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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-09-22, Page 2•r PP iscover For Yourself T7? To drink a. cup as a revelation. Try it. BEGIN HER^ TO -DAY. Sir Charles Abingdon calls upon Paul Harley, criminal investigator; and tells him he is muco disturbed be- cau o of constant surveillance by par- ties unknown to hili. Harley is asked to dine at the Abingdon home and, when he arrives at the appointed time the butler informs his the master is calling at the bedside of a sick friend. When Abingdon returns home he tells Harley of a false message sent to call him to the home, of the sick frit r 1, Dinner is served and during the soup course Sir. Charles become„ rudu:mly ill and falls from hes chair in a dying state.. Dr. McIVlurdoch pro- noun2es death due to heart -failure. Abinzdon's last words are. "Nicol Brinn" and "Fire -Tongue." CO AIIEAD WITH TIdE STORY. "Ga ahead," ;aid Doctor MciVlur- cloch and, turning to the side tahle, he Toured out two liberal portions of whisky. "If there's anything I can do to help, count me at your service. • tell me he had fears about little Phil?" "He )end," answered Harley, "and it is n:adenniing to think that he died before he could acquaint me with their nature. But I have hopes that you can help ino in this. For in- stance"—again he fixed his gaze upon the gic: my face of . the physician- "who is the distinguished Oriental gentleman with whom Sir Charles had recently become acquainted?" Doctor 1VIcltlurdoch's expression re- mained utterly blank, and he slowly shook his head. "I haven't an idea in the world," he declared. "A patient, perhaps?" '•Possibly," said Harley, conscious of some disappointment; "yet from the way he spoke of hint I scarcely think that he was a patient. Surely Sir Charles, having resided se .long in India, numbered several Orientals among his acquaintances if not among his friends?" "None ever carne to his home," re- plied Doctor McMurdoch, "He had all the Anglo -Indian's prejudice against men of color." He rested his massive chin in his hand and stared down re- flectively at the carpet. Again Harley found himself at a deadlock, and it was with scanty hope cf success that he put his next ghee - tion to the gloomy Scot. "Was Sir. Charles a friend of Mr. Nicol Brinn?" he asked. "Nicol Brinn?" echoed the physi- cian. He looked perplexed. "You mean the American milleinaire? I believe they were acquainted. Abing- don knew most of the extraordinary people in London; and if half one hears is true Nicol Brinn is as mad as a hatter. But they were not in any sense friends as far as I know." He was watching Harley curiously. "Why do you ask that question?". "I will tell you in a moment," said Harley, raidly, "but I have one more question to put to you first. Does the term Fire -Tongue convey anything to your mind?" Doctor 111cMurdoch's eyebrows shot upward most amazingly. "I won't in- sult you by supposing that you have chosen such a time for oking," he said, dourly. Barley's, manner was almost fierce. Por a Delightful Tread WRIGLEY'S NIPS »elicious after smoking,=. sweetens the breath soothes the throat and makes the next smoke taste better. "When I tell you why I ask these questions—and I only do so on the understanding that my words are to he treated in the strictest confidence —you may regard the matter in a new light. 'Nicol 13rinn' and 'Fire - Tongue' were the last words which Sir Charles Abingdon uttered. A ; short silence ensued, during which Doctor McMurroch sat staring moodily down at the carpet and Hai - lay slowly paced up and dawn the room; then: "In view of the fact," he said, sud- denly, "that Sir Charles clearly ap- prehended an attempt upon his life, are you satisfied professionally that death was due to natural causes?" "Perfectly satisfied," replied the physician, looking up with a start: "perfectly satisfied. It was unexpect- ed, of course, but such cases are by no means unusual. He was formerly a keen athlete, remember. 