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12 imgr Single, $1.50 each oLUMB1A account for their sudden interest. By Way of answer the young man -handed him the caxblegram from Fotheringill. _Mr. Flint glanced at it, then'he sat up with 'a` jerk and `his eyes narrowed to mere slits. He l-pondered the "text for some time `while the two young men watched!- I him in silent curiosity. I\ I ` Nothing looks more itiful than _an Old? woman arrayed "in her !,daughter s cast-o nery. ~-_..-- (To `be; C-IWovnt1;ued) ' \l\| claim I - - (F aurc) (Wieniawski) - (Mendelssohn) . (Chabrier) l\YI...-mu-\ (\/ieuxtemps.) (D....Lm\ \\v|lU|lCl 1 - (Wagner) The TIMELOCK Gull wy.. .1 recomme LY` -Compound highly '8 J .i_0;ri.f?--Mrs,. E." W ,~ 133' .3116, Toronto, Ont ' 10y J_______,_._ was a.m.p.u..a. `.1 PL` \'J. 111%? (J .- ( C011ti11ued) :1 lung` face. HOW 11- tn do that '9 pro-V x. \\ ]1'i`I'~L` my .OWl1 -.11'L~1'11ed, I am :m'i\`c {at Van zan- By Author of The suver sum-~ CIIARLES EDMONDS WALK The Paternoster Ruby". _etc._ ' *= "'='1f""fj {,**;r:.,':#..,e.......1w... -A Anughnati error .o,fVj1'.1dg'zner1t, The .s,tory.We. become public. property, and the early afbempon editions, V instead of. observing restraint; ran to `license in their amplication qf its sensation`- al possinbilities. 1 Rudolph, during the ride baek to the clu-b, winced more than once `when. some news-_ boy s shrilly sho1'1ted:,s1ogan assault-` ed hisheaxfing. . p u1'rvL-,-- -_.. 15-2" f`nnn1n2 Tnm ea nms-nearmg. V. - 9 Where `is Paige Carew._? `Tom asked himself under his breath. ``What s the answer? _ T~hey 1l : be pulling gags from that on the roof `gardens to-night. > It s the` catch- 'word` already. Poor OM. Ruddy! Lney stopped at a telegraph ofce, -`where-A Van Vechteh led a` ewblegram to _Paige s Jasft. knoiwn n-...u ..,1.A.......~.a' wmn he returned` swppeu an a us.u.5...,..- J -`where Vechten , to Paige known ., ,Pa1-is address; When he returned 1 `to the oar--Let us hurry "back to -the c1u' , said he. I mean to` phone Flint, and`-- He paused and looked quuestivoningly up at Tom. I `suppose -youwOu`1dn t mind taking us over to ,Rocky, Cove? he` asked. Tom instantlyv` brightene;1.-'-a1l. over apparent1y--but . _neverthele_ssl he interp9sed an objection . ` Wouldn t" look '_rirght, f Ruddy, ' Can t you see? , L ' V ~ . ` No; I `can t{ -=Tb1u_nt1y;" V. .. * Why,-~ `I d..=b"e3 a---e'r_;+-a `sort of-- ` what-= you call em9---accomp1ic'e;. D;:s};_ it 9,1,1`! `I* .bd__ _jAolly..Awe1-l {ike-wtob ` , gt), |JllUu&u . -The due`-cisive way in Vechben climbed` .ii1to~ 1 indicated` that this. protestj was_ ; a`cqenpt,ed. - ...-... 3 nandnngr ' lJLU\\..`,., ,,__,` &C(]11lCBCel1C'B. Let s_@nd `Fintf he` said. Speed ( up. -. .. VEasie1._ _B;iI_(1 than done, however, for `on 4thei`rfmfr1va1 at the Powhatan J g Hi1i1s`i~'aimA`, .4 2 $5 5 ` enterqd,;`;`i1nde'T:.lveJi1iii Copyright by `A. 3. AwMc Clurg 8: Co.. 1918 -T.h message answering des'crip- tion:;M-r8.'% D; and Miss. 0. `two weeks. in I Spmrset-`."Juiy. : 1 Two % dies;%%=sa2ne v419Tii??9!;""0kt1..' ~ '2.-A .-4-mdna 5 . dvgice cme.ov'er'v-.h_ V . : ~ :He;a1fso."h6d reoelyed the ._ 'cryDti`- :1 but eerta1'n%.LLportions_Tof~ it '~ 1111816 Hana 1x1_unwgu , hat `a .,f(Ij;p1icate % tl_.1pei.Ma:x,4,%of"Iron, A;f,. , {now .91r9<} .::.received ny `in which. Van into the tonneau half-'harted for. 30570115 Lg1`1s`t i3_* `as Mrs. 1', ?.Ym'k. On Duuzsvu yaw, l %-."j ' ` 3. ..t.