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hm MacBrlen Balley s« an0d "Y‘know, oldâ€"chap," C#olthrop said "I‘ve thought of one or two other points.‘‘ Moreton mad> no signs of having heard. "In the first place, Baxter brought me definite orders. to fal'rest Flanagan. These orders had been repeated to the police, too, Supâ€" erintendent Mil‘lwell and Sergeant Philbeam knew at the time of their "But, they‘ll never succesed." Capt. Calthrop heard him muttering to himself, "never!" Moreton â€" stood, like a . Napoleon, meditating watching the continuous arrival of thovusards cof tro~ps with all sort;: of impoloments. Fanned out into â€" scores of work‘ ns porties, they had already begun to grapple with the massive tides of fire. the. noar by foctory â€" a mighty swaths of firs, thres miles in cireoum{sr nre, were ths2 blazing mocrlands. Days, mavybe weeks, would elarse before their crecping furnaces could be extinguished. Soft coal serm thad been igrited ard, in some places, the carlÂ¥ wos incandescont in ma‘s to a dopth of f ftsen feet. Rocks could be hsard explodinz, or sersecaâ€" ing into fragments under th> awful heat, and the droning roar of comâ€" bustion was lke the thurder of a sule len sea. his courss was oandcd@ ard hoâ€"d ‘aken opp:ritunrity to mioks g:od as e cape. Puzzle was n whit «direction had he gone? It ~ould appear that ns Fal only one prsstble ine of down thae H:ilersfic‘d road by whic: Morcton and Calit rcep hedâ€" re. châ€":d the scene., It som=me! su‘e‘dal or anyâ€"» orat ritempt io move i=.any othe? direction. CHAFPTER XilLl ACRES OF FIRE â€" Flanagan, the resegzade, hrd vaniâ€" shed. From the time »e had hbesi seen to cowser awâ€"y {irom Bannis3 murderous sttack, no ont had taken heid o‘ him. Ban i‘s Jlo ey â€"dyl"; had céertai~y stunrned Moreton‘s; facâ€" ultles. However, :t ‘ad com. to pdss Eector Flaza an realizsd tHi} . BARRISTERS and SAOLICTITORS CAPTAIXN CALTHROP: Intelligénce Officer on Hardisty‘s staff, Specwly interosted in security questions. "RATTY‘" HELME: â€"Progress clefk, who toadies to Flanagan. } MAJOR â€" GENERAL SR m-r HARDISTY: Gencralâ€"Officer Come manding the district in which the Lo= wood works are situated. intendert. Hostile to Moreton. to be a former R.A.F. puot invalided out. Now works as an inspector in fiii , Lowood tank plant. CAROL GILROY: Daughter of local. solicitor, who has taken up war work as a viewer in the Lowood plant. She is. interested in Moreton, who mystifies in HECTOR FLANAGAN: Works superâ€" al MASSEY BiEO00CX PIMMIX® 0XT PROC~ZSSIONAL CAROS Author of "The Steel en 5s itc at tm d vm 4 , â€"â€" ‘e» { s F" â€" "Yeées," Moreton growled on. “'rhey- ‘ve won this round. Ab the best <,the wholé show will have to close down untill this menace has passed. At the warst, the plant can be destroyedâ€" Calthron wasâ€"silent. He, too, was aâ€" Shast. He paid tribute, stientiy. Moreâ€" ton hnsd undâ€"ubtedly statéd éase! S ME h +4 4 WB °“v wed * “Inoineration." Moreton repeated. "In Asche gelegtâ€"‘in ashes laid, were amon«s his last words, weren't. they 4" ‘"They were.". "Then think of: the position here. Think! The wind has only to change â€"and this scheme of sabotage is abâ€" solutely complete?" He pointed to the great factory. “Jerrys bombs missed the lotâ€"but his: creeping, myster‘otts, -fwmnon carrics on, Jt,vst Jlet ;the ting wind change and, instéad of working upwards, "this great ring of fire will closs in on the place and the whole plant will crumble like burnt cardâ€" Flanagan had staged his mysterious