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-Now that time has turned into 1929 and, consequently, `1930 has come a V step closer, the Icelandic people of Canada,.in common with their com- patriots scattered in other lands away from the little island in the north, mve." _ He called on Ahmad Das.'I`he lat- ter told him how he had gone out to the garage after the car; how he had looked in vain for Hayward on the driveway, and how, later, he had found {ha hnrhr Il W CUM. IJLLU | murder. I'\xP nrnnv n1u1'Q81'." Of course his reason for wanting to` know was perfectly obvious. He wanted to see whether I could have possibly had time to hire one of the negroes to murder the elder Hayward. He knew that I had not done the deed with my own hands, from the fact that I had already established an nlikl Ullab J. uau nltcauy Gnvuwunumwu. wu alibi. We ve got a motive for you . Long, he told me at the end, but not much else. There are others that we have some of the other things, but no mo- t1ve." 1.1-- .'..11.A nn Ah:-nnrl T1a.'T`hn `ln_+.- ltween the scene in the den and the n uvuuunlnw '3 LILLY! I the '1"! me nouy. . . The detective flushed slightly and leaned forward. I uvms AIAn l' Hlrn i-he nhimv `I-1'n.vum.rr1_ ` leaned IOI'W8.I'(1. You didn't like the elder Hayward, Ahmad? - Freeman asked abruptly No, sahib." .-Why didn't you? What had he ever done to you? . . n mm: nnf. n1nn_:n.nf. tn serve. sahib_ ever done to your" 9'1-Ie was not pleasant to serve, sahib. Many times he swore-- And I believe he struck you once, Ahmad." . Ahmad s voice lowered. Yes". And why did he? _ I was slow in a service that he asked. V ` "He didn't like you either, Ahmad. "It is true. , _. _ considering his inuence with your master, did it ever occur to you that he might get you thrown out of employment?" : Employ- - Get you kicked out of your job? No, Sahib: I never thought of the . (Continued next week) mu uouy. `Inc uucx uuuuu wan uuu large enough to bring any supplies, :0 Mr. southley had ordered Sam to rocure a large, well-made rowboat 0 back and forth in. At first he in despaired or nding any, until than Mr! man who had steered on the ` Branch Ofce-Bank of_Torc;nto Bldg., Barrie, "Ontario 1918 1923 .1928 1918 1923 w. J. Walker, District Manager 2 C. E. butcher, Agent, Elnivale. A. E. Cnlham, Agent, Stayner. 1923' 1918 .1923 1928 1918 1923 1928 mm Inn onercu mu uwu uuuu uuu acr- vim tor hire. He was a quaint old -character that lived by the river at the edg'e or the city. and he had heard 0! Sam's inquiries. But he insisted that he be carried along to handle his own boat. The reason was rather ob- ulmu -nu nh-Lman was evidentlv in _b BRITAIN. mom. v_ EST I~ou=.s. can-rA,1.--AND An Evidence of Public condence Iusunaucn compmonr Sl8,578",580. $344,060. Dividends to Policy-holders $108,572,703. New'\*Insu.i'an`ce Issued DWII DUI. "LNG ruewun wan .ru.uucr unu- vioue. The old. man was evidently in need of the few extra dollars that his own services would bring. "And what's the old rellow s name?| "Robin-and he talked like a cock- $26,748,393._ , Insurance in Force $587,300. Assets THE $47,273,368. $246,716,731. $52,353. 