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The Brussels Post, 1925-9-16, Page 7SAFETY —The First Consideration The Safety of your Deposit in The Province of Ontario 'Savings Office Is Guaranteed by THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT Interest ?aid on all. Deposits BRAN HEs : () rant H••truti I'�iiibruka n f"rl h Ayltnet' Brantford lintoi1 nn Bier. York enol .eleN to SwM ) Newmark or O•tawa, (207 Speeke Streel) St OnibeHoles 'reroute (Univeveiiy Ave, and Uundas Steel) 43-28 '1' eento (flay and Allei,tide ri.4). ,'1',,r0et0 (f4$) lime faith Ave ) Ht. elarye. Weikel tiara Wand toak Love, The Tyrant yrant l "No, no; it's all right," said Arthur, with a calmness which surprised him- self. "So your name is Vancourt?" Jack nodded. "Yes," he said hoarsely, weakness setting in after the excitement. "It's a good old name. The Sir Richard that died and left his money to Esth er was a kind of cousin of mine. 1 never saw him or any of his people; we were too poor and proud to claim his acquaintance, and I don't know how, he came to remember Esther's existence. But I'm grateful to lum for he's made it easy for me to hanc{ in my checks. 1 shall die as hapny as a bird, now that I know my little • ,l girl is safe; for to be rich in England is to he safe, Arthur," he added, with a hoarse laugh. Arthur was silent for a moment, • then he said, gravely: "But the nephew, the present bar• onet, may be alive, old man." Jack started and looked at him al. most angrily. "What do you mean?" he demand. cd, excitedly. "Of course he's dead! Doesn't the paper say so? Wouldn't he have heard of his hick and gone bounding over to England to claim the money and title long ago? I'm certain he's dead!" He wiped the sweat from his brow. "Oh, it would betoo cruel to have hhn turn uP and, rob Esther! She's a girl, and a- lone in the world—for I am dying and shall nevergo back to her—and she wants the money. It's her clue, it's been left to her—it would be cruet, cruel! What do you mean by saying he's alive?" "Don't excite yourself," said Arth- ur, soothingly. "I only said he might be; I daresay he's, as dead as a herr- L l? ing; and for your sake and your sis- tor's, I hope he is. But don't you talk about dying; this good news is just what you wanted to shake you up. You lie down again; and, what- ever you do, keep your hair on." He gently forced Tack on to the bed and covered hint up with a rug, "Give me the paper," said the sick man, brokenly; and he clutched it and tried to read the paragraph, repeat- ing lines here and there and murmur - leg ever now and then: "Esther! Little Esther—rich! Oh, thank God! God bless my little Esth- er!" Art.hur, went and stood in front of the fire, his hands thrust in hie breach es pocket, his head bent, his hand- some face grave and trochled. Hnw rnuld hie tell his chum that Sir John Vancourt was alive, that he was the missing baronet, and that he was go- ing to deprive the little sister of her wealth? He couldn't. I The sick man's muttering, ceased, nn intense silence fell upon the hut, broken only by. the breathing of Bob, who had been rushing around, shat ing in the. excitement, but had nowt coiled himself up beside the fire, close to his master's feet. Suddenly the dog raised his hend and emitted a low growl Arthur started from his reverie and listened, and his ears, almost as sharp as lioh's heard the sound of footsteps outs:ae the door. He sprang on tiptoe to the bed: Jack was sleeping heavily, the sleep of exhaustion. Arthur :aught up his rifle, felt for the revolver in Ids belt, and stood in front of the heavily bolted door, waiting. Presently the dog gave a loud bark. " Tack awoke, sat up in bed, and a voice outside .called out:. "Hallo, in there!" 'Tailo1" responded Arthur, °Who's there?" "A traveller—let me in, mate;" Gama the voice. Arthur drew, his revolver and slow- ly unbolted the door, A. Man wear- ing a mask sprang in with pointed re- volver. "Hands op!" he cried, "We don't want no bloodshed!" Arthur fired promptly, but prompt its he had been, the bushranger had ducked arM the bullet passed over his head. The next moment three other men flung themselves upon Arthur; he fired twice before the revolver was lcnorkod out of his hand, and be strug- gled and fought like—an English- man; but it was four against one, and he was at last forced against th ewall, blit arms bound hahind his back and his feet securely tied, Jack had sm•ung' from the bed, but before he could seize hie revolver, be was struck backwards by a blow from the butt -end of a rifle and lay pant- ing and helpless. "Now, bail up!" said the man woo frail first entered, "Where do you keep the stuff? We know you've got some; own up, or we'll shoot you like a dog." Arthur smiled, "Shoot away!" he said. The bushranger lifted his revolver, but one of his companions stopped him, "Hold bard; give