The Seaforth News, 1927-12-15, Page 6es; eett
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BEGIN HERE. TODAY.
Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul
Farley, criminal investigator, to find
out Wliy Sir Charles is shadowed.
Harley dines at the Abingdon home..
flir Charles falls from his chair in a
dying state. The last words he utters
are "Nicol Brinn" and vire-Tongue."
Itr. MtMurdoeh pronounces death due
to heart failure. Harley insists that
e.ir Charles was poisoned,
Paul asks Nicol Brion tp explain
the meaning of 'Fire -Tongue." Brinn
:refuses to enlighten him, Harley gees- "Thereis no love."
lirin'1 is am/intoned to the home of the "There Is no death."
lead of the Fire Tongue cult Bz•inn There"'is no death."
esperseactsteeeew
For all
washing.
and cleaning
•,� .. Baas
a. IMO
see end of the small
room opened silently, revealing a
large shadowy apartment beyond,
(lama Dass stood up, crossed the
room, and standing just outside the
open doors, beckoned to Nicol Brinn
to advance.
"There is no fear," 1>re aid, in a
queen. chanting tone. .
"There is no fear," repeated Nicol
"There is no love."
f ons l'olly Junes parlorinaid Nicol
loves Naida, a.melr.]-er of the cult. "Fire alone is eternal."
NOW GO ON •PITA THE STORY. "Fire alone is eternal."
Saves Seise
Saves Worts
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Everywomen's ,,l•,
Maid.of-alI'wurli
.......... -....._ — wirier le said to exist in minted form,
Will Search For
Hidden TIC, Gold
New Westminster Marl' Will
til Undertake to Find
Fortune
' New Westminster, I3.C.--Effo1't5. to
discover a fortune hi gold, rumored
since Cariboo mining days; to be hid-
den in the vlelnity of Leopold Place,
will be nnderi,alten ler George
Ander-
sen, of New Westmin .'r. The gold,
word, Rama Dass led the way to the
Out into the dark . hallway Nieol
Brinn stepped, his muscles taut, his
brain alert for instant action. But
no one offered to molest him.
A minute later he was seated again
in the shuttered limousine, and es it
moved off, and the lights leaped up
above him, he layback upon the cosh- About a year ago an effoffrt was
le said to have been hidden during the
hectic mining days of 1869 to 1872
by an old, Cariboo miner, 1). L.. Smith.
Mr. Anderson made an application
to, the City' Council for permission to
sink a holeon Front street In the vi-
cinity of the 'Fraser River bridge. By
this means he hopes to locate a hic]-
den tunnel leading to . the source of
gold.
ions and uttered a: long sigh. made to locate •t'be supposed' fortune
by sinking a shaft on a. property on
c his loner Columbia street, this work being car-
viedn for several months without
1.M pointed with a pen which he was dark room, and the double doors closed head deliberately. Then, selecting a seecee3, •
beeline in the. direction of a heavily silently behind him. long black cigar from a case which 'rho suggestion that'a tunnel, now
car' e3 rha:r which stood near the b themonogram of the late Czar 1 11 b t- Il
lnhte, Nicol Brinn sat down, regard-
ing the speaker'with lack -lustre eyes.
"A query has arisen respecting your
Drawing out n silk handkezchief
As lie pronounced those words Nicol front the brea'' not' ` of d'
CHAPTER XXI.—(Cont'd.) Brinn crossed the t re:+hold of the jacket, he wiped his face and fore -
tial o
ore ,heli n blocked, exists, is not up le c y W. .
CHAPTER t:kll. of Russia, he lighted it, dropped the lieary city clerk, who is an authority
1?'IRL-;C0NG1'E SPEAES.
the
"Absolute darkness surrounded Nicol
fr.iereal ., rights," continued Brinn. Darkness, unpleasant heat,
Miele.. Am I to understand that you
e'aioi to belong to the Seventh Kama?" and a stifling odor of hyacinths. He
'•Certainly," replied Brinn in a tone- laid been well coached, and thus far
lets t,iire. his memory had served hint admirably
The Hindu drew his cuff back from
a slender -yellow wrist, revealing a
curious mark which appeared to be
brande•1 upon the flesh. It was in the
ferns of a toreh or flambeau summit-
el
utncunt-e1 by a tongue of flame. He raised
his blare brows, significantly.
