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By EDGAR WALLACE
(Continued from last week)
VIII
"Ursula ArdfernI She is. not the
kind of person who would mislay her
jewels for the sake of a few lines of
advertising,' he said. "Where did
she lose them?
"It is rather a curious story," said
the editor, leaning back in his chair,
his hands clasped behind his head.
"She went into a post office on Satur-
day morning on her way to the the-
atre for the matinee, bought some
stamps, putting the jewel case down
on the counter by her side. When
she looked round the case was gone.
It 'happened so suddenly and in such
a surprisingly short space of time
that she could not believe her eyes,
and did not even complain to the post
office officials. Her own story is, that
she thought she must • be suffering
from some kind of delusion and that
she had not brought the jewel case
out at all. She went back to her
suite at the Central Hotel and search-
ed every room. By the time she was
through, it was near the hour for her
matinee, and she hurried down to the
theatre -anyway, to cut a long story
short, she did not report her loss to
the police until this morning."
"She wouldn'E•;' said Tab stoutly.
"She's the kind of girl who would
hate the publicity of it and would do
all she could to make sure there was
not a simple explanation of their loss
before she put the matter in the has
of the police."
"You know her, eh?"
"I know her in the sense that :. re-
porter knows almost everybody, from
the Secretary of State to the hang-
man," said Tab, "but I'll take this
story' if you like. There will be no-
thing doing on the Trasmere case be-
fore the evening. She stays at the
Central, does she?"
The other nodded.
"You will need to exercise a little
ingenuity," he said, "especially if
what you say about her hating pub-
licity is true. I'd like to get a photo-
graph of the actress who hated pub-
licity and hang it up in this office,"
he added.
At the Central Hotel Tab found him-
self up against a blank wall.
"Miss Ardfern is not receiving cal-
lers," said the inquiry clerk. He was
not even certain that she was in.
"Will you send my card up?"
The clerk very emphatically said
that he owuld not send up anybody's
card. Tab went straight to the su-
preme authority. Fortunately he
knew the hotel manager very well,
but on this occasion Crispi was not
inclined to oblige him.
"Miss Ardfern is a very good cus-
tomer of ours, Holland," he said, "and
we don't want to offend her. I will
tell you, in the strictest confidence,
that Miss Ardfern is not in the ho-
tel."
"Where ie she?"
":She went away this morning in
her car to her country cottage. She
always spends Sunday and Sunday
night in the country, and I know that
she does not want to see any report-
ers, 'because she came back this morn-
ing especially to tell me that the staff
were . to answer no inquiries relative
to herself."
"Where is this 'country cottage -
come on, •Crispi, wheedled Tab, "or
the next time you have a robbery in
this hotel I'•ll make a front page item-
of
temof it."
"That is blackmail," murmured
Crispi, protestingly: "I am afraid. I
cannot tell you, •• Holland. Maybe if
you got a Hertford directory---"
In the,,.offce library he found the
directory and turned - its "pages. A-
gainst the name of "Ardfern, .Ursula"
was •"Stone Cottagef near Blisville
Village."
The distance from town was some
forty-five miles, and the route car-
ried him past an unfinished building.
which one day was to play its part
in the ending of many mysteries. Tab
covered the ground on a fast motor-
cycle in just over an hour. He leant
his machine against a very trim hedge
opened the high garden gate, and
walked into the beautiful little gar-
den that surrounded Stone Cottage,
which was not ill -named, though the
stone which composed its walls was
completely hidden by purple -flower-
ing creeper.
In the shade of a tree he saw a
white figure stretched` at her ease, a
figure which sat- bolt upright in her
deep garden chair at the click of the
gate -lock.
"This is toe bad of you, Mr. Tab,"
said Ursula Ardfern repro4chfully,.
"I particularly asked Crispi not to
tell anybody where I was."
"Crispi didn't tell. 'I found you in
a directory," said Tab cheerfully. -
The sunlight was (very kind to Urs-
ula, and it seemed to him that she
looked even more beautiful in these
surroundings than she had in the
generous setting and the more merci-
ful lighting of the theatre.
She was slimmer than he had
thought, and conveyed an extraordin-
ary impression of hurt youth. Some-
where, some time, this girl had suf-
fered, he thought, yet there was no
hint of old pain in her unlined face,
no suggestion of sorrow or remorse
in her clear 'blue eyes.
