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S.Fletcher X And, perhaps rtiore important than anything to ourselves, up to then, the Friday before the Epson Spring 1Vlecting began, neither Peggie Man son nor niys,:f had heard a word more, by lett�.r• or telegram, from Lady Renardsmere, But on that Fri day the silence was broken.. I was busy with such correspond- ence as there was that morning—not much had come in during Lady Re- nardsmere's absence—when,' ; about noon, Burton, the butler, entered. There was an air' of mystery. .about him, mingled, I fancied, with some sense of relief and satisfaction. He came close to my desk, and, quite un- necessarily, whispered— "Mr. Cranege! Joycey is here, sir —wanting to ,ee you." I looked up at him, wonderingly. "Jo*cey?" I said, "Who is Joy- cey?" "I forgot you didn't know, sir. The butler at Park Lane. ' I—I think he's a message from her ladyship. For you, Mr. Cranage." I got up from my desk—a bit ex- citedly, no doubt. "Bring him in at once, then, Bur- ton! I said. "Has -has he any message for you?" "For me—no, sir. • For you. I—I haven't asked him any questions, sir If—„ "What, Burton," "I wish you could get out of him where her ladyship is, sir! Ithe fact is, -Mr. Cranage, I'm getting an- xious, upset! And Joycey-he's one x himself mare particularly to Peggie. "Ilei ladyship's compliments to Miss Manson and Miss Hepple," he con- - tinued. "Her ladyship will be pleased if IVliss Manson and Miss Hepple will m be her guests at Marengo Lodge dur- ing the race week, from Monday to Saturday.” Once more the enquiring look. Peggie glanced at me, and then nodd- ed at the emissary. "Very kind of Lady Renardsmere, I'm sure," she said. "Tell Lady Re- , nardsmere Miss Heppleepple and I will ac- cept her invitation, Joycey, It comes at the right Moment, for I i hadn't made up my mind what to do, or where to. stay. Yes we'll comet" "I am much obliged to you, miss," said the voice. "Might I ask you, al- so, miss, to arrive in time for dinner on 1Vlonday? ' . "You might, Joycey, and we'will," anwered Peggie, "We'll arrive dur- ing the afternoon." "Thank you, miss. I have but one more message," the voice continued, and relapsed into its repeating -a carefully -learnt -lesson tone. ""To Miss Manson. Lady Renardsmere is con- fident that, with the staff of private detectives' and her own staff at her command, Miss Manson will in ev- • ery way carefully safeguard Rippling Ruby on her journey from Manson Lodge until sale fs stabled at Epsom." "`You can tell Lady Renardsmere, Joycey, that. Miss Manson will do all that!" said Peggie, with a laugh. "Rippling Ruby will travel in the of those close men -he wouldn't tel me anything—however much,I asked If you, sir—"' "All right, Burton; show him in Perhaps he's ;going to clear things up. Anyhow . ." I stood by my desk awaiting the Park Lane butler's approach. H. 1 thick of such a bodyguard as no Der- ! by candidate. ever had before' or, ever will have again—a quite unnecessarily Targe one, in my opinion. You can tell Lady Renardsmere, too, that I've made all arrangements for Rippling Ruby's stabling at Epsom, and that e !she'll be watched and guarded every tired person in black, soft -footed soft -voiced suave, polite, a pussy -ca sort of man with the sort of face.tha - blessed second until she's saddled for the Derby. And you can tell her, t ,too, Joycey, that she'll win by more. lengths than I can guess at!" ' "I am obliged to you ma am obliged toyou, sir. That's all, sir," said the voice. Its owner rose, bow- ed and glanced of the door. "I beg respectfully to wish you and Miss Manson a good morning, sir." "Thank you, Joycey—same to you", said I. "But -a moment"You've giv- en your message and got our replies, which you're evidently going to take to Lady Renardsmere. Is her lady- ship in town?" The suave, bland countenace be- came inscrutable; the voice, when ,it sounded, had a touch of frost in it. "That I am not at liberty to say, sir." . "She will, of course, be at: Marengo Lodge?" "I am not at liberty to say that, ei- ther, sir." "But—won't 'there be other guests than ourselves there? A house -party, eh?