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SEAFORTH,.Friday, November 21
Assult By Leer
One thing of which we as Cana-
dians can be proud is Le status of
Canadian ccult.,.. •4Wf can, on occa-
sions, disagree with decisions, but we
know that the decisions were arrived
at in a conscientious manner and af-
ter careful consideration of all the
evidence.
But that is not always the case in
so far as the courts of our neighbor
to the south are concerned. A recent
example was the decision of a North
Carolina court which gave negro
lVIack Ingram a six months' suspend-
ed jail sentence and five years of pro-
bation for assaulting a woman who
never was closer to him than sixty
feet.
It was the contention of Judge
Frank M. Armstrong that assault
need not involve physical contact.
Fright, he held, is a form of assault.
If a woman gets scared by the way a
man looks at her, she can claim that
she has been assaulted.
The New Yok Telegram suggests
that most people will regard the
court's decision as completely fantas-
tic and goes on to say that: "Some-
how this reminds us of the days of
Salem witchcraft. Then people were
burned at the stake because people
got scared of their glances. Some-
times it was not just a case of being
scared by their eyes. It became a
•case of not liking the way they part-
ed their hair or the style of clothes
they wore. It degenerated into a
matter of just disliking the people
themselves.
"We certainly don't like to see any
such legal thinking gaining any foot-
ing in this age of enlightenment. We
would hate to have anything so sub-
ject to human whim and prejudice as
the doctrine of assault by leer writ-
ten into criminal procedure."
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Standard Time
We are so accustomed to a common
•or standard time throughout the
country that we are prone to regard
it as something that has always ex-
isted. But this is not the case. As
a matter of fact it was but sixty-
nine years ago last Sunday that the
use of Standard Time started. Peo-
ple called it the day of two noons.
Until then Sun Time was in use
and it was a matter pretty much of
every community for itself. And in
some centres there were several dif-
ferent times.
Railroads used 100 different times.
41 Chicago newspaper listed 27 local
times in Illinois, 27 in Michigan, 38
in Wisconsin and 23 in Indiana. In
Kansas City -the- jewellers set the
time. No two agreed.
Clocks and watches followed the
sun for the most part, and so-called
sun time was different not only in ev-
ery city and town, but sometimes ev-
en on the streets of the same town.
On the West Side of Chicago, for
instance, it was 67 seconds ,earlier
than on the East Side. In the early ,
1800's, time got so confused in Kan-
sas City that an astronomer, Prof.
K.8. Pritchett, of Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, was called in and
devised theplanof dropping a large
ball, three feet in diameter, from a
lofty 'mast every day at "offcial
mon." As thebay fell, people ad-
' lusted then7 watches.
It ,,was the railroads that finally
set up the new Standard Time, With
five zones establighed.-
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-
The Indianapolis Sentinel, on -No;
v014 21, 1883; three days after the
, '0*Ft-rine was' adopted, stated: 'The
Iris no longer boss (41 the job. The
l:be,regilested to .rise and .set
&time People will be
bilt6 artd
getfres 6 the
r' a r Ati.
tempt td ignore the orders of the
the Railroad Convention„ but will
have to give in at last."
Now the only confusion that exists
is during the summer months when
Daylight Saving Time is in effect.
•
Homemade Music
• In the good .old days' Canadians
made music at home, and while it
may have lacked quality, it had vig-
or. Everyone "sang, and at least one
person in every family played an in-
strument. No town was too small to
have its community band.
Then paint the radio, sound mov-
ies, the juke box and television. With
the best professionals available to
everyone at the twist of a dial, ama-
teur music lost favor.
Prophets of, doom declared . we
were becoming a nation of listeners,
and music store proprietors began to
suspect they were right.
But now there is a swing in the
other direction. At their national
convention, music merchants fe0ort-
ed last year was good and this year
is even better, in musical instruments
of all kinds.
People are learning what the bath-
tub soloist always has known—that
to the man who is making it, his own
music is the best there is.
