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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-04-30, Page 2�i lada . Orange Pekoe is a blend of fresh young leaves ORANGE PEKOE BLEND la , e e AI TLA 'Fresh fif01133 the gardens' 182 thrust his feet into a• pais of light born slippers and cautiously open- the door. , Opposite was a small Window overlooking the lawn ' A• glance assured Lira that Holt was still engaged with the morning paper. His Pyecrofts gun changed first to an exhibited a stud,, but Mr. Holts; face remained as cold as his words, He _ held open the door and stood aside. f/401 "Having been so successful in your quest, please go," C -NTURE—S of next action was to draw on a pair qr expression of blank amasenlent and raid/IA/Dog COTTIB flesh -colored rubber 'gloves, then sling- then to one of drunken ;dignity," He .4.,.1; T___„:.,..„...._ ________ elis ing a: towel over his shoulder he went lurched away from the support of the "IL:4 sameWore:. Captain Jimmy and towards. the bathroom but he did'. not' dressing table' and stood swaying In . and his. dog Scottie are 'explorin^-China enter, instead hepaused before the, the lnid.;le of the room, frowningat in their plane, They call e'? a Chinese , General to gets pass when Soottio 1oor next to his own and, pressing the stout, rosy -checked figure who re-i,,olishl catches him by the foot his ear against the wood,listened, garded Sim with such frigid contempt. Apparently satisfied, he turned the "A reashly, horrible, li"lle penny There we stood before General SLu, wondering what was going to happen next, . Scottie, bristling with anger and ready to light at the drop of a hat. The interpreter scared white, or rather, scared lemon yellow—and myself 'anxious and worried for fear that General Lu would refuse to give us our pass t o't h o• Chinese front. Fortunately Gen- eral Lir was too great a man to bother ranch about dignity. Without even a word of comment on ,Scot- tie's absurd attack, he sat down and wrote quickly on a sheet of paper, to which he affixed a bright green seal. Five minutes later we left the Palace With a pass that give us freedom to go anywhere we pleased. Early next morning we took off in our plane for Liuho—a little town where the fighting was in full pro- gress. Soon the country below show- ed the ravages of war. Buildings were wrecked by •shell -fire, bridges were down at the rivers, and the ground was so rough that we almost crashed at our first landing. Leaving ,our plane well back .from the battle front, we took a road lead- ing up tq the. lines. The air was damp and foggy, and the rumble of the guns seemed muffled under the heavy grey sky. Bullet -scarred walla" stood bleak and white, and now and then a tree, with the wood torn into ribbons, showed the spite of high ex- plosives. Suddenly , we noticed a group of soldiers,off duty, grouped around some object tied to a tree. Coming near we •heard a laud and complicat- ed din—moaning, groaning and gib- bering enough to make your hair stand on end. To our horror, we found that the soldiers had, caught a few of the enemy, and tied them up to a large branch by their wrists, so their feet were eeveral inches off the ground. Of course, it must have been fearfully uncomfortable, but the soldiers only laughed` and jeered. "Come on Scottie", I said, -"Let's bust up this party." handle and glided like a wraith into. sthud.. , ." he began, but Holt cut the room. Here his actions were him short with an impatient gesture. Stranger ' still. Standing in the mid- dle of the room :re subjected the cheme ber to one swift. all -embracing survey and then, crossing to a large trunk; �, ,, ��, \�., \� . v,. �.. , fir• �a. \� • `a,. y.. �,.... �, pe knelt beside it. Gently trying 'the firete.tea .,.W.a�..,�u�\., �..��.,.°o\\ ��.��\\@\�.��..aa.a,.� ..�\ C ..h�\ a..ti,..Y� ,locks he found :hem secure.'. He pans-. 's' 4 ed a second to listen before extracting Irene his pocket a bunch of peculiar looking keys. He insetted one in the look but failing with this tried an- other, and a faint click proclaimed THE >g 1Q C1 1"i Sg ll 41 his effort to be successful. The sec - 11 r iB�ii.Os�J lid IP si.1 Ili MYSTERY o end lock he, accorded similar treat- ment, and very carefully raising the lid he peered insid •. The trunk was empty except for a few odds and aids of clothing, at By T. C. H. JACOBS which he did • not even .glance, but i i straightening a small folding feet - 7; \``,. �,. \�. \��x,. •\ `, s�.. Via,. ��u. �., \�„ .. \`,.. �`..•.�"•.O` '..r L`o's rale heplaced it alongthe inside @ „\\ , v ,am�:�Q\ \ w��\ ..� a� 1\ .a�\ „\\ �� .off a�� ..� ,...