.

od,” Duffus smiled, “and he made not
e slightest attempt to cover his hatred of
> Skelov’s. The whole thing smelled so
uch like a frameup I'd a hunch we'd
pt passing up an important piece of evi-
wnce. And I got the one when you spoke
Lycheluk’s lovemaking. What put me
F the trail so long was the coroner being
-cock-sure that either of his wounds would
vuse instant death.”
“And, if it hadn’t been for that hunch,”
-inned Prime, “either Minoska would have
ad his neck stretched or we'd be hitting
ack with six unsolved murders on our
ands—and either way it wouldn't have
een so good!”

[E was a young Detective, and to make
is marble good with the young lady he was
yurting he used to give her young brother
sons on how to become a Detective like
imself. One night the youngster said to
im, as he admitted him to the hall-way, “I
new you were coming to-night.”

“Who told you?” asked the lovelorn
euth.

“Nobody,” replied the lad, “but I saw
ster take Mr. Yank’s picture off the piano
nd put yours there instead.”

HE great violinist had finished an ex-
-emely fine piece, and had done so well that
is vast audience was silent- with approval.
\t last the silence was broken by a flapper
vho more than whispered tc her escort,
Fancy so much noise coming from the gut
f a cat!”

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UNKNOWN

On a lonely stretch of the Old Man Plain,

By grass and weeds o’er grown

There lies a grave, “neath a boree tree

And carved in the bark, one word: “Un-
known”

Hidden away in that desolate spot,

Where the night winds sob, and the natives
clan

His name unguessed, his fate unknown,

Rests all that’s left of a brother man.

Who knows—far away in an English town,
A grey haired mother still waits in vain,
For news of her boy, who sought renown

And now is buried on Old Man Plain.
—J. B. Tighe

Epitor’s NoTE:

Special Provincial Constable J. B. Tighe who
penned the foregoing has had a colourful career
as a soldier and policeman. Australian born, he
saw service in the South African War with the
Australian contingent and in 1912 did a little
“free lance” fighting on the Mexican border.
Eventually he settled down in British Columbia
and for many years now has been stationed at
Sooke Lake, Vancouver Island, as part of the
detail guarding Victoria’s water supply.

Keeping himself thoroughly up to date, Con-
stable Tighe has a variety of hobbies that keep
him busy. A crack shot with either pistol or
rifle, he packs a .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum
when on duty and does his own reloading. He
still has time to have more than passing interest

-in photography, and had it not been for the war

intended taking up amateur short-wave radio.

Of his poem—his first attempt in that field—
he says “I wrote it about 40 years ago in Aus-
tralia as a result of seeing just such a grave in
the Australian desert. Many are the men who
have perished of thirst in this waterless waste-
land, and their epitaphs usually read ‘Unknown’
or ‘Found with an empty canteen’.”

FIRST Motorist: “Funny how Sorkingly
has so much petrol. How does he manage
it?”

Second Motorist: “Well, it’s like this.
When he’s out on the road he'll fix his
engine so that it won't work, and hang
around it until some poor goob in a car
drives up and offers to tow him to the
nearest garage. When they're approaching
the garage, Sorkie will thank the goob, tell
him he'll have another go at the engine,
does so, and she works.”

Congratulations to the
Provincial Police

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TENTATIVE Passenger: “Why are
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Stationmaster: “What would be the
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