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. CHAPTER I Two Mysteries The night of December the elev- enth. 1926. was unusually foggy in London. All the day lamps had been lit. and at night the hares were roar- ing at the mostdangerous corners. in order to guide the obscured traf- fic which proceeded` at sna.il s pace, while at evening the Tubes were crowded by hurrying throngs of business men and pleasure-seekers. -- _--- 1...`: none nnn n nlnnk in the date U19 trutn. The international puzzle was be- yond solution. V . (_='1_~o BE CQNTINUE-D) A NICE 1=nu.ow BUT so SKINNY` That s what the gizv-is say about % you fellows that need a few more pounds of good solid esh and have never tried McCoy's Cod Liver Extra.ct_ Tablets. A \1`..... Tnuanu Man urn: {Hit 28 Liver Extract` Lumecs. A New Jersey Man was just as bad `as you,` -but now he's got what the girls call a- manly gure -he needed 28 more pounds and thanks to McCoy's he got them in just a couple of months. sp_n-._ `-1.-- all 6-Lg wIa\r__R,ngd Just 8 C0uplB UL uxuuuun. McCoy takes all the risk--Read thls ironclad guarantee. If after taking-4 sixty cent boxes of Mc- Coy : `Cod Liver Extract Tablets or 2 one dollar boxes any thin, underweight man or woman doesn't gain at least 5 pounds and feel completely satised with the marked improvement in `healths--your druggist is'authoriz- L ed to return the purchase price. ,L __I__l ._ ($4.--- A... cu DU Lwvvu... ---- r..----..-- ., L ? Ask D0\i`818S _ Drug Store or any gpqd druggxst. * J Cashing In Not to Bad distinct B2` .!:I;$:ther has tlll 5118 Wild u. Wuluuu UL uxyauulyu You!" suddenly cried the woman W'hom I had so unexpectedly en- countered. You!" she shrieked. You! How I hate and detest you! You followed me here! If I only had Fr tz with me he d--he'd kill you!" she hissed in a. refined voice .whioh betrayed a terrible hatred. 1 MTV rlnnr mdv!" I exclaimed. tak- 1l1-de- im&i&w%axiw '1` "- 71 "` ..7".. .T.- In tIII!<>IIbI<>IIiI<>I<>I0X0II`II0!III4II|I! SATURDAY MARKET -Fowl was scarce at Saturday morning : market. `Not more than a dozen turkeys were otfered and IE0 cent: a. pound was asked. The nup- ply of ducks, geese and chickens. too. was umued. Esau were offered an Inn! an El! nnnfa Q tlnnnn and LI too. was uxnuea. vita! wuru yum vu as low as 50 cents a. dozen and in -high as '80 own. There win 9. plentiful -`supply. The market was small. both as rear_dI vendors and customers. Prices: ` qte IOOIIOOIIOOOVIOOIII Peppers. box 50 6 IoooIooIInIIoo Chinese turnips 5c I I I I I U I I u I I I c 0 I I 5 I I I I I I e 1::um-.m-A smnmlh . _ . . . . _ . . . . . 16-25 U'h6|`Kll\8, qt. -ooucoooocoooooulu JV each ouooonocuoao Celery, head ........ .... 10-'15-25c Hubbard squash .-........... |oolIIoo_oo|_oo 10. 3 Parstey. bunch Sc Egg lants ...-.......,.......... 10c Vega able Marrow: ........ 5-10c Potatoes, bag .........`....... 81.50 `Cooking onions, 11 arts. . . . . . . . . 50c `Sweet Spanish onions, 6 qts. .. 85 n-..u._.. nuns-.. -...I Inn. Cream, pint Chickens, lb. .. Turkeys Geese Duk'|'||l0lOII Fresh pork seems to be no shortage of feed. Seed grain is plentiful and good; clover seeds, except sweet clover, are likely to be scarce and dear, but there will probably -be enough to go around. Cattle, both beef and dairy. are in demand at good prices. Beef stock is worth four cents a pound more than at this time a year ago, and dairy cows are bringing proportionately higher prices. Dairy produce has not kept pace, but is at a fairly good level. There was much more plowing `done than usual, so work is well in hand for the open- ing of spring. AH-nnannr if has run! lunch a ln 01. sprung. gA1together, it has not been a bad year. _ -ll:-- DH Qnuln terea no W01`(1 01 upuxugy. 9 Then. I know not how, I realized that she was a woman of mystery: Vn1IV" nndnnlv m-led the woman uuu y can Selling OE. Sowo As is usual during a season of depression in the hog market, farmers are selling off their sows. Total sow marketings for the year will not be much heavier than or- dinary, according to L. W. Pear- sall, chief of the swine grading service in this province, but since May the movement has been large. Before May the percent- age of sows was low, which ac- counts for the maintenance of the average. `no-.num nu-Inna om: nestling`-iiv `CHE average. Dropping prices are ordinarily accompanied by a rush of_ light, unnished hogs -to market. This Year, however, there has been lit- tle rise in the percentage of lights. Apparently feeders are nishing them much the same as usual re- gardless of the price. `Dun. nmnla and l-moms nsrnnrfq guruwaa UL 0110 paluvc Both pork and bacon exports are away down from last year s level. In November bacon ex- ports amounted to 4,7'74.900 bounds. against hover! 