“The House of Hits” NORTHLAND THEATRE Gives You Four Different Shows Weekly Matinees Daily 4 P.M. Evenings 7 P.M. Continuous Dawson Creek, B.C. at the most popular meeting place in town. DUNHAM & WRIGHT, Proprietors WE SERVE FULL COURSE MEALS Home Cooked Meals Our Specialty | ICE CREAM and FOUNTAIN SERVICE Dawson Creek Follow the show with a light lunch or snack | THE ARCADIA British Columbia “T assure you that much can be deduced om the way clothing is creased,” Tuohey plied. “Those creases told me that the ret had been subjected to strong pressure , being packed, or that some heavy weight id been placed upon it for a considerabie me, as if it had been sat upon. You see, e edges in the crease pattern were sharp the felt. If the creasing had been caused y the hat being trampled upon the edges . the pattern would have been blurred or mund-edged.” “And this disclosure helped?” “Well, it pointed three important facts: irst, that the beret had been packed tightly r had been sat upon before it reached the lade. Secondly, that the dead girl had not HEAD OFFICE: Northern B.C. Agencies Phone 70 Dawson Creek, Branch Office Pouce Coupe, B.C. Box 2668 Bac. We Specialize in Farm and Town Property General Insurance Real Estate Hospitalization Managers: Fred Langeler and Vic Hansen worn the beret prior to her arrival in the glade, for if she had, the creased edges would have been blurred, and thirdly, that the hat had not been trampled upon.” “And this left you scope for your im- agination,” smiled his friend. “Exactly, but along logical lines,” Tuohey replied. “And from the nature of the broken bushes and the trampled and pulled grass one fact emerged; it was probable that only one person was concerned in the crime, for the methodical destruction of the bushes was obviously undertaken with one idea: that of misleading the police and making it appear that more than one was responsible. “IT had something definite to work upon, but still the case presented many difficulties. You see, it was hard to explain the missing clothing. If young Hughes was the mutr- derer, why had he undressed the body after he had brought it to the glade? Was there any reason for undressing the body other than the preposterous one put forward by the local officer? Was the girl alive or dead when she reached the glade? Was the girl clothed or unclothed when she reached the glade? Was the hat crushed by being sat on in the car or was the creasing the result of packing with other clothes and, if it was, were those clothes the clothes of the dead girl? Why was the beret left behind when the remainder of her clothes, with the excep- tion of the few articles before mentioned, and her shoes, were taken away?” “Very puzzling questions,” Garrett mur- mured. “Yes, and I did not get very far, but I reasoned thus: “(a) The murderer evidently did not leave the beret in the glade purposely. Its creased appearance and the fact of the other clothes being missing did, in my opinion, dis countenance the presumption that he might have done so. “(b) The removal of the body to the glade may have taken place before dark, but the murderer’s work in the glade was not finished before daylight ended, otherwise he would not have left the beret behind. “(c) The sun set at 9.51 p.m. on the 10th July, so that it would be 11 o'clock, ap- proximately, when darkness came. This, in a way, contradicted the watch ‘clue,’ for if BOBBIE BURNS Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating Warm Air Furnaces, Roofing, Sheet Metal Works and Tinsmithing J. D. McEACHERN GARAGE Dodge and De Soto Cars and Trucks International and McCormick-Deering Farm Equipment DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia OURTEENTH EDITION J. M. WATSON, President ELGIN WILSON, Manager DAWSON CREEK CO-OPERATIVE SHIPPING ASSOCIATION SHIPPERS OF LIVE STOCK FOR THE PEACE RIVER BLOCK Dawson Creek A. R. HADLAND, Secretary British Columbia a Page One Hundred and Fifteen