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The Huron Expositor, 1950-04-28, Page 7CHAPTER iv SYNOPSIS: Sgt. Michael O'Hara, of the Mounted, is struck with the beauty of a young. worean at a dance hall. Her ekpressioa betrays' • grave trouble. While studying her featureg 'O'Hara receives a summons to appear •before his chief, Inspector Macdonald. "Got a case for you, O'Hara," says the chief. "Looks like double murder, but unfortun- ately the trail is already five days old." Macdonald outlines to O'Hara the known details of the crime and gives him two mink tails which one of the victims pulled from the slay- er's coat. O'Hara sets out on the trail and comes upon the deserted cabin of the murder- ed Jean Gharian. There is a light in it. O'Hara breaks in and comes face to face with the young woman he had seem UFE caui Bcgin AFTCR 401L Around 40 our energy lessens. But, ex- perience has taught us to do our work with lest effort. The years aheadshould yield the greatest aecomplisbmen*s, the Most enjoyment and happiness. 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Brought into contact thus, her face flashing with sud- den anger against the man who had wronged her, and her warm wrist quivering in the sergeant's grip, he all but lost his head. Words rushed to bis lips, foolish words of sympathy, which would have left him' disarmed against this woman. Then he snatched the paper from her and retreated across the room, furious. Was he going to let this Circe be his ruin? He turned on her cruelly. Y "You've no need to blame the girl, the fault was Gharian's. He'd made love to her; he admits it!' She faced him defiantly, her face still flushed and that wonder- fuk light in her eyes. "Oh, the fault never is altogether the man's m'sieur! You see, even in the grip of fever, the remembered how he had treated his wife." "The cry of a guilty conscience, madame," O'Hara flashed back at her. "He had pursued this girl so openly that her brother shot 'him. She was a trained nurse, doing her best to help the sick, and didn't know he was married until she heard it from him. He never spoke Town of Seaforth ProcIarnation Daylight Saving Time The Council of the Town of Seaforth has instructed me to declare Daylight Saving Time adopted for the Town of Seaforth dur- ing the period of May 1st, at 2:00... a.m., to October 1st, at 1:00 a.m., and respectfully request the citizens to observe same. J. E. KEATING, Mayor. "GOD SAVE THE KING" 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, Seaforth SEAFORTH. - ONTARIO OPTOMETRIST M. ROSS SAVAUGE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fie ed. Oculists' prescriptions accur- ately filled. Phone 194, Evenings 120, Seaforth. VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. 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She faded him, proudly still, but. the color ran out of her face again and, left it white. "He forgot me, m'sieure that was easy! Put--" she turned with that poignant gesture and pointed again toward the window. "There's a little black cross out there-aeene and deso- late. How could heforget that? Oh, mon Dieu, that I can't for- giver,' Her voice broke. She hid her face in her hands. O'Hara felt again that inexplic- able dangerous rush of sympathy, but he held himself in hand. It was bis business to try her, to probe the wound until he •got )the truth. "He was to blame, madame, I admit it; but the 'girl, the nurse, her end was pitiful, unjustified. You know that; she was inno- cent." "Innocent?" she cried, all wo- man in her anger against the other woman, her voice rising with sudden penetrating passion.- "No, m'sieur, she knew when she came here to care for him! She knew it all! She saw the little cross! I, Jean Gharian's wedded wife, am not afraid to tell the truth; she knew what he was!" Suddenly a sound sharper than the wind shook the little cabin. The door of the inner room rock- ed under the rain of blows upon it. The sergeant turned quickly on the woman, "Whom have you there?" "I found a young man here, m'sieur, searching my dead hus- band's room. •I locked: him M. There's no window, so he's safe unless he breaks down the door." "Do you know who he is?" ' She shook her (head. "No, but I am certain he has no right here." Again the pounding shook the door