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THE
KESTREL HOUSE
MYSTERY
By T. C. H. JACOBS
L.
arette was lighted, then " ' er4re
you attacked?' he dentate
dWefl ra-
personally
yen," said Pyecroft, thoelgit ;04 "A
bird ofill omen, dontthayitei.,:'I But
perhaps you are not suPert eektre
anywae • . It wa$ darki jren
deeided to right-about-ture,, 'wood
looked beastly glocmy n&:river
was moaning . . Lord! kver.
believe how it was moaning,y then
the owl howled . theo d •.
damn, that's rather neat,,
croft broke off to gran eit, 'MY at
the stern-faced polieemm‘ wed
back at him without the . est stes-
t
picion of a smile.
A look of hurt seirpri Tilt into
Pyecroft's eyes andhhe cep 'eel hie
narrative in an aggrieVer one of
voice.
"As T. was saying, T ttereeed ,
to come back when soneett! -I4aped
at me from behind a greet e' and
landed me an awful oroi tean.
This wretched fellow had ee,
some sort of b1ae, 1144,0W 1ng
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which he chucked over ad-
ministering the aneekhige,
the correct oxpre,ik
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Barnard nodded .grimitk
"So you were. chlorofo
"Well, I rather gatheilk
was the case; it tasted'
gave the the most awful
a beaut!" Pyecroft
aeross his brow at
SYNOPsIS. lashed out, and at the same time
Henry Holt and his ward, Muriel punched upwards with his clenched
Farm. Stolt has an old friend, Professor
Moineau, living at Kestrel ous
Is pressing Muriel tO marry Hayden Mer-
cer, 1Woineau's nephew.
.A. series of mysterious disappearances
takes place, Mona Page, the vicar's
daughter, being the latest victim.
Percival Pyecroft arrives at the Dart-
moor farm, being sent by his doctors for
his health. While walking on the moor
he is attacked from behind and chloro-
formed. He wakes to hear a man ad-
dressed as the "Doc" saying: "This is
not the man. Take him back where you
found him, and make it 10elt like an
aceident,"
Mainwaring, are staying at a Dartmoor 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 (mum-
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 him.
It was a tangled mass of bramble
and gorse which ultimately saved his
life as he plunged down to Ile bruised
and stunned on the rocks beneath,
CHAPTER III.
Pyecroft heard he shuffling oot-
ateps retreating and a muttered curse
as the door banged viciously. He stole
a cautious glance at the two men gaz-
ing at each other in obvious consterna-
tion. One of them he observed was
of a distinctly negroid appearance,
with a coarse, brutal face. The other
was a much younger man, rather
above average height, pale, thin. -
faced, with a receding forehead cap-
ped by wavy, yellow hair. Of the two
be preferred the half-caste.
"You've made rather a mess of
things, Darky," accused the pale -
faced one. •
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"Me!" exclaimed:. itharky angrily.
PS' truth, it was as Much your ruddy
fault. Quit blamin' me, bo'. I ain't
Men'. You had .the erders, not me."
"Here, cut out that 'my good man'
tstuff," snarled Darky. "I'm 'bout foe.
up with you send your almighty airs.
If you don't put a sock hi it quick
whip nay iron around you."
The other drew back in alarm be-
iore the blazing anger in the half -
mite's eyes.
"Oh, don't take on so, man," he
said, soothingly, "we'll both have to
face the music, curse it! So come
along and let us get this fellow back.
How are we going to arrange the
accident?"
"Leave it to me, bo'," replied Darky,
the anger fading from his face to be
replaced by a wicked grin. "Give him
another sniff to keep him quiet, guess
that other lot's pretty well done."
Pyecroft heard the man approach,
and as the chloroform pad was push-
ed against his mouth be exhaled
steadily.
They carried him to the car which
evidently had been left in. the place by
the river, and bundled .him inside. He
fell in a semi -sitting posture, his head
What New York
Is Wearing
BY ANNABEIEB WORTHINGTON
illustrated Dressinakinq Lesson Five-
nished 1Vith 'Peery Pattern
AVE-NlyikE-S of
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,arielizioDog SCOTTIE-
There we were! Standing on the , that good motor I cannot imagine. It
edge of that little mountain lake. Piro would make a good wagon or the
to the right of us, fire to the left and wheels are sound—or a good boat, or
behind us. Then we heard that, it doesn't leak—but.t. acts like a ilYt
strange crashing through the under-, ing rooster in thah
e t—lots of noise
brush. I but no lift.'
Scottie s t o o d "I don't like it anY better than you
bristling and do," continued Bob, "but when I heard
growling --then to that you and Scottie Were lost there.
our relief, a deer
and a fawn burst
through the bush
and rus,hed along
the edger 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 all rush-
ing down to the shore. Ancient en&
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 line.
