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\Langdon Langdon "I can‘t agree. How can I pos:ibl agree. You‘ve mst the man as "Lars son‘‘ and as ‘Flanagan.‘ As ‘Larsson in ‘the early days of the war, you sa a peering fellowâ€"as you have admitt edâ€"hardly able to read big print a six :inches range, even when he wa alded * by thick lenses. Recently, vo ‘In. the guise of an importâ€"agent this man had moved about in Sweden arranging for shipments of Johannson Gaugaâ€"blocks micrometrical instruâ€" ments imachinetcols, and highâ€"speed steel bar, to be delivered to Hamburg. Mixing political propaganda with hi business,, "Larsson" had been requestâ€" ed to quit the country. Again he was described as an °xâ€" tremely shortâ€"sighted man wearing hneavy "pebble" spectacles... ©Narrow faced, moustached. ‘That a person using this name exâ€" isted could be granted. That he was a Swedish naticnal was deniedâ€"denied with a repugnance and decision which stooa â€" out, aistinctly, from the diploâ€" matic context of the communication. "Larssom" covered the identity of an unknown German national, probably an <officer, fanatically associated with the Nazi cause. ___CHAPTER XIX A SABOTEUR‘S CAREER ~EFEven in global warfare, there ways and means of maintaining c tact â€" with neutral States. It did take long to receive from Sweden terse and somewhat acld any responsibility for the nurture the man called Ols Larsson. Phones: Offices 2725 Buite 3, Marshallâ€"Ecclestone Bidg., Timmins, Ont. "RATTY" HELME: Progress clerk, who toadies to Flanagan. MAJOR â€" GENERAL SsIR ALBERT HARDISTY:â€" Generalâ€"Officer _ Comâ€" manding the district in which the Loâ€" wood works are situated. CAPTAIN CALBMMROP: Intelligence Officer on Hardisty‘s staff, specially interested in security questions. MacBrien Bailey 2+‘% Third Avenge JAMES R. MacBRIEN FRANK H. BAILEY, L.L.B CAROL GILROY: Daughter of local solicitor, who has taken up war work as a viewer in the Lowood plant. She is interested in Moreton, who mystifies her. HECTOR FLANAGAN: Work intendent. Hostile to Moreton. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS ~â€"GILES â€" MORKRETON: Twentyâ€"five, handsome but temperamental. Reputed to be a former R.AF. pilot, invalideqa out. Now works as an inspector in the Lowoud tank plant. BARRISTSTERS and SOLICITORS Bank of Commerce Building Ashes of Lightning BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC 8. A. Caldbick Barristers, Ssolicitors, Ete MASSEY BLOCK ‘TIMMINS®. ONT. Barrister, Solicitor. Ete and south Poreupine Tiinmins, Ont Author of "The Steel Dutchman," "The Flying Hat," Etc. * Published by Sspecial Arrangemeni by Vincent Cornier Res. 1429 14â€"26 uUpet that‘s besideo the point, isn‘t it,â€"Swedâ€" en kicks ‘Larsson‘ out. Hé must have been pretty bad meat for them to hav« dared so much, at that particular tim( And next we hear of him in Hull. indiv I1Or some time. For the sum of two hundred pounds, in cash, Hector Flanagan sold "John Smith" his whole identityâ€"his name his ships‘ discharge papers, his regisâ€" tration and insurance cards, everyâ€" thing. Then, after a glorious binge, he joined the Army, stating he was an Australian born who had rscent:y travelled from Eire to "do his bit." Many â€" a fighting loyalist from Eire having in those early days been acâ€" cepted with a similar dim and covert history, the authorities let the undocâ€" umented enlistment passâ€"and Hecâ€" tor Planagan, "late of Dublin," becauss a soldier of the King. And, with all his demerits, a good soldier. Flanagan had mentioned to "John Smith" that the state of his eyesight would preclude him from finding ready employment at sea, even in war time. But "Smith," having handed over money, merely snarled that this was now his affair, and, picking up V man w with the if1 : IO0rCE, tChen. A having come to the ces, he fell in with tortuous, and reckless tale. Early in the war he had "sh chip" on