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, The Toraestors.

CHAPTER I.

P-1

gmngen peered into eve-r_v nlr

sunl nook and corner of use two room! mu mth which comprised the Widow t)'Kgde's top hour suit. 'l'he object was a small snapshot of June. y 'libs dsened husband of pretty June .Warner was at the hull door “ith ld' ` hand reached out for the knob. and in umm” inum Ned Warner :ind .lnnc qqqm have been tate to face! lu that luuht the ividow ultt-1-re \\'ltll»l>ed me snapshot under her apron and the vary nviftness of the motion slvlwk hm, we co,-mr of Sed \\`arner`s rest less eyes. He turned. and he and Ihr father of June glanced nt eu-cn utlwr- There was something suspicious in ine bent and warped and withered \\`id~.»\\ 0'.Keefe and her tall slip of rl son. ‘Ned came abruptiy from :lie door :uso re llewed his Seircb. At that verl' I-IN' ment. June. just outside. had l'==U~*Cd an the third step from the bottom to "ug the bow upon her sunt-y little snip- '

Ui ll

widow U'Keefe st00D¢\i

quickly and snatched some hi f lhelloorwlille live

P" *nd W 5'” " “ ‘igwdus PM W the Widow O`Keefe`s, :tt the comer of

make it behave and stay lu place.

Slim young &unnl_\ tl'Kt»efe \\-naked

gg ¢b¢ window, ullistllilg. :ind gitlucf-fl out with an :tlr of great ixfdlfferen-:|- On the other .rule »-.’ the street >too-l Omcer Tot-le. :.11-l his eyes ro\ed .lux- lonsly from vrindflvl to window of the narrow. dingy s:i»-e of s house “bien was the Widow u'liee!e's. At sight of Sammy Ohiter 'l`-,ole poured energet- ically howard the door. He waved both arg and pointed toward the duorway.

Sammy then sripr-ed quietly out of

the room.

June! The llstless Sammy used the

next quickest method to wireless ,With one noiseless .spring he st.-avldéoa the hamster wi.. wlluzei .l.-out-tl -he ll Curve and dont. tv June \v:|-.- <\..< halfway up the stairs. ;un.;u-l oi( '»\;:h g fuqrgtpp as ight us 1: -'<-:ther ,;r;iu~ . tial the astounded gif- t-_v the wrist and dragged her llcwr. the ste;-s ;.: the r'§k of both their net-ks. Samu._v .~n~.-v- ed June into the se-_-ond hull clmet. Sammy io:-ked the door and stuck the key in l.is ic.-kt-t and set the springs in his t'z.il. it-gs to work and was sitting i=zil_\ on the top step. bored and whistling s-2-ftly. when .\`ed Warner and Mr. and Mrs. John Moore and Bobby and Iris Blethering crime . ont, Bobby extremely dejected and Iris I explaining volubiy that lt- was all a ‘ mistake. June couldn't possibly have been here. But she must have been. after all, because- Still, how could

fthe?

Inaotnthe

alhlight and und. stood bewildered. lisleym dhtended ln the darknes,

ut olrnom

=t i

I1 all hor kindly face showed lm- mediate concern when she learned that Jule lint not tome home to the \\'ld- ow 0’Kae!e's.

l' she numrslly wanted to

aww .

kno .

“WaIl, yon're s friend of hers, arent

yon? hesitated Marie.

“Of course," smiled Mrs. Ylilard, and

balore her ron the freah young face of pretty June.

"Well, then I‘lI tell you.' Harte

threw her thick black veil over her iouldar for the twentieth time. and a drop of perspiration trickled down her nose. "I’m her maid Marie, and she mmtn't coma home.”

“But she‘s already started,” worried

Mrs. Villazd. °‘She'| probably there by this time Why musm't she come home?"

“Has ie!" And the voice of Marie cncked. "0h! Goodby! How am I ` to get her away from there?"

“Wait a minute!" This seemed to be

no time for asking questions. “I’1l come down in my car!"

