The Lucknow Sentinel, 1932-04-14, Page 671
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SYNOPSIS. : aW'o%rt earth 'ave 1 dOnellowrT,Ile
When i flip Crane a young aeroplane enquired.
designer arrives in London on a boiidaY,,� "You've .given me what I think. is
through a coincidence of Like name i he the solution to. this rnystery," vas Ute
reply. •
• • 1s 'taken or the crook Crane. who s a
tool of a band 'ruled by a mysterious
d'Empress."'
,Ue • rescues )Margery. 'Ferguson and
,learns that her father is held captive by
"The Ernpress" in Mandling 1'hillh
goes to; .handling and meets Charles'
• Whittle. an Amtriean, 'detective., • When•
Crane is abdueted,whittie, calls in Scot-
land.Yard. Then Margery goes to Mand-
ling• Whittle is captured, by the ;gang;.
'However, Abe,. Goldschmidt a notorious
criminal lawyer.. effects his escape. he
T�glk tigne \.:polies search ' "The White.
House' ror }dung ,Crane. , They°, assure,
gMargery-he wilt •be found.
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CHAPTER, XXI,.
-The air was raw, and he felt a chill.
in. has `bones.. So this ,underground,
.vault was what Stevensson had meant
when;he said "downstairs." • •
Ifehad been hustled by the,two men'
down a flight of stone steps,•, the cov
eking of which was.so;cleverly masked
by wooden loving that no one could;
possible:. have • suspected' their exist-
encs,
and then :pitched forward se that, '
P ,
his oat -stretched hands `still held by
manacles, anacles, were ,etit-•aWd.bruised..
Thisa was to be the end, apparently.
It might he that •after the visit of.
the police, Stevensson would order him
to be killed. With a :big coup ,nearing•:
completion, it iwas not likely that such•
s ruthless,-erook would harbor any,
mercy' towards a man' who' was •in his
way and,,. providing he once escaped,
could -do him no end of mi'schief...
Struggling to his feet,. Philip lean
..edjagainst the damp ' wall ':and .looked
across' the cellar towa;ids the -door:
through which he had been hurled.
A wild hope surged through him'
momentarily as • he • saw . thisopen•
again But any idea of escape Was
CHAPTER' X.-,-(Cont'jl•).:
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d barn , .11 right,"' said a t.
•"We.
shall:fin
asPe fos Laadley, i` dont—YOU•,worry-•
1�peC
shout that, Miss Ferguson." '
"Hut he maybe dead!" t
"Then the mar.whokilled him will.
yang—rest assured of that."
"Mrs. 'Amble!"' called a *dice from.
without. "Mrs. 'Amble!"
"That's that George Johnson.'Would
YOU like to lee 'im, Inspector!"
"Do you mean the local policeman'!"
"That's' "''im-`George• Johnson.'
liaising her voice, she called lin reply:
• "Come en in;; George Jolknsea re'::
• " the Inspector from Folkestone wants
to_ You. .. .
Laidley seemed about'•to.maile' sone
protest, bet by, this time, heavy foot-
steps were heard' outside, and the next.
moment the blundering form, of the
n'IIsge 'constable thrust itself in‘
view • .
•
P C.: Johnson' made a . eternal at-.
tempt: at a salute,- and then removed
lids•helmet to disclose a'steaining fore
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• 14eed. •`•
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' '"Thank goodness you've come, Ind hood, Philip. recognized him immedi-
I rang.lip Folkestone; . ,an girl's, fatherthe
' told' pie a'ow you 'ad, already 'fo ly . it was the' gi
Obi: .a` : "Someone `to -talk' to;"-- growled the'
The Inspector turned sound in his, jailer; and, with a harsh laugh; slam
e ' '-inieds,the door after h' . '
"I 'understand that you've been in i' Ferguson ; shambled,forwatd.. I wall "I tell you she's quite all right;:
westigating `this. case, Johnson; !}ave "Who are you?" he asked in a. weak -J took her to a .onvent"
en Chats,.
