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R.C.D.S., Toronto.
Crown and Plate Work a Specialtyagainst these early -morning excur-
sions through the jungle."
Dora jammed on her 'sun helmet
astdroso from the chair.
"You must run across and meet my
husband," she said. "Do you really
want me to cut these rides?"
Pennington passed a finger between
his tunic -collar and his neck.
"Keep within the estate boundaries
for a month, I'll try not to make it
more -.and keep your , eyes open."
"What am I' to look for?" inquired
Dora innocently.
"A Chinese playing card with a
Sta
;p,Y�lba�tiet� 5f4t9fw1.
tttesraAI8D oy
BEGIN XIERE TODAY case: On no account remove that
case. ` Bring it to me, as'it is.' •
She held out s slim hand.
"You don't explain very clearly why
a fan ahoilld-be offered to me!"
"It's merely a anpposition on n'iy.
part, based on two things. The first
being'that, unless my calculationa`are
sadly at fault, our Oriental friend has
chosen this territory for his next area
of operations."
The girl started.
"And the second?"
Penningtort smiled queerly.
"There have already been two re-
clpients of these fans in Borneo," he,
said, -"and both of them were ingu-
Carly' beautiful women!"
5 5 m.. 5 .p
Peter Pennington is detailed by the
g�oovernment to capture Chai-Hung,
Bader of the Yellow Seven, a gang of
Chinese bandits. Pennington Is in love
with Monica Virley, widowed sister of
Captain John Hewitt, Commissioner
of Police at Jessedton, Rritieh•North
Borneo. Disguised as a Chinese, Peter
cells on• Hyde, a planter, -to warn him
epithet the bandits. Pennington meets
Dora Bateson, daughter p1 Hyde, and,
tells her to beware if she` receives',a
fan foe a gift.
NOW GO DN WITH THE STORY.'
"Not in the least," he retorted
smiling. "e like a woman to smoke if
she caree for it."
"And `yet ` you're,. old-faehdoned
enough to disapprove of women riding
alone?" It was toward the end of the amend
Before Pennington could` reply, the week of Pennington's stay at Hyde's
planter had hooked downhiehat and bungalow that he begen to' display
wan making -for the steps. , signs r of impatience. ' In desperation
"I'll leave you two to settle this he cart around for Wine tangible clue
dispute for yourselves," he laughed. that 'might serve to assist hiin in his
"I'm off to see that none of my seoun- search for .Chai-Hung sand . his eye
drels are shirking. You'll be there fell upon Lai -Ho, the servant who had
dropped the tray.
There was a certain amount of sick -
nese in Hyde's coolie -lines and, tor
for that reason, Lai -Ho had been told -
off to attend to the wants of both the
genial planter and his guest, an ar-
rangement which -if. it were not alto
gether • agreeable- to the Chinaman -
gave Pennington ample opportunity of
Observing closely the main through
whom he vaguely hoped to trace Chai-
Hung.,
They were 'sitting one evening over
their after-dinner cigars, when Hyde,
who was groping for something in a
trouser pocket, uttered` a muffled ex -
when I come back, of Bourse? We can
afford to have Mr. Chai-Flung keeping
you on tenterhooks a little longer
so that we can keep you. with us. One
laat word of warning, Pennington:
Never let Dora draw you' into an
argument, if you can avoiditl"
He winked', broadly and went down
the path to where a watchman- Waited
with his mount. •
He was out of sight when the girl
spoke.
"I fancy ,I'm beginning to under-
stand, is it because of this Chai-
Hung that you didn't want me to
ride alone?"
The other nodded.
The boy who had coma .in noiseless-
ly and was . in the act of clearing the
breakfast things, dropped the tray on
to the table from which he had just
lifted it.
Pennington sprang erect. • •
"You musn't mind Lai -Ho," said
Dora. "Hees not been with us very
long, and he's frightfully careless.
"It struck me as being a little pe-
culiar," returned Pennington, "that
he should display his clumadness at
the moment when you mentioned Chai-
Hung
The girl'e forehead wrinkled.
"Aren't you rather an uncomfort-
able sort of person to know: We've
never had the slightest suspicion of
troulylo up here, before roil came, hiow
wo snafu all be looking under our bed's
and behind curtain -hunting for
Chinese bandits! I suppose Chai
Hung does exist? To be perfectly
frank, we'd Dome to the conclusion
he was a myth invented by the Com-
missioner of Police to keep us on the
alert."
Pennington crossed the floor and
leant his back against the rail.
