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+ 4 1 [ | "Yes, Badoglio. Our friend over there is being insolent." Badoglio turned. "Shall I see to him, Empress?" "In a minute, perhaps. . . . Now, Ferguson, this is my last word: You get to work on those new notes, or Badoglio will give you a iittle more of his attention. . . . Paugh!" she added; "the fool has fainted." Simon Stevensson turned to his superior. "With all possible respect, Empâ€" ress," he said, "we must not allow the Sellow to die." "Die! He won‘t die. But his spirit must be broken. Time presses. He must get busy. When he comes to, I don‘t think he‘ll make any more diffiâ€" eulties. And now, I must get back to town. You‘ll stay here, of course. By the way, what about that girl of Ferguson‘s > Stevensson parried with the truth. The Empress was not in the mood to He was stil} cowering when a man of gigantic build entered the roo... Swarthyâ€"{aced, his deepâ€"set eyes glowâ€" ed as he looked at the man whom he imagined was shortly to be delivered ever to him. "You sent for me, Empress?" he asked. He found courage of a sort. He beâ€" Neved this was an attempt to bluf; Maâ€"gery would be on her guard. "I won‘t make any more," he stated. "That will be very foolish of you." The speaker now pressed a bell, and, to the servant who app:ared, said the one word: "Badoglio." Ferguson screamed. At the thought ef that horrible Italian. . . . heas disagreeable news. A gasping cry came from the throat of the tormented man. He flung himâ€" self forward. "Leave my girl alone, damn you!" he cried; and then: "Where is she" Tell me!" We are looking after her for you. Do what I want, Ferguson, and no tarm will come to her." Into the hard, but beautiful face of the woman, stole a smile. The man with the ascetic face, seatâ€" ed by her side, smiled at this pieasâ€" antry; and it was be who now conâ€" tinued the talking. "Be sensible, Fergusn; if notâ€"" The sentence was completed by the **â€"â€"If not," she said, "there is your daughter, of course." "You are the one man in the world we reed at the moment," she continâ€" ued; ‘"no other engraver, that we know of, at any rate, possesses your ability. If there was such a man, we might get him to help yo«.." "So long as we require your serâ€" vices, my man." "But you can‘t do that!" "Can‘t we?" The sneer was palpâ€" able. ‘"We appear to be doing it, anyâ€" way. Now, listen to me, Ferguson: You‘ll stay here urtil you do the work which is required. That‘s quite clear, 1 hove?" g © The words stunned him. He knew the woman to be speaking the truth. He had already proved her to be imâ€" placable. Ferguson felt his knees give beâ€" neath him. This was only the second time he had faced her, but he knew this woman to be a terrible creature. A remorseless, devouring monster, ut terly without scraple. She, surprising fact though it might be, was at the head of the gang who were determined to break his will. "Well, Ferguson, I hear you ars still proving obstinate." <The converâ€" sation was started with these words. He moistened his dry lips. "How long are you going to keep me here?" he demanded. It was not until one looked closer that it was reatized that this woman was very different from other of her class. There was a cold callousness in her eyes, a fixed determination about her firmlyâ€"moulded chin, and a â€"ugâ€" gestion of cruelty in her tightlyâ€"closed It was the woman t whom Ferguâ€" son stared. Fashionably dressed, she might have been taken, at first glance, for the usual Mayfair matron, whose hours were crammed with social enâ€" gagements. She had good looks to commend her, and a soigne air. This much, the casual observer would have noticed. blazed; and, at a table sufficiently near for the warmth to be appreciated, sat two people. Ferzuson was hustled into a large pleasantlyâ€"furnished room. The inâ€" itial impression was one of comfortâ€" able ease. On the hearth, a wood fire tool of a band ruled by a mysterlous "Empress."* He rescues Margery Ferguson and takes her to a convent. He then goes to Mandlin= in Kent to rescue her father Meanwhile, Charles Whittle, an Amerâ€" lcan detective, is trailing a band of forgâ€" ers. By close confinement The Empress hopes to bend Ferguson‘s will to her When Philip Crane, a young aeroplane designer arrives in London en a holiday, through a coincidence of‘}ike names, he is taken for the Crook Crane, who is a CHAPTER VIIH.