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W. `D. MINNIKIN _I E!_--L_ , I 32 "|J uauuau Canada. TRY Ul'UllLlIo The motor of the truck ahead back- fired several times, filling the passage with. a. cloud of evil-smelling `smokey. Chalnseclanked in the bow. , "`l`hAm$'n n 'DImmn an nu. no-1...... .;m.. u; c mun ut uuue museums. p I Connemara on her side of the front ` seat was having her own `troubles. Un~ 3 ` welcome, but evergrowing. distrust for- 4 ` med the motif, and a` rapidly increas- ` ing panic played hide and seek around % through it. One good scream would ' break the spell and bring her back to,`-` the Worldof ordinary people who spoke '- and acted in expected ways. She opened her-mouth and` took a deep breath in preparation for u drum-rocking yell.` `Then she saw the headlines in the` morning papers: Popular debutante denounces joy riders. Season's bud dis- I guised as nun e eclares companions. 1 thugs on Greenwic ferry." ` No. no! Thar wm: fnn D`I Q... 1 uxuga uu ureeuwwn Lerry." -I No, no! That was too grotesque. She clpsed her mouth and let out her breath. Vkn ma.-.4-A.. rm` Ll... 4...._-I_ _1_-__q 1 , u Ubtll DUULUH. ' ' Pooch glanced, through the back win- ? .dow of the car. So-o-o." He snapped $- `hls fingersdn thoughtful imitation of castanets. Guess we might's well give this 01 seagoin hack the once-ovelwf before we beach. Good n0w s ever."i He climbed out and disappeared a-5` round the back of the car. . ` A hInI1ly'n+ nF m{Inuxnn' Fall nnvnu lII\ ' 1 S-a-a-y, slster,AI get y now. That's good, that is I ben tryln' t -get y since` I hopped in. I got y` now, though. I was only expectin one, an it trun me off Fl. mlle when I seen two on .,v , as the` fella says whenlhe got the D.T.'s. S-a-y. you're `good, you are; I seen everythin` pulled. I guess, but I ain't never seen th' nun gag worked before. Say. this, business ain't no profession no mores It's an art. But looka, Sister. Why th'{ mask? I hardly knowed you at folst.i What's all the Ku Klux over y r best= friend? There ain't no nuns in 'l`o1key. IHLA-s .~-`A1-.. m`o~<`t\-n I`1....._-..-..._- --..-..._.:l...l lily XJIIIIIUEU [Cl-IILUIVXI-` ' | canvass! . 4-Qnvnuv vu.-u u anu any-gnu cu ovalnvgu I Then spoke Sister Connemara words soft: and assured which exploded in. Lacy s ears like a giant cracker.vI put; It on, Pooch. `cause I thought I saw somebody I knew." (Ivan! T-Tnuvnnu urns: fkia rrlv-I nnn_ EUlllCUUu`)' 1 l\l|C\'Vo - I Great Heavens, was this girl con-, nected in some way with that carica- ture of 21 hairless Mexican on the back. seat? Or was he possibly going crazy? Had he hit `a telegraph pole after` leaving St{lIl'lfOl`d,"'fLYld was he now_ lying` broken in some ditch while 'his' brain danced a crazy reel with death? Had someone slipped him a drink of bad Scotch? ' Dnnnh n..In........: 4I....,.......I.. 4.1.... L.._I- ..-x._ IUU uu._u UUII Ll'Uh - Now for the first time a little `dev of doubt hopped over the hood of the car and sat grinning at her through`; the windshield. Could it be that the. we'ness of things was not so firmly` established as she had supposed. Al dawning consciousness that it might be rash to hopinto the cars of strange men in the middle of night sentit chill down.her back. ` - ml...-..... nu... .-. ....-.n..m~.....+' 1.. HM. 1...-...1.| UUVVU-HUI.