'1nuitiiamii andsoo aggszzgzi re; and 3 the back to the slush pit, but unease 3-ief had moved in. He heard the front door eloae and then as Harvey went out. 'I'he.n El1i.s' car went snarling out of the drive ad and pole, in the hall. "Gary, Slide Ellis was here." she began st once. "There's some kind of trouble. I could hear from upatsirs-port of it. It's something about this place." l Retire on 33200 A Month for Life! A popular Halifax grocer and his wife recentlyretirerlnn !200umnnih for life. Their dreams of security and romfort have come true, thanks to sdecision the grocer msde in l92K'l, It was then he took out a Con- federation life Insurance Pension Plan which included 820,000 insurance protection. He had just opened his store . . . and with the baby and the payments on his home, he had only so much left for retire- ment plans. It was s pleasant sur- prise when his Confederation Man told him how easily his dreams could come tl'llF.7Wltll0llT risks or investment worries. 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Har- vey traded for some or it and then he bought up some mortg- ages and foreclosed when he knew the people didn't have any inten- tion of paying them off. He said it was all right. He said thI.t was the way P00Dlo got "Don't worry till you have to. If it's serious. we'll hur shout it soon anougr -nd until then we won't worry." GUY gave her a mist hug. "You're a big comfort, Gary," vahe sighed. "I can talk to you. But I can't. talk to Harvey any more." Gary went back to tho derrick. found Harvey standing there glar- ing at it, his brow drawn into a frowning knot. "Well, it's begun," he -unwed. "!'hat was Blido nits-tint NHOW who was out here He says he"! I going to get out an imunctiosi now. the lawyer walksdl house. and Gary went: to keep me from puma: down this well." "How on earth csn he do that? Whnt grounds has he got for en- joining you against drilling this well?" "He hasn't my real around: It all." Harvey's neck was swelling again. "It's all a cooked-up mess. and O1 Kimbslls at the bottom of it. I found out he'd been to con- siderable expanse, traveling around. seeing the big oil fellows, Told them sill he could handle me, that I'd do what he sdvised-got some or "em practically signed up to tsike over these lenses before he said nnythlna to me about it, much. Then, when I wouldn't lease. it made hiim look like a say. and he's sore. And now he just mints to show me that I'm a. sop snd sn , old cowmsn who couldn't. put down ,a dii-ill pipe without running into a. mess of trouble-and I'm Just med enough to lick him at it. it it takes the last nickel I've got." ”.Just how is this fellow Ellis going about stopping you on this wall?" Gary asked. "He must have someihinvg that he thinks will stand up in court, or he wouldn't be able in get an injunction or threaten you with one" "He thinks he's turned up a flaw in this title-title to that piece of pastuic out there that I bought from old Elihu Plummer. back in '28. Slide says he represents one or Pliimmcrs minor heirs." Hickey. viho had sidled nearer and was irii.nkly listening, spat dis- gustedly. "How could old mm Plummer have a minor heir?" he demanded. 'iPlummetr wasn't never married to nobody." ”Slide Ellis claims Elihu had a common-law wife. Claims therels A boy seventeen years old that he can prove iias Elihun son-and that the boys property rights lll this land weir violated when Elihu sold out to me." "A holdup." said Gary, ''old stuff. l They always try to get away with it. Sometimes it's a long missing son of 8. long lost brother. But the common-lnw wife is Lhe usual gi-alt. He was ready to settle out of court. oi course? He didn't want to embarrass you and delay F0111" operations by bringing the ease to trial? That's the usual gag." i "He did hint that there might be some kind of outside settlement. but what he was most bent on was stopping me from drilling, I could see that. I asked him straight out what his price. was--wiuiied to get him in n spot-but he was may. he sidestepped committing himself. Then he got mad and said he'd stop this well in twenty-foiir hours. and I told him to go nhesd and bust his guts doing it." I "He may be able to get suin- jiinctioii, you know," Gary remind- ed h-im. p "I won't