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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-07-26, Page 7THE! EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, Wb 1W& •»« i' i1 John Ainsley, Master Thief by Arthur Somers Roche ■ BEGIN HERE TODA.Y .JTohn Ainsley, a man of education and breeding, becomes a master crook, preying upon other thieves, Amidst all the afternoon traffic of Fifth Ave. he knocks down a man whom he sees brutally rubb­ ing a hunchback's hump, and then runs. At an auction Ainsley makes a small purchase of tapestry and then sits back and watches the proceedings. The auctioneer holds ’ up a golden box, studded with je­ wels, that had been made for a multimillionaire of vulgar tastes. The box is sold for $65,000 to Marcus Anderson, a man who be­ came, during the war, one of th® richest men in the world. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY The grocer grinned. “It ain’t hard to remember them,” he said. “That’s exactly my point,” I told him. “You give me a list of your customers who pay their bills j^p'mptly, and. I’ll give you five per /cent, on every sale 1 make. And for your trouble, so you’ll know your time isn’t wasted, I’ll give you twenty dollars right now.” “Fair enough,” said the grocer enthusiastically. And he took me into his office. An hour later I left him, armed with a list that would have been worth money to a yel|ow newspaper. For the great pub]ic would have been interested to know that some of its fashionable idq^s never paid a bill, even a food bill, until a court summons was served upon them. For the, grocer, a simple-minded soul had given me the names of those to avoid as well as those to visit. He would have been surprised had he ■seen me, in my own apartment a little later, carefully destroying hi* list. For I wanted none of its de­ tains- What I wished to find out from my friend the grocer was the personnel of the household before which Anderson’s town car had stop­ ped. And who should know that personnel better than the tradesman wl;o supplied the house with food? And this I had learned in casual con­ versation without seeming to ask for information. The Due de Montarlier, then, was the gentleman who had rented fur­ nished for a trern of twelve months the private house on the side-street near the Avenue. He was a distin­ guished looking Frenchman. Ah, how well I knew tliat! His secre­ tary, Raoul Lotier, a huiichback, paid all the bills and paid them every week. The Due had no other French servants. He had acquired a staff of Japanese help from an employment agency, and so far. as jny friend the grocer knew, the Japs hot only did the ordering but ran all the domestic machinery. There were no women employed in the house. Visitors. My grocer did pot know. I spent that evening in the public .library, going over the files, for the past winter, of that New York paper which devotes most space to the chronicling of social events. Yet, carefully as I studied the so-called society columns, I never ran across •the name of the Due de Montarlier. The White Eagle, then, had ac­ quired no social prominence. That meant one of two thngs—that he dared not risk recognition, or that be was Working with a definite ob­ jective and not merely making the acquaintance of numbers of rich per­ sons whom he hoped to rob. It was then safe to assume that Marcus An­ derson was rich enough to be legiti- (»¥ GIRL HAD DIARRHEA I WHEH CUTTING TEETH Mrs. a. J. Murray, nun IjIlkc, oas»., ’writes:—“Lnet summer, my baby girl i » Mrs. A. J. Murray, Gull Lake, Sask., ’Writes:—“Last summer, my baby girl Was cutting teeth and became very ■weak with the effects of diarrhoea. I <ihdn’t know just what to do for her she couldn’t retain anything. At last on© of my neighbors said to me, /'JEtaven’t you any z* I “My husband went io town And got 4* bottle, and tho very first dose helped liter wonderfully, and in three days ehe I was well over the diarrhoea and was jamming around ns well W ever.” t I Put tip only by The T. MUbwa ■ I^Witcd, Toronto, Ont. . . . _ mate game for the Frenchman, and despite his wealth, stupid enough to make the “White Eagle fell certain Of success. But he had not robbed Anderson yet. That was obvious. The white Eagle was not the sort to linger on after the carcass was eaten. In bed that night I asked myself again the question: what, when and how? The morning papers answered me. For they chronicled yesterday’s auc­ tion, and in mentioning the pur­ chase of the gold box. by Marcus Anderson, added the illuminating line, “who sails for South America on Thursday to settle the final de­ tails is the amalgation of various cattle interests in the Argentine." Today was Wednesday. The White Eagle