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by 6ax Rohrer
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s1.s the liner . aliaroo sails from Lon -
ton. the crates of opium are reinoved
n:i
iz•eturned to Messrs sling, adjoining
that of Jo lung. one oi: London's big -
test "fences: Matt Kearney, news-
er an. has just said good-bye to
hpman.
sister Eileen, a passenger. Dawson
Haig tisks Matt to accompany Norwich.
the of H:aig's Scotland Yard men, to
to Lungs. Matt finds a notebook drop-
ped by Yu'an Bee See, head of an inter-
aat ozzal gang. Norwich is murdered
Mon after leaving 'hitt. The notebook
stolen, but one entry Haig remembers
te.s. ,i,ts him to Paris, where a gang had
g•' ,-red to receive orders from .,s -
h ; Pasha. Haig overhears Franz
tl. .. saying he :ill hoard the Wal-
laroo gt Marseilles. Haig, aboard the
Wallaroo as Mr. Smith, learns the gang
has informed a Dr. Oestler of his ores-
tnee an the liner. Others who receive
)nd send wireless messages in code are
14 ,Hiss Ednain and Len Chow of New
York. A huge Chinainon tries to throw
Ilam; overboard. but goes overboard
himself. At Port Said, Eileen disap-
pears after being induced by Joseph, an
Armenian fortune teller, to accompanyY
Deader to a native shop. Haig, trailing
thein, is lured into the drug -impregnated
Rath of Feathers.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
CHAPTER XVII.—(Cont'd.)
wearily, "nothir g whatever, to con-
nect him with. the rest of the gang.
Surely you can see that, Forman?
1 mean, the attempted murder can't
be used as evidence to hold these
people."
Forman tugged savagely at his
moustache. "That man Oestler is
lying," he declared outright. "You all
think the same as I do. How can I
ever face Mike Kearney with a tale
like this?"
Dr. Oestler had only just left the
abin, where he had been submitted
to a close cross-examination on the
exact circumstances of his visit to
those two shops with Eileen. How-
ever, as the shopkeepers had been
questioned and had confirmed his
statement in every particular, there
was nothing whatever to go upon.
His papers were in order, or appeared
to be. He had even produced corre-
spondence which seemed to leave no
doubt upon the point. And since he
was certainly bound for Australia,
common sense suggested that this part
of his story, at least, was true.
The woman Ednain produced a con-
tract with an Australian vaudeville
circuit and displayed a number of pro-
fessional photographs, programs and
billing matter relating to recent en-
gagements in. Europe. She declared
that, although she had made the ac-
quaintance of Dr. Oestler on board,
she had never met him before.
The agent was in a quandary. To
hold the ship meant transferring
mails and a loss of thousands of
pounds to the company. And if Eileen
were found any time during the night
or early morning, she could quite
easily be transported to Suez in time
to rejoin the Wallaroo there. The
suspects were actually on board.
"If only Inspector Haig would turn
up!" Forman exclaimed irritably. "He
may hold the olue to the situation."
"I'm putting all my faith in the In-
spector," the captain declared. "It's
because he's evidently on the job that
I still have hopes."
"But there's nothing to show," For-
man cried, "that he's on the job at
all! If I understand the situation,
no one has seen this man Haig since
he left the ship early this morning."
"It's my belief," said Captain Pet-
erson, "that he was following Miss
Kearney and Dr, Oestler."
"I agree with you captain," cried
the British Consul. "Inspector Haig
was fallowing them. And I think
we may venture to hope that he's the
only man who knows what actually
took place. If it's abduction, it's high-
ly probable that he's in pursuit of the
abductor."
"It's very odd he hasn't got in
touch," Forman cut in.
The agent nodded in agreement. "I
think that odd, too, captain," he ad-
mitted. "I don't care for the look of
it. Assuning that the inspector wit-
nessed this outr ige—if an outrage has
occurred—and went off in pursuit, he
wouldn't do so without leaving some
clue to his route, in case he should
fail. He was too experienced a man
for that."
"Might I ask, Mr. Dimes, the exact
meaning of your remark?" Forman
a man of action, knew himself help-
less; and he was getting angry. "Are
you implying that this Inspector Haig
is not engaged in looking for Miss
Kearney, but has also disappeared?"
Dimes shrugged his shoulders. "To
me it looks rather that way," he
agreed. "No sane pian would go off
alone on a desperate job of that kind
without getting in touch either with
Mr. Shale, here, er with the com-
mander!"
