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J ADMIT ONE BV SID.\EY UORl.ER SVNDl'SIS. | Wh*n Philip i mil.- urrlvrs In London "Yes?" "Birchall," was the reply. "You can't en mo in yet wait." speaker arranged the screen to his satisfaction and then walked to the on a holiday, through H coincidence of " mth. hr I,, laki-n for th* . f.ik Crane, who lx a tool i.r n |.;m<l ruled by * m> - Kmi'icap." II. rMCUW M.IIK>'!> I'.-t jjuoon and lrr< iii.ti tun I.HII.T i- ii.-M .-uptive bv mantel iew. 'He pressed the higher of The Kni|ir- in MarullinK. I'lllllp r'" - , to .M.imiiinit ami in., is rt,.irK- vvhlttl-, tw " *' puMie*. and the door opened.: " Ann Whrn I'mn* ii "What's the Idea?" asked the Am- 1 ffi,'";' : FSSSS ^- '""" = ""'methinK private going on?" Is iriij'i .-..I \uth M.IM father.! ^Wen-son, a Minuter lipruiv. stood who ln*pft ili , 1. 1 fnun exbftUfltlon Judith ' ] t , * . IS looking at _ him from the hearth-rug ln'uvi t .1 tb< hatred ol T 1 " i: fHAl'TKR XXI.- (CV.nt'd.) Judith realized that she had been a n>me. Thi' bitter fate which, to her own knowledge, had overtaken in front of the fireplace. "I'm the only one who is allowed to ask questions in this house," he re- plied ; "please remember that." "Is that so?" drawbd the other, with a show of confidence he by no no mny other people who had worked ' mean? felt; "well, nevertheless, I for that cruel mitr. -* of crime who, (think I mu>t put one or two queries living in luxury in Mayfair, spread r to you, Stevensson. Directly I got her net so wide that men and women back just now, friend Badoglio, tho hundreds and even thousand? of mile.s | Big Cheese, spilled one or two whis- WRV -hiviTvd at the nickname which pers in my ear. What he told me had l>e*n given. her, had now caught up even her. She had outlived her us^fulnes-- therefore, she was to be outcast. Where could -hi- turn now that the man in whom she had trusted had al- lied hiniM'lf with the enemy? In that moment of revelation, she knew she must (ret away. There was danger didn't sound too nice the dicks have been her*, haven't they?" "Yes and gone again. What are you afraid of?" "Me afraid? Say, laugh it off! But I think I've ogt a right to know what's happened, anyway. Are they coming back?" "How should I know? They came, for her here. The room seemed to be [ they went through the place, they saw filled with a miasmatic vapor that wa; filling her throat . . choking her . . . Through this mythical mist, she could ace Stevensson, his eyes now mere slits, -taring at her hostilely. Yes, she must get away and quick- ( nothing isn't that god enough?" "I don't know. Might be all right] for the dicks in America. But these English are a persevering lot. Simps,' perhaps, but too much of the bulldog) in them to plea.se me. You may think Ijr. If there had been any lingering j you've got them bluffed, but they pull doubt before, it was now dispelled. Her fate had been sealed. They wish- ed her gone perhaps, dead. There rould be no appeal; it would be Jseless to waste any further words. Stevens.son now spoke; and what he said came as a ilr<>adf'i1 corroboration of her I'l-a.' -. "You won't be able to get out that way, Judith not yet. at any rate. You have a neivc to c-oin<- down here - you spy!" "Spy?" "Nom. of your oh-slun". Listen. IroHner telephoned just now to say he a come-back just when you're not ex- pecting it. My advice is to clear out and take Ferguson with us. It's only a few miles to the coast, and we might get a motor boat across to France." "Cut it out," was the contemptuous answer; "if you haven't got any guts, I \\npvi I have. No damned policeman is going to frighten me away from my own house. Here I am, and here I'm going to stay until this job's over. When Ferguson's done his second piece of work, I'll think about it. But not .ill then." "In that ca.se," said Bin-hall, "I also I should have slipped down to Folke- stone and got across to France to- night. In stead of that, I've corn* to you. Empress, let mo advise you. Don't play your hand too hard: if the police once get a clue down at 'The White House' if they find Ferguson, he'll spill the beans; he'll tell them about you and then all your plans will be blown sky-hiph. Up till now, you've been lucky wonderfully, mar- vellously lucky but there comes u time when a little cog goes wrong, and the whole wheel is stopped. Yen should know that." For reply, the woman blew a thin cloud of cigarette smoke. "If I leave Ix>mlon, this business, which may be worth a million, will be finished." "If you don't leave, you'll be lini^h- ed," said Birchall, u.