cultivated no acquaintance with reason. He was friendly with Anderson because he intended to rob him. That robbery had not oc­ curred up till yesterday. If it had not occurred last night, it'would oc­ cur today or tonight. And how would I turn this knowledge—for it was knowledge; I knew criminals, and more than others J knew the White Eagle—to my own profit? Frantically I studied the situation. The White Eagle, by posing as a nobleman, had ingratiated himself with Marcus. Anderson. Doubtless he had flattered the millionaire by refusing to meet Anderson’s friends- He must have told his prospective victim that he did not care to know many Americans. For if a French duke met many people^ attended many dances, his presence in this country could not be kept from the papers. The White Eagle had been very friendly with Anderson at lun­ cheon at the Mirabeau. They were, seemingly, intimates. Some time today, then, the Frenchman would call upon Anderson to' say farewell, and then the robbery would take place. And there would be no other guests present when the White Eagle made that call. My reasoning told me that, anxious as Anderson might be to advertise his frindeship with the Due, the White Eagle would have forbidden such exploitations. There would be no others present at the White Eagle’s call. I rid myself of my excitement. If my logic was correct, the thing for me to do was to watch Anderson’s house. It was one of the few oc­ casions when I regretted the lack of assistants. A few spies to report the situation, to map out th'e way— but a single link is more powerful than a chain, because it has no joints.. If I “failed because I lacked followers, I could console myself by thinking of the hundreds; aye,-thou­ sands, of men who have gone to jail because their confederates betrayed them. But I hated to all. From the first moment when in a Paris dance­ hall I had seen Cochet, the memory of his arrogant deceit had lingered wth me. I would rather rob him than have access to the vaults of the Treasury. And if one man could outwit him, I would be that man. So I lingered that Wednesday night’ in the basement areaway of a house opposite -the mansion of Anderson. Yesterday's balmy atmosphere had not lingered until tonight. It was bitterly cold; .yet excitement and the fear of being discovered by a passing policeman kept me warm. And when I saw the White Eagle and his secretary alight from an automobile and enter that garish palace, I knew that n{y reasoning had thus far been correct. Now, I had made no definite plan. Suddenly it occurred to me that even if the White Eagle and his compan­ ion descended the Anderson steps carrying the fruits of crime in their hands, it would be no easy matter for me to deprive them of these fruits. After all, I was no highway­ man; I relied on wit and surprise for my success. Why, then, was I lur­ ing in this areaway? Before I an­ swered this question, I tried to put myself in the White Eagle's place. He had cultivated Anderson’s ac­ quaintance for the purpose of robb­ ing the millionaire. That robbery must occur tonight or be indefinite­ ly postponed- It would be a rob­ bery of finesse ’ and subtlety; the White Eagle would, not resort to vio­ lence save in the last extremity. Now, if the robbery dere one of vio­ lence, the White Eagle’s departure from Anderson’s house would be a pellmel-1 affair. Into such an af­ fair I would not thrust myself. On the other hand, if finesse and subtlety won the battle, the two criminals would leave their host in leisurely fashion. In that case, where would they go? -> • I could not believe that the White Eagle had brought with him many of his Parisian followers. To do So would be to court suspicion. The French police keep in fairly close touch with the detective bureaus of other countries- It might be pos­ sible for the White Eagle and one or two of his companions to slip quietly out of France without at­ tracting suspicion. But if he took* many of his followers with him, he would be running an unnecessary risk. It was fair to assume, then, that in this American venture of his, he was working practically alone-—in which case he would not have many different rendezvous where he and his followers would meet, Also, the White Eagle, like any great gener­ al—--and he was that—prepared in advance for defeat. He would not wish to flee blindly in the event of victory; and in case of defeat it would not perhaps be necessary to flee. In other words, if the White Eagle did not succeed in robbing Anderson/ he would return quietly to the house which he had rented. And if he succeeded in robbing the millionaire, he would probably re­ turn to the house. In Ms stay of several months in New York he must have acquired