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l7r'ee35_m'f77n"P.I? RHuMA11_sK1' SCIATICA NEURITIS ' LUMBAGO umcu wnen may tried to 5 tell two vacuum cleaners `from hxs home. _ `WU 11885 rested when tn" 4....` -.--r `....,.e..u..c, mat W111 pe appreciated L savor of novelty. The answer th ' is sendthem a sample of Canadz kissed_ apples. A It will not only - otic, but `they will `be a treat; The Department of the Canadian N atio ways has made effective a rate for a Box of 50_ Ibs., and measu more tlian one foot and eight i be shipped in cold storage from 1 ports to any station on the.raiIways Britain and Ireland. _ -_..- --u..m UHNHUIA" _` When Christmas comes the ways arises what can we se friends over home that will `expensive, that will be apprecia . Rvnr AP cu-.....lL-. Beans, white Summer Savory . . . . . . . Parsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sage ` . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red and Green Peppels 3 L8XI1b . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . Apples, Northern Spies . Apples Apples . Parsnips . . . . . . . . . . . . . Onions, dry; small . . . . .. Hore radish . . . . . . . . . . .. Buttermilk .. . . -. ., . . . . . . . Young Pigs . . . . . . . . . . Turnips . . . . . . . .. . Beets . . . . . . . . . . 5c. bun _ Carrots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Celery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ' Onions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cauliower . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Potatoes, per bag . . . . .. Asters, per bunch . . . . .. Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Pumpkins ' . . . . . .` . . . . . . . . Apples, Tolman Sweets .. Ducks, per lb. . . . . . . . . . Pork, per lb". . . .' . . . . . . . . Geese, per lb. . . . .~- . . . . . . n s o . - - o o u o . - . -- . u o n . . o o . o o o no I I ......- u;_.-,urz-. nggs remamed ar from 65? to 70_cents. and butter from 42 to 45 cents. 'Pork was 14 to 16 cents per pound. A loud of rough wood was sold for $7.00. Quotations were:-- ' 13.. , W _. _w`----Iva SIZE`- corner Sophia and Mary Street: Manufacturers [of Sash, Doqrs, Frames, Flooring, Ceiling, Moulding,_Water Troughs, Tanks, etc. We carry in stock a large .as- sortmet of Rough and Dressed Lumber, B. C. Shingles and -Prepared Roofing. Wood Turning `and Kiln Drying a Specialty. Dress- ing done promptly. . n.\..~--- _ __-. ,,, u--ur\u,IIIr\I1l'\Ll D ' The fall of snow and the decided touch` - of winter given to all out-of-doors on Fri- day had its effect on the market on Sat-l urdav, and detened not a few from bring-' ing in produce. The attendance: was not` i as large` either, so that taking it altogether; trading was quiet as compared. with the two, (r three weeks urcvious. Many of the. vegetables formerly found in the stallswere conspicuous by their absence last Saturday. 3 Piiccs showed little change from the week previous. Geese were a little lower. re- tailing at 25 cents a_ pound. Ducks. how- ever, were selling as high as thirty. Chick- ens were still -25, but some went lower than this figure. Eggs` remained from 6.1:] 70 cents. and I-mm... c........ An L- A-- Temple;oI:`-s-Izhmmatic Capsules W` for LJIJUI Us Phone or ask them for free booklet all about it, or write T3frrell s Hygienic In-' stitute, 163 College Street, Toronto. (Advt.) ? ' ._EMPLE-TONS TORONTO g m. ._ The J.B.L. Cascade is the perfected in-J vention of Dr. Chas. A. Tyrrell of New. York for Internal Bathing. It is now being 5 shown and explained at Crossl_and s Drug," `Store. I wuu\ K 2!. BUUWH I Store. `l)L,_ SEND THEM CANADIAN APPLES When '(`.}n-iarmn. ....