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SYNOPSIS
The passengers of No. 12 wonder,
ed about the pretty, uncommunicative
stranger. And the girl's thoughts
were filled with ..memories of the
night, three weeks ago, when she had
driven her roadster into the sea. She
had been amazed to ;nd no newspa-
per references to the thing she feared
most. But even so, the girl of that
night was' no longer.
DR. FRED G. THOMPSON
Office and Residence:
Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont.
lame door west of Anglinan Church.
Phone 172
Rees Examined and Glasses Fitted
DR, IL A. McINTYRE
DENTIST
Office over Canadian National
Express, Clinton, Ont.
Phone, Office, 21; Souse, 80.
NOW GO ON WITH 'THE STORY
Near the sun -baked station the
town of Marston straggled informally
a single dusty street with a few
dwinding offshoots on each side. In
the door of the post -office a , young
man appeared, looking up the road
toward the station. He was tall and
sun -browned, but without the weath'
er-beaten, desert dried look. He had
an arrogant nose with pride hi every
line of it, rather nice grey eyes, clear
and steady, . and a pleasant, finely
curved mouth, curiously at war with
the prideful nose. He caught sight
of,a shabby automobile over by the from one foot to another, and thought
station, and a faint grin twitched at earnestly of the things he would like
the corners of his mouth.
DR. F. A. AXON
Dentist •
Graduate of C.C.D.S., Chicago and
R.C.D.S., Toronto,
Crown and plate work a specialty.
Phone 185, Clinton, Ont. 19-4-34.
D. H. McINNES
station toward the forlorn straggle
of houses which eenstituted the town
of Marston. That was li1arston's first
glimpse of Anne Cushing as she step-
ped from the two -thirty-eight directly
THURS., JULY 5, 1934
suitcase. Barry did the sante.
"And now," he said, "for Martha
Larrabee and the general store."
"This," said Anne Cushing to her-
self, "is a funny dream. Pretty soon
into the path of Boone Petry, ex -cow, I shall wake up and find that it isn't
man, ex-ranehman and general fact- so at all."
totem to Barry Duane. Her spirits had soared unaccount-
Involuntarily he swept off his' bat•+ ably. She Wanted to laugh as she was
tered hat, showing a grizzled head, a Politely herded towardthe shabby
skin weathered to a leathery brown! car. It was less than five minutes
and light blue eyes which gave him a since she had stepped from the train
deceptively innocent air. The girl and here she was, trotting confident -
smiled at him.: Some of the dismay ly along with two perfect strangers
retreated. who had taken herself, her luggage
"You are Mr. Simpson, aren't you? and apparently all her problems into
I am Anne Cushing." their capable hands.
"Why, no ma'am. Petry gulped At the far end M the straggling
visibly. "My name is Petry, Boom- street a wooden cottage, better kept
Petry. If you're lookin' for Lon than most, sat a little back in a yard
where neat borders of flowers had
Simpson, he—he's moved away from
here. He sold his place just recent." been encouraged to grow. They
"Yes, I know. I bought it. But I stopped. Petry went in. Ile was
thought he might be here to—well, to gone five minutes. Anne began to
show me the place, I suppose. I'm Wonder what was happening. Sup-
afraid that was a rather silly idea." pose the efficient Mrs. Larrabee
"No ma'am," said Petry, helplessly. should decline to come?
The dismayed look was hovering in The front door opened and a wo,
his eyes again. He shifted his weight man came out. She was tall and
comfortably plump, with greyed
llrown hair and an air of practice)
competence. Her face was strong
and shrewd, and not. without humor.
Petry came out behind her with an
uncertain grin on his homely face.
Evidently the redoubtable Martha
had declined to commit herself.
"This is the lady, Martha. Miss
Cushing, this is Mis' Larrabee."
"I hope you can come, Mrs. Lar.
rabee. I really don't know what
there is to be done yet . "
Martha looked at the girl in the
car, a small and slightly anxious face.
"I'll come," she said briefly, and
permitted herself a grin quirk of a
smile as she nodded to the car's own-
er. She went on briskly, calmly take
ing the situation in hand.
"You wait here for me, and I'll go
with you to the store. It won't take
me two minutes."
She went back into the house. Such
trifling matters as wages, duties and
hours had evidently not entered into
her decision at all.
"Passed with honors," said Barry
Duane. "Martha came out to look
you over, and if she hadn't liked your
looks you couldn't have argued her
into coming at any price.
those sudden hills.
