PGE
SIX
INSTALMENT
XXXIII
The
Voice
of
the
Dead
The
room
grew
curiously
silent.
not
bunirle
tlu1
search
and
that
Vi
11
i
1
At
:
c
and
muscle
straining.
A
scream
rang
in
his
ears:
,
"Martin
Dale
the
Picaroon-he
shot
me!"
A
horrible
groan,
a
hoarse,
almost
tortured
breath.
and
then:
"My
pearls
"
The
words
broke
off
seem
ed
to
baits
suspended
in
an
awful
silence.
Then
another
hideous
groan.
1
Dale
sat
spellbound.
The
screen,
the
scream,
the
hoarse,
shrill
exclamations,
the
gasps
and
groans
all
were
horribly
realistic.
And
then
the
hollow
silence
at
the
end,
Ing
death
injecting
Its
grim,
husky
note
into
each
heart-piercing
sound.
A
little
patse
came.
Dale
stirred
uneasily,
and
then
he
sat
tense
and
motionless
again
while
the
ghastly
eownds
were
repeated.
Time
after
time,
with
short
intervals
pf
jsUence,
the
screams
and
frensifltopU
re-echoed
in
ht
earsi'iJii
J&n,
gradually,
the
horrjaffilMftfl
ty:
sheer
re
pet
1
shat;
fea
doittfRTV
Th
'
distant
rumble
tliat
was
distinct
from
the
agonized
human
Voice.
The
ticking
of
the
clock
was
the
!
vibration
If
a
at
Pntnn.l
Vi
I
n
AnMa
Tl.n.n
ft
came
again,
the
dull,
far-away
'r"T
"
"ie
c"7
,
.oa
nt
ru,l
Charles
this
morning
from
Watun
only
sound,
and
even
that
had
a
!
orchestra!
accompaniment
to
the
reigned
undisturbed
.
A
frown
sil-l
ne
smiled
faintly.
Then
the
ear-:
f1r.rlvwl
P
l,
1
ence
seemed
to
have
fallen
oven
pieces
were
removed
and'
the
the
occupants
of
the
room.
A
hood
was
jerked
from
the
object
crooked,
mechanical
grin
hung
on
the
table.
Doubtless
it
was
in-fackly
on
Gttssler's
lips
while
he'
tended
to
serve
as
a
highly
dra-peered
quite
keenly
at
Dale
out
of
matJc
touch,
but
he
merely
shrug
bis
obdurate
eyes.
I
ged
his
shoulders.
Dale
smiled.
Were
they
actually'
"As
I
thought.
A
dicta-hoping
to
wear
down
hie-ncrves
by
phone
.
"
such
shallow
hocus-pocus
7
It
"That
was
Mrs.
Ferryman's
of
him.
and
then
an
atUthment
I
whtt
ft
She
worked
in
fike
that
worn
by
a
switchboard
;
a
nn(,0
R.o
.
.,
olSi
pressed
lightly
against
his
ears.
He
gated
at
the
mysterious
hooded
object
on
the
table
.
The
surprise
had
arrived
at
last,
but
it?
nature
was
still
obscure.
A
whir
Summers
paused
for
breath.
'This
afternoon
I
found
the
dictaphone
under
the
Jtable,
with
the
ring
sounded
in
his
ears!
and
then
PWng
tube
hanging
down
to
the
hn
,AAl.
-v.rv
.rv.
f,oor:
1
d
"
the
first
time
I
was
in
the
room,
just
after
the
body
was
found,
but
thought
nothing
of
it.
This
afternoon
I
thought
I'd
see
if
there
was
a
record
in
ft.
It
was
just
a
hunch
"
j
forefinger
at
Dale.'
"You
killed
her!
You
can't
deny
it!"
j
"Her
own
voice
is
accusing
I
you."
Summers
cried
out.
"Fenyman
has
jdentified
thJ
voice
as
his
wife's,"
Gossler
shouted
.
