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THE
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i MYSTERY
By T. C. H. JACOBS
v\OPMS. Muriel
Henry Holt and his ward,
Dlainwaring, are staying at_ a, Dartmoor
farm. Holt. who is a naturalist,
atu Tali at, I esti n
old friend, Moineau, g
House, out he is in the habit of visit-
ing. A series of mysterious lisaPliear-
ane take place, the latest victim being
?krona Page, daughter of the local vicar.
i w boarder, Percival Pyecroft,
ar-
rives .t the farm baying been sent to
Digtmoor for his health. At the local
inn he gets into conversationwith Con-
sta:.le Ford, and hears mention of the
Dartmoor
ec toothe3farm] n an inebriated ccon
ditionand d starts a conversation with
t
CHAPTER II.—(Cont'd.)
Mr. Holt turned to Muriel and
whispered:
"I think, my dear, that I should
run along to bed. I'll—or—clear up."
Muriel Mainwaring rose from her
hair kissed her guardian, and inter -
'ef
s-\fitoa se‘deo`.h��.
Percival Pyecroft was leaning lam-
•
hurled itself upon bias,
him with to savage; blot,
Ver one horrible ecce
impression that, sante n
creature was hovring:
him and then it struck _a
dimly aware of the e
sweetness, a thotxseme
and flashed beforehis
evi'idering ralazditY, st
blackness of oblivion.
auidly over the farmyard gate appar-
entry lost in contemplation of the
lugged moorland. A cool breeee, la-
den with the sweet scent of :bracken
and heather,-. gently ruffled his
auburn hair in playful caress. As
far as the eye could see, not a living
thing was moving on the moor;il.
scene of peace and rare beauty,
sidiously alluring in its suggestion
of romance, and mystery, The gatnt
tors were fast fading from view as
the purple haze deepened in the veil
of twilight. A raven croaked huskily
as it soared high overhead on its way
to the rocky crag. far out , on ':,he
His first coherent
gaining consciousness
realization that he was
'bottom of a motor velar
bumping its way over'e
rough ground, His he;;
be revolving in eie
spasms of pain stabber
brawn, he felt sick an 1 e„
an effort of will he $4i
open and immediately
tanning
I couple' o
lied the and the
•otesque A warmer of .satisfaction and I've -
wonder
as they try to snake out; A NTIT,I S Of
f taps ,and a sniff o' slope,
i'e you are.,'
over craft was acutely conscious of the evil
`vas e r•ese
` ace over him He heard a sSharp
p-
G 'sickly intake of breath and a second later wine hl d Do SCOTT
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danced .there carne a savage snarl of rage' We hat: slipped down the burning
be- ' ' ,
in il
for-
verb Positively bestial ts anima
en the oeity, slope, expeetin„ every minute to be
"You damned, clumsy, bungling our last, then found ourselves. falling
Vole?" ole ?" stormed the Doe, hoarse with into space, We shut our eyes, rather
i
on, ie-
ght the
g on the
bleb
xtrelnely
,coined to
direction,
Dross hta
aced. BY
his eyes
sewed a
pair of boots resting on ls;ehest. For
several minutes he stared at them
vacantly and then as the tievner shift-,
ed his weight•a little he: elosed his
eyes, in a determined attempt to col-
lect his : thoughts.
4
eoneentxated fury"this is not the, than see the fiercely burning furnace
man:" that we believed lay below—the slid.
"Not ... not the man?" atanmier denly I found MY -
self choking for
ed the others in unison.
"No, damn you, this is that drunken breath, dee] down
'cot from Barrows, utterly useless car in the coal swirling
.tion, Take hinr back to where you �r, rr '1 depths of a momn-
'found hive and make ,it look, like an twin pool,
accident. By James} you shall pay T fought my way
for this!" . ' t• to the top, and
(To be continued.) t found Scottie
----eh,-• ; swimming in sir -
Whatever else he may' have been.
