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you all Best

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zit-ed the “arm 1nd as she play-f ulsltely c-arvecl Jude, 1e 111111 played on the‘ - down. she interrupt- 1 .1 o: thought r11 ask him.

tl1e time. lle glanced at his naleh. _ "seven 111L111 mist tiudnlght."

1 111, then bent her e1; o! her look so held‘ 1 a moment hc won't lis- l11~,-,.111 to speak.

1 should tell you,“ 1.. h1- cmitrolled his ‘ Jllylllllll’ should 5 H!) Yfiifl H3850!)

meet 111111; _

.- and you ‘don t,

wu s 1111111 know.‘ 1 .,-.

‘ ‘he n : tl1 prisc11er. The‘, mum; of the n1.1n we're walling for.“ . ,-. He xvnited to hear, ‘with interest. not with 4111i‘ VZYlL curiosity; it didn't seem 111111 culnrlv relevant. "ills {M10111 lire old friends of m3’ father. He wax. nlsi, 1151111 .r. 111 Czxlnbrlclge‘ when he lolned the 1n- ‘ 11111 1.111111. ls 1115 nuiuL‘ -

irhyme and reason in the circum-

stances of their errand seemed toex- plode 1111c fantastic nothmgness.

"Erdhartl" l1e said harshly. "Gav- in lh-dhuri?"

"Yes." y

“iyney live a1. Dorklng?"

“Yes, why?"

I11 her anxiety she let the ade paper weight slip, and Jump at the crash that it made on the table.

“l 111ml; you've been misinform- ed." said Roger slowly, and drily. "I was at school with Gavin Erdhart. He's 11ot in Majorca. I met him in London three days ago, on the morning before 1 left."

Kitty stared. Her face coloured.

"You couldn't have!"

"But I did. 1 met hun in South- ampton Row a5 I came out of your father's office. He said he had been in Spain. and had been back a month.

"There must be some mistake!"

"None 0n my side!”

Roger rose, his face drawn. and suddenly seeming years older.

Kitty r050, LOO.

“But they said again and again than the prisoner was Gavin Erd- hart. One of them said he had met the Brigadier-General — Gavins father," she hesitated. "But, then- then what on earth does all ths mean?"

White-faced. Roger gazed at l1er. He didn't know what it meant. He couldn't guess. He only knew that for some thirty hours _he had been blind. He had been bl1nd_to every- thing but the extraordinary 1m- pression she had made on him. De- ludcd by it. victim of a joke or a hoax of some sort, he had brought the yacht to Majorca, he had be- trayed Smallbrldges trust. he hnd thrmvn away yenrs of effort!

“its some mistake, perhaps," he said. but hardly heard his own wort-is. so utterly was he sunk in dlsillusion.

S1111 cried sharply: "Whats that?" _ They heard Geoffrey's voice hail-

. hr-r The cabin, ‘. lfztlorca.

wrd Mclnnis’

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Begins SATURDAY, December 30

and Continues for a FEW DAYS ONLY at these low prices

\11111r..\"s l y MEN'S

11.00 and $4150.

.0. Sale $2.98l$s6§1e $3.98

Men's 4 Buckle OVERSHDES

FIRST QUALITY SIZES 6 to 12

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All footwear f: today worth more than the original prices at which we had them marked. Therefore this Bale gives you n double saving. Bo don't. delay es we are offering these items for only l- few day: at these prices.

YOUR CASH GOES FURTHER HERE.

HOWARD MclNNIS

TWEEL BLDG. — GREAT GEORGE STREET “THE BEST FOB LESB--FOI CASH"

lea tlwm willy: B-nd even as he am so. another sound-tile faint Qhugg- Chg: o! a motor boat engine.

l-W WB-S 011i. of the saloon like 9J1 BIWW from a bow. Roger caught h" llD on the companion ladder, Where she was telling Geoffrey urg- ent?’ as be stood above her on the

dec .

"Gwfli 1V5 WT°lig—lt's a hoax or Wlnemlllg- Ml‘. KBllt saw Gavin 1n Lmldlln mu!‘ days 1120. There's Something wrong. H1‘ here; theres some mistake,"

Geoffrey was silent for a nwnwm, except to say tecbly;

“What?”

isn't

A LAUNCH APPROACHE$

Kitty began again, he cut ner- short, saying: "There's someone IIIIYDOW. in a lau11cl1. {Gilly climbed tothe deck. Roger Dllbhfi past her with fierce impag- lance, and stood listening. The

H coming out,

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_sllddellly 8 light blazed out on the water, the beum from a search llgh. on the oncoming boa; cnugm me

QlDflDUS Kate" amidships. They were seen. _

B086!‘ said to Geoffrey.