d‘sanpearance urder their very eyes. Heilme, the progress clerk, lhad similarly vanithed. A pose of Security police, deta‘led to arrest him, had searched factory premists and, eventually, his lodgings. Evidently Helme, too, had seen the game was ended. He had bsen bark to his reoms and had destroyed nâ€"pers and clothâ€" in a most unusual matner, by piling them in the resarth and pourxâ€" ing acid cver the heap. Moreton nodded, :tatis ~mews of that. fied, over the "Then think of the position â€"here. Think! The wind has only to change â€"and this scheme of sabotage is abâ€" solutely complete?" He pointed to the . Yes! ‘Theâ€"the â€" incineration was complete on the right sideâ€"" "Then you saw Ludwig Banni.. Had he been pulled out of blazing petrol, he couldn‘t have been worse.. Someâ€" thing more than a tumble into burit: ing heather had fixed him What about one of these tubesâ€"ch? Haveâ€" n‘t you taken into calculation that he might have found one and, carrying it in his pocket the thing had been warmed up, and had explodéed int> ‘"Take first Banni‘s imuriés for exâ€" emple. You tell me you‘re a doctor. So be it. Wellâ€"you saw Flintoff and all the others. They‘d been fireâ€"fishting for an hour. Except for | scorched clothing an minor burns, they weren‘t hurt. C "Ava‘led‘ hkims"1f of nothing!" «Here â€"was the supégrcilious sâ€"nd arâ€" rogart Moreton‘ of â€" frrmer times < *"That ineffable word ‘ava‘led‘ And, â€"don‘t be sn darred reckless with your lose." Calthrop slowly lit a cigarette. Moreton‘s attitude carriea an enorâ€" mous conviction of sincerity. The man was sickened and worried, as by disâ€" "S rry,Calthrop. I‘m bad medicine anmetimes Put I‘ve got every excuse at this minute!" "Well, if Flanagan‘sâ€"‘ ‘~"Forget Flanagan!" Moreton made a wide gesture. "Why must you keep on missing the essential points?" \~~"Why the cunning ~dévil> would â€"have availéd himself of the chance to dive into that bomb crater, cro‘s ‘14t,. olamber up its fart®er s‘de, ernd double back to the factory. I‘ll bet .everitvally â€" find Bbim hidinz / as hscitated, worriâ€" ed â€"and quite miserable, Moreton rveâ€" Iâ€"rted. A wry grin broke across h‘s face, "'-i“t!i- t# g$%%4. ""h ut it ovt!" And here wo; sheer <illâ€" tempâ€"r addei to mutiny a* mind. "Ceneral â€"Hardisty mads a s"‘ght mst ke. Tâ€"am rot, and. never "ar~ be, imder vour ordar: I am 0"° the Secret Servircs, not T"~tcliâ€" vonse T sâ€"â€"the werole n~s‘tirn is unâ€" teonab‘e, T won‘t stand for it, either!" '*”m'lflf:;)f the Famiegs $iaoyy ie + Institute of Switzerian« < ind the awftil: recollection of what ~the did to Banni. You may hbe ~MMMW%M01' ats < tempting : a getâ€"away . doross the .. "Really, Morstor," said the a‘frontâ€" ed Ca‘‘hrop, "I must ask you to re= memberâ€"*"* <~"Then â€"what?" â€"Moreton. roughlv came out of the clouds and demandâ€" kailéldostope in incessantly thifting and reâ€"artanging its purâ€" poses, down in the valley. Ontarin Land Survevar aa*s 5. N ROSS ty 4+ + **:4 X" "hamne 3R* fate." rnughlv brightly "Let that nonsenss stop right now, Gileés!" Carol pretended to be stetn. "You‘ve come unstuck. All is krown, so you can‘t trhrill me any more with + "Yes," Carol soberly returned, "it has! Just as we‘d got right into our stride with the new boxes, tco." "Bhâ€"h!" Moreton grinned. "Careless talk, y‘ know. You‘ve heard me variâ€" lously described, so you‘ll have to "Well, and bhow is Mr. Giles More«â€" ton, or whatever they cail him, rsâ€" ally," she "feeling toâ€"day? Tired, I expect?" "By jove, I