"I suppose you have come to cross•
examine me' about my jewels," she
said, "and I will allow you, on one
condition, to ask me any question you
wish."
"What is the condition?" he smiled.
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Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ;
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England; University Hospital, Lon -
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minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5.
Night calls answered from residence,
'"Victoria Street, Seaforth,
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Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross
Graduate of Northwestern Univers-
ity, Chicago, Ill. Licentiate Royal
College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto.
Office -over Sills' Hardware, Main St.,
Seaforth. • Phone 161.
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Graduate Royal College of Dental
Surgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R.
Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea -
forth. Phones: Office, 185W; resi-
dence, 185J.
CONSULTING ENGINEER,
S. W. Archibald, B.A.Sc., (Tor.),
O.L.S., Registered Professi'onal En-
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Member Engineering Institute of Can-
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AUCTIONEERS
pensive as most people thought and
that I am not insured against loss by
theft."
"All of which II will faithfully re-
cord," said Tab. "I am an honest man
and keep my promises. •I admit it."
"And now I will tell you, for your
own private ear," she said, "that if I
never see those jewels again I shall
be a very happy woman."
-He looked at her openmouthed.
"You dont think -I am posing, do
you?" She looked round at him
suspiciously. "I see that you don't.
I am not in the least worried that I
shall have to play the part with pro-
perty jewels as I did last night"
"Why didn't you go to the police
before?" he asked.
"Because I didn't," was her unsat-
isfactory but uncompromising reply.
"You may put 'whatever interpreta-
tion you like upon my slackness. You
maysay or think that it was because
of - my humanity,.my desire to save
some person from being accused, or
coming under suspicion of having
stolen the pieces, when all the time
they were smug in my bureau draw-
er, or you may think or say that I
did not want to make a fuss about
them. In fact," she smiled., "you can
do or say what you wish."
"You don't remember who was
standing by you-"
She stopped him with a gesture.
"I remember nothing except that I
bought ten stamps."
"What was the jewellery worth?"
he persisted.
She shrugged her shoulders.
"I can't even tell you that," she
said.
"Had they any history?"
She laughed.
"You are very persistent, Mr. Tab.
Her eyes were smiling at him, though
her face was composed. "And now
since you have surprised me in my
Abode of Quiet, I must show you ov-
er my little domain."
She took him round the garden and
through the tiny pine wood at the
back of the house, chatting all the
time; and then after leaving him, as
she said, to ensure that her room
was tidy she beckoned him into a
large and pleasant sitting -room,
tastefully, if not expensively furnish-
ed, a cool quiet haven of rest.
He had arrived at two o'clock and
it was five o'clock before he reluct-
antly took his leave. And all that
afternoon they had talked of books
and of people, and since she had not
mentioned or spoken of the murder
which had engrossed his thoughts un-
til her soothing presence had made
Mayfield seem very remote and crime
a thing of distaste, he did not intro-
duce so jarring a discordance into the
lavender atmosphere of her, retreat.
"What kind of story do you call
this?" snapped the news -editor when
Tab handed him two folios of copy.
"From a literary point of view,"
said Tab, "it is a classic."
"From a news point of view, it is
rotten," said the editor. "The only
new fact you have discovered is that
she loves Browning, and maybeeven
the police know that!"
He grumbled, but accepted the copy
and with his blue pencil committed
certain acts of savage mutilation,
what time was Tab` making his final
roundup of the Trasmere case.
Here again very little new matter
was available. Walters and the man
Wellington Brown were still at liber-
ty, and he had to confine himself to
a sketch of Transmere's life, material'
for which had, from time to time,
been sepplied to him by the 'Babe_
The new millianaire he had not
seep all day. When he got home
that night he found Rex. Lander in
bed and asleep and did not disturb
him. He was tired to death and more
anxious to make acquaintance with
his hard pillow than he was to dis-
cuss Ursula Ardfern. In truth, he
was not prepared' to discuss Ursula
at all with any third person.
"I just loafed around," said Rex
the next morning, when asked to give
an account of his movements. "I had
a very bad night and was up early.
You were sleeping like a pig when
I looked in. I read your story in The
Megaphone -by the way, you know
that Miss Ardfern's jewellery has
been stolen?"
"5I 'know that very well indeed,"
said Tab, "I saw her yesterday."
Rex was instant attention.
