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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-12-29, Page 7. .. $1,...-- ? _ , . .... . . .•_. . - • . , . . .. . . . . . . . ..., _ --- • . ., - ... . . Doember 19tho 1910 . , Mateo Nowoultosorol . . . „, ....... .._....._ .... _.•• - - ,_ . , . ... .‘ . , ' _ . ... . . i . . . . . . .. .. „. . . . 0, p, 144TASIGAIIT L. 101104141444041044***04414.041. , • 1, CLINTON . . , . . - ..... - ...Iirs roe'Yea. i*ikud, 'ad I will-help' Audione: • ;,, yoeuhr gaervthee hini• Ir. ., ... I*•WOMB 110-11111'MOW. *Yon'WO"iiii s It4er laniol,700 able to Merry DOI*tor the limpid rue l'ut.a* I" 61" D4erti* . • , Ile Pt 1111417.400ART 'CLINTON I : TI-it Secret • "w" - r44)°14rt4hattilide, wr"dit•ix.e.-deli- '' thop74411resCeutimentdwit 1""Altirlittet tell*to the i,speelatfmeelayisiit:fhteinee,i!ot"t"Esa Itur" ehei"Inealtd Withoallitoasrt"la iefab.4kt"111.Th" , • 'eleue gesture.ot confidence. It ley in obvious cooclusion. Sir FellX,to pre- "It was worth it." Counteas NM* With this etraitgs essurattes Der* his, wenn 04 soft. He gripped it vent the Signet front tailing Into the ick bad to be perforce content There "jested. 410 bia °pegs*" Vf" ""' ••••••••-, BUSINESS ' i tight. Attila Ai I wad it was a good thing ' hands ot °rang"; bid swinc'w" it was somethiug final, and at the mune "---: ' ssd, . :, ', "You will Nave me perhaps," she It is a fallteitic and horrible idea, thus eehuy ithoteeme, ih the one. I •didn t send hint the letaled lattar - said, AS they moved'off; "and-per. but not an =Common one amengit - , h hid - ta . ow_, *It alight. If hes IMA1 acit Oa*OS that .. , le ten OP OW 4 a n1.0Mett .ti — - jewel experts. Abner would stick et ing that ehe mod be 17,itne" won seas, 1 verily believe he weela hare . McIaggart '....13rosi .,1 COL LE6L - . . . .... . ,, . .1. OF THE I •haps I,wili nye you , aetaing; be determined to steal the she eboss, killed bimself. He. would have molt- •,--,-- . Is a ha in Canada-o tgreateet . . ' corpse, • perhapi, to X-ray it, perhaps nixed ray handwriting on the envelope; , . . 144,,--•DANKEM4-*ztP•"!" • chain ot High-Grade •Vollegeo - • CHAPTER Ell, • • ' bunded during the pe.Ot Meenty . ., . - . . ountess i . • The Diamond deal te. cremate it-either practicable. And now the corm, hal folded It,and placed it in an envelope, of the sod, end known that alt nie been 'Wen . But Welts. I ton much ambitiOne were wrecked." paper from her esCritoire, realized, that 1 had gained poeseseton.. z years. Theit chain IS the •,.. :. : This letter she Pealed with.wax. which Plan would ne shteethoetrose to,go, elle took a blank That Southward JourneY,down trout in error Ainaer's agents will fail again I., , El 1;14'91 mbuerdecr°,ntrool"satoke. tr11.19 Der°04417.514 , ........... .• . largest train°.rs or young aprptle • S.4 carefully IMPreeeed with the Man--' . . • the. Highland',to London, would long to find the Menaseeh Signet." Ranh Signet. Then she.addreoeed a . in and awl it is freely- tu t- . t ted that its graduates get the . By WARD MUIR remain In Derrick's memory. only' She looked at him narrowly. to be near Delia wail new heave* to • "They will," agreed- Derrick quiet-, -he could see the addreso, for it was,• "No," .. met_ beet•positions. Thereis areason; , . . . ,, ., . , .„ .._ _ __ , him, ' 1110 love for her welled up like ' ly. •°The murdered man did apparent- &reit In d-to Ad If Abner, t hi t The Countess *poke with a peculiar , oa I A• treshaM Street. . A GENER144 11310;KiNg' 10'''''''' write for it. A diploma, from • --• , • --- - - -• intonation. She glanced at the figure • • fli'dn. a 'inirg7 ladT "Oh''ire iiiette4 .a tren1)11010, OPring of'haPninese, es ' • the Oommercial Educators' As- - . ly intend to 4181)080 Of the Signet in "lPoet this for me, will you?" she ' ' ' ' he watched her sitting opposite him.• the way you mention. He failed in ot Delia reclining on tile 004. SESS TRANSACTED. NOTES . , ,e0dation of Canada is a passport Wicked!'" said carelessly. then hesitated and: "Yet.he, or one of hio agent's no. . ' . ' to suceess. Derrick was moved. in the train-,-so beautiful,and so WOO .the VerY act ot placing It between his e w ii "No;,' on second thought 1 doubtedly 'killed Sir Felix," said Der- • gtiED • DIROODUTED, DROTS IS- ' - y d ,t1 t h "'Delia,tell me; who digt thie thine"' • and areeee, She leolted Med-tired! lips. I found it there. Here it is." - He drew a -small, ehining .01/Jeet /lot be UM hasty" She replaced the .411 Deceit.,it until to-morrow. We must name ipstioo,.. , The awful exPerience through. which , 04 may Btu ypta Uyal home , He used her Chrlitian "No." She repeated the negative. "•\'. ' end"WW1 at the liege. ' she had gone bad left her crushed and from his poeket and placed it on ' • * .. • • / "And," oho added, "neither Abner nor tively; 040 'Was no moment.for stilted; • • . - ' . • • letter In her desk. Good night! ' , . • "May I call to-morrow?"•he asked. • INTELEST A,LLOW.ED, ON• VC- '• • ,.. .. . . . . . ' formalitiee. "Yess knew who it Was?". 