The Exeter Advocate, 1923-11-1, Page 6Ir
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WILLIAM MACL,EOD RAINS
(Cgpyright, Tharias:.Allen)
CHAPTER XVI, ` ` , . `.'" •
In your uncle's living -room."
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11465 THE LADY w1TH CEE VIOLET PERFUME. "SuYe?"
"Yes."
"I won't have it," Kirby said fiat «So did I."
ly, "If Miss McLean tells her story ; "The• woman I met on the stairs
to the district attorney he'll probably then hadjust come from our uncle's
arrest her. It'll come out about her rooms." . Y
sister an' the'papers will run scare- "Looks like it "• he nodded in agree -
heads. No need of it a -tall. Won't Tient,
i p, "r r4•e.. '
- hurt me to stay here a few days if I "Then we've got, to find her. She
. ��'�� have to.
" ']mist have beenin his •apartment
Jack, dapper and trim, leaned on =when he was killed.The thought
his cane and watched his "cousin. He came to Rose as .a -revelation.
felt a reluctant admiration for this' ` "Or right after."
virile cousin so picturesquely compe-! "All we've got to do is to find her
tent, so clean-cut and four-square of and the main with her, and we've
mind. Was he in love with the Wild solved the mystery," the girl -cried Yugo—Slavic
a""' Rose from Wyoming, -whose spirit eagerly. • Other States
'—"^"'1 E{f °""""'""� also was like a breath from the sweet "That's not quite all," said Kirby, r
KLEVER KINKS FOR BUSY' Mix dry materials, add egg slightly hill pines? Or was his decision only smiling at the way her miiid leaped $106,000,000
BODIES beaten, and milk and butter. Beat the expression of a native chivalry gaps. "We've got to induce them to, '
silk thoroughly and bake on a hot griddle.that went out to all his friends and talk, an' it's not certain -they know' Belgian.,Reconstructlon T.aans;-
When you wash your new Serve with butter and syrup. This perhaps to all Women? any more than we do." 45,000,000
blouse far the first time, it is well to will make twenty cakes. 1 "They'd certainly arrest her," Jack "Her skirts rustled like silk and Other•. Loans:--
play "Safety First" and wash a Scalloped Apples -1 qt. soft stale commented."From a lawyer's point the perfume wasn't cheap. I couldn't Armenia 4,145,000
sample first. Use lukewarm water bxeaderumbs, % cup butter, 1 qt.' °f view there's every reason why they really see her, but I. knew she was well C2echo-Slovakia ` 10,000,000
with a neutral soap in a solution. sliced apples, 1 cup raisins, 5 cup should. Motive for the crime, suffe dressed," Rose told him. . •
Never rub soap directly upon the silk brown sugar, 1 tap. cinnamon, i tap. to )make > epar tionintention o or
rhim, de-wce the victim' ith the' whimsical quirkto- ism said
fiber. Wash quickly, gently knead- salt, slz cupcold water. punish„q h mouth Total
elated openly; opportunity to commit she knew of old. "We'll advertise for
ing the material in the soapy selu- Melt the butter and add the bread- it, confessed;.presence on scene and a well-dressed lady who uses violet '"-"'—
tion rather than rubbing it. When crumbs to it, mixing thoroughly. Into eagerness to escape being seen there, perfume. Supposed to .be connected
clean, rinse thoroughly and squeeze, a baking dish place a layer of these admitted. The case against her is with the murder at the Paradox
out the water by pressing in the buttered crumbs, alayer of sliced ap- stronger than the one against you.” Apartments. Generous reward an'
hands. Do not twist silk to get the pies, part of the sugar and other sea- He offered this last with a smile many questions asked."
water out. Roll in a heavy bath] sonmg. Repeat until the dish is full decorously but not wholly concealed. His adinage was of the'surface
Superior to the best japans. Tryit`today.
Millions Due to Britain.
As the debts due to Great Britain 1:
have been occupying considerable at
teetion, it may be recalled that the
debts of her Allies and, the Dominions
are as follows:--
War
ollows:—
War Loans--
Australia
oans-
Australia $ 457,265,000.
