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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1930-04-24, Page 3•/owr SAPPER down with paper and ‘Fresh from the gardens*down and took on 4’/ Mail the coupon above and get full particulars, Toronto said ten-, he stormed, thought ‘My it was ten,’ I remark­ watch must have 240 monthly instalments— ,713.60 three months) if totally disabled 60. No premiums to pay while disability benefits. have not But an frightful him and me as if Anyway, Iowances for mumbled, Baran 4non | THE STORY SO FAR Mugh Drummond and Peter. Darrell are interested in Mr. Granger, who lives at Temple Tower, which he has strongly fortified. Miss Vern­ ey accepts a position as private secretary to Mr. Granger and her friend (Freckles) Tom Scott, is staying with Hugh. John, an old triend of Hugh, has the plans of Temple Tower but someone stole ‘them out of his room. Freckles ^receives a letter from iMiss Vern­ ey and before they go home Gran­ ger opens the panel in the gate and while talking to tliem he sees a figure all in black watching him and is greatly alarmed. NOW GO ON ^ITH THE STORY “And then 1 could not help it: I Jimt had to ask him: “ ‘Why have you got your house barricaded like a prison?1 I said. “ ‘I have an enemy,’ he answered; "an unscrupulous enemy. He believes ■I did him a wrong-—years ago As one could do such as he a wrong. 33wt I’ll beat him,, I’ll heat him.’ “He was literally" jibboring in lijs (excitement, and for some time I thought he was going to have' a fit. fThen the upheaval passed. “/A vile criminal, Miss Vernoy: omaji debased beyond words.” “Bearing in mind the speaker, thouglft that a bit rich. “ ‘Do not be, alaityned,’ he contin­ ued, /if you hear ’things at night, . «out in the grounds. You will be quite safe. Well, well, we wjll fin­ ish our talk to-morrow. A letter *pr two, and your outings. We must Miscuss them: we must certainly dis- (Ciiss them.’ "“And ■jyith that I left him. I-Ion- •tesily I do not thiflk the man is quite' a I THE KJOTR TIMES-APVOCATE the morning sunshine*, popped ipto | “’He might want to know how the sucred room dt twenty to ten in- you got it.’ lie explained. 'And the stead of ten. Not, you would have‘one important thing, Miss Verney, is thought, a yery frightful erlme, but tl'"+ ......~ — —-1 you should have seen the result. His lordship was kneeling by the side i’o tlm fireplace, holding something in his hand. As soon as he heard’ the door open he thrust whatever it was back into q. recess, which he closed. he scrambled to his, feet in a fire, clisni tectcd aga Pointed \ 4< seven ribs­ lay. -Mad severe wen and secure, all there,' and as for his remarks about the criminal outside, the man is as crooked as a corkscrew himself. However, it is past eleven now, and I am going to bed, My dinner was sent up to my room, and I seen Mr, Granger again, hour ago I heard the most quarrel going on between Gaspard, and it sounded to Gaspard .was drunk, have locked the, door, though, give the devil his due, neither them has given me any trouble all. Good-night; I’ll, finish this fusion to-morrow, though' whether I will ever get it to you or not re­ mains to bo seen.” CHATTER VI In Which We Come to Temple Tower “By Gosh! the old thing has spread herself,” said Freckles, “There is a >9 Then fury. “ T “ ‘I amiably, gained/ “Then I sat pencil, and waited for him to start After a bit he calmed a, seat at “ ‘You me, M'iss health Is I to of at ef- further vast instalment.1 “Get on with it,” cried Hugh, “It strikes head screwed on in exactly the right way.” / “.She is not too dusty,” conceded her fiance graciously. “Now this Avhack of stuff is headed Mid-day.” “Had a perfectly good night,” she begins, “though I woke up once with that beastly dog baying at something outside. However, I soon tell asleep again, and did not wake till after eight. AU of which matters not: I'll get. On with it, I received his majesty’s command to wait on him at ten o’clock. Now you know -my watch has never been quite itself again since it fell in the river at Henley, and sure enough it had ap­ parently gained about twenty min­ utes this morning. The result was that little Patricia, with pencil and paper complete, fresh and radiant in me (Miss Verney has her his desk, must make Verney,’ ho not very good.’ “ ‘That’s all right,’ I said. ‘It my fault for coming too soon.’ “And once more I waited for to begin. .............. ' and dictated three short letters- of them business, and all trivial to a degreo. Then ped. “ ‘Is. that all?’ I asked. “ ‘All for this morning,’ wered. ‘As a matter of fact, Verney, my correspondence is shmll. Being the reeluse I am, I know but few people.’ “ ‘If this is a fair sample of a day’s job,’ I remarked, ‘I shall certainly shall not be overworked. I will go and type these now, and bring them to you to sign.’ - • “I got up and went to the door and just as I was opening it I heard him muttering in his beard again: there are times when he talks exact­ ly like a man wi-th his mouth full of fish bones. So I Availed for him to get it off his chest, 'and if you can explain it I tainly can’t, “He first question of At last he-got under way, —all of them he shall be of all outings. he ^CIlSTAJiSARD Heavy co*"''* z* pj^'perty and livestock de* Crops, . _ stroyed byfffe and lightning last year amounted,,more than $2,000,000 in Ontario. ' fit’s one of the reasons so many far arc now using RIB-ROLL —the origirtfl new-style roofing. It defies tea up-keep, increases property vfftiies and lasts a lifetime. Pro- ing when properly grojWled and equipped with Preston aulators-—as required by the Lijfptning Rod Act. Each sheet has Yiderfully easy and inexpensive to of the famous Council Sdfiidard” quality. 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Preston Barn Ventilators Abolish dartget of spontaneous combtlsfion. Us* Preston ventilators for roof, side wall adjustable windows and wide doors. They draw out th* warm, moist air and ensure proper Ventilation. Toronto And Montreal J^inire afyfat «ur 'ailraclipc special tcrnU on Winter Shipments Salada quality TllUBSDAl', APRIL 31th, 198». ThisStOp- Name. Br Super-Select . F. J. DELBRIDGE Exeter, Ont. Send me further particulars of the Plan of Insurance lives, as issued by the Confederation Life Association, x j p that the news should not be passed round among them that a big col­ lection, is being disposed o£ piece­ meal. Once that is known, down will go tlm prices.’ “I suppose he is right, though I don’t know much about these things, “ ‘I had intended,’ he went on, ‘when 1 first engaged you for you to start on that side of your duties at once, put now certain things have occurred which render it necessary for you to postpone it a little. So that for a few days, my dear young lady—just for a few days—your duties will not be ery onerous,’ (To be continued.) price ecessary ans- IVIiss very Address. Occupation. Certain professional and business me wit]h Total Disability and Double lnt at j&ry advantageous rates are super-select lives ntion Life Insurance nity Accident Benefits glad, for I eer- started on the He mumbled and grunted, and. repeated his warn­ ing of last night about the immed­ iate future^ Then without a word of warning'he suddenly asked me if I’d like to go to London, at him blankly and asked meant alone, or was he what.' “ ‘Alone/ he said: ‘All nice first-class carriage/ “Honestly Tom, I don’t think the man is all there. I hall’ expected him to go on and say something about the pretty puff-puff. However I waited, and let' him.get on with it in his own way, •_ “‘‘You see, Miss Verney/ he said for the twenty-fourth time, ‘I am a recluse. I . dislike intensely going outside my own grounds. And ope of the things that I shall wish you to do for me will b.e-to niake frequeri-t, trips to London bn v.ery confidential business/ " ‘ “ ‘That seems quite clear/ I sai'd. But what sort of business? Because I have got no knowledge of anything except typing and shorthand/ ?i) , “ ‘You won’t re,quir,e any know­ ledge/ he assured me. “All I want is a nice-looking young lady wliopi I can trust iinplicity/ “And suddenly I remembered a thing which Miss> Mudge had said when she told me of my being en­ gaged. At the time I didn’t think about it, but now it came back. One absolute proviso was that I must look a lady.. “ ‘You see, Miss Verney/ he went one h°W through my life has been acquiring beautiful things. And recently a relative of mine died, and left me a wonderful collection of old jewellery. Now this big place, as you will understand, costs a lot of money to keep up, and I fear that, much as I regret it, I shall have to sell some of my things.^ And that is where I want you to.help, me.’ “ ‘You mean/ I said, ..‘that you want me to take them up to London and sell them for you?” “ ‘That’s it/ he cried. ‘That is just what I want/ “ ‘But why not send for a good man from Christies/ I said, ‘or a first-class jeweller’ to come here? I should probably be badly swindled.’ “He shook his head cunningly. “ ‘No, you won’t/ fie said. ‘Not if you do it the way I say. You see/ ho went on confidentially, ‘it’s like this. If I send for a first-class jew­ eller to come to me here, 'and kb sees all my collection or even half of it, it stands to reason that he won’t give me as good a price as if I sold each article separately. At the same time I obviously cannot ask a man to make fifty different trips down here and show him the things one at a time. make the fifty different trips up to London. There are scores of first- class jewellers either there or in the big town.like Birmingham and Man­ chester, and if you go to a different one each time you will get the maxi­ mum price for each article. Look for instance, at that/ “He produced from his desk a small box, and opened it. Inside was the most lovely pearl and dia­ mond pondant I have ever seen setting was old-fashioned, but I could realise how valuable it “ ‘Now/ lie went on, ‘if you I stared him if he going, or alone in a So I want you to The even was,' took that to h good man, and told him it had been left you by your mother or a relative, I am .sure he would give you a thousand pounds for it.’ “ ‘I should think it more than likely,’ I said. ‘But why bring in the bit about it having been left me? 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