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Paul Marve, an and genius, perfec war so terrible that the world at his 1 fanatical lover of j Instrument of whol League of attention he sends Great PC Cieneva. But Sir Harker Bellamy, head of the important branch of the British Intelâ€" ligence, "Qâ€"1," persuades the British Cabinet to have Marve over from Paris so that he may discuss his invention with various experts. Previous to this, the hero of the story, Peter Renton esâ€" tablishes contact with Marve and thereâ€" by mees the inventor‘s nieceâ€"the heroâ€" ine ‘~f the storyâ€"EIsie Norris. After reporting to Sir Harker, Renton adds, "Our old friend ‘the Priest‘ is back in London!" MaNDaAYyÂ¥. AUC_ T 10TH There was a silence. ‘Then: "Are you certain?" asked Bellamy, and his voice had a rasping sound. By the intonation Renton knew that his chief was gravely perturbed. The young Secret Service agent drew at his cigarette. "I don‘t say I would be prepared to swear to it, sir, but all the same T‘d be willing to take a small shade of odds. It was when I got into the train at Victoria Undergroundâ€"" "When was this?" "Oh, about an hour ago. As I was saying, it was when I got into the Tube that I imagined I felt someone staring at me from behind. You know, sir, how one gets that impressim in this job?" Bellamy gave him a grim smile. "I ought to, considering I‘ve been in the Intelligence Service for nearly thirty years now . . . But go ‘on. What happened?" "Of course," continued the younger was on vIdGW eX his paper up C thought did cerc plufft; .Dbut . L_re speaker laught a run for his m out at Charin a run for his muney, in any case; I got out at Charing Cross, and for the next forty minutes changed trains until I must have covered half of London!" "You have not more evidence?" "N,. It may, of course, have been a mistake on my partâ€"but you know, sir, how that swine carries a sort of ‘smell‘ about with him. Ever since I ran across him in that affair in Greek Street, I have always had the impresâ€" sion that I could sense his presence a sion that I could sense his presence a mile off." Sir Harker Bellamy tappeéed with his fingernails on the desk in front of him. "It‘s possible," he said. slowly â€" as Synopsis of Previous Chapters LC Appointment PHONE 483 Special Offer for One Week Only CHAPTER TII ay I would be prepared to sir, but all the same T‘d be ike a small shade of odds. n I got into the train at Now Read On) DELUXE BEAUTY PARLOUR was the blighter, he kepu r cover. Anyway, when I look round the compartâ€" e in any way suspicious except a fellow who kept ) covering his face. The cross my mind to call his restrained myself." The hted. "I gave the fellow mmney, in any case; I got for ublished by Special Arrangement here Permanent Wave Regular price 88 eccentric inventor ; an implement of he imagines he has ercy. But, being eace, he offers this ale slaughiter to the The various deleâ€" a@ madman, and no ) the letters which presentatives Oof,. he red in conclave at Author of "Tiger Standish," "The Evil Chateau," Etc. To introduce the New de Milo Permanent W ave We would advise early appointments the installation of the newest type though speaking to himself. "In fact,{ and to ens: it‘s more than possible. ‘The Priest‘ is| various dict just the type to be engaged on a tl\'ngl to that:..:. like this; the has been lying low too The troub ‘mg for my piece of mind. The last I: himself, bu heard of him was in Viennaâ€"but that‘s was possibly six months ago now. Well, my boy, we} cret Service can‘t do anything more at the momentâ€"| to "get" hir but I need scarcely tell you, I think, to| as this mig] keep your wits about you and your eyes| service of C well skinned. There are one or two) able man i accounts to be settled between you and| young Rent "The Priest‘â€"and Laroche is not thel had achiev man to let them remain unpaid." securing t "I know that, sirâ€"will there be anyâ€"| to come to thing else toâ€"daty?" with the B you agaln.> "VYery good, sir." After the young agent had left the room, Bellamy rang the bell on his desk "I want the Laroche file," he told his secretary. DE MILO ermanent Waving Machine I‘ll let you know when I want Announces Permanent W ave Regular price $10 and to et various di to that .. The trol was possib with the Bril the man set would be sul most danger ible as he ha safety of the from his lo would be the his shoulders But there i and trust to could do no But "The P cern was seal a room in th Portland Pla suit of dark ; thin, sensitiv tessence of r The man whose reported presence in London had caused him so much conâ€" cern was seated at that very moment in a room in the Ronstadtian Embassy in Portland Place. Dressed in a wellâ€"cut| suit of dark grey, he appeared, with his thin, sensitive, cultured