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The Clinton News Record, 1932-06-09, Page 2THE A Thrilling Story of the Old West 13Y MURRAY LEINSTER PAGE 2, ''Clinton News=4Zecord With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA Terms of Subscription -52,00 per year in advance, to Canadian ad dresses; $2,50 to the U.S. or',oth•' ,er foreign countries. No paper 'discontinued until all arrears .are paid unless at. the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted .on the label, 4dvertising Rates --Transient adver- tising 12e per count line for first' insertion. 8c far each subsequent nn'sertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Smah advertisements,not to ex- ceed one inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost/' 'strayed," etc., inserted •once for •85c, each subsequentin- .sertion 15e. 'Rates for display rad-' vertisiug made known on appliea> ,tion, • 'Communications intended for , pub. Mention must, as.a guarantee of good %faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R, CLARK, ' Proprietor. Editor, M. D- McTAGGART To finally wind up my business I have moved my office to my home, 'Corner Princess and Shipley Streets. 'Office hours 9 to 12 a,m. and' at .other tines by appointment. 'Please use side entrance. Phone' 99, II. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer 'Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent, Representing 14 Fire 'Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton. Frank Fingland, B .A., LLB. +Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Publio Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block Clinton, Ont. CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc, •-Office over T. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. V. T. FOLEY 'Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. Estate and General Practice in all ,Courts. Money to loan. New Bank of Toronto Bldg., London, Ontario. Phone: Office Metcalf 1723; resi- dence Metcalf 2172. 58-12. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, Ante- mobile. Huron and Erie Nfortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Bends Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 57. DR. J. C. GANDIER Office Hours: --1.30 to 3.30 p.tn., +8.30 to 8.00 p.m. Sundays, 12.30 to 1.30 pm. Othee hours by appointment only. Office and Residence — Victoria St DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont. One door west ae Angli'an Church Phone 172 Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. PERCIVAL HEARN Office and Residence: Huron Street — Clinton, Ont. Phone 89 (Formerly occupied by the late Dr C. W. Thompson) 'Eyes Examined and Classes Fitted DR. H. A. McINTYRE DENTIST ER't'IRACTION A SPECIALTY •+Office over Canadian National Ex- press, Clinton, Ont. Phone 21 D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist Masseur 'Office: Huron St, (Few doors west of Royal Bank). 'Hours---Tue.s., Thurs. and Sat., all .day. Other, hours ey appointment "Hensall Office—Mon., Wed. and Fri -forenoons. Seaforth Office—Mon., `Wed. and Friday afternoons.. Phone •207. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made 'for Sales Date at The News -Record, 'Clinton, or by calling phone 103. 'Charges Moderate , and Satisfaction Guaranteed CANADIAN NATION' "AI1iWAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton a$ follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 6.58 a,m 'Going East depart 3,05 p.m :Going ` West, depart ' 31.55 em.„ „ 9,44 p.m. London, Huron &'Bruce Going' South 3,08 pen ...Going North - • 11.58 t ,t tn. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD BEGIN ORE TODAY SONNY .1-TOLMAN, believing he has been defrauded of the Aztec mine, takes to holding up the mine's payrolls. JANET LAURIPR, dangle- ter of the man Who holds legal title to the Aztec, mines. to Moleville in. an effort to stop Holman's. activities. TILFOE,D, mine superintendent_ and a crook, tells her Sonny is at the bottom of numerous ore thefts. Janet is kidnapped ;by 1GARCIA's gang, a band of :desperadoes, and Soonny rescues her. To his .surprise, he learns that' the girl thinks he is in league with the kidnappers. She vows to have him ;jailed for stealing ore. Garcia's men run off some cattle and Sonny, riding in pursuit: is core nered ,by some o£ Janet's mine guards, under orders to capture him alive. He escapes, but his horse is shot. Janet has the horse doctored. intending to give• it back and at the same, time plead with Holman to leave the country Tilford epnarent- ly fails in with her plan but in real-, ity i"hemtes to deliver Janet over to Garciaa. Janet finds Sonny, just as Garcia's men are closing in. Tiley take refuge in the cave that Sonny uses as a hiding place. NOW GO ON W!IH THE STORY He struck a match and lit a can- dle, a thick squat miner's •candle. Its dancing flame steadied and threw a curious carmine glow about the in- terior of the strangely formed cave. Instinctively, Janet's eyes flickered to the two crumpled figures she had noted 'before. But Sonny had thrown a tarpaulin over them, He was facing her, smiling strangely. Gunpowder and the oth- er horse stirred uneasily in the in - meet recesses of the cavern, "Look, ma'am,” he drawled. "Yuh not un a reward for me, to set every Mekican ,an low:clown vthite man huntin' me. I got yuh out o' Garcia's han's and yuh tried t' take zee to jail, Yuh tried t' trap me up at Little Canyon., Today yuh tried t' use the love my hawss has got for me, to lead your passe of hired kil- lers to where I was-cnowin' they'd no more dream of takin' me to Mole - Mlle alive than they'd dream of flvin'. An' now, without me plan- um' it at all, yuh're holed up here with me. You're kinda helpless, ma- 'am, against me, an' I might get wipe ed nut by Garcia's rang even yet. nn account n' you. Now, ma'am, why shonld I be considerin' you any long- er?d Janet stared at hint. He was gaz- ing at her with the same curiouv smile on his face. "Why sh'd I be a gond outlaw any lon'rer, ma'am?" Im asked somberly. "Whet shouldn't T art like the critter y' take me for? T e'd end this business onee 31" all. T c'd make yuh turn over the Aztec t' mr," "You oeuldn't" she told him stead- ily; "'u're forgettin': ma'am—" "I'm not forgetting anvthingl" she cried fiercely. "I sin helpless. yes! You can do anything you please. tvi'h me! But you can't make me turn over the Aztec! You can't make me marry youl You can't make me stop fighting you! Do You think T wouldn't have stouned inefore new if I could'? Do you think I don't —rhl" She stopped, and lief waxen pallor was replaced by is flush that stained her cheeks and throat a vie- id crimson. "Go en, ma'am." drawled Sonny. It was he who was pale now. "Do you think," she asked mote steadily, "that I don't love you?" Sonny stood rigid for an instant, "Why. I got to kinda admit, ma'am." said Sonny unevenly, "that 1 did have some such idea in ;sly mind." He moved toward her, gazing down into her face with eyes that were bewildered and unbelieving. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, J. Bennewies, Brodhag. en, vice-president, :James Connolly, Goderich. Sec, -treasurer, D, F. Mc- Gregor, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, It. R. No. 5,, Seaforth; James Shouldice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Robt. Ferris, • Blyth; John Pepper, Brucefield; A. Broadfoot, Seaforth; G. R. McCartney, Seaforth. Agents' W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3. Clinton; John Murray, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth Ed. Pinchley, Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, nr at Calvin Cntt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effectinsur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica. l time to any ' of the above officers addressed to their respective post et - flees, Losses inspected by the direc- tor who lives nearest the scene. She met his gaze 'bravely. He stir- red, and suddenly she was in bin ernes with her head against his shdul- der, sobbing as if her heart would break. "Loamy! Lardy!" murmured Sonny bewilderingly, patting: her shoulder helplessly, "Please don't:cry, ma'am, please don't cry!" She continued to weep until terror. struck him. He lifted'•her face in alarm and bee, arms tightened eon- elusively about his neck. Her.