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The Clinton News Record, 1932-06-23, Page 2:CANADIAN NATIONAI;�N;0.IIMAYS PAGE 2 ClintonNews,=Record With which is Incprparated THE NE1V FRA Terms of Subscription—$2.b0 per. year in advance, to Canadian ad- dresses; 82.50 to the U.S. or 'oth- er ' foreign :countries, No paper discontinued until all arrears sire" paid unless' at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. tedvertising S 'Rat s—Transient adver- tising. 12c .per count line for first insertion. 8c for each subsequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Sipall advertisements, not to'ex- ceed one inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost," "Strayed," etc., • inserted once for 35c, each subsequent in- sertion 15c. Rates for display acle vertising made known on applica- tion. Comniunications inton pub- lication :for must, as a guarantee of good. faith, be accompanied by : the name •of the writer. ti 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. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD • TIIE t i► A Thrilling Story of the Old West BY MURRAY LEINSTEit' BEGIN' HERE' TODAY. SONNY IIiOLMAN, believing he has been defrauded of 'the . Aztec mine, takes' to holding up the mine's; pay- rolls.' JANET LAURIER, who holds legal title to the Aztec, comes to Molevillein an effort to stop Hole Mates activities. •Slie offers 'a reward for his cap - thee, believinghim at the bottom of some ore thefts as• well as payroll robberies. • in, •reality, TILFORD, the mine superintendent, and a cut- throat named GARGIA are behind the ' ere robberies. Janet's mine guards under 'orders to capture !dolman, shoot his horse, Janet secretly has the animal doe - tared,. intending to return it and plead with its owner to leave the. country. Tilford plots to have her kichnapped, by Garcia.. As Garcia's men close in .on her, she comes on •Sonny Holman and they take refuge in his cave hideout.. Meanwhile, a search party has •been organized for Janet. onny Holman. defending the cave, is wounded, but he and Janet get Out through the back rcf the canyon, where they are menaced by mine guards after Son- ny. ,They find themselves between two fires, and searchers for Janet, when they discover Garcia's men, don't know who the other combat- ants are. NOW' GO ON WITH THE STORY H. T. RANCE Notary Public, • Conveyancer Finaucial, Real Estate and Fire In- suranCe Agent. Representing 14. Fire insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton. Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. -Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Publia Successor to W. Brydone, LC. Sloan Block — , Clinton, Ont. CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, . Commissioner, etc. 'Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. bandits became fighting fools who fought not at all like fools but with a deadly coolness and .deliberation. It' was hot for the bandits, andit was hotter for the mine genets, Gleason was the only one without bullet hole in him, and, he was scratched and bleeding from splin- ters of rock and lead, and his fore- head showed 'a ragged, pulping bruise where a spent slug, battered 'rut of shape, had struck and half stunned him for awhile. With the whimper of ill -aimed bul- iete in her ears,, seeming to whine fretfully that they .did not taste blood intheir flight, Janet crept in the shelter of the boulders to Gun- powder, still lying where •Sonny had ordered him down. ' Trois• time to time the' big horse raised' his 'head. anxiously. •If'e'seemed to be search- ing for his master.' they could withstand ait,army. Sonny pumped the last shell from his gun and touched it wibh his finger. •• It -was hot to the touch. "Reg'n I wasted; a lot o' lead; to- day, Janet," he drawled. "You peek outer this 11,1 hole I ain't; shot from, art, tell me if anybody's eosin'." He crawled to the dead .horse from whose saddle sheabh he had jerked the rifle, andt began to rum- mage in the saddle bags. They were stuffed, and he was looking for rifle shells. A. revolver does not do for relatively long range work be- hind stone breastworks;. something more accurate is needed. Thrusting with his hands in the saddle bags, he stiffened—and ' winced.` V. T. FOLEY Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. 'Estate and General Practice in all Courts. !Toney 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 1Vfortgago 'Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 57. 