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yywyitlgi 3313a \ ‘ “I (:01 i he said ‘3 treating {he had “otg'reatest gwas an 1 L T AM. ,1 SYNOPSIS. Motherless Jill Merrldew becomes, on the death of her father, owner of a farm. She counts on Mark Hanson, head man, to assist her in the management. liar}: resents remarks made by Phillip Barbour, who professes to be investigat- ..... um higmnv of old county families. 1-- n -nhl flanroo “1511+. you. vv‘.-, .7 __- I in; the history of old county rammes. On returning to London Barbour meets two foreigners. The reason for his in- terest proves to be a. chemical fertilizer discovered by Jill’s father, which he had not made knOWn to Jill. On returning to the farm Phillip finds Jill upset over Mark Hanson, who had declared his love for her. Barbour com- forts Jill and old George tells Mark of Barbours‘ attentions. Mark quarrels with Jill but is interrupted by the news that a. body of a. man has been found in one of the wheat fields. Jill realizes that Mark and Barbour will clash eventually. bvv unv v . .. “You must leave it all to me, Mas- ter Hanson,” he said. “I know what I’m a-doing. They’re after summat, and I know what it is.” “Who are they?” “A lot of "em,” said George. “That man found dead in the field was one of ’em, and you see what he got.” “Who gave it to him?” asked Mark. “Ah, that would be telling again,” said old George with a quiet cackle throng} his Whiskers. “Dead men tell no tales and live ones have got to be careful. Anyhow, there he was in the field at a timelwhen honest men should (”be abed and 3 rogues has no business Yes, she would appeal to Mark’s bet-‘ ter nature, even in these difficult cir-‘ cumstances, to keep the peace. She little knew that Mark had al- ready decided to do nothing of the kind. The more he thought of the matter, the more he saw that it was going to be impossible for him to con- tinue at Stone Town. That being so, he did not intend to leave without getting a little of his own back from this man who had so unexpectedly and I0 inconsiderately walked across his path. His pugnacity was as elemental is that of a stag in autumn. “I’ll get even with that flashy fellow before I’ve done, if the police don’t do it for me,” he said to himself. “'I wish that old devil George would let me know what‘s in his mind. He knows lamethin-g.” Butâ€"icgorge was not yet i municative mood, as_Mark d 7 But George was not yet in a com- municative mood, as Mark discovered when, a little later, he tried again to get the old man to speak. ‘1 LA ___- “Inn Vuy. “You were pretty late yourself,” Mark cguld not ~pesist saying ‘asyhe thought 10f Georgg’s spying throégh 9’ “Oh, confound you and y(.)u1- hares, Mark exclgigfifidrzbfflélfughmg “What uo‘h confound you and yuux ital-Vs, Mark exclainfi’d: half laughing. “What MUD that tobacco'box of yours that 1mg found under the body?” ' “That’s what I’d like to know. Why, you’d think that ossifer thought I’d killed the poor chap myself, and him coming all the way from foreign parts, the man was 2’ Mark gave a gasp of astomsr “D’you meaf}? tzo say you know 9, ’7 1' Cakes have been the standard offine quality. Today, they are pre (erred in 7 out of every 8 Canadian homes where dry yeast is used in home baking. Individually sealed in air-tight waxed paper, they stay absolutely fresh for months. You den he sure of full leavening power every time you bake with them. FREEâ€"The ROYAL YEAST BAKE “I to me when you bake at home. 23 floated recipesâ€"loaf breads, rolls, buns, eol'ee eakeal Addreaa Standard Brands Ltd. , Fraser Ave. Liberty St. , Toronto, 1 OIL Ask, too, for leaflet, “The Royal load to Better Health. " OR over 50 years Royal Yeast Cakes have been the standard CHAPTER VIII. IUY M LDE-lN-CANADA GOODS 9n A ROMANCE By Kennaway James he asked George. of astonishment. what “Got a good idea,” said George, “but it don’t do for me to say anything.“ That inspector will find it all out for} you if you leave him alone. Clever chap, that.” “I wonder if he’s as clever as you,” said Mark. “It seems to me that you are holding back a great deal, and I can’t understand why. You said you don’t need money, and I’ve told you you can get as many hares as you like, so far as I’m concerned, and I’ve told you that you have a duty to Miss Jill. How can I persuade you to put your cards on the table? Why can’t you go and tell Miss Merridew about it at once?” 1 ,17___“_ “Because she’s too concerned about other thingsâ€"like that Mr. Barber,” said George with a slight touch of malice. _ _- . um ugwnvw- “Leave him out,” said Mark. “See, I’ll tell you What I’ll do. If you’ll tell Miss Jill what you know I’ll give up my cottage so that you can have it for the rest of your days. I know you’ve always wanted it.” A definite glimmer of interest show- ed on George’s face. - - ‘.. ‘.- _vv_v, “Well, as I told you before, Master Hanson,” he said, “there’s hardly any kind 0’ bribe I- could take,__1_>eing' an JuAAAu ~ â€" _ ,_ . old man and wanting nothing, but your cottage do interest me. But what would you do yourself? You got to live somewhere near the farm, and I’m mortal sure you wouldn’t live in mine, with all them rats in the thatch and the rain comin’ through.” “Oh, I’ve got somewhele mind. You wouldn’t need 1 about me.” “Wu.