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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1937-12-03, Page 75 J • by Richard, *melts Watkins F,To. agooinito Act ot'Vtirliarnait by George 0.•.*0.4go4, King'PP West, 0000 at the Dept. or' 'Agrienyure,, . y II 4 went on 'And 011 at that, iuipo- iviiia, ii mindon the m. Pmito! • eturitat isJo • „ 4$:',Ntg4t,ot .strustio „ Once *Ore.)* -aseendest 'the tlelnel . trainieer, thiS thineloettSing hiS .Ughtf On .the AOv"eelliug of eelneated rock • tie11i00f4.ebOiltrtiel, hOW 0e:it., the. hilleele,tuttnels )311V.!' +he In*-- ered. °Still,. it. ettn!t: be remelt ' I OW 1 kiwi: just where '1 Id 'the • best'seittlnee 'Of "digg)4 .ugh!" - cqliere,":4S- be peed aloiig, could e *4 break Or'a likely spot soot to at- temt te,piele:Ille efluiig. tt, Owelnif141tigitteriesii*-teA14'.. tee effective' worir without toele, With Itie hands.abOve his head bec Quid ..tuer claw. at At, .' "Doubtless ‘Riliders thought of 'that, ;teo,"„„Illeger 'deeided:velmly: He PaSeed, e.Pot. Whet* tWa:°,;.„-,Seeja we out Of the 'seine. .of 4040 OA '.fortned, One side. Tlie same kind of atone also showed on the .bottOM: of the 1 48 44'14- ntetuato :tat* 4.ottoug. this limo bit of ;Aortal:. and that,' reckonittg his Progress sh)? IhtiniteSIVel geins, .it 0'0100 to Win to try the '-eifeet of a bullet Or Um' nPOIX the ettl.bbeett Wan, but WS better Judginentsteld.:'lihe it Would do no* good, Oe*eee'sed .to think 1 Of, the tunne. opeI , the . treasure: Only. that afgaPe--- lieral)e--StraPe-OcellPied There eattle a time when he could 'reelch no Mew Mortar .111 the ereviee around the stelie he had first atteeked, Ile stood up, gathered ell his Strength( alid-lbeilt ;upon it11*.itif4:4W-%044,4t 4 pistol. Tremendous...410mi ,ther were, but they merely crunioled the sorfaee of the Tock where the steel toneheds The bovelder held its piece inexervab' .- 10 the 'wall, Seger sank to thereround beaten, e.,,NhauSted,' v. hole.below, ttettee,' Orbetter, he eughttto let Rinders ,belieVe th.kt higt segond,.attenipt to k111 1104., ed. r Ile IOW at the PoidtiOn Of the 0194 go, 4004 that It. WO 44)qt4t Oiel0014 akeenee' trent „brealefaSta Antet haVe been-nOtteed 1y ..1$1111n Tat w4otn1d the nnin '441 Reg% tried to think,. Of emirsee Ake, Welda' filASpeet thAt ginders, and *VI tor CeilerateS. were responathie for - tiOpenranee, Olt Ito would bo atyaidd to att,, at once; tearing that Roger' was otf on. a. linnt of his tom for the treeSteri. ---perhans a snetteSsfUl hunt. Ne -e-- plui,4g$ toght tvor tool ow, but he, Weald. 1114,ke no 'Acme 'og4Inst 'Ainfier's yet, partiettlarly if the lawyer 'kept no a .ront, and- followed his -reotire- ' as e gueSt, The reviving etteet of tbe emitting air began to make itself felt„ Roger dug again, . enlarging the, hole to per - Mit the .phSasge of his body, but .nOt..as. yet thraSting itis heed far out, He tleeided..lhat .1-Nehen,'he,---111d..-entergerlice InnSt keep "Ovni frOM the 'heaseee eseepeeinto the weeds if possible from: there he could keep track or Hinders's movements end Whenthe time came- clenehed his .flets; ' Itinders.hioald pay %or till this. ; ' did they Out Into solid rock "11k that, instead' ;Of running the tun- jiel floor over. pendeml. 4".The hilletde . extends in. .alutotit, a regniai slope downward ; thie*Aunnel inclines f 'grades/1Y at litstand here at these 'steps descends More -steeply. That must mean that they Were getting near. 'the surface,here and SO- had to cut'away thh rocklo,iteep the passage . under ground:" ' A flicker of hope 'warmed his heart.' ,there a- Chance here? He stood. ,oir„the „Upper stelci and leveled his flash the, ceiling, it was aft 'strongly u ISelf, he_he1knothin WA, an 'automate and Ie. flash .11 for Weill. 