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Langdon Langdon "Can‘t say I‘m aware of any relaâ€" tions. Lucky for you. In the way of things you may as well settle down where you are.‘"‘ "Come off it! Needn‘t be frightenâ€" ed of me. Keep Chetwood‘s goods Uninténtionally, Harkness protested. "His heirs will b2 fully recompensed." "Now you know all about me, I shall go back home." "Who it was doesn‘t matter.: Next thing. I was pitchforked into: Chet- wood‘s way of life." "Including his best girl and h:s best friend. The latter being me. Well, you‘ve done nicely out of it." : ‘"That‘s a good one! You tried to make hay while the sun was shining. Soon as you knew Chet was ‘bumped off, and that your own ‘looks were damaged, you hit on this wheeze," . “Chetwood dead " Murrey opened his eyes. "Say," he remarked "perhaps it wasn‘t accordâ€" ing to plan, after all. Fill in some blanks for me. What madeyou step into his shoes?" "Somebody idnntifled me before my memory came back." "Heck, that‘s another good~ one! Joyce Barlow, for a fiwer."= | "I won‘t ask you to believe me, but my likeness to Chetwood is a fluke, At the time I° had no recollection of my past. Theré was a photogranh which guided the surgeon but it wasâ€" n‘t my photograph." e "You /can find that out." ‘"‘Maybe I can, but I‘m not: letting up, not by a long chalk, considering: I‘ve now got the drop on you. Wrigy' gle as much â€"as> youâ€"like and «it‘ll!: do no good. Think I‘ve beenâ€" snooping for amusement?" s P "How *much do : you know""- t "About ninety per cent of the. truth ;. that you worked for Chu,ck. Cooper, of: all people, before a bomb bust you up. Afterwards you had a facial operation and came out of dry dock with the looks of Chetwood. Clever, if s» many people hadn‘t known. There were doctors and nurses which yon forgot." an enemy. He needed time to study the position. . . . *J â€""Going to deny it?" Murrey. tauntâ€" . k Harkness wetted his dry â€" lips. ITt: was all very well. letting a friend intp the secret. ‘Thig man. however, was; when he spoke."Oh no, he dldn’t talk like a wireless announcer.‘" @€hapter XVI . Mr. Cooper Takes A M "Harkness!" Richard‘s heart missed a beat. ~â€"Jack Murrey thrust both hands into , ,| and chattels. ‘" And his girl." Seelng the other about to flare up. Mtrréy plunged on, urging the other not to be pigâ€"headed. "Whoever you are," he added "dorn‘t trouser pockets and straddled ‘his ‘Q‘l matter a tinker‘s cuss. We work toâ€" He looked as he felt in a pouecnlve mood. "Familiar, i:n't it?" he asked~ "Cozy sort of sound when you‘re ied to.it. Better than Perry â€"Chetwood, ch?" .‘"*Thére is nothing I â€"w.sh to discuss with you Murrey," "Bes you! â€" First set me onâ€"the> track, that pretty talk. It‘s: a queer : thmg. I don‘t mind sa.ylng. that you and> Chet are much of a feet. and both got big not. His were a shade: sure about the eyes:., lighter ‘Td say. But he was roughér. muchness: j in heaps> of ways.. Size, colouring, I‘m : not s0 gether:â€"same as Chet and ~me did. | Only when you feel inclined to go beâ€" yond the length of the chain 1‘ll give it a sharp tug." "Blackmail?" : "Ugly word, that," Sgy: it too often andâ€"I‘ll ram it .down your throat. I‘ve. got a line on â€"Harknsoss ay well. Wantâ€" ed. by the police. Chuck Cooper will be tickled to dekth." "You haven‘t toid him?" ‘‘No. No, I haven‘t told him. hate me to, â€" wouldn‘t you? yourself to Trensham‘s till." Would Helped JAMES R. MacBrien Bailey The Man Who Wasn‘t Himself By ‘Leslie Cargill BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS 24 Third Avenue Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food Author of: "The S. A. Caldbick Barrister, Solicitor, Ete, arristers, Soliciters, Ete. 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Rain was falling in a gentle drizzle; The kind of rain that seems to peneâ€" trate everything. 