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ABNER GQSENS, Agent, Wingharn
J. W. DODD
Office in Chisholm Block
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT
AND HEALTH
--- INSURANCE
AND REAL ESTATE
P. O. Box: 360 V..hone 240
IINCrHAIUi, » - ONTARIO
J. YY a BUS}IF° IEiLD
Barrister, Solicitor, 'Notary, Etc.'
Honey to Loan
Office ---Meyer Block, Witigham
Successor to Dudley Holmes
R.
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BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC.
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Wingham. Ontario
J, A. MORTON
BARRISTER, ETC.
Wingbam, Ontario
DR. Q, H. ROSS
Graduate Royal College of Dental
Surgeons
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Office over H. E. Isard's Store.
But the pian he spoke to was al-
ready the other side of the room,
standing before the telephone and
shaking up and down the little hook
which supports the receiver.
"Give me the dining roans, please,"
we heard him say. "The dining room?
This is Mr. Ashton. I'd like to.speak
with Wilkins."
It was easy to guess the nature of
the reply he got to that request, from
the question or two which he inter-
jected into it and from his attitude
as he turned away and hung up the
receiver.
"It's as I thought. He's not been in
the dining room since he went off,
duty after the dinner hour,. They won-
dered what had become of him, and
sent a messenger up to his room in
theservants, quarters. Themessenger
reports the room locked and dark."
"He hasan hour's clear start,' ex-
claimed the doctor, "thanks to my stu-
pidity."
"Well" said Ashton, "be hasn't got
off yet, by.any means. It's a straight
police case now, and I think . they're
IL W. COLBORNE, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Medical Representative D. S. C. R.
Phone 54 Wingham
Successor to Dr. W. R Hsmbly
DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND
M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Load.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Dr. Chisholm's old stand.
DR. R. L. STEWART
tS;raduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Office in Chisholm Block
Josephine Street. Phone ag
Dr. Margaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
'Faculty of M edi;cine
tice—Josephine hm S
etwo doors south
St,
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones: Office alit, Residence '=sa
DR. G. W.'FIOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John" Galbraiith's Store
F.' A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
All 'Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence next to
,Anglirsu Church on Centre Street.
Sundays by appointment:
Hours .g a.m. to S p.m.
Osteopathy Electricity
Telephone aye.
A. R.e&F..E.DU AL
Licensed Drugless Practitioners,
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy.
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic
College, Tor. onto, and National ;Col-
lege Chicago.
Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry
Store, Main, St.
HOURS::: -5, 7-13.30 p.m-, and
by appointment.
Out of town and night els r
sponded to. .All business confidential.
Phones: Office goo; Residence Eos -r3.
J. ALVIN FOX
DRUGLESS PRACTITIONER
CHIROPRCTIC AND
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Phone rel..
Hours: :act-ia a' re f 5, 7-8 p.m,
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'Here She Is," He Said. Briefly. "Do
You Want Me?"
likely to get hint—if not in this city
n,: 'leas'* before he - or leave the couci-
try which E, undoubtedly aclzat he will
r3esetsersed back to the telephone:
a u :;:a ae d ,~p police headquarters, at -
:nod to, rather, listened a 1110 -
is - -.teething That was being said
biro. ghee tor arra away with a
woe is es.
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uc.: a.1 right," be Said.. "The
sal opera—tor te!l s'r,e: that we: have
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lie • turre vg te end these itaSrl Lorene
,et ihitio rklrid'ry or lat.o t+qr
1. lac .,Irl wr:int to load room end
:dant y has 6-"r,t ;Orr. He says she's
perfectly quina,, not vioh nt at all, tle,al:
tie but she ,, taking on d great deal,:
protesting that her arrest trust be
mistake So it's clear she hasn't gone
off into tete of those subjective states
of hers. But what are we to do with
her? Do you suppose she'd be of
tag
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WINQHA f ADVANCE -TIMES
s
sseennemsocsos
of the death chant, and I saw, by the
little shiver that went over the girl's
body, that the transformation of her
personality had already taken place,
"'Watch," said I to Ashton, "watch.
the girl's face,"
"You've been showing me wonders
tonight," he said in a voice that was
dulled with amazed bewilderment,
"but this is a wonder that out- tops
them all,"
All that was true, for there, under
his eyes, he saw, reappearing in the
body of this English chambermaid, the
strange wild creature he had gone
with us to St. Martin's hospital to
sec, a couple of nights before.
The doctor's voice broke the si-
lence, He spoke to the girl, a single,
short sentence in what T now recog-
nized to be the Maori tongue, Then,
service. to us in getting track of Wil- without a pause, he went on:
kins? She'd probably take pretty good I am speaking in English' now,
care not to. get )tint into trouble, I Fanenna, and you understand me. Tell
suppose, if she suspected that we 'me that it is so. " (
really wanted him," Her answer was a sort of clinking
"Tell him to bring her here,' said guttural, impossible one would think
my chief, his eyes shining with excite- for a Western throat to produce.
ment, "We shall be able to use her, "Say it in English "'the doctor coin-
never fear. Yes, have' Mallory bring mended.
