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@11 CONSIg] rived at Ox The girl little had little ha signmen aDout Mis something Miss Lent he had tC whetted h extent tha guite sure speakin he was actually bou tons or not. the address. significant. ] ing the tru: Miss Lenna Battersea s silk. So far gone, it was suggested t. at liberty s him, but th either of t own liberty perilled. Wu Ti had done well in going back to Oxtons last night, but once again he had fallen into trouble. He had met someone in the shop and had been compelled to leave him trussed up. Wu Ti had learned his lesson. Sen Yat 6oh had decreed that there must be no more killing, and thanks to that decree Philip, Slater was still alive, for Wu Ti himself was partial to quitck disâ€" patch. He operated on the principle that dead men tell no tales, but so long as Sen Yat Soh wanted no more trouâ€" ble with the police, that was well. It did not to the strange mentality of Wu Ti that by going back to Oxtons to search for silk he might be running his neck into a nocose. The fact that he had murdered Nclescue did not afâ€" fect him in the least. Killing was a nastvy necessity sometimes, like having sure whether Miss Lennard had actually bought Suchow silk from |Oxâ€" tons or not. Miss Varley had supplied the address. That, to Sen‘s mind, was significant. If Miss Varley was hot tellâ€" ing the truth, how did she know that Miss Lennard lived at that address in Battersea she had given him. Yet he had searched the flat high and low for the missing length of Suchow TOO..h eX an excellet But Sen as to belie not been not Deen given up inactivity the fact | Oxtons v ever. doned and of emer; miles di a <mall : he had weeks. I to utliiz less he formati their ri and to mo new )nt with wal? ancC movement. voung ma same personâ€" But if that to be makin; the world? ° know where | highly cofhipl sophical Sen Ling Foso | Ling Foo had given an order to the little Tartar whoe had been sent to warm Peter Oxton that he must shadow the young man who had just called. The Tartar had never liked coming to England. Life was too circumscribed, and since a strain of banditry ran roughâ€"cut through his nature he was impatient to be back again in the East. He acscepted Ling Foo‘s order with ill grace. Nevertheless, he left the house and saw a young man anâ€" swering to Ling Fcoo‘s description saunâ€" tering along the lane. The Tartar was Sen Yat Soh instructed Ling Foo to atch and report on the young man‘s ovements, It was possible that the ung manâ€"â€"if it were one and the me personâ€"was looking for the girl. uit if that were so how did he come be making inquiries in this part of e world? How did this young man ow where to look? Life was becoming «hlv coftolisated for the sagely philoâ€" y AIs 1G That mc n x1( s W CHAPTER XXII IN®SIDE TNFORMATION ol TC TORTURE CHAMBER r as the expert searching had asn‘t there. Miss Lennard had that, provided she was turned she would find the piece for he Chinaman knew that, once these girls was set free, his y would be immediately imâ€" at Oxton: mind. H 11 Tl exXxpet 1e H ed. In short Wu Ti was ample of a philosopher. Sch was not such a fool iat because Wu Ti had ht that the police had iunt. It was their very alarmed him; that, and he sesret of the silk at elleved TNA Shne Was ith, On the other hand pared to be over sure nard. He had made fool of himself over He realized, now, that ‘r tcoo much. He had ple appetite to such an could no longer now be 1t mning the aperalons or e hunt for the secret, Soh‘s way of thinking d news. He was growâ€" wanted to know who i met in the store last se, of course, for Wu as quickly as possible iis possession, but Sen idea that the man in uve been on a mission f Wu Ti and it was a was not known. oo there had been the man inquiring for the 11 1or nc‘ in the best of ‘s failure to digcovâ€" ue among the Suâ€" _ had been distressâ€" > realized now that gainst him in this wits and â€" tactics ning ground. What and as he sat sulkâ€" ts was that, accordâ€" 2liable information Ik was to be found lat had already arâ€" 11 thnan Sen Yat Soh have been abanâ€" 1ave made his exit ight. Not that Sen reat in the event . well covered. Ten as an aeroplaneâ€" machine on which e cption for six tal had no desire of that plane unâ€" ssession the secret jlon to cbtain. ved no further inâ€" the oaperations of i1ad not been sure, the young man assistants at Oxâ€" had chased him et of the silk ully guarded told him that that new conâ€" that O was an adep‘ at concealment. He wriggled his lithe yellow body along the ground I like a snake and Philip was totally unâ€" | aware of the man‘s presence. The sight of that face at the small tbarred window had disturbed him. Phyllis Varley had disappeared. There was a definite Chinese association beâ€" ‘tween the death of Nolescue and sucâ€" ceeding events, What if Phyllis was inâ€" carcerated in this house? It certainly had not been Phyllis‘ face, but what ‘cf that? Philip felt that he must make carcerafed in Uhnis