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Ilhe air in the Saint's tomb Isa thick with the acrid ranch o! gunpowder. with all their ammun- ition gone. there was no longer the possibility of the garrison put- ting up a fight and Sherwin flung himself down on the flees‘ svitih s ‘roan.
"Keep low, Jake-not that it's any good. They'll soon find out we can't ilre back- Hark how the brute; are yelling! ‘They're working themselves up to rush us."
Shots and shouts came from out- side. punctuatim another sound. At first Kay. sitting beside Love- lace. thought it was only the blood roaring in he!‘ ears, growing louder and louder. But soon it was filling tho whole sky. reverberating. echoing. and Sherwin, raising his head above the level of the window grating gave a about of amazed relief.
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The Arabs had stampeded for their horses. Now tihey were moun- ted, wheeling in circles, firing wild- ly and hsrmleesiy tipmrds at the two grey-white monster birds with the tri-coloured circles on their
. " Mr. MeLue-e Discusses
Fur Seal Agreement
i Ibllowing is the toxt of the re-
marks oi’ lilfr. W. Chester S. McLure. Progressive Conservative for Queen's. in the l-louse of Corn- mena discussion on April so on s motion of the Minister of Fisher- !“ for second reading of e bill re- specting the agreement between Canada and the United States:
member
provisional fur seal
"w. Speaker. I should like to
nuke a ‘few earning this bill. about the prin- ciple of which I have spoken on several other occasions.
“'I'his bill has for the carrying out of the sealing provisions between Canada and the United States in the agreements of 1,43 and i947. The bill represents something more than the mere carrying out of those agreements. Its purpose is to put into the Pelagic Sealing Act such teeth es for the future will assure both the United States and Canada that pelagic sealing will be a thing of the past.
brief remarks con-
ils purpose pelagic
as set out
"1 um not going into the his-
tory of the fur seal trade, because. there are other hon. members who will discuss that part of tho sub- ject. I would point out. however,
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the oasis CUYYIO.
But as the aeroplanes steadily descended, the nomads turned and galloped away in full flight. I‘. was easy now to realize that they had been warned by the messenger and had tried to rush the Bfirrison of
that the United Slates purchased Alaska in 1867 and, as they term it. made tho greatet territorial p.11"- chase or bargain ever known to the world. At that time they paid for Alaska 87.700000 and, while it was a large territory about one- fifth the size of the United States. there came with it a herd of fur
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N0 need for the machine-guns to be used. no need oven to in- tlmidaie with smoke bombs. The mere sight of the 'planes had been enough. when they made their landing there were only three figures awaiting them on the edge of the oasis.
Mom the observer's seat in the second aeroplane a tall lean figure descended, demanding almost be- fore he reached the ground: “Where's Mrs, I-lllyar? Isn't she here?”
Jacobson, who was nearest. star- ed at the stranger.
“She's over there. in the tomb." he said, "With Lovelace."
Kay. indeed. had scarcely moved. She felt exhausted. afmost unin- terested, oddly disclncliried to so out into the hustle of welcome. It was only a voice which roused her. s. voice calling her name.
“Kay, my! Where are you?" Kay tried to answer but found she could make no sound; blindly desperately obeying that oall. she groped for the entrance. crept out, strmblcd to her feet . . .
"Kit!" she whispered incredul- uosly. "I didn't believe it was really you; I thought it was just a gl-ost —-llke that. other time."
Carson's arms were round her, holding and supporting, his cheek pressed to her hair.
“Darling. can't you feel it's mo?" he said. "And I urea there before too; it wasn't a ghost-that other time."
"You were here at Abu Ramos-es? But I never told you to come. never sent the telegram. I didn't dare-J’ "You didn't? Then it. was all part of that cursed plot. But what does it matter now that. you're here, safe; you are safe, darling?" “Yes, I'm safe. I was nearly killed. an Arab ‘shot at me. but . . . Kit, how did you get here. when did you come?"
"In one of the aeroplanes. I heard there “as fighting at the oasis, I know you were here and the air station at El Fakur sent machines.”
"No. I don't moan that-at Abu Rrrmeses, You said you were there.‘ her eyes looked dark and perplexed in the pallor of her face.
"I was - nearly all the time. Kay you've got to forgive me. to try to understand. I didn't know what to believe: Zende. Russell lied, told me you loved your husband. that you'd come out here because you really wanted him back. So I'd got to see for myself. to watch you together. to make up my mind and even eo it wasn't easy. ‘Ilhat night in the courtyard -and in the desert. when I called to you-you seemed to caro for him."
"It wasn't real-just a sort of fascination. Besides. Zen-do told me you didn't care any longer. that you were angry-Jealous. And then Rafe brought me here by force."
"I know. I've heard the truth about it all. We've a big account wgettle, that brute and ll Where is
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"Beyond any settlement . . . Aih don't. Kit. Iain!’
It was not until afer Carson had heard the story of Rafe Hell- ysr's payment in full of that ac- count: between them that Kay re- membered her earlier question. "I still don't understand how you could be in Abu Rameses watch- ing me all that time and I never saw you." she said.
-"You did see me nearly every day my darling. Not close, though
seals numbering almost four mil- lion. This then was the property of the United States. There nvcre however, entanglements with other countries bordering that area. Theue have been dispensed with through the years.
Herd Reduced
"After the purchase in i561 by
the United States. nothing done in connection with maintain- ing the herd until about 191i. it was found that. because of exten- sive pelagic sealing. from i867 the herd of about four million uad been reduced to 125.000. The dan- ger facing them at that time was the extinction of this great fur seal trade of Alaska.
