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SYNOPSIS
— by LESLIE CARGILL
To make
Montelli
is
as.
to
JERRY CLITHEROE, a young
Englishman who is landing at a
British port after crossing from
America, is taken into custody. It
transpires that he bears a remark
able likeness to TONY MONTELLI,:
ap international crook,
matters more awkward,
has stolen Clitheroe’s papers and
attempting to pass himself off
the Englishman.
Angered at the inconvenience
which he is subjected, Clitheroe
makes a foolish attempt to escape,
but is recaptured. The police are
confirmed in their suspicions, and
regard a request for identification
by friends to be a mere ruse.
Jerry is remanded in custody by a
local bench of magistrates, and de
cides it is time to call in the help of
a solicitor.
(Now read on)
“Only when we’ve cracked a bot
tle of wine can you really hope for
complete forgiveness,” Jerry told
him.
“We’ve got some good beer in
the canteen the sergeant remarked
wistfully, and stood respectfully
aside to avoid being knocked down
in the rush.
he questioned. “You mean so late,
don’t you, Mintey?"
“H’if you say so,, sir, it h’isn’t
fox* me to h’argue."
“Of course I say so. My cablegram .mentioned Tuesday.”
“Ho, that, sir!”
“Ho, what?"
“Well, sir, seeing as ’ow you ar
rived h’as stated hT can *ave noth
ing to say.-
“I see!
I canxe according to
Quite so. How did I
S’welp me bob,
must *ave it—-a trifle
“Something else I
How was I dressed?”
“A h’awful tie, sir!
green stripes.”
“Not that!”
“Gorsple!"
‘And what else?"
“I epuldn’t see anything else—
not a thing!”
“Come, Mintey, you mustn’t ac
cuse me of wandering round London
tastefully attired in a modest tie."
“T’weren’t modest sir! Far from
You are telling me that
arrangement-
seem?”
sir.’ If you
queer like."
must know,
Yellow with
it.
understood that the officers
acted in good faith,, and his
efforts to untangle the skein
been somewhat fumbling.
CHAPTER ni
“Are You Mr. Clitheroe?”
“What are you going to do about
it?”
“Nothing!” After all there was
no necessity to kick up a fuss. Per
haps an action for wrongful impris
onment could be started, but Jerry
■Clitheroe had no wish to be spiteful.
He
had
own
had
His last hours at police head
quarters had been mellowed by !
friendly company and the knowledge I
that the affair was looked upon as
a huge joke only tempered by the .
knowledge th'at the real crook had
managed to enter the country in
spite of all the elaborate precautions
to keep out undesirable characters.
Optimistically it was hoped that
Tony would not long remain at lib
erty. With the police on their
mettle it should only be a matter of
■ hours,
of his way to be helpful,
he assuaged
hisr. double.
Montelli’s
on a series
thefts, although it had always been
difficult to get sufficient evidence
tp put him under lock and key. Bit
by bit, however, a case had been
built up until the authorities felt
justified in taking action. More
particularly had he over-reached
himself in America.
And that was why . Jerry had
landed into hot water. Of Mrs. Mon
telli, familiarly known as ‘Slim
“Annie/ little was known beyond the
fact that she was probably an ac
complice.
“One thing is worrying me,”
Clitheroe complained. “That is the
danger" of —er—being picked up
again owing to the" cursed resem
blance.” ’
Inspector Goode smiled reassur
ingly.
“Hardly likely,, sir,
Once you get back among
haunts,
a mistake like that can’t
It was the chain
Inspector Goode went ■ out
Also
Jerry’s curiosity about
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council of the Township el
Stephen met in the Town Hall, Cre
dicon, on Monday, Qptobea 6th,
1941, at 1 pun. All members were
present, The minutes of the re-:
gulai* meeting held on the 3nd of
September and the special meeting,
held on the 20th of September
were read and adopted on motion of
Thomas Love, seconded by Roy
Ratz.
