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G'3IAPTErt XVII: Becky reports that Vir-
rYinta Bigelow had entered Vallalncourt's
apartment the preceding night, hunting
!tor the letters, and that he had helped
tier search. They Pound nothing, how-
ever. McCale then calls up Ann, and
tells her to run over to Shari Lynn's
apartment, to see what she can find out.
CHAPTER" XVIII •
The library was dim and still
and only the sound of a piano being
played in the drawing room up- •
stairs came through the oppress-
ing quiet as Adelaide Bigelow
finished her recital of events, and
looked at McCale sadly.
"What are we going to do?"
she asked.
"I think," he answered, "that I
may be able to see a little further,
get a little more than the police
were able to do. That is, if I. can
gain their confidence. If you will
askthem to come ire'—he rose as
she got up, atniled and added—
"one by one, if you please. It
:might be easier that way."
"To trap them, I suppose," she
murmured, surprisingly.
"Why, of course." He bowed,
the smile leaving his lips.
+ + *
He felt the subtle antagonism
Ieeap between them. Then she
came over to him. impulsively put-
ting a thin patrician hand on his
sleeve.
"Forgive me," . she whispered.
"It's only that J's so upset. I
know' how . things must be from
now on. I see a, whole way of life
-disappearing before my eyes, an
empire slipping aay. I know—"
"That below the surface, things
have not been what they seemed
for a long, long time," he inter-
jected, keeping the pity carefully
from his tone of voice, for he knew
that this she would not have.
"Yes—yes. You won't need me
again?" She spoke as if that would
be abhorrent to her.
"No. it is better that I do my
—dirty work alone." He smiled
once `mote, as he watched her
leave the room.
* * *
He stood by the fireplace, star-
ing moodily into the ashes of last
night's fire, until lie heard the door
open and close behind him. When
he turned, he saw Stephen Bigelow
standing irresolute and nervous in
the gray morning light.
It was clear, as he sat down in
the chair opposite McCale, that he
was completely shaken. Although
it was no doubt partly hangover,
McCale intuitively sensed that not
a little of it was due to the fact
that he was on his own. A com-
plex lad, this one, he thought,
riddled by complexes. IIe had seen
enough of Stephen to know that
in spite of his high -nosed arro-
gance, he was lost without the
support of his wife and silly
mother. He pondered as to which
one of them had been clever
enough to send him in First, so
that either or both could expertly
deny any break he might mala.
. * *. * ,
In a business like way, McCale
. said, "I am willing to take the
police report of your actions yes-
terday afternoon verbatim. How-
ever, I'm more interested in some-
thing that may not seem relevant
to the murder. If you will only
have confidence in me, I can assure
you it will 'probably, go no further.
I est it entirely in the hope of
helping your foster sister, Vero-
nica, out of a ticklish situation. I
know, of course, that you arc eager
to be of any assistance possible to
her."
"Oh, quite." The answer came
:readily enough. McCtile studiously
ignored the contemptuous curve
' of the lips that accompanied the
remark.
"Very well, then, I'd like to
know if you had known Curt
'Vallaincourt before he became en-
gaged to Veronica. What you
know of bins. What you thought
of him, to be exact. How, for
instance, did ii happen that be
came so suddenly to this city to be
taken up immediately by your
family,? I'd welcome anything
you can telt me."
He saw the relief come over
Stephen's face, relief that the
question was not the one he had
feared. Stephen smiled—a thin-
lipped, uneasy smile.
41 met him in Chicago," he said
calmly, "about six years ago. -Vic-
toria was running around with him,
I had gone there for a couple of
months, just to renew a few old
acquaintances."
* * *
' Anyone in particular?"
"No." His hands shook a little
as he fumbled for a cigarette and
lighted it. "Just a couple of fellows
I had known in the navy. At one
time, you see, things were not very
—Well, pleasant at home. I ran
away and joined up. I made a few
friends while I was in the service.
1. corresponded with them from
time to time after I got out. We
are not a particularly happy group,
McCale, en famille, so to speak.
Sn—er—a little squawky,I decided
to hop out to Chicago and visit a
chap who '',ad since . married and
done quite well for himself."
"Sort of run away again, is that
it?" MrCale's grin was sardonic.
He thought—as you've run out on
everything unpleasant since you
were ,. kid, ' 1 can bet.
"Well, I suppose you could call
it that"
"You took Victoria with .you?"
* * *
'No, she came to -fetch me back,
as it were. All is forgiven, you
know That sort of thing. Vic-
toria had met Curt in some of her
wanderings. I had met Karen by
th,'t, and didn't want to leave until
there was some sort of under-
standing between us. We stayed
almost a year, until I married her.
