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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-9-21, Page 3OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE CHAPTER Brett ,stopped the driver some lit- tle elistartee short of the hottee it- eelf, ae did not wish to attract the attenion of a knot of curious sightseer e the etreet. He asked Winter to precede him aid auake known the feet that he was corn - so that there weld 1be no de- lay at the door, This the deteetive really agreed to, and Brett rapid- ly took in the aintle extetrtal fea- ture$ of the hone° which had be- eeme the scene of sttett a remarkable tragedy, It was a palatial stinicture, buiit ou the sombre lines a the Early Vietorian period, Miss Talbot's bet description of the measures takeu to protect its occupants from interforenne was fully borne mit by its asiret, There Was no acs s to tho basement; the main entrance was situated at the sido; all the ground -floor and first -story win- tlows facing into the street were fit ted ith immovable wondon retie thins. Presumably those on thr Park side were similarly SeillITO whilvt the bank wall abutted that of another mansion, equall largo and ntrongly built, tenanted by well-known peer, Truly. it required a genius almos unrivalled in the annals of crime to murder four people and steal diamonds worth inillions ha such a plane whilst goarde4 by twelve Lou policemen and under the special protection of the Houle Office, The appearance of 'Winter at t d diiied the gaping Idlers tk street to endeavor to dr nearer to the mysterious por° Thereupon three policemen, on do outside hustled the mob back, an Brett took advantage of the con fusion thus created t thp to the doorway almost unpereeived. One of the polite constables turned und to make a grab at him, but ignai from the confrere inside prevented this, and Brett quickl found himself within a .S1)4010114 trance- hall with the ,fleor elose and Imited behind hint. Winter VfaLa talking to two uni- formed inspectors, to whom he had exPlained the barrister's and credentials. "We. Imo here Mr. Brett," I There were sue epaeious apart- ments en this story, and all of them bad originally • opened on to the. landing. The special precautions taken to guard the diamonds of the Turkish missien had Altered all that. Five deerweys bad bean bricked up, the reselt beieg that admission to the whole set of room could be obtained only throngh the fiseet door that feeed the top of the stair -ease, This apartment was luxuriously furnished, and Inspeetar Walters explained that the Turkish Envoy and his suite, passed the working hours of eaeh day there after they had personally thrown open the other apartments to the diamond polishers and italeeked the safes in which the gems were stored, when work 0&450(.1 On previoos day. "gi5 Ele'0011011C5'," said the spector, "kept the keys of th room and the others, together wit hose of the- 43telt in his own nos' sson night and day. Ho Went upstairs, and so did the other two entlemen, No One was allowed to to this floor except the tial servant, named 1113Wee111, 'who used to bring coffee, 01g41.8 and p or other things the gen- might require, together with their lunch in the middle et he day. The workmen brought their lunch with them, so that they me in and out once a day only,' ,"Woro did this confidential see, 'Wein')." said Brett, lieve he used to lie curle the rug ont4do his l'eteel. eta ed ite traesference past the eearchs ers beneath abeolutely impoesible. There was no humbug about the search, you will understand, Mr, Brett, People heal to take their boots off, open their mouths, And heed over their hath, coats, etieks, or umbrellas for inspection. Every part of their clothing was scrutin- ized, and the contents of their pockets, money, 'watches, keys, and the rest, thoroughly examined.. These were our orders, and they were strictly obeyed, Mr. Talbot - himself being the first to insiet that the reg,ulatioo should be carried out rigidly', so fat as he was concerned. Why, oue day a Cabinet Miuister came here to see the diamonds. He was elderly and stout, aid did not like at all having, to take off hia b09tS) ea- .i assere you, ae he nearly got apoplexy 'whilst lacing them up again." During the inspeetor'e running comments Brett had carefully scru- tinized each of the windows. He at once name to the conelusion, by a iple analysis of the possibilities, that b,v no other means than • through the barrier of iroa wire had the dieeemole passed out a the house ; but the most thorough exam nation failed to reveal any loop - tole loy which this aehieventent had en accomplished. opened K of the windows, tested evorY bar, and saw that the fastea- s a the external blind we un rbed, nhilst the fine wiro mesh bowed no irregularities