The Clerk read a letter from the
Clerk of the City of London stating
by resolution of the City Council
it would be' impossible to allow the
use of the Jnhalator or pulmotox* to
leave the city in ease of an accident
beyond ten miles from the city. '
With reference to the resignation
of Freeman W. MPrlock as Tax Col
lector as handed in to the Coun
cil at the last special xneeting, it
was moved by Roy Ratz, seconded'
by Nelson Schenk: That Mr, Mpr-
lpck’s resignation be accepted and
George Ezra Faist be, appointed in
his place and stead at an annual
salary of $100,00 and his postage1
and that By-law No, 561 making
the appointment and repealing By-
’laws Nos. 50i8 and 528 having/been
read three times be passed and
signed by the Reeve and Clerk and
the Seal of the Corporation attached
thereto, Carried. " ■
Moved by Thojnas Love, second
ed by Arthur J. Anxy, that Edward
Lippert .be paid 60'c an hour while
operating the power grader' at the.
Centralia and Grand Bend Airports
and 35c an hour while engaged in
operating the Grader on Township
and County Roads aird the same rate
per hour while repairing said grad
er. Carried.
Moved by Thomas Love, second
ed by Nelson Schejxk: That Vouch
er Sheet. No. 1^0 and the following
.orders be passed: H. K! Either, .part
pay as Clerk and Treasurer,
$125,00; Jaines Zxler,. rebate tile
paid, $13.50; Provincial Treasurer,
insulin account, x$3«58; Centralia
Farmers’ Cp-operative, cement and
posts, $26.00; treasurer village of
Lucan, relief re Appleton, $32.16;
Anna Gill, rent, Jackson, $3.00;,
qpo. Eilber, making cement tile,
$4'5.50; Petei’ Eisenbach, gravel and
flag pole, $1’6.00; H. F. Yoqng,
account re« flag pole, $>2.35; Herb.
Fahrner, paint fox* flag .pole, $2,50;
Bank of Commerce, cashing road
cheques, $3.35; Geo., A. McCubbin,
O.L.S., survey, plan and expenses
re Centralia Drain, $74.00; H. it.
Eilber, Clerk’s fees re Centralia
drain, $30.00'; H. IQ Eilber, pre
paration and printing by-law,
$30.0'0; Cora Gaiser, milk, Jackson,
.$7.20. ' •
The Council adjourned to meet
again in the Town'Hall, Crediton, on
Monday, >’ the 3rd of November,
1941, at 1 o’clock p.m.
H, K. Eilber, Twp. Clerk ---------.y_-------
AIRS. JAIMES DOW
DIED IN HIBBERT
Mrs. James Dow, . formerly Eliz
abeth Hackney> died eax'ly Friday,
October. 10th, at hex* home, lot 3,
concession 11, Hibbert Township.
Hei’ death was attributed to a heart
ailxnent and she.'had not been in.
good health since June. She was
born in Hibbert Townshijj on No-
Vember 15, 18 61, and was married
there 45 years ago to James Dow,
who predeceased hex* on September
30, 1911. ' •■
Mrs. Dow was a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Alexandex’ Hackr
ney. Following the death of* her
husband she spent a nuxnber of
years with the family Of h’er sister,
Mrs. William Gilfillan, in Usborne
Township. Other* than that period
she always resided in Hibbert. The.
late Mrs. Dow was a member of
Roy’s United Church and a life
member of the Women’s Missionary
Society. •
■ Surviving are one stepson, Ern
est Dow of Hibbert Tdwnship,
three brothers, Alexandex* and John
of Hibbert, David of Usborne Township; . five, sisters, Mrs. Martin’
Leigh,* Regina; Mrs. William Gil
fillan, London; Mrs. Bexijamin. Wil
son, Blanshard Township; Mrs*. Da
vid Gardner, of* Hibbert Township,'
and Miss Louise Hackney, of Blan
shard.
Th^ funeral service was held on
Monday in Roy’s United Church.
Interment was .in the adjoining
cemetery and Rev. William Mail* of
ficiated.------—-----
Fotxr cattle were destroyed Friday
eVeiling when a car, said by police to
have been driven by Morley Wright,
Tuckersmith, was in collision with
a herd being driven across the Mill
Road, The cattle w.ei'e owned by
Mr. Thomas Lawe, of - Tuckersmith.
