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The Signal, 1929-1-10, Page 6•• • .e "ye -e • s. G--TLuradde. January 10th, lege. • THE SIGNAL, The Tiger Trail By EDISON MARSHALL WHAT IL%PPENKD BEFORE Itr. Long 1, visiting Southley I►owus. to Which he is ..inducted by Ahmed Dee, an Orient:1'. There he meets al r. Southley, about a detective friend. Alexander Piens, had lulu him to watch, and his son Ernest South - ley, Mr. Hayward and his run Silos. and thew Josephine' Sunt11l•y, whom be had ?wets foiut on the trait. Jose- phine tells him the leery 0f &wthleve 1h,wns and Re chest. which IS not the ghost of a human being tut of a tiger. Dr. Leong has a quarrel with Vitas Hay ward user J•+e'phln ,.. :end feuds that the llaywords have a strange au- thority lvver Ile Fol thleys. 11e Is or- der's! to leave S.mthbw le.wns. The, rain prevents his leaving at owe. Dr, long and Ernest go out nn the road in rhe rain laking for the track's of a tiger that Ernest say= „re then•. Now read on- ••It's no use," 1 said. -The wale* would have washed them all oat." We separated and looked up and drown. And tlually 1 turned t..>`ttll' Ernest back to the house. He wan !tent low. holding his lantern doge to the mud. ''What 1s it?" I asked. cents. hen'," he ordered inc. Ile stood up as I came close and held the tauter!' before him. 1t shone un Ids -white, eget face. "I'ee found It." he told ne .Amply, .ti our it stooled to awe that Eritcst lied left his Isehod far behind him. Had was a' man. The volt* was ma- ture; steady. la•rfe,-tly calm. 11e strike so Tow•' 1 hail to strata to listen. It wasn't the serf of tone phot 1 hail cxpeted. 1 had suppoeal that if we were tilde to find the tracks they would have cleared up the mystery in it per- fectly etiefaetoryy manner; and we could have a good joke to tell when wP came to Itou1hley 1Now•ns• Only, of (nurse. Ernest would tell It, not I. My 'inure for joking in the old amour honer were done. instead of triumph. his reap hinted that MId futility with which men tell of their worst personal tragedies. "The trick. Ernest?" F asked. "The rains have washed out -all but one. This one Is on a high place in the rimil. and it is aha"st gone. tots. But you can't mistake lt." i lowe.re(l my light to aur. but he •till lit niy arm. "I guest. not. Long." be said quietly. "Why not?" The Bell Telephone Company and its Bill in Parliament HE Bell Telephone Company is bringing before T parliament this session a B:'.I regarding its authority to seek new capital. No grant or subsidy from parliament is involved. It is entirely a matter of authority to offer new shares for purchase by investors, from time to time in the future as new capital is required for the growth of the system. There are three reasens why the telephone company is asking parliament for this authorit' Each 4 these reasons is important. the first reason The telephone system cannot extend td meat the growth of the country unless there is a steady supply of new capital year after year. a progre,sive country like Canada the telephone I system never stands still. Each year there are thousands of new telephones in new bonen and offices. For the next five years the definite needs which the system is under public obligation to meet mean spending over $120,000,000 in new plant. Year after year, in good time; and bad, new money is needed for more telephones if the system is to keep pace with the country. And of this money a great part can be supplied only through the pur- chase of new shares by investors. the second reason Necessary plans cannot he made unless there is assurance that money may be ebtaised is the future to complete them. IN the telephone business it is essential that plans be made for years ahead. There must be cables and conduits and central