nouse? iL CeTldillly had not been Phyllis‘ face, but what of that? Philip felt that he must make a desperate bid to gain access to the house without the occupant‘s knowâ€" ledge. At first he toyed with the idea of telephoning Superintendent Beck and giving him the "lowdown," but he would have time enough for that later, when he ‘had solved the mystery, and Philip was quite convinced that he was going to do that. It was now midday and Philip felt hungry. He realized that it would be senseless to attempt to enter the house i1 daylight and that he must wait for the cover of dusk. With this thought in mind he reâ€" traced his steps to the main road, watched by the unseen eyes of the Tarâ€" tar, and made his way back to the vilâ€" lage. At the little oldâ€"world inn he lunched well and drank localâ€"brewed nutâ€"brown ale from a pewter pot. During the afterncon he wandered about the neighbourhood asking casual questions from field and farm workers concerning the present tenants of The Beeches. All the information he gathâ€" ered was that some foreignersâ€"yellow fellowsâ€"had taken the place, and that little, if anything, was ever seen of them. One farm hand confessed that since he had to pass that way at night he had frequently seen a big black saloon car coming and going Londonâ€" wards at all sorts of hours. As for the house, only an occasional light showed there after dark. Before returning to the vicinity The Beeches Philip paid another visit to old Bob Prentiss in his general store, and he surprised the old man by asking him to do him a favour. "I know it will sound unusual to you, Mr. Prentiss," he said, "but if I don‘t head up here again by midday tomorâ€" row I want you to hand this letter to the village policeman. You‘ll see it is addressed to Superintendent Beck of sectland Yard. He‘s a friend of mine, and I want you to impress the village poMceman with the fact that I want the contents of that note telephoned to Szotland Yard immediately. It may be a matter of life or death." Bob Prentiss blinked unbelievingly. "YÂ¥ou mean that you are likely to be in danger from them yellowâ€"skins?" "I may be," Philip smiled, "but I‘m sorry I can‘t tell you more just yvet. I just ask you to trust me." "T‘ll trust you all right, young Ssir, and what‘s more, if I were a year or two younger I‘d be along side 0O‘ you; specialiy if there‘s a chance of a scrap. I did a ‘bit of that in my young days, I did SIr." Philip thanked him and departed. The blanket of dust had drawn itâ€" self around the house, and the night was incredibly still. He had previously marked a point where he felt it would be easy to gain access to the grounds over the wall with the aid of an elm whose branches tipped the top of the wall. The window, however, needed ndo forcing. It was obligingly unlatched. Silently Philip pushed up the lower half of the sash frame and scrambled over the sill. The torch he had picked up in Oxtons the previous night was still in his pocket. Cautiously he switchâ€" ec it on, and in the light saw that he was looking into a small stoneâ€"flagged rcom whose floor was below ground level. It had probably been used at one time as a flour store, for there were several empty sacks in the far corner. He lowered hiraself into the room and closed the window behind him. The door stood ajar, and opening it wider he found himself confronted by a narrow flight of stone steps. That same peâ€" culiar sense of fear swept him again, but he fought down the emotion and stole silently up the stairs, having reâ€" moved his shoes and left them beside the window of the room he had just 1@ar sense Oi but he fought Cc stole silently up moved his shoes the window of left. The door at the head of the flight of steps was also obligingly open ana he found himself in a second but shorter corridor leading to the hall and the staircase. A small bluishâ€"green light burned from a standâ€"lamp providing the sole illumination. The place was as silent as a vault. and the young man silent as a vault, and the young man was sabout to step forward towards the staircase when the blood seemed to freeze in his veins. From somewhere at the top of the house a woman screamâ€" ed. It was no ordinary scream, it was the scream of a sole in torment. FPor a ea. He found himself faced with four doors. He placed his ears to each, but heard nothing. On the second landing he fared better.. The landing .was in darkness and from beneath one of the daoors came a faint ribbon of light. He waited for a moment uncertain how to act. His mind was immediately made up by the sound ¢f another heartâ€" rending scream and there was no misâ€" taking the direction. It came from the door opposite him. moment he stood there horrified. He remembered the woman‘s face he had seen at the window. The time for acâ€" tion had come. Discarding caution as if it had been a cumbersome coat Philip dashed toâ€" wards the stairs and raced upwards. He had not the smallest idea where he was going or into what danger. Reachâ€" ng the first