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We
Seven
A
Dials
Mystery
By
Agatha
Christie
Copyright
by
Public
Led
per
INSTALMENT
XXX
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(Continued)
Sir
Oswald
presently
Joined
his
wife.
"What
has
that
young
jackanapes
been
boring
you
about?"
he
demanded.
"I
can't
stand
that
young
fellow."
"Herts
a
dear
boy,"
said
Lady
Coote.
"And
so
brave.
Look
how
he
got
wounded
last
night."
"Yet,
messing
around
where
he'd
no
business
to
be."
I
4hlnk
you're
very
unfair,
Os
wald.""
"Never
done
an
honest
day's
work
In
his
life.
A
real
waster
if
there
ever
was
one.
He'd
never
got
on
If
he
had
his
way
to
make
in
the
world."
Bateman's
Judgment
"You
must
have
got
your
feet
damp
last
night,"
said
Lady
Coote.
"I
hope
you
won't
get
pneumonia.
Freddie
Richards
died
of
It
the
other
day.
Dear
me,
Oswald,
It
makes
my
blood
run
cold
to
think
Of
you
wandering
about
with
a
dangerous
burglar
loose
in
the
grounds.
He
might
have
shot
you.
I've
asked
Mr.
Thesiger
down
for
next
week-end,
by
the
way."
1
"Nonsense,"
said
Sir
.Oswald:
"I
won't
have
that
young
man
In
my
house,
do
you
hear,
Maria?"
"Why
not?"
1
"That's
my
business."
"I'm
so
sorry
dear,"
said
Lady
Coote
placidly.
"I've
asked
him
now,
so
it
can't
be
helped.
Pick
up
that
ball
of
pink
wool,
will
you,
Oswald?"
Sir
Oswald
complied,
his
face
black
as
thunder.
He
looked
at
his
wife
and
hesitated.
Lady
Coote
was
placidly
threading
her
woorrieedle.
I
particularly
.don't
want
JJies
iger
down
next
week-end,"
he
said
I
at
last.
"I've
heard
a
good
-deal
about
him
from
Bateman.
He
was
at
school
with
him."
"What
did
Mr.
Bateman
say?"
''He'd
no
good
to
say
of
him.
In
fact,
he
warned
me
very
seriously
against
him."
'He
did,
did
he?"
said
Lady
Coote
thoughtfully.
"And
I
have
the
highest
respect
for
pateman's
judgment.
I've
never
known
him
wrong."
"Dear
me,"
said
Lady
Coote.
What
a
mess
I
seem
to
have
made
of
things.
Of
course,
I
should
nev
er
have
asked
him
If
I
had
known.
You
should
have
told
me
all
this
before,
Oswald.
It's
too
late
now."
She
began
to
roll
up
her
work
very
carefully.
Sir
Oswald
looked;
at
her.
made
as
if
to
speak,
then'
shrugged
his
shoulders.
He
follow
ed
her
into
the
house.
Lady
Coote,
'
walking
ahead,
wore
a
very
faint
mile
on
her
face.
She
was
fond
of
her
husband,
but
she
was
also
fond
in
a
quiet,
unobstrusive
wholly
womanly
manner
of
getting
her
own
way.
MAINLY
ABOUT
GOLF
"That
friend
of
yours
is
a
nice
girl,
Bundle,"
said
Lord
Caterham.
Loralne
had
been
at
Chimneys
for
nearly
a
week,
and
had
earned
the
high
opinion
of
her
host
mainly
because
of
the
charming
readiness
she
had
shown
to
be
instructed
in
the
science
of
the
mashle
shot.
Bored
by
his
winter
abroad.
Lord
Caterham
had
taken
up
golf.
He
was
an
execrable
player
and
in
consequence
was
profoundly
en
thusiastic
over
the
game.
He
spent
most
of
his
mornings
lofting
mashie
shots
over
various
shrubs
and
bushes,
or,
rather,
essaying
.
jjxjj
A
Valuable
..-4
...
.