� .a� �� � , � .a Norsls. vertical edge. Noting the measure- srMrs, French's face .struggled to pre- ment recorded he next placed it down the external face and a senile flickered, on his Ips. Closing the trunk he lock- ed it and rearranged, with meticulous exactness, a .strip of cretonne along the top. Standing up, he opened the ward- robe, glanced inside, ran his hands swiftly over the clothes, examining the soles of three pairs of boots and replaced them in exactly the same po- sition as he had found them.. The dressing table next claimed his attention. Even the most casual and inexperienced observer must have seen tha Mr. Percival; .Pyecroft was something of an expert at the art, His rubber gloved fingers explored every- where, but not by the fraction of an inch was anything disarranged. Satis- fied at fast h6 was on the point of returning when ,-e suddenly stiffened. In a flash the gloves were off and stuffed in his dressing -gown pocket and with a drunken hiccough he lurch- ed against the table. In that moment lis whole identity changed, Ieplaced again by the blink- ing, inane fool. It was not merely 'a change of facial expression, but some- thing infinitely more subtle and con- vincing, a change which would have, deceived the most expert examiner, as indeed it had deceived .the keen and experienced Chief Inspector iiarnard that very morning. The door opened, and fuer. Henry Holt stood staring with undisguised astonishment as Pyecroft turned to- wards hint. "Wh:t does this mean, this-er— intrusion, sir?" he demanded, angrily. Pyecroft blinked at him, jerking back his head as if he had been struck, but made no reply. His mouth gaped open foolishly, and once his body sag- ged so alarmingly that Holt half started to catch hint. "Well, sir, what are you doing in my room?" he demanded with increas- ed force, regarding the other as though he was something utterly dis- tasteful. Pyecroft seemed to regain his pow- er of speech with a rush. "A sand, professhor, I whas look- ing for a thud. Beastly little pests, they take advantage of nye, the mai— mal--malignity of the inanimate. I slieareled and shearched and then I thought nay dear old pal the prof is Shure to have ono, so along Y trundled —and I whas: right, you shee t l Ea, ha, hal" Pyecroft tittered delightedly as he A Henry Holt and his ward. 1tluriel Matnwaving are staying 'et a Dartmoor farmhou-se. r olt has an old:frdend, Prof. Moineau, living at Kestrel BHouse with his nePhaw, Hayden Mercer, whom Bolt wishes ¥prier to marry. A series of strane disappearances take place, one" Page the vicar's daughter, being the latest. Percival Pyecroft arrives at the farm- house, in seavnh health.. Re takes a walk on the Incur one evening, is knock- ed en the head andpitched over a cliff. inspecto, Barnard questions him in bed, and then leaves, after having discovered "something" in Pereival's :coat. pocket, CHAPTER V. A -footstep on the landing without sent Pyecroft hurriedly back to bed. Mrs. French found him in the act,of pouring another. drink, and the action brought a look of mingled surprise and displeasure to her cheery, mother- ly face.' "So early in the morning, Mr. Pye- croft!" she exclaimed. "I've had a terrible fright, Mrs. French, a perfectly ghastly fright." "Indeed!" "Do you know that I was in deadly' peril of my life last night?" "You had a nasty f all; lucky it wasn't worse." Pyecroft's mouth drooped with a disappointment almost comical to wit- ness: "I was nearly murdered, madam," he replied with dignity, a distinct note eif reproval in his voice. "And you told me that Dartmoor was a nice, peaceful, quiet place; 1 think it's a beastly, lawless wilderness. Look at this fearful lump on my crown; it hurts." serve its gravity as she inspected the top of his head inclined towards herr. "I'm going to get my pian down," went on Pyecroft. "T don't feel safe here all alone. I mean, after last night, anything night happen, what?" "Will you be staying in bed to - da ?" asked the landlady,presently. Y "In bed? No 1 1 was on the point of rising when that police what's -his - name came up and chilled me to the marrow with his grisly warnings. Where's the professor, up yet?" "If You mean Mr. Holt, he has been up since seven o'clock. He's sitting on the ]awn." Pyecroft grinned. "Looking for the worms, eh? Hit, ha, guess P11 send him all shivery with that policeman's horrible yarns. The old boy often wanders into that valley in search of the elusive butter- fly. Any news of Miss Cage?" "Miss Page, you mean. No, she is still missing. I'll be seeing you about your breakfast." - "Ta, ta. I'll be staggering along in a moon or two." Mrs. French_ glanced at the bottle and tho-sght that this was more than probable. However, when Pyecroft eventually got out of bed he was quite steady un his legs, indeed his movements were characterized with a certain lithe grace, which spoke more ofaho trained athlete than of the habitual drunkard's flabby muscles and frayed' nerves. Slipp`ng he on a dressing gown SdeaseteeseVerAradara INT asyou deal with people 16 you know and trust, so you should buy goods that you know from experience will give full satisfaction and long. wear. Beware of cooks ling utensils and household articles that bear no name or one you don't know. Lank for the famous" . ALL CANADIAN SHP trade mane, the red and green shield, a strict guarantee of super quality. rNDURANCE aluminum Mower is twenty pounds lighter than any iron mower end far more durable . Runs easier. . Cuts with razor-like'keenness.... The finest mower purchase you can make.... Ask your hardware man. 