Haul Charlie out of 111s 11111111 and get the eughe going."

It may be’ tne prisoner, lifter all ~a prisoner!’ Kmy 5341, "I1 is isn't we can bluff it out. They can do 1101111111; to us, Wew-g f-‘Vell’ "Elli to be here. We're cruis- ing, thats our story," said Roger, Lfeoftrey hurried away tQ the foc sle to get Charlie. , _ . The launch came on. Her crew were hidden behind the glare of the éemlillsht as effectively as an and. lance behind footllghts . , _ “After that things happened fast. | 1e launch shot towards the yacht

though it would ram her—descr1bed B Shari! turn and ran alongside. An‘ instant later, halfa dozen pairs of hands came reaching 11p for szach. 1°l1§- T0965. flny available hold, as their owners commenced to gwgrm aboard. | The first man on board, bulking large against the glow from the searchhght on the launch, present/ed i1 gun at Roger's mldrlff, and said in broken English:

“You keep uiet!" i “What's 11 this?" demandedl

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Roge .

Six of them altogether came over the side. All of them carried rifles, their figures sllg t but formidable l1 Elli-st U19 11811. Some wore wide s raw hats. and all had a handker-l chief tied round the lowerparts of l their faces. _ , _

“You come off de boat!" snld the than who was holding Roger Ulp.

All of you on this-a boat, you come . ofl-a-herl"

"$1,112 whf?" Kitty cried. "What|

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The other men dispersed towards the engine room and focsle. Jecgu can't arrest, us!" Rgger ob.

with a kind of grim contempt. “You go with us! No question!" “But what do ou want?" Roger almost shouted, n a fury o; 1m. pautience. "What the devil is this?" Y0" Shut llD." said their cuptOl‘. lie wore 11 1111111 111111 51111., nnd look- cd to be a different class to his Companions. who might have been 10118115 from the Mnnrenl water- front. ‘Cullen, Charlie and Geoffrey ar- rived, prodded lgnominiously for- ward by three rifles. This is a. nice mess?" said Geof-

frey. legwhaVs it about?" inquired Cul-

"No idea." said Roger. bitterly, and told the man 1n the light 5.1111, sternly: "If vou try any funny busi-

It was a bold, and—as he feared— futile bluff. The man who was hold- lmz him helpless dismissed the su -

stlon vzith a shrug and slight oily

laugh.

“ rltlsh warships donn Come here any more, they doan ask for trouble. This boat she is ours now, I take her possession. N0 time to talk. no more questions, you go ln the launch we put you ashore."

“You've no authority to confiscate this yacht!" protested Kitty.

"Thee; is my authority. mecs!“ and the man lifted his automatic an inch or two so that they could seeklt better, "You go now. no more a ..

Their en tors had lowered the gangway. ere was nothln to do but to go. Cullen and Char] e, pro- viding a chorus of puzzled protests, brought up the rear.

"I don't know what your game is, but I'm a British subject!" Cullen was heard w assert. “You dagocs can't do this to me."

They descended the yangwa one after the other with dlf iculty n the dark. The wind was getting strong- er every moment, The Manrenl light was the only stendv tlfng in an unsteady world. The launch le d to their feet and fell away.

er turned to help Kitty: as the ate d down clutching his arm to keep er balance, she cried in his

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at such a speed that it seemed as .

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Silver Fox Far

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tended fl1d']3l!‘ cipa rww activities. Bert Avery of Bil Bear Lake. California, wu award- ed the Grand Ch tonsblp ribbon for a particularly lne en. He also won in the fu silver sweepstakes and trophies for the most valuable platinum and moat valuable ring neck. W. H. O. Ruthven of Allletori. Ontario, won the “up ohamnlgnehlp. Mr-Ruthlvm hadaveryn nlectioufromhh ranch and they capwred quite a few awards. Roland 1111:1111 of Oom- swck Park. Mulligan. won 043M firsts. He is a son of Prank ‘hiplln, formerly of New Arman. P. E. ‘I. one of the orlzlnnl founders o! the lndumry.

