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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-04-16, Page 2&&1ada Green tea drinkers drink tb ; best green l tea . EISA imi T resp fr;:as the garde ' , °s , o ��. .. . D1' h aY :,:\ ..,0K.S as�r THE KESTEL HOUSE STE By T. C. H. ,1ACOBS • STNOPCIs. Henry•HoIt and his ward, Muriel ltainwaring, are staying at -a Dartmoor Perm. Holt has an old friend.: rofe"sm' Holzman, living, at Kestrel Howe. Holt i.i pressing, Muriel to marry Hayden Mer- cer, Boineau's nephew, •A series of mysterious disappearances` tthe kes place, Mona Page, daughter,being the latest victim. Percival Pyeeroft arrives at the Dart- moor farm, being sent by his doctors for his health. :While :walking an the moor he 1s attacked from behind and: chora- roBe wakes ad- dressed as he�'De"yng: Thisis not the man. Take him back where year round him, and make it loos: like an accident." CHAPTER III. Pyeeroft heard he shuffling foot- steps retreating and a muttered curse as the door banged viciously. He stole a cautious glance at the two men gaz• inh at each other in obvious eonsterna- tien. One of them he observed was of a distinctly negroid appearance, with a coarse, bratal face. The other has a much younger man. rather bove average height, pale, thin fared. with a receding forehead rep- lied lay wavy, yellow hair. 01 the two pie preferred the half-caste. "You've made rather a mess of things, Darky, accused the pale - fared one. Me!" exclaimed Darky angrily. ) r truth. it was at nnueh your ruddy taunt. Quit blamin' raze, bo'• I ain't b.tin'. You had the orders, nut the." "But you, my good Darky, were sup- -cd eo to familiar with the gentle - n. I had never seen either." lure, :tt oat that 'my good man" marled Dnrky. "I'm leset fee: arette was lighted, then: "How were you attacked?" he demanded. "Well,' personally X blame the ra- ven," said Pyeeroft, thoughtfully. "A bird of ill omen, don't they say? But perhaps you are not superstitious .. •anywree It was darkish when I decided to right -about-turn. The wood looked beastly gloomy and the river was moaning . , . Lord! you'd never believe how it was moaning! And then the owl howled . • the owl howled . . damn, that's rather neat, what?" Pye- croft broke off to gr -n expectantly at the stern-faced policeman, who glared back at him without the faintest sus- picion of a smile. A look of hurt surprise erept'into Pyecraft's eyes and he continued his narrative in an aggrieved tone of voice. "As I was saying, I turned around to come back when something leaped at me from behind a great rock and landed hie an awful crack on the bean. This wretched fellow had a cape of some sort of black, flowing thing which he chucked over me prior to ad- ministering the anaesthetic .. • that's, "the correct expression, what?" Barnard nodded grimly. "So you were chloroformed, eh?" "Well, I rather gathered that such was the case; it tasted sweetish and gave ine the most awful head .. phew! a beaut!" Pyeeroft passed a hand across 'his brow at the memory. "Yes," prompted Barnard, "you awoke . where?" "Ahl that's where you have me, lad- die. Who can say? I can't" The inspector frowned irritably. (To be continued.) lashed out, and at the same time punched upwards with his clenched fists. A second later he rolled to the ground, half staggered to rise as he felt the loose earth give beneath him. With frantic energy his hands went out, clawing desperately at the crum- bling edge of the precipice. His fingers clutched a great tuft of grass, but it tore out by the roots, blinding him with earth, and he felt himself falling down, down, with the noise of rush- ing, swirling water below hint. It war. a tangled mass of bramble and goree which ultimately saved his life as he plunged down to lie bruised and stunned on the rocks beneath. What New York Is Wearing BYANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Itttcsteatecd Dressmaking Lesson Fur - wished With Every Pattern Are Men Becoming Colour -Conscious? Montreal Journal Commends Colorful Garb for Mere Male "That enterprising and ubiquitous individual, the American tailor," writes the Montreal Daily Star, "has decreed that the business man must have more color in his life—by way of his clothes—this forthcoming spring and summer." He prescribes a selection of snappy hues, so that the wearer may be able to pick a suit of the color he feels like wear- ing and no longer be limited to "the other suit" while his regular one is being pressed, The idea has much to commend it. Our present-day habiliments are muck toe sombre in hue. Their drabness is hardly ever illumined by a distinctive color -note, and in con- sequence we are daily losing some- thing of the joy of living. It would appear to be a move in the right direction, for instance, that a grocer should wear colors that bieud with the general color -tone of his shop. A jeweller one