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BEAFORTH, Friday, August 20
IGHWA'Y TROLES
The Ontario Department of High-
ways is having its troubles these
days. And all of the troubles don't
stem from contracts or the lack of
them.
Much of the trouble is created by
the lack of consistent policy in con-
nection with the routing and con-
struction of new or existing high-
�ajrS,
awn in Eastern Ontario, accord-
ing to a news story, residents along
the Prescott highway have sent a
petition to Don Morrow, Progressive
Conservative member of the Ontario
.Legislature for Carleton. The peti-
tion said: ' "The. present route is
merely the growth of a pioneer trail
carved out of the wilderness by sol-
diers and settlers in horse and buggy
days.
"There is no use spending $1,000,-
6O0 on this lone cow trail when it
will be, outdated in a few years from
now." -
The petitioners recommended that
a new highway be built from Kempt-
rille, about half way between Pres-
cott and Ottawa, to the capital.
The story from Prescott will seem
familiar to those who have watched
highway construction in this area.
Even the amount involved might ap-
ply here.
Certainly, there is no informa-
tion that would suggest otherwise.
MR. DREW AS LEADER
In an editorial headed "Sad Tory
Plight," Toronto Saturday Night,
Conservative minded weekly, in dis-
cussing recent party difficulties and
embarrassments in British Columbia,
says from Manitoba to British Col-
umbia the Conservatives are either
moribund or in a state of revolt.
Discussing the situation as it sees
it in each the Provinces, the weekly
says: "Dufferin Roblin, the outspok-
en young man who is now the leader
of the party in Manitoba, has not
tried to hide his dissatisfaction with
the national leadership. The same
situation exists in British Columbia,
where unhappy Conservatives have
been going over to the Social Credit
party. There has been no such ob-
vious breakdown of party discipline
in Ontario, but it is no secret that
discontent and doubt are eating into
the party's support ,in this heartland
of Canadian Conservatism, principal-
ly because of the blatant wooing of
Premier Duplessis by George Drew.
Farther east, there seems to be in-
difference, a deadly lassitude that is
as dangerous as rebellion."
The gist of the comment seems to
be that there is dissatisfaction with
the leadership of George Drew. But
such a conclusion fails to take into
consideration the fact that of those
elected as Progressive Conservatives
in• the House of Commons, there is
no one with the unselfish capacity for
leadership, nor with the broad
knowledge possessed by George
Drew. And as far as c a n
be seen, there is no one outside the
Commons --at least there is no one
who has indicated a desire for the
position—who can compare with him
in his ability to do the job.
If the two-party system is to pre-
vail in Canada, it is essential that
leach of the parties is led by one who
is sincere—who refuses to take re-
fuge in demogogery, and who is pre -
:ed to place principle and country
ahead of person and party. It is to
be hoped that comment such as recorded by Saturday Night will not
li* a the effect of suggesting to those
0 will be called on to endorse or
Mr. Drew's leadership, that an
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
AUGUST 20, 1054
alternative, based on partisan apseal,
but ignoring the other essent3,al at-
tributes would be more satiskactory.
NO FREE GRANTS
The Printed Word, a monthly re-
lease that deals with matters of in-
terest to Canadians, gets down to
cases when it describes, perhaps
somewhat extravagantly, the think-
ing that lies behind much of the
spending with which municipalities
in Ontario are involved today, and
the extent to which it is encouraged
by the Provincial Government.
There are no so-called "free
grants" the Printed Word points out,
as it asks whether governments are
"elected to govern, to serve the peo-
ple well, or merely to spend Money—
and serve the people right." "The
other week," it says, "the super-dup-
er government that embraces, if not
consolidates, what is known as
metropolitan Toronto, approved,
with no comment whatsoever, a $50,-
000,000 `low -rental' housing project.
