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Had Mankind been watching close» ly, he would have noticed a alight tshlttittq on the part of the red4aced man among the spectators. He might have remembered that skill in thb [ca-me was one ot the tew iden- _ “tying trails of the bandit, IBuck W“ he had not believed the ban- dit to be a captive in tho Quantum. Ho pm): hare notlced. too, that in ' - upward glance that seemed to - cognizance ot nothing. this not had been cough! and resistors; try thes min under observation. But no pne'l attention is sharpened by 'wntching a game he does not under- stand, and Maltland'a interest had begun to stray. He olbomred " way out of the circle to ramble over the ”Huh-(Mt. Mum-unmoun- Iguana-mum". “Inhibit-hum...“ -ttetu6httaqttgdSrutnTt “mu-Mathew caucququo-mmuld mangoes-pumm- tHto._hr"ruitreantatomt1d Innis-d knew mm ot tho {can but tn hunt-d by no nor-non! oi ht comp-alarm hund- vlllo can... The num- that moved so' away over the key. at a accordion. locum to lure music or another kind from tho "noon: cank..u he rtMod and unwed than Into plum and shot them out with clean widen. draping the [at ot the round and the three and: of the widow “moot in one gesture, He won the non bid with I hear! solo. Thin time his mponents did not conceal their conviction that the me In unsound, But More they and recovered from um minty. he had made M. point by I throw/d handling of low' cards.’ The sweet qtrerrts look a [Inner grip on their curl and settled into the same. Stoke: began to climb Frog bids vanished. Onlooken edged in from other group: to watch the play--- among them a burly red-laced man who stood obscurely at the rim ot the circle with his eyes tixed in- tently on Spear. taee and hands. The gambler remained calm and composed Is a deacon, playing good hands Ind bed with equal devout. "eBB--or rather minis bad ones good, {or the Cl hurt] against him “Wouldn't ant-prise me a whole lot to hear you'd played this sane More". the man declared. as he tit I cigar before picking up a new lttgttd. . Speed was busy arranging his and: and did not answer. When he ruined his eyes it was in preoccupied war in Maltland's direction., but they rested instead on someone else In the crowd. One of hh eyellds flickered slightly. as it to evade a Iii-oath of cigarette smoke. From the sold he had collected. he transferred two handfuls to his pockets. Tho re- mainder of the pile hmpushed out to center. mind'- can: -tttr--4t-d (on to Ila-h; “This stack says t don't take a trick." he observed. "I'm goin' ‘mhero'." Most ot the passengers having chosen a pbsiuon amidatsitta, he GREATEST VALUE ATTRACTWE ROOMS WITH um $2.00 $1.50 $3.00 win-I mums ”an M .50 M .15 $1.00 WAVEILEY HOTEL Add Years to Your life " - .1. cl pink-I and “I ulna I. math and mo “TALL-(.7 “a by - tho "tP'1 Sui rim .( n. hum; “(In MI. Mon [no-Ind halo all but. no“ In!“ [or Natural Methods Only No Medicines. Drugs " ts." .- Ind-I‘ll Pau- A Ion-pd“ huh-u.- "e"' aku.. W as: mm - m. IIIICIII. to . I GGiG n..-.' ”dd“ ml “and “It. 1N TORONTO I. M 'N-r---- ailil'"" - an m M r"". . WW'E‘P‘M -v~I-r.u-- EttauENtrCMNt uni".- cards were running . Inc-160: - “Quail.” net shout summing, though it ran duper than Ities mere presence on the George E. Starr Men of his name Ind blood had raced tor car- goes in the days or the clipper ships. and later owned the winnings Into deephottomed curlers to lose them Bmuty in wilder games of chance with the sea. His lather had gone down In 3 atom) with two or their shim This tragedy had caused ht mother's death when he was born. The remnant ot the original stakes left In play had been involved by a defect in the underwriting ot the loot cargoes. this, M “no the buaket a in that M It. now Ill .0 - I"... a a. Sound; the Inl- he had dwindled and the tooth: ot “may we ”not In tar than“. The boy stood by the all "mu. on!