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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1931 Ontario and. ~ PICKERING NEWS Pid oring, Nov, 25.--E. C. snd Mrs, Jones, and young son, Spent week-end with friends 18 rors. Miss Edith Murray, of Toronto, the week-end guest of Miss ag od at her home here. R. H. Cronk was in Toronto, Fon Friday, stiending a commit ee meeting of the Friends' Meet. E Miss Edna [.eid is visiling ¥riends in Montreal for a few days "this week. : 2 Mps. L. Annan is spending 8 week with her daughter, Mrs. H, Harris, ot Whitby, .. Mr. Norman Banks is having .& garage ereoted on his property 2.08 King St. Mr. Walter Shepherd "4s doing the work, ©. Mrs. J. Cowan, and Mrs. R, H. "Cronk are in the city this week "attending the Women's Institute "Convention, as delegates from ""he local branch "Congratulations are extended 'to Miss Blanche Balsdom, who ""won the prize fn the junior class "bf the oratorical contests held on Sippiday last, by the County Coun- "%ell, for the winners in the pub- ""lie speaking contests held at the s6hool fairs this fall, Blanche fis "3 student in the junior room of 5: the public school here, under ** Miss Olive Beare. ' Mr. Sydney Wonnacott and Ld Miss Jean Annan visited frionds in Guelph, one day lust week. Miss Dorothy Wiman, of Cour- tice, azd Miss Lillian Wiman, of Millbrook, 'wers week-end visitors with Mrs, A, Burrell, snd son, Russell, Mr. and Mrs, Norman Banks entertained a large number of thelr friends to an old time dance on Thursday evening last. The occasion was a faréwed party to the farm, wheré they have lived for several years, Fie.d's orches- ira was in sttendance and pro vided an abundance of the old- time music for the square dances. A meéting of the Home and Schoo] Club was beld in the school on Friday svening last, As 'bere was a smal] attendance, the annual election of officers did po take place, and the present executive agreed to carry on till the end of the year, until certain plans could be put into practice. Op Friday evening the C.G.LT. group of the United Church held its regular meeting at the home of Miss, Nora Clark, After the usua] devotional and business periods "were conducted, Mrs, J. Smith gave a most interesting talk on "Birds", which was great. ly enjoyed by the girls. After the program, a half hour was spent in sewing for relief. The preliminary hearing of the charge of manslaughter against George Bentley, of Toronto, was heard in Plckering police court on Monday night before Magis- trate Clark. fhe accused was the driver of the car, which knocked down and fatally injured William Taylor on the evening of Novem. ber 14th, on the Kingston High. way, west of the village, There were ten witnesses f/: the crown, and the examination was conducted by Crown Attorney J. A. MeGibbon, A Mr, Elliott, law- yer, of Toronto, appeared for the accused. Bentley was committed for trial at the next court of com- petent jurisdiction. Mr. George Reld is having a garage built at the rear of his butcher shop, which will accom- modate two trucks. 'Mr, Thos. Dwyer is the carpenter in charge. The sympathies of their many friends are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Potter, of Dutton, on the death of thelr month old infant on Sunday last. The fun- eral was held from the residence of the grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. James Potter, on King St. Wess to Erskine Cemetery, Dunbarton For the past two weeks, about eight teams and from six to eight extra men have been employed straightening Duffin's Creek at the Base Line bridge, In order to protect the bridge from spring freshets. The banks are to be straightened for three hundred feet above and one hundred feet below the bridge, The work Is being done by the County Council and the Township Council, on a Durham County News | i a a SR. titty-1itty basis, as all business connected with this particular bridge bas been carried out on that plan, NEWCASTLE (Miss Cora Butler, Correspon. dent) Newcastle, Nov. 26. -- The Purbam Lodge AF. and AM. held thelr election of officers on' Tuesday evening last, They are as follows. Worshipful Marter, Brother H. Jose; Immediate Past Master, Brother H, Cryder- man; Senjor Warden, Brother J. Hendry; Junior Warden, Brother P. Hare; Treasurer, Worshiptu' frother J, B. W. Philp; Séere. tary, Brother J. W. Bradléy; Di- rector of Ceremonies, Worship- ful Brother, ¥. Branton: Cha pla"s, Worshipful Brother ¥. Fligg: Senjor Deacon, Brother J. A. Smith; Junior Deacon, Broth- er Howard Gibson; Inner Guard, Brother Howard Toms; Tyler, Brother Geo. Gaines; Senior Steward, Brother Wm, Purdy: Junfor Stewart, Brother Howard Bowen. The installation of of- ficers will take place on Tuesday, December 20th, by Right Wor- shipful Brother F, Rickard. Mr. and Mrs. 