<.'m-9 incjd,mpi~1:ensib1e1$ut hone 4 the. item. % ;;%The?1in'a% Of hween, "'hi ' Brows dee;iened,f' as continued to Stare: at it; .7whi1a Tom looked 0;; and` dggated` _wi-th* >`curiosity. 1 - 11117-`.1 `lug " mystiication;-.-*see11f1sA to me {I ve `sociate it .with' `-anything denite.- liyeaijd `t1_1i1t naxnie ' bje'f`ore---Pin ` sure I` h`ave--- vb`ut ;`hang& if I can as- Ax;d.who the deuce is Fothringi~1'1?- 1"m1:h >11 `.11 - _can yuu L`X]H"` te~t<- hr. "\\' expemlittm.-~ ;' ullablv L`\'t`ll t nlatef" nu ` he handed?` theh Is1ip_ `o paper over; to `Tom. The ?items began. to ap-- ___' u--v v-- . -4- 4 vvoovaaaaaaoc 9 Dear? s1o_;wIy by ~ Ad._egre`es. VA _ _ . _ ' `:`Wiftr1`{ypoo1-_--VXvithyrpool," j he re; nu.-.4-..J .._J; A. .._._-_.. -~' . `wazlgyphol-W.i}}hypms1, he,` maxi peatecl` "in an eort :to "spur "his m1emory--_-.where and when did I `ev} r hear that name It s- not one -that Paige .- mentioned. Must be, some Vtown . in ..Somerset`..- ~ `: eplemented Tom in: mock admiration, answer-t :ing'. to` the. . description _of '. ydur cousin` and Mrs. Devereaux were there some time ,in July. What a tipping iSher1ock.'Ho1mes you are! Van Veehten surveyed him with unseeing eyes. Afterfa moment-- Q--- 3) L- L........._ . ...3A.`L '..n..n!Jn.._ V \-IICAIVVJJJIS `J dull. IJUIV V65 ulvsosusav Say, % hi? began with consider- able energy. , ~Tom, if , they were Paige and*- I0, why shoulld it be so- diicult to determine} their identi: ties positively ' Were they trying to hide? And if so, from whom? av--- -.... -........1_ ...... 711...... I\.#QI|\- II\J III-\J\4 `.' 5-I-L3`-I. I-L IJV-F, Jul VIC` `.""`. You. can search. me, TC_>m 03915` ed dispiritedly. Van .Vechten' took `the message and poned _over it agam. - u1;~:...; .L.....,J.....1 ..........An ucu-nn1u"' u pU1`Uu_uvUr 10 again. Five `hundred pounds reward! ,.h'e -groaned after a, minute.` Great Scott, Tom! Howe luridly the papers will blossom now, for the ' rblessed puzzle is fair game at last "for them." Who has authorized any- one to, oer a reward, I d like to know? And what , two: weeks in J wly .were'- these '_two'~ `mysterious ladies at Withypool? Am I to in- fer that they and Mrs. and Miss. Schuyler are the (same?---that Paige and! Jo sailed home _incog. the eighthof last month? "l`L.-.A.9.. ...Ln4- 3+ nova 1~nn1ip(` I C1611 U11 U1. ll|rU LIIVJAIII That s What it Tom. 111' ~ _',A ,_=_ 1 OIII. In a way, `yes. But this sheet of V deformeda intelligence is more re- markazble for what it does ` not say, than for what. it -`says; Schuyler, , - `ll .....- 1-`lswVAKl'\`(\`l-7 Q UIIINLI .L\o'L vv data It. you know,. was ma den name. i .m_,,,s_. ______ __ Inaluen nguue." V V . Tom s' eyues opened. By George.` he exclaimed -wond'erin~g1y. So it! "TIM-H. hj\2_\'. "}'H11 need 11013 dr-.1w an mr at :41}; fur once you may: difcct yuur Irwin-'\' tn` ..`~:umeA useful um11u~..tim`..l.- 431111. But IIIL1St'be_ km f1xH_\i im'1'111L*L1v of every _step of 1>1*ug'1'c~~ Iumlc. ~.Send I116 type- writpc-n l.u1&.-tin,~:' 4,-.ontai11iuTg an fzlcts, but 1;zx1'::-I `M the B01158. NOW,` get Ullt." ` n A I\ I \ u . 1- I `I, .11 ._...`J ,WU.S , ~ Well, tartly, does the circum- stance` suggest anyfahing '00 V911? I ., 'n__L nu... ..........CI.." 5+.-xnil unnf a CI`-3 I-JJ'L\J was ! 1/117 SIMIICE` xsugguau 111.!"-f"`5 W .73~ But Tom merely stood sxlent a ' I 0 _ . 7 - second wagglng h1s`h~ead_. 1To, 1ts only a 1ittle ngore muddlmg. Is all I can make of 11;. , ' 1/'r'l' '. '_ L1. _ AILL -3 Qnvxl-nvvu- Ov Steady, old man, Tom mur- mured .symp4atheti'ca11y._ Try .a little nerve tonic. Brace up. .They sat down. ~ I don't want anything to drink, Van Vechtaen declined `the oer, `?