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"What the blazes Muriel can see in ham I can't imagine, Women are amazing creatures!" By which remarks it may be infer- red that the subject of Percival Pye- croft had come up ler discussion be.: tween then and a difference of opin- ion recorded. C;=I APTElt vi. Muriel Mainwaring breathed a sigh. of relief when lunch was over and she was able to escape to the peace of the moorland. She wanted to be alone, to sort out in her mind certain matters which were troubling her. Mr. Holt's thinly veiled hostility to Pyecroft for sdme unaceountable rea- son annoyed her. She told herself that Pyecroft was a drunkard, a weak stupid pian for all the promise of his massiveframe, and yet she keenly resented her guardian's attitude to- wards him, _ Perhaps Mr. Holt had been a little clumsy, tactless, in his endeavor to contrast Pyecroft with Hayden . Mer- cer. Tba„ was another matter which secretly worried her, more than she cared to admit. Mercer was persist- ent in his attentions -and Holt had made it plain- that a marriage be- tween his ward and the nephew of bis best friend was his dearest wish. As she walked slowly along the moorland track she tried to analyse her feelings towards Mercer. Sae wondered why she did not really care for him. He was the type of man, she thought, that would make most girls envious of her good fortune. She would give him full creditfor his ic- telligence, his bnmeast cable vitality and his charm of manner, Three attri- bates which Pyecroft appeared to lack cat;rely. He was wealthy, she was poor, dependent on the generosity al a guardian who had been a name only to her until' a few weeks ago. Mar- riage with Hayden Mercer would place hes' in a very different position; yet the very thought of marriage sent a tiny shiver through her as she in- voluntarily shrugged her shoulders. Tst was unreasonable of her guardian to expect her to marry anyone for a year or two at least She felt that the expressed wish might' soon becoroe the command, and that she dreaded. With a gesture of impatience she tried to thrust the problem aside. Raising her head she filled her lungs luxuriously with the invigorating air. The cool breeze blowing gently over the moor was both sedative and stim- ulant, and she smiled as she paused to admire the beauty of the ` wild land with its rugged tors and sweepilig uplands. Par below her the river wound its way through the valley, a gleaming ribbon of silver edged by the emerald green of the mash ,grass- (To be continued.) +:-- Punching and poking my way through the ring I stood beside the prisoners. The soldiei•e, of course, did not take this treatment too kind- ly, and began to' whisper among them- selves and finger their' rifles. Then I took out General Lu's pass. Luck- ily no one could read. it -but 1 point- ed to the brirght green official seal and .:made gestures and faces that must have convinced those Chinese soldiers that dile caldinity would be- fall any men who interfered. Taking. out my - knife, I cut the captives down, and automatic pistol in hand. I shoved them through the ring of soldiers wbo were too sur- prised to resist. "Herd those prisoners into that house." I said to Scottie, pointing to a house which remained standing. In fact, it afterwards proved`. to be the headquarters of _the Colonel in charge. • Scottie needed no second invitation—with a fierce growl he lunged for the ankles of the three Chinese, and they covered the dis- tance in no time at all, Then the soldiers suddenly woke up. Several fired shots, and 'others ran toward -us with their bayonets. I ran to the door. This was guard- ed by a sentry. He made a stat at me but. missed, so I bowled him over and turned just in time to see two more figures rushing toward me. There was no time to think, Biding, behind the 'door, I bit each as hard as I could as he jumped over the sill, and scored two knock outs. Then as my eyes became emus. tuned to the gloom of the house, I looked more carefully, and discov- ered to my dismay that one man was acres, only 250 miles from the Ellice my int •preter, sad the other no• �d Islands. Sole natural land producteFer. less than the Colonel himself. .are the cocoanut palm, pandanus lew nome the Colonel. • revived in palm and a coarse tuber. The na a few moments, otherwise we woulsd tives are very far behind . Samoa, everyone was have been in a bad S toward as however, in their methods of copra running cultivation and preparation, as the the house yelling. average yield is only 6 cwt. per acre ing and yp,ling. as against up to 16 in the latter: Sitting - re le ed Imports in 1919 totaled 8190,000, fairlymorderse in and: exports £348,000. America sup-, some in n. plies mcst of the canned goods. of stantly t hub- which the islands import a consider- 04 onsider- � stent!, the able amount, and Austealia