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The Huron Expositor, 1952-09-26, Page 2THE' HURON EXPOSITOR S Z'TEII a ER 2,1952. EXPOSITOR Established 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor l fished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean Bios. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail application. Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, September 26 The Fair Is Over Oneindication that Fall is, here is the fact that Seaforth's. 1952 Fall Fair has come and gone. It was a good fair and reflected the interest which lias been shown and°tile work which has been done by the board of directors and officials during recent years. As was the case since 195€, the co-operation of the Seaforth Chamber of Commerce in arranging a merchants' display in the Arena contributed in large measure to the overall success. But apart from the displays and the entertainment and the midway, there were outstanding exhibits in almost every agricultural class. As should be the case in an areain which the cattle industry is such a factor, the number and quality of cattle entered in competition was outstanding. Contributing to the success of the cattle show was the Junior Calf Club in which members from throughout the county partici- pated. That the Seaforth Fair is consid- ered not only typical of the best of the smaller Ontario fairs, but that it al- so provides a well-balanced and well - organized program, was indicated when it was chosen this year by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as the basis of a coast to coast broad- cast. That the CBC commentary which was carried across Canada Sunday evening was based on the Seaford Fair is a credit to the direc- tors and all associated with the fair. Not only should it provide an incen- tive for an -even better. fair next year, but it should indicate too, to the citi- zens of the town, the value which the town derives as a result of the fair being held here. • A Good Summer The skies are cloudier and the nights are cooler. Soon the turning leaves will fall and' another autumn will be with us. Summer ended of- ficially on Sunday, but of course as long as daylight saving time con- tinues there will be those who will regard the present time as being the end of summer rather than the be- ginning of fall: In Ontario it has been on the whole a good summer. There were periods of dryness when it seemed as if the crops would never mature; there were periods of rain when the farmer despaired of getting his har- vest in. But in the end everything worked out. There were good crops -not as plentiful as in some years, perhaps, but certainly better than have been experienced in other years. To those to whom the vagaries of the weather are not so much a mat- ter of dollars and cents, as is the' case with the farmer, the summer was above average. ' There was plen- ty of hot days and warm, pleasant nights. Summer vacations were something that really were appreci- ated.' All in all it was a pretty good sum- mer. One for which everyone in this part of the country, particularly, can be thankful. Closing the Gap There was a time, not so long ago, when almost any article for sale in Canada could have been purchased for considerably less in the United States. At the same time, the Unit- . States store would offer greater variety. But, as the Financial Post points out, there are no longer many bar - 1 4 ar-fns t'or Canadianstravelling in the he ' Post says that "the anlage in variety and prie- U1g. used to have over ctured goods have been lessened. There's nothing in the big New York stores to make any Cana- dian stare in awe. Their counters and prices look jut like our own. "A few years ago it was different. The prices of most - manufactured goods were much higher in Canada and the styles less attractive than in the U.S. Now the differences are few. And where they do exist they are exaggerated by Canada's rela- tively greater reliance on sales and excise taxes which add to the prices