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___ ®, PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Driven Rowena to her country home, wh his wound is tended and he is lent dry clothing, he meets at dinner her uncle. SIR BANTOCK DREW, who listens with interest to the story of his advantures in France and his escape, inquiring particularly as to why and how he came to be livâ€" ing over there so long. Craven exâ€" plains that moneyâ€"trouble, interrupting a life of independent ease, had caused him to drift there for economy‘s sake, and that is accepted, though Rowena seems rather surprised over that view of his character. Sir Bantock indicates that he wants to take Craven to Lonâ€" don next day, as certain people there will want to interrogate him about France and himsel{. Landing here as he has done, Sir Bantock points out, gives him a certain interest to the authorities. ** FPOR NEW READERS < While heavy fog screens the Southern t at sunset, a halfâ€"drowned and exâ€" hausted swimmer emerges from the sta Off a secluded beach in Sussex. Forcing a blind way from the beach he eventuâ€" ally reaches a motorâ€"road. â€" Here his swaying figure is caught in the of a car driven by a girl who gets out and questions him. The man gives his name as JOHN CRAVEN. He lains that he had escaped from Gerâ€" anâ€"occupiedâ€"France making his way channel alone in a small rowingâ€" boat. The boat, which was leaking from the start, sank some distance off shore, and he has swum the rest. The girl is ROWENA DREW, niece of a wealthy industrialist who is also a highlyâ€"placâ€" ed personage in Britain‘s war effort. While the two are talking they are all but run down by a recklesslyâ€"driven car hurtling past them in the fog. Only the quick and strong action of the man, who calls himself John Craven saves her life. CHAPTER V AN UNJUST CONSCIENCE + was not by any means an easy and restful night which the man calling himself John Craven spent at Quarry For all he had made light of the wound to his head, it was causing him some pain, which tended to keep him awake in spite of the intense fatigue preduced by the almost super human struggle for life in which he had been engaged. Add to these a necessary amount of mental anxiety. and it beâ€" came inevitable that he should toss hopelessly through the seemingly inâ€" terminable hours of that night. There was something uncanny, too, in the steep silence of the countryside around Quarry Hill. ~He might have bedded in a void, with no inhabited world at all around him. Yet, of course, he was only too sharply aware of that live world outside, its possibilities, Pitâ€" falls, threats to him. It was with the lust that his mind toyed in those sleepâ€" less hours. Sir Bantock‘s insistence that he must go with him to London, there to be examined and questioned by important ‘Langdon Langdon ums'n‘xns and SOLICITORS a 4 . #â€"_ S S .2 on mc smm _Swiss Watchmakcer Graduate of the Famous Horologh:al Institute of Switzerland Phone 1365 Third Avenue. Empire Block MacBrien Bailey Author of "Chateau Sinister," "A Man from the Air Port," etc etce JOHN CRAVEN: A mysterious young man, escaped from Germanâ€"occuâ€" led Prance. p . SIBR BANTOCK DREW: A wealthy industrialist with an important keyâ€" l ie 4 se o t Mess o un s ie t i > ce i in en dittate sm s ols -\r’" position in certain Government war work. ROWENA DREW: his niece, a young girl of attractive and virile perâ€" sonality. WANDA FANSBHA}_VE; A sophisticated young woman, who in other days, belonged to a Mayfair set. BERNARD FANSHAWE: Her brother; a sinister individual. The character in this story are entirely imaginary. No reference is inâ€" tended to any liying person or to any public or private company. (Copyright: Publishing Arrangement with N.F.L.) ~Barrister, Soliciter, Etc. Bank of Commerce Buildi The Channelâ€"Crasher Barristers, Solicitors, Ete. MASSEY BLOCK TIMMINS, ONT. and South Porcupine (Now read on) RINCIPAL CHARACTERS â€"14â€"26 The papers bore the official stamp of what once had been the Government of the French Republic, but over this later there had been sprawled aggreâ€" sively the swastika of the occupying Nazi Reich. The documents established the identity of John Craven, British subject, of independent means, with permis de sejours in various districts of France over a period of six years. The documents, taken altogether, appeared to leave nothing open| to question. Bologna against one Weiner to comâ€" pel specific performance of contract," ‘elicited this from the judge: "I never a case."