Wel 8,'inn stood up, removing his
tt�ht inner jacket. Then, rolling
hack ilk sleeve from a lean, sinuous
fore rm he extended the powerful
wembor, raving his list tightly clench-
ed.
Cron the inside of his arm, just
she o tee elbow, an identical mark
had lee n branded I
The Hindu stood up and saluted
Nicol Brien in a peculiar manner.
That 1F to say, he touched the second
finger o e is right hand with the tip
bowing dee set..
Nicol ' r -:a repeated the stdi1tation
and qui tly mat his coat on.
C gre-t lou," said the Hindu. "I
am I n t Pee of the Bengal Lodge.
Luce y . i I' :tdust:Lai?" ' must ordinarily have touched his
i sense of humor, but knowing some -
't v . es you initiated":'' thing el the invisible presence in
°At :e'en :43} leen." which ho stood in that darkened cham-
"Ah 1 e ;timed the Hindu. "I see be.r, there was no laughter in the heart
it all. I 1 !; .nbay " of Nicol Brinn, but rather an un-
familiar coldness, the nearest ap-
proach to fear of which this steel -
nerved elan was capable.
"Temporarily," the sweet voice con-
tinuer), you will he affiliated with the
London Lodge, to whop. you will look
for instructions. These will reach you.
almost immediately. There is great
work to be done in England. It has
But now he knew not what to expect,
Therefore inwardly on fire but out-
wardly composed, muscles taut and
nerves strung highly, he waited the
next development.
It took the form, fleet, of the tink-
ling of a silver bell, and then of the
coming of a dim light at the end of
what was evidently a long apartment,
The light grew brighter, assuming the
form of a bluish flame burning in a
little flambeau. Nicol Brinn watched
it fascinatedly.
Absolutely no sound was discern-
ible, until a voice began to speak, a
musical voice of curiously arresting
quality.
"You are welcome," said the voice.
"You are of the Bombay Lodge, al-
though a citizen of the United States.
Because of some strange error, no
work has been allotted to ;mu hitherto.
This shall be remedies."
The 1ntroductiun of Ma'I.kelyne illu-
sions into an English country house
" I n Lea ei .''
"When. i 1 by whom, may I ask?"
"By it .1• .1. • .3, Navemher '23, 1918."
r en,:4." murmured Rama Daso.
"Brother R'lhatani died in that year;
which ocecun:s for our having Inst
tooth tt , 1; ,.... What 113 your grade?"
`"rhe fifth."
"Yoe have net proceeded far, bro-
ther. 'few 4.3 you conte to be un-
1reeetted wit's 0111' presence in Eng-
land?"
"1 "e,in:,i
"`i`htlt. 0,-ri; ':as been alotted to
yo u'r
,"N,.
.•• ,.1:
t - .mi 1 r z if •," mnrtner-
e1 tee Mitis.., Ni: -o1 through
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file ,l'l.r.n,e, i - :'le.; which he
nor, } 11.. 1•:.x,tw l 0110 other
ra=.• . dangerous, bro-
ther.
"Ne t t ;:,: 1 S to me," replete
'rel le .2.21:.
"I hate e oc -," returned Raisin
Iia, Post , ,ti.. Seventh Kama all
eter}r.rs rel'.., A thousand lives
urn as mohair , ;,:i I1r'e lines' We
had thought ear.. .i"orniation perfect,
bot only ly 231414 et did we learn of
your t x.. +.arc.
"indeed," mere eeel Nicol Brinn,
eeld}y.
"A document tui- found, and in this
was reeorded that y'.o bore upon your
arm the sigil of the evcnth Kama."
"' "ris Fire that 11.00c0 the grains of
dust murmured Noel Brinn, tone-
lessly, "which one t•.,y make a moun-
tain for the gods."
Ramis gloss stood ep at once and
repeated his strange gesture of salu-
tation, which Nicol Brinn returned
eeremcnioutiy anll 1,'Snnted his heat
at the table.
"You en., adL ,nees,1 beyond your
grade, -hrothcr,".hr, .mid. -"You are
worthy the nodi. e•tel,. Do you wish,
84' take it?"
"Every lief" 2 1 ori eeeils the ocean,"
returned Neel Brinn.
"You speak 0,011, tiie Hindu said.
"'We have here your complete record,
It shall net he consulted, To do so
were unneces 1te1y. We are satisfied.
We regret only that one so happily
eireumstaneed to proeeee the coming
of the Fire should have ueen lost sight
of. Last night there were three pro-
motions and tet -til rt tetions. You
were expected."
But I was not summ,md."
"No," murmured Rana Dass. "We
had learned of 30041 as I have said.
However, great honor results. You
will be received alone, Do you desire
to advance?"
"No. Give 111e time."
Rama Dass again performed the
strange salutation, and again Nicol
Winn returned it.
"Wisdom is a potent wine," said
the tetter, gravely:
"Wa respect your decision."
TheHindu rang a little silver bell
upon his table, and the double doora
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"Fire is life," replied Nicol Brinn,
been decided, however, that you shall
be transferred as quickly as possible
In our New York Lodge. You will
await orders. Only Fire is eternal."
Again the voice ceased. But, Nicol
Brinn remaining silent:
"Your reply is awaited."
"Fire is life," replied Nicol Brinn.
The blue tongue of flame subsided
lower and lower, and finally disappear-
ed, so that the apartment became en-
wrapped in absolute darkness. A faint
rustling sound suggestix} that a heavy
curtain bac) been lowered, and almost
immediately the doors behind Nicol.
Brinn were opened again by Rama
Dass.
"We eengratulate you, brother," ho
said, extending his hand. "Yet the
ordeal was no light one, for all the
force of. the Fire was focused upon
you."
Nicol Brinn re-entered the room
where the shaded lamp stood upon
the writing table.
If the speaker with the .strangely
ari'eeting voice were indeed that Fire -
Tongue whose mere name was synony-
mous with dread in certain parts of
the East, then Fire -Tongue was an
impostor. Ile who claimed to read
the thoughts of all men had signally
failed in the present instance, en-
'less --
Nicol
Nicol Brinn stared dully into the
smiling face of Rana Dass. Not yet
must he congratulate himself. Per-
haps the Hindu's smile concealed as
much as the mask worn by Nicol
Brinn.
I "We congratulate you,' said Rama
Dass. You are a worthy brother."
Ile performed the secret salutation,
which Nicol Brinn automatically
lacknoa'ledge. Then, without d Th n vi 11out anoth
er
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match in the tray, and killing boort in
on pioneer days of New Westminster.
a corner, closed his eyes wearily.
Thus, almost' unmoving, he remain- water oceans thrnt:gh the vicinit.Y of
ed throughout the drive. His only ac- Leopold Place.
tions were, first, to assure Himself Rumors of tee hidden gold coins;
that both doors were locked again, minted in San Francisco from Cul-
l'
then at intervals tidily to place a boo gold, bave existed for several de-
1itt1e cone of ash in the tray Provided cades.
for the purpose. Finally, the car drew
up and a door was unlocked by the
chauffeur. Wilson Publishing Company
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Like the Eagle
A pian who ought to have lived
many years longer died i11 New Ytork
last winter at the age of fifty-five. The
newspapers attributed his death to
Influenza, but nu private and 1111,
scientific opinion is that lie had to die
to get slept up.
"I am very tired," be said to me
once. "I lase been out to dinner, or
the theatre, or the opera. every night
for seven weeks. I ant goiter to
Florida for a rest."
nut being popular and ambitious,
he was invited out as rngnlarly Iu
Florida as in. New York. When he
returned, the circles under his eyes
were still darker.
Probably he never petard of the 30,-
000 picked croepn of France who once.
landed in Hayti to subdue Toussaint
L'Ouverture, A few months later
5,000 of the 30,000 sailed away.
What had happened to the other
25,000? Not death on rho battlefield.
The Negroes were too poorly equip•
ped to risk any engagement and had
to resort to a subtler means of des-
truction. Each night when the French-
men were ready for bed, Toussaint
threatened an attack. A11 night long
a
201,7 of his mon continued desultory
firing, and all night long the French-
men were kept awake.
A few weeks were enough. Shat-
tered by enemies they had never seen,
a pitiful remnant of the proud army
slipped away in the night. They had
conquered Europe, but they could not
conquer a continuous loss of sleep.
Sir Robert Lucy, 111 his fascinating
menhirs of English political and
social life, tope of a certain "Lady A.,"
an irrepressible old dowager whose
vitality and youthful enthusiasm were
the wonder of London. Igo says:
"Among the stories told to account
for her phenomenal vivacity Is one to
the effect that on a day of each week
she remained tln'ougll twenty-four
hours in bed in a darkened room shut-
tered from nolle, hero she renewed
herr youth like the eagle."
Never having owned an eagle I have
often wondered just how it is that this
wise bird "renews his youth." This
note from Sir Robert Lucy suggests
an explanation. Doubtless once a
month or so he cancels all engage-
ments, leaves the telephone receiver
off the hook, and spends twenty-four
hours in bed.
He thinks there was Likely an old
They're just tuning up the old lawn
mowers south of the equator,
Minard's Liniment for Neuralgia.
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British F. anker Sh,1w Error
Spiritual Ruler
of Tibet i sets:
Famed Panchen Lama in.
China Pleading for Army
to Restore His Rights
Is Guest of War Lords
Peking, --.Devoted followers of the•
Panchen Lama, who is supposed to be.
co -ruler with the Dalai Lama of
Thibet,.have at last revealed the fact,
that the Panchen Lama is a homeless.
wanderer on the face of the earth,
living on the bounty of Chinese
princes and warlords, and that he has.
been exiled from -"the Roof of the
World" forever because of political.
jealousies.
Under the curious form of Tibetan
Government the Panchen Lama, from
In Socialistic Money Scheme his great lamaseries at Drashe
Lhumbo, was supposed to rule over°
all things spiritual in Tibet, while the.(,
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joint -Stock Banks Not Owned by Great Moneyed Interests, Dalai Lama, at Lhasa, ranked as the)
But by Vast Number of Small Shareholders, Each temporal ruler. ,
Shares •About two years ago the Panesem
Having a Few Lama suddenly appeared in Szechuan
London.--Fov Many years .Britain bar of small shareholders, the actual Province, China, unannounced. His
has had the habit of listening care -.,holding of each not. exceeding a few retinue was small and ill-equipped,.
fully to any announcement concern -i httndrecl shares. The actual figures of but more men :kept joining. him as he
;the five big banks in 1925 were as fol proceeded. It was formally announced 1
ing the' country's trade or financial, lows; the paid-upcapital was £60,- that he -was going to see modern
position made bythe betels of the five p
Ip 478,862;, the number of sharesolders China, and confer with the various
great joint-stock banks. These insti-, was no less than 276,414, giving an provincial authorities.
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I tutions, which with the. Bank of Eng- I actual average holding of £219 Se." I Months of traveling followed, and
Mand practically dominate the British I THE DEFLATION PERIOD. !the 'fact that various attendants and
banking industry, are in a position to - Mr, Pease turned to the controversy' p1 tests who joined his suite came from
observe from the best possible posts l.; i followedthedeflation period in. Tibet by different routes did not `e
wheat
of vantage any movement likely to England, where the same charges escape comment. Some came via In:
affect trade. Nevertheless, even these were brought that the bankers had dia; some came by caravan over Mon -
five authorities do not s agree, engineered the -movement as were'"'goha, while others journeyed down
as is clearly shown by the divergence brought against the American Federal the Yangtze.
of views between them on the wisdom Sesorve Board in 1920. Iviore than a year ago the Panchen
of immediately undertaking a revision ghat was the alternative to our Lama reached Peking, and by that
of the present Bank Act, which dates policy of deiiativan?" rte asked. "To time his priests numbered more than
from 1844. follow the example of Germany and 300 Marshal, Chang Tso-Lin put a
A recent address of 3. Beaumont allow inflation to increase in such fine palace at the holy man's disposal
Pease,. the head of Lloyds Bank, de -ever-growing proportions that all Citi- and also gave him a handsome month -
livered before the Economic League sons hasten to get rid of their rapidly ly allowance.
in London, will, however, doubtless depreciating policy by converting it After a long stay in Peking, the
have the warns support of every bank- into goods? We all knew that such n Lama went to M'ukdeet in n special
er in Britain and elsewhere. Mr. Pease process could not last, train provided by the Peking author -
undertook to paint vut what groups r"The advocates of a policy al man -I hies. A long stay in Mukden has
organized agitations. against banking aged currency would probably .admit been followed by trips to Kirin, Jehol,e
systcnis as now tu.:ducted in Om most that they would have done something Charbar and to the seats of llon-
progreesive eourtries reel to answer Oen to the action of tits Government gollan princes.
all their reefer charges. in stopping itifiation, but not in such
It now revealed that the purpose
A MEANS TO AN END. • I ai drastic fashion. The worst of tiny of these visits has been to solicit arm -
"Socialists desire the nationalize-iineasure of deflation is that it is sure ed aid if; recovering the suzerainty of
tion of the Ban] of England and to work with lightning speed. The Tibet for the Panchen Lanes. He is
other hanky en a means to an end," moment the red danger signal is understood to have offered even to
said Mr. Pease. "They desire it also ;hewn the progress of trade stops at place Tibet in the category of a Chi-
said
they have taken nationalize- once. nese province if the required help is
tion generally as a main article of "The suggestion found in the
post-' forthcoming.
their creed, and obsessed by the sound humous papers of Lord Milner that All the Chinese warlords would ]ilia
I of the word, they clamor for it in any the interests of trade and banking are to help him, for the Dalai Lama at
I form without fully considering whe- inimical seems to be due to the fact Lhasa persists in declaring that Tibet
ether the result would be productive of that a comparatively high bank rate 1s politically independent of China:
I any advantage. If they wish to con- usually brings more profit to bankers But just now Chinese warlords have
trot the Bank of England and the while adding to the burdens of Indus- Ito men nor resources to spare for
;banks, not because they believe they try. That is not always the case, be- such a campaign.
I are badly run 00 would be better run cause the real factor of profit to the The Panchen Lama's followers now
by the State, but because it would banker is the margin of difference be.. reveal that their august master fled
I stake it easier for them to carry out tweed his lending rate of interest and from his lamaseries+ at Drashe T,hmrho
1 thc4r schemes, it explains a good deal. his deposit rate, and, although that is only when it was suddenly surround-
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"In regard to the joint-stock banks, eomo4imee greater when the bank rate ed by the Dalai Lama's troops, Ile
escaped with only one servant. and
let me zemincl you that they are not is high, it is not always so, and gen- both were disguised as merchants. His,
owned by what are called the great orally the two !move up and down to -
moneyed interests, but by a vast num- gether•."° other followers made their way to itis
different borders afoot, and many of
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To Prevent War,
ays German The Panchen Lama charges that
virtue has fled from lama circle:: in
them begged their way to Peking.
It is charged that the wealthy
Drashe Lhumbo lamaserie was plun-
dered lay. the Dalai's troops and its
treasures taken to Lhasa.
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Former Amr:assador Declares 31000011
Tibetanin -allat ofvice theagreat nlo1 a«tun'r-
His Country Could Have its of "the Closed Land." Ile prom -
Prevented Conflict I lees purification of the religion rt re-
stored to his former place and pledges
lleriin•—An unexpected contribution 11311i elf to drive the Dalai Tanta and
to t11e roceht war guilt discussion is 1115 followers from Tibet.
