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Trains leave Durham at 7.05 .-. and 3.45 p.11). Trains arrlve at, Durham at 11.2 * 2.5” p.1u., and 5.45 p.111. EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUN“ G. T. Bell, (2. B. Huruing. G.P. Agent, ' DJ’. Ag»: Montreal. Tur J. T0\VNER. Depot. Agent “1'. CALDER, Town Agent These prices are gun teed again-st reduction 5 fore August 1, 1917, but. against advance. Effective August lst. 1%: the prices of Ford (Jars w be as follows: C. Smith 8: Son» Trains wiil arrive and depart hws, until archer noticezw Canadian Pacific Ram,- Time Table 9.24 12.07 “ Priceville “ 7 . 9.34 12.17 “ Glen “ 7.‘ 938 12 21 “ Mc‘Villiams“ 7.2 9.50 12.33 ” Durham “ 7.1 10.04 12.47 “ Allan Park 7.! 10.14 12."! “ Hanover " 6.5 10.22 1.05 “ Maple Hill “ 6.~ 10.35 1.20 “ \Valkerton 62 R. MACFARLANE. Town Touring Car $4.95 (N v Roadster - - 47.7,. n» Chassis - - 4:3!) u .‘ (3011 ple‘o - - 6951M Town - - - 780 (m Sedan - - - 890.0” These prices. are all F U Ford. Untarir). Ford Car Price ' iFURNgTURE gUNDERTAKJNG cam WW“ 0. W 9.13 11.5 O§¢§§§§§§O§§§§§§O§§O§§o+x:.<¢¢¢¢¢9t§¢06¢0¢oooeoec Mr. M.'Kress has opened a 521- at the rear of the furniture sun room and is prepared to do >4 kinda of Linsmithing. Undertaking receives specin‘ attention Grand Trunk Raélm TIME-TABLE PAGI stx. EDWARD KRESS and A.M. A.M Lv. Toronto Uu. Al‘. 11.3.3 8.10 Lv. Toronto N. Dealers, Durban- Cheaper Than the 01839! w: .83.) Rugs Hill: 10th:; W mdm's Shades Lace Curtains all Household Furnishings TINSMITHING 0 Al'. Snugeen J. '++¢++++++¢++ 6.6 4.3:) 11.4... â€"‘ pl 7.15 4.0!) _ 6 v0.999009000060999900000094 “But Paigeâ€"kidnaped!” exclaimed Van Vechten, aghast. Briefly Van Vechten related the en- counter with T. Jenkins, 0! the. Sphere, and at the close of the recital. the listener nodded understandingly. “Not much. And I have no positive belief. I simply want to present a theory for your consideration, sug- gested by such few unsatisfactory facts as we have, in the hope that, together, we may arrive at one more plausible.” Mr. Flint ceased trying to disabuse his mind of its fears, by unsupported assurances. “Do not become unnecessarily alarmed, Mr. Van Vechten, but it is possibleâ€"barely possible, understand â€"that we have run upon a. kidnaping “Tut, Mr. Van Vechten. I said ‘barely possible.’ I meant no more. If you can't. control yourself it will be useless for me to talk further. I be- lieve your help would be valuable, and I had hoped to enlist it; but I might as well leave you if you cannot give your attention to the chances of Miss Carew being involved.” “You have as much feeling as a. jellyfish, Flint,” the other broke in. “I am stunned. Give me a moment to grasp this hideous suggestion!“ And he did succeed, gradually, in pulling himself together. The very idea was so shocking, so far beyond the pale of any possible experience that he might within reason expect. that his admirable imperturbability was for the moment shaken. He final- ly said: “Let us go back to yesterday,” he resumed. “The episode .of the four men you saw enter the house over yonder was not mystifying to me. Even while you were relating it 1‘ was pretty certain that they were re-. sponding to an advertisement of some» description. The only peculiarity lay. in the fact that they arrived precise- ly an hour apart. “No"â€"bluntly, “I don’t. Until to- day I imagined I had some idea. of her whereabouts, but”â€"he weighed the shining purse in his hand, contem- plating it soberlyâ€"“here is the second reason I have been given within the hat hour to feel a good deal or anx- iety respecting her.” "It. is beginning to look as though my search for a murderer was open- ing up something a bit. more serious,”:- began Mr. Flint; but the other sharp- ly interrupted. Betore replying, Mr. Flint regarded him a moment doubtfully. . “Is my cousin in New York?” he questioned peremptorily. “Have you seen her? This is a terribly serious matter, Mr. Flint, as you would ap- preciate if you were acquainted with 111 the circumstances} “What do you mean? It can’t be flnt anything has happened to Paige?”