him time. lie looks a sensible sort of chat),—Come now, mate!" addressing Arthur, "`Just. tell us where the swag is, and give us a drink, and we're oft as peaceable as lambs." "Go or stay, it's all one 'to me," said Arthur. "I don't help you to a penny." • The leader of the gang swore a ter- rible oath. "Let me finish hint!" he cried. "We can search for the stuff afterwards." Atrhur looked towards the panting figure lying across the bed. "Stop!" he said. "My chum there is in a bed way; you've knocked him senseless; it may kill him; give him a drink of water and pull im round." One of the men picked up a pan of water and was advancing toward the bed. hut the ringleader stopped him. "Hold on there," he said. Then he smiled sardonically at Arthur. "Look here, mate; tell us where the stuff is and we'll help your chum; play the d—d obstinate mule, and I'll put a bullet in him before your eyes," He Pointed his revolver significant- ly at Tack. Arthur went white to the very lips, and his dark eyes burnt like two spots of fire; then he said in a low voice, but with perfect calm: "Don't fire. You'll find the little we possess in a canvass bag, under that barrel of mealies." Two of the men sprang to the spot indicated and dug up the bag with their knives, the third—the man with the pannikin in his hands—went to Jack and poured some water down his throat and over his head. The ringleader still stood in front of Ar- thur, eyeing him vindictively; for the scorn on Arthur's white face cut like a lash. The two men with the bag came forward. FOWL WANTED Filob est market prikes pa id Sae 010 or Phone N. 2x, lir ue- sela, aird l will eeil 41 14,1 got t per Pawl , M. V l ped from Arthur's eyes on to the dog's 1 It was seven months later, and the shaggy coat, lady who thus adeured Esther Van - leis friend was dead,had given his court was the Mies Worcester, the life for hien, laid It own willingly, maiden aunt, with whom Ether bad cheerfully, Mad died in the fond be» lived since childhood, lief that the sister he loved was rich' The two i.adies were on the small and safe and provided for, And he, terrace in front of the west wing of Arthur was going horse to deprive the Towers, and they were waiting the girl of,ber money, Oh, was lie. 1 for the 1 -carriage, in which they The minutes passed. Bob lay with were goinonyg far a drive, It was a lou his paws and head over the prostrate ely evening in spring --strange to say, figure, whining intermittiegly. Ar- considering that an English siring filar crouched with Isis hand upon his has now become rather more hateful dead chum's Bead. I'rt�genitly theta than winter --and so warm that 1'.sth dune the sound of horsemen;; voices er wore no cloak over the white dress called, a word of command rang out; with the black sash, which Was its the door was opened, and a police of. only ornament. fieri, failowed by some of his men, ell- Diigs VPol tester was a charming old tered the hut. He ran to Arthur and ladi•• with silvery hair, and blue ves, cut les bonds, and Arthur staggered wheel had always boon placid, but bad on to his knees beside jack. • )stele, sines Maoris ((along; of cit - The sergeant examined the bony, eumetances," endeavored to assume, "Better be off now," saki one; "there's nothing more, I reckon." "Search their pockets," said the ringleader. "'Here, I'll ge over this man's." He went upto Arthur to search htm ' but Arthur had managed, with ex- treme difficulty and indescribable pain, to release one arm, and he 1 struck the ranger a blow which sent him reeling across the hut and tore the mask from his face. With a cry of rage and an oath, the ranger snatched up the revolver which had fallen from his hand, and levelled it at Arthur, "Don't shoot—it's safer!" cried one of hie companions. Not shoot! Why not? He's struck me—he's seen my face—will know me! I'd shoot him if a thous- and devilsstood in the way!" He hissed the words rather than spoke them, and his face—a hand- some but sinister one—was white as marble, excepting where Arthur's fist had struck it. Ile levelled his revol- ver and took careful aim at Arthur's heart; but as the lookers on stood in breathless suspense, a figure rose from the bed, staggered across the hut and flung itself across Arthur's 1 breast. sharp, report rang out, the wreath of smoke curled up from the revolver, and with a cry Jack fell dead at his chum's feet. I Hardened as they were, a murmur of horror rose from the other rangers. "Curse it all, you've shot the wrong man 1" said one. "It was his own fault, the fool!" snarled the ringleader.. "But there's time to shoot the right one:' I Two of the gang sprang at hint and caught him by the arm, and there was 0 struugle. In the midst of it, while Arthur; forgetting his own im- pending fate, bent down over his dead chum, a whistle sounded, and one of the gang, who had been left outside • as sentinel, rushed in. "The police!" he said. "They're coming up.the gulch! What the dev- il's on? Looks like murder! Come on P' The men rushed out, and the dead chum and the living one were left a- lone. The dog, that had been kicked al- most senseless into a corner, crawled across the floor, and, whining, licked the dead man's face; and tears drop - sergeant. i complexion which goes sometimes "Jack Gordon," replied Arthur, ` with perfect health. Her . eyes were promptly and calmly. grey, light sometimes, dark or violet at others, just as her mood colored CHAPTER II. them; and her mouth „vas shapely but by no means small. Botheyes and "What you have always to remem- mouth were expressive, too ressive expressive I' ber, my dear Esther, is that you Bare sometimes; for like most women who a Vancourt." have gone through the mill of never- ( shook his head, and laid his bane. upon Arthurs shoulder. You're chum, he liaicl, in a low voice. "He's quite dead," Arthur rose, tried to speak, then atagered back against the wall and slid down to the floor, fainting from the wound which until now he had buen unconscious of. When lee came to and was helped to iris feet, Jack's body was lying on the bed,decently covethe tu sgeancovered, andn i was stranding beside it with an open letter in his lurid, "We did not know bow' long it might be before you came to," Ite said, "and so we searched your friend for means of identification." We found this letter—an important one —in his jacket pocket. It appoara by this that his real name is Sir John Vancourt, and that he is the heir to a large property in. England, Poor fellow! Is that so? Is that his with more or less success, an expres- cion of dignity, At this moment she was sitting holt upright on one of the steep Gnats built WO reams of the old end wall, and regarding the owner of the historic name with something litre an appeal and reproach; for that yoren lady had not seated herself in stately dignity beside her aunt, but hail nerched herself on the stone bal. uatrade of the terrace, and was. siw; ,. name aP i e a r of very v small and "•Y daintily brown-eled,feet--"just like a school -boy," Mise Worcester thought. The girl made a' picture which, though it shocked her aunt's sense of prouriety, would have set an artist n,• a noet thrilling; for, whatever else she might he, she certainly was rav- ishingly and dangerously pretty, with a prettiness which later on would de- velop into actual loveliness; for— let it be whispered with bated breath ?++ —few women come to loveliness at "Yes," said Arthur, without a mom- : twenty-one• ent's hesitation. 1 She was dark, with 'a wealth of Ties voice was hoarse with weak- hair which caused her, by its vagaries, nese and anguish, but it was so dis- 'onsidorable trouble to keep within tinct that everyone heard it. its coil; with dark and rather thick "And what is yours?" asked the brows, and that clear and colourless B Piano Ianada's Best ---- from $375.00 up TERMS TO . SUIT ALL 97 Ido not waste time solving puzzles but get in touch with th' old r'stahlishe'd and reliable firm and get full value for your m spry. 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Fishing et Bow Fans, near Banff, Al- berta• in *5, ('ane. dion Pacific Beetles Beene at the departure from West Toronto station of the party sof Canadian echool•tenchers who recently toured the country under the enspitea of the Teachers' Federation of Canada. They were conducted by Dean Sinclair Laird, of Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Beterue. ty—which grindeth so exceeding, small—there was a touch of pride and melancholy in her character which sometimes made her haughty and sometimes sad. But 05 a rule she was in high spirits; indeed her aunt .had more than once called her 11 tomboy; but that was before the had come into the Vancourt property. She was nearly tall, and thin--quit-for ilt twenty-mne a girl has. not e ec;tsed growing—but not with trio thinness which is painful to the be, holder, but with that slender supple. ptiasser biwhrtichhrightshould; belong to a girl as She was looking now rather dreaili- ily across the drive and towards the setting sun; but she heard her aunt's admonition and laughed. "Somehow, I don't think I'm likely to forget it, aunt, dear," she said. "You mean that I remind you of it too frequently, my dear, Perhaps I do, ,but you must remember that I have a duty to perform—my dear Esther,' I am perfectly certain you 'will lose your balance and fall over the parapet." "No danger, I assure you, dear. If I felt myeelf going, I should cling to the pillar •with mer toes—like this— see?" responded Esther, cheerfully, and she crooked her foot round the pillar, "All the same, my dear Esther, ono must consider appearances. If the butler or one of the footmen were to see you, for instance—" "He'd be shocked, I suppose," said