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By T. C. H. JACOBS
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SYNOPSIS
Henry Holt and his ward, Muriel
Mainwaring, are staying at a Dartmoor
farm. Holt has a friend, Mohican, living
at Kestrel House, and is desirous that
Muriel marry Moineau's nephew, Hayden
Mercer, 'whom she dislikes.
A series of mysterious disappearances
has been alarming the neighborhood,
i°4na, Page, the vicar's daughter, being
the latest victim.
Another boarder at the farm is Perci-
val Pyecroft. He and his valet, Flack,
discover a secret underground passage
to Kestrel House and a locket belonging
to Mona Page.
Ins,,ector Barnard steals into Kestrel
House alone and runs into Slick Samuels,
a crook, who gives him interesting in-
formation concerning Pyecroft. Ten
hours later Samuels is found stabbed to
death. Barnard accuses Pyecroft.
CHAPTER XV. (Cont'd.)
Barnard jumped up, thrusting the
chair from him with much violence.
"Are you coming quietly?" he de-
manded aggressively.
"Just as well, I suppose," grinned
Pyecroft, rising lazily and stifling a
yawn. "You're aching for an excuse
to get your little hands on me."
Trotter opened the door and pre-
ceded them down the stairs.
Pyecroft followed with Barnard be-
hind him. They walked out of the
Blue Boar in leisurely manner and
the landlord nodded pleasantly to
them, little suspecting the relation-
ship of the policeman and the pris-
oner.
As they crossed the yard and were
almost on. the road Pyecroft dropped
his cigarette case. Trotter stooped to
pick it up and a second later was
rolling on his back, neatly thrown by
a well planted knee. With amazing
swiftness Pyecroft leaped over him,
dodged his outflung hands, slipped out
of Barnard's grapple and sprinted
down the road.
A fast-moving car passed the Blue
Boar in a cloud c! dust, slowed suffi-
ciently to allow Pyecroft to spring
aboard, and was gone around the bend
before either Barnard or Trotter had
regained their feet.
CHAPTER XVI,
Chief Inspector Barnard, a very
wrathful and disappointed man,
slumped down in the chair and wiped
the perspiration from his brow. Ser-
geant Trotter regarded him with sym-
pathy as he leaned against the bed and
sucked his ancient nriar.
Barnard's first action had been to
send ora- an "all stations" call to stop
the fugitive. Now he had just con-
cluded, a thorough examination of
Pyecroft's bedroom with negligible
results. He had found absolutely no-
thing which would incriminate the
man at all. Who the devil was this
fellow, anyway? ,A. crook, self-
confessed, a friend and associate of
crooks, not the small fry of the crim-
inal world either, a man quite un-
known
nknown to Scotland. Yard. One thing
was certain, he had never been con-
victed or the Records Office would
quickly have laid bare his history.
Barnard felt that he was heldged
aroundwith a ring of criminals who
were laughing at his impotency. He
had suspicions which amounted to cer-
tainty, but not a shred of evidence
which would be worth anything when
held to the searching lights of the
courts.
A 'smart advocate would probably
knock the bottom out of the case
against Pyecroft in a very brief while.
What did it rest on? A torn strip P of
handkerchief which unquestionably be..
longed to the man and found caught to
a bush near the body. His knowledge
that Pyecroft was in Kestrel House
last right, knowledge which he dared
not reveal. The probability that Slick
Samuels went back and met him some-
where near the house and tried to
blackmail him. The suspect's own
highly suspicious conduct after he had
been arrested.
Convincing enough for Barnard,
sufficient to justify arrest, but with
serious limitations for presentation
before a jildge and jury. He had hop-
ed to startle or bluff the truth otit of:
him, now he realized that Slick had
spoken wisely, when he described him
as mustard. He was/ Too hot for him,
thought the chief inspector ruefully,
IIs inclined to the opinion that Pye-
croft had acted alone last night"i
Flack, according to his landlady, had
remained in his lodgings most of the
evening and gone to bed soon after
ten o'clock. Possibly he had slipped
out again, but Barnard did not think
so. It rather pointed to the fact that
the co-operation between the two men
was not as complete as he had sup-
posed, and yet Flackhad somehow been
on hand ready to effect a rescue. That
again lent support to the belief that
Pyecroft was guilty and was prepared
for arrest.