Traffic Officer N, Lever investi
gated.—Seaforth Expositor.
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believe that it wasn’t Clitheroe* wot
even Mintey, in spite of the tie/1
“The purple one with the yellow
horseshoes?”
“Worse and worse, I was think
ing of the yellow with green stripes.
Tony’s cravats are more
sible than his morals/’
more coherent he plunged
citai of his adventures,
her anxiously to see what impres
sion was being made.
Incredulity gave way,, to interest
which, in its turn, was replaced by
an emotion
ly analyse,
Ished Elise
hex* hands
were* quivering-. Now
a flimsy handkerchief
to streaming eyes.
"Don-don’t tell me
she panted. “I —- I can’t stand it,
This is too rich."“Huh! Maybe it’s allgughing mat
ter fox* you, but I’ve had a deuced-
ly miserable time."
“Nevex* mind, now it’s over,
’Won’t you invite me to have a
drink? We both need one.”
“Cocktail?”
“Brandy,
I—I think
terics,"
“Here,
A joke’s
per time
“T’chee! T’chee, hee, hee! That’s
not the half of it. Last night you
called Lizzie Mandock a ‘hot .mama’,
“Who?. What?”
' “Lady Elizabeth
don't know what a
but Lizzie took it as
of compliment imported from
United States."
“Oh, . she did?
breaks to rdport?”
“No-nothing, much.”
“Go on girl! Another spadeful
of earth to bury me. He, Tony, was
the perpetrator of that odious re
mark, remember. To say nothing
of the wearer of that obnoxious tie.”
Elise nodded. “Of course! And
naturally, it was Tony who took me
■home in a taxi. And—and—•”
■■ “I’m waiting, Anything 'may hap
pen in a taxi.” •
“He kissed me/’
“He—kissed—you?”
: “In the taxi, going home/
“I’d gathered that much,
next?”
“He kissed me again."
“Also in the tax?"
“No, that was outside, while I
was getting the key from my hand
bag.”
“Needless to say you repulsed
these unexpected advances?"
“Did I?”
“I’m asking the questions'. Were
you yery much annoyed?"
“I was surprised."
“Annoyed, was the query."
“N-no, not very much."
“Whoopee!” Jerry took
ing leap from the settee,
■cheers for Tony Montelli,”
ed.
reprehen-
Becoming
Into a re
regarding
he could not Jmmediate-
By the time he had fin-
had her head buried in
and her slim shoulders
and again
was dabbed
any more,”
DIED IN KITCHENER 'actly, was he doing when I providen
tially arrived?"
“I—— think he was going to kiss
me, sergeant.”
“Only constable *—- as yet—-miss!
Ho!—so that was the game!"
“You’re jolly well right!” Jerry
snarled, “One more second and
I’d have done so, If you call that
a providential arrival, I don’t,"
• “What have you got to say about
it, Miss?"
“Well, really, I don’t care to ex
press an opinion..”
“I mean was he trying to do it
against your wish?”
“That isn’t a fair question, eith
er/’
P. C. Willis pushed back his hel
mpt to scratch his head. “Some
thing rum about this,” he mused.
“Now I come to think about it,
there was something abput a woman
probably being in the company of
this Montelli person.” "
“Slim Annie," Jerry reminded
him. “She’s Tony’s wife, I believe.”
“This here lady^—" began the
constable, when Elise cut him short
with a cold disclaimer.
This Was the time »to begin ex
planations. Clitheroe did his best/
though conscious that the story
sounded so incredible that it was
hardly likely to make a favourable
impression. ' Starting at the begin
ning he related how he had return
ed from a business trip to America
and beexi mistaken for the notorious
Tony Montelli. By now he was
getting the whole yarn off by heart,
although the incident with Sim An
nie was still one he regarded as a!
secret not to be shared with any
one-least of all. Elise. It was so
capable of being misunderstood.
By the time he had finished the
decanter was empty and 'P. C. Wil-,
lis was mellowed but not convinced.
