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Miss Edith Brown, preity sten- nis lifted from her dull of routine into a land of adven- ture and romance by a chance bit of ition which she takes down from the lips of a man who says he is dylng--Colonel Dessliter, renow- wablorer. The next morniug, t starts to the bank to place her motes and other docu- ments with which she had been in- ted in a safe-deposii box a3 In- Miructed, she is attacked by ratf. fans and saves her bag only because she had strapped it to her wrist, and 'by the timely intervention of a stranger. o safely deposits her papers and then successfully rebuffs an imposter reporter whe comes to worm out information. She finds her acquaintance eagerly sought "after by people of all sorts, One, &. prominent Communist, Noel Frankland, she likes least, although her chum, Frances Austin, does not snub his uncouth advances, How- ever, Frances finds a rea. admirer snd Edith a partial confident in a young Russian, who describes him- sel merely as "Paul' and inyites the girls to the resturant where he and his parents eke out a bare liy- ing to which he adds a pittance earned as a professional dancer, Then comes a mysterious lavita. tion for Frances tn a pariy from the Princess Strepaf! wiih espec- i instructions to "bring Miss Brown along." Arrived there, the veason for her invitation is soon ap- rent. She meets Mr, Pennington, P., who takes pains te argue Miss Brown into disclosing her see. . vet for the best Interest: of the country, But she realizes that it's reslly the Communist Party for which he's pleading and remains obdurate.. Finally she regognizes & personal ad in the Times as her summons again tn meet Desuiter's agent in one of the government buildings where = certain John Glyde, cousin and executor of Des. siter, produces her antes, which she had instructed the hank to de- liver to mo ome hut herself, and bids her transcribe them, When, to her amazement, she finds the notebook pages hiank, buth realize that her documents have Leen mpered with, Then it dawns on Is Brown that John Glyde Is none other than Desalter himself, His death had been smunounced to throw his enemies off the track, and immediately he enlisis ber help to thwart any scheme to get her notes inte the opponents' hands, It is disclosed that the enemy has sn accomplice who exchanged her book in the bank vaults for a hogus one, Dessiter gives her instructions to got the real documents as soon ss the bank opens next morning, but a mysterious warning from Erie Greatson, supposed to be in Lhe op. ponents' camp, and an unusual ace cident delay her arrival and as she approaches the bank a great explos- fon wrecks the puilding and spreads havoe in all directions, However, the vaults are not damaged, and preseptly Miss Brown's notes are returned to her and transcribed, Then Dessiter offers her a place in his "X, ¥, 0," a newly organized secret 'department of the Gnvern- ment, That night she saves Paul's lite, ale AE Now Read Today's Installment of This Intriguing Oppenheim Story .Miss Brown opened her eyes in broad daylight and lay quite still for several seconds struggling with 8 copfused hage of pecollection, Suddenly she remembered every- thing and pulled the somewhat dis- ordered bedclothes up to her chin, Furtively she turned her head to- ward the hearth rug. The pillow was still in its place, but there was no sign of Paul. Frances, with her long arms thrown wid: on cither pide, was sleeping peacefully, Miss Brown sat up in bed and looked timidly around the room, I'inned to the corner of her pillow wad a roughly scrawled pencilled note whith she hastily read: I am so sorry, I am quite well and I have gone. I hope I shall pot wake either of you, You probably saved my life. How shall I speak of my grat- tude? PAUL, ' Miss Brown swung herself out of bed, started the geyser going in the little apartment at the end of the corridor, filled the kettle snd Jit the stove. Then she select- ed her clothes for the morning. Presently Frances opened her eyes Jasily and looked around her, "Where's our escort?" 'she de- "Stolen away," Miss Brown re- Pat. Py 8 hote--_a P, P. C. my pillow. ® it is on the table." Frances sat up and clasped her knees. "Pinned to your pillow!" she ex- "As a prude of the first ,. Miss Brown, I should thing that the memory of last night, or pather this morning, will haunt you to your dying day." . mt "t keep me awake at apy rate," was the equable reply. "Do mind if I have my bath first? have to be down in Whitehall at " she announced. *¥, to treat last night's little affair very Jightly, Edith. 