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In HI 9955486 also m WjamBS, carrying i; tordi. His lips were tight set and there was unusual anger in all eyes. "You're not veiling me that was Ill“ .

aelsrgoﬁ {stei- "It sounded

r lino was u» heiusefwdimslanid ourtlg‘. “I'm go-

cut w ses."

“Sonic vethemorissasna chance at fl‘ you with buck shot. Don't be an ass, Derek."

"I sight llid out whet it I'm

is. lick d ﬁlmed out o! bod eve p‘ t." m‘ " ovm find use s. 1. “nee Wmuiisve a better ﬁance one"

“Sun's in my office" Derek said, and hurried downstairs. Below they met Ailrud Farrell, a power. fully built men 0t thirty.

"So you heard it this tlme?"

at .

"Everyone must have heard it," said Farrell in a flat voice. "It sounded like a sun."

"A poacher," Peter suggests’.

"No poaoher In his sense: would ﬁre a gun close to a house Besides there's no moon, so he couldn't

see to shoot.

"The fellow inlsht so twig to

e1 you outside," said Peter. " eit-

¢ to bat you over the head."

"Who'd be mush to try a| stunt like that?" snapped Derek as, he loaded the twelve-bore.

"Ipdont know lees It was the missing heir." replied Peter u he unboltied the front door and flash- I 8d his torch.

The night was perfectly still. The only sound was the tlnkie of the brook. ‘Hie three searched the whole isoe and found nothing. q came ham w the house

went back to his a, bottle and glasses. “Better have a drink, Peter."

"Thanks", said Peter. His red eye-brows rose B: he look d at the bottle. “Pro-war Scotch. ls a treat." H; drank and set down his glass. “Ever {ind this sort of thins before, Derek?"

"Not mootlng. But some user noise has brought me up a ut everv other nliht.

"And all the nltht long there was rmlln: of bones, all along. out along. down n lea," isoted Peter. Derek smiled faintly.

“No. not bones or chains. Usually ; n queer humming sound. Sometimes i it makes the *1: ole house vhraten I've searched every room but lound 5 nothing to account for It. It's get-i tin: me down, Peter."

"obviously that's what it's meant for." replied Peter, ‘the more so us .\'0u're s bu» hlirh-siv-ung. My advice ls to sil tight. Noises can't. hurt anyone. And I'll tack you all 1 can."

"You cant think what a comfort it ls to have you here." said Derek‘ with unusual oamestrirss. "1'm free to admit I was getting windy." Peter laughed.

"Mint-after Dunkirk! % to bed again. old son. We're going to be busy tomorrow."

'l‘he rest of the xilght was pescen fill and another day of brilliant sun; was good both for the last of thei hay and for their spirits.

"Market day to-mouow," said Derek as sat down t0 supper that nIQht. " ll you come, Peter?"

" ot inless you want me. I'll be

iladof .Ihevesome ttesstowrlte

I mlrzht tn’ loi- a tron: in your

brook. I see you have a rod." "And ﬂies, but the casts are old.

You'll have to soak and tcst them". "I'll manage." said Peter. For the

rest of the evening he ‘item 9511i

away f-rom Derek's troublm and

that night passed without distur- RYlCG.

OHAPTE. V! IDIUZY TAKES TOLL

The back ol Derek's little was plied with baskets earls‘ strawberries. and in he had new potatoes, lcttuces. and other greenstuﬂ Prices were so hiizh and transport so difficult that he carried nil he could. Cori-awn. lying Ir a valley sheltered from cold u-‘nis, produced early crops; Derek was making money. and sew

respect of dciniz even better in

he future.

He. had always loved the land, so much so that his father, a Nig- erian Commissioner. hail allowed him to so to Yearsett Agricultural, Oollegs straight from school. He had spent two happy years there. ‘Perkins hard on eoll chemistry and modern crop production before his course was cut short bv the sudden death of his lather and both killed In t; moment by lmz in one of storm; which scourge Wes! Africa. 'l‘here was no money left. Derek had no near relations. If the war had not ccme Just ther. he would have been oblized to take work u a gardfner or agricultural labourer.

With his bu! load ind trailer Deck had to drive slowlv and care- fully over the rough hilly road. It

the past two days. . m-mulus clouds drifted slowly out or the southwest. A solltsrv Spit- Frc camﬂ lii him overhead. making Ir. tho direction of Iixeter. There vxn; hardly any traffic until Derek lied the main road. The. town v.1 tull. Queues stcod outside the mnloctionera and fishmongm. J‘ perked lllﬂ ear In the market sown- and went about his business.

