The Wingham Advance Times, 1927-09-08, Page 6,n
WINOHAIMI A AICE-TIE
WELLINGTON MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE CO,
Established 14o
Head Office, Guelph, Ont,
Rusks taken on all classes of inSur
atzce at reasonable rates,
ABNER COSENS, Agent, Winghatn
Thur
day,, Septezzaber :8th, x92
By Percival Christopher Wren
THE CREATES MYSTERY STORY EVER WRITTEN
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your neck and go 'Boo' in the 'dark.
No,: don't tiro. , , Premise,
God! I'm going blind. , . • John . , •
John.. , • Where aiie you? • .. Pro-
mise, . Confession.. John
Within two tniautes of his seizing
J. W. DODD Lejaune's ' foot and saving my. lifer
y brother was dead.... My
splen-
FIRE,LIE ACCIDENT
in Chisholm Block FIRST READ THIS io?Vel,IthzntiI xrotsedYofdrd,,noble, greathearted Beate ..ND
HEALTH The three Geste brothers, Michael, 1 that I would attend to you, all in I have not the gift of tears, I have
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AND REAL ESTATE ni_by and Jelin, who left home fele good time. Now I'm going to do it. not cried, since 1 was a baby,; and the.
?, Q. Box 86o Phone zoo lo�rizag a mysterious theit of a valla- - • . I'm &oin s to shoot you note, relief of tears was denied me now.
WINGHAM, ONTARIO able sapphire, own. c by their aunt, tt'here yu stand, Half a daaen llirough No, I could not weep. 13th 7 looked
Lady Brandon, Sind themselves later the stcamaeh, slxtill we S .y? I don't at the revolver, still clutched in Le-
in the French Foreign Legion. Dig want to hurry you unduly out of this jaune's right hand. ,'t.. It was only•
by is sent to a training school while pleasant world. . . Oh, no, don't a momentary temptation;. for; I had
It}chal and John go to Zinderneuf, think I `want you any longer. The.something to do for Michael. His
a lonely fort in the Sahara, The man Arabs won't attack :again today, anrj, last words had laid a charge on ine,
in charge, Lejaune, is brave but very they've settled all my mutineers nice- and I would no more fail. Michael,
cruel, and on hearing that Michael has, lY for me. .. • An a relief -column Haan I would have failed him when
R.. VANSTONE • a sapphire with him tries to get it. A will arrive at dawn. . , Then y0ti he 1}v ed.
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, BTC, mutiny breaks out but Lejaune hears and the rest of these cursed dogs Michael's affairs first—and if the
'Money to Loan at Lowest Rates of the attempt to kill him and is about will be given a hole ,in the sand for Touaregs `rushed the place while I
Wingharn.. - Ontario to arrest the men with the help of" the lot of you—and I shall get the attended to them, I would just take.
Michael and John and a few other Cross of the Legion of Honor, a Cap- Le'jaune's revolver and make a good,
J. A. MORTON loyal soldiers, ,when the Arabs attack tain's ctzmmission, and a trip to Par- end. I ought to get five of there, and
BARRISTER, ETC. the fort , Many are killed but Lejaune 1 is to receive thanks and decoration. perhaps might' grab one of their
Zringham, Ontario fools the Arabs' by propping the- dead • • . And at Paris, my chatty little Many straight swo, rds and show them
bodies in the embrasures, During the friend, I shall, dispose of this trifle something. , , ""'•>' ,,.,.);,:r YiB..;,;,
attack Michael gives John a letter and that your gang so; kindly brought to I turned to the Letters. One of
o ,mall package -^addressed= to his: the' Legion for me!" and he again them was addressed to Lady' Brandon.
Graduate Royal College Of Dental taunt, t �., , ri e• <. ', ,noonni+-,r,. testi ug the little packet In his left She should get it, if •I had the ingen-
g en
wfiltrr eons , :. $ [j�YF - ilfiirS, ''''".`47.1*- i�.c^. 4 + ,. "i ..