arriving in an English port from Australia. Registratior other restrictive orders were not in force, then. A few months having come to the end of his rs piy P.0. Box 1591 Graduate of the Famous Horo Institute of Switzerland Phone 1365 Thirad Avenue Arch.Gillies,B.A.Scâ€",0.L.S. Registered Architect Ontario Land Surveyor Building Plans Estimate: 23 Fourth Ave., Pho 46 Fourth Ave Accountiny P. H. LAPORTE, 6. C. A. had daily contact fith the shopâ€" superintendent ‘Flanagan‘.. who, on your own admission again, could read the hairlike setting of a vernier at arm‘s length; a reading which you needed a glass to see. And, mark you ‘Flanagan‘ never wore spectacles." Still that soft low whistling, with a smile behind it. systems Installed Income Tax Returns Filed Phones 285â€"286 P.0O0. Beoex 147 imself â€"ima bble oner the better." Moreton â€" thumbed 1T Planagan‘s ¢ still a myopic: sti T‘wo member 1N Isson ! Oh, han CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT YÂ¥ ou t agaln dual T F. BAl T MAN ‘That. raphic mss thin 60 THMIRD AVENUE Phorre §40 Swiss Watchmaker idmirabl said he nolice, h ned g > lenses n enginger s a wideâ€"e If anythin Flanagan‘s ‘ it, man! Thisâ€"this make sense! I don‘t ainything much. I wa: son,‘ alias ‘Flanagan.‘ as :‘the C the point _on earth d‘you mean in I telling you? t that ‘Larsson‘ was p statement; had recorded reckless tale la the difference seant â€"Aait>red argements to Then, yvou‘ll ha : mous Horologhal P3 Estimates, Etc. Phone 362 Tirumins, Ont inmnain who John + Smith";..: l a little troubl mnot followed th Empire Block Timmins, Ont neral 1 iSsIt‘t. it evidencs wearings thos Auditing she and fully 110p rinâ€" )pD€ 11 plece And their amaz kitch brickâ€" flitch the prs houtr pillarâ€"] Mary‘s ancien Al lik stairâ€"head haid his pewter tan en opthalmologists in | could handle the jobâ€" opticians capable of â€" eventual prescriptions. nicism was uppermost Flanagan must have h dress, somewhere. Exp: consulted, don‘t enth1i who live in backâ€"streef "No ..I â€" tell yourâ€" the: somewhers. And, fro: tions of the ‘Larsson‘ be a women in it. Anyl He laug face, and helping ou "When 1 he said, *~ headquart ima zlt in( â€"â€"s8 op nave to hundred fee."* ~F unblink unblink "SGtill but ted byv who ongâ€"s And h Th Dow Y ittered rop was pu but where d "‘The fitting cessitate son bottied Sound Just took the She‘d Noâ€"o0, VCE ry‘s." He referred to fent and ruinous stc r@ former priory, whic â€" hundred wrrds aw D. R. Franklin W1 ipt tE Seoe?‘" tain ‘Calthrop gasped â€" 2 d that he did. CAROL IS MISSING CHAPTER XX hyperm â€"sichted Ha WIY i loored s 31 HC Ha afoot, and I ougt ortly." ughed at Calthrc nd indicated that out of his chair. P 1 1i 8p Ro Mot ial M C neas stabbed not m( LOUIS L. LA NX G 16€ CoOU}Y 1@ h rawing Room Goldfields Block ARCIHIITITECT g of nethi O 18 he jobâ€"and siay, five ble of working to the iptions." His olden cyâ€" permost. "The pseudeâ€" have had a decent adâ€" re. Experts. such as he t enthuse over people ‘kâ€"street lodgings. ou there‘s an addres:s, 1g4, from my recollsgq arsson‘ of old, ther2‘ll it. Anyhow I‘ve set inâ€" ind I ought to get reoâ€" H n plu t that address, Rager,‘‘ ight also to haveâ€"ths fices of Messrs. Saboâ€" nanvy Unlimited. Now NV ea‘ out AIs: â€"Cl more than halt Y fIOr Imnstance., / would be about M u 11 ilthrop St € iY akin to a ich eveball 1 Moreton but he Â¥Cli 16 it wat he Clos eed ~to. country wh 11 hX ham neat dow wÂ¥arm and IT‘C che 11 If w iLA 1 lesias Ho ood ed PVIVAL neâ€"bak jal HM 1n 5... The Oof St. pile of urpris( _ Hanâ€" TV minotr would And a vnIing anted imada C it dozâ€" Th 11 no hna Un â€" the Mn â€" t 1/ nC 1to 126 o1 i (To Be Continued) | | _ The characters in this story are enâ€"| tirely imaginary. No reference is inâ€"| tended to any living person or to any public or private company. | The he‘lmeted sontry stood on the sidewalk. Two others of the Security Police