The Exeter Times, 1922-3-30, Page 2EveryTti For
By HOPKINS 11100R1-101.1SE
(conyoght by mas4tla Company)
CHAPTER XIX.--(Cent'd..) I
caution -leg silence, MeCorquadsiel
§Wililta' the nose of the canoe abruptly!
towards the yight 'bank and they slid;
noiseles,sly 'ixito the d:eeper shadows,1
v,her e the deteetive caught hold of an.
Overhangiraa' branch and held the,'
eanoe stationar.y. Pre-sently Phil was
able to recognize the fantiliar words:
of an old voyageur chantey, a paddling;
sang al the French-Canadian river-'
len:
"En roulatits ma, bottle, roulant;
En roulant, ma bo -u -le,"
With paddles swinging in Unison to
the rhythm thine our men in a large
tndllari canoe, speeding with ethe cur-
rent down the centre of Indian creek.
Peering from their conOettlinent, Ken-
drick and, the detective could discern
the blacker outlines of the craft" and
its occupants as it sped forth from
the gloom of the forest into the ,starlit
area of the tiny lake. The great canoe
was low in the water; :tor heaped in
the centre of it was -what was evident-
ly a pile of freight, with two men in
front and two behind. The steersman
swung the -prow around and on they
went uP rale Wolverine without a pause
in the sweep of the paddles or the
swing of the song:
"Ronal roulant, ma boule, roulahtt
En . roulant, ma bottle, rot -dant,
En roulant, ma
•
"French half-breeds," guessed Ken-
drick when the singing modulated in
distanee, "and they're heading for the
lumber camp. What do you make of
that?'
"Looks like this 'Red' party them
guys was talkin' about last night had,
hit camp. ril lay even money them
camp.
has been down to the station fer
another shipment o' booze," asserted
BlcCorquadale. "We gotta do some
claret:al gumeshoein', old man. Them
birds is feelin' their oats."
From the junction of tne two
streams it was only a matter of four
or five miles to the foot of the rapids,
And after a while they could'bear the
distant roar of the water. Paddling
_eh!)
refuge in a hollow Where nI11CII ree: eanght Podinoto with that bogus 1
hid them ceinpletelsa From belfncl money, On . "Pliat's what he
this shelter they peered forth. upon a Means.' •
strange scejte, I !"1-11:e re' s ell:3 tit ey' r
In front of the bunk 'house, ceolc hringin' out naw," whiap, enid Metlor-,
shanty, stales, scaier's shanty arid clued:ale, peinting to a second prisoner!
other low- lag buildings that once had who was being hustled out to witness'
been lumber -camp, was :in open the performanee, His hands were tied;
epace, about two acres in extent, light- bellied his back e.nd the man who had '
vaned into the waiting Merl
t the pOiSt, to Which, he wets banast
qnickty Train Teets Waist. The fire11ht „played itpoit.","the. prisoner's dis-
torten features an ho begged them to
let him. go. fIls PlahAQint2O3 were greet-
ed with shouts of lattgliter.
Kondrick Clutched MeCorquodale's
arm in sadden excitement,
l'fBy the eternal, it's, ITughett Pod-
more he gasped in disbelief. "They've
don't s-ou tintlenitand? The flleal•
be eaten, alive!"
AleCorquocial i 1 hie profanity
e, ears et
Pretty close to the surface at all tittles,
" ":1)1otalthriTl",:lls-SPorrit-cieg lgnfoliv't thhea t dif,t,1:11:hgeedd
Kendrick off his feet sounded the
depths of tinxicity and fonnied a lurid
lpreface to angry argument. Had Keil-
; drick forgetten Stilea'? They co'alli14
'
hope es ttioless'afivers tboatiti, 1"es:so, nceorlsi :, t to roglepe..
izea seareh-party for Pact -more after
-
d
"The -wholo el -lash -I" off in a
minute an' that's th chanst we gotta
lay for. Don't go 'n' spoil everythin'
just -as its amnia' our -way. For the
love acia',1?saitaeA4LIF,i,tatif moss in your
ed up like day by a bonfire at eaciil llint che-rge 'shoved hhn rotiglay to
e.ncl. In the centre, adong,side a stump, a sitbing p.os-ture and, pointed towards
his figure boldly revealed by the fire- ,,the post.
lfght etood. A man with dishevelled 1 Kendrick's face was tense as he
hair and a stubby .growth ott blackWatched. His oyes smouldered with
whiskers.' He wore the corduroys and, cold fire.
