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By EDGAR WALLACE
(Continued from last week)
"There was no duplicate key; you
can cut that idea right out," r said
Carver, getting up and dusting his
knees. "I have been into the matter
very thoroughly with the manufac-
turers, and although they each claim
to have the best kind of lock and are
naturally inclined to take an unchar-
itable view •of their rivals, they say
that the maker of our particular key
is reliable, and he says that it was in
the hands of his most trustworthy
man, and that no second key was
ever made. Not only that, but no
drawing of the key was kept. In fact
the lock, just before it was fitted, was
altered by the manufacturers' expert
here, on the premises. I am seeing
him to -morrow, but from what I
learn on the telephone he says that
we can dismiss from our minds the
possibility of there being a dupli-
cate."
"But Walters was making-"
"Walters hadn't finished his job and
even if he had, he could not have fa-
�•hioned a key that would have un-
locked this door, clever as he' was.
No; the blood-stained key is the key
that locked the door. What is more,
it is the key which the old man car-
ried on a thin silver chain round his
neck. We found the broken ends of
the chain in his clothing after the
body was searched. Then again,
there are the bloodstains, both on the
inside and on the outside of the door.
That is the most remarkable feature
f the case, that after the murder
the door was locked both from the
nside and the outside. At one per-
od, after the death of Trasmere, the
murderer must have been locked in
his vault with him. If I did not
know it was an absolute impossibil-
ty I should say that it was locked
finally from- the inside, the key was
placed on the table, and the murder-
er disappeared through some secret
entrance, which we know (very well
does nit exist."'
"Have you tested the roof?"
"I have tested everywhere-roofx
valis, floor and door," said Carver.
A fact which may or may not be
mportant is that there is about an
ighth of an inch of space between
he bottom of the door and the floor.
1• the key had been found on the
oor there would be'no mystery about
he matter, because the murderer
ould have pushed it under and with
flick of his finger, sent it into the
piddle of the room. Here is the sit-
ation in a nutshell." He ticked off
he points on his fingers. "Trasmere
s murdered in a vault, the door of
IA is locked. The murderer is
either Brown,' who has threatened
im, or Walters who has been robbing
im. Inside the locked vault is found
he only key which could open or
lose it. Note this particularly, that
Trasmere was shot in the back."
"Why is that important?"
"As proving that at the moment of
is murder Trasmere was in no fear.
He' was not expecting either to be
hot or hurt. And now we add to the
ituation, which is sufficiently 'baf-
ing, the discovery in the vault of a
ewel-case belonging to an eminent
stress, from whom it has been stol-
n pn the very day of the murder.
This is the case which I must take to
coroners jury. It doesn't look very
ood to me."
It did not "look very good" to the
oroner's jury, which contended itself
week later with returning a verdict
f wilful murder against some person
r persons unknown, and added a
ider expressing its dissatisfaction
with the inefficiency of the police.
The day that verdict was returned,
Ursula Ardfern fainted twice in the
curse of her performance and was
arried home to her hotel in a con-
ation of collapse.
XI
A murder lends to the locality in
hich it is perpetrated a certain left-
nded fame which those of its in-
abitants 'who appear most disgusted
ost enjoy. Human nature being
hat it is, trouble and misery have a
rger sale -value to newspapers than
ave comfort and happiness. Nothing
ekes a newspaper reader more con-
:i'ous of the emptiness of his journal
an to learn that his insignificant
sighbor 'has unexpectedly inherited a
rtune. Therefore'it is only natural
at when the average man or wo n
fids himself or herself promoted
om mere observer to participant,
wever indirect, he or she experi-
ices a queer satisfaction that is no
ss satisfying because it is queer.
The woman •of the house may shud-
ar and make unusual efforts to "keep
from the children," but she listens
vidly, to the cook's inside story of
ie -crime that was committed next
or, and presses for further details.
he man may express his horror and
dignatibn and talk of leaving his
use and finding another in a less
torious neighborhood, but for years
will point out to his visitors and
nests the window of the room where
ae fell deed was done.
Opposite to Mayfield was the home
John Fergusson Stott, who, in addi-
on to being a neighbor of the late
esse Trasmere, was the employer of
!s nephew. This gave him an es-
ecial title to speak as an Authority.
supported him also in his determ-
!a'tion to Say Nothing.
"It is bad enough, my dear, to be
ving in the street where this ghast-'
crime has been committed. I can-
t afford to be:dragged into the
atter."
