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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-03-04, Page 2Aw GREEN TEA !lave you tried it? The tiny rich. - flaivored leaves and tips are sealed fir.tighto Finer than any Japan or Gunpowder. Insist upon SALADA. f6 REDMAYM So LDFH PttILRcj'tTS KSUfTR/tTCD 13y LW. S,kTr1` RY'RL • BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. law permitted him to leave the neigh - Robert Redmayne, uncle of Jenny borhood. Pendean- is suspected of the murder He found himself detained, bow of Jenny's husband, Michael., Robert ever, for some days, until an official t := disappears and is being pursued by examination of the strange problem Mark Brendon, criminal investigator. was . completed. The investigation Jenny goes to live with her unc:e, achieved nothing and threw no ray of Bendigo Redmayne. Brendon meets light, either upon the apparent mur- Robert in the woods near Bendigo's der of Bendigo Redmayne, or the dis- home but fails to capture him. Giu- appearance of his brgthee. seppe Doria works for Bendigo. When Mr. Albert Redmayne stayed no Doria and Jenny find. Robert they ar- longer in Devonshire than his duty indicated, for he could prove of no service to the police, On the night previous to his departure he went through his brothel's scanty library upon the water; with Itzii ="s li,eg at the tafl'iail. But the little'ships were no #,drys and Assunta hated thein; for be atb,e to tell IThc'e Albert just hova'i` it was, Assunta. HPis 'Uncle Al- bert's brother --Robert It,ciilmayeel" the strange craft told of the ceaseless Jenny helped Assunta with her battle waged by atltliority against the lgreat .basket, lifted it on her shoulders- mountain smugglers and reminded the and then set oil beside her, widow of her own lawless husbend's "I have a horrib:e dread," she said.4 death ten years before, "Something tells me that we ought to I The women enmbed presenting to ale going Rester. Would you be fright - little field 6f meadow grass that vned if, 1' were to leave you, Assu1*ta, sparkled with tiny fio.wers .axle spread incl Snake greater haste?" its alpine sward among thickets of.. The other managed to understand mulberry. Here their work awaited and declared that she felt no fear. them; but first they ate the eggs and They parted and Jenny hastened, wheaten bread, walnuts and dried figs risked her neck sometimes, and sped that they had brought: and shared a for wttrcl with the energy of and and little flask of red wine.'Tliey finished on the wings of fear, with a handful of:,•che•t ries and, then Jenny saw and heard no, more of the Assunta began to pluck leaves for her being who had thus so unexpectedly great basket while Jenny loitered a ` returned into her life, Her thoughts while and smoked a cigaret. It was were wholly with Albert :Redmayne. 'a new habit acquired• since her inar- lie was at Be:lagio when'she reached. riage. home, and his man -servant, Assunta's Soon the women started upon their brother, Ernesto, explained that Mr.. homeward way. They had descended Redmayne had crossed after luncheon about a mile .ander at a shoulder of to visit his dearest friend, the book Grante sat down to rest in welcome lover, Virgilio Poggi. shadow. Jenny waited impatiently and she And then, suddenly, as if it had been was at the landing stage when Albert some apparition limned upon the air, returned. He smiled to see her and there stood in the path the figure of a tools off his great slouch hat. tall nran. His red head wasbare and He looked at Jenny's frightened from the face beneath shone a pail. of eyes and felt her hand upon his sleeve. wild and haggard eyes. They saw the "Why, what is wrong? You are alarm- stranger's great tawny mustache, his ed. No ill news of Giuseppe? tweed garments and knickerbockers, "Corrie home quickly," she answered, "and I will explain." Jenny told him that. 