-ing a more dom- inating tone than he had ever diire'l before. She remained silent for several sec- onds. "I'll telephone," she said finally. "Yes," he urged; "tell Stcvensson to meet us in Paris. We'll go by 'plane from Croydon. They can dope Fer- gusonor," quickly, "finish him off." "You stupid fool!" blazed the wo- man. "Don't you realize what Fer- guson means to us? He hasn't done his job yet. Without Ferguson, tha whole thing falls to the ground." Birchall's nerves were getting the better of him, and he snapped his fingers irritably. "All I trouble about is getting av/ay," he said. "I was lucky at Southampton, but I'm not going to take too many chances. I've been a fool, perhaps, to stay in England so long." l'ii- Empress's back, as she turned, was eloquent of contempt. Now, she was at the telephone. "I want Trunks, please," she said. "Mandling Mandling yes in Kent 017. Have you got that? Mandling; 017. Quickly, please I'm in a hurry." (To be continued.) $._ Motor Hints saw you talking to that American , hang my hat up." dick outside Tin- Empress' house this Stevensson made no immediate com- j morning. After what you told him, mcnt. He could read this man. Birch- j Whittle went to Scotland Yard; Scot-, all's reputation had preceded him. land Yard 'phoned to the Folkestone. Polio-- and they've ju-t paid a visit This American was never one to take the hardest way. He always wenl here. What do you say to that?" when the going was good, and, unless "It's all a 'iamned lie. I didn't tall] he was very much mistaken, he was anything to Whittle, or whatever hn name i. I asked him what he want- ed." "And you e.\|Mxt me to :>elievr that?" sneered Stevensson. "Jxx>k here, you've Ix-en getting in wrong for some time. Oh, I don't mean that Crane business- before that. You've been too independent, asking too many question*, expecting too big a share. going now. "Please yourself, 1 ' he said curtly, at length. 'If you're a rat, go. If you're a man stay, It's up ,o you. But listen here: if you do go, it's for good. I'ndcrstand that? There'll be no more working for us in the future. There's no danger, in spite of all your hot air. The police, have been and found no- thing. How many more times do you , Do you imagine The Empress didn't want me to tell you?" ki.ow? And do you think she's the "That's all right," was the meant- woman to stand that sort of thing': j to-bc-casy response. "In our game, a You've been u fool, and now you'll guy has got to consider all the chances. have to suffer for it." How futile to attempt l<i aitfue. He wi< building up a cime against her, monstrous in its falsity. She had done none f these thingii. H was aimply that they wen tired of her, and this was always the way they (ot rid of people they considered in longer useful. "I/e*v> me aim away But if you're satisfied, I am." He turned to go. Stevensson sent this after him: "There's no coming back, mind, Hi r< hall." "Who's going?" drawled the other, and sauntered out of the room. Stevensson did not trouble to have the man watched. Snake he might be, m ifoing to g-?t but, in considering his own skin, 'ie j would take care not to give anyone "Are you?" he commented derisive j else away. If he went, he would be ly. And before she could put a hand , off immediately, like an animal in the ft h*r bag, he had orought from hi- ot pocket a thing of dulled-stee'. One shot HIM) it was over. There wan H lap on the d<n>i . junifle, leaving no trace. ANY CLEANING? All Parker garment denning In done by the i'amoim /oric lli.ll-L-.:- c.l.