'J. Anderson Smith and daughter Jacqueline, visited the Roya] Winter Fair on Eaturday last. Other visitors to the Talr wore Mr, and Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Meredith and daughter Nora, Mr. Frank Rickard, Mrs, Percy Hare, Wm Butler apd Master Dick An. geron, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Pur- y. Mrs. Coulter and Mrs. Jonn Stapleton spent last Wednesday with. friends in Bowmanville. Mrs. Hammond Brown, Lake Shore, has gone to Rochester, for a month's visit, The Men's Club of St. George's Church, entertained thelr wives and friends on Wednesday even- ing. After an hour or so of games, contests, etc., supper was rerved, The Liberal Association of this riding held a meeting in the Counc!l Chamber of the Commun- ity Hall on Saturday evening and decided to hold a banquet on Tuesday, December eighth, Mr, "epburn will be the guest speak- er of the evening. Miss Ethel Wade has returned ronto, Mr. Sam Bonathon who been confined to his bed through {'Iess, for the past ten days, |» reported improving. Mr, and Mrs. Walter Deline en- tertained on Wednesday evening. | Three tables of five hundred were | ery | plaver and the evening much enjoyed. 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It will embrace | the whole treeless part of the pros vince and is to be started at once, Establishing a new record for quick delivery, a shipment han. dled by the Canadian Pacific Ex- press Company went from Southe ampton to Vancouver, in pine days. It came over op the Ems press of Britain tv Quebec In less than five days. The Royal York, largest hotel in the British Empire, recently staged the largest bridge tea and fashion show ever held when over 1,100 bridge tables were in opera- tion and nearly 0,000 guests at- tended the function. [It was held in ald of unemployment relief funds. P. G. Wodehouss, world-famous povelist and humorist, will write his next novel aboard the Em- press of Britain during the world cruise which starts December $ from New York. It will be a continuation of the story of "Jeeves" who has already figured in several of his best sellers. Butter production in Canada for the first seven months of 1931 ine creased 25870,736 pounde or 15.5 per cent. over the production for the corresponding period of 1980, Exports in the same period were 5,149,600 pounds or nearly 4,000 000 pounds more than ir the same seven months last year. I -------------- 'Certainly a seasonal, if not an 3 5, §5° =; 85: . name wis es, but on the ar Mg A, called him ger Eye, because one eye was yellow ki ut be would have to carry on beaded his feuds, *s0 he was 8 0 to him. Tiger 's. cabin to notify the man's w , NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "No'm, yo'all bettah stay right heah., I'll go tote him in. Mis' Wheelah, I'll tote him on his hawse." The mother stood upon the step and watched him go, her hand shielding her eyes from the last direct sunrays. Her face was white and her mouth was grim. He knew there was murder in her heart; not for him who brought the message--for the man who had shot her husband. A bleak sense of being somehow tricked by circumstance swept over the kid. It wasn't fair. He wasn't a killer, he hadn't wanted to kill, but a man lay dead because of the kid's bungling shot. Shoah funny, Babe Garner being and hear the whole thing. Never needed any explaining--just took it for granted the kid only did what he had to do. Never said a word, either, about that poor shooting. Getting Wheeler on the pinto, x ing him on with his own rope-+like toting a deer out of the hills along the Brazes. The kid worked calmly enough but he worked fast and he did pot look straight at Nate Wheeler's face: not once. Damn' shame. Shooting Wheeler's arm down would have done just as well, Better. A damn sight better for the woman and that baby. She was down by the gate, wait- ing in the dusk, when the kid came riding up, leading the pinto with its grisly pack. The little woman un. fastened the gate, her fingers cling. ing to the weathered, strap.worn slick in her husband's hands She did not speak as the grim { burden went through. Just reached lout and caught a swaying, inert hand and laid it swiftly against her cheek and let it go. The kid swal- | lowed hard and turned his tiger | start straight ahead, up the trail toward the darkened cabin, "I'll go fix the bed for him," she announced dully, coming up as the kid halted at the doorstep and swung limberly down from the saddle. The kid was unfastening the rope where the last hitch had been taken in 'the middle of Nate Wheeler's back. The body had sagged to one side, and the fd lifted it by one arm,~the gun arm, the