The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-05-28, Page 6•
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SYNQI'SIS.•
• Icnon h' --as- Cock_ $obi iii o nd'-
�gi'ttr"Vi ' ar' w `in Itis; heart; another,
-Johnny . Sprigg,,, is found with • a bullet'
'Omagh the top of his head.., District
Attorney'14tarkhain calls in Philo Vance,
mho claims: 'the Murders -are ,fdunded •on•
nursery' rhymes and aro the work of' a
maniac. '
Those associated with the . case are:
;Prof. Dillard, his "niece' Sell, and
pprotege,•, Sigurd Arnes"son,. •ails° a pro-
fessor, of:, mathematics; John .Pardee; a.
•neighbor with a passion for chess; Mrs.
Drukker•and•'her son Adolph. Mrs. Druk-
•Iter •i's mentally',unbalanced and .Adolph
Is .a cripple. with. a super -brain.
Mrs, Drukker tells how the murderer.
paid 'her a' .terrifying 'visit Vie . previous,
,night.,• Vance learns that, Adolph Milk-,
ker lied. as to;. -his whereabouts. on the
• morning oP • Robins. death: ;Vance tines,
thins Prof Dillard again. .• .
CHAPTEP, :XI�III,, •(Cont'd,•
• ) •
Vents, leaned siewliy 'forward- and.
"quested him to say nothing.' A 'quarter
men '• .away,;' and it was' th'en''; • .that':
Dr'ukker told him that' his game: was.
lost that" he had- worked •himself :into.'
a .position which,,though . it .looked'
-favorable,' was:fundamentally weak.
"'Vane had been running his -fingers
ainnlessl,y oyer the beard; wird he had
take. • wo or three',of-the, men, from,
the: box and tossed' them'' back,' gas' if
-toying with •them:
"Do you" remember Snit ' what. Mr.'
Drukker, said;"' he . asked without
looking up.
.didn't ''pay veryclose attention=
the subject '•Was.. not eitactty one, of
burning moment to me." • There "was
Ain.•.unescapable note- of --irony An--:the
out`; his •cigarette with that answer. "But, as nearly as I can ,re=•.
:taut, deliberation,': which I had • long call, Drukker said . that Pardee could
:'since come to ,recognize 'as a.,sign of have won provided ::it . had been•, a
repressed -•excitement.. Then he rose.rapid-transit game, but that Rubin
Carelessly and moved' •to • the'. chess stein was a notoriously slow and car•.e-
table-in he -corner.=. He stood there,- %uL''player .andwould -inevitably find
e,),hnld'4 r ging en At exquisittr thtvugak slier in Pardee's. posi1i ii
13Ii retry o ilii •alte"rnating 's'tliia'res: Did• Pardee resent this criticism?"
tggeu--say--thatMir-,-P-ardee -was rice' *iotestrolled-baek to-chis-chalr-
inalygng --his--I? itior,�... on.,;this• hoard..,ands seteet�ecb,C.a�nothe'IG-.e ettefret
wheii:...Drukker 'came over to him?": his case, but he. ,did :',not sit :dowie
Tia -S-„•• that-, is eat.", , B essor again..
Dilliird spoke::viath forced •,Iwliteness.' "He, did=very much, Drukker has
�'Drukker. sat down facing 'him and an unfortunately antagonistic' man-
' :studied the layoff t.::' He started. to her: And Pardee is hypersensitive.on
inake: some remark, and :Pardee re- ' the. subject.'or his,chess 'The fact is,
k,.; •' _ -he went 'white, With, anger at:- Druk-
ker's , strictures. But I personally
changed the; suli'ect; and. when-, t n ,hey!
went'awa3 the incident had, apparent
,ly been forgotten."•
We .reiiiained but a ?few `.minutes
• longer Markham' was profuse in- his
apologies to,„the professor- an •sought
to,maite amends for the patentiariney7
ante •our visit had. caused him, He
&s z;ot pleased with , Vance' for his
seemiirgly' garrulous insigtence onffie
details' of Pardee's chess game, .'and
whet weaiad=-descended' to he •raw.
