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The Clinton News-Record, 1911-10-19, Page 71k bas yo# Wool iWalt 4 Of linos 'V%kl Simitk, tu, too el a r n*%O- ing, i% Parry" Sound 41striet. ... I �4/� Y V R- l if 111Y students andevery jlrsdu`te, Seven ' specially q regular teachers. One 0W1 -BANKING W1- bWWrod and #Iffy 1.oradon firms amploy , e Conus our d,NSA CTED. NOTES ifept. trained help. Iu session ffrroomm 8 to June 3t1, Bnto any tinfe. l NTED. DRAFTS ISSUED co lodue F •gi« a F �j•.y �p�" i "'.�""b" EST ALLOWED ON DE . J. "�""/ fitertMM W. WzsrsatvzLT, J, W. W>'s�p�, . $y TROXAS ;G>�lloa a t S. SALE NOTES PUR- t �- i ED ... 1 4 ertain pointed remarko that I failed inflection on the worn. ulous ease with which the thing was by the palings that separated the cells h T-.- H. T. RA:NCE. - - - __ _ . _ _ i he idea that he was wanted for worse stsarply. kIUNTE1i,S. PUBLIC, CONVEY- a -TART LACER, FINANCIAL, REAL Return Tickets at Sizable Fare. 0STATE AND FIRE INSUR: OCT. 9th to NOV. limit. ;ANCI) AGENT. REPRE- to oint"s in Tema azn4 p B _, pointsa* SENTING 14 FIRE INSUR- . a,wa fid ,TimaslCaauing alalj Kipaw�a, , "ANCE COMPANIES. Que., inclusive, also to co+.ain pctnts ]SIGN COURT OFFICE, in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Maine. CLINTON. A s of sliced bread. and another and a caustic word or two cut short you. OCT. 19%, to NOV. 11th. . to Muskoka Laken, Pfinetang;, Lake of $RYDONE, Bays, Midland, Maganetaaiwan River, . BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, Madawaska) to Pjir)m.p Sou*i, Argyle Argyle to Coboconk,•.Linlsays toHali- PUBLIC, ETC, burfon, Pcdats• from, Severn - A) .:..NOTARY North Bay ird-clusive, and certain pIOE•- Sloane Block-CLINTON, point's reached by Northern, Naviga- tiorr Co. expected .had I retuned absolute- All ,rickets valid for return uni41 suer -clean quilts served �or a bed. Ing Thursday, Dec. 14thexcept ta;poizI $LES B. HALE reached by,, strawder lines, `L'uesday, Conveyancer, Notary Public Novembela 14th. Full particulars angst tickets from Commissioner Etc, . John Ransford Agent L ESTATE and INSURANCE. A. 0. Patterson Depot Agenl' - wrong, I might have been moved Or address A. E. Duff, D. P. A., Issuer of Marzaa.7e Licenses. • Tos;into. . i.". STREET, - CLINTON. tumbled heap of . quilts a tentative ;urled up on my plank, setting forth "It would be of a piece with your 100 GIRLS. shake, peering into the half -dark r GUNN & GANDIER. past deeds,," she dried, "if you should Dr. W. Gunn, L. R. C. P:' L. R. C. S. Edin. W A N T E Q Dr. J. C. Gaudier, B. A., M B. break this flimsy jail and butcher my I fl9ee-Ontario St., Cliidton. Night .$5.00 per week to start With s ar residence, Rattenbury St. for girls eighteen 3 ears and r at Hospital. occasionally -developing Into ' keen- inent the workinge of Destiny, Some- over. Apply at once., longer • that of the son of a St. I. J. W. SHAW. D. $. Perrin & Co. And Hien she was gone, the guard Limited, London. OFFICE— .o look up, and 1 saw that he was RATTENBURY ST. EASTp was so complete, so radical, and, .—CLINTON. - D. N. WATSON • CLINTON. - - ONT.. . LICENSED AUCTIONEER C. W. THOMPSON. for the County of Huron.-Corres- • 4'YSICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. pondence promptly answered. Charg. .Special atitention given to dis• ea, moderato and satisfaction guaran- .-rases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and tieed. Immediate arrangements for Throat. saPd.dates may be made by_ calling es carefully examined and suitable at. ' The News -Record Office .or ou glasses promilbed. Frank Watson at Beacom & Smyth') and saw Barreau had slipped within grocery. • ffi+ee and residence : 2 doors: west of • tl the Commercial Hoel. Huron St. ` "'' I ITHOMAS BROWN, LICENSED AUC- one thing we had to fear. And It tioneer for the counties of Hurot 1 F. A. A\ and Perth. ,.Correspondencd prompt - ,DR. .. '- ly answered. Immediate arrange. —DENTIST.— meints can be made IcA sale dales a, of them during the meal hour — con - The News-Raeord, Clinton, or by •, Specialist in Crown and Bridge calling phone 97, Seafiirth. Charges Work. Graduate of C. C. D. S., moderate and satisfaction guaran- ' Chicago, and R. C. D. S., Tor- teed. ' "-into. spared," he said, under his breath; hayfield on Mondays from May to necembola. The JIcKIIIop hlutuai Fuc- - Iusulance companu a while ago?" He raised his bead and • a back to our cells. For once I was turned his eyes from the little win- -Farm. and Isiolated Town! Property- put to me as an abstract proposition, glad to be locked up; knowing that, dow, drew up his knees until his it back. I am going to . take Destiny . -On1'y Insured— ` -TIME TABLE- ---OFFICERS- Trains will arrive at and depart 'J. 