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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-12-08, Page 2So why accept exhausted bulk tea. BEGIN HERE TODAY. e something else which you should Sir Charles Abingdon. engages Paul know. I heard to -day from a garage, Harley, criminal investigator, to find • with which Mr. Harley does business, out why .Sir Charles is kept under c that he hired a racing car last night. surveillance by persons unknown to ° He has often used it before. It met him. Harley dines at the Abingdon him half -way along Pall Mall at seven home. Sir Charles falls from. his o'clock, and he drove away in it hi the chair in a dying state. Abinrigdon s direction of Trafalgar Square." The telephone bell was ringing, and as Innes eagerly took up the re- ceiver: "Yes, yes, Mr. Innes speaking," he said, quickly.' "Is that you, Rector?" The voice of Rector, one of Paul Harley's assistants•, answered him over the wire: "I am speaking from Victoria Sta- tion, Mr. Innes." "Yes!" said Innes. "Go ahead." last words are "Nicol Brinn and "Fire -Tongue." Harley asks Brinn .the meaning of "Fire -Tongue," but Brinn refuses to enlighten him. Harley investigates the life of Ormuz Khan, friend of Phil Abing- don, daughter of Sir Charles. Nelda, an Oriental, calls at the home of Nicol Brinn. GO ON Wllli THE STORY. t' 1 iAl'TER XIX.—(Cont'd. i h "A very odd-looking woman visited Right, left, it seemed from all about Mr. Nieol Brinn's chambers this even - him, came swiftly pattering foot- ing. She was beautifully dressed, but steps! Instantly he divined the truth."wore the collar of her fur coat turned Losing Ms tracks upon the highroad up about her face, so that it was above, a section of his pursuers had difficult to see her. Butetomehow I surrounded the station, believing that think she was an Oriental." 1 he would head for it in retreat, "An Oriental!" exclaimed Innes. Paul Harley whipped off his coat in : "I waited for her to come out," Rec- a flash, and using it as a ram, smash-; tor continued. "She had arrived in a ed the window. He reached up, found cab, which was waiting, and I learned the catch, and opened the sash. In ten from the man that he had picked her seconds he was in the room, and a up at Victoria Station." great clatter told him that he had "yes?" overturned some piece of furniture. I "She came out some time latex in Disentangling his coat, he sought rather a hurry. In fact, I think there and found the electric torch. He was no doubt that she was frightened. pressed the button. No ligbt carne. By this time I had another cab wait - It was broken! He drew a hissing ing." breath, and began to grope about the "And where did she go?" asked Innes. "Back to Victoria Station." "Yes! Go on!" "Unfortunately, Mr. Innes,- my story does not go much further. , I wasted very little time, you may be sure, But although no train had left from the South Eastern station, which little room. At last his hand touched the telephone, and, taking it up: "Hello!" he said. "Hellol" "Yes," came the voice of the oper- ator --"what number?" "Gity 8951. Police business. Ur- gent!" One, two, three seconds elapsed, four, five, six. "Hello l" came the voice of Innes. "That you, Innes•?" said Harley. And, interrupting the other's reply: "I am by no means safe, Innes! I am in one of the tightest corners of my life. Listen: Get Wessex! If he's off duty, `get Burton.' Tell him to bring—" Someone leaped in at the broken window behind the speaker. Resting the telephone upon the table, where he had found it, Harley reached into his hip pocket and snapped out his automatic. Dimly he could hear Innes speak- 1 ing. He half turned, raised the pistol, and knew a sudden intense pain at the back of his skull. A thousand lights seemed suddenly to split the darkness. He felt himself, sinking into an apparently bottomless pit. CHAPTER XX. CONFLICTING CLUES. "Any news, Wessex?" asked .Innes, eagerly, starting up from lids chair as the inspector entered the office, she had entered, there was no sign Wessex shook his head, and sitting* of her anywhere. So that I can only down took up and lighted a eigaret suppose she ran through to the Brigh- "News of a sort," he replied, slowly, ton side, or possibly out to a caw,. "but nothing of any value, - 1 am !which may have been waiting for her afraid. My assistant, Stokes, has dis- thiguished himself." "In what way?" asked5`Innes, dully, dropping back into his chair. "Tonight Nicol Brinn had a visitor "Quite tight, Rector; you could do —possibly a valuable witness. Stokes, no more. Did you see anything of De - like an idiot, allowed her to slip tective Sergeant Stokes before you through his fingers and tried to arrest left Piveadilly?" replied the other. "Ile also "You say he tried to arrest him. What do you mean by that?" "I mean that Nicol Brinn, leaving Stokes locked in his chambers, went out and completely disappeared!" "But the woman?" "Ah, the woman ! There's the rub. If he had lain low and followed the Woman, all might have been welL But who she was, where she came from,; and where she has gone, we have no idea." Innes Mood up restlessly and began to drum his fingers upon the table edge. Presently he looked up, and: 'MB $Ev>3rtTlif BAMA. "There's a shadow of hope," he As Nicol Brinn strolled out frons. said. "Rector. you know hector?