"Where?" he asked eagerly. "What
is she like, Tab -I mean off the stage.
Is she as beautiful -what colour eyes
has she?"
Tab pushed back his chair and
frowned at the young man across
the table.
"Your curiosity is indecent," •he
said severely; "really, Rex, I never
dreamt that you were so interested
in the lady."
Rex did not meet his eyes.
"I think she is very beautiful," he
saki doggedly. `QI'd give my head to
spend a day with her."
"Phew!" said Tab. "Why, you
young devil, you are in love with
her!" '
Rex's babyish face went crimson.
"Stuff," he said loudly. "I amt vlery
fond of her. I have seen her a hun-
dred times, I suppose, though I have
never spoken to her once. She is my
idea of the perfect woman. Beauti-
ful of face, with the loveliest voice
I have ever heard. I am going to
know her one day."
This revelation of
passion was, for some
Tab could not define,
disquieting one.
"My dear Babe," he said more
mildly; "the young lady is not of the
loving or marrying sort- -"
Suddenly he remembered.
"Why, you are a• millionaire now,
Babel, JumpingMosesl"
• Rex blushed again, and then Tab
'urhi9tled.
.. !"Iia you mean in all eeriousnesS
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voice.: ' g4 sA'ra ,t ed when I heard
a fellefe e , e as go1419 to be
married that 1 4a4tpo send you to
see her."
Tab interr>•upf d loam with a roar
of delightful laugher,
"So that Was whir I was sent on
a fool's errand,' els?" he asked, his
eyes dancing. "Ton subtle dog! Iy
was to bring balm to your bruised
heart that an eminent crime special-
ist must stead; hat in hand, in the
dingy purlieus of a playhouse, beg-
ging admissi nr to the great actress's
dressing room." 'He was serious in a
moment. - 9 hope this isn't a very
violent attachment of yours, Rex,"
he said quietly. "In the first place
it struck' me that Ursula Ardfern is
net of the marrying kind, that even
your great possessions would not
tempt her. In the second place-"
he stopped himself.
"Well?" asked . Rex impatiently.
"Whatever other just cause or im-
pediment do you see?"
"1 dont know that it is any busi-
ness of mine," said Tab, "and I cer-
tainly am not in a position to, give
you fatherly advice."
"You mean that an actress is the
worst kind of wife 'a man can have,
I suppose. I have heard all that rub-
bish before, Poor Uncle Jesse, when
I spoke about it -e-"
"You spoke to him of your-L.liking
for Ursula Ardfern?" asked Tab in
surprise.
"Of course I didn't," said the other
scornfully. "I approached it in a
roundabout sort of, way. Uncle Jesse
foamed at the mouth. It was then
he told me that he was going to leave
all his money away from me. He
said horrible things about actresses."
Tab was silent, a little puzzled at
himself. What did it matter to him,
anyway, that Rex Lander should be
head over heels in love with the girl?
Yet for some mysterious reason, he
regarded Babe's passion as a per-
sonal affront to himself. It was ridic-
ulous, childish in him and he laughed
softly.
"You think it is darned funny, 1
daresay," growled Rex, getting up
from the table in a huff.
"I was laughing at myself for
daring to give advice," said Tab
truthfully.
IX
Rex was in • his own room when
Carver called.
"I have had a talk with some of
the High Ones," he said, "and put it
up to them that you might be of
assistance to me. First of all they
were horrified at the idea of a news-
paper reporter being allowed even to
smell inside information, but I per-
suaded them at last. I am on my
way down to the house now, and I
thought I would pick you up. I am
going through those boxes that we
didn't search on Saturday."
Tab heard with mingled feelings.
To assist the police actively meant
that his newspaper stories would suf-
fer. He would not be allowed to use
any of ,the information he secured,
except in the tamest, most colourless
form. If he remained outside, he was
fairly certain to get a line to the
crime, which he might use without
laying himself open to the charge of
breaking faith. There was no time
to discover the mind of his chief on
the subject -he had to make an in-
stant decision.
"I'll go," he said. "This means, of
course, that I shall only be able to
write the punk stuff that the evening,
papers print, but I'll take a chance."
He was surprised, when he came
out into Doughty Street, to find that
a private car had been placed at
Carver's disposal. Knowing the pars-
imony of headquarters, he expressed
his surprise.
