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BEGIN HERE . TO -DAY.
Mark Brendon, famous 'eriminal hi-
vestigator, while taking holiday on
Dartmoor is asked by Jenny Pendean
to investigate the mystery of her hus-
band's disappearance. Jenny's uncle,
Re be' tt Redmaynes is suspected of
burton, just after midnight, in order
that petrol might be obtained for a
motor bicycle. The description of the
purchaser corresponded to Rayne
and the message added that the bicycle
had a large sack tied behind; it. •
The third communication came from
murdering TyIfehael Pendean in a fit of the police station at. Brixham and was
insanity brought on by hardships in
the recent war.
The two men are traced to the bun-
galow behig built by Michael near
Foggintor Quarry. Blood is found on
the floor of the cottage and several
•t t t'fy toseeing Robert rid -
somewhat lengthy. It ran thus:
"At ten minutes after two o'clock
last night P.C. Widgery, on night duty
at Brixham, saw a man on a motor
bicy"1e with a large parcel behind
wi'nesses es 3 .
him run through the town square. He
ing away on his motor bicycle with a proceeded down the main street and
heavy sack behind the .saddle. was gone for the best part of an hour;
Mark learns that Robert is the
but, before three o'clock, Widgery saw
stranger with whom he conversed at nim return without his parcel, Ho
Foggintor Quarry on a day when went -fast up the hill out of Brixham
Mark visited a trout stream there, .the vay 1 came. In shies to -day
B.uenden remembers how conspicuous- show that he passed the Brixham Robert dressed. xham
NOW GO ON WITII THE STORY.
CHAPTER III.
coast -guard station about a quarter
after two o'clock, and he must bane
lifted his machine over the barrier'at
the end of the coast -guard road, -be-
THE Mvernity. cause he was seen by a boy, .from
Berry Head lighthouse, pushing' it up
arendon destined to be rd into the the steep path that runs to the downs.
apartment destined to be the ldteheiz The boy was going for a doctor, be -
of Michael Pendean's bungalow, and cause his father, one of the lighthouse
the inspector lifted some tarpaulins watchers, had been taken .ill."
that had been thrown upon a corner Inspector Halfyard waited until
of the room. Under the tarpaulin a Brandon had read the messages and
great red stain soaked to the walls, put them down.
where much blood had flowed. At the "About as easy as shelling peas-
edge of the central stain were smears eh?" he asked. the
and, among them, half the impress of "I expect an arrest," answered
a big, nail -studded bout. detective. "It can't be long delayed."
"Have the workmen been in here As though to confirm him the tele -
this morning?" asked Brendon, and phone bell rang and Halfyard rose
Inspector Halfyard answered that and entered the box to receive the lat-
est information.
"Paignton speaking," said the vies -
sage. "We have just called at address Stant
of Captain Redmayne—No. '7 Marine the Irish
Terrace. He was expected last night drummer
—had wired yesterday to say he'd be ___•—__. __-._-..-._ _
home. They left supper for him, as ` ,•"I'fave you a portrait of your hus-
usual when he is expected, and went band?"' asked Mark.
to bed. Didn't hear him return, but Mrs. Pendean left the room and re-
found on going downstairs next morn- turned in a few moments with a photo-
ingimmediately outside c en oo • that he had conte—supper eaten, graph. It presented a anon of medi-
tative twenty yards he scrutinized every motor bike in tool house in Back yard, countenance, wide forehead, and
inch and presently found indications where he keeps it. They called him steadfast eyes. He wore a beard,
of a motor bicycle, at ten o'clock—no answer. They went mustache and whiskers, and his hair
Half an hour later one of the con- _ --
was rather long.
they had not.
"Two constables were here last
night after one o'clock—the men 1
sent from Princetown when Mrs. Pen -
dean gave the alarm," he said. "They
looked around with an electric torch
and found the blood. One came back;
the other stopped on the spot all
night."
