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The Huron Expositor, 1953-01-23, Page 2t. of d At�?'• S k'i'�, ter Witted at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- hureday afternoon by McLean dnbnr of Canadian Y Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in i vane; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, °5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 91 Authorized as Second Class Maid Peat Office Department, Ottaata. SEAF5RTH, Friday, January 23 In Proper Perspective Faced with the thousands of words of publicity which certain news- papers are carrying in connection with the reduced price which manu- facturers of sugar are paying sugar beetproducers, the public is -apt to lose sight of an important aspect of the situation. The publicity and the resolutions which various public bodies are being urged to adopt, all suggest the solution of the problem is the prohibition, or at least the cur-, tailment, of the importation of refin- ed sugar from Cuba without any con- sideration of the effect this action dight have on the return to the farmer for the other agri ultural products which Canada ell uba. During the first nine months of 1952—the latest period for which fig- ures are available — Cuba bought from Canada agricultural products valued at $5,537,280. Huron farmers in general are producers of thesepro- •dutc which include: Beans $ 63,877.00 Oats 178,734.00 Wheat 2,588,047.00 Flour 2,177,075.00 Soya bean oil meal.. 5,340.00 Cattle, pure bred 22,220.00 Pork products . , . - 42,984.00 Butter 1,436.00 Milk products 438,867.00 Eggs 18,690.00 $5,537,280.00 If the trend indicated in the first three-quarters of 1952 is continued in the fourth quarter, the value of agricultural products sold to Cuba in 1952 will be approximately one-third of the total' exports from Canada to that country. During the same nine months per- iod, the total sales of Cuban products to Canada (including refined sugar valued at $1,129,100) was $15,176,000, while Canada exported to Cuba pro- ducts valued at $18,535,811. In 1951 'Canadian exports to Cuba totalled $20t423,930, while imports from Cuba were less than half—or $8,333,072. If Canada was to shut the door on Cub- an imports, the effect on Canadian agriculture, including the 5,772 farm- ers in Huron, might well be much iriore serious than is the situation fac- ing the 246 farmers in the County who produce sugar beets. At the same time, the sugar beet producers, who in no case are dependent entire- ly on sugar beets, would feel the un- fortunate results which might flow from such action in connection with the other agricultural products they ee1L This is not to say that sugar beet producers do not make a substantial ,contribution to the agricultural econ- omy of the County; but in consider- ing the very real problem with which they are faced it is essential that no action be taken which might jeopard- ize.:the market position of other agri- cultural products upon the sale of Which the farmers of Huron are so 111ependent. It is for this reason that sugar beet problem must be look - at in proper perspective. wring recent months the problem been receiving the active consid- tion of the Government to the end tt a: solution, which would give re - Won to the broad consequences ach could • flow from hasty action, ht be found. Et. Hon. C. D. Howe, e1t11 of Trade and Commerce, is I�Fwv vls2ting Latin-Anleridan com- a and one of the important items agenda is the discussion of the testfon. with Cuban authori- a t the producers feel this .t►: b tisfaetor' is i tc,- 747 f Gated a circular to inember s (1- dueers dated January 7, 1953, an iri vdh'o l cdittee-, 01 the producers''' handling."'the" problem reviewed the steps that had been and were being taken. After ° telling of a conference with Mr. Howe and oa his efforts on behalf of the industry, the report states: "The comm.ttee has confi- dence that Mr= Howe will not break faith with the Canadian Sugar Beet Producers' Association and that im- portations of Cuban refined sugar will be restricted and cease to be a threat to the producer , of beets in Canada and to the sugar beet indus- try?' • A Governor on Speed We Were talking to a well known Tuckersmith farmer the other day and the conversation turned to the increasing number of highway acci- dents that resulted in fatalities. Our friend was concerned particularly since accidents were happening so frequently that they