of items," The Post goes on to say: "This country sometimes forgets the econ- omic advantages of being close to the U.S. While there are problems, our material standard of living is much higher because of geographic reali ties. Our comparatively small mar { ket here in Canada would have diffi- culty sustaining the costs of research and development necessary to give us the myriad of new products which both Americans and ourselves enjoy. "With many new products we re- semble, yet are very unlike a sort of carlo. We get the winnings, but the gambling is done elsewhere. "But we still have higher costs of production. Low costs demand mod- ern plants, producing in large quan- tities. While there may be inefficient firms hiding behind tariffs, the real cause of high Canadian per unit costs rests on the size of the markets. Pun'keydoodle's Corners, Ontario, and Beanblossom, Indiana, have been endowed with about the same physi- cal assets. Yet if a plant were estab- lished at the latter it could sell more cheaply because it would have a larger market." What Other Papers Say: Insurance Plan ('Goderich Signal -Star) After all, perhaps the best health insurance plan was contained in the words of a wise man of many years ago: "Live on sixpence a day, and earn it." Of course, that would have to be adapted to present-day valua- tions, for sixpence a day would now be near starvation, but the idea is there: live economically and work for it. 0 Idea Overdone (Orillia Packet and Times) Some architects are calling a halt to the picture window fad. The use of large pieces of glass, sometimes taking up entire sides of houses, is ' being overdone in many cases, they declare. Too many builders are in- stalling picture windows in any type of house, with any type of view, just so they can say that the house is "modern." But the architects point out that modernism does not require that a family should look out a pic- ture window into a busy street where every passerby can also look in. Nor does it mean that the family should be forced to gaze through huge win- dows at a blank wall, a gas station, or out on acres of clothes hanging on lines. • Dublin Fashions (Ottawa Citizen) Those who look on the Irish as pro- ducers only of policemen and pota- toes will no doubt be mildly astonish- ed by an Irish News Agency report that describes' a resounding success of Dublin's fashion designers. It seems 44 "high-powered American fashion executives" en route to Lon- don and Parish fashion shows touch- ed down at Dublin to see the Horse Show. They stayed to see the Irigh fashion shows which were a "sensa- tion" to them, especially the gowns in red flannel, "the traditional petti- coat material of the West of Ireland" In addition to the stimulus given fashion designing in Dublin, the Americans' excitement is expected to revive the ancient Irish lace, tweed, flannel and woven -belt making in- dustries. If the Irish put down their shil- lelaghs to take up haute couture, the consequences may be felt far beyond the Emerald Isle. For a large part of the human race presently blames its bellicosity on Irish ancestors. The knowledge that the men of Erin were in the bustle business might restrain Irishmen all oirer the world from lower, the boom. Seaforth Fair Prize Winxzer6 Horses , and and, W. L. Boyd, 3rd and 4th; Heavy draft, eweepstake, N. Nd yearling heifer, Jr., P. Simpson, S: Shantz; light draught, brood mare with foal by her side, Dalton, Skin- ner, Exeter; foal. of 1952, Dalton Skinner; filly or gelding, 3 years old, O. E. Bannerman, Monkton; - filly or gelding, 2 years old; O. E. Bannerman, Monkton; light draught, sweepstake, N. Shantz. Percheron or Belgian - Brood mare with foal by her side, Earl Poll & Son; foai,of 1952, Verne El- liott, Mitchell; filly or gelding, 2 years old, O. E. Bannerman; filly or gelding, 1 "year old, Verne El- liott, Mitchell; sweepstake, Earl Poll & Son. Harness Classes -Light draught team in harness, N. Shantz, Platts- ville; Bob Patrick, 'Seaforth; Per- cheron or