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The DEVIL'S MANTLE Aghar is Friendly "Have you told Miss Garth about his?" demanded Peter abruptly. "No, sahib," sald Aghbar Pind; "I1|m ave not spoken to the Miss Sahib. t was because Tajal All was com. ng that 1 made the sahib leave he cabin, and the sahib had not een gone a minute when Ali and the chief next to Tajal All wd also a third chief, came into ihe cabin--not the Miss Sahib's ca- sin, but the ome through which the sahib made his escape--an they held coumecil, And it was \hus, sahib, that I heard it planned that Tajal All and the Miss Sahib vould land and that the ship would ail away again for the reason I 1ave already made known to the iahib, And all this time, because »f Tajal All's orders, I stood at the door of the Miss Sahib's cau, ind neither I nor any man entered there. And then word came that the land was not far off, and Tajal All and his chiefs went then to the feck, for there are many reefs and much cunning with the ship is ve- quired; and then, sahib, 1 came quickly here to you. But first, sahib, Tajal All gave me orders to take the Miss Sahib to the cavern 1s soon as the landing was made and to wait for him there." "And you think you can get me ashore, too?" 'Yes, sahib." "And then?" "And then, sahib, 1 would pre- pare food and drink for Tajal All as is the custom when we are in the cavern, and when he had drunk he would sleep long because of what was in the drink, and--" "You mean, you'd drug him?" "Even so, sahib," ¢And then?" Peter prompted guickly again, "And then, sahib, we would have many hours in which to escape by the secret way of which 1 have already told the sahib, = On the other side of the mountain the is- land is large, with many trees like a great forest; but only one wun Is known to live upon it, and he is one of Tajal Ali's men, And, sahib, he has a hoat--and there are many other {islands that me near at hand. I know no more than that, for Tajal All's ship comes only to the island in the night; but when the night has been bright I have seen this man sailing in his boat from the rocks that rise out of the sea heyond a certain point, and where a signal is always made in answer to the lights from Tajal All's ship so that if there be danger the ship may sal away again--and even #0 it has happened more than once, sahib, that the ship, instead of going to the cav- land, and after that to another, until it shall come to t! pass somewhere we shall find white en." Peter stared through the dark- ness for a moment in silence at Aghar Pind, He was half tempted to light a match suddenly and, taking the other unawares and off his guard, get a glimpse of Aghar Pind's face. The man was plaus- ible and apparently sincere. He had already proved his worth as d|an ally--but why was he doing this? "You are taking a big risk, Ag- har Pind," said. Peter grimly, "This cave that is locked by a key! Suppose it {s the wrong cave; or, even if it is the right one, that its exit cannot be forced without the key---what then?" "Sahib," replied Aghar Pind phlegmatically, "have I not already sald that what is written is wmt- ten? I am sure it is the cave; but, if it is as sahib says, then, sahib, I will die at the hands of Tajal All." "Yos!" said Peler erisply, "That is the point exactly! If you'r? caught, they'd make an end of you the next minute, Ihave mo doubts on that score. Aad that is what I da vot understand. You have said already that it is net for love cr Miss Garth or mys:lf Why, then, are you so ready to risk your life, Azhar Pind?" "What the sahih says is true," answered Aghar Pind calmly; "and it is time now that sahib should know what is in my wind, for otherwise all things hetween us are at an end here. Sahib, I am a poor man." Peter drew back ahruptly, His face hardened. . "] see!" he ejaculated. "You expect Miss Garth to pay you well for it?" "No, sahib"--Aghar Pind's volce was flat, even, unemotional--"1 do not know that the Miss Sahib could pay anything even if she would, I know only that she 1s a woman who was taken from a ship by Ta- jal Ali, who has taken many wom- en for himself beforz, and that she is loved by the sahib,"" "I see" Peter ejaculated again. "But it's money you want, just the same?" - "I am a poor man, sahib," "And so that puts it up to me?" sald Peter harshly, "Yes, sahib." Peter was silent for an Instant. "How much do you want?" he demanded in a suddenly