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BEGIN HERE TODAY.I library, Paul Harley crossed to, _ theSir Charles Abingdon engages Paul' mantelpiece and stared long and hun-
Ilariey, criminal investigator, to find ‘ grily at a photograph in a silver
out why Sir Charles is kept under ‘ frame. So closely did he concentrate
surven.ance by persons unknown to: upon it that he induced a sort of
him. Harley danes at the Abingdon auto-hypnosis, so that Phil Abingdon
home. _ Sir Charles falls from. his’ .. ni seemed to smile at him sadly.
“Benson/' he called, opening the
_______ _ library door. As the man came along
Dr. McMurdoch pronounces death the hall: “I have written a note to
due to heart-failure. Harley claims Mr. Innes, my secretary,” he explain-
Eir Charles was poisoned and calls on! ed. “There it is, on the table. When
Nicol brinn to ask him the meaning the district messenger, for whom you
ot “Fire-Tongue.” Brinn admits that! ■ * * *
he learned its meaning in India but'
refuses to divulge the secret.
Pa il investigates the life of Ormuz
Khan, very wealthy Oriental, with
whom Phil Abingdon, daughter of Sir
Cliarie . is friendly.
GO ON WITH THE STORY.
chiar in a dying state. Abingdon’s
last woxds are “Nicol Brinn” and
“Fire-Tongue.”
CHAPTER XI.. (Cont’d.)
“Fin. ily, Benson/’ said Harley,
“what ei.-e did you bring into the
worn a ter Sir Charles and I had
entered'”
telephoned, arrives, give him the par
cel and the note. He is to accept no
other receipt than that of Mr. Innes,”
“Very good, sir.”
Harley took his hat and cane, and
Benson opened the front door.
“Good day, sir,” said the butler.
“Good day, Benson,” called Harley,
hurrying out to the waiting cab.
“Number 236 South Lambeth Road,”
he directed the man,
i Off moved the taxi, and Harley lay
i back upon the cushions heaving a long
1 sigh. The irksome period of inaction
was ended.
For the moment he must focus upon
establishing, beyond query or doubt,
the fact that Sir Charles Abingdon
had not died from natural causes.
Turning his head, he glanced back
at the traffic in the street behind him.
His cab was just on the point of
1'
“Sour, sir. Here is the tureen, on
the sideboard, and all the soup plates
of the service in ube that night. Of
course, sir, I can’t say which were
the actual plates used.’’
Paul Harley inspected the plates, a
set of fine old Derby ware, and gazed
meditatively at the silver ladle. “Did
the maid, Jones, handki any of these?”
he asked.
No, sir”—emphatically. “She .was
preparing to bring the trout from the
kitchen.”
“But I saw her in the room.”
“She had brought in the fish plates,
a sauce boat, and two toast racks, sir.
She pet here, on the sideboard.
But they were never brought to the
table.’’
“H’m. Has Jones left?”
“Yes, sir. She was under notice.
But after her rudeness, Mrs. Howett
packed her off right away. She left
the very next day after poor Sir
Char’es died.”
“Where has she gone?”
“To a married sister, I believe,
until she finds a new job. Mrs. How
ett has the address.’’
At this moment Mrs. Howett enter
ed, bearing a tablecloth and a number
of serviettes.
“This was the cloth,” she said,
spreading it out.
serviettes were used, I cannot ay.’
“Allow me to look,” replied Paul
Harley.
One by one he began to inspect the,
serviettes, openin" each in turn and (Bridge, examining it critically. L
“What have we here!’’ he exclaim- a small"French car.
ed. preserfv. “Fave blackberries been
served within the week, Mrs. How
ett?”
"We never had them on the table,
Mn Harley. Sir Charles—God rest
him—said they irritated the stdmach.
Good gracious!” She turned to Ben
son. “How is it I never noticed those
stains, and what can have caused
them?”
The serviette which .Paul Harley j
held outstretched was covered all over
with dark purple spots.
CHAPTER XII.
