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SMILES

GAEBY GERTIE

‘rlnu run SALE

‘QPDesirabic farm at Searletown, 92

‘pores, lilhdy. 1o churches and schools.

convenient lol- shippin . ideal potato

with! in prosperous community.

l G. C. McLEAN,

248 Kent Street, City, or

IIUGH McLEAN,

Searletown.

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1l0i-l2-24-27-30-1.

ion SALE OR fEXCHANGE

lﬂilacre dairy ranch in Manitoba. Clear. 2H miles lrorn It. LL, Stores, etc. lit miles irom school. I25 miles llilln Winnipeg. Near Portage La Xrplrle. Want isrm on P. E. 1. Might kssume some. Write particulars to H. COUGI-ILIN, $29 W. 17th Ave., Spokane, Wash.

his

"Plastic surgery was Invented 'Ot' the woman who refuses to look her age In the lace."

QQ-O-Q-OQQQOO-O-O FO-O-OO-OO-OOOO-O

j POTATOES

fAND TURNIPS.

. i

We will be buying every day nl oul

warehouse Hogan's When. highest

"prices ior good stock. Accommoda-

tion lor Boat loads. _ ' I. LESTER DOUGLAS.

i: I Charlottetown, i’. It. blind, " ‘ Phones ‘I98 and 938.

FOR SALE

ran excellent dairy larm in Mer- : Bald, Int 4!. ‘l miles from Charlotte- yhvm, near churches. schools and rall- mygy station, containing 185 acres, 125 qiulee cultivation. balance wood and

He: So you can never be my wile. i suppose though you'll be a sister to mo.

She: you, because you have been a pop-

IIQOI timber, extra well fenced and P" m me’

--I'atered, line buildings. Telephone in

-_- wkpeetion invited. Owing to iil- ' . rlleaiﬂl. bargain for quick sale.

JOSEPH POWER, Mermaid. rlililt-I-l-tuir-ti.

"Mercy, John. these highwaymen must be very strong."

"Why. how's that?"

"Here's an item telling of one that held up an auto v/Elh ﬁv: men in it."

'*~'1'he Christmas season calls ior extra . lien utensils in every home. Ii you swarm. believe it iigure out_in your ugly; the things you will make and g-bshp, during the holiday season and check up on your stock oi uten- 1‘ ‘and list the things that are lack- ."' Then bring the list to us and rNroWviil supply everything you may jzllﬂlﬂl at prices that will ailord you apprise and pleasure.

l "The salesman who was Just ln hero ls a sell-made mam", "Lock: like ho naeda rebuilding."

l rive; ' - “f”: " Citizens are hereby noiilied that all City taxes must ' bolero December 31st. Those in arrears ol taxes that diip will be deprived li-om voting at the Civic tofu-held ialFebs-nry, mo. A list ol all default- Ir‘ now-w - w.- » wiel- "i". 990*“? ' ' The» clogs; $011 ' l W-l’

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No, l'll be a daughter to l

“ talking about gardens." -

"7"? DlAus MYsTERY

By Agatha Christie

' IBUNDLE DUMFOUNDED

‘been a bit oi a. shock, I con see."

felt limp and taint with Bottle wen: on talking in a, quiet

o! him. "You didn't expect to scc me, Lady Eileen. No and no more did some oi the others sitting round this table, Mr. Mosgorovskys been my lieuten- ant in a manner oi speaking. He's been in i-he known all along; 3m; most oi the others have taken their iorders blillclfy from him." Sliil Bundle said no word. shc was

a most unusual state oi aliairs ior

‘l'~simply incapable oi speech.

Battle nodded at her comprehend-

113i)‘, scouring to understand the

M110 oi hcr leelings.

"You'll have to get rid of one or two preconceived ideas oi yours, I'm afraid, Lady Eileen. About this s..- 619i)‘. for lnStmlcc-I know lts's com- mou enough in books-a secret o1;- ganization of criminals with Bnmyg. terious supercrlminal at the head of it whom no one ever sees. That sort of thing may exist in real llle, but I can only say that I've never come across anything oi‘ the sort, and I've had a good deal oi experience one way or another.