•lips were lifted to his and he kissed her, "But I won't stop fighting you," And I can't marry you! I'm going to make you leave the 'mine alone,ev. en if I have to send you to prison! And—and if I do that I'll die—" Sonny straightened up'and. laugh- ed. "Lardy, Lordy!" Ile touched her cheek gingerly. "An' rib expec' me to turn yuh lease to die all them desi perste deeds? Not this hombrel Ma'am, I got ,yuh fast an' I ain't gain' t' let ;yuh loose again until we' make a more perm'onent declaration o' war before a preacher!" "I can't marry you! T can't!" she cried desperately. "Shucks," said. Sonny calmly. IIe kissed her. "Yoh forget a lot a' things. One of 'em is that I'm a ntrst horrific person, a fire eatin' abductin', mayhem committin' out- law. For instance, I'm goin' t' kiss yru again, an' then I'm goin' t' take you outer my own private back door that Garcia's hombres don't know a- bout, to a place where nobody'd ever find yule far a million years, an' then There was a sudden, overwhelming explosion. The heavy bulkhead Son ny had lowered 'before the cavern opening was rent and splintered. It heaved un in fragments and collapsed to the floor, A blast of air extin- guished the candle and utter black - nese fell, while the penetrating entail of exploded dynamite swept through the cavern. Then came the whisper of voices outside. Sonny had vanished with a sickening suddenness. Suddenly, a little glow of light dropped from a- bove into the cavern door, It was a flaming mass of yucca, and it burned yellowly. sending searching, flicker, ing beams of Iight into the furthmost recesses of the cavern. A pause, while unseen eyes search- ed from without. A still figure on the floor tons plainly visible. Sibil- ant, excited whispers caste within. Presently a face showed outside. A pause, and then a figure- Then a man came boldly into the opening. ire gazed in, grinning, and called ov- er his shoulder briefly. Two ether then materialized an,3 came eagerly forward. The first man pointed to the crumpled figure en the floor, half covered with de- -ris and fragments r- the deer. He snnke triumphantly in Spanish. The three laughed. Then the foremost grinned at Janet, standing statuelike in the cave. her hand to her breast, transfixed with horror. "Fl senor Garcia," grinned • the man, "'e weel not be back unteel to- m,orrow, Senorita, but 'e would not weesh ,you to be lonesome. So Seence Sennee 'Olman ties dead, we weel try to eomfort you!" The others grinned evilly with him. They'•crowded inside the door, while Janet was unable to move, And then Sonny's voice came atm(' more, racked with pain and hardly mare than a whisper, but deadly with determination though wavering in w'oakness, "I'm givin' you hombre,. thirty seeon's to pr'av in. If yuh drop yuh ' irons I might make it maple. minutes. Janet, get vete roue, an' tie 'em up before yuh t*'v t' ret me out from under this door. Drnn yule guns; hombres! neon 'am quick. before I blow yuh to ?;ell!" Dawn came to a still and breath- less world. The east paled, and a thousand hills ;rose ghostlike nut ,of darkness. deose'tints appeared. ther pink, • then gold, and the hilltops shone faintly, while mist - euele2: sleepily in a thousand pnrnie valleys still ahadowed and in darkness. Some, where a snow fed stream trickled lazily aver a rocky ledge, and the sound of its trickling carried far it the stillness of the dawn; Somewhere horses stirred and stammer among berme rocks, and the alatteeing they made re-echoed among a million cliffr and precipices. • • Time sent up, smoke from at least three places in the hills.' One was a r•ingle 'campfire, a 'bivorlae bf 'half dozen men. A number of reeved sur' uneasy dogs were 'leashed nearby. The men arose and stamped stiffly by the blew, to warm themselves af- ter the chill of the mountain night. They emanated no rood.' .flttva me two bit off huge ehunl{a'• of chewing tn. hae,o and v'nrkerl their jaws come fortingly. The ethere lit cegarettes and smoked, unsatisfied. . • • A little man with • feded end ex -1,, pressionless eyes regarded the dogs THURS. JUNE 9, 1932: without .em.otion, "They'll trail now,", he. said tonelessly: "We ought to'ye had better' sense than • to feed em' like Tilford said: They'll trail now." A uta i• t With a z r scarred face growl- ed. "Tilford's..a fool, We shouldo brought along sotnethin' t' eat:' "ITis mistake" said'the man with the faded eyes. "He'll pay for it. ' _ git paid r m , Then weAnstart vs on the .efoasy Holmoney."an ,Stiffly and still growling, the six began to saddle up. The dogs shrank ,back when the warred faced man drew near. them.