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Yonge and Charles stregts, Toront? has a “(911331-wa reputamon for suppl- im- business and shorthand educampn and for assisting students to choxce _ nr-“"An-‘A positions. Commence now. muzuug' free 1". J. ELLIUT’I‘. Prim. 7234 Yonge St. The school is thoroughlv equipped in] teaching ability, in chemical and elec-f trical supplies and fittings. etc.. for full ; Junior Leaving and Matriculation work. rHos. ALLAN. Principal and Pro‘ vincial Model School Teacher lst Class Certificate. Intending Students should enter at the beginning of the term if possible. Board can he obtained at reasonable rates. Durham is a healthy and at- tractive town. making it a most desir- able place for residence. The record of the School in past years is a flattering one. The trustees are progresswe educationally and spare no ains to see that teachers and pupils ave every advantage for the pro- per presentation and acquistion of knowledge. FEES : $1 per month in advance REV. W. H. HARTLEY. J. F. GRANT, Chairman. Secretary Durham High School One Dozen from Durham to train ioa :1. good. paying posiuon by en- rolling at the. hree Cmu-sesâ€"Shorthune. Com- mercial and Civil Sex-vice. All graduates are in positions. Our free catzflogue tells you why. \Vrite tn-(Zay and get it. D. A.MCLACHLAN. G. M. HENRY, President. Principal. EOMESEEKERS’ SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES TORONTO 10.45 PM. EACH TUESDAY. For the accommodation of homeseekers and general tourist traffic to western Canada. train carrying tourist sleepers and colonist cars will leave Tor- onto 10 45p .m. each Tuesday un- til further notice. running through to “Winnipeg. Attentiod is directed to the remarkable low round trip fares in connection with Bomeseekers’ Excursions to western Canada via Canadian Pacific Railway. Tickets are on sale each. Tuesday until October 26, and are good to return within two months from date of sale. _ I‘ Iâ€"5 A A-_ A. D-.. LACE LURTAINS :2L yds. long 40 ms. wide 50C. pair :2; yds. long 42 ins. VV1de 75c pair 3V as. long 47 ins. wide $1.00 p d? I» Vds.lox1g47 ins. wide $1.50 pail All c111t<11nbj1ave the new finish- New Spring Goods Toronto. “i!" V ADD full 1) fyâ€"E'hmy C. 0?. R. Agent for articulars, or Write M. C: Murphy, District Passenger Agent. -_ Ted top. Fine English Ciepes white and fancy 15c per vzud Table Linens at 25c, 500 and 600 Gr'e) Cotton SheetingZ yards wide at. 256 per yard. Heavy Bleached Sheeting: ’yds. wide at 400 per yaid. Heavy 11-4 Flannelette Blankets White and (ney $1. 50 pair Hem y 1'. ’ 4 Flaunelette Blankets w bite only $1. 85 pair Our New Spring Prints are now in. Call and See Them. w. H. BEAN Big4 Machine Oil. Harness on, Ame Grease and H003 Ointment. go to S. P. SAUNDERS Mount Forest Business College He Sells Cheap I‘ELLIOU lh'ul\an â€"â€"v V Jmmnence now. Catalogue B164 WANTED The Harnessmake “Yon’ re right! He hates me because Virginia won’t marry Scbelperg of the combine. He hasnt let us meet fox months. And more than that. hes ruined me and my partner in business '1: was easy for a rich man to do that.” added Calvey bitterly. .. “You go and start into bnsmesa again.’ udx ised Joe. ‘ I' ll send yuu word first thing I know for certain.” But it was some time before he could induce Calvey to leave us. After be had gone I wondered whether Joe sus- pected him of having a hand in spirit- Joe shook his head. ”He couldn't have done it if he wanted to. He's a good young chap, but look at his boots and his clothesâ€"he was bred on a pave- ment. but. he’s Miss Virginny’s choice for all that. We‘ll start now. Mr. Quaritch, Just where I found that bit of gold caught in a branch that hangs over the little stream up above there. You see. she lost her hat. and she has a splendid lot of hair. and so when I could find no tracks. for they came down the bed of the stream. I searched ‘bout as high as her head. I guessed she’d be liable to catch her hair in a branch.” But we had hardly started when we heard the voice of Plan: roaring In the wood below us. He was coming along at an extraordinary pace in spite of his ungainly, rolling stride. “Youv wefé right. Joe: Virginia Is alive! It is a case of abduction. See what I have here." He held a long stick or wand In his band. The top of the wand was rough- ly split. and a scrap of paper