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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1935-05-31, Page 7A' A T .R itg• ha 1 '1.0.: J• 494N�:9i1 �1SlG'. Ike A Beattie Bias ' x Se rfoi „,0n ' • HAYS & Mme, fIllitee"414.111...5. Hays- iOarrister;s, Solicitors,. Conveyancers. d Notaries Thub1ic, Solicitors fee e Doniliiiion';Bank. Office in. rear of bile, Dominion Bank, ' Seaforth, Money to loan., JOHN H. BEST Barrister, Solicitor, 'Ertc. Seaforth -. - Ontario VETERINARY JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- ery College. All diseases of domestic animals treated., Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Geid'e!icli Street, one door east of Dr. Jarxott's office, Seasforth,' A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Graduate ' of Ontario Veterinary College, University* .-of Toronto. All disease of domestic animals treated by • the most. modern.principles. Changes reasonable. Day •or night yells promptly attended to. Office on Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town Hall. Phone 116. Breeder of Scottish Terriers. Invern'ess;' Kennels, Hensall. MEDICAL DR. D. E. STURGIS Graduate of the Faculty of Medi- cine, University of • Western Ontario, and St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Member of College of Physicians. and ,£urgeons, of Ontario. Phone 67. ' Of- fice at Dulbl'in; Ont. . 3493 DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. Mem- ber of. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode- rich Street, West. Phone 37. (S'uc'cessor to Dr. Charles Mackay. DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose arid Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's .Eye. and Golden Square -Throat -Host' pitals, London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, a Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month, from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. %i$ Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. DR. W. C. SPROAT graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, Lon- don. Member of College of Physic- ians and Surgeons of •Ontario. Office an Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St, Seaforth. Phone 90. DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence Goderich Street, east of the United Church, Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Huron. "DR. E UGH H. ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of 'Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate course in Chicago Clinical .School of Chicago"; Royal Opthalmie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. 'Office --Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence. Victoria Street, Seaforth. DR. E. A. McMASTER Graduate •of the University of To- ronto, Faculty of Medicine Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of Nerw York Post Graduate School and Lying-in Hospital, New York. Of- fice on High Street, Seaforth. Phone 27. 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INSURANCE THE JOHN .RANKING AGENCY Insurance of all kind's. -Ronda, Real Estate: Money to Loan. ISE.AlFORTH - ONTARIO Phone 91. • 4i7''".S4i kieLi'ar�!:ml.Gvses9.F8i+ ger)linued from. kat weak) )Annie canoe t4 tell us that lunch 'WAS ae,'ryed. ' 1t .W s a 'gad Meal. A place had been -deet ter 1Stella..flay mistake. The Tundish had always*; said a short grace ; before our male; it., was a practle'e of iilalnslon'.e which 'he kept up *Wet he was' away. Ethel 'began to say- 14 in his absence, but she broke down after the first sentence and had to retire to the, window whilst she regained her pelf -control. What lit- tle we ate, we ate in silence. Any attempt at " general conveeeation seemed out lof •plaoe, and the thoughts that occupied all our minds were too painful for speech. Yes, and too see - ret, far speech -for I am sure that ii. spite of the doctor's appeal we were each one of ue busy with conjecture, The Tundish and if Met The Tundish, then who? We were about half -way through our meal when he returned, We heard him tell the man stationed in the hall bo let Inspector Brown know .that he was back; and then he opened the door. ' E'thel got up at once with a little cry, and went to meet him, her arils half extended. We were all forgot- ten. "Oh, Tundish, I'm so )glad -so glad that you're back again."' she said, and there was such pleasure and trust in her voice, and such sympathy in her looks, that it was no wonder Kenneth bit his• lips ancll turned the other way. The doctor looked tired,+ and- little beads of iperspiration glistened on his forehead, the result of a hurried re- turn,•.I.surmised, and not of fear or panic, for his eyes was steady and his look•self-confident and calm. "You goose,". he laughed, putting his hand gently on her shoulder. "But where is my thin coat? This one, is well nigh unbearable. I thought I left it hanging in the hall." . 