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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-3-18, Page 6• en Extosed t� Air tea lose. its strongth and flavor. Vies offSbi uses for that reason is never sold in built. Yoir grocer sells this delicious blende Try SALADA0 • ED 'kEIMAYMES. WEN Plitt:POTS • to.usvexvier, ay tl,W. &NIT E R7 I itiAb • BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. digo Redmayne or else he did not. But Michael Pendean disappears and we'll stick to the first proposition for Robeet Redmarie, unele to Michael's the moment. And the next question wife, Jenny, is suspected of the mur- der, Mark Beendon, criminal investi- gator, has. charge of the ease. Jenny goes to live with her uncle, Bendigo Redmayne. Robert appears near Bendigo's home and sends word to Bendigo to meet him in a nearby way of knowing that a man is dead; cave. Giuseppe Doria, who works for Bendigo, leaves his master at the ineeting place. When Doria calls to bring Bendigo home he finds the cave empty and signs of a terrible struggle. Jenny marries Doris and they go to live in Italy, where Jenny's uncle, Albert Redmayne lives. Robert is seen in Italy and Albert sends for Brendon and for. Peter Ganns, famous Amer- ican detective and dear friend to Al- bert. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. "You're a detective inspector of Scotland Yard," continued Ganns, "and Scotland Yazd is still the high- water mark of police organization in the world. The Central Bureau in New York is pretty close up, and I've nothing but admiration for the srench and Italian Secret Services; but the fact remains; The Yard is first; .and ' you've won, and fairly won your place there. That's a big thing and you ErendaftAsfehis story with every de- tail for the benefit of Mr. Ganns. ' They chatted until the dawn, by whtcha time their train had reached Paris, and an hour .or two later they were on their way to Italy. Mr. Ganns had determined to cross the Lakes and arrive unexpectedly at Menaggio. Ile had now turned his mind once more to the problem before "A great many a your teastdiron him and spoke but little. He sat with you must ask yourself is this: 'Did Robert Redmayne kill Michael Pen - dean:?' That's where your 'facts,' as you call them, begin to sag a bit, my son. There's only one sure and certain and that is by .seeing his body and convincing the law, by the testimony of those who knew the man in life, that the corpse' belongs to him and no- body else." They chatted for half an hour and Mr. Ganes attained 'his object, which was to fling his companion back to the beginning of the whole problem that had brought them. together. 'To -night, in the traits," said Peter, "I shall ask you to give me your ver- sion of the case fro -.the moment that Mrs. Pendean invited you to take it • CHAPTER XII. e • err= TAREs THE HELM. Ae theeAleteceiveri traveled through niganhildensh'Kent and presently boarptith the pecket for Boulogne, Mark didn't get it without some work .and some luck, Brendon. But now—this Redmayne racket. In a word, your conduct of the affair don't square with your reputation. Your dope never cut any ice from the start." Brendan did not hide his emotion, but kept silence while Mr. Ganns helped himself to a pinch of snuff. --------ivrie-eeteeset- sled er.....4e-an cam es—. eve. no .icts as a . "What were they then?" .. "Elaborate and deliberate fictions; Mark." He paused again, applied himself"The hard thing before us Is this," to he said, "to get into touchwithRobert his gold box, and then proceeded. Redmayne, or Ms ghost. There are two • "Now see how reason bears on the sorts of ghost, Mark; the real thing— evidence of Robert Redmayne and his in which you don't believe and con - trick acts since first he disappeared. corning which I hold a watching *brief ; A thing occurs and there are only cer- and the manufactured article." tain ways—very limited in number— He broke off and changed the sub - to explain it. Either Robert Redmayne 4 ,e killed Michael Pendean, or else he did 4e'"'" • "What I'm doing IS.to compere your not. And if he did, h'e was sane or verbal statement with Mr. Redmayne's sional entry as he pursued his thoughts. He looked up presently. • insane