The Seaforth News, 1932-08-18, Page 6PAGE SIX.
THE SEA O Ti NEWS.'
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'THURSDAY, AUGUST 18,
Revenge
Mysterious
Doyle
('Continue'd from last week)
'CHAPTER VII:
Of Corporal Rufus Smith and His,
.Coming To Cloomlber.
In making this statement II have
purposely couched it in ba'l'd' and
sample language, for fear I shauld
be accused of coloring my narrative
for the sake of effect. I'f, however, I
have told my story with any ap-
p•roach to realism, the reader will un-
derstand me when I say that by this
time the successions of dramatic; incid-
ents which had occurred had arrest-
ed my attention and excited my im-
agination to the exclusion of all min-
or topics. How ,could I plot through
the dull routine of an agent's work,
or interest myself in the thatch of
this tenant's bothy or the sails of that
one's boat, when my mind was taken
up by the chain of ,events which I.
have described, and was still busy
seeking an explanation for them? Go
where 'I would over the countryside
I could see the square white tower
shooting out from among the trees,
and beneath that tower this ill-fated
family were watching and waiting,
waiting and watching—and for what?
That was still the question which
stood like an impassable barrier at
the end of every train of thought. Re-
garded merely as an abstract prob-
lem, this mystery of the Heather-
stone family had a lurid fascination
about it, but when the woman whom
I lover a thousandfold better than I
did myself proved to be so deeply in-
tereeted in the solution, I felt that it
was impassible to turn my thoughts
to anything else until it had• been
finally cleared up.
My good father had received a let-
ter from the Laird, dated from Nap-
les, which told us that he had de-
rived much benefit front the change,
and that he had no intention of re-
turning to Scotland for same time.
This was satisfactory to all of us, for
my father had found Branksome such
an excellent place for study that it
would have been a sore trial to him
to return to the noise and tumult of
a city. As to my dear sister and my-
self, there were, as I have shown,
stronger reasons still to make us love.
the \l igtown;hire moors.
In spite. of my interview with the
general—or perhaps I might sayon
account of it --1 took occasion at
least twice a, day to walk toward
'Cloont'ber and satisfy myself that all
was well there. He •had begun by re-
senting my intrusion, but he had
ended bytaking me into a sort of
hall confidence, aid even by asking
my assistance, so I felt that I stood
upon 'a different footing with him
than I had done formerly, and that he
was le's's likely to be annoyed by my
presence. 'Indeed, I met him . pacing
around the' inclosure a few days of
teeward, and lois manner toward me
was civil, though he m'ad'e no allusion
to our former conversation. Ile ap-
peared to be still in an extreme state
of aervousness, starting from time to
time, and gazing furtively 'about 'him.
I hoped that his daughter was right
in naming the 5th of 'October as the
turning -point of his complaint, for it
was' evident to me, as I lodke'd at
his gleaming eyes and quivering
hands, that a man could teat live long
in such a state of nervous tension.
T found on examination that hehad
had theloose rails securely fastened
so as to 'block up, :oar former tryst-
ing place, and . thaugh I. prowled
round the whole long line of fencing,
'1 was unable to find any other place
where an entrance could he effected.,
Here . and there between chinks toff
the barrier I could catch gli'mp'ses of
the Hall, and once I saw a sough -
Noising, mlfddle-aged' man tatanfding at
a wlindow at the lower floor, wham -a
1 ,supposedi to be Iset Stakes,: the
coachman. 'Tlhere, was. no sign, 'how-
ever, of Gla!balel or a£ 'Mtor'daun!t, and
their absentee alarmed me, 1 Was con-
vinced that, tio'less. they Were unldler
some restraint, they would have
managed to• comm'unicate with my
sister 'or 'myself. My fears became
more and more acute as day follow-
ed day !without our seeing or. hearing
anything of them.
