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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-5-20, Page 6MX? :OS Baku E36$i: for that reason is never sold hi Your grocer sults this delicious blend. Try SALADA.: Q,EDt1AYttS tsy » — �'► DEN ?WILPVU'3 itlUrf Ratan) ay RAN. ossa re 1111.19 .311 BEGIN HERE TO -DAY, Michael, husband of Jenny Pendean,, disappears and Robert Redmayne, uncle to Jenny, is suspected of mur- , der. Mar1c Brendon, criminal investi- ' gator, has charge of the case. Jenny! goes to live with her uncle, Bendigo; Redmayne. Robert, in hiding, sends for. Bendigo to come to a secret cave. Both men disappear and there is evi- dence of a terrible struggle in the cave. Jenny marries Giuseppe Darla, who works for Bendigo, and they go to hve in Italy, where Jenny's uncle, Al- bert Redmayne lives. Peter Ganns, famous American de- tective, assists Brendon in the investi- gations. Doric is arrested for murder and when he tries to escape is shot at by an Italian policeman. Jenny is 1ci51ed when she throws herself in front of her husband and receives the bullet meant for him. Doria writes a. long confession of his. guilt. He tells how he and Jenny, be- cause of their hatred of the girl's three uncles, plan to kill each in turn, partly for revenge and partly to sat- isfy their peculiar criminal instincts. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER XIX. A LEGACY FOR PETER GANNS. If at any time I entertained one shadow of regret in the execution of those who had traduced me and so earned their destruction, it was after we had dwelt for a season with Albert Redmayne beside Como. But Jenny swiftly laughed me out of these emo- tions. "Keep your tenderness and senti- ment for me," she said. "I will not share them." We_j,�m.�i ht have killed Albert a thou- santrtinies and left no sign—a fact that brings me to that part' of my recital I most deplore. Nevertheless, though things difficult and dangerous we bad triumphantly achieved, before this task for a child we failed; and the reason for our col- lapse was not in Jenny but in me. Had I listened to my austere partner I should have waited only until she had searched for and found her uncle's will. This she did; and as the instru- ment proved entirely satisfactory, my duty was then to proceed about our business. Only an artist's fond pride intervened; nothing but my vanity, any consciousness of power to excel, upset the rightful climax. We were, indeed, both artists, but how incomparably the greater she! Had she wan her way with me, we should be living now to enjoy the fruits of our accomplish- ment. But though she did not win her way, yet, in defeat, her final, glorious deed was to intercept the death intend- ed for me, that I might still live. Loyal to the last, she sacrificed her- self, erself, forgetting, in that supreme mo- ment, how life for me without her could possess no shadow of compen- sation. omperesation. My wife's deeper.sanity'and clearer vision always inclined her to distrust our American acquantance, ' Peter Ganns. Germs is a great men on his own plane. But, though he is a greedy creature who digs his grave with his knife and fork, though his habit of Cry it ahvgys with you/ -;. WRIGLEYS ev- Keeps teeth dean, breath sweet, appetite keen and digest:4s' good. ',,iBP!t otter 'smelting wamd.r'I tikatitirsti Coutdomin* turd• Ca 14 ehdNtpl9 .,�► i er PlA13/Meg/ ISSUE No, 20•'•-'26i.� tfwore Mark Dreirion :also,•"tir?hich gree -1. ated hi•fornx Atka,. tiheady familiar toeter through the newspapers; but i addled other facts for hires alone. drenching himself with powdered to- bacco, instead of smoking Tike a gentle- man, is disgusting, yet I have nothing but admiration for him. His little plot—to treat me to a dose of my own physic and present a forgery of "Rob- ert Redmayne" in the evening dusk— was altogether admirable. The thing carne in a manner so sudden and un- expected that I failed of • a perfect riposte. It was Jenny, of course, who had assisted me to dig Marco's grave on Griante and who shared nay disap- pointment isappointment when we found that Bren- don had escaped•my revolver. While Jenny related her sufferings and made appeal to her listener's overmastering devotion, I left the house and'Brendon saw me go. To get a boat, that I might cross to Bellagio, was the work of ten minutes. A black beard was all the disguise I used, save that I bad left my coat in the boat and appeared before Redmayne in shirt sleeves. With trembling accents I related to Assunta, who of course knew me not, that Poggi was taken fatally ill and might hardly hope to last an hour. It was enough. I returned to the boat and in three ' minutes Albert joined me and offered me untold gold to row as I had never rowed before. A hun- dred undred and fifty yards from shore I di- rected him to pass into the bow