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Porcupine Advance, 6 Jan 1941, 1, p. 3

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Geocffrey had gone from the salon. Kitty, her face flushed from the sea wind, her eyes brilliant, faced Roger eagerly. i can L sAay I Nnave "Captain Ruszero is only a name for someone whose real identity we don‘t know. He has organized the sscape of scores of intsrnationals who have been captured. Geoffrey met him through a friend of his in Barselona; and a few woeks ago Geoffrey was approached by an agent of his in Paris. They asked me if I would be willing to go to Majorca in the ‘Glorious Kate and help them smuggle this Englishman away. I talked to ‘Captain Rubsro‘ about it in a cafe in Paris. He was at one table behind a screen, and I was at another. He talked to me through the screen. Very f°w people have ever seen him ... ... She broke off, with the memory of exciting events in her eyes. "I think ne must be a very wonderful man." she add=d solemnily. | "And what did he want you to do?" Roger prompted her. would Eri village of 10th. W\ flare and cut to us and mak possible." "Geoffirey and I â€"were sworn 0 secrecy. This boy wen; to Spain against his parcnts wish. His mother is ii1, the anxietyr would kill her if se knew $ Kitty proves vory turbulel‘?t and when relsased for a meal, she rages at Roger and smacks his face. When calmer, she apologizes, and Roger tells her that she has misunderstood. his character and his purpose. R:ad On) CHAPTER IV â€" (Continued) ROGER IS WON OVER some means of getting him away. That‘s where the ‘Glorious Kate‘ comes in. Have you ever heard of "Captain Rubero"? a prisoneéer. He‘s sfill <there in the villag> of Manreal, on the coast about thirty miles from Palma; he has friends there, secret supporters of the United Front, and he can be smuggled out of his prison by them, if only ther> were The yacht is taken into Marseilles. Here Geoffrey and Kitty go.ashore the girl declaring that she will not return to her father. Roger contrives, by force, to get her back to the ship, and to lock her in her cabin. As the gang plank is being raised for the return to St. Raphael, Geoffrey returns in qusst of Kitty. He tries to intimidate Roger, but in the end agrees to accompany the yacht to St. Rapha»l "I don‘t know how much my {fathe: told you?" "Not very much "Roger replied. "The mission of ours concerns .a voung Englishman whom we know who was shot daown over Majorca, and made KITTY SMALLBRIDGE: Daughtsr of KRKoger Kent‘s employer. She ig scmewhat spotled and very obstinate. but charming in her more rational moments. PRINCIPAL C ROGER KENT: private secretary to a business magnate "CHARLIT assistant. MONDAY, JANUCARY,. STH. 1941 PUBLISHED BY sSPECIAL ARRANXGEMEXT ere he is. His father would be so Simple." commented Roge We were L would be willing to go to !_ He did not explain to Cullen that they i the ‘Glorious Kate‘ and | would approach Manr:al by that methâ€" _ smuggle this Englishman because it was the one least likely alked to ‘Captain Rubsro‘| to bring them under observation from i a cafe in Paris. He was| the Majorsan shore. Cullen knew nothâ€" > behind a screen, and I was | ing of the prisoner. He talked to me through Captain Cullen put the wheel over. Very fow people have everl Silently: the "Glorious Kate" desâ€" ‘cribed a half circle in the Mediterranâ€" e off., with the memory of| ean night, and dimly ccculting light on ents in her ey*s. "I think | the shore of France fell astern, and beâ€" a very wonderful man." she | gan to grow dimmer. ooooo nunly. Roger came out of the chart house to at did he want you to do?"| see two dim figures, Geoffrey and Kitty npted her. | by the rail. They both came towards e to take a course which! him. Geoffrey said: _ g us to a point just off the| â€" "How did Cullen take it"? {anreal on the night of June| | "Perfectly well," said Roger, cold with wore to signal by burning a| reaction after the heat of his decision. he prisoner would be rowed "When can we hope to be ther®‘" ay I have yere to take him aboard, Marseilles as quickly as HARACTERS Ycung, ambitious E. C. Smallboridegs»e, And| eag furious he would proba‘sly cast him off altozgether." ‘ "I see"! Roger said. l "I uscd to play with this boy when I | was a little girl. Father has known h‘is tather for ages. Oh, I feel furious with m}self becgaus> I was fool enough not !to toll him"! "In that case you can tell yvour father whiin you get to St. Raphael, and he |may lét you go yet." said Roger, ir They stood and gazed at him in speechless astonishment. A desp flush overspread Kitty‘s face, her lips parted â€"and he saw his reward already, in