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ae MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1928 A =i THE TIGER T CHAPTER 1 Tampa i'is_ always quiet in mid- afternoon. - It is always a tranquil time of day, and the best way to spend it 'is to sit and: drink many cold drinks of lime and" lemon. 1 used to spend it that way ex- cept when out on calls. Jefferson Davis Lincoln, who watches over me and answers my bells and sweeps my office and with inimitable bows guides my patients to their chairs, can make as: refreshing a concoction out of a little lime- juice and mint and scltzer-water as can be imagined. Perhaps the story of Southley Downs should begin with that Au- ust afternoon beside Useppa Is» ne Alexander Pierce and I were tarpon fishing. When 1 think of Alexander Pierce it is always with a fishing-rod in his hand. He was at his best then. To see him on the street one could easily guess that he was a fisherman, but. never a detective. There is no practice in the world that leaves its mark upon a man's face more clearly than fishing. Pierce had that mark, He had singularly quiet eyes--eyes that looked farther than most tele- scopes, but yet not seemingly keen or alert, He had a lean, weather- beaten face, scribed and rescribed with lines. His hair was curiously thin--and people rather expected it to be gray, But when he removed his hat it was seen to be rather light brown and fine. "Sa you go back to your work tomor- row," I said. "I'm sorry you can't stay longer." "Not as sorry as I am, doc," he re- plied. "If it's between fish and thieves, I choose fish every time, They are more gentlemanly, and re- quire a fine art. One's daily bread, you know! But why don't you stay and fish without me?" "Fishing for tarpon with anybody except Alexander the Great would give me no thrill at all," I told him, "I'd sooner go to my house party." "Dancing around mn a ballroom when you could be dancing around on the sea with a tarpon. By the way, where did you say you were going for this riotous week?" "To a big old manor house in the interior--Southley Downs." "Southley!" he muttered. "His name doesn't happen to be Peter Southley, does it?" "That happens to be his name," "Ah old man--seventy-five years of age--white-haired, heavily built, about as tall as you, with a peculiar nervous twitch to his eyes?" MThat's. Peter Southley, I don't know him well, I met him at my club in Tampa, when he was visit. ing the Martins. And I can't under. stand what made him ask me, I got a letter just a couple of days ago, and he promises fishing and shooting and golf of the best. Asked me for a full week, and even seemed a trifle hectic about it--as if he wanted me very badly. I'll stay a day or two, at least," "Queer thing," he muttered. "Such 2 queer thing, But there doesn't seem to be any further doubt." I was scorched by curiosity; but I knew enough not to ask questions, "You're a sort of a trustworthy quack, Long," he remarked at last, I began to be hopeful; but I knew my cue, "Very Alex," "Of course your years are against you---only thirty-three. Yet they say that you have a cool hand with a scapel, Steady hand means steady nerves. Steady nerves means you're to be trusted in a pinch, You handled that Wildmarsh problem pretty well, too, Tell me--have you any deep, per- sonal regard for this man South. ley?' "Not really." I'd barely met the man. "I did think he was a kindly old chap; very agreeable, and with a fine taste for vintages." "I rather thought that might de- scribe him. Long, I want you to keep your eyes open when you are at his house. I want you to watch--all the time." "Alexander, you are the last man in the world to ask me to do any- blundering, I'm afraid, loyalty between a guest and his 1. "I rather hope I am, yet a detective gets remorseless. must guard against it. In this case--well, in this case, I should say it was quite otherwise. Maybe you don't know what 1! mean. I'm not sure that I know myself. 