9,600,000-in November of last year: pork drop- ped from almost 2,900.000 to a little over 2,000,000. Exports `of live hogs were less than one half those of the year before: 11,385, against 23,653. - i i The Pot is Boiling Tobacco growers of southwest- 1 ern Ontario are decidely worked up about the marketing situation and are in a` mood to do some- thing about it. Two conferences are to be held during January, one at Chatham. the other at Leamington, to discuss pool mar- keting, and at each both the Dom- inion and provincial ministers of agriculture are to be present. As- sisted by the agricultural repres- entatives, growers _ in several counties have formed local assoc- iations and are .sending delegates to the Chatham meeting. Tlhe intensity of interest is remarkable. Middlesex, for instance. is scarce- ly considered one of the tobacco belt counties, yet at the organiza- tion meeting of its local associa- tion there were 60 present. unit v `paw. - - The other side of the questionli is presented by James Ross, presi- dent of the Ross Leaf Tobacco Co., one of the large buyers. Mr. Ross says that reports of high prices in Kentucky are false; that the Ontario grower has an ex- aggerated opinion of the quality of his crop; that it is used in cheap mixtures, and that the proof that it is not up to the U. S. standard lies in the continued importation of 80 per cent. of British requirements from the U. S. in spite of the higher tariff. A pool, he claims, would be dead and gone within three years, leav- , ing no one the gainer except its salaried officers, because Canada ` produces only a small quantity of ` tobacco and has little influence _ in the world market. Wanted! More Cattle In suite of an entire absence of exports to Great Britain dur- ing November, 60.627 cattle were exported from Qanada during that month, almost four` times as many as went out in the same month of 1926. -Calf exports were also heavier, 6,580 against 3.949. Beef exnorts totalled -over 8.500.000 pounds, compared with 3,284,000` `and of this amount'a1- most 8,000,000 went to the United States. No wonder beef is rising! __;i___ I. `JG-lllll Vllnvnnwg v `sun -u Poultry. Butt and Eggs .. A..- PRAISE Fr "IFI vv 1: vv gun nu xucuuuu {.116 Royal Victoria Hospital, Bar- rie, savs the renort of the Grand Jury at the December Sessions. `-`By the way. we" found every` part spot1essly' clean and in `perfect order. The Superintendent took _us through and was cheerful and kind. explaining every depart- ment as she went along. The jury is nleased to report. the very, hrh standard of ' this` hospital. . We wish to mention the `_..-I Y7-L-_3_ TY-.___.IA._1 fl--. The Other Side :1: Fa`: THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL -E5-60 43-450 00!: I915 30c ,-On ..o.. _ BOYS 0 BOYS \ Bu-r1ntere.'Bouclto1-a. Notaries Pub- lic, `Conveyancere. Etc. Money to` loan at lowest rates ot in- terest. Ottlce-13 Owen St.. 15 Ma.- Ionlc Temple Buildinz. Barrie. Branch Office-Elmvale. fl ? A `Dnuu !(n,,M.P- J. R. ALEXAN DER GOWAN Barrister. Solicitor tor ohtalnmz .......s..... 11? nrlllll. zuardianlhib and administration. ueneL`u1 u..u..,..., Notawry Conve ancer. etc. Ott1ce-H1nda Bloc . 8 Dunlap Stu Barrio. ` MONEY TO LOAN soucuor xor Duuuxuuu probate of wills. guardiamnhif administration. General 801 cltor, Nntaarv Conveyancer. 5353131? I- 01183 CO PLAXTON Q. PLAXTON ` BARRISTCERS. SOLICYDORS, ETC. Ottlcea: 707-8 Kent Building ` v Toronto. Out. 0. W. Plaxton. G. Gordon Plaxton James O. Plaxton - . by the body, m':uT dch,xed blood and tonlngupnerves and muscles. only when Yeast is [ranked in this wnyiu I most eective---for Iron is needed to bring out the wei t-build values of Yeast. By V .... formu a mom an vz:A,sr_ggga__;_o_-3 - RADENHURST a HAMMOND ` IJARRISTERS. SOLICITORS. ETC. Masonic Temple Bulldinz. Barrie MONEY T0 LOAN flu l"lo vrlauvv Ivna BB.rr!ster. solicitor, Notary, MONEY TO LOAN J. A. OORBETT NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer 1n~ eluding drawing of wills. deeds. ar- ranging of loans, etc. Insurance of all kinds. Executor, Administrator and Trustee. Thornton Ontario. Fl MuUF\lp D05: Successor to Groawlcke & Bell BARBISTER. SOLICTTOBa ETC. \/I :-anal! in `lnnn_ ROS DR. 0. A. ARNOTT _ (McG1ll) Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence. 97 Elizabeth. 7 (Formerly Dr. Arnall's Office) 1 Telephone 557 TI-:-:-1--- DONALD R088. . LL.B. BARRISTER. SOLICITOR. ETC. Masonic Temple Building. Barrie MONEY TO LOAN DH. W. A. I..I'.vvIw Surgery and Diseases of Women. Associate Coroner gounty of Simone __a_n ._ DR. W. H. CARSON Graduate of Toronto University Phone 61 Office-58 Collier St. Hours: 8-9 a.m.. 12.30-2, 6.30-8 p.m. s.--:-:-- ` DR8. LITTLE & LITTLE Physician: and Surgeons, Barrio Office and Res.-47 Maple Ave. Office hours: 1 to 3 pm. 7 to 9 p.m., or by appointment. Phone 213. A. '1`. Little. M.D. \V. C. Little, M.B. DR. N. W. ROGERS Physician and Surgeon Special attention to Obstetrics Office and Residence: 50 Mary St. Phone 101 Ann... I_......... Loon 1_9Q R-Q.Q L-none .lU.L Office hours: 8-9.30, 1-2.30. 6-8.30 ::T vmon oetrayea at terrlmb uu.u'uu. I My dear lady!" I exclaimed. tak- .