"Oh, yes. do!" gasped Marie, nearly

pulling the transmitter on' the walL

“Goodbyl l have to hurry!"

"Walla minute! \\`fu`l. Marie! Where

am I to come!" ~-oh. yes!" su-1 mme guinea. “Irs

Des

hley street and Duck alley. right

-,...__i._l___

'A Savers Looking Man Came{Out to

twhlle-Ned stood not two feet sway

from her. Be had paused before that -'

very door. as If some delicate mag- netism had caught ma held him there. No' trace of her anywhere; no trace of lime, the Frenehtzamanu maid with the high cheek bones; no trace of the mysterious black Vsndyked man, whom _ none of them had cared to mention to I-he Widow 0'Keefe, Gilbert Blye! Ned clinched his fists, and his brow SW" black as his mind filled with the image of that dark, handsome face with its glowing eyes and suave smile. That image had never been absent HOU! .\'ed`s mind since the disappearance of his beautiful bride. A thousand Lime! = that succession of incidents had flush- ed upon ms memory with vivid clear- nes-June asleep in the Pullman draw- lug room on their honeymoon trip. » while Ile. up forward. happily smoked: tha finding her gone after the train had len 'nn-mille; the discovery that she had been helped br the bl=¢l= Vzlndyked man to board a local head- ed to .\`ew York: .\'ed's chase after them ‘ln an express train, and his train pulling alongside them In the approach to the Grand Centml lution: th* ¥i8|1¥~ 5 through the windows of the parallel can, of that suave stranger bendinx over June with his infernal smile. and het shilling up at him; Blye following Jnne`s taxi ln another from the sta- tion, and Ned's fruitlms pursuit in a . third taxi; the chase out to Brynport that same night. when June had stolen her clothes and Marie; the return chase, where Ned had seen June and llarle step into Blye`s luxurious limou- dne and whirl away with him! Ev- I erywhere that Ned had found a trace or .luuc he had found s trace of Gil- - hft lllye. and he wished to live for one thing-to meet Blye face to faeol and with his hare hands stnngie that seoundrel to death! I Ned became aware of the Widow

0'Keefe eylng him from midway of the stairs. She was a frail looking old woman. with her gnarlod hands clasped bdose her. but he heady little eye were as sharp as the unapected urs from dull jewels. and there was notono move of Ned's party which es- caped her. Sammy, still whistling with . svsmonchalance. vu so persistently notgasingatthecmtdoor thatltl .wnsawondernooneaakedfot-the

UQ.

"W'o’n wasting our time,” tlnally

sail ll-'Is Blethertng. "We're prob- ably letting them get away." A-nd -Ilas'g friend took har husband with l hc. The rest of the party followed- I laanwhtle lu-ie, alaguhad ln the

iomtingly tight black mourning out-

ths Widow 0'Ksa¢s, was many

of the danger sole. smoth- telephone booth and calling g cs where June had gone to rs. vlllard was not in her home up the Hudson. ner uns tbsra. They had sous ty. but the amid gave Karla

nnlahsr. lla. Willard an-

Il from a lvfhldy far-

liilliiiii

*lr

l "Please" Gilbert Blye walked out_

:ppt-obarlon.

- Meet Them.

across from Tim Courlrvs saloon. Any policeman can tell you the 1-lilue. Hur- ry!" And Marie. stalrtlug another seam in the Widow <J'I{ccl`e'S mourn- :ng dress, plunge-I out of the telephone booth, battling for air.

Mrs. Villard stood at the phone P.

moment. with ll musing smile growing upon her lips; then she gave the num- l-er of tt magnificent club. The man vhom a brass bnltoucd page brought hrough the marble corridors from _the leather hung library tn nnsvvcr the call wore a suave smile and a black Vau- dyke.

"This is Mrs. Vlilard. Gilbert." came

the low. sweet voice. “I have some- thing very important to tell you. June.” _ ‘-011:" Gilbert nl_ve stroked his black '

Vnndyke with his long. lean. whitei hngers. “I‘ll joln you Immediately wherever you stty." ,

“Sllnll I stop at your club?"

of the telephone booth. sent for his but and sat ln the reception room near the door.

