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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-02-16, Page 2Company TEA the ;meat to tlw American aircraft Indus- are SOFTENS WATER fvervwoFt arts Mcid-of-all-worh So had Antony be-1 ypatra. But seven> SAX ROjiMER>^ second grade, aspired to tho first, submitted to three very severe s, to make trial of their courage,• ■hv, and humility. Failure in any- th •‘co trials resulted in instant *i, and the final test, the trial by which took place in a subterran-; i chamber of the great temple, re- < HAPTER XXXI1L— (Cmit’dj “Respecting the tests to which cau- c’idates wei'e put, she spoke with more f.eac’jm. Those w’ho, having reached th.- ‘ ‘ ' i ■ • 1 1 i ‘ i i •; ca suit'd in a candidate whose courage failed him being precipitated into that L.ke of ame which I have already de­ scribed—a dreadful form of death, which by accident I had witnessed. “1 have the reputation of being a cold, hard man. C tore he Jnet Cleopatra. ---- -------- yca^s ago, under the Indian moon, I 1< a<ned tolerance fcr the human weak­ ness which forgets the world for the s'vi’e* of a woman. “It had to end. Sooner or later, diwoiy was inevitable. One night I lold Kaida that I must go. Over the si'ene that followed I will pass in bilerce. It needed all the strength of a ffr'rly straight, hard life to help me keen to my decision. “She understood at last, and con- sot-tp.J <o release me. But there were! .:6..—hig ones. The snow on t--■ lov er mountain slopes had begun to' ’ mf’t -nd th© water-gate in the valley by vJ^.-h I had entered wras now im- . As a result, I must use an- ( fiber g"'n., which opened into a moun- ; tain i-5'Jh. but ‘ which v/as always guarded. At first,' on hearing this, I : gav-o. p-iwelf up for lost, but Naida had a plan. “Removing, a bangle* which' she’ al­ ways wore, she showed me the'secret' mark c f Fire-Tongue brandeds upon the ere am v skin. “ *T w;ll put this mark upon your arm.” elm said. ‘In no other way can you pi'ea-je. I will teach you some1 of the ras vo'-ds by which the brethren know one another, and if you are ever mmstif.ppd you will say that you were ‘n the order by the Master "bay Lodge, news of whose just reached us? said I, ‘how can I hope to :?.s ^or m Oriental?’ “ *!t d'-'s not matter? Naida re­ plied. 'TFe-’n are some who are not Or if" biis r^ong us!’ “She exar-ted an oath from me that I wbuld ne”«r divulge anything which I had sr-en nr heard in the City of Fire. She m-ged that I must leave India as onickly as possible. I had already learned that this remote so- ciery was closely in touch with the affairs of the outside world. And, because I knew I was leaving my heart beh:nd there in the Indian hills, I recoo-n'zed that this dreadful part- imr must, be fi^al. “Therefore T scarcely heeded her wlier. al-e assured me that, should I ever be in danger because of what hi-.-’ happened, a message in the Times of India would rKach her. I never in­ tended to insert such a message, gentlemen, I knew that it would need all my strength to close this door vhlch I had opened.” iii ths way of the late Sir Charles * Abingdon, I had heard nothing of the- it of Fire-Tongue. I ■ “Then, lunching with tho late Sir ■ Charles, after my accident in tho Hay-[ market, he put to me a question which’ r, liteially made mo hold my breath. “’Do you know anj.thing of the, 1 significance cf the term Fire-Tongue?.’ ha asked. ; “I am not accustomed to any dis- ’ play of feeling in public, and I replied in what I think was an ordinary • tone: iI “ ‘In what connection, Sir Charles?’ “ ‘Well,’ said he, watching me oddly,j ‘I know you have traveled in India, | and I wondered if you had ever come in contact with the legend which pre­ vails there, that a second Zoroaster has arisen, to preach the doctrine of eternal fire.’ “ *1 have heard it,’ I replied, guard­ edly. “ ‘I thought it possible,’ continued Sir Charles, ‘and I am tempted to tell you of a curious experience which once befell me during the time that I was a guest of my late friend, Colonel Ban­ field, in Delhi. My reputation as an osteologist was not at that time so fully established as it Intel’ became, i but I already had some reputation in the [this branch of surgery; and one even- ling a very dignified Hindu gentleman i sought an interview with me, saying that a distinguished native noble, who was a guest of him, had met with a serious accident, and offering me a fee equivalent to nearly five hundred pound's to perform an operation which he believed to be necessary. 1 “ ‘I assured him that my services were at his disposal, and blankly de­ clined to accept so large a fee. He I 1 f adv":<t<'d L tff Rq - death ha* ; “Ttot? f P- CHAPTER XXXIV. NICOL BHINN’S STOUT (CONCLUDED). “The incidents of the next seven years do not concern you, gentlemen. I had one aim in life—to forget. From the tijpe that I left India until the moment when fate literally threw me CORRUGATED IRON ASK FOR Wheeler & Bain “Council Standard” A thick, even, heavy spread of galvanized over every inch of sur­ face. 