PAGE FOUK me Seven Dials Mystery By Agatha Christie Copyright by Public Ledger INSTALMENT XXIX (Continued) This awful prospect .knocked Bundle out completely. She could only stare helplessly at George. This did not discourage him on the contrary. His main objection tq women was that they talked too much. It was seldom that he found what he considered a really good listener. He smiled benignant-ly at Bundle. 'The butterfly emerging frorn the chrysalis. A wonderful picture. I have a very interesting work op political economy. I will look it out now, and you can take it tp Chimneys with you. When, you have finished it, I will discuss it with you. Do not hesitate to writ? to me if any point puzzles you. I have many public duties, but by unsparing work I can always make time for ths affairs of my friends. I will lopk for the book." He strode away. Bundle gazed after him with a dazed expression. She was roused by the unexpected advent of Bill. "Look here," said Bill, "what the hell was Codder? holding your hand for?" "It wasn't my hand," said Bundle wildly. "It was my budding mind." "Don't be an ass, Bundle " "Sorry BUI, but I'm a little worr ried. Do you remember saying that Jimmy ran a grave risk poming down here?" ' "So he does," said Bill. "Jt's frightfully hard to escape from iCodders once he's got interested In you. Jimmy will be caught in the toils before he knows where he is." "It's not Jimmy who's got caught it's me," said Bundle wildly. "I shall have to meet endless Mrs. Macattas, and read political economy and discuss It with George, and heavens knows where It will end!" Bill whistled. "Poor old Bundle. Been laying It on a bit thick, haven't you?" On Holding Hands "I must have done. Bill, I feel horribly entangled." "Never mind," said Bill consol ingly. "George doesn't really believe in women standing for Parliament, so you won't have to stand up on platforms and talk a lot of junk, or kiss dirty babies in Bermondsey. Come and have a cocktail. Jt's pearly lurjeh time." Bundle got up and walked by his side obediently. And I dp hate politics," she! murmured pteou$ly. "Qf course you do. So do all sensible peopje. Ifs qnly people like Codders and Pongo who take them seriously and revel 'In them. But all the same," said Bilj, reverting suddenly to a fqrmer point, "you oughtn't to let Codders hold your hand." "Why on earth not?" said Bundle. "He"? known me all my life." "Well, I don't like it." "Virtuous William Qh, I say. look at Superintendent Battle." They were Just passing in through a side door. A cupboardlike room ppened out of the little hallway. In it were kep,t golf clubs, tennis racquets, bqwls and other features of country house life. Superintendent Battle was conducting a minute examination of various golf clubs. He looked up a little sheepishly at Bundle's exclamation. . i "Going to take up golf, Superintendent Battle?" "I plight fiq worse, Lady Eileen. They say it's never too late to start. Aiid I've got one good quality that will tell at any game." "What's that?" asked Bill. "I dqn't knqw when I'm beaten. If everything- goes wrong, I turn to and start again!" And with a determined look on his face, Superintendent Battle came out and Joined them, shut ting the door behind him. JIMMY LAYS HIS PLANS Jimmy Theslger was feeling de pressed, Avoiding George, whom he suspected of being ready to tackle him on serious subjects, he stole quietly away after lunch Proficient as he was in details of the Santa Fe boundary dispute, he had no wish to stand an ex amlnatlon on It this minute. Presently what he hoped would happen came to pass. Loralne Wade, also unaccompanied, strolled down one of the shady garden paths. In a moment Jlmmjr was by her side. They walked for some minutes in silence and then Jimmy said tentatively: Loralne?" Yes?" "Look here, I'm a bad chap at putting things but what about It? What's wrong with getting a special license and being married and living together happy ever afterward?" Loralne displayed no embarrassment at this surprising proposal. Instead she threw back her head and laughed frankly. "Don't laugh at a chap," said Jimmy reproachfully. "I can't help it. You were so funny." "Loralne you are a little devil.' "I'm not. I'm what's called a thoroughly pice girl." "Only to those who dont' know you who are taken in by your delusive appearance of meekness and decorum." "I like your long words." "All put of cross-word .puzzles." "So educative." A Valuable Buying Guide you order dinner at a restaurant, you BEFORE consult the bill-of-fare. 