071. are beginning to look forward more eagerly than ever to the millennial celebration at Reykjavik a year from next June. ~ Iceland, the fountain head of mod- em democracy, organized the world s oldest functioning parliament in June 930, and there is not an Icelandic heart that does not beat with pride at the thought of commemorating the coming of the millennial. The Ice- landic government has planned fitting celebrations and is issuing invitations to representative bodies the world over to send delegates. P111-nu finnnunu 'KTn+`I\'IAn-I1 Dnfluvnuvn Barn : other with dispatch. "And when UV D511 uvauau vvo. The Canadian National Railways and the Cunard Line are co-operating ` in the transportation of hundreds of Icelanders and people of Icelandic de-I scent, and a special steamer will be prepared for the excursion, sailing from Montreal. The service on board the steamer will include Icelandic dishes of popular favor, games and sports and a newspaper. While most of the iunctions will take place at Reykjavik, there will be 'a ceremony at Thingplains, where the original parliament was organized, and there will` be numerous excursions inland, revealing to some for the first time the rugged, austere beauty of Iceland. and to others bringing back happy memories. ` BOY DROPS LANTERN-l-`IRE DESTROYS BARN -The loss is estimated at from $10,000 to $12,000 with _ Insurance -of $3,200. --Barrie Examiner, Jan. 10th. The above surely emphasizes the necessity of 1 jfjii AFIIIN IQIRI '1 1 `HINT. TIE`. I\' III '\IQI3l1 A. F. A. MALCOMSON MoDERATE RAisEoNs1sfENT `WITH EECURITY. UP-T'OWN TICKETS, CANADIAN NATIONAL RYS. -'Al"),~l7;Qi.I.`A';l'EJI-NSIAJRANCE on FARM u1LD1Ncs $453,323,912. Werarwe prepared to.quote you very rusr I-5 A fI'\l f`f\`KYf\Yf""I`f`l1fI` I'IYI'I`I I !'VI' $87,322,612. $87 ,495,37 0. nun ueapaareu U1 unuxng buy, uuuu the old man who had steered on the way back to the house encountered him and offered his own boat and ser- umnn for him. He was a auaint old $1,954,133. I have great pleasure in informing you Kruechen Salt: have worked wonders for me. have been a great suerer of liver and kidney trouble, and after trying one bottle I am a different woman. I had to give up my work, but thank: if Kruschen Salts I am back at work again. and give my son a little every morning, and I don ! hear of the little complaints now which a chill generally gets. He is happier and brighter. I have enclosed a snap-shot 0 son and sell. all 43 years, boy 6 years. shall alwaya Iz_ lzli recommend Krusclzen, and I would not be wtt cu! Hum mmuvlf in a hurry." -(Mra.) M. P. fecommend Kyuschen, and 1 would not be wunom them myself an a hurry." -(Mrs.) - Original letter on me for lnlpectlolt Kruschen salts is obtainable at dru and department stores in Canada. at 75. a goal! A bottle contains enough to last for 4 or. ` nonths-ofd health for half-a-cent A 451: :1 A Different .Woma_;1_ Thursday, Janary 24, "192! ' 41 Dunlop St. Phone 447W : "axwuu-nuu uv vluuvu unv no yumm- nay. Bouthley and I were wlth.the 1n- lbeetor--h1e name turned out to be eeman-when he examined the thy. He made no comment. Since 1 Ivan up all hope or a eater dotec Ive coming to our aid, I umed over all the clues I had gathered to him. He was entirely ecorntul. . u'r.1lu am: not van and voumr South. turn. as was enmresy Bcuunux. Like as not you and young south- loy spoiled 9. whole lot more clues than 0: ggund. by tramping -around the " '9 were Icaretul about that, in- apeotor,"'I assured him. "I don't mean to infer vour mo- PIUWI," J. uauuruu nun. "I don't mean to inter your mo- tivas weren't the best." he went on with 9. word or tact, "but amateur lid doesn't help any, as 9. rule. The hat is evidently the property of the murdered man. This cuff-link-`--" I-Ia asmminad the cuffs of the silken XHUTCEYBG H1511. 