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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-06-14, Page 6Siss Dark-skinned natives -glowing sunlight—cool mountain tops—great ships ploughing mth when hrough tropic seas—these things all come a cup of "SALADA" is steaming before you. Such flavour—such fragrance. Try SALADA OM Ike rSoeti!� oche COrrt.ight WA. ,OsA. Sf\t cle many thausanid francs, he from the table, and With a curse, leave the room.. Shortly thereafter, finding that I had no cigarettes, and not seeing an attendant at hand, I started ler the bar. In the corridor I carne upon the Engliehman and the Prince, The Rte- sign was speaking, "I em sorry, my friend, but I have no more money with me. Perhaps, too, it is as well that you cease gambl- ing tonight. Luck is not with you." The youth's face became whiter. "But I must play tonight," he pro- tested, Now, eavesdropping, save in the line of business, is not a habit of. mine. I trust that it is not necessary for me torepeat with frequency that, save where it conflicts absolutely with my profession, I ain a gentleman. But, 1 was strangely interested in the drama being unfolded before me. Tho beauty of the American girl' had Won my heart, So'I stepped back into the rou- lette roam. An Italian was making in some'sensational winnings, and no one else would leave the roam until his spectacular luck charged, I could listen unnoticed. "But why not to -morrow? The salles de jeux will be opositomorrow," smiled the Russian. I could not longer see the young man's face, but his tones told me that its pallor had been succeeded by the crimson of shame. "The hotel, Prince," he faltefed, "The bill was presented yesterday. They asked me aboutit tonight. I dare not return-" "Then perhaps Madame, your wife, who has returned there, will be sub- jected to annoyance," said the Prince. "Then of course you must win. And 1 have money in my room. But I can- not go here just now. There is a SPORTS ATTIRE gentleman awaiting me downstairs. It Smart, becoming and 'practical. A is a matter that has to do with state -E wide hand gives the desired snugness exalt You will understand. You through the hips and a. slight blousing know the troublous condition of Rus- to bodice. The French V front adds sia. And I shall be engaged nearly all night." His voice grew uncertain, as though he were choosing his words with diffi- culty, uncertain of what he was about to, say. "It has to do with the overthrow of Bolshevism, this little meeting of tonight," he went on. "In fact, I may not be back until morning. But even so!" His voice grew suddenly assur- ed. "Here' are my keys, monsieur. See, this is the key to my apartment This other is the key to my trunk— the big trunk that you will_fina be- hind the screen !n my bedroom. And this tiny key will unlock a steel cash- box that you will find in the top drawer of the true:;. Go there, mon- sieur, to my. room, open my trunk and cash box, take from the latter what you will, and return here. And if good fortune, does not come your way, re- serve enough to pay your hotel bill, and capital with which to resume play in the morning." "You are a friend!" cried the Eng- lishman. "Why not?" laughed the Russian. I heard him slap the young man on the back. "Go by the elevator and the underground passage. My apart- ment is Threetwenty-two. You will be back here in ten minutes. No, say no more. Thank fine when fortune has been good." I came through the doorway then, church was built 3'00 years ago. It was. all I could do to restrain myself For the first time this has been from, apologizing to the Russian for studied: and photographer by art ex - my base suspicions of him. Z saw the pests under the direction of Perrault young man turn down the corridor Dabot, general' inspector of historic Ru toward the elevator, 'The Russian rnonunents, who is making a. tour of went down the stairs, and I followed old towns seeking to unearth unknown behind him, reclaiming my hat and treasures. This Christ is of the twelfth coat from the vestiaire where I had centnly, in the Roman period'. It is BEGIN HERE TODAY. rooms outside. But still she escaped Jahn Ainsley, a man of education and breeding, becomes a master crook Monte Carlo lie develops a desib to —preying upon other thieves. At Monte Carlo he develops a desire to meet the clever thief who stole a pearl necklace from the throat of the Bar- onne d'Esterelle in the crowded halls of the Casino. At the roulette tables Ainsley watches a young Englishman and -his strikingly pretty American bride lose all the money they have. Behind them stands a tall, black -bearded man, urg- ing them on. "Unless the Prince lends money, we have nothing," says the young husband, glancing at the black - bearded one. The wife looks accusing- ly at the Prince. "You encouraged Jack," she declares. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. me. Glancing at niy watch, I found that it -vas ten o'clock, and so decided to try my luck at the Sporting Club, that other establishment maintained by the Casino authorities, where the fashion and wealth• of the world as- semble. And if it be wondered at that I bad secured entree to this place, let wonderment cease. One merely men- tions the name of a well-known club, anywhere in the world, claims mem- bership therein, and is elected to the Sporting Club. It calls itself exclu- sive, but no temple of vice—and gambling is a vice—can be too rigor- ous in its scrutiny of applicants for admission. After all, the ultimate test of fashion, or society, is the posses- sion of money. With enough money one can ruffle it with the King of England. With the appearance of money ono can ruffle it with the King's cousin at the tables of the Sporting Club. So I descended in the elevator to the underground passage that leads from the Casino, through the Hotel de Paris, to the Sporting Club, and in another elevator rose to the gambling- rooms. Duchess and demimondaine, mar- quis and munitions -maker, princesses, entrepreneurs, brewers, millionaires, "Because I know that his luck must turn," said the Russian. He smiled. "You hesitate to borrow from me? It is nothing. In a little while you•will make some successful coups; your hus- band will repay me; we will order champagne and laugh together at your moment of despair." Icily contemptuous, she diadained hint. She laid a slimly beautiful hand upon her husband's shoulder. "Come, Jack,' she said again.. This time the young man obeyed her He rose, and they walked off to- gether. But I noticed that the Rus- sian aceonrpanded thein. I felt a pang of pity for the Englishman and his 'American bride. 'I could guess it all so easily; a honeymoon trip to Monte Carlo, the fascination of roulette; the unanticipated losses, the plunging to recoup, the sinister friend who encour- aged there to wager more than they could afford. It is a story that has always been told, and always will be told, when wealth craves youth and beauty. Sometimes youth and beauty escape, but how frequent are the other times. But, after all, it was none of my business. I should have liked to drop a word of warning in the young man's ear, but if his wife's caution was un- heeded by him, of what avail would be the weird of a stranger/ So I retiilhned to the Fame. The lit- ' tle incident had passed unnoticed. They are a sophisticated let at Monte; and everything, even death itself, is dismissed with a shrug and a smile. And now the red returned. I lost thrice in succession, shifted by alle- giance, and beheld black turn up. In disgust I rase and. walked to another table. I arrived in .time to see the Bayonne d'Esterelle being paid off. She had backed seventeen for the Prospectors Fly to Canada's North Rich Deposits Impossible to Reach by Other Means, More than 1,000,000 square miles of virgin tenger), in Northern Cato Oda will be explored by 200 or more ' prospectors who are to be Bent into this territory in aircratt, ac'oording to an' announcement made in New York by Northern Aerial Minerals Explora- tion, Ltd., of Canada. John 18. „Hammett, president /and mem:zlttg director .of the company, which will operate 17 aeroplane' equipped with sltils for `rough land- ing on snow and ice and platoons for summer work on the northern laakes, recently, went to New York to pur- chase additional aircraft equipment.• Hammell, although,' 51 years old and many times a millionaire, is leasing,. to fly, and expects to have lite pilot's license within a few months. I3e hds i ince been prospecting 1805, and his s activities have.,covered the Canadian North froth Northern Quebec to Nor- thern Manitoba: Accordng to Mr. Ilammell,, the prospectors of tate N,A.M.R. will be taken into new areas by fast cabin planes in a few hours instead of sev- eral weeks. 'rimy will be kept well supplied with food, tools and explo- r sloes, and contact established with skilled engineers and geologists who will be flown to the properties later in large, transport planes. The email places are to be the "prospectors' taxi -cab in the north" and the bigger planes will salve the problem of large transportation of man in numbers, supplies An bulk and machinery of con siderable'capacity.. "There are inaccessible regions never before touched by the foot of the white man that are as rich in mineral deposits as the famous trails blazed to California and the far reaches of the Yukon," said Mr. Ham- mell. "The only way to prospect in these regions, carrying enough sup- plies to sustain the exploration party, is by aeroplanes. Tire days of hard- ship, starvation and death which fol- lowed the opening of other famous gold coasts, will be a thing of the past." American (telling "tall" story): "I once saw ,a man swim up the Ni- agara Falls" Scotcllman (unmoved): "Are you sure?" American: "Yee." Scotahman (still unmoved): 'Well, I was the man." "Go to my room, open nay trunk and cash box." royalties, actors, authors, chorus girls, and perhaps even euch others of my own profession as may be found in any cosmopolitan gathering—they were all in the 'Sporting Club. I went first to the cosy little bar, maximum in half a dozen ways, and with its inviting tea -tables at which was receiving from the admiring so little tea is davnk. I ordered a croupiers, always insolently solicitous glass of milk. I find that the beverage for tips, nearly forty thousand francs. The spectacle was disgusting. I had just seen a woman of rare beauty suf- fering because her husband had lost a sixth of what this profiteer's wife had. won. My sympathy is with love- liness and charm. Sb I went to an- other table. Fortune eluded me. I sought her at every table in the Gerrie Prive, and then l looked Inc her in the public /11 Add to the joy of the open road—this pleasure - giving refreshment. A sugar-coated gum that affords double value. Pep. perrnint flavor in the sugar coating and peppermint flavored gum V}( 9nsido.&g0�se N is soothing to the nerves, and nerves need soothing when one gambles, even though for small stakes. While I drank it, I surveyed the little room. And there in the alcove I saw the Am- erican girl, herhusband, and the big Russian whom he had called "the Prance." They were evidently ending a discussion. For I saw the Russian hand the young man a sheaf of bank- notes, saw the girl's expression of de- spondency, and noted the grin of tri- umph on the Prince's face. The jaws of the wolf were near, 1 felt, to the white throat of the quarry. Then the young man leaped to his feet, and rushed for the roulette -room. The girl would have followed, but the Rus- sian whispered to her. His thick, hairy hand rested on her wrist. She shuddered, but --she stayed, Well, once again it was no busi- neSS of mine. I wondered into the Salon de Rouette, and at the end table began backing the first dozen. For half an hour I had varying luck, and then the young Englishman came to my table. His face was haggard. Evi- dently those successful coups which tho Prince had mentioned had not yet been made by him. And within the next ten minutes I saw him lose as SMART length to figure, Design 834 combines printed andplain georgette trete. Printed silk crepe, two surface of crepe satin, wool crepe, angora jersey and canton faille crepe, aresmart suggestions. Pattern comes in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. 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'"r his Sion' hie has long been an expression' to conjure: with in medicine as well r Y as In the writings and conversations, of the laymen, According to the in- vestigation reported, a careful sorts tiny of the case histories as well as' of the results` of such necropsies as• are available Inas indicated the wide- spread errors of diagnosis that have arisen under the guise of a rather meaningless designation. It seems, High time, therefore, that the efforts at reform' should be more vigorously prosecuted in the immediate future, A ptomaine has been defined as a• basic organic compound that is form-, ed by the action of bacteria on nitro - vinous matter. 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Illness due to food man,y arise from bacterialinfection of the food,from toxins retained in it, or from a large variety' of organic and inorganic contaminants. Infected food is far more harmful •than de- composed food, as a rule. Food is at most a voter of harm which may range from a, microbe causing en- terities to the poi4on of a to'xic mush- room or the accidental presence of a noxious element like arsenic or mer- cury. "ln any event there is no proper place in any of these diverse cate- gories for the expression 'ptomaine poisoning.' The haphazard diagnos- ticians will mill the self -satisfying euphony of these words, and' the public marl regret the passing of the verbal symbol of the mystery of upset 'inner workings' of mankind. Nevertheless the pleas for the abandonment of an admittedly inconclusive designation of. disease must win." • Between 'l tri o Smokes �j� /�r ISSUE No. 23—J28 BEST' FOR ALL YOUR BAKIt` ( pies, -takes, Burrs an ALL d Bread DOES LY OUR BAKING BEST ,.s„, w't .0 . h.r• ,c;aps.A The Wicked Man! First Telephone Inventor Ar- rested by 'Wishes of Well Educated People (Editorial in a Boston newspaper 'published 61 yearur ago): "A mat abort 46 years , of age, giv- ing the natno of Joshua Coppersmith, has been arrested in New Yorls for attempting to extort funds from - ignorant and superstitious.peop(e by exhibiting a device which he says will. convey the human -voice any distance over metallic wires so that it will be heard by the listener at the other end. 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