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The Wingham Advance Times, 1926-10-07, Page 6is NGI~iAM ,ADVANC -TIMES .. .'-,._ ....::... ...:....... ... -.. - -• :- ;:1.1I 11Uct 1./V44U1'1 'BLit, 4.920 BUSINESS CARPS . ._. _. . .... . - • ... - • ., and ThunderingTin Devils,` (shout- ade of the worst men. all rnauvais Su-, W LLINGTON MUTUAL FIRE IfiIST RANGI', CO. Established 1840, Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Head taken onall classes of insure Risks tae n eu once at reasonable rates. Agent, Wzsghatn ��rr �i BEAU GESTE�� By Percival Christopher Wren THE GREATEST MYSTERY STORY EVER WRITTEN ed. :You say that he says that she sags, I nnocked. `Va t'en, grand babbilard!` roared at hint, Tilbe on parade outside these gates in ten sec. ands), and if you and your gibbering chatterboxesare notAsrode , awaiting' me there at attention. , and my poor Sergeant-Major jects of that company. They should garrison the' Zinderneuf fort; or else the grave that Iaad'been dug for those brave 'fallen who had not been allow- ed to fall,' _ 1 o e lip, the Sergeant 11Sajor •Dufour""called, the- men to attention, o 'Revilefeeipe • Mustard Pickles--Chow-chow-•-India Pickles—Sour Pickles— Dutch pickles—Relishes and Catsup. Our Recipe Book gives splendid recipes for Makin all of them. Write for a copy7ravires Free. Colman <Canada) AaBNER COSENS, . fed, I was the more angry at his news, and they stood like graven images, the selected esco)iade the right, -Keen 1.2mited, Dem, 387 ioo Amher at St„ Montreal , . D DD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENTclods,tar, AND HEALTH --- iNSU1�.l�NCE ---- AND REAL ESTATE P. O. Box 360 Phone 240. WINGHAM, .. ` - ONTARIO FIRST READ THIS Major Henri de Beaujolais, hearing that the company holding the fort at Zindexneuf is attacked,takes a corn- , pany of men to the rescue. Arriving there he is startled to find men propp- ed in the embrasures of the fort— dead. Inside, he finds the command- ant of the fort dead—murdered by arae of his own men apparently, for a bay- Doily, the castes don't steal They are, for I had subconsciously expected her nephews. I ant going to put something of the sort. some ice on my head." What elsewith iwhoawe `I have wanted a ;lot. of ice to the , these ignorant,, su-n perstitious ' who were the'brav- head, the last few weeks, George. est of the brave against.' human foes? What, too, of the murdered sous-offi- g None like them: Every marl a hero ver and the utterlyvanished trump- " P" in battle, , But what of that House s. ores. of Death with its Watchers • Thatmy Oh,�danin your trumpeter and sorts lace into which their comrade hadce officer, was the explosive reply. 'ler - P h ads , , on while 1 made an eloquent speech, the funeral oration of that brave band to were w s about to give a inili, y funeral with all the last' honors that France could render to the - ��or by defenders of !ries honour and her Flag. eyes and431 Tears stood in my vol- broke as 1 concluded c by quoting:— ..' ens - r • �i� n onet like those issued the French For- ••••••1-boldlyclimbed—and never come forth chael Geste! Lady Brandon.. . For- again. Soldats de la Legion, r De la Legion... Etrangere, DUDLEY HOL ES BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. iictory•arid Other Bonds Bought and eign Legion is found plunged through his heart. -give me, old chap, and finish the story ." and George Lawrence lay back haRastignac had begun it, And they d seen him face instant death cath_ on his face instant d N'ayant pas de nation, La. France est votre • mere.' Collcti® sold. Block, Wingham �° man! Lady Good God Lad Brandon! Do you mean to say that the "Blue Water,"has bean that couch and stared at the roof er than enter thedeath nth- of the carri(r age, less reckless devil,braveryorder, Lady Brandon! The only woman in whoseal- the t one has'prevented his escape from Than when the selected new Barri. son got the files de uatre: 'Parquatre. En avant. Marche,' that they might• Service YTH branches and correspondents.' , VAT0 �, ;BARRISTER; SOLICITOR, ETC.,' Money to Loan at Lowest Rates - Win