Belgian team in harness, Earl Poll & Son; heavy draught team in harness, N. Shantz; light draught single horse in harness, N. Shantz, Bob Patrick, N. Shantz; Percheron or Belgian single horse in tharness, Earl Polk & Son, lst and 2nd; heavy draught single horse in harness, N. Shantz, lst and 2nd; four -horse tandem hitch- ed, N. Shantz, O. E. Bannerman, Kries • & Poll; ,Township special, N. Shantz, Ross 4VIcKague, O. E. Ban- nerman, John Kries; beat handled colt, Bill Elliott, Verne Elliott; special, best heavy horse, N. Shantz. Judge -Hugh Berry. Light Horses --wagon team in harness, Mrs. McKague, J. Kries, O. E. Bannerman, 3rd and 4th; single wagon hprse in harness, Jack Kries, R. 1VIcKague, 2nd and 3rd, O. E. Bannerman; carriage team in harness, Mrs. R. McKague; roadster team in harness, A. Web- er; single carriage horse. Mrs. Me- Kague, 1st and 2nd; single roadster horse, A. B. Weber, lst, 2nd and 3rd. Lady driver, E. Schoeder, 'R, Mo Kague, Elmer Johnston; gentle- men's road race, A. Weber, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Hackney pony team in harness, E. E. Schroeder, Elmer Johnston, Harvey McLiwain; single Hackney pony in harness, Ed. Schoeder, lst and 2nd, EImer Johnston, 3rd and 4th; tandem Hackney pony in har- ness, E. E. Schroeder, Elmer John- ston. Shetland pony, any age, led by boy or girl, Peter E. Maloney, EI - mer Johnston, 2nd and. 3rd; Shet- Iand foal, Harvey Mc.Llwain, Elmer Johnston, 2nd and 3rd; Shetland pony team in harness, E. E. John- ston; Shetland pony, tandem hitch, Elmer Johnston; ladies' saddle class, Ruth Teali, Sue Nixon, Edna Stewart; Shetland single pony in harness, Elmer Johnson, 1st and 2nd, Harvey .McLlwain. Judge -Thomas Findlay. Cattle • .Butchers' 'Cattle -Fat cow nor heifer, Keith Love; steer or heifer, over 1 year old, Crawford McNeil, A. Gaunt, 'Ken Coulson, Ian Dick; baby beef, 1 year and under, Todd & Spn, Robert Parsoes, Murray Dawson, Roy Pepper. Polled Angus -Bull, 1 year old or over, Todd & Son, Klopp Bros; 1 Year old bull, Todd & Son, 1st and 2nd; best cow, Todd & Son, Kldere Bros,; heifer, 2 years old, Todd & Son, .Klopp Bros.; theifer, 1 year old, Todd & Son, Klopp Bros; heif- er calf, Todd & Son, Klopp Bros.; bull calf, Todd & Son, Kropp Bros. Shorthorns -Bull, 2 years and ov- er, W. Turnbull & Son, 1st and 2nd, A. Gaunt; best cow, A. Gaunt, W. Devereaux, Roy Pepper, W. Turn- bull & Son; heifer, 2 years old, Dr. el. W. Stapleton, J. Smith, W. Devereaux, Turnbull & Son; heifer, 1 year old, Dr. M. W. Stapleton, A. Gaunt, Dr. M. W. Stapleton, 3rd and 4th; heifer calf, under 1 year, A. Gaunt, J. Smith, A. Gaunt, Roy Pepper; bull calf, under 1 year, Wm. Pepper, Roy Pepper, A. Gaunt, Dr. M. W. Stpleton; bull, 1 year, J. Smith, Roy Pepper, W. Devereaux. Shorthorn or Angus herd, consist- ing of 3 females and 1 bull, Todd & Son, Dr. M. W. Stapleton, A. Gaunt, W. Turnbull & Son. Specials - Champion Shorthorn, female, A. Gaunt; champion short- horn bull, W. Turnbull & 'Son; champion Angus bull, Todd & Son; champion Angus female, Todd & Son. Dual -Purpose Shorthorns -Bull, 2 years and over, J. M. Scott, let and 2nd, J. F. Scott; best cow, J. M. Scott, lst, 2nd and 3rd, J. F. Scott; heifer, 2 years old, J. M. Scott; heifer, 1 ' year old, J. M. Scott, 1st and 2nd, J. F. Scott; bull calf, under 1 year, J. M. Scott; bull 1 year old, J. M. Scott; herd, 3 fe- males, 1 bull, J. M. Scott, J. F. Scott. Judge -W. C. F. Oestricher. Ayrshires-Bull, 1 year old, Jno. Ballantyne, Atwood; .bull calf an - de' 1 year, J. Ballantyne; best cow, J. Ballantyne; heifer,, 2 years old, 3. Ballantyne; yearling heifer, sen- ior, born after July' 2, 1950, J. Bal- lantyne; yearling heifer, Junior, .born after Jan. 1, -,1951, J. Ballan- tyne, lst and 2nd;°heifer calf, ,Sr., J. Ballantyne; heifer calf, Jr., J. Ballantyne. Jerseys -Bull, 2 years and over, Irwin Trewartha, Harold McNaugh- ton; bull, 1 year old, Tom Rath - well, R.R. 3, Clinton; best cow, H. McNaughton, 1st and 2nd, T. Rath - well, I. Trewa>t'tha; heifer, 2 years