Ec es, she said.
her to this room.
Ashton hesitated for an instant. The doctor turned to the detective,
Then transmitted the message; word "ltallory," he said, "you know where.
for word, to Mallory and hung up the Wilkins' �:oont in the hotel is,' don't
receiver:: you?'
"I don't quite ice it," he went 017 des, sir, but it's locked. He's gone.
thoughtfully. "Unless • Wilkins, took off with the key.
her into his confidence, she won't"Don't waste time trying to find an
know anything about him. If he did, other key," said the doctor. "Break
she'll be on her guard not to; betraythe door down and leave it so that
him, and a stupid, stubborn person'we can walk directly in , Then go to
like that sometimes makes a lot of this girl's room, find some warm wra
trouble.' ps, a hat and a cloak and a pair of,.
The doctor's ouly rept} was acont- over -shoes Then get your own hat
ment which sounded a little irrelevant. and overcoat and come back here."
"I told you, didn't I," said he, "that Mallory hesitated ,and cast an in-
in her subjective states her whole syr quiring glance toward Ashton.
tem of sensorynerves seems . to be "Oh, yes," said Ashton with a laugh
abnormally stimulated, almost., to a
"He's the boss.now. You'll take all
hysterical degree?" you're orders from him." •
I had it on my. tongue to ask him
what he meant, when the sound of
footsteps approaching along the cor-
ridor, cut the question short. The
next moment there was a tap on the
door, the detective, Mallory, ushered
Jane Perkins back into our sitting
The doctor sailed. "I think you'll
want your overcoat yourself, and let
mp recommend a cap, if you have such
a thing, rather than a derby. There's
no telling how long we'll be out, an,d
the air is cold tonight with all this
half -frozen dampness in it."
room. While the other two men went on
"Here she is," he said briefly "Do their several
errands ,,Doctor McAli
-
you want irer ter and I found our uIsters and caps.
"Yes," said the doctor; "sit down. The doctor added to his equipment a
You sit down, too, Perkins; here in heavy walking stick and a hugepair
air
the easy chair where you were be- of what he called galoshes.
fore. No, my poor child, there's noth- Ashton was ready as soon as we.
ing to be frightened about. Don't cry. were, and Mallory didn't keep us wait
-
were e're not going to hurt you." ing more than two or three minutes.
The perfect poise and balance of his He was dressed for the expidition
own nerves gas e him a tremendous himself, and he had over his arm the
power of calming the nerves and green cloak, and in his hand carried
quieting, thefears of others. That sin- a rather preposterous fiat, which was
gle sentence, spoken in his calm res- just about the to sort of piece • of mil-
onant voice did more to reassure the
girl than I could have done in an: hour.
"Now you're not afraid any more,
Jane," he went on. "This little mirror,
swinging so, snakes you calm again,
even makes you sleepy. You're going
to sleep already. Your eyelids are
heavy. Your hands are heavy; too,
and quite relaxed,just as they are
when you go to sleep. You're asleep
now; fast asleep."
Once more, and only once„ the doe
for hummed the strange, droning tune ""All of us?" questioned Ashton.
"The girl, too?"
"Yes," said the doctor. "Site's the
important member of this expedition,".
I caught then, and it made my flesh
creep a little; my first inkling of his
purpose. But it was perfectly evident
from Ashton's face that no such idea
had occured to him,
"Hadn't she better be handcuffed to
Mallory?" he asked; as we were leav-
ing the room. "She might give as the
slip,"
"N'o," said the doctor; "she'll follow
-follow like a dog."
We threaded; our way in silence
through the corridors to Wilkins'
room. It was a small room,and ',stay-
ed back iii the corridor with Mallory~
to snake room' for my chief and Ash-
ton to go; in with the girl,
What .1 saw through the doorway
was curious and interesting. Doctor
McAlister strode straight across` to
the wardrobe, flung; open the door of
it, groped for a moment in its interior
with one hand, then withdrew it,
tvaving triumphantly, an old shoe,
And now Ashton's eyes lighted up
with the surmise which had come to
ire a few moments earlier,
"Good God, McAlister!"' lie ex-
claimed, "What are yott going to do?"
"I'm going to find Josiah Haines,
alias Wilkins, if he hasn't'got too long
a start on us,"
As he finished speaking, he ostenta-
tiously euiff'd at the shoe himself, and
held it trttt to tad girl,
"ora bans," said the doctor"jos-
fah Haines."
