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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-04-17, Page 6Salada quality and price snake prep sums unnecessary PP 61rtspafro the g &Eenst SECp the Stairs By ISABEL OSTRANDER CHAPTER V1,—(Cont'd.) The girl's slender figure did not re seieble the splendid, sensuously ful lines of the body of Mrs. Vane save in its height, and .he face was an indistinguishable blur, but on a sud- den inspiration Barry rose, still carry- ing the picture, and going into the studio he turned on the brilliant light within the reflector, Then he drew from his pocket a small but. powerful microscope. It prove:. of little aid beyond showing that the blurred ob- ject by the girls side was indeed a large dog, for the photograph was too worn and faded, but on the reverse - side the distinction between the pencil marks and pen scratches was plainly visible, and three words written in a round, girlishly unformed hand were unmistakably revealed: "Mopus would move." Then, standing almost on the same spot which the body of Miriam Vane had occupied in front of the easel, Barry used his microscope to scan every inch of the portrait with meticu- lous care. Steaightemng at length with a very grave expression upon his boyish countenance, he switched off the glar- ing ligh in the reflector, leaving only the side brackets in the wall glowing softly, and crossing behind the por- trait he passed the model throne and went to the row of windows. When be raised the shade of one of theist the empty house beyond the nar- row strip of garden stood out more distinctly than before and a grayish effulgence was spreading over the cloudy sky. The sultry summer dawn was at hand. Dropping the shade once more, Barry turned and reflectively regard- ed the back of the portrait upon the easel. The huge square of canvas was blank except for some numbers ! scrawled in charcoal ., the upper left: hand corner and a small cross in red paint a little below the centre. For some minutes these enigmatic char actrs occupied the close attention of the sergeant, then he turned off the !last of the light" and left the studio, _ going directly to the outer hall with- ' ;out a second glance toward the bou- doir and bedroom. Big Doane, seated upon the lowest step of the staircase, rose hastily and Isaluted, ("One of the boys came up, sin', to find out about the light in that studio, but I fixed it with him," he remarked. "Did you find the answer to what was puzzling you, sergeant?" "If I've found the answer to what was puzzling me, Doane," he replied, "I've stumbleu on a bigger mystery yet, and a blacker one," He found at headquarters that Craig had already turned in his re- port, and the chief was waiting his own appearance with ill -concealed im- uatiei "What do you think?" the chief asked, "As to the identity of the murderer, sir?" Barry asked, cautiously. "I'm quite certain that several people who !might conceivably have killed ilirs. 'Vane did not do it, and that lets me lout for the moment. However, I took :It upon myself to do a little unofficial l investigating--" "Of course! That's what I expected you to do!" the chief interrupted eag- erly. "The medical examiner hasn't performed the autopsy yet, naturally, but from his account of the affair as well as the reports of the boys from the local precinct, and Boyle and Craig, it appears that the Vane wo- man was shot by some visitor, some- one she knew well, and that she had no premonition of the attack. There's one queer point about the murder that the press is bound to pounce on and play up big, and yet I can't see any 'explanation; I thought perhaps you 'might have some idea" "What is that, sir?" Barry's tone was guileless. "There were no powder narks on the woman's smock, and the medical examiner says that the shot must have been fired from a distance of several feet at least," The chief paused. "Now, according to Boyle's report, Professof Semyonov stated that when you and he heard the sowed of the shot and opened the door he heard footsteps on the stairs.! Sergeant Barry smiled. "The profeseo• and I have a slight difference of opinion about the direc- tion of the sound of those footsteps; he believes that they were coating up, while I am as certain that they were descending," he said. "However, that's not the plain point. You are wrong, T think, sir, though not in the way you