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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929 The WIFE WHO FAILED | By E, Phillips Oppenheim. | around from the rail, to bé met by | ed "And the Girl who Saved Garrard from His Crime -- and Brought Happiness. . Instalment Eleven Ro 4 " HARVEY GARRARD, find- fog the business which be in- ehrited 'about @ankrupt, re- nounces his idle life and turns for help and sympathy to his wife. 4 MILDRED, who has their personal property tied up for herself. But she fails him ut- terly in his crisis and Indig- nantly leaves him with the word that she marrisd him only to be supported in lux- ury. - Harvey finds a stranger alone in his office late at night dead in a chair, with a million in negotiable securities in his rossession. The temptaticn to appropriate this money to gelp * tide over the business is too "strong. The man was EBENEZER SWAYLE, but there seems to have besn no record of the fortune he was carrying, and Harvey's theft is undiscovered. A new phase is put on the situation, however, with the appearance of the dead man's granddaughter, GRACE SWAYLE, wno kad an engagement to meet her grandfather and was expecting him to have an inheritance ready for her. The girl gets Harvey's promise that she shall be looked after, and, while here is pondering how much she might know of the million, he is forced int> a business trip to America, and, * 'finds her on shippoard virtual- 1y forcing herself on nim as ,, his secretary. Alt¥ough guarding himself against any slip which may reveal his sec- ret, he finds the situation not _ unpleasant, as she draws him .; to tell her of his own life. Now Go On With the Story They danced again and afterward srace drank a lemon squash while he had 'a whisky and soda. They parted in the companionway and she pressed her fingers to Garrard's lips. * . "Tonjorrow," she ura gayly, "I hope {hat there will be plenty of work gnd that markets--Is not that what you say?--will still be going up and up and up. And I hope, too," she went on, looking at him with .ghining eyes, 'that you will he as sweet to me as you have been today. "Pomorrow and always," he pro- mised. Nevertheless he had his battle to fight as he 'sat alone in the easy chaip'of his luxurious stateroom be- fore commencing to undress. His firm determination as to the na- ture 'of his relations with Grace re- mained unshaken, and his remorse at his one lapse was bitter and sincere, but although he took him- self severely to task for the whwole svents of {he evening, his com- mon sense -stopped him from any- hing* morbid in the way of self- accusation. Perhaps he had been wro to have "drifted into such intimate; terms with her, but on the sther hdnd, his self-confidence was anabated. He knew very well, al- though 'he would never have con- fessed himself an idealist, that when ghe 'had lain in his arms and her fingers had stolen round his neck, she, had seemed to him just v precious and wonderful girl from somewhere beyond the everyday world, whose affection was a thing to be accepted and returned with scrupulous and tender care that nothing, even a thought, should for 1 mo ent soil its beauty. Then there was that other justification, which as yet he scracely admitted sven to himself--the strange, im- possible but overwhelming fact that for the first time in his life ke was learning what it was to care tor a woman, The madness of it 1ll was such that it remained only a subconsciousness in his mind, but it was there--a veritable if an unacknowledged justification. The real remorse, the dennite agony of those moments, was of another na- ture. Markets were to go '"'up, up, up" on the morrow, she had wish- ed him joyfully. Her words had brought back to him like a flash the nightmare which the joy of be- Ing with her had driven from his mind. Supposing they went down, down, down! It would not be ruin, only he had to face, but dishonor. She would know the truth about him then. She would no longer look upon him as her kindly pro- tector. He was the thief who had robbed her of her fortune, the felon whom her word could send into the dock. The great deal was completed at last. The setting of the final act Harvey long remembered. He, with Bennett, his agent, Andrew McDermot, the manufacturer, and: two advisers, met in the womder- -ful-offices of the New York lawyer; woffices on the seventeenth floor of a great public building, from the windows of which was a paronamic view of much of the city and the harbor. With the ink scarcely dry upon the check for a million dol- lars which he had just laid over. Harvey' found himself engaged in » breathless drive to the wharf, while Bennet sat with his watch in his hand. "We'll make it sure if they hold her for the few minutes they pro- mised,' *he declared. "It's only five minutes past the hour now and the thief agent of the company has gone down to the docks himself to see the captain. There are her masts, over the sheds yonder. She rasn't got a move on yet. Your daggage ail aboard?" "Everyth\ig," Harvey replied. "1 get left behind!" Bennet exclaimed, now from the funnels. i "I sha'nt get left behind," Har- very asserted confidently. know we're og our way." "It's the biggest deal that's ever been knowledge," the agent pronounced in a tone half of triumph and half of