"He may have had no opportunity!"
Shale suggested.
"He evidently hadn't," said Forman
savagely. "But maybe for a different
reason. There are half a dozen ships
on which he, or Mise Kearney, or both
Port Said was seething with indig-
nation. When towards dusk it became
evident that Eileen Kearney had been
Abducted, for no other conclusion re-
mained, both the American and the
British consulates set to work in
earnest.
The town was combed with a nicety
calculated to discover a rat in a corn-
field. But no trace could be found of
the missing girl. Dr. Oestler's ac-
count of what had happened was
simple enough. Miss Kearney had
suggesting walking along to the shop
of a scent merchant, and he had ac-
companied her. The doctor's state-
Fnenn t was confirmed both by the Greek
scent merchant and by the Egyptian
tobacconist. Mr. Len Chow, it was
learned from the Eastern Exchange,
had caught the train to Cairo, only
having had lunch in the hotel. Of
Franz Hartog no trace could be found.
The news, of course, was known on
.board, and a state of consternation
prevailed. Port Said was living up
tc its ancient reputation. Every wom-
an passenger who was ashore hurried
track to the ship, as though the place
had been in a state of siege.
Captain Peterson paced his cabin,
bis tanned, lined face haggard with
anxiety. The company's agent sat at
the desk, Shale, the British Consul,
standing beside 1.im, and the Ameri-
can Consul stood by the door.
"It's all very well, Mr. Foreman,"
.said Shale, addressing his American
confrere. "But what can I do?"
"Who` can you do, sir?" the other
retorted, "A young American citizen—
'daughter of my friend Kearney in Col-
onibo—is l idnapped in broad daylight
Alen she is in the company of a sus-
pected person! What can you do!"
"Suspected, yes," cried the other
desperately, "But that's not proof!"
"What puzzles nie," the captain in-
terjected, trying to pour oil on
9soubled waters, "is the absence of
Inspector. Haig. If we had the author-
ity of Scotland Yard behind us, we
might be able to act. Besides, what
evidence there is, he holds."
"It's little enough," said the British
consul—"unless he had added to it
since this morning."
Mr. Foreman's face was very stern.
°In short, sir," he said, "you don't
intend to take any steps about this
fang of crooks you've got on board;
although you know—whatever the
evidence may be, and I say damn the
evidence!—that they are certainly re-
sponsible?"
"But the inspector himself assured
me that there was nothing to justify
stn arrest," said Captain Peterson.
"Another point: the attempt to mur-
der Inspector Haig off here last night
is good enough to show the type of
desperadoes we're dealing with."
"That's true enough," the captain
Admitted. "But nobody on board ever
Saw the missing Chinaman speak to
a soul, except to the stewards."
"There's nothing," Shale explained
of them, might be at this very moment,
lying along here and in the Ganai,"
"We've spoken every ship in the
port," the commander assured bins,
"No, sir, They are not on board any
ship."
The British Censure face was very
stern, "There's going to be the devil
to pay about this business," he said,
"And I'm going be the scapegoat.
It's no good gnawing your moustache,
Forman. I'm as unhappy as you are.
The only reason I don't act is because
I don't know what to do. If you have
any feasible suggestion—make it,"
"Arrest this slippery pair on
board!" Forman cried angrily "Hold
'ern here until we're satisfied.
"That's my suggestion, and a feas-
ible one."
* *
"The Bath of Feathers never fails,
Joseph," creaked old Mohammed, He
chuckled.
Joseph, that velvet -eyed fortune tel-
ler who had led Eileen to the shop of
Mohammed, smiled understandingly.
"It is best, old Father of Mischief,"
he replied, "that you now closeyour
doors and leave me to carry out my
orders. The crate is in the cellar?"
"It is in the cellar," old Mohammed
replied.
"Good—and the girl is safely on the
way. Go now, friend, and report to
the Chief. Put in a word for me. I
take up my new duties—although I
don't know what they are—almost at
once. I have my letter of travel and
my tickets as far as Xeneh, After
this day's work, I look for a kind re-
ception !"
"I will go and make my report,"
old Mohammed chuckled. "I shall not
forget you, Joseph." .. .
"My thanks, Father Mohammed.
Then return to your home. Leave all
else to me. ... How long should he
remain there?"
"They are coming for the crate at
sunset. You have until then. But
the porters must not see you."
