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could judgeâ€"and at the end of it judgâ€" ment would be Wkâ€"was moving about in any of these topâ€"floor rooms It was now for #, and the chance grew no longerand no shorter now for Ueing deferred,> =< He rolled over the parapet, and lowâ€" ered himself by his arms, cautâ€" iously for the tiny foothold of the sash. ‘The window rattled as this weigh setâ€" tlled gradually; he got one hand down to the open frame, and in another moment was standing upon the sill. The gracious quietness and he stood in ths house of Mere Colibri. The accuracy of this deduction had never for one moment been in question as far as he was concerned. He had at mmmmmmmmmmuw%wm m“mmm mmmm mwa mm mmm mM NMNMWMmmflwm mmmummmmam Peter lay in his secure gubter for a clear to enter the house. inxbeymd freeing his safetyâ€"pin from the rustâ€" ling blue curtains and looked arourd He was in a boxâ€"room; thank goodâ€" ness for that at any rate. It might so easily have been a miaids bedroom, or somethin(z equally awkward. But here was nothing except one or two chairs, a few trunks. piled along the wall, an easel folded into the comer, and several rolled canvases tumbled under it. There were other minor indications ithat this room doubleâ€"windowed in the antique style, and beautifully light for the purâ€" pose, hadbemweda.sasbuduowhen such was required. A paléette was leanâ€" ing against the foot of ithe easel, and a large paint rag was thrown down untidâ€" ily over it. Clearly the room was rareâ€" ly even entered, or that rag would have been tided away long ago, for when he stirred it it gave out a small cloud of dust. absolute, except for the street souncis which drifted over to him casually from A jar full of equally dusty brushes stood upon one of the cha‘rs. Peter reâ€" membered that Lady Cowle painted; or more accurately, that she had pain:ed alt one time, and possibly did so occasâ€" fonally‘ still, when the moced was upon her. Out of sheer curiosoty, a quality he could ill afford just then, he unrolled one of the canvases, and looked upon a sketch of Corrie, the most petulart and deft affair of only a few brush sitrokes, but perfectly Corrie. The uniâ€" versality of Lady Oame was teari‘yâ€" ing. Peter felt an msfimtive nem algain- this was a wellâ€"trained house. silently to the door, and very gently unlatched it. It gave without a sound st the little ache of . inferlority. the thought gave him. ‘I'fl'xswtsnotixn.e to be afraid of the old woman, unfathâ€" omable though her porentialities might whiteâ€"why did people like white corâ€" The Parachute Mail He stood quietly .by PETER BENEDICT as he refuge upon tipâ€"toe, and drew the door with the monumental tick of the great grandfather clock which stood upon the landing, he went more sedately down the second flight of stairs than he had done down the first; and again he peered down, this time upon the ‘There was no time ito step backâ€" hardly time ito think. Peter flung himâ€" self cn his stcmach across the burnishâ€" ed rail, and went down it like a streak of light, with the trifling difference that he was in dark grey. A schoolboy trick and the buttons on his wrists mignt easily have given him away if once they nad caught the rail, but they had beâ€" haved, beautifully, and there he was, in two sesconds, actually inside a room on the third floor, and behind the door in case the fecitsteps should turn in here, ‘All done by a little alarm. all very well, but one might expect the top Ticor of a big house to be deserted at this hour, when probâ€" ably the howsehold were just approachâ€" in)z the end of an early dinner. If only he some itea of where they would congregate for their council! The drawingâ€"room? It well mignt be for whait more natural than that Lady Cowle should give a dirnnerâ€"party, and dnawingâ€"room afterwards? On the other hand, though this arrangement would Jook beautifully simple and innocent to very important people, the serâ€" vants, the drawingâ€"room was cn the ground floor, and too easily accessible from the garden. It was a long but the chance was there; and thes> people did not take chances. Where else? â€" A first floor rcom would te more alcof. Peter wished he knew the rcom arrangement of this house, but apart from the ground floor it was a mystery A DOOR OPENED Peter‘s watchfulness now was almost hiz undoing; for in ecncentratiny; upon trying to see the origin of the light, and anything which might happen in it, e forgot to pay due attention to the floor on which he was standing. "Someone looking for something in a dime corner,‘ he was thinking, for it was by no means dark yet, when he