Strath,00na boots of a shantyrnan;
about his waist was 0 bright red scarf. CHAPTER XX.
Inverted upon the stump Was an thipty ,
wooden box ;andan each hand he out- A Alan of Meney.
'.
shed an empty whisky bottle.
Mcffavor, the leader of the crew, was
Seated wen the ground, m a aenain holding out the envelope taken from
the stump an sasing something to
circle were nine cf the roughest look -
the first prisoner. They could not
ing men Phil ever had seen, each with
catch the words at that distance. Pode
a piece of broken pine box across his
more shook his head and renewed his
knees and a whisky bottle -or a short
pleadings. The only response to these
stick in either hand. Some of them
was an oath end a cruel blow on the I
were undoubtedly half-breeds, swarthy
mouth from the enraged ruffian, who -
k t some bore
the scare of knife wounds on
of skin and very un eruP 3 • , now issued a sharp command
faeesehriff,,rhfr of the cities mixed, T7°,nodn
f in trice
icesPhraltdues'ifartiptpheedphriiiisi-1
with the off-scourings of railway and one a
lumber camps. The whole motley to the skin from the waist up. They
tore his shirt to ribbons. A jerk of
crew were in various stages of drunk-
.
'Maness 'and. it Was evident that the McIvoi's hand 'h-rought a third man
•
whtskya s s,
t, ;sing- on the run, carrsPing a tin can. He
-tad son • las
were'
began to smear the contents over the
ing appealed to them as about thefun-
niest and most musical thiag they ever .back,and chest and arms of the shriek-
' 1 t • 1 to out •
h d d f each man lec
a enjoye , e rocked. with druilten laughter Red Mc
-
do his neighbor in the vim which he Ivor paned bill after aim from the roll
put into his efforts. The lea,der by th.e
0,f stage money in his hand and pies -
stump had cul•sed them into realization
toped them to the prisoner's naked
of the grave importance of pounding b a .b.i , .
and aftex; much practice had got them an,' greenbackls,„ nunnakaP the
cum
into some semblance of accord. ';
'Now fer the last titne, fellers! ' he
aeits.erecitiildvreick's eyes were ablaze. He
, "Hear that feller yell!"
shouted, aim& away they w ant: whipped out his revolver, his teeth
'Tar a feath 7 esounciing stal3ds't •
the acc!ompaninient in pro;
Kendrick had himself ir. hand again
immediately. In an open fight with
that gang J;WO Mon hadn't a ghost 0
a show. As it their situation
was destgeeraite extou411. The best that
could be done for Podmore -was to let
things take their course for the mo-
inent. Later --
The detective's predict:ion was benig•
fulfilled ralpidly. Tbe Last bill had been
stuck in place and the drunken gang
had staggered to their feet, jeering
and laughing at the grotesque appear-
ance of their victim, They formed in.
two lines with 'sticks, in their hands
in Preparation for -the moment when
the prisoner would be released and
forced to run the gauntlet of their
blows in his flight to the woods.
(To, be continued.)
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"Rum fer Injuns when they come! oienched.
Rum fer the beggars when they go! "McCorquodele, wecan't sit here
That's the -trick, my grizzled lads, and see him killed in front of our
eyea. This thing's gone far 'enaugh.
To catch the cash and snare the foe!"
I'm going out there " But the
Rat:ha-tack:a taek-tack . • tack -tack! detective grabbed him and -with An
RACK-tackety-taek-tack . tack- oath dragged him back.
tack! "Y' gone clean nutty ?"'h;e protested
cautiously now arid keeping well with-
in the deeper shadowcs close to shore, "This ain't goin" to be no cinch, 'bo,"
. they 'finally reached the spot where came McCorquadale's seriou.s whisper
the tote road debauched on the river in Kendasick's ear. "This mob's eome
and without mishap disembarked and in durin' the afternoon. We better get
hauled the canoe out of sight into the . back an' pick up a gang o' our own
bushes. In following the lumber trail 1—some o them glidtteaS _lawn the rail -
there was the danger that they -might
meet some of the men from the camp;
but after a whispered colloquy they
decided it was a risk which had to be
run. Since the -old tote road had re-
ceived its last "swamping out" it had
accumulated etiougn underbrush, sap-
ling's and fallen limbs in spots to af- the hole, tramping the earth about 11
ford ernergeacy concealment of a sort. ifirmaY• The individual who acted as
road. Then we can clean this bunch
up in proper shape!'
