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The Seaforth News, 1928-01-05, Page 2,coo Doe l Not Weary use o ?ferit am int Mk OK AVIA BEGIitT }IEEE TODAY. ' Vales -to induce iesi:ant death. It may Sit Charles Abingdon engages Paul be detested in its natural state by the •tIarley, criminal investigator, to solve presence of hundreds of 'deed flies and Alba mystery of e�o,natant survoillanee insects upon the grown surrounding D'' Slt Charles, ' le Harley is dining' the dant, It is especially Wel to tit theAbingdon^ home Sir -Charles 1 nocturnal insects, its perfume being , his chair in a dying condi- tis 1 nrn stro tto,l. Ur. IljeMnrdoeh gprinounces death c k. heart -failure, Harley insists Sir Pxn'egparationeretnigcht:E. rho oil is an sit pe- oorict was poisoned."The!Iast words culler to'members of se, obscure sect 'Iters' by Abingdon are "Nicol Brinn" established in that district bywhom arid o ,t e -Ton ue.'?` 8 Marley asks Brien it is said' to be employed for the rq to e)7,1,4tall the, meaning of "Fire- moval of enenies. 1' cl ee .`{'Brinn refuses to divulge the An article is sprinkled with: it, and et :ena Ormuz Khan, Oriental; is a whilst the perfume, which is reported of Phil Abingdon, daughter of to resemble that of cloves, remains WI's^ rharles, ;While Harley is shadow - Ing the home of Ormuz Khan he is dis- perceptible; to inhale it emits in int- i ""'e,l by the Oriental and imprison- mediate cynoope, although by what ed inthe house, psysiologlcal process 1 have never NOW CO ON WITH THE STORK. been enabled to determine. With the ono exception which I CHAPTER XXV.--(Cont'd,) bare mentioned, during my. stay in Nepal and the surrounding districts At noon the voice again addressed I failed to obtain a specimen of this him from behind the gilded screen: orchid, I have twice seen the curious '"Mr. Paul Harley?r' '""" . ( purple stains upon articles of clothing "Yes?" ! worn by natives who hadi . d ed sudden. "Your last opportunity has come. ly and mysteriously, The Mange.. For your own future or for that of simply say, "He has offended some - the the world you seem to care little or one. It ,is the. flower of sleep." nothing. Are you still determined to I immediately recognized the col oppose our Wishes?" of'the.etains upon the enclosed ser 'T am." ette a 1i'slso n the curious crystal! "You have yet en hour. Your finel formation -on their surface. The ide decision will be demanded of you at tity of the."someone" to whom the end of that time." Mangairs'refer, .I never established. Faint sounds of withdrawal follow- shall s el6one any particulars respec these'words. • ing t}e,`history of the serviette. Very He began to pace tie room nervous truly yours, Warwick Grey. ly, ,listening for he knew not what, "Sir Charles Abingdon *as poise His. mind was filled with vague imag- ed" said. Wessex in a hushed voic tthenat last carne an over- "For the girl's sake I hate the ide turd to the grim test to be imposed but we shall have to get an exhurn upon' him. tion order.." A ,slight metallic sound drew his "It is impossible,' returned Inne glance in the direction of the gilded shortly. "He was cremated." screen. A sliding door of thick plate Wearing a very: gloomy expressio glass had been closed behind it, filling the detective inspector proceeded o the ,space between the metal work and foot to New Scotland Yard, and bot the curtain. Them—the-light in the informed on his arrival upstairs th brass lantern became extinguished. Standing rigidly, fists clenched, Paul Harley watched the curtain. And as he watched, slowly it was drawn aside. 11g'found himself looking into a long room which appeared to be practically unfurnished. The floor was. spread with rugs and at the farther end folding doors had been opened, so that he could see into a second room,' most elegantly appoint- ., ed in Persian fashion. Seated in a served chair over which a leepard skin had been thrown, and talking earnestly to. some inivisible conipanjenn.