1"."".."%••••••••••••••emomemeemoom• eererea.,Ia.
What Other Papers Say:
Joe's About Everything
(Winnipeg Tribune)
The reorganization of the Com-
muist Party in the Soviet Union has
not made Stalin's life any less com-
plicated. When the old heads had
stopped rolling and new hettds had
ceased bobbing up, here was the situ-
ation as far as Stalin was personally
concerned. His jobs are now:
Head of the Praesidium.
Head of the party secretariat.
Head of the central committee.
Chairman of the Council of Minis-
ters.
Prime Minister.
Quite obviously 'Stalin is still the
boss of the party and the State.
Louis XIV was a piker compared to
Stalin. The Sun King boasted that
he was the State. Stalin seems to be
both the Party and the State.
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West Indies Dominion
(London Free Press)
A new Dominion is in process of
being formed. The British posses-
sions in the West Indies—Jamaica,
Trinidad, Barbadoes, The Leewards
and the Windwards are proposing to
form a federation. A conference will
be held in London next April to con-
sider the problem.
For many years there has • been
discussion on this subject. There
has even been talk of their joining
the Dominion. Now thel delegates
will meet with the Colonial Office in
London to see if the plan is practi-
cal. If the scheirris carried out it
means these islands will form a new
C member of the ommonwealth.
There has long been dissatisfactioh
with Government from the Colonial
Office in London and this has been,
accentuated since the war as Great
Britain has lacked the resources to
develop the islands and to fositer
trade.
The growth of the use of airplane
has made it easier for such'i• scat-
tered and widespread group of is-
lands to functiorl under a central
Government. It will not -be the an-
swer to all their peculiar economic
and racial problems, but in unity
there is strength as Canada has dis-
covered and they should be better
able to make trade agreements with
other countries and to develop their
own internal trade. • -
It will not mean breaking away
from British connections, but rather
should strengthen the bonds. An-
other Dominion will mean that the
Commonwealth in world affairs
should have an .even greater. 'Mee.
The)nost powerful lege in the
world today for world peace is till •
the British Conunonwealth .of iNa-
tions with their world-wide connec-
tions, even if Indfa is &republic and
South Africa is in a troubled state.
This is a better solution than the
West Indies,to 'form an lith'prov-
ince of Canada. We ha problems
enough of 'our nth without those of
the West Indiei., . • ..
THE IttfRON IMOSITOR
lean in the County Papers
Car, Grader Collide
A oar owned and driven by Wm.
Abbott, was extensively damaged
when it collided With a road grader
On Mali Street. air. Abbott swerv-
ed to avoid the road maintainer but
struck the grading wing of the ma-
chine. The accident happened, just
near Trivia Memorial Church. No
one was injured. -Exeter Times -
Advocate..
Awarded Huron County Bursary
Another scholastic honor has
been bestowed on Miss Maxine
Hunking, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Hunking, of Hullett Township.
Maxine's most recent award is the
Huron County Bursary valued at
$100. 1ie bursary is awarded an-
nually to pupils attending Western
University, whose scholastice rec-
ord warrants it.—Blyth Standard.
Suffers Serious injuries
Russell Fox, who was seriously
injured -When he fell from the top
of a C.N.R. box car at Lucknow,
is in Wingham Hospital. His condi-
tion was such that x-rays could not,
at first, be taken. His pelvis is,
fractured in three places and it is
believed that he may also have a
broken leg, but results of the x-
rays have not yet been reported.
—Brussels Post.
Hold Armistice Service
-Armistice Day was observed last
week in memory of the end of the
First Great War, which is now 34
years ago. How time does ,fly!