â€"(Cont‘d.) SYNOPSIE. ADMIT ONE BY SIDNEY HORLER Walking up what appeared to be the main street, he noticed a bulgingâ€" fronted, cheeryâ€"looking inn. Even in that unprepossessing light, it seemed to hint of Dickensian comfort. The dawn was ust breaking when Philip Crane arrived at his destinaâ€" tion. The village of Mandlingâ€"the girl had not been able to give him any more information than thatâ€"proved a small but picturesque hamlet a few miles inland from Folkestone. § Philip had taken so long in getting to the place because the first train from Charing Cross had not left for several hours. This monotonous perâ€" iod he had spent in the waitingâ€"room of the station. His first object, upon reaching the outskirts of the village, was to enâ€" deavor to obtain food. Breakfast was very urgently indicate. A youth, dressed in brecches and sleeved waistcoat, was busy cleaning the lattice windows. "Are you open yet?" asked Crane. "W‘ot d‘you want?" enquired the reply, accompanied by a backward flick of the thumb; "she can cook baâ€" con lovely!" Accepting the invitation, Crane walked across the sanded step and lounge of the inn. Feeling utterly exhausted, the prisâ€" oner rodded. His strength was pone, his resoluâ€" tion beaten down. _ How could any man, tortured as he had been, hope to put up a fight? "Leave me alone," he pleaded. "You shall have food and drinkâ€" those are my orders," replied the Italian; "and, when you are rested, work. You understand?" "Well, which is it to be?" Looming over him, and grinning obscenely, Badoglio asked the quesâ€" tion. Eack in the room which constituted his prison, Ferguson battled his way slowly back to consciousness. â€" But when recovery came, he wished that he might have remained in complete oblivion. Margery! Was that damnable doman deceivâ€" ing. him, or had his daughter really fallen, like himself, into these devils‘ hands? What the Empress would say if she learned the trcth, he did not know; but he had impressed upon Cranc, the American, the d sirability of sayâ€" ing nothing about the contretemps which had occurred the night before. His complacen:y was somewhat disâ€" turbed by the knowledge that he had withheld certain vital informa.ion from his Chief that morning. He had done so for two reasons: the first was a sense of protective loyalty to Juditch Felstead; but the second had been actuated by fear. The smoker smiled as he recalled the really extraordinary position the woman was now in. Respected by the world whilst living ker existence in the Westâ€"End o. Londonâ€"an existâ€" ence which appeared to be entirely above reproach or suspicionâ€"she was yet known to the Underworld as the greatest woman criminal of her genâ€" eration. How long her luck would last he could not tell; but, when the climax did arrive, he knew it would provide &A â€" tremendous â€" sensation. Would he be there at the finish? He shrugged his shoulders at the reflacâ€" tion. In any event at the moment, he was well placed; in the confidence of The Empress, he obeyed her orders and reaped a rich personal harvest. Stevensson lit a cigarette. Daring crook that he was, he was lost in comâ€" plete admiration of this woman under whose banner he had enlisted. Alâ€" though, for the past twenty years, Mrs. Aubyn St. Clairâ€"the name by which Mayfair society knew herâ€"had made a vast yearly income through crime, she had never been arrested. She was a born organizer; a woman of extraordinary brain power, she was paid large sums to plan coups for various criminal gangs. That had been her living unt:l five years ago. Then, deciding that she would enter business on her own, she had eniisted the services of three or four specialâ€" ists. One of these had been Stevensâ€" son himself. "Six o‘clock." She looked at her jewelled wristâ€" watch, "I must hurry, then." Tall, beautifully proportioned, reâ€" gal, majestic, she made an impressive exit. morning," he added quickly; "but 1 thought it best to fix up an appointâ€" ment at your house." Crane, wanted to come down here this her; ther‘ll be no trouble in that diâ€" "Some breakfast," grinned Crane. "The Missus‘ll see to that," was the "Morning," she said cheerily. Quite right. What time did you into what evidently was the CHAPTER IX. of ‘The average girl declines to marry & lot of men because they neglect to ask her. "There‘s a train at halfâ€"past .ix, ma‘am," replied the porter, politeiy. "‘That‘ll do very well," said the woman. "I just asked that other 1c!