of "I returned to hold my dead w fe - in My arms." the boat, explaining that I should so make greater speed. As he passed me, the little pole -axe fel. He suffer- ed nothing and in five minutes more, with heavy stones fastened to feet and :arms, he sank beneath Como. The pole -axe folowed, its work con pieted• Then I rowed ashore swiftly, re- turned the boat to the beach unob- served, hid my disguise in my pocket and strolled to a familiar inn. I stop- ped at this albergo for a considerable period, that a sufficient alibi might be established. Then the crash came. I returned hone suspecting nothing— to fa::l like Lxicifer, to find all lost, to hold my ' dead wife in my arms and know that, without her, life was ended for me. In seemly, splendid fashion she passed and, it shall not be recorded that the man this glorious woman loved trade an end of his days with less distinction and propriety. To die on the gallows is to do what many others have done; I will condescend to no such ignominy. Ganns under- stood me we:4 enough for that. Let not my legacy to Peter Genus. be forgotten, or that I appoint Mark Brendon executor and •` residuary legatee. I 'think there is nothing more, to say. "Al frtir' del gioco, ai •vette ch tto. guadagnato." "At the end of the genie we may sea the winner." But not al- ways for sometimes the game is drawn and honors are even. I have played a drawn game with Peter Genn.e and he null:1 not pretend a victory, or with- holdtho first applause where ee it be- longs. He knows that, even if, we ware equal, the wotnan was greater than either o'f'us, Farewell, Giuseppe' Moria. Ten days after Peter Ganes had read this :narrative; and its sequel at his snug home outside. Boston, there awaited him, upon his breakfast table, a little parcel from' Karig and. - S'ome- thing amazing the:longed his aeton- ished eyes. There carne a long aettei flute reality. It•; prevailing dart xess had prevented the tenth fromappear- nee, and let, pErfectthough it w'a's in Clustre and pigment, the false thing, had given .to Pendeen's ex xxess'on a quality that never failed to disturb Peter. Mr. Claims turned over the little eb-� jert that had so often met his inquir= .xg gaee. "A i "1r' ,look," he said aloud; but he is right: his wife was greater thin either of us.1f 1.e'd listened tb her end not his own vainglory, both could be a•5ive and flourishing yet." (The End,) New Stet nand Yard, Oct. 20, 1921. My I)•rar Peter Geniis: Yeti will have heard of Pcnaiaan's confession and message to you;. but you May not have read full d tells as they concern you personally. 1 inclose hip gift; and it safe to bet tixat neither you nor any man will haneetorth possess any- thing more renxarkable, Re remade a wild in prison and the law decides that 1 inherit his personal estate; but you will not be surprised to learn that I have handed it over to the police orphanages• of my country and yours in equal proportions. • The facts are these, As the day approached fax his execution, extra- ordinary precautions were taken, but Pendean behaved with utmost re- straint,gave no trouble and made no threat, Having completed his written' statement, he askedto be permitted to copy it on a typewriter, but leave to', do so was not granted, He kept the'. communication on his person and he was promised that no attempt to read it should be made uirbil after his exe- cution. Indeed, he received this under- taking before he put pen to paper. He preserved a quiet and orderly manner, ate well, took exert'ise with his guards and snaked many eigs.rettes: I may Mention that the body of Robert•Red- mayne was found where he buried it; but the tides have deflected the beach. gravels of Bendigo's grave and search there has revealed nothing. Upon this last night but one, Pen - dean retired as usual and apparently slept for some hours with the bed- clothes up to his face. A warder sat on each side of him and a light was burning. Suddenly he gave a sigh and herd out his hand to the mean on his right. "See that goes to Peter Ganns—it is my legacy," he said. "And remem- ber emember that Mark Brendon is my heiir."