'Thompson crawled from one well protected nest to a post where he would have a clearer view. He found the new niche occupied by a grin- ning cowpuncher Whose cheek was laid open by a spent .45 slug, "Who are they fighting?" demand- ed Thompson. "Somebody's holding them from the ether end of the stones where she had fired. • canyon. Who is it'" • "I tol' yuh to call mei" he said "Durned if I knout." The env- dully. Sweat was standing out upon puncher spat. "There's a greaser in his forehead. that bunch o' rocks I'm goin' to get." "He was aiming •at you, I think," Something whined and struck. The she said uncertainly, "and I had to!" cowpuncher put his hand to his Sonny erawlei to one side and be - breast and looked at it stupidly. "He gan to work desperately with sticks got me first. dawggone 'him!" He of dynamite extracted from the sad slumped quietly amen the stones. dlebags. "I'm goin' t' take a chance," Garcia screamed orders from a lie explained briefly. Moat Mexi- sheltered corner. Two men -were cans are seared of dynamite. Dont with him. know how Garcia got one with nerve "Poder de Dias," muttered one, "eef enough to carry it on his saddle, we clo not get to aur own place, though he had it padded thick e - these gringos will keel us all!" •, nough for anybody. This musts be- lie ducked below an overharg'inm longed to that feller that blew down stone and darted for another. Half- my ,doer last night an' thought he'd way' to Isis destination lie crumpled blown me to blazes with it." up and lay coughing on the ground. He peered cautiously at the gate - Garcia cursed hysterically, turning way to Garcia's stronghold through to survey those who attacked then!. a crack in the stone, four sticks ref and he used the dobe Spanish of the dynamite tied together In one hand hoofer, which has words far profanity and his hat on the rifle muzzle in unenualled in any otnee language. the ether. Twin jets of cigarette smoke came from his nostrils, mask- DR. J. C. GANDIER Office Hours: -1.80 to 3.30 p.nn., 4.30 to 8.00 p.m. Sundays, 12.30 to 1.30 pm. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence — Victoria St. "Ilordy! Lordy!" fig drawled. "Just supposin'.this animate had been shot in the solar plexus Instead of the head. ,We wouldn't be here Janet," - Fuinbling in the saddle bags ho had eoene upon sticks of dynamite carefully padded 'against accidental explosion, but undeniably' • dynamite. . "Garcia used to dote him around a supply," mused Sonny. "Anybody comm"" Janet?" "I'n aiming at him," she quaver- ed. A moment later a heavy revolv- er boomed. Sonny jerked about in alarm. Jan- et was clutching her wrist, with a silver mounted .45 fallen to the ground beside her. "It belonged to one of the mien You captured last night." 'she said uncertainly. "I was going to cap- ture you with it. But I think I shot a, Mexican!" Sonny carne racing to the spot and dragged her away as bullets began to screech and smash among the squarely to the en&beasure through. heavy for you." • • which Garcia was pumping lead at "Well, now," said Sonny unser- him. IIe 'staggered ' as the bullets tainly, "I'll admits' I didn't know Garcia ,fired in teirpr tore their way that." He put his hand unoibtrusive through him. And then he emptied ly upon teshoulder of stonie'to steady' his -gun .deliberately inside. himself. "If I'm . sheriff, though, .1 He seemed' to pause to survey what he had- done, rocking on his feet. And then he slumped abruptly to the earth. • "I got t'' hand it to him!" said Sonny softly, "he didn't cave in when Garcia shewas eoinin',•an hes been, they had the edge on him. He took raisin hell'• generally. • Some'fellers • 'Point you a deputy, -Thompson, en' I'll take it kindly if you'll arrest that son of a' gun. Tilf.ord. Ile. sent Janet. out 'here yesterday -with a gun' that Wouldn't shoot, an' he tipped off .the same he handed 'out." '' Janet crawled 'into the saddle,, holding fast. to the .horn as the stal- lion lay prone. ,He moved ad if. to arise with her.' "Lie still," • she whispered, dry throated. "We've'get to wait for your master, Gunpo•�vder: Lie still!" The reek of !burnt powder' came pungently to her nostrils.' The fir- ing seemed to be closer than ever. The four guards still left alive were being driven -front bonlde • to boul- der and from rock to rock by a storm of lead. They had reached the point where further retreat meant crossing the open space about the gateway Sonny had just blown in, and they hung on desperately, fighting like fiends to live. TIe .ranback to his ease of dyna- mite, but there was suddenly no need. that .was in'Genie's gang, they tip- , ,, . • nod me off las. night. "Tilfor'd's got a Mullet L in him," said Thompson {briefly, "and he's THURS., JUNE 23, 1932 Sdouts, 20,629 :Wolf Cubs, 5,243 Rovers and 44 Rover Sea Scouts—a total of 50.187; and 4,549 leaders, Canadian Scouts in Empire Group Canadian Scouts attending next summer's World Scout gathering in Hungary will go as members of the British Empire group, and probably will be attached