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By Daphne West
This latter was not proving al-
together a success, however. He was
an elderly manand seemingly inex-
perienced in his Job; but Ralph
.Elton was in no mood to scold or
lose his temper to -night, and the
old chap was certainly looking after
him well, filling up his glass with
cham¢iagne even before it was
emptied,
Ralph Elton passed a hot hand
over his head. Would he ever be
.sober again? and, as for being
. merry, he had got past that Wage
and was decidedly sleepy. He had
a restorative upstairs, a mixturo
.at given to him by a doctor, when one
t night in the old acting days he had
overstepped the mark of sobriety
•ni and wanted to pull himself together I
l for the part he had to play. He
if
waited the oportunity to slip ;away
from his guests and made his way
to his bedroom.
The Mixture was in the medicine
chest in his dressing -room beyond,
and he went straight through. Both
rooms were in darkness, but he
thought be knew just where to had
the bottle, and he could slip it into
his pocket and take it downstairs.
Crosdng the dressing -room, he
was seized with an attack of gidd!- h
ness. Feeling his way to the couch. g
he flung himself fun length on to Ir. P
and lay there for some little time in 0
a state of semi -consciousness.
He was aroused eventually by a o
sound in the next room. Someone s
was opening the drawees in his th
chest—first one, then another. Who
could it be?
He rose and tiptoed across tl
room to a cupboard where lie hep;
revoler; them he crept to the doo
The bedroom, like the drest1n
roam, was in darkness except so
the light from an electric tore
which revealed Its owner as a man
Little more than a lad, he Tooke
dressed in a long overcoat and
cap. Over his eyes was a blas
mask.
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: gored.
,As. the IP -Weapon was obeyed, .a
muffled sound escaped 1talih's UPS,
"13y gad, it's Ennis Galisbrokel''
' shouted another' volae, that of an
actor friend,
Quickly :the old waiter who }tad
. dist entered the room crossed to the
door and locked it. LPberyone was
too excited to take' heed at his
action$, however, and by the time
he had returned to th_e side of the
Injured woman she was speaking in
a weak, gasping voice,
'"1-1'm done for, and So I: T may
as well confess all. I --I killed old
Mr, Maskiil, I did so because 1
overheard him tell Jim Goddard that
he was going to disinherit Ralph
se and turn: him from his home."
a 'Inhere was general confusion here,
n but it died down as the woman made
g- an effort to continue,
r ' "I was secretly married to Ralph
Elton, and had come disguised as a
giasy to the fete. I knew I was
1 safe --.I guessed Jim Goddard would
a be accused of the crime, and when
k he had gone and the old man was
olen, I crept into the study, took
I down a knife from the wall, and--
d f pranged it into his back,"
Anathre buzz of astonishment
I, greeted these words. The waiter
e from -the restaurant, who had been
h standing at the back of the crowd
taking down the woman's coufee-
slon. now came forward and knelt
e by her side.
r, ' "Hell me, he said, "why .did you
come here to -night?"
,Slowly one of the white 'hands
opened to reveal a .plain gold ear
Ralph raised his revolver an
fired.
There was a sioream, a thud, tate
loud voices from below. A mtoat
later someone had entered throng
the door leading from the passage
turning on the light as he carne
Ralph saw that it was the waiter h
had hired from the London restau
ant, and that he was followed by
several of the guests.
On the floor, revealel fully now by
the light that flooded the room, lay
the burglary„ still wearing his black
mask, Close to him was the open
jewel -case.
"A. burglar, caught red-handed,"
Ralph explained.
One of the guests quickly rushed
to the burglar's. side. In rasing
im the cap he wore fell to the
round, and a mantle of black, Ho-
ling hair fell down over the shabby
vercoat.
"A woman!"
The cry rang through the room as
ne voice. Only Ralph Elton was
!lent, held so by the horror of his
oughts.
"Remove the mask," someone
ring.
"He—he had it, Ralph had it. 1 -le
found it on the body of the murder-
ed man and held it over my head as
a threat."
"R's a lie—a lie!" Ralph Elton
broke in fiercely.
"Lt's true," the weak voice went
on again, "He—he wanted to make
sure that I—his wife should never
Ireturn, so that he could marry Hazel
Dornton. I—I've his letter to prove
it. See"—with difficulty she drew
a packet from the pocket of her
overcoat—"It's here, together with
the will, leaving everything to her—
to Hazel Dornton. The will was in
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Fit and quality may be taken for granted, for
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Its extensive selling organization, with local dealers
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Willingly undertaken to preserve the Company's long and
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the old man's band when I killed
him. I stole it because I wanted
Ralph to be master of the Grange
and. I ire Mistress,"
Ralph, recognising his letter slid
knowing what the discovery would
mean 'to him, made a dash for the
door,
But the welter was before hl.n
"No, you don't, Mr, Elton," he
cried; "You'll leave this room only
as my prisoner."
"Your prisoner!" gasped Ralph,
struggling to evade the hamdcugs
that were bellng coupled round his
wrists'. "Who are you?"