"You aro in the Junipero Valley
now," Duane told her., You must re
member that, because it is ,your
next-door neighbor. A few thousand
yearsago there was a river here, but
it has been dry a long time. I sup.
pose it looks pretty ugly to you, but
it has its points, and after the rains
it will be streaked with purple and
gold."
"Purple and gold," She narrowet4
thoughtful eyes and stared at it,
half. dreaming. ,
No, I don't think it is ugly. It's
fascinating. It's empty and brooding'
and rather terrible, but it beckons
you. It keeps promising you some-
thing, and you want to go on and on
Until you find it."
The grey eyes .warmed. They al-
most blazed. She had a quick feel,
ing that somewhere behind this plea,
sant, brown young man there was an
eager little boy, rather pathetically
anxious to have someone admire a
thing he loved, but with all a little
boy's sensitiveness to rebuff. That
was curious, when in other ways he
seemed so completely poised and as.
sured, quite as much so as any mar;
she knew. She wondered what had
happened to make him feel like that.
(Continued Next Wleek)
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and Fridays—.10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone 115 3-.34.
He was to do to the departed Simpson.
wondering what some people of his
acquaintance would say if they eves,
carne to Marston and had to be met
by that car.
"It looks like an old hobo," he
reflected, "but Petry loves it like a
baby.... Guess I'll go over and wait
there."
Ile strolled on down the dusty.
street. It was by no means a crowd-
ed street .but the few people he met
all seemed to know him, Their greet-
ings were friendly, although perhaps
not so jocular as they might have
been, say to Boone Petry, who work,
ed for him, or to Jim Bagley who
kept the general store, or any of the
few scattered ranch owners who occa-
sionally came in for supplies. He
seemed,in a way, just a little, apart
from their everyday familiar' inter-
ests. Only when he passed the desert-
ed real estate office his face darken-
ed slightly. The forlorn little build,
ing, slackly revealing its usefulness
to any scornful eye, was undoubtedly
a long Standing offense to him.
THE McKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
Officers:
!President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea
'.forth;' Vice -President, James Con-
ndlly, Goderich; secretary-treasur-
ter, M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors:
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth, R. 11,
'No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; V'i'm.
Knox, Londesboro; Geo. Leonhardt,
Bornholm, R. R. No. 1; John Pepper,
Brucefield; James Connolly,' Gode-
rich; Robert Ferris, Blyth; Thomas
Moylan, Seaforth, 'R. R. No. 5; Wm.
11. "Archibald, Seaforth, 11. R. No. 4.
Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. S,
Clinton; Jahn Murray, Seaforth;
.James Watt, Blyth; ' Finley' McKee -
.cher, Seaforth.'
Any money to be paid may be paid
to the Royal' Bank, Clinton; Back of
'Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin
,Cutt's Grocery, Goderich.
Parties desiring to effect incur-
tante or transact .other business will
opb promptly attended to on apnliea-
'tion to any of the above officers
,addressed to their respective post of-
'floes.
f'flees. Lessee inspected by the .direc-
tor who lives nearest the scene:
Out of the shimmering ditance a
dark blob had appeared. At the sta-
tion a few loungers came to life for
one of the major events of Marston's
day. Boone Petry, propped content-
edly against the weathered boarding
a few feet away, awoke to a mild in-
terest. The operator grinned sociab-
ly.
"Expectin' company?"
"Sonne stuff for the boss."
"He gets a lot of stuff, don't he
llfust have some real money to
spend."
Petry blinked at the glinting tracks
and apparently forgot to answer. The
operator took another tack.
"Jim Bagley says he hears Duane's
out 'most every day, pokin' the old
Junipero full of holes. Barry's a
nice fella, but if he keeps on like that
he'll end up the same way his uncle
did.
"Maybe, and maybe not. I ain't
inquired his destination, but where,
ever Barry aims to go, he most gen-
erally arrives at."
The conversation seemed unprofit-
able, but the operator was a bard •man
to down.
"Speakin' of destinations, I saw
the whole Simpson tribe headin' out
of town this reornin', bag and bag-
gage. If they'd of piled anything
more on that (liver it would of laid
Clown. and died. They're movie` over
to the county seat."
Petiy grinned. The Simpsons'
nearest neighbor—a trifling five or
six miles—was Barry Duane, and It
could not be denied that there had
been no great 'amount of neighborly
visiting between Eagle's Perch and
the little ranch where the Simpson
family dribbled out its happy-go-luc-
ky existence.
