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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-12-17, Page 6lee �> ti plyILPo t'3atuseaserae. ay ears. Nara IVF t tai The. rorehfd. Noahlthl for soruratdes, t.•' •staflanon with flrlfeyust and *Allied Noapltals. Now York 'CRY. offers s three yars' CoUrs! at Tralntns to young women, hav,n1 tF, rraulred education. and doslron, of b000mini n ursta. idle Hospital has adopted the eight- hour system, The *undo receive untfnrtns of the Sehoai. n monthly allowance and trayoltns anemic.. to and from Now York. Fon further lnformntlun apply to the .Suparmta•,donl. BEGIN HEI.iE TO -DAY. Brendan knocked at No, 8 and was Tendon famous eri'unel ins I admitted by a thin, gray-haired wo- mayne was a sailor in the merchant Mark k� man who had evidently been shed- marine. After reaching the position Dart ator, is taking a holiday old . , h• t Foga 'ding tears He found himself in a lit- of a captain in the :Royal Mail Stearn-, eros father's death, four years ago. But Ertl that she holds his a"ttention until 1 "Do I speak .to Mrs. Pefzdean?'t the sea is his devotion, and when he • . • eon- able to do so he built hi,mse;f a Dartmoor, While on Is way o - {� *arry, to visit a troll` stream, � tie -hall decorated with many .trophies ship Coinp�any he retired on my grand-' glare* U , hispath iscrossed by a irl so beauti- ; of fox hunting. w she passes out of his sight. Mark a asked Bren(lon; but the old womanwas a e , times on his way and sets about his shook her bead• little house on the Devon Cliffs, where' sport."No sir. I'm Mrs• Edward Gerry,' he now resides within sound of the A big man clad in Norfolk olk ja` itcoler,;; knickerbockers -and a re widow of the famous Ned Gerry, for waves, man of •the rd uncle, Robert 'with brass tops to comes into the; twenty noon ds. Mr. and Mrs. Drat - is at thislmoment apparentlysusp suspect-, quarry and stops to chat with Mark. I meal . The ..tranger's hair and leis large pair; dean were—are—I mean' she is my ed of having killed my husband, but of mustaches show fiery red in co or. i lodger." the snore I think of such a hideous 1 Upon returning home Mark hears, RIs she ready to see me?" - situation, the less possible does it thlettnewser from Jenny Pendeanf a murder <tsI fig him ! Whaceives al „ t enancieusirl hard hit, poor lady: appRobert Redmayne in youth was his r. to investigate life mystery of her miss in;; husband.. ""Mr Mark Brendon." i father's favorite and if he spoiled any i Mrs. Gerry openeda door upon the of : his sons he spoiled the youngest. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. right hand of the'entrarce. 'Uncle Robert came to England, and "The great Mr. g Tendon be here; being fond of cattle breeding and Blandon ,,, read the letter again, Mrs. Pendean," she slid ;.. therl Bren- : agriculture, joined a farmer, the taro - studied its neat cartgraphy, and ob- don walked in and the widow shut the they of an Australian friend of John served that a tear had blotted the door behind him. I Redmayne's. He was supposed, to be • 1 lidd:•e of the sliest. Once more he ' Jenny Pendean rose from her. chair ! getting on well, but he calve and went, said "damn" to himself, dropped his by the table where she was writing, for my grandfather did not like a year fishing basket and rod, turned up• the letters and Brandon saw the auburn collar of his mackintosh, and walked girl of the 'sunset, to the police station, where he heard a little of the matter in hand from CHAPTER II. a eenstable and then asked for per - THE PROBLEM STATED. mission to use the telephone. In five As Mark entered the girl rose arid minutes he was speakingef at Scotland Yard, and his. own the fa - saw in his face an astonishment which chi miliar cockney voice of Inspector Har- seemed not much to surprise her, fee 'risen came over the two hundred odd she, was used to admiration, and knew miles that separated the metropolis that her beauty startled men. of convicts from the metropolis of the Brendon, though he felt his heart world. beat quicker at his discovery, soon ' "Man apparently murdered here, had himself, in hand. He spoke with inspector. Chap who is thought to tact and sympathy, feeling himself p have done it disappeared. Widow already committed to serve her with wants me to take upcase. I'm unwill-i all his wits and strength. ing to do so; but looks like duty." "Mrs. Pendean," he said, "I am So spoke Brendon. very glad, that you learned I was in "Right. If it looks like duty, do it. Princetown and it will be a privilege Let me hear again to -night. Half -yard,' to serve you if I ban." chief at Princetown, is an old friend i"Perhaps it was selfish to ask you of mine. Very good man. Good-bye." l in your holidays," she said. "But, Mark then