- the door below his chambers ati Picea- bad been detailed by the chief to`ovex the activities of Nicol Brinn, He has not repos -ted to hie so far.to-night" "You mean that he may he follow- ing him?" *tied Wessex. "It is quite possible—following either Nicol Brinn or the woman.° "My God, I hope you're ri htr---1 even though It Makes the Criminal Investigation Department look •a bit Ole." 'l:hee,'f eentinued Innes, "there is t lasu,t No,, 49—'27 6 "Good evening," the Hindu said, speaking perfect English, somewhere." "Is that all?" asked Innes; glaiimily. "That's all, Mr. Innes. But thought I would report it." was intensely interested in Nicol Brinn's visitor. And about five min- utes before she came out he went up- stairs." "Oh, I see. She came out almost immediately after Stokes had gone up?"„ "Yes." "Very well, Lector. Return to Pic- cadilly, and report to hie as soon as possible." Innes hung up the receiver. CHAPTER XXI. dilly, a hoarse voiee made itself 'audible above his head. "Police!" he heard over the roar, of the traffic. "Ilaip! Police!" Detective Sergeant Stokee had conte out upon the,balcony. But up tothe time that Nicol Brinn turned and proceeded in leisurely fashion in the direction of the Cavalry Club, the sergeant had not succeeder) in attract- ing any attention. Nicol Brinn knew that death was beckoning to him, 'He knew that his keen wit was the enly weapon which could avail him to -night; and he knew that he nhuMt show himself a master of fence. A lonely man, of few but enduring friendships, the had admitted but one love to his life, except the love of his mother. This one love for seven years he had sought to kill. But anything forceful enough to penetrate to the threshold of Nicol Brinn's soul was indestructible, even by Nicol Brine himself. Fust outside the Cavalry Club a limousine was waiting, driven by a chauffeur who looked like 'come kind of Oriental. Nicol Brim walked up to the man, and bending forward: "Fire -Tongue," Ire said, in a low voice. The chauffeur immediately descend- ed and opened the door of the ear. The interior was unlighted, but Nicol Brinn cast; a comprehensive glance around ere entering. As ho settled himself upon the cushions, the door was closed again, and he found .him- self in absolute darkness. All the windows were curtained, or rather, as a rough investigation re- vealed, were closed with aluminum shutters which were immovable. A moment later, as the car moved off, a lamp became lighted above him. Then he saw that several current ,periodicals were placed invitingly in the rack, as well as a box of very choice Egyptian cigarets. Lighting a fresh cigar, Nicol Brinn drew a copy 'of the Sketch from the rack and studied the photographs of more or less pretty actresses with ap- earent contentment. He had finished the Sketch and was perusing the By- stander when,the car having climbed a steep hill and swerved sharply to the right, he heard the rustling of leaves, and divined that they were proceeding along a drive. He replaced the paper in the rack, and took out his watch. Consulting it, he returned it to his pocket as the ear stopped and the light went out. The door, which, with its fellow, Nicol Brinn had discovered to be lock- ed, was opened by the Oriental chauf- feur, .and Brinn descended upon the steps of a shadowed porch. The house door was open, and although there was No light within: "Come this way," said a vele speaking out of the darkness. Nicol Brinn entered a hallway the atmosphere of which seemed to be very hot. "Allow me to take your hat and coat," continued the voice. He was relieved of these, guided along a dark passage; and presently, an inner doer being opened, he found himself in a small, barely furnished room where one shaded lamp burned upon a large writing table, His conductor, who did not enter, closed the door quietly and Nicol Brinn found himself looking into the smiling face of a Hindu gentleman who sat at the table. "Good evening," the Hindu said, speaking perfect English; "won't you sit down?" (To be continued.) 