-..-.-.._.. :u-u---- I . KJl.1U9::"*. Phone 710 . L. J. SIMPSON. M.B. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and Res1dence-Co1l1er -St.. nnvucxvi nnvnn `Rs.-n-v-in `Phnna 275 Utnce 8.110. neuxuuuuu corner Owen. Barrie. DR. E. G. TURNBULL Graduate .McGl11 University, Mon- treal. Offlce and Res.-Cor.`E11za.- bath and Bradford Sts.. Phone 106 Otflce hours: 9-10 a..m.. 1-8 p.m.. 7-8 p.m. UUHUUIV LVIIVIIVIHIV Barrister, Solicitor, Notary. etc. MONEY TO LOAN `D nan `lnnlr `Rn rt-in _ me, B.A. 9: nr:v`1,:Qe & `Fun namon nepmama MINNIE McKERNAN, as Brancn Unwe-u 'Ao BOYS. K~C-.M-P- DR. FRED. A. ROSS Formerly of Drs. Ross & Ross. Late Surgeon Specialist with the Imperial Army. 41,4, years. Goneral Surgery and Obstetrics especially. Office-140 Dunlop St.. Barrie Dianna '11n 13.0. `Rm: 1078 mum; women \ Sllf[_|1_M0ST\ out woifht-builduy vauuo: ox nu... u, this ormu YEAST give: you ram :8 in half thl time required by vent Ind iron taken separately. o'er. better as mo 231) out the old deatiening poisons and btinzs new -healthy color to your cheeks and sparkle to your cyec. Comes in Ieunnt-hating tablets-A co to a bottle. Sale or everybody. -Does not upset the stomach not cause can or bloating. These Two Found Relief by Taking Lydia E. Pinkham I Vegetable Compound ` MULCASTER s_T. `IS OUR ADDRESS where we are equipped better than ever to at- tend to all your wants in the line of . .L'uuun, uc . ""']JAUl\ County, Nova Scotla. Harry Barron -2-j-II-I---'--""" H. H. CRESWIGKE .93 Q45! inn-nr. Notary 1- GORDON LONGMAN ah.-ran Qniinifnr NOYRPV. MUN51 TU uunu Ross Block. Barrie. ~ --or your money back -_ Resits In-om flret treatment . PLUMBING AND HEATING c;1v_r_:_ US A CALL glut` M.U;V 1:.` 1 1. u uU:$n Ross `Block. Barrie DR. W. A. LEWIS and `hlannunu nf ` TEE. 30.lJlU1'L'Uxs, 31.. loan. Ross -Block, Barrie. MEDICAL '13'hSne 180- 32 p Sh. uurrxe P.0. Box 1078 | L2-- :- Go now to the druggist and 11:: a single couxn ueatmcm. M It xou are not a solgtely satised with the weig rand health benets ainod. . rm vv for the Lottie will be promgatly re unded. i uzcozwenient to bu at the riargist se 235 to CANADIAN! ONQED AS CO..' .. Fun Erie. V0nt., Desk 255-R LJUILLUF '9 Lo Phone 275' yo - Et0. at the Post Office Square, Barrie. Subscription Pricg - Canada and Great Britain 82.00 pg year in ad- `vance (in arrears .50): United States. $2.50 per year in advance. Both old and new addresses should be given when change of address I! requested. CAN6'ELLA 1`ION8-- We find that` most of our subscriber! Published every Thursday afternoon prefer not to have their subsoripo . tions interrupted in case they fail to remit before expiration. While subscriptions will `-not be carried in arrears over an extended period. yet. un`ess Wg are notified to can- cel. we assume the subscriber wish. e the service continued. BENIT- TANCES should be be made by registered letter. money order. or cheque payable at par in Barrie. J. A. MacLaren. Editor W. C. Walls. Manager. 'V|c'l'ORlANWoRD=.R or Nunszo `nun-In nnnnn `VIUIUHIIKIV \l'1|J*'-l'l \ll" IVUFIUEC Barr-Io Branch Residence. 78 Wors`ey St. Phone 860 WELL BABY CLINIC 1..-... 0| 4... I .-.I..1.-..-.1- A.-gnu MRO! VV 191414 DAD X. UJJLLV I-Li from 2 to 5 o'clock every Fzziday. Appncntlon for nurse's services may be made direct or through doctor. g WELCH. CAMPBELL G. LAWLESU ling`;-u-J LAAAunC9n`n ` VVEI-I-Ir`: \lP\lVIl'D=|-I- 1 I-FIVVEECC Chartered . Accountants Phone Main 5874. 59 Yonge. Toronto H. J. Weloh. C.A. G. D. Campbell, C.A. W. S. Hulbig, Production Engineer '1'. E. Lawless. C.A. Manager Cost and Efficiency Dept. L. R. O R D CIVIL E.\'GIN'EE R Ontario and Dominion Land Survevor 133 Blake St.. Barrie Phone 828 :u--:u cu - -uv- W.M.--J . .\]Iunro, .;l'1a`r:'i-ale. vRecoz-ding Secretary: F. Longhurat. 202 Bradford St., Barrie. Meets 2nd and 4th Thursday monthly g H: II: CI-JVVIQHIJD Q EIJVVFQHIJU Architects and Structural Engineers 18 Toronto St.. Toronto. R.J'.Edwards G.R.Edwards. B.A.Sc. Iln Ha - DI-F\\Jf\ Voter--narlan and Surgeon iovez-seas Service. Cpta.1n Imperlai Army Veterinary Corps Three years post `war practical ex- perience in England and Scotland Office and Surgery : 48 Bayfield Si. Phone 811 . G. R. &. E. BURNS (Over F. Dutcher's grocery store) Chiropractors. D1-uzless Therapist! Qnhnol Ariinafnnnn an Rauaaan LOUISE HURLBURT Sr. Pupil of Mrs. Emmie Wilson. Now open for engagements. Terms reasonable. 54 Ross St.. Barrie. Phone 598. \zIllI`U[JI'l.ULUL'S. LJFU-`-ZLUSB J.HUl'd.|Jl3I.' Spinal Adjustment and Massage `Electric, Vibratory and Magnetic Blanket Treatments Patho-Neurometer Service Phone 405J for appointment EDMUND HARDY MUD. Baclg FnTucIMI Teacher of Piano. Organ, Vocal and - Musical Theory. Organist and Choirmaster of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Gold medalist Toronto Conservatory of Music and Uniyersity of Toronto. 113 Worsley St. Phone 063 R. J. EDWARDS & EDWARDS x-AI-:5-gbn -`J Q`-nnA6nn-' .nnnIn-Al REGINALD GODDEN, A.