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t UWwL/ W L/ 4/ "Can‘t you say how many there were?" persikied Malcom, "and how they stopped you?" Higg at last condescended to describe ‘he attack more cohnerently. "Everything was O. K.," ho said in a more sober tone, "until we were about fi{ty yards from that spruit. Then che horses seemed to slow down. I joggled the whip in the whipâ€"socket and they jumped forward right enough, but the buggy hardliy went faster. I looked beâ€" hind. We wore just going down into the spruis then, and I saw that there were two natives holdinzy something azainst the buggy wheels, lik> brakes! "I leant forward," continued Higg, "my eyes still on the blighter at the back, to get the whip and give ‘em one; bw just then my own boy here, let out a yell which made me look in frontâ€" two more were at the horses‘ heads and the buzzgy had stopped. That seemed to be the signal for the others to jump out. They were around me like a pack of hounds . It was then thaw I shouted. I was pretty wild, but frightened, and I don‘t know what went wrong or right, but someone let out owl call and the whole caboodle boitedâ€"down the spruit and in all directionsâ€"a complete getaway. "vou‘re mistaken. They were on me before I kn>w what had happened, and were away again as suddenly. What is this game anyway?" "If you thirk they gave me the chance to ask them :o show me their best parlour tricks," said Hizg sourly, "Take my tip, Green," went on now showing some sign of his spirits, "and when you buy land, to my par« of the world. You‘ll be dered or left without labour, if you about Recoulle‘s district." Malcom and Corneille questioned him fuher on the attack, but he cofuld give them no cther details, and eventâ€" uallly they separated. "By gad," Malcom exclaimed as they resumed their drive, ‘"it‘s the same gang! Remember that owl?" "Do I not!" There was a short silence while both recalled the owls hoot when they firss saw th»e river signals, and then when Sam had been killed. And now there was Higg‘s story. Adhemar was waiting for them, readâ€" ing in bed, and they at once told him about Higg‘s experience. "But where did you meet him?" Adhemar. "At Jone‘s whore we picked up your potatces, Fatheor." "My pclatoes?" asked Adhemar. "Which potatoes?" Malcom and Corneille looked blankly at each other. "Piut, Father, didn‘t you send Maraka after m>, to vell me t coall at Jone‘s for a half bag of pctatcos? We‘ve brought ‘hem back." "I sent Maraka after you?" repliea Adhemar incredulously. "No, I sent no ons. I know nothing absut potatoes. I bought a kaz form Higg when he pasâ€" sed this morning, going co Brandfonâ€" tein." Malcom andCorneillse were looking at each other again, and in that brief glance they understood each other. the attack on Higg had obviously been meant for them, and whatever happenâ€" ed Adhemar must be spared che anxâ€" iety of sharing that knowledge, even if it meant that Maraka must receive a severe talking to for the admirable service he had rmndered them. "Well, I‘m dashed!" said Malcom, and burst out laughing. "Maraka‘s getting cso big for his boots, Fatner," Corneille said with asâ€" sumed heat, "just think of the needless work the mares have beon put {o, toâ€" night." "I‘ll certainly talk to him," said Adâ€" nemar seriously, "and even if poâ€" tatoes were finished, he shouldn‘t have ordered more without asking me. I didn‘t evep know that he had gone into Brandfontein without a pass." They said good night and Malcolm and Corneille went out to find Maraka, bu‘ only Jani was there, rubbing down the horses in the stable. Maraka, he told thom, had already gone home. CHAPTER XXII THREAT BY ‘PHONE Higsg duly reported to the authorities his holdâ€"up, with the result that ‘he nnlivce inereased th» attention they che police increased th» attention they were already bestowing on the district. They had made searching, if fruitless, inquiries about Cynthia‘s abCuction, and now they persuaded Channing to employ a native consiable as a farm hand for a month, so as to pursue their investigations less obviously. These measures were effective in bringingy much needed calm to the district, and only Malcom and Corneille knew that the calm but marked a lull in the storm of crime and tragedy. Old Adhemar had gone to Basutoland one afternoon to see his brother Joseph, and Malcom and Corneille had just finished supper when Corneile was called to the telephone to take a "perâ€" sonal service call" from Bloemfontein. "Corneille Recowlle," said a caim voice. had one warning of MONDAY. JANUARY 23RD, 1939 MARAKA‘S METHOD Higg, usual come murâ€" hans what will happen to ons