ex- changes before new telephones can go in. To wait until people are clamoring for service is too late. Such projects in the past have been undertaken be- cause the company has been confident of securing money from investors to put the new equipment into full service. But if the company is not able even to approach in- vestors, its assurance vanishes and to prepare for the future becomes impossible. The telephone' system does not need, and will hot seek, all the seventy-five million of new capital pro- vided for in its atneritlment now, nor next year, nor the year after. It may not need it all for a good many years. Hut it does need now the assurance that it will be able in the future to go into the market for new money when it is required. the third reason The company's present authority to meek new capital is almost exhausted. WHEN the telephone company began in 1lSO it had authority to sell shares to investors up to half a million dollars, but with the gri wth of the system this authority has been extended by parlia ment. This has happened, on an average, every eight years since 1880. The last amendment by parliament was in 1920 Another amendment is necessary now he cause, of the seventy-five million of shares set in 1920, less than ten million now remain for the coni - pony to offer to invs ltnrs. With over $i20,000,000 to be spent during the nest five years -a substantial part of which must be pro- vided by sale of new shares --this margin of less than ten million represents neither the steady supply of new capital nor the assurance of the future which the company must have to serve the public with efficiency. eight years from now TF F there had not been an amendment in 1920 with the right to raise new capital, Ontario and Quebec today would be struggling with a telephone sy. t' m so hopelessly behind puhlie requirements that all branches of business would suffer. The telep enne company does not want that state of affairs to prevail eight years from now. The BHI Is to prevent it. NOT THE SAME PERSON AT ALL `Fruit -a -fives" Stopped Pain and Terrible Dizziness Pk Mm.. GOWN It seems almost a miracle -the way "Fruit -a -lives" benefits women suffer- ing at die change of life. "1 was obli to go to ied became of the ter* le dizziness, pain and weakness," writes Mme Onesew4 C«lin of Yaquetviile, N.11. "During this trying time 'Fruit -a -lives' proved a godsend to roe, and now I ata in la•rfect health. Every woman shuuli1 bellow my ex- ample and 'take 'Fretit-;,-tives,' and they would s,trely get the wonderful relief that I did." Try it. Your dealer has this wondertul fruit medicine -- 25.•. and Ilk•, a iiitx. ••Yiln really don't want to see it. It wouldn't du you any you just' give you nnlilrusant ulemorb•s to. ,•nrry away with yon --ofd lesldes. It ivn'i be true. It's not there, hong." "Let 114' see." "No use. doetor." "Get int ..f the way, and let me see it," i ordered. 11111 t11.tead Ix• xnddeuly leaped at a shadow In the muddy sand. lie dug for an instant with his feet. and pdushed the water. And when I 1„eked again the track had been hops: salt' obliterated. '"Little fool!" 1 told him. "It wasn't there, Long." he answered In 11 far nwny volts "it was some GODERICH, ONT. alit !leaning. The aisles 'were &- must eontliiuoua, and the 01tkering light was• gray mull sur.;eine through the rain. It wua just a , ''n. weird radi- ance. awl In no way u'.••e listed the ahtl- dowa of 'the room. TI.r, lock struck_in the hill below us, so -ally We could hardly hear. •'Let's go to tied." 1 Halallered. "Evi- dently, the walk is d,'e•" "Ire isitient. old mai.'