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RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent Representing 14' Fire Insurance Companies Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block ... — .... Clinton, Ont. H. C. MEIR Barrister -at -Law Solicitor of the Supreme Court ot Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner Offices in Bank of Montreal Building Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat., and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD idnap Uur4c Case by S. S. Van Dine Eleventh Installment Synopsis Kasper Keating disappears. Philo Vance, Distriet Attorney Markham and Sergeant Heath of the Homicide Bureau question Kenyon Keating and Mrs, Keating, Kaspar's brother and wife, in the presence of Eldridge Fleel, Keating• family attorney. Vance doubts the kidnapping story and further questions Weems the butler, Mrs. Kenting's mother Mrs. Falloway and son, Frain, and Porter. Quaggy, raconteur friend of Ken- ting's and last person to be with hinm Ion the fatal night. All seem hostile to Kasper. At this time a ransom note arrives demanding $50,000 and freedom from the pollee. A duunny package is substituted for the money and secreted in 'a tree in Central Park The police capture Mrs. Falloway who admits privately to Vance she is really trying to forestall an at- tempt by her son, Frain, to take the money. She is not held. Immediately afterward, Madelaine Keating, wife of Kaspar, also disappears suddenly. HAROLD JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth, phone 14.661. 06.012 "1-I don't know," Falloway stam- mered. "I'm not familiar with such feminine matters, But I think emer- ald is -wonderful so mysterious—so exotic—so subtle." "You're quite right," murmured Vance; and then he focused his gaze on Kenyon Keating. "All perfumes smell alike to me," WAS the man's annoyed assertion be- fore Vance could frame the question again. "I can't tell one from an- other—except gardenia." ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 Bloor Str. W. "And how about you, Mr. Quag- gy?" Vance asked lightly. If you were giving a lady perfume, what scent would you select?"' "I haven't yet been guilty of such foolishness," Quaggy replied. "I stick to flowers. They're easier. But if I were compelled to present a fair creature with perfume, I'd first find out what she liked," "We'll be at "Quite a sensible point of view," menu." The Sergeant instrument. "Listen, you" "we'll be at Mr. need a bit •of extra sleep, don't y' know, after your recent all-night vig- il." "Thanks" muttered Quaggysarcas- tically, keeping his eyes 'down. And. he too left the house. • When the front floor had closed af- ter him, Fleel looked up rather apol- ogetically, - "What do you make of this second terrible episode tonight?" be asked. "Really, y' know," --Vance was co- vertly watching the man "it is far too early to arrive at any definite conclusions. Perhaps to -morrow . . " His voice faded away. Fleet straightened: up with an ef- fort and moved forward resolutely, "I thing I too will be going." He spoke in a weary ton; and I noticed that his hand trembled slightly as he picked up his hat and adjusted it. "Cheerio," said Vance as the law- yer turned at the front door and bow- ed stiffly to us. Meanwhile Fraim -Falloway had ri- sen from his place on the davenport. He now moved silently past us, with a drawn look on his face, and trud- ged heavily up the stairs. Falloway had barely time to reach the first landing when the telephone resting on a small wobbly standin the hall began ringing. Weem sud- denly appeared from the dimness of the rear hall and picked up the re- ceiver with a blunt "hello." He list- ened for a moment; then laying down the receiver, turned sullenly in our direction. ' "It's a call for Sergeant Heath," he announced. ' The Sergeant went quickly to the telephone and put the receiver to his ear. "Well, what is it?" he started bel- ligerently ". . Sure it's the Sarge —shoot' Well for the love of — Hold it a minute," he clapped his hand over the mouthpiece and swung 'about quickly. "Where'll we 'be in half an hour, Chief ?" murmured Nance, raising as if with great effort and turning. "And now, I say, Sergeant, let's have a curs'ry look at the ladder." We walked down the front steps, and for the second time we went through the street gate leading into the yard. The short grass was entirely dry, d th an a ground had completely hardened since the ram two nights ago. Vance again bent over at the foot of the ladder while Heath held the flashlight. Toronto Ont.. "There's no need to fear any spoil - mg your adored footprints tonight, Sergeant,—the ground is much too THE McKILLOP MUTUAL hard." Vance straightened up after a moment and moved tete ladder slightly to the right, as he had done the previous morning. "And don't get jittery about finger -prints, Ser- OFFICERS—President, Alex McEw- geant" he went on. "Pin q quite con- ing, Blyth Ont; Vice President, W. R. winced you'll Seaforth; Manager and y ll find none. This ladder, Secretary Treasurer, 111. A. Reid, Sea- I opine, is merely a stage -prop, as forth, Ont. it were; and the person who set it DIRECTORS — Alex McEwing, here was clever enough to have used Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Blyth, Ont., W. R. Archibald, Sea - forth, Ont., Alex Broadfoot, Sea - forth, Ont., Chis Leonhardt, Born- holm, Ont., E. J. Trewartha, Clinton, Ont., Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, Ont., Frank McGregor, Clinton, Ont., Hugh Alexander, Walton, Ont„ George Leitch, Clinton, Ont. AGENTS—John E. Pepper, Bruce - field, Ont,, R. F. McKercher, Dublin, Ont., J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen, Ont., George A. Watt, Blyth, Ont. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of rival orV six rungs and thou descended; gloves." . He bent over again and inspected the lawn, but rose almost immedi- ately, • "Not the slightest depression only afew; bladders of grass crushed. .I say, sergente moi, it's your turn ' to step on the ladder—I'm fright- fully tired." an He immediately clambered up Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin c ante again .moved, the ladder Mr. Vance's apart - turned back to the he fairly bawled; Vance's apartment in East 38th Street, I{now where it i$? . . , That's right—and make it snappy". He banged down the recei- ver. "Important, is it, Sergeant"? asked Markham. "I'll say it is." Heath stepped quickly away from the telephone table. "Let's get going sir. I`11 tell you about it on the way dower. Snits kin's meeting us at Mr. Vance's apartment." Just as Markham and Heath and I turned to follow Vance there carne from somewhere outside a startling and ominous rattle that sounded like the staccato and rapid sputtering of a machine gun. Then carne the explosive exclama- tion of the Sergeant, who was at my side. Then he suddenly sprang for- ward past Vance, and jerking the front door open, hurried out into the warm summer night without a word to any one. The rest of us followed close behind him. Beath was now breaking .into a run ahead of us; and Markham and I had difficulty keeping pace with Vance as he, too, lengthened his stride, Just this side of the Nottingham Hotel at the corner, a small group of excited men were gathered unifier the bright light of the lamppost set between two trees along the curb. There, leaning in a crouching atti- tude against the iron lamppost, was Fleet, His face was deathly pale. I have yet to see so unmistakable a picture of collapse from fright as he •presented. He was as pitiful a figure as I have ever looked at, huddled beneath the unflattering glare of the large electric light overhead, as he leaned weakly for support against the lampost. "That was a 'close call," he Mut- tered. "They almost got mo." "Who almost got you, Mr. Flee'?" asked Vance, "Didn't you ,see it' all?" he asked his voice high and unnatural "Iwas on my way to the corner, to get a taxicab, when a car drove up from behind me. I naturally paid' no atten- tion to it until it suddenly swerved toward the curb and stopped with a Screeching of brakes, just as I reach- ed this street, light. As, I turned round to see what it was, a small ria- chine-gsn was thrust over the Iedge of the open window -of the car and, the firing began. I instinctively gras- ped this iron post and crouched down After a number of shots the car jerk- ed forward. I admit I was too fright- ened to notice which way it turned." "But at least yoin were not hit; Mr. Fleel." . "No, thank }leaven for that," he muttered., "And," Vance continued,- "the car couldn't have, ,been over ten feet away from you. A very poor shot, 1 should say, Yon were lucky, sir,, this time." Ike spun around quickly to Quaggy, who had taken a step or two backward from • the frightened man. "I don't quite understand your being here, M. Quaggy. Surely, you've had more than ample time to ensconce yourself safely in your boudoirs:- Quaggy stepped forward resent- fully. • i I I .• •; ; s ;,• "I was in any apartment. As you, can see," -he pointed indignantly to his two open. front windows in the near -by hotel—"my lights are on. When I got to my rooms I didn't go directly to bed -I hope it wasn't a crime. T went to the front window and stood there for a few minutes, trying to get a breath of fresh air. Then I caught sight of=Mr. Fleel cor- ing up the street -he had apparently just left the Keating house —and behind him came a car. And when I heard the machine-gun and saw the spits of fire corning through the win- dow, and also saw Mr. Fleel grasp to lamppost and sink down, 1 thought he had been shot. I naturally dashed down—so here I am . . Anything illegal in that procedure?" "No—oh, no," smiled Vance "Quite normal Far more normal in fact, than if you had gone immediately to bed without a bit of airin' by . the open window." He glanced at Quaggy with an enigmatical smile. "By the by," he went on, "did you, byany chance, note what type of car it was that attacked Mr, Fleel?" "No, I didn't get a very good look at it," Quaggy returned in a chilly tone. Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. a few inches. Both he and Heath Parties desiring to effect insur- now knelt down and scrutinized the1 ance or transact other business will ground. be promptly attended to on applica- "Observe," said Vance as due rose tion to any of the above officers 'ad- dressed to their respective post offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director. a slight depression in the soil, even with the weight of only one person g'ANAINAN NATIONAL Ri wtVh TIME TABLE Trains wild arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Toronto and Goderich Division Going East, depart . 