'Standing on the step,' working .with hands high 'above his head., be could never -Make even a :start at the. 'Usk of breaking through that 'adamant Vaulting, Be leaned -against. the wall of gneiss and his eye travelled dewn from' the impervious ceiling to the opposite wall. That, too was of solid masonry. He Stood up ii;ddettly. But at least this Wall was within his reache-he could exert power against the side wall, 'Weed& of feebly siettehing at the roof. And .once. through, there might be merely. .earth,. beyond: through that he copld.make a way, if he was not too far enderground. Be •Started at, once, attacking :the • Mertar between two stones where it Ives widest, with the butt of his auto- matic. With irritating slowness it powdered away before his attack -but at least he was doing' soinething-mak- hag some -progress toward the sky out- side. The work became harder as he went on, for the two stones .were so close to- gether he could not get at the _mortar -.except with great difficulty. tile took .to 'scrapping with the muzzle of the pistol. Then he slipped the Clip out and dug away with it. The flash tight that he had proPPeil so that it threw a circle of radian upon' the wall. began to dim. jle snapped it off, resolved.to salie itslast • gleams for emergency. In the abso- lute bialekness be went on, feeling the istoues-;- the tnertar, and his improvised tools with 'finger tips already raw, But he get_np_agaii,,:iiitable will driving Jalta.'ots made a jour- ney .to.the, Outer, end a the tunnel and found in the debris a stone' so heavy he raised it with dillicultY it% shredded :1Ingexs. ;Tolling up to the Scene of 'his work, he used this for a beitering, ram. The first blow loosened the rock - the second knocked It quite loose tr0111 its fellows. Pulling, coaxing, working it sidewise, Roger got it out. He. slipped 'tits lian4 Into the bole. It ii - countered cold earth. . , • After tbat :Roger made perceptible. Progress." 'Scrapping, batteriag, pul- ling, he widehod:the hole Id the wall. Occasionally a reCit split. Then he st_e, use us ico4iiS-417 eAraii-leilugtd7eflie The air in the :passage was foul, 'Meanwhile, ex_plOsive sounds burning his lungs, when.at last he was from the bay had edam nearer: Rbge: able to begin to serape at the earth let his eyes -wander otit tO the 'Water. beyond the hole. 'His head was throb- A- small eatbin anotor boat, dingy of bing, but he kept dully 011, .digging out paint, was 'heading toward the pier. a- place Ing enough to permit him to In the cockpit he could 'make out a ereep through the hole in the wall single Agore. He strained his eyes and, begin to claw upward. • Dirt rained down on his face; in the .blaekness; he welcomed every grain. First with the stone tool in one .haud, then with the other, he atta.cked the 'moist ground, tramping hard under- neath him as he worked. The rhythm of the motion possessed him-; he awakened with a start when he found his scraper encountering els 1* °HAMM jefiVi • An. OPpottune Moment A series' (if ,distinet eplosionS, 1' reguler , yet "'Ovid, rettehed hits ears, They IL came. ropr-- out f$ the bay. Roger deeided t� riSk a look abort him. .Gripping two stone scrapers, bis best.weapons, he raised his head cair. tibusly above •the grass, After a. quick glance about he ducked down I ;He had seen no -elle. Raising 'his head. again, he devoted himself to a rigid scrutiny of the clump of bushes in which the underground passage had.. ceme to the surface before &tinders had bloeked it nix There wat3. .no movement down there. He • .watelied isteMy tno q• --;;;COS your ,anniroar ,PriVitaahow,, ths cam on a do 11111141111•Of 'Minato:jut:11004a. PlablauPt 110100•0 strong' *Nolo**, hitiho 1104 Oti ftilt expOurfrior ahadovr,detaltr:Wilf trimMitig 'thorn helts, -as P9trmInit the. white1.1100 nelps'bikitince