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CLUE OF
NEW PIN
By EDGAR WALLACE
(Continued from last week)
"You know them; have you lived
in China?"
She shook her head.
"I lulaw +Ane or two," she said, arid
paused as though she were consider-
ing whether it was advisable to say
any mare, "When I first came to
town from service -i--"
He gaped at her.
"I don't quite get tha�by'seiv'ice'
-what do you mean? You don't
mear, dome! tic service ecu
weren't a cook or anything?" he s sti-
ed jocularly, and to his amazement
she nodded.
"I was a sort of tweeny maid; peel-
ed
eek
ed potatoes and washed dishes," she
said calmly. "I was only thirteen at
the time. But that is another story,
as Mr. Kipling says. At this age,
and before 'I went to a school, I met
a 'Chinaman whose son was very ill.
He lodged in the house where I was
staying. The landlady wasn't a very
humane sort of person, and being
Chinese, she thought the poor little
boy had some mysterious Eastern dis-
ease which she would 'catch,' I nurs-
ed him, in a way," sae said apologetic-
ally, but Tab knew that the apology
I not for her condescension, but
I • her lack of nursing skill. "The
I • was very poor then, a waiter
n a native restaurant, but he was ev-
er so grateful. Quite an extraordin-
ary man -I have seen him since."
"Arid the child?"
"Oh, he got better -his father was
dosing him with quaint proprietary
medicines. I think he was suffering
rom enteric fever, and nursing is the
only thing that cures that. He's in
China now -quite an important Per-
on."
"I should like to have that other
tory," said Tab. "Kipling gets my
goat. That 'other story' of this is
never old. I think he must have had
hem in his mind when he referred to
hem, but he got lazy on it."
"My other story must keep," she
riled. "Some day perhaps
but not now. The father of
he boy laid out my little Chinese
arden by the way."
Tab had come by train and there
was a long walk to the station. He
tayed to the 'very last moment, and
hen had to hurry to catch the one
ast express of the afternoon. He
ad gone a leisurely hundred yards
rom the front gate (you cannot walk
ask if you turn around at intervals
or a glimpse of a cool white figure)
when he saw a dusty roadloafer coni-
ng toward • him. The awkward gait
f the walker, his baggy clothes, the
uge Derby hat pulled down to .his
ars, attracted Ta'b's' attention long
Is( he could distinguish the man's
eatures. When he did, it was with
spasm of surprise. The walker was
Chinaman, and carried in his hand
flat packet.
The Oriental deviated from the
straight path to cross the road. With-
ut a word he carefully unwrapped a
it paper cover and exposed a Tet-
er. It was addressed to "Miss Ursu-
a Ardfern, Stone Cottage," and on
he wrapper Tab saw a number of
hinese characters which he guessed
ere directions to the messenger.
"Tell," said the man laconically. He
vidently knew little English.
"That house on the left," said Tab,
ointing. "How far have you come,
bink?"
"Very well," said the man, and tak-
gnthe letter, folded it again in its
overing and trotted off.
Tab looked after him, wondering.
ow curious a coincidence, he thought
hat they should have been talking
bout the Chinese only half an hour
efore? c
He had to run, and then only
aught the train as it was pulling out
f the station.
The inexorable and constitutionally
scontented news -editor was not at
11 satisfied with the story as Tab
wrote it. h
"It loses half its value if we can't
give her name," he complained; "and o
Iter we''�•e started the interest going,
he Herald, or some other paper, will
rid out who is the owner of the
ewels and get all the fat of the h
tory. Can't you persuade her?" s
Tab shook his head. t
"What's the great idea -is she go- I
ng into a convent or something?"
"She didn't mention it," said Tab
Tel "There it is -take it or
ave it, Jacques. It is a good item,
nd if you don't like it, I'll take it
to the chief."
A threat which invariably ended all
scussion, for Tab was an important
P( on the staff of The Mega -
hone, and his word carried weight.