'J.'I1lB cuu-nms-" He examined the cum or the silken shirt that Hayward wore. "It's his for` that cold and tired feeling. Get 'We11-_-Keep Well. KEEP Your HEALTH TO-NIGHT m % Minard s Liniment ' Pain Tin ` L % `KlLl.._.FLU' by using the Old Reliable} Minna : Llnlment Co. Limited` Yarnjouth. N.s _ errands h had done ctirf, 606." he. said `froken `of! when he re . Thain tuna nnfina llli f M on 51115 D011. `rue mu: '1 VHS lllv sleeve was the mate the `broken link we had found. - `He heard our story. and we walked down with him to show him .where the body `had lain. I-Ie listened very attentively to our theory-v-that Hay- ward had attempted to flee irom his !'l8(1\_Cl0Wn W 0118 D080. '.l.'U -ul.'UI=a seemed all to have disappeared when the moment came,` but Ahmad. in- scrutable as ever, and the bewhisker- ed old man that we called "Robin. came to our aid. The inquest was ,to be- held three days later, after the de- . tectives had time to make their in: vestigations. I :'I1ere's room tor me, 'I_ hope?" 1 on wnen ne xeu." - -There was nothing more -to be and on 31118 D0313. The 11111113 the `left nlmwn was the mine of the broken -rm Olin; T 5' enemy. V . ' "It's a queer case," he told us than. I don't know of any like it. As 0 say," he must have used some- e.s hen. g vy as a sledge-hammer, and yet not hard like a. sledge-hammer. Anything very hard would have brok- en the skull into pieces, at -the speed that it rnncf. h,VB nnmn Thnsn auger en Due axuu 11100 pieces, no `one uywcu that it must have come`. Those queer scratches are funny, too. But at least we've got the murderer pretty well` sewed up. It hes in this house he can't get a.wa.y-because -already guards are watching the ` shores. of the swamp. If he's on the highlands yonder,` he can't get off them. either, ggexitmincmthe water where my men GAVE}!!! ILHIU IJILF WHIIVL WMIVLU MI] luv will see him. . Span after this the body was our- r1ed\down to the boat. The negroes annnnnrl n" {In Hutu: rllnnnnnnrnrl urhnn J. LIUIC D I UUHL LU} IMU; In LIV}-Vii I is asked. ` uYes__n . It will, be necessary .for me to leave this place and go back to my pra.ct1ce_1n Tampa." `RM-n.m:n `I hadn't fnrnrntten mv uro- pruuuct-:.1u Lmupu. Because I hadn't forgotten my pro- miselor departure. Besides, there was no further reason for me to stay. A1- exander Pierce had failed to come. I had just been -a guest., a spectator. from the first. and Josephine had seen to it that I had been no more. The renouncement in the den the I .. .. Soon atteithls `the body was carried down to the bout. .. T. . ;. ` evening before `had told all too A plainly. I couldn't deny to myself how much I would have liked to stay, to see the affair to its end, perhaps to behold the curse lifted from the old manor's house. and to watch the sha- dows depart from those sad eyes. Nev- er before had the thought of being of service been so dear to me. But the stand the girl had taken in the den was impossible to disregard. . '1' rIrm'1'. map whv vnu can't do. Lona. WEB lrnpusulmu bu uuu'r:5u.I'u. . "I don't see why you can't go, Lon if you want," the inspector said. "You umva inst n. nrnnnf. here--thamrh I will 11 you want," one uiapcuuul.` aulu. xuu were Just a guest here--though I will say thatyou came at a propitious time --and, besides, both or the Southleys vouch for you. \Vilas says you're inno- cent. and they say that you were in the library when the crime was com- mitted. or course, you must .tell us ,where we can get you on a moment's notice." a - I told them, and asked them to wait until I got my bag. It was all packed and ready. _ And- as I` came down rrom my room I met Josephine in the hall. ` Elna cl-owl-an-lhnnb at flan H.611`! A W13 I1 me 1811. ` I . she started- back at the sight or