'B. McLean, President, Seaforth 11� !!loan Clinton station as inflows :. F'. sat hunched against tLe wall. Wholly O. ; Jas.. Connolly, ti ice-Presi- demt, Godericli P. O. ; T. E. Hays, BUFFALO AND GODERICH DIV : Secrotary.Treasurer, Seatarth P. 0, Going East 7.35 a. ni. deviation from my previous ideas of ',-Dirdetors- "r '" 3.07 p. m, you fell in with me. I seem to be in William Chesney, Seafor0h ; John Is " 5.15 p. m. Now I distinguished, voices, the deep Grieve, Winthrop, - Wilkiam Rinn, Con- eloinag West 11.07 a. M. stance; - John Watt, Harlock i John "r it 1.25 p. M. Banuerwies; Brodhagen : James Ev- ,r "" 6.40 p. M. ans, Beechwood ; M. McEwen, Clin- "" It 11.28 g. m. ton.P. O. . flight. That we agreed upon at the wto safe in front. The smell of to - —Agents— [,ONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV, - Robert Smith, Harlock : E. Hinch- Going South 7.50 a. m. ley, Seaforth ; Ja.nes C0mh Angs, Egr- „ rr 4.23 p, m. mondvilld; J. W. Yoo.. Holmesville. Going North •11.00 a, m. Any money to be paid -in may be, "" It C,. .j.5 p. m. paid to Tozer & Brown. Ciinrou, ox our cell faced. e.urance that at' the worst I would at. Cutt's grocery, Goderich. had only to conceal the actu•:1 Presently the shadow. of them dark- Parties desirous to effect insurance 1 - material. or transact other business 'will be OVER eta YEARS* fact. And even so, I found -myself prompely attonded to on application ExPER1ENCC . "For you, of courase," he replied se- ro any of the above officers 'addressed brought.with !t a change .of. guard. Barreau shifted uneasily. I; too, lean= to their rdspective postoffices. Losses ' a ,Blackie no longer sat, In front with inspected by .the director who live: , 1 captions -of a criminal. In aiding. him nearest *hd scene.: . TRADL MliRtas should have led you to Sanders' place to be free, I seemed to be freeing , �� Dcstcns Coisyma afe; as. the very night picked for a raid: They Clinton News -Record Anyon. eendingasketchand deserlptlonmay Wekly Scertain our opinion free w ether an that. was its twin. � It dad not- seem . b,tention is probably pate table. mmunles, tions atrlotlfoonndentlel• H�tA0800 oal'atents —by the , guardbouse clock—and ten CLIN;T'ON . — ONT. sent free. UAdest atiancy for eeounn� p0.tente. Patents taken trlroukh Munn do Co. 7te061Te "mufalnotke,w1tboutaharge,lntbe starngettangle that enmeshed me, none . Teams of subscription -S1 per year, it ifit ftefitane when !t. comes to a hearing. Nor, for advance $1.50 may .be char&A 1 i est ¢ndeomel� nl 'meekly. Largest air. se entire ioun.al.. Terms for In that land of great distances. And not so paid. No paper discontin ued until all aIreaM are paid, un alaftion of any . cam", fade a year, ppetage prepaid. sold by all nawkvwen cell, on to •the others, rind back to his less at the option of the publish MON 9 Ce saii��r, NeW ftrk &M concerned, tt consisted largely of or. The daft to which every sub scription denoted th airanob omce. F at-washluatoo.D. folk. say. However, I. have work to is paid is on �� bent to the opening, and she peered label. . short pieces of flooring he pried from Advartimlig rates -Transient advet ` I' tisaments, 10 cents per nonpari( LIPPINGOTTIS' of here. And•I need your help." interruptions. He did the work. ed a hand to me, and shook mine in .a But' there was none of the human "How are you .going to manage While he cut' with his knife a hole llntr for Orst insertion and 3 cent fear. of wild things ilk her attitude. that?" I inquired, gazing with some in the floor that the point of the little "Good -by, Bob,." he whispered. "I'll "So," she said . coolly, tucking a astonishment at this roan who spoke as would enter, I stood by the win- i fierl r subsequent rl ' 1 ch �t per line loreach p .�' 11i1011CTHLY MAGAZINE so coolly of getting .out of prison. ion. Small advertisements not t "Lost,' . lees my star sets. And I will have a little cap she had worn on the Moon, exceed one inch, such aq A FAMILY �. 