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jBisaw
into thisthe road.
safe-
smihm
touch
them
she
up and
class/'
“Sitting
get away
grunted,
without ill-feel-
” he agreed,
by LESLIE CARGILL
As he described it, when asking J shake off a7 limpet/’
for co-operation a little later, there!
was immediate approval. Clither
oe h appearances m his usual
haunts had resulted in driying Mon
tell! underground, for he probably
found it impossible to take advan
tage of the resemblance in such cir
cumstances.
If, however, Jerry was to disap
pear from the scene he might, come
out of retirement and again try and
pass himself off as his double.
“A fox’egone conclusion/’ Clew-
thers admitted, “but worth trying.
Suppose you go into the country
for a few weeks and see what hap
pens?”“Belcombe will suit me nicely if
that is agreeable.”
“Excellent! I’ll get in
with the local police and tell
to keep an eye on you.”
“Is that still necessary?"
“Absolutely, for your own
ty. Don’t forget Manuel.”
“Any more instructions?"
“No, that about covers things.”
“You've forgotten to ask for a
love to all/
daily/’
Superinten-
as to an old
When he got back Elise
last drop of
■wire—’‘Arrived safely,
and picture postcards
Jerry escorted the
dent and said good-bye
friend
was draining the
cocktail into her glass.
“What a pity,” she murmured
dreamily, “what a pity your highly
superior policeman drinks so heav
ily.”
“We’d got a start on him, and if
I were you I should choose sen
tences with fewer* sibilants.”
“What I like about you, darling,
is that you carry your liquor like
a gentleman,
said that one
Ing to have
soon. . When
“We?”
“•Naturally
to Belcombe.
look after you.”
“Go home, darling.”
“Oh, no, sweetheart.”
It was useless arguing and -per
haps he didn’t particularly want
to dissuade her.
, “All right,” he conceded. “We
start as soon as Mintey can pack.”
This, it transpired, meant h’about
’alf h’an ’our,”
“We’ll stop at , your place to pick
mp some things/’ Jerry planned.
“If only we could dodge the bob
bies I’d be almost happy.”
“Why not?” she suggested.
“Can’t be done. The fellow
downstairs will keep’ watch most of
the way and then pass us on to the
■Belcombe people.”
“Needn’t go to Belcombe. Dodge
him like »Mr. Manuel. If he could
sneak away unseen so can we.”
“Jove, that’s an idea!"
“Got plenty of juice?”
Taken, for a Ride
“Tank-full, .all in readiness.
We’re in luck.”
And that was how it -came about
that Jerry’s car, closely followed
by a quite-openly-revealed police
car, took the road in rather reck
less fashion. After some fancy
driving, however, it seemed that
the guardian officers had been shak
en Off.
“There’s another car sitting on
our tail,” announced Elise. “Do
you think it has taken over?”
“Seems like it, and just when I
was ready to go off at a tangent,
keeping clear of Belcombe like
the plague.”
’■ ji'WeTl have to go there now.”
“Not Until they’ve had a run for
their money. I’m going to try and
beat them on speed, then we may
be able to go to earth and have a
rest from police supervision.”
“The superintendent will be an
noyed.”
“Curse the superintendent.”
For mile after mile Jerry stuck
grimly to the wheel, too occupied
to talk. Twisting and turning, ac
celerating into -frantic bursts of
speed, he handled the car like a
genius, excelling anything he had
ever done before.
Elise reported
“Can’t see them
they are—they’ve
And so It went on
like a crack racing driver the fol
lower was every bit his match,
seeming to anticipate every move,
“It’s no use/’ he exclaimed in ex
asperation. “Might as well try to
Now I couldn’t have
at all. And I’m go-
a frightful headache
do we start?”
I’m coming with you
Somebody’s got to
s
at intervals,
now—yes, here
lost us-—no—”
If Jerry drove
.“Giving up?”
“Yes. This is a fool’s game, and'
I’m hopelessly lost into the bar
gain.”
They had certainly reached an
isolated part of the 'Country. Fields
stretched, away on either hand,
with louely farm buildings dotted
about here and there.
