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TERRACE

On Wednesday afternoon a nuniber!
of friends gathered at the home of Mrs.,
me) cd. Sanderson, to celebrate with her
‘her birthday.” , The guests served after
hoon ter and put on a supper party,
Among the guests were Mrs. Colba-
chine. Mrs. A. Benuidin, Mrs. F. Nash,
Mes, R. Corlott. Mrs. E. M. Smith and
W. Donnld. : ; ,

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George. Tittle is - stilt “4h Tokio: ‘the
Hist renorts. and, he. expected ‘to. remain
for anather: couple. of months. . He hos
ai sent copics’ of;a. Tokio’ ‘ewspapers to a

' wumber. of: ‘trienda: in. the district” go:
that the: Ahad not. forgotten his ald stump

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speaking “ot. fn siiow  stgnin, there
was a fail Friday’ évening that will be
remembered: by one ‘young lady from’a
nearby yaee. . She cume to ‘town. for
“the: CLE. thats. evening. and...was. met
Ot ‘ frietids who taok

with them: By t the’ time

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ae wns 89, deep, that she. ‘could’ not’ gee ‘her.
J wiry about. and had? to remaiti- At the |-

# ome of her friends “until fhe” ‘snow
‘sizing up the work -he drove in to Ter-

A law Rot” out in. the morning
rie on Friday and returned to Smith-
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Assist. Ropineer ‘Cotten paid a visit
ty the rock eat camp at Usk the hitter
part of last week and after looking
ever fhe broken’ dowh compressor and
Mors that -night:: -Much,-or most, if not
ail the public. works machinery in the
fj aorth dls ifa very bad state of repair
and should tn many cases be renewed.
“Thore is litfle ase trying to get work

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pended if only broken down" ‘machinery
i is provided, niachinery that costs as

mifeh or more to operate than to de, al

a owoek by hand and horses.

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| Bobby Parker, son of S. EB. Parker

oi of Prince Rupert, was in town over the

Za weekend attending to some of his

_ i futhers linsiness tor him. Bobby has
good salesman, Stain, Parker js be-
sinning to feel that he ghould stay at
hoi @ more and ‘glve.the. young fellows

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no chance—of course he does not, ‘feel’

the advance of- time—no! just wants
{a sive Me hove a chance, Its a Rood

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‘pwarm, dancing thrills.

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Ellen Got Her Man

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voice was booming A moment she 1is-
tened. then: smiled Her perturbation
left her. In its place came a flood of
She began
humming softly, keeping time with the
erdence of the song the deep chested
rivormen. were singing It was the old
wild songs of the river brigades, the
| Chanson de Voyageur. | And it mennt
‘| that the scows of J ohn Benham’s bri-

' | wade were at last freed of their tethers

that they were now part and parcel of
the great spring migration into the dis-
tant wilderness’ of’ the’ Three’ River
country :

‘Me chill of the carly morning was
still in the air, and Elen was grateful
for the warmth of: her blankets She
lay there quietly content. Strange.the
trnnsition ‘wrought within ‘the space
of two short weeks She thought of
the school life she had left behind her ;
the companionship, the gaiety, the lux-
ury <A far ery indeed from her pres-
ent position. Yet she knew. no regret.
Tt alt seemed queerly vague and lack-
ing in outline, somewhat like a half
remembered dream Suddenly she re-

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: alized” that the: inexplicable : testless-

ness ‘Which. ‘had actatted. her during
these’ for. vénis had been nothing else
burt a ‘form ‘of+ -nigstilgia- ‘It had. -been
her ‘own country that. had been Calling
tovher, (Aid now she Was. going honie.

_ Presentiy” “the tiverman’ ceased:-. his

- gone; anid then call, the miiltitude:' of

lease. “sounds, became. manifest. : “The
harse: throaty” ‘sound. of the river; the
eriilless~ song. 7) ae ‘qdventuring - waters,
the creak of stout timbers; the Thsp
of hard ;swung sweeps against the

thole pins Once the Shrilling hunting
sce of: the’ osprey echoed." Several

she rot there, ‘and ‘the dance fhe” snow. thi GaN

but with A nassin hour.‘or vo, ‘rest-
lessness seized thie: ‘erouching girl. Her
hiding place was. ‘far, from: ‘uncomfort-
able. but it was: irkgome, to’ ‘remain 80
still and quiet. when every: fibre of her
heing called fo; freédom. and action.
She began avidly.;to crave sight ‘of
that world which lay just beyond the
thin covering’ of canvas

“Tt. was the rising sun which made
Wiens position particnlarly uncom-
tirtrble, “Lhe heat, under the canvas
grew thick and heavy. Before long
she was bathed in perspiration, and
she drank often of the water the thou-
ehtful Pierre Buschard had provided.
The craving hours seemed intolerably
long. She did her best to sleep those
Iéurs/away, but’ a fitful doze waa the
best she vould accomplish. By the
time nightfall brought blessed coolness
agnin her hend was aching and her
muscles tormented with inactivity, But
when. by the efforts and shouting of
the: Cres Indians, she knew the scows
were being warped into the bank to tie
up tor the night, renewed energy came
again -to her, and she smiled in tri-
wnph, One. more eool, friendly night
in hiding, an@ in the morning the bri-
#ade would shoot the Cascade Rapid.

For, once below the rapid; he
cold not send her! back without ex-

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Now is: the time-to check up.on al

fe tngurdnce.

After that she would be safe in mak-|
: Mme. her presence known te John Ben-
ham.

