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Phone 173
MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC
DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. '
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
up-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 in every month from 3 to 5
pan.
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, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Successor to Dr: W. O. Spreat
Phone 90-W Seaforth
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
-Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthal-
aei and Apral Institute, Moorefield's
Eye and Golden Square Throat ' Hos-
pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from •2 p.m.
,to 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.
tiedeeri�sed an ;Huron and' Perth Cohn
Prices reasonable; satisfaction
guaranteed. ,
For information, etc., write•' or phone
Harold Jackson, 14.on 661, Seaforth;
R. R. 4, Seaforth.
876117
EDWARD W, ELLIOTT
LIceneed.Auctioneer For Huron.
Correspondence promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be made
for Sales Date at The Huron Exposi-
tor, Seaforth, or by calling -Phone 203,
• Clinton. Charges moderate and satis-
faction guaranteed.
8829-52
LONDON and WINGHAM
NORTH
A.M.
Exeter 10.34
Hensel) 10.46
Klppen 10.52.
'Brucefleld • ' 11.00
• Oliriton ' 11.47
SOUTH
P.M.
CHAPTER V '
SYNOPSIS
•
A man • identified as Joseph
Blinn is found drowned in the
Hudson river near- Albany,. bT, Y.
Slinn was insured;by;, the Protec-
tive Life ¶nsurance.,com!pany, and
his beneficiary 'is a5man named B.
B. Twom'bley who lives in. Troy.
The.company's Albany agent, Car-
lin, identifies. the .body, and the
insurance money is paid to
'Twom.biey. But Jerry Glidden,
suspecting that .Slinn was murtlder-
ed, gone to .Albany to investigate.
Learning that Carlin has gone to
Maine, he goes on tOE..the.little
"Pennsylvania mining toivn of Ir-
oniburg to see an "Angela Siinn."
.She turns out to .be an ugly re-
cluse of a woman who lives in a
shack near the abandoned "Break
Q' Day" iron mine. Rose Walker,
granddaughter 'of the owner of
the mine, runs the local store and
post' office. Jerry goes to Angela.
'Slinn's shack. She denies know-
ing Joseph Slinn- 'Later he goes
for a • swim iu the lake formed
by water in the old mine pit and
narrowly escapes drowning in a
swift undercurrent.
His perils weren't yet past. He
spent a long and frantic minute seek-
ing some support, and• did finally dis-
cover an outthrust, rock. He drew
himself. up. •
"I wonder,'" he 'gasped, "if the late
Joseph Slinn felt like I didi. In that
cage -sorry. Drownings . 'a rotten
death."
The valley stretched away with
neither house' nor man in sight. The
turquoise surface of the lake was un-
ruffled. '
"I'll bet there's a creek on • the
other side of here -somewhere back
below Ironburg," said Jerry,..gradual-
ly recovering his breath. "And that's
where this underground spring emp-
ties. It may rise in a subterranean
spring, but it's on its way somewhere
all right." -
'He was fit at last to regain his
clothes. He had to swim across to
them -the foot of these cliffs were
too stee.p to furnish means for a
shore promenade -and he dreaded
Committing his body once more 'to
:cies.
e lake's tender m e
However, the thing leas accomplish-
ed. He dressed and returned, upward
to the clump of pines beside Angie
Slinn's shanty.
The sickly garden parched under
the noon sun. The ma'kes'hift chim-
ney was still smokeless. The door
remained sullenly shut. •
He drew back among, the trees -
was attracted again and irresistibly
to the cliff edge, Strange .that the
lake's surface should give no sign of
that fatal activity going on 'beneath
it. Perhaps not unaccountable - he
knew little of sueh matters -abut cer-
tainly strange. ' ' •
. The turf, dry • grass and tangled
weeds, jutted .out several feet into
the void; but' one stunted pine bent
forward, appearing to offer some as-
surance of solidity.
+Clinton 3.08'
Brncefield 3.28
Sippen ..-.1` 3.38
Hensall , 3.45
Exeter' 3.58
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST •
£M. • P.M.
Goderieh 6.15 2.30
' Biolmesville 6.31 2.48
Clinton 6.43 3.00
Seaforth 6.59 3.22
Sit. Columban ' 7.05 3.23
Dublin , 7.12 3.29
Mitchell 7.24 3.41
WEST
Mitchell
11.06
Drrblttl :. 11.14
Seaforth 11.80
Clinton 11.45
Ooderlch 12.05
9.28
9.86
9.47
10.00
14,25
C.P.R. TIME TABLE
1;.. ENO'P.M,
Coderidh ^ 4.40
Mtieeet • ............ 4.45
Meader 4.54
,Auburn 5.03
Blyth 5.14
Walton 5.26
. fMN'aught- 6.37.
