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The Brussels Post, 1929-10-30, Page 7• 4 WANTED .4, Highest market price paid for your Hens M. Yollick Place Your Insurance i With . S. SSCOt Automobile- Fire - Life Phone No, 1. Brussels. ea/ Debts Collected We Collect Accounts, Notes and Judgments anywhere and every- where. No collection, no charge. Write us today for particulars. Canadian Creditors' Ass'a Post Office Box 961, Owen Sound W. D. S. JAMIESON, MO; CM; LM.CC; Physician clan and Surgeon Office McKelvey Block, $russet Successor to Dr. White Phone 45. T. T. M'RAE M. 6., M. O. P., di 8. O. 1•t. O. H., Village of Brussels. 1'hyelolna, Aurgaon, Aesonoheir Offioe at residence, opposite Melville Charon William street. DR. WARDLAW Honor graduate of the Ontario Peter= Collage. Day and night salla. Office oppo Floor Mill, Ethel. lP: r11. 24"rieezdt re BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, NOTARY PUBLiC LECKIE BLOCK - BRUSSELS AUCTIONEERS JAMES TAYLOR Licensed Auctioneer for the Cbnnte of Huron. 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He disliked Percival, and was' convinced the fellow was planning`evii, Several incidents had already strengthened this belief; yet there was nothing post• tire upon which to build; no path of adventure for nine to follow. To spec elate was easy enough, but real facts eluded Klin. Sexton appeared In the door, eve dently looking for some one. The, man espied him there In the shadow of the vines, and came forward. "Miss Coolidge requests your pees ence, sir, for few moments," he sale gravely. "Why, certainly; did she say where Sexton 7" "In library, she is wal the 1stn ry, sir; E there now." "Very well. I will join her at once Thank you, Sexton," and West disap• peered into the cool, darkened hall, CHAPTER V An Unexpected Dismissal. The shades had been drawn closely , to ,exclude the etre and, for a moment after he first crossed the threshold or the library, West was unable to dis• tinguish any occupant. He heard Sex- ton oxton silently close the door behind him, but it was no, until she moved slightly i that he was able to perceive her pres- ence directly across from where he stood. Her voice broke the silence. "You will find a seat next to the window, Captain," she said quietly, "It was very ;;nod of you to come." i "The pleasure was aline," he re - : piled. "You wished to speak width sue, the servant said" "Yes." Sht: leaned bark ngninst the couch on which she rested. with race now clonrly revealed, one 'hand eery ously twirling a fan. "This 18 a very strange sittlaton In which' we find ourselves, Captain West." "I lute felt so," ire admitted, stn•• prised at this beginnings. "Yet I must 'What Do You Mean by That?" confess, I am now becoming quite reeonellet7 " She sat up suddenly, with eyes sea rrhinc hlc Niro.. 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"Yet circumstances seemingly justify frnntcness between us. I mean that I feel far More deep- ly eeply interested in the final outcome of this affair today than I did yesterday, —It means more to IDS." "Indeed! Why?" "Largely, 1 imagine, because I am privileged to know you much better. That naturally mnkeS a difference." "Does tt indeed? You haply then an increased interest In myself as an 1n- dividual, brings with it n greater de- sire to serve ate?" "Assuredly, yes," "Then you render my task doubly hard," she said spberly, yet with a certain hardness in the tone. "I had not suspected any personal side what. ever. were e u total stranger to Inc,Captain %est, and I employed you In tits "tatter merely in a business way, ns—ns—n detective. Steely you understand this clearly?" "In it measure that Is quite true," feeling the Sharp sting of her words, "Yet the comparison is hardly fair, IS It? I nut not a detective In the sense with which you employ the tern. You knew I WAS not serving you for pay." „Dip. t?" "I should hope you did," his voice hardening slightly. "Put for teat otter end did you volunteer your services?" "Perhaps that is not so easily ex- piolned. It was n spirit of adventure which first led me to answer your ad- vertisement, 1 presume, . At least, I can give It no other Bance. Thee, when we mer. you appealed to me personal- ly; I felt n desire to further our ae- qualntance and — well, your story aroused my Interest. "Is that all?" "It nhigiht have been had not you chosen methods of procedure which lea me to ether thoughts." She laughed. "Oh, I see! 1.11 this las happened because I introduced you to the others se my fiance. Why, that is positively funny. Didn't you know that was only n part of the game being played?" "Yes." he said, Ignoring the humor of it, and feeling oddly sober, "I un- derstood, and was playing, the same as yon. Only both of us, I think, for- get an Important fact" "What, please?" "That we were young, socially on a level, and that you were an exceed- ingly charming young woman." She Inughed again, yet this tine with more restraint. "That is quite ridiculous, Captain West. Surely, you are not actually making love to me?" "No, I ant not. I ant merely facing the situation very frankly. It would be useless for me to claim lack of in: terest In you. hrom our very first meeting you have appealed to me strongiv=more so than any other wo- man of my acquaintance. I confess I care for you—as a woman." "Really you are quite flattering. 