face, the quinâ€"| tessence of respectability. It was only when one looked into his eyes that the true character of Pierre Lawoche ("The Great Laroche" as he liked to be heard| described when one of his more grandâ€" iloquently sucgessful essays into crime were being discussed) revealed itself. Opposite him sat his physical autiâ€" thesis: a man with a gross scarred face and a neck whose fat coozed almost chbâ€" scenely over his collar. This was Major Oscar Staltheim, the Ronstadtian miliâ€" tary attache. Stalthsim was speaking. "This is something very bigâ€"so big that Herr Kuhnreich, our glorious chiefâ€" tain, has issued strictest instructions on the matter. No mistakes must be made: if they are made, the resulis would be gleam C tunate." Laroct from shc he polite lide a v "When, my made any mis your interestit A grunt was mised to C the exâ€"pric been made will fail." "They J military a dering ho chief of t Capital, w man. Lal successIui, 1 underground given for Ro other side t during the it J11 LF‘Y 5¢ h opyright r‘€ ne his work well. He almostâ€"impossible in mise of Paul Marve n to have a discussion Cabinet. But directly t on English soil, he ided by some of the nen living. Responsâ€" edged himself for the Bellamy knew ‘xperience how grave ponsibility resting on ke 1¢€ ter not," growled the Staltheim was wonâ€" h longer Grosber, the et Polce in Manke, the ntinue to employ this ad been outstandingly s true, in the various imissions he had been datâ€"but there was anâ€" ie question: this man ‘se of the past three C t cozed almost cb-' "I‘m going on a secret mission this r. This was Major| timeâ€"a mission that carries with it : Ronstadtian mili.| danger; I should not like to expose you ‘ to that risk, my dear . . . Yet, perhaps," iking. as his mind returned to some strange e very bigâ€"so big| occurrences of the past few weeks, the . our glorious chiefâ€"| knowledge of which he had kept from test instructions on | the girlâ€"‘"it might be better for you to akes must be made:| be with me than to stay here alone." 1e resulls would be; They were fateful wordsâ€"words alâ€" arted to show the| most of forebodingâ€"but she was used rite teethâ€""uivorâ€"| to statements that in the mouth of Staitheim, have J whilst working fo: intry?" he inqured C man, and, so far f unauiy impressed, manicured hand to l nly answer. what I have proâ€" e a@me," continued arrangements have not think that they Reed Block Pine St. S. 111 Timmins with this man mowledge that brain. The Seâ€" n would hke cut secret, terrific > placed at the peace. ‘The were seeing do his best human, he 1e most ad, like THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO years, the most important and critical, years of the recent history of the counâ€" try now ruled by Kuhnreich, a dictaâ€" tor whr» was as merciless as he was effiâ€" cient, had learned a very great deal about the workings of the Secret Police. Perhaps he had learned too much for national safetyâ€"there was always that risk when employing a person of Laâ€" rache‘s type. But that was for the future: so far as the present business was concerned the instructions he, as head. of the Ronstadtian espionage system in Great Britain has receive®. were very definite and Laroche had to be placed in charge of this extremely delicate mission. _ if there‘s nothing else, I think I‘ll be going," said the visitor, rising and examining the immaculate nails of his right hand. _ Staltheim merely, grunted. It was a habit he had. Plerre Laroche, who hated the man, reflected, as he walked out of the room, what a pleasant task it would be to kill this hog one Zay. When he had nothing better to do. perhaps he would . . . ! For the first time since she had come | to Paris she rebelled. "No!" she cried, clenching her hands untll she felt the nails hard against the palms, ‘"if you are going to London, | Uncle, I am going with you. It‘s what ’ I‘ve kept hoping for . . . praying ... The force of her feelings made her England! The miracle had happened, the unâ€" believable had come to pass! Elsie, staring at the dirty white cliffs which she knew represented Dover, felt a lump rise in her throat. She had prayed for this moment, but had never thought that her wish would be granted. But, then, all the events of the past few hours had been strange. Two days beforeâ€"that was the evening of the same afternoon as the coughâ€"racked insurance agent had calledâ€"her uncle, after supper, had made a. surprising announcement. "You must keep this secret," he had said, "but toâ€"morrow I go to England." She had gasped. "England?" "London, perhaps I should have said," replied Paul Marve. "You will stay here andâ€"â€"" stop The inventor looked at ment. His face bore the a man who had suddenly surprising truth. "Is it possible that