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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-2-8, Page 6`illE MAGIC OF l IN, ,Buelcingham; of Scotland Yard, was jubilant. His luck was in. Although ho -was only at present a detective - Sergeant, he knew thut his superiors centred great hopes on his advance- ment, and be was determinetd to see that those hopes were realized. Andrew Buckingham wanted pee. suction. He wanted a wife, too, And the fact that only by promotion could he marry pretty Mina Kenwood snit give her the sort of home to which she had been nceustumed, dominated every case he undertook.. Mina was his inspiration. Everybody at the Yard liked Buck- ingham. He wnr: as straight as a die. Even many of the crooks, among whom his life was spent, bad a warm corner in their hearts for the man who had never been known to play them what they called "a dirty trick." If Buckingham could not catch you by fair Means, they said, he would not catch you by foul. It. was the memory of a service ren- • dered long ago- e,ne of the many ac- tions he performed, which had a habit of slipping from Buckingham's mem- ory -that sent to him one memorable evening a discharged convict. with the startling information that Slim Flan- nery, the redoubtable "fence," had, but an hour previously; purcha.:ed the stolen Gillingworth diamonds, a:orth £5,000. Even at that moment, the in- former declared, they were in the house, and a trusted pal was watching to see that Flannery did not leave. Flannery had not earned the title of "Slim" without meriting R. For years he had been known to the police as the most skilful and danneroue re-? ceiver of stolen property in the met-' ropolitan area. Yet, although they knew he was a fence, they always missed that tiny link in the chain of evidence so erseutial-indeed, neces- sary ----to secure a conviction. Flan - eery was too cunning for all the , brains at the yard, ant, skilfully avoiding the scores of traps carefully prepared for hien, he laughed up his: sleeve, and went on waxing fat and wealthy by purchasing stolon property at a fiftieth part „f its true value. To the outside world he was just 0 harmless curie -dealer; in the secret archtivee of Scotland lard he was la- helhed as a prince among fences. Buckingham knew him well. Fran-' nery knew Buckingham, too, And in the secrecy of. his den, when the mask had fallen from his face ar he :sat ruminating over sonsprofitable deal, he was went to mutt,•] "Buckingham! The rest don't count! Buckingham is the reek on which I shall split, if I split at all'. Brains! Buckingham has brains!" Ten minutes after he had reveled the information which had placed him in such a jubilant frame of mind, Buckingham had taken it to the Com- mtsstoner itself. In twenty minutes the necessary search -warrant had been signed. And in half an hour Buck- ingham, who had secured permission. us a special mark of favor, to .s.:11 tin, business through, was on his way to execute it, accompanied only by a detective-eoestable. agencies ho controlled, Flannery hnd had warning of the pending raid three minutes before his--Bucking- ham's--arrival, and had placed the diamonds where he imagined no hu- man being would look for them. This knowledge gave the fence con- fidence. Ile was the soul of po- liteness, but the detective was not to be deceived by his sauvity, }le knew that his information as to the pur- chase of the diamonds was reliable; he knew, from the man his informer had placed outside, that no one had entered or left the premises since the transaction had been completed, and he argued that the diamonds must still be in the house, end that Flan- nery was i uttieg up a big game Of bluff. Sauve and smiling, the fence looked on while Buckingham and the con- stable demolished his property. Every drawer, box, and cupboard in the house were searched inch by inch. Mattresses were ripped open and gone over, and even the pillows on the beds were searched. Every stitch of cloth- ing possessed by Flannery was in- vestigated. The chimney, the dust- bin, coal-cuttles, and the cellar --alt cams, under Buckingham's keen seru- tilty. But the diamonds could not he found. Mina Kellwood's face showed the keen disappointment she felt. She hail Watched every operation with the keenest interest, fully expecting that every moment would bring to light the hidden diamonds, and see the banderol!', dapped on tiro smiling