FAINT,
DIZZY
SPELLS
Had
To
Sleep
Propped
Up
In
Bed
Ifn.
Norman
Bishop,
Salisbury,
N.B.,
wntesi
"i
wu
troubled
with
taint
and
diny
epelli.and
whaa
I
would
lie
down
I
would
suffer
terribly
with
mothering
jpejls.
.I
.fot
so
bad
I
.had
to
aleip
propped
up
in
bed.
"Mj
doctor
said
it
tu
mj
heart
and
nerres,
and
that
I
needed
a
good
heart
tonic.
"I
wa
advised
to
take
-?'
.:
US
1T
.i
stunmvi
to
iaoiaum
'Ayoifjsiime-wastiru;,
rooncyrwasting:,i
detours
on
lhc
road
to
Alerchandise
value.
Read
the
adyertisipg
"road
maps."
'
and
I
had
not
takes
one
bos
when
1
could
lie
down
and
sleep
like
a
child.
"
Priee,
60e.
a
box
at
all
druggists
and
dealers,
or
mailed
direct
on
receipt
of
fries
bj
Tfct
T.
Milburn
Co.,
Limited.
Toronto,
Ont
loft
them,
hacking
large
bits
out
of
the
velvejty
turf
and
generally
reducing
MacDonald
to
despair.
We
must
lay
out
a
little
course,"
said
Lord
.Caterham,
addressing
a
daisy.
"A
sporting
little
course.
Now
then,
just
watch
this
one
Bundle.
Off
the
right
knee,
slow
back,
keep
the
head
still
and
use
the
wrists."
The
ball,
heavily
topped,
scudded
across
.the
lawn
and
disappeared
into
the
unfathomed
depths
of
a
great
bank
of
rhododendrons.
"Curious,"
said
Lord
Caterham.
"What
did
I
do
then,
I
wonder?
As1
I
was
saying.
Bundle,
that
friena
of
yours
Is
a
very
nice
girl.
1
really
think
I
am
Inducing
her
to
take
quite
an
interest
in
the
game.
She
hit
some
excellent
shots
this
morning
really
quite
as
good
as
I
could
do
myself."
A
Fair
Game
Lord
Caterham
took
another
careless
swing
and
removed
an
lm-1
mense
chunk
of
turf.
MacDonald.;
who-a'as
passing,
retrieved
it
and
staeJJ
firmly
back.
The
look
Buying
Guide
BEFORE
you
order
dinner
at
a
restaurant,
you
consult
the
bill-of-f
are.
Before
you
take
a
long
trip
by
motor-car,
you
pore
over
road
maps.
Before
you
start
out
on
a
shopping
trip,
you
should
consult
the
advertisements
in
this
paper.
For
the
same
reasons!
'.The
advertising
columns
are
a
buying
guide
to
V,'y,ouii.the
purchase
of
everything
you?,need-includ-f
:
ing
iamu'sements!
A
guide
that
saves
your
,
lime
and
&mu
.saves
Mselesastepstand,.
'
.
guards
against
false
ones;
that
puts
the
s-t-r-e-t-c-h
in
family
budgets.
he
advertisements
in
this
paper
are
so
interesting
is
difficult
to
see
how
anyone
could
overlook
them
fall
to
profit
by
them.
Just
check
with
.yourself
and
be
sure
that
you
are
reading
the
advertisements
regularly
the
big
ones
and
the
little
pnes.
Itis
time
well
spent
,
,
.
always.
For
example,
read
the
grocery
store
"ad$"
this
week.
(WE
DAILY
N2T73
Wednesday,
Febru
he
gave
Lord
Caterham
would
have
caused
any
one
but
an
ardent
golfer
to
sink
through
the
earth.
"If
MacDonald
has
been
guilty
of
cruelty
to
Cootes,
which
I
strpngly
suspect,'
said
"Bundle
"he's
being
punished
now."
"Why
shouldn't
I
do
as
I
like
In
my
own
garden?"
demanded
her
father.
"MacDonald
ought
to
be
interested
in
the
way
my
game
is
coming
onthe
Scotch
are
a
great
golfing
nation."