Vicky corresponded with Vallain-
conre for a while after she came;
home. It was she who finally got
him here. Ran into him lay acci-
dent in New York or something,
and she brought him along for a
visit. He just stayed that's all."
Fe settled back. in the chair, a
little less jangled, as if a job had
been done and rather well done.
M' -Cale settled back in his chair
tied looked at Stephen Bigelow
with unconcealed' disgust. Tlien
he decided - to try a shot in the
dark and see what it -would hit.
"0 course you know that Curt
Vallamcourt was married at some
time in his lively career."
"Oh, yes. lie', was," Stephen
admitted, completely ofl guard.
• "To Shari Lynn" . y
"You knew her, too?"
K * *
"Sarah Linsley to you," Bigelow
blurted, then bit his lip, •realizing
the trap.
"You knew her too?"
"I'd met her. We all met once or
twice. Bue he divorced her, you
know."
McCale changed the direction of
his next questions strategically and
said with the suddenness of a cata-
pult, "You were spying on your
wife and Curt Vallaincourt at The
.White Abbey sight before last,
weren't you ?" -
"No, indeed. i just happened to
be there. I saw them talkitg. What
of it? Karen comes and goes as
she pleases."
"You didn't, then, suspect her,
say, of having an affair or some
secret connection with 'him = say
something she wished to keep from
you?"
*
"Not at all, Mr, MeCale. What-
ever gave you that absurd idea?"
Mr, McCale thought—he has, been
lying to hie now for the last three
minutes.
He shrugged. "You haven't a
thing to tell me that might help the
growing case against Veronica,
then?" he asked.
"Nothing at all."
'Steplreii rose, well aware that he
had acquitted himself, in his own
mind anyway, with some success—
that the interview was over, He
paused at the door.
"Who is next for the inquisit-
ion?" he asked mockingly,
(To Be Continued)
IN POVERTY«STRICKEN GREECE
Their home, a shack in the slums, Georgia .Iialoulou and her family
manage to keep alive. The children sell flowers in order to purchase
food. The current campaign to raise $1,500,000 in the Canadian
Relief to Greece Appeal is an attempt on the part of Canadians to
help provide medical care and hospital equipment for the sick and
the diseased in Greece,. Many of these are children.
There are more than a million
people absolutely homeless in
Greece today. There are two mil-
lion souls suffering from tuberculo-
and chronic malaria. There are
375,000 orphan children. These are
the results of the stand taken by
the Greek people against the Axis
drive through Southern Europe.
Facts like these are being pointed
out by officials, of the Canadian
Relief to Greece Appeal committee
which is now organized and cam-
paigning for $1,500,000 to be spent
in Canada on medical and hospital
supplies for shipment to disease -
stricken Greece.
The former P U.N.R.R.A.- chief
whose organization withdrew from
Greece the end of March, urged
further assistance and pressed for
the success of a fund-raising appeal.
By voluntary contribution, Can-
adians have already sent approxi-
mately $4,500,000 worth of medical
supplies and concentrated food con-
signments. But this help must be
continued, officials emphasize, if
the children of Greece are to have
a chance to grow into healthy, self-
supporting men and women.
Major General L. R. La Fleche,
Canadian Ambassador to Greece
'says in a letter to the Greek com-
mittee: "I trust that the excellent
work of the Canadian 'Relief to
.Greece Appeal will be continued be-
cause after U.N.R.R.A. leaves
Greece, some organization will
simply have to continue to do some-
thing for the people here who have
not yet recovered from the terrible
losses of the war and the occupa-
tion. Would you try' to contrive to
keep things going?"
Canadians who want to send in
a contribution no matter how small,
are asked to get in touch with the
local committee or mail their dona-
tion direct to the Canadian Relief
'Greecec e Appeal, Committee
Rooms, 36 Adelaide St. E., Toronto.
An _official receipt will be mailed
acknowledging the contribution
Sunday School Lesson
Fall of Northern Kingdom
2 Kings 17:5-12, 22-23; Isaiah 28:1-4
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knoweth the way of the righteous:
but the way of the ungodly. shall
perish.--,t'salm 1:6,
"The Lord knoweth the way of
the righteous, but the way of the
ungodly shall perish."
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That is as true concerning peoples
and nations as it is of individuals.
And it as 'true today as it was in
ancient times.