• Then 11e ut- tered the strangest lir', aigh. "look, Long. it hai't done, : er all." His voice dropped ❑ note; that was its only e:.ange. I love' he was point- ing toward the row of 'v lnduwx at the op oaile end of t1N' ;!:Ills Three of them glowed dimly fn111 the Ht kering lightning In the far riecliea of the sky, rectangular in shape a• they should tit'. The upper pert of e fourth w•as lighted tow, but the I ewer part was wholly olaleured by ••,nethiitg that Stood In front. It wn• eomething low and long that atoo, perhaps three feet high. Something was crossing at the end, of the hall, tetw.sn lie and the windows. The shadow slowly , I: ingest IT it made an arc over the,lower part of the same window we '.:,.I seen before - a ahnpe us of a mons roux Hank of an uulmal• And the rte joinitng et below wax partly ohw•urllsl now. Whatever moved at the end of ti.e hall was .'rtes► ing showily pals[ the windows, and Its Jody wax long enough ! lilt it left dark u01breges against lw, of the lighte4 {acnes. • There was no chat , for a mistake. My senses were perfe' y alert. It ems out it delusion or an ,' •••'t of slooloiv. With of ue kept ote -,•If seitrol and' were rather xurprfsli.-' • calm. Tun y-ou lilt at tee..' range': ' Ernest out of the door as we went past mud ' whisis•red in my ear. soloed me by 114• sbouli ere. "1 can. but I don: dare. 1 can't -Good God! D11 you see lir he shoot at a shadow, Ernest. Tou great' ,.rl.y{, '•Didn't you sec. mall? It Wont a ehau.r for aecldent-." paxt'mr'door." • "Then we'll stalk it 1t doesn't pay '191,, candle light' was oil 1is fair: to wait any more, 1,at�. • Anything is; and 1114 look was one not quickly for- hetter than tiiIR suap•nse-" getters• 11tx ruddy color tires quit'' We stepped out of •or hiding plies•, gala•. and Ile a eeld were• changed, tot. and crept down the 1.x,1. A11 four of 114' clutched at us with great. 01141.Ilse windows were clear in outline now•• frenzied hands. ltur quarry had hea,i,•d on. evidently But we shook lose fund hurried on , hue the corridor that nun at right ; ,town the ,sorridor. There were nu angles to the twain hall. ; •coolie p rooms stung it,nn nc oak nLug But Ernest spoiled our hnioet of from near d'4ers Int" other w.rridors. Stalking the creatnns in the, hal!. We :end p+gages to the retr Stairs and to got to the windows +mi'made the turn. the• 11,lnl &or Ai winTuw• Maned t'• Both of ns knew. as well as we knew ., little haleony nt the end. TSP balked QUICKLY BANISHED "I suffered years of agony through blind itching piles," says Mrs. W. Hughes, of Hochelaga St., Montreal. "Pain, loss of strength, complete misery, was my daily lot until I came across Zam-Buk. I know now that there is nothing en earth to equal this grand herbal healer. Since it lifted me from misery my earnest wish is to make Zam-Buk known to all sufferers." J. 1... Moves Pain Like Maglo! ,ve r,it�t � MAT✓kf J IYEA7t3AL BALM "And maybe you haven't heard of the theory of the tranauilgratiou of souls?" Every ma0 of edlucatiou has heard it," I replied. "1f you have, just remember these little prints One of ttteen Is that the' transmigration, of 8iluix--that the soul of an animal t'an live. again in the Indy of a 01(211-1a a rather current lit - lief In India. Ahmad Das Is of Hindu blood. And he wag burn at the same hour that my father's tiger was killed." Ile laughed grimly,, and gate 114• n cigarette. Then we walked out into the hall. Ernest and 1 found 114• elder 1111Y - word In the library. Ile stall shiver lug borer,• the faint coals that hail t*. n the tire. All of u+ letter.' ellen the front dots opened. It wear Southley. /11111 he Pa l'111.41 a lantern. Ills clothes were simply dretude.l. Ile wore 110 hat. and his white heilr ens stringing clout hi wort' face, and the water poured from Ifni. His wet face glistened lin tee,• ,amile-light. "TYliat'e thhi?" he asked. e "Just a little midnight session." his 4011 anewen'.I. "Tell us fleet why yon went out in the rain, with 1141 emit?' (Continued nest week t 1 that the rain was , tattering on the trick of the rata -sir a mirage. It about mint whispered to each otl'Pr. In the darkness "1t doesn't help -lo ole," close possible that It emild he there." roof, that the creature ee'hu11leil w:as and thea went luck for 121ndl•s.' We xoil)PWhen• in Esti them high and i wed in the .