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Compare any other Green Tea with “SALAOA”— None can equal it in flavour or clearness 38c per Lock of Borgia s Hair Put Under at Strand Sent to Poet Bembo by Beautiful Lucrezia in 1505 Nearly Worn Away by Hands of Curious TRESS INSPIRED BYRON 1 Wrote Poem About It; Orig­ inally Bought by Am- brostian Library Founder ! “I moved at onco, I inserted in the i Times' the prearranged message, hard- ’ ly daring to hope that it would come to the eye of Naida; but it did! She visited me. And I learned that not only Sir Charles Abingdon, but an­ other, knew of the mark which I bore! “I was summoned to appear before tho Prophet of Fire! “Gentlemen, what I saw and how I succeeded in finding out the location of his abode are matters that can wait. The important things are these: first, I learned why Sir Charles Ab­ ingdon had been done to death! “Tho unwelcome attentions of the man known as Ormuz Khan led Sir Charles to seek an interview with him. I may say here and now that Ormuz Iyhan is Fire-Tongue! Oh! it’s a tough statement—but I can prove it. Sir Charles practically forced his way into this man’s presence and imme­ diately recognized his mysterious pa­ tient. of years ago! “He accused him of having set spies upon his daughter’s movements—-an accusation which was true—and for­ bade him to see her again. From that hour the fate of Sir Charles was seal­ ed. What he knew, the world must never know. He had recorded, in a private paper, all that he had learned. This paper was stolen from his bureau —and its contents led to my being summoned to the house of Fire- Tongue! It also spurred the organ­ ization to renewed efforts, for it re­ vealed that Sir Charles contemplated telling the- story totothers. “You will have observed,- gentlemen, thabTiam somewhatz'-'damaged. IIow- byer,.;jt was worth it! That'the organ- 'izktlbn of the Fire-Worshippers is destroyed I am not prepared' to assert. But I made a discovery to-day which untied my hands. Hearing, I shall never know how, that Naida had had a secret interview with me, Fire- Tongue visited upon her the death penalty. “I found her lying on a silken di­ van in the deserted house, her hands clasped over a little white flower, like an odontoglossum, which lay on her breast. It was the flower of sleep— and she was dead. “My seven years’ silence was ended. One thing I could do for the world': remove Fire-Tongue—and do it with my own hands! “Gentlemen, at the angle where the high road from Upper Claybury joins the Dovei’ Road is the Merton Cot­ tage Hospital. Mr. Harley is await­ ing us there. He is less damaged than I am. A native chauffeur, whose name I don’t know, is lying insensible in one of the beds—and in another is a dead man,unrecognizable, except for a birthmark resembling a torch on his forehead, his head crushed and his neck broken. “That dead man is Fire-Tongue. I should like, Mr. Commissioner, to sign the statement.” The End. I t “She exacted an oatli that I would never divulge what I have seen, or heard.” thereupon explained that the circum­ stances were peculiar. His friend be­ longed to a religious cult of extremely high order. He would lose caste if it became known that he had been at­ tended by a Christian surgeon: there­ fore my visit must be a secret one. “ ‘Accordingly I was driven in a car which was waiting to some house upon the outskirts of the city and con­ ducted to a room where the patient had been carried. I saw him to be a singularly handsome young man, ap­ parently about twenty-three years of age. But there was something effem­ inate about him which repelled me, I cannot say in what way; nor did I approve of the presence of many bowls of hyacinths in the room. “ ‘However, I performed the opera­ tion, which, although slight, demanded some skill, and1 with the nature of which I will not trouble you. Intense anxiety was manifested by the young man’s attendants, and one of these, a strikingly beautiful woman, insisted on remaining while the operation was performed. “ ‘She seemed more especially to concern herself with preserving intact a lock of the young man’s jetblack hair, which was brushed in rather an odd manner across his ivory forehead. Naturally enough, this circumstance excited my curiosity and, distracting the woman’s attention for a moment— I asked her to bring me something from a table at the opposite side of the room—I lightly raised this way­ ward lock and immediately replaced it again. “ ‘Do you know what it concealed, Mr. Brinn?’ “I assured him that I did not. “‘A mark, apparently natural, re­ sembling a torch surmounted by a tongue of fire!’ “Strange though it must appear, at this time I failed to account for Sir Charles confiding this thing to jne. Later, I realized that he must have seen the mark on my arm, al­ though he never referred to it. 1 V We have gone into this ter­ realizing this fact. There are two ways which it can be tra- to-clay, either by planes or You want to go into the tor- You can either walk or fly, average Canadian appears to THE BABY’S FIRST SHORT CLOTHES. When baby is ready for short clothes mother will be happy to find this combination pattern, No. _ 1174, which contains a short coat, with or without cape, short jacket and bonnet. Just everything for “bye-bye” land. The simple coat is macle with a yoke, that always adds a little graceful touch to the straight line. The round collar gives a tailored finish and is cut for comfort. The cape adds warmth for the cool days. 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The Canadian gov­ ernment had inaugurated a ship-to- shore air mail service In an effort to expedite trans-Atlantic mails going from Europe to points in the interior of Canada. *' Trans-Atlantic liners were met as they entered the mouth of the St. Lawrence River by seaplanes which received the mail sacks for fast de­ livery at points farther up the river. In the summer the seaplanes were able to maintain this service on regu­ lar schedule, but with the approach of winter, the formation of ice at tho regular points of delivery presented a unique problem. The service could not be transfer­ red to the standard land plane equip­ ped with skis for the reason that while a land plane equipped with skis I was wholly adequate at the points of ! delivery only a seaplane could be of 'service in meeting the liners at theh Rome.—The Jock of Lucrezia Bor­ gia’s hair, jealously kept in tho Am- brostian Library, of Milan, toogether with a number of her love letters, as well as the letter itself which accom­ panied the lock, has been put where It cannot be touched by the curious. For years it had reposed in a paper box; now it lias been placed in a spe­ cial glass reliquary and stands on a shelf, where the golden remnants of a past glory can be seen, visitors have stroked this it was being worn away. The hair Is tied at two So many lock that bT 1 “Men always take up Collection! because few women can pass a hat”. —. • o................ There had been a skating accident on a Scottish loch, but a fatality had been averted by the bravery of a schoolboy who saved his chum's life, A subscription was raised for the young hero, who was presented with a gold watch. In making the presenta- tion, the Provost said: “I would like Geordle to tell us in his own words how he risked his life to save his friend.” Geordle, clutching the watch tightly, said, in a dour voice, “He had ma skates on?’ Minard’s Liniment‘for asthma. pads with, silk, just as Lucrezia prepared it prior to sending it to her poet lover, Bembo, the Venetian, who, having studied at tho University of Ferrara, had return­ ed there on a visit and met the beauti­ ful duchess, who had married Al­ phonse d’Este by proxy in Rome in. 1505, suite rar a. r.Iderably better than they are in States. But tho Canadian people not exactly aviation crazy, x “Forced” Trade “I he reason for the large amount of passenger business is attributable to an external condition, to the fact that Canada is only served in one way by railways. All of our railroads run east and west. This loaves a tre­ mendous territory to the north of these lines in which there is no train service, lltory only versed afoot. . ritory. and the prefer to fly, when the alternative is walking. "Rut maintaining a flying service into this desolate country, where the temperatures sometimes range from zero to 50 and 60 below, has not been — -a simple task. We have encountered mouin; t,,all kinds of problems, peculiar to the' «■« ,™ 'If,'® ‘..‘I locale, and we have had- to learn from Fairchilds Aviation Corporat.on of experience as we went. “First of all there was ...»-----... -- intermediate depots and emergency landing fields. 1___ ____ impossible, either to establish or main­ tain. The result is that we had to reduce our flying to a non-stop opera-, .tion basis, or long distance cross-fly-! ing. Alighting on the way can "be done fr°m ie<x _I _1____ ____ only, with the idea that that particular ■ Minard’s Liniment relieves'pain.