1 have rather vague ideas--instincts, 1 guess you'd call them. I can't tell you what prompts them. I don't know myself. Anyway, you can be sure that 1 don't want you to take any position unbecoming a guest." oo "Then tell me--what am I to do? He went on as if I hadn't ques- tioned him. "Perhaps I'm playing a blind lead; but my instincts tell me otherwise. It is simply this. Less than a year ago, the \dgtective agency with which I have unofficial connec- tions would have paid me the big- gest fee of my lifetime to find this same Peter H. Southley. Only his name isn't that, or anything like it. It is, in reality, Andrew Lasson." "You mean--that the old man is going under an alias?" "I'll correct that a little. I don't know that his real name is Andrew Lasson. I don't know that it isn't Southley. Names don't much matter, you know. At sundry times I've been known through the West 'as Amos Schmidt. His real name may be Southley, and it may be Lasson, and it may be something else. All 1 know is for a long period of time the 'man Dr, Long. «. eas annnsns Alexander Pierce......... Josephine Southley. ...... Ahmad Peter H. Southley......., Ernest Southley...... 44: Vilas Hayward.... --and CAST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY OF MYSTERY AND ROMANCE 'THE TIGER! v1ss4144414.The Narrator «ssssasssss The Detective sass waa sss tses The Gin ..Host at Southley Downs op His Son .Guest at Southley Downs His Son EEE REIN HE NEVER COULD DIGEST HIS FOOD a queer thing that my first thought after noticing it was that ten mine utes had been wasted. There is no accounting for the vagaries of the human mind, It wasn't that I'm the kind of man that can stand before a shop window and spend an en- joyable ten minutes gazing at crea- tions of millinery. There was a feeling from the first that if it should only be lifted off it would reveal a great, lovely heap of shimmering brown hair, arching a face as pretty and piquant as the eyes of man could wish to see. It was just that kind of a hat. The train stopped at a station, and a man in the opposite row of seats She seemed to have no weight at all. But I did see the lovely shadow her eyelashes made against the white- ness of her face. A woman picked up the silken week end bag that the unconscious girl had carried, and drew the cur- tain for me. She was a large, cheery- faced matron, capable and deter- mined, and under ordinary circum- stances I would have felt perfectly safe in leaving my patient in her hands. But in this case, 1 went to work to effect the recovery myself, It was the most simple form of ordinary faint; so I sent the woman for smelling salts. "Maybe she's got some in her from mine left the train. His chair bag," she suggested. -- zine of cartridges, who calls himself Southley was known as Andrew Lasson. I know that he landed in America forty years ago as Andrew Lasson. What his name was hefore that, I don't know. I know that about a year ago in- quiries came from a certain man in England to find at all costs Andrew Lasson. The fee was to be tremen- dous, most of which was to be paid a year after we found him. The man's name was Roderick--at least that's what he told us. His signa- ture was that of an old man, After a while his son--a big, dark, good- looking man about thirty-five came to see us personally, Well, we start- ed to work. We traced just long enough to discover that Andrew Lasson had moved South from New York as Peter H. Southley--when Roderick called us off. He said he'd found his party himself." "Perhaps it was just some legal mix-up--heir to an estate, or some- thing? Southley is tremendously wealthy," "Possibly. But 1 did get interested, I never saw such a tireless pair of hunters as these Rodericks were, And when you're down for this week end party I want you to keep ears and eyes wide open--and, of course, lips closed." The journey to Southley Downs is distinguished by some of the most beautiful scenery in Florida, but I didn't look at it, The porter showed me my seat at the seaboard station, and it is un- believably true that ten minutes had passed before I ever noticed the dainty little hat on a girl almost the thing that is the slightest breach in length of the car ahead. 