*but~~.I will gladly Sm0ke'"a `big black cigar; ` Perhaps It will clear; away some of the cobvwefbs. Tom, ever -a _` model of abstemious- ness, contented himself with a mild ` and ladylike thirdble of curaeao; Then. ethey took up the subject of . {the ` caiblegram again. ` Van Vecht-en 1-1.1- uuu Iuqgxxnu u............ -- __,_ V Then they up the of V the cahlegram again.` Van attened the paper upon the -talble, prepped -his e1*bows at either end and grasped. his hair my with both h:9.n1d.s, the cigar ~Sfn0ke`~f0,rmi11g a blue halo about his head. He gave himself up to the serious business of ' interpreting _,'and. assimilating the di`squ"iet ixig'e,e *u'na_thoinsisb1e' Finforma'-f , ' ti_onf$i`.Om' t9yreas. i * ,:nI_-n:-"....~.`..( ..a.+a"z-we " *rnn'n'i`fa V. `W83 I NCRT`H?EIiN ADVANCE -1`) and 50 ~ UC1ILIJJ\T'L ,, `Mrs; -Devere`aux s E\.'L Illll. I But if 1ln- .\l;u1 of Iron believed that llt: 1I:li \il-w-CUdL*(`] the p1'c.-.~, 11-1' uuve in his lifig, ..at_ 1ea. \\'2n~ M;11nL~\V0-rthy of 33,, T, . . says, V rephed . .o Q. .o-o-o-o-6Qo` 1` ' GS-0 uouo-o-o-o-o ,o -o-ono-o-o- - He .had` been instructed to send all messages in duplicate one for the elder Van Vechten s information, the other for Rudolph s guidance. The latter learned further that "all other information likewise was ,.to ~ be sent to him. Lord, Unle Theodore! Rudolph lamented i into the mouthpiece, the newspapers will now :be justiezl in stirring up whatever scandal they may conceive 1 l . \ .- :1 -2 l.1.......9>7 ,:,._l manueu HIS 1111013: auaL1uJ. `.`No,' no; of course not; It s` Paige I m thinking of. Think What, `her feelings must `be when -she sees` ;_-1; 1.1-.n&,.~ ` IIJIIJ \\JlJ.\u\JA v V s \ ` Are you `afraid .of_ them? de- }manded_ his uncle sh,ar i)1y. u-vr --_-...-... .5.-.+ . T4-,5 all the rot that s being printed` about her. . ' _ _' . He heard the older man grunt. A precious lot of consideration she has shown for our feeling*s,he said. But you are mistaken; the news- `papers may be our best allies, and it is not good policy. _to antagonize` them at this stage. , s Frankly, the incisive voice went on, I am now exceedi-nglye worried; if there were not so many. vital business matters ,-exacting my per-T _ sonal attention--things' I can t neg-l i lect because they involve the wel-t `fare oi others;-'-I would;-drop every- thing and take up the search my- . self. But I must leave.tha.t part of . it to you; I know you will be dili- -". :73. V fiiidolph- assured him on this `iv- `y j adding: But my hands are o _g;_. so . h pel-essly tied `by the utter asb- - sence of` a starting-pointy there is - nothing to take hold of, nowhere to 3 begin.` -Why, I._ "haven t evolved 1 even a. tentativegtheory yet._ What 5 "the. devil does it` all mean anyway? ` Have Paige and Josephine both lost their minds 2 '. n : e ' No answering oracle came over 1} the `wine, and_the A an of Iron ut-V - --A---A.-. dua-:111nt`o+;l'\`I`I ' TTQ9 the wine, and me `1ugLx1 u; J.1uu tex-ed his parting , in3un W your best judgment; spare no 7) pense. A _ Van Vechten emerged. `from -the s-tuy Ibooth and shook his `head like! a swimmer. far out at` sea, who, while not sighting " land; dcspairs _not,_ but struggles bravely on. The `entrance of Mr. Flint at this criti-. cal period had the soothing effect of a balm. V His V manner [was so quiet and unobtrusive, so i methodi-- cal and unruled, ant}. withal so i oolidexit, that one s plight `must be _.