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'The DEVIL'S MANTLE For a moment more Peter stood there motiouless, them he stole cautiously back across the room his position just in of bpen panel that led | {nto the cave. From here, he could ! still command a view of both the | window and the door of the room ' from which the voices of Rand and Lahat Kahn still reached him. The thousandth chance! He shook his head grimly. It has served to reassure Marion -- that was all, He was not at all sure it was an even chance that the men from the lsis would get into the house without "being discov- ered---the mere kicking of a peb- ' ble as one of them came along, for instance, might upset it all; ard loig before they came, either Rand or Lahat Khan, for some | yeason or other, or for mo valid i! reason at all, might easily step in- to this room--and the open panel {. was here for them to see. The '| thousandth chance! Well, perhaps! | So much the better it it were! He . was sure of only one thing--that "' while he lived neither of the two | would get back through the pass- age to join their men in the cav- + gra or on the brig! . and, finding that the Ps ' "" " » » ' If only that revolver hadn't been lost! If he even had a weapon of any sort now! He looked around him, Many things, queer and fan- tastic, decorated the walls -- and the moonlight made them Jook queerer atill. A little to one sid? 'and well above his head was a cluster of what he took to he blow pipes, and hanging from the cen- tre of the cluster was what looked like a native #1", He reached up, club was merely suspended from a peg by a thong fastened to the handle, he took it down, It was not a wea- pon to be despised! He balanced it in his hand, It was short-hand- led, and the head of the thing, a 'huge knob of gnarled wood, was heavily weighted, The minutes passed--five--ten --fifteen of them, Surely as many as that--perbaps more! It seemed hours since Marion had gone out through that window there. Had £ she been able to find a boat? Hadj - TRUSS World's Best Non Skid Guaranteed to hold any ' rupture Made in 10 different styles, both Elastic and Spring KARN THE DRUGGIST - Phone 878---next P,0, Abdominal Belts, Shoulder Braces, Blastic Hoslery and Arch Supports - NORTH OSHAWA CONCRETE WORKS North Oshawa CEMENT BLOCKS for Sale 9 x 16° 17¢ 8x16 16¢ awa. All our blocks are made she beem obliged to swim? She must have reached the Isis lomg ago. They: would be on their way back now--they evem ought to be here by this time. Constantly he heard the voices from the other room---sometimes they were raised as in heated dis- cussion, At tiin.cs he heard one of the two, Rand probably, pacing up and down the floor with quick nervous strides--and at such mo- ments he crouched low, keeping the glass cases between him and the lighted doorway. He tried to analyze his own feelings--and succeeded only in in- ducing tumult in his mind. He was f{ree--Iree now! The past was like some evil dream from .which he had awakened to find love, and Marion; whereas, in the dream, again and again, most utterly he had lost her, But she was his now and the future-- Why did his brain riot so? What was this other thing that kept thrusting it- self upon him as though It were some ugly entity out of the dream itself? Ay, yes! He: felt the blood leave his face, and a strange trembling come {inte his hands. Rand! Well, Rand would not es- cape! Rand would-- Peter barely suppressed a cry. They were coming now, coming from the Isis! His eyes, straining through the window, could make out a number of forms emerging from the fringe of trees, and, spreading out fanwise, begin to run toward the house, The thous- undth chance had not materializ- ed! The thousandth-- Rand's voice came with a grumbling oath, as the door of the other room was flung sudden- ly and impatiently open, and Rand, with Lahat Khan beside him, step- ped out over the threshold, The Fight "Damn it!" Rand snarled, 'He wouldn't keep us waiting all night without some good reason--and if he hasn't a good one, he'll ans- wer to me! Back you go to the cavern, Lahat Khan, and find out what's the matter! I can't take any chance of the girl seeing me, and--" The sentence was never finished. Peter, crouching now, saw Rand halt suddenly and stars out through the window, "White men! White men!' Pe- ter heard Rand mutter in a dazed and puzzled way; and then in a sudden shout: 'Quick, Lahat Khan --there's something wrong! Quick ~~the panel! They've landed from the Isis, and are making for the house! Quick, you fool, Do You hear? The panel! They'll