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up in the hospital-with a. Knuxup an 1,115 as an egg over one eye where a. billy had hit me-and knew that it had been so. It's a queer thing; yet I felt that way when I was going to my ....,.... ma. nnw, The noise we heard in Robin, I believe you can mm. * There was no answer worth making. So we sat and watched the darkness steal over the marshes. It seemed to 5.... 4-h..+e Hm \xm.f.I=.rS had already be- d. stilled. We smoked cigars and talked. And after while one of the colored men came to tell us of a discovery. A ~F'|o1', mnlz intted from the hillside to tell OI 8. ulscovery. A flat rock jutted from the about fifty yards from the scene of the murder, he said. Just at twilight he had walked near it, and had notic- ed a. queer discoloration on the stone. It was evidently clotted blood, he thought, and what looked like frag- ments of esh. _ You don t _mean-human flesh?" ments or nesn. don t mean-human Freeman asked. His eyes narrowed, ever so slightly. It was evident that the colored man was terrified almost beyond power of speech. Yes, suh. I couldn't tell to sho'. But is was some kind of esh, suh. We didn't waste any more time. We hastened down the footpath. Night ' had fallen. Suddenly both of us saw A-and-Inn: ahanm TI-ll |AnIuIIxAnInI'n DEG uaucu. Duuu another shadow. (Tn Inn T a detective! Freeman told me with nu-1.. nmounmpnt EIIEGUW. (To be continued) We Eidk ALBERT! { COM. A " Kruschen makgs you feel young---keep young --`-and _l9ok young. W.` A. GROSE, Distributor .4111 prices 0. b. Windsor, Ontario, including standard factory equipment (freight and taxes extra) I have been a user of Alberta Coal for some years and I take pleasure in recommending its use to all my friends. When you get to know how to reyulate your furnace when- using Alberta Coal and the proper sizes to order from your dealer, ou will find that you wil prefer to it any other fuel, American Anthracite included. You will have a quicker heat, a longer heat. 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In the lowest-priced eld, Plymouth is still th outstanding full-size car ving ample room fox ve grown-ups; it is s ' the only car near its price equi ped with weatherproof hydraulic four` wheel br es; it is still the one big buy at its price combining modern engineering improvements and perform ance with modern style and luxury. See the Plymouth. Compare it, tty to equal il among cars selling under .S1000--and inevitably you will tank it first and foremost in every ele-v ment that determines true motor-car value. 3097 Beeton W. D. LATIMER, Alliston AMBROSE HAMLIN, Shanty Bay Arm UPwAEns ` " 983 " =22 ..s;;=. uuwta, ctuo, uut uuuc ulu nu; any guuuo A friend of mine told me she could not beat Kruschen Salts, so I have been taking them regularly for months, and nd they have relieved my ills. I urnnlri run? In: nyithnnf a Battle AF Thursday, January 31, ' v 112-113 Bradford St. Phone 21; Res. 1011W w1%rzEaus mouse I A. ._ HTTEC u |.l|Cy HGVC ICIICVCU Iy 1113. I would not be without a bottle of Kruschen Salts, as they `make you feel young, keep young, and look young." Mrs. Vivien Mitchell. Orlzlnul lens: on tile {or Inspection. I - - - , luscheq S0/is um` nnctfured by `E. arnmw; I'I xiizhea'I;t,d'., Maneheatera ngxand (Estab. 17563. jnaorteuz McG vray Bros., Ltd., Toronto. .yy v:w---wv--&wvvo Good Health for Half-A-Cent a*Ds;. A! Drug and Dept. Store: at 75. a bolt!-I. uflct. d b E. Gltth H .h Ltd. nu` lda.nl:l'1eest.e1-Enszla1'fd lE:t.nh.u 7F(:: . ' nspecwr rrccxuuu. Now go on with the story. asked. None at all, the girl replied. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Dr. Long is visiting Southley Downs, to which he is conducted by Ahmad Du, an Oriental. There he meets Mr. Southley, whom a. detective friend, Al- exander Pierce, had told him to watch, and his son Ernest Southley, Mr. Hay- ward and his son Vilas, and then Jose- phine Southley, whom he had seen mint on the train. Josephine tells him the s of southley Downs and its ghost, w ch is not the ghost of a. hu-- man being but of a tiger. 131'. Long has a. quarrel with Viias 5: 'rHoMA? influence. his guest And where were you, after the` scene in the den? `'1 went straight to bed. My maid helped me to undress." And the I-Invwards must not have neipea me W unureaa." And the Haywards must not have been so unpopular with you as with your brother and Ahmad?" . d { was with both of them a great ea . - And i think you took Vilas's part against Dr. Long." Her voice lowered. Yes?! And why did you do that?" Because I ' couldn't do anything else under the circumstances. . Xian nunrtfili didn't T31`, Because, Inspector Freeman, he said simply, I couldn't do any other thing with wisdom. Because Vilas Hay- ward is going to marry my daughter, Josephine. Atnr Mnnmv T mat Tnnnnnfnr Wrap- vvnnvn uvuoouu vvvvuc---w vi-1 g-vu--..u. ! else unaer ne clrcunusuuuuca. Y_ou evidently didn't like Dr. Long?" `'1 did like Dr. Long. But his rela- tion with` me was. greatly different from that of Vilas. ah. `Innlrm-I cnnarnlv infn 'h`IR Ava: as II'0!I1 BREE OI vuuu." She looked squarely into his eyes as she talked. The room faded except for her. The faces of the watching circle- became as mist. I don't know why each answer she made seemed to go so deep into me-V--each word-each inflection of voice 1 an indelible imprint in my memory. I couldn't turn my eyes from her white face. I hardly . heard the detective s question when he turned to Southley. They came from some- where far off. ' 'D1nnnn +311 can n!-`khan inaf mhof being out 01 a. tiger. Dr. Long has quarrel Hayward over Josephine, and finds that the I-laywards have a. strange au- thority over the Southleys. He is or- dared to leave Southley Downs. The rain prevents him leaving at once. Dr. Long and Ernest go out on the road in t e rain looking for the tracks of a tiger that Ernest says are there. mi...-m Inna I-kn H-anlra `l .ah:n- Ilrnnat bull!) wu,y.uL 1151'}. They had been month? Yes. (I'll.-an 1t\1ArI- 11!:-I `nu! Wnere 18.!` (III. . Please tell me, Southley, just what were the relations between you and the I-Iaywards? 'F`hn n`lr`lnv `I -Tnvmm-rl and T were the me naywurusr" The elder Hayward and I were the oldest friends, the old man answer- ed. He spoke falterlngly, in the hesi- tant way.of age. 'I"hpu had I-man have nflmngf. 9. you uzur His answer called me from my pre- occupation. It rang in the quiet room. He spoke it softly, hesltantly; yet all `other sounds became as nothing. __ -In __.--L-_. In-.n_._-__--._ n 1.- 1108811111118." After dinner I met Inspector Free- man in the hall. He called metto one side. Perhaps he was a. little more in- tent, a. little more nervous and quick of motion than in the afternoon. Thus {an nan:-I AI qvnnu 1-|n'lr\ 3 11:: `PAIR "165. How long did you ask them for? His voice changed ever so slightly. As long as they would remain." You were in the den, in the scene between Dr. Long and the younger Hayward? Yes. ((17;-us nloln:-I In cull-`H 17-Flam 'I .'I'n1vnvn10r10l 1. UN DLLICUI ILL VVJULJ vua) .l.J.(.l_y Wutbui Yes. _ Did you think he was in the right? I--I didn't know--for sure. "Then why did you take the stand you did? 1'-rig annular nn'|1pd rm: frnm mv nrn- 15111: 1.16! I D1d you ever see 9. man cross the; room with such a. funny, catlike strlde?