He was a small, fat man, very bald
fid' lie wore spectacles of great mag -
ging pov*er.
"Elite says-,-." began his buxom
ife.
Mr. Stott'held up a podgy hand and
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11;1 listened °;irea,Oeetfully 'but rieg-
votlsl-y and we i1 up to her room to
plug the aching; molar with Dr, Bill-
bery',s Kure -Ake.
1t seemed tai Mr. Stott that his head
had scarcely touched the pillow be-
fore there came' a knock upon the
panel of his bedroom door.
"Yes?" he' asked fiercely, in case
it was a burglar who was in this po-
lite manner seeking admission to his
chamber.
r`It is Eline, sir . . . they're
there!"
.Mr. Stott shivered, and, conquer
ing an almost irresistible desire t
closed his eyes. pull the bed -clothes over his head an
. "gervants' gossip?" said he. "Let pretend that he had been talking i
us keep ouof this business. I can- his sleep, he got reluctantly out .
not afford o have my name in the bed and pulled on his dressing gown
papers. Why we should have the As to Mrs. Stott, she never moved
house full of reporters in no time She went to bed, as she had often
And the police too. I had quite trou- said, to sleep.
ble • enough\ over the dog's license, "What is it, Eline-waking me u
without wanting to see the police a- at this time in the morning?" as
gain. Mr. Stott irritably.
He sat soberly in his place before "They are there -the Chinamen.
the window, glaring out at the dark- saw one getting through the window,'
ening street. A light flitted to and said the girl, her teeth chattering, to
fro in one of the upper windows of the serious disturbance of Dr. Bill -
Mayfield, came and went and came bery's Kure -Ake.
again. The police were searching, "Wait a moment until I get my
He was interested. To -morrow, when stick."
he met the men at Toby's, he would Mr.• Stott kept hanging to his bed -
be able to say: "They are still search rail a heavily loaded cane. He had no
ing old Trasmere's house. I saw intention of going nearer to Mayfield
them last night -the house is just than the safe side of his dining -room
opposite to mine." window, but the holding of the stick
Presently the light disappeared for gave him the self-confidence of which
good, and he turned to his wife. he was in need.
"What did Eline say? Ring for Cautiously the girl let up the blind
her." of the dining -room window and un-
Eline was a parlour -maid, grown of fastened the catch. The sash slid up
a sudden from the merest cypher in noiselessly and gave them an uninter-
the great sum of parlour -maids to an rupted view of Mayfield.
isolated •and important factor. "There's one!" whispered Eline.
"`1'm sure it gives me the shivers Standing in the shadow was a fig -
to talk about it, sir," she said. "Little ure. Mr. Stott saw it plainly. They
did 1 ever think I should be mixed up watched in silence for the greater part
in e'. case like this. I'm sure that I'd of half an hour. Mr. Stott had an
die if I was ever called into court to idea that he ought to telephone for
give evidence." the police, but refrained. in the case
"You will not be called into court," of ordinary burglars he would not
said Mr. Stott decisively. "Tilts have hesitated. But these were Chin -
must go no farther, do you under- ese, notorious'l'y clannish and vengeful.
stand that, Eline?" He had read stories, in which China-
Eline said she did, but she seemed men had inflicted diabolical injuries
in no nay pleased that she was to be'upon men who had•betrayed them.
spared the painful publicity. At. the end of the half-hour's vigil
"I've i,ad toothache for the past the door of Mayfield opened and a
fortnight-" man came out joined the other.
ou should have'it out," said Mr. Together they alked up the road, and
Sott. Au opportunity for advising that was th ast Mr. Stott saw of
suffeiers to have their teeth extract- them.
ed is one which no normal man can "Very remarkable," said Mr, Stott
miss. "It is always best to deal dras profoundly,. "I'm glad you called me,
orally with a decaying tooth. Out Eline, I wouldn't have missed this
with it, my girl -well?" for the world. But you must say
"It conies on, about half -past eleven nothing about this, Eline-nothing;
and goes off at two. I could.' set the The • Chinese people are very blood -
cluck by it." thirsty. They would think no more
"Yes, yes.". said Mr. Sott testily, of putting you into a barrel full of
his interest in Eline's misfortune end- sharp -pointed nails and rolling you
ed; "but what did you see at May- down a hill, than I should think of
field?" -er-lacing my shoes."