"Once upon a time (at least in On-
tario), said the wolf in Grandma's
bed, a municipal spending project
that could not be paid for out of the
'year's tax levy had to be approved
by special vote of the ratepayers (not
tenants) and, by cricky, there had to
be a two-thirds majority of 75 per
cent of all property owners. If the
money ran out before the work was
completed there was no running to
a health or municipal board for per-
mission to go further into debt; the
vote had to be taken again.
"It is denied that the late Harry
Hopkins, pal of F.D.R., said `tax and
tax, spend and spend, elect and elect.'
But the saying sums up the philoso-
phy of government. Forest Hill
(Ont.) used to be known as a com-
munity of palatial homes, low assess-
ments and low taxes. But the super -
mayor of the super -government,
long-time reeve of Forest Hill, has
climbed on the band -wagon and from
the garish vantage point is making
spendthrift speeches. Perhaps he is
only obeying the voice of his master,
Premier Frost, who apparently is
willing that money be spent, wisely
or unwisely, so long as he controls it
as provincial treasurer, as a receiver
from the Ottawa treasurer or in the
pose of benefactor of city, town and
village.
"So-called low-cost housing is not
low cost, bricklayers being what they
are, and besides, this type of housing
is, in large part, provided by the poor
(all over Canada) for the benefit of
the• not -so -poor, and the merely pre-
tending -to -be -poor.
"Municipalities are sold on these
projects because it is claimed that
the bulk of the cost is provided by
`free' grants from the federal and
provincial governments. It is well
known, of course, that Mr. Frost gets
all needed Ontario money from sell-
ing gasoline and fishing and hunting
licenses to Yankee tourists and in Ot-
tawa they are printing it.
"Another factor in the decline in
quality of municipal government is
that the Reeve of Totempole is much
more ready to be extravagant if, by
some hocus-pocus such as Mr. Frost
practices, it can be made to seem
that the citizens of the neighboring
hamlet of Lower Tooting will pay
the shot.
"All of it is raiding the Prairies
and the Maritimes, as well as the
slender savings of the nearly -poor in
the area directly involved. The in-
spiration for it all is from Ottawa (a
phase of the centralization drive)
and from Ontario, whose Premier
lives in Lindsay and attended school
in Orillia, both being communities in-
habited by sensible people."
What Other Papers Say:
Careless of a Sale
(Brantford Expositor)
A cut in the excise tax may be one
way to boost the sagging market for
new cars, but before that easy road
is taken to the detriment of revenue,
some good old-fashioned salesman-
ship ought to be tried. One Windsor
businessman reports that he wept in- -
to several showrooms and looked ov-
er new models, but not one agent
asked him his name or attempted to
follow up his call. And that in Wind-
sor which liveson making cars! -
SEEN iN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Fractures Leg
Miss S. McKinnon had the mis-
fortune to break her leg, falling
down some stairs. She was remov-
ed to Wingham Hospital.—,Brussels
Post.
Struck By Lightning
Misses Elizabeth and Emma Fin-
lay, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Finlay, of the town line,
near Blake, were struck. by light-
ning while in their house. We are
pleased to report they are all right
again. It sure was a big shock to
. the whole family.—Zurich Herald.
Car Crashes Pole
A late model high-powered car
suffered $1,500 damage Tuesday
night when it skidded off Highway
21 and struck a hydro pole. The
driver, Anthony Daniel Novak, 22,
of Detroit, was not injured. Novak
was driving south on the Bluewa-
ter road and lost control while he
was rounding a corner on the wet
pavement. The car crashed into
the ditch and a pole, four miles
north of Grand Bend. Provincial
Constable Cecil Gibbons, Exeter, in-
vestigate. — Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Enjoys Trip To East Coast
14r. and Mrs. L. Whitfield and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hollyman have
just returned from en enjoyable
trip that,took them through East-
ern Canada as far as the coast and
across into sections of the United
States. Enroute they called on the
Sibthorpe's at Picton, whom they
found nicely located, and also on
friends ou the Bay of Quinte, From
there they visited Ottawa, Quebec
City, Montreal, Gaspe Bay, contin-
ued through New Brunswick and
down into the State of Maine to
New Hampshire . and Vermont,
crossing back by ferry on Lake
Champlain into New York State
and back into Canada at Cornwall.
