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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-01-19, Page 6WEE Es rules. same cia.e? BP,GIN HERE TODAY. • belayed son than that which a woman Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul bestows • upon the ratan she loves; an Harley, criminal investigator, to solve act of renunciation. the mystery of constant surveillance He uttered a low cry and would of Sir Charles, While Harley is dining have seized her in his arms but, lithe- baud saw to too plantation, rat the Abingdon. :home Sir ,Chanes ly evading. him, she turned, stifling the dreaded Eire Toni*ue, he did. not1 The house itself wan the most orae l� a so , a o Heftily deport, Zion. llr, M u • c death When latex the limousine oM idq h pronounces W amara ou.oe .e?plug it The 'Southern Seas Furnishing Coral Dwellings, -- Fish and Fruit Menu Items Our coral house in tho South Seas. sounds so ilyilic that' it alight be the creation of soma ultra-rimaxttie imagination. Such -a mundane word as "bousokeepiug" probable never enters one's mind in connection with Yet keep house 1 diel, while my hes- it:lis front hie c air in a dying condi- rad darted_ awaythrough, the dcuht. 1 conceived dwellingfor a .tro- du,: to l,, rt -failure. Harleyinsists Sir trces toward the house. .I ' risk of detection Pical clime It was built by th:arles was poisoned. Thlast words Ter long he stood looking after ed again, at great i who had lived In the place for seven uttered by Abingdon are "Nieol'Brinn" her, fists clenched and his face very he ran across a corner of the lawn whoand this was his third, even tad "Fire -Tongue," Harley asks Brinn gray •in the morning light.' He groan- to peer out into the lane, in order that and Years, and essay In his t rd, final, c explain the meaning lof 'Tire- ed and, turning aside, made his way he might obtain a glimpse of its oe tion. 1' "agile. Brinn refuses to ,divulge thethrough the shrubbery' to the high-' cupant. This proved to be none other . The walls Of broken coral, mixed scoot. While Harlot is shadowing the xoad, ( than. Phil Abingdon's elderly compan-' Mime of Ormuz Khan he is discovered i • with Bement and lime, made for cool - Ly the Oriental and made a risoner He had become accessory to a,mur-.ion. She had apparently been taken tress in a climate which, although it in te hosPhil Abingdon is also what 11 d a dignified Hindu gentleman brought to the home of Oxmuz Khan. ld rimmod Nicol Brinn watches outside, the house of the mysterious Oriental. N OW GO ON WITH THE STORY. der; for he had learned for w a i , 'en ' is very equable—the temperature reason and by what means Sir wearing go - pince-nez, was i mania at about, 83 deg. all the year re - Charles Abingdon had been- assassin- in attendance. s, mains about, $3lyethe r ated. He had even learned thes.iden-I Nicol'Brinn clenched his jaw an round—is ffic 'nt1y hot toom The tity of his assassin; had learned that hard. The girl fallen into a trap, aties ly' eloping roof was of naturae the dreaded being called Fire -Tongue Ho turned rapidly, facing the, house.' colored 'shingle, and we painted the in India was imam:. and respected' At last he came to the shallow outside walis.wbite, the shutters be- t . civilizedworld Ill verandah with its four sightless win-' E. CHAPTER XXVIII.-(Cont'd.) Very cautiously he withdrew to the drive again, retracing his steps to the lane and walking back to the spot where he had left the borrowed hronghout the rivi 1ze as s vegan a ing a cool green; veeileneyOrmur Khan! I door backed by fancifully earven Paul `Harley had learned these. screens. He stepped up to the first Wall Coverings pressed his ear against I"'Our two house servants were .Chin- things also, and now at this very of these - and P g Hour Paul Harley lay a captive hi the glass. ese and gompetent,'and a native Tahit• car all the time pl�� ring abqut him, him that Pat was with him for almost im- fan acted as boot -boy and scullery - Paul y t i • m t and left. fie Wis looking for I , tc i�ibh t 11illstde, Naida has assured tm t s e Duller - Paul Harley was alive ant safe. It mediately h de maid. The floors in several of the Niagara, ;thirty-five mils -away, and old musical voice speaking in the room i rooms were bare concrete, so;that the white officers and nine native had been decided that his of death would members of the crew were saved. The lead