The handcuffs were on, With a
quick movement of his hand "the
waiter" removed the grey hall aro
whiskers.
"Who am I7" he cried triumphant-
ly. "Detective Mason .from Scot-
land Yard. I have this wanton's
confession cf murder, and I arrest
You for being an accessory after the'
faot."
o * o
Wesel—Basel, darling. Look up
sweetheart it is I—Jim—who loves
you, Oh, Mr, Furlong, sir"—Jim
Goddard turned to the man at his
side—"the shock has been too much
for her; we came upon her ioo
suddenly. See, she's fainted."
His arms closed tightly round his
sweetheart, and raising her up he
pressed a kiss upon her lips.
It was. true. The appearance of
Jim and the lawyer coming so ga'ck-
ly on toil of the news of Ennis'
confession and Ralph's arrest had
proved to much for Hazel, and -sae
had swooned; but at the feel of
Jim's lips on hers her eyes opened,
looking into his with a world of love
and wonder.
"Jim—oh, Jim You.—you are
free—+free .. she murmured. "Oh.
it's too good to be true."
"No, my darling, it's true right
enough," he answered her "and --oh,
Hazel, dear self-sacrificing little -wo-
man that you are. I know all. Mr.
Furlong was cleverer than L darling.
He read the secret in your heart
and knew why you had promised to
marry Ralph Elton."
"I—I did it to save you, Jim,"
Hazel said simply, "because I loved
you so,"
.As soon as he released her lips
to speak again, Hazel looked 'p
into the face of Miles Furlong,
"That --that poor woman who con-
fessed,' she asked, "what news or
her?"
The young lawyer's face was as
white as death as he answered her
question.
"Ennis Calisbroke died this morn-
ing at the local hospital. heaven
grant her mercy," he added fer-
vently.
"And Ralph 171ton7"
"Will be tried at the next Ses-
sions," he answered,
"-Sweetheart" broke in Jim, a
little doubtfully, "you know, of
course, that the will has been re.
stored Proving you to be the
mistress of the Grange and of the
Work's? Hazel, when Mr. Furlong
told me that I hesitated about claim-
ing you I, one of your workmen,"
"Jim!" Hazel stopped Trim with
her hand on his lips, "As if that
natter, Oh, Jim, Nothing matters
excePPt our love, and that you are
'freB"
"What did I tell you " Furlong
Pot
of i Ve qguietly. "I've seen the light
women n the eam
icour'sen the eof es of many
protest
atonal duties
but never did I sae it
shine so brightly ak in those of the
NOW I8 THE TIME TO HAVE
YOUR HARNESS REPAIRED
Tit CHAPMAN
Bruaeele, Ont,
Wednesday, April 2nd, 1941
little lady as she begged and Plesi" ,t> . .
ed with me to save you."
That look was in Dauer'$ eyes
now as she raised: tbem to Jtnl's,
and 11'urlonsg, feeling that his work
was done, guiutly withdrew from the
rogm as their lips met in a kiss that j
sealed their cove for ever. I
THE END.
QUOTA SET FOR WAR
SERVICE CAMPAIGN
HURON COUNTY
, With organization work completed
In all four zones, the Huron County
War Services campaign got under
way to a flying start on Monday. The
county's quota is $20,000.
The campaign' will provide funds'
for six war service org;andzations--
the Canadian Legion, ;Salvation
Arany, Y.NUC., Y.W.0.A., Knights of
Columbus and LO.D.E.
Despite the tact that Warden Mc-
Callum of Perth has not yet taken
um the challenge of Huron's Warden
Leiper, Huron workers are insistent
that the quota will be exceeded by
host as muchasif a new hat for the
warden's wife was at state.
Organization meetings were held
in each of the four zones during the
past week and zone convenors are
enthusiastic at the co-operation ex -
ended by municipal committees and
organizations: "With such an en-
thusiastic response as was evident.
n Friday night at Hensen." Zone
Convenor Thomas Pryde said, "we
ust cant fail,"
The produce or cash plan, design -
d primarily for the rural municipal.
ties, is functioning smoothly, ho-
rding to J. C. Shearer, agricuitur-
1 convenor, and has received wide
ointment.
Through this plan persons unable
to give cash may donate produce or
some other article. For Instance, a
copy of the Huron County Atlas of
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atlas, a collector's item, when it is
sold, will resat in a splendid dona-
tion to the fund.
The Huron quota set by provincial
headquarters at $20,000 has been
broken down to municipal quotas as
follows:
Ashfield, $950; Colborne, $650;
Goderich Twp., 5760; Grey, $1,050;
Hay. 51,250; Howlek, $1,450; Bullet,
5850; McICllkop, $850; Morris, 5800;
Stanley, 5750; Stephen, $1,250;
Tuckersmith, 1800; Turnberry, 5650;
'Osborne. 5850; E. Wawanosh, 5575;
W. W'awanosh, 5675.
Clinton, 51,000; 'Goderich, 12,300;
Seaforth, 5900; Wingham, $1,000;
Myth, $250; Brusesis; $376; Exeter,
51,000; Hensall, $350,
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