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"Tho barnacle develops into a cypies; to do which it had to settle on the soft parts between the joints of a crab," he said. "We discovered. that after this a wonderful thing hap- pened—the barnacle reversed its or- der of development, becoming embry- onic again and forming a tumor in the crab's intestines. "The process is agate reversed af- terward and the creature breaks through the walls of the crab, becom- ing a succulina. "Dr. Blair Bel has shown that can- cer is the result of a condition In the cells of the human body which do not take on new Iife and become malig- nant, Exactly the same things ap- pear to happen to the succulina and there is no doubt that a study "of the barnacle well make an important con- tribution to our knowledge of canceie" -N.Y, Times. "I'm here, . gentlemen," explained' the pick -pocket to his fellow prison- ers, oas the result of a moment of''ab- stractlon." "And' ,I," chimed in the forger, "on account of a simple desire to make a name for myself:' "And I," added the burglar, "through taking. advantage of an opening which offer- ed in a large 'mercantile establish- ment." w 'aqe► lbw► ... IIEST FOR ALL V01.11 )3AK%JJO F Advertising is National Asset Enables Various Sections to Learn 'of Others AT ADVERTISING CLUB Can Help Unite British Em- pire, Speaker Believes The important role played by adver- tising, not merely as a moans of 'mar- keting goods, but as a factor in na- tional life, as a means of cementing 'different units of a Dominion and bringing its far-flung members better to understand each other's problems, needs and aspirations, and in bringing the members of an Empire closer to each other so that they also might. better understand each other's posi- tion on questions affecting the welfare of the whole community, was the theme of .a naddress by Ald. Theodore Morgan, delivered at tb.e weekly lun- cheon of the Advertising Club of Montreal recently. Ho urged the great responsibility that developed on the advertising man, in view of his great opportuni- ties for doing valuable -educational work. The national' advertising man was the only man in Canada whose production could be the eyes of every reader in Canada practically at the same time. The advertises could car- ry messages to people who would probably never be reached through. other channels. National Asset. Advertising was more than a means of promoting business, Ald. Morgan said. IThe vast resources of Canada were''etill little known to Canadians even, and much less to the outside world. With all Canada's many sec- tional differences and disputes, Can- adians had one thing in common, the desire to promote and develop Can- ada's anaria's industry and agriculture. The work of the national advertiser was almost the only educational. pub- licity that reached all Canada at once. No editorial writer, for instance, could hope to reach all the readers in the country, as they could in the Old Country. This threw a great respon- sibility on the national advertiser. Need of Immigration. Canada's need of immigration was well known and admitted. The R.C. M.P. had made it possible for the im- migrant to settle in the most remote parts of Canada without the least fear of danger, yet few Canadians knew anything about it.' That was because in the past only- the mistakes of gov- ernment were widely advertised. Gov- ernments to -day, however, were awak- ening to the value of nation-wide ad- vertising. The British Navy .was one of the greatest agencies for the adver- tising of Great Britain and British institutions. The nation had to depend largely on the printed page for information. People Would not often travel 1,000 miles to see the other fellow and find out what his needs and problems were. Advertising, therefore, was be- coming an increasing factor in ce- menting Canadians together. Use Enthusiasm. If the enthusiasm o (this, young Canadian nation was wisely used, it would go far toward solving her fu- ture problems and an era of pros - ed in world history lay before Canada. parity an ddevelopment unprecedent- The things Canadians should take pride in had not in the past been well enough known to them. It was the duty of Canadian to think of Canada as a unit _and of the Empire as a whole. And it was the duty of the national advertiser to help inform and educate the people of the country. In this sense, advertising was a vital fac- tor in the industrial and economic life of the nation. ' Every province had made valuable contributions to the life of the nation but none had ;given fore great men to the country than Quebec. The coun- try. needed big men like Laurier to direct• its affairs. Educational Tours. University educational trips,, inter- provincial conferences, business cone ventions were valuable assets in 'help- ing the different parts of the country to know each other better. The tour- ist trade was a valuable' factor and there should be a good fund expended on publicity to encourage this trade. It was easy to arouse national' con- sciousness when th enation's life was at stake. It was not so easy when all was peaceful and the provinces had other things to do but national advertising was one of the powerful, means to be used to that end. He urged the press to bee rim mind ho' r public opinion was Influenced by the way they portrayed events. There never was a time when there was more need of statesmen in the edi- torial chairs. There was too much tendency to encourage Canadians„to think along American lines.' He quoter Sir Alfred. 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