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on Eue 284 +C ds ty 38. Pb P e es n 9. P o 3 22c . thaq identlty On . trying} to â€"pick . up the : t.hreads of Chetwood‘s, lifg, ‘he, «43 bewaldered People from, . Ohetw oq,s past come _ into the plcture 99y ‘ (Now Read 8 PP Cha.pter V o 5A .. o The Mystery of "Black Ja.ck” ; Famlliarity is siaid ‘to breea‘ contempt but when it came to donning the. perâ€" sonallty of Perry Chetwood there were innumerable snags for Richard Harkâ€" ness. Loss of memory and the inevit= able qfterâ€"effects of illness. did .not explain why ‘every item in the wardâ€" robe seemed to have shrunk slightly. True, the clothes fitted after a fashâ€" ion, but there were discrepancies of an inch here, halfeanâ€"inch there; and a considerable variation between ‘the size of his head and the hats that réâ€" auired ‘explanation. â€" se Joyce had told him he had z:hanged apparently not for the worse, For this he must â€" be thankful. Then Mrs 1 ing. “Carl’t remember a thing el’i?” : { ~"As blank as a new‘ sheec : of: hbte- 6 paper 29 > "All I can say sgir, is that. it’ rfith-_ '.J my. Falr gives me the creaps, having |. done for you the past five years You| used to pull my leg, but yop don‘t do}|: it any.more....and the way you sit arld. read for hours on end.....Well, it isn‘t|â€" like you a scrap." : . People began to call. Most of them were vaguely. troubled to find an old friend, or acquaintance, had lost.: old:}, tricks; anud acquired new ones. . |: \ were vaguely. troubled to find an old! "Leave me to do all the forgetting. friend, or acquaintance, had lost: old Murrey and I are business coneagues. tricks; antd acquired new ones,. _ faren‘t we?" : He did not mind this very "So they say." .; having little‘ liking for any ot them "What do yciu mean by that?” 1eCted,... Ne F@pHCU, ;.) . _ _ is2 “"raint aJthether, that, . 1‘ woog It‘s the words whafi .Â¥ Not: the© same. 1! you know my 1?10‘ " Â¥ +b t " ’f‘k ‘\11 JOYCE BARLOW as Chetwood,. and by force of_ circumstances . assiimes \Langdon Langdon bomb, and Harknéss is taken so hosL pital suffering from severe facial‘ inâ€" juries ‘and loss of memory. ‘He is unâ€"« able to recall the past or his identlty' ‘~Dr. ‘ McFarlane, "a famous ~facial surgeon, offers . to . operate,. He is gui d by a photograph plcked up near the scene of the accident." Thls isn presumed. to be Harkness‘s likeness but is actually that of Chetwood, the‘ two men ‘being superficiau; sxmxlar Whpn nearing . recovery > Hary kness is recqgnized by : ( 5* ~"F don‘t »ynite: Altogether °T ‘am Altogether T”afi‘i‘"bfil’fiéa.s "You see I don‘t know what I usisd _.tp . be , like," i Aa _ 22 94 -.A_’..--....t.‘.. > o t $ Bynopsls of Meu G:capt Joyce Barlow. After the conâ€" ARKNE. Â¥ersation which first gave him cause ;mbmo\s manager in the. mm’: dc"to ponder ~she"was continuallyâ€" pumpâ€" partment of . the great ‘Trensham‘s ‘him ‘orâ€"priming him without any Stores, is, falgely accused by the hemmht ‘anything éelse than getting manager, > â€" toâ€" the: bottom <6of the mystery.: More ‘MR. COOPEPgof having robbed the pleasint were |the firmer grounds of firm of £5,000. He is given until next| friendstiip on whith they: stodd." They morning to make good the deficiency. strentthexfid ‘"Sraom day ‘to ‘day. > ~‘ That evening Harkness goes on ‘duty| â€".If e made spécial efforts to seek 2s an air raid. warden. . Ruring : .anlher company ‘ she was equany cohhént alert he strikes up a chance acqnu‘iub Hiot ‘to. suth" tneetings. ‘</ ancesHip with" ; unpleasant Antruder‘. Was _Jack ~_PERRY. . CHETWOOD, thouch .he M'urfey designed by ‘nature an a‘larsa does not know that young man‘s neme scale" and ~with‘ a~ blustering manner at the time.: Chetwood is killed by a in keeping ‘with his enormous frimé. MacBrien Bailey BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS 84 Third Avenue Author of : “Tho'Sui‘g ~Barrister, Solicitor, Ete. / Bank of Commerce Buillding s - ’ y A S .3 Dr.. Chase‘s .N 1 Eioh C Â¥ U¥‘ ~ ,‘.: s ie t i fln '%_ C P ___t s‘ C 4 4# 8. A. Caldbick _ Barristers, Solicitors, Ete. MASSEY BLOCK Tm 89 ONT. and South Porcupine PROFESSIONAL â€"CARDS â€"{4â€"af | UE â€" . : Oc ces ’ > fit as‘p fiddle Anyone wnth half an.leyb:can‘ see that. . We‘ve: lost thousgnds . of through ‘your . beâ€" ing« daid on othe : shelf Snup out of it ‘man." ‘!;[a.:;.x sorry I% said Harkngss, “but I regopeot ‘no more of. my business asso< "All right, only buck up and get inâ€" to circulation. I want you forâ€" a big al. Haven‘t been able to put it over on my own. There‘s need for the ‘whole organization to get cracking." . A note of menace crept into | his tone as he added:; Yet it nad to be taken for. granted they ‘were ifivorved in joint enterprises. on the ‘first‘ ‘available opportunity '.ne asked Jciyge 3‘5 ‘she knew anything ,abb}w Jat y. f Her eyes were troub'led “I ‘don‘ t like him," she answered shortly. * "Neither do I," he admitted. ~**‘*Well, after<the way you two ‘clung together ~that is an: astonishing turnâ€" about on, I forgot * ‘ Airaid it caught up with me when, I wasn’t looking," Harkneqs replied_ ‘with *smile. . Murrey â€"stared. "Gee whizz," he ex- clannéd "Never known ~you to look so . pleased with . yourself. $oon 7 be back in harness, won‘t you?" "_"The doctor tells me to take it easy for ‘awhile." * !"Tve ‘ mlslsed you" around;," "he said‘ _."chk buslne.s has been in a putrid satate wthout your coâ€"operaton. What do you mean by gettng in "the way of' a bomb?" =© c r- *4 L* : “I?l be Pefingdjng you,” J sald Mr Mur_r‘ay.,' “éheerio, See you later"’ ’ * l‘l ’!0 , 6 1nfer:gnces to be draym (rom this en¢ounter were depressing Hark-â€" “Remémber I can do you a lot of, harm ‘as 'wéll as a lot of good, . If it__ c’bmfis "to a‘show down." ; “I tqll yoq p dQnt remgm;{er any-, thin %. arfimefib protesteg 5 â€"o~ ciationsthan I do.of my private life," â€"~‘ Murrey,; *looked . surprised.~ .‘"You‘ve got a new gift of the gab, laddig. : Putâ€" ting on the. la«â€"diâ€"dah.._Don‘t try it on me.« Plain.ae king and no. nanâ€" sendg ‘M hy‘ 8 it.qwhk }o?:r's ie# : "Myspeech comes naturally." . ‘"Baloney! A few weeks ago it wasâ€" n‘t like it." "Months, Mr. Murrey T‘ ve *been ill' long time thls )encounter were depressing. Hark-i "hf ‘taken. a ~distinotive . dislike 3” llbw ‘and, hadjxlzo wish. to be tated With. Khim 4n any, capacity.. YSE it had to be taken for granted Swiss . Watchmaker Graduate of the Famous Horologual Institute of Switzerland Third Avenue _ Empire Block 6i > @pl m y °.0. Box 1891 "_ ". '.‘lb $3 Fourth Ave. ; . CHARTERED ACCQOUNTANT u*nnnb AVENUE Phuq m Sm #1 66 eA ary, Was It G. N. Ross CHAPTERR VI { A Threat From Murrey { That young man was coming to the conclusion that it was high time he deived more closely into his own af-| tfairs There was, for ‘instance, the firm of Perry Chetwood, 6f~193, Monk Harbour Street, whfich functioning \mcommonly well‘without his presence. ‘Wherl he‘ made his first call the réaâ€" ‘son was clear, Felix Thomas the mahager. and the small but competent staff, knew exactly what reQuIred ‘of them. _‘ ; merely been ‘carrying on with ‘standard intake and distribution, sitr,‘" tThomas told ‘him. : "Nothing: off .beaten track. Mr, Murrey putâ€" up :one ‘or two propositions, but I held hun off until able to have your direct ‘Ainstructions.