â€" low, and he said next Thursday!" "Sixâ€"thirty," replied the porter, sharply "What?" exclaimed the old woman, who was slightly saf. "Sixâ€"thirty," repeated the porter, angrily, and turned away. Not being satisfied, she approached another porter and asked him the same question. Quebec Action Catholique (Ind.).â€" At the last term of the Assizes in Arthabaska, Mr. Justice Pouliat senâ€" tenced a young man to three years in the penitentiary, after being found guilty of involuntary homicide for &ayâ€" ing caused the death of a person while driving his car in a state of intoxicaâ€" tion and not carrying his licence. The automobile is a great benefit to manâ€" kind. But if madmen and drunkards become the absolute masters of the road, the people who have some slight regard for human life will end by reâ€" fusing to,drive in an automobile again. And the highroads, which cost the population so much, the roads whose utility is so general, would in the end be abandoned to a small number of brainless idiots. "Porter," said an old woman at a country station, "what time is there a train to Greenock?" "Tea or coffee? You can have either, you know." & "Coffee, ;leue,” said Crane. (To be continued.) "Oh, anythingâ€"so long as it‘s hot! And quick," he added. "Bacon and eggs would do splendidly." "Law‘s sake, yes, young man!" came the quick answer. "Sit down and tell me what you require." "Good morning," replied Crane, feeling that the world was all the better for the presence of such an optimist. "Sorry to trouble you so early, but is it possible to get some breakfast here?" Rabbitâ€""You can never depend on Mr. Snake in a panic." Turtleâ€""How come?" Rabbitâ€""He gets rattled and loses his head." Drunkards at the Wheel ACT‘Cr, Oh, Mr. Porter at this equine school at Agus Caliente, yearlings are being taught how to get away at the Equine School For Future Racers National Service Loanâ€"Canadians asked for one hundred and fifty milâ€" lions. Government receives two hunâ€" dred and fifteen millions. And to use the words of the Minn. weekly, "Jongâ€" fuced, dour pessimists began to dis appear as the mists before the murnâ€" ing sun"; but to use my own words, 1 say, "Turn those two hundred and fifteen rfillions into vwages: that will Toronto school children now own over $725,000. YX1L.C.A. offers recreation and education to jobless. It is probable that Felspar Mines around Kingstun, which have bean dormant for years, will be reâ€"opened. Sarnia, Ont.â€"New management to taka over the Sarnia Brewing Comâ€" pany and operate it as a going conâ€" cern. Tororto subscribed $64,000,000 of the $150,000,000 National Service Toronto Inspector Littleproud reâ€" ports that 35,913 deposits were 1 ade in November by school children. ‘"he biggest week in the history of the Penny Bank. Prairie Provinces have paid all the money they owe to the banks. Towacco firm prophecys favorable year. Since last December 209,657 men found jobs in London, England. Professional hockey in Toronto conâ€" tinues to fill 12,000 seat arena. Large chain store doubled telephone service, necessitated by increased patâ€" ronage. Increase of 4c a nushel, Chicazo wheat pit last Tuesday, Electrical Power Utilities show an increase of $100,000 in electricity useq during the year. Western mercanti‘» failures were much fewer in the s‘osing year than during the 1921 depression says Preâ€" mier Brownlee of Alberta. Canadian population jumps 1,065, 839 in ten years. Almost a million of this between Quebec and Ontario. No fire loss in Guelph in orne month. Canacian wheat export during the week was 3,534,278 bushels. Burlington, Ont., to get a new facâ€" tory to make and distribute insectiâ€" cides. Jttawa figures show that Canadian motor car purchase increased ove: 10 per cent. during October. Eminent economists attest their faith in upward ‘rend for wheat. Jobless experts offered work by Soviet Russia,. President of C.P.R. originates move ment to supply credits for live stock. Western motor officials report bet ter business and improved conditions King Township sells 2,000 acres of land to be settled by Dutch * am: grants. Silver Quality has BY HMECK. UNTIAKIV Arunmnivcs TORONTO no substitute An equitable man looks not outward on a defective law, of the mistakes or omissions of which he seeks to take advantage; but he looks inwards upon that law of rectitude which is written upon his heart, and is guided by its dictates.