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Mystcrio s Masquerade
By J. R. WILMOT
SYNOPSIS.
At a London dance club Molly Car-
stairs meets 1toger I3arling who Prom-
ises to het her a job. The following
morning Molly is stomped by a police-
man -and taken to the pollee station,
where she is identified by a Mr. and
rs. Silver as their missing niece. That
night at the Silvers' home she discovers
she is being used as a deCcr in a
gambling house.
Major Carstairs,
herers fxt father
is on• his way home from India. 4 fur-
ther crisis develops when Molly runs
Into Roger Darling leaving Paul Silver's
study, where there has been a quarrel.
CHAPTER XIV.
Roger Barling drove away from
Lt wn House in his smart two-seater.
The sight of Molly Carstairs standing
outside the door of Silver's "office"
had taken him completely off guard.
It had, in fact, unnerved him. As a
consequence, he drove with reckless
disregard of his own safety and the
safety of others towards the West
End. Hastily garaging his car, he
went to his flat.
In his room he mixed himself a gen-
erous whisky and sod and rang for
Cleveland.
"What would you do, Cleveland, if
you'd made a fool of yourself?" he de-
mandeu of his indispensable factotem.
Cleveland, being the perfect "gen-
tleman's gentleman," supplied the an-
swer immediately.
"Since you're no fool, sir, I should
forget about it"
"But what if you didn't want to for-
get, Cleveland? What if you wanted
to keep on reminding yourself that
you'd been a fool, what then?"
"Is it the same lady, sir, may I
ask?"
"Have
feminine
you suddenly developed a
comple, Cleveland? Can't
you answer a question without imput-
ir.g a motive like that? What an ex-
traordinary fellow you are."
"I beg your pardon, sir. I can see .1
should not have been indiscreet. Well,
sir, to return to your inquiry. An .an-
swer to that depends entirely on the
extent of the foolishness."
"Thanks, Cleveland," sighed the
young man, dropping into :'. comfort-
able chair, "that's very helpful; very
helpful indeed. Oh, by the way, Cleve-
land, am I dining out tonight or must
we contribute towarcls our own cost
of living?"
"I have it in' mind, sir, that you
promised to go across to Lady Burn -
acre's, sir, to meet Mr. Benjamin
Grackle, the sculptor."
"Crackle?" asked. Barling, with a
smile "That sounds promising, Cleve-
land. Burnacre—Crackle. Jolly good
I must remember that one for dinner,
she's sure to want me to make one of
my infamous after-dinner speeches."
"Grackle, sir. GRACKLE—same
name as the famous National horse,
Bir."
"That's spoiled everything, Cleve-
land, and just when I was trying to
forget what a fool I've been."
"Maybe, sir, you will still forget."
When Cleveland had gone, Roger
Barling felt the spirit of dejection
aettle on him. Why in the name of
little apples hadn't he spoken to teee
girl when he had the chance? But
he'd been so rattled with Silver that
he hadn't been prepared for meeting
lier. And then he wondered whethr
after all he hadn't made such a fool
of himself as he would have done had
he recognized her again. She'd treat-
ed him shabbily. She'd deliberately
deceived him—given him to under-
stand that she was all alone in. a cruel,
cruel world when all the time she was
Paul Silver's niece.
But the thought caused him to
pause. If Molly Carstairs were Paul,
Silver's niece, how came it that she
was living on her own in Chelsea?
That didn't seem to fit. The landlady
at Chelsea had been expecting her to
return; in fact Molly had hinted that
someone might be calling to see her.
It was extremely confusing and need-
ed a great deal of explanation.
Then there was the note he had
written her asking her to go about -the
Job he had sought for her. And she had
not replied. Why? Simply because she
had been pulling his leg? She knew
quite well that she didn't need any
job—that she had, in fact, already
got . job—a job as a decoy in Paul
Silver's gambling salon at Hampstead.
"I'm beaten," he told hireself mis-
erably, "beaten to a frazzle. I don't
understand it, and I don't see why
I should be bothering myself about it,
or about her. She's fooled nee, and
that's all there is to it. Goodbye,
Miss Carstairs, that's your trick, and
because I'm not playing any more, it
will be your last."
