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-.X ;SID, 1930.
ItiJP'ruRk SPECIALIST
Rupture Varicocele, Varicose Vend,
Abdominal, Weakness, Spinal DeforM-
By. Consultation Free. Call or
Write. J. G. SMITH, British Appli-
ance Specialist, 15 Downie St., Stret-
ford, Ont. 3202-25
LEGAL
Phone No. 91
JOHN J. HUGGARD
Barrister, Solicitor,
Notary Public,, ]Fete.
Beattie Block - - Seaforth, Ont.
A
It. S. HAYS
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer
stud Notary Public. Solicitor for the
Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the
Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
Sean.
na.1
BEST & BEST
Barristers, Solicitors, Conrveyan-
sas and Notaries Public, Etc. Office
la the Edge Building, opposite The
B rpoaitar Office.
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Vhf RINARY
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated'. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
srinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich Street, one
door east of Dr. Mackay's office, Sea -
•A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S.
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, University of Toronto. All
c lseases of domestic animals treated
hy the most modern principles.
!Merges reasonable. Day or night
sans promptly attended to. Office on
Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town
mall. Phone 116.
MEDICAL
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate•in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Ophthal-
med and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
:Land Golden Square Throat Hos-
, London, Eng. At Commercial
Rotel, Seaforth, third Monday in
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
311 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford.
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario, Lon-
don Member of College of Physic-
ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office
a Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St.,
Reafortb. Phone 90.
DR. R. P. I. DOUGALL
Honor graduate of Faculty of
medicine and Master of Science, Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, London.
Member of College of Physicians and
Burgeons of Ontario. Office 2 doors
east of post office. Phone 56, Hensall,
Ontario. 300441
DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY
Bayfield
Graduate Dublin University, Ire-
land. Late Extern Assitant Master
'Rotunda Hospital for Women and
Children, Dublin. Office at residence
'lately occupied by Mrs. Parsons.
Hours, 9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 p.m.;
Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26
DR. F. J./BURROWS
Office and residence Goderich Street,
east of the United Church, Sea -
gni. Phone 46. Coroner for the
4'kmnty of Huron.
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By Archie P. IVIcKisnnie
(Continued from last week.)
"Not on your life," grated Turn-
bull. "I don't trust that fellow; and
besides, he knows too much to suit
me. I think Bryce is about due to
s'ay good-bye to this city." •
"My sentiments exactly," approved
Haight. "The fellow's got a queer
kink in him, There .are times when
he is almost openly rebellious. He's
liable at any moment to turn dan-
gerous. Perhaps," he suggested, "we
had best let him go before you get
hold of the property?"
"But in that case you'd have to
consult Wlelbater; wouldn't you?"
"As matter of form., yes."
"And if he refused to fire Bryce,
you would be simply putting the fel-
low on his guard without effecting our
ends. No, let Bryce be. I'll fix him
quick enough after I get the whip
hand."
He consulted his watch and rose to
leave.
"I'm going to take your advice and
back the mare Fire Fly heavily," he
said, as he held out his hand.
Haight frowned disapprovingly.
"Oh, this betting," he cried, "how
I detest the very sound of the word."
"And," said Turnbull, "I'm going to
bake your advice still further, and
cancel that order I gave Donley to
buy Marchand. Pve been thinking it
over, and I'm not just satisfied with
the tip." •
"Good boy," commended Haight, as
he shook his hand. "And thanks,
Turnbull for the loan."
He accompanied his visitor to the
door.
"Good -night," he said, "I'll tell
Myra you were disappointed at not
seeing her."
He closed the door gently behind
Turnbull, and locked it. Then he tip-
toed across to the telephone and soft-
ly called a number. There was an
exultant smile on his face, as he
spoke into the transmitter. •
"Winslow," he said, "in lowered
voice, "to -morrow morning, at the
opening of the market, I want yon
to 'buy me fifty thousand shares of
Marchand. Never mind that now. I
will tell you all about it in the morn-
ing. Don't forget. Marchand. Thanks."
Haight hung up the receiver and
stood rubbing his hands together
gleefully.
"And to think of Turnbull, the
crafty, close-mouthed Turnbull, throw-
ing a tip like that in one's way," he
mused.
