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Zurich Herald, 1928-08-05, Page 6Virlilhaer frffiurS&ieXs C l lit 199 NEA Sel?vice. nc• T1HWIEEr1.J.IUSf I was rich. For the fust time since that day when, starving, I had tossed an airy farewell kiss to honesty, I was able, if I chose, to take up again a place in the sunlit world. Yes, I whom you know as John Ainsley, the master rascal of my day, was so silly as to think that I could step from the shadow into the light as easily, as swiftly as I had passed from the light to the shadow. I thought I knew life. I thought that a man could change his character as easily as he changed his clothes. Well, I was to learn dif- ferently. But on this spring night I built my- self air -castles. I had been down to a certain section of the city and had closed a deal with a "fence," a man who bought from thieves their loot gift to her, Enraged at her request, he had struk her, Her parents had Leedon was the fence with whom returned later; before she died, she my deal was pending. had told them the facts. ' "Doesn't Leedon know better than It was one of those shocking crimes that periodically snake us wonder how far man is removed from the beast. It sent a whole city into mourning, and made detectives out of a hundred thousand citizens. And now the police had discovered that Swede Thomassen, a notorious jailbird, was the murderer. The drag- net was spread, and the authorities were confident that the man would be apprehended win a clay or so. I fer- vently hoped sq; I would have killed him myself and known no compunc- tion. I had read the sordid story of Swede Thomassen's career as the paper gave ehill at the sound. Then I mastered niy panic. Some neighbor might be callin gon me, though this was im- probable in New York. Or some one may have rung the bell by mistake, It was incredible that the police should suspect the quiet -living gentleman who dwelt on the fourth floor of the walk- up apartment bulletin, And certain- ly the White Eagle did not know where to find the man who had so deftly tricked hint 'a few nights ago, So I put on a calm front as I opened the door, My caller stepped swiftly inside. "I come from Leedon," he said, Ina recent memoir of mine I have told it, And I saw that he had begun as how I outwitted Armand Cachet, thea cheap gangster, had graduated into notorious French criminal known ss petty theft, had thenbecome a high - the White Eagle. He had stolen from wayman, and was now a red-handed Marcus Anderson, the miIloinaire, a murderer. It was at this stage of my casket containing all the Anderson reading that I began to congratulate jewels. I had stolen the casket from myself because I was so different from Thomassen This difference made me to send anyone here?" I demanded angrily. The intruder was in my living -room now and in the electric light I could see- him. A big, burly, gross -looking man,* with light red hair, belligerent, blue eyes and a prognathous, stubble - whiskered jaw. .. "I didn't slay Leedon sent me; I: said I came from him," he answered. "What deo you mean?" I asked. "I mean that Leedon, for old tines' sake, was hiding men when you were dickering with him today. I over- heard you talk. And I decided that Cantina ,of Rheims, $6, Flies Over His Cathedral' Rheims, France,—The venerable Cardinal Lueon of+Rheims has just experienced the thrill of his '86 years by flying le an airplane over the famous cathedral and the sur- rounding country. "I should not have risked it twenty- years ago," he said on land- ing. "People might have criticized me and gossiped on the ground that it was not dignnifled. To -day every- thing is different, and one must keep up with the times'. "It is worth It. How beautiful the old cathedral looked from the sky," be added. half of three hundred thousand would just about fix lie up. Don't try to draw a gun; I've got you covered through my pocket," he declared. (To be continued.) A local paper recently published this advertisement: "Experienced Salespeople wanted, male or female. No other need apply,' Sunburn? Use Minarcf's Liniment. As You Hike It By Weare Holbrook, in "Answers" Mr. Plimsoll poised a piece of bacon planting its forepaws on his chest and licking his face. Then Mr. Plimsoll began to under- stand. The warmth of the morning on his fork and sniffed the June air that came in through the open win- dow. I had whited a few days before at- Coche. the great success that I was. For "What a day!" he sighed. "This sun had brought out the fragrance of tempting to dispose of any of the other thieves visualized, in their mo- is the sort of weather that makes a, the chicken. The paper wrapping jewels. Anderson, unaware of his loss, merits of ease, future thefts; I visual- fellow get out and tramp in the of the lunch box already bore the out - had sailed for South America on the ized a life of righteousness. , woods.' ward and visible signs of an inner And now,with three hundred thou- "What woods?" asked Mrs. Plim- grease. The dog was hungry. morning after the theft. But the pro- "Here," said Mr. Plimsoll generous - fits of this latest venture of mine had Wand dollars to be mine next week, my sell. ?seen so tremendous that I wished to i,lans became clean-cut, definite, not 1 "Any woods," he replied recklessly, ly, "take it all!" use more than ordinary caution