big• room;he.expressed'•'his displeasure:
"I 'could •u:nderstand .your'' questions
relating to ' the whereabouts- of the
various occupants of this. house. last
night, but I 'could see iio •excuse -for
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dressy We have ••other .thi Rto do'
"bes. ides rl seip," ill,- t'';,,.'°!,
4 hate of a goastp parlance also
crowil'd : ;Tennyson's Isabel` th= o'•all
her placid life,"'Vance returned
puck-
'
ishly "•'$ut-niy word,':Markham---
r
our life is tot like Isabel's.. ' Speakin'
serious3y there 'wa;s •,method iii ,lily
gossip, I" prattled• --•and 1 learned,"'
Mended sharply.
W it h a cautiqus glance'into the
Vance leaned forward . and lowered
krisvette,__ ••••••••••_.;�,� ..�. .. ,..k , ,..- .
"'I learned, mr dear LY, gu$, that
lac iso is i
b k bishop p "rusting from
set u tl a library, and•r?tat"the chess;
wean' left 'at' -Mrs 1)rukkei's • dour
n;atcheS tine other pieces. upstairs !" .
This piece of .news had a pl"ot?ound
effeet• "on. Markt-lain. Los ,xis his •ha}�.it
Who 'agitated, he rose- and began
Peeing back enc,, forth,. hrs ..herds
clasped . behind , hi ' . Heal ;,• toe,
thaugh slpwar ;to .grasp, the signifi-
eatee of Vane's_ revelation, ,puf e
vigotously'oi} his :cigai an indicati
Unit his mind w'as, bttay•'with a., diff
c• ult nd'iustint'nw of facts;
R,efoye ',either 'tad l ormritllated atiy
comment", the.'rear doer'.; -of the ha r
opened and light footsteps approach
ed the drawing rpem. ' Belle Di11ard,
jeturning,:.fr.. n�... ",Mrc.:. Dyukkej,'s APF,
9 : .r � __1?
peered in the archway. •FIer fauewas
troubled, and, letting:her eyes rest • on
Markham,. she' asked --i. '
"What 'di'd you say to, Adolph 'this
`inornip: ? . He's in an'awfui-state of .
g
funk ',He's going about 'testing all'
t}ie; door -locks and wiindow=catches as.
;if ;he feared burglars; ,and .,lie„has
frightened`, poor 'Greta bytelhing her
•to, be sure to' bolt' herself,:in •at•night "•
"Ah'! '' He has warned Mrs. Menzel;”
hasw.he?"•'ionised Vance: "Vfry'inter-
estite." , • • • • • ,
,•The gi'rl's. gaze turned,swiftly to•
him: •
• "Yes:; but'he will give.; me no ex-
'pia'iiatiori I e_'s-excited!.an l mystere•
ions;. And the's4angest thing about
'his' attitude is that lie' refuses' to .go
near 'his •mother. ...',What does it
mean, -Mr. Vance? I . feel. as;' though
something terrible were impending."
"I ••don't know ' just what_
-mean "-- -Vance _spoke in a '1ow, dis-
tressed voice: "And I.'m afraid even.
to'try to interpret•it. If Ip should be
wrong..., .."' 'He came si en'l' t, for
a no nt.' "Wo, ntus_t wait and-sse.
T orrigI> perhaps; ;we'll fkituvtr: Rat'
there's no' cause for alarm on your
part; Miss Dillard". He sni:iled-CoM-
•.fortingly, .:' "How did you find ;Mrs.:
Drukker?" • -- •
"She seemed inuch' better.., But"
`there's still something •:worrying her;
and I, think it has to.do=with Adolph,
for she talked about titin. the whole
time I' was there,. and 'kept''asking
me- if . I'd :noticed anything -unusual
in his manner lately." ; .
"That's quite natural in the cir-
cumstances," Vanee returned.: `•`But
you musn't let;, her morbid attitude
affect you: And now, to change the.
