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The Huron Expositor, 1950-04-07, Page 7r.1 l,;ci cr il. T 17. a,. .1; „ „ „,„ •,r si -, CHAPTER J ego bi>a rt was onIy? h• .big leg a! . � but ft served as an eating place 04d dance harry • and In 'theta de3!Qir. French Pete was reputed the ►e&t cook in the North country, There was a savory odor of cooking front the kitchen, and a acme of lid- dies, from the far end by the door, where the voyageurs! were dancing the Northern minuet while hail' a dozen throaty voices' bawled songs of the trail. The • womanin the corner, she who sat with her ,back to them all, never once looked around. She had oaened her heavy fur coat but the close Lynx cap was still •low down over brow and hair. O'Hara, who had been watching her curi- ousiy, made out nothing but the curve of her cheek; and by that If Yov'reTIRE THE 11 ALt It's Dodd's You May Nee: iSECAUSE-Faulty fudneys let ,euesa adds and poisonous wastes stay in the Bulrachea, headaches and that " feeling often follow. Dodd's Edney Pills help restore p to Normal atSo. ti101nm'feel�wak'.. better, play' better. Be sure you get the Sense. Dodd's Kidney Pah, a favourite remedy for` more dna half a century. You can depend on Doda'a! 157 Dodds KidnerPills he lgnew sha; was Y'aue He knew, too, "that she' trioti. to eat, and: failed; she ihrtist ^ aside her cup of tea, and her'lhande cl'a'sped tight in: her: lap. ' Details like these could not escape Sergeant O'Hara of the, Mounted!, one of the keenest man- hunters nan hunters who ever took the trail. "The best man I've got!" the chief had said of him, and meant it. Some individuals are bon man- hunters. O'Hara was one. There was in his makeup the element of recklessness, and the keen, swift, relentless instinct that holds its aim despite all befogging einem- stance. ircum stance. He missed -little even in this long smoky room. His eyes went back now to the .woman opposite. He could not even glimpse her profile, but there was something.about her that bid for attention and made him in- stinctively aware that things had happened since last he looked, in her direction. Her attitude was unchanged, the untasted tea still stood before her, but he knew that she was weeping silently and •bit- terly! The shouts of the dancers rose in odd confusion, a gale of wind blew the door open, and the smoky lamps flared. The woman started and stared over her shoulder with wide frightened eyes, , and Serge- ant Michael O'Hara of the Mount- ed caught his 4reath involuntar- ily. Never had he seen a woman's face like hers before! Beauty? A poor word. Perhaps she had little claim to it as classic standards go, yet in her face, her eyes, there .LOGGERS and LU'MBERMEN 1 As from April 1st your employees are in- sured under provisions of the Unemployment ' Insurance Act This means that contributions must be paid for them beginning on that date. If you employ anyone in lumbering and logging you should: - 1. Register with' your National Employ- ment Office; 2. Obtain insurance books for your employees; 3. Get instructions about making con- tributions and about rates. Your National Employment Office is ready to assist you with all necessary information. All sawmills and planing mills come under the Act on April 1st regardless of how many weeks they operate. Farmers and ;any others persons whose main• occupation is non -insurable need not be insured if they work in lumbering and logging for 60 days or less a year and apply for exception. Call at the nearest National Employment Office for full information. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMISSION J C. A. L. M.URCHISON J. G. BISSON R. J. TALLON Commissioner Chief Commissioner Commissioner Your Business Directory ; LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phone 781, Seaforth SEAFORTH , ONTARIO OPTOMETRIST M. ROSS SAVAUGE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fit - ed. • Oculists' prescriptions accur- ately filled. Phone 194, Evenings. 120, Seaforth. VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. Main Street - - Seaforth PHONE 105 AUCTIONEERS - MEDICAL lurked somet'h; ng dee'PeT than ;beauty, „somet'hi }g that - stirred,, Made uneaaY, zine' threatened a ,dean's eau'. O'Hara glimpsed onlY the countenance before she turn- ed; turn ed g1f nked the Eatbomleas eyes, the white oval of face,. the. wide tremulous mouth. Be thrust aside his own cup. The hand which drew a lighted match to his cigarette performed that service automatically, un - watched. His glance did not lower. Second sight, instinct, the .terrible, penetrating analysis of his official self, had him in their grip! That woman- A. voice spoke suddenly at his elbow. "The chief wants you at once, Sergeant!" The summons! O'Hara knew what it meant; none better. He rose to follow on the heels of the messenger. As he buttoned his mackinaw his eyes did not waver from a chill, almost threatening scrutiny of the soft gray lynx cap opposite. That was„ali' he saw, for the head beneath it was bowed. He flung the door open and strode out into the bitter cold. Some unanalyzed instinct had