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Toss a corner of the heath just" below
us. Her two henchmen were at her
elbows; behind her walked three mens
who were obviously stable boys; at
their side strode a tall, soldierly -l094^
ing an whom I took to he Major
Camperdale, familiar to me by repute
as a trainer, And I began to see
what was going to happen,
"Come away, Peggie!" I whispered.
"No use stopping here! Leave her re
do as she likes,"
But Peggie remained imrnovab'e.
"No!" she .said: "Here ,I am, and
here"I stick! . I'm going to se.., what
happens," a
The small procession came on. It
had to pass close by us Lady, Ren
ardsme
c , marching ahead with �a fix-
ed stare on the stables, suddenly look-
ed aside and caught sight Of us. Her
eyes gleamed with anger and site
shook a key at us.
"Go away!" she +cried. "Go away,
every one of you! I've done with.
you Peggie i Peggie Manson—you're my train-
er no longer! I'll have no disob,:d-
ience from anybody .I employ! Go
everyone of you away! -except ;you,
Medderfield. You come with me—
I've some orders for you:"
She moved on, and Peyton nudged
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But a bit later, in his own room, arnan
into which I had turned for a drink er-e
DR. G. H.. ROSS Dgn as.
Graduate Royal College of
l
Surgeons
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Over H. E. Isard's Store.
Office
atternptsto interfere with cilia -
h? You see the point? Now
and a cigarette, Peyton shook his ,then -just tell meeprecisely where
head.
"'That old woman's clean mad, Cra-
nage!" he said, No use frightening
the girl any more, but I reckon Lady,
Renardsmexe's upset the pan and all
the fat's in the fire!"
"How, exactly?" I asked, "I mean
as i-egards the filly,
Marengo Lodge is, .and where (he fil-
lyis stabled, and within an !hour from
now 1 and my 3nen'll have both under
the closest surveillance well be
'down there ;before you are!"
We gave him the fullest' particulars,
left him, and went back to our hotel.
It was then a little before ten o'cl,)ek;
"Lady Renardsmere's at Epsom- by a quarter past we were all in 1 cg -
at least, wp left her there,", he an- gee's'car and on our way to Epso'•n•
swered:' "And—so is the ,Chinaman! The usual procession from torn had
He'll go for one or both, at one, per- already got into Hill swing; it was a
getat the other. But—he'll Particularly fine 'morning, and from
haps, to e
act It's what he's there for what we saw as we crossed Westmin-
a
" _ ster and set out southward, the atten-
The filly's safe as the -Bank of E i on the bigrace promised to he
gland!" said I. dance i
„ ?” a record one. It seemed to me that
How do you know•that. said .he. progress over
n! For anything yon we should make slow
Was, you meaY g fourteen miles that, lay between us and
know, her crazy owner's been up to the Downs, but Peggie's chauffeur,
that stable by now and taken her a- an; old Cockney, knew his disrricr, an,i.
way.1 tell you, 10 spite of whatevershort !bow. ! said."Bringthe
Miss
by a judicious use: of sundry s Move off, he s
Miss Manson may say or think about two ladies further
cuts -and rou"ndabout turns,_he got us ? 'back. The old wo=
superstition, Lady Renardsmere is,pan's clean off it now
_ to the.Grand Stand' at :Epsom soon !, No use 'ex-
mad!—clean off her head. And rfo
madwoman''will after eleven- And. leaving him there asperating her. Come on!"
body knows what a to park amongst the scores that I got Miss Hepple and Peggie to
do next! were arrivingwith every minute all retreat, We moved • some twenty
"Sane enough to lug a couple. of made for the stable, el: se away, Bradgett and the boy
bigbrutes about with her as:a'body_ four of us yardsg watched. Just what
by.; where, Rippling Ruby"was, quart -following. us, and w
guard!" I remarked, "I'ni not at all
sure that she's mad."
ered .? I had anticipated took place. Lady
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Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
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in'•Chisholm Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29.
Before we, got close to the place, • Renardsmere unlocked the box;. her
h'
points and s st irredeemably made. on a rou of: rivate detectives Utes they brought Rippling Ruby out,;
front the g P P
downstairs that ld I d down to Manson g , dygu
P
"She may be sane enoug on nine
we saw that things had happened.' In attendants went in; within a few min
tenth in this case. the tenth is• that which Lady Renardsmere had sent
• ;escorted by her crazy owner, her bo-:
ruby, All very well for ;me to say Lod ` e under Rob= and of detectives, and her nein
crisps the o lady
Dr. Margaret C. Calder .
