The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1930-02-20, Page 3THE EXETEK T1MES-4DV0CATE
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sss _ _ ! __ “5* ception? Or was- it something deep
er than that; and, if so, wh.pt? <
; “.Well, .1 set to work, tq pwle it
out
me was that he wiu
life
objection.
tor to pinch your spoons, but
less do ^ou anticipate -that he
murddr you. So •' J dismissed
theory, and tried .another. Was tliero
. something tp eoriceaj in the sjiouse
which he didn't wish the doctor to
see? ’ Remember, the doctor is the
only human being, as far as I know, ‘
who has evey been in the house from •
tho outside world. I worked along
that line fol- a bit, saying, nothing to (
anybody, and tho more I thought of
it t-he
that I
course,
afraid
some,of the inner secrets of his de
fence's, but again the same darned
old objection. If fla did he was hard
ly likely to run around revealing his-
discovery of hands of burglars. So
what was the mystery?' If I was
right, what was hidden inSide? Was
it a human being? Possibly, but the
idea presented difficulties. Remember
Granger has been there for six years,
and, in spite of all his safeguards, it
would have been difficult to keep a
' fourth person ’ in the house for a-R
that time without -someone spotting
it. And it it wasn’t a human being
it must be some object. But surely
it would have been perfectly simple
to hide it away so that the doctor
couldn’t see it during his quick walk
through ‘the house. So there I was
up against a blank wall once more.
And after a while I gave up worry
ing over the blamed thing; it wasn’t
worth it. .Perhaps someday the mys-,.
tery, if any, would come out, and in
^lie meantime I,’ outwardly, aL any
rate, subscribed to the theory that
Mr.\Granger was an eccentric old'
man who did not want to lie dis
turbed, and had taken damned good
care that lie Shouldn’t bo, -Sorry
for all this hot air, Peter, but I had
to u make it clear to you. We will
now get on a bit quicker. The morn
ing- after’I had seen the lights' on the
‘Marsh I went out for a stroll to the
village. And that meant I had to
go past Granger’s hou-so. Now don’t
forget that all my cogitations -on his
menage had taken place months ago;’’
I had long given up worrying jny
heaid' about it. So that what' hap
pened cannot be fancy or imagina
tion due to my suspicions. About a
-quarter of a mile before I got to l)is’;
: gates who should I see coining along1
the road but the man himself and-
his tame bruiser. Now on the rare
occasions when I had met him we.
had always stopped and had a few
words---generall.y platitudes- about
the weathe’r. And as usual I halt
ed as I. cainq.. abreast", of him and
passed the time of 'daj\ Ho.was?(p
bit more affable than usual for some
reason; in fact, he even managed to
crack a smile over something -I said.
And then, for some unknown reason,
I jnentioned the lights I’d seep on
tlie Marsh. It was just a sudden
impulse said without thought.
“Good1 Lord! Peter, thought the
man had gone mad. He. stared at
me with dilated eyes, and his lower
with
much
by
SAPPER
The first idea that occurred to
afygid for his
That, again, was open to the
You/don’t expect a
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THE STORY SO FAR
standing side by side on the quay at
.Folkstone harbour stood Hugh
Drummond and Peter Darrell waV”
dug good-bye to thpir .wives who
were pas.
Orleans”
ting away
ti-eturned
previously arranged meeting. Hugh
; . jlrummoird’-s. home is "situated, near
Romney Mprsh where Grangcp, a
eccentric’ recluse, was Iris nearest
.•neighbor, One night as Drum-
■ r inond was sitting at the window,
smoking a last cigarette before re
tiring, he saw a series of red and
blue flashes coming from the1 di
rection of Sipragge’s Farm in the
middle of, the Marsh.
■ NOW7 GO "ON WITH THE STORY
“Captain Drummond, I believe,,”
he said. ’
“I admitted the soft impeachment
and wondered what ’was coming.
“You and your wife must forgive
any not calling on you,” he went on
jerfcRy. “I’m a recluse, Captain
Drummond, and my Health is not oL’
ihfe best.”
/‘Jle rambled on, and when he’d
finished I assured him that it did
not £riiatter in the lpast, and that we
quite understood, I didn’t add that
the only thing ?we wouldn’t forgive
him was if he did call, and we-part
ed, leaving me with two very dis
tinct impressions. . .
“The first was that, in spite of
his name, the man was not pure
Eriglish. There was a distinct trace,
of ^an accent in his voice, though I
!co*uldn’t decide what. The second
was that he was afraid.of something.
