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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-05-31, Page 2Sao:5 ate capyr'] . 19 NSA Setvice Inc,. \1131, ij 4., .. 13EG1N IHEP.E TODAY. 1 I really thought that he was; mind John Ainsley, a elan of education' you, the man was beside himself in and breeding. becomes a master crook. wrathful humiliation. Only the fear that I might after all be —preying upon other thieves. Posing ; what T claim as a millionaire, he goes to the estate' ed to be, and the fear of ridicule which of a wealthy retired broker, Kerro-; I had promised, restrained him.But chan, to steal a large ruby ring he- i I did tot now that he Mould be re - longing to Kernoehan's daughter, who strained, and so I slipped the ring into is engaged to Ernest Vantive, chief ;a cup of coffee, not, however, into the owner of a detective agency. , cup that had been set at the vacant Having acquired a paste copy of the place at the table which was meant for its for-. merowner, Ainsley substitutes bfrom an elderthe I slipped it into Vantine's. imitation for the real ring when the { He colored furiously. He felt as lights go out in the library, But the, ridiculous as he was. "No, I'm not substitution is discovered and Vantine, going to search you," he almost roar - prepares to search Ainsley. led. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY I I bowed to him. "In that case," I s:.id, "I shall drink Mr. � Kernochan's offee. � The dress, of Iight tan, suggests an Vantine smirked. "I am dealingl " with a desperate criminal Alice. Bute c SNAPPY SUM SR SUIT r;1t0it Water" Makes the Man Warm Water Turns Female Frogs to Males Lady frog tadpoles turn into males when they are kept in hot water too long, according to experiments made by Emil Witshei of the University of Iowa. we are told in Science Service's Daily Science News EuUetin( Wash- ington), We read:' "Reporting his researches before a meeting of the American Association of Anatomists at Ann Arbo1', Michigan, MT. Witschi stated that he grew two sets of tadpoles from. the egg stage until the differentiation into sexes be- gan to be evident. In one set, in wbioh the temperature of the water had been increased approximately as in nature, the sex ratio was about nor- mal -100 females and 96 mates. In the other set the temperature of the water was suddenly jumped to nearly 90 degrees Fahrenheit when the tad- poles were five weeks old, The sex glands of the females in this set gradually assumed a masculine char- acter, and the frdgs emerged as males." * * * * ensemble, and is made of extremely Ainsley is dealing with adetective of Something within me gave warning; light material. The ostrich feather some reputation. Would a criminal,:instead of picking up Vantine's cup, I boa conforms to the summer edict of as daring as this man, leave this houses chose the one meant for me. And be- the French styles mentors. 'without the object for which he has;fore I could put it to my lips, Van - risked his liberty?? Certainly not. Look tine's fingers gripped my wrist. at his face. The ring, is somewhere in , "So, that's where you hid it!" he this room; he e picked it up—"cried. "Oh, end this farce!" I cried. I "Don't be absurd, Ernest," said stretched my hands wide. The girl Miss Kernochan petulantly. "The was seated in a chair. She wore an. coffee was just brought in." elaborate eoifiure, piled high upon her But Vantive must have seen some - head. In the repression abase her thing triumphant in my eyes, for he crown hair—her only attraby a ctive possession—. l of tpaned the coffee out, part of it, into chased clothing—even late at nmy , pur- ht it the aucer, and then groped in theg was with me. I was shaken up, but uninjured. In thirty seconds I was in the garage, at the wheel of ney car. Cries from the house—they had heard my impact with the ground—alarmed a lounging.chauffeur. But he was not quick enough; I was away at once. And I was not captured. 1 reached I placed the Grand Duke's ring. My liquid remaining in the cup. Then, hands were quicker than their eves, ; forgetful of the presence of his flan and I stepped closer to Vantine, say- ing wearily: "Search me I" i "If all detectives are as stupid as Twenty minutes later I was dressed ; you,Vantine," I told him "I wonder again. Miss Kernochan bad returned. thatmors people don't go in for She had sat down again in the chair. theft." I reached for his cup. "I don't I had plucked the ring from her hair propose to be denied my drink because and it reposed snugly in my waistcoat ou are a jackass," I remarked. With pocket once again. Yes, in those days that I put his cup to niy lips; the ruby I was an amateur; but I leave it to you who read my memoirs, to decide whether or net I showed, even at the outset of my career, flashes of that gentee which since have rendered me tigntparable• "Let's talk this over," suggested Kernechan.4 He made a wry mouth. "You have us on the hip, Mr. Ainsley. But you must realize that you can never take the ring out of this room. And we are convinced that it is some- where in this room." "So am I," I