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George. : ‘"Be ai only avdlittle way Dorothy is engaged to be married to RUPERT FEATHERSTONE, the proâ€" fessor‘s assistant, who has beepn in South Africa for two years, and has just made an important discovery, The professor is going to investigate, Dorothy to be married. The professor, however, is a very unconventional kind of professor, and Dorothy an unusual type of engaged girl. For one thing, she and Rupert destrovyed all photographs they posâ€" sessed of each other, before he left, reâ€" lying solely, as she terms it, on "mental images." George‘s face brightenced. "That is a thought! Yes, all is not yet logts There is nearby a place where petrol amay be obtained." His face clouded again. â€" "But we are not friends, these fellows and I. It remains doubtâ€" ful if they will supply the necessary spirit." "They‘ll jolly well have to supply the necessary gpirit," Frank said grimly. "I‘ll s¢e to that." George, nodded. "Very well. _ It is down hill a little." He pointed. Then he paused. "If we were to turn the car,~we might coast," he suggested brightly, * idea!" said Frank. ny'gx,m of much pushing they manâ€" aged to turn the car. She slid slowly down the hill. CGeorge turned her in at another of the nartow lanes which were frequent, The car glided under its own momenâ€" tiun for a short distance, then stopped. "We imust walk from here," said George. "Be assured, however. It is ® YÂ¥NOPSIS .of PREVIOUS CHAPTERS FItNANK CARTER, famous motor driver, is going to South Africa to take part in the Grand Prix. Accompanying him is his Aunt CHRISTINE. Among aunt and nephew‘s circle of {friends cn the ship are Professor LEONARD ELLINGTON, the noted anthropologist, and his Gaaughter Frank regards this as unhealthy in such a beautiful girl as Dorothy. However, Dorothy gives him no symâ€" pathy, although he tells her he loves her. So Frank takes as his companion for the vCcyage FLORENCE SHAW, a pretty young actress, travelling to south Africa with a touring company under the direction of KNOX OLIVER, a wellâ€"known impresario. Frank and Florence go ashore at Funchal, and an uglyâ€"looking guide nickâ€"named by them "George," offers to take them in his car to various out of the way parts of the island. Miles from any habitation, George runs out of netrol. The ship is almost due to sail say that you brought us all the way up here without boohering to inquire wheâ€" ther or not you had sufficient petrol?" "The car, she leaks," said George simply. â€" "It is a great loss to me. You must not be too hard. I also suffer." "Is there anywhere near at hand that we can get petrol?" asked Frank, rathcer hopelessly. George‘s face brightened. "That is a thought! Yes, all is not petrol again. (Now Read On) THE PETROL RACKET "What!" Frank stared at their guide. Then he approached George in ing fashion. "You idiot! You nitwit! Ycouâ€"Ooh, what‘s the use! You mean to THUMEDAY. MAY 1 Published by Special Arrangement Excursion travel will be handled on Train \0 46, connecling at North Bay with C.N.R, No. On the RETURN journey, tickets will be valid for travel on C.N.R. Train No. 1 from Montreal 8.230 p.m. Monday, May 20th, 1940 Pembroke Jct., Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec via North Bay and Canadian National Railways T O Points in the Maritimes via North Bay and Canadian National Railways Bargain Coach excursion tickets not valid on Trains 49 and 50. Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company WILL OPERATE The ship is BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION FRIDAY, MAY 17th, 1940 FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO LOCAL AGENT BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION THURSDAY, MAY 16th, 1940 Tickets will be valid to leave destination points WEDNXEXDAY.. MAY 2nd,. 