The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-04-03, Page 6ri
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Phone 54 Wingham
Sas
J. T. M. ANDERSON
atcliewart's First' Tory Premier Is
ra ;i•'foturesque Politieai
tighter,
Not since the days of "Dick" Mc-
Bride has anyone •like Prerller.,T. T.
M. Anderson of Saskatchewan blazed
across the Canadian political Arma-
ment, says .an article in the Toronto
Star Weekly, Old-timere recall the
excitement which prevailed in the ear-
ly 'years of the century, when young
McDride, the Tory Galahad of Britten.
Columbia, tilted boldly at Laurier,
that .most redoubtable of political
warriors; or how he would descend
upon Ottawa breathing fire, elarnor-
ing for battle. It is still .recalled. that
McBride, thwarted in his efforts to
dotieot the iron purpose of Sir Wil-
frid, went storming back to his Leg-
islature and thence to London to lay
..tiscomplaint at the foot of the
throne,
A short time ago, Air. Anderson,
fresh from his prairie capital, storm-
ed the capital city in search of the
natural resources of his province. He.
went to' Ottawa along with the pre-
miers of the other two prairie pro-
vinces, but within a few hours of his
arrival he had engaged In a scintil-
lating • controversy with the Prime
Minister, Hon. Charles Dunning and
other federal leaders, He packed
every minute of his stay with action.
He foreshadowed, like his prototype
of other years, a pitched battle' in
the courts with an appeal to his Ma-
jesty's Privy Council. His going left
a sudden stillness on the "Hill."
WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
V'S/HAT HAPPENED SO FAR
Tour Bilbeck is the narrator. He
is a fat :newspaper writer who drives
a tumble-down car he calls Grand-
Mother
randMother Page, He is in love with
Maryella, his rival. being Jim Coop-
er. The three are members of an am-
ateur dramatic group. Plans for a
play at the Old Soldiers' Home are
under way, Grandmother Page has
engine trouble while Maryella is out
driving with Bilbeck, and Cooper,
passing in a big roadster, taunts him.
After Maryella has left Bilbeck is able
to start his car again.
The amateur players are to give
Pygmalion and Galatea at the Old
Soldiers' Home. In their version Bil-
beck is to act as the statue, and Mary-
ella despairs when she'discovers his
ado
bow legs. Mrs, Hemingway later
flatters Bilbeck and talks to hien a-
bout the play. Bilbeck" pats her hand,
While he is a born controversialist, only to find a rough hand grasping
everyone seems to like this compara- 'hint by the shoulder and lifting him
tively young main, who has been call- out of his seat.
ed to lead the first Conservative Gov- Tlie escape of prisoners from the
ernment ever to achieve office in the •
province of Saskatchewan. He loves local penitentiary keeps Bilbeck busy
a battle. He attacks fearlessly with- at bis newspaper work, so that he
out thought of consequence. He hits-1gets away; from the ramatic group..
meanness or chicanery about his tic- The players arrive at the Old Sol -
straight and bard but there is no
tics Hees the sort of man of whom 'dier's' Home, being greeted royally
the psalmist sang, "He mocketh at said meeting Pilk Henwetlier • and
tear and is not affrighted;' neither others.
turneth he back from the sword."The play at the Old Soldiers'
, Even his bitterest .opponents respect
and admire him, for Anderson, while Home is interrupted , because of a
he might slay in open battle, would fire, the players and veterans escape
, not take an unfair advantage of an Riding away from the scene of the.
enemy. ill-fated' play in their costumes and
And the mystery of him is that the
seclusion of the classroom, the quiet, overcoats the group of players is held
contemplative atmosphere of the uni- up by two escaped convicts, one of
versity cloister should have produced . whom is captured by Bilbeck after a
such a political crusader. Because struggle.Anderson, really, is not a politician;
DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND he is an educationist, who spent the The captured thief is tied to a
ll<.RC.S. (ENG.}, L.R.C.P. (Lond.) years of young manhood shepherding chair at the Old` Soldier's Home. Un -
the children of Saskatchewan able to leave the home as the car
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON through the bramble patches of high- refuses to budge, the players must
high-
er learning. Until 1922 he knew no
other interest in life but classroo'me,
DR. R. L. STEWART text books and examination papers.
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Office in Chisholm Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29
DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John Galbraith's Store
rpt i --
MEOPATIi
6sT
Ail i31seag> g �iiittat i
Office Adjoining residence next to
'Anglican Church on en re r ,
Sundays by appointment.
Osteopathy Electricity
k'hone 272,. Hours, 9 a,m. to 8 p.m.