Tlie whole time he was talking to
me lii-s eyes had been darting this
=engers on the “M'aid of
which was slowly pull’
from the pier. The men
to the hotel to .discuss a
111 Him 111111 in,it?
allowed to go
I’ve only mem
of defences upouter line
The inner was just as
Every window in the
protected on the outside
exactly like ia prison
Even the attics had them; not
the 'i
was
count;
—but
lor
gate;, ho was never
U£i to the front-door.
“But that isn't all;
tioned the
to date,
tborough.
bouse was
by iron bars,
cell,
only
WOl’li
tho
tion-
ployed ................ „ , ,
only vague rumors got round. ..Bur
glar alarms of tlie inost modern type
-were installed, and trip wires in the
grounds which rang gongs, and the
/Lord knows what else.
“However, there is -no good ela
borating the details.' I’.ve told you
enough already to show you that iriy
neighbor not only resented intrus
ion, but was determined t;o stop it,
Naturally, in a country place like
this tbe inhabitants -buzzed like a
hive of bees with curiosity, though
when I took my place three years
after, the excitement had died down.
They had become used to him, and
the igenerally accepted theory was
that -he was an eccentric who lived
in terror of burglars. Colour was
added to that idea by the doctor who,
on one occasion, was called in- to see
him. It appeared that everything
short of blindfolding the medico was
done to prevent hihi seeing anything.
He was rushed from ilie wicket gate
to the front door, through the hall
and up to the bedroom. ' And' when
he got there the prize-fighter
mained in the room,
ter,, the doctor man
himself..
“He waited for the
■ground floor rooms. That
done by a local man, so
ryside got full informa-
a London firm was - em-
r other things, of which
re
Mark you, Pe-
told me this
servant to go,
__ „ _ ; „ and -when ho showed every intention
wgy and that, aS if he were perpet-j of staying, he stuck in his toes. He
11 ally on the looltouf for some' un-! told Granger, who was in bed, that
expected danger. .Of course, it’ he was not in the "habit of having
might have been only a mannerism, | a third person in the room when he
«i cj ♦ I 'll m InTni'aaainn a rrnVft urda nvnmininn’ ~ 4- Inn 4- mil4'kn4--butthat was-the impression he gave
me’ The man was frightened,
•though whether of a tspecific, indiv-
id'ual or of .people at large f didn’t
kflow.
“It appeared, he had taken the
house very soon after the war, and
had immediately proceeded- Io fort^
afy the place like a prison. There
was- already a high wall all round
the house, and his first act was- to
have the-, top of it covered with a
double.nvow .of long, crossed steel
spikes,p.- His ( next performance was
-io havg.^the.-) existing, open gates for.
the drive replaced by two heavy
wpoden ones whose tops were also
■covered with the same contraption
of spikes. 'These were kept perma-
nenetly locked, and the only way of.
getting in ■was through a small wick
et let- into one -of' them. But this
was also kept locked, and before it,
could be opened a tremendous cere
mony had to be gbne through. My
informant on all this once again was
the postman. When the time came
for the various, errand boys to bring
the1 provisions for the day, the prize
fighter took up his position by the
wick'et gate. When the bell rang he
opened' it and took the meat, or
whatever it was, from the boy. Then
everything -was shut up again as be
fore. The-same with the postman,
too. On ‘the rare occasions when#
Mrv Granger got a letter he (handed
•it to the bodyguard through the
1
doo
even
will
that
more did I become convinced
was on th® right track. Of
- it was possible that he was
that the doctor might spot
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■ arising from' a bad condition of the
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. Mr, D. J. Fitzsimmons, North Bay,
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)6n iny legs, and my face badly broken
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and In a very , short time, Everything
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was examining a patient unless that
person was a qualified nurse. Gran
ger answered very querulously that
(he man was his confident valet and
that he •wished him to stay. The
doctor replied, to the effect that ho
didn’t give a damn what he was, but
that if he didn’t clear out of Lhe
room Mr. Granger would have to ob
tain another doctor. Well, the long
and the short of it was, that, after-
a while, and very reluctantly,, the
servant left the room, and the doc
tor got on with his job. As he said
to mo,'he didn’t really mind in the
slightest if the man remained or if
he didn’t, but he was determined to,
see what
ed.
“After
tio.11; and
other, he
“Lovely thing you’ve got here, Mr.
Granger,” he remarked casually.