“ the dim froth of - bt low, And an [my cut-nae at things uni-en nnd unforeseen through vhlch the Hammer was cleaning he: trtimtmreo-. Hie earllml memory was ot a small schooner which hie grand. tether had managed to salvage out of the general wreck From the old man he had learned, along with a knowledge of strips and water, After his grandfather's death. he had found employment with a firm of under- writers' agents. renaming on wrecks, and salvage. It had led him into the study or admiralty law-ts vocation hls sea-going talkers would not have admired. Huntsman-duh q-ttStew-doeth.-' At He Inn not conscious at . comra- diction tn his advice to the Wester- "Ott Port Town-tend." the Inn In“. without turning. He was sent west In investigate a wreck on the F'arrallonms. near San F'ranGieo---his first important com» mieasion, But he had fuund the own- erd in a position rather like that or his own people when they crashed, His sympathy and the rigltls ot the MF were with the stranded adven- turers as against the bankers, He had wired a report .15 Pair to both sides as he could make it. The return wire haul virtually ac-', cused him or being bought by the) owners. In a gust or ungu- he haul maigned. though Hu- uholn qrtrtte ture of his plone wont munderlm: on that rec-K. He was uuwllllng In return homo tilt he hull rer,ainrel his footing, but his career mm not an easy -wr9r‘k to salvage. Jobless, and with his "mall ulpitnl dwindling. he had heen roving the wharvas of that misty western port of adventure when the m-ws or the gold strike on Manama r‘n-nk burst on the world liln- a rocket - promis- ing him a ml-ans, or ru-mrvriug mun- than he had last "it you wasn‘t u gambler. Illul . . ." Something the Wrsterner had said rl‘currpd to him now. Ho had been carnal-I m buying his outfit, ‘welxhlnx tho valm- of every pur- {chuo against his ”noun-rs. "is how lug drawn a passage on this derelict tsidrswheeler was a queer mischance. bat he believed the old tuh was a little stauncher than who looked. Whtrther it was a wild gnmhln din pended rather. he thought on him- The pistol nhnl that rut the thread or his rovnry came trom the region of the whip where he had loft his puck, As he burned, he obtained n sheer View ot the ship‘s side, and "How doe. she lie?" be aka] the K dark wavering in a man of light that fell into the cabin from the cockpit caused him to look up. sharply oulllned In the fog, Dull DUGAN Unable to see through tho blur of ”may and tog, he paused to listen tor a cry. Relaxing was an alert; the cold brine had teeth of are. Boon he taught a splutihitm sound not tar ahead. Swiflly as he went, the sound receded. He stopped again. Hearing a wound once more. he shouted. Ho glad u, a. M a the win; and I.“ the. at - AttarsttnMogeaedntoh6bro-qe the “when n In. an an an the millage!“ Ina-er. Axum carrot muck In." not gulch enouItt--atrtroCarutett....'H.h.d mum seen men late that mung. lot much less, but this maa--t ,rsoim.r.eéio.irtsr.ttoit. -r.ts.rortttvqrta- So-o-d-q.. “Iu~tmrm,”ov_otu Heads were tuned back toward the blank space the any - ' Ing “Wounded? Wobbly not much at a swimmer. it he can. from inland The boat would be Mow Muitllnd'ls leap from the all nu so swift that the casino. were not reversed tor a minute alter he dived. When he cume to the durum. hard- ly knowing In mummy murk whe- ther he was breathing log or I“, the steamer was out of light. halt-Ibo: There was no answer. and he kept ou, lensing mun: ot the span;- he was pulling between himself and the steamer. The gambler, if ttte sound hp imam! was his swimming. might either be lrying to make his bear- ings in the fog. It seemed more prob able that he had drowned. ramped in km throat, This time he seemed to hear an answer. hut in you . . you ornery yollllga'ol’l or a 5m dug Liiet dive most got me . _ . windvri . V tteq-kurt-d you {was the deputy." Emu th,. mm ot' Ibo gambler! dripping: face failed lo make this He halted to [read the water in the icy swell and shouted. The cry llte sum:- instant his body was illi“rl“"l by a Swirling stab. The murwles of his back twisted In t paralyzing knot that stopped his breath Though the cramp was Inv lxroztkuhlp. he fought it with every nut-we of will. as it dragged him dawn, impottmt, into shadowed, sxirlin; freezing ult'plhs. Hib- lungs hoard-II; drums roared in hir, ears; his lit-art seemed to wedge In " throat, Shadows "iseisrirrd around him into mirs1y_rla.vliglot, Something was §i|[b[ml'ling him. choked and numb. nu tho summit of n mmylng world 1‘! w:m-r.