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# £ ,~tive Amerigan and her even more atâ€" Several of "them he had been in deécney to present to her. Sonte called on herâ€"and invariably found her out, for Peggy was in no mood: to take _risks, even now that she had fitted herâ€" iself into: the skin of Eleanorâ€"ancd all ’had found her charming. â€" ~ But thotgh she had visited most of the black spots known to the police, with her imevitable escort in tow, she had seen no glimpse of her quarry. She had never ‘been in doubt about this. There ho,d been no false alarms, no starts and stops, no recognizing and then rejecting the resemblance; that was Peter‘s justification for going on hoping. WITH PETER IN TOW Looking for a suspected person in the suspected nightâ€"spots is not so nuch nhclooklnciorsmedhm‘w as looking for"anticie¢le in tropics. There is no such ‘thing; there is no such person. PFor a‘ 1hole week Eleanor Ameriâ€" residenceâ€"at t.hh» Malbro Hotet; and the fact is ‘beyond "dispute that she had enjoyed her ‘stay‘‘there, and was enterâ€" ing into the swim ‘of London life with aplomb, all the more because she had never seen or dreamed of such a life Plenty of people in London who knew, casually and distantly, the name and person, but not the calling of Peter Milne, had remarked on his return to London. They told each other that he had ‘been abroad for some years, preâ€" sumably ‘going through his old man‘s money, an amusement at which he was reported to be extremely good. Now, apparently, ‘hbe had run the supply a little thin, and@ was looking for someâ€" thing to BH the gaps in it. This very pretty woman with whom he was going aboutâ€"you"never saw. them apart, or seldomâ€"wis reputed to be a very rich American woman. Peter was showing her London ‘POTS AND PANS Lifts Grease _ OFF INO need to scrape and scrub in slimy water. A solution* of Gillett‘s Pure Flake Lyc® just lifts off grease layers . . . loosens hardâ€"baked f. . takes the drudgery sout of washing up. Keep a tin always handy! _ *Never dissolve lye in .hotâ€"water. The action of the bye itself ME ~â€"â€",.,_ heats the water . Frasér Ave. and Li Toranto, Ont, The Parachute Mail PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT :mit ~â€" by PETER BENEDICT h ts # came first into sight, an astonishing old womar in a Tyrian purple gown, and Aifébian shaw! of ‘all the most brilliant colours ‘Peggy had ever seen. Her: hair was white, her face ‘was bravely painted, and her nose was "expenses.‘ She said so, in a quick whisper, to Peter, and was reassured. ‘HMe chuckled at the thought of charging ‘up theatre seats to the police expenses of this busman‘s holiday of his, but it would not ‘have done,. A pity! He would mave liked to see the Chief Conâ€" stable‘s face. _ ‘They were in their places fairly early, which perhiaps was going out of charâ€" aecter for Eleanor Vandeleur, but was ‘ necessary if they were to see anything of the audience. And the audience was well worth examining. ‘ Peggy had ransacked her borrowed wardrobe for the most elaborately suitâ€" ‘able ensemble she could find, and was glad now that she had gone to. so much trouble. She felt that she did justice to ‘a brilliant occasion. Also she enjoyed wearing clothes of the quality and texâ€" ture of this creamy white and gold thing she had on toâ€"night. She enjoyed too examining the clothes of every ‘pther woman she could see, and was busily assessing the various dresses at Iéthelr respective values when she sudâ€" denly became aware that one of the [boxes low towards the stage upon the right wiras being filled. right. One of those educated and lowâ€" pitehed American voices which hardly ing ernjoyment had made her good heiresses are fair game. She was now one of many, well into the cast, but not holding the centre of the stage. Yes, said those ‘who had made her longer be any doubt. Not a roll, like the Scots;. just, as it were, a funny little stumble over it. Peggy‘s deepenâ€" differ from English, except in their little fiowing cadences, until they light But none of this altered the fact that they had searched the nightâ€"spots, sometimes two or three in an evening, and never sighted their quarry. They had watched cabarets in cellars, in garages, in warehouses, had danced in what had once been stables, and played roulette under the streets; but they were as far from ever finding the man with the grey car, or the woman who callea herself Miss Crosby, as they had been when they came to London. ‘"They don‘t risk much, do they?" said Peggy dispiritedly, as they sat in the Green Park, and watched the evening tide of