â€"William Fleming, D.D. For some moments there was silâ€" ence; then, with a puzzled expression, his wife looked up from her knitting "But, my dear," she said, "why didn‘t you cut the string and get rid of the brute?" An angler had a fourâ€"hours‘ tussle with a huge salmon before he â€"was able to land it When at length he nad made sure of his catch he took :t home and related his triumph to his wife, and laid special stress on the timz it took and the energy he had to expend before he could secire the salmon. When he had finished he waited anxiâ€" ously for praise, English, Irish and Scotch loows now humming as trade improves Mills going till 3 p.: â€"Belfast. New York has an unemployment program to raise $18,000,000 for reâ€" lief. Building permits for the week in Toronto totalled $224,000. Kentucky coal mine owner keeps mine going at a loss to minimize deâ€" pression. are stalied. Grain and hay entries have 5,000 samples. Ontario exh‘biâ€" tors get 22 first prizes. Inte.national Live Stock Show at Chicago opened Saturday, More than 12,000 head of cattle, sheep and swine The Optimists Cink, Toronto (EL. 4732), wi.l collect old tors, have them repaired by «um‘c V xcational School, and dist=bute them to ‘re poor, European miser wills $800,000 <to London â€" Metropolitarn, Court poor boxes. Sir Frederick Lewis, chairman of board, Cunard Line, has given conâ€" tracts to Vickers & Armstrong for new ship at cost of $8,000,000, to reâ€" place the fireâ€"swept: ?erm»da liner. Labost Congress ask Ontario Govâ€" ernme«t to :nsure unemployed. Fraser Mills, B.C.â€"Mammoth saw mill employing 700 men, was reâ€"openâ€" ed after being closed two months. Premier Taschereau announces a surplus of $776,775 for the Provirce of Quebec at the end of the year Partial moratorium on mortgazes is proposed by Tororto City Council to Ontaric Government. St. Thomas.â€"The railway shopmen to return to work noxt week at Pere Marquette shop. be the kind of dynamite which will blow deprassion to .. . ." Picton, Ont.â€"Half a million dolâ€" lars is paid to farmers in cash by canning factories. New railway crossing warning be ing tried out. Tea 7ms[/om the yam’ensf Oomissions m ermmmmmmmme |he who puts off the hour for living "Many books are well written but aright is like the country clown who few are great."â€"Andre Maurois. "lltllorlh»lmtoflov by; but Mmss uts maw moer se â€" . cmcimmnge , , ; ~~~~ | it glides on, and will glide on, fowing ISSUE No. 51â€"‘31 past all the time.â€"Hcrace. "And what if the engine fails when we‘re up in the clouds?" asked the pretty girl of the pilot as she was about to enter a machine for her first trip. "Well, if that should happen," reâ€" plied the pilot, "you just leap out, count ten, and ’t.lnn pull the cord on your parachute. "But what if it doesn‘t open ?" "In that case the only logical thing to do is to flap your arms up and Mansum mend 220 " "aaop 0 M C down and say, N7C_was saying goodbye to sume visitors who had long outstayed their welcome. "It was so swee! of you to let us stay so long," they said, with effusinn "Oh, T‘ roplied, w P s ons oo Sn es rmaigy A silk and wool novelty is small woven pattern in mauveâ€"brown with reddishâ€"violet plain wool vest is chic. Black crepe satin with white revers and vest is adorable. HOW TO ORDER PATTERN3, Write your name and addréss plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin coin preferred ; wrap it carefully) for eachk number, and address your order to Wilson Pastern Service, 73 West Adeiaide St., Toronto. "Specding â€"the parting guest," might be described as one of the nepaâ€" tive virtues of hospitality, A woman rather overdid .he part recently, She was saying goodbye to some visitors who had long outstayed their welcome. Style No. 3349 may be had in sizes 16 18 years, 36, 88, 40 and 42 inches bust, Size 36 requires 2% yards 54â€"inch, with % yard 35â€"inch contrasting. d c WBb on (eck T ' 42 Suitâ€"uixre G@ress in black and red tweed mixture, with flaring slit sleeves Paris adores. The pointed tmt:m}en-t.;)? Uthe hips is slimming. The full circular swayâ€" inq hgngline is effective. And it‘s yours sirhhl} for the makâ€" ing and a fey_ygrds of material, The vest and softly falling jabot revers of the crossâ€"over bodice are of plain red woolex_: in blending shade. BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON NMustrated Dresswmaking Lesson Furâ€" nished With Every Pattern A suitâ€"like dress in black What New York Is Wearing D°“btf“l Compliment NE they said, with effugion, I‘m so glad you‘ve been," se with obv.ous relief.â€"Titâ€"Bits, Her Only Hope Clifford Bax in the Woman‘s Jourâ€" nal (London}.