The family limousine of the Moores had no sooner rolled away from the' \vld0W's house than Sammy 0’Keefe unlocked the closet door in proud self

“What was lt?" June asked.

Your husband. miss," And the Wid-

tinw 0'Keefe laughed her cackling tri- umph and rubbed her gunrled hands over each other. "It's small satisfac- tion he got out of me und Sammy with his pryin' and inquisitive"-

“.\'ed!" cried June. and she clutched

at the banlster rail. "He was here!"

“Right where youre standin‘. miss.

Anti your father und mother und"-

‘Daddyl Mummy!" The fears gath-

ered.

"Don`t you mind. d:trlln'." encour-|

sited the widow heartily. "They got 1 nothin' out of eitln-r Sammy or mel Sammy. I'm pri,-nd of you. boy. I dldn`t know you could lle so good. and I`ll never belle-\e anything you tt-ll me ngnln. And there was a couple of your friends, miss-~heurt_v soul of aT young woman that never left off tnlk. I in' or laughin' or cryin' or somethin' one minute after the other and her husband, n lienpeckcd little fellow that‘ll be no trouble until he gets walled up some day; then watch out for his kind. My Dun was that way. I Could hullyrag that poor devil night and day till I see the glint begin to come ln his eye- Why. darlin', whst`s the matter? Snrnmy. you big simple- ton. why don't you get Miss Jnnle a _ glass of water! And be quick, will

yon?" | Jabberlng out all her pentup excite-

ller father and mother! Bow she long- ed for them! `Bow she wished they had found ber! and a great flood of love surged up in her. She must see them! She must go to them at once! She must give up this foolish flight for at romantic Ideal and be just a girl, and return to her own people, and be pet- ted and forgiven, and be clasped in !\'ed's strong arms. never to leave them again! She rose with a wild impulse to hurry straight after them, but her knee bent under her. She had not known how much thisilliden emotion had taken away her The Widow 0`Keefe pressed ber tenderly back in her chair, and Sammy held s glass to her lips and spilled at trickle of water on her chili. She 'smiled nt them both, for she was very fond of them: then the widow drove Sammy from the room and put June on thebed. and took ot! her little shoes, and drew the blinds, and left ber alone to cry it out. And the \\`idow 0'Keefe rasped her own eyes with lumpy knuckles as she dosed the door.

June sat suddenly bolt upright and

dried her eyes and hunted for her shoes How bare everything looked in the room! Why, everything was gone! _and n-here was Marie?

.\Inrie had just turned the corner of

Olhcer Dost-d`s post when there came swiftly toward her a family limousine which she remembered with a jump in her breast. _

Suddenly there was s loud yelp of

joy from 4 handsome Collie sitting be- side Lhe driver, and Bouncer, who nev- er left his st-at when in the city, was halfway to the <urb in one spring. With rl shriek Marie headed for the nearest a.Zey, Bouncer barking happily at ner heels.

Five vui-T-es _yelled for Jerry to stop.

but it was urinecessary. That good chauffeur had used both brakes. and the Moores. the Bletherings and .\`ed Warner ull tried to crowd out of the door. \\'hiie the agiI§,'v:-<1 Bobby block. ed the ij-;-orway .\`eJ sxshed after Mcl- rie. but he suddenly _found himself breastbone to breustbonh with Officer Dowd.

“Etcuse me." said Officer Dowd, still

bresstlt.-g him. "Was it you or me thats in the road?"

"1 want to speak to that young wo-

man!" And Ned tried to pass around Uflif-er Llowd :ts "that young woman." accompanied by the leaping Bouncer. turned stviftly into a narrow alley. The last dash of her was a red and white striped stocking.

Officer Dowd was at this moment one

of the mos: atvkwnrd men on the fort-c. He had tried to shove around Sed, and now they met again. breast- bone to bzeastb-one.

"Get our of my way!" yelled Ned. “Who you orderin`1" retorted Oflicer

Dowd.