1s that sort of thing happening to you all the time? It #0, 'm a permanency bere, even if T3018 io fond me. 1 WG the sr scrupulous care of detail, siipped THE OSHAWA DAILY 'TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1928 baker's shop, a pat of butter from the grocer's next door and a mora- ing paper, which she scrutinized closely over her breakfast. There were still columns apout the Souta Audley stree: outrage, and an announcement of ihe fact that the police were in oir of the premises from which the bombs had been traced and had selzed sufficient explosives to blow up half London, As regarded any possible atresia, the polica were un. communicative, but great unsettle. ment was reported to exist in cer tain suspected quarters, She searched through the remaia. der of the paper feverishly but found not theu slightest mention of any untoward happening in Clar- ges street or thely immediate naigh- borhood, * * * At 9 o'clock, while Frances was still sleeping, Miss Brown put on her hat and brown mackintogsh--it was raining heav- lly--and departed for A Whitehall, She arrived at five minutes bofore her appointed hour but found Des- siter already awaiting ber "Take off your hat quickly, please, Miss Brown," he enjoined, "Sit down there. I want to talk to you, No, leave the letters . alone until after I have finishea." Miss Brown obeyed meekly. "I asked you," he went on, 'yes. terday whether you would accept a position here as my secretary, You accepted, I have been thinking it over, I want to ask you now wheth- er you will gonsent to be something more than my secretary." Miss Brown's eyes had never been bluer than at that moment, She gripped the sides of her chair, She felt her heart almost stop beating, and then pound away until! she pe- came actually breathless. He was looking at her intently, but without the slightest softening in the hard lines about his face, "A secretary," he explained, "is neither one thing nor the other, You know now mere then any one else outside this building what my life is like, and the niture of my work, There are times when I need help. I want to explain to you, if you will listen carefully, why 1 think it worth while to devote my life to my job, and I want to ask you whether you are willing to take your share now and tnen of the risks to be something more than a mere typing secretary, to be actual- ly one of my organization? ' "What you would in fact become is a secret-service agent of the XYO Department of the Home Office, with an affiliation across the way at Scotland Yard," Miss Brown swayed 3 iittle in her chair, She felt an insane desire to laugh, What a fool she had been, Try as she would, she found gpeech impossible. Dessiter, however, con- tinued, "I want you to feel in your own mind that the work's worth while," he said jmpressively, "Patriotism's rather at a discount since the war, Every one worked themselves up in- to a fever then, and nowadays there's a perfectly natural reaction to the whole thing, "I've got the Hom» Office to lis- ten to me, hence th.: department of mine with a staff of over 200, not more than half a dozen of whom you will probably ever see, I'm in it up to the neck, and I've got a great pull, The bluff of my death has been entirely successful, They are afraid of Dessiter, They don't care a damn about John Glyde. * * "Now, are you going to work with me, Miss Brown, body and soul? Listen before you answer, You will draw your £300 a year and there will he gramts, liberal allow- ances, a pension afterward even but there'll never be ary honors, mind, You'll never be made a Dame of the Empire, even if yon nays the country. No one will ever have heard of your name, or know what your work is." She smiled. "Ag though I should care about such things," she said, "Besides, don't I know? I looked averywhere for your obituary notices." "A proof of our power over the press," he remarked, "The Home OMce is still a little diMeult, but not like what it used to be, and Yeotland Yard has an entirely new code." * "Do you think," Miss Brown ventured, "that there will ever be serioug trouble?" Dessiter shrugged his shoulders. "I don't see 8 bloody revolution, but a revolution of some sort is what we're out to fight against » # » Are you with me, Miss Brown?" She was her usual composed self She looked up at him apd I'm mot very clever, but I can be trusted." He came and sat upon the edge of her table. His fingers were play- 9 i by Ew i uF = - sk x si vErst out end bought some rolls from the i g : if we are disbanded in six months, a mistake would cost you your life. 4 ¢ eo It'g agreed then, We work together?" "I shall be very proud," she as- sured him. "Nominally, of course, he con- tinued, walking up and down the room, "you are my typist, just as nominally I