Pyecroft was TIO coward, Intl though
many emotions thronged through his
mind fear was not one.of therm. With
a philosophical calm, remarkable
under the circumst noes, "he waited
patiently for soinethiagefflefirtite to
happen. Presently he was aware that
the car was descending ttAteep�minutes
e
.
very .cautiously, and ;Clew
later the brakes a ere, , "iddenly ap-
plied, bringing the ve'hiele to ant
abrupt halt which jarred every nerve
in his :body.
The boots were removed from his
chest and a beans of sight was direct-
ed full upon his face Not by the
flicker of an eyelid nor ;the twitch of
a muscle did ryecroft "reveal that he
was conscious.
MOOT.
Pyecroft glanced up at the great
black bird and then, as if coming to
a sudden resolution, detached himself
Inured "good night" to the young man from the gate and s'epped out o
who was blinking owlishly at her. She the white road. He paused a moment
understood now what was the nature undecidedly and then squaring his
of his malady, and for someuntie-
'
broad shoulder set out across `.he
countable reason she felt the ho
starting to her eyes as she went slow-
ly and thoughtfully to her bedroom.
Holt turned to Pye:a'olt, a pucker
heather towards the valley.
Though Mr. Holt still treated him
with a certain tolerant contempt, with
the ward he had so far progressed as
annoyance creasing his high fore- I to have played several games of t_n-
head: ris that very morning on the rather
"I must say, sir,,, Ise began lien atchy courts which Barrows boasted
the other stopped him with atevaVe of�aend$ id not forget to advertise.
Itr't'vas to Muriel Mainwaring that
.hie thoughts were turning now I'or
the first time he -wan conscious of a
Yeat,tt .:ddi artisfacti,on with his 'mode
of nit, and I e knewleage-seettedet
"Still sleeping?" queried<a soft, cul-
tured voice.a'. :',
"Sure thing, bo'," replied- the other.
"Goin' to hump ,him out?'?,
Pyecroft felt himself ,dragged front
the car and dumped unceremoniously
en the coarse, tufted grass.' Very
slowly he raised his ,eyelids, but the
darkness and his positioritso limited
his range of vision that he could see
practically nothing.
He heard the swirl ofthe river
clearly and judged that lie' must be
a matter of yards onIis only,from the
water. Already he -was ~Feeling bet-
ter,
etter, his head still ached' but the
nausea -had passed and his strength
was returning. As fat -4 he could
tell his captors numberede either two
or three, not more, and', let?vided that
they were not armed, Svol�d not have
,-resented a very tortvid;=le obstacle
his hand. 'are.
"No, professor, no, no, you
quite -wrong?'I'm not drunk. But 1
shay, hraess?te-t "
"Inn not a profe eoi "niter ' ire
thane-er—astonished at your eon -1 hies a sense of uneasiness.
duct, sir,', snapped Holt with .onsid-44 Absorbed with his thoughts he -had
centre heat. 1reached the entrance to the valley
"Not a pro professhor1" exciaii'n-i before he realized that it was grow
est Pyecroft blankly- ing dark. The sound of the river
"No, sir, I am not." swirling among the lichen -stained
im henry Holt turned his back upon' boulders roused him from his reverie.
d proceeded to gather together1 -,-:tit a start he halted and eleneed
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to escape. But the sp ri
was upon him and lie
to see this ys�trange b it`s
considerable a'isllzrr
Accordingly he lay;:
seizedfelt his legs uidt
adventure:
to tuned
'its end,
n
.ore
e earl
*lien le
she, tiers
gripped They lifted id awkwardly,
evidently finding the dead weight of
his great body no easy burden. He
heard the creaking of wood and con.
eluded that they were .crossing the
stream, but he did not venture to hole•
han
Ms belongings. Packing them .n the about hien. On the other side the land' 1 Gz, perhaps five minutes t e;
he tucked it under his arm. ,rase sheer from the water's edge, a struggled along with him and then he
valise" he said , fro heard a new sound which for some
"I wish you good night, towering wall of bare granite gr .m
and
melancholy
1 t
1. dbot
Y small� t tle
f ttin
' a snits o
• 'the
�, stud it �-�5
"N?i�•htie, Prc.c," nodded Pyecroft. darkness. Before him o 1 ed that � H
in the gathering
icily. {
f
moments puzzled him until he realis,-
grinrirg amiably. • wood of stunted oaks which coneea ec.