THE VEIL IS RAISED.
Rising from the writing table in the
“but which of the
I haven’t done anything,
said sullenly.
favor of a passing taxicab, and in the
latter had taken up the pursuit.
Paul Harley lighted a cigaret.
The contest had developed into open
warfare. Harley’s accurate knowl
edge of London had enabled him to
locate No. 236. South I ambeth B
without recourse to a guide.
He walked quite openly up the
lapidated steps to the dear of
236, and was about to seise the dirty!
iron knocker when the dooi’ opened
suddenly and a girl came -cut, She
was dressed neatly and wore a pseudo
fashionable hat from which a heavy
figured veil depended so as almost to
hide her features. She was carrying
a bulging cane grip secured bjf a
brown leather strap.
Seeing Harley on the step, she paus
ed for a moment, then, recovered her
self:
“Ellen!” she shouted down the dim
passageway revealed by the opening
-of the door. “Somebody to see you.”
Leaving the door open, she hurried
past the visitor with averted face.
Harley grasped the girl’s arm.
“One moment, Miss Jones,” he said,
quietly, “it is you I am here to see!”1
He extended his arm to detain her.
But she thrust it aside, “lvr^ k™’c.
waiting round the corner!”
viciously. “Just see what
when I tell him!”
“Step inside,” repeated
quietly, “01* accompany me
nington Lane Police Station—which
ever^ you think would be the more
amusing.”
A tired-looking woman carrying a
child appeared from somewhere and
stared apathetically at Harley.
Addressing the angry girl: “An
other o’ your flames, Polly?” she in
quired in a dull voice, “Has he made
you change your mind already?’’
The girl addressed as “Polly” drop
ped her grip on the floor and banging
open a door, entered a shabby little
sitting room, followed by Harley.
“Excuse me, madam, for intrud
ing,” said Harley to the woman with
the baby, “but Polly has some inform
ation of use to the police. Oh, don’t
be alarmed. She has committed no
crime. I shall only detain her for a
few minutes.”
The official manner had its effect.
Miss Jones looked sharply across at
the speaker. “I haven’t done any-'
thing,” she said, sullenly.
Paul Harley advanced and stood
’over her. “What about the trick with
the serviettes at Sir Charles Abing
don’s?” he asked, speaking the words
in slow and deliberate fashion.
“Don’t arrest me,” she said,
tell you.’’
“Good-,
where were
here?”
“To meet
tion.”
“He has
his name?” ■
“My God!” whispered the girl, and
her face blanched swiftly. “Muirder!
I—I can’t tell you his name—”
“You mean you won’t?”
She did not answer.
“He is a very dark man,” continued
Harley, “with black eyes. He is a
Hindu.”
“Yes'—yes! He is a foreigner.”
“Where was he going to take you?.’’
“I don’t know. He said he could
put me in a good job out of London.
' We had only ten minutes to catch the
train. He's gone to get the tickets.”
“What dad you do to the serviettes
on the night Sir Charles died?”
“Sidney—”
“Oh he called himself Sidney, did
But go on.”
one of the
and to lend
‘My boy’s
’ she said
: he’ll do
Harley,
to Ken-
In the first place,
you going when I
Mr
turning on to the lope of Vauxhall
\ • And fifty yards behind,
| speeding_along the Embankment, was
-------'.1 -------L---- The features of
the driver he had no time to observe.
But, peering eagerly through the win
dow, showed the dark face of the pas
senger.
If the following car had turned on
to the bridge, Harley might have en
tertained a certain doubt. But, men
tally putting himself in the pursuer’s
place, he imagined himself detected
and knew at once exactly what he
j should do. Since this hypothetical
course was actually pursued by the
other, Harley’s belief was confirmed.
Craning his neck, he saw the little
French car turn abruptly and pro
ceed in the direction of Victoria Sta
tion. Instantly he acted.