certain things of va­ lue and of bulk, which he would wish to take with him in ease of flight. And probably, unquestion­ ably, if I knew the man, he would accomplish his purpose so subtly that he would have a start of at least, an hour or two before his crime was discovered. Having no followers here to guard other rendezvous, it was almost in­ evitable that he would return to his house. I was cooling my. heels to no purpose here. So I went to the side-street on which the White Eagle lived. Ar­ rived in the neighborhood of his house, and following the same train of reasoning which had brought me here, So I went to the side-street on which the White Eagle lived. Ar­ riving in the neighborhood of his house, and following the same train of reasoning which had brought me here, I decided that he must have let his servants go for the night, if he had not, indeed, dscharged them. Nothing venture, nothing gain! I boldly rang the bell at the servants' entrance slightly below the street level. I rang it half a dozen times. And then I did something which I rarely do, but at which I am extremely capable- I picked the lock and entered the house. (To be continued) PENHALE—BIRTCH A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the United church par­ sonage, St, Marys, by Rev. W. -H. Raney, when Mary Irene Birtch, R. N., of Memorial Hospital, St. Thomas youngest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. W, A. E- Birtch, of St. Marys was united in marriage to Rose© Richard, eldest son of Mrs, Amelia Renhale and the late Wm. Penhale, of St. Thomas. RAYFIEM) POPULAR Each year Bayfield’s popularity as a resort increases. Jowett’s picnic grounds are more largely patronized and every day large numbers enjoy the lake breezes. One of the larg­ est. picnics recently was that of the United -church, Kippen, and Hill’s Green. The following picnics were held last week: Wesley and Ontario United church, Clinton; Brussels, three townships, and Ethel, and the Wingham Foundry Company. NEW OFFICERS NAMED FOR SUMMER SCHOOL The officers for the coming year of the Goderich summer school of the United church which was held in Goderich last week were elected as follows: Honorary president, Rev. W. R- McIntosh, D.D., London; Dr. Barnby, Bly th; president, Rev. W- A. Bremner, Bruc.efield; past president, Rev. D. McTavish, Exeter; vice- president, Rev. W. R. Alp, Auburn; secretary, Rev. Edgar Roulston, Ar- kona; treasurer, Miss M. Baillie, Goderich; registrar, Miss M. Clarke, Goderich; librarian, Miss V. Sharpe, Dashwood; advisory board, Revs. C. F. Clarke, M. C. Parr, Goderich; Mr. George Baeehler, Goderich; Rev. J. M. Colling, Grand Bend; Miss A- Switzer, Kirkton; Miss Claire Mc­ Gowan, Blyth; Rev. J. Scobie, Bel­ grave and Rev, R. R. Conner, Kip­ pen ? dean, Rev. R. B. Cumming, Benmiller. GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE By Archer Wallace A London photographer, Mr. J. Sv Mendelssohn, recently contributed an article to tin English magazine, giving some of his reflections After a life-time spent in photographing people- Among other things he said: “One of the^best evidences for religion is the type of face that the essentially religious life produces.” He goes on to say, what few would dispute, that character expresses it­ self in the face and that to any close observer the face tells a good deal about one’s manner of living. The beauty specialist has had a big following in every age. In an­ cient Egypt and Babylon there were thase who devoted their talents to removing grey hairs and improving the complexion. Roman historians poked fun at the adies of their day whose quest for beauty was amus­ ing. As for the modern conditions this is what "an authority said not long ago: “Fortune awaits the pro­ ducer of a successful wash or dye or powder.” In view of all this the comment of the professional photographer, just quoted, is interesting. Good­ ness is the beginning, of beauty. If, on one hand, baseness, cruelty and sensuality become stamped on one’s face is it not equally inevitable that there is a comeliness,, a beauty, wrought by high thought and noble aspiration? It is certain that those who live in the atmosphere of lofty thniking and true feeling should bear about them something *o£ the loveliness which comes from within, The building of bodies and of souls goes together. It is simply un­ thinkable that for years a steady de­ velopment of character should go on which was not accompanied by out­ ward manifestations. iilim^i—iW «i«bfjlWjMiiM»inli»»ii<iii.»