XIII
Mr. Stott combined the implacable
ualities of the feudal lord with an
miable leaning toward the society
at approval of his fellow men. There
was a cafe near his office which was
xtensively patronized by grave busi-
ess men -directors, bank managers,
Aid superior'•cashiers. The price of
undheon had been scientifically fixed
y the proprietor, so that whilst it
was within the means of men a sub-
tance and standing, it was just be-
nd the reach of those whose limit -
incomes did not permit the luxury
lunching at Toby's, though it was
ell worth the money to sit at meat
with men Who had offices labelled
Private," and drove to their busi-
ssesein polished limousines.
Mer. Stott referred to the wistful
1k who passed the door of Toby's to
swallowed up in less exclusive es-
blisliments, as the hof polloi, which
ttnd'erstobd was an Italian expres-
en. Toby's had almost aegnired the
attic' of h club. Occasionally, ignot-
tt strangers wandered in to test the
4ity fhC•i
Jot W..7_ilr.�'
gastronomical excellence of the kit-
chen, and these were usually accom
niodated in obscure corners away from
the hearing of intimate gossip.
Mr. Stott had recently become a
person to be listened to with respect
and the necessity for keeping the
regular patrons of Toby's aloof from
the vulgar herd was doubly urgent by
reason of the very important matters
that had to be discussed.
"What I can't understand, Stott,"
said one of his hearers, "is why the
devil you didn't send for the police?"
Mr. Stott smiled mysteriously.
"The police should have been here,"
he said; "and by the way, I need not
remind you fellows that what I say
to you is in absolute confidence. I am
scared out of my life lest that bab-
bling servant of mine starts talking.
You can never trust these gossiping
girls. I confess, though, that I had
half a mind, not to send for the po-
lice, but to tackle the Chinks myself.
I should have done it, too, but the
girl was so frightened of being left
alone."
"Have they tome since?" asked an-
other interested hearer.
t'No; nor the woman -you remem-
ber that I told you .of the woman who
used to drive up to Mayfield every
night in her car?"
"It seems to me that the police
ought to know," interrupted the first
speaker. "One of your servants is
bound to talk. As you say, you can't
trust 'em! And then the authorities
will want to know why you haven't
reported the matter."
"It is not my business," said Mr.
Stott pharisaically. "It is for the po-
liee to get busy. I'm not at all sur-
prised that the coroner's jury made
the remark they did. Here is a man
murdered "
He exhibited the crime graphically.
"At any rate, I'm keeping out of it
-these Chinese criminals are dan-
gerous fellows to monkey with."
He had paid his bill and was walk-
ing out of the cafe when somebody
touched him on the arm, and he swung
to see a tall, melancholy and the long
faced man.
"Ex'cuse me; Mr. Stott, I ;believe?"
"That is my name. I haven't the
pleasure-"
"My name is Carver. I am an In-
spector of Police, and I want you to
tell me something atbout what was
seen outside' Mayfield, both before and
after the murder."
Mr. Stott's face fell.
"That servant of mine has been
talking," he said, annoyed; "I knew
she couldn't keep her mouth shut."
"I know nothing about your serv-
ant, sir," said Carver sadly, "but I
have been sitth ... Toby's for the
past three days and I have heard
quite a lot. It sounded to me almost
as if you were the principal speaker
on the subject, but maybe I was mis-
taken."
"I shall say nothing," said Mr. Stott
firmly, and the detective sighed.
"I shouldn't hurry to make up my
mind on that subject if I were you,"
he said; "it is certain to be a difficult
business explaining to the Public
Prosecutor why you have kept silence
so long . . . it looks very suspic-
ious, you know, Mr. Stott."
Mr. Stott was aghast.
"Suspicious me
Good heavens! Come to my office, Mr.
Carver . suspicious! I knew
I should be dragged into it! I'll fire
Eline to -night "
When Tab in the course of duty
called that night at the station, he
heard the story from Carver.
"If the poor nut had only had the
pluck to telephone to the police when
bhe girl first told him the story, we
ould have caught those birds. As it
is, there's no sense in keeping the
house under observation any longer.
Who was the woman? That puzzles
me. Who was the woman who night
after night garaged her car in Tras-
mere's garden and let herself -into the
ouse, carrying a square black bag?"