to the e destination wasbeing the brought lid.stening A woman's ly, he answeredthey mop s gCh nese etrawould be emats ofycheer- Doris' Crane sank, the funeral pyre meat, but pressure wi'asbeSng and,•listening intent y, mops, upon hint to ensure his silence. the sound of a closing door. I ful ealore were all the carpets,vde re- of a South Sea Islander who lost his Thereupon he acted; with the re -'(Mired. Wood-flbre netting made by life battling the flames. sult, es has appeared, that Phil Ab -I the natives was bung like tapeatny "We were at breakfast Deo. 19, nine ingdon, hatless, without her furs, over the bare concrete walls, and their days out of Fanning Island, when we d I ion " said Captain You may tint lbsable liar; het .'"§ALP !Ar';or4rige Pekoe Blend Rei awry store, hut Most good grocers sel,I jt.'A teed many people do not realize that such a tea Is much . the finer � th06g e Pekoe . Wend you ;an buy. IP II ORANGE PBOE LENIP 200 • ., Close Call Wilson Publishing l�oritipany Q� Crew of, Blazing Ship, a Torch in, the Night, Saved in South Seas ' by' Pass- ing g Steamer San Francisco.—Snatched from the shadow of death after a futile battle against ffames which destroyed the motor schooner Doris Crane far out in the South Seas,'offioere of the ves- sel arrived the last day of the year tq tell of their almost miraculous res- cue through the chance passing of a steamer, The blazing craft in the dark of the nightattracted attention of the liner tatted the' smooth a temporary garage for the car, but one from which, if necessary, he could depart in a hurry. The shell of an ancient barn, roofless and desolate, presently invited inspection and, as a result. a few minutes later Colonel Lord Wolverham's luxurious automo- bile was housed for the night in these strange quarters. Wilco Nicol Brinn returned to Hill- side, he found the garage locked and thelights extinguished. He ro'led his cigar from corner to corner of his mouth, staring reflec- tively . with 'lack -lustre eyes at the silent house before him. In the moon- light it made a peaceful picture enough. A cautious tour of the place revealed a lighted window upon the first floor. Standing in the shadow of an old apple tree, Nicol Brinn watched the blind of this window min- ute after minute, patiently waiting for a shadow to appear upon it; and at last his patience was rewarded. A shadow appeared—the shadow of a woman! Nicol Brinn dropped his cigar at his feet and set his heel upon it. A bitter --sweat memory which had been with him for seven years aroso again in his Hind. There is a kind of mountain owl in pertain parts of northern India which possesses a curiously high, plaintive note. He wondered if ,he could remember and reproduce that note. He made the attempt, repeating the cry three times. At the third repeti- «h., liela in the first -floor window Yes, he, Nicol Blinn, was bound and manacled to a gang of assassins; and because his tongue was tied, be- cause e cause the woman he loved better thanbreathless and more frightened than curious zig-zag designs in dark Hiram C. Davison. "A can Baso - anything in the world was ,actually a' she had ever been in her life, pre= brown and white were cool and rest-, line had capsized in theA�angi of Baso- menrber'of the anurderous group, he sently found herself driving a lux- fur to the eye. Striking designs of and the whole,Dison erg a massm urious car out of a roofless barn- on. pineapples, crabs, and other symbols of fla he to the highroad, and down the slope' made exotic splashes of'color on the ',Two native pliers, Inaibo and Re- nd, divan covers. Protective Bea ref, were inside, and.I don't see how they ever got out. Inaibo, a barefoot a , Tfnfortunately these handicrafts savage islander, was a koro. His own execution a project which he haruccumbing .slowly to industrial formed. The ventilator above thee e sleg badly burned, he struggled out on divan, which he had determined to be manufacture in Tahiti; but our'is-, deck dragging poor:Rerei, who died land of Mooren which ia• mercifully Evading him, she darted away. must pace the deserted country lanes went out. He h-ard the sound of the inactive; he must hold his hand, al- though he might summon the re- sources of New Scotland Yard by phoning from Lower Claybury sta- tion! Through life his word had been his bond, and Nicol Brinn was incapable of compromising with his conscience. But