'sheehad seen Robert Redmayne, whereupon her uncle considered for fiveniinutes, then himself both puzzled and range a meeting at Bendigo's home; but Robert fails to keep the appoint- ment. Robert sends word to Bendigo to meet him alone in a nearby cave. Moria takes Bendigo to the appointed and found nothing in it of any inter - place and leaves him with Robert• st to a collector. The ancient and WIhnmen have a tdisappearedhis mestereAlbert ell thumbed copy of "Moby Dick" he bot.Redmayne conies from Italy to try took for sentiment,.and he also direct - to solve the mystery. ed Jenny to pack for him Bendigo's "Log"—a diary in eight or ten vo1- NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. nines. He departed, assured that his fam- CHAPTER IX. ily was the victim of some evil, con- cealed alike from himself and every - PIECE OF WEDDING CABE. body else; but he promised Jenny that Albert Redmayne, holding it his he would presently write to America duty to come to England, did so, and and lay every incident of the case, so Jenny met him at Dartmouth after his far as it was known and reported, long journey. "Oh, that Peter Ganns were here!" he sighed again and again, while he thrust himself as near as possible to a great coal fire. , • Mr. Albert Redmayne slept well, but her promise to follow him as soon as the morning found him very depress- she was able to do so. ed. He -was frightened and awe- Robert Redmayne had vanished off stricken. He detested "Crow's Nest" the face of the earth and his brother and the melancholy murmur. of the with hila. There remained of the fam- sea. He showed the keenest desire to ily only Albert and his niece—a fact _ return, home at the earliest opportun- she imparted, not without melancholy, sty and was exceedingly nervous after to Mark Brendon, when the day came dark. that he must take his leave of her .and "Oh, that Peter Ganns were here!" return to other and more profitable he exclaimed again and again, as a fields of work: - eon -anent to every incident unfolded For a period- of several months the by Brendon or Jenny; and then, when detective was, not to hear more of she asked him if it might be possible those who had played their small parts to summon Peter Gamin, Mr. Red- in the unsolved mystery. He was busy mayne explained that he was an Am- enough and in some measure rehabiii- erjean beyond their reach at present. tated a tarnished: reputation by one "Mr. Geniis," he said, "is my best brilliant achievement in 'his finest friend in the world—save and except- manner. ing one man only. He --my first and, On a day in late March, Brendon most precious intimate—dwells at received a :little, ;.triangular-shaped• I3e=llagio, on the opposite side of Lakebox through the post from abroad, and wed - Como from myself. • Signor Virgilio opening it, stared at a wedge of wed- Poggi is a bibliophile of European cling cake. With the gift came a line re - eminence and the most brilliant of —one only: "Kind and grateful re- men—a great genius and my dearest rnembrances from Giuseppe and Jenny associate for twenty-five years. But Peter Ganns also is a very astounding person --a detective officer by -pro- fession. ' "I myself lack that intimate knowl- edge of character which is his native gift. Books I know better than men, and it was my peculiar acquaintance with books that brought Gams and me together in New York. There I Served him •well in an. amazing police case and aided him to prove a crime, the discovery of . which, turned upon.h certain paper mann ae •are ori e Medici. But a greater thing than this criminal incident sprang from it; and that is ray* friendship with the wonder- ful Peter." ' He expatiated upon Mr. Peter Ganes until his listeners wearied of the subject. Then Giuseppe Doria intervened with a pereonal problem. H. desired to be dismissed. and was anxious to learn from Brendon if the before his friend Ganns. Before he returned to the borders of Como and his little villa beneath the mountains, the old scholar took affectionate leave of Jenny .and made Doric." ' She sent no direction that might en- able hint to acknowledge her gift; but there was a postal stamp upon the covering and Brendan noted- that the box came from Italy—frons' Ventimig- lia, a town which Doric once mention= ed in coin -Waren with the ruined castle and vanished splendor of his race. CHAPTER X. ON =ANTE. . f t d f th Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colors, burned upon the mountain mists. ° Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante; One was brown and elderly, clad in black with an orange rag wrapped about her brow ---a sturdy, muscular creature who carried a great, empty wicker basket upon her shoulders; the other was clad in a rosy juniper of silk; she Rushed