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 you iri'the purchase of everything you needincluding amusements! A guide tha,t saves your time and conserves ypu&energy; that sves useless, steeps and guards against false ones; that puts the s-t-rre-t-c-h jn family budgets. The advertisements in this paper arp so interest- ; ing, itls difficult to see how anypne coujd overlook' them . . . fail to profit by them. Just check with , yourself and be sure that you are reading the adver? ' tiseinente regularly the big qnes and the little ones. v Jt is tjmp vell spent . . . always. For example, read vthe grocery store "ads" thj weejj. , - Avoicj timeyasUng, moncy.-wasting, cetqurs on. the road to Merchandise value. Kead the advertising "road maps." rilE DAILY NEWS TTWT M ! Mil I I r-TiTT Tl I H "Loraine, dear, don't beat about the bush, will you or won't ypu? Loralne's face sobered. It took on Its characteristic appearance of determination. Her small mouth hardened and her little piiln shqt out aggressively. "No, Jimmy. Not while things are as they are at present all unfinished." Jfrnmy Rejected "I know, we haven't done what we set' put t do," agreed Jimmy. "But all-he same well, it's the end of a chapter. The papers are safe at the Air Ministry. Virtu? triumphant. And for the moment nothing doing." "So let's get married?" said Loratye with a slight smile. You've said It. Precisely idea." But again Loraine shook head. "No, Jimmy. Until this thing's rounded up until we're safe" "You think we're In danger?" "Don't you?" Jimmy's cherubic pink" face clouded over. the her You're rjght," he said at last i will be much trouble with the rest premaey promises to ' be much oi me gang, wnoever tney are." keener this season, with better "II you get him and suppose hockey being played In New ne geis you ; Brunswick, Nova Scotia and "Impossible,' 'said Jimmy cheer-. Prince Edward Island. The Abeg-f ully. "I'm much too clever. Al- weits, of Charlottetown and the ways have a good opinion of your- 'Crystals of Summerside are de-self that's my motto." ,'veloplng young players who may "When I -think of the things J re8aln some of the glory that the that might have happened last Charlottetown AbegwelU boasted night" Loraine shivered. conquest of Lady Coote." "Oh, Do you thing that Impor tant?" I've an idea It may come In useful." You've got some plan in your mind, Jimmy. What is it?" The young hero never tells his plans," said Jimmy firmly. "They mature in the dark." "You are an Idiot, Jimmy." "I know. I know. That's what every one says. But I can assure you, Loraine, there's a lot of brajn-work going on underneath. Now what about your plans? Got any?" To Chimneys Again "Bundle has suggested that I should go to Chimneys with her for a bit." (To Be Continued Tomorrow) Billiard Averages A. A. Easson (K) 16 3823 239 G. P. Tinker (CD 15 3526 235 M. M. McLachlan fG) 11 2581 235 D. Brown (G) 10 2325 233 J. Andrews (G) 17 3941 232 J. Hlllman (G) 15 3466 231 W. E. Wllliscroft (E) 12 2758 230 W. Lambie (E) 3 691 230 W. J. Nelson (G) 18 4098 22: J. W. Scott (CD 12 2700 225 F. Stephens E) 16 3592 225 W. Mitchell (E) 15 3359 224 C. Balagno (E,) 17 3798 223 G. Waugh (Q) 14 3059 219 M. Andrews (CLJ .. .17 3683 217 S. P. McMordic (CL.) .... 5 1077 215 R. Young (CL) 8 1701 213 F. G. Pyle (CD 12 2544 212 A. Murray (CL) 12 2399 200 Mrn.-fny ,,,)r,,;,.. , ..,. ..I. ......I ' uj...-xai aTatao'. ;a Sport Chat Unlike the situation In Nova Scotia, the two. teams that played off for the champlqnship of New Brunswick last season, are again leading their leagues by substantial margins and bid fair to stage another home .and home series in the semi-finals for the Mari time amateur hockey championship. A fllip of interest was ad ded to the New Brunswick game last season when the Bathurst papermakers, champions of the Northern Section of the Provincial League, took the Maritime championship from the Nova Sco tia titleholders, who had held It for five seasons. Bathurst has started the 1930 season where It ended In 1929 and Is undefeated to date In league games, far in front In the Northern League. In the Southern Section the Moncton Atlanties are still well to the fore althqugh they are in a more spirited fight than the Marl-time champions. At the present time the Atlanties boast a fair sized lead but may encounter plently of trouble from the rink-Jess Saint John Beavers, who have not, as yet, hit their best stride. Both Bathurst and Moncton have better toami than lacf can &nn 7 hai fxtfa(dinary figmaroje The papermakers have been bol-qi tJunaies is true and I sup- iprH pose, incredible as it sounds, it, frontiirnr fmm "IIr tW" anA STL1!! ZT11.!'