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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-11-24, Page 6r itsprovide a denial of the whole coxae tributeen wee so patently the elever. thing to do, that it was a wonder Fer- gest= had. not the/eight of it himself " when there was such need oi' •secrecy. Nickleby hw1 aceeipted the suggestion . '.et once as the soluticn of the mystery. Ferguson was stupid.' Even Nickle by--ad!nirable As was his sinoothaiess • --had fallen,right into the trap pre- pared far him. If Nickleby did dis- cover the truth, Podmore could give hirci the laugh. Let Friend Nickleb just start something and he'd fir himself in several varieties of hot soup before he knew it. For did not Little Hughey knew all about tl�e crooked deal by which the worthy Cuthbert had ousted old Nat Lawson .... = from the . presidency of the In'teepro- vine* Leslie & Savings Company? He did! You bet he .did! Let Nickle- Every Man For Himself By HOPKINS MOORUOUSB (Copyright by Musson Company) CHAPTER VI. (Cont'd,) "I believe you've struck it, Pod," nodded Nic1deby slowly. "I'm sure of it," agreed Mr. Pod- more, allowing himself a little laugh of oatisfaction. "Hadn't Frank better write' Brady a cheque and.' get rid of him ? He's probably waiting outside, and we don't wand" him nosing hate anything." This seemed to meet with the ap- provai of the others, and when the cheque was ready the head` of the Brady Detective Agency was called in and handed a cigar, the cheque and some plausible explanations which enabled him to return to his office with no hard- feelings. Detective Brady never. found it an inconvenience to receive money. The air. had cleared wonderfully by the time Detective McCorquodale ar- rived with Robert Clayton in tow so much se that both anxious gentle- men were somewhat surprised at the miles which greeted then. If any- thing further were needed to convince Nickleby that he had been toe hasty in his conclusions, this frank, clean-cut young American supplied it, and as the brief interview progressed the President of the Interprovincial ap- proached as near to geniality as his .naturally suspicious and cynical na- ture ever ventured. The detective had found Clayton just preparing to des- cend the stairs to his train; but he had come readily enough when the, circumstances were explained to him. "I do hope none of you gentlemen suspect my young friend here in con- nection with this inexplicable matter," were his first words as he stood with a hand an Sti_ae shoulder. He spoke earnestly, leis grave eyes searching their faces, one after another. "I haven't known. Jimmy very long, of r_ , course; but I knew _._st when I o � hci see it and T d stat,., an life that he has had no hand in this—this strange disappearance which I understand has upset you all. May I a,.k just what the .con+.eats of this satchel were? Was it a suns of money or ?" ~'"l?o, no, its all right, Mr. Clayton," volunteered Ni:kleby i her hurrisdly,, `—just some legal documents which can be duplicated; the puzzle is why anybody should take them. The 'de- lay in connection with =-oma business matters which their to -s will entail is the only thing that concerned us; but we find that it is not as bad as we thought, and we regret very much causing you this inconvenience.' Robert Clayton nta a gesture of deprecation. "That's the last consideration; gentlemen," he smiled. "For my own t satisfaction, I would like to state candidly a little about myself. Under, the circumstances it is your right to know. What he had to spay merely sub-s`�ain tiated what Jimmy Stiles had• told them already. He was returning from a visit to his uncle on a Western On- tario n- tario�farnr, and had' remained over in the city for a few days on his way hone. While out for a Sunday morn- ing constitutional he had been attract- ed to All Saints' Mission by its re- seniblence to the little church he at- tended at home. There he had been welcomed so cordially by Jimmy Stiles and ethers that it had been a great pleasure to him. He described in detail his meeting with Jimmy. and their harmless ehat in the Jessup G.rili. He produced his tr-a,velling bag and insisted on open- ing it for inspection despite the fact that there was no possibility of con- fusing its travel -worn leather with the tan sats?hell It contained merely the usual travel accessories, a mega - ante and a box of cigars, The latter Clayton insisted upon passing around, Re then produced his busilges card and chatted for a moment wi li Alder- son about crn.ditions