Some towns in the vicinity observ-
ed the entire day as a holiday,
while others had a shorter period
of silence. The Kalbfleisch Mills
closed an hour earlier at noon for
time of thought for the occasion.—
Zurich Herald. 40
Nurses To Graduate
Clinton Publia Hospital will bold
its graduation •service December 5
at the Ontario St. United Church,
with Miss Edna McDonald , and
Mies Irene Howatt, both•epf Blyth,
as graduates. According. to Mies
A. B. Sinclair, superintendent of
the hospital, the -graduate nurses,
who have trained at the hospital
for the past three years, will be
the last class to graduate from the
hospital.—Blyth Standard. .
Children Injured At Lucknow
Two three-year-old children, Don-
na Corrin and her cousin, Douglas,
of Brantford, were struck by an
automobile on the main street. of
Lucknow last week. Donna, daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mee. Mel Corrin, of
Lucknow, suffered a broken Deg
and lacerations to her head. Doug-
las also suffered a broken leg and
concussion. They were both taken
to Wingham General Hospital,
where their condition is reported
as fain—Wingham, Advance -Times.
' Has 90th Birthday,
Mrs. Annie Brown celebrated her
90th birthday on Sunday, Novem-
ber 9, at the home of her son -in, -
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
William Hoggart. Other members
of the family who celebrated with
he,r were: Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Youngblut, Londesboro; Mr. and
Mrs, Gordon ' .Curts, Ancona, and
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoggart, Base
Line. Mrs. Brown is enjoying good
health and can remember happen-
ings of the past number of years.
—Clinton News -Record.
Suffers Heart Attack on Tanker
Capt. John Vickers, skipper of
the Imperial Halifax of the Imper-
ial Oil fleet of tankers, is reported
to be improving from a heart at-
tack which the suffered on board
his ship jllq, outside the port of
Halifax last week. Mrs. Vickers
and their oldest son, Donald, mate
on the Imperial Midland, were
flown from M.alton last Wednesday
moreing to the bedside of Capt.
.Vickera, who has been taken to
hospital at Halifax.—Goderieh Sig•
nal -Star.
Hunting Deer
At least. two, herding parties
from Exeter and district are after
deer in the.nerth. The two camp_
are on Manitoulin. Island, need
Gore Bay. They left Exeter over
theeweekend. In one party are Lee
Gibson, Lorne ePassmore, Alvin
Passmore, Bill Etherington, Georg
Dobbs, Bill Armstrong) Harry Ma h-
ers, of Exeter; Ed. Alexander and
Bill Lamport, Hensall; Jack -Peet,
Alex MeMurtrie, Emerson Ander-
son, Kippen, and Roy McLeod,
Wingham. Among the other party
are Bill Chambers, Ed. Brady, Dick
Jarmyn, Exeter, and Norm Young,
London,—Exeter Timee‘Advecate.,
Night School Overcrowded
Adults from the district were re-
fused admission to courses at the
Seen Huron Night School last
week because of heavy 'registration.
Advance applications totalled 330,
almost 50 per cent greater than last
yeansaenrolraent. The night school
coanmiatee, swamped with requests,
was forced to turn people away be-
cause accommodation and equip•
ment at the school is limited. Most
popular courses were sewing, cook-
ing, interir decorating and welding.
These were filled two weeks ago,
soon after the announcement of
the sehool was made. Two courepa,
furniture repair and string instru-
ments, Were dropped because of
lack' of interest. Theothers are
farm management, woodworking,
typing, oil painting, drama, social
recreation, leathercraft and book-
keeping. Principal II. L. Sturgis
welcomed the "scholars" to the
school Thursday night and intro-
duced the committee. The adults
were divided into their courses and
met with their instructors to dis-
cuss the year's study. The school
will be held every Thursday night
until March.—'Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Spur Line At R.C.A.F. Station
Work has been commenced on
the construction of a spur line
reaching from the Ffuron and
Bruce line of the Canadian Na-
tional Railway, to R.C.A.F. Station,
Clinton, to expedite shipping of
freight and supplies to- the Sta-
tion, Stewart Taylor, assistant C.
N.R. roadmaster, stated lasts, week.