“The invalid struck a little bell
beside the bed, and the servant en
tered so quickly that he must have
been just outside the door. ’* ■
“Show the doctor out,” .said the
sick man irritably. “And 1’11 let you
know, Doctor Sinclair, if I want you
again.”
“Now the doctor, though one of
the best, has a devil of a temper.
And he let drive at that.
“Your case is not one that I care
to continue treating,” he said coldly.
“It is- noK your bodily health that
requires attention, -but your manners.
My fee is half a guinea.”
“For a moment or two, so he told
me, he thought the prize-fighter was
going to strike him, but Granger
pulled himself together.
“Forgive me, doctor,” he, said.
‘I’m not feeling my best today. Yes,
there are some lovely things in this
room,
house.
these somewhat elaborate
tion-s- against unauthorized people
gaining an entrance. A burglar’s
paradise, my dear sir; a -burglar’s
paradise. I trust you will forgive
my momentary irritability, and con
tinue aS my medical attendant.”
■ “By that time Sinclair’s anger had
evaporated, and he .said no more.
And when he did go back next day
the valet made no attempt to remain
in the room. Even the precautions
of the first day were relaxed a little,
and he didn’t have” the impression
that he was being marched along
under an armed guard. But no
was wasted lingering about
house, and no further mention
made . of what was in it;
“This yarn of the doctor's,
say, was taken by most people to
confirm the theory that Granger was
frightened of 'burglars. Aiid’-one has
’certainly heard- of cases where mis
erly eccentrics have lived for years
surrounded by their treasures, and
protected by every sort of^mechani-
cal device. But though I said noth
ing at the time the solution didn’t
fiuite satisfy me. Even' the ,most-
suspicious recluse would hardly sus
pect a respectable medical man ■ Of
any desire to .steal the spoons. Sd,
why these elaborate pi’ecau thrift oh
tho occasion of his visit? Was „ it
eccentricity pn Granger’s pari which
was almost akin to insanity • the' re-
rri-ft v,’.;:; v- nM JU’e.”
“it woum seem/’ I murmured
mildly, “that the problem is one
which can hardly he solved on paper.
Arid sluue our wives are at Le Tpu-
quet, it might help to pass tho ag
onising time
we-—”
“Good lad/
you would,”
“But, look
“Has nothing
you seen the
“Only once-
“Ana you haven’t
this plaee—Spragge’s-
He shook his head.
‘I thought I’d wait
seeme
e this
‘Just
i put in.
, If your surmise is right
! Granger is in fear of his life why
hasn’t he told the police about id?
Oh has he? Because if so—
“Ho hasn’t, Peter,” he interrupted.
“That I know. The local inspector’
1 is a great pal of mine. And since
that very objection occurred to. me,
I made a point of meeting him.
brought the conversation round
'Granger—never a d,iffjcult tiring
de. And I’m convinced that if
had asked for police protection I
should have heard of it. Therefore
he hasn’t Why not? Because, lad
die, he dare not. That’s my answer
to it. It’s what I have though all
•along. There is something that man
has got to conceal, and he dare not
run the risk of bringing the police
in.”
“It sounds feasible,” . I agreed.
“Anyway what’s the next move?”
“A couple of short .ones. Then-
lunch. And after that we'll lay out
a plan of campaign.”
He led tho way* anti I followed:
thus it had always been in the. past.
' CHAPTER II
In Which We Meet Two New Allies
I don’t pretend for a- moment, of
course, that there was the slightest
excuse to be offered for us, Manifest
ly the matter was no business dor us.
If Mr. Granger chose to barricade, his
house with iron spikes it was his
affair, and no one else’s. Still 1 re
gret to say that there are people in
this world who - are as irresistibly
drawn to a thick-ear atmosphere ;as.
a cat ’ is to a saucer iof milk. And
Hugh Drummond was one of them,
having been born that way. ’
In that way he differed from me:
I only acquired the ‘ liking by force
of his example. And I am bound to
admit that had I been the one to see
.a red and blu’e light flashing on
Romney Marsh, and realised that
"‘su’cli a harmless, even -peculiar phe-
■ n®rienon produced terfor in. tho
of hiy next-door neighbor, I
proceeded 1'artlier
till they i/ejoin us, if
he langhed.
here. Hugh
'1 kn ow
would happen if he insist-
he had made his examina-
prescribed something or
glanced round the room.
and, in- fact, all over the
That is why I have taken
precau-
time
the
was
as I
It
Uli
I
more happened?
lights lagain?’”