be on us in a second!" But Peter now was on his feet ~--and his club swung above his head. And Lahat Khan, the first of the two forms then came rush- ing toward him halted abruptly. "It's one of Tajal. Ali's men," gasped Lahat Khan. "He's got the panel open!" And then Peter laughed--for he had forgotten the disguise of Rahim De. "No!" Blake," There was a flash, the roar of a report, as Rand, behind Lahat Khan, fired--and the shot missed --and Lahat Khan went down as Peter's club crashed full upon the man's head. And only Rand was left. And Peter leaped for Rand-- and staggered back with a con- fused singing in his ears, a flash that blinded him, and some strange stabbing hurt, as though someth- icg hot and burping had been thrust through his body--and re- covering himself, he smashed at Rand with the club and hurled the other backward, and a glass case toppled to the 'floor and crashed in splinters. And Peter fell--and in falbpg be saw forms leaping through the window--and then blackness came. The Open Road Peter opened his eyes and stared about him in a troubled way. The surroundings were very he said, "It's Peter Announcement Corner Bruce LEW V. DISNEY STANLEY COTT Announce the formation of the firm of ' "" Disney -Cott"' Funeral Home and chapel at 87 CELINA STREET XZ . UNSURPASSED AMBULANCE SERVICE St.--~Oshawa . By Frank L. Packard ® (Copyright by Public Ledger) strange, and he was in bed. He could see that it was bright sun- light outside, though the window shade was drawn. Where was he? What had happened? He lay for a long time striving to puszle his way out of what seemed to be some mental maze that had entrap- ped him and which persisted in the most irritating way in batfl- ing him at every turn. Perhaps it was because he "as tired. He was conscious of lassitude and fatigue, as though he had been upon some long journey that had overtazed his strength, and because of which it was grateful now to le still and rest. Dut where had he come from, and where was he now? He stirred a little. There was something bound tightly around his body. He felt under the bed cofers with his hand. It was like a bandage, His eyes wanders around the room again. Beside the bed was a little stand, and on top of it were a number of medicine bottles and there was a small glass with some ruby-colored fluid in it, and a clinical thermometer stick- ing out over the edge. Yes, of course! He remembered now. Ii was incredible that he could hava forgotten! That passage through the cave--the open panel * * ¢ Last night in Rand's house * * * The fight * * * Rand had shot him, and then he had leaped at Rand and flung the other back against one of the glass cases and knocked it over just as the men from the Isis had come in through the win- dow! Of course! clear now--and this, of course, must be Rand's house. Perhaps, if he could look out through the window, he could see the Isis in the logoon, What had they done with Rand? He was quite sure, very grimly sure, that Rand had- n't got away, but-- The door was being opened-- very slowly, very carefully, very quietly, And then a golden head appeared in the opening, and blue eyes met his across the room. Marion! It was Marion--Marion! And Peter sald no word, hut sud- denly stretched out his arms to her--and saw the color come and go in her face--and heard her re- peat his name over and over in a low, glad way--and then she was kneeling at the bedside and hey face was hidden on his shoul- er, And for a moment neither spoke. And then Peter broke the silence, "Last night," he said, "when you went out to the Isis, Marion Ji?! She stopped him with a little ery. "Oh, Peter, dear," she said, and raised her head, and he could see that the blue eyes were dewy and that her lips were quivering, "your 'last night' is nearly five days ago! And so--and so"--she laid a finger in pretty authority upon his lips, and then kissed him softly--'and 80, you see, you must not talk or excite yourself, for you have--haye been very ill." "Five days!" echoed Peter help- lessly. "Do you mean it is five days since--"' "Yes," she broke in quickly, but now there was a sudden faltering in her voice. '"We--we wer? afraid, Peter, that we would not get here in time, and that--'" "Here?" Peter interrupted in a puzzled demand. "Where 'here' ?" "In Fiji," shg answered, 'We came as fast the Isis could travel--to--to reach a doctor, Ana once we thought that you were-- were -- but, oh, 'Peter, I do not want to think of it ever again---- ever again, dear! And now you must not talk. Haven't I alread told you that you must not excite