On Tuesday morning a work train
brought supplies of steel, switches
and needed material, which was un-
loaded on the siding at the point,
just two miles south of Clinton
Junction, where a switch will be
bent on the main line whioh. con-
nects Clinton and Brucefield. The
spur line will traverse the south-
ern several feet of Lot 32, Conces-
sion 1, Stanley Township, until re-
cently owned by W. J. Miller,
reeve of ,Clinton. The line •will
cross Highway 4 at approximately
the centre of R.C.A.F. Station,
Clinton frontage, and will probably
reach to the cement storage build-
ing which is now in process of con-
struction there. Work on the line
itself is awaiting the formation of
a proper roadbed, which will be ac-
complished with the use of graders
and bulldozers. However, planning
of the switch construction and lay-
ing of track is going ahead swiftly,
so that when the roadbed is ready,
work can be pushed to completion
before Winter frosts set in. During
construction the main Huron and
Bruce line must be kept in order
at all times to allow the 'passing
of freight and passenger trains, and
avork will be planned to allow for
as little as possible interruption of
train schedules. A system of flags,
placed at each end of the construc-
tion area, will stop approaching
trains if necessary. Constant touch
with locanetations will advise the
'construction crews of approaching
trains. --Clinton News -Record.
Seems Good Business
To Carry Cattle Over
It looks like*. good business to
carry a steer over another year
rather than to market it now even
if prices remain at their present
level, states H. J. Hargrave, head
of the animal husbandry at the
Lethbridge Experimental Station. A
supply of feed worth $15 to $20
can winter a ateer and $10 worth
of grazing can do the summering,
he says.
LA, half ton of bay or straw to-
gether with five or siz bushels of
grain will carry"a calf over in good
condition and slightly more feed
will Seo a yearling through the win-
ter, according to the same special-
ist. -
According to tbe data from East.
ern . Exiperimental Farms, • the
amount of feed required for carry-
ing calves and yearlings is some,.
what higher and so are the costs;
wintering a steer will range from
$2 Oto $25 in the East and summer
grazing, nom $12 to $15, d,ependiat
on the kind and Veiny of the
roughage and pasture,
Records' show that a yearling
weighs about 300 pounds more than
a calf and a two-year old anitnal.
weighs 350 more pounds than a
yearling. These 'Weight spreads
may be even, wider if the winter -
Z. of
inwelldone. Due to the abilign
ent grain on eresterli fareas,
lambs sheind be kept to replece ov-
er -age animals instead of 'being
Seta te feedlots. '
in. the'agea at Willeh cattle It ve
tering calves until they are rear..
two years. The Mane applies to
Weep, adds Mr. Hargenve. Ewe
the prose me.is favorab e to ear
lege and bhe latter until they reach
esti Marketed dating • the est
There ihts been a significant shift
yearn 'inlet; oat the, Letbilitidgeine
pert. Farmers and ranchers are
now selling their cattle as yearlings
whereas formerly they sold two and
three-year steers.
* * *
Tree Distribution
The Ontario Department o f
Lands and Forests has made
changes In their tree distribution
policy this year. No longer can
a landowner secure trees free of
charge. All trees roust now be
paid for at the following rates:
Scotch Pine, $14.00 per thousand,
and all other species, $10.00 per
thousand, and the landowner still
mustepay the shipping charges.
There has been criticism of this
move by people who claim that this
is penalizing the man wishing to
do planting. Actually this charge
does not cover the cost of produc.
tion of treee so the Landowner is
still sabsidized on his tree plant-
ing program.
Whet. a person Benda in his ap-
plication for trees he does nap seed
'in payment at that The To-
ronto. office of the Department will
notify the applicants as- te, the al-
locationi of trees and the amount
owing to the Department for the
btryi4"a: eeThrtaisinPadThlfi'ate ntto Thhuabltd 6tehimsadale-
loca.tion of tree.
