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Zurich Herald, 1931-07-23, Page 2Salada Orange Pekoe has a most fascinating flay ur (MANG EKOE WIND VI A 6Fresh font the gardens' Kev.:40:6 Ts, *7A: THE KESTREL HOUSE tz4 ki MYSTERY By T. C. H. JACOBS s ee. re , .., , v,, , e ,* vq. ,,,re SYNOPSIS croft collaring the goods. He made Henry Holt and his ward, Muriel up his mind Mainwaring, are staying at a Dartmoor farm. Holt has a friend. Moineau, living "All right, boy, I'll come straight, at Kestrel House, and is desirous that but you gotta give me a fair chance Muriel marl.; Moineau's nephev,,, Hayden Mercer whom she dislikes. of beating it and if i'm mobbed later has been alarming the neighborhood, A. series of mysterious disappearances I'll expect a sizeable slice off the sen - e. Mona Page, the vicar's daughtetnce" r, being .,..... %MO Ar. . - - • o UT, at the farm, Percival "You shall have it," said Barnard, ryeeroet, is murderously attacked while scarcely able to conceal his eagerness, se walking on the moor. He and his valet, though his face betrayed no sign of Flack, discover a secret underground passage to Kestrel House and a locket his emotion. belonging to IVIona Page. Pyecroft and Slick glanced at Trotter. Flack deliberately sandbag Holt and ex- "What about the bowler hat kid tract a. parcel from his specimen case. Pyeoroft afterwards finds the stolen Par- here, that apply to him, too?" eel has disappeared. Inspector Barnard "Cut out the eunny stuff," growled steals into Kestrel House alone ‘und brings out another prowler. Slick sarn- Trotter. "What the chief says goes. uels.— You ought to know that, you half - Appearance had:; been altered tee‘ed- erably, but to all officer d his (epee-, fence that should not Wive Mae DIV difference. He was, annoyed with tem - self, he reit that he was malcieno progress, and that he was feiiin ;te grasp opportunities when they re ine. Slick interrupted his thougbfre of luck for you nobblitee tee, wasn't it?" baked crook." • CHAPTER XIV.—(Cont'd.) Slick shrugged his shoulders and As if in answer to his thoughts the grinned. detective sergeant materialized from "All right, boy, don't get the hump, the darkness and at a sign from his it's a nice hat, anyway, or used to be," chief ranged himself alongside the he added. Then turning to Barnard: crook. They hurried through the "Well, here's the Elope. Guess I needn't plantation, expecting every moment to tell you that I'm running with Ber- hear signs of pursuit, but they gain- gen. Darkey Mullen was too, but the ed the shelter of the hill opposite silly chump double-crossed us and without event. Barnald called a halt, went over to this crowd here. They've "Now, Slick, -we'll relieve you of the tumbled to a new process of printing hardware and. then we'll talk," he flash notes and believe me, it's the said, running expert fingers over the goods!" other. A small but very deadly auto- Barnard sat back but made no cora- matic came from his hip -pocket and a ment. He was hearing something complete set of housebreaking toole., which he had not even suspected. fashioned on compact lines and beau- "When Darkey went over we guess - Welly constructed. ed that he was on the printing game, "That all?" demanded Barnard, as Darkey's a hot elan at the, business, passing them over to Trotter, who so Bergen sent me along to pick up "Meaning?" "That you was up a gum tree, tee Guess I've put you wise to a whet heap more than you knew. Don't com the clever stunt; you was working' i the dark, I know." Barnard stared herd, at the c to! "I wonder how much more pole know," he said slowly hnd deiib ate' i ly. "As a matter of 'fact, the 146 I'm on has nothing whatevee o with bank note forgeries." Slick grinned and raised his el - brows: "Of course not, You're here on little holiday and put inbit cracking just to keep4our hand Come off it, boy, Weelce;et„ pass ti child." "Nevertheless, it is true," mei Barnard quietly. "Have you 'd that a number of persons hav peered from this locality in t few months?" "Sure, but that's all bunk are disappearing in dozens evef gets a craze in time. The ie it down to the Hell Hounde would, damned fools! Guess boys up there have made ae capital outta the scare; but,11 same, I'd like to have- a '4 that baily dog or whatever the champion screamer of t orld, and believe me, he seared Med' "Teetight?" ?We. "Yes, but I'm referring to. pher night when I trailed Pyeerei and Flack over here. They weeteto a belly cave down under this h' qiere the Kestrel House gang pat car, but they came out aga couple of rabbits with a 'em." In a few sentences Sai the detective about the adve Barnard listened with an which was flattering. Pyecroft was beginning ttassume proportions which left him 1,.,asy in his mind. "But ft e fellow's a drunk st of the first water." he muttered, hap self. Slick Samuels chuckled akcdy: "Don't you believe it, boy,' grin- ned. 