1RliARY"Strayed," pretty'story' for your ears, then. Give " " o » Stt�lem e tc it i The Best W Current Lltete M He worked",rapidly, yet in no. ap- sorted once for 35 cents and eac 12 COMPL2TR NOVtLfi VECANLY a lone pen nib. That's the only tmple- subsequeritl insertlion 10 cent's. His feet were in the hole as he 1) MANY SHORT STORIES AND moat I see at hand. And I expect the Communications intended for public; spoke,. and a second later the black PAPER$ ON TINKLY TOPIC • guard' will be atter that before L get tion must, as a guarantee of goo square of'it: was yawndng emptily.. I '$2.Ci0 PZR V tAR; 2t5 ars. A co►v�l faith, be accompanied by the nano 'there was no waste .of energy, no illli0 CONTINUED STORiZO "If that 1s the least cruel thing you Of the writer. fluster. And his . cutting and sawing ItvICRY ta)umoICR oOMSLeTs m ITNRLf W. J. MITCHELL, be done," he declared, "but I am sure-• _ _ _ '.. . _ ._._ .. r Ediiar ands proprieto . AP11' r --- ^.r...w+v+........ 00 ,,�' w' -1r l~ ... r ....•.+... tQ I &"mood down at whet be was ' !sould situggllatg out of sf:�t betwesat ua•--ai against ,!M� tree 't-, see tla'laat by flalttea*s our 149" tlrsl >a� nasi, wyl,en la+f was , GREATR W Heavy -bladed knife. as fty saw, not 1losas, �prot'etalusAalaiarrhMittleatlytk,aulda stklapneata+ahstlr. , silo" of note paper, lussarlaasd w4t1s we lat away reeaest told n" must be a 4d Blackie &wit aleste, h'bs feet emu- "Tialtt rsaailsda nese,"" Barreou hooks Shaft Ilio wor* were audibls to ane It was then midafternoon. At half- g ground plan of the Ivory place we alone, "Blackie* a good fellow, and 1 . $y TROXAS ;G>�lloa worn In. 1 "The tool of TAy deliverance," Bar- reau said, In an undertone. "1 am for Ing. the blue .sky, and the sun, and the tort olein, wide prairies once more." anwA keep Mo eklrtsl clear. He will be nA ,guard till aba►>#t •eight thio even- Eight njU0e test O'clock. At it should be as dark as it will get I'll delft then, home other fellow will 0 , .,,.,.,-. ..-mbe d him, casae In -for eautlous laandifng. - that I might never have found you CNAPTES V11"I. on mar '►h °n you give Sha alarm." rot once were his wrisims free of the- out, 1f my father bffi4 permitted mos too It was then midafternoon. At half- g keel ,saint till the uaa+dhouse door iS return from Bentol. „ By BpyY T Were Dori, palet five, two prisoners were set to, 4 losed upon hien. Ifrom this, &std "Permitted?" Barreau laid Inquiring Looking back, I marvel at the ridle- ' arrangink the loner table which ranged ertain pointed remarko that I failed inflection on the worn. ulous ease with which the thing was by the palings that separated the cells h D catch in their entirety, I conceived •'"What in it Ut --- "she cut in accomplished. Still more do I malrvel , from the guardroom proper. With a t he idea that he was wanted for worse stsarply. . at my own Part 1A it, Brought up as tooper at their heels, they lugged hast whisky -running. But, like Site i "Your father," he ;scouud e 'from the pores kitchen two great b ether -two, Barreau neither denied nor erately,. �ruptea a windgsd ''is a despicableO oZ existence. taued ght per. its' one weak soup, the other icon. formed, Once the sergeant tried to liar '" rind a (dicast of the first water." functory, conventional standards .of l s ring a liquid that passed for tea. leas h#n ou and the curl of his 1! t, p �� ter ,� Ott—oh, she gasped. Thio --from behavior -that suffice for those whose A s of sliced bread. and another and a caustic word or two cut short you. a" lives are lived socordln to a little g of moat scraps completed Lite meal, he policeman's effort, "I said, 'Let us be .done with thio,' a varying plan, 1 should. have ObTliuk . Then the rest of us were turned out Our "apartment" was singularly moment aBo," iso reminded her, from further infraction cit the law< to eat; sixteen men who had fallen 'roe from furniture. A wide plank She drew back as if he had struck Indeed, it Is no more than could have afoul of the law, munching and drink- 'apged on .althea` side" and a few not at her, flwahing, her under lip quiver- been expected .had I retuned absolute- Ing, with furtive glances at each q suer -clean quilts served �or a bed. Ing -- more froth anger than any ly to lend myself to Barreau's desper- other. t there was no room for more in that other emotion, I think. Almost at ate plan. Conscious that I had done And while we ate, a trooper made s rile box. I had managed to get paper once she leaned forward again, Iook- no wrong, I might have been moved the round of the cells, giving each Lnd a pen from the guard, and was tug atralglbt' at 1}arreau. to veto an enterprise