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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 28 Jul 1927, p. 6

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I sense c Surete 1: him. I! But my when l a He sat in n gran: chllr on the long terrlcc rhu overhukcd the sweep of lawn and the dink, rnpld river. Ho hnd been, Ill the time. under our very notes. We had thought of every other place ext-en In English country house within a jump of London. And he had ten sitting here in every com- fort lhu money could nuemblu He did not ris’: when I was brought out (o I lie lc ‘And an. M0 said, “you flna her." his hoavy f‘ He pointed to n beyond him across talk about herâ€"that wantfl you to come again. "You though it out. ch? Not by a her word to put you to clear some things up before I cashed i.1. But i: was it clean lie. What I wanted was somebody to listen while I talked about her. Sit down." lt'wus a string: introductory, But It was n,mystery that had puzzled everybodi. nnd 7w“ willing to hear I" that he had ta say about it. I took the chair beyond him. He shot his head forward suddenly, In :1 teme gesture. "She's a heavenly nngell" he said. “I don't know what God Almighty mcant by setting her in the game wi¢h the bunch of crooks that he‘s got running the worldâ€"unless III: counted on me.‘ The laugh became I sort of chuckle in hls big thyontâ€" “Ain't she a heavenly angel?! It was the photograph of a girl with the fncc cut out. It. had been taken from :1 painting. one could tell from the flat surface, and the strange background of beauty and an inde- scribable charm in the pose of the girl remained even in the mutilated picture. ‘ , He whipped a worn. phoiograph out of his pocket and reached it acmss tho table to me. "I cut out the face," he added, "so she wouldn‘t come into the case if you caught me; your little West,- ridge must have been slaughtered at the loss of her.” Again he touched me at nn unox‘ paged golntA I ndvu “Mumphs 0F MJanqueMle D ‘ 4) by Mumug DAVISSON DOST " ALABA" "Sit down Anyone can sell poorer ten cheaper. Short-Iy after the thing, {or which You Know This! ‘e hld thought 0! every 0“er Gin-m :52 In Engllnh country house would jump of London. And he 1 rep sluinx here In every ccm- secret. money could nuemble I “WI not rise when I was brought mid. !” '1" NO. .0- him ‘9 said. "I want to ~thnl'a the renfin I come." He hughed ought yqu'd sleuthed by a jugful. I sent you wise. I wanted things up before I it was I clean lie. was somebody to in thc TEA .2! (h. man The Service I d fire world \‘lcl‘ THE GIHI onculcd. vuniuhed with Ie la IN THE PICTURE. we were seeking the man before me, hu’u, an the Amorlcn’nn any, “been pulled off," Lord Wellbrldgc roturn- ed co England. He had gone to visit wmo rich Americana, Ind there WI: a rumor lhnl some adventure had be- fullen hlm. Nothing deflnlw ever came to mo, and I Hill! the min too little to in- qulm; I" lhe blood from the orlginnl Glnlxow policltor, u the Brilllh say. would “Bug.- 3 shilling." But ngnin l roplled up though I were ln hll “We". 1 know," he m tho notion that you'll g comin‘ to you!" He looked at me with cal leer. head full 0! brain: or you Wouldn't be Chief of the Criminal Invoetlgn- tion Department \of the Service do In Sumtc and the Englilh would not have you over on this case; now an- swer me a questionâ€"Whnt'a the big- gest notion in the Christian church?" “I don't know." I answered him truthfuIly. Bank had kept the search but for him, pretending the public welfare. 1 saw it now. that was chtridge's money- boxâ€"that would be little Westridge in the background. “That's what huppomw tlo Westhridgeâ€"nnd lh “in see him he's anoin' l jolt. He will be blame you found me. He NI any place along the lim 1: finger he didn't let you me" And again I saw an incident of long march. for the man before from another angle. The Black- Bank had kept the search but for pretending the public welfare. 1 .,2 ,_Av, _. He eyed me curiously in a moment's pause. “He kept slipp‘m’ you the word, eh? hail-4 Tho What happened Friend m to Weslridgv d, “you've got a or you Wouldn't n' to get another amed sorry that couldn't squeal, line, but I’ll bet you forget about cuud flnh around in his on. "WI what's n- this me, 'l'luu umo n "dim our" Into MI vol“. ‘ “An’ I! the pi.” hadn't got me I'd ‘I' nvd her tho uoubk; I'd 'u' play-r! rhx-aâ€"rountm-y with you.“ He “nu hlmnl! In‘flu chair with ch» “anti; 0! MI hand: on the broad Irnnuu. And I Inliud mom lully whit. phyllcal wnock he mu Well, the has“ him at that. on. I! the didn'ttnov IL“ honleu “I van! to an you about. Ihll thing." hi um. “Am! than you cut go ahead with you warrant." “I fear.