Graduate Univ-ereit''bi Toronto pN t.t vo oN L4II'I'H THE STORY -•.a ..:.are+�4-::,4u. wlsr 40itta e, and shill to keep.iny-
y' "A ri h mail, thanks to"ti— ati 1 'n-' .t•acultp of Dentistry I I turned anit crept back to my du ._ o c self aline long enough. (Me was ad
Office over H, E. 'seed's Mora. to this „ . . anti as he said the last • dressed to Claudia, That. too, •
ties as cook, placed twigs and wood ,
beneath the s taupe -kettle, and turned
word, he actually kicked ItheheaI's There was one for me, and one for
. %,��i��'iNEM.D. up: the wick of the nil -stege;. body! Even as I snatched, at my Digby. And there was another, crush -
H. and leapt forward—ed ups an Lejaune's left hand. The
Physician and Surgeon i And as 1 watchtd the rice burn up, I in the instant that my dazed and envelope from which he had torn it
Medical Representative I). S. C. R. :•imagined Lejaune posing Michael's p
Phone s IN -perhaps lung before life was
Successor to Dr. W. R. Flauxbly .t out of it, . . The tht,uelit was un -
1 bearable.
DR. ROI3T. C. REDMOND } He might be in agony. H. Haight
IVI.R•C.S, (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Land_) I be so wounded that his life could be
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ! saved if he lay flat. N t all the killed
Dr. Chisholm's old stand. . had been killed outright—though
. many of them had diad: immediately,.
J. W. I USHFIELI
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Money to Loan
Office—Meyer Block, Wingham
Successor to Dudley Holmes
DR:. i'. 4 .4k055
weary mind took in the incredible lay near, It was addressed to The
fact of this brutal kick—it also took Commissioner of Police, Scotland
in another fact even more .incredible Yard, London, England. Poor' Mich-
-Michael's eyes were open and turn- ael's "confession" of something he
cd to nxe• Michael was alive! • . . had never done! I was sorely tempt
-
I would live, too, if possible. . .: ed to destroy it, but his words were
My hand, still grasping my bayonet, still in my ears, urgent and beseech
fell to my side. ing. I was to 'see that the "confes-
DR. R. L. STEWART has only their heads were exposed and : Good!' said Lejaune. "Armed at- s}an" was publis}a d.
tack-
Graduate of University of Toronto,, their wounds were in the brain:or k on a superior officer—and in the Nell—let it remain where it" was.
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the , throat. There: was really no more face of the etiemy! . Excellent! It would get a wide enough publicity
Ontario College of Physicians and reason why MMichael should be s
pa,
I court-martial you me -self. I find:if it were found in the dead hand of
Surgeons p you amity and I sentence you to the murdered Commandant of a be -
Office in Chisholm Block ;Haan away of the other; should be—
but he was moi,; deo Iy-loved brother, death. . . . I also tarry out the sen- leaguered fort..: , I picked up the
Josephine street. Phone sg• , -
, and I simple- couch not bear it. I tence myself. • Thus , , ," and the packet that Lejaune had dropped
l could not hare his poor wounded revolver travelled slowly from my when I struck him, and put it with
Dr. Margaret . C. Calder body flung about' like a sack ,i pots face to the pit of my stomach, the three letters into my pocket. 1
General Practitioner ;'Moes, and stuclt up b the jeerin'a Le "There! .:." then opened the one addressed to
Graduate University of Toronto jeune with indignities and insults. As Lejaune had spoken, 32tchael 's It ran as follows:
Faculty of Mediae He might not yet be dead, and his right hand, mos -ed. ?,s the last word "\iy. dear John,
Office --Josephine St., two doors south
of Brunswick Hotel. life might depend 012 what 1 did now! was uttered, the hand seized Le- When you get this, take the letters
Telephones: Office 28x,. Residence 'sr •I turned to iun =stairs. Was I then janrae's foot, jerking him from his &that are with it to Erando x Abbas,
going to mutiny ante all Was I go- balance, as he pulled the triggerin as soon as you can. Send them if
D G. ' OOung to defy m fr
store _or •eer and the act of looking down and of stwn ; you can't take them. The one for
DENTIST telt hint what he shattnel, and chat he b}ing. 'Aunt Patricia solves the mystery of
John Galbraith's Store , nrartctea' Was the fort that he Blinded,
coraxdeafened, and dazed, I the *Bine Water,' at any rate to her
Office over J o s oim no., do in I going to tell leapt and lunged with all my strength satisfaction, and she can publish the