declared. "I think it's about time that you and I searched Vantine." Vantine laughed, but there was anger in his mirth. "You're welcome, Mr. Kernochan," he said. But the suggestion was too absurd for Kernochan to entertain. I give You my word, had Vantin ;been searched I 'would have found the ring. upon him. But in that event I might have lost the ruby ring. "Let's sit down, have some coffee and talk this over," persisted Kerno- chan. "I won't use harsh words, Mr. Ainsley. But that ring is here. You brought a paste copy—" ring passed into my mouth; I put the I raised my hand. "All of this, Mr. cup down and wiped my mouth with Kernochan, this unfounded libel, Willa napkin. A. second later the ruby ring had once again returned to my lie paid for in court." "1 dint want a lawsuit any more waistcoat pocket. I nodded coldly to than you want a criminal prosecution ,+, Kernochan and his daughter. "Now,' then,"I said to Vantine, "if he said. "And we'll hardly have one without the other. But I do want the you will kindly unlock the door, I will ring " He ordered. the butler, who go upstairs, get my things and leave:" had assisted in the second search of nme, to bring coffee. "We're all excited "If all detectives are as stupid you—" as is possible to buy apparel in the great city—and within an hour after that I had eliminated, I felt certain, any pos- sibility of capture. For I am of un- distinguished appearance, and the de- scription meant for me would fit a thousand other men. Yes, I was safe—safe, I mean, from the pursuit of the clumsy Vantine and the ex -policemen who make up the staff of his agency. But I was not safe from something else.. Once again I tell you that at this time I was an amateur, cursed with sentiment—aye, sentimentality. For I could not help but think of the sweet- faced widow in Boston. The Grand Duke's ring should have been. hers. Somehow I felt that I had robbed her, not the grossly rich Benamin Kerno- chan. And so—I turned the ruby into cash, engaged a discreet lawyer, and Mrs. Henry Adams learned that cer- tain stock which she did not know be- longed to her husband was hers. She lives, I believe, in comparative luxury upon a farm in Massachusetts: She should live well; the income from one hundred and fifty thousand dollars— the price paid vie for the Grand Duke's ruby by .a dealer in,'.stolen stones—is ample for a widowed lady of simple tastes. Yes, I was an amateur—I had not yet forgotten that I was also a gentle- man. The adventure o2 the Grand Duke's ruby had cost me money, instead of showing me a profit. Yet if by that adventure I was lighter in my pocket, I was also light in heart, thinking of Mrs. Adams, as I sailed the following week for Europe. (To be continued.) The sweat stood oa Kernochan's forehea`rii but he nodded to Vantine to and under a strain, and a cup of coffee acquiesce in my demand. The detec- will help us to look at the matter five opened the door for me; I walked calmly through it, and began mount- ing the stairs in the hall outside• Now, I have said that at this period in my career I was an amateur. This account of my recklessness is proof that I tell the truth. But do not do me the injustice to suppose that I sensibly" The butler left; I sat down. "Go ahead," I said to Kernochan. He argued, pleaded and threatened. I was adamant. I told him that I had been insulted, and that if my depart- ure were much longer impeded, I thought for one minute that, though I would have satisfaction in the courts.' was permitted to leave the room, 7 The butler'ontered, bringing coffee. I would be permitted to leave the house. I heard the telephone click as I set. 'my foot on the first step. Rather than risk a brawl, I would be permitted to go upstairs. By the time I would have packed my bags, policemen would be in the house. Only Vantine's pride had caused this much delay in suinmoning' the police. For their arrival meant publicity and consequent ridicule, in the press, for the great detective who must call in village policemen to re- cover a pewel stolen under his eyes. But Vantine's pride was not too elastic —it had snapped now. He would risk ridicule, and Kernochan would risk a libel suit. The jewel was worth these risks. Yet, knowing what they were doing, I managed to restrain myself until I reached my roon• Then I acted as swiftly as ever a man, in 'a similar refused to partake, and started boldly for the door. Vantine leaped to his feet. "You can't go," :. cried. I turned and advanced to the table en which were set the cups of coffee. I guessed, I thought, his intention. "I suppose," I said, that you are going to search me again." 