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The Seaforth News, 1927-12-22, Page 6me& es Wt . sae mean BEGIN HERE TODAY. "It is so," he returned, gravely. Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul "At any hour, day or night, if you Harley, criminal investigator, to find, care to make the request .1 shall be out why Sir Charles is shadowed.' happy to prove my words. "But" he Harley dines at the Abingdon home,1 lowered his dark lashes and then rais- Sir Chaefes falls from his chair in a (ed •them again, "the real object d my dying state. The last words he utters l visit js Concerned with more material arc. Nicol Brine and Fire -Tongue." 'things :' Dr. McMurdoch pronounces death due• to heo t failure. Harley insists that "Indeed,)' said Phil Abhtgdon, and Sir C harles was poisoned. `whether because of the words f Pete asks Nicol Brian to explain l Orniuz Khan, or because of some bond les meaning of Fire -Tongue. Brinn; of telepathy which he had established i efn. c.; to enlighten him. Harley quos -_:between them, she immediately found Cons Polly Jones, parlormaid. Nicol lrinn is summoned to the home of the .herself to be thinking of Paul Harley. had of the fire -Tongue cult. Brian loves Nada, a member of the cult. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER Y?CII.-(Cont'd.). "I bring you a mesage," he con-. trilled, "frons a friend." With eyes widely open; Phil Abing- don watched hhn. From," she began—but; her Iips would not frame the name. Brinn, placing his hat upon "From Mr. Paul Harley," he said, his Load, stepped out before the porch inclining his head gravely. 0-: tee Cavalry Club. "Ohl tell' me, tell me!" a irauffeur closed the cicor,' and "1 anihere to tell. you, Miss Abing- ,:..:,i again to the wheel. Immo- don. Mr. Harley 'feels that his ab` diateit- the car moved away. At the scare may have distressed you." Muni :ted number Nicol Brinn Ye., yes," she said eagerly: sca••cc' troubled tog lance. Common "But in, pursuit of a certain natter 1l him That it was not that which is known to you, he has found wirier which the car was registered. it necessary in the interests of his His lee—west, on the contrary, was safety to remain out of London for er• t , y focussed upon a beautiful ear, a while." abs i a; evidently awaiting some. "Oh," Phil Abingdon heaved a great visit. • ,member of the club. Glans-, sigh. "Oh, Your Excellency, how glad ing ' i fly at the chauffeur, a smart,' I am to hear that he is safel" railitere nuking fellow, Nicol Brims ; "Ire is my guest," continued Ormuz date a nal from his waisteoat pocket, Khan, "my honored gucst." r n d tee i it upon a wing in the light 1 "Ile is with you? exclaimed PhD, ef r c e ' he lamps, wrote something almost incredulously. in,+:.rm it in pencil, 1 "With me at my home in Surrey. 1'rcirg the pencil to his pocket: In me Ile found a natural ally, since "V*1•.-e, ear, my limn?" he inquired 1 my e oncern was as great as his own. of -' . , ,:.r:'eui•, 11 dor telement from you, Miss Ab - "roam 1 Lord Wolverham s, sir." ' ingdo r that he is in danger." - "Ce 1," aid Nicol Brinn, and put "In .nge :' she whispered. the .._ n :..d a ten-shillingrote into c:i, is true..boas beneeth my roof he the r. teec rand. "Go right into the safe. There ;s a matter of vital greenally give Colonel Lord' erg.ee, y, it :st er, 10 wh::li yea ._an Vi'nlyer. n this card Do yc' ender -1 assist him." steed?" she ex rider). 