Ten of the 12 tribes of Israel, it
will be recalled, had revolted under
Jeroboam, the rebel against Solo-
mon. Jeroboam returned from
Egypt to lead the successful revo-
lution against Rehoboam, Solomon's
son, when the latter refused to
lighten the burdens that Solomon
had imposed Upon the people. Two
tribes, Judah and Benjamin, re-
mained loyal to Solomon's suc-
cessor in, the Southern Kingdom,
* * .
The Northern Kingdom, with its
10 tribes, should have been the
stronger. But it had in it from the
beginning ' elements of dissolution
and defeat. Jeroboam, who came to
power, was not long revealing his
baseness.
The . weakness had the familiar
aspects of all social failure and
deterioration—dishonesty and cor-
ruption in public and in private
life, licentiousness and debauchery
among the well-to-do, disregard of
the poor, exploitation of the people.
*- * e,
This is a temperance lesson, and
the prophesies of the time in their
revelation of the social abuses
stress how large a part strong
drink had in breaking down morale,
bringing woe and destruction upon
the nation.
Temperance lessons and lectures
are not popular today. The preva-
lent psychology is favorable to
drinking and indulgence, where a
generation ago it was favorable to
total abstinence. It is fair to make
a distinction between drinking and
drunkeness, between use and abuse
of intoxicants.
But it important to remember
that intoxicating liquor has in it
inherent dangers.
The Northern Kingdom went
down in ruin, and any nation that
does not overcome evil with good
is doomed to disaster.
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Hatred Must Not
Embitter Grief
DEAR ANNE H' R ST: Four •
* months ago my brother was killed
* in an automobile accident, A
neighbor's b o y
asked him to go
riding, said it
was a friend's
car. There was
an accident and
the other boy,
though hurt, ran
off and left my
brother alone!
It seems he had
stolen the car,
and was afraid he'd be found out
He lied about his own injury —. and
I only learned the truth when I saw
my brother in the hospital a little
while before he died. I want you to
tell me what to do when I dee this
boy. I feel like killing him! I can't
tell you how I hate him. Will you
help me? I don't want to do the
wrong thing.—Mrs. A. H. M.
k * *
* OUT OF YOUR HANDS
A few years ago, the little son of
a friend of mine was killed by an-
other boy who was playing with a
shotgun. The first act of the dead
lad's mother was to go to see the
'other boy's family and tell them how
sorry she felt for them all. She
knew the . tragedy was accidental,
and she realized that this young boy
would carry the grief of it through
all his •life. She was and is a great
lady.
Your hatred of this boy, who was
the cause of your brother's death, is
the first natural reaction to shock.
It will, I believe and hope, pass.
You will remember That his punish-
ment is out of your hands. Life will
never let hint forget, and through-
out all his years he will ' live in the
shadow of the thing he has done,
Leave hint to Fate.
For your own sake, you cannot
afford to nourish this bitterness
against him. It will poison all your
thinking, it will destroy your synm-
polities ; it will change you from a
gentle, Christian woman into a
'spiteful person whose soul will slow-
ly shrivel. Your life is before you.
Will you snake it an evil life?
You will never get over the grief
of your brother's death. But you
can get over this hatred you feel
now and even, some day, come to
feel the compassion we 'all must
try to cherish toward those who
.suffer front the consequences of
their own weakness.
• HUSBAND NEEDS SHOCK
DEAR ANNE HIRST: I have been
* married 15 years, nd I am in a
* daze. My husband won't stay
* home and act like a married man.
* If it were not for the other worn-
* an, I feel we could be happy again,
* for I love him dearly. I have even
* offered to divorce him. I have
* tried everything! We own our
* business, which I have been run-
* ning—he'd rather be foot -loose.
We don't get to go anywhere to-
* gether. I'm afraid this will get the
* best of me. The children love
* their Daddy and need him, but
* they are beginning to understand.
* Is there any way to shock him
* into a sense of his responsibil-
* ities? It is tip to me to make some
* move! You have helped so many—
* can you help me?
—Puzzled Wife Thelma.
:µ * *
It is time, indeed, that you put
your foot down. Tell this skittish
husband of yours that you cannot
run his business and take care of
the children and the home any long-
er. He must take .,ver his respoit-
sibilii es or you are through. '
Yost have been too easy with hint
—yet I can understand why. Now be
firm, and let hint see that you mean
what you say. He roust be made to
see that he cannot own a business
and neglect it, any more than he can
have a wife and children if he neg-
lects them. Either you will take the
children and leave, or he must. 1
think this will give him the shock
you and 1 agree he needs.
Don't play the part or Fate.
Anne Hirst will help. Write her
Box "A," 73 Adelaide St. West,
Toronto.
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