---- A` ....;...;...,. u was an act or rrovxaence mat I saw. the J.B'.L. Cascade advertised. The:' first time I used it I felt "relieved, and in} three weeks I was completely cured. Myj ;habits are now quite regular, and am in-` 'better health than I have been for vears. I am very thankful to be doing my own `work again. ` . l Tlu: T!) `I ("..,.-...I.. :_ lL, `r - I - '" E11 I53! THE MARKETS 3 jg \ : E! Morgue and Chapel .In connection IA-Mus. on1'. \- v- Phone .;_----1-- lk thieves it Chicago were. ar-` they tried sell Thomas Far-. cuum cleaners thnu 1...; --u-_ SATURISAY MARKET ,__ _, _..t,`_,n.-unocu uuu 'elty. this season sample Canada s sun- 5. be patri- ' `be The Express >f National Rail-' lde effective :2 -at-.. ...t DON` wuaw can send to` our not be too it appreciated and will I Eltv. nnaumr Hui- .-----~ ,..-_... -.....uuau 11,1111-I of $3.00 0 measuring not inches to old Canadian ion thP_l`au1ou:- .: ru--A . . . . . . . . .. ac each bunch, 30-40c basket . . . . . . .. 5c bunch . .. 2 or 3 for 25 700 small basket . . . . . . . . . . 5-250 (1 nnunrx 5:. uuul uanaalan Lrailways of Great, 7 48-49c} can 1. 11011188 .l"3l"- they had stolgn . . . . - . . . . . . . . a U0 . . . . . . .. 3 for 5c; . . . . . . . 23-35c lb.` . . . . . . $6.00 bbl, 25c small bakset . 50c large basket . . . . . . . 5c bunch . . . . . . 60c basket; T"a!::!s !?A'%:!!i-zilll 1e lquestioxi al- send our 1;" nn `~-' *-~ . 65-70c dozen-' . . . . . . . 25c lb. 25-30c pk,` 30-50c basket 5-15c head.` . . . . . . 20c qt. ' . 5-10c bunch o-Aoc | $1.00-1.25 I . . . . ..10cl 1-) Ax- IL . uu'uu|3 ll" . . . . 5c qt. 83.00 each :'LUI.2 20c VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES Office hours 2 to p.m. daily. Phone 1025.1 Application for the nurses services may be made direct or through vour doctor. l3tfc 4 __- \}\J\ _ A TAIIJORESS Suits. Topcoats, Dresses, 2 Adelaide St., Allandale. Tel _________________. :__ I Miss M. McArthur FURS REMODELLED AND REPAIRED Over Hurlburt s Shoe Store, Barrie. ` _ unarterec Phone Main 5874. H. J. Welch, C.A. w R u..u.:._ um ni"1"'i`"AiEER s `Te; 1`. Manager Cost .__.___.__ mnuu 5. uLAxT0N, L.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano and Vocal Pupils prepared -for Toronto Conservatory of Music examinations leading up to _and including the A.T.C.M. degree Studio-King Block` Phone 424 _ -; --L;-`V `-1 EDMUND HARDY, Mus. Bac.,F.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano, Organ, Vocal, and Musical Theory, Organist an_d Choirmaster of . St. Andrew s Presbyterian Church Gold medalist of Toronto Conservatory of Music and of the University of Toronto. l H3 Worsley St. Phone 683 vnuuc dill; I\U'luence`U0rn Bradford Sts., Barrie. `Office hours-9-10 a.m., 1-I .____?___.___.__ unwe- I P};one 710. L. J. SIMPSON, M.B. PIi.S~.IL;AN AND SURGEON Office and Residence~-Collier St., corner of Clapperton St., Barrie. Phone 275 . Lmpenal Army, 41/; years. {General Surgery and Obstetrics especially. | - Office-140 Dunlop St., Barrie. Phone 710. 9'` ~-- """` 1' on. MORTIMER LYON 122 Bloor St. West, Toronto. will be 2% 91 Owen St., Barrie, lst Saturday each month-. I Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. I -Consultation hours---11 am. to 5 p.m. fBarrie, phone 2. Toronto, North 3326 l 9- 9- .3m%iVth3o"IiiT ` DRS. LITTLE G. LITTLE Physicians and Surgeons, Barrie, Ont. Office and Residence---47 Maple Ave. :Office hours: 1 to 3 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m., or I T by appointment. Phone 213. A. '1'. Little, M.D. W. c. Little. 11.13. ,...uuv-Awoun DU 1!. Arnold) FIRE INSURANCE - un. VI. 1!. dUl'IN3IUN I Graduate of Toronto University _ 3Phone 61 Office-58 Collier St. lHours: s-9 a.m., 12.3o-2 p.m., 6.3048 p.I.}1. [ _ _ , 7. Owen St. MASONIC TEMEPLE BUILDING ru.