"Yott can't possibly mean,", t'is:-
claiinrd hellion , 'that you're going to
try to track hint withher, as if -as
if she were a hound! It's impossible,
1'nipossible and horrible, too," he add-
ed with a shiver,:
"So far as horror is concerned,"
said the doctor, "we ea,n't afford to be
sgttearnish, with telephone and tele-
graph wires down; ail over the city,
and likely etiough trolley wires, too.
finery one might expect' Jane Perkins'
taste for 'adornments of this sort to
result in.
The girl got up and huddled herself
into the cloak when the doctor hand-
ed it to her, in a perfectly natural sort
of way, as if it was ai garment with
which she was well acquainted,
"All deady,” asked the doctor.
"Then let's be off. Mallory, you show
us the way. We want to go to Wil-
kins' room first,"
So far
and1 et
so near!
"] must call John by Long
Distance and let him know
I got here all right, Then
neither of us will be worry-
ing. It's wonderful to be
able to visit you like this,
and yet keep as close touch
with home as if 1 were there.
'What must it have been like
in the old days, before Long
Distance made it possible?'
"P11 plaee the call for you
while you are taking off
your wraps."
"That will be fine. Fust ask
for our number.; 124, so I11
get the cheaper Station -tow
Station' rate. In a couple of
days I'll call lip again, iiithe
evening, so I can have a few
wards with the children, too.
The Evening ]tate after 8.30
is really very low."
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He has too great an advantage an us
to warrant our rejecting any means
of finding him that come to hood, even
though they are primitive, As for its
being impossible, that's exactly the
thing we're going to test, I don't be-
lieve it is, The girl scented us half
way across Morgan's study, and
'pointed' us, exactly as a setter pi, hes
e, quail. And she confessed to ne.
that she identified the' man she mur-
dered by his odor."
Without waiting for any reply, he
turned abruptly to the girl and spoke
to her in Maori, asking her a question,
if one could judge from the odd inflec-
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tion of the thick, guttural words. In We were on tlie eighth floor, but the
her eyes already there was a kind of girl was in the act of getting out of a
smoldering fire. The doctor cried out window. Mallory recovered the use of
something more in Maori, and.accom- his muscles first, and rushed forward
in an attempt to forestallwhat seemed
to him dtAliberate attempt at suicide,
"Hold op!" ,cried the doctor, "She's
only going where. Wilkins went. If
there was a way down there for him,
she'll be able to follow him safely."
"And wherever they can go," said
Ashton , ''I guess we can follow."
He started down the corridor as he
spoke. I should probably have agreed
with him, had I not become aware just
then that the door beside which I was
standing opened into the elevator
shaft, and the gauge showed that the
elevator was descending, I signalled
it to stop on the chance that it might
prove useful,
Boy "that, time Ashton had: a}ready
joined Mallory at the window. Ap-
parently one glance was all they need-
ed, for they came hurrying back with
White faces.
"She has worked herself alonga six-
inch ledge," said the lawyer, "to an
iron Otandpipe. It's' not conceivable
that Wilkins went that way."
"Don't forget that he was Bully
Franklin's first mate," said the doctor.
"But this is a better wayfor us. Come
along."
We all four piled into the elevator
and told the boy to drop us, as quick-
ly as he could, right through to the
at a slow, swinging trot, her head bent basement. The excitement in our faces
low and swaying sideways. It, was un- was imperative. He threw the lever
canny to see her. I felt my flesh creep over and let' us down at a tremendous
as 1 set out to follow her. ; rate.
Mallory had not understood, and he "This way," cried Mallory, rushing
made a motion to detain her, but this off in the dark.
a checked s c d bya pre-emptory order
p We lost sight
p Y of him but heard
,
from Ashton. `sounds of a struggle he was having
"Follow along!" cried the doctor. with a badly warped door which evi-
"Keep as close as you' can. We mustn't dently had not been opened in a long
lose sight of her!" time, He conquered it just as we
We had lost sight of her already, came up with him, and the next mo -
for she had turned to the right into a meet, peering out in the 'misty gray
cross corridor. When we reached the light to see whether we had taken
corner where she had, turned, we all the right direction after all, we made
halted, as if some medusa hand had out a dark blurred figure, which was,
suddenly turned us to stone. nevertheless, unmistakable, Still in
The Meredith
is • highbuilding. a 'but ding, that crouching attitude, with bowed,,
The girl Was In the Act of Getting
Out of the Window.
panied.the exclamation with a gesture
of both hands toward the doorway.
The girl' darted out between Mall-
ory and Inc, like some wild beast un-
leashed, and set out down the, corridor
head swaying from side to side, the
girl was working dound in widening
circles, trying to catch the scent.
Presently she caught what she had
been: searching for, straightened up a
little out other crouching attitude, and
set out briskly, at a gait which was
neither precisely a walk nor a run,
but which, if she should keep it up,
would tax our powers to follow.
(Continued next week)
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