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FOUR
THE
DAILY
NEWS
Prince
Rupert,
B.C
Wednesday,
July
18,
1945
An
Encounter
With
Uninvited
Visitors
at
Lakelse
Lake;
Gun
Toting
Woman
Foils
"Guests"
Hilda
Chichester
Skinner,
a
well
known
pioneer
woman,
who
packs
a
pistol
and
some
courage
too,
tells
of
an
experience
at
Mall
Box
Point,
her
Lakelse
Lake
retreat).
In
the
evening
of
Saturday,
July
7,
I
went
down
to
my
cabin
around
Mail
Box
Point.
It
was
very
late
10
p.m.
I
had
been
delayed
by
finding
the
skids
on
which
I
launch
my
boat,
weighed
down
and
broken
by
cedar
poles.
Mr.
Osterland,
the
owner
of
these,
gallantly
removed
them
and
mended
the
skids,
giving
me
a
weather
report
for
the
.
part
month.
x
My
boat
was
travelling
lil:e
.
a
:scared
pup
that
had
been
'
"kicked.
As
I
rounded,
the
corner
of
my
fifteen
acres
of
lakeshore
("no
trespassing,
please")
to
my
horror
I
saw
a
large
grey
skiff
moored
at
my
wharf.
"Hal"
I
thought,
"Someone
is
snooping
around,
will
soon
approach,
and
we
will
bandy
words."
I
was
"going
to
cast
this
"indolent
bateau"
adrift
when
it
occur-ed
to
me,
the
trespassers
would
have
to
remain.
So
I
struggled
about
tieing
my
boat
on
the
outside
of
theirs.
Still
no
one
approached.
I
was
growing
most
uneasy.
Then
I
glanced
at
my
cabin
and
saw,
,o
my
amazement,
Indignation
arid
fear,
that
Jt
was
simply
milling
with
people.
"'.".No
one
came
out.
I
was
getting
more
and
more
alarmed
so
'
I
dug
down
in
my
sleeping
bag
and
procured
my
automatic
pistol
which
I
carry
for
Just
such
'a
crisis.
Going
toward
the
cabin,
I
was
Indeed
amazed
to
find
an
obese
man,
with
a
sort
of
mottled
countenance,
hopping
about
In
my
woodshel
putting
on
his
damp
boots.
Produces
Her
Pistol
I
hastily
produced
my
pistol
from
my
pocket,
ostentatiously
pumped
a
shell
in
the
chamber.
Something
about
him
made
me
instantly
enraged
It
may
have
been
his
red
shirt.
Advancing
rapidly
to
the
open
door
with
the
apparent
intention
of
coming
out
was
a
dark
.
saturnine
Individual
(sort
of
town
parlor
shiek)
not
too
handsomely
decorated
by
an
out-,
size
bowie
knife
on
his
slight
hip
and
a
very
Irritating
grin.
;
Pot-bellied
man
kept
splut-.
tering:
"Now
Just
a
minute
sonny,
I
got
my
feet
wet,
see."
Now
I
do
dislike
being
called
-''sonny"
for
one
thing
It
implies
a
degree
of
youth
I
no
longer
possess
and,
furthermore,
I
belong
to
the
sex
sometimes
described
as
"fair"
though
I
am
sort
of
brown
and
very
small.
At
one
period
of
my
life
I'd
read
d
Wild
West
story,
and
I
said,
In
as
loud
a
voice
as
I
could
,
muster:
"Back
in
the
cabin
'you
before
I
fill
you
plumb
full
of
holes!"
I
shall
always
regret
I
didn't
say
'pronto!'
I
waved
my
pistol
a
bit
but
kept
the
safety
on
because
my
trigger
finger
was
shaking
almost
as
much
as
my
knees.
The
porcine
man
bounded
up
my
steps
his
bootlaces
waving,
as
speedily
and
agilely
as
a
goat
bitten
by
a
bulldog.
Inside
we
had
a
woman
who
said
she
was
the
wife
of
"Leaping
Leo
the
Lionhearted"
and
in
a
hostile
tone
"I
can
prove
It."
