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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-11-03, Page 6Test it 1 0. s t.ifT T90 Write Suicide, Toronto, for free sample. BEGIN HERE TODAY. Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul Ilarley,; criminal • investigator ,• to: find out why Sir glazierunder is ke t u zde p surveillance ! nee by persons iso unknown to hint, Harley dines at the Abingdon home. Sir Charles falls from his chiar in a dying state. Abingdon's last words are "Nicol Brinn" and "Fire -Tongue," Dr. McMurdoch pronounces death due to heart -failure. Heeley claims Sir Charles was poisoned and calls on Nicol Drinn to ask him the meaning, of "Fire -Tongue." Brien admits that he learned its meaning in India but refuses to divulge the secret. Paul investigates the life of Ormnz Khan, very wealthy Oriental, with whom Phil Abingdon, daughter of Sir g Chane , is friendly. COON WIIH THE STORY. CHAPTER YL. (Conte].) td "Fleetly, Benson," said Ilarley, "what the did you bring into the room after Sur Charles and I had entered?" Sou sir. Here is the tureen, on the side''vard, and ell the soup plates of the Fsrvice in nee that night. Of ruurse, ter, I can't say which were the netnel plates used.' Paul Halley inspected the plates, a set of tine old Derby ware, and gazed relit sti• sly at the silver ladle. "Did the matt?, .ores, hands: any of these?" he a ked. No, sir" --emphatically. "She n'as preparing to bring the trout from the kitchen." "Hut I saw her in the room." "She hail brought in the fish plates. a sauce heat. and two toast racks, sir, She put them here, en the sideboard. Rut they were never brought to the table,'' "Hem. Hag Jones left?" "Yes, sir, She 'was under notice. But after her rudeness, Mrs. Iiowett packed her off right away. She left the very nest day after poor Sir Charles diad," "Where has she gone?" "To a married sister, I believe, until she finds a new job. Mrs. Hew- ett has the address." At this moment Mrs. Howett enter- ed, bearing a tablecloth and a number of st r ettes, "This his v e,. the cloth," she said, spreading it tee-. "hut which of the serviettes were used, I cannot ay." "Allow me to 1oek," replied Paul Harley. One by on' be r e-gan to inspect the serviettes, ire n.n, r each in turn and exam n:tier it critically. "What have sse here!' he exclnhn- ed. present'e. "reee blackberries been served within the week, Mrs. Ifow- ett?" "We never t• el then on the table. Mr, Harley. SIT f'harles—God rest ltitrr , as�l they instated the stdmach. Gond gracious!" She turned to Ben- son. "How is it I never noticed those stains. and what ran have caused them?" The serviette which Paul Harley held outstretched was covered all ever with dark purple et:es, CIIAPTER XII. elle wars 15 misers Rising from the writing; table in the library, Paul Harley crossed to the mantelpiece and stared long and hun- grily at a photograph in a silver :frame. me S closely dtdhec concentrate Y xis upon it that h d e induced a sort of auto -hypnosis, so that Phil'Abingdon seemed to smile at him sadly. "Benson," he called, opening the library door. As the man came along the hall: "I have written a note to s Mr. Innes, my .secretary," he explain- ed, "Thero it is, on the table. When the district messenger, for whom you telephoned, arrives, give him the par- cel and the note. He is to accept no other receipt than that of Mr, Innes." "Very good, sir." Harley took his hat and cane, and Benson opened the front door. "Good day, sir," said the butler, ter, "Good da Benson" called Y, a ed Harley, hurrying out to the waiting cab. "Number 236 South Lambeth Road," he directed the man. Oft' moved the taxi, and Harley lay back upon the cushions heaving a long sigh. The irksome period of inaction was ended. For the moment he must focus upon establishing, beyond query or doubt, the fact that Sir Charles Abingdon had not died from natural causes. Turning his head, he glanced back at the trnffic in the street behind hint. Ills cab was just en the point of For a Delightful Tread WRIGLEY'S NIPS Delicious after smoking— sweetens the breath, soothes the throat and makes the neat smoke taste better. C1I88 k ser r eeeei c wee St eg",0 etaa/ /FS After Every Meal Itnos . �seamssi staaas mmstr%`wa•m isstle. No. 44—'27 favor of a passing taxicab, and in the latter had taken up the pursuit, Paul Harley lighted a ctgaret. The contest had developed into open warfare. Harlly's accurate knowl- edge of London had enabled him to locate No, 236 South Lambeth Road without recourse to a guide. He walked quite openly rip the di- lapidated steps to the door of No, 286, and was about to seize the dirty ironknocker when the door opened suddenly and a girl came out; She was dressed neatly and wore 0 pseudo fashionable hat from which a heavy figured veil depended so as almost to hide her features, She was carrying a bulging cane grip secured by a brown leather strap. Seeing Harley on the step, she paus- ed for a nnoment, then, recovered her- self: "Ellen!" she shouted down the, dim passageway revealed by the opening of the door. "Somebody' to see