you love if you persist in prying in‘to matters which do not concern you. Penalities must be paid, and this you will soon know if you take one more step in your newâ€"found pastime. This applics also to your friend, but the penalty may be made worse by being applied through thos: you are fond of. This is the only and final messag>." There was a sharp click and the line became "dead" and as Corncille realized that the spc:aker had rung off, he was galvanized into action. Malcom heard him striking the recsiver. Blankly they gazed at each other while the full import of the message sank into their minds. Malcolm was ‘he first to speak. "This fixsos you all right, old lad," he said. "You‘ll have to think of Cynâ€" thia." Once in bed that night, he preceeded to think out his course of action. It was a case of playing a lone hand again and what he found difficult was to deâ€" cids on what to do first. Then he thought of what Maraka had told him. "What utter nonsense! Do+ you imagine that a low threat like thas is going to put me off?" But there was a note of anxiety in Corneille‘s protestation. "It‘s quite true," he "they‘ve got me. It isn‘t as if she were here and I could keep an eye on her. I‘ll have to stop, and I think you should chuck it, too, Malcolm. These devils will stick at nothing. T‘ll tell} you what â€"let‘s wait till Cynthia comes back, and then we‘ll have a crack at them." "Right!â€"I‘li chuck it, too, for the present,‘" Malcolm finally assented. Leftâ€"handed Maraka had pointed cut, must have a secure hiringâ€"place close to where Mortimer and Japie had been trappedâ€"so close that if Japie had been killed, he could have been hidden away before Triplaar‘s arrival at the house brought old Van Stellen out. And why should Cynthia have been carried two miles along the road to the spruit? A senseless, difficult underâ€" taking unless they knew that the further they carried her the nearer they were to safety. Close to Van Stelâ€" jen‘s house, and close to the spruil ther> was only one hidingâ€"placeâ€"Van Stellen‘s cave. That was the place to search. Having mads up his mind, he wasted no time in getting to work. The very next nisht he slipped out of his ronâ€" davel and out at once again for the cave. But on this expedition his torch was not his only weapon. He had every reason to believe that, if they met Leftâ€"hand would not hesitate co put the thrsat conveyed in his message into execution, and Malcolm resolved that if he was to be the next victim, he would not like Mortimer and Japie, go alone. The revolver he carried would account for one, at least of the gang before he himself was disposed of. But passags after passage endeC abruptly in solid rock,.â€"and he was beoâ€" ginning to resign himself to failure. when luck came to his aid. The pasâ€" sage he was in had come, as usual, to 2 dead end; but unlike those he had alâ€" ready searched, a narrow Opening ros above it almost vertically, like a ventâ€" ilator shaft, and as he sent the explorâ€" ing beam of his torch up to it, the ligh* revealed the hind quarters of an anima â€"a largs animal. "A roof Kat!" exâ€" claimed Malcolm, who had seen photâ€" graphs of one of those lynxâ€"like creatâ€" ures shot by Corneille. "A rooi kat where there isn‘t perching rcom for a sparrow!" Once in the cave, he made straigh! for the wellâ€"remembered maze of pasâ€" At that moment the animal sprang] not downwards, but up and away vanâ€" ishing into the darkness far above. Fotr a moment Malcolim was too surprised to grasp what it meant; then as realizaâ€" tion came, he gave up all thought o‘ continuing his search inside the cave "Out you go, my lad," he said, "and find the opening wheore the beast got out." Straining every norve to re ain some idea of the direction af his ricurn journey, and counting every step, ht made his way back to the cave, race out of it, and up out of the spruit a directly above the cave. THE FOLLOWELI FOLLOWER "Now." he muttered, "the passage went straight, and then to the Corneille‘: he on He moved off counting his steps. His calculations brought him to a point midway between the lins of the spruit and Van Stellen‘s house, where greyishâ€" green bushes grew besween patches of bare flat rock. Scarching and probing under every bush he fcund, at last, what he was lookins forâ€"a crack in the rock abou‘t two feet wide that tapzred away to a narrow fissure twenty or thirty fees below. Without hesitation he scrambled in. This time his search was bricf. A few feet below the surface he was satâ€" isfied that he had found the rooi kat‘s opening; mcoreover its presence in that narrow passags was easily explained. A buige in