„ " other There will be no oer guests than Miss Hepple, Miss Manson and your- self, sir, at Marengo Lodge." I' turned and looked at Peggic, and Peggie turned on the butler.: "But surely Lady Renardsmere's going to see her own horse run!" she exclaimed. "She's going to Epsom, surely, surely—" "I have no information on the point, miss, answered Joycey. "I am not at liberty to make any statements other than those I have already made. I am merely a messenger, miss. And having discharged my mission----" "All right, Joycey!" I said. "We won't keep you. We will all be at Marengo Lodge on . Monday after- noon. Now I suppose Burton' will look after you before you, go back to town?" "Thank you, sir," he answered. "Burton and I are very good friends,and 1 shall be safe in his hands, sir." He retreated to the door after anoth- er bow. ; But with his hand on it, he suddenly became entirely Inman. He looked at Peggie, and a half -shy, half humorius. smile stole round the corn- ers of his lips. "I suppose the filly's bound to win, miss?" he asked. "Dead came presently; an irreproachably at you sometimes see in the :pulpit of a fashionable church and occasionally under a barrister's wig, and .he made me a bow that could not have been more reverential if it had been ad- dressed to Royalty. "Good morning, Joycey," I .said. "You have a message 'for "me," "Yes, sir. From her ladyship." "All right!" said I. "Sit down. What is it?" He sat down, arranging his silk hat, his gloves, his umbrella to a nice- ty about him. ."If you would please to wait a few moments, sir," he answered. "The fact'is, the message is to you and to Miss Manson, conjointly. Miss Man- son was wired to, sir—to be here at noon precisely. It is now within a minute or two of that hour, sir." "I sea' said I. "The message is to Miss Manson and myself. Very well. Let's see if Miss Manson is coming," I crossed over to .one of the win- dows and. looked out on the drive. Peggie was just cantering up. I went out on the terrace to meet her. She nodded as she jumped off her cob, as much as to signify that she knew what was going on. "Is he here?" she asked, as she gave the cob over to a footn},an who had hurried out. "I mean Joycey?" "He's here in my roam" I answer- ed. "Got a message for you and rne —conjointly." , "From Lady Renardsmere?" she suggested. "Who else, Come on—let's hear. all about it." We entered the room together: Joy- eey rose and did obeisance. I waved him to be seated again, and gave Peg- gie an easy chair opposite him. "Now, Joycey!" I said. "We're all attention. What's the message?" He cleared . his throat—reminding use more than ever of a fastionable preacher—and began iii a soft, melli- fluous voice, :almost deprecatory in its cadences. "Froin her ladyship, sir—to you and Miss Manson,` Her ladyship wishes you to know that she has taken Mar- engo Lodge, at Epsom,for the race week, From Monday morning next, sir, until the following Saturday morn- ing. I go down there, sir, with a sufficient' staff of servants from the Park Late house early on Monday, Her ladyship will be obliged to you, sir, if you will go there on Monday afternoon, at any time convenient to yourself, sir, so long as' you arrive in time for diluter, which will be served at seven o clock, He paused, looking enquiringly at me. "Quite so,Joyceyr " I said, "Tell Lady Renardsmere I'll be there ---well Before dinner," "I ani obliged to you, sir," went on the bland voice. Its owner ,turned „ 1 .GEORGE A. SIDDA ,L —Broker— Phone, 73. Lucknow, Ontario. Money to lend on first and second mortgages on farm and other real es- tate properties at a reasonable rateof interest, also on first Chattel mortga- des on, stock attd on personal notes. A few farms tni hand for sale or to rent on easy terrlis. JAS. GILMOIJK •.r-Agerit For.. CULT OSS VIRE'INSURA iCE a Gobd Sin + Insure in and C:tirnpartiy laoX , 267 Wingliani, Ont. or Phone a76 r * certainty, eh?" "Dead!" said Peggy solemnly., "Nothing can beat leer! Why, Joy- cey, have you been backing her?" He nodded reflectively, and his eyes took a faraway look. "'I stand to win a lot ofmoney, Miss," he answered simply, "I was fortunate ewaugh to got decent prices' as far back as last Autumn, and I have continued to, invest up to re cently, when, of course,F,the price shortened. 