` Presently they followed unhappily, dragging behind the horses, :when the' six ,'rode away' heading fast to their leashes. Elsewhere in those hills another. camp awakened. There were fires,. acme or five huge blazes, to . which a much greater number of . men crowded for w•ormth. Nights in the 'hills are always cold, no,matter what the temperature' at midday. And a few hours of enforced rest without bankets will stiffen any man'es mus- cles. "Gash," yawned a puncher. "I'd give a ten dollar bill for a cup of coffee.I'm cold right down to my gizzard." Thompson came by, his face grim and • set. Tilford was not far from his side, with something .furtive in his gait. , "Get saddled up, boys;" ordered Thomneon curtly. "We're going to give Tilford another chance. Ile won't he leaving us, anyhow. But if he nulled us out here en a fool's er- rand so something could be put over while we were gone—,well, he'll hear from us." "I'm not en eutclnn`r man" pre- tested Tilford uneasily. "I couldn't find the place in the dark, The Mexican told me, but nmybe I got my bearings nixed an," "You'd better find them again," said Thompson coldly, "If any, thing's happened,to Miss Laurier— and I drn't doubt it for an instant -- You'll pay for it, my friend." Thee were shiny gags and the seufflings of hoofs all about in the gray morning. Tilford looked sear- ed. "I tell you." he protested nee, wanly,. "Miss I•nurier insisted on itt The horse would take her to I•Iol- man's hangout. The guards were t'; nick up her trail and, follow it. But it wasn't until after she'd left that the Mexican 'ante in and .said Garcia was wise and would be waling to in- tercept her. I paid bine a hundred dollars for a description of the way to Garcia's place. And I called you at once.' "The mischief's done now," said Thompson grimly. "He probably swooped down on her, shot the horse she was riding, and rode away leav- ing your gunmen to twiddle thele thumbs! And that was last night!" He swung into the saddle. Tilford had to be helped into his. "Now try to find those land- marks!" snapped Thompsrn angrii ly. "You've got light now! It n white woman's •fallen into Garcia's hand Through you, by God I'll kill yoi, myself!" Tilford, shivering, rode to it post beside Thompson. There sons no breaking of camp. The men simple had ridden until their horses could go no further in dorkness, and had flung themselves down to rest until daylight, New they rode on grimly to revenge Janet, since they were sure they no longer could save her, Tilford had called the Circle Bar the day before, held of Janet's alai to trap Sonny Holman, and added that a Mexican had just told him the Garcia had gotten wind of the plan and would, be lying in emit to carry Janet off. He swore that he •had been told the way to Garcia's strong - held, nail would lead the rider to the spot if only Thompson could raise them: But—he had not dared! To rescue Janet would mean Gar- cia or some of his gang captured a, live, and Tilford's association with them revealed. It would mean the discovery 'of her pistol, with the fir- ing pin filed away, which Tilford had given her. To rescue Janet alive would mean that Tilford's past Crook- ecdnesd would be revealed by those cel Garcia's gang, who surrendered whose surrenders would be accepted. B.ut if ,Janet were found dead—why there would be no quarter for Gar- cio or any of his men. The -range riders would shoot them down morel• lessly, without giving them an oropnr• tunity to, sneak or pray. •5o it was necessary that Janet shnnld not be rescued alive, lest she tell what she he.d learned. or .G'areia or his follow- ers tell what they knew. And ,so Tilford had led the rescue party 'far from 'the actual Maine- place idineplace of Gerrie. Ile led them, blindly about the hills, until he was certain that Janet was dead. And now 3m oriented himself and led them straight for the spit where Garcia should be, found. They would wipe out Gareia's gang. .A: sit of e+iemiee, would be eliminated. Sonny Holman doubtless, had been slaughtered 'by Garcia before this. Tilford would be again supreme, with nothing to fear, and no one to interfere with hit thorough looting of tire. Aztec. • So the second 'cavalcade of horse-, men rode away from their smolder- ing fires at daybreak: - But