Cape Breton's Magazine

month." I said, "What about the leg?" He said, "I never told them about the leg. And," he said, "there are cars now. And having driven buses and every? thing, I'll probably be stuck in a car more than any? thing else." So he went over to his job at the po? lice station and I walked right in to (be) dispatch? er of the bus station, down at the bus station. That was 1945. By this time the bus had expanded, and he had put buses on between North Sydney and Sydney Mines--local buses. And there were Hughie: Well, Allan, tell me this, did you get married? Allan: Yes, I got married. Hughie: Who to? Allan: Well, remember I was goin' with Mary Sarah when you knew me. Hughie: Yes. And didn't you marry Mary Sarah? Al? lan: Noooo, 1 went around with her for about 15 years, I guess it was. Hughie: Yes. Allan: And then one night 1 said to her, "Well, now, Mary, I think it's time you and I was gettin' married." Hughie: What'd she say? Allan: She said, "I don't believe anybody would have us now." Hughie: Somebody told me cousin Angus was in the hospital. Allan: Was he? Hughie: With the broken English, they tells me. Allan: And he tells so many lies. The last time he was in the hospital, he came out, he was telling everybody, "They took a hernia out of me about the length of my arm." Hughie: No! Allan: He said, "The blood pressure was so low it was right down to my knees." WK buses running to Baddeck and Margaree and Cheticamp, and up the other way to Hawkes? bury, and all that territory. And there were quite a number of drivers. Because there were dayshift drivers and nightshift drivers.... So I stayed there.... I was there till 1950, '51. I was dispatcher there at the terminal. And Ernie Smith who managed R. J. Logue's-- he was originally from Antigonish. He used to come up every, oh, every 3 or 4 weeks with a parcel. His daughter was going to St. F. X. in Antigonish. And he used to send her a parcel of goodies, I guess. And he'd come in the baggage room. And I had a desk in there, and I used to have to keep a 270 GEORGE ST. SYDNEY, N. S. B1P1J6 BRETON BEAUTY COLLEGE Locally owned & operated • Qualified MHI instructors Limited student enrollment • 8-month course Student aid available • Licensed by Province of N. 8. U.I.C. sponsored program available Modem training facilities 3 enrollments a year January, June, & September APPLY EARLY FOR OUR NEXT COURSE 562-1208 (FAX 562-4104) FULL HAIR CARE SERVICE Instructors: MARGARET McVICAR/QERRY CONDON ''A c''' Uoyd MacDonald ' NISSAN Our 33 rd Year 124 KINGS ROAD SYDNEY RIVER Toll Free 1-800-565-9427 20 CAR SHOWROOM 1993 Pathfinder 4x4 NOW IN STOCK • Also Available in 4-Door •