2 Cooper went by taxi, a stout parcel in his arms as he made. his way from the side exit. Fawley watched theâ€"ca: turn the corner and then hurried. to tell Harkness. ‘"We‘ve been slow, not thinking of that sooner. Count me in. No, I won‘t.: stop at pointing out when the old man has the books. Try to stop me coming along for the larceny." "Asked him about Harkness. Casual like. Not in the same breéath to draw attention to you. He never â€"saw so ‘niuch of Chet to help him." ; "But he was woll acquainted' with ‘Harkness." _ ~*""Then don‘t,. talk so much.. Pil keep everything to myself as long as you play ball." > Richartd‘nodded dumbly. ° "Does ‘Cooper still take those ledgâ€" ers home with him?" "At. intervals." "Right! In future I will meet you each evening outside the store. Wh>n he has one of those books with him let me know immediately." "What‘s the idea?" "I must know what he with those in his own house.‘" "Have it your own way, Tom. I exâ€" pect I shall be glad of your company." â€"â€"The mireâ€"into which he had plunged was now up to his neck. A trifle mor» and he would be engulfed." . There was only 'rom Fawley to turn :to s PÂ¥A "'I told yqu sa, \More and more messier," said Tom. "Once you gave me seven clear days to clear it up and it didn‘t come off." He shook his headâ€" despondently. | "You haven‘t toid him?" "No. No, I haven‘t told him. ‘Would hate me to, â€" wouldn‘t " you? Helped yourself to Trensham‘s till." "How could you find that out withâ€" otut confiding in Cooper?" 38. P.0. Box 1501 "Ugly word, that," Sgy: it too often andâ€"I‘ll ram it .down your throat. I‘ve got a line on â€"Harknsoss as well. Wantâ€" ed. by the ice. Cooper will} be tickled to dekth.", Ontario Land Surveyor Building Plans Estimate: 23 Fourth Ave. Phae: Swiss Watchmaker Graduate of the Famous Horologhial Institute cl Bwitzerland Phone 1365 Third Avenue Empire Block ; and chattels. And his girl." fieeing the other about to flare up. Mtrréy plunged on, urging the other not to be pigâ€"headed. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 60 THIRD AVENUE F. BAUMAN It On the right of the corridor was a wellâ€"furnished lounge. Next a snugâ€" gery which looked more worth atâ€" tention. At the far end a large rollâ€" top desk was particularly promising. Harkness was afraid it would defy their attempts at opening it, but Tom Fawley achieved an unexpected susâ€" cess with the aid of a wire paper clip. They closed the door behind them hurriedly in case it ran out of the room. ~Moving again was like starting an avalanche as the small «pebbles crunched beneath their feet. A scullery window invited attention. Richard worked on the catch with a thin table knife he had brought for some such purpose. A snick, and he was; cautiously lifting the sash. It squeakedâ€"and he halted. "Nice to be able to see again," he remarked. "Shush! Takse your boots off." "Good Idea." Even in softer socks there were creaking floorboardsâ€"and a startled cat that mewed. Again they were impressed by the obtrusiveness of the sliding rings on a metal wire. Harkness clambered first over the sill, with Tom Fawley following nimbâ€" ly. Closing the curtains he produced a pocket lamp. Only midnight. There had besn ton many extransous disturbances for them to have heard all the previous, chimes. But now all was quiet. The rumbles and the clattering, the odd sounds that make up the symphony of waking humanity, had faded away. The primitive uneasiness of nature lent to the darkness a furtxveneeg which oppressed intruders. Tom said "O.K.," and fumbled side to‘:move a hampering curtain. Everything they did szsemed noisy, magnified by their nervous fears, though there was no suggestion that the occupants were being disturbed. â€"They waited another half hour, by which time the whols house seemed to have ~gone to sleep . A melodious chime in the distance was thrice reâ€" peated. j "A quarter to," Harkness muttered. ‘"To what?" "To one, I think.