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1 t are interrupted by a he. ng the rehearsals : sed by the husband of one of the ac- tors, Mr. Hemmingway, of be- ing. in love with his wife, _ Riding away from the scene of the ill-fated play in their costumes and overcoats, the _group of players is held up by two escaped convicts, one of ' whom is captured by Bilbeck alter a struggle. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY He obeyed meekly enough, "Will you answer one question?" 49 asked deferrentially. . "Yes. What?" d "Are you a ghost?" "No." "Then what are you?" "YJ only agreed to answer question." "Oh!" ' We was opviously disappointed. * "What are you going te do with me?" 4 "Turn you over tothe sheriff, I suppose." . «The sound of the shot had arous- "eof 'criosity at the Old Soldiers' Home, and now half a dozen of the most nearly complete of the 1n- mates led by Colonel Stewart came down the road in military order. They were 'armeq with rifles and had bayosets fixed. I learned af- terwards that the weapons were Spanish-America n War trophies which were not loaded and had not been fired for sixteen years. We told the Colonel what had one [ER] tion into the black-and-white night, The seats were covertd with snow. $0 was the windshield; around each whel was a little heap, ; "You can get inside if you will," 1 told Cooper, "and advance the aay) as soon as I get an explos- on." * He did as I directed, I primed the motor thoroughly, I had no par- ticular reason to suppose that the engine would start now when it had refused to do so half an hour before, except that from long ex- perience I had great faith in the perversity of inanimate subjects, especially internal-combustion en- ginés. Grandmother Page - had thrown me down in an emergency, but now that the immediate danger aws over I had mo doubt that she would start up cheerfully. There is something unmistakably femin- ine about a gasolirie engine. "All ready," I said as I gave the crank a sharp pull upward. I noticed that it pulled rather hard, but I bent an extra effort and yanked it over compression. "Bang!" responded Grandmother Page enthustically. The first explosion was followed by a hideous clashing sound 'and then a terrifying thumping which could be heard even above the ting a long-distance connection "Is that you, John?" she asked. tunately had not left the office, in the telephone. . Apparently it was. "Well, listen, John dear, I can'? get home tonight. I'm going to stay all night at the Old Soldiers'" Home," 2 " The rest of us tried to talk about" something else so as not to appear. to be listening, but we couldn't help it, and a sudden silence fell at her next remark. "Yes, of course, Tom Bilbeck Is here. It's all for the best." k meént. Even we knew that he had' raised his voice. : 3 "Silly, of course I'd come homa it I could. But Tom broke his au-: tomobile.", / : "No, no. purpose." He didn't break it on "Listen, dear you mustn't say: such things over the' telephone. Someone might be listening. Be- sides, you are entirely mistaken. How could I fall in love with = man who looks like Tom Bilbeck?" There was absolute silence in' explosion of the motor. "Cut her off!" I yelled. When Grandmother Page had the room, also on the part of Mrs. Hemmingway. : "Yes, he has got a funny face R happened and he sent one of the| old men back to the Homt with they Jadies with instruction to telephone fhe sheriff. The rest of us went after the other escaped prisoner, He had broken away from the road and gone into a patch or woods that lay alongside, as we could easily tell by his fresh tracks in the snow. It seemed as if it was going to be a comparitvely simple matter to trail him. We changed our minds, however, when the tracks led out of the com- parative quiet of .the timbher-land to a meadow. Here they ceased abruptly. There was enough wind plowing so that the snow was kept 'clear in some places and drifted in ' others. He had evidently avoided . the dgifts. We had only one lantern or we wopuld, have_sgarghed to better ad. "vantage and by spreading out might have picked up the footprints without much delay, As it was we worked slowly and ineffectusl: ly. A complete circle of the field gave us no clue. The snow was fall- ing more rapidly and even our own tracks were filled in very soon after we made them. I was anxious to get started, too, while the roads were not badly drifted. he) "1 think we've done all we tonight," I suggested to Colonel Stewart, "That fellow is going to 'have & hard time travelling very far In this storm and probably hel lay low somewhere uatil it lets ump. The sheriff can organize n big posse and pick him up after daylight." The colonel agred. He was an xious to get his-men under cover. We took our prisoner back to the Home. There we found the lady Greeks sitting around disconsolate with their wraps on amid a group of negligent but wide-awake old sol diers having the time of their lives over the extra attraction of & thief hunt. There were mo handcuffs in the nstitution, nationally, so we bound our prisoners the arrival of the sheriff. He 100k od disconsolate enough. 1 was suddenly sorry for him. Poor tel- low, all he had done was to make 'a break for liberty. It was only because we were all against him 'that he was against us. BF "Hard luck, old chap," I said to im. > He looked up at me. "It's all right," - he said. bit. I'm glad to stay in here over- night, where it's warm. I'm kind of worried about Julius, though, out there in the snow, I wish you'd 'got him, too. He's delicate, and Ym afraid he'll catch cold." "Well, I'm going home," 1 said py way of farewell, 'But before I go Is there anything I can do for a ul" i "Not unless you're going to tell 'me what you are wearing tho 'white things for. Did somebody steal your--" > © "Ngj they didn't", turning away. | © "Ain't you going to tell me?" "No". F I rejoined the rest of our group around the fire. "Pl go out and start up to the /mate once more. When you hear 'gue uOtside you can come out." "Yet me go with you," Jim Cooper offered. I would just as soon have gone alone; but there seemed no way of '@éclining his assistance, so we trail- Jed out in the snow together with gn oil lantern flickering unsteadily $n the wind. It was only a_few hundred yards "fo where the automobile was stand- ing, but the wind, which was in- * jereasing, threw the snow into our faces in gtinging blasts that made walking difficult and conversation Practically impossible. © The lights of the car were still ®ravely hurling wedges of {ilumina- 1 snapped, ! & ad can {ask to a chair pending | "I don't mind aj, . There were no handeuffs , . . se ve bound our prisoner t chal pending the artival of the sheriff. a. ' subsided Jim Cooper asked sélicit- ously: "What's the matter?" "Didn't you hear the racket she was making?" I asked sercastical- 1y. "1 don't 'notice anything spec al," Jim observed, which remark put him by unanimius vote into the Loyal Order of Hénwethers, Pilk had nothing on him for saying the wrong thing. A ' In silent exasperation I lifted the hod and with the ald of the flicker- ing lantern examined Grandmeth- er's gizzard. One look was enough. I closed the hood once more end stood sie lent, communing with nature, Something in my manner must have penetrated Jim Cooper's con- sciousness. ; "Is anything the matter?" he ed. "There is," I announced briefly, "phe pump froze while we were hutning for escaped convicts, and as soon as I started the engine she stripped her gear. She won't run again until T get new paris from the factory." 1 turned out the acetylene lights and started home, Jim Cooper fol lowed silently, Hal? way to the Home he sald brightly: "1's all for the best, Tom. Think now glad the automobile-repairmen will be." When we entered the ladies stood up ready to go. J "7 didn't hear you come," * sald' Maryella. "The car is awfully quiet to-night, isn't it?" : "It 18," I assented glumly. "And will be for several days to come." When I had explained what had Bappened a cry of dismay escaped the lips of Mrs. Hemmingway. 47 promised John I would come- right home as soon as the per- formance wag over, and he will be terribly anxious," she wailed. +1 wish I had'gone home in the funeral bus," bemoaned Mrs. Lillie- Have. "I wish you had," I echoed feel- ingly. "It's probably all for the best," chirped Jim Cooper like a parrot. Ornithalagist's not: Parrots do not chirp)' "Where do you find the ray of comfort in this?" I demanded sar- castically. © | ; "That's easy," Jim explained. "For one thing I am glad that it wasn't my car, For another it will give us all a chance to spend the night in an Old Soldiers' Home, Which is something most people who aren't veterans can't do." "Spend the night here?' Mrs. Hemmingway exclaimed in dismay. "It's impossible. I have to gp home!" : How?" A | "I don't know how, but you must think up some way." : "Nonsense!" 1 exclaimed. "It can't he done todight. There's no train until moraing. You can call is your husband and explain it to m."" "Qh, is there a telephone?" "Sure. ' There must be," said Jim Cooper. "ou talk to John and teil Ym it's all for the best." "Pll try," "Mrs. Hemmingway said cheerfully. The telephone was conveniently locateq in the living-reom so that all private conversations were dis- tinctly audible to any one in the building. i {nurses {period of rest and recuperation. Of course I laugh at him and all that, but-- What's that? You're coming here? Oh! Is there a train yet coming this way? Good! That will be lots of fun, Then we can go home together in the morning. I am so glad, Good-by dear!" Mrs. Hemmingway hung up the receiver and turned back to our frantically silent company, I wish. od that I could say something tc show that I was alive, but my throat choked, Something in my face must have shown, however, because Mrs. Hemmingway loked at me and ex- claimed in dismay: "Did you hear what I said, Tom?" . "Well, part of it," J admitted, "You mustn't think I meant it." She tried hastily to repair the harm she had done. "l simply had to think it was all right." A loud "Whoa!" outside distrac- ted our attention from the conver sational tangle into which we had fallen, "Phe sheriff!" exclaimed Colonel Stewart, going to the door. A fur-wrapped figure came In, shedding snow. Pvening, sheriff," the colonel greeted. The sheriff unwrapped a muffler whicp had been over his mouth be. fore he responded. oR "Evening, Colonel." 4 (Continued Tomorrow) ° BUSY MONTH FOR VICTORIAN NURSES Montreal, Aug. 20.--July was a busy month for the Victorian Ors der of Nurses in this city. The made 9,148 visits, 258 more than July, 1928. The num- ber of cases they attended totalled 1,680, of which 725 were new cases last month. In addition to caring for the sick the nurses referred. numerous families to the different agencies to be sent to camp for a make John Baths made 1llegal in Brussels, Bel- gium.--Head-line. Brussels makes a bid for the small-boy trade.--Arkan- sas Gazette. i URIAH KATZENELENBOGEN Famous Jewish and Latvian poct who has decided to make his Mrs, Hemmingway managed to get |. the ear of her husband, who fore | The receiver hummed for a mo-. THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SSS (WHY APGHAN RULER! Bier Se dr g at Ottawa, MILLIONAIRE PAIR Rothschild Girl and Worker Husband Happy In Modest Home London -- In Oxford are two very Young, very happy people who have millions to call upon, yet who care nothing for money. They prefer to live simply in a small house -- one in a row in a main street of Ox- ford -- with one maid, a small but delightful garden, and a tiny car. He works -- starting at 9 a.m, with the rest of the staff -- at a paint works at Cowley. She keeps house. They might have almost anything money can buy ----a huge house in Parklane, several cars and chauf- feurs, a steam yacht and innumer- able footmen. But, as it is, they are divinely happy and have been for a year. me They are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott. Both are in the twenties, and Mrs. Scott before her marriage was a Miss Rothschild, daughter of Louis Rothschild, head of the fabulously wealthy American house. "Mr. Scott's determination to work for a living brought them here," a friend of the pair said. "A clever young fellow, he was educated at a university and won a scholarship to Yale. "It was on board ship that he saw and at once fell in love with Miss Rothschild, who is as pretty a girl as one would meet in a year's search. "He is a good-looking man, too. "They married and spent their honeymoon in America. His father- fnlaw wanted to take him into his banking business, but the youngster would not have it, He is a worker, and insisted on earning his own liv- ing in his own way. "So he came back to England with his wife and got a job in the British Paint and Lacquer Company, where his training in chemistry is of great value. "At the present time he has worked himself up to the position of sales manager. He puts in his hours and draws his pay like the rest of the firm." AUGUST MEETING OF MYRTLE WMS. Plans' For Future Work Were Given Con- sideration % Myrtle, August 16.--The Wom- en's Missionary Society held their August meeting at the home of Mrs. Charlie Pilkey on Thursday afternoon. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Merriam, Mrs. Clarence Harrison occupied the chair and read the Scripture les- son and opened: the meeting. The secretary; Mrs. Dave Leury, gave a very concise repert of the June meeting that was held at the home of Mrs. Oliver Lane. Interesting readings were given by Mrs. W. Graham, Mrs. Roy Thompson, Mrs. H. Hudgins, Miss E. Magsey, Miss H. Law and Mrs. Chisholm.' Earn- est prayer for the development ur the work were offered by Mrs, Hudgins and Mrs. Chisholm. Two familiar hymns were sung and the meeting was thrown open for ais- cussion, when it was decided to hold a quilting next week and com~ plete the quilt, that is to be sent along with the box that is being forwarded to Bowmanville in Sep- tember. Lunch was then served by the genial hostess and a social time spent. The September meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Levi Tordiff. Mrs. Sarah Wilson, of Brooklin, spent a few days during the week with Mrs. R. S. Long. ed from a week's visit with her son in Toronto. Mrs. Brown, of Toronto, has been a guest of Mrs. Dave Leury for a few days. Miss Evelyn Massey, of Oshawa, has been holidaying with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pilkey. ' Mr. and Mrs. H. Roy Bright at- tended the A.Y.P.A. picnic at Frenchman's Bay on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Tordiff were in Oshawa on Wednesday and were guests at the Dyer-Peever wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Tom R. Price re- turned on 'Tuesday from a pleas ant two weeks' holiday at Ster- ling and other eastern points. Miss Annie Douglas, of Uxbridge, and a 'former teacher here called on old friends here last week. Mrs. W. Parker and daughter, home in Canada, learn English ' write English and write _ 'After considerable delay in zel: 0 , and 3 Jean, spent a few days during the week with Toronto friends. LIVE oIMPLE LIFE | Mrs. James Dickson has return- | TUESDAY, AUGUST; 20, 1929 » . London--"A printed proclamation. copiously illustrated with the photo- graphs of Queen Soria, Kubra Jan, the sister of Amanullah, both unveil- ed and wearing bobbed hair and' Eur, .opean dresses, Queen Souriya as. she appeared in Europe with the ex-King and other foreigners, and Bachcha-c- saqqa- and- his bfother, Hamidullah' "han, has been broadcasted among the peoples of Kandahar, Mazatshar- if, and Eastern Provinces of Afghan- istan," says the Times of India, "The proclamation is issued 'in the name af Allah, the compassionate merciful, by Amir Habibullah," the servant of the religion of Allah and Prophet Ghazi, "It then proceeds: "To my dear and brave brothers in faith: Allah and his Porphet Mo hammed has enjoined upon all Mos< Jem women and girls to cover their head and face with sheet and toguard them from the gazes of strangers. Our women in Afghanistan have faithfully obeyed this order in the past and 'have fully covered their fac- es. Amanullah, however, wanted to make all girls and women of Afghan- istan appear like his own wife as seen in the picture, ; "'But the old proverb, "Man pro- poses and God disposes," still holdy good. Amanullah, however, did much against the holy. religion of Islam id= asmuch as he cut the hair of young women and girls by force. His wife and sister are seen in. the above pics tures sitting amongst European¥' without any veil or pretence to if This fact alone will show that Aman- ullah had completely forgotten Islam-~ ic law. Fi Female Emancipation "He every now and then delivered lectures and instigated young women and innocent girls to give up the pur- dah. He even advised, them to take divorce from their husbands or to ad- minister them poison, or shoot them with pistols, if they objected to or obs structed the discarding of the veil, He said that in case of need they could draw upon Govgrnment pistols, Which would be supplied to them ree. * "'Not content with this, Amanul« lah sent Afghan girls to Europe in total defiance of Islamic injunction about the observance of the purdah: He even imprisoned people who would not agree with him in such irs religious innovations. He took oath on the Holy Koran and told the Mangals}' of the Southern province that he would fulfill his promise to them. "'He, however, backed out of this. To add to all this, the people of Afgh- anistan were greatly oppressed by his tyranny. This culminated in the shooting, by his order, of Syed Ab- that he had plainly and fearlessly told Amanullah that the latter was act- ing against Islamic Law. Defender of the Faith . "'On the death of the Chief Kazi of Kabul, all the Mullahs, Kazis, She ikhs and Syeds declared unanimously that Amanullah was an infidel. I was therefore compelled by religious coms mandments of Allah and his holy true religion and take revenge from this infidel (Amanullah). I had only about Rs. 14,000 and 19 men with nie; Amannllah, on the other hand, had all that was necessary for a King such as machine-guns, aeroplanes, and 'a Treasury, but with all this he could not stand for three days against me and ran away to save his life. Inaya- tullah sat on the throne of Kabul. "'Since then, with. Allah's grace and help I have been always victor- jous in all directions. I was at Baghi Bala when fighting was going on. [| gent my brother amidullah Khan in one direction and within one hour we got victory. Inayatullah sent to Allah always makes the haughty and proud fall. Do not laugh over those men, who are helped by Allah, In the end I pray that Allah may enable me to observe more faithfully th teachings of Islam." . CAR JUMPS ROAD St. Thomas, Aug. 20.--E. W. Baines, Mrs. Golden Armstrong and her daughter, of Kingsville, were injured when a car, driven by Baines, left the pavement at the Iona turn on No. 3 highway and plowed into the ditch. Mr. Baines was cut about the.face and head. Mrs. Armstrong is suffering from shock and minor cuts and bruises and her daughter is cut. Arms up. "What is the commonest crime among literary men?" asks The Lits erary Digest. Writing.--Tampa' Tris bune. = HON. H. C. N the Dominion grain ¢ Has Made a Special Ejfort to Have a Large Selection of Specials For Community Days Thursday, Friday and Saturday COME Over IN-- and Look them 7 Simcoe St. South on FOUR TOURISTS INJURED Ottawa, thé Montreal Highway near L'Orig- | . nal Saturday, four American tour-|and Mr. and Mrs. Sieffe. 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