A. R. & F. E. DUVAL
Licensed' Drugless:Practitioners
fahiro ractic and Electra Therapy.
. P.
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic
College, Toronto, and National Col-
lege, : Chicago.
Out' of town and night calls ` res-
ponded to. All business confidential.
Phone, 601-13.
He is, , indeed, an . outstanding
seholor—a medallist in the classics.
He holds the most covetted degrees
which our universities can confer.
For ten years, ever since he wrote a
book, "The Education of the New
Canadian," Anderson's namehasbeen
,
tay there, and Mr. Heinniingway,
hearing this over the phone, says he
'want."
111:y heart thrilled at the promise in
her . voice. With such a reward in
sight 1 would have entered upon the
labors of Hercules without a doubt
in my own mind of accomplishing'
them. •
I didn't know exactly what' she
meant, but I thought I would take Qa
chance even though Jim Cooper had
said they were engaged, •
There was •no tiiire to be lost. Leav-
ing Maryella to, dress," I `Went down
stairs to organize a:posse to go in
pursuit. My announcement that I was
going to lead another party to recap-
ture the escaped convicts met with
scant enthusiasm on the part of the
old soldiers, One,and all they polite-
ly declined. Even the sheriff did not.
respond to the idea with any zest, ,
"How can we catch them?" he ob-
jected. "We've got to, follow on foot
and they've got xny horse." , •
"Front what I have .Seen of your
horse;" I- replied, "I • don't think we
would slow up, But we went through
every time, and out in the middle we
struck a clear space, smooth, unbrok-
en and hard,
A sudden squall of snow came with
•
the wind,, obscuring everything, , but
1 knew how to steer from the wind,
As longas I held her where she was
we would reach Fair Oaks on one
stack, The cold was stinging and the
snow beat upon our exposed faces,
My fingers were numb froai,i holding
the' ` tiller, and so' were Maryella's
where she grasped the jib sheet,
But the exhilaration made the blood
pump faster. The terrific, staggering`
speed, the hiss of the runners, the
whine of the wind in the rigging and
the occasional flap of the :mainsail
when 1 pointed up too high were
music for my'ears. We seemed not cigar in obvious contentment, was
1 andin-
,I
I -Ie had not seen us, and when
to be touching the Yee at all; I laid' a heavy band on'his shoulder
deed there were < moments when we
he° looked' up startled.
"I've got you," 1 `exclaimed.
He made no reply to my obvious
statement.
"See if he; has got' the pearls," pant -
e Iviaryella.
l:t was a good suggestion. I hastily
went through his pockets much to the
amazement of the loafers at. the sta-
tion. He had nothing` in them biit
some money and a lcnife.
"Where are- the 'pearls?" I demand
"I ain't got any pearls,' he replied.
"Yes' you have," `I insisted. "You
stole them from the dresser in that
room where you hid!"
A crafty look came to Julius's eyes.
He pondered a moment.
The train whistled.
"All. aboard!" yelled the conductor.
"Will you let me go free if I tell
�`!� L i'`'ii , :"ti`t you where the pearls are?"Julius
asked.
"See if he has goof the pearls,",panted Maryella- "`Say `yes,' Tom!' urged Maryella.
"I must get thein back at any cost."
will have much trouble in beating him ice, and 'often it would j�unifi a' foot
in a race r' 'or more from the surface.
whether we could come about and go
ren the rather tack, but as, long as we
kept ie. the direction we were going
there seemed every reason" to suppose
that we would last to the end ol` .Che
trip if nothing further' occurred,
A skidoo cessation. of snore flur-
ries revealed the town to us --and with
it the train approaching the station
on the other side of the lake,
Maryella looked back to see if I
had observed. I nodded and held her
up a little higher,
Neck and neck we approaebed the
station. I prayed for more wind, and
when it wouldn't come I swore under
my breath.
The train was nearly at the ;station.
Then cams a squall.. The ice -boat
leaped forward once .more with creak-
ing recast; Our sliced doubled, As the
train pulled in I swung the ice -boat
around sharply and abreast of the sta-
As she cruse about the mast went
over with a crash. 1�ortunately Mary
elle leaped clear of the rigging; and
without any further parley we raced
up the bank, We got there while they
were. still unloading baggage.
On the platform, smoking a :huge
were running, on only two runners.
Mar yelia's weight'was not sufficient
Y
to hold' the Windward shoe on the
"Yes, I'll let you go."