< “It’s a beautiful piece of work,
mister,” , lie pronounced admiringly.
“Best. I’ve ever heard, and some of
my*—my customers can spill real
gems. No. never have I heard any
thing equal, to, ,ii,. You ought to
write novels instead,:'of helping yo‘ur-
Self to otlter/pedple'S.”-diamonds.”
“You dqiTt believe me?”
“Not-a Word—but it’s 'fieen a treat
to listen/’ " ■
“Have another drink?"
“No, thank you! ’Tisn’t the least
use your trying to get me bottled.
I’m the champion darts playex* - of
the division."
I
The funeral of John Procter, for-,
mer dry goods merchant in Zurich
and Kitchene?’, who died^ suddenly
on Monday at his home, 125 Mar
garet Avenue, Kitche’ner, was held
on Wednesday, with service at his'
home at 2 p.m. and interment in
Lingelbach cemetery, two'and a half
miles east of Sebringville. Mr. I?ree-r
ter was born In Seaforth 70‘ years
ago, He was a member of Zion
Evangelical Church, Kitchener. His
wife, the former Elizabeth Siebert,
died in 193*8, and surviving are a
son, Russell, of Toronto, and two'
daughters, »Miss Merle, nt hbme,
and Mrs, t(Rev.) Paul Price, Phila
delphia, and four grandchildren;
also three, sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Stacey and Miss Fannie Preeter, both
of Dashwood and Mrs, L. Wilbert,
Centralia.—-Seaforth Expositor.
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“No, it wouldn’t be. But I take
there was a suit as well?”
“Which I didn’t notice, Mr. Clith-
eroe, being all taken up with the
neckwear.”
“H’m! Now I’ll let you into a sec
ret. That wasn’t me at all. ’ An
American crook stole my passport,
took advantage of the address, and
followed up the masquerade while
I languished in jail.”
'‘Quite so, sir!”
“You don’t believe me, Mintey?”
“It is not for me to cast doubts,
sir,”
“I detect a skeptical note- in your
attitude Mintey. But what I told
you was the actual truth. Gorspel!”
The man Went away shaking his
head doubtfully, and’ Jerry felt he
could hardly blame him.i a
| A Kiss in a Taxi
“Are you all right for that dinner
engagement?” Elise's .voice floated
’questioningly into, Jerry Clitheroe’s
ear as he picked up the telephone re-
; ceiver.
He had beeir examining his flat
to make sure nothing had been
taken by his visiting double. Every
thing seemed to be ?=s usual. T,ony
must have dropped in ,out of sheer
devilment, or else as part of a
scheme for covering up his tracks.
‘I—I was afraid you might not'
quite well,” Elise amplified.
'Did I ........?” he began.
‘Did you what, Jerry?”
‘Act at all eccentric, I was
ask?”
‘Oh, then were you ill?”
‘Tell me the worst. How
was I?”
“Dreadfully! Nothing but
and once a lemonade.”
His sigh of relief reached her
over the wire. “Anything else?”
“But I don’t understand.” Elise’s
voice floated over to him, puzzled.
He could picture the fascinating
wrinkle of her brows as she pressed
the receiver closer to hex’ ear. “Such
odd questions, which you have
need to ask, surely?”
“Listen,” he pleaded. “Don’t
surprised at anything I say,,
wasn’t me you spoke to at all, but
a man who looks like it*—'like me,
I mean. An
“Jerr—ee!
to-day.”
“Oh, yes I
I wasn’t.
police thought until they
out the truth.” 11
“I’ll come round straight
pon’’t do anything rash. ___
get Mintey to put an ice bag on your
head.*' The click Of the instrument
disconnecting made him jump. Turn
ing away he saw Mintey watching
him closely.
“An ice bag for my head!” he
muttered in disgust.
“Yes, Sir, very good sir. H’l’ll
get it h’immediately.”
“No you don’t! Keep out of this.”
They were still thrashing out the
matter when Elise got to the flat.
“My poox‘ Jerry!" He had never
suspected her of mothering instincts
until theit Ridiculous as it was he
could not resist her coaxing sugges
tion to rest on the settee while she
smoothed back his hair and “Sli-sh-
sh!” in what was intended to be a
soothing manner.
