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BEGIN HE,RETODAY Miles noted idly that it was plain,
Mystery surrounds the sudden oc- with a typed address and a New York
centricity of three wealthy and se-; City postmark, Then he berried out
date brothers, one. ; f them the'father•; and returned with the fruit just as the
of youthful Patricia Drake, Alarmed elder Miss Drake entered.
because of the evident terror which � .'Gooch morning, Billion" She es_
has griped the trio, Patricia asks the chimed her gray head formally. "I see
wens,elmie rmlhineguardian, ttorney Bohn {you have made a good beginning. Mo-
VVells, and tells him that two vveelca
ago her father, Hobart Drake, a Wali uutabel, my maid, tells me that Carter
Street broker, clothed himself in a is ill and you have assumed his du -
sheet anti went to the town square ties."
w he
1red
he eii
ve•
red aocoration.
m k .The three brethers entered almostst
A'few days later her uncle, Roger;together and took their places with
Drake, an eminent scientist, made a a perfunctory greeting to their sister.
burlesque of a scientific address. That seemed drooping and shaken
morning, the third brother, hereI a,nd his drawn, young -old face paled
Andrew, was found seated on the floor floor
playing with tows. The three are es his glance fell on the heap of cot -
Sane, sober and respected men. respondence beside his plate, He
Walls asks Owen Miles, detective pushed it aside with a gesture of bar-
sergeant, to investigate, and Miles rot and Andrew retviarkedi
becomes butler in the household. "More scientide criticism, I sup -
GO ON WITH THE STORY pose? Throw it all in the fire, old
"You're talking like an ass and man, and don't bother your head
worse—a coward!" Andrew interrupt- about it!"
et. with sudden, subdued fury, "Jerry's Patricia's entrance created a break
all right but you've forgotten Holiart's in the tenseness of the atmosphere,
girl! Could she live down the fact and she eyed the detective in startled,
that her uncle, was a suicide?" confused recognition, but his expres-
"You know what chance we have of sion was bland until he reached the
averting what is corning!" Roger shelter of the pantry to which her
laughed in a strained falsetto which gaze had followed him, when he risked
macre the listening detective shudder a quick nod of warning and reamer -
in spite of himself and there was a ance, A slight flush suffused her
quick movement within the room, face and she turned to her father,
"Pat had better 'live with the know!- only to exclaim in amazement and
edge that one or both of her uncles— alarm:
and her father as well—had died by "Daddy! What is it?"
their own hands than that all three of Only Miss Drake was silent but her
them were—!"
"Here! None of that!" Andrew
cried, He had evidently thrown cau-
tion to the winds for his tones had
risen to a bellow and a door opened
down the hall. Miles retreated hastily
toward his screening corner of the
wail rear the back stairs but not be-
fore the round of a sharp struggle
canna from the room where the broth-
ers were. followed by an oath and the
tinkle and crash of sLattered glass.
At the thought Miles sprang down-
stairs and darting out the window he
concealed himself in the shadow of
one of the great pillars. No one was
in sight. Leaping from the porch he
ran around the rea" of the house to
the other side. The pantry was dark
now but the two faint patches of
light from Roger's room still fell
upon the sparse grass of last year's
lawn. In the glow of the farther one,
s.amething glistened like a handful of
diamonds.
Broken glass. He hart anticipated
n pistol at perhaps even a knife of
some sort but nota bottle!
Throwing himself flat upon his fare,
the detective writhed inch by inch
alcng the ground until he was close to
the scattered fragments of the bottle
ant; then he saw among them a num-
ber of tiny white tablets. Seizing a
handful of the gravel and tablets to-
gether, Miles stuffeu it into a pocket
of his trousers and ran swiftly around
the house again to the library window.
CHAPTER V.
Carter was ill the following morn-
ing—a touch of sciatica—and the new
houseman was forced to assume the
more complex duties.