one he meant to "shoot down." The arm gave limply in his grasp, the bone shattered above the elbow: and the kid froze to an amazed immobility for ten seconds, his mind blank, his fingers groping and testing. Arm Shoah was plugged, all right, Not a doubt in the ) about that, Funny the kid hadn't noticed it be fore. - But, then, Wheeler had fallen {on that side and his arm had been 'underneath, and the hele in his head was too plain to miss seeing. It never had occurred to the kid to look at that arm. Hadn't happened ito get hold of it when he loaded | him on the pinto, either. Hell, he hadn't missed, after all! Hit the arm right where he aimed, up above the elbow where there was { only ene bone to bust and no great harm done. Few weeks in a sling, arm good as ever. The kid felt'the little heat waves streaking up his spine at the wo- man's voice from the dourway, and the heat warmed and dissipated that cold lump he had been carryin in his chest. He hadn't bl that shot, after all. Wheeler must have ducked his head right in line with the bullet. It was an accident --and that made a difference, a very great difference to the kid, justly proud of his skill. He lifted Wheeler's body from the pinto to his own back, carried It in and laid it on the bed. The wife now stood staring down at him with the hot, dry eyes of hate Hate for the man who had killed har husband, 0 8 now and picked u the baby and set him astride - bony hip and wiped' his nose and sheeks with a corner of her apron Red-headed little tike, that baby Redsheaded like his pappy. It pointed now to Wheeler and said, "Daddy go bye?" twice, waving its chubby arm toward the bed. That did something to 'he wo man, kinda. She grabbed the baby's arm down and turned away quick, and sat down on a rocking chair and sf moaning and rocking, the baby's face pressed so clnse against her shoulder that its little stubby nose was flattened and it kicked like a calf at the branding fire, trying to got loose, "Anything yo'all want me to do-- milk, or anything like that? The kid stood by the door with his bul: let-scarred hat in his hand, trying to keep the red out of his face. woman still rocked the baby, speak. ing Jorkily like that bet h moaning. LER 4 e. Pecos he behind the stable. her. \ 5% right there close where he cpuld see | Riders coming. Poole men, may be, after Nate Wheeler. oughtn't to bother the widow now . [the way she was feeling. The kid started running. He reached the cabin door and opened it while the te | riders were still at the gate. "Men a-comin' heah, Ma'am, If yo'all don't want 'em~" "Oh, let 'em come," she answered ought to be She got up and crossed the room, and presently the kid saw her face, dead white in the flare of-a match she was drawing across the lamp wick, . The riders stopped outside the cabin and some one whistled a call ~but it was not the night-bird eali Babe Garner had taught the kid Different. This was the first strain of that old war song, "When head, Johnny Comes Marching Home." The kid's lips puckered thought fully and he repeated the strain, standing just inside the closed door. Friends, they must be; tha! is, friends of the Wheelers. He wouldn't have to dig that grave, af ter all, The kid was glad, for he hated grave digging. He opened the door and the men came in; four of them, one after the other. Shaggy, farmer-leoking men, with stubbly cheeks that stuck out on one side with great cuds of tobacco, The kid felt a vague dis taste for them, They halted at sight of him, hud dled just within the room instead of scattering, But the kid's hat was ff, and though it dangled from his left hand he looked at home there. somehow, Besides, they had go! their signal all right. The leader relaxed, dropping his hand to his side.' "We come to tell Nate there's a meetin' over to Hans Becker's place and we'd like to have him go along." He cast another suspiojous glance toward the kid and checked what more he would have sald "You better get ready and go tno The women are talkin' about stayin' all together over there, where it's a big house and plenty of room, till They | i "That's to earmark yo 'all 82 white folks "Il know and walk wide | of a skunk," drawled thy kid, as the tall ruan clapped his hand to hs Poole=" He stopped is boy workin' for you?" "He"s--been helping me=" "Oh. 1 don't call him to mind Yuh want to look out for strangers. Where's Nate?" The little woman lifted her hana from patting the haby, and pointed one finger to the corner where stood the bed, "Sick?" A hesdshake was his answer, and the kid did not move. "No time to go on a toot, with the Poole--" "They got him." Nate's wife spoke in that dull, level tone which the kid hated to hear. "Shot him on the road somewhere. The boy