in, small units to Olds. Country troops. Ctt=J Hungarian Scouts' Learn English •Several' Scout districts in Hungary Every 'one of the bandits knew now are inviting British Scouts to visit telling all e. knows. Thinks rope." . Scouts summer, that Garcia: was dead,. They knew them for a few weeks this mouth the going die, He is-lby idea is to develope friendships paseage to 'held the o hof tin an his feet Their Sonnywas wavering had se to the strong he .dynamite d They and .idea e their .knowledge of n tote s had seen and .heard the dy an firmly, explosions he had engineered, , and knew he' had unearthed the dynam- ite left, by Garcia to blast the gate- way shat in case of desperate neces- sity. And they had no longer any- thing to fight for. , And then a stone rattlei close to Janet. Then another. It seemed as if they were dislodged by someone very near. Janet's one weapon was disearded. 'The recoil from the heavy calibre cartridge had w;'enched her wrist and it was hopeless to try to use it. But it was with staring eve% end her breath costing in quick gasps that she waited. DR, FRED G..THOMPSON Office and Residences Ontat'io Street — Clinton, Ont. One door west of Anglian Church Phone 172 Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. PERCIVAL HEARN Office and Residence: Huron Street — Clinton, Ont. Phone 69 (Formerly occupied by the late Dr C. W. Thompson) Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. H. A. McINTYRE DENTIST E:l'1RACTION A. SPECIALTY 'Office over Canadian. National Ex- press, Clinton, Ont. Phone 21 When the actual movement came. however, it was not from the direc- tion of the stones at all. They had been tossed to draw fire and give a chance for a close range shot from ntt unexpected angle. Janet saw Garcia's swarthy face, dead white beneath its olive and streaked with erimson where a bullet hod mewed his temples. Tie peered cautiously around a slanting boulder. Amazement deepened into a fee. Bible 'fury as he gaztti at her. "Ah". 1,, purred, "eet was Sonny '01man who lei' here, eh? '1 hol's my gate• way—pairhaps. But thees time I tek no chances. I die, maybe, but firs'—e His revolver nese slowly, The man was wild with rage and terror. but rage was uppermost. He point- ed the revolver ' at her heart while she clung nerveless to the saddle of her prone horse. And suddenly there were explo• signs, deafening det^nations, and Sonny's shrill whistle cutting t>trona'h them. The black stallion scrombled u:warcd with lightning m,ickness. With a leap he cleared the barrier of stone and was racing madly to his master across the open space, whip columns of smoke and un -flung earth sprang Mtn being on all sides of him. Janet, clinging wildly to the saddle horn, was thrown frran her seat and her feet dragged upon the earth as the huge horse raced onward, "FL^nt:bre, venr gun," he snarled suddenly, "There ees Tilford!'" He cuddled the weapon lovingly as he sighted it and fired. IIe snarled in satisfaction as Tilford reeled, and scrran:ad curses when he fled in panic behind a mass of stone where nothing could reach him, Garcia's men were thoroughly scared now, but were merely the stare desperate for their panic. One rf them'came suddenly into the open. Perhaps to surrender. Perhaps craz- ed by 'fear. But four bullets found him before he 'could give any sign ae to his motive. The pressure on the mine guards was terrific. Garcia hacl possibly fifteen or sixteen men left. Perhaps less. But there were only four of the guards, and they Could retreat no further.. Guns were filling the canyon with cracklings, and the air reeked of burnt powder. For the guards to retreat meant to expose themselves in a cleared snare be- fore the gateway, and be shot down by the sentries at the gate. To fire meant a storm of 'bullets hurtling at the flash, and not to fire meant that the Mexicans in the ultimate of des- peration, were creeping and crawl - D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist Masseur •Office: Huron St. (Few doors west of Royal Bank). Hours—Tues., Thurs. and Sat., all ing upon them to" reach the gateway .day. Other hours eiy appointment that meant life to then. Within it liensall Office—Mori., Wed. and Fri rSe forth Office—Mon., onacns. a fo 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 Satisfaetion Guaranteed Guns went hrutling. through the air., 'Cries rent the sudden silence The blandits had no longer a fort- ress be fight their way to. They had no longer a leader to drive them to the, fight. And though they might by surrendering to be hanged their courage evaporated- like water and they came out of their hiding places and groveled in the earth before any- one and everyone. " ink lines of agony about his lips. "If I get plugged," he said sud- denly," you sten on the ruse." He raised his hat. Bullets tore through it. The next instant he was upright, lead flung the unwield- ly missile in his right hand and drnn- per9 to earth again only the 'fractior of a second bef'-ro a scee_atnine,' seemingly solid stream of bullets. There was en intant's silence and then a Shattering roar. Rocks flew nn and clattered clown. Loose masses of rock en the canyon walls were jarred loose and fell with cannonlik" reports into the canyon itself. And Sonny. with his eye to the (rack that had offered him a view before, snap - red quickly, "Ma'am. you , get on ileaed Gnnpewderl He'll. let ynh! An' stick with 'inn! Y'undesstand?" 