Tor'ofrto , 9.45
WEST
A:M.
Toronto 8.30
t'.M.
McNaught .. 12.04
Walton ............. 12.15
B`l. yda;a�....� ....a ' ` 121.28.
1114.111'Tl ............�..s+.r... 128
McOa ..'..'...... s•..a.. 1y2.47
Me•�rset , `".. • ...... e....Y•.,1
.. s .1i .'!/,0g4y'.
itioderidiTl ..itlK.)b"i9s.0.'.KY'w „ 1.O(lr
•
i of powdered 8art'h slipped toward
him..
"Help." 1
C'oUld the creature in that shack
behind the pines hear him? ' Would
she answer if she ,heard? There was
nobody else. within a radius of at
least a mile; Nobody.
"Heuei» '• •
Underbrush snapped.
se unded-running.
"Where are you?"1
"Here!" 'No, that was a, senseless
',espouse; he added: "Here at the
edge -falling." His first call had
been loud enough; try as he would,
their successors sounded' in his ears
like mere whispers. "Hurry!"
"Hello!"
The bustles parted. A startled face
looked down at him; the flushed face
end staring brown eyes of the pretty
pustmisti'ess from Ironburg, -
Footsteps
"Here!" She moved with rapidity,
but without panic. To a maturer
pine behind her she lashed one end of
a rope; its other end she flung toward
him.
- She was a good marksman. That
rope brushed his shoulder, yet he
dared use only one hand -must keep
his hold of the sapling -wand he miss-
ed the first catch.
"Don't lose.your nerve." She might
have been shovelling sugar behind
her store counter.
She cast again. No trout fisher
could have cast :better. He got the
rope.
"Will it -hold?"
"It's got to hold."
He, released the sapling .none too
soon. Exactly as he let go of it, its
last roots parted. In a cloud of brown
dust and powdered limestone, it hurt-
led by him.' He heard • it meet those
hungry waters far below.
The repe went taut. Hp was thrown
in toward the cliff's face. His feet
scraped its surface and fouhd enough
roughness to brace them, Now, then.
if ocly the -rope didhold, he was
safe. y . •
Hand over hand, he went up the
r.,pe-nota great distance to climb,
but every inch of it a hazard. He got
an arm over that tr'eacheroug cliff -
lip, and the girl, bracing herself, en-
circled it with both her hands.
"Don't come too -near," he warned
her. "It'll -drop you."
"I'm 'all right."
His fingers knotted around a thorny
bush and never felt the pain. One
knee up. The other -safe!
"Lie still a minute."
He had tried. to rise and failed. He
was ashamed of this weakness, but
less.., so when he observed that Rose
Walker showed no scorn of it.
"I ought to do anything you say,"
he told her. "You saved my life all
right. I don't know how I can ever
thank"
'riios't every day, a'nit ie -t, l don't lrnow
,her a, bit better than I did when she
first Carne to Iranburgf'
"Anyhow, she's' lived here for hive
or six years. Hasn't she any relations
anywhere? ,Doesn't she- ever go a-
way on a visit?"
"No; • to both questions. At least..
if she has any -relations. I've never
'heard her speak ,of t'hW.-"
"She must getlegis, though,"
pursued Jerry hopefully:;
""Mighty few,". Rose j 4mmented.
The couple had IOC the barren
tableland and turned along the for-
est lined , turnpike. A,;fatural hedge
of wild roses ran at J rryrs right. He
thought it wise to b.e m4 r and pluck
one• of the flowers eo'hat his face
was averted as he ingiied:
"Any letters postmarked Albany?"
Pose made him rmmiiidiately thank-
ful that his telltale fact was hidden.
"See here! A postmistress; isn't sup•
posed to -give away such information,
and nobody has a r ighh to ask for it
except a postal inspector.. Are you a
postal inspector?"
„No."
"Then ;hat's the idea?"
"Morbid curiosity;"
The girl's throaty laughter heralded
her comment. "I believe you're in
love with Angie!"
"Not yet. I'm ,not that morbid. I'm
only in love with you."
"Just the first stage o€ morbidity?"..
The rose hedge" had ended. They were
passing one of those ne'gle.cted ceme-
teries which are still to 'be found
throughout Doncaster county. Its
fence had fallen;• rank weeds. grew
high ,among its flat tombstones,
"Here's 'a good place for a morbid
person to rest," said Rose.
