' SEPTEMBER

lfzIvAILS E §OF THE §TRAIL

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g By Samuel White

q; Botherl" Margaret grasped p; band and tum d to her feet. wall; with‘ me e commanded. claudc g-adly let his suspicions

Cliavigiiaud be forgotten while gslrollcd with Margaret through m; woods along the shore. The fresh, blooming scents of early ui-iimer greeted their nostrils from {he (ifllfll) loam beneath the trees, ma as he walked he let hi5 eyes drift from time to time to Mar. net's beautiful face, serious now geneath the crownlnil Rold of her

ir. “niiiiilv lie halted. and impetu- ugly grasped Margaret's hand.

"I've wasted a deal of time," he began, then faltered suddenly he- mm the level gaze of her eyes,

"\‘l'li_\', what do you mean?" she

k d. ls-‘Ie moan-I've not told you half me lhinizs I should aboutr-well. my- Klgand why I'm here, and-

you. lvl ret blushed pnttily, but tliosirlg IEHOTB hi: implicit-loll with

nor‘ iilllrcrnri’.

wild you're here?" she asked.

e31 1'1‘ tsclrvo,’ his quest. of his father's “m; Wlh death of the missing 5t ' nrll of his suspicions oi c} if

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ho had finished, Margaret

'<‘ll' (W101. her eyes fixed on i1 istnnt slicrc.

"Ytlllil be going back to Mon- ireoi. ilii-ii. with the fleet? You'll my iiliii Clinvigiiaud?"

(Ila it: tcnscd. He had thought of u. i ‘iie did noi._force an ad- mr llOlll Cliavignaud before liari. cl. lvit for the English river . lic would have to follow the tl llflCk. have to keep his ill view. wily I was relying on the ‘vrcfi’ lie said. his voice m. "1 thought that here, as milil LU iiinn. I could face Cnavig-

' lino out the truth. But this

ct lifted her face, and he l‘ her eyes were misled. t you had found out the

M; \\lllL'i‘.

‘Do wil think I would have let you czir of my sight then?" he de- l1l.'ll‘.t.f‘f1 ll<‘l‘('€1)'- "1 ve wld Y0" 1 [oi-e m, sonieivhere. sometime I Bllllil soak out Chavignaud alone, n " lnvsclt about his ‘guilt. Then _ m". w her, iinresisting. ‘into his a: then, my dear, hell itself tonic. iioi keep me from you!"

CHAPTER X

Tnr ziicn of the rival fur compan- les i i.’ swinging v mnliets side by _ singing, pausing ltr it oi ruin or racing at the with merry camaraderie. mo i*.lorthw'est carpenters mi \\'illl the rum. ‘they h like ine XY men Just i.ect, those N0l‘l.i‘t\\'0St€iS conic down from the Pays with the wintering part- i inc canoemcn irom lirrl, released from their laborious paddling, were <~ job an occasion for a

~ llllg their newly made com- l0 laughed the more and

lPlll u-ith busy cups.

i e work went forward with

H1125 at the last. Dorchester foil in his promise to Mc- v. At the banquet hour the ha. s ready, the tables laden with the least, topped by bottles of wine and earthenware flagons of Tlllll-

Tiiere was no time to clean the. litter oil the floor and bag it away lo it \\'iiS swept into the center of the floor down an open three-foot lill left there for the unwr-

Iteiiv I

Notwithstanding all induce- ments offered by rivol blends in Presents, prizes and premiums, soles of MORSPS STANDARD TEA keep steadily increasing. Outstanding value for flic price of 65 cents per pound package.

65c

per pound package

YB-nkle the tables were ran ed, Mc- In the last business is wrapped up

Gllllvrflys table decked wi h flow- much of the first, so we will settle

g-ihgggr flags as the eastern guest it] first. Chavignaud mn give us his . - p ain terms."

With him at the table sat his McGillivray sat down, and Chav- 1" 111m- Marsaret; old Andrew ignaud stood up with that poise that suggested an old eagle on nis eyrie, loraly, vigilant. cruel-the _candle- light flickering across his frost scars and partially snowblind eyes.

"Messieursfl he bowed, sweeping the hall from end to end with a glance that finally came to rest on McGillivray. Margaret and Galli- nee who sat three in a. row. "Your leader McGillivray of _the North- west company has invited me to state my terms of amalgamation. Bo I will read first of all the report n! last year's fur total ivhich 1 have here in my hands. Since I have not been to Grande Portage yet, the re- port for this year's fur total is not available, but I promise you you vlvill fidnd it even better than the one

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fleet. Behind the candles that starred all the tables were ranged the rest of the company officers, clerks, interpreters and guides.