‘" J "I suppose you know I have forgot»â€" :ten ‘all about my‘self my business and everything." _ 3 ~_"Ouly wish T was thé ‘same, sir. ©~There ‘was no change to be had' here. Felix Thomas was a.fraid ‘something, though hanging on to his'_ jOb i1 30 Ey 323 «t en employees and the: books showed reasonable‘ profits: after. ithe‘ proprietor iJhad received £50‘a month as his ownl a'emuneratlon s U Ee C nc( % The manager looked round hurried-.i ly. ~‘"I‘d rather you spoke to him perâ€" sonally, Mr. Chetwood. Least said, sjonest mended. I‘m not objecting to doing as I‘m told but I won‘t accept responsibility. What I know I know, and it doesn‘t go beyond the ring. I‘ve always kept my mouth shut and‘ obeyed orders." s . "Ag usual, I‘ve sent that:in cash to your home,‘" Thomas explained. â€" _ I‘ve neverâ€"run short. My housekeeper â€" continues~ to ; run ~the place. In future I‘ve a ming to pass it through the bank as being a more convenient method.‘" : lOn" the surface‘ the Cheétwood .conâ€". cern was a moderate wholesale house supplying _ _ ~grocers. ‘Including ‘Thomas, it supported a bare halfâ€"dozâ€"‘ ~‘Murrey‘s choice of midnight for calâ€". ling at the flat insured that the dis«. cussion should be absolutely private. Heâ€"came straight to the point‘ "I‘m ‘aaking you to quit stalling," he said, ‘This act you‘ve been putting on doesâ€" ‘n‘t get over with me You know me ‘as plain as I know you. Last Wedâ€" nesday you went down to the> ware» house. Thomas must have put you wise to anything you were muzzy "That may hapgen some day?” | “It dsepends.. He is cunning enouch keep on the right side of the law. What. I‘m afraid of is that he will drag more ingenuous people into trouble." "8o I‘m ingenuous?" s * "If the cap fits wear it." , "Oddly enough no caps fit me proâ€" perly nowadays," said Harkness wlth a smile. "Quite right! What were his proâ€" posals?" my business interests," ' s them : Mr.: . Chetwood; kerhaps you would care to "g’tance; through. the books." : Poring .oyer»the,.ledgersâ€" only . proved the present phase best." "More like the old Perry?" “Not. in the least." + "H‘m! Coming back to Blnck Jack â€"that‘s what you called him, isn‘t it?" . "It‘s an appropriate nickname," reâ€" plled Joyce. â€" "His heart is the colour of jet, and quite as hard. ‘There is not.hmg really definite against him. Of course, he is ruthles:, unscryupâ€" ulous and alt,ogether hatblql but he hasn‘t oome to . the notice . of fhe_ policeâ€"yet " "Your head must be swelling. Let me finish my â€" warning,. Murrey is some kind of a racketeer, so watch your step." ~What was the mysiterious influence exerted by this objoctionable charact- er in his affairs? "Certainly not," she exclaimed inâ€" dignantly. "When I first knew you tbors wasn‘t a thing to be said against "Go on! This habit of metamorâ€" phosis must be ingrained." She tapped his arm lightly, "I like "You were kept busy on the othéer side of the business.‘"‘ Thomas answerâ€" ed. Mr. Thomas frowned. "Seeing your memory is groggy sir," he said, "I don‘t know how to say anything about it, except that if the business ig to be conducted the way it has been you‘d be safer by sticking to the cash payâ€" ment." ; out. Once again the switch was to Black Jack, alleged to be a racketeer by Joyce Barlow and regarded with eviâ€" aent fear by Felix Thomas, Sooner than he expected:he was to be inifiated. into the secret. . that Thomas was an ideal â€" servant. He. .mfi%uthority in the banking rccounts," signed the cheques, paid creditors and controlled allâ€" buying and selling. "That happens to be the side about which I want to find out all the deâ€" taills." "Mr. Murrey will be able to give the fullest information, sir." ‘"How on earth did I occupy my time?"