fem•e. Now, however, visions of the pretty little house, with its nice furni- turaver which she hoped soon to yule as the wife of .Andrew Bucking- ham, faded away. Instead, she grasped dully that her future husband, who, contrary to alt precedent. end been entrusted with an important mission that many of his superiors coveted greatly, had failed. As for Buckingham, he was stunned by the blow. That the diamonds were in the louse he was morally eertain, but the cold fact stared him in the face that he had been unable to find them, although he had searched every rook and cranny. The trio steed dlisconsolately in the little kitchen, with the fence honking en, smiling and confident, and ironical - 1y asking if they would like a little refreshment before taking their de- parture. The kitchen was spotlessly clean. Mina Kenwood cast an approving glance round. and sorrowfully thought that this was just the curt of kitchen the would have liked in her own home had her future husband suceeeded in his quest--hael he achieved the ex- pected suecess which would lead to undoubted promotion. I Dinner plates, tea plates, vegetable dishes, saucers, euup tureens, and (everything in the crockery line were staked in proper order on a big dresser, with shelve; covered with while oilcloth, Other kitchen utensils were arrauFlI with the obvious touch of a worn un+hold on the Fhel•es of the dresser. r. L cry detail implanted iti•elf on Mina's mind. She liked the • arrautrenent of the things better be- cause she could not now al•1•ang:• her own like them, and -- A curious indefiliable feeling clutch- ed her heart as she glanced onite mere As he walked blithely along, filled at the cirs:.er. Into her brain there with the pleasant sensation of im- suddenly leapt a thought, an inspire - pending triumph, Buckingham met tion -a wild idea, truly, but one which Mina. The girl, who had been for a seemed a Heaven-sent solution of the walk, as was her custom about this baffling problem. It caused her pulse time every evening, blushed a rosy to throb wildly and her cheeks to red as the detective> communicated his burn, y, e it was only a very little news to•hot•, 1 thing. "And, darling," he finished, "if it.'• Prujeetini front the shelves of the comes off -as it is sure to do -h will dresser were some ordinary, brass - mean promotion and -you!" headed nail:, and or, these nails, with "How I should love to come with their bottoms outward, facing her, you, Andy!" she said wistfully. "1t hung a doyen teacups --just ordinary would be worth anything to see that teacups. And Mina's keen eye had wicked old man's face when you die- noticed that, whilst everything else in cover the diamonds. the kitchen was scrupulously clean, Buckingham thought hard. The the cups were thickly coated with temptation was great, and, although dust, showing they had only recently it was against the regulations, he been brought there -from somewhere knew Flannery well enough to know else, and bore the distinct impress of that there would, in the ordinary finger -marks. As calm as passible, course of events, be no unseemly the took her handkerchief from her struggle, no danger. And he would waistbelt and moved nearer the thrill with pride when the woman hedrre s er. loved saw him bring oft' the greatest. "Why, ?Ir. Flannery," she .said mer - scoop on which the future of them rily, but with a fast -beating heart, both depended to such a large extent, "what a shame to spoil such a duck of "Very well, then, little woman," he a kitchen with dirty c•ups1 Let me said at last; "conte. along!"I Aust thein for you." Buckingham entered the receiver's! The fence sprang forward, with a shop with a businesslike air, and stat- wolf -like snarl. His face blanched, ed his mission. He Inc£ethat he was and hie eyes became pin -points of dealing with a master mind in crime, livid flame, but what be did not know was that, ' But the girl was too gulch for him. through ono of the many mysterious Even before he could cover the dis- TOM, THIS l8 MY Now GOWN -- --1 HOW Do `(0u LIK IT? tance which separated them in the small kitchen, she had unhooked the first cup in the line, and out of it fell four of the missing diamonds. It took Buckingham and the pon- stable some seconds to grasp that, where their systematic smelt had failed, a woman's domestic intuition had won, fuel in those few seconds Slim Flannery had changed from a po- lite, frock -coated, triumphantly - smiling gentleman into a veritable fiend. IIe had staked his all on the very simplicity of his ruse, and now he realized that lie had been outwitted by the luck or intuition --he cured not which --of a slip of a girl who had no right there. IIe foamed ut the mouth, and made a murderous dive for Mina's throat. But Buckingham was on the alert, and dealt him a smashing blow on the temple, And then commenced a strug- gle such as Buckingham had never TREED BY HYENAS, been called to take part in before. He 1 was a powerfully -built man, and so 9dtenture of a Moving Picture Pltoio- was the constable, but Flannery grapier. • ought with the shength and fur, a maniac, biting, kicking, and eursing like a man possessed. "Curse you, Buckingham!" he cried. Charles Cottar had one curious ad- "C'uree you! Caught by a fool of a venture that gave him a new idea of g114; glrll" Buckingham, between the ferocity of the spotted hyena. e," said Buc.cu asps. -You're caught! It duesu't On that occasion he had taken aside While spending several months in East Africa, taking moving pictures of the big game of that region, Mr. g - mattes how, though!" trip off into ,the jungle and had gone To right and left they swung. Over farther than he realized. Darkness went the tabic. Two choice came fill before he could get back into down with a dull crash. Getting ane camp, and as he stumbled along on the hand free, Flamers' seleed a heavy; faint trail he became conscious that earthenware jug. the beasts that hunt by night were In another minute it would have abroad and had discovered his pres- broken aver Bnvlcingham's had , Uut once among them. From time to time Mina saw• til : hntenthon, 1,`...est i t he noticed a shadowy forst slinking time, grabbed his wrist, and it fell along through the Uusines at the side harmlessly to the floor, • of the path, and he recognized both Still the etruggle went. on, inter- . hyenas and jackals among those uncle- Still wth shouts, cries, anti gasps sited companions. The persistence from the combatants, until ]Mina won - him which they followed him made dered whether she should fetch help : him a little uneasy, although he was from outside. Inot really afraid, for jackals will At last, however, the detective got !never attack a live and active man; the upper hand, and the handcuffs' and he had bean told that hyenas, al - were clapped on Flannery's wrists, though bolder and more savage than iackais, were not likely to trouble a while his feet were securely bound i man who was able to protect himself, with a length of his own cord. ! But when Mr. Cotter heard the pad - Turning a glance of concentrated ; ding steps of larger animals behind fury an the detective, he saw him rap -!him, and on turning quickly round 1 idly empty the contents of cup after saw ewe good-sized lions coming up l cup into his hams until it held, in a! along like trail, he got decidedly nery- ; glittering, scintillating heap, the ; ons, He was still some distance from whole of the missing Gillingworth camp, and he did not know enough diamonds. :about the habits and peculiarities of They were very* pleased with Buck -1 lions to know just how to deal with ingham's triumph at the Yurd, So them, was the judge, who sentenced Flan-' The lions kept in close pursuit, and nery to seven years' penal servitude. looked so threatening that when a Indeed, he publicly commended Buck- third one appeared Mr, Cotter decided ingham, and expressed the opinion to take to a tree. He had a rifle and' ' that a man who could effect the nap': plenty of cartridges with him; but if Lure of a rogue so dangerous to so- he should miss it would be safer to be ciety would go far in the Service. !twelve feet or more above ground than But his lordship did not know that to be where the wounded lion could the credit of the rupture was due to get at him and maul him about. the little woman who was shortly to ' So he tfok the first good-sized tree become Mrs. Buckingham --or, rather, , he came across and drew himself up the wife of Detective -inspector Buck-. to safety just as the lions arrived un- ingham, of Scotland Yarn. -London der the tree, They gave every . evi- Answers, deuce of intending to remain there 10- til .lir. Cotter came down; and since l . THE MOSQUITO PERIL. he did not care to meet them on the _ ground, he took careful aim from his perch and killed the three, one after t tdiettI Discovery