` LRLUIS. _ ` There was a movement in the back seat, and M1`. Pooch s phosphorescent countenance glowed between them like a. Chinese lantern. Q4-I .-. .. .I..+m. 1' run; "1 I-unvuv m1..'.u.. LU!` FUUKIUS5 UIIIVIHH. Faster and faster, they shot on to- ward Manhasset, `Connemara clutched ' the side of the car with one hand and gcowl. Two cars appeared going in op- poslte directions half a mile` ahead. t An instant later the Isotta_was between _, them-. The lurching. tonneau touched _ i the small sedan` on its right. A sound _ resulted as of someone sriking a dish- I pan with his knuckles. The sedan part- 1_v overturned and came to rest against ,;_a. post. ' '~ ` ' I A uhnf I:-nnnnrl Fnnrn tkn kn.-.1. .......L with .the other pressed hard against her E U]. Luv lUL'tll kXl't'.K U1lt!Bl'E(1. V I At the clock tower the Packard _ swung suddenly to the left into the ,, Mineola road. Vvhether Lacy could_ not E make the turn or whether he did not 3 want to was not clear. The Isotta`wav- I . , ered for a fraction. of a second and then 3 Went thundering` up the Roslyn hill _ I toward New York. The driver of a mo- ftor bus coming in.the opposite direc- 5' tion stopped and, leaning from his seat. ,_ started to express his opinion of drivers ' who did not dim their lights. He stop: ped in the middle of.a \vitherin;.?: line V; and gazed open-mouthed at the spark- g spitting black streak that swept up the ,5 long grade as if it did not exist. As he t; started again the lights of the follow- , ing Pierce biroke full in his eyes. , Throwing his wheel to the right, he buried the nose of the bus in the clay . bank beside the -road. Two sleepy passengers picked `themselves off the A flo or, promising to have him discharg- ed for reckless driving. Factor and fanfare I-`navy akno A... L- uu: upuuulg. V . _ There was another report. but this time from the frontrof the car. The `right front tire went careening; along the ditch beside them. The hood leaned into the air. Lacy jammed on the brak- es. but it was too late. Like a creature in its death throes. the car staggered back andtorth across the road twice. There was a ripping of steel through ' wood. _ VIVLA bl`...-... .`.......__1 LI.---_ ..L-" V - I --D 1_ L1. punt. ' !_ A shot sounded from the back seat. Lnc_v's first thought was for- his tires. He glanced back.` Pooch had knocked l out the back window and was kneeling . on the seat. a revolver pointed tlrrough the opening. ' I 'I`hnvn rue cinnngn .~o..n..4. L"; 114.. .L|.u:!_y wuru upp1'uw.:uu1g- nu:-uyu. 3 At -the four corners where the North i I-Iempstead turnpike joins the Sea Cliff- -road there was a right-angled turn. Both cars threw on all their brakes and skidded into"the main street.-Down ' `the hill and throuxrh the town they `tore. to the delight of the few village `story-tellers assembled in front of the Ideal Greek s Around the Corner. Be- hind them slid a Pierce runabout. its smudguard leaving a scar on the dum- my cop as it swayedpatst. The patrons of the local Greek cheered. : A4 I-ha nlnnb +.un.-u. LL.-. 'rx....1--..-.a i .... ...`..vv-- Ivvunun vvvan unav quvuu vlluw alnvl we v'1`hrough the deserted streets of Glen ` Cove tore the two racing cars. A `sleepy . policeman leaning against the bank at the`four corners roused himself suf;-, ficlently to stagger to the curb and` i open his mouth several times after thei .retreating tail lights. On past the En-, !gineers, through Sea Cliff and-up the {winding hill flankingARoslyn Harboiai I They were approaching Roslyn. 