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Advertising and Circulation Telephone .98 Editor and Reporters' Telephone 86 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Tuesday, November 26, 1929 PREMIER AND ALASKA HIGHWAY Prince Rupert people will be pleased to read that Premier Tolmie has experienced a change of heart and will not hurry forward the Alaska highway prior to those purely British Columbia public works which are so badly needed. We shall now be more hopeful that something will be done soon in getting to work on the Skeena highway whiV h will aivp ns an nutlet to the world bevond. ' Copyright. 1927. by E. Phillips Oppenhelm INSTALMENT XXI. The ensuing brief space of time was charged with Incalculable tension. In the green-shaded light from the lamp which Miss Brown had drawn close to the typewriter, her companion's face seemed for a moment ghastly. There was something menacing about the sudden deepening of those lines, the smoldering light of fury in his eyes'. Mist Brown remained standing. At the first shock of discovery, she had found' herself trembling in every llmg. The emotion had passed. She became the cooler of the two. "I am only telling you what you can see for yourself." she said, pointing downward. "That is an exact- replica of my book, but there is not a word or writing in it. not has there ever been." "Are there an" paces torn out'" me asked harsh' y, grasping the We believe that Premier Tolmie is doing what he thinks , m9car is best tor the province, out political innuences arounci and nas never wen usea. him are sometimes so strong tfcat it makes it difficult for X?i&S?t oneYnother him to realize what is best. When he was in Prince Hup- in a silence ferocious, almost ter-ert, even during his campaign, he carefully avoided ref er-1 $ 5 fffi ence to the highway scheme in which Prince Rupert and : capacity, she was angrier than &n. Vi rk i'ifntiAi -nrrln na itif avacf aA nnrl Vi n Vino novo OYnrncc- had ever been in her life. uicmraiui p.ujHiun,iiiiwwvvuiiMuvimoiinv.i wpv "Have you any explanation ed himself in favor of it as he has for the:American high-1 suggest?- jie demanded. new to wav scheme. We hone now to hear him come out strong! "it i not for me to suggest ex for the Central British Columbia highway connecting jffiSr Prince Rupert with the rest of the province. Let him do that and we shall feel that he is really premier of this part of the province as well as of the south. UNFORSEEN OBSTACLES ;I leit your house In Lombertson I Square until the time. when I en tered the bp.nk the next morning, the book was never out of mv sight. I deposited it there with Instructions that it was to be giv-n to no one except to me person - Mn mnttoi wlint nno rlnoa t Vidro ?o oin'o'f n a rmnneit inn I ally. YOU bring me here." You toifcUnforseendtfficultiesandcompU and i find thaPno& change the whole aspect. Take as an example the Mini-NOW 1 come to thing or it. i am tiT i , in i 1. i not so much surprised. The book mum Wage Act. There are people in pertain instances be- was deposited m the bank m my inir forced to work f or less than a livinrr vare. That was name and with the distinct un- bad and statesmen set about finding out a way to prevent! handed dovfr to'VIm? pI mJE5 ir Thptf dfivisprl a mpthnd hv which nn emnlnvpn.wnnlrt hp. me. even theueh a written note allowed'to pay loss than a stated W employees in. thatffiafW 1 thf "bffi . . . . .. . i.J 1 11! Tl -i il 1 il particular caning, mil now ine employees see in mis a woma nve Drocen meir irust menace. I hey see that the setting of a minimum to some 1 . i . .. . . , .r. ; u: j u hat Is a trine." be declared oAiBiit kciuia iu uuny uuwii liiu wages iu mat Jiiiinuiuiii , "There are times and they prefer not to have a minimumset mset. If . C. N. R. DIRECTOR We have a letter from Queen Charl6tte Islands urging that a Canadian National director be chosen from North ern British Columbia. It is pointed out that the needs of the north are more outstanding just now than the;needsiBrown declared stubbornly. "The of the south and a man is heeded who will be closely in touch with them. The letter goes on to say that the interests of the Queen Charlotte Islands lie with Prince .Rupert and that the development of this port means much to the people of the islands. The people of the islands demand to have a say in the choice of the director and tney are strongly of opinion that he should be chosen from this part of the country. IMPRESSION OF PREMIER Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie Kins Does Not Like Sp'otlitht; Unlike Hon. K. II. Bennett Premier Mackenzie King spoke to more than 700 enthusiastic listeners at the Board of Trade dinner on a little different angle. Mr. King does, not play with ideas, but he subjects them to the same searching Inspection that a pawn- oroxer nevotes to a customers watch. Maneuvres Ideas He does not seize ideas quickly, put them into Immediate action, or file them away. He lines them up like soldiers, maneuvres them, makes them form fours and Jump through