The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

~‘ 1?): m it already pns'sem‘tn. positions fm- mam student Catalogue f: we W. J. ELLmTT Pxin. .. 731 Y Fall Term Opens Sept. [St The scl‘iool is thoroughlv equipped in teaching ability. in chemical and elec- triml supplies and fittings. etc.. for full Junior heaving and Matriculation Wurk. - u '\ Durham High School illns‘. ALLAN, Principal and Pro vim-ial Model School Teacher lst (Ll-ms Certificate. Intending Students should enter at. the beginning of the term if possible} Board can be obtained at reasonable rates. Durham 15 a healthy and at- tractive town. making it a most desir- able place 1": .- residence. The record of the School in past years is a flattering one. The trustees are progresswe educationally and spare no pains to see that teachers and pupils nave every advantage for the pro- per presentation and acquistion of knowledge. FEES : $1 per month in advance REV. W. ll. flARTLBY, J. F. GRANT, Chairman. Secret-aw THE FIRST STEP Quite a large acreage has been waegl for faleheat in the dis- trict about Florence. Considerable damage has been done to standing grain in the New Liskeard district by hail. DEAFXESS CANNOT 4E CURED by local applications, as they can- not reach the diseased portion oi the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by conâ€" stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im- perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the re- sult, and unless the inflammation L M B CURTAINS 2‘ vds. long 4‘) ins. wide 50¢ pair 2; v (15. lung 4.. " Ins. wide 75c p: {it- 22‘. (b. long 4? ins. wide $1.00 p d? 3 vds.10ng 43' ins. wide $1.50 pair All | m hum have the new finish- ed top. Fine E ng ish ( re pes. white and i: mcy 13¢: per\ _ '21! d We will give One Hundred Dol- lars for any case of Deafness caus- ed by Catarrh that cannot be cured 'bv Hall’s Catarrn Cure. Send for Table Linens at 25c, 500 and 60c Grey (Yuttmi Sheetiin" 2 vards wide a: 250 per yard. Heavy Bleached Sheeting, ‘2. yds. wide at 10¢ per yard. Heavy 11-4 Finnneiette Blankets white and Grey $1.50 pair Heavy 1'34 Flannelette Blankets white only 81.85 pair 0111‘ New Spring Erin'tns‘ are now §u1Lq Java is“ ___________ can be taken out and this tube res- tored to its normal condition hear- 'vâ€" â€" 113g will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca- tarrh, “Inch is nothing but an inâ€" flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. (211' enlars. free._ utipation. W. H. BEAN Big 4 He Sells Cheap Often luv-ans so much. It has meant success t0 thousands of young people who wrote. for our (‘amltvgue as the» firststep tuward agnml salnriml position. Take the ctep today. Ad- dress Central Business (‘nllegen 3933 Yonge St. ('Ungbge, 395 X’Ong y s 1 orvntn. w.n. SHA_\V. in.’ "Caâ€"{117 arid See Them. ++++++++++++++++ 1 he Harnessmake ; streets. Toronto better reputation President :41 Young St. CO” TOIedo, 0‘ ,5 each Year “We get wcuu “You'd best get away back, Mr Close,” he said at length. “I’ll go down to Perkins’ clearing, and have a look at the spot where the robbery took place, and then I’ll find some excuse to take me to Camp C, when 1 can make my report to you.” To this Close agreed. and the two of us set out through the woods to the site of Dan Michaels‘ hivouac. The ashes of a fire and a few boughs made its scanty furnishings. and in neither did November take much interest. Forth and back he moved. apparently following lines of tracks which the drenching rain of the previous day had almost obliterated, until. indeed. after ten minutes, he gave it up. ._-‘L 4mm, wen." said he, in his son cadenced voice, “he always did have the luck.” “Who?” “The robber. Look at last year! Got clear every time.” “The robbers." I corrected. “There's but one.” said he. “Michaels mentioned two voices. and the man In the mask stepped into sight at the same moment as the fire glintâ€" ed on the revolver of the other man in the bushes.” ‘ .»S “A Without a word November xeu me to the farther side of the dead fire and parted the boughs of a spruce, which I had previously seen him ex- 'V ”1"“ . -â€"â€"‘- amine. At a ‘height of less than five feet from the ground one or two twigs were broken, and the bark had been rubbed near the truan .“wwvâ€" “He was a mighty interesting man, him with the revolver.” Novembet‘ threw back his handsome head and laughed. “There was only one chap, and he fixed the revolver here in that fork. It was a good bluff he played on Dan, making him think there was two agin him! The rain’s washed out most of the tracks. so we‘ll go up tc Camp C and try~our luck there. But i first I‘d better shoot a deer, and the anywhere nigh the camp.” As we made our way toward C. No rember found the tracks of a young buck which had crossed the tote road since the rain, and while I waited he slipped away like a shadow into the wild raspberry growth, returning twen- ty minutes later with the buck upon his shoulders. On reaching Camp C November sold his deer to the cook, and then we went to the office. The men were all away i at work, but we found the manager, to whom November told his news. I n‘oticed, however. he said nothing of his idea that. there had been but one robber. h‘d‘hfit just spells total failure,” re- val-:96 Close_ Eben. he haQfiniahed. ,, “Hands up and no fooling!” 