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Zurich Herald, 1923-10-04, Page 6g� . RyrE , BL A. 131481. vo e , o7 greet. tea 'Pols elk bes»o,ttiisi other ble l d....^. 'xp ' y„ todaaa'v. ,______________ The Hid en Ho o up to LondoXt, and the pews 'had Matter be kept front him -••The police, did you say? You'd bottee come round here at (nnce. I'm blessed if I know what to do in the matter, I tell yon the man can't be moved month,l1 and if hes told, it'll probably _ Conic round here, that's sa ygoad� u in , Eh, what's that l , Tem S the car With him? -._Nonsense. 'fou re talking rubbish absolute rot. Yes, that'll be best; coire along at once," " My Dig. Trehorn may not have been a other^ very brilliant young man, but be was', be m, cool and level-headed, and he, under-; book' , steed his business. , His . immediate te The business was to loots. after his p' and restore ederrington to health, 3e- obijece yend that, always thinking on in the first place, his business• " ag, nknown , Toil was to keep his word to the l.L , ;i a woman who had thrown herself upoxe h,l lug t, his mercy. He saw, clearly I other that the fact of'aerrington's wife be - solve' e5, ins dead would nota teaxniy way gleI moth the problem of the e x for in tilts ease it had not been a tri- happ ' angle. From what the worn.an had "C said he had gathered that he was, sa id married and that she had gone• ` pe Ito her husband. I for Ile filled his afterbreakfast .pipe, e`n 1 i, a looked t the clock. It was t nine. At ` ten .x lit t nd loo e a $ ` B. H BURLAND h usually started out i nod by i ter perhaps CHAPTER V.--(Cont'4.) "I am sorry to trouble you, Sir Detective -Inspector Ditton, einto the t Mx Mer - library, u d that he -�S✓ ., not ye quarter -past on his o'clocke he would have to rounds. --But today cyanide a, d e of po an had been po so cyanide of Potassium. or prussic acid, leave the hawse a little a He was certain of that, sire but as you he would not be able to leave it until' toms are similar, The . nearly noon. Alexander," said knave, the symptoms , "The house will have to be guarded' when he was shown glass and the bottle have been remov- like a fortress," he to;himself- d said ouhh self. I' "bet we cannot fine ed for examination and analysis. .Did:.. tel us e either glass or bottle when' wouuld hatebce had hat been dxguar rington. was. The servantthat I it P had left London in his car, and with you ailed, sir?"Shall I be want- into ,the matter. But the whole situs; ge he was going to spend the night r'I did not, Ditton. tion had changed ou ht, "possib' a bury Arlington, who ines -isoDed'ed�at the inquest?' . "Suicide," aehlie t g on, someo:. lephone, d Arden -ton to find "Ira afraid so, sir."'to call murder—no, ie Mehl �i the nuephon, and tomanagedr "Well, I hope you'll arrange+else d his number , and act d to Me ria gton' me out of working hours. I am very, It seemed impossible toehin? 't1 that he had expected Mr. at be8ton,very busy." know. I suppose you�Merrington could have le Brae- h about eight},o'clock, but that he had' "Yes, sir I ?„ wife. That so ge not arrived. think I I can't Help us to find Mr. M g � atrtkmglybeautiful, 't Mrs Mewing + "I see. And what do you 1. -now about it?" the bell. The house- ar "Well, sir, the servant toad as long,' ou: , Alexander rose from his chair,. e _haired woman of fifty, crime in had called and that you'd had we e Sir A " he con- gr y had told !tinned, "but, of course, if you want' tee roo .aShe age o ertwenty-fivedPthe talk with. Mrs. rhaps� ton. � My wife is not very well, y s r thought that perhaps she t nask'me any more questions-- had worked forge fazi.ily to you of some change in her hLmsband's' Oh, no, sir—and I have no time to The cook was a few years older e besides, we should like to « suppose hex ladyship, �n kzar.: waste myself. I supe te „ remembered when he had b e' n to h' further geaxantee agains and detraete nothing from its attrac- tiv�enese, an atllmful� Do hat neglect to gather of; pussy willows or catkins ; next Winn. . Dried before they become too ripe, they will keep several seasons, l not to be had, if a new supply s HOLDERSLANA ES,RTIIDAY 1 am anxious'to telll''the readers of my recent discovery. Perhaps some of you have madea littlesmson,ar ne. Jerr"y' t seventh~hu Thursday weemy To hold the family birthday. custom, he must have a birthday'cake' with candles. When I came to makel the cake I found I had