stuck in the cleft. “Ed’s just found this in the canoe on the lake.” he went on. “These black- guards must have come back in the night and put it there." â€" :What hive they said In the paper?” asked November. " ‘Yon must pay to get your daughter back. If you want our terms come to the old 103 camp on Black lake to- morrow night. No tricks. We have you rounded up sure. Don’t my to track us or we will make it bad for Joe touched the ends of the wand. “Green spruce wood. cut near their camp." said he. “There's plenty of spruce like that right here.” objected Planx: “why do you say it was out near their camp?” “It’s cut and split with a heavy at. such as no man ever carries about with him. Well. we‘d best do no more tracking till we see the chaps that has Miss Virginny. It’s Black lake tonight. then '1’” On the way Plan: made known to us his plan of campaign. It was a simple one. He would get the men into the but and speak them fair till a favorable moment presented itself, when he would demand the surrender of his daughter under threat of shoot- ing the kidnapers if they refused or demurred. “There are three of us. and we can fix them easy,” said Planx. November ’ Joe shook his head. “They’re not near such big tools as you think them.” he remarked. We had stopped on some high ground in the shelter of the woods. from which we could see the fishing hut. Joe van. Ished with his silent. Indian-er glide, his movements as inaudibie as those of a ghost. In about five minutes a light suddenly sprang up in the hut. and Joe‘s voice called us. As we entered the door I saw Joe was pointing to a piece or paper which lay on the rough hewn table. “The same writing as before. Listen to this: ‘It you will swear to give us safe conduct we will come to talk it out. If you agree to this wave the lan- tern three times on the lake shore. and that will mean you give your oath to let us come and go freely! ” “I told you they were not tools.” 3316. Joe. “What’s the orders now, Mr. Plan: ?” _ Plan: handed Joe the lantern. “Go and wave the lantern." From the door of the hut we watched November as he walked down to the lake. At the third SW: of the light a voice hailed him. “You hear? They were waiting In a canoe.” said Plan: to me. Then followed the splash ot paddle- and the rasp ot the frosted rushes as the canoe took the shore. Joe had re- turned hy this time and hung up the lantern so that it lit the whole or the hut. Then the three of us stood to tether atone sidegt the table . . . -... a”...- a..- -..- gfivay Virginia. ‘Presently I asked “Come in dear Joe." ' UR visitors hesitated outside the 0 door. “There are only two of them.” whispered Plunx. As he spoke a short. bearded man in a thick overcoat stepped into the light. followed by a tall and strongly built companion. Both wore black visor masks. with fringe covering the mouth. 1 noticed they were shod in mocca- sins. “Evenin’,” said the tall man. who was throughout the spokesman. "My partner and me is come to make you an other. Mr. l’lanx. We’ve got your daughter where you'll never find her. where you’d cher dream of looking for her." “Don’t be too sure or that.” growled I‘lanx. "If we agree on a bargain she shall be returned to you unhurt three days from the time the price is paid over. and that price is $100,000. ”Those are our terms. The question for you is do you want your daughter or do you not?" “I conjecture that is something of an easy question to answer.” said l’lanx in his slow tones. "In fact, 1”â€" The next incident was as swift as it was unexpected. On the word he slipped out a re- volver. But quick as was Planx’s hand to carry out the impulse of his brain. Joe’s was quicker. He knocked the revolver from Planx’s grasp. “You treacherous dog. Plans!” cried the kidnaper. “Is that how you keep faith? Well. we have a remy to that too. We offered to give up the girl for $100,000. now we make the price 5150.000!" “I'll never pay a cent Planx. ' “When you' come to change your mind." replied the kidnuper quietly. “just hang a white handkerchief on one of the trees at the edge of this Ithat tin on’tne shelf. Leave us two I clear dayS'and you’ll get your girl back [safa But it you monkey it will be the [worse for her." At the Third Swing of the Voice Hailed Him. Without more Words the two masked men left the but. and. like the explo- sion of a thunderstorm. Plan: opened upon Joe. November faced the storm with an entirely placid aspect until I began to wonder at his patience. But when at last he spoke the other fen dumb as it Joe had struck him. “That’s settled. Mr. Planx. You’ve done with me and I‘ve done with you. Now quiet down and out!” Plfinx opened his lips as if to speag. but. seeing Joe’s face. he changed ms mind and rushed from us into the darkness. At qnce Joe put out thengbt. “We can’t trust Plans just at the moment. He's fair mad. but we’ll have him back in half an hour to show him theway back to Wilshere’s,” he remarked with achuckle. r And in‘tact this was exactlv what M“ l “MW W . 