'Wait," muttered Kendrick. "What
are they doing new?"
One of the men as digging a bole
.while two ethers picked up a small
log ;which they piesently up -ended in
They- had gone but a short di.stance omaster of ceremonies gazed expect -
into the woods, however, before both laxity towards the bunk house -where
of them stoppeol abruptly andi listened la heavily built man with sandy hair
to a strange sound which carried to land whiskers had pat in an appear -
them eerily in the quiet night with ance and was waving his hand.
all the rnYsillery of the unaccountable. 1 "There's Red and Weiler!"
It was like th;e beat of a distant drum,' Keep quiet. commanded Phil,
a hollow tattoo that came an•d, went Corduroys
an -d was addressing the boisterous
crowd. Apparently he was looked
upon as something at a wag, for he
was interrupted frequently by laugh-
ter. His voice carried distinctly.
"Gents an' fel—ler citizens," be be-
gan, striking an oratorical attitude,
at . regular intervals:
R uninia-tummagbum- bum...tum-
tum!
RUM-tummaty-bum-tum . . tum -
turn!
"What is that ?"' said Kendrick in a "we now comes to the next nurn—ber
IOW voice. on the program, the whith is cost -in'
"It's a new one on me," muttered a lot o' cold, coin. Fif—ty thous—and
Mc'Carclul'ad'al'a in an awed- tone. dollars, gents, is what it costs to have
"Sound's like an Indian drum. Lis- the Perfessor put on his little stunt.
ten. There it is again." Ftf—ty thous—and do -Bars! We calls
-
As they ,advance -d the intermittent it ,The Denhie_Geees an' the Get_
drumming inereased in volume., Away., The Perfessor has double -
presently above the trees they coul•d crossed our friend an' worthy leader,
see a glow in the, sky. The Deflection Red McIv-or, an' refuses to say where
of what seemed to he a huge bonfire he has buried• the hidden treasure. In -
grew so strong' that they left the lo•g- stead of fifty thousand good- bucks, he
• " ging trail for fear of discovery an•d -hands over a wad o' phoney bills. In-
sto-le csnliouslY forward 'through the stead o' fifty thou-eau:1 genooine plunks
wc`ack.5, we will now perceed to have fifty thou-
sand dollars' worth o' fun --the Per-
Rappa-tappa-tap-tap . . . tap -tap!
RAp_te,peeteat_aiestap . , . tapetaen feesor's treat, gents. He will now de -
A medley of many voices rosein a
.i'veirci chant which strutelt across the
riight like the wail of some stricken
victim of the loinp garou. It fell -away
eloruptly and the drumming noise re -
Turning sharply to the right to get
well away -from the tote road'. Ken-
drielt 9nclhis companion crept at last
to the edge of the clearing ancl took
monstrate kb get -away. He is, an
insect an' to the insects he goes from
here. He has stung ua an' it is now
hie turn to git stung. I have grea—at
pleasure in can' upon the Perfessor."
As her finished s -peaking there issued
from the log shanty a struggling
grordp. Dragging between them in
no gentle fashion a kicking, scream-
ing prisoner, came Red McIvor and
the German. They kicked him for-
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You sturdy oak whose branches wide
Boldly the storms and winds defy,
Not long ago, an acorn small
Lav dormant 'Death a summer sky.
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ouse
Choice Color Combinations.
When decorating a room the furni-
ture an,ci rugs should be, used as a
nuclens, as these are very seldom
cihanged. Of course, if the furniture
is odd ana toarcred ansi is aol to be
,refinished it would be best to use
darker shades, otherwise ali the de-
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shown up.
But it is net necessary to have an:y
scratched and rnarred furniture when
there are so many products on the
market to -day which can be bought at
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and 'attractive
A coat of stain with a couple of
coats of varnish, after 'the old finish
has been removed, will do wonders to
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with a dainty design stendiled on a
bedroom suite will make it a thing of
beauty. 'What could be prettier than
a :bedroom set stainesi walnut, a light
gray wall far a background, with pink
drapes, white curtains, old rose a.nd
White raga-11gs with a little tenth of
very pale blue here and there; or a
bedro,oan suite stained oak with c -ream
or ivory background, with either blue
and yello-w 'cretonne overchapes or
brown and cream drapes•, ivory cur-
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Of course, in combining the two or.
more colors, the shades should also
be taken into consideration. For in-
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very pretty and one will offset the
other, but if the ;sh.ades are dark they
will clash. Gray is a neutral color and;
almost any color will harmonize wibh
it with the exception of' brown or tan.