Leaning out of the window he thust
a ten-shilling note into the cabman’s
hand. “Slow down, but don’t pull
up,” he directed. “I am going to
jump out just as you pass that lorry
"ahead. Ten yards further on stop.
Get down and crank your engine, and1
then proceed' slowly Over the bride.
I shall not want you again.’’
As a result, immediately he- was
afforded the necessary cover, Harley
jumped from the cab. The man reach-
'ed back and closed the door, proceed
ing on his leisurely way. Excepting
■ the driver of the lorry, no one witness-
1 ed this eccentric performance, and
Harley, stepping on to the footpath,
quietly joined the stream of pedes-
nans and strolled slowly along.
j$e presently passed the stationary
cab without giving any sign of recog
nition to the dismounted driver, Then,
a minute later, the cab overtook him
and was sponjost, in the traffic ahead,
i Even as if disappeared another cab
[ went hy* f apidly.
I forward in order to peer
’through the front window was the
diarkfac^d man whom he had detected
on the Embankment.
^tiito Correct, murmured Harley,
dryly* “Exactly what I should
done.”
The spy, knowing himself discover
ed, had abandoned his own car in
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Canadian Merchant Seaman
Suddenly Loses Sight
at Helm
Fate played a grim jest with Frank
Irving, able seaman, employed by the
Canadian Government Merchant Mar
ine, when she deprived him of his ’
sight while at the helm at sea.
Irving,. a six foot, handsome speci
men of manhood, aged 25, blue-eyed,
with golden curly hair, sat in the Sea
men’s Institute recently almost
as helpless as a babe in arms despite
the great strength his huge limbs in
dicate. He was waiting for Ritchie
Bell, the manager of the Institute, to
take him to the station, where he
would board the train forjiis home
at . Cape Traverse, Prince Edward
Island, in care of the train officials.
He was an able seaman aboard the
S.S. Canadian Traveller, working his
way up for the day when ho hoped to
get his ticket as second mate. He
was delegated as quartermaster and
carried out his duties in an efficient
manner, until ono night at sea, after
taking the wheel in the middle watch,
he was struck stono blind without
warning. .
"I was looking at the clock on the
wheelhouse,” he explains, "and saw
that it was seven minutes to mid
night. That was the last tiling I have
seen. A cloud seemed to descent up
on me, and I could not see the com
pass or the wheel even, and I thought
that I had strained my eyes with gaz
ing too long into the compass. My
relief came up at 12 o’clock to take
over the wheel, and asked me the
course, and I told him. He asked me
what I was doing, as the ship was a
couple of points off "her course, and I
told him that I could not see, but that
it was only a spasm. You see, I had
heard of people going blind for a
couple of hours and thought that I
was experiencing the same thing. He
told me to turn in, and sleep it off,
and I went down to take his advice.
I did not tell the officer of the watch,
but in the morning, when I was called
again, I found that I could not see
a thing, and the captain came down
to see me.. •
"The blindness persisted, and I bgj
gan to despair, still hoping, however,
every morning that I would wake up
able to see again as well as ever, but
I have been told by the authorities at
the Royal Victoria Hospital that they
cannot do anything for me_and that I
will probably be1 blind for the rest of
my' life. I am still hoping though.
The best doctors in the world make
mistakes at times.
“The only way I know how to earn
a living is by going to sea, and what
use am I aboard ship with my eye
sight gone. Sometimes I think that I
am finished for good, but I have hopes
yet."
Irving’s mother is the only relative
he has alive, with the exception of a
sister in the United States, but owing
to his infirmmity he cannot cross the
border.
He said that he would not be en
titled to any compensation or pension,
and that he has no hope of getting
employment anywhere.
“I’ll
then,
came
my boy at Vauxhall Sta-
done murder. What is
he? It isn’t his name.
“He asked me to get
serviettes, with the ring,
it to him.”
“You»d’id this?”
... “Yes. But he brought
“When?”
“The afternoon—”
“Before Sir Charles death? Yes.
Go on. What did he tell you to do
with this serviette?”
(To be continued.)
it back.”
a"You” must take exercise,” said
physician to a patient. "The motor
car, In a case like yours, gives the
best exercise that —” "But, doctor, I
can’t afford to buy a motor-car,” the
patient growled. "Don’t buy,
dodge!” said the doctor,
his
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CEYLON TO CURB
RECKLESS DRIVING
which are at
registrar of
makes impor-
Driving Tests to Be Severe,
Sizes of Buses Limited
Bombay—The new motor ordinance
has passed its second reading in the
Ceylon Legislative Council. The ob
ject of the bill is to check reckless
driving in the island.
Provision is made for the estab
lishment of a central board to which
it is proposed, if expedient, to trans
fer executive matters
present vested in the
motorcars.
The new ordinance
tant regulations with regard to motor
buses. One of the chief provisions
limits the dimensions of vehicles with
a view to putting an end to the de
structive careers of giant buses
which are too big‘for the Ceylon
roads, while a ban has been placed
on the use of cars constructed ac
cording! to American- designs/, with
the steering wheel on the left side-.
All motorcars are to
weight, -and the tax on
for hire will be double
vate cars. Stiffer tests
for driving licenses,
system of issuing annual licenses will
be abolished, and a driver will be re
quired to hold a certificate of com
petence which will authorize him to
drive the class of car named thereon.
Power is also granted for ‘ the with
holding of certificates from persons
of bad reputation.
be taxed by
cars licensed
that on prl-
are provided
The present
The Old Germany
• Warsaw Glos Pravdy: The great
parade in commemoration of the Bat
tle of Tannenberg, in which Marshal
Hindenburg, Mackensen and the other
idols of German militarism took part,
the discourses pronounced on that oc
casion, just like the other functions
of this kind which take place with
systematic regularity, prove eloquent
ly that the spirit of Potsdam is devel
oping and digging itself in deeper in
the Republic of Delmar. German
monarchism is always in. power, and
though the ex-Kaiser’s fate may ap
peal’ to have been decided, we cannot
say as much about the of his descend
ants.
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“The chief creators of the new
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the examples which Professor Bart*
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follows:
Liang Chi-chao, “dean of Chinese-
letters and fathex’ of constitutional
reform,” teaches that “revolution is
the law of nature; reform must begin
with the people, not the officials;
universal education and inner reform-
must come first,”
Chen Tu-siu, editox1 of the noted!
New Youth Magazine, says: “Confu
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and conservative ethics- are fetters
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ing and- with it the old style of
thought and follow science and mate
rial forces. China needs to combine-
the Russian spirit and German sci
ence.”
Wu Chih-hui, author, materialist
and anarchist, denies the existence of
God in his writings, arguing that the
material basis of life is more ac-
ceptiblo than the spiritual. His-
"slogan” is: "Every one does what
he can and gets what he wants.”
Lu Sin, China'S' most eminent fic
tion wx-iter, lias been, influential in
introducing foreign literature, par
ticularly that of Russia, in China..
He teaches: “There is no God. Sci
ence and morality aro enough. The
Chinese- are essentially (irreligious,
, The trouble with the Chinese- to-day
is that they are lazy. When they
get to work wars will cease. China’s
salvation is work and science.”
Finally, Hu Shih, Doctox- of Philo
sophy from Columbia University, ad
vocates the adoption of Western civi
lization, saving: "Modern Western
. civilization is able to satisfy the needs
of man’s mind and spirit to a degree
far surpassing anything the older
Eastern civilization could ever dream
of.”
A
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Belgian Migration '
to.Congo. Active
Of 2441 Newcomers Last
Year, Only 24 P.O. Non
Belgian
Brussels.—Within the past four
years, the white’ population of Bel
gium’s vast Congo colony has doubled,
the majority of the newcomers being
Belgians. The fact shows a complete
reversal of opinion in Belgium- in re
gard to ‘this colony.
j While climatic conditions there pre
Write your name and address plain- vented any considerable migration
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address_your order to Pattern Dept., j disdaining the opportunities which
the Congo offers, a great many young
men, and also some young women, go
nowadays as gladly to their
colony as the young Dutch go
East Indies. —•
This is due partly to the
economic conditions in the
country, the commencement of a
boom in the Congo industries, and al
so to a more enterprising and more
cosmopolitan
Belgium.
