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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-09-13, Page 3.««............................I....... i 'iiir.ni m.m. ■!..■■ <■-....................—...—i I John Ainsley, Master Thief by Arthur Somers Roche ....................-...........■■........ M f ▼* THE LAST EPISODE .^Tohn Ainsley, a man of education and bx’eeding, becomes a master .crook—preying upon other thiev- | es. Swede Tliomassen, a brutal i murdered, is killed in Ainsley’s i apartment by the White Eagle, a notorious international crook, ‘ White the police search for. Ains- ; ley—or rather for “Robert Stick- j ( uey”—he is preparing to sail for X Australia. >' In the Trevor dining room Ains- ■ ley overhears a distraugh young ! man tell his pretty girl compan- • ‘ ion that he intends to kill him- i self. Ainsley finds out that the ! young man is a thief and that his t thievery will be discovered next ) morning. Acting on, a generous 1 impulse, Ainsley offers the young l‘ man twenty $500 bills as a grft. ! NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY * B<I said I was a thief. I am,” he ■£aid. “Tomorrow morning my em­ ployer will find ten thousand dol- I £.ars missing from his cash-box,” I tapped the notes in my hand. ^Unless—” I suggested. ’ “It^ill be years, if ever, before I can repay this loan.” “1 never lend; I give,” I told 2iim. v He looked at me. I am no senti­mentalist, but I tell you that I saw SL^r.il cross from hell into heaven. IHt still he hesitated. “You must know exactly the sort of person to whom you are making this gift.” he said. I liked him be­ cause he made no pretenses; he did not cringingly swear it was a sacred obligation. “Go on.” I encouraged him. ’ “My name is Frank Tirrell. I’m a sort of confidential clerk for Phi- neas Garbon. He is a trader and t speculator. The. bulk of his opera­ tions have to do with jute, hemp and kapok. But he also takes flings in anything that comes along. 4 “I am his only employee. His of­ fice consists of one room on the ground floor of a dilapidated old building on West Broadway. He has no regular office hours. I know nearly as much of his affairs as he does. Also I have a key to his safe. In. that safe he frequently keeps as mmlh as fifty thousand dollars in cash. This is in order that he may not lose any bargain because of de­ lay in getting his hands on the ac- 4 tual money needed to close a deal. “He is a great gambler. He fre­ quently tells me of the big poker games in which he plays. He also ” bets heavily on the races. He is sixty-five. He is thin and shabby. He is a bachelor. He is also th‘e meanest man that ever liv- <ed. “I was working, three years ago, for a ship-brokerage firm. Mr. Gar­ bon did some business with us, ap­ parently liked me, and asked me to ,work for him. He promised, that he •would take me into partnership. Whenever I remind him of his pro­ mise, he evades the issue. Times are not too good. I have not been able to leave him. ♦ “Several times I have been with him when he placed wagers on the Wraces with a couple of handbook ’men named Harris and Poganni. Yesterday an acquaintance of mine gave me a tip on the races. He has given me many tips before, but I never played them. Always his tips have been correct. Today. I asked Mr. Garbon when he was going to make good his promise to me. I have been engaged for two years to Rose Peters.” * The girl touched his arm again, and I knew that she was his fiancee. •a “Mr. Garbon laughed'at me. He /Wohl me that if I didn’t like my job 1 could quit. He left the office about ten, saying that he would not be buck until morning. I suddenly * went insane. That’s all there is to say about it. I opened his safe, took out ten thousand dollars, and , placed it, at five to one, with Har­ ris and Poganni, on the horse that my friend had told me about yester­ day, The horse finished, fifth. “That’s all. Do you still want to give money to a thief?” Now, if one judges Tirrell by his bald confession, one finds little ex­ tenuation, But I saw the girl, I know how the broken promises of his employer must have galled the •youth. And I am not one to say that one error makes a criminal. I handed him the twenty bills. * “Put it back in the safe, and all .will be well,” I told him. He was too proud to break down, y although his lips quivered. The girl put her hands before her eyes. I myself felt a lump in my throat. It was worth ten, thousand dollars to gain the feeling of godlike benevo­ lence that I possessed at that mom­ ent, “What can I say?” asked Tirrell. “Nothing,” I Answered. “Only. for the sake of Miss Peters, who seems to be standing by you—” The girb lowered her hands. “I told him even if he went to jail," she said proudly, “I’d marry him.” “He won’t go to jail,” I answered her. “And I’ll never do anything again that’s wrong," vowed Tirrell, I rose to leave, but the young man clutched at my hand. “I don’t even know your name,’-' he cried. “And besides, I want you to go with'me to the office. I want you to see me put the money back in the safe.” He had restrained himself so long that a breakdown was near, I know something about nerves. I knew that to refuse his request might cause him to give way to the inclination to hysteria, “My name doesn’t matter. Some day, when you are rich, I shall look you up and ask payment. Un­ til then my identity is unimportant. And