Esther. "'And yet, would they? I have shocked them so often since L came that they must be used to it." "I are almost afraid they are," assented Miss Worcester, with a sigh. "Yesterday Palmer had to go to -the sideboard to conceal his laughter over that story of yours about the bishop and the miner, and the footman near- ly choked and was compelled to re- tire from the room." "Did he really?" said Esther, with an air of surprise and satisfaction. "Palmer has risen in my estimation; I was under the evidently erroneous impression that he was carved out of a chunk of wood," "Piece of wood, my dear Esther; though the description in any form is scarcely a suitable one to apply to so highly a respectable servant as—" "Here's the pony -cart, aunt," said Esther, dropping like a falling blos- som from her perch, "What a jolly little beast it is! It looks like a door. mat on four legs!" "Y -es," assented Miss Worcester, doubtfully, for it was her first intro- duction to the pony in question. "Are you quite sure it is safe, my dear?" Quite," said Esther, cheerfully if it shows any inclination to fall down we just lean hack m the cart and the shafts will hold it up." "I mean is it likely to run away?" "Oh, no, aunt, It is thirty years old, I believe—isn't it, Giles? The well-trained groom, standing bolt upright at the shaggy little mor- sel's head, touched his hat. "Twenty, miss." "Only twenty? I'm disappointed, Get in, aunt," as she took the reins. "We'll have a nice long drive, and if the pony gets tired we'll put it inside the cart, and you and I will drag it in turns." The groom turned away to hide a smile, and the modest equipage—"a biscuit -box on two wheels," as Esther called it-joggeddown the avenue. "I'm surprised you like this better than the landau or the victoria, Esth- er," Miss Worcester remarked; her words being jerked out by the motion of the cart. Esther shrugged her shoulders. "Between . you and pie, aunt, I loathe the landau; and, anyway 1 had enough of it yesterday to last me a long time. Oh, shall I ever forget the miles we rolled behind those fat horses, and how glad I was when we came to a house we had to visit— almost as glad as I was to get out of the house again." "And yet I am sure everyone was most kind." "They were. • I'm not denying it. But behind their kindness, what cur- iosity! 'What glances thy cast at my hat and dress and hands—I suppose they expected to see a kind of super- ior servant, or a nedlewoman with the marks of the needle on her hands —I don't suppose many of them know I got my living by teaching music, do they?—and how they listened to detect the vulgar accent which might betray the 'poor girl who'd come into the ,Vancourt property.' But it's not nice of me to criticize them, though they criticized nee; for they were all very kind when they saw that I would pass muster; and I think I may con- clude that I am duly and solemnly received into county society." "I should think so, my dear," said Miss Worcester, bridling, "A Van - court of Vancourt is the equal of all and the superior of many; and though we were poor, we were always ladies, I trust, my dear Esther. I can say, humbly, that I did my best." "Yes, I know, dear; and a very good hest it was. What and where should I have been but for you, aunt- ie? There I can't kiss you through that veil, but I'll. kiss my hand to you; and T'Il beg your pardon for befog naughty, and I'll promise to be good —but you must give me time, auntie, dere. You see, my greatness has come 'so suddenly; and it's hard to realise that I am not any longer Esth- er Vancourt, the musk teacher, but Miss Vancourt of Vancourt Towers. And now, auntie, I aol going to pick some of those primroses"—trey were in the lane 'by this time—"you hold the reins." "My dear Esther, len sure the pony will run away!" "No, auntie! What will happen, if anything does, will be that Toby will drop ori to sleep and fall down; but you mustn't let him' give hint a cut with the whip; he will only smile, of nurse, for he: couldn't feel it through that thick coat, but it will keep him frim d jaing oir." She got out and ran lightly up the bnnnic,snailand'spacemho,pony wandered on at ' 'While Esther was picking the prim. roses, a )stn was coming down the road in the opposite direction to that in which miss Worcester was being reluctantly dragged. Tie was tall and thin and very shabby. The dust was thief on his boots, and there were rents in his clothes, He looked some« thing like a tramp at °first sight, and he was followed by a splendid collie; as dusty as himself The man was walking slowly, suiting his pace to that of the dog, who was lbnpine as if he were lame;'and soon they had passed the pony carriage, and receive ed a stony and timid glaltee froth the elderly lady in it, the man stopped end seated himself bit the batik, and Laid to the dOgi (Continued 'N'ext Week),