! He then put a small . object into the warder's hand. At the sante tune he apparently suffered a tremendous physical convulsion, uttered one groan and leaped up into a sitting position. From this he fell forward unconscious: One attendant supported him and the other ran for the prison surgeon. But Pendean- was already dead—poisoned with cyanide of potassium. . You will remember two facts wliidh might have thrown light upon his se- cret. The first was his accident in Italy as a youth; the second your con- stant interest in a peculiar, inhuman quality of his expression which you were never able to understand. Both are now explained. He had, of course, a secret receptacle upon his person be - semi' human knowledge or power of discovery, for he says that only his mother knew of his accident. That accident was the loss of an eye. Be- hind an eye of glass that took its place had lain conceaIed,. unti:..,he required it, the capsule of poison found crushed within his mouth after death. What the published statement of this knave has done for me you will guess. I am leaving the detective ser- vice and have found other occupation: One can only seek to live down my awful experience. Next year my work will bring me to America and, when that :happens, I shall be very glad to see you again should you permit me to do so—not that we may speak of the past, with a3 its futility -and bitterness for me, but that we may look forward, and that I may see all is well with you in your days of retirement, honor and, ea . Until then I subscribe m se bs b myself, , your admirerand faithful friend, Mark Brendon. Peter opened•his parcel. • It contained an eye made of glass and very exquisitely fashioned' to ixni- • Ar ay m 6! ,_o f PRINCESS' FROCK OF CHARM. This one-piece model of Chinese damask has kept itself as simple as a snaet frock can -but it just couldn't help flaring gracefully at the lower edge. The .upper part of the dress is cut on princess lines, slightly molding the figure. 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TH, H -27-a A Canadian General Electric Product,,.• I've felt my pulses thrill to see The blossoms on an applpatree; The martins hack once more to ,take The house I've reared for friendship's sake. A robin on any window sill Gives'me a summer-nxorning thrill; While every friend along the way AIways liar something new'to say. I feel a tingle of delight To romp with those 1 love: at night, Within my- baby's• laughing eyes A. thrill' that's most entrancing Iles. 1 need no sttnxuhis to see The'joy of life., wh.ate'er It tea;, go many charnia Clod's bouxi:Cy spills,' 'I'd gay the world is full of thrills.' -Edgar A. Gest. Humane Killing at Sea. The British •retia i ti ricelture s x ster'of . g has ordered that every vessel in whieb any animal Is carried " shall carry proper Wiling instrument .tlischarging a bullet or.'captive .holt, and approved by the minie•try. lrnproveme►Ft.` s "Be vonestiil love me the sante old Way 1" No, dear, I've gots better ideas now." . Minard's Liniment for buena, o you k;iow tImL housands of ards of Fabrics < }re destroij ar1 (]fr ?I5l by impure os AND it's all so needless. There is one soap that is dependable --,that is Sun- light, the all -pure soap backed by a $5,000 guarantee. Sunlight Soap'. prolongs the life of fabrics. Made by Lever Brothers Limited Toronto Sold Everywhere The Largest Selling Laux ni Soap in the world -SSIa • Not Real Thing. _ "Did she marry money?" "If she did, she gat a counterfeit bill." Minard's Liniment for backache. A Mystery. ' The tea.che•r expiained to the class about the sun and its doings -"What I can't understand, miss, said one youngster, impressed by the story of mtllions of miles 'distance from the earth, "is"how the sun's "light man- ages to get here so early in the morn- ing • ithout travelling at night." A little bicarbonate of soda mixed to i. paste with cold water is splendid for removing scorch marks, perspiration, and other stains from white silk. • - a ri --N •� 10,0 Miles Per` gallon of Gas on the New Single Harley-Davidson llot'or- cycle. -Less than. one cent per mile to operate: Writs, for catalogue and 1 Prices. Walter Andrews, Ltd. • 346 Yonge St. - Toronto y.'e AW -'T -du 6 rMO wg D5 • P1B`_'Ltv"r£'p tong' er Ct.:ts cagi Gig Caws faster. email= C .ADA ZA4% CO. LrD. t Tit AL vANGi. ' :. LT.. JO/11'4, rt sas fa The UprightMan. Thus seeming all the eares That fate or fortune brings, He makes the heaven his book, His Wisdom heavenly things. Good thoughts his duly friends, His wealth a •we51•spent age, The earth his sober inn And quiet pilgrinxage. -Thomas Campion, about 1600. Ja?anese Etiquette. According to tree Japanese etiquette a fan must never be used in the pre- sence of cut flowers. r�sess se trig. es-- .• Jam,.,, r ,fnd;sea— • , 1I w,s,,4 , Sip Y�J s. Y �.."..r.". � -.— ,a.x'„, ; .-• - r , „teyt +'” r w' •> iter Fill an SMP Enameled Tea Kettle. Suet' it on the stove. No Kettle will boil water quicker. That means con- venience, time saved, too. All 8 it's P Enameled utensils are very fast coming to the• boil and in their job of cook- ing. Not only quicker to cook with, but easier, more quickly cleaned after. The best anyway you look at it. Think this over. Enameled TEA KETTLES ave Fuel 177 ;+ ore Don't limit your enjoyment of Mustard to occasional use with Colds Meats. It gives more flavor to hot meats too— sharpens the appetite, neutralizes the richness of fat food and makes there easier to digest. • JE N STAR' CONCEAL REAL AGE URANIUM AND nADA OFFER CLUE TO SECRET. Measurements Sugg,^.