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Int Z � . , S, 11 be an "eye -��on you! every Instopt. If ,Sevens , noWeA " amlubly* enough. .� k , ­ ,Va8M,-,WPU 4,c .11 an ex- , , "'. mao's wK& t " chief bad -� I � I �, 01 ..'.1,111- . , " 11�; 'P; IJ ; ­ , "4,t be gainfully 14 tI . W1,010 'C' 11, T mig "A t* "I ' 110 � '. .. I 41 try to run. but on Possibly some idea � , ra ,..; I 0 .11, . .1. ­ - - at any.-Voint yo . . ; - I 1�'111 . I Cuse to fiTgo." .1 . ,Sp0.ct1J1$',­H6 Ud hoped: th4 j,"'r,­ SO � .­, ��4'. ... V , . ... I . I i`i; , ­2�,�, - "',-O., , I 0 , � ,�� ., , ;" r , , , . . I � ! V ., 14t AT7 � � . . I , S" I .'' .. . �:,,;i �,�, - I , , , , t , 3,1 1: ,, , ,-V, .... collected from noting at what point ", . 11; I 1, .... I 7A i � turned *6'pss-street by-jo . Vf6r',one.g I - - ,- I � , , 1,1� yolt ��0411 be killed with neatnes - I , I injor"i�, ,;j ,of past events Sh�n . � . ­ i - " ". his instructor left ,him and once alone I - � -1' 1 1 I and g, - Al .. 11 T abd dispatch-" , �eixs know tho ok1j, an �., I. . ­� ­��4,�, . I ­­ I I � V#- ac ni f - - . . ",--.'@ that on and b.Ata,might. t q , , - , I 11- � ".—I., �, .11 I I .. , J. , -� "? ., ��,VJJJA & ! ; . . � ,,. - . . . ' - ­ a ske he ,"' . I ft �� It! . 44tI assented the pretended con- again he would drive on to the Bronx �i ' " � %,, .t,� . . ,,,�,�. , *hj�h one of the Zq ,,.I, .� Brothers con,cp .Aro . . k, 'r I � , , �, j66 4,1 g ,,-,�.,, qVikot—VARS-2 , , �,O_V , , - . '. . , I , , I , , , 'I., � ­­; . - ­­ . I .J� ;11r,. — . . � ��Iess as I . `�­�. ,11,.,�r, . . I , ".ThIr i'% , ".. . I 14 ". � � -sh mom t4 . ; ." I. � , - .1 1-W I n . S , w R As , , I , *0 ric .. e4offive but al- , - a - * 10 . I - I i�!,,A .. �-, t - th Vhig'next itern." . there. I `1, , k", vert calmly, III& understood. Proceed and interview the night Watchma t6 c ess e watehous ' stood. 4 �41090 - leaped sidewi'se.' He heard , ". , , � . froml, x�4 Ize � , ,the ", , '. wi mpinion - hailed the, I , - (Alectric ' ' ent lay ahead for 'Qx� nian% J94W- bark in the same I 1 Ipfessiblt " ",V" :; � 11051LIA!il�i - 1,�. ab, and �, nt , � - ­ ­ M , "When the watchman has gone the His co . . , 4, V, ?i 1 1, 1. I a aurprm " V", � the bWl6t tore his coat, but to 1, I . .1 1. ­ . . I " ""'.", I I con se 'against this'am- so it held . a . pF Itis captors --,aI , �� .. , ;* :. - : � 11 , 7. ­ III— . " . . ­ � �, -i", , , .. , , ­ . . TO- 4 . . .. - , , � �...'�,��".,-;�,�,,�,�l,;,�'!.'.i- "I'M I . 11 'IIr .. I - -, I " -, .; , � , "...­,. �. I -11, "'.4 I—, il . ­ 11 . 'day - , j, ., - ., , ", .,.. f - . 11:.`�,Lxj'-�V I I - K Vtes��4 , .. - 77'.'],,.."TV1 W .;, - . I Tft 111�­;,.. .. ­­ ,; � - ,.�, -A , ;� 1� ,.�, not ordered briefly! "Up Fifth U 'r, I - �, i , rest of -the boys, whom you wil? "' I:ue � a,ing aggressive, the game if Sevens succeeded ,.W,aXrry1ng out his'disgust he saw, to, that his em.;. - .� .1, �, , the place the Plaza .apd dri�,',,��,!!Ve take t . . �.,* ' Ian that 444 III in the,dum� - ­ ­ . ­­­ .­­ . I � � - --­­­­.-­. -, � then, will enter I I -good as lost. It w - tlie� p, ­bpp -dgnly bo ,.1 . 1� . I 1% I , ,, ,"', ,., , � ".. t'. ". ,Was as ,as, com. q �,�, , ­ . p A rif PlAYer -vu standing sti . I - i � -..Vd . '"' � .".. In'. , rib1(-,d4Anitd . . ; . � .1 . i � and V straight to the %tuff we wa,At- Sevens w fl ti " I � , :, ,4J .4 1, mendably simple in conception and in his mind. He Would ftd that he founde,4. paralysis of a thick -mined . ,;,--..,�­`N - -�­ �1.7�� They will have been tehearsed: and satisf4ction'. thO ."be � Cad learned- one . .. - . execution—this -thing they had done. had lost ,his keys. The crooks would nun confronting Budd .. . . . � , .", �:1 " , en and unfamil� .... ,. ;,�.,,4�4;'�'-'�'; 1 will move Sm0I , - Iseful thp hi - ` I The time . �,., . I ., - . - . , , , - - V, , . 