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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-12-15, Page 2Forel' qr waahincj and cleaning Will Search For Hidden B.C., Gold H rel E it ----, ' � F ,ro''� „EX4. New Westminster i _._. L6 • *4Y,. Man Will >rA,,r >� Undertake ' - .o e to Find ' FIve9 carp :�.: A Fortune \ ,�Saves il �/ New Westminster B.C. --Efforts to "� 6WA4 S,i> weA out ..�... c.• BEGIN HERE TODAY. * i ,discover a fortune ,gold, rumored Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul room i opened occupied osilently,, of the small revealing a P - den Cariboo i 1ty of days, I be nidi Heide Everywoman's r �, �,�" � y y, criminal investigator, to find large shadowy apartment beyond. '' i3 � a _ hiakl•oi=ali week ,. din in the vicine of Leorge Ander- Out Why y � �, . �, •ti �,,, �s. xr�i" ,will be undertaken byGeorge Ander- y Sir Charles is shadowed.' Marna Dass stood up, crossed the '° ' !son, of New Westmin :er, The ld, Sir CCharles fat the Abingdon home.'room, and standing just outside the �� Iwhich is said to exist in minted form, 114 The last his chair t s. open doors, beckoned to Nicol Brinn ;word the dyne a state�s'The last wards he uttersis said to have been hidden during are "Nicol Brinn" and Fire -Tongue." to advance. ,Rama Dass led the way to the hectic reining days of 18G9 to g1872 Dr. 11IeMurdoe i pronounces death due [ door. There is •no fear," he said, in a: Out into the dark hallway Nicol by an oldCarib.do miner, D. L. .Smith, 0 t heart failure. Harley insists that queer, chanting tone. Jnn Mr. •Anderson made- an application Sir Charles was poisoned. "There is no fear," repeated Nicol brain alsert for 'instant musclesis taut, But Paul asks Nicol Brinn to explain ' Brinn to the City Council for permission to the mean' ire-'I`ongue." Brinn , "There is no love." refuses to enlighten him. Harley ques-i "There is no love." tions Polly Jones, parlormaid, Nicol Brinn is summoned to the home of the l "There is no death." head of the Fixe -Tongue cult. Brinn "There is •no death." loves Nelda, a member of the cult. "Fire alone is eternal." NOW GO.ON WITH THE STORY. "Fire alone is eternal." • CHAPTER KI,_ , As he pronounced those words Nicol from the'breast by sinking a shaft (Cont d.) Brinn crossed the threshold of the Columbia street, this work being car- He pointed with a pen which he was dark room, and the double doors closed jacket, he wiped his face and fore i holding in the direction of a heavil head .deliberately. Then, selecting a rigid on for sevei l months• without carved r.hair which stood near the , silently behind him. long black cigar from a case which success. table. Nicol Brinn sat down, regard- bore the monogram of the late Czar The suggestion that a tunnel, now ing the speaker with lack -lustre eyes. CHAPTER :YKII• of Russia, he lighted it, dropped the blocked, 'exists, is not upheld by W. H. "A query has arisen respecting your F1RE-TONGUE SPEAKS. match in the tray, and lollinsr bocce in Keary, city clerk, who is, an authority no •one offered to molest him. sink a holm' Front street in the vi- le minute later he was seated again tinily' of the'Fraser River bridge, By in the shuttered limousine, and as it this means ho hopes to locate chid- Moved off, and the lights leaped up den tunnel leading.to the source of above him, he lay back upon the cosh -i gold, ions and uttered a long sigh. About a year ago an effoffrt was Joint -Stock Banks Not Owned by Great,Moneyed Interests Drawing out a silk handkerchief made to locate the supposed fortune But by Vast Nun-iber oT Small ' reas . pocket of his dinner Ira artial Experts 5ay, Teal Is ,the.finest *Orrangoa04Mo.° acad."?' ti British Banker Shows Error In Socialistic Money Schmitt a on a property onShareholders, Each xraternal rights," continued the Absolute darkness surrounded Nicol' a corner, closed his eyes wearily, on pioneer days of New Westminst Hindu. "Am I to understand that you Brinn. Darkness, unpleasant heat, 1 Thus, almost unmoving, he remain - He thinks there was likely an. claim to belong to the Seventh Kama?" . and a stifling odor of hyacinths. He ed throughout the drive. His•.only ae- water course through the vicinity "Certainly," replied Brinn in a tone- had been well coached, and thus far; tions were, first, to assure himself Leopold Place. less voice. f his memory hail served him admirably! that both doors were locked again,' Rumors of the hidden gold col The Hindu drew his cuff back from But now he knew not what to expect. and then at interva'li;^• tidily to place a minted ,in San Francisco from C a slender yellow wrist, revealing a Therefore inwardly on fire but out- little cone of ash