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PLAN NOW FOR THAT PAUIFIC COAST AND ALASKA TRIP YOU INTEND TO TAKE NEXT SUMMER Next summer ‘forget the yon of business or profession and tek trip to. Western Canada, the Pacitic Coast or Alaska. There's satisfaction in this kind of a vacation—a ewift journey through . never-before-seen country, restful stops at splendid resort-hotels, and, when you reach the Canadian Rockies, gorgeous vis- tas of the lake, forest, and towering mountain peaks. CHIROPRACTIC There is never an idle moment if you travel the Canadian Nationa! L. O. WHITFIELD, D. C. ea _ Ohiropractor | @raduate of Palmer School of Chir- ' $ffiee on Main street, over John- |. stone's Jewellery store. Hours 10 to 42 noon, 2 to 6 p.m. Evenings and | ether hours by appointment. Phone Ne. 9. fe. Consultation free. | AUCTIONEER. pet WW. Dowd _ Bellis for others and always sells ers, PRATIONAL FARM AGENCY Phone 246, Listowel. OPTOMETRIST DR. H. 8, MALLORY pa Registered Opfometrist & ) @waduate of the Royal College of Oli- oe Toronto. Office, L. A. “Sowell Jewellery store. UR employ- ers, the,pub- lic, have found tz to be reliable and eapabie. The oute on radio equipped trains. Crossing the vast prairie country, the Granary of the Empire is a interesting. Then there is Jasper tional Park and Jasper Park Loaes of continent-wide fame. There ere mountains on all sides, sky piercing giants, snow-capped massive, many of which have never been scaled. rom Jasper National Park is. a never-ending succession. of oun- tains—and more mountains—lovely valleys, turbulent rivers and dashing waterfalls until you reach the Coast at Vancouver or Prince Rupert. To make the most of, your trip the voyage through the Sheltered Scen- ic Seas of the North Pacifie should be taken from Vancouver to Prince Ru- pert or Alaska. On the voyage you will see ‘from’ splendid sea-going| , steamers, alluring inlets, towering headlands and tumbling icy streams = glaciers. On the return journey, ee Kitwanga and its totem poles, Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, and again to Jasper National Park. trips as mapped out by Can- adian National Railways are not sur- passed anywhere and furnish a lb- eval education on Canada to our Canadian people. Summer Tourist fares are effective between May 15 and Sept. return limit of Oct. 31st. at a min- imum of cost ake sure: of your: Western trip this summer by planning ahead. Any Canadian National Agent wil) give you hess information and eet boo NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the matter wf wing Estate of Chriv- tian Biehn, of the Town of eset, in the “county of Pérth, ‘Norton: is hereby given, pursuant ie Section 56 of the Trustees Act, R- 5. O. 1914, Chap. 121, that all cred- itors and others having claims or de- mands against the estate of the said Christian Biehn, who died on or a. bout the 7th. day of January, A.D., the County of Perth, pei ry te on or_before ae ‘one March A.D. Christian names and surnames, ad- resses and artista 4 and fall pee Unaiare, bes Bes Rag their eir os anaes aad the Gathers i their @ecurity, if any, held by the FURTHER TAKE ICE that after such last mentioned date the said tors” will’ ®) of ten years had been 30, with bu 25 deed, dark with the unrelieved gloom 1926, at the Town of’ Listowel, in|. Seda! it, and ; 28a ns ga were lights to be seen landing window flared and a long streak lower down on the left ma e- position. of the window out of which agro had climb- itl the back ar him now, old Miss any of- e but | tui otro sound, then walked the Jen: of the tary avindow showea unlighted. on the second floor. It faced up ‘the Ww hill somaree the four-cross ‘way, and was, if had but known it, th window ot Miss. Shaw's dressing room. “He sto: window thoughtfully. It see be open at the top. He theaxnt at was open, but he was not quite sure He went on looking until he could have sworn that it-was open, that a dar’ r crossed it ata Nate: wher no bar, would be unless the top half ‘jof the now were pulled down for six inches or ll was medlretitig a burglarious entry into the house of a blameless old lady. He was, in fact, Inaking out the-details in an méthod to-sontem : = to +3 ThE} even af I may say so a casi: *)/so he went to hastratia, ‘and honse and turned the corner. A soli-} oq “The mn met saanwhie was ne?” she in-| pursu re h Foon § ae and Ift_n0] “veg yes, and it : was my dear cou-| light come through. If had) sin Clarence of » you reminded, the turn of the psth.