you." Leaving the door open, she hurried past 'the visitor with. averted face. $arley grasped the girl's arm. "One moment, Miss Jones," he said, quietly, "it is you I an here to seer" He extended his arm to detain her. But she' thrust it aside, "My 'boy's waiting round the corner!" she said viciously. "Just see what hell do when I tell him!" "Step inside," repeated Harley, quietly. "Or accompany zee to Ken- nington Lane Police Station—which- eveamusr in•gou." think t 1the m would be ore A tired -looking woman carrying a child appeared from somewhere and stared apathetically at Harley. Addressing the angry girl: "An- other o' your flames, Polly?" she in- quired in a dull voice. "Has he made you change your mind already? The girl addressed as "Polly" drop- ped her grip on the floor and banging open a door, entered a shabby little sitting room, followed by Harley. "Excuse me, madam, for intrud- ing," said Harley to the woman with the baby, "but Polly has some inform- ation of use to thep olice Oh,don't ' t be alarmed. She has committed no crime. I shall only detain her for a few minutes." The official manner had its effect. Miss Jones looked sharply across at the speaker. "I haven't done any- thing," she said, sullenly.. Paul Harley advanced and stood over her. "What about the trick with the serviettes at Sir Charles Abing- don's?" he asked, speaking the words in slow and deliberate fashion. "Don't arrest me," she said. "I'll tell you." "Good. In the first place, then, where were you going 'when I came here?" "To sleet my boy at Vauxhall Sta- tion." "Ile has done murder. What is his name?" "My God!" whispered the girl, and her face blanched swiftly. "Murder! I—I can't tell you his name-" "You mean you won't?" She did not answer. "He is a very dark man," continued Harley, "with black eyes. He is a Hindu." "Yes—yes! He is a foreigner." "Where was he going to take you?" "I don't know. He said he could put me in a good job out of London. We had only ten minutes to catch the train. Iles gone to get the tickets." "What did youdo to the serviettes `on the night Sir Charles died?" r, "Sidney--" sTe- "Oh be called himself Sidney, did "I haven't done anything," she i he? it isn't his name. But go on." He asked 1ne to get one of the said sullenly. serviettes, with the ring, and to lend it to him." turning on to the lope of Vauxhall Prid'ge, And tifty yards behind, speeding along the Embankment, was a small French car. The features of the driver hahad no time to observe, 'But, peering eagerly through the win- dow, in-d ow, showed the dark face of the pas- senger. If the foll<.wing car had turned on to the bridge, Harley might have en- "Ton must take exercise," said a tertained a certain doubt. But, men-; physician to a patient. "The motor - tally putting himself in the pursuer's{ car, in a case like yours, gives the place, he imagined himself detected' best exercise that •- "But, doctor, I and knew at 611c0 exactly what he can't afford to buy a motorcar,' the should de. Since this hypothetical patient. growled, "Don't buy, •, just course was actually pursued by the dodge"," said the doctor. other, Harley's belief was confirmed.' Craning his neck, he saw the little1 Aviation advances despite ail dis- French car turn abruptly and pro- asters. Like truth, when crushed to teed in the direction of Victoria Sta- earth, it rises again, tion. Instantly he acted. _ Leaning vet of the window he thust Mlnard's Liniment nor Asthma. 'n tent shilling note into the cabnian'y hand. "Slow down, but don't pull up," he directed. "I am going to jump out just as you pass that lorry ahead. Ten yarde further on stop. Get down and crank your engine, and then proceed slowly over the bride. I shall not want you again." As a result, immediately he was afforded the naoessary cover, Harley jumped from the cab. The man reach - 'ed back and closed the door, proceed- ing on his leisurely way. Excepting the driver of the lorry, no one witness- ed this eccentric performance, and Harley, stepping on to the footpath, quietly joined the stream of pedes- rians and strolled slowly along. Iso presently passed the stationary cab without giving any sign of recog- nition to the dismounted driver. Then, a minute later, the cab overtook him and was soon lost in the traffic ahead. Even as it disappeared another cab went by rapidly. Leaning forward in ander to peer thrqugh the front window was the clarkfaced man whom he had detected en the Embankment, (`Quite correct," Murmured Harley, dryly. "Exactly' what I should have done," The spy, knawin;g himself discover-, ed, ]marl abandoned his own car in "You did this?" "Yes. But he brought it back." "When?" "The afternoon--" "Before Sir Charles death? Yes. Go on. What did he tell you to do with this serviette?" (To be continued:) Even the giraffe has not escaped the fur hunters, and this coat of his strikingly marked hide is one of the favorites in London this fall, CEYLON TO CURB RECKLESSDRIVING I) VYPdG Driving Tests to Be Severe, Sizes of Buses Limited .Bombay—The new motor ordinance has passed its second reading in the Ceylon Legislative