"What's' happened "' be inquirecr
mildly. "Somebody leave Sim ten
dollars to 'Lome' Ice's sold his place,
and from the' general excitement in
the Simpson•family I'd'say it must've
been a pretty good cash payment,
The' Sar of . die two -thirty-eight
closed the :coitves%sation' abruptly.
Number Twelve .clanked to 'a stop
with a long sigh. Petry rooked along
the deity Bee of coaches, hoaded'fam-.
iliarly to the ebeakeniar; gallantly
laden with somebody's suitcases, and
started teemed-theforweed end: Therm
he stopped; as'abruptly as 'though he
had :been jerked at the end of a Tial,
ter.
Silken ankles and beautifully'shod
feet were coming down the, gritty,
step's; of cid Nuneher Twelve. Petry
looked up dizzily at a slier young
woman clad tr'imly'in blue. She was
appealingly young and she had the
loveliest skin that Boone' had ever
seen and an engaging little mouth tha Larrabee?"
•
which looked rather sober just now "First rate!" Petry cheered vis- was not: a house in sight, nothing
but would surely show lovely teeth ibiy. "Martha ain't exactly a man
lustrous bigd ifs but she's pretty near as .oving. In the•opulent flare of sun
'teeing-
glow
North, ar. 11.34.1ve 11.64a.m,
off �� _ Rp >r as. they looked beyond the ugly little Ile bout over and picked lip a fat ,.
"I guess Sim's kind of careless
that way," he added apologetically.
"But don't let that bother you, ma'am.
If there's anything I can do, or the
boss either, we'd sure he pleased to."'
The local groaned in all its length
and gathered its complaining joints
into motion again, leaving them.
standing there. At a little distance;
just beyond the platform, the young
man who had come over from the
post -office stood and watched them
with puzzled curiosity. The few
dawdling loungers had frankly turn-
ed their' heads in the same direction.
The girl's eyes were sweeping the
sun -warped platform and the hot
road beyond. They hesitated for
an instant as they caught the unob-
trusive scrutiny of the brown young
man, and then passed on composedly.
They carne back to Boone Petry.
"It's awfully kind of .yon to take
so much trouble. If you could just
tell nie where I can get a stage or
rent a car, I think I can manage. all
right."
"It ain't a bit of trouble, but there
ain't any stage, because there ain't
any place in particular for a stage to
go. And there ain't any garage, ei-
ther, not for Kirin' cars. But that
needn't matter a bit, because our
place is just a spell beyond yours, and
we can give you a lift easy. Any
time you like." •
Petry rubbed his chin nervously
with a mahogany paw. Isere was
a situation calling for diplomacy, and
diplomacy, he felt, had been one of
his stronger points. He sent a hunt-
ed look around, caught the eye of
the watching young man and sig'nalod
him with a furtive thumb. The girl.
was thanking him.
"That would lie splendid, but 1
hate to be such a nuisance."
"Not a -tall, ma'am." The young
man was at his elbow now, looking
interested. Looking. more than in-
terested. "Miss Cushing, meet my
boss, Mr. Barry Duane. Barry this
lady's just bought the Simpson place,
and Sim's lit. I've told her it's right.
in our way and we can take her out
any time she wants to go."
"Of course we can. Very glad to.'
Not a single blink betrayed that the
Simpson place was out of their home-
ward way by some miles of singularly.
bad road.
"The community," said Barry Du-
ane, "considers itself in luck. Now
about this new place of yours, When
do you get possession?"
"I've got it now."
"Yes—of course." He hesitated,
and caught Petry's nervous eye
Petry cleared his throat.
"I was thinkin"," he . ventured,
"seeing there's nobody out there now,
maybe the lady might like to put up
at the hotel here, until her folks
come?"
"But you see, there isn't anyone
else to conte." Anne Cushing laugh-
ed, for the first time in three long
weeks and Barry Duane thought it
was the loveliest laugh he had ever
heard.
"You really mustn't be worried a,
bout nie," she said in that lovely
voice, "I'm not a bit afraid .of stay-
ing alone. I thought I'd try to get a
roan and his wife. I meant to leave
an' adveetisem.ent for them before
I started for the ranch. Can I do
this?"
Barry ,laughed. "No, I'm afraid
yon .can't;. There's no paper to ad
Vertise in, this side of the. county
seat, At, least, there's no printed one.
The, unofficial way is to. mention
whatever you 'want over at Jim Bag-
ley's general store, and then wait for
the returns ;tocome' in, Any other
suggestions, Petry? How about Mar.