me. I couldn't read the look that leaped to her face, except that it was a hurt look, almost a look of leading. It was a surprise to me. dentiy she felt that she would miss whatever -`support I had been in these last nights or trial. You're going. after all," she said. She didn't put it as a question. she spoke as it it were some unbelievable A_ circumstance. Pal nnnvmn TVIMI unit-in `Irn II,"I"H T CIYCUIHSUBHCE. '0! course I'm going. I'm afraid I do not surpass as a detective. Besides-- I ve got to `get back to my practice. Prbbably a hundred little revered hands stretching to me-" um-. her mum nrrnnfnd ma zmrl ntnn. uunua SDIUUUIIIIIK UU lllC'-" ` But: her eyes arrested me and stop- ped the now of ma silly words. "Park um: mm mm fnrun-.an._hut 2:`;'.'n osephine southley. whom he ywara am: ms son vuus, anus seen taint on the . Josephine _ ill him the story or sou Downs 6 its ghost, which is not ghost 01 1 human being but or a tiger. Dr. Long has a quarrel th- Viles syward over Josephine. and tinds that the I-Iaywards have a strange authority over the southieys. He is ordered to leave Southley Downs. The sin prevents him leaving at once. Dr. ng and Ernest go out on the road In t e rain looking tor the tracks or 1, ti er that Ernest says are there. '1' ey find the tracks. Later Ernest and Dr. Long see a prowling creature the hell of southley Downs. This lightens the elder I-Ia ward. who also sees it. Ernest be ns feel that Ah- and Des is perpe rating some deviltry. The elder Ha are is later round. lead. his neck broken as it by a `giant's blow. The coroner and police arrive in or- PU hue` IIUW U1 my may WUIUB. "Perhaps you have 1orgotten-but we promised frankness. The first night at Bouthley Downsi"- - - T hm-I fnranttnn Wnralun ma A-n uh DUHWHUJ uuwuax ' ' I had forgotten. Forgive me. And how-long ago it was." ` And how much has happened _ since." How much-and'th1sA 15 the" end." I stretched out my hand, and -she gave me here. I had always wonder- nd at that hand, `It was an vinldinu- EEVC 1110 RUTH. 1, III!!! IIIWH U VVUXIQUI" ed at that hand. It was 3: yie1_d1ng,| on; Iuuauuu .'--`nu ' Dlllil slim c there IIUWLI IIIIV reature shn;;;s'! 3'-`33 Isu;`posem' 1: nothing that would make you stay?" VnII'vn AI!-om-Iv hon-n van: Hull and --that I can tell . QUIT la \lIluEl.'Iwlll1ll.' ' Unkind because I wish you hap- piness? At least I can do that--with propriety. There has been enough be- tween us that I can do that. The walks we had-th_ey will be very beau- tiful to think about." "I wish you'd not say any more. But I went. on remorselessly: And don't think I'm going to be bitter. Wo- men have always sacrificed for the men they loved-everything they had to- sacrifice. No man `can blame them 'it he is one of the sacrifices, as Icwas -in the den-last night." - , b she stopped as if I had struck her. You mea.n--that you think I re- nounced you last night, that I let you fall when I could have saved you- because I `loved Vilas Hayward?" A19 ____-_I.I ______._ _LL...II...A.4 IL L- LLAL 'wvUu1uuav v v 1 Janna . Iv unvo- Ixwould sooner attribute it to that than` to some_ less worthy reason. At least it showed me that your love for him was everything- that nothing in the world could stand in its way." 'l"1-non thorn in run nan in n1nn.d'|no wan urrnnno nmrom: T .140 In via! Southley Do . tophlchnize is con ucted `by In Oriental. There he meetsur. km? whom a. detecttve trlend, 1' Pierce, had told` him to wing` and gnu-son Ernest southley. e ywar and his son V1135, and H2. mmnhina southlev. whom H18 WOI'1(1' CQUIG. sauna` In IDS way. Then there is no use in pleading with you any -more, Dr. Long. some time you may understa.n'd-and may- be be a. little sorry. If you'd only stay, [that time might be soon-be1o_re it is inn `Iain --__---_. uemms1y*a'tendr.:-nut I dropped it gulcky, wofxdering `at-sthe tremor on at . pa. . Good-bye, Miss southley." 