Early spring is the proper time to
set out most new . shrubbery; roses• ,
ornaanental and fruit trees, climbing
vines: and ether things purchased to
make the grounds about, the house at-
tractive. These should be bought 'from
the neal:est. reputable source of supply
•so that they maybe planted as soon as
possible, In elaitaing this part of the
garden it is'important 'to. secure. plants
that are suitable to Canadian condi-
?ons and -if- satisfactory results ;are -to_
lie secured it is ,essent`al that gobci
stock is bought. One will find a wide.
range,of`prices quoted, just as in any
other line, .but here again as; always,'
:good plants, well grown, hardy and
true to nan'ie cannat be sold at the
':lowest figure. Unless the plant is in
p'ri_nie condition, with plenty of green
bark, moist pliable roots and large live
• buds, it will have little chance, and if to
at all n w -tole :year will be d Even a Cathedral appear
i ";lives Ships,, Jewels Rill a Stones an
Jost in getting;. it Started., After all;, ,
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Relics on Two Continents
b Attributed to the .,Vikings
teal t f the nursery Material •x:
The ',recent Viking
e Onarc on which may be .achieved, Cache of ems:'on the 'S'w'edish island
On arrival et ' the new: •planta, they a g • d
e.. planted . innmediately' in of.Gpthland in- the• Bait* ;Seas' direc
Should b
t e ac a cos o
Course o'f the Norselnern
Trace the..
mere bagatelle compare, with the •' e t discos erg . ` a ,
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outhouses. ' must ' have been .large ..
'enough' to. accomniodate 100' cows, be •
sides . horses, pigs, .etc., arid to hats
r a smithy:' -'The cathedral' Was ,
'roam •10
is i Ed'wa'rd Spink; `the .ifat-'
'•�;h s.
ter at- Lave.-.Lane,:,'who "inakeb the
queer leather lids for . Billingsgate
rlish porters. , His London shop .i8
., over 25.0 years "old w
out a key," he, said. "We'll; just have
to •wait -that's all. _kg; God, thepo-
lice;" . he went ens muttering to ;'hind
self.
Philip imagined' he knew , ,roll' well
why' the speaker should" be afraad.nof-. , . In
police, but, with . a fresh feehdg' hole ' and '.press soil down -firmly.
of 'Pitt', he touched the • forger on the- the case.of trees-aZid-such -single-step►
p y,
arm.' ' plants as lilacs, provide some support
"Why don't you sit. down?" he ask- against the. wind, in the form' of ' a
ed, "there's a dry : Fatch'over th'ere.*ant stake= and 'tie with' soft' twine. or
You look as though you want 'soflte raffia. .If the soil is 'oon it is a good
qtticldy' dispelled; one of the men who rent'? . thing to add some good ''garden .oam
had'so roughly handled himstood ,in "Rest! I wish I could die" was the
the doorway, a revolver pointing men- reply ` •
acingly in h'is:direction, "`That's nonsense! Look here,. I've
The jailer, was not sada,.' • He .was, 'got something to' tell you. I met yeer
'leading .s. bent, 'shrunken wretch with 'daughter in' London:'
a weak, pitiable;face from which h's'd'„ The lack -lustre eyes stared at him.
disappeared any seinblanceWoi man- "My daughteTy'•'T
"Yes.. Now; don't you worry—she
told me about her disteess, and I ,tool;'
her to' a place of safety. Stevenson
was trying 'to -let -hold • of--ller--don't
you worry," he repeated; • as' the other
crumpled. and staggered, against the
moist sol ` but. if this' not possil> e, attention -to -other relies"d`ug• un during
l `a s&allow : tretiele� slid "heel _in" '
ge Al,the •-present century that appear"to
by covering roots firmly with soil. trace the activities of these sea wan-
shrubs, rose bushes,: trees, and vi'nes,, :ace
eta thousand years ago. These.
should ..have tops pruned' back and
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most' part :in the. ,Scandinavian coun-
tries, • ands in Iceland andGreenland.
'`the'
urn haQe alto been revealed on
'the
;North American continent suggesting
that the.Norsemen propelled 'their
great galleys far to the west, • but auth--
verity is divided as to the Viking origin
hese remati'rl ' •
should'be set in permanent discoveries have been made. for the
'they
quar-
ters'a ''trie dee?er than they• wee
planted ,i'n the .nursery bed.. 'Give the
roots plenty' of room;, spreading them,
loosely about.the'hole, then cover : with
good garden soil, throw in a pail of
water, ':fill' in the' remainder.' of the
.avideuf,ly ninety feet .long, : with :sev-
eral chapels attached. +• rt: w:as built Of`--
sandstone ''.quarried near the settle-
anent at. • Igaliko: This was 'evidently
the colony ruled.by Eric the Red.
Iii 1931 Dr. Knud,Rasinusse i, Dan-
ish. explorer, discovered iji E,kjoldun-
.1 gen Fjord; . Greenland, the 1,000-year
.old ruins of a house which' was .not,of
Eskimo origin;' and which • was believed
to have been bunt .by. the Vikings.