and a voice called upon the police for help. O'Hara flung aside the barricade, undid the bolt and the door fell open. A youth, blind- ed by the sudden flood of light af- ter the darkness of his Prison, al- most staggered into the room, straightened himself, and stared furiously at his liberator and the woman, He wore the rough dress of the voyageur, -his shirt was open at the throat, his disheveled, black hair hanging down over his wild eyes, and .his face distorted with passionate anger, "You, you she -devil!" he cried, panting, his gaze fixed on Laure Gharian. But it was the sergeant who an- swered ,him, cold of voice. "So, you're here, Nicky Creuse. I don't have to search for you." As he spoke Laure caught his arm with a shaking hand. "Is that Creuse-her brother?" She whis- pered. The young man heard, and stretching out his hand, he shook his finger in her face. "Yes!" he cried huskily. "I'm Nicky Creuse; the brother of the girl you've dared to malign tonight! You mur- dered her, you! O'Hara," he pant, ed, catc:hin.g his breath, "I accuse this woman of the murder of my sister and Gharian." Involuntarily Laure shrank to- ward O'Hara. There was mute appeal in the hand that caught at his sleeve and held it. Yet it was she who answered Nicky's accusa- tion. "You don't know me," she said in her low voice. "You've never seen me in your life before! How dare you make this awful charge?" "I know you. I heard you tell O'Hara. You're. Gharian's wife!" Nicky grated fiercely, his accusing finger still pursuing ther. "No one in the world but a jealous woman would have killed my sister. You're the kind to be mad with jealously. You did it!" Laure Gharian shrank farther back. using the sergeant as a shield, her trembling hands busy with his sleeve, "He's mad," she whispered with white lips, "quite made! Take him away; he'll kill me!" The young man answered with derisive laughter. "Mad? I'm not mad. She's guilty! Look at her, O'Hara; she's guilty!" "Stand back, Creuse," said the sergeant sharply, "and' leave Mrs. Gharian to me. You've Something to answer for, yourself, How did you come here? What are you do- ing here in Gharian's house? Why were you absent from your sis- ter's funeral -to be here?" Young Creuse drew back, pant- ing, fury in his eyes. "She's, got you and she'll break you!" he sneered. "Oh, she's beautiful, she's the kind to plead off and let an innocent man hang for.her!" Laure's trembling hands still held O'Hara's sleeve. "He'll kill me," she whispered. "I can see it in his eyes: Don't let him kill me!" Creuse heard her and gave her a scornful look. "So you're, afraid you'll get your just deserts, are you?" O'Hara made an impatient move- ment, his hand dropping involun- tarily on the holster of his pis- tol. "Answer me, Creuse," :he de- manded sharply, "what brought you here?" The young man lowered his head, casting another fierce glance at the woman from under scowl- ing brows. "I came here to find a clue to my sister's death, to hunt down her murdered. I knew I'd find something here!" he cried bitterly. "And I did; I found her! Do your duty, O'Hara, arrest her. I charge :her with my sister's death!" "On the contrary, I have my or- ders to arrest you, Nicky Creuse," the sergeant replied coolly. "You're charged with the murder of Ghar- ian and your sister." "I, charged with their murder?" Nicky cried furiously. "Bosh and claptrap! It's a foul invention of yours to shield the woman!" As he spot a took a step backward, facin Laure, and his hand went to his drip. Instantly O'Hara's pistol Was at his breast. "T.tp With your hands! (By li W. Oliver;; Centre?': Hapta mental Farm, Otte.wa) A. satisfactory Orden. 