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine
Office—Josephine St., two doors south
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones: Office 28!, Residence s3I
Ri lin •; he was led 'away -\towards
xndale was gathered before PP E attendants,,she
Ruby's special . quarters. Between
would come to her senses; in the
Miss
morning—that was to cl eer up
Manson. My own belief is,
won't!—she'll make the filly
that stone --arid the China
around!"
He began to undress, and f
ga
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h them and us, apparently, on the verge
she of tears,'. stood ,Bradgett, talking, to
carry .
1Uledderf.eld, the- jockey, who; very
s
smart in mufti,.appeared to be puzzl-
ed beyond` expression: behind `tlliem,
it a lid actuall in tears, lurked Rippling of knowing'us, strolled with his lieu -
a y
Camperdale's place, Peggie s face
flushed crimson` and then;went white;
Bradgett swore under his breath: the
boy pulled out'a highly colored
handkerchief and sobbed into it. ;And
Jifferdene, showing no consciousness
tie of 0,1'groupmade up of her new
attendants, the watchful , .bodyguard,
Lady Renardsmere and. Medderfi,eld•
Lady Renardsmere, with a jealous
hand on the filly's neck, was talking
earnestly to the jockey. And all a-
round them and us were onlookers,
men and' women well'known u the
racing world, eager and 'carious' to
see the favourite, but kept off her by
the zealous offices of the -nen guard-
ing her. Already there was an at-
mosphere of mystery-arpundRippling
Ruby; rumour's had'got about;' and:
men were eyeing Lady Reriardsmere
and Peggie with specti.lafive, inquisi-
tive eyes. An elderly man suddenly'
'turned on Peggie.
"Thought you trained for Lady Re-
nardsmere, Miss Manson?" he'' said.
"Aren't 'you responsible .for that bit
of perfection?"
"I was till last. night,' Captain Mar-
sham," answered Peggie, ' quietly,
"Lady Renardsiner•e has'taken her
out of my hands,"
"Good" Godl—what a :queer thing
to do! exclaimed Captain Marsham
"Never heard of such . thing; iii` niy
life! Odd!"
"Very!" assented Peggie, laconically
Y
minute or two sat tun- • Ruby's own particular boy, looking
rig'. what!" said suddenly. from One to the other as ,if in hopes
Tell you
"I^ d dden Y I,
, of . consi"i'atidn• And a little way
"We're close to Scotland Yard, here.
and 1 go round; off' I saw Jifferdene, in.fhe ch.trac
=
thereearly to -morrow morning; ba eral other men.
I suggest thatyou- ter of 'spectator,r, in the midst of'sev
. ,
fore we set off tog Epsom, and try, TO for Bradgett:.
ifget him tell Peggie made straight
see: about t e,` and if we at sight of her, the stable boy= in the
him about the Chinaman, He'might rear. let out an :unmistakable ru•3aii.
think it worth while to go,down and ka ins• on?
„ Now; Bradgett, what'sgoing to take assistance with dim. demanded Peggie, with a nod to Med
-
you
l'*responded.. "Earl a°s de gg ,�
Good. he :Y derfield. ' "Out with rt!
you like. But it'll be'something like Bradgett ;shook ith head. His clean
the needle in the bundle of hay!
"Scarcely," said 1. "If, as you sa , h face grew lane and dolleft:'
Y
shaven
a
Y "1 don't know what's going on Miss'
the Chinaman's fixed on either Lady he answered. "Nobody knows what's.
Renardsmere or her horse, he'd` have gong on! All I 'know is that Lady
to get near one or the other to oper Renardsmere Carrie up here at nine
at Eh?" o'clock this morning with a couple of
"Neither you nor, I know what that Lig fellows • that stuck uncommon
extraordinary combination of craft close to her, bundled me and my men
and subtlety will do," he answered out of the filly's box, locked ` it up
oracularly, "However, no harm done
with her own hands, posted those
in seeing Jifferdene." chaps there in front of it, and 'told
He and 1 'went round to Scotland
Yard as soon as we had breakfasted
next morning, We struck Jifferdene
almost at once -and stared at him.
He was in immaculate racing get up
—a heavy swell, with field -glasses
slung over his shoulders and a tall
white hat with a black band.
"Needless to ask where your going,
Jifferdene," I remarked with a laugh
'which—to me—sounded very hollow.
"It's proclaimed -all over you!"