would ex- pect, xpect, in this connection, to be at- tired in a suit of rich but subdued tones, that would harmonize with the gleams from jewel cases. A butch- er should be clad in anything but white, so that• he may appear stain- less before his customers. Laborers should wear khaki, so that dust will CHAPTER IV. The morning sun was shining through the easement eurtains as Per- cival Pyecroft raised himself higher on the pillcw. The movement caused him to put a hand to his head and gingerly i xplore the crown - "Phew ! jolly old bean's got a hump this a.m.," he murmured, His metitations were cut shoot by a knock npan his bedreore door. Mfe. French appeared. "Good morning, sir," she said. "There's a gentleman downstairs who wants to see you urgently, a police gentleman." "A whattn?" he ejaculated, "A police gent . . , front London." "Show the police gentleman from London along," Three minutes later the deer open- ed to admit a tall, heavily built man a wit!. you and your ace,gett eat. with ekee cropped iron -grey hair,. who 1.1 you c eer.'t put a sock : e,». ;1: acknowledged Pyecroft's greeting with 111 whip my iron aroun l yc a curt nod. The ether drew back Sr.alerm be.- "I ant Inspector Barnard of Scot- .e the blazing anger :11 the ha -.1.- land Yard," he annennced ir. slew, t tste's eyes. - even tones. ".Oh, don't take ,or. - sc, rear.," i'e "Thrilled to meet you," replied Pye- m d, soothingly, `we'll both have to ;:eft with a grin which gave. it curi- face the music, curse it! o CO' :s molls* inane expression to his face. along and let us get} hie fe ew hit .. "What can I do for you?" How are we go -ng to arrange 11:e "I want some information, sir, con accident ' ! , er ting the misadventure which befell "Leave it to me, be'," renlisd Dala i you last night" he anger fading irony his Mie to 1=c "Oh; ah, yes; rather! Beastly lot a replaced by a wicked grin. -Give h:. tykes these fellows. Awfully cool the another sniff to keep him quiet, gate s 9 way they bunged me over that ghast- that other lot's pretty well dote;" l.y drop, dash it, old fruit, don't you Pyeeroft heard the mast arP leas realize they might have hurt nie? It's dila as the chloroform pad wilS l r t n,e that sort of fun was regulated ed against his mouth he seheded bit. eh?" steadily. ti "4e, yes," en p.,ec' Barnard =pa - They carried him to the mart ... tiently."Bat suppose we begin tee the summation greatly to he desired. • 1.41'VE-NTU S .01 find hkDog SCOTTIE - , There we were! Standing on the edge of that little mountain lake. Fire to the right of us, fire to the left and behind us. Then we heard, that strange ',crashing -through the under- brush. • Scottie. stood b•ristiing and growling—then t0 our relief, a deer and a fawn burst through the'bush and 'melted along. the edge,. of the lake. They pass- ed so close I could have touched them as they dashed along. Then the woods seemed to be alive with scurrying small animals ail rush- ing down to the shore. Ancient ene- mies ran together—grudges and racial fears forgotten—and a score of little furry things one never sees by day, came out of their hiding places and made for the water lino. It was quite useless to try- and go around the fire in either direction— we must have a raft. There was plenty of time now for it would take the fire some time to reach us from any direction. I casually set about getting through logs to build one. Of a sudden Scottie cocked his ear. I listened, too—and sure enough' it was the drone of a motor,. Before long We could see the plane, and in a few minutes it was spiraling down to make a landing in the lake. You see, it was an amphibian plane that lands either on the ground or on the water. It hit the water with a "splash," "splash;" and taxied slowly up to us. There was good old Bob from the air- drome—and maybe he didn't look good. As you can see, there is just a hint of a peplum in this effective little dress of printed crepe silk which makes it especially lovely for the youthful figure. And it uses plaiting, too, a favorite trim of Paris this season. Don't you love the becoming neck- line? And it's so comfy, too. The short sleeves repeat the pleated trim. The slightly shaped skirt is the cutest idea ever with inset inverted plaits each side of the front, topped by real pockets. It's sportive! And it's so useful. It can travel in the best of circles. And to make it! Just try it, and you'll want to make another, per- haps in plain crepe in navy blue or in a pastel shade crepe or roman stripe novelty cotton for later in the season. Style No. 3042 may be had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches bust. Size 16 requires 31e yards 35 -inch with le yard 35 -inch contrasting. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap that good motor I cannot imagine. It would make a goodwagon for the wheels are sound—or a good boat, for it doesn't leak—but it acts like a fly- ing 'rooster in the alr--lots of noise but no lift." "I don't like it any better than you do," continued Bob, "but when I heard that you and Scottie were lost there wasn't much time to go around .look- ing for a good machine. It was a elms" tion of getting hold of sono kind of plane and getting started. In fact, 1 didn't eves; stop to enquire who owned this craft just as long as the propel* ler went around, that was all I asked of it " be absorbed without showing upon it carefully) for each number, and them, Millers might be•attired in address your order to Wilson Pattern 13 feet long, 16 feet high, 10 feet white drill or flannel, and for Naber- Service, i:3 West Adelaide St., Toronto. dashers suits of rainbow hue would "Anyway,here's your life preserver,". said Bob, "and You'd better strap ,it on. If this bunch of misfit parts does not hang together—yen may;, have to walk home." By the time the parachute was strapped on, we were ready to go. Bob gave her gat carefully—we moved out into the lake, turned and headed into the wind. If we did have to jump, I must find some way r t strapping• Scottie so he could not possibly fall out of my arms, I found is piece of strong canvas in the bottom of the cockpit and in the mid- dle of this I cut four holes, just big enough to , shove Scottie's legs through. Excavators 'Dig. Up Old Egyptian City Ancient Temple Frond co Have Been 'Blundered, But Light is Cast on Architecture , Cah'o,—;Among the excavations car- vied out this season under the auspices This sling I: fastened securely to one of the parachute straps. -Scottie was now well tied to the parachute, and if I' bad to Jump his chances were about 50-50 with me, and with all these autos around, that's a dog's chance anywbsee. After a while I settled down, and somehow it seemed so secure drifting along up there far above the ground, of the tIgyptiau University were those at Tuna under the direction of Dr, Sam L; Babra, Tuna contains a. cemetery and the sacred ancient city of Hermopolls. writes Joseph M. Levy in a wireless to the N.Y. Times. The pity was located on sal-Willits some etonee protruding from the top of a hi.indicated the presence of a monument, Clearance of the hill revealed a tomb temple of the Greece Roman period having a facade unique of ice kind. It is flanked by two col, limns adorned with volutesandpapy r'us buds. Abdvo the columns the fa - cede had throe miniature false win-- Bowe of: a distinctive type, one of which ha, disappeared. The decorations of these windows consist of lobenges sculptured in. bloeks of stone. It Is believed this was the beginning of the decorative style which later became widespread in the 'Copto-Byzantine form. to me. But what a rattletrap of a that I forgot all about the possibility machine he had! "Bob, where did you of having to jump. Suddenly Ira•. eeived a sharp reminder We ran into an air pocket a n d dropped like a lead shot. Only for an instant —then we were out of it—but a. rope—nry shirt to make a sling to that instant was a death blow to the lower Scottie over the falls. old plane. It just seemed as if every "But seriously, Bob, wherever did nut and bolt were ready to -fall apart. you get that floating wreck?" Bob turne ansa neatened PIS with his "The motor is a hummer—it's a real hand. lip to the edge of the cockpit Vickers," answered Bob, "but whoever I stepped—then time el. hung thatscarecrow of a plane on (To h- :;ILO::cel. get that old crate—it sounded like a Vickers—but if that's a Vickers,. then I'm a negro!" "Well," said Bob, "you don't look unlike one, andspeaking of old crates —where did you get that swell suit of clothes?" Sure enough, I was black from head to foot from soot and cinders. My Ieather coat had been cut up to make f7i interior Found Plundered The temple door, blocked with a. wooden panel, was' still in place, but it was later ascertained -that the in- terior nterior had been plundered about the fourth century B.C. Bodies had been carelessly thrown on the ground of the first chamber.On the east and west sides were loculi, one of which was empty, while the other contained a roughly mummified body. In the debris were found statuettes of seraphs and Isis and two necklaces. Further clearance brough to light ,a porch with Ave. steps and a stone al- tar similar to that 'of Petosiris in that it was surrounded by four triangular stones. Further excavations revealed pillars of the temple .bearing the name Pady- Kam, grandson of Petosiris. This temple is believed to have been ruined in the Roman period because of the large number of Roman coffins strewn about the floor. Although the temple was found to be badly ruined, it was possible to lay, bare its contours and to recover the ground plans. There remain some sculptures and colored stones with hunting scenes which must have be- longed to the chapel. A pit contained four plundered Egyptian