One morning—it was the second of
Otctolber-!I ,was walking toward 'th'e
Hall, hoping <that I might be fortun-
ate enough to learn slome niews of
my' darling, -when I observed 'a man
pendhed upon. a"stone at the side of
the road. A's I came nearer to him.'I
could see that he was' a stranger, anld
from his dusty clothes and dilapid-
ated appearance Inc - seemed to have
come frons • a distance. He had a great
hunch of bread on his knee and a
clasp knife in :his hand, but he 'he'd
apparentlyjust finished his break-
fast, for he brushed the ,crumb's off
his lap and rose to his feet when he
perceived me.. . Noticing the great
height of the fellow, and that he still
held his weapon, I kept well to the
other side of the road, for I knew
that destitution m!alkea men desperate
and that the chain that glittered on
my waistcoat might be too great a
temptation to him upon this lonely
highway. ,I 'Sees confirmed in my
fears when I saw hint step out into
the center of the road and bar my
progress.
"Well, my lad," I said, affecting an
ease which 1, by no means felt, "What
can I do for you this morning?" The
fellow's face was the color of ma-
hogany with exposure to the weather,
and he had a deep scar from •the cor-
ner of his mouth to his ear, which by
nomeans improved his ajlpearance.
His hair was grizzled, but his figure
was stalwart, and his fur cap was
cocked on one side so as to, give him
a rakish, semi -military appearance.
Altogether, he gave me the impres-
sion of being one of the •most dang-
erous types of tramp that I had ever
fallen in with.
Instead of replying to myquestion
he eyed me for some time in silence
with sullen, yellow -sot eyes, and then
closed' his knife with a loud 'snick.
"You're not a beak," he said; '.'too
young for that, 1 guess. They had
me in chokey at Paisley and they
had me in chokey at Wigtown, but
by the living thunder if another .of
them lays a hand on the I'll make
him remember Corporal Rufus
Smith! It's a :darned fine country this,.
where they won't give a 'man work,
and then lay him by the 'heels for
having no visible means of subsist-
ence."
"I am sorry to see an ,old soldier
so reduced," said I. "What corps did
you serve in ?"
all Battery, Royal Horse Artil-
lery. Bad . cess to the service and,
every one in i1! Idere I am _nigh six-
ty years of age, with a 'beggarly pen-
sion of thirty-eight pound ten—not
enough --to keep me in beer and
batty."
"I should have thought thirty-,
eight pound ten a year would have
been a nice help to you inyour old
age," I' remarked.
"Would you, though?" he answered
with a sneer, pushing his weather-
beaten .false ,forward until it was with-
in a foot of my own. "Haw much
d'ye think that slash with a tulwar
is wonth? And my foot with all the
hones rattling about like a bagful of
deice? What's that worth, eh? And a
liver like a sponge, and ague when-
ever the wand comes round to the
east—what's the market value'' of
that '? Would yolu take the lot for a
dirty forty pound a year—would you
new?"
"We are poor folk in this part of
the country," I answered. "You
would pass for a thigh ,man down
here,"
"They are simple folk and they
have simple tastes," said he, drawing
a 'black pipe from his pocket and
stufiiinig it 'with tobacco, "I knotty
what, goad living is, anti while I
have a shilliing in • my podkelt I like
to spend it as a shilling should be
spent, I'•ve fought for my coutetry and
my country lea's drone darned little
for me. I`]'1 go to the Rnoshiana, so.
help mel I could show them how to
cross the-I-iim!alay;as, so' that it iwaa?kl.
puzzle 'either Afghanis or iBritish•` to
stop 'em: What'% -that sec eh worth
in St, ,Petersburg,' I wonder!"
"I'm as!haimed'to hear an old
e
j
-
tier speak sq, even injest," said I ,
sternly,
y,
Jest, indeed!" he cried, with a
great oath, "I'd have .done it years
ago, if the Rooshians' lj'ad been game
to take it up. Skotbeloffff was the best
Of the 'bunch, "unch but he's been snuffed
out. However, that ':$ neither here nior
there. What I want to ask you is
whether you've ever heard anything
in ,this quarter of :a man called IIiea-
t'h'erisltonre, the sante who used to be
colonel of the, 1l1at Bengalees? They
told me at :W'igtotwn that he ' lived
somewhere down this, way?"
'He' lives• int • that large house over
:there,", said• I, pointing to Cloolmber
Tawer. "You'll find the avenue gate
a little way dawn the 'ro'ad, but the
general ,isn't over fond ,olf sisttor's,"
'The last pant _o'f1 my speech was
lost upon Corporal Rufus 'Smith; for
the 'inst'anit that I pointed out the
gate he set off hopping down the
road. His mode of progression:', Was
the moat sigul'ar which I have ever
seen, for he ,would only put his right
l'o'ot to the ground once in every h'al'f
amen strides,' while he worked' so
hard and attained such a momentum
with the. other ]•imb that he got over
the ground at an astan•ishin'g speed.
I was .so surprised that''I stood in
the roadway gazing alter his 'hulkintg
figure u'nti'l the thought suddentlAy
struck me that s'onte serious' result
might come Tram a meeting 'between
a man of such b'lunit speech and the
choleric , hot-he'ade,d general. .l there-
fore 'followed him as he hopped along
like •soave great clumsy -bird, and ov-
ertook 'him• at the avenue gate, .where
he stood grasping the ironwork and
peering through at the dark carriage -
drive beyond,
He's, a sly old fox," he said, look-
ing round at me and nodding his head
in t'he direction of the Hall. "'He's a
deep old, dog. Ansi that's his ,bunga-
low, is it, among the trees?"
"Ilhat is his house," I : answered;
"but I _should advise you to keep a
more civil tongue in your head if
you intend to speak with the gen-
eral: He is not a manto stand any
nonsense."
'SRigh't you are. He was always a
hard nut to .crack. But isn't this him
coming down the .avenue?"
I' looked through the gate and saw
that it was indeed the general, who
having either seen us or been attract-
ed by our voices, was hurrying down
toward us. As he',advanced he would
stop front time to time and peer at
us through the dark- shadow thrown
by the trees, as if he were irresolute
whether to come on or 1n0.
"He's recomtoiberingl" whispered
my .companion with a hoarse chuckle.
"FIe's afraid—and I.kn'ow what lye's
afraid of. He won'•t be caught in. a
trap if he can help it, the old un 1"
Then suddenly standing on his tip-
toes and waving his hand through
the'bars of the gate, he shouted at
the top of his voice, '1Come on my
gallant commandant! 'Come on! the
coast's clear, and no .enemy in sight."
'This familiar address had the ef-
fect of reassuring the general, for he
came right for us, though, I could
I could tell 'by his heightened color
that his temper was at boiling point.
'+W'hat, you here, Mr. West?" he
said, as his eye fe'li, upon me. "What
is it you dant, and why have you
brought this fellow with you?"
"I have not brought hilt with me,
sir," 'I answered, 'feeling rather dis-
gusted at being' made responsible for
the presence of the disreputable -look-
ing vagabond beside me. "I found.
him on the road here, and 'he -.desired
to be, directed to you, so I showed
him the way. I know nothing of him
myself."
"W'h•at do you want with me,
then?" the general asked sternly turn-
ing to my 'comipanioat.
"Pf you, please, sir," said the ex
corporal, speaking in a " whining
voice, "'and 'touching his thole -skin cap
with a • humility .,which contrasted
strangely wwi'tih' the ,previoti's rough in
deipeitce o'f his 'bearing, "I''tn an old
gunner in the queen's. service, sir, and
kuowin•g your name by hearing it :in
India 11- thought that ,maylbe you
would take me as your, , groom or
gardener, or ,give me anyother place
as happened to be vacant."
"I .alm isorry that a cannot do any-
thing for 'you, m'y:mien," the old sold-
ier answered, impasslively,' '
"Then) you'll give me a little just.
to help me on any way, sir," said the
cringing mend'icantt. "You won't see
an old c!om:rade go to the ,bad for the
sake of .a few rtepe'es. I• was swath
Sa1e'Is bri,gald'e in 'the •;Passes, ale, and
I was at the second taking 'o'f Calbul."
General ',,Hte'atherstone :looked keen-
ly at the supplicant, bait was silent
to •hms.. app'e'al,
"I ,was in iG!huznee;wi'th, you when
the wall's were all shock 'dawn by am
.earthquake,. and when we found for-
ty thfouisland IAifgh'ans within 'gunshot
of us, You 'ask me •about et, and ,you'll
sed .whether ' II'm lying 'or not. We
went tlarouglhcall dais' when we were;
young, ;and uiolw:that. we are old' you
ate .v to live in a fine !bungalow, and 11
am' to starys by the roadside. It don't
seem to me kb be fair." ;
"You are an. impertinent ;cow:ld-
`I'1 you hadd
said the general.
rel," s Y
been a ood soldier You would never
b t g
need to ask IncAWhelp. I. shall not give
you a farthing.'
"One word more, 'sir," cried the
tramp, for The other was turning
ras
d
'
away; ":"I've been in the 1e
Pass."
!The old soldier sprang rounid as if
the ,words had 'been a plistol-shot.
"Wh'aatr—wheat ,d'ye' meant?" lie' sitam-
"I''ve Ibsen iti••thte Terada Pass, sir,
add iI knew a man there called ,Ghoo-
lab ;Shah:"
!These 1als't words, were .hissed out.
in an un'd'ertone; ,and a malicious grin
overspread the .face .elf 'the speaker.
Their effect upon the ge'nteral was
extraordinary. He fairly staggered
back' film the gateway, and, his 'yel
low countenance branc'he'd' to a 1!tv-
id'm'o',tttled gray. Ron a nto'm'ett't 'he
he was Colo overcame to speak. tilt
last he gasped out,. "Gulool'atb SIhahl
—who aide you Who know IGlhoolab
S'h'ah?"
"Take another 'look,' ' said the
tramp; "your sight is not as .keen as
it Was forty years ago." •
'The ge'ne'ral took a long, earnest
I'o'ok at the. unkempt ' 'wanderer in
front of him, and as he ga'ze'd II saw
the light of re'co'gnition spring up in
his eyes. "God ,bless 'my soul!" the
cried, '"Why, 'ft's (Corporal ,Rufus
Smith."' •
"You're& .come on it at last," said
the other, •chuckling to 'himself. ' `"I
was Wondering hlow l'on'g it would be
before you knew me. And 'first of all
just unlock this gate, will you? It's
hard Ito "talk through 'a grating. Tit's
too much like ten minutes, with. a
visitor in the cells."
'The general, 'whose face, still bore
evidences of his agitation, undid the
'b'olts, with nervous, trentibling fingers.
'The recogni'ti'on of Corporal Rufus
Smith had, I fancie'd, ibeen. a relief to
hint, and yet he plainly allowed by
his manner that he regardie!d his pre-
sence as by no means en unmixed
blessing.
"Wley, 'corporal," he said, as the
gate 'swung open, "I 'have often won-
dered whether you were dead or al-
ive, but I never expected to see you
again, 'Hew'h'ave you been all these
long years?"
"How shave II been the corporal
answered :gruffly. 'Why I have been
drunk for the most part. IW'hen I
draw money'I lay it out in liquor,
and as long as that lasts I get some
peace in life. When I'm cleaned out
I go upon tramp, partly in the hope
of picking up the price of a dram,
and partly in. order to look for. you."
"You'll excuse 'us ,talking about
these .private matters, ;West," the
general said, looking round at tie;
for 1 was beginning to shove away.
"Dan''t leave us. You know some-
thing of this matter already, and
may find yourself entirely' in the
swim with• us some of these clays."
Corporal Rufus tsmith looked
round- at ire in blank astonishment.
"In the swim with' us!" he said.
"However did he get there?"
"V.oluatarily, voluntarily," t h e
general explained, hurriedly .singing
his voice. "He is a neighbor of .mine,
and he has volunteered his 'help in
case 'I should ewer need ;it,"
This expl3nationt seemed, if any-
thing, to increase the big stranger's
surprise `Well, if that don't lick
cock-fightm'g1" he 'exclaimed, con-
templating me with admiration. "I
never heard tell of such a 'thing,"
"And now 'Shat you have found me,
Oorponal' Snaith," said the tenant of
Clooniber, "what is it that you want
of me?''
"Why, every: I want a roof to
cover me, and clothes to wear, and
food to eat, and above' all 'brandy to
drink,"
"Well, I'll take you iti and do 'what
I can for you," said the general slow-
ly.
lowly. "But look here, ;Smith; we must
have discipline; I'm the general and
you are the corporal; I am The mas-
ter and you are the than. N'dw, don't
lett me have to remind you of that
again."
!The tramp drew himself up to Itis
full height and raised his • right 'hand
with the palm {forward in a military
salute,
"I• can take you on es gardener and
get mid of the fellow I.have got A's
to lsrantdy, :ylou' shall have an allow-
ance and no more. We are not deep
drinkers at the Hall." ` •
"Don't y'o'u take opium, or 'brandy,
or nothing yourself, sir?" asked Cor-
poral 'Rufus ,S'mlth
a'Nothing," the ,general, said, Ifirm-
"Well, all a can say is, that ;you've
,golt more .nerve and pluck :thlam if
shall ever have. I dlonF;t 'wander nolyn
at your winning that cross in the
mutiny, Lf I was to go on listening
night afiter 'night to ithem , things
Without ever takinig a drop of same-
thing to cheer any heart— Why, it
would albout !drive me silly,"
!General Hea'therstoutle' put his hand
up„ as if afraid' that his companion
nt!ightt say too much: "I must thank
you, Mr, West," he said, "for 'having
shown this man pry door..I would'
not willingly allow an old ;comrade;
however liumlble to go to the bad,
and 'if 1 did :not ael.nowledg
e his
claim more readily it was simply be-
cause I h'al my 'doubts as to wheth-
er he Was really What "Inc represented
himself. Just :wait tip to the 'Hall,
corp!onal, 'add 1 shall follow you in a
minute."
i
"Poor dew'1,he ,cotutinued, as Inc
watched the newcomer hobbling up
the avenue in the ungainly manner
which 1 have des!cri'be;d. "ITe got a
64-p'ound shot on, his foot, and it
cruslh'ed, the 'hones, but ,the ab'stina'te
fool would not let the doc'tors take
it .off. I `t)elmember hint Maw as a
seasart }^oung soidier in Afghanistan
He nand -II were associated in •`some
queer adventures, which I may tell
you of some day, and T naturally feel
sympathy, toward himand wrovllid be-
friend him. Did the tell ,fou anything
albo'ut: me before I came?"
`"Ncet va w'o'rd," I replied,
'SOh,"'-s'aid the. general, .care'less'ly,
but with an evident.expression of re-
lief. ,"I thought perhaps lie might
:have said 'alom•ethintg . of oil times.
Weil, I must go and look after him,
or the se•rvahts will be frightened, for
he isn't a beauty to 'look at. 'Good-
'byl" With a !waive .of the h'an'd the,
old man turned away frotin me mid
hurried up the drive after .this . tuts
expected addition to, his houses ol'd,
while I sltrolled on round the . high
blank paling, peering through every.
chink 'between the •'pllanks, but with-
out seeing a trace either of Mar -daunt
or Of his sister.
'I have now brought this statement
down to the canting of Corporal Ru
fus ;Smith, xahioh will prove to 'Inc -
the 'beginning ''o'f the end. I have set
down soberly and in order the events
which brought us to Wigtow*nshire,
the arrival of the 'Heatherstones at
Cloomber, 'the many strange incid-
ents ,which excited 'first our curiosity
and finally our intense interest in
that family, and I have 'briefly touch-
ed, upon • the circumstances " which
brought my sister and .myself into a
closer' and more personal rel'ation-
ship' with them. I •think, that • there
cannot be a better moment than this
to hand the narrative over to those
who ha'd means of knowing some-
thing of what was going on inside
Clooniber during the months that I
was obserVing it from without. The
evidence of the two individuals Whose
statements I shall now lay before the
reader, 'does not, it is' true amount to
very much, but there are a few not-
able facts contained in it, and it cor-
roborate'$ 'and amplifies my own ex
perienice, • Israel Stakes, the coaCh-
mad, proved to be unable to read, or
write, but 'Mr. .'Mathew •'Clarlc, the
Presbyterian minister at 'Stoneykirk,
has copied :down his deposition, daily
attested by Ibe cross set opposite his
name. The good clergyman has, I
fancy, put some slight polish upon
the narrator's story, which d • rather
regret, as it might have been more
interesting, if less intelligible,' when
reported verbatim. It still preserves,
however, considerable 'traces of Is-
rael's in'd'ividuality, and may be re-
garded as an exact record tea what he
saw and did while in ,General 'Hea-
tlterstoaae's service,
CHAPTER VIII.
• Statement of Israel Stakes,
Copied and authenticated by the
Reverend Mathew Clark, Presbyter-
ian minister of IStoneykirk,- in Wig=
towntshire.)