the candles but no candle holders. As the candles had to be lighted, the wax r would , n down and and this would notedoith at the frosting, all. Saving some marshmallows in the house, I used these for holders, and they answered the purpose very well. With cake coloring I marked the face on each marshmallow, placing the candle in the mouth, much to the amusement of my little sore—Mrs. F. W. t shedding ET OFT 1Yi MOTIIER- I,O'VE. " said one woman to an - ear your eon is going to Your poor heart must be iiher tangbed. "I am not an "1 am a sub- ity,"•she said; Qugxatulrttion. ' eried the first woman, "Do to tellene that you are will-' e up your' -only child to an - man?" the and glad,,' relined ,4`fpr I want my son to be reit are eingratef el creatures,,' -'.first woman, bitterly. Wel oxo lives toiling and sacrificing ' m, and as soon as they are big hey leave us, I remember fir husband died, we wondered i .,would get along. eWe 1,to the ou .working your Angers int without everything' your= eyour;boy was always fed and fid by hook or crook you -put �gh school. Now he forsakes pretty•girl. I say his duty _ .- exrin gton , face,1 was not t "I'm afraid 1 can't. of a murderer. ton told int just what the servant told' He stretched out his .handgari p teleS ae d N., He has no right to marry y " :},�Youlive. uI pose," replied the mother, `pylock+to exacny t aupou pt am ound payinennt for; having taken s im while he was young and y ow there are mothers who 'test ' their children belong to ,dy and soul, and that they ,perfect right -to exact any sae thezn. I have known talented Nwho have been balked in their is by tyrannical and exacting ees, and I have seen pretty girls W into ; faded old maids nursing retie mothers who would not em. attendant h.` g old woman who kept a ba • 1p0 alms, anu know whether Mrs. Merrington was —well, quite compos mentis, so to speak." For a few moments Sir Alexander Bradney was silent. Then he said, gSit and have a cigar." aliked to be on}friendly terms with the police, and he knew the detective quite well, q Thank you, sir," said Ditton,: tak- ing a cigar from. the casethat the end held out to hixn, and biting with a sharp movement of his strong teeth. He was a sturdy fellow of about forty, with a small black mous- tache and a reddish face. "May I ask how ?you come to • be .nixed up with this?' queried Brad- ney when the detective had lit his an, seated hiilnaelf... , cigar,, d r�'1 the'Yard .4u zl 2 11 •i , A. "Ah, • so bad' :as• t a ,: tet suicide?" F Yes, sir --well, if you Could tell „ could not help us in any way? Could he rely on these two wthat did ,T don't see howashe wind. see him through a difficulty "She must have known Mr. Mex -1 not in any way threaten his own hap - "Well, ringtan pretty well, sire' mess? "Well, she had about twenty sittings P {Tobe continued.) for her portrait." -e fin—"' -d. "She has not seen him lately, I sup- pose, sir?" "Oh, not for over a month, and I don't believe she's ever met Mrs. Mer- rington at all." a few "Could I ask her ladyship questions, sir?" "Not now, I'm afraid. She is ill in out theworld, and, as appeared last -cell- you'll bed. But if she has anything to say halt minim shinquest.Well if t one scan obtain a fairly good idea yo 'Tae World's ]hook -Shop. Have you ever wondered how; man3', books there are in existence? ; On the average, two hundred thousand vol- umes are published each year throuht dg a m"Certainly," Sir Alexander inter- rupted. "Mrs..Merrfngton was quite well when I saw her, but she seemed to be worried about something," horn's question. "My studio is in "Ah,. that is what we want to know,I'dmany millions. Stacked together, they sir," said Mr. Ditton, taking out a Eing's-road-173c. I say, no idea. the and writing in it. a'iXrorried?' l you didn't know my address. You, would form oof fair-sized ir sized take Ste, the notebookought to have got that out of rite last ascent veral ,'Yes ---pale and nervous—bet mind; � hours you, I have never seen before an d night." e„can say It at the , ul-y, of the - -' -'s boot s1laP.:. u'll exetec ve too " The detective took his departure, Adding together the since of the ;size number et vol- e "And I've known more .than ch - w anin on her, elor son dancing 'attendance up and, who told you how it would have killed her for her son to marry; how she: made. him promise he would never leave her; how she ' broke off a love affair that, he had in