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 direatton. 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. BEAM'S 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 plans 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
to nie. But what a rattletrap of a
machine he had! "Bob, where did you
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, and speaking 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
bee
a
cut up to make
"Yes," Frani*
awoke . • . wheee?";
"Ah that's witexe,
die. Who can liaterre I
The inspector frOwne
(To'beecentinee
CHAPTER IV.
The morning sun was shining
through the easement curtains as Per-
cival Pyecroft raised himself higher
on the pillow. The movement caused
him to put a hand to his head and
gingerly .explore the crown.
"Phew! jolly old besn's got a hump
this a.m.," he murmured.
His metitations were cut short by a
knock upon his bedroom door. Mrs.
French appeared.
"Good morning, sir," she said.
"There's a gentleman downstairs who
wants to see you urgently, a polies
gentleman."
"A whatta,?" he ejaculated.
Montreal Journal
Colorful Ga.rb •
Mere Male
'That enterprising and ultous
individual, the :' 4331Eir; ailor As you can see, there is just a hint
writes the Montreal Dal' of a peplum in this effective little
decreed that theeeetusineas„ must dress of printed crepe silk which
have more ccdor tar 0-1,1)37 WaY makes it especially lovely for the
f his olothes--tthiethcoming . youthful figure,
spring and siimmeit,".' lie, lcribes And it uses plaiting, too, a favorite
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a selection of snappy hada, 'o that trim of Paris this season,
the wearer may be able totpick a Don't you love the becoming neck -
suit of the color he feels Ilk& wear- line? And it's so comfy, too. The
ing and no longer be limited to "the short sleeves repeat the pleated trim.
other suit" while his regular one Is The slightly shaped skirt is the
being pressed, cutest idea ever with inset inverted
The idea has much to eon:mend it. plaits each side of the front, topped
Our present-day habiiiraents are by real pockets.
much too sombre in . Their It's sportive! And it's so useful.
drabness is hardly ever illumined by It can travel in the best of circles.
a distinctive color -note, and in con: • And to make it! Just try it, and
sequence we are daily losing,spmr, you'll Want to make another, per-
thieg of the joy of living. ,in plain crepe in navy blue or
London along.'
Three minutes later the door open-
ed to admit a tall, heavily built man
with close cropped iron -grey hair, who
acknowledged Pyecroft's greeting with
a curt nod.
"I am Inspector Barnard of Scot-
land Yard," he announced in slow,
even tones.
"Thrilled to meet you," replied Pye-
croft with a grin which gave a curi-
eusly inane expression to Ms face.
"What can I do for you?"
"I want some information, sir, eon-
cerning the misadventure which befell
you last night."
"Oh; ah, yes. rather! Beastly lot of
tykes those fellows. Awfully cool the
way they bunged me over that ghast-
ly drop, dash it, old fruit, don't you
realize they might have hurt me? It's
time that sort of fun was regulated
a bit, eh?"
"Yes, yes," snapped Barnard impa-
tiently. "But suppose we begin at the
beginning, sir."
"Agreed, inspector, most certainly
right at the beginning. The jolly old
Trecteenekeesea e or roman
t'v
a grocer should wear colors that seasen.
blend with the general. color -tone of Style No. 8042 neay be had ht sizes
his shop. A jeweller one would ex. 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 88 inches
peat, in this connection, to -be at, bust.
tired in a suit of rich but OUlklued Size 16 requires 81/4 yards 85 -inch
tones, that would harmonize with the with % yard 35-ineh contrastieg,
gleams from jewel cases. A. hutch- HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS
er should be clad in ,anything but Write your name and address plain.
white, so that he may appear stain- ly, giving number and size of such
less before his custornees. Laborers patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
should wear khaki, so that dust will stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
be absorbed without showing upon it 'carefully) for each number, and
them. Millers might he attired in address your order to Wilson Pattern
white drill or flannef an for liaber- Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto.
dashers suits of ..ralfi',#pw hue would
be entirely Balti*
The great advantage ;of
it would enable -mere ma n
some of the Prestige w _mit:rape°
than mere woman tbas stbIeni, from
him. The male must reassert him-
self if we are to have harmony in
lite -coloring, and. the latter is a eon-
siimmation greatly tu be desired.
wasn't much time to go around oo
ing for a good machine. It was a auess,
tion of getting hold of some kind et
plane and getting started. In fact, I
didn't evea stop to enquire who owned
this craft, just as long as the propel-
ler went arornd, that was asked
of it,"
"Anyeray,here's'your life preserver,",
said Bob, "and youbi better strap it:
on. If this bunch of misfit parts doee
not hang together—yen. may have td
walk home."
By the time the paraohute 19.64,
strapped on, we were ready to go. Bob
gave her ga., carefully—we moved WI
into the lake, turned and headed Into
the wind.
If we did have to jump, I must find
some way cf strapping Scottie so he
could not possible fall out of my arraei
I found a piece of strong canvas in the
bottom of the cockpit and in the midi
dle of this I cut four holes, just big
enough to shove Scottie's lege
through.