-_ and ho heard n voice say- ing lu-tworn lira-ml”- "Well. I'll in- duggunul So it's you . . yuu ornery young-son of a son dug 1.:in dive most got me ' _ . Maitland Iorpw too won the disad- vantage or a buoy as a refuge tor drowning men m a tog. Passing ships give it as wide a berth as pos- sihle-V With this thought he realized tho full irony of what had named. Ills attempt”! rt"3t'tut was worse than Int-rims; he was actually dragging down tho man he had tried to “We. That final drum lent'k him 36 um fair "Hon" lwuru- I (‘lllllll swim ye "shorC" I]... voice ruminued. "And I'm lawn-cl h' I ml] that beat." Yet tltis was manly what Mallland hum-d him an a few momonta liner. hm there Wlty nu "anva He tried to wrench himself tree. "ttt though ttw gamhlt-r'n hold wav- ered. p could nol 100mm ll. When he 'lr/CCI to speak the arm only Miss Dorothy Chapman ot New Hamburg spent a day at the home lor Mrs. Andrew Gotten. 'dtga'2"gret"tgtgPd ”in“ Mr', b ”and. ”vb lb. wb‘mdmmm th-tq-r.'--. 1 I. a in: at no. at a. .tnet.t-.boret-t- uhbctwv-ylumlll twyunluo‘lomm *vmmlumm. l mumvmmhyuwlo mldmllldbo-ulum subm-yaolubtovchom. 'tmrr.tttt-natheas,s.thnorroe nothing our!" the -tai'-0. T. “menu an nub than be traoodtoadt-Wetrmt.tomoeh.- w the “mud numb. In no Intern at “nun; "no any” which potion. the blood. Rona». the» pot---. mom tonn- Ing unlit-1nd you'll - ht" to worry I” more. And that I. M how Knuchon 5-1:. brin- II“! and min; who! tron had-ch”. Kn- 'Mttteat Salk dd Nature to an». your body 00qu or all do“ waste was. Mr. Gordon Nelson has Iqtet for Central America when he has Be. cepted a ponltlon. CARS DAMAOID Two cars were slightly dun-god on Thursday, when I car driven try C. Pant-otter or Kitchener uni an- other by Jacob Steinmun at New Hamburg collided " a highway Inter- aertion near New Humbug. A three-act comedy, "GOOIIO In a Jam", was presented here on Friday evening by the young people or the United Church at West norm-nae. The. recent snow Itorm put the county roads in almost Imp-“Ibis condition tor a few dnys. With the more favorable weather they are now improving. Nola Hunting. The Literary Society ot the Pum- vme {Communion School met to cemly. Mm Helen Hewitt an I recitation, "Slater. Feller." The ttrxst two acts at Shakespoue'. play. "Aa You Like It", were then put on by the pupils and ez-tmNis and proved most iutereatirur. The friends of Mr. Russell Fer- guson will regret to be" that be h in (he Woodstock hocultaL suf- rering from an muck at appendicitis. Mr. Floyd Hotstetler ot Gull. It. Roby Homtelter of 'Badon and Mr. Ernie Lang of New Hamburg - a day at the home or Mr. and In. Walter liofstener. gripped hlm “than Then - lhing was drenched In . {mt-sue ether. through which floated has“ or boyhood things long .folgotlon. and e sank into I Mllmvlng has of darknms. He was recalled to semi-commona- ness (or the last time by what sound- ed Ilka a cry from the other; than he heard waves 91mm; against the hollow pron ot I and! boat. and the lamlllar craak thump of airlock; When he opened hits eyes. the sun- bler was sitting lit a. table with I steaming cup In one hand and a cr Karena in the other. watch“); bill. He found himself awaited in Jblank- ets in a dim enclosure. The t1oor rolled slightly and at first he did not know whether he was dizzy or at sea. Before he had time In chime more. the gam'lggr wga handing 'tun a cupth or hot wine with the cheer- ful suggestion, "Hoist yourself round "no." Tho drink helped clear hls head. "Whore'a the steamer?" he asked. "Hell and gone by now." said Speed, watching the boy's taco du- ken and [hen light mall: with In illusory hope. "Oo on. you home tiller." Speed annwered