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Gates That Lead to a Scenic Paradise.


wock-ciul journey, you will bo e.Kpocted to pay. As one approaches tho ga te will swing slowly open, and th e man or youtJi is roatly for it t ip ‘J if you please.” I f you <lun't idcasc,- wt'll, i t ’s too la to for him to slam tho ga te in f ro n t of the bonnet cf your ear.


dered from village to village to avoid work used to doclaro t l ia t Sv’kcs was an open house, where a be<I of s traw or bracken a\yaited all claimant.^, and where th e fan u -


pccted to open tho g a te free for all visitors to th e hamlet, to lielp tu rn tho c at tle, and to travel forumnl tlic m*.vt fine d,iy.


sheep and uatilc fairs beyonil th e Trougli, and th e storm might hold tho pass for a wet'k a t a time.


In October there was good traflic to the gritt.v


Between th e summit of tho pass and I Marshaw the going is .sleep and tho road


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alders with . p en d an t catkins, beecli witli t ig h t rolled cigar-tips of buds, oak and ash


swathes of wind-blown loaves among tho bells of grass.


and p e at is worthy of tho host p.nrt of Southern Scotland. Them aro miles of lie.ntlior ju s t tu rn in g groon with fresh shoots, and amber stroams ru s tlin g among roundetl stones; tlioro is tho ruddy liuo of pine .stems and tho groy-grecn of Hj-camorOxS;


and glen, which for colour an bu t ono ...................... - and ftcont of pino enjoys a strotcli


.streaked with paper-grey of «pliagnum, with d a rk hassocks of fir-nioss, and with brown*


an d birch. And tho green of bilberrj’ Is


clias.v in ch arac te r. A t Afai-shaw there is a. loft tu rn , which, is rovcrscMl almost a t


hundred yards there is a broad shallow ford or water .splash, witli a footbridge alongside for foot passengers. A t tho top of Iho .steej) and rougli rise llioro is a gate, and a g rin passes with tho coin. Tho road, lot UR sav, IS worth such a guerdon for it swings along tho .slopo of Blensdalo Fell, with a fiiio look back, into tho moors and a liner outlook to Ahbo.vstead and over th e nortlieru Fyldo to th o Irisli Sea.


Torrific Dip.


hero warns th a t ” Anybody in to r fe rin g witli ilio n a tu ra l flow of water will he prosecutcil.


second walorsplash. The notice hoard


mounted land fenced off, illegally, by the I adjoining landowner.


of tre e , and looks p re t ty much like a section of an old drive road with th o usual slice of


The la s t


tho high Vonniiic, farm.stoa(Ls Iiavo been b u i l t r ig h t across tho old c a t t le tracks, which have sitico boon incorporated p r iv a te property. Tiiero must bo


s lide and bundio wliicli were lyini; on tlio grass n e ar bis s tat io n .


Kholler is to bo obtaine<l a t tho lowo.st pos- .siblo cost. Slowly ojKnring a ga te is not a Arnniinents Conforonces, and all t lm t so rt


were largo, ho would bo a t no inconveirieuce in .shifting hi.s gear to a favourite in n ; if tho amount wore siiinll, lio knows where


many cans and as P a t rnk>ng through th o grass for a lia-poriny which isn’t th e re .”—W. T. Palmer in the Manchester Evening Chronicle.”


serious day’s


'.s pass without Bcatterrng largos.se, I ^hropic fools to bo taken advantage of by >at said, “ I t ’s a divvlo of a job I


business; tho trouble Is th a t I 5 ^ u:’"' dPi. y (Lilt :*> -. IMS


f.ice,” • Mrs. L. M. Jarvis o f 10, Ferni’i fi-.'e ’ and n . me nf» ;


• •*. Tint tn.(lterv Ji^cbariie Kivenon'liV ill* iTia'lu uty'skill such a siKht that I •r ir.-/ fjco Wihrli uiit of*iioors.


