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gsenC long with had Wayvy full, The that mort lite. If RPec ly persona which he moned h Assistant C oi being rtu Ed them, a A general stal out for Phyllis V been conspicucu intents and pu éeyes on the girl from t left Oxtons cn her way sea. Beck felt unpleasa sive. He didnt like you pearing in this way; anc larly when he rememb sinister influence was in tonsâ€"a vellow influence EInister inilue tonsâ€"a yellon ined, Not tha associating th the shop mul missioner ha He had sug ined. Not that he had any grounds 10 associating the girls disappearance with the shop murder. The Assistant Comâ€" missioner had made that quite plain He had suggested that Beck shoulc have been more orthodox right frowm the start. If he had been, the A.C made it even more clear that he would by this, have been well on the way tC cleaninzy up the mystery. tail cf it, Ch: find out is t who‘s missin ster of quie! alone in her ncon receive gentleman. 1 is supplied b had a flat 0o landing. I‘ve Staines, Chie all she allowe is one of Na pays particul that goes on apparently, of a black sa trance to th mind the ap Aciated WiL I which he real and ""he sayvys Mrs. Staines, hief, that i mately 5000 c this moment "whnat did flat? Any sif ..my say rot knowing it seemed to aiw M 11 sh VIJOUs | ard wa ellow s PC it CHAPTER XTX ANOTHER RIDDLE FOR BECK upcrintendent Beck had his hand: _The Assistant Commissioner had A l Bock Al mortning, been If Peck had bee ere s a alwayvs 1 was d the Y in‘ter 1a c ; on top of all this worr} repart from Battersea. Beck <ave bothered his head about ment in the ordinary course but the Station report menâ€" t Miss® Lennard, who was issing from her flat in Batâ€" [ been visited yesterday afâ€" a Chinaman. 1 sent Inspector Graves ofi to Battersea to "get the of the report and to make namliries of his own that he aADn they (.jan‘z swear to it, Miss Lennard‘s habits, but them as if someone had @irle A 1 e was likely to be nc soever. He had been hat all the morning n‘t start an investigaâ€" was Sseen did that he was quite up prematurely as ar y Hatch. â€"five Graves appeared med, if that were posâ€" r than it usually was hat on the peg and ‘ul face towards the oses no one had set rom the moment she r way home to Chelâ€" pleasantly apprehen: e yvoung girls disapâ€" y: and more particuâ€" membered that someé was interested in Oxâ€" fluence, so he imagâ€" had any grounds fo Vl Lt ) dae Em 11 nile in make head or roaned. "All I can Brenda Lennard middleâ€"aged spinâ€" idly habits; lived I yvesterday afterâ€" t from a yellow description, Chief mily Staines who posite side of the w words with Mtrs. ew because that‘s have. Mrs. Staines wn reporters. She tion to everything hner and she wWas, byv ‘thing but poâ€" zed for a pureâ€" 1e interview tC mptorily sumâ€"« said that the le. But thetr ; had a habil lrad been ) to date i occasion suitâ€" left the prée it before ver; would connec anatomy tha! vthing in the y the stoppin§ car at the enâ€" ) Mrs. Staines‘ f a motor car means the visit a doctor is alâ€" » lady because are usually asâ€" d deaths, both Mrs. Staines in of the word. int 3rC ‘WOoOrds wWilll rier door. It was that Miss Lenâ€" 1 out what the + short of disâ€" to Miss e« had to be« ck of her adoor was extremely to discover . However, to Chief. Mrs. Graves?" he â€"know that appeared at inaman may ‘ hers, lookâ€" bsence. The s not in the m % crack anc ords‘ with ‘s so good, 3 approxiâ€" Lndon at or ente® it would n of the ne from 1 sen it hat To al mt quite n the 3et made a particularly thorough search of| Peter the place. Some of the contents of | request wardrobe and drawers were rather unâ€" | est. He tidy." | affair. "I don‘t suppose theres any Cconnecâ€" :ion at all, Chief, between this Batterâ€" sea disappearance and Oxtons. We‘d better wait awhile and see if the lady turns up."‘ Beck sat thoughftully for some moâ€" ments. The interview with the Assisâ€" tant Commissioner still rankled in his mind. It might be as Graves said: that there was nothing to it at all. On the sther hand Superintendent Beck was a stubborn man. He didn‘t relish relinâ€" quishing his theories quite so easily I% was just possible that there might »e some connection after all. An idea flashed into his brain. He turned an interested face to his Inspector . "Get along to Oxtons," he announced "and find out whether Miss Lennard was one of their customers. More parâ€" ticularly find out whether she purchasâ€" ed any of that Suchow silk lately." Inspector Graves regarded his suâ€" perior with a puzzled frown. "vÂ¥ou don‘t think, then, that .. "I‘ve stopped thinking until you get back." Beck interrupted. Inspector Graves departed with an njured air. 