'weak,. Yet in his Presence elle Wel Countees leein's dealt. his agents know who killed Sir Feltx," . . easked. • . . - w . ' - '" ' ' ' • - - : h . "You kuow ho killed calmer, Once or twice,when he spoke "Ah, I thc•ught tert!" said elle., She • to her, She emiled across at binl-a • picked it,u looked at it for a apace, ,. a .P, . • Delia g,fatigued. I haVe given her a "Wait till the day after," she smiled. "Who on earth did kill him, then?'" e cried Derrick. room. SALE NOTES VITROH- Enter Any Day., - •merit?" . taint mile, which brought a lUrOP tO .then sighed. "What a pity you could- "I know! I luiowl But I dare not his throat. Silently'be vowed that he n't truet me with it before." cl. before him, her eyes 'Wide, Delia had risen frota her sofa. and Fall Term opened.August 29th , , breathe his name! I feel that he might eleeping draught. We tuttst keep her • . tellet.it she is to recover her health." re:'w 10° . • overhear me even in this wild and would, tf it were necessary, lay dottn • "I'm Sorry,"said Petrick, He Mph. her face the color of ashes. .. . lonely wilde;neeo. He hearo evert hie life'for her. Nothing else,matter- ed. ed 1.1IM but her tialety. Nothing Mat- "Never mind I don't blame you," Derrick left the houoe and returned to Byng's Hotel la JerraYlt Street, , . • I killed Sir Felix:"obe mid tense- 1111 , . thing;fiyouhsitiedaivnineAabLIIr7srraeattad."x,errici; tered-not even the solutien, et the she reassured him with a emit°. zee where' his rown had bretained d Ir. been ur- .•• .0-.••••-H. T, _RANCE. •••••--'." . • CLINTON. Olroyd Square riddle. He loved saw, of .caaree, that this bauble was „.._..„ . . . • Mg hie absence in, Scotland. BeHwas • --- . • •• • ; . .. steadily, almost peremptorily, tired, . 1) U. y. Tenex , 'and e sle t sou di h 't CIIA . . PTWI. XV • • , "He Must have helped them to. es. Delia- probably the crux of the mystery, and • ..., . • - NOTARY PUBLI0o. COVEY.- * Business College And taw was another's wife! morning he. laY late It was nearly g -- . • . . Pape purpoaely," she ran on. "It was that, being so, it was of considerable What at 0 Iroyd.Stowe noon when he awoke. . Happened - • - • ANCER, FINA.NOIAL, REAL' : like him, to think. of that. He knew Again and again he came back to value, and not to be lightly entruisted . . . enteredewatsbeaawpakaretinneentbWYitlbilnulutanknwochki! that tall,dark figure,with its Nan taCe ' I. ESTATE AND FIRE IIISTIE- t GRO,sroTTON,.PRIN. . . that they had Been the eoffin-empty the realization et that, with a pang of to a stranger, And of gouree I could- . agony. He could have groaned aloud n't know,for certain that you had et Derrick Paled, Ne gaged at Delia, ..........,„ -a secret which he could not afford OWE AGENT. DrOrROSEN- 4.0•10•1044.11"114"- . the world to hear. He did not know at the thought,which shot like a bitter , _ , g • leg. It was Inopeetor Yemen; of the and wide eyes. it, though when•they tried to poisun. . . • •,4 . TING IA FIRE INSURANCE , •,.... . . , that I lay near, and had.Igoe* those poison through his unreasoning and you, I suspected that Abner thought ..sor- "Criminal Investigation Department. "Your he sad hoareely, • , "Sorry to diaturb you, Mr, Dal- DcQa turned to Couetess Klein. • • COMPANIES, , . '• two enter the cottage; had seen him D. N. WATSON sneak in after them, and had heard temporary joy. Ile was helpless in you bad, got it." . the .face of this awful.fact-she wee "Why is thia Signet so Import:tar'• raven,' said the detective, "It ia My "Tell him! she whispered. Then , , painful duty to arrest you on •the hastened unateadily .from the room, , DIVISION Comm oFFIOVt - CLINTON, - - ONT. the shote. But even if be bad known, ' another man's bride! Yet what a tar• 'Its intrinsic value is.considerable. charge,of murdering two journalists. 'Tlig dOor closed'behind her.- . '. . he would not have been afrald, For: deal marriage-what a mockery-it• but, apart from that it has a semi- . , t CLINTON. • - LICENSED AUCTIONEER George Hannen and Herbert, J.'Sires, "the has confessed all to me," said . ., . he )188 eealed my lips." must have been! superstitious value. Educated Jews- in'a cottage neer yoer castle in Argyll. the Countess.. "We can now plece-to- • for the County of ' Huron, Cones- "Yet you have told me,"Derrick ine He Iglurtee out, at last, the question : those of our party, what you might shire at an early hour yesterday morn- &ether the whole puzzle. I have also ste-,---...-.---- --,........ . • pondence promptly answered. Charg- terrapted, purposely speaking with, tvhich had become a torture: call the white Jews-would' not pay .1 Barny Lazaree. He ng, Please get up and dress and come. a confession from . , 1, ga, BRYDONE, es moderate and satisfaction Plana- ' some sternness for he • . could see that "Did You marry Abner against In 'tuneducated ' 'VW uch heed to t, but the with me." fled the night before the inquest, The • teed. Iiemediate•arrangements . ter she was utterly unstrung, D 11 '9" will, e A, ones, over whom Abner&Ids sway- "Absurd!" eIclainied Derrick. police never really Interviewed Barny .. . She lift d e e swimming eyes to his, '"Against my Willi" She 'almolit what you might call the Black Jews- •• "Maybe so," r torted Varwell dryly, at all-they only got-his information -•,,,,.. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR sale dates may. be made by. call g in l'Yes; I have told you! ,I don't care laughed, in 'her wretchedness, at so ' reverence it fanatically. Sealing 1110 • at Tim New.s-Record Office or -On. "Wit I haVe to take you intO custody." through Abner,who said he.had cross- .., . now. I can trust you. And I'm wretch. mild a definitien.of her horror. "How 'manifestoes with. wax inipresaed with .- : s"I'll come, of course-" . questioned him, and who professed to t • Frank Watson at Blawan"s groe. ed, and do not Mind what happens to ' could I have•desired. such a,. union'? this Signet, Abner's power would be .,- NOTARY. PUBLIC. ETC. : "That's right. I knew you'd look at be, se astonished as tgalrone at his 4. ery. . .•17 me, But at least I can warn sou. A . n I dared not disobey, when he emu. doubled, nay, increased a thousand.' -.the thing Sensibly." • • The. detective flight.. I had the foreign porta watch- • ' , *ON power pursues me, and I am too weak mended me. I was as weak aswater. fold: his power for evil. The Syriae • sat down• and waited for Derrick to ed,and one of my agents caught Barfly . ..OFFICE-Sloane Aleok--CI TITT - 4 ____:_-____-_—.-...--•--.---- to defy it. The•same power pursuee Re had broken illy spirit, had hyping- and Armenian Jews 111. particular, and . . . attire himself. "As YOU. aren't going at Antwerp,and extorted a confession .. You. It murders and ateals-you will tized me as a snake hypnotizes a those hybrid Jews who are semi- -------7- %MIAS sttowN, LiosNsno AUC-• 1, bird, ' I hated him! Besides, I 'was tp make'a tuss Pli waive the 'usual from him, which-with Delia's addl., . Greek-the vile money-lenders of the . be ite next victim"• . formalities" ' tion-makel the whole thing clear. . . , CHARLES B. HALE ... tioneer for the counties of Huron. She was sobbing, and her abandon- . . too weary to care what became et East, from India to. Ba la d w Id g-a-7,-.°11,-- . "Who told you' of the murders?" Sit•down, and I will tell you every - and Pertb. Correspondence prompt- ment of grief tore.at Derrick's heart- me," • obey every wOrd countersigned by the . • queried Derrick, as he made a. hasty things--I will tell you what the police . . ,• REAL ESTATE I- t I iy answered.' Immediate arrange" e r ngs. . She lay back on the padded cushion manasseh Beal. Men of the Barny •toilet, _, i ' theheselves will never know." ..'. • "Sir Felix Dalraven's death.was due of the seat and olosed her eyes. Her meats can be made for sale 'dates at Lazarus'typo would grovel before it' Varwell had.no objections...to a chat. • Derrick sank into a chair and pre- . and to that power," she continued cenvul- long eyelashes brushed her .cheek; i "But surely a duplicate. could be . • ,.. •The News-Record, Clinton, or Ity 1 1 " 1 " the • as dark as night against its * He knew his man-knew that, if a..Pared .to-listen:-• Countess Klein at .. a ve y- a.theugh--, lithe hesitated. Y were da . korgee.?" .. calling phone 97, Segotth. Charges criminal, he was no.ordinary one. once began methodically to tell her , .. INSURAN'CE • then resumed: "I did t I .. no care, alabaster surface, This was all the "Look at it." She, handed tii back ,,it .. moderate and satisfaction guaran- could not care. I.toothed him. He eonversation that .passed between to him. " id the detective, "th ' long story' seems, sa e - at • . .•• ' Mr. Abner, who was with you in the ''Sir Felix,".she said,."Was latterly'- - . %TICE - - - HURON ST, teed. ' • . was a.cruel man,. But you are differ, hbut-the Ion -drawn hours . • them throug , g The Manasseh Signet was• a.thin, . • ent. I saw that es soon as we met. ,of that journey. • eirCular sup of some transparent • North, discovered the corpses:. He a monomaniac, pr • actically a:prisoner , . -• , .---- --... ---...----......... They found Countess Ktein-as says you had threatened these two in his-own house, under the guardian- • • . • .. • Your face is like his,it is as.stroeg as stone, about the size of'a half-crown, ship of Barny and'Abner-but •a pri- , men because they held'a-secret which • ,. • usual-in her librar • which was also , his, but it has .not his cruelty, his • • • y, revolving in an deter ring of the same - DR. W. GUNN OVENS DR. • ,. M.D., I.R. C. P., pitilessness. You found my bangle' her business apartment, furnished material; and both the inner Mee and . ehise, in-short,, Barny and Abner of- you didn't want published...You anew- soner with no desire to escape: a re- . • ed there.. to escape from the castle, • • Etc.., Specialist in Diseases of the beside the coffin. I wanted you•to find !with desk and telephone. - the .outer ring were engraved with ten changed place's, when it was need- •• . .. - A.... L.R. C. P., L. R.C.S. from he desk as the en- , followed them, and,then shot them. ' Eye, Ear, ;Noire and Throat, it. I slipped it oft and left it lying title rose r y curious, deep-cut devices. • . tered. On seeing Delia she gave a cry will be at Holmes' 'Drug Store, there,-under the wreath, on purpose, . . 'Xis diamond" said Countess Klein Kr. Abner, suspecting something, had,: ful for the `caretaker' to aispiay more .._ Edinburg of Soy, almost motherly in its wee ' ' however,.followed, too, and was more acuteness and cunning than Barny . . Clinton, on Tuesday, March- lst,- 'They-had made me hide.hi the van, . "and you can't every day run across • 'possessed. -Abner, like so many Jews,. . • • . hastened for v rd nd folded • or.less a witness ot the deed." . .. Office-Ontario street, Clinton.Ni 29th, ril 26th May 24 h lost • 29 , •Ap , . y t , June $to unlock the door:Mr them on ths •conge,. N a , a a diamond big enough tn,cut out a . the prl to her bosom. "The.villain!" Derrick began.