Brendan then•examined the ground
d thekitchen door.
ing sill feet live Ir;hes in his bare feet, Flays: Clarke, aged 10, of
Guards., • Aldershot, is claimed to be by Many inehee the tallest
in the British Army. Willi him is shown the bugler.
stables approached, saluted Mark, and
made a statement.
"They've pulled down the wall, sir,
and found nothing there; but Fulford,
the mason, says that a sack is miss -
raiMark can'ie back presently out of the
n which had now begun to fall
steadily—but not before he had stroll-
ed as far as the fishing pools and seen
clear marks of naked, adult feet on
the sandy brhnk.
Nothing that he regarded as of
value resulted from inspection of the
remaining rooms and Brendon present-,
ly decided that he would return to
Princetown. He showed Halfyard the
footprints by the water and had them
protected with a tarpaulin.
"What's your idea??" asked Half -
yard,
"I should say we have to do with
an unfortunate ratan who's gone mad,"
replied the detective; "and a madman
doesn't take Iong to find as a rule. 1
think it's murder right enough and
"I knew Captain Redmayne," tgyq
I he said. is also there, I believe:'
believe we shall find that this soldier, GIFTS THAT BRING PLEASURE.
who's had shell -shock, turned on Pen- in his room. Not there and bed not "Thank you very much. If I hear
cut his throat,then,fondlyslept in and his clothes not changed -I nothing further, I go to. Paignton this Make them
uto`wear—or
or'theebrtg�g e epedges.
gons previoualylarger
described,the
wh ch'
Joan and„away. Let your aprons
hoping to hide the crime, got away He's not been seen since. evening.”" badge of your happiness in your snakes it of a more practical nature,
with the body. Inspector Halfyard reported the Why.- The bib tuns omitted in View D and a yes,- I think some horses do have money or scientific know,edge to p
"' was big,powerful statement and Brendon picked up the "To pursue my inquiry and see all home! Look your prettiest when oke substituted. No. 1274 is in one a sense of humor: But I find that vent your awful fami>,zes, no organic,
Redmayne as a
man and he may have struck without mouthpiece. those who know your uncle, for every housewife. goodAlyou trequire sire only. Price 20 cents. horses are like humans to this extent: ed farce 'to •keep the invader' from
m �+ means "Detective Brendon speaking. Who Mark rose. y } some lace rib- Our Fashion Book, illustrating the In a herd of say a doten horses you consuming ydur resources and your
rn cation to kill; but this "You shall hear from me to -razor-; is a yard of material,
• • newest and most practical styles, will will find a dozen different dispositions. lives.. 'We should ask you, how can
Ue of interest to every ;home dress- In every herd of say half a down yon - bear life without practical
maker• Price of the Uoolt J 0 cents or more there is the "tease"— a horse power?,"
the copy. that •
will tease other no*res for
•
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
hastmaate Details of Life at the `stadia.
Very few of the thousands et pil- times even to two tliousind 50015, is
a.
grims who have seen Pope. Pin3 X1.'ithen gathered ill the Hall vi the Bens- In the course of a deeply fe°t discus
this Jubilee Yore. who havekissed his-'diotiony where tile, Pops proneurices 0 (ion of the strange "soul .power" the
ring,recelvod his apoetelic blessinw„ I speech of welcame, admonition and the visitor finds among the teeming
and a commemoration medal -Wiese his comfort, This is ti•anstated into what- 1 collies of India, Miss. Jane Alden,
own heads, know hoax he lives, how I ever language the pt.gi•image na- writing In "Asia," tells of a talk she
he spends those busy, days, -which he -I do ra;ity may render neceeaaty • for I ad with a thoughtful Indian youth
gin apt six in the morning and do net! two pilgriins are almost intariab:Y namedlKrislrria,
end until after- midnight(write 'a' grouped according to their resp ctive• Krishna cam,:. that afternoon; she
tial: "Tit -Bits" contributor, w'hosei' countries, and Italians according to says, to take me for a,vra:k "Teuse
spa
Taste \Vere obtained at the Vatican):', their cities and' provinces. But with something," 1 began as'.wa strolled
They ice him dressed in his long; P're.nch, German, and Spanish pilglim- along the hill path. "What religion
white robes, surrounded by members ages, the Pope speaks to them in,their do your people teach you when you are
of the Papal Court, Cardinals in scar-. own tongues. little`!"