ham,Ontario pinched—and the thief took refuge in the Foreign" Legion, or drifted there somehow. asked Lawrence, lying back on his roll of bedding. I dont mean to say an thing—ex- y world. bringinghim to courtemartial and thebegin And as the train rumbled through Zephyrs'. of allnew He, men, was afraid the sweltering coastlands toward La -'r: of the place: There is nothing so in- gos, 111ajor de Beaujolais, highly plea- fectiaixs as .' that sort of 'panic: sed with the success Ik£ his neat and clever little coup, continued the story. WIf a Oce more fact to accept. p, rp men would not the fort march into the fort and their duties b bri i e dead out Y ng ng th for' burial --they did. something' quite sf otherwise. Takin the time from the right,ie.eo.•• with smartness r ess and, theyy tae oN : throughout Canada and strong fjnan•- %• 'x..,' + sial affiliation r : . u ; . ,�, s abroad, we are in a position tm4 �a j makeprompt ; Vale) collections .in all parts of the. ''. i---� ! world. Acceptances.are' quickly obtained, Ossesn" �T payments promptly t1 transmitted --details ., - carefully and accurately urate! Bre° handled. ' J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, - Ontario cept to tell. my little tale, the dull litt- le tale that bored you so, George," re- plied de Beauolais with a wicked grid: • George Lawrence swung his feet to g n the ground and stood up again. Never enter with this new astuondrnent, this ex_ "Well My George, figure me there, the zort of they would not enter fort of Zinderneuf—and that was traordinary accompaniment to the sin- aster and bewilderingmystery of that. y Y a But if the ,will of these scoundrels inexplicable murder and on inexplic- was corrin into precision n satoopedo as one man and stood .'at 'attention. The right -h• on divan, a grizzled vet- eran of Madagascar, Tonquin, and Dahomey, took. a forward Ask our local: manager for complete information: ' 24 °�' NE lam( DR. G. H. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons . Graduate University of Toronto had his friend seen this reserved, tac- tram and unemotional man so affect- ed, "I don't "get you. I don't take it in," he said. "Lady Brandon's stone! Our. g conflict with the will able disappearance. there was ex- And then, 'What is in the paper, o£ Henri de Beau'olais, citing times ahead.. Since they sought might one respectfully enquire, monWINGHAM Commandant,' asked the Sergeant- sorrow they should certainly find it—; Major. and as I put one my belt and boots pace sal - . ares and with wooden face,said, 'We Prefer to die with Rastignac.' This was flat disobedience and rank mutiny, I had hardly expected quite' " BRANCH, . A. M. BISHOP, Manager. Faculty of Dentistry Lady Brandon? The 'Blue Water' 'The confession of a thief—that he agAction eft a certain elation. this.ut `B •going ----e• Office. Over H. E. 'Isard's. Store• Office that we used to be allowed to see sometimes? Stolen! And you have stole a famous -'ewe!, I replied. o is always action, mon Henri' said 1 to myself, and . it will be a `Which was the thief?' said e R esti g•nac.is not to.die. He is- going to live=long years, I will shoot you and desert en masse. already to satisfy my' private -cons--• cons -- we R. HAMBLY B.S., M.D., C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, havingtaken postgraduate work in Surgery, $act- etiology and Scientific Medicine: Office in the Kerr Residence,be- tweet the Queen's Hotel and the Bap- round rues "I have found nothing, my friend, but a cram led and bloodstainedpi-the P ece of paper in a dead mans hand, was the reply, "With Lady Brandon's name on itl It's absurd man, In the middle of the " Sahara! And you found it. With her Well, I'm , Oh, ask me some questions, my change froth these thrice -accursed good imbecile!' said I. `Ask me here theories and attempts to explain the trumpeter is,and 'Ask w inexplicable and reconcile the irrec- P whose bayonet, oncilable. and who disposed these dead men as myneuf defenders, and who fired two shots; Bah! I would teach little dogs and whether 1 am mad or dreaming , to show their teeth, and I rode, on