For the best Bart of half an hour .the valley itself, a delightful place is
he remained almost motionless, urs (( daylight, but now its gloomy interior
• long legs ,stretched out . in front of was uninviting, almost menacing.
hisn, his hands thrust deep into his From somewhere in its depths an owl
trouser pockets. Rousing himself ate hooted, a dismal, sinister sound.
last, he- glanced towards the side-� With a shrug of his shculders
board and, happening to Cate]' sight '•which was half a shiver Pyecroft
of himself in the oval mirror se nth.
adorned the back, he winked with
solemn deliberation at the reflection.
CHAPTER III.
It was one evening some clays after
turned away and was on the point
of retracing his steps, when suddenly
a shadow moved out of the deeper
shadows by a great rock. With a
smothered oath he leaped back,
stumbled over a stone and fell upon
his .first visit to the Blue Boar thai. lis back. A second later something
isteseielaise
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Slowly, step by step, we retvacedli
o
our way beak through the gorge.
a fiat rock in the stream we sat down.,
to think—tine bank was too cool for
comfort and the rock was none toe,
cool, Taking on my leather jacket, ]�
carefully Gut the heavy leather into)
strips, using the sleeves and all. When
fastened together these strips made a,
stung rope about ten or twelve yards
long
:0249): or a place to tie it at the head
of tiaiis. I needed a.log that could
be wedged scourely between the walls
of the gorge—that would do it. Final-
ly 1 foun.i one the right, size.to`s Half
cies up 4 the face looking ( floating it,. I made my nay
tp there on le sur ,
e, with a most doleful expression the edge of the falls. Ono false movel
on his whiskered face.
Above. us the woods burned brightly,
and down stream the river disappear•
ed in a smoke-filled tunnel of flaming
trees. It was through"that tunnel we
must go if we were ever - to get out.
The air was alive with hot cinders --
and the light was so uncertain that
we had no idea whether the sun was
Shining or not.
When the water grew shallow I
waded around slippery boulders, and I ./e,
crawled. over ledges where the swift, j /Y�,
white current pulled and tugged at my ,/�r/f,�
1 thes and often swept me off my
—and over I'd have gone! Care u yi
I worked one end into a crevise in
the ledge.With on end anchored l
pushed Liza, other into place against '
the opposite wall of the gorge. Then-
I went hack 'for ScoftieFiom my shirt
I made a sling.
With one enol
of the rol}el
anchore
around m
waist; I •brace
myself agents
the tree an
lowered Scottie
co
f eet. It was painfully* slow work for down. The rope just reached, and he,
both' of us. Scottie was clutched un- climbed out on the side of the basin)
der my coat and I staggered along as My turn same now. I straddled the;
fast as I could. log, took a tight hold of the leatii.er
The stream narrowed, and the rock rope, and slipped over. The force o£
ledges on either side rose to a height the falls was tremendous. The rape'
of tweet;* feet or more. It was a re- slipped through my fingers, and I BOR.,_•
pular .gorge. Up over us the woods dizzily around, and with a •thum l
were burning fiercely, but above the landed in the shallow water at theta.
crackle and roar of the flames rose edge of tLe basin, I climbed wearily4 '
another sound—a sort of steep bass out and there war Scottie watching.
rumble like thunder that broke me on the beuk.
through a long drawn out note. Fall- The woods seemel: to be getting.
ing water, and not very far ahead! lighter ahead. 1 pushed on faster'
The current grew deeper and swift- and sooii we were on the edge of thei
er, and the gorge continued to grow nicest little mountain lake you ever,
steeper and narrower. I clung to a saw. Far' up to th'' right the fire was
ledge for support while I rested, rapidly working down to the lake. To
Sure enough. Not a hundred feet our left, the woods were burning a1
along, the stream dropped over a most to t'ue water's edge. We were
ledge. T crept as closely as I dared. hemmed in again. .