' One of the reons tor this
change iti polie 1 the 'fact that
people have not taken Dreher care
af the free trees. If the aelblic hes
to pay for trees they will take pro -
Pea care an thein and see that they
re all planted. Thu*s the charge
that thave been aet will 'Ilene the
effeet_of sectiringehetter 0111141%1 of
planted trees bedillas they will nee
Planted! with proper _care. l'ilege
chattel; should at Offer a great
datanet cat thentilating af, tze
by, the generitWittli be 7 '
arAtws mama
Every child must blow off steam
Now and then; though it may seem
Like temper tantrums. We should see
No releases tension harmlessly.
Crept. el National Health and Welfare
Years Agone
interesting Items Melted From
The Huron Expoeltorof Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago
From The Huron Expositor
November 25, 4927
On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Storey, Walton, were pleas-
antly surprised whenthe neighbors
gathered at their home and pre-
sented them with a purse of twen-
.ty dollars and an address. .
A rather serious auto accident
occurred Monday afternoon at the
intersection of the Zurich road and
14th concession, when a car driven
and owned by Mr. A. Violin, Waal
botelkeeper, ,apa another car own-
ed by Wm. Elsie, merchant of
Grand Bend, came tahether. Both
cars were badly damaged, but the
occupants escaped with minor cuts
and bruises.
'Wednesday night about 10 o'caock
fire brake out in the barn of Mr.
Earl McEwan, near Hensall. The
barn had been rented by Garnet
Case and Nelson .Reichert for the
storing of tobacco.
Saturday morning Hansen sta-
tion yard was the scene of mingled
joy and excitement, the occasion
being the passihg through of Santa
Claus bound for London.
The euchre and dance held in the
G.W.V.A. club rooms last Friday,
under the auspices of the Highland-
ers Band, was a most successful ev-
ent. Prizes were won by: ladies,
first, 'Mrs. E. J. Box; lone hands,
Mrs W. Robinson; consolation,
Miss Edna Strong; men, first, C. P.
Sills; lone hands, John Montgom-
ery; consolation, E. Cardno.
The humorous play, "Suirbon-
nets,a presented by the C.W.L. in
St. James' Hall Tuesday evening,
was well received. Those who took
part were: Misses Reynolds, Faulk-
ner, Dorsey, Daly, Horan, McGrath,
Hartman, Matthews, Hughes, Hef-
fernan, Mrs. J. M. McMillan and
Mester James Hughes. Mrs. Jos.
Keating trained the group.
Mr. Glen Smith has gone to To-
ronto where he has accepted a posi-
tion with the Miles I3akery,
Mrs. William Elgie, of town, met
with an unfortunate accident Wed-
nesday. She was coming out of
the house, when ,he slipped and
fell, breaking a bone in her ankle.
Messrs. C. Eckert and Dale Nix-
on. raturned Friday from a week's
motor trip to Detroit and Chicago.
•
From The Huron Expositoe,
November 21, 1902
On Thursday of last week Tony
Van Eginond, son of Mr. James Van
Egmond, of the gravel road, Hul-
lett, met with an unfortunate acci-
dent, which nay cost him the loss
of an eye. He was breaking kind-
ling when a piece flew up and
strack tam in the eye. He was
driven to Goderich to a specialist,
but it is feared he may lose the
sight of the eye.
A surprise party was held at the
home of Mr. George Henderson on
Friday evening, when the host was
presented with a valtiable pipe and
the hostess with a beautiful lamp.
Most of the young people in the
neighborhood were present and
tripped the light fantastic until the
early hours of the morning.
Mr. George Muldoon, Welton, has
purchased the house and lot in
Brussels belonging to the Burns'
Mato and will move there.
Mr. William Ainent has leased
the Coleman sawmill, and is having
it completely overhauled and put
in up-to-date shape for the manu-
facture of ataves.
