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EL OSTRANDER
CHAPTER IR,
Sergeant Barry waited until the
racking, tearless sobs had ceased and
then he' asked quietly: "What had
• Miriam Vane to do with your wife,
Mr.. Griswold?"
Griswold raised his head and the
detective had the shock of his career,
Hdhad thought that the. mention of
the 'dog's foolish pet name had re-
called the man's dead wife, and that
it was, genuine grief which had open-
ed the crusty financier's long -closed
heart, whatever his relation to the
other woman and his share in. the'nrys-
tery, Butitwas not resurrected sor-
row wheah met his amazed eyes; Gris-'
void's thin, acidulous face had been
transformed into that of an exultant
Send and personal fear seemed to be
wholly forgotten in the sundering of
the hold which he had held over him-
self.
'Miriam Vane!" The repetition of
the name r,inie with a rauce.us laugh.
-Miriam Vane was my wife, my law-
ful wif to the hour of her death, and
she wit too clever to give me an op-
portunv y to free myself from her,
at least without the notoriety that she
knew 1 could not afford. It took seine -
one ilmerer than she, less cautious
than 1, so fire that shot last night,
led because of it I owe a debt for the
first time :n my life, a debt of grati-
tude which ever: my money can never
repay!"
Deep.'' the astounding revelation,
Barry di•i rot allow his expression to
change, mitones were suavely
Fet•st:a... a; he suggested:
::Sup•.• .r yet; tell me the whole
seae, Griswold. Our krowledga
of the trent may enable us to prevent
the noteeiety -you wish to avoid, How
ksg were you Married to -the woman
who.- railed herself Miriam Vane?"
"Far ':',`:."7 ty years, ever cine, she
• zelytt sixteer. and I a Iaw
• :;:7 o, tvercy-teeo don -n is a
r 'e.itail Springville, in De'.,.-
,alit these :ear; year;
te• e/'t `d aem: beeause of the
'thole affair, but ':tis
• 'i :Fid truth must be kr:o;vn
:i find it out sooner or
ean , + cur nnearria„e lasten—
sie yew, :1 .nought disillueionneint
t net, of her beauty,
eny twenty-two, ie. the fail
tea i• - P-ish fascination and
knot..e •nor to use it when I ac-
e r +t 1sieekehip in Cleveland with
the, le,.e -,f Veneer &:cntl;*.•"—iii
Irl.,i:, et.t,i• a
ilea .i een. a maid feeling
tealzine delicate wife who
marine tllancee are that he
v ')tai '.:i;'•• in 1unte4 r•v
111111,_ro he .eal
._ ve with
imme
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4
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:get see.c )'.tt •}a
1 tugnr she would
' ali7•3111INt if
.s alit eeesei;l
l: •rteale t - rni.;
t uth, Ismaili; a
e + • i r. i minetieer he
ireadnees and
-e he blew his
dean;
• explanation of the
✓ i • • hell treasured sit
t1 rile symbol of a ghost
th,,. ms laid! Barry whistled
weft!, ,: i ...nee a. sudden question
ran
1Hnd.
' yr,u told hie a while
ago t'—e: ane was too clever
to c v opportunity to free
your :• ii without notoriety
wh ::t ; , net afford. Surely
When you need new energy-.
arshen you are hot and mouth Be,
dry—pep up with Wrigley's—it
moistens mouth and throat.
The increased flow of saliva
feeds new strength to the blood,,
lenou can do more—you feet
ibetter.
ICeep awake with Wrigley's
13,31-7: No. 16--'30
tam
her elopement with young Venner
provided you with evidence enough,"
Griswold roma andcommenced to
pace the floor. "When Venner slipped
through herfingers she remembered
that she still had a legal hold on me
and all her eadcalathug shrewdness
came to her aid. When she found me
=I' was lying' ill with- typhoid in. a
Chicago hotel, Men do strange, things
in delirium and I must have babbled
her name,
"Some fool specialist thought her
presence would pull me through the•
crisis..
"When I awoke to consciousness she
was in full command and I was, too
weak to do anything. In the eyes of
the law I had condoned her offense."
The sergeant nodded and Griswold
resumed.
"It was sheer blackmail. I met her
terms; a quarterly allowance on con-
dition that she chang a her name and
leave the country." -
He haired in his restless pacing and
when he spoke again it was with his
face averted from the detective. •
"Last October the janitor brought a
note up to me, and I found that she
had had the impudence not only to
break our agreement by returning to
America but had actually domiciled
herself beneath the sante roof and
•nsieted that it was I who had first
broken our agreement by stopping her
allowance, and I must come down to
her at once for a personal interview.
