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told to me, 'so dammed far ahead of their competit- ors at the finish line that some crews quit the

race in shame'.

The victors returned home with great glory and a story of achievement to be told for lone years

afterward.

MURDER IN TOBD'S HOLLOW - The story and legend of the murdered pedler of Todd's Hollow, has been told many times yet, because it has become a part of the

folklore of early days in Sable, it must be told

once more a

In the early years of the 19th century, an Irish pediar by name of Downey was a well known and welcome visitor as he passed through the South Shore settle-

ments yearly with his heavy pack of merchandise for

eele.

Dressed in e brown corduroy suit, this friendly men 'beceme one of the few links with the outside world

for the early settlers of this area.

Lest seen alive when, after spending one November