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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-04-19, Page 2...:.:.....__ The Higgim party occupied two pri- vate compartments, as I could tell from the half -opened° doors. The one eyed man iirhared a compartment with three other people, American tourists. The one -eyed man, then, ,vas not part of the Biggins entourage. He had exchanged to signs of recognition with the millionaire as "they passed through the train gate's, although they had been close enough to touch leach other. 857 Puzzled, bewildered, almost frantic because I could not peer through. cur- tains behind which, I was convinced,, a play of vital significance to me was being performed, I rode to Cherbourg. I was no wiser at the end of the rail- way journey. Indeed, I was no wiser six days later when the Altaria was only a night from her dock: in New ---_ i YOTk. During those six days I had observ- ed, as closely as I could without .draw- ing attention to myself, Higgins and the one -eyed man: But although near- ly every one of the first -crass passen- gers, including myself, exchanged•' words at some time or„ other with the millionaire, the one -eyed man never, to my knowledge, even exchanged a look with Higgins. The one -eyed man kept to himself; whenever he walked the deck, he was alone; 'lie never seem- ed to utter more than nonoslryables tee his table -mates in the saloon; he neither offered nor accepted hospital- ity in the smoke -room, but drank alone. On the night before we landed, I attended the concert in the •lounge. I sat with a couple of chance acquaint- ances near the door, where we watch- ed the various arrivals, exchanged banter with them, and gossiped, after the fashion of travelers, about their manners, appearances, probable in- come, and flirtations during the voy- age. Then, as Mr. and Mrs. Higgins passed through the wide doors, we all three gasped: Higgins leas worthy of note. His white waistcoat was fastened with emerald buttons; he wore a solitaire diamond on one hand that must have weighed a dozen carats and been worth a fortune. A solid rope of dia- mond's hung Broin his watch pocket, supporting a ruby fob. His vulgarities had formed the basis of half the smoke -room talk during the trip, but this ostentation; in excessively bad' taste; •outdid any- thing else. But he was. diffident- as compared with his wife. It was not alone that her gown was cut so low that one blushed with vicarious shame, wondering that so ill -formed a woman should care to expose her muddy flesh. It was not that her pjewels were so expensive, even; it was that she -wefts ouch an unbelievable 'number of them. She seemed plastered with precious stones, until one forgot how low her dress was cut. I had read of her jewels, but had assumed that the newspaper' writers had been guilty of the usual Sunday supplement exaggeration Now I knew that they had been re- strained. And one jewel, a pearl hanging from a chain until it rested like a round white grape upon her bosons, held my fascinated eyes. It drew my companions' attention, too, for one of them, Brokaw by name, mentioned it. "Get the pearl?" he whispered. "Got any idea what that thing's worth?" I shook my head. "I know," he said. "I was in Maret's on the Rue de la Paix the day they bought it. Me," he chuckled, "buying a thousand_ francbrooch to take home to the Missus, and thinking what: a bit I'd make with her! And in conies Hig- gins and his wife, and at the top of his lungs old Josiah declares that he's come for the Ranee's Petrel, and that he's brought his check or a million francs with him. Believe me, friends, I almost died with shame to think how I'd been haggling over mylittle brooch. I paid what they al apologized for annoying them, and sneaked out. One million francs, and no matter what the exchange is, that's money!" (To be continued) Minard's Liniment for cuts and bruises At a conference on egrieulture at the London. School of IJconomics, Mr. G. K. Chesterton gave an address on "The Fallacy sof Mass Production." having produced Mr. Chesterton. Still, England has no cause to regret ente111 metal is an �aliloy of copper and tin, with copper predominating. In remote and distant parts of the world, fine teas are grown —wherever they grow these teas are procured for "SALADA" blends. The best the world produces is sold under the "SALADA" label. Millions know the satisfaction "SALADA" gives. T E CLUB OF ONE -EYED MEN BEGIN HERE TODAY- ; But I had given altogether too much The war left John Ainsley> a man' of my thought tot he White Eagle and of education and breeding, unfit for :his affairI confessed on es ed mer self, fin and work. He becomes a master crook. beaten. I "To prey upon thieves, that shall ie; what coai`sd be the relation between my career:" i e decides. 