in the morning fires and - ~ - - brought an added beauty to that,beau-- tiful scene. Jenny ascended tire' mountain as lightly as a butterfly. She moderated her pace to the slower gate of the elder and presently they both stopped before a liltle gray chapel perched be- side the hill path. Mr:, Albert Redmayne`s silkworms,, in the great airy shed behind' his villa, had nearly all spun their cocoons now, for it was June again and the annual 15 eat- ack crop of mulberry leaves in the valleys Each c p beneath were well-nigh exhausted. . Therefore Assunta Marielli, the old bibliophile's housekeeper, made holi- daywith his niece, now upon a visit to zn, and together the women climb- ed, where fodul might be procured for the last tardy caterpillars to change their state. Arid then, 'where. two tail cypresses' stood upon either side, Jenny and Ae- surite, stayed a while, The lake below was now reduced to a cup of liquid jade over which whet streamers of light into the mountain iS'liadows at ate brink; but there' were vessels floating on 'the Waters that held the watchers' eyes, They' looked like twin, toytorpedo bo'tts—mere streaks of rod and Meek J declared. alarmed. (To be continued.) A Bad: Guess. A leading Paris prophetess Informs the girls of '25, Who sacrificed each Sowing tress,: That shingling will not.long survice. Long hair will be•on•ce, more the vogue; And, though just.now she -may not know it, - - Will decorate each dainty rogue - As fast as site can grow it. . Well, Fashion plays astounding tricks, And those iwho search the crystal spherew For news of 1926, ' May think they see the future clear; envy uttered one -.louts cry of terror But in the busy barber's shop • Said fell unconscious. They treat such gloomy forecasts' gaily, his red waistcoat, and the cap, he car- ried in his hand. ' It was Robert Redmayne. Jenny ut- tered one loud cry of terror and then relaxed and fell unconscious upon the ground. The widow leaped to her aid, but it was some time before Jenny came to her senses. - "Did you see him?" she gasped, clinging to Assents. and geeing k fear- fully where her uncle had stood.'' "Yes, yes—a big, red man; but he meant us no harm. When he cried out be was more frightened than we. He leaped down, like ai red fox, inti the woods and disappeared." "Remember what you saw!" said Jenny tremulously: "Remember exact- ly what lie looked like, that you may Since shingle,. bob and Eton crop - Still claim fresh converts daily. e As for our womenfolk they smile To think that t'hey,eould e'er again - Revert to.that old-fashioned style, ' Which cost them so much toil and ' pain, Reversions such as Fashion craves • - 41•ay, he designed, but few will heed 'em. • She lost her humble, wiliing slaves The day they tasted freedom. , —Touchstone in London Daily Mail. All Shakespeare's plays will shortly be published, translated into Japanese: Minard's Liniment for sore throat. 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Enclose 200 -in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) fox each number, arid address your prder to Pattern Dept., SELECTING FURNITURE FOR SMALL ROME "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful, or be- lieve to be- beautiful."—William Mor- ris. People who do not anticipate wLth pleasure the'time when they will fur- nish their own homes are, to say the least, 'pelting in r -ental po!s•e. - When this occasion does occur it must be borne in mind that it is not how mutt le chosen, but how suitable for the purpose, Take time in select- ing and do not purchase too many pieces of furniture, notwithstanding the advice of so-calied experts, whose main desire is to make a sale. Y'olr can'alw-Sys 1111 in. 