The round trip took them over 2.-
500 miles of travel.—Blyth Stand-
ard. ,
Royal Party At Centralia
Their Royal Highness, the Duch-
ess of Kent and Princess Alexan-
dra, will visit R.C.A.F. Station at
Centralia for one hour during their
Canadian tour. The royal party is
scheduled to land at the airport on
Thursday, Sept. 2, far tea in the
Officers' Mess and an informal vis-
it with Royal Air Force trainees in
the NATO air training plan. In-
cluded in the party, besides the
Duchess and her daughter, will be
Lady Rachel Davidson, Lady Moira
Hamilton and Philip Hay. They
at 1200. The Duchess is in Canada
guard of honor of airmen, corpor-
als and sergeants. The plane will
arrive at 1100 hours and take off
at 1200. The Duches is in Canada
to officially open the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition in Toronto on
August 28. — Exeter ,Times -Advo-
cate.
Twins Twice
At four o'clock Wednesday
morning the Paquette family of R.
R. 1, Dungannon, had a total of
four children in the twins division.
At this hour at Alexandra Hospi-
tal, Mrs. Don Paquette gave birth
to twins—a girl and a boy, Janice
,and Philip. Six years ago, twins
were also presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Paquette, Thus, in their pre-
sent family of five children there
are two sets of twins. To make
the births even more unusual it
just so happens that the latest
twins were born on the same day
which markets the ninth wedding
anniversary of the Paquettes. Don
Paquette is originally from Tilbury,
Ont., and served overseas in World
War II. He met his wife while in
England. They were married in
Canada after the war. — Goderich
SignaleStar.
Train Delayed By Collision
The Canadian National Railways
express from Toronto was an hour
and a half late arriving here on
Tuesday afternoon, detoured be-
cause of a crash between two
freight trains at Palmerston which
sent an engineer to Brampton hos-
pital. The engineer, Norman Mc-
Taggart, was not in serious condi-
tion, according to reports. He was
piloting locomative No. 3421 carry-
ing 14 loads out of Palmerston to
Toronto when the train hit the rear
of a standing freight near George-
town at 5:30 Tuesday morning. The
caboose on the standing freight
was demolished and the first two
cars on the rear of the train were
damaged. A detour was made by
the express which left Goderich for
Toronto early Tuesday morning,
going from Guelph Junction to Lyn -
den and thence to Toronto. Train
No, 27, which was late arriving
here on Tuesday afternoons also
took this route.--Goderich Signal -
Star.
In His 98th Year •
William Wade, of Fordwich, cele-
brated his 97th birthday on Tues-
day, August 10. Acclaimed the old-
est resident present at the recent
centennial, Mr, Wade is active, and
to prove it took part in the pioneer
school float. A life-long resident
of this district, he was born in
Howick Township and for the past
54 years he has lived in the vil-
lage. His main hobbies are garden-
ing and woodwork. It is nothing
unusual to find him in his little
workshop whittling out a wooden
chain link or building a miniature
wheelbarrow. Mr. Wade moved to
Fordwich from the farm and be-
came interested in machinery and,
carpenter work. His motto is,
"Early to bed and early to rise."
He is usually up around 6 a.m. His
secret to long life is moderation
in everything. His wife was the
former Mary Harris, and they have
two of a family, Clarence, of. Bel -
grave, and Beatrice at home.—
Blyth Standard.
Attend Third R.C.A.F.- Camp
Sixty-six Ottawa Air Cadets ar-
rived at R.C.A.F. Station, Clinton,
recently to attend annual summer
camp. The Ottawa boys are among
some .375 air cadets from all parts
of Ontario and Quebec attending
the third of four summer camps to
be held at Station Clinton this
year. During their two-week stay
at camp the cadets will receive in-
struction in leadership, drill, arma-
ment, rifle firing and water safety.