'i .. . ;, ,�, U 6 g't is'evening. I 11 . ... I 1 1 ­ �,� . . . , . . . . ' tile pippos6d robbery was yet un- It was all- -based on the one alternat- presumably search ihim­--4�� probab- iar peril., There was no instant help , . ".. ,I - , . ,,�,-!, ,,- IR, "Yes so on." for 1. I . -I- I ,"'­;:� : ,, I.,'. , ,��T-** , I ., , . z, 1, f ive of Which he had taken no fore- ly manhandle him as *e% but if for- forthcoming from that quarter and �..­,'�A* �, :, . I "'. - I 1;. - I - ' , I ­ I V ,.-'x. . , J . I There. 1'ans4ed fifte a minutes of certain.Afid that gave him increased i I ,- , . i thought. He -had started out on the tune played fair they .would not find Sevens lunged for the red-headed man � . ... I ;1 � -� . ,� `��, ��! ­­ -I. �,.', .i ,� crisply Succinct ,detail, adi'mitable in opportunity and latitude for study. . . �. . . � , q�, I '1� � - ., �. 1,1, :, use in promise of disbelieving every state- the keys and '. � I � 11 I . . ..�. , ,1 - . Minutes Wasted might centring all.of his energy and weight ­ : .. 11 . I � I � . � ", ­,.. . . , its sequ7 ce and upbuilding and, at Hewanted that latitude beea . �' `F ­:"­�, ." I : I �` tl. , '. , ment made by crooked antagonists, count heavily in the result. He re- on a single -drive of fist to jaw. I ' 1. � � . "I �� - - I 1; . I ,� I ­ I its end,;' Sevens said thoI[y, "It the robbery scheme as so far promul- s �� � I Z1, I .. . W , 1� . and yet he had swallowed Whole the fused to think of himpelf.' It was an It was creditably quick work, and ..... ;. * �; ", ,41.'t v4 seems � to me that everything you,ask gated he saw what lobked like a fat- . . . . . . '' � ''I'll, "" ,., ;,4. 1-1 I . . Imost irritated, assertion of the -am- unnerving prospect, but he had the red-baired one took the belting . . �.:� I . .1 � 9 . , 1 Z.14� 11 5�0,",-,;, t—and this man was 3 . ­.-�; I . - . ,.�, -1 I me todo might be accomplished With- 'ally clumsy defec bassaaor from the underworld that blundered and must bear the brunt of wallop fair on the jaw -point of his . I . I ", ,�.. :: : , . � Presumahl but the I d .. . . . �g ,�,.- " - , ,, -j'. �, ". out me --if you had my door key. not a clumsy strategist. y the job couldn't be carried through his own ineptitude, he must hold the snarling face— -p stol ha, Ro J0 . . . ,-I�­ 1;��-. , . , I You are offering me five thousand to then that part of the plan, or per- - I � ... . .1 ,, Vk,, -,�� *� . ,� . , � �-, r'g thout deliberation; that it yet be- door against easy access Or any ac- barked again in the part -second in- . , . ,�,.,,-�? , ,, ,�- .. 4­­�L �� I '' .� ", , �,4 Ili h0c's haps various parts, had been stated " ., ... �­. �� , , ,L-- IF K go along and turn that key. W only to mislead him, and for these longed to the future. Now he was cess without forcing it and rounding terval and Sevens -heard the whine of (It Costs Little to Dress Wellat X"K. , ... .. 1,� ,�� ". 111,� 1.1 - � I . . I$— X "I the joker?" b I kidnapped.and carried along the burglar alarm. I . the bullet in its passing as he crouch- . . . . -1.1 .. 111 -, n . '. ­� ". �- �­ VR wanted the leisure of, ,ing - . . .. ., . � , .'' .. - � I But the instructor in crime shook possibilities he -nilly. - Thenhe found himself stepping out ed facing his adversary with .--- ---I I . I . I � �%.Iz. �'. � �.. , . , � � I 1, , Willy The taxicab was paTal ' '. I . . � , I ­ - - . r 11 � I bis head and smiled indulgently. analysis. . leling the waterfront as it lurched of the car with an ai*.Ilinked through back to the desk. . I I .. I . � .1 . "You are an apt pupil—but you're Suddenly Barbour's companion r1ap- . rom. . ' I . I � � ,.