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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-12-01, Page 2Win EEGIN HERE TODAY.most notable characteristic being that ORANGE PEKOE WA Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul Lariey, criminal investigator, to find out why Sir Charles is kept under surveillance by persons 'Unknown to him. Harley dines at the Abingdon home. . Sir Charles falls from his chan* in a dying state. Abingdon’s last words are "Nicol Brinn” and "Fire-l onsrue.” a'!’cs Brinn the moaning of Fire-Ton quo,” but Brinn refuses to enlighten him. c Harley investigates the life of Ormuz K’-nn, friend of Phil Abing­ don dau^’-tor of Sir Charles. Naida, i’ll Oriental, calls at the home of Nicol Brinn. GO ON WITH THE STORY. "Yeg, sir,” was the x’eply. "If you follow th? uphill read on the other side of the station until you come to the Manor Park—you will see the gates-—m ’ then branch off to the right, ta-ir-r the road facing the gates. Hillside—that’s the name of the house—is about a quartei’ of a mile along.” Dusk wrs beginning to fall and, al­ though the nature of his proposed op­ erations demanded secrecy, he recog- r.ied that every hour was precious. Accordin^r he walked immediately back to the spot at which he had left the car and, following the porter’s direction'’ d-ove ovei’ the line at the level cros^ng immediately beyond the station and m oceedecl up a tree-lined road u^'l h'1 found himself skirting the railing of an extensive tract of park land. Presently heavy gates appeared in view, and then, to the right, another lane in wh!ch the growing dusk paint­ ed many shadows. He determined to drive on until he should find a suit­ able hiding place. And at a spot, as he presently learned, not a hundred yards from Hillside, he discovered an opening in the hedge which divided the road from a tilled field. Into this, /without hesitation, he turned the racer, backing in, in order that he might' be ready for a flying start in case of c’-'-^vgency. Once more he set but on foot. He proceeded with caution, walking roftly clo«e to the side of the road, and frequently pausing to listen. Advanc­ ing in. this fashion, he found himself standing ere long before an open gateway, and gazing along a drive which presented a vista of utter blackness. A faint sound reached his ear—the distant drone of a powerful engine. A big car was mounting the slope from Lower Claybury Station., the wall, and dropped into the weed jungle beyond. He crept stealthily forward to the gap where he had con­ cealed tho larer, drawing nearer and nearer to tho bushes lining the lane. Ilis car had ckarpeared! Feeling his way into the lane, ho set out running for the highroad, his footsteps ringing out sharply u;;en the duaty way. Tho highroad gained, he turned, not to tho left, but to tho right, ran up the lank and threw him­ self flatly down upon it, lyink close to the hedge and watching the en­ trance to the lane, A faint sound, so faint that only a man in deadly peril could have detect­ ed it, brought him up ch ar ply. He crouched back against the hedge, look-. ing behind him. For a long time ho; failed to observe anything. Then, I against the comparatively high tone of the dusty road, he saw a silhouette ( —the head and shoulders of someone who peered out cautiously. As Paul Harley had prayed would be the case, his pursuers evidently be­ hoved that he had turned in the direc- 0 Wilson Publishing Company celebrating Coininuniist' is entering( City of 1000 B.C. > | Found in Germany * While Soviet Russia is its tenth anniversary as a state the city of Vienna upon its tenth year under Socialist" rule. It would bo easy to carry the analogy between Russia and’Vienna, too far, but it is interesting to note that, while the former is the' only; great country govcrmjd according to I the principles of communism, thoI latter is the only groat city of the ' world in which the Socialist experi-! ment has been conducted over a period long enough for any estimate to be made of its practical value. Socialism was Vienna’s answer to the chaos into which the proud capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was . plunged by the World W4’. Ten i years ago the city wa® starving. I With the conclusion of peace the tiny I Austrian state faced economic dis- ( aster. Only the direct intervention ; of the Allied owers, acting through the League of Nations, saved it from collapse. .Vienna, once" gay and prosperous, had to fight for its very life, for the Austria