heard with sickening suddenness a step in one of the roo:ins nearest to him. He heard it because the dsor was bein(zx opened!; ithe owner of Ithe faot which oceasioned the st:p was coming out, was going down the ctairs Obviously. ‘because there was that they were really in nowhere else to go. about i#t. The first requisite, however, seemed m'ummgghtota:tleastmof storeys away from him into darkness. Then somewhere about the first floor, or it might even have been the ground floor for the ranks upon ranks of tanâ€" ister uprights, slanting downwards by stages, were very confusing to the ey>, a lighit wen‘t on. [ ce h c ce n picked up in any room of this hous? was not for the moment, his pidgin; lhie had a definite job to do, and at present no idea of how he was izcing to set first twililht. He could Ssee one Wal, doors in it, but all closed demurely. The drawingâ€"room he knew from his onevisutomebouse.bmtmhis position he could not see it, and he darâ€" ed not venture the last dash into that space of light. ‘Then he thought he heard someâ€" where below, and faintly because of the KHe waited, listening breathlessly as the steady, methodical steps came on downwards. He had not ‘been seen, or there would have been a cry after h‘n and a break in the pompous slowness of this unseen person. Instead me ste‘m probably; Corrie might have been exâ€" pected to prefer a room on the first floar;bust.onaheotwhand,m.swas a rear room over the choicset corner of the garden, large and light, and! likely to appeal in dtself, as apart from all possible drawbacks of its position. He lookea around it quickly, but saw no â€" He. had leisure to Jook arcund him again, and looked wfit«h intemt but He reached the landing, and peered four curtained. There was an oval table, a modern fireplace shining a modest fire well tempered to the evening, mor2 shelves of books, apparently especially favourites, in one corner, and a ring of chairs as old as the house. A tapestried mug, in fact, designed for occasions when the library became too large, airy and cold for comfort. Every wall was hung. with «tapestry. Peter had momentary visions of himâ€" self playing the pant of Polonius behind She paused there Icok back over her shoulder, flaunting a cigarette in chnie caught her in one arm, and bore her towardts the stairs, she called: ajar behind him, as he had found‘ it. TALK OF PEGGY His guess had been right so far as there was only a small space within and no other exit from it. There was cne whxdow emall and high and closely chamber, and ‘that with the best will in the world he could not get out again, for Corrie and Graham must already be almost at ‘the library door. He beat along the wallsy with one hand, and fcund n space sufficient to contain him without leaving some suspicious away we shall never decide anything As long as she has an auciense she‘ll go ‘They were not cnly at home, then, but they were leaving the drawingâ€" room and cominl; up here; and they had something to decic:. Already Graâ€" ham had ons hand upon the barristcr. The plano ceased, was closed. Peter felt their presence almost as a heat beating upcn his face in the dark of the stairs. Now where? In evey emergency time was so narrow; that was the worst of taking on these guessâ€" work jobs, where the next move was always unknown. He felt his way backwards along the wall, and in <hrough the narrowest docr He could not get further withcut beiag seen. Fortunately there was no cne in the room, which proved, when he cast onme wild glance round, to be the librar;. As likely a rendezvous, that, as any in the house; a trifle vast, perhaps for comfortable discussion, but these were not people to be affected with an inâ€" feriority ccmplex merely because a room dawarfed them. . ' The place had no cover whatever; but it did hold ancther door, a small, disâ€" ecreet dsor which appeared to |zive upon Exe tm-;as. _ He did not fancy the role, but it had suddenly dawned upaon him that he had blunderedâ€"into the. do‘nncj} a mere annex of the library, possibily cnse a powderâ€"closet attached to the principal bedroom. Peter _ passed through it,, leaving the door slighti; e S ns i it It began to seem to Peter‘s feverish mind, as if the game was up. Then ‘he thought of the wmd-aw.‘ Heaven alone contours visible to the enemy.. There wias no cupboards; he could not do the remarkable act of that soldier fellowâ€"â€" what was his name? Trooper Fowler‘!