'rcl. if a Yhief the supercrook and the milloinaire, is robbed, where. _:a - he tot=e .or re -:nor why the 'i'i'hite Eagle should in - dr Qiinslev resets gee eeee n des stitute a philanthropy. I vowed that I evou d think no more on these mat - acquaintances. :n pease with tv;•ti, American teen r in the dealings between Rig - White terms I White Eagle. The ' n :s Eagle, at lay opportunity appears, is a brilliant creek 'who never go it. I would not drive myself to has fallen into the ci:ltthes of the law., distraction by futile speculation- 1N -or The White Eagle is in the company; would. I be ashamed of my inability of a „gross, vulgar -seeming man and to strip tho disguise from the figure . woman. Ainsley suspects that the' rtunity. I would await her White Eagle is manipulating a of Oppo hoping that would swindle. He finds out the names of the next passing, to p ng tat shehen. plan and woman then leaves his `be more easy friends and returns to his apartment. { Even though one has rented afur- NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY mashed apartment, and has lived in it "But yes, monsieur!" He almost only a few months, one finds that lit - capered with delight. As I have said, I tle by little one has acquired a con - my French is feeble. Yet I managed { siderable quantity of possessions. I to gather from his excited speech ,thatI was sailing in two days; I could not afford to be willfully extravagant; so acquaintance=. A ta_ white-haired" -• man is panted ee t.. r, li.n. a. +u- gins. and the white-haired. man there for me, I would fore - all the applicants had been adnut. to Club membership, that no only were there no dues, but that those members who were in need -were to be granted annuities, that the Club was to have an outing upon a river steamer next week, on which occasion detailed plans were to be submitted to the member- ship by its benefactor, "Did you meet the patron himself?" I asked. "M. Armand Coehet? But surely, monsieur, A noble gentleman, white of hair, and with a manner of a prince" "I think I saw him enter then," said I. "A man with a great nose?" "Monsieur is correct," said the man. "And with an eye like an eagle, and the heart of a dove. Of a truth, a great man." "But certainly," I agreed. I congratulated my friend, parted from him with mutual expressions of esteem, and walked toward the river. And the farther I walked, the more incredible it seemed to me that the White Eagle, or M. Armand Coehet, could be engaged in such an astound- ing philanthropy as that in which I had discovered him this morning. And yet, battling against my disbelief, was my knowledge of the impetuous kindnesses of those who live by their wits. Perhaps the White Eagle paci- fied his conscience by such a typically Gallic charity. But criminals do not ordinarily in- vite public attention Of course, though, I must not forget, that ac- cording to my fair companion of last night, the White Eagle had never yet been convicted of crime. Perhaps he did not fear public interest in him. But it was among the ordinary probabilities that one or more of the applicants attracted by his bizarre advertisement should be of the crim- inal. riminal. class. One would expect the White Eagle to be fearful of recogni- tion by such a one. Still, beggars can't be choosers, and I suppose the White Eagle felt that those in need of charity, for the Club was obviously a charitable affair, would not be inclin- ed to question the source of the reven- ues which were to be applied to their wants. I spent the rest of this day in deal- ings with secondhand merchants, real- izing a. few thousand francs. The next day I spent in packing and ship- ping my trunks 'and in purchasing some necessaries for the trip. And the next morning, promptly at nine o'clock, I passed through the train gates at the Gare du Nord, and enter- ed a first-class carriage. Having seen to it that my bags were carriage, ,deposited aed to the plat - corner of the carriage, 4r Add to the joy of the open road—this pleasures giving refreshment.. A. sugar• treated gum that affords double value. Pep- permint flavor ep-permint'flavor lin the sugar coating and peppermint flavored guns ixlslde Evart it� 1397 Many Changes In Advertising Club Hears of Conditions Which Prevailed 150 Years Ago Print used in newspaper advertise Ing 