-subject:- -'I-underst-and. that: you--were-
in
ou: were-
in the library for half an hour.._or• so.
that
NO 'ut half -past twelve? ''I Hatted
you vet we a ikateli "
'"Siguzd told melt' she ,explained'
" I was•rather-<mean to -him-' for bripg
%ng me home so early, antraswe en-
tered 'the
n-tered'the hall here I' .asked him spits
fully what time it was. He looked at
his watch . and said' it 'was half -past
twelve.. "_ • •
1zbiuveel;3)
•
"Vit,lilt came dbefore: • Captain Thorny, and
• ,ybza. Saw �§>i• ••nu,�t,�•i t+�fii iae�•t�,tar
rrtrire frOiT •-:q-ret--•L140-41t es •.� iYr,:
They
They are captured b'•- bandits and .sepa••-
hall• . 'Wil t ated •Captain J1i my makes his escape
Qr and" ,plans to seared ger' the 'faithful,
Scottie- •
Wearing
a.�
- Yes sir ;lust: as .l crowded the`old
gf A , : ;: ' B•. Chinese interpreter. into the freight
� . NNA EI:LE WORTI'INGTUN
ear. to 'hide from those pursuing'
Illustrated Dressnw.hi 2y • Lessont 'Fri,- 'bandits, ,a' black object carne . hurt!-.
• nichedw'g _erg Pattern.' ' ing In and struck' m.e' square` in the,
' belt. '•
.•::,_; a •.,:Scottie-!-'.
We untangled ourselves, and . tl':ere
was •a' .grand 're-
lir�� •union.. ,Brit 'there.
:Wasn't•any time to
waste. 'The bandits
;,`we ;r a fpilow,i'n�g
°Closely'•
;bail ,__:!:cote ;,place'
lest _night'; just. •befor i du_ went_Lto
the 'theatre. Tell • me,'. iss Dillard:
where was your hand-bag:during that
time?" .
The ,question startled her ;• but after
a .momentary hesitation she .answer-
ed:' "When I: came into the library I
placed i wi my wrap on tlilittle-
table 'by the door,". •
.'"It was the lizard; skin bag con-
taining the ke- ?",
�f des. Sigurd'' hates evening dress,
• and: when we go out together I al •
ways wear my day, clothes."
`.`Sa,, you --left the-trig-tf-thy tb-1e
during that half-hour and then kept
it, With ,you the rest- of: the' evening.
And'what'about this morning?" '
' "I' went out for a walk • before
breakfast and carried it' 'with . me.
•Later I put it on, the, hat -rack in the
hall for an hour or so; _but when I
started for Lady Mae's at . about ten
I'took''it with ine. It washen that
I :discovered that the:little pistol had
been returned, and I liostponed' nay
call. I left the bag downstairs in
the. arehey-room Until you and Mr.
Markham came; arid I've had it wfth.
me. ever' Since." ' ' •
, • Vance . thanked her whimsically, -'
"And now that the peregrinations
.of th'e bag havebeen thorouglily
traced, please try to. forget all about
it." She was on the, point of asking'
a question, but he anticipated her
curiosity and said quickly: "You went
to the Plaza for csupper East night,
your, uncle told -.us. You ,must•have
been late in , getting'home."
• `"I never stay,out very` late whsn
I go anywhere ith Sigurd„' she an -
sinned, with a maternal note of corn -
plaint. ' "'He has A' constitutional
aversiim to any kind of night fife. 'T'
begged 'him to stay out- longer,•.but he
looked so miserable .I hadn't 'the
heart to remain: . We actually 'got
home at half past twelve.” ' .
Vance rose.wilth a gracious smile.
' "You've been; awfully good to. bear
with our foolish questions so patieilt-
'Iyi . . Now we're going to drop in
on •Mi.'.pardee an11 see if he has arty
illutninati:n' suggestions to deer, Tie's
generally iii at this time, II believe."'
