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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1950-05-19, Page 9iday )IUt- Lone • fiL �l,,ryt QHAPTER Vit SYnopeis: Sgt.. Michael .O'Hara, of the Mounted, Is summoned to ap- pear before his chief, inspector MacDonald; who outlines to him the known details' of a crime committed in the north- ern wiids. O'Hara sets out on the trail and comes upon the deserted "cabin of the murder- ed Jean Gharlan. He breaks In and comes face to face with Laure Gharian, widow of the slain man, who has been burn- ing some papers. O'Hara finds Mickey Creuse locked in an- other room and liberates him. Nickey accuses Laure of the murder of his sister and Ghar- ian. Creuse and O'Hara spend the night at the cabin, andthe next day O'Hara brings Creuse to headq-irarters. , He leaves a sealed envelope with inspector Macdonald,„, _"If. I do not re- port in sigwdays, open it," he says. ,MacdPnaid agrees, and O'Hara takes the first train north for Le Pas. Macdonald carefully pigeonholed the letter . Then the struck his heavy hand on his desk, . "You're planning some dare -devil risk, Sergeant, and leaving this in case of your death. Very well! You men have to take chances, but you're a good officer, and I don't want to lose you. I'll give you an assistant. Who do you want?"' "No one, sir!" O'Hara's voice was harsh. "No one can do what I've got in mind. I'd like to finish this jab myself, Inspector." "Then go ahead; you've got orders. If you need more expense money its here. If you're not back 3n six days, I'll-" He did not finish but nodded at the envelope which showed conspicuously is its pigeonhole. Once again he turned his search- ing eyes on the sergeant and could have sworn O'Hara winced. Yet the officet's'. weather :pronzed face and his tight shut lips were' calm as he saluted at the doo.r A mo- ment later it shut behind him and his chief was alone. "Now what the deuce is up?" Macdonald mused, nettled by curi- osity he found difficulty to quell. "I've half a mind-" His hand went toward the sealed envelope, ,,THE MCKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE-S.EAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS: President, hi J. Trey artha Clinton' Vice -Pres. : J. Xi. Malone, SeaforthManager..and .: Sao:T reasc M. A, Reid, Seaforth DIRECTORS: E I. 1 artba, Clinton; Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit- more, Seaforth; Chris. Leonitardt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald;, Sea= forth John H. iikeEeing; Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich. AGENTS: J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; R. F. 9McKercher, Dublin; George A. Watt, Blyth; J. F. Prueter, Brod- hagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels. ten he. 1eflt. it fall on the ,desk, "No!" I'll Play fair, and wait six drays,' though I believe he's going to riak his life, doesn't expect to cones . back alive aad, he's a 'nighty valuable man!" Again he meditated, strumming on WS desk, but he was Used to these things.- Men were sent out to their deaths sometimes, to danger of it, often; what matter, if it was for the good of the„ ser- vice? The service was the inspec- tor's second girl, yet his ,eyes clouded- a moment later when he saw O'Hara cross the snow apace before his window, erect and strong, in all thet vigor of -his splendid manhood. "The beat subordinate I've got!" he muttered. "I'11 wait just six days; then -".Gayle can go after him."'He touched a button and sent order's out about the careful jailing.. of Nicky Creuse. "He's safe anyway," he thought, ."One young -daredevil 'Whin(' the bars until it's cleared up. I''m 'far from convinced that he could have done it -or did." O'Hara, meanwhile, unconscious that he had stirred strange un- easiness in .his chief's mind, went about his business, a business that sent an unaccustomed chill to his stout heart. For once, he sick- ened deeply at his task. "Hunting men, 'that's been my business," ,he mused bitterly. And then, half aloud, "May God for- give me if I'm wrong now!" He had a sudden recollection of Nicky Creuse on the way to prison, rebellious, snarling, vowing to get even. Yet the boy was so young, and there had been, hitherto, a certain charm in his • devil -may - care -freedom. O'Hara had seen him once dancing a jig at French Pet's amid the uproarious laugh- ter of the vowageurs. He had lov- ed his sister, too; that first shoot- ing of Gharian had stirred. the sergeant with something akin to sympathy. ''Yet he had dragged the boy,;.to.;prison, was leaving him in peril of his lite. "My business that!" he cried again to