heor His klood still aflame from his momâ€" entous decisionâ€"Roger took th>â€" wheel. He kept the yacht on her course to St. Raphael with a hand that trembled slightly. Cullen apparently was not going to question that authcrity which Smaillâ€" bridgeâ€" had given Roger, and that in itsolf was something add>d to the turmoil of his mind. She rose. Geoffrey stood aside to let her pass. Her whole attitude was on> of undefeated pride and scorn. Roger was carried away by the one scorched by the oth:r. Smarting, he fiung at her as she got to the door: "Do you think you‘ll get anywhere by as<timing that I‘m no use"? Sshe turned "IT‘ll take this yacht to â€" Majorca," Rcozer said, "And take the consequenâ€" ces too. Do you think I‘m not as game as the rest of you"? CHAPTER â€"V Kitty:with.feminine preti>nce of mind SPEEDING TOWARDS DANGER ~|was the first to speak: [ Captain Culen was at the wheel|â€" "We thought that we should mak: when Roger brought his new instrutâ€" | scme ~effective hiding plazse for the tions to the chart house; | prisonr suppCSing we manage to get Captain Cullen shot â€"him a shrewd glance from under his shaggy eyeâ€"brows opened his mouth to speak, and closed it again, looking thoughtful. He said nothing, except: He hardened his purpose . while he discussed the necessary cours> with Cullen: and reckonecd that with the yacht‘s cruising spsed of fourteen knots and allowing for wind into which they head. the "Glorious Kat:" should arrive at a point 20 miles east of the village of Manreal at ten p.m. on the follcwing night. the Balearics . . . ' Her voice held a quality of despairingi appsal: "If only you were on> cf us! / A movement in the doorway," and Geoffrey Paish â€"was standing there looking in on them. Roger glanced atl him irressluteély thinking hard. | The hope died in Kitty‘s face, its| place was taken by a look of contempt.! "No: you‘r» not one of us!" she said bitterly. "Stupid to imagine you cauld | b> for a moment!" | "If you‘ll take the wheel sir, T‘ll aut another ‘chart." Roger could hear the wind whine and there was the hush, hushing of the seas through the open skylight; the "Gloriâ€" ous Kate" leaned to it as she labored on crested the bow of each oncoming swell Outside in the night, in the darkneoss away in the south was Africa., and growing stcadily further into the wes with every wave the yvacht breastedâ€" whiin you get to St. Raphael, and he may lét you go yet." said Roger, in sudden relictf. But Kitty‘s face was tragic. "It may be too late!" "Too late"? "Yes, theyre going p move the prisâ€" omers from Marjorca to North Afriza He may be shifted any day. He‘ll have no friends in Moroceo®". "We‘re going to touch at Majorca, Culléen, before we return to St. Raphâ€" "That was what I thought," she said eagerly in a low voice to Geoffrey. Roger noticed how much she seemsd to share her triumph with Geoffrey . .. He turned away rather bleakly, and left them. He> went below into the gently swaying saloon and sat down to smoke a cigarette . . .. It wag difficult to face what he had done. when he thought of Smallbridge and of everything he was risking. Ho put his hand and tried ineffectively to smooth his hair. It was tangled beyond ordering. mo | Roger, quits elated, lifted on to ‘a ‘lighter and btrighter plane of existence ‘than he had ever known before, gazed ‘at her with a pounding heartâ€" | _ And shattering the moment, or |rather, crashing it under the weight of |his large and morose presence,. Geoffrey ‘Paish appsared in the doorway of the saloon. _ _A cortain pointedness of inquiry [ sharpened his usual phlegm as he lookâ€" Ied in on them. |__Kitty:with feminine pretince of mind i "It‘s enough that I‘m willing to risk ‘my life for my beliefs," Geoffrey beâ€" stirred himself{ to say. "One doesn‘t have to give up all one‘s comforts as lwell. If any nccessity should arise, of lcourse. I shaill give them up. But She jusil scit little vo He lighted a cigarett>, and followed the other two through into the galley H° was annoved with Geoffrey for butting in. ~Yet â€"what Geoffrey‘s arrival had prevented he‘did not quite know. "Oh,. I know!" keenness sudden personality.. . "I give a hand to There‘s nothing I can‘t help bein thisâ€"with you!" prison?r supposing we manage to gSet him on board.