his youth, and how she knew -he' was so much. hap- pier with her than he would have been with: a wife, bedause no wife would' have been as particular about cooking. him the things „he wanted as she was.' <'PersonallyN, I feel that I ,could do g than, keep -• my. Alexander Bradney tvalkedl bushed in each eel ry, snore wicked thin 1 staircase On the invented the aston g• m marrying ill b f find Sir umes Pu ishiia S no lie• is; to begin u e;?xkar • }; � �. , •� • :, :ming was son xo . of slowly . h ,, _ pre .,, .. , le ills, het1. T the sort la 1. po lo,, °owe hi o(the:a • f sixty iii lilons•,ee tae it man, ., , .. , ,. o.. b, n Emil o and ?villi, a born family .living ... idloalt;e.,, owe int i�. s v� tune p<Lger, aronze ,tail ai white and' eminent of energy:- ro man who -could never be happy _• His face was very ,lay' cards, and listening eema u roN� •s,.�•.r. - F_hreath. } eenee. ail ink which.- have gone to 1" in -clubs, p,• 9.4 a he s , ., 1 boofis is incalctziapie, z for a lifetime. He ii r A great ma must have is ai n: ail t13 gse to men q gossip, A NEAT AND SERVICEABLE APIION. y of ,:these publications , h, ownliome,•his own wife are each woxth more tt<�l¢i"live thous the end' children, and;..I would be worse` and d,' a b oandtocktatmal must ru11 into . than a fiend if I kept him fromand the world's boat~ stocks must he 1 sweetness of a wife's love - i panionship, and: the joy of feeling his baby's amts about: his neck. usual= "My son loves ane. We are un ly companionable. I am an old and coterie . Doubtless I CHAPTER VL "7, Romney mansions, Chelsea," said Merringtt n, in answer to Tre- her an ht" mayhave been always , like I couldn't have sent a telegram to The three largest libraries in th¢ she anything, sir, tolead your wife until this morning,"the world ai:e the British Museum; Lib - Did she say yfi you to suppose she was worried?"All, I t young doctor replied, and 1 didn't f dry, wb o Lias ' four million volum�*sa, °Nothing, Ditton :nothing I1want to wake you from your sleep, the Bibliotheque Nationale,'at Paris, went there to. see .Merrington about Feeling a bit shaken up,-arent you? i whlcli has three millions and theI,ii�- painting a portrait of my vvlfd. chat e "yes—aching all over. Your names { xary of CangrEss,; Washington; w withiigton was away and I had Trehoxn, isn't it?Look here; I can't' •4.b t �r remember th' motor 1 fns, rl'mn an. Mrs. Me gt "When did you leave, sir?" tell hat "Oh, at about half -past nine,,, "The servant was out, sir, wasn't: she?„ "Yes, Mrs. Merrington apologized that the servant for that. It appears goes home every evening from nine to ten. Her parents live close by." - 'Yes, so the girl told me air. And she was late to -night. She did not return. until 10.20. Mrs. Merrington Was then apparently dead, floor.Sh. was lying on the drawing -room small table .tear to an arm -chair by the fire there was a wine -glass and a bottle of pink No eati."u ted Brad - Deadly stuff, hey, "and very difficult to eget now." " ir. And it was 'a claret glass, anything about is accident. You must t e me w hap- pened." "I onlyknow I found you on the road and - the car was in the hedge. You'd got a suit -case with you, so I suppose you were going to stay some- where ome where for the night" John Merrington closed his eyes, It was an effort for him to think. Ile could only remember Paula and the studio. It was Paula's birthday. and there was a crowd of people. They had given a dance and supper and it had cost a great deal of money. They; young blood red-hot an' the had quarrelled about that an the way home to the fiat. Ile remembered that maid, he had slept on the sofa because Paula'one glorious day steel never had asked a girt to stay the nifht t � some slkadow�s; seise •sums triumphs, same tears, .. An'. a gatherin' weight a' ti years, .lust half a million less. Thus e w thele alone, these' three great tions possess nine and e half m books of all kinds. Man's Days. A sudden welkin', a sudden w A li'l suekin', a 111 eleerdn'i A cheers full joys an a cheel soa`rows, IV' a power o' faith in gest. rows. �1} Lifebuoy may be safe - 1y used on the tender- est skin. It is wonderfully cleansing for little hands, faces and bod- ies. Loewy seeem hate keautl- fal healthy skins. 1e i6t3 ; When Love. Says "Don't." Don't mail that sarcastic, bitter let- terD mood, whlgh you wrote in an.