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'don't know. Yet—I must have beenfailtt--can you tett me of •any inn or
drugged. T fellasleep the 'instant 1
scot in the car and then T never knew
1"'` 1 t/"1 L"i 1 % any mare. Is—does any road from
¶Portsmouth to:l,onclon cross' these'
Downs?"
"No direct road," site replied, "but
there is a road fifty yards away from
�• ,where we're standing—just behirid
"No!" said I. `But 'I found your :was not far off being roused. I Saw, I.that big clump of gorse. Who dr,6fe
r He was a typically horsear
place easily enough—o11 a simple di- too, what land made me think of the -yoUml" saicl� I. `I wonder. For `ing. up.
rection or two from your friend Mr, Chinaman S kgirl r connection with (flow I'm not certain. 1 thought --but sort of fellow, keen -faced, shrewd -
He
myrills; the gill carried a substantial
Drugged?
little at that, arresting hunting -crop and finding—mei there' its no 'use .speculating.
ere started a asleep she had poked me with it tiutil'yes, of'course, That last drink?"
the play of his carvingknife. I came awake. Indeed, she was push- 'Were—were you drunk? she asked
"Aye, to be sure!"'he muttered:
uartervayne, of course, sent you, ing it pretty vigorously into my arm -
I'd
sudden directness.
forgotten for the moment how we Pit when 1 succumbed to its invitation "Drunk? No!" I laughed. Y'If Y°U morning,"
h"
--what were you or and took. good long stare a wanted my • fan -ere a
a°°� yeast c octet ence in .which he had approaclac:d, and
uartyou ne.turf and heather hand in-iriy inner b P
C� y b and at the my.
to come.
1 rto
turned Fr girl ltur e
Holli- something the
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n g
i e
"If you want' to know, Mr, ?• around me. When my 'eyes got back ;to pull it' 'out. • There was so a 1
Clarence Iter, erch}ef there. o
met I was on the- r than the handk
merit, h oke otic i
cottage where I can go and sit down
awhile?"
She had listened to all this with,
close attention, watching me narrov4-:
1y, and now, without a word, she drew
a silver whistle from her pocket and
blew sharply on it. A man whom I
had noticed sitting motionless on a
horse at some little distance -turned
quickly at the sound and came canter -
T htrres'day,,. Februai'Y
5th., x926
PARADE CIF CENSUS : TAKERS IN TOKYO
eyed, and he gave me a questioning
glance as he approached.
" Bradgett!"' said the girl. "I'm go-
ing down to the house. See to every-
thing—I shan't come up again this
I'c orgo,.'en o and o . tined mY eyes on ker. knewroorr-
dd� A; d "ou'll excuse 'tee- {'
• instant T paused 1 The man touched his cap, g
met—odd! It — y I, strug Icd up into a sitting posture
But in that . m an
d 'ng when you met
lier,and 1 dk h'ef and 'lad put fashion, and went off in the' same. til -
„
"C nie along to my house, .she
aid. "I'll give you some breakfast.
1Take hold of the cob's saddle, . it'll
stranded here in Portsmouth for two to hers she' sp
"What are`you doing there? Out Money! Coin! My fingers, sank on
days, expecting a remittance that had -with it now!" it -hard metallic.
a. it hadn't come , Lord!" I said. "What on
n't come—anyway She had a sweet voice but' I never I "Good
help you to walk.
I was b !a
"mlad enou h of that;• I was
when I' ,net Quartervayne. heard `a school -master speak inore earth is this "
remember! he paid it 't out pouring it feeling queerer then than I had when
I insistenceb i
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1
remember --I 'peremptorily, and the very I began,' to pull
�" re
tt
this arc t
,
study1
When you first
yoti come. to the conclusion .that it
i open-air oriental cele-
bration—with such grotesque balm -
lanterns figures•and what not.
it" a.
informs s
us s
t m
t � thephotograph
I3
But
.
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parade of census takers in Tokyo,' J
They're on their way to 'count,
Ithe : population—a procedure ..that has
-taken lace in'Nippon since the
,not t P
great earthquake there.
l
` And where ,p other --Soyer- T ,came back to consciousness.
*ave you a quid. •- tarot=some- one hand to the , �,vhich have never been scaled."
"London,"
o y w her note cleared my,,b fign o I,
• , , v "You're very good to a perfect .,other post.. As' to I came to of of roiii jasper National Park is a n
all X spoke F P
were~ yott`tivanttng io, get, now?" ei ns 1—no end of them, eventu _
,� what., g under curious conch- miYed•up in the adventure 1 spo J
•ain
' n of
mount
in succession essto
>, should to stranger --found end
hot like ver
"London, r,I answered.- I s answered, is just what
ad a palm heaped. full, and me Incust novo, perhapsTil`tell:you--' v g
v
to London with C?uar That, I
one on. �+' Those were the days frons, I said, as she 1e „W 't `t"11 you've, had some break- :and more mountains, lovely valleys„
have g d like to know!I Y
Ihillside._s rivers ills "May t nv g
iresovereignhbit le
a r u n
ub
to 'f you hadn't ask -ed bthesight of a b 1 n I ou look b t
t
only round the corner of that spinney.