Because Of the handsome curtain, ma-
terials, as well as uph:ol.stery now ob-
tainable, it is far better to have plain
wall tones.
Iow J Made 'Window 'Drapes.
We moved into a different house
,
and as is usually the case, 'none of
xny curtains fitted the windows. Half
of them were too long 'anti the other
hall too short, .We were not sure bow
Jong we would be in this souse, so I
planned to speind only a small sum
in fixing ap the curtains. I hung a
-curtain :up at one of the long wincloW's
and found it lacked 12 inches of touch-
ing the sill. 1 decrided to have a cre-
tonne, valance across the top, thus
making the window appear • shorter,
But I emitted side drapes, Stinee they
wauld sm;alce additional vertical lines
which 'always add; height. An 18 -inch
valance looked very well, as fax as
spacing was concerned. So it was
d'ecided about the Valance, and up
underneath where nobody could see,
the curtains were pieced with some
old material had on hancl,
The winclaw's in the liwing rood
were Short, and 1 did hate to cut my
curbahrs, I decided that by using
ainancee here, 1 confld, Told the curtain
over behind and save cutting, The
valances add width to the window, just
as when a stout woman wears a plaid
dress. But really they are very good
looking, in spitestuf athe fact that I
violated the principles of good design.
Perhaps I shall add side. drapes later,
The material I selected was is heavy
cretonne in rose'g,treen, blue and
brown. The colors are lovely and
blend together into an indistinct all-
over design. There are three scallops
on eacfh valance, and the'y are finished
with a narrow blue fringe. ,Later I am
planning to useethern for a bedroom,
whea we can afford pretty silk hang-
ings for the living room.
The material was 36 inches wide; s,o
it was the right width for the Valances
when split. I did not split it, of course,
but fitted the pattern on the material
so that between the scallops were
large pieces of material. The window
seat . was 18 inches wide, so that a
pad was made for it to match. Then
matte a charming cretonne covered
waste basket, by pasting the material
and -trimming flataon to a paste board
sugar bucket from the grocery. There
are some plain blue cushions with
touches of floweresi ctetoarne, and a
lamp shade to match. And just think
how, pretty they will be in the guest
room, when we move to the next house,
and fix the 'curtains all over again!
Seasoning's Are Important.
Economy and frugalilty is the watch-
word of the French housewife, and this
AMES
Lots of fertile
eggs. Healthy
chicks. Every
bird kept in
vigorous healthy,'
profitable con-
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tine's tonic,
ineeme save for tine future,*UtiliM 'the
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Fue:f in -Europe is quite expensive,
so the housewife must economize in
the amount she tiges. Yet under these
conditions you will not find tau> Euro-
pean hausewife serving faied mea,ts or
quieltly coeked foods. Long, slow;
king requires' very' little fuel; and
'hi the provinces you Will find cooking
doiwith Wood or charcoalloPhe.toWns'
or eities" gas' And eleetrie 4 norrent wire'
also used. Casseroles, maraud toe anti
rameitine are popular utensils for
cookinig because these earthen- dishes
hold the heat and ceok the :toed slowlY,
andl because they also may be sent to
flratable and 'the food aerved [ram
The European housewife must have
her little pots of growing herbs in the
kitchen ,window. These plantsshe
de
tenwith loving ,hands, and 'frerfl
them she o!btaing the 'delicious garnish-
es and flavoring of the food. She also
has several little jars of blended
flavoring's, which are sent to the table
with the various dishes. An emince
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or Pot ' oast, conveias a plain dish into
a dish fit for an epicure. Or, perhaps,
the contents of these savory jars are
called upon to add flavor to some
Iheefitaoevicyrsa.egetable or entree made from
How the flavorings are 'Made. --
Place in a ,srnitil bawl three table-
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,Pepper, one teaspoon of paprika, one
teaspoon of thyme, 'one clove of garlic,
one-half cup of chopped onion, one-
half cup of chapped green tips of
celery. Rub beEween the fingers to
blend and shore in one-half pint fruit
jar.