‘ Richard inquired. "I have a reputation for being. ‘a wangler, haven‘t I?" Harkness shot ‘"And â€"on you "to attend toâ€"al! manager ‘shrugged his‘ shouldâ€" * sÂ¥ ":-_" 4 you "Ill say they are. Wi as a séeping paftner on the legilimate side Sons and Daughters of Mrs. }lrz: zrmo:: :upm i. m Boyle Among Pioneer Resâ€" )» idents of Pochpine j "Depends how you look n These "The illegitimate side days there m people hting l{u‘ Robert Boyle. of New mskeard tds I ‘‘They seemed perfectly in order“ All xuuuucy J At the door he had turned, legs slightly straddled drawing on his gloves in a leizurely manner. The gesture was the most familiar picture that had yet, emerged from the fudâ€" ‘dled past. Richard knew he had seen it ‘often before. Nobody â€" else would stand exactly like that. * 4 . Yes, it was a habit of Murrey to hesâ€" 1tate before mak‘lng his exitâ€"to plant his legs apar tâ€"to put on his gloves with irritation deliberaton. There was always a parting remark,, too. ' \ . "Cheerio, se.f; you later." _ : ,' .That was ‘The phrase never iwvaried. ~It was not merely something _ . was _ The phrase never. waried. ~It was not merely somethingf he had noticed of recent days, It had a definite association with the pastâ€" before that derman bomb had dropâ€" ped ' Then,. he concluded t.he . web . in which he was caught had been long since woven. Black Jack Murrey had him firmly in the toils and there was no escape. Suppose he went to the Police and told them what little he knew and asked forgiveness.for past offences? They would laugh at the notion that an injury had reformed him. Conscience was not a defined organ that could be affected by physâ€" ical means. It was the working of. an inner sipirit. "Plenty, and I hate <it. . There is notMing more despicable than black marketing." LCs $ CE S mCs mW WV ---â€" and the rest of the stutr Don’t lt pay bigger dividends than keeping in with‘ the Controlls? (T‘ll say so, Perry : and you‘re a mug if you fall out with me,. I‘ll tell , something. You dat‘en t cut adrift now. Try to and it‘ll feel as though a ton weight has fallen on your head." s "Are you threatenoing me? "Too trye! I darhed well am. Beâ€" cause I need you, see. Chuck has a huge consignment of stuff. Only the organization we have set up can get it to the right quarters." â€""So that is the sort of chap I am," Harkness mused. It. did not. appear to match his mentality at all. Everyâ€" thing that Murrey accepted as part and parcel of his makeâ€"up was reâ€" pugnant. sureély a bomb ‘could not make all this difference? Still, the more he concentrated the more misty was his memory. ‘Lately he had sometimes féelt that recollectâ€" ion was on the verge of. returning. Between waking and sleeping he had dreams in which he saw himself enâ€" gaged in various activities, though he had not been able to get them into proper focus in the full light of day. He was trying hard to think. "Size seight. and a half" he muttered. ‘"‘That‘s all right. But why do I take two sizes. larger in hats than tefore I went into hospital‘ â€"And my sulite are a dreadful fit." "Have you asked the doctor?" â€" ‘"Peberdy? Yes, And he put me on to McFarlane, who patched up my wrecked face. Neither of them offerâ€" ed any credible explanati > ~*Who is McFarlane?" she. Agked â€"_~"Oh, â€" quite . a Iamous surgeon. Spocmms in restoring fel t.ures t.bat have been basned ont of * right stuff and ‘we happen to be able to let them have it. ‘Nuff said!" “n is only my own background that baffles me." Richard retorted. "Dirty work is dirty work at any time." ‘ "Pooh! © You‘ve been glad enough to pocket. a packet. Weren‘t so squeamâ€" ish, were you, when we disposmd of that shipment of canned fruits? Nor when it came to®saimon, sugar, tea, In a nonâ€"committal way he had halfâ€"promised to take up with Black Jack where Perry Chetwood had left off, The racketeer went away satisâ€" fied that his presumed partner knew which side his bread was buttered,. "Actually, I know very little about you," she said, surprisingly. "You are more a mystery to me than to most people. Even to Mrs. Minns, who should know you as well as anyone." Murrey scowled. "You recall a hell of a lot for a man who‘s supposed to be nutty." "I don‘t understand how you conâ€" tinued