Julius moved toward the platform
is coming right to the home—as he .He is a good ]corse,' the sheriff.' I looked at her inquiringly the first
Meanwhile the sheriff arrives, „ r-.• '
nineteen years ofd, come newt May. ;frightened. She read the ,question of "I'll tell ou as soon as I or
y
of the car, which was getting under
is suspicious of his wife and Bilbecic. argued truculently,' "and he is only time it happened to see is she was
way.
Hemmingway arrives just when .Bil-
b'ick is assisting- Mrs.'Hemmingway,
a byword among Canadian education-
ists.whohas In that volume he <bared the ` the worst. Meanwhile a disturbance
problem of assimilating the hundreds is heard in the cellar, and ,all in the
of thousands of foreign born who house rush down to it.
have made this Dominion their home. The Sheriff's horse has broken
In his brief tenure of the premier-
ship, Anderson already hae addrse ed loose. Meanwhile Heminingway sus -
Well,
9
let s go, ,I urged. 'Even 1 my g ance.
you5
and I have to go alone.'; " 1 "It's all right, she shouted. "I'll
The sheriff looked at his watch. a chance!'
"They are clear in town by this time," And so we did. I held the ice -boat
with all sail set at the point where
we went fastest.
Suddenly out of the white flurry
loomed a black shape. It was one of
the fishing shanties that, dotted the
lake. I ,tried to swerve and miss it
but it'Was too late.
Crash! The front end of the main
he observed, "and they'll be taking
the 9.36 train out. ; We haven't got
a chance, We'd have to getethere in
twenty minutes, and that ain't poss
his energies to many tasks, 1:3e has pects Bilbeck more and.more, and. Jim ibie„
�declared that the average university Ceeper mixes in to tell Bilbeck he
' graduate 'groaned. It was: only eight miles,
g d to in Canada knews ore , hat the Hemmarlrywa s y g
eohP and canine t1r tT has arranged 1 ., a- � here was no way of seeking the ells-
'
tl.1cle ‘''T <.�- - --�—.. be ciivr,r�a : glib e clr i to.. a g
ince
0. ante ttpat e S j:'
11' $oe9 about his; o ' pigv n Ii lance ecce it b aero ilane or
e Y 1
with Jori eerie that marry Mrs, Hernrrtingway,
rather agrees Y
beam went through 't break
` g
i or mr *Iit }vela be
reversed' and proceed from the Pres= must travel b b k f boatr
t .in .oto'
There was an alternative. The ice- '
the teaching of h st y 2 o get back home; Hemmingway forwrtird st ty and the jib halyard The
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11•ione 992r14,
dales of 'Farm Stock and Imple •
orients, Real Estate, etc, conducted
with - satisfaction and at reoderate
.t??aeges,
Yfoot and Bil ec ojib itself released. fluttered down,
,
s ran. o The ice -boat staggered and almost
eat time backward through the een- I • t tI e window It was still
Saskatchewan Department of ` Edtica- agreement they nevertheless start on t e a e ry sec e ac s y
I , 1 before (stopped,
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THOMAS FELLS !
tunes, In addition to overheating the Pers to go with him. In violent di
h l k l Ih l e nthebo s
tion he is reforming the civil service. out together on snowshoes and skis rig it the day e ore
AUCTIONEER
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A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock
Phone 231, Wingl atu
RICHARD .IACi�
SO
.AUCTIONEER
Phone 613r6, VtTrceeetcr. ; or address
R, It. i, Gorrie. Sales conducted any-
where ,and satisfaction guaranteed,
DRS. A. J. & A. W. IRWIN
DENTISTS
Office MacDonald 'Block, Winghtim
A. J.
WALKER
FURNITURE AND FUNERAL
SERVICE
A, J. Walker
Licensed Ftinerai Director and
Embalmer:
Office Phone 106. Res, .Phone 224.
Iarteet Lbroousiaie Ptineral Coach.
and soon. Bilbeck tumbles over Hein-
mingt+ ay, the going being difficult.
They :lose their sense of direction.
They separate. Bilbeck finds rhim-
self back at theOldSoldiers' Horne
after going in a circle, sees an in-
truder and jumps in a window, to
find himself in Maryella's room. The
Sheriff comes in, holding ou't a gixn
and saying he saw soineone-come in
and Bilbeck has 'to conte out from
under the bed, where he had been.
hiding.
Then, slowly, she recovered 'head
I told the sheriff my plan 'He was
AZlL'BBY. way, the wind` filled the mainsail, and
I3ESSIE KILLED R doubtful.
n n f by holding a little harder on the tiller
I wouldn't trust myself o one o
Female Reindeer Turned on Her I discovered that I could still keep
the dog -gone ilcmgs Tetra cotta rs
Bullying Mate. on the course.'