- Van Vechten groaned and sank limply Lack, staring a horror he could not voice. “Flint! Do you really know what you are saying?” belief?” “Suppose," returned the quiet voice, “you first answer my questionâ€"- do you know where your cousin is?” “But that circumstance also is easily- explained: The advertise; had need‘ for more than one man. and he wantedi to interview them one at a time with-1 out meeting one another. Upon nun down. Think I’ll let you go until you have mid me all about this” So slowly did Mr. Flint obey, that the other could not restrain his impa- 3 my unlire stuck hc-fnz-v- the» 3‘ prices «Lt cost and ‘wlnw “Hsi, hm (mr stock WI” hr- su'w L4 Hr. Flint Advances a Theory. Mr. Flint’s voice dissipated Rudolph Van Vechten’s bewilderment; but the young man remained completely non- plused over the seemingly inexplicable manner in which his Cousin Paige's purse had appeared He met the de- tective’s narrow regard with a long, questioning stare; then he abruptly dropped into a chair. Goods including. flmxmfluh. < underwear. izwivs‘nnrl I" ‘18. ginghams. m'hlim mu] .2 aces. There’s money in it, gs and Butter taken 83 Cash. Jet. rid of It. 50 we 35(l\'9~.04 BE SOLD “What have you to support your “Will you tell me the other rea- CHAPTER IV. Durham, Ontario “Oh, well,” the detective conceded, “I can’t. of course, expect you to'view the afiair from a professional stand- point; but I assure you, this case is exceedingly promising, and my enthu- siasm and determination mount as it grows more baffling." The young man’s blank immobility alone betrayed his stupefaction. After a pause: “I’m afraid, Mr. Van Vechten, that you have no very keen relish for an intricate problem.” “Relish!” the young man barked. "With my cousin at the mercy of a gang of unprincipled haves? I guess The sharp gray eyes swept Van Vechten’s earnest face. Mr. Flint re plied soberly: “Now you have hit upon the circum- stance that connects Miss Carew with the affair. I found it hanging from a. nail, in a. dark corner of an upstairs closet, across the streetâ€"in your pre- cious house of mystery.” Van Vechten sat a long time deep in thought. The occasional glance he di- rectezg at the detective was eloquentâ€" in contrast with his impassive fea- tnresâ€"of the doubts and fears and anxieties that were assailinx his “It was not rented from the agent,” Van Vechten suddenly interposed, re- membering a feature of the Powhatan committee’s call on that individual. Mr. Flint raised his brows. “So?" said he. “We'll come back to that letter. I was going to say, the mere fact of the advertiser having selected so respectable a neighborhood to op- erate from was no less than a stroke of genius. Nobody to pry into his af- tairs; nobody to suspect himâ€"it was only by accident that suspicion was at- tracted to him at all.” Mr. Flint’s vis- age assumed a satisfied expression. as he remarked: “Don’t tell me,” protested Van Vecho ten. “that you can find any satisfaction in the difficulties you are expecting to encounter. It will be bad enough if we have to deal with common crooks, but a criminal prodigy? Lord defend us!” “That’s something, at any rate,” Van Vechten admitted with a show of reluctance. “Your zeal will lose you nothing, I promise you. But where did you find the purse?” “Easy, easy, Flint,” said he, un- steadily. “Kindly repeat that; this 1m femal snarl is dulling my faculties.” “Whatever the enterprise, it in- volves some danger; it requires young men of physical strength and daring; and it is of sumcient importance to the advertiser for him to expend a considerable sum of money in putting it through-«say four or five thousand dollars. There is an army of young men answering the description, em- ployed as well as unemployed, tor whom the little ad. would hold an ir- resistible appeal; undoubtedly Mr. X-7 20 was deluged with applications. The other did so, adding: “01' course it was left thereâ€"overloOkedâ€" by somebody; whether by Miss Ca. rew or somebody else, I am not prev pared to say.” “Then what is his next obvious step? Why, he puts the mass of let- ters through a prams of selection and rejection. From the lot he chooses the few which strike him the most favorably, and makes appoint- ments with the writers. The house across yonder was secured as a base of operations.” ’ “His ingenuity commands my admic ration; I apprehend that the case will prove interestingâ€"most interesting, indeed,” ning through themes'mmeoanyp. pens for a fortnight back, I tound a, confirmation of my conclusions. Hex-9' it is.” And he handed Van Vechten a confidently inferred. newspaper clipping, which the latter studied long and intently before re- his time for $3 .000 @511. Must be ger. If imposed conditions are im- plicitly obeyed payment will be made immediately upon successful outcome If you are confident you are the young man, Address X720, Tribune.” “Now,” Mr. Flint went on, ' obvious conclusions may be from this advertisement, and “WANTEDâ€"A young man “0 will :change unreservedly one Week of y” went on. “ -DWW window in Number 1313. “My impulse toward reserve in so fdiflcult to account for,” he said In feonclusion, “that I had determined to. keep the matter to myself." “I am glad you didn‘t.” was the luv- mteed rejoinder. “First of all, there is the extreme difficulty of doing such a thing in any eventâ€"the lack