- � ...... .", ­," rapidly northward, and Sevens realiz- his owt. -He felt the pistol still a- Then there was a rush of feet f -1 I - il, . . still in a primary grade, Mr. Sevens," ped on the glass and shouted to the ed fully and -with a blistering sever- gainst his side as the whispered warn- the rear, a startled shont which he Out the figure on the floor, and 1pieel the voice. "I'm the -might wa ma ,. �.."... . . gl�ch , nee X �,, n ts ast. ,f . ,;�, I he observed. "Yor —no bobbling," stole placed as the challe ge of the night with his ear at I bre The officer turned his ,� ... - .rr presence is indis- driver, "Hold on a minnte." I ", "0/ 0 Ity of -assurance that the man at his Ing "Steady now � � - � ", "I I pensable aside from yon.r value as a Turning to Sevens he added in an side would shoot if he were called on quietly to his ears. The street look- watchman somewhere back there in ling,ly. I I . ?,. � �� . � I . � . . . . . . . . .1 'hostage. It saves the probable need undertone as if asking- . permission, to shoot. Something must be thought ed empty and normal save that some the darkness and he caught,. as he CHAPTER X11 "'Snap into it then," he enjoined. � � I., 0 I ,­', , . . � of bumping off a night watchman and "There's a man I want a -word With. . ;., I.. " �.� I - ­ I I �: I., � I . need and distance away and pointed West stood grappled with his adversary, more It was to Sevens that the question- "Whole the dead man and who kill ��.Ik, I'll, �, .W . If we have friends ,on the other side of Candidly, he's been bovefing near as thought' out fast. Failing of a bet- another car with. purring motor, and gunfire and the splintering of wood er first addressed himself, and that -him—this fella here?'? I ,� :� . �, � ... 4,1 i, ;..M� , 1. the docket whom murder would alien- a sort of bodyguard and at r'ctly ter solution, he must come to grips somehow he felt, or imagined, the by bullets, sent after refugees who Was natural enougli. A man was "No—the dead =Ws Mr. Sh6%. �t, , , , , � . .. � " .. '! ate. Even if you betrayed us in ad- speaking I oughtn't to let you see .� , - . . with his captor and chance the gun— presence of unseen men in darkened were scurrying through the narrow crumpled there In the inert grotesque- pretsident and general manager of . -, 7 vance, you could only queer our game him, but I've got to trust you on but that was a last resort. In parley doorways and entries. corridor. ness of death, and a pistol lay on the Beverly Brothers ., . . and the' .,. 11:1.11 �. . , , 1, 9 I—, I but betrayal On that night itself some points and this., will only delay lay at least the gain of a few min- Now he and his companion stood at He saw things in confusion. The floor from which, like unclean incense, ather gentleman's Mr. Sevens, his 7 1, ',-. .11 ��,,�' � us a moment," , still stole the stench of fresh -burned assistant. He was knocked oI too, ,.��. I utes for forced reflection -and the the door and with a sharp gaze bent bared teeth of the man with whom ' - -1 I . - Sevens had caught a glimpse of a nitro powder. In the chair, with jaw by the burglars." � .- � � I slender chance of some fortuitous ad- upon him. Sevens began the farce of he struggled gleamed white and de- :'V..". �, - hanging and the disheveltment of re- There was an out -breathing frmnh I ," 110 pedestrian turning west from the Av- vantage. I `j7A searching his pockets for his key&- perate. The door that opened on the . I ,,L' T I/ enue on Twelth Street, and 'now as It had been cold when he had start- As he did so, reacting to habit which hallway, which was a channel of cent struggle upon him, sat this other I the crowd, almost a' di-sappofiltment . "., . 