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“In i911 the English, the Rus-
sians. the Japanese and the United States governments put into effect a treaty which gave the States entire control of the herd of Alaska. Tbday there only two partners, Canada and ti-e United States. The United States get 80 per cent of the herd scat pelts that are tfien off each year, and Canada. is entitled to 20 per cent. 4, "If we do not have a proper, strong Pelagic Sealing Act that will take care of this great industry. Canada's 20 per cent will not. be worth much to her in years to come. That is one reason why I hope the committee of the wliolc, in going over this act, will examine every part of it in order to makc it as strong as possible both in our own interests and in Lhose at the United States.
United seal are
"Since i911 the United States
have taken over one million pelis or skins, which have brought in
except in the dark. 1 was very ch"- tul about that. And I put on I limp and an appalling accent when I managed by good luck to get that job tmdliro as electrician to lho Climax curnipany. 0h and s r
beard too-—" ‘
"Kit!" Kay was staring again.
"You weren’
“Yes? he nodded.
all the time." O
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It must be allowed that tnere
was nothing mean about Jacob Jacobson when it came to acknow- iodgment of this debt. of gratitude to Kit Carson.
Finally it wns decided that it
should take the fomt of a luxury cruise. which would bring him and Kay back to England in the end. a cruise which was also their honey- moon after a quiet wedding at Cairo.
The firm had behaved well, too.
where Kit was concerned. He was to be transferred at once to an- other bronoli of the business. a chsnse which would take him out of London. at an increased salary and made it unlikely that either he or Kay would ever encounter Zenda Russell again.
Kit for one had a suspicion ‘hat
Zolida had engineered the change, and was mum to her in conse- quence. It was difficult to imagine another meeting with her on eve!’- day terms. alter that last inter- view by the garden pool at Abu R-emeses.
Yet they were to see each other
again. if only for a moment that was literally fleeting.
Kit and Kay were t6 join their
cruising liner atyAlexendrla, and their passage included an aero- plane Journey to that port from Cairo.
Al they stood beside the big
machine before embarking. an air
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liner for the Cape taxied across the sand of the flying field and rose into the air.
In one of the aide windows for that passing moment ‘they saw Zenda Russell's face‘ framed. Her pale eyes were fixed upon Kit: she started with eat face and enm- preesed lips down gt him and at the girl beside him.
Then she was gone. and lap gave a little pitylng cry.
"Oh. Kit. she looks so despot. ately unhappy."
"She deserves to!"
"Yea I know. but-we've so“. so much; we can efforii to be lorry be her. We've found roses even in the desert. mt - roses and love." e looked dmvn at the long-e mad dlmaon blooms which lit had dust bought for her Iut she has. only duet _ end
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to them more than twelve times the amount they paid for the whole of Alaska and the fur eeai ing trade.
Large Revenue Produces
"One more thing I wish to em- ,‘ ‘ in reference to this mat- ter la that today we have more in- tgreet shown in the House of Com- mans with regard to the fur seal trade than we have had for n good many years. Interest is bel lg taken in it because it produces quite n. large revenue to the fish- cries department of our govern- ment. _
I might lly that at the present time. even when furs in genera- aro at a little lower price. the re- cent sale of furs which was held on April l8 showed that the three types of seal skins. in WhlCll Canada ea well as the United States, has an interest. sold at wonderfully good prices. even un- der todays fur depression as We might call it.
"The dyeing and processing of these fur seal skins is done in two different countries: London, Eng- land. and St Louis. Missouri. Dar ing the war the processing was not as good in London as it had been in St. Louis, because of conditions over which they had no control However. the processing in St. Lotus has developed so much that today it. is acknowledged to be finest processing system for seal skins anywhere in the world, and this is shovm by the three classes of skins they process, machine and dye.
"The skins are put out in three colours: safari, matara and black. The black is a glossy skin. and in the last sale averaged some $47. The safari ls a unique kind of colour. It might be called a. rich seal brown. It nearly ltcld the spotlight. and averaged $65. per skin. The matara is a kind of neu- tral colour, brown with a bluish cast. and in the sale of some 10.000 skins it averaged $75. per pelt. s mention this just because Canada is greatly interested today. Sonzc 5.000 skins are today being process- ed in St. Louis. Three thousand o2 them have arrived in Montreal ai- ready, and will be sold at an early duy—scmetlme in Julie —for the benefit of the fur manufacturers of Canada. i
“In connection with this 1 might also say that the government or the fisheries department at tne present time stand in the position that, by looking carefully into this industry, they have and can have a net revenue of at least a million dollars a year.
“Perhaps some of it may be swallowed up in duty on the skins coming into Canada because. when these skins go to St. Louis to be processed and are brought back into Canada. the national revenue department take away from tn’ fisheries department some 12 1-.) per cent by way of duty. However, it is just going into a different pocket in the government. "Although I am not quite cer- tain as to the amount, l think the cost of processing these skins is somewhere around $14 per skin. If I am wrong in this the Minlstc" of Fisheries (Mr. MacKinnon) W“! correct me. It may be a little more or a little less. What I wanted to say in reference to the matter is this. We might in the future con- sidcr a proposition to have the processing done in Canada. The only way we might approach it is to ask the fur company in St. Louis to place an extra factory in Can- ada for processing our share if these pelts. -
“Again I want to repent thntJn this act there are some things which might be made a little bit more drastic. For instance, I notice that. under certain conditions, certain individuals living in the north -the aborigines. the Alouts and others-- are allowed the right -themselves to take on pelagic sealing. Person- ally I think that when we come in committee of the whole. @1105? are things which we should look into carefully. As I said at the oe- glnning. let us put all the teeth we possibly can into this not in order to save one of the greatesi industries in the fur trade of Can ada.
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