•or front of us. We were trying to walk arts nisi • Among the eurtairee TI'., with utter si'en(s-. F.rneet a 4.o* .,r , either llnytvnr,l kept close behind Its It must have teen almost one o'clock %lietn I got to my room. There were plenty of things to think about. One w•:te that on the morrow 1 would say good -by to S.eut'il'y Downs. The meeting with the girl In the sleeping • uttering low. 11111 nT 1,111 2.' te•nten.+^ Ile step at the tutu In the corridor. not ,l11tenlsrlr worth listening 1o. 11.' tripped, Ind elven afore theroar , He had forgotten our *sane in the J.1 the rain the sound was dhotinet. The den a few hours Ir -fore. His press -lit floor shook --and It seemed 1.1 no. that emotion left en mom for rememis rel car had csnww• to nothing, after all. 1 heard the impact of-eushloned feet ' anger. it looked es if he were try Inc 1 thought alone ,'s!esander Piece. as our quarry leaped. But i eint he t„ keep close to me. I and all thtlt he hail told me. I had sure of that. The Imagiu:ltlon Is' -Did yon see It -when it passed ms !,..iii, at semidry Dlowns almost.. a known to piny tricks. dcrhal-, there' doer?" ho was crying. "Son lentos ( w n sena-just oils nod Its problems had grown was •faint ru Rte an 1 stir whnt Ir na 1 know int. mor,. complex, rather then Amplified. "gulch!" Iruy eomprluion h0•101,141. ;There'll no nee of pretending nay mom Still 1 didn't know why the man whom 1"11T will 1senpe us." ' It was there. n04 1 emit. and so 411.1 .11exnmter eva1le(l 11ederlck hail offered we starteyl running down the hall.1 pat. And Ell leave this h.ntse to - 'illy r•wlin,l for tra4e of the elder I it was a tremendously long corridor. d morrow!" 11.' !scenel to loe,talktng t„ •1 ionthley• I eonldn't explain wily my 1 stn•teliing aluost the breadth of the ; himself rather -than to ns. -We can Ttnst had gone for years nosier 80 Ra- YfeRtt heuso•: and it seemed folly to try keep -the arrangements we've got. nn,l tS to overtake thole swift feet. And cum -Vibes ( Vibes tend to rem. PIT'go Totanr- I.Mtely at the end 13eayward's door sud- row for gond mei all: And Vial. Asir: denly flnng open. • Any with hie weneh if he likes" llcoth of us knew it' r slug4• instant , Ernest stopped uses him. "TT'e ' beside 1e that we would get a sight of tow thing � will rem.mher that word -nt n better 0 1 slimed name. or Ind OP 4.11 'an nt u now. The relation of the Haywirds with the Sonthheys, the creeping figure r on the golf gain. the' track 11) 11P 1 muddy cann 't, still caalised as mys- ter'mw-' a4 ever. Fashion Fancies A Simple %firrno on Dress That 1- Ilist iiwlisc two In front. Ile forgot about n lit- as It crossed the open doorway. Hay- I time.' he nromFe }. Then he whirlss thought Rhont Rome at.•allug figure word had man, candler in hie room., 111 MP. 'Tine things got away -hat that was in the corridor jest outside and ROMP of tee' it light thing out Into Inds Is one thing more 1 ultra to do be - 1 my door. the hail. But there was hardly time , fore i go to bed. i want to look How 1 knew he was there 1s n mos- 11, re,rfve the thought, Mitch 1e•+ to r .Thenad fhis's room just to see if he's iPre. was no n whatever o'I n eh nn, rte as he ought to ie" eery still. I certainly could not have act TI ti t i 1 1 I lea heard him alrn•e the thunder of the pals. a pistol. Our quarry was a long yin we took the sanity find went e" rain. i'erhaps it was_ the jar of his way In front of us: and the door 1,.,- back into the MR 111 hall. Then we footsteps on Hie floor. or maybe a sixth scarcely wide open before It linseed in' mounted n Hight 0f stairs. At a Ile sense that womefimes warns II man he front. o ' tie riven. clear at the end of the enrol - 14 being shadowed. 