton •.• to'. , .01 . ' t• • ' .• , 11.15 ylair, •veretched, kitcheri garden., this,
• .the 0.11 atilt,
'
itOtteight
?'-!-r*- goat ere wee shoat her a Steerage dare Waist& fiaolted the place., Some yet:
t - tt • ••-• h ..d.
120 ex ahg Ann caw. xae 7 the kind leviriftg eabbagea. A feta dreephag
404..of individual to. inhabit this 14. p.ct of ,51.toccof tor& Still, from' such a sea'
iliVas' ' ' 'Yo later matte Intve been re,
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q;sirch
•.ha proleeetheate ineat plea er
ru.
"So Angie's been here. for five year$
-,'Inebbe Mx' was what friend Hassler
said: As far as connection with Al-
bany or Troy goe she might about
as well have been in the middle of
the Sahare."
He ,saw a metal bucket lying Quoits
aide, '
It was plugged 'with tar. At-
tached to it was- an enormous coil
,of rope, :unusually thick for the Size
of that utensil.
"Where does she get her water
from?"
"What re,atterwhere?. or him the
s:ole 'point of importanc was that his
moraing's work had mit hire off from
a possible source of information. TO
be sure, Miss Blinn might have none
to give; but quite certainly, if she
had, she would not now give it.
Pondering, he Yellowed for some
yards along what he faucied had once
been a continuation of the road that
•brought him here. It skirted the
dense clumpsof pines. he had noticed
when emerging open the tableland -
thee, for the ground had given away
heside it, ran along the very edge of
a suddenly revealed chasm.
Here was one border of the table-
land, but h border not formed by a
hill. Insteadoaa deep, narrow, valley'
approached it, Lath, where this met
the elevation, the scoops and steam -
shovels of a past generation had cut
profoundly int p the elevation's front
---cut it, on three sides of a square,
to the perpendicular.
Bending over, Glidden could see, on
upjuttings rocks at the base, • the
planks of a fallen cabin, the rotting
remnants of a derrick. •Save for those
rocks, however, the entire space at
the gerrge's foot, over an area a quar-
ter -Mile iquare, was flooded by an
opaque body of turquoise water. This
must be the 'grave of Phineas Wal-
ker's fortute, these the sole rsniain-
ing relics of' Break 0' Day Iron Com-
pany.
..Jerry possessed a mind that could-
n't remain quiet. Hassler had de-
clared the present summer the coun-
lake plainly maintained its topmost
level. He had talked nonsense &mat
it; the water was visibly fresh; bow -
ever colored by, its, ore deposits;
there had to be an inlet and an out-
let, toe. Jerry's insatiable curiosity
worked once more.
He descended into the ;deserted val-
ley. The steep walls rose straight
above him, their crests times ov-
erhanging the drop. He 'felt as if he
were at the bottom of a giant's well.
Or no, not the bottom by a long shot;
for in . general the walls chive direct-
ly on into the green -blue liquid; the
sole foothold was supplied by such
earth and stones .as had fallen, from
• abOve and found a. procariousorestoon
some rare outcropping at the wat'er'i
edge.
Of course there wereno streams
discernibly running into or out of this
Mtge pond; wherever these were, they -
would be under the surfaoe. Jerry
trained, his eyes in a •futile endeavor.
to look any distance-downwaed. The
depth was great, the fall •plieclpitous
..
-that was the extent of hie prelim-
inary.survey'.
Should he seek no further?' 'Phe
heat was oppressive in this enclo-
sure. He. 'stripped and .dived, it anly
for a 'swim. •
There lay that old derrick. A rock
had caught it as if fell, and still held,
at a considerable height, its upper
end.. Jerry climbed. It held him. He
poised and, :putting all his force into
the plonge, dived again,
Dowd he went into those Cold re-
cesses -far down. There was a sound
as of thunder in his ears., the pres-
sure as of mountains upon his chest.
Little light could struggle this far;
he could see nothing.
He could feel, though. There came
into play another force besides the
usual opposition at a right angle to
it. ,Quiet as the lake seemed in its
upper regiona, down here a current
rttled. It caught hire, swung him a-
round -drove him tarot toward what
he decided Was the foundationsof that
cliff from which he had firEit, seen the
ruins of the mine.
More thought there was ne. time
for. He was being hurried to some
subterztaneon outlet, to". under -earth
caverns where .deeth. would be quick
and certain. He flung' bis body
mimed as far as he could. To make
any headway directly against this
stream. was impossible; his one hope
was to fight, indirectly across it.
Titgothing steered alive and implac-
able. He was wrestling With a Titan
bent upon hie destruction. Ma ants
ached; for every inch they Moved,
they had to push away what felt like
tons of water. Surely he hadn't but
•one stroke more left in him . .
Yet he made that frantic 'stroke
and won to momentary safety. The
horrid hold' that had gripped him
snapped. • He catapulted to the sur-
face and found himself clawing Im-
potently the smooth rock Of the inner
cliff.
Itontinued Next Week)
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04Z1 664
ilatithitUb
P.M. tieue
,11.04 ghe uedwied, • at MM. "VIIIb ar, ,
•• ••
s'ealf,"as
to:
•Q-1,72 oseee Worlt
to many r,a. o; Canada the ,41:4V8',
IMO C141113, nationally party tide year,
aid one" a little dry weather has
turned exceedingly damp,. This 'pro-
duces ideal conditions for growth, Wt.
fortunately appreeiatel just as raucb
,by weeds as' by vegetables, fit:liven'
an grass. If unebecked, the garden
will soon be over -run by these ens
emies and the plants one is trying'
to grow will either be choked out or
becomeea 'spindly -that- -they- are- err
-
little value. Prompt measures are
advisable 'to deal with such situations.