am, Carol, Absolutely worn cut. Thank the lord there‘s no nightâ€"shift for me 2sgain, toâ€"night. I hear the whole plant‘s being closed down temporarily." When it was ended he found cause for furths=r enjsyment. Garol Gilroy, looking love‘y in the clear October surshine, appeared. Gencsral Hardisty had sttted he wanted Helime‘s neck for the hangâ€" man‘s noose. now he had it! For the flask which had contsirned the acid was of that litht mtal wiiich is ca‘iâ€" ed "dertal alloy"â€"a precious metal, into» which platinum is entcered ags an acidâ€"resisting foll. It hod bien made in Germany. Indeecd it o Ticially Nazi isrsue given to parachutist spiles for the rapid destruction of their parachutes on landing. Altogether Moreton enioved his sleeoy meal. At last definite prsof had been obâ€" tained on the score of Helme‘s â€"onâ€" nexion w‘ith Geormonyâ€"and if He‘me the rat, were gu‘lty, why nct FPlanaâ€" gan. the wild boar, a‘so? During these weeks that he had played his waiting and watchinz game, in the guise of an inspector, he had never sufficient cvyiâ€" dence to cornvict Flanazanm and Helme of complicity in the various acts of. sabotage h> hnsd noted,. Thenâ€"froaom the moment Helme made that fatal suggestion on the station platform, unrtill now, when he was eating his first meal in fifteen hoursâ€"events had moved with such rapidity as to leave him unable to exercise any sinâ€" gle intrument which would implement success. For, to his clearâ€"thinking and rsâ€" alistic m‘nd, that was what it amountâ€" ed toâ€"the deviecs had scrv;d to withâ€" draw official attention from the abâ€" so‘uts failure of his efforts in other directions. Moreton grinrned, somewhst eyricâ€" ally, as he listened to the of‘icial conâ€" gratulations he received. Rather nice, he ‘told himself, to have prodticed such a magr‘ficeut red herring with such facility. in such a cvists. The treachercus bâ€"w hr>d been onâ€" ©rmors in its strongth and Parryi~ng it was, to the mil‘tary mi~d, the equivalent of a victorious feat o arms. * Fard‘stv conertrated all his sovrces making the scrâ€"ems svnecess He wes enthursi~stie. Por thing. os > s~‘d it cave his "fat j someth‘ng to do," for srother h>â€" 1ds for hiz commn should the v‘ta)l tankâ€"goars‘ prod tion wv‘ant survive, m .o Widett Aitlle ib B hnrman‘vy pâ€"sible, The ruclcus of t~e scheme ‘rem â€" Moreton‘s fort‘}~ s of nondâ€"rinâ€" "anis wns"]' in thechil‘. He arau. ed that such ar exâ€"arse â€"f ex tended possible path of the firs., wore it to <Jtor dirâ€"ct on 1 rhante of wind, wâ€"nid say>s the Corisâ€" â€" work .â€"The Gan~rg) I‘ked3 ides. and had it to his Roy*l "nsiners. They. annroved, 6 2 24 L.X acr?s l0 n _ "* Encouraging News for Munâ€" icipalities Comes â€"from New Liskeard; Lact week‘s New Liskeard speaker has the following in reference to Hyâ€" dro and taxation, which will be read with interest ‘ocâ€"lly where the quesâ€" tion has been much discussed :â€" HBydro Will Pay 1945 Taxes nn“fi"mih” weee _ LPA¢ L 8 L 000 The ‘rem â€" of is nondâ€"rinâ€" ed that such ar CHAPTER XIV THE GENERALI BACKS MORETON Wires throbb d with messsa~es: field radio receivers hrard ravid ordsrs, The whols fores ereas~d ‘n fizhting the moorland fires was Seventy per of it eff¢ctives was ror‘dly co~eâ€"ntr=‘sd on ‘ronch â€" digâ€" ging ard domolition rark t~o the Bort» of the factory. Incsignificant bur dtng : and stors w lis wore torn down. Ciay weas puddled: rouch concr‘ts wmix=4 and. int=~ a hucs ond s=2‘nw d‘tohnina scon to extend for n mile, stâ€"nss ar > clavy end