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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1930-08-21, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE */ower fiy ** to beat at it with his ledidne and Y «m to • the solution is 110f-hing more to he clone here/’ <b) <c) Th HON. GEO. S. HENRY, Minister in­ fer he no need to dis- the rest we sat each busy with And after a And then, like a bolt from came Hugh’s sudden re­ stupefied amazement ■not Knowing ?I felt I was on the track; .-but what was the next plainly visible’— were at least four top of it. in fact comfort lay in the the moving walls he screamed, "damn The programmes been improved too, directors In fact, everything possible three to seven yean, or Matriculation re- THURSDAY, AVGUST m, W hatted also: I quick breathing And what hap- happened so quickly yards. - Ample, at night, * 'Wait by the treeA’ ; the devil are you talking I criecU but he had vaiiish- was repeated. But after that was silence. No movement from tile walls: no movement from the house’. ■ The man ERN ONTARIO LONDON CANADA TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES HOW the LAW wflFOPERATE Upon Conviction of an operator motor vehicle for any one of the offences named below, his _ r’s. license and all motor vehicle permits issued to him will be s ended until such operator or owner npensate financially those whom he bnnecti The) University wa» e i —Reorganized1 in Three Faculties—*/ PubRc Health. Five affiliated colh Enrolment is limits Only 'students Qualifications and giving evidence ^suitability will be cd. Ead^application for en- 5 are fr or H f accojSing to course, at orwe for full information. 51 VHAT the LAW will ACCOMP imself within It will not impose any obligati,$Pupon those who >, in case of its provisions. accident pay judgments rendered against t for injury done to personsjj’or property BHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII . . the story so far Hugh Drummond and Peter Darrell: are interested in Mr, Granger, irhp Jives at Temple Tower, which is strongly fortified. Miss Verney accepts a position as private se­ cretary to Mr. Granger and her friend (Freckles) Tom Scott is staying with Hugh. John, an old triepd of Hugh’s has the, plans of Temple Tower, but' someone steals Ahem. > Gaspard, Granger’s ser- his big watch dog and a ^ Warder at Spragge's Farm are all dPUnd strangled, The men meet Victor Matthews, a member of the Kew York police, who also retuns with them and tells the history of JLe Bossu Masque. While at the “ Dolphin Inn Peter noticed some- .one watching them through the fireplace and KOPS ppstairs to in­ vestigate and someone nearly •strangles him. When he recover­ ed he discovers the, lost plans ly­ ing beside the bed.' Before leav­ ing the.hotel Vandali-and Madame Vandali w^re foupd strangled, the man hanging from the ceiling and the' woman in a cupboard in the While - Matthews was sit- was and room ting in Hugh's house a shot tired and Le Bossu entered nearly strangled him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY I f’YOu see,” he went on, "our only ;S.u>PA-..was to let le Bossu think he 3'iin the whole stage to himself. And iihe -devil of it. was. that to all in- ' touts add- purposes he had. He had Tjgot into the house, and we hadn’t. ATtrl it waA'pcssible, I thought, that M he remained in ignorance of our presence he might not harm the girl. Whereas, if we went and pealed on •the front door bell, we gave the -whole show away without doing any ' £$ood. Up till then we had all of sns- thought that he, like ourselves, -swas --outside. . Now we knew he’d ,-g-ol in;. HoW? Not' by the door: -jnor by>-* a window. So how? It annst have: been by the passage. “Gosh! did boy, my brain was ^moving as the poor old thing had ■ mover creaked before. Passage, pas­ sage, passage—the word positively hammered at it. Le Bossu had ■found’.- the enterance: we hadn’t. W? ’F© bad followed out the in- sstructions to .the letter: 'the same instructions, that he, had followed jf befoi’e^u^P But. we couldn’t. "have done, dr^e should have found dhe entrance Wirselves. What fol- z'5 , lowed irresistibly? Why, that the instructions we had followed were dioi the .same that had guided le Bossu. It. was just about that stage tfrl' my brain‘’Storm,” he added with laugh, "that I bit young Freckles’ Jlmad off, if you remember, for in- ferj;uptiUg. Poor devil! he couldn’t Srnlp it, I know, but I was absolute­ ly keyed up. right rstep? Ml, the 1930 'Western Fahf appears likely to be* be far ahead of any that have gone before, Every, expectation ik held out'that attend* ancA? will be the luxgeet history alee. Special arrangements will he made by Bendon hotels and other lodging places to take pare of the Wir Week visitors and traffic arrangements will be altered to tak? cute of th^ influx of motorists, *' -—echoing ro«nd list thou, abruptly It PWbd.. And a moment or two later the light flickered again, and; then went out. Darkness 'was- pa he once more; darkness nod silence. "My Godl” stammered Freckles in a shaking voice, "what was that?” My owp forehead was wet with, sweat, and even Hugh’s iron nerve was a bit shaken, Regardless pt his: failing battery he had switched on his torch: even its feeble glow was welcome after that devilish laughter/ Was it Granger, or was it He Bossu?: Gone mad suddenly . , loo&e in the house , . . Affil no one blamed the youngster when he suddenly hurled himself hysterically at the stone bar­ rier and began