the direct way was barred to hint. Nevertheless, no task could ap- pall the inflexible spirit of the man, and he had registered a silent vow that Ormuz Khan should never leave England alive. Not a soul was astir yet upon the country roads, and sitting down upon a grassy bank, Nicol Brinn lighted one of his black cigars, which in times of stress were his food and drink, upon which if necessary he could carry -on for forty-eight hours upon end. In connection with his plan for co- ercing Harley, Ormuz Khan had gone to London by rail on the previous night, departing from Lower Clay - bury station at about the time that Colonel Lord Woiverham came out of the Cavalry Club to discover his car to be missing. This same car was now a source of some anxiety to Nicol Brinn, for its discovery by a passing laborer in the deserted barn seemed highly probable. However, he had matters of great- er urgency to think about, not the least of these being the necessity of concealing his presence in the neigh- borhood of Hillside. His genius for taking cover, per- fected upon many a big -game expedi- tion, enabled him successfully to ac- complish the feat; so that, when the limousine, which he had watched go by during the morning, returned shortly after noon, the lack -lustre eyes were peering out through the bushes near the entrance to the drive. Instinct told him that the pretty girl with whom Ormuz Khan was deep in conversation could be none other than Phil Abingdon, but the identity of her companion he could not oveil guess. On the other hand, that this poisonously handsome Hindu, who bent forward so soliei- tously towards his charming travel- ing companion, was none other than winnow gently opened. Then a voice —a voice which held the sweetest music in the world for the man who listened below—spoke softly: "Nicoll" "Nelda!" he called. "Colne down to me. You must. Don't answer. I will wait here." "Promise you will let me return!" He hesitated. "Promise I" t ! "1 promise."• CHAPTER XXIX. 1' THE CATASTROPHE. The first faint spears of morning creeping through the trees which surrounded Hillside revealed two fig- ures upon a rustic bench in the little orchard adjoining the house. A pair incongruous enough—this dark -eyed Eastern woman, wrapped in a long fur cloak, and Nicol Brinn, gaunt, unshaven, fantastic in his evening dress, revealed now in the gray morning light. "Lock!" whispered Naida. "It is the dawn. I must got" Nicol Brinn clenched his teeth tightly but made no reply. "You; promised," she said, and al- though her voice was very tender she strove to detach his arm, which was locked about her shiuldere, He nodded grimly. "I'll keep my word. I made a con- tract with hell with my eyes open, and I'll stick to it." He stood up sud- denly: "Go back, Nelda.'" he said. Go batik! You have my promise, now, and I'm helpless. But at last I see a way, and I'm going to take it." "What do you mean?" she cried, 'tending up and clutching his arm. "Never mind." Itis tone was cool again. "Just go. back." "You would not—" she began. "I never broke my word in my life, end even now I'm not going to begin. While you live I stay silent." _ In the growing light Nelda looked about her affrightedly. Then, throw- ing her arms impulsively around Brinn, she kissed hirn—a caress that was passionate hut sexlese; rather the kiss of a mother who parts with a to Claybury station. It was at about this time, or a littlelater, that Paul Harley put into the' spy -hole through which his every protected from civilization by 20 movement was watched, had an erne - miles, protected rough sea, remains pretty (mental framework studded with metal much as it was 30 or 40`' years ago. knobs. He had recently discovered Needless to say, we used European oil an electric bell -push in the centre panel of the massive door of his prison. He pressed this bell and waited. Perhaps two minutes elapsed. Then the glass doors beyond the gilded screen were drawn open, and the now familiar voice spoke: "Mr. Paul Harley?" "Yes," he replied, "I have made my final decisinnl" "And that is?" "I agree." "You are wise," the voice replied. "A statement will be placed before you for signature, When you have signed it, ring the bell again, and in a few minutes you will be free." (To be continued.) Instruments in London's ' Subway Record Accidents London.