150 years ago "inked" smaller than ds generaaIy used much to -day, said Louis Carrier, French-Canadian writ er and publisher, in describing neva- paper advertising of former days to the members of the Advertising Club, of Montreal n Advertising of the 18th century, the small amounts that was carried in the newspapers, had Ano display tplaylin s eon and no large type. tented themselves with stating the facts with little o ateretation to catch the eye. As space in newspapers be- came more plentiful advertisers ac- cuetomed themselves to using more and more of it. At one time notices cost so much for each one regardless of the amount of the space they used, unless they were considered quite large, when the advertiser was asked to pay double the amount. The scarcity of space in the early newspapers was mentioned by the speaker who said that it was often 'for this reason that news from Eur- ope was at times printed 18 months late. If an event in Europe of ordi- nary importance was printed five months after it happened, it was then considered to be speedy work in chronicling. During his talk, Mr• Carrier traced: the beginnings of newspapers on this continent. The first newspaper was established in Boston, and it was real- ly from that city that journalism spread to Canada. The speaker made special reference to Benjamin Frank- lin, whom he styled as the patron saint of printing in North America. Dr: ' ranklin did much to influence public opinion in North America, and Mr. Carrier considered that Dr. Franklin, rather than Washington, should have been called the "Father of his country." 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I was about to turn back when I saw, accom- panied by a maid, a valet and an obse gious-seeming youth who was unques- tionbly the millionaire's secretary, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins. I had not examined the passenger - list, and so was surprised at their ar- rival. But beyond a natural interest at the coincidence, I should have thought very little about it, had net they been followed through the gates by a roan who was blind in one eye. Not merely that, but he was iridis- purtabiy one of the group with which I had collided on a corner of the Rue des Saints Peres! I could not be mistaken;, the fact that his dress was much improved, that he had been to a barber, made no difference. In that first moment of shock, when I had realized that all. theseloiterers an the sidewalk were <— -- Keep Minard's Liniment handy. American Prosperity Vancouver Province (Ind. Cons.) (Ruanors peesi�st that everything is not well with American economic con- ditions.) If it could Osappen without Injury to the welfare of Canada, there are many people in this country who could eheeriuily contemplate hard times in. the United States. They argue that it would be good for the smelt of America that her •people should know sonietibing of the anxiety which the rent of the world has known through the demoralization and the depreselion, of the Great War. They say it would be mighty good for the peace of the world that the people of the United States should cease to think themselves the economic super- m�en of the universe. But there is no comfort and little validity in this theory*, It is hard to see how Can- ada could escape the contagion of hard times in the United States. BRITAIN p TO CANADA the features of those whom V011 can arrange for your relatives beheld wen ineradicably impressed and friends this low ocean fare Feel/ reduced rail teats, children upon iffy memory'. „1 "undef ty carried FREE. Ask et price for details of the British NominettlonSclreitio from any office or egeat of the, C4sN1 D1A sl SE „.,Mcg • itefill"D e°4 ,Aix ;,;� `resolutions, that I won worry no more about Higgins and the White Eagle left nae. Indeed, I watch- ed eagerly for the arrival of the aupercrook, But he did not come, though I whited until the last moment before the train started. I strolled through the train shortly after we pulled out from the .station. •'i' ti! iii: , T' ER COAN l� Bels.: THERE is nothing quite equal to Aspirin for all sorts of aches and pains, but be sure it is Aspirin. The name Bayer should appear on every, tablet. Bayer is genuine, and the word genuine—in red—is on every box. You can't go wrong if you will just look at the box when you buy it: Ocean Ferree £2 Under the British Nomination Scheme, your relatives and friends can travel at this low rate from /Britain to Canada also reduced rail fare—children under 17.' free. 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