let and rare lace, chamber' -sins of This done, ho bestows,t'tre.547051o'_dc °`They do nota, teach us any religion.
an4 sword caressed in the hsgb • blessing. Each pilgrim is then given Nobody can 'trach 11, though it may
este
sti f ruffs and knee breeches relies.a jubilee medal—wlr'ch eery o{intithe be communicated or. absorbed,"
of bygone centuries, and by prelates Pope distributes with his own hand's "From whom do you absorb it,
in sombre black. They note the over-.' He then' retirees to his own apart- then?"
mots rooms halls in the sense of.meats and,, dinner is serveclin his pri- Itrom those site 'already have it,"
Y came the prompt reply.' "From the
xned^val grandeur, painted by the"; vate diuine, zaomi The ,Popes a'.wa. s
artist giants of the Renaissance—i partake of their meals alone. The purses, the religious mon, who would
rooms large enough in themselves to. principal meal of the day consists of refuse to teach, countingthemselves
make more than one West -end flat. soup, a little fish or Meet v+itn vege always students, _though other seekers
'They' admire. His -Holiness's .Swiss; tables,_ and either cheese or fruct,'fo',- for truth may come and live and study
Cnards, ixi their ancient, uniforms of ,lowed by a snta:l cup of eoflse. Pius . vrith them,"
red and yellow,. w th. their h zlberds XL drip}cs a s'mal1 glass of white wine "What db ti%ase*gmn5.s do?"
and helmets; or the Noble Guards, in occasionally, 1'he pu?7t is a retied friend and
shining cuirass and scarlet, And they I When there is a solemn function of h1 .per. because he alt easy has that•
think of the Pontiff as ever surround' -1! sanctification, the Pope goes surround light we seek. All the guru, does
ed by 'these outward forms of state. 1 ed by his Court to St. Peters basilica outward ,, is to certain breath -
But when Pope Pius XI. retires to: in•the morning. When a beatifcatioit 0111., eereises in give octtznting' ;the
his private apartments, high up in' he goes in the Tata afternoon after rznul and a 111e hi • two of prayer: 'I
that same palace of the Vatican, ate{the ceremonial has taken place, unci meditate on IF who is the Creator
becomes a recluse, though a very'; venerates the newly beatified: Qrca of this universe; may He enlighten
hard -worked recluse indeed. clonally His Ho ine s lumsal£ tela- 1-13'mind.' That wa the mind is made
. _ c+ Patel. the. Y .
crwoifwoeW PanciSroN.
IIe rises at six in +heeporning, but Piese;r:- . iii urs rdf; of iii grime and epee . tit' each
rP-=
EAST LS EAST; WEST
"`Is that like him?"
"Yes; but it does not show his ex-
pression. It is not quite natural—he
was more animated than that."
"How old was he?"'
"Not thirty, Mr. Brendon, but ,he
looked considerably older.
Brendon studied the photograph.
"You can take it with:you if you
wish to do so. I have another copy,"I
said Mrs. Pendean.
"I shall remember very accurately;
answered Brendon. "Can you tell me
anything ubeett the lady to whom
your uncle is engaged?"
"1 can give you her name and ad-
dress. But I have never seen her?"
"Had your husband seen her?"
"Not to any knowledge. Indeed 1'
can say certainly that be never had.
