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St. or R.R.................... Town ond Province .. SWEET CHARITY By Carroll C. Lansing They would pull the car out of the .siding at four in the afternoon. It -would be attached to the train and on its way, not to be opened until'it reached the ship-yard terminal three pr four days later. By the time they (discovered Banwood's body under the 'bales in the far end, he, Murdock, would have a long start. .When Murdock approached his of­ fice he had great difficulty in con­ cealing the strain under which he lab- headshake. He was not in­ in charity. not restore his equanimity to McGinnis'get off one elevat- ored. The Salvation Army man sol­ iciting in the lobby he dismissed with a surly terested It did see Pat or as he entered another. For Pat McGinnis was a plain-clothes man and a friend of Banwood. Murdock unlocked the frosted glass door that bore the legend Banwood & Murdock — Hides and Furs. Everything in the combination office and storeroom was as he had left it that morning. Banwood’ had gone at the same time — by way of the freight elevator, neatly sewed into the middle of a burlap-covered bale of hides, the back of his head bashed in. Murdock hurriedly opened the safe and withdrew a thick packet of cash previous^' taken from their joint ac-. count in preparation for an extended buying trip in the country. To this he added another thick roil from Ban­ wood’s wallet. He snarled when he counted it. So Banwood had been holding out on him—the dirty crook! To the pile he added still another, sheaf of currency, the remainder of the bank account withdrawn by him­ self that day. This all represented quite a little fortune, enough to sustain in modest retirement abroad some time. He put which he took from er of the desk. The he tried to close it. to tug and push it When he straightened up he found himself looking into the face of Mc­ Ginnis. It was a singularly unbeauti- ful face, topped with a derby hat and decorated near the lower left hand corner by the stub of an extinct cigar. “Hiya, Murdock," said the detect­ ive genially, “Thought I’d come up and chin with you for a little while. How’s business?” Murdock sank slowly into the chair behind the desk, pretended to rear-, range the papers on it. “We’ve been pretty busy lately," he answered, “on the jump ‘ every minute.” Without looking up he fancied that the plain­ clothes man’s eyes were resting curi­ ously on the tin ,box. “Going somewhere?” asked the de­ tective. "No, not right away, What made you think so?” Murdock glanced sur­ reptitiously at the clock. Would the hands never come to four,? “Noticed you had you hat on, that was all,” said McGinnis. “But this ain’t a very stylish office, so you pro­ bably wear it all the time. I never thought of that. Where’s Sam? Have­ n’t seen him around today.” “He started off last night on a buy­ ing trip,” (Murdock answered. “Must have made up his mind kind of sudden,” said McGinnis. “He did not say a word to me about it yes-' terday.” “He just decided last night.” Mur­ dock stifled ’the panic rising within him. "He did tell me . somthing else, though,” continued the plain-clothes man. “He told me that you, and him had quarreled. That you flew into a rage and threatened to kill him. How about it?”’ “We settled all that,” said Mur­ dock desperately. “It’s all fixed up. If — if Sam was here he would tell you so himself.” McGinnis sighed. “I thought sure he would be here,” he said. “He told me to come up to the office today and he’d buy two tickets for the Po­ lice Charity Ball. I don’t suppose you’d buy them, would you, Mur­ dock?” . ' Murdock’s eyes returned to the clock. Quarter to four — and‘fifteen more endless minutes before that fateful.car would be on its way and he could breathe easier. He thought quickly. He would have bought the tickets gladly to get rid of the de­ tective, but to do so would arouse suspicion, character of tightwad established in previous attempts “No, I harshly. Nobody ever helped me. Why should I be a sap?” “I think you’re making a mistake,” said McGinnis. "Charity is, a great thing. Sam always contributed. Char­ ity — what’s the matter?” McGinnis had his back to the door. Murdock faced it. Murdock’s eyes were terrible to see. For someone was at the door. And on the frosted glass was a shadow — the shadow which he feared, the shadow of a man in uniform who knocked impa­ tiently. The room reeled dizzily ar­ ound Murdock. The car had not been pulled out. Somebody had discover­ ed what it contained and the police were coming for him. “All right, I quit,” he shrieked, “I killed him. But you’ll never burn me for it.” His hand