The Exeter Times, 1921-11-17, Page 6,.eneaurag,earent; for young Stiles'
looked as if :he tieeded 'eationeageincieti
'You've Seared the Wits out ,et-ilim,1
J. C, That won't. got .us ';:;.n:ywhere
he reproved 'when the three were I
alone,
I don't trust etaybody-e--2
"Wait.," taaintereled Pea...hem:a with-
upraleeit hoed. Ie stepped„ eVer, 50
the table quickly and closely seauteen
ize•d the ten' satchel. Pinally he drew
attention tothe teiangaler mark -
which he had scratched on one end
'with his pocket-knife. , "It's the sat-
eliel O.K. Now, who opened it?"
"Ferguson. I gave himthe key, as I
yousuggested, and he' Peened it in
front of me. .Aad so help me, 'that
..vtttt...attt isnuorretyliewraeswgeoenileall! atterysolini
• 'felt so much like a fool—" Nickleby
n-iI 'broke off with en oath still smarting
under the jibes which the. eaustic Mr -
Fergus= had levelled at him, and be-
neath which the Preeident of the In-
terprovincial had writhed in humilia-
tion. "Somebody took that money out
on the way over, Podmore."
' "N—ot necessarily, J. C," said- Pod-
more judiciously. "Wait, now. Think,
man. Were you there when Stiles--?"
"Of 'course I was."
"—when Stiles handed the satchel
to Ferguson?' Did you see him do
it?" .
"Why,—no, got exactly; I was- out
in the -general office when the kid took
ai
t n to Ferguson. What are you
driving at ?"
"Talking to 'anybody out there?"
“Yea. I ran into McAllister,ol.-the-
'Recorder,' and I was so isurpaised at
seeing the editor of filet yellow sheet
there—well, he gat quizzing the about
one or _two matters."
"How long after Stiles -left you be-
fore you joined Ferguson'?"
"Oh—five minutes,maybe. 'Why,
what's all that got t'o do with it?" He
regarded the look of triumph upon
Podmore's face with some aston'i'sh
meat.
"It's as clear as daDight to me, J.
C. In that five urinates almost any-
thing might haVe happened. Many
of the world's greatest events have
happened in less than that. Hasn't it
occurred to you that the package of
money might be removed from the
satchel and the (paper substituted, in
Ferguson's office? The lock Might
have been sprung, you know."
Nickleby stared, his beady eyes nar-
rowed in a TTOW/1 Of thought. Then
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CHAPTER IT.----(Contid.) the telephone instrument, but Nickle-
"Ola there, -Timmy! Won't you fax by had rung of?. He stared across at
f tl
"WJliy- hen) Mr Clayton" :grinned Brady Detective Agency, his thick
good-bye te rae?" the anxious re.presentative o
, •
Staless as he took the extended hand-.
"Gain' away?"
"Holidays:. can't last forever, Jimmy.
rin leaving ftif home thaw afternoon—
just getting ready to go to the depot
when ,T saw you. Come on in and join
me in a glass of beer for good luck."
"Nothize dole! 'The lips that touch
liquor shall never touch mine," recited
Stiles, rolling his eyes in exaggerated
- play. "No, honest, I can't," he pro-
tested as the `other pulled on his arm.
"Pm or an important measage for the
boss sief I got to hustle right hack to
the office."
eAw, come on. It won't take a min-
ute_ I'm in a hustle myself to catch
the train; ,hut I want to give you a
message for—" Robert Clayton hesi-
tated, coughed in slight embarrass -
meat, and looked helpless, " for
somebody you know up at the church,"
he pleaded.
Jinany Stiles nodded in grinning
comprehension.
"Well, you know how to pick 'em,
Mr. Clayton. I'll say that for you:-
Anne's a mighty swell girl."
"I've -never met a finer one," said
Mr. Clayton, looking - serious.
"Oh, this town's full of 'em," cried
Jimmy generously, "Say, they got a
long lemonade they don't snake had in
here—sliced orange and a cherry on
top. I'll go you one. I guess it won't
take a tiff."
"Good!" cried Clayton, leading the
way without more ado into the Jessup.He picked up his raincoat which he
had left on a chair near the door,
Il -rag over his travelling bag, and
earned both with him through the
swing doors into the buffet. Here they
found a vacant table and Clayton
beckoned a -waiter and aet his grip and
coat on the floor between the two
oledre. Stiles dropped the tan satchel
alongside the raincoat and grinned
across at Clayton with evident plea-
sure. This was the right way for
gentlemen to bid each other farewell,
and 'he helped himself from the other's
proffered cigarette case with the air
of doing this scat of thing every day,
Neither of them appeared to pay any
attention to the man who entered be-
hind them, eat down at the table next
the wall and ordered a glass of beer;
patrons were coming and going and
the man was just an ordinary citizen
entitled to quench his thirst if he so
desired.