'She Reseed. "Yes, what'are you going to do?" But Sonny was no longer with her. He had ' grabbed. a package made ready before. Ae he darted out from cover he was jamminng his cigarette to the fuse of a second dou- ble stick of explosive. He threw it and ran staggering a little. He had not gone twenty yards before a col- umn of earth and smoke'eee,nted violently with a second detonation, and tate double surprise of two charges of high explosive intrgduced into a strictly small -arm fight • Was just great enough to hold the fire from hint until he had reaoched the still smoking'. still noisome cavity that had been the gateway and flung himself into it. He hurtled into that doi1'nena With a six=gun ready. A ratan stirred feeb- ly end groaned ,Sonnyvreit regime within, saW a figure, ,and fired. Bet the 'man (lid, not fall. He had been flung aside by the explosion' and wedged into a crevice in the -rocks.. •Sonev'e bullet did not hurt him. FTe probably did not been. know that it. 'was dynamite -'.hat had killed him. .Tanet, back in the shelter ,of the Calvin eeeke, beard'bullete whinier over het head. ststriking seri •'snlas'hine• among, 'Id's rocice..-btiitering'tesennielves'iitto dome and • shrieking insanely as they tvtdirl rl intim nat�ltinoitess. The THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, J. Bennewies, Brodhag• en, vice-president, James Connelly, Goderich. Sec. -treasurer, A. F. Mc- Gregor, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R. No. 5, Seaforth; James • Shouldice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro•; Robt. Ferris, Blyth; John Pepper, Brpcefield; A. Broadfoot, Seaforth; G. R. McCartney, Seaforth. Agents: W. J. Yeo, , R.R. No, -3, Clinton; • John Murray, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Ed, Pinchley, TIME TABLE Seaforth. . and hi 'grin was strained and uncon. mincing:. "Ilold 'um," he said . ire y, For no discernible reason he began to pant a little, and his eyes were dull- ing. "He -the was in with them ore thieves an' I'm goinr t' make- 'him give Janet back all he stole—stole—" Ile sagged suddenly and fought to keep upright. Janet cried out 'as she ran to him, "You're hurt!" "There--twan't' no bullets could hurt me until you were safe," he gasped, "butt—somebody nicked me a li'l while ago. An' I got some ribs busted—" Sonny carte out of the passageway and leaned against the wall. His face was the color oe ashes and his teeth were clamped like iron. ' Janet carne shakily, with him. Thompson came forward, his face pale and grins. Sonny?', darin' an' sheep shedin', since yester- day about five o'clock. Miss Laur- ier'll prove it for me. She's been with me all the time." "Then—" Thompson stopped. "I got me a 'alibi," drawled Sonny softly, "for hosathievin', rustiin', mur- "Hurt any, Miss Laurier," "Miss Laurier's all right,' said Sonny softly. "You as good as cal- led the a rustler last time I saw yuh, Thompson." VII call you a damned fool in a minute," salol Thompson angrily, "ir you 'don't take your hand away from that gun and shake hands with mel Do you realize that today's election day and that John Doe's probably sheriff of the county? The Cattle -1 The last Scouts census figures for men's Association is polling hot and Scotland show 24,215 Scouts, 95 Sea *Trains will arrive at and depart fro Clinton as follows: Buffalo and . Goderich Div. 'Going East, depart 6.58 6.58 aim.' Going East depart p• Going West, depart , 11,55 e -m. " " . 