Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SI-ILWYN HOUSE SCHOOL IVI.-XG.-XZINIQ he. A gun F No, they might trace the bullets. He thought of just the thing. :X dagger. He had a pair of them, both identical. He would have to dispose of it, however. He would throw it into the river. It'd be a shame to lose such a beauty, hut it couldn't be helped. :Xt exactly 2.00 he quietly opened his door, stood for a moment, listening for any sound, and then proceeded softly along the corridor to the staircase. He crept noiselessly down the steps, and when he had descended, he walked along the hall, and emerged a few seconds later in the vestibule. He opened the door without a sound, and found his way out into the warm sunshine. lr was lucky, he thought, that his wife was reading in the hack. He raced down his lawn and soon reached the river path. He followed it for per- haps Hve minutes and then came to the waterfall. He hid in the bushes and prepared for a long wait. IfGardner had expected to wait a long time he was mistaken, for in less than ten minutes the doctor came strolling along, whistling as he went. lYhen he was five feet past his hiding place, Gardner jumped on him, gave him two quick jabs in the back with his knife and then one vicious stab in the neck. No sound was uttered by Garret, and he fell in a motionless heap on the ground. Gardner picked him up and, summoning all his strength, he threw him over the bank and into the waterfall, flinging the dagger in after him. Now he must hurry back to the house without anyone seeing him. He scurried along the path and climbed the lawn. Then quietly he tried the front door. It squeaked loudly. He stopped. He tried again, and this time it opened without a sound. He ran up the stairs, entered his room and undressed quickly, slipping into bed. .-Xt precisely six minutes past four, the Gardner door bell could be heard ringing and, a few seconds later, a young man entered the house, having been let in by Mrs. Gardner on the request to see her husband. As she walked from the vestibule into the hall she stopped and, bending to pick up a tie-pin, exclaimed 4 I told Dan after lunch that he would lose his pin if he wasn't careful. Lucky I found it. The gentleman was shown into Gardner's room, and upon entering he swept the room with a quick glance that all professional detectives seem to possess. Suddenly his eye was attracted by the Hash of some object on Gardner's desk. His gaze rested for a moment on its smooth surface, and then rapidly shifted to the man himself, whom he immediately began to question. I have some had news for you, Mr. Gardner. Your friend, Dr. Garret, has been found dead two miles below your lace with three knife wounds in his back. When did , 3 you last see Garret F Dead I I saw him this morning at about ll.30. He had gone over to my neighbour's, up the river for lunch. You don't, I suppose, know any reason for this murder, or who committed the crime F Why, no, I didn't even know he was dead until you told me l As a matter of fact, 1 zo I

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FOR THE SCHOOL YF.-XR 1943-1944 THE CASE OF THE TYYIN D.-XGGERS AN GARDNER was pacing up and down the luxurious drawing room of his twenty-two room country mansion. He was mad, and as the smoke from his twenty cent cigar curled lazily up toward the ceiling, he was thinking of only one thingg Dr. Garret. Dr. Garret was a smart middle-aged man, who loved to show off, especially to the beautiful Mrs. Gardner, who thought him very attractive and clever. She did not, however, show any extraordinary fondness for him, although she considered him one of her good friends. Gardner did not like Garret, for the simple reason that he liked no man who was smarter than himself. He had been watching him now for two weeks, during his visit to his estate, and with each glimpse of him his hatred grew greater within him. He had finally determined to kill Garret, and he was now trying to figure out a way of exterminating him without being caught. Suddenly an idea came to him. The doctor had gone out for Sunday dinner to a neighbour's house farther up the river, and he would probably be returning about 2.30 p.m. that afternoon. He would be going by the river path, and just after entering Gardner's property, the river took a wide turn to the left and came to a small waterfall which was perhaps thirty feet high. The spot where the path overlooked the waterfall was a secluded place, hidden by a group of bushes and trees and far from earshot of any habitation. Gardner knew the place well, and he also knew that if he hid in the bushes he could easily stab or shoot Garret as he was going by. He could then throw him into the waterfall, thereby disposing of him. Garret's body might not be found for a couple of days, and by then it would have drifted miles down the river. But nobody must know that he had left the house. He must make sure that his wife saw him going upstairs to his room after dinner. .-Xt that moment his wife walked in, and told him that lunch was ready. Alright, dear, just wait till I wash. Hurry up, then, or your soup will get cold. During the course of the meal, Gardner kept up a flowing conversation, and allowed none of his intentions to escape. just as they were leaving the table, Gardner spoke to his wife : I think I'll have a sleep this afternoon, Joan, so please don't disturb me till about four. Of course I1Ot, dear. I'l1 be out at the back, reading, so just go right ahead. By the way, Dan, you'd better watch your tie-pin g it's loose. It would be a shame to lose it Oh, so it is. Yvell, so long. Have a good time. He walked upstairs slowly, and made sure that his wife saw him ascend. When he reached the door of his room, he opened it and entered his sanctum to await the hour when he should leave the house. Gardner glanced at his watch, and saw that it was 1.35. He would leave for the river at 2.00. A little early, he thought, but he had better allow time for getting down there. His next problem was what his instrument for the killing would ll9l

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FOR THF SCHOOL YEAR 1943-1944 I haven't left my room since lunch. Immediately after the meal I came right upstairs to my room. You ascended the stairs immediately after having left the dining-room F Yes. Thanks, NIV. Gardner, that's all I wanted to know. I think I'll take.a look over at your neighbour's place. If you'll be so kind as to show me over, I'll be awfully grateful to you. YYhy, certainly, we'll go by the river path, it's shorter. Mr. Gardner and the detective then left for the house farther up the river, taking the route that Gardner himself had raced along, not mziny hours before. XYhen they reached the waterfall, the detective paused to look at the beautiful falls. Suddenly his face went rigid and he showed all signs of being alert. :Xt the same moment Gardner went deadly pale, as his eyes met the same sight. There, not ten feet from the shore, in the shallow water was a dagger - a dagger similar to that which the detective had seen on Gardner's desk in his room. Quickly the detective reached for his coat pocket, and in less than six seconds, Gardner was staring into the muzzle ofa revolver, that spelled death if' he moved. I-Ie was caught and he knew it I YY. K. N., Form 6. INTO TI-IE B.-X'I liI,l4i - A CORVETTE STORY T is halt' past two in the afternoon on board a Canadian Corvette. In the ward-room, two young Sub-Lieutenants are reading magazines and listening to the radio. The ship is in harbour, and as they have just been ashore, they are wearing their best uni- forms. One of them looks up at the clock. I-I'm l fourteen thirty. The other looks up and nods, Is the Captain aboard F I-Ie ought to be, replies the first. We're sailing this afternoon. The Captain is aboard, of course. As a matter of fact, he is up in his cabin signing some papers which have to go ashore. YYith him is the coxswain. That's the lot, Sir , he says, as the Captain signs the last paper before him. He nods his head and lights his pipe. Good. By the way, we're going out at sixteen-thirty. 'I Yes, sir. The First Lieu- tenant told me. Any idea if we'll get some action for a change ? You never can tell. There are U-boats all around . Then abruptly. 'A That'll be all for now, Cox. Carry on The coxswain salutes and walks out. The Captain sighs as he glances at a picture of his wife and children. Oh well , he says, as he pulls his sea-boots on, here we go again . The ward-room is empty now, as the two Subbies l' have gone off to change into old clothes. The First Lieutenant has given the necessary orders for the men to be at their stations at the proper time. Then comes the shrill whistle of the bo'sun's pipe, and Hands fall in for leaving Ha-arbour , is shouted through the ship. llll