All famous figures they were, SHEET. Boileall. 146L513’. Harrison, McKay. McTavish. McLeod, Grant, Todd. Mangard and all the others; men from the ends of the western earth-from the Nipilzon. from Fort des Prairies, English river, Atha- basca. the swamp country. Rainy lake. Isle Portage. Lake Winnipeg, Fond du Lac.

‘These were the wintering part- ners of the Northwest company. some already members, some anx-

cggrip on her hand made [my , Claude let his eyes stray to Mar-

piniiing of the timbers.

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AND you'll agree with that verdict. Here’s a serial story in which the character: are real-so real they'll be like old friends when you’ve finished the last exciting chapter. It's a story you'll like, one that's entertaining and refresh-

ing, one that will win sands of new friends.

Two "KEYS "r0 n CABIN

By Lida Larrimore

A charming new aerial by the author of ouch outstanding lucceacel n “The W880“ Ind d" Star," “Mulberry Square," "In"! BY d" Sun!” “The Silver Flute" and “Jonathalfl DauIh¢¢!'-"

SERIALLY IN THESE COLUMNS NEXT WEEK

To flare some light on the sheet he held, Chavignaud reached out to the center of the tabfe and lifted the candle in his other hand. Claude watching him lynxlilae with vague distrust slid forward on the edge

of his seat.

Somehow Chavignauds move- mcnt aroused Claudes suspicions and he held himself tense, his weight thrown upon his moccasined toes, ready to spring at the first sign of treachery.

In his great harsh voice, like an eagle's scream, Chavignaud read his fur total which summed up:

Three thousand, one hundred and twenty-four packs of ninety pounds, including» along with lesser furs, 75,100 beaver, 4.800 mink, 45, marten, 4,400 otter, 60,000 musiki-at 12.000 ermine.

There was a murmur all around the hall at the mighty trade, and Chavignaul acknowledged it with a

ious for a sent in Beaver Hall. the exclusive membership of which re- quired two Wlllliéfs‘ residence in the outposts.

Ilobnobbing under truoe with Chavignaud and his equally famous XY officers they ate and dranl-nl Merrily the feast went on, and the only one with an annxious mind in all the vast assembly was Claude Gnlliiiee.

What (lid it mean, this move cf Cliavignauds‘! Had he decided that he could not hope to cope with the Northwest company? Or “'11s he piaiining some treachery in an un- expected stroke? Claude remem- beredthe festival night in Montreal, recalling Cliavignaucrs kidnapping of Margaret. l-le guessed that. Chav- ignaud had not put Margaret out of his mind and that whatever stroke he directed against the Northwest- ers would undoubtedly include the

ud ll , garet where she sat_beside him. as- “bland? ehe went on stridentiy, wnuhlnslv dressed in a heavy 511k fiercely, triumphantly, “to that tra e

I am going to add your Northwest

"robe a la francaise," coloriui con- trade. Don't misinterpret me. The

trast to the drab frontier garments

.01 the m8“. 10W cut. and EXPOSIIIE Northwest Company doesn't t.‘ the the sculptored ivorv of her throat xy made, ynswad 1 am g g to and Shoulders- He! ha" W85 Curie“ capture all the Northwest rade."

"You are, Chavignaud?" laughed several of the Northwest partners. “How are you going to swallow our

softly at the base‘ of her neck, with longer culs hanging almost to hcr shoulders at the sides, The Candie

light threw soft shadows about her company and our trade at one face. brightening the line of her ulp?" profile as she turned, smiling, to lis- "By swauowmg you," cguntered

Chavignaud swiftly. destroying

ten while her uncle polntcd out un- your fine new post and scattering

obtrusively the great men about the making

hall, whose names were you where you sit." _ history. McGillivrav jumped to his feet at Whatever scheme was afoot me head tabm

"So it was only a mask of friend- liness you put on tonight, eh?’ he boomed. “You choose to fight it out now? Very well, just start vour des- truction. I You have about the same number. You'll have a pretty time destroying so much as a plank of my 005$»

"Yes," the Northwest officers

Claude resolved, his first concern would be Margaret's safety, Then, if Cbavignaud didbreak the truce. then would come his own QPPOYIUU" ity. Mali to man! Here in the front- ier forest. where the laws of Mori- treal did notkprotect the guilty. E5 they often di unwittingly farther eas