â€" who lived for the great part of four years in French woman‘s wandrobe. oo knew by this time, on just wsich side of the house he was. If it mppened‘ But there was no time to assess the drawbacks of the position. The thing to do was to hide, and quickly, and in the best indeed the only, place which offered adequate shelter. Peter planted his rubberâ€"shod foot ruthlessly in the cushions of a large chair, and hauled himself into the window, and from that position he reached down long arm shook the cushion smooth again, and composed the stiff silken curtains rigâ€" idly between himself and the room, . k MWt E2C to ibe ~t‘.tné"fi'om he was finished, for every passerâ€"by in Coleridge Square could not help but notice even in the deep dusk, the peculiar on ‘of a young man. in a â€"dark grey guit Sulatâ€"; tir(z inside the drawn cun at No. 3. Heaven help him, too, if the room* should become tco hot, and someoiie should demand that the window be opâ€" CC "ef Te esc cssP e He made the shift to find the most telling how long he might have to reâ€" main there and a movement might beâ€" tray him. Happily the sill was R and by wedging himself firmly into one corner he found a secure, if hard backâ€" rest, gijainst which he could brace himâ€" self to get ease from his one position And the window looked upon the garâ€" the room. That also was good, for the light inside was now far stronger thin the light outside, and the presence of something solid and dark in the space of the window could no longer, obtrude amuses them; it doesn‘t hurt us. Why dkin‘t we go to the Kemble, Gray? C223# 4 aMmens So far his luck was in; and to look for the difficultis of getting out again whenhewasjustsosuoousfullym seemed a piece of sheear ingratitude, so he let the future sleep. He wedged his toes against the woodwork opposite, and composed his arms about his raised knees, and waited for what would come. It was Corrie and Graham who came first. Their voices at the door, the mmoftheknobwlthacrhpdlck,md then the light switch on and flooding ce 20000 d# o0 or perman ing the rap danger, have enjoyed this. "I admit you were useful. â€" But that was an emergency. ~You‘re in the backâ€" srmmdasagenu'alnfle Mwumde on it. â€" T â€"tell you candidly, Corrle, I think we should on the racket untit the scare blowsâ€"over." ‘"And what would Jeanâ€"Pierre say to such a pass thatâ€"the theatre has to ie gecent in theme to be really anusing.‘" When the normal rate of the heart in adult men is T2 and in woman‘76 to 78 or 80, it is only natural that when the heart rate is 84 to 90 in men and 8M to 96 in women, it should cause some And she laughed; the question, apqpar ently was rhetorical. "Jeanâ€"Picrre is Safe, anyhow." "If they get a hold of you my darling, would any of us be safe then? Should I be safe? I would like to risk it. No, it‘s my belief that we ‘have to consider the safety of the supply and as much as our cwn.. They‘d throw us to the wolâ€" ves as readily as we would throw them ; and each of us knows it. Besides we must have the stuff." This rapid beating of the heart is called tacchycardia and when the cause is located it is not usually a serious or permanent condition that is causâ€" ing the rapid rate. "Not always, my dear Gray. Do yoiu remember the nice little girl with the insatiable curiocity?" Peter thoul ht of Peggy and sm!led The second point is that as it is beatâ€" ing more rapidly it must need to do so because .of some condition present. And that it is better that it should beat more rapidly to meet this need. 'I‘i'ms the heavt rate imaareaaes wha)' brusque answer. ‘It‘s @all very well for you; your pant is in the background J3 . Simple Tuohywflh;flapld Heart Bmt "Simple tacchycardia is often met with in those with nervous irritability ; in these it is provoked by exercise or emotion. It is often present in many during the time that they are recoverâ€" ing from an illness." One of the commonest causes is when the blood approaches too near an acid conditionâ€"acidosis; this may be due to eating too much acid food or being on a "reducing" diet. The treatment of simple tacchycardia gepends, of course, upon its cause. ‘The rapid beating heart is just a signal that it is being asked to do more work 'I‘he first point to remember is that the smmdoftheheartand its regularâ€" ity are not changed; all that is preâ€" sent is an increased rate. ‘greatet cal for blood to bBe sent £6 the muscles to enable them to work. The heart rate increases under exciteâ€" ment and @lso when heat is applied to the body.. During even slight fever the heart rate is increased. aros tiresue stÂ¥Yin Acst O eâ€"* heart ‘beat suddenly goes up to 140 to 180 for a few minutes or longer, and 4 oo o7 k o. o L 20 The heart rate increases when there are infections of teeth, tonsils, sinuses and ‘intéstine. It is often accompanâ€" ies these low infections even when there is