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ERNEST W. HUNTER
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THE 1WcKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
OFFICERS— President W. R.
Archibald, Seaforth, -Vice-President
Frank McGregor, Clinton Manager
Seey-Treas. M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
DIRECTORS— W. R. Archibald,
Seaforth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; trinity—how that had been drum-„
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris You' paean her spying activi-;low, Feigns Loiter,. Tell me why
Leonhardt Bornholm D. J. Trewar- mad into him during his Heidelberg 'ties?” you are afraid of hint. If you don't
the, Clinton; John L. Malone, Seaforth University days..What attention to, "Yes„ )tell' me I shall set myself to find
detail the Germans had, and in what
Ales. McEwing, Blyth; Hugh Alexan- +< out."
der, Walton; George Leitch, Clinton. good stead it had stood them, Look . How can the poor girl help her-'
at them now, for instance; he glanced self : asked Dr. Warner pityingly. "1 am not afraid o£ him," Odette's
AGENTS- John t . Pepper, Bruce- across the room at the Daily Tele- "Her fear for her brother is enough large; blue eyes were hollow with
field; R. F. MoKercher, Dublin; J. F. graph map pinned neatly on the wall. to make her do anything, and mob- fear.
Prueter, Brodbagen; George A, Watt, Ah, the boy was staring at it. Not ably her 'whole , soul loathes the job "Don't lie to me; it's so silly and
Blyth. only staring, he was tiptoeing across she has undertaken." so useless," said John calmly. "Tell
the room to look at it more closely. "Yes, I'm sure it does." me the truth quickly while there's
Parties desiring to effect' incur -Awful, `isn't it?" •Fergus spoke "Well,then—" time before he arrives. Dear me,
dude or transact other business will easily."They've overrun the whole "It makes Inc Peal a cad"- said there isn't time because here he
be protegee attended to on applies- y
tion to any of: the above officers ad- continent, blast their eyes." John gtatetly, "to use this house as is." John slid round a little on the.
dressed to their respective post off:
ccs. Losses inspected by the director. "Yes, sir. 1 saw' the map when I a sort of jumping-off point for any'polished. counter, surveying the
.
came to unpack for you.: I taw it underground activities. Men like door:
' first thing," Leiter. ,stick at nothing. Ile intends enatee'
"Did you? Yes, I always carry it to get his information across to A'Hello, Pm ;sorry I'•m not ready.
round in the car withme, drawing Planes flying' to South Wales. The 'r shan't be long." Odette's eyes
pins and all. Yes; it's an awful Germans are not tender in. their were very wide open,
thing." Fergus, lighting a cigarette. methods to defaulters. Well, there: "We meet again," said; John.
might even be murder," sant ,lohe ,
simply,
"In which case I should be use-
ful," said Dr. Warner whimsically.
"<.•
by
IF extending our hospitality to
you and Miss Hannan we can help
you, I fete that we ought to be proud
to s sa do so. That i toif Miss
Y,
Hannan is not acting treacherously.
PIPE • TOBACCO come here."
If she is, of course, she mustn't
Daringthepasture season, bur- � "Yes, that's the point," said 'John,
IPS a icor
docks and plants of•a similar nature �• "In having her here I should have
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should be removed from sheep pas- pipe SfA'iS)✓�@'f S two motives. One to keep her sale womanYon are coming ming out with
tures: Ties will help in some measure ' tobacco from harm; the other to catch her an this evening.' Don't you re-
to prevent reject wool. out. She would come here pre member?"
CHAPTER X
Mts. Manvers -Pollock, a guest at
Pole Star House, off the coast Of
England, believes that signaling is
going on at the hotel. She tells John
Wynter, 'a government agent who has
come from London to check up; on this
and' he notes a tiny winking signal in
the darkness, He nabs the signaler,
AlfredCuunnins who`•proves innocent
enough: Cummins later. informs Wyn-
ter that "that man" is at the hotel,
and has taiten• a room overlooking the
sea. Wynter details Cummins to
watch the than and report on every, -
thing 11e•,does
by Pamela Wynne
"l oesn't it make you sick; to thine
of that little bru,te dominating all
those millions of . helpless people?
