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and see where it leads, n'led•"
Half en hour latex' they'emerged
upon the open moor, but immediately
opposite opened another gully, less
mere -strewn but running baek towards
the river,
911 I"Hey, gov'ner!" exclaimed Flack
with subdued excitement, "what's that
r there?>,
Pyecroft followed the direction of
the pointing finger anti perceived the
impression of ;a
er tire etnk deep in
the loose earth, of a mole -hill. Ele
nodded towards the gully.
"That's our, road, tn'lad,".•be said.
"Come on."
For perhaps a mile the .eent vs
gradual, but as they caple within
sight of the river the groundfell away
in a steep decline. Pyecroft .halted,
u,7'a.�� pointing across the stream .to where
a plantation of gaunt pines rose like
gloomy sentinels guarding a,house, the
chimneys of which could just' be seen.
"That's the' place," he announced in
a low voice. "They dulnped.me out on
the river bank and carried use Over
that little bridge up through the plan-
tation. But 1 wonder why they came
this way."
"Under cover most of the time,
guv'nor. Sunken road, nobody likely
to spot 'em and spill the beans after-
wards."
"Yes, that's an right, bat:what hap-
pens to the car when. the joy ride is
over? They left it here 'eaten they
carried me to the .hou. e, but they must
have some means of getting it across
hat can alis
there too. Anyway,
let's have a look at ye old mansion
first. Keep under the bapk;"Flack. I
guess we can. be seen from the upper
rooms of the house.
In silence they came to the river
and crossed the rickety little bridge
and made their way up through the
plantation. The ground was covered
with a thick carpet of pine needles.
which deadened all' sound of their
footsteps, adding weight to the rather
eerie atmosphere created by the gloom
and mela.icholy rustle of the pines.
Flack glanced about hien uneasily;
born and bred in the alums of Dept-
ford he was no lover of the country,
much less of Dartmoor, a place which
f
coincided very closely with his idea o
Hell. The brooding silence of those
barren wastes affected his nerves and
stirred his mean little mind with mor-
bid imaginings. Not that he was a
coward, very far from it, but he share
ed with his class the superstitious fear
of the unfamiliar. On occasions he
had shown a tendency of purpose
coupled with cool-headed courage and
audacity which had nmacie;inore than
one police chief curse him ewith whole-
hearted fluency.
Pyecroft glanced at him td smiled;
he knew just what t11 , w'as
Waking.
"Not a bit Wee the
eh?" he whispered.''' It
Flack made a wry grieiia,ce:
"S"r elp me, gov',1or, •I'U be glad
when we gits inside, onta this blarsted
wood."
"1 don't know that we shall go in-
side. Perhaps it may be necessary
to . . " Pyecroft stopped abruptly
and, stooping, picked up something
fa'om among the pine needles.
"H'm a woman's docket and chain.
Let's see if there's a photograph en-
closed." With deft ,"gets he opened
the locket, disclosing the picture of a
man- —a clerk in Holy Orders.
"The Reverend Augustus Page,"
Pyecroft said; "father of Mona Page."
"Wo;; y'going to do about it, gov'-
nor:"
"Give it to Barnard," smiled Py e -
"That's all right, gov'nor. 1 don't(To be continued.)
' croft.
know what your game is, never did,`
but you've been a good pard to me, l
and I'ni satisfied with my pickings. WOirlSn and the Typewriter
If I its sent dahn for another lag-
ging, well, I ain't complaining I'll
F. E. Bailey in Pearson's Maga-
ging,
m' chance, like wot I've always zine (London): If I ,became the
1 done. I ain't a quitter." first woman Prime Minister of Eng-
Pyecroft looked thoughtfully at his , land, as I never shall, my first act
' servant, and nodded approvingly. would be to erect in Trafalgar Square
e "You're a good cart, Flack," he said an enormous golden typewriter on a
I quietly. colossal plinth, in the manner of the
1 At eight o'clock he found Flack! Gunners' Memorial at Hyde Park
I waiting for hien n the decline into thewonireas freedom derives entirely
}Canner. I should do. this because
valley.
"Got everything?" he asked,
I"Sure, gov'nor."
"Good! In twenty minutes we shall
be at the spot where they collared nae.
1 over by the wood yonder.
Wheel itey arrived by the big boul-
der he stopped. three o
1 "This is where they were undine'," • writer made independence for wo-
he
said, "so the probability is tint men eeonomioally possible.
i they came down the valley on this 1
t side."