• • •was a magnificent actor, he• could . inelae, so that they could steal -the . circle that size and you'd want a bigger. "You - `make lip'.like Barfly, shed imitate hie - ... , 21st, •If you require G:asses don't • • "Dear child!" she exclairaed. I Know you've already: e '1 t slip . • calls at trent doer of office or at . corpse at,Carlisle-' - "- diamond still for the outer ring. Nor • speech It was Abner who took Bar-. - fail •to see Dr. Ovens. have been longing.to.see you!". ' ' that.you, were aware of the murders., , • . 1'residence en Rattembury street. .• •,. "But why-why? Why should they • could the.inscription be easily imi. Yet you hadn't informed the police," ny's place, and•recerved.you On that . 'want . • • - • ) to steat.the.eorpse?' . "You expected to see us?! asked tated;' these are Hebrew.hieroglyphics • famous night, but failed•to recognise ..- .. • . .. Derrick. put in Varwell suavely. .• 1 ...........m.......... • • .. 1 "How can I. tell?" .She gave a • from the time of Solomon. Moreover, • you because of your beard." . "Abner was•the murderer himself. . "Their plots are fright- • "I expected Delia.' anyhow." $he 'the inner.dial'has to be. placeeNin • "I had already suspected'something . • . I have a•witness who can prove that," . ' .-DR. J. W. SHAW-.-, ees. d , • Weary gesture. . . . The McKillop mutual File i fu and wicked, I knew that you ought ' ' threw him a sinilt, then f to meticulously •eitaCt relationshin to the of the sort,' Derrick interrupted. • "1• ' . • . . • . . said.Derrick. •. - . to'know, and that you would never be fondling the i girl regain. Delia, thor outer ring berme use-and that rela- . .0 .. had noticed the peculiar mark on . . , . Who Is the witness?" • • •-OFFICE- . insulance Cowan . neve. Such • a thing unless it were you.the Inig night last, elda, e tionship.varies according to the date . • 4, Sam's'neck, and.sit* it also on Ab-,, instant• hear. that Abner had.mar- A lady•-•Miss Delia.Frankfort." ' • • . _opened. So..1 slipped WO the train -according to the luiaar month.. The 4! ner's." , • . , • -Farm and Isolated Town,property- 'Again at,.Carlisle, secretly,' and when .F ied you. Ugh!' it was horrifying, hierOglyph, that is to•say, has to cor..' Pardon me," remarked the detec- • • "Barnyas commissioned to pick ' • • tive- "you must Mali Mrs. Abner!" w • . • , . RATTENBURY ST. EAST. • .,--Only Insured- . . we got here-I walked all the way from , th 'h I bad,begunen i kli oug things •. get an n na, reopen&very preeisely with•the date Be 'i 1 d . up some:loafer from the street'that . . r nne . "Hertestimony may • "II - : -OFFICERS- • the station to the castle to tell you' of how. stood, and had foreseen • of the document it Seals, andanypro- night, invitehim in,and thus place on. .-CLIN'TON,- in front•ot. what I -dared not tell you it. I was determined to interfere-to carry less weight than.you 8Uppose."- perly educated Eastern pundit could • • him the suspicion' 'of the murder. • J. B. McLean., President,'Seaforth P. . . • • • Thus, half an hour after waking. • , ., Mr. 'Abner.". • .. • rescue 5,011. When 1 learned that yau - - • ..detect the fraud if it were. ignorantly When B8.111 h lad to Y saw you e was g . Derrick found hit-neon-in a prison cell • ...----...—.. 0.'; M. HoEwen, Vice-President She. wing-,growing •mare •collected, had disappeared.. It seemed probable •used. mathematically, therefore, the ._ • find so ouitaige a victim-a former .. . . .. . • Brueelield P. 0, ; T. E. Hays, Sec.- She i3tfil iobbed spasmodically. ..but that you had fled front him, but I had -, chances are millions.to one against.a• 11 • blank ' a dreary ee , from whose sea-mate, to whose presence`in' the . • • ,;',!..• DR. C. W. THOMPSON. ' Treasurer, Seaforth P.O. the sobs were rarer,arid her voice WAS wanted you to flee for shelter to me.' walls the Callous visake"of the lawyer, . successful counterfeiting of the Signet house some plausibility could be at- . • - • '• -Directors* • • steadying. • • • "You see; I -baye none so,', said f me Abner' seemed-to stare and niock at • . • • pHYSICIAL, SURGEON, ETC. ' • . . u - • • Delia shyly. . o nesse . -. antic harm 'might hi„., • ' . • .. • •• • Manasseh ' Gig tached. You seemed an appropriate , .. William Chesney, Seaforth; John • It Was terribly. far from the 'step „. • ---y• . - have been done'if a Man with Abner' •'**- ' • - at on whom to fix the crime-" • . , • tion to Dalraven Craig," she proceed- - You haye done right. He cannot Was this' to be the end of it all? $0a9eg0 - Grieve.•Winthrop ;'G Dal' • Sea- Special attention n!ven to dis- .George e, , learning and• unscrupulousness had "Then they had intended to murder, . • ' • - His spirits sank as he miserably're-. ' • 1. J rlock•• Joh. forth John Watt, ,1-la , , . . d "and' it w d' ItI arrive e , . as. ar when a , . touch you here. Come, I will take got hold ot.this seal."