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The Huron Expositor, 1932-05-27, Page 7RUPTVEE.S 'EC"x.W+` ST Rupture, Varicocele; Y'ililflco ie Vin Abdominal Weakness, Spiral Deform• ity. Consultation tree. Oa11 or write. J. G SMII3!f1, BritishAppli- ance 'rpecienets, 1$ Downie St., Strat- ford, Ont. LEGAL 3202-25 Phone No. 91 ; ., �. JOHN J. HUGGARD Hat'rister, Solicitor, • n Notary Public, Etc. Beattie Block - - 'Seaforth, Ont. 4 3 1 e e it tt .d id 1- is ly . k- in n, 10 - lis x - no es. 3r- 3r - !e= rag ,us tey • res . the ie - nit ick ey. use, ;en, ... per the ted had rtes nce well , Lice hat !est Oat - had De- nt's was 3 on aces ison lieu ,s a Duld Liege L of znse hat auld ress day had was flow of aced the In em - 4 to .east knee hue - rake tees. 'to ri • e •r • R, S. HAYS Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. 'Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the Dominid'n Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. . BEST & BEST • Barristers, . Solicitors, Conveyan- cers andNotaries Public, • Etc. Office in the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor Office. • • VETERINARY JOHN ' GRIEVE, V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin. ary College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. 'Calls 'prompt'y at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet- erinary Dentistry a specialty, Office and residence on Goderich Street, one door east 'of Pr. Mackay's dffice, Sea - forth. A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Graduate,., of Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto. All diseases of domestic animals treated by the most modern principles. + Charges reasonable. Day or night calls promptly attended•Tte. Office on Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. MEDICAL DR.. E. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate 'in Medicine, University of Toronto. . Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pitals, ,London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Monday in each morith,.� from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 68 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. MATING WILDS BY OTTWELL BINNS . . • (Continued from last week) ""'You are trying to scare me be- cause T'm a tender -foot," she retort- ed with a laugh that was like music in Stane's ears; "but 'I won't be scar- ed." She resumed her song with a gay air of bravado; passing from -one chanty to another in a voice fluty as a blackbird. ,Stave smiled to him- self. He liked her spirit, and fie knew that that would carry her through the difficulties that lay be- fore them, even when the flesh was inclined to failure. But presently the springs of song dried up, • and when the silence had lasted a little tine he looked around. The girl's face was flushed, and the sweat was dropping in her eyes. "Nothing the matter, I hope, Miss Yardely?" "No, thank you," she answered with a little attempt to laugh; "but one can't sing, you knew, with mos- quitoes and other winged beasts pop- ping into one's 'mouth." "They are rather a nuisance," he agreed, and 'plodded on. Packing one's worldly possessions through the pathless wilderness is a slow, grinding misery. The lightest pack soon becomes a burden. At the beginning of a march it may seem a mere nothing, in an hour it is an oppression; in three a millstone is a feather compared with it; and before night the inexperienced packer feels that, like Atlas, he bears the world 'ifpon his• shoulders. It was therefore little wonder that Helen Yardely ceased to sing after they had march- ed but a very little way; and indeed the trail, apart from the apparently growing weight ,of the pack, was not favourable, to song. There was ne sort of path whatever after they had, left the river bank; nothing but the primeval forest, with an undergrowth hat was so dense that the branehes- f one bush were often interwoven ith its neighbours. Through this hey had to force their 'way, head town, hands and clothes suffering adly in the process. Then would ome a patch of Jack -pine, where rees seven to ten feet high grew n such profusion that it was well- 'igh impossible to find a passage be - ween them; and on the heels of this would follow a stretch of muskeg, uaking underfoot, and full of boggy traps .for the unwary. In the larger iirber also the' deadfalls presented au m�mense ciifculty. Trees, With their pan of -life exhausted, year after year, had dropped where they' stood, And dragging others down in' their all, cumbered the ground in all di- ections, sometimes presenting tang - ed barriers which it was ne 2e3sary to climb over,. a method not unaccom- panied by danger, since in the criss- cross of the branches and trunks a fall would almost inevitably have meant a broken limb. The ground they travelled over was uneven, intersected here and there by gullies, which were only to be skirted by great expense of time and energy, and. . the crossing of which was sometimes dangerous; but had perforce. to be accomplished; and by noon when they reached the bank of a small stream, the girl was exhaust- ed and her face wore a strained look: Stane saw it, and halting, took off his•pack. "Time for grub," he said. Then .....un.