|me. He was much’ attached -to.. me Bill would ~have both heard OT| when | was young,-very much attach-. m him. As it was, he heard}.q- tut my na did not re- nothing. me igs ewer of ae rd the ment 1 - \favour. » an or Armitage You see he a cousin for one emeree ‘from ‘between the tall box) thing, and he was = in @ position Dp eas, we never aeard, again; but him very strongly indeed you really do. If affects me after 50. years, my dear Mr. Fen ag ht j ies eine, as os i Bee Efe fs s g ij Armitage,” . said Bill, ine confusion. The situation was a littie beyond Besa A apeeierions en- law was dabbing her eyes with the edge of the sheet. ‘No one will give me a handker- ‘ay hk a small hat They are in the lefts eae little drawer. of the chest of drawers, on the right-hand side of the drawer, marked with mf initial. dear Harriet m th did hers and she did mine; dearest Harriét was always th proficient with her needle.” Bill opened the drawer, smelled of lavender, took the top handkerchief from a neatly folded pile, and presented it it to. Miss Shaw, “4 ares listened intently. There w. und of pursuit. She could see no follawine bias yh Very gently she step- ped t.of the water and up on- of it answered the cloudy dusk of the night. sky above..All round a black- ness that spoke of sheath and trees. still, with the water aboat her mnkipe, as no} wo a are Sai ui "when they led Napoleon's armies on to ¥ ~. Js the wholesome, nutritious igi fot Ss carisieiie into strength and ec ZURBRIGG’S ig "Phone 85 Sally turned to the left ana made for the deep shadow there. She must hide, and then presently, | Fas she could make her’ way back to away by the lane. When pe i ical manner. He. bse iret though of his he was, of c unaware, a- dout to fulfil a lifelong dream. The dream of Miss Emm first step towards its ful taken when Bill attiheed’ to the foot of the wall igi yy his. hand upon the stem of 2 very fine — tree which was trained against i The pear tree wi f the same age as Miss Shaw, and from. the age) ce regarded her with something of romantic tek ror, she having ~then overheard a housemaid remark that, if ever she saw a ladder put ready fora eee it was “That there dratted ¢ “Murdeed in our beds, va shell be, and never know it till it’s done,’ she had added, and the words sank deep into little Emma Shaw's recep- tive mind and stayed there. Many and many a time did she dream of ‘a masked man climbing up; branch by branch, until he reached the dressing room window. Sometimes the near tree was white with heavy scented blossom; sometimes it hung thick swith the pears that tasted so sweet; sometimes it was a bare, Icaf- a skeleton; but always it remain- n Emma's min as a ladder, a bakeliets ladder. “If the house belonged to. me, I would cut it down,” she would and her sister Harriet would frown and reply: “You should not say such things, Emia, It was planted by our dear pa. “If the house belonged to me.” For five years now the house had be- longed to Emma Shaw, but she would as soom have cut off one of her own plump legs, as a single branch of the “Burglar’s Ladder Harriet at loved it 23g papa bat Pages oat t. It was sacre: i Armitage found it i RE ly "cpaveniont It was -as easy. as walking upstairs. Had it satan a- gainst the drawing room window. Sal- ly would have come safe to ground without the tumble. that- betrayed her to Lazare. Bill simply walked up it ingenuously astonished at urglary so childish’ an affair. window Wwas-open at e top. pushed the upper hal down, then,. putting his arm over the + pulled up both panes, until he contd crawl gare them «The room seeme ed ¥ ing The , He se very. dark in- of a small place ehut in by walls. He groped his way with wih oh caution, and was brought to a halt by a chair h creaked faintly as he touched which it. A burglar cannot have a good conscience. Conscience played him false. When hair creaked the. -¢ he!} grew cold all down his s and ares Country Monee Sail Deta , Hig feet and tinas seemed to swell an immense size and. to become a5,-with infinite precau- tion, he edged forward an inch at a f{ those. out-sized |: ed the panel of a Ager Ha found the handle and stood i olute for a full minute.. Then Oe horror-struck: at perceiving a streak’ of he brightly through the opening door, At the same time old Miss Shaw's as. 2 Said pleasantly, “Come in, my dear. t without, knowing ft, 85 Shaw gazed at him across the cage whith. contained Alfred — ani wight ye and ear Fred ieaenek to became round, ‘but the sound that thar shoud’ have iss- ued from it did not comé. Even in his tized that it 80 say,/' and arrived upon the window sill] ly. spine, had aan vision ot. pencnnee in the daily} “Major { threw him. half-timid glance. “You bear so m estopped Urey tee and thanked him re Lameety do e and go’ so,”’ she ex- plained, caine at him with. a confi- a 2 an came to see to the’ sles pend and the chauffeur—a man man- ners are deplorable, aaa the other young | whose © I. forget, eae, oe come and go. They just Bi started. “The one whose name you pa was Safty, was it, Miss Shaw room with the door bolted on the cute such a singular thing when you come to think of it, two bolts both fastened on the waite of the door, my dear; and I had heard her calling me, a she might be there now.’ Miss Shaw ae: =e alr of triumph. “You let her “I got out yg tod, and Ciarence mewed. Did I tell you that I had called him after you? No, no, I mean of course, that I cafiéd him after my dear cousin whom you 80 very strongly resemble. He ee Eat aed pussy, I. mean—and I got o f bed. Xou won't tell anyone, will ah *‘No, never; I promise. You let her out?” Miss Shaw nodded, folding eg hands upon the embroidered shaw * “It was Sally?” asked Bill, ering to. keep the eagerness out of his voice. “She said so. I said, ‘Who are you, my dear,’ and she said, ‘I'm Sally.’ I remember very well because one of the gentlemen who admired me when was young used to sing. a very pleasing song about “Sally in an Al- ley." No one sings it now, but the air Was very pleasing and I remember he always said at the close, ‘But it should be pretty Emma.’ My name is’ Emma, you see, my dear, admired ~ a al.” Ww i=) rs good de here is Sally?” said Bill. Miss Shaw looked st him doubtful- “They all want to know fhat,”’ she said, “‘Stran; isn't it? Etta went on asking ibs Tthat untfl I: felt bewild- 99 Par ng Bhar ece, Etta, «yo know, es’s daughter, ‘nh perhaps you didn’t know my brother James. He was a fellow of the oval Zool- ogical Society, and the only one of us with a tendency to red in his hair, He came between Harriet and sprees in the family. We never cared m for his. wife, though she was ae well, connected, pit _Tidwort-Wadling- ton, of the youn _By mate ‘moa Bi ed in with a desperate qu “Where is Sal- dy? pte Sie know ‘It’s srightrully im- portant, Miss “She told me ‘not to tell.” whisp- ered Miss Shaw & with the bedspread. It hea a fringed edge. She became intent on plaiting ae thee “She would't mind your telling} «4. me, she wouldn't really: I want ‘to is she?” ajhelp her. Where is The old: an. saer urmu voice. My dear, are you attached .to ‘this’ eae lady? “To Sail ft Ot course r am. Please, Miss is she?’ iss Shaw, wh course, of course, Sally is a prett¥ name, but ft has gone out of fashion a little, is she?” r “But, my dear, I don’t « icnow," said ie Miss Shaw. ; : da Satie coms XVI ae and “from haute. panic her way or no Jonger thonght or planned. ‘With a wildly heart she fied blind-| “bly into the dar and saw it full sparks of fire. She did not shrubs had once, vo doubt, nm neat- iy kept and clipped, but now they *|straggled everywhere, sending up et'Slted Bill. 4come from the hall. After-a and “he be ¥ery! would scream ere is she, Miss Shaw, where} ag venalties for kidnapping, : 3 arly | saying, and I don't : me go, let LOOK HERE! ‘Bibles, Methodist Hymn Books, Presbyterian Hymn Books aed een pathway which appear- to- to ekirt the lake. * phe overgrown | Anglican Hymn Books ~ 25 per cent. Off Friday & Saturday | densely overhead. It was dreadfully dark, and very wet under foot. The only gleams of light came from. the Waser on her t, wherever there &@ gap, or a thinning of the rhod- odedtcon wall, Sally began to fee} cold and desolate. This;was a horri- bie black maze, and she was hungry, and her feet were wot. and she want- ed Bill, oh, most dreadfully she want- She came toa standstill where a birch treé rose, airy slendér,,from the mass of piel cigar) and, flinging her arms. about trunk, she began ah ery iteatty: bat with great bittern _ Meanwhile, Bill Armitage had e- LNNNo merged from Miss. Shaw's room, and advanced eight a3 to the top of the stairs. He .was‘tolerably sure that Bally was not if the. housé. She must have md-by mow” had managed es into. the grounds. The house was deadly still. No footsteps coming and going, no voices. He went. cautiously down the stairs as far as the turn, and looked over the balustrade. He could. hear the ticking ofthe tall clock which stood in the corner of the hall ‘just out of sight, and he could see the chandelier hanging from the ceiling with all three of its globes alight. He was. just going to take another step or two when the sound of a groan struck upon his ears. It see noenped to ment it was repeated. Bill moved carefully, shifting his position until he could see the foot of the stairs, and there, on the last step, sat a young man with his head in his hands, groaging. From the strong draught which was blowing up thewell of the stairs, Bill concluded that the front door must wide open. Miss Shaw would. doubtiess, haye said, a yéry singular situation. How to connéct: the groan- ing young man and the open hall door at all helpfully with Sally, was not Immediately clear. It-oceurred to’ Bill, however, that, exit-by the door being barred, he had better once more make use of the dressing-room window, and he began to go upstairs g7'n, taking two steps at a time. On ‘the top step he turned his head and saw Etta Shaw standing . just where the left-hand passage came out upon the stairhead. Light streamed from an open door a.yard or two be- hind her, and she came ‘forward quickly, almost running, dabbing her eyes with a bright blue cus ago o Dade oy Seg as she e did not eee Bill ‘Sntil: whe al- Br * vak into him, and the secon grace gave him time to get his bal- ance, Even as she recoiled with a ast le gasp of surprise, he gravely, “ I want a few wards with you,” and led the way, wita « composure which he whe far fro feeling, down -the other passage an into Miss Harriet’s room: ~ As he -went-he,-wonde and give the ala tm. but when he pF ase pea on the light ani® ci @ door he found that shie. Tad touewed: him, and was wait- sama in obvious terror.for what } he had oO What she expected, < dia not know, What he said was “Where is Sally?” She turned Ag iy then red agein “I don't Enow, i don’t know,” she whispered, Idoking at him “with frightened eyes. “Your answets were not at all sat- ‘sfactory. I have returned inorder to make further enquiries. I ‘suppose you know that there are very heavy and that sort of igs Sally? “1 don't know, I don't. Oh, mee Armitage, I really don’t know cen't go on like this. I can't, r tord sally Rance TI conldn't, and 1 can't.” y has been here, then?” said “No, no. I don’t know. what I’ know w te d'e] kept, and as Bil) ret if- she} OV! thing. I ask you again: Where} * she = he had a glimpse of a black wa- Now's your chance to.get a Hymn. Book or Bible at a Big Reduction. You save 25¢ on every dollar, . You need a new one. eee J. A. HACKING & SON DRUGGISTS ' STATIONERS || errata a rn As Dn Socom ta, as he opened the door, “What are} you going to do? Major Armitage,; what aré rou going to do?" “Find sally.” said BIN grimly, ‘and shut the doof on her. He had never disliked anyone so much in all his life. His passage through Miss Shaw's room was of the briefest The old lady who was trying to coax Marmaduke from his perch, had hardly time to look up, the canaries hardly time to flutter,.before.the dressing room door had closediupon him. Old Miss Shaw went on looking at the door through which he had yvan- ished, for some time. Then she turn- ed Aang to her’ birds, with a deep his own had done, in wet and] fig been The sound was 80 so faint. aa he could not be sure that it'was not ea fancy thet made him suppose — heard it. Then it ceased, 2 the light flashed out, much thee ; the right now, and making for iT half minute a lane of beightness that \ movell steadily up, down, and le ways before it disappeared. Ih that — half minute Bill heard a new sound, — a little gasping sound that made him ~ take his own breath quickly. It was” very faint, very weak, but it ca baat to him through all the volees of — night and cried to him; and as ‘he heard it he saw. : A yard or two from where ~ stood the path ran sharply in ey. t right, and then outagain a ras bend. The water followed it. re mR "Very singiilar, very singular in- deed,"’ she observed, and Alfred and Marmaduke twittered their agree- F ate. s with-considerable relief that Bill beh himself The house ;was too much for tim. He felt quite definitely that he could not cope any further with the groaning young man, .or with Etta, or with Miss Shaw. He felt he had had enough of canaries, and cats, and sentimental reminecences. Being Dut of doors again felt very good in- eed, &l entangled covert made a wall that Ppead te He made his way to the front of the house, and perteived in the dis- tance the flash of a torch away on the jeft and down the hill. The high wall tilay between him and the road, and a belt of shrubs followed it, cypréss Nike shapes that mate a gloom a gave out aromatic odours - brushed them. A furlong or Pre beyond the house . ahd the’ shrubs were on either side with a narrow gravel path betweén them. All the trees and bushes were wild and ill- “moved cautiously a-|} » long the path he kept his hands ten before him, and fended off an one straying branch eo would otherwise have canght him across the face. He lost the which he had seen, fin the dark which became deeper as} the ground bi owner and vershado : thicker}, ey’ Dedaivin i t last even gn glimpse of a4 iend-coiotied m ed, the short, bright hair d dishevelled, the Uttle white eous beyond Bap the ey: with terror. Sally, hist tel Sally, They had rz this! What had they done - ac Mis. interwoven: roof. It was like moving in a tunnel, a tunnel that was low, and narrow, and wet under a Bill wondered where on earth the path-| way was taking him. Touch ar heer- | ing were his only guide, and under! his groping touch elusive Iéaves withdrew. whilst his ears seenied ful! of odd whispering ndisex and of the cound of his own feet aipiee. and papeloning in the muddy slim suddenly the light SBkin: A the flicker stood still and counted te The nm gain the guick ftiekering “itent. but this time he was expecting it, and his eve caught the flicker of water, ani Saw that his path lay along the edge of some large pond or lake. The esate came from the water’s edge whe | fitty yards away, and between it gad ay that was bounded on every aide by the dark. He’ listened intently, and heard-the es: genre the: even of tlie.