awe. "They were giving odds against us pulling it off, they know by now." ""You'd better cable to England directly you leave me," Harvey in- structed. "Tell them to begin sell- ing on a 16 per cent basis, and to send me wireless reports of pro- gress. The agent nodded. "It sure is a great commitment even for Garrard and Garrard," -he observed. "One must use one's capital and one's opportunities," was the cool rejoiner. "But remember this, Bennet--these are my last instruc tions to you, We were in with the first moment of this boom, We've got to be out with the first moment of the slump. The instant there are the slightest signs of a break in any market you are to stop all fresh purchases and even resell, if you can do so quietly, Don't try any bolstering up. Keep cool, but sell. Watch the markets like a cat, not only for any signs of weak- ening, but for any increase in the quantity offered of hides or goat skins. The first weakness of prices will come with larger offerings." "And that won't be yet, Mr, Gar- rard,"" the other declared con- fidently. "I hope mot," Harvey replied. "When' it does come, through, fit will come at the moment when we least expect it. By Jove, it's going to be touch and go, Bennet. The gangplank's up." Their automobile was brought to a standstill with shrieking of brakes inside the covered shed. Bennet's shout was echoed and re- echoed by men on the watch. A way was clear for them through the crowd of 1diters and sight- seers. "There's the agent on the bridge, arguing with the captain," Bennet panted. * "Nicholson's such an obstinate devil." The promenade deck of the great liner was thronged with passengers who had become spectators. On the farther side the tugs were shrieking and the steamship was already: quivering with the release of her ropes from the dock. Suddenly an order was given. The gangplank was once more low- cred. Harvey, after a farewell shake of the hand with Bennet, ran lightly up it. He was welcomed with a grin by the officer at the other end. "Touch and go, sir,"" he remarks ed. 'Another sixty seconds and we should have been in the stream." They were already moving and the gangplank was drawn in. Har- vey made his way below through a line of interested passengers. In his stateroom the steward was busy unpacking his suitcases. "Close shave, sir," the man ob- served, with a smile, "I was watch- ing from this deck, but I'd almost given you up." . "I didn't finish the business which. brought me over until twenty minutes ago," Harvey ex- plained. He threw himeelf into an easy chair for a moment and wiped his forehead, The atmosphere in. the sheds had been poisonous. "Not in such good condition as I was," he continued. "Where did those flowers come from," he add- ed, pointing to some carnations up- on the table. "There's a note with them, sir," the man replied. Harvey broke the seal and read the few lines, dated from a hotel in New York: "My Dear--I can scarcely believe that tomorrow I shall see you again, that from tomorrow there will be six more perfect days. Will you be just as sweet to me going back, please, as you were coming, and believe me that although my visit has been so successful--I have discovered all that I came to learn--my chief happiness, at the present moment is that before twentay-four hours have passed I shall see you again. "GRACE." He thrust the note--the first he had ever received from her--into his pocketbook, Tose to his feet and bent over the carnations. Then he made his way out on to the upper deck. He found Grace almost at once, leaning over the sid® her eyes fixed upon the dwindling vista of the city. She turned at the mound ox his foot- steps and held out her left hand. There was nothing to distinguish their meeting from the meeting of any other two chance passengers. Harton was quiet, almost shy. Nevertheless, he was satisfied. "I haven't got over the shock o ffearing that you were going to miss the boat yet," she confided. 'It was terrible to see the gangplank go up and know that you had not arrived." "How did you know that I hadn't?" he asked. "I had been watching for an hour," she confessed. 'Before that I had gone down to your stateroom and put your flowers in water, and the steward told me that you had not arrived." "It was rather closer than I lik- ed," he admitted. "These lawyers in New York are almost as bad as our fellows in London for putting you off, However, I am here and able to thank you for your flow- ers." "And what am I to eay to you?" she laughed. "Why, my stateroom have only my' walking stick here and this attache case for the pa- pers." "Gee, it'llsbe rough luck if you iis like a bower, and however do as he watched the smoke pouring' "They | made in the trade to my' 1 guess. a little flash. A man looked up from a tripod with an "ugrayistivg smile "Thank you very much, sir)" he "What the devil do you think you're doing?" Harvey di ded. : "Picture for the Evening Globe, sir," the man explained. 