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and its flavour is the siaaest in the world reviews progress during year 1928 fona the gardens qfe red house stery if aam1lne 9 jii s r dalian coojuny begin iierk today the prospective visit of a noei-do- well brother who had been absent for fifteen years in australia was a far from pleasing prospect to mark ab- lett bachelor proprietor of the red house mark and his corstant com panion matt cayley remained in the red house nvainj the arrival of the brothel robert while the house- party guests were away playing golf when robert appeared the parlor maid startled by his rough appear ance ushered him into marks office and went to inform her master mark was not in the garden and when the maid returned to the house she heard the report of a revolver and then the sound of cayley pounding on the lock ed office door and demanding admit tance this was the state of affairs when antony gillingham a youthful gentleman adventurer arrived go on with the story wett shouwers hon chas stewart may i er look round a bit antony nodded toward tho open door oh do yes he sat down and drew the telephone- toward him you must mako allowances for me mr gillirigham of course youre quite advances made in many lines right ard im merely being stupid q activity he tco off the receiver 3 let us suppose that for the pur- the significance of new year is pose of making a first acquaintance bound up with the traditions of our with this office we are coming into race at this season it is appropriate it from the hall through the door that we review the achievements of which is now locked as we stand tho closing year take heart from what just inside the door the length of the has been accomplished and in the room runs right and left across the light of past experiences set our breadth of the room some fifteen course for the future feet is the other door by which cay- j the rising tide of prosperity dur- ley went out and returned a few min- j 192s has been based on the devel- utes ago in the righthand wall opment of extensive and varied thirty feet away from us are the na resources and over more than i french windows crossing the room half of tho total area of the dominion j and going out by the opposite door tllcso are administered by the depart we come into a passage from which meuts of the interior mines and la- two rooms lead 1 ij affairs under my responsibility the one on the right into which i a 0 this great country the cayley went is less than half the pulsations of economic prosperity are length of tho office a small square being f as never before room which has evidently been used t no period in the history of the some time or other as a bedroom the dominion has such marked activity window faces the same way as the 1con evidenced in the development of bakeour own bread oyal yeast cakes a standard of qualit for over 5q years history of mankind has a nation of i our numbers attained such material prosperity in so short a time or dared to attempt such hod ertcrprites ae we have undertaken mdcw gave and they went into the room cayley walked quickly to the french windows in tho next room the room on the other side of the body and dropped on his knees by bedroom hand oiij our mineral resources the last few years have witnessed the increasing is a bathroom the three expansion of the mining and metal with a effort he put a hand ononis together in fact form a- sort jurgical industries in the established hs shoulder arid pulled it over of private suite i mineralproducing provinces and the thin cod he nurnuired and let antony wandered into the bedroom i extension of these industries into en- the window was open and ho looked j tircly now areas of undoubted impor- out at the peaceful stretch of park at chapter iii cayley looked round suddenly the voice can i help said antony polite ly- somethings happened said cay ley he was breathing quickly i heard a shot i was in the library a loud bang and the doors locked he rattled the handle again and shook it open the door he cried i say mark what is it open the door but he must have locked the door on purpose said antony so why the body go again who is it said antony robert ablett oh said antony i thought his name was mark yes mark ablett lives here rob ert is his brother he shuddered and said i was afraid it was mark was mark in the room too yes said cayley absently an tony had gone to tho locked door and was turning the handle i suppose he put the key in his pocket he said ar he came back to the body again who tance and promise during tho same cayley thinks he did it said an- period the standing ot canada among tony to himself thats obvious it the mineralproducing nations of the explains why he wasted so much time world has been considerably enj banging on the door why should he j hanccd i try to break a lock when its so much all previous records in mineral easier to break a window of course- producing in canada were surpassed ho might just have lost his head on j 927 when tho value of the total tho other hand he might have wanted mineral output roso to nearly 250- to give his cousin r chance of getting 000000 and it is more than possible away why did we run all the way jjftat this impressive total will itseif round the house in order to get to the be surpassed when tho final figures windows j for 192s are completed it is gratify- there was a step in the passage j to note that our mineral output is j outside and he turned round to see increasing in variety as well as antonv shrugged his shoulders whoever did th he sail piint- caydoy in the doorway ho remained j quantity and that the list of minerals in t- the nin o- the floor is he ookink at him for a moment j now produced both metallic and non- k himself a question it was rather metallic comprises all of those of out- tiln il pivw dnnlv a curious questcon he was asking standingindustrial value with a few they toned the sy onfto its the door was open loxceptu hack nerving themselves to look at it 1 not exactly why he door was yet be robert ablett had bn shot imbfen 0 enougn but why had he expected j is being australias example manchester evening news at tention ought to be directed to the re sult of the election by which mr stanley bruce and his ministers have- once more been entrusted with the destinies