Tab did not answer. The identity
f the woman was no mystery to him.
She was Ursula Ardfern.
The fabric of supposition fitted
piece to piece. He remembered how
e had come upon her in the deserted
treets at dawn, surveying a burst
ire, and the plainness of her dress.
nside the car was a square black case
but--- •
Ursula.werkiing hand in glorve with
Chinamen; Ursula privy to these
stealthy comings and goings, these
midnight burglaries at Mayfield ?
That was •unthinkable.
their reason for breaking
in after we had left the place is be-
yond me," Carver was saying. "I can
only suppose that they hoped that we
had overlooked something of value."
"In Mayfield . . . there is noth-
ing there now?"
"Only the furniture and one or two
articles we took away but have sins
returned, such. as the green lacquer
box. As a matter of fact, they only
went back{ yesterday. Mr. Lander
thought of selling all the furniture
and effects by auction, and l: believe
that before he left he put the matter
in the hands of an agent. The China-
men intrigue me," he said, "though it
is by no means certain that both Stott
and his servant aren't mistaken. I
gather they were considerably panic-
stricken, and even I wouldn't under-
take to distinguish a Chinaman from
a European by the light of a match."
Tab went up into Carver's private
office, and they sat ,talking until close
on eleven 'o'clock, at which hour their
conversation was violently interrupt-
ed by the ring of the telephone.
"Call through for you, sir," said
the voiee of the sergeant on the desk,
and a second later Carver recognized
the 'agitated voiee of Mr. Stott.
"They're here nett! They've jast
gone in! The woman has opened the
door t eyf've Nat go' o,' in 9
"Virile t Is that Stott --0
"a desk e, •006 0
clulclk>�r.
"Fees! I law tcbo ;with my
eta*, The ro>rarMa}i'i edl` ie',outside the
door,"•
"Go and get its Muuber ick,"
said Carver sharply; "find a police
Alan and tell hien, and. if you can't
and one detain the' woman yourself."
He heard Mr, Stott's feeble expos-
tulation, and jum�ged' for his hat.
They boarded the, first taxi -cab they
could tlnd, and raced through the
town at a break -neck pace, turning
into one end of the quiet avenue in
which Mayfield was situated, just as
the tail lights of a car turned the
corner at the other end,
Mr. Stott was standing on the side
- walk, pointing. dumbly, but with hys-
terical gestures, at the place where
the car had been.
"They've gone," he said hollowly.
"`Couldn't find a .policeman; they've
gone!"
"So I notice," said Carver. "Did
you take the number of the car?"
Mr. Stott shook his head and made
a choking noise in his throat. Pres-
ently he commanded his speech.
"Covered over with black paper,"
he said.
"Who was it?"
"A Chinaman and a woman," said
the other.
"Why in hell didn't you stop them,"
snapped Carver.
"A Chinaman and a woman," re-
peated Stott miserably.
"What was she like ?"
"I didn't get near enough to see,"
Mr. Stott made the confession with-
out shame. "There ought to have
been •police here . lot of police
It is disgraceful. I am go-
ing to write to the -1--"
They left him quivering threats.
Carver ran across the concrete gar-
den, unlocked the door and switched
on all the lights in the hall. Nothing
so far as he could seen, had been dis-
turbed. The door to the vault was
locked, and had not been tampered
with. Apparently the dining room
bad The fireplace was a (broad deep
cavity lined with red brick, and point-
ed with a yellow cement. An electric
radiator had replaced the stove, and
Carver had made a very thorough ex-
amination, both of the recess and of
the wide chimney above. But he saw
at a glance that his inspection had
been short of perfect. One of the
bricks had been taken aut. It lay on
the table, with its steel lid open, and
Carver surveyed it thoughtfully.
"That is one on me," he said. "It
oaks like the face of a brick, doesn't
it? Look at that artistic cement
pointing all round the edge? It. isn't
cement at all, but steel. In fact, this
must be about the only secret drawer
in the house. I ought to have made
more thorough inquiries from the
builders."
The box was empty, except for a
tiny rubber band. They found its
fellow on the table.