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He hated the polics interruptâ€" ing his business, and yet the commor sense in him told him that they wereâ€" as public servantszâ€"only doing their acknowledged duty." "It should be easy to find out what vyou want to know, Inspector." he said "It should be easy to find out what you want to know, Inspector," he said, reaching for the house phone. "If this Miss Lennard was one of our customers we will most certainly have a record." But the reply Peter Oxton received was discouraging. Miss Lennard was not CiIHâ€"AXIXLUQim _ CS "But that daoes nc a customer," persist: "I don‘t suppose y everyvyone who com casually. "Certainly not," Peter Oxton agreed, readily. "Our records concern only peoâ€" ple who give an order to be sent to their address; also people who have acâ€" counts with us." "There is no means of knowing wheâ€" ther this woman purchased Suchow silk in the past few days?" "I‘m afraid not," said Oxton. "Such a transaction would go through the sale ledger only as so much silk sold. I can find out how much has been sold in the past week if that will be of any value to you, Inspector." Inspector Graves thought that it might and once again Peter Oxton dialled a pair of numerals on his teleâ€" phone. "No more can I, Mr. Oxton," he said sadly. "Between ourselves the Superinâ€" tendent has a hunch that this silk of yours is going to be the means of his solving a problem and when you know him as well as I do you‘ll know that he‘s as tenacious as a bulldog when he get his teeth into anything." Peter Oxton smiled. He was. telling himself that the case had its human side apart from what had happened at his store. It had, so far, given him a AUTHOR OPFP s not mean she was not rsisted Inspector Graves se you keep records of Copyright or GTraves. records of the â€" shop THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE. TIMMINS, ONTARIO remarkable insight into human characâ€" ter and hbuman nature. There was somethink likeable about Superintenâ€" dent Beck: something that caused him to reassess his idea of human values in relation to police investigators. "I suppose you can‘t tell me whai Mr. Beck‘s particular theories are," h« suggested. Inspector Graves shook his head. "T‘T sorry, Mr. Oxton, I can‘t. All I car say is that your Suchow silk seems tC be a peculiarly fascinating commodit] in the eyves of someune, and the Superâ€" intendent is confident that he‘s righ about that." "There‘s no more news of Miss Var ley?" asked Oxton, as the Inspecto! prepared to depart. f "None at all," Graves told him reaching for his hat. "But it‘s early yet We haven‘t given up hope, you know. "I should think not," rejoined Oxâ€" tocu. "I can‘t have my best assistant being spirited away like this. It‘s al very unsettling." "You‘re right there, Mr. Oxton. It‘ unsettling for the Superintendent, too being spirited away like this. It‘s â€" very unsettling." "You‘re right there, Mr. Oxton. I unsettling for the Superintendent, t He‘s got to show results and our peot sometimes don‘t know what patien CHAPTER XX STRUGGLE IN THE DARK To assert that Philip Slater was worâ€" ried would merely be an inadequate statement of fact. How he had gone through the past two days without disâ€" playing the hysteria he felt was : miracle of selfâ€"control that, had he giv. en the matter the requisite thought would have amazed him. He had been in communication Superintendent Beck more than onc( only to be told, a trifle irritably, too that there was still no news. That night he felt that he must d something to quieten his fears, Th strain of waiting was beginning to tak its toll of hiin. He had been unable t concentrate and his work at Oxton was suffering. But when he came seriously to con sider what he might do, the answer t the question that hammered at hi brain eluded him with a disconcertin ccompleteness, To take himself "out of himself" a he put it, Philip decided to "eat i he put it, Philip decided to "eat in town" rather than go home as usual So he had an excellent dinner at Peéetâ€" tolino‘s helped down by a bottle of wint and it made a wonderful differenceâ€" as good food and equally good wine s( often will. He felt physically and menâ€" tally "a different man‘" as he walke down Regent street to Picadilly Circus Here he boarded a bus for Kensing: tally "a different man" as he walked down Regent