1940 4 t# + # *4# #4 # *, *,,* ## # # ## # # #* .0 La wete #. * 00.00. ## ’. # , all is not place where His face The lane narrowed still further, until they nad to walk in single file. Frank noticed that the vegetation was wild. The place was overgrown with weeds. Only the path showed that human beâ€" ings had trod this way before them. "Are you sure we‘re on the right path?" he asked. "This place seems path? pretty teeth. George turned his eyes skywards. "Two English pounds the gallon," he said tranquilly. "Since the car leaks, we shall need four gallons." Florence gave a little cry. "What! Why, that‘s ridiculous! Don‘t pay it, Frank!" "I was beginning to suspect it," said Carter gloomily. "This is their racket, Florence. I suppose we‘re not the first couple who have been caught out. George transports the mugs up here, and his friends charge the price for the petrosl. Quite a neat scheme. There‘s nothing illegal about it, as far as I can see. George isn‘t charging the high price; his friends are. And I supâ€" pose they‘re at liberty to charge what they please. Of course the victim can always refuss. But being in a hurry to get back to the ship, for fear he‘s left behind, I imagine he gencrally pays upâ€"as I‘m gcing to do." LAW TO THE RESCUE He put his hand in his pocket, George and the two men watched with interest. "Why hasn‘t someone reported it and put a stop to it?" demanded Florence furiously. "Surely the authorities could intervencâ€"â€"" "That‘s the beauty of it," said FPrank grimly. "It‘s timed so neally. For by the time the victim gets back into town he has to run to get aboard the boat. Without having minutes to spare to dailly by the wayside to explain the scheme to a fsreign policeman. At that moment, however, there wa an interruption. :A policeman, mmmt,- ed on pedal cycle, came swinging furiously along the patch. He disâ€" mounted from his machine, glanced significantly at the money in Frank‘s hand, and advanced on the three men. George and his companions shrank. He gan to count his money, and the conspirators watched him with greedy eyes. How much?" said Frank between his he aske lonely." are therc The Northland Very shortly they were gliding down the narrow twisting road at an everâ€" increasing pace. Frank looked back inâ€" to the flushed face of his companion. "Hold tight!" Florence held on to the iron bar across the front of her seat with one hand. With the other she cluiched her wideâ€"brimmed white hat. Dorothy said coldly: "Apparently hc! happen. I hcope we don‘t break our | forgot that to a racing driver his car is necks." like a wife and a sweetheart in one." l The two men advanced 0n the tobogâ€"| The words had been forced from her‘ gan. ‘One seized a rope at the back, the | lips.~She found herself crimsoning unâ€"| other a rope at the front. The leader |der Hoffman‘s surprised stare. looked back, said something. His|â€" "Excuse me," she said, and retreated. companion nodded. The leader tugged| Frank came aboard unaware of the on his rope, gave a sort of whoop, and iclouds that were gathering. He was started to run down the down. soon made aware of them. Dorothy, Very shortly they were gliding down he discovered, was going out of her the narrow twisting road at an everâ€" mway to avoid him. Several attempts to increasing pace. Frank looked back inâ€" enter into conversation with her were| to the flushed face of his companion. â€" | dismal failures. "Hold tight!" A spark of irritation was lit within Florence held on to the iron bar him. No doubt he had been too preâ€"} across the front of her seat with one |copitate in declaring his love for hcr.‘ hand. With the other she cluitched her| But she needn‘t treat him like a pariah., "I‘m not quite sure what‘s going to "I‘m not quite sure w happen. I hcpe we do necks." Beneath the grime, their sallow tenances visibly paled. The policeman preduced a large watch. He consulted it, and frowned. "This villain‘s machine," he pointed out, ‘"could not cover the distance in the necessary time. It is old and danâ€" gerous. To drive fast in it over so steep a road would be courting disâ€" aster." Frank helped Florence in down himsel{. In front of th row road wound steeply d( Frank eved it doubtf{fully. The policeman shot a like streain of Portuguese wilted. Carter poured out the story, making it as brief as possible, and the policeâ€" man took it down in a large notebock. They were ‘then required to sign it. Finally they gave their English adâ€" dresses, and the addresses to which they were going in South Africa. "And now," said Frank desperately, "for goodness sake help us to get into town! Can‘t we all drive back in his car?" He pointed to George. Kiter a fow minutes‘ ‘brisk walking they came to a collection of white houses. Before the door of one these was drawn up a large wooden affair like a sort of superâ€"toboggan. It had seats, and it was built on runners. TROPICAL TOBOGGAN ~The policeman knocked on the door of the house. A man emerged who was clad in the same costume as the drawers of the little carriages they had seen in the town. The policeman addressed a f{ew words to him. He grinned, nodded, rubbed his hands down the sides of his embroidered shirt and turned a friendly eye on Frank and Florence. Then he put his head in the door of the cottage and said something to an unseen occuâ€" pant. George attempted to reply. The policeman did not heext him. He had turned to Frank and Florence, "I am sorry," he said in careful, slow English. ‘"We have had a close watch kept on these men for some time. You were about to be the victims of a swindle. However, it is over. They will be placed in the dock to answer certain charges." "Look here," said Frank, in a rush. ‘"We‘ve got simply no time to lay charges or anything like that. You seem to be aware of what has happenâ€" ed. Well, we‘re stranded here, and we‘ve simply got to catch that boat!" The policeman shrugged. "I am sorry. You will not be detained for the trial, whith may nct come about for some time. But you must tell me what has happened, and also give ime your names and English addresses." Frank fretted witnh impatience, but the policeman, it was easy to see, was inflexible. "Then we‘re sunk!" said Frank gloomfly m i p d ve. * L,';_.A "The situation may yet be saved," said the policeman tranquilly. ‘*‘There is ancther way down the slope which is swift but totally without hazard, though perhaps it looks a little dangerous." "How?" demanded Frank and Florâ€" ence in unison. "The toboggan," said the policeman triumphantly. "The tcoboggan!" they echoed. He nodded. "Yes. The carrinho de cesta. It is a Funchal institution. ‘Another man, identically clad, who was probatly his brother, stepped blinking into the strong sunlight. The position was explained to him. He nodded energetically. "If the lady and gentlemaim will be seated in the toboggan." the policeman cesta. If ~is5 Aa AunCl Come. I will lead you see for yourselves." He addressed a sha prisoners, who started lane. Apparently there to handcuff them or tak tions. adeira is not tions. (M and there ting away} man‘s ha holster. and Fran went they The t:boggan gained speed Th "rank and y emerged down hil took ancth ‘re was ay froi hand 1 He 1 ergea on ¢ for ancther feow min § no pr m it. hovere followe ier side minute. s not prosp red unc YVYOU sharp BCE the pect eside over the Copyright little of them a narâ€" Ivy downwards tie way turning brisk brief but lavaâ€" at them. They fell main ofT wWas o lat t of | ind word T alon as not f them the pC his le: three | in be arrinho instituti vyou stt THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE . TTIMMITNS, ONTARIO to his mg the ot need precauâ€" dAsland policeâ€" leather e men, behind. | and Then sh? HIMN=â€" get The functio it soon becamt thing from r Frank shudde ‘ would happen I The fellows runners, | ¢ gyave a s man at 6 toboggan to a halt. The ma The man at the back tossed his comâ€" panicn a strip of cloth that had been well soaked in grease. The leader spread it on the roadway and droaw the talboggan over It. ‘This was repeated several times. Then the wild passage began all over again. The road skirted the gardens and plantatizns that dropped down the mountain side to the sea level. Frank glanced down. The roofs of Punchal had become appreciably nearer. In a few minutes they had descended several hundred feet. Now they were passing houses, and Frank hcoped forvently that no pedesâ€" trians would be found doddering in the rcadiway, The toboggan shot round corners, following