���whose conversation seem-, ed•'*holly-to enthriiirher, was Phil Abingdon! Mangers e- or John was a little boy in the kinder- mothe - haa.. err garten. He was a Sober little fellow" is r a sense in humor•, there aitual ne reminding one of an olil man in his expression o! tacking. Take time the serious tray of looking upon every; tolau ion of,tlto home, time thing about him.' He builth41 . ,-o time ll laugh with I houses, . he play -' your childre,.. Many a little girl and played games, he read bey waits ' with anticipation , for his et from his books, he drew pictures—Daddy to come home to:, share with all with the same• serious, sober man- him a- jolly pictute Incl eipaper, or net, ,His teacher was the oiiearful a funny story of a sal • ' un of n sort. She saw fun In everything. foolish' fox, or of a wtaeO o a ee. Her smile was like the sunshine of a In a. tree. • >1e• old owlup a, new 'day. Her laugh was as pleasing a- and far-reaching as the warm rays of the sun -and yet, it had not reached' s, John. She had just told the children a n, very funny story., They laughed and n'laughed in their enjoyment of it. ng, Mary said she was going home to tell' at ft to Mother so that she could laugh, too. One after another, the children told of how` their . mothers would laugh. It was then that little John looked up and in almost a pathetic manner of regret bald, "My mother never laughs." . Was there a note of almost tragedy in the words of the little boy -"My mother never laughs"?' Sb`inany of us, as we have grown older, have had the, choicest memo• ries of our play days at home and particularly of our mother's laugh, --It has served us as a bulwark of com- fort and joy when things may have temporarily-• se timed; ,at ow,,tjtle, •, It has been like a melody stirring our affections, our sense of appreciation, our mens or enjoyment. Swann Boats Generation Ago jtoung Van Bibber , , , had told his groom to bring al horse he wanted . -.to y i 1foty-ninth e trantrce atto tenthe o`olak and tStrehe groomen had not appeared, . I. , Ile watited es Long as his dignity would 'alloy,' and then, turned off"iate•a bylano and.. dropped on a bench and looked gloomily et the Loxtengrin swans with the paddlewheel attachment that. Circle around the lake, They • struck him as the moat idiotic inventions he T5 Iced' even' seen, and he pitied . . A, the people wird could find delight lir Some one paddle them around an artificial lake, Finn For Two little girls frpm the Bast Side, with a lunch,bksket, sad an elder girl with her. hair' down her back, sat' down on'a! bench _ beside him and gazed et the swans. • , . • "I s'pore,'. said one of the two little girls; lu a high, public school voice, 'there's Iota tq see frpn those perti'';. boats that'youse' can't see fiiotu the:' ban.ks r • .•• Oh,tots,' assented the girl with , the long'1t.≤e, to "If yea 'tvailKed.,all rouneChe lake, clear all the way refuel, "j oil ' could :- smell thereis to eeo,' said' the third,'; "except what ,there's' in the middle wi erg the island 1e." f "I guees it s, mlghtr wild- on par frlrind," suggested the youngest '"Eddie Case, he took h-trip',a%oiind Lhttelake on a swan -boat the other day, He said that'it was grand. He said youae could 'see fishes and; dubks, and• that it looked just as if there were ,snakes and - things on the is - la "What sort: of things?" asked the ether one, to a hushed voice, "Well, wiitl things," explained the is -the qnatstaa inti . leader ,alts Canada. Wilson Pulalishing Company 4,440'4.divicycoir ,1 ALIVE AFTER, 26•.VEARSI. Sir William Simpson, director of tropical 'h iene hygiene at Ii: tis Institute, recent- ly opened these tub as; •which• he had .'sealed' 26 years ago; 'to discover that the germs he had imprisoned were still alive and active. Laughing With the Children CHAPTER XXVL THE ORCHID OF SLEEP. "My God!" cried Innes, "here is `proof that the chief was rightl" . Wessex nodded in silent agreement. - - - IP r}I _Rl On the table lay the report of Merton, Seated in the' analyst, concerningthe a carved chair, talking stains earnestly, was Phil Abingdon. oil -the serviette which IIarIey had • sent front the house of the Iate. Sir .the . Assistant Commissioner was :-ex--- Charles' Abingden. Briefly, it stated petting him, he entered the office of that the serviette had been spt'inkled .that great man. 'trill sonic'essential oil; the exact char- The Assistant Commissioner, who edter'of which Merton had found him- had palpably seen military service self. unable to de.ermine, its perfume, was a big .than with very tired eyes, if it ever possessed any, having dis- and a quiet, almost apologetic manner. appeared. And th., minute quantity "Ah, Detective Inspector," he said, obtainable from the linen rendered. as Wessex entered. "I wanted to see ordinary tests difficult to appy*. 