"It is Mr. Trasmere's own. He has
had it garaged for the past year, but
Mr. Landergave us permission to get
itout, and offered to pay the running
expenses."
"Good old Babe," said Tab, sinking
back into the carriage seat. "He
didn't tell me anything about it."
Nearing the house, Carver broke
the silence.
• "I have something to show you
later.," he. said. "Our men have been
at the post office all night, making
inquiries as to Mr. Trasmere's cor-
respondence. It appears that he has
had a, whole lot during the past year
or twp. We shall probably come a-
cross it in the boxes that remain un-
searched. But that -wasn't the big
thing' we found. Most of the' tele-
graph staff were off duty yesterday.
It was only this morning that we
learnt a telegram had been received
at Mayfield about ten minutes before
Walters disappeared."
When they were in the sitting'•room
and the door was closed, Carver pro-
duced the telegram from his pocket.
It was handed in at the General Post
Office and ran:
"Remember 17th July, 1913. New-'
castle police coming for you at three
o'clock."
It was unsigned.
"I have been searching the news-
paper files this morning," said Carver,
"to 'discover the reference to that
date. On the 17th July, 1913, I find
that Felling was sent down• at New-
castle for seven years and the judge
said that if he ever came before him
again on a similar charge he would
send- him down for life."
"Then the telegram was despatch-
ed by some friend of Walters?" sug-
gested Tab.
Carver nodded.
"It was delivered five minutes be-
fore he disappeared; that is to say,
exactly at five minutes to three. • I
have seen the lad who delivered the
telegram, and he says that Walters
himself took in the message."
"Would that account for his dis-
appearance?"
,
what 'hour
can..te)l
Ile. folu'e ,t be t� 1e rami. 'and nu?t% l
away, thus unloekiug the ,door AS*
the study; which let to the passage
he wept clown the Steps and, stepping
only to' switch on the lightzs; Made his
wary into the vault, One iyne the
boxes were taken down, emp�f; i, . gi
their contents, and carefully examin-
ed.
• Money as everywhere: bank notes,
treasury bills, money in the greasy
notes of a Chinese Government bank,
money in the shape of Gieek drach-'
as and Italian lira. Sometimes a
ox would contain nothing .but these
va!uable squares of paper, sometimes
�a.' box held thick packets of corres-
pondence addressed to Trasmere, at
queer ,looking towns in Northern
China. All bore the same clerkly
number, generally written in green
ink, and none of them threw any
light whatever upon the tragedy they
were investigating.
In the last box of all the corres-
pondence was more recent. It was
mostly, typewritten copies of letters,
evidently addressed by,the dead man
to •`yarious corporations with whom
he had dealings, and these they went
through letter by letter.' .,
"Where were those tyjed?" said
Carver. "And when? He doesn't
seem to have kept a secretary."
Until that moment Tab had forgot-
ten the discovery of the typewriter
key cover. Now he referred to the
find.
"But he used to go out every night
at half-pastsix and remain away un-
til half -past eight," said Tab. "Prob-
bably he went to some typewriting
office -there are a few in the city
which; make a speciality of after-
hours work."
"That is possible," admitted Car-
ver. "There is nothing here. I have
sent anything that looked important
to the translators -.I don't think it is
worth while sending the trading ac-
counts of '89." He put the papers
carefully back into the box. "And
that's thelot," he said.
Tab was standing with his back to
the lower shelf to the right hand of
the door, and his fingers were idly
touching the plain strip of steel when
he felt something underneath and,
looking down, saw that the obstruc-
tion which his fingers had found was
one of two slides on which hung a
drawer. They had been pushed so
far back that it was impossible to see
it from where they had stood.
The detective stooped and picked it
out.
"Hullo," he said, "what are these?"
He brought out first a small box of
Chinese workmanship. It was .ex-
quisitely lacquered in pale green.
Lifting off the lid he saw that it was
empty.
"Nothing there -some curio he was
hoarding," said Carver.
Next he produced a small brown
jewel -case from the drawer, and put-
ting it on the broad shelf, opened it.
Even before he saw the heart -
shaped ruby brooch that was pinned
to the satin lining of the lid, Tab
knew what it was.
"Those are Ursula Ardfern's jew-
els," he said, and they looked at one
another.
"The jewels that were stolen on
Saturday morning?" asked the detec-
tive incredulously.