Barnard cursed softly to himself.
He was no nearer to the solution of
the Kestrel House mystery. The in-
formation he had obtained from Slick
Samuels rather tended to add further
mystery to the business. If this iso-
lated house was being used simply as
the headquarters of a gang of bank
note forgers, what was the reason for
kidnapping and murdering persons
who could have hal no possible con-
nection with then? That they had
done so he knew, for he had identified
the portion of a jaw -bone found by
Trotter as Sat of young Abbott.
Was Pyecroft, as Slick had suggest-
ed, merely playing the same game and
endeavoring to steal the secret of the
new printing process? Murder is the
most accidental of crimes. Eighty-five
per cent. of the persons charged are
making their first appearance in a
criminal court. As a class they are
not criminals. Pyecroft was a;crim-
inal, obviously a very; cunning,,, i4a
headed -man; ` would he have eoonmit-'
ted a murder except under stress of,
circumstances which left hini no'otlier'
course? Barnard felt that this big,
auburn -haired fellow, who could look
such an utter fool when he so willed,
would have smiled at Slick's attempts
at blackmail
The genial voice of Henry Holt
came up to him from the farmyard
below, and it brought a momentary
flash of anger into his cold eyes. An-
other mystery marl of whom the Rec-
ords Office had no knowledge. If it
wasn't for the infernal, old -womanish
restrictions he would have knocked the
truth out of him somehow; but he'd
gone about as far as he dared already.
Without something more definite than
his suspicions the knowledge he had
gained was useless. Slick Samuels
could have helped, but Slick was dead;
murdered, by whom?
With a sudden gesture which be-
trayed his irritation, he jumped up.
Trotter smiled cheerfully.
"We':l have him before the night is
out, chief," he remarked.
Berner( shrugged his shoulders.
"Possibly. I haven't much faith in
these country clods, they're mostly
dead from the neck upwards. But even
if we do get him, Trotter, how much
better off are we?" •
"Meaning Kestrel House, eh? Not
a lot, unless he talks, which he won't.
If you ask me, the best thing to 'do
would be to pinch the whole bag of
tricks up there and chance to luck
what turns up. Pretty well bound to
find something useful,"
"Yes, printing plant, perhaps, but
that's not what we are after, it's only
a side issue' which has cropped up
since.. Last night at this time , we
hadn't the least idea what was I1 p-
pening in this respect. They didn't
murder Abbot and burn his body to
provide material for printing dud
notes.,'
"No, chief, but that bloke might
have stumbled on something which
was dangeous. Slick did."
"But according to our theory Pye-
croft murdered him," replied Barnard,
his own doubts making him more in -
dined to listen to his subordinate than
was usual.
"Yes, that'si'ue," admitted Trot-
ter, thoughtfully. "But say he didn't.
Say Slick was such a mug as to have
gone back there after you let him go
and they nobbled him, They'd know
who he was and pretty soon tumble
to his game, Darkey Mullen would,
found, it. Even if he aiidn't.
would get him out of the way;:
present. If you ask in Poe
pretty hot member, f
boozed, daft expres
manner."
What New York
Is Wearing
BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON
Barnard considered the suggest ii
for several minutes. 'Itwas one lv eh' illustrated Dressmaking Pattern Fur -
had occurred to him and had lien { nished With Every Pattern.
lingering in his mind from the bean
Hing, but he had rejected;,it for runt
of evidence. Everything, ;pointed to
Pyecroft; if he didn't get. him, w1i i
would he get?
Trotter made the suggestion wbeh
finally settled the matter! "Wby ,tot
have another look over Slick's boel?
It was a pretty quick ruti over ve
gave him; there may bo sonmthn'g
useful which we missed. , In any base
we can't do anything more ,with''lye-
croft."