Council, The oii- Ject of the bill is to cheek reckless driving in the island. Provision 1s made for the estab- lishment of a central board to which it Is proposed, 1f expedient, to trans- fer executive matters which are at present vested In the registrar of motorcars. The new ordinance makes impor- tant regulations with regard to motor- buses. One' of the chief provisions limits the dimensions of vehicles with a view to putting an end to the de- structive careers of giant buses which are toe big for the Ceylon roads, while a ban has been placed ou the use of oars constructed ac- cording' to American designs? with the steering wheel on the left side. All motorcars are to be taxed by weight, and the tax on cars licensed for hire will be double that on pri- vate cars. Stiffer tests are provided for driving licenses. The present system of issuing annual licenses will be abolished, and a driver will be re- quired to hold a certificate of com- petence which will authorize him to drive the class of car named thereon. Power is also granted for the, with- holding of certificates from persons of bad reputation. The Old Germany Warsaw tilos Pravdy: The great parade in commemoration of the Bat. tle of Tannenberg, in which Marshal Hindenburg, Maekensen and the other idols of German militarism took part, the dise"rrrses pronounced on that oc- casion, just like the other. functions of this kind which take place with systematic regularity, prove eloquent- ly that the spirit of Potsdam is (level - aping and digging itself in deeper in. the Republic of Delmar. German monarchism in always in power, and though the ex -Kaiser's fate may ap- pear to Have been decided, we cannot say 110 much about the of his descend- ants. Within two years all British infan- try regiments will have resumed the famous red tunic. Looks as though peace is here to stay'..' Old Ironsides OH! WHAT A CHANGE Just 011(00 the war, they say, this el -lenge lies taken place. Doesn't. the old timer look prehistoric! These were shown at the recent Museum of Hygiene show in London where the history and romance of women's clothes wee chows] by exhibits. • .. Tr gic Seizure Canadian Merchant Seaman Suddenly Loses Sight at Helm Fate played a grim jest with frank Irving, able seaman, employed by the Canadian Government Merchant Mar - 10e, when she deprived him of his Wilson Publishing Company S�.ctltg. Qu14k relief from painful corns, tender toes and pressure of tight oboes. �,p� Attires aye`°:�ifiAla ons shoe stoeeY somewhere , sight while at the ltehn at sea. Irving, e six foot, handsome spear- men of manhood, •aged 25, blue-eyed, / �� f with golden curly hair, sat in the Sea - i": ?t' !! et men's Institute recently' atmost ir Gey as helpless as a babe in arms despite 1 - the great strength his Huge limbs In- dicate: He was ,waiting for Ritchie Bell, the manager of the Institute, to take him to the station, where he would.,board the train for his home at Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, in' Dare of the train' ofttciale, eco l sa taking tho wheel in the middle watch, 1,0 ,Ice was an able seaman aboard theS,S. CanadianTraveller, working hisway up for the day when he hoped toget his ticket as second mate. Hewas delegateddelegatedas civa•termastei' andcarried out ills duties in an efficient,manner, until ane night at sea,' afterthat I had strained my eyes with gaz- ing too long into the compass. MY relief came up at 12 o'clock to take over' the wheel, ' and asked me the course, anti I told him. He asked me he was struck stone blind withoutrir warning. +� i 1. w that it was seven minutes; to mid- night.That was the last tiling. I have seen. A�loudseomed to descent up- on ... i . • "I was looking at the clock on the wheelhouse" ho explains, "Anel n on me, and`I could not see: the com- pass or the wheel even, and I thought what I was doing, as the ship was a couple of points oft her course, and I told him that I could not see, but that 16 1 it was only a spasm. You see, I had' heard of people going blind for a couple of hours* and thought that I was experiencing the same thing. IIe. told me to turn in, and sleep it off, and I went down to take his advice. I did not tell the officer -of the. watch, but in the morning, when 1 was called again, I found that I could not see a thing, and the captain came down to see Inc.. "The blindness persisted, and I be- gan to despair, still hoping, however, every morning that I would wake up able to see again as well tie ever, but f..lrave been told by the authorities at the Royal Victoria Hospital that they cannot do anything for ere and that I will probably he blind for the rest of my life. I am still hoping though. The best dectore in the world mane mistakes at times, 'The only way 1 know how to earn a living is by going to sea, and what use am 1 aboard ship with my eye- sight gone. Sometimes 1 think that I am finished for good, but I have.hopes yet:' Irving's mother Is the only relative he has alive, with the cxeePtion of a sister In the United States, but owing to his inlirmmity leo cannot cross the border. IIe said that he world