. The question : as to.whether the
Norsemen discovered America; and 'if
of t
In the`Iii" aricaVM 8eum--i1 Oslo,
Norway,, three Viking ships are,.dis-,
played: One; found at Oseberg in 190.
was evidently :a pleasure yacht owned
by ,a woman of noble rank, and used'
as her sepulchre.. The ship was ap
and also an occasional application of .
patently hauled high' and dry into a
commercial fertilizer 'dissolved in. hollow place, then roofed over and
water. covered with . eattth, peat and stones.
Y` ANI)
you got any 'cine'." . voice; "are you in the hands of these
"Not a h'inch of a clue; it's all as• devils like myself?"'
dark ai night :to me. Mrs.: yAmble
'ese sets-a$'owshe thinks thatgetele-
roan up ,at ``The W�Pfie Ouse' 'as
toff iethiri.' to _do with it; but I can't
the
s
that can
be.
I :know
see as !ow
gen'leman ia, question. 'E anus sea's
'Gond enornin'' tome pleasant -like.: I
ien'`i'�think as ''ow 'e could 'ave' any
tom' to de with this''ere affair. '0'
eonrse, there's that Eyetalian e a
:''engin.' 'arouni -a narsty lookin' crea-
ture; as Mrs: 'Amble says; but="
The Inspector stopped, the rush of
words. .
!'How long have you lived in this
district, Johnson?"
"All me life. 'I was born at Hythe,
ini •came 'ere when. I• was ten year
eld." .
"And that is= --how long ago'",
-, uTbirty-seven years come Nevem-
Before replying, Crane reflected how
aage a a this circumstance; he had
promised the girl that he would'
her,father—lint how ironical that the.
Fellow
two should meet like this!
prisoners, waiting—unless he :was.
very much mistakeir- -for a' quick blit
Merciless death.,
He tried 'to put, some,, courage into
the' stricken' wretch.
"Yes --but we'll' be all right; you see
if ye're not. The police have got their
suspicions about 'this 'place, and they're.
coming here to make'. a search." '
Instead of giving the other confi-
dere; the words seemed to unnerve
• "What do you'''know about:' 'The.
White Souse'?" -
"Not much. O' course,'twas ..buiid-
-ed on a ruin-"
- "A Olin?"
"Yes. Years and years ago, there
was a kind o' a -monastery; .they' do
say, and the remains were a -knocked
• down by the gen'leman who buiided
"'The White 'Ouse'—a Mr. Farrant 'e
was, from Southampton. A very rich
ata*—an' terr'ble fond o' 'is wine::il'E:
used the cella
"You're not deceiving me? -
"Of course I'm not! I'm telling you
the . truth. Why should I want'to lie
ons- t.' -t we in the' same boat?
It was through your daughter 'that -I'
came down. here. .I promised to find
away.
ai leget you a y
yo'u out and, if tpos b , �,
It doesn't:look as ' though I ve been
very saccessful,!
. But we're not beaten yet. Some-
thing will • tura: tip, you see. These
swine' won't' be allowed to have it all
their own way." •
A sound outside made Ferguson
raise a hand• •
"Don't talk any. more,"' he whis-
pered; "someone may' be'• listening.
But, think you, my.friend."
him still more. • lie eeeinled about to. add something
"The police coming here!, Do you else, but ill; head. drooped on his chest,.
know what that'll mean? ,. I shall be the body sagged, and ..then, with a
killed _ ..they'll never rtin the risk ;gentle sliding movement, it slumped
of mebeifigfoiind! I-1've been doing to the floor—and: lay still.'
some work or them."' "Is anything the : matter?" asked
Crane's pity overrode' his contempt. Crane anxiously. .