-nr ill < III nil U Is gentle, yet mire, and the fluid is a tnnir to miitcrialn. There can he no odor after Zoric cleaning Ix-cHUMe no xn.solene is tmed. Send dresses, coats, hats, suits, sweaters, scarves, even- ing wear. We will pa> postage charges hoth BARKERS J OVf WOUKS UAMTIO Clf AN ER5s DYERS 791 Yonge St., Toronto !?SUF. No. 1632 r.HAPTKFC XXII. For once, however, Stevensson was wrong in his catimaN' of human char- acter. It was true that Birchall in- temlod to get away danger's firing- line had never lxH>n any place for him- but there wa.s one call he was going to make b*>foro he left Kngland. A fast car, driven recklessly, book him to a house in Curzon Street in just over two and a half hours. Mrs. Aubyn St. Clair was in, ac- f..rding to the servant to whom he gave his* name, and she would receive him at once. The Kinpre-- was nn imposing fig- ure as he bowed himself into her pres- ence. "Well, Bin-hall?" "1'vo come to give you the tip to gut away, Kmprvss," ho started, with- out any preamble. "The police have been to 'The White- House'- and, very liki-ly, are coming again." "1 duremiy," was the reply; 'In fact, 'I telephoned thn infornmtion t Stevensson thix afternoon. Why tht> agitation?" "I'll tell you, Empress: Stevenr.son 1 iit too cocksure. There's no renson why ' he shouM hang on thero, as I've told him; the place is dangerous. Once the police get their claws in, you know what it is. Stevenr,son has bluffed ttu'in once. This afternoon he gave them permission to search throughout the house and grounds " 'And they found nothing." 'That's right. Hut they'll coma agniii. They can't be put off as eas- ily an that. I tried to reason with SlcM'ii : nn, luil he wouldn't li-.U'li. Sn I've come to you." "Thinking of your own skin?" "Not rntii-oly. If 1 had done that, Insect Mimics Mimicry In insects, that IB, the trick of looking like, a dangerous or lll-tast- IIIK species or of camouflaging oneself as a leaf or twig, In not the prop of evolution It was once thought to be, according to W. L. McAtee, of the bureau of biological survey, U.S. De- partment of ARrlculture. Beetles are taken as one example of the failure of various protective de- vice*. Some of them are mimics. Others have powerful, ill-smelling ac- cretions which are supported to repel their enemies. Still others have hard shells. Yet tho birds eat them all. The M| Ing-armed family of bees, ants and wasps fare no better. The birds eat the "stingers, 1 'and they eat also thn unarmed ones that mimic the "HI Infers" In appearance. And the birds arc joined by ground-dwelling animals: toads, mice, foxes, weasels, bargers, skunks and bears, which make victims of those supposedly most powerfully-armed mumhers of the In- sect clan. Nor are Insects the only animals that are, betrayed by tho failure of the "armor wherein they trust." Kven tho rattlesnake. Is attacked and oaten by birds. And tho skunk, oxpert par ex- cellence In defensive chemical warfare, nevertheless frequently falls victim to the attack of tho pi-rat horned owl. SALAD A REDUCES PRICE Ib. ' Half-pound CEE 1 ) now only 25/ 1 Ib. pacl<as 50/-V4 Ib. package 13/-V8 H>. pwfc9 7/ ORANGE PEKOE AND BLUE LABEL -NOW 75/ a pound (NO CHANGE IN RED AND GOLD LABELS OR JAPAN) THESE PRICES ARE EFFECTIVE NOW DO NOT PAY MORE. Protection For Bearing* Motorists hould beware of binding that may ruin bearings. After the bear- ing has been adjusted the front wheel should spin freely and there . . ! be I a bit of sideplay. 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The next stage of their explorations will be a Journey due east to Lake Chad. PPinally. continuing eastward, they will come back to civilization by way of the Sudan and Senegal. When Chevalier vi"lted the south- ern Sahara for the tiret time thirty- three yearn ago, he thought he saw indications that a sea, or several lakes, had once existed there. This theory was later substantiated by discoveries of sea shells and fossils ot animals. While flee-king to confirm these suppositions, the expedition also will undertake practical research work. The expedition Is under the patron- age of tho Ministry of Public Instruc- tion, the Academy of Colonial Sciences and the colonial govern- ments of Algeria and Occidental Africa. A Matrimonial Wood Pile "Miss Ruth Hlrch yesterday became the bride of Mr. Arthur Oaks. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. S. Maples. Mr. and Mrs. Oaks left immediately after tho ceremony for Hickory. N.C., whero they will visit the bride's aunt, Mrs. Oscar Shingle. 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