"I usually sit at the window until So Maple Manor kept its grisly
the pain has gone," said Eline, and secret, and none knew of Yeh Ling's
Mr. Stott resisted the temptation to visit to the house of death or his
tell her that that was the very last search for theetiny lacquer box where -
place in the world where she ought in Jesse Trasmere kept a folded sheet
to sit, "and naturally anything that of thin paper elegantly inscribed in
happens in the street I see. The first Chinese characters by Yeh Ling, in
night 'I was sitting there, I saw a lit- his own hand.
tle motor car drive up to the front of
the house. A lady got out-"
"A lady?"
"Well . she might have been
a woman," admitted Eline. "But she "Ursula Ardfern is leaving the
got out, opened the gaters and drev i stage and is going to live in the
into the garden. '• I thought that was country."
funny, because Mr. Trasmere hasn't Tab made the announcement one
a garage, and I knew there was no- evening when he.came home from the
body staying with him." office.
"Where did the car go?" Rex scarcely seemed interested.
(`Just into the garden. There is "Oh?" said Rex.
plenty of room for it, because it is That was all he said. He seemed
not exactly a garden' -more like a as disinclined as Tab to discuss the
yard than anything. I think she lady.
took the car near the house and •put It was his last night at the Doughty
out all the lights. Then she went up Street flat. He was still suffering
the steps and opened the door. There from shook, and his doctor had ad -
was a light in the passage the first vised a trip abroad. He had suggest -
night, and I saw her taking the key ed that at the end of his vacation he
out before she shut the door. She would return to Doughty Street, but
hadn't been in the house a few min- on this point Tab was' firm.
Utes before I saw a man on a bicycle "You have a lot of money, Babe,"
coming along the road. He jumped he said seriously, "and a man who
down and propped the machine a- has a lot of money has also a whole
gainst the kerb. What struck me a- lot of responsibilities. There are a-
bout him was the funny way he walk- bout a hundred and forty -£lave reasons
ed. Sort of queer little steps he took. why our little menage should be
He was smoking a cigar." broken up, and the most important
"Where did he go?" asked Mr. Sett. from my point of view is, that I will
"Only as far as the gate and leant not be demoralized by livirig cheek
on it, smoking. By and by he threw by jowl with a man'of millions. You
away his cigar and lit another, and I have a certain place to take in society
saw his face -it was a Chinaman!" -certain duties to perform, and you
"Good God!" said Mr. Stott. The can't keep up the position that you
mental picture she conjured of a are entitled to keep in a half -fiat in
Chinaman lighting a cigar in the Doughty street. I don't suppose you
vicinity of Mr. Stott's stately home was ever Want to go to Mayfield to live."
a particularly revolting one. Rex shuddered.
"Just before'the policeman came "I don't," he said, with great earn-
alon'g he went back to his bicycle and estness. "I shall shut the place up
rode away, but after the policeman and let it stand for a few years, until
had passed be came back again and the memory of the crime is forgotten
stood leaning on the gate until the and then perhaps somebody will 'buy
front door of Mayfield opened. Then it. I am pretty comfortable here,
he sort of slunk back to his bicycle Tab."
and rode in the opposite direction- "I am not thinking so much about
I mean opposite to the way he had your comfort as my own," replied
come. He had hardly got out of Tab calmly. "It isn't going to do me
sight 'before I saw the lady come a lot of good in any way. •Consider
down and open the gates: Soon af- yourself ejected."
ter she brought out the car, got down, Rex grinned.
closed the gates again, and drove a- He sailed for Naples the next af-
way. And then I saw the Chinaman te'rnoon, and Tab went down to the
riding behind and pedalling like mad, boat to see him off. No mention of
as if he was trying to catch up the Ursula Ardfern was made until the
car." landing bell was ringing.
"Extraordinary!" said Mr. Stott. "I am holding you to your promise,
"This happened once?" Tab, to introduce me to Miss Ard-
"It happened every night -Friday fern," he said, and frowned as though
was the last night," said Elino im- at some unhappy recollection. ,"I
pressively-/'the lady in the car, the wish to heaven she hadn't been mixed
Chinaman and everything. But on up in the business at all. How on
Sunday night two Chinamen came, earth do you account fot her jewel.
and one went into the garden and case being in poor Uncle Jesse's
was there for a long time. I knew vault? By the way, the key of that
the other one was a Chinaman be- devil room is in my trunk if the po-
cause he walked so curiously. But lice want it. I don't suppose they
they didn't come on bicycles. They will, for they have the other key
had a car, which stopped at the far now."