most of ., 9/ �t, ss bub ceased. roduets, The copra goes - 1�� bz j T h Colonel the ot7rer p Quite evidently he -hadn't the slight- The Christian Science Monitor, est idea what happered, (To be continued.) Where Ex -Convicts" Become Useful Well-fed and Trained Dining Jlmprisonrnent—Big De- . errand for `services London—Inhabitairts of the Gil- bert and Ellice Isla1-tls, Protectorate have gone far' toward solving a prob-' len which vexes many parte of the civilized 'world today—that of the;dis- cbarged prisoner. According to a re- port issued by.the Colonial Office here, "No air of gloom pervades Its prieons,,but, on the contrary, great cheerfulness." The' temporary. inhabitants are taught useful trades, besides being better fed and cared' for than when outside, so that on emerging, as the best trained people in the ;colony, there is e, great • demand for their services. The colony is at present in a patriarchal state of development with. the best relations existing be- tween , the e-tween•the governing and. the gov- erned. i t be the These islands are said o most advanced of any .of the' Padifto islands in local :government, each Laving a native magistrate or' mayor assisted by a council of headmen who act as its administration and court under European supervision. Though the •Island Protectorate, states the report,. only consists of about 200 square miles, an outline of 1,000,000 square miles would not con- tain the total area ' of the Protec- torate. The two Pacific groups of coral islands whose inhabitants are somewhat akin in race to the Sam- oans, form the center of this watery sphere, but other islands attached to. them, such as Christmas Island, are as far as 1800 miles away. The seat of Government to today at Ocean Island, covering about 14,00. e on ., mainly to America and Australia.-' turned to me. Ululate Elk It The health -giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. - Pound and •Half Pound tins at your grocers, smediately to a mental specialist Dr Child's Stupidity May Be�Robin urges, for careful diagnosis Sign of Serious Brain Disease and treatment. A child who refuses to answer " questions but merely sits still like the proverbial "bump on a log," may not be really stupid or intractable, it is. urged by. the' eistinguislied French expert on mental .disease, Dr. 011- bert Robin, but may be suffering from the that stages,of serious men- tal disease, This- peculiar hmental inhibition under questioning, as though the child were literally stun- ned, is a warning symptom, Dr, Rob. In believes, of the brain disease call- ed epilepsy. The Teck in snob a child's eye after any ordinary ques- tion has been asked, like a question in school, is described as vague and wandering. There is no interest, ir- ritation, or any other sign that the question has been beard. The Child's mind seems to be a complete blania After a few -seconds or minutes this curious state passes off. Sometimes: the child thee answers the question Austrian Professor o es- To Forecast Earthquakes which apparently had stunned him. Sometimes the'whole Platter seems,, Pees, Hungary — Professor Martin had been unconscious.' In more to be forgotten, as though the child' Hanko, who predicted and, placed the Java earthquake,' hopes to be able to warn of quakes in time to save whole populations. The Java earthquake,for example, came on January 21, Professor Hanko had predicted a quake between the 70th and 21st in the region of the western extension of the Pacific, probably Japan or the East Indian_ Archipelago. According to Professor Hanko's calculations, earthquakes should oc- cur periodically and with an aston- ishing exactitude in the different parts of the world. He has estab- lished a record of foretelling a good many within a margin of only one or two days. To test the correctness oe his 'sys- tem lie worked back to 'the greatest earthquakes of history and 'found that the historical data coincided with the results of hit, system of cal- culation. Professor Hanko is sixty-two years old and: has been for the best part of his career professor at the former Naval Academy of Hungary in Fiume, where :he had ' taught physics and mathematics. Since 1907 he has devoted himself to seismologic, oceanographic, mete- orological and navigational studies and is the author of several books on these subjects. When you turn over a new leaf, fasten it down with cement. severe eases similar attacks of un- responsiveness may occur without any question" being asked and these often' are reported by teachers as-In- exeusable inattentiveness or absence of mind. Such ebildren or those who show the peculiar stunned silence when questioned should be sent im- SAVED E^IPO TED -DRESS "_Atter a little wearing, a lovely green voile—an imported dress—lost color s- Completely that it was notwear- able, - A friend who had admired it asked me why, I wasn't wearing it any more. 011 hearing the reason, she advised dyeing it and morn - mended Diamond Dyes. 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