a I answered—and than idled myself mule, over to the fort. -There I bade PDufuor and Lebaudy select an escou- together, `Now come with me, I bade him 'We hope in the Joyeux, You, however who are but cowardly sheep led" as- tray by him, shall have a better fate. You shall die now; or enter "tinder- fort and do you rdut g y. Ser cant- Major, have those rifles collected. eLt the remainder of the Company right form, and on the order `Attention pour les four de salve;' the front rank A night's rest will- work wonders. Be- sides, Lieutenant St. Andre and the' Senegalese will- be here by midnight.,' It is full moon to -night.' `And shall we sit and wait for the Senegalese,' ' Dufour?' I whispered back. `Would you like to ask those fellows to save' us till they conte"? And "looking from him to the men cience. If, after -four hours' rest and! reflection they "still decide to mutiny —on -their heads be it! No'responsibil-• ity rests on me. If'they mutiny they do it in cold blood: If they •obey orders before the Senegalese arrive,' no great harm has been done, and discipline has been maintained. That is the very aitinost length to F tilt Church. + name on it! absolutely will make one more search will kneel, and on the order, "Feu" I said Ioudl which All business given careful attention. Phone 54 P. O. Bax iia. damned!" ejaculated Lawrence, "Yes, my friend. And perhaps you begin. #o realise how "absolutely dam- g I I below, and then dejeuner, and a quiet, sensible, reasonable discussion of tate facts, before we bur these brave fell-. " , y h.' a _ ! r l ' ` ,�W 'r aY l e :, � �" > every matt witIdo his duty.' y' But I knew .better, George. That was precisely what they woudnt do; 3` `You are too merciful Sergeant -Ma- , g jor. We don't ,do things thus in the Spahis, But these are not Spehis- can go in the desire to save them.' , To, save them mon Commandant f it is ou who I� am trying tosave,' Y g Jr. Robt. C. Reda find M.R.C.S. (Eng.) . L.R.C.P. (Long.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ries" was, when" read that paper— :odd with blood . But probably I was was not so surprised as you are now, Even that could not have surprised me very much then, I think," said de otos, detain an escouade of our men as garrison,and return to Tokotu. I shall leave you in command here until we get orders and reliefs.' The Sergeant-Major looked distinct= 1 rqq , , i(t,'t si t , , , .., G r �0 ,r +."? saes,}1 f ? / 4 -�� 8 = °~ I^ '" q';youbeg w Y ti i and I felt this was my last parade. That 'accursed fort was still .exerting g its horrible influence., These fools feared that it would kill them if they However ,in consideration of the most' excellent march the men have made, I will do as and give these 'cafard-stricken fools till moon -rise It stammered the ,good fellow. Patting him on the shoulder as he: turned to o I bad hi g , e m send' a coup -- le of the most influential men of the Dr. Chisholm's old stand - �;, —7, i its lame. ly dubious at this. `Here weeks!' oe'aof entered it, and I feared it would killgives men' pleasureescouade o to inflict punish - h and two or three of the best -leaders 'different. .for them if they did not. For let me I hope insist the remainder of DR. D. 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 Lawrence sat down, " „ Go on, old chap, he bagged, Isin- cerely apologise for my recerit mann- ors, Please tell me everythin and g' then let us thrash it out,'` Lady Bran- don! The 'Blue Water' stolen. `No need for apologies, my dear George," smiled his friend. "If you seems a little unimpressed and bored he said softly, We made our tour below, and, as 66 Mother looks before, nothing unusual met the eye, 1V and there was no sign of the tram e eter forward to ,alive or dead. We had seen him climb on to that parapet and ap- parently no living eye had beheld him � telephone again. ® . ?9 Visits----- I was past wonder, I accepted but handle them wrongly l now,and g y they would shoot me and he .non- commissioned officers and march off; into the desert to certain i death, as they weakened from thirst and stare-: orlon. They would be