mean. That 'step on the stairs' had everything to do with the murder!" "What -t!" The chief sprang from his chair. "Has anyone given you a descrip- tion yet of the portrait which Miriam Vane was painting when she met her death, sir?" asked Barry. "Only that it is a picture of Mn. Theodore Vansittart—" "Coming down a staircase," Barry finished. "The THIRD STEP OF THE STAIRS is just on a level with the artist's breast as she sat on a stool before the easel, and there is a bullet hole in the Canvas, Miriam Vane was shot through the heart by someone on the other side of the por- trait!" Life—like good golf—is made up of many little things each one of which helps the score. Better digestion—steadier nerves—clearer brain, are alt factors that count and are gained from the use of Wrigley's. Alter every meal CANADA'S BEST/ It,lerapossibkiohudd shifter lawn ntowwr Than $MA Bele Smote Mowers have proved their superiority ,wherevergrass Is Brown Easy rurndn0,keeo• sutbne andabsoiuf4 pananteed. ASO VOUP HAPOWAPC MAS JAMES SMAar PLAtlt anockvnm&osr.. ISSUE No. 14—'30 CHAPTER VII, For a moment the chief seemed about to explode with the mingled emotions which consumed him. The next he sank back in his chair and raised his powerful hands, to let them fall with a slam upon his desk. "A bullet hole through the por- itraitl" he exclaimed. "And none of those no -account flatfoot dicks, not even the medical examiner himself, ' had eyes to oe it! The reporters would have smoked it out and had a fine laugh on the department if it hadn't been for you, John;" "No woman deliberately destroys all signs of her former identity un- less she has a secret to hide," said Barry, "and I am not certain that a previous tragedy war not linked in some fashion with her life. The shot which killed her was not the first to be involved its her destiny." "The ribbon, dried flowers, lace, and the hair and the locket—why, I sup - nese everywoman treasures just such things the world over/' commented the chief, "That empty cartridge, though. It must have meant something mighty serious. to her, and we've got to find out what that something is. The photo- ; graph is toe faded to be of any use as evidence, and whatever was writ- ten on the back has been scratched out long ago—" "Look at it through this, sir," Barry offered his microscope. "The penciled words beneath the ink scrawl are `Mopus would move,' Now, as'I make it out, that refers to the blur beside the figure of the girl, which under the glass resolves itself into a large dog of some sort." Barry laid the little packet of sketches before the ,chief and took his leave. It was broad daylight when he reached the street, and on reaching the antique shop found°that a crowd had collected before its doors. 'Boyle's temporary successor and the plain- clothes men were sharply interrogee- ing a surly individual who was in the act of unlocking •the basement door. At Barry's approach they greeted him and stepped aside. "Aee you the janitor, of this build- ing?" he asked. "I atm, Jacob Kedge by name, and what business is it of yours?" the other .replied truculently, eyeing' the detective sergeant up and down. "Come inside." Barry drew him within the entrance door, closing it upon the gaping knot of curious sight- seers, "I'm from headquarters, is charge herewith Sergeant Craig: I suppose you know' that one of your tenants has been murdered?" "I ought to!" Hedge ejaculated. "Your men have been badgering me ever since I got back. It's hard to believe her cold in death! Why, it's scarcely twelve hours since I was talking to her!" "Mrs, Vane knew the other tenants in the house," Barry remarked, "Not that crazy Russian with the whiskers, but she sometimes spoke to the top -floor ` nant, Miss Shaw, when she passed her on the stairs. The young gentleman just above was fair crazy about her, as you could see with half an eye, and bitrs. Vane and Mr. Griswold seethed to be old friends, from even before she carie here." "Indeed'!" Barry smiled engagingly. "It seems to me now that he said something about that last night when I interviewed him after birs. Vane's death was discovered. Didn't they come originally from" the same city?" "I don't know anything about that. All I know is that Mrs. Vane was American, for all she landed here from France like that young Mr. Ladd, and she'd no more than got settled than she sent me upstairs with a note