end of the street." He had asked this question about
"Remarkable!" said Mr. Stott, and Ursula's jewels so many times before
stroked his smooth face. that Tab could not keep count of
Eline had finished her story, but them. Therefore, he did not attempt
was reluctant to surrender her posi• to supply a satisfactory solution.
tion as new gleaner. Standing on the pier he watched
"The police have been taking things the . `big ship gliding down the river,
away from the house all day," re- and on the whole was glad that the
ported the observer, `boxes and companionship had broken up. He
trunks. The girl at Pine Lodge told liked Rex and' Rex liked him, and
me that they are leaving there to- they `had shared happily the mild
bight. They've been keeping gnard vicissitudes which came to young men
on the house ever since the murder." with large ambitions and limited in -
"Very, Ivery extraordinary; very_re- comes. Of the two, Tab had been
markable," said Mr. Stott, " ant I the richer in the old days, and had
don't think that it is any business of often hefted `' the ether thrott'}lgb the
ours. No. 'Thanis you, nine,. a mor ssef vo'lrie'b 'grip the:: aMclea of
uld certainly have that tooth out. 4,1w11„....6 . .matically 1itt rtbayonrid'
lou mustn't be a baby, ani. Atncrieast ii r tnn3And now Dabe 'tithe 1
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calm waters: for evermore superior
to the favours of crabbed uncles and
business -like employers; no more
would he start at every knock the
postman rapped, or scowl at the let-
ters which arrived, knowing that more
than half of them were bills he could
not hope to satisfy.
Nearly a month had passed since
the inquest, and all that Tab had
heard about Ursula was that she had
been very ill and was now in the
country, presumably. at. the Stone Cot-
tage. He had some idea of going
down to see her, but thought better
of 4t.
Meanwhile he had made respectful
inquiries about the girl who had so
impressed him.
Ursula Ardfern's story was a cur-
ious one. She had appeared first in
a road company, playing small parts
and playing them well. Then with-
out any warning, she blossomed forth
into management, took a lease of the
Athenaeum, and appeared playing a
secondary role in an adaptation of
Tosca -the lead being in the capable
hands of Mary Farrelli. The dram-
atic critics were mollified by her mod-
esty and pleased with her acting: said
they would like to see her in a more
important part, and, hoped that her
season would be prosperous. They ask-
ed, amongst themselves, who was the
man behind the show, and found no
satisfactory answer. Then Tosca
came off, after a run of three months:
she staged The Tremendous Jones,
which played for a year, and this time
she was the leading actress. She
had gone from success to success,
was on the very threshold of a great
career. The simple announcement
that she had retired from the stage
for ever was not very seriously be-
lieved. Yet it was true. Ursula Ard-
fern had appeared for the last time
before the footlights.
The day that Rex sailed she saved
Tab any further cogitation by writ-
ing to him. He found the letter at
the office.
"Dear Mr. Holland. -I wonder if
you would come to the Stone Cottage
to see me? I promised you rather a
sensational 'story' though I realize
that it will lose much of its import-
ance because I will not have my name
mentioned in connection."
Tab would have liked to have gone
then and there. He was up the next
morning at six, and chafed because
he could not in decency 'arrive at the
house much before lunch.
It was a glorious June day, warm,
with a gentle westerly wind; such a
day as every doctor with a convales-
cent patient in his charge hails with
joy and thankfulness.
She was reclining where he had
seen her on his first visit to Hert-
ford, but this time she did not' rise,
but held out a thin white hand, which
he took with such exaggerated care
that she laughed. She was paler,
thinner of face, older looking in some
indefinite way.
"You won't break it," she said. "Sit
down, Mr. Tab."
"I like Mr. Tab very much better
than I like Mr. Holland," said Tab.
"It is glorious here. Why do we
swelter in the •towns?"
"Because the towns pay us our sal-
aries," she said dryly. "Mr. Holland,
will you do something for me?"
He longed to tell her that if she
asked him to stand en his head, ar
lie down -whilst she wiped her feet
upon him, she would be gladly obey-
ed. Instead:
"Why, of course," he said.
"Will you sell some jewels for me?
They are those which were found' --in
poor Mr. Trasmere's vault."
"Sell your jewels," he said in am-
azement, "why? Are you-" he
checked himself.
"I am not very poor," she said
quietly. 1"I have enough money to
line on 'without working again -my
last play was a very great success,
and happily the profits-" She stoo-
ped dead. "At any rate, I am not
poor."
"Then why sell your jewellery? Are
you going to buy others?" he blurted
out.,
shook her head, and a smile
dawned in her eyes.
