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PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.

Prince Rupert, B. C.

COW BAY

loaded and towed up a swiftly running
river in shallow draught boats, for many
miles into the heart of the wilderness. Again
my services were required in case I should
have to take charge of one of the short red
men, or perhaps a renegade white man hid-
ing far from civilization.

I was placed in a little log structure,
where I occasionally was called upon to
perform my ministrations. Some of these
resulted in a long trip by flatbottomed river
scow, then by sailing schooner back to the
same settlement on the mighty river, where
my charges were delivered to the white
man’s justice. But each time I was taken
back to the wilderness by the stern faced
man who had charge of me.

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PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.

FOURTEENTH EDITION

As the years went by, my services were
called upon less and less. New companions
arrived, whom I regarded as upstarts. They
were so smug and civilized with nickel
plating and fancy gadgets. I was too homely
and ‘brutal’ some said. Why? I had
played my part and done my duty well and
truly. I was a little shaky around the joints
perhaps, but I was just as stout and strong
as ever. Years passed by. The heat of
summer and the intense cold of winter did
not bother me. I was becoming old through
disuse and neglect in the back of an old

shed.

One day, many years later, a young man
in khaki uniform with green shoulder straps
and shiny leather belt was searching among
the old debris in the shed, when he came
upon me and my isolation. At last I had
found a friend, one who could recognize
that I had played an important part in the
world of yesterday, and that I had a story
to tell. So I once again made the long
journey south and reached the capital of this
vast territory. I was examined and handled
with respect. Now I could rise above the
new chromium upstarts, for I was given a
place of honour on the walls of the institu-
tion where young men such as the one who
had found me, take their training.

It has been a long trail from Woolwich
and nowadays I am accorded all the interest
and speculation customary to articles of
historic interest and tradition. And why
not? In my small way I, too, am an Empire

builder, who did the things I was called
upon to do.

“SHOULDER STRAP”
DETAILS POLICE WORK

Drawings and photographs depicting the
work of men who maintain law and order
in outlying sections of the B.C. coast and
interior are featured in the latest issue of
THe SHOULDER STRAP magazine of the
B.C. Provincial Police.

The semi-annual publication contains 104
pages crammed with northern adventure
stories, crime prevention and crime detec-
tion science. Among editorial contributors
are Phil Godsell, F.R.G.S.; B. A. McKelvie
and Christy McDevitt.

—Vancouver Daily Province
“IN time of trial, what brings us the great-
est comfort?” asked the lecturer of his
audience.

“Verdict of “Not Guilty,” came the
voice of an “habitual” at the back of the
hall. ;

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Prince Rupert, B. C.

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