, `They wouldn't have the nerve to There • was no reply.= -no sound save
kill ''you," he said; "look. here: you his own heart 'beating rapidly
couldn't do anything: with these, I. Crane walked across . the uneven
suppose?" He held up his and -cuffed floor, knelt and endeavored' as best he
wrists. could—although that. was ,clumsy
Fergi son. started back. His whele enough—to ,feel if- there was any
body shook. movement in the mans breast. But,
"If they've , done that to you," he quickly,. he realized the truth; this
said; "what will they do to me?" Weakling, who, in spite of his .fai`lings,
"Pull yourself together," ' Crane perhaps desereed pity; had gone across
rs to keep the ,bottles found himself saying; "they shan't the border. .-,r
�,�,, hurt you while I'm here," he went on, : He was -dead' ; r
Inspector . Laidley rose ' from i s • endeavoring- , • instil
IN PLANTING SHRUBBER
In•1926 an expedition under Das Paul
7 -WHEN -SOH? IS- wOtCB
Two skeletons, troth of women,. r cera
T. ROSES.. (found on boar' i.
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IT TO- - Norland, made some interesting d?s-
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When this old earth. really begins to coveries of Viking' relics, in Greenland:
warm up in the spring the normal -per- Most' important :were the' rums of a
son who traces his ancestry back t0. a"cathedral and. a Bishop's_Palaace, which
farmer 'before the ape feels. an--im---boasted a -main -building- 150 -feet long.
pulse to• get 'out and ' dig, and While
the modernist frowns • on repression
of any kind the experienced' gardener
advises extreme,cautiiin at this time.
If the,earth is too wet there is 'grave.
danger of a nasty cold, not to. mention
dire consequences to the soil' itsel-f.
-Too early working will cause the' latter
to pack down hard' and it may requiiie
a' whole summer of. constant digging
its old
c tato
itoak
and taking to. get
crumbly self again. There is a simple
test. If the' soil. crumbles after a
little is'squeezed•in the' hand or if
it .does not muddy the boots, it is safe
to' 'go ahead, but if it compacts into..a,
ball, it'is best to satisfy the. spring
craving with a good walk or a game of
golf: •
GRAFTING AND TRAINING.
h once again to instil' some In a Stevenson was
,$air so impetuously that.he sent it spirit into his companion'. If only I facing a room above,•
*jag, I could get myhands free— -" c nghave you come here?"' he"Thank yon, Johnson," . he said t ..Moved by the words, the other ex- asked
"you've given' me just the information amined the manacles. '
1 wanted."
He shook his heat'. - "' .
F.C. Johnson "It's impossible to get those off with -
blinked.
are
No substitute
can be
good enough,
tet les
°rrawroats
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Your Mother's Mother gave
htr children "Christie's"
Arrowroots, Canada's original
Arrowroot Biscuits, baked in
Canada by Christie's since
1833.: There isnothing
better for your children.
Judith Felstead winced at the criid-
ity of the question. • Here was another
enemy, then. • •
"I've come to tell you what has hap-
,pened," • she replied. "The Empress.
bus turned against me. I taxed her
with it this morning. She pretended
otherwise, but.I know the truth; she
int, ds to get rid of me
containing a Iarge banquet hall: The
Grafting is not a difficult operation.
The• main thing is to get.a portion of
the inner bark of the scions or twig
being, grafted onto the tree exactly
opposite and .tight up against the
inner bark of the limb of the tree, so
that the two may grow together. When
working on a big' limb it is best to
take two or three twigs and insert
them around• the' edge of the:sawed-off
portion with the tivo inner barks in
close : contact. Later, on when growth
has well started 'remove all but, one
twig. After putting. together, tie tight-
ly with raffia or some soft twine ,and
cover all around the joint with graft-
,Ing wax: •It is advisable to get some
good Government bulletin on this sub-
ject before attempting the work. By
grafting one tan repair a tree whish
rabbits or mice 'hare girdled and
which would die without' this treat-
ment and can put a complete new top.
on . a broken . down tree or one of a
non -desirable Variety. • Grafting and'
training opens up interesting possibi:-
ities to the gardener. One apple 'can
be made to fill the lace of three ordi-•
nary trees if an early variety' like the ,
Yellow Traltsarent, or Astrachan, a
geed' early cooker like the Duchess And
a fine winter apple such. as the McIn-
tosh are all grown on the same trunk.
By careful pruning and . training. .
they -€lid, how -laic -they went into the
country, .has been debated for many
years. Similarities have ; been',fqund
between ancient civilizations in Ameri-
ca
men
ca and .]Norse culture, mounds;�ha�ve
ascribed to the'•,Norsemen,�"d'nd
been ase
runic writings and names.have been.
traced -to. Norse origins; : but 'although
it ,is probable' that the Norsemen
reached -America, no 'proof' of their
•' - ry
having eenetrated the country for any
distance has been found.''
�iticient 'ru'i'ng on Scuipin --iadand,--- .
twenty miles .oft Nein, Labrador,. were
discovered in. • 1926: :by ' Commander
Donald B, 'MacMillan, and believed by
him to. be the remains•of a horse set-
tiement.
N • Zealand Establishing I of public exhibits. It cause'.)• many
New
•
r specimens to deteriorate by fading.'