:Mister. Fothergill West and the
meenlister say that I mann tell all I
can aboot General Heatlterstone and
his 'hoose, but that 'I m'aunna' say
Muckle aboot mysel' bdcause the rea-
ders wouldna' care • to hear 'alboot tic
or any affairs. I am na sae sure o'.
that, for the Stakes is a family weel
kearned and respecked on bent' sides
o' the lh'order, and 'there'satony in
Nithsdale and A,nneitd ele as would
be gey pleased to Bear mews a' the
son o' Archie 'Stakes, o' Ecelefechan.
I mann e'en do a5 I'm tau'ld, how-
ever, for. Mr. Wesit's sake, hoping
he'llno forget me When I chance to
hae a favor tae, ask, 011110.01d rascal
was well paid for his trouble, so he
need not have made such •a favor of
it; J•. F.W,) I'm No ah!le tae unite
sysel' because nay 'feyther scut me
oot to scare craws instead o' sending
me tae school, but on; the ibher hoed
he brought me 'up in the •preen'ciples
and .practice o' the real kirk o' elle
'Oovenant, for which •ntay the Lord
be .praised'',
Iit was lash 'May twol'tti;o'ntle that.
the factor body, Meister McNeil, ram
ower tae pie in .,the street are !speer -
ed ,whether 1 has' in want o' a place
as a, coachman and gaird'ner. As it
fell oot'I chanced, tae be on the look
dot for something o' five scat mysel'
at ,the time, bat I weave ewer quick
to let him see that,vl-'wanted it. "Ye•
cantale. it 'or" leave, it," says he sihlarp
Dike. •"Ilt's a guild place, ;a'nd' tihere's
many would be gla
d
o''t: I'f ye want
it ye can came up tae my, office at
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Dental
DR. J. A. MUNN, Successor to
Dr, R. R. Ross, graduate of North-
western University, Chicago, Ill. 'Li-
centiate Royal College of ,Dental Sur-
geons, Toronto. Office over Sills'
hardware, Main St,, Seaforth. Phone
151.
• DR. F. J; BIEOHELY, graduate
Royal College 'of Dental Surgeons,
Toronto. Office over W. R, Smith's,
grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones,
office 185W, residence 1853.
Auctioneer.
'GIDOIRIGIE ELLIOTT, Licensed'
Auctioneer for the County of Huron.
Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date a5 The Seaforth News. Charges
moderate and satisfaction guranteed.
WATSON AND REIDv .
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Succssors to James 'Watson)
MALN ST., SIEAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies.
THE McKILLOP
Mutual Fire Insurance Coo
FARM AND I'SOLATE'D TOWN
PIRl0siERalY, 0 N L Y, INSURED
Officers — John "Bennewies,''B'rod-
hagen, :President•, Jas. Connolly, 'God-
erich, Vice -'Pres,; D. F., McGregor,
Seaforth No, 4, 'Sec, -Tres.
Directors—Geo, R. McCartney, 'Sea-
forthNo. 3l 'Alex." Broad'foot;` 'Sea -
forth No. 3; James Evans, Seaforth'
No. ,5; IRobt. •Ferris, Blyth No. 1; Jas.
Sivoldipe, Walton No: 4; John Pepper,
Brucefield; William "Knox,'' Landes -
borough.
Agents—'Jas. Watt, 'Blyth No. 1;'W.
E, iHinichley, (Seaforth; . J. A, Murray,
Seaforth No, 3; W. J.' Yeo, •Ol'inaoa'
No..3; R. G. I3anmuth, Bornholm.
Auditors Jas. 'Kerr, ISea'fanth;
Thos, Moylan, Seaforth No. 5.
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business; will be
promptly attended• to by applications
to any of the above named officers a'd-
- dressed to their res•pective post
offices,,
!C'heapest of all Oils.—Considering
the qualities •'of De, Thomas' Eclec
tric Oil it is the cheapest of all prep-
arations offered to t'he public. It is
to be found in every drug store ins'.
Canada from coast to coast and all
country merchants keep it for sale, So,
being easily procurable and extremely'
moderate in ,ptlice, no one should be
without a bottle of it,
Want and For Sale Ads, 1 time 25c