1 s"h 11 be very s.ornfostab ly off, miss, if the Renardsmere's col- ours are first past, the 'post next Wed- nesday. But if not. .. He made a sepulchral grimace, shook {tis head, remembered liintself, became' once more transformed into, the perfectly -trained serving -man, bowed and disappeared. Peggie and I looked at each other. "What's it all mean?" slie said. "Isn't she going to turn up at Ep- som?" "I shall be more astonished than I ever have been in my life if she does- n't, I answered. "This is mere- ly .another of.her eccentricities. She'll present herself at Marengo Lodge on Moday—or Tuesday—as sure as fate! By -the -bye, do you know Marengo Lodge?" "Yes," she replied. "Welltenough! It's an old, picturesque house in the lower part of the, town, itt a thickly - wooded garden. Its owner lets it for the race week. It's big enough for a large house party." "Then it'll comfortably hold three of us!" I said. "I'm going to enjoy it. I'm a bit sick of sticking here, and I don't 'care how soon Monday and some excitement comes. ,We've had too much of the wrong sort of excitement lately." "You'll get some excitekment on Wednesday, my boy!" she laughed. "Wait and see!" But I was tot get some before then, and of yet another sort. That very evening I got a message from the pol- ice authorities—the leader of the three arrested men desired urgently to see me. CHAPTER XXI. Warping It was Spiller, the•. Portsmouth de- tective, who brought me this surpris- ing intimation. He came to Renards- mere House a few hours after the Park Lane butler -had gone away, and I>saw at once, from his manner, that •he had, got something mysterious to communicate. Peyton was with me when he, arriv- ed, but it was evident that Spiller was not going to speak before .any third party, and I carried him off to anoth- er room. "What now, Spiller?" said I, as I shut the door. "Further develop- ments?". He gave me a queer look and tapp- ed niy shoulder. • s"Macfarlane!" he said. "Macfarlane, Mr. Crauage�l That's why I'm here." Macfarlane was the name by which the leader of 'the three men under' re- mand was known. „ Whether it was his real name or not/I'don't know; it was the name, at any rate, by which he had gone during his inglorious car- eer as doctor's assistant at Ports- mouth andby which he had allowed himelf to be called during the proceed- ings hefore the magistrate. "What about Macfarlane?" I asked. "Not -escaped?" "Escaped!" he answered with a laugh. "Not much, Mr. Cranagel Small chance of that for any one of that lot! No—he wants to see you." "Wants to see me!" I exclaimed, Why. "That's only known to himself," he answered. +"He's been pestering the governor to -let him see you for this last' day or two. He's got something highly important to tell you. And - 1 came over to let you know." "Something of a private' nature?" I suggested, " "Don't know -haven't the faintest' idea --what it may be," replied Spiller, "But as to privacy, yott can't see him alone. There'll be a warder, or ward- ers, present: However, for his pur- pose,warders might be chairs or tab- les. The thing is --will you come?" t'1 suppose t ought to," 1 said, "What would you do?" "I -should—certainly," he answered. "You never know what you might hear, 'He's seen nobody—not even a solicitor—since he and the other two were committed,' but now he's some-. thing more than keen about seeing you. That's a sore proof that ' he's got something to tell that's worth hearing. "Well -when thee?" I asked. "Meet in outside the •g aol—maim entrance—to-morrow morning at twelve," be said, "I'll fix everything for you. You can motor over there, Mr. Cranage?" • "Yes," I answered, "I'll be there,. Twelve—noon," He went away soon afterwards, and FI returned to Peyton and told hint of Macfarlane's desire to see me, - "Surely he's not going to make a confession?