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Margaret Leierre martles Luke Made
disee, wealthy banker, after he
bas treiteferred to her every di -
• lar lie beein the Werld. After
' the ceremony he asks her for some
money with which to pay sen els%
Iliaatielle She retuses, declaring
' that he Shall PeTer have a Cent of
tis money back, She discloses to
him the fact that her brother, Rex
'Who was ifouna 'snot, had left a
,note SaYing that efeddlson had
• ruined him, aid Margaret had
snarrled Luke' for revenge, She
does not knew that Rex forged
• Maddison's name to a large cheek,
Maddison leaves her and wanders
' about London, trying to under-
', stand' wit happened, when he
meets Lewing, an underworld
' character who has previously
brought him a message from Gun-
' ser Haynes, 'a famous American
' crook.
o The two are attacked by Joe
Connors' gang, who think Luke is
'• a detective whom Lewing has put
.4011 their trlal. Leering is killed
and Maddison seriously wounded.
He 'recovers conecousness, two
weeks later and finds he is known
in the hospital .only as "Smith."
"Ee decides to retain that name.
A messenger from Connors calls
at the 1iospita-1, gives him $25,00
s mut the address a a Mrs. Fraser,
'explaining the there is a room for
him there and that the gang wants
to make amends for its mistake
' en attacking him. Luke goes to
o the Gin -nett Street address and
finds a good room ready for him.
Meanwhile Margaret has had a
telegram from Paris signed 'Luke'
• -astying he has found consolations
elsewhere and will let her have a
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the wall .from the mewl Which Teti "About every Othey' & .said
at the heck of the flat; he itnew ex- ,cheartully. ."We're one 'Of SW-
actly IsOw the whaleiv mild be fore- lag Squaas."
ed, Apparently it was 'WOW usual fele
* * the :Squad, f. be. Called to. buildings
-XaTgarei: itiaddie9a was preparing where 'suspected burglars were. .Ther
for bed when the, street bell yang, moved with the celerity of e, fire:
She Opened the dope IC Iter rem and tiegiae. and were as
listened.; i1e hard her feetenanai InepeCtor Gorton waited utitil,
voice end a deeper one, and then Margaret had left the buildipg, 'and
eomebody ead: then he Tapped again on the. panel,
"Yenta better go up .eaci. tell Ole "Open this deo; my sou."
lad?, I mast see her .• . 'Bootle:TO The bolt was slipped back, the
Yard." • door - flung. ()pelt. !The. inspeotor'
She sent her meal down to find saw 4 man with grimy face .and ds
ff
out what was the matter„ and in a ()Tama clothing standing lii o
few Minutes the girl came beck, do•orwaY, and instantly be was seise
"WS -an. inspector from Scotland ed,
Yard, madam. He wants to see you , Luke was taken aback. He 11.40;
on a matter of importance." expected an opportunity of parley -
"Is it Mr. Bird?" he asked aux, Ing, .even et taking the 'detectiyo
lously.into his confidence,. Resenting the
Why she should be anxious at 1111.sudden .seizure, he tried to shake
she could not .for the moment under- off the detaieing hands, and in the
stand. Later she realized that i next instant was flung violently to
wars the knowledge that Scotland the floor. Somebody passed their
Teed was a carrier 'et unpleasant hands' scientifically behind. 300
news, and that possibly 'something Coat. •
Inight have happened to Luke, which '"He's got a gat," said a voice,.
sent her down to the drawing room The pistol was pastsed to Inspece
so .quickly.
for GOTC0,11.
It was not Bird but a stranger, "I !can explain tlee guu," said
who intrOdueed-himselt as Division- Luke.
al Inspector Gorton. "I dare say' you can." Gartea
"I'm sorry to disturb you et this snapped back the jacket of the au -
time of night, Mrs. Maddison," he tomatic and detached the magazinei
,
said, "but we've got a report sent to "Loaded—you'll get a ten year
us by the servant of Mr. Hulbert, *etch for this, my lad. Fen him,
the solicitor—I believe he is your one of you; he may have another,"
husband's solicitor.