3 At the fnnv on:-nave \xIhn'v-o the 'l\Yny-Ha undverstand, however, for he increased` I his speed` and took the lead once `more, "lII..__-_..I_ A`._ .1_.____;_j ,A,, , .15 ,- I ``I think `thre s been arraccident, Connemara` was moved to explain. I Lcr auu U555 rcurcune A Quotations were: Potatoes, per bag .. w Turnips .. . . . . . . .. Parsnips, basket , Butter beans, pint .. White beans, pint .. 1 Celery . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Apples, basket . . . . . V 1; Apples, bbl., . . . . . . . . I Squash . . . . . . . . . . . .. L Beets, `basket '9. . . . - , Ground plums, qt. .. 1` Onions, large basket Cauliflower ea. . . . . . - , Cabb age, each . . . . . . >_ Sam:-., hnnnh ` ` -The surprising part about a surprise party is the fact that the surprised- party is seldom surprised. ' I -j'-..:------..j.:1-- _________ .. ..-_ ...... ........ I The Christmas number `of Rod and: Gun just issued seems to be just the` thing for the rest periods of the male] members of the family during the ('.`hristm-as holidays. A wealth of goodl reading for the healthy man loving the` outdoors is to be found in this issue. There are good hunting stories that are`! always good reading, while trout fish- ing in Nova Scotia is Bonnycastle. Dale s theme and other fishing of all- kinds is touched on in G. _P. Sladen s Fishing Notes. A good article in the Guns and _Ammunition Department this month is Sighting the Hunting Rifle by Major Townsend Whelen. ;;a WCIU iu:L_ubu p215eIlg.eI`:5. : There were 25,641 persons injured.` but "of these 21,098 were railway Se!`-I vants, and the great majority of the: injuries were not serious. In addition.,! 141 trespassers on the line were killed ! and 213 persons committed suicide on the railways. T ' Thu nnlliuinna `hnturnnn noaannnnut LIIU [111 W ay 5- The collisions between nassenger| trains numbered only 13-one on` the Great Vvestern, 3 on the London and North-Eastern. 7 on the London. Mid-' `land and Scottish, and 2 on the South- ern. `It is a j;housand_tlmes more risky; to walk the streets of London than iti is to travel by train--Tit-Bits. , Poultry} Bt 'Butter, pound Eggs, dozen . . Fowl . . . . . . . , . . . Chickens. pound Ducks . . . . . . . . . .. Geese, pound . Turkeys, pound Cream, pint gButtermilk, qt. .. .u an: Speaking in connection. with the c-entena1'y of railways, J. H. _Thom;1s, M.P., said that in a railway coach we are safer than when we are in bed. T9 1'u ivafnu-omfirurv I-n -un1- nu! A-L... .-... iI.1'!'.' SL116! Lllilll \\ llBll we are 1]] D90. It is intez'estin_::` to set out the ac- cident statistics for last year. . On 'Rr'iH,eh l".`li`\l'I\'Q than-n Ivan-n -)0`) \.Lut'uL =:Luu.3LIL7b' LU!` lilb'L yezu`. On British railways there were 290 collisions, 408 derailments. 331 level- crossing mishaps, 98 fires, and 24 mis- cellaneous accidents. Though -162 per- sons were killed on the railway only 112 were actual passengers. Tharp nnznzn `)5 R41 nnrunnn h-ii...