himself, and thrust his hand into his pocket to feel for that small object he had found in the snow beside the frozen creek. It"was strange that Johnson had overlooked it! The thought re- called Johnson; the constable was out of the infirmary but not yet fit for duty. He might explain one point more -if he chose! But. O'Hara did not go to John- son, instead he took the first train north. He had urgent business at Le Pas, business that must be concluded before the time expired -he had given himself six days! As ,he,.recalled that a sudden ap- prehension surged over him, and the peraplration 'stood out in drops Son )lis,'.forehead though the ther- mometer registered thirty below. "My God, six days!" he breath- ed; ,and -set his teeth hard, Before him rose a face, a wo- man's face, wide eyes of terror, a tremulous mouth. The bitter win- ter night enfolded, him, a thick snow mist rose before the twink- ling lights where the Crees were gathered drinking and gaming while their dogs snarled out in the snow, Other lights shone sparsely.. He was in Le Pas and there was' grim work to be done; yet -how she troubled him, kept Your Business Directory LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers; Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. 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TIME ' TABLE Qoderlch Seaforth Stratford Qoderlch Seaforth Stratford GOING EAST (Morning) (leave) herself ever before: the mind` of this grim traveller of the barrens to whom women had been little' more than shadows in a world he - yowl his ken. Then he thrust ail 601001, of her aside; and went on. Some- where. here was the man who had driven a dog train back from the creek, a hundred yards below Gharian's cabin on the -very day' of the murder! Within an .hour of it, unless O'Hara's calculations were wrong. That it was not the same man who had carried BIM - plies to Ninon at the cabin, .O'Mara knew.; he .had searched, that out. He ad sure information, too, of the time Nicky had spent at Churchill, of his threats against Gharian. He needed only to find the man who had rescued• the fugi- tive from the ice -bound creek; that man held the key to the greatest mystery of ah. Ten minutes later he pushed open the door and looked - Ante -a hot, smoke-filled, noisy den of a room, glimpsed dark, wild faces, saw the flash' of dice falling on the tables, heard a medley of tongues, half French, half Cree, an oath here, a song there, the uproar of a quarrel that subsided suddenly at sight of his uniform. Then, from somewhere. a derisive laugh. It pricked him like a knife thrust. In an instant he was iron, every nerve strung taunt, the manhunt- er in him leaped up like a caged tiger. He felt neither pity nor remorse. Deliberately be thrust himself into the center of the room and laid his hand suddenly on the shoulder of the man who had laughed. "You're wanted, Duval!" O'Hara's tone was like a whiplash, and the hand that gripped the half-breed had the feel of iron. Duval started to his feet with a Mothered oath, buthis dark face changed and paleas • his. eyes cameto the level of the serge- ant's. He was a stranger, too, and there was no show of partisan feeling, ` hilly a gaping -Curiosity in the nearest faces. "What d'you want of me?" he asked sullenly. O'Hara made no answer in words, he kept his grasp on the man and thrust him quickly be- tween the crowded. tables toward the door that he had left open when he entered. He felt, rather than saw, a growing sympathy among the men who were. his prisoner's equals, if they were not yet his pals. There were some murmurs, an oath here and there; _ in the farther corner one or two rose. O'Hara was alone and there was no love here for the Mounted. But the sergeant got Duval out- side and shut the door behind them. That movement loosedhis grip a trifle and, on the instant; 'the halfhreed was' at his..throatt They grappled, stumbled, and rolled ov- er in the snow. Duval had been drinking; O'Hara was deadly so- ber, with "muscles like steel; a trained fighter. They battled over the edge of a drift and the serge- ant held his enemy down and out of sight when someone opened the door and looked out. "Gone like a lamb!" they heard a voice say from the inside of the cabin, then there was a shout of coarse laughter as the door snap- ped shut again. A couple of dogs began to howl, a fiddle scraped somewhere, and O'Hara got his knee on the hall - breed's breast, slipped a hand down and disarmed him. "You're making a mistake, puval," he said chokingly, for the struggle had cost him his breath.I nTn. not go- ing to run you in, and -I'll let you go scot free if you