The two young fellows chatted and
laughed over their refreshments for
srerhaps five or ten minutes. It was
Clayton who finally glanced at his
watch and jumped to his feet. He
nicked up raincoat and grip and shook
hands. Stiles pinked up the tan sat-,
clael and out on the street they shook!
,hands once more. Clayton boarded a I
street car, and with a final wave of
good -will Jimmy Stiles continued on
his way.
At a convenient distance the private
detective followed. He walked into
the Brokers' Bank Building just as
the bookkeeper pushed the elevator
bell. They went up in the same ele-
vator to the fifth floor, where they
got out. The detective, sauntering
clown the corridor, observed Stiles'
enter the office of Blatchfrod Fer-
guson, Barrister, Notary Public, etc.
With a grunt 'he turned on his heel.
and descended to the street, where he
- lighted another stogey and returned
the way he had come. Arriving fin-
ally 'at the offices of the Alderson Con-
struction Company, he was admitted -
at
once to Alderson's presence and
reported that the tan satchel had been
delivered at its destination without
mishap.
As he finished speaking the tele-
phone rang and Alderson lifted clown'
,the receiver with ,a nod of dismissal.
The detective's hand was on the door-
knob when he turned quickly, viewing
with alarm the sudden bewilderment
and blank consternation which had
crept into the contractor's heavy face
as 'he listened to the agitated voice of
'3. by.
"Bracly's man? Yes, he's here now
—Sure, hold him—No, not back
yet—Sure. Sure I will—Eh? Say,
Mr. Nickleby, ler the lave o' Mike,
what's wrong ?—WIIA-AT!"
Alderson wildly jiggled the hook of
leo.se lower lie hanging m dismay. For
the moment ee was bereft of speech.
"What's .the matter?"
"Ugh? Matter?" echoed Alderson
vacuously, Then he pounded the desk
with his fat 'fist While his face 'grew
red-. "Matter!" he shouted. "You're
heluva detective,. you are! That's
what's the matter. The mon—I mean.
—the papers—in the satchel, you fat-
hell:di—stolen right under your nose!"
CHAPTER VI.
Again the Tan Satchel.
Swearing fervently, Alderson grab-
bed the telephone and called for Pod-
more at the Queen's' Hotel, A few
stuttering words of explanation and
the 'phone went dead once more as
Podmore banged up the receiver at
his mid.
j Nickleby arrived- first. He strode
in through the outer office, leaving a
tree of awed employes in his Wake.
Alderson, who had rushed forward to
meet him, fell back, a step- as the
banker entered the private office and
banged the door behind him With a
force which nearly broke the glass
in the partition. He carried in his
hand the tan satchel and forthwith
slammed it down upon 'the desk and
took to pacing back and forth in
speech -less -wrath. His face was
ghastly,' his eyes blazing, his mouth
drawn down in an ugly sneer as he
turned at last upon the dumbfounded
detective.
"You—you blithering idlot!"
"Easy, brother. Keep your shirt
on, see!" advised the Brady operative
with justifiable resentment "There
ain't nothin' been taken out o' that
there grip while I was watch& it,
that's a cinch. Say, 'be, what was in
it, anyways?"
Alderson caught Nickleby'a eye 'and
shook his head in warning. Nickleby
stepped across the room, opened the
satchel and flung out upon the table
a package of blank brown wrapping
paper, cut to the Size of bank -notes
and fastened together with rubbey
bands. He pointed his finger at at
contemptuously.
"Instead of the legal papers which
were in that satchel when it left this
office, there's what we found when
Ferguson and I -opened it.' Now, ex-.
plain that, will you? No, waif! 'Phone
your chief to come over here himself
at once; I think he'd better hear what
you have to say. What's your name?"
• "McCorquedaIe. An' I takes, no lip
from nobody, see!"
While the man was at the telephone
Jimmy Stiles knocked on the door to
report that he- had delivered the sat-
chel safely to its destination. It was
an 'amazed_ youth who was yanked un-
ceremoniously into the room by the
coat -collar while the irate Nickleby
blazed forth anew. He, took hold of
the bookkeeper's shoulders and was
shaking the frightened young ,inan in,
speechless fury when Podmore came
"Here. here, leave him alone!" he
commanded' -sharply' as he stepped be-
tween them. "What crazy nonsense
is this, J. C.?"