Showing Danker the other From Malarial Parasites. He wap about to descend from the One of the greatest discoveries !n tree when a number of hyenas came the history of medicine was that of rushing up and attacked the dead lions Dr, Ronald Ross, who, at Calcutta, in with such ferocity that the man July, 1898, found that the spores of thought it wise to delay his descent., As Dr, Russ himreif wrote, "The ex- They continued to arrive until the act route of infection of this great Pack numbered at least a hundred. let I disease, which annually slays its mil- a few minutes the lions were devour - lions of human beings and keeps ed; only their skeletons remained. whole continents in darkness, was re- Mr. Cotter did not dare to venture scaled. 'These minute ;pores enter into the pack that circled restlessly the. salivary gland of the mos- about his tree, quarrelling and snap - quite and pass with its poltonuus sill- ping at one another. He had heard Iva directly into the blood of men, that hyenas would not attack living Never in our dreams had we imag- creatures, but these were so numer- ined so wonderful a tale as this." the. ous and so hungry that he distrusted til lately it was not known whether their harmlesslese. He shot several of a disease -spreading mosquito could them, hoping that that would drive infect more than one person. Re- the rest away; but it did not. The sur - cent experiments have proved that an vivore ate their dead comrades and infected malarial mosquito can infect waited for more. So Mr. Cottar, his several persons without again ob- ammunition being insufficient to ex- taining blood from an original source terminate the pack, spent the night of infection, and that an infected uncomfortably in the tree, and came mosquito retains her ability to infect with malaria for at least twenty-five daYs Even if a mosquito empties her available supply of malarial para- sites into one man, she may infect a second man a few hours m' a fete clays later through a new generation of parasites. This is a most import- ant discovery, for it shows that the individual disease -laden insect is a veritable machine gun in puint of danger, and it emphasizes the neces- sity fur stamping out the breeding places of the malarial mosquito, Starting Cold Motors. If you have been compelled to leave your car exposed to zero weather, or if a friend of yours has been placed in a similar unfortunate position, you. doubtless have been called upon to ex- ercise the widest knowledge in over - y. g ver- yig obstacles. There are a number of excellent things to be done when a motor refuses to start. If the radiator is filled with plain wa- ter, it is always advisable to drain it off and substitute the warmest wa- ter possible. In many cases, how- ever. the radiator may contain a valu- able anti -freeze solution, and so it is not deemed advisable to drain it with a consequent loss in real money. The radiator cleaning action, however, can be followed if receptacles are •handy for retaining the original liquid, which when the motor has been started can be again placed in the radiator. If the use of hot water in the radiator does not give you results, it is always werto pour some on the front of the carburetor, but be very careful that none of it gets through the tickler to the gasoline inside: We also strong- ly suggest that you pour hot water on 'the intake manifold, If after catry- ing out these manoeuvers you should again fail to develop power, you may • find it an excellent idea to place very hot bricks or hot water bottles against the intake manifold and around the carburetgt_• The idea in all these movements is to encourage the de- velopment of. quick vapour. Perhaps i these methods may not bring gratify- ing results, but there is one that gen- erally will, and that is the use of a blow torch on the intake manifold. We that suchmethod insist a the e d be not adopted unless you are an expert, as you can readily understand that if a flame touches the gas or a wave of vapour from it, a. disastrous fire is (bound to take place. It has been said than an "ounce of prevention is worth a 1+ound of cure," aiad therefol•o you will be well advised to cover up your DO `FOU REALL`( LIKE IT? 1 SURE p0 — How MUCH DID IT cosi ? down only when at sunrise the snarl- ing creatures dispersed. Poetic Spelling. At the age of sixteen Alice Jones wrought poetic changes in her name. She signed herself