were on the steps. One of them bore the panting and bleeding bod» of Gilrovy‘s old setter, been back by now." Then the teiephone rang. The call was for Moreton. He came back from taking it jubilant. "They‘ve found the address," he stated. "A big house standing in its own grounds, G‘ablesholme,‘ Starrosâ€" leigh Grove, Kew Gardens..rented by a Mr. Hector Flanagan, consulting enâ€" gineer! Can you beat it?" He paused a moment, noticing Cril â€" roy‘s manifest efforts to portray li1â€" terest but failing. I‘m sorry, Mr. Gilroy! Look here, Galthrop, what about it? Come on, we‘ll go out and seekâ€"" There was a thunderous knocking at the front door. As one man they answered it. "Your dog, sir . The sentry‘s jus reported. It‘s dragged iItself â€" bac: home from the direction of the Ca thedral, Somebody, or something seemed to have knocked it abou pretty badly. Queer, there‘s no tra‘ fic .;:" Silently John Gilroy tooked the dazâ€" ed animal into the house. Then he a<ked, tremulously: "Youâ€"youâ€"none of you . have sn my daughterâ€"have you?" The answer was no. "Come on, Roger!" Moreton, whire and anguished, grabbed at Captain Calthrop with his sound hand. "This is it! _ we‘ve got to search . " "Flanagan!" Captain Calthrop groaned to himseif informed by inâ€" stinct of the truth. "Yesâ€"lets get goâ€" zation in the Canadian Legion, ready and waiting for him to take over, a service that was unknown to the vetâ€" erans of ‘14â€"‘18. CGreo. Nippers was elected to the post of â€" masterâ€"atâ€"arms by acclamation. Comrads McClinton endorsed this apâ€" pointment with a few wellâ€"chosen words of approval for Comrade Nipâ€" pers‘ services in past years. Oour reâ€" nowned standard bearers, Jack Farâ€" rar and Tommy Gay, were also reâ€" alected by acclamation. The latter \yill be "supplemented" at all parades by three new veteran representatives of the three branches of the fighting serâ€" vices, the Navy, Air Force and Army. Before asking for nominations for his various committees, Comrade Al gave a short talk asking for repreâ€" sentation from members of Canada‘s new army, several of whom were preâ€" sent, on each committee. Al pointed out that the Legion was merely being held in trust until such time as our present generation of veterans were free in sufficient numbers to operate it fcr themselves. Now was the time for them to step in and gain the nmnecessary experience. The returned man of today has a powerful organiâ€" The incoming president, Comrade Al Wetmore, was sworn in and his executive ccuncil installed by Zone Commander Austin Neame. The execâ€" utive council, as elected on Dec. 27th: 1st viceâ€"president, Les Nicholson; 2nd viceâ€"president, Barney Quinn;, George Comrade Melville, as chairman of the Scout committee, reported cn beâ€" half Oof the Legion Scouts and Cubs. Both organizations are in splendia shape, financially and otherwise. Two minutes‘ silenee was observed in memory of two lads from Timmins who made the supreme sacrifice in the defence of Canada, both sons of memâ€" bers of Branch 88, Comrades Forrester and Tom Glaister. Comrade Walter Greaves and P. 0. Dick Wilson, R.C.N., were the only uniformed men present. Drew, Jj Hancock to the Branch. Comrads FPorrester countered by drawing attention to the excellent work done by the bingo comâ€" mittee, upen which the Fag Fund deâ€" pends very largely. Quoting Comrade Bill, thess men have worked faithfully and hard; some of them have been serving on thatâ€" same committee for the last four years withOout a break. A vo‘ile of thanks was also handed out tco those members cof the entertainment committee who made such a fine job cf washing down the walls and ceiling of the club room. This was endorsed wholeheartedly, especially by those members who took no part in the job. Last Wednesday‘s installation mesotâ€" g saw the largest turnout of memâ€" Ts that the Legion Hall has seen r many a moon, and among them ere