Under the kiedly guidance of
Pierre. he finished arranging the table
for breakfast and then remembered
the mail. When he had cleaned the
lower hall a short time before it had
not arrived, but now a small heap of
letters and rolled circulars and per-
iodicals lay upon the table and he
sorted them rapidly. There was no-
thing for Andrew Drake nor Miss Pa-
tricia, but a formidable pile of corres-
pondence awaited Roger and several
letters were addressed to Miss Jer-
usha. There was only one envelope to
place beside Hobart Drake's plate.
eyes were fixed with burning intensity
upon the enipurpled countenance of
her youngest brother as he brought
his fist, clenching his solitary letter,
down violently upon the table.
"'Trouble?' " he repented hoarsely.
"Trouble enoughl—It's each man for
•
"William, do yen know how to drive
a car?"
himself when you stand with your
back against the wall, and I'm going
to fight!"
He strode from the roma with the
open letter still in his hand and they
heard the library door close behind
him and the key turn in the lock.
The meal ended shortly and Miles
was clearing away the dishes and sil-
ver when he observed that the envel-
ope of the letter which had caused Ho-
bart Drake such agitation was still
lying where he had dropped it, on the
floor beside his chair. He stooped has-
tily and pocketed it and then finished
his work in the dining room.
He had started for the back stairs
when Miss Drake asked:
"William, do you know how to drive
a car?"
Had the opportunity presented it-
self to send the promised wire to Scot-
tie? The detective gave an inward
start.
"Yes, ma'am."
"That is fortunate, William. Mr.
Hobart must be taken to the station
at once."
Miles brought the car to the door
to find Hobart waiting on the porch
steps, watch in hand.
"Get me to the station as quick as
you can." ,
The train was just pulling in as
he drew up at the station platform.
Miles noted the significant glances and
nudges of the loungers as they recog-
nized Hobart Drake and realized anew
the humiliation which ]his young
client, Miss Patricia, must have en-
dured,
His thoughts returned again to her,
the innocent victim of the mysterious
calamity which had overtaken her
people, when after he had safely dis-
patched his wire to Scottie, he was
bowling slowly back to the house. It
did not come wholly as a surprise
when he was hailed by an athletic-
looking young man who stood -by a
low, red runabout at the side of the
road.
The young man advanced and lean-
ed confidently over the wheel.
handy "My name's Richard hemp. I'll
packse' g
give you five dollars if you'll take'
note to the young lady up there, Miss
esPatricia, and see that she gets • it
quietly. Do you understand?"
In a quick flash of memory Miles
recalled the deep blush which had
mounted is the young girl's face when
dozing their fleet interview at John
Wells' office she mentioned the "Kemp
place," and alight broke over him.
"I think I do, sir." He smiled
For
Here is a treat that cn't
be beat! Benefit and plea.
sure in generous ;measure!
orso
`1Peistserm;in t Irlavror slightly,
"You're all right!'" Kemp clapped
ISSUE No. 39---'28 him .on the shoulder•. "There won't be
BARONESS VON POPPER
The former Marie Jeritza, famous
opera star, as she was leaving the
steamer or her arrival in the United
States from abroad a few days ago.
any immediate answer but I'll be at
—at the place she knows every even-
ing at six, sheep: Here you are!"
lie produced an envelope and a five
dollar bill, both of which Miles accept-
ed gravely,
"Thank you, sir. I'll deliver the
note myself, Good-bye, sir."
He drove speedily back to the Drake
estate and around to the garage to
put up the car. As Miles descended
from the car he beheld a battle -scarred
tom cat clawing to reach a plate of
etale meat on a high shelf, and an
inspiration came to him. Taking the
envelope from his pocket containing
the five tablets, he selected one of
them and, rolling it in a small piece
of meat be chopped it on the floor.
With a growl the cat pounced upon it.
For a moment the animal crouched
and then its eyes widened with a look
of almost human surprise. It rose,
turned in a wavering half -circle and
then all at once relaxed rather than
fell upon its side with all four feet
outstretched" and the lurid eyes filmed.
So Roger had not bees, bluffing,
after all! As Miles replaced the en-
velope in his pocket, his fingers came
in contact with another, the one which
Hobart Drake had dropped on the
dining room floor. What could it have
contained to drive him into such a
tempest of fury?