These.. •"
(Continued next week.)
f o• B.S., M.D., C.M.
Special attention paid to diseases of
ie
c .men and Children, having taken,
Wo Bact-
o# t raduate work in Surgery,
•lig
' run over. t I know to whom nt at r
h si, t „ !,shin water
xyayzie s quid Y : The frown between her, eyebrow 'wherein gfast; she ro ce. a
nevertheless, the girl indebted so much?" 'e've not far to go—falls unti`1 ivers andach -the Coast at
o see your office." deeper at that, and 1
saw her amazed .nobody; et, But. w
t but at grew p She gave ine a queer look, and a. shaky yfalls itver or Prince Rupert.
He had already begun to eat, mtighten round the hunt uttered a cry of astonishment.
thin fingers c ,�,, trip the cheek' bul ing with. beef, he "Yes!" said. "That's Just what T �� _,_> .,....,,.�+
that, his .g iii crop Yes. I
f
ing
_crop.
mane,
If f h t thebottom of my pocket. FOR THAT
"London ? Aye and no a tea r d 't F words only—scrawled an TEND TO T
his I answered. crop and twisting out of this," .,made a bigeffort to get all was my father, and w or'oxine nadian Rockies, .and again ,to Jasper
soon as I m Pointed along the Down- behind her. ,back, and.
' and- ' fork I T looked at years ago Isticceeded to hi. business: }kind of a vacation—a swift journey tonal. Park.
He picked up its knife And then I saw, on a plateau of level my wits together. Then
" ` v A � And why I was so insistent on know- through never before seen country, Mat
a mapped out by Ca-
he Alaska. There's
laid down his 'knife. and fork, and} or "Don't tell lies, now!" she coin- eel. Birt—hullo, here's more!"
a moment stared straight in front of d "You've been sleeping out . There was a paper, crumpled(
d
c4;Veriology and `Scientific Medicine.
a Office in the Kerr Residence, be-
• tween the Queen's Hotel and the Bap
1.a fist Church.
ac; All, business given careful attention.
al Phone. 54. P. O. Box 1:13.
se, `
Dr. Robt. C. Redmond
�M R..C.S, (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Load.)
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Dr. Qhishalm s
tltt
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smile began to dimple her 'cheek.
'You said you'd never' seen a Jior-
se-race, I think?" she remarked.
"Never!" said 'L "I know nothing
him. —here! Overslept yourself, o course anyhow, a �f> PLAN NOW t
"London?" he suddenly murmured. . and made shift to open about horse=racing matters—nothing. .
London. and I caught you before you could I pulled ,t outt or Alaska. On the ,voyage you.
bad d } } I "1 thought not," she-answeredi with. COAST. AND ALASKA TRIP Viper
TAKE zvtll see from splendid sea -going stea-
A IN
voyage through„the Sheltered Scenic- '
1 Seas of • the North Pacific should be
PACIFIC; taken from Vancouver to Prince Ru-
on on notiv. , ,
n r t •.
0 Four _ n c
• a lace in the world Now it. `YO
there's p' wake. and hide Yourself. t a. laugh, Or you d have mown.
either.: If or revaucatinb to. me! pencil.Margaret Manson, the NEXT SUMMER , 'niers, alluring filets, towering head- `�
, go lying P tongue! I'm . Miss
safe ---”t l t tong{ 1 th cares of lands and tumbling icy streams and
whereYou'veK f
• 1
off, turning to sleeping out to watch--
DR. R. L. STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Vacuity of Medicine; Licentiate of the
-Ontario College of Physicians and
,Surgeons.
Office in Chisholm Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29.
Dr. Margaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate' University of Toronto
Ot,� _Josephine St., two doors south
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones: Office 281, Residence 151.
F. A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining' residence next to
Anglican Church on. Centre Street.
Sundays by appointment.
Hours -9 a. m, to 8, p. M.
Osteopathy Electricity
Telephone 272.