1, . the stranger instructed the chauffeur man—quite readily assignable at first I as if the drama of the situation h4o,� 1 ""'IL"R I ed out from his apartment house and often used that door in the day time darkness, had been glass -topped and .I ". � . " to overtake that figure, the younger Sevens had buttoned his coat collar when no lock held it, his left hand it splintered. Shadowy shapes were glance to the role of assailant. been punctured. �1. I � . I I � � � man realized that his own impression close about his throat. - went to the knob—and to his arnaze- piling outward toward the street. For that moment Sevens found him- As though a keen edge 'had snap- I . ". '. -� had registered no detail except, that In so protecting himself against the ment the door yielded and swung op- Then as the tight -gripped fingers self unable to speak. He licked his ped a tight cord, Sevens felt the coils � . � : �- A � , V6 , ., Y the ma* on foot was conspicuously sharp bite of the night he -had done en without the need of being unlock- of the other loosened around the pis- lips and his hand gestured foolishly of the crowd psychology loosen out ,1. �, I ... ow red-haired. W�en the car drew over I I toward Shell, who needed no pointing of that hosti-le- suspicion for himself .."I"; " I another thing, which had became ed. tol butt, under a clenching that made ' . .,.:,,� know it by to the curb, a quarter of the way a- habitual -under like conditions. In For an instant Sevens stood (lumb- the wrist bones crunch, something out. No words came, and now as which had seemed to stran Z I gle him. ... . 11- long the crosstovvm block, it was be- felliother policemen pushed through the Until then he I ::,1 I �: order that he should not have to founded, but it was only an instant. happened and just as the weapon had been conscious of 1".. "', ., .. t is mark tween the lights and in an interval fumble later with gloved fingers un- He felt an urgent pressure at hi.� back-, to the floor, Sevens gave back in a I crowd that the noise had summoned faces peering at him with the morbid . '�,, . . " ... . I *** � I � L, of semi -darkness. der the thickness of his overcoat, he impelling him forward and when he'collapse of agony. His antagonist he made a figure upon which it was interest which focuses upon a mur- , � . Barbour'o fellow passenger flulng had transferred from his trousers had come into the hall, he lookt-d in- I had sent a knee to his stomach and easy to hang a presumption of guilt. derer. Now he blessedly sunk out of I � ::, , 1, I I back the door of the taxi, which had "I ,--- . � A, pocket to his right -band and outside to the office. At the desk he .,;aw,, for an instant he was con-;cious only There had been other noises outside that prime interest to the lesser part �-,, � not fully halted, just as it came a- pocket change for subway fare and not yet aroused by. any alarni, thelof a total disability of pain. —the scurry of the getaway in the of a fellow victim. . .�� .� , .11 11 11), I breast of the pedestrian, and the two other objects --flat metal abjects seated figure of Tom Shell. I But his adversary did not follow two waiting cars—the usual fusillade 4 , I �0 him ..� . pedestrian turned and stood still in of small size—the street -door keys to Sevens realized with an ironic up 'He used the moment to of the belatedly attacking police (continued next week.) . I ". A " ­�, response to his hailing. . - .1 �:'�i,2.,- the two warehouses he had meant to poignancy that his supreme n-sobi-1wheel and rush for the street, and at with the usual absence of result. . I . b � ." " ,4 11-IIIIIIIIIIIIII I III -had no opportunity to ap- visit. Barbour Sevens moistened his lips -0 - ,'�� . . .: " 1, - Sevens tion to defend the door y th the office door he collided with the - ,V . - I praise the features of the man on Now the band across the cab from tense of having lost his, key., �LPM racing watchman, who was borne and over his confused mind settled a ... 