How
gratified
I
was
to
learn
she
was
not.living
a
life
of
slnl
(The
last
miscreants
we,
my
husband
and
I
sort
of
hijacked
on
the
"high
seas"
so
to
speak,
were
two
soldiers
complete
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with
what
we
credulously
believed
to
be
their
wives.
They
were
fishing
gaily
from
our
stolen
rowboat).
The
wife
of
large
"Leo,"
had
one
of
those
exterior
face-decorating
Jobs,
that
looked
as
If
she
had
come
in
rough
contact
with
teacher's
blackboard
brushes
when
she
had
been
using
red
chalk.
She
also
possessed
the
kind
of
hair-dress
I
call
an
"Impermanent
wave."
I
concluded
she
was
the
most
dangerous-looking
person
in
the
party,
and
retreated
to
the
fall
corner
where
I
had
.the
wall
to
my
back
and
pistol
near
by.
The
other
occupant
was
a
woman
under
a
felt
chapeau
(which
I
liked
very
much
as
it
was
correct
for
the
"great
outdoors")
and
a
somewhat
nervous
smile.
These
gals
had
never
heard
the
rule
"Age
before
beauty."
They
didn't
even
offer
me
a
,chalr!
Just
sat
sort
of
frozen
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establishment.
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made
Instantly
for
their
names
and
addresses
which
they
were
very,
very
reluctant
to
give
me.
So
I
had
to
waggle
my
trusty
sldearm
again.
"Patty"
had
a
great
respect
for
my
pistol,
and
signed
for
them
all
(in
a
very
wlggly'
handwriting).
The
others
Just
would
not
play.
They
would'nt
tell
me
where
they
lived
Just
Prince
Rupert.
Perhaps
they
belong
to
the
great
army
of
displaced
persons
we
read
of.
Right
Names
Or
Else
I
said
they
had
better
be
their
right
names
or
I'd
follow
them
across
the
lake
and
find
out.
Here
"Large
Leo"
said
eagerly
"We
will
pay
you
to
tow
us
over."
Now
I
really
did
blow
a
gasket
at
that,
my
reply
would
not
be
printed.
There
may
have
been
the
odd
damn.
"Bowie
Knife
Bandit"
now
had
a
brain-wave
and
said
in
surprisingly
good
English:
"I
suppose
you
would
like
those
names
verified."
Happy
touch
that
it
saved
me
from
a
long
trip
for
our
police
corporal.
I
was
really
getting
fatigued.
Violent
emotion
does
that
to
me,
and
I
had
"emoted"
in
plenty.
"Leaping
Leo"
confided
to
me
in
an
aside,
that
he
had
only
got
his
clothes
on
a
moment
before
I
arrived.
Tutt!
Tuttl
I
answered
I
was
thankful
for
that
"Leo"
as
a
Doukhobor.
God
forbid-
Perhaps
though
he
had
been
wearing
those
mouldy
looking
blankets
on
my
lower
bunk
as
a
sort
of
Roman
toga.
.Now
I
asked
(with
adjectives)
why
they
were
my
uninvited
guests?
"Handsome
Chapeau"
said
the
wind
had
blown
them
there
(why
didn't
they
blow
them
out
again?).
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also
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pjw,
I
were
very
lucky
to
have
reached
this
spot
in
safety.
U
didn't
agree).
Now
poor
old
"Leo,"
so
allergic
to
water,
after
spluttering
so
much,
made
himself
heard.
He
had
fallen
in
the
lake.
I
said
"Why
didn't
you
stay
there
but
not
in
my
bay?"
Personally
I'm
sure
.he
sfid
off
my
wharf.
It's
slippery
when
wet,
and
he
was
ijot
all
wet,
just
what
my
aged
parent
delicately
refers
to
as
his
"limbs."
In
reply
yes,
they
could
read,
had
read
"no
trespassing"
signs
and
$50.00
reward
notice
posted
by
my
husband
last
time
we
had
burglers.
Now
my
quartette
broke
out
in
a
sort
of
"Anvil
Chorus"
"You
have
forgotten
one
thing!"
"Gosh,"
I
thought,
"my
toothbrush."
so
I
asked
what.