fist; "Damn you,” you—-open.” And to opr it did. At the time- the reason-—it seemed like a mir­ acle'.afterwards when we did know the reason, and the marvellous part played by that marvellous girl, it seemed no less of a miracle, But at the moment we could think of noth­ ing save the fact, that the prison door was opening. The wheels on which the walls moved creaked and groaned, until, with a thud, they Came to vest in their proper place. The way to the house was free, But not at once did Hugh move: the possibility of a trap was still there. It might have been the man whose frenzied laughter .we had heard who, had opened the walls. And if that was so he might be eveir U-ow waiting for us out of sight, in­ side the house, to pot us one by one as we came out of the, passage. At last he went with a rush, and from inside there came the single sharp clang of the gong. And with each Of us as we dashed ’through the clang there came came whose laughter we had heard was not there. . / (To he continued) It was the thought of that that drove us. nearly insane. At that moment, whilst we stood there pow­ erless to do anything, Le Bossu was free to do what he liked in the stonghold itself And Miss Verney was in his power. He had the whole night ahead of him to find the stolen, stuff, and, then what would he do?' Kill Granger for a certainty, but. what about the girl? If he was the type who would kill one woman, he certainly wouldn’t scruple about kill* lug another if it served his purpose, And then, leaving us where we were, he would quiptly depart, having beaten u’s ail along the line. True* we did know who he was, but that was very Aolfl comfort, To devote the rest of one’s life to the pursuit of Jean Picot was an inadequate re­ turn for what he had done to us, even if we ever caught him, We didn't talk: there was nothing to say, just as there was nothing to be done, Just once Hugh put his hand on Freckles/ shoulder and said, "Buck' up, old man; pair yet.” But for or stood in silence, his .own thoughts, while Hugh switched off the torbh, which was beginning to run low, and black, overpowering darkness came down on us again. Not a. sound came from the house each minute seemed like an hour as it dragged by. And at length I be­ gan to doze where I stood. Sudden­ ly i felt Hugh’s grip on my arm: a faint light was filtering over the top of the barrier between us apd the house. I glanced at the lumin­ ous dial of my wrist-watch; and it showed a quarter to one. For two hours had we been imprisoned here. The light flickered a little, and then grew steady. Still there was no noise; only that faint' illumina­ tion proved that someone was about on the other side. Then, without warning, there came the most ghast­ ly sound I have ever listened tp in pny life—peal after peal of wild maniacal laughter. It rose and fell BANNER YEAR FOR FAIR Every lodicgtlop, according -to members o-f the board ’ of directors, points to the fact that all Western Fair in London his year will be the greatest in history. Jsfa effort, they say, has been spared to, make every feature of this great annual, exhibit ion better than it has eyer beep be­ fore, Ko less than $50,000 will be spent for prizes and Attractions in 1930, Attractions are to include the fam­ ous Rubin and Cherry ’Shows on the Midway. For years Rubin and Cherry has been a name to conjure with in midway attractions and each year new and more fascinating shows make .their appearance. These same shows were outstanding at the Canadian National Exhibition, at­ tracting thousands upon thousands of visitors. daily before 'the grandstand have greatly state, has been done to make this enter­ tainment such as Western Ontario has never seen before, During the course of the past few; years considerable development has been carried on at the Western Fair Grounds and with the work that has been conducted during the past few months to get the grounds in per­ fect shape, the exhibition park will offer visitors everything they could possibly wish for. The live stock, pet stock, poultry,’dogs and all the rest of the exhibits will be housed*" under the most ideal conditions both for the animals and for the specta­ tors. The (Manufacturers’ Building will be crowded with the latest de­ velopments of the industrial world. Of great interest in this building will be the displays of the new mo­ tor cars brought out during the past year, The Art Display will in-' elude many new outstanding works of ’- art and. Will be another spot of interest.- Like two gig- approached ■ met with a The meau- tlie turning .standing in front of the enterance. Some bushes screened us from the house, and Hugh switched on his torch. It consisted of a hole in the ground, from which mouldering stone steps went downwards. It had evidently been covered with hoards and rubbish, because these had been removed and now lay in an untidy heap beside the edge. Rotting green fungus was growing on- the sides of the steps and walls, and the spot reeked with the putrid smell of decay. Earth was lying thick on the steps, and in the light of the torch footprints were footprints which went towards the house and did not return, grjm proof that we were not mistaken over the shadow. Not many minutes previously Is Bossu had passed a'long that' passage, and with a curt warn­ ing to walk warily, Hugh led the wav down the steps. -= The air was dark and foetid, though the passage itself proved to be of a comfortable height to walk in, The floor was rough and un­ even, and