She is a Miss Flora Reed and she is'
stopping with her mother and father
at the Singer Hotel, Paignton, Her
brother, my uncle's friend. in France,
1
a --
. d t b t munion to a certain do is' just to make himself a clear;
is b r thereof.
conn medium through which the Infinite
thereof.' In very hot weather
the chapel of his private t Spirit r pro v and flower by its own
his first mass of the day he says in'llurubel
apartment
t can
A11 the same, ma h V t
Ire receives pilgrims In one of to spa- nature All the l •achar can do is to
afl4r midnight,
: cloys courts of the a• lean
'Holiness `says mass there ;again i''
and
Dinner over, Hie Holiness again create n at}no.ph e.
rising. Prelates of his household, and � goes into his personal library, laa ss at "And the parents of the child,' don't
some privileged persons,e After especially in- a newspaper or 0 review, writes sortie they" try to:tile d- him or teach. -him.
vited, attend this mass. After mass strictly personal letters, exohangea a anything, either'?"
he passes into the dining -roam and, few words avi•n his two secret chain- Iytof,a shook his head. "The best
partakes of a simple breakfast, con- botiainsonduty for the week, wh+ act avay: to ileacs is to Us; "he persisted:
listing of a small cup of coffee with a rivate set:rotiries, and sits it an "I'm afraid year system would never
West, Krishna,"
"
p
dry biscuit, which he dips into the
aim -chair for half an hour. Be,he suit the•`doxnineering: es , ris
coffee. ' The work of the day. then be u� ;linin the day. I said. "There,tfrom the moment a
regulated with hardly ever s. ,1 g. child is born, he must • do what we tell
gins. And his day is g LISrENtNO mn. not 'v
clockwork precision. hint to do, be what }vete decided it's
He goes to his private library—not. At half -past four to the minute the best for Llai to be—whether 'we' hap -
the smaller one in his private apart- Pope takes his daily wink or drive in pens to be the family, the church, the
Ment but one'on the lower floor—and the Vatican ga'rdeus• The gardens are school board or the social community"
looks over his mail. At nine o'clock the Pope's only recreation ground. "Is it so?" Krishna pondered this
he receives his Cardinal .Secretary of After exactly an hour in the gar- wonderingly. "What is your ideal,
State, and the important matters con- dens, the Pope returns to the palace then that you teach a child in Amer-
State,
with the diplomatic: and polio- •and begins his audiences again. They ice? Materiel success -getting on in
cal activities of the Holy See are. gone last until seven. As soon as they are this world—is that all?" _
into : over, he -proceeds to Iris private chapel Not just material success. T}rat's
These things take up the Pontiff's and xeeites the rosary with his` ti'o only the outer -clothing. Rather, I
time until eleven o'clock, at whidh hour secret chamberlains and two personal should call our ideal. social responsi-
he begins his daily series of private. servants. bility."
audiences. First to be received are-' -"At night, after a supper yet more "But, if_ a man has no understand-- -'_
talose Cardinals resident in Rome who frugal. than the dinner—for the' meat ing of truth, what good will the so --
may have to report on the business' or fish course is left out—}Xis Hull- ciety he has served do him when it
peculiar to their respective offices and ness again engages in, prayer. Then comes time to die?"
congregations; then Italian and for- he studies for an hour or so, and says "Perhaps we do not think eo much
eign persons of distinction in the mass after midnight. • about that as of what good he can do
church, and sometimes diplomatists At last the long day is over and he to society. You see him as a spiritual
accredited by foreign countries to the retires. being, in his relation to infinite and
Holy See. I Without change of air, through the eternal life; we see him as. a human
But for ordinary business such dip-, most oppressively hot weeks of sum- hieing, in his relation to other human
lomatists are received by the Cardinal' mer when Rome is swept; by the damp, baings avid everyday life. Really he
Secretary of State. With all, Pope hot sirocco winds from African des- is
both..