â€"â€"Blairmore Enterprise. to invade his own country without thoroughly explaining himself. At least, in one respect, his account ocf himself could be supported by eviâ€" dence which appeared to be beyond all dispute. This was held in the leather wallet Maddocks had earlier been so careful to lay on the electric heater, in view of its seaâ€"sodden state. With morning, while putting on aftresh his borrowed suit, Craven went through his papers the walle‘t containâ€" ed, partly to make sure again that they were intact, partly to assure himself cnce more that they covered every posâ€" sible contingency. He had hoped the standing of Sir Bantock would cover any further and closer need for injury. As for Sir Banâ€" tock, Craven had at first decided that his story had passed without leaving the slightest suspicion behind. Yet, during these night hours of selfâ€"debate, Craven began to feel doub‘ts. Someâ€" thing in Drew‘s voice, the faintest tingse of cyncism and hesitation before proâ€" nouncing his name, had left behind it a feeling of apprehension. Craven had foreseen that. Indeed he had already been congratulating himâ€" self that, after his landing, he had so easily fallen in with these people and been able to satisfy them, thus avoidâ€" ing more precise and thorough investiâ€" gatton of police and military intelliâ€" gence people, who might have proved far more awkward and suspicious. At least, it was obvious that he could rot refuse to accompany Rowena‘s unâ€" cle to London, with whatever results might accrue. Any earlier hpoes and intention of slipping quietly away from Quarry Hill, losing himself in London and carrying out his own future in his own way, was dashed to the ground. The orly line he could fcllow, so far as he could see at present, was the one which he had confessed to drifting along until this escapade, namely, the line of least resistance. Registered Architect Ontazio Land Surveyor Building Plans Estimates, Etc. 23 Fourth Ave, Phone 362 officials as to his adventures in France, was reasonable enough. It wasn‘t posâ€" sible in these days of war for a man Unless, indeed as Craven reminded himself, some ultraâ€"suspicious official demanded definite proof that the preâ€" sent owner of the papers was actually the person referred to in them. A WOMAN‘S INSIGHT That, however, was not a possibility . which greatly troubled ‘Craven. There was, of course, the photograph on his kKientity card. Anyhow, it was easier to demand such proof than to obtain it. With France in its present condition nothing could be learnt from them. _ There was, of course, always a risk that somecne who had known the John P.O. Box 1591 Arch.Gillies,B.A.Scâ€",0.L.S. In a New York court, "Action by one CHIROPRACTOR RADIONICS ANALYSIS Xâ€"RAY SHORTWAVE Consultation is Free Bank of Commerce B‘lfldlng PHONE 647 0. E. Kristensen CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 60 ThIRD AVENUE Phone 640 NO CAUSE TO REEF Timmins, Ont. 147 "It didn‘t happen, anyhow," was all Craven could find to respond, since her silence and her questioning eyes seemed to expect some acknowledgmnt from "And yet it might have ended so very differently," she retorted. "You don‘t seem to realize that it all might have been for nothing thatâ€"landing where you did and making your way up that beachâ€"you risked being blown to atoms with almost every step you "soâ€"the things that don‘t happenâ€" you just brush them aside as not worth thinking about?" He felt safe enough as he entered the morningâ€"room, where Sir Bantock Drew was already at tablq with Rowena and young Sayers. His host, apparently put as much hustle into a meal as he did into his share of the country‘s war efâ€" fort. He certainly had a good appetite, beingâ€"as indeed he lookedâ€"in fine fetâ€" "You certainly do look better," she had to admit, if grudgingly, and laughed: "You know, it doesn‘t seem really decent of you to look so well after â€"all yuu‘ve been through." "It just shows you what a stimulatâ€" ing thing it is to go"â€"he laughed ton as he used her own phraseâ€"*"channel crashing." "Isn‘t that commonâ€"sense?" he chalâ€" leriged, and shrugged. "After all, things that don‘t happen simply don‘t matter, do they? On the other hand the things that do happen are of imâ€" mense importance. Why Miss Drew ... if I hadn‘t met you last night when 1 didâ€"â€"â€"*" out at speed and seemed to concern his private mail by that morning‘s post. In between, he ref@rred to Rowena as to certain inpending social and warâ€"work engagements. He did not at first pay much attention to Craven, beyond to nod his way. Those keen and glinting eyes of his seeming to fasten on every detail of the man‘s lithe figure, though he threw curt question: "Feeling fit enough to make London?" He did not even wait for the answer, which somehow he seemed to anticiâ€" pate; but entered into species of friéndâ€" ly wrangle with Sayers over the timings of certain appointments. iCraven‘s ansâ€" wer to Sir Bantock‘s question, however did obviously interest Rowena. "YÂ¥ou wouldn‘t be in this house now!" she ended his hesitation for him addâ€" ing: "All the same, that doesn‘t put you in my debt at all. I‘d hate for you to think of me that way. What I hope is that, going to London with Uncle as you are, our meeting may have really helped you." someone having had dealings with himâ€" shure in doubtful past were self in this country, those six years no loss to the grim and purposeful Lonâ€" gone, migh?t be surprised to méet hun! don of which he had his first gumpse‘ again now under a different name. But ; from Sir Bantock‘s huge official car. there once more he