Barnard nodded without •much elf-
thusiasm; he doubted if they, wiui'd
find anything which had emailed no-
tice. True, the examination ld
have been made more thoro ' t
he had satisfied himself that
c octant detail had been mise.
'witted to nimself that he ha
made up his mind as to
party, but he was a Me o
cisions and quicker aotipn,
of his success in the p'
his prompt determin
Half an hour later t
men were standing in the disrrr1
mortuary at Princtown, han.1
the journey in the one hired;>,c
the village boasted.
Trotter watched as his ci;ief ,ie-
examined the deceased man. Ie cad
been stabbed four times between #ie
shoulder blades with a thin, tarrrw-
bladed weapon, probably a hunthg
knife, driven in with brutal'violer4e.
"Blimey, Chief!" commehted the id-
tective sergeant in a subdued vice,
"the bloke who done that meant! to
finish the job properly. . He stabled
him twice when he lay on the gro,,'ud;
see the way the blood has ruil,rpo
lots down his back and two lots a ass.
I've never seen a worse ease!"
'The man was either mad ora
paroxysm of rage which place yin!
in the same category, for the ti at
least. Well, I don't find anyt g
further. Any suggestions to e
before we go?"
(To be continued.)
Reflection
By Sydney King Russell, in "The
Yorker." •
Remembering words
We had together
Concerning chance
And woe and weather,
Concerning pathwayq gr,,
Lately a st
cods,"
And motorcars,
Anemones
And shooting stars,;
I have discovered
Two can chat
An hour or more
Of this and that
And part assured
And comforte3
For having left love,
Well unsaid,
The Quarrel in the Ga
The petulant petunia grew pure'
her rage; , ~�
"I might as well be sepia -I *tight
as well bo beige—
As a ruffle -edged petunia—near that
shrieking scarlet sage!"
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graceful fulness at the hem.
The collar and flared cuffs show
smart contrast in plain brown crepe.
The self -fabric belt uses two brown
buckles.
It's a stunning dress for immediate
wear that will prove its economy for
it may be worn all through the Fall
1 season.
Style No. 2636 may be had in sizes
14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40
1. inches bust.
;{ Flat crepe silk, printed chiffon
voile, linen, shantung and men's silk
shirting are attractive for mid-sum-
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Size 16 .requires 31/4 yards 39 inch
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trasting.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS
"It's plain that silly gardener forged
that I was red,
When be planted those pe(it>z,
along beside my bed f',fi-.
I might as well be forage grasp"
angry salvia said.
"My neighborsgreatly try mei:" fuhi
ed stately hollyhock,. to
"Those impertinent petunias 0.
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap The Summer is green; no lovelier hue
it carefully) for each number, and itself under the heavens of
address your order to Wilson Pattern Spreadsblue;
Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toront'. The vagrant wind turning each
as it blows
Motor Tips The lining of silver joyously
Top cleaners that work well on the
fabric of some cars may not be correct
for others.
The weight of the car is materially
reduced if the jack is set as near the
end of the axle as possible.
',Because high -compression engines
are harder to cool, the radiator should
be drained and flushed at least once a
;month.
Undue strain on the steering gear
is prevented if the car is kept slightly
in motion when turning the front
wheels.
Failure to keep the car within the
hate line on the roadway not oily is
an infraction of the law, but it is a
menace to traffic.
The spare tire should not be left on
the back of the car too long. It isbet-
that salvia by the walk.z;^ ter to put it to work before the rubber
They quite spoil my pinks and Wel- deteriorates.
lows—I might as well be Brick!"
But Jack Frost, one chilly evening,
came flying by that"404%
And when the garden waken l to an-
other autumn day
The quarrel was quite ov
every flower was gray!
—Mar
,ADVE-NTT E -S
ctilkitiajk
COCk *r ta7
at idhra.Dog SCOTTIE -
What name before: After many adven-
tures flying over China, Captain Jimmy
agrees to fly General I+u to Japan. Runt^
ning out of gasoline, he is forced to land
on a lonely island.