stone sar- cophagi uninscribed, oriented north and south, and also six Roman sar- cophagi oriented east .and west, and some poorly wrapped bodies thrown on the ground but having fine plaster masks. Coins found there seem to date from the plundering of the temple to the beginning of the second cen- tury eratury A.D. Within the stone sarcophagi were fragments of, wooden coffins belonging to a priest et Thoth, oe Dhut-Iu, priest of Hermopolis, Pady-Iiam, and to Tot- embat, mother of Pady-Kam. The pit also yielcled a Ane collection of scar- abs, miniature statuettes, mostly of the god Toth, foul amulets. Black Granite Statuette Found Chocolate Malb The health -giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. - - Pound and Half Pound tins at'your grocers. Miniature Church Entirely the work of one man, a church recently eompleted in Guerra- sey, after five years' tail, is one of the smallest in the world. • The church is suitable, be entirely sur , The great advantage of this is that Opinions it would enable mere man to regain some of the prestige which more "In a great many cases the artistic than mere woman has stolen from temperament of singers originates eeeelThe male must reassert him - with their press agents. "—Arthur Bod n it we are to have harmony in usky. life•coloring, and the latter is a eon- d"Laws do not effect reforms, nor do evidently had been It' .1 the 1' ase beginning, see," the river, and bundled him inside. He Agreed inspector, most certainly fell in a semi -sitting posture his se u i richt at the beginning. The jolly old lolling forward, ane arm lying .c;r bean isn't over bright this morning, upon the cushion. Again ine -.g.t wee telt it'll do its best. New, shoot the Spring PlarDay Don't let your teacher send you home for vacation before all of You directed on Ms face. 1 cote."have had a jolly spring play -day "He's all right," snapped ''e + Will 4 "Thank ycu. til you kindly tel: The last day of szhool is when you er man impatiently. Ge a e why you were in the :alley last can have the best time. Arrange Darky, there's no time to spare,' rine baseball games and potato -rolling The car bumped forward ever �e� "Cor t -i :y... hut, do you mind,.1 basebas, tug 0 war, handicap races, rough ground, slowly gathering speed meat,:would it be troubling you, to also a picnic lunch and an after - as it climbed the hill. Pyeeroft's m n1'the be em of the wardrobe, you'll end noon program. Try to have as many was working rapidly as he reviewed! it there, a beetle and a wee glass. 1! of your Dads and Mothers present the situation, undecided on lots line oft feet in reed of a tome. action All his inclinations urged It 4 The inspector rese reluctantly from to overpower the mata•aprawled on 1'e I l:is e'r fir and went to the wardrobe to seat, but lis better judgment muted -I return with a bottle bearing the label led him to wait and see what the esi , p es a famous brandy and a glass which as possible. If you have ponies, stage a pony race, too, and don't for- get the boys' band for a parade. A fine time on spring play -day 'will make all of you want to come back would be. If he acted now it wcul.i he banded t4 Pyecref . He watched it with a lot of. fieri next year. certainly precipitate matters and span lith disapproving eyes as a liberal his chance of probing the mystery fur- , portion was poured rind drained. !.her, yet be had not forgotten that, Ah, chats bath !" sighed Pyeeroft Gthb:e Car ie t, there alas going to be an accident.leaning out and placing the beetle Curiosity battled with caution; he upon the table by the bed, "Now, Mr . wondered what was the object of . $ara d what was it?" kidnapping, and who was that a n -1r "Why you went. into the valley,'. for whom he had been mistaken. The rcyta. .• '. re i ' adventure intrigued hint vastly; F "011, why./. I ver `neo the vale ; wished he could hare seen that s n . h'nn, new why did I?" Pyeeroft finger - ter personage, the Pec, whose "ere i ed his chin thoughtfully for several n presence was 'sufficient to excite s 5 i meame-mas. "Weil Inst for a walk, Tat;. powerful emotions. I know." lie said brightly. After a while the ear began to alo1' Barnard frowned. down, and presently the brakes ware{ .