Turnbull's first act on reaching his
club was to call up his broker on the
private line,
"Donley," he informed him guard-
edly, "I want you to sell all the
Marchand you can get hold of short,
instead of following the order I gave
you, which you will cancel now. Get
that? Short, and keep it up until I
give the word."
Dr. C. MACKAY
C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin-
ity and gold medalist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
The College of Physicians and Sur -
seems of Ontario.
a DR.. H. HUGH ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col -
here of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ;
Newel Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
4ngland; University Hospital, Lon-
don, England. Office -Back of Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5.
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria Street, Seaforth.
DR. J. A. MUNN
Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross
Graduate of Northwestern Univers-
aty, Chicago, Ill. Licentiate Royal
College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto.
Mee over Sills' Hardware, Main St.,
Beaforth. Phone 151.
DR. F. J. BECHELY
Graduate Royal College of Dental
Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R.
Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea -
forth. Phones: Office, 185W; resi-
dence, 185 J.
CONSULTING ENGINEER
interest in cock fighting or boxing,
.Guardie," she. sighed. "Neither can I
play poker or drink cocktails, and I
simply harve no use at all for chorus
girls. 1 doubt exceedingly if ever I
could learn to like the things ' Mr.
Turnbull likes."
"But, God bless my soul, gyre," he
cried, "you don't think Turnbull is
that kind of man, surely?"
• "Oh, yea, he is, and you know it.
However, it really makes no differ-
ence to me, because I'hn not interest-
ed in Mr. Turnbull in the least., What
I am interested in though," with. a
change to her old bright winsomeness;
"is how soon eanay we expect better
conditions among 'the tenement dwel-
lers "
Mr. Haight made no reply. He sat
looking away, his, eyes fixed on vac-
ancy.
"You haven't answered my question,
Guardie."
He cleared his throat.
"My dear Myra," he replied testily,
"what you ask is impossible. Admit-
ting that conditions among the tene-
ment dwellers is quite as bad as you
seem to think, my influence with those
who 'hold the controlling interest in
the wretched houses is not sufficient
to change existing conditions."
Then, as she remained silent.
"And I must reiterate, Myra, that
your visiting and mingling with those
slummers as you do does not meet
with my approval. What gond can
come of making those people who
have always known the sordid condi-
tions of life dissatisfied with those
conditions? .Social and moral reform
is all,right, my dear, as a hobby. You
women must do something to pass
away your leisure hours, and keep
you out of mischief, I suppose; but
to spend your money and time on
those whiners at the risk of your
health and life, as yore persist in do-
ing, is, I consider, going altogether
too far."
He tried to meet her eyes, but be-
fore her hurt, accusing gaze his own
fell away.
"Let us understand one another,"
she said quietly. "As long as I feel
that my going among those people
cheers them and lightens their bur-
dens, I am going. You are my legal
guardian but you are not the arbiter
of, .my actions. What• I feel it is my
duty to do -I shall do."
IHlaight sat bolt upright.
"Duty!" he sneered. "Sentimental
nonsense, rattier."
"No, it is not sentimental nonsense.
I believe that the biggest and best
things of life are born of contrast.
If ever it is my lot to suffer poverty
and want, I may know that other wo-
men have carried the same crosssas I
carry. And if ever I should know love
-she spoke softly -"I shall know
whether or not it is real, because in
that same underworld whose contam-
ination you and your kind so greatly
fear, I have seen love that is self-
sacrificing and all -satisfying."
Mr. Haight swallowed hard.
"My dear," he spoke at length,
"You mustn't think I wouldn't lessen
the burdens of these poor people if
I could. That their living conditions
are deplorable goes without saying:
and after all they are human beings
'with souls. But what can I or Mr.
Trollivor do toward alleviating their
sufferings. Had Parnley lived we
might have, in time, prevailed upon
him to give them better, more sani-
tary buildings and charge them less
rent. But he died suddenly, as you
know, leaving us orders which we
must obey to the letter."
"Then his heir must be induced to
help them."
Haight smiled queerly.
a'You will speak to him about the
tenement district at once, Guardie,
won't you?"
He shook his head. "We have al-
ready done so, Myra. He simply
laughed at our proposal and refused
to consider it even. He ordered all
rents raised on the first of the month.