•an};ry and which.gave you a teeling of seite- ee satisfaction because you thought you bad done a smuart thing and were going to "get square -with `someane Who had insulted you—burnr it. Thera is a better way, love's way. Try it. Don't say the mean thing you have been planning to say to someone you think has been mean to o thnstead, give: him the love thong' nanimous thought. Say to yourself, "Ile ie my brother, b o matter wbat mean to flim: - he has done, I can't I must show my friendliness, mny 'mag- n,anin.ity to this brother" This is Love's way. Mfnard's Liniment foe Dandruff. Huge Forest. The island of Madagascar has a belt of forest 20-.milea deep which com- pletely encircles it. The Danube is navigable in its en- tire course through Hungary. 4030. Percale with facings of linen is here depicted. Black sateen with cretonne would be attractive, as would also crepe' with trimming of a con- trasting color or with rick rack fur a finish. The Pattern is:cut in 4 Sizes; Small, 84-36; Medium, 88-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- ure. A. Medium size requires 41A, yards 36 -inch material: exp • d housekeeper. i ai make him far more comfortable than, Pattern mailed to any address on his young wife will. But I ami not Iome receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by foolish enough to think that mutat . a the Wilco S PublishingToronto. Co.,Allow est me i r t Adelaide , Univ is really ho for. him o mother's love takes the place of a wife's love. and cap - hieAnd so, while he is young of "lo�zing and inspiring love, I de- re brings marry. Nothing re to see him ma y out' all that is best and .strongest in a an at. does having a wife and ehil- n dependent on him. Nothing spurs tie. mans ambition so much as desir- a'g to get the best for those he 'loves.' eg. son to marry because I love ad''v'ant my me t to g0 -sen want t4 me - and Iw a present ay sex, a a good rl the best gift on earth— g sband." 1 weeks for receipt of patterns. Yes, s i with them, That was the last g andhhexe -was still some of the liqueur i he could Teine,nber. And here he was at the bottom of it. At first the ser- ,---in a strange room and a strange vent thought that her mistress was house, and aching all over, and a. dull Tee - intoxicated." d ink?+` pain at the beak oafs head, kl #iii Ah di Mrs.b - horn, elf • WINTER BOUQUETS. YEven though Mrs. Farmer neglected {4 ? plant her everlasting+, or ° straw:l. package of tea she need not have when I delivered my otowers, last ho spring, safe and intact into the hands of my lens go without her winter bouquet if ,customer. rhe is, willing to go to a little trouble. But the customer was not pleased 'sister must; go out sniffed;- sed. and. Wbureas the cityat all. She sniffed he fndbuy hers, the country woman may inched the tea; she shook it all out find material to make g attractive - on a table. "Na, take it back," she ones e the woods and.hedgerows.said in disgust; "this es not the tea I One of the prettiest I ever •saw was t always buy, It's a poorer quality." theof poda coed in need or is about! I knew that the woman was mis- the has shed itshsuld be cut, talc-; taken, So,I spoke up manfully, "Olt, Indo soy othe plant s o no, 1 said; phis is the tea my mother rd ins Moet df tar s djf`fhicli atoorrva long., always sends you. There is, no worse oar c may la tss hotild found too hea % tea." lite over hurt me 1 the subtle. Those who buy them " The plants should then be hung, Nothing in my .. l'1 that price' does+oil wizvtttrd, in a coal Berk p eco to clx m01e than the woman's answer to my tai their $arrow da rare k SLne: t( er z5 ,+ 1 u here' she simply q,' lnrlicate e them ou more satisfying tinct fiavory cups can} i'aded ,and gone" births atilt laughed. But even before site lead con et from water colors e. h tl to falls I the A delicate 1 like and. portable Bath: Tub and Folding r 9' with o1•.without instantane0ua Neater hostel attachrd. uennies all "bathroom -contorts, of. ' a millionaire tho•raora, „i`io plumb- ing. MouanY e,,itabie torrl untt1Qa- irate home. A dere' orate price. Ash: about. our indoor chemical closets. Universal MetalProductsCompany pg Assumption St, Walks -Mlle, ant. "THERE IS NO` WORSE TEA." When Mary.Antin was a little girl it Russia she was sent by her mother who kept a shop to deliver a package of tea to a customer. It was. her first important errand --so we learn from her autobiography, which the Atlantic Monthly prints—and, like most chil- dren in such