'The you about this business of Mr. Nicol aealyst s report,- however, concluded Blinn." as follows: "Yes, sir," replied Wessex; '!natur- • I emllarley, having foreseen these ally," difficulties,. and having apparently "Now" , the Assistant Conmfssion- euspaOtted that the oil was of Oriental er turned wearily 'in his chair, and origin, recommended me, in the note glanced up at his subordinate—"your Melt he enclosed, with the serviette, accepting the parole of a suspect to confer with Dr. -Warwick Grey. I •under the circumstances, was official - rend a copy of a highly interesting try improper, but I am not blaming you letter which I have received from Doc- for a moment. Mr, Nicol Brinn's tonGrey, whose knowledge of );astern well-known reputation justified your ison le unparalleled, and to whose behavior." He laid one large hand inion I attach, immense importance.', firmly upon the table. "Mr. Nicol IS was the contents of this. append-,,Brinn's absence alters the matter en- d' letter which had inspired Innes' tirely.", emerks. Indeed, it contained matter "I am well aware of it," murmured hich triumphantly established Paul the inspector. arley's theory that Sir Charles Ab- "Although," continued the Assist- ngdon. had not died from natural ant Commissioner, "Mr. Brinn's record usea. The letter was as follows: leads me to believe that hb will have No. — Harley Street, some suitable explanation to offer, his London, W,I, behavior, you will admit, is that of a y Dear Merton: guilty man?" I am. indebted to you and to Mr. "It is, sir; it certainly is." Orley for en opportunity of examine "The Press, fortunately, has learn- g the serviette, which I return here- ed nothing ,of this unpleasant buss `th.. I agree that the oil does net near; particularly unpleasant because pond to ordinary tests, nor is any it involves , such well=known people. ell perceptible: But you have no- You will see to it, Detective inspector, Sed in your microscopic examination that all publicity is avoided if pos- thestains that there is a peculiar elble.. Meanwhile, as a matter of ordi- tailine formation• upon the ear- nary departmental rctrtine, you will ee- ' You state that this is quite circulate Mr. Brian's description. amiilar to you, which ie not through the usual channels, and—" range; since outside of the himalay- the Assistant Commissioper t•aised his dietricte of Northwest India I have eyebrows slightly. er met with it' myself. Respecting the character of the oil CHAPTER XXVii. ployed, however, I am in no doubt, ax' 81Ltenea. d I actually possess a dried spec!. phll. Abingdon arrived athillside en of the flower from which it 'is in a ditto of mind which she found teased. This is pp000l;.ically known unable to understand. Mrs. McMur- ong.-the Adangars, ;rhe of thefighi" doth, who had accepted the invitation tribes of ' epai, •tie the Moons or under protest; Baying -t rat if Doctor hid of S12'sj,. ! t' tis found upon the lower Bfimater. Mo litrdrta hady h been apb home had plcpea, and bears a close 'reaom- would certainty have disapproved, had ice to the whi`ia odontogfossunr of so utterly falIon under t1le,, strange ecce; except that the flbwer^ is spell of Ormuz Ishan, that long before ;h .smaller. TtIM perfume attraete 'they had come .to Hillside she was Ste ahst. sometimes 'small animals Which was almost pathetic on his crd tonwat h reptiles, although inhalation Essential to Home When neither the father nor the Theohil' dren like to laugh, and' they like to have you laugh' with them. Laughter is lntrinelo in: its value. It plays a part in holding men and women together throughout the year, In preserving our family sllfe,' in bringing society everywherd getber in joyful fellowship. ,. Encouraged to Laugh Children should be encouraged to laugh. Parents should see to it that. they keep' -alive in their children the eaving settee of humor. There is no lubricant that will keep the ma chinery of our homes running as smoothly and as happily, as the sense of burner and the ability to Iaugh! It is necessary to little Johni's. right unfoldment: -Laughter, to a boy like John, may be the mg ns of Chep inging: his entire life. Then,' -why can't all of us who haye,,;to,do with. -the"thildren — fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, grandfathers, grand•=. mothers, teachers, and those who life in institutions.,.:take time for thiit. far dispensable expressionot joyousness, and laugh together. • Ormuz Khan, stepping out, assisted the ladies to alight, for one moment Phil Abingdon hesitated, although she knew that it was, already: -too. late. to do so. They were received by Mr. Rama Dasa, his excellency's courteous secretary, whom she had already met, and whom Ormuz Khan,pi•esented to Mrs. MMM•urdocb. Almost immedi- ately: "You. Kaye_ missed Mr. Harley b only a few minutes," said Rama Dass "Wbatl" exclaimed Phil, her eyes opening very widely. "Oh, there is no occasion' for alarm," explained, the secretary in his urbane manner. "He has ventured as far as Lower Claybury station. The visit was unavoidable. He particularly re- quested that we should commence luncheon, but hoped to be back before we should have finished." Phil Abingdon glanced rapidly from the face of the speaker to that of Ormuz Khan. But her scrutiny of those unreadable countenances avail- ed her nothing. She was conscious of a great and growing uneasiness; and Mrs. McMurdoch, misunderstanding the expression.upon her face, squeezed her arm playfully. "Cheer up, dear,"' she' whispered; "ho will be here soon!", (To be continued.):,, India' to Celebrate Scout Jamboree • Bombay.—The great jamboree, to be held in Bombay, will be .attended by no less than 7,000 Scouts. •Contingents' from places so far removed as Kash- mir in' the north and Cahill in! thS south are expected, the native:atnt& contributing as many as 1,000' bolas. The fundamental idea' of ;jai: bores is to enable the Saute from,aIl` parts of India and of all castes :and creeds to feel, as the secretary ori Alp India Scouts Jamboree 'says,; "that they really belong' to one, fetidly de- voted to service first and'Tast,"• It is intended- to deniohatrate:beetherhoo in practice. • The crude part of 'Teapot Dona° Isn't all •underground—Detroit News;: Minaret's Liniment for Grippe. y When at last the car was drawn up before: the porch of Hillside, and A - Queer 'Collectioln. _ AN ATTRACTIVE 'APRON, SIMPLYtIdESIGNEV. When the Children Cyivey Their Mother a "Day A family •of four were spending the Summar in a lovely spot, on the shore of one of `our Canadian 1 1tog, ' One very Wet day when 'the delights oi; outdoor, lite; could not bo Indulged in, the, 12 -year-old girl event, into the kitchen where her mother was prepar- ing lunch. After watching her a few' moments, the child remarked: "It must be fun to do real housekeeping;; I sh'euld love it if I bould plstn'things• and do Just as I like, as you, do, mother." The mother was so impressed 'by thio- idea, that after a little .comeder- atton. she asked th'!s'young-daughter and her brother if they would like to have•the housekeeping turned over to them for one Fybole :day. .They ;were charmed with the idea,, and theirs' joy bubbled over When they were Banded' a cum of money to be spent in buying provisions. - They had. bean; 'allowed oth.agtiel to their help with small tasks from eirer .t 'like t bears and animals - lil.e tiler, that grow in wild places" earliest years: and• so were not'.alto-' • "My .but- Ird like to take s; tt•i gether incompetent. • What fun they just ra ice,'.' said the youngest uihder. had!' They pored over cookery ljool.s'.')ler breath:: Then she clasped her made out menus, decided which -spe, lingers together and looked up anxi- cifie' task each would undertake; and ously,at the elder girl, -, who Glanced made out a 'shopping list, Then; after at her with severe reproach 'nwpiu,;hey nto ,their,•. "Why, Mantel" site .said, 'Ain't you ' mother tuehhisander..ingformted herwet that the ashamed! Ain't you having, a good next day was to bo her 'day.;out';' time 'lute withotit ;Wishing for-' ever she wa's not to do any housework r or'tij y } tiring you set your eyes on?" even to go into the kitchen at a'll, but Van Bibber wondered at this—whys was to he free: to,do,,trat as she liked hrimans „should want to ride around and go Where she pleased. on the swans in the first place, and -When the breakfast- gong , sounded -.why( if they had such a wild desire, " • the neet morning, 'mother and dad they should not gratify it. tante into the dining raojn to flail the "Why, it costs morn'n it costs to breakfast table charmingly laid, come ail the way up -town in an open • .Flowers 'whilh the ,children had gath- car,' added the elder, girl, as 1f In .outs to hiens- erect tastefully anged and ;aver• e.polsen question.