E. Alysse Jones. Thus designated, she entered a new school The head mistress asked her Ilarrae. "Alysse Jones," she replied. "A -1 -y -s -s -e," "Thank you, said the teacher, "And hens are you spelling Jones now?" radiator with a robe or rug if you find it necessary to leave the ear standing in a cold atmosphere any length of time. It is surprising how much heat cue be retained in a radiator that is even partially enclosed with warm material. A great many rural dis- tricts now have electric lights, and a simple system for keeping the intake manifold warm is to burn a small incandescent lamp inside -the hood Cov- ers, close to the intake manifold. The amount of heat from an ordinary Iatnp will maintain In a temperature at which starting should be easy. Cold weather also prompts us to give some advice regarding oil for win- ter use. Many of the brands which are sold at present are not entirely suitable for zero weather as they freeze readily and so make it difficult, in general, for, he motor to operate, and in particular for the pump to handle the oil itself. In this, as in many other matters we do not ex- pect our readers to use our judgment but rather to seek out the agents from whom their cars were purchased and secure from them information based upon experience. Recently a circular has been sent out by a manufacturing firm of con- siderable prominence, and in it we read an interesting paragraph regard- ing the filling of radiators. The item states that, "Care should be observed especially in the case of block motors, to dnly'fill the radiator about to the center of the name plate. The re- maining space is required for natural expansion and if this is not provided for, the expanded water will only waste through the over -flow pipe, and :under certain conditions, once the over- 2lowi ne becomes full a syphoning p I YP g action may set up, and this may con- tinue until the level of the cooling system is below the radiator inlet. This condition shuts off the circula- tion and results in a heated motor. This is responsible for warping the cages, Valves and cylinder." -"Auto' in Farmer's Advocate, 'ROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM DEB BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going On in the Iiighlanda and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Ex -Bailie Forsyth has been appoint- ed a police judge and magistrate in Stranraer Licensing Court. Glasgow Subway Railway Company have introduced a universal 2 -cent fare over the whole system. A delegation of French women munition workers have been visiting the Clyde, Glasgow, , and other places. Information has been received that Lance -Corp. Thomas Orr, a native of Garlieston, has been killed in action. Ata special meeting .of Kilbirnie School+.Board, Mr. David Conn, M,A., was appointed headmaster of the new Central School An outbreak of fire occurred in the home of Mr. William Mann, of Ham- ilton Road, Rutheeglen, and the in- fant child, six months old, was burn- ed to default. Sergt. James I. Turnbull, of the H.L.I., a native of Glasgow, won the V.C. for conspicuous bravery on the field, and was killed later the same day. Councillor Clarkson, Hamilton, has- been asbeen appointed chairman of the West of Scotland Divisional Council of the National Federation of Hair- dressers. There has been placed in position on the site le St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, the Gladstone memorial executed by Mr. Pittendrigh Macgil- livray, R.S.A, ATO For Dyspepsia, iridigeistion,, Heartburn Belching Sour Stomach, Gan Greenock and District Master Bak- in etotnacit .etc„ tape a teaspoonful or Hlsu rated Magnesia in a hale glass of ors' Association, intimate a further hot water actor eating, is cafe, ploa- advance of bread which will now be 21 cents per 4-1b. loaf. sant, and harmless to use ane irtves ]n- atant relief Prom all forms oP stomach dlhorder. Sold by druggists everywhere, Wim,.. ST D1''T)othSvi !,O ' EVENTY f SfvENT`( BUCKS,( ell '7' Ij - \No -- 'ttA'i' A 1-01 oT MONi (l 1 1 KNOW TOIANI+t' DEAR, BUT WNAT Do I CARE FOR ploNeNt Met./ IT'S A QUESTION OF ---) PLg.ASIN6 YoU t; THE DRESS BILLS OF ROYALTY WHAT THB WARDROBES OF SONE ?ilONAIhCHS COST, Interesting Sidelights on the Sartorial Habits of Kings and Queens. The' late King spent a good deal more on dress than the present mon- arch. King George is always extrrmely well attired, but the difference be- tween the. caress bills of father and son is accounted for by the fact that whilst the late King ordered dpzens of suits that he never wore, perhaps, more than once or twice, because he took a dislike to the material. King George never has a suit put put of his wardrobe until he has worn it two or three dozen times, The late King's dress bills, exclud- ing the cost of uniforms, ran to about $2,250 per Annum. King George's runs to about $750, His Majesty's favorite material is blue serge (which is just now tliflleult to obtain) or a grey check, and at the present time, when not in khaki, the Icing may be most frequently !