' Flack glanced up the steep slope,, When your wife leaves home don't
1 searching for acme sign of a pati. • I make the mistake of suggesting that
"They alight have toile down O.K., she take along some fiction to while
gov'nor, but could they have lugged 1 awe.•,• the time—You'll write her that
' you up again?" he asked doubtfully. in your ietters. --�
"P'ain't exactly a kid in arms. Maybe
' there's a path or sunnielr, fur
along."
"Possibly there is," agreed Pyecrai!t.
"Tho igh this area of the moor is very
much the untamed wild, they drove a
car over somee part of it. Anyway
we'll have a look."
• Five minutes later, as they were I on. clothes is by renewing the color
;kitting the wood, the mouth of a of faded or out-of•style dressee, eoatg,
• dye -
"Heregully revealed itself. l stockings, and underwear. Iron dy
"Here y'are, gov'nor, this is where, ing, or tinting, I always use Dia -
down I'll beta Oxford-! mond ayes. ihey are tine most
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SYNOPSIS. "1,0016 like it may be a little print-
. Flack.
Lel
"H—m," g to marrY Hayden Mer -mused
filen- � �� h t occurred to
Holt wishes his ward, Slur- ing job, gov'nor," E.'dd
« " u ed Pyeeroft, thought -
9
4
1
Henry
ce liainwwi o B oineau, t me as 'a pos-
ter, nephew of trelt's
a
Hoo lives atKestrel Dartmoor
Farm.riel sble'solution but it doesn't altogether
Holt are staying at Dartmoor Farm. Mullen
Several mysterious disappearances my
take place, Mona Page. the Percival
dough- is a square specialist, as notions. Darky
a forger as any
ter henna; the last to go. Percival PYe-
while waikisig at on Dartmoor
nmoor is murder- going, some of his fivers are works of
on :y attacked and thrown over a cliff. art, absolutely wonderful, I've seen
call Tae
Muriel tells Mercer she does not love ,
hint and Mercer gets ugly. Pyecroft Doc see ns to mo to be out on a differ-
ent game. Maybe he is using Dark -
CHAPTER VII.
ey's skill as an engraver for some pure
Two days later a familiar figure pose of his gown." idea in pinching
was awaiting Pyecroft on. his return "But wot's th'e big
from the moor; no less a person than you, gov'nor?"
his chauffeur -valet. "Evidently that was a bad mistake.
"Hullo, Flack, so you've arrivedallThe boys made
a mess of the or someone sassiness
safe and sound. Have a good run and mistook
k with
down? Where's the ?" he ov'nor." sudden"S'weunderstanding,T"Barned a °d, eh?"
"DahnGin the garage, g
"Good! Well, I'll just tootlet hl along little
crion the shoulder.patting the
with you and have a peep
"blot's the matter, gov'nor?" asked other than our dear old pal the chief
)?lack in a low voice as they left the busy!"
farm yard. "Runiinto chunks
ooffeit and ceabarack �sed by the demonstration:
rinned hat
"Yes, 'riled, big chunks
I'm mighty glad you've come. Bar- "Then, gov'nor, if�Barnard e lances looks
abn
nerd is one the prod for one thing. here abaht the disappearances
He's been after nye already." like—"
"Blimey," ejaculated the valet, his "Quite," broke in Pyecroft with a
small, ferrety eyes gleaning with in- delighted smile. "Flack, I'll have to
terest. "Wot'd he want?" introduce you to Scotland Yard, you're
Pyecroft glanced down at the wiry getting positively clever in your old
little Oman walking by his side and age."
appeared tconsider the
saquestion: at ast, "Gawd fo bid1" he said p ously. `Y'
Flack made a grimace of disgust.
"Information,"gh
E`Some bright boys kidnapped lee as I won't get me to tun•n �on?tersBut mon
told you in my letter. Incidentally,' the level, g
likely,
if they was so
one t a pal of tours." anxious to give Barnard the
"Struth, gov'nor! Who was it?" mighty
Flack's lined, sallow face wore such once over, perhaps the body snatching
an expression of astonishment that have beenegoinnd g on
t sol ri around here. wot ay -
ain't
Pyeeroft laughed. be he
"Darkey Mullen," he replied. healthy for 'em."
"Darkey Mullen! ,$No, gov'nor you Pyecroft nodded.
made a bloomer there. That bloke "They guessed what nis game was
runs with the Bergen crowd." and determined htois bur nes ke first. ours.