that imperiled tumbled heap of . quilts a tentative ;urled up on my plank, setting forth "It would be of a piece with your me, to protest against his drawing shake, peering into the half -dark r it a letter to Bolton all the. untie- past deeds,," she dried, "if you should me into his own troublous coil. But corners. That was part of the routine f Ifev4ble, things that had occurred, break this flimsy jail and butcher my I did nothing of the- sort. It did not perfunctory for the most part, but )vhea Barreau uttered his observation father sad myself while we Wept Oh, occur to me. My point of view was occasionally -developing Into ' keen- inent the workinge of Destiny, Some- one could expect anything from you i" no longer • that of the son of a St. eyed search. It, was the rule to con - :hang in the way he spoke caused me And Hien she was gone, the guard Louis gentleman. And the transition fiscate tobacco or any small articles .o look up, and 1 saw that he was striding heavy-footed after her, A pug- was so complete, so radical, and, a prisoner might manage to smuggle )taring fixedly out into the guard- zled expression crept over Barreiu's withal, so much the growth of the In, it he failed of Its concealment. room through the grated opening in face, blotting out the ironic: smile. past three weeks,. that I was unaware But the faint traces of Barreau's )ur cell door. There' was none too "it was )'dirty trick of me to„ -speak of the change. floor cutting escaped his eye, and the much light, but with what there was so,'” he muttered, alter a tittle, ''But, I know of no clearer Illustration of tobacco was in our pockets. The knife 1 .made out a paleness of face and a my God, a man can't always play the, the power of environment. Indubi- and saw Barreau had slipped within compression of his lips that were Stoic under the lash, However—I fatly I should have looked askance at his boot leg. Personal search was the strangely at odds with his usual' dare say---" He went off into a pro- a man who tacitly admitted himself one thing we had to fear. And It bearing. found study, resting his chin in the more or less of a criminal, making no passed us by. The guards --- four "What now?" I asked, wondering palms of his hands. I kept my peace, defense, no denial. The traditions of of them during the meal hour — con - at the sudden change in -him. making aimless marks.with my pen. my class should have kept me aloof, tented themselves with routine in- "Something I had hoped to be It was an odd turn of affairs. conscious of my own clean hands, spection, and, when the table was spared," he said, under his breath; "Bob, what did I say about Destiny This, I repeat, was what might have swept clean of food, we were herded more .to himself than to me. Then he a while ago?" He raised his bead and been expected of me. Had It been back to our cells. For once I was turned his eyes from the little win- addressed me suddenly. "I will take put to me as an abstract proposition, glad to be locked up; knowing that, dow, drew up his knees until his it back. I am going to . take Destiny I should have been: very . positive of though dark would bring a trooper fingers locked before them, and so by the. nape; of the neck. Being grilled where I would stand, " past our cell every half hour, to peer sat hunched against tLe wall. Wholly on the seat of the scornful is little to But, without being conscious of any in on us through the barred opening, absorbed In my letter-writink, I had my liking. It was a bit of ill luck that deviation from my previous ideas of there was'little ebance of his unlock - heard nothing out of the. common. you fell in with me. I seem to be in right and wrong, I found myself all Ing the floor, Now I distinguished, voices, the deep a bad boat." - agog to help Slowfoot George escape. We lay on our bunks, silent, tones of a man, and foliowing'.that the i ''Ill luck for which of us Y° I asked. For myself, there was 'no question of smoking a cigarette when the guard clear treble of a woman. During a - It was the first time he had sounded flight. That we agreed upon at the wto safe in front. The smell of to - brief interval of quiet, she laughed; the personal note --- ,aside from the outset. I could gain. nothing by putting bacco smoke could not betray our and after that I heavd footsteps evning we were landed in MacLeod, myself at odds whit Canadian law, possession of it, .for the guardhouse coming