hoops. If they are worth While he taken them nn n norma. Thursday night, writes H. L. Weir In i nent mental passengers. But there ine Vancouver tsun. uo iar as ine are no stowaway Ideas on Mr quality of his speech was concern- King's Intellectual ship, ed, he might Just as well have Mr. King makes no attempt to spoken to TOO sleepers. appeal to- an audience's emotion. What I mean is that the enthus-1 Unlike Mr. Bennett, who dotes on lasjn of an audience does not reach the tears In his audience's eyes, Mr. him. He does not react to applause. King gives the impression that he His mind is the antithesis of that of has no emotions. Mr. Bennett. The latter, with the 1 But this delicate, gentle and Instincts of an actor, expands and thoughtful tribute to the late Mr glows under the Influence of appro- Robb away down in Mr. King's heart bation. Cheers stimulate him to there was a restrained emotional (iia uuei orniuricai iiignu. But Mr. King's mind Is aloof. Public speaking, to him, Is merely thinking aloud. The fine orderliness of his mind Is demonstrated In the architecture of his speeches. His adress on Canada's external relations revealed no facts that most of his audience did not know before. But It presented those facts in, such logical sequence that they took on a new and living meaning. J e painted his picture of the new Canada, the centre of world powers and Just across the Pacific from the awakening billion people of Asia, not with the lire and color of a visionary, but with the sure precision of a mathematician. And with his mathematician's mind, he says only that of which he has thoroughly convinced himself. ine way nis mina works is revealed in the way he speaks. To those who would listen as they run, he repeats himself almost to a tiresome degree. But each time he returns to an idee, he has turned it over Just enough to examine It from ment. quality that, like John Bull. hw!,ust a!L8ne nad tumd toward the cjjuiu ireful couia not speak Mr. King. In his caDacltv as nn nt the 'World's, greatest authority on economics,.has spent his life solving problems. His mental processes are those of a man struggling with an Intricate bit of euclld. And like a devotee of euclid, Mr. King will accept no axioms nor premises that are not proven up to the hilt. Nor will he put the Q.EJJ. on his problem until he has mulled over every angle andimlcroscoped every llije It is saidof Mr. King lhat he is too academic ' for actl6n.,' His speeches In VanJouver reveal not the academic mind so much as the cautious mind. Mentally, what he has he holds. What he has not he regards with suspicion. As Prime Minister of Canada Mr King is perpetually under the spotlight Mr. King doesn't like the spotlight. But he can't prevent it from revealing one of the strongest and most interesting personalities In the history of Canadian Govern- have to do as they are told. That Us the notebook handed over bvl pine manager oi ine Dank tms ai- ternoon to the chief commissioner oi police and a representative of the Home Office. Thev had the manager! word lor It that it was ine dook depouted by you." "Then the manager lied. Miss uuuk wuicii i aopusivea contained my thorthand notes taken down at your dictation. This one has never contained any writing of any sort whatever. It Is not the same book.' ' "And where is yours?" "How should I know?" she asked coldly. "I have not the chief commissioner of notice or thi Home Office to call upon for aid. I have been simply a machine of which you have made use. I have carried out your Instructions literally. It anything has one wrong it Is through some fault of your own. or because your enemies are cleverer than you are." He caught t her wrist. Her eyes flashed, but she made no movement "Do you swear." he demanded harshly, "that you know nothing more than you say. that you have not withdrawn the other book and sold It? They'd have given you half a million for it. I've no doubt." 8he wrenched her wrist free, and began to put on her mackintosh. Her voice was unsteady now with smotheied sobs. "I am very sorry indeed." she declared, "that I ever found my way to Lombertson Square. Let me go. please. I shall not answer your question. I should like to go away at once." He stood for several momenta apparently fighting a batUe with himself. Then he caught her arm door.. Tba fli-M rifUltv Vi.h jed froffc. his features, the flame from his eyes. He seemed suddenly older. "I beg your pardon. Miss Brown.' he said. "It has happened to me only once before In my life to be carried away like this. I offer you my humble apologies." The new Miss Brown disappeared. She ceased to button her mackintosh and sank back intn her iShak-a little helplessly.