one side of the crack conâ€" cealsd the mouth of a comparatively wide passage that slopsd grntly toâ€" wards the spruit. With soaring hopes Malcolm enteorsd it. "The tinnel! mured. He wer\ on searching as he walked, but the tunnel had no more secrets to reveal. Then just as he was beginning to fcel the oprsssion of neverâ€"ending rock and darkness, the floor changed to a rubble of large stones, and as he reached them a sudden breath of fresh air warned him that he was approachâ€" ing an opening. The ground was risâ€" ing. He switched off his corch, and gazing upwards saw at last a fainter darkness. A few seconds more and his cutstreched hand brushed against the branch of a bush. He crawled iunder He had to crawl on all fours, for the tunnel was low. If this was the safe place of which Maraka had spok>n, and if Mortimer had really been taken away thrcugh this tunnel, it must have been a grim journey. Then, to his reâ€" lief, the tunnel opened out into a wider passag> whose uneven walls sloped upâ€" wards to mest above his head in a sort of rough arch. It was quite ocbvious, now, why Joseph and Channing had failed to discover the reputed cunnel. Its entrance was not in the cave, but outside it;for he was just below the rock terrace beforse the Campsie cave. He turned to look at the entrance from which he had just emerged, but could see only a bush growing between the facs of the terrace and a great grey bsulder. He drew in a great breath of the fresh nisht air, but checked in the middle of it, holding his breath. There was someons: in the cave. it and was, ance more in the open And then he saw where h> was. tR 4, 4\ How he got under tha, bush again, Malcolm never knew. Prone in the tunnel entrance, pesring out througn the sheltering branches, he waited, his pulses racing. It came again; a faint scuffle, then a dull thud; and the figure of a man came out of the cave, barely discernible against the dark sky as it stood for a moment on the terrace. In that momentary glimpse it was imp3sâ€" sible even to guess at the ident‘y of that blanketed figure. And the next moment the man had dropped from the terrace to the ground below, and was moving away towards che trees. Ten seconds‘ grace Malcolm gave him, whoever he was, and then he was after him crawling stcalthily from under the bush and seting off in noiseless purâ€" suit. The figure ahead was no morete than a shadow in the darkness, revealâ€" ed only by movement. But that was quite enough for Malcolm. He had no intention of striking too soon. He would track that man to his home and be sure of him once and for all. His job for the moment was just to keep in sight of his unsuspecting quarry. But they had hardly reached the mthway through the populars when he â€"ealized chat he had made a mistake. For a few seconds ho had been trying o distinguish between the quict steady mevements of the man ahead and some sther sound, faint but insistent. And hen the sharp srap of a broken twig mded any doubt. He was following ‘he blanketed figure. But someone Ase was following him. Burns Banquet to be Held Wednesday Event Under Joint Ausipees Sons of Scotland and the Pipe Band. The annual Burns banquet under the ‘oint auspices cof the Porcupine Disâ€" riet Pipe Band and Castle Douglas "‘amp, Sons of Scotland, will held n the Hollinger hall on Wednesday eveâ€" jring. Doors will open at 7.30 p.m., and the suppr>r will commence zs 8 p.m. prompt. A very pleasing programm? for the occasion has been arranged, inâ€" toasts, vocal and instrumental nusic, dancing and other numbers. The programme is one that will delight the heart of any Scot and please any of any nationality, Tickets may be securâ€" ad from members of the Sons of Scotâ€" land and members of the Pipe Band. To Be Continued I‘ve found it," he murâ€" THE PORCUPINFR ADVANCE, A record of solid growth is indicsvtedi by the reports submitted at the Sixtyâ€" Four‘h annual meeting of the Lonâ€" don Lifo Insurance Company which was hold last wesk. The company has fully maintained its traditions, with subvantial gains being registered in all departments during 1938. Inâ€" creases wore reported in new insurance, tctal of insurance in force, resources and surp us funds for the protection of poalicyholders. London Life Co. Shows Solid Growth Annual Reports Indicate Traditions of Progress and Stability Fully Mainâ€" tained. Summing up *the position of the Company, Edward E. Reid, Viceâ€"presiâ€" dent and Managing Director, said, "The results of the yearâ€"on all counts indicate in a most emphatic manner that we are following sound principles. Policyholders‘ interests are fully seâ€" cured and we are thorcughly