Pyecroft shook his head: anyway,
"He used to run with Bergen." What I intend to do is to find the
Flack took off his cap and scratched house and explore. Have the kit ready
the grey stubble which adorned his o'clock. meet
me erlon the e MOOThad dt meal ight
at
head:
"Then who's he running with now?" your digs you can pretend to be down
puzzled. here with the car. I'll follow later,
he asked, "that's but I won't disguise from you, titled,
"Ah 1" breathed Pyecroft,
what we have to discover, m'lad, and that the job's likely to be most devilish
the sooner the better. Barnard, I be- risky"
lieve, is concerned solely with the
disappeaeances which have been liven-
ing up this primitive community; and,
I might add, that I am also after my
little adventure of *tiler night. I've
got a tansy that there's a whole heap
more in that than meets the eye."
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.rd chid Dog SCQTTIE-
•'What cant before; Captain ,Thnrny ane
Scottie are flying over (:Ulna. They are
lost in the darkness between the lines of
two flghttng armies, with ten from "loth
sides in
Captain, eJimnoye of
For a moment I was paralysed. My
fierce attacker raised his weapon to
strike. Then before I could move, a
thin spare form hurled itself at my
assailant, careless of the danger-
ous knife .point. It was one of the
three" men we batt rescued from .tlie
tree on the day before. I held
my breath, amaz-
ed that the timid,
shrinking Chinese
should display
such nerve. Spring-
ing to help him, I
hit the big fellow
011 the chin with
all my strength.
By this time the
plane was in a spin, and we were
se near the ground that there was no
way but to land. I had lost all
sense of direction for tlie moment,
and had no way of telling whether
we were over enemy territory or not.
Scarcely had the wheels stopped
rolling before an excited Chinese
sentry showed up and challenged us.
"Ask him where we are?" I direct-
ed the interpreter.
"Him say much bad Chinese bloy
—him belong enemy!"
"Tell hint I belong enemy, too." I
said,
"Be say, you clazy—You make
muchee noise—wakee Colonel—getee
velly mad—shootee bang—all done."
By which I.gathered the Colonel.
we were in
the enemy. camp,
would hear the plane, get mad at be-
ing disturbed, and have us shot.
Not a very encouraging prospect.
Then a Chinese sergeant and a
squad of soldiers appeared out of the
inky darkness. 'When he saw the
three deserters from his camp he
raised a terrible rumpus. First he
accused us of stealing his men, then
after a long powwow' with the three,
they evidently convinced him that
they had been taken prisoner, and
we had helped thein to escaPe.
Anyway he took them back—and
probably they were far better off in other few minutes more and aknlele
their own army than among the , train rounded the curve stopping
not
enemy over two hundred yards from our
So much for the three captives,Biding place.
but our own position was extremely (To be continued)
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clone quickly, or soon we would a14'
be marched to headquarters.
"Tell the sergeant that I brought
this plane to give General Ming." 11:
said. "Tell him to march two soldiers
ahead and keep the road elear."
Then I turned the searchlight on
and taxied along the road behind
the two soldiers. After a few min
utes the road straightened out for a
stretch of a 'quarter of a mile or 00.
Now was our chancel
In an instant I snapped ot. the
searchlight and opened the throttle
full. With a roar the plane fairly
leaped forward and rushed down the
road on the two soldiers who Red in
panic.
Bang—Bang—went the rifles' ai
the soldiers who followed us, and a
few bullets ripped through. the wings:;
but we were gathering speed rapid
.ly. A moment more and we were
In the air, free as a bird.
Gas was runniug low, however, so
we headed back for our own lines,
with the help of our searchlight we
picked out a. railway line. Spiral-
ing down, w e bumped to a .stop on
the rough ground and scrambled out.
While the unknown Chinaman who
had tried to knife me followed cauti-
ously.
Guess who it was- The last per -
sou I ever expected to see—Colonel
fine
Tien of General Lu's Army.
chair—that Colonel Tien. Three
times I had to knock him out to
make him behave.
Then he explained that he
ng tot
take him over;
to the enemy
camp. In that
case I could
•understand why
he was so des-
perate, for it
would have
gone hard with
be caught by the
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enemy.
Far to the north of us a. locomotive
whistled. A little chump track,oshes
grew beside the railway
toward these we pushed and tugger%
our plane, to get it out of sight. An -
to
World Grain Exhibition.
His Excellency the Governor-General
has consented to act as chief patron
of the world grain exhibition and con-
ference, which will take place at Re-
gina in the summer of 1932.