“Yesterday,” he told her bitter**
ly, “nobody would believe I was
Clitheroe and to-day nobody will
it
be
reputation was f ounded I
of highly expert jewel!
he pointed I
out. 4
regular
known,
possibly happen.
Of circumstances that led up to it
—your being on the Sylvania, the
likeness, switched passports, and
us taking it for granted that we
believed we’d landed the right
’bloke,”
They parted on. friendly terms.
Back in London, Jerry took leave
of Morrow and Broderick, jifter
which he hailed a taxi and went to
his flat in HelmSfield Terrace, that
almost forgotten Georgian
Water.
Mintey, his faithful man
work, would be wondering
had happened. Hang it all he
to have got In touch with him first
of all. Why hadn’t he thought of
it. The ideal perSon to establish
his identity, and he hadn't even
thought to call on him.
“I-*—huh—did not h’expect you
back so soon, sir.'* was an unexpect
ed greeting.
Jerry paused In the act of slip
ping out of his coat. “So soon?’*
Where you’re
back-
of all
what
ought
1
about
to
sober
water
no.
be
It
American ’‘crook—”
You’re not yourself
am. It was yesterday
Ot least that’s what the
found
away.
Better
if you have any handy,
I’m going to have hys-
I
a
to end it.
say, you can’t, do that,
joke, but there’s a pro- JI
Mandock. I
'hot mama’ is,
an exotic form
.he
Any other out-^
/
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HAY COUNCIL
«• The regular monthly meeting of
the Council of the Township of Hay,
was held in the Town Hall, Zurich,
on; Monday, Octobei’ 6th, with'all
the members present. The minutes’
of the September ‘meeting .were ad
opted as read. ' > ■ e
After disposing of the communi
cations the following resolutions
were passed:
That engineer’s report, plans, etc.,
re proposed improvements of the
North Branch of* the Black Creek be'
accepted by the Council and that
by-law providing for doing the work
and borrowing the money for cost of
same be provisionally. passed and
that the Court of Revision to con
sider appeals be held
Hall, Zurich, on Monda^, November
3rd, 1941, at the hour of two o’clock’
ip.m.
That by-law No. 1’5, 19 41, provid
ing for application to the Ministet’,
Department of Highways, fior ad
ditional sUm of $500.00 on estimat
ed 1941 expenditures to provide for
cost of proposed culvert to be con
structed, be read three times and
finally passed.
That the petition of W. F. Alex
ander and Others for improvement of
a draixi be laid ovei’ for further
consideration. , ■ *■ .
That in .accordance with notice re
ceived signed by numerous interest
ed iper-sons, Mr,. T. R. Patterson, en
gineer, be instructed to make a sur
vey, report,'etc,, on needed repairs
and ixnprovements to the Zurich
Drain, South.
That accounts covering payments
on ToWnship Roads, Hay Telephone
Relief, and general accounts be
passed as par vouchers.' '•
Township Roads: Treas, Stanley,
assessment road Stanley Big Drain,
$45; pay list No. 9, $31.20.
Hay Telephone System: Bell Teh
Co., tolls July to Aug., $493.94;
Bell Tel. Co., labor, etc.,' Dashwood
Central, $55.7-8; A. F. Hess, clerk-
treas., $87.50; C. F, Pfile, blinds,
Dashwood, $40.66; H. G. Hess, sal
ary, $175.00; T. H. Hoffman, sal
ary, $183.33; Northern Electric Co.,
material, $130.23; W. H. Haugh re
Dashwood central, $18.00,
’General Accounts:! Municipal
World supplies, $3<97; treas., Zurich
Fair, grant, $50.00; TrdaS. Exeter'
Fair, $15.00; A, F, Hess, clerk*
treas,, $9O'.OP; Waterloo Eire ins.
co., hailj $80.00; t>. of CL, premium
On collector’s bond, $15.00; J. Sup-
let, allowance, $10,00; 'treas., Huron
Hospital account, S. Robinson,
$46.35; trens., Tuckersmlth, $1340;,
$reas., Kensal! school fair, $5.00 ;
treas., Grand Bend School ifialr!,
$6.00; J, McBride, weed inspector,
■$■147.70.