But if Roger Carstairs thought he
could dismiss Molly Carstairs from
his thoughts in such a manner he was
not one of those men who are, through
the medium of the advertisement, ex-
horted to know theinse's -e..
"After alI," he told himself, as he
wrestled with his boiled shirt an hour
later, "it was jolly queer meeting her
again like that, All the same she
might have said something; .might
have....
In the midst of the dressing some-
one rang the front door bell.
"A gentleman eo see you, sir," an-
nounced Clevelaf°d, "I told him you
were dressing, lrai to was adamant,
sir. His card, sirs"
Barling took the card and read
"Detective -Inspector Blayton, Scot-
land Yard."
"Cleveland, have we committed a
crime? Think, muni Has the Bent-
ley been standing without lights some-
where, or haven't you paid for the
meat?" •
"Not that I recoaleet, sir.'
"Well tell '•ine we'll pay immediate-
ly I„
"I meant about the crime, sir."
The ,young man grunted. "Show the
gentleman. in, Cleveland."
Inspector Slayton was a tall, good-
looking man, with a fresh complexion
and slightly greying hair.. In his own
opinion he should have been promoted
Superintendent at least five years ago,
but the Commissioner had an anti -
Superintendent complex and liked In-
spector Blayton rather well,
"Mr. Barling?" inquired ch Inspec-
tor in a pleasantly cultured voice.
"Sorry to interrupt the ritual and all
that, but I'd like a few words with
you, if I may."
Balding had managed to connect
collar to stud with the assistance of
Cleveland and turned a smiling face to
the Scotland Yard man.
"Thai's all right, Inspector, Cleve -
laid regrets he hasn't paid. It was a
n.ental error; no fraudulent intent,
you know."
"What the duce are you talking
about?" asked the amazed Inspector.
"The neat," supplied Roger blandly.
"It was the neat you came about,
wasn't it?"
Inspector Blayton had been born
with a sense of hu.nor. It had assist-
ed him greatly in his dealings with
lunatics.
"Let's talk about that another
time," he suggested, "What I really
came to see you about was Mr. Car-
ruthers.
Roger Barling immediately became
serious.
• "Do you mind it I give you a
• hisky, Inspector?"
"T..anks—just a little soda, if you
don't mind."
"And now about Carruthers. No-
thing serious, I hope?"
Thi Inspector took a sip at his
glass. "Why should you think that,
Mr. Barling."
"I know him quite well, and—he's
dead," answered Roger, quietly.
"Just so—he's dead. I was not for-
getting that. In. -'act, Mr. Barling,
knowing him as you did, perhaps you
could detail some of his habits for me.
How he used to spend his leisure."
"Might I ask the object of this in-
terview, Inspector?"
"Certainly. To he quite frank with
you, Mr. Barling, it has been sug-
gested to the Yard that the Coroner
was misled as regards his verdict.
That it wasn't altogether an accident."
"You mean he was murdered?"
The Inspector shook his head. "No,
not exactly, but don't you think it
possible that he might have committed.
suicide?"
In that moment the name of Molly
Carstairs flashed with vivid projection
into the young man's mind. Also in
that moment he reali: . d the trend of
the Inspector's 'questioning, and while
he dearly wanted Paul Silver to get
his deserts, he had no desire to drag
the girl into a criminal prosecution.
"That is impossible for me to say,
Inspector. I knew Carruthers quite
well. We had met here and there for
many years. He was a likekable fel-
low, rather headstrong at times, but
always kept the bit between his teeth,
if you know what I mean."
"Yes, I think I do. I suppose you
knew he had been gambling a great
deal?"
"No more than most of us, I sup
pose," smiled Roger, ruefully.
"Do you know where he used to
gamble, Mr. Barling?"
Roger laughed quietly. "Well, In-
spector, seeing that gambling is a sort
of national vice, it would be difficult
to say. Even at the most respectable
parties there are opportunities for a
modest flutter. I shall probably be
inveigled into a game of Chemmy at
Lady Burnacre's tonight. But do you
seriously suggest that Carruther's
co.arnitted suicide as a result of
gambling losses?"
