.. can- “A extend to Wishes for a happy A 1940 The munagemint and staff Moore i; McLeod Limited you all Best season‘ nd wish you all 14 vQZ\l’IL4f¥?Y AHZHX Yrmtk holiday 36011111 j l N . AMAJORCA , 1‘ Evy BE.\'l'l.l<lY RIDGE l Copyright PRI '1 u 111' 1 of Majorca 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’ 1 will‘... SALE of SHOES and RUBBER FOOTWEAR 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 trrzeuov WOMEN'S WOMEN'S MEN'S VELVET RUBBER GUM ‘ AT"! To‘, ovnnsnoi-Ls OVERSIIOES nuances 1L€umbe,',‘nan.s_ Fur trim. Best Wool lined. Best Red‘ Sole. _ Bestpgd Rubber- qunllty moxie-quality" made. quality, Sizes flgoggqmg grey sizes 11p to 10. sizes um to 9. to l3. ‘trim, $2.29 99ers. $1.49 $3.98 Men's Henvv feather Lined “Doctor's" Boots. Full Double Sole. Worth $50010 $6.00» - --—--— ~--——- - —~——'" ' Men's Block Kid Cilshion sole Boots, EEE Width. Regular $550. saic—--——-—~ — - — — ~ — — — —— ' Boys Strong Leather Boots. Sale — — ~ — — — — — Men's Black or Brown Romeo Slippers, Good feather Bole. Rubber Heel — — ~ — — ~ — — — — — — — — — — ' All footwear f: today worth more than the original prices at which we had them marked. Therefore this Bale gives you n double saving. Bo don't. delay es we are offering these items for only l- few day: at these prices. YOUR CASH GOES FURTHER HERE. HOWARD MclNNIS TWEEL BLDG. — GREAT GEORGE STREET “THE BEST FOB LESB--FOI CASH" lea tlwm willy: B-nd even as he am so. another sound-tile faint Qhugg- Chg: o! a motor boat engine. l-W WB-S 011i. of the saloon like 9J1 BIWW from a bow. Roger caught h" llD on the companion ladder, Where she was telling Geoffrey urg- ent?’ as be stood above her on the dec . "Gwfli 1V5 WT°lig—lt's a hoax or Wlnemlllg- Ml‘. KBllt saw Gavin 1n Lmldlln mu!‘ days 1120. There's Something wrong. H1‘ here; theres some mistake," Geoffrey was silent for a nwnwm, except to say tecbly; “What?” isn't A LAUNCH APPROACHE$ 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, 5 . _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 r 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| r 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 nav" $0lllld 0f the 1 t - - ~ 1 ‘ rapidly louder. no or “as g1 “mg mlts comulg faster!" Gggflyey at such a speed that it seemed as . ‘lug Silver Fox Far Tmnv sores on Tomes ~ A l coumzcreo WITH , 1 ming 4' IdlI-Ifl nn-Ohlo Repkh imdrod at Grand 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 1N0. 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. l 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. L 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 ‘ Remit: dllfllll eenom anon that the ue of Bonl with e good men ration h the men pod- , 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 Company Ltd. farms. 1 in December ot that W" Wm my lll‘ December. In the Janu- ll-y auctions the slump continued at? in fut wu consider- being olding out for lower prices. At the eoncluslon of the sales it was eetunated that the decline was a mu I per cent over the previous year. It reached even lower figures in March, April and May and sales were 110w after bhugtedprobably due to nervousness ca by the 1m- mlneuwe of war. ‘mere was a still further decline during the month 1f Seplnnber but prices held felr- lqvstmdyfvomflienon but at levels that approximated about $15.00 to $16.00, far less than the cost of production. Docunber auctions found the Ilondon markets up and the fresh skins eold readily but still at levels fur below cost to the ranch- er. The dislocation of trade through shipping regulations and U-boat menace eifecfled sales abroad and the decline tn e stei- UB8 land hum made it more dili- cult to secure a satisfactory arise for the rancher. However. ere was one factor that helped out very considerably and that was the presence here of buvers from Mont- real and the United States who were no doubt purchasing largely lfor the American market, the bright A‘ K‘ McNem" m" Quwmwne’ istuff’ almost lnvarlaby Bolus’ there. People who are mom. or less fumi- Iiar with details of purchases state that upwards of 15.000 skins have been bought and paid for and the figures may run considerably high- er. The averaqe price would be in the vicinity of $15.00 The outlook for 1940 in none too promising, one hope being that everywhere there will be very much lessened production and par- tlcufarly that our chief competitor iNorway will, cut down their herds to reasonable proportions. ‘they are actually our hardest hurdle to get over because they grow attractive foxes and manage to eet along with a minimum of profit. Recently their attention has been turned to the production of platinums and that may divert their energies so that they will neglect silvers. We have been quite intrigued as to the future of freaks. Good authorities say that if the dictators of fashion decide to adopt freaks and push them they will go. Stylists in Paris and New York set the stage and then-est of us areurnerely actors. .75.