harried and hunted and herded alongbythee , Arabs and daily reduced in numbers until merit, and no man will' on being g punished. We are all tired, and since you intercede for your men Igrant afour-hour bolls At moon- holiday rise, our. motto is "Work or die." Till then, all may rest. After then, the dead will lie buried and h for r_' t ga risoned. I hope there will be no More dead to be buried to -night. cliques, if.there were any. I would point out to thein he. in-- evitable and awful results to the men <themselves, of disobedience and mut- ivy I would speak of the l eroism,-. discipline, and dutifulness of he dead.; 1 would pointe out to them that in event of mutiny, they themselves. Dr. Margaret C. ����� General Practitioner Graduate University of Toronto Facultyof Medicinewily Office—Josephine St, two doors south of Brunswick Hotel. en z ;Telephones: Office 28x, Residence x5 at times, it only gave me the greater zest for the denouement, when you should hear your , our , friend's name come into this extraordinary story." "You'refools patientEnglishpone Jolly," said the .astounded Lawrence. �,She I salute you sir. A logical old` cuss too! Fancy keeping that. back until things. said Helen to her husband— Very well, this was the place where"That was a wonderfiii..%dea of Commandants are murdered by non- yours, Fred that I should existent people; soldiers vanish like alternate my letters to mother concerningcs one's friends are lettersfound lwrth telephone calls. misses me a good deal, and in the hands of dead Frenchmen, Very she was just delighted when as j good .Be it so. We would 'carry on'she heard ni r voice. We talked a sudden rush swept over them and nothing remained for the survivors but horrible tortures. Mutinous dos the i g Y might be, and they were -but no less would the responsibility foie their suffer- Ings and deaths be mine if I mishand- led the situation. I thought of oth- deist And I rode back to the oasis, hear- ing as I did so the•voice of the Ser-" geant-Major, exhorting the men and concluding with the order, ` ' g de , Ron pez. He joined mea few minutes later,. 'They'll never do it, mon Command- t ant,., said he. 'They'll .fear tire. plana• worse than ever by moonlight. In he would;either be loyal and die at the. hands of the mutineers, or become de -4 sorters and die at th:e hands of, the - Arabs -, I would w cY than. send therm back among their fellowsaeartedeabide•, the issue. . (To Be Continuedy` • ' ei ;• now, and telling the yarn neatly in as you say, and do our duty. over a lot of things, too .— -mutinies in the Legion. morning we could call for volun- g , PARKERproper F'"minutes OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated n next to Office adjoining residence Anglican Church on Centre Street, Sundays by appointment sequence and due order, until the right point in the story was reach- ed, and then, . . " "Anal, the phlegme Britannique; eh Geor el _ chuckled de Beaujolais, g Wonderful how the volatile and:tin- Frenchman do it,was- settled `Think hard—and be prepared to settled more questions in three than we could have pic kholes in the theories I shall pro- done in twenty letters. pound an hour hence,' said 1 to the Sergeant-Major ' as wepassed out of • "And it's so much easier than writin ! We were both so ineers thegate,and I g proceeded to the ods- pleased that I've arranged to •feel is, where m excellent Achmet had y :g call her everyWednesday night t was ,an awkward dilemma, Geo- rge. If. I ordered the Company #o fire upon the squad, 'they would re- fuse and would thereby become mut- themselves. They would then they might as well be hung for a sheepas a lamb arid, having shot teers to accompany pus. And then the.. +Senegalese 'That will do, Dufour,'.said 1 'They will render instant obedience at moon- rise ,or take the consequences. I have strained, my military conscience BOOST FOR WINGHAM FALL'. FAIR—Our Fair. Don't keep repeating that others are better. Come on down;, to the Grounds and prove that we have the goods. Thursday an.Fr%»'- day, October7 th and 8th, Flour's -g a. in. to 8 p. m. Osteopathy