A great amount of their time will
also be devoted' to sports and rest
periods. An added treat for the
cadets this year will be a visit to
the R.C.A.F.'s No. 1 Radar and
Communications School as well as
to R.C.A.F. Station Centralia. The
highlight of the camp for the cad-
ets istheir one and one-half hours
flying time in R.C.A.F. "Expeditor"
aircraft. Prior to the flight the
boys are briefed and given maps
of the area over which they will
fly. Once airborne they are ex-
pected to do some ground to air
navigation with these maps. --Clin-
ton Newe-Record.
Farm News of Huron
Intermittent showers the early
part of last week considerably de-
layed harvest operations. Practical-
ly all of the wheat has now been
harvested] and yields of over 50
and even 60 bushels per acre are
quite common.
Practically all of the heavy feed-
er cattle have now gone to market.
Pastures, hay aftermath and new
seedings have greened up consid-
erably with the recent rains.
Hog Quality Affects the Price
Hog quality may be one of the
most important factors in farm
prices for hogs this fall. In the
first six months of the year only
26.2 per Cent of the hogs graded
in Canada were A or top grade
hogs; 44.2 per cent were Bl's and
8.7 per cent were C's. reported R.
K. Bennett. Chief of Live Stock
Marketing, Department of Agricul-
ture, Ottawa, to the recent meet-
ing of Ontario Agricultural Repres-
entatives at Kernptville.
Hog carcasses are carrying too
much fat. There is a marked ten-
dency on the part of the public to
eat less fat. The housewife will
pay more for vegetable shortenings
than for lard or for shortening bas-
ically lard.
When she goes into the market
to do her shopping the difficulties
involved in providing her with a
selection of lean pork cuts is of no
concern to her. What does con-
cern her is whether pork chops or
ham or bacon or pork in some
other form is a good buy. It is
her living and the living of her
children and 'husband and her
money she to concerned about.
It costs money to produce sur-
plus fat on hog carcasses. The
processing of pork products in a
packing plant begins with the
trimming off or removal of excess
fat to a point where the trimmed
cut is acceptable to the buyer.
Practically all of the fat trimmed
off is rendered into lard. At the
prices prevailing for lard since the
first Of the year, • at triminedfrom
hog carcasses In the cutting room ,
has been worth approximately 7 to
9 cents per pound. This is in
sharp contrast to the price of
Grade A carcasses. Furthermore,
the finished product from fat car-
casses is less desirable than from
Grade A as there is a certain
amount of seam or interior fat
that cannot be removed, especially
in the shoulder cuts and in the
belly or side.
The trend to produce fatter hogs
may have serious results. The to-
tal revenue from the hog crop will
be lowered, that is, there will be a
lower general price over a long
period. The consumer if displeas-
ed with pork products may turn to
competitive products which would
result in a lower consumption of
pork. The price this fall, or When-
ever there are surplus !hogs in re-
lationship to the United States
market, will depend to a large ex-
tent. on the quality of our pork pro-
ducts. United States buyers are
not interested in fat hogs. They
raise plenty of that kind' in their
own country,
This is a free country and the
farmer can raise any type of hogs
he may choose, but he should know
what he is doing to his business,
i.e. the hog business, by marketing
overfat carcasses. 'Phe packer can-
not change the fat content on a
carcass after it is hanging on the
rail. It is up to the producer to
make the required improvements.
The forecasts of increased mar-
ketings of hogs in Canada for the
last quarter of this year, range
from 25 per cent to 40 per cent.
For the last three months of 1953,
weekly gradings of hogs were 93,-
8,80 in October, 100,892 in Novem-
ber and 98,104 in December.