-[IIIU I-\NU VIOLIN TU Special attention to younger \ BOYD svn vr_c1-co LAWSON, WEfCH & CAMPBELL Chartered Acnnumam. _ MISS E. GOSNEY "IVA `I ! Ahnan un. r:.U .A. H055 (Formerly of Drs. Ross & Ross, Barrie.) Late Surgeon Specialist with the Imperial Army, 4% General Suraerv and nhm+.:... ......-;-.... I II: '1: In U Associate Coroner County of Simcoe `Office and Residence-Corner Toronto and Elizabeth Sts., opp. Central Church. | E ` Telephone 167 ? 4__._...____ EXPERIENCED DRESSMAKER >en fdr daily engagements or sewh at home . Miss mm m: -M n -- -E CONSUL.T U vs7I'1`~H YOUR BUILDING j-- .. C. W. Plaxton. our U aYLVESTER Bandmaster Barrie Citizens . 120 Bayfield St. } W. Bail; uuuvrui r. lvwvunlu, D.H. + ~ Successor to Creswicke & `Bell ' BAR'RIS'I"ER, SOLICITOR, ETC. , MONEY TO LOAN Ross Block, Barrie. I nI.I:.I\r|_IIIJr.r\ UUVIHII :'Barrister, Solicitor for obtaining probate of iwilis, guardianship and administration, and {General Solicitor, Notary, Conveyancer, etc. `Office--Hinds Block, 8 Dunlop St., Barrie. MONRV 'rn Hum BOYS &. MURCHISON Barristers, Solicitors, Notary Public Co'nveyancers,' Etc. Money to loan at lowest rates of interest. Office-l3 Owen St., in Masonic Temple fBuildig, Barrie. `Branch Office--Elmvzil,e. W. A. Boys, K.C.,A M.P. D. C. Murchison. ome at h MISS AWILDE, 72 _.______.__. { isuccessor to J. -33 ---.-_ _ __.__.__._____._:____ DR. W. A. LEWIS Surgery and Diseases of Women Associate Coroner County of Simcoe -and-- DR. W. V. JOHNSTON (`.1-m-Inorn AC "l`.....\..4_ `r?_:,,,,, -. nor WATER HEATING PLUMBING { TRY __ MAUD E. CLAXTON, L.T_c,M_ Teachr of Piann ....a u..--. RADENHURST &. HAMMOND TBARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Masonic Temple Building, Barrie. MONWV Tn I run PLAXTON &. PLAXTON BA'RRIS 1"E'RS, SOLICITORS, ETC. n:nna- '7n'.' Q II-..` D..:1,::____ DONALD ROSS, LL.'B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Masonic Temple Building, Barrie Mnmzv Tn TI'\AM awn, IVLLUH G. CA Chartered Accountants in 5874 :0 v......- m ....., u.:1. u. U. Uampbell, C . Hulbig, Production Engineer T. E . Lawless C.A. 9 `Omar nnrl I:w:..:.... --- MUSIC uuuutlon to C BOYD SYLVESTER nS"Pl' ROFF:n I`_..--r T- DUNCAN F. McCUAlG, B.A. Sn:-r-paanr on (`rn:mn1m .9. 12-11 I(1t1b"1'h'Kb', 5UL1UI 1`ORS, E1 Offices: 707-8 Kent Building Toronto, Ont. mum. n nn-.:n- 1: Are Well S`u'pplied at--. .._._.--.j_.___j.__j DR. FRED _A. ROSS IV hf hr: Dnnn Iv DA-- 44_o .lJ WlV, Un- and Efficiency Department ALEXANDER COVYAN` Q..II..1L-_ L`-.. -LL,Z_. ,, , DR. H. T. ARNALL fa (`nu-nun-. f`.. . . N L -. -1` l Ill} LCU MON 1 MEDICAL up Lcxupu: uuuuulg, I MONEY TO LOAN IUQ LJIUUB 0 LJUXIIUP MONEY TO LOAN Lcunpxc uuuuulg, E J; EY TO LOAN I nwuumarlts 59 Yonge St., Toronto. G. D. Campbell, C.A. Produntinn F`.nnv3--- VSimcoe Marble Works, -ru..nJIJ eases, Etc.. Etc. e. Telephone |053W ___..._______ Small St. unnct LULIEZIUCLH and -ie. Phone 105 1-3 p.m., 7-8 p.m. """" y VIII: G. Gordon Plaxfon :u., uurne. P.O. Box 1078 `I I IV!` children Band. acute and Phones:--Office I63, Residence 353 '1'!-!'URSDAV.Y, Nd averting zmotiwr 0 between Britain an era were co.-nplv.-IL; loan of three xn}l`;;:. state l'ail\\u_v.~`. up of C0211. fe'.'<-11 hm: pounds of'th-. '.v...: ly. and the rest w. ments as requiml. the-r advancs-< wzil ` tion wus_a pri~.':m- Government mnk : signif'xc.un tn 111.3 course of, e\'om~ a greater bg-lief in n-nynr-.l Inn 1}\`l'\ 21 grtutcl u}'A.v: cuzvermmxx that street. There of the 'Ir:i_ml uf` finance. \vh`:l<- `Germzmy. is `n that coutnry. Refusal pmpn.~`itiux al Germz-1 In `Va; l force 1} Prmce I-31 III. II: v,uE It wt. :. would I): {~- tain and I-".".:.v. at9?_v in rho many. Th -< lied a111hu..~:u`I of u run-` allied \`iew.< 4 many In he break. It is should `xzavp : gene'.'-.;` e`:u-I? pres.