quite a number of new faces; en recently returned from Canada‘s hting forces, Comrade Les Nicholâ€" Jack Brady, J. H. Knell, Spike THE LEGION COLUMN _ Imps sustained a painful shcek when â€", Watts, GCaptain of United, and % ‘his playmates took them over the ropes ‘lor 4 straight points Watts was in E’ great form. High sceores: Watts 160â€" 100. J. Cote 95â€"96â€"97; McAleavy 95. ) | Aityâ€"Aits triumphed over Legion, their particular â€" rivals, accumulating for °t~ |themselves 3 points out of 4. This was, "~ |by all acecunts, a very hotlyâ€"conâ€" °) |tested game:; everything being used °M }from flame throwers to smoke screens, °8+ l including slathers cf Bull Durham. 28| Jenks was in great fettls and neither O!â€" |walter, Hinds or Spike ever take a O [hback seat to anyone when it comes ©" / to shooting the bull. Billy Bright, the ‘ gark horse of last week‘s column, was €d | Aityâ€"Ait‘s steadiest playor,. although 24" | A1 topped the bill with the highest "U|seore, 129. Other high scores: Ctordon, hâ€" [93â€"94â€"95; Spike, 97. The only group coming out of this case with any credit is the police. Their work of investigation, apprehenâ€" sion, case preparation, and final added duty of prosecuticn, seems to have been (From The Northland Post) Cochrane‘s celebrated Indian Act has reached, it may be hoped, its semiâ€" final curtain; only the epilogue reâ€" mains, this being the appeal of one of the convicted men. The sevenâ€"hour dsâ€" lay on Monday while a score of people waited for a simple decision from Otâ€" tawa, was a ridiculously appropriate econclusion to a most regrettable serics of incidents. Suggests That There Is an Indian "Racket Billy.: Bright is certainly going to town. He went out cof his way to chalâ€" lenge J. Gordon and upheld his chalâ€" lenge. It looks bad for somse of the old â€"timers. A note to Tommy Gay: Steer clear ofâ€"B. B. Seven Up tock Moose. Bill Nixon to the fore again with 123; Milâ€" lor 115; Moreal 91â€"95. The coming Friâ€" day finishes the Legion Shield League and it promises to be a very intsrestâ€" ing finish. Four teams are tied for the coveted position: Windsor and ,Wandâ€" erersâ€"White Cross and Imps,. The first two will fight it out tegether. White Cross <play Legion, ‘and Imps will tackle Moose. It should be good. The aggregate cup appears to be well withâ€" im the grasp of White Cross, We dare not use the word "supported" in this instance after Walter Wilkinâ€" sor:‘s outspoken interpretation of its meaning or VJack may blow another fuse. "You see, life insurance to me is apersonal thing, and my Company‘s reports on its operations for the year mean more than a presentaâ€" tion of figuresâ€"to me they mean a strengthening of my present and future security and that of my fellow policyholders and our dependents." "Of the amount paid out by the Company in 1944 I received my share of the dividends, or premium refunds as a subsiantial reduction of my premium. $93,000,000 have been paid in dividends to policyholders since The Mutual Life was first organized in 1869, which means that the actual cost of insurance has been reduced by this amount. "$14,854,000 was paid to policyholders in death claims, matured policies, dividends and other payments last year, benefitting many individuals and families throughout Canada. My policies are still in force and their values are constantly increasing. The assurance of security for the future that thevy guarantee gives me peace of mind. much meaningâ€"1 wa and to my dependents Annual Report because holders, a partâ€"owner of "‘Take 1944 for instance. More new policyholders joined The Mutual Life than during any other year in the Company‘s long history. That means a stronger company, more people united with me for a common purposeâ€"personal and family protection. (We own 285,000 policies for protection exceeding $723,000,000). It is evidence that the Company has sained a good reputation