• 1 pu.J I um:ht lo iry th r Eani*niik tiAaler s.xiti tirotiulil wliLf frem It Rtopt.>oi{ tile


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: jV- 1/3 & 3/. Iioxi'r. I/* tableia. i'.in l


tr .-itnmul with


:in.l i.'tshioiltc hWHv c^muilclcty amt L.I all bifltuisli." Piim'lcs. biulches. innibivs quickly yielij Itdliii and


caiuiHl


.".'in-nuk, Leeds, for free ajoip'cs of ni.1 S: .Medicitml Soap. Mention Papoc


iv3»:cHr<l (Id stamp) to


of Boggara ” on account of. his auccoos in ra is in g money f o r , the London Hospital, has coilcctod about £500,000 in his 30 ycurn^ oasocintion with the hospital. Ho rooentiv c ........................................... tlid


Lord Knuts ford, known as tho “ P r in ce elebrated his 74th biruiday.


•. I uiis awfully disfmured. Day •. '.iic niaiUlcniu^ irrituiioii Rave When I was warm in bed or fire 1 could have torn my


•\vc:iue, Bicriey, Bradford. ''F o r


GauciiU 5 VJooks D is f ig ^ u rem e n t “A I-:u;'’y rasli broke out all over iny


M Pi 3 !vI5!>


agreed. “ I t ’.s easy enough to see th a t your oountry’.s being riddled with iiropagandn. As regards th a t Conforonce, how long is i t suiHiosed to bust?” “ I'sually about a fo r tn ig h t .” “ This time i t won’t la s t for twenty-four


on by tho Sen a te ,” G ra n t exclaimeil fervently-. “ Good job I should th in k .” th e other


from Monto Cqrlo.” G ran t confided. “ and I ra n assure yofi th a t I have dono my host. Tho trouble la—ju a t aa von pointed o u t a


th o conditions. ' I f you ta k e my advice, Slntlory—nnd^ they toll mo you’vo got tho e a r of your Governmont—you’ll cnblo homo and u rg e your Cabinet, with all tho oloquonco you can pump ou t of your brain, to accont Yeovil’s in v ita tio n and join tho P a c t and fight i t o u t with tho Senate a f te r ­ wards. You people have, co t t h e , r ig h t stuff in you. and you c an ’t bolievo th a t anything on God’s e a r th oould h u r t you, h u t thoro’s trouble browing. Got ’em to sign on to tho P a c t , Slattorv. Wo shall all have a finger in tho pie, then, any wav.” ** I wont s tra ig h t back to Washington


only- two countries' wlio havo k ep t to tlioir programmo are yours nml mine. Franco has b u i l t twice h er allotted number of suh- inarines, and, to bo frank, wc’vo w-inkod a t it . Germany and Ru.ssia between thorn, as y*ou found out, liavo k ep t on oxchnnglng .ships and building ship.s for ono an o th e r, t i l l oven tho exports c an ’t kcop pneo with |


hours.” “ Go on. plon.se,” G ran t heggcxl. “ There’ll bo a most unholy row. Tlio


to ask the Japane-so ropresonti Washington, and I tell you th a t there i.sn'fc ono t»f tliem w'hich ho will bo ablo to answer.“ “ Tlianlc lioavcn.s tlio Conference comes be­ fore the m a t te r of joining tho I*act is votetl


twaddle. They -a re s ta r te d by- philun- given Y'eovil


soven qne.stioiis tlioronglifare was left.


I t ’s lucky" th a t tho In many p a r ts of


tran co foo to a long lano, .at first rougli and do.sccnding within dry stono walls .iml Rtuntetl hedges, b u t as tho milo.s go on thoro aro bushes and th en trees. A t ono p o in t tho road is to leeward of a double line


though this might bo done accidentally ari.v day when ra in has fallen on tho moors and tho flow is ilccq) enough to roach tho floor of | a car. Tho la s t gato-monoy is paid a.s an on- I


I doubt wiiotlior.any person woiild willingly leave a c ar in tlio iniddlo i


. of tl ’io paved ford, f


onco to twist round tho corner of a farm an d avoitl tumbling into tho brook.