"There was something of import-
ance in that box which has been tak-
en out- probably a bundle of papers;
more likely two bundles. The rub -
bar bands suggest two. Anyway,
they've gone."
He glanced round the room.
"And the green lacquer box has
gore "' he said. "I know it was here,
because I put it on the ftitintleshelf
with my own hands."
He opened the door leading to the
vault and satisfied himself that no-
boc y had gained admission to the un-
derground room.
"We had better go along and see
this police critic," he said grimly.
It appeared that he had done Mr.
Stott an injustice, for, greatly fear-
ing, he had crossed the road whilst
the rpeople were in the house, and he
had made honest attempts to find a
policeman, having sent the toothachy
Eline on that errand, which was suc-
cessful, if the success was somewhat
belated, for the . policemen arrived
with her whilst the Inspector was
talking to the merchant.
"I not only crossed the road," said
Mr. Stott, "but I went inside the gar-
-den. They must have seen me, for
the light in the dining room went out
suddenly, and they came flying down
the steps together."
"And passed you, of course?"
"They did not pass me," explained
Mr. Stott emphatically, "because I
was on the other side of the road be-
fore they were out of the gate. I do
not think anything would have pass-
ed me."
' "What was the woman like?" ask-
ed Carver again.
"I have an idea she was young, but
I did not see her face. She was
dressed in black, and, as far as I
could see, veiled. The other man was
small: he only came up to her shoul-
der."
"That is that," said Carver discon-
solately, when they came away. "They
ought to .have been caught, if that
man had the spunk of a rabbit. You
are very silent, Tab -what are you
thinking?"
"`I am wondering," said Tab truth-
fully, "just wondering."
"What are you wondering?" growl-
ed the other.
"I am wondering whether old Tras-
mere was a much worse man than
any of us imagine," said Tab calmly.
XIV
Early in the morning Tab paid a
fruitless visit to Stone Cottage. The
woman who acted as caretaker told
him that the young lady had return-
ed to town, and it was at the Central
Hotel that he saw her.
Never had he approached an inquiry
-professional or otherwise, with such
reluctance. On most matters Tab
had very definite views. His mental-
ity 'a*as such that he never hesitated
to form judgment, br wavered in his
convictions. That type of mind can-
not understand' in others the vacillat-
ing hesitancy which so often disting-
uishes them in their judgment of peo-
ple and things. And yet, strive as
he did, he could not reduce to a form-
ula his own chaotic feelings in rela-
tion to Ursula Ardfern. One thing
he knew. It was no vicarious inter-
est he was showing -he did not even
in his *We mind' regard himself as
standing for Rex Lander.
Tab thought 'best with as pen in his
hand, yet when in cold blood he en-
deavored to reduce to writing the ex-
act state -ells mind in Mallon to
Urs 1a dfert4 the, whit ,rtikl@et of
'skier to `alt white i':e to t'he mad.
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a ridictllOus ,encagger„ation; Perlia
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"kindness" were a better word.
"Somebody went into Mayfield la
night, accompanied by a Chinaman
and • they got awa)* just before the po-
lice arrived," said Tab awkwardly.
"And that isn't all: that same some-
body has been in the habit of visiting
Trasmere 'between eleven at night and
two in the morning, and this practice
has been going on for a considerable
time."
She nodded.
"I told you I did not know Mr.
Trasmere," she said quietly. "It is
the only lie I have told you. I knew
Mr. Trasmere (very well, but there
were reasons why it would have been
fatal for me to have admitted my
friendship with him. No, °net one lie
-two." She,held up her fingers to
emphasize • her words.
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She shook ;her heath and;_ re
satisfied,
He smiled at her, arid with no oth
word went out A11, doubts that I#
had had as to: his feeling bow:aid h
were now set at rest. He loved th;,
slim girl with the madonna -like flea
whose moods ehanged aa swiftly a
April light, He did not think of Re.' '-.
or the heartache which her message
would bring, until later.
