FRIDAY The Birthday Murder

By Lnnge Lewis

"It was I pretty thin hope, and ties in with the strongly dramatic flavor of the note, written by a person whose lack of experience with life enables he: still to be- lieve in the myth of the human conscience. to believe that a per- son capable of murder is capable of anguish over its commission. That is 'not. usually the case.

"Now before you insult me by telling me that you were terribly. terribly shocleed at the inquest in- to the death of a man who had al- ways been terribly. terribly kind to you, I'm going to tell you why you were able to believe that Mrs. l-lime killed her husband.

"At first you said she was jeal- ous, You gave as your reason the feet that she had refused you a part you felt you could handle. You also threw in gratis the sug- gestion of H. psychotic jealousy of all beautiful women. You are, by the way. beautiful, Miss Hastings I concede that.

"Now none of that bothered me. It didn't influence me either for or against Mrs. Hime. You see. the thought occurred to me that you are extremely jealous of Mrs. 1-lime. That shows a lot of greed when you have both youth and beauty, but you want success, She has it. However, that is a little be-

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that you had 5 very good reason to believe that Mrs. I-lime killed her husband. You believed that Bhv discovered the relationship between theitwo of you. went off balance with the knowledge, and poisoned him."

Moira Hast.lngs' eyes had an oddly blank look. He could see that she was taking his earlier ad- vice and thinking; thinking hard.

watching her. he saw below the delicate skin of her throat the hard gorge rise and tighten. Her hands were claws grasping the edge of her purse. Under the painted face he saw the real one show through, I small hard race of bone and muscle. A nerve at the corner of her right eye twitch- ed. The eye continued to look for- ward at the windshield while the

relaxed, For the first time he felt her as a. human being. He saw her as she had once been, a hard- thighed little girl with sausage curls who had worn a ballet dress and had danced on her toes to the tinkle of a piano in a roomful of other children. An adoring mother ha.l sat by the wall watching and holding a sweater which would be slipped about the bony, little-girl shoulders.

She turned suddenly ;him. i "You've been right and wrong," she said. Her voice was stripped of its usual color and warmth; it lvias the voice of a mathematician stating an irrefutable equation. l"lt- was only emotion that made

toward

nerve twltched a second time. and:

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-THE GUARDIAN.

of Paul Whitehead in 1776.

No exact evidences can be ad- duced. regarding the origin of the remarkable White Horse of Berk- shirt.-,, England whose galloping figure. cut in outline on the side of a steep hill. known as white Horse Hill, is still of great interest tc tourists.

The cutting takes the form of trenches is feet wide andslx feet deep hallowed out of the soil. when viewed train a distance against the dark background of herbage the outlines look for all the world like delicate traced chalk lines. This colossal repre- sentation of a running horse is bio feet long. the animal's ears alone measuring 45 feet, and it's a, 6 feet. It takes up two acres. Tradition says it was carved to commemorate the victory of Kim: um-, Advancing to wnm-e hn, Dad Ethelred and his brother Alfred sat in a. big chair, the son gave the Great. over the Danes at Ash- him the shear and wished him a 5-0Wn l" 311- gooci harvest, every year of his life. Then he poured him a drink of brandy. The father thanked the son, and drained the glam. The; little brown jug then went thel rounds of the liarvest hands; fer which they all passed to adjoiniiig room for supper.

Strange But True

By I-'. H. lllaoArl.Isur

What was known as the Fete of the ring sneai. survived in western Canada until quite recently and brought tore. close the harvest sea- son. The last. sheet which was made large, was put on the last wagon of grain as an emblem of abundance; the harvest hands de- corated with ears of wheat; walk- ecl beside the load. singing on their way to the house.

There they were received by the cwner of the grain. Leading the procession was the farmer's son, who carried me big sheaf into the nouse together with rt Jar of liq-

NEW ANNAN W. I.

The December meeting of the New Aiinan Women's Institute met R9 at the home of Mrs. Robert Wil- 3” liams. The meeting opened with , Thlithe "Ode" and "Creed". and min- was iollowed by mo"? bmlldyulutes of the Jllflllfil meeting were songs and dancing. Thus ehdedi,-cad and signed, the pretty ceremony, The Fete Ul Roll call was answered by four- llle B30 blleah teen members placing a Christmas

gift under the tree. One visitor . ' 0 ' g was present. Hallzmalu 5303"! 3”? (lUll3- School committee reported a

the

ciiAaLo'r1'E'rowiv lrass chartered

Accountant Exams

The institute of Chartered Accountants of Prince Edawrd Island has released the dollowing results of the examination written inloctober by registered students.

Primary Examinations: Passed David! A. Andrew, Charlottetown. P. E. . .

Intermediate Examinations: Passed: Ray Hennessey. Charlotte- town, 1''. E. I. and Ralph D. Man- ning. Charlottetown. P. E. I.

Passed Supplemental: Norman W. Hogg, Summcrside. P. E. I. W. A. Robertson, Fredericton, N. B.

Fin-al Examinations:

Granted Supplemuitalz H. G. Williams. Charlottetown. ll. E. 1.

gifts for school children.