`|'.C.M. Pupil` of Ernest Seltz of Toronto TEAOHER `OF PIANO Dluunnn 0'19 DnInn'n WILFHED E. SMITH O.A.A. REGISTERED ARCHITECT MIDLAND, ONTARIO -U vvuvr-v---, 9 --or no money business men uuu ;uu........-............. It was halt-past one o'clock in the 3 morning when I iett the gaiety of! that Bohemian Club, the Ha.mbone.iN and in the darkness walked into! Gre.-it Windmill Szreet. that narrow i thoroughfare close to Piccadil`y| Circus. I had danced}.-hrough the- evening, eaten my succulent Ripper`. for supper-tor kippers are a. spe,-, ciaity at midnight at the I-Iambone ---and had bidden my friends good- bye. for I was off to winter sports. in Switzerland on the following day.-3 I might here explain that I was 9. man without any ties whatsoever. Ralph Remington is my na.me.| my age thirty at the time. my col-1 lege Jesus. Cambridge. my place or residence a little flat in Queen An-| ne s Mansions. Westminster, and I; am of that nondescript class-- a. man of independent means. Yet I (had many responslbilltes. My fath- All`! mm (`H911 n. vear before. hence I: Horace Wilson. A.R.C.O. Organist and Choirmastor Collier Street United Church All grades or ORGAN. PIANO and THEORY: VOICE PRO- DUCTION and SINGING (ail examinations) ALSO Mrs. Emmie Wilsqn _ $-._L,,_IA \l___I!_L F` _ L _ . A _ . _ _._ Thursday, Janun 5, ms.` IVII Ira nualnnalnaiy V 1 law`!!! Cont:-alto Vocalist, Entertainer and `~.Elooutloniat Singing, Speaking, Public Ora- tory and Dramatic Expression For interview and terms, apply 62 Ross St., 1 Barrie : Phone 249 W. D. M|NN|K|N\ Funeral Director and Embalmer Ambulance Service. : Phone 431 Motor and Horse Equipment Car. Mary and Elizabeth 8ts., Barrio ALLAN DALE L.O.L. 432 VS-I` Iil'\ I rilvlt 47 Elizabeth St. `: 218 Ix}; \is}.i1"s}.p.1i.*=a* TAT: SCOTT S BOOKSTORE w. J. Ritmns FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS OPEN DAY AND NIGHT iMotor ambulance in connection `l'BARRlE, ONT. : Phone 32. Agent for McC|ary a Furnaces P. C. LLOYD `Funeral Pifector and 56 Eglzabeth St. : Phone 1131 Your _ N_ee_ls FOR Hot Water Heating and G. (1. SMITH 3; co . Qsqqvnvn -wvvw- ..__v Embalmer ` OPEN DAY AND NIGHT CHIROPRACTIC DR. A. S. BLACK .....:_--2-.. --ul Q..--. on ntlmly aback. I noced that the wore a ragged old fur coat, and up- .. 1.... hand was nrushad t1lhtl!~8.n I`JlIJ\'1'1. 1'4 11- \J L` r Lt1.$` Phone 873, Barrie. ELOCUTIONIST ARCHITECTS VETERINARY SOCIETIES PLUMBING Established 1869 MUSIC TRY wore ragged om rur cont, mu u..- on her head was crushed tithtiyean old, close-fitting telt hat. She was unkempt and bedragzled like so many`ot the denizens 0: that dreary cosmopolitan neighborhood. ` You!" site shrieited again. Look at me ! You!" Then I realized that she must be intoxicated or demented and that she was unaware /oi! what she was unulna '-' that sono tnorougnzure. , ' Somewhere sounded the rhythm I. of a Jazz drum combined with rau- ! cous laughter. for there was evi- ` dvently a night-club in the immed-A ' iate vicinity. Indeed, a tew momenta . -, later I realized that a man and a `a woman appearing from nowhere in V the fog had knocked at the next ' door, and had been hastily admit-V 1 ted to the den of dope and drink ` whence came the sounds of revelry. ,,-___ a-._._.1 _........I..d-Anna ant` Probably she had mistaken me I tor somebody else. Yet her gait and . thick voice were proof that she was 1 sufgering _from alcohol. Indeed, as . she stood there for a few seconds in the semi-darkness, she made a tran- itic attempt to steady herselt. But before she could do so. however, 1 she reeled again. and tell heavily ibackwards upon the pavement. - ---I _u-nHup- ilvan fh % saying. |Da.CKWU.l'U upuu uuu `lywvwenevonuu So denseand puzzling "was the fog that "I had not seen her teas jtures, I only caught sight of her I unprepossesslng silhouette. At that moment a man narrowly unprepossessmg sunoueue. At that moment a. man narrowly avoided colliding with me, but trip- |ped over her prostrate body. . A lndv has been taken 111. I her prostrate oouy. A lady has been think," I~sa1d to him. "She can't be left here. Will you try and find a. ; constable? But first help me to set her into the doorway here." Righto, air!" was his response. ....a .........n..,.... nvn nnmi Nhn lnnnl. HUI.` uuu uuu uuu-. vv so; .... V. And together we lifted the man!- mate form Into the doorway o t'a. closed shop. one of those rather dis- .reputa.ble places which abound in Ithat Soho thoroughfare. any-nnuyhnma nnnndnd the rhvt-hm Skinny Women Gain W9i.!!* .. 3 u.u`uwuy UL HI: I. 5l.UW uurruuau. I The stranger hurried back, leav- ing me alone with the unknown wo- - man huddled in the doorway. The 7 only sounds were of passing foot-_ [steps in the dense obscur1ty,,and 3` the tuneful rhythm of the drum and 3 piano playing/the latest fox-trot. 3 1' ....... ...- 0|..