There was no very satisfaetory por-
trait of r Wellington Brown in exist
ence. Oil. the ship which brought hint
from China a fellow passenger bad
taken a snapshot of a group in which
Mr. Brown's face slightly out of focus
loomed foggily. With this to work
on, and with the assistance of Tab;
something like a near -portrait was
constructed and circulated by the po-
lice. Every newspaper carried the
portrait, .every amateur detective in
the country was looking for the man
with the beard, whose gloves had been
ound outside the death chamber of
nesse Trasmere.
Less fortunate was the lot of Mr.
Walter Felling, alias Walters. He had
been in prison, and his portraits, fel
face and profile, were available for
immediate distribution. He watched
the hunt from one of those densely
crowded (burrows where humanity
swelters and festers on the hot days
and nights. In the top room of a
crowded tenement, he grew more and
more gaunt as the days went by,••for
the fear of death was in his heart.
Despite the efficient portraiture . it
is doubtful whether he would. have
been recognized ;by the most lynx-ey
ed policeman, for his beard had reach-
ed a considerable length and suspense
and terror had wasted his plump
cheeks into hollows and cavities that
had changed the very contours of his
face. ,He knew the law; its fatal
readiness to accept the most frag
mentary evidence when a man was
on trial for murder. His very move-
ment ,had been an acknowledgment of
guilt; would be accepted as such by
a judge; who would lay out the dam-
ning points against him with a cold
and remorseless thoroughness.
Sometimes at nights, especially on
rainy nights, he would creep out into
the streets. Always they seemed to
be full of police. He would return in
a panic to'spendr another restless
night, when every creak of the stairs,
every muffled voice in the rooms be-
low, made him jump to the door.
Walters had doubled back to town,
the only safe place of refuge. In
the country he would have been a
marked man and his liberty of short
duration. Avoiding the districts
which knew him well, and the friends
whose loyalty would not stand the
test of a murder charge, he came to
the noisy end of Reed Street, posing
as an out -of -work engineer.
Here he read every newspaper
which he could procure, and in each
journal every line that dealt with the
murder. What had Wellington Brown
to do with it? The app^_arance of
that man in the case bewildered him.
He remembered the visitor from
China very well. So he, too, was a
fugitive. The knowledge brought him
a shade of comfort. It was as though
a little of the burden of suspicion had
been lifted from himself.
One night when he was taking the
air, a Chinaman went pad -padding
past him, and he recognized Yeh
Ling. The proprietor of the Golden
Roof was one of the few Chinamen
in town who seldom wore European
dress, and Walters knew him. Yell
Ling had come to Mayfield on several
eacasions. He had worn European
dress then, and had excited no sur-
prise, for Mr. Trasmere's association
with the Far East was well known.
Yeh Ling must have seen him, for he
had passed at a moment when the
light of a street lamp fell upon Wal-
ters' face. But he made no sign of
recognition, and the fugitive hoped
that Yeh Ling had been absorbed in
his thoughts. Nevertheless he hurries
home again, to sit in his darkened
room and start painfully at every
sound.
Had he known that Yeh Ling had
both seen and identified him, he would
not have slept at al] that night. The
Chinaman pursued his course to the
unsavoury end of Reed Street; chil-
dren who saw him screamed derisive -
y; a frowsy woman standing in a
noorway yelled a crude witticism, but
Yeh Ling passed on unmoved. Turn-
ing sharply into a narrow alleyway
lie stopped before �a.- darkened shop
and tapped upon aside door. It was
o pened at once, and he passed into a
thick and pungent darkness. A voice
hissed a question, and he answered in
the same dialect. Then, without
guide, he made his way up the shaky
stairs to a back room.
"The other was about the lost jewel
case," said Tab huskily.
"Yes," she replied
"You didn't lose it at a11."
She shook her head.
"No, I didn't lose it at all: I knew
where it was all the time; but I was
-panic-stridken, and had to make a
decision on the spur of the moment.
I do not regret it."
There was a pause.
"Do the police,know?" she asked.
"About you? No. I think they
might find out -not from me."
"Sit down." She'was very calm.
Ile thought she was going to explain
and was quite satisfied that the ex-
planation was a very simple one, but
she had no such intention, as her first
words told him.