'Ethel told him thew the whole of the house was being searched and how ,IStella's door had tied to be brok- en •down. I was observing him very closely, as indeed I think we all were. but he showed no trace bf embarrass- ment. His astonishment seemed both spontaneous and genuine, and to have ho appearance of being over -acted or foi'6ed. i concluded that it was alto- gether too natural to be simulated, but then I remembered how, within half a minute "of his; conversation with Stella in the drawing room on the previous night, he had met m4 in the hall with a pleasant smile and a fade that showed no trace of either trouble or concern. New again he was not perturbed, and be spoke quietlyand without em- phasis, "But I know for a' fact that I did not lock the dolor.. I intended to go .back and do it and then the telephone call came through and put it out of my -head. You are sure that you didn't run upstairs and lock it after I spoke to you in the hall?" I assured him that I had not, and he stood for a moment obviously puz- zled. .I glanced round to see what the others were making of it. Ken- neth sat looking straight at the doc- tor, fierce and grim. Ralph, his face pale and his head bent, was playing with a little heap 'of crumbs. Mar- garet was looking at Lalpih. "Ah well. that will be another lit- tle mystery for our friends the po- lice to explain," and he took his seat at the end of the table. 'It will be for you to make the exr ,plarations," I thought to myself as I remembered where the key had been found, and I must confess that I longed to 'break the solemn promise I had only just made. Directly the doctor took his seat, Kenr eth got up from bis with deliii- erate ostentation, though he obvious- ly hadn't finished his lunch, asking Ethel if she would go with him into the drawing room. She followed him reluctantly, and The Tundish went on with his meal, but I could see that his tl>ofights, like mine, were busy with the srlbject of their Conversa- tion. Shortly after they had left us All - port came in followed by Inspector Brown. The Tundish, bland and dig- nified. rose at once to greet them. "I am so sorry that I have put you to all the troulble .of sending out a man to track me down," he said, offering his hand to the inspector, with whom he was evidently acquainted, "but I must confess that I deliberately omit- ted to leave my address -my case was a serious one and I had no wish to be interrupted. But now, gentle- men, I am entirely at your disposal." He turned to Allport with hand out- stretched, a quick look at Inspector Brown inviting an introduction. . The detective took his hand at once, saying,"That's all right. doc- tor, though 'I admit that you have caused ire some anxiety. Now I should like you to take me into the dispensary and show me the poison cupboard, which up to now we. haive not disturbed." The Tundish asked if I might ac- company them, explaining how I had been with him when the cupboard'I was last ripened, and that I could testify to the position of some of the bottles. Allport agreed, and I went along with them. The safe was 'opened, and for a time he stood silently looking at the collection of, bottles; I mould see how immediately` the Chinese' flagon at- tracted his attention. The doctor told him which bottle he had used in pre- paring the fatal draught. Allport grunted, and. asked the inspector to fetch him his bag from the hall. From it he took a pair of rubber .gloves, and ,putting them on, he picked up the bottle and placed it carefully in a box 'ocntainisg cotton wool at the bottom of the bag, Next, he asked The Tundish front which bottle he ,thought the, poison had :• been taken, assuming that an ad- dition had been made 1o• the adegping • draught ire tbe manner he suspeete4. • 'rTba:t ie `und,•oubtedly the bott],e,„ • The 'undisb replied, (pointing 't Q the little Bagga. isayi-'undoulbtediyh-how can you be • s4 sure that,* was emboli from. that particular little bottle; and not from:one of the others? There are `many to choose from" "1 am sure about it, 'firstly be- cause of the peculiarly:' :blo' dshot eyes end :secondly because of its• very un- usual smelt. I smelt the dregs' as the Tb'ottom of the medicine glass when I' went. upstairs immediate.., af- ter breakfast to make my first ex- an.in'ation, and having smelt it be - :tore. I carer of ,be 'mistaken. '.Does it 'taste?" f.Yes, .even in extremely di1•ute cit antities it is bitter." Allport. took the fragile little bete tie between finger and thumb of his gloved hand and held it up to the light. He held it up, looking at 'it absorbed in thought, and then quite suddenly I saw him give a little start as if he had noticed something of particular interest. and he smiled to' himself es T had watched him smi,l- ing on his knees .in Stella's, room. I turned from him to the bottle he held in his hand, but I failed to see what it was that had quickened his atten- tionB, v '"ut this little bottle is very near ly full," he said after a pause, "the neck is exceedingly narrow and the liquid is less than half an .inch from thebottom of :.the.. stopper." . . 