TIME TABLE '
Trains will arrive at and depart from,
Clinton as foliates:
Buffalo and Goderich Div.
�Q,eing East, depart 7.08 a.m.
going East depart 8.00 psi.
'going West, depart 11.50 tete.
ming West, depart LIS pat.
Landon. Heron B Brace
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DOINGS IN ' THE SCOUT
WORLD
International Clouds Mean
To Boy Scouts
That international 'differences of
their elders do not affect the mutual
friendliness of Boy Scouts is indicat.
ed by the inter -country Scout camp-
ing invitations and plans for 1932
already announced.
Norway
A composite Scout troop of boys
from some of the big public schools
of England will share a camp in
Norway. this summer with Norwegian
Scouts. -
Nothing
L. Forrest Gets Damages` for His Interest in
Ship Island at Goderich
(By J. A. 'fume, Special Correspor?-
dent of The Signal.)
Ottawa, June 2G. --For his lease-
hold from the Ontario Government on
the former Ship Island in Goderich
harbor, the' ' Dominion Governmen%
must pay William L. Forrest of God,
emid: $15,000 damages, $3,750 inter-' 1
est from October 4, 1929, and costs in
the action; according to the judgment
of Justice A. Ie. Maclean^ of the Ex-
chequer Court of Canada, just handed
down.
It already- having been determined
by the Etcchequer Court, confirmed
by the Supreme Court of 'Canada, that
fee simple in the island belonged to
the Grown in the right of the Pro.
vince of Ontario, compensation of
$1,500 to the Provincial Government
from, the . Federal Government was
fixed by Justice Maclean in that re-
gard:
Mi. Forrest, with Arthur G. Slaght,
K.C., Toronto, as his -lawyer, was
claiming damages up to $30,000 for
being put off the island which was
dredged out to improve the harbor.
In the damage hearing at Termite
early in May, the Federal Govern,
Ment lawyers argued that $7,000
would be ample damages, the Crown
valuing Mr. Forrest's island build-
ings at ,$6,000.
Justice Maclean, in his judgment
points out that Mr. Forrest in 1920
bought dredging equipment from the
late William Marlton for $16,000, se
curing at the same time any right
the island over a per
Denmark and Latvia
Applications of British Scouts to
attend the Latvian National Scout
Jamboree near Riga, far exceeded
the limit named. On the way the
contingent will spend a day at Cop-
enhagen,
She laughed and sobered, looking
out at the endless waste that went
on and on into the hazy distance.
"I knew I, was under inspection. I
was so afr.aid I wouldn't pass mus-
ter I scarcely dared breathe. She
looks so—dependable."
"Martha's pure gold—and here
she comes. Now, for the store and
your supplies. Another half hour and
we'll bo on our way."
They were .off in much less time
than `that, thanks to Martha Larra-
bee's brisk supervision. Marston's
brief sensation was ever, at least for
the time being, but the repercussions
still' echoed. All Marston kneW it
now: A pretty young thing with a
soft voice and delicate hands had
bought the Simpson ranch, thirty
miles out across the Junipero, and
expected to run it. Male Marston ad-
mired, but shook its head, Female
Marston sniffed.
"Looks like she had money," said
Jim Bagley hopefully. "She sure Is
pretty."
"She's too pretty," said his wife
tartly. `Girls who look like that and
wear clothes who
that don't go
streakin' off to out -of -'the -way places
unless there's.somethbe queer back
of it.
The loungers around the store
preserved a. polite silence.
"Aitd what's more," said the lady
heatedly, "that suit she wears is
handsome, just handsome, but when
she ,took the coat oft, while she was
waitin' for Barry Duane to come back
and dance around her, I looked in-
side of it to see•where it come from.
and •the tag had been ripped off'
That don't look like any accident to
me."
Fortunately for her peace of
mind, the girl who called herself
Anne .Cushing had no suspicion of
the two eager eyes which had found
that evidence of a discarded identity
in her coat. She did have a faintly
disagreeable memory of a sharpfaced
woman who had been rather; offen-
sively inquisitive but that could have
no more Athan the ill -restrained:
curiosity of a small -'town gossip. She
put it, behind her, and settled back
contentedly:
Marston, low against its sands,,hacc
vanished in• a 'sprawling blur. The old
ear made excellent trine. Petry was
driving. 'M'artha Larrabee sat ,be,
side him. Berry Duane sat with
Anne in the 'back seat.