1 "No '• t.r you." The]r.r nod L -t i dss + one t y )a. Ormuz Khan sip!) e 1 . nr,:ed the note na-, raised his sie•rrder•hand gracefully. teen.1antt ere:axes vela.. I beg yon do not r. ieunderstand me t,..r sic," 1_+ retaraie. v,ith-' In the first plate. would Mr. Harley or:t , p1) t • duan , it te asked you to resit him at my . , ,:..:eat ,, hz ail:- : late the: home, .f be had not been well assured club. ;that yea ie•u}d do so with propriety? i e . ,vo aminates afterv;ard a In the second place, should I, who hit h y ad military gentleman: rcI cot you more deeply than any wo- _v h., ,., .'haneed, had never even i im,r- 11 the world, consent to year cern- unchaperoned? d :,i' ) • r}ictingu}shed American 4 lrtg unchaperoned?? -hiss Abingdon, tray, 'es , running cut h rtrs' you know rare better. I beg of you in into I'= .:.eta-, holding a crumpled 1 Mi Hair4a.a flame and in my own, vi>i.:rf; • u±t: n his hand. The card. ;preyail upon Mrs. McMurdoeh to ne- vrr;:e j. l:: ,th "cur had given him in ; relit the inti at:en which I bring to iln• _, ixl t . ef a thrilling game, read 1 lunch with me at Hillside, my Surrey home." a"' lows' IIe spoke with the deep respect of a courtier rddressing his queen. His low usu ierd voice held a note that was almost a note of adoration. PhD ra,) e. ,., I a ,.rc she following: Abingdon withdrew her gaze from the l'e.rr"w yv:. ;• car. Urgent. Will hande:me ivory face, and strove for exiae' n usl:rerr ev. Apologize. N. B. rental eo:npesure before replying. Suddenly she spoke. 111A : TER Ka.I1I. "Of course I will cane, Your Ex- t :. ^.r. , e.::"s VISITOR. ce)lency,' she said. "I will see Mrs. Mcalerdech rat orce, but I know she _'? • mousing the card will not refnc•" of it e l.: arum: Khan was ,,:,terally she will not refuse," hr. P. in the 31 s o .cn" he returned, in a rts. ) r .- -e ...:1 t,l'eh Mrs. Me- grave r,i:'e. "The happiness of so 1,1,1 t. iia r r,.l ,:i • . 1 1,, her for a pri- vets a i the period of her Etrr i'ratable roof. A . ..rter Ormuz Ishan peer. sa fault r. munrntr.g doe—. 1', ' - so devoid of any flaw to have lest its r• -n 1 . o177.-7. •r. In his button- hole .v71, ai by : , _h, and in one sten- e}, r !very y .- . d carried a huge bur h of lei ec r „ :•s, which, bowing deeply. lo' 1r. sated to the embar- rassed. gs'l. "Dare I yent ," he said in his mu .ar veep. hemline, deeply aver the ext, r )e i ora• I 1'. ask you to accept. thee, flowers? It would honor me, Pre do rot lefties" 'Your I:.e. 1r nc is very kind," she replied, rain r rlly -:onscious of acute nerycu mess. "It is more than good of you." "1t is good of you to grant me so much pleasure," he returned, sinking gracefully upon a settee, as PhD Ab - linden resumed her seat. "Condol- ences are meaningless. Why should I offer them to one et your acute per- ceptions? But you know—" the long, magnetic eyes regarded her fixedly— "you know what is in my heart." Phii Abingdon bit her lip, merely nodding in reply. "Let us then try to forget, if only for a while," said Ormuz Khan. "I could show you so easily, if you would consent to allow me that those we love never Ieavc us." The spell of his haunting voice was beginning to have its effect. PhD Ab- ingdon found herself fighting against something which at once repelled and ,attracted her. "Does Your Excellency really mean that " she whispered. A sm}ie appeared upon his face, en During smile, but rather that of a eautiful woman than of a man. "As you of, the West," he staid, "have advanced step by step, ever up - 'Ward, Sn the mechanical sciences, we of the last have adanvced also step by step in other and greater sciences,' "Your Excellency almost frightens rue," she :whispered. "Yet I have leo doubt that you speak of what you knew." Mil. ,IrOL BRINN Iy :sloe ).ease; Piccadily, W.I. And \,:".7 Cee In pencil beneath the 13,wig No. 51—'27 many people is mewed.' lie eee. bowing deeply, from a, !aurae, n et ndpe int leo deeply. "Kiedneee is a spiritual invest - :met," he said, iew•hi.n returns us in- terest tenfold. If I can be sure of hire. .1cMIurdceh'c acceptance, I will request permission to take my leave new for I )dare an urgent business appointment to keep, after which I will call for yea. Can you be ready by r"eon"" "Yes, we shall be ready." CHAPTER XXIV. T11E 'SCREEN. OP GOLD. Pant Marley raised his aching head and looked wearily about him. He lay in a small, barely furnished room, having white distempered walls, wholly undecorated. Its few appoint- ments were Oriental and the only win- dow which it boasted was set so high as to