. ir : ii l! ii ii if Promptitude Won Handicap MANCHESTER. Nov. 23. -"Promptitude." a long shot, won the Manchester November handicap to 9 mt a m i m m Copyright 1927, by E. Phillips Oppenhelm. INSTALMENT XIX. "An Empress gave me that," he irlH A Pnthrhl1H rnulri nnt hnv M Si V V 7 v -w K Let Us Lay It Aside for " Yi ou Now, when our stock is at its best, is a ff;tim(yjtorjmake your tiohs and IitWft them kept HI".' 'life Day. Christmas selector you until the WE ARE ALWAYS AT YOUR . SERVICE! John Bulger Ltd. THE JEWELLERS borne with, Princess, that I, Serge Malakoff should ask for the confidence of this this young lady typist,' he spluttered out, swallowing back some other word "and should be denied by her! I am to sit still like the others and see the. work of years destroyed, see the wise schemes of the world's greatest brains rendered null and void, see all Europe setj in ferment because of this young! person's obitlnadyl" "Serge, you are forgetting your-1 self, besides which you are exag-i gerating," the Princess reproved j him. "Miss Brown is my guest-here and you must not be rude to ' her. I may regret as much as you ao mat you cannot convince her It from me. There was nothing so yu cannot, why, that must be wonderful In Russia at a time the. end of It. when Petersburg was a storehouse ' "End of Itl" Malakoff repeated, for the jewels of the world. There ' rising to his feet, his features is nothing today so wonderful , twitching still with passion. "If she under the skies. Women have beg- were a man I'd strangle her. I ged me for It by the hundreds. It would be one of history's heroes Is yours. You snail do what i ask, i when they realized what I had ahd It Is yours. Pick it up. Look .done. As it Is r-" v a It." He glared at her, and Miss Miss Brown pushed It back Brown was for the moment afraid, without a word. She did not even' Then he turned away and march- trouDie to speaic; ner nine gesture ,ea toward the door. expressed only contempt. "Do I understand that you refuse my request you know who I am and yet you refuse?" he demanded, striking the table with his fist so. that the beautiful glas ses rattled and shook and some slon. Even the Princess was alarmed. "Sergei" she exclaimed. "Serge, be careful! You must not excite yourself like this." "But It is Incredible." he cried. This young woman's obstinacy day. Silver Hussar came second world If Desslter's last few months and Baytown third. Nineteen were spent as I have reason to be-horses ran. lleve that they wereis it to be The Princess rang the bell. Malakoff slammed the door behind him. Suddenly Frances began to laugh. The Princess followed suit. Miss Brown alone sat dumb and motionless. "You mustn't be frightened of the coffee from his cup was child," her hostess enjoined con-spilt upon the exquisite Florentine fsollngly. "Serge Is, of course, half table cloth with its inset lace. mad. AH these great geniuses are." "Of course I refuse. If you musti The Princess became once more put It like that," Miss Brown re-1 the charming and conversational piled. hostess and presently they took Malakof f's face was livid. Thei their leave after she had made an man was beside himself with pas appointment to pick Frances up at the Rltz later In the afternoon. On their way back to Mayfalr, the two girls spoke occasionally Of Serge Malakoff, but otherwise re ; iTttfi DAItT HEW3 saiurcr.y, rM l . Va) .. , TAGE FOtm How I JFds Free o Hemorrhoids 'alter 25 years of suffering "I had protruding pittt or hemorrhoids for over twenty-five -years-writes Dr. H. S. HuimII, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon, of Upper Chaslo, N.B. "I bought medicine! from all part of the world and went under the knife twice at Portland, Maine, and Sherbrooke, Que. I had spent hundreds of dollars and was about to go to the hospital at Campbell-ton,' N.B., for another operation, but was in such a weakened con dition that the doctor advised m to wait a few days. ' "My wife happened to pick up Dr. Chase's Almanac and read bout someone being freed of piles by using Dr. Chase's Ointment. I got a box, was so much better next day that I ordered three more boxes. In one week I was able to resume my practice. It is now four years since I hare felt any. effect of the piles, so I feel justified in believing the relief permanent." 'Dr. Chase's Ointment Is the standard, time-proven treatment for piles or hemorrhoids. Dr. Hussell'i experience Is similar to that of many thousands of people who have been positively freed of piles by this toothing, healing, antiseptic ointment. All dealers or The Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Limited, Toronto) Canada. ir? m ate m &Q!liss BROWN ' l V V f 1 . at yy. i . fy E. PtiiUlpi Oppenheim TERRIBLE SUFFERING Day And Night With Eczema Mr. Martin II. Giesbrecht, Winkler, Man., writes : "I hare used 1 iimnifu mure aiiem man usual, ii i rait nexmi nut Thrw Two Taxi bv was only when Frances had pac ked her bag and was preparing to will do incalculable harm. She will i depart, that she alluded even in- brlng trouble upon the whole ! directly to the adventure in which ner iriena naa Decome mvoivea. "So, my little mouse, you've wandered off Into a world where you can afford to refuse rings worth a fortune, and flout the greatest musician in the world." Miss Brown made no reply. She was quite incapable just then of speech. She had picked up the Times, which had arrived during her absence, and her eyes were riveted upon the first