‘" Time, however had lost any meanâ€" ing. Neither knew how long they had been in hiding. Every passing minâ€" ute had besn an eternity. As a preâ€" caution they staved where they were until: the clock struck again. As he finished the sentence it was extinguished. Then th:y found a gravel path. Fortunately, the of rain and rustâ€" ling wind served to hide such sounds as they made in a rather stumbling "Wardens don‘t come round to the back by the look of it," Tom said, unâ€" der his breath. "That chink upstairs is quite an illumination." "Anything for a change." Their sodden boots squelched in the dank undergrowth. Branches bent and sprang back with disconcerting splash. es. "Shall we scout round?" he suggostâ€" ed. Harkness grunted, and pulled hig upturned collar clos:r to his negck, alâ€" though the rain had already penetraâ€" ted, and the gesture was as cheerless as wrapping a fish around himself. ‘"What, on a night like this!" "Oh, well, perhaps just a habit. Some people always take a look outâ€" side before going to bed."‘ Despite the blackout it was possible to detoct faint glimmers inside the house. A door at the rear opened and closed. ‘ "Putting out the cat," Tom whisper ed. _ on a damp, dark night it was deâ€" cidedly uncomfortable skulking in the shrubbery which graced one side of Mr. â€"Coop>r‘s suburban residence. Every approaching footstep on the road made them hold their breath. There were specially unnerving inâ€" stances when the softer and more deâ€" liberate pad of rubber soles suggested a patrolling policeman. Once a questâ€" ing torchlight shone down the path and seem>d to hover uncertainly by the bushes behind which they were. lurking. : Housebreaking is not nearly as simâ€" ple as it may appear. The professionâ€" al burgler who knows his way about acquires a technique which the amaâ€" teur does not possess, _ THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO A sensse of foreboding, which he could not shak> â€"off, descended on Harkness. ‘"Late breakfast," he sneered, stridâ€" ing in unannounced, as usual. "You‘ll have to reform your hours when we get cracking. .Some of it will mean night work. Can you drive a lorry'J" “No 9+ "Pity! Won‘t take long to teach you the rudiments.‘" "I‘ve no wish to learn." _ "I want you. to. That‘s enough. Must only have reliables, and you‘ve no way of sideâ€"tracking. Just for your ear alone, I‘d ksep mum about this with Thomas." "Isn‘t he in?" ‘"‘None of the warehouse crowd. Diffeérent bunch altogether. You‘d not know ‘em. ‘em, and you surely wouldn‘t, Mister Richard Harkness." "How about Cooper?" "You ask too many questions. He‘s out, too. Consider yourself favoured by being on the ground floor. There‘s a fortune in this for me, and fat pickâ€" ings for youU. Being generous I‘m not asking you to work for nothingâ€"or even for pin money," "I sent a boy round to his place, sir," the foreman packer announced. "Not been home all night, they say." Richard went and opened the winâ€" dow! wide. The room nesded fumigatâ€" ing. Later, to occupy his mind, he called at the warehouss. Mr. Thomas had not put in an appearance. A chuckle shook Murrey. I sill kesp thinking of you as Chetwood," he added. "He wouldn‘t have known Jack Murreyâ€" loomed more ominously in his life each day. Convinced that he could dictate to his unwilling conâ€" federate he was pushing ahead with the venture that Harkness felt must be nipped in the bud. ~"So long as you know what you‘re playing at." â€" "Rely on me." Richard‘s optimism was on the wane next morning. It was all very well to have proved a suspicion, but no light task to make the knowledge public. ‘"You‘re not far wrong, old man. In the meantims, I should be placing myâ€" self in jeopardy. All the same, we‘ve got to make sure that Cooper is caught with the uncompromising evid. énce. No, not tonight. Anouer ccCcâ€" casion when wea know he has at least one of the firm‘s books at his home." ‘"What you and I discovered would never convict Cooper," Harkness pointed out. "We need an independâ€" ent . witnessâ€"a police officer _ tor choice,." T "What a hope!" Fawley returned. "If we went to the station and told the whole tale they would lock us up for being drunk." At the annual meeting of the Timâ€" mins Tennis