Bailing," he smiled. "Time's no ob-
ject on a case like this, 1 can wait,
and perhaps next time we meet you
may be able to remember."
slowly Inspector Slayton descended
the steps that led to the street. Ile
was in a thoughtful mood. It was
quite obvious to him that Mr. Roger
Barling knew something, The Inspee-
for had been watching his hands.
What the face frequently refused to
disclose, the hands nearly always did,
and Mr. Barling's hands had clenched,
quite involuntarily,
(To be contiry ed.)
Vagabond Song
There is something in the autumn that
is native to my blood—
Touch of manner, hint of mood;.
And my heart's like a rhyme,
With the yellow and the purple and
the crimson keeping time.
The scarlet of the maples can shake
me 11k3' a cry
Of bugles going by.
And my lonely spirit thrills
To see the frosty asters like
upon the hills.
a smo)i;.e,
There is something in October sets the
gypsy blood astir,
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
She calls and calls each vagabond by
name. —Bliss Carman.
2 Nobel Prize Winners
Pirates Still Sail
And Ply Trade
On the Coast of China They
Find Their Prey—Also
Off North Africa
Despite fast liners, long-range
weapons and a world-wide system of
trlegraphic and radio communication,
the pirate still plies his trade, as wit-
nessed by the recent case of the five
Gerina-is who seized a Chinese ship
and were later captured in Dairen,
Manchuria. Every so often come re-
ports of the activities of Chinese
pirates, whose methods the Germans
copied, and of Moors preying on Span-
ish vessels off ti,e coast of Africa.
The North.. African coast regions
have known pirates since the days of
Greece and Rome. And the Far East
bas been the -scene of piratical depre-
dations carried on with great regular-
ity. The China coast is the greatest
remaining centre a operation's. Un-
settled conditions in the war-torn
country and the lack of central auth-
ority have resulted in a plague of
piracy from which even American
and European war vessels have not
been immune, being fired on repeated-
ly from the shores of the Yangtse
River.
The principal depredations in Chi-
nese waters, however, radiate from
the Bias Bay region, where England
found it necessary to employ submar-
ines to check the evil. The coastwise
trade is the chief • sufferer, Chinese
bandits and pirates boarding small
vessels in the open sea and taking
such part of their cargo as is valuable
or can be easily trans -shipped. If the
loot does not :,one up to expectations,.
the more important passengers are,
removed and held for ransom—all too
frequently an ear or a finger accom-
panying the demand on relatives.
This type of operation is carried
on by well organized bands of pirates,
some of whom possess as many as a
dozen vessels, well armed and fast,
and with a spy system in many of the
Chinese ports.
A WOMAN PIRATE CHIEF.
One of the leaders of these pirates
has long been reputed to be a woman,
Lai Choi San, who controls directly
or indirectly a large fleet of junks and
is supposed to have a rough allegiance
paid to her by scattered forces which
have been estimated as high as 40,009
men. Some of her bandit sub -chiefs
have fortified islands off the coast,
and the forces at her disposal have
conducted looting and punitive expe-
ditions into the interior to consider-
able distances.
Another method of the Chinese pi-
rates has been practiced successfully
against large steamers owned by for-
eign companies and carrying Euro-
pean passengers Hundreds of coolies
are shipped, as on the British steamer
Helikon, and at -:a given signal when
the opportunity comes, the supposed
passengers seize the ship, loot it and
kidnap passengers.
Out of Jobs in Germany
Two German -Jewish winnere of
Nobel Prizes are without jobs, sas
"Time." Both are full of years and
distinction. Dr. James Franck, fifty-
one years old, was a professor at Got-
tingen University. He won his prize
in 1925, for experimental physics.
Professor Fritz Haber, sixty-four,
was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm
Institute for Physical and Electrical
Chemistry in Berlin. 'He invented the
important synthesis of atmospheric
nitrogen and hydrogen into a•_nmonia
which supplied Germany with expdo-
sives and fertilizers during the war.