huad to face conseâ€" With a winter sun shining brightly quences, and the risk was not so very , in a cloudless sky of cobalt blue, meanâ€" great. He realized that the more, with a certain satisfaction, as he glanced at himgelf in the dressingâ€"mirrors before going downstairs, The wound bandâ€" while, London had a sprightly air. It was far more colourful, he thought than in the old days, with its men and women in uniforms of varying shades, its concrete and sandbagged defence He realized that the more, with a certain satisfaction, as he glanced at himgelf in the dressingâ€"mirrors before going downstairs, The wound bandâ€" ages at the moment would certainly thwart recognition. But, even when they were taken off, he knew that there were such changes in his appearance, brought about by the passing of years and the rough handlings he had reâ€" cently received from Nazi hands in France, as to put off anyone inclined to claim old acquaintance. She was quite a minute before she answered his question, and then she turned on him the gaze of troubled eyes. "Because," she said, ‘"it didn‘t seem to me last night that you liked the idea at all. I happened to be looking at you when Uncle put it to you, andâ€"honâ€" estlyâ€"your face hadâ€"almost a frighâ€" tened expression as ifâ€"for some reason â€"London was the last place you wanted to see." x Those memories indsed seemed today quite false in values. They filled him with a feeling of wasted energies and an outlook on life which now seemed distorted and unreal. He noticed that the street in which he had once lived as tenant of an expensive flat, the two clubs of ‘which once he had been a member, and other buildings which had been indispensable to life as he had tle. “Why should you think anything else?" CHAPTER VI BACK IN LONDON London. It was the first time Craven had seen it for close on six years. He found it toâ€"day a very different London from the one he had left somewhat hurâ€" riedly, and very unobstrusively then. In fact, when he came to make compariâ€" sons now as he drove into and through the west end of it with Sir Bantock, he was rather shocked to find that his longâ€"cherished memories of the place were sadly out of focus. Drew, was talking as Craven joined them, young Sayers taking slick pencil notes of his instructions, which poured Craven was sure of it. It was just that need to "play the game" which caused him to feel consciousâ€"stricken and unhappy, as he went out into sunâ€" lit streets with Sayers to lunch. (To be Continued) They came suddenly out of all this, through heavy doors, into a silence which was so desp as almost to be startling. Here, too, was equally as vioâ€" lent a contract to the eyes, the digniâ€" fied and restful calm of what was obâ€" viously a private residential suite. The decorations and furnishings were on the most modern lines, both in design and sparseness. The halfâ€"dozen rooms all bordered the ovalâ€"shaped central hall, across which Sir Bantock led the way into one equipped as a study. Saâ€" yers remained behind in talk with some servants. "These days it‘s necessary more Or less to live with one‘s job," Sir Banâ€" tock indicated in his terse way, flingâ€" ing himself down at the immense writâ€" ing table occupying the centre of the room. He busied himself with keys, drawers and what his searching fingers took from the last. A PROMISING OFFER "You‘ll be wanting some money, Craâ€" ven," he said, a chequeâ€"book open beâ€" fore him and testing a fountain pen on the blotter where it lay, as he added: "you‘ll not have brought any with you on that channel crossing of yours, I‘m sure. And, from what you‘ve told me of yourself down at Quarry Hill, I gathâ€" er you haven‘t any friends immediately available to help you." Yet, of cours?:, Craven himself was drifting with every minute he sat in that big car. Drifting into danger. â€" He had realized that so soon as Sir Banâ€" tock had suggested London Rowena Drew‘s keen eyes had detected his own immediate reaction from the expression unguardedly shown on his face. He had looked afraid. He had been afraid. He still was inwardly afraid. He was feeling, indeed, almost paugck when at last the car stopped ou‘rside the hotel which housed Sir Bantock‘s particular ministry, the great man liusting inside with Sayers and Craven at his heels. Craven felt that he was being rushed through a fantastic strucâ€" ture of vast halls, lifts, corridors, glimpses of huge offices behind glass, ears deafened by the rattle of typeâ€" writer keys at barrage intensity, the ringing of ‘phones. "That‘s true, sir," the other admittâ€" ed and shrugged as he went on, "All the the same, it‘s no reason why you should add still more to the kindness you and Miss Drew have already shown Sayers came in at the moment, and Sir Bantockâ€"saying he must hurryâ€" left Craven with him turning at the aocr as he was about to go. "You‘ll put up, of course, at Barton Square toâ€"night," he said. "I shall be slesping there myself. My niece is coming up from Quarrty Hill this afterâ€" noon for a day or two. So I‘ll be seeâ€" ing you