-'i:1g fr-rs-11:7`: steadfavt ref11.~-.41 any forcible nu-*4 `thjs time hu< y. sults. !::z"_\'. ' L. ,r:. U` ..u\'.: by !l;`.!iC('. ginnixvg to f others. n2:m.' cernml a"~n:n about repuru Tho f: French \` the sum`- elections`. sterling. * -- U... \'. .w. J._ Ritmizns E19! Britons Finari Sale! Kg:-an: liarol Suspicioa. x r n U.S. FL? a,1o ` IICC toh `The Chas 'Tvvo tion to tr Ikcc usua the_ ~43he (Ask Hllg ha , . C or_n Chas pros `she son 'rH'31:s'r _m BAKER'S BREAD .l-IOMEMADE mum) npnuru nan A - usl 14:1,: II`-_ zit-h ,. ?YOUR% .R5D.'NG NEEDS _ . OPEN DAY, AND NIGHT j Call_ `and see our -diswpglay of monuments before purchasing. . Our stock of imported and domestic granite is well assorted, and prices right, G. W. J. EASTMAN, PROP. Phone 277 R. G. MANUEL, MGR. Phone 721 'rH(_>_$. RdcE' Agent` for McClary s Furnaces T 52 Elizabeth St. 20 Owen St., Bartie scorrs BOOKSTORE Do NOT DELAY Phone 952W` asubniino V 1- as; f 5::--- -- I U I`! IBLTHY E` cull CCclm `Phone 32 mm. as ne did so, tl land origin of what "us; u an; cu uugca. A.n Interruption JI-Ie folded `up the bill and thrust it down in his vest pocket, chucklingly anticipating Wilsnach s stare of incredulity when it should be passed under the latter s inspec- tion. Then Kestner stepped briskly back to the open safe, dropping on his kness and reaching in for the next package, the one of large denomination. It oame. home to him, as he did so, that here lay the source _ `am! l\IV:n:n Al` out uuaurulg or we noraer backs. g It- took but a_ moment to establish the fact that the note had been printed In water- proof ink and not superimposed with a wash pigment . and camel hair brush. ~ Equally V convincing Iookingwere the denomination countere. It was, in fact, not oneapecia! Feature of the note that won Kestner s admiration. . It was the beauty and authoritativenees of I the biil as a whole. even to the aging oil 4 wash to which it had been subjected and 1 the mechanically abraded `surface and art- fully frayed edges. - A II Tn`-.._..._ L3 - - 1 uu uvvry uue or we latne work was clear cut, and every touch of color on the vignette * was sharp andifull. Even the cross-hatch- ing had been worked out-with infinite de- tail and patience. And equally goznd was the coloring of the border backs. It tank but n mnmnno 4... --._Lu,u .- Ifpaya to read Thelxaminor Ad- let Column.` Page 18. auu um uuuner number or 8939, Kestner's first thought was as to the paper itself. It was genuine bond, of good quality and weight, and the closest approx- imation to the. safety paper of` the Amer- ican Bank Note Company that he-had yet encountered. It did`"not strike him as be- ing.;two thinner sheets pasted together, al- * though he could plainly see the silk fibre in theactual tissue of the paper. How his government's secret processhad been so su"-_ cessfully imitated he could not at the mo- ment tell. But as he turned over the note he saw that the engraving had been as ex- pert a piece of work as the paper-making it- self. Excellent Work ` _ He saw at -once it was not a. mere photo- `etching process, later tooled out by hand, for every line of the lathe work clear cut. and QVGPV tmmh nf nnlmu rm 4-}... ..:...._u- I I If sauna` sulelllll gasp OI admiration. ~ ' The note seemed a perfect one. It was A on the first Colonial Nat-ional, ofthe series `of -1909. It carried therCheck Letter C, and the Charter Number of 8939, `Kngfnnv-`e Fin-no +l.......LL _...- U - -' UV t-Hl Ullco Yet as Kestnervstood ii: the late after! noon light that streamed into thelsilentl studio and held his newly found yellow- back up before him, he could not restrain a lather solemn gasp of admiration. Thu nnfn eonmnu-I n ...........a. -..- 1': -uuw amuuy rewucneo and tooled over.