Electricity petuous could n't it?" And there is sometbthg else to prepared m soupand coffee. _' ,You dont want to hear m theor- now Y freedom. me, take their chance. of escape and Telephone 272. - come my friend. All in 'logical proper sequence and due order' there conies To bridge those unavoidable ies George, and there was no need for gaps, there is nothing like an the Sergeant-Major to point out the occasional talk by Long Dis- If, on the other hand, I condoned A. F. 11J��Ag, another little surprise." P " this irn osstbilities and absurdities in them, p" tance. Fox a few minutes the dsal of escouade—what of Duty • 1. ® L CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALISTS Members C. A. O. Graduates of Canadian Chiroprac- "Then for G �d s sake ,get on with it, old chap! More about Lady Bran- don is it?" replied Lawrence, now all miles areroIled.awa They leapt to the eye immediately. y- n d sand- erect friends are brought face - It all came back to the bald facts to -face. that there must be a soldier of the ulitaryudis ipli iscipline? to my coup- y fellows, came before m dutyto these4®' and I must not allow any pity for their probable fate to carnew �Q��?� tic Office.College, Toronto Office in Craw- Block, four doors north of Post ford Bl ' Fours 2 to 5; 7 to 8,3o p. in, and by.,. appointments. Special appointments made for those coming any distance. Out of town and night dolls re- animation and interest, mon cher Georges. For "Indirectly,� that paper was signed by whom? asked the Frenchman,leaning forward g tapping his friend's knee, staring im- pressively with narrowed eyes into those of that bewildered gentleman. 'the garrison missing, that he must have lip o N y .1 1myduty taken his rifle ad left his ba over in y s• ca <' the sous officer, instead of shooting w !, ;*! him and awaiting praise and reward; `- r ,.. ' that my trumpeter had vanished; that #' the dead sous -officer had been in pos- o,e c�etse session of a confession, real or bogus 145 between us and as a French officer. 1 decided that if' they would die, then die they must=but I at least could do my best to save them. 'With-' out deviating a hand from the path of duty, I would hold out a hand to vv Ontario's -1 .z i to. And into ensuing 'silence be to the effect that Michael Geste had '`"'"''' `"'k''' thems, IIigIira.ys Phon Phones:—Office, 300, Residence r;i on on bot. slowly and deliberately dropped the words, "By Michael Geste!" Lawrence raised himself on his el- stolen his aunt's.fantous sapphire. There it was—and nothing but lun- DR. G. w. HOWSON'ey acy could result from theory -making DENTIST S if the escouade would not enter the crime. 11 themustexpiate their military Company J. A L V lt FOX.-onus.trumpeter's DRUGLESS PRACTIONER bow and stared at his friend livered- '13y Michael Geste! Her nephew! about the sous -officer's murder, the, disappearance, or Office Michaelver John Galbraith s Store2,800 Geste's confession and how it gotcre. would not out 'mand fire y orders on the must mutineers, theyYtnu expiate their Commercial users have increasedrom Iess'thaxi in 1916 to 40,000 in 1920. " CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE., 7a U ELECTRO -THERAPY Phone tgi. Hours r0 -f2 aen•s 2-5; 7-8 p• m, or by appointment. You don't mean to tell me that Mich- ael Geste stole her sapphire -and slunk off to the Legion? 'Beau Geste! Get out, . ." he said, and fell back. '`I don'# mean to tell you anything, nay friend, except that the Paper was' there. Make your home brighter with Del- No—you do not want to hear those co Light. The dependable farm least perfectly futile theories—those ex- Electric Service. planation that. explained nothing, Buti g Get our new tog. w price and easy it may interest you to hear that I was terms. ilia# faced that evening, on op of the rest HENRY JOHANN If I were to be shote I should at be saved the unpleasantnesse- of reporting that m men lied marine e iy i d' and I should die iti the knowled o -I had done rn'dui .g _ Y Y Yes—I would make it clear, tlnat,drs- . County engineers and others complain of damage to roads because of overloads