Like Albert Einstein, Haber and
Franck resgned their German jobs to
avoid Adolf Hitler pogrom. •
More than fifty other German -Jew-
ish professors of pure, applied and
medical sciences have either been
forced to resign or have been rudely
thrown out of their chairs. No other
eminent scientihts have followed the
example of Professor Hermann Jacob-
sohn, Indo-Germanic pbilogist at
Darburg, who threw himself under, a
t"ain. But maw a Jaw in Germany
is known to be carrying an ampoule
of poison for escape in case of racy
riot.
A sharp Swedish cartoon recently
flayed the Jewish scientist's plight in
Naziland. The cartoon showed two
brow -beaten Germans eyeing a burly
lout in the Nazi uniform who was
striding through a university ]l U..
First citizen—What is the policeman
doing here? Second citizen—Shl Sh!
That is the pian selected to succeed
Einstein.
"That was what I had in mind, and
as I am—and have been for many
years—interested in gambling parties
in various parts of London, I have
welcomed this opportunity to discover
just where young Carruthers lost so
much money as to cause him to do
what I believe he did."
"Isn't that rather. dangerous, In -
Spector? I mean in view of the Cor-
oner's verdict?"
"Coroner's verdicts are frequently
quite helpful things to Scotland Yard,.
Mr. Barling," smiled Blayton, grimly.
"They sometimes have the effect of
putting people off their guard and
enabling us to get to closer quarters
than we might otherwise be able."
"I see," nodded Roger. "But I'in
afraid I can't help you, It would take
a long time for me to compile a list
of all the places I mat Carruthers, and
I'm rather late as it i Inspector."
Inspector Blayton arose from his
chair and finally emptied his glass.
"There's one thin about me, Mr,
Liverpool Archery Club
Takes Up Lawn Tennis
Liverpool.—Great Britain's ancient
sport of archery is still practiced upon
Merseyside, but the historic Mersey
Bowman Society now numbers mostly
bow -women.
In 1781 the Mersey Bowmen was
a flourishing club. The ground over
which the members shot thea has
long since been covered with houses,
and they have moved out to a corner
of one of the city's beautiful parks.
Nowadays the archery societies' are
closely allied with lawn tennis clubs,
in fact, only about 20 per cent, of the
Mersey Bowmen are actauily bowmen.
The• rest play tennis,
By the same means we do not al-
ways arrive at the same ends.—St.
Real.
aw
Summer Flashes A Timely �.; sok
'hie cheese most largely consumed
in London (England) is Cheddar.
Property worth $100,000,000 is stand-
ing empty in the city of London just
now.
Radium to the value of about $175,-
000 can be.placed in an ordinaryltable-
'spoon.
Out of London's 7,800 taxicabs, 513
were new last year and 800 the year
before.
This year is the centenary year of
the permission granted to London to
have its first main -line railway.
Applications for houses on the Lon-
don County Council estates totalled
more than 200,060 ,in a recent period
of twelve months.
Shipping, laid up in the ports and
rivers of Engand amounted to 3,233,000
tons during the first quarter of this
year,
. Gt. Britain's stamp is, the only one
in the word which does not have to
bear, as part of its design, the name
of the country of origin.
H.M. the King will shortly open the
greatest dry dock in the world. This
has been built at Southampton at a
cost of $10,000,000.
Acidosis Not Due
to Excess of Acid
Acidosis is supposed to result from
the formation of an excess of acid in
the body. Professor Yandell Hender-
son and Leon A. Greenberg of Yale
University threw much cold water on
this view in their National Academy
paper. The .acid of acidosis is lactic
acid. Henderson and Greenberg pre-
vented animals from producing it—
easy to do by giving them small doses
of monoiodoacitie acid and then re-
ducing their oxygen supply. Under
the conditions a bad case of acidosis
was produced, but without the forma-
tion. of any increased amount of lactic
acid. "Some other theory will have
to be developed," is the lacca is con-
clusion of the experimenters..
n Swimming
Writs the Toronto Globe—"At
time Of year when so many liver
are being lost in lake and river
there appears most opportunely'
booklet issued by the National Coun
oil of the Young Men's Christian As
sociations of Canada, entitled. "Swim
ming; Diving and Life -Saving Man
ual." Publications dealing with the
art of swimming have been numer
sus and valuable, and in this bool
an effort has been made to correlate
much 'of the material that has been
issued bearing on the general sub
jeot of aquatics._
"There are -illuminating chapters
on the best methods of teaching
swimming, both' to old and young;
on how to overcome fear; on the
different strokes and their value; on
correct breathing; on diving; and—
of tremendous importance—the most
effective methods of approaching
those in danger of drowning, at all
times a perilous experience.