yourself? If the doctor knew he'd pever Jet me come into the room again." "I'll excite myself a great deal more, if you don't tell me a lot of things I want to know," he ans: wered. : "No, Peter," she said firmly. "Yes, Marion!" he mimicked her tone. "I'll get out of bed and walk around the roem if you put on airs!" "Peter!" "What happened to Rand and Labat Khan and the rest of them?" demanded Peter. "Rand was killed by one of the men from the Isis," she said in a low tone. "He wouldn't surrender. He barricaded himself behind some of the cases in the corner of the room, and wounded two of our men. Lahat Khan is a prisoper, and there's a gunboat on its now to the island." "And Captain Mumm?" Peter persisted. "God bless his ugly face!" "He's going to buy another schooner with his insurance money as soon as he gtops worrying about' you!" She smiled tremulously. "He has been practically sleeping on your doorstep ever since we got here, and he was one of your nurses all the way over." "One of them! So there must have been another. Who was' it?" No answer. "Dear heart!" murmured Peter. Her finger crept into his hand is | It was all quite | | "Oh. yes, you 40'" she An- RE-FLOOR WITH SEAMAN-KENT HARDWOOD Nelo] ]) [¢ One Room at a Time It's So Simple! By getting that re-floor- ing job done piecemeal, you'll hardly feel the expense, But oh, . . . how vastly it will improve the appearance of yow home! And the work it will save your womenfolk! ,, W. J. TRICK CO., LTD. Oshawa [HE BEST THAT'S MADE IN EVERY GRADE A -- "To a high stool in a London counting house!" He smiled wry- "Oh, no Peter! Listen! It seems that your old family solicitor has been cabling everywhere to get track of you, and just about the time that the wireless was sent from the Isis stating that you were on board,the chief of police in Syd- ney received one of those cables asking for information about you. Naturally he followed that cable up, more for the sake of getting information about you that of sup- plying any himself. I don't know all the details, but your solicitor, it seems, has heen' able to sell guite advantageously, he says, those timber tracts you spoke of as belonging to your father's es- tate, and he wants you to come home." "Good old Sir Martin!" ejacu- lated Peter; and then with a whim- sical little smile: "Well, I'm glad he has. I would have had the nerve to ask for you from your dad, all right; but I would never have dared ask you to set the day until I had got a really topping job, you know, and "Hush, Peter!" she said. "As it that mattered! And now, that's positively all! You have made me a promise, you know." "But I'm going to amend it," said Peter brazenly. "I'll promise to keep quiet, if you'll stay here heside me." Peter and Marion "Very well, she agreed, and made an attempt to bring a very businesslike severity into her voice. "But you must go to sleep!" Peter hid a little smile. "I'l try," he said meekly, "Then close your eyes!" Peter closed his eyes obediently --but after a moment opened them by just the smallest fraction, that TI During the Summer Rush it was all true and mot a dream. But (reams came, and he lay there very still and quiet and dreamed t-ue dreams that seemed untrue, so great were the joy and happiness and the glad contentment that they brought. And a great thankfulness filled his heart. And for a long time he lay there without movement; and then very carefully, with gentle stealth, he felt her fingers begin to disengage themselves from his hand. And he let them go until almost they were free, and then he closed upon then and held them tightly. She looked up quickly--with a little gasp, "On, Peter--you haven't gone to sleep!" "lI was afraid you away." he said. And then her eyes were full of sudden tears--and suddenly her cheek was laid against his own, and her face was hidden from him. "Peter! Peter!' she whispered. "I shall stay always--for always and always! My Peter!" THE END MAKE DIRECTIONS T0 EVERY TOURIST EASILY FOLLOWED Clear and Accurate Informa. tion Adds to Joys of Motoring STREETS CONFUSING Always State the Number of Blocks to Point Where He is Going That which makes the motor tour an event of keenest pleasure may vary considerably, Some on being asked to single out the cause of greatest displeasure may recall a serious mechanical difficulty which arose to stamp the trip as a distinetly unpleasant experience. Others may remember a hotel which meant discomfort, br still others will look back upon a stretch of highway that was anything but the royal road to the romance of the outdoors. But, after a goodly