ir here chaotic hopes. It would be nim -1 "where one can feel the• living earth He held out the box, and the dog realizing thein. I wanted to dispose or ale. 1 would go to Australia. I would undr foot and smell the fragrance of muzzled • it eagerly. Meanwhile, a the lot at one transaction. I was sick a stout man had strolled out from a of stealthy trafficking. I was a gentle- A I 1 roadside coffee -stall and was watch- man, no vulgar trader, and I would ing Mr. Plimsoll suspiciously. "That your he asked. watch - rather n, accept less for the lot from one "No," replied bog?"Mr. Plimsoll. man, than make more by peddling. "'� , ar : "People don't feed strange dogs So I had shown this fence the cam- offee Anderson collection;unr and ou had ,, without a reason,"observed the stout offered me three hundred thousand i ` { day lil.e this he announced. man significantly. "There's been sev- -•��.� i here lately. there two or three years. Then I would return to rneeica. would go to that city where I had been born green, growing things:" "Darling," said Mrs. Plimsoll, "I wish yoni wouldn't talk with your mouth full." Mr. Plimsoll pushed back his chair and stood up. "It's a crime to stay indoors on a Upstairs, he found his plus -fours a eral dogs poisoned round trifle snug about the waist, but strug- I think that anybody that would poi- son a dumb animal ought to be thrashed." Mr. Plimsoll straightened up and retreated a few steps, clasping the lunch box to his bosom like a shield. "Are you insinuating—" "I ain't insinuatin'—I'm tellin' you," interrupted the other, advanc- ing and seizing him by the collar. Mr. Plimsoll wrenched himself free and sprinted own the r road deeper- dollars, perhaps a fifth of their real value. But even that amount was too huge a sum for him to hand casually across a counter. It would take him a week to raise the money. And in seven more days I would be independ- ent, ndepend ent, freed forever from the necessity of crime! So I thought. I even congratulated myself that I was of such different clay from the ordinary criminal. For your everyday thief is potentially a murderer, and worse. Devoid of im- agination, he steals because stealing seems easier than working. Trapped, he kills. Oh I was a philosopher, as I sat in the window of my living-rooni and looked out upon Central Park, with its freshly green grass, its newly leaved trees, the lovers walking along d the shady paths, or drifting in their boats on the little pond. I was unique in history. I was a and brought up, and where my family criminal who could rid myself of clam- was known and respected. I would inality at will, who could eut myself join my father's clubs; I would enter off forever from the ways of wicked- into the civic life of the community. nem. I felt more than savage wrath; I would even—and this was the com- I felt contempt, as I tossed away from i pelling force behind my plans—marry. dollars, "Half of three hundred thousan would fix me." me the evening paper with its glaring headline. . It was a sickening story beneath the headlin). It told of the discovery by the polio.* of evidence indicating the identity of a brute who had shock- ed the city three days ago by the wan- ton slaying of a child. The child had been alone in the apartment where she lived with her parents. A burglar had entered, and It was spring; only a few days ago I had felt the urge to lead the normal life of men of my age and tradition. I wanted to take a pretty girl motor- ing, to dance with her, to squeeze her hand, to kiss her, perhaps to make her love me, to love her, to marry. I could possibly do all these things now; but yawned invitingly. Stopping beside an air of brisk energy. t honest, I at least it, he shifted his burden and glanced "Well," he said, rubbing his hands eyes encountered the old, inquiring Mrs. Plimsoll did not look up from ,gaze of a policeman. Mr. Plimsoll -was her sewing. overwhelmed by an unaccountable "What's the matter?" she asked. sense of guilt. He tucked the box un- "Did you forget something?" der his arm again and walked rapidly Mr. Plimsoll looked at the clock down the street. and realized that he had been away The best course, he decided, would for exactly forty-five minutes. be to ride out to the end of the "No," he replied defiantly, "I didn't tramway line. From there he could forget anything. I've had a good stiff far-off Australia, who -would, o walk into the open country. And - he walk in the country; that's all. me? All danger from the police would could leave the lunch box in the car Covered about nine miles altogether." when he got off. "In forty-five minutes?" inquired have vanishedwould in that time. anMde- Boarding - the car, Mr. Plimsoll Mrs. Plimsoll. predationsowould have ceased, and the found it filled with clamorous Boy Just then the bell rang. Mrs. Plim- poliee would have assumed that the Scouts, went to the door, and returned mysterious criminal who had baffled At the terminus everyone got off.. them so frequently, had died. I would Mr. Plimsoll breathed a sigh• of satin- be running no risk of entangling an faction as he made his way through innocent maiden in my peccadilloes. the crowd and thought of the lunch I would invest my money in my box under the car seat. It was a hone town; I would choose some sweet relief to be ilei of it. and lovely