• ', Sir Felix?" .. . . • . eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and you to your room. 'My Maid Will lend „ viewed the eircumsta,nees and rem- ' . and I was just in time to see the coffin Can We-can you-make any use' • against "Yes; they were .going to murder : • • . brought forth.from,the 'chapel. • Ahd of it?" Derrick passed it back to her. • aim that,evening,"answered Countess . . Throat. . Benuewies,Brodhagan; James Evans, . you nightclothes. 'Mine"-she trilled i ' hid'' 1 zed ow strong the ev ence i 'Beechwood. 'James Connell • • -with merry laughter----"would pVer- d. him might, in skilfe han s, e ma e. . . Eyes carefully examined and suitable • l• .. ,Y.,. then..I had an*inspiratien. I crept . Thti • titl fo Delia• to de- e They plotted.it all out in the But presently, as.he was almost des, •Klein.• • • • , • glasses prescribed. •• • poderich. • . • . • e close -she • shivered, paused, then whelm•you wittheir1 i h vo um nous- " • cide. • • • - .. . 'was open. garden, that. morning; and,Delia, in • ' • pairing the door.of his.cell • -AGENT&,.. • . ' wound up Mleeinetly-"and•the coffin• lavas!"• She'turned.to Derrick: "Wait ..why DelM?" • • • • • . , .her bed,room which, overhung the gar- _ , Office and residence: 2 doors.west ot Robert'Smith, Matlock; E. •Iiin- was opened,as I intended." . till I.COme littek." •• • ed, and a note handed to him. • -"Because it is her property." • : - • • • den, heard them-there is an acoustic . . • It was from the Countess., , the Commercial Hotel. Huron St. chley, SeafOrth; • James- OumMings, It was a tragic cOnfessiOn. Fr en3 He.waited, pacing' the apartment. "Surely it is legally mine?" . echo there which carries sounds in ..• , ... EgmOnd ville; J. W.' Yeo, Holme- the bottom of his soul Derrick pitied f I hl ' the t had ever s y when e Wo women ...No,a, said the Countess; "because • He read: ' "Thank Heaven I didn't post the the most extraordinary fashion.. .Delia tow....•••• ••••=••••••..... 411•••••• ...011M•. vine. • • . this .terrified girl. What.,an ordeal d,eparted. Half an;hour had elapsed your uncle-left every item of his un- determined- to Warn Sir Felix. She •.., , ;• .. • had been hers! . . • • • , • • .- - before the Countess returned alone. entailed property to.ne„_.„ • seabed . . letter last night! Have no.fear. .had•often watched him from her win- - • Any money to paid le May be /, " •he "Hew can .1 thank, you! • , cried, u" ' • • You will be freed! • . DR..F. A. AXON., paid to Tozer 4e. Drown, ()baton,, . t She was weeping:quietly now, hes 0- •'handlterchietto her eyes'. • - •• • so ehe,re-entereil the room. . ‘. "What!" Derrick was staggered. • . •• . • •• avid Kr 10:••, •dow;.sitting in his study.•••She had seen . a. e , .. A will was folind,by.Atiner•-•,.to his , • ' ••. • both Barfly and Abner inter-dewing. . • at •Cutt's grocery, Goderich.. . .:. "Della," he•said suddenly; "if:yen • a o t ••thank Me tor • • • ... "What have 7 u . es . . . • • • . . • • ' GENTIST. surprise-leaving everything to Delta. • ' him in his rooin.' Sir Felix used to sit . Parties. desirous to effect insurance 'ire in,such danger, bet me .Protect, ere was a tin e-of roguish pray?'! Th. . g , CHAPTER X ' • '•• It wail Only found three days ago;and ' , • •. •• • there,.brooding over. his colleetkin.of •. .•1 . ir or transact 'other •business will -be Your -• . • . • • mockery in her tope. •Then she sank a 'Abnerknew that 'the Police had . . s • Two Confessions ' • ' jewels,-Or studying.liebrew--he was.5 . ...•• , . Specialist in Crown aad Bridge promutly attended to on application rnfully '• : She shook her head mou _ ., , .into a chair. •"That peer&liar she presumably noted it in their inventory. • . • . • • •great authority on Hebrew, . and, • '' Work. Graduate of C.O.D.S., to any of the above officers addtessed • "If that were only possible-"• breathed.' "What she ' hie , one . ' ' reed he was!. Mysteriously Der- • " . • he dared.not destroy •it. His, check,. •Fx„ throu,gh•th s a.,•at en earlier date. . '. ' ."T t m 1"•he cried. . ex.wni.sev. -through! Abner is- an :amazing per- Mate. .was prompt. He married..the, 'rick found himself loesed••from. his come into the possession.of tbe Mall- . '•• ' tO their respective postoffices. LoSses Chicago, and R.O.D.S., Toronto. . • • • -. 'you; •sonality. so 'to' donlinate a girl With I will move heaven and earth to- , ,. • • • •. e ress-marr e e a. • •. . hi id Dli Except for cell, with many apologies. There had asseli Signet.. . Somethings tor. hours • • • .- •• . inspected by the .•director Who Ivies such a spirit. She has told me What .. mistake,'h told. • been a e was . • .0 , bring these villain's to justice" the Ds.itaven estate-which brings inshe would see him.stand and gaze at, , neatest the scene. • "They will kill me•first. . Not that ect• at Dalraven Craig," the - , happen . „ . a bare few pounds a year and probe- . ' . He walked rapidly to Park .Lane• . . . '... his -wife's pertraitthe;portrait•of .• . Mayfield on Mondays from May to . .. , 4. Countess went on. She must really . in.c Klein's • and was soon Countess pre .. • • •'.' . • • 1 care-" WY. Coats more to keep up,than itDelia's mother.• P,:.