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Fe wp OI ee, FRYE aMTACIVaIVGAVANVaViraMiTativaiTatatyaXinel = VBRBAVAVSBIREROBTACEBUEEVIVETITVITERUTULAATECAT VEDEBVWUUUVUADODUEUTAIVATUAUAD CONTINUED STORY : . The Romance of a Lunatic Asylum PALUETL CVURERETEIEOUETE TEDVTEUTE VA VUETURATLTEVUT TECUUSUT UE DUUIVUTVALD By HEADON HILL | | CHAPTER NNXU—Continued oo iees of a valuable diamond on your “jeuracy from Dever to London.” Tee Cussie Brings New. mA. suid) Lindsay, beginning Lord Uaversiock drew his chair «0 lose interest in a confession which back a lithe: fer an idea had struek tid Not appear to immediately toiza him. ‘Lhis @irious creature mast be Neo. The episode of the diamond, lunatic. House an escaped Grer vals oa mile and the dittie aaa was doubt- ene of the inmates who had broken louse after hearing ef Lind-. say from Kate in the asylum, and, when learning on arrival at the inn’ hat he was staying there. he teid Was himsely, ‘HW secare in the save of a Hatton! Garden cnerchant, had Lniniportance that rhe receded into face of the great had overwhelmed away, in less Calamity them. “You are not going to tell us that you stole the gem?" said Lord Hav- “trsiack, who was, of course, aware Simon Vant- G! the vicissitudes of the diamond, | yruce’s Victims, eh?’ askod the old 2d its return by Alf. geer Kindly. “You are one of ; ‘No, sir, i am not a thief, with all The little man gibbered at him. my misfortunes,” whined Zincraft. ‘ike an ape. then broke into a low,, “Bur l was put up to get you robbed ehuckling laugh. fo tae diamond by a woman who is a nurse at the Grey House, and who 143 nand-and-glove with Victor Vant- - : “Ol Simcn’s. yes: but mostly of, r, his beautiful son-—-the smart man with the fine teeth and tho’ VTEC? Sne fooled me into it, gentle- sleek black hair.’ he replied. “But "eR. beeause I worshipped the you have not told me of Mr. Cath-, 2?" und she trod on, and then she cart.” he went on fawningly. ay! cas. me off when | had served her trust, sir, that 1 am right in think. | dan But I fooled them at the fin- ing that he has a mere’fui heart?” pisn—-her and her smart lover,"’ he “Never fear for Lindsay Catheart tedded, with a cunning leer from one Never fear 7 dsay Catheart; ° ‘ Bay :t0 the other. “They thought they le will be very tender to such as]. : “oe ° . ; aad driven me to suicide—gave me o.,’’ said Lord Haverstouk, looking: . ° * ound in some relief the jaor! > pistol ig ow “Ont iy poor hot rs relief. t door. . . : “Sh. here is Mr, Cathcart ,»orains with, only I didn’t. I blazed opened. Ah, here is Mr. Cathcart,” |... .. hat they sh . it off so that they should hear the report, and then set to work to find as ae added, when he saw that it was! { ,{ you. Mr. Catheart, to tell yo The “victim of the Vantbraces’ Ile ». ° you the Icft off warming his fingers andi he aan ie & wees" wht shrank back into the shadows, fast-|) 1. mp tae ne isper- vad ‘Haverstock. The idea-of love as X% motive fer the misdeeds, real or a " timagined, of this shrivelled atom cirele of the firelight. Absorbed in‘ .. 5 sys . his own affairs, Lindsay did not see sonfirmed his conviction that they ¢ ; rs, say ot se . oe . *"l}had a madman to deal with. But or, if he saw, pay any attention to,,, . . ws . ae . Lindsay's legai training enabled him the insignificant figure, : spe 7 . . to grasp the significance of the con- No luck!" he exclaimed dejected- ‘ ‘ ; ; ; nection. The Vautbraces had stolen “Nothing will move the Com- . ; : and now it appeared that a missioners till we can produce our . : plot to steal the diamond emanated witness, and that, of course, we can-!,. . from the Grey House. The plot was nol do. Not that they would believe . . (obviously the same one, and worthy him if we did--or want to te -_ ‘tine ; . : ; af close sifting. ‘This curious peni- him, for the matter of that. , . sae ; tent imust be the shifty individual only an excuse for wearisome . . . . “hom Alf had described to him as taupe