�trapping his pack he stretched a blanket on the sloping ground. ..The girl watched him with interest. "Why-" she began, only to be promptly interrupted. "For you," he explained briefly: "Lie down and relax your limbs. Pull this other blanket over you, then you' won't chill. "But I want to help," she protest- ed. "I don't like to feel that you are working and I-" "You will help best by obeying or- ders," he said, smilingly. "We shall have to push on after an hour, and if you don't rest you will be too done up to keep the trail till evening." "Then I must obey," she said. His turned to look for woad with which to make a fire, and when he returned she' was lying on the blanket With another drawn over her, and her eyes smiled at him as he appeared. The next minute they were closed, and two minutes later she was fait asleep. Stave, as he realized the fact, smiled a little to himself. "Of spirit compact," he murmured to himself and went forward with preparations far a meal. It was two hours later when the girl awoke and the meal was ready --a quite substantial one. "Have I slept long?" inquired Hel- en, moving towards the fire. "Two hours. But don't worry about that. We have lost no time really, for dI have done a little exploring. There's a stretch of high ground in front of us, a kind of height of land between the river we have left and the one we are making for. Once we are well across that We shall find the going easier. We'll tackle it this af- ternoon. I`n found ,oteethirig, like a path; an old trapping -line I should think by the way the trees have been blazed." When the meal was finished they put out the fire and started anew, and by evening hard passed the crest of the - high land between the rivers, and were moving down the wooded° slopes on the further side looking for a camping place. The timber thick- ened and they suddenly encountered only encounter' others. I'll go first and have a look at. the other side," 'He began to crawl gingerly along the monarch tree at the crown of the pile. Its branches were twisted in all directions, and dangerous snags were frequent Suddenly his foot slipped. .He made a wild attempt to, regalehis 'balance, but the heavy pack prevent- ed him; and a second later with a shout he plunged into the tangled pile below, vanishing from the girl's sight on the further side. With a swift cry of alarm, 'Helen, who had been seated ori a' fallen trunk, leaped to her feet. She called out to him, her voice shaking with fear: "Mr. 'Stene! 'MHr. Stane!" There came no answering hail from the other side' of the deadfall antlr with dismay manife§ting itself in her beautiful face, the girl, faced the -bar- rier and began to climb with reck- less, desperate haste. 'CHAPTER VIII A IMEi,✓'1'1NG IN THE FOREST Gerald Ain?ey's canoe had almost reached the junction of the rivers, on the return journey, and he. and his companion were 'battling hard against the acceleration of the. current, when the Indian gave a grunt and looked round. nWhat is ....it, Joe?" asked Ainley quickly. "Man with canoe," answered the Indian laconically. . "He made a portage." "Where?" "Up river," replied the Indian with a jerk of his head. Ainley craned his neck a little and, as he did. so, just caught sight of a man moving across an open place between the trees a quarter of a mile away, the canoe over his head and shoulder like a huge. cowl. "We �ipust speak to him, Joe! Per- haps he has news,"said Ainley quick- ly, ar1'dea second later, shouted at the top of his' voice. "Hal -to -o -o!" That the 'man heard the hail was sure, 'for libt"h of them saw him halt and turn to look downstr•ea m; but the next moment he turned, and, continu- ing his journey, was instantly lost in the thick of the trees. "That was queer," said Ainley. "He heard me, but.whoever he is he doesn't want to speak.to us." '"We catch, him,'' replied Ainley. 