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BEGIN HERE TODAY I to take? The recordB of yomr early Sir Dudley Glenteter. awu-sed of Ihe'laP** '"^ *« Btraight path are »«!! murder of his cou«n, Jamea Glenieter, i in being, remember, fs fo4le<i in hi» atterojrt to destroy his "I have not forgotten, air, replied enemy, Norman Slater, kept prisoner ' the inspector g^-avely. Then he lauyh- with his sweetheart, Kathleen Glenis- od a little and added: "There being ter.in an old mill. While James „„ witncseee present, I do not mind Wranre, Scotland Yard detectixNf, a»-i^„fe^l„ ^^at 1 am hoping for great f^?r^.f^^:?„-'Jtr^/!^''''*"-^'''"*' I things fnim thoee wcords now that I mtorestefl in laaietHng the crime on I . * , ^ j _„i_„* „„„ Sir Dudley, spoil the filming of a pic-j'"'^'« coniplf^ ^V «"«« .»«»'n«* y°"- turc of the burning old mill, which re- ! The authorities will hold it to my cre- Bults in faul injuries to "Miss Maudl<*it that I bave arrested a highly BUiir," who on her deatli bed accuses placed criminal in spite of the fact Stephen Colne, former cabinet min- ister, of the murder of James Glen- ister. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "A fat lot I care about that," re- Joined Mies Blair. "I only want to square accounts with a blackguard. And now you run away and play, lit- tle boy," she added. "With any luck you may be in time to see Sir Dud- ley's burning mill. I expect the loony and his fire expert are about some- where." With which she fainted John Grimes had been chafing her hands, but he dropped them and stood upright. His features were convuls- ed with horror. "Fire at the nrill house?" he mur- mured diully. "Do you know what she means?" He turned fiercely on hds wife. But Mrs. Grimes shook her grizzled head and mouthed a denial. "That man-monkey ehall tell me," - eried the keeper, and he strode from they both were, the rame thing had the cottage, followed by Wragge, who obtruded on their senses and distract- tnobrtnisively attached himself to'ed their attention simulUncously. Ir. Colne a;rain. I Away beyond the mill-race another "May God forgive me!" groaned th« keeper with gineerity. "I thought 1 was serving the family â€" not a fiend. He has got his cousin and her sweet- heart shut up there!" The deluded worshipper of the Glen- ister tradition started to run acrosR the desiring, with Wommersley's troupe at his heels giving tongTie like a pack of badly broken hou-nd.s on a false scent. In the turmoil causc<i by the accident to the leading lady the electrician had omitted to rwitch off the light, and the mill stood stark and silent, a ghost haunted memory of other days, in the artificial glow. Wragjre glanced at it and decided that the stalwart ganve-keeper was compet- ent to d««l with a situation that had not yet arisen. Just now his duty lay nearer to hand â€" the hand that had onco more taken quiet posseesion of the cabinet mlnisiteT's arm- He looked sidleways at the refined •Tid clever face that was almost che^- by-jowl with his own. It was all sag- ged and drawn Into unaccustomed lines that Indicated tremendous emo- tion â€" emotion suggesting a well-nigh overwhelmJng dread under a control â- trained to snappbig point. Yet Wragge had looked on that face that he had this pull over me. My lapse, as you call it, was a mere trifle compared with yours, Mr. Colne, and I have atoned for it by years of faith- ful service to the state." "I see," sneered the cabinet min- ister. "You funkc-d my pull over you till ynu obtained a greater one over me. What a homily I should be able to deliver to Parliament on the moral rectitude of the police force. But see sere, Wragge, as man to man, if you really intend to brave the perils ot your past, will ten thousand pounds and the chief constableship of a coun- ty induce you to abandon the idea "Not on your life, sir. I have too many ignominious years of bedng bul- lied and browbeaten by >x>u to wipe out," responded Wragge. Mr. Ooln© sighed as one who de- plores the folly of a feei>ler mind- Then a short gasp broke from him, to be echoed in a deeper exclamation from the detective. Preoccupied as Tom Heeney New Zealand heavyweight fighter, who has been selected to fight Qene Tunney for world's honors some time In July. John Grimes stood upright, his feat- ures were convulsed with horror. light had broken out which was not the steady glow of the Amphibian electric. Red flames were shooting and quailed before it at intervals dur- from the door of the mill-house, lick- ing the worst moments of his life. He ing tongues of fire struggling with a would have been less than human if a note of triumph had not crept into his voice. "Mr. Colne," he said, "I am under the disadvantage of holding no war- rant, but I will take the responKibility of arresting you on suspicion for the murder of Mr. George Glenister on the 7th of June, 1919." For a few seconds .Mr. Colne did not belching cloud of smoke. John Grimes and his motley follow ing had