No fuss -or fury about Hugh *Pod-
more in time of stress. It was Pods
more's way to turn calm and cold and
calculating in proportion to the ex-
tent to which any given crisis disturb-
ed him. The news -which had reached
him over the 'phone from the inco-
herent Alder -son had been grave
enough; but he was much the coolest
of the three most vitally concerned in
this mysterious miscarriage of care-
fully laid plans. The first thing he
did was to have Alderson alear the
outer office of stenographers and
junior clerks. He suggested that Al-
derson dismiss them for the after-
noon, and began at once to question
the bookkeeper and the detective who
had followed him. The two recitals
agreed in every 'particular.
Pod:more at once despatched the de-
tective to, the Union ',Station in
Nickleby's ear to find Clayton at all
costs and arrest him if he would -not
come otherwise.
"Tell us all you -knoW about this
man, Jimmy. Take' your time," ad-
vised Podmore kindly. "No occasion
to get scared stiff."
Stiles said he had not known Clay-
ton very longe ---just a few days, in
fact. He had met 'hind' for the first
time last Sunday at -Ala Saints' Mis-
sion, where Jimmy was -an usher. On
Monday night there 'had been a social
gathering of the younger members of
the church in the Sunday 'School and
Clayton had attended that and seem-
ed to enjoy himgelf. He had made
friends 'with everybody quickly and
seemed to fit in so readily that he had
been accepted without question by
everybody, from the pastor down. Re
was an Anterlaan who had come north
to visit relatives and was' on his way
back, to Philadelphia. Ile pxpeetecl to
return .shontly, he had toll&8tiles, and
might decide to locate here„ perman-
ently.' He waS in the hardware
bless, somewhere near Thiladebina.
"All right, Jimmy, that will do. Now
better wait 'outside till your friend ar-
rives. It ell seems straight enough so
fax as you're concerned," and. Podmore
closed the 4'ie on 'him with a smile
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he slapped the table with hi$ open
palm,
he Oa -ciliated.
"
1 lacI load to 'easy the whole
tilvineis e cleverly arranged scare
which thrSO "'"11iV" have -lessen to
throw into us in order to protect
thentseleo- " neut on Mr. Polmore
nodding with satisfaction- -at his owe
logic, Yo can u rid e es t and the le
surely. If I arn guessing' , correctly,
they have suoceeded in providing a
line darnel' of the fact that there ever
was such a thing as our eontribution
to the Oamnilen Fund!' -
"1 teld you!" aided Alderson excit-
edly. "Th -e, Hon. Mitt said he wouldn't
have anything to do with it. He said
we'd -contribute at otur -own risk, didn't
he?" -`
Nickleby re -ended an him.
"Shut up, you jacka5S1" he ordered
angrily. -
Pedal -lore's eyebrows arched a trifle
at this •ad'iiiisSion. ', Already he had
surmised something of the kind, The
Honorable Milt was nobody's fool, he
knew. For the matter of that, neither
waseHughey Podmore. "
"They'll be expecting us to keep our
mouths shut and let thin' take their
course" he, continued, dousing to ig-
nore 'the interruption. ,"Th -e money's
not lost, Alderson. They'll keep on,
swearing up and down that they
haven't get- it; of, course; but 'that's
just the -coy way in which thesethings
are handled. its ray opinion that the
saatifice -of that million hags iol..-pea-
nuts up the elephant's trunk will en-:
sure .argood performanee when the'
circus. starts."
(To, be continned.)
terei baking' dish sprinkle bread
critrahs over the top, and bake in as
I 'medium °Vett ferteeimentea.
Potato and • Escallop. 6 me -
(Bum sized pea- , 3 small onto -lea 2
espoons salt teaspoon peeper,
'cilPs hot milk, 6 -thin shoes bacon.
Butter a cassereleeput .).`a a 'la-Yer-
thinly sliced potatoes then add a WM
layer of sliced onions, and eciasen with
salt and pepper, Add another'layer
of ''poit4t6c,,s, and onions with seasen-
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Then pour on milk, and cover sthe top
With the slices of bacon. Bei-ko in a
moderate oven at least one hour. Re-
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Try giving a Phonograph Party.
Either secure the loan of -a good ma-
dhine, rent one, or perhaps there` is
already one in the building where you
expect to stage this festive time.
Each person attending the party is
requested to bring as an entrance
ticket. one phonograph record: These
records 'will he merely shown at the
entrance, the one who brings, them
keeping hold of them so that they
will not get mixed up. Have a table
near the phonograph and on this place
the familiar figure of theedeg which
"Knows His Master's 'Voice." There
should be some store in town which
will loan you one of these hollow plas-
ter coats Get as big a one as pos-
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Klaxon autmobile horn, connect it up
with a dry battery and a push button.