"Oh," she gasped, a whiteness steal-
ing into her Cheeks.
He arose, and passing about the
table laid his hand on her shoulder.
"There now," he said, in fatherly
tones, "forget all about it, Myra. We
will hope that the heart of the lately
discovered heir to the Parnley fortune
is not as selfish and flinty as it ap-
pears to be. We must give him a
little time in which to note conditions
for himself."
She lifted her head, smiling brave-
ly, although her face was still pale.
"I've got some geed news for you,
Myra," he told her. "We're going to
enter Fire Fly in the Harport,Sweep-
stakes. She'll win easily, too. May-
be you won't be proud of your little
mare then?"
Still she did not speak.
He bit his lips, exasperated at her
lack of enthusiasm. He had counted
on her elation at the news just im-
parted -this girl who had inherited
her father's passion for clean sport
and love of a thoroughbred,
"Really, Myra," he said coldly,
"there is a'bsolute'ly no satisfaction
in striving to please you. You know
my views on racing or any other sport
possessing tan element of risk, and yet
T stifle the chide of conscience to -to
plan something which I hope may give
you gladness -and this is how you
show your appreciation."
"But, Guardie, I am grateful, in-
deed I am," she interposed quickly.
Ile shook his head.
"Perhaps it is natural for an old
man who never possessed a child pf
his own to hope for more than mere
gratitude from one he has done his
utmost to serve," he said sorrowfully
CHAPTER X
Concerning Thoroughbreds.
From where he sat at the break•
fast table, Mr. Haight's eyes com-
manded a perfect view of a bewitch-
ing picture --two of them, in fact.
From furtively scrutinizing the stock
reports in the pages of the daily -he
was exactly fifty thousand dullars,
borrowed money, poorer than he had
been two days ago -his gaze wander-
ed through the window to the spacious
ground's of his suburban home, then
back to the face of the young girl
opposite. That face silhouetted a-
gainst. a bunch of crimson morning -
roses was perfect in contour. But it
was grave this morning, and this gave
Mr. iHlaight no little uneasiness.
Often he regretted the responsibil-
ity he had assumed as guardian of
this self-willed, clear -visioned Myra
Huntingdon, ten of whose twenty
years of life had been lived beneath
his roof, and had grown to look eag-
erly forward to the time when that
responsibility would be lifted; but now
when that day was not far distant -
he was not so sure that he would wel-
come it. Certain complications had
arisen to make him dread the time
when Myra would reach maturity, and,
by the stipulation of her dead father's
will, assume control of her fortune.
He became suddenly conscious that
her clear eyes were fixed upon him.
"Guardie," she addressed him, "why
does that man, Mr. Turnbull, insist on
proposing marriage to me every time
he comes to this house? He knows
I detest him."
S. W. Archibald, B.A.Sc., (Tor.), Haight coughed behind his servie't-
tI.1L.S., Registered Professional En- te.
&�nseer and Land Surveyor. Associate "My dear child," he answered. "It's
Member Engineering Institute of Can- because he is madly in love with you,
ada. Office, Seaforth, Ontario. as anybody can see. And, by the
- way, Myra," he added half -chidingly,
AUCTIONEERS "don't you think you are just a bit
,,,, unreasonable in fostering a dislike a-
gainst him, for which you have really
no cause? Most any other girl in
your position would feel highly hon-
oured. Mr. Turnbull is rich, success -
"Uncouth and vulgar," broke in his
ward, "wears extreme clothes, loud
pies and flashy jewellery; eats pepper-
mints to take the smell of whisky off
his breath; always talking about what
is his: 'his cars, his houses, his this,
and his that'; I dislike him; Guardie,
and I wish you would not insist on
my seeing him every time he calls."
Mr. Haight seemed to consider this
plea thoughtfully.
"I wouldn't care to offend him," he
said at length. "For certain reasons
Myra, I wish sincerely you could for-
get your petty antipathy toward him
-and marry hint."
"No," she shook her head with fin-
ality. "I can never do that. Mr. Turn-
bull and d aren't suited to each ether
at all; we're not interested in the
same things even."
p`But you could learn to be," insist-
ed Haight."All 'wives should learn
to take an interest in their husband's
•pursiiits and Wobbles."