- .....l..u--6-an 4-ulna-nan-(:3 pretty well. 1 was DUFII m ueau an... `replied the man, who seemed to be of the respectable working class, and his accent wals distinctly Cock- ney. I passed a perliceman a mo- ment ago at the n-ext corner. e and a. sergeant were talking together ` Just against the flare. 'I`.hnn an and fall him mt once." I VVUllll1ll' l.GUUo I A most beautiful countenance was 3 in tlkat second revealed- one of the most lovely that-my eyes had ever lfallen upon. It was perfect in its _'. contour. beautiful indeed beyond description, and no doubt that or a. la.-dy. even though her clothes were shabby and ill-fitting. Her eyes were closed, her arms outstretched . above her -head, and her coat being I was wearing a rather low-cut even- ing gown of black charmeu-se. T-T rn " arvnnfnrl 1-ha cnwannnf undone disclosed the fact that she. wucuuu uauxu uu: auuuuc va. u.u~....,. My new-found acquaintance and . myself bent over the prostrate wo- mam ("AA .. 4-Innn I-nn mnnh `T nhnuld man. Aid a drop too much, I should think, air," was his opinion. But she may be 111. It's alwaysna. good excuse w1th the police. , `twp dnn't know." I said. Only w1tn' me pouce." We don't know." I said. Only do go and get a. conkstable while I wait here. You'll be able to find one, won't you?" I asked. V79: air T.lznnw this `era street won't you?" 1 asxeu. Yes, sir. I.know this `ere street pretty well. I was born in Dean Stu" replied .nf' um rnunnnfnhln wm-klnz class. JUSC lglillll U16 uuru. '1`-hen go and tell him at once," I urged. still bending over the pros- trate woman. And as my fingers `touched her face I felt as though they had come Into contact with a marble statue. ` `(Iron cl-.1; Ann Ilo nlann nnnnlu it II1H.l'Ul.B suuue. . Was she dead? Had rigor mortls all-ewdy sent in? I gnaw horrified. The ahvanarnv hnrvln hnnlr Ianv. yautlav `JIDVJ Anoarvnqu dIJVU\h-IV I-vcu u-vvu - I suppose five minutes elapsed, though it seemed an hour, when three figures of men loomed up be- fore me. my worklngman friend, ,with a sergeant and a constable. `Tn a fun! hnin -uynna T nvnlnlnn er had died a year before, I had suddenly found myself a. dir- ector of the great firm of Reming- ton and Greening. engineers, of? Leeds, whose reputation as build-. ers of bridges all over the world` you may probably have heard. My: mother had died soon after my: responsmliites. my Lauri birth. I was a bachelor with scarce- ly any lady friends, and for my age, I am already a thoroug'-hgoing cos-3 mopolitan. My father had very wisely believed in giving me a. Con- tinental education, hence I could speak three languages fluently. 11.. aunt nf 1-ha hunh`H'-ARE, W38 `WHLH I1. 5Ul`b'BH.ll(. 5.11 H: UUIl5l.blvUlUo ` In a few brief words I explained the situation, whereupon the con- sta'b1e' `turned on his lantern and shone it full into` the unconscious woman's face. A runu knn-uIn1 nnnvmd-nnnnna IIIQI H15 5'U\'Vl1 UL. UIEUK u1uu.'u1uu-av. H m," grunted the sergeant. Drink, sir. I suppose? We have ; such lots of `er sort about `ere you aknow. They go to the night-clubs. get drunk on dope, and then they are put outside by the-porcters. I'll I phone for the arn19u`1z1nce," he add- led and disappeared into the fog. an 1.1.." ;I-, -..-I._.I_..-- S V ~ w . . n u . _ --r`.v....v... _.--_ ...v _.G,. Ten minutes later the ambulance was brought and the girl was lifted upon it and taken away. I followed with my wvorkingman friend. A! Man nrinn uf'~1"nn aha W126 \V1[ll Illy W'Ul'l\Al|5llldll .L1'lCll'Ju , At the pullce st"tion she was 3 placed upon a wooden bench in the `charge-room, and the clean-shaven ilnspector. coming forward. looked down at her: with a cynical smile. ca1'......-.a.-...d....a a;\\\nnr\nv\C' ,n1 9" kn s... ..y. -._--- -- -, -..-V-- _--. I Intoxica.td. sergeant-eh? I asked brusquely. Prn nnf nnH-n unvn air" way: aSKeu urusqun.-iy. I'm not quite sure, sir. wais reply. She's unconscious, but .~ }d=m t smell of drink. This is : gentlemzzn who found her, he an . ed. indicating myself. Inlnu T fnl nnu fnvv as T 11. ` ea. XIILIICEI-Elllg myseu. l Brlofly I told my story, as I have here described. of how she had face ; ed me in her fury. apparently under ` some ha1'luclnatlo'n. or mistaking me for somebody else, and then hdw she had suddenly fallen `upon the pavement. - - T fhinlr shat`: ill." T added. "Can- pavement. I think she's ill." I added. Can- not we call the -po1ice-surgeon? Certain`1y sir, if you wish." an- swered the inspector politely, for the courtesy of the Metropolitan Police towards `the public is pro- verbial the world over. ` \:fu nnxnl.-inn-n-non Fvlnn tvhn a-nvn DUES oven uupcu. uuun cu. C1; The tree was tpwle and hard- `drawn; the shabby. moth-eaten fur coat and hat all awry did not cor- respond with the smart and expen- s ve shoes and stocking. nor the well-cut black evening frock she wore beneath. ~ a-.~..\.+1.ln.- H00-ans.