at the time. That much can't be denied and is granted. If he- was • sane, he committed the murder with a motive; and pretty careful inquiry proves that no motive existed. .Then, of 'the girl, his niece, and of Tier dead assuming him to be sane, he would not father. Mrs. Doria's father was a have committed such a murder. The rough customer—scorpions to Robert's alternative is thet he was mad at the whips apparently= --a man a bit out of time and did homicide on Pendean the common." • • • while out of his mind. "I shall like to read the: report." • "But what happens to a madman "It's valuable to esebeearise writtee • after a crime of this sort? Does ' he without prejudice. That's -where it get on with it and wander over Eur- beats your very lucid acceunt, Mark. ope as a free man for a year? Granted There was something running througi. the resources of maniacal cunning and your story, like a thread of silk in all the rest of it, was it ever • heard cotton, that you wont find here... It that a lunatic went at large aS this challenged inc from the jump, my hey, man did, and laughed at Scotland and I'm inclined to thfidsthat in that Yard's attempt to run him down and thread of silk I shall just find the ree- capture him? No, Mark, the man re- son of youe.failtire, before I've wound sponsible for these impossible things - • isn't mad. And that beings me back it 11P'" • • "I don't understand you, Ganns." • ' to my preliminary •alternative, "You wouldn't—not yet. But we'll "I said just now,'Either Robert change the metaphor. We'll say there Redmayue killed Michael Pendean, or was a red herring drawn scrota the else he did not.' And we may add that trail, and that you took the bait and, either Robert Redmayne killed Ben- having started right enough, presently forsook the right scent for the wrong." ‘, Brendon made no reply. Neither his conscience nor his wit threw any; light on the point. Then Peter, turn - Ing to his notes, touched on a minor . written communication," he said, pat- ting his book. You'll find the story of Robert Red - mune from childhood and the story turned in early and slept till days break.. Before mem they leml left Baveno on a std w eamer anere crossiee the blue depths of illegelore; ' At Lithe/ they left the eteatner and proceeded -to Tresa. They wound ever Jewell° and earee in evening light to it e northern shore. Then once more they took train, climb- ed aloft, end fell at last to Menaggio on Como's brink. rough, genheall4a. of WhatMOM lel known than Mark and L already103""r Now what brie Uppened since yea wrote, Mrs. Meier •• • "Tell them, GiusePee," directed Me nodule "Your gift ---the 'gold box---talte a pinth;" said Pe1'r holding out his snuff to the eld leeetworm; bot the matter .of Villa Planeezo refused and lighted a cigar. *i..•1 Lave sniarke rather than dust, "Now," Said Peter, "1 gates we'll my precioue Peter," he said. leave our traps here and heat it to Ville Pianezzo rib t away," Within twenty minutes their one- horse vehicle had reached Mre Red- mayne's modest Mane and they found three persons just about to take an. evening meal. Simultaneously there • appeared Mr. Redmayne, his nieces "The man has been seen twice since you heard fon ely wife," began Doria. "Once I met him face to face en the hill, where 1 walked alone to reflect en my! own One te; and once' - the night before • last—he clime here. Happily, ntr. Redrnayne's room over- looke the lake and the garden walls and Giuseppe Doris; and while Albert, are high, so he eould not reach it; but Italian fashion, embraced Mr. Ganns the bedroom of Mr. Redmayne'e man, and .pented a kiss upon bis cheek, Ernesto, is upon the .side that stands Jenny greeted Meek Brendon and he up to the road. looked Once more into her eyes. • „.."Robert Redreayne came at two 1)oria held back a little while his wife welcomed her uncle's friend; then he came forward, declared his plea- sure at meeting Mark again and his belief that time would soon reveal the, o'clock, flung pebbIee at the window, Wakened Ernesto,' and demanded to he let in to see his brothels. But the Italian had been warned exactly what to say and do if such , a thing hap - truth and set a period to the Amster penedel story of the wanderer, • •(To