the walls consisted of crude blocks of stone, moss covered and crumbling in places. For about twenty yards it ran in a straight line: then if jinked sharp­ ly to the left, and Hugh paused. ’‘Presumably,” he said, "we are now under the chapel wall. And from this point the passage Tuns straight to the house. So we’ve got to carry on without' a light.” He switched off his torch, un­ doubtedly he would have been a sitting shot for anyone lying up for us at the other end. But feeble though the glimmer had been in front, it had served its purpose: now that it was'out, the darkness seem­ ed .the most intense thing I had ever known. Not one glimmer of even faint greyness, but a solid black wall closing in on one from all sides. Fr.om my recollection -of the posi­ tion of the chapel wall, I estimated the distance to the house from the jink in the passage, to be about sixty yards. And I guessed that we had gone about thirty when sud­ denly the. same noise began as we had heard in the grounds, before. But this time it was much louder. It came from the house in front of us—the loud insistent; clanging of a I stopped instinctively: we the same alarm ,-r—w-w1. Ontario Department of Public Highways Motor Vehicles Branch the instructions were not the le Bossu had deliberately al- them before passing the plan L„_ J you. He had read them aright Triinself first/ then he had cooked ■them., for our benefit. And at that -point” I almost respaired. Tie might Miave ; written anything—the most complete, rot’ and gibberish. Bad; Shing—despair, and the ray of hope same quick. . Would he have dared to write rot? His object was to 5kesp us in -some safe place out of #tiB way, while he walked in. If the werse-hd’had-invented was meaiiing- .3es*s;' it would not have produced the result. Besides, he knew that at any ’rate part of the verse was far Trom Meaningless: it had led us ^straight To the tree. ' gong, must have run into as le Bossu. ..The ..others .had could hear John's just in front of me. pened then, that it is hard to recall the exact sequence of events. First there came a loud creaking noise from close by us—so loud that it quite drowned the clamour of the gong. Then a sudden shout from Freckles—“My God! t the walls are moving.” Then light;—blessed light —from Hugh’s torch. Only one momentary glimpse did I get of the amazing scene before Hugh's roar of warning galvanized us all into activity. “Back for your lives.” And just in time did we get back. Another half second and Hugh, who was the last out, would have been caught. As Freckles had said, the walls were moving: they were closing together for a length of leu yards in front of us. ~ ’ antic millstones they each other until they dull thud in the centre, ing of the line about wheels was clear. ’ “An unpleasant death,” said Hugh grimly, his torch fixed on the solid block of stone that now confronted us. “But the damned annoying A New Measure for Safety on the Highways in^ffect SEPTEMBER 1st, 1930 ’i. THE amendment to The Highway Traffic Act, known os the “Financial Responsibility Law,” will come into effect on September 1. PURPOSE of the LAW The purpose of the Financial Responsibility Law is to furt encourage iikfe driving of motor vehicles, in the interest of the as well as Of owners and drivers. F- OFFENCES OUTSIDE ONTARIO By Drivers Licensed in this Province For similar offences committed in other Provinces or States of the United States and reported to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of Ontario under reciprocal arrangements, the Minister of Highways’ shall suspend the driver’s license and owner’s permit until that driver or owner has given proof of financial responsibility in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in Ontario. vu Therefore theithh,£ is that we are on one side of •alteration .he had, made was a small the obstruction and le Bossu is on sine—yet it was sufficient. And it . the ,°t5wr. He got through and we was then that I made the- remark'Back, to the entrance: there Shat so astounded you: --- ------------ Siad. hit me like a kick in the stomach from a mule.” -So, four days later, did Hugh fill n>n for iny benefit the two minutes Stliat followed the appearance of le Bossu’s shadow in the upper room. *To us who wefe with him, they had- ^seemed an eternity. He had stood there absolutely: motionless, without -speaking, save for. one remark, when ;as he said, he bit the youngster's iliead off. John was muttering to sue that we must do something: j ■^Freckles -was almost sobbing in his ■trlispair Sthe blue, snark. “Sixty That’s it “What ■about?” / _ , .....«sd, and, a little -dazedly, we walk- *<ed towards the ti/eT. I could hear Slim near at hand: js'We the house silence had gone, doomed up out of “I’vo found the quietly. "Our Setters in the verse before passing At -on to- tis,. S' to N and U to R. ’Thirty long paces, north took us ex­ actly sixty ioitg paces from the spot we- wanted to find, which happens So be thirty loftk paces south of the ftnee. Come on.-.’. . At the time it’ had seemed to mo ftlm "wildest' piece of guess-work that Ihad come right: an unworthy sus- ’jphdon for which I afterwards abas- myselL But the fact that it had <oine right was all that mattered, a. few seconds later we were PROOF of FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Amounts and Hotv to Give 41 ■ Proof of financial responsibility shall be given in the following amounts by every driver and in the case of ah owner in the same amounts ■ for each motor vehicle registered in his name:— -4 (a) at least $5,000 for.injury to, or death of, any one person and; subject to that limit for each person so injured or killed, at-least ’ $10,000 for injury or death of two or more persons in anyone accident. ’ .it *, (b) At least $1,000 for damage to property of others Resulting from, any one accident. - ‘ Proof of financial responsibility may be given "in any one of the 4 following forms;.