Claude sat in torment all throu h the feast, the savory meat like £15 - es, the wine like gall in his mouth, and he drew a. breath ofyintcnse re- lief when he saw MCGllllVfflY 1159

his feet. The festive tumult slackened-and stilled as the authori- tatlve figure of the northwest leader loomed up over fire banquet tables, and all eves kept shitting between; him and Chavignaud, two mighty, leaders oftwo mighty companies. I

"wintering partners of the North- west Fur Company,” began McGll-l livray tersely. "we are all assem-l bled here once more for our annual, meeting. The main business of thel night will be the hearing of the i-e-- turns of the many post keepers from

the Pays d‘en Haut and the coiisid- ; oration of an offer of amalgamation from the XY company whose hrad we_have here nt_our_bnnqii

the author thou-

have 100 officers here.

Australia Makes Ready Response

_GUARDIAN

MELBOURNE. 832i. 13—(AP)— Proposals to aid vi l of the German iiir force's re d bomb- inas of London have eve ed an en- thusiastic response throughout Aus-

traL

“ mo City Council has voted $90.)00 to the Lord Mayor's Fund of lnndon, and the lord mayors of Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Rob- ai‘ are also opening appeals. Nearly $3 .000 was received one hour after the Brisbane a peal was launched.

Australian ch ldren are also doing their bit. Children of Camberwell, a Melbourne suburb, are sending $4,470 to diildren of Camberwell, in South London.

Prime Minister R. G. Menzies, commenting on the London raids, said that the ultimate defence of any country was the morale of the people which is “quite unshaken"in England. The critical nature cf every day now [passing could not be over-emphasize and the next week or two will usher in either a riod of intense trial for the peope of Britain or the first step n the de- feat of Germany. backed him up, "lf it is a hand-to- nal-ld fight he wants let him have

Their fingers slipping down to the weapons in their belts. but still amazed at Chavignaud’: boldness, wondering whether he had drunk too much wine or joked, the North- west company men stared at hi0 eagle-like face.

"G0 on and destroy," they chal-

- lenged. "I will. at a blow." roared Chav-

lgnaud. His eyes flashed, implacable as the eagle's. and his right hand

hurled the candle it held into the open pit in the center of the floor- "Yoii will hold your next meet- ing somewhere else," he yelled. Instantly the watching Claude sprang, not at Chavignaud but. down into the floor-pit after the candle. As he sprang, he saw Chav- lgnauds other hand upraised as a signal. Immediately a dozen ‘XY of- ficers rushed to McGillivrays table. Claude had a momentary glimpse cf them surrounding the jostling ring, of Margaret and Mc- Gillfvray poised on the bench seals in its center, Then all at once the huge hall was plunged in darkness as the remaining candles were knocked from the tables by XY men

000 in every section of the room.

Through the dark, the roar cf savage voices and the scuffling cf heavy feet dinned in his ears. Only the three-foot square floorpit vqas a low, casting little light beyond its b ackly outlined h square of light he leaped.

Claude landed on his feet on the pile of shavings that filled the space between the timbers under the floor, a pile blazing already from the candles wick. Furiously he began to stamp out the fire. But fast as he stam the stubborn shavings smou dered afresh pine, spruce, balsam, filled with resin and pitch, inflammable cedar and tinder-like

rch.

He stamped and stamped. his body halfway in the floorplt, his hands resting on its edge. and was the very impetuosilv ol his 0f- foris that caused him to feel some hard substance ilndernelith the sprin y layer of burning shavings

With a _ _ scraped away the shavings with both hands and felt the curve of barrel slaves underneath. A chill went through him and he stamped again with a shout.

(To be continued)

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NOTES

ENGLAND, MOTHER. ENGLAND (B! H- A. 0°11!)

O’ England, Mother England, Your children hail you now, With burdens on your shoulders,

And care upon your brow.

Against the ‘hosts of evil, Against their cruel might. Your children, sea-girt Mother,

Are with you in the fight.

From all the world's for borders, Across the ocean's foam,

When England calls her children They gladly hasten Home.

They go, these splendid legions, With purpose in their eyes,

They know if England perish, The world o1 Honor dies.

So England. Mother England. Stand firm and undismayed,

Your children all are with you, Your glory shall not. fade.