4/1 = ., «211111?- fly .. Then out the money in notes in Kw x mm 9'1"" CHAPTER IX. m DURHAM CHRONICLE}. of it!” shouted Light a happened. It was a‘ subdued but stm a very resentful Plan: whomwe es- carted through the dark woods. On our way back to our camp Joe made a detour to examine the tracks of the kidnapers by the light of the lantern which be had carried with him. As had been the case by Moosesunnk lake. so now we found the trails ver~ clear near the waterside. Joe studied them for a long time. “Well. you‘re out of it now. at any rate.” said I. “Ahd what about my promise $0 Calvey?" he rejoined. “I'm deeper .m it than ever. I’ve got to find Miss er- ginny sure.” ‘ 7 An -“‘I‘ b “You can’t track her because of that threat in the letter to Planx’i” “That’s so. but I’ll be speaking to Miss Virginny before tomorrow night." said Joe quietly. nor, having made this dramatic announcement. would he say more. The next morning Joe was early astir. _ 4“ “Uwâ€"- ”What are you going to do today?" said I. “I’m going to find out the name of the man that has Miss Virginny bid away, If you’ll wait here, Mr. Quar- itch. I’ll come back as soon as I've done it. You’ve got yuur rod and there’s plenty of fish in the lake.” With that I had to be content. Be- fore starting Joe had laid a bet with me that he would come back with the name of her abductor, and l was won- dering what clew he had to go upon Hardly any that I could think ofâ€"-the trail of the two men and the golden hair. very little more. About 2 o’clock I heard November hail me. "What about the bet?" I called on sight of him. "Who pays?” "You pay. Mr. Quaritch.” said Joe. “Why. who is it. then ?" “A fellow called Hank Harper}? “Why. I’ve heard of him. He pass- es for a man of high character.” Joe laughed. ”All tlw same; he’s the chap who done it.” said he. “I expect he’s got her up at his cabin on Otter brook.” “Look here, November." I said. “You tell me Hank Harper is in the kidnap. mg business and I believe you. be- cause I‘ve never known you speak without solid facts behind you. But: I think you owe me the whole yarn.” Joe pulled out his pipe. “All right. Mr. Quarltch. To begin at the begin- ning. There are two of them. One‘s this man Harper. 1 don’t know who the other ls. and it don't much matter. If we find Harper we find his partner. Well. Miss Vlrgluny was fishing when they stole. down upon her and carried her nff. I‘ve already told you what happened until they took to the name They paddled across the lake and the two men got out. leaving Miss Virgin ny in the canoe to paddle hersell round and land elsewhere." “But surely she could have esenped!’ I cried. “She was under their rifles and had to do exactly what she was ordered. l found where she’d landed and follow- ed her tracks to that llttle waterfall stream, and it was there I found the golden hair. So far. you see. every- thing titted in together as good as the jaws of a trap. and the messag on the hit of paper about a ransom carried it further on. So did the talk we had with Harperâ€"it must have been him did the speakingâ€"at Black lake. When I [worked up l’lanx’s re- volver l was wonderful sorry to have to do it. but a promise is a promise. and he'd passed his word for a safe Conduct. After. when my eyes fell upon the trail left by Harper‘s part- ner. I knew 1 never done a better act in my life. It give me a start. I can tell you. Mr. Quaritrh! You see. all the weight was in the middle of the moeeasion. The heels and toes were hardly marked at all." November looked at me as if expect- ing me to see the meaning of this peculiarity. but i shook my head. "It meant that the that inside the moccasiou 'as a very little one. a good bit shorter