~~ Mﬂleultv in findlniz customers. All he had was araooed ii as. once. 1i dralev iinn1~I Purviil

CS1‘

wlsed Peter met Dank. were

i0! dust and sinose oarcly three

mother. Ow lightn- those fierce tmbical Ed

i: ut the biz clock mi

shelter. some ran. but most moved quietly into the many narrow yards and alleys which ran ofl on both elder. of the street. Derek and Pu had no retugg near. They laced up lsalnst

nearest wail. Before the siren had ceased wirnding there cams g fﬂvid crackle ol Illlwhlrlg guns then

a thunderous trash. followed aknost den

instantly by a second much louder and nearer. Derek held his breath. When was the third coming?” ThBIQ was no t . “There her goes!" shouted a man on the other side of the street.

been hyihnnselveswlllpsverhkeinto Ibtin’

pray heloa in vrinnmk can? it swollen me moral scenes-h

station or near it," "Reckon we. might 19nd at lurid," _D¢!‘9k Xwddtd. and the two hur- ried up the hill Tor Street. ‘The station stood above the main nan. of the town. "Yes. right on the station," Pur- vls went on pointing to a cloud

hundred yards ahead. ...‘l‘°‘.‘. “'52”. “m” ".i’°'°.!‘..°°“‘% r n, made goo s , an is stayed beside him p

people. m0 nﬁlllwt 0X I118 the nation. no ulvlned. loyalties in mind and been. let us mans U00 and was courage loi- the exacting GUI lib-M’: Lid 8.09141.

WOMENQ WORK Rom liee-lth

Women in science, coirsncroe and

“Thqv 80F a tralni" Purvis Bﬂid shar ly. A train had been standing the station. Th; bosnb

had not hit_it. It had struck the station bulldm on the far side of the line and rmisht down the wreckage across the rails and the train. Smoke was rising ominously but already men were running hose from a. static tank close by. Home gig? were keepuis back tho

“I'm an olil soldier ~ Dun , Derek mid the sergeant, and he, we, was allowed to pass. The ser- eant knew his job. 1-11.; aids}!

a icaixie quick and sharp. Picks “m;

spades slimmed as If by magic, and every man allowed inside the cor- don was put to his lob,

The locomotive, whch was only

my covered, was released and

auled away. The tender, which was alire. was drenched with water. Thc driver and fireman. both hurt, “We carried off. Two carriages were smothered under beams and masonry. Derek worked alongside Purvis. 1t was not his lirst experi- ence of the kind. he knew what m do: so. too. did Purvis. Between them they tunnelled inwards the first. carriage and with the help of a couple of sturdy farm lsb0ur. ers. at last reached it.

It WM lint on its side. but the roof was still sound.

Derek was slﬂlllrlng with sweet when at last ne and his compan. ions reached the door of the car- riage. Timbers arched overhead. but they manned to wrench over the door. Two men, a farmer arid a commercial traveller. refused to come out until the women were moved.

First came the dead women. she WM all)!“ mil’. rviout, dark, foreign lovklns- Sic had no outiword signs of in ury- The second was a girl, also ark but slim. She 1W5 a head wound. The two were in out Fhfollﬂh the tunnel.

Derek straightened his bent back m"! Wlped the sweat that was Slrciﬂﬂlnﬂ into his eyes. ‘(here was s crsv-klns sound overhead.

"Look out!" cried Purvis.

It wen too late. A broken timber

struck Derek's mull, and he went,

flat

(To Be Continued)

AlVH-IERSI‘. Jen. lh-Friencls were saddened this afternoon when they lean-ed of the passing of Mild-

ac d. wife od Melvin d. Port Wallis. Dart_ mini which occurred at Highland View Hospital at the noon hour to- dav. The deceased, who was 31 Pears of use. was a daughter or . an: ‘Thomas Mays, 43

ee .

Besides her hualzerid I . she is survived by Jae ildrsri, veers 'end ‘Mlyislal-isilkill‘ da 5mm“ . . . e .

also isters, Illliiilrwifqqfﬁ mherst. and Mar-

mi- and two brothers,

Elf’. Warrtck Miiys, Petawaws. Ont,

Prod of the R. C. N, V. B...

when he men slllhﬁi. Ir-ittonholsd

I

Pllivls was a Home Guard. They 1 kirk"

mostly in tne present Wm- M" proven, even in a main made world rampant with weiudice. mat wo- men ixedllenuy do man's work bet- ter than man. ‘nus has been mie even in manual ocouwutims. lt il likely that as the war ends woman, newly aware Ol hei- own cwnwii-ies. “we. . drew...“ .2" wor rush

ivy. Woman's emergence law the fir“ d mnlncance“ in we string: west or social welfare and mimic health aind as more women become doc- DOTS, LBWYGPS BUG EXECl-IUVQS 50 W5 may well have more women m 0m‘

ie mites. ﬁr. e Panklxurst. l great wosnan. who. in suite 0X h" influence in precipitating a s11“ mm, "-- wuraiuonise- ment of women — never I01 W‘ yond a camdtdatilre for elec- tion to the British House o: Oom- mons, once said that the government would be a merit of women and d There have been a good many doc- tors in parliament and in cabinets _y9ry few women s0 far. We need in otnce said it is n0 to the hotel-Udell“ 01 9“:

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To help wla it. Ned Qlaeees are building the 2,000 b.p. Pratt l: Whitney engine that powers the U.S. Navy's Vought “Corsair” and Grum- insa "Hellcat," the most deadly oi’ carrier-based ﬁghter craft.