If there is a 30 per cent increase
this fall it will mean an average of
about 130,000 hogs a week to -be
graded. In the first five months of
this year estimated average domes-
tic consumption of !hogs, out of
gradings, was 82,300 a week. • It
seems reasonable to expect that
domestic consumption for the last
quarter of the year, even if prices
are lower, will be something less
than 100,000, hogs per week. This
may Mean a considerable surplus
Years Agone
interesting items Ploked From.
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
tyflve and Fifty Years .Apo
From The Huron Expositor
August 29, 1929
Arthur Devereaux, son of .Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Devereaux, Huron
Road East, underwent a tonsil op-
eration in Seaforth Memorial Hos-
pital last Friday.
Mr, and Mrs. P. F. Benn and
family and Mrs. Catherine Evans,
Dublin, have moved to 'Toronto,
where Mr. Benn has secured a good
position, Before leaving a number
of friends gathered at their home
to say good-bye and presented
them with a purse. They will be
greatly missed in the village and
we wish Mr. Benn every success in
his new position. .
Mrs. Alex Stobie has returned to
town from New Ontario, where she
spent the past month.
Miss Grace Casentiere, who has
been training as a nurse in Sea -
forth Memorial Hospital, graduated
last week and is spending a few
holidays with friends in Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Murray
and son and wife, of Iowa, are vis-
iting friends in Beechwood and
vicinity, -
Mr. Matt Lacey has returned to
Edmonton after a two weeks' visit
with old friends in Beechwood, It
is 20 years since Matt left here
and no doubt saw many changes.
and his many friends gave him a
hearty welcome. He is another
old Beechwood boy who has made
well"in the Prairie Provinces.
Mr. Herring and Miss Greta Arm-
strong, Buffalo; and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Armstrong, Toronto, spent
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. F. Bul-
lard, Winthrop.
Mr, and Mrs, George Stewart,
Springfield, and son, John Stew-
art, B.A., M.A., of Cornell Univers-
ity. Ithi,New York, spent a few
days with th'h fortner's sister, Mrs.
James Wright, also his niece, Mrs.
Norris Sillery, Brucefield.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Brenner and
daughters, of Midland, Mich., are
visiting at the hone of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Schilbe and other relatives.
Mrs. E. Rhodes and Miss Antoin-
ette Rhodes, Toledo, Ohio, and Mr.
and Mrs, Otto Wolfe, Detroit, were
visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Mickel, Hensall, last
Thursday and Friday. Miss Rhodes
intends to spend a week there,
The many friends of Miss Kath-
ryn Drysade, Hensall, will be pleas-
ed to learn she is making good pro-
gress towards recovery following
her recent operation for. foot trou-
ble in the Sick Children's Hospi-
tal, Toronto. We believe Miss Drys-
dale has to return again in a few
days for further treatment. While
it may be some little time before
she will regain the full use of her
feet, yet she will in the meantime
be able to do many things in the
sitting posture and thus pass the,
time of waiting.
•
From The 'Huron Expositor
August 19, 1904
Mr. Andrews, who has been con-
ducting a store in Cromarty for
some time, has purchased the pro-
perty which includes the store and
residence and other buildings from
Mr. James Hislop, of Toronto. Th'e
price paid was $3,050, T:his is a
good business stand and Mr. An-
drews got it at a fair price.
Mr. Arthur Galbraith, Seaforth,
has sold his farm on the 9th con-
cession of 'MoKillop to his nephew,
Mr. John Galbraith. The farm con-
tains 100 acres and is all seeded
to grass. It is a good farm. con-
veniently and pleasantly located.
The price paid was $4,500. Posses-
sion is to be given in "the fall when
Mr. Galbraith geta his cattle off the
grass. He intends going out West
shortly on a prospecting tour.
On Saturday afternoon during a
severe thunderstorm, seven head
of cattle belonging to Mr. Timothy
Kelly, of the 5th concession, Mc-
Killop, were killed by lightning.