answer me straight and . take orders like a man." A red light shone from a win- dow on the snow beside them, in the weird glow of it he could see the breed's sullen -eyes; but his grunt wasa half way surrender. "Let me up -you choke me, by gar!" he gurgled, for O'Hara's grip was 011 his windpipe. The sergeant rose and ordered him to his feet. "You drove your team up to the creek below Ghar- ian's place the day of his death. No, not a word of denial; I know! If you want to keep out of jail, get your dogs now. I'll go with you. You and I start north to- night, Duval, and . on the way we'll settle certain other matters. Ready?" The halfbreed made a quick movement, ' but the muzzle of O'Hara's forty-five was at his breast. "Going quietly?" the sergeant snapped. Duval assented sullenly. "I wish you in hell!" he growled. The officer latighed. "1 may send you there, old man, if you don't get started mighty quick!" As he spoke he drove his pris- oner down to the vacant place be- low ,the huts where he knew Du- val's dogs were tied. Half an hour later, to the snap of the half- breed's whip and the deep baying of the huskies, the sledge started north laden with ten days' rations, Duval walking beside his team and O'Hara close at his heels. Out through the last straggling streets of the settlement, leaving the wicked twinkling eyes of light be- hind, into a wilderness of show and ice, in the teeth of a biting wind, they went. The snow was packed tight and the trail they fol- lowed through the night was not difficult, except that there could be no turning back. Morning Came, gray with the eternal gloom of the Arctic. win- ter. They sat down and ate, rest- ing and feeding the dogs. The half- breed was sullenly silent, watching his captor with a fierce enmity that he could not disguise. "He'll get me If he can!" O'Ilara thought, and. 'watched as narrowly as he was Watched, Yet, later iii the day, Duval seemed to relent a little, for he answered noie and then, and once he pointed out a A.M. 5,40 6.20 (arrive) 7.16 (Afternoon) P.lVI (leave) 3.00 3.46 (arrive) 4.40 GOING WEST (Morning) A.M. $tt$�tfOrd (leave) 10,46 Seaforth 11.36 Qoderlch (arrive) 12.20 (Afternoon) P.M. Stratford (leave) 9.'35 Seaforth . 10.21 Goderleh (arrive) 11.00 lire... :7 t r.9ug i G eW4ij idl ;sled 'thu;t day,i .:+&S ed :9uichl •' i�t$od' 0141;*P,Sl 1/4€l S tHiil! ent a tm: 1}ov sould .he s i#pl ba Cepa rexy to answ'ev a -,wore two for the rest Of that .1.4n"�alPe noo�I BU'" by this time', the 3 lin, w:hq fnitewed hipi alreat,lek kt'e. the story;•`a gesture there, a .ialf? admission here, even -a Startled` giaace at "same, partjeujar turn -Qf the •trail which he .wee being, tore-$ ed to follow, were enough toil„' out the skeleton that O'Hara had constructed -from the evide ee in, his hands. Unconsciously Dirvtil furnished the one clue vitally need-. ed; and the sergeant's face was,set' and stern as they passed the frOz- en creek and travelled the last two hundred yards through a little for- est of spruce and balsam, half bur- ied in the deep snow. • " •Emerging from it; the open space of snow-covered ground lha.d:' a strange radiance; it was bli}ish. white, while the ice covered bar- rens to the westward stretched out like a sparkling desert, pricked here and there with frozen wil- lows. It was beautiful, so striking; that O'Hara drew a deep breath of admiration. Then he,.saw, the windows of Qharian's little . cabin and the woman at the door. Her face was turned toward them and, even at this distance, he sensed the light in her eyes. He gave sharp orders to Duval. The halfbreed and the dogs pre- ceded him, but there was ne change in that figure by the cabin door. Calmly the woman waited for him. Duval had assented read- ily to halt here, "To help ma- dame, hein?" He knew her, he know her, he would stay, he swore, and since O'Hara knew he would, he let him drive the dogs to the rear of the cabin, to a shelter Gbarian had built for his own team in the old days. The dogs knew the way and so did the halfbreed, but they seem- ed to pass Laure almost unnoticed. She did not move. She still was here, her pale face touched with snow -light, her mouth a little curved as if with anxiety, her deep eyes unfathomable, She did'' not hold out her hand, but there was a sweet, low note of welcome in her voice. "I knew you were coming," she said simply. "1 have your supper ready." O'Hara started. "You knew that -I was coming?" he gasped. "In this wilderness how could you know?" "In so'liture one knows things, m-sieur, it's as though -the heart had ears!" A deep wave of crimson went up over his bronzed face. "And in your heart you heard