Tab nodded, and the detective took
out an emerald cross, turned it over,
looked at its face, then put it back
again.
"On Saturday morning," he said
slowly, "if I remember the facts,,,,a-,;,
right, and'I only read them in the
newspaper this morning, Miss Ursula
Ardfern went into a post office to buy
some stamps. Whilst she was there
she put her jewel case by her side,
and Iooking round, discovered it was
gone. Thinking she• had made some
mistake, she went back to her hotel
and searched her room. She report-
ed it to the police on Sunday morn-
ing."
That is the case as I understand
it," said Tab, who was as dumbfound-
ed as his companion.
"And three or four hours after
Miss Ardfern lost her jewels, Tras-
mere was murdered in this room. The
jewels were here at that time, be-
cause obviously nobody has been in
or out of this room since Trasmere
was murdered, except possibly the
murderer; in other wards, in the space
of two hours the jewels were stolen
and conveyed to Jesse Trasmere and
locked in his strong -room -why?"
He stared at Tab.
Tab could only stare 'hack. Carver
scratched his head, massaged the back
of his neck irritably, rubbed his chin
and then: "In other circumstandes
one would say that Trasmere was a
receiver. I have known some very
unlikely people who were receivers
of stolen property and grew rich on
the proceeds, end I have known very
unlikely folk to loan money, not only
to actresses, but very substantial peo-
ple, on the security of their jewels
Had we not Miss Ardfern's report of
their loss, the obvious explanation
would have been that these had been
pledged to Trasmere in security for
a loan."
"I am perfectly sure she doesn't
know Trasmere.. I happen to be -an
-•-an acquaintance of hers," said Tab
quickly.
Again the detective was giving
contortional evidence of his perplex-
ity. His long face was longer still,
his down -turned face more melan-
choly.
"Any way, there is no question of
pledge. The only thing we have to
decide is, whether he was the kind of
man who would receive stolen prop-
erty." He glanced round at the black
boxes which filled the shelves and
shook his head. "The probability is
all against that theory," he said.
Trasmere was too much a man to run
the risk. Besides, we should have
found other property. It is not like-
ly that he would act as receiver for
one gang of thieves, and for only
one of their crimes."
He hoisted himself to the top of
the table, pushed his hands in his
trousers pockets and, with his chin on
his breast, considered.
"Bging up that chair." She pointed
across the strip of lawn. "Now sit
down'"; and when he lied obeyed, "The
Condition is this: that you will con-
fide, yourself to saying that I have
no ,recollection of the jewels being
taken, but I shall be very glad to
have them back and pay a suitable
reWavli.;:that, 4th01,4wers not• as ex -
Babe's secret
reason, which
an extremely
1 f'i:;f•�gor �e"lir �,�„�)
o) 4anw1e icla"kixr
axi, ,/#hexie huu
t ux�ted to ab
fiwithout ha i tp +epxe
at'
fliq p ecas In tllat ibo,x,'''nhe saii
'think it air •abso",'ii*te'ly cel'tatnV '.
thoaei jewels are Mb* tdfern<t5 .-Sbj
gave a fairly complete lei* to .the po
lice, but could not retnennber ever;
item We will go alpng and thea]
our inventory.
He had notbeen at work l9ng be.
fore it was clear that the ,jewellery
was Ursula Ardfern.'s property.
",Go along and see her, Tab," said
Carver, ,"Take the empty 'box with'
youe-we had better hold en • to the
jewellery a little longer -and ask her
to identify the case."
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fit
ca
X
Ursula had only arrived a few
minutes before Tab reached the Cen-
tral Hotel, and the ban against re-
porters must have been lifted, because
Ursula. saw him immediately.
-She took the case from his hand
slowly, and with •a face from Whence
all expression had fled.
"Yes, this is mine," • she said. She
lifted the lid. "Where are the jew-
els?" she asked quickly.
"The police have those."
"The police?" ✓
"It was found in the strong -room
of Jesse Trasmere, the old man who
was murdered on Saturday afternoon,
said Tab. "Have you any idea how
they came into his possession?"
"None," she said emphatically. "IA
did not know Mr. Trasmere."
He told her about the murder, but
aparently she had already read the
details and seemed loath to discuss
the matter until he told her the part
that he himself was taking in the
tracking of the murderer.