'Here's Mr. Harriot to see you from the editorial department." Mr. Herriot bustled forward; a young man, bespectacled and sallow of complexion, byt brisk in man- ner. "Herriot, of the Evening Globe, Mr. Garrard," he announced. "Glad to meet you, Mr. Garrard." "And the young lady? the re- porter inquired. "My secretary, Miss Swayle." "The Miss Swayle whose grand- father died suddenly in London and in connection with whose death a large sum of money is missing?" "He was my grandfather," Grace acknowledged. ; "Say, this is fine!" the journalist declared. "Can I have a word with you two somewhere?" "What do you "want?" Harvey asked coldly. "Just a few words about wour American visit for my paper, Mr. Garrard. A word or two, also, from the young lady, if she doesn't mind. 'The business men of New York would like to have seen more of you, Mr| Garrard." "Would they?" Harvey rejoined. "I don't see how they could have managed it, They gave me three banquets and two luncheons and made me a member of twenty-five clubs. We don't seem to under- stand much about hospitality over on-our side." The young man smiled. "They got something out of it too, Mr, Garrard," he ventured. "Rightly or wrongly you have the reputation of being the man who started this boom, and they want to get at your attitude. I'd like to ask you just ome or two ques- tions, sir." "I haven't much of interest to say," Harvey assured him, 'but come downstairs if you want to." They made their way to the stateroom and Harvey dispensie cocktails, 'The journalist's note- book crept into evidence, "We rather figured on seeing you out here on a different errand. Mr. Garrard," he observed. "You were in the running for the next polo team, weren't you?" #'I suppose 80," Harvey admitted. "I have given the game up for the present, however." ' "Business calls, en?" "My only surviving partner in the firm died, Harvey explained. "So 1 felt obliged to go into har- ' "They are saying in New York that you've made a quick start," the journalist observed. "That's true, isn't it, that yours was the first firm to tumble to these high- er prices in leather?" 1 believe it was, Harvey acknowledged. "We were the first to go into the market on a large scale' "And this deal with the McDer- mot Company?" "It was concluded. this morn- "Ome moment, Grace," Harvey - intervened. "I think that it I were you I would not make any more disclosures for the moment." "lI am quite sure that you are right," she agreed. "All that I can say, then, is that I am going tc England to try to recover the money." "There!s mo doubt about' your being your grandfather's heiress, 1 suppose?" the journalist suggest 1 "I am the only relative be had OCEAN RATES HURT CHEESE INDUSTRY Exporter Claims Steamship Costs to Britain Are - Too High . Montreal. ~The Canadian cheese in the world," she "Be- sides, Mr, Brandon, the lawyer, has His will, "leaving everything to You wouldn't like to tell me, J suppose----"" Harvey put out his hand. . "Miss Swayle has nothing more to say," he interrupted tersely. The reporter hesitated for a mo- ment. "Sure," he murmured. "That's all right, I'd like to xnow, though, are you, Mr, Garrard, Miss Swayle's guardian?" "Certainly not," Harvey replied. "Mr. Swayle died in my warehouse on a business visit to my firm. His transactions with us, lasting through many years, have led tc an honorable if commercial friend. ship. Miss Swayle has consulted me as to the temporary loss of he: fortune and heér own future, and she is acting for a time as my pri vate secretary." There was the ghost of a smile upon the newspaperman's face a: he put away his notes. '""By-the-bye,"" Harvey. inquired, "how on earth do you get back tc New York?" "I have a launch waiting ovt with the pilot boat," was the mai- ter-of-fact explanation. "We heard you were going to be late so we engaged it at the last moment." "I congratulate you upon your enterprise," Harvey remarked. "I should scarcely have thought the result worth it." The reporter buttoned up his notes in his pocket as he made his adieux, "I shall venture to disagree witl you, Mr, Garrard," he said. "of course you were quite right," Grace admitted, as the doo: closed behind their interviewer, "but why did you not wish me to tell him what I had discovered?" "Because if your property really was stolen," Harvey explained, *'It would only put the thieves on thei: guard if you advertise the fact that you know of its existence." "It 'was very stupid of me not tc have thought of that," she acknowledged. "That reminds me I have not yet told you my news I saw Mr. Brandon, who was grand father's lawyer. He told me that my grandfather had saved mone; all his life and had made a grea! deal in real estate, but he had the shock of his life when, ten year: ago, the local bank failed thre¢ days after he had drawn out # large sum of money to complets some purchases. © Grandfather' partner was nearly ruined, and af ter that Mr. Brandon told me grandfather carried about near) all his money in government bond: and stock, There were a few which he could trace, and of thes I have a list, with the numbers.' Harvey was silent for a morent It seemed to him that he could ses those numbers in the left-hand cor ner of the sheaves of bonds. Hi could see them on a Scotland Yar¢ placard, in the agony column o! the Times, he could hear the sur prised explanation of the cashier a the Southern Bank, glancing from list to list. He shivered a litth and poured himself out anothe cocktafl, (Continued Tomorrow) ing,"" Harvey confided. "I have tha agreamhent in mv nocket and very nearly missea tne ovat SLOp- ping to sign it." The reporter's eyes flashed be- neath his heavy spectacles. The story was a better one than he had imagined. There was a note of re- spect in his tone when he continu- ed. "This is about the first time any English firm has bought out an American concern of the size of the McDermot Skin Company, isn't it, Mr .Garrard" he asked. "I have never heard of a similar transaction," "Harvey acknowledg- ed. 4 "Some deal, eh? Anything to be said about figures, Mr, McGar- Tard?" "The absolute figures, of course, I can't tell you. I gave a chéck on account for a million dollars, though, this morning." "Say, that's great business!" the reporter exclaimed enthusiastically. "You believe in the high prices then?" | "I believe in the scarcity of raw. material all over the world," wis the firm reply. "I am convinced of it because we have agents every- where who send us detailed re- ports.. Scarcity of raw material means high prices. They tell me there's almost certain to be anoth- er drought this year, and if so they, will go higher still." ! "May I ask Miss Swayle a few questions?" the journalist begged, turning toward her. y "That depends upon Miss Swayle." | "And, Miss Swayle says that it depends upon the questions," Grace observed. : "You were brought up in Paris, weren't you?" : "1 was." "And you were living there when your grandfather died?" es.' "You have reason to believe that he was'a man of wealth?" "I know that he was," she an- swered. "I have just come from the little town where he was born and where he lived all his life. He kept his money in strange places, but one of his late partners told me that he must have been worth a million. They paid him out in cash nearly half a million during the last year." ° "Have you any idea what he has done with it all?" | "Not: at. present," Grace 'admit- ted, *'but soon I shall be able-.to discover. .I have a note of some of the securities which my grand- father certainly possessed." "Say, this is great stuff!" the you suppose I am going to eat all that fruit?" the Harvey, . and girl turned journalist declared. "What sort of securities and to what amount?" CORN ROAST HELD BY YOUNG PEOPLE Ebenezer, Sept. 20.--On Wednes- day evening, Sept. 18, the Young People's Society held a corn roast at the beach south of Mr. F. W. Rundle's. A goodly number were present and all report a fine even- ing of fun. The air was rather cool but with a bonfire no one felt the cold. The moon was full and so it provided all the light that was re- quired. Games were played and when all wre tired a lunch of all good things to eat was enjoyed by all. = There was no scarcity of eats and when all appetites were satisfied, everyone wended their way home- ward, well pleased with the outing which they had enjoyed. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Missionary Society was held on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 19, at the home of Mrs. A. .E. Run- dle, The program was in charge of Mrs. F. Jackson's group and was good. The speaker for the after- noon was Mrs. W. B. Jamieson of Llewlynn Hall, Oshawa, who spoke on "Conditions in China." was thoroughly appreciated and en- joyed by all. The rest of the pro- gram consisted of the Scripture les- son by Mrs. A. J. Gay. A reading by Mrs.-H. F. Osborne, an instru- mental by Mrs. Cecil Worden and a piano duet by Misses Louise Os- borne and Hazel Rundle. Following the program a social time was' spent by all. Mrs. Rundle was very hos- pitable to all who came to her home. pi Night" With Sojin and Arthur Rankin Also ADDED ATTRACTIONS Her talk || ry is directly suffering from the disparity in the steamship rates for carrying = cheese from Canada to Great Britain, and from New Gaand to the same destination, according to the information given by Arthur J. Hodgson, well-known Montreal cheese exporter. If the steamship companies do not come down to a out of this a toll of $1.20 per ton lieves that a public inquiry and pos- sibly some form of government ac- tion may be necessary, although as a principle he is opposed to any form of interference by the government in private business matters. "For several years past," he said, "the exporters of dairy products to Great Britain have felt that the oc- can freights to Great Britain, espe- cially on cheese, have been consider- ably in excess of what they ought to be, when compared with the ocean freight rates from New Zealand to Great Britain and, also, with the oc- can freight rates which existed in pre-war days from Canada to Great Britain, after making full allowance for the extra expense of running steamers as compared with pre-war days, New Zealand Rate "In conferences which have been held with the shipping Federation in Montreal, my attention was called to the rate of $1.20 per 100 pounds from New Zealand to Great Britain, a dis- tance of approximately 13,0000 miles ; out of this a toll of $1.20 per tons has to be paid if the steamer uses the Panama Canal, also a toll when the Suez Canal is used, the latter amounting to about £800 sterling or $4,000 on a cargo of approximately 6,500 tons, "In addition to 'the milleage on di- rect sailing from New Zealand to Great Britain, the contract made with the steamship companies by the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board com- pels the steamers whenever necessary to call at as many as nine ports in the Dominion of New Zealand for the purpose of loading any cheese and butter and any perishable freight at any of these ports. This necessi- tates port tolls all of which have to come out of the rate of $1.20. The mileage quoted above simply repre- sents direct sailings from Wellington or Auckland to Great Britain." Of course, where they have 'to call at nine ports, the mileage is consider- ably increased, and in addition to this all these additional charges in- curred by calling at these ports, come out of the rate of $1.20. "It is claimed by the cheese cx- porters that a rate of 40 cents per .| ton for ordinary storage, when the above charges and inilcage are takes into account, would result in greater net earnings to the steamers from Montreal than they weuld;obtain ou: the above men ned basis off cheésc handled from aul? pw, Zealand, 7 Strong Competitor "New Zealand has become a very strong competitor and today is ship- ping as much, if not more cheese to Great Britdin in a year, than is ex- ported from Canada. In the early 1900's our exports of cheese to Great | Britain used to average approximate- ly two million boxes. Last year our total exports to Great Britain aver- aged approximately 1,100,000. And os year, it will be considerably less. "Another matter in which the Montreal dairy products exporter suf fers injustice, is that the rates from Montreal to Great Britain are based on 55 cents for ordinary stowage and an extra 15 cents for cool air, making a total of 70 cents. The extra charge for cool air is three times as great as the rate at which any produce merchant can secure cold: storage in any cold storage warehouses in Mon- treal. This estimate is based on a voyage lasting not more than two weeks, whereas the average vovage is approximately cight days. an economic fact that a great deal of the power which is generated for propelling 'the steamer: can also be used for generating cool air, so that it must cost the steamship companies less to gencrate,cool air on a steam- er than it costs the cold storage ware house owners in Montreal, While I am. not prepared to state that the difference in ocean freights has caused-all the shrinkage in Can- ada's cheese exports, it certainly has had the cfféct of compelling our farmers to seck other markets for their cream-.and milk and cheese, and I am also equally convinced that while Canada asks no favors, if 'we can get our ocean freights at a par- ity considering the mileage and ex- penses incurred 'on New = Zealand shipments, it will make a marked difference in our total exports fo Great Britain, Want Parity Basis "At any rate, Canada is entitled to be put on a parity' basis swith New Zealand. So far as I can gather, the Shipping Federation of Montreal have to submit any change in their rates to the North Atlantic Shipping Conference... It is coming to some- thing, when Montreal's Shipping As- sociation has 'to have any change in rates confirmed by the - Shipping Companies. "The exporters. are calling a gen- eral conference of cheese manufac- turers, and it is anticipated that. the Minister of Trade and Commerce and the Minister of Agriculture will meet this conference and go fully into this question. I am not in fa- vor much, of government inter- ference, but unless the Shipping Fe- deration of Montreal can be brought to see the justice of this request, Ca- nada may have to do something that will ensure our products being car- ried on an equitable basis with at least other British dominions. "With further reference to the question of cool air shipments, I might add that the steamship com- It is} you wonder what to | give the kiddiesforsup- | per, just serve them a a 2] bowl of crispy Kellogg's Corn Flakes with plenty of milk or cream. Deli- cious--and extra easy' * Te with the flavor can't be copied! panics have complained of the cool air accommodation not being much used. But in pre-war days, when the steamers only charged 5 shillings a ton extra, it was very largely used and some stcamers would leave the port with sometimes as many as 20,- 000 to 30,000 boxes carried in cool air. It is the exorbitant rates asked for cool air which prevent the trade from making gencral use of this ac- commodation on the steamers. "I do not expect the Shipping Fe- deration of . Montreal to act as a philanthropic institution, but I do say that they have either to justify their present rates, which I think they will find it difficult to do, or grant a fair and equitable rate. The New Zealand shipping companies re- cently reduced their rates, so that the present rates are lower even than those I have quoted, but still no con- cessions is granted, except to a small one on cool air accommodation. Which even at the reduction. stated today are three times the rate thar: ged by Montreal cold storage ware- houses. At Sydney Medical Congress, a doctor describing the work of the Australian Inland Missions, said a "flying doctor' had flown over 300 miles before breakfast, performed an operation'aand returned to his base for lunch. Five hundred concrete houses for working people are being built at Caracas, Venezuela, =r With an incredse of '8,000 Jast Year and an increase of 67,000 during the period 1921 to 1929, the population &f British Columbia is placed at 591:000. 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