of opportunity. But. with your cousin the difiiculty is even greater: she is in Europe with a trust- worthy companion. and a number of unlikely assumptions must be materio ally strengthened before the kidnap- ing hypothesis can be accepted as a working theory. “If the deed was committed abroad. how was the young lady conveyed to America? If she was first lured to this country. how was she persuaded to make such an important move with- out notif'ing her relatives? And al- ways there is Mrs. Devereaux to be considered. If Miss Carew was sep- arated from her, how is her silence to be explained? If she was not sepa- rated from Mrs. Devereaux, then the older lady either must be regarded as a confederate, or it must be assumed that she was forcibly taken also-â€" either assumption being extremely im: probable. your good judgment. Bear in mind that I haven’t the slightest personal interest in finding Miss Carew; she is merely incidental to an investigation I am pursuing.” For a long time Van Vechten pon- dered. At last he said. very soberly: "You are right, Flint; I haven’t been perfectly frank with you. My concep- tion of detectives and police generally has been the haziest. but I believe I can trust you”â€"with stress upon the “you.” “I am going to, at any rate.” And then he recounted the episode 'of the veiled lady in the taxicab, the _1nddent of the girl and the sandy- “Dismiss Mrs. Devereaux for the present,” returned Mr. Flint; “she is: an item against the possibility. I want first to mention the most serious as~ pect of the whole afiair, for there is one circumstance that makes its crim- mallty almost self-evident. “Assuming that the man who was killed went to the house in answer to the advertisementâ€"and there is no: reason to believe otherwiseâ€"in all likelihood he was a stranger to the ad- vertiser; then, where shall we look for a motive? “This strikes me as the most probw able one: his scruples balked at the enterprise; he denounced the crimi- nals, who were thus threatened with exposure and arrest if they did not im- mediately silence the intractable indi- vidual. They chose the second alter- native, which would indicate that they are desperate enough. “There is one other idea that oc- curred to me, but a pretty far-fetched one, I’m bound to admit: we may have stumbled upon a rendezvous of inter- national thieves. The purse may have been stolen from Miss Carew, in Eu: rope, weeks or even months ago.” “On reflection,” Mr. Flint medita- tively continued “I was scarcely inap rifled in asserting that the facts sug- gest the possibility of Miss Carew hav- Ing been kidnaped; it would be more accurate to say: If it turns out that she has been, why, then the facts we now have would dovetail with the "I was thinking of Mrs. Devereaux.” cut in the otherâ€"“you know who she spiracyâ€"first. the uncertainty as to the young lady’s whereabouts; second, the advertisement; third. the secrecy and extreme caution observed through- But Van Vechten decisively shook‘ his head. “It has not been out of her possession a week,” asserted he; the significance of which the detective seemed to understand. out by the unknown conspiratm's; fourth. the callers at Number 1313; Vain Veéhten breathed another 31¢, one of relief. “Well,” said he, “I have been candid with you, Mr. Van Vechten; suppose you return the compliment.” “What do you mean? I have nothing to tell.” “Mr. Van Vechten,” he began quiet- ly after a pause, “I have not followed my profession for a score of years with- out acquiring more or less facility in certain "directions. For example, I know almost intuitively when anybody is keeping something back from me. I knew that you were not entirely open and frank while I was talking with you yesterday.” The young man regarded him with an amazement not entirely free from discomposure. “Mystify'mg it all is, to be sure,” he said; “but that array might sound more formidable if it were more cer- tain and positive. At the same time, my anxiety about my cousin has by no means abated.” “ ‘Nothing to tell,’ ” the other echoed musingl â€"“precise1y.” The contract- ed eyes favored Van Vechten with a. penetrating look. “Of course,” Mr. Flint went on, with- out the least emotion. “I can’t imagine what your reason may be for retis cence; but I do know that it you per- sist in remaining silent upon any point of this case, you are adopting a most unwise course. I am not trying to force your confidence; I am merely inviting it, leaving the decision with "Now let us consider the facts sup- porting the improbability that Miss Carew has been kidnaped. The detective nodded. Van Vechten "Welt, you have m the acorns tun, “Could she have been atairlyaccurateesdmmnt ‘l V kfigtétfi :5?! atmospheres She is young, she is Tort of the Loo-on. John i. 19.34 beautiful, she is refined and gentle, Mallory Von-s, 32, 33â€"6016": Tm the stamp of purity and adherence to John a, Maury Pm,“ 5; right ideals is unmistakable in her a", p, u, m hoe. Wha ver comes of your 1m esu- . 