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fifty pounds this quarterâ€" get it, father leasing the claim." hnave landed Roger Konl WilUl i eveythinz that had happened â€" alâ€" sSsmallbridge looked a; bher narrowly "AaAnd what does h think about it all?" he asked abruptly. Kitty drew a deep breath. "He hates me!" she took a restless turn up and down the room. ‘"‘He won‘t forgive_me.fqor having persuaded him to betray your confidonce in him. He mittally. "I felt worg> about that than about anything else," she samid. "I had to release the "Kate" from that claim. To have lanmdjed Roger Kont with it after "As so0n as afternoon I we sen; me to hi Ratchett was It had all be along, I‘m ui Kitty Jooked at her father knowingly with a certain acid pleasure: "You‘re just like the resit of us were," she said. "You get jus, as excited There was no Gavin Erdhart. . It was all a hoax to steal the yacht." "But you should have told me!" proâ€" rested Smallbridg>, red in the face with concern. "Whyâ€"#whyâ€"why, if I had known that I might have given my perâ€" mission at any rate made some arâ€" rangement to assist in rescuing him mysolf. . Gavin Erdhart! What hapâ€" pened? ~ My dear Kitty, my dear girlâ€" did you resecue him"? "So I gave him a push," ‘Kitty said dolefully. ‘An‘d he fell overboard." "Was that all?" said Smalibridge. Kitty ignored him. She desoribed «how Roger had made her stay on b:ard and how they had set out for St. Raphael. "He wa absolutely staunch," said Kitty with tragic solemnity. **Your interests were his interests. Nothing would make him swerve from his l¢yalty to yvou!"~" It was an ideal!" "Yeées said Smallbridge. ‘"You were the ideal and ‘after that, what?" Kitty began to sniff again. "Well if I was the ideal then, I‘m not now!" <She went on to tell him how he had sailed for Marjorea, and how they arrived off manreal. At the mention of Gavin Erdhart, Smallbridâ€" ge‘s cynicisinmn fell from him. "What?" he saia, astcunded with a complete change of face. "It was to save tha}» bov that vou wanted to go to save tha; boy that you wanted to go Majorca. Why didn‘t you tell m» it w Gavin Erdhart?" "We.were supposed to keep his name Secret,â€", .:.‘ .:. . "Yes: what you‘re trying to gell me is that you.did all you could to make him do as you wanted him to and that you turned his head and he did it"! "No, no, it was a matter Of principle "Bui in the Kiltty, yet mo GEOFFREY PAISH: Kitty‘s cousin and accomplice in rash exploits. CAPTAIN CULLEN: Master of E. C. Smallbridge‘s yacht. "Glorious Kat." "CHARLIE®": Cullen‘s assistant. CHAPTER XVIIâ€"(Continued) HCUR CF RETCZKONING Kitty toid â€"him. Sh> began from the point when Roger had bceardsd th: "Olcrious Kate", and disput:1 her right to the yacht. Of Roger Koe: somewhat spoil but charming PRTINCIPAL CHARACTERS ROCGFER KENT: Young:, ambitiou private secretary to E. C. Smallbrida» a business magnate. "Humph THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 137TH. i94) KITTY SMALLBRIDGE: Daughter PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRAXNXGEMEXNT Z % e the resit of us were," get jus, as excited ivin Erdhart. It was l the yvacht." Ssmallbridgze, noncom employer. She is ind very obstinate, 12er more rational The air abcut the Villa with the smell of citrus tr ‘terraced garden was a sea ‘through which h> walked r fate. from toâ€"day. 1i tNninNnK is to be said." "You take the matt hands don‘t you"? sai gruffly. "I don‘t se any oth gee, I can‘t even apolog the circumstances again, I would behave in Surprise upsst Sma "She said so?" "Not in so mat "Your daughter reason to dislike depise me!" "Is that so?" Roger rose ab" pense. > »Lne vyavye me is h Smalibridge merely regarded him with an uncompromising stare. "I couldn‘t have carried out the job you gave me much worse than I did," hay wards a chair. "Sit down!" It was difficult to tell from his manâ€" ner what he was thinking. I; was terso One couldn‘t toll what kind of fury was