**ed by Asoe><'tainmg Past of Su.>ia and �.. d�ther.lieavamly Bodies. in an article in "Le Matin" Charles. Nordmann, the well known scientific,. writer, 'estimates the age or the sun asl other stars' at some tens of bil- lions of year and advances the theory that through examination of the man - lam •and -radium present in at mineral its age can be determined with some. taattitude. He says•: ' o "Just like their sisters of the thea- tree, the stars of the heavens do not remain forever young, an•a the secret. . of their ages is just as closely kept. ' Some s'tatisstics trek to •prove that the- eters he•tars are' teas of billions •of years old, and it is still accepted theory that the planets are the issue,of the. sun How to Judge Years. "The' study of the radio -active min= era's • permits one- to calculate the earth's crust. and we know that ura- nium. is a radio -active body which dis- integrates little by little. in forming. different iutex mediate substances, : in - eluding radium. The speed of these transformations ie constant and well known, The weight of radio -lead pro- duced In a 'space of 1,000,000 years le equal to an 8,00;0th part of .the wtight of the uranium present, It is there- fore' by determining the percentage of • radio -lead and uranium present in a mineral that'oue will be able to know the age of this miueral since its crys- tallization. - '" • 'By ale means the ages of minerals have been found to vary between 1,000,000 -and 1,200,000,000 years, and' these • minerals were already crystal - taw.; In the earth's cruet. The earth; if only as a planet, is: therefore still more ancient. But that is not all. Life -' already existed upon the earth at the Cambrain epoch. One may then esti-' mate that- the development • of the evolution of organism has been in pro- gress for a billion yeare ,at the very least. , ' Little Change, in Sun.. "During-. -this period the sun has never been either three times hotter nor three times colder_than it Is at present, for in the first instance it would have brought the ocean up to boiling point, and in the second case the waters would have been entirely frozen. Either the one or the other of these catastrophes' would have' been sufficient to put an end to evohxtion and earthly life. "As the father must be older than the child, then It follows that the sun is - older than the earth. Considering that throughout the geological ages the sun's brilliance has probably not varied by half, one must concincle that the sun has existed since some tens of billions of years. The same can be said of the other stars:" Doctor's Wife Tells of Busy Life in Rural England. An English doctor's wife writes to Tlie London Spectator, of her "speci- men day," as. follows: We have a twelve -roomed, house witb. fairly large garden, seven exiles from any town . The value of the work my husband does is about 480.0 a year, but he is very glad if he actually re- ceives £100: The working expenses, drugs, wages, for the man, running, and repair of car, varies between -2200 and £300 a year. •'•• We have ` a chauffeur gardener and a. general. servant. The maid keeps the house clean whilst I do all the cooking and, odd jobs: We have four Children,' all in tlye teens, the two girls at hoarding school and the boys bicycle to school eight miles away. As they must he at school by 8.45 every morning, we haye breakfast at 7, which means ,rising at six to prepare it and get' the midday meal ready for them. 'After the boys• have: heft I wash up the _'breakfast things, tidy the bedroome, snake the beds, dust the consulting room and dispensary and then spend elle rest of the morning 000kingebaking, preseerr- ing, etc., and suet and •dish -up lunch at, 1 o'clock. We dine in the evening So that the boys 'have a good" hot -Meaai when they return. The midday meal is much interrupted by patients ar- riving—in the country a doctor cans not keep to rigid consulting hours as he can le town, We do all the washing at home, so one afternoon a week I iroti clothes the next help the maid 'clean silver and brass, the next --•my only, period in the *pen air for any lenght of time --we go into the town for• the, week's supplies. The other afternoons 1 spend cutting` out and making clothing for the family ---a11 clothes, with the ex- ception of overcoats and suits,' are made at home. 'V, e n.iio upholster one i own furniture, repair broken' springs' ilii and so forth, tri sua:nlmer we go for pinnies and' work in the garden, so we lisle verg happily, lcolt,ialg forward to the til ie when the finest four young people i" the world will he self-supporting slat , � we can retire tri is two•rbom •outage o , the old -age pensioxi. At•least we shal have earned it, • ' A Hard Stunt. Doctor- -"Deep breathing kills bac' 4:9 terifee Patient- ."But how can 1 xnatke thew breathe deeply?" saaat _4-.