"I'm afraid I ,could never take an
THOMAS BROWN
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
et Huron and Perth. Correspondence
arrangements for sale dates can be
Made by calling The Expositor Office,
.forth. Charges moderate, a n d
,satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 302.
OSCAR KLOPP
Honor Graduate Carey Joates' a
Ronal School of Auctioneering, Chi-
cago. Special course taken in Pure
Bred Live Stock, Real Estate, Me'r-
e'handise and Farm Sales. Rates in
keeping with prevailing market. Sat-
s, ',faction assured.Write
Ont. or
Phone:
Oscar Klopp, Phone:
18-2*. 2866-25
R. T. LUKER
Licensed auctioneer for the County
c'f Huron. Sales attended to in all
parte of the county. Seven years' ex-
perience in Manitoba and Saskatche-
eiyan. Terms reasonable. Phone No.
118 r 11, Exeter, Centralia P.O,, R.R.
NO. L , Orders left at The Huron. Ex -
=tor (Bike, Seaforth, promtptly
1ed.
Oa% axdx0T
Might hatre been
to each Other than..
a td are, )But Wheee
ly not nine. I dames
who had last a $ear
larinchsee
eve beeh•.
it? Sure.
you a, girl
atter apt
'mothers one whose ]tear 'was hungry
for. the affee,tion' you intOtt, have giv-
en. But you gave .ria One of .t. In-
stead you raised a wall of reserve a-
bout yoµ that I was powerless to
scale. You have beenkizrd, consider-
ate. You even listened tet my plea, to
keep my fathers string of thorough-
breds intaet-beeause I could not bear
the thoughts' of 'strangers owning the.
horses he loved: You have made
other -perhaps greater -concessions
to me."
.She paused, and bending, touched
her face to the; crimson rides,
"My father," she continued softly,
"was a true Southerner.' Next to my
mother and myself, he loved his horses
better' than anything else in the
world, Never could it be said of him
that he sold a race."
She raised her eyes to her guard-
ian.
"I remember," she resumed, a ten-
der stalk playing upon her lips, "when
Darkey Darphena won the Kentucky
Sweepstakes, daddy took me out to
the stables and .told her who 1 was.
She was a moody, quick-tempered lit-
tle mare, suspicious of strangers, but
she was every ladylike and gentle with
me. I think she "must have under •
stood what daddy told her. He had a
way of talking to his horses, and
they seemed to understand, particu-
larly Darphena."
"Not one man in a thousand would
Wade, understood horses like you"
father understood them," Haight ad-
mitted. "It is because you have his
love for them that I have brought in
a trainer to the country stables."
"A trainer!" she cried. "But Guar -
die, will he understand?"
He smiled wryly.
"I antieipeted just what your fears
would be in that regard, Myra. Will
he understand the artistic tempera-
ment of Darphena's queenly grand-
daughter sufficiently well to train her.
Let me tell you who this trainer is,
then- -- No le.s,s than Teddy Jer-
ome, himself.'-'
"Oh, Guardie!"
The girl clasped her hands in ecs-
tasy. The rose 'bloom was back in
her cheeks again and her eyes spark-
led.
"Is it really old Teddy?" she ask-
ed in wonder ."Teddy Jerome, daddy's
old trainer! Oh, this is splendid: He
will do more for Fire Fly than any-
one else in the world. How did you
ever come to locate him?"
"To be perfectly frank, I didn't lo-
cate him, rather, he located me. He
came looking for me at Trollivor's
office about six weeks ago, and in spite
of the fact that time had buffeted him
sorely I recognized him at once. His
first inquiry was for you."
"And then?" asked the girl, her
breath coming quickly.
"Then he asked about the horses;
said he supposed it would be too much
to expect that Harkey Darphena was
still alive."
"But she is alive I told him, and
as coltish as her grand -daughter, Fire
Fly. 'Would you 'like to go out ti
the stables and see your old friend?'
I asked.
He nodded. He couldn't say a
word. Haw any man could come to
love horses as he and your father lov-
ed them is quite beyond my compre-
hension.