[ / He walks as 11 he had cushions on`h1s feet. `I71: nnnuvvuiinti `In +111: fkivl "``\." me. And I'm ready to give it." Look in the kitchen and see where Ahmad Das is, and what he is doing. 0 -l____-_I __. _ ..I-.._ll.I- ..... _- AI. n aiauusuu noun nu, wanna vvoovuv on: out vow--pp,- I obeyed, on a. plausible excuse. Ah-! mad Des was polishing the silver. I came back to report. . `"l"hn nnnnf. in n`lnn.1- than" thn in- Ulvb Ublwll dilansv-av -nag-5 uunv vnovuvu They find the tracks. Later Ernest and Dr. Long see a prowling creature in the hall of Southley `Downs. This frightens the elder Hayward, who also sees 11:. Ernest begins to feel that Ah- mad Das is perpetrating some devil'- ru UUJIIU UHUB DU l`I':1JUl'0. The coast is clear. then," the in- spector exulted. Long, I want you to come with me and search Ahmad s room. I can trust you, I think. when I say that I haven't any further ques- tion but that the Hindu is the mur- erer." lH'l'|1-nun CIA!` vvuInI- - Mona p1anr\unrn.-I I EUIIIUDLHIIE .l..lUW- - _ ' No; but he was the one man whol went out of the house with Hayward- - the one man in striking range. I.don t? believe the Southleys are 1mplicated:I and knowing you as I do by reputa,-' tion, it is absurd to think that you, were. That leaves Ahmad. We know that he hated him, so we have 3, mo- tive. But the I-I1ndu s a. funny duck, isn't he? ll'I'\lA up-nu anon can A Oman no-nan fhn 18813." We mounted to the third nighul then turned into Ahmad s `room. My` admiration for Freeman increased` mightly when I saw him in action. It 1 was impossible to imagine a. more ` complete search. "1 ? thorn : mnrrinr, +.h:,n=_ s hmmd` Ten you must "have discovered` something new." 1\'l'n- hnf. `ha was the nm: I-nnrn uihn CUIIILJIUUU 5UU:IUl.l. ' ` f there's murder, there's bound to be blood," he said. Nothing is so convincing to a court as a. garment 1 with blood on it. He's been kept pretty' .... Itywas Impossible to Imagine a more complete search. ...... .. "I65. I You sided in with Vilas Hayward?" Vac I IIIUIIIUII. uuuu Ill Dill`: Hill!`-'.l'l.lUUl.lo "I m in need or your help. he told Q `I I |,29 Nhlptf 'C!"'K| -I3 QC! Bdll-`I Duh ' 1' here almost a try. The elder Hayward is later found dead, his neck broken as if by a giant's blow. The coroner and police arrive in or- der to investigate. `Ilnnnuan nf thn murder. DY`. L011! busy since the murder, and I don't believe he'd have time to dispose of all his things. That's the chance I'm pla.ying,for." . _ But evidently Ahmad Das had fore- seen this contingency. The detective searched swiftly for `twenty minutes; then paused to wipe the little beads of perspiration from his lean face. llTl.l_ .... -an-A 1! Ian nan-IA \TA -1`-nu. WUI lull Lllllcllll c He started Etow;9.rdV the door. There's one place you haven't searched` at all, I told him. Nilnnnvunv I glanced into it. He wouldn't put it in such an obvious place as that. Even Ahmad Das wouldn't be that much of a foo. Perhaps, Inspector Freeman, you have never heard of M. Dupln? 'r.-_..-_J.-._ v1|..'.-..--V_. _L_....-.! L- --.. vs llvnulroovvvnvnn --V... ----v -u--go ---av- It s no use." he said. No_ clews worth finding. .- 1 -Tn :0-.421-had fnmnrd the 4-Innr `"'lI-taro`: Will: U! ;;'I'l1'at:'; drawer full of linen. I point- ed to 9. drawer in the dresser. UUIILUEBCU. > M, Dupin was a very famous de- tective--a Frenchman. A very great `American wrote about mm long ago." (An ---.. ...