"The
case
is
complete."
"You
might
as
well
confess."
even
more
gruesome
than
what
So
it
went
on.
Bach
in
turn
went
before.
He
stared
at
the
the
two
inquisitors
hurled
acjzusa-
hooded
object.
It
seemed
alive
lions
and
denunciations
at
Dale.
with
anguish
and
dread.
A
phono-
Their
voices
grew
hoarse.
grapnic
recoraer
of
some
sort,
per-
perspired
freely.
Their
Intimi-haps.
Rut
that
voice
and
those'
dating
gestures
became
a
little
screams
and
groans
sounded
as
if;
limp.
In
desperation,
aj
they
saw
torh
from
a
person
in
an
ecstasy!
Tae.
coo
demeanor.
thev
raised
of
terror
and
pain,
with
approach-
their
voices
ana
resorted
to
more
violent
gesticulations.
Dale
sat
back,
his
arms
comfortably
folded,
and
smiled
complacently.
Summers,
completely
out
of
breath,
turned
to
an
officer
who
had
approached
his
chair.
The
officer
whspered
something
in
his
ear.
The
captain
mopped
his
steaming
face.
"So,
you
lied!"
he
exclaimed.
"What's
that?"
pale
demandsd,
his
bland
composurp
irwtaiitly
rtie.
A
dread
dread
pmmo
promonitlon
knock
(.
IM"6'
(purpose
by
over-Sa
'af
WijErain;
f
voice
lce
within
thef
"We'tWfust
Kefn
rd
hooded
thing
was
spending
its
ca-j
Stamford
police.
parity
for
injecting
dread
and
shatering
nerves.
Dale
still
listened,
but
he
listened
critically
now,
studying
each
sound,
weighing
every
syllable
of
anguish.
His
gray
eyes
narrowed
slightly.
licneath
the
screams,
the
from
the
They
found
the
houe
searched
it
from
attic
to
cellar."
Summers
chortled
sarcastically
.
"They
found
no
young
lady
in
distress
ohly
&
feeble
old
man.
So
much
for
your
no,
you
don't
t"
He
jerked
a
pistol
from
his
tuver.
THE
DAILY
NEWS
ThursUa
.
ffcer
stationed
behihd
him
i
down
again.
With
a
grunt
Summers
nlaeed
the
nlstol
in
front
of
Thrilling
'
ifm
on
the
table.
"I
knew
all
the
time
it
was
only
Mystery
Story
a
stall,"
he
muttered.
McArthur's
Shoe
Store
In
30
chapters
With
a
look
of
:esignation
Dale
leaned
back
in
the
chair
again,
but
hid
brain
was
at
fever
heat.
The
inquisition
began
anew,
all
the
more
violent
for
Ihe
breathing
spell.
Questions
were
hurled.
Thunderous
denunciations
crack-
Jed
in
the
air.
Dale
forced
a
smile
that
masked
iis
turbulent
fears.
To
He
Continued
Tomorrow
HERMAN
CANDON
Local
Items
F.
G.
Dawson
sails
this
afternoon,
on
the
i'rince
Charles
for
Vancouver.
'
I
P.
J.
Cote
of
the
II.
C.
Packers
muffled
quality.
Minutes
pssed,j
rest.
In
a
moment
he
had
it.
i
,
.
,
-and
still
the
cloistral
quietude
Thunder!
Mrs.
Annie
huttan
of
Massett
Charles
this
morning
from
the
islands
to
spend
a
few
days
in
town.
Alfred
Adams
and
sons
of
Mas-sett
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
Charles
this
morning
from
the
islands
to
attend
'the
fair.
J.
A.
Neill,
who
has
been
in
might
have
been
something
of
a
!
voice
you
heard,"
Gossler
'Jabbed
th
"rvce
ot
the
IJ-
c
packers
strain
on
a
guilty
conscience,
but
at
him.