4 Maggy I walk with you down to the "It you But` you remember- whst is in the hon ." 'u'n.~. runs} all `haul-not tel 05135 D! lm; WHBU I5 LII. Dill: Illlllu" "`I m past -all horror of that." she led the way out or the great door null` rldunn thn hath III: A nllahl-. UIIHII WUUIU H1556 JUU Blcyf You've already been very kind and sweet." Isaid. "rmeglad that you car- ed at all. But I don't see any use of knanlno un tho an!-nr cams as-Iv Inhom- GU. HI: lilo DUI: I uuuu BEE uuy `UBU UL keeping up the sorry game any longer. It can't help but come to unhappiness in the end. I want you to have all happ1n'ess-" , ' ` I could scarcely hear her answer. "I"!-In I-Ann mm: an `lnu1._hn_1-div I-nrn L UUUIU. EUBIUUIJ LIVES` IIEII l1lB_WEL o The tone was so low-ha.rdly more than a whisper. Perhaps it was Just 9. little tremulous. T T'AnnM- I-kl-nb nan awn noun Iviwlul E uuuc bremuxuua. , "I don't think you are very kind, doctor, the words came back You don t understand." ' |I1"|'nIplvu-I Inisnnnen `I nvlah Qlll `hon- IIIII U Illlll too late. `IVA niu .l.'Ve 18511183 51130 YOU. H30. 8: 303118 W101! the elder I-Ia.yward-words and` all that--on the ~ night he was killed. It puts a. different face on the situation: so I guess `I'll have to command you to stay here until I know it is safe for me to let you go, doctor. A {>1-an nvkn nnnlinnhfn nf Gnu!-H- Mu` luv IIU Jun Jun: 5U, uuyuvus. All the while occupants of South- ley Downs--and that of course include- ed the brown-skinned Ahmad, whose `race is the root and source of the whole Aryan ,breed--met in the library immediately after the motor boat's de-_ na.rture.JA1l of us took chairs, and Inspector Freeman stood in the cen- ter - Dr. Longs 801: to which a ucta Or! ntal. 1 03', den I-It J e or %i'.**::. witch. 1115-3011 Em $1.. yward so Southle: the tra Box ...A u. uh--i mhinh In 1 1'18 051180 On V1_1H.5 nuywuru urau. Where were you on the night of the crime? he asked . "I went to bed `at midnilzht." T You were present in the den, in which you were insulted by Dr. Long?" mX_es sir. But. I'm willing to forget zuap ter. 581'. "This isn't a third degree, or any- thing like it. he explained. I m sim- plyin search of explanations. I want to knew who's who, and who knows what". \_ He called on Vilas Hayward first. Hufhm-A um -ma uh rm than niahf. nf ICE um `inl- WUIU Wllllj IJLIU QIUWUU uuuuy y . "But we're not w llinz to forget it. the detective replied The matter of motive for this murder is probably the most important feature in identifying the criminal. If we have a motive, we have something to work on. I believe that your father took your part in ' that discussion." V That is true. And Southley did also." - Vilas hesitated--just. an instant .Yes, he supported me. "\ I believe his daughter sided in` with you. too. ` "I would hardly say that. ' At least she offered no explanation why Dr. Long attacked` you. Isn't that true?" ' _ It 18. \ , How did Dr. Long take this com- bined stand against him? ' .I don't know what. you. mean." It seems to me I am perfectly clear. Did hebecome angry?" . I won't venture to `say. It was plainly the greatest shock to` him when Miss southley tool: the attitude she did I _suppose my father gave him the Irreatest cause ioranger. why?! V - "My father. took the most determin- ed. stand against him, insisting -on an apology or else a departure iron: the hands" unau` ' Yet his eyes `did. not look _a.s,.,11~he were willing; they glowed darkly - "n!