“She was s sc-tvant of mine.” said

Moore.

“Did she steal anything?" demanded

Dowd.

..N0_-.

“'l`hen its none f-f my business."

Anil Ufdcer Dowd locked trlvvartl the alley with a twinkle dawning in his eye. Marie knew every turn and twist within ten blocks of the Corners. "Go

on and speak to the lady."

They went down to the alley mouth

und looked in. There was a wilder- ness of crooked byvvays and no Marie

visible.

'°\\`hel‘c to. slr?" asked Jerry.

“The Widow O`Kcefe`s!" declared

Ned.

CHAPTER ll.

ARIE dashed into the 0'Keefe house as fast as her red and white striped legs would carry her. Fast as she was, Bouncer

was six springs .ahead of her. and she had no sooner started to open the door than he burst out of ber grasp and was across the floor and up on the bed and trampling ull over June, bark-

ing in her ear.

"Bouncer!" sobbed June. "Bouucer!" "Will you be still?" screamed Marie

to the dog. "Miss June, dear, get up!

,_ `.;s.¢=-.nw _

“I don't think I shall mod to wait.”

Mrs. 0‘Keefe, hide us! '.l‘hey'ro com- ing!"

“Oomlngf” June was startled. "l'll hide you," offered Sammy from

ment, not a word of which June had the doorway. "Come right here!" heard. she helped the colorless. half And he rushed across to the aide win- fslntlng girl up to her own rooms and dow.

mothered around her with a sollcltnde I

It was but a few seconds' work to

which was fully ns llvelyas her tongue transfer June across the nn scope and f_sr more sincere. fplatform connecting with the lcPhtl~ Juno might as well have been alone sou house. The hmlly limotutne, con- fer all that she was conscious of the tainlngtholooreathoklethclagsand 0'Kasfs mmtatrattons They had been _ Ned Warns, uma lpllahg around the

lf*-‘i hstmherulnthasevsry rooms, Nsd,'rornarl heggehangedhommenllnmwsxzhis

--,ly vrlte is here!" declared Ned Warner to Mrs. O'Keefe, with convic- tion. “l want het!" "Como right in and get invited

the widow, Milling wide the door. "lf you take her along this time you woa't be a nuisance to me any more today." But their second search revealed

nothing.

At last the discouraged pany left the

house of O‘Keefe. lu the *meantime Mrs. Villard had

stopped in front of Gilbert Blye`s mag- niticent club. A short. wide, fat man was leaning against the lamppost smoking at short. thick cigar when Mrs. \'illard`s chauffeur jumped down and ran into the club, but be paid little nt- teution until Gilbert Blye came out;

Blys Offered Har a Trip on a Private Yacht.

then the short, wide tnzln pulled his Slouch but over one eye. dropped his cigar and with remarkable agility beat both Blye :ind the chauffeur to the cur, where he opened the door obsequiously. Blye and Mrs. \'ill:1id talked in low, quick tones for a moment.

"At Pinknam‘s, then, you think, in

half an hour." And to Mrs. \'illard's nod he lifted his hat, :md the car drove away. Blye gave the fat man a quar- ter and went back into his club.

The fat umn stuck the coin into his

pocket, went to a telephone und hoarse- ly called for u number.

A shnrp fa-_ed woman with n long

nose and high arched eyebrows au- swered that call.

"Say, this is Bill Wolf," reported the

thick one. "Say, I got him! Do you know where Pinknam's ls?"

"i`esI" unexpectedly shrilled Mrs.

Blye.

"Well. your husbands gonna be there

in half an liour and meet the gall"

"June \Vnrner':" snapped Mis. Blye

violently.

“'l`hal.`s the name." said Bill Wolf.

"I heard him :ny it llulf tt dozen times."

Honorin wus hastily prcpnring to go

out when rt sudden thought came to lit-r. und she called up .\`ed Warner. He had just arrived at the lonely npurt- ments ivhich June und lie had fitted up with such care.