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What "Gave you?" asked Barnard in - the heck is it they've got chained up credulously, over there? I heard the damn thing Slick grinned. one night when I was trailing Pye- "Sure, it was like this. I was hang - croft and his precious little rat, Flack. ing on to his trail one evening, sus - Ever heard of the Hell Hound, boy?" pecting that he was out for blood, and "Yes," snapped Barnard, "I have!" I came up in time to spot that little t "Well, if you ask me, that's It." stiff, Flack, giving old Pickwick the . Sit down . . we'll talk." sanelbad. Believe me, boy, but Flack "Sure," grinned Slick Samuels, is an artist with sand! He koshed the seating himself upon a rock and lean- old bloke as neat as possible, and I'll ing back against the bank. "Mind if take my oath he never saw Flack." I smoke a gasper? I can talk better Barnard nodded grimly: so that was when Pm comfortable." it! He motioned Slick to continue. "Now," said Barnard: fixing him "Well, they pinched a parcel from with his steely eye, "Why are you the old 'un, and sneaked off in a ear. But I guessed where e'd find the stuff, and I nipped back to Barrows Farm and hid around. Presently Pye comes back ard has a few words with the girl. Up he goes to his room. Ah, thinks I, biding it, eh, lad? and when he takes her off searching for the vic- tim, sly dog, I nips across and up to his room. But, believe me, boy, I sweated blood afore I found the bundle of flash, and I saw your merry little party emen.eward bound. Touch laid go you didn't spot me." "One moment," interrupted Bar - teed. "Who is Pyecroft?" Slick shrugged his shoulders and, spread his long, delicate fingers, "Seareh me," he replied, "I've seen! him knocking around town with thee boys, but he ain't in any crowd, Playa mare or less a lone hand, Flack seems to be his pard, and there ain't no need for me to tell you who Flack is." 1 "There is not," snapped Barnard. "Don't you know any jobs Pyeeroft has done?" Slick shook his head. here?" "You've forgotten the caution, boy. All that I say wilI be used in evidence against me and all the other dope you coppers like to get off your chest." "There is no caution, Slick," replied Barnard in what he believed to be a friendly tone, "I want your help and Ill forget that I'm a policeman." "Sure, for just as long as it suits, ehr "That depends. If you come straight with me play the game with you. pass my wore on that." Slick Samuels wen thinking hard. Re knew that the chief inspector's word would not be broken and in any event they had him groggy. , He had 'failed to get the secret, better there - foie to bust up .he Kestrel Home gang rather than let them get away with it or have the mysterious Pye- SPEC)! L PIANO BARGAIN HIIIINTZMAN & CO., Upright, beautifully figured walnut case —elegant touch—exquisite tone. 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Enclose 20c in setemps or coin (coin preferred; wrap IC:carefully) for each number, and Love To loee the lord is to es from Him as their so o to love the nighi2pr means , uses to him/• -as their , nd that these uses ought to or the sake of the neigh/ the use, and of the Lord, an thus love returns to Him who i ource, and all love from Him is its source, by love to Him, is its object, returns to the Iov from Him who is its sour reelpeptiliey; ret urn constitutes its and love is continually going nd turning by deeds which a uses, since to love is to do; for love be not done, It cease to be lo,-; for what is done is its effec and is that in which it Sive' ' ke VENTURE -8 CP. 3.14‘11 ,aael Ida 40,?" $COTTIE- eeeeee'ef„,00.0... .c...4avtgr;.90 weet carne before:1 Captain thnrny and his friend Lieut. Jed Stone plan to rescue our Stone, Jed's younger brother, 'groin the cruel Chinese bandits, 13.1.0guls- ing their plane as a dragon, they raid the bandits' camp. I searched hurriedly through the deserted tents for Guy, A few bun, dred feet away Lieut. Jed Stone stood guard with his terrible dragon plane gleaming blue in the darkness. Fropa the rim of the dark forests the band. its' rifles flashed and stray bullets rained about the camp, Sed re- turned their fire with bursts from his machine gun, Tat -tat -tat. Tat - tat -tat, And the echoes resounded a hundred times from the black mountain cliffs. Adding to the ter- ror of the situation the thunder which had rumbled in the• distance now rolled up overhead with a muffled roar. Flashlight In hand I searched. The tents were in the utmost confusion. Dirty cooking utensils, fragments of cooked food, were all strewn ebout heater skelter fashion. The air was close and hot. Scottie sniffed and sneezed, with disapproval. No sign of Guy Stone in the first tent. We ducked under the back wall and made for the next one. As we ran across the open space, a rifle went,. Crack! A buffet whipped by iny arm. Those bandits were better shots than most Chinese. From tent to tent we went, and each time we showed ourselves a sniper's bullets went, Spat! Still no sign of Guy Stone. I had search- ed the last tent without success, and turned to go, heart -broken. Scottie was sniffing at a heap of rags. He wouldn't budge away, and continued pawing at the rags and howling to himself. I. turned my flashlight on the litter, and there at the very bottom, more dead than alive, was Guy Stone. Cutting his bonds, I shook him well to bring back Omelette -A into' his numb arras and "ego, Thee II helped him from tent to tout. Each time we showed oueselves, we were greeted with a regular