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The Wingham Advance Times, 1935-10-03, Page 61I SIX W INCH AM ADVANCE -TIMES PIAL INSTALMENT The man .who carne to the door was an 'easily -recognizable, �'nizable, albeit older edition, of the marine's portrait in Washington. The passage of time had served only to improve his appearan- ce; broad and tall, six years had fill- ed out the gangling frame Ellen Trent once described, into an enviably per- fect physique. His dark hair had been bleached and was now blonde and cur- ly, but his handsome, broad features remained the same. • For an instant he was so startled by Rankin's appearance that he drop- ped his guard. His mask off, an ugly light of fury flashed across his face; and his lips drew into -a snarl. Both were swiftly gone, however, before the detective could be certain of them. Rankin began facetiously. "Mr. Seymour King, I believe," he greeted him. "I'm lucky to find you in; and I must apologize for my intrusion at this late hour." The other frowned, then forced smile that developed into a hollow laugh. "Mr. King?" he repeated. "Yes, of course, that's how I rented the apart- ment, so my wife wouldn't find out about it or trace me. .. But comein, Rankin. To what do I owe the honor of this visit?" Rankin stepped inside the door, careful, however, not to close it. "You use a good many names, don't you, Rowland?" His voice developed a steel edge. "Perhaps you'd prefer to be called Fred Dennis or Steve Harmon." His quarry turned white, fear mingling with anger at this provoca- tive onset. He retreated, his eyes glaring; it was all he could do to con- trol the savageness that crept into hie voice. _ . r t' . "Witb.t do yoti mean, Rankin?" he demanded furiously. 'I never heard of them. I don't know what you're talking about and neither do you." "Oh, you understand me all right," the detective returned evenly. "You have been many places and tried your hand at many jobs, besides being a life -guard at Miami and a movie extra in Hollywood. A marine on the U. S.S Wyoming, for instance, who de -1 serted, and a burglar in Fort Wayne. And ,you knew'Ellen Trent there. I should have connected the sort of 1 ishment on his face gave swift place account for Mrs. Keith's `willingness' . roving life you led before your mar- it to one of agony, one, a genuine attachment; the other, riage with your activities in Indiana;' I "Damn you, Rankin!" he ground ' e very real dread. Like you, I was Allen Rowland clenched his fists. i out with an effort, through clenched i misled by the obvious belief that there • "You must be crazy, Rankin!" he said , teeth. i was some intimacy between them." —his alarm betrayed the truth of the !"You asked for it, Rowland," Ran- :,For a moment the other covered his accusations. "You had better be care kin said heartlessly, "I warned you face with his hands, "Poor Barbara," ful; if you've Borne here to insult isle, I advise you to get oat!" Instinctively, the detective's mus- cles tensed as though preparing for an attack. "I'd stay where I are if I were you," he warned ]rim ominously. He dug his hands into his pockets. "I have a warrant for your arrest for the murder of Barbara Keith, Allen Rowland alias Fred Dennis alias Steve Harrison, And. T caution you that anything you say --.-Stand back there, Rowland!" Simultaneously with his shouted admonition, he leaped back, ducking to the door; and from his coat came the staccato bark of a revolver. Phys- ically no match for Rowland, he mov- ed just in time to escape his half - anticipated forward lunge. His assail- ant had sprung with huge muscular arms outstretched to pin Rankin to his side and bear him down by sheer weight. The bullet caught him in mid -leap; halted by the shock, he dropped to his knees with a groat and clapped to his knees with a groan and clapped his left hand to his right shoulder. Blood spurted between his fingers and an expression of aston- The bullet caught him in I had you covered; you won't escape this time as easily, as you did frorn. the .American .Express office and the Stager House in Fort Wayne. Now perhaps you'll behave yourself." He turned to the two officers, who had rushed hastily from the 'corridor at the shotand pushed their way into the apartment anxious and alert. "It's all over but the shouting, boys," he reassured them. "I don't believe there will be any more trou- ble .. , You can take him along as soon as I put these irons on him. And see that his wound is treated at Headquarters immediately." He first permitted his prisoner en- ough time to tie a handkerchief abotit his shoulder. Then he produced the handcuffs; and disregarding Row - land's stream of oaths and abuse, the policemen held him, while Rankin clicked them on his wrists. As Rankin followed his prisoner to City Hall, he was quite satisfied with the accuracy of his solution and his ability to establish his guilt. * * Mortimer Keith shook his head slowly, with the bewildered air of one who cannot grasp a fact presented him, "It's utterly beyond me, Rankin," he protested uncertainly, "to under- stand how Rowland could be Bar- bara's murderer. They were in love with each other; everything indicated that they were having an . . affair and that," a look of anguish carne' in- to hie eyes and his voice dropped, "she was his mistress." The detective waved his hand posi- tively. "That's just the point, Mr. Keith," lie contradicted, "they were nothing of the sort, I've already told you why they hated each other; from - -- the very beginning they were enem- ies." 