- The younger girl sighod-at this, and simplweree food :daintilyarrprepared. Tthehe : little girl sat in the hostess s seat and ,nodded her head in submission, but served, Vette the boy: cleared the blinked longingly, at' the :big swami and the parts-colored.awning and the fell seats, "I beg .your epochal," said Van liei; addr>yesing himself .uneasily to the eldest girl with the long hair, 'but if the little girl would like.to go round in one a these things; and-= and hasn't brought the 'change with ,bet, you know, I'm sure I should be -very glad ie she'd allow me to refill her around." "Oh! will your ''exclaimed ' the lit- tle girl, witlj, a jump, and so sharply and in such a ehrll voice -that Vali• l3ibber'shuddered. But 'the'elder girl objected. ` _ "I'm afraid nfavr',touldn't like our taking money from any: one we didn't know," she -said with dignity; "but if you're going anyway and want com- pang—" "Oh; my, no," said Van Bibber-liar- • ried]y, Hes tried to picture "himself rAiding round the lake behind a tin the East Side, and a Iunah basket '•Then,' said the head of the trio, "we can't -go.".. " There was such a look of uncom- plaining acceptance of this, verdict on the part of the, two little girls,' that Van Bibber felt uncomfortable. He looked to the right and to the left, and than said desperately, "Went. come along:' . Theyoung man in a blue flannel shirt, who did the paddling, smiled at Van 'Bibber's riding -breech- es,, which were so very loose at one end and so very tight 'at the other, and at his gloves and crop. But Van Bibber pretended not to care. The three littl girls placed the awful lunch Basket -en the front seat and sat on the middle: one, and Van Bibber' cow- ered 1n the back. They were hushed - .in silent estasy when .it started, :and gave little gasps• of plaasni•e•When it careened slightly in turning: It wap shady under the awning, and the mo-• tion was ,pleasant , enough, but Van • Bibber was so afraid some one would se him that hefailed to enjoy it., ., But as soon as they, passed the riff row ',straits and were. shut, in bye r bushes ande.tveee out of'sight of the people, he relakeil and began to play the host. IIe pointed out the Ashes among the rocks at the edges of the' ' pool, and the sparrows androbins bathing and ruffling the feathers in the) shallow water, and agreed with them about the possibility of bears, and eventigers, in the wild part of the island, although the glimpse of the .gray helmet of a parts policeman. made • such a supposition doubtful. And It really seemed -aa though they. were enjoying it more than he ever enjoyed a trip up the Sound ons yacht or across the ocean on a record- breaking steamship,—Prom "Van Bib- ber and Others," by Hi'chard }larding Davis. • Willie (looking g up from book)--, Where' does a train of thought take us to, pa? Father—We generally asp rive at a v Anclusion, my son, Waves or pros crit , tothe p Y,spend. thrift, are generally' breakers. --De, Trott NeW8. •Much can' lieilst'id in favor of this table- and brought things in from the kitchen, •A•tter the meal n'asover,_ apron, ,No. 1024,- It is unusually , at- the use a 1 hoiteeke traeti've;ty'eleyer simply - ma • `i 1 eper 'had- 'the lu - .. , y P y d'e,:iles, dei.,.ux�-•of •going •stralglrt"i,o°•iter :raarli'�o being �a• source of joy to the busy ,read, ,as she'l'eved to ;do,ilwhile Vote hour lfe, Who hurries home from chulsiren,'washed' the dishes, ewetit her :dhopping and can slip it' on' with and dusted :-i'Dhenithey went outs to a knowledge that her dress, m pro-{ play until it was, , time to prepare pte'd teby being entirely covered while lunch.