- Helikewise knew that the governmental lathe work on a note was a series of curves and shadings` and `backgrounds mathemat- ical in their precision and unvvarying in .pat- tern. eNo human band could duplicate the nicety of that mach-ine engraving, each line unvarying, and unbroken.from end to end. And since these m hines cost well up- ward of one hundred in ousand dollars, and ` their manufacture and salewere closely _in- ` spected, no counterfeiter could be expected . to possess one. ' i ' - - 1 V .. `l I_...L____ :1, 1 -l .u . . - 4: anuqu III-$166 Even before the microscope was put over a counterfeit and the line of divergence was established`-for somewhere there was always a "line of divergence l-he knew in his own mind that a given note was spur- IONS. ' ' He had long known, too, both the tricks and the limitations of the counterfeiter, the bleaching and raising, the camel-hair brush _ work, the splitting and. pasting, the hand- ` engraving on steel, and the photographic ` reproducing. He knew that the camera ` work was always flat and weak, no matter ' Ihow artfully retouched and tooled over.- Hnrliknwign Inmuy calms cl... ............_.-_L-I uuuu uiu any oanx teuer in America. He knew his currency as a. mother knows the faces of her-children. He knew genuine paper" instinctively, without hesitation or analysis. He could in -the same way as in- instinctively detect fraudulent paper. He did so without conscious thought, byisome vague sixth-sense, a gift that was not al- together feeling and not altogether the sense of sight. _ A 17...... 1...`- -___ _-.-v_ u. -u.-.-, Kestner turned these packages over, stud- iously deciding that each package must hold at -least three "hundred bills. He qual- ified that estimate, however, for he could see that the bills were not new. They all carried the earmarks of age and wear. It V was to determine whether they had been mechanically abraded and worn that he drew one of the bills from the package and ` carried it" to the centre of the room under the more direct light from the " ` skylight above. y He warned h/imsclf, ` c as he did so, that he had not yet found the ` plates. and the plates were the one thing ` that he wanted, that he niust have. Kestner wasfamiliar enough with coun- I terfeiting in all its forms. In his work as proving agent for the Treasury Department C he stumbled across more counterfeit money 1` than did any bank teller in America." He f knew his mu-mm-u an n .....n..... I.........- n..i (Continued From LaSt`.Week) --L__ ,,, b"1?11'c$1-rr aw MORNING 5- K-EE P Y0 UR EYES gggggy cumn `AND 1-uuu-av . _ _ " -. ,...u.._-5w, one one man. oame that here lay the It Hliht ;fIl`Al` n----- - A Kee_n Judge . 41.... ....----~4-~ - uuau uure my me might mdeed prove a BOXES `are of dierent sizes to suit requirements, they are accessibleat any time during business hours, the rental is moderate, and as the renter holds the keys, privacy `is assured. om: MANAGER will be pleased to explain their operationto you. Incorporated 1855 BRANCHES ALLANDALE ELVMVALI: . ( ,,... -v\1'I\l'5`\Il" DU Hqlleze out o' him, was_the gzrls reply. ' ` - Kestner notxced that the Neapohtan spoke , English without 1; trace of accent; He also ` Who is he? he asked tensely, yet withoutmpving, and all the while studying the face of Kestner.