the twistings and turnings of the hill. There was no means of warning anyone who might be in the way. infallible cure for headaches. Having heard that the beautiful English Miss Ellington had a headache, he insisted that she try it. Then he bore her in to the upper deck. Dorothy found him rather pleasant. Like most ugly men, he had charm Cf manner. Moreover, he was a stranger. In her present disturbed, unanalysable mocod, she could not have been at her case with one she knew well. Litlle boats swarmed round the ship like busy bees. Women spread elaborâ€" ate embroidered curtains and tableâ€" cloths and preity lace and basketâ€"work for the inspection of the passengers on deck. Swanthy Portuguese men shouted the prices. Determined to make hay while the sun shoneâ€"which meant while there were wealthy English tourists in portâ€" they shouted and gesticulated, creating a babel of sound on the blue waters of the bay. It was a colourful scene. Hoffman was telling Dorothy about car racing. He told her, in his deeop, foreign voice, of the cscmradeship and heroism ¢f the men of the speedway; repeated that story of the driver who had swerved to ceriain death rather than run over and mutilate the body of a fallen comrade, though tihnat comrade was already dead. "To a racing driver," said Hoffman, "a carâ€"his carâ€"is like a wife and a sweetheart in one." Suddenly a launch shot off from the shore and sped towards the ship. Hof{â€" man broke off and peered. Then he thumped the rail. "It is Carter! TI had begun to worry about him." He grinâ€" ned. "It would not do for him to miss the big race because he forgot the passâ€" ing of time in the company of a pretty girl!" But apparently the inha‘>itants cif Funchal knew all about the toboggans which dashed without any speed limit down this hill. The roadiway was alâ€" ways clear. People stood in the doorâ€" ways and watched their violent passage with bored indifference. Now they were coming into the outâ€" skirts of the town, and were running over cobbles. The leader stopped the toboggan again to grease the runners. "We‘ll make it!" exulted Frank. "I‘m keeping my eyes closed," panted Florencte. "That last blind corner was a bit too much for me!" They started again. Still the men showed no signs of fatigue, though they had run over three miles at a killing pace, steering the giant tobsggan on its steep course. They whirled past a shop, and Frank cried out. BACK TO THUNDERCLOUDS "I know where we are now. This is the plasze that George called the Street of Difficulty. Look, there‘s the railway station. We haven‘t far to go now." Christine sought him out that nig and found him in a vile mood. The slope ended. They were in one of the chief streets of Funchal, busy with traffic. The toboggan cculd go no further. Albove the shrill cries 0f street vendors rose the imperious wail of ship‘s syren. Frank sprang out, and helped Florâ€" ence out. He thrust a note into the toboggan lead‘s nand. "I can‘t thank you enougii, but I hope this repays for your trouble!" The man took the note, grinned broadly, and waved it at his companâ€" ion, who ejaculated. They evidently regarded themselves as being richly Ellington had that she try â€" friumph to th Dorothy fou Like most ugl manner. Mor In her presen mocod, she cor and VYCIW panted. HoilTman infallible ( heard that rads s ere bei Smokt imnetrs, arded â€" the arded. . _tTaxi was «bundled The jetty the passing, FPlorence as fast a € 18 have w well. d round you They | s hboein ank riCcC M had an Having lish Miss ) insisted re her in hailed stranger. aalysable n at her elaborâ€" tableâ€" »t=â€"work hC it Why the Common Cold Travels so Fast We were taught as medical students that influenza was due to a certaim bacillus. During the 1918â€"19 epidemic, this bacillus or organism was often found in the throats of those suffering with influenza and it was found also in individuals who were not suffering with influenza. _ Similarly with the common cold. Certain organisms that were beâ€" lieved to cause the cold are found* in healthy throats. Toâ€"day it is believed that while a certain organism causes the common cold, it is too small to be seen. "It beâ€" longs to the class of organisms known as ‘filteramble viruses‘ because they are small enough to pass through a porâ€" celain filter, whicn will catch ordinary bacteria or organisms." It is because of our friendly habits with our families, our neighibours, out friends, and even strangers, that this virus or organism travels so rapidly. We sneeze in crowded rocms and the virus rides in the air in tiny droplets until the next victim breathes it in. We blow our ncoses politely and then shake hands with a friend, who later takes a pencil in that hand and puts it in his mouth, or we kiss and give our love and our wvirus too. Or we leave it on door knobs for the next comer. While there are many ‘"home remeâ€" dies for treating a cold, some of which are effective even if not always reâ€" cognized by physicians, nevertheless the one outstanding or important point in the treatment is getting off the feat and into bed. Taking hot drinks and putting feet into hot water shortens the time of the attack and eases the symptoms. The fact that this organism is so small and can get through "anything" to get "somewhere" explains why the common cold is so common and why it travels so rapidly and so thoroughly through homes, offices, and factories. It is very difficult to stop this crganâ€" ism on its travels. Illustrating how easily the common cold organism goes from one person to another was shown by Dr. L. M. Miller in an articles in Hygeia. The idea behind getting to bed at once is to save the strength of the She tried to comfcort him in he cheerful way, and he snapped at her. "I wish you wouldn‘t talk like that, Christine!" he said almost savagely. "As if it were aâ€"Aa game. It isn‘t. I‘ve told you that I love Dorothy. I mean it. It‘s serious for menâ€"the most serious thing in my life!" (To be Continued) â€"l}v lames W . Barton, M .D Sales Phone 800 Timmins Garage Co. Ltd. of Poutr s That Bodby heart should any complications arise. The common cold in itself is not serâ€" ous but its complicationsâ€"bronchitis, bronchopenumsonia, and pncumonia~â€" are very dangcrous. The Common Cold The common cold may lead to nany serious complications if It is neglected. Send for Dr. Barton‘s helpful booklet called ‘The Common Cold‘ (No. 104). Address your request to The Bell Libâ€" rary, Post Office Box 75, Station O, New York, N.Y., enclosing Ten Cents to cover cost of handling and mention the name of this newspaper. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) Brideâ€"toâ€"be Guest of MHonor at Shower on Monday Evening Many friends of the popular guest of honour were gathered together at the event, and exipressed their best wishes for future happiness. During the evenâ€" ing, several interesting games were played, with Mr. Frank Winder winning the prize in a special imitation game. The brideâ€"toâ€"be delighted the guests by singing "I Wonder Who‘s Kissing Her Ncow?" and other vocal selections were pleasingly given by Miss Julictte Gauthier. After a very dainty and tasty lunch, the numerous beautiful gifts were preâ€" sented to Miss Forsberg in an attractive Dasket, adorned in pink, white and blue with matching flowers covering the entire top, and the brideâ€"toâ€"(>e suitably expressed her appreciation. . Miss Taimi Forsberg, brideâ€"toâ€"be of Wednesday, May 15th, was guest Cf honour on Monday evening at a charmâ€" ingly arranged miscellaneous shower held at the home of Mrs. T. Young, 39 Toke street. Hostesses at the event were Mrs. Young and Misses Nelma "Johnny" Johnson and Toini Laakso. Among those present were: Mrs. F. Winder, Mrs. C. Bowker, Mrs. E. Ellefâ€" sen, Mrs. R. Buck, Mrs. Fred Jaakkola, Mrs. S. Slack, Mrs. V. Salomaa, Mrs. F. Rankin, and Misses Laura Canie, Joy McGillis, Margaret Latimer, Velma Fimes, Nelma Johnson, Toinl Laakso, Nellie Laitinen, Helen Leohto, Esther Waldon, Dorls Koskela, Juliette Gauâ€" Miss Taimi Forsberg Honâ€" oured by Friends. The Quality Tea Office Phone hostesses, Mrs. and Miss Laak Miss Taimi For Among thos unable to at Haapanen an hiet ule" 11 A t PAQGE THREE \L oâ€"Lbe ber the