justified in viewing the fu‘ure with assurance that the Company‘s progress will conâ€" tinue to afford grevification to all whose interests are involved in its welfare." The total lifo insurance in force is $607.621294, excluding all anruities and reâ€"insurance ceded. On this basis the increase for the year was $36,902,538. An unbroken record for growth throughout the past fortyâ€"seven yEears has been mairvained. The assets now amount to $126,476,â€" 113, an increass for the year of $9,030,â€" 429.. Each separate item in the portâ€" folio of investment has been carefully selected and carefully serixinized. The sum of $401,176 was written off securâ€" ity values and a specific investment resorve of $4,500,000 is maintained. No credit is taken in the financial statement for the excess of market value over book value in the case of bonds thas have appreciated, which would amount to approximately $3,000,â€" The purchases of now insurance from the> London Life excludinzg annuities, averaged a policy for every minute f the working day, and totalled $90,786,â€" 972. The rate of interest earned on the invested assets was 4.93 pc. The morâ€" tality experieince was again very favâ€" orable. The liabilities of the Company have been determined on the same exacting basis as in former years. The cuscomâ€" ary practice has been followed by setâ€" ting up in 1938 the funds to pay all policy dividends earned to the policy anniversary in 1939, which requires a sum of $4,814,690. After making full provision for. all obligations, the free surplus and reserves bseyond legal reâ€" quirements have shown the largest inâ€" crease in the company‘s history ($1,â€" 337,257), and now amount to $15.47'],011, which sum does nc includ> items menâ€" tioned above. This strong position afâ€" fords maximium security to policyholdâ€" ers of the London Life and the conâ€" tinuance of its outstanding record for low cost insurance. The annual mesting was presided over by J. Edagar Joffery, K.C., Presiâ€" dent, who reviewed the general investâ€" mer© situation, and presented facts which clearly indicated that the Cor pany had made exceptional progiess _The year 1939 will mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Company. Courses Popular With the Settlers According to a despatch last week from Toronto the appointment of anâ€" cther agriculitural representative for this part of the large disvsrict of Cochâ€" ane is aleady showing good results. Hon. P. M. Dewar, Minister of Agriculâ€" ture, last weck commented on the classes at Porquis Junction, saying that Northern Ontario is taking its agriculâ€" cure sericusly. The despatch says that a short course being conducted at Porâ€" quis Junction by L. H. Hanlan, agriâ€" cultural representative for South Cochâ€" rane, was sxpected to enroll a total of 20 students in its month of operation, buw Hanlan reports 14 students are enâ€" rollinz daily. Students attending are walking as much as 14 miles a day to attiond the course, the minister said, while some come by train. Others walk three and four miles to catch trains from their homes, and repeat the jourâ€" ney from the station home. Young Men Show Earnestâ€" ness and Enterprise at Porquis Junetion. Commenting on the matter The Sudâ€" bury Star aays:â€" "In the operation of a short course for farmors conducted at Porquis Juncâ€" tion, under the auspices of the provinâ€" cial agricu‘cural Gepartment, Hon. P. M. Dewan finds that the farmers of Northern Ontario are displaying marked interest and are taking the whole thing quite scriously. So intent are they upâ€" on gleaning all the information posâ€" sible, chat students are reported walkâ€" ing as much as i4 miles a day in order to attend, while others walk three and fcur miles to and from their homes to catch trains that will take them to the school. "Buw the minister of agriculture need not exhibit surprise at the earnestness of these men. The North is like that The majority of settlers have started out to make a success of their life on the land, and can therefore be expectâ€" ed to take every advantage of an opâ€" portunity to improve their lot. Some of them have suffered adverses through bush fires, wet seasons and late and early frosts, but still they carry on with lots of courage and confidence. "The Ontario government would do well to extend the practice of coaching the azriculturlsts in che North Ccuntry. The department will no doubt find settlers all over the North just as keen as those in the Porquis Junction area t learn what chere is to knaw about farming methods. Ths intelligent clearing and tilling of the great clay selt is important for the North