The Council adjourned to meet
again on Monday, November 3rd, at
1.-30 o’clock in the afternoon.
Jerry stared. Ostensibly the two
statements did no.t. seem to have
any -connection. :
“Winner ^has ’to drink a lot of
beer,” P. C. Willis explained. “Come
along, we must be going.” ,
“Wait a minute!”'Elise interpos
ed. “Suppose you ring .up your of
fice—or whatever it's,called. They
may know ’ something about the.
business of the doubles. Mr. Clith
eroe has toid yoix the honest truth.”
“And have you hop it while I’m at
the telephone! Not likely!”
“We’ll promise not to make- a
move. Lock the door, if you like.”
Strange Birtlnparks
The constable considered the re
quest thoughtfully'. After all, mis-
•■ takes were made in the best-regu-
i lated police circles.
won’t do any harm,”I “But I can’t .afford to take -chances.
I' Come over, here—both of you.1
I* Fumbling f in the tail-pocket of
, his epat, he produced a paix’ of
Shinlfig handcuffs, with which he
carefully shackled Jerry and Elise
side by side. They sat close to
gether on the settee while the tele
phone conversation was in pro
gress, * watching ; with. interest the
changing expression of the face
P.O. Willis.
(TO be Continued)
\ ----------v--------
A Painful Exposure
( Judge: “So you broke into
cigar store' just to get a 10-cent
cigaf? What were you doing in the
safe?”
■Prisoner: ’ “I was “putting in the
dime/’
(at the Town
ty.
Handcuffed to Happiness
As things go in the twentieth
century, Jerry Clitheroe had been
in love with Elise Dallas for a long
time. That is to say he had play
ed tennis with her, taken hex’ to
parties, the theatre, and once to
the cinema, and on one never-to-be- (
forgotten occasion accompanied her
shopping. The last ordeal may |
be described as a sort of .rucial
test, and the fact that they remain
ed on good terms at the conclusion j
of a heart-breaking tour was some|
sort of proof of his^deep regard..
But there had been no sigxx of
sentiment, no whisper of romance.
L^s’t night, howeven, he had kiss
ed hex* without turning a hair. At
least, Tony Montelli had done it
for him. Her. coldness had thawed.
By proxy, to be sure, but as she
thought the greeting came from,
Jerry Clitheroe it was good enough
for him.*
At the phycliological moment the
experience he had often • dreamed.(
about was snatched from his grasp..
Not only by Mintey, with decanter
and -glasses jingling, but by a large
and portentous policeman.
“What’s all this?" he demanded
gruffly/ "You leave that .young
lady alone.”Elise took one glance 'at the in
truder before she sank .gasping into
a chair, tears streaming from her
eyes as she bent' almost double.
“There, miss, it’s all right how, I’ve
got him. He can’t get away from
me. They’re whiting fox* him down
at headquarters.” \
Jerry hurriedly snatched the de-*
canter, poured out a stiff .peg and
gulped it down, after which he felt
slightly more capable of handling
the situation, Elise held out her
hand feebly for a second glass while
Mintey hurriedly prepared a stir
rup cup for the constablo.
’"Desperate character,” annotinced
the officer, carefully blocking the
doorway with his huge bulk, while
he instinctively poured brandy and
soda down hift gullet. “What, ox-
I
“Perhaps it
he conceded.
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POCKET OF MITCHELL MAN
The story is going the rounds of
the gypsy who helped herself to $53
belonging to Mr, Hurlburt, elderly
resident- at the south end of Blan
shard St., on Monday morning.
Gypsy or not, the despicable woman
was certainly a pickpocket. It
seems she approached Mr, Hurlburt
ojttslde his home, saying she had
come to town to find an ‘ailing man
whom she was to take care of, As
is the custom of, these smooth racke
teers, she somehow obtained his
wallet with the money. Traffic Of
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as yet*no trace of the thief has
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