there had peril three canine 'in the hills, and the third 'was' the camp of Garcia's men, where re• ady saddled horses waited for sleepy men to drink their blac% coffee gener- ously 'laced with aguardiente. They filed out of the narrow cleft that guarded their stronghold while the gray mists'still .held in the valley bottoms, A muffled, softly moving cavalcade, they filed ,out in the dime rless and rode to where the first rays of the mooning sunlight struck them, There they dismounted to wait, smoking and soaking in the sunlight warmth, Garcia rested his bulk upon a stony seat and beamed. He had Sonny Holman and Jeanet Laurier practic- ally his prisoners., They were cooped fast in Sonny's hangout. Ine,. deed, perhaps they had been blasted out by now. One of the man left be- hind was a daring and a skillful man with dynamite. Garcia granted com- fortably as he recalled that the Whole surplus stook of dynamite was in that man's saddle' bags. But it was not i'inportant enough to be an annoyance. Garcia beamed as he re- called' that Tilford had been thorough- ly scared and reminded ofhis future position in the scheme of things—an underling, to be sneered at and beat- en if he were insolent. ' Such things were balm to Garcie's soul, but the fullest sof contentment came to him only when he saw a long, thick cloud of dust arise at the edge of •1Vloleville and creep slowly toward the hills. It was the ore train of ten mon- ster wagons, each pulled by many mules. moving at a snail's pace for the trail through the mountains and the railroad at Leftover. There was a fortune in the ore 'wagons, and it 'vas coming to Garcia. There was a fortune in the wagon train, indeed. The Aztee had a thick vein of quartz to work—six inches everywhere, and some places slightly more --.and what quartz was gold bearing was also free milling ore. That meant that the quartz rock, crushed to a powder, would yield up its particles of precious metal as am- algam or even as gold dust with herd end there a grain large enough to be felt -with the fingers. Anybody could •pruncl the best ore from the Az- tec and get a hart of the gold co-- tent. o- tent. and so the c -e was a highly marketable commodity. Garcia, in fact, had a primitive stamp in his stronghold and sometimes extracted the choicest ore for himself, 'But beside that simple fact of ready convertibility into cash, the operation of tate Aztec Mine made a still more profitable thing out of the ore as id came from the shaft mouth For practical reasons, in order to take out six-inch vein of quartz, it was necessary' to make at: Least a four ' •o ttunnel, i o and where the ore wagons ran, a full six foot height. That meant.the hauling to the sur, face of a yast amount of worthless rack, and in practice the mixture of a stone percentage of utterly useless stone . with the quartz itself, To ship waste rock in any proportion twenty miles in ore wagons (before a railroad could take the quartz. ore to a modern smelter was wasteful. To sort out the rock, separtors had been installed at the mine They crushed 'the bulk stone from the shaft and tunnels and Whirled the mixture until the lighter rock could be cant aside. And it had even proved possible to carry the process to a point where it approximated a desertrat's dry - panning so that only the highgrade ore and a very little non -auriferous quartz remained to be carted by mule wagon to Leftover and the railroad. The stamps to crush the stone and the agitators that sifted off 'fie worthless rock bad been put in as economies for the mine owner, but they had been boons to Garcia, The ore that the wagon train carried was high grade ore, ore that could be sold readily across the border or somewhat wastfully powdered and washed by Garcia's own followers with granular gold and gold dust as the product, And Gar.: cia sat and 'beamingly watched some, thing like forty thousand dollaros worth of that ore marching at a snail's pace toward him through the alkali dust of the valley floor. The crimson sun detached itself from the mountain tops and floated free in the sky, noosing its ruddy color as it sailed upward. Its pal- ing bean's searched among canyons and valleys and began to 'warm rocks that were cold Irma the mountain night, And some of those still gold- en rays struck upon Sonny Holman