1, '. 11 the sidewalk. In height and breadth I ealize 4 1 4� I , - , - - , - the jailer stole into that pocket and even acquired the dignity of recogni-, backward from his balance and who cramp of inaction. He could r , 1;�'� W . 11 . .� IV rA177 Una he was average, though well. set up. fully only one thing: that he bad THE MCKILLOP MUTUAL . I I . palmed the keys. It was not difficult tion. let th(� refugee slip by to his escape. ­� . � I In clothing he seemed inconspicuous- nor would it be difficult to make a So far as the thieves had been ablo T'herA as Selvens straightened la- eoni,e here with thieves, that a murder . " I 11 S had been committed, and that with FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. ,.- ly well groomed, smooth of outline further disposition of -them—provided to judge, be had functioned as direct- horiously up, with some subsidence of '. 1, I . and texture. he could mask his action under a ed and, with the sureness of a well- 1 hi,, own pain, he saw the .sagging jaw the dead man he had publicly quar- I . � . - I Between -him and the man who had semblance of talk, arresting enough reheatsed fire (frill, each process of of the night watchman and the fixed- relled. Only two people, one of whom .: emerged from the car and who walk-' to distract attention. the planned invasion was going for- n( -,;s of his gaze past himself to some- was now eternally silenced, could ev- aEAD OFFICF—SFAFORTFL ONT. . ed alongside as the machine still crept Xe turned a steadied face to that ward, step upon step. thing that held it across the room. er have .spoken the word that would ; . . passed, . a very few unheard words of tile gunman, which was rigid and Far Sevens, as for the hasbeesh Sevens had for those few crowded disprove his guilt. OF710ERS: 11 r, , . O*k then came a swift development for truculent, and he managed to laugh. eater, moments became interminable instants taken no thought of She4l. Instinct warned him that his one it . which Sevens found himself absurdly "Do you only go as far as double- stretches of time and he had eyes forr Now lie turned slowly, following the present safety lay in sealed lips, un- i . Connolly, Goderieh - - President I .1 ��, . � . .4 unprepared. crossing?" he inquired with the in- the figure at the cluttered desk, a h,,,pnotized stare of the watchman, til Mandelle had arrived to counsel Jas. Evans, Beechwood, Vice-president Retrospective analysis served . to ex- Solent assumption of pure bravado. figure which had not yet turned or I F�d saw his chief lying crumpled on him, and yet silence seemed al%o to D. F. McGregor, Seaforth, Sec.-Treas. 'I ' Ing of compli ity. He - LONDON AND WINGTIA s surprise in one "Haven't you crooks any higher scented danger. His familiari�y with t the floor with eyes that had already deepen his .seem c AGENTS: 1. NoI way only. Sevens was looking for- mathematics than that?" t3ne plan of that building was entire. rolled back in the signal of death. cojuld feel the anger of the crowd Alex- Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Clinton; -, I a.m. P.m. ward to a battle of wits which would "How do you mean—higher mathe- He knew that back of this office, -Which Out of Sevens's own throat ran a lowering over him, none of whose . .1 . I Exeter .......... certainly tax his resources and quite matics 7" The question was snarled fay to the right of the narrow hall, strangling sound broken by his unre- members knew his name or anything W, E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Mur- , !, I .