be well out of reach. Moreover, it was iron -barred, and at the moment admitted no light, whether 'because it did not communicate with the outer world, or because night was fallen, he was unable to tell. There were two doors in the room, one of very massive const}uction, and the other a smaller one.' The place was dimly lighted by a brass lantern which hung from the ceiling. Harley stood up, staggered slightly, and then sat down again. For a few moments he remained seated, victim of a deadly nausea. Then, clenching his jaws grimily, again he stood up, and this time succeeded in reaching the heavy dor, As he had aupposed, it was. firmly locked, and a glance was sufficient to show him that his unaided effort .could never force it. He turned his attention to the smaller door, which opened at his touch, revealing a sleep- ing apartment not unlike a monk's cell, adjoining which was a tiny bath- room. Netthee rooms boasted windows, bout being lighted by brass lanterns. Marley examined them and their ap- pointments with the, utmost care, and then returned again to the outer room one feature of which, and quite the most remarkable, be hail reserved for, special investigation. This was a massive screen of gilded iron scroll work, which occupied near- ly the whole end of the room. Be- yoncl the screen hung a violet -colored curtain of Oriental facric; but so closely woven was the rnetal design that although he could touch this cur- tain with his finger at certain points, it ,proved impossible for him to move it aside in any way. (To be. continued.) Wilson Publishing Company c/a d° P A CHIC FROCK. New and decidedly smart is the chic frock shown here, having flared sec- tions at the front and back of the skirt, a convertible collar, and long dart -fitted sleeves. No. 1691. is for Misses and Small Wonien, and is in sizes 10, 18 and 20 years, Size 18 bust) requires 3 yards 39 -inch, or 21 yards 54 -inch material. Price 20c the' patterer. 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Often calkr'd mare British than the British, they hate long felt it their duty to take.a part, however small, in the burden of Imperial DefenceeSince New Zealanders and Australians alike regard the base at Singapore as the rallying point of British interests in Sulo' "i %r®�1l���s F1 ti'esili arid del(icio ss. T138 the Western Pacific it is natural and em - • fihproper that they should prove their Trinity College Shows . od Progress Faith by works, College a� �s Fortuuately,the factors making for peace in -the -Pacific are so many thath Corporation Brings Interesting Data it is profitless to talk in teritis of pos- llITZ`E.1 Meeting of $ sible conflict. Even were there no other guarantees of peace, the close community of interest between the Dominions and the United States has established a solidarity which not even the blasts of, Chicago's Mayor can shake. Like Japan and China; the Dominions and tho United States want peace above all in the Pacific—I in order to finish the tasks of nation -1 building and to develop, commerce.' New Zealand and Australia are pion -1 eel countries facing problems similar to those of America. Peopled by loin-, dred- stooks and having similar forms of Government, they .view the world more nearly eye to eye than do any other nations. Being, all of them, Pa- cific Powers, they are keenly concern- ed in the developments in that great ocean and on its shores. The reason why New Zealand and! Australia particularlyinterested s xa ar e in Singapore is that, as the nearest base for refueling and repairing Brit- ish ships, it is in a sense the police station of Britain in Eastern waters, So long as the Dominions form essen- tial links in the empire they cannot remain aloof from empire defence, Obviously, they are unable by them- selves to carry the burden of sustain- ing large navies. Hence it is only fit- ting that they should take their share in defraying the cost of the defensive forces of the empire which, as the British delegates