|i».......... Frame your mind to mirth merriment, which bai’ a thousandl hams a-ud lengthen life. Two little girls in towp, rooking! into a tank containing some sunfish*, the younger says tp the older, they; were 6 and 7 years old: ■;“Are they Goldfish?” “No, just fish.” “How do they get them?” “Qh, uncle Willis grew them fi-on» worms.” ......................... HERE'S THE WORLD’S 42DI7 ATTEST XXjKJIi WHY LEAVE CANADA? Roger W. Babson, tne economist, has been saying that the young men who leave Canada for the United States are just so many fools. He does not put it that way, but that is what he implies. Young men are much better off in Canada than in the United States, the economist declares, in that Canada needs men and there are bigger and better op­ portunities here. This despite the fact that salaries and wages are higher in the neighboring country than here. This kindly warning by Mr. Bab­ son is at once timely and necessary. There will always be a large num­ ber of young men with restless feet who must gp out into the world and tempt fortune in other lands. The fields will always seem greener to some the farther away they are. But Canada is a young man’s country; a country to grow up with. With its vast untapped natural resources and its potential wealth to be won for the working, this country will repay hard and efficient tabor as few countries will. It will not, however, be by sell­ ing millinery and haberdashery be­ hind a counter, or by aciding up columns of figures in an office that young men will win fortune in Can­ ada. Canada calls to the youth of the land to till the soil, mine the ores, cut the timber, and in a hun­ dred ways develop the natural re­ sources. The country does not need any more white collar wearers. 'What it needs is men who will roll their sleeves up, and work going out into the wilds and taming them, spreading our civilization and reap­ ing rich rewards for the doing of it. There are new railways lines to be built, rivers to be bridged un­ known regions, rich in mineral wealth, to be explored, and great uninhabited tracts of country to be populated. Canada is not built in St. James Street or in the financial purlieus of Toronto and Winnipeg. It is built by pioneers who rough it but who wrest fortune from the hands of the Gods. True it is, that often the financiers steal from the pioneers the fruits of their toils but may it not be that they, with all their swollen money bags, are placing false values on life? It is not achievement that counts more than possession? Let the young men stay in Cana­ da. Babson is right. But let us who constitute the people of Canada see that Canada is a country that young men will have no desire to leave. The bigger the wage fund the more money the wage earners have to spend, which means more money for the merchant and every­ body concerned in the manufacture or distribution of commodities. Give all men a chance to profit by their toil for Canada.- Rich corporations don’t make a country rich. It is a high general level of prosperity that counts. Make it worth while for young men to stay In Canada and they will stay. But, in any case, the* right young man will make con- dii^ns right for himself, GODERICH GIRL STRUCK BY CAR, SERIOUSLY INJURED Dorothy Burke, ten-year-old dau­ ghter of Mrs- D. Burke, of Goderich, suffered a broken leg when she was struck by a car driven by Miss E. Winter, of (}oderich. The accident occurred on the provincial highway at the corner of Huron road and Walnut St. Miss Burke was cross­ ing the street when she was struck by the car. She was taken to Alex­ andria Hospital and her injuries were attended to by Dr. W. Martin. GOAL BUY GOAL NOW Prices away down for Month of May No. 1 B. C. 5x Shingles $1.16 bunch 7 wire woven fence per rod 3 8c. 8 wire woven fence per rod 42 c. FERTILIZER ON HAND A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 GRANTON, ONTARIO It's not much good having “wol* come’’ on your doormat if you have­ n’t got it on your face, MORE mileage. Better non-skid. 01 v w vi. more even tread wear. And SUPER* TWIST Cord con* struction—cords which stretch and; recover 61 % more j than ordinary cords —have greater life-—*- give greater wear*; And prices are no higher. Slower, W. J. BEER Phone 109 EXETER, ONT. You can feet your tire as sooflu as you want it here. wwwwmwij. f ( CAR-OWNERS are turning their cars in on new Chev­ rolets, faster than ever, with the result that we ..arc getting finer cars than ever in trade. We know that there is a Used Car in our stock that you will be proud to own . . the right car for you. And we can assure you that it is marked at the lowest possible price. ,4 Satisfied customers are our greatest assets ♦ • that is why you are sure of a square deal and fair value in a good used car here’. Come in and inspect the “right cars at the right prices”* r Easy terms arranged. < cu-isaaa J.- McDonell, Hensail