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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1931-07-02, Page 2Sala(la b1en Of fresh young leaves 1 1! ORANGE PEKOE BLEND T Ai 'nests front the ares, lea "..Y\neaaara •Ka.WIT,e,�: �\\\ l\�` \gip".\��. �� „:'P4 p�"•. ., THE KESTREL �ront the oil By T. C. H. JACOBS -�"'.�y\\� �`700-10:4 w .�.� 1 _.v��"• ..•.�s' \��.��4\�.. \ `.� \\:0,..,0,000,..„‘",:s,\ ., . ��` SYNOPSIS tained and was prepared to take any Henry Holt and his ward, Muriel Mainwaring are staying at a Dartmoar farm. Holt has a friend, Afoineau, living at Kestrel House. and is desirous that Muriel marry Moineau's nephew, Hayden Mercer, whom she dislikes. A series mysterious disappearances ;sve leen alarming the neighborhood, na Page, 'th vicar's daughter, being { e latest vietthi. Another boarder at the farm is Perci- val Pyecroft, who is murderously at- fke while waiting op the moor. He • and his valet, lack, discover a secret underground passage to Kestrel House, and a locket belonging to Mona Page, which they turn over to Inspector Bar- nard. Barnard then visits Kestrel House and uePsiecroft2andaFlacktdeliberateo- lY assault Holt on the moor and extract papersfrom his specimen case. Barnard discovers the in3ured man, wkotreats his accident lightly. Pyecroft 3inds the stolen notes have disappeared. CHAPTER XII.—(Cont'd.) Detective Sergeant Trotter, half lost in contemplation of the rolling moorland, started violently and his hands automatically went up to pull his bowler hat more firmly upon his head. "Miley, chief," he exclaimed, "you startled me." „ "I'm glad something roused you; snapped Barnard sarc. stically, "you have been as helpful as a tailor's dum- my up to the present. You can wake up further by going over to the hotel at Two Bridges and proving that alibi Pyecroft put up.” "Sure, chief ... how do I go?" "Borrow the bicycle at the pub or walk. Now sit on. that rock, face the valley and make yourself as small as possible." "Takes me for a blooming contor- tionist," grinned Trotter to himself as he complied with his senior's order. a balaao i - down from then. There were numer- .ons clusters of boulders and large clumps of gorse but in the immediate vicinity there was only one big bush which could afford adequate cover to risk to obtain it. A person, moreover, who was swift and cunning, one who had accurately anticipated events, and beaten him at his own game most suc- cessfully. He knew that it was not Barnard of his subordinate, neither was it like- ly to have been any member of the Kestrel House gang. Who then was it? fou ivel, . fessor:' Pyecroft wrested with the problem until outraged nature triumphed, and he dozed. But even asleep his senses were alert, and with the first, faint light which heralded the dawn he awoke. It was not the light which had awakened him, but a slight croak- ing of the floor boards outside his door. He sat up in the bed listening intently, and presently he nodded his head. "As I thought, my dear professor, despite the headache which you un- questionably have, you cannot rest until you have seen the boss. Needs mast where the devil drives, so I'll up and follow." He slipped from the bed and moving with the silence of a jungle cat went to the window. Concealed behind the curtain, he watched as Holt, little more than a shadow in the dim light, crossed the yard and set out over the moor. Less than five minutes afterwards he was hastening on the trail, but he did not take the lower road through the valley, but kept to the higher ground all the way. In so doing he under -estimated the speed at which Holt could travel, and actually arrived on the hill overlooking. the bridge nig ilea'. When lost carte across th, he was tempted to •igen the and greet him with some facets'°" mark,: but suppressing the inch he turned away and got in where he promptly went to sleep An hour later M.try Jane him with the morning cup of :e the information that Flack was ing to see hila. "Show him along, Mary Jane," Pyecroft, rubbing his eyes and a ing sleepily. "Why do people get up at th earthly hour?" Flack came into the room, ca hand, and closed the door careful "You 'look just like 'a stage '4i doing that," commented. Pyei "Well, what's the matter?l" "Barnard's been nosing'aiom digs, and a pair cf my boots is guv'nor. Guess thatbusy's take for stunmink." Pyecroft beckoned him to 4° nearer and, in a voice no loudeld. Flack's whisper, but in which he'I aged to infuse Considerable enipl'` said: "You'll be lucky, wiled, if Ba confines himself to pinching blighting boots and doesndtt ge paws on you as wel. Now; I'1 you something which might inter you. When you took cover bel ind a gorse bush last night you left ht?il mark in the soft earth and° tljar'e fernal boot was adorned with a eei'S heel which only a lunatic would Barnard and his hound were morning making a very fai-f es the thing and if it wasn't fa a Y ' chance I'd have been totally aine, of it. Your beastly boots .aye di, , where they won't be found'in a h "` and if you make such a pfieeles of yourself again I'll sack you. me?" (To be continued.) Never! ii aaaraisaaaaaatiaerstkla4gMeat was on the point of working his way, under cover across She valley when he saw Barnard and Trotter ap- proaching.