� 10.16 6.04 ', ay, Eginond-ville; J. W. Yea, Gode- .� 1� I possibly would defeat them—but it out of twisting lip corners. "'V�%at's were the store-roorous, two in number covered breath. Sweating, dishevel- about him, beyond his deleterious r . , Kansan ........... 10.80 6.18 g u p rich; R- G. Jarmuth, Brodhagen. Rippen ........... 10.85 ,6.23 was in the sense of looking forward. the big idea? Trying to kid me?" and communicating with the freight led alid pa9te-pale, he stood so un- ,seeming, and he cau lit the s p res- �,� Brucefield ......... 10." 6.S2 One idea hid become insidiously fixed "By no means," replied Sevens elevator in the rearmost. Somewhere steadily rocking on his feet that th� Sf-d wrath with which the officer en- DIRECTORS: I .. . lo.58 6.46 in his mind, and that idea -�vas that g-ravely. "I got you the first tirge in that building there might be an night watchman took him by the el- Joined, "Well, speak up, can't you? William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth; I , Clinton ict . ....... . . . . Or maybe you'd rather tell it at the John Bennewies, Brodhagen; Jarmw . I Clinton, Ar . ....... il.o5 . &52 all this conferring was preliminary you said this wasn't a joke. I've rea- unsuspecting night watchmanr or he bows and piloted him to a chair tow I station house." Evans, Beachwood; M. McEwen, 0in- .. Clinton, Lv . ...... 11.15 6.52 and that the actual issue lay -in the son enough to be serious . . . You might have been temporarily relieved which he sank, still� staring incredu- He was still panting from his re- tOM; James Connolly Goderich; Alm .1. Clinton Jet . ....... 11,21 6.58 future. So far he was largely drift- say 1, m d,oublt-crossing, and you from duty by Shell and have �one out. lously at the huddlM shape on the icent exertion and while he tried con- Iseaforth; J. G. . :1, Undesborough .... 11.85 7,12 ing and forming impressions which he aren't doing me full credit. I'm Sevens felt rather than heard the floor. Broadfoot, No. 8, . � I Blyth ............. 11.44 7.21 hoped later to digest. triple -crossing." swift and unflurried passage. of feet Then in the doorway appeared ex- fusedly to think he fumbled at his Grieve, No. 4, Walton; Robert Ferr*- , V�l Belgrave .... 1. .. .. 11.56 7.83 Suddenly the door of the taxi He saw the man with the gun bend along the rrarrow ball toward the rited figures, and through them with collar with the clawing gesture of Harlock-, George McCartney, No. 3, ", Wingh6m Jet., Ar... 12-08 7.45 Slammed and the passenger who had forward with a pricked interest which rear. He could not vven be sure drawn revolver a policeman elbowed -one seeking to recover breath and Senforth; Murray Gibson, Braoefield. 1� .. Wingbam. Jct., Lv.. 12.08 7.45 remained inside realized that a sub- he at once stifled, leaning incuriously that he was not merely fancying his way. voice, but that only gained him a "I &., Winghem ......... 12.12 7.55 stitution had been effected with a back again. Sevens crossed his legs them. If they were. genuine, -they "What's this?" came the unorigin- I moment of respite. and in -- ­­­­­ --- . 1 4 South. sleight-of-hand celerity. The man and let his hands rest idly on one told of the actual thieves, going like al and inquisitorial- question from Then he heard another voice, � . ILM pm. who had been walking along the side- ankle, in an attitpde of counterfeited hiving bees to the shpiv- that bad Patrolman Mahaffey. "What,s hap- the pause that followed its fin, t words q. Wilrigoham. ......... 6.56 9.1fi walk -tat beside him now, instead of nonchalance. been drawn and locat�ed in careful pened here?" 1he felt the sudden tenseness of a FEMALE AGENTS WANTED . W%gham Jet . ..... 