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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-08-17, Page 3Quality Guaranteed "SALAD': TEA • SERIAL STORY Murder on the Boardwalk. BY ELINORE COWAN STONE Last Week: Inspector Parsons reveals that Mrs. Talbert was killed In a wheel chair, on the Boardwalks, that the murderer had stolen the 'hair, wheeled his victim to the studio, pushed the chair off the pro- naenade, Be made ono slip, the tide Rid not earry the chair out to sea. CHAPTER XVII "Does it occur to you, Inspect- or" Chandra went on — still very Stiffly — "that there are Interest- ing similarities between Mrs. Tal- bert's abduction and that of her nephew?" Pjust what do you mean?" "In the case of Earl Talbert,- selso, there were theatening notes. 112 that case, too, the victim was at first thought to have been kid- naped, and perhaps murdered, hi 'ilia own car. In that case the via - time had been drugged — or so it was made to appear... And that ;ease was confused by misleading attempts to incriminate others — tls In this one, Captain Xing, Miss Thorenson and I have all been de- Ilberately involved." "Don't you think you're crowd- ing this hunch of yours about the nephew's being alive? You would not push it so far, I suppose, as to suggest that Mrs. Talbert kidnaped herself?" * * "Only far enough to suggest that the two abductions were planned by the same mind ac - lording to a similar pattern... I {bink, Inspector, that the time has pome to confess that Mr. Jaspar 'las not been entirely frank with you. I happen to know" the Clairvoyant ignored the butler's startled outcry — "that he has .some evidence that ought to help." Christine was the only one in a position to watch the medium alter he had stepped into the al - Cove where his desk stood. It seemed to her that he fumbled un- necessarily long in an upper draw- er before he came back and handed The Inspector a folded sheet of pa- per. It seemed to her, too, that In- spector Parsons spent an inordinate lime over it; and that when he fi- nally raised his eyes to Chandra's, a look of intelligence flashed like an electric spark between the two, At length the inspector said, "Perhaps we might pass this mound. Someone might — have a auggestion." He handed the paper to Bill, who read it and passed it without comment to Jaspar. Jasper adjusted his glasses and Headache Noching is moredepres. sing than headaches... Why suffcr?...Lambly's will give instant relief Lasbly'sisgoodfor ear- v ache,tootktache,painsin 1/19 back, stomach, bowels. ,Ze.ra HEADACHE POWDERS_ le There is only one WITH RHEUMATIC PAINS Wash thevn-aWVayl Were. coach abut from miser- able neuritic, rheumatic, arthritic a n d lumbago palm—Drink water abund- antly and rely upon "n'wrLi •� herbalf•cmcey el as internal cleanser. 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Pattern 4501 is available in girl's sizes: 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14. Size 10, frock, requires 234 yards 35 -inch material. Send twenty cents (20c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Room 421, 79 Ade- laide St. West, Toronto, Write plainly size, name, address, style number. "I think Mr. Chandra 1 right, Inspector," he said, "This should have been handed to you at once." * * * Whatever Christine had expect- ed, it was anything but this. For the paper, written in a small, but clear script, with ink barely dry, had read: "You will find that one person in this room will be unable to read 'this. He will pretend to, and may offer some harmless comment; be- cause of all those here, he cannot allow it to be guessed that his vi- sion is very bad., He will have no reason to suspect .that this is not actually one of the messages he sent to Mrs. Talbert. The paper and the arrangement on the sheet are identical with those of one of the extortion notes Mrs. Talbert showed me.., Have you noticed that Mr. Wilmet stumbled in find- ing a chair, and almost fell over a footstool?" "You are right, Chandra," the in- spector said quietly.- "The report that came a few minutes ago from Mrs. Talbert's oculist makes it clear that the fragments of lens we found in that wheelchair cid not conte from her spectacles, ,..You are all wearing glasses -- or Miss Thorenson was. Mr. Wilmet" — his voice dropped into a pool of silence — "we'll begin with yon. Of course you won't mind giving us the name of your special- ist?" * * * "Why, of course." Aar.. Wilmet looked startled but entirely confi- lent "Tye got my glasses from tie same man o? 