PAGE EIGHT — 7 wen SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW - Wednesday, November 5, 1952. | : ; : earner as by Captain Flewett, De Courcy’s;A TALL MAN good root, he restores order in his for her boat, but before she could, The last glimpse of Mudge Island | the way into Nanaimo harbor. original ‘settler. As we moved towards the ae enaniel by digging up the young) launch it she saw a strange floating disappeared as we bore to port on (To Be Continued) The farm itself lay. below: in a house we saw two men walking! plants and replanting them in nai besa put off from the opposite|— TTT I, erm long wide groove between rocky obliquely across the trail we were | “Look at those sweet peas,” he said,{ Shore. She recognized. the waving ridges; a. natural trap for. sunshine taking. One Of them was. perhaps’ “They’ré up six to.10 inches. already figures on it_as_ her’ nephews.: : _ and .moisture.. Cattle and horses the tallest man ‘I had ever seen. I and this is:only the’ fifth: of .March: : converted: “as-a hoiné for. the. new grazed luxuriously © between. well- swallowed hard, took a. deep breath, ‘| *S owners. “And there was. an. old log | kept: fences. “The whole place had-an{and turned- off to’ meet” him. The! trouble, by my method.” “He. showed together. . The boys had made this! cabin, built somewheré in. the 1880's air of well-being: :. closer I: got the bigger. he looked. us young. vegetables and’ flowers. of| raft: when their ‘shouts had failed. to anes “Lovely. morning?" I _ventured. | every description: all well advanced. | attract .Mrs. Cox’s . attention. ‘The "Yes, it is good.” The se hollyhocks,: he ‘said,-had- bloomed | fire-had’ not been’ a ‘signal.’ It had MORE ABOUT LEISURE _Contnae Page One)’ ° _- The strange floating object turned]: I get: healthier growth ...with . léss | out.to be two short. beach logs. lashed n Neer” | spoke with. a slight accent. The scc-|in January. A’ wild-flowering -cur-| been used” to. roast “a ‘pheasant ‘which ond. man. continued on his way: rant bush, which he had. transplanted they had ‘shot. in‘ an ‘adjoining. field, “1 presented a-note. that-Mrs:-Cox | inte ‘his. sun:trapping . garden. chad They “had... passed: time pleasantly }- : ha dkindly penned. introducing “my become a young: giant. enough © eating the: pheasant. “Buty friends the «Marshes... As: the. tall’). We. saw. Mr. MacDougall again the that.” said Mrs. Cox, “did. not spoil man’ read it, I-had a chance to. study | day we: left. Mudge Island. for Salt, their appetites for a dessert of two Se te him. “He was fully six. foot. six inches Spring Island. via Nanaimo. He was bottles of peaches with appropriate ae Precious? TT tall, broad © ‘shouldered, -reéd.’ faced, high ‘cheek boned, | gaunt_and power- ful, without” an” ounce ‘of surplus flesh. . “What: would you like?” His voice now had:a-hint of ‘acceptance. ’ “Would you mind. if we took {look around De Courcy?”’ aboard: Harold Wardill’s” gas boat quantities of wcake.”. “Whynot:) which,... every. Friday; |2 Alexander MacDougall talked both| leaves the: Wardill home in‘Gabriola ot the ‘islands ‘and of. northern: Pros- Pass at the north end of Valdes pecting trips. : Island for Nanaimo.’ On the way, it picks” up-such few. passengers on. De '|Courcy and Mudge as wish to go a along. This ‘morning’ accompanying Mrs. Cox,. we:dumped our packsacks “No,” he said, “but I> think youjaboard. after she had-seen to the should ‘see Mn. MacDougall. He eggs and-apples she was. taking to knows: the Island much better.”. The| market. An attractive young woman tall’ ‘man waved his ‘big bony hand in: blue slacks, cast off. the’ “Why- towards a trail that led to:the shore. | not’s” ropes. Mrs. Cox. began’ intro- ‘We followed his directions to-} Mac- | ducing: her to _ Steph. “This: is Dougall’s ‘passing ‘the “remains” of aj Miss...0. 00" ; burned house by. the shore. There;| r “Mrs. Wardill,” "the young woman two ladies. Margaret Whyte and:Mrs, corrected. | Connelly, had. lived after the ‘Aqua- NEW BASIS: ‘[rians -departed.: Miss Whyte lost a: : valuable dibrary. in ‘the’ fire. | An unusual. gate -barred “entrance to. the’small MacDougall place. When a-.small . catch, was ‘released’ at the upper- left” hand--corner, ‘the «whole y;gate-swung: upwards automatically, It did - this..by-: entirely. changing’ its ‘|}shape. from a square to ‘a’ diamond elongated vertically. 2 “Where each ‘| paling in’ the’ Satg, crossed into’ two ! horizontal boards, slender bolts fastened. them loosely: so that “ they were free to: move. like scissors at a AN —S 3 When I: asked him why ‘so. “many jof the Gulf Islands had steep cliffs on ‘their southerly or southwesterly ‘shores, he said he thought that indi- cated faults inthe rock structure: About the circular depressions in the} grass we had -noticed at the easterly end of. Mudge Island he was open- minded. .They could be. old Indian fire. pits. where.clams ‘were baked under hot: rocks. before drying in the sun; or. they, could be “old deer pits for: trapping“ animals.” in.’ the: -early'}. days °. of ‘Indian: ‘hunting; or. they|- ——————— 1 "I © 006 You'll» welécme CALVERT HOUSE. ; first for its smoothness, light "body and. delightful bouquet’ an again because i its ou tstanding quality -brings you rare value..It’s the | best poy a in fine 2 Canadian Whisky: could’ be -“basements”: over ‘which ; temporary Indian huts -had been built “at certain” seasons,, “-Philosophically, “Mrs. Cox ‘com- pleted the introduction: on the: new basis. She ‘had expected: ‘this ‘roman- tic. development; she afterwards” ex- plained, but’ it ‘just. went ‘to.-show how you could never he. sure. on one island what: happens on the next. 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