-_.. '- ..L...... l.....!. 3.4.... L:naLvA lldibl vvsvuv uuuvuu :40... cups; wav- Oh. you mean "a story-book detec- tive, Freeman scorned. I m glad to say I've never wasted my time reading such ` truck. `None of em were ever practical. Practical men are the go nowadays. The time they wasted in theories and talk-' I K7nl- nnuqnni-{nuns 4~`ru-Au fknnulaa nan-v-fa IRIAVU IICVCI IIUEIKU. UL LVL. uuyxur Inspector'Freema i1 stepped to con- sider. (1.78- U\J\IIv|t\ n edlvuvunol nun vnlvurl '3 Ian mucr. I His name's slipped my mind," he iconfessed. (1UI' `l`\n-niu-u u-nan n unt: Jnrnnne An- l|Il1UU1'1C uuu. |IUulL*' Yet sometimes their theories came out right. Mr. Dupin would have been the first to tell you that for the very reason that you would think that drawer too obvious a place for a man to hide a garment, it would be the very place an astute criminal would hide it, He would know in advance that you wouldn't look there, and therefore it would be a. good place. He proved it` with the story of a stolen letter, hidden among a packet of other |1etters, in plain sight. T1-. ,= all ria"h.`. in hnnlzv hut it nn 1'. Q61` W lnvesuguuc. Because of the murder, Dr. Long must remain at Southley Downs. All the persons there are questioned by Inspector Freeman. `Mm-n an nn with the storv. Of course I knew that as a whole he spoke the truth. But it had begun to dawn on me that Freeman was not the highest type of official detec- tive. If he had been, I would never have asked the question about Dupin; and I would not have had the cold courage to lecture to him now. Then there was a later detective -a little, fat Catholic pr1est, I went on. He asked his friend where a wise lman would hide a pebble. 1111...! 1.1- .1.-_..:__.I .11 1.- l.-_1 __.__ _____- 1l'JUI.'Cl'b, 111 1J1b;.l..l.l. blgllll. It's all right in books; but it don t work out in life, Freeman comment- ` owl "'31&n&'i; :;1'.;{a,"1:'{.;'a any sense, would have said to bury 11: six feet ;131der the ground and smooth off the p )7 ' II-Tin frlnnrl I-n'lrl"h'Inn in `hi:-In run wy. His friend toldhim to hide it on the beach. Then the detective asked where a wise man would hide a leaf. And the answer was-in the forest. I don't say that Ahmad Das would have chosen this drawer if he had time to choose a better place. But it is cer- tainly the most likely place in this rnnm 4 { I UUIIL I went to the drawer and hunted among the garments. And I'm afraid the color came to my face. Evidently my theories were to go unsupported by fact. T ounce Ah:-nor! hon Amnw hi.-In hi. ..-- ..--_ ..--- --xv vInu~QgnnAA\4\Q av- Good Lord! he exclaimed. You've found it after all. Do you know whar. `those spots are?" i No. They're blood. It's convincing lproof. And it's Ahma_d s shirt, too." uvhl-'4-luv `Ian .........-..-.I 1.1.- 1-.- , .-v..-. .-..u nvu ganaumwu I) Btu; ll, uuu. swiftly he compared the laundry mark on it with the mark of the oth- `er garments in the drawer. I didn't dream that this austere man was cap- M `able of such exultation. His eyes actu- ally seemed to glisten; and a high color suffused his lean, dark face. I thought .of a hound hot upon the ;trail. - 'm`w`lI`t s the final proof! he cried. We will get him now. I'll wring a confes- sion out of him. Then both of us drew up sharply. Ahmad is coming into his room," I whispered. For I was sure that the faint sound I had heard had been the fill! of Ahma.d's light feet in the cor- r or. ` BALL .0 u. .I....Lx.._L.I_--1._ I...---.I --__A uy 15.00. I guess Ahmad Das d1dn t hide his pebble on the beach, the detective exulted. rrwu... -r 1....v......'-I 4....z-.. -1. - _--_-._. cnuuacu. Then I looked twice at a newly laundered shirt that I had picked up and laid down before. It struck me as being an unusually heavy garment. [Some inspiration made me unpin it. And folded within it was found anoth- `er shirt, covered with great splotches `of dark brown stai` . t`\|nnrv\nv\ 1 A n n A A - - and ...