â€" .- “All right, then,” said George. “I’ll think it over and let you lmow. And don’t get thin-king too much about that ’bacca-box. I can look after myself - when it comes to that.” So saying, old George hobbled away. “And: he’s got another place where he can live, has he?” he muttered to himself. “Now I wonder what that means. It means he’s not going to stay here much longer. In a way I don’t blame him. She’s gone and took up with that Mr. Barbour and the farm’s become more like a circus than‘ a farm, what with one thing and an- [other. But it won’t do for him to go. Farm’s going down as it is . and he’s the 01 ha w SnuH'i roun . And 2515:, purPgawIax-EOur, WEN“ End little affair won’t lastf long if I kmbw anything about it. Who’d think a frimula co ld cause all this troubleâ€",â€" burglaries.” murders and broken And certainly it was the foxmulaâ€" frimula, George c_all_ed itâ€"Which was A]. .IIAUA“, Hwy-ow -.___- V at the root of all thé troubles which had of late befalflen Stone Town, with the exception of 7th? _dec1ine of the farm. Even that had been accentuate ed since Mr. B:'rbour had come and had distracted the already over-occu- pied mind of Mark Hanson. It had been enough for Mark to love Jill without a rival. With a rival, as he put it, his brain was running on one 'n it was the formulaâ€"- ONTARiO “I could strangle that old rascal,“ he said as he watched George’s re- treating figure. “If I didn’t know that he had been old Jasper Merridew’s greatest confidant, I should think he was a mass of pretence. And if only I could find out what is among Jasâ€" per’s papers myself, there might be a chance of solving all these-Happen- ings. That Barbour is after some- thing is clear, and it looks as though the man in scarecrow’s clothes was after the same thing, unless he was one ” Barbour’s crowd. And there’s Jill gone and fallen in love with him. What a mess!” â€" ' The Wish that he knew of the quest of Phillip Barbour and perhaps others, led his mind into a channel which alarmed him. Why should beam: at- tempt to look over old Jasper ’3 pa- pers? It was an impulse which he thrust away at once, but it was‘ one which he felt certain would return. Whilst Mark and George had beenj talking, Barbour had been speaking‘ with Inspector Norton. When Phillip had left Jill with his re-assuring words, he had gone to the door where the inspector rwas awaiting him. Jill had not taken his reassurance too seriously and was filled with appre~ hension. She went quickly to a win- dow which overlooked the farmyard and the meadows where Norton seem- ed to be doing most of his Warm ination. From here she was able to watch Barbour and the inspector as they talked. The conversation did not take Ion-g and J ill was astonished to see the inspector smiling at the end of it. She had not thought him capable of a smile. - 2-57 Presently after he had chatted a little with the inspector, Jill saw Phil- lip returning to the house, and found herself running eagerly downstairs- ’00 meet him. He entered the house al- most with a touch of bravado. “We’ve soon put that little matter right,” he said airily as Jill led the way into the old farm kitchen. “I don’t think he will want to ask me any more questions, but of course the chap is only doing his duty." ,,EJ__ “Yes, onl'y he nveedn’t do it in quite such an obnoxious manner. What question-_s did he ask you?” ,A___ _--L-L T uâ€"VH--- “Oh, just wanted to know what I was doing up here and what was my interest in Stone Town. Of course, I told him of the book I was writing about the old farms of England, and how it necessitated my seeing various documents in old farms.” L uvvu ........... “I want you to tell me more about that book some time,” said Jil-I. Her old doubts about the existence of such a book had gone. She accepted Bar- bour’s occasional reference to it read- ily. ".5 until you ki N h through your ’1‘. rers. Wk" will you let me do that?” . “Oh, quite soon,” she replied. l’i‘Let us get a few of these troubles out of the way. Listen, that’s the doorbell again. I shudder every time it rings.”‘ A moment later Mrs. Blore knocked on the door and entered. 3 “Another of those newspaper men,” she said. “Oh, bother,” exclaimed Jill. “It seems as though I shall never have any peace again. Very well, ask him lto wait.” ‘ “No, tel him to go,” put in Barbour isternly. “You are too kind to those fellows. I can’t have you worried like this." ‘ *_-- 11:\‘ 11' “Mrs. Blore looked from one to the other in. surprise and perplexity. L-‘1 L: .. #1. Mn ,1“, «Xu'kgm; then, tell kind to go,” she said meekly, not without some aston- ishment at the manner in which she was capitulating to Barbour. Had she known it, Barbour at the moment was playing a desperate game. He had a definite feeling that others besides himself were after the formula, and he had fears that he might lose it after all. He must do something to make his chances as cer- tain as possible and the best thing seemed to be to carry his friendship with Jill to a more definite status. He