were coming to be regarded as routine, and were be- ing accepted by the public as a mat- ter of course: 'We asked him what he thought the answer was, and his reply was to the effect that since the more severe ac- cidents were as the result of speed, and since it seemed impossible, de- spite laws regulating speed, to curb fast driving, there seemed no alterna- tive but to compel manufacturers to construct cars in such a fashion that speeds beyond, say, 50 or 60 miles an hour, would not be possible. There is much merit in the sugges- tion. Certainly there would be ob- jections raised on the basis that ex- tra speeds frequently are required for legitimate purposes. It would be, suggested too, that there would be. difficulty in limiting the speed of ex- isting vehicles. But if, by eliminat- ing the means whereby excessive speeds can be attained, even one life in each district was spared, the pro- posal would justify itself. It seems foolish to provide cars with increas- ingly greater power and speed when the motoring public, by its driving habits, has indicated it cannot pro- perly control the cars now available. What Other Papers Say: Miss the OId Timer (The Farmer's Advocate) There is something foreign and synthetic about the square dance without the old-time fiddler keeping time with his foot. These musician union fees take all the fun out of it. • Right Of Fire Trucks (Brockville Recorder and Times) Recently a fire truck in Brampton, - Ontario, while racing to a fire, came into collision with an automobile at a street intersection. Whether the driver of the private car was in the right or wrong in this case we do not know and do not propose to say, but one point is clear, namely, that car drivers are at all times well advised to give fire trucks a wide berth. When confronted by a racing fire truck, it is a poor time for a motorist to stand upon his ordinary rights and rules of the road. As soon as a siren is heard or a fire truck is seen, motorists should pull well out of the truck's path and wait until all is clear again. • Science and Mothers (Fort. William Times -Journal) The Sault Ste. Marie Star com- ments on the fact that Canadian tan- ners can now make shoes that do not• require rubbers or galoshes. The shoes are of fibrous construction, al- low moisture to be evaported from inside the shoe, but completely black moisture from entering 'through The outside. The new research development may be commendable, but we know some mothers who won't like it when the wearer comes in the house and walks on her clean floors. As a matter of fact, she would be inclined to do 'some tanning on her own, sceOtint, Seen w1 t :e Cn!IPtY avers Staffs Man Receive& Butter A' Vend Gerald M. Agars Plan* gef pit Staffa Creamery, received the nest finished butter award during dairy Judging done last .weak at London prior to the Dairymen's Association of Western•.Outario .convention and exhibitions in Hamilton. =Mitchell Advocate. Nati Removed From Child's Lung Alex Crawford, two -and -one-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs.:Ken neth Crawford, of Turnberry,; was treated for three months for asth- ma. An X-ray showed, 'a shinge nail lodged in his lung.' He' was taken to the Sink Children's "Hos- pital, London, where doctors re- moved the nail through his throat. He is progressing favorably, Winghaot &trance -Times, Little Lad Finds tce Tee Thin Little Tommy McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. . Clive McDonald,d Mit chell, was a seared boy recently when he attempted to cross the Thames River beneath the bridge on the„way atome from school, and the thin ice gave way under him. He had the presence of mind to cling -to a post until help came from one of the men working on the bridge,—.Mitchell Advocate. Opened New Business Tho T. and T. Flooring btisineis,� namely Leroy' Thiel and Herb Turkheitti, proprietors, located in the Krueger block, with a new door entrance to the south, are now ready to serve the public, 'with their newly decorated walls and nicely painted trimmings, along with a well -furnished stock of dif- ferent kinds of floor coverings, floor finishes • and waxes. Zurich Herald. Loses Toe in ",Accident Bruce Fry, home on weekend leave from Clinton Air School, was shot in the foot while rabbit hunt- ing unting in Normanby township. The ac- cident occurred when the shotgun he was carrying misfired. He was taken to Owen Sound Hospital where the injured toe had to be amputated. From there he was transferred to the Clinton Base Hospital. — Wln'gha'm Advance - Times. Marks 94 Years •Mrs. William' Penhale, formerly of Exeter, celebrated her 94th birth- day on January 16 at the Egerton Private. Hospital, London, where she has made her home for the past 10 months. Mrs. Penhale en- joys fairly good health although she is• confined to her room. She is ex- ceptionally bright and cheerful and enjoys writing letters and having her friends visit her. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Honor Secretaries At a recent meeting of the Hay Township Mutual Fire Insurance Co., pictures of two past secretar- ies, Henry Eilber and his son, Herbert K. Eilber, were unveiled and hung in the , Zurich office of the company. Henry Eilber served from 1881 to 1924, and Herbert K. Eilber from 1925 to 1952. Herbert K. Eilber as was the case with his father upon retirement, has been appointed honorary manager of the company. "Both men," said a com- pany statement, "devoted their life- work to the service of this farm mutual."—Exeter Times -Advocate. Former Blyth Lady in Accident Mrs. Colin Fingland, Wingham, formerly of Blyth, was a passenger in a car driven by Roy McLeod, al- so of Wingham, when it collided with a truck on a curve on No. 7 highway about three miles east of St. Marys. Also in the car as pas - Seng.orre were Alba Sangster and 24Ii$a Marion McLeod. Driver e • tke track was Stanley. Graham, o Fe • s. Several hundred della 's' damage was caused to the ear. Mc Leod received leg injuries; Sang ster, - .severe lacerations; Marion McLeod, bruised ribs, and Mrs Fingiand, mouth and .chin brutes. All were released after treatment at St. Marys Memorial Hospital.— Blyth Standard. s • Bank Manager Dies David T. Hepburn, 82, one time manager of. the Dominion `'Bank here, died in Norfolk General Hos pital, Simcoe, last week. He was born at Columbia and was a banker for most of his lifetime, serving with the Dominion Bank at Toron- to, Seaforth, Wingham, Oshawa, Brampton, Orillia, Uxbridge, where he retired in 1981 as manager. Ile was a member of St. Paul's Pres- byterian Church, Simcoe, and of Zeredetha " Masonic Lodge, Ux- bridge. His wife predeceased him in 1938. Surviving are one daugh- ter, Mrs. George W. Baldock, 'Sim- coe, with whom he resided, and two brothers, Thomas Hepburn, Preston, and George, of Unionville. Interment was in Oshawa Union cemetery, — Wingham Advance - Times, Hunters Shoot Wolf A trio of Clinton hunters finally .caught ftp with the "big bad _wolf" in Goderieh Township Mx weeks af- ter it had cheated death in a trap, According to the trio, Murray East, Mervin and William Batkin, the wolf had been trailed for two weeks and when shot • by Murray East was again attempting a getaway. Shooting a wolf to some hunters may be nothing out of the ordin- ary, but when you bag one with its front toe missing the incident is significant. The story of this four -foot nine -inch bush wolf goes. back to December' when it bolted from a fox trap after being caught. A farmer, coming to the scene to shoot the animal, was, dumbfound- ed when the animal left his front toe. The wolf weighed 25 pounds. Mervin Batkin, a member of the party, shot his last wolf in 1936, and at that time old timers report- ed it must be 80 years since one was shot in this area. Twelve years ago another party of hunters bagged one in this district -Clin- ton News -Record. Appointed Insurance Manager Ross Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Pearce, town, leaves on the first of February to assume .his new duties as manager of the Guelph !branch of the Imperial Life Assur- ance Co. Under him will be eight salesmen and an office staff of three. Ross received ,both public and high school education here and for a time worked at Stacey Bros. Ltd., before he decided to take up insurance. It was on December 1, 1948, that he started with Imperial Life and since July, 1951, he has served as unit manager of the Stratford office under London, Meanwhile he has been taking a three-year extension course from the University of Toronto, embrac- ing salesmanship, business insur- ance, physohology, fundamentals of life insurance, life insurance law and state administration. In the spring he will complete this course for Chartered Life Underwriters, It is understood that his appointment makes him the youngest manager in the history of the company he so zealously serves. The