- (a) with 1e Bosau the necessity And suddenly the darkness, entrance,” he said friend altered two And there was nothing more to be done there elther.Fifteen yards only did we go before we found that .the walls had closed behind us also, We were shut in the 'space between them: caught like rats in a traj). For a moment Hugh gave way to despair and cursed wildly: then he pulled himself together. “No good biting the bedclothes/ he remarked. "Let’s explore om quarters.” The exploration did not take long, and certainly did nothing to raise' our spirits. There was no possible way out, until the mechanism should operate in the other direction. We could go neither forwards or back­ wards. And the roof presented no hope either.. It looked perfectly so­ lid, and judging by the number of steps we had come down at the en­ trance there of earth on only ray of that though completely blocked us in, there a space between the top of them the roof. Not large enough for of us to crawl through, but stiff cient to allow the passage of ai There was ho danger ,of our beln suffocated. Also for the same reason our prison was not sound-proof: wo could shout and in due course some­ body would be certain to hear us. But Who? What was the good of shouting when the house was in tlie hands of Le Bossu? He wasn’t like­ ly to let us out The written certificate filed with the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of any authorized insurer that it has issued to the person named a motor vehicle, liability policy or policies which at the date of the certificate is in full force and effect. , ' » The bond of a guarantee insurance or surety company licensed in Ontario, qr a bond with personal sureties approved as adequate. The certificate of the1 Treasurer of the Province that the person named has deposited with him a sum of money or securities for money approved by him to the amount or value of $11,000 for. each motor Vehicle registered in the name of such person. Tie OFFENCES Hees named: , if any injury, to person or property occurs in erewith. __the highways, which is prohibited by The Highway Traffic Act. (c) exceeding the speed limit, if any injury’ to any person or property occurs in connection therewith. (d) failing'to remain at or return to the scene of an accident and to furnish the names and addresses of driver and owner of vehicle and failing to render all possible assistance, if directly or indirectly a party to the accident, (e) driving a motor vehicle on a highway without holding a driver’s license. (f) any criminal offence involving the use of a motor vehicle, including driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. (g) any offence against public safety pn highways as may be desig­ nated by the Lieutenant-GoVernor-in-Couricilin NON-PAYMENi "of JUDGMENTS If the holder of a driver’s license Or owner’s permit fails to satisfy a judgment rendered against hith for damages.on account Of injury . to, or death of, any person, or on account of damage to property ’ in excess of $100, occasioned by a motor . Vehicle, within 15 days from date of judgment, Such license ot permit Shall be /Suspended , until such judgment is satisfied to the extent of at lcastN$5,000 for injury to, or death of, any one person^and, Subject to that limit, for each person so injured or killed to the extent of at least $10,000l.fbr injury to, or death Of, two or more persons in any one accident, ahj, to the extent of at least $1,000 tor dainage to property of others \ resulting from any one accident) and, Untjl/auch person gives proof of his financial responsibility in Case of future accident* Department PUBLIC NOW PROTECTED by INCONTESTABLE INSURANCE In the event .Of damage being done by the awnCr or drived of a motor vehicle to another person or to property of another person, ,an.d such owner or driver holds an insurance policy to pay the legal liability of the insured for such damage, and if through tnisrepresentatioft Upon the application for such policy Or in the event of a breach by the insured of any term, provision or condition of the policy which would relieve, the insurer frOni liability, the insurance*company must nevertheless under the Safety Responsibility Law, pay the damage to the p$Son injured up to the limits named above, but in Such case the insurance company by a provision in their policy may Rave the right to recover from the person insured the amount 'Or amounts' so paid in liquidation Of the damages for the injury he has donertd this , -perspns or. property of others) including interest Ond costs." , REPORTING of ACCIDENTS Every person in charge of a motor Vehicle who is directly or indirectly involved in'.an accident, if the accident results in personal injuries or in damage to property apparently exceeding $50, shall report such Occident forthwith to the nearest provincial or municipal police officer and shall furnish such information or ^rxtten statement edn* . cerning the accident as may be required "by the Officer pt by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. . ** ■ , of Highways