in the building Feeding the Baby. Innproper feeding of infants and Young . children is blamed by an enein- ent doctor for the fact that one per - eon out of every six is not physically sible to de the amount of daily work that a normal, healthy human being Should do, With this grave charge resting upon mothers, it behooves by interfere with these pickings of 1 every one with children to learn the Little Hughey and he would be shown 'proper thing in feeding, and having 1 a thing or two that would cost him learned it to practice it. Many moth a lot more than a measly fifty thou- ars who know what is right in child ,sand! feeding allow themselves to be coaxed That hard been a dethe key touch— 'or bullied into giving the child in- makdn�g Ndckl�e'lry carry the . to the satchel across to Fergusvn's office,rt'rroper foods, or allow it. to form bad The key to satchel number two it t f ood habits. If motihers realized, ;hat was! Nickleby had been on hard it is as wicked to feed a child% im- trade in Pennsylvania, asking many:throughout. throughout. Ohs they had nothing on properly as it is to administer Olow questions about prospects in hardware Hughey Podmore in this thing, also- ' poison a large per ,cent. of the/smal- lines in Ontario•, lately moth _ ! " thatwhen at last he took his de -'I Podmore's ci�•aeette teetered on his nutrition we see about us would disc So, ! € a ear. parture, laughing away apologies, lie lower lip. With a sudden Lunge he ee _i Of course, the ideal food fir the ]'eft Bind him a most favorable im grabbed for the tan satchel on tria''" be s , g e pression. Detective McCorquodale de-; table. Ile went to the window and parted next with a real cigar between: threw up the shade. Slowly he turn,- his urnhds teeth and ,a feeling of satisfaction' ed the satchel around, examining it in the recognition that he was no' menutelty, his'amazement growing. It longer a blithering idiot. Stiles was undoubtedly the same satchel ex, was told to "knock •off for the dray actly, so fax as he 'could see, -except and go fishin'," and accepted Pod- for one little 'disparity. Theee .wee ! more's five -dollar bill onay when it no sign of the identification Tif rk, ilio :was forced an him. scratched triangle on either end! When the trio were alone once mope Thoroughly mystified, Podmore .fish- Alderson produced e bottle and three ed out the tiny key that belonged to satchel number one. It would not fit. With en oath he seized a hairbrush, smashed both lock and brush:, slipped the catches and yanked open the sat- chel. Inside lay a roll' of olid news.- papers, tied at the ends with dirty tk$llE No. glasses. "To the Canipaign Fund," he laugh- ed, holding his glass aloft. "And the future of the Govern- ment," :addled J. Cuthbert Nickleby. "And of ourselves," said Podmore reverently. white string! It was thus that they plaited for the That was—ALL! second time that afternoon•. • Hughey Podmore wiped his fore - Mr. Hugh Podmore went directly head with his handkerchief. For once to his hotel. Not until he was safe he was completely nonplussed. Ile in his own room did he permit any sank back into the chair and lighter unusual elation to show in his roan- another cigarette with a hand than ner. Once he had locked the' door; shook ridiculously.: For a very long however, andpulled down the window,.. time he sat there, smoking cigarettes blinds, he threw himself upon the bed and staring bl'a'nkly at the wall, light - and indulged in a toss of unrestrained ing each fresh one with the butt of mirth. Still very much amused, he its predecessor, end on end. felt in his pocket for the key of the old walnut wardrobe with which his CHAPTER VII. room was furnished, unlocked it and Cross Currents. lifted out a tan satchel, The retirement of Nathaniel Law- Assuredly. In ell fairness to him- self he had to admit that it had been about as neat a piece of work as he had ever le -sown. For a first attempt son from active participation in the management of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company had come it had been carried through with as a complete surprise to hes many b aceuan�tassces in commercial circles. credit, cleverly. planned and as clever- For while he eves frequently spoken y executed,. Everything lead gone 'of as "Old Nat," it was afarnili�aeity lice a clock.Robert Clayton, alias fostered by long and friendly aseocia- Tuxedo Bob," luacl performed his end] tion rather than declining years. Why of it with comnuen¢lable finish,. and ] a man in his prime and at the e ex