$Seen in a suit of one or the other Material. Soft Shirts Forbidden. As a general rule the King never keeps more than about a dozen lounge -suits in his wardrobe; the late King rarely had less than threw dozen, King Edward took a much keener interest in dress than King . George, The late monarch would often .take a fancy to some material, order two or three suits of it, and then take an equally sudden dislike to the material and order all the suits to be put out of his wardrobe. The late Ki1rg was not only always dressed himself !n the best taste, but he .liked others about him to, be attired with .etlual faultlessness, His Majesty would not allow any member of the Household, oven his intimate and life-long friends,o wear a soft shirt at Buckingham eealace. ' White linen was always the ]dile, and even King George, who thauglit 'the rule somewhat unnecessary, never wore soft shirts in London during his father's lifetime. Discarded Suits. King George, by the way, has in. his wardrobe half a dozen Itemising - jackets, an acle of attire that never figured in the wardrobe of the late King. For his smoking-jackekts his Maj- esty pays from $26 to $50.. They are made of a rich, soft material, a blend of silk and wool, are cut double- breasted, and are all of dark colors, chiefly dark crimson, blue And pur- ple. When at work in his private in the evening g the King always wears a smoking -jacket. The tailors patronised by the -King have a dummy figure of Itis Majesty, on which the clothes are fitted, and usually they are finished without be- ing fitted at all. The King gives away all his left -off clothing, a quantity of which is distributed through the London Needlework Guild, the organisation founded -by the Queen for clothing the neaeg6it:ons. poor. Five Hundred Dresses. Her Majesty's dress bills are the lowest of any queen in Europe, with the exception, perhaps, of the Queen of Norway. For an ordinary 3vallc- ieg-dress' Queen Mary pays $31,50; -for an afternoon gown never 'store than $95. The cost of her Majesty's evening -gowns varies from $255 ;to $340, and she orders from eighteen to twenty evening -gowns in the year. This is in peace -time. Sine() rho outbrealc of the war Queen Mare las not even ordered one evening-go'tvn. Sho spends altogether on dress about $3600 per annum in nernanl times, which for the consort of a great soverign is extraordinarily low,e She usually visits her modiste when she orders a new gown, and is receiv- ed by the manager in a private re- ception -room. As a rule she orders three or four dressea at the same time, and they are fitted on at Bucicingliem Palace. The Queen's robe -room is a large apartment, the walls of which are lined with mahogany wardrobes, capable of holding 500 gowns 'and draws. Here are some of the priees paid by the Queen for articles of at- tire other than dresses: Patent leath- er walking -shoes, $6.26 per pair; brown leather walking -boots, $8.75 per pair; hats front $18.00 to $7.1,50; gloves from $1.50 to $5.25 per pair.. By far the most extravagantly at- th•ed Royal lady in Europe is the Queen of Spain, Her dress bills are reputed to run to $26,000 per annum, Whon in London some years age the was taken by a lady in the English Royal entourage to a famous modiste establishment and gave an order straight away for over $2,500 worth of dresses, subsequently appTggis!ng for the smallness of the order. Queen Ena'a "Dresser" '1'he Queen of Spain's chief dreascr has a salary of but $1,1500 per allium, a merely nominal sum, but she snakes at least another Heves or eight htfue dred a year more out of commissions from the tradespeople seeking the Queen of Spain's custom. This is quite well understood by her Royal mistress, of course, and the dresser's commission is regarded as part of Iter salary,