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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-08-31, Page 6THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1038 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE TINY CARTERET “Mackintosh is right,” he said as “It means the ena. lot of bloodshed, induced the boy to Signor, it your Impassioned eloQu. Expltr ®imta.Abnucal( Established 1873 and^lSS? Published every Thursday mofnlnv at Exeter, Ontario ence had been wasted.” .< I BY SAPPER sir,” this I into take Gad llllllllllllllll SYNOPSIS Tiny Carteret, a free easy go­ ing young man, extremely popu­ lar with both jneh and women and with an income year enabling him to upnto-date apartment of London, receives a his friend, Roland Standish. He meets his detective friend at Ter- itet on the Lake of friend is connected which seems to Queen. Joe Denver scene hotel Of 5,000 a live in an in the city letter from and is lured where he is Geneva. Tiny’s with the case concern arrives on away from staying. the the the CHAPTER VI Standish—as a lover of law Justice cries aloud for the Do I make Standish, point that answered is, however, one me, Signor. When these two are haled before the law to '■ for their sins, they will nat-' relative That man had got on the boat train. Standish at Victoria: he had not got off at “By when is this decision Dover At least Inspector Mead had ] | been prepared to swear he hadn’t J appear‘into thin air. But what was* ■not in one isolat- * kintosli. I i Ls! =' the conclusion. H • Aud probably a What on earth come here?” “That is the least part of it, remarked .Standish. “It is damned photograph.” “Well, don’t get yourself trouble, my dear fellow. And George along with you to lunch. I’d give anything to see Berendosi’s I face if you pull it. And if thej blighter gets gay with you and your^ pal, George can put it on to me. In fact he’d bettei* stop with you till' you go.” I It was midday when they got back' to the hotel, and a quarter of an hour later Tiny came in grinning all over his face, with Andy Mac- “Sooner and later are teams, Signor, remarked abruptly, to be jnade?” For an instant a gleam of triumph And yet the run had been non-stop showed in Berendosi’s eyes, but his That it was a disguise of some sort voice was quite 'casual as he answer-, was obvious, since no man can dis- ed. “.Shall we say lunch to-morrow, or this disguise that- rather to-day? I have a-most boring ed case but in several—could com- function to attend in a few hours at pletely hoodwink some of the shrewd- tlie aerodrome—the inauguration ot. the new service here and Le Bourget. | “All right,” said Standish, open­ ing the door. “I will tell you then.”: “But let there be no standing, Mr. Standish,” the other. “I must have proof.’ “You shall have proof,” said Stand­ ish coldly, ignoring Berendosi’s out­ stretched hand. “Srange men—you English.” The Bessonian’s hand fell to his side. “1 thought you were always reputed to take a beating like a sportsman.” “Only if that beating 'comes from a sportsman. Signor Berendosi, it would be idle to pretend that I don’t know your game. But it would be equally idle to pretend that I do not consider you a cad of the first water, A man who deliberately sets out tc obtain his ends by blackening the reputation of a perfectly innocent girl in the eyes of the whole world, is not a man whose hand I would ever shake.” He turned to Tiny as the door clos­ ed, and gave a short laugh. “I feel better for that, Tiny. Lucky he suggested by then.” “But if it ' you going to I “That he’s ..... — ■■ ■ i mis under-1 remarked . I lunch: I “Thumbs up, Ronald,” he cried . “Went without a hitch.” I “A verra impressive spectacle,” said Andy gravely. “In fact I laps-' Like a giant ‘ est men living? At last he gave up any attempt at sleep and, lighting a cigarette, lie,ed into journalese. Like a pulled up a chair to the open window j dragon-fly with gossamer wings out- the moment he had to dismiss'-stretched the flying bird lay motion- bigger problem from concentrate on the to obtain the negative Blake. And after a For the and how ton began to laugh gently to himself: jped peaks towards the smiling fields there was only one possible method, j Clearly Blake would not hand it over voluntarily: therefore, tuC1Cj his mind iess, gleaming silver in the sunshine 1 smaller—1 Soon it would spring to life, and from Fel- taring into the blue empyrean, bear' while he'its living cargo over the snow-cap- ! --- X_______X,____________• 1 Soon it would spring to life, 1 soaring into the blue empyrean, bear of France, gliding smoothly under the master hand of the keen-eyed And then the hand