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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1950-04-21, Page 7tN .4" 4 1 ' ,o �+ i,i tv 1, •i: _4 S 1.G 4/t Rn, t�L CHAPTER ; 111 SYNOPSIS: Sgt. Michael O'Hara, of the Mounted;, is .struck with 'the beauty of a young womanat a dance hall. Her expression betrays grave trouble.. While studying her Features Q'Ilara receives a summons to appear before his chief, Inspector Macdonald. ',Gat a case for you, O'Hara," says the chief. "Looks like double murder, but unfortun- ately the trail is already five THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS: President, E. J. Trewartha, Clinton Vice -Pres. - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Manager and Sec.-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth.. DIRECTORS: E. J. Trewartha, 'Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit- more, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea- forth; John H. ,McEwing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, 'Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich. AGENTS: J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; R. F. McBercher, Dublin; George A. Watt, Blyth; J. F. Prueter, Brod- hagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels. is • • • • • • •• • • • • TIME TABLE- : CHANGES : •••••••••••• Effective Sunday pro'aft 05.9. qr dans old" Mar4leng4 PutltneS ljo OtHaaca.. the known details of the crinin: and ,gives him two th.1nk tails which one of tire victims pulled • from the slay- er's 'coat, O'Hara calls On Johnson, .who `had been assign-- ed ssign-ed to the case at first but Who - had quit because • of an acci- dent. O'Hara hoped • to get information from Johnson, but Johnson seemed to .be holding something back. Johnson murmuiled something unintelligible about "good luck," and sank back on his pillows with obvious relief. But, at the door, his visitor turned abruptly. "I've been thinking of Gharian's wife. Find any trace of her about the cabin, letter or picture -or any- thing?" Johnson met his eyes, steadily, challengingly. "No," he replied af- ter ,a moment. "I found no trace of her about the cabin." $'Nara searched his face keen- ly, but there was no sign of wav- ering, only the glassy look of fev- er about his eyes. The nurse, re- turning, signalled for the serge- ant to leave. He obeyed, 'but a glint of sternness narrowed his eyes. Johnson could not tie, and he was as clumsy as a •walrus• on land• when he attempted evasion. It has begun to snow again, a few big white flakes d'ro've before a rising gale, whirling about like feathers. O'Hara took no heed of them. He was quartering . the ground eagerly, like a bloodhound on the scent,. every nerve in his lithe, active body taut, every in- stinct alert. He was hunting 'for a clue, and the excitement of the quest was like the flavor of vint- tage wine. He had come a long way by dog team, left the animals at the Cree hut, and brake trail afoot for ! ours. He had found -the spot where Charian and the girl had fallen, pushed aside a new snow blanket and confirmed Johnson's measurements in the hard ice crust below. To follow the trail was more difficult, but he chose to leave the cabin until last. He traced, with infinite pains, the third set of, footprints, and trusting again to Johnson's notes came to the spot below the willow where the trail showed a swift slide to the ice of the frozen stream. O'Hara dropped to his knees here, examining every inch of the ground: something in his predecessor's' face had marked this spot for him. The Voice Of Temperance When Prime Minister Nehru vis- ited Washington the Indian Em- bassy broke an old tradition. In- stead of serving liquor to its guests it served fruit juices and. dates. It's about time that some one chal- lenged the tyranny that alcohol has imposed on society. Intoxicat- ing beverages have demoralized too many social gatherings turn, - ring them into loud and loose drinking sprees. It would go a long way towards the solving of the problem of alcoholism if all social gatherings in high places were non -alcoholic. --(Adv.). Your . Business Directory ; LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phone 781, Seaffpgr .h SEAFORTH - ONTARIO OPTOMETRIST M. ROSS SAVAUGE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fli- ed. Oeulists' prescriptions accur- ately filled.. Phone 194, Evenings 120, Sefforth. VETERINARY 1.. O. TURNBULL, .D.V.M., V.S. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron .and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; sat- isfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone I•JAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensee Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answer- ed. Immediate arrangemeitt'B can be made for sale ,dates by phoning 7108, Clinton. Charges. moderate and ,eatisfaetion guaranteed. • JOSEPH L. RYAN 'Specialist in farm stook and tm plena sirts and household effects. Satisfaetion guaranteed. Licensed in Huron and Porth Counties. For particulari0 and Open . d&; ,e ' IrrrI s„o>r, vhane..dOSEIII t, RYA' R, R1, Dublin, Phone 40' I' . , �IIb]!ad 4611262 dui MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC E. ' A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. Internist P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 Q.m., daily, except Wednesday and Sun- day. EVENINGS: Tuesday', Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments made in advance are desirable. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth DR. M. W. STAPLETON DR. ROSS HOWSON Physicians and Surgeons Phone 90 - 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, Moore - field's Eye and Golden Equare Throat Hospital, London, Eng. 'At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Seaforth, third Wednesday in every month. Next visit, Wednesday, April 19. 53 Waterloo St. South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physlcian and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensall C.N.R. TIME TABLE GOING EAST (Morning) A.M. (Lod rich (leave) 5.40 Seaforth 6.20 Stratford (arrive) 7.16 (Afternoon) P.M. Go{ierich (leave) 3.00 Seaforth 3.46 Stratford (arrive) 4.40 GOING WEST (Morning) A,M. Stratford (leave) 10.45 Seaforth 11.86 Goderlch (arrive) 12.20 (Afternoon),. ' P.M. Stratford (leave) 9';35 Teaiidrt�; i0:21 ((WeilCh (arrive) 11.60 el "The hey to the *erg's /WEN, unless old Johnson's made a' mts4 take. I •don't think he 'did. 11o!' He .stopped, and dug bib IMMO, in the snow, numb as, a dog digs. for a bone. He had' found souj!e; thing, a small object,; and, after infinite effort, he 'got it up out `Of the ice Whole, stared at it dumbly fpr, an, instant -an instant that Johnson purposely had shot Up his own arm! O'Hara thrust his 'find carefully into an inner pocket and began to go over the ground, inch by inch. He was transformed into the passionless man of the law. Johnson„ had failed but O'Hara registered a vow that he would not! Grimly, relentlessly he searched but he found littl more; a broken branch, a crevice in the smooth ice of the creek, where someone might have stumbled badly, one place -fifty yards far- ther down -where the same foot- prints had tried to scramble.. tlp._a high 'bank of snow and slipped back to the level ice again, and here, where the snow was softer there were two sets of prints', one of which was set in webs. Of this he was certain, though Johnson had made no note of it. - By this time • it was snowing heavily, and though he ' finally found the spot where the careful retreat over the ice had become flight, he lost the trail in soft new drifts. However, it -was not diffi- cult to reconstruct the rest of it. A dog train must have been wait- ing somewhere near, and the usual trail for such teams was scarcely twenty yeards from the place where he finally lost the tracks. The person, woman or .boy who had made the smaller prints in the snow, must have had help near at hand, help that came over the ice of the river. No one but a Cree would have had the hardi- hood to face alone and afoot the wilderness that lay between this place and the nearest settlement. "If Nicky Creuse seems to 'be the only suspect bring him in." "O'Hara smiled grimly. He turned back now upon his tracks. The wind, that, had been rising steadily for the last hour, was blowing a gale from the north- east, and the snow drove in his face, almost blinding him. Farther search would be fruitless. It was lucky that he had saved Gharian's deserted cabin until the last, for he could take shelter there now and pursue investigations at his leisure. Strong as the was, he had to battle with the tempest as he turned in the direction of the cabin, guided more by instinct than by sight. He was in a white world that was turning gray, it was all gray, and full of • fantastic shadows and piercing,, terrible cold, when she stumpled up the last drift and saw suddenly a thing that brought him to a stand in sheer amazement. A light shone keenly in the gathering gloom, the- eternal twilight of the Arctic winter -a light in Gharian's deserted cabin! O'Hara stood staring at it. Until now -save for one moment when he recalled the sensation of pre- monition -he had believed him- self alone in the wilderness; yet someone must have been 'before him, and, in the storm, found shelter in the .house. A thin cur tain was drawn across the window. Through its filmy folds he could see a lamp on the table. There is a strange fatality that draws a murderer back to the scene of his crime, and O'Hara knew it. Some- thing keen and merciless leaped 'up in his stern eyes, and he felt quickly for the holster of his pistol, loosened 'it, and strode through the driving snow up to the closed door of the 'cabin. The bowling wind must have made his first summons a puny sound, but he put his shoulder against the door and using his