"You
poor
old
man,"
said
Bun
dle.
"Ypull
never
be
a
golfer
but
at
any
rate
it
keeps
you
out
of
mischief."
"Not
at
all."
said
Lord
Caterham.
"I
did
the
long
sixth
in
five
the
other
day.
The
pro
was
very
sur
prised
when
I
told
him
about
it."
"He
would
be,"
said
Bundle.
"Talking
of
Cootes,
Sir
Oswald
piays
a
fair
game
a
very
fair
game.
Not
a
pretty
style
too
stiff,
put
straight
down
the
mid
dle
every
time.
But
curious
how
the
cloven
hoof
shows
won't
give
a
six-inch
putt!
Makes
you
put
it
in
every
time.
Now
I
don't
like
that."
"I
suppose
he's
a
man
who
likes
to
Jbe
sure,"
said
Bundle.
"It's
contrary
to
the
spirit
of
the
game,"
said
her
father.
"And
he's
not
interested
in
the
theory
of
the
thing
either.
"Says
he
'just
plays
for
exercise
and
doesn't
bother
about
style.
Now
that
secretary
chap,
Bateman,
is
quite
different.
It's
the
theory
Interests
him.
I
was
slicing
badly
with
my
spoon
and
he
said
it
all
came
from
too
much
right
arm;
and
he
evolved
a
very
interesting
theory.
It's
all
left
arm
in
golf
the
left
arm
is
the
arm
that!
counts.
He
says
he
plays
tennis
left-handed
but
golf
with
ordinary'
clubs
because
there
his
superiority
with
the
left
arm
tells."
"And
did
he
play
very
marvel-1
ouajy?"
Inquired
Bundle,
"No,
he
didn't,"
confessed
Lord1
fJaterham.
"But
then
he
may
have
been
off
his
game.
I
see
the
theory
11
right
and
I
think
there's
a
lot
in
it.
Ah!
Did
you
see
that
one,1
Bundle?
Right
oxer
the
rhodo
dendrons.
A
perfect
shot.
Ah!
If
one
could
be
sure
of
doing
that
every
time
Yes,
Tredweil,
what
Is
it?"
Tredweil
addressed
Bundle.
"On
the
Telephone
"Mr.
Thesiger
would
like
to
speak
to
you
on
the
telephone.
my
lady."
Bundle
set
off
at
full
speed.
for
tne
nquse,
yelling
"Loralne,
Loralne."
as
she
did
so.
Loralne
Joined
her
Just
as
she
was
lifting
the
receiver.
"Hallo,
Is
that
you
Jimmy?"
"Hallo.
How
are
you?"
"Very
fit,
bat
a
bit
bored."
"How's
Loralne?"
"She's
all
right.
She's
here.
Do
you
want
to
speak
to
her?
"In
a
minute.
I've
got
a
lot
to
say.
To
begin
with,
I'm
going
down
to
the
Cootes
for
the
week-end."
he
said
significantly.
"Now,
look
here,
Bundle,
you
don't
know
how
one
gets
hold
of
skeleton
keys,
do
you?"
"Haven't
the
foggiest.
Is
It
really
necessary
to
take
skeleton
keys
to
the
Cootes'?"
"Well.
I
had
a
sort
of
idea
they
would
come
In
handy.
You
dont
know
the
sort
of
shop
one
gets
them
at?"
burglar
friend
to
show
you
the,
ropes."
I
do.
Bundle.
I
do.
And
unforv
iunately
I
haven't
got
one.
t
thought
perhaps
your
bright
brain
might
grapple
successfully
with
the
problem.
But
I
suppose
shall
have
to
fall
back
upon
Stevens
as
usual.
Hell
be
getting
some
funny
ideas
in
his
head
soon
about
me
first
,a
blue-nosed
automatic
and
now
skeleton
keys.
He'll
think
I've
Joined
the
criminal
classes."
"Jimmy,"
said
Bundle.
"Yes?"