good wishes of his many friends and those of his wife, the former Ethel Wettiaufer, and their young sort, David, will go -with them as they take up residence in Guelph where they purchased a home last week. -Mitchell Advocate. Effect of Slope on Soil Acidity Farmers very often are of the opinion that low-lying and. depres- sional wet land is sour and re- quires liming;- while the better drained on . the higher slopes is sweet, This is not always. the Daae and indeed in many instances the opposite is true, says P. C. Stobbe, Soil Specialist, Central Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa. Itis common knowledge that lime will sweeten sour or acid land. In many Canadian soils, which have formed from limey materials, large quantities of lime are found in the lower subsoils. Such soils are common in southern Ontario and in seetions of. southern Quebec. In theseof cations seepage waters car- ry considerable amounts of dis- solved- lime to the lower lying ar- eas. As a result the soils on the higher slopes are moreeacid than on the lower slopes and in the ad- jalcent depression'aI areas- Steep slopes on which a considerable amount of erosion has taken place usually are an exception to this rule as the limely subsoil may be exposed or' may occur near the surface. In areas free of limestone rock in wihicb the soil contains very lit- tle Lime that can be carried down the slopes „by seepage waters, the- low=lying wet soils generally are more acid than the well drained soils on higher slopes. The exeesm sive acidity in the depreesiona.l ar- eas is caused by a greater accumu- ation•cf peaty materials which on decomposition form acids. at 41. Breediee Makes a Difference Selecting 'breeding stock for more lean and less fat can help in redhicing the waste and logs Which retelilts tram fat togs, .Test as Selection has produced the lerdu type hog itt the United 'States and the lean ba,trot type hog common itt; Canada, so selection can continue to improve Canadian hogs, Breed- ing stock is not all alike. Given the same feed and similar condi- tions, some pigs run to fat and some stay lean and streamlined. Getting good breeding stock is not easy and no one can guarantee results. Yet in the past 30 years Canadian breeders and farmers have proved that selection for a lean pig 'is feasible and practical, and they have the facts to prove their case. At advanced Registry Test Sta- tions of the Federal Department of Agriculture, pure bred breeders send litter groups of four pigs for teat. All the groups are fed on similar feed mixtures and are kept under identical conditions at sev- en centres across Canada. After the hogs are marketed their car- casses• are carefully examined and are carcass scored. For a high score, carcasses must have a high lean and a low fat contept and have weight in the right `places. Each sow from whose litter the four test .pigs were supplied is then given -a "sow score," based on the rating of the pig carcasses. Because all other conditions of feeding, housing and the like are similar the sow score indicates the sow's inherent ability to produce a lean bacon type carcass. In studying' the results of 526 seta tested; in this way with their litters farrowed in 1951. 372 or nearly 71 per cent of the sows were scored 75 or over. Eighty-three per cent of the test pigs from these high -score sows graded A carcass- es,' 16.7 per cent graded B1, and ,3 per eesit were outer grades. Even in the lower group of 154 sows scoring from 50 to 74, the showing eras greed., with 50.5 per cent Grade A, 47.8 per cent 1:11 and 1.7 per. oetit otli ' •grades, litany 'farmers .hold the viev.•'that (GOletitindd front Page g) •Wise parents -will not Skip a 'booster' shot. The extra Injection Gives added protection. Dept. of Wiens! Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting: Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor January 27, 1928 The 100-11.ere farm on the Goshen Line, belonging to the estate of the late William H. MoClinchey, has been 'sold to •Mr. T. Richardson, Tuckersmith, the price being $5,500. A successful euchre and dance were held in the •parish hall, St Columban, Monday night under the auspices of the C.WLL. Prize win ners were: first, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Krauskopf; lucky chair, Mrs. Jas Cronin; consolation, Miss Camilla Ryan and Mr. Fred Eckert. Early Thursday morning while returning from Grand Bend, Mr Albert