- It was decided that the mem- bers would make candy to sell at the Christmas concert, and it was ti be packed at the home of Mrs.

E. Moase on December 17. At that. time members would study the two lessons on home nursing. -

It was stated the school is in need of scrubbing, and the .presl- dent is going to try to get some one to do the work. 'The remainder of CLD. capsules were given the teacher for the pupils and the sale of Christmas cards amounted to sl0.70. Red Cross convener then handed out work to the nembers.

contests, winners of. which were

i Mrs. 8. Moses. Mrs. E. Moose and

Mrs. D. Rayner. Collection was 31.28.

The hostess, assisted by commit- tee ln' charge. served a delicious. lunch, and Santa Claus gave each member as well as the visitor a gift from the Christmas tree. The meetin closed with the National Anthe .

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The York Y. P. U.- we: held at the home or Mr and Mrs. Leith Brown on Wednesday evening. December 12. with 16 members answering roll call.

The worship service opened with the Call to Worship "Home is what you make it." by Helen Lewis, followed by hymn no. 406. The scripture reading” Judge not that ye be not judged by Chris- tine Proud. was followed with a prayer by Helen Lewis. Kay Wood. then read a story after which the Worship service closed with hymn 502 .

The president, Parker Jewell; presided over. the business part of the meeting which opened with the minutes and roll call of the last meeting. A motion was mov- ed to send s4.0o to the ”Sunday School by Radio" fund. and it was decided the next meeting is to be held at the manse on Janu- ary 9th. with church attendance the previous Sunday for roll call.

It was then moved the buslnsa part of the meeting adjourn.

Rev. John Douglas conducted I

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ST. THOMAS, Olit.-(OP)-Menm bers of the safety patrol or cancel. boy! who help children

the Canadian Legion.

- nmmtmnn ova vmnnans may GAVE Us vwromr ,GlVE THEM A MERRY CHRISTMAS

busy streets near the '1:

guests of A service club anal?" tre party. The 30 boy) u-g nutnu; with special uniform equipment

across iucludirig shiny white up... ave You! Left at Gift' for Veterans Christmas Tree?

i HERE is WHAT YOU not

Purchase your Gift at the Store of your choice 01' if you prefer, make it at your home . . . Please denote contents of package by marking an outer wrap. per . . . Leave with tree attendant . . . Gifts may be of any type - . . Candy, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Shaving Sets, Ties, Gloves, etc. All Gifts will be distributed to Island Veterans in local Hospitals, sick at home or in Veteran Institutions in other parts of Canada, by

common in England and the U. Swmap has been houghh go,- A- They d""'e mm mm” ””m,school. and sick committee report- 5 CUT-OUS legend that tells 01 .3 cs making seven calls and takiin: lhlelv ll3V"lS Smlell 9- ewe: PU! ll fruit. Correspondence was read

side the point. "At the inquest. you on your previous statement as

went hm-kjme say she was jealous of me. I

Wmcugm so because she was very interesting Bible Study on

Acts 3. and the collection amoun- .

Roll call for January to be an- swered with an article for an auc-

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M55. l:Xlm:'5”;leBl0llSy. th y:::i::5ttaT;3;d3:;ll:it'l;?"tag?” R1313-' on the top of the stone while he nnd dlscussed, and it was moved tlon sale, and the sale to be held ted in sl.s:l. M '5- 115 Vi35h W h" 3 mg M me inquest I was thinking rested. but it slipped off andland seconded that t5.0i'l be given after the meeting. , 'll0cli- 1 lldm V Bl” l all i 9 39' ' strangled the man with the i-open: 3. League and 55.00 towards Program committee put on three , - a new

parent reason hecame clear to mei m95ll3' 01 my Clllmce-" Filth l-9l8ll- um .h- h . - The” was Mm Leignmanl who.r.l'l(1ll. '1 never had any intention of MP9”; 1: are l::5sL”'";" S thinks so we" or Mrs. Hmm ynmiepeatiiig all that stuff I said to! I P g o. amous ca e mt that ,0 speak against her 1n,yon at me first. when I saw of :11 those recorded can be found noun of him would make him dgs. Leighman there I laid it on with all” hponers Charwlmd-H where the mm W md so make him refuse trowel and sang Wm; ,, Swen my death of thendecr ”ilBf.'J0hn Ox- to tile vou the Dart of Ina Halt, She W35-'l had m.V 031'”? ll? thinks 1'33” 15 mm m rh-Vme' In Ewe 50” So. 1 mid mysem you had Mme wing. It might have swung the ba1.;two verses from "The Legend, of realize the untruth of that l3re.'3llC9- me mmgmans SL009" vlous emotional statement as ml "And. then, after I went home.One shaft he drew on his Mrs. Hime's irsaiousy of you. Youl'5""l9”l”lK occurred is me in a! med yew.

were willing to leave it behind un-, MW llghthl wrotf the not?! beclll-15; And a gallant hart lay dead; der pressure at a new emotion, thelme S83 5 8 W35 83 Oll-S 0 m9- .Hl Med 15 1 ,, h h H h. . hope otgemnz the part am, an. wrote it hating her. He had beenl P prize e”5' and 9 05 ed 15

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