'But what of their friendship in Florida and Barbara's many contacts with hint since?" the manufacturer queried. She did go with him to that bedroom at Sunset Inn, and two weeks ago helped him obtain the evi- ..dence of Mrs. Rowland's infidelity. And she was willing to testify at the hearing." mid -leap. "Yes, that is how it all looked and what Rowland doubtless .intended. There were two possible reasons to he murmured sadly, "she must have suffered much fiozn him, If she had only, chosen to' confide' in me, instead of keeping her 'story a secret. I'rn afraid I' have been most unjust to her," It was two days after Allen Row - land's arrest that Rankin visited' Mr, Keith to discuss with him the ulti- mate solution to his wife's death, The two men sat in the manufacturer private office. Rankin lit a cigarette. "The devel- opment of the cruise is quite plain," he related, "if you follow it in proper sequence. From the time Rowland or Dennis, as he was then es- caped from Fort Wayne, and Miss Webb was arrested, they never cross- ed each other's paths until two years ago." "And when did you first discover Allen Rowland was the man you were after?" Mr. Keith queried. "Not until I recognized his photo in Dennis' service record in Washing- ton ---the picture of him in the marin He left his fingerprints chloreforxzl bottle, ,,i 96 -YEAR-OLD CHIEF PLAYS AUTO -HARP Matriarch of the Indians at Rama reserve, Ont., Chief John lsigwin, 96 - year -old hereditary chief, attracted wide attention at the annual Itama. beside his bitch bark tepee, * on the you, if you didn't mind tate fresh pub- liclty and the entangling of 'Mgrs. Keith's name in that mess at .Sunset Inn. But if you refuse to laroseeute.. ; II "Oh, no, Rankin" The. tither rais- ed his hands in quick pretest. "1 pre- fer to let that business quite alone, Whatever her reason, site prevented 113arbara from being corespondent in Mrs. Rowland's divorce suit. For those services I was willing to pay, A sardonic smile played on the de- tective's lips, but he nodded under- standingly, "There you see why the police have -such a hard time bringing culprits to justice," lie conunented. The smile changed to one of satisfaction. "Still, come to think of it," he concluded, "Adele Rowland and Harvey Willard won't go altogether unpunished. She has no genuine grounds for her suit, which means it will be refused.. She'll still be tied to Rowland, nad unable to marry the man she happens to fan- cy at the present moment. And Camp- bell won't get his hands on her for- tune, At least not yet; later, she may be divorced on the legal basis that Allen Rowland is a convicted crim- inal. But that won't happen in time to `save Willard 'from financial ruin and his assets from his creditors." He sniffed contemptuously. "That's very little consolation for you, I realize, Mr. Keith. But I'ni human enough to derive a decided pleasure oat of any misfortune they may have; played a despicable game and dotheyn't was so marred mare than any man, deserve, anything better." and his form more than the sons of THE END men." Here is a prophetic glimpse of the awful sufferings of Christ at. '"'"'""""'"'"'"'"'''''''"'""'"""4' the time of His crucifixion. A. well THE es as Steve Harrison," the detective answered ."The description I had of him didn't put me on his trail, des- pite its similarity to Rowland. Der' nis was thin and had dark hair. In the last six years, he had filled out, with a really fine physique and had bleached his hair. Still, even without the photo, I would have discovered his identity, when I got around to comparing his finger -prints, with those I had collected back here." "I suppose there's no doubt you'll make a successful case against him?" "Oh, no, a conviction is practically certain," Rankin said firmly. "You see, the most elusive factor in the evi- dence against him was that of mot- ive; incidentally, it was his second protection against being suspected. His apparent relations with Mrs. Keith let him out completely. As her lover and protector, he would have no reason to harm her; ,and all his actions seemed to clear him, as being sincere and really devoted. But now that Rowland is revealed as Dennis, it is easy to establish the true situ- ation and his motive for the crime. And there'll be no difficulty about the question of opportunity, either. More than likely, we'll manage to trace to his possession some of the money she paid him and :that will prove him a blackmailer. And to top it all, 'he left his fingerprints in Dr. Brantman's of- fice, on the bottle from which he stole the chloroform for the murder." The manufacturer nodded. "Yes, that clinches the• case, I should say. But what about the others, Rankin? What do you expect to do with. Camp- bell, for instance?" reply, Rankin frowned and k his head in exasperation "That is a: big disappointment I'll admit, Mr. Keith;. rated on a really big killing such a notoriously successful mina]. But he had no yattr wife's death. And was silenced, T can't conspiracy to kidnap her. ac- knowledged that to me, but so I can't use i in And Mrs. Rowland's purchase oroforrn for that purpose isn't ent evidence either, since had a chance to administer I'm afraid I'll have To release Gurek confesses to being to kill Riley. And that's ]y, event when we lay ]ie']] have an alibi a we'll never bring that crime anyone." And Mrs. Rowland and Mr. ?" Mr, Keith pursued. action against them?" The l�. A. will have to decide to disbarWillard for m e and his part in framing di- vorce," 12ankin shrugged, "1 kind of offense about anything; For tlie same sand Cainlsbell will go scot-free; wally, they weren't involved murder; and I can't prove' their piling plan. I could hold kr threatening to bt Proudly wearing his jubilee Medal, hymns to"his own acconlpati ment 0 the chief was a colorful figure in his leather outer clothing end feathered headgear. A Christian, he entertained visitors by occasionally singing` es that Israel's Mtn siali was to have as He becarite the Saviour of the world, Isaiah was a Hebrew; and the 1'ae brews lhrou� hunt the (old Testament