"But. there's a lot oi romance in the world, Lady Eilccn. People especially young people," like reading such things i and they like still better really doing them. I'm going to introduce you now to a. very creditable band oi amateurs that has done remarkably iine work ior my department, work that nobody else could have donc. If they've chos- en rather melodramatic trappings, well, why shouldn't they? They've been ovlllllng to lace real danger-danger o! the very worst kind—and they've done it {or these reasons; love oi danger (or its own sake-which to my mind is a very healthy sign in these 3a,}. ety First days-end an honest wish tlo serve their country.

l’ t INTRODUCTIONS

"And now, Lady Eileen, I'm going to introduce you. First oi all there's Mr. Mosgorovsky, whom youhtlready know in a. manner oi speaking. As you're aware, he runs the club and he runs a host of other things loo He's our most valuable secret sntilbolshe- vist agent in EIngI-and. No. 5 is Count Andras, oi the Hungarian Embassy. a very near and dear friend oi the lat/e Ml". Gerald Wade. N0. 4 is Mr. Hayward Phelps. an American journa- list, whose British sympathies are very ‘keen, and whose aptitude for scent- ‘. ing news is remarkable. No. 3-”

He Elﬂlmed smiling, and Bundle stared dumblollnded into the sheepish, grinning lace oi Bill Everslelgh. “No. 2," went on Battle in a graver voice, “can only show an empty place. I1‘. is the place bclongng to Mr. Ron- aid De-vereux, a very gallant young gentleman who died (or his country ii any man ever did. No.l—weii,'No l was Mr. Gerald Wade, another very EF-llﬂllt 80nb1cman_ who died in the same way. I-lls place was taken-not without some grave misgivings on my part-by a lady-a lady who has pro- ved her ﬁtness to have it, and who has been a great hel-p to us."

The last to do so. No. 1 removed her mask and Bundle looked without surprise into the beautiful dark lace oi Coutess Padsrity.

"I might have known" said Bun- dle reseutiuliy that ybu were to completely the beautiful iorelgn adventurers to be anything oi the kind really."

"But you don't know the real joke," said Bill. "Bundle, this is Babe St.

about her and what a ripping actress she was-and she's about proved it." "That's so," said Miss 5t. Maur in pure trans-Atlantic nasal. “But i.‘.'s not a terrible lot oi credit to me, be- cause Poppa and Momma came irom that -part oi Yurrup-so I got the patter fairly easy. Gee, but I nearly gave myscli away once at thc Ab“. ,

' She paused and then said abruptly:

“It's-it's not been just fun. You sec, I was kinder encsged to Ronny‘ and when he handed in nu checks-l well, I had to do something to track down the skunk who murdered him That's all." .

"I'm completely bewildered," saidl Bundle. "Nothing is what it seems."

"It's very simple, lady Eileenﬂsald

, . was the oblect oi it all?" asked Hun- “ThaVs right." said Battle, as Mos- ' ‘gorovsky leaped up and came roundi " fto Bundle. "Get a chair ior her.,It‘s'

Bundle sank down on a chair. She surprise.

comfortable way wholly characteristic

Mann-you remember my telling you '

_ ‘wr- w "

Christmas Greetings, l

.Bev.B.W.andIri-s!.lllaay Fansiiyaenl kildisl hestwisbsaicr s

Auld Brien’! en Prince Idward Island. Tit-Ii. - ’ l in must do so on that understanding. But. bless you, that yraahit going to

atop ‘any oi Mr. Wade's. friends what

dlc. . "We wanted a certain man-wan- lcd him bsdly. He wasn't an ordinary

dangerous than any Rallies ‘ever was or could be. He was out ior big stun,- irlltcnlationl-i stuli. Twice Liready I valuable secret inventions had been, stolen, and clearly stolen by some one ' who had inside knowledge. 'I‘he pro-, iesslonals had a‘ try-and tailed. Then ' ed."> , '~ "Succeeded?" "Yes but they didn't wme out ol it unscathed. The man was-dangerous. Two lives ieil victlnl to nlni Ind he got away with it. But the Steven Dials stuck to it. And as I say they succeed- ed. Thanks to Mr. Everslelgh, the man was caught at last redhanded." “Who was he?" asked Bundle. "no . I know him?"

