_ Builders Supplies Bough and Dressed Lumber Lime Cement Bricks A complete stock of Builders _ Supplies - Quick delivery by rail or truck Smnither's Lumber Yards Smithers, B.C. ‘Orme’s, Ltd. (The Pioneer Druggist) The Mail Order Drug Store of Northern B. C. Drugs Stationery Fancy Goods Kodaks Pictures Developed and Printed Prince Rupert, B.C. B.C. UNDERTAKERS SMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY P.O. Box Séx A wire PRINCE RUPER™ B.C. will bring us ; & * oc NOTICE! An Examination for Forest Rangers will he held at Burns Lake, B .G., on April 2st, 1987, commencing at 9.80 2m. Applications will be received up to noon of April 15th by the Chief For- ester, Victoria, and up to neon of April 19th by the District Forester at Prince Rupert, from whom application forms |, ind other information, including place of examination, may be obtained. Fee $1.00. Candidates must be British subjects und not more than thirty-five years. of age. Candidates must also have been resident in British Columbia for at lenst one -year;. be of good character ani physical condition; have had ex- - erience in the woods and be famillar with the practical side of logging, tim- ‘ber. cruising,- Survefing,. forest protec- tion, ‘the “Forest Act” andthe! orgnni-|._ zation and the handling-of men. This Examination.is to establish an! eligible Hst for the ensuing year from which appointments will be made aS Hangers are required. Norman Baker, Civil Service Commissioner, 40-42 ae "GOVERNMENT. LIQUOR ACT | are Notice of ‘Application’ ‘for. ‘Consent to Co ee Rransfer. of. Beer License .. Notice is hereby: ‘piven ‘that, ‘on ‘the! Lith day. :of-April ‘next, the undersigned |: intends te. apply: to! ‘the: Liquor, Control Board for .. Consent, ‘to | Eransfer ; : of; Beer | ‘License, No. 3961, ‘and issued An. ; respect of. the: premises, being: “part “of a building: known. 25; Grandview Hotel,; situated on- Lots .43 and, 14, Block: 17/| . Map. $74B,, locality, South - Hazelton,» “B. C.,, upon, the lands. deseribed as: Lot: 2Np:, :18).dnd ‘14,: Block, NOE: Map. Nov" PT4SB,; Prince A A. ‘MeRae,,§ South. 7 yee Bri ‘Columbia ;., the’. Transfer Dated at Smithers, B.C. | Deteronz's: Sagging clita: Victoria, B.C. hey - NINTH: INSTALLMENT. Her gaze - vas, drawn agoli to the terrible ‘diame . before’ ‘her. ‘Uneon- svionsly slie. started forward. Whit- he} ‘ged her back . “Walt! ym rasped. “Whit!” a Benhatn's hands, locked’ about Deter | ;, oux’s wrists until the backs’ of ° “ther were bloodless and: :tiged like steel], seemed to “be* ‘dragging some ‘of. that awful pressitite from. his tortured eyes He seemed to be gathering himself for a super-human — effort. Abruptly one knee drove upward into Deteroux’s body. A gasp broke from the bigger man. Tle ‘cringed ‘slightly, am. Ben- ham tore himself, free.. (Benham's ‘éyes were swollen; almost’ shut,: “For: a split gather themselves. Then ' Deteroux charged again, snarling like a ‘wolf to the kill, With one’ Hthe, © twisting movement Benham bent sharply at the lwaist and hurled hitnself forward, his right arm shooting: out, a- hard driven muscle-driven piston, ‘Just below thg arch of Deteroux’ s lower ribs the blow lnnded, and. the “thock” of it was awe- some. A hoarse blubberi ng ery of: pain erupted from Deteroux, his - knees wobbled, and his head dropped for- ward. (He retched Siolently, and blood stained saliva _seeped through his lipa, “Fe’s got hitm—the boy’s got him how,” Wis Whitlow’s jubilent ery. Swiftly allve “to his advantage Ben- ham tore ‘at his opponent, a merciless, iinphicable: machine. Settling § ‘himeelt | ° he ripped, sledge - hammer: plows. into, <"Slowly,: pont!: derously, the big man seemed to crum- ple seemed te crumple. His eyes were rolling and glassy, his mouth open and his lips peeled back in a grimace of iow's hand. Isekea on her’ arm and drag second both- nieh seemed to panse and | ———— —— ines : My Ni i human resistance could’ no longeer ex- ist, and Deteroux- “should He supine at: his fect. But he too, could appreciate