—By installing instuments described as "news recorders," Lord Ashfield, American born director of London's subway system, hopes to out to a minimum the delays following ac- cidents in the tubes. These machines will state first the mishap's nature; second, where it occurred; third, what caused it, fourth, the changes neces- sary to correct it. The dials on these recording clocks on paper cover twenty-four boors, ro- tating at clock speed, and are electri- cally connected with a contact lever on the track. A. train passing a cer• tain point makes electrical contact, which causes a small kind of hammer to strike the dial's fringe and as the hours go by the fringe reveals a series of line markings. If transportation is not functioning properly the gap is shown on the dial. • PURE PLEASURE Enraged Midi What business have you kissing my daughter, elr? Osculating Youth: No business Whatever, Mr. emlth—thle 1a pure pleasure and nothing else. r;. "Teacher, do you punish boys for what they don't do?" "Certainly not," "Good, I haven't done my homework!" -Lustige Kolner Zeitung, Cologne. For frostbiteuse MJnard's Liniment. Planning Ahead Food was cooked by the Chineee boy in the kitchen, which was built separately from the house. The only difficulty about catering was that as the boat crossed from Tahiti only twice a week the commissariat had to be planned ,a week ahead. One boat took the orders and the next deliver- ed them, From civilized Tahiti I ordered fresh meat on ice, New Zea- Iand butter,and tinned food. With this compromise of romance with reality to fill the larder our meals were easily arranged. For the seven o'clock breakfast East met West in grape fruit or man- go, followed by toast and boiled eggs, with coffee from our own plantation. At Luncheon ' Luncheon at 11.30 afforded more scope for our Chinese cook. A little silver fish, Benito, eoused, but hardly pickled, in vinegar, was a favorite dish. A big, saval;e dell called barra- couta was also delicious, if caught when small. The sea-centipede—varra, the na- tives called it—was eaten boiled, and its taste was reminiscent of a very delicate lobster; while curried shrimps was another alternative for the fish course. This, if the boat had lust come in, would be followed by a joint, or, if my husband had been out pig shoot-, ing, there would be pork. Wild pig, and wild chicken are excellent, but the' latter le tough if it is not previously wrapped in the leaves of the panaya (paw -paw). Besides this delightful fruit we would be eating at luncheon now a wide choice of oranges, man- goes, guavas, bananas, grenadillas, and avocado pears. Mapi nuts, rather like walnuts, are also ready now. Supper at eight was the eame kind of meal as luncheon. Often cold tin- ned meat would vary the menu. In that climate, tempered by trade winds from the sea, no afternoon siesta Interrupted our round of work and sailing and swimming, except in January and. February, when the lassi- tude from the combined effects of heavy rain and heat had, to be slept off every afternoon. Thio, however, was our only conces- sion to the exigencies. of an otherwise. idyllic. climate. 4- A Difference. Madam -"I wish you wouldn't sing while you work, Bridget. It's very an- noying." Bridget—"f wasn't working, madam, I was only singing." Trailing- "la' your 'son still pursuing his studies at college?" "I believe so; be's alwage behind." shortly afterward. "We had no wireless and were 940 miles from land. Wo couldn't reach the pumps. The copra cargo and fuel tanks must have . caught ;fire. We couldn't stop the engines and the ship churned ahead for three hours. We sealed the engine room, •bored holes in the decks and all Bands got busy with buckets of water. We didn't stop for nineteen hours and there was three feet; of water in the holds when we left.