'SHIe heard me, but whoever he is hh, doesn't want to speak to uen "We catch hire," replied the Indian. "'Make land below the meeting of the waters, and portage through woods to other • river. Meet him there." As The spoke the native began to make a course across the river and Ainley asked for information: "I, don't understand, Joe. If we land below the junction, how Can we meet a man who lands above?" ''Both go' the same• way," grunted the Indian. "Walk to meet the man. We make short portage, and wait for him' acfoss• the water. He come and we meet him." Ainley stilLwas in a fog; but when they had landed -end ,had started t6 follow a well-defined` path .through the forest he understood. •The direc- tion they were following'would bring them to the, bank of the tributary river, perhaps a mile and a. half from the meeting of the waters; and the path which -the stranger was follow- ing would bring hire out on the op- posite side of the river. If Joe were right the lower portage was the shorter, and, notwithstanding that the other man had the start, they could reach the river first, and would be able to force a mieeting on hint however,• much he Wished to avoid them. After half an hour's steady trudg- ing through the woods they came in sight of the water once more, and set their burdens down behind a screen of bushes. "-We Asst," said the Indian after' a cautious survey of the empty river. "Wait! He come." Seated behind :the screening bush- es they waited, watching the other side. of the river. Half an hour pass- ed and the man for whom they watch- ed did not appear. Then the Indian spoke. "The man know," he said. "He wait till we go." "But why should he be'afraid?:' asked .Ainley sharply. "I not know!. But he wait." "Then if the mountain 'won't come to Mahomet, Mehemet must go to the mountain." "What that?" asked the Indian. "We will cross the river," said Ain- ley. "We will go look for him." "Good!" said the Indian. 'Five minutes later they were afloat once more, and in a few minutes had landed on the further side. ' "You stop here with the canoe, Joe," said Ainley, pic'ki'ng up his rifle. '"I'll go and hunt up the fel- low. If you hear me call, come along at once." The Indian nodded and proceeded to fill a pipe, whilst the white man. following the track made by man feet portaging from one river to th other, moved, into the woods. He made no attempt at concealment, nor did he move with caution, for he was as- sured that in the dense wood a man burdened with a canoe could not turn aside from the path without disaster overtaking him. If he kept straight •'on he was bound to meet the. man Whom he apught, That conviction proved to he well- grounded. He had been Walking less than ten minutes when he caught sight of the canoe lying directly in' his way, with the man who had been carrying it seated on the ground with his hack against a tree, smoking. As the man caught sight of him he start- ed to his feet and stretched his hand towards a gun reposing, against a trunk. Holding his own rifle ready foe action, Ainley shouted reassuring words to the man, and then moved -Dr. W. C. SPROAT Graduate of Faculty ..of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Lon - On 'Member of College of Physic- ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Ofirce' in Aberhart's Drug, Store, 'Main • St, Seaforth. Phone•90. - DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY Graduate ' Dublin University, Ire- land. Late Extern Assistant Master Rotunda Hospital for Women and children, Dublin. Office at residence lately occupied by 'Mrs. Parsons. Hours: '9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 p.m., Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26 r • DR F. J. BURROWS '" Office and residence Goderich Street, east of • the United Church., Sea - forth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. 't 0 w t c b c t n t q t f r 1 DR, C. MACKAY C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- ity! University, and gold medalist of Trinity Medical College; member of the ;College of `Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. DR. 1I. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in Chicago Clinical.School of Chicago Royal Ophthalmie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, _ Lon- don, England. Office -Back of Do- minion Bank, ;Seafortll. Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence, , Victoria 'Street, Seaforth. DR. S: R. COLLYER Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni- versity of Western Ontario. Member College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Post graduate work at New York City Hospital and Victoria'Hos- pital, London. Phone: Hensall, 56. Office, King Street, 'Hensall. DR. J. A. MUNN , Graduate of Northwestern Univers- ity, Chicago, 111. Licentiate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Offiee over Sills' Hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 151. DR. F. J. BECHELY Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea- -forth. Phone: Office, 189W; resi- dence, 185J. fuickly forward. The -man;- a half- breed, the,. same man who had stolen Stane'a, canoe, gave one keen glance at him and then, dropping his hand fro n the gun, awaited his coming. hy did h io