7.01 8.21 the (yther, and the car, with no word "I say I'm triple -crossing," he rp- plans for their use by the size -up man Ile stood sweeping the place with I listening s I ilence through which drift- Part or ftil time, appoin4iug sub4uretift. . d the grind of the elevated a half ­:� I BelgTave .......... 7.15 - g.gg to the driver, lurched forwaTd as peated. "Doesn't that start your im- who had worked in advance. his eyes, and while he waited for the e Steady inearne �ured. Wrke immedfate,17. .... e N Blyth ............. 7.27 &" though shot from a catapult and was 9gination to working?" He had not seen these nien mater- answer which did not at once come, block away and the drone of Sixth THE SA.1%MLLA CO- i , Londebborough . . . . 7.85- &62 speeding westward. "lit don't start nothing," carne the ialize out of darkness, but he knew R brother Officer appeared in the room Avenue's traffic. Dept, 32. P. 0. Bol 436, Montir"L. ., , . . I , Cln 7.49 4.06 Certain things proclaim themselves surly rejoinder. "And don't you they had come like jinns from the and crossed hurriedly to straighten "Let me tell it first," volunteered --­-­----- 1 . I Clinton ........... 7.56 4.18 for what they are without explana- start nothing, either—not if you're thick bottle of the night.. and in the 1. I" I � .1 0 Clinton Jet . ........ -8.08 4.20 tion or admonition, a,nd Sevens know half wise -to what's good for you." tense fragment of time that seemed -- - --- . ­­- --- - -- - -- - --- - ­­­ - ­ — -- ;P I ,11, I I Brucefield ......... 8.16 4.82 that the pressure he felt against his "I'm only explaining," went on Sev- protracted by his stress, his thoughts - - -- - -- -- - -- - - - �, i . 1.� �Uppen ........... 8.22 4AO left side was the muzzle of a pistol. ens patiently. "It was agreed that went racinir urrtil they were Interrupt- - � . Hensall ........... 8.82 4.60 His first realization was that the we Were to work together on this deal ed -by thaE'§e­Ti§a'tion with which he - -- . � Exeter ............. 8.47 � 5.05 driver of this car needed no explicit —not wrangle among ourselves." had already become familiar, the � I . I I orders. He had obviously been re- "And you snitched and double- nudge of a pistol muzzle against -his . I v 4W C. N. IL TIME TABLE hearsed in 'his role and was making crossed. That lets you out." lower ribs Let the I . good speed toward the avenues that " ; prompted R ghost of edgy :�. " RaffL I anitched and triple -crossed. How "Go on,' n the watch- 000 �, . lie closest to the North River docks, ". I a.m. p.m. many times do I have to tell you whisper in his ear. "CA .. I . 4wbere things occasionally happen with that?" Seven's fingers, as they nurs- man." . .1 6.00 2.20 - ed his ankle, stirred a little and the . Suddenly Sevens and(,rqtood that in Ili ,� ; i Holmeaville ....... unrestrained disdain of ordered codes Province of Ontario Savings 0 ce .,� 6.25 2.52 . flRt-sbaped keys went inside his shoe one respect the burgl.grq had misread :. � IIII!m Clinton ............ CHAPTER X top. the signa and with understanding ..�.'i� �, Seaforth .......... 6.41 8.12 inus hope. Tom Guard Your Savings ,�� - St. Columban ...... 6.40 8-20 Before he had commanded his own "I snit.c.hed to Tom Shell and told came a flash of tem I 1.1-1.1R, it IDublin ............ . 6.54 B-28 voice for speech, and with the nuzzling him I war, going into this business to Shell was a fastidioos man in the � . �, he . West caress of the weapon still proclainting trap the rest of you. By malcing that matter of dress and not. easily mis- It is easy to open an account by mail. Simply send ,,!