Horrible."
"Yes, sir."
"You d•dn't seem to think so,"
said Fergus with a smile.,.
"Oh, yes, I do sir," said Alfred,
suddenly swinging round his honest
eyes very wide •open."But there's
another side to it, sir, and you be-
, ing .a gentleman won't.-tirisunder-
stand me. But that Hitler, he is' at
• least a man! Pitney ,having a man
like that to look up to and follow.
tef we bad a man like Hitler . , ."
Alfred stopped. speaking'. "1;• .
"Before God, sir," said Alfred,
his eyes wide and strained.
"Yes, 1 think I can trust you all
right." John was silent for a second
or two. "Make him think' that
you're 'one of his lot. 'Heil Hitler':
Say it under your breath when you're
fiddling round 'his room, so that you
can turn it off into a joke if neces-
sary. If you can bring him to book,.
Alfred, you're a made man:' •
"sire, •
"And now you• must get back,"
said John briefly. "And don't forget
this. Alfred"—as he stood there
John put a hand on the boy's shoul-
der—"you're embarking on a dan-
gerous and difficult job. Mr. Leiter is
nothing more than a common crimin-
al. I'll explain as much- as I can to
Mrs. Maturin. Good luck, my boy."
"Thank you, sir," and Alfred had
gone.
The manager of the Point Hotel
spoke respectfully to Fergus Leiter.
"Yes, he's a good boy, sir, is
Alfred. Very handy with his fingers
and as 'honest as the day. He asked
me if he might unpack :for you:
"Well, thanks very much. I-II
remember," said Fergus pleasantly.
"Oh, about the phone in my room,
how does it work? Is it on the main
or . do I connect up through the
hotel?".
"The hall porter does it, sir."
"Does he, blast him." Bet Fergus
did not say the words aloud. The
thing was to have one's mind abso-
lutely clear and •not make a false
move. Thursday, the fifteenth was
to •be the day of the big raid oti
Swansea. Before then he would have
everything tapped, and : he might
even know a little more in which.
direction the boy Alfred's sympathies
lay.
"1 could die for him, sir," . said
Alfred earnestly. "Oh, I know I
ought not to speak to you like this,
but you won't holdit against me, 1
know."
"No, I'm interested., I like to hear
a young man like you speak your
Mind. It won't go any further, I can
promise you that."
"We're so slow," cried Alfred.
"Look at us here, for instance, half
asleep we are. There's only one oe
us that seems to me to be a bit
awake." And' then Alfred stopped
dead: Had he gone too far. His
queer intuitive bivain waited for its'
reaction. No, he was all right. He
stood with eyes east down.
"Who's, wide awake down here?"
'Fergus was laugbing. ,Nice hearty
laughter, useful for encouraging
confidences.
"Well, it's like this, sir."- Alfred
name pricking his way across the
carpet. "It's this, sir. There's a
young Iady here, sir. I won't say
her name, better not. But I've a
feeling that she's in Hitler's pay,
sire
"'What!" And now Fergus really
was excited. Because if this youth
"Go one" he said.
' "I've no reason for thinking so,
sir, except 'that it takes me here,'
said Alfred, pressing his hand to his
white coat' pocket. "And sometimes
it's all I can do not to say to her,
,'Let me help you miss, let me help
you.' And then it comes over ane all
shame -like: 'Alfred; you're a traitor
to your country'."'
pared to act treacherously, I am
fairly certain of that,"
"1 see." Dr. Warner pondered.
"How soon would you be able to
catch her out?"
"Inmtedia'tely," said John.
"All right 'then." Dr. Warner
smiled. '7 shall not tell Mrs. Ma -
Ulm, but I know that she would be
content for me to decide for her,"
""Thatilcs very much." And as
John stood and -stared out on to the
darkening horizon he prayed ,that
it would not be long. The nextday
rhe kept to the hoose. He had an
enoemous amount of writing to do—
repents to be sent in. So he did
not slide into the curb outside•
Odette's shop until nearly six, The
shop was empty. Leiter had been
there; there was no need even to
begin to question the fact, •
"You look tired." John set his
hat down on the counter and nar-
rowed his eyes.