9.44' p.m. London, Huron. & Bruce 'Going South 3,08 p.m• 'Going North m Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of English. • How Many Scouts' in S. Africa? There are 14,516 Scouts of all ranks in the Union of South Africa— in 'C'ape Western, Cape Border, Cape Midlands, Griqualand West, Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State and S. W. Africa. o=rb Naval Cutter for Sea Scouts A fine naval cutter 'was recently Ho collapsed abruptly, before I presented to the lst Barbados Sea Scout !Group by captian, officers and even Thompson could catch him. ship's company of H.M.S. Repulse. And Thompson swore when he cut a-, The presentation was an expression way Sonny's shirt and saw tithe pulp -.of appreciation of the courtesies ex - ed flesh where Sonny's ribs had tended Deep Sea Scouts when ashore caved in when the dynamite went off the night before. Janet wept bit- terly, especially when a blood -stain led them to a bullet wound just a little above the hip. (To be continued) Doings in the Scout World Empire Scouts at World Gathering The number of scouts to represent the British Empire at the next WorldScout Jamboree, in Hungary next Sumer, has been increased fr m 2,500 to 4,200. C=_R 11(»v Many Scouts in Scotland C=CP Engl}sit College Scout Visitors A change of policy to travelling within the Empire instead of visiting Europe, is bringing to eastern Canada this summer a Scout party of the 2nd Fo'amlinhgam College Group, Wood- bridge, Suffolk, England under Scout- master the Rev. R. H. W. Kneese. The Suffolk Scouts are anxious to visit a number oaf Canadian Scout camps. Old Lady (on platform): "Which platform for the London train?" Porter: "Turn to the left and you'll be right." Lady: "Don't be impertinent, my man" Porter: "Al! right, thein, turn to your right and you'll be left" —Union Pacific Magazine. ;Sonny was back in the still smoking half -tunnel, squatting beside a thick wooden box, cigaret between his lips. He was snatching the wrapped sticks from the box and lighting the fuses already affixed, which he broke off from some central connection. "Hurt?"" he asked sharply as Gunpowder went past him, He flung the stick of dynamite and a detona- tion. followed some twenty yards a- way. "No!" cried Janet. "I'm all right,') Sonny waved her back and went clown on hands and knees to the front of the package, dragging a repeating trifle with hire' "You fellers; " he shouted. "Miss Laurier's guards! • Make a break for here! I'll cover you as much as I can!". One man started' and got halfway before he crumpled. Garcia showed himself an instant, screaming curs- es. A second guard made the run and Sonny pumped lead to keep down the .firing upon him. Garcia himself dropped the man. A trailing hand and arm, flung limply out,ef the space between two stones, told without words of the third remaining guard. Gleason was the only one left alive and Sonny saw him suddenly, creep- ing 'along a row of stones that would shield him from the bandit's fire but would have, left 'him the plainest of targets for Sonny. "Come here, y' Burned fooll" roar- ed Sony. "Y' rennin, into—e • 'Gleason with a cigaret in his mouth stood up. A bullet struck him in the shoulder and spun him .half a, round. ,He shook. himself and walk- ed deliberately on. He lurched a- gain, and again went on. He was smiling a •cold smile to 'himself. He. was malting for the reeks from which Spiny and Janet had escaped, and 'which now sheltered Garcia. Hia revolver' was- i.n'• liis' hand, but he did not •use' it. Fire flashed from, the rocks. Gleason .stopped stock stili crackling'O,{:mus cls'd;nat cease., The and their moved heavily forward Commerce, Seaforth, ex at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effectinsur- ance or transact other business will be, prbrnptly attended to on applica, tion to any of, the .above officers addressed to their respective post -or fives. Losses inspected by the direc 11.58 a m, tor who lives nearest the scene., range tide» 'had lost` men, Reel those Once more. wino saw thtit trencls shot dry the ' Reeling and •lurching, ,he 'went, 0111116 e find Inmagine yourself to he blind, and being asked to buy a motor car, or silverware, or clothing, or a pair of shoes, or a clock, or a refrigerator, or a suite .of furniture. Irnugino yourself to be set down in a main street with stores on 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 dict find yourself in the right class of store, you wouldn't be able 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 buy something, if there were no advertisements in the newspapers and magazines which you read. Advertisements are like 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 shopping 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 mischoice. • What is advertised regularly is trustworthy, and is good value. Be guided by advertisements when you plan to spend money for things to wear, to eat, to give your home easements and com- forts, to save your time, to increase the output of your own labor, or of your soil or flocks or heeds or orchards; 'or to protect your life, Your health, your property or money, What advertisers do and spend in this, and in other newspapers to get your attention and favor should have your warm approval, fes What may be expense to them represents economy for you. THE CLINTONNEWS-RECO A FINE MEDIUM POR: ADVERTISING—READ ADDS IN THIS ISSUE PHONE 4