had thought it over very thoroughly; and had arrived at the conclusion that to marry Jill would be a sweet and easy way out of his difficulties. He was partly in love with her, or so he imagined, and she was the owner of one of the finest farms in England. What more could a. man ‘ When Mrs. Blore had gone he strokâ€" ed her tenderly on the shoulder. There are many ways of aiding prosperity’s return and of furthering one’s own business, and a. Lucan baker shows himself a man of resources. Recently, being in need of a. horse to carry on his business successfully, and being a. little shy of the medium of exchange, he found a man who was willing to exchange a horse for “Poor little woman,” he said. “You are having a rough time. You’ve no idea. how sorry 1 wag for you last night.” - ~ a. bakers’ products and he bartered 400 loaves of the stat of life for the animal. The payment is to be made in installments as needed by the party of the other part.â€"C1inton News-Record. “Yes, I’ll te“ ', and that boded ill for Stone Resourceful Man want?” ISSUE No. 9â€"34 (To be continued.) RC} HIVES The Dominion Coast-to-Coast ‘Fe'éys. ”wiey and that ’2“? Cum. glist- ern Provinces would do fairly well. In British Columbia. the quality is variable, depending upou the soil and ‘climatic conditions of the different ‘valleys. 0n the prairies Manitoba produces the best quality, although fair quality can be grown in the northern sections of Saskacthewan [and Alberta. In Manitoba the east- Winnipeg, Manitoba, -â€" Preliminary studies carried out! by the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists‘ on the making quality of barley at the Manitoba Barley Research Labor- atory, 0n grain grown by the Do- minion Experimental Farms, show that #Qk‘ng Canada a5 a whole Prince; F41» '«‘~-“" we“ ' roduoe t“ 3mm ___.,_1ev and that ht“? vuic. airst- results. Regina, Saskatchewanr-m Decem- ber last cream graded higher in Sas- katchewan than in the previous De- cember, being 73.4 per cent “table,” or best grade, compared with 49.0 per cent; in December, 1932. The per- centage of table cream throughout the -AA Quebec Lemtnbridge, Alberta. â€"â€" Canadian Sugar Factories, Raymond, have finished one of the best seasons on record, the plant having run for 112 days, slicing an average of 1,175 tons of beets per dayâ€"the record day see- ing 1,359 tons passed through the millâ€"and turning out a total of 46,- 000,000 pounds of refined sugar from 131,000 tons of beets. The sugar content of the beets was high, aver- aging 18.40 per cent. Calgary, Alberta. -â€" Phenomenal 1932. content ot the beets was high, aver- aging 18.40 per cent. Calgary, Alberta. â€"â€" Phenomenal growth in herds and in production of Jersey cattle and milk in Alberta dur- ing the past year were reported at the annual meeting of the Southern Alberta Jersey Cattle Club by Mr. W. T. Hunter, Vernon, Western Field Representative of the Canadian Jer- sey Cattle Club. He referred to a marked increase in demand for Jer- sey milk, not only in Western Canada, but- throughout the Dominion. Dur- ing the past eighteen months, Mr. Hunter said, 300 Jersey cows were brought into Edmonton and Calgary districts, most of them from British Columbia. Alberta now ranks fourth in the DOminion in total registration and transfers of Jersey cattle, On- tario. Quebec and British Co‘umbia leading in that order. Victoria, British Columbia.-â€"â€"British Columbia’s agricultural products were worth $34,466,000 in 1933_ a slight gain over the 1932 figure of. $34,373,- 926, according to a year-end estimate released by Hon. K. C. MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture. In addition, it is estimated that home growers pro- duced about $1,000.000 worth of fruits and vegetables in their gardens. Whyte Packing Go. EGGS WANTED We Pay Tap Priees For Eggs Write For Our Weekly Quotations and northern parts give 78-80 Front St. East, Toronto was 54.2 Vcompai'ed with 52.2 in Canadian the best Cheese Problems Are Reviewed Industry First Established In I 864LCradual Decline Noted The problems facing the cheese in- dustry in Ontario to-day are many, says the Economic Annalist, issued quarterly by the Agricultural Econ- omics Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Perhaps, the most im- portant one affecting production costs is the declining volume of business. In 1864 the 1st cheese factory is re ported to have been established in 0::- ford County, Ontario. Froin then on a rapid development took place in the industry until early in this centuryq Since 1900-04 period there has been a gradual decline in production of cheese in Ontario (and in fact through- out the whole Dominion). In 1931, ‘Ontario had 714 factories in which ; were produced slightly over 84 million ‘pounds of cheese. This figure repre- sents a decrease of 36.4 per cent. as compared to a production of nearly 132 million pounds in the year 1900. With the development of large ur- ban centres and increased demand for milk for fluid consumption and for use in the manufacture of other dairy pro- ducts, the production of cheese de- clined. 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