be continued.) seeing Ganns and gene forgot the • Mr. Redmayne was overjoyed at The Singers. • Men say the string's are broken CI the inagie• lutes of old. That hea.ven sends no token • Of its silver tongues anal gold; They say that song is weaving No more the heart's reposo, • They ser that icing Is. grieving •, In the'shadows and the snows. They de see wrong, fcrr. jowls Al though our music • be; It stilleie something holy And passionate and free; We press about the portal That opes on truth Our 'theme, is 'still. Immo:-tel; Though gone the raiglity line, Then vow,- us.'nol, for lowly Altbdiigh our raesic be, Isstill is something hely, And passionate and free. •• ---JeIrn Drinkwater, • • Mr. Redmayne Was ore oyed at • seeing Ganns. object of Ms visit in receiving him. "It has been my last and abiding ambition to introduce you to Virgilio Poggi, dear Peter, so that you, he and I may sit together, hear each other's voices and look into each other's eyes." Jenny and Assunta had' hastily pre- pared for the 'visitors and now all sat at supper and Brendon learned that rooms were already taken for him and Mr. Ganns at the Hotel Victoria. "That's as may be," he declaredto Doria's wife. "You will find, I think, ItearTvlieetriseis gon-'—''e''`o;----to stop here. Be takes the lead in this affair." After a cheerful meal Peter abso- lutely declined to cross Como and visit Signor Poggi on the instant. "I've had enough of your lakes for one day, Albert," he announced, "and I want to talk business and get a the pleasure of Misleading. "Self-preeervation is the first law of life," rune the old, saying. „ever was there a more misleading statement. This is the eaason when .carelessuess and thire ice 1111 the papers with. news of drowning accidents, Hardly. one account lacks word: of ,some hitherto- inconspicuoize -hero who risks and of- ten loses his life in an attempt at res- cue. And what wo say of the little nine-year-old. girl who, though safe herself, rtiehee into a burning house and dies in trying to clrag her baby brother to safety? Christ% say.' ing, "Be that losetil hie Ilfe," shows a more peuetaSt ts.).11 the obi. cii:MC.1 saying about self-pre- servation. -.. - ••• I fog the humility f one. who knows , too much to be sure that be. knows • anything.—Sir Hail. Caine. Minard's Limenent for dandruff. A GABLE -ROOFED FARM HOME wwwwwwwww ww w W Ars; 5 Sae „,t4:44.-'41,160:c"PatV/Z0.-WArie Seeee • , . 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The ao oemmodation of ti he'use of the -Present day compriees, as many an advertise- ment states, an entrance hall, recep- tion or living -rooms the kiteben dee partment, bedrooms, and a bathroom. . . . If we go back a hundred years we Ind there is no bathroom; if two hundred, we notice no further essential difference; if three hundred, that is to. the times of„, Elizabeth and James 1. the four departments of hall, living -rooms, It it•ehen and, bedrooms are • still there, but the hall is much larger and more important in relation to tike • iIIIIIlIIIIIIhlliffiIthIlihIjIj f th ••tr• et40.2.41-ree . • ' • 1 CAPE ENSEMBLE EMPHASIZED. The cape ensemble receives the un - i9.tutlifieci aPproval of the most author- , rbative fashion 1 houses, .nd casts a , f a i magic influence over. the new • gowns 1 for women. : The feeing for some.' 1 thing to wear about theneck and !shoulders when the coat has been dis- carded, has created a demand for capes as part of the costunie. . The Imodel pictured here is in french -blue 'flannel. The one-piece frock is made simply, with a narrow tailored collar extending into long revers, beneath' which is set a panel of pale grey. The i long, tight -fitting sleeves are finished i with tailored cuffs, and a wide gypsy :I. girdle is creiheninto a buckle. The cape is -simple inline, slightly cricular, 1 with 'a seton:over each •shoulder, and lined with grey: . It is tied. abchlt the throat with a narrew scarf collar, and is entirey separate from the dress. No. 129.0 iVin glees 16, I:8 and 20: years (or 34, 86. and 38 inches3 bust only). Size 18 years (86 bust) re- quires 8% yards 39 -inch, or 2 Ve Yards - 54 -inch material for the dress, and • 1% yards 39 -inch, or 1.1/4 yardo 54 - prosperity, comfort