in its pat- tern wherein any defett would a be visible, -We have done all that long shine, sir," said the second Police officer, smiling at the oireininfileaS of an amateur's method a imrtee- a)rt, for it happened that he lied never met the barrister before, though he had often heard a him. -You haver said Brett, with the eligliteet tinge a sarcasm in hi ice, nl-Ad you do thisl" and he Anmenved to thump with a cleneh- fist npon every portion of the ternal ,sereen that he could reach. we did rot" said the po lennrn and I don't see that I is 'Qin to accomplish anything e. eept hurt your hand." *That nalty b • **but the diamond d none other," tested every portion of v .ereen in this manner W t. Then lie approached v* (low, and, beginning top *anon did the Suddenly an exolunia- r n the three interested rs. In the centre a the ower part of the moon Brett's nd made a visible impression up - the iron wire, 'Chime no more me than had)een applied to other iortions, the blow served to tear Lion of the blind about eight inches across. Instantly the bar- rister deaeed operations, and, pro - dicing' a pocket-mieroseope, mi- nutely examined the rept. "I expected ,as untelt," he said, taking hold of the torn part of the screen and giving it a vigorous pull, with the result that a small plena, measuring' about eight inches by six, came bodily out, "This has been eut away, as you will see, by owe instrument -which did not even bend the wire. It was subsequently Isplaeed, whilst the fractured parts were sufficiently cemented by some composition to. retain this section in its place, and prantically defy observatlee. There was nothing for it but force to reveal it 'thus early. No doubt in time the composition would have dried, or been washed away, and then this bit of the screen would have fallen out by the action of the wind and -weather. Here, at any rate, is a hole in your defensive ar- mor!' " Be held out the piece de conviction to the discomfited Sharpe, who surveyed it in silence. It was not part of Brett's busi- ness in life, 'however, to,. snatch plaudits from' astounded policemen. "This eve nothing," he con- tinued. "Of coer'Se, there must have been some such means of get- ting the diamonds off the premises. Let as return to the ante -room and there you can tell me the exact history of eyents on Monday even- ing." To be continhed.) said the iuspeet. "two of them WC witii$1 three we earanee. Tha ^ the (Ails Frenqhuwti k was Of course, we a whilst on duty. cellenev and the embers of tlic mission eat pared in the ordinary N WORKERS who get little exercise, feel better all round fo an eccesional dose of said, "Inspector iValters, who was ou,duty until 10 evionk on Monda,y night, and Inspector Sharpe, who relieved him. They will both tell you exaotly what took place." p "Thank you," said the barris- ter, "but it will expedite matters if you gentlemen will first ancompany me over the scene of the crime. I will then be able to understand more accurately what happened. Suppose we start here. I presume that this is where the pollee pard was stationed Inspector 'Walters assumed the role of guide, ° 4'1: was in elia,rge of the first guard established a month ago," he said, and the arrangements I then made have been adhered to without elevi- ation night and day ever since." From the outer door a short pas- isage of a few feet led up half a • dozen steps into a large reeentiOn- roora, the entrance to which was closed by a light double door, half glass. On both sides of the first short passage were two small apartments, such as ate often used in. London mansions for the pur- poses of cloak -rooms. The doors hem these rboras opened into the inner hall. A large dining -room was situated on the left or Park side, and on the right was a break- fast, or morning -room. At the back of the aeception ball a handsome staircase led from 'left to right to the upper floors, whilst a doorway beneath the staircase gave access to the kitchens and basement of- fices. Here, said the inspector, pointing to the foot of the stair- case, "two police -constables were constantly stationed. Another stood there," 'indicating the pas- sage' to the kitchen, "and a fourth at the glass door.As the outer basement entrance was not only ne- carely fastened by bolts and bars, but actually bricked -up inside, it was- absolutely impossible for any person to enter or leave the house save by the front door, nor could any one go from the kitchen to the upper part of -the house without passing under the observatioe of all foto. constables. I atranged my guards in military fashion, having three men for each post, with one linui on duty and two hours off, but the same men were never oo guard • togethel. at definite hours, as they were relieved at varying times, You