you with me, petite?" he said Never before had her uncle spoken to her in such a tone and Elsie‘s naturally warm heart was touched. "Yes, I have been happy . . . but to see London again! Uncle, I must you will take me?" He had smiled back. "I‘m going on a secret mission timeâ€"a mission that carries wit danger; I should not like to expose They were fateful wordsâ€"words alâ€" most of forebodingâ€"but she was used to statements that in the mouth of anyone but Paul Marve would have frightened her. As it was she went across to him and threw her arms round his neck. l ) | l | l | "Uncle, you are a darling?" she exâ€"| claimed. And now they were on the boatâ€"not merely on the boat but approaching Dover; within half an hour she would. be stepping on English soil. She still could not get over the wonder of it! A voice broke in on her meditation. "Elsie, I want to talk to you." It was her uncle. He looked very ill. A bad sailor, he had gone below directly they had left Calais. "Yet, Uncle?" He drew her aside, away from any possible listener. Looking earnestly into her face, he said: "If anything should happen to me whilst I am in England, go straigh! to the man whose name and address I‘ve written on this sheet of paper he will prctect you. Memorize the name and address and then tear the paper into tiny fragments. Don‘t think I am stupid; from the moment I step ashore at Dover I shall be surrounded by enemies. She could do nothing but gape at him All her lovely dreams were shattered. "Are you certain about that, Uncle?" she asked tremulously. "Yes. But I shall beat them all." She turned away. Tears were blurâ€" ring her visiion, and though them the Dover cliffs seemed a portent of evi instead of a prospect of happiness. TO BE CONTINUED | | Announcement is made this weekK DV the management of the Consumers Coâ€" operative Society, Ltd., to the effect ; that extensive renovating and enlargeâ€" | 1 1 ments will take place at their South Porcupine branch store. The front of the store will be modernized and the interior remodelled. Work has slready commenced on the alterations. With its usual progressiveness and foresight the Consumers Coâ€"operative is meetâ€" ing the enlarged busness at the branch. There is an everâ€"increasing volume of business at the South Porcuâ€" pine Consumers Coâ€"operative Store anda Remodel South End Consumers‘ Building Increase in Business a t South Poreupine Store Reâ€" quires Changes. it is to ke°p pace with this progress and the general develooment of the community that these changes are beâ€" ing made. Hundreds of p*rsons, mainâ€" ly heads of familHes, are members of the Consumers Society at South Porâ€" cupine, and the Society is ready to meet the growing requirements in the best possible way. made this week by her in amaze expression of’l a wakened to a are not happy on Coâ€"operative Rally * and Concert, Aug. 16 poar pt States t selves can. The mechanical cot.on picker would deprive them of what little they have. The horror will emerge on southern catton fields very soon now, will replace hundreds of thousands of workers, will do the job more cheaply and, it‘s said, better. . Once the cotton machine apâ€" pears on one plantation and proves its usefulness, other growers dare not lag behind. More costly picking would ruin usefulness, other growers dare not behind. More costly picking would their business. The genius from whose mind c this most complex of agricultural plements knew what he was doing know his great machine could work told hardships among the already pressed poor of the South. Yet he driven on by a creative instinct to C plete his task. Offers have come fLoodI for the rights t manufadl ton picker. Hundreds of dollars, cash, have been his eyes. Yet he has hel original schemeâ€"a unique for the rights to manufacture the cotâ€" ton picker. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, cash, have been waved before his eyes. Yet he has held fast to his original schemeâ€"a unique idea. He reasons that the profits from his invention, less the small amount he requires to live comfortably for the rest of his days, should go to those from whom the machine will take their liveâ€" liho>»d. And he hopes to make the solution just as simple as that. Cotton picking machines will not flood the South. They will come gradually into use; and just as gradually, the profits of machine manufacture will be used to set up the poor as self supporting farâ€" met Inventors like to feel that their work is really of some value to the world at large. Man believed blindly for a cenâ€" tury that the machine would free him from toil, would bring the world to a machineâ€"run utopia. Here at last is an inventor who looks beyond the immeâ€" diate success of his machine and the pleasure ‘of seeing it sweep through the