toward, the-rowlout of which when he comforted me with the as- for the law Itself would free me in reeked with the troopers' pipes. We our cell faced. e.urance that at' the worst I would its meting out. of justice. But with had only to conceal the actu•:1 Presently the shadow. of them dark- spend no more than a few days in the him it was different; he admitted the material. erred the little .window fa our door. guard -house. fact. And even so, I found -myself Thus eight o'clook came, '. and The red coat of the guard passed. "For you, of courase," he replied se- making nothing of the admission. He brought.with !t a change .of. guard. Barreau shifted uneasily. I; too, lean= riously. "My sins are'upon my own conformed to none of my vague con- ,Blackie no longer sat, In front with ed forward, listening to the lighttoot. head.. But it was unfortunate that ,I captions -of a criminal. In aiding. him his feet cocked up-, on a chair, or fall drawing near; for I had a vivid should have led you to Sanders' place to be free, I seemed to be freeing , taking turns with his fellows at peer - recollection of that voice «— or one the very night picked for a raid: They myself by proxy, as it were; and how. Ing through cell doors. Nine passed that. was its twin. � It dad not- seem can have nothing against you, though; badly, I desired to be � quit of the —by the , guardbouse clock—and ten strage that she should be there; and they'll let. you out fast enough starngettangle that enmeshed me, none . dragged by at last.. On the stroke of Benton is not so far. from MacLeod when !t. comes to a hearing. Nor, for but myself can: quite appreciate. the hour. a guard tramped past our In that land of great distances. And that matter, are they likely to. hang After 'all, so far as my help was cell, on to •the others, rind back to his my recollgction was not at fault. An me, notwithstanding the ugly things concerned, tt consisted largely of seat in front. When he was settled, Instant later, .Ler small, elfish face. folk. say. However, I. have work to what Barreau dryly termed "moral Barreau slid lightly from his bed. The bent to the opening, and she peered do which I cannot' do lying here. support." I acquiesced in the ns- short pieces of flooring he pried from In on' ua - as one wbo views caged Hence I perceive that I must getout cesstty.. I stood on the lookout for the hole in the floor. Then he reach - beasts of the jungle. . of here. And•I need your help." interruptions. He did the work. ed a hand to me, and shook mine in .a But' there was none of the human "How are you .going to manage While he cut' with his knife a hole grip that almost bruised.. fear. of wild things ilk her attitude. that?" I inquired, gazing with some in the floor that the point of the little "Good -by, Bob,." he whispered. "I'll "So," she said . coolly, tucking a astonishment at this roan who spoke as would enter, I stood by the win- meet you in. ;at. Louis, next year, un- lock of hair under the same ridiculous so coolly of getting .out of prison. dow listening. for. the footsteps .that. . lees my star sets. And I will have a little cap she had worn on the Moon, "These walls seem pretty solid, and would herald the guard's approach. pretty'story' for your ears, then. Give "tins is. how. the Northwest would you can hardly dig through them with, He worked",rapidly, yet in no. ap- me an hour,' if you can. So -long." have you, Is it, Mr. Bar—Mr. Brown. a lone pen nib. That's the only tmple- parent haste. He had the faculty of His feet were in the hole as he Alas!. 'To what base uses we ,may moat I see at hand. And I expect the straialug every nerve at what he was spoke,. and a second later the black return.' I cannot say you have my • guard' will be atter that before L get about, without .seeming to, do so; square of'it: was yawndng emptily.. I sympathy." .: my letter written.'" 