will understand that I considered 'a very respe isible task to safe -- guard ,,hese pr -ruses, and .c.muel t it best to render it impossible for ny section of the, force under my mma rid to take oast in a conspir- , although such a thing was in itself -most imp2--i:.Jbable." . They then ascended the stair - e ;Ind found themsekisc, on the et floor, Oh, they appreciat Frenth dishes as keenly 4.3 at'y body might do." "It was in this room, then," con- tinued Brett, "that the murders took placol" "Yes; I suppose that mist be said the inspector. "But my friend here," pointing to Inspec- tor Sharpe'"can tell that part of the story better than I eann' They passed into the inner rooms, which were quite silent and de- serted, and presented a strange ap- pearance considering the character of the house and its locality. Al- though the ceilings were decorated with beautiful paintings and fring- ed with superbly ernblaz On e d mouldings, although the walls were Papered. with material that cost as maeh per yard as good silk, each apartment was eccupied,with work- men's benches, and curious devices for cutting and polishing diamonds. In the first room were two small safes one of which was intended to receive the gents -under treatment at the close of each day's work; the other held eertain valuable materi- als required in the diamond cut- ter's operaaions. Three of the rooms were on the Park side, and it -was here that the small colony of skilled artisans had been installed. The other two roonas were not tenanted, nor had any communi- cating doors been broken through the walls in erder to gain access to them. The windows of the three apart- ments occupied by the workmen were not only guarded by strong iron bars, but possessed the addi- tional secarity of exteenal wire blinds, of :exceedingly small mesh. Each window admitted plenty of light, 'and could be raised to al- low a free eireelatioe of air, but it was seemitek Quite impessible for any active eornmenica,tion to take place with the outside. The three rooms looked out over n small enclosed Itawn which was sep- arated from the park by a brick wall surmounted by iron railings. All the fireplaces had been closed with bricks and mortal. "You will see, sir," said the in- spector, when he had called Brett's attention to these details, "that mysterioes 'though the murders were thi were as nothing "com- pared with the disappearance of the diamonds. Every person who came downstairs was most carefully and methodically- searched each time he pa s s the constable on duty at the bottom. may be admitted that a ew slava( st;one5 could be se se eret- ed -to escape observ,ation. but some of these stones" were so 'large that snch a notion is not te tliouridit of,' Whilt." the size of -the gyeat 'clfeernond which Mr. Talbot christmi:i the Hen's Egg' reader- assaleteeeteestasatavassesaaaw~ FOR THE ROG RAISER. If pigs farrowed early in March do not reach 975 pounds by the first _ , week of _November there is some- thing wrong aboet, the feeding, Oregon Experiment Statiot shows that one acre of good clove for growing hogs represents a Yellin of $44. Too much eorn fer the brood eo means small litters, Too many fanners kill their goo brood sows because of the tempta- tion to sell for the high prices. This i$ a mistake. While there is eonsiderable i vestment in the brood sows, etil it pays better to keep the 3.P00{4 ones because they will produce uniform pigs, more of them vial raise them. metter. It is a good plan to soak shelled t for the hog e arid if it is ground efore it is soaked so much the bet - Oats for the brood sow will pro duce better muscle. for the pigs. The ultimate end of the hog is Pork and the quicker the growth to market maturity the more pro. fit there is in it for the feeder. They tone up the liver, move the bowels gently but freely, cleanse the systetri and clear the brain. A new, pleasant and reliable laxative, prepared by a reliable firm, and worthy of the NA -DRU -CO Trade Mark. _ 2c., a box. If your druggist has not yet stocked them send 25c and we will lama them. NATIONAL DRVG & CHEMICAL COMPANY OF CANADA„ LIMITED, MONTREAL, 21 COWS MUST ST. Toa many farmete r eows from calf to calf, In some states the law forbids the selling of milk we 'thin two weeks ealv- ve days after, This rest is long and in fa,et yeuag. e would do better if they were a longer rest before calving', heard a farmer at eqUil- Ante deferid his practine af 'Ming his news up to the last 1010e wont on the ground that he worked day a:;14 hiS LCONNS, to do the same. A woman aked. him il • on Sunday and he efacedly replied that ed every day in the week, rist during the su much eee argtdng nee that but experience h. much better for the nd usefulness of the cow, '• heifers, to give her at, ith's