-`I mu aka hau Veruuu Lue wurru uvcr. My workingman friend, who gave his name as Evan Evans. an engin- 'eer s foreman, waxed critical as he looked upon the prostrate figure. QhA u nnrnn nnf--been thrown Page six IUUKU-Ll upuu Luv p1`U'su'cu.!: usux U0 . She's come 0ut--`been thrown out of one 0 them there night-` clubs, .he gave us his opinion. She's been doped. Look at er! '1"!-an Q -wnn man rmn and hard. ` Wore Deneacu. . something gllttered as the lay there. I bent. and found that she was wearing a. `rather curious necklace of pale green tchrysoprase cut into cubes and polished. a` small head of crystal separating each stone. Sure- ly the ornament, was quite unique, and looked pretty upon the ad black dress. Her pale, refined ce with its soft features was incon- gruous in contrast with the shabby A13 fnr nnnf EICUUU3 All UUI old fur coat. Elan` than r 010 Ill!` CUBI. _ She` was now [breathing heavily with eyes closed under regular lash- es. arched as an artist's 1 eal. The ~serge':wnt`r-emoved her ha reveals- ing a glorious head _of_ fair (hair, the waves of which` were undoubtedly natural. From her exuded the in- toxicating odorrof one ofthe most expensive pro of a Parisian ne!`-tumer. ~ pervaded 1 -room thro` and day. I In-`the W31 in the can Meanwh the teleuh Divisional who lived asking ht: Then he ther ques unusual ex we we_re_ ` ul'Uo' .4:-.+_\ J5 Luv t she s the add- the also-u "per:umer.~ `rue. swwu --.----. -....-.,_, pervaded the hue. bizarre chsrge-. through j hloh `night so many `persons srreste in the Westnnd -!or all the ex-in: calendar. _ . n ~ g 1 Meanwhile. the inepector went to . telephone and spoke with the surgeon. Doctor Donald. . lived in _Cr's.nbourne Street. him to come round.` he returned to `me and fur ther questioned me regardlnt my , encounter in the tog. While were speaking three detect-ivee entered. having in custody o.` well- dressed young man in evening - clothes. Their arrival was noisy and exciting. The prisoner. hot 8. well-bred aristocratic type. loudly proclaimed` his innocence and threatened the police with prosecu- O-Inn apvan uu CD uwupuvsggvu -...-.---,,. My part of the business was chiefly concerned with our Lon-_ don office nhough I frequently went on the Continent on behalf of the firm. Our manager was on abusi- ness trip to London in connection with a contract to build at new rail`- wuy bridge over the River Rhone. and had been all day at our London office`: `I really knew nothing about business, however, and was a. mere tigurehead in my father's place. 'l`h-at nixrhr. the toe In London was EHFUI tion. M. - Never mind. young man." said ` the inspector calmly when he will . placed behind the iron rail . and n charged. . e The charge was read over by the elder otthe three sergeants or the Criminal Investigation Department. He was a. `bank clerk in Glasgow who had, aster embezzling a. con- siderable sum. absconded to Lon- don. where tor twelve month: he had been living under an aeeumede name. while the police had been hunting high and low for him. vmm warrant! read over was de- hunting high and low ror nun. - , The warrant: read over I finite and to the point, and atelut the young, man confessed that he 4 had committed -the offence with 1 which the bank ch_arged him. _ 1 Just as this charge ended and the { prisoner had been sent to the cells. Dr. Donald entered. and was shown I the unconscious- girl. He was a 1 gray-haired man, quick of move- ' ment and-evidently not in the best . of humans at having been called at that hour. The inspector, who was kept busy ` all night. as all `station inspectors are in the West~End of London. shortly explained the situation. whereupon the doctor ordered the girl to be brought into the adjoin- ing office and laid upon the bench there. ` She was divested of her shabby coat. whereupon I noticed on the breast of the smartly cut evening gown she wore a beautifully exe- A `outed llttle gold brooch in the shape , .4 an Alnlvu: innnax. It was a. de- `outed ldttle 80101 nroocn 111 we snaps of an Alpine, lee-ax. It was a. de- sign seldom. it ever, seen in Eng- land, therefore I felt that she was probably a. foreigner. We had met in ma em-man auarter of London. probably 8. Iorelgner. we nun mum. in the foreign quarter 0! London, and by her tairness I put her down as a Swiss or perhaps Scandinavian. o-.. 1.. 1.-.. --l-I....L colt.-uunnilnnu D G Svvlw UL `IVA o-myu -awn ........... -. Yet in her violent vltuperatlona she had spoken English perfectly. From the lrst moment the doctor appeared puzzled. She certainly ls not intoxicat- ed, he decla.red.V'1`ha.t she has been drugged is quite likely," he added. n..__..u.... I.-. 1' ...