1e ` cine. wench meets the. needs of the fele;; ily by providing 'the most usefu arrangement of the ground et Our disposal, Careful planning: is neer essary to achieve this, and WOO situation requires somewhat differ,, ent treatment, no standards set of plans can be prepared as a guide. However, the following article may be of assistance. Arrangement of Parts Any home grounds: will be divid- ed into three.areas. (1) Approach; the part --usually known as the "front Iawn" sholi Id be developed so as to improve the appearance of the house. (2) Service area. This is com- posed of the drive, garage, kitchen garden, spaces for drying clothes, etc. (3) Recreational area. Space for games, Rower gardens and out- door lounging rooms. To give the best effect these- ar- eas' should be readily, accessible to the house by means of convenient doors. They will be separated from each other by lattice, hedges or shrub plantings and yet connected by gates or paths so that one can readily pass from one part to the other. They will be like outdoor living rooms for different purpos- es. If space permits and circum- stances require, each of them may be sub -divided into further rooms for definite purposes, It is usually better to have the house placed towardthe front and to one side of the lot as this gives more available space for a private area for recreation at the side and behind the house. Approach The main lawn should be left open with planting kept toward the boundaries. Shrubs or beds of None of that'" he said sharply. "Oh, you'll find two guns!" Nicky sneered as the sergeant's free hand searched hiss quickly.. ; O'Hara put the big one in bis pocket. the smaller one he held in his hand, examining it, then he looked up at the younger man and laughed harshly: "The twenty-five automatic that did the deed, two chambers empty! A clumsy piece of work to get caught with the goods on you, Creuse!" Nicky drew back scornfully, measuring his accuser from head to foot with flashing eyes, his French blood boiling in rage. "You're a great detective! I found that gun here when I came -just where 'she'd hidden it!" Again his accusing finger was shaken in Laure's face, but she said nothing, only her beautiful eyes fixed .on the pistol with hor- ror in their look. O'Hara pocketed the weapon. "You'd better be quiet, Creuse. You're under .arrest; I wouldn't advise you to talk. We can't start in this storm tonight, Mrs. Ghar- lan, . so we must trespass upon your hospitality. Tomorrow, •if it holds up, my Cree "wilt" be her with the dogs. Tonight-" He glanced about him, wondering if there was any food except the ra- tions he carried swung across his, shoulders. She seemed instantly to under- stand the thought in his mind. "There's food here. I'll get you some supper. but there's hardly a place for you to rest-" She hesi- tated, eyes still on the young man who had accused her so furiously. Nicky •Creuse had fallen silent. He was leaning back against the log wall of the cabin, with hands thrust into his empty pockets and his sullen eyes fixed •boodily oh the floor, O'Hara smiled grimly. "I'm on duty. Creuse and I will bunk here. I hope the inner room has some comfort for you." A shudder ran through her, she put her hand to her throat with a gesture of suffocation, and he saw again that look of wide-eyed ter- ror that he had seen first at French Pete's. Suddenly he realized all it must mean to this woman; in that room her husband had suffer- ed from his wounds. and the girl, Ninon Creuse, with her Cree, had nursed him. From this house the two, Gharian and the girl, had gone out mysteriously to meet their tragic end. O'Hara understood and, for an instant, thought she swayed. Her eyes almost closed, Then she rallied, and lifted her (head brave- ly. "Thanks, m'sieur," she said simply. "And now I'll make you a supper here." (Continued Next Week) SOLUTION TO BOXWORD PUZZLE ACROSS DOWN 1. Mecca 1. Mantel 4. 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Niece 66. •Ire; SA, e �e� the fil'ain i� I iiui er0:0 �,6 aziood A.ftex #fie} lei&#ii aP � , 'been 1444F 4iu pili . paper the 'Asst: stop e 'WASP' est planting of #gees a> 04.rub*, Ih th0 0000#1"- .#0,#! a :mattri4 shguld •be used, as chs poi, able Hard maple, soft n4aie (but riot- Manitoba Maple), elm, red oak beech and silver birch are ail eee eellent shade, trees Eer. . planting along driveways, or *lawn sped mens. The, bam1ock .anal red POO also make beautiful specimen trees : and the blue type 'of .our rtetive white spruce has eplendiee color ankh form, and is much more appro- priate than the too commonly planted Koster's blue spruce. - Windbreaks windbreaks may be •planted as desired for •protection against pre- vailing winds. Poplar, Spruce and cedars. are good for this purpose. It should she remembered in plant- ing that such a row of trees will not permit other growth within about twenty-five feet so that- it must be put well back