stayed the natural zest of the born manhunter. Something had passed between them in bhat one brief look which had thrown a. shield between her apparent sorrow and his own urge toward merciless in- quisition. He could not force even his searching gaze upon -her. He had seen in her eyes a terrified appeal for mercy such as one glimpses in the eyes of a hunted animal, at bay and lost. And her face? He tried to thrust it out of his mind. He never Iliad let a woman turn trim from his course. This one would not; rather she might point an opinion for the attention of the Mounties, he reflected grimly. Such women brought trouble with them like an aura. The night was full of stars, the cold white Northern stars. A bit- ting Winds drove in his face; he could hear it singing in the wires over his head. Before him lights gleamed in the window of the bar- racks, behind him he still heard the scrape of fiddles. He walked fast. He was summoned; it was duty to obey instantly, and -he was glad to go. He wanted work, swift dangerous work, something to stir his pulses. The past week of inaction had been distasteful, if necessary. The days of regular food and rest had brought back snap to his muscles and color to a face gaunted by privation and' tireless travel. He flung away •his cigarette, set his teeth hard, and he walked at such a pace that he was .grinning with the zest of cold and, exertion when he saluted the chief. The latter, who sat before a littered desk, looked up and nodded. "Got a case for you, 'O'Hara. Looks like a double murder and, unfortunately, the trail is five days old -or more." As be ' spoke, Inspector Mac- donald glanced at some notes be- fore him and then went on, taking his time to consult them and get his points carefully aligned. "In the first place, Johnson had the job but he's in the infimary now. Got his arm shot up with his own gun. Stupid accident! I can't make out how it happened. Any- way, he's out of it and I sent for you. I'll give you the facts as I gleaned them from his report; you can go over and question him yourself, later. 'He's a good man: I can't see why he wanted to make such a damn fool of himself!"' O'Hara smiled involuntarily. "Accidents will happen, Mr." "Humph!" The sound was scorn- ful. Macdonald had small use for SEAFORTI<I CLINIC E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. Internist P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., daily, except Wednesday and Sun- day. EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m. Appointments made in advance are desirable. HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties: Prices reasonable; sat- isfaction° guaranteed. For information, etc., write or shone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answer. ed. Immediate arrangements can be made for sale dates by phoning 203, Clinton. Charges .moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS" OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth DR. M. W. STAPLETON DR. ROSS HOWSON Physicians and Surgeons Phone 90 : Seaforth ;andnP 94:14oing new a'b fertil'izer ht 090,1,4i ► 41trogen It is imP.oriartt• that At au fertiliser be aPTead evenly',: "It i a geed plan to divide it into eoual Parts and to apread each /half uniformly, Over the entire:; lawn, in opposite .d'irection's. The lawn; should, be dory at the time tot application and the fertilizer should be thoroughly watered in ini(oliediately after to avoid burning the foliage. .. • Profit With ,Goad Strong Litters The aim- in hog raising should be to raise at least eight strong DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moore - field's Eye and Golden Equare `Throat. Hospital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Seaforth, third Wednesday in every month. Next visit, Wednesday, April 19. 53 Waterloo St. South, Stratford. JOSEPH L RYAN • Specialist in farm stock and im- Saplements and household effects. tisfaction guaranteed. Licensed in Huroti and Perth Counties. For particulars and open dates, write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN, POPS. t. Dublin. Phone 4t1lit52 ad JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensall C.N.R. TIME TABLE Goderich Seaforth ,Stratford Gode ch Seafor 'li Stratford GOING EAST (Morning) A.M (leave) 5.40 6.20 (arrive) 7,1% (Afternoon) P.M. (leave) 3.00 3,46 (arrive) 4.40 GOING WEST (Morning) A.M. Stratford (leave) 10.45 Seafotth . 