â€"Just as my father grow up in a period when railways had ceased to cause any wonder, and 1, in turn, when it was surprising if any» body could not ride a bicycle, so the members of the new generation take it for granted all the mechanical inâ€" ventions which men have devised in the course of this century, It is al most as though they had been born with added ‘senses. They expect to be able to travel on a road at seventy miles an hour and to hear a concert without troubling to attend it. They have come into a section of time in which an aeroplane is more often seen than a butcher‘s cart. And ve z:o they have always known both, can Association for the Advancement of Science. The plant patents, recentâ€" ly authorized by Act of Congress, will be issued in full color whenever the color is a part of the "invention" claimed by the horticulturist who has produced the new variety of plant, The two colored patents issued so far are for a white carnation with a delicate touch of yellow and for a rose of deep pink. ‘The necessity for putting out patents in color has set a new probâ€" lem for Patent Office officials, for color has never previously been required for any type of patent. Despite the great additional expense for printing, the ofâ€" fice is not allowed by law to charge any more for copies of the patents, so it is planned to limit the salo of them to those who can show that they have real need for them. The monotony of the black and white of the United States Patent Ofâ€" fice files is now to be enlivened by bright colors, according to the Ameriâ€" Prices are away down. Things peoâ€" ple need are cheap today, They will not, however, always be so cheap. Hence it is a wise economy to buy things needed while the low prices prevail, These are simple facts that stare everybody in the face. But most people do not give them more than & passing thought. If they thought & little more over the situation, un doubtedly there would be a very conâ€" siderable augmentation of buying. To buy now is to save what cannot be saved later on. â€" And facts are forthcoming â€" facts that ought to convince. The purchas ing value of the dollar is far greater now than it was three years ago. It is greater than it has been for many years past. It will buy for yon now what will cost you a great deal more in a year‘s time, if present indicaâ€" The Montreal Daily Starâ€"It is of interest to note that a more sensible argument than the sentimental is now being used in urging us all to buy more and buy now, not from patriotic rea» sons, but because it is distincetly to their advantage to do so. After all, when it comes to a matter of expendiâ€" ture, sentiment plays a very minor part with the great majority of the spending public. They prefer facts, terion. unct'u;;;;d its value as an ornament and as a medium of exchange would be destroyed,. It is an interesting fact that the monetary standards which have outdistanced all others have been anchored to the superfiu« ous in life, to the frills and trinkets, rather than to the necessities, Naturally, not all ornaments could serve as standards of value or as media of exchange. Certain other characteristics are also necessary, The standard must have durability, stability, scarcity; it must be easy to carry about, easily recognized, have the quality of divisibility, be made of homogeneous material, and it must have the character of malleability, serve as slandaro media of exchan; characteristics are The standard mus stability, scarcity; carry about, easily the quality of divis homogeneous mate The assumption in various proâ€" posals put forth by the bimetalists for the adoption of silver standards by certain countries is that the value of silver will be increased if this is done. If the value of silver is inâ€" creased, it is reasonable to assume that the production of it would soon increase and tend to depress its value. It is fundamentally a commoâ€" dity, and therefore can never become a monetary standard unless all the leading countries adopt it. Gold has been accepted by the world as a standard of value largely because it satisfies a desire for ornaâ€" mentation, ostentatious living and di# p-l;;_”‘lâ€"{o value of gold as an orna ment depends hue!l on its scarcity, By WALTER E. SPAHR. Professor of Economics, New York (E P BA C deutius a Dare to be wise: begin it at once; CV @TTTOY 18 L 8 > Color in the Patent Office The Younger Generation Forum in the Stock Exchange are any sort of accurate crk Th: Wice Buyer *©, with no question, that many amusements are de as water, aftor like 1 in von bring h MHan M W me W\ Joke en