6.43 a.m.' Going East, depart . 3.03 p.m. Going West, depart .. . ... 12.04 p.m. Going West, depart 11.10 pen. London and Clinton Division' Corning North, arrive ' 11.20 a.m.' Going South, leave .........3.10 p.m., PICCBAC Pg2e Th6acco FOR A MILD, COOL, SMOKE The number of sheep in 1942 in Australia was 126,000,000 an increase of 40,000,000 in the, previous 26 years., pressing upon the ladder. . Let's go inside again and dispense our adieux." On re-entering the house' Vance immediately joined •Keating at the entrance to the drawing -room and announced to him, as well as to the others inside, that we were going, and that the house would be taken over shortly by the police. "I might as well be going along myself," said Keating despondently, "Oh, quite," returned Vance with- out looking at the man. '"Go home, by all means.' The man seemed grateful. Taking his hat from the hall bench, he hur- ried out the front door. Quaggy's eyes followed the de- parting man, "I guess I'll be getting along too," he said finally, with a note of in- terrogation in his voice. "I may go, I suppose?" There was a sugges- tion of sneering belligerence in his tone. "That's quite all right," Vance told him pleasantly "Y •1 bl THURS., OCT. 7, 1943 Nasty Scalp Wound Mr. L. J. Penhale had an unfortun- ate accident at the Iocal plant of Can- adian Canners on Wednesday of last week where .a new building is in the process of erection. The wind toppled a scantling over striking Mr. Pen - hale a nasty blow oa the head, in- flicting. a scalp' wound that required several sutures to close. — Exeter Times Advocate. V Flies Over Home Mr. and Mrs. Orville Dale, Hallett, received a letter on Monday front their son, LAC Keith Dale, of Hagersville, informing them he had flown over. his home on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. .Dale recognized the plane by the pi- lot's unusual interest in the surround- ings.—Seaforth urroundings. Seaforth News. "And the coloy?" prompted Vance. "It was a dingy, nondescript color." Heath was watehing Quaggy shrewdly, "Yeah ?e, he said skeptically, "Which way did it go?" "I really didn't notice, I caught only a glimpse of it as it started to- ward the park," "A fine bunch of spectators," Heath snorted. "I'll see about that ear myself," and he started running toward Central Paris West. Ase he neared the corner a burly figure in uniform turned suddenly into 86th street from the south,- and almost collided with the Sergeant. By the bright corner light I could see that the newcomer was McLaughlin, "What was it, Sergeant?" His breathless, excited query carried down to us. "I heard the shots, and been trying to locate 'en:, Did -they come outs this street?" V— Graduates From Naval College Nelson C. Cardno, ei' Seaforth, is one of the Ontario officers who re- cently graduated from H,M.C.S., Kings, Halifax, as a Sub -Lieutenant in the R.C,N.V.R._Huron Expositor. V Sentinel Ad Brings Phone Call from Nova ;Scotia, A Buick coupe advertised in The Sentinel two weeks ago brought a phone call from a prospective buyer in Nova Scotia The publisher was quite taken back the first of the week to have the telephone operator an- nounce "Picton, Nova '.Scotia, call- ing." . The call was for information re- garding this car, and the lowest cash price that would buy it. The informa- tion has been forwarded by air mail and we await developments, subject to prior sale.—Lucknow Sentinel. V Teacher and Wife Set an Example Mr. Alvin Leonard, science teacher at Picton Collegiate,, shines on the farm as well as in the class roonb Last week end he and Mrs. Leonard spent six hour's picking tomatoes on the ILL. VanCleaf farm, East Lake. In that time they picked 80 bushels. Mr, Leonard is the son of Mr. Fret' Leonard and the late Mrs. Leonard of Clinton, and the article is from the Pictou Gazette, 'You'.re damn tootin?' McLaugh- lin," replied Heath, and grasping the officer by the arm, he swung bird about, and the two started off again. "My word, such energy!" sighed Vance when Heath anti the officer were out of sight. "The coupe could be at 110th street by this time and thus the mad search would end. Heath is all action and no mentation. Sad, sad... Vital ingredient of the police routine, I imagine—eh, what, Mark - Then Then he turner' to Fleet ."Feeling better?" he asked 'pleasantly. "I'm all right now," the lawyer re- turned, taking a wobbly step or two forward, "That's bully," Vance said consol- ingly. "Do you want an escort hone?" "No thanks," said Fleet, in a voice that was still dazed. "I11 make it all right." He turned shakily toward Cen- tral Park West. "I'll pick up a taxi - ca b," axi-cab," "Queer episode." commented Vance, as if to himself. "Fits in rather nicely though. Lucky for your lawyer friend Markham, that the gentleman in the green coupe wasn't a better shot , . . Ah, web, the might as welt toddle to the corner and await the energett9 Sergeant. Really, y' know, Markham, there's no use gazing at tae' post any longer." (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE) Overgrown