"Look
here
be
careful,
won't
ypu?
I
mean
If
Sir
Oswald
finds
you
nosing
around
with
skeleton
keys
well,
I
should
think
he
could
be
very
unpleasant
when
he
likes."
"Young
man
of
pleasing
appear
ance
in
the
dock
I
All
right,
IH
be
careful.
Pongq's
the
fellow
I'm
really
frightened
of.
He
sneaks
around
so
on
those
flat
feet
of
his.
You
never
hear
him
coming.
And
he
always
did
have
a
genius
for
poking
his
nose
in
where
he
wasn't
wanted.
But
trust
to
the
boy
here?."
"Well.
I
wish
Loralne
and
I
were
going
to
be
there
to
look
after
you,M
"Thank
you
nurse.
As
a
matter
of
faot,
(though,
I
have
a
scheme
M
"Yes?"
"Do
you
think
you
and
Loralne
DISTINGUISHED
VISITORS
TO,
WEST
INDIES
Three
unusual
views
of
Their
Ex-cellencies,
The
Governor-General
and
Lady
Willingdon,
taken
while
on
a
three
weeks'
cruise
of
the
Brit-
ish
West
Indies.
Scene
No.
1
shows
His
Excellency
Lord
Willingdon.
at
he
bids
good-bye,
from
the
rail
of
the
Canadian
National
StamMp
"Lady
Drake,"
aa
she
leaves
Bermuda
carrying
Their
Excellencies
on
the
last
leg
of
their
Weat
Indies
cruise.
Scene
No.
2
shows
His
Excellency
indulging
in
a
show
ot
enthusiasm
as
he
seeres
a
rineer
in
a
eame
of
deck
emoita.
'Scene
No.
t
shows
Lady
Wi)lindoa
with
one
of
the
little
piccaninny
j
girls
of
Jamaica
who
sailed
on
the
distinguished
visitors
to
bid
them
welcome.
x
'
might
have
a
convenient
car
breakdown
near
Letherbury
tomorrow
morning?
If
not
so
very
far
from
you,
is
it?"
.
"Forty
miles.
That's
nothing."
"I
thought
it
wouldn't
be
to
you!
Don't
kill
Loralne
though.
I'm
rather
fond
of
Loralne.
All
right
then
somewhere
round
about
quarter
to
half
past
12."
"So
that
they
Invite
us
to
lunch?"
"That's
the
idea.
I
say,
Bundle,
ran
into
that
girl
Socks
yester
day
and
what
do
you
think
Ter
ence
O'Rourke
is
going
to
be
down
there
this
week-end."
f
Another
Suspect
"Jimmy,
do
you
think
he
"
"Wtofc2lpetti'eYery
one,
you
knewr-Tia
V
what
they
say.
He's
a
wild
Ia,d,
and
daring
as
they
make
them.
I
wouldn't
put
it
past
him
to
ran
a
secret
society.
He
and
the
countess
might
be
in
this
together.
He
was
out
hi
Hungary
would
be
rather
neat.
Now
for
in
structlons.
After
a
few
polite
nothings
to
Lady
Coote,
you
and
Loralne
are
to
get
hold
of
Pongo
and
O'Rourke
by
hook
or
by
crook
and
keep
them
occupied
till
lunch
time.
See?
It
oughtn't
to
be
dlf
fieult
for
a
couple
of
beautiful
girls
like
you."
"You're
usinjr
Uw
best
butter.
OVV.
"A
nlaln
statement
of
fast."
"Wtll,
at
any
rate,
your
in
A
rue
tlons
are
duly
noted.
Do
you
want
to
talk
to
Loralne
now?"
Bundle
passed
over
the
receiver
and
tactfully
left
the
room.
Nocturnal
Adventure
Jimmy
Thesiger
arrived
at
Lettv
What
you
want
Is
a
kindlyfrbury
on
a
sunny
autumn
after-
noon
and
was
greeted
affectionately
by
Lady
Coote
and
with
cold
ke
by
Sir
Oswald.