Smith, Hensall, bad his car Aid into the ditch and pin him under it and inflicting cuts on his face. At the regular meeting of the Seaforth Lions Club, Judge J. A Jackson, Lethbridge, gave a talk on "Boys' Work," illustrating the same with personal experiences. • Mr. J. J. •Cluff has purchased the 50 -acre farm of Mr. Thos. Coulter adjoining Egmondville- It is a splendid farm and will be run by Mr. Scott Cluff. • Mr. Robert Rogerson, Constance has rcently installed a radio in his home. - , The 63rd ' annual meeting of the Zurich Agricultural Society was held Thursday night with E. F Klopp as chairman. The election of officers resulted as follows: president, E. F. Klopp; first vice president, J. Decker; second vice- president, J. A. Smith; directors A. Reichert, E. J. Walker, W. Hay Ed. Haberer, J. G. Deters, 'W Decker, J. P. Rau and Fred Hab- erer; auditors, J. J. Haberer and J. Pfaff. The storm Tuesday evening did not in any way affect the attend ance at the bowlers' euchre and dance held in the G.W.V.A. club rooms. The prize winners were Mrs. W. J. Duncan, who was given a china cake tray, and Mr. Nelson Govenlock, whose prize was a brass candlestick. Mr. Billy Ste -wart, of St. Paul, is home this week and so there had to be a bonapiel. It was held Wed nesday afternoon and evening:The winner of the spiel was Peck John stone's rink, which was composed of Bill Bell, Dawson Reid, D. L Reid and Thomas Johnstone, skip • From The Huron Expositor January 23, 1903 Mrs. J. B. McLean, for many years organist of St. Andrew's Church, Kippen, has resigned and her place will be filled by Miss Jessie McLean. Snow drifts, pitchholes, cold nos es and sparkling parties are much in evidence these days. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Chas Dolmage, McKillop, had a bee of the neighbors with their teams, to move his house, which he purchas- ed from Mr. Pethick. Mr. Donald McKinnon, of Mani- toba, son of Mr. Donald McKinnon, Chiselhurst, Is spending the winter at his home. It is 19 years since he left here, and sees many chang- es. M. .Lloyd and Charles Layton, Tuckersmiith, left last week for Durand, Mich., where they expect to enter the employ of. the Grand Trunk Railways as brakemen. Mr. WM. McIntosh, having dis- posed of his fine barn on the Lead - bury' Line, has pur`'cbased a resi- dence in Winthrop and will reside there when he leaves the farm. Mr. William Collins of the second concession, Stanley, met with a painful accident a few days ago. He was working with a jack and get- ting his hand caught in the cogs, he had three fingers so badly lacer- ated that they had to be amputat- ed. The following were ticketed to distant points this week by Mr. W. Somerville: Miss Bessie Devereaux to Detroit; Miss Lizzie Kennedy to Ionia, Mich.; Anthony Neis to New Mexico; Miss Kate Devereaux to Chicago. • Archibald and Cudm.ore, Sear forth, shipped two carloads of horses to Manitoba on Tuesday. Mr. John Flannery, aleKillop, has purchased the farm of Mr. Richard Barry on, the Huron Road. It is it good• farm. of 75 acres. •• Two rinks of curlers will go to Stratford to play in the Ontario tankard, 'They will be: John Beate tie, James Dick, W. McDougall, W. Asnent, skip, and F. W. Twaddle, T. Richeedson W. Pickard and W. D. Srigtt; skip• Miss Jlose Riley, Londesboro, left for London; Wednesday, where elle Itaa,secure'd a geed >,i itidli. 1,36 CHAPTER VII ' "His reverence has two hobbies. One is photography and the other s collecting butterflies." "Has that anything to do with it?" "Quite a lot. Hydrocyanic acid is used as a reducing element in treating badly developed nega- tives. And cyanide of potassium goes into the killing bottle habitual - y used by entomologists." "whew -w! Now we can get a move on."' "Unfortunately," Mr.- Sharpe said restrainingly, "Rotherson wasn't poisoned with any of -the cyanides, Morphine was to blame. Se far as I'm able •to say there wasn't -a grain of that stuff in the place." "Sure you looked everywhere?" demanded the inspector hopefully. It was not often that Mr. Morri- son Sharpe snorted, but he 'did let himself go for once. "No, I'm not sure," lee snapped after the inele- gant preface, "but when you do get that search -warrant we may be able to know definitely., So good - day to you." Where are you off to now, sir? I'f I'm not presuming," "Home—to play solitaire. If you take my advice you'll take a spell off duty and try a scrap of patience yourself." "Never play