• 'hdrts-,.,.:..ite. • ' z., '. ••-,...,....;....,— , . ........... ' •b ' •possessed of a tremendous fund of . "At least we can liwatah the num • e P • • earns-except. for •that entoiled pro- - • sence. She smiled at him from-her . .-- .• . •, • . December. • • k hit had th sheer Obstinate pluck to yee desk ' h nt•red. • - • ' 6. •• der of the journalititst• "Mid I am de• • petty, you are, Mr. Derrick, at this . as e e e (TO BE CONTINUED.). ,. •... . Clintori News Record - termined, too, M find the murderer.of strength 'of mind tó throw down that moment penniless!' . promptly,."They let you go pretty - . . • • . . . •my uncle." • • . • coffin."• • - -eh?" she trilled almost merrily. "You . • ••- . , • - ' "I •dught.to have obeyed•your wire" ' - • CLINTON ' .. --. • . ONT •• "No, .not. You Will • never .know . . • „, . ,. • . _ ., • - could have insisted on the police fol. • • FOR-ENGLAND. , - GRA k fl ' RUN, -A•LW '. ' ' ••that'” • • •SY,S T.:- * 'erms of sobscription-$1 per.year . 1. , . •"At least you can cOme•under my• -the coffin was . Derrick confessed.. Lou kiaew that empty" • , . ChAPTLE. XIII. . lowing up tbe charge to ite formal Con- • FIGHTING ' ' '• •i . . ' arrested for Murder• •• • elusion, you know." . . Xing George IL liked to talk abotit . ... . . 0-e "I•gnessed it." •' • • ' • . • - • advance $1.50 may be charged if Protection," he persisted.. "No e „__ 9,, .. .. , • - . "I didn't insist on anything . But. hie sailor me n•and soldier men; to . . , • -TIME TABLE-- not so paid. No Paper disconthme' Delia"-he tretn- . can harm yeti then, D why. . It was startling news. • •• how'is it•that I am here? Varwell, they won lots of b , attles for him. And , bled, but his heart-prompted him. "I had a telegram from one of my "Why then did Abner take the trou- e battles two soldier • who apologized most humbly,' said in One of thes . , . ' Trains will arrive at and depart until all arrears are paid, -ening.at ,,Delia, , I know this sounds absurd • - agents at.Carlisle. The train had been ble to supply me with ready cash?" they had had a confession f rem the a . fficers and three soldier men were . .• trom Clinton Station as follow* : • the 'opinion of the publisher '•, by asked Derriek. :1m . t I k f takl to watched at. every •halt-watched. . . possible, but as you, ra y, . real murderer-" • . • . boldly' •against 'th •• . ' fighting • e enemy. ' BUFFALO AND GODERICH DIV ' • date to which ever ' sitbscriptien Is - • . wif 1,P.- 5" Marry me, Be my 'wif !" . . . orders. The'tele- "Partly because he did not then „ . people under• my o • told b another sot- Who is now in Pails, en route for when they were r. y ; ,' ;;; Going East paid is denoted Oil the label. 'were She looked at him; 7'45 a• tn 'Ad 4 ' . •tes T iher, lax ver.sing . ra - rens eat ad Tet- tragic; there -was•longing All, t Ca lisle arthised' my sus. know' of the will, and partly to• pre- ge eyes gram rota r , ' 1 picions,--indeed; confirmed those sus- vent your looking into the estate..busi- Madrid," She broke in. ' has confessed." - . • "Yes; Abner dier•officer, who was commander over - ' them, to come back out of the battle; . 11 61 i . . ' I bthat the nese and making awkward inquiries. ' • One of•the soldier officers did as he • • .. 3.07• Pm' tisements, •10. cent*per- nollPadel them, and despair. . . . pic ons., became positive . "Incredible!" 4 t ti • • That •also" said the Countess, n• 'd body had been stolen." , , . . , !*--s "It vvas a bargain; I went to him- was told, •other soldier officer • but.the ' 5'15' P• in• line'for first insertion. and•3 cer . • .:`I cannot!" she whispere . . ....,,, • it" id Derrick.. why- he wanted -to hustle you off to Abeer_and told him :that 11. he would not, and he -went on boldlyi .. •• Going ,West • . 11.07 a. m. er • . - • • . -. - p line for each subsequent. insert . 'Why not? Surely yoUr gwirdiark..... • !two must retrieve ,. .sa • In home foreign -city . his "It's a hateful thought to me that it abroad. , •. • •.•••• • fighting the eneMY.. • CI 14 1.25 if indeed he now has any power over O•IL:• ton. Small advertisements.. .not to ' .' • Ohouldn't receive proper.burial." • agents Could have quietly one away wou , , v d • ' - I'd write ó1ü11 She*"it. •Now, every soldier Man and Soldieti • • ' you-surely he cannot stand In the . • . 64 11 V.40 : pan.' . .• " • with • and gio. one a, penny. the to-me, then post it to Inspector - ar- officer has to obey Orders, So when the ' exceed one inch, such as • , 11408t." way? Defy•limi". . "Useless to look for it new, she w You, 11 11 •web, ..: Would lot him go. •Before Mr. battle was -Over the coninlanding on: . .• • •. I1•28 P. le- "Strayed " or "Stolen," etc., in- Her eyes swam with tears: '. responded: "It has n. wiser."' probably • bee. . • 1 e e bUried already some , I . " id V 11 i d th 1 tt r• Abner' c r sent.fOr. the soldier officer who where by Abner's "You'say he.feared tiquirles, sa arwe .rece ve • e e e , . . . LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV. serted once for 35 cents and euch. .' "Mr.Abner is not my guardian, sh . , 6 ft i d told hi that '- .•• .° could the Continental mail, and. had gone•on ght rtg•an • in at • . •• Going South 7,50 a, m, subseuuent insertion. 