\l-.6.'uI nub I-Inn Ul'U5V\I JD Vagulluw unwcgg anv wwww -u ` Standing by. I.pointed out the curious inconsistency oi` her dress- the shabby. ill-ltltting fur-coat and the rich garments beneath. Silk underwear of the most expensive kind was revealed when `the doctor slipped down the strap or black which supported her evening gown. Well--that's indeed strange- very strange! he remarked sud- denly as he examined her soft, shapely shoulder, white as alabast- er and perfect in its contour. Look at that! I wonder what it signi- fies? he said addressing the in- nnnnnu LIU5 K H -spector. WA :11 -epector. We all bent and glanced at the spot he indiicated. and there, at the back of the shoulder, I saw an ugly scarlet marklike an ill- detined letter E-a long. deep scratch with three marks at right angles. At first it struck me as though the `white flesh had been branded, but on the doctor kneeling doxn and examining it critically, he W said: T6 New Ygii and 1R6'N builds up weight and strength First treatment gives results , _.... can nannev said: "It seems to be 9. mark inflicted with some -sharp instrument some hours ago. There is no blood, and it could not be self-inflicted. We had better get her to the hospital at once. an 41., um-Irnnurn oh-I urn: rm-an. at once." so the unknown girl was replac- ed upon the ambulance, and twenty minutes later I, with the permis- sion of the inspector. stood in the well-equipped out-patients surgery of Charing Cross I-1'09-pital. The place. smelt strongly of antiseptics. The girl was placed upon a couch beneath a bright electric lamp while Doctor Donald explained to two surgeons in white overalls how the girl had been found. while I. on my part, repeated my curious story of her vituperation and sudden col- `lapse. '1`)-in 1-wn summons examined the The two surgeons examined the strange mark with keenest interest. Upon the white flesh showed the wrlggly out. half scratched and half . `tatooed. which was so utterly unac- countable. _. urmug. in a m-man-In'n nf Han akin UU UH LK1U1Un This is a conditioh ot the skin entirely new to me." declared the elder of the pair. with which the other agreed. . It may have been caused by: acid, suggested the police division- al surgeon looking at h-ls colleagues through his glasses. and then ex- amlnlng the shoulder-strap for any marks. But there was none. ,,,,,- _I_4._)._-.! - IA--- Illxta. no: stun uaaunu n u-u ......`n The young man obtained a large magnifying glass and focussed it upon the. puzzling symbo1-or such It appeared to be. No. he said. The skin has been cut. The mark is upon the tissue beneath. And he handed the mag- nifying glass -to the other, while the neat-uniformed nurse stood by_ list- ening with keen interest. A nnh-wnemnnn um: hr'.~u2`h1', hv the enmg Wltll Keen 1IlLEl'USLo A microscope was brvught by the nurse, but though the elder surgeon focussed it carefully. it revealed nothing further except that it was an ugly incision. partly a. tattoo mark which hnd no doubt been made before .she had put on her dress. for the blood must have flowed. T.-...tn.-ml A6? n-n1na- I-n Hf Mnnifz T nowea. Instead of going to St. Moritz I remained in London, and during the next fortnight made several calls at the hospital, but le-vrnt that the girl was still In a. state of coma, that the words she uttered were entirely unintelligible, while Doctor Donald told me that the surgeons pronounc- ed it a case quite inexplicable. __ -3`-.. ..--; ..A...........- An, cu n. u. \a\-I~4\r `........ ---v-_r--_--~_-. Four days after my strange en- counter in Soho the curious affair crept into London and American newspapers, and aroused consider- able interest everywhere. ThevLon- don police had circulated her de- scription and it had also been broadca'.sted-but all to no avail. The unconscious girl remained un- identified. her symptoms being such as had never been previouisy known to the medical world. _ A um rnnvn mu-{mu Incident wa to the medical worm. , A still more curious incident was 1 to follow. On the day following the . pu'blicat'on `of the details of- my dis- w cove:-y` the newspapers contained a. report telegraphed from the city of Milan to the effect that on the night of the eleventh of December"-the night of my di_scovery-there- had been found lying unconscious in the Via Porretta. a. narrow medieval sheet near the Porta Sempione, a. man who was afterwards identified as the celebrated Italian mental specialist, Doctor Paolo Campari, _ who was Deputy for Pinsa. At the Parapini Hospital. the greatest in`- terest was evinced in the case be- cause of the. discovery on the back L of his shoulder-`or _a- deep scratch . ' " . ` _ / . '.?::-v...:tn'1:a`nom' o!hunud'd-' tlgureneaa H1 III) l.i1LuuI.` 3 piauco That night the fog in certainly very thick, and as I started to \V.Llk along Shaftesbury Avenue, I began to have misgivings as to how I should cross Piccadilly Cir- cus. The tlares" were burning, but in dense tog one quickly loses one's , sense of locality. hence I quickly became bewildered by the shadowy, distorted figures of the traffic which loomed up before me and then faded like phantoms. \ Qndnnlv 1 rnmembered that I - 1'1-II` IAI|I,_-IXAMINIR __._-j nu:in~iiia~~puc yum ``` shortage or hide: and loathfr devolo d, S. P. Baal. eha1'm31. told a: annual meotinf ,-r t: tanner-a "section of $110 "13 f Board of Trade. The two doo factors producing this cg 0!; are the diminishing mm " d cattle in proportion to PP}v ` the reduced size of catt1 1*.