• "Two lifeboats were provisioned and we went over at 2.30 the next morning. .. "It was dark and choppy. The whole ship was beginning to burn and we • hoped some one might see It, though these are lonely seas. In; the darkness the steamer Niagara saw the flames thirty-five miles away. We fired distress rockets. She looked mighty good as she came up to us." The body of Rerei was left aboard the Crane. The nine other natives in the crew were sent home to Suva and the Niagara landed .the white officers at Honolulu. -�: A Smile With Canada Confessing astonishment that Cana- dian': laughed at him when he predict-. ed the time would come when. Canada. would walk southward and annex the United States, Morley Roberts, Eng- lish traveler and author, holds fast to his view in his book "On the Ohl Trail." His thesis is that a hardy northern nation will some day grow so strong in the regions south of Hud- son Bay that economic pressure will force it to, expand southward. As a variation upon an ofd theme Mr. Roberts's prophecy is amusing and refreshing. Hitherto most of; the annexationist talk has run in the other direction, where it has done .un necessary harm. What Mr. Roberts says on the subject is about as some ibie as wbat any other prophet of an- nexation has ever said. After al, the proposal that Canada should annex the United States is about as reason- able as the proposal that the United States Should -annex Canada, the one has about as . much chance of taking place as the other, If our Canadian friends laughed at the .F]ngliehman'e suggestion we of the States can afford to smile with them. The realm ,of international politics has too little humor as>leis and such a priceless opportunity for merrimnt ought not to be lost. An- nexation is a scarecrow which has sometimes been taken too seriously; it is good to have it dragged out and revealed for the ridiculous thing.it is. —N.Y. Times, Book :"1",alk ,could Rebuild St. Paul's Magnificent Work of British Architect Just Pub- lished London.TA iponumental work; so detailed in drawings and measure- ments that, 1f St, Paul's fell down O- men -ow, it Could be rebuilt from this book, is about to be published, Its great value Ilea in the 32 won- derful drawings, which show Wren's masterpiecein plan, section, and ele- vation, and- with exterior and inter - tor views, It is the work of Arthur F, E. Poley, of Hampton Hill, silver medal- ist' of the Royal Institute of British Architects. .A reporter saw the proof sheets of this atupendou s effort. They consti- tute a complete art exhibition ih 32 reproductions. ,No one, even a close student of the architecture of St. Paul's, can Bove any conception of the intricate beauty of our great me- tropolitan cathedral until he has stu- died tbesere'laborate drawings, made in circumstances ontii'ely exceptional. The -book, which ich econs'sts of 40. pages of letterpress and the 82 draw= ings, with a •highly appreciative in- troduction by Sir Reginald Blomfield, B,A„ i)i bound in half -morocco" with buckram sides. -' On the outside is a gold representation of the front of $t. Paul's, realistic 'and exact, ,with infinite detail, all flashing up in splendid relief as the light falls on a masterpiece of the engraver's art. YOTJTH'S AMBITION. A romance of real endeavor lips be- hind this book. . When the agthorities.'of St. Paul's in 1903, were restoring the western portion, Mr. Poley, an ambitions, young architect wining his spurs, in- tended trying for the silver -medal of the Royal Institute of British Archi- tects. The idea of sending in a draw- ing showing this portico appealed tC him. Dean Gregory gave him permission. to mount the -scaffolding, take full. measurements, and proceed with his drawing. The result did not win the coveted medal, that came afterwards; but, infused with the wonder of Wren'a mighty monument, the archi- tect has since :mixed every opportun- ity of working on the cathedral's. beauties. "The result," result" says Sir Reginald Blomfield,"is worthy of the splendid. He has at length' done FITTED HIPLINE. jue ''s iiiser The charming frock shown here has 82t plates,sticto whichSt.Paulseems to mae, inies, theirof e bloused bodice with a deep V-shaped accuracyipand uite piodraughts- mansh, qtherecisbeant of thing of its• front finished with a collar that ter -I urinates in a tie with a bow and loose kind that has been done in this coun- hanging ends. The two-piece skirt is; try. . ,.. His drawings are a welcome tucked at the to to achieve a snngI return to„ the fine. and scholarly effect below tiseP'6lousing, and thel-technique of the eighteenth century':' long sleeves are gathered to wrist- The publication' of this stupendous: bands. No. 1746 is in sizes 16 years, effort was one that no publisher could 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size be found to tackle. Mr. Foley, un- '6•requires 3 4 yards 36 -inch, or 2% dismayed, set about the job of pub- yards 54 -inch material, and 74_ yard fishing under his o'xn aegis. Diffi- 27-inch contrasting. Price 20c the culty after difficulty has beensur- pattern. mounted; the -price is $52 for each of The secret of "distinctive dress lies a hundred' copies, to be numbered and in good taste rather than a lavish ex- autographed, $37 per copy after pub- penditure ,of„ money. Every woman lieation, and $30to spbscribers be— should want to snake her own clothes, forehand. and the home dressmaker will find the The Queen heads the list of sub - designs illustrated in our new Fa- scribers. shionBook to be practical and simple, yet maintaining the spirit of the A r • Castle in'' Spain mode of the moment.