"No, my plan is this: I am going
to sell the jewellery for what it is
worth, and then I want you to dis-
tribute the money to such charities
as you think best."
"He was too astonished to answer,
and she went on: -
"I know very little about charities
and their values. I know in some
cases all the money subscribed is
swallowed up in officials' salaries. But
you will know these."
"Are you serious?" he at last found
his voice to ask.
"Quite," alae nodded gravely. "I
think they are worth from twelve to
twenty thousand. I am not sure.
They are mine," she went on a little
defiantly, and unnecessarily so,
thought Tab, "and I may do as I
wish with them. I want them to be
sold and the money distributed."
"But, my dear Miss Ardfern' ---"
he began.
"My dear Mr. Holland!" she mock-
ed him, "you- must do as I tell you if
you are going to help me at all."
"I'll certainly carry out your wish-
es," he said; "but it is a weighty lot
of .money to give away."
"It is a weightier lot of money to
keep," she said quietly. "There is
another favour I ask -you must not
write that I am the donor. You can
describe me as a society woman, a re-
tired tradeswoman, or as anything
you like; eiteept as an actress; aa(t of
course spy name must let
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kept ttjl at the
cent d'l% iia..
ger yesterd4',. A11si1t°t t!lu
business Ja over, cg]eret 7I1'ide
lun'eli."
Tit was very dear to 1ta a der
lug on . his arra; her dependastee t't
led hint Re wanted to take her
in his arms and carry her through;
that sweet-amellin'g place, slowly ands
with dignity, as nurses carry sleeping!'
babies. He wondered what she w�oul
think and say if,she gaers'sed ins
thoughts.It made him hot to e'otl
cider the ,possibility for a seeo'hd.
She did not go direct to the Mouser
but took him through a sunken patch
hidden by low 'bushes, and he stopped
and admired, for here a master hand
had laid out a Chinese garden r,vith
tiny bridges and dwarf o trees and.
great clumps of waxen rock flowers
that harboured a faint and' delicate
scent, a hint of which came up to
him.
"You were thinking of carrying
me," she said, a propos of nothing.
Tab went a fiery red.
"But for the proprieties, I should
like it. Do you like babies, Mr.
Tab?"
"`I love 'em," said he, glad to reach
a less embarrassing topic.
"So do I -I have seen so many
when I was a child. They are won-
derful. It seems to me'that they are.
so near to the source of life, they
bring with them the very fragrance
of God."
He was silent, impressed, a little
bewildered. Where had she seen "so
many" babies? Had she been a
nurse? She had not been talking for
effect . . . He knew an actress
once, the only other one he had inter-
viewed, who had quoted Ovid and
Herrick and talked with astonishing
ease and fluency on the Byzantine
Empire. IHe learnt from a friend that
she possessed an extraordinary mem-
ory, and had read up these subjects
before he came, in order to get a
good story about herself. She had
the story.
No, Ursula was different. He wis'li-
ed he had lifted her up in his arms
when she had spoken about being
carried.
Over the meal the talk took a per.
s'onai turn.
"Have you many friends?" she
asked.
"Only one," smiled Tab, "and he's
now so rich that I can scarcely call
him a friend. Not that Rex would
not repudiate that."
"Rex?"
"Rex Lander," said Tab, "who, by
the way, is very anxious to be intro-
duced to you. 'He is one of your
most fervent admirers," Tab felt
that he was, being very noble indeed,
and he experienced quite a 'virtuous
glow at his own unselfishness.
"Who is he?" she asked.
"He is' old Trasmere's nephew."
"Why, of course," she said quick-
ly, and went red. "You have spoken
about him before."
•' Tab tried to remember. He was
about certain that he had •never men-
tioned Rex to the• girl.
"So he is very rich? Of course he
would be. He was Mr. Trasmere's
only nephew:"
6z
"You saw that in the newspaper?"
"No; I guessed, or somebody told
me; I haven't read any account of the
murder, or any of the proceedings. I
was too ill. He must be very rich,'
she went on. "Is he anything like
his uncle?"
Tab smiled. 9
"I can't imagine two people more
dissimilar," he said. "Rex is-wel!,
he's rather stoutish," he said loyally,
"and a lazy old horse. Mr. Trasmere
on the contrary, was very thin and,
for his ag emarkably 'energetic.
When did 1 mention Rex?" he asked.
She shook her head.
"I can't recall the time and place.