Blazing. sunlight beat down, and
a long plume of dust waved and
wavered in,their Wake.' The road ran
ahead of them, mile after mile, with'
nothing to impede their view. There
when she smiled, and us sous an wife, mshine distance took on strange col.
eyes with a growing dismay in them good." ors turning to purple in she folds of
iod of years. Then, prior to. October,
1929,'. when the Federal Government
expropriated the island for 'harbor
improvement purposes; . Mr. Forrest
had secured a twenty -one-year lease
from the Ontario Government at $75
per annum, with the right of renew-
al for a similar period at a rental to
be decided later, apparently free from''
taxation.
It was noted that Mr. Fewest move.
ed one building from the island to the
mainland, at a stated cost of ;$1,800,
to be used' as a house, on land rented
from the G.N.R. at e34 per annum.
This removal cost, the Crown claimed,
was excessive. The Crown claimed
also that Mr. Forrest eould have se-
cured an the mainland from the C.N..
R. a suitable site at a rental of $130
per annum, which could have been
fixed up at a cost of $3,600, Including
removal of buildings from the island,
as a new base for his dredging equip,
menta
The judge observed that the island
with its one and a -half acres formed
"a convenient and inexpensive pro.
perty as a base and repair plant for
Mr. Forrest's dredging business," and
that any site on the mainland would
hot be as suitable. The judge dis-
counted the claim of the Crown that
the mainland site would prove satis-
factory in view of possible future
, dredging contracts at Goderich, re-
marking, "The amount' of dredging
likely to be carried on in Goderich
harbor for many years to come is not
likely to be in any way substantial"
—Goderich Signal.
Hungary
The Scouts of Somogy, Southwest
Hungary, have invited 70 British
Scouts as camp .guests for 10 days,
followed by a fortnight as guests of
individual Scout families. There
will be no expense to the visitors
other than travel. '
Sweden
Swedish Y.M.C.A. Scouts have In,
vited a British contingent to camp
Marlton had on
s
with them in the south of Sweden.
Scouts of 40 Countries to Australia
Boy Scouts of the Empire and
some 40 other countries are expected
to attend the Jamboree to be In
Australia Dec. 27 to Jan. 7, 1935.
Luxembourg
The Scouts of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg have repeated their an-
nual invitation to British Scouts to
visit them this summer. They offer
camping arrangements in various at-
tractive parts of the Grand Duchy,
including the Scout chalets at Linm-
pach and Echternach.
Scouts. Still Friends in Far East
As a variation of war cloud news
from the East comes mention of a
20 -days' camp spent last summer by
the 1st Shanghai British (Cathedral
School) Scout Troop in Japan, on the
invitation of Count Sano and the Ja-
panese Boy Scouts Association. The
camp was located in an Imperial For-
est Reserve north of Tokyo. Two
Yokohama Scouts accompanied the
visitors as interpreters.
IF THIS WAS FRED SLO1V AN'S
CAR SCHOOL HE'D FIND A
WAY
Couldn't Those Brawny Northerners
Lift the Car Over The Nest?
What would you do about it? This
is the question which the teacher of
a school ear in Northern Ontario is
asking his friends and neighbors. His
predicament is a serious one. When
his car was moved to a Canadian Na-
tional Railways point, some time ago,
for the regular educational service
which the Ontario Government gives
the. children of remote communities
on the railway, Mrs. Robin decided
that she would set up housekeeping
on the car trucks. She built her
nest and hatched out four hungry
children. Now the car is schedlued to
move to a new point. If it does, then
Mrs.. Robin's family are finished. If
it does not a number of children are
going to miss their lessons. Unless
some one has a bright idea it would
appear as if the robin census for this
year will be depopulated by four fled-
glings.
G6
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C
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"YES! She's engaged to a nice boy. He's not making a big
salary yet, but he's a hard worker. They'll have to be careful of
their money, at first!"
Careful of their money! With a home to find, furniture to buy,
marketing to learn ... with the thousand and one little emergencies
to, meet that newlyweds never dreamed of! .. .
And a young girl, inxperienced in these practical problems, is
expected to be careful of her money!
Ann will bless advertising. In the pages of this newspaper she
will find the very experience she lacks—the advice she needs!
It is when every penny counts that advertising gives its best ser -
vim. The advertisements you read are valuable lessons in everyday
economy. They help, as nothing else can, to make your dollar go the
iongest distance. x'or advertisments show you which article, at the
price you are willing to pay, is going to suit you best. And the very
fact that it is advertised is its guarantee that it will give you satis-
faction after you have bought it.
The advertisements in this newspaper are a most valuable guide
to wise buying. It pays to read there regularly.
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