'yea's;' "But not those glasses," the clair- voyant said softly. "Naturally, people with vision as poor as yours always carry an extra pair for emergencies. You had yours with you, if you recollect, when you came to my studio on the after- noon before Mrs. Talbert's murd- er. Probably, since you are above everything else an opportunist, ft was pure inspiration that made you slip into your briefcase that dagger you had seen me wearing while - GOOD NEIGHBORS FIGHT IN ITALY Swinging along in soldierly fashion, troops of the First Division, Brazilian Expeditionary Force, march through Naples shortly after debarking at the Italian port. Miss Thorenson drew my picture, and which you guessed hundreds of people would be ready to iden- tify" "Inspector," Mr. Wilmet broke In, "this man must be crazy!" * * * "Perhaps." The inspector's tone was dry. "Let's see just how his madness will carry him." "I wear that dagger only on pa- rade," Chandra went on, "When you carne, it was lying on a low table near the chair you took. I didn't miss it till some time after you went .. No doubt I should have notified the police at once. But how could I guess that it would be used to commit a crime?" "1 thought you called yourself a medium?" Mr, Wilmet looked to- ward the inspector for applause. "That's what the inspector calls me. I call myself a student of hu- man nature. You sec, I make it my business to remember things other people hardly notice. ...And among other things, Inspector, although I have seen Earl Talbert only twice, I recall certain peculiarities which were common to both hits and his aunt. They were bout superstitious. * * * "The first time I saw Earl Tal- bert, a few days before he — dis- appeared he came to consult me because — he said, he had dreamed that he was in great danger. 1 saw no threat for him — he went away reassured that his scheme would work, "The second time I saw !tint was yesterday, when our Mr. Wil - met came here, also apparently to consult me about his warning dreams. Perhaps that was what he really wanted at first; but after i had , again reassured him, and he had gone, I found my dagger gone, too. Now" — Just a minute!" the inspector cut in, "Are you identifying this man as the person who stole your dagger?" "I don't think that will be nec- essary, Inspectcr. Before we are through, he will identify himself. You see, Inspector, poor eye- sight was another peculiarity corn• mon to Mrs. Talbert and her ne- phew. At 19, Earl Talbert had the vision of a man of 60," * . * * "Inspector," Mr. Wilmet burst out, "this man's practically admit- ted that he doesn't know who took his knife. There were a dozen peo- ple here that afternoon." "That 1 true," Chandra said gently. "But only one of them wore lenses' like the pair you dropped from your pocket. No wonder you found it impossible to replace' them immediately after you broke the others in that wheel chair," He took a spectacle case from his pocket and pased it to the in- spector. "I think," he said, "that when you have these lenses compared with the fragments you took from the chair, you will find that they are identical." "Well, there won't be any ques- tion about whose these are when we get into touch with the opti- cian," the inspector said. He glanced at the label inside the case and seemed about to add something. Then he broke off. (Continued Next Week) SUNDAY - SCHOOL LESSON August 27. ISRAEL'S FIRST KING. — 1 Samuel 9, 10, 11. PRINTED TEXT, I Samuel 9: 15-21; 10:25-27; 11:12-16. GOLDEN TEXT. — Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. I Peter 2:17. Memory Verset Be ye kind. Ephesians 4:31. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time, — The call of Saul, and the beginning of his reign, may be placed -somewhere between 1000 and 1015 13. C. Salads Make Menus Sparkle! Garden Salad 1 head lettuce or Chinese cab- bage 1 onion, grated 1 bunch chicory 1 bunch radishes 3 tomatoes, sliced 3 carrots, grated 1 cticumber, chopped 2 hard -cooked eggs Combine ingredients. When ready to serve, toss with French dressing. Tomato Surprise Salad . 6 tomatoes Li cup diced cucumber cup diced, spoked chicken ale chopped ants cup mayonnaise dressing Lettuce Parsley, cauliflower buds gelett mecjium-sized smooth to- matoes. Scald, peel and chill. Caro - hilly scoop the inside out of the tomatoes. Remove the seeds from the pulp. Chill all Ingredients, and when ready to serve, mix the *hick- an, cucumber, tomato pulp, and puts with the mayonnaise dress- ing: Add more salt 1f needed. Fill the tomatoes. Arrange on lettuce leaves. Garnish with mayonnaise and decorate each tomato top with parsley and cauliflower buds, Summer Caserole 6 hard -cooked eggs 3 ripe tomatoes 3 tablespoons butter or other fat 3 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons salt 1% cups milk ,14 cup grated cheese Buttered crumbs Cut hard -cooked eggs in half and arrange around the edge of a reased casserole or baking dish. Slice peeled ripe tomatoes in the center of the dish. Make a whit* sauce of the milk, fat and flour, Add "`cheese, and stir over a very low fire until the cheese is well mixed and smooth. Pour over to- matoes and eggs. Cover with crumbs and bake