-. mn'rA nnf. 1111111711! in fnra-At 11:5 Louse" ~ -"`And what right did he IIIVO to In- IIIVI NOW. The coroner police der to investigate. Now go on with the story. '_ fun jahnou nxnjurann Islet that .a. :f South1ey s guests be fn1rI In an ) at man his nvn1n.nn.tInnI wxu w sur vvxmy wua use wspmuuuuu, for this breach of hospitality? The doctor was Southley s guest, not our father's. Why did your father fee he had 9; right to insist, in the term he did. that Southley expel the doctor from his house?" "I--don t believe I know." Think a. minute. Vilas face darkened ever so slightly. "I don't believe I care to have you guetion the manners of my dead a. er. N'l'd- la on Oahu nI1Au+ ' ` slat of be] told to go? 1: was his explanation_ -In-n this hwaanh nf hn:nH'.n.Htv9 'l"hn 1ol:l.lUl'.' ' "It is a fair question." In spite of the difference in their ages, Southley and my father were old friends. They were very free with leach other in a11"things. f And Air! umw -fnffhmv can 'n_nvf.'h1'no' Weu as omen mmgs." "You say you went to bed at mid- night; When did you learn of your father's murder? ' . AM-mp +1-an hamin I-n-nIpA__1-nhnn tho Iivillvllp ill-AU Iqvv uvuov vv nnuv uvvo an. un- - It isn't the purpose~`ot the state to chase down ghosts," he said. I think the less. thought, and said about that matter the better. You all were under` a nervous strain; and I've heard the testimony or people in that condition before. It usually isn't worth the_ pa- ger. it s- written on. I want. to know haul anollnnn On an-\I1vnn1I In- eacn Onner 111 an BIlll.'1g5. j . ' And did your rather say anything of an {insulting nature that the doc- tor might want to avenge? u-Iv- --I1-.1 Iml... - Cumuuvn `I A'In`-I an mm maplwcn. And where did you pick up the rowboat?" I asked. You went over in M9. Southleym duck canoe. The auestion drew a Iona and de- W.I-;;.:.t;.i'1e'cii;i'm'va think, as well as other things." ` `Ivan: mu: vnn monk n `had at mid... Iamners muruer'r"_ After the levee broke--when the others came back to /the house and told me The sound or the breaking levee wakened you? Yes. F're'ema.n called on me next. I told my story, as far as it concerned the finding or the body. I corroborated `most of V11a.s s testimony. wllnm mmuh-Hmn mm-`A vnn n.1n1'~m 9.1 - `H1085 OI VX1833 IEESDIIIIUIIY. How much time were you alone af- ter thescene in the den and the time or the murder? he ~ea.sked~. T - CIA (any vnhn`N-an affnn a nvldnlahf. 01. Erie !l1u!'G8l'?_" I18 asxcu`. ` ' A few minutes after a. midnight walk with Ernest--between a. few minutes before one o'clock and im- mediately after." _ How did you spend your time?" A "I was undressing for bed. And then what did ou do? 7 I-AIA `alum; A` null! cl-Q1 fknllah {aha .1 E010. mm 01 our 808.11: bnruugu out: halls. He seemed particularly inter- ested, but also somewhat scorntul. (JUL l....!L 3'... _-__.-. `-1 Lin`: Elm-LA ub WWI`: Lilac vvu h wha I told him or our stal mil: `Ila cnnrnnrl ma` 3E"ao2" through the nnrHnu'In.1-`Iv infar- 31'. lU"W1'lW3Bl1 011. J WEED. DU nu "you had u'1yt!me'to yoursqlr MANU1-*Ac'ru1u:ns LIFE IICELANDIC PARLIAMENT A THOUSAND YEARS om Ml. Iaouumeys Gums Uranus.` The question drew a long and de- tailed ex lanetlon. The motor craft, It seems . had been procured by the coroner, and was to be usedto convey the body. e duck canoe was not In-an Annnah tn brim: anv sunnlies.