dogs and their owners come out in waves into the grass and the shade. "No, so it seems. I think we can take it that they never show themselves in their officia!l capacity except to their immediate henchmen, and never make the mistake of frequenting their own dives in any other role. After all, we can safely allow for therg to be about a hundred per cent more careful. than most. They have. Look how they goti rid of you." A comfortable name for being what she claimed to be had gone before her into the corners of London where "And what do we do now?" asked Peggy. "Anything you say," said Peggy and to the Thespian they went, and into the stalls, at a price which troubled Peggy‘s country conscience on the ground of great curving beak, dominant and audacious. "But, striking figure though she was, it was not at her that Peggy looked longest. Another woman, youhng and dark and tall, had entered after her, and was now standing well to the front of the box, looking round the auditorium with large, steady dark "Don‘t Look, Butâ€"â€"â€""‘ "Speaking for myself, I want to rest my brain a little. It feels overheated. What do you say if we take the evening off, and go to a play? There‘s a firstâ€" night at the Thespian. A comedyâ€"one of the new school, I fear, but you never know who may not be there." She put up a long, slender arm, and grew the white fur cape low upon her bare shoulders Peggy thought that if sherhad not been quite so thin she would have been really beautiful. Even so she was striking. Her face, seen full, was cut clear as a cameo, every feature An old woman, very small and frail, at SYNCPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS PEGGY daughter of a retired army officer turned farmer, and barrister, from the Public Prosecutor‘s Department. He is working in conâ€" junction with the police in the fight. against illegal drug trafficking. ; However, some cutting of red tape has been done by PETER SHERWOOD MILNE, independent official investiâ€" gator into the drug ring. He believes her story and decides to get her asâ€" sistance in iGenpitifying persons conâ€" perfectly modelied. Her hair was should have been black to go with that face, wilh those eyes. She touched Peter‘s arm, very gently, and said, with her eyes upon the proâ€" gramme in her lip: "Don‘t look up yet; but in the lowest rightâ€"hand box two women have just come in. The young one is the girl who called herself Lorna PGGY CALDER; Azed twenty, daughter of a retired army officer eking out an anxious existence on a smallâ€" holding near Abbotts Ferry. Peggy is the "brains‘" of the family. man of society. LADY COWLE: Corrie‘s sgrandmothâ€" er. Small, fragile, clever, and an exâ€" pert at all the arts. Music and paintâ€" ing are particularly her hobbies. LESLIE GRAHAM: In public, a popular manâ€"aboutâ€"town, and Corrie‘s the "brains of the family," has had planted upon her drugs, after she has discovered accidentally a link in a drug ring, and has planned to tell the police. Instead, she is arrested for "being in possession," and is sent to trial at the Assizes Or so the public, and the criminals, are led to believe. _ Pergy becomes "ELBANOR. VANâ€" DELEUR," a rich American ‘woman visiting London, with Peter as the inâ€" evitable mercenary hangerâ€"on, showing her the sights. One night while at the theatre, Pegâ€" gy says, "Don‘t look up yet; but in the lowest rightâ€"hand box two women have just come in. The young one is the girl who called herself LORNA CROSâ€" BY." _ | "EVERYONE KNOWS HER!" Peter did not look up at ence. Instead he askea what she had known he would ask, and heaven knew with reason, for here was no resemblance to the Lorna Crosby she had described to him: "Are you quite sure? ‘There can‘t be any mossible mistake? ‘This is rather. a deceptive light, and quite a distance to recognize anvone. anvone vou‘ve seen cnly once before." "I‘m quite sure," said Peg:y, "and there‘s no mistake. You can look now in saftety. She‘s talking to the old woman. Quite a good view of her." Peter looked. A good long, casual, absorbing leok it was, and when he finally dropped his head and looked at Peggy again, she saw that he was seriously startled.. He said, and the mere sliggestion of anything but 4tm â€" plicit trust between them made it plain sional ealm: "Peg:zyâ€"â€"" The .slip did not seem to matter, his voice was too low to carry to hny ears but hers. "Look, this is desperate. You‘ve picked on someone as well known as the royal family, almost. You can swear to her? You would?