"YOu know him very well. Lsldy Eileen. ills name is Mr. Jimmy The- slger and he was arrested this after- noon."

‘ earns axr cams

Superintendent Balttle settled in ex- plain. He spoke coollsrtably and cos- liy. I

"I didn't suspect him myseii icr a long time. The lirst hint oi it I had was when I heard when Mr. Dev- creux's' last words had beenPNaturalIy YOU todk them to meanthet Mr. Dev- ereux was "TWIN Mild WON M M1‘- Thesiger that- the ‘Seven Dials had killed him. net's what" the words seemed to mean on their lace ‘value. But oi’ course 1 knew that that could- njt be so. "It was the seven pulls that m. Devereux wanted told was something about Mr. Jimmy ‘thesis- er. - . “Thefthlng seemed incredible, be- cause Mr. Devereux and, w. Thesi- gcr were close triehds. But Iranem- bored something else-that thin tbs- its must have been controlled by some one who was absolutely in theknown. Some one who, ii not in the Ioreign Oliice himself, was in the way oi hearing all its chit-chat. And I iound it very hard to lind outﬁvhere Mr. Thesiger got his money. "rile incmne his lather lelt him was a small one, yet he was able in live at s. most ex- pensive rate. Where did the money come from? ' "I knew that Mr. Wade had been very excited bry something thabhe had found out. He was quite sure that he was on the right track.

"He didn't oonlide inany one ab- out what he thought that track was. ' but he did say something to Mr. Dev- ereux about being on the point oi | making sure. ‘rhst- was Just beiore they both went down to Ohlnmeys for that week-end. As you know‘ Mr. wade died there-apparently iron: an overdose oi a sl" ,.' 1, draft. It seemed stralghtiorwsrd enough, but Mr. Dev- ereux did not accept that explanation for a minute. He was convinced that Mr. Wade had been very cleverly put out oi the way and that some one in the house must actually be the erim~ lnal we were all alter. I-le came, I llunk, very near ooniidingin Mr. The- sigcr for he certainly had no aus- piclons oi him at that moment. But something held him back.

‘(To be Continued

MANLESS wan m rllerurune

(British United Press) PARIS, Dec. 21.-A new terror o: the air, more grim and terrifying than any weapon oi war yet devised. has been successfully enperinrenled with by the French air authorities. ‘rhcy are testing ," ‘less aero- planes that can ‘spread death and destruction over lame, areas without the sacrifice o! a single liie on the pm oi the attacking party.‘ _ Rough deftalis oi the experiments prove that vmole imms sndoities‘ can be wrecked, entire population's wiped out, and the lile‘ ctr/nation paralysed within s iew hours.‘

One oi the successiul machines is awgiant bosnberfwhich in: sent up without _l. single-living person aboard. It was guided through the air to its tinatlon by wireielb. Nload ol dummy bombs was diachartsd, over the objective. the target being ac- curately hit. and themthp amazing crait turned and ﬂew backto its base, making a perilctdlsnding: _ _ The secret oi the plan's line stab-'

uua.lau. anti-we» II! III!

ml» lance causes. : mode lspuulm

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. asl- llerrvichriatalas and a. Happy rm Year - to ‘all the.

crook. He worked in Mr/Wsdeﬁs world , s. kind oi R-aifles but much more '

the amateurs took on-and succeed- »

‘ the ,

from $20.00 down

. The leathers on the Turkey~are made ap-ol Inna .1.‘ 8, l. 8.18, ‘I and I. The prsblesa is to tale these leathers The total o! the idded ﬁgures w_il_l be taken paths number ol leathers on the bird.

the Turkey and add the ﬁgures.

Pllizlisz-For the correct, or nearest correct, solution. prizes in order as loilows will be paid in cash.

1n». Prise $50.00 5th Prize Moo

- . 6th mu. .a.oo 1m Prize.... . am

1'1‘ COSTS NOTHING

There ls s‘ y no responsibility, obligation or cost o! any kind to try lor a prize. The solving oi the problem vvi provide s icw hours most interesting work.