pleasure ‘of seeing country doing a |] human hands can August 16th is the date set aside for the fifth anniversary of the Consumâ€" ers Coâ€"operative Society. The whole community is becoming interested in this event. Certainly the committee in charge are sparing no <«ffort to make it a big event and a prounced success. First there will be the big picnic and outing at the Idle Hour Park, one of real beauty spots on the banks of the Mattagami river. This beautiful spot has been specially reserved for this picnic and outing. Then for the evening of Aug. 16th, (By sSHAKES) There has been a horror among the ar people of the southern United ates that some day a man might inâ€" nt a machine that could pick cotton quickly and efficiently as they themâ€" ves can.. The: mechanical coti.on ker would Gdeprive them of what aLlIVE Halc WhC ki id Looks renius Won‘t Sell Great Invention August Clearance of Used Washers l APEX PORCELAIN 33 THIRD AVE. 1 BEATTY IAUNDRY CATARACT Regular $179.00, now Sudbury Man Dies Jnder Train at Kapuskasing vent at Riverside Pavilion to Commemorate Fifth Anniversary of Consuâ€" mers‘ Coâ€"operative. 1 BEATTY COPPER TUB Model A. a bargain mIt @LUI ow 11 ntinent ay What You Like Downâ€"Balance as Act Quickly These Machines are Real Low as $1.00 per week, V alues Beatty Bros. Washer Store: 1l 11 Like New for the evening of Aug. 16th, to be a grand celebration, a lly ard concert in the Riverâ€" ilion. Speaking of this evenâ€" t one of the members of the e says: ‘"To keep up with th 1 coâ€"o0p. traditions the proâ€" LV come flooding in on him hold the best possible 16â€" aillakle. There will be dances and many other est speakers will be Mr. secretary of the Coâ€"operâ€" 1 Canada, and Mr. aGeorge the Central Coâ€"operative iperior, Wisconsin. _ Both thy speakers and well operative circles over the record crowd is expected r it sweep through the job more quickly than chine could work unâ€" ‘nmng the already opâ€" > South. Yet he was itive instinct to comâ€" iImne im â€" pI Lions Club Told About Life in Hudson Bay Area something torio‘s 1t setllements of English and,French peoâ€" ple for nearly two centuries. Armin Boas, formetrly a teacher in the James and Hudson bay areas, was the speaker. He told them of his first trip to James Bay from Winnipeg when he was taken to Mile 96 on the T. N. O, extension, then put in a canoe for the trip of 130 miles from the Moose river, When he arrived at Moose Factory, in the spring, the river was rising rapidly. He was given the front room in a house so that he should be the first to hear the water lapping round the door and give the alarm that it was time to clear out. In some places, he said, the Moose river rises as much as 30 feet, covering many of the islands in the river and making the Moose appear like a great turbid stream miles in width. Armin Boas, Formerly a Teacher in the Far North, Gives Graphic Story of the People and the Hudson and James Bay Country. Lions Complete Arrangements for Big Events This Week. Hay, cats, barley vegetables have : Accidental Death Is Verdict at Falls Jury s Finding in Electrocu« tion at Twin Falls. Items of Interest from Iroquois Falls A verdict of accidental death was reâ€" turncd Friday evening by the coronâ€" er‘s jury investigating the death of Charles Mulvey, 19â€"yearâ€"old youth, who was elsctrocuted at Twin Falls a week ago last Monday. Mulvey‘s body was found hanging on wires leading to the switch operating the motor driven saw Mulvey had been using, by his nephew, Lloyd Cosgrove, who had Dâ€"en working with Mulvey and had left for a minute to find out what time it was. Cosgrove immediately called his father, who was workinz nearby and immediâ€" ately turned off the switch and tricd artificial respiration. G. J. Thistleâ€" thwaite, Abitibi Power and Paper Comâ€" pany electrical superintendent, testified to having checked the equipment and found no flaw in the equipment itâ€" self. The wires leading to the switchâ€" box, however, were spongy and it was these wires which Mulvey had grasped. Residents of Twin Falls use the saw tC found no flaw in the equipment itâ€" self. The wires leading to the switchâ€" box, however, were spongy and it was these wires which Mulvey had grasped. Residents of Twin Falls use the saw to cut their wood, obtaining the electricity from the Twin Falls power house. Coroner W. J. Grummett presided. Rev. D. H. Woodhouse, formerly pasâ€" tor of the United Church here, now loâ€" cated at Markham, Ontario, motored up Thursday, and will spend three weeks or so visiting in town. Miss Dorâ€" sen Bell, Toronto, Falls, accompanied with Mr. and Mrs. K. Johnston, J. ] Beaudin, J Watabeag 1 days fishin Fred Stables was electsd president of the Iroquois Falls Horticultural Assoâ€" ciation at a meeting of the directors