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The Wingham Advance Times, 1927-09-15, Page 6WINGHA1f,A4+(C —TII E$ ELLINGTON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Established a$40 Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Ricks taken on all classes of insur- ance at reasonable rates.. ABNER C•OSENS, Agent, Winghanz • J. W, DODD Office in Chisholm Block • FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE P. O. Box 360 Phone 240 WINGHAM, - - ONTARIO J. W. B US H F I E L D Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingharn Successor. to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham. - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry Office over H. E. Isard's Store. H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr. Chisholm's old stand. DR. R. L. STEWART 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. Margaret C, Calder General Practitioner Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Office—Josephine St., two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Telephones: Office 28r, Residence Est DR. G. W. HOWSON 'DENTIST Office over John Galbraith's Store F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre Street, Sundays by appointment. Hours -•-g' a.m. to 8 p.m. Osteopathy Electricity Telephone 272. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL Licensed Drugless Practitioners, Chiropractic. and Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto, and National Col- lege Chicago. Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry Store, Main St. HOURS: 2-5, 7---8.3o p.rn:, and by appointment. Out of town and night calls re- sponded to. All business confidential. Phones: Office 300; Residence 6oa-s3. J. ALVIN FOX DRUGLESS PRACTITIONER CHIROPRACTIC AND .DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Phone egz. Hours: to -Z2 a.ri., •2-5, 7-8 p.m., 'or by appointment. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR ELECTRICITY Adjustments given for diseases of all kinds; specialize in dealing with children, Lady attendant. Night calls responded to. Office en Scott St., Wingham, Ont. Phones: Office toe, Resid. 224 6e GEORGE A. SIDDALL I tlt Thursday;' ,Septerixbo, 5't , gee leeeieseeiseesseein By Percival Christopher Wren Tl1E GREATEST 1VIYSTERY STORY EVER WRITTEN 19 , What would Digby d:, its its t place? Viuuld he take that pape from Lejaune's hand and destroy it I. felt he would, not. He couldno had he been present •at Michael' death, and heard his .dying words Not having done so, would h blame me if I ` left that eonfessio there, to be found' by the relievin force? Well --if he did, he must, an I must act according to my own light—If I could find any, , An suppose the Arabs assaulted again before the relief arrived? That woul settle the problem quite finally; Io they.' would loot the place, inutilat the dead, and then make the fort th funeral pyre of the mangled corpses I found rnyself wishing they woul do so, and then saw the cowardice o my wish, No, it was my affair no to—to—to . 2 actually found' tha I was nodding, and had all but fallet backwards as I satl In fact; a lieav- faintn•ess, an unspeakable weariness formed the :only sensation4of «chic my mind or body a vas now conscious I had. seen too much, done too much suffered too much, felt: too much, in the last' few hours, to have any othe feeling left, save that of utter exhalestion. I felt that I could die, but could not sleep. In the very act of pulling inysel together and saving that this would not do, I must have fallen into a state of semi -coma that was not sleep. I shook it off, to find that a new day was dawning, and, for •a minute, I gazed around at the extraordinary sight that met my eyes—the blood- stained roof, the mounds'of cartridge - cases, the stiff' figures crouching in the embrasures, the body of Lejaune with the handle of my bayonet pro- truding from his chest; and Michael's calm smiling face, as noble in death as in life. . . . ' I must go, Beau, old chap," _I said aloud, "if I am to get your letter and parcel to Aunt. Patricia and teII them of your heroic death_" I knelt .and kissed him, for the first time since babyhood. And only then, actually, not till then, I remembered the Arabs! There was no sign of them whatsoever, alive or dead, which may partly account for my having co rxpletely forgotten their existence. • I should not be doing much to- ward carrying out 'Michael's wishes if 'I walked straight into. their hands. Nor was death any less certain if I remained in the fort.till relief came, and Lejaune's body was. found with my bayonet in it. Idly I supposed that I might remove it and rephase it by that of another man, and