being friends with me," Re went on. "We had our ups and downs, Perry. Some of, your later actlvxties' led toâ€" erâ€"squabbles." "I‘ve been talking to Murrey." "So I surmised." "Joyce, you know more about me than ‘ I know myself. Couldn‘t you complete the jigâ€"saw puzzle?" "What nonsense! There could. be on‘y one face like yours in the world." "Rvery man is said to have a How was it possible that. once he had taken profits from the black marâ€" ket without a qualim whereas now the prospect revolted him? He knew he had an innate urge to be honest, to deal fairly with his fellows. From the evidence of Murrey the opposite had previously applied. | "Ah! On occasions I begin to doubt whether I am Perry Chetwood." double." ‘"May be. Only they don't. stand in each other‘s shoes.‘" "What a beastly business it is findâ€" ng out you are a bad egg," he confidâ€" ed in Joyce Barlow. ; ‘\ She smiled and he was reminded of the Mona Lisa. Mrs. Robert Boyle, of New Liskeard, is wellâ€"known in Timmins and district her sons and daughters being among the pioneer residents 8t the Porcupine. Messrs James and Hugh Boyle were for several yehrs: highly esteemed resiâ€" dents of South Porcupine, while Mrs. M. A. Ellis and Mrs.. Armitage were Mrs. Alex Kenaston, Sask., and ‘who was a visitor inâ€"<this â€"district during the ‘winter; Mrs. James Hood, ‘who also lives at ‘Kenaston; â€"Mrs. Walâ€" ‘ter Armitage of : Parry Soundâ€"and Mrs. M. A. â€"Ellis, Mrs, Frank Lendrum and M:lss Henrietta Boyle, all of New Lis- ‘keard"> } among the pioneer residents of Timâ€" mins,. Another daughter also lived for some time in Timmins. Mrs.. Robt. Boyle celebrated her ninetieth birthday lastâ€" Saturday and referring to this, The Hafleyburfan had the following:â€" ""8ixth member of one family to reach the nonagenarian stage of life, a distinction the mothsr also attained in her day, Mrs. Robert Boyle tomorâ€" row will celebrate her ninstieth birth= day at her home on John street in. New Liskeard, where she has been livâ€" ing since she moved , from. Cobalt .in‘ September, 1941. Although she © has‘ been confined largely to her own room for more . than eighteen months â€" past, Mrs, Boyle continues in fair health for. her years. - Mrs. Robert B Sixth Nortage in McAuley Famlly ‘"The former Margaret McAuley, Mrs., Boyle was the youngest child of John McAuley and his wife, Mary McCaughâ€" en, who went into Renfrew county «as> pioneer settlers on coming: from their. native many., years ago. Mrs. Boyles mother lived to enter her 99th year, and her sister and four brothexs all passed ninety. The last of these, William McAuley, whose life was spent on the old homestead in Alice townâ€" ship, died . two" years ago and Mrs. Boyle is now the only survivor of the' family. _ ‘ parts of the province before going to Cobalt in 1907. She lived there, and in the same house,. for 34â€" years, and while there in 1931 celebrated her diamond â€" wedding with her husband, the late Robert Boyle, He died in Cobalt in October, 1932. Of direct deâ€" scendants,â€" there are three sons and six daughters, with eighteen grand> children and fourteen: great-grand- children. "Hons â€" of© Mrs. Boyle are. William whose home is in : Neudorf,, ;. Sask., James : in Toronto and Hugh, . who lives in COOksvme ‘The daughters are handsome than before he took me hand 4 ; "I shouldn‘t be so sureâ€" of â€" that," Joyce said cryptically, _ (To Be Continued). "Born in Alicé township on March 16, 1855, Mrs. Boyle lived in diflerent â€"4 4 > s j ¢ _ and dietitians. Local Campaign Headquarters Through five years of war, these Canadian "Blue Smock" workers have knitted hundreds of thousands of pairs of socks . de milâ€" lions of other comforting amcles omlothing â€"packed millions of Red Cross food parcels. 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