-L._ :--.L..-..] -Pnkn nno 110* . 130 1'8- TURUNTU WBMAN WELL AGAIN` 1 Collrllllb, lallulr Uu.u U y--a--- ---~ desperate indeed- for one not 0 rje-l epo11dtoT the inspiriting' in-uence of x 1- ... ....;\'nl\.v\l'|a ~':'v~~- --v v--- - , his presence. _ , - \ I , Well, so you have turned up at last, Van Vechten greeted `him sourly. Good heavens", man! ` Why don t you keep in touch with civili- zatibn when you eace 4 yourself from the World? _ . . "" ' `~ *1-- 1-Q-n4 n-nnrn-1'.'I`l`I1lf.V I -LJULIJ usnu V. V- _' This is the 1H}V1e found . . __.Ar VVII/41 Jvu -4----- `the calm respon thatvl shall keep for the beginsffcoj _ need yourgassis Se. way matters are look `as though Don t fear but in touch with you, shaping it I shall tance pretty con- Van VecAhten benf eagerly across Hav 3fou heard -zm.ybhin-g2 be about Miss -Carew. Biit I have. un- - earthed _a good many facts which may or may not have a `nearing on ~ our investigati-on--for I am includ- ing the mystery of Q your cdusin disappearance` with the Inys`t__e1`y_ `joff ,Shunglay s j f I,nurder.{., _; '.E`hex_e s a con- ed.j' young men looked an` intrro- gation, and .Mr.\ F-lint` procwaedecl. `~ Now that we have. learned! `who he is, the facts _ten.dl, to? `confuse V [rather than to etighten; theme is no hole where he ` ts in_.- It` would . seem that `he was mtherja worthless 1 sort,a rf1t.expe`1't .mech'afnfic,* lii1.t.'a1. Y :9ng with;-hi 5 unjdn ; and-' ' f' *- i<'f`I 0? ' `$93? `193: worxas" is the `first opportunity I mm]. for communicating. since we` parted last, was response. all keep _in ~ --1-'---inn. 3+ IIIUDIJ `UC wuvu. cuv u\.uu| 'that being printed l `ing B Bear`. v\ V` V. ' _ in I _ E. . `I O$OIO10'XOIO1KO 01010 101 O-010101010101 jnjnjnjnj 0101010 0.010 10101 O10 I01 -o-bnouoon. 0101010 101010101 EOIOIAOXOXOIOIOXOIO -OX0-0 IO 10 101010- IOZOIOIOIOZOIOXDIOZOZ thing to do with your present per- turbation ? _ Vari Vechben smiled` feebly. Is my shattered 11-ervous system so ruthlessly exposed? he asked. But_.` truly, I don t `co-mpreherfd your vu-4.rr -- uv--L ~~--- - question. . [ ' They have calbled `Central Oice,| Mr. Flint explained, a_ half-dozen times to-day for information. -The afte1`noon s extras mention a reward -- K n 1'-*A~ J--A`-1 l HIEUTDUUILS t:AI.~L'aa uxuuuxuu u, .L\/Iv ..-\. --.-"twenty-vre hundred d011ar`s-`-be-I ing offered in London for inform-_ \ation of Miss Carew. That would` . TFI1t0,Unt. -- ' `Last October, Iwrqt9' : .t0you for 'd.(lViCt{3S I was completely ".--~~-:--- _ down,. had beating 3 down sensation in gl lowgar part of bQW'_`- ~' els, backahe;', .d;& ` .' pain in the'."sjda;,~{`, L _{ also suer-`eib. - from gasi`; recomme- Lydia-E.: j 4! V_._m!!1 ]:J0und lghly an exp V . g,:.:~ 3. "Mrs. nBY,v92 " L.;- '_ . (Z0-.nsider W .` . 1`) i `$3181 ':E---Himself Indelibly Eng , ved in the Records THE world s `greatest violinist of all time has v untarily made a life-long contract HIS 1jecorcl_s'yv1llsbr_1ng you the most supremely beaunfql` v1olmus1c ever heard. 36523--Rondin`o. .32 36524 -1-lunguia ance in G (No. 5) 36525-Caprice nois. Op. 2 365|9--Berceuse ullaby) - 36,521-T-V-Mazurka.` I9 36520- Concettodn Minor 365|4-Schetzo alse ' 36526-Albu!n tt - - soon be here,qand d % leave your ordef for Monuv eworklnow. we will be sure to have it ready as soon as the fine Mgeather comes. Let us show you sour stoek,,ads the latest desigps in l.Cemet3'rly Work. ` ' WOLFENDEN 515:`..- D.}_a... I2... .-3.. Clinnerfnn St. Points, Barrie L`II.\I."I` IC It