"I'm afraid I must disillusion you,
Mrs, Bateson. Chai-Hung, unfortu-
nately, is very much in existence just
at this moment, I can't exactly ex-
plain to you why your portion of this
island should be so,singularly immune
from' the attentions of his gang," He
extended a warning finger. "I 'want
yon to understand that, it is more by
accident than design that he has loft
you alone, This state of seourety cane
not last. You're living in a fool's
paradise and one of these days some-
body or other'll wake up with a nasty
jars I' don't want it to be you, Mrs.
Bateson. That's precisely why I'm up
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Agaritst: Alex Lelto �'iJn oil f ly,
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to .Moorish Cleteleg
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In atf, 'tit,
t Cpt
parties
odic{ ing'b1fi sFf eft lee /Y+; n+ee .er
attended to on cps,y catiton t�gg,,
athero officers addressed to tehte to
seep host ernes. Lasted 1,tatid5'
I)Ireeter who. liven 'hearuat 311
"The Yellow Seven!" he muttered
hoarsely.
clamationand withdrew his hand. The
thing thea he held between finger and
thumb fluttered to the cloth and both
men, springing to their feet bent in
speechless amazement over a Chinese
playing card. The blaek back of the
thing lay uppermost and Pennington
turned it over with his nail.
It was Hyde who broke the silence.
trThe Yellow Seven," he muttered
hoarsely. "I wonder-"
Before he could complete the sen-
tence, Pennington had, wrenched open
the door, sending Lai -Ho, ,who had
been listening on the other side, pitch-
ing forward on his .face. Something
Mot from the region of his waist and
rolled to the planter's feet. It was a
knife with a long, thin blade and a
handle of buffalo -horn.
Hyde stooped to pick it up and' Pen-
nington, his hands resting lightly on
his hips, surveyed the prostrate Ori-
ental with interest.
"Get up, my friend," he advised him
coldly. "There are many questions I
would like to ask you." Ile pointed to
the card which still lay on the table..
"Wino gave you that Yellow Seven?"
Lai -Ho scrambled to his feet and
backed toward the doorway, his eyes
biasing fury. Suddenly, as Penning
yellw face upon which seven black ton sought ,to intercept him, the en-
dots are printed. If ever you should tire expression' of the swarthy feat -
hear of'one of these, send for me at ures changed, and the Englishman
once. If there's nobody to send
eome to me yourself."
"Xs that all?"
13e ,followed her to the top of the
short flight.,
"Just one other thing,. If a China-
man should 'offer you a fan, accept its
without comment, It will be in a silit.
realized that Lai -Ho was looking be-
yond him. At the same moment, is
cry from Hyde prought Pennington
round' on his heel in time to see a
bamboo pole, propelled from without,
shatter the lampglass and plunge the
room into darkness.
Tho faint light from a match the
planter held shaded between his fin-
gers was sufficient to assure them that
Lai -Ho had disappeared.
"What are you going to do?" de-
manded Hyde, mounting a chair.
Penninglen,had already reached the
verandah -rail and was peering into
the blackness of the tropic night.
"Follow, old 1.0111" he shouted back
over his shoulder. "Follow for all I'm
worthl"
He vaulted lightly to the soft earth
below, and the planter, relinquishing
his attempt'to,re-light the lamp, join-
ed him.
"Seen anything?"
Theothernodded.
"There were two' of 'em. They
were malting for the bottom of the
slope.' Are you coming?!
"Most certainly. It's ages since I
had any excitement to: speak of."
"I fancy 1 can promise you some,"
returned Pennington grimly.
On the ' oiien ground between the
huts they encountered a Sikh watch-
man
atch-
m ..*ho had • lest passed two men
aj� g .ot a;esXrn.. idei of the p kir
{;fait. 1101.4 e 't a thej*SA
41f1fintrl� ` bid `he
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A MATCHLESS NATURAL RESOURCE
ibis r, N,,rani w orrtit"i. ,nrUf i.r3.�lrr, 3,r•.
Among' the natural assets• of North
America none is mere noted than the
St. Lawrence -Great Lakes chain, form,,
Ing collectively the world's largest body
of fresh water. Every student of Cana-
dian exploration and settlement is
familiar with the unique role played
by this waterway in Canada's early
development.- Its modern coneribution
to the economic Silo of the Dominion
•
to Canadian industry and commerce
today le furnielled by the series of
cities and towns aligned along :Its.
course. According to the last census
there were roundly 2,800,000 people ie
Canada living in cities with -a popu-
latiou of 10,000 ori more. And, nearly
60 pet cent of this aggregate. ,was
accounted for by the numerous cities
'which are ;situated along the St
is equelly remarkable; though it cannot
be measured by financial figures such
as -those for the -annual wheat . crop,
gold' `output, lumber cut and so on,
which so vividly reflect the productive.
value of the prairies, mineral regions,
forests, and other great natural: sources
'of. wealth.