â€"â€"if her freedom, perhaps her life, depended on it?" that he was shaken out of his profesâ€" "She could be the royal family it-l self," said‘ Peggy firmly, "but that; wouldn‘t prevent her from being Lorna Crosby. I told you I should know her again, and 1 do. But if you‘d rather we examined her at clese quarters, and heard her speak, and saw her walkâ€" she was individara} enough at both exâ€" ercisesâ€"well, could it be arranged . It‘s purely for your satisfaction. I‘m as sure of myself now as I can possibly be." She added, on a lower tone, as if she asked a question about the cast of the play: â€""Who is she?" "Her name‘s Coralie Cowle. Generâ€" ally known as Corrie teo all kind friends. dering what she‘ll wear next, and how her hair will be arranged for this cccaâ€" sion and that. ‘The old woman is one of society‘s matriarchsâ€"Lady Cowle, the girl‘s grandmother. What doesn‘t that old woman do? Writes, paints, plays the piano like a virtuoso, has known every extinct great man that ever was,. back to Ciladstone, and perhaps farther â€" Why., those two between them queen it over half the men who mean anything in this town. Do you see what it means if you‘re right?" » ‘b I‘m still right. Iean’thelpwmmey are. I suppose it means the Hd‘ will fiy off London, but I can‘t help that, either." She was so anxious that he should feel no doubts, that she put her COWLE: To all appearâ€" WOULD SHE RECOGNIZE? ‘This was close quarters with a vengeâ€" ance. Peggy felt, as the dark eyes, no longer distorted by hornrimmed spe¢câ€" tacles, travelled¢ slowly and. steadily over her face, them'strealqua.hn and almost the first deep realization of the truth and gravity of their task. Would her makeâ€"up, carefully applied by one of Lilias‘s staff every morning, be good enough to deceive? Coupled, of course, with ‘the fact that this woman would knowâ€"no ather word was strong enough or final enoughâ€"would know that Peggy Calder could not be in London. ‘The pale skin where she had seen that healthy, ruddy brown; the black brows and lashes which had been glossy brown in that former incarnation; the very shape of the eyes and mouth changed completely, the pale hair fixed They‘re moving out, tod. Pray for luck!" Luck at a first night was scarcely the word for i#. They had hardly strugâ€" gled out into the Thespian foyer before one acquaintance and ancther was thrown up at them out of the crowd. The third, who made a point of being au fait with everyone and everything that counted, knew the Cowles well. He knew everyone well, even Peter; but he had not the least iden, as Peggy guessâ€" ed within two minutes of conversation, of the significance of Peter‘s private However, he. could and would introâ€" duce them. And introduce them he did. as they drifted together between the palms and. the wicker chairs. He appeared to be mildly amusing to the two women, but they wetre nice to him, they called him by his Christian name, and let him share a joke or two. He passed them on to Peggy and Peter. of a dull phy, bw any then have bheen dull to appiause at the end of the warm, so they gatherâ€" own prececupations were entirely to blame for the lack of luke enthusiam which they felt. "Gome on," saild Peter, as the lights on her head; the beautiful clothes. the beautifully manicured hands, and pearlâ€"tipped nails She would know now how far she could trust them. And she found that she could trust them utterly. The dark eyes in ‘the thin, clearâ€"cut face moved over her placidly, and felt no warning instinct to look again more deeply. She bent her black head a little greciously. She found herself facing Lady Cowle. She was. irreslstibly reminded of 2a rct. It was not only the bright colours, but the nose, too, and ‘the strident voice which cut clean through half dozen â€" neighbouring . conversations. After that, one might have expected to find that she was deaf, but a carefully modulated answer reached her accurâ€" ately enouch. NT w o2 the The girl named Corrie smiled. it‘s the ald, old story, isn‘t it?" "I‘M say! I get a feeling I‘v nere before." ' "Is this your first visit to England?" asked the old lady, by sheer power of voice keeping them all within the one conversation. "It is. I‘ve been looking forward to seeing London for years." "You ‘were born something like fifty years too late to see it at its best," said theâ€" old woman tartly.: "Might be anyâ€" whgre tp-@y ; And etiting worse every year, at that: What. with‘ these millk bars and amusement arcadesâ€"and the state of music â€" especially popular the day; and, indeed, she had nct the appearance of being in any way behind the times. She accepted a light, and smoked as expertly as any of them. "That‘s all right," said