In two minutes Luke was -search-
She nodded, and ed and everything was taken from
breath.
"Is anything Wroug—I mean, with ,"Where did you get this mousy?"
kr. iMaddiSon?" . asked the inspecter.
"It was given to ine—" began
Luke, and there was a roar of
laughter. •
"What is this?" said Garton,ex-
amining .something in his hand.
That moenag before he had left
on his fatal expedition, Mrs. Fraser
had heeded him a little blue -cover-
ed book.
"A driving license, eh?i you
weren't by any chance driving a
car to -day around about Bond St.,
were yet?"
Luke's heart sank within hini. And
then he heard one of the detectives
say:
"That's the fellow! He had a
beard ,this afternoon. I saw him
driving with a woman in the park,"
drew a quick
"No, ma'arii, it's 710; serious—In
• divorce. She doubts that it _is fact It -may be nothing at all. But
this valet 'of MT. Hulbert's says that
he had an inquiry from a strange
man to -night as to whether your
husband's flat was occupied—he al-
so said that you had the Rey of the
flat."
Margaret nodded.' The key had
been in her possession since a Sew
days after, Luke's 'departure. His
man had brought it; it was at that
monlent in her desk. .
"I understand Mr. Maddison is
abroad?"
"'Yes, he is in Ronda," '.she said
quickly. "You can have" the key."
Inspector Gorton hesitated—
Luke closed' the door with some "I'd rather like yuu la come Meng
(difficulty, for,the fall of the man with ussentadam," he Bead. "I pram -
against?, theliiartition ,bati thrown the .se
you there's ' not. the Slightest
doer out of true. Mrs. Fraser was
danger, but we do not like searching
wery pale and her breath was coming houses until 'there is a representa-
quickly. tive of the Owner present,"
'never known them Lewings
"What do you. expect to 'find? I'll
to do that' before," she said. "I come with pleasure," she said.
wouldn't be •surprised if they didn't
' genuine. Denton Morell, a friend
•
of lier Brother Rex, calls on her
to try to get some Money. She
horrifies him by telling hmi that
• she has given all the money which
Luke gave her back to his trustee
eswho is making her an allowance
to .live on. She is .convinced that
Luke has gone to his favorite re-
• sort in Spain, and intends Co join
• him there. Koren realizes that
Margaret is in love with her hus-
• band and that his own schemes
' are likely to fall through, -
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
start a fire."
They ,had taken this course ouce
before, Luke learned to his horror
and amazementthat explained •the
VOW annex to the house.
S39' •Ginnett 'Street was obviously
Cain or' s headquarters. The place
had never been faided—for the mat-
ter of tbat,•it had never held a penny-
wart1i of stolen property.
First he must see Jack Hulbert,
that -Sane young. solicitor of his. It
.struck him that there was a posei-
ibility that Jack might not he alon'e.
The telephone, df course! He stop-
ped at the first public booth and put
through a call. .And here it was he.
Was thankful to ales. Fraser for her
.coppees.
The voice of Mr: Hulbert's ser -
ant: answerer him. •
'I want to speak to Mr. Hulbert,"
lie said, and to his horror the reply
came:
'Mr. Hulbert is not in England,
slr; he has gone to Berlin for a holi-
day and will not be bask till next
Week. Who is speaking?"
Luke for the moment was speech-
less; when the question was repeat -
sod he had an inspiration.
"Can you tell .me if Mr. Luke
IVIaddieon's 'flat is ,ocetipied—is his
„servant there?"
'The tone of the inan changed.
`Who are you, and why do you
Valet to know that?" he demanded.
Luke rang Itiff without explanae
Von. He might have told the lean
Who lie wife, but he was chary of
confiding in servants, and it was
particularly undesirable that he
Should betray his presence in tlaine
• don to anybody except: to ,Tack.