flew to a drawer, came up with a revolver. And McGinnis reached across the desk and neatly knocked him out with a right hook to the jaw. Then the detective went to the door and flung it open. The Salvation Army man stood there, a stack of papers under his arm —uniform jacket, brass buttons on his collar and his military cap. “Is Mr. Banwood here?” he asked hesitantly. “I thought perhaps -— he usually buys some of our literature .... J9 “Banwood ain’t here," said the de­ tective. “And Murdock won’t be wanting any. fie don’t believe in charity.” He must maintain the unsuccessful ticket-selling by McGinnis. don’t want them," he said "Don’t believe in charity. snow as you walk. The icy air cuts down in your lungs . , a'nd the smoke from your pipe leaves trailing rings after you in the still air of the morning. The minute you open the stables tloor, a cloud of steam rolls out in your face. Nature doomed me to wear glasses and consequently the first five minutes that I spend in the stable is composed mainly of trying to clean my glasses off. Uncle Peter is havin a great time because of the cold weather this year, He has brought to light some of the most fantastic’ stories of the times when as a young man he spent sev­ eral winters in British Columbia log­ ging camps, That was the year of the cold snap in B, C., and according to (Jncle Peter it was really cold. “We were sawing one day in the bush, and the cold made the saws so brittle that they snapped,” says Un­ cle Peter, “and by the time we got back to camp it was so cold that your breath would freeze and you’d have to break chunks of iqe from your lips. That night in the camp,’ we were, blowing our breath out through the keyhole and seeing who could have the longest spear of ice. Big Black Jack Barnes had his out for ten feet. Just the size of the keyhole, and then it spread out into a ball on the end when his breath started td spread. They asked me,, as I had good wind, if I would try it. I did and I made a spear of ice fifteen feet long, by blowing out through that, keyhole.” It has been mighty cold here this year. It seems a shame jto me that there, are so few occasions for team­ ing any more. Something that any farmer enjoyed was to bundle up with a coon skirt coat and cap, and with a warm pair of snow packs on his feet . . . and then set out with a load of logs for the mill.. If it had snowed on the night be­ fore and there was just a track or two through the snowj it was a sight that delighted the artist in any man. There was a merry jing-jong of sleigh-bells ; . . the creak of frost on the sleight runners . . . and the sigh­ ing of the tree branches with their load of heavy snow. Now and again on the still morn­ ing air, you could hear a man calling . , . and now and again off on the ridge behind the Concession the sound of a dog baying. There is a symphony of sounds in the morning that seem to blend all together in the finest music you ever could hear. Now and again when you felt that you were on the verge of getting cold you slipped tdown from the side of the load and walked along the side, to restore circulation. It wasn’t long before you were warmed up and slipping back up to your perch on the horse blanket, you filled up your pipe . . . lit it and continued on your” way. Daylight was filtering into a grey sky . . . and as you came near town there was a string of teams all head­ ed for the same place. Cheery greet- Serving Sectioned Apples ggjji K■J® iW> ft wSSsM’g:;:;::’ By- BETTY Apples can now be cored and sliced by a single motion, through a new stainless steel kitchen uten­ sil. Serving these sectioned apples to- guests adds a thoughtful (and novel) touch to the apples-and- popcorn evening at home. To give a very festive air, ■ a tray of sec­ tioned red-skinned apples can be arranged, flanked by wedges of cheese, popcorn or popcorn balls, salt wafers, or nuts. Just a tip: eprinkling lemon juice on the cut apples will prevent discoloration. Of primary importance, of course, is the convenience of the slicer “gadget" for everyday usage, as it expedites the preparation of apples for sauqe, pies, and all recipes calling for apples. This utensil Is available through leading grocery stores, who offer it for a very nominal sum with pur­ chases of certain outstanding brands of Pacific Northwest apples. Women who already have slicers are getting them for friends as gifts. Many recipes utilize the slicer-cut apples (cut in eighths) without BARCLAY further slicing. A couple suefif recipes follow: Apple-Carrot Casserole Cook carrots, that have been sliced once lengthwise, until nearly done. Remove wat;er and place# with slicer-cut apples