Old Mohammed shuffled away in his
loose slippers, and Joseph stood for
a moment by the door which opened
out of the room of carpets, listening.
Then, kneeling, he applied his ear to
the uncovered boards irnrnediately be-
yond this doorway, presently to rise,
smiling with satisfaction.
The sound of Mohammed's -shuf-
fling footsteps had died away.. .
Joseph walked through to the little
shop which was mere camouflage for
the great emporium of stolen treasures
beyond. He went out, locking the door
behind him. This took place newly
half an hour after Dr. Oestler and
Eileen had entered the establishment
of Mohammed, and perhaps twenty
minutes after Dawson Haig, follow-
ing, had passed through that door be-
yond which lay a space of uncarpeted
passage.
His experience had been truly ter-
rible. At the moment of passing,
the threshold, a swift suspicion`'u24ie
truth had flashed through his mind.
He would have stepped back, but it
was too late... .
The floor gilled away beneath hint,
and he shot down into unknown
depths. He felt himself enveloped,
embraced, by some tender, feathery
substance which broke the fall, except
that he went down and down into
suffocating darkness.
This was the Bath of Feathers!
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Sets Record
New York Editor & Publisher
A newspaper advertisement of more
than 18 pages, inserted in the Toronto
Daily Star and the Toronto Evening
Telegram by the Robert Simpson
Company, Ltd., department store, on
January 31, was acclaimed in Toronto
as establishing a new record for the
United States and Canada.
The advertisement required a com-
plete section of 18 pages in each
paper, and in addition the store used
about 600 lines in its regular position.
The space amounted to 44,952 lines
in each paper, a total of 89,904 lines
for the two.
According to Arthur G. Donaldson,
of the retail advertising department
of the Toronto Star, "this was the
largest advertisement published by
any store on one day in any daily
newspaper in Canada or the United
States at any time. In other words,
it established a new record on the
North American continent for the size
of a single daily newspaper adver-
tisement. An avalauche of buying on
the following days hoisted receipts
far above the amount estimated."
Writing to Editor & Publisher be-
fore this advertisement appeared, Mr.
Donaldson made the claim that two
Toronto stores, the Simpson store and
the T. Eaton Company, Ltd., are the
largest users of daily newspaper
space in the world. Commenting on
a recent item in Editor & Publisher
which reported a 16 -page advertising
section published in the Boston Even-
ing American by the Houghton -Dut-
ton Company of Boston, he said:
Gems from Life's Scrap -book
Sincerity '
"Sincerity is religion personified."
Chapin,
"Faithfulness and
all."—Confucius.
"Loss of sincerity is loss of vital
po wer."—Bovee.
"The Master's injunction is, that we
pray in secret and let our lives attest
our sincerity."—Mary Baker Eddy.
"Sincerity is the way of heaven." --
Mencius.
"The true measure of life is
length, but honesty."John Lyly.
"Sincerity is the indispensable
ground of all conscientiousness, and
by consequence of all heartfelt re-
ligion."—Kant.
"Let us then be what we are, and
speak what we think, and in all things
keep ourselves loyal truth, and the
sacred professions of friendship.'" --
Longfellow.
sincerity first of
not
Miser's Catalogue
in a hundred
I have loved silver
things:
Windows where frost has left a silver
feather;
The silver skies in
weather
When silver rains descend; the shin-
ing wings
Of silver ships that beat across the
blue;
The evanescent grace of silver petals
Lost by a plum tree at whose feet
the nettles.
On silver morning drip with silver
dew;
The silver sands beside a silver sea
Of evenings when a silver crescent
moon
Silvers the grass that tufts a silver
dune,
And dapples sails with silver 013-
gree.
My heart mints them in peace the
while 7 stand
And count the coins into my eager
hand.
---Leona Ames 11111.
cool and windy
World Oddities
Because he cannot stop crying,
Level Short is seeking £2,000 damages
in the Elmira (New York) courts.
Short claims that his tear ducts were
injured during a motor -car accident,
and that as a result he cries continu-
ally.
A boxer in the town of Ossweiler
has achieved the remarkable feat of
knocking himself out. Aiming a furi-
ous blow at his opponent, he missed
him, overbalanced, and fell so heavily
that the referee was able to count
him out.
Three hundred needles were placed
in the eyes of Mr. H. H. Watson, so
that an operation, which restored his
sight after 27 years, could be per-
formed.