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"It is folly," he says, "to proclaim that Christianity rests upon miraculous signs and events, and that, shorn of these, there is, and can be, no Christian religion." After the child learns what Mr. Major calls the contradiction between the miracles and the laws of the universe, he loses his faith. His religion, based upon the miracles, has been, destroyed, along with his faith in those moracies. Some of our readers will disapprove of Mr. Major's argument, but we must occasionally give voice to those whose belief is not based upon the generally accepted dogmas. Children must be -taught, says Mr. Major, "that religion is a progressive and culminative spiri- tual endeavor for betterment and must„ be shown how the whole conception of God and religion has progressed and improved through the Old Testa- ment into the New. It must be ex- plained to them that the ancient Bibli- cal cosmology is not God's but the accepted belief of the time. They must not be taught to believe in Christianity because of the miracles, but, if you will, in the miracles be- cause of Christianity." Mr. Major argues further: "It is obviously unwise to preach a gospel of fire and brimstone to child ren of an age which is too apt to in- quire curiously where hell is and ex- pect it to be located geographically. Once it was safe enough to make congregations tremble before the awful picture of 'sinners in the bands of an: angry God.' But to -day our en- lightened children are not to be co- erced by threats of hypothetical pun- ishment. They are not afraid of a damnation the nature of which they can not conceive. "Modern Sunday School training, even under the best conditions, is not vital,. is illogical, Is absurd, is reac- tionary, and is futile. Religion must French Taxes For 4 Months $31,440,000 Over Estimate Pairs—During the first fours four months of this year, France's taxation receipts have exceeded budget estimates by 800,000,000 francs, about $31,440,000. Indirect taxation has yielded 3r 260,000 francs and direct taxation 600,000,000 francs. Practically the only tax which shows a deficit on the estimates is the turnover tax, which is 11,000, 000 francs less than estimated though 35,000,000 more than was received during the same period last year. Bigger and Better Detroit Free Press: Manufacturers announce that United States has be- come "definitely a two -cat country." It will be more or less a task in some homes to make two deferred pay- ments grow where only one grew be- fore. National Monuments Quebec Evenement (Cons.): (The citizens of Halifax subscribed the money to preserve the Citadel from ruin.) At the moment when Mr. King is proposing to spend millions on the beautification of the Capital, we think it peculiarly opportune to remind him that the history of the country dill not begin in 1921, and that there were noble exploits accomplished in Can- ada before be acquired his honors. What reason is there to beautify the Capital, when the relics of a glorious past are falling into ruins in the cen- tenary towns like Halifax, Kingston and Quebec? Very fortunately for us, the Government at Iast recognizes that it is necessary to restore the fortifications of Quebec. Let us hope that similar action will soon be taken' in the historic towns of the English- speaking provinces. Not New to Him. "When you were held up by that robber why were you so cool and in predicament, could hope to act. I different?" • SMART SPORTS ATTIRE Smart, becoming and practical. A wide band gives the desired snugness through the hips and a slight blousing be vital and necessary in its presen to bodice. 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True, ''risked a broken,,leg, think." "Yes, and probably a little' but it was only a chance. Arrest meant more." certain imprisonment. M'y recent past could afford no disclosures. And luck Minard's Liniment for r falling hair. Safety First Le monde Ouvrier (Ind.) : People were terrified and indignant to learn that three little children bad paid with their lives for the inconsiderate piety of their mother, who left the three babies at home while she went to Mass. The act of going to church for devotional purposes is entirely praiseworthy when the proper time is chosen to go. But a perfectly clear distinction can be drawn between a duty and a religions practice, however deserving of merit, but to abstain from which will not endanger anyone. As long as children are too little to look after themselves, it is the mother's duty to see that they are safe. It is unfortunate that one should allow the tation to hold people who will them- selves deal in vital and necessary problems. It is the duty of the Sun- day School to teach religion so that it shall be. hildren should be taught sanely and quietly; they should be reasoned with and not commanded. Do not think them devoid of reason- ing with powers. Do not tell them to believe because they ought to be- lieve. Tell them to believe because there is a valid rason for belief. "Their religion should be based upon the teachings of Jesus, so that if the miracles and the Virgin Birth crumgle, they have their faith un- shaken. They should not be bullied by threats of hell or bribed by promise of heaven. "Remember this final admonition: You can always drive young people out of the Church by careless teach- ing, but you cannot drive them into it!" The .Monroe Doctrine Charleston News and Courier: Most people are in agreement that the Mon- roe Doctrine has lost its value. 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