The detective was turning it over
speculatively in his hands when sud-
denly he uttered a sharp exclamation.
He needed no magnifying gime to
verify the truth; the canceled stamp
had been transferred from another
envelope and the postmark was a
forgery, The letter had never passed
through the nails!
CHAPTER VI.
It was close to midnight when a
stocky figure enveloped in a heavy.
ulster wormed its way through a gap
in the hedge and started a circuitous
course about the Drake house,
A faint glimmer showed on the
third floor'and silhouetted against the
dine patch of light appeared the pro-
file of a men. The watcher below -
picked up a handful of loose gravel
which he flung against the window.
Almost instantly the light was ex-
tinguished, there came the slight,
grating sound of a carefully raised
sash, and the tiny spark of a cigaret
gleamed ust above the sill. A low, pe-
culiar whistle emanated from the lips
of the nocturnal visitor and the cig-
aret, describing a wide arc, fell upon
the lawn almost at his feet as the
window was softly closed once more.
In a few moments the kitchen door
opened and Owen Miles in the sweater
and sneakers of his nightly vigil slip-
ped around the corner of the house.
"Scottie, old scout! I knew you'd
try to get in touch with me if you
could and I've been making a motion
picture 'still' of myself against that
window shade ever since nine o'clock,"
he whispered. "Have you learned
anything?"
(To be continued.)
MUST BE THE ANSWER
"Why do they call bootleg whiskey
'Moonshine' 1"
"It's the way they test R. After
drinking some if you can still see the
moon shine, it's good; if you can't see
it, it's had."
Most any golfer, poor or rich,
Would never count the cost
Could he but bity.a golf ball which
Would bark when it was lost,
—Answers,
I had one such, but 'twee a frost;
Like an ungrateful hound
The ball that barks when it Is lost
Will bite when it is found,
--Cleveland Plain Dealer,
.04,9 '9400 9asUeoloqu5uJ!ui-1 9,PJpulyy
Heroes of Storm'
and Spray
Thrills of the British Pilots
Dangerous 'lradQ
Our sea pilots are a little-known
body 'of men, but their week is vital
to the 'trade and prosperity of the
cottntry, '
Moro,ships enter and leave the ports
harbors' and river mouth of Great
Britain than of any other counter in
the world; and it greater volume of
merchandise of all kinds arrives at
and leeves our shores than any others.
Many el' our harbor entrancesare in-
tricate and complicated; the estuary
of the Thames, the greatest port in
the world, is extremely difficult to
navigate.
Pilate ere picked seamen who make
a life study of local conditions at each
port, and who take complete charge of
any ship entering or leaving, great or
small, British or foreign.
KEY MEN OE THE COAST
When the present Prince Minister
was President of the Board of Trade
in the Coalition Government, an M.P.
took a deputation of pilots to see h•im
and .discuss with him, in his poeition
as the Minister primarily responsible,
certain difficulties they were exper-
iencing.
"Orange Pekoe" Is only the name given to a size
of leaf—Some goody many poor, Orange Pekoes
are sold—The most economVcal and yet the finest
flavoured is "SALADA" Orange Pekoe—Sealedin
metal—pure—fresh—delicious-43c perORANGE
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PEKOE
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fever great. These men earn up to
52,000 a year.
The earnings of the pilots of British
ports vary greatly. At Liverpool,; the
second port of Great Britain and one
of the greatest shipping centree in the
world, there are 135 pilots and thirty-
five apprentices. The drat class pil-
ots, who navigate the largest ships,
learn, on an average, 1800 a year, the
second class 5600 a year, and the third
class 1550 a year. At Bristol the
thirty-one pilots average about 1000
a year each; eighty-six pilots at Car-
diff about 1300, The Manchester pil-
ots, who take ships all the way up the
canal to Cottonepolis, make about
1700 a year. In the Humber, where
navigation is particularly difficult,
the pilots only average about 5360 a
year each.