landing he paused, listenâ€" ing. The scream had not been repeatâ€" Philip flung the door open without hesitation and stood staring at a <trange sight. A woman was lying fully clothed on what appeared to be a small wire mattress on the flogor. Beside the mattress stood an evilâ€"visaged Chinaâ€" man while beside the opposite wall, one hand controlling a master electric switch, transformer and rheostat, stood the man who had answered his inquiry at the door that morning. Philip un derstood the significance of the scene. It was a modern form of Eastern torâ€" ture. These fiends had sought the asâ€" sistance of electricity and the woman on the wire frame was being subjected to various forms of electric shocks. You swine," cried Philip, launching MART ... distinguished . . . and upâ€"toâ€"theâ€" minute in style . .. Oldsmobile is a car you‘ll be proud to own. And the longer you drive an Oldsmobile the more you will find to admire. There‘s the thrill of surging power as you glide through city traffic or sweep along the open highway. There‘s the luxurious comfort of roomy interiors . . . 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Frcm Globe and Mail) Whether in the fulness of time it flops or flcps not, the grandest foolâ€" proof plan ever devised and started on its uncertain way on this continent is now being discussed at Washington and some day it will be big news in Canada. Its grandeur can be measured byâ€"its breathâ€"taking objectives, which, quite simply, are to buy back from the public all Government bonds and debâ€" entures and at the same time to provide It cannot be done in a day or a year. 6f course, but by simple arithmetic they are showing in Washington how the three bugbears of modern Statesâ€"ecoâ€" nomic insecurity in old age, recurring unemployment and growing public debts of monumental sizesâ€"can be disposed of completely in 30â€"o0dd years. If into the room like an from a bow. a fund for oldâ€"age pensions and unemâ€" ployment insurance on an Adequatd scale. R Now, how is Washington to dispose of its $37,000 millions of national debt? 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The conâ€" is from employers and employâ€" ‘ted by the new law are reachâ€" millions a month and promise i $1000 millions yearly in 1938. hat in Government 3 per cents, st the growing amounts receivâ€" y year for more than 30 years re you have $43,000 millions of States Government debt, all ons Government department. are the advantages? First, the mnent could finance in a sure within its own household withâ€" ct recourse to banks or public; maturities â€" and â€" redemptions ot in that event be a matter of ging theâ€"public_ market: for seâ€" at various intervals; and, third, ould be progressive steps every vard giving comfort to the aged morary help to the man out of 1AIT® t be First, it will be irance, two isn‘t there were, reck n be got. l bala . The oon-' still When Will Boys Stop Fooling with "Caps"? recKkiess in balancing tl still remain ciples to fo This Time It‘s a Haileybury Lad Who Loses Three Finâ€" gers from Explosion of Detonator. The Advance and other newspapers in the North have had innumerable warnings against fooling with detonâ€" ators, octherwise known as dynamite caps. It would be thought that parents would warn their children against playing with these dangerous things if they find any. The companies and stores dealing in explosives are usually very careful in handling these caps and in seeing that none are left around where they may cause harm. The mines also are very careful in the matter. The chief trouble seems to be with those using explosives just occasionally. The law provides for the punishment of anyone leaving these detonators or othâ€" er explosives where harm may result. There is no law on the statute books to punish boys for playing with these dangerous things. But all who monkey with these "caps" are liable to be very sternly punished. The loss of fingers and arms, not to mention blindness, are among the milder punishments. 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Try The Advance Want Advertisement "Kenneth Laronde, aged twelve years, has a badly injured hand from which three fingers have been amputated, as a result of the explosion of a detonâ€" ator, cr dynamite cap, which he held over a lighted match while at play near his home on Little Street late last week. Several of the detonators were found by Kenneth‘s sister, it is said, in a raâ€" vine near the home and the children were using them as whistles. Later the boy lit a match and held the cap over the flame, with the explosion resulting. How the detonators came to be thrown in the ravine remains a mystery, so far as the authorities are concerned. Chief of Police MacGirr stated that he could discover no clue as to who might be responsible and there is apparently no way of stopping the dangerous pracâ€" tice of leaving the explosives around loose. ng with these caps \ some days ago. 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