girl for my wife. I am „Hey, mister!" a voice sounded be - personable; I have the Ainsley man - hind him. Turning around, Mr. 1"lim- neo. Other men win charming wives• soli beheld a small boy struggling Why could not I do so? with the lunch box. "You forgot I bad created an Eden for myself; I had peopled it with a lovely Eve, and yep parcel!" the 1�'1 exclaimed. breath with our children. And into Eden lessly. came the snake.... One Boy Scout had done his good The doorbell rang; my servant was deed for the day. gone for the day. I was too cautious Clutching the box, Mr. Plimsoll i to' keep any curious;person around continued on iris way. As ho ttudg- iizy apartment all the time; so the wo- ed along 'the pavement leo. became man who prepared my meals and kept aware that he was being followed. my apartment in order alv:':xys lest. He looked back nervously. A large shortly after-dinner. So . must an- dog wag trotting close behind hint. saver the bell myself, Mr. Plimsoll stopped; the deg stop - It, was the first tuner that it had ped also. It sniffed hopefully, writh- ever rung save in the daytime, when ed for a moment in an ecstasy of tail tradespeople called. I felt a sadden wagging, and then pounced upon. him, gled into them gallantly. "Well," he remarked gaily, "I'm ff!" "It's a good thing I thought of this," said his wife, producing a largo box wrapped in tissue paper and tied with ribbon. 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A Strange Argument . e be glad to have - a few pieces of, d Vancouver Province (Incl. Con.): chicken and some Potato salad and ateIy, with the stout gentleman in (In his campaign speeches .for the a dozen sandwiches,'' said Mrs. Prim-- pursuit. The latter was not built British Columbia election which took sell. for speed, but he had remarkable en place recently, the Premier has re "Is that all?" he asked hopefully. durance. peatedly suggested that he and his "I put in some hard-boiled eggs," The chase continued for more t3iaii Liberal. Gcverninent are the only peo- ple that can make a bargain with Ottawa about the P.G.E.) Mr, Din- ning, in reference to another railway matter, that of the projected C.N.R. hotel in Vancouver, takes the position "that both as a .matter of law and otherwise the position is one to be adjusted by the Canadian National Railway and not by the Government." mossy stone. It was a pretty little In other words, Mr. Dunning says he added his wife, "just in case you a quarter of a mile, when Mr. Phial - wanted hard-boiled eggs." soil finally eluded his pursurer by Ab, Mr. Plimsoll mused, hard -boil- dodging behind a high fence and ed eggs! What would an outing be doubling back across some allotments without them? Nobody knows, for in the direction of the city. A mom - nobody has ever had a chance to rind ent later he saw a sight which, made out. his heart leap with jay. "Ho, for the open road!" he said. It was not a robin redbreast, or a He had no definite destination in babbling brook, or a violet behind a mind. That is the way of the gipsy raver—and he was ready to rove. But his first impulse was to get rid of the lunch. It cramped his style. He could not picture himself as a care -free vagabond, lugging a pack- age ack age full of sandwiches over hill and dale. What slid Martha think he was? Around the corner n Large dustbin yellow taxicab. Mr. Plimsoll hailed is going to keep the Canadian National it and sank gratefully into its cush- ions. But he still had a sense of the fit ness of things, and just before reach. ing home he roused himself reluct- antly, stopped the cab, paid the driver and walked the rest of the way with if I were ne ones , was over his shoulder cautiously. His heartily, "iiere I am again!" honorable. I could ask no girl to en - finding the girl alone, had killed her tangle herself with a man upon whose apparently for the sheer joy of killing. The crime had been justified not even by necessity. The child could have ebeen bound and gagged if the man had feared that her outcries would cause his capture. But the little girl, seeing the intruder, had asked him not to take a locket which weft her mother's collar a policeman might any day place his heavy hand. But in the few days that had elaps- ed since I felt the urge of spring, my circumstances had changed. I was rich; if I left America and stayed away awhile,.then returned and gave out that I had amassed a fortune in h doubt with ,the pinch box. It was soiled and misshapen,. but still intact, "A taxi-driver gave it to me," said Mrs. Plimsoll, with one of her sweet- est smiles. "He said you left It in his cab." Since that day Mr. Plimsoll's enthusiasm for country "hikes" has declined noticeably. He still walks from the sitting -room to the front gar- den and back everySunday morning, but the old wanderlust has left him. —Answers. WHEN IN TORONTO ,Stay at thc• Royal Cecil Hotel Cor. Jarvis and Dundas Sts. Every Room With Private Bath. Rates $1.50 up -- Garage at Hotel 3 Minutes Walk to Shopping District, - out of politics. If he takes that stand in reference to railway hotels in Hali- fax and Vancouver, he must logically THERE is nothing that has ever taken Aspirin's place as an antidote for pain. It is safe, or physicians wouldn't use it, and endorse its use by others. 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