old, T. Rathwell, I. Trewartha, 2nd and 3rd, H. McNaughton; yearling heifer, Senior, I. Trewartha, T. Rathwell, I. Trewartha, H. Mo- Naughton; oNaughton; yearling heifer, Junior, I. Trewartha, T. Rathwell, 2nd and 3rd, I. Trewartha; heifer calf, Sr., H. McNaughton, I. Trewartha, T. Rathwell, I. Trewartha; tbeifer calf, Jr., I. Trewartha, H. McNaughton, 2nd and 3rd; Expositor special, H. McNaughton. Holsteins ---Bull, 2 years and ov- er, Simon ,Hallahan & Son, Del - grave; bull, 1 year old, Peter 'Sime - son, R.R. 2, Seaforth; bull calf, un- der 1 year, Borden Riehl, R.R. 2, Walton; S. 11'ailhhan; best cow, 1'. Simpson, S. IraIlahan, Wm. L. Boyd, R.R. 2, Walton, S. Hallahan; heifer, 2 years old, P. Simpson, S. Hallahan, W. L. Boyd, 3rd and 4th; Yearling heifer, Sr., B. Mehl, 1st Hallahan, W. le Boyd; heifer calf, Sr., W. L. Boyd, B. Riehl, W. L. Boyd, B. Riehl; heifer calf, Jr., B. Riehl, P. Simpson. Dairy cattle herd, 3 females, 1 buil-P." Simpson, T. Rathwell, J. Ballantyne, H. McNaughton. Judge --Ross Marsh -all. immucis mums, loud Aver .C�a t�n Sheep Shropjhiredowns-Aiged rano, A. W. Barrett, R.R. 2, .Parkhill, lst and 2nd; shearling ram, J. B. Ken- nedy, R.R. 4, Ilderton, A. W. Bar- rett, Elmer Arstrong, St. Pauls; ram lamb, under 1 year, E. .Arm- strong, A. W. Barrett, 2nd and 3rd; ewe having lambed in 1952, A. W. Barret, 1st and 3rd, E. Armstrong, 2nd; shearling ewe, E. Armstrong, A. W. Barrett, 2nd and 3rd; ewe lamb, A. W. Barrett, tat and 3rd, E. Armstrong, 2nd; pen, consisting of ram, any age, aged ewe, shear - ling ewe and ewe lamb, A. W. Bar- rett, lst and 3rd, E. Armstrong, 2nd; best ewe, A. W.. Barrett; best ram, J. B. Kennedy; aged ram, J. B. Kennedy, lst and 2nd. Southdowns-Shearling ram, J. B. Kennedy, lst and and; ram lamb under 1 year, J. B. Kennedy, 1st and 2nd; ewe having -lambed in 1952, J. B. Kennedy, 1st and 2nd; shearling; ewe, J. B. Kennedy, 1st and. 2nd; ewe lamb, J. B. Kennedy, 1st and 2nd; pen, J. B. Kennedy. 1st and 2nd; best ewe, J. B. Ken- nedy; beat ram, J. B. Kennedy. Lincolns -Aged ram, A. D. Steep- er, Ailsa Craig, A. W. Barrett, 2nd and 3rd; shearling ram, A. D. Steeper, 1st and 2nwdA. W. Bar- rett; ram lamb, under 1 year, A. D. Steeper, lst and 2nd, A. W. Bar- rett; ewe having lambed in 1952, A. D. Steeper, lst and 2nd, A. W. Barrett; shearling ewe, O. D. Steep- er, 1st and 2nd, A. W. Barrett; ewe lamb, A. W. Barret, lst and 2nd, A. D. Steeper; pen, Ad D. Steeper, A. W. Barrett; best ewe, A. W. Barrett; best ram, A. D. Steeper. Leicester -Aged ram, Wm, R. Pepper, R.R. 3, 'Seaforth; shearling ram, W. R. Pepper; ram lamb, un- der 1 year, W. R. Pepper; ewe hav- ing lambed in 1952, W. R. Pepper, E. Armstrong; searling ewe, W. R. Pepper, 1st and 2nd; E. Armstrong; ewe lamb, W. R. Popper, 1st and 2nd, E. Armstrong; pen, W. R. Pepper; best ewe, W. R', Pepper; best ram, W. R. Pepper. Oxfords-Shearling ram, Donald W. Deering, R -R. 1, Exeter; ram lamb, under 1 year, and ewe hav- ing lambed in 1952, D. W. Deering, 1st and 2nd; shading ewe, D. W. Deering; ewe lamb, D. W. Deering, lst and 2nd; pen, D. W. Deering; best ewe, D. W. Deering; best ram, D. W. Deering. Dorset Horned Ram Iamb, un- der 1 year, Leslie Campbell, R.R. 1, Seaforth; ewe havinglambed in 1952, L. Campbell, let and 2nd; shearling ewe, L. Campbell; best ewe, L. Campbell; best ram, L. Campbell. Hampshire -Ewe lamb, J. B. Ken- nedy; aged ram, Murray Shoebot- tom, RR. 4, Denfield; yearling ram, M. .Shoebottom, 1st and 2nd; ram lamb, M. Shoebottom, 1st and 2nd; aged ewe, M. Shoebottom; shear - ling ewes, M. Shoebottom, 1st and 2nd; ewe lamb, M. Shoebottom, 1st and 2nd; pen, M. Shoebottom; championship ewe, M. Shoebottom; champion ram, M. Shoebottom. Sheep Special -winner with most point, J. B. Kennedy, R.R. 4,,.Iider- ton. Judge-Ephriam Snell. Pigs Yorkshire -Boar, over 1 year, A. Warner, W. Turnbull, R. McMillan; boar, littered since Sept., 1951, W. Turnbull, A. Warner, W. Turnbull; boar, 6 months and under, A. „War- ner, W. Turnbull, R. McMillan; sow, 1 year or 