Pius is calm, courteous, and brief. erts, it is a marvel that Pope Pius, Fixing - his great eyes on me,
At one o'clock His Holiness takes a' perforating the superhuman work en --sombrely, this 'son of the ancient phial•
small glass of cordial and begins the tailed by the Holy Year, robust as he osophers demanded: "No matter hour
most tiring part of his arduous day's is, keeps well. powerful or line a society you may
work. Accompanied by his Court, be Latterly, of an evening, part of the have, how much good you may do or
crosses the Throne Hall; the Ducal time allotted for studying is given to what rewards you may receive, with -
Hall, and the Royal Hall, where the "listening." A British firm installed out spiritual wisdom, constant spirit:-
pilgrims await him. To every four a radio apparatus for the Pope, and nal inspiration, .how can you bear
or fivehe extends; hand for the isms- he delights in the concerts which he life?"
ing of the ring. hears from Rome and Milan, from " How indeed! Is not -that what the
Almost always the pilgrim throng, London, Paris, Berlin, and other West is beginning to wonder?
often running to a- thousand, some- European capitals. I `But :I answered Krishna: "Perhaps
�q ! my people would ask you how you
Does' A Horse Have a Sense Hindus have been able to bear Ilfe all
these years with no relief for your
of Humor? wretched millions in poverty, no
t
more than a blow with a fist. I think is It.
that he was a homieidal ninnies and "Inspector Reece, Paignton." row," he said, "and if I clo not go to, bon and ready-made co -ores binding.
probably plotted the job beforehand "Let me hear at five o'clock if arrest I Paignton, I will see you again to-' The pattern for View A is perforated
with a madman's limited cunning; has been made, Failing arrest I will! night." I for embroidery dots, and there is a
and if that is so, there's pretty sure motor down to you after that hour." ` "Thank you—you are very kind." 1 clever arrangement of pockets. 81'.i
to be news waiting for us at Prince- "Very good, sir. I expect to hear Brendan returned, to the police stn -,yards of lace is required to finish the
town.' he's taken any minute." I tion and was astonished to find that'. edge and '3 yards of ribbon will make
ct es f Brendon's deduc- Brendon considered, having first' Robert Redmayne continued at large. i the rosettes and strings. The apron
The as m correctness s o
tion was made manifest within an looked at his watch. t The cement sack had been found in ; m View B avis made from the same
hour, and the operations of Robert Ile turned to Halfyard: the mouth of a rabbit hole to the west: patternand bib ands of pockets.chintz used
dto
o , P
Redmayne defined up to a point. A "Should Robert Redmayne not be of the Bead above a precipice. The matte the
lored
man was waiting at the police station taken to -day, one or two things must! sack was bloodstained and contained i binding makes a'neat finish for the
—George French, ostler at Two be done," he said. "You'd better have some small tufts of hair and the dust edge tans � the pronUnbleached
leacew C otttonh a
fa -
Bridges Hotel, on West Dart. some of the blood collected and the of cement. (To T e continued.) i wider width colored iView for the
""I knew Captain Redmayne," he fact proved that it is human. Now`
said, "because he's been down once or I 11 go and get some food and see Mrs.
,
• hours We ' has come to
at a time, nibbling at them, chasinpath. We stood there, exchanging a
Write your name and address plain. them or kicking.them now and then, long look, searching, inquiring of one
ly, giving number and size of such not really hard enough to injure the another.
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in other horses, but in somewhat the Finally Krishna said, unmasking ell
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Pattern Dept.,
Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade-
laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
return mail. -
twice of late to tea at Two Bridges, Pendean. Then Ill come back. Illi CANADIAN iVATIONAL'S NOBLE
Last night, at half after ten, I was take the police car for Paignton at
crossing the road from the garage half past flve if we hear nothing to
and suddenly, without warning, a alter my plans."
motor bike came over the bridge. I It was now three o'clock. Suddenly
heard the rush of it and only got out he turned and asked Halfyard a ques-
of the way by a yard. There was no
light showing but the man went
through the beam thrown from the
open door of the hotel and I saw it
was the captain by his great mustache
and his sed waistcoat."