"¥\’el|. Mr. Warner," came the par-

rot-like voice of llonurla. "your wife is to meet my husband In the ufiices of Benjamin Pinknatn. in the Bond Se- curities building. in half an hour."

The coast was quite clear when Mrs.

Vlllard arrived opposite the O'Keefc house.

Sammy cnme out on the doorstep. "Do you know where Mrs. 0'Keefe

llves? This lady says she has a young lady friend stoppin' there. und"-

“Is it Mrs. \'illnrd?’ asked Sammy.

and he exchanged u pleasant smile with the lady.

"Yes, indeed. ls Miss June at home?" "No," he grinned, “but you come

right in."

The const was still clear when, n few

minutes later. lllrs. \'lllnrd and June and Marie and Bouncer and n huge bundle of clothes came out or the pas- sageway between the 0'Keefe and Mc- Pherson houses and climbed into the car.

In front of one of the tallest of those

mighty towers which commerce has reared as monuments to her fmperlous sway Mn. Vlllard led June through portals of a majesty which would have graced a cathedral in older days. June. lost in the beauty of this entrance. dld not notice xl peculiar circumstance. Mrs. Vlllard had dismissed her cur, sending Marie and Bouncer home with

the clothes.

She hurried straight back to the ele

vafors with June and shot up to the eleventh floor, where they entered s suit of omcea fumlrhed with the heavy richnul of ts club or n millionaire buch- elor’s quarters. Mrs. \'illnrd on nu- nounclng her name was shown at once into a private reception room. A se vera looking mnn came out to meet them. n hard mnn. one with n smile- less face and n metallic looking nose

and chin.

"I'lI lea you in just a moment. hirn

Villard,” he said in an nnbendlng volce. and his chill gray eye. roving to June. speculated apprerdntlvely upon that

very pretty young person.

There swept into the reception room a woman who almost stopped June'v, breath. She was startlingly handsome; with a skin like velvet. rt complexion of exquisite tlnting. n fnclnl contour without a naw. Her none 'NIB I‘¢l'fP<‘\' ly modeled. her eyes were full and Il.Qe and round and clear as crystal. and she held her head tilted backward nt rl slight angle which was the perfec- tion of iusolence. She was extrava- gantly gowned and 'glittering with jewels. but the moat remarkable thlnl In connection with her was the trans- formation ln the severe msn. He had

l or affection he had been mistaken, for 1, having thanked him In n manner which

'¢J’¢lhadonllollolfnandonhlallpss snails.

"Why, mydear,”hesaid, “thisls alll

Ilntrpected pleasure. lay I ask you 10 *lil llllt a moment?" And he: tlaleed apprehenstvely toward his pri-L me Olive. when s small, lmpaut--ni man, with his gloved hands clasped or s cane, sat nervously.

“I don’t think [shall need to wait' And the woman glanced around tht reception room. Herpglance swept just above the head of Mrs. Villard, but il swept downward as it came to June She calmly lifted her pearl handled lorgnette, opened it with a snap and surveyed the girl from head to fool with a cold appraisement of that beau- liflll ybung person`s charms. She swept her gaze to her beaming hus- band. "I shall need some money." slit remarked, and there was an additional. insolence in her having made herself oblivious to the fact that there were Slmnzern nrsent. “Wim Pleasure, my dear." And Mr Plnknnm was as obseqnious as if ht had been a salesman tvhom the wo man had just favored with n large or

der. “How much shall it be?"

“Ten thousand,” she said calmly.

The impatient little man leaned for ward and started to talk as Pinknaxr sat down at his desk, but no attention was paid to his eager renewal of the conversation, :md he died into fuming silence while the check was written Mrs. Pinlvnnm stood in disdainful re

pose.