reit dining the year. cow is a milk machine it i true anti we want to get all we can ut of her, but like machines made of steel and wood, she must be en time for repairs or she will wear out all too quickly. NOTES OF THE SHEEPFOLD. ‘), LETTERS OF A SOH in THE MAKING TO MS DAD. a EX IsirEvoY [AIL McEvoy will write for this paper a s.tries of letters from the west. They will appear from time to time mi. de,. the above heading- I will (rive a picture great '7'Canadiart west. the standpoiat of a youn Ontario matt gang out there tc) make hisway. Theso ters should. be Full of into, est for every Ontario father.] wild that they don't go in for any sportil at Calgary that reqeire snow. lioreeel aro wietered out. Alberta is still quite' cattle rasing place. The eared prairie grass Put$ en a fini,s1), so they say, al, unaet as easel as grain. ',eller° if$ a big rade in cattle with British Celauihia: n the Yukon, as well es hig emPort The country is building up at a tree endone rate. Alberta has a Penedo/ion 400,090, aed when Yine go through it On: in railway yea wencher where it i,L3 nil owed away. You w think that there vrould be mere houses alorig tbsli railway than there are. But when yeti lok oat Alberta is bigger than either nee or oqvinony, and twice as 104, at! It4e$ witlx teele Ilteas, !t uederatand that there Is eletV ara for 403,00 without overgrew tei Omer how the epaner 4 developing --in ifo)11) there ri,ere not ()1 sere.S th0 2reViilee 50711 to wieeei wheet, while iu 1909 there were 305,801 acree. '1'het's going. some. Last year, 2e,e130 aures were settled every day. in 41. kerta alone. They Bay that, 200.0f0 ar4L1 into Cunada in 1510, bring. theta It and settlers' Leb at -0,00(),000. Tbere umber of setelera end a'urone. The pace with the In the matter of aay that ray behind, No, 4. Caleary, 4t1i, 1911 DAf1:— .41.1 size aut. in Ceiga tbet ant pc, 'ulariy take own, but /.14TO ben li:POPUit4 Mr, Renwick ctu know he a HOW CLOVES GROW. Cloves are the unexpended flow- er -buds of a beautiful evergreen - tree which ,grows only in tropical countries. The buds are at first a Pale c°1°1.' and gradually bee9nle "Almost immediately after be_ green, after Which they develop na- • • found a gratifying change in my condition. The terrible weakness that formerly prostrated me after a, few hours of work, was pereep- 'tibly lessened and is now only a memory—it never returns. "Ten clays after . beginning on Grape -Nuts I. experienced a won- derful increase in mental vigor and physical energy, and continued use has entirely freed Me from the mis- erable insomnia and nervousness from whiclui used to suffer so much. "I find Grape -Nuts very palatable and would not be withoet the crisp; delicious food for even a day on any consideration. indeed, I hem) are comfort lovers and the man who neglects to provide them with good, dry shelter makes a costly error. Many a bunch of promising feed ors go to the country and retttra with indication of being half starved. It is the. gains that the lambs make during the fall that deter- mine the feeder's profits. Hothouse lamb is now as popular as baby -beef and an up-to-date fiocknian does not keep his lambs until they are fully matured unless for breeding purposes. No female tan expect to trans- mit to her offspring better qtali- ties than she possesses herself un- less she iS mated with a sire with greater prepotency. Do not go into sheep breeding, Grow into it. Begin in a, small way. You will fend many unexpected problems constantly coming up and if you go into it largely at first you will find a great deal of trouble and disappointment. There is nartch that has to be learned by long and thoughtful es.perience. 1.14 A LADY LECTURER Feeds Nerves and Brains Seientifi- tally. A lady lecturer writes from Phila- delphia eoncerning the use of riga food and how she is enabled to without the strain and wear and tear of her arduous occupation. She says: "Though improper food, imper- fectly digested, my health was com- pletely wrecked, and attribute my recovery entirely to the regular use of Grape -Nuts food. It has, I assure you, proved an inestim- able boon to me. ginning the use of Grape -Nuts I to a brig -ht red, when they are ready for collecting. During the drying process they are exposed to the smoke of a wood -fire, and then to the action of the sun, which ac- counts for their dark -brown color when ready for the market. The clove -tree, which attains a height of 30 feet, is a0native of a, small group of islands in the Indian Archipelago, called the Spree Is- lands, but in the last few centuries it has been carried teir all the warm- er parts of the,world. Cloves e -ere one of the principal Orieethl spices which early excited the cupidity of Western commercial communities, having, been