'over; W. Turnbull, R. McMillan, W. Turnbull; sow lit- tered since Sept.,1951, W. Turnbull, 1st and 2nd, A. Warner; sow, six months and under, W. Turnbull, A. Warner, R. MoMillan. Berkshire -,'Bear, over 1 year, Wim.. Flynn; boar, 6 months and under, and sow, 1 year or over, W. Flynn, 1st and2nd; sow, 6 months and under, W. Flynn, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Tamworth -Boar, over 1 year, G. Douglas, B. French, 2nd and 3rd; boar, littered since Sept., 1951, G. Douglas, B. Freneh; boar, 6 months and under, B. French, lst and 2nd, G. Douglas; sow, 1 year or over, I3'. French, lst and 2nd, G. Doug- las; sow littered since Sept., 1951, G. Douglas, 1st -and 2nd, B. French; sow, '6 months and cinder, B. French, P. Maloney, G. Douglas. Any breed -Pen of 5 •shoats, un- der 100 lbs., W. Turnbll, B. French. Poultry New :Hampshire, (c) Cliff Pep- per, R.R. 1, Dashwood, (h, cr and p) Cliff Pepper, lst and 2nd. Rhode Island Red, (c, h, cr and p) Cliff Pepper, 1st. Barred Plymouth Rocks, (h, cr and p) Cliff Pepper, 1st. White Rooks, (c and h) Cliff Pepper, lat, (cr and p) Cliff Pep- per, 1st and 2nd. White Leghorne, (c, h and cr) C. Pepper, lat, (p) C. Pepper, 1st and 2nd. Light 'Sus- sex, (c) C. Pepper, (•h, cr and p) C. Pepper, 1st and 2nd. A.V. Ban- tams, (e and h) Fred McClymont, Varna, 1st, (cr and p) F. NcCly- mont, lst and 2nd.. Rouen Ducks, (drake) Elmer Townsend, R,R. 3, Seaforth. Utility Pens -New Hampshire; C. Pepper, Fred McClymont; Rhode Island Red, F. McClyanont, C. Pep. per; Barred Plymouth Rock, Cliff Pepper; White Rocks, C. Pepper; Light Sussex, C. Pepper, P. 'Mc'Cly- mont; White Legliorns, C. Pepper; Cross Breeds, Heavy, F. letcCly-' mont; Cross Breeds, Light, C. Pep- per. Eggs White, Gordon Elliott, R. R, 5, Sealiorth, Fred McClylnont, Mrs. James Carter, R.R. 2, Sea - forth; Brown Eggs, Elgin Nott, R. 11. 4, Clinton, Mrs. W. Coleman, U. S. D. Storey, F. F. Glazier, 1211. 4, Clinton, Mrs. James Carter; thirty dozen case brown eggs, John Hen- derson, Hensall. Horticultural Products A'pplesr-•-Collection, 12 varieties, lileClymont; alit natured. varietilss (Couttnnted on Page 3) By T C. Bridges Citrus fruits and juices are Tops in vitamin C by far. They're tasty and nutritious too. Ideal foods for your child and you, Dept. d National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twere ty-Ave and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor September 23, 1927 On Friday evening a well -attend- ed congregational meeting of Turn- er's Church, Tuckersmith, was held to discuss certain important busi- ness in connection with the church, Following the business: transaction Mr. and Mrs. George N. Turner and family were called to the front and on behalf of the congregation, Mr. Ira Johns read an appropriate ad- dress and Mrs. Whitfield Crich presented them with a mantel clock and a pretty plate. A bad accident occurred near Brussels on Saturday evening, while John Oliver and his son, Les- lie, of the 10th concession, Grey, were driving home from Brussels. A car, driven by Tommy Miller, crashed• into them, being blinded by the glare of the headlights. The occupants of the buggy were thrown out and Mr. Oliver was quite badly hurt. The horse ran about half a mile and ran into a sedan driven by Mr. Lyon, Walker- ville. The horse was killed in- stantly and Mr. Lyon's car was badly damaged, Mr. Fred E. Willis met with a serious accident at the plant of the Gordon Paving Co. on Saturday morning, when he had his face, arm and hand badly burned. Mr. Arthur Ament, who spent the summer on the S.S. Assinboia, has been spending a week at him home there before returning to the Uni- versity of Toronto. Misses Jeanette Archibald, Jean Brodie, Jean Alexander and Agnes Patrick and Messrs. W. Pollard, Ed. Rankin and Wm. McNay are attending Stratford Normal School. Mr. Lester Fisher has this week taken a position with the Bank of Montreal in Hensall. The widening and improvement of what is known as the Zurich road, between Hensall and St. Jos- eph, will be