'Once more The Tundish explained h•ow he had obtained the poison, tell- inet'he detective exactly what he had told rib only two days ago. He end- ed by saying that a single drop, add- ed to Stella's medicine, would have been quite sufficient to kill. "Can you tell me, from the posi- tion of the liquid in the neck; exact- ly how much of the poison has been used ?" The doctor thought for a moment and then replied, "Not with any very great accuracy, of course, but I should say not more than two or three drops at the must. I brought two similar bottles with me from China. giving them both to Dr. Han- son. They were both of them full to the stoppers and I had them sealed before my journey: Hanson used a-' bout half the contents of one bottle in the course of his investigations, with which I helped him. The re- mainder he sent away to a chemical society to wihich- we both belong for further examination and test. Of the contents of the second bottle,'*e us- ed exactly one culbic centimetre in an experiment we made together the last time I visited him, which would be about six months ago. Ae far as I can remember, we left it with the liquid . in 'practically its present posi- f•hon. el asked Hanson if he had done any further work on it the day ne ieft for Folkestone, and he told r e that he nad not. You will utile d+and we were interested in it togesaer. That is nrhy I can state with a eon- siderable amount of certa.n•v teat at the most only two or three drops have been used." Allport stood turning the tiny fie - eon this way and that, but obrviousl:- listening attentively, to the doctor's statement, which had been made in a voice that showed not the slightest tremor or concern. Then he turned round quickly and asked him, "You would be surprised then if I were to find any recent,finger-marks of yours on the bottlef" " "Yes. Any more recent than six months ago." "Has it occurred to you that who- ever added the poison to Miss Pal - freeman's medicine -providing you are correct in your assumption that it has been taken from this bottle -must have been closely familiar with its properties? He or she evi- dently intended to kill, or else why add poison at all? Yet, on your own showing only two or three drops were added. It was known to the mu'rder'er that that would be enough. He was familiar with its action. , The four of,, us stood in silence, then he added"every quietly. "That, you will agree, narrows down the field of inquiry somewhat?" The Tundish neither paled nor turned a hair as he replied, "Yes, oh yes, it certainly narrows it down. As far as 'I can see it reduces it to either me, or Jeffcock here, or to Miss Hansom To my knowledge we are the only three people in the house having information about the oison." "To your knowledge? Why do you •say that -to your knowledge?" "Because it is always .possible that the maids or some one else may have overheard Hanson and myself 'talk- ing together about it." "(Miss Summerson, for instance?" "Oh, 'Miss Summerson knows all about it, in fact alhe has helped us with some of our experiments. She left the house, however, before the draught Was made up and she has not yet returned:" ' "To your knowledge." Allport add- ed. • "Why; whai 'ver do you, mean?" The Tundish said, showing some lit- tle ekcitement at last. "Miss Palfteeman's room looks on to the flat-topped roof of the sur'geey wing •and an entry could have been made from it with the greatest ease. The window, I take it, vwould be open cn a night like last night?" . "Yes, it was open wide at the bot- tom. when I went into the room af- ter breakfast, but .Miss Hanson had been into the room before me. But it is irnpossiibl'e. So. far as I know, Miss iunmerson and Miss Palfree- man ,were complete strangers to each other.' 4'•1., your •knowledge once iu n•e,'' the'detecti'tre laughed, 'Abut if, you had :rad my experience, you would know that it is by no means safe to assume, that apparent strangers' are strang- err in' fact." • ; ` Again I 'saw that The Tundish was moved acid his eyelids gave a flieker• Did the little . bran n:otece it too. I wondered ? . And did he. know of the dog tors ,previous meetbag- with Ste!- la in China -ion was it a shot in the dark?' He seemed to be entirely absorbed in the little bottle, 'and to be carry- ing on the conversation.• as a sort of accompaniment' to his examination of it. It almost appeared as if he thought that if he wereonly to look at it long enough* and hard enough ha might wring its secret from it. And all the time he looked his face Laid its puzzled' smile. 