and turned him to a figure of bronze as he rude out of the blocked canyon with Janet behind him and three 'ted horses trailing behind their mounts. Sonny rode stiffly, Broken ribs from a shattered timber deer are net disabling injuries. but they can be agonizing ones when a 'man has t'+ ride. "Those fellers we lef' tied up," he observed, "They sure talked free. An' they sure are scared of Garcia," ITe winced a little as a sudden • movement hurt: him. Janet did not answer, Her face was clouded and bewildered, as if she had had news that, bewildered and frightened, her. Sonny swept the tumbled mass of 'hills ,and valleys all about himwith his eyes. "Smoke ,yonder." He nodded to where slender gray .columns rose thinly to the sky. "Not •Garcia's. Noe ,your gang either, Janet," "What are you going to do?,iT'ake me to them?" "Tired of my company so soon?" he queried. "I reg'n not, Janet. I don't know who they are. •Six fellers wouldn't make four'fires to rest by. It might be somebody huntin' you of oourse. litre." (To be continued.) ROBBERS RETURN INSURANCE POLICY ' The robbers who forced their way into the Willow Grove Creamery early Thursday morning and escap- ed witih 54,500 in eurrency were "cons sidorate" fn ono respect. When George Anderson, a farmer near Kintore, in Oxford county, went to his mail box .Friday he found am insurance policy, belonging to Stacey Brothers, proprietors of the Willow .Grove Creamery. It was the policy which covered theft of money. This had !been stolen along with the 54,500 and it is 'believed that the robbers thought they should be "considerate" and return the policy, as it 'night be needed by the victim of their haul, to collect insurance which partially covers the loss. The robbers are believed to have reached No. 2 Highway at Thames. ford, after evading the net of the law in this district, because Kintore, where the policy was found, is on the road which crosses from Na. 7 to No. 2 Highway about two 'miles east of St. Marys. Na trace whatso- ever was left by the robbers. They left no fingerprints, although a crucle-looking' hand -fashioned punch was found and it is believed to have been used to force the lock through the safe door. The insurance policy was turned over to High County Constable R. J, Beatty to be returned to the owner. Read the advertisements. They are addressed to you personall . d9 Imagine yourself to be blind, and being asked to buy a motor ear, or silverware, or clothing, or a pair of shoes, or a clock, or a refrigerator, or a suite ;of furniture. Imagine yourself to be set dawn in a main street with stores en both sides of it, and being hid- den to purchase the thing or things on your shopping list. 'Being blind, you would not know what store or stores to enter; and even if you did find yourself in the right clues of store, you wouldn't he nble to select intelligently what you were bidden buy. You wouldn't know anything about values, It would be cruel to send a blind person to do selective • buying, You ,would be like a blind person, when you start out to bay something, if there were no advertisements in the newspapers and magazines which you read, Advertisements are Ince radiovision: They enable you to see in your home what is in stores, what stores have, what you plan to buy; also, they give descriptions, tell you prices„ and answer many of your questions. Pre -informed ---in your home—about goods of desire, you can go shoppitlg confidently—to known places of supply and you know how to examine the wanted article, and' what to pay for it, Advertisements save your time, and safeguard you against the danger of miscboiee. What is advertised regularly is lrusi'wxrthy, and is goad value. Be gnided by advertiset,Sents when you plan tai spend money for things• to wear, to at, to give your hontc cvtsenu'nts and com- forts, to save your time, in increase Ilia antt-ptat n:f your own labor, or of your soil or flocks el' horde or orchards; or to protect your life, your health, your property ca' nnzn07. What advertisers do and spend in this anal in other newspapers to get your attention end fauna should have your warm approval, for what may be expense to then' represents economy for you, THE CLINTON '°,'r S_ "f'ECRD A:FINE MI?DITJM FOR ADVI£BTISING---RE'AD ADDS IN THIS ISSUE : ,,, , l 41112I PHONE 4