The big machine was now rap
idly overhauling them. “Evidently
Clewther’s men are going to give us
a piece of their mind.”
“Queer grammar, darling/’ Elise
murmured, settling herself down
comfortably now thq disturbing pace
had been checked. 4
“But gorspel truth, as Mintey
would have it. Here they come/’
He braked heavily as the othex* ve
hicle swerved in front and came to.
a halt in the middle of
Foui’ men tumbled out.
“Say, feller, you can’t
with that,” one of them
Jerry laughed
ing, “So it seems,
“But I didn’t expect Clewthers to
set you up with a bus like that.”
“Clewthers! Who is he?”
“Aren’t you from the police?”
A hoarse rumble, seemingly indi
cative of ironic mirth, was quickly
stifled. “Sure you got it,” the man
said placatingly, “The lootenant
sent us to bring you in. You bet
ter hop in the police wagon, pron
to.’
Even if Jerry had not come into
some sort of close relationship with
the police he would have regarded
this mode of address with deep sus
picion, “Who are you and what
do you want?” he snapped.
“Why, ain’t you a wise guy.
Didn’t you spot us foi* Federal
dicks right , away? Make it snap
py.”
Without further ado Jerry and
Elise were
car, which was immediately set in
motion. “I’m afraid,” he ventur-.
ed, “that you chaps are mistaking
me fox’ Tony Montelli again."
“Mistaking, huh! Say, everybody
knows Tony. We, seen your pic
tures in the tabloids enough. Front
tpage stuff, too. Soon as Dago
said as wc were to get .you it was a
push-over.”
“So Manuel is at the bottom of
this?”
“Might as well come clean,
What’s the use of taking it
We’re taking you for a ride,
dope about being cops was a
up.”
“Hardly necessary
gathered something
immediately,”
“What’s that talk
Jerry’s eyes with a. swift pull that
felt as if brows and lashes were
coming away in the process. He
heard Nlise make a pained excla
mation and rightly concluded she
was undergoing a similar opera
tion.
“Yell your heads off if you
they W’ere told. “Nobody
take any notice/’
But all they -could do
mumble, quite a lot of the adhes
ive substance having come away
from the cancas backing, Jerry
couldii’t see very well either, until
he had vigorously scrubbed himself
with a handkerchief,
“You all right, darling,” he
asked, his first thought for Elise.
answered
taking
Gracefully stream
lined, ruggedly con
structed turnover typs.
Through-cord switch
Permanently attached
cord. Chrome finish.
like,”
mess.”
it for
Forever afterwards I
my film fare seriously,
exaggerate in the slight-
reminds me of a gang-
saw a few weeks ago.”
the gangsters bent for-
“You seen that
“Gee, it was
I- ain’t, cried so much
hustled into the big
“First
bravely,
notice/’
“Sorry
“I wouldn’t have missed
anything,
shall take
They don’t
est. This
ster film I
“One of
ward earnestly,
one?” he questioned,
•the gpods,
in years.”
“ ’Tweren’t So good as that one
we saw back in the States," argued
a companion. “Them poor mutts
had a real tough time, mixed up
with them racketeers.
Elise gurgled happily. The no
tion of these hard-bitten gunmen
sentimentalizing over wronged mo
vie heroes and heroines was more
comic than anything she could have
imagined.
Brisk discussion arose as - to the
comparative merits of half a dozen
pictures, produced with an un
doubted sob-stuff appeal, and it
was plain that as a relief from their
illegal operations these loughs
lighted in the moral .of wrong
feated and right triumphant.
Dago Manuel Again
de
de
feller,
hard?
That
frame
to confess. I
of the sort
levelled at me from time
The language that comes
to me is the King’s Eng-
you're giving
us? Can’t you speak English?
“Another of the accusations that
has been
to time,
naturally
lish."
“Shucks! Then I’m a Kaffir.
And say, there’s' too much g.ab go
ing on. I got to shut your mouth,
see."
“Manuel will give you hell for
We’re good friends. Sure-
you to be careful not to
Clitheroe up with Tony
this,
ly he told
•mix Jerry
Montelli?”