New Zealand 148,115,000
Canada 69,050,000
South Africa .. 61,430,000
Other Dominions and
Colonies 16,300,000
Russia 3,275,000,000
France ... 2,920,000,000
Italy . 2,515,000,000
Yugo-Slavia 125,000,00
Portugal, Rumania,
Greece and other
Allies 335,000,000
f - i_®_ .._ :.
$9,922,160,000
Relief and Reconstruction. Loans:—
Austria 60,500,000
Poland , 19,500,000
Rumania 11,000,000
10,000,000
6,000,000
14,145,000
$10,082,$05,000
Not Lost, Only Gone,
Pat had got a job ae steward on
board a liner, and onhis first trip be
was anxious to have everything as
and let stand, then Iron on' and add the water. Bake one hour Yetshe coul n t possibly have on y The subconscious mind of the nice as possible so as to please the.
towelside with a warm iron, or on done it!" the cattleman replied. i rough rider was preoccupied with a.ptain. Accordingly, the first thing
wrong and serve with cream or hard sauce. Couldn't she? I wonder." The sense of a vague groping. The he did was to have a good clean-out
the right side with a cloth over the Peaches may be served this way, us -
_
s Beau Brummel stroked his bit of thought of violet perfume associated of the captain's quarters, and amongst
material, ing nutmeg instead of cinnamon. mustache, with the hint of insolence itself with sor.lething else in addf other thin p
When washing ribbons or ties, his manner often suggested. i tion to the darkness of his uncle's 1 gs he polished u the tea -
never put them into water, but use a IS "PIECING" BY CHILDREN A "Not possible," said Lane force- living -room, but he did not find him -I service, of which the captain was very
proud,
Unfortunately, he let the teapot slip
overboard, and it sunk like a stone to
bowl of warns, soapy water and a
sponge or cloth. Lay the ribbon on
table, flat. A marble or porcelain -
BAD HABIT? fully. "Uncle James was a big, two- self able to localize the nebulous
fisted fighter, No slip of a girl could memory. Where was it his nostrils
Please say what is right about chit- have overpowered hint an' tied him. had whiffed the scent more recently?
toptable ispreferable. Wash the dren `gpiocing:' My little' boy never It's not within reason." He spoke) Dont you think we ought to see the bottom of the s•ea. -
gets home from school but he wants urgently, though still in the low all the tenants at the Paradox and He did not. know' what to do, but at
ribbon thoroughly and. ghse by draw-
Ing
a "piece." Pm afraid it's a bad habit, murmur both the cousins were using talk with them? Some of •them may last an idea struck him,`and' a
big it carefully through a bowl of p f in order not to be overheard. have seen people going in or out. Or p pproach
There are two sides to the ques- P g g ing the captain, he said:
clean water. Dry by laying fiat on Jack put a neat, highly polished they may have heard voices," -she
tion. It may be just a bad habit and
the table, making sure there are no boot on the desk of the sergeant of said.
air bubbles between the table and the children who get the habit are never police. "Ever hear of a lady called "That's . a good idea. We'll make
ribbon, or wind on a tall bottle until satisfied unless mouthing something. Delilah?" he asked lightly. i a canvass of the house."
dry.This is ruinous to digestion. The "What about her?" In Kirby's Her eyes sparkled. "We'll find who
Any article of clothing will last other side is that the child may really quiet eye there was a warning. 'did it! When two people look for the
need the food. Three meals a day is The man -about -town shrugged his truth intelligently they're bound to
longer if it is protected from strong not always sufficient for the growing well -tailored shoulders. "They have find it. Don't you think so?"
light and dust by a cover bag. child. Watch the boy. See that he a way, the ladies. Guile, my son, is "I think we'll sure round up the
These bags are very simple to make eats a ood breakfast. Oatmeal with more potent than force." wolf that did this killin'," he drawled.
and are sewed up the sides with an g Meaning?" "Anyhow, we'll sleep on his trail for
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envelope opening left at the bottom Penty of cream, bread and butter, ari «Delilah chloroformed Samson's a moon or two."
so that the bag can be slipped over egg or some bacon, and a dish of suspicions before she sheared his 1 They shook hands on it.
the garment. An eyelet is made at fruit'If he takes his lunch to school locks."