there j hird-man in control. Equal- j great Berendosi himself draws nigh. In a few wel’l-cliosen words he paint­ ed a dazzling picture of the future, with Dalzburg not the least impor- ’ tant link in the world flying route, j And what of the men who made such things possible: the intrepid pilot: efficient median-' I voluntarily: was no good asking for ly clearly there was no tempting to obtain it Blake was a powerful would certainly be armed, aud who. also had an alarm on his desk( which sounded in the rooms of two large men-servants. He repiembered' the clear brained, that fact from a previous interview he had had with him when tempersi had become a little frayed. And' since those two methods were both x. x ruled out, there remained only one ^he pjircl himself. George, my other—the negative must be stolen hoy, we’re going to have some fun. | He began to pace thoughtfully up Have you ever seen a finer example we shall know come oft—are swine?” doesn’t tell the at Andy’s? Yes. It’s j not fair to them. What Berendosi | said is right—they’re bound to find him in a place like this. The servant# would give it away. And don’t be under any delusions as to what he said about our going to the jug. That was no bluff. And though we may be precious little use out of prison we’d be even less inside. And I’ll go round to the Embassy in the morning and get Bunny Rogers to feed, for I’m thinking that if we off Berendosi will be as he’d sat in a hornets’ nest, diplomatic flavouring at “Mr. and order, I know you will be griev­ ed to hear that a dastardly crime has been committed to-night. At a house belonging to a high state official two miscreants nearly killed an inoffen­ sive photographer, forced their way in, stunned two of the old family re­ tainers and then decamped—for all I know with large quantities of val­ uables, names of these criminals, in order that they may be punished. Do you see now where the quid pro quo comes in? Should you decide on it’s being sooner, I don’t think the names of the criminals are ever like­ ly to be disclosed. .Should you de­ cide on it being later:—well, one oij the criminals was a thick-set man, of medium height, the other was aj very large friend of his. myself clear?” “Perfectly,” “There strikes villians answer urally give a reason for their scan­ dalous behaviour. They will-say what the photographer was doing, and people will wonder why. They will say who was there and all sorts or embarrassing and awkward things,1 which will doubtless get into the papers.” I “My dear Mr. Standish, ’can you possibly believe for an instant that a man in my responsible position,' •knowing as I do the unsettled state of the country would allow such a thing as that to get into the papers?, m‘y be helpfuL You quite pain me. Think of the terrible example to the youth of the land.’ No, I fear that the two mis­ creants would have no choice of stat­ ing their case until later—consider­ able later. And I may further addj^wjSj.ed and ^urned) and wbeil that amongst other reforms which are urgently needed -here the state' of our prisons leaves much to be de-! sired.” I “So, that’s it. is it?” said Standish' lighting a cigarette. “That is it, Mr. .Standish. I do think I can make it any clearer. I said before, sooner or later Denver will be found. For reason into which we need not enter I would prefer it to be sooner. I therefore offer you two alternatives. If you make it sooner there is a most com­ fortable train de luxe which leaves for Paris to-morrow night: if the other well, as I said, our goals are not all they .might be.” “And what do you porpose to de with Denver when you get him?” “I can assure you that he will be treated with the utmost considera­ tion,” answered the other. “Be- reasonable,” he continued as Stand­ ish said nothing. “As a clever man [ you know that I hold the trump cards; clever those young when things are more settled, lieve me we shall be only too do pull it sore So a the not As Mr it. good by man I at- force:1 I who ic . . .” “For the love of your mouth on a Standish. Allah, Andy shut | drink,” laughed “For here, if I mistake and down the room: was it feasible? It was a risk—a very grave risk: on of T’Etat, c’est moi’?” j And undoubtedly at the momentthat point he was nder no delusions. pauJ Beren[losI was teellng that llte| May I ask exactly what ypji are talking about?” said Berendosi quietly. “Didn't you hear?” boomed Tiny cheerfully. “That’s too had. Just as everything was. ready, what should occur but that the mechanic felt the surge for a drink upon him. So back he trotted to the hangar with his tongue hanging out. Ana there who should he find but an­ other man real, aye ready! to his place/’ “And the lucky thing was he had already .gone through necessary formalities,” ish. who was prepared to sacrifice him­ self that another man should not thirst, had in some extraordinary manner lost his passport. But since most people look more or less alike in goggles and a crash-helmet, the point escaped the notice of the aero­ drome authorities.” For perhaps ten seconds Berendosi stared at .Standish with a look of smouldering fury in his .eyes. What had happened was clear. The man upstairs was the real mechanic, for whom they had substituted Denver at the last minute. And now Denver was gone beyond recall, had fixed it mattered not: salient fact remained that been completely outwitted, over, in the presence of the others it was impossible to. show the fur­ ious rage that was seething in him. “How very intereting,” he said at length. “I was sure you would find it so,” remarked Standish affably. “Will you join us in a little lunch?” “Thank you—no”,| answered other. “You leave to-night?” “I do.” “Then I will say good-bye.” “Au revoir is more suitable, > nor Berendosi. I shall return.” And once again the eyes of tUe two men met. If take that the said fitand- “Because this noble fellow How tney the one he had More- the Sig- SUBSCRIPTION—? 2.00 per year In advance. RATES—Farm or Real Estate fo> sale 50c, each insertion for first four insertions. 25c. each subse­ quent insertion. 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But burglary was-a o..... ..... profession and up to date he had; not served an apprenticeship at It And yet it was worth taking a big chance—the issues at .stake were sc hig. Moreover, it was quite pos­ sible that once he got inside Blake's | safe other things, would come tc light—-'things that might lead him to the headquarter of the gang. | He argued it out in his weighing up the .chances, favorable conditions he could deal with the safe, but it was not going to be an easy matter conditions. Gentlemen Blake’s mode of living i erahle precautions over Still, there was no device yet ed by human brain, that could not be circumveted by the same agency •and the more he thought of it the more way. stairs mind try and steal the negative. Berendosi was in the lounge, and greeted him affably. He apparent­ ly 'bore no ill feeling over Stand­ ish’s final remark of a few hours previously: garbed in a frock-coat1 and, top-hat he oozed complacency. | “A tedious performance,” marked, “but pro “A most apt Standish” politely, a speech?” “A few words lunch then, we will resume our talk. "Precisely,” answered the with a faint smile. Thinking over the had almost driven point at issue from now as he watched his car he began to Would the thing principal hope of success lay in calm' audacity of the scheme, now that the actual moment had rived he didn’t feel quite so confl-L Without a word he joined them: dent as he had done the previous'an advance press proof of the morn­ night, right under Berendosi’s nose as Andy ha dgleefully exclaim­ ed, but was the ndse big enough tc ' hide it? he to get a. line on Zavier it? that his reasoning was cor- regard to that gentleman I’ve got a winning hand. And men cut their losses, under circumstances. Hand over the mah to me and clear out. Ana be­ ds'- as if little smeal Well, good night, old lad. We’d better get a few hours sleep.” But though he undressed and got into bed sleep would not come. Round and round in his brain the problem the broad day-light was streaming thro’ the window it was still unsolved. How was the negative of that photo to be procured? And mixed up with it was another even more important factor How was and hold He felt rect with Even it he was not the biggest man of all, he was (Considerably nearer that position than Felton Blake. Ana though he had made no effort to trace him from Territet—his. suspic­ ions then had not been aroused.—:he was under no delusions as to what would in all probability have happen­ ed if he had. Time and again had he and others got on the trail of men who they knew belonged to the gang in the hope of tracking them to their headquarters: time and again had those men vanished as. completely as if the earth had swallowed them up True they had only been underlings 1 but if underlings could shake skilled men off their heels, how much more easily could a man in Zavier’s posi­ tion. He recalled a case where a man who was known to be a forger in the employ of the gang was purposely al- lighted to welcome you back to our lowed his freedOm in the hopes thaT ” ...country.he would lead them to their quarry A Tired, Worn Out Woman Can’t Make a Happy Home There is no happiness in the home when the mother is sick and worried by the never ending household duties. She gets run down and becomes nervous and irritable, has shortness of breath, faint and dizzy, can’t sleep, and gets up in the morning feeling as tired as she went to bed, and is downhearted ana discour­ aged, . 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Why on earth were four of them looking "so pleased? Standish must know that Denver had returned to the hotel. And just then the police officer came up to him. “May I have a word with you, your Excellency?” he said in a low “There is some mistake. The man upstairs is in possession passport, and it is in perfect And he is not even an Eng- ft mind Given to get those of took their Felton consid-1 houses. ■ invent-1 ~ 1 did it seem to him the only In fact, when he went down-1 after his coffee and rolls his: was made up: he was going tc into the bar, and for a mo- slight feeling of uneasiness him. The party in there very hilarious considering JOHN WARD CHIROPRACTIC, OSTEOPATHY, ELECTRO-THERAPY & ULTRA­ VIOLET TREATMENTS PHONE 70 MAIN ST., EXETER in- the 1 voice. young of his order, lishman: he is French. “What’s that?” snarled the other, “Are you certain?” “But of course, Excellency. I have just been speaking to him.” “Who is he, you fool? )Go and find out.” So Standish was trying the funny stuff, was he? And a sudden burst i x.______ of laughter from the bar seemed to immediate I bear out the 'fact. He moved a few Ana' steps to one side so that he could see in: the four men were examining something intently. “Come and have a look, Signor,” called out Standish. “It’s an excel- and I know he re- bono publico.” quotation,” said “You are making only. Well—at other “At lunch.” bigger problems' the imineuiate > his mind. Ana j Berendosi enter feel doubtful. | come off?Its the but I lent likeness of you, ar- your interest in photography.” pas­ hm ing’s proceedings lay on the table. There was an aeroplane, the sengers, himself, the 'crowd, what the devil was the jest? “Quite good,” he said indifferent-I ly. I “Particularly the mechanic,” mur-] mured Standish blandly. “And I' hear you said some very nice things I And at that moment Tiny hovp in sight. “Go off, old man, to the aero­ drome,” he said, ‘-'and' see what hap-| pens. I’m going to the Embassy, He found George Potter pretend­ ing to work, and was at once taken about clear-brained, efficient mech- in to the Ambassador. “Hullo! Standish,” cried the lat­ ter. brings you here, thdugh it isn’t him. hard to guess?” I He listened in silence while Stan- able substitute could be found dish told him the whole story, ana* the last moment,” said Andy grave- hls face grew graver and graver, ly. “It would' have been terrible aniC.” Berendosi stood very still: a Sud-| “Delighted to see you. What den ghastly suspicion had assailed I “It was very lucky that such an at And it was after dinner was; that Standish broached the old to take a lad?” he said was empty jneal car having a is of That, up to. date, luck had been with them all along the line Ronald Standish was the first to admit. The comparative similiarity of build between Denver and the mechanic: the fact that Denver held a pilot’s ticket and so was fully capable of taking over the job: above ail, the sportsmanship of Laval the French pilot in agreeing to the change, was a combination of circumstances they could hardly hope to strike again. But it was a good omen the first hurdle, even if it was the least formidable, had been cleared Joe Denver was out of the country Now they were faced with the se­ cond, over subject to Tiny. “Are you prepared pretty useful risk, quietly. The restaurant save for the 'staff behind the partition at the end. “We’ve run one or two lately,” “so a few more won’t hurt.” “After you went to bed last night I got thinking,” .went on Standish “Thinking about this darned -nega­ tive Tiny—there is only one way to get it, and that is to steal it.” Tiny raised*his eyebrows. “Not top bally easy, old man, it? I should imagine a man Blake’s type takes fairly good pre­ cautions against burglary.” “Undoubtedly he does. Hence the risk. But there is no other way He won’t give it to us: we can’t take it for force, so we’ve got to get it by stealth if we get it at all.” “Seems sound enough reasoning, agreed Tiny. “How do you proprose to set about it?” “I know his house, and I know the room in which he keeps his safe It is a ground-floor room looking out on to the garden, and as far as I can recollect there are some trees fairly close to the window. The first thing we’ve got to do is to get him out of the way. And1 there, Tiny. 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