twenty minutes in a modern oven (350 - 400°F.) The centers of the tomatoes may be scooped out,, and a whole egg placed in each, if desired. at for breakfast:Na but These days Kellogg's cereals are more important in: our Canadian diet than ever before. They're easy to digest, appetizing anytime! A satisfying main dish for breakfast, a welcome change for lunch, between -meal snacks. Add favour to left -overs too! 11 CHRONICLES of GIAGER F By ARIA Gwendotine P. Clarke • r • n r A long distance call . , and a voce I hadn't heard in twenty years said "Is that you, Gwen?" The voice belonged to another of Partner's brothers—one from away up north. Now he and his wife and daughter are staying with us for a few days. It was milking time when their train was due so it was I who met them at the station. "Would I know them ... would they know me.. . what shall we discover the years have done to all of us?" They were thoughts that ran through my mind as I waited. And then when the train- pulled out I -had no trouble at all in recognising my in-laws— . even after twenty years. * * * Today we have been visiting places which Colin had known thirty-six years ago. You see, he and Partner both started farming in this district as boys. Later they went their separate ways but dur- ing the last war they were together again in France. Then again in Canada, each with his wife and young family. That was when they paid us a short visit so many long years ago. Before our visitors arrived on Saturday Partner and I were talk- ing about family ties, how broth- ers and sisters apparently drift apart, each with his or her separ- ate life to live, and their way to make in a competitive world. Each has his share of joy and disillus- ionment, his ups and, downs, bring- ing in their wake tolerance, resig- nation or contentment. Then with our grown families, who, in their turn, are making their way in life, we get a yen for our own folk, to see them once again, to visit and to remind each other of half for- gotten experiences. All this may be a sign that the years are creep- ing up on us but its a very pleas- ant compensation for the passing of time, don't you think so, friends? * * * Of course, with all this coming and going, farming goes on as be- fore. The grain that 1 ready 1 all cut and stooked, the remainder of the crop 1 ripening fast. The cows broke .out this morning and Partner and his brother spent most of the morning fixing fences as a result. Now they are away for a load of hay. The pullets are begin- ning to sing, sure sign that they will soon fulfill their mission in life. The roosters are crowing lus- ' tily from dawn to dark—all that is, except those which have already gone the way of all good roosters. And the beat wave is definitely broken. We have much to be thankful for. Place. — Remelt, by some, is identified with Neby Samwil, five Hailes northwest of Jerusalem, by others with 12amallah, eight miles north of Jerusalem. Jabesh-Gilead was on the east side of the Jordan. Saul Anointed By Samuel "Now Jehovah had revealed un- to Samuel a day before Saul carne, saying... Behold the man of whom I spoke to theel this• same shall have authority over my people." It would seem that at this time the Philistines were again harass- ing the Israelites with their des- tructive raids. The annoyance of these Philistine raids and incursions were the immediate cause of the prayer for a king. Meeting of Samuel and Saul "Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate... and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in nay heart,,"' It was probably in this high place that Samuel built his altar. A na- tural instinct among all nations chooses hilltops as fitting places of worship. Samuel tells Saul to go before him as a mark of honor. Saul Pleads Unworthiness "And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found, ...wherefore then speakest thou to me after *11 manner?" Samuel tells Saul that from this time on he is not to centre his naiad on property, or animals, or material possessions but.to consider the wel- fare of the nation, for it would be to him that Israel would now look for deliverance and leadership. In a spirit of humility Saul pled his unworthiness, the smallness of the tribe of which he was a member, and the comparative insignificance of the family in which he had been brought up, Saul's Loyal Guard "Then Samuel told the people the scanner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to WA house," Having introduced God's appointed Ringandexplained his duties to God and to Israel, San muel dismissed the people. "And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the !cost, whose hearts God had touched." With Saul went this band of men, fully approving what had been done and willing to help Saul in his new tasks. 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