The pilots in the cutters work ie.
rotation while waiting for ships. They,
cannot refuse to pilot a vessel and
take all in turn. There may cone
along a foreign fishing trawler for
which tho fee earned is only 53, or
she may be a 20,000 -ten steamer, the
biggest to enter . the Humber, for
which the fee for taking her some
twenty-seven miles up the river and
berthing in the docks is 123. A ship
in b !last, although the most difficult
to nvigate, pays only half -fees. A
600 -ton coaster fully loaded pays only
£3 lOs,
Tho pilot is never off duty. If a
licensed pilot is walking along the
street and the captain of a vessel'•
wants to go to sea and has forgotten
to engage a pilot he can stop him in
the street and the pilot is bound to
take the vessel out.
There are two methods of entry into
the Pilot Service. The pilot must pre-
pare himself for service at a particu-
lar port or locality, as it is a life study
to qualify himself and obtain the nec-
essary local knowledge. He must be
a British subject by birth. He enters
as an apprentice at the age of 15,
after a medical and educational ex-
amination, and serves for six years,.
each year having to pass an examina-
tion in seamanship and pilotage.
SCHOONER TO BATTLESHIP
During the last two years he takes
lessons in navigation. At the age of
21 he must go to sea in a sailing ship
as an A.B. before the mast for a year.
Owing to the comparatively small
number of sailing ships in these days,'
this usually means service in a coast -1
er. Then he must serve for six'
months as A.B. before the mast in a'
"foreign -going" ship, that is, one trail -1
ing abroad. After that he can take
an officer's 'certificate and must go to
sea as a junior officer until a vacancy
occurs in his particular pilotage ser-
vice. This may mean a wait of four
or five years more.
On a vacancy occurring, he has to
pass a stiff medical and local examina-
tion and then, perhaps at the age of
27 or 30, he becomes a third-class pilot
qualiled to take charge of the smaller
ships. After two years he becomes a
second-class pilot; and after a further
two years, if approved by the Pilotage
Committee, a first class pilot, qualified
to navigate any ship afloat—steam,
sail, or motor-driven—from a sailing
schooner to a battleship.
The. other method is that of direct
entry as the master of a ship who has
traded regularly to the particular port
for four years, and then after passing
the necessary examination.
All pilots are medically examined
every twelve months and their licenses
renewed or refused.
Hungary to Give Civilians
Gas Masks for War Use
Budapest.—Hungary's entire civil-
ian population is to be provided with
gas masks. Former Premier Stephen
Friedrich, who addressed Parliament
on the clangers threatening Hungary
as a marching ground for foreign
armies, asked the war appropriations
committee to set aside $1,000,000 in
the War Office estimates for the pur-
chase of these defensive shields.
Stressing the decisive part which
gas and chemicals will play in future
wars, former Premier Friedrich, who
fs now a member of Parliament, said:
"I believe in war, because mankind
has no law which can check it. For
hundreds of years Hungary has been
devastated by wars, and the country's
destiny places it among the warring
nations of Europe Sooner or later
we shall be dragged into a war, and
we must not leave our people unpro-
tee."
Ctedranberries are ripe! Sure sign
fall le near.
Mr. Baldwin was walkieg up and
down the Terrace of the louse of
Commons. The pilots, from half -a -
dozen different ports, were ready wait-
ing when the M.P. approached the
future Prime Minister and s•aicl, "I
have a number of pilots to whom I
would like you to give an interview."
"What?" said 14Ir. Baldwin. "Pi-
rates? I didn't know any existed"
"No," said the M.P., "Pilots. Men
who pilot ships in and out of our har-
bors."
"Oh," said Mr. Baldwin, "pilots.
Of course I will see them immedi-
ately,"
These men are in key positions..
Ships become larger and faster, butt
the tides, the ocean currants, the
shoals, the rocks, the fogs, the mists,
the storms, and the darkness remain.
If the pilots were to go on strike, the
whole commerce of the country would
be held up. But that they have never
done, and never will .dd.
Their position is so important that
it is specially regulated by Act of
Parliament. Their remuneration is
fixed by local Boards, composed .of
ship owners, pilots themselves, and
the harbor authorities; and in the
London district by Trinity House. If
they nee dissatisfied -they can appeal,
in the last resort, to the Board of
Tracie. Ships, British or foreign, ap-
proaching aur shores with cargoes,
rarely know the port at which they
will unload. This depends on the
markets and other conditions, and
they often liav, to wait until they
reach the first signal station on the
coast to be told where they are to go.