than the moccasin." “Yuu can’t mean"-â€" l begun. "Yes." said Joe. "The second per- son at Black lake wasn‘t :1 man at all, but just Miss Virgiuuy herself." “ll, Uu‘: JKIHU oval-Jun- - "C”â€""'§' ”Well. if that was so, why, she had the game in her hands then. She had only to appeal to usâ€"to speak." Joe interrupted me. “Hers was an- other sort of game. You see. I’m pret- ty sure that Miss Virginny has kid- naped herself. or. at any rate. consent- ed to be kidnaped. She had just pad- dled round and joined the two men later. and then when I come to think over it careful I saw how'l might raise the name of the man that was helping her. I lit out for Wilshere's camp and asked the woman if there a day without a. sponge and a comb and. most of all. without a tooth. brush. None of them high toned 3313 can. Isn‘t that so?" “Yes. that is so. but"â€" “Well.” went on November. “if she went of her own free will. as 1 was thinking she didâ€"or else why did she come to Black lake?â€"if. as 1 say, 1 was right in my notion and she‘d made out the plans and kidnnped herself, the man who was with her would be only just her servant. in a manner of speak- ing. And i was certain that one of the first things she’d do would be to send him to some store to buy the things she wanted most. She couldn‘t get her own from l'lanx’s camp without giv- [ing herself away. so she was bound to Esend Bank to hike out new ones from somewhere." “What [In nnpnpd than 9” was in the woods Continued next week. nnk §§§§§§§§§§§N§§§WOO§N§QO §§§§§O§§§§§§§§§ON§§W s+++++++++++++ +++++++++++w+++ owe-mm «:4»? §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§Q§§§§§ W§§¢§§§§§§§ §§§§¢§§§§§+§§§W +$é+éé~§~§€ré'}~§‘éé°}+~E‘~§-'}‘~§‘~IǤ"§--§”§"§~§"}“}°§-M'§'M‘ +§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§¢§§§§§§§§ WQ§§§§§§§ O§§§§§§§§¢NM Some ratepayers in Bruce coun- tY may think the extra mill and a half just voted by the county council for the Canadian PatrOitic Fund is pretty heavy, but these ratepayers should cast their eyes upon the little township of Wal- La'ce, in Perth county. Besides the McFadden’s Old Stand Important to Householders A. PATRIOTIC TOWNSHIP. ATT: SPECIALS SPECIALS This week We are offering three only {)7 piece English China Dinner Sets at prices that have no comparison. See Them Before They Are (ione Here’sa List of Specials that Demand Consideration Glass Tumblers 6 for 250 Thread that‘s Guarani eed, three Glass Nappies 6 for25c N' .lsgf"”shf°"}Â¥c ., . , - i 31 ms es 2. or ac GLESS Berry BOWIS 15? each Leather Half-Soles 21) and 23c or China. Berry BOWIS 2‘00 ”"11 Ru bhet Heels for Ladies’ or China Nappies 50 each Gent’s 100 PM? , , . _ 14 quart Granite Dish Fans 250 China. Bread and Cake Plates 1'30 20 quart Tin Dish Paws 25e. China Cups and Saucers 2 for 25 11 q'uzu‘t Glam“: Preserving . kettles Lac Mercemzed ( ro het Cotton 10c “Little Darling" Hose any size per spool. 25° pair ' JOHN McGOWAN See our New Stock of Stationery including Boxed Papeteries, Patriotic Pads and Envelopes. The People’s Mills on hand. Farmers and Stock ()wnei-s should lay in a quan- tity of this Exi'eilent (Jonditimier for Spring and Summer Feeding. Nothing equals it. for Young: Pigs, Calves. lite. 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. $2.01.) per single sack, $1.91) per suck in half ton lots and $1.85 in ton lots. Eclipse, Sovereign and Pastry Flour and Rolled Oats Breakfast Cereal Bran, Shorts, Low Grade Flour, Chop of All Kinds, N0. 1 Hay. etc., kept con- 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 In- struments of all kinds in the highest and best; gr ades. We are crowded for room and the stock mustbe 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. TELEPHONE No. 8 (Night or Day) The Variety Store Everything in our line at lowest prices for Cash. \Ve have a quantity of the celebrated H. J. Snell Molassine Meal regular county grant of two mills this township i_s .adding another two mills.â€"Port Eliinn Times. Rev. Wm. Wallace 01! Chesley will be made rector of Thornbury. and Clarksburg parish about Octo. berl. Ln, Thread thats (m: tranteed, three spools for 10¢ Nail Brushes." fox 50 Leather Half Soles 21) and" 3c Dr Rubber Heels fox Ladies’ or Gent’ 3 15c pair 14 quart Granite Dish P ms‘ .25c 20 quatt Tin Dish Pam” .58 11 gnarl: Gxanite P1 eserving , September 23‘ 1915. Durham ’Wfléfi