The animals were in a field and
were all huddled under a tree when
lightning struck them. Mr. Kelly
was in Seaforth at the time and
when he arrived home found his
cattle dead. He cannot say too
much about the kindness of his
neighbors. They ail turned' out and
by 12 o'clock the bides were all
taken off the dead animals. Mr.
Kelly's loss is considerable, for the
cattle were of his best.
Mr. Fred Cardno left on Satur-
day for Winnipeg and intends try -
ng his fortune in the West. Mr.
ardno is a pushing young busi-
essman and should do well in that
ountry.
Seaforth was visited by a sev-
re electrical and' rain storm: on
Saturday afternoon. Fortunately
'e did not get the worst of it, but
t was bad enough, In McKillop
ome hail accompanied the storm,
ut no damage was done to the
tending crops.
Miss Beatrice Scott, who was
pending her holidays at her home
n Seaforth, returned to Brandon
n Saturday.'
One night last week while Mr.
. S. Hays was away from Thome,
ome persons visited the house and
aining entrance to the cellar, car-
ted) off some of their eatables,
rs. Hays heard them and getting
p and lighting the lamps frtght-
ned them away, as they made no
ffort to get further into the house,
lthough they prowled around for
ome time.
A driver belonging to Mr. George
ackson, Egmondville, took a
vely run down Main Street Mon -
ay afternoon. It was standing in
Ont of Chesney & Sc'illie's, when
amething frightened it and. it
heeled around and stated in the
direction of hoine, When It got
cross the railway track it got mix -
d up in the harness and fell into
e ditch and Was pinned down by
e buggy, and laid there until re -
eased. Strange to Say, nothing
as damaged and the horse did not
ceive a Scratch,
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"Keeper of the Trees"
(By MR8. M. C. Pm)
(Continued from last week)
CHAPTER FOUR
I
The Pilgrims struck across a
meadow to the river they had de-
serted in order to inspect a cherry
orchard in blossom. They pushed
on steadily through the fresh
spring afternoon, and by five
o'clock had reached the store
where the river forked.
A few inquiries brought out the
fact that the gravel pit was five
miles up the left branch of the
river, which had been steadily
shrinking until either branch might
better have been called a creek.
The only fish to be seen in the
water now were chub and shiners.
The suckers had been left behind
at the brothers Harpers. Colin and
Nels sat down on the store steps
and talked things over. Would
they push on and reach the spring
tonight, or hole up somewhere at
the forks and reach the spring to-
morrow.
"If I had four or five ice-cream
cones," said Nels, "I could walk
from now till midnight and never
feel ft."
"We'll test you," retorted Colin.
"As ,for me, I'I1 walk farther on
chocolate bars. I suppose this is
the last time we will have to stock
up with supplies, so we had better
make it good."
The haversack was so full they
could hardly close it when they
finally started out on the Last leg
of their journey.
"Six o'clock," said Colin. "We
should be there before dark. If we
can't do two miles an hour, we
need a shot in the arm."
The river, now a narrowcreek
that Nels could jump across at al-
most any point, was leading them
into a country of pasture farms,
many of them dotted with .,scrub
trees, thalI•-grown haws, and wild
honeysuckle bushes. Wild straw-
berry plants covered the ground,
and: huge dandelion plants were
just coming into bloom.
A gently sloping hill, topped with
trees, could now be seen at a dis-
tance of about half a mile.
"I'11 bet that's it!" exclaimed
Nels, pointing,
"And I'll bet it is, too," said Col-
in. "We are going to make it be-
fore dark yet."
They hurried on and now,
parallel to the little' creek they
could see what had once been a
road completely overgrown with
grass and weeds.
"This will be the road they used
to haul the gravel on," said Colin.
"And that will be a gravel hill all
right."
The creek dipped into a little
valley lined with trees. The sun
was dropping fast as they emerg-
ed into a saucer -like hollow con-
taining a pond about 30 feet across.
