‘ed to take us around the lower end
jhe circle of lakes in their twenty-
river boat driven by a sixteen horse-
er Johnston Sea-Horse, we accepted

, alacrity. :
hey took us down the length of Ootsa

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us back to Ootsa Lake and on the beach
below the post office in the greying dusk
of evening set us ashore with our camp-
duffle. As we spread our blankets under
the stars and lay in them we could hear
the throaty whine of their motor reced-

Tetachuck Lake, Tweedsmuir Park.
—Photo: Copyright, Clifford R. Kopas, Bella Coola, B. C.

ke, down the Ootsa River, leaping
vn the powerful surges of the near-
ids; they showed us the campsite at
int Susan on Intata Lake where the
e-regal party had camped; they showed
so many trout that we were almost
aid to expose our tackle on the sur-
e of the water. They showed us moose

Travelling over

the dozen browsing in the marshes,
imming the rivers and lakes, splashing
rough the shallows.
Eventually we reached the Tetachuck
ills and had completed the great circle.
Then, after a glorious week, they took

FTEENTH EDITION

‘ing in the distance over the darkened
waters of the lake.
*

We realized that the next day we would
be going to Burns Lake and the railway,
leaving all this behind.

What did we do then, in the deep
dusk with a feeling of homesickness for

almost everlasting snow in the southern part of Tweedsmuir Park.
—Photo: Copyright, Clifford R. Kopas, Bella Coola, B.C.

the kind people we had just travelled
with welling up in our throats? Brother,
assured that you will understand, I will
tell you.

We started making plans for another
trip to Tweedsmuir Park.

J. W. McCONNEL'S
CHRISTMAS CARD, 1945

It’s just the little homely things,
The unobtrusive, friendly things,

The “Won’'t-you-let-me-help-you” things.
That make our pathway light.

And it’s just the jolly, joking things,
The ‘“ Never-mind-the-trouble” things,

The “Laugh-with-me-it’s-funny” things
That make the world seem bright.

For all the countless famous things,
The wondrous record-breaking things,

Those never-can-be-equalled things,
That all the papers cite,

Are not like little human things,
The everyday-encountered things.

The “Just-because-I-like-you” things
That make us happy quite!

So here’s to all the little things,
The done-and-then-forgotten things,
Those “Oh-it’s-simply-nothing”’ things
That make life worth the fight.
V.O.N. Forum.

LEGAL LANGUAGE

A LAWYER thus illustrates the lan-
guage of the craft: “If a man were to
give another an orange, he would simply
say: ‘Have an orange.’ But when the
transaction is entrusted to a lawyer to
be put in writing he adopts this form:
‘I hereby give and convey to you, all and
singular, my estate and interests, right,
title, claim and advantages of and in said
orange, together with all its rind, juice,
pulp and pips and all rights and advan-
tages therein, with full power to bite, cut,
suck and otherwise to eat the same or give
the same away with or without the rind,
skin, juice, pulp and pips, anything here-
inbefore or hereinafter or in any other
means of whatever nature or kind what-
soever to the contrary in any wise not-
withstanding.’ ”

“And then another lawyer comes along
and takes it away from you!”

AFTER the Nazi and Jap wartime
killers, can be recorded in the world’s
Hall of Infamy the name of a Chinese
mass murderer, Liao Changshin, a thin
emaciated innkeeper who conducted his
hostel of horror at Changshou on the
river sixty miles from Chungking, the
capital of China.

Liao, the master mind, aided by a
minion called Hsui Chang-shan, mur-
dered and robbed 78 guests at the inn
during a period of two months. They °
were arrested, tried, convicted and ex-
ecuted during the summer of 1945.

A DOCTOR had an urgent phone call
from a gentleman saying his small son
had swallowed his fountain pen.

“All right! Ill come at once,” replied
the doctor. “What are you doing in the
meantime ?”

The unexpected answer was: “Using
a pencil!”

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