Aware
pf
m
kn
rrtateh-maRing
eye
of
Lady
Coote
upon
him,
Jimmy
took
pains
to
make
himself
extremely
agreeable
to
Socks
Da-ventry.
O'Rourke
was
there
In
excellent
spirits.
He
was
inclined
to
be
official
and
secretive
about
the
mysterious
events
at
the
Abbey,
about
which
Socks
catechized
him
freely,
but
his
official
reticence
took
a
novel
form;
namely,
that
of
embroidering
the
tale
of
events
in
such
a
fantastic
manner
that
nobody
could
possibly
guess
what
the
truth
might
have
been.
"Four
masked
reen
with
revolvers?
Is
that
really
so?"
demanded
Socks
severely.
"Ah
I
I'm
remembering
how
that
there
-was
the
round
half
dozen
of
them
to
hold
mji
.down
and
force
the
stuff
down
my
throat.
Sure,
and
I
thought
it
was,
poison,'
and
I
done
tot
entirely!"
"And
what
was
'stolen,,
or
what
did
they
try
toteal?"
"What
else
but
the
crown
Jew-,
els
of
Uussla
that
were
brought;
to
Mr.
Lpmax
secretly
to
deposit
In
the
Bank
of
England."
(To
Be
Continued
Tomorrow)
The
monkey
needn't
feel
offended.
People
object
to
all
of
their
relatives.
NORTHERN
B.
C.
NEWS
tered
teams.
STEWART
Koaas,
b
w
cock,
i
imbim.!
Alex
Pirle,
Jack
McCabe
and,
Charlie
Samuel,
members
of
a
I
MM.yMu-.
.
,
art
sinee
the
middle
of
December.
J5UTHH!)
could
pinch
the
for-,
kit
latt
Friday
on
their
return
home
muln
any.
tlmr,"
...
yja
the
overland
route.
They
will
'Tbf.usfsfaat
he
couldn't.
.
travel
past
Mezladln
and
Bowser
He'd
have
to
do
'ft
under
ircum-1
Lakes,
up
the
Naas
River
to
Ninth
stances
wb?re
he
csoktnt
be
sua-
Cabin,
and
then
home
down
the
pected.
But
the
retreat
up
the
ivy
Yukon
Telegraphs
trail.
They
ax-
and
into
his
own
bed
well,
that
pect
to
get
good
returns
of
mar
ten
and
beaver
from
a
number
of
traps
they
set
out
while
on
the
way
here.
Light
snow
fell
here
toward
the
end
of
last
week,
but
it
has
not
attained
much
depth
and
should
not
last
long.
There
has
been
an
un-precedentedly
small
amount
of
snow
here
this
winter.
Mrs.
D.
L.
Pitt
and
son.
Bobby,
who
has
been
ill
lately,
left
Tacama
last
week
for
a
trip
to
Honohihi.
Charles
Tucker
of
Premier
has
received
the
appointment
to
be
a
Justice
of
the
paeee.
Daylight
radio
reception
is
fast
becoming
an
actuality
M
Stewart
and
there
are
very
few
times
at
any
ume
oi
the
day
or
night
now
when
some
station
or
other
cannot
be
picked
up.
The
"trouble-shooting"
machine
at
Prince
Rupert
has
ar
rived
here
to
be
used
in
checking
un
on
local
interference.
The
Canadian
Legion
held
its
fortnightly
whist
drive
last
Friday
evening
in
the
Legion
Hall.
The
affair
was
a
complete
success
and
proved
very
enjoyable.
The
ladles
of
the
local
Catholic
Church
haye
elected
officers
as
fol
lows:
President,
Mrs.
Harrison;
vice-'
president,
Mrs.
La
Clair;
secretary,
Mrs.
aigot.
E.
J.
O'Brien
left
last
week
for
Vancouver,
where
he
will
go
before
the
Pensions
Board
for
VANDERHOOF
At
the
annual
congregational
meeting
of
Christ
Church
at
Chilco
last
week
officers
for
the
year
were
elected
as
follows:
Rector's
warden,
William
A.