me com- ing?" But he did not speak the words aloud. She turned and led the,way into. the little log celled room. It was changed as if by magic; a wo- man's touch had worked a mir- acle. A. snowy white cloth Cover- ed the table. It was daintily set; the disorder of the room had been transformed intoa lovely order- liness; the flse-,hul'ned:.,aleag, wild bright; a work -basket stood on the bench; there was the savor of well -cooked food. O'Hara stood staring at the preparations, his breath coming slowly. A scowl was on hisfore- head possibly corrugated the deeper because right then he bad no desire whatever to frown, "So, you thought I was coming!" he said harshly. She turned from the fire, a lit- tle flush , on her pale face, bring- ing a dish for the table. She smil- ed at him without words, and her eyes were shining. A long moin- ent passed. "When one is alone -it's pleas- ant to make ready for a friend, m'sieur!" she said unexpectedly, then. He was silent. In the little room there was no sound but the soft rustle of her garment and the crackle of the fire! Through the window behind her he saw Duval feeding the dogs. They were alone. She spread the table while he watched- her deft hands and her white wrists. At last she brought the steam- ing tea andpoured it into his cup. "It's ready," she said softly. "Sit down, m'sieur; you must be hun- gry. The bread is new; m'sieur. I baked today," she went on talk- ing softly, her eyes still shining. "I used to make good things, but here one can't tell." Still he did not move. He laid a heavy hand on the edge of the table and stared before him with unseeing eyes. This woman a murderess? He seemed -it had to be -beyond belief. (Continued Next Week) SOLUTION TO BOXWORD PUZZLE 1. Motet 4. Soddy 7. Wee 8. Where 10. Manna 11. Ravine 15. Leo 16. Issues 19. Intent ' 22. Theme 23. Zero 25. Adie 26. Thumb 27. Tally 30. Ici 1. Luster 84. Ostler 37. Cut 38. Atone 40. Crush 41. Abash 42. Errs 45. Stair 46. Impure 49. Canine 52. Vie 53. Plight 56. Ample 57, Ocean 58. Ram 59. Tatem 60. Surge 1. Memoir 2. Tenet 3. Twain 4. Sere 5. Div. 6. Yen 7. Waltz 9. Eds. 12. Astute 13. Ideal 14. Every 17. Stable 18. Units 20. Notion 21. Exult 24. Exist 28. Archer 129. Later 32. Urchin 33. Trump 35. Search N. Learn 38. Aesop 39. Okapi 43. Revere 44: Steam 47. Means 48. Upper 60. Atom 51. Ice 54. Let 55. Get Rev. P, A. Ferguson, Chaplain for Hensall Legion, Branch 469., was master of ceremonies at the dedication , banquet last Friday evening. Pictured aboveat the head table are, from left to right, Ralph Shaw, Brussels; A. M. 'Scotty' Forbes, London, Service Bureau Officer; George Wilson, arucefield, Zone Commander; David Sangster, President Hensall Legion; Rev. P, A. Ferguson, Rev. R. A. Brook and Rev. C. L. Langford. Elston Cardiff (Continued from Page 6) cupola is approximately 132 feet. Between the interior and exterior walls which enclose the library proper, there are small rooms con- taining many thousands of books. The framework of the two galler- ies is of glass one inch thick. The floor is made of an alternating pat - 'tern of oak, cherry and walnut. Queen Victoria's statue in marble graces the centre of the library. On the same floor as the library is the Senate Reading Room which is approximately 60x40 feet. This room is panelled in oak; a heavy carpet covers the floor and is of senate color -deep crimson -giv- ing the room a warm appearance. The Commons Reading Room on the same floor, is four times great- er than that of the Senate. The prominent features of this room are the mural decorations. The artist was a Canadian, Arthur Crisp, formerly of Hamilton, Ont., who ,had the reputation of being one of the leading mural painters of this continent. On this same ffoor.is the Upper Chamber,,lnsown as 'the Senate, Chamber;; witch is an el ong room with a gallery at eac'.end. The Governor-General e';l heriolds all official functions, such Ass the opening and closing of ,p8 '1ladent : and the, ,angi a.1 draw- ing,room, The senate chamber con- stitutes a dignified. setting for of- ficial ceremonies with its beautiful wood and shone carvings, its glow- ing red carpet emulating the House of Lords and its ceiling outlined with heavy gold leaf. Over the Speaker's Chair stands a marble bust of Queen Victoria. The walls of this chamber are panelled in Canadian white oak. On the walls of the Senate Chamber hang splen- did paintings depicting scenes and incidents in which Canadians par- ticipated in the First Great War. It is thanks to the energy and fore- sight of Lord Beaverbrook, a Can- SOLUTION an adian of whom no doubt you have heard a great deal, that Canada