Button and battery can be dropped
into a convenient drawer in the table.
When the party is ready to start, let
someone go round wial). a basket of
lead pencils and slip,s ,of paper. The
slips of paper should be out the size
of a la:ige page of pad paper. The
guests can.„ use their records as a
backer to -write upon.
One person must officiate as phono-
graph operator. From time to time,
he will press the push button in the
drawer quite casually, then the deg
'will emit' growls' and barks, to the
great delight of the audience. The op-
erator will also have a pencil and
Paper. When the concert begins it
will be announced that each having a
record will come forward 'separately
as indicated, permitting the record to
be pat into the machine where ---it will
then he played on'hoth-sides.
All those in the audience are to
guess the name of the melody or song
selection as the case may be. Every
one will write -uPon. his Islip of paper -
the number of the record and the
guesses as to what, it contains in
order. For example, Reeord No. 1,
'lTipperary" and "Over There." Re-
cord No. 2, "Blowing Bubbles" and
"Mother IVIachree,"—and so on down
the line. Anyone who cannot guess
what' is being played will write the
number of the record just the same
and will draw one or two straight
lines -to indicate a blank. or may
write "don't know," and will go on
with the correct record number frona
that point.
Of course, it will 'be,a point of honor
and will be so announced cit the'he-
ginning, that no one will reveal the
names of the selections on the records
which they bring. Each one, will re-
main at ,the front of the room until
his record is played, and Will then slip
it into the cover -and take it hack to
his seat. The chief operator will, keep
a oerrect list of numbers and titles
so that there will be no chances of
records getting ini)ted up. The own
em should write their names on eac
package tt.d then later these can be
in is eenvenient place.
From time to time the dog will bark
to keep himself in mind, especially if
there is too much buzzing or talking
to interfere with hearing what the
machine is rendering.
When all of the selections have
been heard, those having it list will'
:sign and pass to the left ,so that every
one avg'be'correctbig someone
guesses. Then the operator will read
the eorrect het, giving first the record
number' and the names of the seine -
tibias in theorder in which they were
played,'
The three making the nearest Cor-
rect of iglleSses will come forward
and stand.on, the right. eiole of, the
room, and the -three making the lowest
list of correct -guesses will stand on
'the left.
The awarding 9f the prizes will now
take place. ...Mese will be pre6ented
in tire nature of a "take off" ,which
will cause a laugh. Those making the
best showing wifihibe awarded' in Order,
a mouth -organ, a jewsharp and a
sniall whistle, while the three making
the lowest guesses will each be Pre-
sented with a dog biscuit. By thiS time
everybody will be _ready for refresh-
enents and 'those present are ;sure to
declare that *they have had an un-
usually happy eVening.
Candieer for the Party-
Bittergweets—An attractive variety
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Prange peel, or crystallized fruit. Melt'
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enough to prevent solidifying. With
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the chocolate.' See that each- piece is
completely coated, then •remove to
waxed papereto,hardera
Walnut Brittlee---B,oil one cup corn
syrup until it -crackles in cold water.
Pour over, one-half cup 'broken wal-
nut ineatai placed in, a greased tin.
When cold, break into pieces.
'Honey Pecan Rolls --1 cup strained
honey, la cup butter, Vs' cup 'boiling
water, Vs ,teaspoon soda,, 1/8 teaspoon
cream of tartar, 1 cup chopped pecans.
Boil the honey, butter, water, soda,
and eream'of tartar till it forms a, ball
when dropped in cold water. Boil the
mixture ten minutes before testing for
the ball. Add the pecan meals, and
pour on a buttered platter. -When
cool, roll up , tight; then slice across
With a sharp knife.
Dishes for- Cool Days.
Delicia cups cooked
mashed squash, 11/ cups boiled rice
11/4 cups 'Milk, 1 tablespoon'chopped
Onion, 6..tablespeons crumbs, g beateri
eggs 1.1./s teaspoons salt, Vs teaspoon
'PqPilerr.
. Mix the squash, milk, rice, .egg, and
seasoninge' together. Place -in "a. but-
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WAINVVRIQHT, ALTA., IS
159 SQ. MILE 'PRESERVE.
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Thrive Under Domestication
and Are Now, Oro.1 of Do.
minion's Profit Producing
Asiets.