"I drove him to Meadow Course
that afternoon and he kept silent all
the way. And here's a funny thing,
Myra. When we arrived at the stables
we learned from the groom that Dark-
ey Darphena was out to pasture. We
went on to the field. Darphena was
in the far corner of the pasture. She
lifted her head and watched us as we
opened the gate. `If you don't mind,'
said Jerome, 'I'd like to go to her a-
lone."
"He started toward the mare, and
she raised her head higher and watch-
ed him. :Hlalf-way across the field
Teddy waved his hand and called
something to her. She gave a little
nicker and trotted forward to meet
him."
"She knew him?" cried the girl.
"The old darling!"
"Yes, she knew him, no doubt of
that. She muzzled his face, lifted his
hat from his head and nosed his poc-
kets exactly as I've seen Fire Fly
nose yours."
Myra laughed happily.
"And of course Teddy hadn't for-
gotten her sugar?"
"Not he. He stood there crooning
to her and feeding her until I got
tired waiting and called to him. He
came back then, and the mare fol-
lowed him, her nose on his shoulder.
"1 left him with the groom and re-
turned to the city. Next day i saw
Jerome again. He seemed like an-
other man, more like the old Jerome
of your father's time."
"'Mr. Haight,' he said, 'I believe if
you will allow me to take hold of that
youngster, Fire Fly, I can make a
winner of her. She's got the heart
and the temperament -and she's got
the speed. I can do wonders with her
in two months!"
His eyes were watching the girl's
speculatively.
"I thought it over. Myra. I knew
that for one of the old strain to win
a real race, like the Harport Stakes,
would please you more than anything
else in the world. I decided to give
Jerome a free hand, and say nothing
about it until we were positively sure
that Fire Fly could qualify. Yester-
day he reported to me again. The
mare can do the mile in one forty-
three, and Teddy declares she can cut
that time considerably. The only other
horse with a better mark than Fire
Fly's will not be entered on account
of her owner being recently disquali-
fied."
He turned away. He was satisfied.
Once again he had been able to pull
the wool over his ward's: eyes. Ti
she ever guessed that his motive in
training Fire Fly to win the Harport
Sweepstakes was a purely selfish one
-well, she would simply refuse to en-
ter the mare.
Myra stood gazing from the win-
dow. Her lips were half parted, her
eyes very tender.
She caught her breath and tears
welled to her eyes. But the arms
hanging by her .sides • were rigid,
theme was no tremor in the low voice
as she replied:'
It'You have intimated that I might
have been more to you than I have
Tose must 0�
other precut.
IHave your car in erfeet mocha, ical Gond tipn p'
STEERING GEAR and HEADLIGHTS.
'GIVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION TO YOUR i)
In passing traffic, be sure there is a place'for you in the traffo.line
3 Never attempt to pass on curves or steep grades.
"w In entering main streets or highways, or iaa approachingarailway crossing
where a full view of the track is obscured -STOP and LOOK. .
5 When other vehicles try to pass you -LET THEM PASS.,
6 When making a right turn, keep to the right of the highway; when
making a left turn, keep to the centre.
IAlways SIGNAL before you slow down, stop, or change your course, and
never BACK UP before ascertaining that the road behind is clear.
The Keystone of Safety
on the King's Highway
and all other roads and streets
The HON. GEO. S. HENRY, Chairman
1182
The girl stood for a moment gazing
down at the crimson mass of roses
on the table.
"Poor old Guardie," she mused, half
sadly; "he does his best to please me
-and I'm afraid I don't half appreci-
ate his goodness."
IHer slender fingers pinched a dewy
rose bud from its stem, and catching
up her hat she tripped from the room
down through the long conservatory
and out upon the lawn. ..
Haight was just climbing into his
limousine. He settled back in his
seat and waited until she Dame up to
him. In the garish light of the June
morning his face, she thought, looked
greyer, more worried than usual. He
leaned toward her with brows lifted
interrogatively.
Reaching forward she shyly placed
the rosebud in his ,buttonhole.
"Guardie," she said, "I'm going out
to the Meadow Course stables this
morning to see Jerome."
He nodded absently.
The girl watched the big car as it
swung to the twisting roadway
through the grounds, then with a
happy little laugh she turned away
toward the garage.'