One of the most attractive displays
in the educational section of the exhi-
bition will be that from the Province
of Quebec. It has been decided to
take a space of 200 feet frontage in
the Exhibition building in order to
give the thousands of visitors an idea
of the agricultural activities of Glue- many of them possibly have 'level In the ancient Pantheon, built in
hoc. seen a museum at all. „ B ,
The centre feature of the exhibit
will be a Quebec favi, complete with
buildings, live stock fields, sugar
Chc&atg Maited`+Rii
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The health -giving, delicious drink for children and gr"!'!!*�1�!
ups. • - Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers.
— — — , in ' village halls, and displayed. in a
travelling show -van.
Already collections designed to it
lustrate certain special subjects are
bean ; circulated among schools, and
Museums on the Move
"IE people won't come to museums,
let us 'take the museums to them," is
the latest slogair of trio ?vhisetlms, As I
sociation and the Carnegie 'Tratst in y will
probexperience found gained.
usefulthis
in woo king
Of course, people do out the wider scheme.
SKELETON CENTURIES OLD
FOUND
Rome.—Workmen engaged in restor-
England.
1come to the
•+Museums—as figures show, the big
and famous institutions of this kind
are popular places of pilgrimage. But
they don't came often enough--a`rd
C. discovered thirty skeletons
, So schemes for "mobile museums
° buried beneath the ruins,
um 1 be sent Nothing can bring you peace but
bushes, etc., flanked ion either side1de on tour in the countryside— b
with exhibits of natural resources of in some cases, perhaps, being housed yourself.—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
th.e province, including mineral, rum r..
her, power development, handicraft
products.
- _. ._._.....:x<s:ow•a'ss9tti'.r..A�Si`f•.ae" s�.TM;i;�11Q
and manufacturing p '
Argentina is the sixteenth coIl11try .
to officially accept the invitation of
the Canadian Govornment to attend
the Exhibition Conference. The com-
plete list of participants at present is
ass follows: Italy, Peru, Yugoslavia,
Guatemala, New Zealand, Czechoslo-
from the•ilrcleson of the typewriter. vakia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Po -
In some circles it is held, wrongly, rami, Siam, India, Portugal, Switzer -
as I believe, that women's freedom is land, Esthnia. The Philippine Islands 1
due to their enjoyment et the, and 'Argentina.
franchise, brit. you cannot live by Agriculture is one of the chief Indus -
casting your votes once in every tries of the Argentina .Republic, Obe-
r live years, whereas the type-' Cal figures recently issued for the
1928-1929 crop year showed nearly''
30,000,000 acres cultivated to wheat,
with a production in excess of 300,-
000,000 bushels.
are now beim' worked out. Codec
led to interest and attract will
155a No.
"THESE HARD TiMES"
"The hard times and scarcity of
money makes it moreiniportant than
ever to economize. One way I save
they came ,
• eeholar and, hey, root's this here"; economical ,aims by far because they And though the value of a sa Iclr
!Flack pointed to a dark oily stab! never fail to produce ens.
results that may not be large, weal'
l showing on the coarse turf. "That's 1 make you proud. NV1Y, things look milk bottle
I it, see; they drove the car along the + better than new when redyed with , sech ame ae nu
b rs aretem on ti they
1 gully and stopped her here. 1 Diamond Dyes. They never spot, ' ebecrase side.
I e ex-
Pyeeroft walked slowly around the streak, or run. 'They go.oil smoothly p Many, people of course, don't realize
•
stain urt er ai the ground in vain far 11 and even a tens year when
olditthe child, hiAnother ds of t that mint bottles aro as much private
any further side.as
"Pm inclined to agree with you,",thing, Diamond 'byes never take the � umbel of raise's s t1'Yjewelry,
ebile i ynsedil as
he said at last, "It's a rough road,life out of cloth er leave it limp
found cemeteries and
h Inve , v Winches
but not an iiulmassibla one, and the, same. dyes Ila. They deserve to be rioive•• vases, and they b � e t�ven been
wheels would leave no trace on this tailed 'the tverld's, i h s,dyes!'"Quebec. round
rid in ce eteries ,l din: '•m .,i
Igrass and stuff, especially after the •
Tracking the Milk Bottles
In England the humble milk bottle
isii't quite 'so unimportant a thing as
most people think. Over there it is
sufficiently valuable to give permanent.
employment to no fewer than seventy
detectives and inspectors. •
These officials are at work all over
the country tracking down milk bottles
or churns which have been lost or
stolen.
They are .r 1 •ryed by 1111 n ".
trade itself --and t I,,y earn heir keL ,•.
During last year their areivities.r;,
stored no fewer than 4,000,000 milk
bottles and 22,000 churns to then ea .1
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