"I don't need another rest," Jerry
Was peevish.
"You've got to take another rest,
anyhot', if you want "to stay with
me," she calmly replied, "for 1 need
one."
A manifest deception,' yet it. suc-
ceeded. After what had befallen him
-both what she knew and. what he
hadn't 'yet told her -the rest would
be welcome.
Across that neglected burying
ground she indicated a table -like
tomb standing farthest from the turn-
pike. There she .seated herself, long
legs .,dangling amid the weeds, and
there he sat beside her. He turned.
Very pretty'. She made him asic
of his own good sense whether it was•
worth while to pursue any longer
this wild goose chase.
He had never had anything but -his
hunch to justify his accusation of
fraud' regarding the .Slinn policy.
Wherever he turned, wherever 'he
went, the evidence supported his si}p-
erior's contention.
Better to quit while elittle of his
money remained in his pocket. Bet-
ter to get soave modest • jobeenea'r, Ir-
onburg for choice. It was pleasant
here close to this girl to whom he
already owed so much.
"This range of hills that we're on'
must be a sort of water -shed," he
suggested. "There ought to be creeks
oh both sides, running down to the
Susquehanna. • Is there one • on. the
other 'aide from that old ore mine?"
"Yes; •a pretty big one. • It runs
along the other road to Americus.
We call it brunner's Creek. ` • .
• 'Before I. jumped off that cliff this.
morning," said Jerry, "I had adive or
two into the lake over there
"Break -0' Day Lake."
"Yes. 'Well, I found out something.
I found an outlet. • It's underground.
The rocks must slope' the other ;way
down there, and the water's tunnel-
led them."
"What of it?" .
"Don't you see? If that could be
enlarged ---that outlet -toe ore dig -
dings . might be drained."
She looked away, 'hbr lips parted,
her brown eyes on the distance. But
s.he shook her head. "That ole mine
has swallowed..,enough of my famile.;
I'm the last. It's not going to get
me."
"Sure not. You get it." •
"No. It can't ire done. The wa-
ter's not the trouble. The thing that
killed my grandfather was tfie ore it-
self. It went wrong long befpre I
was born -away back in 'Sev.enty-six
or 'seven; 'blit I remember, my father
telling me about It when I wasn't any
higher than this tombstone. He said
the quality of -the ore had depeiat-
ed=too much phosphorus in it or
something. It wasn't the kind that it
paid to use in 'the furnaces."
She had" touched the tomb with
tanned fingers when she mentioned
it. Jerry put out' a hand to clasp
them.
"No," said Rose again, hilt now she
was speaking of .that attempted con-
tact,
ontact.
He looked at the fingers, thus de-
nied him. They were near'lhe stone's
half obliterated inscription. Moss ran
over it; the erosion of years had eat-
en away the old date. But there
stood out plainly enough the name
of him w•hos:e dust lay in this quiet
corner:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
HO!RACE JOHN TWOMBILk}1Y
(Continued Next Week)
"You havent anye sense.',' She was
scornful enough at the last. "Couldn't
ydu, see that the ground was likely
to give •way?"
"That's so. I guess I haven't
'much." ,
"If I hadn't '•happened to've come
out here to get Angie 'to tend store
this afternoon -and if she wasn't
Ile was thrown in toward the cliff's face.
Jerry flung 'k cautious arm around
that thin trunk and leaned beyond it,
far over the,edige, gazing downward.
Sheer walls; of course. Blue-green
'rater -yes, quite still. Quite stili.
yet unnaturally vivid. You. could
nearly 'believe that itbeckoned .to
you,nd that, in involuntary response
you bent 'toward it. Bent
A ripping sound. A lunge, head fon
ward. Re was falling! From be-
neath his feet, as he shad knelt there,
the• recently solid seeming earth
c'rum'bled away.
�' 1J.iib 4h,A�� lilt
He tried to throw himself back-
ward'; his clawing shoe tips pawed
nothingness. His .free hand statchea
nothing save thin air. The lake
jumped up at him. Then dust filled
his mouth, his nose,- his eyes.
Then something jerked-=-wrenehed
his 'sh'oulder.' His course was arrest-
ed as violently as it had been begun.
He blinked upward.'
He was' bolding 'by one arm to that
pine sapling. The sapling held by a
few roots to the sill unbroken, earth
Just 'behind the little: andslide's start-
ing place. •
i''Hel.'p!" he yelled.
Even row the gale around the
:cogs seemed to be slipping. AA hand-
.
(AnsWe ]�
:and grado your klr 3
*10P e ee lent„,
good,;, 4050, points,
poi ►Fs,: ba4).