in the tray provided boo gold, have existed for several d curious mark which appeared to be wardly composed, muscles taut and )for the purpose. Finally, the car drew codes. branded upon the flesh.It was in the nerves strung highly, he waited the up and a door was unlocked by the chauffeur. Wilson Publishing Company er. old of ns, Ca orm of a torch or flambeau sumount-:next development. ed by a tongue of flame. He raised 1 It took the form, first, of the tink- his black brows, significantly. !ling of a silver bell, and then of the Nicol Brinn stood up, removing his coming of a dim light at the end of tight dinner jacket. Then, rolling what was evidently a long apartment. back his sleeve from a lean, sinuous The light grew brighter, assuming the forearm, he extended the powerful form of a bluish flame burning in a member, having his fist tightly clench-' little flambeau. Nicol Brinn watched ed.it fascinatedly. Upon the inside of his arm, just Absolutely no sound was discern - above the elbow, an identical mark Iible, until a voice began to speak, a had poen branded! musical voice of curiously arresting The Hindu stcod up and saluted+quality. Nicol Brinn in a peculiar manner.I"You are welcome," said the voice. That is to say, he touched the second' "You are of the Bombay Lodge, al - finger of his right hand with the tip , though a citizen of the United States. bowing deeply. Because of some strange error, no Nicol Brinn repeated the salutation work has been allotted to you hitherto. and quietly put his coat on. This shall be remedies." greetWe said the Hindu. am Rama Dass of theB Bengal Lodge. Have you Hindustani?" "No." "Where were you initiated?" "At Moon Ali Lane." "Ah1" exclaimed the Hindu. "I see it all. In Bombay '" "In Bombay." "When, and by whom, may I ask?" "By Ruhmani, November 28 1913 " The introduction of Maekelyne illu- sions into an English country house must ordinarily have touched his sense of humor, but knowing some- thing of the invisible presence in which he stood in that darkened cham- ber, there was no laughter in the heart of Nicol Brinn, but rather an un- familiar coldness, the nearest ap- proach to fear of which this steel - nerved man was capable. Strange," murmured Rama Dass. "Temporarily,'; the sweet voice con - "Brother Ruhmani died in that year; tinued, "you will be affiliated with the which accounts for our having lost London Lodge, to whom you will look touch with you. What is your grade?" for instructions. These will reach you "The fifth." - almost immediately. There is great "You have not proceeded far, bro- work to be done in. England. It has. Cher. How do you come to be un- acquainted with our presence in Eng- land?" "I cannot say." "What work has been alotted to you?" "None." "Never?" "N ever." "More and more strange," murmur- ed the Hindu, watching Nicol through the gold -rimmed spectacles which he wore. "I have cnly known one other ease, Such cases are dangerous, bro- ther." "No blame attaches to me," replied Nicol Brinn. "I have not said so," returned Rama Dass, "But in the Seventh Kama all brothers must work. A thousand lives are as nothing so the Fire lives. We had thought our information perfect, but only by accident did we learn of your existence." "Indeed," murmured Nicol Brinn, coldly. "A document was found, and in this been decided, however, that you shall was recorded that you bore upon your I be transferred as quickly as possible arm the sigh of the Seventh Kama," I in our New York Lodge. ~, You will , await orders. Only Fire is eternal." Again the voice ceased, But, Nicol Brinn remaining silent: "Your reply is awaited." "Fire is life," replied Nicol Brion. The blue tongue of ' flame subsided lower and lower, and finally disappear- ed, so that the apartment became en- wrapped in absolute darkness. A faint rustling sound suggested that a heavy curtain had been lowered, and almost immediately the doors behind Nicol Brinn were opened again by Rama Dass. "We congratulate you, brother," he said, extending his hand, "Yet the ordeal was no light one, for all the force of the Fire was focused upon were unnecessary, We I » - ---,-•,--- illi �r "Fire is life," replied Nicol Brinn. is Frre that moves the grains of dust," murmured Nicol Brion, tone- lessly, "which one day make a moun- tain for the gods." Rama Dass stood up at once and repeated his strange gesture of salu- tation, which Nicol Brinn returned ceremoniously; and resumed his seat at the table, "You are advanced beyond your grade, brother," he said. "You are worthy the next step. Do you wish to take it?" "Every little drop swells the ocean," returned Nicol Brinn. "You speak well," the Hindu said. "We have here