street to Picadilly Circus. Here he boarded a bus for Kensingâ€" tcn and within half an hour he was cutside Oxtons. A clock striking nearby reminded him that he had taken much longer over that dinner than he had imagined. It was ten o‘clock. The night was dark and a thin edge to the wind caused him to turn up the collar of his overâ€" coat and button it across his throat. Superintendent Beck had asked him to "keep an eye on Oxtons." He had been faithful to that request since the day after the murder of Nikolas Nolescue. At some period of each night he had In | NHOW~â€" in , from to 1 me.XI made it a habit to stroll around the outside of the premises. Toâ€"night, as they had been on other occasion, they were wrapped in a blanket of blackness. Tm all annearances the store Ihey were eve and comf Wheneve Erie t 1 WISNA 1L WCI FPor it wouldn‘t a ghost oOr LWC TY +E "AAOLâ€" OL debts were paid T‘d. put a gang of brush and saw a I‘d buy that place : it used to be And I‘d find some a home and give Now. a new house standing empty, with staring window and door, Looks idle, perhaps, and foolish, like AM Th ned And uUrC I hear there are aat they hold the mirth and sorro 11 the hnhou m have i} Doc bC t ‘seen a re are such th old the talk of sorrowings. ; house isn‘t | were, I do; dy ought to weed the walk a scythe to the grass. w paint and shingles, and hould be trimmed and tied; t needs the most of all is nle living inside. Jseen CGolleée t O1ll 11 fameé€ rne *A which to him at All. ast the dark windows. of a neighbourly street pick out the colours 0 d riotously together in g and intriguing disâ€" . seemed to know noâ€" vy. Why should they? ap 11 of money and all my 1¢ of men to work wIilN and spade. > and fix it up the way AV ht ts, and . ~Tha > ted ho nobosdy sn t Nnal do; so lonely had chnanged n e and which h: y believedâ€"take in the world w} eC seople who wanted it to them free. ega To KFP y should beautiful o the to like author . ( The House Wit m black. the fact only Service Garage Ansonville n alon tra a house, but 11 ) work with pirit Suffern touch for materials ne persot s Kilmet elogu ind I mnundre i minut ic hous 18. it had ore hnat nel! VOLll the ind ‘Tal 18 At a pretty ceremony in the St. Matâ€" thew‘s Anglican Church on Friday afâ€" ternoon, Revy. R. S. Cushing united in marriage Violet Edna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.â€"C. F. Lacy, and Mr. William H. B. Harris, son of Mr. andâ€" Mrs. Joseph Harris, of England. A church crowded with friends proved â€" the popularity of this young couple. The bride, who was given in marâ€" riage by her father, was lovely in a gown of orchid blue chiffon with hat to match, silver slippers, and long white gloves, and carried a shower bouquet of Talisman roses and lilyâ€"ofâ€"theâ€" valley. The bridesmaid, Miss Verna. Robinâ€" son, wore a gown of yellow printed chiffon, with white accessories, and carried a bouquet of sweet peas, roses, and carnations. * ‘ The grcom was attended by his broâ€" Miss Violet Edna Lacy and Mr. W. H. B. Harris Unitâ€" ed in Marriage ) whent Frie tr: i hat on its bloc t there‘s nothing t cannot be sad retty Wedding Here Friday Afternoon brakes lights checked now Have Your Birsonette‘s 18 Pine Street South hn urts me to look at the ind the shutters falle can‘t help thinking ouse is a house with s put i1ts ica man a WARNINC.! use hotu lack of ssxpethin has never known by y the empt) ind looking te‘s are specialists in this work, and will check your brakes and lights free of charge. Drive your car in toâ€"day. 118 ol im, LBe store. _ | mournful about and lone ving wood his wife,. rsed a bab; tumbling 1 VC Before It Is Too Late. Cl back 1€ what a hat has without imblin apart, } ~DOOr broken lau ther, Mr. James Hartis. Mr. Tom Williams, and Mr. Ernest Lacy were ushers at the church. After the coremony a wedding breakâ€" fast was served at the home _of the bride‘s parents, 35 Toke street, for reâ€" latives and close friends. Mrs. C. FP. Lacy, attired in afternoon dress of dark blue printed chiffon with hat to match, and wearing a corsage ol roses, was hostess, assisted by Mrs. Harold Hatton, in an afternoon dress of powder blue with a corsage of sweet lut In the evening many friends were ‘ntertained at a reception at the home i# the bride‘s parents. A delicious unch was served by the hostesses. Among the many gifts received by he happy couple was a cheque from he groom‘s mother in England, who ilso cabled her good wishes to her son ind daughterâ€"inâ€"law. 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