NEVER OFF DUTY
The captain may be sent to a port
to which he has never been before and
for which he may not even have the
charts; But ache approaches it, fly-
ing the special pilot flag, which shows
he means to,enter and needs a pilot,
he presently sees tossing about off the
coast a small steam or sailing cutter.
The pilot cutter lowers a rowing boat
manned by two or three apprentices
as the ship draws near, and in, the
boat is an oilskin -clad figure Who
climbs up the lowered sea ladder.
He is the pilot; and once he has
stepped on deck he is in complete
charge of the ship, and absolutely re-
sponsible for her movements and
safety.
Sometimes the sea is too rocgh for
the small rowing boat to come along-
side. Then a rope is thrown., the pilot
makes it fast round his waist, jumps
overboard, and is hauled up the side of
the steamer, dripping wet, on to the
deck, Shalcing the water from him
like a big dog, he will go on the bridge
at once and navigate the ship into
clock; for time is money and there
must be no delay.
Ships leaving for sea have to be
piloted out just the same; red some -
Vines the weather is so bad that the
pilot cannot be transferred to the cut-
ter, or the cutter may even be driven
into slrelter, Then the pilot must wait
until the ship touches the first port,
where he is put ashore and takes his
chance of a passage home.
On the bridge the pilot gives orders
to the helmsman, regulates the speed
of the ship, and takes her right up to
the docks and inside to her berth.
The worst task a pilot can have is to
take over a big •eteamer in ballast;.
which means that she is light, and in
a strong wind is blown about like a
bladder on the water.
If the pilot makes a mistakes, is in-
volved in a collision or, through an
error of judgment, touches a hidden
rook, he may have his certificate taken
away and be ruined. It is obvious
from the foregoing that the pilots
must be men of particular attain-
ments, great skill, and knowing every
inch of their localities, the tides and
the intricacies of aur coasts.
Sometimes the pilot hae to pick up
a ship in the Thames and take her all
the way through the'English Channel,
leaving her ' again off steno West --
country port. The Channel pilots are
a special section of the, service and
are tho highest paid of British pilots
Their earnings go up to as high as
11,000 to £1,800 a year, but this is
exceptional, The highest paid pilots
in the world aro those on the river
Hoogll, navigating ships up to Cal-
cutta. The Iloogll is a very danger-
ous river, full of shifting shoals, the
elimr..e is bad, and the dangers from
TORONTO HOTELS
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In the Shopping District
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printed velveteen and wool crepe are
interesting fabrics' Pattern is ob-
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42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust measure.
Size 86 requires 3e5 yards of 40 -inch
material with % .yard of 18 -inch con-
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Wrap coin carefully.
H0W TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain-
ly,- giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number and
address your order to Wilson Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide St,, Toronto.
Patterns sent by return mail.
'sled 6JCA3 Jo} }upuJlul-i s,pJeullAl
"Owing to influenza, the unveiling
of the . memorial has been post-
poned."—Local paper. It is not
thought that the memorial has got
the complaint very badly,
MOST people know this absolute
antidote for pain, but are you careful
to say Bayer when you buy it? And
do you always give a glance to see
Bayer on the box—and the word
,pcnuine printed in red? It isn't the
genuine Aspirin without it! A drug-
store always has Bayer, with the
proven directions tucked kir every box:
pirin ,Y
a-t{,o lands murk -`
ro as Ind' in Cnnada)
t g 0,Oer. Mon ltneture wt, le i
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thnl'lote war ho etiaped 5104 their "etre
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British. Wanted,
to Bpild C Wada
Many Believe, However,.,
Peasant Stock ' From
Other Lands Would be
an Asset Though
Antagonism Raised
,BISHOP ATTACKED
Toronto, Ont. -Tho cry ;'ir British
settlers still is being heard r1 the do'-
miniou, There are, however many
loyal Canadians of three and four
generations and of British ',traction
who are willing to admit that there
:nay be people from other places than
the British Isles who would make
good settlers in Canada, Some
of them have drawn attention to
the prepouderauce of names not of
Anglo-Saxon origin in the lost of en•
trams for tine big Wrigley marathon
sti :m when Ethel' Herne. of. Nein
York, and Olive Gatterdam, of Seat
tle, carried oft their' $10,000 and $3,-
000 prizes, respectively. The Ameri
San swimmers were greatly admired
in Canada for their charm and good
looks, in addition to their stamina,
and one enthusiastic writer, declared.