vanished in the darkness that en.shroude<l the stepping-stones, but a mighty roar from the keeper's lungs proclaimed that he \mevi he was too late. Wraggo's grip may have relax- ed owing to the diversion. Be that as it may, Mr. Colno wrenched him- self free and, for a man of hiai years. answer. He seemed to be intent on ; ran with amazing swiftness toward watching the prf>grese of John Grimes, the dam. who by now had almost reached the When he had covered some twenty «teT)ping-stone8. The keeper had , yards ho halted and called backi Chowan that route to the mill a.s the "There are lives to bo saved. I shall sliortest from the cottage, overlooking do my best." the fact that It would take more time â-  The mill was ablaze, and in the to traverse than that across the top weird blend of smoke and fire round of the dam. The stepping-stones were the door human figures were moving In darkness, whereas the deni was in \ woldly, as in some fantastic dance. the full glare of Mr. Worn mersley'g Wragge could not distinguish one electrii- projector. from the other n.s he tpo<l the slippery The great statesman had the silver ma.^onry, and the Right Honorable tone** of his beautiful voice well under Stephen (V.lne had vnnishe<l into the eontrol when at last he broke the heart of the elusive picture, silence i "W'hat of yourtelf, Wragge?" he CHAPTKR XXVII. •aid quietly. "Have you counttnl the) "hiikkp and uoats" fottt of the artion you are proposing: .,-,.-', ' Alf (.MnKt<vnd was met on the thresh<dd of the upper room by Nor- man and Kathlwn when ho retume<l from his ret-onnaissance on the land- ing "We're up against it," he announced grimly. "The bnrt has set the bloom- ing show afire. (!ot any water, miss?" Kathleen t>oinled to the ewer and Imsin on the cheap washstand. The ewer was half full of clean water; the ba»in contained the rest, which sho had use<i during the day. Alf, satur- ating the towels in the clean water, bound them round the girl's head and feet. Snatching a couple of sheete from the bed, he soaked them in the basin and made hoods for his master and himself. "Now we will carry her down and out, sir," he said. "Can you «<ami it, Kittyr wricad Nomian. "Rather!" the reply came gurgling through the wet towel. So rapidly did they bear her down the vtairs that the deep breath she dr«w on atarting kwtad her as long mm the had to enttur* the smoke that roBed up tlM well of the staircaae, and the rush across the blazing entry WM accomplished with no greater daniage thon a Mx>rrhed rtioulder. As Always have the magic WRIGLEY package In « your pocket. tH Soothca ncrvct, allays M met by John Grimee, gesticulating like a madman. "Thank God!" he bellowed, recog- nizing Norman and Kathleen as they tore off their protective bandages. "Ajiyone left inside?" "Sir Dudley is lying in the entry," replied Nommn- "I kicked againat someone on the floor and it couldn't have been anyone else." The gamekeeper plunged into the furnace and was out again almost as soon as they realized his intention. His hair and eyebrows were on fire, but he extinguished them with an Impatient gesture as soon as his hands were free of his load. For in his arms he car- ried the baronet of Beechwood Grange, as limp and helplese as a sack of po- tatoes ami horribly burned in addition to the injuries inflicted by Alf. Merci- fully he had lost all consciousness. Grimes laid him tenderly down on the bank and was beginning to shout orders to the Wommersley crew to run for the doctor, when from the dam there came with a rush the Right Hon- orable Stephen Colne. He was out of breath and no one was surprised when he came to a stand.-still. The piercing eyes which had so often held the Hou8© in thrall were shining like those of a mystic who sees beyond the veil. He raised him right hand. (To be continued.) « GI0DAP8 "Now. tell me, what Is the opposite of misery?" "Happincse," said the class In unison. "And sadness?" she asked. "Gladness." "And the opposite of woe?" "Ulddap!" shouted the enthusiastic clast. * Minard's Liniment for falling hair. "Petting Parties" In Mexico Bring Severe Penalty Law Forbids It and Violation Means Arrest, Detention in ^.ock-Up and Then Fine Mexico City.â€" "Petting parties" in Mexico are few and far between and the land of romance as pictured in books and short stories of young men who have brilliant and rapid court- ships with flashing-eyes senoritai do«a not exist There it a law which for- bids such thingn» as holding hands and petting parties in automobiles, and th« penalty is arrest and jail temporarily for the offenders. Should a policeman catch two young lovers in fond embrace, to headquar- ters they must go. The police desk sergeants are usually quite lenient with first offenders, and the youthf ul- nees of the arrested parties brings only a fine of about five pesos ($2.60), but sometimes the amount can be raised if the offenders look prosperooa STREETS BARRED TO WOMEN The difficulties from th« viewpoint of the