- They were a considerable distance off when he first noticed a man unless he was in the prone po- them, but recognition was immediate, sition. And in such a position it and he changed his plans abruptly. It would have been difficult, if not int- was essential that he should know possible, to watch the movements of what brought them out tat such an his victim. early hour. Holt's business he knew, The inspector strode across to the but the Scotland Yard men were a gorse bush and immediately perceived very different matter. that he had been correct in his sur- Working his way through the brack- mise. Directly behind it was a small en. and heather, he crawled below the patch of loose earth turned out by an bridge and doubled across to a conven- enterprising rabbit and clearly show- fent cluster of boulders, where he wai t- in, at the edge was the print of a ed for the policemen to appear. bootheel, a very distinctive print as Concealed behind the rocks he the boot had been adorned with a rub- watched Barnard casting around, and ber heel of peculiar pattern. guessed his purpose. More than ever Further search failing to reveal any he was glad that he had put up some other marks he shouted to Trotter, sort of an alibi. When the chief in - who jumped up with alacrity and Spector moved down the slope and came down. made his discovery of the heel mark "Dog bite me, chief," he exclaimed, he took out a pair of powerful field "That looks remarkably useful." glasses. Trotter was standingwith "Make a drawing," ordered Bar- his back towards hi.in, and the lases nard. showed him clearly the drawing which While Trotter was snaking a gw od was made. Frowning angrily, he pre - sketch of the print—he was a clever pared to depart, but there' was no draughtsman --Barnard watched 'aim, haste in his movements. One hundred and both policemen were too engrossed and fifty yards behind lay the fold to notice a face which peered cautious- in the moor where they had parked ly around a boulder a short distance the car, and he did the entire journey away; neither did they see the mo- •on his stomach. Scarcely a single stem mentary flash of sunlight upon the .of the bracken moved to mark his pro• powerful field glasses which the oh- grass. server was using. Once securely hidden he broke into The sketch completed to his satisfac a run, and did not cease until he vets tion, Barnard spent another twenty standing opposite the cottage on the minutes casting around for any fur- edge of the village where Flack was ther due which might manifest itself lodging. and Trotter, feeling that he had been Assuring himself that nobody was mistaken in his judgment, lent a will- about he stole under cover of the gar- ing pair of eyes to the search. den ;wall to the rear o.f the cottage Happening to glance toward the and quietly lifting the lat i slipped valley he suddenly gave a low whistle into the ldtehen. of warning and dropped to his knees Three pairs of hoots were standing in the ' eather. on the hearth and without a second's Barnard followed his example and hesitation he snatched the nearest pair looked away in the direction of his and was gone. IIe smiled to himself •pointing finger. His teeth set hard as he thought of Flack's consternation so that the jaw lnuscles stood otit when the loss was discovered, for he prominently under the skin and hie prized those boots very highly. big hands clenched as he Sew the eb- Ten minutes later he was disrobing jeet of Trotters excitement. Crossing in, his room but he did not get into the bridge at a rapid pace and obvi- beck Drawing on a dressing -gown he ousiy returning from ICeetre1 House waited by the window and presently , +was henry Holt, his vigil Was rewarded by the sight of CHAPTER XIII Henry Holt walking across the moor. Disturbed and considerably puzzled by the loss of the parcel, Pyecroft spent a restless night. Someone hall been a witness to the sandbagging of Holt, that was certain. Someone who suseaeled what the parcel had eon - ISSUE No. 26 "31 He saw hint stop and speak to one of , the boys who came from the yard. C La Salle in his hist y } "Ahl now I Wender what yarnyou Never make a friend of one Whose word you can't rely upon Never ask a service you Would not be prepared to do Never talk as though you were 5. Anyone's superior; Never make the least pretence , To special wisdom, wit, and sense, Never act as though inpeli8,d By a head unduly swelled; Never give a man's eifance �` y `bawl collar and neat. sleeve cuffs. On your prostrate form to Never, when you come' off best, Jump oil your opponen''s es+ Never let your left ha Gifts your right hand„in What York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Par - lashed Illustrated Da•essmaltcai,� Lesson 1+ zc�r- nislced With Erary Pattern ADAIR' cP5IC 3k#1344Y �eat .. ,, hhiJ) g SCOTTIE -- What came before, After many advent tures flying over China, Captain Jimmy is torted to far d behind the