Brighton fishermen still practice the
ancient superstition of inserting a
farthing in. the corks of their nets,
believing that it will safeguard them
against a lean harvest.
A birthday cable sent to Mr. Roose-
velt from Alabama contained 138,000
words and took two days to deliver.
Magistrates may be jailed according
to a law passed in the reign of Ed-
ward V., which made it "a penal of-
fence, punishable by imprisonment,
Established Record.
"It will interest you to know that
on November 16, 1931, two Toronto
evening newspapers, the Toronto
Daily Star and the Evening Telegram,
beat this record when each published
a 16 -page section, with about one-
half page additional in regular posi-
tion, for the Robert Simpson Co.,
Ltd., one of Toronto's two big de-
partment stores.. The Robert Simp-
son Co., Ltd., also published a ,.16 -
page section in each of these papers
on Thursday, April 16, 1931, and an-
other on Tuesday, September 22, 1931,
Thus, while the 16 pages in the Boston
Evening American, according to your
report, measured 35,840 lines, the 16
pages in each of the Toronto papers
measured 39,424 lines—nearly a page
and a half more space than used
in the American.
"For three years the Robt. Simp-
son Co., Ltd., has been making a
feature of sections. Its first spcial
section appeared on Thursday,results
Feb-
ruary 15, 1931, 12 pages; and
from special sections were found to
be so uniformly good that is continued
to publish them more or less regu
laxly. • Its twenty-fifth section appear-
ed on Monday, January 15. It con-
sisted 'of 12 pages, with two more
pages in regular position. The vary-
ing sizes of these 25 sections have
been two or 8 pages, three of 10
pages, 12 of 12 pages, 5 of 14 pages
and three of 16 pages, nearly all sup-
plemented by one or more pages of
advertising in the company's regular
position.
Largest Users.
"And speaking of advertising rec-
ords, it may be of further interest
that no other one store in the entire
world is so large a user of daily news-
paper space as either one of Toronto's
two great department store, The T.
Eaton Co., Ltd., and The Robt. Simp-
son Co., Ltd. This has been the fact
for many years.
"In justification cif this claim, and
as indicative of the huge amount of
space they consistently use, treasure-
ments show that during the 12 months
of 1933 the T. Baton Co., Ltd,, used
in the Daily Star and the Evening
Telegram a total of 5,463,283 lines;
and the Robt. Simpson. Co., Ltd., a
total of 5,065,246 lines in these two
papers.
"This figures out at an average of
about" Six pages for each store in
each of the two evening newspapers
every publication day in the year.
Ando besidesethis vs large
these two
ge in the
two evening
stores, combined, used about 950,000
lines in each ot the two morning
newspapers during the year, a total
linage in all four papers of 12,428,529
lines."
for any person to solicit or induce any
of the King's lieges to abstain from
alcoholic drink." The law, it is stat-
ed, has never been repealed, so that
any magistrate persuading a man to
be teetotal is liable to imprisonment.
Villagers of Kormakiti, in Cyprus,
are descended from Maronites who
fled from Syria during the Crusades.
Their Arabic has since become so
mingled with Greek and Turkish that
now neither Syrians nor Cypriots
can understand it, and interpreters
are necessary when the villagers
trade with other parts of the island.
"I want to stay off n reference to
this .60 -cent dollar until I have seen
one."—Will Rogers.
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High School Boards and Boards of Educatioal
Are authorized by law to establish
Industrial, Technical and Art Schools
With the approval of the Minister of Education
Day and Evening Classes
may be conducted in accordance
Department of Education.
Theoretical and Practical Instruction
is given in various trades. The schools and
tion of An Advisory Committee.
Application for attendance should be made to the Principal of the school.
Commercial Subjects, Manual Training, Household Science and Agriculture
and Horticulture are provided for in the Courses of Study in Public, Separate;
Continuation and High schools, Collegiate Institutes, Vocational Schools
and Departments.
Copies of obtained from hegDeputysissued Minister,bParliament e 2iB iof Education mayy ht
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with the regulations issued by the .
"'1'liere 18 a potential grand opera
star in almost every home in Attcri,
ca." --Otto II'. Kahn,
classes are under the direo
"From the point of view of morals,
life seems to be divided into two
periods; in the first we indulge, in the
second the preach."—Will Durant.
"There is no way to judge the value
of religion except by what It does."--
Sir Wilfred Grenfell,
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