higher social strata, cotne while waiting In a stuffy detention room to be fined, wher« every one is subjected to confinement, be he petter or mur- derer- And the girls do not stcape these difficulties. Moreover, women are not allowed on j the streeta of Mexico after early even- ing unless escorted by a male compan- ion. There have been numerous easee of American women belnc arrsited and taken to headquarters, where they were subjected to indignities. There is a case of a young American boy who sat in a parked automobile with a pretty American girl. The i>o- liceman took them to headquarters, and rather than have the girl subject- ed to embarrassment by detention, the youth married her. Later the parents had the marriage annulled. TAXICAB BLACKMAILERS. Even the taxi drivers are finding the code profitable. For instance, if a man should take a young woman to the theatre, then order a taxi to take her home, the driver puts up a case of blackmail. He informs the man it will cost just so much money not to take them to headquarters, where he will place a charge of immoral conduct against them. The escort usually pays up, for experience teaches him that often the driver's charge is sufficient to cause conviction. This trouble has recently become prevalent, according to reports. The law against petters is usually inflexible and the policeman takes the offender to headquarters. There are no such things as patrol wagons in Mexico, and so, with the young woman on one side and the young man on the other, the prU'e escort them to the nearest centre of justice- 'WJM II TEA 886 Nowhere else but In a "8ALADA" package can you obtain such high quality tea for so low a KIco and be sure that such quality will contlnuob y one package! Iff It «h»es not please you, your grocer will gladly refund you your money. ^^or^ Trees Draw Birds Trees are the houses of the birds where they nest and live. Aside from their beauty and their song, the pre- sence of birds is of Incalculable value In assisting to maintain the balance of nature. Their consumption of destructive insects and slugs lares Canadian farmers and fruitgrowers thousands ot dollars a year. Romance on C.P.R. Route 1 ini^^ n ^' '' ' ' .A.*" ' t: im k^ i 1 % ,S .* i ^^^^1 1 ( » ? '-'' \fl m .V . .*. V HIH H: :.'^^^ msi !HP mum -â-  ft 1 1 m*!"t'!^ Tbe Canadian siiring had early In- fluence upon Andrea Hansen, 21, and Nells Christian Nielsen, 23, handsome young Duntbh immigrant couple who, on arriving at Winnipeg, decided to marry and, with the assiHtaiire of the Canadian I'actflc Hallway (Coloniza- tion Department nfnclala, did so forth- with. ^ They had known each other In their homeland, Denmark, for many years and had even been sweethearts, but on departing for Canada they bad harboured no roraantito Ideas of thoughts ot marriage. Travelling as strangers in a strange land, they met and found happiness In each other's company during the Journey, and fur- thermore discovered their destina- tions to be close together. On reach- ing Winnipeg on their west-bound trip they decided to marry, and the C.P.R. Colonisation department officials did the rest. Ilev. N. DamskoT, Immigration chaplain, aided the groom In secur- ing a special marriage license. Hto son Victor, a member of the colonl- they paMn>d through the outer door on latlon staff, hurriedly procured a An* id the bank of the mill-race Ihev were bounuet from the florists as a gift to the brldo from the company. An of- ,flce adjacent to tbe Wltinlpeg Immi- gration hall was cleared and prepared for the occasion. C. A. Van Scoy, head of the colonization department 'of th railway for Western Canada, I volunteered to act as groomsman, and R. G. McNolllle, general passenger agent, to give tbu bride away; a group I of twenty Immigration and company officials gathered â€" and the stage was set for the ceremony, the first among newcomers for this season. "VII du have Andrea fur din ekta hustrat" asked Rev. N. Damikor. "Jal" responded Nielsen. The otaaplain pronounced a special prayer for their guidance as itranc«n In the new land, charged them to con- tinue faithful to one another, repeat- ed tbe Lord's prayer, gave the bene- diction, made the sign of the cross, â€" and Andrea and Nells Christian were declared man and wife. They continued their Journey west- ward that afternoon, two out ot four hundred settlers, â€" Danes, Dutch, and English, â€" who were travelling at that Urns with the Canadian Pacific. ATTRACTIVE AND PRACTICAL An attracti'i-e apron that slips over the head wJth wide straps that will not slip off the shoulders is shown in design No. 418. You'll find it especially easy to make, as it cuts entirely in one piece. Printed sateen, Engldsh prints, chintz, plain gingham, and striped percale are smart suggestions. Pattern is furnished in sizes 86, 40 and 44 inches bust measure. The 86- inch size requires 1% yards of 32-lnch material, with 7^ yards of binding. 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