of the commonwealth the bnic who has just defeated a powerful labor opponent deserves a place in the school books scarcely less prominent than flat of the brace who studied the habits of spidrrs not be cause of the defeat of this opponent but because of his part in the making of tho new australia and his regard for australias future on the de claration of his return to power he said he hoped that until that trien nial tragedy the general election camo again all parties would sink their political differences and try to find a solution of the great problems confronting them our own genera election is still comparatively jar off and we need not pretest to prophesy the result but when it is over we should like to hear the prime minis ter whoever he be echo those words why should all parties in great bri tain not combine to supply great britains needs empire industry in t the door to be shut ke- did not member shutting it but somehow was surprised to see it open now see cayley thvou e- he eyes did you know him well said antony quietly he meant were vou fond of him i hardly at all mark is the bro- see cayley tmougn ueuoo jut ther i know best lie hesitated and cora mt tne ro0 smnethng pehps id better i woraing sudconsciously jn his bram exceptions only some of which may attended in the dominion in the western prov- attended by very satis- ej factory results in alberta the in- then said get some water there was another door opposite to should he open it just because you tbe one which led as antony was to discover for himself directly into a passage from which opened two and were pressing their passage and opened the door on the that you know tho house pretty well era are i am sure quite capable of e panes and asking right the door from the office considering that this is the first lime mastering the difficulties which torn- i through which ho had gone remained jonve keen to it porarily beset them optlmlsm must ask him to cayley turned to the door again we must break it in he said put ting his shoulder to it isnt there a window window window so much easier to break in a win dow said antony with a smile he looked very cool and collected as he stood just inside the hall leaning on his stick window of course what an idiot i am ho pushed past antony and began running out into the drive antony followed him they ran along the front of the house down a path to the left and then to the left again over tho grass cayley in front the other close behind him suddenly cayley looked over his shoulder and pulled up short here he said they had come to the windows of tho locked room french windows which opened on to the lawns at the back of the house but now they were closed antony couldnt help feeling a thrill of excitement as he followed cayleys example and put thank god he murmured his face close up to the glass but let the body go again if there had been one shot why should thcro not bo two more at the care- more rooms cayley stepped into the less fools who noses against the for it my god can you see it said open the door at the end of the cayley in a shaking voice i short passage was shut antony the next moment antony saw it a kneeling by tho body followed cayley man was lying on tho floor at the far with his eyes and after he had dis- end of tho room his bac toward them appeared kept his eyes on tho blank who is it said antony wall of the passage but he was not i dont now the other whispered conscious of that at which he was well wed better go and see he looking for his mind was with un considered the windows for a mo- other man sympathizing with him ment i should think if you put cayley came into ho room again your weight into it just where they murmured something and knelt down join theyll give all right to bathe the dead mans face then cayley put his wieight into it the he placed the handkerchief over it i they stood up and looked at each other if i can be of any help to you said antony please let me thats very kind of you there will be things to do but you musnt let mo trespass on your kindness i came to see beverley he is an old friend of mine hes out playing golf he will be back directly i will stay if i can be of any help please do you see there are wo men ho hesitated and gayo an tony a timid little smile pathetic in so big and selfreliant a man just your moral support you know of course antony smiled back at him and said ehevrfully well then 111 begin by suggesting that you should ring up the police the police y yes he looked doubtfully at the other i tupposu antony spoke frankly now lock here mr r cayky im mark ahleits cousin i live with him my names giliingham im forry i ought to have told you before well now mr cayley wo shant do any i good ly pretending heres a man had told him that it was surprising why cayley joined him at the window ive telephoned he said theyre sending an inspector or some one from midleston and the local police and doctor from stanton antony felt quito sure from what cayley had said and had hesitated to say that mark had been the last to see his brother alive it didnt fol low that mark ablett was v a mur derer revolvers go off accidentally and when they have gone off people lose their heads and run away fear ing thot their story will not bo be lieved nevertheless when people run away whether innocently or guiltily one cant help wondering which way they went i suppose this way said antony aloud looking out of the window i wonder well he didnt go by tho windows in the next room because they were shut isnt that rather odd well i thought so at first hut he pointed to the wall jutting out on the right you see youre protected from tho rest of the house if you get out here if you go out at th french windows 1 imagine youre much more visible cayley looked at him thoughtfully it seems to me mr gillingham ne j creasing production has now reached to approximately 480000 barrels of crude naphtha per year recent discoveries and developments have attracted world attention to canadas extensive deposits of cemper nickel lead and zinc and to the possibilities of in- j creased production of the precious metals these and our established reputation in the production of non- metallic minerals in addition to petro leum indicate tho importance of the dominions mineral wealth and fore- 1 cast continued prosperity