full strength, broke the feeble fastenings. It banged open. • At first the sudden rush of light blinded his eyes. Then he saw a face, white and startled, wide eyes,- a tremendous mouth. The wo- man he shad seen sitting apart from the fiddlers at French Pete's! For a long moment they stared thus at .each other, and he saw her term•bling hands clasped close against her bosom as if to still a tumultuous beating of her heart; but she uttered no sound, and, after that first start of terror, did not blench. O'Hara turned and shut the door, finding.a rusty bolt w ioh, after some fumbling, held ainst the wind, A moment later d divested himself of the hea y coat which hid his uniform, shaken off the snow and ice and. stood before the primitive stone fireplace than Gharian had built when the cabin was new. A few Togs .were burning there now tin- der a Smother of charred. papers. The Sergeant stooped, picked up the tongs and tried' to rescue one half burnt piece, but the .flame was too quick for him and licked it up. He straightened up, facing the wo- man. All this while she had nei- ther moved nor spoken, and her eyes met his steadily. "You've been burning papers here!" he accused harshly.. "You had no right to burn anything in this house!" - "She caught her breath acid her white face glowed with a sudden flush that made it beautiful. "I had a right, M'sieur Police," she replied in a low voice, "I'm Ghar- ian's wife." O'Hara nodded. He felt a strange tightening in his throat, but his words were sharp. 'iI know. You took. the train north that night - after Charian and Ninon Creuse were buried'.at tile post." 'She started at that, but tnet. his eyes bravely. "I was at , my husband's funeral, m'sieuh." "Yo'u- were aware your husband loved: the nurse, and yet you.earme FOR CENTURIES the misty Higlilan'Is of Scotland have been the settings Of history and romance. Now they are the background for a' .new story. A11 over them 29, hydro -electric power stations, costing the equivalent of $224,000,000,are going up, coal oil lamps are going out, and into the lives of the Highlanders are coining modern homes, new jobs and new entertainments. Pictured left is a 1,200 -foot dam which will supply water power, to a station at Loch Lomond, famed in the song "On she Bonnie, Bonnie Banks." Right: 80 -years -old Willie McAlpine (left of picture), storekeeper in the ;Ilage'of Luss, sells a customer an electric kettle. He does it under newly -installed fluorescent light 7p of picture). To the right of his pile of modern electric appliances is the type of coal oil lamp he sold for 35 years. The new plants will also supply more power to Scotland's modern industrial cities - THE MIXING BOWL By ANNE ALLAN Hydro Home Economist S NP Hello, Homemakers! I don't know where the time has gone to- day. Maybe you have said . the same thing and' have been wonder- ing where you can• take a few short cuts. So to help .both of us it has been decided to review a few baker's tricks that we will use in meal preparation. In the first •place, rearranging your equipment may be a big help. 'Collecting utensils and supplies be- fore you begin the job is the best method of getting the job done -a long way just to attend his funeral, Mrs. Gharian?" His tone was grave- now, though it held an edge of disbelief. She raised her head proudly. "You're wrong, M'sieu Police. I came north to visit -my child's grave''" As she spoke She lifted one hand with a poignant gesture toward the window. Even in the whirl of snow it seemed to O'Hara that he say that little black cross which he knew was there. But the woman's eyes were clear now as she added, coldly: "Of my hus- band -I will not talk of him; he is dead!" There was a thrill in her voice, passion in it; for an instant she lost her marvellous self control and her face quivered in a new, unguarded loveliness. O'Hara, in- defatigable tracker of the barrens, man called' efficient, deadly and soulless, experienced the surge of a curiously foreign impulse to spare her, to shield her even from herself! But the merciless instinct of his kind made him thrust his hand into his pocket and draw out a blood-s.tained paper. "There's his last letter to Ninon Creuse, the girl who lost her life because of coming through this frozen wilderness to nurse him in his fever." - Laure Gharian turned, deathly pale. She scarcely seemed to breathe, and her profile was like a white cameo against the flame - light on the hearth. For the brief- est moment she faltered and shrank away from the bloodstain- ed' letter. Then she seemed to nerve herself for the ordeal, put out an unsteady hand, took the paper and, moving to 'the fire, averted her face from O'Hara while she read it. O'Hara could see only the per- fect arch of her brow and hair, its rich tints, and the purple grace of her slender figure -the figure of a girl rather than a woman. But he could see that her emotion was shaking ''her now from