Dale's
conscience
was
clear
as
far
"She
accused
you
with
her
dying
as
the
murder
of
Mra.
Ferryman
breath,"
Summers
shouted
in
his
was
concerned.
His
only
sensa-
ear.
tion,
now
that
he
knew
that
Miss
"She
recognized
you
as
Martin
Castle
would
soon
be
out
of
dan-
Dale
and
as
the
Picaroon,"
Gossler
ger
was
one
of
curiosity.
He
knew
thundered,
surprise
was
coming,
that
it
might
"That's
why
you
killed
an
the
Skeena
River,
left
by
this
morning's
train
for
St.
Paul,
Minn.
Arthur
Robertson,
well
known
J
Massett
sawmill
operator,
is
a
!
;
visitor
in
the
city,
having
arrived
her
;
from
the
islands
on
the
Prince
be
sprung
any
moment
now,
and
Sumrriers
bawled.
"You
were
diaries
tms
morning.
i
he
wondered
what
it
would
be.
afraid
she
would
tell."
j
'
Again
he
glanced
up
at
the
"You
took
her
pearls,"
Gossler!
Mrs-
J-
c-
Brady
and
son
re-clock.
The
silence
had
continued
yelled.
"Then
you
murdered
turned'
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
unbroken
for
twenty
minutes.
Ttie
her."
Charles
this
morning
after
hav-:
Stamford
officers
must
have
'
"But
the
shot
didn't
kill
her
im-
mn(,e
the
round
trJP
to
stew"
feached
the
house
in
the
woods
by
mediately,"
Summers
roared
art.
Anyox
and
Massett
Inlet.
I
this
time.
He
hoped
they
would
"She
lingered
a
few
minute.
Alii
.
.
V
'
-
'
--twj
t
t
I
i
l
l
i
i
they
would
nol
be
turned
away
murderer
shouldn't
go
urrnon111-1116
--"Wice-of
the
fisheries
de-with
pteWtaM
'tyftt
all
was
mOhkI."
.
tVWtl'lP9
?t
jF?n
C,emen8'
a
.in
proper
trfer.K
..
And
wJth
her
lagt
breath,
IT8"
;,3"1
J'iM
The
massfve
Ha!rcros8
the'.he
spoke
his
name
in
this
old!Chrt?l
bound
for
Vancou-
tabu
inclined
in
n
aliiriit
nod.
,i;,..r,v.
"
.1
...
ver.
fc
j-
MVMIIIVUV
UUOQICI
ltSS)J,JCll
UUl.
-
Gs4r
pwred
t'be
signaling
it
was
under
the
table
together
to
some
one
in
the
back
of
the
with
several
other
articles
that
rt9!r.
""'Fodlittps
appfoached
fr.
Ferrvman
had
left
ther
ainr
j
U
.11
.efctr
.
it.
.9
5UI
i
.
he
IOng
,)
wrr-B,
V,f.
.!.,
m
imunrasii
jib
luain'UKHivai
ma
i
iaci
i
.
n
r
wit
j
tn
r
i
rn
wni
nnun
rn
tha
r
aa
.
i
iiMul(Tr.
Somglce
Mffepercch-
spdroach-
Hn;'.
Atn
..
cmmc
s,7Z;-"
,r",
TJWWfrrW
b
e
Prince
Charles
hood.
AfifttfWg?'8
1,nKb
throwing
out
her
hands
in
agony,
conceal
Une&
a
fubberIHer
finerg
cloged
arounf,
T.
D.
Pattullo
M.L.A.,
who
has
been
spending
the
past
two
weeks
visiting
his
constituents
in
the
city
and
district,
will
sail
this
on
his
return
to
Victoria.
liZjlnu
w.10,8
arMd
"Ttw-Sjiiger.
who
has
been
nf
2'.
thim
J
,.2!
.l.nl,.n.
S!.ak
ol
!,
nif
'"Wending
,
the
summer
vacation
at
11
ifmcra
uurni
in
nun
Massett
with
his
father.