blarne hint for the` murder. I had not the faintest intention of doing so, of course, nor would my tale have been very convincing,. since I was alive and. everybody else neatly disposed. and arranged, after death. It did not occur to me that perhaps I could pre- tend that I was the hero of the whole defence, and had posed all these corp- ses myself, including that of the roan who had murdered Lejaune, but, of course, I did not seriously consider the idea. No, Unless I wanted to. die, I must vade both the Arabs and the reliev- g force frons Tokotu. If I could do tat, I must, thereafter, evade the en - re population Of the desert between inderneuf 'and safety, as well as aging any avenging search -party at' might be sent out after me. here were also the little . matters of first, stervatirni, and exposure. All could do in the way 'of preparatirrn that direction Woul+i be to load yself with food,'water, spare boots, d ammunition. Rising to my felt, I wearily' drea- d raw d myself down the stairs and filled d relit the oil -stove. While the' ket- was boiling for coffee, I foraged (and, filled my water -bottle with we- er and three big.wine-bottles with t: same liquid. Nater was going no e infinitely more precious than any ine, before 1 was much older. 'I -al- i emptied my knapsack and liever- ick of everything but a pair of, boots, nd filled theist to bursting, with ad, coffee, and the: bottles of wa- thought my best plane would be load myself up to the weight I' was ustotned to, but to let my burden list of food and water. This would, w lighter as I grew weaker -or I mid grow weaker as it grew light - Anyhow, it.seemed the best thing do, but how I longed for a cannel,! u thought occurred to sue that if relief did not arrive that day, 'I uId remain, in the fort till night and y The sooner I got away, the bettts ✓ chance I should have of doing it sue- ? cessfully, I ate and drank all I could, t, shouldered my burdens and returned s to the roofs for a last look around. If I could see anything of the Arabs e in one direction I could, at least, try n to get away in the opposite quarter. g If not,' I must simply trust to luck, d, and crawl off in the direction opposite to the oasis; as beirig the likeliest one d to offer a chance of; escape, I gazed , around in all directions. There still. d was no sign of an Atab, though, of', ✓ course, there might have been any (" number' beyond thee'oasis, or behind e the sand -hills that surrounded the fort. I glanced' at' Lejaune. Should I d remove my bayonet. from its place in f his evil heart? No. My whole soul rim revolted front the idea. ,°.` And' as t for any hope of concealing the man-, 1 ner of his death, it would still be per- ' fectly obvious that he had been stab- , bed by a comrade and not shot by h the enemy. • Besides, I had killed him in self- ) difer.cc - self-defence. from as cold- blooded, dastardly, and crin.inai a ✓ murder as a man could commit. No. - Let the righteously-usedbayonet stay where it was—and incidentally I had Quite enough to carry without the. f now useless thing. . "Good-bye, Beau," I said, crossing to where he lay—and, as. I spoke, I almost jumped, for the brooding si- lence was broken by a shot, followed by several others. - . . The Arabs? No—these were neither rifle shots nor fired towards the fort The sound of them made that quite evident. Crouching, I ran to the side of the roof and looked. On a distant sand- hill was a man on a camel, a man in uniform, waving bis arm above his head and firing his revolver in the air It was .a French officer. The relief had arrived from Tok'otu, and I must escape or be tried, and shot, for the murder of my superior officer in the very presence of the enemy. . - Yes -but what about this same en- emy? Where were they? Was that fine fellow riding to death and tor- ture? Straight into an ambush, a trap of which the uncaptured fort with its flying flag was the bait? That might n -ell be the explanation of there hay- ing been no dawn -assault that morn- ing, while I slept. They might, with Arab cunning, have decided that it would be a much better plan to main- tain the siege, unseen and unheard,, and lure the relieving force, by an ap- pearance of peace and safety, into marching gaily into an oasis covered by hundreds of rifles lining neighbor- ing sand -hills. They could massacre the relief column and then turn to the fort again. - If no relief force carne, they Could still assault the fort .when- ever they thought fit. . As these thoughts flashed through my mind, I decided that I must warn that man, riding gaily to his death, deceived by the peaceful quiet of the scene, and the floating Tri-colenr at the flagstaff