he was a doomed man—the hoodoo of the
Lost Mine. With Death his constant com-
panion, he had found his wealth of little
satisfaction.

Jackson wrote all this in a letter to his
friend in Seattle. He had enclosed a crude
map of the area and urged his friend to try
to find the mine again. Unable to do so,
the friend had sold the map for one thou-
sand dollars. It passed through many hands
in the succeeding years and was scanned as
eagerly as any Captain Kidd ever drew.
Years later the bedraggled letter and the
smudged map appeared in the hands of
the adventurers in New Westminster. De-
termined to trace the lode down, the party
set out for land beyond the Pitt River.
They did not find the mine. But they
found evidence that Jackson had been there
and that he had found gold. Near the head
of Pitt Lake they camped. Into the camp
came an Indian and a very ancient squaw.
It was she who had seen and helped Jackson
on his trip out. He had stayed with her
party two days.

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Page Twenty

Discouraged, the party returned. The
towering peaks hold their secret, guarded
by the everlasting snows and the howling
blizzards.

IN THE DAY’S MAIL

THE following extracts, culled from rec-
ords of a certain government department,
are all said to be genuine.

1. I cannot get sick pay. I have six
children. Can you tell me why?

2. Lam glad to say that my husband, that
was reported missing, is now dead.

3. Sir, I am forwarding my marriage
certificate and two children, one of which
is a mistake, as you will see.

4. Unless I get my husband’s pay I shall
be forced to lead an immortal life.

5. In answer to your letter, I have given
birth to a baby boy weighing 10 lbs. Is
this satisfactory?

6. You have changed my little boy into
a little girl. Will it make any difference?

7. Re your enquiry: The teeth on the
top are all right, but the ones in my bottom
are hurting terribly.

8. Milk is wanted for baby and father
is unable to supply it.

9. I have no children as my husband is
a bus driver and works all day and night.
—The Outpost.

A gallant young constable was teaching
his best girl to drive the car. They were
on a narrow country road and the girl
friend had not been driving very long when
she suddenly cried out: “Take the wheel
quickly, darling; here comes a tree.”

- CONSTABLE WHO SAVED RAF
SQUADRON

HOW a squadron of Spitfires which had
become lost in a fog was guided safely back
to its base by a former Metropolitan police-
man has been revealed by the Air Ministry.

The man who saved the squadron is 24-
year-old Fit.Lt. Cyril Campbell, who be-
fore the war was a constable stationed at
Leman Street, London, E.

Having led in his own flight safely, he
went up again to look for the rest of the
squadron. He found them hopelessly lost _
in the thick mist which extended several
thousand feet above the ground. Telling
them over the radiotelephone that he would
lead them home, he started back with the
other pilots following in single file. Then
he circled the aerodrome until all had
landed safely before he came in himself.

GOLDEN TONES

“T can’t think why they make so much fuss
about Miss Smith’s voice. Miss Jones has
a much richer voice.” :

“Ves: but Miss Smith has a much richer
father.”

PATTERSON'S STORES

Groceries, Hardware,
Flour and Feed
IMPERIAL OIL PRODUCTS

Beaver Point,
Fulford Harbour, B. C.

B. C. POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL, VICTORIA
CLASS No. 5, MARCH-APRIL, 1942

Front row, left to right: Special Constable R. T. Baker, S/Inspr. C. K. MacKenzie, i/c Training
School, Special Const. G. D. Weeks.
Middle row, Spec. Const. C. E. Piers, D. A. Spiers, D. C. Moore, J. N. Dykes, and G. Y. Brotherston.
Back row. Spec. Constables S. T. Nott, L. G. Smith, W. J. Billing and H. F. Bacon.

THE SHOULDER STRAP