Not until the spreading maples
screened him from all possible obser-
vation did Mr. Haight recover from
his surprise. Slowly his face lower-
ed until he caught the sweet breath
of the bud in his buttonhole. Then,
like a man who finds himself on the
brink of a dangerous precipice, he
plucked it away and with a face a lit-
tle greyer, a little more set, slumped
back in his seat, his gloved hand slow-
ly grinding to a pulp the bud of
sweetness and promise.
CHAPTER XI
Back Fire
Haight came out of his preoccupa-
tion as his car drew up before Trot-
livor's office. As she stepped to the
sidewalk and ascended the steps, he
all but collided with another man just
leaving the building. He passed
through the swinging doors and en-
tered the elevator.
Trollivor was pacing slowly up and
clown his office floor. Haight noticed
the absence of colour from his usually
ruddy face.
"Well," he spoke as he closed and
locked the door behind him. '•I see
you've been reading the stock reports.
That slump in Marchand hit you
square 'between the eyes. Eh?"
"It hit me damned hard," groaned
the lawyer.
Haight selected a cigar from the
humidor on the table, lit it and seat-
ed himself. .
"Anrl you were so sure," he sneer-
ed, "so absolutely certain of the tip
you received. I've told you before
that you're a fool, Trollivor, and now
perhaps you'll admit it. If this last
plunge doesn't prove it to your own
satisfaction, it should. How much do
you stand to lose?"
Trollivor shuddered.
"I don't exactly know.
sand anyway."
He sagged into his chair 'and his
eyes sought Haight's appealingly.
"I know your views on stock gam-
bling, Haight," he said, "and, of
course, 1 regret now I didn't listen to
your advice. I was sure •of the tip,
so sure that 1 would have risked twice.
the amount I did had it been avail-
able."
Haight's thin mouth drooped in a
cynical smile, His trembling finger,
flicked the ash from his cigar on to a
jade tray.
•• "You even went so far as to urge
me to get in on it, didn't you?"
He laughed mirthlessly and shook
his head.
"Well, you're a forty -some thousand
laugh of derision.
"Through!" scoffed Haight. "Not
you! You'll continue to gamble as
long as you possess a dollar. It's in
the blood. You can't help it."
"But I've been hard hit, Haight,"
groaned the other. "I'm cured, 1 tell
you."
"I'r'e heard drunkard talk during
their cold, grey mornings of remorse,"
sneered the older man. "I've heard
dope eaters during their periods of
depression swear that they ' were
through with the drug for ever. Weak-
lings', Trollivor, damned, blubbering.
weaklings! Give me a man who takes
his medicine, a man who pays the
price without whimpering. The most
pitiful liar of all liars is the man who
lies to himself as you are doing now.
You know, and I know, that yott will
plunge again."
He drew a chair forward and seat-
ed himself.
"Now forget it, and let's get dowse
to business. Did you follow my in-
structions in regard to Webster?"
Trollivor opened a drawer of his
desk and drew out a flask. He rais-
ed it to his lips and gulped several
swallows of its fiery contents.
"Yes," he said, pressing his hands
against his aching eyes. "I hal Jor-
dan follow Nevilles. Jordan has just
left me, and from what he reported
there seems no doubt but that the
prospector told us the truth. The real
Webster is being held prisoner in one
of Parnley's old malt buildings along
the river."
"Humph!" grunted Haight, "we'll
know where to find the real Webster
when we want him then." ' Clinton
The telephone at, Trollivor's elbow Londesboro
buzzed He lifted off the receiver.
Forty thou -
The door was opened by old Rob-
bins. He admitted them and led them
up a broad stair to the big library.
Haight shoved the chair the old man
proffered him aside with his knee.
"We wish to see Webster at once,"
he informed the butler.
Robbins bowed respectfully.
"I regret, sir, that Mr. Webster can-
not see you right away," he said. "He
is exercising of his dogs in the ken-
nel -yard, and left, ceders he was not
to be disturbed. Perhaps in half an
hour, say-"
"Then lead us to him," thundered
Haight. "Damnation! man, don't
know your place?"
"I am sorry, sir, but I'm afeered
you won't care to go where Mr. Web-
ster is now, sir," stammered the but-
ler. But Haight turned upon him
angrily.
"We don't want
you, my man; we
ster."