"I went and then began a series of
persecutions which did not cease until
act night, She not only demanded
an outrageous income but forced me to
call upon her at regular intervals on
pain of announcing herself as zny wife
and raking tip that whole wretched
scandal I had so carefully lived down.
"I thought when that young fool
Gordon Ladd appeared on the scene
it aright make a difference but she was
too infernally clever, Yesterday she
de/needed. a further increase in her
altowatee and tt was the last straw.
Easy in the evening I went down
-o tell her that I had reached the end
ted would do an more but she defied
nae laughingly. I left her :n a rage
and as I ascended the stair to my own
apartments here I dietinetly saw
young Ladd mounting from his
Umier,tand, Sergeant, I ant not try -
ng to cast suspicion on hint. 1 am
merely giving you facts and if she
has played fast and loose with hint,
many ether and more reckless men
than he appear., to Ise have lost their
heads over her in Europe, 'as my for-
eign agents have kept nee informed,
,ince that old Venner affair in Cleve -
and,"
H'ai:" Barry exclaimed thought -
tulle. 'Speaking of that ease, Mr.
ei :arid did that misguided young
matt have any :•elate es ex:ept his
tether "
Nn 'When aid Veneer ,u i 'tb=rut
re 'nr:tr, ago he left all hie ,i.,ney
laic Inv partner, Scully,"
-And teeing Mrs, Verner, the one
t> t died arcane; who were her people?
t, t t wai her maiden name?"
don't know., She had utet young
r meter ,vbile t-teiting some echoer
f:len9, but on that point zny memory
vague, None of her own people
nate forward at the time of the elope -
tient hand whet_ her mind gave way
t ever., old Veneer who had her placed
•n the .sanitarium-"
vlr. d iewold," Barry leaned for -
teazel nemeweively toward the titan who Write your name and address plain-
ty)d before .him, "You realize, of ly, giving number and size of such
.,ours~, that any help you may be able patterns as you want Enclose 20o in
ss give us will ',e helping yourself as stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
vela it carefully) for each number, and
"You had the strongest motive for address your order to Wilson Pattern
killing her and the testimony of others Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
show that you had plenty of time •:
after leaving her in a rage toreturn Sport for Gods
hare for a pistol, climb down the fire
e.,eape, rush to that vacant house next
door of Which you poesesa the keys,
and from one of its windows fire the
deadly shot through one of her Lighted
windows."
"Great heavenii" gasped Griswold.
'You know I'm innocent, Sergeant, for
'f I'd meant to put her out of the way
I could have done so long ago and
saved thousands upon thousands that
she has wrung from me.
"That vacant house is out of the
question unless someone broke in, for
the only keys to it are in my office
and my clerk can testify that they
have remained undisturbed for months
in a stronghcx under his charge. If
someone had not concealed himself in
her studio itself during her absence
for dinner there romaine only the fire
escape:'
"Ne one could have come up the
fire escape without being seen by
'time, as Griswold had said, but Scully
would surely recall the details of the
tragedy which had made hire his part-
ner's heir, However, when Sergeant
Barry had run the gamut of steno-
graphers and found himself behind
the door marked "Philip Scully—Pri-
vate" he saw confronting him a well-
groomed young man who obviously
had not reached the age of 30.
The young Inan rose and extended
air affable hand.
"Mr. Barry? What can I do for
you, sir?"
Ile paused as Barr} shook his head.
"I'm afraid I've made a mistake.
I've come well recommended, but it
was to another Mr. Scully, a' law part-
ner of the late Mr. Venner."
"Indeed! I take it that you' are •a
stranger here, Mr. Barry. You are
referring to zny father, Daniel Scully,.
but' he gave up active practice some
five years ago. I took his place—"
"There are somo things from :which
1.1 man cannot -retire," Barry interrupt-
ed, "I wine well recommended—by
the district attorney of New York
City."
(To be continued.)
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Policeman Boyle, who stood just be-
low; that has been established. " Barry
added, still with deliberate intent:
"Suppose he had been concealed on
the fire escape for some little time be-
fore Boyle appeared on his rounds,
he must still after the crime have
ascended instead of going down to
the street Ievel and where could he
have gone? It has been proved that
the roof offered no means of shelter.
I can vouch for Professor Sernyonov,
and Mies Shaw was in her studio at
the time, so there remains only your
apartment."
CHAPTER 1,
The venerable house which had once
held the law offices of Venner &
Scully had long since given place to a
- modern business block.