1t seemed to me Of course, it was too far to se ,torn we stopped to knock, that he was eomtng steftlthlly down the plainly. But 1 had no more delusion, No answer came, eo we knocked hall -and he had halted jnst,ontside about its reality. The dtseas.• that n:1111. Then we pn.hd Mien the door. ,i my door. • niTllete.l the old manor house' w,t- .\hma.l ilia• wag not In his room. Then I heard a voice. It is a strange •nirely drawing to its (Tiede. 111. bed hail not been 1tept in. I thing that I didn't recognize it at frac. The creature we saw fitted with di- "Dice It mean anything to yon?" MY .suns are usually sharp for sash turbine conslateiicy Into tine old legend F:rnest naked me. things. The only possible explanation is that the volt* was eemewhat chnngest "Dr. Long?-." someone called softly. „Seo?" f nnla.•keed my door. Ernest ',Mod 1 - We carry a good stts•k of Electrical Appliances, Fixtures, etc, Elects is Wiring of All Kinds Breen and, 'siege are n,• 11,re ,sou !siltation --thin Union of colors ha,. Ism•: t•mpleyerl a' goon many years -bis here these smart 011111/A'Sare pltt.n:- 111 ncee1 fashion. Che• .lots- it -elf is of dark brown hnrhe satin. tee.• ,•offs, vest and yoke f noisy is•iR•.• The Uneven hemline. so flattering to the figure. la achieved here by a wrap-around skirt. The whole Mintel is cleverly designed at, unusually attractive. of the mansion. The term wan, low Nothing whatever- -any- mere than and long, and although the light se.- the rest ,of this devilish mystery dim its general color wv(s Is•res•tly means. Do yon 1111prs•t flint Ahmed visible to earth of us. 1t was a rich. Das is perpetrating something?' beautiful yellow, striped with plank "i suspect nothing. i only want There were no extenuating cir,umst:nt- yon to mall a few little paints that in the shadow of the eorrllor. Ile eel. Both of us sun' It --ata plainly as will undoubtedly liea great !entree of .t ,rried n candle. lie came In very We saw the open doorway. The ins- pl,n.snre to yen." Ile apske with a quietly and pinged the door behind pure was exactly that of a great cat grim humor. "Sou must have heard him. Ile put his candle on the table. creeping. with belly low hung. upon its stories -every man bas --of men shoot - It is !strange how the mind worke. My first observation was the p4"Plillnr re- w'mbinnrn to his dater that 1 gew In his eyes They were dark. just like here ile eat down on the edge of the hid. 1 saw that he was elan partly undressed. "11114P yon grit n pistol?" he asked. "Yee. it is in my bag•" "L wish you'd get It. doctor. I'm not .ung -fiat that we'll need it:" 1 opened my Tag without question and drew out my automatic. ".`Itis you shoot with the thing?" he asked. "Fairly well." 'Then you'd better keep it. 1 don't thtrk 1 .'mild hit the tilde of a barn! WP might' treed .enol shooting. Tong. we're got n hunt on nnr hands t0 - night." 1 looked At him as ...stile its i mall. "11'hat have we got to hunt?" ' "'lint 1 don't know, cs,rpt tint it's Ithe thine that left the trnck. it's In the bowie." ' "•low do you know-?" "How d, i knew? \1y ,Icor 01,1 hay, 1'11 love tn\any 1 dldn'1 know. bat mi - 1 fortnrtate ly 1 do. It •las got beyond Ih1 legend stage. if our lighting sys- `lent was on'y In order! Ton can't, nee 111,'iit111g with these isin.!k's-and yet I saw• plenty. Are van retely?" .Tees 11e crept nlong the ,soft rings and lour e:rodle guided nes 11 Strive !Melt nn lln,effeetIre 11011 1. Still Il>e rain fhtimk'ret. nisi he loud 10 pat lila 11es . dios.' to my aur to mike me hear him Thein 1 felt. rather than heard. we stopped on A little Inndleg in 11„ t:limnv. 