barun " aay when I yed Ainley shouted a w 1G? Sharply,. "3 not run," answered the half- breed -insolently. °I carry the canoe an' I ,tink I not wait. ,Dat is all." Ainley looked at the an thought- fully. There was something • furti,ve about the fellow, and he was sure that the reason given was not the real one. "Then why are you waiting here?" he asked, with a directness that in no way nonplussed the other. "I take what you can a breather," answered' the man stolidly, "What matter to you?" Ainley looked at himt He was sure the man was lying, but it was no 'af- fair of his, and after a moment he turned to his main purpose. "I wanted to ask you something," he said. "A white girl has been lost on the river ---she is a niece of a great man in theCompany, and I am look- ing for her. Haveyou seen her?" "What she like?" asked the half- breed 'with a sudden quickening of interest. Ainley described Helen Yardely to the best of his ability, watching the other's evil face whilst he did se, and before he had ended guessed that the mean knew something -of the girl he was seeking. " "You have seen her?" he cried abruptly. "Oui!" replied the half-breed. "I haf seen her, one, two, tree, days ago. She is in canoe on zee` river." He pointed towards the water as he spoke, and waved his hand towards the south. "She is ver' beautiful; an' I watch her for zee pleasure, vous comprenez? And anoder man he watched also. I see him, an' I see him shoot with zee gene -once, twice he shoot.' ' "You saw him -shoot?" Afnley's• face had gone suddenly white, and: there was a tremor ill his voice as he asked his questions. "Do you mean he shot the girl?" ,•• "Nod No! Net `zee girl, He n*ery bad shot if he try. ' Non= it was zee paddle he try for, an' he get it zee second time. I in the woods this side zee river an' I see him as he stand behind a tree to watch what zee girl she will do." "You, saw him?" asked Ainley; in a faltering voice. "Who was he?" "I not know," answered the half- breed quickly, "but 1 think I see heem again since." "You think ----i" "Oui! I tink I talk with heem; now." . . et ,. There was a look of malicious tri- umph on the halfbreed's face, arid an alert look in his furtive eyes as he d'his head at the scenquestion t tWhi 1„ a e .Baa ' Who was' the xylan t e tx.4 man 'who was with the gd' in the 'at o Pen same?," , (Mime?" not know," answered the l if be Rey s sa t breed, trying to recall the. 1;eeture�t i'a the half-breed 'nth his ;a es+,� t�N or the iroxtone �i�i ,+�xn : t'he Tndlan, foal of tare sleeping man whose canoe 1 had stolen. "Iieexn.tall man, with 'hair that curl like shavings." "Tell me.more," demanded. Ainley sharply, as ari unpleasant suspicion shot into hi .mind, . "I not' kijriaw more," protester the half-breed. f'I see heem not ver' close; an' I travel fast, I, give been an' girl one look, cry `honour! art' then he is past. Vous rComprenez?" "Yes," replied the white man stand- ing there with a, look of abstraction on his face. • For a full two minutes he did not speak• again, but stood as if resolving some plan in bis mind, then he looked at the half-breed a- gain. "You are going up the river?" he asked. . - "Oui! ' "Then ,1 want you to do something for me. A day's, journey or so fur- ther on you will find a camp; it is the camp of a great man of the Come pany-.-" "I know it," interrupted the half- breed, "I haf seen it" "Of coui"se, I had forgotten you had been in the neighbourhood of it! Well, I want you to go there as fast As you can and. to take a note for me. There will be a reward." , • "I will take zee note." "Then you must wait whilst I write it." Seating himself upon a fallen tree he scribbled a hasty note to Sir James Yardely, telling him that he had news of Helen and that he hoped very shortly to return to camp with her, and having addressed it gave it to the half-breed. "There is need for haste," he said. "I will reward you now, and° the great man, w'llose niece the girl is will re-, ward you further when you take the news of her that is in the letter. But you will remember not to talk. I should say nothing about what you saw up the river a few days back. Sir James is a suspicious man, and he might think that you fired those shots yourself -in which case----" He shrugged his shoulders, then tak- ing out a ten -dollar n;te, handed it to the half-breed, whose eyes gleam- ed as he took it. "Now," he con- tinued, "shoulder your canoe, and come along to the river. I should like to see you start. I'll carry your gun, and that' sack of yours." • He took the half-breed's gun, pick- ed up, the •beans, and in single file they marched through the wood bac to where the Indian 'sat patientl waiting.On, their appearance he looked round, and as his eyes fell on the half._breed's face a momentary , flash came into them, and then as it I passed he continued -to look at the newcomer curiously. I , Ainley rapidly explained the situa- t tion, and the Indian listened without. pif comment. He waited until the half- to breed was actually afloat- and out of ear -shot, and • then he spoke. "Bad man!" he said. "No good. Heem liar. I have seen heem b'fore." "Maybe," answered Ainley lightly. "So much ,the better -for. one -thing! But there's no reason why he should CONSULTING ENGINEER S. W. Archibald, B.A.Sc., (Toronto), O,L-S., Registered Professional En- gineer and Land Surveys r. Victor ..Building, 288% DundasStreet, Lon- don, Ontario. • Telephone ; Metcalf 2801W. 