Land, and with tho everâ€"increasing market ‘n che mining centres, farmers will be (by James W. Barton, M.D.) Seek Cause of Symptoms â€" Then Use Heat or Other Measures for Relief I have always en a great believer in the application of hceat to the body in any formâ€"electric cabinet, diatherâ€" my, hot baths, electric blankets and cther heatâ€"giving methods. Heat stirs up congested parts, increases the cirâ€" vrlation of the blocd in the part and shortens th> time for the removing of wastos. I am also a believer in matsag>, the strstching of the joints of che sping and other joints I believe that the medical profession as a whole would bring about quicker results for their patients by the use of these methods themselves or, in perhaps the majority of cases, supervising or directing this kind of work as far as possible in the hands of others. The most important thought however in the treatment of these congested conditions â€" rheumatism or archritis, sciatica, lumbago, myalgia or the oldâ€" fashioned musciular rheumatismâ€"is not this heat and mechanical treatmen:, elpful as it is, but to ory to find the cause of the pain, stiffness and other symptoms. heir knowl:dge in order to meet the iemand and to more profitably cultiâ€" ate the products of the fie‘ld." There is no question but that taking Epsom salts or other purgatives to get rid of the products of infection from the bowel and the use of heat and mechanics to the joints and muscles of th> body to stimulate circulation and remove wastes is, as noted above, an excellent method of treatmers. This treatment may be so effective in fact that despite infection breing present, 1} can give the patiers considerable reâ€" lief from pain and other symptoms. But if the part manufacturing the poisâ€" onâ€" teeth, tonsils, gall bladder or othâ€" erâ€"were remov@ed, then no more infecâ€" tion would get into the blood to be carried to the affected joint, muscle or other tissue. Thus, as mentioned beâ€" fore, the factory making the poison would b> closed and all time and effort could be spent in getcing the products of the factoryâ€"poisonâ€"off the shelves of the body by means of small doses of a laxative daily, and the heat, massage, ound willing and anxious to improve ESTABLISHED 1274 P# Substantial gains were registered during the year 1938 in all departments. Insurance Company HEAD OFFICE â€" LONDON ,CANADA P 5 1926 ‘27 ‘28 ‘29 ‘30 ‘31 ‘32 ‘33 ‘34 ‘35 ‘36 ‘37 19986 ; O *J e on en s o ie on n c omm e n en m n of ondon passive movements or exercise, streitch=â€" ings and other mechanical means now available. The point then is that all cime and money spent for heat and mechanical treatments pays a good dividend but to try first to have any poin‘ of infsection removed â€" is just everyday common sense. New Life Insurance $90,786,972 (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). Smith‘s Falls Recordâ€"News: "What exactly happens whon the human body is immersed in warm watter? asks a doctor. We‘ll bet that a number of Smith‘s Falls hcusewives would ansâ€" wer: "The phone or door bell rings." Globe and Mail: Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers‘ International Union, appears to be having a bad time with his men, and may realize there was justification for what. Ontario thought of the CLO. sutfit. This is the net amount of life insurance Canadians purchased from this Company in 1938 as financial provision for the future. Insurance in Force $607,621,294 Assets $126,476,113 Surplus Funds $15,477,011 of Growth.Security and Low Gost T raditions This is the total of the life insurance policies in force at the end of 1938, excluding all annuities and reâ€"insurance ceded. These resources are sufficient to meet all the obliâ€" gations of the Company and to provide a wide margin of safety. The Company holds in Free Surplus and Reserves beyond legal requirements the sum of $15,477,011, a gain of $1,337,257 for the year. In addition it has a Specific Investment Reserve of $4,500,000 and has followed its customary practice by setting up in 1938 the funds to pay all policy dividends earned to the policy anniversary in 1939. This procedure affords maximum security to policyholders and the h continuance of the London Life‘s t outstanding record for low cost © insurance. 7 PINE ST. N. TIMMINS PHONE 212 GREAT SAVINGS GON WATCHES â€" DIAMONDS â€" CHINA . HALPERIN SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT LEATHER GOODS @ SILVERWARE CUT GLASS POTTERY JEWELLERS AND OPTOMETRISTS Across the Road or Across the Country WE CAN TAKE IT! FPhone 4 2 7 S T AR TRANSFER Local and Long Distance Moving. CRATING PACKING SHIPPING STORAGE