'Tis often so. Surely you don't suspect foal play? I understood you to mean that his apprehensions were on behalf of Phil." Paul Harley stood still, staring meditatively in the other's direction. "There is not a scrap of evidence to support such a theory," he admitted, "but if you knew of the existence of any poisonous agent which would pro- duce efforts simulating these familiar symptoms, I should be tempted to take certain steps." " What had he eaten?" "Nothing but soup, except -that he drank a portion of a glass of. water. I am wondering if he took anything at dr. Wilson's house." He stared hard at Doctor Mc1Vaurdoch. "It may surprise you to learn that r have al - In threes long strides he crossed the MOM and locked the door. • ready taken steps to have the remains of the soup from Sir Charles' plate examined, as well as the water in the glass. I now propose to call upon Mr. Wilson in order that I may com- plete this line of inquiry." "I sympathize with your suspieions, Mr. Harley," said -the physician clour- ly, "but you are wastingyour time.,' A touch of the old acidity crept back into his manner• " My certificate will be 'syncope due to .un•tisual ex- citement'; and I shall stand by it." CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCING MR, NICOL BRINK. At about nine o'clock on the ane evening, a man stood at a large win- dow which overlooked ,Piccadilly and the Green Park. The room to which the window belonged was justly' Con- sidered one of the notable sights of ,Landon and doubtless would have re- ceived suitable mention in the "Blue Guide" had the room been accessible to the geneeaj public. It was, on the contrary, accessible only to the per- sonal friends of Mr. Nicol Brinn. The man at the window,* was inter- ested in a car which, approaching 1 from the direction of the Circus, had slowed down immediately opposite and now was being tutted, the chauf feur'S apparent intention, being to pull up at the floor below. Be had seen the face of the occupant and had recognized it even from that eleve tion. The watcher, who had been stand- ing in a dark recess formed by the presence of heavy velvet curtains draped before the window, no open- ed the eurta es and stepped into the bighted room. Ile was a tall, lean nsa.n having straight, jet-black -hair, r a sallow complex'ion, .and the.feateree; of .a SSoux, There came a tap at the door, oinl" said the tail anon, The door opened silently and a manservant appeared. HIe was spot- lesely neat and wore his light,lair e:ropped close to the skull, Criesieg to the window, he extended, a 'small salver upon which lay a visiting card. "In i" repeated the tall man, look- ing down at the card. His servant silently retired, and fellowing ;a short interval rapped again upon the door, opened it, and standing just inside the. room an- nounced: "Mr. Paul Harley." The door being quietly closed be- hind him, Paul Harley stood staring across the room at Nicol Brinn. Harley, after that one comprehen- sive glance, the photographic glance of a trained observer, stepped for- ward impulsively, hand outstretched. "Mr, Brinn," he said, "we have never met before, and it was good of you to wait in for me. I' hope my tele- phone message has not interfered with your . plans for the evening?" Nicol Brion, without change" of pose, no line of the impassive' face altering, shot out a large, muscular hand, seized that of Paul ;Harley in a tremendous grip, and aimed in- stantly put his hand behind his "back again. "Had no plans," he replied, in a high, monotonous voice; "I was bored stiff. Take the armchair." Paul Harley sat down, but in the restless manner of one who has urg- ent business in hand and who is im- patient of delay. Mr, Brinn stooped to a coffee table which stood uponthe rug before the large open fireplace. "I am going to offer you a cocktail,". he said. "I shall accept your offer," return- ed Harley, smiling. "The 'N. ' B. cocktail' has a reputation which ex- tends throughout the clubs of the world" Nico.l Brinn, a prodlct of the Un- ited States, exhibiting the swift adroitness of that human clod, the New York bartender, mixed the drinks. Paul Harley watched him, meanwhile drumming his fingers restlessly upon the chair erne. "Here's success," he said, "to my missio ." It was an odd toast, but Mr. Brinn merely nodded and drank in . silence. Paul Harley- set his glass down and glanced about the singulaleapartment of which he had often heard and which no man could ever tire of ex- amining. In this room the poles met, and the most remote civilizations of the world rubbed shoulders with modernity. "I take it," said Mr. Brinn, sud- denly, "that you are up against a stiff proposition." Paul Harley, accepting a cigaret from an ebony box (once theproperty of Henry VIII.) which the speaker had pushed across the coffee table in his direction, stared up curiously into the sallow, aquiline face. "You are right. But how did you know?" "You look that way. Also—you were followed. Somebetly knows you've came here." Harley Ieaned forward, resting one hand upon the table. "I know I was followed," be said, sternly, "I was followed because I have entered upon the biggest case of my career." He paused