In


to-<la3’ is a relic of those Seota, for tho noxt two toll-gatherers liad a Hibornian appear­ ance, and wero of tho trainp-lahourer class. Tho road to Scorton Is ra tlio r stoople-


havo seemed to th o llig h lan d o rs who wan­ dered this way a f te r Iho Rohellion of 1715 had oflicially onde<l witli tlio .surrender a t J*reston. Some of tlin s tragglers arc said to _ havo remained, hid<len by th e ir co­ religionists and forgotten in tiiiio by their enemies on tho upland farni.s of 'Wyre.sdalo, and g rad u a lb ’ th ey were assimilated in the Lancasliiro farm families and lost to trace. .t <lou’t .say th a t tlus gato-principlo of


I t ’s ” n e ares t Scotland,” and so i t must of moor


foot of tlio steep i)ass, tho old gates seem to Iiave depnrte<l altogether. There is nothing like the number of ponies and “ Scotties ” (J lighland c at tle) there usixl to bo, and tliose half-wild creatures no longer s c a t te r along tho road to g re a t dis ­ tances. ISlj’ old tram p friends who wearily wan­


wifo sjujcialiscd in a thick soup, which was practically- .a stow, a t a penny a bowl. The trouble was th a t , in re tu rn , you were ok-


swinger of hvo with a brother of four, if .school detains th o older children. One wonders whether any of the tightly-clutclicd ponnic.s are lost before tho ” relief ” couies up or down tho road. A t S3*kes, th e farm-liarnlct r ig h t in tlio


to tlio T ro u g h seem to bo rog-arded as tlio penpiisitu ot tlio cottagers n e ar by, and d u r in g tlio motoring season *somoono is usually in atiendniice.


Tlio two gates on th e Y'orkshiro approach I t may bo a wee


Hodder through tho Trough of Bowland to Scorton you will iind tho road crossod by Kovoral gates. A t four of thorn, du rin g a


I f you go from ^V^litcwoll on tlio lUvor


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Author of ** The Hillman,** ** TTlie Menrinj Finger,** ** Tho I'empting of Taverzuiks, \ c . , Ac.


~ « f i f i i 2 i 2 f i s s s i 2 f i s ^ ! s s . s s s ■ m m m m m m m m m m m m m l CHAPTER NL.


tho su i te of Jiis own Ambassador, mounted tlio s ta i rs of Y'covil House aiul iv.'iitod for somo time in tlio block which had collected a t tho entranco to tlio reception rooms From where ho stood lio recognised Susan with a, li t t le shock of juingled jileasuro ami apprehension. She had grown older willi- o u t the loss of anj- of hoi* beauty o r fresh­ ness. Slio wore tJio gown in which, onl^- . fow mouths ago, slio Iiad been ]m*seiiled, H e r h a ir , in Iho midst of a galaxy of bril­ l ia n t coieuros, was a rran g ed as siinplv as In tho old Monto Carlo days, and the jewel­ lery .she wore consisted only of a .simple rope ot pearls. Yet slio possessed a becoming dig n ity and ca.so, wholly in keeping with


• frankly as over. There was no trace of solf-eonseiousno.ss in h er mannor. Yet Grant


was aware of a g re a t chill of di.sappoint ment.


.she .said. ” You; reall\- arc a globe-trotter, a re n ’t you?”


AVelconie to London, Afr. .Slatterv,*


himself ono .amongst sovon or eight Inmdred people, meeting occasionally an old acquaiiu- anco, introduced by Lj-inano to ono or two young women with whom ho danced. This was tho mooting to which lie had looked forward .so eagerly. Ho was judgo<i and condemned, wiiicd out, finished with. Ami why n o t? AVlio in the world would believe th a t Gertrudo had como to Iiim as a stow


word or two with you. Gran t, nnollicially of course. Tho Admiral is bead of oitr Nav.al Intelligonco D ep ar tm o n t.” ” i havo hoard of Admiral Sullivan often,'


G ran t declared, shaking hands. ” Once in Tokio, and again in Archangel.”


Then comes billow a f te r billow of moor I mind. and a Buddon curvo which shows a dii> .<o I terrific th a t tlio road cannot keep its *.sur- I faco. There is u rougli linirpin down to |


............................................... wind up on tlm other .side of tho pond.” our shoe.s,” Gra


reception rooms into an a p a r tm e n t opening froni_tho billiard room—a .small don. ” This is A r th u r Lvmano’.s l i t t le shanty,*’


Admiral. Yon d id n ’t throw them into tho waste-


ami quick, too. They tell mo you’vo been I doing S.S. worlc for Wa.sliiiigtoii for tho la s t | two y e ars .’*


p ap er basket, I hope?” Not on your life. I acted upon them,


togetJior now.” G ran t


Two years and a half, to ho exact,” admitted. ” I ’m piecing things


Ro fa r as you’re concerno<l,” G ran t replied. ” 1 am convinced th a t th em is a nio.st