him that lf._cnael was of s'.tperor ray ' and drove my bayonet through Le- ' solution or not, as she thinks fit, fat-'
• A. : PARKER € and not to be treated as all the ethers Janne. I stumbled, and it was torn ' er on. ,. .. . After Uncle Hector's
OSTEOPATH had been treated? I was. And as 1 from my .hand. When 1 could see death, for example. . Meanwhile;
All Diseases Treated ran yup the stairs, another thought again (fer I must have ducked I beg and beseech andinstruct and
Office adjoining residence next to struck me. Michael's last request and straight at the resolver as he fired, order you, to see that the letter ad -
Anglican. Church on Centre Street,
Sundays by. appointment ;instructions! I must get those.: letters it, or else he ne=st have raised it as dressed to the Chief of Police is, not
Hours -g a.m. to 8 p,nt. "rand the little packet the had spore a his feet was putted from under him) } burked. It is exactly what we all bolt -
Osteopathy Electricity about, 1 roust say t... Lejaune: `III he .i1 -as lying on Ms back, twitching, ed for—this averting suspicion from
Telephone ala. fight till I drop,' and III obey you the batxdte of the bayonet protradrno;innocent people (including your Iso-
implicitly—but leave my b ;.tiers , from his chest, the blade through his ; bel, don't fi rget, Johnny boy!). We
A. R. $z F. E. DUVAL body alone—leave it to a' -e .. i heart. took the blame between us, and the
Licensed Drugless Practitioners, After all, things were a little differ- a Lejaune was dead, and 1 was the r first of us to die should shoulder the
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. ent now. Lejaune and I were the • mutineer and murderer alter all! I ;Ion of course, so that the other two
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic only survivors, We hadpassed gt Lejaune the' can go ho=ne again. You or Dig=
g Chicago.National Col- i was the "butcher"' and ,
College, Toronto, and through hell unscathed, and at the r" ,
lege "pig," wiu.d do this for his brothers, and
Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry last, two against a thousand, had so will I, if I pip first. So ori with
Store, Main St. kept the flag flying. Surely he cou;d l 'the.h,n?e letters—home, and see that
HOURS: 2—S, 7-8.3o pin, and be decent: now, unbend a little, and CHAPTER EI"i i I the otter one ge s into the papers
by appointment. behave as a man and a comrade.... A "Viking's FuneralI'
but of town and night calls re-
sponded to. All business confidential. As I came out : onto the root, Le- ' "A11 night long, in a dream untr..ub- ;all that. 'fi have written an absolutely
Phones: Office 300; Residence 6tax-s3. jaune was bending over Michael. He l led ul hope, identical letter to this for Digby too,
had unfastened niy brother's tunic, 1 He brooded, clasping his knees. > so I atn stare that one or both of you
torn the lining out of his kepi, remciv-j I stooped over Michael, whose ayes `will see that niy wishes are carried
,.ed the'sash, and opened the fiat pouch i were closed again. Was he dead—his ,; out. No nonsense about 'de mrsrt us
til at formed
part of the money belt 'last act the saving of my life? I don't nil nisi bonuni,' mind. It is the liv-
that Michael wore. Lying beside Le- think I felt very much, at the nzone-king we have to think about, so do
jaune were three or four letters, and ent. My mind was 'iamb or blank,'' exactly as I tell you. You'll be doing
a torn envelope. In his hands were a and I wasn't certain that the whole the best for me, as a matter of fact,
tiny packet, bound up in string and affair was not a nightmare, . las well as for the living, if you car
sealing' -wax, "and an opened letter. '1lichael opened his"eyes., "Stout hie out what I ask—so, go to it, pup,
I sprang toward him, seeing red, Fellah," he whispered. "Got the let- If I outlive you, I shall do the same
D. Mc1NNE5 nay whole soul ablaze with indignant tet by you or Dig, so go to it.
CHIROPRACTOR rage that this' foul vulturous thief told hire that he would deliver You spoilt my plans by your balmy
, ELECTRICITY should hob the dead, rob a soldier' them iia
Adjustments given for diseases of Person, That eve were the quixotic conduct in ; bunking from
all kinds; specialize itt dealing with
who had :foutIat beside him thus --a sole survivors. That the relief would home—now put them right by doing
children. Lady attendant. Night calls braye man who had probably saved come soot and we should be pronzot- exactly as I say.