7 oint,
;Oelow . 4
iiapt,•that the.'Qau
aaan 1, , G 't)4£ eWe +:+ Army
ills Ileac tQ fibre/'
your tom, a ef,: bo*e and yoiu',
e„quntr', i19w v T' i C of Y,Alxr ourrezr't 1At-
acme-•d,p 4104 tbilAlt YOU .should invest;
vo!lunitarilY in. Warr Savings ' Cer:ti-i
'4dtes and Boude to help that bqy
fight? (a) 6%n"? ('b) 10.%? '(o) •16%?
(d). All except a sum for bare ileces•
shies?
(a) 1 point; (b) 2 points; (c) 8.
paints; (4) • 4 points.
2:How Much of your current In-
come do you actually invest. in Cer-
tlfieates.. anal Bonds? (a) 5%? (,b) 1o'%
(c) 15%? (d) All except .money for
bare necessities?
" (a) 10 points; (rb) 20 points; (c) 50
points; (d) 90 points.
3. 'When someone, through ignor-
acct or as a ,fifth coiumnist, declares
that Canada won't keep her pledge to
redeem Certificates and Bonds, do you
rush to defend the good faith of your
country by pointing out her glorious
record in meeting obligations in the
past and the irnnense resources -
which stand 'behind . the country's
loans as gilt -edge security?
Yes -10 points.
4. (a) Do you act aa'a'worker with-
in your local War Finance Commit-
tee?
Yes -10 points.
(ib) Would you give your spare
time to promote War Savings, if yoti
were asked to do so?
Yes -5 points.
5. Do you' buy War Savings Certi-
ficates and War Bonds only because
your employer asks you to do so, or
do you buy War Savings Certificates
or War Bonds in a spirit of pride that
you are helping to beat Hitler, and
that you are storing up future secur-
ity for yourself and your loved ones?
To" beat Hitler -15 points.
6, (a) Do you realize that an all-
out• national savings program 'is the
best -way to beat inflation, and do you
understand what inflation' would do
to your.. bank account, to the buying
power of your earnings, to the value
of your insurance, your war bonds
and your War. Savings Certificates?
Yes'=5 points..
' (b) Do you act consciously on this
rbalization by spending as little as
possible and savingas much as pos-
sible?
Yes -15 points.
(c) Are you planning to use your
War Savings to satisfy deferred
wants after the war and to aid in the
rehabilitation of industry, creating
new jobs?
Yes -5 points.
7. Do you realize that the financial
r effort
policy behind Canada's war
has been designed to prevent any
Canadian from making a fortune out
of money spent by the government
for war materials?
Yes -10 points.
sick -and if I hadn't got .her, bucket
and rope and started 'to draw some
water for her .
Rose stopped for wane of breath.
Jerry ntldded.
"Go ori " said he. "Scold me some
more. I deserve all you can hand
me."•'And-I like to bear you. talk."
She gasped' at him. "And you call
that gratitude!"•said she.
"The evidence is all against Die,
and yet honestly," Jerry grinningly
protested, "I wasn't trying to com-
mit 'suicide." '-"-
Rose made him rest while she ,dre,w
that water fol' the still invisible An-
gie and delivered it iifside'the 'sha'k.
When Miss Walker had returned and
man and girl were strolling tows: d
Ironbung together:
"la she very si'dk?" Jerry inquired.
"She seemed -ready to take on Joe
Louis when 1 saw her a while ago."
"You've been in there?"
"Been to the door." ereee
"She prefers Lo be let -alone," said
Rose. "So do I."
"Then I bet you d'oe't often get
what you prefer., They tell me your.
Miss Slinn-----• t'
"Not mine not ..anylbodi+'s: She's
independent or nothing. I see her
Boarder: "This steak is like a cold
day in June -very rare."
Landlady: "'Well, your- hill is like
i day in: Mardi ---very u11ae'ttled."
(00.4 "* d
done ,;io the't�}an
TAO'it would ih9 1` f
)?lane,, to `t&ke;.''o'
to the• slera` ail w hay,''4
trlacks ' ca e:i!tik amp I30
SurtSlay e4t1 ufi)1;gs of t1
wereremoved and "the,, body;,
pla40 was towed by its base'
of . the truckswhile the others
the wings It was .Monday morn
when the trucks returned ..to Centib
Bordeu and the tr:tucl€ ti'ijiUUng the
plane, . (body, eauaed - iiiderable ex-
citement when it stopped as it peas -
ed -through town.-Wingbatt .Advance,,
Times. <. ..