—three
said,
Havv
nights ago.’
been down
farm?”
to
for you, Peter
d a crime to keep a thing
to oneself.”
one small point, old man,”
“What about the police?
if this man
Aienon produced terfor
I
to
to
he
slibuid not have
With tliC matter.
Wherefore the
'mental attitudes
eaSRy understandable. Mine was
{principally concerned with -our offi
cial position in the matter; his was
entirely occupied with whether the
thing was likely 'to produce some
sport.
“My dear. Peter,” he -said, as the
waiter brought the coffee, “we havo-
n’f got any official position in the
matter. So that’s that, and there’s
no use worrying about,it. But it is
manifestly the ’duty of every law-,
abiding citizen to investigate such a
strange-pastime as flashing coloured
lights on the Marsh. Maybe it is
difference' of our
during lunch is
Mine
jaw was shaking like a man
ague. And the pug wasn’t
better.
“Red and blue lights,” he
mered foolishly. “Red and
lights.” - .
‘He was croaking in his agitation,]
and clutching the valet’s arm with,
two trembling hairds?
“Where did you see them, Captain
Drummond—these lights?”
“But by that time I’d taken a pul!
at myself: evidently there 'was a
mystery in the offing, and I wasn’t'
going to be too specific.
“-'Somewhere -on Roinney (Marsh,”
I said vaguely. “Why? What’s all,
the excitement about?” - '■ '
“Red and blue,” he almost scream
ed to the valet. "Santa Mafia!'
Gaspard—it is he.” •, 1
“Shut up,” growled the pug,.'
though- his own forehead was wet;
with’ sweat. /
“But the other was beyond hope:'
he was in a (state of gibbering terror? ‘
“Back to the house,” lie'kept on'
muttering. “Hurry—__ . _ -
the Virgin.” < ■ i‘ .
“And away the pair of them went’and ten minutes later we had dropp-
down tlie road with Granger claw-, cd down the hill to Sandgate and
were running along by the sea to
wards Hythe.
“From now on, Peter,” he said
“until we get actually -to Rye itself
the ground is dead flat. ‘When we
get -out a bit further you’ll -see the
range of hills away to the right
where- my house stands.”
It was a lazy, hot afternoon, aftd
the heat haze shimmered- over the
country which stretched dry and
parched on each side of the road.
Even the usual breeze which one gets
in the locality had died away, and
the few cattle* Ave saw were standing
listlessly in what shade they could
find. The disused iAd wfttei’ cistern
on Littlestotio golf links dropped
away behind us, and the'»Martello
Towers ceased* as we turned away
fyorn the i.sea after New Romney
“Dungeness away there
said
Now
stam-*
blue.' Some new method of catching moths:
’ maybe not. Anyway 'we’re darned
well going to see.”
“And the first move?” I asked.
, “Is to call at Spragge’s Farm,”
lie Answered. “We are not to know
that his notice about rooms to let
has been withdrawn. We will there
fore, on tho way back, present our
selves at the door, and you will ask
if he can put you up. Say that your
suffering from nervous, breakdown
due to backing three winners in suc
cession, and demand to see what ac
commodations he has to offer.' Then
say you'll let him know. We’ll bbth
keep our eyes- skinned and perhaps
we’ll see something.”
“Right ho!” I said resignedly. “As
long as I'm not expected to stop At
the bally place. I’ll put up the pala
ver.”
We paid the bill, and left the din-
-for the love of/ing-room. .Hugh’s car was outside
. lithe hotel, a Bentley Sports model:
. on rl inn tVi I n 11 too InlrSv ftrzi Tin tri
down tlie road with Granger claw-,
ing at the valet, and.’the-valet glanc
ing this way. and that over his shoul-.
der, as if he expected someone to
materialise out"of■ the hedge. For
a while I -stood- starih-g ’after them-
foolishly: the wliple thing was so,
totally ’ inioxpectedj IThemT follow
ed them at a ^llbcreAt distance, feel<
ing a strong Impulse to laugh: They
looked so damned ridiculous. Gran
ger, as T think I’ve mentioned, is a
little- riiaii, apd to see. him hopping
along beside the vast bullock of a va
let who Jevery now and then broke
into a'shairibling run had its humor
ous aspects'. ’ They reached their
front gate, and while the pug was
fumbling with his key to open the
Wicket Granger kept dancing and II
heard an iron bar clairg home. The
fortress had boon reached in safety.”