top. Seeing the walls lin- ed, as they were, with soldiers, the flag floating above them, and no sign of any enemy, he would et once con• elude that We had long nincc driven them rff. Obviously this must be the case, ci' he would have heard sounds of rifle -fire, miles away, •'he would thire. I must warn him, for .I had no dc ubt in my own mind that h: re tired. of Arab eyes were tvateli?ng him.' Nor was it '::his man alone, re- joicing there in our safety. A whole column must be clog: behind him. Comrades of outs who, had marched day w t e night to out relief. Of .course, I reit Id not let them wvalk into the a trap, deceived b,v the; very ruse that 'dc.ceived the Arafat. . a •i leis officer was no fool, doubtless, but l,c w was h:: to know that tl r s f'rr, t as a whited sepulchre, tenanted by the dead, unable, to signal himthat f lee was walkinginto an ambcish with b 111s column? Naturally he would as- sume, that since the apparentlym crowded fort gave him te0 warning, of .a danger, there was no danger, and he and his 'column could come gaily b marching into the fort front which its h trice had fled. This 'aeing so ,1 mutec team him myself. 1 was certain that tv 'Michael would approve, and that he d weuld have done so himself had lie r beret iir,my place, It rnixrht mean i deatlr'instead of e.icape ,but death was t ce; inly preferable to sneaking off t t,lira; a whole e•aintnt.t +.f 'one's coin- li ra(les marched ao a "'desti'uction tine e hall the power to avert. t What to do? Wave my arms and. ai dance about, up on the look -out plat- form? As likely as not, he would take s such signals as signs of joy and wel-. r come; If I were lie, ttpprc�aching ea, fully-trtftnncd fort' over whose crowd- si in tl ti ev th T th ri in an —Broker---- Phone 73. Lucknaw, Ontario Money to lend on fiat and second mortgages on farm and other real es- tate properties at a reasonable rate of interest, also on first Chattel mort- gages on:stook and on personal notes. A few farms on 'hand for sale or to rent on easy terms. "'.ri+frrrrr„rr,r,'r,nuts,rrt„nr,r6rruw„r,rnrrrrrrr�»rrrrrrreirr.ri. THOMAS FELLS * AUCTIONEER w-•• REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Far Stock Phone ear, Wingfrattt •„@rr,PU4n 4,Yt,1IY,r rrrt,c„lr8,pti Phones: Office rrirArvv„rn,rYrrrrrMoiircoita., A. J, 'WAL E1 FURNITURE' Iii; lL ---and :'. .. FUNERAL X2 nIRECTO Motor Iiaguipritent e1IltilCrl' 'AIVI, ONTARIO .= 1 r t th b sr 51 a bre ter to l ace gee sh et'. the then try to get one -of the Arabs' cam- s when it was dank. A moment's re- flection, however, made it clear:that if the relief d'el not enter' the fort pretty soon, the Arabs would, ed walls floated the fia , I 'should certainly see nothing of warning abunt :such rent testrations as those: Until I was actually fired upon, I should certainly suppuee ,l was ;••afe welcomed being elcomed to' the fort by tltosi: whom I had been too late to ea gist in their victory'ov6r some impu- dent/ little raiding par•:y, Exactly! • Until fired upon! That would surely give him something to think about—and,n.oreover, would give me a chance of escape, even yet. ::Long before he carne within shouting -distance he would be rushed by the Arabs.` i would do the (ring Kneeling down .tn l restittg m;, rifle in an embrasure,` ;I aimed 'as theugh my life depended on hitting Mitts. •I then raised my fires/gilt half an inch, and fired. Rushing to another embra- sure. I took another• shot, this time aiming to hit the ground, well in front of him. He halted, That was enough. If he walked into an ambush now, he was no dificer of the Nineteenth Army Corps of Africa, . Rushing across to the side;of. the roof furthest 'front. his line of approach, I dropped my rifle over,' climbed the parapet, hung by my hands and then dropped, thanking God that my feet. would en- counter sand. - . . Snatching up my rifle, I ran as hard as I could 'go, to the nearest sand -hill, If this were occupied 'I, would, . die fighting, and the sounds of'•rifle-fire would further warn the relief -column.' If it were not occupied,. I would hide and see what happened. Possibly I might be able to make a very timely diversion upon the Arab flank if there were a fight, and, in any `case, I might hope to escape under cover of darknes. Thessand-hill was unoccupied; I was safely out, and a chance of getting safely away existed, whether the Arabs attacked thecolumn ror not. 1 crept into an Arab trench andsset to work to make.a hole in it, that I. might be as: inconspicuous as possible should. anybody come, or look, in my direction. From between two stones on the edge of the parapet of . my trench I could watch 'the .fort and theoasis. I was conscious of an