Four- years
lation of the
* j to 6971 persons.
I 236 Europeans. Of thesb 9638 are Bol-
i gians and 5598 are from other coun
tries. The total increase in the Euro-
! pean population during the past year
i was 2441,
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Childhood Fears
Fears are very crippling Indeed.
With wiser training our children might
readily escape the specific fears and
the general anxieties, timidities, and
self-doubts, which so woefully hamper'
them. But you can never rout- fear
with brutal, radical or “heroic” meas
ures. It is cruel to force a child,^as
is often done, to endure alone jxist
what it most fears. You are not,
making him brave—no, not even if he
conceals bis fears to please you. The
feai' pressed below the surface lives '
on and festers there. |
Ridicule oi‘ honest amusement are
likewise useless. Fear, no matter how .
foolish it sounds- to tho unfearing, is ■
too real a thing to be laughed off. It;
calls always for gentleness, sympathy,1
a seribus effort to understand the cause, patient reassurance, and in1
many cases, skillful re-education in j
which, pleasant associations or better
understanding on the child’s part drive '
out the 'fear.
mentality in post-war
ago the European popu-
Congo colony amounted
To-day there are 15,-
1868 of whom wore Bel
gians. This means that 76 per cent,
of the newcomers last year were Bel
gians and only 24 were from other
countires. . Proportionately therefore,
i the foreign element in the Belgian
Congo is decreasing, and the Belgians
are taking economic possession of
their colony.
Circumstances Alter Cases
Chicago Journal: Uncle Sam, who
brands you a criminal if you make,
ship, sell, buy, possess or imbibe any
beverage containing more than one-
half of one per cent, of alcohol, has-
rushed to the defence of the Manila
brewers.- Manila Is the capital of
Uncle Sam’s chief colonial depend
ency. The Chinese now in control of
Shanghai, having gone to school to
the American tariff bandits, have laid
an excessive tax on imports of to
bacco and wines. The Washington
Government has notified the Celes
tials that ^-'American business” will
not pay the Increase. It is- not in to
bacco or wine that Washington is in
terested but in Philippine beer. Our
little brown -brothers are making and f
selling the stuff, and Washington helps '
them at it. Who said the Filipinos
were not free?
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Moro peoplo get crooked trying to
avoid hard work than becomo bent
^rom too much of it.
dis-
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Old Ironsides
Within two years all British infan
try regiments will* have resumed the
famous red tunic. Looks as though
peace Is here to stay.
Aviation advances despite all
asters. Like truth, when crushed to
earth, it rises again.
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CULTURE OF BODY
.NOT ALL PHYSICAL
Physical Director of McGill
Women Explains Physi
cal Education
Physical education is looked upon
too much as hospital procedure, Miss
Jessie Heriott, M.A.B.Sc., director of
physical education fox- women at Mc
Gill University, pointed out in an'Td-
dress to the Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
In giving physical education to man
ho must be considered as a personality
and not as a mass of bone or muscle,
Miss Heriott maintained. The body,
mind, and personality were too close
ly associated to be treated separately.
The current idea then of physical
education is to satisfy the whole man.
Therefore/it should not bo regarded
as a restorative
placed in the
"that are good
merely physical
"The only way to derive the full
benefit from physical education is to
enjC|y it,” Miss Heriott continued. w "It
makes a great contribution to leisure
hours. If we could teach people to
play something well, wu would in-
urease their activity. But with jhat
we must also increase their facilities
for play. , ..
Tho results of pixy deal educaueffi
wore many. It dei xloped sportst
manship, idee Is of ha rnrny and co-
for the moment it is
category of things
for you” it becomes
training.
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