your complete record. It shall not be consulted. To "da so We regret only that one oshaipfied.1 You NicolBrinn re-entered the to promote the coming where the shaded. lamp stood of th F' ire should have been lost sight of. Last night there were three pro- motions and several rejections. You were expected;" "But I Was not strmmond," "No," murmured Dania Dass. `We had learned of you as I have said, However, great honor results. You will be received alone. Do you desire to advance t" "No. Give me time." Rama Dass again performed the Strange salutation, and again Meal Brinn returned it, "Wisdofn is a potent wine," said I tine latter, gravely. `>We respect your decision."' The Hindu rang a little silver bell upon his table, and the double doors ;.‘$ SUE No. 60-417 the writing table; If the speaker with the strangely arrestingsvoice were indeed that Fire - Tongue whose mere name was synony- mous with dread in certain parts of the East, then Fire -Tongue was an impostor. He who claimed to read the thoughts of all amen bad signally failed in the present instance, un- less+--. Nicol Brinn stared dully into the 'am%ling face of Rama Dass; Not yet must he congratulate himself. 'Per- haps the Hindu's smile concealed as much as 'the mask worn by Nicol, Brinn. "We' congratulate you," said Rama Dass. You are a worthy brother," Ile performed the secret salutation, which Nicol Brinn automatically acknowledged. , Then, witut another room upon' (To be continued.) Like the Eagle A man who ought to have lived many years longer died in New York last winter at the age of fifty-five. The newspapers attributed hie death to influenza, butmy private and un- scientific opinion is that ho had to die to get slept up. "I am very tired," he said to me once. "I have been out to dinner, or the theatre, or the opera, every night for seven weeks. I am going to Florida for a rest. But being popular and ambitious, he was invited out as regularly in Florida as_. in New York. When he returned, the circles under his eyes were still darker. Probably he never heard of the 30,- 000 picked troops of France who once landed in Hayti to subdue Toussaint L'Ouverture. A few months Iater 5,000 of the 30,000 sailed away. What had happened to the other 25,000? Not death on the battlefield. The Negroes were too poorly equip- ped to risk any engagement and had to resort to a subtler means of des- truction. Each night when the French- men were ready for bed, Toussaint threatened an attack. A11 night long I a few of his men continued desultory firing, and all night long the French- men were kept awake. A few weeks were enough, Shat- tered by enemies they had never seen, a pitiful remnant of the proud army slipped away in the night. 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Patterns sent by Minard's Liniment for Neuralgia. return mail. • colOycyxr 1679 A SMART FLARED SKIRT Poland's Military Might A;ct t �'; �r :�AF1�u'�ie:�i l� to �. '.4� Irv, . l 3 vii.4. •s'�. + :+.i .'ks1: Having aFew Shares London.—For many years Britain has had the habit of listening care- fully to any announcement concern- ing the country's trade or financial position made by the heads of theifive great joint-stock banks,, These inti- tut!'ons, which with the` Bank of Eng- land practically dominate the British banking industry, are in a position 'to observe from the best possible posts of vantage any movement likely to affect trade. Nevertheless, even these five authorities do not alweye agree, as is clearly shown by the divergence of views between them on the wisdom of immediately undertaking a revision of the present Bank Act, which dates from 1844. A recent address of J. Beaumont Pease, the head of Lloyds Bank, de- livered before the Economic League her of small shareholders, the actua holding of each not exceeding s fe hundred shares. The .actual figures o the five big banks in 1925 vre as fol lows: the paid-up capital was £60, 473,352; the number of sharesolde was no less than 275,414, giving actual average holding of 4219 5s." THE DEFLATION PERIOD. Mr. Pease turned to the controver which followed the deflation period England, wherq the same char were brought .that the bankers ha engineered the movement as we brought against the American Fedora Seserve Board in 1920. "What was the alternative to omit policy of deflation?" he asked:. "T follow the example of Germany an allow inflation, to increase in sue ever-growing proportions that all cit, Ill Landon, will, however,.doubtless depzens hasten to get rid of their rapid' have the warm support of every bank- into gods policyel by converting i er in Britain and elsewhere. Mr. Pease into ss We all knew that such undertook to point out what groups process could not last. man - organized agitations against bankingThe advocates of a policy of systems as now conducted in the most' aged theycurrency have probablysoadmi thin progressive countries and to answer; that would have done somethin all their major charges. J akin to the action of the Gomm -nen A MEANS TO AN END. in stopping Inflation, but not in sue a drastic fashion. 