11.26 l"loderidh (arrive) 12,20 / (Afternoon) • P.M. Stratford (leave) 9.35 Seaforth " 14.211' Ooderieli' ('arNr`iv'e) 11:00 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE, CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont. accidental stupidity. He laid the fiat of his hand on Johnson's writ- ten report and swung around, his keen eyes on the sergeant's face. "Did you' happen to know Gharian, the- fellow who got shot up by Nicky Creuse a month or so ago?" O'Hara nodded. "Gayle was .talk- ing about that incident the other, night,"he iesponded. "Something about Nieky's sister, wasn't it? I heard he didn't want a worthless brute like Gharian for a brother' - in -law. Was that it, sir?" "The point is," replied Mac- donald dryly, "Gharian was mar- ried," O'Hara suppressed an „exclama- tion of surprise and tell suddenly into an attitude of keen attention. Gayle had said something about Gharian being a prince of cads! "Ninon Creuae had been a good girl; she was a trained nurse and never spared herself. She helped a lot of folks• out in the wildest places. But Gh�arian pursued :her -fascinated her, perhaps. Be- sides, she didn't know he was married, at first. I should say she must have been pretty, in a soft girlish way, though I never saw her alive." The inspector perceived his sub- ordinate's involuntary start and smiled grimly, "She and Gharian both are dead now; that's the crux of it. John- son was out on the Hudson Bay trail, way up. There'd been a storm two days before and the snow was crusted,, He came upon a Cree'Indian with a dog team, going to Gharian's with a load of food and medicine. It seems that Ninon ,Creuse, as a trained nurse. went straight there - a month be- fore, you understand - to take care of Gharian after her brother wounded him. Strange to say, Gharian behaved well and refused to make any charge whatever against young Creuse. The Cree told Johnson that the wounded man had been in a high fever. The uurse persuaded the Cree to help her take care of him; when he had recovered partially she had had to send for more food and medicine. The Cree added that Nicky Creuse just had found out that his sister was nurse for Ghar- ian, and swore to kill him. "The account of those threats made Johnson turn aside and ac- company the Cree; he -did' it in mind to get the girl away, if pos- sible, and let the Indian do the remainder of the nursing. The Cree declared that Nicky still was at Churchill, and, as far as we can find out, that was the fact." Macdonald paused, glancing down again at his notes before he went on. "Johnson says that he and, the Cree mushed ahead fairly fast."` It began to snow but there was no wind •to cause drifting. They came through a bit of wood, spruce and balsam mostly - acts like a screen, you know and found the open space about ..a hundred yards from Gharian's cabin. Johnson says' here: 'Ground rolling, a rise, snow piled till it hid ''the cabin. Cree a head with team of malamutes. The leader lifted ,his nose and howled. They swerved to one side, all of 'em acting queer. I came up and stumbled over twb bodies on the ice, a fresh sprinkling of snow, like a blanket, covering them." Macdonald looked up sharply at O'Hara. "The Cree and. Johnson scraped off th snow And found Gharian and the n Both had been shot. There was a pistol in Gharian's hand. Looks like a sub• tide pact, eh?" "Rather. The man, bad as he was, was in love with a good girt, I take it - and he already was married. But you called it a double murder, sir?" "That's what, O'Hara, no doubt about it!' It would be easy, too, if we didn't know for certain that Nicky Creuse was at Churchill about the time of the killing; that anyway he never would have kill- ed his sister intentionally. The Cree also has a first class alibi. Of cdurse, there's a bare chance that Nicky got there somehow, and that the girl was shot accidentaily when she tried to save Gharian. There was a third person there. however, either at the time or just afterwards, before snow fell over the frozen ice crust. Johnson found confusing tracks., tried to follow them and lost the trail at the edge of. -'n frozen creek. The fugitive took to the ice. There were triple tracks from the cabin and a single track back to it, zagging across the trail of Gbar- fan and the girl. "The pistol in Gaharian's hand was a forty-five, he and the girl were killed with bullets from a twenty-five! It was murder. There may have been -probably was -a light; two bullets had been fired from Gharian's forty-five, but he was a dead shot and it seems un- likely he would have failed to bring down :his assailant, "His previous wound was only half healed; the' Cree doesn't think he was fit to travel, yet he and the nurse were a hundred yards from the cabin and they went there 'afoot. It looks to ride as if Nieltq Creuse must have sent someone to •bring„ his sister home, that there was an altercation when Gharian followed and tried to bring her back, and, in the quarrel, both were shot, There was a letter in the girI'al,p'ooket." (Continued Next Weel ) OFFICERS: President, E. J. Trewartha, Clinton Vice -Pres. - J. L. Malone, Seaforth Manager and. Sec.-Treas. - M. A. Reid, Seaforth. DIRECTORS: E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit- more, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea - forth; John H. ,McEwing, Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, Walton; Harvey Fuller, Goderich. AGENTS: J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; R, F. McKercher, Dublin; George A. Watt, Blyth; J. F. Prueter, Brod- hagen; ` Selwyn Baker, Brussels. i u r I�,+tit�Y9:r; FOR DIAD ANIMALS . COWS - $2.50 each HORSES - $2.50 each HOG'S over 250 lits. ea. - .50c cwt. According to size and condition. Phone Collect WM. SPROAT Seaforth - 655 r 2 Ingersoll - - 21 .r a�l$�ai�te ifih r if; Afihtla, si l ,antai rFOX')gllx fin G!tva yu� be short elh nts fal„on tntyl� its ease of trot}e,. PO. as the lig(3 are born spy ebotl{id. be fon*- a warm. !gale, This., will ,prevent them frA� baitl,�; roll . do `or trampled by the (Welted sovk,:i When farrowing" Is complet- ed • the pigs' are returned to the OW. 