'there was no waste .of energy, no put the planks over the hole, and got "If that 1s the least cruel thing you "I don't know how the thing will . fluster. And his . cutting and sawing back to my bunk. I was glad to see can say," Barreau flung back at her, be done," he declared, "but I am sure-• speedily yore trust: So' noiselessly him go, and yet, knowing that he putting his feet on the floor, and ly going to' get ,out of here pretty deftly did work that,._ in less would come back no .more;., save in resting his hands on the edge of his 'pronto, as the cowmen have it." _and .he than half an hour, he had sawed a irons, I missed him. I •felt utterly seat, "1, thank you. But my trail is He settled back, and took to staring bole In the floor large enough to alone and forsaken, lying there , mT own, and I have never yet asked at the ceiling. I, "presently, became.im- admit his body; and the dank smell simulating sleep — with -every nerve you to follow in my stumbling foot- mersed 'in my letter to Bolton. When of earth long hidden from sunlight in my body on., tiptoe. , steps. " • . it was done, I thrust a hand Lhrough struck me when •I bent cown .to look. It was a rule of the guardhouse She colored at that, dad from where the bare of my cell and wig -wagged . Then, with a caution that I should that a prisoner must lie with his feet. , I sat I could see the, police guard lift the policeman — they were good- watch olosely , and tap on the • floor to the door, so .that his head could .be his eyebrows inquiringly. But she had . natured souls for the most part, toler- with. my heel If any . of the guard seen by the passing guard. Just op- other shafts. at 'hand. ant of their prisoners, and it broke came poking around the cells, he posits our door, a lamp was bracketed "I grant you that,"' she replied the grinding monotony. to exchange a wriggled through the opening and dis- on the wall. What light it gave shone. quickly. "But It is a shook, when one few wogs with one under almost appeared. through . the, bars; directly . on our conceives a man to be something of I any pretext. Barreau was chary of I leaned agalrist the bars, breathing faces, w•hi-le we slept. Rules or no gentleman, to have some remnant speech, and the Sanders brothers were a bit faster, The b,)Ie was cut in a rules, a man would shade his face of the code honoi,abld — then, pah! penned beyond our sight. I can easily comer.' to the right of the cell. door. with hie arm or a .corner of the quilt to fins his name a byword on the understand how .even peace -loving From the outside it could scarcely be when the lamp glare struck In .bit . frontier: A common murderer! Even .men can nerveAhemselves to Commit noticed. But d tend wit enough to .eyes. And Barreau, perhaps with descended to theft; and dealing. in desperate deeds, when they are coop- know ghat; if a trooper glanced In that very, emergency in mind, had contraband whisky. . You have a I ea within four, walls with nothing but ', and missed Barreau,. the hole would slept. with his. hat pulled `over his face savory record in •these ,parts, .I find. their thoughts for. company. be discovered .fast enough, which None of the guards had voiced objec- How nicely this chamber tits you, Mr. 1 When he came, 1 observed that the would involve me in the. attempt; and tion. They could see him easily --ah—what is the euphonious title? guard had been changed since Mise I was aware that jail -breakers fared enough. 'Now, this .very practice made —Slowfoot George. Ah, yes. Why the Montell's visit: The new man was a ill it they,were.caught. But no one it possible for -him to fool them, with Slowfoot? By the tale of your success- lean, sour -faced trooper. To my sur- moved in the guardhouse, save now, a trick that is as old as' prison break- ful elusion of the law, I should ima- prise, he took my letter, and then• and then a prisoner shuffling about ing itself. Skillfully be had arranged gine you exceedingly. fleet of toot" stood peering in past me .to where in his cell. Occasionally I could hear the covers to give the outline of a It seemed to me unwomanly and Barreau lay on his bunk. Atter a the low murmur of their voices --- it. body, and his hat he left tilted over uncalled for, that bitter, scornful few seconds, he walked away, •grfn-. was a small place, and filled to its the tplai,ce where hie head had reeted. speech; even granting the truth of it, ping queerly. In a minute or so he eapacit,y; else Barreau and I would which had not been established in my was .back again, taking another not have bean penned together. The ' simplielty of the thing, I dare mind. But it Siad a tonic effect on , squint. This time Barreau turned After an interminable period, he say, is what made It a success. At Barreau. The hurt look faded from over facing the door,. and, when the came quietly out, from under the least It fulfilled its purpose that night. his face. His lips parted in the odd, trooper continued his prome�sade past floor, and carefully fitted In their Here •a prisoner snored, and there half -scornful, half-kmused smile that our cell, he got up and stood before places the planks he had cut. One another turned on his bunk, with faint was always lurking about his mouth. � barred window, completely shut- had po look closely to .see a mark, soraphigs against the w all. Out 1n He did not at once reply. When he Ling off my outlook. 