A. good enough for me any time. fight between a pair of reindeer Fortunately the mainmast was
a the t London Zoo resulted in; the Won't you go? I asked. I need
strong and even without the forward.
death of Mr. Micky, who had been at
some one to help tine sail it"
the menagerie for over five years. As
is common with reindeer, Micky was
in the habit of bullying his mate,
Bessie; but when he shed his antlers
a few days ago the time came for'Bes-
sie to turn the tables on him, for sae
still retained hers. (Unlike all other
deer, both reindeer sexes ha re
horns,) Directly Micky lost his wea-
pons Bessie took the offiensive, and on
several occasions the keeper had to
separate them. He received a kick on
the leg for his pains. As the pair had
lived together for three 'years the
keeper did not reo•at•d the quarrel as
serious. But Bessie evidently had a
very deep grievance, for when the
ter d the ad-
• t i wards e e
'. r a e ` li p
kee e
p
doe t�e �ynn�� y%icky dead,,� po9t-, where are they?' is pair of. trousers civet~ -her richer clo-
and e ci &itlia lriaatibf i8& `c?eY} ,,Ylr? l ,1 felicnved the direction of 'bet .thing and borrowed a mans coat and
c'�b 1
"I ani glad he got away," said
Maryella kind-heartedly, "especially
as lie didn't steal anything. The only.
thing I had of any value was Mrs,
Hemncingway's pearls," She looked
over toward the dresser where slie
had put 1110111 the night before. "Why
stay it held. I doubted
„bio sir`zree! Not"for a thousand
dollars. _ ..._.
I turned to the resit of the men..
"Who will go with rice on 'the ice -boat
to intercept our, escapedpi•isoners be-
fore they can catch the 9t38 train?"
My proposal was received with ab-
solute silence.'
"I will," said a. voice fr•oni the
stairs. There stood Maryella, vivid
with restored healt>i.
"You're on!"'I said. "Hustle. We've
only got eighteen minutes now.'
At my suggestion Maryella put on.
theeii
country tiili'fers at WhipalaCle iiia for toilet articles. . tlreoxttlpanied by
Besti itihlikti eeti 2 4 U'. t6 i�1.6-Loo`s e.i i1ce, The resser was bard,. save overcoat.
'i; equipped aiid
Y , the protests of our coinpaaitons wC
the one and only of£sprirYg of the i\Iaryella looked at me, pan'irstricld- 1
pair, born last year, will inherit the en, "Why, where are they? Will yott hastened du'wti tice bill. It was snow -
"old ho
me," look ui the drawers? g again,rgale of
. " ing but there was a
i a Iudid. alley were not to be found. wind back of it.
Missed m iE ortizne. , "Possibly Mrs. l,illielove picked It took nie probably a minute to
How a fortune was mussed as the, tht sails hoisted, At an rate we
result of a Gold Coast prospector's them up," I consoled, "I'll ask her." getY +
! ignorance or geology was revealed by '' When Mrs, Lillielove was_ sum- had less than ten minutes in which I
Sir Albert Kitson at the recent meet, named she disclaimed having seen the to make tours hnetuntttety,thc ;Witirl
i ing of the British Association. the jewels at all the previous evening, ! tvas'on the quarter and, 1 knew what
1 prospector in search of gold dug a `Iliac thief must have taken thein an iceboat was 'eaptible of when
hole and uiirarthdscl uiaii,anese ore. „i l Icr<pwded to he utmost', Maryella had
Thinking it was iron ore, he took no thenl" decided, Niaryella firmly, y,
notice of it, . geologist found the I recollected tliai iri nrcler`to get to',sailed a r'egulir water craft, before; so
,
old hole and realized the value of the tlie• door Julius '.had been foieed to she knew how to handle a jib witliriut
ore. The spot has suxee proved to be nisfrtic'tioix,
one of the largest and richest deposits pass the dresser on which the pearls
of manganese ore in the world.. pay,' It was perfectly possible for hire
to have picked .thein up ,unobserved
elalrnrteci 1,11127 'Breeding ]]('Dais. as he went 'by
According to a well - informed "What shall I do? I can never look parse,
I shrived off She starter. 'ticry
slowly. At first 1 feared that possibly
slro was' too licrrvy for the sail cc -
though rtniflict'il estimate some TI tl f As 50011 as We gat out in the lake,
1,527 br.:ieding coxae were .exported "]lis, cinmingway ti i ie ace again
t
What a bout $1',1500,000. In addition, about shall. I drt?_" reefed from t ce pan near the rrrstr-
15,000 Pelts., averaging $100 eaoh, "MI ;get thein back," I declared, lution,0 heavier gale of wind struck
were shipped to various woi�1•d eeir-
�Combin.ed this represents ' ; heroically, not 'knowing into what us and with a leap like.a frightened
ties, ,
Edward Is -if I have last .thein, They were very however, away from the protection
from. Prince Ed � d
to Europe m of a wooded aoitit of land that pro--
laalrl In "1929, representing a valueof valuable. Whit shall I do? Wlxa i 1 bank
revenue eiil v • `re front the fort industry of depths 'iny statement might lead me: Imamthe icc boajumpedt jumped it..