- flight is ended. Crews Hard-To Get “Under the conditions as they exist, the real problem with us in our air service to the mining districts of the interior has not been finding the pas­ sengers and the freight for the line, but for the personnel to maintain it. The conditions impose certain require­ ments on our pilots, special ice and “The for the He lias flyer and resourceful. And if anything goes wrong he has to be a good walk­ er. One of our pilots this winter found himself confronted with eighty-mile trek. “Frequently a plane takes oft at Winnipeg under one condition and-is forced to land at its destination under an entirely different condition.' The element of equipment enters here. “There is the simple matter*of skis for planes for landing on Ice. We tried more than a dozen types.. We im­ ported skis from Norway. And then we ended by building our ’own?’ Trans Shipping Mail Qne of the most interesting and unique problems which has confront­ ed aviation in Canada was brought recently by tbc<? Canadiaqr. govern- i Farmingdale, L.I., and after eonsidor- LS the matter °L^bl°tS^ pS was pro- 'Ouoed. is a >an<} p.ane eoave^ to water service by the attachment of floats on the bottom of which ’ skis have been attached. 'It will land and take off from water or land and take ,' ment of ths amphibian plane was pro­ .only in extreme emergency,‘and-(hend ' Flying Boomed In Canada by Lack of Roads v Facing Problem of “Fly or Walk,” Large Proportion of Travelers Choose to Take the First Many New Problems Seen Manager of Airways Co. Ex­ plains How Devices Over- Come Various Handicaps The engineering problems of avia­ tion, experience is showing, differ from country to country, and likewise the progress of the idea of flight with the man in the street appears to be 1 na large part governed by these na­ tionalistic differences. The case of Canada is typical. A. H. Oaks, general manager of the Western Canada Airways, Ltd., who went to New York recently to place ; a .$100,000 order for Fokker .planes to he used on his line, in an interview discussed the manner in which the entire question of aviation in Canada differs from that of the United States. The Western Canada Airways lias undertaken to serve the mining dis­ trict of Central western Canada. The headquqarters of the line is in Winni­ peg, and from that point the lines radiate out into the center of the Do­ minion. The Red Lake mining dis­ trict is served with a regular air line on which the four Fokker universal planes and the two, super-universals, which Mr. Oaks purchased, are to be used. Bernt Balchen, the “ever smil­ ing pilot” of trans-Atlantic fame, has been engaged to ferry these new ships to the base of operations at Winnipeg. "In Canada,” said Mr. Oaks,-“I sup­ pose you would immediately conclude that every one has 'gone 'aviation mad? We are doing unusually good I business on our passenger lines,-con- BEST FOR AU YOUR BAKING and had journeyed wiili to her bridegroom’s home in her Per- must have planes on file flying They training in landing on snow fields, work is arduous, pilot far from a pleasant task, to be a good long-distance an 1 RAGE the “Why yes,-1 think I’ll limit my- >3lf to five companionate marriage* In'1628.“ THE HEW “MeWnfl any resolutions for Hew Ycar7” ' “Why yes,-1 think I’ll limit "I have decided, prisoner,” said the magistrate, “to let you off on promis­ ing not to offend again, and would strongly advise you for the future to keep out of bad company.” Thank you, sir,” replied the accused. “You won’t catch me hero again in a burry.” Royal Bank Annual Meeting The annual General Meeting of shareholders of The Royal Bank of Canada marked the close of the most successful year in the history of the Bank- ' Sir Herbert Holt, President, in his address, dealt more particularly with general conditions throughout the country, but touched on many devel­ opments of great importance, more especially from the standpoint of trade and industry. C. E. Neill, General Manager, re­ viewed the growth of the Bank to the foremost position it now occupies and gave to the shareholders an in­ teresting insight into the part the bank is playing in aill centres which it is now’ doing business. 0ut 1 ook Fayora bit*. Sir Herbert referred to the year’s developments in industry, trade and finance as generally satisfactory. The foundation for the development which has -taken-place is sound. Sir Herbert declared that as yet there are no indications of industrial and commercial inflation. Production is not expanding to-a point unwarrant­ ed by growth and. demand and it is t noteworthy fact that, the whole ex­ pansion has taken place durifig a period characterised by moderately declining prices. On the whole the financial situation in agriculture, in­ dustry and commerce is more settled than at the beginning of the period. Summing up the business situation, Sir Herbert stated that tire “outlook in was never more favorable for pro­ longed prosperity in Canada.” Necessity For Curbing Unwise Speculation, In commenting on the annual statement, Mr. Neill referred at length to tho importance