"Who wouldn't, after a day in e
shop like this?"
"What time do you close?"
"Soon. But I'm sorry I can't ask
yob, to stay because I've got some
accounts to do."
"Accounts? I'm excellent at ac-
counts. I can disentangle all the
difficulties in the same time that
our old friend Jack Robinson could
have done them."
"Sorry, but I don't want you here
tonight."
"Don't be s goose." John smiled.
"At what time exactly are you ex-
pecting that nasty piece of work
from the Point Hotel?"
"Who are you referring to?"
"Who do you think?" John sat
sideways on the counter and twitched
at a silk tie. "I will give you three
guesses," he said.
"Please go away and leave me
alone." Odette's trembling hands
were pusy 'with heap's of silk stock-
ings. He leaned, :forward and took
them' in ltis.
\"Don't" Her panic gaze leaped
to the glass door. If only the brute
would arrive and see them like this
it might save quite a lot of time,
John . reflected. He slipped his fin-
gers to her wrist, holding it fast.
"Why have you suddenly ceased to
like me?"
'"'
"I see. Enough for the moment, • ',you take too mirth for granted.
thought Fergus suddenly. Better not Let tttt go"
to go further than this till he was "Well, have it your own way."
more certain, IIIe released her. "What time shall
Fergus Leiter got up and walked At Pole Star House, John Wynter I fetch you this, evening? Or, no,
to the"window. About three utiles stood at his bedroom window star- II have a better idea Twill wait
out to sea those planes. would pass ing out to sea. He wanted to get his
here --it saves petrol,"
on their way to Swansea. No shut-, bearings properly before the black; "I_ have already told you that I
tet's 'to his windows, •bttt, that would' out. : Warner had been "extremely can't go out with you this evening.
not matter, as Odette' had shutters nice the everting before, and so he In fact, if you weren't so fright -
to hers, and very useful they had had decided to •make a clean breast fully' conceited you would have gone
been during the past few months. I of everything. Dr. Warner had list away long ago."
"Come in." He tarried at a knock, !tenth and grasped the situation in-; For answer he took leer
er face be -
"It's' only me, sir, wondering if stellate, • i tween his hands and kissed it as
I comer do anything to help." Alfred,' "No, stay an here," he said as gently as one would kiss a child.
staring round the room, was stand- John paused. t"Tell me," he said-. "You have no
wise I can be if 1 have
tug with. hie hands together. idea holy
1 "There may be complications. It
Oh, thank very much. You ve 'Might -be necessary for me to have 'to. You are afraid that our slimy
done a great dealfor me already."
Fergus spoke gordinlly. `How did "lefiss Hamtan under this roof," said friend 'will see us here together;
Johtt. "With Leiter about, it may But he had better get used to it,
you know L hated unpacking?" not be safe for hal to continue to 'hadn't he.
"
"1 sort 01 felt it, sir, '
live alone and unprotected." 1 "Please, . ,
"Did you, indeed? Do you often
feelthings of that kind?" I "There wouldn't be any difficulty"Look 'here, . I'm tired of this,"
about that. Mrs. Maturin has el. John suddenly spoke more quietly.
Fergus thought he might as eel)✓ ways lilted
I"There must be someone about of
find out what he could about this "Yes, Yes, but Mrs. Matusin does not whom you are afraid. I can think
youth. Naves neglect an opPor- know -the true facts' of the case," l of no one but that ' unpleasant fel
AtijkliIAIt ' TR) AL AitTWAY3
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton as follow:
Toronto and Goderich Division
Going East, depart . 6.43 a.m.
Going East, depart .... 3.03 p.m.
Going West, depart •I•.. 12.04 p.m,,
Going West, depart ....... 11.10 p.m.
into Division
and C1 n
Coming North, . arrive 11.20 a,m.
Going South,, leave 3.10 p.m,
OLD
VIRGINIA
"Yes," Fergus smiled, easily.