"I can't tell you now the why of
everything. I am too . what
is the word? Too tense. I am not
so sure that that is the word, either,
but my defences are in being. I dare
not relax one of them, or the whole
would go. Of course I knew nothing
of the murder -you never dreamt I
did?"
He shook his head.
"I did not know until Sunday morn -
ng, when I was driving out to Stone.
Cottage," she said. "It was only by
accident that 1 bought a paper in the
street, and then I made my decision.
I went straight to the police station
with my story of the lost jewel case.
I knew it was in the vault, and I had
to find some explanation."
"'How did it came to be in the
vault?" Tab knew that the question
was futile before it was half out.
",That is part of the other story,"
she smiled faintly. "Do you ,believe
me?"
He looked up at her quickly, and
their eyes met.
"Does it matter whether I believe or
not?" he asked quietly.
"It matters a great deal to me,"
she said, in the same tone.
It was his gaze that fell first
Then, in a different and more cheery
voice, she went on:
"You have to help me, Mr. Tab.
Not in the matter we have' been dis-
cussing -I don't mean that."
"I'll help you in that," said Tab.
"I think you will," she answered
quickly, "but for the moment, ungrac-
ous as it may sound, I do not need
help. The other matter is more per-
sonal. Do you remember telling me
about your friend ?"'
"Rex?" he asked in surprise.
She nodded.
'He went to Naples, didn't he? I
had a letter from him, written on
board."
Tab smiled.
"Poor old Rex. What did he want,
your photograph?"
"More than that," she said quietly.
'You won't think I am horrible if I
betray his confidence, but I must if
you are to help me. Mr. Lander has
done me the honor of asking me to
marry him."
Tab looked at her open-mouthed.
"Rex?" he said incredulously.
She nodded.
"I won't show you the letter, it
would hardly be'fair; but he has ask-
ed me to give my answer in the agony
column of The Megaphone. He says
that he has an agent in London who
will send it by wireless, and I was
wondering-" She hesitated.
"If I were the agent?" said Tab.
'No, I know nothing whatever about
this."
She drew a sigh.
"I'm glad," she said inconsequent-
ly. "I mean, I'm glad that you won't
be hurt even indirectly."
"Do you intend putting in the ad-
vertisement?"
"I have already sent it to the paper,
she said. "Here is a copy." She went
to her writing table and brought back
a slip of paper, and Tab read:
"Rex: What you ask is quite im-
possible. I shall never make any
other reply. U."
"One does get those kind of let-
ters," she said, "and as a rule they
are not worth while answering. Had
I not known . he was a friend
of yours, I don't think I should have
taken the trouble 'yes I would," she
nodded slowly. "Mr. Trasmere's
nephew has certain claims to refus-
al."
"Poor old Rex," said Talb softly. "I
had a wireless from him this morn-
ing, saying that he was enjoying the
voyage."
He took up his hat.
"As regards the other matter, Miss
Ardfern,"he said, "you must .tell me
in your own time, if you wish td' tell
me at all. But you must understand
that there's a very big chance that
the police will trace you, in which
case I may be of assistance. As mat-
ters stand, I am just a sympathetic.
observer."
He held out his hand with a smile,
and she took it and held it in both of
hers.
"For twelve years I have been liv-
ing in a nightmare," she. said; "a
nightmare which my own vanity cre-
ated. I think I am awake now, and
when the police trace me --and I am
so certain they 'will trace me that I
have left the stage-----"
"Was that the reason?" he ex-
claimed' in surprise.
"That is one of the two reasons,"
she staid. "When they trace me, Z
think .I; shall be gihd. There is still;
eomethint of the old Eve iii ' arc" 0",
(Continued next week.)
MOTORS EXTEND AID TO MANY
OTHER LINES
There was a time when many of
the other industries on this continent
rather resented the rapid growth of
bhe automobile, feeling that it was
getting an undue share of the retail
customers' dollars, and that the money
spent on automobiles was money
spent which might have been spent in
other industries to the benefit of those
particular trades.