a great boon to all motorists, as in the past it has been somewhat dangerous . through the swamps between Heiisall and Zur- ich. Mr. Thomas S,herritt, Hensall, has been engaged in threshing out a large acreage of alfalfa for the seed. On Friday the Boundary, baseball team motored to Lindsay to play the finals for the U.F.O. Champion- ship, their oppents being the Ot- tawa Valley team. The score was 18-2 for their opponents. • From The Huron Expositor September 26, 1902 Mr. John Leslie, Blake, has a sun •flower in his garden which measures nearly 14 inohes in diam- eter. There should be a lot of hen fruit in that flower. Miss Agnes C. Grieve, daughter of Mr. W6n. Grieve, MoKillop, who is completing her third year as teacher of East Wawanoah, has. been e,>fgaged to teach at No. 6, Turnberry, for 1903, at a salary of $325. Mr, S. A. Dickson, son of Post- master Dickson, Seaforth, was call- ed' to the bar and sworn in as a solicitor at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, on Friday. The new fruit evaporator being constructed at the station here, is now . nearly completed and will soon be ready to start operations as soon as the necessary supply of fuel can be procured, Mr Harry Edge erected the building. There were 18 cars of livestock on the mixed train which left Sea - forth Monday everting, There were horses, cattle, pigs • and sheep, While filling the hopper in the tile Yard at Winthrop the other day, Mr. John Pethick came in con- tact ontact with some of the machinery and had two of .his fingers partial- ly taken off. While Mr. and Mrs. 'Chas. Dol - mage, McKillop, were out driving the otber night, their horse became frightened and ran away, throw - ng both occupants out of the 'Mg- gr. riggy. Mss. Dolmage escaped unin- jured, .but Mr. Dohriage le in a critical condition. Master Boy Kyle, son of Mr. W. C. Kyle, :Kippen, met with a ser- ious accident the early part of thee week. Ile was riding a horse when :by some means he was thrown to the ground, causing,. concussion of the brain, Mr. Scott, Brucefield, is buying large quantities of grain and Robt. Murdoch has change of the store- house. Mt. John C. McKay, son of Mt. George T. 'lidoKay, Tuckeramnith, has f &" gone to Detroit to study niedieine. t1 (Continued from last week) CHAPTER V13 LOST LADY Derek woke to find himself in bed in a strange room. He had a hand - age mend his forehead and a bit mend of a headache. Otdierwise there did not seem to he much wrong with him. It took a minute or two to collect his senses and remember what had happened. Then it all flashed before him, clear as a photograph. "That girl!" he exclaimed. "The girl is her,e in the hospi- tal." A man with thick grey hair and keen but kindly eyes rose fi'ppm a chair by the bedside, and Defek recognized him as Dr. Pugh. "How do you feel, Mr. Martyn?" "Not much the matter with me," replied, Derek. •" "You're lucky," said the doctor, "Or perhaps I should say fit. You hada bad blow on the back of the I ;ad, you have been out for near- ly an hour, and most men would have been feeling very poorle." "Farm work keep one fit, and. I have a thick skull," Derek smiled, "But tell me about the girl. "Like you, she had a blow on the head, but a, worse onel than yours. She is still insensible." "Will she recover?" "I hope so, but I should like to get into touch withher people." "Can't you?" "We have no means of identify- ing her." "Didn't she have a handbag?" "Yes, but no name or address• in it. Just a purse, a handkerchief, powder compact, and her ticket." "Where was she going - Ply- mouth?" "No. She was coming here. She had a single from Waterloo to Tav- erton." "Then she will have relatives here." "I hope so. I have rung up the police station to ask them to make inquiries -you are interested in her?" the doctor added with a smile. - "Naturally," Derek answered frankly. "What about the dead woman?" "We have not identified her eith- er. She is .foreign, either Italian or Spanish." "The girl looked a bit foreign."' "Yes, but we