"Was anybody with him?"
"Ne, sir. I'd have seen that much;
but he carried a big sack behind the
saddle- that I Can swear to."
There had been several telephone
calls for Inspector Halfyard during
his absence; and now three separate
statements from different districts
awaited him. These were already
written out by a constable, and he
took them one'by one, road them, and
handed thein to Brendon. The first
came from the 'post -office at Post
Bridge, and the post -mistress report-
ed that a man, one Samuel White, had
seen' a motor bicycle run at great
speed withoutlights up the steep hill
northward of that village en the pre-
vious night.' IIe gave the time as be-
tween hall past ten and eleven oeilock.
The second message told how a gar -
tion.
"What do you think of Mrs. Pen -
dean, inspector?"
"I think two things about her,"
answered the elder. "I think she's
such a lovely piece that it's hard to
believe she's just flesh and blood,` like
other women; and T think I never saw
such worship for man its she had
for her husband. This will knock
leer right bang out."
"What sort of :a man was he?"
"A friendly fashion of chap—
Cornish—a pacifist at heart I reckon;..
but we never talked war politics,"
"What was his age?"
"Couldn't tell you—doubtful---might
have been anything between twenty-,
five and thirty-five, A man with
Weak eyes -arid a brown beard. He
worn double eye -glasses for close
work, but hislong sight he said was
good."
After a meal Brandon went again
to: Mrs. Pendean; but many rumors morning
had reached her through the g
and she already knew most of what
he bad to tell.
age keeper was knocked up at Ash -
BUILDING AT WEMBLEY IS TO BE SOLD.
PRiZE STRUCTURE' WAS, DESIGNED BY TORONTO ARCHITECT.
N. R. building, shown above, was''sulimitte•d by archilechs from all over
Above is those tate magnificentg thce ex- � the dominion: The building is 90 x
building of the Canadian National awarded the rise medal by i and is direly
manner of a boxer who just touches his pain to me, a ear i very
"hard
up his opponent. 1yl'
One instance which I now recall of . "So do we," I said then, showing
the sense of humor in a horse happen- him mine.
od when I was a small boy on the
farm. I was holding an old equine The House.
family friend while my father trim-
med his " hoofs, The trimming over
and the horse still standing, our
house cat sat on the barn floor direct-
ly in front of the horse, facing away
from us, with its tail lying back along
the floor. The old horse pricked up
his ears, and it seemed to me that a
llash of mischief cane into his eyes.
Ho reached out a frontfoot very
carefully and touched the cat's tail.
1 The cat jumped away,and if 'a horse
could smile, I really believe that old
horse smiled. He didn't try to hurt
the cat's tail—just touched it gently.
I believe the humorous instinct
crops out in colts more often than in
grown horses. We. raised one colt that.
liked to tear a rag. My father wore
a ragged coat, and this colt would
follow him all over the'barn lot, pull-
ing and tearing at the" rags' of his
coat, and .seemed to enjoy the fun
immensely.
After becoming a grown horse, this
colt would nibble at our hands and.
arms, though notwith the intention of
hurting -us. He seemed to think it
fun. Sometimes he would get too
rough, and we would slap him. Then
he appeared to be very much offended
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Presently when the stir
Dies in the little street,
When I no longer heed
Chatter or passing feet;
When "I have learnt to use
Window and door and holt,
How to outwit the knave
How to expel the dolt;
No -longer mocked by lies
No longer prey Ws fool,
No longer tyrannized,
I shall begin to rale.
Too much confusion now,
Too wild a discontent,
Too many voice's heard,
Servants grown insolent:
Time to assert the will,
Time to make clear my choice,'
Time to begin to speak
With it more certain voice:
Ordered at last throughout,
Ridden of bat and mouse,
Presently I shall be
Master in my own house.
—Monk Gibbon.
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