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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1943-06-10, Page 3uti'li'ty counts most —for that rich, satisfying flavour which only iac fine Aquality tea yields, use.. fp TEEa'lial TO SO 13y J. C. Woodiwiss CHAPTER V He found ItITN.• Scutt, the dead on's wife, in the ktichen. She was a little dark woman, and r3eemed very upset by the tragic events she had gone through. "Geoid morning, Mrs. Scutt," began the Detective politely. "Sorry to intrude, but I'd like to sok. one oa• two questions about fide tragedy. I'm Detective -In- specter Hopton, of Scotland iiaa^relt" • "Certainly, Inmspeetor," she ree plied readily. "Wasn't you come and sit down?" ' "Thanks," he modeled. "I'm stony to worry you with questions in 'connexion with this tragic af- fair, but I'll try to make them as few as possible." "I understand your husband was rather a difficult: man to live with?" "Yee, Inspector, he was a bit eccenta.ic, and then latterly he began to drink . , . since we left Brighton, that is." "'Olt, you lived in Brighton?" "Yes, for a good many years. Vie weee living there until my Innsiband took up this Spirtivalism business, and thought he'd do better in. London." "Md that was--?" "Just over ten years ago, In- spector." "I see," nodded the Detective. "He was a fortune teller, wasn't be?" "Yes, sir, he dad quite well at it, too. • • He had some really distin- guiehed clients .navtil this dreadful business of Mm. Aberslraw .darted." "That was the lady who had • been in. Hong Kong, and was sup- gso'sed to be in the power of an evil spirit, I believe?" "It was evil, too, Inspeetor l" mite assured him with a shudder. "1N:y husband was never the same after the sittings he had with Mm Abershaw . . he was quite e different man." "In what way?" "Ob; he became morose, 1crri- led of the dark, and he had bad drinking bouts." "Was he often drunk?" asked ithe Detective. "Yes," replied Mrs. Scutt. "Often violently drunk, too," '"Yom • don't know what he drank?" "Alwa•ys whisky our brandy." "Rather an expensive hobby, Mrs. Scutt," commented Hopton. "'Where did he get the money for all this drink?" "I'm sure I couldn't say, sir," doe replied promptly. "I only ]know he got it." "He wasn't earning much money ISSUE No. 24-43 Welcome Relief for ommoin SHARP, SEARING STOMACH PAINS Do you suffer distress after men's— :Indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, sour stomach, gas, excessive acid? Don't wait for pain to strike again. Take PAL -0 -MINE immediately after eating to help prevent food 'fermentation, sweeten the stomach, neutralize the acid and act] natural digestive processes. just send your name and address with 25 cents and "' a full size package will be mailed post-paid, Or take advantage of our special offer—for a limited time only—of five packages for $1.00. The LOIN COMPANY . peer. ake Itrottilaray' YCzutniitoul, O. at that time?". the Detective en-. quired. "No, sir.. He Jaren't do any more sittings with clients after the Incubus mane. So he earned nothing." "But surely, Mrs. Scutt, you don't believe in this evil spirit nonsense?" .asked thesceptically. * r In Detective • "Oh, yes, sir, I do indeed]" she answered, •fixing a pair of terrified eyes on his face. "I didn't at first; but I had to after a while. It was horrible! Fred often Said the Ineubus'd finish him, eat], you see, he was right! He'd never let me evon go near the Torso." `.`Hoes this spooky lady, Mee. Abe sha,w, live •in London?" in- quired Hopton. "Yes. Somewhere in West Kensington," she replied. "I don't know the exact address, but slie has a flat near West Kensington Tube Station, and her Christian name's Clara." Hopton noted the pointta in hie book. "You're sure your late hilsb'andd wasn't' earning any money as a clairvoyant at the time of bus death?" "No, sir,. I'm sure he wasn't." "Then, that brings me to rather a painful question, I'm afraid. You, of course, know that he had served two terms of imprison- m•ent?" "I do!" The woman's manner changed to one of defiant ag- gression as she shot back her reply. "Very