- -...! L-_I._ my 8185811" I believe that was your sister's part to` ,bJ;ot--n1ott iyours. ` er aps 5." And she made no objection?" Never. or course I don't know sis very well." The detective and I looked at him in amazement. And what do you mean by that unusual speech?" the former asked. That you don't know your sister very null UL uitlk UIUW11 hU:ll1. Freeman leaped toward me and took -the garment in his hands. Just for `an instant; he examined it. utu_-_1 o -,, - ---- | uuuus I trail. TI-! Both of us instinctively braced our- selves. We didn t know what frenzy of desperation we would have to face if Ahmad saw us with that condemn- ing evidence in our hands. A long moment dragged away. Than 'F`rnm-nan s:f.n`ln in tho 4-Inns! 1`.`l'n uxuuzcxw uliuggcu away. Then Freeman stole to the door. He looked up and down the corridor. I....I. 1...-.- L--- - .__A. II L- ____I-.|.._ -'i}Ii:' {.i;ww;r'1;i. "133; ' we'd A better get out of here. He'll come back any moment. T cl-and-an-I in min I-Inn Alumna a-Inlu HLUHIULI II o I started to pin the dinner shirt into even fo1ds,ejust as I had found it. . M. Dupln did the same with the envelope of the letter, I explained. '1'-hen the criminal, didn't know it had been found. u-r .1- LAIIA-n. -nu-cl---n nu.` LI-A u-'4-Inlun-on uuxu. unu. Where? l'l'-nut Anna :. Iutonun vuv u an van: vvno nuva u :`-i\;I,1.1s; have been 9. rat." he exclaim- I Rather noisy for a. rat. Illl.--.1... LL- ...I...I 'l..L _. alt`-I HUGS} auuuu. l I do believe you've set the makings Yet you knew of this `. The fact that Southley let strike you before his face." "Tt nnpmpd tn me that thev . mamaws nrs INDEMNITY `INSURANCE The first meeting `of Essais 1929 council was held at Thornton on Jan. 14 and consisted or Chas. Denney, Reeve; Norman Coxworth, Deputy- Reeve; H. Blacksbock, C. Whiteside nest. 1:! `inninann l"nnnnl'I'In'rn A" 8.110. I". nxgguxauu, uuuuuuuusu. nu. members took the necessary declara- tions ot office and were addressed by the Reeve who` also "assigned to each member the` portion `of roads which M Co Hie And-n in Innir of !-nr n nkn IHUIUUCI 0116 ` [JUL IIIULI UL Luau wuavan it is his duty to look after. He also named the following committees: Roads and Bridges, Norman Coxworth and H. Blackstock; Finance, Carrol Whiteside and F. I-Iigginson. In each case the first named is chairman. _,__-_I vsnvu vanv can-an age-no-v- - -___.._.__.__ The following accounts were passed for payment:--Win. Armstrong, wire fence, $25; Cecil Broley, wire fence, $13.75; Herb. Agar, repairs to con. 7, $7; Wm. Smith, wire fence, $5; W. M. Dinwoody, express charges, $1.45; J. T. Simpson, hospital charge, re Waters and Bateman, $15.76; Northern Ad- vance, financial statement, $46.35; Sick Children s Hospital, grant, 310; F. R. Arnold, refund dog tax, $3; F. B. Stewart, grant to Short Course in Cookstown, $15; Good Roads Assocn. fee, $5. m1....+-1.-m and nnwvlngf.-Inn mznnnstas CU, wt.) Election and nomination expenses amounting to $124.65 were ordered paid. - By-law 511 pertaining to Thornton Continuation school was amended. 1-41.... 1\........... 1'1... 1Xh.sai- (`inn T. Uontlnuauull suuuux wua mucuucu Chas. Denney, Dr. West, Geo. `L. Davis and W. M. Dinwoody were con- stituted to the Board of Health. -u-.