this evening." "Bit of luck for you the old man takâ€" ing to you as he‘s done, Craven!" the other deard Sayers remark affably when they were alone together. "It means that you‘re in clover if you play the game by him! I suppose you know that?" 3 "Then how do you think you‘re gong to live?" "As to what that may b:," he went on "I‘ll tell you ‘later on after I‘ve had time to discuss my idea with some of my collsagues. Meanwhile â€"â€"" "his fountain pen began to run smoothly over the surface of a cheque, "it‘s obâ€" vicus that you can‘t continue to walk about in a borrowed suit. I‘m advancâ€" ing you sufficient to cover immediate needs, and you‘d better get around fixâ€" ing yourself up. Sayers will help you over coupons. These are emergency arrangements. "You‘ll find that shopâ€" ping isn‘t. what it was when youâ€"driftâ€" ed over to France six years ago, CrTaâ€" ven." Even the tempo of Lordon‘s moveâ€" ment seemed changed. The noise of the traffic was deep and sonorous, where once it had been shrill and highâ€" pitched. The traffic itsolf, the imâ€" mense lorries piled with goods and strange machineâ€"shapes, the fire enâ€" gints, ambulances, army cars, suggestâ€" ed a stream of a great and grim enterâ€" prise in full flood. Nothing of drift to be seen here. "Find the means for myself, sir. T‘ll land some sort of job before toâ€"day‘s cutâ€"â€"â€"" "So you can, and so you will. In faci, you‘re in one at this moment if you accept an offer I‘m thinking of making" "Butâ€"it‘s tremendously decent of you, Sir Bantockâ€"onlyâ€"after all, you don‘t know anything about meâ€"â€"‘" "I don‘t think you did, Craven. In fact, your story was told with considerâ€" able restraint I noticed. Don‘t let us argue that. I prefer to rely on my own judgment which tells me that a man of your courage, Ttesource, andâ€"in parâ€" ticularâ€"your knowledge of conditions across the Channel, should be most useâ€" ful to the eountry just now in the capaâ€" city I have in mind." "I know what you‘ve told me, Craven; and thatâ€"added to my own judgment of youâ€"is enough for me." Craven gestured awkwardly. __"You mustn‘t make too much, Sir Bantock, of my stunt!" he protested. "And you‘ve only my version of it. Perhaps, without intending to do so, I may have led you to believe more than The request was made on authority of The Chris‘ian Science Board of inâ€" rectors, of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston Massachusetts, of which the 76 Christian Science churches ana soâ€" cieties in Canada fre branches. It was presented by Reay C. van der Voort, of Toronto, Christian Science Committee on Publication for Ontario, and James W. Fulton, former Committee. They were introduced by the Honourable A. W. Roebuck, member of Torontoâ€"Trinâ€" ity. On the grounds of religious freeaom, Christian Scientists in Canada sast week requested a special parliamentary committee to exempt them from the operation of the proposed Dominionâ€" wide National Contributory Health Inâ€" surance plan. Christian Scientists Not Opâ€" posed to Social Security Measures, but Anxious for Religious Freedom. Request Exemption from Health Plan on Religious Grounds Regular Work Conducted at Meeting Thursday. The Home League held its weekly meting at the Salvation Army Hall, on Thursday afternoon. and Mrs D. Church opened with prayer and Mrs. Dunlop gave the Bible reading, Matthew 5, Verses 1â€"10. Bornâ€"on May 30th, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. Cleophas Lafieur, 216 Mountjoy southâ€"a daughter (Marie Jeanne). aBornâ€"on June 5th, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Waters, 68 Way ave., â€"â€"@a son (Ronald Henry). A New Member is Welcomed to Home League Thursday Mrs. Lorre M. Beare, 131 Pirst avenue, Schumacher, at St. Mary‘s hospitalâ€"Aa daughter (Elizabeth Martha Ann). Bornâ€"on May 27th, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haggerty Kerr, 120 Hemâ€" lock St., at St. Mary‘s hospitalâ€"a son (Charles Randolph). During the afternoon, the members on Friday evening at the Hollinger Hall, with Mr. E. Tomlinson presiding. There was a small atte! ce present. A bingo was planned to be neld someâ€" time in the near future. Flowers and cigarettes were sent to .several sick friends on behalf of the club. The next meeting will be held on Friâ€" day, July 2nd, when the annual elecâ€" tion of officers will take place. All members are asked to turn out. CCCE wE C prayer, and the members will meet aâ€" gain this afternoon, for their weekly mecting. ' Regular Meetinffif Britigh Isles Victory Club Friday for the Red Shield. â€" A new member, Mrs, C. Iusat, of Schumacher, was welcormed in the Leaâ€" gue. Mrs. Jeffries read paper on gardening for children, :which very interesting to all the ladies. Plans were being made {@r the picnic being held by the League efery August. At the close of the aftirnoon, Mrs. A. Hancock served a dainty Junch to the ladies. . c The meeting closed with hymn and worked applique on a quilt, and knitted read paper on ren, : wucn proved 11 the ladies. nade {@r the picnic ague August. 1 “ ‘i nwno Mu'