-na \1aII -uu u-urnuv II` |.II-|a | Passenger on British Railway Train` I: gn I a>x<>x<>xix x<~>x<>x<' `SATURDA MARKET Although it was the day after Christ- mas there Was a. fairly good market last Saturday and on Tuesday morn- ing there wasa small market with fowl as the most prominent offering. Trade was fairly active on Saturday but there was not much buying on Tuesday. Prices showed very little` change from the previous week. Tur- keys ranged from 40 to 45 cents with the lower price predominating on Tues- day. Chickens and fowl were from 22 to 27 cents and geese sold at prices rang- ing from 20 to 25 cents a pound. Ducks were steady at 25 cents. Prices of but- ter and eggs remained unchanged. Quotations were: i uuuuagsc, eucu . . . . . . _ Sage, bunch . . . . . . . . . . . . .. isummer Savory (bunch) i Red peppers, . . . . , . . . . . . . . Lamb,` pound, . . . . . . . . . . . . - Pork, pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . DECEMBER ROI5 AN_D GUN." SAFER THAN IN BED Butter and Eggs. . . - o u . . . . . . . . o . . . . . ` - . . a . . . . M45-480' 60-65c 004-. .5U "Eh-27c 01:- l (4'6|U` ...25c[ 20-25c, 40-450: 30ci T ` '- I 7 As a. matter of fact, he did not know yet how many persons there were intthe cast. The thought) pleased him. He would carry on and. if the cast grew too large. he would abandon the Isotta. and hirea sightseeing bus somewhere! A Vnir-A in his Ann vnhunnn kl. on 4-3.. `UUU 22c 0'7 . I UU .I B . Eye; Exammed Graduate C2 l'V;u`Il..- i DR.H.T.ARNALL Associate Coroner County'of Simcoe. i Office and Residence-Corner Toronto` 1 and Elizabeth Sts., opp. Central Church E I Office Hours: Until 10.30 a.m., and 1* to 3.30 and 6 to 8 pm. --1-. Phone 167. .u...u=u,y U1; urs. moss & Ross, Barrie 1 Late Surgeon Specialist with-the ; Imperial Army, 4% years. ' General Surgery ahd Obstetrics especially. Office-140 Dunlop St., Barrie. Phone 710. ` P.O. Box.107` , Ur. W. H. W I Graduate of Toron . Phone 61 Offi { Hours: 8-9 a.m., 12.30- :-1j Surgeons, Barrie, Ont. Offgce and.Residence`-47 Mapfe Ave. . 1 to p.m., 7 to 9 p.m., or by appointment. Phrmn 212 i I ,_________.____._.___._____ { DR. MORTIMER LYON `; 122 Bloor St_. West, Toronto. 3 Will be at 91 Owen St., Barrie. 1st Saturday of each month. Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Consultation hours-11 a..m. to 5 p.m. iBa.x-rte, phone 2. Toronto. North 3326 : 1 DR. FRED A. ROSS Formerly of Drs. Ross & Ross, r Wit _ 1' 1- I . - A - -......._ uuu lure H. a-ugnuseemg DUS somewhere; A voice in his ear returned him to the, Greenwich ferry. Dldjee come right up from the works? ' As fast as I could get here." Y" `had us guessin We thought you might come in the other ferry. Some 0' Swede's gang" is up there watchln' uuu.-c uuurs: .l. I203 7 ' appointment. Phone 213. iA. T. Little, M.D. W. 0. Little, M.B _ DUNCAN F.- McCUAlG, B.A. Successor to Creswicke & Bell BARRISTER4, SOLICITOR, ETC. MONEY TO LOAN. Ross Block, Barrie 4 PLAXTON &. PLAXTON } BA-RRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Offices: 707-8 Kent Building Toronto, Ont. C. W. Plaxton. G. Gordon Plaxton , James 0. Plaxton. ~ I | H. H. CRESWICKE r `Barrister, Solicitor,` Notary, etc. i MONEY T0 LOAN. Ross Block, Barrie DR." w. A. LEWIS Surgery and Diseases of _W Associate Coroner County of -and- R In: --- `*' RADEN I;lU RST 3. HAMMOND BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Masonic Temple Building, Barrie. - MONEY TO LOAN GORDON LONGMAN Barrister, Solicitor, Notary. etc. MONEY TO LOAN `Ross Block, Barrie. DONALD ROSS, LL.B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Masonic Temple Building, Barrie MONEY TO LOAN urnc` 9-10 a.m.. 1- ns. LITTLE &. LITTLE icians and Qllnnnnnp D.......