“No he
there weren’t much time,
was
never. Come to that
All he
said was 'Bring me Tony and
steer clear of the cops/ so we got
to work.”
“W.otcher wasting breath for?”
snarled another of the gang. “Slap
a plaster across his kisser—and on
the moil’s.”
She ain’t Slim Annie, anyways,
knows that dame.”
Jerry felt there was some milk of
human kindness- in the more talka
tive individual, and it was a pity,
he was in the minority,
mess of adhesive plaster
ped acorss his mouth and
discussion and Elise had
with a similar indignity.
Finally, more tape was stuck
over their eyes, evidently to make
it impossible to see where they Were
going. This turned out to be dur
ing the latter stages of the jour
ney, for before long they turned
sharply and the tyres crunched
over rough gravel instead of sing
ing smoothly on tar macadam.
Soon afterward the car stopped
and they were hauled roughly out
and taken into a house, down a long
corridor, and thrust into a room.
Somebody yanked the plaster off
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A1T at once the vosces died away,
into silence
slowly open.
“Dago, old
“You arrive
moment.”
“Well, now, if it ain’t me old
pal Jerry Clitheroe."
Four discoinjfited gangsters re
peated the name with bated breath.
“Sure, he looked like Tony Montel
li to us,” one of them added.
Manuel grinned mirthlessly,
•he did to
mugs tell
hear one.”
' “Reckon
as . the door creaked
chap!” greeted Jerry,
at a most opportune'
“So
you
you.
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The public school held their an
nual Christmas entertainment on ■
Wednesday evening of this week.
The proceeds go to the Red Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mellin, of
Detroit, spent the week-end at the
home *of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mellin,
Senior.
The Sunday School members and
teachers are -busy practising for the
Christmas entertainment on Dec.
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SHIPKA
A meeting of the Ladies’ Aid was
held last Thursday afternoon, Dec.
4th, at the home of Mrs. Lome
Finkbeiner, with all members pre
sent and two visitors. The presi
dent, Mrs, Roy Ratz, presided. The
meeting opened with the singing
of a hymn and prayer by Rev. Tur
ner. The scripture lesson, the
Christmas story, was read by Mrs.
Wm. Rats. Reports were given
from different organizations.
Turner then presided over
election of officers for 1942:
sident, Mrs. E. Keyes; 1st
pres., Mrs. A. Finkbeiner; 2nd
pres., Mrs.
Wm. Sweitzer; asst, sec., Mrs. Wm. i 'Ratz; corr. 4sec., Mrs. M. Sweitzer; |
treas., Miss' P. Keyes; asst, treas,,
J. Ratz; missionary treas.,
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Rev.
_ the
Pre-
vice-
vice-
V. Sharpe; sec., Mrs.
The sale of war savings stamps
is away to a good start in both the
public and the high schools here.
By noon Friday, after three weeks’
organization, the high school pu
pils had a total of $85.23 or 431'2
cents per pupil, This is 14% Mrs.
Cents per week or. almost three Mrs. John Sharpe; pianists, Mrs. V.
cents for each student each school Sliaype and Mrs. Roy Ratz; flower
^rs Ratz, Mrs. J. Ratz,
Ed.
Edwin S. Braund Dies
Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S,
DENTIST
Office: Carling Block
EXETER, ONT.
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
Mr. Edwin Simpson Braund, an
Exeter old boy, died Friday, Nov,
I 218th, at the home of his daughter,
i Mrs, Elgin Smith, at 63 Chatham
day. With a smallei’ attendance, i comm.,
but organization foi’ four weeks,’ Mrs. _
the public school has dope equally comm., Mrs. M. Baker, Mrs. Lome
well and has -a total to niateh that
of the older ^pupils. Grades 7, 18
in the publto school and 9B and 12
in the high school, all passed the
$20 mark. ’ ’
Lamport; parsonage
Miss Pearl Keyes;
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•me, oncet. Can’t
a gentleman when
<1
•he did have a queer
kind of spiel, now that you come to
mention it.”
“That’s genuine English, that is,
bonehead. Where d’yer think you
are—back in the Bronx?”
“Don’t be ’ard on us, boss. How
was' we to know?”
“O.K. boys. Skip it, but don’t
let it happen again. I’ll let you
in on the password. Carrickm’-'
huilish. Wheneyei’ you hear that
word it’s jake.”
“Not that one,” Jerry pleaded.
“I cafi’t pronounce it. Make it
something like “Moth?” ”
“Suits me. Hear
mugs? Say, what’s the
Lofty Mullings?”
Lofty drew the back
across streaming eyes.
pronounce it.
like “Mother Machree.’
that, you
matter with
of his hadd, ____M. „ _ It was not
a very clean hand, to say the least,
and the sooty mixture was “-start
ling, unbecoming to one who start
ed out with a considerable handi
cap in any claim to be considered
among handsome men. ,,
“What’s gotten into you?
chief insisted on knowing.
“I—it’s that song, Dago. I always
gets like this when I thinks of it.
It’s kind of pretty. Makes me think
of me -old lady/’
“Aw, can it,
Anybody else
into tears -and
him.”
Apparently,
sentamentalist.
Manuel made a threatening
which dried him up quicker
the most absorbent handkerchief
take a good
youTl know
his
and’ quit snivelling!
thinks of
I’ll take a
Lofty was
could have done. “Now
look at me friends so’s
’em next time.”
, *' The quartet started,
A
breaking
crack at
the only
move
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__, ____ _____, while cep
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scar on Jerry’s ear same |as
has, and no bullet in the arm.
no appendicitis mark—”
“They’ll take that for granted, I
hope/’ Jerry observed uncomfort
ably.
“If I says so they will/*.
“This guy sure looks like Tony,”
one of them broke in.
“But he don’t talk the same
language. No, sir, he 'don’t. -Make
a note of the speaking. It’s the
goods. Genuine twetity-two carat.
I’m a-going to take lessons in it
myself/’
(To be Continued)
“No
Tony
Nor
a box of twelve beautiful Christ
mas Cards for only 25c at the
Tlmes-Advocate. ,
Finkbeiner,
chaplains, Mrs. J.' Ratz, Mrs. Albert
Gaiser. Rev. Turner led the sing
ing of Christmas carols and gave
a splendid talk on the life of John
Miltom Mrs. V. Sharpe gave an
•instrumental. The ladies decided
to send boxes of fruit, candy and
cake to the sick and shut-ins at.
Christmas time. Two boxes of
clothing were packed to be sent
to Northern Ontario. Christmas
gifts were exchanged. The meet
ing was closed with 'prayer by Rev.
Turner
by the
will be’
United
Mrs.
visiting with her daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Gale.
Mi*, and Mrs. Wm. Sweitzer vis\
ited over the week-end with
tives in Chatham. ’ •
Sunday last was missionary
day at the Sunday School.
Webb gave
Rev. Mr.
preached in
Sunday last
pastor, Rev.
and dainty lunch was served
hostess. The next meeting
held on January ’8 th at the
Church.
H. Kraft, of Stratford, ‘is
rela-
Sun-
Paul
an interesting reading.
Anthony, of Exeter,
the United church 7 on
in the absence of the
L. H. Turner.
Street, Brantford. He had been in
ill health for some time. Mr. Braund
moved to Brantford more than 40
years ago at the time the Verity
Plow. Works moved to that city
from Exeter. He was in the employ
of that company until his retire
ment some years ago. He was a
member and elder of the Balfour
Street United church, Brantford.
Mrs. Braund predeceased him sev
en years ago. Mr. Braund leaves to
mourn his passing two sons, Cecil
and Gordon, of Brantford; four
daughters, Greta and Jean, of Hono
lulu; Marion, of Saginaw, Mich.,
and Jule, of Brantford, and a bro
ther, Luther, also of <that city. The
funeral on Monday from the
four, street United church
largely attended. Rev. A;
BroWn, minister of the ch-urch, paid
^glowing tribute to the deceased’s
Outstanding efforts' in the Interests
of the choir during the past forty
and as' a member of the
A profusion cif
tributes indicated the high
in 'which the deceased was
Mr., JBraund served overseas
the last war with the Clan-
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