•S tr were unaccompanied. I take. s applied. He heard the doer openedlitT' ''Abselately, all on my. tittle lone some, Er .. would you mind, I hate to trouble you so. but in the top right-. hand drawer of the dressing table.' no, the left, I'm sorry, there is a 1 cigarette; I really could do with smoke, old top." Chief Inspector Barnard hesitated! The men were holding him by his before he rose and found the cigar -I feet and head, and now they eons- ettee. Teemed to swing him to and fro. He "There is nothing else you would ! decided that the time for caution had Lke me to find fee you, I suppose?" i departed if he was going to save him- he asked aeidly. self from sus unpleasant end. "Well, yes, as a matter of fact, a Soddenly twisting one foot free, he match, if you have or,e, replied Pe e -- eroft blandly. ISSUE No. ,1 4—'31 The inepoctcr waited until the cig- livid the hall -caste speakiar. "Heave hien out, bo. We ain't skin' him any further." With every sense alert, Pyeeroft allowed himself to be dragged roughly front the cal:. He heitrd the Found of running water clearly on the night air, but it was corning from far below. persons. There is :. little steeple con- taining n hell, GOODNESS The good in this state of existence preponderates over the bad, let mis- called philosophers tell us what they wide, and has room for about a dozen will. they make men better; that improve- ment must come from man himself." —EMI. Root. "Deceney varies according to time and place, to conditions and social strata."—Elmer Rice. "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err and even to sin."—Mahatma Gandhi. "There isn't any durable prosperity for one nation unless that prosperity extends to the remainder of the world."—Andrelraurois. "Health is man's normal condition; he must do something foolish to lose it:"—James 7, Corbett. "I should cure unemployment by in- creased wages and shorter working hours."—Charlie Chaplin. "Now that I have nothing I am free and ]nappy as I never was before."— Grand Duke. Alexander. 'Ton could tell an American in die guise by the fact that he thinks he's a great orator:"—Sinclair Lewis. "The world is suffering from an. economic blizzard and the govern- ments should have taken in sail."— Stanley Baldwin. "The ethics of banking today are not dissimilar from those of the old. robber barons."—John Haynes Holmes. "It is unfortunate that so many first rate scientific men hare died ehildless."—Sir James Jeans.. "Europe is on the edge of an abyss —not war, but revolution."—Guylielmo Ferrero. The Personal Fac or The personal factor is one of the utast lupe rtant in the successful feed- ing of pigs writes R. M. Hopper, Ani- mal Habandry expert of the Brandon Experimental Farm. The successful hog fetter realizes that feeding isnot Imerely y a one •hanical operation, bat +,.i.eequiring skill and close observe - "When lovers haug 7101 16 his animals, to obtain the wall ever separate ;hent They for- 1 Illiedmnm development and greatest get the possibility 01 a sneeze." return for the feed consumed. OR CHILDREN5S LUNCHES Delicious sandwiches, that are at once tempt- ing, healthful and eco- nomical, can be quickly made with Kraft Cheese. Try it for school lunches, when ..• rod you're entertaining or for a tasty "in be- tween" snack. Made in Canada 1 Made by the Makers of Kraft Salad Dressing and Velveeta e if ���g a "'" tckel andsy r°ry BB.,NSO S GOLDEN SYRUP egiseeimessosiemennossisaeterengeggegefaoatre EikWARDsztukG The CANADA STARCH CO., Limited MONTREtL There also was found a black gran- ite statuette of a high official named Pagher. It is hoped that as a result of the excavations here it will be pos- sible to reeanstrae, the history of the great family of priests of Hermopolis. South of the temple on a hill was un- earthed a group of houses, almost comm - plate despite holes made by robbers in the lower sepulchural chambers. This discovery is of great interest because it reveals sdme of the history of Egyp- tian arc! it,:eture and decorative art in the first centuries of the Christian era. , Most of them have two stories, one for the tread and the other for visitors. The upper story is composed of a log- gia flanked by columns, which are round in white -washed brick or stuc- coed and ornamented with wavy lines. Before each house was a mud -brick altar. The court of the loggia was sometimes adorned with scenes of hunting antel"pe and fishing for dolph- ins. The first two rooms were painted to imitate m0t'ble and further adorned with painted flowers or geometrical designs. The lower floor consists of vaulted chambers for the dead. communicating - with the outer world by two vertical slits in the wall, On a staircase lead- ing to these chambers are niches con- taining earthenware pots ::lightly blacked by smoke. Lamps and coins found around the. ham t houses date t o the fourth and flat centuries B.C. \i'ith the com- plete clearance of these houses it is. expected that a whole city of the dead will be brought to light. Some of the houses teem as well preserved es the - best of Pompeii. JEALOUSIES People talk of open jealousies; but the secret heart-burnings that arise• from misunderstood, half -understand, or wholly false positions between men and women are much worse. It is the unuttered sorrows, the un admitted and impossible -to be-aveng • ed wrongs, which cause the sharpest pangs of existence. HOME The air of home . , . the purest and. the beet these is . God bless home. mid all e eein YO f•. "Ambition may be the last infirm- liJ• of noble minds, but it 18 a splen