- Hex eyes IWereSfUll of forgiveness. "I am so very sorry," -she faltered. "Don't let us waste any more time. Let us think out Just It was Miss Brown who took com mand of the situation. "You say that the chief com missionar and some one from the Home Office went to the bank," he reflected. ' hTe bank manager would not dare to refuse them what ihey asked, neither would he aare to attempt to deceive them. Therefore he handed over what he thought was the right packet. I suppose It couldn't " have been changed on its way here?" "The Chief Commissioner of Po-Mco brought It straight through to 'his room," he answered. "Very well then," she went on, we will rule that out of the ques-"on.This book -a bogus book ?ame from the bank, and the ranager may have really believed he- probably did that this vas the- original one I left when he handed it over to the Chief Commissioner. There must be a cleric or .someone there, though, "n league with your enemies, who l-nows that there were two similar packets. But Colonel Dessiter. what about the genuine packet? Tt took the Chief Commissioner of Police and a reDresentatlve of the Home Office to obtain the bogus one. Whv shouldn't the real one still there?' Deaslter was beginning to think faln. For once In his life he was following a lead. "It would scarcely have been worth their while to have planned an uus. ne renected. "unless they had evolved some scheme for ob taining possession of the genuine one." It isn't a certainty that the scheme has succeeded, though." 'he argued hoDefully. "There Is a distinct chance that the real pac- net ine one witn my book and he letters Is still in the vaults 6f the bank." There is certainly a chance," DeSslter admitted: This one wa nly fetched away before closing time this afternoon. I wish I'd -arched for the letters before. We could have had some one back at the bank in a quarter of an hour." "At 10 o'clock tomorrow I shall present myself there nq demand my packet.' 'she an nounced. "I shall leave it to you in cm that T m m nnt mAlutAj If W1 ' !J?Wy any cnance I get It. "I will arrange that.' Tie prom-sed. "Wc have a reeular denart- ment here ijow. anfl a very good rctrrcc. i u nave you iuny protected. They haven't had mueh ooportunltv yet to get away with the real packet. The more I think of it. the more I believe there's n good cnance that it's still there he added hopefully. "The mana ger told the Chief Commissioner tnat no single clerk was allowed down In the vaults alone. ThLi tel- 'ow they've got hold of whoever he may be will have to wait for his opportunity. He paused in hit restless pacing me room, went to a cupboard, brought out whisky and soda and neipea nimseu. "Some wine, Miss Brown," he invited. She shook her head. "Nothing thanks." she replied Then there's something else Colonel Dessiter. You can't have forgotten what you dictated to me. Why not start it all over again this mpmfcnt? Why not even nana in your- iniormauon aireci? He drank tsteadllv half a turn blerftil of, whisky and soda., and lit a cigarette. "I've done a little In that way already, Miss Brown," he admitted. "And if the worst comes to ine worst, of course. I can redle- tate. but there are the addresses and those letters I want particu larly especially one or tne letters. And .then, vou see. he went on "for the successful carrying out cf our pans it was most important that they shouldn't know exactly how much we've discovered. Tell me. ne asked abrupuy, "when did you recognize me?" "Only when you lost your tern per." she assured him. "Up till men I wa quite content to believe that the things In you which reminded me of Colonel Dessiter were Just family traits. When af terward you looked at me." she went on coolly, "as though you were going to take me by the throat and crush the life out of me. i suddenly realized who you were." He nodded. "I'm glad I dldri't give myself away altogether.' 'he said. "I have kept In the background all my recent life to such an extent that few people know me even by sight." "Would It be indiscreet." Miss Brown Inquired, "to ask whv your death was announced and whv wnai may nave Happened." you seem to be In hiding?" ,ina,uFor!. "Untler circumstances, noth- n .w-.m.,me,lla k hc 4a.ld nothing, line that you could 'ask me would fii t mBI? ,"om wnoselbe Indiscreet." he told her. "It wasi a .u living body, the anirlt harf hn lu-n-tnmii-. . tr.. n & thad that shattered! the chief of our Home Secret lt ,L&H.nce..wh,eh is the, Service. It's better for many rea-MJffiOTVTe wrMtlon.aon that the people whom we're membered thft Vr! hf "- against Just now should believe uHa thli C"M ,me ot of the way. I haven't and. he had lived through many 'quite finished my Job yet, and Novcmhn. ( PAGE TWO THE DA!tt Tuesday, , 'i V The Daily News PWNCE RUPERT BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited, Third Avenue nor H. F. PULLEN' - Managing-Editor ters SEVENTH ;Cl H IS NOW IN FULL SWING ONCE AGAIN THE ACME IMPORTERS ARE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THEIR GREAT ANNUAL TEMPTATION SALE-BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER! 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I wilt say this for these blackguards," ho went on thoughtfully, that they think no, more of their own lives than they do of thn nrrftnn'n thv set lit to 1 "Thev "iney real reaiiy v do uo D''" inn 'wnj that you are dead' she (To He ContlmTfd Tomorrow)