‘ she: said. *"*We might be stopp»d and searched. The change of conversation was deâ€" cidely noticeab‘s but Geoffrey Paish isoked bland enough. "We‘ve thought it out," he told Roger "There‘s a space between the Galley and engine room kulkheads. It will mean prising out the panel in the back of the galléy locker, so that he can get into the spacsce‘.. :s " "Let‘s have a look at it own, shall we?" said Roger. All thatâ€"the astounding effect that this girl had on himâ€"must wait until the mission to Majorca was completed "Don‘t overâ€"estimate me,." he said. "Overâ€"estimate "Yes perhaps my motives ‘aren‘t so altruistic, nost quite so impersonal as you think." She ‘met his meaning gaze with a little smile something in her maner which reminded him sharply that the situation was probably far from new to her; other men had tried where she was concerned and had lostâ€" But the colour suddenly cam>» into her face and her glance fell in conâ€" fusion. And without ever having deâ€" cided that what he wanted was to get Kitty Smallbridge, Roger was telling himself in astonishment, his blood on fire," T believe T could get this girl!" 1g1 fes ® fese ‘with "*Must Bicom«»5 him He felt <that way â€"through. reduced o chacs and discrder. : Frowning fiercely, drawing on the he looked up at a movement n the doorway, and saw Kitty standing there. She gsazed at him without speaking softly in and stood before the table, her face ftransfigured, shining with elation. * she said. her voice quivering with inâ€" tensity. "I know how much you stand to: lose." All the regret and dismay fell from Geoftre _ _A supe WORTH THE PRICE Roger rose slowly to his feet. "It‘s wonderful of you to do this,‘ e said, her voice quivering with inâ€" nsity.. "I know how much you stand toed by thgir purpese the three had endly breakfast, Geoffrey in a ~dressing gown of elaborate deâ€" ffrey smiled under his iong nose uperior weary sort of way. Roger a. and surprised himself by doing ce he really hadn‘t intended to ie matter any thoughtâ€"that there o need of jealousy of Geoffrey, so Kitty was essing gown 0i CciaDIaAlet ucCâ€" nothing. and drank black cofâ€" a dash of sherry in it . .. .. you bring the evil habits of irv flat life with yvou wherever know!" he exclaimed all the suddenly meélting out of his y.._ _ "I know that one has to nd to that chap in Majorca thing else one can do. But l1p being glad that I‘m in on ; flat lif: id Kitty smiled â€" said COPYRIGHT Thank you THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO In Very satisfattory results have be@n achieved again this year through the sale of Christmas seals. Each year a campaign is conducted here by a comâ€" mittee sponscred by the Lions Club, to raise funds to carry on the fight against tuberculosis in the Porcupine. The response this year has been parâ€" ticularly gri@tifying in view of the many calls for other patriotie purâ€" poses. There are still some who have not sent in their donations for the Christmas seals sent them. They should make their subscription at the earliest possible moment so that the committee may be able to close the campaign at an early date., If thére was halted somewhat by lack of funds. When h> jcined the army he gave up all thoughts of ever accomplishing his ambition.. The Canadian Legion‘s 2dâ€" ucation scheme for members of the Dominion‘s fighting forces,. however, has solved his problem and he is now able to obtain his degree at no cost whatever and still carry on the imporâ€" tant job of soldiering. Taylorâ€"Munro,. who is studying by means of the correspondence courses institutsd by the Legion, is one of more than 15,000.service men throughâ€" out the Dominion and overseas who are taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the Legion to start or to continu» studies even though on active duty. are any who have not received a boaok of the seals and wish to do so or to contribute to the work of fighting tuberculosis in the Porcupine, donaâ€" tizns may be sent to Dri N. H. Russ@ll. Further Donations to Help the Battle Against Tuberculosis Lanceâ€"cpl. Taylorâ€"Munro is a young married man whose academic career there‘s no shortage of coffee or sherry an board at the moment so far as I know | " During the day Rnger worked hard at | the panel behind the locker in the| galley. Kitty sat on the galley bench | tanned legs crossed the excit:ment o , the venture lurking in her eyes, Roger asked if she was going to St. R.aphael* to stay with her father after the‘ aflair was over.‘ x¥‘ Â¥ "I may go to Ventemxglia to i with friends. I don‘t know <that "my© father will exactly welcome m afterf this!" "Or me"! added*Roger," grimly. "H> should understand!"~Said Kitty storms blowing up at once. "He should see that it‘s only right for us to do this"! Rozer said nothing. Hizy cwn moral p:sition was to difficult to explain in a word or two. $ But what he thought was that if she went to V<ntemiglia and he, sacked $y Smal.oridz*>, went to (Landori, wheore would he and she meet again? He set his teeth and went on with the The young n.tc. o. of the Canadian . Engineers, . who > enlisted shortly after th> war broke out, is neow his college studies. It will take three yéears of hard plugging during the hcours free of army duties but he fully expects to wind up with his degree in theology. Ottawa, Jan. 4th:â€"(Special) Lanc»â€" Cpl.~ Granville Taylorâ€"Munro, ofâ€" Kitâ€" chener,~.Ont., is. going â€"to become . a minister at last. q MAYEE YOU‘VE NOTICED The girl who keeps Her "face" intact, Is the girl who has The inside track. Dear Old Soul (in curiosity shop)â€"I suppose this is another of those horâ€" rible futuristic paintings which you call meodern art. Shopkeeperâ€"Excuse me, madam. but that‘s a mirror."~â€"Exâ€" chang*e. F. A. Hoilden. William M. Isnor. Lewis Jones Miss Rose LAamoureauX. (G. A. Macdonald; Mrs. Joseph Mahn H. B. Megill, Aunor Mine; Holden Mz Carthy, Schumacher; Mrs. Jam*°s Mc Faddon: Pietro Morandin; Geo. Mun ro. South Porcupine. H. J. O Neil. ; He set job. Th events of the â€"nigh; drew near and the tension of expectation grew. At fiveâ€"thirty the ‘"Glorious Kate" altered her course for Manreal. * To Be Continued ) Legion Helping Soldier in Study for the Ministry Miss A. Richards; William M. Rit.â€" chie. John Spitz, South Poreupine. Miss D. M. Taylor; Timmins Dairy Richard Wilson, William Wren. Fleming. South Porcupine "my: The Timmins Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi Club h>ld ,fm“ts regular semiâ€"monthly mseting on ‘Sunday evening in th> Nativity parâ€" hall, with a goosd attendance of Kitty | memters enjoying the programm>, and iould , taking active part in the business disâ€" hijc‘1 4 cussion. \| Pleasing Programme /‘ at Regular Meeting © of the Club | _ Plans are under way for a bowling lcongress at which the Kirkland Lake. ‘Schumacher, and Timmins Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi 1 Clubs will vie for the trophy recently donated by the spiritual directors of the three clubs for interâ€"club competiâ€" ;tion. A feature 0of the cvening was a proâ€" gramme presentsd by the pupils of Grade III,~ Holy Family Separat> undér the dir:ction of Miss Mary â€"Lalond2. A skit, antitled "Catchâ€" ing the Lunatis,." highlighted the proâ€" sramme., and was enacted by Dian> Lloyd, BOob Van Rassell, Michael \wadsâ€" worth, Gerald Dillon, and Bob Desorâ€" meau. Marion McDcnald, aged eight years, made a big "hit" with her rendiâ€" tion of threse vo>al solos, Over <cthe Rainbow." "Woodpecker song‘"‘ and "Wish Meée Luck". " It was avcided that prizes would be awarded at the regsular Thursday night bowling for the club members, and that on Wednesday of this week at 8 o‘clock,. a skating party will be held at the McIntyre Arena for club m>mbers, Foliowing the skating poriod, there will be a party, and all members are asked to take part in the event. Sunday, January 19th, is to be Caâ€" Boâ€"Gi Night. A monster entertainâ€" ment programme is being arranged for that meeting, which will opén a memâ€" bership drive being launched by the club. Members of the Junior and S:nâ€" ior Catholic Women‘s Leagues will be invited to attend. Membership comâ€" mittse chairman Greg Evans outlined A letter read from the Knights of Columbus at Camp Bord>n expressed the organization‘s appreciation to the Caâ€"Boâ€"Gi Club for the four hundred magazines sent to Camp Borden reâ€" cently for distribution among the soldâ€" iers there. Another shipment is to be made at the end of this month. All members are asked to turn their magaâ€" zines in to convener, Miss Olive Laâ€" franiere. Victor Banning and Eddie MclLellan, club members who left here to join the R.CA.F., were presented with cigarettes by the club before: their departure, it was announced. Pupils of Grade III Holy Family School S h o w Marked Talent. mss in s o ns un s n on mm ons oo tm ns namntnmine in mm ow ons ie ts n snn n ns nc January Sale 2 Commences Tuesday, January 7 And Continues All Month All Hosiery Woollens 10% Discount RINN BROS. SKIRTS Discount LINGERIE BLOUSES PARASOLS 13 Pine St. North | Try The Advance Want Advertisements the plans for the progzramme to be given at that meeting. Plans were also made for a dances, for members, to be held at th»> HMHo‘lingor hall on Friday, January 17th. Following the adjournment of the business meeting a perid of cp>n ditsâ€" cussion was enjoyed. Lunch was then sorved and a singâ€"song conducted beâ€" fore the meeting came to a close. 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Anyway, he ought to be able to pick out a tune.â€"CGiHlobe arw«i Mail. Mrs. A â€"Iâ€" thougcht you knew her She lives in the same square as :ou THAT‘Ss DNIFFERENT PERHMHAPS C

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