Peg:y, narâ€" rowing her eyes as she exhaled smoke. "We exported ‘emâ€"that‘s all they were "You‘re‘ talking to an American, grandmother," said Corrie, drily, openâ€" ing her embroidered bag to extract jewelled cigarette case. Peter was first with his. He offered it also to Lady Cowle, which Peggy though‘t might well turn out to be mistake, but it seemed his instinct had been right. Her stricâ€" tures were not for all the amemtles of ue d c 217 B i n M M _ music?" asked Peter. "The whole works. But I was thinkâ€" ing of music. All the same, we can point a moral. We sell ‘dance tunes,‘ and keep the Metropolitan. Opera House on the prozseedsâ€"maybe." a;l _fihéonadohable time to leave her lips. She looked like salamarmler. Corrie, regarded dispassionately, looked ~â€"~â€"Ledy Cowle, obviously sincerely inâ€" terested in the subject, began to speak mysteries concerning modern composers whom she admired. Pegzy agreed that tpon a slow cloud of smoke which took SR e 2 "You like music, Miss Vandeleur?" "T‘H say I do." ‘Vandeleur! What do you think m better on Broadway,” said . was wonderful what you I‘ve been "Yes, Britain Commands Great Part of Wool Supply of World : (From The Globe and Mail) "Arn army marches on its stomach" is a wellâ€"known maxim of wear, and it may be taken for granted that all the sacrifices being exacted from the civilâ€" ian population of Germany at this time are enforced mainly so that the soldiers may be fed well enough to en@ble them to sustain a good fight. But it is also true that, when the snows of winter and the mud and rains of late autumn and early spring come, the stomach and all other vital onzans of the soldier will have to be protected from icy winds and wet, cold weather if. his\ fighting spirit is to remain above Zero. . The British Empire, therefore, enters this war with two of the chief require~ ments for fighters in absolutely suffiâ€" cient supply from. the two leading coun.â€" tries of British Commonwealth of Naâ€" tions._outsige. the. United W wheat and other foodsâ€" frem Canads Wool Almost as Necessary as Food far Soldiers. tatalitarian opinion or propaganda in Italy and therefore in Germany, said yesterday that Britain‘s "attempt to starve Germany in an economic blockâ€" ade" will fail because of Germany‘s vast preparations in the first place, 2nd because "her accord with Russia enâ€" ables her to enjoy the fruits : of Russian production." Upon reading â€"that I telephoned Stanley Hocd Pettitt,. an Australian now living in Torentio, to and wool from Australia. Virginio Gayda, Fascist editor, who is generally regarded as expressing authoritative ask the implicati:ons of the cable in The Globe and Mail of Sept. 6 that the Imperial Government has agreed to purchase ‘the whole Australian wool production for the duration of the war and to ask how the Allies and Genmany stand with regard to this al}-hnportmb material for war. : Little Wool From Russia ; 4 ‘fGayda is absolutely wrong as. far as wool is concerned," said Mr. Pebtitt, who is now editor and president of .the Market Digest, but was previous to the Great War connected with two of the largest wool marketing organizations in Australia, was closely in touch with al} aevelopments cencerning wool throughâ€" out the former World War and has made exhaustive reports on wool in the United States and Canada. ‘"Soviet Russia produces only 3 per cent of the world‘s production. Germany produces only about oneâ€"fifth of her own needs. Twoâ€"thirds of the world‘s wool output can be supplied with uniforms of as good quality and as resistant to eold and damp and weather changes as the Allied soldiers. Under such circuwumâ€" stances they cannot fight as well in winter time. Undoubtedly they wil} 6ry to make up the deficiency by latting the civilian population shiver and keep all supplies for soldlers on active serâ€" vice, but even so, their equipment in comes from Australia, United States, Argentina, New Zealand, British Isles will be shut off frem Germany. wool from all over the world, had not made her understand that this comâ€" mocfltylsasknpm'taataswm "England, with large stores already in England of wool, would not have bought the whole output of the Antiâ€" podean countries if her experience over fighting a war. It will cost her from $240 milltons to $360 millions a year to keep ccmmand of this product. will supply not only her own military needs, but, will permit her agents to sell could get out of gramoaphons catalogue! Names of Cortot, Echnabel, and Moiseâ€" ivitch, tripped lightly from her tongue. She made a hit.. She said that she would love wmmmm President Roosevelt