- Price of the book -34c -the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNsa • Eccentricities' iflt Building ly,' giving number and razeWrite your name and address plain: Palace in Madrid Arouseasad of : d h Anger of Marquise der C Re - patterns as you want. Enclose 20d in ra, Who,Refused tostamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap Live in Edifices Other Not it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., ed Structures Destroy' d Wilson Publishing'Co., 73 West Ade-' Madrid: _Despite its historic pourer laude: St., li. onto. Patterns sent by vatism, Spain, too, must yield to pro - return mail. gress and to changes, even to the de- `-- molition of many of its famous pal - CANADA TO EXTEND . aces and other :landmarks. There 'rBOX CAR" EDUCATION have been torn down the old Casa de Heron, on . Aicala Street, whiolt. was Winnipeg, Man.—Canada's frontier the official residence of the President college, which provides a free educe- th Councd''il--somewhat correspond - tion in box cars, bunk houses and inofg to the famous No. 10 Dc}ening other placesawehre men line who are Street in London, and the Torrecilla. working far •from the established Palace, the residence of the late Mar - centers of civilization,'is planning. to "i8 de Tori•ecilla, the Grand Major extend its work in northern Manitoba,' Duro of the King of Spain. now that greater activitis in the min- • Now it is announced that the Casa ing fields and railway 'construction Riera, also; on Alcaia-Streetand near are being planned. these others, is likewise to ile destroy- Alfred Fitzpatrick, of -Toronto, the ed. Thin palace is known as the principal of the "college," was in House that never was a home, and bas Winnipeg reeentjy to confer with the long been the center of, many roman- Provincial Government' regarding a tic legends. grant for the •work of his institution. It is said that the'i•quis ds. Casa His western visit includes a trip to Elora intrusted the billlding of it to a The Pas, in' northern Manitoba, the French architect, who never once center of 'the construction activities visited Madrid andtherfore never saw in that part of the `Province. All the the palace. in conseuence, it was teaching is done by collage graduates marked with absurd and intolerable and undergraduates from various ani errors. ve rsitiee. They are on the staff of the . `Thos, the service entrance and the company employing their "pupils" and rooms forthe servants were at the all day they Fork with the men 'at front of tli building, on Alcala Street. the same kind of labor. The school- Because of this the Marquis declined to occupy or even to enter the house, but left it shut up•'and untenanted, and made his home in his mansion in Paris. Now the palace is to be de- molished without ever having been in- habited. Visitor: • "Se you remember mea ing is given at night. and, while it is again? You're not a forgetful little I mostly elementary, the 'higher branch - boy are you?" Little Boy: "Oh, no; es of education can -.ho obtained by —last time you gave me two shill- those who desire to learit. bags" BEST FOR YOUR BAKING — Pies, Cakes, Puns and Bread— DOES ALL YOUR BAKING BEST 71 rLL .Mlnard'e Liniment for core throat. - Not So Intimate. 3aok—"I hear Bill has a habit of talking to -himself avheu hp's alone." Jlni—"1'm sure I don't know." ',Tacit.—"Why, I thought you two were intimate friends," Jim -"Yes, but I was never with him when o he was alone' --Good Hardware. ISSUE No. 2—'28. Oo .fusing Tho caddy had returned from his first "piano lesson., Asked how he liked It, he replied: ''Oh, I .guess 1'11 get used to It liut there are so ,nasty marble -niblicks on the paper It's Bard to cl:ooset he right one." A b'•riend 0-1 R-i:ra] D -welters. Some are; like automobiles: No use unless driven.