'Spg.ee around the indivitiva•i pieces should be carefully considered. Do not be afraid of space, and; again, do not tumble and over -furnish. The feeling of rest and refinement and homelikeness oat only be obtained by leaving open and clear hoar r paces and .should be studied with els much care as the turni- ture itself. " Try to show your personality in ar- ranging your furniture. For 1natane°, ashy inevitably place the dining table in, the middle of the room?? VG`hy not piece it against the wall alongside e , window where you ntay have afeazt for the 'eyes as well on for the inner Attain, make lin Yottz` rime what fur- niture) you really require before -you purchase, Make a retzgli. plan of the room and carefully rnddca•te on. it the position : _of .the doors, fireplace and other unaltterabl•e details. Then plot on it the size of the furniture suitable and in the obviously hest locations,! and -endeavor to visualize the room• as l you wouilcl like to see it furnished. Tiny only 'what you know is good design and make, anal acid from -time to time as you Call afford, nether than purchase much poor Stuff.. • "I adore antique furniture.". ' How .often one heare 'this remark. But is it sincere? Should we live in another age mentally or emotionally? Gloag; an English writer of note, in lir s book `"lilac, Ta a to and Furth lure," nays, "It is (Mite time that house- hhotlden% generally woke up to the fact that they are living in the twentieth eenttu•y; and if they scorn to use the uncomfortable transport of the past, decline to follow the dress tashices of our great, g eat grancl,pa,rents and re- train from ordering their lives by modes .and manners not akin :to, their ower period, thensurely they should abandon tate imitation of old furniture and encourage the talent of the pre- sent iffy:" These word are worthy of eerlon•s drought,' and ehould alt leeet check us. front the danger of attemptingto live it the sirrrourldings o,E an era in which we would cot: care to spend our dives. If we follow in furnlshi:ng we ehoulcl be ron^sinten•t and fellow in dress, I•Iow abetted, atter all, to see twentieth ewe tury iadiee, dressed "up to the minute," That delicious flavor of fresh mint gives a new, thrill to every bite. Wrigley's is good and good for you. Wilson Publishing . Co., 73 West Ade. laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return maid. The Dishes on the Table. Theee shining bits of china • Have served us many `yentas•, Have blessed us•, Oh! so many times, Yet are just as clear and bright, Just as .ready 'for to -might! , So many times -the mother Has set them in their place, So many times has washed • And put them back again, Their very shape and pattern r Seem part of this old-hamei And here to -night they gticw With a soft, new, tender light Not seen by me before— Thesie necessary, simple things That meet our needs so well! Always gleamingpure and white, Always shining clear "and bright, ,These old dishes on the table! Their quaint pattern and design Were wrought"by one who cared,,, For just such homely, useful" thin.gsr By one who felt, the touch of beauty Slrouid be there. Someone who caught the glean Of constant service In the simple, homely, needful triangle. —Florence Gertrude Tbyng-, Had Lived and' Suffered. Mary—"She says •• sthe's a woman who has lived and suffered." May --"No doubt --she had always worn omelets and tight shoes." lVI na?rd's Liniment for dandruff. • Sale/ice. - "Now, den," shouted the colored• evange•!lst, "aur dey anybuddy else-. in de congregashun whut wishes to be prayed fr'?" "Yassah, replied a female voice. "Ah wishes you'd pray fo'. malt hue - band. .file's always givin' hie money away." "'Deed ah will, sisteh!" exclaimed the exhorter. "Ah'll pray fa' a whole congregation jes' like him!" Flattered. She (bitterly)—"You told rue be- fore we were married thet you become famous." He --"What more fame could a man desire than to be known es your hus- band?" And she was comforted, "Camel hair brushes" are' made frons the tails of Russian and Siberian . squirre:s. - entertaining In a Louis XIV. room fn ! their own home. Hor vt a should de- l MUT were .we compelled to see sao an anomally on the stage There is a place for antique furzuI= - ture, and good Copies of them, without doubt, but, in the average room, it a,ktotild be restricted tai two or threeeof the principle: articles, shah as the sofa one large chair, the cabinet, or a table.,Place th.e5•e at. the sante end of the rom, thenfill iii:w£th'fur•nittire of -7, modern design or of another period. In aboosing the latter it is - not neces- sorry to select tine sante 'wood arid. cov- Bring se the antiques; but woods 'of the' same texture, the.; tgrain rind growth -of which is `tif the same size. For instance, oak and ,ash, cherry,. syccnlore and birch, mahogany. "and weln'iYt. , Be careful, however, to see. that the colors of the' woods match. 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