"The spring will be somewhere
right hare, lad," said Colin, eag-
erly. "You go to the right and 'I1
take the left."
They qurtered like a pair of
hounds on the trail of a rabbit.
Colin had only gone a few feet
when there it was, bubbling up
from between two rose colored
rocks, the source of the Little
Beaver river. A steady rivulet
ran from it into the pond and from
there led away to the creek.
"Here it is, Nels!" Colin bent
down and put a gentle hand, in the
cold water. What a fine thing it
would be it he could., only, discover
ctnough of the old Lama's. simple
faith to believe that this pure wa-
ter could wash him free from the
soil of the world!
Nels was beside him in a mom-
ent and together the old man and
the boy dipped their cups into the
spring and drank. 1t was a serious
moment, and to add the last touch
of perfection to the end of their
search, a hermit thrush hidden in
a thicket on the edge of the gravel
pit, lifted his voice in a few last
heart-searching notes beforehe set-
tled! down for the night.
The tiny fire they built beside
the pond detracted no whit from
the beauty' of the setting. High
above the surrounding tree tops
rode the moon, looking serenely
down at her reflection in the wa-
ter.
"Walden's Pond is •bigger," said
Colin contentedly, but I'm sure it
isn't any prettier. This is the end
of our search, Nels, How about
spending a full day right around
here? We could take some pic-
tures and practice up on our bird
calls and lie around in the sun. Un-
less, of course, you are anxious to
get home and: get ready for
school."
Nels tossed a pebble so truly
that it dropped into Colin's tea and
splashed!.
"I can get ready for school in
ten minutes, and you know IL! And
don't worry. My mother will have
all niy- clothes ready and laid out.
There isn't a Chinaman's chance
of my being able to miss even one
lousy day, so forget it. It's been
grand, hasn't {,t? Who thought of
it first anyway, me or you?"
"I've forgotten now and it doesn't
matter. The thing is that we
wanted to do and we did it. Re-
member Ghat when I am not
around to remind you. If. there is
something you want to do and it
isn't going to harm anyone, you
do it. Too many people tteat
themselves the way they treat
children—always saying 'No' and
`Don't' when there is no needs
What shall we do en this our last
night? Sleep? Read? Dream?
Talk about what you want to do
when you grow up? Your mother
tells me that you have a chance
to work in the Lakeside tree nurs-
ery in the holidays."
"Yes. Mr. Hobbs, the manager,
said he would .give me a try and
f I was any good I can have'5
Job every summer until I'm through
school. Say, Granddad) have you
noticed that we aren't the only
people who have camped here?
You can see the remainn of camp
fires here and there around the
poli1;
it wasn't so far from; the high-
way it might be a tramps' Stamp-
i,l{,"n'a..4.2fi1,9i'
ing ground. It's the sort of place •
that would appeal to bums es
witness us."
A train whistled far away, so
far away that it might have been
coming from, another world,
"That will be the C.P.R. freight
that comes down from Beaver
Meadows," said Colin. "Funny how
I never hear a train whistle that
I don't wish that I were on it.
Don't ask me why."
The train whistle sounded near-
er and nearer. Presently .they
could hear the rumble of the care.
• "The railway track must go
right by here!" exclaimed Colin.
"That accounts for those bon fire
remains. As" sure as you are born,
this gravel pit will be a jumping-
off place for some of the gentle-
men of the road. Like to meet a
real live hobo, Nels?
"You bet! I never have yet."
They could hear the engine labor-
ing somewhere to the north of the
gravel pit. By the sound evidently
there was a grade there that slow-
ed it down.
"Then here probably comes your
first chance," commented Colin,
turning his head _ to. the north.
"Hear them? Don't• be • afraid?
There is an old Chinese pt'overbp
'He who has nothing, has nothing
to fear'."
For the first time since they'
started on their pilgrimage Nola,
was disgusted with his grandfather..