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WE ARE THE LARGEST AND OLDEST ESTABLISHED HERBALISTS IN CANADA, "Cet Back to Nature and Live." was considerably nearer the front of the car than mine, so I slipped into it. The girl's profile was plainly vis- ible to me now, She wore a little tailored suit of blue, and her silken bag indicated a week end visit with a girl friend on the shore. It was one of those pretty conceits that girls love, cut up into a hundred delectable pockets for toilet articles. I could not watch her so intently now, I pretended to gaze out of the windgw, but the pan- orama slipped by me without leaving a single impression in my memory, Then, turning once more, our eyes met, All at once I saw that her color was gone, I watched her more in- tently, The fatigue of the journey, combined with some nervous strain that I could not understand, were having an actual, tangible effect on her physical being. I began to feel glad that I was a doctor, Her posi- tion had changed, too. I had to look twice to see what she was do- ing. She no longer stared at the back of the seat, She was sitting up- right, almost rigid in her chair, and her eyes were on the landscape out- side the window. I followed their line of sight, and saw at once that we were passing through some great country estate, An enormous house, a great white palatial structure of style of long ago, perched upon a near-by hill, It looked as big as the castles of Europe, and on the hill- side were clustered such outbuildings as stables and garages, There were wide sweeps of meadow, a curving driveway, and in the most astounding contrast the deep fastenesses of tro- pical jungle, For we were in the in- terior of southern Florida, as verdant a place as is to be found in all of North America. Human senses are not entirely reliable. On the witness stand I could not swear exactly what I saw. As if caught in the frozen fascina- tion with which the girl watched the passing panorma, I was still following the line of her vision. It scemed to me that I caught a glimpse of something yellow in the thicket--a ° curious, brilliant yellow in great splashes of color. It was just a glimpse, and yet I had dim reasons for thinking that the yel- low form was living. It might have been just a gayly colored plant, or a flash of bird wings, or even a tawny dog. I should say that its size might correspond to that of an enormous hound, It might have been a yellow calf, or perhaps only the sunlight against dark water. It didn't matter, any- way. The only thing that did matter or that I remembered for hours af- terward, was that the girl suddehly slipped down to the floor in a dead faint. In an instant she was in my arms. I don't remember how she came there. I have no remembrance of exertion in leaping to her chair or picking her up. She was simply there when I again looked into her face, her slender body against my breast, her head resting on the muscle of my left arm, her white face uplifted, and unconsciousness upon her. If I had a single impression as [ carried her to the women's room. it Iwas cortainly mot of her weight! I peered into the pretty conceit that the woman had brought, but I found no perfumed salts, It was a far different thing that met my eyes. I like to think that my face gave no sign, that the woman had no inkling of the little shiver of wonder- ment that went through every nerve. What I saw would not have been unusual under different circum- stances, In the bottom of a trunk, or pushed into the cushion of an automobile seat, or even in a suit case, perhaps I would not have glanced twice at it, But in this bag, with the most intimate articles for daily use, it seemed incongru- ous to a horrible degree. It was a dark, ugly automatic pis- tol, brand-new and with a full maga- zine of cartridges. Reviving the unconscious girl was the work of a moment. But it almost made me miss my station, Her eyes opened and rested upon me. I do not know with what white magic that glance was instilled, But it went deep into me, and left a|La curious warmth and elation. I know that no other eyes had ever looked at me in quite that way, or had the same effect upon me. Perhaps it was their curious darkness, or even the haunting sorrow that could not pos. sibly be denied, (To be continued) AMBULANCE STONED BY DOCK STRIKERS Melbourne, Australia, Oct, 6,-- The situation arising from the strike of the maritime and trans- port workers remained unchanged last night with trade union officials holding a gloomy view of the pros- pect for a settlement, A Council to decide the future activities of the strikers has been appointed for each state in the Commonwealth, Brisbane witnessed a new out- break of violence