"I'm sure he's in nos." The' girl,
w alked with iis to the hall. "I#,e'was'
here' only ,a little while .before you 1
carne, and tie • said he was returningI
home to attend - to tome correspon-
dente" •
We Were about tO go O1 t 'when
Vance parked , ' '
_. °.:.'."Ohs I sh-y, 17illgizi; -tl a
one.pont I' fot,,o' to•aik 'you Shoat
When you came h' erre last night with.
Mr. Arnesson, how did you know it
A good.: lookingall-day
racticall a
R d y
dress is this tete de negre ;brown flat
crepe silk. • •
It' has the new double breasted -coati.
effect '.with " vivid orange 'buttons, g
[trimness altogether attractive
The chic cross-over cellar and cuffs
of orange crepe' silk . are ~finished at
the •edge with brown silk trimming
thht resembles' rick -rack braid.
• The skirt has deep kilted -plaits at
either •.side of the front, so entirely
youthful and modish, •
' Style No. 3065 inay be had in 'sizes
16, 18 years, 36 38, 40' and 42 inches
bust. ••
Imagine -it -for- Iat-ar:- season- -weir
developed in•pastel'flat washable crepe
:.must r.,be ",found. ,to
hide "
• In the corder • „Maybe DIaybe' 1°ni a bandit, Captain"
said the, owner•of the _boot., "But .
•
not Chinese any vaY
r._
•
he d : aY.:;,that f miliar m, -
iyb,ei-e•'haci�'1-
voice before?' I shoved !hien into .
the light:', His.fa'ce was like •a- black
mask 'from the:.'eoal dust:'_�.l�
•!
By Golly I. Jed .. stone, . I Yeflsd:
And. -so' it was: My' old friend..,Jed
Stone who I hat not teen for many.
yea's: , Our meeting, 'xas one cot ,
those' odd co=incidences • that you •
co'uldn4 make'' happen in' a 1l'fet:ime
• ' if sou tried •to
plan. it.
'Jed 'tbld •me. a
''startling story.
He had a broth • '
•er' Guy; wigs g-'
ed In :Chinese
famine "relief.
.!?'ver Knll opened the throttle. There•
"wa t ia$r it leg o wata
ivlieel? `tLliei-ails-b:unlped..
crashed against' one ,ano'tber noietly;
-and at the' sante time 1 .palled the -
wliis le _valve wide open. The
Whistle fairly shrieked. _. Lt wa's-"'a: -
perfect bedlam' let 'loose.•• '
Panic 'stricken;'`he bandits rush=
ed• to the_ doors to .escape_ • Some
jumped .oat,, some •here, • push.ed. out,
others sIniply fell out. 13tit. in .fess
time than it takes - .to' tell • it, there •
w•as nota bandit on' beard. •
Away w'e'-roare,d, gathering 'a d
as: we backed down the track for
dared not' go torlyard',, in the 'face Ti�f
the signala The, engine' rocked g d
swayed s I took . up • the shovel to
feic3 the :.:biller file wheq suddenly
: a ;liea%y' baot s..'tuek ` ou.t from. _under ,
� tl e- �oal :tui& omeone hollered "
What 1 ezt,• ,oven tli',e coal' was
alive with Chinese.bandits, l•
of :the car' 'were: piled a number, et.
tea',chests, • • These ..I shoved Out • so.
the,-t'hree ,cif us could hxde.: in behind
Over' the top- I spread .some old' straw
matting. . ' ' '
j:f only the train' would move along
before the .bandits caught . up we,
• would -be. all. right;' but it seemed to
'be" walting on the 'switch • • until' a
train' ',do'min g -the other' way had
passed. '
uddenl9 the..sound-:ot boots:yang
on • the,,rocky railway siding and: 'a.
score. of , bandits began • running up
and •.down: •the • train peekljig into • the
cars. Things looked • pretty, serious,'
'especially when a• big •Chinaman' be-
gin '.rurninaging• •aronn,d .among the
tea. chests. • Luckily • hedid notno-,
ti:.ce our hiding place
• Sgrnething -had--to- be do'ne quickly,
however, or, the outlaws would re
turn, and find us. ' Quietly I signal
led' •Fri Hsu and, Scottie to follow' me. •
We' dropped out 'of 'the car aud'rept
softly along the side ' of• the .train
:_-away' frons• the .bandits,• and groped ..