Workman Badly Burned
Leo Desjardine, of Grand Bend,. is
confined to his ,home, suffering sev-
erely from burns he received about
his face, ' arms and back when a
gasoline tank exploded Weduesday
afternoon of last week in a gravel
pit about eight miles. from Grand
Bend. ,Another workman by time name
of Ferguson, who resides near Arkona
was burned less severely. - Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Mess Hall Opened
The members. of the RC.A.F. now
on duty at the Centralia Airport are
no longer coming to Exeter for their
meals. They have been dining at the
Central Hotel. Their mess hall has•
been temporarily fitted up for the pre-
paration of meals and a new staff of
cooks is in charge. - Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Appendicitis Operation
Mr. Garnet Flynn was rushed .to St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, during
the early hours of Monday morning,
where he underwent an operation for
an acute attack of appendicitis. Mr.
Flynn has been seriously ill, He will
have the best, wishes of many friends
for his speedy recovery. -- Exeter
Times -Advocate.
'Graduates From Victoria Hospital
'Miss Evelyn Ingram was amongst
the 45 nurses graduating from Vic-
toria Hospital, London, on Monday,
the exercises being held in the Little
Stadium at the University of Western
Ontario. Princess Alice was present
to present the diplomas to the young
ladies. -Mitchell Advocate.
.Bank Takes. Over Bank of Montreal.
Announcement was made on Tues-
day of the absorption of the business
of the Mitchell branch of the Bank
of Montreal by the local branch of
the Qanadian Banheof Commerce;- to
take effect on June 30th, when the
latter will mover its staff into the
Bank of Montreal building, recently
Dr. Chase's
. ,',,
For Quick Relief of Pain
purchased by the•e/ ane
Depositors have l3,00
-unless otherwisvis 4 f r ,
and safety .deposit bexes; frai.
transferred froom the Batik ofr 111;
treat to the Canadian Bank of
merce. This is a' move` similar {1
that taking place • in rious C"entrea»'D
The move is evenly divided as.
as it is understood by The Advocate
in some' cases the $lank of IVIontleei
remainigg and in others the Bank' of
Commerce,' or . other banks:" inter- -
changing as the ease may be. The '•
Mitchell move has its parallel in
Cam;pbellford, Eastern Ontario, where:
the Bank of Montreal remaifred.-'l'it-
cheli Advocate. •
Creole Spaghetti ._
z, ib. ground steak .
y> cup diced onion
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup uncooked spaghetti (cut in 1 -
inch lengths)
11/2 cups tomato juice
1. cup diced' celery
1 teaspoon salt ,
1 tablespoon• chopped parsley
1 cup catsup,•
Brown' meat and union in : melted
shortening. Combine uncooked spag-
hetti, tomato juice and seasonings and
add to meat. Cook on surface unit of
range on 'High' heat until steaming.
Turn to lowest position of switch for
50 minutes.
Sign in a country restaurant: • "Tf
our steak is too tough for you, get
out; this is no place for weaklings."
•
You Roll Them BefferWith)'
OGDEP1'S
FINE
CU
C/GARETTETOBA CC®
ANO ,021EI.'P I4IA1t1lEST
F000 firt. VICTORY
cl?E'NL) a day or two each week on the farm
during harvesting. Join the thousands of
Farm Commandos who are prepared to "close
up shop" or lay down their tools for time,
if necessary, to "raid" the harvest fields and
help ensure the safe harvest of millions of
dollars worth of precious food.
Farm Commando Brigades are springing up
in Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade,
Service Clubs and Churches all over Ontario
-bringing together townsmen who are will-
ing toKmake a direct; patriotic, contribution
to the War Effort and gain the good -will of
neighboring farmers at the same time.
If there is no Farm Commando Brigade
forming in your locality, take it upwith your
Service Club, Board of Trade, Chamber of
Commerce or Church Executive and get your
local Brigade started at once.
The need ftir a great emergency reserve of
Farm Commandos is urgent. The "stake" is
tremendous. Ontario farmers must have
every possible man-hour of labour during
harvesting to prevent irreplaceable loss of
foods to the Allied War Effort and to Canada
herself.
Your help is needed -NOW. volunteer in
The Farm Com-
mando Brigade
and be ready to
help if harvest
en3ergencies arise.
to :;'•''•: i. •,
ONTARIO INTER DEPAR1MCNTAL COMM! TEE - AGRICULTURE -
Lq.BOUR'..�' iI ItN '- .•AN•D' DEPARTMENT' OF LABOUR 'OTTAWA
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