from the rest of the garden. Hedges Hedges are used. as bpnndary lines to the whole- garden or div- iding lines between different parts. A hedge should always end in a boundary or other obstacle around whish one cannot walk, otherwise its .purpose is lost. When the hedge is to be four feet high or more, place the plants • 18 inches apart; for a ,low hedge they may be closer. - Always plant in a sin- gle line and clip each year to make them bushy. Hawthorn and. choke- cherry, if planted young and clip- ped regularly, make good hedges of native material. Lilacs; honey- suckle, caragann, dwarf blueberry, spruce and cedar all make good hedges. • Shrub Groups Shrubs groups should be used along the boundaries of the lawn towers Placed in the ?aiddies,of the lawn' out it up and reduce the" sire, Oh large properties shade trews Batty be placed at the front and tie either side of the house to frame the 'view of it from the road. On Smeller lots this will be, •eeeom- plie ed by' planting grow of ahru'he to the front betweene the house and the sides of the hot. These will draw the eye to the house and give it a "settled" ap- pearance. ;. Foundation Planning Shrubs and small evergreens us- ually look better than flowers planted -around the foundation as the latter are too seasonal to match the permanent structure. In general diciduous shrubs are best to soften the lines of the average brick:or frame house with front - verandah. Evergreens are best us- ed around houses of more attrac- tive architecture, but tall growing sorts 'like the naive spruce, pine and cedar should never be used close to the house. Place groups at corners and keep low in front of windows. High, narrow houses can be given breath by planting tall .shrubs such as lilacs,snowball or bush honeysuckle just beyond the corners, and tapering down to the side with lower shrubs. •Low, broad houses can be given better proportion by planting erect grow- ing shrubs such as tall moo* or- ange or pyramid cedar in front of corners and bare wall spaces. Except in rare cases plants of attractive form with midgreen fol- iage are . better than unusual or gaudy specimens. Service Area Here economy of space and la- bor of upkeep are the first consid- eration. Even on small lots a drive and garage are now almost stan- dard equipment. Frequently a kit- chen garden can be provided by placing the garage near the house instead of in the back corner of the lot. Where space allows, the service area is usually most convenient when placed off the kitchen side of the house. ;t should be shut off from other areas by lattice fence covered with vines or a clipped hedge as these are the most econ- omical of space. Recreational Areas As this section is really an out- door extension of the living rooms it should be easily accessible to them; it will be developed to cater to the habits of the family. If the cultivation of flowers is a hobby a greater proportion of the space will be devoted to them than if the playing of games is paramount. In general the centre will be left in open lawn with planting confined to the margins. The garden should be arranged so as to give its best appearance from the point of view from which we can see it most of- ten. This line of view or "axis" should end in some attractive fea- ture -such as a pool or garden, orn- ament and the -interest on either side of the line of view should, be evenly balanced, but not necessar- ily symmetrical except in formal gardens. Planting should flow smoothly from point to point with the plants in groups or continuous borders rather than dotted about like "cloves stuck in a cooked ham" which gives a feeling of confusion. Where roses, gladioli or other plants which require special atten- tion are to be grown they should Highest Cash Prices for DEAD STOCK 1 Horses, $2.50 ea. Cattle, $2.50 ea. Hogs, .50 per cwt. According to Size and Condition Call Collect SEAFORTH 15 T--41.---v--w- 1F-VT".11,--4 DARLING & COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED Seaforth Monument Works T. 'PRYDE & SON Memorial Craftsmen Seaforth Exeter Clinton Seaforth Showrooms Open Tuesday See Dr. Harburn for appoint- ment any other time, or Phone 41-J, Exeter. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. 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