The Seaforth News, 1928-05-17, Page 6Sfika7s - llhtiieJ
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BEGIN HERE TODAY I knew, as definitely as though I had
John Ainsley, a man of education
and breeding, becomesa master crook
—preying upon other thieves, At a
resort hotel he unfairly loses $500 in a
golf bet with Ernest Vantine, chief
owner of a detective agency -a coarse,
boorish individuel. Vantine is engaged
to a Mies Kernochan, daughter of a
wealthy retired broker.
Kernochan shows Ainsley a ring, an
enormous ruby—a present to hie
daughter. He had acquired the ruby
in settling a claim.againat the estate,
of a milloinaire by the name of Henry
Adams. Interviewing, Adams' widow,
Ainsley finds' that the elderly woman's
husband became indebted to Kerno-
chan in a deal which appears on the
surface to have been a swindle.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"I am serry," I told her. And in-
deed I was. She was so courageous,
and her voice when she mentioned
her hus'band's name was so sad, that
my heart went out to her, I have
known widows who would have bo-
rated their husbands for leaving them
unprovided for, but Mrs. Adems was
not that ldndi The memory of her
husband was her dearest possession,
infinitely more valuable than the.
Grand Duke's jewel. I felt a wave of
sentiment engulfing me; but I meta-
phorically swam to shore. My busi-
ness held no room for sentiment, And
so I broached the real reason for my
call.
"I had hoped," I said, "to obtain a
photograph of the ruby ring. I plan
to illustrate my text."
I waited for her reply; upon it
everything depended. And luck was
with me.
"I have a paste copy of the ring,"
she told me. "Henry hadit made im-
mediately upon his return to America
with the 'stone. Yee see"=and her
faded cheeks colored prettily— "I
wasn't quite honest a moment ago I
ani a countrywoman; but still, I am a
woman. And I did want to wear that
ring. Everyone knew that Henry
owned it, and --one is as silly at sixty
as at sixteen. Sillier! And yet the
jewel was too precious. So henry had
the copy made, and once or twice I
wore it. I wonder if all realities are
shams, and all shams realities. Any-
way, I have the copy, and if that
would do you any good, I am quite
sure that you are welcome to it."
I turned my head away, lest she ob-
serve the gleam in my eye. It was
with difficulty that I kept my voice
steady, as I assured her that I would
be most grateful if she would lend me
the imitation for a few weeks.
Half an hour later I left her. For
the first time since I had definitely
adopted my new profession, I felt sick
at heart. For Mrs. Adams had in-
sisted that I stay to tea with her.
Knowing her poverty, I was loath to
add the slightest expense to her
straitened budget- Yet it was not that
which ]Wade lie swallow her food and
drink with effort; it was the fact that
this brave old lady, who somehow
made me think of a russet apple,
wrinkled as to skin, but sound and
sweet within, thought me to be as
honest as herself. She questioned nye
ebout my life, my family, and I fed
her lies. I was sick and ashamed, and
wrathful at the weakness which made
me feel this way when I left her. I
sent her the finest box of candy the
city could provide, yet somehow seem-
ed to feel that my gift wasaninsult.
For a moment I was tempted to aban-
don my project; then niy own self -
disgust roused in me an anger toward
Kernochan,
For some things we need no proof
susceptible to analysis by the five
senses. A sixth sense tells us the
truth. Just as a child somehow knows
truth, by instinct, so we adults occa-
sionally preserve the gift of childhood.
I say that instinct lives within us all,
the heritage of a thousand genera-
tions, and that eve are fools who dis-
dain it and prefer our lying senses.
witnessed the performance of thechi= end the night in his house. I could
canon'', that Kereocht had swindled;
Adams', widow. He deserved to lose offer no valid excuse; and so, upon my
the ruby.
There was something else, too Van-
tin was a famous detective, as well
as a boorish cheat. At least, he had
inherited a great detective agency. IIe
had thought me a stupid' gull; it would
afford me a certain peculiar satisfac-
tion if I repaid his opinion of me by
taking his fiancee's ring. I do not
mind losing a wager to a gentleman;
but a man who will inveigle strangers
into unfair speculation, is a cad and
deserves punishment.
Besides, if I must be honest—and it
affords me, who am a thief, a peculiar
joy to indulge myself, in these me-
moir's, in the unusual luxury of hon-
esty—the Grand Duke's ruby was
worth three hundred thousand dollars.
I know no arguments that could seem
so potent to me.
So behold me, two weeks later, driv-
ing into the Kernochan estate at
Greenwich. 1, who had gone a year
without being able to afford a ride in
a taxicab, now sat behind the wheel of
my roadster. On the trunk -rack be-
hind was a box in which were evening
clothes, lounge -suits, shirts of finest
linen, silken socks, and all those other
concomitants of wealth. Wedged in the
seat beside me were my golf -sticks. I
looked, with all niy furnishings, what
I was: a gentleinan. I also looked what
I was not: a millionaire.
I had taken the precaution of tele-
phoning from the nearby town of
Stamford;•and so, when I arrived' at
the vulgarly ostentatious residence of
and 'play Bente bridge 'latex• • In adds-
tion to his other disqualification, Ker -
=clean, was .a snob, Ansi I fear that
MY careless mention of certain names.
highly placed in international society
had given the Ifernochans a false idea
of my own social eosltien. They were
not going to let depart, too easily, one
who might graciously open doors for-
ever barred to a certain clues of brelcer
and to detectives.
At dinner Miss Kernochan wore her
ruby ring. I had not invested in a
motor car, nor in a golf -snatch with
Vantine, in vain. Before dinner was
half over, Keruoehan, learning of to-
morrow's match, insisted that I must
Add to the joy of the
open road—this pleasure.
giving refreshment.
A sugar-coated gum that
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"Three hundred and twenty-fi
thousand!"
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Kernochan, Vantine was there It
was Saturday, and I had felt fairly
certain that the detective would spend
a week -end at the home of his fiancee.
My logic was justified by the event.
For Miss Kernochan had answered my
telephone call, had invited me to hint
cheon, and had assured me that Van -
tine would doubtless be willing to offer
ole revenge.
Vantine was willing; indeed, he was
anxious. We arranged' that we should
play on the course of a nearby club,
immediately after luncheon.
It irked me to accept the Kernochan
hospitality; but all professions have
their disagreeable sides. And so I ate
their foods with relish. I will say for
Kernochan that his cook was good.
That is about all I can say for him.
For not merely was he boastful as to
his wealth, but he showed an unpard-
enable curiosity toward myself. I in-
dulged myself in a certain gift for fic-
tion. I named a city in the West as
my home. I skillfully created the im-
pression that I was immensely rich,
that a wound received in the war had
incapacitated me for active work, and
that I divided my time between Am-
erica and Europe, wandering wherever
I thought I might find amusement I
told them that I had acquired thy car
at
Pinehurst and had motored north,
golfing on the way. Also I warned
Vantin that my game had improved,
and suggested that we make the stakes
a thousand dollars this time. He ac-
eepted with elation.
Three hours later, on the fifteenth
green, I handed him a thousand dol-
lars.
"I can't understand It," I said pet-
tishly. "I just can't get going to -day."
He grinned. Had he chosen, he
could have won earlier, and my excuse
was ridiculcue. "We night play again
to -morrow," lie suggested.
"For two thousands dollars," I cried.
He turned away to hide a smirk.
"Just as you say," he replied,
I had 7ielded to Kernochanre solic-
itous invitation that I dine with thein
acceptance,' the matter was settled•.';,
Not until Miss Kernochan and my-
self, having lost a rubber, we' were
cutting again for partners, did I.ap-
pear to notice the ruby ring.
"I see that you've had the setting'
fixed," I then remarked.
Kernochan nodded. "Daragon's of-
fered me three hundred and twenty-
five thousand for that ring," hede-
clared, "But it ain't for sale. I guess
my girl is good enough to have a ring
like that for herself."
She simpered, not prettily. I could
not but contrast this insolent and
common -looking woman with the
sweetly dignified lady from whom, by
chicanery, the ring had been taken.
I whistled. "Three hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars!" 1 ex-
claimed. "It doesn't seem possible.
Still, it is beautiful," I leaned over,
looking et the stone. Miss Kernochan
did the obvious thing. She slipped the
ring from her finger and handed it to
me. Now, I had net intended to put
into effect certain plans, which had
brought me to this house, so soon. But
a storm had been brewing during din-
ner it burst now with a clap of thun-
der and a flash of lightning. And a
moment later the lights in the library
went out. Miss Kernochan screamed
in alarm. Her father laughed. "They'll.
be on again in a minute, Alice," he
told her. "This often happens during
a storm, Mr: Ainsley," he said to me.
(To be continued.)
Russian Girls in Japan
Get Licenses as Geishas
Tokio.—All geisha .girls In Japan
are not Japanese. There are at least
six Russian geisha maidens, all with
blonde hair and red cheeks, entertain-
ing the tired business ,men of Kobe,
Osaka and Nagasaki. Now there is
one in Tokio who has adopted the pro-
fessional nam of "Helen Doran."
Miss Doran appeared at metropoli-
tan police headquarters recently and
made an application for a geisha li-
cense. The invasion of foreign girl en-
tertainers is not encouraged by the
authorities, so the young Russian can-
didate was given a rigid examination
in her kuowledge of the Japanese lan-
guage and ability to strum the shame
sen. She qualified in every particular
and the license was given.
She told the police• she had been
born in Moscow and brought up In
Harbin, where she earned her living
as a carbaret dancer. It was in that
'wickedest city" of the Far East that
she began learning Japanese. Subse-
quently she came to Japan and com-
pleted her study of the language.
A reliable antleeptic—Minard's.
Doll Shows How Queen
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Looked in Crinoline Era
London.—Queen Mary has sent to
the London Museum a beautifully
dressed doll, representing Queen Alex-
andra, the King's mother, when she
was a girl
The doll, which 1s fifteen Inches
high, was made In 1863, and Is per-
fectly dressed according to the fashion
of the day, including a crinoline. The
dress Is made of sick in the queen's
favorite mauve shade. A little panne
velvet jacket is worn over the dress.
It is lined with white silk and
trimmed with white sills braid. The
pink underskirt is worked in crochet.
The correct hairdressing fashion of
the time is illustrated by this doll.
Pada were then worn at the nape of
the neck and the hair was tucked
under. A net was worn over the
head.
The doll's jewels consist of a large
brooch at the neck of the dress and
a small pearl necklace. A rose is
carried, A11 the garments are made
by hand.
Strange to relate, the shortest waves
are the best for long distance radio.
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crepe, two surfaces of crepe satin,
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Death Rate for Peers
At High Level in 1927
The year 1927,waa a fatal one for
more, British poem and peeresses than
in'any year since 1878.. Thirty-seven
peers died and thirty-one fieeresses,
The new Debrett for 1028, fie record-
ing the high death rate among the
peers, states that forty-three'beronle0
bave been called out of abeyance since
1604. The title which' remained long-
est in abeyance, 647 years, was that• of
the barony of Strabalgl, the heir to
which is J. M, Kenworthy, member. of
Parliament, and the silortest was the
barony of Bernes, thirty-seven days.
The average for the whole period is
'one title called out in not quite every
eight years.
During 1927 upward of 400 honors
were bestowed and seven new peer-
ages. were created. It takes 3,860
closely packed pages to list Great Bri-
tain's various wanks of titled folk with
their dignities and honors.
Minard's Liniment for falling hair.
Primitive Stump Puller
Operated by French Women
Bordeaux.—A stump puller which
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rights is still being used in the vine-
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power for It and pull out old roots' -of
worn-out• vines.
e. narrow wooden trestle; like a
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Patterns sent by return mail.
Great American Sport
Boston Transcript; With 6 per cent.
more motor cars the number of fa-
talities at grade crossings decreased
in 1927 as compared with 1926, but
with 2,371 killed It is evident that the
attempt to beat the train is still one
of the most dangerous of the sports
of the motorist.
The Harley-Davidson 81n01e Cylinder
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Mee to Gallon of Gasoline. Down
payment $105, Balance $22 per month
for ten months. Price $305. Walter
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Ten pairs of silver black foxes were
shipped recently from Quilobena,
British Columbia, to Sweden and an-
other 15 pairs have been ordered from
Quilchena by breeders in Sweden.
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Ha: • "Do yon know why I won't
marry you?" She: "1 can't think."
He: "You guessed it.'
A proud man is seldom a grateful
man, for be never thinks he gets as
much as he deserves.—henry Ward
Beecher.
Canada's Great
Rad Program
ream
Nearly Finished.
All Provinces Are Linked by
Trunk Highways That
Extend Between
Coasts
7,436 MILES BUILT.
Cost $48,990;092, With ,Sub—
sidies of $19,596;388
As an aid to the construction of
good road's 'throughout the Doreinion;.
and more particularly toward the.
Dress of Italian Girl building of trunk highways connecting',
Students Worries Rome important centres in the various pro
d vinces, says the Canadian Bureau of
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oneare arms,
B low necks an Natural Resources, the highways act.
short skirts would be taboo for Rattail was- passed in 1919 by the Dominion
high school and college girls if Minis- Iaarliament. By that act the' govern
ter of Education Fedele took, the ac- rrient appropriated $2O;Q(t0,000 as sub
Oen asked in a letter now before him, sid to Assist the various provinces in.
The body known as "The National the.bui din and int roveneent of hi h-
for he Correctne6a'of.the l P e
Committee t ways, 'during 'the' -five gears' succeed -
Mode" has petitioned him, 'requesting , „
hose costumer"does not -pis the passage of the act, the to
that al those whose pose being to form a corelated systema
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conform to that modesty which is die- of highways embracing alrthe pro-•
toted by civilized Christian usage and vinces, and connecting with important
sentiment' be barred from the fnstitu- arteries at international points,
tions under his control' The Dominion subsidy was to coned -
The' school enpervisors in geveral tuts 40 Per pe»t, of the reasonable and
large provincial cities have already,. necessary cost o£ constructon of thepnblioly: admonished girl students for highwa splaced under agreement as.
"immodest dress," but with little ef- e '
feet, and the "correctness of the provided by the act and regulations.
mode" committee wants government Work, however, did not progress as
action, rapidly as was anticipated, and at the
y_ — end of five years an appreciable am -
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finish—fires woods, for in- to be expended. Operations under the
in
stance. statute were accordingly extended until
March 3lythis yar, when, by the appli-•
cation of this Dominion subsidy will
have -been completed.
During the nine years that the act
has functioned great strides have been
made throughout Canada in the con-
struction and improvement of high-
ways from coast to coast. Every pro-
vince of the Dominion government
agreedto provide 40per cent. of the
cost; 7;436 miles `were completed by
the end of the fiscal year, March' 31,.
1927. Improvement was being carried
out on 872 miles.and 196 miles remain-
ed untouched. The estimated subs;-
dized cost of the work to that date
was placed at $48,990,•092, and the
Dominion government's contribution is
estimated at $19,596,388.
During 1926, as in former years,
road improvementwas carried on
along progressive lines, the "develop-
ment being in proporeion to the im-
portance of the highway and the char-
acter and extent of the traffic to be
accommodated at the time or within
a reasonable future.
In the western provinces it was
found that a considerable mileage
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originally intended to be constructed
as high -standard earth roads required
to be reinforced by gravel surfacing
because of increasing traffic. In the
eastern provinces, although the fed-
eral subsidy was practically all paid
prior to 1926, it also was found that
oiling and other dust palliatives were
in greater demand in consequence of
the heavier traffic..
In addition to the work federal sub-
sidized the nine provinces have carried
on extensive programs of highway
construction and improvement, with
the result that a total' of 5,788 miles of
road were improved during the season
of 1926, at an outlay of $29,585,000,
made up of federal, provincial and
municipal expenditures. The total
amount spent on the improvement and
maintenance of Canadian roads dur-
ing 1926 was approximately $45,-
000,000.
To meet the insistent demands, of in-
creased traffic, well organized main-
tenance branches have been establish-
ed in connection with each provincial
highways department. The total mile-
age maintained by patrol or 'gang aye -
tem during 1926 was 46,824 miles, in-
volving au expenditure of $16,978,000.•
In some provinces competitive wards
are made for the best maintained sec-
tions. This is a practice which .might
well be encouraged, as it creates in-
terest and rivalry and is an impetus
to a higher standard of maintenance.
C hoeing Popular
in Danish Fjords
Copenhagen, ---The. Danes have been
Ia. little slaw in realizing all the ad
vantages they have for canoeing in
their many sounds and fjords, and
along their friendly coasts, but in re-
cent years the lure of this sport has
been fell: by Danish sportsmen and the
fragile little Rob Roy craft has sud-
denly become meet popular. There aro
now 13 canoeing clubs in Denmark,
with an aggregate number of some
500 members, They have just started
their own monthly journal. They are
affiliated with the Danish Sports:
Union.
The type of canon so far prepoir-
dlerating is the Swedish racer Nova,
but the Danish long -trip canoe, a
somewhat more :stable model, ie gain-
ing upon it, being considered more
suitable for Danieli waters.
Every member, when acquiring a
new canoe, is to demonstrate before
the board that he, fully dressed, after
an upset, is able to right his craft,
get -in It In deep water and carry on.
Before going through this demonstra-
tion a new member is prohibited from
paddling or sailing unless in dompany
ivith a member who has Missed this.
test, and even then he must not go
more than 1,000 metraier anwsy from'
Ilollcrup harbor,