Perhaps the most -striking testimony
to the vital relation of this waterway
Lawrence -Great Lakes system and which
owe their progress largely to the
industrial and' commercial advanteges of
such a location, The towns and cities
strung out at Varying intervals between
Quebec and.the bead of the lakes are
credited with more ..than half of the
total value of Canada's annual produce+
tion of manufactures.
thought one of them was the man-
ager's servant.
Presently they were in the open
padi-lands, the incessant droning of
insects in their ears, and the two fug' -1
tives clearly visible a bare quarter -of -t
a -mile distant. Pennington was forge!
ing ahead at such a pace that the!
planter found it difficult to Keep up
With him. In twenty minutes they,
had halved the distance that stretched
between them and their quarry, Tialf-i
an -hour -later and Hyde had recogniz-,
ed Lai -Ho. He new the white patch:
of his face as be glanced apprehen-
sively back, and then he lost both of
them fn a belt of trees that rose like
an oasis in a desert of sand. Pen-
nington made a sudden spurt forward
and vanished, too. On the other side
of the 9rees the planter emerged alone
to discover nothing but moonlight and;
'Cardinal of Rheims, 86,
Flies "Over His .Cathedral
Rheims, France. -The venerable
Cardinal Lucon of Rheims has just
experienced the thrill of his 80
years by flying in an airplane over
the famous cathedral and the ser-
amending
unrounding country,
"I should not have risked it
twenty years ago," he said on land-
ing. "People might have criticized
me and gossiped on the ground that
it was not dignified.,- Today every-
thing Is: different, and one must
keep up with the times. s•
"It is worth it. How `beautiful
the old cathedral looked from the
sky," he added.
still more padi-land. Wondering Sore Shoulders
greatly, he sank to a sitting position
on a fallen log, and felt for his pipe.
A voice came to hint from the dark-
ness.
t'lTyda! Where are you?"
"Here. Where are you?"
"In the proverbial soup," returned
Pennington, dropping from a bough.
"They've split company and got clean
away with it." 'He squatted ass the
ground at the planter's feet. "Shall
I tell you what, Hyde? There's some-
thing I don't quite understand about
all this. Lai -Ho could have poisoned
un both at dinner, if he'd wanted,"
Hyde glaneed up from filling his
briar.
"0f course he could. He cooked the
stuff. What then?"
"Then why all that elaborate para-
phernalia of the Yellow Seven and
the knife and lmoeldn' out the lamp?"
He laughed aloud, "Hyde, old son,
we've been duped!"
awn
"We were meant' to follow them."
The planter was struggling with a
match."
(To be continued.)
Banker: "I can give you nothing,
T lave enough poor relations -my
brother costs me a mint of money."
Beggar: "But your brother told me
he never received anything `from
y.ou." Banker: "Well„ if I give
nothing of my.brother do you expect
me to give anything to you?"
Experience is the one perpetual
best seller -everybody is continually
buying it. -Boston Transcript.
071 Horses
•
Never change collars from one
horse to another. There is no surer
way to make sore shoulders, This
will also pull the colla' out of shape
for the horse it belongs -1o. If a collar
Is too short, it will probably cause a
sore on the top of the neck; If too
long, it will cause sores at the point
of the shoulder. There should be lust
xoom enough in the collar to piaoe the
open hand. between theebottom of the
collar and the horse's neck.
A collar that is too wide 'Rill always
prove' dangerous. It should be lust
wide enough to fit snugly against the
horse's neck. Ham° straps should be
buckled tightly in order to keep the
collar from spreading. Dirty eoilzrs
cause more sore shoulders than my
other fault. Never scrape filet off a
collar with a knife. This melds the
tcollar rough and then it ciizfee the
shoulders. 'Use a rag, org If twee -
sexy, wash the collar. Aumb Ani-
mans. -
Only teas griiiiiii4AN to 7,000 feet;%ave Imo level
are 'used -lid . "SALAIM" Orange Polio a Mend -
the llevour Is therefewo rleher, !mere fragrant t and
, mai h more a ellela lie than other teas. Only 43e
pe>I ,lb.--;1'ny It:st 00 grocery store.