of which it .was once the hub and center had so shrunk that it could not supply the needs of ( a great urban community, while the manufacturing interests of the capital * ' , For Vienna something like Socialism, - which would draw upon whatever wealth re­ mained to its citizens for tho re­ sources to save its great working population, was probably the only thing which could have saved it. To that extent at least the Socialist has been successful, by the electric equipment division of i Vienna is still in existence and in Mrs. Laura Knight The first woman associate of the tion of Lower Claybury. A vague, i Royal Academy of England since its phantom figure, Harley saw the man' foundation in 1769. From orphaned wave his arm, whereupon a second; Poverty (o artistic, success, man joined him—a third—and, finally, a fourth. Harley clenched his teeth grimly, and as the ominous quartet began to -------------------.%------------------ Radio Attracts CLEANING SOFTENS WATER U Everywoman's Bronze-age Fortifications Near Frankfort Probably Thra­ cian or Illyrian the blinds were drawn in all the win-' move toward the left, he resumed his dews. . I slow retreat to the right—going ever On this occasion, when the chauffeur farther away, of necessity, from the stepped around and opened. the door,1 only centre with which he was ac- \ I quainted and from which he dould Presently the second car was driven. hone to summon asistance. Finally, I i Varied Market ■ Later Occupied By Slavs Berlin—Three thousand years and more ago people from Southern Eur­ ope established a fortified settlement near Frankfort-on-the Oder, only 50 miles from Berlin. There is no re­ cord of this story in history, but ex­ cavations now going on have dis­ closed it, and are daily leading to new finds of the highest Importance for archeologists, Less than four miles from Frank­ fort lies tho railroad station of Bus- chxnuelile, and near it a hill. Some time ago remains of an ancient Slav settlement were dis-covered there when a cut was'friade for a new rail­ road line, and excavations brought to light typical shards of pottery and other things indicating that Slavs had once occupied the hill for a consider­ able length of time. The settlement appears to have been at its height about 600 A.D.. Systematic excavations were begun some months ago* under the direction of the head of the Prussian Ethnolo­ gical Museum and other noted archeo­ logists. Their astonishment was great when getting below the 1200-year-old stratum on which the Slav settlement had stood, the workmen’s spades be­ gan to turn up finds of a quite differ­ ent character, and the sensational fact wa® established that a ncn- Slavic tribe had lived’ here in the latex* Bronze Age, 1000 years before Christ, or, perhaps, even earlier. The finds, together with the fortification wall i was constructed, indicate that the ori- 1 ginal pettiers were either Thracians or Illyrians. | The wall is of a unique type. Its i builders filled boxes with earth, much J • as ncocrete walls are constructed to- ’ j day, piled them together and covered ' the whole with a layer of earth. Tho method of construction can still be clearly seen, 3000 years after the wall was erected. When the Slavs came.- probably 1500 years later, they found the wall in such a stalo of preserva­ tion That they were still able tq em­ ploy it as a defense for their settle­ ment. In the middle of the-settlement the excavators liavo found a number of shafts, some of them eighty feet deep, containing the bones of men and' ani­ mals which appear to have been de­ liberately buried there. In one of these shafts the top of a human skull was found in circumstances suggest­ ing human sacrifice. Only a small part of the settlement has as. yet been excavated, but it is, already obvious that Buschmuehle is destined to be­ come as important for the study of the Bronze Age as is 'Dodogne for the Stone age. The finds establish for the first time the presence , of Tracians or an allied folk so fur northward. Both Thra- cians and "Illyrians occupied the Bal­ kan peninsula before the ancient Greeks appeared in history and they . may even have extended into Italy. Thrace still exists, but the Thracians long ago disappeare.fi. The remn­ ants of the Illyrians have survived in Albania. 