"Professional rig -out, Mr. Cranage,
he said, "Duty, sir! There are -sev-
eral of us—not all arrayed in this pur-
ple and fine linen, though—going
down. You'll find me in the saddling
paddock if you want me. But—what
brings yott here?"
"Jifferdene," I said, "the Chinaman
is at Epsom. Listen!"
I told hint the story of last night's
apparition and of the subsequent e-
vents- 1 --le listened attentively, taking
it all in,
"And you left, Lady Renardsmere
down there?" he enquired as I fin-
ished.
Tile that you weren't her trainer any tile loose. However, business isbus,
longer and that it was tat our periluess! So I'll go and see what her
we tried to get near Rippling' Ruby'ladyship wants. See you in the sad-
dling padctgck later, no doubt."
He went off in the direction of,
Camperdale's ,stables, and I returned
to Peggie and the others. Peggie ap-
peared to have been struck dumb;she
stood, very pale and still,.. watching
"Woman's whim, I suppose," con-
tinned the old gentleman, with a keen
glance, "Eccentric woman, Lady Re
ardsmere; :1 believe? Um!—anyway,
you'll get the credit—with those who
know. ---You expect her to win easily,
I think?
Peggie -looked round the paddock.
There were other horses there—Jack
Cade, Hedgesparrow, Flotsam, Ron-
eo, and half -a -dozen outsiders:. There
were knots and groups of people a-
bout them, •critising, speculating.
"There's nothing here that can..beat
her,", she answered calmly. "There's
never been. a starter for the Derby
that was more /likely to win, Captain
Marsham. I'd -put -my last penny on
tenants after the favorite and her: sur-
roundings. -
Up to then 'Medderfield had not.
moved. But now he looked round
at' me. He gave me a 'flick of his
left eyelid and I went up to him,
"Tile gone loose, • Mr, Cranage?"
he asked, nodding towards Lady Ren
ardsmere.
"Lady Renardsmere and Miss Mar.-
s'on have ;had a difference, Medder-
field", I -said: "Lady Renardsmere is.
one of those women who won't be
thwarted:- But—all that's no reason
why you shouldn't ride Rippling RuRu-
by this afternoon ,is it?"
"Oh, I'm going to ride her, Mr.
Cranage!" he said, with decision.; "Be?
tier!,,
She turned from him to me and
Peyton, `drawing Miss Hepple with
Y ,
her. N:
"Let's get `down by the rails, as
nearly opposite the winning post as
we can," she said, "I 'don't want to
see any more of this -but' I want to
see. her win, And then—I'm going!"
Peyton took Miss Hepple from her.
and went `ahead: I followed, al Peg-
gie's 'side. Suddenly. as we ',pushed
through, the' crowd, she slipped her
hand -in my arm, and whispered,
,; "Jim! she said, "`IIm done! This
finishes it.. _I'shall give up training af-
ter this—I'11 never train another hor-
se!
se! After all, as Captain Marsham
said, I shall, get.the'credit of Rip- terrupte . hes g
tween you and me, her lady'ship's pro-
mised me five thousand pounds if we !,
win. But—hard lines ori, Miss Man-
son, sir! The cr.edit,'s hers—and I'm
damned if I understand this morning's.
business, unless, as I say, there's a
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piing Ruby's success, If—if she wins:"
"You're certain that she'll win, Peg-
gie," I said. You know you are. So's
everybody! Good Lordl—you can't
get money on her except at "
"I know—I know!" she answered
hurriedly. "But 'I'm depressed -I've
got a queer black feeling as if some-
thing was going to happen!"
"Nerves!" I' said. "You're upset by
last night's and this morning's doings
—and no wonder: 'But
"That beastly thing round her neck"
she interrupted. "Jim! -suppose, sup-
pose the Chinaenan's there—and—and
he sees the'Burma Ruby?"
In the excitement of the moment I
had forgotten
the Chinaman. I, elan
eq. about me, involuntarily, right and
left. It was difficult to conceive of
any. Oriental being able to lurk• un-
observed amongst, that crowd of fa-
shionable ,risen, and women.
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again!' 'I --I think she must have gone
mad miss, of'something — terrible.
temper she was ire, anyway. What
are we to do, miss,
`Where is Lady Renardsmere-now"
asked Peggie.