—to mei" I said. "That would be�- „ n a-..„�m.•r. "17 'FA AFF4 1��11111�IIlI�III�,II!�IIhI Il�I IIMMII ll�lti�l llMIIII�III� . Trotting Stal tom ., Alien f. ,ratton ■ Registered No, 3795 Enrolment No. 1887 , 111 PEDIGREE 1�M Sire Gratton Royal 2877 a Y Dam Sadie Astro McKinney 276x 2nd{ Dam Eileen Astro 1652 ra i By Emporer 54151 McKinney x653 Astronomer 34765 Electrification 10982 Alcazar 5102 Pluto 195o Suigert 65o .1 3rd dam Camrnie E.• 4th dam Silvalhr 5th dam Pluto Kate 6th darn Amanda Graves Tabulated Pedigree may be seen 11 'on application to owner. DESCRIPTION Allen Gratton is a beautiful re Black Horse, now 3 years old, with a handsome confirmation. . He has a set of sound limbrs with s'amuscular developments that de- !! notes the power of a race horse. _ o His blood line ;shows that he is, • closely related to ipany extreme- ly fast horses. Allen Gratton stands 15.21 hands ' high ,and weighs eo8o lbs. Breed .your mares to this great ®_ = representative of the Wilkes, El- ectioneier and the famous (rat- v 0 ton families:. : 0 1 1 ®_ Monday—At his home at Tee - es �\ swater. = Tuesday -AtJames' Hamilton ® y ;�_ = lot 4, con. B., Carrick, for noon; — _ thence te, Mildmay for 2 holies.; thence to his own stable. ii Wednesday and Thursday o ® At his home at Teeswater. Friday—Wilson's at Zetland, ft 12.00, at Winn_gkamr 2 p. m., then-. ce to hits own stable, where he = will remain until the following ® Tuesday. a i This route will be 1 continued _ ealli during this ` season, health' and ® weather permitting. _ ® R. Trench, Owner s= G. Grenache, Mgr. 11. TEESWATER, ONT. ■III®IIIII hall INI I I®1I1s'I l ISI! I®llliuIlllulilltlll 1 i ➢Pffi FUF, Id:6u r. Nd Thursday, July rot., 1926 "I can't say," I answered. c`I .hope to," "But at any rate, you can s1/4 I.; Miss Manson whenever you like?—within an hour 'or two from noiv?" he said, almost eagerly, "That's so, isn't it?" "That's certainly so!" I assented. "This very afternoon, if need be," He nodded, as if with some .ratsisfae tion, and seemed to get closer to the bars which he was clutching; • "I'm tied up! be said, with a sar- donic laugh. "This adventure ends—' here!—.for the time being,anyway` `Lost—by a good many length! But. T've always been a sport, Cranage, and I'M' a sport to the end. And if you can't get in immediate touch with Lady Renardsmere,you can with Miss Manson, So here's what I wanted to tell you—as a sport. The fill,y's, in danger!" I started back from my • bars, in. sheer astonishment: I believe the two warders, stolid -faced', impassive ,fell- ows that they were, started too—frim certain, anyhow, that all three of us stared at Macfarlane; stared aa if he'd offered us some unbelievable news. "What?" I exclaimed. "Rippling Ruby!" "Rippling Ruby!" he answered with a nod. "I tell you—in danger!" "In danger of what?". I asked, "In- terference?" "Interference that'll make it imposs- ible for her to win," he replied. coolly. "And I'm held by the .leg here, and I'm a sport, and all the rest of . it's over, and the filly's the finest bit of horse -flesh I ever saw and damn it, I'rn telling you!" he suddenly burst out. "Get to Miss Manson, man, and tell her to watch her charge, herself, every minute from now till they get hes• saddled and: off! Watch—watch!" I found it difficult to get a word out after that. I stood tongue-tied, star- ing at him. "I'm telling you, Cranage!" he re- peated."Telling you!" "But," I stammered at last, "the filly's been watched day and night