good-humorodly. "Yau'vo got chuck enough in this "son to ride as to the nahhanko And buck, and It wouldn'l can! you the dollar: How'ver. we ain't goin' to mu... or nahln' nellhbr." "Homo frog BatMrrman from So atti0 when the fog stopped him. Ho pullod in close to the buoy to he clean of Ihe ahippin' track. Now he says he'll take us ashore when he gets a wind. Don't reckon he'll get one tor a place. but It won't hurt " none to thaw a while" Maitland" stretched 'himaell .pnln- dul-Iy. "Whose boat ts ttht" "No," was the gamblor’u dry com- ment. "With the Ivrlco ot wlnd your up this way I rackon we‘ll say when we Bet." A dark wavering In 3 ohm of light that fell Into tho tabla tram the cochplt caused him to look up. Through the aperture two houy m boots came into view, followed hr a pair of corduroy ttro-rs, a bins, close-mum) jenny with shrunken le‘vt-s and n phlmp and unruly face, Mulch around tho chin when the beard was uhaven and topped by a block (“In with a shining visor. The brherrmatt sprayed m: banal. "Cent II but”. quot? I not a teenheon' nos, two. use an. Eon." he added in a quleler tone. I at you back to Seattle. teeny donut." How does she blow, Bone?" med Speed, as the man entered. "Be win' he draw vor' slow. I tot you whore. teen-yen dollar. Non?" (Conunued Next Week) PumVILLI 2GiriJUr" i" . __ I no a». can.) can. In s-. Ioon-Ia tad Wm. all“ on ‘Thundny In a. for. d I -. 'tVeer In Benni- hall. m m- ‘uxty were you" and and no manor "not! by tho chu‘ Mr. Chad. Brenner aotqd as warm. Mr. [bin Adm; nerd-n at m Agriculture. Thin no reeponded to by Manor J. such-non of the Ontario Agriculture college (I Guelph. In. Fern. [Min plo- pooed the tout to Weterloo County. which we: responded to by Mr. P. A. Wagner, reeve oi Welleeiey tour ship. The tout to Welluiey tour ship on. proposed by [Pi-nucl- Her- ttott and reeponded to by Mr. M- ward Huehn. deputy more a! that toil-hip. Rev. V, J. Morgan. then proposed e toe-t to the will... (I Linwood and Rev. A. A. being re eponded to this .The tent to the Girls' Clue wee by Larry Dunn and responded to by Janet Cooper. on member ot the ell-e and Eve lil- lard Is vicepr-yident ot the W0 men's Institute. Aileen Keye- Dm- polted the toe-t to the Bore' Clea which who responded to by Mae Me. Key. member at the clue and Mr. Wilmr Freem. former Deputy Reeve af this township. The pro-5 gram consider! of on instrumental by J. Mauser, a solo by Eve Bound and a reading by Keith Kelby. Thu was followed by nddreleee given " Miss V. Btuntrridtter. or Domestic Science. Miss E. Petty, inetruetor in Home Nursing; Man. 8. Krupp. E. I. Holmium-y; N. D. [exude teacher in Agriculture. Prize: end diplomas were then presented. ll. Jean Hammond ot CID-hill and Mr. Francis Pierson of St. Clement- were the winners of the trip to Ot- iewe. Those receiving diploma. were: Girls: all-ee- Jenn Hnmmond, Ruth Schummer. Porno "W411i“ Aileen Home. En Boiled. Janet Cooper, lute Ind Monies Loud. Grace Burnett. Lorene Brenner. Jennie Hammond. Betty Jones, Ill]- dred Newman. Eu Ottmu. like Kennel. Morgue: Doberty. and" Mttrtwish, Anne In. Schlueter. ‘Boys: Franck Hsmott. Lorry Dunn, Mae Kelby. Collide Brenner. Keith McKay. Ralph Adam. Hubert Runatedler, Mervin Schmetxter. John Kmemer. Robert Volt, anern Boga. Marcel Brenner. Austin Ia- rel, Gordon Cooper, Wesley Cornell, ‘Edward “mam-n. Person-lo. Min Gene Ben- E mum at her Home Economic- . Mr. Alec. Kine] whim-i a tew dun in Kitchener. homo km. Ming mm. Sehnurr b vhltlng with her brother In Mildmay. Miss Betty Lulu; RN.. or Tomnto In visiting at her home here. Mr. C. w. Wilker wu a buckle-I visitor at “Donna; on Wednecdly. Mrs: Thomas Farrell had the mite tortune to [all on Friday morning and break her wrist. _ Mr. and. Mrs. P. A. Schumor spent the week-end In Guelph. Mrs. Stan Patterson or Dunstonl is visiting with her mother. who I. conthted to " bed. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burnett and daughter Viola - Thursday anor- noon in Kitchener. Miss Betty Zlmmemnn spent the weekend with (Honda Jrt Toronto. ma Velm'wngm spent many at)!" homo m Dorklug. Mr. and Mrs. Rum Kunkel and Ion Edward wont Sunday with the “not: parents, Mr. um In. Am thony R. Knobs]. Mr. and Mm. Tenant ot Kitchanor spent Sunday with the Inter! pur- emu. Mr. and Mrs. M. 'Hahn. Rev. and Mrs. W. Schultz. and con Eric visited friends In Motown] for a amp]: or, dlya. Mr. Jerry Hayes spent a row at)! In Elmira. “mamu' Con-05W “0V! mum noun» i,. mm At Linwood fnxq'r'uct Irlliwt, _ Br J. P. mm and J. M. lull-ll. Mr. and In. Alger Hilbert: and (Mr. Ronald Ruben ot Preston - Sunday at the Mine of Mr. And In. Ross Miller. Plan-mu Out-prim. Ott 1'li, "on!“ In Kath. leon Killer Ill win-um, any“ by member. of not an“: School class and Omar friends. It being tho wanton at her birthday. She was the recipient at mu, Duluth]: (Kb. The evening was (pent. In (men gnu which I. - lunch no toned. Put-count. M 85. Ronald isomiG " i; _ W, MM m I. Kuhn-n Hanan u. uoy' 73M" --. N. Hal. no: a. ”all”. 'Jilt22t'gtttrfti1tgtg mu. Jr. W“ mm. thr no In- It. 3... In”. In. mmummu ”macaw”. Irwin-tummy: 1¢.mw1z.u.u tank-aches... Mrd'ia%f'tfe.rtgeat lmvulommn-nu, m Wit-Ir " 150nm. unknown. Mr. and Mn. Em sun-no pt Englotoldt. Silk“ no spending ut- onl dare at the bone of Mr. and In. Lloyd DtqNrtt+r. Mr. and Mm. mun mum at New Dundoe upon! Bands: at the home of an. and Mm. Gordon B. Hannah. . We are planned to report Mr. Wm. Oberon who ha. been on tho sick “at tor the past week I: lbk to be about again. WWW-tuba Perfect. macaw Tote ”, Bart Kurt. Bernie. W. Jun Human. Jun bleach-char. Mary luster. Eldon Bechtel. cum than“ M Hum wan- Baer, Ruhr-ya “tum in. Ind Mm. Edwin Fetch and bulky spent Sump: at the homo ot Mr. and an. Mou- shult: neu- New day "on!“ with Mini Jul-in; at Minot cm 9“.” I", sidrii atideit Aii. not. [one Kurt, 0M): Kurt. mi. old Rowan. _ an. Donothy Homunntwr and Mr. Suntan maintain at manna-r called at the hon. of Mr. And In. Henry Eckstoln on Wednesday oven- In; Mr. Marry Strict" ot Kits-honor spent Sunday with Me. GarfMrld (freeman was Kuhn-n 11mm "ont sun- dly with I!” Mary DC“ It New Dundee. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sela-us ot New Dundee were meant whims wig! Mr. Squad _ Sunday “an at the home ot In. and Mrs. Norman Blot were: the Misses Dmuldn. ttutter and Chm Schwartz of my City. Mich, It. Ellen and Mr. mm]: Btry of Victoria. burs. Miss Evelyn eras-m of Stub ford spent the week-end st the home of her mother, Mrs. Simeon Cunt spent Sunday at the home of Dir. and Mm. Anglo” INitrgmt at ,Fatqhtto. Mr. and Mn Eu mammalian tho Mlues Emu Ind Florence Disbu- bucher. Nut" Ray Manama-chol- of New Dundoe spent Wodnuday oun- ing It the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dlafonbochor. Mr. Ronald mum of Pro-ton callod " the home of Mr. Ind Mrs. Gordon Hyman on Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Edwin Fitch - Wednesday with Mr. and Mn. Roy Becker at “ville. ' Mlss Wm: enamel: spent thm- day with me: name Rock of New Dundee. Mm. Mary Stu-one. Mr. and In. Ezra Strains spent Sunny with Mr. and In. Emery Elmo at Pine mu Mlle Helene “Inner! Opel". Satur- du afternoon with Mr. And In. Eugen. Mount. Mr. and Mn. Billion Scum-hock and - of at. Jacob mm to canny with her parents, Mr. sud Mm. Michael Wuochter. We are planned to he" that Mr. Emma Blanch. who ht. been In for an put three month. 1. pm- srggung worth”. Mr. and Inns. much Emu of Kitchener “a Mr. Joe stone? of at. Anna were and.” eitgitom vim: Mr. and Mn. Henry Slog-or. Mr. tirtitor Rio-woun- of Bqar bar: is employed with Mr. NI! Strau- tor tttn coming math. We are pleased to he" that Master Harold Dietrich I. 11mm In; Invonbly “(or hum; his tow nllgrromovod last Thursday. was 14mm. Ouch in “tenancy any: sync!” at her home hero. Ton-Ila Removed. “mm D TI. mom “I mum. Ml.- Joya 1119!.an ”outrun- FItS.GIILIIII7'-n, N. a. Hill. Teach“. " ELI-“m. IA " J. w. 1111?". a 1,10 .3!" any... an. W. J. scuff: 'alt . 11031 ll net, but. in” foe can, a! Una. 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