for Mr. Griswold, as formal as you please. Surprised, he was, too." "Yes, he must have been pleased to find that so charming a neighbor was an old friend." Barry's tone was guileless. "I'll warrant he gave you a big tip." "Tip!" Tee janitor's repetition was as expressive as an oath. "Weil, when I gave hint that note and he saw the writing on the envelope he jumped and got a little bit more green and then rubbed his chin and smiled in that slow way of his, At last he open- ed the note and read it, and then he told me, still smiling, to tell bitrs. Vane he would do himself the honor of calling on her in a few minutes. I remembered it because it was such a queer, old-fashioned way of putting it." "And did he call?" A trace of eager- ness had crept into the sergeant's voice, and Kedge became suddenly wary. "How should I know, sir? I deliv- ered his message to Mrs, Vane, and then went about my business." Barry rose, left him and ascended to the fifth floor. Professor Semyonov opened the' door. "Did you succeed, sir?" the detec- tive demanded eagerly, (To be continued.) Use Minard's in the Stable. MANY MANSIONS "Vast is my Father's house and glori- ous are Its many mansions, citadels of light, Enchanted moon and redly flaming star Whether beheld or still beyond, our sight They gent infinitude. Well named were they By dreaming bards of some mild desert clan, Niltal, Giausar, Betelgeuse, Er Rai, Gonieisa, Fomalhaut, Aldebaran And Talltha tire Maiden, Isles of rest, Inns of Eternity, they house the soul Vpen its pilgrimage, that splendid guest Wherein from world to world and goat to goal We, too, sltali tread, as myriads have trod, These .stepping -stones ou the long road to God." —Arthur Guiterman, In Scrlbner's 'Magazine. If one is good witt:out being good for something he's no good, l Getting Ready For 1930 Accidents The tide of motor ti'ailio will soon be swelling with the coming of summer. It is sonic comfort to know that, along with "Safety First" injunctions from many quarters, Bell Telephone linemen and construction chiefs will be found on many highways .carrying on their big 1930 coustruetion program- The Bell men' ale practically all skilled first -aiders, They "undergo a thorough training in that useful art, and their timely aid in all parts of the province has saved the lives of many who, without skilled initial attention to injuries, would have been in grave danger. .Over 2,300 Be1I employees—men and women; successfully passed First Aid examinations in 1929, Sixty-three per cent of the 7,500 male workers are qualified First Aiders, Too Unlucky British Widow Reburies Scarab from Tomb as Cause of Woes • Bradley, England; A scarab taken from au ancient .Egyptian tomb was blamed by Mrs, John Bertram Parkes for seven years of poverty and misfor- tune, culminating in widowhood. So she burled it in the woods near her humble home here. The scarab was inscribed with part of the sixty-fourth chapter of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which identified it with the heart of the de- ceased person and urged it not to be- tray him at the judgment before Osiris, It was found by her husband when he was its Egypt as a colonel in England's crack Grenadier Guards. Shortly afterward he was demobil- ized. For a time he worked, first as a coal dealer and later as a market gardener, toy milker and firewood sell- er. Then for seven years he was un- able to land a job of any sort. Finally I.e`was forced to build a two - room shack in the woods here in order to have shelter for his wife and four children, Theu he died, leaving his family destitute, Mrs, Parkes said her husband blamed all his misfortunes on the scarab. Minard's Will Kill Corns. YOUTH In the lexicon 01 youth, which Fate reserves For a bright manhood, there's no such word as fail.—Bulwer. "Mayn't I be a preacher when. I grow up?" asked the small boy. 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SPFIN TRADE MARK.REI. Clergyman's Conception of A Gentleman Man Who, `Though Poor, Never Lacks Friends of the Right Sort By the Rev. E. L, Mascassey. Lord Castlerosse gave me quite a good "aside" for a sermon. I had' to preach in Bedford on the work of the Church.Army.- For some one. 