158 When John the Bapun was (mm; gations, you will find to be unquali ed as to who he was he said that he no assert re fiedly true all that I W 1 WC. not at. m no? 212‘: no: ” smug her i 51‘... AW nmnhar his? 2‘ wav- .- - “I do not question your judgment. for it is more than probable that your estimate is correct. But the tact is of less importance than the circum- stance that the young lady seems to en- tertain a very cordial dislike for you.” “I have racked my brain over it,” Van Vechten announced, “until I am utterly befogged. I have heretofore accredited myself with some slight de gree of perspicacity, but her unmistak- able animus completely mystifies me. I am positive, Flintâ€"absolutely posi-. fiveâ€"that our destinies have never crossed before in any way.” And Theodore Van Vechten db- missed the subject, nor would he dis- cuss it any further. during Rudolph’s “One woman might drop from sight in a number of ways, but it is too im- probable to believe that both Paige and Josephine could have been made away with without a ripple reaching the shore. Both merit. a stern rebuke. although I apprehend that nothing seri- ous has happened.” “But," expostulated the other, “she doesn’t know me, Flint. I never saw her in my life before yesterday. Why should she dislike me? God knows I never intentionally harmed anybody in “She unquestionably thinks she knows youâ€"which. as far as her con- duct is concerned. amouan to the same thing." The Man of Iron harkened attentive- ly to what Rudolph had to say, but it. the narration prompted any misgivings, he showed them not at all. He consid- ered a. moment, after the younger man had finished, then said: when the latter was ready to depart. so he perforce dined with his uncle. end instead of returning to the Pow- “But of whom did she remind you?" The detective fastened him with a.- shrewd regard. After Mr. Flint had gone, Van Vec'n- ton did not pause to dine. He ascer- tained by telephone that his uncle would be at home, then summoned. a. crab and sped thnough the stifling nightâ€"a night that augured storm-â€" to Theodore Van Vechten’s huge. dreary Fifth Avenue palace. In the shadowy twilight the silent house across the way loomed somber and forbidding; its lifeless darkening front might have been Mystery and Secrecy personified. The two stood abstractedly contemplating it, each immersed in his own refleCtions. while the pall of night lowered, blurring and distorting the shabby outlines. Mr. Flint broke the silence. “I am glad we had this talk,” said he in his quiet way. “But dear me. dear me. what is it leading us to? I trust we are not going to stir up any mud.” He abruptly changed the sub- ject, asking: “It was my intention to call upon my uncle immediately, lay the case before him, and then set the cables to working.” Tom Phlnney Returns. During this ride it occurred to Van Vechten that he had seen nothing of Tom Phinney since he had sent him away brusquely the day before. He wondered not a little at his friend’s Lrolonged absence, hoped that Tom «was not huffy, and finally concluded that he had tired of waiting upon an uncertainty and had gone off upon some jaunt of his own. “Queer enough.” was the other's comment. “But the veiled lady; are you certain she could not have been Miss Carew?” “Oh, no, she was not Paige. There was no detail of resemblance. I have a fancy, based upon nothing, that she and the girl at the window are the Mr. Flint fell into a brown study. from which the other had no inclina- tion to disturb him. During their con- versation the afternoon had passed, and now the detective sat motionless and silent while the dusk gathered and deepened. Presently he roused himself with a. little shake. No one had intruded up- on their privacy; save for themselves the loungingioom was now empty. He rose and went Over to one of the windows. taking his hat with him. Van Vechten followed. rew ? “That,” returned Van Vechten, “is the one point concerning which I feel that I ought to know something defi- nite, but which persistently eludes me. In fact, the conviction never crystallized.” “May I inquire whether you intend making any move to locate Miss Ca.