4". Riga movemoer assented. "Uuess we'll have to wait till another chap is held up.” said be. “You think they'll try their hand at it again?" “Sure. Who'd stop after such suc- cess?" “I’d be inclined to agree with you it it wasn‘t for the fact that the men won’t leave singly now. They’re scared to. A party of six started this after- noon. They were hoping they'd have the luck to meet the Scoundrels and bucking how they’d let daylight Into them if they did. But of course they won't turn upâ€"they‘d be shy or such a big party." , ‘ “Maybe." said November. “With your permission. Mr. Close. me and Quaritch’ll sleep here tonight." “All right. B: It 1 can t at: end to you. I’m behind with my accounts. and I must even them up if it takes all night.” “And there's one QUestlon I‘d like to have an answer to. It’s just this: How did the robber know that Dan Michaela was worth holding up? Or that he was going off on the spree? He must have been told by some one. Blackmask has got a friend in Camp C all right. That is, unless”~ “Aye, unless?" repeated the manager. But November would say no more. An idea had come into his mind. but Close could not draw it from him: yet Ivcvéfild see he had entire trust in the taciturn young woodsman. Next morning November seemed in no hurry to go, and shortly before the midday meal a party of half a dozen men rushed into the camp. They were all shouting at once. and it was impos- sible for a time to discover what the turmoil was about. Leaning against the wall of the bunkhouse. the silent November surveyed the clamoring knot of men with grim humor. On this they all began shouting again. waving their arms and explain ing. November advanced. “Look boys that’s an easy. comfortable log over there!” The Swede answered him with a snarl. but. meeting November’s eyes, thought better of it. Joe was the last person upon whom any one would would choose to fix a quarreL “I was suggesting. boys." continued November, that there 5 the log handy. and if you‘d each choose a soft spot and leave one to speak and the other: listen till he’s through with it we’d get at the facts. Every minute wasted gives them as robbed you the chance to get off clear.” “November’s right,” said a huge lumberman called Thompson. “Here’s what happened. We six got our time yesterday morning. and after dinner we started oft together. It were com | ing along dark w hen we camped in the 1 old log but of Tideson s bridge. Seein : what had happened to Dan, we agreed to keep a watch till dawn. First watch was Harry‘s. In an hour and a half he were to wake me. He never did. The sun were up before I woke, and there was all the others sleeping round me. I was wonderful surprised. but I took the kettle and was going down to fill her at the brook. It was then that I noticed my roll of bills was gone from my belt. I came run ning hack. Harry woke, and when I told him he clutches at his belt and finds his money gone too. Then Chris, Lill Maver. Wedding Charlie and last of all Long Lars they wakes up. and danged if the lot of them hadn’t been robbed same as us.” “We was tearing mad,” went on the spokesman. “Then out we goes to search for the tracks of the thieves.” A unanimous groan verified the state ment. A look of despair crossed Novem- ber’s face. I knew_he~was thinking of the invaluable information the feet 01 the six victims must have blotted out forever. “We did. They was plain enough,” replied the big lumberman. “One man done it. He come up from the brook, did his business and went back to the water. He was a big. heavy chap with ,large feet, and he wore ‘Itanned cow'rhide boots patched on the right foot. There were seventeen nails in the heel of. the right boot and fifteen 1n the other. How’s that for track- mg?” , ' , in '3" “You found them ?” inquired Novem- i' 1' ,‘.'1..'.'§ .Lkg‘iimm m DURHABS’ cmiomcm. sharply. “How many bottles of whisky had you?" said he. “N317, one.” answered Thompson. “There isn’t one nearer than Laval~ lotte. as you well know, We wasn’t drunk. we was drugged. We must ’3’ been, though how it was done beats UCCH, 555V “a“ uv ‘I my me. for we‘had nothing but bread and bacon and tea. and I made the tea my- self.” ”Where’s the kettle?” “We left that and the frying pan back at the but. for we’re going to hunt the country for the thief. You’ll come along, Nov?" come along. Nov?" “On my own conditiom’or I'll have nothing to do with it.” “What’s it?” “That nary a man of you goes back to Tideson’s bridge but till 1 give you leave.” “But we want to catch the robber." “Very well. Go and try if you think you can do it.” An outburst of argument arose. but soon one and another began to say: “We’ll leave it'to you, Nov.” “Mind you fetch my $190 back for me. Nov.” “Leave Nov alone.” “Go on. Nov.” November laughed “I suppose you all slept with your money on you?’: It appeared they all had. and Lars and Chris. who possessed pocketbooks. and found them flung, empty, in a cor. net of the hut. “Well. Mr. Quaritch and me’l] be getting along, boys. I’ll let you know if I’ve any