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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-10-31, Page 611 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1935 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE u JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE Sunday, November 3; 2 Kings, 24:1 to 2'5:21; Jeremiah 39:11-18. BY MILTON PROPPER Golden Text they drew up and lock him and Jeremiah of the prison.' friend, action. is as- police Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii SYNOPSIS: Babrara Keith, wife of a prominent Philadelphia business man, is murdered as she waits alone in a side room to testify in the divorce case of Rowland vs. Rowland. She was to have testi­ fied for the husband, a who was defendant in the Destective Tommy Rankin signed to the case 'from headquarters. His preliminary in­ vestigation disclosed that both Mr. and Mrs. Rowland had gathered evidence against the other of in­ fidelity. The will of Mrs. Row­ land’s first husband directed her lawyer brother, Mr. Willard, to handle the estate until she remar­ ried when the new husband was to come into control. Detective Rankin finds motives and the evi­ dence of guilt for the murder of Mrs. Keith, leading to the doors of virtually all of the principals involved. These principals are, the two Rowlands, Mr. Willard, Mr. Keith, husband of the mur­ dered woman, Hugh Campbell and his underworld confederates. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. The detective could not decide whether tO' believe the story or not. “Do you know whether Mrs. Keith ever visited Allerton, Indianna?” Abruptly Rankin shifted the subject. The other shook his head. "Al­ lerton? Certainly in the four years since we met; before that, she may have been there, S-hie never mention­ ed it . . . Why-do you ask ” “I found an empty bottle with an old label from a hospital in town in her medicine closet. It contained pyramidon.” Rankin bent toward him to phasize the importance of his next question. "Isn’t it a fact, Mr. Keith, that in spite of your liberal allowance and income, your wife was always press­ ed for funds?” Mortimer Keith looked startled. How could you guess that, Rankin?’ he exclaimed. “It’s true she worried about money, and often approached me for more, for charities and cloth- Once I questioned her about it, excuse that had em- es. and she made some vague about losing it in stocks.” “Perhaps this will explain penditures,” Rankin said, check-stubs and cancelled checks.' As he studied them, Mr. Keith’s lips tightened into a formidable line, and his eyes flashed in features darkened by a swift anger. “Steady payments like this for two years,” he cried harshly, at last, “as if she were being blackmailed to prevent me from hearing secret about her!” “They certainly suggest Rankin said, in disappointed “You had no- knowledge of them or to whom or for what reason she drew them?” “No, this is my first inkling of them.” "Were you aware sir, that Mrs. Keith would be a witness in the Rowland divorce suit in Mr. Daw­ son’s office, Mr. Kieth until I read death.” “Had you “how she happened young Rowland, two be in a 'position to give evidence for him?” “I .still don't understand how she ever permitted henself to become in­ volved in such a vulgar public scan­ dal!” the manufacturer rasped out. “Did you know Mrs. Keith was going out that Wednesday night at all?” “Yes, she was to visit her physi­ cian, who attends her when her headaches become particularly vi­ cious. Dr. Anton Brantman on Pine Street. I didn’t pay any attention to when she left or returned home.” "Then, Mr. Keith, what was your connection with the Rowland divorce action.” At the abruptness with which the detecive shot this question the other gazed on him in perplexity and sur­ prise. "My Connection?” wcnderingly. "I don’t Rankin; I haven’t the terest in it.” Rankin’s voice rang gor he put into his unexpected fensive. yesterday?” shook where idea,” Dr. Wood's her ex- “these some that,” tones. his head. ‘‘Not she met her Rankin asked, to accompany weeks ago, and he repeated follow you, slightest with the in- vi- iof- Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll "In that case,” he demanded, “what were you doing at Sunset Inn the evening of February 1st—when Mrs. Rowland discovered her hus­ band in compromising relations with her secretary there?” If it was Tommy Rankin’s inten­ tion to startle the manufacturer by his sudden query, he succeeded ad­ mirably. “How in the world did you find that out?" he voice. Rankin saw "It came out you reached the Inn just after Mrs. Rowland’s party and witnessed the interruption of her husband’s affair. “Well, it . . . all happened quite accidentally ... I had no warning of what was happening,” the other floundered. "I was driving to New Yo-rk alone that night, and when I reached Quakertown, I decided to sleep there because it was so late. I had left Philadelphia at about . . . Obviously he was stalling for time. “That won’t wash, Mr. Keith!’ the detective answered curtly. “You surely don’t hope to, persuade me your presence was only a coinci­ dence?" Mr. Keith compressed his lips. ‘Yes, of course, that ridiculous. The truth is, I have no explanation to offer; I can’t tell you why I went there.” It was Rankin’s turn to be taken aback, and he -stared incredulously, as though he ihad not heard aright. “Yon can't tell me, Mr. Keith?” he said harsihly. “You mean you won’t?” "Have it any way you like, Ran­ kin,” his opponent returned, firmly, "It concerns me alone and can’t pos­ sibly be of interest to the author­ ities. It is a private matter fer not to, disclose.” "Mr. Keith,” Rankin cried ly, "do you realize What your al means? Nothing is private in a murder case; and I am investigating the murder of some one near to you —your wife.” The manufacturer winced. "If it had any relation to the crime at all I premise you I wouldn’t hestitate to speak out, Rankin.” "I’m the best judge of what is pertinent to the case and what isn’t, Mr. Keith.” But Mortimer Keith shook his head. ‘Th sorry I can’t oblige,” he said more gently. The detective had to acknowledge defeat in his effort to discover the secret of Mr. Keith’s visit to Sun­ set Inn. The man stood clearly within his rights in not answering. (Leaving Cottman on guard, the detective retured to Headquarters. “That fellow 'Campbell Gordon’s been hunting ihas shown up, Tom­ my,” the captain announced. "He came in and asked for you of his own accord, twenty minutes ago. Rankin began by ignoring the hand Campbell offered, and the vis­ itor -filu&hed. “Sit down, Campbell,” he invited blandly. "I’ve often wanted to meet you; considering o.ur mutual interests, it's strange we haven’t done so before.” ■Campbell set aside his cane. ‘Yes it is,” he agreed. “I might return the compliment Rankin; you’re to be congratulated on your splendid reputation. It’s a you.” “I had expected before this,” the ued. "It’s been i that we wanted with yo.u.’ "That’s what in,” Campbell returned easily, happened to be called hastily to' the country, where there were no news­ papers. I spent the night on the Perkiomen Greek, at the cottage of my friend, Nick Alberti, who man­ ages the ’Organdy Club.” Rankin spoke casually. "That was where so much of the trouble began wasn’t it, Campbell? When .you and .Mrs. Adele Ro.wland spent a night there, two weeks ago ” At the deliberate provocation, racketeer compressed his lips sentfully and, his eyes flashed; with an effort he held his peace. "What about that phone call in the lawyers’ offices?” Rankin chal­ lenged. “You were heard to cry out, ‘Oh, my 'God!’ and ‘You fool!’ That didn’t mean very pleasant news. You were alarmed enough finally) asked in a dry not harm in answering at the hearing that I pre- sharp- refus- privilege to know I to, hear from you detective contin- in all the papers to communicate reallyi brought me “I the re­ but to rush out quickly to . . . well, be on hand yourself and then leave the city.” Again Campbell’s features hard­ ened. “You haven’t a single fact to prove any connection with Mrs. Keith. It’s no use, Rankin; you can’t show I had any knowledge of her death before today, or expect me to admit anything you can use.” “At least you have no objection to, telling me who phoned you.” Rankin suggested. “Oh, but I certainly have. That’s my 'private affair.” Abruptly the detective shifted his attack. "If I’m not mistaken you reached Mr. Dawson’s office yester­ day before Mrs. Keith arrived with her escort.” “No, I wasn’t there then,” Camp­ bell corrected him. “I followed them by a few minutes—it must have been almost twenty to three, and they had already gone into the lib­ rary to- wait.” “Mrs,. Keith chose to stay in the inner office, fifteen-o-five, where she could be alone,” Rankin stated, “and you were aware of that; in fact, Mrs-. Rowland joined you from the library to tell you that.” His tone became hostile. “Just before she entered fifteen-o-five herself, to unlock the hall door.” The implied accusation brought Campbell forward in his chair, in a swift burst of anger. “So that’s what you’re getting, at,' he said, through his teeth. You’ll claim next I committed the murder ■myself! Damn it, Rankin, be care­ ful with your -charges; you might have the unpleasant job of trying to prove them. I was in the main of­ fice during the time she was killed.” “SO’ you know when that -happen­ ed?” the detective observed drily. “And why not?” his visitor de­ manded wrathfully. “It’s in all the ■papers that she died between half­ past two and three o’clock.” "Well, What about the time be­ fore you arrived—two-thirty-eight— or after you left. That was at two- fifty-six; you still had four minutes leeway. And the whole business could be accomplished in hardly more than a minute. Mrs. Rowland had unlocked the door from the cor­ ridor and pulled the curtains; it was only necessary to enter fifteen-ra- five, close the windows, chloroform Mrs. Keith and then open them again. Excited, Campbell appeared ready to blurt out a refutation, but caught himself, in a desperate attempt to regain his equanimity. “Well, what of that?” He spoike more calmly. “It’s all words, Ran­ kin, nothing more; you’ve no foun­ dation or confirmatiin of any of these suppositions, for me to take ly.” Dissapointed kin played his wavering gaze .fixed on the other. "Campbell,” he demanded Slowly, "where can I find Mitch