this nictUrs? When you make a. mistake* do you nets it down, so yontan avoid It In ithafUture? It's a help - Pt! WOO* V.ALI4 fie a season'Or tilting 'stock tibeeeef cardboard or a white picnic jn many 1).1;01168*es. It Is also a cloth spread In the. kutt. good • time for the aMateur camera- It a IandeenneirdfTail, analyse it man, after a busy summer,. to take and recall the scene. Maybebyback. stock of himself and his work. . ing up a Mae or waving to one side, Are you_ unproAngt Are, you talc. you could have inducted a grace - lug better picturegynOw„., than you fully -curving tree branch fairly close were six 0110nths or a year ago? Auk, to the Camera, to give the picture it not,- why not? • depth and, a .natural 'frame, 'Maybe 'If, perchance, you arent improv. by . a change of position you could 'lug as rapidly...and steadily as you have.included a path Or a hedge that thinki-rou sbOuld, rn venture this is would lead the eye gradually across . • the reasoe--you aren't studying and into the picture. Write on the ,,,jourpiataitea!„, . back of the print what: you should Ifttiz,A.T.tatt!Na7_414,4#4.,p_. ainse-ritit'yentriantyr. mer prints and single, out these that which backgrounds are mottled and ere bad -the portraits made in contheeCstiCking up in Meaningless har,sh sunlight with no provision for fashion behind the subject. Another the shaded side ot the. face, the background, a., change et viewpoint, , landscapes with . dead foregrounds Might have made each picture per - and no "training" or trees or foliage, *Nhaovt.4.3 Wdorniete. down, what You should Atter you have noted these mis- takes, don't just stick the prints away ati,d forget tilem. Use them as, a reference Ale. Take a few out on your picture -making jaunts and be mindful of them when new picture -toward the boat, seeing in it a possible( the prints.' that show blank white Means of eseape, undeteeted, from the; skies, without clouds or tone. hillside. The figure , in the sterr Recall the scene and then write stirred and stood up, ad IV:ger f .down on thebaek of each print what sensed a vague familiarity in the do- YOU should have done to make the liberate movement; Then he knew it - Dicture good. was ?Cloudy Blake 1 ' •If you have a blank sky or .very -Roger felt a great • relief. He . - thin clouds, note .down that you wriggled out of the hole With no fur- , should have -used a. Alter. ther hesitation and crawled down the guides ether than earth:- Then- his hill toward the clump of bushes he had U a portrait has no.ddtail on the raw hands :suddenly informed his been watching. In one hand he still shady side, note that you should tired brains -pots i With a. frantic carried a Stone, bet. as he drew nearer - have used a reileoter near the face spurt he tore at the matted growth and peered theough the foliage he ,saw on that side, even if it was only a mouth As he looked at that block above. One thrusting hand plunged that there we's 110 'one at the tunnel's torward-encountering nothing -and then a flood of sweet, cool air and light poured in upou hina. He slumped forward Wearily, mermuring inarticulate thanks. How long he lay there, he did not know -but it was long after he could have clawed his way to the surface. That air and sunlight 'seemed all be Could desire in the -world. Then, his. brain began to assert itsielf; he rea- lized that he could not come boldly out the trap when Binders and Dorsey might be on guard. 'His own pistol had become ueeless as a -result of hard usage; they could attack him in his weakened conditian and easily trrust him back into the dark el I Era 1100 Annual StOtet• ment P‘ovesda.Strdnit Poljtion incriiimed icor bf steadr expategon In Itit buSinees. operatious, in keeping with tite general Intsinm. aetivqy ot the eotnitry, retle.eted in the gamet. statement for the year entlieg October. . . aeth, eow beiwforwiti'ded to its share7. ,hT)Itiers hy the Bank of &teat -real. 