Podmore felt that he bad made no of his usefulness should drop outofmistake in hiring hien to come on from harness so suddenly when he appeared Chicago. Fifty thousand dollars! It to be in the best of health,was some - wasn't a bad .afternoons work—not `ata thing of a mystery. Not few miss - all bad! ! ed his genial' aompa.,-nionship; and were Setting the satc'helyupon„t,he table,,. frank encu ih, to ,a so on tli ssa€;tt-~lr Mr. Podmore •sank"mato the easy chair' g s y and lighted a ci sr. 5 i aocats'ions' tiv'hen ;:Nat 'Lawson now pint. g ette with a slow in an appearande at the Club. For a smile of satisfaction. The- ssuuule while rumors were rife, but gradually lingered as he ran over the whole these subsided as his absence became thing. Neat was not the word; art- a custom.. itstic was better. Clayton had "hap- It was to that very end that the pened' in at All Saints' Mission uite.I c�• •pectinei , . , q founder of .tire Tntergr+rovincial ', Loan : cpportunely. . Quite It was proof of & Savings Company made iris retire- his ability that In three days he had ment so literal. . There were ,times established himeelf firmly in the when the inquisitiveness of his friends. friendship of_. -young Stiles. Poor, was .Mand to combat, when the temp- soared, white-faced kid! tation to give expression to the' hid- And the duplicate •satchels? An old den springs of indignation that had trick, of counese; but in simplieitylay been born within him was almost lir- success. Podmore had purchased resistible. So, acting upon his better' those two identical imitation -leather I judgment, he gradually relegated him satchels some days ago. In one he self to the background of affairs till had placed the package of brown his tall, distinguished -looking ' fi uee. was no longer a familiar sight in pub- lic places. But if his white hair, hes carefully trimmed Van Dyke beard and wide moustache no longer singled him out in gatherings of his former associates, his carriage lost none of its alertness, his glance none of its customary fearlessness. Nathaniel Lawson -was biding his time. (To be continued.) infant is the natural food, a d lucky the babies whose are�•i rather have led ose tful lives er's milk_ ;else, no mat- ed, will table nor so weell ut of fiefty ase •!rho such sane, well -ordered, r that they can supply fortheir young. Nothin, ter how carefully prep. the place of mother's mil's insures health and life. thousand babies studied died under one year of age se/mad a percentage of one to two for bottle- fed babies, and one to thirteen for breastfed. Mothers' milk for the in- fant contains a promise of longer life, too, if one may trust statistics. In a group studied, eighty-five children, breast-fed, were all alive at eleven years of age, while one hundred and 'nine bottle-fed did not reach the eleventh year. To be able to feed her baby the mother must first take care of her- self. She must see to it that she has plenty of fresh air and exercise, but on the other hand, she must avoid ex- posure and over -work. Her food must be plentiful and easily digested. For this reason she must avoid foods which she knows always "upset her stomach" and those like sweets which cloy the appetite and keep her from eating enough plain, nourishing food. Her daily diet should include fruit` and vegetables, green vegetables to be preferred, cereals, meat or fish or. eggs, milk, and fat, either cream, but- ter, bacon, oil or something similar. A bowl of gruel or milk or egg -nog just before b e the mid-morning and mid- afternoon nursing is helpful. Above all, she must avoid excite- ment and danger. In feeding .anything, 'animal or hu tan, regular :hairs is a prime factor, in success. Schedules vary according` to the physician, but having adopted a schedule which promises success ad- here to it. Feedings four•hours apart with the last one at midnight up to' three months of age, were for a tine' followed. After three'months the midnight feeding was dropped. Three- paper, cut to bank -note size and held by rubber bands, and in a certain po- cation on the outside of the satchel he had scratched a triangular identi- fication meek with his pocket-knife; the other tan satchel he had delivered to the Alderson Construction Com- pany's office. There it had received the currency in Alderson'ax elaborate- ly sealed linen enveluope,and there in front of the others Podmore had marked it ostentatiously for identifi- cation—the dentifi-cation: the same triangular mark in the same position on the outside of the satchel. When the