"1'm sorry I butted in," ' he said,
"but Miss Hannan is coming for a
drive with tae this evening and I
don't want her to raise all this eon-
shine,»
John laughede out loud., ! I say;
you have made a hash of things."
He swung round to face the girl .be-
hind :the counter. "Two appoint-
ments on the same evening, not at
all worthy of a staccessful business:
eastuummmaisie
,"1 forgot," her eyes ,hang on the
pale' ones above the .imtnaeulate;rcol-.
lar, "I forgot."' Staring past hint
John watched the face transfomeu.
with fear,
"Well, I'M: sure ado'.,—er—er. , ;;,'
'"Wynter," John looked gravely
attentive.
"I'm sure Mr. Wynter will allow
you to postpone your expedition with
him," said. Fergus Leiter agree-
ably.
"Do you mind?" Odette's glance
Was veiled.
(I'D BE CONTINUED)
V
See that Hens Have Plenty
of Water ;,
Improved summer egg production
is another means to save costs. Well
under present conditions can be made
more profitable than in winter. It
is possible to maintain a 50-60 per:
cent production in summer .as well,
as in Winter. When .conditions are
right, a hen can . lay all the year
round. Many of the principles of
adequatehousing apply equally in
summerand winter.
Points to be observed in summer
production are: (1) the comfort,
contentment, and proper feeding of
the bird; (2) take out the windows,
open the doors, and make the poultry,
house as cool and airy as' possible;
(3) Keep the house and nests clean,
free from lice and mites; (4) ample
supply 'of drin%ing water. Never let
the water fountain go dry. Hens
suffer intensely from lack of water
on a hot day; (5) lots of green
feed—the great conditioner, and (6)
a good dust bath. The birds do like
to dust themselves.
V
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Power Machines Use Grow
ing' in Potato Culture
Co-operative and custom use of
machinery for the culture and care
of the potato crop is fast becoming
popular throughout Ontario, 'In 1943,
seventeen power dusters operated on
a custom basis. This year, 115 mach-
ines will bo used on this basis, with,
each, purchaser agreeing to protect a
minimum of fifty acres of potatoes
for himself and by contract with his
neighbours. Likewise, several groups
of growers are operating on a some-
what similar 'basis fit the use of
power sprayers.
With the shortage of tabour and
machines, glowers are finding that
the community -basis for the use of
machinery 'is a •favourable .arrange-
ment. With efficient use of a power.
machine and proper materials, such
insects as flea beetles, leaf hoppers
and potato beetles can be controlled
and at the same time prompt pro-
tection given against Iate blight
diseases which each year cause
losses amounting to many thousands
of dollars.
gnmtlamil
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Her a They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful
'and Inspiring
ASSURANCE
There comes a time to every soul
When the'•heart with grief is numb,
And eyes, ' are blind with unshed
tears .
When the tongue' of prayer
dumb!
But God Himself knows grief and
care!
He finds our groping hands'
And leads the way. The silent
prayer
He hears! He understands!
LOIS SEARS
V•
BETTER
Better to hope, thdugh the clouds
hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted,
For the sweet blue sky will soon
peep through
When the ominous clouds are rifted
There was never a night without ,g
day,
Or an evening without a morning,
And the dankest . hour, as the pro-
verb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many a gem in the path of
life,
Which we pail in our idle pleasure
That is richer far than the jewelled
crown,
Or the miser's hoarded 'treasure;
It may be the love of a little child,
Or a mother's prayer's to Ilcaven;
Or only a beggar's- grateful thanks
For a cup of water given.
Better, to weave in the web of life
A. bright and golden filling,
And to do God's will with a ready
heart '
And hands that are swift and
willing,
Than to snapthe delicate, slender
threads
Of our curious lives asunder,
And then •blame Heaven for the
tangled ends,
And sit' and grieve, and wonder.
M. A. Kidder,
V
FULL EXPLANATION
Judge—The case against you
Sambo, is that you left your wife.
That makes you a wife -deserter.
What have you to say?