1 never dreamed I possessed such mar- velous pewees." She remained silent a mnnu•nt, her eyes shaded by their long inshev;,then uplifted them again to his face. "This makes it all the more necessary that 1 now speak plain- ly;" she went 00 at length, "That I should explain to you it has all been 1 mistake. That was why I asked you to mune here .now." "All a mistake! Not the trouble ' 1011 were In, surely?" "Yes. I must have dreamed most of It, I think. I have just had a long, confidential talk with Percival Cool - lase, and we understood ence other perfectly. Everything has been me Writhed. So there is no necessity for, our pretending any longer." West rose to his feet, comprehend - Ing her full meaning, yet unwilling to yield its position without further ex- plenaso", -"Your words are certainly plain enough," he sold slowly, "yet 1 trust 1 may be pardoned if I ask a question or so. Do you mean the mystery is already solved without my further assistance?" "I am convinced there was no mys terry; that it was only imagination, Captain West. My calling you was a mist alto." There Is no one hnpersonating you?„ "No." • "Tin checks at the hank; the strange person using your name; alt these' were myths?" She laughed, "(Of course. I really believed all 1 said to you et the time, hat everything hits been explained since, anti I real• lee how very foolish t have been," "You sent for nun, then, merely to say I was dielnlssett?" BRUSSELS POST '225, "Anti you told Coolidge, of course, how I RADIO tet be hero?" "Yes." "And the etliel's7 Witat will they think?" "Why, that can snake no diitcrenee, Lot them suppose we had a quarrel, and that our engagement le broken," and she laughed Again, evidently vast• ly unitised ut the idea, "But you, personally?" be insisted, She sobered leetnnty, .also rlsleg, and facing bl1n, • "Captain West, let Us be sensible, 1 'evitet' you here for n certain purr pose, You were employed as ranch its any or my other, servants, Is that a sufficient answer?" "It certainly is. I will depart at once!, "Thunk you. The limousine will be at the 'door, You will return'te the club, I presume?" "Temporarily, until other arrange merits are made." He bowed and left her standing there In the shadows, the expression of her face veiled, but there seemed no response, no softening in- the rigid attitude of her figure. She did tits care; was only interested in bis ire mediate departure. The change had occurred with such abruptness, West was unable as yet to realize its full significance, but, with no attempt to combat herdeclston, left the room, closing the door behind him. CHAPTER V1 The Body of a Suicide. As the car whirled West down the circling driveway, the only sign of life visible about the house was the me• tianless figure of Sexton on the steps. If either Miss Natalie, or Percival Coolidge, took interest enough in the proceedings t0 witness his departure, they chose to remain carefully con- cealed within. There was no pretense even at speeding the parting guest. Tie had simply been dismissed. turned out, decelttJy enough, perhaps, con- sidering his status. yet with a certain measure of contempt which rankled nevertheless. The young roan torrid net altogether reconcile this style of treatment with his preconceived ennception of "Miss Natnne Coolidge, He had been too deeply Impressed by her to easily re. 11nquish his previously formed opinion of her character. This latest action did not at all coincide with her former open friendliness. He had not gone to her as a servant, nor had she to any tray treated hint as such. Wltat could account for so remarkable a change? Perhaps it was tie influence of Per. cital Coolidge. This ee-planation seemed probable. The man had in some way regained her confidence, and then, through trickery, had suc- ceeded In poisouin„ her mind. Prom the very first Coolidge had disliked him instinctively, and made no effort to conceal his feelings; he resented the intimacy between him and Na. talle, naturally enough, and would use every means possible to get the young• 00 man completely out of the house. No doubt lie looked upon him as dan- gerous. But why? There could only he one answer to this query. His own dishonesty; his secret knowledge of some trickery relative to the funds of the estate. He had convinced the girl of his honesty, but, more than ever, \Vest believed the fellow a rascal. These tlhotghts n[tted through his mind. yet not consecutively. as the car left the grounds, and turned on to the nein road, leading c[tywards. They were still skirting the Coolidge estate, although the house behind Was con- cealed by shrubbery. Suddenly, just its they cleared the bridge, and began to mount the opposite grade, there cantle a sharp report, sounding so close At hand the chauffeur clamped on his brake, and glanced anxiously over the side of the car. "Blow-out, wasn't it, sir?". "No," said West shortly, sttring 1t10 self out into the thicket '01 trees at their left. "It sons a shot fired over there; n revolver I should say. Wait a second, Sanders, until I the what bas happened." e It was largely curiosity witch led 11111 to leave the car, The sound of either n rifle or a shotgun In that lone- ly spot would have been instantly dis- missed ns natural enough, but a pistol was different. That was no place for such a weapon, it someltoa had a orlmgy sinister stand. ' Determined to learn exactly what bad happened, West pressed his paw snge forward through the vines of the fence, and emerged into We geld be. yend. A half dozen yards and be found the clover trampled, as though a man had passed that way, The trail led Into a slullow depression, past a rather Targe boulder, near which the trampling of the grass