` ' , ' '.l`hat s what we're goin to squeeze out 0' was the girl's ; estner nnnml Hunt LL- If-A "- L, as-nu uung- 800113 I118 eyes. . `I r The girl did not answer him. for at e that moment the further studio swung opon and wi-th a. quick movement a man stepped unheralded intrusion; The newcomer stood , 3 there, a little breathless, as though he had ` - been conscious of danger impending and I had raced up the stairs. He was an olive- ' Vskinned, square-shouldered menu of about 1 I thirty, with close-set eyes, seal-brown in ` color. While he was in no way conspicuous ` > as to attire, there was both audacity and ` cunning in those calm and ever-searching ` ' eyes. Kestner knew, even before the girl 5 spoke, that this was the Neapolitan called : M r c Got your gink for you, Tony!" said the girl, with a look` of relief, clearly at the thought of a confederate's advent. That ` confederate, however, still. stood by the`door, alert and non-committal. It was` several moinents before he spoke. V P -....... uuuu us was 1n conspi audaoit; ever-sea: th aoke, ,._---......... -.\;auuc1. . 1'16 [watchiiig her closely, every second of` the time. And she, in -turn, was watching him as closely. His `sense of comfort did not increase.` Yet the look of fixed somnolence still hung. about his ` a girl an new ----m L=-- ' 1 ulre rnreab _ -- You don't dream you re gain to get out 0 `here alive, do you? innocently de- manded. the girl. ' j Why not?" questioned Kescner. He was watching Itime. And .1... :. o...... ...-- -i- '- -- agunc. m caxmxy Ioldmg his am Her face hardned. for a seen saw the movement But on secox R1'IA can-vuul 5- ---A guvv we HIOVCITIGHCV Bl ,she seemed to accept one sufficiently safe. '~ `-3- .- . u_yGa mgucu Hualolyo [ _ Gee. an you an Amurrican! An gotta pass away "so `many miles from home." .. Oh, put that thing down!" cried the ; Aimpatient Kestner, for his attitude was_not . a comfortable one. . , The girl` laughed. But the ever-menacing .zev-olver remained .where. it was. . ' No, honey-child, not on your life!" She took still another step nearer him. ` "'Don t you's pose I've got me home an mother; to purtect`? No sir~ee, not on your retouched negative. " `Then what do you intend doing?" asked -Kestner. He risked the movement, as he spoke. of calmly folding his arms. Her face harrlnn fniu n e-----.----' - Put `em up!" commanded the girl; tak- ing a step or two nearer him, and put_ em up quick!" :Kestner assumed that she meant his hands at the same moment that he decided if to be expedient to do as she ordered. Now stand up!'. said the girl. The audacious greygreen eyes looked him over. Then the owner of the audacious eyes sighed audibly. `G88. an vnn an A.~n..._:-.._| I ` wan nmerwan to the finger-tips. -But Kestner's mind did not dwell on these points. His attention was directed to the factithat in her right hand she held as bammerless Colt; and that the barrel of this hammerless Colt was p_o1_nted unequi- vocally at his own head. - `He did not like the idea of that Colt, for there was a calm audacity about the young woman in the tip-tilted hat that left the next possibility a matter of rather painful \ conjecture. I . ` `I1 I 9` . .. .-.r.m-wu.n nasal young voice. I - 3 Facing him, with her ba'k against the ; closed acor of the studio, was a woman who could not have been rnv.vre`than twenty- _ four or twenty-five years or age. She had , .l pert young face. with 2. -short nose. 9. , rebellious and slightly\~heavy-lippetl mouth, . axis`. it rt W of singularkv white and singularly 1 large teeth . Kestner noted that she wore the` small, 1 tip-tilted hat affected by the Parismnne of ' the moment. He further noted that she ` was startlingly well dressed. and that in , this attire she had attemntel to approach the chicness of the native. `Yet it was plainl to see, for all her exotic raiment, that she I was American to the fingertips. ` l-But Kestner s mind rlirl u.-.