"Methods of resuscitation are
dealt with at length and in easily
understood terms. There is a page
of "Don'ts for swimmers and non-
swimmers,"
onswininiers," which, if observed, will
go far to prevent tragedies in the
water. Altogether, the book, which
is extensively illustrated, is of great
value to all who contemplate enjoy.
ment of bathing in lake or river dnr'
ing the summer season."
There is no difference in quality be-
tween white and red Cheddar or Che-
shire cheese. The colour is inserted
to please the various districts.
Sixty-five per cent. of the cargoes en-
tering and leaving West Hartlepool
Harbour are carried in Swedish, Dan-
ish and Greek ships.
If all the greenfly in a radius of thirty
miles round London could be com-
pressed into a solid mass it would be
larger than Westminster Abbey.
A cinema screen built up of glass
rods, on which the filmed actors are
shown with more depth, instead of be-
ing just flat representations, has suc-
cessfully passed its first tests in an
American laboratory.
Honey bees as we know them to -day
are not much better than those which
flourished 9,000,000 years ago, accord-
ing to one German scientist. Most
other animals bred by man have been
greatly altered and improved.
An aeroplane was recently used to
transport a herd of dairy cows to the
New Guinea goldfields. A previous
trip on foot over the mountains had
taken six weeks, and all the cattle
died on the way. The air trip took
forty minutes.
Interesting facts as to the popularity
of illm stars with boys and girls came
to light during a recent test in Gt.
Britain. The boys liked best, of male
stars, Laurel and Hardy, Jack ,Holt,
Slim Summerville, Jackie Coogan,
Ronald Colman, and Richard Dix; fe-
male stars, Janet Gaynor, Marie Dress-
ler, Jeanette MacDonald, Joan Craw-
ford, Constance Bennett, and Norma
Shearer. The girls liked,.of the men,
Ronald Colman, Laurel and Hardy,
Jackie Coogan, Robert Montgomery,
Ramon Novarro, and Jack Holt; of the
women, Janet Gaynor, Constance Ben-
nett, • Jeanette McDonald, Norma
Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Evelyn
Laye. Adolphe Menjou and Anna May
Wong came at the bottom of the lists
of boys and girls.
Russian "Sport"
..tory chill conies ander the heading of "si,•ort.," in Soviet Russia, here are some of the boys at
Moscow, a few of the 100,000 citizens that recently took part in a. giant field day •program. Note the
standard of sturdiness,
One Frock Does
Work of Three
Paris Dressmakers Concentrat
ing on New Ideas for
Budget Styles 'to Meet
Reduced Incomes
Paris.—Styles to meet the income
are the latest fashion stein.
With prices already slashed 30 pet
cent. from last year's scale, dress
makers• are concentrating on nest
ideas to make one dress •do the work
of three. Interchangeable jackets,
belts, scarfs, skirts and capes coin.
bined with one or two frocks make
"quick change" costumes ready fox
many affairs.
While the most friyolous perishable
fashions hold sway for chic women
who can afford them, dressmakers are
giving thought to reduced budgets by
bringing out frocks of less costly ma.
terials designed to stand the greatest
possible wear.
Crinkly 'scarfs and jackets are
Schiapareli's offering. A red crinkled
crepe scarf to tie under the chin and
a white scarf to cross under the belt
make one plain dark blue dress r' adz
for morning or afternoon.
Many advance fall styles are like•
wise tuned to meet reduced incomes,
Bruyere makes a skirt and jacket of
mahogany brown wool, with two dif-
ferent blouses. One, of white crepe
makes the ensemble a suit. The other
of the same brown wool converts the
skirt to a dress.
"You aren't going away this sum.
merV'
"No. I've discovered that one
may become engaged on her own
front porch Just as easily If she
sets out to do It."
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