well," persisted Hopton. "Do you. think he was raising money by that sort ,of game?" "Blackmail, d'you mean?" "Yes," nodded the Inspector, keeping a close watch on her re- actions. "Good gracious, no! Whatever put such an idea into your lhead?", "You state that he drank heav- ily prior to his death," he pointed out. "Everyone knows what drink costs . it's very expensive, and I'•m trying to find out where the money came from to pay for rt," * * "I've already told you, I don't know," snapped the woman. "But I'rn absolutely certain Fred had done with blackmailing. years ago. It's my belief that Fred was killed • by an evil spirit. That black statue was at the bottom od it, in any opinion; that dreadful e'bopy torso 1" "I'm not prepared to accept that possibility, until l've dis- missed every other, Mrs. Scutt. Had your husband many visitors during the last few weeks of his life?" be enquired. "No, Inspector, he wouldn't see anyone except Mr. Galeabourne and a man called Frout, an old Spiritualist friend." "Only those two people?" "Yes, sir. He. was very violent at times . . raving and cuasing . and his few friends couldn't stand it. You never knew how you'd find him." "Do' you ]snow of anyone who had a grudge against your hus- band? usband? The sort of grudge that would be a motive for taking his life?" "Not a soul!" she answered readilly. "Fred was a very quiet moat and didn't know many people.". "I se. You've known Mr. Galeslrourne for some years?" "Yes, by sight, InsPeetor. Everyone knows h•im round here. He's a wonderful man . . al - Ways helping the sick and the poor; that's why I asked him to call and see Fred; I thought Mr. Galeabourne might help him." "How long ago was that?" * * * • "About six months, now," she replied promptly. "He often looked in." "And this man .front?" "Oh, he's an old friend; we've ROLL MIR OWN ,, lT e Fel' CIGARETTES WITif 10,40hNee.thin MAY W81111 SENT BY bothknown him. for 0T() Fears." "Be liven near here?" "'Thirty - four, Kenrinigton Greenlane," she answered. "'And were you •in the house this morning while Mr. Gales- bourne was with your husband?" "No,"sir, I took the opportun- ity of running out to do • a little shopping while Fred hod .someone sitting with him." "Were you out long?" "I got held up in the gr'ocer's, sir," she admitted, "I had rather n lot of shopping to do and only t;ot back as Mr. Galesbourme was trying to get poor Fred to open the, door after he'd come back from the Vicarage." "So that your husband was alone in the house at the time of, his death?" hG asked. "Yes, sir, I suppose so," she agreed, beginning to cry. "1 see," nodded the Detective, "Mr. Galosbourne tells me that en his return from the Vicarage,. he 'let himself in again.' How did;. he do that?" 20 "We always left a latch -key on the hall • tatble, sir, it'•s there now.'. 1 suppose he used that," she sug- gested. As Hopton came in throaigh the• gate again, he met Inspector Carlingford. "Wel)," he said, "finding - out any more ironmongery we've missed?" "Not at the moment'," replied - Hopton. "I want some more..pca- ticulars about this Father Gales - bourne." "Fire away, then," -nodded the .other. "What . d'you want to know?" "How fair away is his vicar- age?" "Not more than three hundred yards," replied the Divisional Ira. speetor. "Next to the Church .. St. Luke's." "Is he married?" uN6„ "Who else live," at the -Vicar- age?" "Only old Smith, his manser- vant, and a woman who eoenes in • every day to serub and tidy up," replied Carlingford, "and there's his secretary, Miss Olney, who's only there in the mornings for an hour." "He's been ill recently, hasn't he ?—Galesbourne, I mean?" "Yes, nervous breakdown, fol- lowed by loss of memory." "Do you know if he's been under proper medical treatment?" enquired Hopton. "Yes—Doctor Graveley. The doctor tells me he's been very ' ill," Carlingford assured him. "Thank you," said the Detec- tive, noting clown the. answers. "I've done all I can here, and I'm going back to the 'Yard'..no.v, .to; think out the next 'move. you again this evening." (Continued. Next Week) Range Finders On Battleships A• modern range finderon a large battleship contains 100 lenses, prisms and other optical elements besides 1,500 mechanical parts, weighs five tons, costs $36,- 000 and requires a year and a half to construct, or bale as long as the time required to build the eniiee vessel.