TWO LAWS

Two contrary laws stand today opposed: one a law of blood and death, which, inventing daily new means of combat, obliges the na- tions to be ever prepared for bat- tle; the~ other a law of peace, of labor. of salvation, which strives to deliver man from the scourges which assall him. One looks only for violent conquest: the other for the relief of suffering . The one would sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives to the ambi- tion of a single individual; the other places a single human life ‘above all victories. The lnw of which we are the instruments es- says even in the midst of carnage

table in alto heal the wounds caused by tnc Seed were planted ‘me

law 0t war.

. -— LOUIS PASTEUR. at the ‘opening of Pttstelir Institute in ,P8i‘lS.

l l ‘ THE NEED OF THE HOUR

BERTHAwIC-{CCHEL PALMER

' We need in these trying times: l 1. Clear thinking. 2, Keen judgment. 1 3. Wise conclusions and decisions. The trouble is today we WONT ‘THINK; we don't take the time and trouble to think things through (for ourselves. We are content. far ltoo many of us. to let others in Jesponsible positions do our think- ying for us. Some of the serious problems we face today are the rc- {sult of the inability of human be- lings to face those problems square- lly and to use sound judgment in isolving them. People who think lfor themselves are never curried laway bv soup-box oratory, dis- ‘gruntled agitators or would-be dictators. We need to ilsc the frontal lobes of our (ind-given

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go idle We need in take time for isomer good old-fashioned. plain JTi-IINKING.

Stimulants. such nst tea. coffee. ‘and cocoa, tend to speed up the

____H cells of the IIETVUUS system. while

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lPai; Sclanders Is i Killed With our.

SAINT JOHN. Sept. 12-1’. 0. ‘ Kirkpatrick "Pat" Maclure scland- ers. 25._ of the Royal Air Force, was killed in action Monday, stated a cablegram received from the Bri- tish Air Ministry today by his father. F. M. Sclanders. commis- sioner of the saint John Board of Trade.

Flight years ago, when he receiv-

lhe Bee of l7 after two years of llymil. Pat Sclanders was the youngest licensed airman in the Dominion.

his father was commissioner of the Board of Trade in that city.

John, then w-orked his way across

years with the Royal Air Force. After a period oi illness Pat wag employed with an English publish- ing firm and later returner‘ to Saint Jolin_ After the outbreak

the RAJ‘. here; two brothers, Ian. of the Ot-

John, and one sister, Mrs. Gerald Mercereau. saint John.

(The family is well known in Charlottetown and will have the ldPBp sympathy or many friends in their bereavement).

narcotics. slow down these cells.

Alcohol and nicotine comes under i

the class of narcotics. Contrary to popular belief, alcohol is not a stimulant; its effect is to slow down the system. If alcohol kill- .ed outright. we would have no lproblcm. Rather. it interferes lwith normal growth and develop- ment. The experiment with grass ‘Iseed proves this fact as no amount. ‘of talking could. ’I‘wo rameklns of moistened with water. the other with one- hnlf oz. alcohol plus water. One glance at these two samples makes its quite plain which grows thi brtfer—thc one with water was more than iivice the height of th

other. Alcohol has been prov countless times to stunt norn growth in vegetable and aliini

kingdoms as well as in humans. There is urgent need for nlcoho

for the presentation of the scienti-

uncmotlonal. which any grasp.

DRY TOWN SACRIFICES $400 ‘REVENUE BECAUSE IT ‘VOTED TO REMAIN DRY

impersonal facts thinking citizen can

l The Buffalo Evenirig News fea- Itures 1a first‘ page story under a two-co umn ead in an announce- ment that the riirnl township of Rilshford has sacrificed its share of Allegany county's "take" from ‘the cash collected from the driiik- ers of the county during the ast lqiiiiriei- of 1939. It amounts to

mm» e starilggilpupeogigamal-lon hgbraln more. instead of letting tlicni 18400, all oi’ which it loses because

lthc voted dr_v---brme clry — ‘at the 193.’ election. The town lwas left out in rt distribution of “$10010 remitted l-o ilic county ircasilrer and divided among town supervisors.

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6d his Canadian pilot's licence at‘

He was born in saskatooxi when l

He did newspaper work in Saint.

the Atlantic and served for two;

war he tried to join Finland's all l

force but hostilties between that country and Russia ended, and sailing to England he rev-Joined.

He is survived by hi: parents‘

tawa Journal, and Hugh. Saint:

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