helpless way. "Sahib," sald Aghar Pind, "my price is £5000." "Five thousand pounds! Did you think I had £5000? I could not ern, put back to sea again until the next night. And so, sahib, it is in my mind that we steal the pay you even one pound! So far as I know, five or six shillings would account for every penny I man's boat and get to another af have in the world!" oN Tm Piso OE ~x Ww and you'll .. Beautify your car at our expense, Send «| cover cost of mailing) and we'll send you it too. Tarento 9, an - Sénd me your woe Beaty to belp pay mailing cost. fb the pass sign into the company--the first regular step towards the mystic circle of smiling shiners--the drivers of the well kept cars, The NUMBER SEVEN GROUP--three handy helps tocar * pride--provides all you need to keep the car spick and span. No.7 Duco Polish for the body; No. 7 Auto Top Finish for the top; No.7 Nickel Polish to make the bright parts brilliant. 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For a moment Peter neither moved nor spoke. His hands had knotted suddenly at his sides. "What do you mean?" he cried out at last hoarsely, . Blood Money! "Does not the sahib wunder- stand?" returned Aghar Pind even- ly. "It is said of the sahib that he killed a man, and to him who delivers the sahib to the law pay- ment will be made of £5000." "Well"--Peter spoke through clenched teeth -- "that's true enough so far as the money goes, but what has that to do with you?" "Sahib," said Aghar Pind, "thus it might come about 'if it is in the ®ahib's heart that the Miss Sahib should be saved: If the es- cape is made, then the sahib would go with me to the officers of the law, and I, Aghar Pind, would gay: "See, 1 bring you Blake bda- hib; pay me, therefore, according to the sum that is named! And so sahib, in that manner I shall re- ceive £5000." "I am a poor man, sahib--have not said so?" murmured Aghar Pind dispassionately. "If we make the attempt to escape and it comes about that we fail, then, sahib, I die, and the sahib likewise. Why then, should I play with death with- out payment? I do not want to die. But if no attempt to escape is made, then, T am still the ser- vant of Tajal All and all is well But what will become of the sahib, and what will be done to the Miss Sahib that the sahib loves?" Instinetively, as the fury within hiny deepened, Peter's hands saov out, and grasping at the other's throat, tightened around fit--and then, with a sudden ery of loath- ing, he pushed the man violently away from him. Aghar Pind choked a little. "Is this the sahib's answer?" he asked. "Is it the sahib's will that I go now?" Peter swept his hands across his eves. His mind seemed suddenly in turmoil, in chaos--his loathing of the man was something that now, in an instant, was relegated to the background, that was a min- or thing, that mattered not at all, There was Marion--a way to save her. It meant almost certainly his own death, or, at the least, life im- 'prisonment--he new that. There was no chance for him against the evidence. But the cost was greater stil! than that, He would lose her --{forever--for always, Vague, per- haps hopeless, though those embry- '|onie plans to establish his inno- cence had been, they would now be at an end--and with 'their end- ing, the hope, the cry of his heart that he might ever win her love was ended too, But she would be saved. Cur though Aghar Pind might be, the very sordidness of the man's motives, coupled with the fact that Aghar Pind's own life would be at stake, too, was a guar- anty that he man was to he depend- ed upon--to earn £5000! #Sahib"'--Aghar Pind's volce came coolly through the darkness --*'the time is short. I have made known to the sahib what I will do and what I will not do, and there are no more words to he said, Is it the sahib's will that I go?" "No--walit!" Peter's voice was harsh--shaken, "If I agree, the bargain would be that, once Miss Garth was safe, I would go in a sense as your prisoner to the au- thorities, and you would claim the reward?" "But how do you know that I would keep my end of 'the bar- gain?" said Peter, "I am supposed to be a murderer. How do you know that, having got Miss Garth safely away, I would not turn on you then to save my own life?" "Sahib," Aghar Pind answered, "I have known many white men, and the word of some I would not take, but the sahib is not one of those. The sahib's word is good. If he says he will do this