“I have made it twenty," Mr. Pink~ nam observed, using thc ingrntinungf ` tones as he tried to smile. ` “'Ih:lnk you.” she said and, folding the check, dropped it into u little gold purse as if it were :l trifle of vulgar insiguiticflnce. If the man bud thought by his en-gr-rness and generosity tt strike from her any spark of gratitude

made the :hunks themselves nu insult she Linde him goodby und .swept from the nliice. And the man? He beamed' after her! `

Mrs. Villnrd and June breathed a`

sigh of relief. They were invited inte' :t handsome inner otiice. The insolent-

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an-u to Pinknanrs with Mrs. Vlllard. She would n0ttalktnl.heo!ll¢rl.llUW~ ,

ever, and they very ,wilaly held their peace. .As they emerged on the main 00°?- however. Cunningham turned 7-0 U” with twinkling jovillity 111 ml CY” and. leaning over, whispered some!-llllll into her ear just aa she was about N step into the adjoining upwlrd WW* elevator.

A; wut very instant Ned Warner strode into the ronmda, closely f°\1°"' ed by Honorla Blye. He saw his beau- tiful bride in the company of the black Vaudyked man, who was watching D9! with that suave smile upon his dark. handsome face, while a debonnlz white mustached man bent over he! famillarly and whispered in D01' eil* He saw .Tune blush; he saw her ICG# back: then the lady with her drew IW! into the elevator. Blye and the others crowded after her, and us N911 “Q00 vengefnlly through the corridor. With the shrieking Honorin behind him, U16 atm closed with s bans, and *M W shot upward. They rushed into the next car. N05 black browed and silent, and the Shri" Honoria jabberlng incessantly. The oar had scarcely started to move when a sudden idea came to Ned. 9-lid N turned to Mrs. Blye with the lf!! words he had spoken to her. "We might miss them,” he BDBPDC4-

“They may have seen us and not go t0 the odice you named. 1'll 20 ble* dotvn and wait."

As they left the elevator at the

eleventh floor the door of a down car clanged. If Ned bud got Ollli at me first stop, which was the nlnth floor. he would have caught thnt down 081'-

ly handsome woman! In Mrs. Piukf num the runaway bride had necoguized another and a startling phase of het <'Wl1 Problem. Here it was again-the' slime, never ending condition of the man owning all and the woman none. \ of the man giving and the woman rel I ceiving.

Suddenly June gave a start of min- gled surprise and fright. In the door-y way stood the darkly handsome, suave-‘ ; ly smiling Gilbert Blye!

CHAPTER lll.

ll.BEIl1` BLYE suavely hp-

proached June. und Mrs. Vil-z lar-.l went into an adjoining,

t oth-_-e to talk with Mr. Pink-: » nam. lfollovviug Blye came Orin Cun-- ninghnm, Tommy Thomas and n white haired muu with heavy liddetl eyes. Then June received the great shock

of her life-Blye offered her :1 trip on a private yacht. He had rt photo of it with hl_m. She gasped ln amazement and refused it.

Then Cunningham drew out a check

book and asked her how much money she needed. June`s cheeks pnled. Sha burst into the odice where Mrs. Villard

sat with the iron Pinknnm.

“Did you bring me here to be tor-

mented by those people?" she demand- ed. Her cheeks were flaming, her eyes

snapping.

Mrs. Villztrd hesitated u moment.

“Did yon?" insisted June. “If so I

shall resign!"

“Why, no, chlld," returned Mrs. VII-

lard rlslne and holding out her hand.

#-"'

~ *Rust li

Qunningham Draw Gut a Cheek Book

and Asked Har How Much Money Sho Needed-

“I only want you to do the things best for you to do."

“I'm going!" June suddenly decided. The iron man bowed. There was no `

glint in his metallic eye. no smile on his unbehdlng lips. June, followed by Mrs. Yillard, sailed through the magnthcent naceptionroom and into the ssll. Blye and his corn- panlons followed them. v At that moment .Nod Wamefs taxi-

cshdrew uptn trontoftheBo'nd So- curlties building, and clooe behind it came the electric of Bonoria Blye, that Mr driving it herself. bolt upright.

June darted into the Int alsvstor,

and ber pursnersycwwded in sms: her. Mm vtllnrd put an arm around Joss] lnscorneroruealetrsasnaadthws ware tears in her eyes as do talked to the dhtrsetad girl. It was but

Gilbert Blye Wil Enjoying»T|lat Chill lmmsnsely.