the basis of a rich and always carry it with me on my loc. lucrative. trade since the early part tu of the Christia.n era, Rr°°tcatd ,tlihse:;1111, book, e 'The Road Wellville," in pkgs. "There's Eveu the watch a man keeps on a reav2n,,, his tongue will run down oeon- Ever read the above letter? A new CT: SOflally. are ppears frotime to time. They are genuine, true, and run of humeri !kite es ntlbtratt;i rey- c break, herr cen 50 neresup, will put u d hor an the ferin d tuoTe right in the:a•Ldol:Act droorlt foi a pytinIt 1 need lostalmente along with the ten t» i re well. Itenwielt reckons "1,17 al a for the lend, it la ep rnt will carry iteelf after the ilrat year fo is all enthusiastic over the district The company 1143 demonstration farms elaso hY. and they have pure iired tires WItY, Mutton oZ lieztact.' bout 63,001 at 405,531, 0 is the 0 I i'APIC. threshere and et a Last Tear • icultural Implements distributed this town were VAllik4 at 1910. two new towile were in. eoromatod in Alberta every week. This tetitaes called tin tsa of the amount f buil anti is largely 4Fe and hureh, e, was only founded 1 1862, yet it bee rown so rapidly that the C. P. it, Lai) found it, neeesearY to spend a quarter Ln a rat rate breeds at live -stock, which a million on the new station. The build 0 free for settlere` nec g Is a handamne one, and one ilia Mr. Itenwiek knew SO= psoplc wito oery one of the 60,000 population rO have located here, arid that is wile 1O Calgary aud its suburbs eau be prou atne out. They sa7 that the irrigation or, In the lust ten years the tete* ha is Ilbe insurance against the less of Um inereeeed ite populution by Seven times op througb leek of moisture t the' it ea see mites square, and ther growing time, In 1900 oata were over a bit a real estate dealing going on th 100 bushels to e acre, wheat 60 hush- that; square, too. You can Judge tha ii2eisu,:toellit: ela and barley 91. when you know that there, are 00 Mr. Charleton, who bas a plate near el real estate dealers hr town. to euY sio tratluaore, ears that 1910 was the dri- thing of the hundreds of people Who ar season for many years, yet all the interested in "deals." There seems tel people round there had some sort of a be a real estate fever about. Three docl crop even evIthotzt irrigation, Withir-tsrs W rigation in the eau they are tura Of good have einnaenaie titoautnatlialgrereiaar real r:settait eink, 2eople differ as to when the water ninenn sniatou.ni be let is it otimu bfrroem who bn irrigsaria.c ationerie- Well, it'e getting late now, and I mus isr.j close up. I shall be going on to Van uour Melchor)* eaYe souse Peelile don't couver tomOrrow„ so that I shall be gla 1 is hoe‘layinte: ellzianr pbbutzettt 311:7 tuthbeiles. e,rw artnuctre no:an ey eotNbav altr: John'sisfonydetuli geov tiiirdei jaenadvTehtahatelik:a ypveserrifeo.enrun ut ogeIhareanfeotloor• the best time to irrigate is late in the get it. Love to everyone at *home. fall when the crops are off, and in JIM. the spring. Quite a few People are going in largely for growing sugar bete in this district. They grow a good quality and can sell all they have at $5 a ton any- where in the irrigation block. This block is no small thing, It is forty tniles north and south and 150 miles east and west. There are 1,500,000 acres in it. You strike the irrigation canal on the train a couple of hones before you get to Cal- gaty, -and it certainly looks a big work. They say it is the largest in the west- ern, hemisphere. It cost 55,000,000, and there are 2,900 miles of ditches -imagine! If they were Dut and to end they would reach Rem Toronto to Vancouver and stick out into the ocean at that! And it is said that the compaey intend to spend $12,000,000 more in, extending the irrigation system. The winters here aro quite mild—so SMOKING AND CANCER. • It is accepted that cancer on the tongue is very commonly associat- ed with, and preceded by leucop- lakia, but (says the "Hospital") the occurrence of the leueoplakia, does pot seene to bear any constant re- lation td indulgence in excessive smoking. People who smoke from morning till night often have healthy mouths, and on the other hand some quite moderate smok- ers have a white patch on that part, of their tongue where smoke has constantly inipinged. Irritation caused by jagged tooth, or by eorne condition of a stopping is un- doubtedly an important- factor which has to he reckoned with. "T E SUG•F QU LPTY" „„._1 IS ANOTHER NAME FOR EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR This explains why it is so 'generally used during the Fenit Season See that'. you get it from your Grocer for it rineane Treservin Satisfaction.'' Th Can'ada Sugar Refirung C LimIte=1, aclontreaP, Established in 1854 by John Redpath fa:01,04.". tteee Lee ei)