'And then a thought struck hint
And he Called the number of, his own
waited, or fully five
ifn-
*ites listening to the faint bus z of
the call, and then the operator's
uId
"I'm sorry, sir, but there's no Ans-
e/Seek froze' that number.'•
Luke Made a slow way to the
Waal, and walked slowly toward
Itleakingliant Pelabe, -Oblivious otte
rain. Whin 'Wee now falling in earn,
'est. There was only one thing to
tdot and (by the time he had reached
th it,t1 Of the MaLi lie had Made his
1phingale had ,otten remarked jok-
Jingly how eAsy it was to burgle his
11.1at. Recently there had been skeet -
eel a new fire ofteapeat the back Of
the block le Willett he had. his real.
dente, end ateer . to the yard where
etleape toueliA earth, Was by no
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"You can wait outside in your
The realization of that came with
car, madam. What do we expect to
shocking emphasis. And he knew
find? Well, there is a. possibility
that below, Mergaret was waiting
that the man, who called up intends.,
ed burgling the flat, and we want tip and would recognize .him Instantly
insspite of his moustache.
be on the safe side."
She went upstairs and finished Ahead of him was the -apen doot
dressing, putting on a raincoat, and
It was not a Mentellt ,araC.
He threw a two-shIllitio piece IntO
the eian'e hand, tented ,tlowu a naps
row street conveniently and
doubling latch, reached the mein
road.. flere he found a taxi poring
at leisure, and dtiVer who did not
(legation 111$ bona fides.
The cab drew up at the entrance'
of Scotland Yard and Luke Went
swiftly idown the declevity and into
the gloomy entrallOe hall. A. pollee
officer on duty challenged him and.
asked is regairements,
"Mr. 131rd's been gone for two
hours, eir. I think Ite'a one into.
the country. Would you like to
see anybody else?"
GT;id0eaallifiig inWartilY. Luke sheek
Ma
He came out on to the Thames
Embankment et one end of the 'Yard
as Gorton and. his Flying -Squad
came in at the other. Turning left,
he walked toward Waterloo Bridges
At Charing Cross Underground he
made another 'attempt to get into
touch with the Sparrow, There was
a chance that the policeman was
wrong and that Bird was -still itt
town. He went to the telephone
directory, but there were ( so many
Birds that it was impossible to tell
which was which, And then he re-
membered ono of his inttrals—an un -
Usual "Z" (Mr. Bird's middle name
was Zechariah). He scanned the
list again and going into the tele-
phone booth, gave a number.
At first he thought bis luck was
in,
"Yes, this is Mr. Bird's house,"
said a voice, "but he' e out of towns
Who •is it epeakirig?"
"It is vitally necessary that I
should get in touch with. him as
soon as possible," said Luke. urgeut,
ly. "Can you tell me where i can
find hilly?"
"Who are you?"
"Vill you tell liiin it's Mr. Mad-
dison speaking? I have been to
Scotland, yard . . . " '
He felt a sudden draught. The
door of the telephone booth was a-
jar; an unconcerned man was stand-
ing near, and apparetly hid no in-
terest either in him or his .cOnvensa-
tion Luke shut the door again, and
then, to his annoyance, found that
whoever had spoken for iMie Bird
had hung up her receiver. Still,
that was a start. He almost felt a
sense of ,relief as he came out on
to the cold Embankment and pur-
sued his way toward Waterloo.
He had not gone twenty yards be-
fore two men, walking quickly, over-
took him and fell in one at each
side.
"Hullo,' Smith! Connor wants to
see you"
He had never seen the man be-
fore, His tone was ostensive and
He wispered something to Gar;ag peremptory.
ton, and: the' inspector -nodded-4M, "And who may Connor be?" .a.sh,
the time Luke -wad thinking rapid- ed Luke coolly. "My name is not
ly. That simple explanation of his Slinth, it is Maddison."
was no longer possible. It he de- 4"Th.at's a,11 right, sir," said the
elated himself to be Luke Maddison other more eespectfully, "but Mr.
lie must also .explain what he had Connor does want to see you pretty
been doing since he disappeared. -badly." •-
accompanied the policeman into the
street. A. car was drawn up, with
two or three men sitting in the back
and she was invited to, fake
Place by the side of the driver.