‘ I topllod, "that a nome- whut high" authority hu x»! In be- fore your Klng'l writ." Ho chuckled u Umuxh the deadly lat-t wen I so". a! pic-unity. “Sure." by slid. “the MI Judge In“ "gun." by um, "tho mg Juuuo nu‘ but you to lt.” ‘ flu looked out. . moment. It tho woolly Highland cattle In the diltnnt meadow. nt the axe-old beechtrm und tho dark. left, Illent water. and then the upper part 01 hi: big body settled in thy chair. \ ‘ "I thought it was I Ilkk trlck. but mlybe it wu God Almighty. Any- way, when tho thlln VIII pulled all I llld up to Bar Harbor and not down in a hotel. I figured It out. llko thll â€"you look {or I crook In the pluel that crooks go. Ind you look for s IT WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH or A GIRL WITH THE FACE CUT OUT. gentleman in men go. I’ll “I got me some quiet clothes. I limped a little to show th-t l wnan't gulf-fit and I didn't talk. I just set about with the New York Time: and tho Flnnncinl Register and let the days puss. When there was doing: in the hotel I was there in all-right evening cloth“, in a chair against the wall, and l limped along the sen-pith in the nl'tzrnoon for a little examine. I looked aome bored to keep the proper form. But I wasn't. bored. I was seeing something new and I was getting more light on it. III the time. "I was seeing that this bunch wu living up to the standard that nearly an the people I'd ever seen were only pretending. That was the difference, I soon figured it out.” He fiufig up his hand in a curious expressive gestuie. Hie lower [II-"r0! hi. body was Not a “Small Mouth” LAND! \HUOB SEA DAB: V . 411,6".31nulonulr fie place: switch it. ‘here gentle- lnr‘nt catch on moor grandmother that smoke! circa-(H And right than a bunch has got the n “Well! I got to watchan her and' your Enzlllhmen. l wetched them dancing tn the hotel, Ind riding, and playing tennll It the Culnoâ€"l'd never seen any people liko them. “And pretty I00" I got onto m thing; this We-trtdge gentlemen me trying to buy the w, but he dih‘t wnnt to ply for her. He w'u putting out the bait, but he had I [trim on It. "I got on to hll dope. “I! he could dunk her Into mrry- Inz him Ihe’d get her bond Ind clothu. The Mal thing that wu next to Me hide wu hie money. ‘All Io! mo.’ that Wu the notion." ' "i got. a: thinking About it. Thin um. eridgo wu (any; he‘d mm china»: and the girl wu at the we when tho thing: he wu dangliniwcn I“ mixed up with moonshine. He might Vin. and if he did Ibo Iu headed for M“: "l saw it Ill tie-n out to the end." He moved in the chnir. “1 mod to u! about, Ind look It her, And it mnde mo cold all over. Tho devil was on the Job right hero in“ n he wnl in tho Tenderloin. He was working on n higher-clan lim, but it was only I difleunt sort of md to his same old helL He went on with no bank In hh word]. “1! wo Id be a havean angel flung to n wol no matter haw you dmud m. situation up; nn' 1 uld to my-Iell, ‘You can't beat him. The devil'l got I not of traps for any kind of a layâ€" out!" Two farmers me! in town a (ew days after a cyclone hit the country- side. , “Yes. It did qufle n bl! of damage out our way." said one. reflchvely. "By the way. Hank. was that new burn or your! injured any?" "I can't say rightly," he answered. slowly. 1‘] nln't found it yet." The other shined his wad or chéw‘ In; tobacco. "Yea," said the old salt to bl: ad- mlrlng audience. "I have sailed round the world seventy tlmes. But the worst voyage of all was the last one. At the Equator the heat was so strong that we had to take It in turn tn go down Into the stoke bole to get cool." He than I 'ed In I III the! (To be continued.) rub it othei- I May Be‘ and hair th I whe ”In! ‘hnl r thing- ut nu- Wat, Ind Indy. rul your Ulc- tho A DISTINGUISHED NEW FROC'K The modish frock shown here is s decidedly smsrt file. The skirt hss two inverted pldts st. the from sad is joined to the bodice closing at the side from with 1 single button snd having a long collar, vesuo. den, fitted or loose sleeves. snd a trim belt sero- the one-piece bsck. No. 1585 is in sine 36, 38, 40. 42 Int! 44 inches bunt. 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You never see the good In things." "Well. what'good In there in this!" "Why. It tickled the baby so. He laughed right out loud when It went bang." "Why claimed evening present. "Why. you told ma this morning that you were going to bring an old muttonhead home (or dinner this evening." "Of course; what of that?" said his father. The following testimonial was re- cently given to an illiterate servant girlâ€""This is to certify that the bearer has been in my service for one year, less eleven months. During that time I found her diligent. at the front door; temperate. at her work; attentive, to herself; prompt, at ex- cuses; amiable, towards young trades- men; ialthiul ,to the policeman. and honest. when everything. was under lock and key." Sllck Job. “Got n fillck job jn the machine shop now lmvn ye? What ’tla'!" "O‘Hm: the machines." ms. Honpockâ€""lt says hero Hm! aurgconn hnvo dlncovorcd um ornmzo mmmomn may Rm used M, an nnncs- Hlelk‘." Ease tunburn leh Mlnlrd'u Llnlment. 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Walier Andrewt, [lelum 346 Yonge St, Toronto. Ont. Beverley HIIII. CA]. July l.‘ Well. thI 1- the Fourth of July AM my lldI napping these slam. crucial-I hnven'! been nny gm! patriotic Iot- noo to my old bulls scarred bunny. TnII In Ooolldao'n Ind (Jenni) Cohnn'u birthday Georgia erLeI huf countryl songs Ind Calvin IIrIwI “I IpeaclIeI.’ Georgie mmd out wav- lnx I an: and Cal the hIlloL BbowI you whlcb one W111 set you. the lu- men. I I was born on Nov. 4, which II eleo-T “on any, and I! _lt hadn't been for slow, non day there would have been no Coolidge In the Buck mm. My birth- dly hu nnde more men And um more buck to honest work than any. other any: In the year. ‘1: 6111. l wish-both of them rem They are both good kids, even If than do both wk with u whine. Fourlh of July Reflections by the Sage of Beverly Hills ‘fiWhen we are married three servants." "You twenty, dear, but not all Expemlve Gull. 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