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"Butwe lf. we must climb the beastly thing. try to go round it. we shall probably • Then we had, abetter, get Wle've no tiMle t4 1t1se,: seri.• needn't 'worry yourself• about ,tl fellow. • .H911149. what 1'.ve $shed. for the sake .of himself: •e> ten; 'have no reason far doing otherwise," But in that, in his statement that the half-breed' could have no reason for lying, Ainley was rnasta- en. The stolen' canoe was a very ample reason, and so little irr,elurAd" was the thief to seek the presence of Sir James Yardely,' that when he reached a creek three ,miles .or soup the river, he eleliberately turned aside, and at his (first camp he used Ainley's note to light his pipe,. tossing what was left of it into the fire. without 'the feast compunction., Then, • as he smoked,, a look of ,malice came on bis face: ' "No, 1: not meetake. Dat man fire zee shots. 1 sure of dat; an' by Gar! I get heem, one of dese' days, an' I 'make heem pay for it, good an'plen- ty. 1Mais-I wonder -why -he shoot?, I wonder eef zee white mees, she knew?" And. whilst he sat wondering, Ger- ald Ainley and, his Indian companion, travelling • late, toiled .on, following the river trail to Fort Winagog on a vain quest. made the accusation. For a moment stark fear looked out of Ainley's eyes' and' he visibly flinched, then he re- covered himself and broke into harsh laughter., "You think? Then you think wrong, and I wouldn't say that again if I were. you. It might lead to sud- den trouble. If I were .the man who. fired those shots, why should 1 be spending my • time looking for her as I am?" • - "I not know," said the half-breed sullenly. "No, I should think not; so . you had better put that nonsense out: of your head now, once for . all; for if. you go about telling that mad tale you'll surely be taken for a madman and the mounted police-" He broke off as a flash of fear manifested it- self in the half-breed's face, then he smiled maliciously. "I see you do not like the police, though I dare say they 'would like to meet you, hey?" The man stood before him duneh and Ainley, convinced that he Iliad stumbled on the truth, laughed harsh- ly. '''Stoney Mountain Penitentiary is not a nice place. The silent plac- es of the North are better; but if I hear of yop breathing a word of that rot you were talking just now, I will send word to the nearest policepost of your whereabouts, and once the mounters start after a man, as I dare say you know, they follow the trail to a finish." "Oui, I know," assented the man quickly. "Then unless you want to land in their hands in double quick time, you'll tell no one of the silly. mistake you made just now, or -well, you understand." The half-breed nodded, and think- ing that he had gone far enough, Ainley changed the subject. "And now tell rue, have you seen that girl •I asked you about :ince you saw her three days back?" A thoughtful look came in the half breed's face and his unsteady* eyes sought the canoe lying at his feet. He thought of the white tent on the river bank and of the man sleeping outside of it, and instantly guessed who had occupied the tent. • "Oui!" he replied laconically. "You have?" 'Sudden-'''eii'ditement. blazed in Ainley's face as he asked the question. "When? 'Where?" The half-breed visioned the sleep- ing camp once more, and with an- other glance at the stolen canoe gave a calculated answer. "Yesterday. She go up zee oder river in a canoe with a white man." "Up the other river?" "Oui! I pass her and •heem, both paddling. It seems likelye date go to Fort Winagog. y paddle qguick." •. "Fort Winagog!" As he echoed the words" a look of thought came into Ainley's eyes. 