the top of the bag just large enough give
him • cheese sanrdwiches
eggs. a Whenfillin
heof ! knewKirby
preworse sethan futld an gler that
f atyheou CHAPTER XVII.
for the hook of the hanger to slip comes home from school and clamors knew Miss McLean you couldn't mss- IN DRY VALLEY.
through. The bag should be longer for a "piece" give him something' judge her so. She thinks an' acts as If Kirby had been a properly au -
than the garment so as to prevent appetizing but substantial. If he straight as a man." thenticated detective of fiction he
crushing. pP g "I don't say she did it, old top. would have gone to his uncle's apart -
eats it and enjoys it make a point of ; I'ni mere)it's cretonne, silkaline or un- S pointing out that Dos- rent, locked the door, measured the
bleached muslin, all make good bags, giving him the extra meal every day Bible she did, Point of fact -your rooms with a tape -line, found imprints
since they turn dust and will stand at the same hour, But if the meal i friend made a hit with me. I'd say of fingers on a door panel, and care -
laundering. Partially worn pillow is not eaten . unless it is sugar or she's a game little thoroughbred.�=fully gathered into an envelope the
cake, tell him kindly but firmly that. "You an'James will regard what ashes from the cigar his uncle had
slips make verygood cover bags also. supper is at six. she told you as confidential, of course." been smoking. The data obtained
In these days when we have so "Of course. We're of your mind, would have proved conclusively that
many weighted silks and adulterated A GOOD MODEL FOR A too, though I put her proposition to Cunningham had come -to his death
wool rneterial, it becomes quite neces- SCHOOL DRESS you. Can't see anything to be gained at the hands of a. Brahmin of high
sary that the housewife can tell by airing her story unless it's abso- caste on• account of priceless gems
whether the material she is purchas- lutely necessary on your account. By stolen from a temple in India. An
ing is worth making up, and whether the way, James wantme to tell you analysis of the cigar ashes would
or not it is worth the purchase price. i > that he thinks you won't have to spend have shown that a subtle poison, un -
another night at this delightful hotel known to the Western world,had
To test wool for cotton, ravel out the city keeps for its guests. Bond caused the victim's heart to stobeat-
warp and woof threads. Break the has been practically agreed on." ing exactly two minutes and twelve
threads. Wool pulls apart with kinky ,��� "Fine. Your brother's a brick. seconds after taking the first puff at
ends, while cotton!, breaks. Wool We're goin' to run down this business, the cigar. Thus the fictional ethics
burns very slowly, and gives off odor he an' 1, an' drag the truth to light" of the situation would have been cor-
of burnt feathers and leaves a large A glitter of sardonic mockery shone rectly met.
amount of ashes while cotton makes out of the dark eyes of Cunningham. But Kirby was - only a plain, out-
s flame and leaves a fine gray ash "You'll work together fine and Sher- doors Westerner. He did not know
lock -Holmes this thing till it's as clear the conventional method of procedure.
with an odor of burning leaves. The as mud," he predicted. It did not even occur to him at first
ends of cotton threads spread out By the middle ' of the afternoon that Apartment 12 might still have
when burning. Kirby was free. After he had talked secrets to tell him after the police
The reason that silk dresses and over with James a plan of campaign, and the reporters had pawed over it
blouses sometimes break at the seams he called Rose up on the telephone for several days. But his steps turn -
ax crack soon after they are made up and told her he would be right out to
ed back several times to the Paradox
is that they are weighted. Burn the Cherokee Street. as the center. from which all clues
sample of silk. True silk burns slow- j She came to meet `him in the stuffy must emanate. He . found himself
parlor of the boarding-house with `wandering around in . that vicinity
ly, the ash curling up into a tiny ball hand outstretched. trying to pick up some of the pieces
on the edge of the burning material. — . "Oh, Kirby, I'm so glad to see you of the Chinese puzzle that made up
An odor of burning feathers is given- and so sorry I was such a horrid the mystery of his uncle's death.