of course I will go with you to your office." I stepped out of the alcove; I did not wish the girl to embarrass me with their gratitude. But as twe put her into a taxicab to take her home, she threw her arms around my neck and kissed me., H!ad I earned with the sweat of my brow the money which I had just given to her over, the kiss would have been worth every penny of it. I saw her go. I wondered if I would ever see her again. Then I shrug­ ged. Why should I? Tirrell and I took another taxi­ cab; we went down Broadway to the Post Office and then left the cab, preceeding on foot to (Air destina­ tion. In front of the address whither we were bound, Tirrell stop­ ped with a cry of amazement. He pointed a shaking finger at a win­ dow. “There’s a light in the office,” he gasped. “What of it?” I asked. “Mr. Garbon must be there,” he said. “You may have left the light on, yourself,” I suggested. He shook his head decidedly. “He’s in there. We’ll have to tell him—perhaps lie’s opened the safe. Let’s go in.” I seized his arm. “If he’s there, you’ll have to confess. You don’t want to do that if you can avoid it.” “But if he’s found out that the money"® gone—” 1 interrupted him. “He isn't go­ ing to telephone the police at this hour. We’ll wait until he leaves, then slip in there, put the money back in the safe, and in the morn­ ing, when he finds the money there, he’ll think he dreamed it all. At any rate there’ll be no talk of jail. He pondered this. I made an­ other suggestion. ■ “Has he a tele­ phone at his home. Then ring him up; if he answers, he isn’t in his office. We’ll know that you’ve mis­ taken in thinking you turned off the light. Try it.” He was trembling now, suffering from the sudden reaction to despair, and amenable to any suggestion. From a nearby lunch-room h.e tele­ phoned his employer. He emerged from the booth so white that I fear­ ed he would faint. “His housekeeper answered. She told me that Mr. Garbon had gone to his office, in response to a tele­ phone message, an hour ago, from me!” I whistled. “And you didn’t tele­ phone him. I think we had better enter the office.” Tirrell unlocked the door of Gar- bon’s office, and we entered the room. There, upon the floor, his blood-stained; head indicating his murderer’s ferocity, lay Garbon. The opened safe against the wall fur­ nished the motive for the crime. I grabbed young Tirrell just as his hand was on the telephone. “What the idea?” I demanded. “The police,” he answered. I pointed at the open safe. “That looks like motive enough, but the police are going to ask questions. Donl’t forget that somebody imper­ sonated you on the telephone an hour ago.” “But you can prove that we found the body,” he protested. I shook my head. Obiviously, I who was avoiding embarrassing questioning from the police on one subject, did not care to invite it on another. “I would have to tell, the whole story.of our brief acquaintances. I might not be believed. It might even be said that we planned the murder together. Imagine asking a judy to believe that a stranger gave you ten thousand dollars.” “But you did,” he protested. “We know it; and Miss Peters knows it; but w.ould a jury believe it?” I asked. He sank • helplessly into a chair. “But what else is there to do?” he asked. . I also sav down. The problem seemed unsolvable. Yet there must be some way out. Now, a great thief-—and I may be pardoned if I consider myself great —has in him the qualities essential to the making of a great detective. Occasionally, as my readers know, I had outwitted the best of the pro­ fession. And now, before the Ce­ leste sailed, I. must justify my sneers (To be continued) PAUL WRITES TO HIS FRIENDS IN CORINTH. Sunday, Sept. 16.-~Cor>nthians: 1- 4. Golden Text Behold, how good and how pleas­ ant it is for brethren to dwell to­ gether in unity!—Pea. 133:1, Is it God’s will that His children should be divided in matters of re­ ligious belief and teaching? We often hear it said that religious dif­ ferences, denominations, sects and the like are not only inevitable, but also advantageous, and that real blessing opm.es from them. How can we square such a view with this cl'ear, direct word given by the Holy Spirit to the whole family of God through the inspired apostle, Paul: “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfect­ ly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” But how can. men possibly have the same mind and the same judg­ ment? There is only one way; by ascertaining the mind and the judg­ ment of God as revealed in His in­ spired and written Word, and as made known by His Holy Spirit. When there are divisions among God’s people, we may be sure that such divisions are not of God, but that they result, from the failure of men to understand and follow His will. Of course, in the present condi­ tion of the Christian world each in­ dividual Christain can only decide for himself what group of fellow­ ship of Christains he. believes most nearly follows the teachings of the Scriptures and associate himself with them. But it should bp the earnest purpose and prayer of God’s people that all divisions among them be done away as far as possible, and that this injunction he held con­ stantly before the Church as its duty and privilege. Paul goes on to explain how the Corinthian Christians came to be di­ vided. Some of them were saying: “I am of