thing, he will do it, and I am content, Moreover, I do not think that sahib js a murderer, for I have heard the talk between him and the red-hair- ed man, and I know the sahib did not come here to eschpe from those who held him on the other ship." "So much the worse for you, then--and the filthier your bar- gain!" rasped Peter. "For the sake of money you'd hand over a man you believe to be innocent to--"" "Sahib"'--for the first time Ag- har Pind's voice sharpened--*'that is the sahib's affair whether he be found guilty. Will the sahib make answer Avickly 2. "Yes!" said Peter savagely. "Damn you, I'll go through with a» "It 4s well," said Aghar Pind, "And now----" "Wait!" interrupted Peter curt- ly. "You will say nothing of this to Miss Garth. I am afraid she is not convinced of my innocence even to the extent that you are or that, perhaps, she trusts me at all; but even 50, and no matter what the consequences to herself might be, I know she would mever accept her fredom from any man at such a price if she knew what that price was." "AM that shall be as the sam says," said Aghar Pind. "And more than that, sahib--we three shall make our escape together, but the Miss Sahib shall not even know that it is Blake Sahib who is with her. I did mot know that it was only the sahib who loved, and that the Miss Sahib was " ter furiously. "Never mind what you thought! You keep your own side of the road--understand? | Now, go en--eaplain yourself, I "Hold your tongue!" cried Pe-|- Miss Garth doesn't know I'm along, so much the better; for she will be less lkely to fear --a twisted smile came suddenly to Peter's lips--*"that she is only jumping from the frying. pan into the fire in attempting to escape. But if I go with you, as you propose, how are you going te prevent her from seeing me?" "In the same way, sahib," Ag- har Pind answered, "as the eyes of those on board this ship will be deceived when the sahib goes ashore. In the bundle which I have brought, sahib, there is food, but also there are other things. There are shoes of mine, sahib, for the sahib"s shoes are mot such as are worn by those who follow Tajal Ali; and, likewise, T have brought that with which the sahib must darken his face and neck and arms--and his ankles, too, for he must thrust bare feet into the shoes, as is the custom among those who are here. Also sahib must throw away his coat; but the rest of his clothing is dirty, and his shirt and trousers, that are much like those of many of the crew, will pass in the darkness. But see ta it, sahib, that sahib uses freely that which is in the bottle and leaves nowhere the whiteness of his skin to be seen--it belongs to the one who is chief above even Tajal All, and who is not here, and who, it is in my mind, is a white man, though his face is as the col- or even of a dark-skinned Malay when he comes among us--and of this IT am sure, sahib, for on voy- ages I have seen the chief in the cabin use that whereof I speak, so that the color may not wear off and the skin grow white. 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Peter answered shorts JULY CLASS NOW FORMING PAGE SEVEN sahib, I will make pretense that for the Miss' Sahib's comfort there must be many rugs and cushions, and these I will make into two great bundles--that there may be need of a man to carry them for Announcement me. Does the sahibh see? It is the sahib who will carry them; and 80, with one on each shoulder, they will help to hide the sahib's face. Is all this clear in the sahib's mind?" : "Yes," said Peter brusquely. "In a little while, then, sahib," continued Aghar Pind, "the ship will come to land, and when the sahib feels that tire ship is at rest, he must open his door into the en- gineroom and listen. And when I call, let him come with all haste up the little ladder to the alley- way above, which leads from the cabins. I, Aghar Pind, and the Miss Sahib will be there--and like- wise the two bundles. And I will give the sahib the name of Rahim De that none may know to whom I speak, even if I be heard; and I will give orders to the sahib in the native tongue to take up the two bundles upon his shoulders, and this he will do. And then the sahib will follow boldly and close behind the Miss Sahib and behind me, and speak to no man even if he is spok- en to, and thus, if it is so written, we shall pass out of the ship. Is the sahib content? And does the sahib see that 'his risk is no great- er than mine?" "We'll leave the question of risk LEW V. DISNEY STANLEY COTT Announce the formation of the firm of "Disney-Cott"" Funeral Home and the opening of offices and chapel at 87 CELINA STREET Corner Bruce St.