‘. AAA_AL 1 1. Your Eyes‘? 4P m M 1 nl-‘nglfiuagfii-Pie ml mliflum — consult a mee- 1 1 ‘ a I rem-mu; lervl . 1 Onll m ma discus: your au- 1 fleultles. 4 1 4 ‘G. F. llutgcheson ‘ G. I‘. HUTCHESON. l‘. G. IUTOBEBON. FIAT] Lone of Montmue In l. visitor to this Cit/y last Thursday d renewed acquaintance with of his fox farmer friends. long rlence in raising foxes and is wt out doubt one o! the best Judge! of live fox- pelte In flhe country. He is of lnlon that perhaps we have seen e worst epoch in silver fox farming and that with a limited number of pelts on the market next year there should be an advance in price. We hope that hla opinion in correct and that the silt-down will mean e. production of less than halt this season's. 'I‘l firstpelt 510w of the Alberta Silver Fox and Fur Breeders’ As- sociation was he'd in Calvary, Dec- ember 18th to 20th with a large collection of pelts and good attend- arice of spectators. There ls a roy- alty on each silver fox pelt collect- ed bv the zovemment of British Columbia. Formerly it was $5.00 but last year was reduced to $1.50 per skin. The Soviet Government are pushing silver fox breeding and 2'7 new farms were set up th‘s venr to which about 1.000 pedlcreed silver foxes were distributed. 8'» fer Sov- iet fox pelts have not startled the world by their quality. but there is no reason whlv they should not produce good foxes as they have a very favorable climate. The slump in silver fox prices is leadlnq to diversification in fur farming. Mink. which are showlnrr a profit even at an average of £9.00. are being more extensively. fanned, also chinchilla. fisher. Freak foxes: even muskml and beaver famis are being extended. Ptomaine potsonlnrz throueh neglected meat precautions caused ing it away! TODAY mean it! It". a Cold Blooded y SA C R I F I C E Nothing less than that could draw such crowds-nothing less than that would create ouch intense selling! lng, folks, don't put it off-don't delay- because the crowds are surely busy carry- and all next week (excepting Monday) We're going to give you a chance to get Men'syand Women's Wear at prices we absolutely defy anyone to equal-and we JOIN THE CROWD‘ SATURDAY Fair warn- GREENDALS BOTH STOR ES the death of 300 mink and 100 foxes at the Whltlngham Fur 11mm, Arpln, Wisconsin. a few weeks ego. In this connection it would be well to point out that meat that has been frozen. allowed to thaw out then frozen and fed to animals is dangerous. Fish such as smelts or capelln that have been caught on a cold day and frozen. then allowed to thaw out and re-frozen, should not be fed. 2000 l Particularly interested Order must 1x12 .-=="ms"'"wess""1owi' __1;1_:$* FUX PELTS WANTED We have just received an order for 2.000 fox pelts. in three quarters ll silvers. Ranchers would b0 well advised tn offer their Y? skins to us before disposing of same as we are pre- .1 With the above notes e Wl‘ flnis to 1939, and that givizvs us iatfi Opportunity w wish each 111111 every one of our readers a very Happy and Prosperous New Yenn Many of us cannot look back on the past year with feelings of great, joy because franky. it has been the most disastrous in Lhg hislorv of silver fox farming. we lmpn, 11', fact feel confident. that brlghtgr days are ahead for us. sc with that thought we will close O1 ‘l. and fuH pared to pay top market prices for this order. be filled by Jan. 6. Q aatnmnmmms 1 j QQEEN STREET I940 Plymouth CuJ/nm 4-D0or Tau/mg 545')’ 70 B0)’ 1111111 BIG 111w , 1940 PLYMOUTH -Your present m: will probably repre- sent a lar 'c don of Plymouth‘: low delivered price . . . e ROOM FOR 8 In (he front out nun nle e- ropor- nlmce can be arranged in surprisingly low monthly payments through your nearest Chrysler-Pl mouth-Fargo dealer. 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