and good taste-. It is well-proportioned and decidedly well opening off it, the stairway leads up planned. The dimensions of this home frown Wide hall; the pantry is large are only 26 feet by 26 feet, and yet it and "well lighted. A convenient, ooat conteine four good-sized bedrooms closet off the kitelen; grade entrance with areple closet space for eaCh room, a linen closet pff the hall, sleeping bal- cony, and a bathroom on the second floor; an ttie space on the third floor incident and showedthe other that it that niay he 11 Need for two mere bed - admitted of a doubt.. • . TOOMS; the ground floor has living- "D'you remember the night you left room large kitclien, help's belt -own 'Crow's Nest' after your first Visit1i Aikk Ori the way back to DartmoUth you suddenly saw Robert Redmayne stand - in Is ; 1 theheinelaopoend- After Every Meal ';evaebred yea: to away and disappeared into the trees. • it doesn't take .much - why" to keep 'you in trim T,e,kve e Nature .only asks a little help. Wrigley's, after every' meal, benefits thetb, breath, appetite and digestion. A Flavor for t very 'taste --------- pvlueNo. 11—'26. and deelared himself ready for a rneal. The long day passed and both mon ------ w wwwwwwwww. • "We had inet at Prineetown and we had apoken together for some minutes by the pool in Foggintor Quarre, where I was fishing," "That's right, But he didn't know who you were then. Even if he'd re- membered meeting you six monthbe- fore, in the dusk at Poggintor, why should he think you were a man who was hunting Mark reflected. "That's true," ho said. Peter did not pursue the subject. his book, yaed, took snuff, on e s oval to the cellar or up to the kitchen, are some of the 'features of this home. - • MIS plan Is • equally effe'etive in brick, ittu.c co , I ra me or r erne nt lo Cie Copyright 192G, Maereen l3uilding Reporth, Limited. &owe iffeetea "...4.44e TNEo RAPID The world's best , • ` hair tint. Will ro- store fray hair to its natural color in 15 minutes, Small cite, $3.30 by mall Double size, 46,50 by mall The W. T. Pember Stares Unitted 10 `longs et. torOnto • 01004,04001 others. ..Dueing this penetra.tion o e past the houses are ao far all ctteerful,. withplenty of windows. If we ge back from Elizabeth to the early years of her father, we find much the same kind of accemmodation, but it is lose cheerful inasmuch as the windows are ernaller; from which it may be infer- red that there is a. need for precau- tions. against attack. This., need in- creases the farther we go, and the ace comthodation becomes - ever more re- stricted, until at length, in the twelfth century ,there are .hardiyany windows visible in the outside walas, and those - are ot the sinaller size; the bedrooms -- and living -roams hive almost entirely disappared,•and practically nothing re- mains but the hall and the kitchen. The kali, to Live in. • The hall and kitchen; the hall to Hie in, the kitchen in which to wok tee toed those appear to have constittited the irreducible mini- mum necessary to man When. he had ' ' emerged from caves, earthworks,.and wigwams. . . . And of the two the hall was the more important; It was, in fact, the kernel of the house, strong enough .to protect the inhairit- entail, large enough to 'hold them. Its overwhelming imacrtin,ca in shown by the fact that the house itself became known as "The Hall,” the home of the chief person in the pa.rish, who domin- ated the surrounding district, and to whom much of it belonged. These castles then, of whieh we see the mini, consisted princieally of the Foreman to stoplicant)—"Are you hale supplemented by subsidiary epee. - a mechanic?" mente; so did the manor -houses. As.. Pat --"No, sorr. 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And here I stand ana wave my hand, ' Oompelleci to etity et home. He'll feel the salt breeze on his face, - He'll sail gee coven sena. • I"Good -by!" I'll ehout and tern about A •brotletr to the trees. And yet-- who knoww?--the day may • come Wbon travel ehail be iniSie; l', too, may ride upon the tide i When I am fitty-nino. I. And then when, I am outward bound I May those who shout "Goo -by' I Turn back to shore and work onoe more • Without toe great a sigh, • --Edgar A Geeet. •