'By massaging the udder 'the., sow will be induced to lie en her side and expose her udder. The: pig's can then be helped to Sad the teats and they will soon learn to suck by themselves. The farrowing pen should be 10 feet by 12 feet in size and the partiti should he of a solid const]. 'tion to prevent drafts. A concrete floor is too cold for young pigs, and the floors in the!. farrowing pens can be covered with 2 -inch by 12 -inch planking. Tp reduce to a minimum losses by trampling, wooden or. •prefer- ably irpn pipe gtaard rails may be constructed' about tem inches from all' walls and fourteen inches from the .floor. This provides a well protected area for the young litter around the pen walls. For farrowing during cold weath- er an electric pig brooder is desir- able: A commercial type is avail- able or a suitable home-made brooder can be built by nailing securely 2 -inch by 12 -inch by 5 -foot planks diagonally across a back corner of the pen so that they ex. tend from about a foot from the top of the pen to ten inches from the floor. A heat lamp or an ord- inary 200 -watt light bulb hung in the top of this triangular area, properly insulated and protected from moisture, will provide . suf- ficient heat for the pigs even in severely cold weather. Ventilation can be regulated by spacing --loose planking at various width apart across the top of the brooder. Sow's milk is . naturally low in iron content, and this cannot be corrected through her ration. Therefore, to prevent anaemia it has. become standard practice to give each pig,, before they are three days old, as much reduced iron as is -approximately equal in volume to an aspirin tablet, and two additional doses at weekly inter- vals. If the pigs are large and strong this amount will not choke them. - At the time the pigs re- ceive their iron it is advantageous to cut out their "needle" teeth with a pair of cotter -pin pliers. This practice prevents any injury these very sharp teeth may cause to the sow's udder and to the pigs themselves when fighting. Remembering that sows differ in their ability to produce and raise satisfactory litters, and that the management practices summarized above reduce pre -weaning mortal- ity and increase pre -weaning per- formance, erformance, the farmer who uses this knowledge will raise vigorous and profitable litters, A ton of well -rotted manure con- tains approximately ten pounds of nitrogen, five pounds of phosphor- ic acid, and •ten pounds of potash. William Stone Sons, Ltd. INGF.RSOLL, ONTARIO =.r 4 The Huron Expositor classi- ftet4'"bo'lumns are ' best. Try them. 'Phone 41. Seaforth, Skinny men, women gain 5,10,15 lbs. Get New Pep, Vim, Vigor What a thrill, Bony limbs fill out: ugly hollows HU UP; neck no longer scrawny: body loses half. starved, sickly -bean-pole" look. Thousands of stria, women, men, who never could gain before. are now proud of shapely, healthy -looking bodies. They thank the special vigor -building. Heap -budding tonin, Ostrex. fns tonics, stimulants invigorators. Iron, vitamin Bi, calcium, enrich blood. Improve appetite apd digestion so food gives you more strength slid nourlehment' put flesh on bare bones. Don't fear getting too fat. Stop when you've gained the 5. 10, 1e or 20 lbs. you need for normal weight. Costs little. New "get acquainted" size only Olio. Try famous Ostrex Tonto Tablets for new Vigor and added pounds, dile very day. At all druggists. .}'�.T j�G�lt�r b^fIM �,R L�+�'3M« Rn9a0dl aw l^ eerie 7419 a m0 49 c .lino mm: wt 1�' reel ftp ora. 1 known berg'ha 'Yi it P r a rs �e,�,' at the *owe a. M-... �}i M. Norman tong, ruin, and Mrs. *Igor audit ., o[ GamlZpellyilie, were the g4lesks:.. or; Mr: ,and+ Mrs. John .jarret't' dvgr t e weep: end. Fxiendehip ,Circle net in the. ISunday schoolroom on Monday, with over 60 .members present. Hymn 113 opened the meeting, Don ''Kyle. read the' Scriptpre, 'followed by Mr. Hinton leading in prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were then read. A committee Me - posed of Mrs. Gaekstetter,, Mrs. E. MVlcBride, Mrs. Peck ' af'S1, Ernie Chipchase, was _ appointed to ar- range the next meeting. Jim Mc- Gregor and Don Kyle then took up the collection. Mr. Hinton favored with a solo, accompanied by Mrs. Ross Broadfoot. Two humorous readings were given by Mrs. Harry Caldwell. Hymn 589 was sung, fol- lowed by a piano instrumental by' Mrs... Broadfoot. Mark Drysdale showed some very interesting films on his recent trip to Florida. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Drysdale by Mrs. Gackstetter. This was followed by a piano instru- mental by Virginia McClinohey. Mrs.. Workman conducted• two con- The Voice Of Temperance SURGE MILKERS DAIRY MAID Hot Water Heaters J. B. 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