Miss McKinley, Egraindville, has
vheardsit:degree of B.A. conferred -on
her by the .Seffitterf TorontoU
ni-
Mr. George- A. MaLeoda son of
Mr,- Roderick McLeode late of
BruCefield, has been elected clerk
of the district court in Blaine Coun-
th, Idaho, on the Democratic tick-
et., by a majority of 514.
Mr. Robett Bell, of the Seaforth
Engine Works, returned from his
trip 'to Manitoba on Friday. This
was Mr. Bell's first visit to the
Western PrOvinees and his expec-
tationwere more than teanaed.
Mr. F. Gutteridge is nearing the
home .stretch wit:1911e drainage cone
traenHe has had a big and unpleas-
ant AO and 1 the weather ,Iteeps
favorahle 'he will get the Contract
fialebed npfiy 'Cludstmes.
Mr. 1d. Hilichtey has returned
froth hie deer teeth* eitneditheil.
The party he was With secured 1ff
deer, two Of them fauing pro to
Mr. 1flriche1agttn. 4r. George M.
returned from ..eatb-
0,it 400,wevthiing witib tt deer.
.he Mast have been the tante
ehlld who Was a .new Itititth-ginden,
Meeting her. third -Pak teeth:et An
'Scheel stens/she Piped! .
Mies- Staithi t wish Fon Were Sittitt
lie4etteli Me, thin Y.ea,i, itio;"
Npyg
Cloud Over Coraton
By T C. 11140
'CHAP PER XXIII
HOOF MARKS
The meadow from which the
sounds came was the large field
which lay between the Coraton
buildings and the main road. This
road curved to the left beyond the
drive gate and ran parallel with
the Clint down to Filiglestone
laridge.
There was a second gate at the
west end of the meadow opening
into the road, and it was for this
that Dora and Peter made.
Dora ran with long easy strides;
Peter, forgetting his doctor's or-
ders, managed to keep alongside
her. The moon was up now, and
by its light they saw Vandell run-
ning desperately for the gate; with
the big red bull hard at his. heels.
He reached it barely ten paces
ahead of the bull, grasped the top
bar with lioth bands and tried to
vault it. His knees struck the top;
he toppled over, landed .with a
heavy thud on the road, and' ay in
a heap.
'Keep back!'&Peter cried to Dora
and whipping off life coat, flung it
across the gate over the bell's
head. Snorting and stumping, the
bull wheeled and galloped away u.p
the field. Dora'was kneeling be-
side her stepfather:
"He's stunned," she said, looking
up. Peter stooped over the still
fornie'sOndead, glance was enough,
leora,". he told- her
quietly. ..,
"Dead!"
"Yes. Heart, I think. The fall
on top of the run finished him,"
Dorant.rose and stood silent a moth-
e"Such an end," she said slowly.
"But it would be pure hypocrisy to
say I was sorry, Peter. He was
habag, man. Now how can I
elp
"By going straight to Mrs. Caun-
ter's," Peter told her. "I shall go
to Coraton for help, and we will
put bh-e body under cover till Cok-
er come in the morning."
"Vera well," Dora said with un-
usual meekness. "Good -night, Pet-
er." Peter watched her go, then
walked round by the drive, found
Derek, and.told him what had hap-
pened. Derek frowned.
"So the bull was in the lower
meadow. He ought to have been in
the paddock. All right, Peter.' 111
call Farrell and we will take the
pony trap for the body. You sit
down. You've done enough." '
Peter was glad 'to sit down. He
was not feeling too good. In about
half an hour Derek returned.
"We've put the body in the her-
ness-rooni. Now a drink and then
we go to (bed. We can do nothing
more until Coker comes."
Cohen. arrived at eight in the
morning. With him were a con-
stable named • 'Ellsworth and Dr.
Munroe, one of the prison medical
staff. Derek told them all that had
happened. .Caker nodded grimly.
"Saved us a murder trial, I
fancy," he, said. "I have no doubt
Neu are right about Lewis. The
next thing will be to find his body.