I f tho day ’s dues I


again. la te .” ‘ Well


o u r 3ly only fear trillo


th e same as m in e ? ” ‘‘ Tliore is no secret about my conclusions |


I wonder whether your conclusions aro oou.R??N


' ' I'y l , am so tliimkful t l ia t tlio qiius- taiimd pledges of jloiiniing tlio P a c t has been r aisoile,1 | th a t i t ’s a


j tho Admiral said ' llu world


” I m tho man who iiandled your reports I from Archangel and B er lin ,’*


G ra n t’s cicerone oxplaiiiorf. They subsided in to easy chairs.


^ said tho 1


along.” TJioy- passed oiitsido the formal suite of 1


, him. ” Can wo find a jilacc to t:d k ? ” I know tho ru n of this house,


Como :


” Don’t mention Archangol, Tokio I don’t I h e ar you fellows are g e t t in g tho


wliitohairod. lonn-facetl man, in tlio uniform of an Admiral. ” Admiral Sullivan would like to have


away? And, worse s till, whom could he toll ? L a te r in tho evening A r th u r Lymano sought Jiim ou t and presented liim to a


add(Hl. ** Aou’ll find Artln ir in th e room to th e left. Tf dancing amuses you, lie 11 introdiico j'ou to some good p a r tn e rs .” And th a t was tbo end of it . G ran t found


‘‘ Gla<l to see you, S la t te ry ,” Lord A'eovil


inovo<l on. Sho welcomed the Ambassador^ talked for a moment with liis wife, o.Nchanged somo je s t about a golf matcii with llio Nav.'il Attache, and finally tu rn ed awnj-, to find G ran t .standing • before Ii Slio gave him lier band, and .smiled


h er jiosition ns the hnstes.s of a g re a t gatlier- iiig, an d having a- c er ta in piq u an t charm when a.s.sociato(i with h e r extreme jo u t l i . Sho talkcMl gaily and without embarrassment to everyone, passing them^ on with Unit ta c tfu l l i t t le worrl wliieli is .soinotiine.s hoste.ss’s groatost diflicultj*. Afore th an onco Lord Y’oovil, who—in his C ourt dross and dazzling a r ra y of orders—was liimself s tr ik in g figure, found time to glance for moment a t tho g irl by hi.s .side, whom the society- papers of to-morrow were all acknowh’flgo a.s ono of London’.s most promising hostesses.


.Step by step tlu*\ I t was a f te r half-jjast ten when ( I ran t , In


few iMinutes ago—th e re ’s a propaganda goin on over there which one c an ’t rloal with, uu less something Imppens wliich will drive the t ru th homo to th e people. T h a t fellow Cornelius Blunn, has founded an organizn lion, with branches in every oily in tiu United States , and th a t organization exists jirimarily to stop America joining the P a c t , and, secondly. .1 am coiiviiicotl, for her dcstnicLioii. The Press has becMi taiiipcn*d with. th e


T l ia t’s wlij' for this vi.sit the.v’ve given im an official .stains. I f tlie vote were taken


absolutely blind to what'.s going o n ? ” “ The^-’ve only ju s t begun to realize .it.


” B u t


‘ New YnrL * >» .surely


your Government c an ’t


Blinm has <noii o k.


succee<led in


bnvint: ‘


he


mitted. ‘‘ I ha te this underground work myself. You d o n 't need to worrv, AVlum you people really a re wakened up* i t doesn’t take \-ou long to g e t going, and the first fow hours of tlie Ja'initati<m of Armaments Con­


tt»-<lay 1 th in k th e .Senate would rcjiurb the proposal to join the P a c t b.v a majoritv of tlireo to one.” ” I t ’s a filthy business,” the Admiral ad­


ference will .send all Cornelius B lunn’s p ropaganda .skj- liigh.” ” 1 jnnsfc .sa\' you p u t h e a r t into a man,*’


G ran t declared gratefully-. AViiil ** llt»» Af1ti,ii*.i1


r


Lady Susan. ” 'riien* isn’t a room In tho hoiiso where you’re n o t welcome, Admiral.


to j>ass—he was le f t a few yaril.s behind with Susan! Sho n e ith e r avoided nor sought for this eontingeney. She walked by Iris si<Ie. ” Lady Susan,” he began.


•airoeionsly had ta s te .” •Perhaps .she saw th a t Im w.-is geniiinely-


.something J saiil to you?” 1 should eoiisiifer your doiii;


sufrering. Perliaus Jier love of fa ir l>lay robellod a g a in s t th e idea of any possible misundorstaiidiiigs. .Sho mado su re tliab tliey’ wero well o u t of lieariiig of tins other two.


” I d e te s t hearsay evidence,” slio said, f shall as!-: you a (]uestioii. J)itl the I ’rineess von Diss accompany von on your


yacht from Irionte Carlo to America?” ‘ She d id ,” G ran t admitted.


.slionld be no risk of any nri.siimier.slaml- ing. 1 found you a very pleasant eoni- jiaiiiou a t Aloute Carlo. 1 hope t l ia t wo shall continue friomis. Wo can only do so if you t^ill remeinher th a t J .should con­ sider any roferonco to o u r last conversa­ tion a t i lo n to Carlo as an insult. Angi*ia de ar , wliat luck to moot you hero! I want to present iMr. G ran t ‘S la tte ry , wlio is dying to danc».—Lady Angela Bniokos. Mr. SiaUery is an Amcrii^an, Angela, and I will vouch for liis <huu*ing. And Angle, you’d b e tte r not lose your l ie a r t to ^Ir. S la tte ry . He makes love to single ladies and runs away with married ones. And 1 nov(!i* thanked you for your roses, Mr. Shit terv. Good-night, botlT of you. .1 must go back to my post of d u ty .” G ran t offered Jiis arm to* tho very p re tty


said.


g ir l to whom ho had b«’en iiitroiluced. 1 supjjose we must obey- orthu's,” sho


CilAP'J'LU XLE.


heforo his re tu rn , th a t ho liad brought iris nnssion to a mo.st .succes.sful conclusion. I'lio English Pre.ss was receiving the American a tta ck s upon Lord Yeovil and lii.s invitation with good-liumoiire<l magnanimity-, l i e had collected moro ovidenee—ovitlcnco of .n, very s in is ter n a tu re—as to th o brooding a i r of


Gr.nnt was fully aware, on th e afternoon I" nVniost* v-d'ne -I'lid


importance. So fa r a.s ho por.sonaliy was coucorned, Iris visit liad been a failure*. Tlio more Iio th o u g h t of i t tho moro lie becaiiio convincctl th a t tliis liad been inuvit:ihle. Vot


nmwHnns • ^ name pronounced by a. woman a lighting i •i+iv). .»F from a motor e ar ju s t lu f ro n t of him. J t “ Still hero,” sho a.'jsentctl. “ 1 Jiad orders


,™ I was Gertrudo. Still in London,” lio remarked.


to w a it—to iiicot my h usband.’ Your hu.sbandl”


day-. shadow. Why do you worry so nhoiit this


sho 8tudic<l liim a moment. “ W h at is tho m a t te r? Aro your lovo affairs progressing


her. “ Perhaps so. You seem very- misorahlo.”


I^ havo no lovo afl’n i r ,” ho answorcnl. You poor, n in n l” sho laughed. “ And a f te r all your sacrifices! Porlinps i t was not


^


th a t ho had boon clicatcd o u t of soinothing if I had lost my looks.”


told hor. ■ “ To-day you look charming.” I hope I do. Otto would fool a t onco


“ Tho trouble about mo is th a t I ’m so-self- controd.


mado tlio first overtures, or ra th e r Mr. Cornelius Blunn-mndo thorn on my behalf. I havo-’been given to un d e rs tan d th a t I am


(Continued a t foot of n o r t column.)


ho in te r ru p ted . “ Wo nro about to lie,’ sho admitted. “ T


when I ought to bo sympathising.” “ Aro you an d your husband reconciled?’’


“ You’ro g e t t in g bored,” sho continued. I ’m always ta lk in g about ihyself


You looked ill upon tlio .steamer,” ho th in k , O m n i? " ^ “ Tho plrilo-sophy of s lo th ,” ho reminded


seeing mo a g a in .” “ I can w’oll holiovc i t .” “ B u t you,” sho went on, “ aro worn to .a


l i t t le game of politic.^? Tlio world will ho very* much tho .same in five or ton years’ tim e .”


Aro you .so surprisetl? Ho arrives to­ l io is qiiito excited a t tho idea of


ho smarted u nder tho judgment. The man in liim rebelled. h Ill Bond-street th a t afternoon lin heard


slio begged. “ I h a le d 'to a sk 'v o u tlie.so (lucstions, bu t 1 was deionniiied th a t thero


” Please do no t continue, ISlr. SlaUerv,” Sho was, hu t------ ”


th e steamer from which you landed yestt*r- d a y ? ”


‘ And was she n o t also a passenger on


STABBING PAINS IN THE BACK Warn You of Kidnoy Weakness.


Tongue, 115, ^laiiche.ster-road, DroyUwden, ^lanches ler. C)n 5th tlanuary, 1915, he s a id : “ P a in s across my back crippled mo. Wliilo the a t ta ck s wore on. i t was agony lo stoop or go up.stair.s. Tho kidneys wore very disordered :ind tho excretions con­ tained .sediment.


Doaii’.s Backache Kitlnoy Pills. They mado me well, a f te r other mtdicino.s had fa iled .” On 9th August, 1928, Mr. Tongue s a id : ' Uoiin’s Pills a re fine. •f my old weakne.ss.


“ I could n o t he working to-<lav. h u t for .. ..... .


Kidney J’ills, the same as Mr. Tonguo liad. All do:ilers, price 3s. a box. Solo P ro p r ie to rs : ko.stcr-McClellaii Co., 8, Wi ” don, W .l.


research work in Llio .Viitarctic. T h e ‘vt's.sol will bo equipped with **......... ’


ami chciiricul investigation of Soutiiom waters.


■Continued from preceding column.)


forgiven. !My- husband arrives to-<lay. a rc .staying a t tho Ritz. 1 th in k 1 wi ask you to call.”


ill no t


a moment she faltered. “ Tliis is nob tlio happic.sb day of my life .” “ [ ani glatl to hear your nows. 1 do in ­


Sho .saw tliQ displonsurc in his faco. F o r


delayed oritranco into tho o.stablishmcnt wliero hovering s:itoIlites liad boon cagorlv await ing her. To G ra n t , tho interview had


deed wish you liappiness.” Ho passed on, and Gertrude made lier


lii.s depression. Boml-strcet ami familiar voice:


.1-------- >>


been a nainful one. G ertrude’s reconcilia­ tio n with h er husband wa.s cer tainly tlio best th in g th a t could havo happened to her. Tim mooting^ nothwiths taiiding a c er ta in .sense of reliel i t brought him, Imd only- incro:usod tllO .1


A t Piccadillv


(Jbrncr of lio hoard a


_r


o u g h t to bo up in tho seventh heaven to th in k of all tho excitement you nro cans- in g .”


doclarod—“ wo’ro all bravo in th o navy I— I wouldn’t have ventured to ' .speak to vou. CJomo along and lunch with mo a t th e lUtz Grill Room—my favourite corner table. X’vo boon up since five o’clock on j-our business— in. th o Marconi . Anv


things into shape for th o moment wo rocoivo word from Washington. There’s a Cabinet Council to-day, you know. Lucky somo of o u r fnonds c an ’t got hold of tho Agenda. Wo


(To bo continnod.V “ No t mus t th a t ’.s fresh. ‘ Wo’ro g e ttin g \n y ews?


should havo th o whole world by its oars to­ morrow.”


. ■ O T ’ 'n (ne ho-


' 75,00(1 S t a t ^ to ta l i; avliicli .


nnu's?” room a t tho Adrair.alty.”


though I woro in .a fit of th e bluc.s?” “ I f T h ad n ’t boon a brave m an ,” Sullivan


(J ran t shook hands with hi.s now friend. “ Good morning, Admiral. Do I look as


AVliy HO woebegone, niy fr ien d ? You Wo PICTURE FRAMING Ro-Gtlding, Re-Glazing, Ro-Mounting, &c.


ENLARGEMENTS Monde from any photograph.


P Y E ’ S, YORK STREET. TeL 193 . offices in yicitoria-Ktrcct, London, has found has


civil employment for (j,000 ex-guarthnnoii d u r in g th e 40 years of its existence.


.


just moved to JJUUUUII


which they wero lot yo.ars ago »om«* of tho pronrises in Now Bond-street, London, hav­ in g a freehold value of £20,000 :iro to ground ren ts of as l i t t lo ns £3 a yes-w.


(5wing to tho oxtremoly long leni^xs on The bc|


.SnoiiTnl T y r E l Bol ( f


Bottrm Call, wil


Tho Brigade of Guards' Employment Society^ which


JMia imilJU lAi-gor Exs i


Miss L.R.A.I


Applil


COMMOl Or t( |


ap p a ra tu s lor .sounding and for tho biological , . . tho most modorn


lia.s sanctioned th e construction of a new 3,()90 ton ves.sel to c ar rv on discovery and


Tho Socrotury of S la te for th e Colonies distinctly for- JJOAN’S Backacho .......- .... \,-..j.,..,.‘ (Signed) W. Tongue.”


I kt^ep quite free ngi


^’eils-street, Lon-


.sciatica or dropsy often .set in. The need lo r Doan’s Back:icIio Kitlin*v I ’ills is u rg e n t ; le t them s timulato tlio kiiliieys to liealthy a ct iv ity again—they will no t fail. Em phatic proof is given by "Mr. W.


sufferer 1 Sharp, .stabbing pains atriUo :icro.ss th e small of tho back a t every move- luenl. Dull, unceasing backache, iIisLrcs.s- ing u r in a ry disorders, Jieadache.s and dizzy a tta ck s add to tho burden. Neglect makes mattei*s even worse—rheumatism, lumbago,


AVork goes hard for th e anxious kidney


SCOTCH SEED POTATOES Now on Solo NEW TESTED GjOIDEN SBBDS


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MAGNETO REPAIRS


Also Spocinli.sts in Repairs to DYNAMOS and Solf-Starisrs and Re-wiring of Cars


SIMPSON BROTHERS, LIMITED (Dept No. 3. Magneto Works)


HAPTON—noar Burnloy—HAPTON ’Phono : Padilinm, 14.


Mpu f . S U G G R E S MEETING HOUSE, SAWLEY.-«


MASSAGE AND CHIROPODY v P rom p t attont.ion to mes.sageH by Pont


Don’t select your CARPET from two or


three—we liavc huudreds in stock. Higlx class New and Second-hand.


WALTER BALL, Carpet Warehouses, Bridge Street, Accrington. Tel, 2200


W I L mind you of our p a r t in g a t IMonte Carlo, of lUay I -e-


Mr. S la tte ry , my fa th e r wi.shes to .see you b e fo re you lo a v o .” ‘‘ I ’m quite a t his service.” Tlio th in g he had so gre a tly desired came


th a t your fa th e r told me off to Inive a chat with Mr. S la t te ry .” ‘‘ Why .should you need an excuso?” saiil


tile young lady wlio’s taken th e h e a r t o u t of ;i g ro a t many of ns. Jiady- Susan, we’ve made f ‘‘.... . with A r th u r ’s room. Aly- only oxenso l.s


^AVoll,” tho Admiral "said. “ here comes


S ergeant Clitheroo joined tho Hyde force wlieii i t was iormed in to a borough force in 1899; ho .served for th ir te en montlis, and then retireil into civil life. He mjoined in 1901. F o r three years ho wa.s statioiicHl in Hyde, a f te r which ho was tran s fe r red to Goo Cross, wlierc he remnined for six years. He re tu rn ed to Hyde on being jiromotetl s erg ean t in J918, ami remained in tlio town uiiLil 192(5, wlien he took charge of tho Gee


a f te r ho had apprehemh>d nml secured tho (M)iivietion of a notorious housebreaker in Newton.


th a t the man had irommitted .sixty iiffiniees in the borough in two years.


to leave the town. Like many- o th e r mem­ bers of Ilyxlo force who liavo remlorod good .service, S ergeant Clitheroo comes of a fatuily who havo given .several inomhers to th e force. Ono bro th e r is on tho iManclioster City force, and an o th e r, who was a ineiiibcr of the Barii.sley force, died du rin g th e .South Afriean war.