As You Hike It
'291
By Weare Holbrook, in "Answers"
Mr. Plimsoll poised a piece of bacon "I ain't lnsinuatin'-1'm • telltale
on his fork and 'sniffed the June air
that came in through the open :win,
"What a day!" he sighed. `'This
is the sort of weather that makes' a
fellow get : oat and tramp 'in the
woods:'
"What woods?" asked Mrs. Plim-
soll, •
"Any woods," he replied recklessly;.
"where one can feel the living earth
undr foot and smell the fragrancy of
green, growing things,"
"Darling," said Mrs. Plimsoll,
with ydu wouldn't talk with your
mouth, lull.'
Mr. Plimsoll• pushed back bis chair
and'atood'up.
"It's a erime to slay Indoors 00 a
day like this," he announced.
Upstairs, he found his plus -fours a
trifle snug about the waist;'°but scrag -
glad into them gallantly,
"Well," lee remarked gaily, "l'm
offl"
"It's a good thing I thought of this,"
said ins wife, producing a Targe box an air of brisk energy.
rappedforwin tissue paper and tied "Well," he said, rubbing his hands.
with ribbon. "Here'e -a little lunch heartily, "here I am again!"
you."
Mr. Plimsoll, looked at it in dismay.
"Before the forenoon, Is over you'll
he glad to have a few. pieces of
-chicken: and some,. -potato.. salad. and
a dozen -sandwiches," said Mrs. Plim-
soll. •
"Is that all?" he asked hopefully:
"I put in some hard-boiled eggs."
added his wife, "Just in case you
wanted hard-boiled eggs."
Ah, Mr. Plimsoll mused, hard-boil-
ed eggs! What would an outing be
without them? Nobody lutows, for
nobody has ever -had a chance to and
out -
"Ho, for the open road!" be said. •
He had no definite destination in
mind. That is the way of the gipse
rover -and .he was ready to rove.
But his first impulse was to get rid
of the lunch. It cramped hila style.
He could not picture himself as a
care -free vagabond; lugging a pack-
age full of sandwiches over hill and
dale. What did Martha think he was?
Around the corner a large dustbin
yawned invltingly. Stopping beside
it, he shifted his burden and glanced
over his shoulder cautiously. His
eyes encountered the old, inquiring
gaze of a policeman. Mr. Plimsoll was
overwhelmed by an unaccountable London -Blondes, in London at
Tense of guilt. He tucked the box un- team are being pushed aside by
tier his arm again and walked rapidly brunettes,
down -the street. According . to London medical ex-
Tlie hest course, he decided, would ports, golden -haired beduties will in a
be to ride out to the end of the comparatively short time be scarce,.
tramway line. From there be could owing to their predisposition to air -
walk into the open country. And he culation diseases, to which they offer
could leave the lunch box in the car leas resistance than the• dark-haired
ween he got oft. types.
Boarding the ear, Mr. Plimsoll "The Italians and the Welsh and
found
it filled with Clamorous Boy races of their type thrive in places
Scouts. like London, and the fair-haired lucre
At the terminus everyone got off. tend to doe off,' says Dr. C. J.
t...Plimsoll breathed a sigh of Batts- Thomas, of the London County Conn -
faction as he made his way through ice medical department, who collected
the cooled and thought of the• lunch statistics on the subject.
box undar rho car seat. It' was a Dr, T. Jenner Hoskin, heart special-
reifef to be rid of 11. let at the Royal Free Hospital, eon -
"pies mister.!,, a voice sounded rte- firms this statement in 'pronouncing
Wind him. Turning around, ilIr. ?Um-! that, "rheumatism prefers •blondes
soil beheld a small boy struggling and children with blond•or red hair
with the lunch bog. "You forgot are more prone to rheumatism and
Yer parcel!" the lad exclaimed.. breath- heart trouble than the darker types."
treaty.
One' Boy Scout had done his good
deed for the flay.
Clutching the box, Mr. Plimsoll
continued on bis way. An he trudg-
ed along the pavement: he became;
aware that he was being •followed.'`•
13e looked back nervously. ,A large
dog was trotting close behind him,
Mr. Plimsoll stopped; the dog stop-
ped also. It sniffed hoiefully writh-
ed for a moment in an ecstasyriff tall -
wagging, and then pounced upon hits,
planting its forepaws on his chest
and licking his face.
Then Mr. Plinistili began to under-
stand. The warmth• of the morning
sun had brought out the fragrance of i•
the chicken." The "paper, wrapping
of the lunch box already bore the out-
ward and visible signs of an inner
grease. The dog was -.hungry,
"Here," said Mr. Plimsoli generous-
ly, "take it elle'
He held out the box, and the dog
muzzled it eatearly. Meanwhile, es
dot man had strolled out from a
roadside coffee -stall • and was watch- "A gill may not have toothache
and still have an awful cheek."