simmering behind it ready to boil over. ~ Smallbridge was treakfasting on the terrace when Gullick ushered Roeger out there. A half empty coffe> cup and a cover laid for a s2cond person on the table showed that he had a comâ€" panion; but Smalibridge was alone. He had a pair of binoculars in his hand: h> had Roger guessed been l0okâ€" 1gfave no ex ‘"*None?" arcastic jit ‘*None." Irom Milan {O r3pailr tne damage he had dons himself in Smallbridge‘s estimation Roger would have been reâ€" lieved. As it was his early morning walk through St. Rapha>l to the Villa appealed to him as kseing not unlike on of thoss early morning parades which us2d to go forth from the Tower to Exccution Hill . . . nz the harkour of orde harkour. Her starboard engine of order until Cullen could spare part which sesmed ass being able to ge; from Milan If a spare part could have b« plied from Milan to repair the he had dons himself in Smal estimation Roger would have | "Persuading psople again? said Smallbridge, with a severe look which reduced her to shamed silence "But what are you going to do?" she dared to ask him again. He looked at h>r with a hard eyse, and said he would think it over. CHAPTER XVIII "I RESIGN!*~ s»he aske Smallbridg finite reply "Please, ‘"Don‘t b he went th for you!" Roger pulled ou able and sat down "I‘ve come to C ate â€"and to resi despis‘s himse‘, I can see even thougii h> has put things right. â€" He despiy>s me, too utterly!" "Is that so?" "What are you going to do? Kitty faced him anxiously. "What do you think about it?" "I think that this is the first tim> I haveever seen you in a rational or mocd." repliscd Smallbridze, and that was all she could ge; out of him. A; seven a.m. on Or a.m. on the following mornâ€" e "*Gloricus Kate" limped into r. Her starboard engine was out €r until could obtain a part which sesmed assurcd of able to ge; from Milan. isked if The ve â€"seen her . relaxed a trifl>. vou‘ve already heard mos; o be hard on | through to ze Smallbrid ght the yacht back sir. 1| y made arrangements tof cleaned up and repainted me repairs to the starboard i Cullen is doing at my exâ€" e ten thousand frances you hereo". He laid the roll of e table. I resign my J¢o I +hink that‘s all there ) many word 16 ) geliver the ‘Glorious ‘esign my job. he said I‘m afraid,‘ said Roger breath. "I‘ve brought dau Smallbridge wave "Sit aown!" j2 mean used to jibing voice went on,. ring to play the hero I admit that, and I Smalloridg tlv his face rath Ae ‘Villa WAaS SWE citrus trees â€"and the as| a ‘ssa of flowers walked rssolutely to pleajed Kitty. on him. Look wha rathser a patth]! the moment! Jersey cow!" saic t*r cout of > m id chair from th were to arl he same wal las as much vyou have to na k Miss Small wWaYV . x M sincerely. I patch! 11 wh brows d l When she had backed the car out on gto th> road she said in an unhappy | vyoice: sid Rogt didn‘t briskly Roger made a negative gesture. "Did heâ€"did he fir>» you?" She glanced at him with her fine dark eyeos full of apprehension. "Not exactly," said Rogor, smiling. I xes1gned "And he accepted that" CCE _ A dsad silencte foll. Roger walked up and down. He ran his tongue along his lower lip. @ry fatizgue and worry. The interview ‘was no worse than he feared. And Kitty was here sitill. This cppOrtunity was more than h> had hopsd for. "T WANT® TO MARRY YOU" Kitty came â€" a little pale perhaps but as fresh as a daisy in white linen slacks and coat with an azlire blous>. She nodded Roger a greeting. ‘A flush of embarrassment came into her cheeks ani he felt painfully constrained himâ€" jyang imm worm!" Smallbriize pock:tsd the notés and mads no comment what>véer. He thought for a moment. â€" His next remark was irrelevant. ‘"Were you able to the Jade that was stolen frem the yacht"‘? ‘"There wasn‘t a of Iit, sir. "Well you‘d better go cver th> yacht and find out if anything els> is missing Better go along now and go into it. As vou don‘t know whay, was on the yacht tefore you went to Majorca, and what wasn‘t Kitty had better go with «you". "Kitty is hefe, sit?