'Helen would' have heard that name as the next destina- tion of the party, and if the man who had saved her from the river was in a hurry and travelling that way it was just possible that she had.decid- ,ed to accompany him there, He nod - OHAIPTER IX' UNDER THE 'GREENWOOD TREE Slowly, and with the pungent taste of raw brandy in his mouth, Hubert Stane ,carne to himself. The first thing he saw was Helen Yardely's white face bending over him, and the first sound he heard was a cry of sobbing gladness. "Thank God! Thank God!" He did not understand, and at her cry made an attempt to move. As he did so sharp pains assailed him, and forced a groan from his lips. "Oh!" cried the, girl. "You must 'lie still, Mr. Stane.' I am afraid you are rather. badly hurt, indeed I thought you were killed. I am going to do what I cant for you, now that I know that you are not. Your leg is I -Broken, I think, and you have other injuries; but that is most serious, and I must manage to set it, somehow." "To set it-" he began and broke off. "Yes! I am afraid I shall not prove a very efficient surgeon; but I will do my best. I hold the St. John's Am- bulance medal, so you might be worse off," she said, with a wan• smile. "Much," he agreed. :"Now that you are conscious I am going to leave 'you for a few minutes. must find something that will serve or splints." Wjthout more ado, , she departed, aking with her an axe, and present - through the stillness of the forest ere,reached him the sound of chop - In spite of his pain he smile3 mself, then after listening . for e, he' began 'Wintry and ascertain xtent of his injuries for him- ��ci<er' :�exlaa�l . Brtacefxel'd 140 1ndPsboro ,.,i• .,.+n :: Bth Belgrave 1+2 Emit- " 696 ? 2,, Goderich Hollmesville ..... , .. Clinton Seaforth' St. Colum'bair' Dublin 6.50 ' g.5%, 6.58 • 3.05 7.12 3.21, s Vii! '7.18 3.27 7.23 3.32 West Dublin ! 11.24 St. Columban ,...... , • 11.29 Seaforth Clinton HHolmesville Goderich awhi the. self' There was a warm trickle on his face, and he guessed that there was a gash somewhere; his body seemed to be one great sore from which he deducted that he was badly 942 .40 9.25 11.65 9.39 12.05 9.52;. 12.20. 10.06 C. P. R. TIME TABLE East. Goderich Menset McGaw Auburn Blyth • Walton McNaught Toronto West. axe: 5.60. 5.55 6.04 6.11 6.25 6.40 6.52 10.25 a.m. Toronto 7.40 11.49 Walton 12.01 12.12 12.23 12.34 Menset ....... 12.41 Goderich 12.46 McNaught Blyth Auburn .McGaw brrftsed; whilst his leg pained him in- tolerably. Lying as he was on the flat of his back, he couldn't see the leg, and desiring to do so he made a great effort and sat up. As he did so he groaned heavily, and inconti- nently fainted. He was still unconscious when the girl returned, and after one quick look of alarm she nodded to herself. "A faint," she whispered. "Perhaps it is just as well." With a knife she ripped the breech. ., es leg right up the seam, then with,; the aid of moss and, a 'blanket, to- gether with the rough splints she had cut, she made a shift to set the broken leg. Twice during the opera- tion Stane opened his eyes, groaned heavily and passed into unconscious- ness again. - (Continued next week) 1 About Readers and Writers of Advertisements. • IT'S A VERY old story -the story of the man who put in a great daily newspaper an inconspicuous 2 -line advertisement as fol- lows: Cats Wanted. --$1.00 each, before 9; a.n1. 16 Major Street. He put in this advertisement to prove to a doubting friend that the public reads advertisements. You can imagine the doubter's consternation when he saw next morning a streetful of men, women and'children, each with a cat. WHATEVER you yourself may `do, in regard to the reading of advertise- ments, keow this: Everything print- ed in a newspaper gets read, and there are many who read every line - news matter and advertisemetits- those with lots of time and curios- :ty. The company or firm with some- thing to sell - something which thousands of persons can buy - wouldn't be very wise if it pub- lished an inconspicuous advertise- ment. The right thing for it to do is to crash in on your attentionby publishing an advertisement winch eierybody is likely to see. Its job is to make you -a normal n an or woman - see its ads ertise- iment and to make it so interesting that you'll read it. Then the adver- tisement must be persuasive. Also, it should incite you to take action. OF COURSE, some advertisements -those of local retailers -may, quite properly, give prominence to prices. Their job maybe to direct you, rather than to inform or persuade you; and to stir y'ou up to quick action. • The writing, designing and illus- trattfrg of advertisements nitended to capture attention, intrigue inter- est, convey inforriration, be convinc-e ing, breed desire for what is ad- ertised, and incite the reader to purchase are highly specialized jobs. IF YOU want to know how difficult is the job of writing an advertisement which would get 1'00 marks from a competent judge, try to write one -about a vacuum cleaner, a motor car, a• writing ink, a child's shoe, or anything else, limiting yourself to 300 words or less. ' 'hid Advt. is sponsored by the Canedl-an Weekly Newspapers ,Association, of which -The Huron Expositor is a Member. • Ki