—Collier's. CROCHETED PLAY SHOES FOR ALL AGES Design No. 1087 Crocheted play shoes. created from cotton rug yarn are simple to• make in a couple of hours. Pattern No. 1087 mallet com- plete instructions for malting these slippers for adults and children.. '.I'o order pattern: Write, or send above picture with your• name anti address to Carol Ainlrs, 'ROOM 421, 73 Adelaide St. b'e'st, Tor:'on to • Death Beetle Worst erny of 'Victory' Wood -nibbling I n s e c t Ate tacks Nelson's Flagship The captain of Nelson's old flagship Victory gazed into a bomb hole clear through the bow of the famous frigate and com- mented. "Xt'e the deathwatch beetledmy Which is the worst ene, though." This wood -nibbling" inseet has attacked parts of the lower decks of this ship on which Nelson died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Goering and his Luftwaffe come definitely second to the termites, although new yfetory relies of this war, like the deep patterns Made on the quarterdeck by Nazi incendiaries, are proudly shown by the ship's officers with the ralits of Trafalgar, 73oneb damage is almost the only change to be found in the Victory since Nelson first sailed het. The Victory now houses 70 cadets, the overflow from the thousand or more enlisted men training to be officers in barracks in Portsmouth. Old Guns Missing 'The cadets sleep and eat on board where Nelson's sailors ate and slept before Trafalgar—only i the old guns are missing. et the 70 cadets and 37 crewmen today seem, crowded in quarters which in Nelson's time accommodated 800'in hammocks slung 17 inches apart, and in quarters shared, by the live stock. The men still stand their watches to the bell which rang the watches in Nelson's day. There is till the daily ration of grog— pure ram diluted with water— and the cook of the day still sticks his thumb inside the measure when be deals it out and shares ' liquor saved by this displace - meat. Before the war many sailors preferred to take their rum - money instead of the ration, but since whisky is now over $6 a bottle, and hard to get, moat• everyone takes his half gill. An Old Churchill Wish Comes Tr e Ten -Year -Old Dream of Pre- miership le Realized Only his close friends know it, but the four different trans-Atlan• - tic conferences which Winston Churchill has held with Roosevelt are` the fruition of a ten -year-old dream • .. _ In 1033;" -Churchill. then not in the cabinet, in fact a frequent thorn in the side of the cabinet, • was s -pending a week -end at his Country home. Week -end visitors included Jimmy Roosevelt, son of the newly -elected President of the United States, and Kay Halle, Oleveland radio commentator. After dinner the Churchill fam- ily and guests played the game of asking what each person would like most to do in the world if he could have his wish. Younger mem- bers of the family were being cross-examined by Churchill wben suddenly Miss Rolle turnedthe take and asked him what he would most like to do. Without a moment's hesitation. Churchill flashed back; "I should like to be prime min- ister of England." At that time he had held most of the important jobs in the cab- inet. He had been minister of war, first lord of the admiralty, minister of colonies, chancellor of the exchequer, minister of mei. tions, home secretary and head of the Board of Tracie. But .he had •never been prime minister. "And if I were Prime Minister," Churchill continued, "and 1 bad the right. man in the White House to work with, one thing I should do would be to hold regular trans- Atlantic conversations with the President of the United States. I woaild forge between the Trotter] States and the British Empire a real alliance, an inseparable part- nership." The Sterling Dollar Later Churchill stretched on a piece of paper pictures of the