I
now
though
it
might
be
"Pistol
Packing
Mama,
lay
that
pistol
down,"
but
no,
louder
than
ever,
"The
Law
of
the
North"!
They
think
we
don't
have
any
up
here
about
one
hundred
miles
from
Prince
Rupert.
I
pointed
out
that
"Breaking
and
Entering"
is
really
quite,
quite
serious.
They
must
be
confusing
things
with
the
often
Here
a
plaintive
voice
said,
'Honey,
can't
we
go
home
now?"
Honey
was
"Large
Leo,"
not
me.
Now,
folks,
I'd
Just
like
to
say
this
gal
In
the
chapeau
was
really
quite
nice.
She
thanked
me
for
the
hospitality
and
regretted
my
outraged
feelings.
I
invited
"Bowie
Knife"
to
tote
my
heavy
luggage
for
me.
He
did.
And
she
thought
up
some
other
nice
little
touches
for
him.
Also
at
my
Invitation
he
show-prt
mp
hnw
he'd
-"cracked
the
crib"
with
pardonable
pride.
He
really
was
good,
could
even
open
the
door.
The
Armed
Forces
had
to
jump
In
and
out
a
window.
I
invited
them
to
come
back
next
day
and
cut
wood
to
replace
the
lar.se
quantity
burned.
"Large
Leo"
in
his
lordly
way
said
they
would
send
some
over,
but
none
arrived
not
even
driftwood
and
I
haven't
seen
hide
nor
hair
of
them
since.
BUSY
WARTIME
PORTS
BRISTOL,
Eng.,
KB
Bristol
ports
handled
130,000,000
tons
of
commodities
ranging
from
guns
to
butter
in
the
last
five
and
a
half
years
according
to
Hugh
Roberts,
regional
port
director
for
the
southwestern
area.
COAL
NOW
,
CAUSE
OF
DEPRESSjJ
Lack
of
sulpnur
m
th.
A
will
sometimes
cause
a
dp
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PIIONBS
I
gfifiEv
ALLERT
I
McCAFFERll
FACTORY-SPECIFIED
LUBRICATION
MEAN'S
I
abused
"Rules
6l
the
Trail"
where
you
may
use
an
unlocked
cabin,
but
must
replace
wood
and
leave
kindling
(some
might
have
wet
feet).
Furthermore
this
had
been
the
hottest
day
in
July
so
far
and
if
"Leo's"
feet
were
really
cold
they
cculd
have
lit
a
campflre
not
on
my
beach).
Were
Tidy
P.urglers
Now
I
must
say
they
were
more
tidy
than
some
burglers
I
have
known.
No
doubt
they
brushed
up
a
bit
while
I
struggled
with
the
boat3.
'
Except
for
my
pillows
on
the
floor,
and
my
frying
pan,
looking
ashamed
of
Itself
on
a
table,
lets
of
cigarette
smoke
in
the
overheated
atmosphere,
things
were
serene?
Nothing
had
been
stolen
either,
but
then
there
was
I
with
my
light
artillery.
I
escorted
them
down
to
the
wharf
and
heard
a
faint
feminine
voice
say,
"Would
the
lady
(they
had
learned
to
call
me
this)
like
some
fish?"
I
replied.
"No,,
thank
you,
they
would
choke
me."
I
looked
and
saw
this
wts
only
too
true,
for
the
most
part
they
were
large
ugly
squawflsh
or
suckers.
The
GENERAL
MOTORS
DEALER
in
your
neighbourhood
knows
the
correct
lubrication
for
all
makes
of
cars
and
trucks.
He
knows
that
some
vehicles
require
up
to
twelve
different
kinds
of
lubricant
with
as
many
as
thirty-five
points
to
lubricate.
Take
no
chancesthe
wise
precaution
is
to
go
to
your
General
Motors
Dealer
regularly
for
expert
Lubrication
Service
SYMBOLS
OF
HAPPINESS
The
Hindus
plant
sweet
basil
outside
their
temples
and
homes
to
Insure
happlnness.
We
can
say
this
in
three
words
.
.
.
BUY
LONG
MOTORS