paragraph in tne .personal! column: ILEdith l3reajly In earnest and re(?.re Hlch the coast clear will she meet Algemdiflsemhe nearest tube sta- sald farewell ursday evening? quietly dres sed almost to dowdiness, unas suming, unnoticed, at any rate by it a ,,kh .u in attendance, eyes downcast-stepped from a bus Deta,1S Df In front of the Gloucester Roadi ,. ,p . senior Tube Station, and paused a V with good result for eczema. My faea and shoulders wore simply covered with blotches of this terrible disease. "Nothing did me any good until I took your medicine and it has relieved mfl of the terrible suffering I had to go through day aad night." Put up only by The T. Mllburn Co., Limited, TorontoOat. ELKS BEAT THREE TWO Lively Senior Contest Feature of Last Night's Basketball; Maple Leafs Beat Toilers Elks 41; Three Two Taxi 3d. Maple Leafs Hi -Toilers 5. High School 01; C. N. R. 24.. A close and keenly contested Senior League game in which the score of 41 to 36 was the feature o if last night's basketball matches in Exhibition Hall. Three Two was leading 15 to 12 at half time and it looked like the Taxi men were good for another win. but towards the close the Elks rallied into a scoring bee and tied things up 34 to 34 at full time. Five minutes overtime gave the win to the Lodge Men. R. B. Skinner was referee. , The Maple Leafs led all the way in the Ladies' League engagement, i 4 to 1 at half time, 5 to 4 at three-quarters; and 11 to 5 at the close. This DUts the Leafs up one game In I the standing. Will Mitchell was School took honors in a one-, sided contest from the C. N. R. In:, the Intermediate League by a score of 81 to 24. Score at naif time was 4 24 to 10 for the colleglates. Will Mitchell' was referee. I A good-sized crowd of fans was: t ErJULPt& V- Moore; Harold Macdonald, PTifiS. What nnnn?npn niirtna thpi . n I L next ihirty .ieconds was T ataoti'taf41m,a,n,cn' ur' uosse'-t,: breathless -The same voice Everybody Look! The Acme Importers Temptation Sale is mow in fall swing COME EARLY and have your choice of the Store full of bargains Ourvlch. 2; F, tfsfc anxiously to neriH Mwuie; D. Qurvich. 13; !tegM? f0? onKtl?e drsieP'natcWord. 12; B. Wendle. 3; im iaivutc .ui&Aiuivdwjii ounic . stalker ' o TotaL 3o whispered in her ear. "Algernon 14 here, madam," hej Ladies Jaid, "I trust that you have not Maple Leafs-J. Walters; S. Bod-forgotten me Please step into that die, 2; M. Ollchrlst; E. March, 3; car as quickly as you can." m. Ness, 4; L. Lowe. 2. Total. 11. She stepped Into the limousine Tollers N. Ourvlch, 4; F. Mac-he pointed out and he followed her Laren; C. Irvine, 1; H. Sim; V. quickly, slamming the door. They Krikevesky; E. Steen. Total, 5. drove away and her companion I pulled ud both windows. I Intermediate MIm Drown ?.skPd no question?: Hlh School W. Johnson. 20: land they made their wav swiftly ID. Morrison. 14; A. Stiles. IS: B. Ir- Biinrougri the traffic, verv soon vine, 2; Nakamoto, 10. Total, 61. 5! they reached thefr destination and: O. N. R. W. Harold, 0; J. Com- i pulled up In front of a lan?e adlna, 9; M. Motttebol, 1; F. Morrl- Mi block of buildings which Mtc son. 2; J. Horton; II. McKay. 6. ft Brown had always understood to Total, 24. 5 1 be Government offices. There. Leatue Standings 2 ! were two policemen standing on Tj!ni afcanrllnta to date are as j either side of the doorway, two frjffi . I more upon the pavement, and one, ' eenlor Lea rue 2 or two plainclothes men saunter " w uig.uuuui, as iiiuuRii oy acciaeni. players' ClttB .2 (To be continued) I W Tva....:i 1 31 KO ..' Intermediate - L. 2 1 2 P. 4 4 2 w. L. P. High School - - .3. 0 6 Big Four 2 0 4; Naval Reserve 1 3 2 ' i Bankers 1 1 2 : : C. N. R 0 3 0 , i Ladles W. L. P. : Maple Leafs 2 1 4 ! Toilers I 2 2 , Elks Now Lead Billiard Match One Postponed Game Played Last Night, Stephens Beating Pyle One postponed game In the Elks-Canadian Legion Billiard League iixiure was piayea last nigni, rrca I Stephens (Elks) winning from F. O. Pyle (Canadian Legion) by a score of 250 to ISO. This puts the Elks ahead on the four R&mes so far I played by an aggregate of 955 to bob. ine remaining gamee ueiwecn A. A. Easson (Elks) and A. Murray Canadian Legion) will be played over tho week-end. LQCAL ITEMS C. N. R. steamer Prince John, ICapt F Mabbs, la reported due at : 11 n.m from Vancouver via the Queen Charlotte Islands. The ves-jscl will sail on her return south lover the same route at 10 o'clock 'tomorrow night. In honor of Miss Myra Harvey and Malcolm Ferguson! whose wedding Is to take place within the next few days, a delightful bridge party was given last night bv members of the Inlander Mess -where both .are popular .boarders. tirm' 1 i CANADS-m TmNAL v.: SWilsoim: November 22 to November 29 Support Home Industry Mesf "Eat More IQaOyl WILSON'S BACHELOR. IU4- SILVER ANNIV.E RSAR.Y SMOKERS are enthusiastically in fa vour of the foil wrapped Bachelor Cigar. They say the foil wrapper DOES preserve the freshness . . . that there seems to be a more intriguing aroma, a more delicate flavour to the whole cigar. And, of course, the sealed foil wrapper protects the cigar against cracked and broken wrapper and frayed ends, which so often spoil a cigar when carried unprotected in the pocket. "Yes, sir!" 6ays the smoker, "the Bachelor IS a better cigar because of its foil wrap 5 I 51 .tl'Sffl ., per." 100 Havana filler, and un- jisual mildness. 1 Bach ei or ttfour ,Best 1929 nnri inriQCW roar- LARGEST SELLING IO$ CIGAR IN CANA