? n M?eiJoe Matte, a keen Judge of hoc- V , ky- wh0 teach,n th Marl- And .i, the others? tJme titleholders the finer polnU "No the others don't count. It's of the game. Matte took the Hall-No. 7 with his own ways of work- fax Wolverines from the Eastern Ing that frightens me. Because I Nova Scotia League cellar last don't know who he Is or where to season and put them in the finals look for him." jfor the Maritime title and plans Loralne shivered. jto go further this season with the "I've been frightened." she. said team that licked hjt 1929 charge, in a low voice. "Ever since Gerry's Moncton have added a few play-death." 'ars, amqng whom is Tommy Rad- "You needn't be frightened, ford, for years a star In Halifax. There's nothing for you to be The Monctonlans are playing bet-frightened about. You leave ev-, ter, hockey than last season under erything to me. I tell you, Lq- epech Brown, a Maritime veteran. ralne I'll get No. 7 yet. Onoaj-wej J get him well. I don't think there The fteht for the Maritime mi- jsome seasons ago. when they won ! tw0 consecutive Maritime -Well thfiv riirtn't " m .Timmv crowns "WpYp both hPn. snfA nnrf m.nrt uPPer Canadian hockey author- -though I must admit my arm ls''Ue,,are 1ok,ng J? the Maritime confoundedly painful "Poor boy." "Oh, one must expect to suffer In & good cause. And what with my wounds and rpy cheerful conversation I've made a complete i Province to nrnvlrle n flnnllti In the Allan Cup series this season. Many Upper Canadian hockey coaches have been Imported Into the Marltimes and this, added to the fact that the Marltimes provided good competition last season In the Canadian championship series, had led hockey leaders to believe that the Allan Cup may go east of Montreal for the first time since the historic mug was first donated. A feminine writer on sport, in the London Sketch, deals with "Apprehfhslons Regarding the Longer Skirt," and sport. ''Women'a iport In England is in a yery advanced and. healthy state.' We are jaced with only one serious prob lem In 1930; it is what effect is the long skirt going to have on sport? Shall we go back In the day of our trailing draperies to croquet on the lawn and pat-ball of the sixties? Let us hope not! A few years ago women's sport was a luxury. Men had their Saturday games, but business girls put away their hockey sticks with their school books, while as for wives the Idea of a married woman having time or inclination for sport was absurd. Nowadays a glance down the names In a county hockey team or on an athletic program Is enough to tell a different tale. During the year a great advance has beep made In sport among1 business nouses, and it is the exception rather than the rule to find one without a women's sport club, while Civil Service and Business Houses Hockey Association have county standing." "A feature of tne year Is the number of teams, both official and private, that have been senl abroad. The world has been a playground for the English sports frtrl nrtrt cna fond V, ... G. Howe (G) - 1 118 118 1 Women's Hockey Association had a ,moet successful hockey tour last There Is only one : way " to "liV" reach autumn, ' playing " 15 matches and uiiu Russian Girls Star at Tennis Russian girls In the Soviet Unlonare fast becoming women and have a desire to enter into international Left to right, the Moscow team shown above onlst Federowska. Malzewa,the champion girl tennis player Olazak and Zipleakowa. and competed in an International' regatta In Warsaw. The last nam- j ed was a very courageous adven-i ture for the Women's Amateur Rowing Association, and the first time they had sent a crew abroad. Miss Evle Klrton, of St. George's won the sculling race for England, while the Warsaw girls beat the Ace crew in the fours. It is i! hi sp-iru- '' i'ix-t:':oii "! .... Ru.-jm SNQESHOE DERBY 01 Twenty-Two Racers Entmi k Event W'liifh Oprnrd on Saturday hoped the Polish crew will pay MONTREAL Feb 3 us a return visit this season. Net-;two cnl(.,, racert afe 4- tl 1 1 - 1 t t oau ana lacrosse ciuov nave tcfnatlonal doubled in number and a great rtride was made last summer in women's cricket. The event of the year was the women's representative match at Beckenham. but . J mar'iinuii race from Quebo over a distance of ahm 'he ii M :!'