enemy's lines. He flaks a raid on the military came to seeu�'0 gasoline and oil, While Lieutenant Stone threw the military camp into an uproar, 1 whistled softly to Scottie and grop- ed my" way through the darkness to- ward the big, imposing teut. Quietly I slipped tinder the can- vas, and felt my way around the sides, As my eyes grew more used +' ,F to the darkness, I could see the out- line of a large cot on ,which someone lay sleeping sound= ly. Scarcely dar- ing to breathe I crept slowly for- ward. Then be- fore the surprised Chinese could offer any resistance, I grabbed him and secured his arms behind his back. Under his pilow I discovered no less than two pistols and a knife. The knife I threw away. One pistol I pocketed; with the other I induced him to follow me. Wrapped in a blanket, I shoved my captive under the tent wall, and marched him along to where the horses were held by Fu Hsu. Once we had put some distance be- tween ourselves and the camp, we questioned our prisoner. To our amazement, we discovered that we had secured no less a personage than General Fong as a hostage. "Tell him" I said, "that as soon as it becomes light, he'll write me an order for 150 gallons of gasoline, twenty gallons of oil and .a supply of food, and if he doesn't write the order pronto, I'll take him apart by hand to see what mares him tick". The interpreter translated my message. "General say he no can do", said Fu Hsu, "He say you sullender now and he'll be very easy with you". I scowled as fiercely as I could. The poor Chinese looked so funny in his night clothes and blanket, yet No small wonder for its popularity for, wrap -over effects are so charm- ingly slimming. It's a model too that. is easily ad- justed to the figure. It can be carried out in .any of the thin woolens crepe silk- and summer sports silks. Ai printed crepe silk made the orig- inal in brown with white dots. Plain white crepe silk made the becoming dant ; ` Vivid red, blue or green in crepy 'woolen or tweed mixtures is smart. In plain navy blue crepe silk with Odle it is exceedingly chic. Style No. 3107' may be had in ,sizes 161,;18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches �7 Size,36 requires Sea yards 39 -inch, i* ea yard 35 -inch contrasting. ti Never others- treat as,'#1& You belonged to life's 4: Never be content with Doing what you ought 'Or Never grumble at your lot Thank the Lord for what SOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Vrite your name and address plain - giving number. and size of such terns as you want. Enclose 20c in Ps or. eoirt „coin preferred wrap address 'your order to Wilson Battern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. > h, Nursing s Greatest... The tributes paid to the me Florence Nightingale in coin with the anniversary of her b'1 cantly have revealed the fad` number of those wife were am patients during the Crimean •Gaits still alive." Among them• is one who tai ht, that he is the only man w'ho walss ed by her. He was a drummer -boy, lamed been shot through the right halliAs' he was crying out in pain.for• ]ti_S'th- er, the "lady with tap lamp" epeeh ed his bed and whispered:: "Line kiss you for your mother." e d; It was due to Floiencee;eNi, )jli.le that the schools of iter leg 'y;ug lisp hospitals were efitali7ielieiand that nursing was transathened, fit an inferior sort of domestic-SA.0 ce an honored profession. The...4s ,i ass movement was another ;trttiti work to relieve human- ai)fi'enl ex • Art English Passion Play? During the summer months open-air stivais, plays, concerts, and exhibi- ons of dancing are often arranged in ufable parks, and some of them at - rad large numbers of spectators. New possibilities in this direction, owever, are opened by a suggestion tide by Herr Anton Lang, who has • On —world-wide fame by his reverent playing of the part ,of our Lord in tite .O.ber-Ammergau Passion Play. ,a;When heeyisited London recently he told a.Pressman that he saw no res Sort why there should not be a Passion PiaYitaLondon, staged on similar lines ta''444:eat Ober-Ammergau. He thought that this would be possible in Hyde 'Park. ' Nothing in the world has put as ,,many men on their feet as the alarm•' Plock. he just could not forget his rank of General. Pulling out my pistols made a number of horrible faces, ex. pressing the dozens of doleful things that would certainly happen to him l he continued to refuse our request. Being .a sensible man, and a Gen- eral, he decided to yield; handsomely, since yield he must. "He say `Yes', can do," translated Fu Hen; "Velly glad to do such lit- tle favor for cline gentlemen." At daybreak I rode out to the camp with the General's written order in my pocket, and his gold signet ring' on my finger, as proof of my author- ity. The camp was astir and immedi• ately we' were sighted, a group of mounted men galloped out and sun rounded us. In a loud and .com- manding tone I insisted that we be taken at once to the commanding.of- neer. f fieer. To him I showed the ring Sind`. made the demands for' gas, oil and food. We •got plenty of immediate action. Burros