fusillade of shots, The bandits, enraged at los- ing their captives were growing bold- er and creeping closer. Jed rushed to meet us, and in a moment we lift- ed Guy into the plane Boosting Scottie over into the ecteltpiteni fol- lowed the two brothers, an in an- other moment we were rushing down the field. A group of bandits, headed by the Chief, broke from the cover, of the vvoods, firing as they came. Realiz- ing that they had been duped by our dragon, their rage knew no bounds!. They elanned to riddle our plane. as we passed. The storm which had held in cheek, now broke. Amid the crash of thunder, the rain ca,me down in. sheets. Then Jed turned loose lith machine gun. Stopping in tbeir tracks, the bandits turned and made for the woods as fast as they could run. "Give her the gas", said Stone. And I did. Whirr - bump - bump - bump. It wasn't the smoothest place in the world to take off, but we )4, e weren't stpend- ing =Oh tira picking an d choosing that night. Off the ground we went. Higher and higher. Soon we sailed far above the valley, and passed through the storm out into bright, clear moon- light. We 'were soaking wet, but happy. After midnight we landed in Shanghai. General Lu sent for us in haste. What had happened? (To be Continued) Note: Any of our young readers writing to "Captain Jimmy", 2010 Star Building, Toronto, will receive signed photo of Captain Jinuny free. • ...MOM. Wonie413 Chocolate Malted Milk The health -giving, delicious drink for children and grown- up& — Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. Moon and Pony Men and Machines heard my pony 'dmiing grass In the dead hours of night, Whell the uults4 u;P°/4n .1)3'7 1v144"1.7 Wrote a great 0 of light. I looked, and on the'pasture lay The moonlight and the dew; Grass, hedge and all were blanched and grey, And my small pony too. Hubert O'Toole in the Fortnightly Review .(Lonelon) 1,..cannot see why, ineit should be '.!Spected to eeeepe,"inee, eeplacement of something which they want, something for which they have not asked. It is not fair or reason- able, and I think it should always be remembered that, as far as labor - "saving is concerned, the laborers were' never asked if they wanted their labor saved; it was simply :assumed The trees above the further fence, (in so far as any assumption at all With shadows huge awl blurred, was made in the matter) by people Stood in a dreamy stillness, whence who did not care for manual labor 'Tor leaf nor shadow stirred. that nobody cared for manual labor, a peculiarly stupid assumption end And darkness fine as poppy seed one which says little for the imagine - Powdered the glimmering air, tions of the people who made it, It is :'o that the sky was blue indeed, almost always stated that those early But stars were brighter there; weavers who wrecked spinning Jon- neys did so because they were stupid While down below me he the night, enough to believe that the new m Ta- rived beeat misttemper." se empty and so still, -hprena donna is said to Pulling and ranching, left t) a y eey pony 'cropped his fill. end, sta.— S , attie s con chinesel l Im owd o. uklThis d ei sa p rililteextanhernisoftheir m co and right, l iv . plete failure to see the point. Thera was never any question of the -weav- ers being allowed to remain at wok' while more men were employed as weavers, but they were put against i their wills to a different sort of wok, In the most exact sense they objected Ito the machines becauere the machines were liemr-saving ones, and they' did not want their labor to be saved. Also they objected for another extremely important reason; that is to say, be- cause they were deprived of their eti- dependence, alway$ the most valuable attribute of manhood. In my firm be- lief, history will record that the worst evil which the factory system. wrought ; and that which was least often men- ' Lioned, while it was being introduced was that it sapped the =elided of the great masses of men by cleprivirig them of their economic freedom. ea I Be notcareless in deeds, nor eon - i fused in word,s, nor rambling in I thoht. ug—Marcus Aurelius, -t have They have temperaments." S. , —Veda. E. Tucker in "John ()Lon- don." There is one childless married t couple to every seven families and The "most dangerous age one car to every eight families in -derers In. Great Britain Great Britain, tweirty-oue and thirty. with mer- le between eeeeesteee year July 7; 1931.--W 110 giant Curierder Aquitania e called at Halifax last Sunday On the 91st tam Verson of the Line, a de' 'bitten of prorathent Nova Sec:Akins ,headed by LteGov. Staneeld, Mayo' Ritchie of Hali(ax, and the Hoe. Doull, provincial secretary, welcomed Commodore E, Diggle, It.")., master of the ship, allele In the name of the province. From left to right In the photogeaph are, lite "Detre Barnard swore softie to Gov, Stanfield, Cornmodor G. niggle, R.D., re.Nat„ Eric Tteford, general manager of the Cunard Line in rsf E. G. Ritchie, el ayor of Halifax, Hon. John Doull, provincial Seer6- himeelf, Vie bed failed to reeogniee Canada% Norman Daft ---I the big butler, at Xestrel Hollee es etre, Commodore Hose, dfm14ctor ot Naval Services, Ottawa. 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