was even more plainly revealed, Its though the strang- er had remained be for some time, had evert seated himself, and then, abruptly ended a few yards away. LvIdently the fellow had turned back 0 this point and retraced his steps. West, now thoroughly puzzled cud already convinced that settle mystery hovered over the place, begun to circle through the untrmented clover, but without any defined purpose. All nt Ante, at the lower end of the gully he 'amp, • unexpectedly, upon another trail, this one well marked, tipper (mlly frequently used, witch led etrnlght 1101"025 the field, rind terminat- ed nt n small gain Raiding through the wee fence, Evidently here w1111 n short cut to tate rend, viceil known to the servants on the estate, and posse illy othees. The discovery, however, , told nothing further than this, and content nit himself whit Another Mane tboet the anehanged fieldof rustling: clever, West proceeded slang the course' ofthe path, intending to thue.. rejoin the automobile, welting Me re. turn behind the trees, Within a few stops of the gate; Width Was closed, he .Mame to' a mid - den, horrified pause, staring ahead at strange something huddled in the path, It woe a sllnpeless, tiling, bearing 00 resemblanee to ahuman being, until Ile advanced closer; then he recog• Bleed the fo1•nt of a man, celled up as a dog sleeps, Ines down, hidden byhis men,and limbs drawn up, os if in a' sudden spasm of agony. A hat was in the pant beyond, where It had fallen, and a revolver lay glittering In the sunlight a few feet away, There was nothing familiar about either figure or clothing, yet unquestionably there lay the body of a suicide. The single shot they had beard, the tell-tale revolver close to the dead man's hand, were clear evidence of what had occurred. The unexpectedness of this discov- ery, the peculiar position of the dead man, the loneliness of that deserted field in Which he lay, shocked West and, for a moment left him strangely hesitant- Who was the man? What WEAN DAY, Ode 0 Who Was the Man, could have led up to tete pitiful trage- dy? Yet he advanced step by step nearer to the h[deoits object In the path. The man had been shot directly behind the right ear, killed Instantly, no doubt, as the deadly bullet crashed through the brain. West lifted the arta which concealed the face, already shrinking from the suspicion select] had began to assail him. Then be knew who the dead man was—Percival Cld. \Vest stood guard beside the body untllool servantsgecame and bore It to the house, but made no effort to follow. Instead he gave his address to Sexton, and continued his journey into the city- after what had passed between them he had no desire to again en- :ounter Miss Natalie; and under these circumstances, actually shrank from -meeting her. ' Just what this "tan'S death might mean to the girl he could not safely conjecture, yet deep down In his own heart, he felt ccmn"sed that this act of self-de- struction would later prove to be a confession of guilt. Yet, be that as it may, he was already definitely, ruled out of the matter. Not unless she personally sent for him could he ever venture to go to her again In any ca- pacity. To his mind this decision was final. Ile was called for the inquest and gave his testimony.. The hearing was brief, and the facts ascertained so clear there remained no doubt in the minds of any one but what this was a case of suicide. No particular at. tempt was made to probe into the cause, the personal affairs of the dead roan being lett for later investigation. West saw Natalie at the Inquest for the very few moments site was upon the stand, but their eyes did not meet, nor did the girl give any evidence of recognition. Somehow the Impression the young woman left upon film in those few moments was not a pleasant one. Ire could not clearly analyze this result, yet she was either acing a fart to conceal her true emotions, or else she was really Indifferent, 1t was not until the following day that reason began to reassert itself, told he succeeded in marshaling the facts of the case more clearly* It his own mind. He even began to rloubt tad question his own testhnnny, yet, ,efore he reached any real conclusion, ane of the club servants approached his chair. ' "Captain West, there is a man out here nsktmg to see you." "A man I Where?" "1 had him wait in the anteroom, sir," "Very well, Mapes." 1t arae Sexton, twirling his hnt'nerv- ninety In his hands, and still standing irresolutely in the middle or the floor. As sight of West he took a hasty step forward, eager to ccplttin the cause of his presence. "You'll pardon me, sir," he buret rnrt.h In apology, "lint 1 "lust see you, sir." "That's quite alb right, Sexton. T,et's step to here where we one talk quiet- ly,. He pointed the why into n private card room, closing the door behind his vi si t" . f f`hdtinued Next WPck) I tome e les n Lo, the people of the earth do me homage. 1 awn the 'herald of success for men, merchants, manufacturers, municipalities and nations. 1 go forth to tell the world the message of service and sound merchandise. And the world lis- tens when t speak. There was a day long ago, when by sheer weight of superior merit, a business could rise above the common level without me, but that day has passed into oblivion. ;For those who have used me as their servant I have gathered rmtold millions into their coffers. Sell ore MercatBse pert dollar of sa ery paid me than any other sales- man on the face of the earth. 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