ennarots weypa form a watâ€"rticht hod °t was e to. divert wattrs; "ram mosotriand "nd ths Lowso~d@ m: in to this ‘mprovised cona‘ as 3°0n A hnrman‘y pâ€"sible. : ~long as you like. Theâ€"-the General . Sudbury, Jan. 12thâ€"â€"Mrs. Wiliam you can‘t thrill me any more with . He us bolh E. ~a Temdent of race kept surveuhnu. sur-almostsmrs.dhdatut)oemmt incredulo face. af D. R. Franklin | s ies on uie pite an if Awm ~.come home!" . Mrs. Mason, wife of the publisher of â€" Phone 946 (To be Continued (‘The Sudbury Danily Star, died at her Drawingnoom The characters in this story are ens< home, 23 Eim St. West, from coromary # Goldfirlds Block tirely imaginary. No referenge in in« thrombosis. She suffered a heart seisâ€" a'pme St. Nm-m se« nmm.m f mhmmmmm any mmmn«mmmmm And (that will mean theâ€" armotred equipment ofâ€"Aan army will be lost." > "So bad as that?" Moreton smiled bitterly. "They‘ve timed it magnificently. You see, an absolutely new type of sixâ€"speed box was just going into proâ€" @uction, intended for our tanks to date." He stabbed a finger in the direction of the enormous t cgave his "fat laqâ€" ‘ for asrothor hss saw ‘s for his commard, tankâ€"goars‘ producâ€" his roâ€" on "Yes. Actually they‘re guarding our house. And Daddy has sent me to ofâ€" fer you hospitalityâ€"â€"you canâ€" have "Listen! A camouflage has been arâ€" ranged. A military post has been conâ€" trived in an empty house in the Caâ€" thedral Close. that‘s the excus2 to Hellersfield, for the continous parade of sentries." » "Of sentries? Garolâ€"sentries, in the Close?" | y "Yes, he has!" Carol‘s eyes dancâ€" ed. ‘"He‘s a perfect wizard of strategy, Giles. Do you know, he came home with me last night, and so charmed Daddy that the pair of ‘em sat mumâ€" bling and laughing together until the small hours, And, ~between them, they‘ve mapped out your immediatse future." "Butâ€"but I don‘t quite follow. Whatâ€"â€"‘" vour sinister mysteries." That certainly outâ€"faced Moreton, "Oh ..is it Now, who has been letâ€" ting cats get free? General Hardisty?" ates, its properties pwre ass°ssed and toxed as thâ€"ugh it were a private cor Power lines and equipméent are included in the astessments, alâ€" hovth in some cases, it is stated where rétail stores ars operated, conâ€" cessions have bsen made. Arcording to Mr. Cumm‘ng, nothing definite has been decided upon With regard to the nolicy to be followed regaxdtncr the f=e.â€" mer holdings Of the Northern Ontarlo Powor Company and their possible ‘axation by the various municipalities, and this vewpoint was taken also by en offcial of the Hydro who is in the North Country on business for the Hydro, but the assurance that 1945 taxes wi‘l be paid is quite delnite; . R. D. Cumming, Haileybury â€" barâ€" rister who was the defeated Conservaâ€" tive candidate at the general election in August, 1943 and who since that time has been in close touch with the Drew Administration at @ueen‘s Park, said in an interview in his home town thit either the Hydroâ€"Electric Comâ€" mission or the Ontario Government would pay all taxes on the property, as â€" levied for the current year, and that future policy with regard to taxâ€" ation in this respect remained to be determined. . _‘ . Assessments for this year have been made in many of the towns and townâ€" ships of the area served by the system, and there had been cons‘derable apâ€" prehension among officials and memâ€" bers of councils over what they nad ‘eared would be a serious drop in their revenues if, as they had expected, the property would go into the "exempt" columns of their rolls. In the case of Coleman township the amount at tt:ke is close on $9,000, Cobalt stood to lo:2 over $2,000, the neichboring township of Hucke received about +1,°00 last year, New Liskeard over $2,300 and the township of Harley to some examples, gabout $2,000, ‘wenty percent of its entire reyveras. 