But more than that. He would have come face to face with June and the one person whom of all the people in this world he most longed to meet, Gil- bert Blye.

June. who had burst from her tor-

meutors :lt the ninth floor, stepped into the down cur which Ned two iioors above had just missed. Mrs. Villarvl, still pleading, followed her, and Blye's audacious crew Innghingly joined them.

Two down cars shot by Ned, and by

the time he reached the mnln tioor the races for which he was watching were lost in the throng at the door. He might even then have distinguished his runaivny bride and the mnn with the black Vandyke had he looked in that direction. but he did not expect to see them there. He' expected to see them coming through the open door of an elevator, the girl whom he loved nbove everything in the \\-orld nnd the sconndrel tvlioui he intended to stran- gle to death.

June menutllne had liniled n taxi.

She saw stntnling in front of the door the luxurious lltxlous-ine of Gilbert Blye and understood why Mrs. \'lllurd had dismissed her own car.

"So Mr. Blye was to tnkc us home!"

she hotly charged.

"Don't. child!" begged Mrs. Vtllllrd.

beginning to be ns much distracted as June. “Let’s go home." And. stepping in the taxi with June, she gnve tl sharp direction to the driver. “Dont you dare follow!" she ordered Blye und his companions.

The tormentors laughed and walked

forward to Blye‘s cnr.

Uptown on busy Broadway sped

June and Mm. Vlllnrtl. and by the time they had reached Columbus circle June's suspicions of Mrs. \'lllnrd were sllnyed. Through beautiful Central park with

its branches luterlxlced ngulnst the wintry sky. and now Juno was begin- ning to feel ll little more kindly to- ward the vivsclous brunette, 'l‘ommy

Thomas.

On Bpuyfen Duyvll pnrktvny n lux-

urious limousine had halted. und ns the taxi passed it rolled fiut und followed. In lt sat .Innes determined pursuers. and on the dark, handsome fnce of Gilbert Blye wus ngnln thnt suave smile. June turned chill with nervous

apprehension.

Gilbert Blye was enjoying thnt chase immensely. and he vvntched the weav- illl- lW“J'llI& lnxi with nlwuys thnt

suave smile.

Suddenly Blye leaned forward with

an olds. and there wus n shriek (mm the vtvaclous brunette. Something seemed to be wrong with the steering wheel of the taxi. for. as it went up the hlll ahead of them. lt wsbbled to und ho unoertalnly. dangerously ng" tb., crumbling bank which was pmggqugq by a Muay rail. and there was a curve

ah¢d!

Then was s ery of horror from them

all aa the taxi at the curve ran up the slshanklnent. paused at the ht-tak fm- alnaeatandthenwlrh ltsprsuous

which bmi lflliliy to Jana. It

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hulidlllilecfaahqlthronghthrall aaajisddswntbehllll

, -- ' r..‘¢l‘vlt\

0'l‘1'A\\'A. May ll.-Cansda's cou-

gratulatory messages sent to Austra- lla Poster. acting premier. following re- ports ot the gallant conduct of troops r

and New Zealand by Sir George

om Antlpodes on the Gallipoli penin-

sulnr were uuswe'.'0d !1$4|lY- PIB- mler Fisher. of Australia, cabled as follows:

"\\’e are happy that our soldiers

did so well and that feeling is increas- ed by your ltlnd message."

The reply of Premier- Massey, of

New Zealand. WHS!

"New Zealand warmly thanks Can-

ada for her tribute Lo the brvery of our troops at the Dnrdnnslles. It is a source of greatest pride that our sons have emulated the magnificent

ourage and achievement of the gul-

lunt Canadians at the Western battle

rout and shown tn the world the

stamp of material ot’ which the Brit- ish Empire ln arms is made."

The desire on the part of the Cun-

adlans to get ln the front is growing i

volume from dui’ 10 585'- 056 Ef-

hus been to arouse Canadian soldiers

o a pitch where they wish to get

mediately into the firing line and

n fect of the recent Lusitanla disaster

m avenge the murder of tlefencelesa wo-

en and children Thev wish to leave

m ' - - _ the places where they are now train- " .

g and get to France as quickly an

ships can take them.