have no proof that the two had anything to do with one another. I asked the men, but they only got in. at Okehampton, They say that the elder woman was then asleep and that she re- mained asleep during the short run to Taverton. Indeed' she was asleep when the bomb fell." "You may find somethingain their luggage," Derek persisted. "We have to reach it. The lug- gage van was next the engine and is completely buried." He paused. "Now drink this and go to sleep, and don't worry your head about the injured girl, or anything else." "But I want to go home," re- turned Derek. "Not today," said the doctor with decision. "But Peter -my friend, Peter Flews. will be anxious." "No. I have already sent word to 'him by your neighbor, Isaac Setters. Now sleep," "You seem to have thought of everything. All right," said Derek and lay back, and closed his eyes. The doctor watched him•for a few moments. The right sort," he said to him- self as he closed the door softly. Derek slept till seven, when he was roused by a nurse with a tray. "Supper," she said smilingly. "Feel like it?" "You bet," grinned Derek, who was feeling much refreshed. "How' the girl?" the inquired. "Still insensible. She had a bad knock. But don't worry about her, Mr. Martyn. The doctor feels sure she will come round." She left him and Derek ate the well cooked little meal and presently was asleep again. Next morning his headache had gone, and when the nurse came in with his breakfast he told her he felt as good as new. The doctor looked him over and agreed that he might go out, and once more Derek inquired about the girl. "She has come round," Dr. Pugh fbid him, "and ber condition is fairly good. But there is a fresh complication. . She can't give her name or any account of herself. I am afraid she has lost her .mem- ory." Derek's eyes widened. ".But won't it come back?" "It may or it may not. I don't know yet whether the cause is shock or an injury to the brain it- self. Pact is we doctors know very little about these cases of amnesia. I remember a case in which a sail or fell down a hatchway and frac• tured his skull. He recovered com- pletely, but had entirely lost .all memory of the three days preced- ing his accident, which was dis- tinctly awkward because he had Wen married during that period." "But this girl has lost all her memory?" Derek queried, "No: She has not lost power of speech, nor her nice manners, nor apparently powers of reading and writing. It is what, you might call her personal memory that bas gone," '"It's a bad show," said Derek gravely.' "The one hope is that we may find something in her luggage which will tell us timid she ie." "That is oar best lope," Pugh agreed. "Now I must say good- bye and get on with my job. Take care of yourself and go slow for a day or two. By the bye your car is outside. I phoned the garage to su "Youend thfnkttp," o1 everything," Derek said gratefully. "I'll be in next Wednesday, and hope I"ll get bet- ter news of the girt'' It was a heavenly morning, the little car ran well yet; Derek en- joyed the drive, Peter was wait- ing for him at the door. "You old; ass," he said affection sly, 'drying to quatffy for a ebtge Meda. -bow's the head?" "Nearly as hard as yours. Any' noises last night?" "Not that I iheard, All the .same - I'm glad to have you back. Mrs - Farrell is all right as a cook, but. as a talker she is C3. I was quite - pleased when old Prance came up and gave me the chance to use my tongue. He was after the rod youa. promised him, but too polite to say so. I told leim to come .agaip. to- day." Peter paused. "1 will take the car round," he added.. "You get in- to the house.'9vI want to hear about the happenings yesterday in Tavern ton." Luncheon 'was ready before Der- ek had finished this yarn, and after* that meal had 'been served by the silent Mrs, Farrell, Derek took a. short walk around the farm and, - finding to his diegyst that he was still a bit shak'y•;;t•eturned to the - house and busied 'himself with ac- counts. Presently, happening no