in a butterecL casserole. Sprinkle about a table-- spoon of brown sugar over the top; dot with butter. Bake in moderate.' oven until apples are tender anti­ sugar has melted through. Apple-Oatmeal Breakfast Dish. Cook slicer-cut apples in syrup" made by boiling one cup sugar with, one and one-half cup water for five • minutes. Drain, and mix apples.. into hot cooked oatmeal- Serve; with cream and sugar. Fried Sausages and Apples Fry sausages slightly. Add slicer-- cut apples and fry a few minutes, until brown and tender. Remove sausages, and add one heaping tablespoon of brown sugar for each, apple used. Baste apples with syrup formed in pan, and serve; with sausages. ings were' exchanged, and soon you came within sight of the mill. Your trip in the still morning air was over '. . . and somehow in spite of the chill air you regretted it. . There isn’t much opportunity any more for trips like that. Nowadays, the.,,.majority of logs are cut in the Summer- and trucked by trucks . . . and then too, with bushes cut down as in their, present state, there never is.many logs to take. GEMS FRQM LIFE’S SCRAP-BOOK • ’.... ' VIRTUE "Virtue 1s health, vice is sickness.’’ -Petrarch. “Experience should be the school of virtue, and human happiness^ should proceed from man’s highest: nature^!—Mary Baker Eddy.* * * “Virtue is like health, the^harmonjy of the whole man.*’—Carlyle. * * * “Virtue is not left to stand aloncu He who practises it,.will have neigh­ bours.’’—Confucius.* * ♦ “Virtue is everywhere the same, be­ cause it comes from God, while ev­ erything else is of men.”—Voltairs. ♦ * * "It is not enough merely to possess' virtue as if it were an art, it should* be practised.—Cicero. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS PLANNING SCHEDULE OF OCEAN HOPS t '' * * ' J Within the space of 48 hours letters 3Ww<sen Lotidon and Vancouver will Vhidr destination when, Imper- begin regular jjjL.by jMay. Loiig'■ '*?■ KAMP’S .scoffed at as an ‘optimist’s dream, a schedule of two-way weekly and sub­ sequently twice-weekly flights will become a reality this summer. One of the machine to fly the mail over the ocean will be the upper ship of the composite Mayo aircraft which will be “boosted” from the airport by its mother ship. The two compoticnts are shown (UPPER) after separating and (LOWER) locked together. > PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS i3y Harry J. Boyle "ZERO WEATHER’* It was down below zero here yes­ terday, and we had to break the ice over the spring when the cattle were let out to water in the morning.. It’s a grand sensation to go out its early mottling before daylight, on your way to, the stable to do chores. The frost is in th$ air . . . you can actually feel it on your face » ... your.shoes cttinoji'ln fhe hard the th<J Business and Professionlai Directory Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. J Risks taken on all classes .of insur- 1 ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. ABNER COSENS, Agept. .Wingham. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Located at the_ Office of the Late Dr. H. W. Colbome. Office Phone 54. HARRY FRYFOGLE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service. Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J. I j: ii DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. J. W. B.USHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. . Money to Loan. Office — Meyer Block, Wingham THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 281, Wingham. , I 1 II Dr. Robt. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.CZP. (London) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON fl J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister. Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bonds, Investments & Mortgages Wingham .. Ontario Consistent Advertising in The Advance-Times Gets Results h <7 J DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19. * I R. S. HETHERINGTON BARRISTER* and SOLICITOR Office —Morton Block* Telephone No. 66. X ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC « DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment Phone 191. Wingham W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D* Physician and Surgeon Located «t the nftice <t»f the late Df. J. r. Kennedy* PhonelM, . > Wingham F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Oisfeasei Treated. Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre St - Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Rhone 272. Hours, I «.m. to 8 pjn. . A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC and ELECTROTHERAPY NorthStreet Wingham TelephopeSH. 7 h. fl i? 7