• "They came very quickly to
entrance of Luke's flat.
"No, no, I'll come up with you,"
she said.."I've only been lin it twice,
but I'll probably be able to help you
find your way about.
The inspector sent one of his men
to search the apartment: and then
sucldendy he sniffed.
"Somebody's been smoking a ef-
gar here, and smoking it recently,"
he said.
Margaret too had .sinelt the faint
fragrance. At that moment the de-
tective sent to look at the kitchen
came running back.
"The window's been forced!" he
said.
Again Gorton nodded. Evidently,
he expected to hear this. 1 •
"Which is Mr, Maddison's -room!"
s .She pointed. A key was already
ineerted In the lock. The detective
turned the handle. ene door did
not move; it was bolted On the in-
side. .
"Otit you comer son!" lie said In
a loud voice as he rapped on the
panel. "It's a cap!"
He turned to the girl.
'You'd better ge down stairs, Mrs.
Maddieon-e-we'Ve going to break in
this door?"
Luke IVIeddiscni, standing on the
Other side Of the door, listening,
heard the words and gasped. His
wifel 'wag there -6411e one person in
theworld who nittet not see him!
• With ,her heart pounding a, little
faster, Margaret passed eloWn the
stairs. When he reached the street
she felted that thedriver of the p0 -
car had :surnmoned a taxi, which
was drawn up behind the tender.
"Is anybody there,. 'Miss?" asked
a police ()Meer,
"Yes, I think there is," she said.
breathlessly; "At least, the impac-
tor thinks SO."
"You'd better get into the cab,
Miss," said the police .officer,
Snoods% iMr. Gorton expects a bit of
a fight„"
'EDO you
y0i 0 ft4n bavO cases like
her
the
leading to. the hall. To • the right
the little' room , he had used as a
dressing room. • The window was
right above the first landing •of the
fire escape. Luke had a horror of
fires, and it was his favorite amuse-
ment to plan out how he would es=
cape from a burning building. If
he could get to that room. It did
not seem possible;
Somebody spoke from the landing
outside. It was the hall porter, who
had called to ,discover what the eom-
motion was about. The two detec-
tives who were guarding- the door
turned their , backs for a moment,
and in that Moment Luke Maddison
leaped. He was something of an
athlete; and played•for his fifteen at
the college,'' and had nothing to.
learn about the art of avoiding a
tackle. He dashed through the door
of the dreeeing: room, hanged it,
tight, 'and ahot in the holt as the
weight Of two men was flung against
it.
' This was net ,moment for -Caution.
He flung up the window and hig
legs went out ahnest In the same,
motion. In another second he drope
pecl, into the darkness. He had cal-
culated right. The eceel platfai'm
of the fire escape clanged under hi$
feet. Ili another instant he was fly-
ing down the steps and was over the
wall before the first of the detec-
tives reached the head of the
eS-
eape.
• A man was leantnag in the mews;
he turned with a silent as Luke
dropped, But Luke was off like the
wind, His long stay in the hospital'
had thrown Win out of condition,
but he had all the technique of
ruttier. As he Merged from the
narrow eatrence of the mew e he
saw a eab passing, and leaped on
the running -'board.
"Paddington," he Said, and swung
himself ,deftly
Evidently the driver was in soniel
doubt as to whether he shteild 'cote
He went itliaitit two blocks
and then .pulled up the, ear by the
side of the eurb,
"Where have you COltie from?" lie
asked. "X can't take you, guv`nor.,
You look as it you were running.
away from ser!'.kbady."
"X wag," Os,: Y.Atke.
"Where is he?" asked Luke after
a moment's thought.