glance up, lee saw through the window the- sturdy hesturdy frame of Prance coming: slowly up the drive. Closing the: desk he went to meet the old man. CHAPTER VIII NO LOVE LOST "What be 'matter, Mister?" asked Prance, glancing at the bandage- around andage-around Derek's head. "Bumped it on a beam," replied. Derek, who did not want to have to» explain the whole adventure to the, deaf old man. "Come in," he add- ed cordially. "Come in and I'll show you the rod." Prance follow- ed him into the living room, and Derek poured out a tot of whiskey. The old man's, eyes glowed as he, lifted the glass, "Luck to 'ee, Mister, and dang all they as hates 'ee." Derek rais- ed his eyebrows. "Hate me," he repeated. "Telt:: me, Prance, do you know anyone - who hates me?" Prance glanced at the door to be sure it was closed, then •stepped'" close to Derek and spoke in a hoarse whisper. "I surely do, and; they baint a long way off neither."' Derek looked sharply at the face - of his visitor. He put his lips close. to the old man's ears. "You mean the Farrells," he said.. "Where be they?" Prance asked, cautioesiy. Derek reassured him. "Wherever they are they can't. overhear us in this room, not even if they were listening at the door." - "Reckon nee said enough any- way," said Prance, uncomfortably.. "You are only confirming inn own suspicions," Derek said frank-- ly, "Have a .'drop more, it's pre-- war." He filled the old man's - glass again and while he drank,. got up and fetched the rod fronts the corner. "It's old," he •said, "but still, sound." Prance took the three joints out: of their canvas case and examined'. them carefully. "It be a sight bet- ter than Granfer's," he admitted„ "it be mighty' kind of 'ee, •Mister." "You're welcome to it, Prance. I:: hope you'll live to catch many good dishes with it. Tell me, Prance,. did you know my great uncle?" "I worked for 'ee, forty years; agone, afore they dratted Ferrets came here." "Then you knew his wife?" "Aye, I knowed un well. Her. were a proper lady. Her died when the boy were born, and that were: a poor job for all on em." "You mean it upset my great uncle?" "Changed un so no one 'ucl know un. But it were worse for the lad - Seemed like his father turned! against him." "So old Nicholas" and young: Nicholas didn't get on!" "You be right, mister. The old: man were hard on the lad." "What sort of boy was he?" Der- ek asked. "Weren't nothing wrong with: un, but as he growed older he got kind of soured.": "When did the Farrells come?" "They came just after Mrs. Mar- tyn died." . The old man paused: and scowl- ed, "And they didn't help things,. neither. Mrs, Farrell were always. carrying tales about young Nichol- as to his dad," "So he and his father quarrel -- led?" "They was always at odds. End was, as young Nicholas run for it."' "Where did• he go." "Furrin parts. They do say her - be dead." "Derek was silent for a moment,. "From what you tell me, Prance, it looks es if the Farrells drove him out." - "They surely did." Prance lean- ed nearer to Derek, "I'11 tell 'ee, sum,mat else, Mister. It were this. here farm as they was after, and )b be reckoning they're after her still_ Watch 'em, Mister," he ended,: "they don't mean 'ee no good." (Continued Next Week) A Smile Or -Two, At a political convention,. a signs. had been erected near the speak- ers' platform for the benefit of press photographers, It road: "Do'- not photograph the speakers while they are addressing the audience. Shoot them as they approach the platform," • ,Something went wrong with the- central hecentral heating system in, a bank and arrangements, were iYiade with a local firm to have the ,boiler Pen right, Accordingly, when a mare wearing overalls came into the bank that morning he was ushered behind the counter, down the cel- lar steps and left to examine the boiler. A few minutes later, however, he reappeared looking somewhat be- wildered. "Is there something YOU Want?" asked one of the clerks "Aye," he said .plaintively. Van, you cash this 'ere cheque?"