it—but I've got it, Mr, Sharpe." "That's the damned trouble of it," the little puzzle -master said as he stalked off. When the adjourned inquest on Martin Rotherson was resumed the police were not able to produce very much more evidence than at the opening sitting. To make matters • worse Major Martinshawe, the Chief Constable, appeared in person to represent the police. He was one of those exas- peratingly vacillating men who are never able to make up their minds. As a consequence his subordinates preferred shim to remain in the background so that they could get on with their work free from his cramping lack of determination. Everything seemed to be going wrong. Witnesses Were obtuse and no facts' of any importance emerg- ed to strengthen the official belief that murder had been committed. One or two of the jurymen intro- duced awkward questions that showed an inclination to bring in a verdict of "Suicide." Against his personal inclinations the Deputy Coroner had to head them off this, the police (having strongly insisted that this would not meet the case. Eventually, af- ter' a long and tedious sitting, an open verdict was returned. "The deceased, Martin Rother- son, -met his death as the result of an overdose of a morphine prepare- tion. reparestion. How, or by whom adminis- tered is unknown," That satisfied officialdom, leav- ing freedom for further investiga- tion, though the Chief Constable expressed a private view that they never would get to the bottom of the matter. "We're doing our best, sir," Mat- thews pleaded. "Up to now that hasn't been en- ongh " "I've had some valuable help from Morrison Sharpe, sir," Mat- thews atthews mentioned. "That amateur!" "Of course if you wish me to dispense with such voluntary ser- vice I will do so, Major," "You may make use of anybody You like so long as you straighten the matter out quickly." The inspector reported this con- versation to Morrison Sharpe that same evening, to the Mild amuse- ment of his friend. • "Tactless- of both of you," he commented. "You shouldn't have told me for one thing and Major Martinshawe ought,- to have warn- ed yon to keep to official ways and have nothing to do with any out- side meddler. , Then you could both have availed yourselves of my help with a clear conscience. Ap- parently neither of you are stu- dents of psychology, which is a pity. All .policemen ought to take a course," "Strikes me that if we took up everything you'd like us to there wouldn't be any time for work. We'd be at lessons most of the day," 'And quite right too. I'm going to give you a couple of hours chess this evening just to polish up your wits." Matthews groaned. "Just as I was looking forward to a pleasant pow- wow.,, As it happened they were not due for a quiet time either at chess or talk. Hardly had the pieces been arrayed on the board when a messenger arrived from police headquarters requesting the im- mediate attendance of the inspec- tor. "Lousy luck," he exclaimed, "Sorry you've been done out of any stimulating company," "No need to be apologetic. If you like I'll come into the town with you. Then, if the business isn't too important, we ,can land a reasonable spot and make up for lost time." Half an 'hour later, all thoughts of private affairs out of their minds they were pushing a way through a crowd of curious people cluster- ed outside the vicarage. The police doctor was just wash- ing his' hands in a bowl of hot wa- ter brought to him in the cozily furnished drawing room. At the moment it had anything but a homely look, A number of officers from the uniformed and plain- clothes departments had been busy for acme time. Ona deep settee lay the body of -Mrs. Thorne, now reverently covered with a white sheet. "Pretty grim," commented Saun- ders, sauntering foreverd, '"C4liaetly! 