received the credentials of Lord LOothian, new British ambassador to WashingtOon, Aug. 30, without formality,. â€" This permitted Lord Lothian to take up his duties at once and to maintain full British diplomatic contact with this country in the present critical period. directness won the day. is respect will be far inferior. England Goes Wool Gathering With (To be Continued). ‘"‘The Britith Ommment is adopting the same policy with re;sri to wool which it adopted in Great War. But it starts off on the fcot this tims, whereas in the Great War i; was Noâ€" venber, 10106, before it took over the agreement. The British bougsht ie wceol s#t 15%4¢@ per pound and a: the end the wcol grower bad bsen paid in by the Central C:mnittee. ProfSts on whatever was soli for civilâ€" lan purposces was divided half and half tketween the British and Australian Governments, the lattsr representing the growers. After full payment there was a credit in cash from sales and 1,â€" 836,005 bales remained unso!ld. All of this was sold by May 2, 1924, by the British Australian Wool Realizaticn Asâ€" sociation, which was formed on Jan. whole clip. From the first app:aisal in January, 1917, to the last appraizsal in vakia were larger buyers for that reaâ€" son. Germany and Italy did buy wool from Australia, but not nearly so much as they used to do. In my opinion, Germany is not equipped in wool for a longâ€"sustained war. It is not just a simple matter that any wool will do. In the last war we had to set up 854 different classifications. Here in Canâ€" ads we clip locally only 25 per cent of the amount of wool conisumed,.. We will have ito get threeâ€"quarters of cur from the British Government, which wilt sell according to the market. We cannot get wool from ‘the United States, which grows only oneâ€"half of what it consumes. . Britain does not interfere with the resular channels of trade in taking over the wool except to see that ;fsmae 1995 demand for wcool has improved because of rearnmament proâ€" enemy countries do not get any and that military needs are all met. Otherâ€" wise the same people trade in the same channels and arrive at prices in the old way. But the wool thus traded Britain‘s." ~Windsor Stariâ€"â€"It is easy to speak of the benefits of poverty withâ€" out being accused of being contradicâ€" tory. Yet there are circumstances in which lack of wealth proves a boon. Take the case of the Eskimos. Last year there was a poor catch of fur, so the Eskimeos have had littlse money with which to buy the white man‘s food. They have had to exist on seals, rabbits, etc., their native menu. As a result their health has been improved. White men pride themselves upon being the most civilized people in the world. It rather‘ takes us down a notch to learn ‘that theâ€"poor Eskimos cannot eat the stuff we consume without getting sick. But we suppose the average white man ‘might not survive so well on a diet of LACK OF WEALTH SOMETIMES HAS NOTABLE ADVANTAGES one billlon dollars undecr this (BLEASE LETYTERS PLAINLY) POR FAheE BOOKLET DEPARTMENT OF â€"FISHERIES, OTTIAWA, No matter where you live in Canada, therd is always a variety of fish available to you, éither fresh; frozen, smoked, dried, canned og Your family will enjoy FISH. It can be served in an infinite number of delicious ways. Send for the FREE recipe booklet CWâ€"17 Reeve Said to Have Cut His Wife from Relief Roll Halleybury, Sept. 11â€"(Spec‘ar} :a The Advance)â€"â€"A case with some unysual features came before Magistrate Atâ€" kinson at the weekâ€"end sittings of the court in Haileybury, when the reeve of adjoining Bucke township was charged by his wife, from whom he is separated, with nonâ€"support, the action allegedly being a. sequel to the removal of the complainant from the relief rolls of the municipality over which her husband is the civic chief for the present yeRt. The charge, laid acainst Reove Walktee Fairhurs! was dismissed, with the ufmâ€" Acoording to the evidente given im court, Mrs. Fairhurst had had relief of $12 monthly for groceries disconâ€" tinued as from September 1 because her 19 year old son had been given employment on road construction work. It was further disclosed. thak Reeve Fairhurst, who was represented by W. C. Inch, has a pension and will draw $100 for his year‘s salary as head of Bucke township council, and also that dersitanding that the reeve will sign necessary papers to enable his wife to obtain assistance. the couple had been living apart for some years. The reeve told the magsâ€" trate he had supported his family untld the separation. PHONE 646â€"J 63 Birch St. N.,. Thirst knows