Hugh paused and' looked , at me
with a gfim ...
“Getting a bit -nearer 'the meat
'nice, ain't we, Peter? Why should
SiK
**s
f
’.n
tjia.t -a red., and blue light
. flashed on Romney Ma^sdt
'"for 1H the breasth of out
Tr^nd his pugilistic com-
*nd no nrikt/torm of tot-
r.Vr p *"n/a judge tliat
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 30» 080
wrr*> tirnw*. u in rix inches of
“These grass sides to tin? road got
slippery at times,” he explained.
“And then you want to watch it.”
At length he stepped the car and
lit a cigai'ettOj.
(To be Continued)
CHISWHUHST
Richard and Daniel Kinsman
iplendid
1‘ZUkfi. J
I cup
sugar;
’Flour;
spoons
flavoring; 1 raisins chojl
Ma]Mr
brought two car-loads of
horses and one ear load of cattle from
the West.
Mrs. R.oy McDonald ii
part
Mr,
very
A
on Friday,
home of Mr
mple, when about one hundred and
twenty-five friends gathered to a re
ception in honor of
groom
mple.
games
utiful lunch w.p$ served, Miss Pearl
Harris read the presentation as fol
lows:
Tuckersmith, Feb. 14, *1930
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Dalrymple:
Dear Friends,—
We, your neighbors have met to
gether tonight 'to extend to you our
congratulations and best wishes on
the occasion of your recent marriage.
As you walk down jhe avenue of
years together, our wish for you is
that you may find happiness in the
community in which you-dwell.
As a slight token of our esteem
and friendship we ask you to accept
these gifts assuring you that the best
wishes of your many friends follow
you. Trusting that your lives may
have their full of health, prosperity
and length of days.
Signed on beliftlf of the friends,
anti neighbors.
'In response Garnet Dalrymple
thanked the ones responsible for this
occasion; also the many friends for
the tw.o beautiful -wicker rockers,
fernery, Coleman, gas lamp; also
other lovely presents which he and
liis wife received.
After lunch Miss Beatrice Drover
danced the Highland Fling. Every
one stayed and had a good time till
the wee sma’ hours of the morning.
spending
of time caring for her father,
Chas. Cann, of Exeter, who is
low in health.
very pleasant evening was spent February3 14 th at the
and Mrs, George Dairy-
MT. and Mrs,
The evening
and dan ting.
the bride and
Garnet Dairy-
was spent in
Before a boun-
Box
Cookies,?
butter; z cups
cups Purity
,2 , vggs; 2 ma-
baling powder;
cup nuts and
>ed (optional)
[e the dough
and keep id pveraisbr™ cool _ lie icebox or a
Mice thinly
ax?d bake jn a
quick pven.
Best for
all Baking
700 Recip
Western Canada Flour Mills (Do.
limited, Torpnto.
ANGUS S
ROBT,
USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUJJU
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Farquhar, Otft.
SIM
FRANK M
DIRECTOR
President
Vice-Pres?
ORRIS,
AGEFIS
CLAIR, J./T.
DOW
ONNELL
ALLISON,
BROCK
J0H1JJ EJSERY/ ntralia, Agent for
borne Biddulpti
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Barton and Logan
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98, Exeter, Ontario
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Solicitors, Exeter
OLIVE
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FIRE IN HIBBERT TOWNSHIP ’
DESTROYS BARN & STOCK
The large bank barn of Robert
Graham of Hibbert Township, a few
miles west of Mitchell, with 1,000
bushels of grain, ,a- large quantity of
hay and straw-, six sheep and six
hogs, was destroyed by fire on Thurs
day night at 8.30. The barn was
discovered to be on fire, and as the
chores were all done before dark,
the cause of the fire is not known.
While Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc-
Gonigle, of Egmondville, v-ere re
turning from a concert they were 1
overtaken by a party driving a horse
and cutter, and stepped to the side
of the road. The driver failed to. building,
turn out and struck both of them were partly covered by
knocking them ■ over arid injuring The loss is estimated at about $6,-
them, 000.00,
With difficulty the ■ horses and
cattle were driven out of the burning-
The barn and contents
insurance.
Marsh
to
left,”
LydtL
proper
The (
ivife a deep
ho pointed out the spot to me whore
ft m<HOr .ohftrabant^had skidded and
ovefturhhd one night, pinning the
occupants underneath It till they
Hugh briefly
we’re on the
road
R
narrow,Was good but
ditch on each side, and