little or no rise in temperature, mai rate, is due to other causes than those mentioned above. Is'ltshtpmnsbeafl.isnmm is it large, is it Mw for this instructive booklet (No. 102) by system forms the guide for the proper treatment. : then be sought. "The discovery of an enlarged thyâ€" roid gland; signs of polaoning fr'gm '6‘139 Polly Lux, exâ€"PFollies girl, lost all herishow earnings in the 1929 crash. Despite pessimism in that exâ€"boorh region she went to Florida in 10934 with $10,000 capital and ran it into halfâ€"aâ€"million in Miami hotels, â€" Her succtess secret, according to Pollyâ€" ‘Out-Glunourtzatlon 4Â¥ of the most noticeable infections â€"â€" infection from teeth, tonsils, â€"Tbhat Qohr [ Qoutt dition of !rm days will isive : American, Australian, British and Canâ€" Aadian troops, wasthehegmningofthe German Army‘s defeat. Risht after the war, an antiâ€"Semitic editor in Munich offered a prize to any who could prove that three sons of any Jewish family had servâ€" ed mt the front for three weeks. One hundred and fortyâ€"two families : pnoâ€" duced the required proof. ‘Two of them had sent ten sons to the front, thirtyâ€" nine had sent six. The ancient fighting glory of Isnael was evidenced in the formation of the Jewvish Legion during the Gneat watr under the leadership of Viadimir Jaboâ€" tinsky and Joseph Trumpeldor. . This legion rendered great service in the conquest of Palestine and won the ad» miration of General Allenby. |I In this regard it is significant to note that at present 136,000 Jewish men and women between the ages of 18 and 50 in Palestine have registered for parâ€" days will isive their strength, manâ€" power and material aid in the cause of liberty, as in the past. But Jews must think «clearly in these difficult times. Thney mt act with dignity. ~~ They must not perthit themselves to be vicâ€" timizsed by pseudoâ€"champions of patriâ€" “Can Jews Fight’” Biiff? mww;mw i maummm mm g a wl [ mmu@mMrmmmmew 3 3 f mMmmw Mm)m Md mm umm Mm Emmmmmm ,mmmwwmmw MmmwmmmM thought the most brilliant soldiler in the War, was an Australian Jew, risen from the ranks, and yiven supreme ccmâ€" volunteers who have respondad to the recent registration jconducted by the Jewish agency and will} be available for medical service. ' Jeaws have a great stake in ithe presâ€" ent war as have all other lovers of democracy. If Hitlerism and Stalinâ€" ism succeed that will spell the death of human ‘ freedom. iJews have a traâ€" dition of freedom and in these critical emergency service, ‘Thinrtyâ€"six thousâ€" France. His August th, 1918, attack on the Scmme, when in command of f e by the Jews in the Last W ar. . Jews have given proof of their loyâ€" alty to democratic British life in time of peace and in time of war. They are more than ever. For the British ideal is founded on the Hebraic concept of the importance of the individual, deâ€" mocracy, and the grace of human broâ€" therhood which gives emphasis to the rights of all humankind. Charged With Attempt to Bribe Provincial Officer otism, bigots and fanatics who, whatever happens in the world, seek always to find fault with the Jew‘s conâ€" tribution in the common struggle of Fined at Kirkland Lake on â€"Reckless Driving Charge leaving the scene of an accident, Simon Walsh, of Timmins, was fined $75 and eosts <at police court here this week. He was also deprived of his liscense to drive for the next six months. Ascordâ€" gflrkhgd Lam Qgt }A.â€"-Qonmm reckless driving and ing to witnesses he was driving at rapid rate on the Larder Lake highway (some witnesses said he was on U wrong side of the road) and he hi a Kirkland Lake. The latter car was fAung into the ditch. The Walsh car did not stop, but was chased by another car and overtaken. None of the octuâ€" pants of the cars were injured; but the carswedamagedtosomeextentme accused did not give evidence on fis ‘own behelf, though pleading not gullty to the reckless driving; charge. Suggests Gift from Canada of Million Bushels Wheat Wedded at Arthur Will Take up Residence Here .. 8. Its disconcerting effect upon the enemy would be a factor not to ibe desâ€" pised. The following jletter is worth a thouiht or two at \his time:â€" ~Great Britain will be a hneavy putâ€" of our surplus wheat supp‘y, and Canadians will be called upon to subscribe to war doans. Those transâ€" actions are commercial and financialâ€"â€" not spontaneous and magnanimous. But a popular gift such as suggested would be an ocbject lesson to the world of the way in which the members <if the British Commonwealth of Naticns are united and appreciative of our libâ€" erties and democratic ideals. Islington, Ont. S. E. Large. To the Editor of The Globe and Mail:; Now that the Empire is definitely comâ€" mitted to the task of checking the re‘gn of tyrannical aggression and opâ€" pression in Europe, a remacrk cne hears on every side from those who are deâ€" barred by age or infinmity from overâ€" seas service is this: "I wish there were some practical way in which I could aid the Empire in this crucial hour." Well, there is a way. The gift by popular subscription of a million bushels of wheat as a love token to the Motherland would be of inestimable value. 