Sambo=Judge, you don't know
dat woman. Ah ain't desertin' Ah'se
refugeein'.
f5
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THE SOLD ERPRA'S FRAITH AND
YE
In those sobering days when the
Desert campaign looked none too
promising to the Allied forces, Sir
Bernard Montgomery, said to be the
most brilliant field general to have
appeared in this war, was giving an
address in Cairo Cathedral to a con-
gregation representing many faiths.
Coming to a climax in his' message,
the General told how the following
'verses were found written on a piece
of ordinary gaper that was, tossed
and carried by the desert winds
'somewhere between Agheila and
Tripoli and was picked up by a soi-
dier seeking shelter in a trench under
'heavy shell -fire, These verses were
published for the first time in Decem-
ber, 1943, in The Boys + Brigade Gaz-
ette. They are so anonymous that
they might have been written by the
Unknown Soldier sleeping in West-
minster Abbey or in Arlington ceme-
tery:-
Stay with me, God. The night is dark
The night is cold; my little spark
Of courage dies. The night is long.
Be with me, God, and make mo
strong.
Life with its change of mood and
shade
I want to live. I'm not afraid,
But me arid mine are hard to part;
Oh, unknown God, lift up my heart.
You stilled the waters .at Dunkerque,
And saved your servants. All your
work
Is wonderful, Dear God. You strode
Before us down that dreadful road.
We were alone, and hope had fled.
We loved our country and our dead,
And could not shame them; so we
stayed
The course, and were not meth afraid
I know that death is but a door;
T know what we are fighting for—
Peace for the acids, our brothers freed
A kinder world, a cleaner breed.
I'm but the son nay mother bore,
A. simple man, and nothing more,
But, God of strength and gentleness,
Be pleased to stake me nothing less.
So help rue, God, when death is near
To mock the haggard face of fear:,
That when I fall, if fall I must,
My soul may triumph in the dust.,
New C.P.R. Locomotive Class to be Post -War Model
Manilas
alteilietta
tit
,'a",' eroe •M`ci.tee a..,..,:,:,.....;;;.,
sse
Eng1ne No. 1200, the first loco
motive to be built by the
Angus Shops of the Canadian
Pacific Railway . Company in
Montreal to the company's own
design since 1931, is pictured
above on the trial tracks before
being taken over by W. M. Neal,
C.B.E., the vice-president, from
H. B. Bowen, chief of motive
power and rolling stock, under
whose direction the engine was
built and who worked ked a o t Angus
Shops as ae apprentice in 1905,
on the classes of locomotives it
will replace.
'
An entirely new class, designed
for that part of the company's'
program for post-war power re-
placement dealing with more than
600 of the older locomotives,
Engine No. 1200 will go to west-
ern :Canada eventually, while
Engine No. 1201 of the same
class, due from Angus Shops in
June, will stay in the East.
Responsible for the design'oe
the 1200's was F. A. Benger, chief
mechanical engineer (locomotive)
and his staff, while the work at
Angus Shops was under the con-
trol of H. R. Naylor, works man-
ager there, and the supervision of
D. L. Tharntoii', assistant works
manager (locomotive): In the pic-
ture with Mr. Neal during his
inspection, left to right, are Mr.
Thornton, Mr. Naylor,• Mr. Ben -
ger, Bowen n and Mr. Neal. '
, Mr.
Mr. Neal was particularly in-
terested in the cab, in which he
ispictured't
i t theinset,for it was
here that 1,600 pounds was lopped
off the total weight of the engine
by reducing the portion of the cab
overhanging the boiler at the
back, and by using aluminum
instead of steel in the upper;
structure. The overall weight re-
duction was from 8,000 to 10,000
pounds 00 the 1200's compared to
the next, nearest class in the
C.P.R. power lineup, thereby en -
miring the widest rumeng rtgh
is
over bridges and other restricted
trackage.
Material for the construction of
t
the locomotives at Angus Shops
was arranged for and work com-
menced before restrictions upon
such material were put into
effect. The actual work of build-
ing these engines was made to fit
in with the general maintenance
nand munitions program, se as not
to interfere in any way with the.
war effort,