Tlmms;
people's
warden,
Lawrence
Reld;
vestry,
Mrs.
O.
J.
field,
William
McKcown
and
F.
Reld.
R.
a.
Matthews,
president
of
the
Vanderhoof
and
District
Board
of
Trade,
has
named
committee
chair
men
for
the
coming
year
as
follows:
McOeachy;
merr.bfhr,
i
An
inter-departmental
basket-
j
Moore;
agriculture
c
pro-ball
league
is
now
playing
in
full
1
Oeorge
Snell
swine
at
Premier
with
Mine.
Mill.
I
Qffiae
and
Merthanles
having
en-
The
municipality
of
th
vii
Vanderhoof
had
of
11008.91.
;i
surpius
a:.
A.
U.
Brean
ha.
been
r.
ill
Power
Corporation
of
Canada
party
'
oess
tsfcp
to
Burns
i.
mri
stationed
at
Mezladln
Lake
for
the
-
purpose
of
investigating
water-
The
Omlneca
bran-
!
1
1
cower
development
DossibUiUss.
inadlan
Legion.
Bnn
ii
e.totSI
were
in
town
last
week
for
a
short
League,
ha.s
!
(
e.
Am
holiday.
1930
u
follow.
vt
kui..
o
logs
ton;
Tlce-pre.sidfi.i
r
i:
With
a
team
of
seven
dots.
Pete
""
"tar
R.
M
Ta,or
iLinrriuui'
nni
cinii
rui
urer,
J.
II.
F
Lacpy
eerj
SkowiU
and
Bob
Skowfll.
Haielton!"
.
V"0"
Rev
s
c
s
Indians,
after
having
been
in
Stew-
11
v-
1""'or
Mrs.
A.
II.
Brcitn
a.
an
t
noon
tea
hostess
to
mar.
fcl
last
Thursday.
Miss
Bertha
Larsoi.
is
spenetl
holiday
wlh
her
Liturr
und
si
in
the
Prairiedale
ciutry"
The
slashing
crev,
tha:
hat
working
on
the
romi
norths'
St.
James
has
returns:
u
!
the
season.
It
is
soint
Uiing
for
the
public
works
departa
have
crews
at
work
m
this
up
to
the
end
of
January
Mrs.
C.
Watson
MrKelvey
M
sued
invitations
for
a
sen
brMfce
luncheons
to
bo
held
oof
ruary
8,
13,
and
20
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Robrn
Reid
s'
fld
home
last
week
iftr
spr
VMttI
u-ok
on
tin-
ciiast.
,H
Reld
visited
Victoria
on
officii
iness
concerninx
road
w"
Omlneca
dlsrict.
The
,
annual
nirrutu
rf
,
Women'
Auxiliary
to
the
CM-
Lesrion
was
held
yesterday
noon
at
the
Vanrierliwf
H'
Mrs.
H.Stokes
actio
Port
Simpson
W
Played
In
Chuff
Bandsmen
With
Stvt
Instn
Made
Excellent
Impress"
Upon
Conrrcratlon
tJntJT
aijfP5iT
Feb
aarvic
at
nraee
United
G
I
Port
Slmpscn,
recent
iy
was
u;
dering
of
several
wu.sk
uI
se
by
the
Port
Slmpsoi
under
the
leadr'-liiH
of
V
IIenrv-
.
.
it
faced
instruments
iteenwj
.
.
..
j
hwf
DC""
cnasca
Dy
ino
Dano
"
mA
rln:l
.lli'l
P'
J
.....
Th(i
ure
community
Mv
.
...nnltlC
li,r
renaerca
tjunaay
e
"
,r.
hymns;
"Oloriu.''
f,ffl.
12th
Mass;
and
'Mi:aiw
nvir
Jn
rhe
Yellowstone
i
al
park
are
said
t,,bPp.!i
tient
of
all
flshcrmrn
beside
an
attractive
V-bear
awaits
his
prrv
fhnfvr.
them
onto
the
banit
v
"