Cucumber and Sun Flower Last week Mr. Wrn. Mills brought to this office a large cucumber, at least it looked like a large one until on Monday Mrs, Ed. McMillan came along -with one that made it look like a dwarf. This latest contribution of overgrown vegetableweighs five pounds.and.ineastnres 30 inches around the long way, and 14 inches around the "stomach." Mrs., Benj. Taylor reports the growth of a Perennial Sun Flower .in her garden which has reachedthe height of 8 feet, 4 inches. Miss Myrtle White brought in a V -fol' Victory carrot, and another am- bitious carrot which in it's growth had contacted a piece of iron. The carrot, grew right through a hole in the iron -Blyth Standard. V Progressive Work on Vegetable Oils In normal times, as shown by the years 1934 to 1948, Canada imported more than 200 million pounds of vege- table oils, mostly from countries now in enemy hands. Since the beginning of the war, many of these oils have been unobtainable, but their absence has been considerably offset by the l efforts of the Dominion Department of Agriculture to increase, on the one. hand, the production of oils that can be grown in Canada, and on the oth- er hand, to increase supplies by the scientific adaptation of certain oils to other uses. Much light has been thrown on the far-reaching impor- tance of this work in connection with vegetable oils in relation to Canada's war effort by the publication of the report on "oil Seeds Investigations" compiled jointly by representatives of the Cereal and the Forage Crops Div- isions of the Experimental Farms Service and the Division of Chem- istry, Science Service, Dominion De- partment of Agriculture. The work of these Divisions has de- monstrated a wide field 'for progress In the adaptation of certain oils for other uses. For example, processes are now in use in Canada by which Have you an old ehifonieri(kethis? Re- smart, modern -style chest of move mirror and uprights, and cut drawers. Paint the mirror frame away cupboard section. Paint with and hang it on the wall. It's easy, Cilux Enamel and you get this and fun, with Traasformania. Ask your C -I -L Paint Dealer to show you the book "How To Transform Outdated Purniture"—a new book which contains 101 ideas for restyling old furniture; 80 photographs, many in full color, over 200 transformed articles: Sutter & Perdue Clinton, Ontario one portion of linseed oil is trans- formed into a fast drying constitu- ent which is a substitute for china - wood oil and another non-drying por- tion which can take the. place of olive, peanut, or other formerly im- ported non-drying oils. Some of these new substitutes may be cheaper, as for example a modified peanut oil de- veloped as a textile lubricant to re- place olive oil. Others may be super- ior to the materials they replace, as is reported for a modified cottonseed oil which is said to be more stable than palm oil in the tinplate and terne-plate industries. On the other hand in expediting the increase in growing oil seeds crops, such as flax, soybeans, sunflowers, rape and safflower the acreage of flax has been increased to the great- est extent in the history of this crop in Canada, with a harvest in prospect which may not only supply the do- mestic requirements of linseed oil but will go to support the allied war ef- fort. However, as the report points out, though linseed oil may be used to supply the three main purposes for which vegetable oils are used, namely,. for protective coating, soaps, and ed- ible purposes, it is not always econom- ical or advantageous to use it, Oth- er oils are necessary and the sources of these have been investigated, seed supplies increased, and considerable acreages are in prospect for 1948. In the growing of soybeans, 80 per cent or more of this crop now being pro- duced in Canada is of the four early maturing varieties that have been de- veloped and distributed by the Divi- sion of Forage Plants, Dominion Ex- perimental Farms. • A THANKSGIVING Lord, for the erring thought. Not unto evil wrought, Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed and baffled still; For the heart from itself kept; Our Thanksgiving accept! For ignorant hopes that were Broken to our blind prayer; For pain, death sorrow -sent Unto our chastisement; For all loss of seeming good; Quicken our gratitude. William Dean Howells. AUTUMN ASTERS These are lovely sentences. The autumn writes Across the moons and on the page Of dreaming nights, The hillsides glare with purple, Roadways wear A fringe of beauty that the bright Hill brooklets share. The autumn writes stroll sentences On every slope, That men may know a faith serene With trust and hope. —Arthur, Wallace Peach V Western Canada has seen its first demonstration of the much discussed twin Bren gun mounting. It was fired at Currie Barracks. The moun- ting, an anti-aircraft weapon, is be- ing used extensively Overseas. It permits an ordinary gun crew to fire two Brea machine guns at once with a high degree of accuracy. THE BRITISH KING VISITS VICTORIOUS FORCES His Majesty the King visits the Campaign.. Picture shows— The King ;cheers of British ts'oops lining his fighting men -of the United Nations standing in his ear, acknowledges the route. • after their victorious North: African