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86 Moncton St. STEVESTON, B.C.

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715 No. 1 Road STEVESTON, B. C.

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STEVESTON, B.C.

SEVENTEENTH EDITION

no pup—to win an inch. Then the other
boys in the team saw our predicament
and threw themselves into the harness.

Narrow EScApPre

Slowly we surged ahead, feet slipping,
lungs bursting and harness as taut as a
wire. Snowshoes were almost the boss’s
undoing as the swift gurgling waters
clutched and writhed around him—drag-
ging him under the impassive unchanging
snow. The long Cassiar type snowshoe
impeded his violent struggles to get free
of the ice, but with our frenzied efforts,
the toboggan finally heaved ahead, haul-
ing the master out on safe ice.

Streaking for a clump of trees the con-
stable quickly unloaded his sleeping bag,
whipped off his freezing clothes and
popped into the eiderdown. We lay in the
snow patiently. Presently he emerged,
grabbed some dry twigs and in a few
seconds had a fire going. Within an hour
he had a comfortable warm camp, while
we lay on a bed of spruce boughs. The
following day we resumed the trip, none
the worse.

During the following summer, poor old
Uncle Rye developed an incurable twitch
of the head, and eventually had to be de-
stroyed. Brownie and I were the sole
survivors of the original team of 1936.

That autumn, Const. Purdy was re-
placed by Const. Faryon, and so Brownie
and I went out to the civilized world with
the master. On October 15th, 1944, we
left our beloved Dease River home by
automobile over the Alaska Highway. At
Fort St. John we boarded a horrible thing
called a train. Finally we landed at Burns
Lake where we stayed for quite a few
months.

That winter there was an epidemic of
distemper amongst the dogs in town and
unfortunately Brownie contracted the dis-
ease. He lay for over a month fighting
for his life while Const. Purdy and _ his
wife gave him every care possible—
sometimes far into the night. But, alas,
3rownie never recovered and he lies in an
honoured grave near the police quarters
there. As fine a chum as dog ever had.

Eventually the boss was transferred to
North Vancouver, and I was put on pen-
sion. So there’s not much to do now—
just look rugged and romantic when
strangers come around.

A newspaper reporter came one day
and interviewed me, took some pictures
of the boss and me shaking hands. Maybe
you saw us last February in the Vancouver
Sun?

To crown my old age I was presented
with a lovely litter of pups recently by a
beautifully trained German shepherd dog
with a most romantic background—but
that’s another story.

For myself, I’m quite content to bask
in the sun and dream of adventures in the
far away Cassiar.

Photographs in this article taken by Const. J. W.
Purdy, Sechelt.

“LT ONCE knew a war worker who
smoked ten packs of cigarettes a day for
several years and then gave it up at a
minute’s notice and never touched a cig-
arette again.”

“How come?”

“He was sitting on a barrel of powder
at the time. and a match dropped through
the bunghole.”

_ Brighouse Lumber &
| Fuel Co. Lid.

(W. H. Buswell)

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Brighouse, British Columbia

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Phone Steveston 114

395 Moncton St. STEVESTON, B.C.

STEVESTON ELECTRIC

B. J. COUGHLIN, Proprietor

Marine Sales and Service
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Motors, Generators and Appliances
Repaired

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Phone Steveston 30

STEVESTON B. C.

Phones: LAngara 0940 - Richmond 1125

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