'The &mots a the Bank, now stand- ing t $$20,,030,1):418, shuw.na loorease •of. *atl,r02,090, (IS- compared with - a 1•%441" tirta'lysia Of tile assets.reveals the .reinarkable strength of the inetitution, -the ProPertion of quietly arallahle re - ,Sources standing at $590,0511133, as o $7.62.733,1*.i, theingO18 per &ut ot these liabilities • • . Improvers** in Current Loons ilIrtf. Allan Iviison, "Bidt414176.0e, • The Btu* has again Wowed Its lees. 13410; Cearleo ‘Agar 111,r.P„ et tom of of sothe;yeard etandingbriestting" oath visitei his sister -In -I** the stateMent iu an easily underetaild- Mrs, A„ Etrington, and 'family, lit* • able form, grouping the figurestwith an- week, Mr. Albert MeQuold, 01 Ore** notations that explain their perport. also watt a met of Mr. Errington Mt* 'FrOra the public standpoint the Meet: week: interesting *attire a the ettrestment Mr. and f3lre. Jake Fiber, 3&r, and . the *demonstration that it elves of the (Mrs. Harvey Pliber and • thildneta expanding scale of the tonutryos hides- visited Mr. -end Mrs. Carman /NOWLIN trfal and commercial operations, re- last week. . . fleeted particularly in th4 improvement, WT. 0, A. Robertson, 3.1.f.P., lelVitsr itt eurrent loenis tin, Canada,. whitle at Toreoto Tueitlay to ettend the at*. V014760,812, show an increase as coin- elargession of Perliarnent whieh opens pared with last year ot fritere than on Deeember let. $1$0,066,000, The Stieday school* of ,Smith's UM • On the other hank due no doubt to 'United church will hold. It e Christmas the restrletedi Operations In the seem- entertaininent on December aard. ity markets, call loans in Canada are . Rev, Dr. McMillan% Visit. -Iter. down trona, :$8,100,988 last year to Alexander 'MacMillan., of riloronte, $6,8Y1',700 at the. present time. A eharge of- the service ie tilt United similar, movement is noticeable iu call church .on:liiin-thty last. It was fifty Wane abroad., these now standing at years last .4th of September since Mr. , zwinuowi. wlas ordained gd .L74404ilinduetelli -1STarifirPaffratiniit-te-4011100;g'itntr-liefloreebegiretirtgAtirerse,r'ne'lliMe.-21-*._ 105 -an increase.of $26,-187,000 as cam- , gave a short sketeh of that day and Pared with last years stitittenent. •of sine orthe events during the Code • Modetate Increase in Profits • ' I years of his ministry here and at An- • itt keePing with the larger wale of , burn. Dr. MacMillan chose for his the ilunk's business, the prOittli ShOW !.,teXt !'The stone that the builders te a moderate increase. The net total jeeted is ineeeme the head, (gene of the rater deduction of Dominion and IN'o- !corner." He first spoke of Ooerates. v Waal ClOvernment taxes of $9,12,057. ,Savonarola and Willipm Tyndall, %vbe amounts •to $3,40S,328, being at thetrate were 411 rtlected by their fellow -cella - of 4.47 per cent. ott...the contbitted‘WPI-Li"Oinen and suffered- martrydomr but tal, reserves and undistilbuted whosv blood became the seed of the .tifter vayinwut of the usual dividends Ohoreh. Then .Gbrist came to His and an appropriation of $400,000 for own, hut they knew Him not. lie is t.preinges, the sum or S128,328 the chief corner,etofie, the light and ZAP IMPERIA YOLlitta" 114,1$P11,1146. • F1111)AY STATION CARLOW CAISALOW, Nov, Voung bought' a caload or: (Veestersor iattle twit week, which he intratii (wry oVer neXt year, • .