Apparently the water fell twenty-five Suddenly there was a scrambling irk
or thirty-five feet into a round basin the underbrush—some heavy animall
and the gorge was considerably wider
at that point. It looked for all the
lei as some giant with an auger
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The Canadian Pine
A keen, sweet fragrance lies
the air,
The odor of the tall Canadian pine:
How soft tate sunbeams on his
needles shine,
And where the snow has
ing through trees, probably pines.' e
wondered where he could be, a,- trees
of the size he imagined these to''be
were conspicuous by their absence, or
at least, rarity, un .Dartmoor. He
noted that their feet made no' sound
as they plodded along,
Presently they- halted end- he heard
a low, eerie whistie, rising in three
irregular nates and Filling in weird,
uncanny cadence to ,silence again.
There -followed the sound of bolts be-
ing drawn and a few whispered words.
The door closed softly' after them.
Still not daring to' open his eyes
he felt himself lowered ,upon a couch
and heard an exclamation of relief,I
from one of his bearers.
"'S truth, he's a' load, thought I
should have dropped him corrin' up
the plantation. Guess the Doc oughter
be pleased with that;. l'il .cop:"
The ,nen moved away and, seizing
the opportunity, Pyoeroft•partly open-
ed one eye to glance stealthily about.
Ile perceived that he was in a well
furnished room, the:floor of which
was covered by a thick, expensive -
looking, blue carpet, upon which the
feet of the two men made ,no sound
as they moved towardu the table in
the middle of the -room.
Takingup a decanter, one of them
poured whisky intoia tumbler.
"Guess I can do with it, bo'," he
remarked, draining the tumbler.
His companion eta -egged his Otani -
dere. y `forest bare,
"The less yeti drink of that, -ny lad, Ile spreads his russet carpet every -
1 t}il' better,,' he sna sped, where,
"Put a sock in it," retorted the High in his swaying top the croon-
Doc's comin'." ' 1 ing wind
he sound of ebuf- Eases his stormy soul—time out of
fling feet andeeepl re.ssing a powerful mind -
uesire to et. a 'litnpse of the new- ITe sought his ancient, steadfast
I coiner; immediate v 'closed .his gyros solace there.
aware of an ext t c i � maty
scratching through. Scottie remem{
beret' the bears and stood still with
woe ,. every hair standing straight out Iik9�
had , horod this big azole. in the rock, a porcupine- The crashing grew,
into which the water tumbled and nearer (To be continued)
hissed.
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Canada's Maple Trees
There are nine species of maple
native to Canada, according to the
Forest Service of the Department of
Interior. Three of these, name-
ly,
the broad-leaved maple, the vine
maple, and the dwarf maple are eon -
along
left the
other. "Hullo! Th
Pyecroft
heard
again. He `•ensed the pian approvh.
ing him, and at th tonne tines? became
t' • sensation,
It was not alto 'tther fear, rather
was it e sense 1, 1aathing, an ntte
reptigttance for yscbmething enspeak-
ably foul. iM
•
E It was with a
of will that he
"Al! 0.I1 , -Dec;`
the table,
"Any trouble'.
The question a
ing tones, which
the astonichitlg
which P':ycci oft -
1 "'Tro,ible i
I Words. Guoss +l e
And so I find beneath the sturdy
pine,
The spirit of the north, the blessed
peace
That ealtns this easy-tronlits i soul
line
of mine,
'ei3*' deeidrd effort' And gives to discontent a sore sur -
strained it shtidde-i.` cease.
said'a'voice from in all the north I love the pine
the best,
EntWein of strength. simpii.city and
ate in harsh, grate • rest.
seemed to increase ll.illl:uti 7", Allison, in r' Canadian
um -8'g of r: •:tilsio'i Poets."
tit'.aecou`, :gay Telt,
t..
Dee, too cast' far,
ain't such j ISSUE No. 1 ----'31
a livid' 1
only maple native to the Prairie'
Provinces is the Manitoba ntaple,�
and this and the remaining five
species (sugar, or hard, maple, reds
maple, silver maple, striped mapie.i
t
and mountain maple) are found in
the eastern provinces of the . I)o i
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