"I'ni not afraid," he said, scorn-
fully-. "I want to talk to a real
hobo. I'd rather talk to a real ho-
bo than—than Shakespeare."
If appearances meant anything.
they were real hoboes, all right—
a short one and a tall one. Ther
were dirty, very dirty, and they'
smelled disagreeably of sornething-
that Colin could not name, but:
which he knew he had smelled be-
fore some ,time some place.
"Good evening," said Colin, po-
litely. "Do you want to use our.-
fire? We are finished with it."
The men thanked him civilly and''
with practiced shill soon had the -
fire built, up and crackling cheer-
fully. Then the larger one surer's,
ed. Nels :tnd Colin. Without hesi-
tation he went to the left bank of
the gravel pit and felt around
among some wild raspberry bush-
es, coming up with a rusty shovel.
A few feet away he commenced to
loosen some large stones embedded'
in the gravel. When he had pulled)
down the stones, a hole appeared,
not large enough to be called a
cave, but large enough to hold an"
iron pot, an iron tripod with a
hook from which to swing the pot,
and a small granite kettle with a.
lid.
Nels and Colin stared open-
mouthed'.
"So that's how hoboes get along."
so swell!" exclaimed Colin. I often
wondered if they carried their -
cooking gear with them like ped-
dlers, but I see now that they
don't. They have caches up and
down the country, I suppose from
roast tO coast."
The men were amused and when -
they smiled it was easy to see that•
here were no potential robbers, and
plunderers. They were both ap-
:rroaching middle age. ' and the•
smaller one had a World War I re-
turned soldier's button in his coat
lapel. Something about the, linea
in the face above it told Colin that:
it was worn by right, of service.
He had a homely, monkeytilike caste
of countenance with kind, brown,
Spaniel -like eyes, His mouth was
11trge and generous to the point of
absurdity. Not much ambition or
drive in the face, perhaps, but no
vice, either. His large companion
tt'as huilt like a boxer or wrestler,•
a11,1 he had the professional figh-
ter's cat -like tread. His nose had
been broken at least once, and.
perched incongruously upon it was
0 pair of steel -rimmed spectacles
fined with strong lens. His eyes.
looked enormously enlarged behind
them. Each man produed a tin of
Pork and beans from a pocket and
a chunk of bread from another
Pocket. Tea cane from somewhere
and was steeped in the granite
kettle. The beans were heated in
the iron pot and in no time at all
the men were eating heartily. Can
openers also seemed to be stan-
dard equipment. Each man had one.
The big one looked at Colin and
Nels with a smile, but with his
nose wrinkled up in distaste.
"We'd better keep to windward."
he said, "until we can get our
clothes washed, We've been riding
nearly twenty-four hours in a car
with a bunch of sheep, and I never
want to see a sheep again as long
as I'm alive. And' don't try to sell
me any, mutton, either. I have no•
use for it."
"So that's what that smell is!"
exclaimed Colin. "I thought 1
should know It."
"We'll keep far enough away
from you," said the small one. "We
would wish them tonight only we -
have nothing to put on while they
dry, so we'll just have to wait un-
til the sun gets up tomorrow."
"Can we lend you something?"'
asked Colin. "We have soap yea
can have. If we .only had a tub
large enough to heat water, you
could wash them tonight."
"Oh, there's a tub here some-
where," said the big one. "Let me
see. It's further to the left, is
think."
He took the shovel and walked.
along, stabbing it here and there
into the bank.
"Here we are!" In a few min-
utes he was back with a galvaniz-
ed wash tub, rather battered, and •
with several holes plugged with
rags, but still quite serviceable.
At the look on Colina face, he
chuckled.
"There's everything in this grav-
el pit but money," he said.
"Here is my idea," said Colin.
'You get your clothes washed and
hang them up there on top of the
.bank where the wind will get at
them and they will be atmoat dry'
by morning, you can sleep in our
sleeping bags, and it won't hurt us
a bit to sleep here beside the lire
in our clothes,"
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