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off. If weighted, silk burns slowly '� 0 little beast last time we met. I'm It was on one of these occasions
and the sample will retain its shape. ashamed of myself. My temper ex- that he and:Rose met his cousin James
The more weighted silk is, the shorter -f plodes so—and after you came to coming` out of the apartment house.
will be its life. • Denver to help me and gave up so ••Cunningham was a man of admirable
When white wash silk becomes ,yet -
much for��me. You'll forgive me, self-control, but he looked shaken this
wont you. morning. His hand trembled as it
low, it may be bleached by using 'a 4500. This . is a splendid style for "You know it,_ Rose," he said smile met that of his cousin; In :his eyes
solution of hyposulphite of soda. Dis-linen, gingham or jersey. The "dos- ing. was the. look of a man who,has suf-
solve one-quarter cup of the • crystals ing is effected under the panel i i "Yes. I do know it, she cried quick- fered a shock.
in four quarts of water'aad divide the front. The sleeve may be in wrist ly. "That makes it worse for me to "I've been si ing..alone for an hour
tt
sol>itibn .into two parts. Tire ,clean :or. elbow len th. Brown linen suit -impose on you. Now you're in trouble in the room where Uncle James met
silk is first dipped In one portion : of because of me.. I should think you'd his death been , arranging his
ing, with ratzne. •bindings in pretty near hate Me." - " papers, he explained. "It began' to
•the. -liquid, and' allowed to stand • five , "We're �`,
toasting color would be attractive for We re in trouble together,"he car- !get my nerve: I coiildn t stand it any
minutes, after which, ,it is immersed this model. • . rected.; "I thought that. was supposed longer. The horrible thing kept
' in 'the -seem d -portion for five :min- The Pattern is•cut in 4 -Sizes: 6, 8, to bring friends,closez•an' not to drive lumping to my mind." He drew :his
aces: • Rinse• the garment thoroughly i 10 and 12 years: A 10 year size, re- them apart• • . right hand _heaviily across his eyes,
And.koll in 'a tuxkish towels reon-'�on `vires 4 yards of 36 "inch material. She flashed -a quick look at him and as though to shut. out and brush away
. the .:wrong :side while only slightly
quires Pattern mailed to, any address on changed .the -subject of -.conversation. the - sight his imagination conjured.
damp. • receipt of 15c in silver or stamp•s byJust now she could. not afford to •bo " (To be continued:)
. . Pp emotional.• I
• 1 the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West "Are ' you going ' back to Twin w
• SOS1E -FAVORITE RECIPES: "Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two Buttes?"
Clea»a Cookies -1 cup butter ort weeks for. receiptof pattern. "'No.. 'm, goin' to find out who
killed James Cunnin Liam an. bring
.lard, 2 cups.brown sugar,. 8. eggs, 2-8 H'olive the' Exception. the man to justice. That's the - m
cups sweet cream; 4 tb. baking pow -only nli
The London ccickney; who "mispro- way • to clear- tis both before the
der, 4 cups flour, .1 tsp. salt, 1 .tsp. .flounces his h's, is the constant sport world."
vanilla, % cup nut •• meats, % • cup of. the - paragrapher: In Tit- Bits we. -Yes !": she cried 'eagerl'y. "Let me
raisins: read of a district visitor who was call- help you Lets be partners in it,.,
Bean TrumplirtJs-3 cups Mashed ing 'on 'Mrs. Harris, a new arrival•in. Kirby"
beans, 6 ceps veater., SeeSonin (he village: ` He • already had -one ,partner, but ,he
g, threw hini overboard •instantly. James,
When this ;bells drop' the usual •. <<hou seerlr :t9.' have a good manyCunningham' was. retired to the osi-
.;dumpling .dough bye spoonfuls and .
• children,` Nits. Barris,' said the visitor... tion of an advisee, P
keep -covered while boiling for twenty'.: "Yes, ilium," - she replied, "and "Bully! We'llstart' this very min -
minutes. I what's, more, . all -their names. -begin ' uta. " Tell 'me.. all you know about -- .o, s-ew
.4e.J3lgckbef^;ry'Jean Cake -1 cup dark withhaitch. There's 'Ebert, my old- what :.happened' the ,even•in' of the
_. "
"brown • sugar, ei cup 'butter; 2 eggs,I est;' Then comes tnprder:..