To help win it, Nash is now readying additional facilities for the mass pro- duction of the Sikorsky helicopter for

the Air Forces.

Nash fsctories-Nash-skilled person- nel ; ; a are turning out binoculars, propeller governors and parts for Liberty ships, submarines, army trucks

and jeeps.

It takes a lot of skill and engineering knowledge to do this.

Take the one item of propellers: The HamiltonMSianda-xd Constant

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anlelasiss seali: ‘,5 people: ls seed ea the al- Casada Inﬁll Daniel» ﬁlebebﬁ in laseest h iie wot". as wiel as “ on lie Lancaster sad many edict; well-known makes efAie-deeloyiljl ' bombers. 5) It is an intricate mechanism, as coni- plex as anything that ever went into the finest peacetime automobile. Through hydraulic mechanism in its} hub it will bite with increasing powen into thinning air, or feather resist- iessiy according to the automatic

demands of power." i

Building these necessities of War is. tempering to white heat the will and- skill of Nash workers;

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Increased In lumber 0f Goal Miners

OTTAWA. Jan. 6 — (OP) -

Canadian coal mines reported e

BRINGING UP FATHER

in nor on the floors of our lektsletive m: lies. is s. wroni m“; ‘wad rm“ mwﬁtlyﬁ 4i tinder-ibis w it .___ if _ _ , ~ ‘ .'-|._ -——;i._'--_. -———-- _.____. =__ ‘ ___‘ the we who sbstalsis. Start ten lty to form quick Judgment and t0 kins Univuslty, in uhiai gem, m _ "' nsruin: or ALCOHOL men of oomper le vigor up a m on that diudizment. Giving a Joiimsi. , .19)“, "mum" w“ u“ provided fntglfxéflcglulfeﬂfgh mwmlhmlf, i. mountsindde, live of ,w ommhiave driver aicoh endangers life. ——— locally. at least six dfferent de- the influence on the children of the Weiss mustard: v.23‘: m... ...."...riﬁii€~**=*'ii M‘i‘ii°§i°i»‘ii‘¢§‘“”i'§‘§“‘l‘$.3€$’£ "Temy" "m" more": ""“‘-“"==‘"“ ...'"%"':‘""':.:'::ii “"::'......"'"'s or w . ' . . nu es. , . to the point is the fact that, while 8o mild a drink a; beerglii leases: %uizﬂi‘s a mlllkm tlmles mom har-‘m- The iw_ a T_ u i . . ‘ , ‘Deanna Lltllfvas up m £1 Dmentgum ma!“ it cannot be said to cure any dls- their blown merit“ no M an any oonce vable occur us sponsore a well-attended public, A stEi-inz address on Ohlld Dc- to study out what to do about it in case s. dots uh cause thou- by m: to tiel’ ce 1 t e www- ,t lwq M v18“ 1n medl- meetiniz in the Swedish Baptlstlinnuency was zlven by one of the m, the mture mm Q1 “so; , all of has been shown ha o3 cal practice. -Di.1-lowa.rd A. Kelly. Ohm-ch on Sunday afternoon. Oct. nlstei-s. v arid d-| [in 011mm or slam re- them tats! in the loos run. Its use snooful of liquor lessens the nb - misﬁt/us Professor of Johns Howl}. with Mrs. W. Mei-her. president-exits it was forcibly shown that ceived. and a few pledges wen-

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net increase oi’ 8,122 workers in the period June 1 to Nov. 30, La- bor Minister Mitchell said ' “ in s ress release.

Un c: the Government's pro- gram to increase coal production, said the Minister, practically every physically fit ex-cosl miner was returned to min‘ and movement from the mines to other employ- ment was halted." While the coal shortage. which last May was de- clared a nstlonsi ' . had not been comnilietely overcome the outlook was " proved."

Additions to he workins staff plegnent in Canadian coal mines m .006 at Nov. l0, compared with 24.001 at June l. Mines in the Maritime Provinces absorbed L100 of the added workers, 1,932 were

plseed in mines on the

and 190 in British Columbia mines. IDNDON‘ —(OP)-— The Uni

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