This sling I fastened securely to on
of the parachute straps. Scottie wail
now well tied .to the parachute, and
I had to jump his chances were about
50-50 witb me, and with all these
autos around, that's a dog's chance
anywhere.
After a while I settled down, and
somehow it seemed so secure drifting
along up there far above the ground
that I forgot all about the possibility.
of having to jump.
leather coat had
a rope—my shirt to make a sling to
lower Scottie over the falls.
"But se:iously, Bob, wherever did
You get that floating wreck?"
"The motor is a hummer—it's a real
Vickers," answered Bob, "but whoever
hung that scarecrow of a plane on
Suddenly I re-
ceived a sharp
reminder We
ran into an air
pocket a n d
dropped like a
lead shot. Onle
for an instant
—then we were
out of it—but,
that instant was a death blow to the
old plane, It just seemed as if every
nut and bolt were ready to fall apart.
Bob turne and motioned me with his
hand. 'Up to the edge of the cockpit.
stepped—then jumped.
(To be continued).
Spring Play -Day
lolling forward, one arm lying limply bean isn't over bright this morning,
upon the cushion. Again the light was but it'll do its best. Now, shoot the Don't let your teacher end you
home for vacation before -141 of you
directed on his face. dope."
"He's all right," snapped the young- "Thank you. Will you kindly tell I have had a jolly spring play -day.
The last day of school
er man impatiently. "Get going, is When you
Darky, there's no time to spare."
The ear bumped forward over the
rough ground, slowly gathering speed
as it climbed the hill. Pyeeroft's mind
was working rapidly as he reviewed
the situation, undecided on his line of
action. A7.1. his inclinations urged him
to overpower the Man sprawled on the
seat, but lis better judgment counsel-
led him to wait and see what the end
would be. If he acted now it would
certainly precipitate matters and spoil
his chance of probing the mystery fur-
ther, yet he had not forgotten that
there was going to be an accident,
Curiosity battled with caution; he
wondered what was the object of the
kidnapping, and who was that other
for whom he had been mistaken. The
adventure intrigued him vastly; he
wished he could have seen that sinis-
ter personage, the Doe, whose very
presence was sufficient to excite sue%
powerful emotions. know," he said brightly.
down, and presently the 'brakes were
applied. He heard the door opened
and the half-caste speaking,
"Heave him out, bo. We ain't takin'
him any further."
With every sense alert, Pyecroft
al'!;owed himself to be drag!.,yed roughly
from the car. He heard the sound of
scanning water clearly on the night
but it was coming from far below.
The nieti were holding him by his
feet and head, and now they com-
menced to swing him to and fro. He
decided that the time for caution had
departed if he was going to save him-
self from an unpleasant end.
Suddenly twisting one foot free, he
me why you were in the valley last
night."
"Certainly. . but, do,you mind, I
mean, would it be troubling you, in
the bottom of the wardrobe, you'll find
it there, a bottle and a wee glass. I
feel in need of a tonic."
The inspector rase reluctantly from
his chair and went to the wardrobe to
return with a bottle bearing the la.bel.
of a famous brandy and a glass which
he handed to Pyecroft. He watched
with disapproving eyes as a liberal
portion was poured and drained,
"Ah, that's better!" sighed Pyecroft
leaning out and. placing the battle
upon the table by the bed. "Now, Mr.
Barnyard, what was it?"
"Why you went into the valley,"
repeated the inspector.
"Oh, why went into the valley;
h'm, now why did I?" Pyecroft finger-
ed his chin thoughtfully for several
moments. "Well, jest for a walk, you
After a while the car began to slow
Barnard frowned.
"''Yor, were unaccompanied, I take
it?"
"Absolutely, all on. my little lone-
some. Er would you mind, I hate
to trouble you so, but in the top right-
hand drawer of the dressing table, I
no, the left, I'm sorry, there is a
cigarette; I really could do with a
smoke, old' top."
Chief Inspector Barnard hesitated ,
before he rose and found the cigar-
ettes.
"There is nothing else you would
like me to find for you, suppose?"
he asked acidly.
"Well, yes, as a matter of fact, a
match, if you have ore," replied Pie-
_. -croft blandly.
can have the best time. Arrange
baseball games and potato -rolling
contests, tug o' war, bandicap races,
also a picnic lunch 'arid an after-
noon program. Try terhave as many
of your Dads and Blbtliers present
as possible. 'If you have ponies,
stage a pony ra.ce, too, andedon'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
With a lot of pep next year.
ISSUE N. 14-11 1 The ins waited until the.eig-
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Entirely the work of one man, a
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smallest in the world. The church is
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wide, and has room for about a dozen
persons. There is a little steeple con,.
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The, good in this state of existence,
preponderates over the bad, let mis-
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