today when a body of strikers attacked ten vol- unteer workers, one of the volun- teers receiving injuries which re- quired hospital treatment. The striker stoned the ambulance car- rying the injured man to the hos- pital. Work is proceeding slowly and quietly at Adelaide with volunteer aid. Strikers and volunteers have not clashed there, and Premier K. I. Butler of South Austarlia has instructed the police to take ac- tion, if necessary, to prevent intim- idation of the volunteers. Five hundred mounted bushmen have offered to proceed to Bris- bane to aid in the maintenance of law and order. HAVE LEFT LONDON FOR IRISH ESTATE London, Oct. 8. -- Princess Mary and her husband, Viscount Lascelles, left Friday night for Dublin, en route to the Viscount's estate of Portumna Castle, County Galway, where an alleged incendiary fire cavsed extensive damage the night before last, OSHAWA LAYMEN AT CONVENTION UNITED CHURCH Missionary and Maintenance Work Discussed at Meeting in Toronto Delegates from this portion of the province are attending the lay- men's convention of the United Church of Canada, in the three day session at Massey Hall, Toronto, with the object of disseminating greater knowledge of the mission ary and maintenance work of thelr church, ' Those appointed as representa tives from this district are as fol- lows: St. Paul's, Bowmanville J. A. McClellan, T. H. Knight, Geo. E. Chase, John R. Philp, : Trinity, Bowmanville F. C. Vanstone, J. E. Elliott, W. P, Corbett, Dr. J. C. Devitt, C. H. Mason, W. R. Strike, W, J. Morri- son, Dr, C, W, Slemon. Brooklin W. Rateliffe, N. J, White, J. Gar- butt, 8. Ireland. Columbus and Kedron Wm. Dyer, W. Pascoe, F. Cross- man, F, H, Werry, G. Davis. Greenwood W. Gee, W. Brown. Hampton Miss 8. Virtue, Theo. Salter, A. P. McKesgock, Zion, Hampton J. Arnott, T. (Glaspell, Mrs, J. Balsam, Mrs. H. Pascoe, 8. G. Chant, Myrtle W. D. Munro. Newcastle J. E, W, Philp, A. A, Colwill, Newtonville Wm. Lang, John Lancaster, An- son Gilroy, John Stewart, Orono M. H. Staples, R. Sherwin, 0. Taylor, H, Louch, J. Thompson, 8, Chapman, I. Chapman, O. Bannon, Albert Street, Oshawa Jack Nayler, Fred Ayers, Cedardale J. D. Mackay, North Oshawa George Kennedy. Rn % Aldrew's, Oshawa » J. Fuller, J, C. Yo Johnston, FP, Guy, ung H. J. St, Andrew's, Plckerin, W. H. Westney, Miss TE clark. Luther Middleton, M, 8. Chapman, Pickering hig H, Monney; W. H., Moore, 7, Port Pel R. B. Smallman, " Locust HN H. Lapp, D. Raymer, DELIRIUM ATTACKS HUNTERS ON DESERT FOR FIVE DAYS Cairo, Egypt, Oct, 6.--Fiy. In the desert without water ye, urs four hunters to suck madness that they attempted o kiil each other, One was found yestarday, and to- day an aeroplane searching party brought back tho othars, None had recovered sufficiently last night to give a coherent story of their misadventur:s. Six days ago. an Italian and an Egyptian sportsmen, with a drago- man and a chaa'feur, motored in- to the desert south of the Fayoum oasis, on a hanting expedition, They carried food and water for only one day, The dragoman, when found yes- terday, said the others left him to pursue a gazelle, Today one of sey- eral aeroplane parties engaged in the search sighted a man, waving 8 handkerchief tied to his rifle. They landed and found him delir- ious from suffering. In a cave in Gebel Gepea, "Hell's Hill," they found two raving men stalking ope another with rifles. BOYS STOLE PEARS MUST PICK POTATOES Hamilton, Ont., Oct. 7.--Magis- trate Vance in Juvenile Court Sat- urday ordered five lads convicted of stealing pears from Matthew Burton, Ancaster, to work after school hours for three days mext week. Burton will have the boys »ather potatoes. The farmer said his crop disappeared and he learn» ed that the accused boys sold pears at 15 cents a basket. Magistrate Vance said that to steal fruit to sell is more serous than takng a supply to e2t, but added that the ) latter course is pot lawful. CANADA BAKERS CLOSE SESSIONS TORONTO GITY W. J. McGoorty is Chosen President for the Year Toronto, Oct. 6.