. I ir.ael which began op Saturday Feb : The race will be run In lap .sir 1MI liar to w C. . S. a. Pyle's bunion dertj U1"r "" ol "1C p Prtaes of $2,500 will b. mv.n tft for next season. In the not-too- winner, distent future we might see test Among tnosf wno arc matchea for women. We shall cer- 1, in thc long gand ar, talnly see women's county erks- ouard Montteal and Phi ket. Now that motor-cycling, out- oranvllie. Hamilton Out batt boarding and flying are so popu- former members of tnfi canadw lar, this year has seen the mere Olympic track team of vrars driving of a car relegated to the Xhose two mrn arp v,.no ranks of 'feminine sport.'" j Canada and the United Stm IFabro for having won the Bortoi "A Women's Automobile Asso-i1"1"1 marathon and Cratt elation has been formed and an to' W l000" -howin, in c c increasing number of women race'11'8 California to New Yort W on the track and enter reliability , race- . 1 MnV Prta ot Canada and V trials. Women have even run their own 'London-Exeter' TrUl. but UieiUn'1 SUtes are rrp'cscnted real Amaions are motor cyclists the long Jog. Joe Lewis from Non and aviators. It was a sign of tbei860". represents the. Maritin times when Miss Winifred Brown.!wh,1 ,n addition to Orativ the Lancashire hockey player. un- 1x111,3 Alfano of Kitehmor wilim concernedly landed at Croydon In nd 'hi the race for Ontario her own tiny plane for her last ' Quebec has 11 entrants. Eugfl match In the south with no more ! Plouette. Montreal, winner oi ado than if she had come by road. i year's 271 mile Montreal -toLew On three occasions Misses Cottle, I ton. Mo., marathon. Joseph W Folley and Mrs. McLean, on solo j Vsdleyf leld, Henri Cos en Mo mqtorsycles, have represented real, Charles Moore. Montrt England In international trials, i Rul Forgot, Longun.u! Queiw. competing on equal terms wtthi Victor Blackburn. Qii-bec. men. In the Women's World Game I Irld Dupro. Montreal. Vsloro in Prague next September we ftwjrrefcu, Quebec, Omer Ououew I Vtnntrool nirincn Mart IDi'rtU. Vinnlrl -w n n,.n ... v.. - v.iwuiu oti n Ricni luiilitbi. uriwrn ..,..-, the three countries in the sprint events. Mary Weston, the Devon girl, Is our new hope for field vents, and Mary Milne, the school-girl high Jumper, is likely to carry off a world record If she does not overtrain. Miss Mollie Gourlay and Mrs. Phoebe Watson are the outstanding figures in tennis and golf In 1929. True, there have been fireworks from youngsters like Diana Flahwick. the golfing prodigy from Broad-stairs, who was runner-up to Miss Gourlay In the British Close Championship, but our British champion Is a great example ot English pluck and thoroughness and has had a triumphant year, winning several International as well as English events. Mrs. Watson, No. 1 In the Women's' Official Tepnis Ranking List, Is not unlike Miss Gourlay in temperament. She was the only one to win a singles match for England In the Wlghtman Cup agalnH America this year has won through by sheer hard work." Next to duck shooting there Is bee and Edouard Fabre Monirw New Hampshire. Massarhuse Michigan and New York also (heir representatives In the nemran Dnu flmvoton. N "" Beaulac, Manchester. N if Ctauvin. Worcoster. Mass JWJ OHourke, Detroit. Mirh and Wantlnom, New York CW' w among entrants. , One of the contestants, ""j Oapttote Chouinard. a barber Notre Dame du Nord Queo -miles north of Timlskamlng. ; a little galloolng lust prior to race. Ho snowshoed 435 rty less than thirteen days from ora northern rn tonsorlal lonsormi parlor h-- tawa. He declared mmseu - . .... i .,anv in fine condition anu v the race. no type of hunting n the State of cnt cootal vessels, will go "I II i t A ... iL.IUI to do S3 uuiornia in wnicn mere is so new shins and mat uir - (sf f&rivoomiwM0OOMow it. ,,pePLe.J . . n0r.fl7.u . . winning them all; tennU In Am- much breaking of the logal bar? general advancement all arouna A"A vri vVvvvvmmmM MVMMfci'MV'MM'wV WVV M nn MyVVWVV U Um mU UQuO uuU DUuUUwmV U" a it Is Dally News, erica and all the QQaQMPQaQeQWQVvWQQQawtWGQQOQQitaw through the over continent; limit as In dovo shooting. There Is considerable dlscuJJ i . i in Kn the olU'r aboard the 'new Canadian Nau coast steamers which win from the Old Country eXl JJJ mer. While there is. al" nothing definite about it, tW ' standing seems to be that cap . . ano D. ponald, Harry Ncddcn the other officers. will t