There we were on. that lonely little
Wand; General Lu, the Chinese War
Lord; Ching, his faithful servant,. Fu
the interpreter, Scottie and myself.
Rank and .fortune suddenly count-
ed for nothing. We were four
hungry men—and a dog. Even Gen-
eral Lu's huge
fortune, which we
had stored away
in our plane would
not buy us a
square meal.
The sea stretch-
ed away on every
side like a flat
mirror. The is-
land went back four or live miles
and ended. Above, the sky rose in
a huge empty dome.
"Look here General," 1 said, "you
and I are going rabbit hunting."
After that we tramped and hunted
for hours, but never Lound a rabbit.
In fact, we never even saw a mouse
or a squirrel. The island rose to a
peak near the spot where we had
landed. The remainder was cover-
ed with stunted brush, often burned
brown from the sun's heat. The
rocks were blazing hot.
More serious than the lack of
game, was the absence of water.
Hour after hour, we searched for
fresh water, but not, a drop could
we find. As we walked home over
a flat sandy place, General Lu sud-
denly gripped my arm.
In the sand was a long, ,streaky,
track, as if you had drawn a stick
along. At first I could make nothing
of it, then it suddenly occured to me
that the mark was made by the tail
of some animal, while the sand was
wet during the rain of the night be-
fore. A lizard, or a turtle might
have made it, but because the track
appeared so far inland, it seemed
probable that the creature was head-
ing for some known water hole.
The track faded out after a few
hundred yards, but anon another ap-
peared. This in turn faded out.
We continued to follow in the
direction the last track had pointed.
Some large sand dunes rose in front
of us. Climbing to the top of these,
a very small, green valley appeared
below.
Hurrying down, we found a aeep
rocky dell, from which came the dis-
tinct tinkle of water. Out from be-
tween two rocks poured a clear, cold
spring!
General Lu drank so much, I real-
ly feared lie would drown. Then
we filled our water can and walked
back to the plane, where Chung and
the interpreter anxiously waited for
us.
Meanwhile Scottie had gone on up
the beach, and was busily digging
the sand, and half growling to him-
self. The sand flew in all directions.
Then he came racing back to me.
Sure enough, he had found a nest of
eggs buried in the sand. His rough
methods had ruined some of them,
but there were almost a dozen left.
I put the good ones in my helmet
and back to the boys I went. The
Chinese seemed delighted, and sat
about baking
them by the
fire. Well, per-
haps I am not
a very good
judge, but .,.ta
me those eggs ri
surely. seemed
terrible. if�fi
The interpre-
ter looked at me questioningly. "No
likee eggs?"
Then he pointed meaniugly to the
sea. "Flish, he go mightee flinee—
easy catchee, hu?"
(To be continued.)
Note: Any of our young readers
writing to "Captain Jimmy," 2010
Star Building, Toronto, will receive
signed photo of Captain Jimmy, free,
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Wind
0 thegreen of the woods,
green of the grass
With rustle of all of the winds that
pass,
And the brilliance of sunshine on
brightest green
Like flashes of gold in the leafy
screen!
and the
I -lot Springs In lc
Reyjavik, Icelana.
bathing in comfortably w
either salt or fresh, is now
this land of the chilly name
The sea bathing may be^
spot where the Attlantiashes
through a lava ridge filter, so ihot that
a ' lagoon of warm water forms be-
hind it.
The fresh -water swimming is in a
pool just opened here, the water be-
ing pipe from near -by hot springs:
It conies in at about tendegrees below
boiling.
The hot springs are used also to
heat some of the city's homes and the
pipes lead to a laundry; school, hos-
anyway. Slick's a tough customer, vital and other public buildings.
and they'd reckon he was best put The -country is volcanic and it has ,
quiet. Say then they knew that ?ye- been noticed that the location of the
croft had been in the house as well as hot springs points to a qonneetion
you and Slick, and decided he'd be a with clefts in the eatth,
useful bloke to fix the job on. Perhaps
they know a darned sight mere about
A Thought
Stop the car immediately if a bee
or a wasp flies inside. Driving. the car
and disposing of the insect cannot be
done without a sting or an acident.