trucks' � rig of t licks and s.. eed at which 'are driven on highways._ p y The necessity, of threen loads was recognized • y g gnized by the Government years ago. Unless you y . wish mare drastic legislation, further limiting :o£' D. D. Mc NNES CHIROPRACTOR signed 'Michael Geste," si Was the bareheaded man he?" ,muting." Look Here, are you trying to pull my of my little pleasures, with a military Delco Light Dealer Crlerinannan Ontario. "Good Lord," ejaculated Lawrence, lingering obedience to. rimy orders - would he death e Swift and sudden for soinnti:, and horrible for many, weight andspeed,: ori will co-operate with g Y Pthe Department and obey the law. , •. . All tax be ELECTRICITY Adjustments given: for diseases of S ill kinds, specialize in dealing with X g Childre n. Lady attendant. Night Calls responded to. • Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont. Telephone 150, ' --• leg?" "1 don'tand know who the roan was; George. And 1 am not pulling &p g your leg, '1 saw two or three ,boys and two so beautiful iris' once at Brandon 'girls, , n Abbas, years ago. This mi lit have been one of them. The age weals be about And turning to the speaker, "Yes. At four o'clock I ordered the GEORGE— A. SIDDALL `c>a Sergeant-Major Ser eant-Major to fall the men in, ^—Broker---� . • and I would tell off the newrri- „et. 73• Lrrcknovv, Utiitano,' son for 'ins n Via. m'one'y' to Ie On first and seeded er etif,- agr.»ed In a most t,nusual manner the Ser- mortgages on farm and other real es gean't-Major hung fire, to to speak, tate properties at a reasonable rateof .. Merest, also on first Chattel tnortga- space sure certain for all. Then 1 would" ry on' as you say. a right, Y Wes tet Ceorgese g ,' I think were quite right, Jo11y,' Lawrence. . As I was deciding thus, al in the ' of a few seconds, with every payers must not penalized because of 'emporar r profit to the few. 'Road: repair bills 'should Bever be burdenson.ie and will not be if you use the highways reasonably. Penalties are provided for overloadin and fast g driving; These should be unnecessary, but will be rigidly enforced whenever necessary, g y :,ur:.ire,,v,,rn,,,,,ir,,.,,„tea„n,l,,,,,,umen,e,e,n,,u„tt�p q phones; Office %6, '(teals. 224 " * ” • ' ICER a right. then, again, this instead man inay hour, had nothing on earth to do with the paper. Nor any other intan on that roof except the sous-offi _rent cer—and he most of. stepping smartly off about ges on stock and on personal notes. eye his duty.drawingevery' 'Well,' said I sharply. A Peva farms OA hated for sale"or to B 'There is going to be trouble, mon Y Beaujolais-, ori easy terms. Commandant,' he. faltered, proached upon isle and a. terrible tension face,” continued de "the Sergeant-Major' aft- and saluted. 1 eyed - y THE HMI. O. Si HENRY, S. L. SQUIRE, ,i,ster or x>&nwa"va 1de�uty Nt;n;Sm�r x�URlE7f'x't3'RE ,aJEALETR, s ,,,m, i and .. { FUNERAL 16IREO` Oltno' s 1VLotor;quipinezit bNTAI IO lb1G"IiA1bi, ' - � _ .a eines„ eleiseeess eiesseestlONimeasdeee,lees e,eel,,,,imie certainly was note Michael Geste, He was a man of forty or forty' -five years, and as I have said, 'n lisinnant, 'Englishman, g ,� Michael would be about twenty or „ ,, so, said Lawrence, "He was the "old- est of the nephews. But dear . .L ws 11 it lity Ueai' .. coldly. 'Mon Cheri, there is!'. 1 snapped, 'and w �. whispered I atn going to make it, if I have any —Agent B'ot'-'Theywon't nonsense, What do you meant" CtJh12OSS TIRE INSURANCE dant. Yroe Sergeant Lebaudy says" that' Core Insure in a Good Scott+ Company the poral Bri110 says that the intim Say, Boa 267 W'ii;rkhlttxi, C1nt, fart! ( . 'N y T t Phone 'Name (: the Naive. of Ten .L 11oWJ- of Phosne 20 t 2 nab. With his back to the men he Ire do I limn t, anon Coaniinan Gads saki do not give order. The are rotten with - iv ca and over -fatigue. That 12:t4t - g l g is their hero `sari leader Tam. .. Issued by the Ontario .Department of t3igli- writs secure the ca -operation h abusei 0jr and truck operators in abating the abuse of the roads of the .Province. ii: ' ...... ... ....... ... . ..,-• y t ISS a.