'lint why watt nt all? why not • hose It down?" .. "ltecen1P clinging don't work. L• knows how to hide. Behind the near tnlns, and every pines. el'e. \Tie rP g it to wnh•11 his trail." Ile Wee out the-enndle. The only light flint remained wens n single e8n- 1n,• on a tittle table at the tar of the 11181?!. TT'e 1f0nl In dsrknees, "You're the only one 1 ennld tried." he told me. "My father langha at the 'torte*. and the Ilaywnrde are fright- ened almost tri death." We welted a long time. There wag a row of wtndnwe et the end of the tong room, dimly lighted from the diet• prey. Neither of lie pe ppetl. I don't think either of Mt .rie,l out We simply race(' on up the hall. Even then there Might have been a 411811(* of (tver- tnktilg the erratum 1f it hail not (se'n for Heyward's Interference. He flung ung at hyenas in Africa. w•mtnding them. tracing them to the flute of na- tives, 441141 them finding --not it hyena - but a binek men, dying. with a ballet in him" "I've heard too• storle and they 'sen tie. don't 111814e Steal E1'KOPE TO ('ANADA 1N THREE D.Ven The amazing Within Nlr-hip, it itat. 1• nt 1,1 w•nf un,l•'tg'.ing tests at Howden, England, preparatory 10 11)ing to 1•n1ia1IN in the spring. This giant dirigih:e Is 709 feet long. 130 feet high, and will easily carry la. p..gangers, lnelnalve or crew. pilo Bally 11ny,r engines will 'Iris.• her through the air at A cruising Rpevl of 73 mil. R0 hour, nisi she 1s expected to complete the'eseen plight in less Ih-111 three days. The Rho.,• picture shows ntetrieers of the Mother I'Arllnrm'nt having ten aboard the 11-1(111 at her formal nnrelling to the public. inert i! l,:entenAnt George Norville, who will navigate the glAtlt air liner on her maiden voyage. 4 t,tiulate,. given on application Frank McArthur ELECTRICIAN Telephone 82 West Street Brophey Bros. THE 1.E.ADLNG FUNERAL. 111KF'A 'OK$ ANI/ F:.HBALMEKS Ambulance service at all hours, day or night. 1'l111NFs: Store 120 lira 217 GODERICH Embalmer J. R. Wheeler Funeral Director and calls promptly attended to day or night PHONES .story 335 Residence 355w1luwllto11 Street. (ins lrri(h f INFLUENZA'S VICTIMS Left Weak, Miserable and a Prey to Disease in Many Forms /1ne of the most treads erou' dise+tee. afflicting the people of Canada during the winter months is influenza. It almost lnvarlabiy ends with a tempi'. 1 ration of troubles. Its victims suffer', with altcrnoue fevers and chills, head- ; aches and backache+. It leaves them an easy prey to hrnehltis anti pneu- monia. Indeed, the deadly effects of influenza may leave the victim a chronic Invalid. You can avoid lie 'Hut•nzu entirely by keeping the blood rich and red by the use of Dr. wiI- ,11ams' Pink fills. if you have not done this and the ()Leese attacks you. you Pan banish Iter deadly after effects through the use of this great blood - building. nerve -restoring tonle. Here Is proof of the power of Dr. Williams' !'ink fills over this troahle. Mr. F. 11. McMullen, Belleville, Ont.. says: -"Some years ago. following a severe attack of influenza. 1 was 1.41 In such a weak condition that my friends thought i would not get better, 1 dewelnped nervous indigestion, and my bloat got thin and watery. in This wvmkPned con4111011 1 began the use of Dr. Williams' fink rills. and these slid what other medicine had failed to do -brought me hack to henith nn(1 strength. i 4811 hi -meetly Ray i think them the hest blood builder and nerve tonic knusn. and 1 shall ahvnyw praise them." You can get the pills from your dntggist, er by mail at 54) cents n tax from The Dr. Williams' Mediehte ('o. Brockville. Ont. 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