Club in 1925 it was deâ€" cided to light one of the courts for night play. The following were the officers for the yem :â€"W. O. Langdon, president; A. L. Shaw, viceâ€" president; W. H. Wilson, secretary:; Geo.. Carson, convener of the grounds committee; F. J. Kehce, convener of One item in The Advance in Aprii 1925, read:â€""Mr. Walter Dévine, linoâ€" type operator on The Advance Staff, returned last week accompanied by his bride, formerly Miss Betty Hodgâ€" son, of Oakville, Ont., the couple being married at Oakville on April 14th. Mr. and Mrs. Dovine have taken up residence on Tamarack street." Twenty years ago The Advance gave its readers the information‘ that the new jail at Haileybury was nearing completion and that it was expected to be ready to turn over to the governâ€" ment early in June of that year. The further note was made that thcore would be 32 cells in the new jail so there would be room for all. T wenty Years From the Porcupine Advance (To Be Continued) J. R. Todd, of Schumacher, twenty years ago had a letter in The Advance appealing to lovers of nature to assist in efforts to preserve Frederickhouse Matthew Nicoll, one of the oldest residents of Norwood, Ontario, died twenty years ago, at the age of 81 years. His father was one of the pioneers cf Dummer township, to which he came from Rossâ€"shire, Scotâ€" land. The late Matthew Nicoll was a seventh son. He left a son, Ross Nicoll, and a daughter, Mrs. W. T. Curtis, both residents in Timmins. Robert Dunsmore suffered a rather serious injury to one of his feet twenty years ago when at work at the Hollinâ€" ger Mine. The fall of a part of â€"a machine caused the accident. Announcement was; made in The Advance twenty years ago that â€". Gordon would act as manager of the Hollinger Recreation Club‘s entry in the Porcupine District Football Assoâ€" ciation. J. Thomas was also registration of football players. In 1925 The Advance pointed out the promising cutlook for the developâ€" ment of Deloro, Shaw and McArthur townships. Gold in an iron formation was a peculiarity not before encountâ€" ered at that time. Provincial Geolâ€" ogist Burrows verified the statement that gold on the Triplex was highâ€" grade in an iron formation. Ankerite and Paymaster wekte both diamond drilling at the time and Mineral Lands and Marsh Gold were sinking shafts. Capital to explore thoroughly in the three townships did not seem to be hard to get, and . English investors had been interested in the Broughâ€"claims. The Advance pointed out that one of the chief handicaps was difficuulty of transpcortation, especially in the winter time. Robert Sheppard, unmarried, aged 22, whose home was in Southern Onâ€" tario, was found electrocuted at the Dome Mines one day twenty years ago. He had been repairing one of the crusher motors when the fatality cccurred. . â€" Twenty years ago the boundaries of the riding of Cochrane were changed and this necessitated some zation by the political parties in the local house. At aâ€" meeting of the Liberals in ~Cochrane in April, 1925, the chief speaker was Mac Lang, M. P. P.., who urged support for the party in the 1925 election. Ben Raothschild was the president of the Liberal Assoâ€" clation. by Mrs. R. B. Simms and her pupils in the Masonic hall in April of 1925. It was described by The Advance as a beautiful and colorful event long to be remembered. Among the gifted pupils taking part in the eyent were:â€" Mianrgaret Easton, Hélen Chisholm, Maisie Roberts, Margaret Geils, Maiâ€" sie Newton, Sylvia Lewis, Mary King, Patsy Gauthier, David Gordon, Rov Brown, Gertrude Hawkins, Eric Newâ€" ton, Helen Newtcn, Elizabeth Williams, Betty Ostrosser, Lloyd â€" Chisholim, Marion Ostrosser, Jack Gauthier, Francis King, Stanford Walsh, Woodâ€" row Walsh, Gordon Gauthier, Marâ€" geurite Tillie, Jack Williams, Rosile Robertson. There were a number of national dances given in talented way, tcgether _with classic dances and specialties. The event drew crowded houses on both evenings and at â€" a matinee. On the