Rileyi? I think he could held me and I would like to have a short conversation with him.” At Iasi ne nad penetrated Camp­ bell’s vigilant guard. Startled and furious, a cold rage leapt to his eyes in which the detective recognized amazement, -shock and, what was moist significant, fear. (He could not keep a strained tim­ ber fro;m his voice. “Mitch Rileyi? Oh, yes, he’s- one of Nick’s friends from New York, isn’t he, Rankin?” "Res, of Alberti’s, Dutch Sykes and plenty others I needn’t mention. Yesterday afternoon, he was in the office where Mrs. Keith died; he considerately left his fingerprints on the table beside her. And when I learn why he was there, they are going to hang somebody, Camp­ bell!” Campbell regained his composure. “No, I don’t understand this pres­ ence, if he was really there. You’ll have to scout around to his friends to' account for it, Rankin, know is thim.” When quarters view, followed ‘him. Continued Next Weelki It’s ridiculous them at all serious- at <his control, Ran- trum'p card, his an­ All 1 that I haven’t laid eyes on the racketeer left Head- at the close of the Smith, a plain-clothes- OSCAR A. SPROAT inter­ man NORWAY PINE SYRUP The Slight Cold of Today May Be Serious Tomorrow A “common cold” is a t serious matter and the proper thing to do is to get rid of it as quickly as possible; if you don't it may result in congestion, inflammation and irritation in the head and bronchial tubes. Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup is particularly adapted for coughs, colds and troubles of a bronchial nature. It is composed of barks, herbs and roots of recognized value. Get a bottle of "Dr. Wood’s’’ and see how quickly it will give the desired relief. Don’t accept a substitute. The death in Detroit of Oscar A. Sprout, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sproat, Of Seaforth, was learned with deep regret by this friends. During the he had not been well serious until Sunday he was removed to the hospital pass­ ing away the same day. He was born forty-eight years ago, in Tuck­ er,smith land, after completing I his education held several positions in ,Seaforth as bookkeeper later learn­ ing the telegraphy. For the past seventeen yeans he has held an im­ portant position aS auditor in the Detroit office of the Wabash Rail­ way Besides his parents he is sur­ vived by, five sisters and one brother. irelatives and previous' weeik but was not morning when ■ Righteousness exalteth a ■ but sin is a reproach to any ■ (Proy. 14:34.) i “Chickens come home to was the title of one of Billy Sun­ day’s most terrific sermons, have turned pale, some have nigh fainted, as they listened to sermon, For it was all true, they knew it. But Billy, Sunday had many predecessors in giving that sort of thunderous denunciation and waring; one of them was Jeremiah, who preached 2,500 years before the famous ball player evangelist, The prophet Jeremiah warned Ju­ dah and Jerusalem, their kings, their priests and their people that God’e judgment would surely strike unless they turned from their rebel­ lion against Him and accepted His love,“His mercy. Jeremiah was both laughed at and hated because he spoke the truth. A time came when Nebuchadnez­ zar, King of Babylon, perhaps the greatest Monarch this earth has ever known, turned his forces against the little kingdom of Judah. In those days, as all through history and to­ day, that small country at the east­ ern end of the- Mediterranean was viewed enviously -by other nations; it was, -and always will be a strategic key location, bordering upon and be­ ing the centre, as it were, of the three great continents of Asia, Africa and Europe. It is the land coven- ated by God Himself to His people Israel and Judah; and neither Nebu­ chadnezzar nor any other mighty Gentile King could have succeeded in subjugating it if and while God’s people remained true to Him. But God had warned His people that if they burned away from God He would turn away from them, and their enemies should have the victory over them. This warning and pro­ phecy was now -going to be fulfilled. Jerusalem is a difficult city to take, from a military standpoint. It has a high, commanding position, Nebuchadnezzar "and all his host” came against it and laid seige to it. The seige continued for eighteen months. That is a long time for a great city to endure a seige, and by that time "the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.” Judah’s de­ fensive army fled by night, their King with them. But he was taken by the enemy and brought before the King of Babylon. And here is the tragic climax of the reign of a man who had had the throne of Judah at Jerusalem, reigning ever God’s people: “And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and car­ ried him to Babylon.” What a ghastly fall from the reign and the throne of David and Solo­ mon! “Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sow- eth, that shall be also reap.” (Gal. 6:7.) Three words describe the tragic end f Zedekiah’s life of sin.: Bereft, Blind He taken eyes. Then he lost his own. eight, his eyes cruelly cut out. And his freedom was forever gone,'as he was led in bondage, an abject slave, manacled .with fetters of -brass, digraced and humiliated, helpless in the hands of idolatrous heathen. But those three words describing Zedekiah’s final experience give us the picture of the final consequences of all sin. iSin is a thief, robbing that means most toi us. It destroys our power to ing us blind. It destroys our- liberty d'om, making us slaves. From all these consequences can and will deliver us if we but let Him. , And God. never lets the consequ­ ences of sin come upon us until He has told us plainly what they are, and has pleaded with us to turn to' Him and be saved from them. God did this for Judah and for Zedekiah by the prophet Jeremiah. The King of the nation would not listen and the blow had to fall. While the whole world today is hearing and thinking, of Ethiopia it is interesting to jsee how an Eth­ iopian comes into these events of two and a half millennums ago'. Because Jeremiah told the truth he was not popular, cast into prison—worse into a dungeon. “Then Jeremiah, and cast him dungeon . . . and they Jeremiah with cords. And dungeon there was no water, mire so Jeremiah sank in the mire.” One of the men in the king’s pal­ ace was Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian, He must have been a true believer in God, for he went directly to the King and pleader for the life of Jeremiah, And he won the royal per­ mission to rescue the prophet. The rescue is described in vivid language “So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the King under the treasury and took thence old cast clouts and old .rotten nation: people. TOOSt” Men well that and and Bound. was bereft of his own eon,, from him and slain, before his see, mak- He had than they into let God will been that, took the down in the but rags, and let them down by cords in­ to the dungeon to Jeremiah, And Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. So Jeremiah with cords, up out of the dungeon; remained in the court The sequel? When Nebuchadnez­ zar took Jerusalem he gave orders to have Jeremiah well cared for. And here is the beautiful ending. “Now the word of the unto Jeremiah” with a sage .tor the Ethiopian, Jerusalem would have the hands of the enemy, deliver* thee (the Ethiopian) in that day, said the Lord; and thou shalt not be .given into1 the hand’ of men of whom thou art afraid. I will surely deliver thee . . . cause thou has put thy trust in Me. said the Lord’,” Lord came special mes- The city of to fall into “But I will the For be- on. Many people the only season can be •successful- results that they i PLANTING FALL PERENNIALS Generally speaking, fall is the ideal season for planting most per­ ennial flowering plants. This is es­ pecially true from the standpoint of soil conditions, as there is yet warm­ th enough to- promote healthy root action and the moisture content is not eough to make the soil pack too hard when walked consider spring is in which planting ly done, with the find such a pressure of general wonk at that season, that all intentions for new plantings have to be omitted. With the exception of tender var­ ieties, all spiring flowering pernnials should be planted in the fall. If they are planted in the spring, flow­ ering is often, delayed tor a full year. As perennials occupy the same ground for a number of years, it would be well to remember that the time and labour spent in thor­ oughly preparing the ground before planting time will be the best pos­ sible assurance of success. Peren­ nials have to withstand the extreme heat in summer and the opposite ex­ treme in winter; therefore, deep rooting should be encouraged. This may be accomplished by digging the soil to’ a depth of eighteen inches and enrichening the subsoil either with peat or barnyard manure. Those who have studied old world methods of gardening will probably have noted that deep preparation of the soil is a cultural practice used even with many annual crops, and it .seems to provide results offered by no other method. "Digging to a depth of eighteen inches is a labor­ ious process, however, and will pro­ bably be avoided by many. The necessity for 'humus is emphatic, and it can 'best be added before planting in the form of well-rotted barnyard manure. When manure is not available, peat is an excellent sub­ stitute, but will be Tather expensive where average border is planned. Planting should be done care­ fully, as slipshod work may mean the loss of the plants. All plants should 'be well firmed, because this elimin­ ates the risk of drying winds reach­ ing the roots. The soil is sometimes, rather dry at this time of year, and such being the case all plants should be watered immediately' after plant­ ing and a -mulch applied to- prevent evaporation of moisture. Besides conserving moisture, a mulch will prevent heaving of plants during seasons of alternate freezing and thawing weather. For this reason a mulch is recommended whether the islo'il is wet or dry. A complete list of perennials re­ commended for fall planting will be supplied upon request by the Domin­ ion Experimental Station, Harrow, Ontario. THE LATE MISS COUPLAND Funeral services for the late Miss Ivy Coupland, daughter of the late Charles W. 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