and smiled in a very grim fa- shion. "A suspicion begins to dawn upon my mind that if I fail it will also be my last ease. You understand me?" "I understand absolutely," replied Nicol Brinn.. "These are dull clays. It's meat and drink to me to smell big danger." Paul Harley lighted a cigaret and watched the speaker closely the while. "I have come to you to -night, Mr. Brinn," he said finally, "to ask you a certain question. Unless the theory upon which I am, working is entirely wrong, then, supposing that you are in a position to answer niy question I am logically compelled to suppose, also, that you stand in peril of your life." "Good," said Mr. Brinn. . "I was getting sluggish." In three long strides he crossed the room and locked the door. (To be eontinued.) Three Wars. "He's a veteran of three wars," - "Only two, I'm sure." "No, three—Spanish-Arerh an,. the World, and matrimonial." A man who was continually losing his collar-stud while dressing com- plained to his wife about It. With an ingenuity born of the use of hair -pias, she told him that if he would hold his stud in his mouth he would not lose It. • This • worked for several days, when one 'morning she Was startled by an unusual coritmotibn• going' on upstairs. 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Brazil's Academy, making a Brazilian diction- ary-, finds that the aborigines and Africans imported as slaves have ad- ded respectively 3,000 and. 1,000 term's to the vocabulary, besides numerous literary and popular teems unknown in Portugal. * * * The word dollar has an interesting history, which Is related in the town of Yachiniov, in Czechoslovakia, where representatives of the Little Entente recently met. Some 400 years ago a silver mine was discovered -near Yaohimov. The German name for the town was Joaohimstahl. The Count of Schlitz had silver coins made from the metal and these coins bore the likeness of St. Joachim. The silver money was known as, joachimst halers, This was, in time, abbreviat- ed to thalers. Other changes occur= red such as daalder, daler and dalar. In the sixteenths century these toles were called dollars• ;n England.,, * * * Christendom's last monastic repub- lie still holding sovereign power in its territory, that of Mount Athos in ono of•the Greek peninsulas, is to be deprived by Parliament of its corn - Mend of the .gendarmerie., This sym- bol of the Patriarch's civil sway will. be for State reasons transferred to the authority of the 'Gover'nment. * * States Of the 'Union that had lynch- ings last year numbered ten, the same as in 1924 and 1925. States that never. have had a lynching are Massachu- setts, New Harnpshire, Vermont and 'Rhode Island, ' * * A Holton -watchmaker has entered the perpetual motion deal, His in- vention le a wrist -watch, inside which' is a small weight or balance that swings with every movement of the wrist and gives a turn to•the spring. Half an hour's wear is said to be sut' f{eient. to wind it for forty hours of timekeeping. Should the watch rue down, all that it is necessary to do -is to put it on the wrist, when at once it begins ticking. * • * * Soviet Pamela claims a prodigy, He is Nicholas Nazarov who, at 16, Is a full -.fledged college professor: Niche - les euteteci, Tashkent University at the age of 10 and in •four years com- lileted the math emaVest i, bisto:Sea I and. scientific course; which �r,liri" etud•ents required ten years to finisle The Minnonite Migration No matter where thee have settled,. war has always followed' the Mennon- ites; but now; at last, they have found a haven of at in Peraguay, where they will be permitted to live live without interfes'ence with their religious beliefs. Within a few years virtually all the 50,000 Mennonites remaining in Canada and many, if not all, of the f75,000 Mennonites of the United States will have migrated. to the new "Land sof Promise." A vanguard ofabout 2;000 Canadian Mennonites are now at work in the Paraguayan hinterland preparing the soil aiid builtlinyg communities for those to follow. This extraordinary migration was begun under the direc- tion and advice of Brig. -Gen. Samuel McRoberts, chairman of the board of the Chatham and Phenix National Bank, New York City, who was chief of the procurement division or the ordnance department during the World War. It was to him that the Mennonites in Canada turned when they decided that the time had come for another long trek, As he is quot- ed in the New York Evening Post, General McRoberts says: "A committee of Canadian Mennon- ites came to me about five years ago, and asked me to help them find