"Can't say, miss,",replied Bradgett
the disappearance of the little pro -
"She and the two men went across cessionaround the filly; it was not
until it had vanished that site seemed,
to show consciousness of anything el-
se. Miss Hepple laid, a hand'on,.her
arm at last.
there—towards Major Camperdale'.s
stables: _She's got the key of,the fil-
ly's box in her pocket, miss," /
"What's it all about, Miss Man-
son?' asked Medderfield naturally in- «
quisitive. "Queer business, isn't it?" Peggie!"she said, "Would you
like to go home?"
"I can't tell you what it's about, Peggie's face suddenly regained its
l+Iedderfield, answered .Peggie.. "I.,a-
g
dy Renardsmere
colour and, her eyes flashed danger
-
The sniffing boy in' the rear sud ously. She turned on Miss Hepple
denly :broke in with a defiant face,
"""Hume?
Hoene!she exclaimed.
"Her ladyship's coming back," he P11 be damned if I wonidl No! --I'll
1 s
said, "I see her—there's, fere' s mein tiVit
?
her." see it out! 'After ,all -I trained•her!"
h
that a fly couldn't settle on,her un-
observed, In a. few minutes,:I sup-
pose, shell be out and going down
to the starting.'gate. Once Medder
field's in the saddle and on his way;"
"I wish it was over, all the 'same'
she broke in.
"I'm `anxious, Jim .
I ,
anxious!"
"'There's not,inuch anxiety amongst
Rippling Ruby's backers, Peggie, ,I
R1PP g
said trying to cheer her. "Keep you
ears open,"
(Concluded next week))
SCHOOL FAIR DATES, 1926
Grand Bend _dept,
._Sept. S:
7.
Dashwood ._...,. -
n _. ,Sept; .,9
Credito
Winchelsea _ . ____ -Sept., xo
.
Wroxeter __Sept. 13
Gorrie ,......._. _. _Sept. i4.:.
what the Chinaman luevale _-.._:.....:._.. _,--•••---• Sept, 15
I dont see B
do here" I said. You saw that, Ashfield _. .•,-- •,• -Sept. x6'ry
could,
bein guarded as ca -St, Helens .,•: •. __: •. Sept.. Iy.:
Rippling Ruby's g g
•
refully as ever right up tolthe last Colborne.........,............._ --...-_—._Sept. i8'
didn't' you notice that Hensall ...—..........-....-........_---Sept 20•
moment: •..Arad , H-
Jifferdene and some of his mere were Zurich --...........,.......__—_:..-------Sept 21
by her and Lady Renardsmere, tho' Varna ----- ----....--.------:-Sept. 22
Renardsmere doesn't w, , ......L. -.-Sept• 23.'
of course Lady Blyth ......_...
le ow them, from any other racegoers? Ethe........._----............----Sept 24
I ban't see''how the Chinaman, or'any Walton -...-..,-........--Sept 27
- _..._... Sept. 28�
of his: accomplices, if he,has any can Goderich Tp. -......--.........,;:....--Sept.
get at either horse or. owner."
"I' care nothing as to what happens
or might happen to Lady Renat^ds-
mere," she said: "She'd have brought
it all . on herself by buying that vile u ua starts at
But the filly ," Dominion• "Chauta q
thing!'
„ '?„ - Wiri ham ,next Tuesday" evening:—
W1?at can happen her. I in g
warded now The entertainments are excellent.
Si so ,�.
Clinton .. -- - •_ Oct: 3 and. 4.::
Dublin: •, Sept. 30 •
'Bel rave _.-_._.._� -_ wSept. 29
g
We all turned in the direction We got her to come• away with vs;
t di -
We' we even got her to eat some lunch,
cated by the lad' s.point.ng finger. rhe time passed; we tried to get in -
saw Lady Renardsmere advancing ac terestec•1 in the vast crowds; in the
!`At Marengo Lodge," 1 answered.
dont 11now, of course if she first two races; it.was all no good, all
We
stopped ' there. Probably she did,
though one of her big cars was wait-
ing in the courtyard. But we left her
-with her bodyguard."
"I'11 soon settle that," he remarked,
turning to a telephone, "I know now
about her Ladyship and her body-
guard, too—got information about
leer late yesterday afternoon. Lady
Renardstncre, gentlemen, attended by
n ir agents, olice-
twa private enquiry g , ex tl P
risen, has been staying in a suite;of
rooms at the Great Central Hotel for
itli her maid and
the past ten 'days, w
' h '
one mon-servant. I11 ring them up
and ask if she's still there,
Five minutes later he turned. from.
the telephone, --
"Lady Renardsmere went :town to
Ep
sor
late last night," i6il
,
, ie said. .