Two signal examples of this spirit

were given to-day by requests re- ceived hy .\IajorGeneral Hughes. The first was from Colonel Charles Smart. brigadier of the Quebec and Maritime Provinces cavalry units, who on he- hulf of his officers and men volunteer- cd to go as infantry lf by that menus they could more quickly get to the

frnnl. This oIl`t~r was received by the .Minister ni .Militia to-day. who com- mented upon the splendid spirit thus shown.

Another offer was received from

Major Morrison. ofilct-r commanding tho Eaton machine gun battery and Major I-`. Holland. of the Borden mn- chine gun buttery. Both these offi- cers expressed a desire to proceed to the front as a dismounted machine gun unit or units to be attached fo particular corps or in their former capacity as armed motor battery but the main thing they wanted was to get to the front. They are quite will- ing to be merged into other corps lf they can thereby proceed more quirk- ly to the halllelields of Europe.

lt was stated by General Hughes

this afternoon that a splendid splrlt is eggerywhere evident among the vol- t unteer forces. I A spirit of determination to uphold ‘the cause of liberty is permeatlug all iranks and the Lusttanla disaster has 5 given an ntltletl impetus to the already

|splendltl ideals of the Canadian troops.

GEllMllll’S HUPE

Wli ill lilllll lllllllll

IIALIFAX. May ll.-The daily pa-

pers of n few days ago printed state- ments made by Prof. Elmer Luck. M. A., of Edmonton, Alberta, who has | recently returned to Canada after sev- leral months' experience as a prisoner :of war ln Germany. Prof. Luck was stlldying for u degree in the Univer- sity of Leipzig when the war broke out. He soon found himself u prlsou~ er and subjected to the barbaroun treatment meted out by the German system. A few weeks ago. by a rarn good fortune, he secured his release. He is the first Canadian imprisoned In Germany on account of the war to return to this country. Ile is at pre- sent in Belleville. Ont. The story he tells llere is much fuller than that sp- pearlng in the tially press. His most significant statement. for Canadians. is the folovvlugz

"ln starting the war. the Germans

had in nilnd getting u hand on CAN- ADA. or part uf Canada. They spoke of it In the streets. The fundamental cause of the war is that Germany wnnls territory. t`.\\'ADA IS EIGH- TEEN TIMES THE SIZE OF GER- .\I.-\NY. wllich has n population of seventy millions. Every ling of wo k is so filled up that there are dozehs of men for n job and n man never gives up his position because he fears he will never get a second chance lu life. 'I‘hcy‘ need territory nnd they came lo the conclusion to take lt."

“MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS."

NEW YORK. May I2.-Theodore

Roosevelt in an nrtlcle entitled “ Mur- der ou the High Seas," in the Metro- politan Mngnzlne for June, calls the destruction of the Lusltunia wholesale murder und aslts thnt this country must not with vigour. ln order to pre. serve the self-respect of the republic und to fullll the duty demanded hy humnnlly at large. '

" \\'e enrn ns n nation moasureless

scorn nntl contempt." shy; the welter, “lf we follow the lend of those who cxnll pence nhove righteousness. If we In-ed the voices nf those feeble folk who lilenl to lxlkh heavenuthat lh0|'Q iS Dcnce when there ls no pence.

“ I-or many months our government

HRH Preserved between right and wronv n neutrality. which would have excited the clunlous admiration of Pontius Pilate. the arch typlosl neutral of ull lime."

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Mlnsrd's Llnlment Co., Llmltsd. y

Gcntlulnon.-Last Winter I raoolvzl

great benefit from the use ol ll - Allll‘S l.lNlMlilN'I‘ in s. severe attach of l.ntlrlppe_ and I hnvo frouuently prnvetl lt tn lin \-ery affective ln cases nf lnllnmmntlnn.

Yours.

\\'. A. llll’l‘CHlNSON...

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