Please don't make me think, Mr. Hol -
land. Where is Rex now?"
"He has gone to Italy. He sailed
yesterday," said Tab, and thereupon
the girl's interest in Rex Lander
seemed to suffer eclipse.
"I should like to have had Tras-
mere's real story," said Tab; "he must
have lived an interesting life. It is
rather curious that we found nothing
in the house reminiscent of his Chin-
ese experience but a small lacquer
box, which was empty. The Chinese
fascinate me."
"Do they?" she looked at him
quickly; "they fascinate me in a way
by their kindness."
(Continued next week.)
Dutch Apple Pie.
Line a deep pie plate with pie crust,
then place quartered apples in neat
rows on the pastry, until the dish is
filled. Over the apples pour the fol.
lowing mixture: One cupful wh.ite
sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls flour and en-
ough sour cream to make a smooth
paste. Buttermilk may be used, and
if it is, dot the pie with bits of butter
and bake in moderate oven until the
apples are soft.
A Delicious Deep Apple Pie.
Fill a deep, round dish solidly with
sliced apples. For seven apples mix
one-fourth a teaspoonful of salt with
three-fourths a cup of sugar, and use
to sprinkle over the layers of apples.
When the dish is filled, pour two
tablespoonfuls of molasses over the
top and dot with small bits of butter
Cover the dish and set on the top of
the stove, where the apples will heat:
through and soften -not boil -for 5
minutes. Remove, cool slightly, and
cover with plain pastry and bake at
450 deg. F. for forty minutes, reduc-
ing the heat to 350 deg. F. for the
last twenty minutes of baking. Serve
with whipped cream.
For An Unusual Fruit Pie.
Follow your regular apple pie re •
cipe, substituting crushed pineapple
fer half the apple. It is different
from either apple or pineapple pia
Fairy Apple 1'ie.
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"I began, to feel easily"
tired," writes Ma Margaret
White, of Parry Sound, "end ;
when I rat dorm to a meal!
fdt I did not want to eat.. A
doctor told me I vas anaemic
but I made Bide progress
with his meJjciae. When I
started taking Dr. WilSam,e
Pink Pills I soon noticed -that
my appetite was improving,
that the headaches ceaseless
frequently and that I was not
so eastiy tired. Now my
weight has increased, my
dunks are rosy and every
ache and . pain has tom-
ished."
PER BOAS
Dr. s'
PINK PILLS
"A HOUSEHOLD NAM
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apples (tart), rub them through a
sieve and sweeten to taste. Cool; beat
the whites of 3 eggs until stiff ani
dry, add the chilled apple pulp and
beat again. If desired a few gratings
of the yellow portion of a lemon rind.
may be added for flavor. Turn mix-
ture into a half-baked pastry shell and
finish baking. Serve hot with plain
or whipped cream and sugar.
LONDON AND WINGHAM
North.
a.m. p.rn.
Centralia 10.36 SA/
Exeter 10.49 5.54
Hensall 11.03 6.08
Kippen 11.08 6.1a
Brucefield 11.17 6.22
Clinton 12.03 6.42
Londesboro 12.23 7.02
Blyth 12.32 7.11
Belgrave 12.44 7.29
Wingham 1.00 .7.48
South.
Wingham
Belgrave
Blyth
Londesboro ...
Clinton
Brucefield ...
Kippen
Hensall .....
Exeter
Centralia
am.
6.45
7.03
7.14
7.21
7.40
7.58
8.05
8.13
8.27
8.39'
C. N. R. TIME TABLE
East.
p.m.
3.05
8.23
3.57
8.45
4.08
4:28
4.36
4.49
4.58
5.08
a.m. 'part.
Goderich 6,20 2.20
H'olmesviIle 6.36 2.37
Clinton 6.44 2.50
Seaforth 6.59 3.08
St. Columban '7.06 3.15
Dublin 7.11 " 3.22
West
a.mp.m. p.nI.
Dublin 11.27 5.38 10.04
St. Columban. 11.32 5.44
Seaforth 11.43 5.53 10.17
Clinton , . , 11.59 6.08-5.43 10.81
Holmesville 12.11 7.05 10.40
Goderich 12.25 7.10 10.57,
C. P. R. TIME TABLE
East.
Goderich
Menset
McGaw
Auburn
Blyth
Walton
McNaught
Toronto
West.
Toronto
McNaught ,
Walton
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1
a.m.
5.50
5.55
6.04
6.11
6.•25
6.4G
0.52
10.20
am.
7,40
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