7 Even Silo Dealers Adding Line; had lost their markets, of Equipment—Electrical , Shops Lead Washington—Even silo dealer® and candy stores are retailing radio equipment nowadays, according to an j analysis of returns made in a recent | survey of radio stocks just compiled experiment only one passenger alighted. „..2 2_____ ‘ ‘ “ Presently the second car was din ven - hope to summon asistance. Finally, away, pursuing the. same direction as he reached the milestone resting al- the first. Hot upon its departure came most against the railings of the Manor’ the drone of a third. The windows of Park, the third car alsd exhibited drawn! blinds. As it passed beneath him he _x._________ ___t__________o___ stifled an exclamation of triumph. | ing the top of the high iron railings, Vaguely, .nebulously, the secret of this and hauled himself up bodily, dread thing Fire-Tongue, which had' Praying that the turf might be soft, uplifted its head in England, appeared he jumped. ] before his mind’s eye. It was only i hardened! by physical exercise, the im- i ment stores, jewelers, groceries, seed necessary for him to assure himself —-j------j I ctm-oc. .-.u..*.-..- that the latest visitor had been ad­ mitted to the house before the next move became possible. Accordingly he changed his position, settling him­ self more comfortably upon the bough. And now he watched the three cars perform each two journeys to some spot oi’ spots unknown, and, return­ ing, deposit their passengers before the porch of Hillside. The limousine used by Ormuz Khan, upon its second appearance had partaken of the same peculiarity as the others: there were blinds drawn inside the windows. Paul Harley believed that he under­ stood precisely what this signified, and when, after listening intently in the Stillness of the night, he failed to de- Park. Drawing a deep breath, he sprang upon the milestone, succeeded in grasp- the Commerce Department. Fifty-{ mairt projects, eight varieties of radio dealers were . ^he P°st-war Fit though he was, and j indicated. Coal dealers, farm imple-, s ®oalalist j lucxAu groceries, seed ^one admirable | stores, animal pet shops, and printers - ., -pact almost stunned him. In less than a minute he was on! a11 aeU radio. his feet again and looking alertly I Innumerable combinations such as about him. Striking into the park. furniture and hardware, (sporting land, turning to the left, and parallel-; Soods- and music were found, in such i 1.1—1___A •!__ XT—____’ CD SAG f 11 n c^rnciing the highroad, he presently came out • cases Die stores were listed under upon the roadway, along which, under I each classification inyolved.. It isupon the roadway, along which, under each classification shelter of a straggling hedge, he be- possible, in'some communities, for a gan to dbuble back. In sight of thejnia11 to go into a plumber’s shop and_____ .... man to go into a plumber’s shop and road dipping down to Lower Claybury ■ Set his radio wants1 filled, while an- he crossed1, forcing his way through a ’ other man in another town can have second hedge thickly sown with thorns, his furnace fixed or buy a five-tube Badly torn, but} careless of such s®t at the same office. minor1 injuries, he plunged heavily Replies, from 3546 dealers indicated « <T such as its solution housing problem, the administration lias work. It is putting . up a vigorous fight against most unfav-. orable economic conditions, and while all is not entirely well, as the riots last summer showed, the situation. ; in Vienna to-day is cheerful as com­ pared with that of some seven years ago. On the larger problem of Vienna’s economic future both the Socialist government of the city and the Gov­ ernment of Austria are almost power­ less. Vienna as a great city has" lost its raison d’etre. It seems doomed. As seat of the Government of the old ; empire, as focal point for the econ­ omic activities of the extensive ter­ ritories controlled by the Hapshurgs, there were many reasons why It ( should be the great city it was. To­ day it remains a capital without a country, slowly but surely being forc­ ed to adapt itself to new and tragic circumstances. W4 y FOR ^VOL DAYS, smart windbreaker pictured a comfortable and easily fa-i , style. The lower edge is Tho hero is shiioned gathered to a wide band and the collar. may be worn open or buttoned snugly' at the neck. There are two useful patch-pockets with laps and the long sleeves are gathered to wrist-bands. No. 1674 is in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 requires 2% yards 27- inch, or 1% yards 86-inch material. (Price 20 cents the pattern.) Tho secret of distinctive dress lies in good taste rather than a lavish ex­ penditure of money. 