- Wh you agyf,t;':t_-fnask? ' hard`! knowed L.iJ. SIMPS ' YSICIAN AmgNq n'`= 0. R. RUSK, OPH.D. zamined - m--.... u.LAuj Dr. w. H. WILSON Flfl-'! nf 'T"nr-nni-n Tfnz. 2. E. G. TURNBULL` TTni17n1-ai{--- `Illa OPTICAL u./LI AUW HUUTSI 1.. 1-3 p.m., 7-8 p.m. EDT; . n. vvu.auN Toronto University Office-58 Collier St. 4220-9 nn can o......- r<~)`cl:`l:h8mI3.un1op St., MONEY 'BO LOAN. ,n.u.'c--U6 uuuler hut. 0-2 and 6.30-8 p.m.` - JIIEEIL uuvuuturtn ` .Another,difference`between this and previous, experience was that hereto- fore he had always played the principal role. Tonight his function appeared to be merely that of stage manager. As long as.he furnished transportation to the troupe he was allowed to tag along. but no one thought of consulting his desires in the development of the plot. 'I'I'I-: ` I Glasses Fitted Ohhfhn In-vln 'st., Box. 1078 -3--_-j.:j Ross, Barrie. at uyii-In . Han g I _Women Simcoe : xuxuu1u.uuU_ael`Vlce - Phone 431 Motor and Horse Equipment Cor. Mary; and Elizabeth Sta. Barrio : r nu. ma. |vII11lVlr\lIV ` Funeral Director and Embalmer \ Ambulance _Serv1ce Phone 1 Horse Flnnlnmnnf 9-; years experlence. NO COLLECTION--NO CHARGE - KELLY & AIKEN f"!\`I' 1' `mrtrnrx-nn-' v_._-uZ We Handle Collections Only-- No Sideline. Nothing too old, small, large or hard for us to tackle. 34 years experience. NO (70T.T.F`_t"m`nxr wun an . ....._ _____- `~ ruu\Lu` COLLECTORS Orangeville and Owen Sound Owen Sound Offices: 169 9th St. I Reference-Standard Bank of Canada Harry Barron UIULHBH. - Here, however, was a situation which` `began nowhere and ended in approxi- mately the same position. Indeed. in- stead of ending, it seemed to accumu- late bulk and impetus as a. rolling stone dislodged from a Swiss mountainside will multiply in its course, thundering through meat forests and erasing vil- lages until, having changed the topo- graphy of a country, it ceases asunex- 1ectedly us it'bega.n. Yes, this was his irst adventure. Annivhnn AlPd'n...-w....(-I..-.L......... 4.1.1.. ....,:| , _ -_ . . . -.Inan\l.4uaoJ where 1 we are equipped better than ever to attend to all your wants in the line of PLUMBING ANDHEATING IS OUR NEW ADDRESS FOR Hot Water Heating and PLUMBING Agent for McClary s Furnaces. 52 Elizabeth St. : Phone 952W MULCASTER s1`. Auto Licenses Issued v. BELL, 7 Owen St. . GIVE US A CALL Phone 180 {Z_O[_.L[3_C_TlONS r._ _J. _RlCHARDS Luuuu LUC9 UilUl\ UL LIIC U_I .kl'. 1 A -blanket of silence" fell over the 2 front seat. The lights of Bayville were * pricked out of the blackness ahead. In another ten minutes they would be_ 1 committed to the hands of an unknown ; ` destiny, who might turn out to be a?` policeman. Lacy s heart was heavy!) I with suspicion and disillusionment, but` ? his old" passion for adventure, handed , - down through the generations from 1 t some gentleman buccaneer in the 1 3 queen's `service, was flaming high.` , Without knowing where. the dawn 1 , might` find them, he cared less. On1y.1 L one thing was clear and d finite in ` t_lthe midst -of all this uncer ainty. He` ,`would' look uponthe face of this woman, ti who dressed like a. nun, spoke like an angel, scented herself like `an April flower. and associated with the flot-1 H sam of dime museums. I r`r\'v\r\A3v-vdnmn an LA IA- Ab 4.1.- ..-_..L