‘ Roger tricd to kesp the eagerness out of his voice. "She cam>» last ‘night!"!â€" Smallbridge jangled his koll. Gillick appseared l wWoOu ulne verted t h man in z2rtain composure for an mstant "YÂ¥ou would?" ‘"After we ‘Gissovered tha; the busiâ€" ness was a hoax I félt véry much in the wrong in havinz yielded to pirâ€" scua‘cn to go to Majorea. I‘m afraid T let your daughterâ€"know it too! After being a prisons>r in Manreal L ‘was conâ€" verted to hor view of the wcould have to help any other Englishâ€" "If the place i If it I‘ll take vou down in the car L _ Beautiful Pictures (mounted) in colotur of Britain‘s Fighting Planas SPITFIRE, HURRICANE, DEFIANT, SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT, WELLINCTON BOMEBER AND BLENHEIM BOMEER gled his bioll. Gillick ap neédiatoly. y Ask Miss Kitty te come here fent is ooino down to the yach; to if there is anything missing besides jade of mine," Smallbridge said klv.. "Will vou zive him your assisâ€" ‘Cu would?" wouid have to, sir." gad, vou talk like Kitty horâ€" |) wouldn‘t convinee her. I‘m afraid She thinks ‘me ev@ry kind of a followed he ~same jam at (It Wwasu‘t the sam» aga| is anything else wed â€" Ktty until_. they his the notés and whatsveéer. He thought His next remark was COPYRIGIT M opportunity ative gesture. you?" : ‘Ghe h*or fine dark cyes a ‘hoax,. "bu in in any o out. They came to the missing OWX Deéept jolly QOuUY.LNO SNIWNKLL YHONYAUV I«HL She cast a smile of sympathy and encouragemen,; at Roger, and went on "We looked through the cabins. The silver tankards had been taken from the gallsy. Well replace them daddy"! could!" Her dccility the completeness! of her surrender to his will went to his heart. Half an hour later they were back at the villa. They went slowly up hrough ths garden to the terrace togethner. Kitty stopped ‘by her father‘s chair to say : evyes fiftst." She droop>d: hope sang in him wildly as he crushed her hand. "You have so much!" he said. She lifted her eyes with a brave smile "I‘m not going to try to lead you into anything against your judgsment this time!" ilv He held her hand . They facod one another confused by their mutual outâ€" turst of emotion. "I want to marry you!" Roger â€"said "Yes?" Kitty smiled breathléssly. "But I‘m nothinz," he told harsteadâ€" "You ought to loathe me"! he stamâ€" mered. "I was so darned "I‘ve lost you your job," sobbéed Kitty to a clear of wha,;, had hapâ€" poned. Consciousmess ‘that he held her loveliness in his arms went throuzh Roger like flame and theéen she dreéew hassily away from him. She swunz round. . Tears wete near the surface. Roger caught a; her blindly .. . . found hisâ€"arms about her, her convulsed fas> pressed against his coat. "It‘s not reasonable! my fault! I‘ve told again"! : "That wouid be reasonable enough said Roger, unsteadily. There‘s nothing gon»â€" burs; out at last in the did he want us to look? you to pay for anything taken?" in <here! saloon. Does ho they may But for Kitty that whole five days micht have been a drsam. It was all real encugh as he followed her humilâ€" task. She opened lockers and adrawer» silentlv. "Five days â€"aso I cam> aboard." thought <Roger. "Heavens what a lot has happened since then!" He thought of the gresting the girl had given him, and th> blocd quickened in his veins And now, dash it he was aboard for the Jlass time. would go away probably never ste her again. Looking back, Roger couldn‘; recall that Smallbridge had actually made any comment. "I take it that he did." During the rest of the five minute drivs» to the harbour they said nothingz In funsral silence they went aboard the yacht. ~Cullén and Charktie were bus; in the engine rcom. He searched her Pace with anxious But you aoâ€"you would 2 I wouldâ€"when you feel th I‘ve nothing to offér you now." ‘That‘s my fault:" You‘re fault be darned. ~But T can‘t vou. I‘ll