• Mrs, W. L Yonug is lionIe from heereital, feeling Mtieh-improved. . evaLM'eS, Mian. Vickeon elithireu, Tort '01,-rlittaki;-...apent--: week -end. wale their parer)* Mr. • chances arise. . was carried forwarth to profit and loss life of the world. In the even rtg ; Learn what you do wrong -decide a(cinint. how to do it r)gite-thiek before you---, ''Ilhe peine I pal a ecaunts. w it It Com.'" trlirilrheiliwatosIda Slotonsf semravel7 lialyntininpe,r.pNiartaci-- shoot. Here is one of the secrets . parisons with thozie of the .Pre'rlotts ' etarly Woe.. .)t William 0owpr.ir and of picture-making,success., year, shew : i.Folut Newton, came, to 15 written. He 166 • John van Guilder, •1930 tale.o spoke of,some of the ancient . 1037 Total asset 8 $820,0353,950 $80.1.081,998 , Untie; 110(1 tufa why the counnittee.. a Liquid assets C199,051,153 6011.472.587• w bleb Dr. MaeNlillan vi,11.4 secretarle Altathont • really wanted to hide that Qe.e.t Red acernd_ hoard seenrelY, iloudy, wouldn't it 10. other bonds 437,3S1,K25 44,2,7S1,097 4..).'11)tilile f;41;;ITssieley.."13(.144)1kos:rthitirnitlit7o.r. somewhere ashore?" ' . _ , , lug servieep,'eonsIderlrig the stormy botThh (;t7tt.,r."tlatustni1 arid UleM1-31- easier to sink it somewhere itt this Call loans) out- ' I Call I.oans 1 1t (aglittli a lilly4,1,111iiist. little harbor Illan to dig a hole for it side Canada 1 9,S78,0-1 4 2:),400,160 "That'st an idea 1" exclaimed Blake 111 (11111110111 - 6.854,100 8,1 119.9_,....88 I day. Itev. Dr. MaeMillan was the enthusiastically. Then ids lave fell, Total deposits. Tl7,709,105 00012004 gljest of Mr, A1OX. Young. Loyal, white . 36,000,000 36,00e,000 , in the neighletrhood. ' '"tal 39,000000 "39,000,000 ; -11,1S17r1 Mr. .latnee teenlit'd and hie (lunge-. k „vatil to get it ht._ get Jot° t ha 1 house unobserved," ter, Mrs ("'. 'E. ertivAte and- her daugh- in, and that's ‘vIty ter Pityllls, with Miss' Hate 31eLety„ aded passage he smiled grimly,. Ile had been right not to try to dig through ; for a great slab of stoue had been moved down the hillside 10 cover over the entrance. 'Hinders had indeed been active after Roger had broken up the search at Aittatuoure toMb. Roger realized then that Rill- ders,had not been entirely deceived by his explanations of his scraped right hand; but the lawyer had Waited for confirmation of his suspicions. This had come when Dorsey had go:: hold of his letter to Cloudy', "Blake.' After that Binders bad coolly finished his preparation for irnmuring Roget in the underground passage after • eearchieg him for 4%.1tamont's clew. Roger edged along down the hill- side, keeping his body flat as possible in the long grass. Cloudy Blak boat had already bumped againet the landing stage -at the outer end •of the deserted •pier, when Reger's cautious progress brought him. to the Other end. Slipping under the seder, 'Roger ran down the beach, plunged into the w,tter and swain toward.the outer eud, keep- ing directly beneath the planking. "Cloudy!" he called, As he reached the low landing stage and drew him- self up. His partner,- engrossed in the matter of making his boat fast, whirl- • ;ieseaitanalitstrawlslaNsaikite00%*****01-204301r3m21-100442W4-70111-10241413041tunDOtramIturmetWaraDelazaresetrM - z::..-- ,. ft L \,..,. For Better Christmas Folio* the Ads. in the• 70 SUBSCRIBE TOA Sigoal•Star Publication and: take advantage of the 'rniny helpful itigipstionsn offered to .you by the leading 'GOderich Merchants. • skom. ATM ARE NOW BEING OF1411ED r Press Ltd. - (.(1 as if stung. --000d Lord !" he gasped • - , "Give me a hand,": said Roger, and bloudy jumped to his aid. •He lifted his exhausted friend to the raft teed Roger, without words, dragged himself - to the shelter Of 'the eaten. "What's been happening to you?" demanded Cloudy, staring at the white wont face, bleeding hands, and the toru and Mud -covered enderelothes ef his friend. "I've been playing a. little 'under- ground game with .Itinders 'tied so Yet the bonors are his," said Roger, help - Ing hhnself to one of Cloudy's cigar- ettes... "But. the game's not over yet, Cloadr." Briefly he recounted all that had eceurred. -Blake's brow grew black with .anger as he lietened. "Yon were right about Dorsey get- ting hold of the letter," he said. "It reached me, of course -they Weren't going to lot you know that they had had it. noticed that it koked a bit grimy and the flap WOK slightly torn. I decided to come down at otac, but instead of coming by train, I hired this old boat and brought the Wylie; suit and pump down with me." •• "You've •got the suit here?" 