Quite a different opinion has now
developed, because the automobile, on
the one hand, has so much extended
the usefulness of individuals in their
daily work that it has helped to cre-
ate great numbers of !buyers whose
earning capacity has been so much
enlarged by the use of the car that
they are not only purchasers of ears
but of other articles.
In addition, the aulbom'obile is a
very oomposite product and draws
an 4 wide range of the prodhctb of;
ether industries in its matufateturti
Por •eicarinple,..ori this etilitiniktt heart,
rise 8,00,000 aloedi• .ef 'aiAto b tt,
"UAW ere' "UA - • the A i
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4,4 ,ta"I Rei tll)
rrrnp-V 4
ways, so that the activity of t re •.,ails'
tomo+bile industry has a ve'y direct
bearing upon the prosperity of 'the
railroads.
Eighty-five per cent. of all the rubes:
ber produced is used in the automo*:
bile industry.
Sixty-five per cent. of all the plate
glass produced is used hi the auto-
mobile industry.
The great basic • industry of iron .:
and steel looks to automobile mama
facture for approximately one-fifth of
its output.
In a similar way, the automobile
industry uses 15 per cent. of all the
copper; 18 per 'cent. of all the hard-
wood lumber; 27 per, cent. of all the
lead produced; is directly responsible
for 80 per cent. of all the gasoline
and is a large consumer of cotton and
woollen fabrics.
Hence, while the automotive manu-
facturer does compete for the cus-
tamer's dollar, he also distributes
money he receives over,such a wide
range of industry that pactically the
whole notion is involved in and in-
terested in • the success of the auto-
mobile industry.
The past six months have been quiet
months in the motor tr4,de, largely be-
cause a rather general over -produc-
tion took place in the first half of the
year. Few in the industry are look-
ing for an imanediate return to the
high figures of the correoponding
months in the first quarter of 1929,
but automotive executives generally
feel •strongly that the motor car has
made such a place for itself in the
national life, and that so great a
number of cars are required for re-
placement of existing cars which. have
outlived their usefulness, that there
can be no continued slump in the in-
dustry in anything Pike major propor-
tions. There are many indications at
the present time of a renewed inter-
est en the part of the public in the
new models, and we look forward to
a steadily increasing turnover, month
month, from now until the middle
the season.
b
y
tf
The western peoples are becoming
increasingly contemptuous of the
thing they fought so desperately to
make the world safe for. -Mr. Aldous
Huxley.
LONDON AND WINGHAM
North.
a.m. p.m,
Centralia 10.36 5.4=1
Exeter 10.49 5.64
Hensall 11.03 6.08
Kippen 11.08 6.13
Brucefield 11.17 6.22
Clinton 12.03 6.42
Londesboro 12.23 7.02'
Blyth 12.32 7.11
Belgrave 12.44 7.23
Wingham 1.00 7.45
South.
Winghain
Belgrave ....
Blyrth
Londesboro ...
Clinton
Brucefield ...
Ki mai
I
email
Exeter ...
Centralia
a.m.
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
3.23
3.87
8.45
4.08
4.28
4.36•
4.43
4.58
5.08
a.m. p.m.
Goderich 6,20 2.20'
Holmesville 6.36 2.37
Clinton 6.44 2.60'
Seaforth 6.59 3.08
St. Columban '7.06 8.15'
Dublin 7.11 8.22
Dublin
St. Columban.
Seaforth
Clinton
Holmesville
Goderich
West.
a.m. p.m. p.m.
11.27 5.38 10.04
11.32 5.44 ....
11.43 5.53 10.17
11.59 6.06-5.43 10.31
12.11 7.06 10.40
12,25 7.10 10.67
C. P. R. TIME TABLE
East.
a.m.
Goderich 5.50'
Menset 5.55
McGaw 6.04
Auburn 6.11
Blyth 8.25
Walton ... - ...... 6,48'
McNaught 6.52
Toronto 10.25
West.
a.m.
Toronto 14G
McNaught . 11.46
Walton , r 12:01'
Blyth , 1211"
Auburn 12.20
ll![w ... ..... r 12:11t
r,r .
GodOrie u b i 4,64 6i. Y 646.6'. Y t i.:� r.
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