In 1907 the, Canadian Government
viewing with -alarm the 'gradual' di-
minishing of the buffalo 'frean the
prairies and desiring in some, tangible
way to p -reserve the -se animals frors
extinction, pm•chased from M-ich,
Pa -bib, a rancher in Montana, . thily
largeet kllOWL1 herd existing on. the
continent at that time. In order to' ac-
commodate these animals an area of
raw prairie, 'approximately -159 square
mile% was s -et aside at .Mainarright,
Alberta,, as a game park. Siace then
the buffalo have, under the careful
management of the Dchninion, parks
authorities, increased to ‚such an ex-
tent that. the government now. has '
under consideration the selling er
slaughtering of one theueand of them,
Contrary to general "belief, the' buf-
falo has thrived under aomestication,
arid at the last census taken March
31st 1920, the main herd in 'the Bkitten„
fele Park totalled -4,363 by aort,111K1
count,' whioh is a decrease o -r forty -cam
from the prevleus enumeration, Twain
ty-one of this number were slaughter' -
ed to save valuable hides and heads
anal twenty slied, mostly through to
jurice cau.'sed by fighting. It is esti-
mated that fully fifty per cent of the
mainherd are bulls., and as the proper
proportion betwe-en the two sexes in
a buffalo herd is ,one bull to every two
cows, there are at least one thousand
surplus males.. This tends to weaken.
the herd, and with, a view to remedy-
ing this the government ofilatals de-
cided that the surplus animals should
be got rid of. _
Creation a Market.
To -this end investigations were Im-
mediately begun to. determine,' the
feasibility of alai -heaths the -se animals.
A. teat Ict cf. memited heads was sold
by auction at the .Cauadien fur sales
at Montreal in 'March and brought the
followiug prices: am -oil buffalo bull
head, '$300; medium buffalo bull head,
$610; and large buffalo bull head,
$1,025. Since the inauguration of the
limousine, buffalo robes have not been
in eery great demaild, but neverthe-
dens. Many sue,h, institutions on this
$120 each. Another market not to be
poses sold last March in Montreal for
less good hides dreased for robe pun.,
overlooked is that of zoological gen
continent an...I Europe would welemies
the opportunity of purchasiug a,ltvenr-
Buffalo, amid without doubt' the price
obtained Weald -be sufficiently attrac.
tire to defray all exp-enses Itf shin,
ping the animal's aruldeave a consider-
able margin of profit.
If a ready market cannot be found
for the hides it has been successfully
d.amenstaated by practical .tests that,
when properly treated, eXcellent sole
leather for bo -eta oan be made from
the hides. The leather is both strong
and flexible and it is said to be as
valuable as, good cowhide. Another
product of the buffalo which could lie
ionized -is wool. Although coarser
than ordinary, sheep_ wool, it is ulcider-
stood that existing machinery can be -
adapted to handle this problem. One
of the outstanding features of this
yarn is its extraordinary strength..
The Meat is Appetizing.
The meat of the buffalo can also be
disposed of to ready, purchasers.
Samples of buffalo meat distributed "
amongst several persons brought „forth
favorable cornmefits in praise of it,
many asserting that it was in every
way superior to beef in taste. With,
ou.t doubt, when tale time comes to sell
I the surplus stock, a ready purchaser
I will be found.
i The salvation of these animals Is
an example of the profits that accrue
front the censer -ration "of the natural
resources of a country. Per years
durtng the pioneer period of the 'west
the buffalo was recklessly slaughtered,
but the government's foresight in pur-
chasing the remaining aniraa'a now
promises to bear fruit, and whore the
prospect was that the buffalo would
disappear from the plains it is now
,more than likely that a surplus will
have to --be disposed of every year: in
order to keep the herd up to the- high-
est possible physical stari'daildr
Where You
The average pei.s'ob. suffers, a clis- „
ahling accident once in seven, years.
It may be only a smashed thumb or
sprained ankle, but it puts the sufferer
temporarilY out of business,
If one would avoid disabling elect -
dents, the safest place is iecloors,
bed, in the cellar, at,
-Next to that the safest Plaed" is a
Pullman car on a railroad train, S*6
say the accident insurance companles.a-
A passenger in an ordinary railroad
car IS much safer than at
cause be is sitting still and few things -
can
happen tohim, If he is in a Pull-
man, and- there "is a collision, other
co,rs may be splashed, but his own
vehicle, being oe s deei aii,
heavy, will Mitely escape iS'erious ip-
jury. -
For all that is- said- about the perils
f. the sea you are ;init, about ten timet,i
S Safe on a ship as on land. One matt
n every 2,2&d is fatally hurt by an ac-
ident- en land; o'er ocean. only one
email itt $i.“14.1 Ne14.4to .,13-1dental
oath.
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