delay. . having gone to Mrs. Spriggs with un- Lord Haverstock coughed polnted- . . ; called-for warnings in order to gain ly, and made a gesture towards the], a. information, stranger, ‘That individual has been . ' “Go on,’ he said sternly, ‘I am inquiring for you; hadn't we better! ; jnot going to promise you immunity itil] J know how far you are implica- jted, but this | will guarantee——-there Iya Livcer reckoning in store for Mr. »Vietor Vantbrace and for his father. We ure only waiting for the evidence of a young lady now {fn their hands sning a hungry eye on Lindsay’s face as the young barristcr came into the ly. a wate, believe It is red “The poor chap da quite thing.” You mee’ sadd Lindsay eagerly, turning to the for: Wished ta seo Jorn-dlooking erentire who eume dod- ; ‘ th, pubdhod for aq worse fdering forward again, nervously fin- ene : ' a outrage than diamond robbery.” iyering the rin of his shabby hat. | , “ATE mame de Zineraff str oa Dise So stratghtway Zincratt began, tor of Medieine. and til recently in Abate War db ae petadeatdaay Cede dae ali ba Bee eto he coherent, told how IEhinsie had ‘come to him and eajoled him into a “4 lal dav inaike nh cane promtae to do all in his power to ifesaton to you, and to throw mysere) BEeeen paniniy Cathcart taking the {dhnnond sate home. Ho did not upon oyaur omerey, for there are h! iin i 7 but . . apare mse 1 he nar vu cthers worse than mnyself, You have u ; ' ‘ BRTieey : ronfesded having hired a noted {bene an 7 [pully te iure Lindsay to a place Que moment” tnterrupted Lind: | 7 , ‘where he could he conventfently robe jsay, “deow your confession affect, | toon arriving at Chari G Shed oo . singe Cy Miss Kate Milborne, at present an; ‘ ' tn ' ha NB vita i s 4 TTroWw . "Inaate of the Gros Hanae band he grew ahnost pattelis over “ . Law s 1 1 ° | Put Zineratt shook his head and’ ON? Hisappalntment when Beamish failed to carry out hla instrnetions. catared bhankly, dither he was in ‘eapuble of seeing that he had done! “Hin giad enough the follow didn't they orders, now, gentleman’ ha anething wrong tn the part he bad on, “That sheedevil would Mared in signing the cartiffeate, or the name of Milbarne had oseaped| have thrown me over Juat the same memory = probably che latter. indeed, as it is she thinks that it for he baad been detain aeyady bag Ta hy omy sehomtitye yan were toh ine the damt few dayn. ATL tide teoble, bed bat Po have not that other great mental power was fived on one idea erime pon my souk Low ass have svengeanee on Khusie and Vietor fallen docan still be glad that Powis Vanthrace-- and, to hie Tinlted un. tet Ue author of Chat.” jderstanding of the fame those two! Whath erfed Lard Taver:tock | were Playing, there was bat one; and Lindsay ino a breath; ‘da yu weapon onvatlahle for that purpose oinean that the « ‘oundrel who wroek- yen hiv vagne suepictond, eonneet- | ec the trav was the same man whom ny Vieter with) Perey'a divappear \¥ AD Ha rered j wien, hod been dilven date the buch ‘Pode, Reatlene ay pthe employ of Me. Grey Vantbrice of the House Asylum’ he bogan tpepilowsdy {a weul he omaat have rround by the indicement he had! wanted the Wamond all to Wimnself, framed. fund so changed tye-any harmless, { ‘Thomay be se, bur not within my y aut fegni, doe pani ke sedeme Cknowledge.) he replied. oF was inta iat wholesale atiughter,” | whout to aay. sir, Chat you have red) Yineratt, “You seo what J beer | whh ere ’ . aD toyh ot tro Peetyaes Teeuth roth dv Ary PRY “ i] ae oo jaca by tha papers has heen only (oop stranger tones, Win hate giving hin peuceowstal, thongh not in the wayleourage Nina Fimalle ond Vietor Ube Ty ate od pen ible for that . ra. jade dnd. db seueteele lar caus pier ‘eater PACE FIVE Oe a DOMINION OF CANADA VICTORY LOAN BONDS MATURING Ist NOVEMBER, 1923 THE BANK OF MONTREAL, under authority of the Minister of Finance, is prepared to redeem the above bonds in full at maturity, without charge, at any of its Branches in Canada. For