at the Geneva Con- ference aptly showed, are essential for the protection of Britain's far- flung lines of commerce and com- munication. to Public Attention FURTHER BUILDING PLANNED The Annual Meeting of the Cor- has been strengthened by the' addition partition of Trinity College was 115151 in the Department of French by Pro - in November.. ' fessor R. K. hicks, formerly of Queens University, Kingston, a The mmnber of students enrolled in graduate of the Univoiesity of Cam - Trinity College in 1927 in all courses bridge, and Dr. H. T. F: Fletcher, of is 296 as compared with 247 in 1926. Birmingham,. England, who holds his There are. 95 men and. 65 women in Doctorate, frons the University of ;residence. There are 240 students Nancy in France, The Reverend John registered in the Faculty of Arts. 0f Lowe, M.A., who won a Rhodes Schol- these 108 are taking Honour Courses arship from the College in 1922 and and 187 are enrolled in the Pass or secured a Double First at Oxford Uni General Course. The number of new versity has joined the Staff in Di - students this Session Is 103. i vinity. The standing of Trinity College The Report of the Appeal Commit- students at the Annual Examinations tee showed that a sum of 8390,000 had of the University of Toronto in the been added to the endowments, mak- Faculty of Arts was as follows: In ing it possible to strengthen the edu- honour courses 11 obtained First Class cational work in many important res - Standing;; 27 Second Class Stranding; poets and provide for retiring allow- and 19 Third Glass Standing. In the ances for Professors and Lecturers at Pass, or General, Course, 4 obtained the age of G5. The appeal for addl.- A, or First Class Proficiency, 18 B, tional subscriptions will be conti_tuod or Second Class Proficiency, and 25 0, throughout the Province. ' or Third Class Proficiency. 1 The Chairman of the Building Coin - In the Fourth Year E. M. Reid in mittee, Mr, Gerald Larkin, read a re-' Political Science, and Mies 13. M. H. port in which it was urged that a, Corrigan in Modern Languages ob- Chapel and Dining Hall should be tained the highest standing in the added to the present buildings as soon whole University. The same record as possible. The need of these addi- was secured in the Second Year by tional buildings is very greatly felt R. T. Hallock in Orientals, C. F. Far- and the hope was expressed that their. well in Philosophy, and A. H. Sellers erection would be tirade possible in in Biological and Medical Sciences,; the near future. and in the First Year by Miss S. A.1 Dr. Maurice Hutton was nominates) M. Brett in English and history. las Public Orator in the place of the In addition to the award of the Into Professor Duckworth, and Mr. Rhodes Scholarship to E. M. Reid, the Elmee 'Henderson, M.A., and Colonel following University distinctions Henry Brock, D.C.L., as Esquire Be - should receive mention: W. L. Smith, dells. The following were named as the Trinity College nominee, was members of the Executive Committee awarded the Moss -Scholarship. A, of Corporation: 'Mr. C. M. Baldwin, H. Sellers and M. T. dePencier were M.A., Mr, 12.. B. Beaumont, M.A,; Mr. elected to War Memorial Scholarships Joseph Beaumont; Mr. A. IT. Camp - by the Alumni Federation of the Uni- bell, M.A.; Mrs. Graham Campbell; versify of Toronto. Scholarships in lib' B, 13. Crenyn; 14 Ir. A. M. M. Kirk - Mental and Moral Philosophy were patriek; Mr. Gerald Larkin; Mr. 0. S. awarded to R. a. Jaques and C. F. La}tllaw; Mr. Kirwan Martin, Farwell of the Third and Second years Mr. Craufurd Martin; Mr. Eric Ma - respectively, the latter also whining elteli; itIr. C. S. Maclnnos, K.C,; Dr. the John Macdonald Scholarship in J, H. McConnell; Mr, F. Gordon Osler; Philosophy. The Italian Prize in tho Mr. W. K. Pearce; Mr. Campbell Fourth Year was won by Miss 13, M.' Reaves; Mr. 0, B• Strathy, M.A.; Mr. H. Corrigan and the Edward Blake D. T. Symons, K.C., and Mr. T. H. Scholarship in Biological and Medical