I
`$$,000;000, "Oh, will you, Toni. Maryella ex., Ia or the most ..fart the ice was black
erhe tbluebert`y eroti in Nova scuba claimed, dragged from the slough of len
niadear. driftOCWhiolally we steuckhere `�thetas a
• r car idencc. If °oil ,
;ed arotitld $300,0041. do, you earl ask anything of me you the rigging would . rattle and we
tot
season is estimated ,to ii o i •lava. doslpoed by r cy confidence.
seriously
the train."
Not quite understanding, T never-
theless ran on beside hirn and allowed
him to mount the first step.
"Now' where are they?""I demand-
ed.
The train was moving faster. I
could not keep up' much longer.
"They are : on this train," said 'Jul-
ius, and then seeing the questioning
look' on my face he added; "I sent
them to myself' by parcel post. They
are in the mail -car,'''
I dropped back, and the train pull -
c away. u ms waved at nie from
the car steps.
CHAPTER XIV
On the Mail -Car.
I, ,gazed. stupidly at the' departing
platform.
"Where ere the pearls?" asked
Maryella, jelinin me.
Y , J g
"On :,that train, I explained. "He
put 'enc in the mail and sent them to
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eimself, parcel post,"
"rAnl you let the train go off with-•
out your she reproached.
"He didn't tell me until it was ton•
late for inc to get aboard." I defend-
ed my action, or rather inaction as
best I could.
While we looked at the receding
train it came' to, > a gradual; stole. I t
looked for the cause and noticed ' a
water tank beside the track.
"Good -by," I' said, with hastily
formed resolution, as I left'Maryella
and sprinted down the track:
I caught it, No need to go into
details of the red spots beforeNxny
eyes and the dry. throat that burned
me as I ran, As it pulled out I swung
oil to the rear platform.
I went into the car and went to the
forward end where I could look into
the coach' ahead.
Yes, Julius was there; finishing up
his cigar all unconscious of my pres-
ence. I decided it would be : j.ust as
well not to make a, scene on the train,"
but to follow him to his • destination
and get the pearls= when .lie claimed
them. at the post office.
So I sat where I could see the plat-
form and,note when he :got off.• After
all I was redeeming myself for any
blunders I had made in the past.
"Tickets, said a voice.
The conductor had entered the door
just in front of me.
r had no' ticket, and explained it
to the official.
He looked at roe suspiciously. My
clothing was a- trifle nondescript.
"I had only just time enough to
catch the' train without stopping at
the -station," I' offered.
Myshort-winded condition bore out
ncy statement.
"All" right I don't care," he replied.
"You'll have to pay' .a little extra,
that's all, by settling with me on' a
cash basis."
While he was asking me where I
wanted to go I. reached;in my pocket
for some money.
I found nothing but a hole.; Up to
that moment I had forgotten that I
was wearing Comrade DreYenfurth's
"other" pants.
It's a terrible- thing to be without
money among strangers. I know of
no sensation akin to it.
"I left it in my other clothes," I
said weakly.
"Is that so?", said the conductor
scornfully eyeing me with a practic-
ed-gaze.
ractic-cd`gaze. "Don't try to kid roe: You
haven't got any other clothes."
I was indignant, but what was the
use? •
"Cough up some money," said tite
conductor crossly, "or get off." He
reached �up suggestively for the bell
cord which signals to the engineer,
PLEASING P INTING
For ..
1SCFIIIWtt!llj,Custoniers
O eglt1i'pltiiie1 t le complete for the satisfactory production of
' card to a booklet.
of er��r�` description—from a sx�li�ll �
With this erJ. � _ ui it'tiegitr s>tl><talble stock, goes competent workman-
ship. We will be pleaSed ttti'ca:>risult.y'ou in .regard.; totoananythingy o. n
may need.
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