I ought to see Miss Vernon."
"She will be at Narracomben
Peter said. "I'll come with pou."
Dora was there and readily an-
swered Coker's questions. Colter
suggested that the body of Lewis
might have been dumped in a mire
but Ellsworth, who knew the moor,
shook his head.
"It's not easy to sink a body in
a mire, sir. You'd be pretty apt
to get bogged yourself in doing
it."
"Then perhaps the river," said
Coker.
"Too risky, sir. When the wa-
ter is low you can see the bottom
in almost any pool. I think he bur-
ied Lewis."
But a grave would be easy to
find," Coker objected.
"Not if itewas-in worked ground,
sir. May 1 look round?"
"Thsooner the better:" Coker
agreed.
Ellsworth went out quickly. Cok-
er asked Dora's permission to look
through Vandell's papers. Dora and
Peter were left together.
"What are you going to do,
Dora?" Peter asked.
"I am coming back here," ,she
said promptly. "Mrs. Caunter and
her children will stay with me. Ned
the elder boy, is fifteen and can
help about the place. I have, the
cows, pigs and chickens, and can
carry 'on." They talked a . while,
then suddenly Ellswotth returned.
"I want a spade, Miss," he said.
"You've found something," Peter
as.ked.
"I'm on the track, I think," Ens-,
worth, answered.
Peter and Coker went w1th .him.
Ellsworth showed them marks, of
horse hooves on a cart track which
led up the hill from the farm.
"Fresh, you see," he pointed out,
"and the horse was loaded. And
notice this scrap .of attain* cloth
caught on the rough edge of the
pose" Coker nodded.
"Then the body was.taken up on
the moor. But it's a long way to
the nearest Mire."
"I dont think we'll need go that
far," feplied Ells -Werth significant-
1Y.The track ;Om" ed the big mew -
take above the farm, ethen passed
out through another gate oil to the
open moot'. It Went uphill for 'a
bit and dipped into- a hollow where
rows Of .black peats were ,staeked
to dry along the edge of a deep.
trench. "
."The turf tie! ' saki Coker sharp.
a .
IY."Thates, what I think,"
EllsWerth. With his spade he ,atep-
heddoirie intb4he sticky blaelt,'ooze
and began to, probe. Within 'five
minutes- he 'shad found the shallow
grave whet% " lay the body, of the
wrecked Lewin They lifted It olit
and Munroe eesetfined it. He =finn-
ed to Peter."
"Yeti were right, Mr, Plots, the
skulls1fu1 i freatered. It Ittekiii h 11
helid Talleti hgaingt the 'dOrtter .of
a tate,"
"Geta sWertli,," said
Coker. 'Well take the body back
to the farm. Tomorrow we can
have the double inquest."
CHAPTER XXIV
THE GHOST MACHINE
perek and Peter were working:
together on the broken leat. A
week had passed since the inqueig.
The jury of grim old "per .farxre-
era had giveu their verdiat as -
'Manslaughter add Death By -Acci-
dent."
The doctor had' testified that
Vanden had ,died from awe 'fail-
ure, Of course there *141 been
questions about the bull. Whad
been old Craig'sduty to se that
the animal was in the paddoc,kat
night and he declared that be-hadt
put him theye and closed the gate.
Butthe gate was found open and.
it was presumed at had not been,
piroperly latched.
Dora was Lack at Narracombe,,.
but had Mrs. Caunter with her. She:
was far happier now that Vanden
was out of the way, and" deelaredl.
that she could and would make a..
living there. The rent was very
email. Peter 'managed to see her
most days and gave her much use-
ful help. For instance, he carted
all her turf for her, and dug her
garden.
Peter stopped work to
heated face. •
.., 'Derek," he said. "We've hmg
4u1et nights lately."
"So we,,nanea" Derek agreed.
"Eve since the bombs," Peter-
added- Derek's eyes widened.