Circumstances, she was filled with a sense of her dignity and importance.. As it proved she was more dignified than diplomatic. It was, she writes, a good-sized ex- pedition for me to make alone, and I was nota little pleased with myself Then old man's talk .0' ` the d „ , did MerrttIg tan r a completes n g .: hind 'e; "No, sir—not that we know of bLtt i ger his address, that was the idea that first tamer inI "".live near rose, urY,seed T don't Your - mind erea youngest dart the servant. She telephonedafter s pans .suppose doctor yt and the doctor tent for thea know anyone at Dedbury?" ,A.11'1 draamin', a li'i dytn'; police, • rr "Yes, of course I do—old Ardington,A li'1 io+v corner o' earth to lie "Why did he sand for the pollee?" I wonder if I was grin to spend the . 7lclon Phil 1 on d t I ve often eta y „- ."Ire Canie to the Cone use night vvltli Ai ins on.. ed with him, When the piece of good tee, is "I with 1 Mr, Arlington, Shall I ring, many p heap teas are offered to teeesseesemeaseemeessenisteasmaseenere him up t lease ring LI.. up --ver '°•Yes p -, _ "'_.. roe "owl, , . x.:x. !a `�,"�.r m77q.e rr�!aa.. a, universal Custom Afterthat benefits every- body. may Aids dogjestanf, eaa Ik eleanseSi.'tile teeth, soothes the throat. 101,R1 a, *� to retuoittber caped In its PorkPookage MATCHES sold -by over 14,000 General Stores and 16,000 Grocers ON SALE EVERYWHERE IN likely I was going to stay with Ars their cost To the pdtiluil + When the last t t argument, She a g , ington•---I say, this is a queer busiee What is the date?" ` 1 f ,n a itne tea like til 1 slat and with trolled herseh suffidI y "January the thirty-first. be be brew „ i Herrin ton, "And my wife's birthday use. vans i ' I've lost seven months o my { "January the thirty-first!" echoed "eAleAI3A, hence its real economy in is on June the fourth.Merciful Rea- life." lea -- --��: life." . "Oh, you'll get your memore back," laughed Trehore, even if we have to supply you with an artificial one." >, "Now what do you mean by that? asked Merrington, "Ok, ,wei1—others, can fill up the blank for eou--•donstruct something like' the iron framework of a lluilding, and then by degrees you'll be able to put in all the rest yourself. Now I'll telephone to Mr, Arditigton and then send oft} this wire to your wife. And I shall have to see about the wreck of the car, 1 suppose."" He lett the room, and as no walked down the narrow stairs with his hand on the pitch -pine tall the telephone bell rang, and he hurried into the con., suint ,morn, "talk) "-he eat& lifting the receiner iti book.•.. ' fb >t s you, ,A,rt wag Of, s ? 1 was hr '"" o itgy rink 4!it 1p ... leaf Mer- o il' i �Y I ods that s tees titin s m� tic 1a 1--1,to, o aotira� M, ri tgtoim can't 1ea3Url i to ao the inside ..of tho open pod.with the understood that I had spo een soft pink ofene beautifullyobet fool and had lost for ray another al soft gray the pod, but other colors eListomex out any partiou- llmay be used to carry - '-""'""'•-�" lar color scheme, Combined with - �» _ r rn. rr s evergreen or, if that is not tobehad,'a7 .. with artificial green, they make bouquet At to grace any part of the' home. as In many, localities' a plant known everlasting grows wild. This may be dried in the same Manner es. milk- weed , end, when the time come� an t make, the bouquet, may be dipped Solution of good dye- to make it any desired shade: Dry again and combine with green. The blossoms are small, borne in clusters, and if dyed blue re- semble the fringed gentian or wild' lister of qunimdr time. lofusely� The cat -tail, which grows.p' . in marshy places, is Another good one, It must be cut before fullytine to in -1 into against its shedding,Ata d'`ted N rft Have Summer Newt ThisVirlier Warm house and acted cellar day arid eight the vow in your cellar yell ensurethis. The Kelsey isthe Most efficient and eeonornical system of home heotine ever devised and will heat the smallest cottage orthe largest mansion VIAYVVE SENO YOU PARTICULARS LIMITED JAMES SIVLART.PLA.N'r The Champ SS/v.10016e Tuifise--"S° you were in a, pretty t!get Mole?" Snaltr ••••" y'es, bet I wriggle out of del" Mlnmrd'a innlieant heals Cum 5 to accoectirig to the rele for the othetei, coat Of deal, vattleh or thellae e s a t ueutralizeg the rietmess of fat foods and taaltes them easier to digest. Mustard etiable,s you to euloy and assimilate foolA -which otherwise would 1?urdeo the digestive orgsns.