not bo en- titled to any compensation or pension, and that he has no Hope of getting employment anywhere. Sweet -tempered Steel. "She's as true as steel." "Anel sweet -tempered too." Circumstances Alter Cases Chicago Journal: Uncle Sam, wbo brands you a criminal if you make, ship, sell, buy, possess or imbibe any beverage containing more than one- half of one per cent. of alcobol, 11as rushed to the defence of tha Manila brewers, Manila is the capital of Uncle Sam's chief colonial depend- ency, The Chinese now in control of Shanghai, having gone to school to the American tariff bandits, have ]aid an excessive tax on imports of to- bacco and wiues. The Washington Government has notified the Celes- tials that "American business" will not pay the increase, it is not in to- bacco or wine that Washington 3s in -I forested but in Philippine beer, Our little brawn brothers are making a1d selling the stuff, and Washington helps them at IL Who said the Filipinos were not free? -.t. More 'people get crooked trying to avoid hard work than become bent from too much of it. A CHIC NEW FROCK. Distinctly modish is this attractive frock having a group of plaits at each side fback. 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Fear, no matter how foolish it sounds to the uirfearing, is too real a thing to be laughed off, , It calls always for gentleness, sympathy, a serious effort to understand the cause, patient reassurance,' and ins many eases, skillful re-education in 1 which pleasant 'associations or better understanding err the child's part drive out the fear. SO Pure a Fragrant It depends largely on the flour you use. We believe you'll welcome this suggestion— try Purity, the rich, vigorous Flour—made from the finest Western vrheat. Thousands of cooks say Purity Flour is best for cakes, pies, buns and bread. , Literary Leac ens of New China • "The chief creators of the new China are neither military heroes nor Politicians.; they are llterapy meu who, have done their reforming by the pen," states Professor Robert Merrill Bartlett of Peking :University ire Our rent LIistory for October, -• Some of the examples which Professor Bart- lett cites to prove bis point are as follows: Liang Cbl-ohao, "dean.. of Chinese letters and father of constitutional reform," teaches that "revolution is 4.+ the law of nature; reform must begin with the people, not the officials; universal education and inner reform must come first." Oben Tu-siu, editor of the noted New Youth Magazine, says: "Conte- ciau standards must go; filial piety. aucl conservative ethics• are fetters which must be, broken; away with superstition, abolish the idols of the past. Destroy the old' style of writ. '' ing and with it the alt style of thought and follow science and mate- rial'forcos. China needs to combine the Russian spirit and German sci- ence." Wu..Chll]-huI, author, materialist and anarchist, denies the existence of God in 111s writings, arguing that the material basis of life is more ac- ee tib]e than the spiritual. His "slogan" 18? "Every one does what 4 ho can and gets what he wants." Lu Shr, China's most eminent fic- tion writer, has been influential in introducing foreign literature, par- ticularly that of Russia, in China. IIe teachee: "There is no God. Sci- ence and morality are enough. The Chinese. are 08500irreligious. The troublewith the Chinese. to -day is that they are lazy. When te;r get to work wars will cease. China's salvation is work a1;c1 science." Finally, Hu Shill, Doctor of Philo- sophy from Columbia University, ad- vocates "tire adoption of 'Western o anWestern_ elvi- i, lizati s in "Modern Weste u civilization is able to satisfy the needs of man's mind and spirit to a degree far surpassing anything the older Eastern civilization could ever dream of." eigian Migration to Congo ActRve Of 2441 Newcomers Last Year, Only 24 .C, Non- BetglanP Brussels.—Within the past four years, the white population of Bel- gium's vast Congo colony has doubled, the majority of the newcomers being Belgians.. The fact shows a complete reversal of opinion In Belgium lu re- gard to this colony. While climatic conditions there pre- vented any considerable migration from the nfotlter country to the Con- go orgo before and shortly after the war, and while Belgian youths formerly emigrated rather to foreign countries, disdaining the opportunities which the Congo offers, a great many young men, and also some young women, go nowadays as gladly to their African colony as the young Dutch go to their East Indies, This is due partly to the difficult economic conditions in the mother country, the commencement of a boom in the Congo industries, and al- so to a more enterprising and more cosmopolitan °mentality in post-war Belgium. POW' years ago the European popu- lation of the Congo colony amounted to 6971 persons. To -day there aro 15,- 286 Europeans. Of these 9638 are Bel- gians and 5598 :are from other 0011n - tries. The total increase in the Iluro- pean population during the past year was 2441, 1868 of whom woo Bel- gians. 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