-u__._- 17.2 ........... manage! on sububcu bu uu: Duruu ua. .I.J.UuAuLa. Fence Viewers were named as fol- lowsz` Northern Division, John Dob- son, D. Mccann and Geo. Davis, Sr. Southern Division, Geo. Cunningham, Wm. McMa.ster and S. Solomon; Wes- tern Division, W. K. McLea.n, H. Mor- ris and Geo. Dunn. -n-......1 1'r.......,.... nun. `KIA 1 11hr 13 closest or Irienus. And where were you Just before the bell rang, when Southley told you to get out the car?" In the kitchen. How long?" "At least an hour before. And he told him what hewas doing to prove it. Ernest corroborated my story per- fectly. _ And what did you think of the elder Hayward? he was asked. I didn't like him." And why not? I didn't like his attitude with my father. He was too arrogant, and de-` mended more than a guest should. His manners were often boorish. Nor did I like the way he threw his son with sister. V at hnlieve that was vour sister's nart LVU. U, \JAu.~u. ;Ju.u. .1... ., ....-_. _ --.,__ Sheep Va1uators-N0. 1, Jos. Fife. No. 2, Geo. Ball. No. 3, Reg. Arnold. No. 4, Wm. Kirby. No. 5, Chas. Black- stock. No. 6, Jas. A. Lennox. No. 7, John Cochrane, No. 8, Erwin Miller. ALL-..-.4.-`nan (\4`{-`innv-c_T\Tn 1 h 1'18 anu ueu. uuuu. Pound Keepers are: No. 1 D1v., D. Alderson; No. 2, Percy Arnold; No. 3, W. C. Banting. No. 4,` Jas. Foster. No. 5, Chas. Flynn. No. 6, Jas. A. Lennox. No. 7, Chas. Hyde. No. 8, Wm. Pearce. -- L---- Tan 'ClIn -J0nn UUCIl1"d.11U.> .l.VU. 0, 1:u.vvu.a. uuu.;ua.. Attendance Officers-Nos. 1, 2 and 11 secs., Jos. Fife; 3, 4 and 14, Henry Downer; No. 5, Wm. Copeland; Nos. 6 and 15, Vernon Fletcher; Nos. 7 and 8, Fred Arnold; Nos. 9 and 10, Wm. Pearce. A--.-::4........ rnlnnn T_T Dohfina and T) rearce. Auditors, Thos. H. Banting and D. H. Ross. - Assessor, Geo. D. Banting. A by-law granting power to the Reeve and Treasurer to borrow money as required for current expenses dur- ing the year 1929 was passed. f'\r\ rnni-inn hv 'R1n.(`.kSt0Ck and COX` lng CHE year 1:163 wan yaloouu. On motion by Blackstock and worth, insurance was renewed with Globe Indemnity Company, through their agent, John Dunn, Alliston. On motion of Coxworth and White- side, extension of time was given the Collector until next meeting. Council adjourned to meet at Thorn- A-_.. -.. an-.....A.-uu `Huh 4 Uuuuuu auguusuuu. vv ... ton on Monday, Feb. 4. of Free a. little amazement. rnhnn um nrnnf. dn amazement. Then we crept down the stairs. He took the shirt into the room that had been given to him for his use; and rejoined me in the library. I've got a hunch, he said His face was clouded. Little wrinkles were flickering between his eyes. I waited for him to explain. I've got an idea that some one s been following me this last three min- utes. I'm not an imaginative man, Long, but I ve had that hunch before. I never believed it; but once I woke hospital-with a bump as big one an mm over one eye when 1 was going to u1_v room just now. The noise the corridor seemed to bear it out. But it isn t Ahmad. I stole out and took a. i look at him. His hands are buried in flour. There is no one in the servant's quarters but a. colored man or two ,and that long-legged, whisker- ed bird that brought out the rowboat. I believe you call him. Fknrn urn: nn answer worth making. steal the marshes. Lb secmeu UU me that the waters had already gun to recede. The floodrhad been the sole result of the ten inches of rain; now it was done, and the river was quickly falling. The Florida darkness is always worth watching. It comes so gently, so like a dark mist that the wind blows up. The color of the water changed and deepened. The shadows that were the jungle grew black. A- gain we heard the sounds of wild life that the storm of the previous night 5DX'1Ke you Delore nus Luce." It seemed to me that they were the closest of friends. And mhmm urnrn vrm *ln_c:f. ht:-fnrn the