�3ezztal . Clinics in Schools.
New' Zeeland has a systetn of No product in the world as 2s great
school dental clinics—begun in Jp20 a. turnover as heworlchewing-guns
whieb-•are--estabi'ished—on applicav
h•
tion when . the ,•coat of premises and
certain maintenance expenses ' are
guaranteed fiyw responsible local or -
c i
t h
ganizations. The teeth o
f all
dren in 'the entering classes are
examined, and any needed treatment
is given if the parents consent. Re-
examinations and necessary ' treat-.
ments are given. at intervals' of six
months. At the (present time„about
60,000 children in 130 • schools are
being cared for. An' important fes,
ture of the system is the' employ"
Ment of women. nurses who have re-,
ce}ted a two-year course in dental
hygiene in "the Wollington training ,
school.
No Windows ii*
New
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Museums
Most modern museums are now
built entirely ,without• windows. Day-
light, ''even when Altered through
glass, has such intensity that.it has
been labeled "the greatest enemy"
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FASHION _HINT -
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"How to, make my old short skirts••
conform.to. the new'length was: a
problem to me until'I hit on, this
plan, I dropped;the hems; and:as
the part that bad been turrieisen-
iler was darker than the rest) ..I re-
dyed the entire' dress, after babingu
bleached `the goods, following direc
tions •in the Diamond Dyes package.
• "I used Diamond Dyes for' the re -
,;dyeing. of course,. • I have dyed
many things• With these wonderful
colors. They have saved' me many
dollars and have never failed to
give perfect results --smooth, even.
colors—fast ,to *ear and washing.
Friends think' my 'things are new
When I redye of tint them. with
Diamond Dyes.. They do give the
most gorgeous colors!"
'Mrs. G .C., Levis, Q.:ebec.
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The eyes of Stevenson were very shrubs and.trees may be made to' as•
cola.
"Why should I interfere?" he asked.
"You,say that; Simon?—after all
that hahappened? 'Is this your gra-
titude?"
"What do you expect me to do?" a stake and then encouraging this t>
same weird shapes or almost` as orn°t-.
mental as the hardwoods usually
planted for this purpose. One may
make, bushy trees of climbing roses by
only allowing a single stern trained to
He was parrying With her, his • lips branch by, cutting it off when it
were uttering words that had no
meaning. It was only hiseyes that
could be relied upon. And these were
deadly—full of cold hate. -
To be continued.) ' '
Plans to , Industrialize Fishing
Santiago. Chile — Industrial zatliob
of the• Chilean fishing business' IS f '
proposed by Don' Rene. G 1:avarie, a
naval engineer, who bus -requested
the government' to give hint -a con- .
cession covering the entire island of
Santa. Mario, ole. the coast, to estals
lash a large fish hatchery,
{ HAPPINESS. '
Happit[ess in life is usually fonnil-
hy. the man *ha is loosing for seen -
thing else._l,renry•Z•"otd. • , ,
"heading cantbetome •a dope habit„
Booksickness is a moderd ailment."—
Henry Ford. i
reaches a certain height. In Japan
by judicious pruning and 'withholding,
of fertilizer and water pines and oaks
of very dwarfed proportions .re
grown in pails and tt'bs.
—Canadian Seed Trade Association.
UST
«i`f sA.Yfo„
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When You
Is,T.
UIT
Fatigue is the signal to rest. Obey
it if you can. When you can't, keep
cool and carry -on in comfort. ' •
Aspirin Was meant for just such
times, for it insures your comfort.
Freedom from those pains that nag
at nerves and wee' ' you down. One
tablet will block that threatening
headache while it it still just a
threat. Take two or three •tablets
when you've caught a cold, and
that's usually the end of it. -
Carry- Aspirin tablets when you •
travel. Have somet ho a and
keep some at the ofsce. Like an
efficient secretary, they will often
"save the day" and spare you many
uncomfortable, unroductivehours.
Aspirin is harmless, so keep it,
handy, keep it inmind, and use it.
No. man of affairs can afford to
ignore the,score andmore of uses
explained m the proven= directions.
From'a crumbling tooth to those
, rheumatic pains *filth seem almost
to bend the bones, Aspirin tablets
are ready -with quick relief -and
always 'work. Neuralgia. Neuritis.
Any hogging, needless pain.
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ln'div,dual
(drtonr4ot •,
ISSUE No. 15—'32
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and have the same action every Line.
. Why etperirl°ent with imitations
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•in the large hnttie,.
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