compromise with a. low heel like Slide Ellis-nor with that crummy son-in-lisw of mine either. I'm going lhbhd with this iwell, it I have to fight the whole lstsite of Texas to do it." "I'd advise you to see your own lawyer. at any rule," Gary said. "You can't fight s. slick bunch oi crooks without the law on your side-and there are a lot of curves that laymen don't know about. "I'll go snd see him the first thing in the morning. And I'll let those birds know they're in V fight." Icon tinned) in it of arriving daily. . Tlis Tiny Folk Continued lrom page 10 mother. "I'd like a book. please, one that tells all about the farm or farm animals. Is there one?" he answer- ed. Soon they found just the book they were looking for, It told 5- bout a farm, with lots of brightly colored pictures of animals, It was Just right, so they bought it too. "Now that will be all for you for this trip, Laurie." his mother said. "No, I want one thing more." Laurie insisted. ' "I wont to take something home to poor little Frisky. He'll be lonuome without me today. Could I take home some cans of dog food. plenu, Mommy." His mother agreed, so off tliry went to the grocery store. There they found just what Laurie wani- ed "I'll take this one wmi the picture of the cute little dog on it." Lairrle said. "This little dog looks just like Frisky." At last. their errands were All done. Laurie's llttls legs were getting so tired. for he had walk- ed s lot for a. three year old boy. but now he could settle down and have a map on the trip home. "I had A good day Daddy," he yawned as he snug-gled down on the seat between his mother and father, "But I'm glad I'm gains home now." And in five minutes he was sound asleep. AS THE CROW FLT!-IS The straight-line distance from Land's End to John 0'Gronts in the United Kingdom is on miles. "W10 Mild? to start out. some. TIHE GUARDIAN. CHARLDTTETOWN IIIIIDESS IEDTINE Oontiusd from page 10 "ll!!! held him back. He wss still afraid. Perhaps it was the fear of the night holdlnl over. Anyway, hungry as he was he somehow couldn't. bring hlmaelt to leave that snug hiding place in the big hein- lock tree. This was the time at day when he dared approach the homes at Mm. He often found lcrapn in door- yarda that he wouldn't drum of Coin! hear in broad daylight. Now it was growing lighter and lighter. and soon it would be too light for him to dsra visit my door- yards. After awhile Blscky very, very slowly and cautiously peeked out, 01 MI Openlnz between the snowi oovana bouslis. la lashed this way. no looked that way. In new no am. still. he didn't go out. no dldnomorothpnpokomguga out, and all. perfectly still look- ing and liatoniiu. Now in all the Ocean Forest. there are no better eyaa than than of Blacky the Crow. mucky was using them now as he long ago had learned how to use them. He search- ed through every nal(hborL' tug. He studied the snow-oovsrsd ground under the trees. Thou seamed to be no reason at all why he ahould not start out to look tor a break- fast. a breakfast he so sorely need- ed. still he hesitated. and still he didn't know why. Then suddenly he did know why. be top or a tau v.dsad stump at a tree had moved. Btuba of trees don't move. but the top of this one had moved. Bliicky knew what IIANIOPI W. II. I. no rsrular meeting or 'lt.an- hopo W. K. 3. was held at tho homoofILrI.!t.ay0erronJanu- ary 21. Tha meeting oponad by singing hymn "lavior Like A Shepherd load Us" which was 101- lowad by the president loading in lthnloa of Worship and Pralu and a response by the members. that meant. He knew that Booty the Great. Homsd Owl was parch- ed on the very top of that stub and, until he had moved his head. he had looked to be a part of that stub. . Very. very. very slowly Blaolry withdrew his head until he was once more fully hidden in his snug retreat under tho mow-covered boughs ot the bi: hemlock tree. FEBRUARY :3, 19!. Mrs. Lawson led tho ammmumnnn..'””",,mm"l period cloud itb .. or God raw-n'ite." T W” Six mambora answered um Nu call. A lsttbr concerning conducting meet-lnu WI) 1-.” M discussed. It was decided to 1,, ovenlns hymn to correspond ,,f,: roll call word: that is nut mg the nu will be m..,...,,, 53 verso at scripture ountainin. 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