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Therefore, pistol in hand again, he descended to the foot of the’-hill. Now came the hardest blow of all. The station was closed) for the night. -------- - Nor was there any light in the signal. P®1’ ce”^' box. Evidently no other train was due upon that branch line until some time in the- early morning. The level crossing gate was open, but before breaking cover he paused a while to consider what he should do. He made up his mind, and, darting out into the road, he ran across the line, turned sharply, and did not pause until tor’s were a total of 7718 received. Stores spe­ cializing in single lines totaled 2903, the remaining 643 carrying two or more lines. Of those stores selling radio to-day, electrical supply shops, with 26 per cent., lead the list in the survey; followed by radio stores, with 709, or 20 per cent, and hardware stores with 483 or 13 per cent. The nert 10 in order are musical instru­ ments, 8.5 per cent.; automobiles, 5.3 i.; batteries and ignition sup­ plies, 5.5; tires and tire repairs, 4.4; (drugs, 4.1; garages, 4; furniture 3.6; (general and department stores 3.3; I service stations 1.3, and automobile accessories 1 per cent., ... >r he stood before the station mas- window. Then his quick put to their ultimate test. (To be continued.) wits 1 (He drew his automatic swiftly from his pocket. tect sounds of any other approach, he descended to the path and stole toward the dark house. Passing gently from window to win­ dow, his quest ultimately earned its reward. Through a crack in one of the shutters a dim light shone out. At first he could hear nothing, but, his investigation being aided by the still­ ness of the night, he presently became aware that a voice was speaking (within the room—deliberately, music­ ally. The beating of his heart seemed to make his body throb to the very finger tips. He had recognized the voice to be the voice of Ormuz Khan I Now, his sense of hearing becoming attuned to the muffled1 tones, he began CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT HAPPENED TO HARLEY—CON­ TINUED. Not until Harley came within sight of the house, a low. rambling Jacobean building, did he attempt to take cover. He scrambled up a tree and got astride of a wall. A swift survey by his elec- ric torch of the ground on the other side revealed a jungle of weeds in either direction. Suddenly came an idea that was born, of emergency. ! tree to where its dense foliage began,! finally, sentences, he perched upon a stout bough and’ ~.......... waited. Three minutes later came a blaze of and, pressed against the wall beside light through the gathering darkness, tho window, looked about him as a man and the car, which he had last seen at looks who finds himself surrounded by the Savoy, was turned into tho drive, ’ enemies. ’• V14C4.V ituu vVWUIIaTvA IAz vJltD a IL L4 Jc 1 XL. LI llw Swarming up the to make out syllables, words, .and, ■firmlNr b "My God!” he whispered. He drew j his automatic swiftly from his pocket, and presently glided smoothly past him below. Paul Harley retreated stop by step to the bushes. He held the pistol tight- The interior lights were extinguish- ]y clenched in his right hand. ed, so that he woe unable to discern the occupants. The house itself was also unilluminated. And when the car pulled up before tho porch, less than ten yards from h’s observation post, he could not have recognized the per­ sons who descended and entered Hill- ®id& Indeed, only by the sound of the closing door did he know that they had gone in. But two figures wore easily discernible, and lie judged them to be those of Ormuz Khan and his secretary. He waited patiently, 'and ero long the limoir&ine was turned ip the little courtyard before the porch and driven cut into the lane again, He did net fail to note that, the regained, the chauffcvr headed, toward Lower Claybury, but away from it He retained his position untu the hum of the motor grew dim i)t the distance, and was about to descend' when he detected the sound of a see- end approaching car! Thia was another limousine, its 'tTIi 'il iT'iY.:Ti u"~' i"’ i ~1 ■ •, ?:tf ft&UE Nw *8—’27 He had heard his own death sen­ tence pronounced and he knew that it was likely to be executed. CHAPTER XIX. WHAT HAPPENED TO HARLEY—CON- / CLUDED. He regained tho curve of the drive without meeting any opposition. There, slipping the pistol into his pocket, ho climbed rapidly up the tree from which he had watched tho ar­ rival of the three cars, climbed over HE KNEW WHEN Friend: When It comes to fish­ ing you don't seem to know where to draw the line. 