'lira, !Artist and In Plain •
• 3 tb:- sour, milk,. 1. tsp.. soda' 1 cup' 1 , 'Aro :' She told •-again :the -story she had Sight.
p ,, Orace. Tion there s, ld and Airy confessed •to s.hie cousins.• He asked "She's climbing the social ladder ail-,
blackberry jam, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp.and Ector and • ''0noria. ' They're all :. •
ciuestlons, - pushed Aimee inquiries.. right!" •_
' cinnamon, 3A tarp g. all except. the baby, tact we When she 'mentioned the 'woman who • " what beautiful silk i
: 'nutmeg. haitches—, And- b, s l stockings
• Bake in -t-vo; jelly tins and put to- christened' he Holive:' •.b.•
had passed her on the alalia he shote --she wears!"
gather with white drag: ed a' keen lnteiest. , •
There. n in .F.— '
Bacc7a Griddle akes-1-cup-i ran, i h iso usetrying to show• "You say youknew 6rras a woman
Whales measuring as much as 105,
1 -sortie peo Ile the error of " their wa. s. '. i,
cup;11w1, - tb... sugar, lb butter,. •1 ., y with the man 'b Y,he erfume. What. , _
,� TheyP.,?;r feet in length have been caught in the
lie. tap. K�•,:, 1 tsp. baking 'powder,. 1 Will persist in `looking at kind •pf perfume ryas it.
e,.� P g P .. ,. yours all the time. «Violet"
Antarctic. •
€., i 1.
• ----- "Did•. .you notice a":vlolet lerfumc/
�. ,. .� 04 Ina Llpin ant tiaalii Guta ' , w, h1lnafd's ,Linlmem fa, t;andru,x.
I 7. - No. 4 23. any:other place• Chet night.
"Captain, can anything be lost if
you know where it is?"
"No, certainly not," replied the cap-
tain, rather sharply.
"Well, sir," retorted the Irishman,
"your silver teapot is at the bottom
of the Atlantic!"
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When you have no one to hold your
yarn for winding, place two flat irons
on the table as far apart as the length
of the skein and stretch the yarn over
them. -
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in 114 years ending with the year
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.1924 = SHORT COURSES - 1924
,Stock ,and Seed Judging — ,(Two and Accounts—Feb. 4 Feb. 16.
weeks)'- 3anuary 8th., 19th? Market Milk, including 1V7echanical
Poultry Raising -(Four Weeks)— Refrigeration -Feb, 18 - March 1.
January 8th - February 2nd." Condensed and Powdered Milk
Horticulture Courses: March 3rd - March 15th,
Fruit and .Vegetable Growing—Jan- Ice -Cream, including Mechanical
nary 21st February 2nd. Refrigeration—March 17 Mar.28.
Floriculture and Landscape Garden- Creamery and Cheesemakiug
lug Feb, 4th - Feb. 16th. • Course, including Medhanioal: Re
Dairy Courses: • frigeration—Mar. 24 - Mar. 23.
Course -for' • Factory Cheese . and Bee Keeping (Two Weeks)—Jan-
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Butterniakers — January 2nd - • uary 8th ;- January 19th.
March 14th, Drainage and Drainage Surveying '
Cow-Testing—Jan. 7th Jan. 19 r: (Two Weeks) -Jan. 8 • Jan. 19:
Farm Dairy—Jan, 21st • Feb. 2nd. Farm Power, including Tractors,
Factory. Milk and Crea-p Testing, Gasoline Engines, etc. Two
including Factory Management Weeks) ---Jan. 22 - Feb, 2.
These. courses are planner) to, meet the requirements bf farmers, farmers' sons, :dairymen, poultry-
men, bee -keepers Lind •hor•tit.ullu0istswho nay be able, to leate home for .but o• shortperiod during
e_ a winter' mentis.
All courses are free. with the exception of .the dairy rgtn,co, for which a oma) reOlstration
Pte to charged
A change: from the home surroundings. nnecting other people. Interested, In the things in whleh
you are interested. exchange of experience and .the acquirement' of .knowledge, win'.'7o yon good.
r'lan to attend some course that anneals to you. Reduced rates on railways. write for book-.
let ,les, rtbing the courses and ask-, for railway. certificate,
J. 13.'R11J NOLDS; M.A. L. STEVENSON A. Xi, POItTFc2 13:S:A...
President Director of Extension C .gistrar