'plat's the cause?" "Cyanide." "Suicide?" ' , " Jtret cyanide," "Sot Yolk deft to have made up your Mind about something." "Probably Dr, Saunders has tak- en a professional interest in a - large box of chocolates?" The obe servation came from Mr. Sharpe. "What do you knew'afbaut that?"' The doctor was clearly gelearlasil.. Sharpe gave one of lits oharatk teristic shrugs. "I don't -know any-• thing ' exceptthat ' *Melts a' thing - ought to be round about sone -- where." "So there was. Thhey've already' gone off for analysis °'C3rood' By the way, aa' ant. n ob- servant man, you noticed -that thO confectionery was a practically fttd- box?" . "That's a good guess. But T dlda't spot it straight away be- cause the contents., had been spill•" • ed on to the carpet and we picked up what remained and put thein' back in layers as• accurately • ad possible to their original posi- tions." "Exactly what I -wanted to know,'" replied Mr. Sharpe. "It seemee Wear that this unfortunate woma'ia. was taking an occasional sweet..aar• inelination dictated, Was there a book at Shand—or a radio program, going?" , 'No book, not even a magazine.. And you've missed something your -- self this time, Mr. Infallible." "No wireless set, eh!" "Not in this room. There's one. in the lounge." "M'm! Do you know this Isn't so simple as it appears on the sur- face. It would have been easier it' we'd found a magazine or some thing. Womn of the type of Mrs.. Thorne don't sit about idly as --a. rule. I don't like it. Where's the. vicar?" "In his study, I believe." "Alone?" "Certainly not. Inspector Hodge kiss and Sergeant Willfandson are with him." "Come on," said Mr. Sharpe urg- ently. The inspector trotted at his Heels obediently. "I think," he observed, "that 1 have a glimmering of what you're thinking. We know there is a lot of cyanide in this house and . . ,"- "And you're already fingering' the handcuffs. Don't be too pree cipitous," "Something will have to be done;. sir. Pretty quickly, too," Morrison Sharpe's hand closed on. the inspector's arm: "Evidence,. evidence, 'and more evidence is- what you need," he said quietly: You can't cage a lion in ea mouse' trap." Hodgkiss had- suspicions similar to those of his fellow inspector, They found him taking down a lengthy statement on a suitable piece of foolscap paper which the vicar had supplied from his private. stock. "Confession?" asked •Mattlie'wer bluntly. A flush spread over the pale face of the Rev. Quentin Thorne and he rose angrily. "Are you trying to accuse me of killing my wife?" he demanded. "Such a suggestion le outrageous and.,you have no right to - make it." "All right, all right! Don't take it too badly. It's my job to sus- pect everybody." Thorne calmed down al'm'ost ten mediately. "I've done niy best to, help the inspector here,"• he re- marked. "You must appreciate that I have undergone a considerable. shock. My wife and I were devot- ed to each other. We had been married only a few years." "Care to hear the statement?" asked Hodgkiss. "Go ahead." The police officer cleared his - throat and began to recite in that' rather stilted manner peculiar to - his profession. The wording of the' document also betrayed traces of his prompting, some of the phrase- ology being decidedly reminiscent of the court -house. "My name is Howard Quentin Thorne," the statement began. T am a Clerk in Holy Orders and have held the living of St. Chad's'. for the past seven years. Two, years ago I met the lady who was: shortly afterwards to become •hey- wife. We were 'married within: three months of the meeting. Our relations have always bee= of the best. A few days ago T mentioned to her that the police: had asked me if I ate chocolates,. She seemed agitated, but nothing: more was said. .At about 9:30 on the evening. of April lith I was called by the housekeeper, Mrs. Grimmett. She informed me that" Mrs. Thorne had been taken sere ious'ly ill. Proceeding to the lounge y: found her lying on a settee. Life was already extinct. I called the doctor and informed the pelices• by telephone. To the best of my knowledge there was no reason why Mrs. Thorne should take her own life. She was in good health and spirits when I saw her at about nine o'clock on the same evening." "You sign that, sir?" asked In- spector Hodgkins. - "Certainly." The vicar extract"' ed a .fountain pen from his waist- coat pocket and carefully unscrew- ed the cap, "One moment," intervened Mr. Sharpe, retrieving the fooleca''r msheet,ore ththg".I'd s,"like - ask to one or twee for"If you must. But may I ask you to be as brief es possible. Thee strain is beginning to -be too much„ me:" "I'm sure it must be," was thee sopthing•respotise, "We're ail try- ing to save you as much worry an possible. Unfortunately it may bel - e ease• of being ,cruel to be kind. Now about Mrs. 'flierne'da life' •be -'- fore she met you . . • ,?" "Is that absolutely necessary?" bound"Afraid -t(' so. Tile e• things are o Come out.l' "She was li^aing 'with an aunt, 1 untteratant1 she 'had alto) travblledl: extensively>," (4o'ntiiiiled-oit• Pkgs. 7) vt 4 e r, la "b+ '4i e ,m d 1