am one of the Under secretaries at the Home Office, Ae: tually I am the chief of XYO, and you will he my trusted helper well ag my secretary, * * *Now lot me explain your first job, It ism't pleasant, but there's no risk." 3 "Here in London?" \ "No; down at Camberley, By the bye, you will have to catch the 10:46 train from Waterloo." Miss. Brown glanced at the elock, "I must leave here in twenty minutes," He nodded and took up some papers from his desk. "Here are your instructions, You will book to Camberley, take a ca and drive to this address: 'Lady| Hannerton, The Nook, Meito road, Camberley.' Lady Hannerton! has applied to the principal agency: in the West End for a secretary.' By arrangement with the manager. ess you are to offer yourself for the post.' Here are your referenes'" oy added, handing her a little bundl of letters secured with a rubber band. "Unexceptionable, I think yoy will find them, Lady Hannerton is very fond of money, so we will make your selection a certainty by asking a very moderate salary--Ie us say £2 a week, Live in the house, {1 you can, Exactly opposita is a gro-/ cer's shop with a telepoone, Make friends with the woman who runs it, You may have to use the iele- phone frequently, Take down these two numbers, one for me, 1000 Whitehall, which you can use at any time, night or day, and in case cf emergency or certain other contin. gencies which I will explain to you! here is a local number--100 Q Ald-| ershot--which will put you in toueh with a staff officer who is acting for us." | "How long sm I to stay with Lady Hannerton, and what is my work to be?' Miss Brown inquired, | "You may he there a week, per: haps a fortnight," Dessitér announ-' ced, "If you have exceptional good luck perhaps omly three or four days, From the momdnt of your arrival IT want the names of every one who visits the house, both off. cially and for any other purpess," "Is it Lady Hannerton who is the suspect?" Miss Brown {nquired "It 1s, Suspect is the word, What we need is definite information, By some means or other ag enormous quantity of literature of the worst type is being distributed among the soldiers in Aldershot, Camberley and the whole of that district, A great deal of it is in the shape of placards stuck up on walls and trees during the night, but a large quan- tity of pamphlets get into the hands of the soldiers themselves, and we believe by means of thelr wives, | "Lady Hannerton is the widow of a very distinguished general who, was killed during the Istt week of the war, She herself spends half, her time on the continent where our, reports tell us that she gambles) very high, She has no monsy except' her pension, so that she has without a doubt means of supplementing her income, All these things we want to discover." "May I suggest something?" Miss Brown ventured, 'Of course," "You have powers which would enable you to examine Lady Han- nerton's banking account, Couldn't you trace any sums that were paid in apart from her pension?" Dessiter nodded approvingly, "Quite right, Miss Brown," he said, "but you may be sure that we've tried that, 'There are very considerable sums paid in gt odd times, but these are all by cheque on a foreign bank over which we have no jurisdiction, sad which re- fuses information regarding its clients, Bven that hag stopped late- ly, but we believe that Lady Han- perton has money paid to her ae- count at a bank somewhere on the Riviera, There is one other person down there, Miss Brown, whom I want you to look out for----8 man named Thornton," "A friend of Lady Hapnerton?" "Not that we know of. Thornton is killed, and unfortunately their were rather thrown away by a i toppethEr Eh HERI 4 » E 3 1 want to know 'Thoratea is ever fathom the mature of 'e activities ted through her Misg Brown inclined her vad! RE Pt the -e w o Wi righ there's any about it come straight Aged seport. - | THREE KILLED IN KANSAS COLLISON Missouri-Pacific Passenger Train Hits Freighter at Waring Waring, Kans, Aug. 22. -- Th / ns, Aug. 22. = Three men were killed and at least three others were injye dangerously in a head-on collis bétween Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 13 and a freight train near here during Mon- d ht. ey are: Harold Young, en- | ' gieet of the passenger train, and harles Patton and Carol' Kline, brakeman. The passenger train was en route westward to Pueblo, Colo, and the freight was en route to St. Louis. . More than a dozen cars of the pas- senger and freight trains left the track and piled up along the right-of- way. . ims NER SECRET (Life Jane: You mustn't about our engagement. ohn: Why not? ane: Because I want to, CAN'T BE MISTAKEN (Vancouver Province) "Only {fools