aur way in the dim 'earlymorning days, and tried 'to'' reason •with the
light : toward the engine. • chief.. Makingne impression lie
The
engineer and firemen leaned anally lost control ,of himself,• and• tie-,
I'1Jl
work A bandit-
'gang had :pass . .
ed . through ' the country raiding
and • plu'ndering the pitifully scant'
food ., supplies of the people.
Guy 'followed the. . the: bandits : for
- silk, men's striped .shirting silk, linen
or pa cotton- mesh..
Size 36 -requires '3'is yards 39 -inch are helding more than'$960,000,000 for,
vis h %,; yard 35 -inch contrasting and "rainy days" in France. ' '
2 yards edging:' • The old woolen stocking, it would
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stamps or coin (cmn•preferred: wrap'' Savings ,_deposited
: in 1930 showed
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address your, order to Wilson Pattin while the. n' nlber of: -new accounts was
°Service, 73 West Adelaide St„ Toronto. nearly 10,per cent. higher than in 1929.
i , 1 It• is estimated that every fourth Per-
son in Trance Tiii a savings account,
'the' public banks and postofHces .Mime
Ffor.e�-anyone- co:alcl._iarterfPr mu dly '
_airt^ot thejv labs nxiQnsly. wonder- .tMashed „ rllarii
-ing-what--was appen-Ing -down-along- (To be continued.)
the. track:: I slipped 'In beliiinrthem : • .
and' gave them a good, sb ve., , • Off Note: Young ,readers -wishing photo.
they •.wenf-cud over .code' into. • '.the oe',Caitingptain'"CaptJimm ✓ 'may'have semi by
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The Golfing Trail.
"The white -moth -to the closing vine r
The tee 'to the opened clover.'.'
,And the mashie pitch to the ghastly
,ditch
Ever the wide world '• over.'
Eve'r'1 the wide world over.,•Jed ;. -
Clear 'to the Arctic Zone;
Froth the glacial ice you•can see the
slice '
• And hear' the • duffer moan. • '
'There are greens by the Guadal-
quivir; ' • • • ' •
Fairways in Old Cathay;
And a __tough tenth hofe that •will
' rend, xpur soul • ''
On the road to Mandalay, •
"The wild boar to the sun-dried
• swamp; •
• The red crane- to her • reed."
And an easy par t 'I ntlfliar
-To, lure the lfi breell.
There's a nitie-hold course. at. Quito
,With greens that fringe the sky,.
And they cut the grass -in the Khy-
ber pass
TO tarnish a brassie lie.. .
Ey the 'wash of the Earramatta -
Is. 'the golfing flag•:unftnrled.
And' the crack' of the dial).. in :the.
• hands of the dub •- ..
Is the shot heaid'i.'onntl the world.
Canadian Agricultural
Implement Industry
According•to the Dominion 13uret•u-
of Statistics, 39 of :he 62 firms in -
Canada engaged in the agricultural'
implement .industry in 1920 were lo -
eked ed in Ontario; 12 in Quelled; 5, in
Manitoba; 4 in Alberta, and aim cion
in Prince Ethy-ird. Island and' Sas.
.ketchewan. i. •
'Better• tittles are on the way, htit
'flteiv- nfli „a1fti-TrW 4i-11
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tapper, •
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total savings' deposits• in 1930 was
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the --per capita.sa-vingg-i-n tance_;xe-_ __•
present about $24 a person, not count-
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and, government bonds, whose total,
val{ie represents many twines the sat'- •
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"Difference in. Force of Gravity,
A body. 'weighing one. pound at
theearth's surface would weigh 27
pounds at. the surface of the sun.
. "I have accomplished: more_ si"ee
seventy, than during my entire, •previ-
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