"And what do you propose to do
now?'' asked the ..millionaire of his
son who had just completed his, edu-
cation. The son was born with large
ideas. "015," he answered, with a
yawn, "I think_ I'll go up 'to town and
get a job of'some sort at five hundred
Pounds ' per. You understand me,
father? At Sive hundred per!" His
father grinned -rudely "Oh, Yee," he
replied, III understand, tots mean l
eve hundred 'per-1i4s:'
You, interrupted the other, advanc-
ing and seizing him by the collar.
Mr, Plimsoll wrenched himself free
and sprinted down the road desper
ately,'with the stout gentleman in:
pursuit.' The latter was not built
for speed, but he, had remarkable en-
durance. •
The chase continued for more than
a quarter of a.'mile, when,Mr. Plim-
soll finally•leluded his pursurar by ;
dodging '•'behind a high fence and
doubling back across 'some allotments
In the direction of the city. A -mom-
ent later he saw a eight whicb tirade,
his, heart leap with joy, •
It wad mot `a .robin redbreast, ar a. ,
babbling brook, or a violet behind a.
mossy stone. It was a pretty little•
yellow taxicab. : Mr, Plinnsoll halted'
it and rank gratefully into its crab. -
ions.
But he, still had a sense of the At-
ness of things, and just before reach-•
ing home' he roused himself reluct-
antly,
eluctantly, - stopped the cab, .paid the driver
and walked the rest of the way with.
0
Tramp --Yes, lady, it was awful., 1
heard the Chug -chug of the engine
and smelt the petrol. I sprang,, but,
was too lite --the machine paseed!
over me. Lady (giving him a skill-•
ing)-And did the motor hurt you?
Tramp -Motor, ma'am? It 'was an
(Iaeroplane.
A local paper recently published
this advertisements "Eleperien•ced
Salespeople wanted, male or female.
etc ether need apply."
LADY NELSON FIRST OF NEW FLEET
'Vivo well-designed, well -conditioned steamers are under construction'
A' for the Canadian National Steamships for services between Canadian
Atlantic ports, the West Indies and British Guiana, and Bermuda, the
Bahamas and�Jantaica. Tho'first of these vessels will be known as the;
'Indy Nelson, and will be ready to inaugurate the service at the close
of this .year;,. These steamers will engagean the' passenger, cargo and
mail service, offering superior accommodation a 'or tourists and travel-
lers and ample provision for the carriage of general freight and refri-
gerator, geode.
The steamers will be 435 feet over all, 59 feet 3` inches extreme
breadth, maximum elrauggble 24 feet, gross teenage 7659 tons and a
(service speed of 14 knots. They will be operated by the Canadian
ational' Steamships a' connection with the trade agreement made fly
e Canadian overniSent-and. a Governments of the T lauds.
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Mrs. Plimsoll did not look up from
her sewing. --
"What's the matter?" she asked.,
"Did you forget something?"
Mr. Plimsoll looked at the. dock.
and realized that be had been away
for exactly forty-five minutes;
"No," he replied defiantly, "I didn't.
forget anything. I've had a good stiff
walk in the country; that's all.
Covered about nine miles altogether,'
"lis forty -ave minutes?" inquired.
Mrs. Plimsoll.
Just then the bell rang. Mrs. Plim
sell went to the door, and returned.
with the lunch box. It was soiled.
and misshapen, but still intact.
"A taxi-driver gave it to me," .said
Mrs. Plimsoll, with one of her sweet-
est smiles. "He said you left it In
his cab."
Since that day Mr. Plimsoll's•
enthusiasm for country "hikes" has
declined noticeably. Ho still walks.
from the sitting -room to the front gar-
den
arden and back every Sunday morning,
but the old wanderlust has left him.
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To Circulation Diseases,
ing 111-. Plfriisoll suspiciously.
That your hog?" he asked.
"No," replied Mr, Plimsoll. •
"People don't "feed strange dogs
without a reason," observed the stoat
man significantly. "There's been sev-
eral dogs poisoned sound here lately.
I' think that anybody that would vol
aeon a durns animal ought to, be
thrashed,"
Mr, Plimsoll straightened up and
r�ratretto a few steps, clan ing lite
fi icli fro to his• •bosom likb`� #kite,
"lure you insinuatuig-'1
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