Porter
operator
was
damped
down
over
"""V
SI'inTl
IZl
MnM
Charle8
todair
bound
for
Wshead.
Two
cirtular
objects'
T
2i..i
A
he
will
resume
"'
a'
v
"f
a,"jhis
studies.
euuuKii
mj
senu
you
io
me
cnair.
Three
sons
of
A.
P.
Allison,
well
known
Queen
Charlotte
Island
log
exporter,
are
passengers
aboard
the
Prince
Charles
today
returning
to
Vancouver
after
having
spent
the
past
two
weeks
on
the
islands.
George
Ringstad.
manager
of
Port
Edward
cannery,
and
Mrs,
Gossler
thrust
out
a
chubby
Ringstad,
and
daughters,
arrived"
in
the
city
from
the
Skeena
River
on
yesterday
afternoon's
train
and
will
sail
tomorrow
night
on
the
Princess
Mary
for
their
homes
in
Dellingham.
Mrs.
Joh.n
Dybhavn
and
son
and
daughter
returned
to
the
city
on
ttife
Prince
Charles
this
morning,
after
having
spent
the
past
two
or
three
weeks
at
Old
Massett
with
Mr.
Dybhavn,
who
is
Th,',
personally
in
charge
of
the
can-i
ning
operations
Canners
there.
of
the
Massett:
L.
C.
Jacobs,
construction
manager
of
the
Power
Corporation
ol
Canada,
after
spending
the
past
week
in
the
city,
will
sail
tomorrow
afternoon
on
the
Prince
George
for
Stewart
where
he
will
spend
a
few
days,
returning
here
next
Tuesday
en
route
to
his
headquarters
in
Montreal.
Mr:
Jacobs
expects
to
visit,
here
frequently
In
the
course
of
the
Corporation's
construction
work
in
connection
with
Falls
River
hydroelectric
development.
Th,e
attendance
at
the
exhibi-tjoiKihis
year
is
quite
up
t(ji
ex,
pectatlons
and,
indeed,
is
exceed'
tng
many
past
years.
Last
night
there
wns
a
large
audience
in
the
hall
when
there
was
a
vaudeville
program
in
which
Capt.
George
Ash,
Miss
Myfanwy
Campbell
and
her
dancers,
and
the
Three
Nnths
participated.
The
attendance
at
the
Ocean
Falls-Prlnce
Rupert
groans
ana
me
snnn
exclamations
,pocKet.
uaie
had
sprung
np
and
Baseball
game
yesterday
after-
there
was
a
auii
undertone
wnicn
looxea
as
u
contemplating
a
leap.nnon
wa
iltsaiinnlntfnir.
ilnn
n
at
first
his
ears
could
scarcely
grasp.
It
was
a
muffled
sounda
for
the
door
or
one
of
the
win-
doubt,
to
unsettled
weather
con-dows.
Wth
a
sturdy
thrust
the
ditions.
I
Children's
Shoes
We
Have
a
Large
Assortment
of
CHILDREN'S
SHOES
AND
SLIPPERS
Every
Line
is
Reduced
in
Price.
..
.
l-ij
,
Our
Annual
Sale
is
rapidly
ncarinj?
its
close
and
now
is
your
last
chance
to
secure
quality
footwear
at
bargain
prices.
Many
lines
in
our
bij?
stock
are
nmv
further
reduced.
Here
are
some
of
thespe-cials
we
are
offering
for
Friday
and
Saturday:
.
Ladies'
Shoes
Ladies'
Shoes
in
black
and
colors.
Straps
and
ties.
Regular
values
to
$7
.
00.
Annual
Sale
Price
$2.95
Men'i
ces
Odd
linos,
in
Men's
Dress
Shoes
in
b'ack
and
brown.
...
Annual
Sale
Prico
.....