Cultivation and weeding as soon af-
ter a raitehs the soil is fit, to work
will produce wonders. When the
soil is damp in is realLy amazing how
even long -rooted weeds' are Pulled
out from among vegetables and flow-
ers, and out of lawns and driveways.
Cultivation at this time, too, is worth
twice that of a few days later and
is alemuch easier to carry out. For
this purpose a Dutch hoe among flow-
First Vilna Star:
ting inar'ried very eary tomorrow
meiming, isn't eke?"
Sete:aid Flits Star: "Ola, it doegge't
nahtter. clone it se often "that
the weddlOg be ls „ sound 11644 like an
daft ,olhak t� '
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sktr
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• -.0n a k'Pp
,bhb4*awa CU.1070:ar <fr , where
IA the vegetable' gariu
i. p,
'717"4,Pql4N,Ptipo;
Seem; ze ga-FOner
Tana 1,19 egaillat the nf
plagtl)wl. It will be vieeeseayy where
Oleds have been soWe teo'clese
together, for filling in blanks where
yido or frost has killed tiot•settle'
.0=0, it is Part of the job of set-
ting, out such started thitlgO
-Petunia.% a: tolnatuen.7-ra etc.
The secret of successful traneplant-
ing is water, sthade,'and fertilizer, The.
beginner isadvised to expose roots
to the air as little as possible, press
the soil firmly about same, water if
atNll possible, and shade from the
full sun. for a day or two. Moat ex-
perienced gardeners do their trans.
planting on a dull day or in the eve-
ning. •
Still •Time To Plant
In any well -ordered: garden there,
will be a piece if the' vegetable gar -
„oil Jeri,
'‘y::cr4,' .111::.0', 3 ;11,77i, .01;.. : I.re
14* }lore stieutel be.
iz(: ...clthvg!ar!‘tfaioilr
o..;7'41:?,iitri,47.
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Past' fee.' heate.e4e0 stPOK,:,
11s
:v °e ge tig:eettt at:: 1:::11Q: as:a ,t.th4e4a a that
0. t I IC i. ea, :t,;341.ef:1..t! not4,l.g:er,lIiiienn: ::
late Augnit; ,aii,)4steaa,. It issoti.IIS
'or:dei*le17 'nIo.Atft 44bmostw tiollop part of
'°taf:tc;o'et4o. ti.9'inau'ulli-:'u c la
plantings right lap to the first 'of July,'
'Even if we d� .run into :'a drought,'
some of, this will cm e along anq be
appreciated and the cost of the sIe
amounts to only a hi*" ,Cents, •
,
fstatPassettisiesstakiith!iiiisi:','
Airpower will win this war ... airpowerp/es navy,
airpower plus army - airpowerplus total
' tegthareeis.
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan is pro-
ducing airpower at top speed: 4000 training
planes flying •a million miles a day. from 92
training centres; 5000 more being delivered this
year- from Canadian factories; soon 2,5 Cana-
dian squadrons in Britaio, more to follow. .
This vast programme means literally thou-
sands of additional telephone Calls, urgent
calls, calls that must get through promptly
if the job of fitting wings to Empire is to
• proceed without d.elay.
Perhaps your telephone line doesn't carry
messages directly concerned with Canada'.s
production of airpower. But avoiding de-
lays on your line helps clear others that
do, because yours is part of an interlock-
ing system..So . .. avoid delays, use War-
- tune Telephone Tactics and help speed
Canada's wartime production.
OK
oicte:ve
Seltwice
• BE St7 you have the right
number . . nsult the direc-
tory. • co
• ,
• SPEAK distinctlY, rectly into
• ANthSeTER6uth:oiezzicep.ily when' the'
bell rings.
• BE BRIEF: Clear your lie for
or •
• I T_SthEo OnRD'eF -tPEcalLAIC hours f
g, istanyour Calls.
These things nzccr look trifling, but
on 6,500,000 daily telephone
calls, they are very inzportant.
•
THE RAILWAY AND THE, WAR .
By Thurston Tophanz ,
Steamship Lines owned And Operated by the Canadian. railways have,
playecl a vital ,part lathe war effort of the Un.iteol.NatiOns
lipo of the farnou.s West Indies luxury liners '
uwe among the ship $ of the Can&ctiart Nation- .
at 51-arrtsh.ips fleet which fell ucfimk the -The Ci\i".S, in edchtionto
ireatherou6 Axis U-tio-xfs.ouinship.s toperaiirtg
Dartish,Firtrosh,er-
Matt And Uwe.
vessels seized by -1-h&
Canadian Cloxiernrnent
its ships have carried
thousands of Proops and
nany tons of war
ntaierials io the .
, .
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•
*Lc Lady Sotemrequigifion.ed
for War SerVice, WAS sunk in
action kite Mediterranean -
On MO seroing
as ark atxxilliarg crdiser.
Tne Lady Hawkins was
torpedoed and sunk wit. -
out Warning at dead of
night in. the Ailantic on.
Jtirk,.1971942.
Chief Officer 1?A.1<ewy, in cha o . -- li
-Of Ono Of thaactv Hatokins-liteals.7-----
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' '8M:tea tb.b•64- for fivo. tia9 s, weatherour a v Aterit.rrn;,,,
• befb1,0"1561e.0) Picked up Int ho, ,35. Co alno ,Which
! . .took the.: SwrVI-Vem it, pOri.
various 1Dar ZOTWS.
11/41oduovces were takettLbo 8'. •
Chief Offieer..Velta..Alittough.
The Lifeboats stores 'woad •
have lasted *too weekMOO.' •
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