"Of course you have. So have L But it's no reason why It should not really happen." "I suppose not," admitted Jimmy- , "After all I suppose fiction li founded on truth. I mean unless things did happen, people could not think of them." "There Is something In what you say," agreed Jimmy. "But $ the same I can't help pinching myself to see if I'm awnkp " "That's how I felt." Jimmy gave a deep sign. ' A Missing Member "Well, I suppose we are awake. Let me see, a Russian, an Ameri can, an Englishman a possible Austrian or Hungarian and' the lady who may be any . naliohalilyj for choice Russian 6r Pollsjv-thafs a pretty representative garnering. "And a German," said ritinflli. "You've forgotten the German." "Oh!" said Jimmy slowly. "Vbu think " "The absent No. 2. No. 2 Is Bauer our footman. That seems to .nut quite dear from what they saja about expecting a report which1 hadn't come in though whi there can be to report aboil' Chimneys, I can't think." "It must be something td do with Gerry Wade's death," said Jimmy. "There's something the we haven't fathomed yet. YOU say they actually mentioned Bauer' by name." Bundle nodded.- "Tbey blamed him fof hot nil ing found that letter." .. i "Well. I dont see what .rou Cfaid have clearer tnin : ftrtt. There's no going against 'It. You'll have to forgive my first Uicre3tm lfty. Bundle but you know, It iJas. rather a tall story. You say iftkf knew about my golhv,dQfrh" 'to Wyvern Abbey next week?" "Yes, that's when the Amerjftan it was him, not the. Russian-' said they needn't worry-you jfere only the usual kind ot are." , ' "Ah!" said Jimmy. Hj prjsied his foot down on the acceleralof viciously and the car shot fgrwarfC "I'm very glad you told .me thtttj It gives me what you tnlghj call' a personal Interest in the case.' .'. He was silent for a minute or two and then he said: "Did you say that German inventor's name was Eberhard?" "Yes. Why?" "Walt a minute. Something's coming back to me. Eberhard, Eberhard yes, I'm sure that was the name." "Tell me." "Eberhard .was .a' Johnny who'd got some patent" process he ap died to steel. I cant nut the thing properly because I haven got the scientific knowledge but I know the result was that it became so toughened that a wire was as strong as a steel bar had previously been. Eberhard had to do with airplanes, and his Idea was that the weight would be so enormously reduced that flying would be practically revolutionized the cost of it, I mean. I believe ;i?ftmTfoffered his invention to the - V I ;derman Government, and they "formula," suggested Jimmy. "I think, 'formula is a gqod word myself." "He'll have the formula with him, and the Seven plats are out to steal the formula. I remember the Russian saying it was worth millions." "I suppose It would be," said Jimmy. "And well worth a tew lives that's what the other man said." "Well, it seems to have been," said Jimmy, his face clouding over. "Look at this damned inquest toaay. Bundle, are you sure Ronny said nothing else?" 'No," said Bundle, "Just that. Seven Dials. Tell Jimmy Theslger. That's all he could get out, poor lad." "I wish we knew what he knew," said Jimmy. "But we've found out one thing. I take it that the footman, Bauer, must almost certainly have been responsible for Oerry's death. You know, Bun dle " "Yes?" "Well, I'm a bit worried some times. Who's going to be the next one! It really isn't the sort of "It's far more likely to.. be you than me," she remarked "Hear,, hear!" said Jimmy. IBut what about a few casualties on the other side for a change? I'm feel ing rather bloodthirsty this morning. Tell me. Bundle, would you recognize any of these people if you saw them?" Bundle hesitated. "I think I should recognize No. 5," she said at last. "He's got a queer way of speaking a kind of venomous, lisping way that I think I'd know again." "What about the Englishman?" Bundle shook her head. "I saw him least only a glimpse and he's, got a very ordinary voice. Except that he's a big man, there's nothing much to go by." Speculation "There's the woman, of course," continued Jimmy. "She ought to be easier. But then you're not likely to run across her. She's probably putting in the dirty work being taken out to dinner by amorous Cabinet 'Ministers and getting state secrets out of them when they've had a -couple. At least, that's how it's done in books. As a matter of fact, the only Cabinet Minister I knqwUirlnlu hot water with a tlash of lemon In it." Take Qeorae Lomax. for In stance. Can you imagine him being amorous with beautiful foreign women?" said Bundle with a laugh. Jimmy agreed with her criticism. "And now about the man of mystery No. 7." went on Jimmy. "You've no Idea who he could be?" "None whatever." ''Again by book standard, that Is he ought to be some one we all know. What about George Lomax himself?" Bundle reluctantly shook her head. In a book it would be per'ect," she agreed. "But knowing Codders -" And she gave herself up to a sudden uncontrollable mirth. "Codders, the great criminal or-i ganuerj? w ga?pej. yoton't ft Pe marvelous?" t Jimmy agreed that it would. Their discussion had taken some my sake. Protection THROAT l hard will have the plana or the . . , -rvP nr hntpvpr Oon rn u ! 8tven of rifle practice in the neighborhood. A verdict of death by misadventure was brought in. The Inquest Over After the proceedings were over Colonel Melrose volunteered to drive Bundle back to Chimneys, and Jimmy Theslger returned to London. For all his light-hearted manner. Bundle's story had impressed him profoundly. He set his lips closely together. "Ronny, old boy," he murmured, "I'm going to be up against it. And yoU're. not her to Join in the game." Another thought flashed into his mind. Loralne! Was she in dan ger? , After a minute or two's hesitation he went over to the telephone and rang her up. "It's me Jimmy. I thought you'd like to. know the result of the Inquest. Death by misadventure." "Oh, but " "Yes, but I think there's something behind that. The Coroner had had a hint. Some one's at work to hush it up. I say, Loralne " "Yes?" "Look here. There's - there's D , cnmA ft nnv hnt nAee rrnlnn n Vtsxti t ft I v uaaaij uujun-oo gvui( auuui,. U 1Vmill nafitl wAMif vni.l TV- Bundle smiled in spite of her-l "I vu U1 self. It occurred to her that it had taken Jimmy a long time to put her In the same category as Lo ralne Wade. He heard the quick note of alarm that sprang into her voice. "Jimmy but then it's dangerous for ytfu." He laughed. - "OlT that's all rjgh. I'm the cat that had nine lives. Bye-bye, old thJng." An Automatic He rang off and remained a minute or tfto lost in 'thought. Then he summoned Stevens. "Do you think you could go out and buy me a pistol, Stevens?" "A pistol, sir?" True to his training, Stevens betrayed no hint of surprise. "What kind of a pistol would you be requiring?" "The kind where you put your finger on the trigger and the thing goes on shooting until you take it off again." "An automatic, sir." 'That's it," said Jimmy. "An automatic. And I should like it to be a blue-nosed one If you and the shopman know what that 1 In American stories the hero always takes his blue-nosed automatic from his hip pocket." Stevens permitted himself a faint discreet smile. . 1 "Most American genemen that I have known, sir, carry somethlrie very different In their hip pocket," ne oDserved. '. Jimmy Theslger' -laughed. District News BURNS LAKE Navigation on Francois Lake closed on January l, and Capt, Bruce Little, Chief Hunter Cqn-ner and crew are pulling the ferry boat "Prince Rupert" on the ways fpr annual overhaul. Knute Nysven crossed Francois Lake in his car on Jan. H, and reports the ice in splendid Revelstoke, Vernon, Princeton and Vancouver Holly-Burn, Pacific and Grouse Mountain Ski Clubs have all reported their entries for the British Columbia championship contests hete. Nels Nelson, holder of the world's record of 240 feet in the ski-Jump Is bringing two new contenders for the fifty kilometer marathon. Miss Gertrude Wahmann, treas urer of the Omineca Ski Club, and winner of the beautiful Max Heil-broner Trophy in 1928, is undergoing strenuous training, and at the test Jumps, outdistanced the previous ladies' record on the Ruddy Hill by U feet, making a perfect stand and finishing with a graceful turn. NEW HAZEIjTON As a result of negotiations, car ried by Dr. H. C. Wrlnch, plans for a new Hazelton Hospital are now about ready. The necessary money has now been about arranged and it Is expected construction will proceed this year. The new structure will be of permanent con struction, either brick or concrete', and will have 50 beds with a sep Fr!