Wood, M.A., together lath the Provost Sciences by A. II. Sellers, i and other members of the Admnistra- The Teaching Staff of the College five Staff, Can England Sur- vive It? Red-faced old gentlemen in Hants and lace -collared Victorian ladies in any shire may be expected to deluge The Morning Post and The Times with letters, now that Premier Bald- win has bursted One of England's Traditions. Slice Sir Walter Raieigli returned from the Virginias with tobacco, and clouds of smoke soon began to arise at Hampton Court, there has been one rule in the Com- mons which was never violated. That rule is: no member may smoke unless the House has adjourned. The other night when the lights went out the Premier puffed his favorite pipe in the inner lobby, aura though the House cheered, what can possibly be the effect of this upon the landed gentry? Sir Roger de Coverley, in .his country denes, cannot be expect- ed to Iet such a matter pass. Since the rule of the Commons was made, a Bing has been beheaded, himself the son of a Ring who wrote that "Counterblast Against Tobacco" which is one of the prides of pedan- ticism and one of the really triumph- ant bores of literature. Since that rule, Prime Ministers have even come to smoke pipes. But never before has a Prime Minister smokied itis pipe while the House was officially in session. Possibly England, which withstood the horrors of the war and lived through a Labor Ministry containing four Peels, tan adjust itself to what- ever this lapse on the part of not only a Premier but an aristocrat may por- tend. TOO RAPID WORK "A woman could make a monkey out of you In ten minutes." "1 don't believe It. It took nature ten million years to melte mo 001 of a monkey." We Are Far -revenged. Bill Bili Forbes, our local barber, got ex cited while shaving himself in front of the mirror yesterday, and before be realized what ho was doing he had sold, himself three bottles of hair tonne and short-changed himself in the bar. gain.—Washington Cougar's Paw, Learning From Canada A NEW "WATCH ON THE RHINE" Taking a leaf from the experience of Canada in building the great Quebec bridge across the St. Lawrence, German engineers have built over the River Rhine, between Wesel and Buer-ich, a bridge with four 820 -foot spans which wore floated into place. Fishes Flop, But Not Through Pah' Tender -Hearted Woman Caused Fish Vender's Arrest and Experts Save Him De ;P_iro Cre shores Dead Berlin. ---A trial for cruelty to a fish brought up the question whether fish are only stunned by a blow en the head, or killed outright, so that their subsequent movements are mere re- flexes. Fraulein Dorothy ITinze, 70, who is a great lover of cats, bought a live fish for her pets and ,instructed the fishmonger, C. Berisch, to kill and prepare it far cooking on the spot. After the vender of sea food had deft- ly delivered a smashing blow on the head of the fish, he started to serape of the scales. When she saw the fish still squirm- ing in the man's hand, the old woman emitted a scream of horror, called him a brute and subsequently had hila arraigned in the Charlottenburg court "for wanton cruelty." The court, finding itself incompet- ent to judge of the vitality of fishes, called in two piscatorial experts, who testified that after a properly deliver- ed blow on the head a fish is as dead. as a door nail and that its continuing motions are purely rebectory in char- acter. Conaand of the Air Leo Mars'e in the. London National Review: We never can understand the propaganda o8 these who regard the sea and land as "back numbers" and who would gaily scrap British eea power—to say nothing of the British army -1n olden' that ere may become a mighty air power, and who would talk of command of the Mr In a manner that has no meaning, be- cause the thing is impossible, , No one can command the air. It ie altogether beyond: the oontro1 of man, and for that reason beare tie resem- blance to sea or laud wheel are with- in human compass. To talk of