for weeks! There's a special guard of private detectives— "Damn the special guard of private detectives!" he interrupted ! irritably. Y _ m telling you what I know, Cran- age: Get. away at once and tell Miss Mansonl Let you, and her, and that American fellow take it in turns to keep your own eyes on Rippling Ru- by till she's literally at the starting - ,gate, or ..." He suddenly paused,' and a queer look carie into his sinister eyes. And' just as suddenly he laughed, and When he spoke again it was in a cynical, sardonic fashion. . TERMS 1 To insure a foal $25.00, pay- able when .mare proves in foal. Its All accidents at owner's risk. ROUTE FOR °x926 m1 Allan Gratton will stand for • mares as follows: "No confession!" interrupted Pey- ton. "My notion about that man is that he'll go to the end without •a word as to the main business. He's played his „game and lost—and he'll take his beating without a grumble. No -he's something to 'tell Like. to know what it is, too! It'll be some- ling out of the common." We settled that Peyton should go`: with Inc in the morning and wait in the car until r had seen Macfarlane, Walker drove us in, and at noon I stepped down at the prison door and found 'Spiller waiting. Ten minutes later I found myself alone in a drab - coloured cell-like roortt, across the middle of which was a doable row of bars: Arid presently, after a grat- ing of keys in locks and clanging of bolts, in carne Macfarlane, with one warder at his side ;and: another in the cage between him and me. - I looked,at him with a feeling of in- tense 'cariosity. He was little changed. There was something of the air of the trapped animal abbot him, but he threw off all consciousness of his sur- roundings and nodded to me as if, we were meeting tinder . very common-' place circumstances., "Good morning, Mr. Cranage," he said, coming close to the bars. "I'm obliged to you for coming." "You have something to tell me?" .1 answered. Yes, he said, Then he paused, .looking at ire 'steadily. "A questioti first. Do you know where Lady P.e- nardsniere is?" "No!" I replied. "I do not!" "I've kept count -of days," he tvent on, with a grim smile. "Next Wed- nesday is DerbyDay. Shall you see s gens the pu»tic y y y � se p y appeaiance hese will be one of the Lady Renardsmere before Wednes- day?" At the WinghaniChautauqua commencing on Tuesday July 27th,, 1926. "Never did a good turn to man -or woman in my life, Cranage, that, I re- member!" he said. "Been kicked and cuffed about too much, since boyhood myself! But—it does me good, some- how, to think I'm doing a good! turn. to -a pretty bit of horse -flesh! That's all. •Cranage. Be '° off!" He turned swiftly away: the next minute I was alone, And I. went' swiftly away, too, out of that grim and gloomy place, and back to Spiller and to Peyton, -waiting in the. big car at the gates. Spiller gave me' a searching look. Inquisitiveness was written big all all . over him. But this was my;busi- ness, Invictus "`Earl" Model • A shoe that's chummyto your feet the moment you • put it on, and one 'which you, can buy at a price that doesn't hurt. A thoroughbred- shoe--a horoughbred shoe — a shoe with personality in its appearance and endurance in its constitution—that's THE BEST 600D SHOE +CTi��d EXCLUSIVE INVICTUS AGENT W. J. GREER "All right, Spiller," I said, as I made straight into the car. "I've seen, him and heard, what he had to say. And it's -of `,a strictly private nature. Good -morning! -get away out of the town, Walker!'' We had cleared the outskirts of the .. town before' I said one word - to Pey- ton. Then, a few miles out, at ane. old-fashioned roadside inn, I . made Walker pull up, and bidding Peyton get out, I took him into a privates room and over a crust of bread and` cheese and`a glass of ale, told him ev- erything. • "What do you make if it?" Tasked - (Continued : asked.; (Continued next week);. 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