4 C CE ECOd We ho. F. WAE We Ne From 6ther sources it was learned this Wweek also that in all sections where the Hydro Electric operâ€" en tb 4 Confirming unofficial reports that have . cirsulated freely in Temiskamâ€" i~g>â€" district sincs after anâ€" nouncement was made of the deal ~f_manth. e de inite statement that has the Ontario Government as its s vrce of authnrity, was made :hi; week that municipal taxes would be raid dur‘rg the present year, at least on â€" property formerly owned by â€"the Northern Ontario Power Company, . imited, and recently acquired by the provincial authoritiee to be <sperated °s part of the Hydro system in Ontarâ€" iJ0. Lact week‘s New Liskeard speaker has the following in reference to Hyâ€" dro and taxation, which will be read with interest ‘octlly where the quesâ€" tion has been much discussed :â€" HBydro Will Pay 1945 Taxes Mr. Cumming pointed out that taxes Says Hydro Will Pay Taxes at Least for Present Year 14 1 valid coupons in Ration Book 5 ‘gooc‘vl"unfil further notic 22 30 "In his 31ist year, Craftsman. Bo‘sâ€" sonneau‘lt was born at Haileybury 0n Sept. 22, 1914, a son of Alfred Boisâ€" sonneatult, now of Timmins, and the late Mrs. Boissonneault, who died aâ€" bout eight years ago. He went to Timâ€" mins as a boy, attended schcol thern and later joined the staff of Sam Bucâ€" evetsky, Ltd., with whom he was emâ€" ployed in all of the company‘s stores except Rouyn. He was located in Coâ€" balt for two years, and had been ac*~ ive in athletic circles there. "This letter reached Mrs. Boissonâ€" her husband, who enlisted from Norâ€" hnherhusband, who enlisted from Norâ€" enda in July, 1942 went overs>as last April, and had been on the Western Front since July. When he wrote the leétter last month, he was on transâ€" port duty, and he had reéturned to acâ€" tion after having been under treatâ€" ment for burns to his fare réceived on December 3, it was stated. Craftsman Bo‘sroâ€"~neault went overseas with the ROCO® transferring in England to the RCEME. "Craftsman â€" Roger â€" Conrad â€" Boisâ€" sonneault, who was born in Hailéyâ€" bury and whose wife and two children are at present with her parents in Cobalt, died on December 20 as the result of an acc‘dent overseas, accordâ€" ing to an offici~sl message recei‘~ed by Mrs. Boissoneault. No particulars are cyvailable: she told The Haileyburian this week, and in a letter from her husband, wr‘tten by him on December 18, he had given his location as in Holland then. In a reference to the death of CGraftsman Pocer Conrad Boissonecault formerly of Timmins. but whise wife resides in Cobalt. The Haileyburxon last week says that no particulats have ‘been received as to hi~ death on cverseas service. The Haileyburian article is as follows:â€" No Particulars Yet Available in Death of Cfn. Boissoneault ~The authority quoted by Mr. Cumâ€" ming in the statement he made this weck is the HOon. Gtorce H Ohallies, Mirisfer without portfolio and Hydro member of the government of Prenii*r George Drew. Mr. Cumming said he had received assurance from Mr. Clial!