"At the top of. Savoy ,H111—there
goes the Squad."
A ear flashed past at that Mom-
ent; the red light disappeared along
the Enbankment.
"They call eem busies and they
are busy," said the second man bit-
terly. ,e
They did not go up Savoy Hill but
turned aside, passed one entrance
of the Savoy Hotel and up a steep
and narrow street. They turnell
again to the right.
"Where is Conner's" -
"I'll tell you in' a minute when
I've got a light for my fag," said
the smaller of the two.
He struck a motel], and Luke's
eyes instinctively went to it. That
is all lie remembered. He did not
feel any pain of any blow, but drop-
ped limply to the pavement under
the impact of a rubber'hese.
His head was splitting when he
came to his senses. He was lying
on the hard floor of a jolting mo-
tor car; he discovered atterward. it
Was a tilting Ford wagon. that bore
innocuously enough the name of a
respectable greengrocer. The We
Men were squatting side by side; one
was .smokleg, and they were carry-
ing oh a cOnversdtion in a low Voice.
" . . • That's what Conner told
me," said one. "But then, Donner
always thought that this net would
:put up a squeal."
Luke lay motionless.: 'his. head
Was throbbing, but he felt no other
-disco info rt. Appa r ently, although
he could gueSs• there was as lump as
big as an egg on his ekull, the blow
had not drawn btoOd.
(To be continued)
COUGHS
Take half * teaspoonful of
Hinard'a la molasses. Heat
Minard:a, inhale it, Also sub
k welt into your chest.
32 You'll got ridief 1
102 million
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tea were.Comisisissed
In 1930
1929 bithe .people •
of. Canada. • •
' ZURICH
Mrs, (Rev.) L, Kalbflelsch was,
pleasantly .garlirieed at her home in
41inira recently ,when about forty
members of the $t. James Ladies'
Aid ,0,1 the Lutheran -church present -
her 'with a clozenreat cut glass gola:
lets, A 'dainty supper was eerved
by the ladies' and a social evening'
event,
A. quiet wedding took ' place on
wedneeday January 23,st at the Lu-
theran paraonage when Rev. E.
Turkheim performed the wedding
ceremony which united kiss Pearl,
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W,
Leibeld, of the' Parr Line, and prr.
Frederick R. petzke, of Kitchener.
Tieiliiacilinevn-e.yr.,oung„ couple will reside
irilt
Mr. Sol. Zimmerman is confined
to hs wdth an attack of 'rheu-
mat•
lease Donella Ruby, who' spent a
number ,of weeks with her parents,
Mr. and Mit. Wm. S. Ruby, .has re-
turned. to Kitchener. '•
•
Mrs. olui Fuss, who event the past
tbree months- with her dangliter
Mrs J. Schwartz, at Detroit. has. 1'e4
timed to her home in town.
The young people of. the 1 •Ith.con.
and iSauble Lien gathered at the
home of Mr, and Mrs. Ed..Stelck re-
cently in honor of their son Mervyn
who celebrated his 17th birthday..
Mr. Archie Routledge and: little
daughter, ' of ,Regina., Sask., visited
With hie parents Dr. and Mrs. Jos.
Routledge the past week.
• • Still Here
ReeelttlYeas intlutalft:
what had become Of the old-fashion-
ed merchant who gave you a cigar
when you paidyOur bill. Next day
a van cailecl over the telephone:
"I'm still here, Come ie and pay
your bill."
The; .Scotchman went .shopping,
end he told the 'clerk, "I'd like to.
see the cheapest necktie. you .havo."
"Something a little better than you
have on?''''asked the. clerk.
He proudly said, "1 ani connected
with some of the very hest families
in town—by telephone."
Isn't it remarkable what bum
guessers men are as to the size of
clothes their women folks wear.
Vino
The dearest friend to we mortals
is Time. We can make up for a
great many bereavements, but the
loss of Time is irrevocable.—Pauley.
tiocimy SCHEDULE
Crediton at Grand Bend, rebs 3rd,
Exeter at Dashwood, Feb. 2nd,
Grand Bend at Dashwood, Feb. 6th
Crediton at Exeter, Feb. 6th
'DaeltwoOd at Crediton, Feb. 9th.
Exeter at Grand Bend, Feb. i3O.,
Here and There]
,6
More than two' million fingerling
salmon and 40,000 trout earlings
were placed in Nova Scotia lakes
and streams during 1.930 from the
nsli hatchery at Lake George
" About $30,000,000 wasspent be
Canada in 1930 ,on hydra -electric
power development and installa-
tions, and it is expected that fully
three
y
,000e,a0r00.0will be spent for a
similar perpose ',during the nex
t
-Consumption Of natural gas in
Canada during 1929 for domestic
purposes was calculated to be suf-
e ficient t displace 640,000 tons of
coal. Natural gas is feund itt
abundance in Alberta and genie
-parts of Western Ontario, and the
Maritime Provinces.
Province of New Brunswick's re-
presentation at Sportsmen's Shows
in the United States this year will
ts larger than ever and new terri-
tory will 'be invaded. rts first ex -
'titbit will be at the New England
Sportsmen's Show at Boston Feb-
.ruary 7-14, and also at the 'labile-
,
delpbia Sportsmen's and Motor
Boat Show, February 21-28.
es, ate thousand pounds of unfrozen.
te) fish from Nertherri-FSaWfiat-
cliewan recently went by Canadian
Pacific from Prince Albert to .Win-
nipeg and points beyond. It was
carried 150 miles to Prinpe Albert
by aeroplane in one hour and al
"quarter, a trip that would by or-
dfnary means have taken frcim eight
to eleven days.
When a 22 -year-old woman re-
cently fell from the'wharf at Pier D,
Vancouver, into the dangerous rip
tide of Burrard Inlet, William Hie-
' lion, assistant chief clerk S!.f :the
British Columbia Coast Steamships
of the 'Canadian Pacific Railway,
without hesitation dived in and
after a 20-mbiute beitipie.in the chill
waters succeeded in getting het
ashore. The woman will recover.
All Canada from hors d'oeuvres
to dessert was represented' at the
first dinner served to the former
Governor-General of Canada, Vis-
count Willingdon, on Canadian Pa -
Mlle liner Montclare, which sailed
for England recently. Starting with
Saint John oysters. it included su-.
preme of Nova Scotia sole, saddle
of western lamb. roast Ontario
chicken, and bomb maple leaf as.
a sweet.
Hogarth Hatchery
We have in stock the following poultry needs and feeds:
Lay Mash, Oyster Shell, Grit, Cod Liver Oil, Beef Meal, Meat
Scrap, Bone Mea1 Charcoal, Buttermilk Powder, Fish Meal,
Alfalfa Leaf Meal, Worm Pills for intestinal worms in poul-
try; Leg Bands; .Barred Rock Pullets; Breeding Cockerels in
the following breeds, White Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, Black
Minqrcas and White Leghorns.
Motor Oil, one quart 20c.; ten gallons for 65c. per gal-
lon; five gallons for 70c. per gallon; Best Grade motor Oil
75c. per gallon.
ALSO ANTI -FREEZE AT $1.25 PER GALLON
ALSO HANDLE CELO GLASS
4
Continual Backaches
Was In Terrible Condition 1
lierget, Medicine Hat, Alta., writeee-e"Befeese
uaitig 130a11.18 Kidney Pills X Was in a terribld dendition;
Windown.tbaeontinual backache, tired feeling, ttnd completely
ru
"I used six boxes ot bosu,s1Zidrie and X am tow
relieved of my backaches, and that horrid, tired feeling
which 1 bad all the time. am certainly thankful for
what these Pills did forme.'
Price, 50 cent/ A box at oll drug er general atonic or
maned direct on recpt of ptice by The '1 muhunik Co.,
Ltd., Ttironto, Onts