10 cents. h • ' tot' it on his .Derrick. •• • . - • . . said in a low voice, "He 10 my hug. agents-rt e Inen who s e . • , . • behalf, Or, more likely,.it hag been .He feare ..nqu r ee " d 'i 1 t because. for go abrtmd, never to return. He aban- he would not let'him light any more • ' bandl" - . • . • , 4, e 4.23 p...m, .-emmunications intended for publics,- , l' ' 1t Delia and b • se he had not obeyed'ordere,Buti • • - years he had been embezzling-,your done, o! course, al claim o , because . Derric .. ' ' ' , k was stunned. . cremated." • .• i /1 ' . . . .•. the soldier officer had a good,frien Going North mop a, m, tion must, as a giutrantee of. good .• „ d'd teal it". uncle a money, anewered Countess to her--•••or your-moneY.", "Why on earth 1 they s, .. .- • . . Your husband!" he rePeated dully. • • MI 46 e„ge p, e3, • taith, be aCcompaniea by the name •Then;with a vague•and unreasoning . .. . , t "But •' -till remains his wife!" to stick up for.him, and that frien ' . -- "That's a long story".said.Countess Klein. "Sir Felix paid no attention oshe a ,, . , 1 ' of the writer. ' ettriosity,he asked: "Who,'then, Was Klein. "You noticed,-' • b i ' - d eXeept for the Jewels Derrick flushed. Can she get a di- was no other than Xing George. , I dare say, that us nem an . , . . , ked Kin ly nothing- when he vorce On the score of his•desertion, • For when some men as _ • - • made their formal in- owned practical •• . W: J. MITCHELL, ' • -the lady calling herself Mrs. Abner, when the police • , • • ventory Of the objeets fonnd in your e -.•-• ner di d Ab had absorbed income and or because' he is a confessed mur- GeOrge to sign a paper so that th . OVER ett YEARS' Bator.Lee tgeoptietai.- to.whom I Was introdeced" - , . . " • soldier officer would note allowed t • • ' "Didn't•you know?" Delia spoke uncle s room, they discovered a large capital alike, - . - derer?" • 'ht an 'ore for En land.1 • heti . ExpERIENCE D I t 1 j wets? "Then.Delia inheritti nothing?".'he The Countess shook her-head. , - ' ' • • ; • - ' despairingly. "She is his brOther's collection-of antieue• r en ah e . .. • VIdowhis housekeeper-his sister. Sir Felix had left a list of t elm je-W, Pressed the point. • •' -"That would.be difficult. or imPos- tle,King George would not do oo."NO . . "Literally, nothing, but actually a Mble-the -divorce laws are yen' nor he said. "he fought, and he W13. , • • ' • ' • , . ' ' In-law." She stood•up and began dry. els, and, according' to the list, none . GRANO TRUNK RAILWAY • t d 1"' the Countess explained. strict." - righti The other ran away, and hel . . .. ing her eyes listlesely. • •of them had been stolen or otherwise great ea,. e a . life. •was wane.. - . . S YS T E M "The money is not gone because em, 'Then she id linked to him for w . . PATEINITS • Suddenly, fiercely, Derrick exclaim. lost.sight of. According to the police, _ . „. . t • "Haven't I told you that she is al- •.And.whatever was to him, King . • • . • the et:election .of curios was. intact. be2zeled. .Abner has continuedo * • • * * * * • 1 1 * * * • 4, ell' • . all ietents aNd purposes•a George would not sign the paper. Sct. . • • 4,• "When were you married to him'?" ,They Were wrong. Sir Felix's , list amass it piling it up by clever invest- ready to a f 11widow?' Countess Klein spoke itgbt-. the laraVe golaier Officer Still went on, • TRAng MARKS . . '''. WINTER * • • omitted 1 Mention the mbst important ment-there Must be a couple o m - • 'cense" esterday evening, by 'special 11. 0 gloW be- 'fighting for England Are you not • Doman* . . . b t li ' b w• t least. B• ,marrying ly, but there was a sombre . , . , , ' •t • COPYRIGHTS&a. • -* TOURS * . , jest before the trate started Eem Of the tollection-a small 0 jec . ons y no . ay . glad that King George let him da sot ' , Anyobe eendIns a Witch an deeeVidn Ma, *OW.escertals Oer Oph210t1 free ether all a * * * *'"" . " TO--,' * * * * * * * North!' • • - Yes. • f t " hind her e etit from solid diarhond,and knewn to Delia.he has•Insured his own sa e y. . . Derriek "But suppose e police the never catch •" fret history for the last two thousand years • "And I'm . penniless," . . Mexico C aCaliforniaYou shell never go back tO h . , . invention re probably pate_prabbareo innannica- $ eters o, and -- h • ?". persisted. I love 111' A ner he . . •• bona strietivrtfigaioatial.g9110 Larrenta Pacific Coast Points. .• Derrick a Ingest shouted. "I swear itt as the Signet of Manasseh. That sig- groaned, 'and the woman "They will never catch him-Abeer .,,___ __,.....,---,.----•-a! 4 'Wig tat-rti t Walla gun t. Lsiot,:ivs • • 'd be criminall I will take "OU t WOUI y net was not found." Married to the man who has robbed , . . . Tba Gtand Trunk Railway Sys- . • me!" .Is too clever for mere pelice." . . , • - optAtti tiotiCO.WitbOtit o me,let e • it LOndOn." lie spoke inapetuouttly. "Indeed?" . • • . , • . tent is the Popular Route, ,front • Her 0030 flashed suddenly on Der- "you would Marry he . des- r," questioned Derrick shrugged.his.shoulders , • "Trust me Place 'ourself in ray Y ly . , ,. WNW Atilericat •. all 'points east through Canada hands. Let me take you and place "I was not found," she re- Countese Klein, rick, t , with a swift,etnile. palyIng • . Wh .