portion of mo- tor way farers have heen polled, it is not unlikely that there will be a very pronounced opinion that the un- satisfactory direction given so as to confuse or to make it necessary to retrace many a mile is, after all, the root of much of the evil which exists but should be lacking in motor tour- ing. would go The Confusion Immediately there arises the ques- tion, "What constitutes a satisfac- tory, understandable direction to the tourist?' And while some consider- ation of a subject as old as motordom as a recital of one's A B C's or a re- continual dificulty experienced year after year by so many travellers on highways appears to leave something to be said on the subject, The chief characteristic, it seems, which a direction should possess is that it should be free from every possible tinge of con- fusion. This may appear to be ra- ther elementary, but there is no question that every tourist would be willing to leave all complexitis at that are as elementary 'as two times two is four. An Illustration To illustrate: The motorist finds himself in a strange city, not neces- sarily of metropolitan dimensions, but large enough to have home folks. He inquires his way, and is told the route in this fashion: "Go three blocks t6 Cumberland ave- nue, then turn right and go as far as Albermarle street; then make a left turn and continue as far as the cemetery. Take the road to the right: you can't miss it." He hopes he can't, but that is just what he does. And why? Obviously because there is no provision for his knowledge of intervening thoroughfares. He has no way of knowing what is the next street, and he proceeds to drive past it as if the motorcycle of the law were pacing him. One tourist, who has earned the title from annual jeurneys that take him some 1,500 miles away from home on a single trip, makes the suggestion that the tourist should be guided by telling him to proceed so many blocks, then turn and Sontipse may seem to be quite as unnecessary | view of the multiplication table, the | to the tourist | home and would welcome directions | streets | with names confusing to all but the | road leading to the right." This may seem to tax ome's sense of humor, but the tourist who was given the . | direction found that it worked like a charm. Many directions, however, are not given by the townspeople but by the professional guide of the motor club, and it may be said that this task of mass direction of the motor- ist has developed into a vast project made necessary by the presence of 18,000,000 passenger automobiles on North American highways at some time during the year. As To Detours The motor club in assuming this dity assumes also a responsibility of correctly serving its clientele. If maps are given out, they should be thoroughly accurate and up-to-date. The club employee who gives the in- formation also should be informed of detours in his own territory, for few experiences are so discomfiting as to drive along a road that has been recommended as a good one and then to find ahead several miles of a rocky road, The detours can and should be known to the one who di- rects tourists from behind the coun- ter of the motor club, and consider- able advancement has been made in maintaining information of this sort in motor club offices. The motorist likes to he given his information cheerfully and demands courtesy especially from the staff member of the motor club. Happily, he meets with it from this direction in more instances than he does not, and whenever he does its reception serves to impress upon him the value of membership in organized motordom. Motor clubs go still further and offer services which make it possible for the motor wayfarer to chart his tours as a mariner would lay out his course. But his compass still must be the ocasional person he meets in his travels together with the staff of the motor club office to which he drives to keep constant check on his movements into unfamiliar territory, And, while commenting on the work of the motor glub, it may be pends on it for his directions wants them late and early, To insure sat- isfaction in this manner, many clubs make their hours conform to the de- sires of the motorist, particularly in the season of most touring. And when the club offices do close, many executives of these organizations make it a point to have their service emporarily transferred to some place such as a nearby garage. WORTH MORE IN CANADA? (Hamilton Herald) British members of parMiament receive a sessional indemnity of $2,000. 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