2tcaalty of Medicine
man's
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t cep a quie
` c__ Next summer forget e
m been
t I knew she wanted to see that pa- trainer. Did Yon never
trained five business or profession and take ,a trip ,glaciers. ,On the, return journey, see
Landon?"' those. ( to show great. Kit Manson,
"You still want, to get to he: hunting -
soon
r per. And I was.not going
.She suddenly lifted t b p
• gold Derby and six St. Leger winners? He to Western Canada, the Pacific Coast Kitwanga and•its. totempo es, Mount
"B: the first tram I can, stroke as rind a little, t to her. I put it track, put the, 501 died two
Y 'stip ro t
satisfaction in this Robson; the highest peak in the Ca- "
a
Leger
again, and began to eat ,dile .
ste land a string of race -horses atwalk Iter. you came there and what You restfulstops at splendid resort hotels, These trips, s PP
"Look here!" hesaid, after a while. , have been round ing how Y `n nadian National Railways are not sur
Cool. � e, Mechanically I counted "I'm very sorry to because I've got a
_ when you reach the' Canaria
• you three four, five. And in your private
them --one, two, candidate intraining, Rockies, gorgeous vistas o a • ,- •
' myself, too! Best place. }e "and I'm grateful to Derby
I'll go there what she meant. She had ly asposstb ,
• I realised don't want any strange folk peeping est and towering" Mountain peaks. education on Canada to our Canadian
li el- as that damned Chinaman is lurking t for the brandy and— and for see? T
g thatI spy,g n don't �`� an idle moment if people.
« to London myself, and ing exercise. land," I said as polite- were doing was b and Y f lake, for passed anywhere and furnish a liber, ,
Ill take 1 d and 1 of
trip
oth.,
When we've finished supper, I shoo}. y ICretary to Barrett Oliver,ion,
ready. smile. before starting. He must have drugg-
will
give
Agent w
National
There
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fame.
towide goneContinent w
Oliver'ssicklyoat
doubtlessof C
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actor -manager. na eillustrated
r n a'
acto gand
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left mtion
andinformation round, , �here,'nfo
lookfull t
I'll just take a careful "certainly not that!" said I. ,Hot- ed•me, and, when he:got
if things seem
clear, we'll slip out, get ', and see. Now I'll go troll,; on tour, andI didn't want to go ,mountains on all sides, sky piercing lyou
be off,what?" set? Good Lord!—I scarcely know —where. you found still queer and a bite with him, and I'm looking out for ata- giants, snow-capped massive, many booklets.,
to" my hat, andway. .
"Nothing would suite me better, a horse from a camel!. I suppose But I'm q
Mr. Holliment" I answered, "I'tn those are race horses! No—I'm not
here for that!"
game!" ".Then why are you here?" she de -
supper,
"Then it's done, and ,make a good
supper, for it'll be a coldish , ride manded, eyeing me over with growing
through what's left of the night,"he wonder. "You—you speak ;like a
said. "More beef, now,"gentleman—you're well dressed-
We both made a good supper --a you're—what's it mean? This is a
hearty supper. Then we tidied up his Private part of the Down—my proper -
table, washing the plates and things ty. What are you doing on it?—
at a sink and putting thein all in pia_ asleep, on a March morning? Look!
ce'again, And after that,' bidding me —your clothes are covered with dew!''
not to be afraid during Itis absence, That seemed to me a very unim-
he went up the stair and let himself Portant detail. But I looked along
out. He was not away' more than myself and saw_ that my neat blue ser -
ten minutes, and his first action on ge suit certainly looked:as if gossa-
returning was to take down two hen mer webs had been spun over it.
ts' d to hand one to nae' And at that I essayed to rise—got to
was ,right; Then he turned out the instant reeled like a drunken
lamp, led me out, and u;p to the hall a flash the girl had an arm round, my
of which I have already spoken. We shoulders and her.. voice changed to
got out of that by some means known the tones of womanly solicitude.
to }rim, and then through alleys and "What's the matter?" she exclaim -
courts to a yard where, in the Clark- ed anxiously. "Are—are you i11?"
Close by -was a I made a big effort and caught hold'
you might as wel thought was some Y° The truth is, 1 was and prying round, you ere is never
alive —i# he is—and } surreptitious peep at our interest. „
poison u" there to get a Y ou �ht ott,were a spy. you .travel the -^Canadian 'National Sixmmer Tourist fares •are.effective,
a t n the devil—there'll be no P be accidentally, in a. most ex- thought Y t' aed trains: between May:. r.ist and _• Sept. 3 effective, try t ' • } { aught ' I 1 -new mixed uph M` Manson," I 'T` radio equipped ticket! Now listen. I've a car=riO „Answer!" she insisted "Isn't than. Portsmouth. The man who shared -not far from here, promised to drive me to met Cranage—l'm really an actor by Granary of the 'Empire is always in- minimum ofcost.
new, but good it? , 'with me .
too,.all stiff drink just profession, but of late I've been se- teresting. Then there' is Jasper Na- this summer by planning ahead
and plenty'of petrol in her,ni head with what was .ondon and gave me a st liver the famous
1 Park and.. Jasper Park Lodge Make sure of. your Western
London's the what might, or aug i Route on r t
but w listen. • 'ear adventure last night, in "Innocent;enozlg hss
some -valuable bit n horse flesh. I raordinaryCrossing the vast prairie country, the,, with return �liinit of Oct. 31st., at a
I t h ed it answered."My names Cranage, Ja-
Any
y
A. R. & F. E. DEYAL
vY overcoats, an
with a nod which signified that all my: knees -then my feet—and on the
u een man. In
CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALISTS
Members C. A. O.