'Roger asked with sudden excitement;: ' Blake nodded toward an old tarpau- lin in the bow. "Under there -the whole works," he said. -Suit, helmet, leaden belt, pump, powerful search- jight, hir ttrbe, life line, everythine. "Gdod!" said Roger. "Now if only -well, never mind titer. Cloudy, I feel like- going up to the house and ripping Rinders into little pieces, but I'm not going to. He has something Sanborn if4 nut of sight." I want -the other half of Altamones1 loger got off the bunk. "I suppose 1 "But. leo): at the larva you .1 have te riest Search," lie said. . Profitg "Perhaps not," replied 'logo. "The t's w Ilene the cry ptogra in comes tett by Motor on Sunday morning for fore I settle things with itinders."' Cloudy Blake faetencel a !-anall boat l'hicago. where Mr. Leonard will re - "I see," said Bloke thoughttuht. "If you eau unseramble that es yan did the posteript, you th hi k the exa.l 'spa will be indicated?' Roger nodded, bet his expression lacked entire eontidenee.. "if the old man really *anted me to get it," he said. "But it Was juist chance that 1 enhle aercss that clew that put he 44)1e into nay mind as a hiding Wets.. We 1, 1110111 144I t•list loose 11144 mooring4. Innin for the winter. T be 01t1 tut )t or chugged as t It ma t as 114. 114.;ded out into the harbor. "There's deep water t he rUrit W lwrt. the !Seas A hen *1 welt( down," Roger suggested, squatting tee the floor Of Clit. cabin awl 1.04,1tiite eterneva rd 11W111 d t he lamse. -1' ha 1 will nut 14e . it a short swim fe or ti., too..'' • L0 ahead Mill reconnoiter, t Cloudy let go hie anehor when tied rugged shore wile only lifty fedt away.' CI I .1PT XLV I I Roger waited iu the ealtin until his MILBURN5 LAXA-L1VER ' PILLS' Stinnte The Sluggish Liver The Cryptogram '• parinvr had rowed buck to the pier., Clean .The Coated Tongue Cloudy 181. back within an hour Then after a earetful ocrutlny of the and found Roger, dressed and sone- front of the distant lieuse, he slim). I Remove Bad Taste In Mouth what less haggard 'looking, eeeliniee into the watt -1.'0n the side teward tit. • 011 ti141 14011 bunk in the tittle 011 1)1 11. Sound and swain quietly toward thei Though his clothes hindered ,. "It's just 11 44 well got there when rooks. . Ms Movements•somew lin t, he made I did." he said. "Billings Wil 14 fright fully upset about your dieappearauee good, time and landed near the ettvet and he was 111)001. 10 telephone for t:14. where he had discovered the punt. sheriff to come and arrest 1110(1015 a nil He did not waste ally time iti 'get - make an • invesalgatioo. I had to let t ing away from the eove and Nrilking him know that you were safe; it wag hare through the W0181$. At4 the only way I Could prevent him from neared the hoUSe, however,. ills pro- Krt....4 betel me slower and he stopped veiling in the euthorities." "11111114 all right," Roger geld. wbruptly, taking eover 'herded a tree "Billings_ is trustworthy, and I hope when he eau).