through its service and outstanding policy results. Canada and every A very not everything bein wers to smoke : ers clI Bull D 10Ke screens, il!l Durham. and neither ever take a n it comes Bright, the column, was T, although the highest Some ve im a practical man, and big figures, as such, do not convey I want to know what they mean to me as a policyholder ‘"The late Mr. Fisher was born in Daltonâ€"inâ€"Furness, Lancashire, Engâ€" land, and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rcbert Fisher. He was in his Members of both of these organizaâ€" tions were present at his funeral. Pallâ€" bearers wree: Messrs. Henry Rovik, Alâ€" bert Ellis, Ralph Walters, Robert Tayâ€" lor, Tocby Boyle and Robert Laing. The of > ‘F1 auite thoroughly done. While we are prevented by the Deâ€" Gagne appeal from commenting upou, the present series of cases, attention may be drawn to the conditions with which the police and the Department of Indian Affairs were trying to deal when the prosecutions were launched. There is an "Indian racket". the inâ€" centive for which is presented by the exceptional prosperity of Indian trapâ€" pers, and the racketeers are some unâ€" scrupulous white men with the able ccoperation of some halfâ€"breeds. The racket does nct consist solely in the illegal sale of liquor to Indians; it inâ€" voives as well their flsecing in the sale of cther goods and services, for which they are grossly overâ€"charged. Itâ€"is most regrettable that what was apparently designed as a fullâ€"scale ofâ€" fensive against one phase c¢of this rackâ€" et became tangled in a jurisdictional dispute between the province and Dominion accentuated bureaucraâ€" tic incompetence and delay, Because of the difficulty of gstting consistent and intelligible stories from Indians, stamping out of the racket is a treâ€" mendcusly big and complicated job, even with legal" and "red tape" obâ€" nct ing even with legzal" and "t stacles removed. We trust that the an ncet become discouraged "ormer Resident Here ‘asses at Kirkland Lake rs ago I insured my life with The Mutual Life of nce that time I have carefully read the Company‘s is a policyholder I am, with 180,000 other policyâ€" the business. Policyholder Reports lowing from Northern N be of intere Established 1869 ist week‘s issue served at s of Kirkland | to many rOZIQO®_" cce x : Authorities will d in well doâ€" wWAT EK LOO,â€" O NT. \ __At a branch meeting of the Poreuâ€" %))lno Branch of the Canadian Instiâ€" | tute of Mining and Metallurgy, to be ‘held in the auditorium of the Mcâ€" \Intyre Community Building, on Thursâ€" iday of next week. Feb. 15th, commeneâ€" ing at 8 pm., there will be an illusâ€" trated paper entitled, "Safety in [Handling and Use of Explosives at \Hollinger Mine," to be presented by CGeorge Geage, Chief Safety Enginecer | at the Hollinger. Refreshments will be ‘"Many beautiful floral tokens conâ€" veyed mute sympathy to the bereaved widow and son and were a final triâ€" bute from his many friends and fellow members of the Canadian Legsion and Sons of England." Try The Advance Want Advertisement Safety in Handling and Use of Explosives at Mine 80th year and is survived by his wite, the former Mary Elizabeth Fox, and one son, William Fisher of the Royal Navy, who spent three or four years in Timmins, and after going back to FEngland was married, and now has three children, Billie, Junie and Anne. Also surviving are two sisters, Miss Isâ€" abelle Fisher and Mrs. Florence Atâ€" kinson, at Dailtonâ€"inâ€"Furness, and one brother, William Fisher, of Johannesâ€" burg, South Africa. "Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and their son came to Canada in 1924, and resided in Timmins and Kapuskasing, until they moved to Kirkland Lake fourteen vears ago. PHIHONE 324 Clean Rooms Cor, Spruce St. and ‘Fhird Ave, The King Edward Hotel Day or Week Very Reasonable Rates Quiet Atmosphere the close of the BY TYIMMINS