"But those clogs, sir-"
"Are you going to show us where
Webster is, or are you not?" cut in
Trollivor.
(Continued next week)
any opinions from
want to see Web -
LONDON AND WINGHAM
North.
R.M. p.m.
Centralia 10.36 5.41
Exeter 10.49 5.54
Hensall 11.03 6.08
Kippen 11.08 6.15
Brucefield 11.17 6.22
12.03 6.42
12.23 '7.02
12.32 '7.11
12.44 7.23
1.00 7.45-
She
.46
"Yes," he spoke, and sat listening. Blyth
"Just a moment." Belgrave ..
He put his hand over the transmit- Wingham
ter and turned to Haight.
"It's Nevilles. He has just inform-
ed me that he has placed the Parnley
housekeeper on a pension and raised
the salaries of all the other servants."
Haight shot from his chair.
"Let me speak to the fool!" he cried
angrily.
Trollivor shook his head.
"He is quite within his rights,
Haight. We'll have to stand for it.
All right," he spoke into the 'phone.
"If you will just let us have the de-
tails in writing, we'll adjust the mat-
ter to your satisfaction."
"Tell him," cried Haight, almost be-
side himself with wrath, "to come
down here at once."
Trollivor did as he was told, hung
up the receiver. and again had re- 1
source to the brandy flask.
"Is he coming?" asked Haight,
ominously. "What did he say ?"
"He said," Trollivor answered dul-
ly, "that if we want to see him, we'll
have to go up there.
"Well, I'll be-"
Haight choked on the expletive.
"Well, then, we'll go there, and I
fancy when I get through with Mr.
Nevilles, he'll he glad to come run-
ning next time he is summoned. Get
your hat, Trollivor, my car's outside."
'Three-quarters of an' hour later
Haight's limousine purred up a curv-
ing roadway hedged with ancient oaks,
It had always been a fly in the ex -
banker's ointment that those sweep-
ing grounds and big colonial home
looking proudly above them possessed
a certain indefinable distinction which
his own grounds and magnificent
country home could never own; a
stateliness and •beauty of maturity
which time and care alone can give.
Three generations of Parnleys had
had the moulding of Shag Villa.
Grounds and house had been laid out
after the English style of landscape
and architecture. It was but natural
perhaps that Haight should sigh en-
viously as his frowning eyes swept
the beautiful picture before him.
"Now, remember, you're to let me
do the talking," he warned, as they
ascended the steps' to the house.
"Thanks Guardie," she called after out. The experience is worth the
him.
Perhaps he did not hear her. Hi
face was back in its aecustome
scowling mask, as he passed from th
room.
s
d
e
price though, if only you will profit
by it, but you won't."
"I will," promised Trollivor. "I'm
through with plunging for ever."
He shrank from the other's cackling
South.
a.m. p.m.
Wingham 6.45 3.051
Belgrave 7.03 3.23
Blyth 7.14 3.37
Londesboro . 7.21 3.45
Clinton • 7.40 4.08
7.58 4.28-
8.05 4.36•
8.13 4.4&
8.27 4.58
Centralia 8.39 5.08
Brucefield ...
Kippen
Hensel] .....
Exeter
C. N. R. TIME TABLE
East.
a.m. p.m.
Goraerich 6.20 2.15•
llolmesville 6.36 2,32
Clinton 6.44 2.45
6.59 3.03
7.06 3.10
7.11 3.17
Seaforth
St. Columban
Dublin
Dublin
St. Columban.
Seaforth �
Clinton
Holmesville
Goderich
C. P. R.
Goderich
Menset
McGaw
Auburn
Blyth
West.
a.m.
11.27
11.32
11.43
11.59
12.11
12.25
P.M- p.m.
5.38 10.04•
5.44 ....
5.53 10.17
6.08-5.43 10.31
7.05 10.40.
7.10 10.57
TIME TABLE
East.
Walton
McNaught
Toronto
•
West.
Toronto
McNaught
Walton
Blyth
Auburn
McGaw
Meneset
Goderich .........
R.M.
5.50'
5.55-
6.04,
.566.04,
6.11
6.25
6.40.
6.52
10.25-
a.m.
7.40
11.48
12:01
12.12
12:'+
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