Thereis no greater stimulus to high
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It is true in Canada that East le
East and West is 1,11'est, and thatein
good many respects an imaginary litio
divides the older tand more conserva-
tive !Eastern Provinces from that new,
er attn.( more energetic Western lerritt
tory. Whilst instigated by a common
:loyalty to the Dominion and mutually
striving for the same national ends,
there exists a subtle difference in their
modes of action and in the opinioa as
to the most effective mia,nnea: of attain-.
ing the objects both are working for.
Arid so each moves forward in its own
method of progressien.
West of the Great Lakes the various
provinces in most matters have a feel-
ing of constituting in intost reepeeta
one territory, united in the manner of
their compasition, populated by a pee.
pier with a common lot, moved by th•a
same ideas, actuated by the seine mo-
tives anal inrpalses because their cir-
Cumstairces are similar. POT Ulla rea•
son, ,and because 6 till being in the
inoulding process they are niere,plas-
tic, and find it lasts difficult to ,cce•
operate in matters affecting the good
of their -own territories and the entire
eountry,
An example of this has been the
standardization of elementary educe -
thou throughout the West. Education
in Canada is a matter of provincial
jurisdiction and the' various provinces
on entering Confederation formulated
their own systems and established
their own policies'. Each of the Westa:.
ern Provinces, in its own way, moved
along what it considered the most pro.,
gressive lines and, beset by the many
and problenaS inevitable to
a state of evolution and development,
ostablished systems which ina.de West-
ern C'anatlian education second to
nc,•ne on earth,
Education Now Standardized.
These systems in the defferent pro-
vince,s, whilst eimiltar in most aepects,
differed sufficiently in important de-
tails to preclude and extensive inter-
change or ca -operation. Teachers
qualified in one province could not
readily move into another but were
under the necessity of taking the pro-
vincial examination before practicing
their profession. The children of set -
tiers moving froni one part of the
West to another found it somewhat of
a thandioap to adopt new methods and
fresh textbooks.
As a result of a series of educaTion- '
al conferences bet -ween the Depart-.
ments of the four Western Provinces of
Manitoba, Sas•katchwan, Alberta and
British Columbia, elementary- educa-
tion is new largely standtard iz ed
throughout this territory, and as far
as teachers, children and their parents
are concerned, that vast area west of
the Great Lakes to the Pacific- con-
stitutes. one educational province. In
the different provinces the require-
ments for entry to Normal School
have been made the statue a,nd the train-
ing given in thetse establishments is
Largely standardized. The qualificae
tons of the•teachers are very similar
and consequently their certificates
h.ave been adjudged of equal value, so
that teachers may move with facility
from one province to another. Fur-
thermore, there is a certain uniformity
in text books which is yearly being
widened to embrace a wider compass.
, Nothing has been spared in 'West-
ern Canada to give the child, particu-
larly the boy an•d g -,1r1 of the farm., the
utmost education can offer, and it is
the proud boast of this territory that
not only are the elementary facilities
within ;the reach of every child but a
university education within his grasp,
The We,stern' Canadian provinces, in
reoognizing they have a eammon work
to perform, have united for the
achievement of inany objects, and in
the stand0rdization of educational
ideals have seized a propitious time
to band themselves together for a pur-
pose the enormous benefit of which •
only the future will fully reveal.
Monarch of the Air Me4,sured
Seven Feet.
Last summer a monster eag I e of the
bald-headed specide- haunted the
vicinity of Petawawa Military Camp,
anal more thaw, once disputed posses-
sion of tha air With the various airmen
visiting- the camp, with such effeci-
that they- were • several times compel-
led to land to prevent a collision with
Baldy.
Now in pathetic majesty it occupies
the window of Gravelle's barber shop
in Feinbroke, having been stuffed by
the local, taxidermist, Dr, Bellaire., It
was caught up on Deep River, an,
per reach of the Ottawa River, 'P.I.SC
above Petawawa, by a French-Cana-
dian named Lamarche, who stated
that the bird was suffering from a
poison bait, and, being in a dazed COW
ati,011, Was very easy to catch,
It niea.sures seven feet from tip to
tip of its WingS,
The • Gordian kilo talces its nava
froth Gordiurn, ,aa ancient eity of AZIA
Milattr, where Alexturide? the Crroelc
eatai lchot fitsitening‘ the pole to thin
poke af Gorclius, King of Phrygia- T!)
but the knot means 90 evade a difft-
cabby, and be get out oif:* in a ibunt-
marry manner, .„„