bookkeeper went into the Jessup Grill Clayton had the duplicate satchel which contained the worthless brown wrapping paper --had it ]raid- den under his raincoat, When Stiles had dropped the other satchel close alongside the raincoat on the floor he had pla.yed right into Clayton's hand, that being the very position for which Clayton was manoeuvring; an unob- trusive kick of the foot flopped the raincoat over the satchel which con- tained the money, so that Clayton had picked it up quite simply, leaving the How to Avoid Winter Ailsnents. Colds, influenza, pneumonia, and other complaints often assume the pro- portions of mild epidemics in this country during the winter months., If you want to keep fit during the coming winter, the time to start your preparations IS not when every other person is coughing and sneezing, 'but' now. The road to 'fitness can be indicated in four words—fresh air and exercise. To keep fit you should devote ten minutes night and morning to simple; duplicate satchel for Stilea exercises designed to keep the muscles Clayton had made straight for the supple and the whole body in condi' Union Station, first stopping at the tion. When possible you should sup- hotel where Podmore had hurried element this by walking at least two from the construction eornpany s office piles every day. and was waiting to receive the money satchel. At the hotel Clayton had The exercises need only be simple' picked up his own personal travelling affairs, For instance, before putting bag and had gone over to the depot 'your•cellar on in the morning, spend to wait fox the Brady detective to a few minutes before an open window find him in due course, (weather ;• permitting) inhaiieg deep° Podmore had not opened the pied- breaths of the fresh air. Then walk. ous satchel, the 'phone having rung round the room once or twice on all with Alderson's acup message fours, Follow this by supporting your just as Ile had reached his eoom. Chocking the tan >yatchel inside the body by arms and feet in a raised pool- weaxdrobe, he had gone back to Alder tion, Then lower the body slowly un - eon's' office imeneclIialtely to engineer til you touch the ground, ,:Repeat this• the covering up and to q iiet the half. -a -dozen tines. troubled waters: Another good exercise for people It was net every day that. Bach a, who want to keep fit is to practise or- goiri.en oppo2tundty of acquiring .fifty Binary swimming strokes whilst lying thousand dollars presented itself, It ori fire floor or on abed, was rarely that it could be done with out the risk of discovery. But Mr.; eb -- Hugh Podmore had recognized in this Self -Evident. very secret contribution tor election Little; Eva (in the country) --"Oh, purposes a sunn of money which was mamma, look at those Legboa•n chick-' outlawed for the time being, which ens!" for obvious, reasons dare not be claire- ed "Xes, T see ];hem dgaa, eJ publicly by either side in the secretlee tral-tem:time Ergo, it was any manes But flow do you know theyare J�e- money who could ley hands on it. harm?” Ergo, it belonged to Mal Hugh Pod- Little lova—''Why don't you see the inose! little hornson their legs?" The beauty of it Wes that the idea.,... of I,'erguson remaving the contents'MInard's Li—an itnentUsed byveterinariza hour intervals are now more generally followed, and the new-born babe has its last feeding at eight o'clock at night. The' mother is then; insured uninterrupted rest until six o'clock in the morning, when feedings again begin. Occasionally, in the case of small, delicate infants, smaller and more frequent feediirugs are necessary. In all things the mother muse • be guided by the reaction of the infant to its' food. Common sense in feeding babies is as 's aluable as in everything else in life, and it must be remembered that even with infant feeding "one ma'n's meat is another man's poison." The main point is to find out what is best for your baby, and having found it; stick to your schedule without :re- pard to what some other mother does. If the milk supply* is insufficient it may be necessary to supplement it weal some other food. But continue mirsing so long, . as the supply lasts, unless illness on the part of the moth- er prevents, or the milk plainly dis- agrees with the baby. A small am_•e cunt of mother's milk often means the difference between life and death. to a baby. Do not give the baby "tastes" of food .at the table. For. the first six or seven months at least, milk is its• only requirement. 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