--The Toronto sessions of the Convention of Bread and Cake Bakers of Canada came to a close Friday with the elec- tion of officers and a round table conference. - Today the delegates visited the Canadian School of Baking at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, where they were welcomed by Dr. Christie and en- terained to luncheon by the Allied Trades of the Baking Industry. During the afternoon Mark Bredin unveiled a portrait of H. E. Trent at the Trent Institute. Toronto Man t W. J. McGroarty, Toronto, is the new President of thle Bread and Cake Bakers' Association. W. A. Dixon, Albert Bryson, Robert Me- Mullen and James Calder are the Vice-Pregidents. "Success in business, as In sports, is a matter of training, study, concentration, close appli- cation, hard work and sacrifice," sald W. E. Long, Chicago, in his address yesterday afternoon. He quoted an authority who had said: "Business is made up of money, machinery, material and manhood, but the most important of all is manhood." Mr. Long stressed the value of the ability to select, train, inspire and develop men and to win their loyalty, That ability determined the measure of success that any business might attain, he said, The speaker strongly deprecated the practice of exchanging stale bread. Advantages of Co-Operation Ivan B, Norham, Secretary of the Quality Bakers of America, dealt with the advantages of co- operation and the necessity of or- ganiation. "Those who co-operate most, profit most," he observed. Advocating preparedness and ef- ficiency for meeting changed con- ditions and competition, he stated that 40 per cent. of business fail- ures were attributed to incompet- ence. "The whole future and salva- tion of the bread industry in Am- erica lies in a quality product," he said. Among other speakers were W, T. Stephens, Secretary of the Na- tional Dairy Council of Canada; J. M, Hartley, Secretary of the As- sociated Bakers of America; BE. Traver Smith and J. Morland Bow- man, D. M, Tod and R. L, Gray, of Oshawa, attended the Bakers Con- vention in Torento on Wednesday, LONDON CAR MEN VOTE FOR STRIKE Ask Union Headquarters to Sanction Street Railway Tieup London, Ont, Oct. 8--A final break between the London Street Railway Company and its employes loomed as a still more likely proba- bility as a result of a mass meeting of the men held Saturday night at midnight at which, by unanimous vote they applied to their international headquarters for sanction of a striks, The executive of the union report- ed that the company had refused any increase in wages, pleading poverty, Some weeks ago the men took a strike vote and left the matter in the hands of their executive, but before referring their decision to the inter» national officials, President John Col- bot and his executive decided to con- fer again with the men, Strike Sanction The vote to apply for strike sanc- tion was reported to be unanimous, As the international officials who must give their approval, are located in various parts of Canada and the United States, their decision cannot be secured even by telegraph for a couple of days. ayor Wenige remained at his home awaiting developments, and repared to appeal to the Ontario ailway Board to take oyer operation of the property in order to avoid suspension of service. Alderman Frank McKay, labor representative on the city council, attended the men's meeting last night. ° Manager Leonard Tait stated that the company had received no formal or official notification of the result of the meeting. He would make no comment on the outlook. The com- pany however, feels that in yiew of the prevailing use of automobiles, the public would not be so greatly incon- venienced or agitated in the event of a strike. ANSON SPOTTON DIES; WAS COUNTY JUDGE Guelph, Oct. 8.--Following an ill- ness of several weeks' duration, County Judge Anson Spotton passed away Saturday at his home, 133 Suf- folk street. Death was due to heart trouble. The late Judge Spotton, who was well known and esteemed throughout the district, was born at Arangehill, Howick Township, Huron County, in 1870. He graduated in arts at the University of Toronto in 1896, and in law at Osgood Hall in 1899. He prac- ticed law in Harriston until 1914, when he was appointed County judge for Wellington, succeeding the late Judge Jamieson. Prior to coming to Guelph, he had served for five con- secutive terms as Mayor of Harris- ton, in each instance being elected by acclamation, Made by The Canadian Shredded Wheat Co., Ltd. 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