com- manding the. iia• le to deceive tate multitude. It is moonshine. Mlnard's Liniment for Grippe. Australia Now Empire Leader In Civil Flying Observer Ascribes . Place to - Federal Action and De- . Aviators Perth, W, Aus,—The Brutish Mr mission recently passed through 'West- ern Australia on their, return to Eng- land, Go the voyage to Colombo the members of the mission' proceeded along one of the air lanes through which the'air liners will travel to.Aus- tralia.; The mail boat Naldera, on which they traveled, was fitted with special instruments to 'enable data to be collected in relation to air currents and cloud formations in the Indian Ocean. The members of the mission wor enthusjastio'regarding tho results ' of their investigations, and unstinted in their praise of Australia's civil ' aviation achlevemorits. . Asked for his opinion of civil avia- tion In Australia, Group -Captain Fol- lower said that, without any question, civil aviation In Australia was ahead of that in any other part of the Em- pire, He attributed this to alto follow- ing circumstances: the way the prob- .loin had been tackled by tho Common- woalth Government; the tact. that Australia had been fortunate to get first-class mien to run the commercial side; and the favorable natural con- ditions. Amplifying the second point, 'the captain said that post-war avia- tion in Australia ' had been in the hands of men who were not only sound from the standpoint of avia- tion, but were of a type. who accomp- ])slice) what they set out to do, Mr. G}blett, superintendent., of the British Meteorological Office, as *well as member of the 11l1sa10n, expressed th opinion that everything would be in realness fo rthe much-ciiscuosed projont for an la'ngland-Australia line Of huge airships in 1930, provided the necessary extensions of the meteorological services in Austrtal;a 'e ere made. ile said that a first•orcler meteorological observing stationwould undoubtedly be eej;ablished at an est ly date on the site chosen for the filet airship base and early action would bo taken in regard to planning the re- porting or anization for the demons- tration flight. That would embrace a chain of wireless station t which would send and receive air and weath- er signals. French WVhne Men Are Discouraged Champagne Sales Smaller Throughout the World Epernay, France.—The champagne i appetite throughout the world lois di- minished so greatly in 1927, especially in France, that shippers of this region have become alarmed. They are plan- ning an intensive campaign to adver- tise the bubbling vintage in 1928, in conjunction with a reduction of prices,. The diminution in domestic ship- ments for the first six months of the year was nearly 08 per cent. and the total diminution on domestic and for- eign shipments was 48 per cent. under the figures for the similar period last yea). Hard tines in the champagne con - miming countries and high prices are nailed largely for the diminution in purchases. But there aro other con- tributing reasons, say some dealers who point out that the sale of all kinds of wine in Frantic& has drop- pedi considerably in the last year or so, while that of beer.. and cider•' arid other inexpensive drinks of the "bub- bly" variety has increased., Beer, par- ticularly, has gained enormously in public favor, "Man proposes and woman Int DOeee." Peter Pan.Candidate. Thus it will be seen' that in the Re- publican race, Mr. Hoover is the youngest of the group mentioned, and even at the end of the next Presiden- tial terra, which begins in March, 1929, and ends in March, 1933, Mr. Hoover, if the successful . candidate, would Still be 'younger than Messrs. Lowden, Hughes " or Dawes, 'respectively.— Washington Correspondence in the Raleign News and Observer. c "What became of the old-lashionerl women wlio, stuck a broom straw into the bread in the, ovroe yvac done?" Probably sticking theref mit oria wring stick. into tiro tanii of the car to see, bop, much gasolbbij s'e need , �;t