` .3" 01139 to the demand 1!` 13 " e . ` n....a.... ;.1.- ..-..4. auntie!` con- D001. .` During the past` quarter cen- tury the human population of the North American continent has more than doubled; during the '00 Period the cattle population has decreased by about 12,000,- AAA {ICU V I I cit. uncu- I! H. C. u..-..; U!-uh-|"73lO| Q . 00"` T50 sum. and sirloin Why not a. Saddle and SW01!` Clu=b- for Canada? asks I"fra!;lk Napier, secretary-treasurer o. R e Canadian Ayrshire 3!'d"3 5' l`Eli:.t..ig:..l.l1- ....I my-Inih Club of Chicago 1! an Institution uvvvwu to preserving the memory Of` breeders and others who have for- thered the` development of lwe stock breeding. Prcularlyv though not _altogether. in the United States. Its wall! are 1111118 with paintings of these worthies. Something of this sort Should be Anna `an (`auntie IIVI MI`. i tlon. - "re Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago is institution dVtd vunnnnvin (I G-`IA nmory of then maea lute pnamoms. ` Suddenly I remembered that had made an appointment that ev- ening with` my friend the Serbian carlcaturlst. P_au1 Ivanovltch, whose remarkable sketches in the London Press are always signed Vasso" and who lived on Greek Street, So- ho, so I turned and sought my way in that direction. . 1 mm urnllrntl nnmn distance along` SOm8thlng OI tins sort. auuuau uv donein Canada, says M1`. N9-Diet`. . Were a number of the present . day generation of breeders asked 1 to name, say. half a dozen of the men who helped first to establish 1 their breed in this country, or who played a prominent part in its early history in Canada, I ven- ture to say a very small percent- age could name more than one or two. It will be the same with the next generation. Here in Canada we have no such institution to . perpetuate -the memory of the live I stock men who have gone or may- r hap soon will pass. He suggests * a meeting at the time of the an- ; nual breeders convention to con- _ sider _` organization for this pur- . pose. I.------v ` wuuuusg nu For once a good crop and a good price have come together for the onion growers of south- western Ontario. Production has been higher than for several years, quality is excellent, and prices are from $1.50 to $1.75 per hun- dred for standard grade, which is 25 to 50 cents per hundred above the rate of a year ago. -The comparative `failure of the B. C. crop, which gives Ontario growers an opportunity in the ,prairie mar- ket, is one of the main causes for this happy condition of affairs. The B. C. growers. of course, `do ` not look at it in that light. Cultures in Demand During the past year the 0.A. C. department of_ -bacteriology prepared and sent out 6,790 cul- tures for legume lants and 247 cultures for the airy. Of the legume cultures alfalfa was most in -demand, with 4,548. Sweet clover stood second with 1,078, and eld peas third with 887. Be- side these crops, red alsike and white clover, sweet peas, cow peas, field and soy beans, and vetches were given treatment. UV?` .3 31C The average Ontario farmer is probably in somewhat `better con- dition to face the New Year of 1928 than he was to face that of 1927. Taken as a whole, it was a good crop year. Fall wheat did not turn out as well as expected, but at that it was above the aver- age. Oats and barley did well. Hay was above the average. Corn, of course. was not, but there -which took the form of an fined letter E". .,- -__|. _.-.. ._I.-L-_..n-`La IJIIUU IULI-Vi an a The mark was photographed. and eventually reached London, `where the doctors compared it with the mark on the still unconscious girl. It was found to correspond exactly, both in size, form and general ap- pearance, and was published in the papers. _ The whole of Europe thereupon papers. The whole of Europa thereupon became excited and puzzled, and in the press there appeared articles which gave rise to heated argu- menrs without. however. anybody arriving at a sound conclusion. __._ A. ...-.. g- ....-. 4.]... lanai- H.l'I'|VlLl5 GI: Cl vunau vvanvnuuavau Curious it was, to say the least. that upon the back of the should- ers of both the mg-ht-club girl in London, and upon that of the well-known and highly popular Ita- lian Deputy, exactly the same In- clsed mark should -have been ob- served. Both were lying in a state of coma, and both were Insoluble mysteries. 'l"hn `r1-avian nnlinn were in con- mysterxes. The Italian police were in con- stant communication with Scotland Yard, but the enigma was so com- plete that it battled all attempts of the most expert brains to eluci- date the truth. mu- Inc-nnnHnn.n1 nno-HA urn: BA- m Ina: curecuuu. I I had walked some distance along Dean Streetwhen a. female figure suddenly loomed up in the darkness_ and reeled against me. For a mo- mom I halted in surprise . Sche ut- tered no word of apology. when I Iznnul nnr hnw, T realized