1. It would cheer the hearts of our enlisted men, who are giving m than others can possibly give. C. Graham Jones, pastor of Knox Presâ€" byterian Church, Grand Valley, offiâ€" cilated. ‘The church was nicely decorated with pink gladiclias and ferns. _ Mrs. E. Thompson played the wedd-' ing music. During the sigring of the register Mr. Ralph Smith, brotherâ€"inâ€" law of ‘the bride, sang ‘"Because." ‘The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of Caralyn white corded taffeta, with fitted bodice and a sweetheart neckline, and carriedâ€"a bouâ€" quet of Talisman roses. . Miss Mangaret Gillies, sister of the 2. It would warm the cockles of the hearts of our compatriocts in Great Briâ€" tein, upon whom the heavier brunt 4 the ‘task will fall. ' A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Smith, Arthur, Ontario, on Sattmday, Oct. Ith, when Marion Phinia, daughâ€" ter of Mr. Duncan Gillies and the laite Mrs. Gillies, of Grand Valley, was marâ€" ried to Hilliard Fdgar Stephenson Sloan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph wore a gown of pale pink chiffon with Queen‘s blue accessories and carried a bouguet of pink ‘mums and biue cornâ€" The grocm‘s mother wore a gown of black triple sheer, with a corsage of red was groomsman. A reception was given by Mrs. Ralrm Sloan, New Liskeard; Miss Rachel Stoan and Mr. and Mrs. J. Sloan, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. E. Deville, Weston; Mr. and Mrs. 5. G. Eplett, New Liskeard; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. S. (Joe) Sloan to, Reside at Timâ€" mins. The happy couple left on a mator trip to New York City. On their return they will take up residence in Timmins. Guests in attendance from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, and Mr. Wmn. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Taylor, Timimins; and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ham#lton, Mr. Robert Richarason, of Toronto, 17 Pine 8. REMUS OPTICAL DEPT. optometrist will make a careful examâ€" Large Attendance at Thanks Offering Meeting of W. M. S. thanks offering meeting in ‘the chunrch Mrs. A. Ramsay presided and opened the meating â€"with prayer, followed . by a short business meeting during which reports were read. In the correspondâ€" €ence a letter was read from the Cangâ€" dian Red Cross, making an appeal for Urging the members to invite otheis to assist in the work of the home ‘end farm mission, the president reminded the members of ‘the need to inwite strangers and New Canadians of this ecmimunity. Mrs. A. Gillies introduced a devottonâ€" People That On Earth Do Well," wu sur.); by Mrs. P. Carson. The study bock "Moving Millioans," Ecok cn India, was introduced in a very interesting way by Mrs. Gillies, assisted ty her group, including, Mrs. Holtze, Devotional Period. Conductâ€" ed by Mrs. A. Gillies, tendance was unusually large. Monk and Mrs. Gordon. They dealt with India in reference to geography, her great population, the number of languages, and the political and relhsd- cus movements. The meeiting closed with a hymn The late Mirs. Gagnon passed away at the Toronto Genéral Hospital on Thursâ€" day, after a iliness lasting some mandhs. She leaves ‘to mourn her loss, a Lfaanily residing at 103 Avenue Road. Inta'q ment was made in the Timmins cemeâ€" Funeral Services for the : _ Late Mrs. Oscar Gagnon Funeral services were held on Saturâ€" day morning at 9 o‘clock, at the Mfotre Church, for the late Mrs. Oscar Gagmon. Officers Installed â€"â€" at Gold Nugget Rebekah Lodge Mrs. Minniec Sears, Distriet Deputy President and Staff Officiate. Visitors at the event were merabers of the Kitchener Rebekah Lodge, South Porsup‘ine, and also the Rebekah Mdae at Irogucis Fells. Mrs. H. Traver dedicated the offerâ€" Treasurer, Mrs. Gladys Masters, â€" Warden, Mrs. Grace Gridley. Conductor, Miss Mildred Bailey. Chaplain, Mrs, Charlotte Lacy. . RJSNG., Mrs. Margaret Price. LSN.G., Mrs. Millies Scote. REVG., Mrs. Annie Masson. LB.V .. Mrs. Rita O‘Comnor. . Inside Guardian, Miss Mamie Borâ€" Noble Grand, Mrs. Isabel Hocking. Vice Grand, Mrs. Susan Crews..