The rumour is current that an agreement has been made between the American and Canadian Gov- ernments ltmltinn silver fox ex- ooo, of which

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Canadian white fox and platinum breeders have recently organired an aswciatlon at Saskatoon. Among the Islanders connected with it are

formerly of Southnort. Dr. R. H. Mat-Donald, Saskatoon. formerlv of Bedeqile, and C C. ‘Holman, Toosejaw, formerly of Charlotte- town

Sweden is taking a census of its fur farms amd very shortly they will be able to give the number of blue foxes. cross foxes and silver loves as well as mink and other fur bearing animals on their This vear’s production of pelts was lex-oected to be approximately 110.- 1000 silver fox, 30.000 blue fox and 40.000 mink.

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Finland. althoueh a late comer breeding foxes. lms made. rapld progress the past few veers and the pelt production for 1939 was expected to be about 25.000 in 30.- 000 The fur fannln" reizion is "of. far from where midtrirv activities were conducted "ccewlv and it is altouether probable that breediwz operations for 1940 will ‘ac. di<- tiirbed. ‘There is also the prospect of a blv cut-dorm in l-Weedlrw fox- es in both Fwvdep and blorwvav due to hlivher prices for food products wnd the low prices obtained for this year's crop of pelts.

Sales of pelts locnllv have been numerous both in Summerside and ln Charlottetown. One buyer claims 1m have purchased up to 400 pelts in onedav. which must be rather a record for recent years. althouizh the amount- of monev which cham- ed hands would not be in it with that paid out by some firm: in the boom davs. Suvnmerslde still main- tains supremacy as the centre of the industry and most fur bilvers locate there. or course where there are a lot of buvers pelts are sure to gravitate and competition sets prices and m~kes sales much easier yBS the seller finds approximate level fprlces for ‘his article. On the whole we are informed that there lis between 2s to as 1/s per cent less pelts in market this with the big kill-off of breeders. Com- ' isslon houses are 110w operatlrw under Government plan. The hold 11p which occurred in getting it into effect was no doubt the cause

of many sales that were made locally. ' B Burrowzbs of Chaplin.

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Saskatchewan, has a flve-vear-old female which produced a litter of thirteen silvers this season. She had previously given birth to sev- en, eight, ten and c-‘even sven Kllntberfz of Bird's Hill. Manitoba, also reports a litter of thirteen 1111115 from one silver fox vixen.

According to the December Am- crlcan Fur Breeders chore are rumours that the Norwegians have contracted with parties in New York City to handle 100.000 silver fox pelts and that amangements have been made with two auction companies in New York to sell these, also 10,000 in Seattle. This arranzement will be knocked into a cocked hat if the quote system goes into effect.

Wilfred L. Todd 0f Bmton.

“I 4140B" arrest you." Sold the man. g Mass, who was a visitor to the

Provincial Fox Show this fall, has 1m article in the American Fur Breeder entitled, "Dame Fashion is Flckle." and there 1s a out of Mr. lTodd holding one of his platinum ifoxcs. He is stmngly of the ooln-

‘nn that. ranchers would do well to Ldlvemlfy their breedinll and reach out for new color mutations.

As this issue will carry the final notes of the sea-son perhaps 1t would be “tell to make a brief re- view of i939 as it affects silver fox farmers. The season of 1938 ended v11.“ silver foxes on the decline. greater quantities being marketed

"I know that man -- ‘I know his

ness with is _ou‘ll l '. B'ltl.l VWTi warships hi ‘li/lanrealmvinsldle She "mlldl" filllsh W118‘ Fht‘ hours." was snvlnv, until they were in the

stern of the launch.

"I believe he's the man behind the screen in the cafe in Paris. f know I've seen htm somewhere be- fore, too-J‘ know I have."

(To he Continued)

11111r‘111 cnor

Insure e Inge crop e1 healthy vigorous pups this year by Ieedlm

ROYAL FOX FEED

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, live way known for the rancher I

i necm but breeding remit;

.‘ Insist on Royal.

Ali you: Geller today or If!“ dine! to

the St. John Milling! I BROS’, Summerside

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in December ot that W" Wm my

lll‘ December. In the Janu- ll-y auctions the slump continued at? in fut wu consider-