Fourteen years was indeed a long'
I like to sit and watch nay cat
Chase her tail round and rouud—
Oh, it's silly and ail that,
And not profound.
She might be catching mice lndustri-
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And it may be,
To see me chase my fanctee joyously,
Although to no avail,
Amuses weary gods, as it amuses me
To watch my kitten chase icer.tail.
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Tasty R'ecipeS
Fish In Jelly
This forms a tasty, nourishing meal.
Put one quart of stook into a basin
and add one ounce of gelatine. Let it
stand about halt an hour, then add a
tablespoonful of vinegar and a good
seasoning of pepper and salt. Pour
all into a saucepan and place over a
slow fire. As soon as the gelatine has'
melted, whip all briskly until it boils...
then let it simmer gently for twenty
minutes. •Pees through a flannel bag
or pour through a clean cloth placer!
over a -basin, then , when almost set,
put a layer of this jelly in a mould,
then a layer of boiled salmon, freed
from skin and bone; then another
layer of iand-boiled eggs, but in slices.
Continue this until the mould ie near-
ly futi. If any jelly remains, melt it
and pour over all, When quite set,
turn out and garnish with a salad of
lendiettuvece, and caddish, orbeetrootand
ItaIlan Potato ea
Ing1'edients—Five or six well -boiled
potatoes, one tablespoonful of minced
treat, one tablespoonful of Parmesan:
or grated Cheese, one tabiespoonfut of
chopped parsley and onion, a little
butter,some breadcrumbs, seaeontng,
and half a pint of white sauce. Meth-
od--Mash the potatoes, and place the
ingredients in alternate layers in a
greased pie dish.' Bake for from
twenty to thirty minutes. Sauce—One
ounce of butter, one ounce of flour,
seasoning, and half .a pint of milk. Put
butter in a saucepan, and allow to
melt; add flour, and stir until quite
smooth, then add the milk very slow-.
ly, beating' well ail the time. Allow to
cook for about five minutes to cook
flour. Add seasoning. This 1s a very
novel and tasty dish,
Fish Macaroni
Ingredients—The remains of any
cold fish and an equal quantity of
boiled macaroni; salt, lemon -juice, a
pinch of cayenne, two ounces of
grated cheese, a Iump of butter the
size of a walnut- Method—Tear the
fish with a fork into small pieces, then
add 15 to the macaroni, also cut into
small pieces; season with salt, lemon -
juice, cayenne. and grated cheese. Mix:
the whale well together, put the mix -
t. :a in a flat dish, and grate a good
tical more of the cheese over it; put
the Nutter on the top, and brown well
Ito the oven. Serve very hot.
Stewed Ox Kidney
Cut a pound of ox kidney is pieces,
avoiding all the tat and skin; put two
ounces of butter in a stewpan, fry the
kidney ne it for five minutes, stir in
two ounces of flour, a finely -chopped
onion, two tablespoonfuls of ketchure.
some salt and pepper, and, when these
Ingredients aro well cooked, add a
pint of stock and simmer for twenty
minutes. Just before serving add two
teaspoonfuls of chopped parsley. Servo
on a !tot dish. with small squares of
fried bread,
Duchess' Pudding
Well grease a pudding -bowl, and
sprinkle thickly with currants. Cut
some thin slices of bread -and -batter
into neat shapes. Sprinkle currants
between cacti slice. Do not quite All
tate bowl with these, Then make a
custard with two eggs and one pint of
milk and two ounces of sugar; or half
quanties if it smaller pudding is de -
aired, and pour over the bread, Cover
with buttered paper, and steam one
and a half or two hours.
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Their tongues are never stili and most,
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Gossip and chatter weary those who
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and is often the cause of that feeling,
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Smile If you .possibly can when
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It you have just met them with: a
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When you get a piece of material
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in every fold. Don't take it out anti!
you have sewed the pleated; part into
its place. It keeps the pints exact,
and is easily' pulled out afterwards,
A bit of embroidery worked on a
dress gives it a bit of smartness. Lay
the embroidery pa a piece of double
tissue paper and tack, it before you
legis to work. This is extra good for
georgetto or any thin stuff. Put away
what you can of the paper when;. the
work is finished, and tub the, rest off
with your hands as if you were wash-
ing. It won't spoil the material In the
least, and every; scrap of paper conies,
away.
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liner from the Far East, For six
days and nights an albatross followed
the vessel, which averaged seven-
teen knots, and it was only when a
schoolof fish was sighted that the
bird abandoned the chase in order to
feast. It was estimated that the
bird had flown 3,000 miles, and, what
is more remarkable, had apparently
gone without food all the time.