head to foot. Involuntarily the turned Mway and glanced about the room at he had never seen before. It was a bare place, devoid of any womanly touch exceptthe curtain across the window. An old violin lay on a bench in the cor- ner, and the sergeant suddenly re- membered that he had once heard the dead man play wonderfully well, with a touch that only love of music gives There. were a few worn 'books, well thumbed. on the shelf, and a woman's coat and furs lay on the heavy chair that helped barricade the door into the only other room, the bedroom of the cabin. It was closed, and against it were piled all the mis- cellaneous articles in place. The door opened toward them and' was bolted, the fastening being rein- forced by thin strange barricade, O'Hara stared at it in amaze- ment. That a woman might shrink from the cabin where her mur- dered husband had spent his hours was not unnatural, but that she should "come there alone, in this terrible weather, face the shardships and the horror of it, to ' barricade one room against her- self, was' -a new;grn4 f strange de- velopment. He stilt was staring at it when he heard her. voice again, trersuloua and sweet, (Contlnned Ilett -Week) quickly. While you're mixing a cake or making the salad, think of ways. you can do that particular job faster. Take a Tip 1. To bake cupcakes, use paper cups in muffin tins when you are making drop cakes. A one-quar- ter measuring cup spoons out the right amount of batter and makes each cake the same size. 2. To season and flour meat, put the cubed meat and a little seas- oned 'flour in a paper bag, shake the •bag -the job's done. 3. To make croquettes: Chill the mixture, pat the mix fiat. Cut out rounds with cookie cutter - this keeps servings uniform in size and shape. 4., To- hull strawberries: Use a teaspoon to hull berries. It does good work and it saves you time. Wash the berries before stemming so no . flavor will be lost. 5. To decorate a cake: Spread cake smoothly with creamy frpst- ing, then dimple it with a broad spatula. Or make decorative ridg- es with fork tines. Keep a cup of hot water handy while you ice a cake and dip spatula or fork into hot dater as you decorate the cake. 6. To shell cooked eggs: Cool eggs quickly under cold running water. 'Crack shells, then roll egg on table till thoroughly cracked. Start shelling at large end. 7. To collect ingredients and ut- ensils use a tray: Then, too, a tray is handy to carry silverware and polish to table and conveni- ent for thk.,c4 aning job. Trays al- so save many trips in setting and clearing a table, taking nearly ev- erything in one trip. 8. Use your large paper bags to line your kitchen sani-can. Be- sides making the garbage much easier to collect, the ' aper keeps the can in better condition. 9. Double the recipe for cream sauce and put half of it in the re- frigerator for ready use. 10. Put dry bread crumbs through the mincer instead of grating them. 11. Cook supper dishes in rame- kins and serve in ramekins -saves dishwashing and foods are kept really hot. • 12. Avoid opening oven door too frequently: Foods do not 'brown evenly 'and require extra cooking time. 13. Scrape dishes immediately, using a rubber scraper. Rinse un- der faucet, swishing with brush. Use cold water for egg, cheese or starch mixtures; hot water for anything sticky or greasy. 14. Wipe greasy skillet with pa- per towelling or newspaper, Soak pans as soon as empty. Stand sticky cutlery, handles upright, in, a bowl of warm water. 15. Always stack dishes - ac- cording to size. Place dishes and utensils at the sink side in the order you are going to wash them. To save changing sudsy water, wash dishes in this order=glass- es, silverware, plates, cups, then pans. 16. Use water as hot as hands can stand. If you are right hand- ed you will save time and motions if yourr Washing Water is at the right, dist drainer on the left. The right hand handiep the dish cloth, the left hand, places clean dishes onto rising rack. Then the tray should be ready for the dried dish- es, Two towels, one in each hand, saves time as one in left absorbs drips ,'that necessitates mopping uP the door. 17. If possible, arrange to store dishes as they are dried to save time and motion. • Requested Receipes Southern Burgers 1 pound ground beef 2 tablespoons fat 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 chicken gumbo soup 2 tablespoons catsup 2 tablespoons prepared mus- s.tard teaspoon salt Pepper Brown meat in hot fat: add on- ion and cook until golden. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer over low heat about 30 minutes. Serve or. hamburger buns. Serves 6 to 8. Maple Sponge 1 cup maple syrup 3 egg yolks '24 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon gelatine 3/3 cup cold water 2 egg whites. Place the map'l'e syrup in the double boiler. Heat and then add the hot syrup to the slightly beat - ten egg yolks. Return to stove and cook for 5 minutes. Add the salt. Soak the gelatine in the cold wa- ter and add to the hot mixture. Strain and chill until partially set. Beat the egg whites and while beating add the gelatine mixture, beating it in well. Turn into an oiled mold and chill in refrigera- tor. Unmold and serve with whip- ped cream. This dessert is rather rich and will serve 6 to 8. French Dressing 213 cup salad oil 1/3 cup vinegar or lemon juice % teaspoon. salt 1 teaspoon fruit sugar '/z teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce r/4 teaspoon paprika. Combine all ingredients and place in a gem jar. . Cover and shake up amorously. Shake each time before using. Grated onion juice is an attractive addition and', of course, if you •use pickle vine- gar you may not need to add the salt and sugar. This will depend on the seasoning in the vinegar. Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Huron Expositor. Send in your suggestion's on home- making problems andwatch this column for replies. Nothing new! The Babylonians had, real estate maps 4.200 years ago. Canada bas 174 mills equipped with machinery for the milling of wheat flour. SOLUTION TO BOXWORD PUZZLE ACROSS DOWN 1. Bread 1. 'Beware 4. Idiot 2. Evens 7. See. 3. Dikes 8, Idols 4. Isle 10. Wreck 5. Its 11. Lassie 6. Tri 15. Era - 7. Steed 16. Either 9. Out 19. Resist 12. Armpit 22. Maize 13. Spine 22. Deed 14. Even.t 25. Champ 17. Itches 26. Irish 18. Heart 27• Inept 20. Editor 30. Sat 21. Iliad 31, Estate 24. Easel 34. Oddest' 28. Nelson 37. Lag 29. Pages 38. Flora 32. Stalin 40. Atoms 33. Aloof 41. Rebel 35. Darwin 42. Oustt.. 36. Embed 45. Below 38, Fabld 46. Infant 39. Oiler 49. Iodine 43. Utters 52. Toe 44. Tweed 53. Errand 47. Never 56. Vogue . 48. Angel 57. Delve 50. Odde 58. Rid 51. I1.1 59. (Item! ' 54. Ritg 60. Rolla E'S. Ate X' QV m afi 'g; tto fl14ii9 lei , Q�kwc 1'Y' on>?!arx a? ;t`?tet,i ,Actuallyk 0•tit • cif wise the .bur & qas t i1f18i11}H° #be '`aid' 1'3eesirsebQ 'J4F0t,} xe t4.0 terrarn„ At oa tt`-'t1Ply . durrng the w►AFtnr when thew a musks. rwittt s lusts-fr,0*0 spll�� 'The ;6llt1POy parties .tori their 0fs time 'in CanatidaP,_hi : orr„hall ,; air craft as per>xlauent' accessories Mid they weeded es 'But,:there were still dog teams' and snow shoes. Oahe item of necessary.. supplies was 4,000 dried fish re; quired for dog food. On occasion, solitary trappers emerged from. the dense busk to,;. find dqu'ble walled. •tents, brightly lit with electricity and watched surveyors using electric razors." The Manitoba 'governrp t air ser,. vice transported members of the-, party and supplies from the .places at which they were assembled for the -final dash to the Bay. Others went in by tractor train: - Short-,• wave radio equipment • was used for communication. Pyramid tents with five-foot walls, equipped with an extra wall, were used. The air space between the walls made the tents warm and eliminated,. much of the white frost which accumu- lates along the walls of tents dur- ing extreme colds weather. The lowest temperature recorded, was 42 •below zero. Lands and Forests Minister Har- old Scott, of Ontario, under whose department the "Ontario" part of the survey was conducted, said• neither fish nor game were plenti- ful lentiful in the area surveyed. Trap:, pers' catches were mostly beaver, mink, otter and weasel. A few polar bears came inland from Hudson Bay. One trapper who vis- ited a camp was using polar bear r3 nG' DARLING & ,COMPANY OF CANADA., !Mini) Seaforth Mouwnent Works T. PRYDE & SON Memorial .,Grafts .ei Seaforth Exeter' Clinton r„ rid meat as feed for his .dog train. Seaforth 'Showrooms Open Tuesday Mr. Scott paid tribute to the See Dr. Harburn for appolnt- work of the_survey crews who went any _ other time, or Phone carried out the stupendous under- 41-J; Exeter. Y Should Be Our Reporter Every now and then someone tells us, "Why So - and -So from Somewhere visited with us all last week and you didn't have a thing about'it'in the paper!" Perhaps we neglected a wedding ... or a death, even ... or a club meeting. WE WANT THESE NEWS ITEMS IN THE HURON EXPOSITOR But we simply can't keep up with all of you, all of the time. Not without help from you. If you have a news item, from a two-line local to a head story- TELL US ! The Huron Expositor - PHONE 41 is an estate Targe enough to benefit from Trust Company services? • The size of an estate is not thedetermining factor as fart as Trust Company services are required. • The important thing is whether Trust Company ad- ministration will bring actual benefits to a wife and children -or whoever the beneficiaries may be. • Estates now being administered by The Canada Trust Company range in size from small to very large. • Regardless of the size of your estate --our Trust Officers welcome the opportunity to discuss your estate plans with you. CtinATADA.:ftU$ '1' .z Od►lillp#siT:> J. W, McLachlan, Trust Officer Dundas at Glaresic'e - Condom, Ont. 'S