the convenience of owners of the bonds, the Bank of Montreal will accept the bonds at any time prior to November Ist,and will make payment in each case on November Ist, either by issuing a cheque or by placing the amount to the owner’s credit in the books of the Bank, as the owner may desire. outrage; if the woman had not, E wanted you waylaid it nut | have happened. Let the claim = them for it. and me too, if iny con-'# viction will help; 1 will plead guilty! to anything, suffer anything. to see, those two torn asunder and punish-' ed.” “They ought to be hang, and you, sir, ought, if Iam not mistaken,! to be sent to Broadmoor during Her Majesty’s pleasure,’ said Haverstock ; hotly. ‘‘What interest can this wo- man have had in wishing yor to be robbed, Lindsay?”’ would jaw Fo a “IT can guess, but I won't trust myself to speak of it,’ was the shud- dering reply. ‘‘And I am afraid that there is no evidence that would tend} to her punishment for a crime which by the mouth of this witness. is proved, not to have been devisel by her. Possibly she might be convict- ed of incitement to robbery, but no- thing more. As for the man Vant- brace, I cannot see any evidence against him whatever. My theory, and it was inspired by the datectives, is that Vantbrace was genuinely anx- ious for me to realize the value of the stone—-for his own horrid pur- pose, of course.”’ This legal destruction of his cher- ished revenge took speedy effect on Zincraft. He nad stood furtively looking from Lord Haverstock to Lindsay, with the air of a prisoner listening to his sentence. Then, the DAVID SPENCER, LTD. VICTORIA, B. C. Golden Jubilee Sale OF HIGH-GRADE SATINS AND SILIsS In the Silks and Satins offered during this sale—wonderful values will be given——so that all desiring a Dress, Suit or Blouse length may buy to great advantage. During the Month All Dress Goods — Purchased in the Store will be cut and fitted Free by an Expert Artiste ER ES SS 1 BR ER SS ene nearer A Try a Two cents.a word first. insertion,.one .cent a word . eview Classifie last prop knocked from under his = tottering reason, he broke first intu a howl like that of a whipped dog, and finished with a stream of unin- telligible cackle. At that moment the door was opened and a waitress entered bringing in the lamp. ‘Woman! lovely women!" chanted Zineraft, kissing his hand to the girl and mouthing at Haverstock and Lindsay, who knew not what to do. But their dilemma was short-lived. The open door disclosed the private bar, at which a man in a long racing- voat was standing. hurriedly munch- ing a sandwich and drinking a glass of sherry. At the sound of Zincraft's voice he came to the coffee-room door. It was Victor Vantbrace, who} had left the Grey House for London early in the morning, but was. re- turning in consequence of a vague but urgent telegram from Simon. He had stopped his tiy at the asuil lor some refreshments before going on to the asylum, and those quivering, | lamiilar tones sinuvle upul tin cuts | | | ke a thunder-clap. He had believed them to be hushed for ever, for though he had acarched the DAPLTS | in vain for nuwa of a suleide at Cre-; morne, the absence of it had not pur| prised him, owing to thy lateness of the hour at which he had heard the platol-shot in the ealinet on the pre-| vious night. And the authorithes at the gardens would have beon In no hurry to let the oceurrance got Into print, | Vor a moment Vietor was so as-! taunded thit he paid no heed to the| ather occupants of the coffee-roam. “Why, Zinky, old inan, what are you bahbiing about?" he was hagin- ning, whon his ever-watehful eye full upon Lindsay, and at tho same thine the lattor, recognized hha fellow -travs ellor from Dover, advanced a pace or two, atiffening his museles omin- ously, Vantbrace, in ignornnce that Lindsay bad ascertained hia name from Alf, thought that he was about to he aeeusod of stealing the dla mond, and, knowing that he eould not be proved guty of that crime, ansumed