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Saskatchewan
Limits Influx
Of Mennonites
House Upholds Government
in its Refusal to Admit
5,000 More from
Russia
Winnipeg,—The Saskatchewan Loge
islature ,:is throughwith discussing
Mennonites., After hours of immigra-
tion debate, which drew in the Prem -
ler and the leader of the opposition,
the House, by a vote of 20 to 23, in-
dorsed the government's stand in re-
fusing to admit Mennonite colonists
from Russia Iast fall, �••
These Mennonites ' have applied
political kindling "Per moathe, ever,
since. some 5,000 o1 them, destitute
in Russia, applied .e or permissien to
enter Saskatahewan,.There are about
21,000 of them in the province now
'and nearly 60,000 in Canada altogeth-
er.
The speakers agreed that they are
desirable settlers. Dr, S. M. Ulrich,
a stanch supporter of the Mennon
ites, declared that of the persons' who
found their way into the Regina jail
in 1029 more than, 1,000 out of 1,350
ware' English-speaking. Another
speaker pointed out that Mennonite
women •intermarried with native
Canadians, but. English-speaking wo-
men did not find Mennonite husbands
In any number worth quoting.
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The Mennonites are a 'religious
body, strongly Protestant. They are
more easily absorbed than people of
other nationalities in Canada, it is
said. They are thrifty, agricultural
and learn the English language with.
remarkable facility. But the Mennon
Ites now in the province were not in
favor et letting in their compatriots
at the time as the situation in Sas-
katchewan is hardly rips for more
farmers, they said. This was the
argument of R. P. Fades, of Morse,
Sask., where• there are hundreds of
Mennonites. They aro preparing to
admit their co -religionists at a latter
date.
Alembers of the government have
denied that the Meimonitee were dis-
criminated against. The same course
would have been taken in the case of
applicants from the Britidh Isles, of-
ficials assert. Saskatchewan is going
to be careful about immigration dur-
ing'the next few years,
British Settlers Preferred
The policy of the Federal govern-
ment was also• involved. • J. F. Bry-
ant, Minister of Puiyylie Works, stated
that the percentage of British settlers
in foreign countries was decreasing
at such a rate that if it went on, to-
. gether
o.gether with the large natural in
crease of foreign population, the Eng-
lish part of Saskatchewan would
soon ba submerged.
He quoted English and 'Canadian
papers to show how the "iavisible
enemy" was working against increas-
ed British immigration to this coun-
try. It was easier, he said, for a man
to be passed for the war than to get
into Canada under the new system
of medical inspection. Some British
miners had boon kept out because they
had flat feet, he added.
There seems to he a province -wide
sentiment for an increased British'
immigration in preference to that
from foreign countries. Progressives
are strongly taking this line and they
represent the farmers' sentiment.
When the present Saskatchewan Royal
Commission taking evidence bringe.
in its report the provinelal govern-
inept will frame a cleat' -cut policy,
At the present time it points to 0
temporary restriction of settlers.
<..nadians Lead
In Ice Problems
Dutch Scientist Pays Tribute
After Studying at McGill
Canadians have made great strides
forward in handling snow and ice
problems, in the opinion of Dr. A. L,
T. Moesveld, Dutch scientist, who is
leaving McGill University on. his way
back to Holland, atter studying ice
engineering under Dr. Howard T.
Barnes for the past three months,.
Mr. Moesveld paid several tributes
to Dr. Barnes, who, he said, must be
regarded as the world's greatest an-
thority on the formation and destruc-
tion of ice.
The Dutch scientist hopes to return
to Canada again next winter to con-
tinue
ontinue his studies in the laboratories
at McGill and the Ice Ileseerch'Instt
tote at Morrisburg, Ont. Upon return-
ing
eturning to Holland he will work on the de-
velopment of methods to prevent the
formation of ice in the smaller canals
of Holland where iqe-breakers cannot
operate.
Althri gh he had an enjoyable stay
to Ce,fada I)r, Meesveld said that he
missed the numerous concerts of Euro-
pean countries. Canadians lack facili-
ties for the enjoyment of fine orches-
tral and concert music, the Dutch
scientist stated in pointing out that a
city of some 100,000 inhabitants in
Holland would leave a very good sym-
phony orchestra.
• Dr. Moesveld, who returns to Hol-
Iand to take up a professorship in
physical chemistry at the University
of Utrecht, stated that McGill Uni
varsity gave excellent opportunities
for students to study the two subjects
in which he is most interested, pbysics
and chemistry.
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