.53,95
AND
95
Boys'
School
Boots
In
blnpk
.mrl
lirnwn
onf
inpliiflinrr
T
vHn
V,L
entinc
and
Martin
and
other
makes.
Sale
Price
S2.95
Ti-
n
...
c?.
r
?
U".
Ml
We
have
pleasure
in
announcing
the
arrival
of
a
large
shipment
of
the
HnrtShoo,
the
finest
shoos
made
in
Canada
for
ladies.
This
is
the
first
time
Hart
Shoos
t
for
rJUvlies'
have
been
sold
in
Prince
(Rupert
These
shoes
are
made
of
selected
materials
and
aro
of
the
findst
workmanship
possiiie
We
have
them
in
three-button
cut-outs,
black
and
brown
kid,
black
ties,
patent
tieg,
biege
ties
and
Nature
Tread
black
kid
oxfords.-
-
Welted
soles
and
Cuban
heels.
We
have
them
on
display
in
our
store
and
invite
your
inspection.
-..
McARTHUR'S
SHOE
STORE
THIRD
AVENUE,
PRINCE
RUPERT
ADDRESS
OF
SIR
HENRY
THORNTON
TO
PRINCE
RUP-I?RT
HOARD
OF
TRADE
AND
'
C.YRO
CI.UII
WAS
STIMULATING.
r:
(Continued
irom
page
one).
Ihe
railway
would
use
what
influence
had'to
Secure
the
shipping
of
grain
tlils'
Vay.
Will
Not
Re
Sold
t
Keferring'toj'the
suggestion
that
the
line
might
be
sold
to
the
C.P.R.,
Sir
Henry
said
every
now
flnd
then
there!
was
a
proposal
of
some
kind
to
try
to
.bring
about
the
dismemberment
of
the
C.
N.
R.
He
assured
the
people
here,
however,
that
it
could
be
done
only
over
his
dead
body
and
that
of
other
officials.
In
regard
to
the
development
of
business
ori
the
Pacific,
Sir
Henry
saidj
(bey
admftted
they
might
have
given,
more
intensive
administrative
care
to
that
section
of
their
business.
They
were
setting
this
righl
by
the
appointment
of
A.
B.
Warren
as
vice-president
with
executive
powers
fn
the
west
and
the
further
appointment
of
D.
T.
Cappel
to
Vancouver
and
of
Colonel
Hyam
tfg
assistant
to
the
president
with
jurisdiction
throughout
British
Columbia1.
He
assured
Ihe
gathering
that
the
business
of
the
railway
would
be
in
Sympathetjd
hands.
Referring
then
to
the
steamship
services,
Sir
Henry
mentioned
incidentally
lhat
the'
services
were
being
strengthened
by
the
addition
of
new
vessels
and
this
would
contribute
to
the
welfare
of
Prince
Rupert.
Salmon,
Distributing
The
company
proposed
to
make
Prince
Rupert!
the
principal
sal-non
distributing
point
on
the
coast.
He
expected
that
very
soon
practically
all.
the
salmon
would
be
shipped
from
this
point.
Operation
of
Ihe
dry
dock
was
continuing
and
the
company
would
continue
to
send
ships
here.
Already
the
were
paying
out
$800
a
day
in
wages.
The
addition
of
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
worth
of
work
was
already
planned,
in
addition
to
that
now
in
hand,
which
would
keep
the
dock
busy.
Sir
Henry
said
he
hoped
to
bring
a
big
steamship
organisation
to
this
coast
and
while
Prince
Rupert
would
not
be
the
only
port
used,
he
expected
a
good
share
of
the
business
would
come
here.
He
mentioned
this
to
show
that
the
Canadian
National
was
nol
neglectful
of
the
interests
of
Prince
Rupert.
He
would
like
the
people
here
to
feel
that
If
the
C.
N.
had
a
baby
anywhere
this
was
it.
Sir
Henry
thanked
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
for
their
patience
and
assured
them
of
his
good
will
and
co-operation
in
the
future.
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