Graduates of Canadian Chiroprac-,
tic College, Toronto. Office in Craw-
ford Block, four' doors north of Post
Office.
flours 2 to 5; 7 to 8.30 p. m. and by
appointments. Special appointments'' sleep; he himself would drive, .and I
made for those coming any distance. obeyed his bidding, ...and before we
nets,. stood a car. i
half -open door,'through which a light of the cob's saddle. He' was a sub-
showed-Holliment went within ,;tris stantial beast, and I got a sense of
and presently came back with two security from holding on to him. And,
glasses in his hand, one of which he at that the girl suddenly thrust her
handed to me with the' remark that it` hand in one of the pockets of her
was a drop of whisky to keep the cold skirted coat and bringing out a little
out: We drank—and then he bade n•:e silver flask hastily unscrewed the top
get inside the car, and if.I liked, go to and thrust the flask into ,my free
hand,
"Drink!" she commanded.
I drank. ]Brandy -good old brandy:
It brought back Holliment and last
night, and it steadied ine. I pushed
the `flask back to het with a nod and
looked slowly round. On that side
the ground fell away to a valley; be-
yond the valley- I saw ridge after rid-
ge of rolling country, 'with here and
there a spire and here and there the'
gables and chimneys of halts and
farmsteads, and in the` blue distance
the. domes and towers of a town be-
yond that, sea. I pointed to the
town.
"What's that place?" I asked 'of
her.
"That?" she excjai
month!"
I straightened myself myself up against the
cob's shouider.� •
"Very' well!" • 1 said. "The last
tiring T remember before you woke
me up was riding out of Portsmouth
iii a motorcar! I've hho snore idea,
than you have how I game to be Irene.
But I think 1 must have been drugg-
ed, Where aria I?"
I -ler eyes were wide open with Per-
plexity by that time, but she answer-
ed readily eiiottgh. ,
"Where are you? These are Cril-
vCrton Downs—twelve miles from:
ort.srtiouth," she said. `You say you
kit there in a ear:? '`VVlhen
"About midnight," I answered.
Out of town and night • calls r-
sponded to•. ,„
Phones: -Office, 300, Residence 13
ort 6ox.
had cleared the town was hard and
fast asleep,
I woke suddenly, with a great start,
imagining that a yellow -faced China-
man had thrust a knife into my ribs.
But I did not find myself in 1-lo11i-
meet's car. Instead, •1 found myself
lying on, a bank of heather, on the
topmost: heights of a far stretching
down. There was the full . glory of a
Springtide dawn all round me, and at
my side, holding a smart cob by its
bridle, and •gazing curiously at my
startled eyes, stood the handsomest
girl I had ever seen in my twenty-
three years of rife.
CHAPTER IV
Utterly confotnded ,as 1 was by.
this sudden coming back to waking.
life, I had sufficient of sense about.
rite to comprehend what I saw. And
the main thing was the, girl, She was
a tallish, slitmnish creature, dressed.
in riding -coat and breeches and natt-
ily finished off, even to 'her white
cravat;, and , polished boots, early
thottghthe hour was; a sort of Ama-
zon girl in a way, though essentially`
fezninino; the . 'redgold of her , Trait
struck me, and the brown lightin her
eyes, and. the ware ith in her cheeks
and; lits., and her Brit were just then
ttnmistahably severe, not to say hard,
andthere was a bit .o.f.,a #town be
tett het finely arched eyebrowsl
DRUGLESS PRACTIONERS
J. ALVIN FOX
CHIROPRACTIC AND
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -•THERAPY'
Phone tol,.
ours 10-12 a.m,, 2-5, 7-8 p;m, 0•
appointment.
by
b. 11.'MCINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
MASSEUR
Adjustnheuts given for diseases of
all kinds, specialize in dealing with
zbildreti. Lady attendant. Fright Calls
T atoa!ded to.
Office on Scott St., W*nghaTR, Ont.*
Is the house of the late J'as. Walker.
Telephone ' 15o.
oneft: Once 1061,. Resid. 224.
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PORNITURZ X AT.Ia.R
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ed; "Ports -
which seemed to argue a temper that "'But -,which particular midnight
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