luck.” Then suddenly No- vember turned to the big Spokesman and said. “By the way. Thompson. did you fill that kettle at the brook before you found you’d lost your cash?" - “No; I run right back.” “That’s lucky." said November. and we walked away in a roar of shouted questions to the canoe placed at our disposal by Close. By water we could run down to Tideson’s bridge in an hour Or two. . "Do you think this is the work of the same man that held up Dan Mi- chaels '2” “Guess so. Can’t be sure. The ground’s fine' and soft, and we ought to get the answer to a good many ques- tions down there.” Thanks to the canoe and a short cut known to November. we arrived at our destination in admirable time. First of all. skirting the path. we went to the but where the six had slept. A few articles dropped from the hastily made packs lay about, the fry- ing pan beside the stove and the kettle on its side by the door. November moved round examining everything in his deft, light way. Lastly, he picked up the kettle and peered inside. "What’s in it?" said 1. “Nothing." returned November. “Well, Thompson told you he hadn't filled it,” I reminded him. - He gave me a queer little smile. “Just so,” said he and strolled for fifty yards or so up the tote road. “I’ve been along looking at the foot- marks of them six mossbacks," he vol- unteered. “Now we’ll look around here." The inspection of the tracks was nat- urally a somewhat lengthy business. November had studied the trail of the six men to some purpose.>for, though he hardly paused as he ranged the trod- den ground, so swift were his eyes that he named each of the men to me as he pointed to their several tracks. As we approached the bank he indicated a distinct set of footsteps, which we followed to the hut and back again to the water. w‘IHe’s; the chap that did it.” said No- vember. “That’s pretty plain.” “He is a heaviex: maxi than I am, and he walks rather on his heels.” 'â€" November nodded, and began to fol- low the trail, which went down into the stream. He stood at the waters edge examining some stones which had been recently displaced, then wad- ed down into it. “Where was his boat?" I asked. But November had by now reached a large flat stone some feet out in the water, and this he was looking round and over with great care. Then he beckoned to me. The stone was a large. flat one, as I have said, and he showed me some scratches upon its farther surface. The scratches were deep and ir1egular. I stared at them. i but to me they conveyed nothing. The Guiity Man. HERE was no doubt about the fact that November was sur- prised. He said nothing for a full minute, then he looked up “They don't look like the mark of a boat,” I ventured. “They aren’t. But that chap made them all right,” he said. “But how or Why?” November laughed. “I won’t answer that yet, but I’ll tell you this, the robbery was done between 2 and 3 o’clock last night.” “What makes you say that?” , November pointed to a grove of birch on th nearer bank. “T ose trees,” he answered; then, on seeing my look of bewilderment. he added, “and he wasn’t a 200 pound man an’ heavier than you, but thin chap, and he hadn’t a boat.” 2 “Then how did he get awayâ€"by “Mg UV guru vvâ€".â€"..__ “1: he did he must have left Stream somewhere," I exclaimed. “Then you’ll be able to find tracks where he landed" “No need to.” ‘ “Why 02” “Because I’m sure of my man.” “ls it the‘ same who held up Michaels?” “Yes.” With that I had to be satisfied. It Was late at night when we approached [Camp 0. We jumped-ashore and went £12213: straight to the office. .wheye .‘ j i { antinued on page 7. . CHAPTER V. 9’ O §§§§§§§§§Q§§§§§§§§Q§§§§§§ .90 §§§§§§§§§§§§§§¢ O§§§§§§¢ b+++++++4~+++++ ++++++++++++~z~+~z~+ +~z~~z~:«:~~:~++++++++ ‘ .v¢+++¢++++++¢+++$++++¢+++++++++++¢+++++++++++ 9 O Important to Householders The People’s Mills McFadden’s Old Stand on hand. Farmers and Stock Owners should lay in a quan- tity of this Excellent, Conditiomei- for Spring and Summer Feeding. Nothing equals it. for Young: Pigs, Calves. Etv. Makes Milcn Cows Milk and puts Horses in prime condition for seeding; in fact it makes everything go that it‘s fed to. Although in advanced $2.00 per ton wholesale we are selling it at the same old price. $2.00 per‘single sack, $1.91) per sack in half ton lots and $1.85 in ton lots. Everything in our line at lowest prices for Cash. Eclipse, Sovereign and Pastry Flour and Rolled Oats Breakfast Cereal Bran, Shorts, Low Grade Flour, Chop of All Kinds, No. l Hay. etc., kept cons stantly on hand. Having purchased the stock of W. J. McFadden and moved my stock in with his, the store is now filled with Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines and Musical [11- struments of all kinds in the highest and best grades. We are crowded for room and the stock must be moved out, and moved quickly. This is important news to all House- holders in need of any of the goods we handle. The prices are right. JOHN McGOWAN TELEPHONE No. 8 (Night or Day) Ford Teaming Car Prim $590 Now Reduced to “'9 have a quantity of the celebrated Molassine Meal C. SMITH 6: SONS Durham, Ontario. Prices f.o.b. Ford, Ontario “MADE IN CANADA” . Snell Durham 2, 1915. .-