a fiat Ih is : i : I sitio] ie fii Li HH §E3E 08 sit 1 1 I lit oh i File i | | MR. HENDERSON PLANS TO FIND MB. GORDON emi (Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate). Dar. Henderson's off-hand opinion that Mr. Gordon had been seized by the Germans was very comforting io as I was to grasp at J06, eager as {any straw of hope, It did not occur | to me that he really knew less of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Gor- , "In fact, 1 did not Henderson had and he did it with the air of con- viction customary with 'him. As usual he carried conviction. IfI had that they were right to think that were wrong. But I did not re- As he fold us that he thought Hikely that Mr. Gordon was er of the Germans I Dk my taut muscles relaxing and a sigh of relief escaping me. Oh, I am so glad to hear you say that " I exclaimed. ! Mr, Henderson held up a restrain. han d. "Bat, mind you, that is merely my "1 know vir- A the matter. Possibly I am permitting my wishes my judgment. Mr. Gor- very closely associated with many enterprises amd we were friends. It would be nothing of a calamity for me to lose . [Perhaps in arriving at the con- clusion that he must have been cap- tured I have permitted myself to be by these facts rather than by the cold logic of the situation." "But no trace of Mr. Gordon or of the other engiheers ever was found." J explained, "Does it not seem reas- onable that such would not have been the cdse had they met with an me in {aceident, In any event, Mariam convinced that if Mr. Gordon ig alive through the American Embassy at Berlin, That was one purpose of her letter. She wanted me to see if something could not be done through Washington." "Of course," agreed Mr. Hender- son, thoughtfully. "And we must :| the subsequent act guiekly." We will strike while the iron is hot." : Without farther words hg went to the telephone and called up his per- sonal attorney, who, I inferred from conv jon, was very close to a certain Cabinet mem- ber. Mr. Henderson briefly sketched the predicament in which he thought Mr, Gordon was placed, and asked if Mr. Hayward, the attorney, could not get 'quick results" iu clearing up the mystery of our missing friend's whereabouts, Mr, Hay- ward's reply evidently was a lengthy .| one, for Mr. Hendersop, all atention, held the receiver to his ear many minptes, it seemed, before king another word. Then with a brief "Thank you," he hung up and turned to us. "f think you can go home feeling that everything that can be done is being done for our friend," he said. "Hayward knows how to pull the wires, and I am sure he will pull] them in this case quicker than ever before. Gordon is one of the best friends he has." "Mr. Henderson," I began, "I can- not tell you how thankful--" "Tut, tut!" he exclaimed impat- fently." "I have done nothing. Hay- ward is the man who must be thank- ed if he accomplishes anything. Be- sides, Gordon is our friend, and we naturally would do anything in the world that we could for him." "Of course," I replied, a little crestfallen, "I had forgotten that." "But we would have done nothing had it not been for you,' he hastened te say as he noticed my expression. "We might never have known that it was necessary to do anything. If John Gordon is rescued from the clutches of the Teutons-it-will there-1 fore have been through you that assistance was given him, And I shall see to it that he Knows to whom he ig obliged. He turned toward me with a smile while the hot blood mounted to my cheeks, Arthur had risen and was waiting with as much patience as te - cull Kf 22 5a Of The "Robe Intimée." extravagant loveliness is this negliee, things feminine, designed for a New pale blue chiffon over pink crepe de ed flounce about the skirt, are of ing sleeves of the blue chiffon, shoulder and under one arm with iginal model there js a detachable he could for me to evince a desire to depart. "I shall not consider it an obliga-| tion," I hastened to say. 'But I am quite sure he will insist that it is," Mr. Henderson declared with a stiff, old-fashioned bow. 'Gentlemen do not dislike to be un- der obligations to beautiful women." "Come," said I, with an embar- assed laugh, as I turned to Arthur, "jt is time to go, Mr. Henderson has begun to use figures of speech." (To Be Continued.) (Continued from Page 3.) Misses Lillian and Thelma Waller, (Portsmouth, entertained a number of their friends at a skating party on Tuesday evening. It was thor- oughly enjoyed. Among those pres- ent were Mr, and Mts. Pearson, Miss- es V. Orr, J. Leader, Evelyne and Edna McCartney, M, Teeple, E. Me- Cullough, K. McGuire, L. Graham, A. Smith, Eva Waller and Messrs Edurn and Norman Dennison, C. Funnell, L. Aatwood, H. Jenkins, Ernest and Howard Kennedy, A. Me- Gall, R. Page, G. Lyons, C. Waller, N. McGuire, W. Metcalte, W. Wick- ham, 'J. Guthrie, R. Waller. ¥ * The Skating Club on: Saturday night was very enjoyable, with many in attendance, ; * - § The Bridge met last night, 'when Miss Mamie Anglin, Earl street, was Mrs. 8. J. Young, Trenton, is in 1g stay with her statér, Mrs, n in Mes Genevive Mortis, Toronto, Is , The guest of Major and J. W, J. and Mrs, Andrew, St. Thoin- as, Mrs, E. J. Jones, Waterloo, Iowa, is with, her sister, Mrs. J, W, Elliott, Brock street. y * * . Miss Eva Richardson left on Mon~ day for Philipsburg, Quebec, to visit her sister, Mrs. T. G. McGinnis, Mrs. Kenneth MacLaren and her son, Master lan, who have been to ihe Belvi@tere, returned to Ottawa to- By." Philip Will left this week for New York. - Miss Vera Finlay, Norwood, fis Halting Miss Muriel Whalley, Bagot * * * Mr, and Mrs, John Park, Orange- ville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Annie Mitchell, to Gordon B. 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TAXES TO BE HEAVIER British Colwnbia Frees Financial Problems. Viétoria, Jan, 24.~<If the Provin- Government is to "make ends |! * in its financial operations for the coming year, there will have to _ | ve some increases in taxation, in ad- 1+ j revenue is being ' canvassed, i 10 a sweeping curtailment in outlays, With 'the near Spproach 'of the opening of the legislative ses- the financial question is the §t important ome before the Gov- vary possible means of raising sii : 1 ed ih g Rim me WHAT 48 REALLY MEANT BY POILU New York Times. A French officer writing for the Atlantic Monthly denies that there is any basis of truth for the common beliet of foreigners ag to the mean- ing of the mame '"poilu,'" so often ap- plied to the soldiers of France in this war. Of course, the word does carry the significance of "hairy." That much everybody who is even a little familiar with the French language knows, but the leap taken by so many to the assumption that the French soldiers are called '"poilus" because, unlike the British Tommies, they do not shave, is declared by this presumably good authority to be one made in an amusingly wrong direc- tion, "Pollu," he says, as applied to sol- diers, is an old word, dating back to the days of Napoleon, when certain regiments of guards wore huge. hats of heavy fur. It was the hats, not the men, tha! were hairy, and, as these guards were picked troops, ho- | == tably well trained and courageous, the name in those times came to mean a good soldier. And that, the writer of the Atlantic Monthly arti- cle says, is what it means now, with no reference to whether the soldiers | == let their beards grow or do not. 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