for its min- ing and allied industries j our well distributed waterways seem to have been placed by nature where their abundant energy would be most convenient for the development of both primary and secondary indus try and for the comfort and urban j and rural populations dependent thereon the past year has witnessed 1 the addition of 550000 horsepower to our total turbine installation which j has now reached the imposing figure ot 5328000 horsepower with a i further 1200000 horsepower of new j development in various stages of con struction the outstanding develop- nionts have taken fdace in quebec i ontario and manitoba j our country has been richly enj dowed with forest resources the net annual value o tho products of our forests reaches about sl5000000 and j looking repe haden guest in the nineteenth i century london the industrial position in the empire is that mostj industries are concentrated in great britain but others are sprtakisg up in canada australia india and elf- a most alt where in indiscriminate competition printed silk with great britain and with eaci with vesree in rjrlic sty plain other the amour of competition silk crepe in lightest toof print the at present is not great hut unless the unusual scarf colter ir of she velvet distribution of industries s planned f deepest tone of rrint r repeat- it will become renter in the future ed in cuffs rrri belts ending ris and might theoretically be as great at each side of front croj trtja in as that between great britain and eriyj reverse treatment sheer tvcti hotre- foreign industrial nation it would spun patterned and plain jersey seem therefore worth while bringing velveteen and primed and rayon the matter before the next imperial velvet are irtertsifjv falnt to choose conference when the question of in- f design no uv- pattern in sires 16 18 20 year- jo 1 40 inches bust measn viting empire industrialists to consid er the question at an empire indus tries conference could bevjliscussed stamps or coin for it would be to to tie advantage wrap coin cartfully of the empire as a whole and to the industries of the empire that there should be the maximum ot cooper ation and the minimum of avoidable friction f j2 it riid price ict in j- 1 v red row to order vtz v write your name arid nddrcs jy giving number and size patterns as you want enrlosi uvb stamps 01 com coin preferred carefully for each riumbei hands across the sea major lloyd jones in britannia london we are and there is no j patterns sen reason to believe that wo shall not remain on friendly terms with thej mintj liniment great nation on the other side of the atlantic indeed it is probably a truism to say that today the atlantic is narrower than the english channel so far as similarity in ideas is con cerned and if the two great english- speaking nations decide to insist on a address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto hv n criily naii qdo cc tr can a horst fly teacher o elementary has anyone ever seen r ors pupil fnot knowing the spc no but i have seen r dog jen arbitration the probability of anoih call to armit need not seriously be j conditions in the lumbering industry consideredby this generation are more favorable than for several j years the newsprint industry though suffering from a period of overproduc tion is inherently sound and its load- mr kangaroo but mary no child mrs kangiro heavens ive had my pocket punch hcre s ood continued in our next issue used pianos sale uded pianos hointzman company upright thoroughly overhauled nrftclass condition 7 13 octaves nice tone regular price 500 specif at 1275 easy terms this is just a sanplo df the many bargains n ved piano- on hand write for selected lst heintzman co its yongo street tcicito prevail we arc exporting more news- 1 print than all other countrfen com bined our plants are newer and equipped with more modern machlni cry they have access to cheaper power and more ample pulpwood sup plies than any of our competitors these favorablo factors must in time bring the desired result j the well being of the indians and eskimos is being furthered by every possible means they are being en couraged in the practice of certain handicraft- similar to those practised by other native races the aim being to promote health and industry which can only lie had by providing conve nient opportunity for all to engage in pursuits for which they arc adapted by nature large areas have been set aside for the benefit ot the indians and eskimos and serious considera tion is being given to the establish ment of domesticated reindeer and conservation ot muskox tourists holidaying in canada made expenditure estimates at 270- therefore dreads the fire oaooo0i was well distributed i thought she was an old flame of among all classes and added consider- 1 the why of it 1 bought a new car and traded in my player piano as first payment i didnt know they accepted player pianos as payment on new ears they dont usually but the sales man is a neighbor of mine judge commercial candor dealer to prospective buyers jlorei a touring ctjr used some good tires price sos wont last long the masculine woman is only at- txactive to the man who is not local agent wanted an old ttljistici torcnt invest ment houm wlytlcft to jhj i- ils organltatlon 1 lull or lait lirir oca reproveritatlv ot jooj sfnndlne but not lfrceshardy with 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take the doors are locked r i ably to the general prosperity of 192s i i this contribution which our rccrea- j tlonal resources make to the national income is in fact greater than either the value of our mineral or pulp and 1 paper output its influence on tho balance of trade and on the financial structure o this young ard growing i country is enormous j on every hand there is just cause i for rejoicing and at this season as we find btiraelycs knocking at the portala ontidence issue no 2 29 iroer tho velk somebody shot him fcr frostbite use mitiaids liniment in iho knowledge that never has a new year opened so auspiciously for canada and seldom if ever in tho crosscut crescent ground will saw 10 more timber time and labor being equal than any other rnadejthis guarantee has never been challenged simonos canada saw co mmitcb t kcmitiictoc0iiniivnuimenttu6vi vvcouvcroc tonontoonv rbhnnpwm 7