--Oshawa . x5 UNSURPASSED AMBULANCE SERVICE i Telephone 1082 ry a Al ly. "The plan's a good one, I am content." "It is well," said Aghar Pind softly, "I will go, then, for the time grows short. Here are the ~ things of which I spoke. Let the sahib eat and make ready." "I will be ready," said Peter grufiy--and the door closed be- hind Aghar Pind. (To be continued) Service of Sincerity Who Use the High Everyone should Help in the Work of the Highway Safety Committee. With the Support of the Public it will be a Great Success. The Highway Safety Comittee has commenced its work for er y It is a large and representative body of men who live in various parts of the Province, voluntarily in this movement, which is dedicated to save life and prevent injury to persons and property. All are inspired with the necessity of creating a widespread consciousness of the new hazards which have been created by the rapid The success of the effort support of the public. : 5 4 Will you help? Will you co-operate both when in a car and on the street? When driving a car, obey scrupulously the rules of traffic and exercise CARE, COURTESY and COMMON-SENSE. When walking, obey traffic rules too, and show the same CARE, COURTESY and COMMON-SENSE you expect from the motorist. Co-operation of all citizens--children and adults The most widespread and rigid enforcement of the law that could be devised would not put an end to recklessness of drivers or carelessness of pedes- It would not apprehend every law-breaker." Only an alert and sympathetic public, conscious of the dangers arising from the increased traffic, and determined to support a Safety movement, can prevent the killings, the property which otherwise The volume of traffic is increasing ot a tremendous. rate. There are over 400,000 motor vehicles in the Province, and last summer at certain periods the number of outside cars on our streets and highways was increase in traffic is expected this year. The accident hazard increases even more rapidly than the The campaign to stir up the "traffic consciousness" of the motorist and the pedestrian will be carried on all summer. ' Your own suggestions will be helpful. Please write the High- way Safety Committee, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, freely with your copii dered sugge stions of methods by which y on highways can romoted, or of education of the public which you think Ag influence in. your community in the direction of CARE, COUR- the W.G. Ropeazsox, Secretary, Border Ottawa Board of Trade; All members work equally as great. Committee could use suc- vers and municipal traffic ighway Safety -- Protect the Millions 4 'ays - ~ 7 Rules for Safety You must observe each one scrupulously all the time 1. Have your car in perfect m hape-- particularly Bra Poteet moshauieal ghape-s ghts. ' 2, Give your undivided attention to your driving. In passing traffic, be sure there is a place f: a The toatl Hoe head, Te #8 place for you 3, When other motor vehicles try to pass you=-let them pass. CARE COURTESY COMMON 13,0013 4, In entering main streets or highways, or in approaching a railway crossing a full view of the track is obscured--stop and look, 5. Dou't "loaf", where traffic is heavy, 6. Always signal before you slow down, stop, or change your course, - , Never back up before ascertaining T: fics buck up before § What the sad } Neither motorists nor pedestrians can act on highways as they did a few years ago. changed, Traffic is becoming more intense up your habits with traffic conditions as and you will guard your own safety and con Another safety of others, As ph To Those in Charge of our Wi thi Sclioo] Snspeotors, Seocl Teasers, ani Shoo Bosrdi « of the Province a special appeal is made. A sad feature of the * accident record is the number of children whose lives have been snuffed out or who have been injured because of thought- lessness on the part of themselves or the driver of a car. It is requested that in I ay to Gero oy ¥ Schools pedestrians. laws. Executive Committee J. P. B: istrar doles, 1 ickxLL, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, Secratary; hy Secretary, Ontario Mayor J. Wasox, Gananoque; Monamon, Controller, City of