1. could not see, after he had brushed Into the cracks front the policemen egnversed'1n low - did, it was only a crisp' sentence or but I. could hear. And by the sound some dust from the floor. Barreau's eyed tones. I could hear every •sound two. of his booted feet rife guard passed eyes twinkled when he sat dow;i on In the building, it seemed; the move- ` "Let us be done with 'this," he said, and repassed several times, his bunk ani rolled himself a meats of sleeping Med, the scurrying "There is neither pleasure nor profit After a little `he tired of this, it cigarette, of a rat, the, crackle of a hutch when . in exohanging insults." soeiried; .for I heard him stalking g u Everything just as it should be," one of the guard lit hie Ripe, But I "Indeed," she thrust back, "there away to the front of -the guardhouse, he told ane, "Nothing to do but root did not hear that for whish my ears .. can be no exchange of Insults between and immediately thereafter the creak. awap a little dirt from the bottom log. were strained, and I was thankful. us. Could aught you say Insult 'any of a chair as he sat down. Then .. .... Twice a trooper made the round, honest man or woman? But so be it. Barreau sat down on bis .bunk again, off the outside wail. I could walk seeing nothing amiss, alt'hougla I . I came merely to convince my eyes "'Try this, kid," he said, and tossed out; a free roan, In five minutes. imagined the thump of my heart I that my ears heard truly. It may a package of toba;oeo and cigarette There will be a fine fuss and feathers eeboed into the corridor, when lie Vaulty to know w a a tickle your. lepra ed Y papers to me. 1 fell upon the for- T have never hada jail to night. They ja 1 ] f " lance caked in on m and et his e 8 that MacLeod is bugging with your bidden luxury like a starving man delivery here, you know, Lord, it's travel over the place where Slowfoot y exploits and capture," upon food. He rolled himself one easy, though, when one has' the tools."' George ehoulde halve been �-- but was I ,,That concerns me little, Barreau out of material In his hand, .and In the -. "There'll be a hot chase," I suggest» not. returned indifferently. midst of my puffing changed to my • ed, "Will you stand much chance?" It wag nearing the time for Lia' ro- ll "Ditto; " she averred, "except that I side Of the cell -- it was but a scant "That dopends on how much of a turn, and I sat up, nervi-tli myself tO ,ani' glad to find you stripped. of your three feet to move --- and sat down start I get," he said grimly: "I think give the alarm. Por, to clear aro of ,- sheep's clothing, little as `I expected between we And the door. I can fool them. It not—Well e+'" Oomlilicity and the penalty thereof, tl such a revelation concerning one whcI b thigi< ,,ftte ewiles at lash," he whispered, He relapsed f to silence. Some one Biti'reau hAd„litstrueted me to apprise thin, atter as hour. I *48't6 tell Passed for a gentleman. Arad to ""Blackie Passed we in a little tobarir o: clanked Into M(Wuardroom,: and Bar. - �, , ' --'--+ . reau sn�uffbd out flirt olgarette with .thorn that he,wa o armed, ,and 0 had w The News -Record LEADSIOP TOWN AND Ta�lNSHI� NEWS otic sW,.ift,>pstv.owellt, .Yn # 40A%,.d 'W ogigpC+jlgQ z9ld to kAMi ylislat triiile hit t U I . " >. ;&1. 7F ;a .. c _ ,< t . l p& "to" 7Ne" be �' Mffi Iwa 2004-Pft# ,naafi 1qi Ifte if et AM fast ra fisc :Bail of 30% AsI *4 tlYsaee tlraj�dlsl�I fair t41af UP4, o" stoolibw >e u lel lie beim y, obamel"oly fele Burr""" .mks asastt W "u, M gas! rooted moslaUvOy Nh ,tbo Aim* of floor- fng I hrd laid dives' the hole, � I to. tended to k" them &.4140, 40 I rushed to the win0w awl sabbled Spy. tWo to the ,Sari. But 1 did not ,rush to tie; window, nor d[d I >tiabble to th�l uard; for I slaw the pieces of plash lido softly #lArt, and a hand owe through the opening thus made --- a and that waved imperative waroing or we to lie down. The guard Passed O' I drew the cover over ane. H9 artily Glanced in. Before the squeak f his leehair, out In front, told; of his ettling do*n, I was up on