second evening Mrs. Simms was presented with a beautifui piece of silverware as a mark of the appreciation of her young pupils. ~ The event was opened each evening by a brief address by G. A. Macdonald. The District of Cochrane Conseryvâ€" ative Association meeting at Iroquois Falls in 1925 recommended that W. A. Gordon be appointed to the T. N. O Railway Commission:; that the trunk road between Swastika and Ramore be completsd as soon as possible; that more roadwork af all kinds be done in this North; and that all T. N. O. Railway houses be subject to municipal taxation. the tournament committee; W. H. Wilâ€" ( son, deélegate to the Timmins Athletic The first dancing recital to be held in Timmins was "The Dancing Recital and Children‘s Dress Ball," presented The folhowing is an item from Ths Advance of twenty years J. G. Goss, of North Bay, Grand Organâ€" izer of the L. O. L.,. is in the camp and is meeting with much success in his work. On Saturday evening â€" he conducted a meeting in Timmins, ‘deâ€" livering a stirring address on the principles of the order, the meeting . a good attendance. On | Monday evening he conducted an {‘ equally successful meeting at Golden ~City. :He is busy this week organizing ~a lodge at Schumacher, where there _are already 45 members ready to b> {‘enrolled.‘* .â€"_One of the sensations of> 1025 was the brutal murder of Petrus Van Gheluwe ~at Smooth Rock Falls He had been gagged and his hands and feet bound with haywire, and then his head> and> face horribly battered, apâ€" parently by the blunt end of an axe. The discovery was made by his partâ€" ner, a ‘Timmins man, on his return to the, farm â€" cn April â€" 20th, 1925. The only object of the crime seemed to be robbery, $100 drawn from the bank by Van Gheluwe being taken. Van Ghelâ€" uwe was a Belgian, 50 years old, resiâ€" dent in the North for many years, He was highly regarded by all who knew him. Those responsible for this brutal crime have never been brought to earthly justice. Roland Valliant, 25 years of age, working at contract work at the Holâ€" Lake as a feeding and breeding place for wild fowl. He recommended ‘the building of a. dam and closer watch by game wardens of illegal spring and summer shooting. John T. Price, of Englehart, a forâ€" mer rallwayman in the Porcupine district, died suddenly in Orillia hosâ€" pital twenty years ago. He had gons to Orillia for the funeral of his only child, a little girl of nine years of age, and he was taken ill and died within twelve hours. He was only 39 years of age at the time of his death. H» had made a very rapid advance in his chosen calling as railwayman, being stationmaster at~ Englehart at the time of his death, According to an announcement made by Secretaryâ€"Treasurer W. A. Fleld, nearly 200 players were expected to take part in the Porcupine District Football Asscciation games in 1925. 50 THAT‘S WHERE My BORDEN‘s EVAPORATED MiLlK‘s BEEN DISAPPEARING! The Borden Co, Ltd. 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"Bornâ€"At the Cairns hospital, Timmins, on April 15th, to Mr. and Mrs. Wright, River Roadâ€"a son." ‘"Mr. Frank Lendrum, editor of The Northern News, Cobalt, was a visitor to Timmins on Saturday lingor Mine twenty years ago died from injuries received in an accident at the mine. Working with his partâ€" ner. Geo. Couture, it was believed that Valliant struck an unexploded charge of dynamite with his pick. He reâ€" ceived the full force of the explosion while Couture, though blown several yards and suffering a severe cut on the head, was not scriously injured. Among the lccal and personal items in The Advance twenty years ago were tho" following:â€""Bornâ€"In Timâ€" mins at the Cairns hospital on April l7th to Mr. and Mrs. W; Plantâ€"a daughter." "Mrs. Ernest Carpenter and son returned to her old home at Barrie on Saturday." "Bornâ€"At the Cairns hospital, Timmins, on April 7th, to Mr. and Mrs, H. Martin, Schuâ€" macherâ€"a daughter." "Last week Mr. H. 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