Drive slow when forced through a
partly flooded section of the road.
r—forsnoy
x" �. prevents splashing oigives traction,
water onthe igni-
tion equipment, as would be the case
if driving faster.
GS
lland
er,
1n
hien than we do.Easy enough for
thein to have got hold of one of his It is a fine thing to ble to rtill
handkerchiefs through Holt or Met- a few dry words toget lid to see,.
car, and easy to fake evidence as we the spark of •a thought h out. .;
Only Child
Princess Rsguhild only child of
Crown Prince and Pi'Ineess of Nor
way, has her first birthday party
`day.
Winds can
gay,.
These winds come
summer day
To pry into shadow, to
Enhancing the beauty
made.
—Caroline Hazard,
Sun."
leaf
shows.
be furious, winds can be
dancing the long
in
revel in shade,
of all that is
"Songs in the
Mr, Boreum Gucle (.it 11.20 p,m.--
" was quite a ball player in my
yeuth."
Miss Cutting (wearily) „ "In-
deed."
Mr. Boreum Gude — "I was con-
sidered a fine short stop."
Miss Cutting,—"Pity you didn't
keep it up."
Yoho Valley
t spectacular drives
One �' the ]tios
.n the Canadian Rockies is that
through the Yoho Valley in Yoho Na-
tional Park, British Columbia. This
valley is fourteen miles long and more
than one inile deep, walled in by al-
most perpendicular
l-mostperpendicular mountains covered
1 with primeval forest. Six waterfalls
;leap down the mountain side within a
distance of ten miles, some of them
eneng in a cataract of spray. The
most spectacular of all is Takakkaw,
which in three different drops falls to
the floor of the valley 1,650 feet from
- its crest above.
Magnet Takes Metal From Eye
A giant electro -magnet toremove
nrstallic particles from the eye, has
been donated to the St. Mary's Hos,
pital in St, Louis. This magnet, the
only instrument of its kind in the
world, is available to any physician
who may need it for the use of pa-
tiefnts. -
Curious Weights Used
By. British Trade
London.—No country in the world
has such an array" of' MYsterious<
weights and measures, known only to
the, members of various trades, as
England. Each trade has its own
measures, and these often vary accord-
ing to the district which has used
them for a long time.
Covent Garden buys celery by the
"roll' 'and sells It that way: There
are eight heads in a "roll"—if they
are washed, but twelve if the celery,
is sent to market covered with dirt.
That solves the mystery of why most
igreengrocers prefer to sell you a head
of the latter category. Twelve profits
I are to be made on a "roll,"i instead of
' eight—and you have the fun .of wash-
ing your purchase.
There is a fine mixture 'of ways of
selling apples and pears. When sold
by the "sieve" in the North of England
the buyer ought to get 56 lbs.. But the
South of England "sieve" yields only
52 lbs.
The West, East and 'Midlands
"sieve" may be one or the other, or
neither; if you are a• wholesale buyer
of apples you have to live and learn.
One of the chief Covent Garden firms
appealed, a few years ago, to growers
to discard "sieves," as in some dis-
tricts they were found to signify as
little as a bushel, or even half a
bushel.
Large quantities of apples, too, are
sold by the "bag." A "bag' 'is not a bag
but a sack, containing a hundred-
weight.
iunclre 1 -weight.
Fish inay be sold by the "trunk" --
a heavy trunk, too, weighing from ten
to fourteen stone,"all according," as
they say at Billingsgate. Or it may be
sold by the "quintal." Or by a stand-
ard -sized cub called a "kit"; or in
other ways.
SCIATICA?
Here is a never -failing
form of relief front
sciatic pain:
Take Aspirin tablets anA you'll avoid
needless suffering from sciatica — tum-
oago —and similar excruciating pains.
rimy do relieve; they don't do any harm.
rust make sure it is genuine,
Lill FUN
TRADE INARIC Rte.
Made in Canada.
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