- “That’s right. I was going to sug- geSt Something 0f the kind.” . O)” CHAPTER V. "I have need to be baptized of thee. .:nd comest thou to me." So there , must have been some increased revela- ' ‘ion of Him to John after the baptism, > when the heavens were opened. the Spirit descended like a dove and 118m- = «d upon Him, and the Father said 3 from heaven. “This is my beloved Son. ' in whom I am well pleased” (Hatt- .ii, 13-17». What a contrast between ‘ 101111 Who bare record “This is the 8011 i of God" and the devil who said I0 soon afterward “If thou be the 5011‘ a :1‘ God” (Matt. iii, 17; iv, 3). Wild-‘- iwe are well pleased with Him in i whom the Father is well planned than .the mmerhmeaeeawimmJnt“ gredonotreceiveflimuflondad SUNDAY SCHOOL THE INTERHATIONAL SERIES. When John the Baptist we: question. edutowhohemhemdmthe was not the Christ. nor mm. no: the expected prophet. but may 2 19-23”). Eh commission is {chad}; mus-8,whem?.issaid {tithe m to prepare the way the Lord :smmdunthegoodnnasthmr Esutheflowerofthefleld: "'thc grass withereth. the flower hdeth be: the Word of our G06 am]! mad for ever.” The Spirit through mm saidofhimuweUuofthem} Elijah, yet to come. “Behold I wag; send you Elijah the prophet before the mminz of the great and dreadful (12;. of the Lord” (Ma). iv, 5, C). The age} Gabriel said of him to his father Zachnrias, “He shalJ be greet in the sight of the Lord. ‘ ‘ ' and he am; be filled with the Holy Ghost ever.- from his mother's womb; he shah 3-: before the Lord in the spirit a; paw. er of Elijah “ " * to make ready a peo. ple prepared for the Lord." His tube; Zacharias, being fiiled with the Holy Spirit. said of him. "And thou. chm. shalt be called the prophet of the High. ecst~ for thou shalt gu before the face of the Lord no prerare His ways" (Luke 1, 13-17. 67 79'. The Lorda Jesus said or him. “Among them th are born of women there bath at risen :-1 greater than John the Baptist" «Matt :1, 11). Lesson ILâ€"first Quarter, F0, Jan.14,1917. When questioned farther by :2“; Pharisees as to why he baptized ‘: he was not some great one. he said that there was one standing among them whom they knew not. the latche: or whose shoes he was not worthy t. unloose, and that while he (.1th 3.32;:- tized with water the unknown one would baptize With the Bob Ghos: (verses 24-27, 33). He is ever the 5.42:: Jesus. ’h'ust Him to baptize you with the Holy Spirit now and hear Him say. “Be it unto thee. even as thou wiitz" ‘Whansoever things ye desire when M pray. believe that ye receix e them “no e shall have them" snark :12.“ The cry of John the next day as he ELW Jesus coming unto him, "Behold the Lamb of God. who taketh away :2. and m straight in the desert at m. way for our God and to cry. “All test It would be worth while to go M~ all lands with that one cry and its 3‘- socia'ted truths. It takes us 1.1:: 0:13;. to the foundation of the wow; Lu: before that (lien xiii. 8: I Yet. i. 19. 20). for as the Lamb of God He was foreordalned before the foundation of the world. It nukes us to Get. in 21. Where We See Him With His own hand. by the shedding of blood, proviglgg re dempdon clothing for Adm and :39, It takes us to Gen. m1, when we 590 the lamb dying in the stead of Isaaz. It takes us to Ex. :11 and all that b said of the Passover Lamb; also to the lambs of the daily morning and even- ing sacrifice: to Isa. 1111 and to pas- sages without number concerning Hts being a sacrifice for our sins; then on to the Revelation. where He is cailed the Lamb just twenty-eight times, ne- deemlng by His precious blood, en- abling Us to ovemome by the same. conquering all His enemies and ours and finally associated with the Father on the throne (Rev. v, 9. 10: vii. 14; x11. 11; xvii, 1-1: 1:11, 1, 3). sin of the world," was one gravest cries that one mortal make to another. Aa His redeemed one we are lambs in the midst or wolves, and when we think of all He has home for us as the Lamb of God and all the 81017 that awaits us as His associates we might well be willing to be kilEed all the day long for His sake. it on]: He can be glorified in us. John says that it was his commission to manifest Christ to Israel. and it is our commisâ€" 3‘in to manifest Him to the world. mat the world may know Him through us. Alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake. that the life of Jesus may he made manifest in our mortal flesh {John xvu, 21. 23; II Cor. IV, 10. 11)- it would seem that John did not know Him personally until the day of the baptism at Jordan, but he had been told. “Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him the. same is He who baptized: With the Holy Ghost." John bare nec- ord saying, “I saw the Spirit descend- ing from heaven like a date, and it abodenpon Humandlsawandhare recordthatthisistheSOnotGod” {verses 31-34). There must have been a knowing -f Him in some sense before the b6!" rism. for when He came to John to be baptized that day John said to Him. we cannot b0 and. 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