learned that Inspector somehow, I felt—" Halfyard was already at Foggintor.I "Think nothing whatever of that. "I'm on this," said Mark to the I hope that what lies before us may constable. "I'll come in again. Tell not take very long. You will do well the inspector to expect me at noon to let me know everything bearing upon it that went before this sad affair." "I can throw no light at all," she said. "It has come Pike a thunder- bolt and I still find my mind refusing to accept the story that they have brought to me." "Sit down and give me some ac- count of .yourself and Mr. Pendean. You cannot have' been married very long." "Four years." He showed astonishment. "I am twenty-five," she explained, "though I'm told I do not look so much as that." "Indeed not; I should have guessed. eighteen. Collect your thoughts now and just give me what of your history and your husband's you think most likely to be of use." "I'll begin at the beginning," she ' answered... "The story of my family is this,: John Redmayne lived his life on the Murray River in Victoria, South Aus- tralia, and there he made a consider- able •fortune out of sheep. He mar- ! ried and had a large family. Ont of sever sons and five daughters oorn } to them during , a period of twenty i years, Jenny and John Redmayne only saw five of their children grow into taluit health and strength. Four boys , lived, the rest died young; though two (wei c drowned in a boating accident and my Aunt Mary, their eldest daughter; lived a year after her mar- riage. ":There remained four sons: Henry, ;the eldest, Albert Bendigo, and Rob- ! ert, the youngest of the family, now a man of thirty-five. It is he you are. seeking in this awful thing that is 'thought to have happened. "Henry father's was as his fa Redmayne � y I representative in England and a wool i broker on his own account. He mar- ried%and had one daughter: myself. • i I• remember .my parents very well, for I was fifteen and at school when they died. They were on their way to Aus- l•tralia, so that my father might see 'his•'father and mother again after the 'lapse 'of many years. But their ship, ;'The Wattle Blossom, was. lost with all hands and,I became an orphan. " "John 'Redmayne, my grandfather, to pass without a sight of him. "After the death of my own father I saw a little of Uncle Robert from time to time, for he was kind to : me and liked me to be with him in my holidays. "It was summertime and T was stopping with my Uncle _Robert at Penzance when two great things— indeed hingsindeed three great things -happened. The war broke out, my -grandfather• died in Australia and, lastly, I became engaged to Michael Pendean. "I had loved Michael devotedly for a year before he asked me to marry him. But when I told my .Uncle Rob- ert what had happened he chose to disapprove and considered that -I had made a serious mistake. My future husband's parents 'Were dead. His father had been the head of a firm called Pendean & Trecarrow, whose business was the importation of pil- for all details. I'm going to see Mrs. Pendean now." The policeman saluted. He knew Brendon very well by sight. The detective nodded. Then •he sought No. 3, Station Cottages. The little row of attached houses ran off at right angles to the high street of Princetown. Irmo -no RAPID The world's best hair tint. Will re- store gray hair to its natural color in 15 minutes. - Small size, $3.30 by mall Double size, $5.50 by mall The W. T. Pember Stores Limited - 129 Yonge St. Toronto gthne begms the moment you board a Santa Fe - ltraln for SM Frei dining service- another er ►ice another effusive ur y a - scenic 1ud K Have Jenny Pendean rose and Brendon. saw the auburn girl of - the sunset. 1239 dour rose ells GREEN T'EA Have your tried it? The tiny,. rich•. flavored leaven and tips are sealed air.ti ht. Finer than any japan or nsit upon SALADA. Gunpowder. ISp Catching Snakes for a Living.' A writer in "The Wide World Maga- eine" gives an interesting 'account of a strange tribe of snake -Bunters whom he met in the cau'ree of a trip through the Stiliderlbunds, a network of islands end creeks at the head of the Bay of Bengal. He writes:— "They exist solely by means- of cabching;snait;es, which they sell to private • collectors .and `the Zoological Gardens in Calcutta. By snaieea 1 -coo` not mean harmless. grass snakes; and the like; on the 'contrary, their choice is In tie direction of the venomous and deadly cobra, the dread hama- dryad, and the great python. "I have seen these amazing people approach a deadly 'speetaoled' cobra and catch it with bare hands • with the ease and dexterity of a man picking up a piece of rope! They usually car- ry with them a long polished bamboo of fine balance and weight, having at its end•a-blunt, two-pronged forst, and also another bamboo with a shnrp spearhead, but not once during the couple of ct^evs• I watched them did the hunters have occasion to use these implements. • . "The poison is apparently not ex- tracted from the fangs of the snakes by these strange people—at least, so they told me. In view of that.state- Inent you can irila.gine my horror to see one of the women teasing a great eight -foot cobra, freshly caught, and not even wincing wlen the hideous thing struck at and bit her on the cheek -bone! 