"She
didn't return. So- we'll suppose she's
there. Very well! ---that simplifies
matters,"
"How?" asked Peyton, /
"Our plan will bc-•-••tt'nohtrusively--
to keep close to her, and close to her
horse," said Jifferdene. "Ili this Chi
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we wanted was , . . but we all k •t •:w
what that was. At last we were in
the saddling paddock, four units 'a-
mongst a crowd of Hien and women:
anxious to sde the favourit-. That
something strange had happened had
already leaked'out. I heard whisper,
dropped hints. The excitement grsW`
as the time drew near ... .
And at last out she came, and toile
pressed near'' to see her—a thing of
livyng fire and life, trained to the last
erfection, p
degree of readiness and T
And 1 round the beautiful arched +,cel.,
securely . .. buckled, was the belt of
bright green leather, and the'acctn•sed
rttbyi
G APTER XXV
The Chinaman Wins
Wg
e stood together, Miss Hepplc,
I
out/ Peggie, Peyton and —shut l notti
by distance but by Lady Renards-
rnere's temper and caprice, from the
beautiful creature in which we were
all, Peggie and Pe rte especially, 'so deiyply
interested, She, unonseious of all
that concerned het, stood in the cen•
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_e Meet in Roc
n��e�at and ModernRockies
• 1w
Upper—Leather sprang coach uses to travel in
/ Rockies; before themotor car age. .
f
Lower Left—Modern sight-seeing cars of today.
Lower Right -Motor car of 1902, used in the
Canadian Rockies.
ink shadows began to lengthen, across
s the'�even ng the..
the Bow Valle in the Canadian `Rockies, on
y,
last day of May, a diminutive time -worn] rust -bitten,
two cylinder motor car of 1902 vintage chugged
through the portals of the Rockies into Banff,' there
to join the throng of motor cars on Banff Avenue
and unwittingly form a historic pageant indicating.
the developments in./ motor transportation klur'ing
twenty-four years)
of the
such timethe shades
As it -happefr at se
past arise to refresh the memories of old-timers and
bring for hreinini$cences indicating the progress;
made within
hrecent years. And so with the shades
'
of the past evoked by one of the first "homeless car-
riages, ' mingling with its glittering brothers of the
modern age, ,
it glittered too with; newness the mountain
valleys knew not the odor of gasoline and the or-
dered roar of the exhaust, the old -tinier onlookers
said. No fine pavements such as• at present grade
r
the
st sets of the famous mountain resort,
smoothed
c
out the' irregularities. The dirt surface of Banff
Avenue 'knew only pedestrian, saddle and path -potties,
and the iron tired wheels of the'lumberip leatherg
spring coach, used as, the first sight-seeing vehicle
in the Rockies
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• In '1916', the ilitiiad opened the a
ark gates to motor travel. in 19"-5, the motor sight-
tseteirig equipment, used ito Karry passengers by motor
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through the Rockies from the Banff Springs Rotel
to`the chain of other Canadian Pacific railway hotels
and bungalow 'camps, numbered a hundred modern
motor cars and sight seeing busses. In 1926, the
system carried 220,000 passengers a total of ap
p
Proximately ;a million miles in three of Canada's
Mountain national parks, Thirty-si : thousand motor
airs, carrying 126,000 holidayers, assed through the of the; Kootenay and Banff ��{' -
$' /' ational Parkadur
hug the •same season. •
On June 16, the new Lake Louise to Field Highway
was opened to the motorist, uniting the three na-
tional parks by motor road and increasing the grand,
total of modern highway in the mountains to ,,Butapprox-
imatelydiminutive:=230 miles. ,,But when the motor
vehicle was ;the latest creation in automobiles, tho
inilea g.e of roads in the mountains could be Counted
on the fingers of both hands,: a
The day following its arrival in Banff, R. Stacey,
Kelso, Washington,filled,the gas tank of the 1902
ear and set out: over the Banf f -Windermere Highway
enroute for home. He is - driving the ear' frons, Ed
mouton, Alberta, where it recently , won the first
car class of theof
prise in the.light � car contest con-'
pr g.
Edmonton Journal
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ducted.
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In drod'sing the two summits on the highway, a •
modern car was called into actionto aid the ancient
vehicle over the top, By afternoon it reached Radium
Bungalow Camp at the south end of
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Kootenay
ootenay
frenal 'ark, where the owner it it day
covering ninety miles.'
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