+ A.....n .... uuuuv CLEAR `AN! VIII ! I93 III! II ! hll I005`! I uxruz, auu scarceiypreathing. I I It Was just as his fingers had closed about .i the second package that he heard that first ' small noise behind him. It sounded like the diminished thud of aniouter door being softly closed. - V A second and nearer sound, that of a slight gasp, brought Kestner wheeling about on one knee. He did not rise, but his hand shot down to his hip. where his automatic ` always rested in its specially padded pocket. l "Not this time, honey-boy." .criczl a firm 1 if .~'omowl1at nasal voice. -, 1 Facing him. with L... i..,.i. ...'..._.L A @ Then he stopped short, tidal wave of illicit money, that here, in- deed, lay the means of debauching and im- perilling the currency of an entire country. there, and scarcely breathing. I was iust as his finmm. 5...: ..i..--a ..L--.L still kneeling l' deed. lav the means: nc A..x...,....1.:.... 1.11 em 4 ' 9 safnn run l-nu. .. way A Di;-e Threat L J--- ` ,......a nu: ulluu d. second. as she But second thought the new nnnifinn an -um uu sec-ma moug new posxtxon yc} uqub. cuangea ownership.` , Rudolph Diedrick, 24, was killed at`Neen- , W1s.. when he fell on a buzzsaw and was cut in two.` ' ' An oxganized drive of 13,000,000 motor- ists `to `remove tax on accessories will be tarted. the American Automobile Associa- ion announced. - . ` ' . Almost a fifth of the farms -in the U.S. changed operators last year and about 6 per cent. changed ownership.` . RUd0lDh 24 man bll...! -L~\Y---- 71114? ~*:'?r: ,-_.- .. new IUAU' es, but more particularly thi lives of its cit- , izens. There is a saying th t The chance- [ taker is the accident-maker and this hasl ; been abundantly-proven by the history of accidents in industry in this country. On ' the other hand, there is a record of a fore- man in a wire plant in -Hamilton showing sixty years of service, with "never an ac- cident to himself, not a serious accident to anyone in (his department. The reason he advances is, being careful." It sounds simple, but sometimes it isa mostdifcult role to play. The toll of accidents in an out of "industry, however, quite justifies more attention to care and caution, and the curbing of the Take-a-chance spirit." , VI um uuury, am: we employer who prefers to take a chance rafthfar than "provide safe- guards for his dangerous machinery, is in- viting injury to his men and increased com: pensation costs for himself and other em- ployers in his class. , Too many chances are being taken in a country that needs to conserve all its forc- but thf There a smvimr H. 4 '1'!-n -I---~ l ` ious problem. % jured because u vv |Ilr'\II I ,unHNu:3 - l The Industrial Accident Prevention Asso- ciation has issued the following bulletin :- The country is face to face with a ser- There are too many chances being taken and too `many peoplebeing in-A of the chance-taking habit. The motorist who habitually takes chances is reasonably sure to `be involved ultimately in an accident. The same general rule ap- plies to the pedestrian." The worker in in- dustry who has not time, or thinlgs he` has not time to be careful, is hastening the day of his injury, and the employer prefers ` rather than nmu:A. ...:. nu cuu 01 me SDll(ll0. Morello stepped through this door, and promptly s a towel in ly tore in two, tepped back into the room with` his hands. This towel he quick- knotting the two pieces to- gether as _he approached_ the chair where Kestner sat. ` There s Kestner's With the ti tossed_ over `his head and drawn taut, so ; taut that the lips became no need to do this. Lam- cry was shut off by the towel ghtened knot being dexterously pressure of the knot on his unendurable. jaws relaxed,` to relieve the pain`. (To be Continued.) Involuntarily the j cvcry uetau or the situation. H What s this? was his final curt de- 3 mand. ' ' V ` `fWe caught this guy rubberin intoeour safe, was the girl's answer. .She stepped over and swung half-shut the steel` door to which -clung Kestner s sounding-tube of pasteboard. And say, Governor, he ain t no sand-paper artist, either! Kestner saw it was time to talk. _ I want `you to listen to me, Lambert, i i he began, in that clear and steady note of - ' authority which his office could at times give to him. Shut up!" was Lambert's,command. `~`No; I ll not_ shut up! We've got some- ` thing to talk out here, and-- ' -' : The Gag Applied ',`Gag him, Tony! cried Lambert, with an impatient gesture toward the door at the ` far end of the studio. _ f Mnrnlln alum-u.....I LL. .