found him and brought him home.' The kid stood aside for them, as they rushed to the bed to look at Nate, but no one paid any attention to him. Not then. The tall man brought the lamp and they exam ined the body thoroughly, They muttered together, but the kid could not hear what they said, be cause he stayed back, near the thot of the bed, Near the door too. No use letting them block the way out, even if they did think hé was work- ing for the Wheelers. There was a sudden and signifi cant pause. The tall man leaned over and probed carefully with a finger, then stood up and spat over his shoulder into the shadows, He looked past his companions, fixing his unpleasant gaze on the kid. "You over there, what's yore name?" "Bob Reeves," sald the kid. "Reeves--don't know that name. Where you from?" "Brazos." The kid did not lift his eyes--much. But he got a pretty comprehensive view through his lashes. h "He brought Nate home to me And he did the chores." The little woman in the rocking chair, hold ing the sleep-slackened form of her baby In her arms, stopped rocking snd turned her angu'shed eyes up' the tall man, "He's béen awful nice and accommodating, Pete Gor ham." | 'n rne at a time, "Accommodatis'!" The tall Man snarled the word like ap oath. "Prob'ly one of the Poole's Dew Texas killers they shipped Ac ¢ommodated you, mebby, Nate. Willig' to take Ni wplace, mebby!" ' The kid lifted his eyes ROW, though cne was squinted shut snd the other was the eye of a tiger. They did not see him draw his gun, but the little woman jumped snd caught her baby up against her breast ai the shattering roar.of Abe %id's shot. .iom "That's to earmark yo'all #0 white folks'll 'know and walk wide of a skunk," drawled the kid, as the tall man clapped hand to his head, "And that's for spittin' on the floor," he added, on the echo of another shot. "Scuse me, Ma'ap-- { couldn't stand to see him insult yo'all that-a-way." No one in that room saw the kid make a hurried move, but the door opened, fanned the aerid haze of powder smoke and shut with a bang. Where the kid had stood was empty space. They looked at one another, and they looked at Pete Gorham, with the blood trickling down each side of bis neck from bullet holes .bored through the gristly tops of his ears that stood out against the black brim of his hat, Once more the kid was running away, but he was not taking any more time than was necessary. He was in the saddle and waiting, peerr ipg forth, when he heard the cabin door open, saw a dim shape steal out. Then another, and after a minute one more, Afraid of him, the way. they acted. Afraid he would hide out- side in the dark and pick them off one at a time aé they came out. That's about their notion of what a Texas killer would be like. That was about the way they would fight --Pete Gorham, anyway. Now he would go earmarked the rest of bis life. Shoah was a neat trick, and tempting too, with his ears stick- ing up like a field mouse under, his black hat. Shoah made a fihe mark, easier than shooting the pips out of cards, The kid gave a sudden boy- {sh laugh at the thought of those ears with their round bullet holes. The three went in again, slipping The kid grinned again. He'd bet Pete Gorham was we man that stayed insidecgnd didn't come out, Lal After awhile they came out again, this time with a lantern, one man walking ahead as If he were on guard. The kid didn't know about that lantern, If they went 'spoop- ing around, and if they looked be- hind the stable, he might have: to shoot somebody. Better not' take a chance, So he backed Pecos a step at a time, back and back until they were out beyond the stable, There, within sight of the, within easy shooting Sinan 100=-- the kid waited in the gully fot far rom the gate. They drové away from the house at last, coming his way, One man was drivihg the team, his horse following behind the wagon, The little woman was on the seat beside him, TWO riders went ahead. . x Half a mile behind them, he fol lowed the little cavalcade. 83 enough, with the cluck, of. wa gon coming faintly ren -the starlight, The kid wandered, y were afrald he might be Abel: track, Probably not. i argument with Pete was ki of personal, Ong of the men. didn't like Pete's remarks any, too well, I;e'd be glad Pete got himself ear marked that-a-way. (To be Continued) - 7-TUBE HIGHBOY $00.50 99 Ere 5.TUBE BABY GRAND $EK.00 Sa : MERRY CHRISTMAS with a PHILCO = INSTEAD of running yourself raggedw=spending far more than you can wg afford for things that probably won't be appreciated--give a Philco. This is an amazingly easy way to solve your Christmas gift prob lem==a way that gives you no trouble and makes everybody happy. 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