LOCK 'CM UP , in -the shape of Prince Karl von Lich-
Cooking Teaohor: What is the nowsky's boort "On the Way to a��i�`��',y
best way to preserve cakes in per. 'Precipice," jest published, which is j After "Fe e.T ewy
feet condition after they are i11 utter contrast to the views voiced I di g
baked? there generally on thin matter. Prince
Student (with small brothers In von Lichuowsky was German Ambas• Officer, Reported Killed Un-
min^ll: tock 'em up.la
� there in London before the war and wittingly Changed His
therefore was 111 ng the outbreak
with g Y g
"I'm not satisfied with the Parrot the events preceding the outbreak of Identity
you sold me," said the customer. hostilities.
"What's the trouble, lady?" "yen said He le the first prominent German BLOWN UP BY SHELLit was a good talker, but it never ut- whose words carry any weight who
tors a word utllese 8 give it half a- does not agree with Germany's asset• , Stockholm, Sweden—The strange
dozen monkey nuts," "That's it, laity. tion of innocence. Germany approved story of a Swedish officer Hamad
I forgot to mention that that parrot fully Austria's, wish to destroy the Duller, who lost his memory when
is strictly an after -dinner ,spealcel'•" Pan -Sorbian movement he writes, and wounded while fighting under the
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while England at first sympathized British nag, and collected a pealslon
Minard's Liniment for Grippe. with Austria, the English changed under another mantel name for 10
tllolr attitude when the Austrian .pita- years, is related by the Swedish press.
matins to Serbia was published. I The story is that 1)uieer was re -
All the world, he says, except 33e0 -`ported killed after the blowing up of
len and Vienna, knew that a World a mine a decade ago. Actnally, he
War was threatened. lint Serbia's re- was wounded and lost his memory.
ply was more docile than could pas- A mistake 01 identity at a 1lospi:st
slily have been expected. "If Russia caused the Swedish volunteer to be
and England wanted war," Prince von discharged under the flame of one, De
Lich11owslty declares, "ono word to li'ontalt, a Canadian.
Beigrade would have been sufficient,', Recently Canadian.
memory Teturned,
and the aunansoer note would have and realizing his Swedish nationality,
remained unanswered." Sir Edward he came to Stockholm, where he
Grey then discussed the beat way of broadcast his remarkable story, He
settling the Austro-Gerban dispute and gat in 00118008 with 11is mother, widow
amore practical suggestions through of a Swedish professor, and she filled
the Prince to the Reich,
1 in details that he had not been able
They were of no avail, however. to recall.
Just one gesture on the part of 13er-I Dnner is said to he on the wa. to
lin, he continues, would have sufficed London, where he has lived far theto induce the Austrian Foreign Minis-
past decade.
ter to be satisfied with his diplomatic I
success. On 1110 contrary, pressure ___—_...e...
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was exercised in favor of an Austro- British Settlers
Serbian war. Sir Edward Grey asked) Ottawa Citizen (Ind. Lib.): No ef-
for German suggestions, but Prince fort should be spared to bring in more
von Lichnowsky could not obtain any British settlere. "Rough work" has
satisfactory reply from Berlin and the no terrors for the right hied of Bri-
inmpression naturally grew that Ger- tiah laborer, under fair treatment. Im-
many wanted war, as she did later, migrants from the Baltic countries
prov019 elle was ready for it. might be encouraged, too. Conditions
o in Canada aro similar in many re-
Any
conditions inScandlvavta,
Any guy can be gay fhen ]re's off for and oilier. northern' lands,' But an in -
a day with a rod or a gun or an auto; flux of cheap labor front some other
hit the fellows worth while aro the parts of Europe to do the "rough
chaps who can smile, when they clo11't work" ought prove too costly in the
want to wont but have got to. 1 end,
Poland's Military Might
A EUROPEAN STORM CENTER IN REVIEW
The Place De Saxe, in Warsaw, Poland, when that country celebrated the 96h anniversary of its r'e-
ained iudeeendence.
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