-.__,I, .1- The studio door opened quietly and the same austere and self-contained man who had sat at the cafe table stepped into the room. ` - There was no visible change of facial expression as his eye swept the studio and at one circling glance seemed to take in every detail of the situation. { Whnt a I-lain? ....._ L:_ 1-2,- .avast again. W There was how something more than a look of boncern on the face of that sleepy- eyed captive. Deep down in his heart was rage at the indignities to which his body had been subjected. And when the time came, he inwardly vowed. some one would pay for those outrages.` He was still straining usclessly at the cords.holding him when he heard girl. ssr[\],. ...I- f"---,,I 1 1 < -- vunu uc uuulu, urcume qlllte Ireely a quick cry from the_ ' 5:11. ' .` `Thank Gawd. here s the G o'vernor!." she said over her shoulder, as she helped Morello with the final knots. ` .....\.w vvcxe ulu maue mat m the same way, and all were for the second tzme wrapped l'and reinforced with many ygrds of the heavy cmmson cord. Then Ibis neck was quiunz I , Kestner sat down with a sigh. The sleepy and half-amused smile was still on his face. He was still watching for his chance. , A` t v The smile disappeared, however, before the unlocked for and lightning-like move- ment of Morello. That worthy suddenly . garroted his captive s. head against the fam- euilsback while the girl promptly and se- curely tied his wrists to the chair-arms. His ankles were also made fest in the . the sennnrl tin-in m.-.--ma-I _ uvu-ununua DKIAU . BROWN BREAD SANDWICH BREAD and a full `lino of ruzs. cuczs AND pasta?` Bakery and Saleahop Cor. Elizabeth and Small Sta. uaun uuux you re sxmn` in that chain-!A Kestner turned and looked at. the heavy fguteuil of carved oak. A suspicion of what their "intentions were crept over him. Supposing I don't care to? he` ven- tured. The girl confronted him with a show`of anger. V .Look here, Mister Prejstyman, you ve put yourself in Dutch an you re goin to do what I say! D you get me`! Poke. him into that chair, Tony, and` poke him quick! ' vyvz I} uUl._'. Now you back up, sh commanded` with sudden roughness. Back up! "Right back until you re sittin in that chair! ] Kaefner hirnm-I nnrl lnnhonl -1. LL- L-, I uuc uup aucu were. _ _ I ' Morello .did as directed. But the girl, all the. while, kept her eyes on~Kestner.' His sustained air of composure. seemed to worry her. . -* ..Nf\lI7 `VI\II Lnn'- ---- ` yuumab. What next?" he asked, as he stepped! back with the revolver in his hand. * ' Swift Direction Pull out that old oak chair, the one with the high back," commanded the girl, Then get_that bunch 0' picture cord from` the top shelf there." ' `ILA.-nlln ..l:.l ._ .i:,.,,.,I n - So capable were they,` in fact, that their prisoner stood silent `and helpless, with a revolver barrel within a yard of his heart, while the quick-fingered Neapolitan explor-l ed and felt about Kestner s clothing. He emitted a faint grunt of satisfaction as he drew the automatic from its padded- hip pocket. IKYLAA. ....-.L01` I, I I T00 MANYCHANCES .;l....L_Z-I A no care and caution, t _________ CHAPTER III ~--- no or sale"by H. G. Robertson, Wm. Cross- land, A. E. Patterson, `.1_" I