were loaded with gas, oil and -food and we set out for camp. Leading off in a' round -about way, it was over four hours before we shook off the last spy- ing soldier and finally reached the plane. For use the tinned food was a real feast and 1/r even the Gen- 9// eral seemed to �i///i� ff enjoy it. Break- fast over, we put him to work empty ing cans of gasoline into the plans and he proved to be about average Chinese labor at that job. Then we took off on a Ievel spot in' back of the tree's and our last sigh* of General Fong was seeing tins walking wearily back to his camp. (To be continued) Note: Any of our young readers writing to "Captain Jimmy", 2010 Star Bldg., Toronto, will receive his signed photo free. 7kideu.S Chocolale Malted Milk The health -giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. • - Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. Gibraltar England, we love thee better than we know— And this I learned, when, after wan- dering long • _. _. - 'Mid people of another stock and I heard again thy martial music blow, And sate thy gallant. children to and fro Pace, keeping ward at one of those huge gates, Which, like twin -giants, watch the Herculean straits: When first I carie in sight of that brave show, It made my very heart within me dance, To think that thou proud foot shouldst advance Forward so far into the mighty sea; Joy was it and exultation to behold Thine ancient standard's rich em- blazonry, A glorious picture by the wind un- rolled. —Richard Chenevix Trench, Poems. Kiwanis "Who made the best speech at the banquet last night?" Lion—"Some dub at the foot of the table. He said he was tired and want- ed to get to bed." ethers and Wife Say "Bon Voyage" Canada Four intrepid iiiontreal r. en starteil on Saturday a 11000 -utile jourilsy over the waterways followed by c;t a ii. oris' journe f 'iixMontreal to New Orleans. They are Paul Paquin, leader of an Aoross- Canada canoe' expedition last year )Jean Maison, IL Benuciry and M. Bourcier. Relatives witnessed their start are spinning to that unsuspecting front L. .'r', i, .. •, f andright) and the youth? Couldn't sleepand thou ht a Lachine, on hisierie Lal.e.='3;.�f.o'ele when the MI ill ,,:i. el, :1ia.i,on and Bouncier, (left gi ) g walk on the moat would clear your wife of Paul Fannin were on hail(' to wish them gclops c,cl c:i Ilc.:r journey which is :expected to take them 10 head. You'll have to unload some_ months, The party, in two "Canayank" cancee, will fol ',::,o t„a Lawrence west to the Great Lake^, and ,pad - thing better than that on friend Bat- dling westward as far as Duluth, will than strike south i,aii 1 to the southern metropolis. ward, I think. In fact I'd say' that' -- Canadian National Railways Photograph. Eye -Trouble Caused By Fat Dieting Pomises To Be Pre- -Detroit.- -.4 r'e..Detroit.,_-., Physician Philadelphia, Pa.—A new .role for fat, as the injurious agent in several forms of eye trouble, was' explained ac the American Medical Society meet- iLg. These troubles have ho relation to overweight, but are due to alterations of the body fats. called lipids, which) cause them directly or indirectly to' affect the eyes. Dieting promises con- trol sufficientt, be a preventive iii many cases. The work was presented by Parker Heath, M.D., of Detroit. He said that, it is "based on a new understanding of broad biological and chemical pro- cesses and offers simplification in un- .derstanding many diseases." These fat changes come about in connection with something going wrong in the army of disease fighters regularly maintained in the blood, the white cells, called phagocytes. Their job is to clean up infections, and their name means the "eaters." £hey change into trouble -makers because of altera- tions in the body's metabolism, its pro- cesses of changing food into the sub- stance needed for nourishment. In this metabolism upset, the fats may also undergo changes. The result is an increase in the white blood cells, which appear in the form of very large cells called macro- phages, infest the fat in the blood, and start injuring or destroying body tissues. Dr. Heath has identified various eye troubles as due to this kind of attack, either directly or in after effects. CHANGE IN DIET URGED. Among these eye troubles are some degenerative diseases and cases, of arterio-sclerioses. Cheages in 'diet, Dr. Heath said, may control and cor- rect the metabolism alterations in fats, and so prevent the eye diseases, but are unlikely to effect cures if be- gun after . the optic nerve has been affected. The Real Cost Factor In order to reduce production costs of live stock and live Stock products ' high acre yields of home-grown feeds aro the prince requisite, animal hue• bandry experts of the Dominion 1)e'• partsnent of Agriculture assert. One I iuust measure the hulk -production• 'of the herd not as so many pounds per caw, but per acre of land that grew the crops that in turn fed the herd: Only then Will they exist, in proper relation.. Alp. This means thorough cultivation and efficient fas'in practice --- bettor than ever before, }