"Where did you find these?" she
asked. u
"In his strong -room. The curious bo
thing is, we turned out all the xes,
f
ran over all the papers, and ound
nothing of importance. It was only
by accident that we discovered, this push-
ed
• It was in a little drawer cash-
ed far under one o the shelves."
"You went through all the papers,"
she reheated mechanically. "What
sort of papers -did he belie -many?"
Tab,
"Quite a number," said Tab sur-
prised . that after definitely a de-
cidedly changing the subject she had
returned to it voluntarily. "Oldbills
S,
and accounts, copies , of letter f and
that sort of thing. Nothing o any
0
very great importance. Why d you
ask?"
"I had a friend once, a girlwho
was interested in Mr. Trasmere," she he
answered. "She told me that was
s
keeping a number of document con-
nected with her family.. No, I don't a
remember her name. She was n ac-
tress I met on tour."
"There was nothing in his papers
except purely business records," said
Tab. a
Tab was very sensitive to tnios-
phere. He could have sworn wen he
came into the room that she hadkey-
ed herself up to meet him. Thee was
no reason why she should exc t the
reluctance to discuss the robbe , and
she had maintained that tens atti-
tude throughout the interview. Now
he was as certain that she was eliev-
ed. 'He sensed, rather than s w, a
relaxation of mind. Probably t wasin
only his imagination, but imag ration
had never played such a tric upon
him before.
"When are the police going give
me my beautiful jewels?" she asked
almost gaily.
"I am afraid they will retai those
until after the court proceedi s are
through. There must be ani quest
you know-"•
"Oh," she said, and seemed disap-
pointed.. q Then again she retu ed to
the murder. "It seems all so- dread-
ful and mysterious," she said uietly.
"How do you account for it, . Hol-,
land? One of the newspape says
that it was im.possible that anyother
hand than Mr. Trasmere's couldhave
locked the ';door, and yet they re eq-
ually certain that he did not ommit
suicide. And who is the man Brown
for whom they are searching? "
"He is an adventurer fro China
who was at some time or othe a sort
,
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r
ep
ry
e
r
a
i
k
LO
n
ng
"Th, a sense it might, yet it does
not necessarily follow that Walters
is innocent of the murder. The tele-
gram may have.come to him immedi-
ately after the murder was commit-
ted and neve decided him to get a-
tiay: • t`f "he 'was responsible for the
murder, there would, be even more
rddeon why he sho{lld. leave in a
lntiin?y, ; The arrival Of t'he police, who
would find the body, 'would; of coarse,
have heen,fatal to an.
"Did:. • ," " e. Wellington
hit hod gto
y y
IMAM go into the house?" asked
n
r
Mr
rs
A
c
m
r
of secretary to old Trasmere."
"A secretary?" she said quickly.
"A man -how do you know that?"
"Brown told me himself. I saw
him the day before the murder. Ap-
parently Trasmere had treated him
badly and had held him off for years
by paying him a sum of money."
She bit her hp in thought.
"Why did he come back?" she said,
half to herself. "He might have liv-
ed comfortably on the allowance. I
suppose it was a good allowance?"
she added quickly. "That is all you
want to see me about, Mt•. Holland?"
"You may have to go to the police
station to identify the jewellery,"
said Tab; "and they are pretty cer-
tain tb ask you how the box came
into Mr. Trasmere's possession."
She did not answer this, and he left
her with an odd feeling of uneasi-
ness.
Going to report the result of his
interview to Carver, he found that
energetic man crawling about the
vault on all fours. He looked over
his shoulder at the sound of Tab's
fnets teps.
"Was Saturday wet or fine?" he
asked.
"It was a particularly fine day."
"Then this must be a blood impres-
ion." He ointed to the floor and
vl'4l
y wife
swelled 14'l'su
iballsanb ';mss
for two 'wdelp, )leis 0 1
legs and feet f2,el, ea
Excess fat is eaus,ed
kidneys . and bowls, 'they
organs ofthe bo.y failfgr
work properly. They do•:3tore
that waste material rhes pro
digestion.: This accux{nnlat
before you realize it, -y#07'
hideously fat. Ther ,"litt "flat r
of Kruschen Salts tones -ape ei
ating organs to perform thelx :py
properly. Slowly but surely the;
gainly massesr of fat . dieappeaxi;
what: you lose. in weight you*
unbounded health and vitality.,
years drop off as the fat melts' 'a'ay-
leaving you energetic,, youthful and
vigorous.