elbow,» taring. . Aga.to the planks slid apart, Shill time clear of the hole. In the same momept, something took shape In the black square, something that nose uickly till I could see that it wa0. he bead and shoulders of a mane, If at mute, startled, fined with wonder A some dismay, The dull light touching his features showed me Baro eau, dirt -stained, sweatdrops on his oreheed, beckoning to me. I leaned to catch his whisper. "I came back for you, kid," he breathed, "You're stated for trouble. The cabin of the Moon's purser was robbed the night you left, and It's aid to you. There's a deputy from Be }ton P here after you. Youl'1 get a hard deal. Better chance.it with me." . "Robbery," I muttbred. "Good Godl. What next?" "Extradition — and a hard fight to clear yourself. Weeks,' maybe months, I the calaboose. Come on with rhe. You'll get home sooner, . I'll promise you that." "1,ve a mind to go you," I declared bitterly, "r seem .doomed to be an Ishmael." "Hurry, then," he. admonished; we'll be nabbed In the act. Slip In quietly and crawl after me, Just You are. Bring your shoes In hand. . Thus, willy-nilly, I found myse the black, dank space between floor and the ground. The, blac and musty smell endured no m than a few seconds. The passage the outer wall was shorter than I thought. Presently I followed B reau through a tigbt hole, and: s erect in the gloom of a cloudy ui -- a night well fitted for despera deeds. . 14611ve me your hand," said Barreau, when I had put on my ,brogans. The dark might have been made to order for our purpose. I could baTely,.- see Barreau • at my elbow. Ilio hand was a needed aid. Together we moKed ' softly away from the guardtWAtsip, d►nd, once clear of it. " ran like 'hunted - things.. Looking batik. over my eboulder once, I saw the guardhouse lights, pale yellow squares against a 1. back ground of solid ebony. .. I do not know whither Barreau led' . me, but at length, almost winded from the long run, he.brought up against ', some sort of deserted building: A vague blur resolved into two horses, when be laid :hands upon •It. Barreau jerked loose the fastening ropes. Aud R. as my fingers closed. on, the reins of one, a carbine popped away in our rear; then. another, .and a third, Nara . on that came the shrilling of a bugle. "Up with you!" Barreau command- ed. -They've, found. our hole. { Stick close by me.. If they do run us down, .. we must take our medicine;, we MA - not fight the men in • red with such '.a . odds ' Np%tni It us. .But I think they'), ^look long and sortowflally; ,%re , Dome pods , s ail�Lt ilk t . he _ r ,e .._ � (TO BE CONTIXUEi)) • . . DOES YOUR STOM CH NEED HELP OCCASIONALLY? Natural and Artmolal Algld Inv*"gated by Speolallets - You've often noticed how rsv ' ously • . healthy children clamor for theirhlesls. and how easily they digest meals that d f d 4 rown- would give a goo many og U. ups" a horrible attack of indigestion, 1 Now you continue to get ocoasFonal at- tacks of indigestion without trying to locate the real cause of the trouble. . In the case of healthy, romping child- ren, through the fresh air and the cease- livar - the sa -hire sin or s i it r , Mess activity, y processes are constantly excited to a high activity. They haven't any greater digestive capacity than we have, but nature properly ,ptepares the food for, easy digestion. That s the way Nature intends it to be do4e, and if. we lived right we would crave)and enjoy our food just as much as any child.. For years you'pbrhaps have been treating moli� gestion the wrong way. , s to- dpecialists have fouria4 out that the trouble is i�of always in the stomach itself, but in thy' neper saliva- . tion and preparation o the fbod ox digestion. They now ire t sndageats r od nein ro r con one bef ore - _ "'` - — ' "\ Is Pe gp l Y. \ t p lwsod reaches the period of di estion, just y� Ithe way Nyal's Digestive onie, sets. 1<t works on the preparatory salivator. process, excites its activity, so that f , , l igeste naturally—not artifreially, This not onlygives you comfort instead of pain, but gives you what is far better,* a natural appetite for food that you digest and assimilate. That's what rebuilds the tissues and puts real flesh On our bones. If you try this remedy we know yeti Will be pleased. Nyal Remedies we sin cerely believe to be the best medicine values offered` W. S. u rant!oed b R•• a Si a Sold and So y Imo J. E . Hovey, W. A. FIo yr S McConnell, Clinton.