'wrote to Lord Castlerosses and said' he was no gentleman. Aiid Lord Castlerosse said he did not mind. Why should he? It is no disgrace to be. called "no gentleman." A well-known and rich man wrote me recently that he did not like me, for•he preferred to "con- sort" (unpleasant phrase) with gentle. men.. I tell every one title story, and they roar with. laughter, for every one who knows me knows that I do' not pre- tend to be a gentleman in the sense intended by the rich man, My idea of a gentleman ie that lie is a man who, though poor, never lecke friends ;of the right sort, Bii-th- has nothing to do with. gentility, and mon- ey is no guarantee of gentleness, But unless you are really a gentle -man you will live a lonely life. The gentleman, too, is of a gay and optimistic temperament, People do not like to be reminded of an under- taker's assistant when they ask you to share their sausages and 'mash. It is quite easy to learn how to be a gentleman in the highest sense of the term. It is like drink, dope, and dying. It Presents no special citified - tin to agile minds like mine, who have no pedigree, no .money, and one dress suit which was made in 1904. The gentleman.. is shared by every creed and class, and you will find him in every political party. Watch the gracious and affectionate way in which the present Archbishop oe Oan- terbury speaks even to the humblest curate, and gentleman. One of the very finest types of Eng- lish gentlemen I know( is Viscount Bridgeman, -called behind his back Just "Willie." He is too big a man to bother about birth, and he is one of the most popular men in England to -day. Had I been Willie Bridgeman I should have traded on my popular- ity and saved the Conservative Party. But Lord Bridgeman is a man of infinite compassion for the incompe- tent He told some one he was very fond of me! Take a look . now at the Rev. 11. Dunlop, M.P., Deputy Chairman in the House of Commons. Listen as tie handles his unruly friends. His enor- mous clerical collar looks like the Thirty-nine Articles just back from the wash, but a staunch Conservative -- agrees with me, "Dminieo is a real gentleman." Once people believe that of you, you can do anything with them. This ex- Plains xplains Mr. Dannico's success - as a Chairman in the House. Society has never been so quick to recognize the gentleman when met with, or quicker to unmask the counterfeit article, with its coat of arms emblazoned Bounce, Blast, and Bumptiousness. A Five -Horsepower Umbrella How long will it be before one may strap a ave -horsepower motor on his back, open a reinforced umbrella over his head and proceed to his of- fice via the air route? Recent air- plane deviopmeuts appear to forecast something of this character. Only lately a parasol type all -metal mono- plane propelled by a Wasp forty -five - horsepower engine flew from Seat'ie to Omaha at au average speed of 157 miles an hour. Lighter and cheaper airplanes are inevitable, but the ultimate type of family vehicle niust remain In the realm of speculation until present pos- sibilities have proceeded much far- ther toward realization. Furthermore, there will be no tremendous advance until the trend toward use of the air for transportation purposes has be. come more definite than it is now. The driver Of a one-horse shay had his visions of a vehicle that sped ewtftly through the streets with no visible nteane of propulsion, but bis. wildest dreams could never !rave pia tured the beautiful and silent automo- biles that now glide over the high- ways of the civilized world. And so one may be privileged to say that the airplane of to -day is a somewhat crude affair, to be superseded by a vastly more efficient and less cumbersome vehicle capable of storage in no larger space than is now taken by an auto- mobile. It will not need :a ten -acre let for a getaway and will be handled With all the ease and facility exempli- fied by the early bird in alighting gently beside the home of its pros- pective breakfast, -Christian Science Monitor. AN IDEAL LiFE We are haunted by an ideal life, and , it 10 because we have within us the beginning and tate possibility of it. God ie our continual exeitement be- cause we are His children, So the ideal is is in our blood and never will be still. We feel the thing we ought to be beating beneath the tiling we are. Every time we see .a man who has attained our ideal a little more fully than we have it wakens °Ur lane gold blood and fills its with new long- ings. --Phillips Brooks. God helps then that•'help tbetttsel vee. Benjamin Franklin. ,