of call loans, which represent loans against stock exchange collateral, not onlv of the Royal Bank, but of all banks. He pointed out that this was indica­ tive of three’things: “1. Increase in the number curities available to investors. "2. Increase In the market of securities. “3. Increase in speculation. "In a growing- country the opment of its resources p______ new securities. Prosperous times re­ sult in the enhancement in value of securities and for these reasons it is clear that the two first mentioned causes for the increase in Call Loans are at least to some extent justified. As to tho third, it is obvious that speculation has reached a dangerous stage. The best-informed financial and brokerage firms are already op­ erating on an unusually conservative basis by calling for increased mar­ gins, by declining to open new ac­ counts and by restricting the liability of their customers to reasonable amounts. In times of excessive i specuiatiou. the lure of easy profits cannot be denied, but. speculation can lie checked and held within reason- able bqunds by the financial inter- j esls, particularly the banks, and bond land brokerage houses.” I of se- value devel- p rod trees FLOUR Pies, Cakes, Buns and Bread DOES ALL YOUR BAKING BEST Discovery Meant Death.” It was when Bembo left and visiting tho Strozzi familj at Villa. Osteliato that the love missives were exchanged by means of trusty messen­ gers who knew that tho discovery meant death, as Alphonse d’Este was- jealous. Cardinal Eorromeo, when he col­ lected $,000 manuscripts, including the letters between Lucrezia and Bem­ bo and the lock of hair, founded th-'y A mbrosl ian • Library. For years- .this-' lock of'hair had been -almost- forgot­ ten.’ Then one day -the poet - By ron- • visited-the library and was-'shown tire- lock, lie wrote a poem about'it and ■ called it “the-softest and Tightest hair­ in the world.” From that day until the present time visitors journeyed to- Milan just l’or the privilege cf touch­ ing the hair .and gradually its color and quantity dwindled until tho direct­ or of the library thought that little of this relic of a famous beautiful woman, would remain. Bought By Cardinal. When Lucrezia wished to send to­ ller lover a remembrance she cut this lock from her head and placed it in the piece of parchment, together with the letter, where it still when Cardinal Borromeo Besides the ■ original with there are others, dating to period, together with Bembo’s poetic answers. In one missive Lucrezia mentions that It is no longer safe to sign her own name, and that in future only the double initial F. F. will bear evidence that the letter is from her. Only a year had passed since Lucrezia had journeyed to Ferrara as the bride of the heir of the powerful D’Esto family. Lucrezia was so proud of her hair that during the journey northward from Romo .‘he stopped five times for the puipose of washing her golden locks, according to the Venetian fash­ ion, with a heir wash compounded ac­ cording to a recipe cf Catherine Stor­ es. It is said that her two handmaidens spent much of their time brushing it and sometimes gathering it into a golden net, as light as a cobweb, or else arranging it over her shoulders, where it seemed as If colored with the rays of the sun. Now this lock is an ashy blond, for time has bereft it of Its golden tints. was remained bought it. the hair, the same i 1 Leniency Shown Slayers Stirs French to Protest Faris --“The Crimes of .Turks?’ as one critic describes the acquittals of husbands, wives and lovers who shoot to kill, are stirring many to protest against conditions. Many jury reforms have been debat­ ed in Parliament, but nothing has been done, There remains, however, much agitation for (he jury’s parlici- nation in fixing penalties, now the pre­ rogative of (he judge. It is argued that in murder trials juries often return “not guilty” verdicts rather than, take a chance on the judge being loo severe, This element of sympathy for (be de­ fendant is because most murder (rials now involve women, either as the killer or the killed. Women of lade do more shooting than men in Paris, and their aim generally is good. A peculiar feature of tbrSo cases is that the old “triangle.” where an out­ sider does a little, family xyrecking, soon followed by gunfire, figures more often in (he provincial courts, while in Paris, the bright light, night, centre, family criminal deaths love affairs, life quarrels result ’» more often than da Murphy -“Di Tim Casey’s “Yo don’t say an’ ’e’s left Poorhoufe.” did he lave?’ ten children? Prepare for times out of meet it (I ye dead?1 so?” all 'e 'ad 0’Flaherty ' Murphy • hear that, lmor ” O’Flaberly-— Murphy-■■■‘‘Yes; to tho Derry --"Ow much -“A wife an’ an emergency and nine ten you won’t have to