unturally 'looked for the'. euniin'g ,of their Messiah as n person of regal glory and power, one who should reign over Israel .and make .David's Kingdom the leading nation of the world Yet here is this Hebrew pro- phet, describing Israel's Messiah as a suffering servant, coming in • humility,. unrecugnized, despised and rejected, and dying a shanieful death. The fact that a Hebrew prophet could thus foretell the experiences of'his nation's Messiah was itself a' miracle of in- spiration. ' Our •lesson shows Jesus Christ in the depths and on the heights,. The experiences of Chriet, voluntarily ac- cepted, are set forth briefly, yet fully, in Philipians 2:5-11, which' should be read and used as part of :this lesson, The lesson begins with God's word that "My servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high." Here is Christ in His exaltation. His wisdom ,is faultless; infallible, final. His exultation is such as created man can never know, the exaltation of God Himself, with "the. name which is above every name," But immediately the 'passage in Isaiah goes on io tell us that this exalted Son of God shall become an astonishment to men. "His visage n the auto -harp, shown above, on his knee. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON no—o—D—•onos,soaa ISAIAH. (Portrays the Suffering Servant.) Sunday, Oct. 6—Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12; John 19: 17-37. Golden Text: With His stripes we are healed.— (Isaiah 53.5•) One of the most convincing evi- dences of the divine inspiration of the Bible is its predictive prophecy. The Old Testament contains hundreds of such prophesies, written by risen divinely inspired centuries or millen- niums before the facts predicted came to pass. Those prophecies were ful- filled to the letter in the minutest de- tail, No other book in the possession of mankind can offer any such divine credentials as these. One of the greatest Messianic (that is relating to the Messiah) prophecies in the Old Testament is Isaiah 53. It was written by the prophet Isaiah seven centuries before the Son of God became man, lived on this earth, died and rose again. Yet it describes with In then shoo to me,I had cooin con- victing criconnection withsince Rileyestablish his He ac- knowithout witnesses,court. of chl 't suf- ficient Mitch never it. So him, unless, hir- ed hardly dikehands on him;mile long, and e home to Will- ard "Will yoti take« „ whe- theral-ptae- tie the t isn't the which '1 can do reason, theyof-free; act in the mu kid- naMiss l'd- mondaekrriail Thursday, October 3yd, 1935 ,phrased; they have conte to ue down through the ages in their pathos and. beauty, revealing to us God's plan of salvation for lost sinners, the only Gospel, the only way of redemption, Here is God's description of the way a:Iis Son becomes Our Saviour: "Ile is despised and rejected of Blunt a man or sorrows, and acquaint- ed with grief , . . He was wounded '� for our transgressions; He was bruis- ed for• our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace 'was upon Him: and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have. gone astray; we have turn- ed every one to His own way; and. the Lord hath laid on Him the iniq- uity of us all. He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth. He is brought as a' lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep be- fore her shearers is dumb, so He op- eneth not His mouth." The chaptei as ;a whole makes cry- stal-clear God's plan of salvation, and the glorious triumph of the Saviour - 'who "shall see of the travail of His. soul, and shall be satisfied: by His.. knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities." It is a striking fact that there are twenty-five prophecies concerning Christ in different parts of the . Old Testament that were fulfilled to the• letter within twenty-four hours at the time of His arrest, trial and crucifix- ion. It will make interesting study in any Sunday school class to go through the verses in these two chapters of Isaiah and make a list of all the pro- phesied details of the exaltation of Christ, and a separate list of all the - prophesied: details of his humiliation. This brings out in sharp . relief the mystery and wonder of God's plan of redemption, which no human mind. could have conceived. lie.s T known cornrnentator says: lit- eral rendering is terrible:'so marred from the form of man was His as- pect that His appearance was not that of a son of span'—i.e., not -,human- the effect of the brutalities described in Matthew 26-17." Then at once the prophecy rises to the heights again, and we are told that this Man, so brutally persecuted, shall deal with "many nations," and that the mouths of kings shall be clos- ed before Him, as He declares things that earthly kings have never seen or heard. This brings us back to the amaz- ing prophecies in the Second Psalm, where we read of the kings and rul- ers of the earth rebelling against God. and Christ, as Russia is doing today, and then the awful satire from Heav- en: "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision," breaking them 'with a rod of iron" and dashing them "in pieces like a platter's vessel," These are glimpses of the Mes- siah, Saviour, and King in His glory; the most of our lesson is the other picture: His suffering in our behalf. The strange and heart -breaking photographic accuracy the experienc- words of the prophecy cannot be par - An Irishman had just signed his: . name in the hotel register, and was. called back by the clerk, who pointed. out that he had omitted to record his. nationality. Taking up the pen he wrote:: "Irish, and proud of it," . A Scots guest arrived in a few min utes later, and, seeing the Irishman's entry, wrote: "Scotch—and fond of it." 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