â€" lies that the 1945 levies would be paid to the various and also ‘n school sections where there is ns municipal organization, in which the rower lines and other facxhtles ure lscated. the power system. a provincial governâ€" ment utility the same as the Temiskâ€" aming and Northern Ontario and the Abitibi Canyon development, the former operated by a Commission ind the latter by the Hydro itself. are paid to municipalities in Southers Ontario served by the Hydro system, and in connection with the recent purâ€" chase of the company‘s property in this district declared that this had been bought by the nrovi~"c» o° On ar n and not by:the Hydro Electric Comâ€" mission which, however would epgrate the system. This, he said, would maike 24 31 17 § Butter Coupon 93 Valld Sugar Coupons 50, 5) 25 Butter Coupon 94 1} Butter Coupon 92 Preserves Coupons 37, 38 Conserve Butter! Born in St. Catharines on March 4, Mrs. Mason was the former '!ce Maude Tinlin, â€" secohd â€" youngest daughter of the late Wm. Tinlin and Mary Abne McVeigh, She was as wideâ€" ly known in St. Gatharines district of the Niagara peninsula as in Sudbtury, having retained her. tami‘y and childâ€" hood~ connections there by frequent \v‘sit â€"to her birthplacé She came 6f sturdy, pioneer stock, herâ€" family beâ€" ing United Enpn'e Loyalists who set» tled, very early in the 19th Oentury. pot . far from what. was: soon to ‘be Brock‘s historic battlefleld at Mndy 8 Lane. The late Leonardâ€" Pau),* is s"rvived _ by his parerts who are plonoer dents of. Haileybury, and by se brothets, Hugh A. Paul" and . Harc 8. Paul, of Timmins, and Wajfier 1. Paul, of Kirkland Loke. All were. moned Pome when it was known. th t his iliness was criticn%. and thev‘ reéâ€" mained for the funera on ’Neswi ? las* week. Service was conduct i t‘.e United Chuirch at Hflly biuty. Bg Rev. A. P. Add‘son. and lntemafil was made in the faomily pint in e old _ HaA‘llevybury 'l‘hé M bearere were Harry Btirton, R. ‘lfl“!am KA 2A > 4# Q tical throughout the petied of ilinets the heart gradually Wemning under the strain.. The end cafne quite peare»‘ fully. Mr. Mason was ‘also beéfeaved only a week ago in the loss of a broâ€" ther, Stuart J. Mason, of Geoderich, Mrs. Macon who was in her Gfind year. â€" Born in St. Catharines on March 4, Rev.‘ A. P. Add‘son. and internahient was made in the family pint in the old Ha‘leybury cemetety.~The . m bearere were Harry Birton, R. Rishardsin, William Whalen, M. 8 Boyd, Harold Grozelle and _ R. «Y Campbell. t his iliness was critical, and thev ré mained for the funeral on . ’lesw.;o! last week. Service was conduct Fae United Church at Halleybury. 6y able conversationalist on most topics. He was a Conservative in prilfi¢cs and a member_of the United Church. 3 and was a nitive of Shawvme. 2 coming â€"to Hailleybury . lmt years ago when the . there. Hehadbeenmmlymlndl;‘ the age of two years, but in spite 6 this tiandi¢ap he had made a natie for through the North and had a latge cumme in his ‘callitig or proféstion. He attended ‘the Brantford Institute for the ‘Blind when he was a> and there secured a good education mdmmwmmu*ic,wammm natural© talent he developdd aA > Skil that was little short of amaiitig, Aill _oldâ€"timérs in the North khew Léonrlata Pau‘, nndonhk:mrthahtdtw wide easily recoghining people by their voices recognising besâ€" ple by their voires and Characterâ€" ist‘cs, his sense of hearing being un- vsua‘ly keen and his memory b § truly . remarkable. He had mv«n ic adross Canadea, making acquaintancé wherever ‘he went, and remember them in unusual ways. He took a kee ; interest in public affairs and Wwas: