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Page Seventy-eight signs, seemed cold and drab under the lash of a biting north wind that scattered fes- toons of snow before it. VITAL CLUE AT LAST Mulholland swung the steering wheel over and shot down Logan Avenue. Halt- ing a short distance from the three-storied Brant Block, and approaching it cautiously, he led the way down a flight of dimly- lighted stairs and knocked on a basement door bearing the pencilled notice “Care- taker”. “Police officers,” Mulholland informed the sleepy-eyed man who hesitatingly held the door ajar, “You’re Robert Borrowman, aren't you?” The caretaker nodded as he led them nervously into the parlour. ‘-Happen to see this man around?” Mul- holland flashed a police mug of Mike Atamonchuk. The man’s mouth sagged open in sur- prise. “Say,” he exclaimed, “blamed if that don’t look like the guy in suite eighteen.” “Suite eighteen—who rents it?” snapped Mulholland. “Olivia Holmes—fne looking girl she is, too. Must be something queer somewhere.” He shook his head as Mulholland hurried out to telephone Headquarters. Again the gong at Rupert Street Head- quarters clanged out its warning. For the third time in as many days police cars filled with officers hurtled through the streets. Armed with tommy-guns, tear-gas bombs, rifles and automatics, a dozen carloads of officers sped towards the block where ‘Mike the Horse” was now believed to be in hiding. Climbing the narrow stairway, Mulhol- land and Alexander followed Borrowman till they reached the upstairs corridor, lighted only with the murky yellow glare of a single dim, unshaded electric globe. With drawn automatics they took up po- sitions on either side of the door bearing the number “Eighteen”, and waited. The next few moments would be cli- matic. If “Mike the Horse” was in there the chances were that, preferring death to capture, he’d make a spectacular dash y blazing gun. Not a sound came from the sy Silently they waited. Muffled foots, sounded on the stairs, officers with dra guns quietly took their stations at ejt| end of the hall. Mulholland pounded the door. “Atamonchuk—come out!” demanded. “Come out or we'll shoot.” Silence! Alert for treachery—momentarily expe. ing the desperado to shoot his way throu —they waited. | “Come out or we'll gas you out!” cat the sharp command. | Scuffling feet sounded from within. “Hy got a gun in my back,” cried a frighten, voice. “I can’t.come out.” “Who’s speaking?” snapped Mulhollan “You know,” came the terror-strick cry. Suddenly the roar of a revolver rar through the silent building, followed by th thud of a bullet burying itself in the wa close by, and the crash of falling plaste Alarmed faces appeared in open doorway Women screamed. “Don’t shoot,” cried a frightened voi from behind the door of suite eighteen. “Come out with your hands up!” con manded the Sergeant. The door slowly opened—a chalk-whit face appeared. ‘Sling out the gun,” Mu holland ordered. A heavy automatic slitl ered across the floor, to be followed by small, badly frightened man. Handcuffs clipped swiftly on his wrist The man, who gave his name as Tom Malis was herded through the kitchen into tastefully furnished living-room. The carpe was bloodstained. SAVOY HOTEL GLENN HUXTABLE, Proprietor Where the Guest Is King Fully Licensed Rooms with Bath or Shower at Reasonable Rates | NELSON B. C. Nelson Plant Turns Out Modern School, Passenger Buses and Trucks STEADY GROWTH from the first automotive paint shop and body and fender repair depot in the Interior of British Columbia to its present highly specialized automotive body building plant is the record of Peebles Motors Ltd., of Nelson. This gives the City a new type of industry with promising possibilities for the future. Buses, made-to-order trailers, special bodies, dump trucks and every type of truck body on the market are built by Peebles. Recently completed was the City of Nelson Electric Light Department line truck, including boom equipment. In earlier st ges, only light delivery and heavier truck bodies and vans were built, standards of construct:on continu- ally improving through the years. When the services of Owen J. Tupper, formerly of Tupper and Steel, Vancouver coach builders, were secured in 1934, plans were laid for the present indus At first, school buses were turned out, but in recent y s orders have been received for commercial passenger buses. WIDE DISTRIBUTION These buses are in service as far West as Vanderhoof, 1000 miles from Nelson, and as far East as Southern Alberta. Many are in service in the Okanagan and Kootenay. The Peebles main body works shop was recently enlarged to take care of the largest buses and truck vans. Since 1938, practically all work has been of all-steel construction, Old machinery has been replaced with the newest type available, many new pieces of equipment being installed last year. Ban and jig saws, cutting, bending and breaking equipment handl metal with ease. A separate specially heated and ventilated paint room a: sures flawless finishes. Seat frames of steel tubing are fabri cated on the premises. Fine upholstery work is carried on, ne only to make new bus seats, but to renew automotive up holstery of every description. The shop itself is steam heated and well lighted to enabl he workmen to carry on their duties efficiently and comfort ably. . PLAN OWN DESIGNS Every bus turned out is designed in a drafting room b Mr. Tupper. Leo Houde, foreman of the main repair shop handles all the mechanical details. Every job is under stric supervision and built to the exacting specifications laid dow! by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, B. C. Police. Visitors are welcomed at any time. All of the workmet are citizens who have lived here for years, and a large per centage of the material used in bus construction is purchase: through local merchants. Peebles Motors also distributes auto parts and accessories maintains a large stockroom and operates a well-equippe mechanical shop. Many improvements have been made to th building to make it more convenient for the customer and th staff of 20 members. THE SHOULDER STRAP