held in the court house Thursday eveâ€" ning. Mr. Stables succeeds Mr. .. B. Folsy, who recently left town to take another position at Smooth Rock Talls. Mr. J. Cuthell left Friday for Musâ€" koka. where he will spend a week on Mr. J. Culthell i21 koka, where he will Vacation. Miss M. Brackenb sunmner wWilh MV c Hamilton will leave land Mr. and Mrs. left Saturday Huntsville and Huntsville and Suds Only two cases wel trate E. R. Tucker ht was a drunk charge, the other was a nCo resulting in One sentence, providing care of his wife. o her hom 2‘1.50 69.50 | 69.50 ; A I M. Brackenbury, who spent the ‘â€" with Mr. and Mrs. 0. Shawâ€" north whe on Thursday Upper School for Boys from 14â€"18. Preparatory School 8+â€"14, For Boarders and Day Boys. Boys prepared for Business, Universities and Royal Military College, Diversified curriculum gives the benefit of continuous training from preparatory school to graduation, with special attention to vocation UPPER CANADA COLLEGE Boys prepared for Business, Universities and ARoYal wiillllaly} Diversified curriculum gives the benefit of continuous training from preparatory school to graduation, with special attention to vocation or profession chosen. Fifteen Entrance Scholarships have been founded in memory of the "Old Boys" who fell in the Great War. Special Preparatory School Bursaries are open to younger boys. Scholarship and Bursary examinaâ€" tions are held in April of each year. For prospectus and further information, apply to the Secretary. Autumn Term opens Wednesday, September #§l, at 9.15 a.m. T. W. L MACBERMOT, M.A., Principal. ike, al ub mem {}1l id will spend three ng in town. Miss Dorâ€" to, formerly of the ed him, and will visit rs, W. E. Willson. . Beaudoin Sr. and J. urned Thursday from where they spent three 2 CONNOR WRINGER IRONERS Regular $49.50, only DEMON®TRATOR BEATTY THERMO TUBS, Regular $159.00 1 BEATTY YVAOUUM With all attachments in width. and many kinds ol en grown in the he ir}y . e tried by Magisâ€" re Thursday, One a fine being paid; nâ€"support charge, year‘s â€"suspendec he aceused takes life in Onâ€" re have been y en rout wrey, Eng (Founded 1829) | James Bay region for more than a cenâ€" tury and a half. Well kept alluvial fields may still be seen about the posts of the Hudson‘s Bay company. The Indian and Eskimo languages are easy to learn, Mr. Boas said, since there are not a large number of syllables and the small vocabulary is built from simâ€" ple combinations of these. Both tonâ€" ‘gues may be written in syllasics, a form of writing introduced by a in the north many years ago and since extended for use through the entire subâ€"Arctic and Aroetic regions. Mr. Boas had a number of photoâ€" graphs of the people and land of James and Hudson Bays. Announcement was made that the committees in charge had completed arrangements for the Lions Summer Frolic to be held at the Riverside paâ€" vilion on Friday of this week and for the International football match, to be played between the Scottish and Engâ€" lish at McIntyre park this Wednesday eveninge. Post Office to be Opened at MceWatters Mine, Quse. Word from North Bay last week was to the effect that a new post office will be opened at the McWatters Mine proâ€" perty in Pontiac township, near Rouyn. Quebec. Charles Edward Thibeault has been appointed postmaster. The new office is expected to be opened around the fifteenth of this month. It will serve the McWatters Mine and a numâ€" ber of other properties in the area. It is said that about 50 families, as well as around two hundred single men will be served by the new office. â€" The â€"office will be served daily by stage from Rouyn. The main industry of the area is mining. As the mines in the section give every appearance of permanence and are likely to grow, the new post office is being opened to serve the apâ€" parent needs. The post office departâ€" ment is evidently keeping an eye on the mining developments of the North and establishing post offices where the needs seem to require it. MUSICAL FEATURES AT THE EXHIBITION THIS YEAKRK The ever popular Strolling Troubaâ€" dors, foreign groups of vocalists and instrumentalists in national c0stume, will again be a Canadian National Exâ€" hibition highlight this year on Music Centâ€" A â€"Mile Hamilton Smithville Dunnville Welland Buffalo Gialt â€" Woodstock _ London Kitchener Guelph Chatham Windsor and and return Going Thursday, August 20 Children 5 years and und Tickets to Buffalo and Detroit sold sub ject to passengers meeting thi require ments of U.S. Immigration For complete information Apply to Agents T. NO Sunday, August 23 (By T. N Tickets Good in No Baggage Checke ‘anadian Pacific Preparatory School 8â€"14 RETURNING UP 1O ALSO TO N. O. Train No. 2 and Connections) Rallwa 29.50 39. 50 129.50 11| Halt