-."What has that to do with Una
he asked.
"Perhaps a lot. See here, Dereke
canyou get the Farrells off the.'
place for a day or even part of a.
day?" Derek considered.
"Yes. Mrs. Farrell goes to Tan-
erton once a month.. She'll be go-
ing on Thursday or Friday. I'll tele
Farrell he can have the day of
and drive her in the pony cart."
"Fine!" said Peter, and . set to
work again. .•
The Farrells went off about ten_
on Fridey. Peter told Derek he,
didn't want any help, for the wank.
on the teat was finished, so Derek
went off to move some sheep intce
another field. He came back to.
lunch, to find Peter hot and rather
muddy but with a very satisfied ex-
nression on his rugged face.
"What have you been up tern
Derek demanded.
"Wait till after lunch; I'll show.
you."
Cold mutton, salad and eider,
with a cold apple tart, was the
meal. Afterwards Peter led the
way to the outbuildings. Derek,,.
puzzled, followed. Peter .took him
to a round hole in the Corner of -
the big yard, nearest the south end,
of the house.
"Ever see that before?" he ask-
ed.
"I knew there was an old ,'wele.
here, but 1 never had the tunbsity
to lift the cover," Derek answer-
ed,
"And a nice ladder down it. Come.
on. I have a toreh."
The well was shallow with only
a little water at the bottom; the.
ladder in good condition. At the•
bottom of the ladder was a broad.
step and, to Derek's astonishment,
a tunnel about five feet high ran.
out in the direction of the house._
A trickle of water came down the
paved floor.
Peter, bending his tall bead, led
the way and again Derek followed. -
A few paces up, the tunnel ended
in a small cellar -like. chamber into'
which the water poured through a
pipe in the wall. Below the pipe
vOas an odd arrangement of metal.
Peter pointed to it.
"Here's our ghost," he said. "tire -
pier than clockwork. See, it's like -
a weighing machine with a bowl
on one side and a lump of iron on.
the other. You push tbe bowl un-
der the pipe."
e .
He did so, and the trickle of wa-
'ter slowlyeffilled it. As soon as it.
was fiat it tipped, the Water fell
out, the empty bowl jumped up, and.
the hammenlike lump of iron drop-
pederpon a sheet of metal, produc-
ing a slang so loud ' that Derek.
started
"The bowl, you see, fills again,"
Peter continued,. "and tae gong
sounds at regular intervals until
the little tank is pulled aside. Far-
rell no doubt used a string for that.
purpose, and removed the string.
when he thought we 'had been. suf-
ficiently scared." Dere azed.
round.
"But this cellar. Who made it?"'
"It's old," replied Peter. "It was,
built originally to keep butter and
perhaps meat. You see it's almost.
as cool as an ice house."
""And the water comes from the
teat?" said Derek.
"Certainly. And that's why all
was quiet while the leat Was out
of commission:, .Derek stood sil-
ent a few moments.
"Simple enough," he said at last,.
yet infernally ingenious. Well, this
finishes, it. The Farrells go."
"Time, too," growled Peter.
"They tried to alb you, I believe.
they were responsible for killing:,
Vanden, and they have does their
best to driviayou out of your house.
The sooner they go and the further'
they go the better fee all of us."
'Derek -wrenched the whole ap-
earatus loose. "Thby shall have a
week's notice this very evening."'
he said finny. "Now let's get lback
to the house." In tbe sitting-riecen
tb,ey talked again. It was a aelitif
to feel that there Was- 110 one tie,
listen. •
"We are going to have a job to -
find a cook,' Derek observed.
"Arenayou going to get mar-
ried," Peter 'asked Mainly. Derek
colored.
_ ow can 1 ash a girl who has
kik her past to marry me?" he ask-
ed bittern?. "She might have a
*Shand already for all I or she
!thetas."
"She will get6/back her memory
all right and' I don't believe she
-
ever has poled:" said Peter con-
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