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at
OYSTER, AND IODINE FOR
STOMACH ILLS
Gastronomical therapeutics is the
latest addition to medical science -in
other words, the curing of the ills of
the flesh not by restricting "one's• diet,
but by calling in the culinary art to
the assistance of the doctor.
The matter was discussed' by the
French Academy of Medicine.
The discussion arose over a com-
munication of Dr. Rene Loubatle,^bf
Bordeaux, and his laboratory assist-
ant, a chemist named Sailer, who ad-
vocate the eating or iodized oysters
for the prevention and cure of many
intestinal complaints.
Dr. Louba'tie contended! that six
iodized oysters taken at the two
principal meals of the day for a "fort-
night was the finest possible for stows
achic ills.
He explained that the iodine was
not administered directly to the oys-
ters, but an appropriate quantity of
it was placed in the oyster park. It
rendered them, he said; valuable Med-
icinal foods without diminishing their
nutritive properties or altering their
flavor.
There is no universal standard of
excellence. Either brains, or mighty
muscles make the proper"man; de-
pending on which , you have. -Robert
Quillen.
It is a severe commentary on our
prisons that neither the people inside
nor those outside of them are satis-
fied with them. -New York Herald
Tribune.
Mayor Jimmy Walker says he can
seen no difference between a horse
race and the stock market. He's 'way
wrong -there. When your horse drops
back a little you don't haye to put up
more margin Louisville Times.
LONDON AND WINGHAM
North.
a.m. p.m,
Centralia 10.36 5:41
Exeter 10.49 5.54
Hensall 11.03 6.08
Kippen 11.08 6.13
Brucefield 11.17 6.22
Clinton 12.03 6.42
Londesboro 12.23 7.0`9
Blyth 12.32 7.11
Belgrave 12.44 7.28
Wingham 1.00 7.45
South.
"Now that beats me," he said at
last. ""I admit,that I am thoroughly
and absantttely beaten. Yost are•per-
ec't1y surd that these are Miss Ard-
ern'a jewels?'m
Wingham
s p
Tab went on his knees at his side.
There was a faint half-moon printed
on the edge of the concrete. "That
is the edge of a heel, and a rubber
heel," said Carver, "which proves be-
yond any doubt whatever that some-
body came into the vault after the
old man was killed, probably went
close to the body to Coe the effect of
the shot, and in doing so got a little
of the blood on a part of his heel.
The rubber accounts for his coming
on Trasmere without the old man
hearing him. There is no other im-
pressien, that r can find."
"Which firings lis ibsdk to the ques-
tion of the d ;phcatel Rey."
• (tbfltinued " fiei4 *eek:
a.m. p.m.
6.45 3.00
Belgrave 7.03 3.23
Blyth 7.14 3.37
Londesboro 7.21 3.45'
Clinton 7.40 4.08
Brucefield .. '7.58 4.2S
Kippen 8.05 4.36
Hensel]. 8.13 4.43
Exeter ... 8.27 4.58
Centralia 8.39 5.08
C. N. R. TIME TABLE
East.
Goderich
Holmesville
Clinton
Seaforth
St. •Colunslban
Dublin
Dublin ......
St. Columban.
Seaforth .....
Clinton , ......
Ho'.mestfille .. .
Goderich i .... .
a.m. p.m.
6,20 2.20
6.36 2.37
t, 6.44 • 2.50
6.59 3.08
7.06 3.155
7.11 3.22
West.
water • p.m. p.m.
11.27 5.38 10.04
11.32 5.44
11.43 5.53 10.17
11.59 6.08-5.43 10.81
12.11 7.05 10.40
12.26 7.10 10.57
C.• P. R. TIME TABLE
East.
rent,
Goderich 6.50
Menset
McGaw ,-. 5.55
.604
Aburn ,. . 6.11
Elyth t, 6.25
Walton 6.40
McNaught 6.52
Toronto , 10.25
West.
Toronto
McNaught ...$ ..... .:s 11,40
Walton I 12.01.
Bipth , 4... ,1 '4.,1211S"
Auburn 12,2*
McGavt: ,, " ' ' i, 1 NM
Menedet12.4
Godeml°'`.
t l.e ..'ee"•Hes 6s,eia e?
anti.
7.40
i,