have to get on ‘cmy feet PATRIOTISM isonable! «It‘s my faultâ€" I‘ve told azain and demand that you Save NOW! PAMOUR PORCUPINE MINES LIMITED AL WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES Your savings will raturn to you when Peace comes to provide secturity in the period ‘of readjustment that will follow the War. You save for the future, That‘s PRUDENCE. Your savings are urgenly needed by Canada now for the purchase of munitions and war supplies. You LEND that Canada may pull her full weight for Victory. That‘s PATRIOTISM. YOu she ‘Why want havo i J9jj9Gq aaAt© pus ‘GOC }(auq wl sAt8 01 Sut0o8 a1nox j 10J }{oeq qUJEBL ay} 198 01 squzstu.to} qua\\ noge asugs ‘-uou tE S4I it qnoge u22q | GA.L ‘3tTeAt 1,u0m T ing ‘qtem 03 sn sqteM [ C‘Jlomo ol} 01 su0) twuolp sours sUtUse; ® maryp pus preay Eal BJ @US â€" .. Lueur 0f qUeA T. puse ow Lureur 0j Sittem ou 18U.L,, ‘PpalojUn0d al[ SW ‘satsttajap ou; dn y007 4taamosuns â€"ut pus 41ittetu28 sty 3sot ‘popuseuiop aUs PHKGL,. ‘UOIJBUIULIgjap Ssotlo.latlU JO NSBW mJmne3q t sSsem J ‘JoUUsWW ut usyeq peU! ogueyo V maqa‘ 134 03 dn 4USI8B1]s Poy[EM olUS, ‘spUO93$ J0O Js}}jEW BE U awso 41jty | l | l | ‘"‘Ask Miss Kity to ‘ccme hcre," said, when Gullick came. Roger walked up and down in a st Oof elated thankfulness. ‘"You may not have done what I told you to do,"~said Smallbridge. "But you seem to have. put every ounce of guts in vyou into retreiving the situation. Boâ€" sides, you can manag snough for me!" "But ‘sirâ€"!" Rogzir found himsel{f smilingly broadly in his _ "I don‘t know what to stay! You‘re too generous I f:sel tha; I léet you down badly over this last affair. . . "If you can manags Kitty, you can manage the London® branch. _ When Kitty came back last night I knew you ha.1 her beaten." ‘*And I‘m ou; of a job, and I need <no reference ~from you "sir!". Roger cut in. "I know it. My presâ€". péct= aron‘t of the bestâ€"â€"* | Smallbridge shook his head. | "Not ay all," â€" ‘"You‘re wrong there. â€"I was thinking that â€"I would offér you the London managersaip!" i "Youâ€"what, sir?". ‘"You‘re the only man, Kent who has! evier . â€"Kitty <to a reasonable | frame of mind, Smallbridge explained into the house. . Smallbridge her ‘with his eres, then looked peneâ€" tratingly at Reger over the top of his Angloâ€"Fronch newspaper. â€" His first inquiry was unexpected. "Did you two make things up?" "Whay, yosâ€"â€"as a matter of fact we did," replied Roger. "Himph"! Smallbridge whred at him <xpectantly. Roger ~â€"grasped ‘the fact that Smailâ€" kridge was not nearly o much in the dark about the situation as he had fancicd. H2 coloursed and faced his chosen fatherâ€"in law determinedly. "I would like to marry Kitty, sir‘! "You‘ve as*ked her?" "I gdon‘t expect it ;to meet with your approval, but I told her that I want*d to ask her some time when I‘m in a better position. She said she would wait." Hejangled his bell But Kitty!" began Roge: Smaillbridge folded his papsr deciâ€" vely,. frewning. "You‘rv> rosigned vyour jtbh as my secâ€" ho bogan and Kitty and that PRUDENCE at 'I 21 PINE STREET N. TIMMINS PHONE 104 i 04040009 00 0600 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 6 6 6 6 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 "You win,.‘ he said. . "You. the Londcn branch. But I lose! there‘s not a soul on earth can manage Kitty!" (The End) ! The characters in this story are enâ€" i tirely imagzing@ry.. No ref;rence is inâ€" |tended to any living person or to any g ublic or private company. ' (Coyprigzht: Publishing Arrangoment with N. F. L.) ; O 0 ¢% 000000000000 04009 0900 00 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 **No don‘t try to stop me!‘ she said "I‘m quite right in this! . I insist on it." Smallbrdgs yal back in his chair. One hand he placed over his eyes the other he waved feebly at Reger. "You win.‘ he said. . ‘"You. manag> High when mins to 21 Opening of N.O.S.8.A. 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