Paul”; others, “I of Apol- os”; still other, “I of Cephas,” and still others, “I of Christ.” Then Paul ‘puts the searching question, “Is Christ divided? Was Paul cru­ cified for you? or were ye baptised in the name of Paul?” The lines of the old hymn are true; “Christ, is not divided; all one body we.” Paul could save’ no one, nor could Apollos, nor could Cephas (Peter). These men were but the messengers, bringing the good news of the only but all-sufficient Saviour These various groups or “denom­ inations” of Corinthian Christians, naming themselves as follows of Paul, of of Apollos, or of Peter, were jealous of one another. In the third chapter of the epistle Paul says, “There is among you envying and strife and diivsions.” He points out that Paul and Apollos are only the “minister by whom ye believed. A visit S Telephone visits, of course — intimate little talks once a week — at an average cost of only 40 cents! When the sisters were first separated, there were long letters, then shorter ones, then an occasional note between rare visits. But now — they visit regularly, because they have discovered how in­ expensive, and satisfy­ ing, Long Distance calls are, and how quick, especially Station-to- Station, calls after 8.30 p.m. After midnight, the rates are even lower. Only 40 cents a week to keep this family united! Isn’t it worth it? THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE «7Ae SUnaay School Wesson By CHARLES G. TRUMBULL, Litt. D. (Editor of the Sunday School Times) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1020 I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So, then, neither is he. that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase." In other words, everything that Paul could do, and everything that Apollos could do, would be hopeless and use­ less except as God worked the mir­ acle of spiritual new birth and eter­ nal life in the believers. When Christ, is the centre of our life and interest, and when the Word of God, as given and inter­ preted by the Holy Spirit, is our only guide, we cannot be divided from God’s other children. Best of all, the very love of God for them will fill our own hearts—that love that “bareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things” and that “never faileth.” Paul shows that those who give the Gospel, working in God’s field as those who plant and those who -water, are really one in God’s sight, and “every man. shall receive his own reward according to his labor.” It is an unspeakable privilege thus to be “laborers together with God.” Paul and Apollos and Peter had that privilege; every believer today has the same privilege. And re­ wards are promised in accordance with the work done. But will not various other relig­ ions bring men to God? The axis- "wer here and throughout the entire Word of God is clear and unmistak­ able: “Other foundation can no man lay than is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” Even those who build upon this true foundation of Christ may build uselessly or enduringly. The fire test of the work of Christians is set forth. Some are building gold, sil­ ver, precious stones; others are building wood, hay, stubble. And the solemn prediction is that “every man’s work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, be­ cause it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work or what sort it is.” Rewards are promised to those whose work abides the fire test. There is no reward for those whose work cannot endure, even though they themselves are saved.” The difference between salvation, which is never earned as a reward, but which is God’s free gift to be ac­ cepted by faith alone in Christ, and the rewards promised as the result of faithful service rendered by those who are saved, is not explained and emphasized as much as it should be in the Church today. A great deal is said throughout the New Testa­ ment concerning Christians’ re­ wards or loss of rewards. The closing word in the third chapter shows that Christians should never be divided, because each child of God has “all things.” He gives the best that He has, and all that He has. Therefore, “All things are yours; whether Paul, or Appollos, or Cephas, or the world, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ’S; and Christ is God’s.” REV. DR. MELDRUM PASSES AFTER ACTIVE AND USEFUL LIFE Rev. Andrew Barclay Meldrum, D.D., whose death was briefly noted in these columns last week, passed away in the Clinic Hospital, Cleve­ land, Ohio, on Sunday evening. Au­ gust 26th, after an illness of about two weeks. On the Thursday be­ fore his death he had undergone an operation for gallstones. Four years ago Dr, Meldrum re­ tired as active minister of Old Stone Church, Cleveland, where he had ministered for twenty-two years, and became pastor emeritus. Since his retirement he had been living at Oberlin, Ohio, at intervals oc­ cupying the pulpit of the Old Stone Church. At the hour of his death his old congregation was singing his favorite hymn, “I know that my Re­ deemer liveth.” Dr. Meldrum was born at Kirk­ caldy, Scotland, in September, 1857, and. came to Canada at an early age. His mother being widowed married Captain Samuel Gibson and the fam­ ily lived for some years at Thames Road, and afterwards in Goderich, where the young Meldrum attended High School. 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