Am- erican dollar bill intertwined with the British pound sterling note."Give that to your father," he said to Jimmy Roosevelt. "And tell him that working together we een Italie the pound sterling and the ollar rule the world. We can est- ablish a new currency." "What would yen call it?" ask- ed .Jimmy. "I would call it," replied the mase .who ten years later was to ee a great deal of Jimmy Roose- eitet• father, "I would call it, the. telling Dollar." d t s v S attleship Cities Etta:h battleship is as complete act a modern city. It generates its own electricity, has a complete telephone and telegraphic ex- chaege, radio and mechanical sig- • naling devices. It has a print chop and prints a daily newpaper. 'There's a movie theatre, a library, recreation rooms, !lost office, jail, hosital and seh•ools: n•. rs+ /,,eeda ,ed rkeokroot olat / *A) "My wife knows what's good for .me and the Children. I get Iwo Nabisco Shredded Wheat biscuits with plenty of milk every morn- ing—and it's a. mighty tasty dish." Whole grain cereals are one of the "protective" energy foods our Nutrition Authorities advise us to eat daily. Eat Nabisco Shredded Wheat and enjoy 100% whole wheat in a most delicious form. THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. 8t38 Niagara Falls, Canada M'ADE�1N CANADA 'D•F1 CANAir AN TABLE TALKS SADIE B. CHAMBERS RAMBLINGS ABOUT NEW RATIONS No doubt most of you have been . listening daily to .the many help - 1»1 talks given by Canada's lead- ing b.ousehold economists. One of the talks which impress- ed me with the most truths, re- minded as that, though in the past 'we have ha.d ample supplies of every kind of meat, we have not as a nation learned to make the very best of every cut of meat. This lenticular adviser went on to tell us, that as a nation we have not ranked very bigh, when it came to preparing meat dishes. Sh.e ;ave several examples of dif- ferent meat dishes, which gave fame .to different countries. All of these became popular, not be- cause of great quantities of meat, but because they made the best of small amounts, using attractive seasoning, savoury flavorings and presented them in an unique form. Now as Canadian women we must make amends for the past and show.our ,.hwn.es•.. and our " eeetry"e.,t'ht we area second :to none in case Of emergeiici-. The scarcity of potatoes is caus- ing a lot of "headaches" but it is surprising how satisfying the sub- stitutes can be if we use care and judgment in their preparation. Rice, spaghetti and macaroni all help .10 solve the problem. An- other very helpful and popular substitute is toast. Many meat dishes of the savoury nature are made more attractive and appetiz- ing when served on toast. To help stretch that pound of minced steak try Ibis, -- 1 lb. of ground round steak s/,a sup soft grated bread crumb;; ye rap uncooked eteat 1 smell onion 1 piece of bay leaf Meth of celery salt Salt and pepper Com bine all ingredients. Form into rather wma.11 balls and arrange in a deep baking dish. Pour over enough sieved canned tomatoes to almost cover the -neat. balls. Bake in rncdt•rate over for 111 hours coven rd; then neemtrtul for the last 20 ininutee. SPAGHETTI WITH HAMBURGER 1 till) ".t sl,aglielti 1 lb, ratalsnreee ee 1 can tomato soup 1 cup honing water welt and popper Cook the spaghetti Until tender in boiling salted water•, then drain and set where it will keep hot. Put a tablespoon of fat dripping or cooking oil in frying pan ani stir In the steak. Sear and•,lirown, stir- ring constantly. Add an onion or two, some parsley and green pep- per, if you have it. Add the morel of boiling water, cover and sim- mer for 16 minutes. Add the ceek- ed spaghetti salt, pepper and to- mato soup. TOMATO JELLY WITH CABBAGE 1 pint tomato juice 1 package lemon jelly po=Haler 12/2 cups diced celery 12/2 cups diced cooked carrot, 1 t6 cups canned peas 1/d cupful chopped pimento or pepp er Shredded white cabbage Salad dressing Heat tomato juice to boiling point, and pour over jelly pow -.ter. Stir until thoroughly diseel, ed. 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