��. ' � 1,,, , . �S. ,:, � 1%; a.m. p.m. 3 which he play,'r got full PerrnLqsion from him taken for a warehouse night watch- � �Ily , es � at very fastidiousness - by Bank Cheque �,;� P -m- itsqlf, Sevens heard a voict I 9 Post Office or Express &'�Y , Dublin ...... 10-87 5-88 9.87 'had -never heard before speaking in to handle it my own way. This is my man. Now th- money �` 114�1 ",% - , Se way. F9 . had wrought a deception. The desk . � '.. - b- St. Columban. 10.42 5.44 j. -j - monitory sharpness. at work was . Money Order, or Registered letter, to .the Branch - ,�. �,',,�?� , saftfbrt�h ..... � 10.53 6.68 0 "Easy now old dear," it enjoined. "Your way? How do you mean, upon which he bed been ,* , - Find before sit- I will receive your Bank Book . �,." I P - -Atd - I nearest you and you � �' irt ' cluttered and grimy Q� - �'A I 01i I . . ,§ Ole . ...... 1,1.10 6.08 0.04 ,,Don't make no false break. You your way?" I I . 11.20 7.03 10 -13 -tried to double-cross us to-dimy but ed myself with ting down to it he had taken off his , . by return mail. .�,��', b- I RM .%� IL40 7.20 10,80 you're going to kilek in JuA the Same, Beverly Brothers. Now I'm free of own coat and drawn on & shabby ,:.Ip " C-0 IrVe. .. . . , .: " 11;� �. 1� - I- . . . interference. I can work with you -working jacket, left hanging on some ­��, ,� .1 � I see ? " - I — The Government of the Province of Ontario guar- 1��(. , ly * I m you?" S was boys­oard all -that anybody will ever hook by' a -ini-nor employee, The I �,!­ '06 C. P. IL TM TABLE "Double-cro evens � � � � thinking hard and sparring for time have on -me will be the Seeming fact h6use�Aoreakers, as unprepared tis sev- � antees the safety of your deposits, on which inter- ."T � 5- , , r, *1 . . . I od -Aut. I ught. ens hjlb%�61;f Ao fin .. I .."A ov 'i., under the stunning impact of sur- that I wasn't as clever As I tho I aa Goderleh ....... � r. - 6.60 arely Came at est will be compounded half -yearly. You Cart .11., - You fellows get what you went aftr where - -the chief so r - ' ��., ;kV mensot ............ � US prise. - A withdraw your money by cheque at any time. I ,,, I ble-cross up. You sized —and Shell will only think that the su,6h tM,fi�&,, had mistaken him for �.. � �Tl , re kr.11 't I VEGavy ....... V6 1� 6,04 "Yeah, dou r fish that gam I I 1� . � 1! .: : .. Ar I x0tob . . :: I 6.1 #i c of poo e we framed up together flivver- the qtj�ti�ij ihey had expected to en- SAFETY . 4 . ... I I vb&,4 :::::..:, - Now ed .911 ootvioi. , .. I . . � , " t, . ... . 6-0A , I ,.� � , ;1 I � , you could play for com"us �11 "'Aft;, Sevens Scraped 1AS foot �� , .��O,,,% es, I e stunt to -night in- The man With the pistol laughed. . yo � . '-'f... b j� vilt6t ... 6 - we're pulling th , M ly. -a flOOT, , :11 , e I Province of Ontario Savings Office .,,.. " So MII : , : : : : : * NOR � stead'of later. You're out of the job "You may double-eTosg and you a# 91 . 6i, t.� for at that ITiStAnt I . , . 11. .1 ,� g,JA . lie � .. � . I 1. d prei4iting a . �� ,,:�.,',.11-­�. ,,, , -c , I 1. "I 01 ........ 10.29 a a pal, but you're Still in it as a may triple ,ross, buddy, but you doftlq$ ' -a I � ",d;,�,: "",t I .:, . �� '' " Me . .. , ,� � '. Te ": i1404 ...... h!A itr6d. ',,J1,UL d' but ala'dUctlY Head Office- 15 Queeles Park, Tdr6nt0 I , . I � I Undy man—and if you bobblep my four -time me. We woulditi't belfoiie, W10 6 I ..� ..�,;���ffN', I IS 1* " .# , , ,,,, . W46C VISec I Toronto BtR1104 Offices'. � .�,�.c;.* I 1k;,- e A* his sasilitielit 6v- -,,'.,�; , . .,. � . � .. uet that you on oath _ Car. VI&WAY .�� A - . . 6II are to croak you. now ---and i -' -1 - � d . it w4ulctnit %4y � I 12 and DUMM W& I- V,0',g, ".. I . . 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