the leachers came from stook th}rt
could not be improved upon,
Siohop Eecomes Mi!!tant
The Right Rev. U. Exton Lloyd,
Bishop of Saskatchewan, who bail
been one o 1the most energetic advo-
cates c.f British settlers for western
Canada, is being. threatened with a
Church trial for the heated way ho
which he has 'attacked alleged dis-
crimination in favor of Continental,
settlers. as against Britons.
To these threats the militant Bis -
bop, w'ho has spent fortythree years
on Canada's prairies, 1s quoted as re-
plying:
"I have fclied the rifles of rebels on
these prairies and endured every con-
cyvable hardship ,imposed by climatic.
extremes to help keep this country
Bhtish, and I'ni not going to be de-
terred at this. late date by mere words.
or any other consideration from doing:
my duty as I see it."
The Bishop is the subject of scath-
ing editorial Comment du foreign•
language publications devoted to the
Interests of the new settlers front
Europe,
Hits European Settlers
"For.twenty-five years I have been•
asserting with all the force at my
command that the British settler is.
preferable to the Slavonic peasants of
Eastern Europe, and I shall continue
to talk and work along these lines, re-
gardless of consequences," Bishop;
Lloyd replied.
At present the Bishop is cooperat-
ing with Lord Lovat, Under S t:retary
of State for Dominion Affairs and:
'chairman of the British Government's
Overseas Settlement' Board, who is
now in the west working on a land
settlement scheme, embracing liberal
opportunities for Britons.
Under the proposals, as outlined by
Lord Levet, tbo government would co-
operate in the building of cottaCes for
new arrivals from the British. Isles.
Fifty per cont. of the cost would be
borne by the Imperial government
and 25 per cent. each by the domin-
ion and provincial governments. The
cottages would be constructed in
rural agricultural districts and ronte,d
to immigrants at rentals sufficient to
cover theicost of insurance and depre-
ciation. Young married couples would
be given preference.
Many Favor Peasants
As against those who believe in this
plan there is a growing sentiment in.
Canada that believes peasant stock is
the most desirable from which to
draw new settleds_ They feel that
it is useless to draw from the big in-
dustrial centres of the British Isles
when farmers from other lands are
to be had. Sons and daughters of
pioneer stock also feel that it should
not be necessary to offer special Ip-
ducenments .to get people to come to
Canada; that with the opening up of
the west, the hardships are in no
comparable with those the pioneers
had to endue. They feel that Britons
who are determined to make good will,
come any way and that those who
come expecting help will continue to
exp rt help.•
Camels Replace Railways
As Result of China War
Peking—Camels have como into
their own again this summer as
freight caravans.
When the northern troops .withdrew
into Manchuria they took with them
thousands of freight and passenger
Cars and hundreds of locomotives.
Since then camel dealers have, been
swamped with camel orders which
they have been unable to supply.
Camel drivers are rolling M. wealth
with earnings often totiching 75 cents
daily. The return of Roy Chapman
Andrew's expedition from. Central
Asia lured a crowd of camel buyers
who wanted to bid for the 112 (camels
used on the trip.
Russia Has 40,000=Mile
Railway Building Program
Moscow• --The Russian government
is pushing plans for the construction
of 40,000 miles of railroad during the
next fifteen years.
'rho beginning of Russia's general
program of railroad building took
place in 1027, when work was started
on the Siberian and Turkestan roads.
In a throe -year period prior to this ap-
proximately ` 81,000,000 rubles had
been appropriated for railrbrds,-