today possesses the finest collec- tion of war pictures of any coun- try in the world. At the other end of the building on this floor we have the House of Commons Cham- ber, oblong in shape with deep galleries at each end and narrow ones on either side, furnishing ac- commodation for 600 persons. The floor space in the Commons Cham- ber is 72 by 54 'feet; the ceiling is 50 feet in heighth; the government members sit on one side of the chamber, while the opposition sit on the opposite, side, the leader of the opposition sitting' directly op- posite the Prime Minister. In this parliament, however, due to the fact the government is top heavy, it becomes necessary to place about fifty of their members on one corner of the opposition side of the House. Each member shares a double desk. The two first rows of the south gallery facing the Speaker are reserved for the Diplomatic Corps. The Clerk of the House, in a silk gown, sits at the head of the table which` is placed a little distance from the Speak- er's..chair. The assistant clerk, 'similarly dressed, sits at the table to the right of the clerk. The pro- ceedings in parliament , are presid- ed over by the Speaker, whose chair is on a raised dais. A few minutes before three o'clock, when the House is inses- sion, the Speaker and his company leave his library for the chamber. This is 'called the Speaker's Par- ade. They march in the following order: The chief constable and two constables, the Sergeant -at - Arms bearing the mace, the Speak- er, the Clerk of the House and the clerk's assistant; a page boy, walk- ing to the Speaker's right, carries papers to be read by the Speaker. They proceed to the Court of Hon- our, Confederation Hall and the front corridor At the Chamber door the men who precede the • mace, halt and stand at attention. while the others enter the Cham- ber. This is one sof the traditions and customs we inherit from the Mother of Parliaments, and is very solemn and dignified• to see. Many inquiries are made about the Mace which the Sergeant -at - Arms carries. The Mace was orig- inally a weapon of defence. It Was carried in battle by medieval bish- ops instead of the sword. The mace is a symbol of authority in the House. It is a large, ,heavy and richly ornamented, staff. Friends in England donated the present mace which is on similar lines to the one belonging to the . Englisch House of Commons. Canada's Parliament Buildings iar r.,, lso contain a ret) urrani Fea,,fe, I tort;;•, Caucus ,,l> l�) ,,u. , ,•Ittee rooms, the S-pek?kor s' office and lib, racy, the special offtees for the Prime Minister and the leader of the official opposItion; an& offices for the Members,Of Parliauyei`}`t#azld' of the Senate. This is a beliding: beautiful in design, visited :by,some 200,000 tourists a year. You Can easily spendi a full days, in ;tile at mosphere of this hister a ttillding.. I trust the information ,I :Have• given you will be of, interest to you; even it you shrhail C6nme to see it for ,•.yourself, what I, lbave told you may be of 'some help.. Again fi - thanik you ° for listening to me. 1 hope my message has been constructive. Shuid Be 04 Reptter Every now and theh someone tells.us, "Why So. and -Sc 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 death, even . .. or a club meeting- WE WANT Ti SE.. NEWS ITS IN THE HURON EXPOS R .. . I'I'0 ,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 tory TELL US ! The Huron Expositor PHONE 41 Aluminum has grown to be a Targe part of Canadian living "%.. AND THIS Is ALCAN'S THIS PICTURE of the first aluminum plant in the British Empire was taken in 1900. That was only 14 years after Charles Martin Hall had discovered how to make aluminum cheaply by using electricity. The plant was erected in semi - wilderness at Shawinigan Falls be- cause the river was being harnessed to provide electricity. Aluminum was the first to use this power. Today Shawinigan Falls has many indus- 0 IRTHDAY PICTURE" tries and is a hustling, thriving city. Alcan, too, has been growing dur- ing these fifty years. Today the com- pany has 12 plants providing jobs for 11,000 Canadians and supplying aluminum to more than 1000 in- dependent Canadian manufacturers from coast to coast. On its 50th Birthday, Alcan looks back over half a century of progress - and forward to continued growth with Canada. tsJMING ALUMINUM COJ1APA'NY ®►F C .NADA, 1,110i; A L C q IV 8-.i Produced and Processors of Alumi'nu'm .for Cdap'dien. lndusflyrond World-•Markeflr ✓74s s ' Plants in Shawinigan Falls, AWida, Isle li eltim., S1.!'pihaw, pawnor, jfnor, Oath p tp�' " 1Nake6old; Kin9ATbn, 7orOblo,'Etobltot 'r '* ;i. ;'I