are certain, Tommy. Wise men hesitate." "Are you sure, uncle?" "Yes, certain of it!" tell anyone DECLARES CANCER HAS NO ONE CAUSE Specialist Says Solution Lies in Accumulation of Facts New York, Aur. 22. -- The best Juospeet for solving the cancer prob- m lies in the accumulation of facts derived from research and experience rather than in a single great discov- ery, said Dr, George A. Soper, man- againg director of the American Soc- iety for the Control of "Cancer, in commenting on the recent Inter- national Cancer Congress in London. Dr, Soper, who attended the meet- ings, added that there was already enough information at hand to save many lives if patients would apply in time to physicians skilled in the treat- ment of the disease. "The most important lesson taught by the convention," he said, "is the necessity for organizing, equipping and enlarging the facilities for the diagnosis and treagnent of cancer possessed by physicians, surgeons, eneral hospitals and special cancer Hospitals." ; Dr. Soper summarized what he said he believed represented the views of a. majority of the physicians, sur- geons, radiologists and cancer re- search workers who attended the con- gress. : ., "Substantial progress is being made," he said, in enumerating these points, "in the history of cancer, par- ticularly in regard to the causation and treatment of the disease. : "Contrary to popular expectation, science does not appear to be ap- proaching the discovery of a single Oshawa Luggage YOUR INITIAL VRER On Suit Case or Club Bag Saywell & Son BOND ST, WEST cause as to the solution-of the cancer problem, but is finding that cers are due to many causes, e of which may be avaidable." "There are 'many kinds of cancer and cach seems to be brought about by a chain of circumstances and con- ditions peculiar to itself. By investi- gation of each kind it is possible that means can eventually be found to prevent it. . "Two things must be done to pro- mote the control of cancer. First, the public and the medical profession must co-operate to make the fullest use of the reliable information which exists; and second, all research which may add to the useful information concerning the causation, prevention and treatment of cancer must be en- couraged. "The best and only reliable methods of treatment are by surgery, X-rays and radium. All other methods which have thus far been proposed are un- Satisfactory or in an experimental stage. e public should know that the study of cancer is being pursued as never before. Nobody attending the conference could fail to be impressed by the earnestness with which re- search is being carried on not only in the laboratory, but at the bedside." The congress was held last month under the auspices of the British Em- pire cancer campaign, of which the uke of York is president. The King addressed the overseas delegates, JUDGE CHOQUETTE WARNS AUTOISTS Says Drivers' Licenses Are Much Too Easy to Obtain Quebec, Aug. 22.--Maintaining that licenses to drive automobiles are much too freely issued, and that drunken drivers need expect no mercy when appearing before him in court, Judge Choquette returned from Montreal Monday. "A person applying for a permit It's easy toget a brilliant shine with You can use Nugget on any kind of boot or shoe. It preserves the leather, keep- ing it soft and pliable, and Te --~ . Fy should be 'obliged to produce some kind of guarantee of good conduct; he should at least be able to show that he did not make an abuse of spitituous liquors, A man who drives a car occupies a most responsible position. If he is addicted to drink he is the greatest menace to his fel- low men. The indiscriminate. issu- ing of licenses to all who apply for them is the most serious danger to the lives of those who use the public roads. I will do my duty and do my share in protecting the public against drunken auto drivers. They need ex- pect no mercy when they appeay be- fore me and are proved guilty," de- clared the judge in commenting upon automobiles and the issuing of licen~ ses. Montreal presented many problems which were not met in this city, stated Judge Choquette. The popula- tion in the metropolis was of a most cosmopolitan nature and often re- quired the services of a number of interpreters to handle a case in the police court. On the whole there was a great' deal more crime in Montreal than in Quebec, even when the difference in population was taken into cogsidera- tion, - "We should be very grateful that we live in such an orderly com« munity," declared the judge. Hundreds have already discovered ~ of smo CIGARETTES 20 for 25 ¢ CORK TIPS ~ DO NOT STICK TO THE LIPS THE NEW AND BETTER CIGARETTE BLENDED FOR MILDNESS