Tore Tee, Om oa,
pensive delay and: Jabonr, _
The scows’ were in movement when

Ellen awoke on the following morning

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‘Again. same member of the. crew, in-|.

vigorated by the sparkling dawn, was
roaring out. the river song. And again
the river was talking to her, though a
new note had. entered its voice. At
first it was only a distant throb, but
as time went on the throb became a
deep ‘rumbling roar. Cascade Rapids.

* Fresh “activity arose on the scows."
Directions and advice were shouted
back and forth. The creak of sweeps
on thole ping became steadier, firmer,
The’ scows ‘began to pitch ‘and ‘rock.
Ellen, even in her walled in covert,
could distincily feel the tnerease in

to crashing . proportions,, Then it
seemed as though a fiont hand eTasp-
ed the scow and hurled it out into ut-
ter choas, Ato

Mad waters!” The honrse quivering
roar of the. pent river beast, battling
the barriers, of _ confinement. Spray
arose. to tingle the lungs. The scow
lenped and danced like the merest
eockleshell. If men were shouting
now, then. their voices were being beat-
en back ‘at their lips.

Ellen wis not frightened. Rather
she was thrilled to her finger-tips,
Hers was the true pioneer blood which
beat rich and strong and vibrant in the
battle with natural forces. Abruptly
she sient. aside the tarpaulin and
stepped forth. Confinement had be-
come intolerable.

ylhe men at the sweeps did not Been
to notice her. With quick, thrilling
steps she ran to the front of the scaw
and braced herself there, the wind. of
their speed elutched at her face, her
throat, her hair.- her clothes, whipping
the latter tight about her slim, valiant
figure. 4

‘Presently Bllen turned. The crew
spied her now.. stolid, dark,,. stoic-faced
Cree’ ‘Indians, “and they . stared ‘at her
in shy, unwinking amazement.
from other scows had marked her pre-
sence alse, and she saw Plerre Bus-
chard grinning broadly. and waving. at
her. Then one of the big craft head-
ed in towards her own. When the
scows> were still a good three yards
apart a big, bare-headed figure clear-
ed the space in one clean leap of splen-
didly eo-ordinated muscles, and a -mo-
ment later Jobn Benham. was beside
her : bo:

“Well, he said slowly,
stendy and. deep “I see
And by the grin on Pierre’ ‘Buschard
can guess how you did it” .

ilien’s courage came; “back with a
rush. She smiled. -“T was ‘desperate,’ |
she answered. “It: awa ‘the only ‘way. |
I hope you will not:be . angry “with |
Pierre. He was-very kind. And as I
sald at first—T wilt. ‘pay you ‘well for
your trouble” ae

Benham raised’ a. ‘deprecating hand.
A queer hardness - twisted his mouth

“his . “voice
you" ve won.
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in his eyes. ‘My payment, is already
assured,” he, said. grimly. “I'm a good:

speed. The thunder of the rapids rose |.

Eryes |,

‘| Going back to the crew he snapped a

and a certain glint of: ‘triumph shone |;

guest. of friends in, T Terrace: OVer the
week end :
Teh aedda a ® * ce fete Mee aes a
“snows, the ‘like ofc whith “WAVe- ae
been seen for years fell.in the Terrace
district over the week end. Friday
was the beginning and as a starter 18
inches fell and before Sunday, morning
another foot of snow was on the
ground. The public works crew were |
on the job early and have been doing
pretty well toward keeping traffic op-
en in town and district. The saw mill
and logging industries are thus able to

Miss Clara: "tna shames, was alt?

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TERRACE, B. C.

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keep- going and to pile up a few logs
for the spning breakup when hauling
will be out of the question.
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Fiu is still one of the main topics of
conversation, Those who have had it
are trying to tell everyone else how
sick they were and how sorry they felt
for -themseives. Those who have it,
of course have no patience with those
who are better, and anyway they know
all the symptoms. Those who have
not yet had it are just laughing at the

weakness of che others,
ese

Sehool attendance is not very heavy
as yet but the spring is coming.
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Canadian railways are making great
preparations for handling the crowds
going to the coronation in May. It is
expected that B. C, will send more to
the coroenation than went to Vimy.

hater. I’! exact my pound of flesh.”

Ellen stared at him. In the space of

seeonds he head become stern and sav-
age. A ripple of fear shot throngh her
It couldn’t be—surely,.
- “Don’t worry, personally,” he stated
with a swift, harsh laugh, reading her
thoughts, with disconcerting ease,
“You'll* be quite safe, And Pierre is
‘an old and valued friend. He ‘meant
"vel.

A crimson tide ‘again flowed across
Ellen’s face. “Thank you,” she said
stiffly. “I'm. not afraid.”

Benham nodded and turned away.

few terse orders, The Crees leaned
nuseular bodies. against the sweeps
and under Benham’s directions drove
the secow np to the bank and tethered
j it there. 6

. Alen's uneasiness grew. ‘Was be
ing to send her back nfter all? Was
her triumph to be so short: lived?
Then she breathed more easily. Ben-
ham, ax in hand, had leaped ashore
and was awingihg the gleamlng blade
in swift, powerful: strokes aniong the
\ Slender boles.of a. awart: “birch, thicket.
In ten. zainutes” ‘time he-had: felled. ‘and
trimmed a: full dozen bf ‘the | tapering
poles: and passed them aboard. A mo-
ment later the scow was ogain. out-in
the river, scudding northward.

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