a place where they could colonize. Why they came to me, 1 dont know. But they described what they wanted—chiefly a place where they could lead their pastoral life and be left alone by gov- ernments and free from interference or mixture with outsiders, end T agreed to help them. "The choice of a land quickly sim- mered down to Paraguay. Asia was out of the question because of politi- cal and religious turmoil there. East- ern Europe would not do because of economic conditions. Africa is a Brit- ish colony' and would not suit the Men- nonites. The Mennonites wanted to get away from Canada because they are chiefly German and were unhappy there following the war. So 1 sent Mr. Fred Engen, an experienced col- •onist, to Paraguay, and he found al- most exactly what the Mennonites were seeking." Under -the colonization plan which now has been in progress foe five years, we read further, the Mennon- ites will sell their present holdings in Canada and settle on 3,000,000 acres of fertile land in the upper Para- nuayan Chaco the Indian name for wilderness—about 1,700 miles above Buenas Aires. The land belongs to the Carlos Casado family, which owns a total of 7,0004000 acres along the River Paraguay and the eastern range of the Andes, After arrange- ments had been made with the Casado family to set aside 4,000;000 of the 7,000,000 acres, and a corporation had been organized to handle the develop- ment of 3,000,000 acres for the Men- nonites, Mr. Engen negotiated a charter from the Paraguayan Gov- ernment which gives the Mennonites every privilege they asked. We read on: ' "It amounts to the creation of a State within a State wherein the Mennonies may enjoy their chief re- ligious tenet, freedom from military service, a, well -as exemption from taking oaths and the privilege of ruri ring their own churches and schools. "After a committee of Mennonites had approved the land and reported on it in glowing terms to their Can- adian brethren and the Government charter was granted them, prepara tions for colonization began. ° A base was established at Puerto Casado, on the Paraguay River. Here .'a great hotel and several community houses have been built for the housing of the first colonists. A pumping station has been completed to supply fresh drinking water. "These first pauses will be vacated by their present occupants as soon as their ' permanent homes have .been built, and will be turned over .to suc- ceeding colonists as they arrive. In- coming families will gradually be moved back into the interior. Com- munication between these interior families and the base will be main- tained by motor -trucks and :bullodk- carts. The plan of colonization al- most duplicates the movement of Am- erican pioneers into Ohio, Illinois, and Kansas. Among those pioneers, inci- dentally, were many ancestors of the Mennonites now planning the migra- tion to Paraguay. Mennonites from Russia were among the first settlers ' in Kansas and introduced there the 'Bard winter wheat' for which the State is now famous. "The agricultural value of the land, in Paraguay, according to General McRoberts, was an important induce- ment to the Canadian. IVIennonites. Their first report to their followers in lVIanitaba and Saskatchewan describ- ed their 'Promised Land' as looking 'like an immense park,' wherein they found oranges, lemons, bananas, and cotton growing wild. "It is said there are forty-two sect KING r. • DER >! ori your Fits#'s the Way 'o assure success. Made in Canada ,No -Aiu te. E.W. GILLETT CO. LTiN TOno'NTo, CAN, lsenvinsumarg that have branched from the Mennon-1 ite faith, but still -hold to the - out-, standing tenet of pacifism. These sects now number hundreds of thousands throughout the world, and all now- adays have their eyes on Paraguay." For nearly three centuries, says The Evening Post editorially, the Mennonites have been seeking a home free from war. In the course of this search they have wandered from one section of Europe to another. In 1683 on the invitation of William Penne they went to the. U.S., anin the lat- ter part of he last century a number, of them settled in Canada. But war followed them everywhere: Now, how- ever, we are told, they are to be am» ong •a peopi who are not warlike. The Paraguayan army consists of onlyl, 2,500 men, organized to keep order in the country's 171,815 square miles,' and we read: "As the Mennonites dis-: courage their meinbers from holding public office or seeking 'the vaiiitiee of this world,' they ere not likely to' come into conflict with the Paraguay- ans. 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