an alr of jaunty impudence. | "You hava the advantage of ine, | wir; To owas apeaking to my maudlin ‘idle Friend here, he aiid, weedlk an infolent amile at Lindaay, 9 ‘Ceme along, Zink, people In your condition Avs Hieaty ta Fat data Wal t ee hh he oe and Td best take you away before you @at Inte miselfor (Continued noxt week) for each additional insertion N line with new legislation being passed in the various States of the American Union aimed to diminish motor car who is determined to beat the train to it. Coroners’ juries are usually more the alarming number of discriminating and put the blaine through reckless driving of automo-} where it belongs, but the general acedents biles, particularly on level railroad pubhe, sccm: the usual newspaper crossings, the Board of Railway heading, “Train Crashes inta Motor Commissioners for Canada has re-} Car starts out with the impression quested the Canadian Pacific Rail | nat the train mist necessarily be to Way ber deeded dee te dae ty ot arte ‘ ‘ | upon similar dangerous practices by | lairer statement of the case world motorists on various portionseof itsthe “Another Auto Gets Path of ' . ' ' a! or ry Ww i % , . afew 4 we the information with a view to en- | heading should read, “Plyving \uro deavoring, through educavion, to] Dashes into) Moving Train.’ | Fre. minimize the occurrence of such dan- | auently the ato ostrikes the tam grerats practices well behind the enpoue. a convincing ndteation that the motorist tog Irae uently treats the railroad roesug with) the sane casual notice that he the dntetsectian oof niet souniry rated Out of 32 level crossing arculents Tn a Balletin issued by the Board of Railway Commissioners on June 1Sth, 1923, 54 cases of danger at pro tected crossings are cited for the period October, W22, tu May, 1923 and of these fifty are declared to gives 4 have been due to the carelessness of} that happened in Ontario durapy motor drivere OMator aeeidents,” | 1922, 22 were the result of the motor. fo é ‘ says the bulletin, “are becoming | 8! Hot heeding the step osiypmal, and wys 7 } JOC seven were the resolt af ronning inte the lowered gates or actually passing ander them after they were lowered or while they were being lowered. Qne man had no headlights aad ape parently did nat see the gates were more frequent. very sane motorist deplores this, Tf accidents are to be lessened, the sane motorist must edu- eato the culpably neghgent motor: ists.” All highway crossings are by VW) down while the remainder in other protested by alguna, and they are onty |. aye trad tavtuns un fant of the dangerous when the driver of the au engine inorder ta save Hine, tomobile makes them so. They are not dangerous if motorists will take a small part of the care they exercise in turning on a city strect. Tt is the motorist'’s carclossness that makes them dangerous. The train has right of way, Everyune knows what iniy happen if the plamly seen warntigs are disregarded at a pomt where the motor car can stop while the train cannot, Tnoan editorial an this question, she Toronto Star says that: “Ta a coun try like this, with ita magnificent dis tanees, and railway systema with taenty thousand miles af track, the Eime may never come when all tovel crossings will be ehboumated With motar eure in ee everwhere here is no taiway crossing ao remote bat that a motorist may wae mt. dt i te huatnens to seé that he doew anata enfe moment Tris hie bisined for two reasons: (1) beenuge tt 4 the presence of him and his car al that time and place, and not the eaming Cute, te fe Thee eeremetelig reoart nf it nleonw fe that oaafeguards and precautions erected by the railroads are so often entirely fqnored. Time after tine PAG Dyed pone : a ing alarm bells, barrler wheat wer tae the abet we na oerashs and (2) because if thers should be a erash he and his ear will the man dn the be ernahed and no the vrain” PRP ee mere 8 gates and even watchmen waving “stop” sig nals tucan uetling to