COMPETITION CLOSES

Theccunpetltim closes Saturday, ‘January 2s, 10:0,, at midnight. All solutions to be considered, must reach th address below belore that hour. . »

.1.00 .1

In case oi a tie the prize will go to the one who had sent a new subscription with his solution‘ in accordance. with

condition No. 3.

Ii those who have both, or all sent in new subscrip. lions; then the prise will go to the one whose subscription on. which ‘he-or she became eligible, is paid the (gr-thug; m, . advaneeinto the year i030. Ii both or all are paid in"ad- vanes to December 31, i930, then the money will be divided whorl: such proportionately according m the number of‘ era.

pAloolir

‘$50.00 to the Person who counts hem correctly - Other awards

. .100 '

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Turkey? v

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. Conditions l ‘Every one in any‘ itmily where there is a regular subscrip-

tion oi this paper paid in advance, is invited to try the solution and compete ior the prizes. ,

Anyone not eligible in accordance with No. l condition,

may compete by becoming a subscriber or sending in the

subscription oi some member ol the iamily with $4.00 lor

country or $0.00 ior the city. ior the ﬁrst year in advance. \ .

EM‘? wmliotliormay. ll hejor she so desires, send in a

new paid in adva lot one year subscription with the solution. _This iaon t obligatory: but the winner oi escn _ prise who does send a new subscriber will be awarded

double the amount his or her calla m. Thus il the winner oi the ill-st prise had ta new subscriber. he will

beawarded 0100.00 cash instead oi 850.00, and accordingly

with all the prim. no one can so secure doublemoney

uni?’ the new subscription is actually iorwardsd with his

so u n. "

Inch competitor. by‘ lending mills solution, agrees n,“ the decision oi the iudges shill be indisputable and mm,

All solutions mustbe sent in on the iollowing iorm, clip- ped lrorn this paper. g \

Out this out on the border lines, illl in and mall early. Mark on outside ol envelope “Turkey Feather-g commmml, .

summon‘ _TURKEY

To Turkey Feathers Competition ' ‘The Guardian, Charlottetown, P. l. l.

o '_ (a) My solution oi the Feathers on‘ the Turkey is

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(cl l agrﬁ that’ the decision oi the Judges ‘hall be iodlspu tibia aim dial,

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FEATHERS COMPETITION

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which’ hitherto has m» reed-ans Bwttscrland maul-us m. mm... as a grave menace to ‘lemurs in gum o! new». mm “u.

Superintendent Battle. "n began ility m the an u a gyroecopic devise "W'- WW vii-W" ""1 “"14 "Y "m" m" 1"" "'4 m“ "h" "i" m“ ""1 "I'm" wit"! wltlmlvo in’ MWLW" ’ im- with some oi the young people wsnt- which controls ' the elevators and ll- "lmlﬂﬁl-ll Nil“! "Ill-limb" i"!!! 01.1""? "f "l"! 7'5"- bil" pol-is. " . ‘ __ '“ » lug a bit oi excitement. It was Mr. ailerons. Experts are already con- b7 rims liming billiards"!- lnsnl. havinl lﬂlt i-hﬂi‘ W“ ll‘ ll» , v.,....l..__ m; o ~ wsee who ilrst got on w me. l-le vinced thltlhedﬁifnwiljbgaug; rartusrszunslve restructure turned awayinolsgut." Ametieanlaasbloﬂilblihslllﬂ suggested the formation oi a bandoi eusiolly tortilla a» machines ol'o_ol-' WIN M b1 W PM '_ 1""! 1Tb!!! 439i IW“ , lﬂlhlwyltfllﬂllflotiightﬂlloﬂolﬂﬂ vrbat younughecsll amateur workers cnsi " ‘ ‘ "‘ " "\_‘ ism of F‘ _. llliﬂﬂllkﬁvf“ _ lodoabitotncret-nrvioewomlﬂerhlanﬂoﬁdselidﬁihlohoarrii“ ~ ‘ F. .

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