-. `1 ' .' " ' she toes about her work. ,The pattern, . ' Rimier was , a. great success. The is cut In one, piece, with a dgep V appreciative - 4ridther put on one of neck opening: ,The hack b s'•over i t, , , at n :e her" prettitiet dr eekea>antV she ,and dad the' front, and the edges ,:an . ,patch showed the; '.appl'eciation of the food, po ,leets are',. finishettleewrth bonding r,hioii !hire delicious, for -the - young 47,e6 36, 40 ands i• inches _bust: Size iCettolts had strictly, adhered • to the 86 is suitable' for 34 and 36, size 4q rules laid : down .,Ink the' recrpe'took. ?or ;:38.and Q, and. size 44 for 42 andThe o1dor tp'op e.:Mifered tones c P,, g.. ; . . h 4,4. • A �, ry,•s2ze iecjuires 3 yards 3'6 -such the di .b • but,tthas frees -ot. allowed. matei�•ia1. :trice 24 gents; the pattern. away, uhtill they were waehhoh ` •Tfie secret' of`distinetive dress'lies +away,. and the t ilei: i and put $c r. tidied, did the In good' tastesrather, than n lavish •ex- jchlldren eonside "'clie"ir day's work p'enditure of inoney.-'Every • womancoded.+ t " 'shoulil� Went to make ove hes- rt elhi;hes, Ih spitf1� gy te of the work, the hot kitchen and the 'thine , ma drCisitel' ii*i'1P (incl the ;and a 'jelly thea wouldn't. stiffen the designs illusttate'd-its bui'"now%'a'g`kion children declared it had been one of Book to be pxaotifa]- and simple, yet the happiest days of their lives; and maintaining the'sp1M of the mode•gf begged that they might do the house - War, tPriec of the, book,• O0 keeping one day each week during the cents thla!bpy, 8OW' -'TO' ORDER PATTERNS, summer • vacation.. And that was how "Mother's•. Day Out" started. Write your name and address plain- w The children ' were very happy ly, giving number and size of .such when they saw how their mother ,patterns as you want, Enclose, 20c in really enjoyed her day of leisure, and h stamps or coin (cdrn prof. tied wrapeven tis en the family trent' back to it carefully)i for Each nuinher;. totowntey insisted on. relieving her and of bouseho] address your order -to Pattern-• Dept,; : far as school would ' d duties one day each' weekhn ;Wilton •Publi§isiiig Co., '73d West Ade- „anot have her Ia"rde-St.; nto. Patti ns sent by „day out" Mother dict '. have to return ma hurry home from shopping or paying calla;; neither did she have to put her Af �r . book down at a most interesting part pi re Sense" Cited 'to go and prepare dinner, for she As Britain's War Gain knew her little family were, taking Durban; Natal.—The Empire dole- care of that, and their loving cti-oper- gates to the Congress of the Federa- anon was even more precious to her tion of the Chamber of ,Commerce held they the increasedleisure; while at Cape. Town, were afterward, enter- Ing. ]earned the prriceless joy of glv-.• rained et to public banquet at Salis- bury, .the capital of Southern Rho- desia. •,Sir John' Chancellor,, the iaov- ernor, said that one, perhaps the only, benefit '.that the Empire, had 'gained from the Great War had been the awakening among them of an Empire sense, the realization of the possibll- sties of developing trade between the various parts of the Empire, and of the advances that would accrue ta,the whole Empire frons such a develop- ment Replying 'on'•behalf of .the. visitors, Sir Arthur Shirley Benn expressed admiration for the "wonderful John Bull Spirit" that was noticeable in Rhodesia. t.. he could assure them, he said, that the Federation of the .Cham- bors of Commerce was doing., good, work, and would do better if they all expressed that same attitude and Mills ed. together. A STRANGE FRIENDSHIP it m A dog, a Misread black snake and a Mexican beatled lizard en a California snake farm live together happily, ' Prairie Contraband. Chicago Cop—"What're you. got In that car?" ' Gangster— "Nothin' but'. booze, mf - fleets" {.. Cop—"I beg your 'pardon—1 thought i ht bo history books."- G y. Life. -----e-------- • ard' ----e--- ard'e Liniment for Neuralgia, IT. MIGHT Mandy Fly: Come away from there, Henry.. That :sight he eel. of those eternal triangles that aro always getting people Into trouble! The amateur was being cautioned' by the referee for Questionable tactics In• kiekingethe nfan rather than the ball, "Any more of it," eald the .of- flclal, 'and off the field you go." . Said the player, as h'e tenderly massaged • his logo "I'm just es .;much shinned against•as shinning." '‘ - Nervous Man (in department store) "r'liays lost my wife," Floor Walker: "Mourning goods are en the third floor, sir:" '