poison Irimsi'lf, aiul would have sucnsxletl h u t for the ^ prompt first aiil a ttmition of S e rg e an t CliUieroe. Tho <hi(;tor who was called in said tlio man owed Iris life to tho ]>roin]>t action of tho serge.aiit. I t is n o t S e rg e an t Clitheroo’s intention


In 1915 a man in Dtikinfield-road tried to I t was snlisetimnitly a^certai^ec^


aiico was taken by the Hoyal Society for tlio Prevention of Cruelty- to Animals.* He was informed when on liis beat th a t a <Ing liad been thrown into the rivrn* 'ranu*, and was s ta rv in g to death on a linlge under Broom- s ta i r bridge, wJienee i t had jumped wluMi being ean-ied tiown tho river, which was in flood. With th e hell) of soim* <*ivilinn.s S ergeant Clitlioroo waded into tho water, aud rescued the ilog. He traced the man who Inul thrown tins dog in to tlio river, and sociiretl Iris conviction. F o r this a e t ho received llie B.S.P.C.A. medal. Tho th ird occasion to r ('oiium'iidation wa.s


a rre s ted two men in Preston, and (Iris cleared up tho mystery which had puzzled the people of Gee Cross for months. Tlie next incident was om» of whii-li cogufs-


much fowl s tealing, and 250 lieml of poultry wore stolen from Geo' Cross alone. After dilig(*iit enquiries


iSergeant Clitlieroe


.satlsfai-tiou and pleasure. Jn Iris own word.s Iio does n o t know that- ho has an enemy in tho town, ami his ordinary- work lias hcoii mado pleasant by tlio people with wliom ho came III contact. A Lancasliiro man, ami a. n ative of the town from which ho gets his naino, he Jias notlring hu t good to say about tile Hyde people. On thrcij occasions ho has been eoinmemlod by the Watch Committee. In 1908 tlioro was


ago .solved th e problem how to remain aii cllieieiit police officer and a t th e .samo time re ta in tho re.speet of tho public. Courteous and ever ready to help, ho is ablo to look back on his career as a police officer with


interested in th e re t irem en t from the Hyde Polico Force la s t week-cud of Sergeant William Clithoroe, who formerly* resided m Salford, and wJio is a brother of Alr.s. Fred Latham, Brownlow-strcet. According to the “ No rth Cheshire Herald,


Nearly Thirty Years’ Service. ^ lan y old friends in tho borough will ho


CHEAP PREPAIDS. (ON LAST PAGE.)


Tho following class of ndvertisetnoat. REMITTANCES ARE SENT WITH THE OXIIUS


^^orda, 12 18 24 30 30


namely, Situations Vacant or Woatod* Houses to Lcrt. Articlca Lojt or Found* or For Sale, Etc. (private sales otily.-! for trade or regular business saloa below) aro charged as follows:— Ono


Insertion. luBOrtions, In-tiQrfciona l '* 0 ... 2 0 ... 3 6 * 1 8 ... 2 0 ... 4 0 1 *6 ... 3 0 ... 5 0 1 9 ... 3 6 ... G o 2 0 ... 4 0 ... 7 0


Tliroo Six


Cross suh-offico on the re tirem en t ^>f S e rg e an t Vernon. A canaille officer, .Sergeant Clithoroo long


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“ W r ite (Box Number or In it ials ) ” th a t replies to th e advertLsement must ho made by le t te r only;, addrcMiKHi to th o box nmnber o r in i t ia l^ c/o tho ** Advertiser and Times ” Office.


B U S IN E S S SALES. Words. Insertion. Insertions. In^vrtioni


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B lllTHS , DEATHS,


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, IN AIEMOIirAil, MARRIAGE NOTICES, Etc.


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Births , Deaths and Acknowledgment’^ it 5/-. m \


a re accepted fo r imsortioa in tho Pr«v:ite Sales column a t ’ th o following ra te s :— Ono


Sales np])ortaining to reguhir husiacrisos Three Six


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H O l l


afterh( LU


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5. EXC! Tol. Of


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The n. r*. S c.in 01011- bcil mciLnl ol Hone Ttir.lu-o Wiiie for


BUILDING SOCIETY n. CRIMSMAW STREET HURNllV


Asifti I6..176..1VS Kner\e XKCI.COO \V Iliuvpy & Ramttolioaa


^1. Qiurch blieet, ■flQilhefoe.


GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING


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