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Our designers originate their patterns in the heart of the style centres, and their creations are those of tested popularity, brought within the means of the average woman. Price of the leek 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and .address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73- West Ade. 'aide St., Toronto. Patternssentby chards to Italy. But Michael, though - he had now succeeded his father in the business, took no interest in it. It gave him an income, but his own interests were In a mechanical diree- tion. — — "On the death of my grandfather it was found that he had written a peculiar will; and we also learned that his fortune would prove consider- ably smaller than his sons expected. However, he left rather more than one hundred and fifty thousand. "The terms of the will put all his fortune into the power of my Uncle Albert, my grandfather's eldest living son. He told Uncle Albert to divide the total proceeds of the estate be- tween himself - and his two brothers as his judgment should dictate, for he - knew that Albert was a man of scupu- justlyall. would do rand shone lou by With regard to me, he directed my uncle to set aside twenty thousand pounds, to be given me on, my mar- riage, or failing that, on my twenty= fifth birthday. In the meantime I was to be taken care of by my uncles; and he added that my future husband,if he appeared; must be approved of by Uncle Albert. "Though jarred to find he would receive far less thanhe had hoped, Uncle Robert was soon in a good mind was reeling with horror, for T expected at any moan ent, to , .see the poor woman fall back and expire. "A man, however, seeing the,• anahl ous expression on my face, explained) that the members- "of title tribe 'uveae( immune to the effects of the snakes bites." ' though a rich man, *as a great be temper, for their elder brother inform- !.liever:. in work, and all• hisssonshad ed Uncle Bob and Uncle Bendigo that to Mel occupation and justify their he should divide the .fortune into three lives it liis eyes. Unele•y Albert, ,who equal parts. \vas ,only a year younger than my (To be continued.) 'lather; cared for studious subjects return mail, King Fulfills Promise By Reading Bible Daily. A :short time ago the newspapers printed a cable despatch from London to the'ef-est that George V. reads one chapter of the Bible daily. This is `; and literature. 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SIMCOE ST. • TORONTO • keeping se promise which he made to _ _ 'his mother, Queen Alexandra in 1881 If he has taken the authorized version in sequence; commencing with .the first chapter of Genesis and raiding one chapter each day, it would mean that he has read the Bible through 1 thirteen' times and has a good start on the fourteenth reading. It would take him a little amore than two years and six months toread the Old Testament and', three years and sixty-four days to read both Testaments, , Prtbab'ly, dike all other readers of the Bible, Bing George has his favor- ite passages. Undoubtedly he has read the Bible through from cover'to cover at least once, not missing a single word. Having done this he Would be at liberty to select his fa- vorite passages and read them again and again. It was an excellent habit which •Queen Alexandra instilled in her son. if a king o n find time to read a chap- ter of the Bible daily surely any other person ean.•' It it; an excellent example to the millions of persons who owe their allegiance to him. There Is no more majestic prose car majestic poetry ci-in the Bible, In these days the Bible ought to be good read- ing ead- in.g' for. longs and for commoners as well. For an 1:higiish king the ]ngl'ath version, is especially good re3'aiimg , took hili into partnership, • and "'he bald. heard? • , Dr. Andreae Christian. txt1 the o •( doors travelled for them and spent some claims•that bald 'heads may be cover - tilts iitier•take years in New York. 3ut his special ed, and hcartis coaxed on clean-s�haveii,. - subject was Italian Renaissance liter- paces . by the fist of strong artificial a .' rittruL ''ea ` ► ature and his joy was It ly where he Might. gates now lives. 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