uneasy sensation as I watched, that I myself might be under the observation of en- emies in my' rear. , . As soon as I saw awhat the Arabs and the ap- proaching column were going to do, I would consider the possibilities:of a safe retreat in the most likely dir- ection. . I began to wish some- thing would happen, far the situation alas a little trying, and there was too strong a suggestion of leaving an; ,Arab frying -pan on the - one hand, to step into the French fire on the oth- er .. . an Arab torture by frying a French firing party at dawn. While I lay gazing to my front and wondering what night be happening behind me, I was astonished to see the French officer come around the corner of the fort, alone, and proceed- ing as unconcernedly as if he were riding in the streets of Sidi-bel-Ab- bes! Weill I had done my best for him' and his column. I had risked my own safety to warn him: that things were not what they seemed -and if the Arabs got .hint and his men, it was not my fault. He could hardly call being shot at a welcome from the forth ... Around the walls he rode, staring up at the dead defenders. I wondered if the shade thrown by the peaks of their caps would' so hide and disguise their faces that, from below, it would 'be impossible to see tha; the men were dead. , . What were the Arabs doing? , . Leaving him as further bait for the trap, and 'waiting. for, the whole col- umn to walk into it?' Ought 1 to Karn thein again? Surely once was: enough. It would mean almost cer-. taitt capture for Plc, by one side or the other; if I fired again, , App parently this officer was unwarrtable, moreover, and it would, be nothing but' a vain sacrifice to proclaim my existence and my position, by firing gain, . ,• And while t argued” the matter with my conscience, I saw that 11 was well—the relieving force was approaching en tirailleur, preceded by Gouts and guarded by Hankers. Slowly and carefully. the French orct advanced, well handledery soiime- ody more prudent' than the officer who had arrived first, and,by no cans disposed to walk into an Arab rnbush, A fcw�inintites later I heard he trumpeter; summoning the fort, lowing his calls to dead 'ears. I could' naginc the bewilderment of the offi- er standing before those closed gates eitittg for them to obeli,' while the ead stared at him' and nothing; stir ed. As 1 waited, for him to clams tip hto the fort or to' send somebody in o open the: gates fur him, t came to 11e cortelusion that the Arabs must' ave abandoned the siege and depart - d altogether, 1 'evondcred whether Itis had been due to. Lejaune's ruse td the fort's apparently undintinieh- ed garrison, or to news, from their emits,' of the approach of a :strong Oki force. Anyhow, gone they were, rad very probably they had raised the et,'e and vanished after moonrise the previous night. • The officer, his soots -i f1icit,r, the trumpeter, and.a fourth ratan, stood in a little group beneath the wall, some three hundred yards or so from where 1 lay. , 1 gathered that the fourth man was refusing to climb b le -to the fort. There was pointing, there were gestienlatiens, and the drew his revolver and presented ..... the face of the man who had shaker. his Bead when the officer pointed tip at the wall. The trunxtpeter, his trutii- pet: danglin' as he swung himself up, �” Q climbed from' the ,back of his camel to a : projecting water -spout, • an through an embrasure into the fort. I expected to see hint re -appear minute later at the gate, and admit the others, He' never re -appeared at all, and about a quarter 61 an hour dater the officer himself climbed. up and entered the fort in the same way. As before, 1 expected to see the gates. opened' a minute later—but nothing happened. There was silence and still- ness. The minutes dragged by, and the men"of the relief column stood still as statues, .staring at the enig- matical fort. ' Presently I heard the officer bawl- ing to the trumpeter, the men outside the fort began to move towards it in attack -formation, another squadron of the relief column arric.ed on mules, the, gates were thrown open from within, and the officer cane otit alone. (Continues next week) e'. d a For 9 years Gas Ruined' Her Sleep. "I had stomach trouble 9 years, and gas made me restless: _and nervous. Adlerika helped so I can eat and sleep good."—Mrs. E. Touchstone. just ONE spoonful Adlerika relieves gas and that bloated feeling so, that you can .eat and sleep well, • Acts on BOTH -sipper and lower bowel and removes old waste matter you never thought was there. No ,matter what you have tried for your stomach anti bowels, •Adlerika will surprise you. 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