* to one of the roads that he is a toot' .enough actor -to keep on eut through the estate. A motor 114 looking disturhed. .A11(1 Mlle is my livery truck bearing the .1111 111 Of .11 New York department store was coin - 'friend 'tinders tieing?" -1 lies been in Ilk 100111 all morning. ing toward the. hottee. Billings found out from the 11311 111 who "Mote furniture for the hotel I entered the room to make his bed 11 a 1 suppose," he thought, is 110 011 1011141 ; Ite, is working on something at t he 1 110 1'011.10ie approach. As it swept by , table. He 44 Mil lied at her when shehim, he duelled out of cover and. grip , came 111 and she left hurriedly w It- ped t he Willmar& Hanging on, wi t lt feet da agling, ite watehed t he (lea r...1 (4111 reeKing up the place." Roger ilmek;ed. "Snarlod. did he ? between woods and hotel.. dine Thet nienos !Ws working on the cryp- inish as the truck ?mere along. t4Igram a nil I SIC t making much pro- "So far I'm screened troth t greas. • How 'abotit ilpreey and IS811- 1501440,0 8 :: 111 11 1 tend cheerfully. -1 tu 70,"1,; born?" -Dorsey's stIll mound the 1101154e, hitt The truck *curved a round 1114. road and drew up with squeaking brakes at, the servinitte eut ranee to the big I houselinger dropped off before It had come to a mtop, glanced swiftiy about for (ov0r. and then dived ini through tile .Ipen 0 itulow through Wli1e11 vont Wai44 44 1101 i 11 1 0 11 sl Ile11 tided ;ha tel en a pile Of coa : wide!1 reeeived him with ell-mm.11(1.ms (eerier. Itreathlese, ;11. ley Still, *%':l 11 hear the 4ipprozic1ihig ((,,,t 4(4 1 ha r he dreaded. But. there 110 40004) 114' eon! basement. -Leek." he teem-elev.!, P. 11 Off the' pile. made hie way out ie to the long. lilmly twilit ce. lar, and Walked toWard the fmnola I bit of the tower. It was not without E. shudder. a nd t hen an In volu nta t tensing' of his' nunteles, that he ap- proached the plum where he had mmel 40 eloSe to flying a mimerable dea • 1111aemr01111(.. Crt, Ise°e01111111.4.51 A vieltor In town for the weekend Italn Mr. Williten Sands of Republic. State of Wnehington, tnetatter of a former well-known Weal faint ly. It Is thirty-three years 41110. Ur. sands Wan here lastlie looked up wee old friends who were Riad to see him. ' Sweeten The Breath 'c'ryptogram--and ryegot to get It while he's off guard -thinking I'm underground for geod." . "You'd better raft some old clothes of 1111tie 011 first,' replied Cloudy, gaz- ing critleally at his friend. "All right, all right". ltbger meld im- patiently. "But that other half of the letter -I'm going to get that and my OW*11 half today or bust." He meditated a moment. -They've 00014 this boat eome into the core and they'll be curious up there to know who is using the pier to tie up e Yon go asliore and make a frightfn; uproar ahont my disappearance: They know you're coming, eo it would be sply to try to hide." "I'll get.. the lay of theland." cioedy • Blake agreed• . "And ift the merintime, 111 he talc ing a little rest and •array myself In your other suit.' Iftts this (Thi)) a • leek?" Cloudy Wake nodded. •"1,,oek mo In until you eotne back ( • then. We're getting to the end of Mel fight in the dark, Cloudy. I think I have an idea where that trettaure 71 located, but Its otaet ponition Is till very, =eh a a booty." - ile nwept a hand over the Wetere of the cove, "If you hid better go back and put tip a bluff about hunting for -MP, 110 401 "lint first take one of those small boats astern for it.tender, and anchor this Unmet) out in the cove some distance from the hintse. Soi can go ashore in the rewboat, but I've got to F1W1111 for It, sneak through Cie woods and well, somehow. I've got to "TIRED" ALL THE TIME She fait asisarahia iiraggt-low It witartty -hwe,bi NA**. She Wet thaa* Weep, WWI a sagestail Doohi's W- itty PIbIa. At /MO, 0.1141's. The "wasteil wit" 'feeittg wag seen testste4 17 deo headed teeny Henj40 "j„,,, 112 ntrY IIIS The Hydro Store COOK WITH EliCTRICITit Quick, Clean, Economical =rem enema See the display of various styles and makes at The Hydro Store GODERICH Use Hydro bulbs for lighti• n*. They *tie .ftiaritrIteett.