responded to. hie life, before the fight began'. ed and decorated., Good-bye, dear old stoutest of
Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont. "So he 'had no diamond,' had lie? "For stabbing Lejaune?" he mailed. Stunt Fekas. Seeyou ink the .Ha a
Phones: Office rob, Resid. 224 Didn't know what I meant, didn't "Listen,; Johnny. , . • I'm for it, all Happy
he?" the ruffian jeered, holding lip right. Bled white. , , Listen. ,
the packet and the letter in his left 1 never stale anything in •ury life,
hand. ! . . . Tell Dig I said so, and do get
"You damned thief l You foul- par-- the letter- to Aunt Patricia, . , . You
iah-dogl" I shouted, and, in a second, mustn't wait for the relief. . Le -
his revolver was at nay face. jaunt's body. They'd shoot you,
"Stated back, you swine," he growl- • , . Get a camel' and save yourself.
ed, "Back further. Blick, I say. .'. In the dark tonight , . • If you
movement, overnent, and T should be +
cant get sway, say 1 billed iejaunc.
dead. And a gond thing, too, but I . I helped to, anyhow , . .
had a word or two to say first. As I I do not know what I said.
THOMAS FELLS steal ei back, he hovered the rt,voi "Ne. Listen. . . Those letters.
-- AUCTIONEER --- ver and smiled horribly."ot1 are to leave ant irx inc.
REAL ESTATE SOLI) "1 didn't know that Men cretat . Leave it in xray hand. ,:.. Con-
A thorough knowledge of Farm round robbing the dead, after a fight, fessirn, . , 1)o the thing thoroughly.
Stock
--- I'hryne 23x, Wrngham = Lejaune," I said. 9 thought that was . No need for you. and Dig to
carry on with the game now, .
You trust get the confession publish-
ed or it's all spoilt. ."
"You've nothing to confess, Beatt,
old •chap," I said: •, "Half a min-
ute, I'm going to get some brandy."
His fingers closed :weakly on niy
sleeve: "Don't be an ass, Johnny," he
whispered. "Confession's the whole
thing, . Leave it where it'll be
found of I'll haunf you, .. Geese
J. ALVIN FOX
DRUGLESS PRACTITIONER
CHIROPRACTIC AND.
DRUGLESS' PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Phone rgr..
ro-xe a.m., 2-5, .7-8 pan, o
by appointment.
Hours:
GEORGE A. SIDDALL
-----Broker--- '
Phone 73. Lucknow, Ontario
Money to lend on first and second
mortgages on farm and other real es-
tate properties at a reasotiable rate of
interest, also on first Chattel mort-
gages on stock and on personal notes.
A few farms on hand for sale orto
rent on easy terms.
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Phones. Office ran, Resid, ee4
A. J. WALKtR.
FURNITURE DEALER'
W and—
FUNERAL DIRECTOR CTOR a
Motor Eguiptttent
WINGHAM, ONTARIO
.tliY,Ytaqultntrmrunlul,ilYtismi nlU"1iYYiiltitt1tioltokiralli
left to Arab women—of the vilest
Sort. . You dirty, thieving cur
—You should be picking over dust-
bins in the Paris gutters, not defil-
lig an honorable uniform—chiffon-
flier"
Lejaune bared his teeth and laugh-
ed unpleasantly. " A fine funeral ora-
tion from a jewel-thiJf!" he snarled,
"Any rnore granrl;'sentitnents before
I blow out 'what brains you have?
;Len, , . VI, 1+� �.� 1.:u;Gi,i 9 1;:a
Hunting Grounds.
Beau.
P.S.—Don't come . near me there,
though, if you destroy that confes-
sion.'
I put the letter down and= looked
at his face. Peaceful, strung, digni-
fied, and -etherealised beyond its us -
vial fineness and beauty.... I closed
his eyes'.. and folded his hands Moon
his chest, • .. How could I let this
thing happen—let the world have con-
firmation of the suspicion that Mich-
ael was a despicable mean thief? Or
rather, how could I publish to a world
that knew little or nothing about the
affair, that Michael had done s�uch;.`a
miserable deed? .
I looked at his face again. How
could I, disobey his last instructions,
refuse his last request? Nor was it
a request made impulsively, on the'.
spur of the moment. He had thought
it alt out, and written it down long
ago, in case of just such an event as
had happened --his prledeeeasing tie.
(Continued nen week)
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