sheer ‘dogged. courage, even in a man like, Deteroux, who had not hesitated to’ ‘take: unfair - fidvantage, In‘ that re- ‘fusal to batter further a helpless man. John: Benham left behind him a white glow’ of, Sportsmanship which secmed. to dissipate the’ blcod: red heze of con- flict. '° Wilen saw Whitlow ‘ated forward wip Deteronx by: the urm and force him to the ground, - The milling crowd. of In- dians: closed about: them, and. Ellen found herself alone. seemed a tesistless’ ‘force, she moved in the direction John: Benham had gone. She' peered. into:, bepeeg. as she went, bat nowhere. did: ishe, -3ee him. ATneon. stleusly. she hurried: cher” “pace, ‘And then,: below the-enmp at, the. edze of tlie’ lake, she found him. He was crouched low, and- heside. ‘him was the same | dneient squaw, gently - sponging his battered face and body With the: ley lake water. ‘‘Timidly::"Euien ap-- proached - the: tiair, + The «old - Squaw looked at her in frank hostility;- ‘then + shé ‘turnéd again to her ministratious, Drawn by what |- jevied. “out: ‘when Benham was winning. Dut she. had. not meant it to save. De- teroux from punishment. It was just the. external woman in: her Volcing an overwhelming repugnanice tothe utter brutality of: it-all,. thought she had cried -out to ‘save De- teroux. . ~Agdin Benham looked vat her. st Was ‘there ennything else?” he asked curtly “Despite your scorn and pride you: have not: ‘liesltated to. accept, favors from a—a-half. breed. Remember that ail your. life. :will you? That even 2 half breed erin be generous.” — ~ “You—you don't know what you ar 7 saying,” Een sobbed, so ay ought to.” He laughed’ grimly “Em giving you back” your. .own words. 7? Fe Stood ereet.’ now, his Splendid chest and. slioulaérs. gleaming wetly. “Cone, mother," he“said* to” ‘the “ald squaw, And the two of them walked away. we oe When. Klleu Mackay. finally. went biek to the scene of the fieht, she was again weary and apathetic, » ‘Her. fuce was pale, and her eyes were lack-lustre amd subilued. She’ moved ‘slowly, crooning - with ‘pagar gentleness. Fin.) ally’ Benhain looked up. His eyes were. tetrily “blood-shot-and swollen, Ellen | gasped with: pity, and her hands flut: ‘ tered to: her throat. _dt was, Benham who: spoke, . “Yes?” he enquir ed, his voice: slight: ly thick. He- was still panting - ‘from | his: exer tious. | . ; words trembled on Hlen’s lips » “AEain & iow ‘she-< ci nid : lug ‘swayed her, yearning: to- croweh ‘at his side, to take his battered head, in her arms and sprend the healing balm of love on every bruise and cut. But. a shutting ddtiéclousnesis, yim oe : Like an, executioner before the block ‘Benham cut: Deteroux down. Bit by ‘bit-he : bent.him lower. until Deteroux's ‘body was bent’ in ‘a crouch’ and ‘his’ Mnerveless arms swung. helplessly at his sides. ‘magnificent; in: the manuer. that: -Deter- oux called Aipon: his: ‘great strength! ‘and |. vitality | to stave off. defeat, “Out ‘on his feet he: refused .to' fall, ‘his museles ‘ subconsciously ‘holding his body . from ‘latter eolapse.’ Abguptly, Benham gtop- 4 ped: his attack Hig Bloody, tight-locked: | fists? -fell:to this: ‘nideb.f “With: ‘a shrugs e Hl ging, gesture: he turned. way, and. with {outa look to’ left-or: wight: ‘pasted thro | the crowd: ‘and waa ‘gone:.-And : dn that moment, of magnanimity. John Benham a ‘Twas ‘alao. unconsciously -magnificent, Melt eo “one with! ‘hia : “By.aili: rules ‘of conflict’ he was entitl- tetamph: unit. There was something “almost |’ “there Was a certain. ‘hardness ‘in Ben: we hams expression which fended: her. off i Now he laughed, harshly, “You -may |: pata : & He's, have, iin,” he muttered, an to me, “th “dog” “r ‘don't know what you: mean.” ©: You: should," lve reply. ; my, Away, ‘You, erled. for, me. to; ;stop.*. did mid it’ gave. the uppershand: fora. times", “He potnt:: ed. to “his ‘dyed; He “dial. hi’ bestsita, blind me-—angd nearly, eucceeded:. But, E ‘Beat h him=with. these)”" nid Als two: (hard; fists.{‘It vw, long’ overdue, ‘but, “At.