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The press of the world is never tired of crying out about the alleged interfer­ ence of the U. S. S. R. in the internal affairs of foreign States; but never and nowhere could it adduce any acts of the U. S. S. R. ever so remotely akin to Mr. Vaughan’s action. —------.---------- Good Grammar Floods in Old England "Would you be good enough to look after my car?’ "Sir! I am the mayor of this town!” “That doesn’t matter. You look honest ^nough!”Minard’s Linlmetn for Chilblains. IN ENGLAND, TOO Thtire havebeen great gales and floods ln^the Old Land. A street in Fleet­ wood, Lancashire .after the great storm of early November. f• • ‘ Morocco Pari® Capital: After Jong negotia­ tions, following repeated requests by Spain, in 1923 we weakjy agreed to modify the Tangier statute to our own disadvantage and to the disad­ vantage of our ally, tho Sultan. Britain and Spain, exultant that they had scored over us, put their signa­ tures at tire bottom of this 1^23 agree­ ment. Thereupon, as a direct con­ sequence of the dangerous policy fol­ lowed In the Rif by Spain, Abdel Krim attached us. We were compel­ led to make, both in 1925 and in 1926, great expenditure o^f man power arid material to overcoiho it. We accom­ plished our task and, thanks to our blood and our gold, Spain knew what it was to have peaco in a region where she had been fighting and los­ ing for 400 years. And then an un­ expected development! To thank us for having done the work which, she had not been able to finish off until 1926, slio asked us in 1927 to hand over Tangier and its zone entirely to her. . . . She is playing the game of Italy, who is always on the look-out for a chance to intervene in Morocco, and the game of Germany, who wants I to reopen the whole question ot the:, . ,nvesMeht Sa„k0r8 colonial mandates^ Northern Ont. Bldg. • Toronto 2, ' mwiwi He had been trying all the evening to summon the courage to toll her. It was a thing that really required a great deal of intrepidity. She was his ideal. Slim, brown-eyed, beautiful golden hair. As lie' gazed at her he finally made up his mind. "Darling,” he said, “I love you. If I asked you to be my wife what would be the out­ come?” "It depends,” came the re­pup, “very much on tho income.” We Offer You Our 8ervices to BUY OR SELL »9 'Government, Municipal & Corporation Bonds to yield from 4%% to 7% ■ Listed Stocks References: Imperial Bank of Canada,' Standard Bank of Canada .You are not obligated In any way whon you write to U9. Roberts, Cameron & Co. Limited Minard’s Liniment for Neuritis. BEST FOR ALL YOUR BAKING M Pies, Cakes, Buns and Bread DOES ALL YOUR BAKING BEST “It’s Me” Perfectly Good Eng­ lish, London Paper Answers Purists Lond.—A challenge has been flujig into the faces of the 222 American purists who are trying to make the -American people say "It is I’ when they want to say “It’’s’ me.” “It’s me,” according to the London Evening Standard, which prides it­ self on its good English, is correct, though it has been the subject of a very old controversy in England as well as in the United States. “There are tw6 ways of defending it," says the Standard’s editorial. “One is to point out that 'me' here is not the accusative 'me,” but the equiva­ lent, and probably a survival of the French ’'moi.' Just as the French do not say ‘C’est je’ or, in answer to a question simply 'Je!' we, unless wq.. are ultra particular, do not say 'It’s I’ or Simply ‘I!’ We say 'It’s me’ or 'Me!’ and We do it for the same rea­ sons and the same justification. < “The other way of defending it is to remark that language preceded grammarians and still takes prece­ dence of them. The business of the grammarian is to observe, perhaps to explain, accomplished facts. But the facts themselves are outside his power. It is no more his business to say that any form commonly used is ‘wrong,’ than it is the business of the biologist to assail with moral anger an .unexpected mutation in a species of living things.” Tho rest of the forty-five taboos placed on incorrect expressions by the jury appear to have the approval of English authorities. . . iirr,-r "You never saw a man wearinji ft black eye because ht/tnlnded h(s own business,” remarks a writer. How about tho prizefighter after a hot sea- ribn in the ring? ** Tho firm that refuses to J1 * pars and employs none but elder y women deserves to be upon its hblllty to distinguish between them.