& PACE FOUR inn DAILY .SHIPS- ay. Jfimmrv , We .Seven A Dials Mystery By Agatha Christie Copyright by Public 7-edper instalmInt XVI. THE STORY THI S FAR Gerry Wade Is found desd in bd at Chimneys, tcene cf a bouse patty. seven out or eicnt alarm uo:ss wioea In his rocm to awaken him are lined up on a mantel. Tht gustt are told that death resulted from an overdose of sleeping powder. Jimmy Theslger and Honny Devereux motor to Gerry's home to tell a slater. Loralne, of Wade's death. Lady Eileen Brent, known M "BUn-die," findi a letter Wade had written to his sister making reference to . the Seven Dials. Bundle feels certain that Gerry was murdered. En route to, ton-don a man, mysteriously shot, stag (era Into the road In front of Zlleeh a car. It Kpves to be Devereux. who dying. )fipen: "Seven Dials tell J Immy heslger." At Jimmy's quarters Bundle finds Loralne. The three of them set out to trail the murderer. From Captain Battle at Se:Uand Yard Bundle obtain! a list of secret societies. That evening with BUI Everslelgh. she visits the Seven Dials Club. A watchman. Alfred, is reoognlaad as a former footman at Chimneys. Cabinet Minister George Lonux Slam a party. lie has received s warn-ig latter from the Seven Dials Bo-, clety. Bundle gets an Invitation. Meantime she hides in the meeting room of the society. NOW fOXTIMT. THE STORY turned It down, pointed out; some undeniable flaw In It but they , did It rather nastily, He set to .work and circumvented, the . dif ficulty whatever it was, but he'd jbeen offended by .their attitude; ana swore wey snouiouT nave nis ewe lamb. I always thought the whole thing propably " bunkum, but now It looks differently." ( An Unofficial Conference I "That's it," said Bundle eager- j ly. "You must be right, Jimmy, i Eberhard must have offered his' Invention tq our Government. I They have been taking or are go-' ing to take Sir Oswald Coote's: expert opinion on It. There's going) to be an unofficial conference ati the Abbey. Sir Oswald, George, the Air Minister and Eberhard. Eber-1 - HOUSE PARTY AT THE AIJBEY Bundle drove over to Wyvern Abbey Just in time for tea on Friday afternoon. George .Lomax came forward to welcome her with considerable empressemeiit. "My dear Eileen," he said. can't tell you how pleased I am to see you here. You must forgive my not having invited you when I asked your father, but to tell the truth I never dreamed that a party of this kind would appeal to you. I was both er surprised and er delighted when Lady Ca terham told me of your er in terest in er politics." "I wanted to come so much," said Bundle in a simple, ingenious manner. "Mrs. Macatta will not arrive till the later train." explained George. I "She was speaking at a meeting In Manchester ust night. Do you time and his driving had slowed ?now Theslger? Quite a young fel- down involuntarily once or twice. (low, but a remarkable grasp of f fBH Politics. One would hardly They arrived at Chimneys to f lnd i iifnaat It fA Vila n rAn n rse " Colonel Melrose already there , . m waiting. Jimmy was Introduced to' 1 -x'A BT him and they all three proceeded :d, an,he snk hailds filemnlj: to the inquest together. w,th J,mmy: ,wom hls the ddle As. Colonel Metro had predlc- P"1? halrJn whoirifalf n the endeavor to add earnestness ted. the was very simple. Bundle gave- tfeiVjldence,, to ls.f PrP,on i. i ' ' ! ; The doctor gav his. Evidence' was '(Tcr'be contlhtica) arate department for the exclusive use of Indians. The site will be Just in front of the present hospital building. It will be of modern and efficient appointments. , The Hazelton Social Club now raised $70Q.62 towards construction of a new hall. has the A very successful dance was held last Friday night by the Klsplox Farmers' Institute in the Four Mile Hall. Quests included a number of people from Hazelton and New Hazelton. Weather has been extremely cold Here during the past week with .thermometer readings away below zero the general rule. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rukln have moved into Lars Christiansen's house next to the Omineca Herald office. Rev. T. H. Wright made a trip to Prince Rupert this week In connection with a new Masonic lodge which is to be organized at Terrace. Dr. H. C. Wrlnch MJA. made , a trip to Terrace early this week to attend the annual meeting of the Board of Trade there. Mrs. .William Little of Woodcock was heje at the first of the week to visit with her son who is a patient In the Hazelton Hospital Alex Kusick, who broke his leg a few weeks ago Jn Malk Oeorge's camp, is not matting as gooa recovery from the injury as might have been hoped for. The lower part of the leg Is In pretty bad shape. SMITH ERS Play Is well under way In the inter-rlnk curling competition here and, although there might still be some Improvement In the condition of the ice, the games are commanding much interest. The S m 1 1 h e r s and District Chamber of Commerce, at its annual meeting on Monday night, elected officers for the year as fol lows: president, H. F. Noel; vice-president, J. G. Stephens; secretary treasurer, H. M. Mathews; executive, Charles Reid, George Oulton, J. P. Downey, L. S. McGlll. S. S. Phillips, Charles Morris, J. G, Stephens and L. B. Warner. PRINCE GEORGE, As expected, Mayor A. M. Patterson was re-elected to the chief magistracy of Prince George by acclamation when nominations for the office were received on Frigid weather conditions prevailed here cjurlng the past week, the minimum thermometer read ing having been 32 below zero on. Saturday iasv &np ,ine maximum 15 above on 'Monday. ' NATIONAL RESULTS ' t ' . Ottawa, Canadlens. Maroons and ChlasoWere Winners of Last Night's Games NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Montreal's husky Maroons cleared their National Hockey League season's record against the New York Americans In an overtime struggle last night. It was the Maroon's third straight victory over the New Yorkers. At Chicago DaXe Dutkowski's solo goal in the third period gave the Black Hawks, a victory over the champion Boston Bruins. At Montreal the Canadlens hopelessly outclassed Detroit, swamping the Cougars under an avalanche of goals. The Senators took advantage of breaks to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs at Ottawa. The night's, scores: Toronto I, Ottawa 2. Detroit 1, Canadlens Q. Montreal 3, New York Americans 2 i overtime).. Boston 1, Chicago 2. PORTLAND IN FIRST BERTH PORTLAND, Jan. 17. Defeating the lalrless Victoria Cubs here last night, Portland Buckaroos ran their winning streak to eight straight reames and climbed into a first po sition tie with the Vancouver Lions in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. The score was: Victoria 1, Port land 3. Elks Leading In Billiards Again tour Games flayed Give Them 965-819 Margin Over Grotto As a result of the playing ot four of the five games in last night's Billiard League fixture. Elks seem to be away for another good stitrti over the Grotto, the aggregate score for the four games being 9&5 to 819. Individual scores: C. P. Balagno (Elks), 250; George Waugh tOrotto). 817. A. A. Easson, 250; W. J. Nelson, 108. Fred Stephens, 215; James Andrews, 250. Will Mitchell. 250; J. Hlllman, 244. The remaining game of W. E. Wit-llscroft vs. M. M. McLachlan will probably be played tonight. Sport Chat From the gory old days of John L. Sullivan down to the present. there have always been a certtin number of wild young men who earned the names of the playboys of boxing. Sullivan himself was one of these, if you can believe all you hear about that way of John L. with a beaker of ale. Stanley Ketchel liked to gallivant around & bit of 'evenings when good" little boys should be. tucked in bed. It, !; safl the milk -wagon horse used.' to know Harry Greu Intimately, Lu ther McCarthy was another who frollicked whenever ho got the chance, and he got the chance often.' In our times we have the middleweight champion, Mickey Walker, as one of the leaders of the Whl Way division. It was freely predicted that the Mick was burned out before his recent battle with Ace Hudkins; In fact, In some quarters It was bruited about that the bout was to be a mere for mality with Hudkins being handed the title. But Walker took a bracer, trained conscientiously and reached amazing physical form defeating the wildcat easily. And the last of these playboys Is not the leastt We refer toChuck Wlgglnsjof. Indianapolis, -the' only fUhleT'"lH3hB world that i trains strictly on beer. 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