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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1927. Superb in Flavour "SAwM" . Every- cup is a new delight. Ask for it. mm HEADnQN HILL mm ^ BEGIN HERE TO-DAY. Samuel Honeybun, retired English countryman, finds blood in his rain gauge on the morning of the murder of Sir Francis Lathrop. Sir Guy Lathrop, nephew, and engaged to marry Margaret, daughter of Sir Francis, is suspected of the murder. He escapes arrest by going into hiding. Meanwhile-- Adrian Klyne, detetive, employed by Margaret, working with Adela Larkin, has obtained evidence against the Honeybuns and their chauffeur, Wilmot, called Monkey Face. In revenge, Monkey Face has captured and imprisoned Adela in a cave and forced her to write a decoy letter to Klyne. As he is about to drop the letter in the box it is snatched from him by an unseen hand. He returns to the cave. Adela asks: "Posted the letter?" NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. "No, missy," he replied. "The letter is not in the post. Some devil came along and pinched it out of my hand as I was about to drop it in the box." Adela's face yielded no secrets to the searching gaze fixed upon it. She was quite alive to the interpretation put upon her transient smile, and tures by murmuring under his breath quite audibly: "I ought to have searched the little--" "I want that right hand a little higher," said Adela. Her tone was perfectly friendly, if rather contemptuous. The right hand went up till a nod told Adela's human target that the desired elevation had been reached. The dexter hand of Wilmot was far enough from his hip pocket to give a sense of security. There began a duel of eyes and wits, Wilmot fighting for an idea that might enable him to break down the girl's guard, and Adela prepared to counter any deviltry he might devise. At the slightest sign of movement she would shoot him, but she was sustained b> the hope that the man of deep designs would arrive before she had to soil her hands with this foul crea-, ture's blood. For three long hours neither of them stirred from the positions assumed when Adela leveled her revolver. She was beginning to despair of the letter having reached its adressee, of his having been able to read th( to a wicked woman, though I do not consider your daughter to have been wicked, Mr. Larkin. Whatever she did at the outset of this sorry business , of righte In< r the importance of not per-1 cipher message she had interpolated, mitting any more thought-reading. | What was to be theend of the Pres" Nor was she much cast down by the i en*; : obstruction of the letter and the dis- \' may it had evidently brought to the mpasse if he did not not foresee. She could not stand ciiettr aiming a pistol indefinitely. She' would have to have food and drink or I faint from exhaustion. Pondering this, the question occurred to her: Why remain there atrall? Why not march the delinquent to the police-station in the village at the point of her pistol and charge him 'iso"ca"paWe0ofCdeep'desi^ assaulting her? The pleasure of letter had fallen into his hands all! the Prospect was reflected in her eyes, might yet be well. | and she 0UKht to have been dictator of the letter. For Adela did not account for the "pinching" by thi vagaries of some chance-m^t plun derer, but by the deep design of some one hostile to Wilmot. And there was only one man shi knew of hostile to Wilmot who other calmly. "Now, Mr. Larkin, shut that door and take me where we talk. Your daughter is in grievous peril and I must have your ai' succoring her. It may conduce to frankness on your part if I tell you that the game is up. I have traced your connection with what is called the red rain mystery, and the connivance of your brother-in-law, Mr. Silas Stampage of Ruxton." "My God!" murmured Mr. Larkin. leading the way to the study. "If you had served your God as you have served a pack of murdering villains you would not have to fear for your daughter's honor or life--probably both," was the grim retort. "Read that." The sheet torn from Wilmot's and intercepted by its rightful owner, fluttered like an autumn leaf in parson's quaking fingers. He handed it back after perusal with another appeal to a Maker who ought to have been thoroughly ashamed of making "Every Sunday in church," ceeded the visitor inexorably, mouth the words, 'When the wicked turneth away from his wickedness and doeth that which is lawfu! and right he shall save his soul alive. That, I presume, is equally applicable ed, she ha; to the can dentally she saved me from being i killed at the instigation of your reverend self at the suggestion of your j distinguished brother-in-law in Suf-| folk." | ' "I was sorely tempted, and so was Silas." wailed the unhappy cleric. "Yes, by the money of Mr. Honsy-bun, who in turn was blackmailed .by the scoundred who has at his mercy. I had pretty roughly the othe have no doubt that he is using Mtes Adela for an instrument for revenging himself on me. That letter was meant to lure me to Hangman's Heath to-morrow evening. He couldn't make it sooner, because if the letter had gone through the post- I should not have got it in time. By a stroke of luck I got heid of it to-night and prepared for instant action--if I only knew where to begin." "Would you let me see that letter again?" Mr. Larkin whimpered. "Adela is nothing if not resourceful. If she guessed the man's purpose she may have devised a means of conveying information." (To be continued) Lloyd George and Baldwin. James Corbet in the London Fort-ightiy Review: Mr. .Lloyd George is le most dangf\rcus critic of"Mr. BaM-in at present. It is still a matter of r\-■dilation as to what singular part ill be played by this brilliant ex-Pre-iler. 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A moment later she had r hope that her s s correct and i that its reaction o tensed his muscles ; her enemy had | md prepared him that the letter-snatcher she had in! for actlon-mind would not be long in coming. I We have had en0USn ,of ^ls" she Wilmot drew a knife, cut her bonds j said- "You keep your hands above and hauled her to her feet. y°ur head and walk out of the shelter> "Dance for me, dear," he ordered.! Proceeding to the police-station r™,,^ ™,r n^ko » 1 shall walk behind you and I will t "I will when I c the •v! li- my limbs " sna11 walk Denina y°u and * wul d1ow unexpected out your brains jf 70U shoW any si£ns complacency. "At present I am too j of Pla>"ng the fooh . „ , . , stiff for anything." i "R^ht >-°u ale- .mlssy- whl"ed The knots he had tied rendered the! Wilmot. ' Any port in a storm. You plea for delay reasonable, and the^have *ot nie ,on toast" and 1 shan * wretch watched the girl gloatingly Play the fool/. t . , as she regained suppleness by mas-, J F?mTIhl,sJ.p0ln,t °* v«w .he certainly saging her legs and working her arms I dldn \ H°?d,n* hl* h,gh j16 ™ade in a graceful calisthenic exercise i for tno door, but halfway to it he Then'suddenly she began to dance, I ^un« his ^ al™ d°wn and kn(X**d at first swaying her body slowly side- th« lamP f ,tn€ tabte plunging the ways, but quickly changing the step ! to a rapid gyration which at brief intervals turned her back towards delighted audience. But on facing again after the third turn-about she o darkness. Whipping round x wild cat, he had the girl in his , and as she was borne to the j ground with his fetid breath on her ojnJ i cheek she sobbed as if her heart would halted in her tracks and Wilmot found j br«ak-himself staring into the muzzle of a Lord_Bulpet dainty revolver. GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. 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