SUMMIT LOGGING & LUMBER CO. LTD.

Manufacturers of

FIR, CEDAR, HEMLOCK AND PINE

MAYO LUMBER CO. LTD.
TIMBERS, DIMENSION, ROUGH CLEARS,

SELECT COMMONS

Mill at Mile 12, E. & N. Railway

Mail Address: PALDI, B.C.
Phone: Charter via DUNCAN, B.C.

Plant: McKay Lake
Cassidy P.O.

Head Office:
Paldi, B.C.

he used to deliver groceries. It was a
square wooden deck mounted on two
large wheels with a long handle with
a cross bar to push it. Telling the
hotel man to wait a minute, I went
back and brought the cart along.
Holding the handle up and bracing
a foot against the wheel I asked
Beswick to roll the woman on the
deck, while I pulled the handle down.

Queen Margaret's School
Principals: Miss N. C. Denny, A.R.R.C.

Miss D. R. Geoghegan, B.A.

Country Boarding and Day School for Girls,
Beginners to Matriculation. Healthy situa-
tion. Large playing fields. Own chapel in
grounds. Swimming pool. Own ponies
and farm. Church of England.

PROSPECTUS SENT ON REQUEST.
DUNCAN, B.C.

MAPLE INN

MAPLE BAY, V.I.
LICENSED PREMISES

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Only an Hour’s Drive from Victoria or
Nanaimo — 5 Miles from Duncan
Make This Your Ideal Holiday Resort
Meet Your Friends in a Home Away
From Home

CABINS - SWIMMING - FISHING
—OUR FOOD IS EXCELLENT—
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E. Colclough
Phone Duncan 233-L-1

GORDON STORES

GENERAL
MERCHANTS

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LAKE COWICHAN B.C.

HILLCREST LUMBER COMPANY

LIMITED

Manufacturers of British Columbia Lumber

MESACHIE LAKE, B.C.

Phone Lake Cowichan or Duncan

TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION

I heaved and up she came. Arranging
the balance, I wheeled the cart about
and trundled off down the rocky road
towards the detachment.

Arriving at the gate, I simply let
go the handle and the lady flopped
on the ground into a large mud
puddle. This revived her somewhat,
and I was able to push, shove, and
drag her up the stairs and through
the office and into a cell.

When I came out I heard some
shouting, and noticed the Dominion
Telegraph launch coming in to its
anchorage just off the beach in front
of the detachment.

The spotlight was turned on, and
in its beams I noticed two heads
bobbing in the water.

As I watched, the launch came
alongside one of them, and a figure
leaned down, reached for one, and
dragged a man from the water to
the deck of the boat.

I did not wait to see the second
man rescued but continued back to
the hotel for McLeod. He proved to
be more obstreperous than his wife,
but after a short struggle I escorted
him to the detachment and locked
him in a cell next to her.

Returning to the road I was met
by Joe McDonald, the telegraph line-
man from the launch, who informed
me they had rescued Bill Harkness
but Dan Scorby had disappeared in
the meantime.

They had spent some time circling
the area where he was last seen but
no trace of him could be found.

Joe said the tide was running in
and there was a swift under-tow
which must have drawn him under
and away.

I went out with him and we
searched again for some time without
SUCCESS.

When I got back to the house I
discovered McLeod up and raving.
I attempted to quiet him without
much success, so I returned to bed.

Our room was directly over the
cells, and the racket below continued
for some time.

My wife appeared to be amused
that McLeod was accusing me of
being in the cell with his Celeste.

The noise gradually died down to
vague mutterings and finally there
was a welcome silence.

[ was up about six and got a boat
and rowed out to see Harkness, who
I found still sound asleep in his
bunk on the troller. When I awak-
ened him and told him of the loss
of his partner he was dumbfounded.

He hadn’t remembered a thing
about being in the water, and
wouldn’t believe me until I pointed
out that his clothes were still wet.

I got from him the address of
Scorby’s wife in Vancouver and went
ashore to the telegraph office and
sent one of those wires that police
hate to write.

As the current from where Scorby
had last been seen flowed under the
cannery wharf, I notified all the
employees and Indians to be on the
look-out. I also engaged one Indian
to keep patrolling the area in a boat.

On the morning of the third day
he came to report that he found

COWICHAN MOTORS Ltd.

Repairs and Servicing

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WESTERN FOREST INDUSTRIES

LIMITED

HONEYMOON BAY, B.C.

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HIGH GRADE BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBER

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