• C - h ' yo•ping oug • '14 w did you induce him to con . . A handsomely moonset&weNtly. tArges1 de. d "I thought as Much! And, if I know o •.. citation 0t.ftn.y fa:tontine jourLal, fferma tor • via Chicago. you in the eat% of a friend of Mine- Peath , ,, . CROUP ASTHMA COUGHS t fees?".lie asked. . • Canada.W5 a year,pOistage prepaid. 8014 bi • FEATURES. ' - Countese Klett." It had been'stolen? Delia, she Would Marry 'you, Tha, . b- • i bar ath BRONCHITIS CATARRH COLDS . an nevradealema "I imagined so'. but when I saw too, would set the finaneial tangle "I offered him a arge.ti-a g . . . .. , , WIUNt f Coeigiledwri,, .New Ytrit ............... "Countess Klein?" She seemed to ' t the cor Se straightwithout y ubliCity 014 •which,being already alinoet at the end 00 . .• an P . e " • . " -own their eagerness to get a e I/ , r at the tame I have Itn, . friend of of his tether,he was only too eager to Double Track, Fast Service, FM wave h Nathan f ithful to think I was wreng. T e . eMp-a a Bro aloe.•••ir Bt...alibi:1401.A . ' ,- Ot her for long. She is Mr. Abner's I began . a . , ' • _ . est Roadbed, M A rin V --°`-e-- -AdiPirtelitt 'bitterest enemy, II h t.e ' h Sh 111-__ e a s er. e . i t•d I •-1 h h Ab ' elerk-eould accept." girder...watt primarily comm t e n m ne, t oug ner s • • th There was a sort of harsh and mall- • •• --- , Unexcelled Dining Car Service. is a good woinan." order that Abner might getin posses- •• manage the btsitess so that . .. ,-• Id b • d the'We Id would cious humor it her tone, and.Derrick - • e no Wes an e r . ' --------- — . . All elenients of gaiety and tOtrY. "'Trust me then!" he prattled, Sion of the Sigtet Of Manasseh." would ,, felt again that this Woman Weld be ESTAlle..ltrittr We • -• fort. She. .gaiedi at hini, then seemed to.. "And didn't her never know. ' 1 . . .s.emple,sate toil effective treabnent forbear. - ehialtroulaet,avoiding drUttI. .VitporizeeCreto- '' • TO THE SUNNY SOUTH. yield. '''',A,tter the Murder," said the Coun- "But how eau I merry Delia when ogle. he is• another man's Wife?'Derriek In exchange for his confeseiOn and- len'atone the neroxydani or vosseest cogs , and relieves croup at once. 1118 a boon to aut. . . "I trust your se Said. ,"I will go. eget' "Abner or his agentts searched flight, I offered hilt' the object Which . said bitterlY. brats*rota Aethnio, The lir tendered etronglt . . With.you to COUnteSS Klein," ,, the'01royd Square rooms, and failed ' 8 D fo the Counteas could answer, his Boni has coveted for years.". antig.otte, inspired with every,breath, , MONTHLY MAGAZINE 1 NO more desirable route than via Derriek teribbled a note on it WU to find the Signet of Manasseh. They , 'breathing tear:seethes the eete thrtolt 09,F101041 ° I.e. • k ek at the door, and a "You gave him the-" es,tosss,„letsesitt:stessismz,,tcsg=WU- , '.• tug. there. was a no A FAMILY UORAtelf 1 Grand Trunk and eonneeting likes. of his peckebbook, and tied it tO made the Most minute search,Work • i A telegram, Conn- 11106; 1 gave hiM the Signet of Mali' . IA trgara it=ftgaTra:a let, PA , , 'eatereeteree**************0 torneward. astonish yo,u, and whiCh our ordinary ,-, . 1 "she said,and the servant "Surely that was a treeiendouo s cri ' a - e •t - a'' " ' . 1 The Bast in 'Current Literature ' : VERY' LOW RATES. . Urea cellar, then dent the hotted Of 0010iltifieally, With. a ekill that would servant. brought o tess Klein tore it open. lioseh." . . .. . .., . . ALL DIUGGIST3 "6 , , 12 Oompt.tvg NOvaLs YitatilLe : genre tickets and tali partiettlara • "That Will tell Matalister to eeme tO pollee have never mastered. Later, . No rep Y., Try ,resoleno Meer He was aetoniehed. 41 0 at'Wt. U.-to • . 1 . I With drew. etir(14 th:1'!rowed. -I- . MANY'MORT STORIES AND from ;-- le 'cottage:" he said, indieeting the Abner went Intele-ret the family law- • "This," elle turned to Derrick, "le "Bnornionts; but it was worth IV throat.They Ire Minnie. •hp- ).t• , . ace where lay the bodies. "We Must yer he could easily. gain entraece- e 6ttiVto and antise le. r t of mine,a porter on the . ' She was'oddly evasive. „11 yea,. 4.,,,,tator I s,geork,Acc• PAPERS ON TIMELY TOPICS JOHN ItANSPORD, 'Uptown Agt, aye these poor fellowig - atin t d aagain. still ba !ailed" tOM an agent; 'we e 0 an searched • Caledordan Railway. He wires: 'Alt- "Won't its possession give him im- fi,omts,toe.sitigasopi. , ; $2.60 Piteasi:25Cle.a COPY A. O. PATTISON, Depot Agent. Ip -them by delaying.• There le a "It's a big house. A small gem, 010 coNtiNueb $1.010 tit 6 or stddrIrss J.D. moDenekt, owlet:, •uthbound express at eight. We direfully concealed, would take a lot e jtult paeeed throwgh Stitibag.in the tnetele pestogr7" _ n r . . WO Crooking Co. i• • * ,,,iis . Loudon train.' That means that he Her answer - was interrupted by the . timbnikstmoes Mao i • i,.. .1„.4 P ,- •4:01141 Mt* 'g+ fl Avow NOM i IC lit(goSpetre is PM Ur aesenser - .t 1011 -.1%,..011, To- . -..konsuuLty, iblit eyontpv, ettaiike : ,st batten to catch it. We Shan he et.tinding." Derrick.Was nurnoselY i - tow fame Ile entrence et Melia. Sheltes.140.0% • fltiONTREAL . , - *III ke,_tt.town,to-mo .. .- 1 --:- .---- '-.-- -'' -- • - - -- -- itonto,Ont. „. : .. , . • , , . • . , . . • , iimmomminimmimmii , , • . , , . , 1 . „ 8 , , . - . 1 - ' • • , . . . . . - . . , . . .. ..