'The worst of an "Socialists desire the nationalize- 1 measure of deflation is that it is cure' tion of the- Bank of England and; to work with danger other banks an a means to an end,"' moment the red d ng speed, The signal 3d j said Mr. Pease. "They desire it also ! shown the progress of trade stops ail ' because they have taken nationalize-' once. tion generally as a main article of I "The suggestion found in the pee. their creed, and obsessed by the sound, humous papers of LordesMilner the of the word, they clamor for it in any; the interests of trade and banking ar ` form without fully . considering whe- i inimiccal seems to be due to the fa ther the result would be productive of s that a comparatively high .bank rate, any advantage. If they wish to con- I usually brings more profit to bankers( trol the Bank of England and the while adding to the burdens of Indus.' banks, not because they believe they. try. That is not always the ease, be -i are badly run or would be better run cause the real factor of profit to th by the State, but' because it would banker is the margin of difference be make it easier for them to carry out tween his lending rate of interest and their schemes, it explains a good deal. his deposit rate, and, although that i "In regard to the joint-stock banks, sometimes greater when the bank ra let me 'remind you that they are not is high, it is not always so, and gen t; owned by what are called the great erally the two move up and down toe moneyed interests, but by a vast nuns- gether." - LOCI< 'EM UP Cooking Teaoher: • What Is the best way to preserve cakes In, per- fect condition after they are baked? Student (with small, brothers In mind): Lock 'em up. "I'nm not satisfied with the parrot you sold me," said the customer. "What's the trouble, lady?" "You said it was a good talker, but it never ut- ters a word unless I give it half -a - dozen monkey nuts.,' "That's it, lady. I forgot to mention that that parrot is strictly an after-dinner speaker." Minard's Liniment for Grippe. • Tho Place 1)e gained independence. EUROPEAN STORM CENTER IN REVIEW pound, when that country celebrated the 9th anniveriiary of its I 1' t to 8 Iw S f Ivo 'sa m Dr ltd bu re- eh .• wa British Strove To Prevent War, Says German' Former Ambassador Declares His Country Could Have Prevented Conflict Berlin.—An unexpected contribution, to the recent war guilt discussion is in the shape of Prince Karl von Licht nowsky's book "On theetiWay to a,� Precipice, just published, which is• in utter contrast to the views voiced; here generally on this matter. Prince' von Lichnowsky was German Ambase sador in London before the war and therefore was in closest touch with; the events preceding the outbreak of = hostilities. He is the, first prominent German• whose words carry any weight who does not agree with Germany's asser- tion of innocence. Germany approved fully Austria's wish to' destroy the Pan -Serbian movement he writes, and•' while England at first sympathized' with Austria, the English changed their attitude when the- Austrian pita-• znatum to Serbia was published, Al] the world, he says, except Ber- lin and Vienna, knew. that a World War was threatened. But Serbia's re -1 ply was more docile than could pos- sibly have been expected. "If Russia' and England wantecewar," Prince von Lichnowsky declares, "ono word to Belgrade would have been sufficient,` and the Scandulous note would have remained unanswered," Sir Edward, Grey then discussed the bust way ofs settling the Austro-Serban dispute and,.. made practical suggestions through' the Prince to the Reich. They were'of no avail, however • ust one gestnre on the part of .liar in, he continues, would have su.iflced o induce the Austrian Foreign Mfiris r, to be satisfied with his diplomatic( uoeess, On the contrary, pressure as exercised in favor of an Astro.' erbian war, Sir Edward Grey asked' or German suggestions, bet Prince' n Lichnowsky could not obtain any tisfactory reply from Berlin and the, mpression naturally grew that Ger-, any ,wanted war, as she did later, oving she was ready for it. Any guy can be gay then he's oft for ay with a rod or a gun or an auto; t the fellows worth while are 41e ape who can smile, when, they (!*eel nt t7 work bet have g'Q'yi to, • i•