'Well, let us return to the dining - room," he said at •len'gbh, and he laid the 'Chinese flagon carefully in the boa, in hie bag along with the other. We were just leaving the dispens- ary when a sudden thought occurred to me. "Wait a moment," I cried. "Surely it is not safe to assume that only two or three drops of poison herrn been taken froom tine (bottle. Any one would almost certainly, fill it up again to its old level would al- most certainly fill it' up again to its old level from the tap which is all .handy at the sink, before they put it back in its place in the cupboard." iAilport turned round with a smile of amusement at the excitement I had shown. "Exactly so," he said, ".but =I must confess that I have been expecting the doctor to call my atten- tion' to the possibility." I never thought of it," said The ndish. "I am glad," was the rather sur- prising reply. ' CHAPTER V ALLPORT'S ALTERNATIVES Without further remark, Allport turned and led the way back to the dining room. the inspector following immediately behind him, The Tundish and I bringing up the rear. As we' walked along the passage the doe - tor decreased his pace, so that after the other two had passed through the dining room door, he and I were a- lone for a moment in the hall. He whispered to me hurriedly, "Jeffcock, you must do all you can do keep the peace between Kenneth and 'Ethel_. You can see for yourself that I' can do nothing. What with her hot tem- per and his subconscious determina- tion to make his conduct match his mouth and chin, we shall have their young love affair on the rocks (before we know where we are." He gave my arm ,a squeeze of thanks as I promised to do whatever I could, and we were at the door of the room with no more time for conversation. It was patent that Ethel and Ken- neth had ,quarrelled. They were standing a little apart in one of the windows at the far side of the room. She was fondling the cat which still lay on the sill, basking in the blazing sun, and he stood looking at her, dour and sullen'. She turned and spoke to him as we came into the room, and I feel almost certain she said. "Very well then, Kenneth, there's no more to be said. If your *love for me depends on my deserting a friend in his trouble, it's the sort of love I don't want." Alipert broke in on them before Kenneth had time to make any re- ply, saying that he wanted to make the position clear to us all before he took- any further steps in the task he had before him. "I have two alternative courses cf 'action before me," he explained, "and the one I adopt will rest entirely with you, though I can hardly think that you will show any hesitation in mak- ing your choice. Dr. Jeffries, I mut tell you, agrees with Dr. Wallace that Miss Palfreeman met her death by poisoning. He is unable to state the nature of the poison used, which tends .to confirm I)r. Wallace's sus- picion That an addition was made to the sleeping draught from the small flagon that I now have safely in my bag. That, of course, will be looked into more closely as soon as a pro - pc post-mortem examination can be made." He paused for a moment to wipe the perspiration from his face. It was nearly midday and the room was suffocating. The sun shone straight on to the three long windows which stood wide open. but the dark green bl i de drawn half -way down prevent- ed the least movement of air. A bee, which had become trapped between one of the blinds and the window, buzzed away unhappily. I took ad- vantage of the detective's pause to ask him if there could be. no possi- bility of suicide. Ralph scewled at me for my pains, and it -was only then that I remem- bered that my suggestion would be casting a slur on poor Stella. It seem- ed to me, however, that that would be a comparatively harppy solution, bearing in mind that the only alter- native was cold-blooded murder. ,Mlur- der, too, not by some unknown out- sider, but in all probability by one of us now in the room listening to the little detective Making his sug- n, e Ii,'•ith epi 441)40: I r� >7 t giv + glass from whi'h the rp son's taken, Tl a re feranx se'eiioed .: o house The Tuxidisl:, I) a was slttilsrg ens the rend Of the table, appareantlee entire. at 'hiS' ease,, hss leg* si Mug. ing 'idly, as he..lit a cilgarette,•' be irirna�teh 'burnt downoand waae1ed• his finger -ends,. making'. him start, W Abe sorbed was his attention in. the de- tec/idv,e's reemark. Ethel had `•seated herself on .•the,window-sill,..w'here she was pensively' stroking the eat. her mind occupied, I felt sure, .l'rxiore with her quarrel with Kenneth than with the matter immediately in hand. She turned round quickly, however, di- rectly the glass was mentioned, and burst out with, "But the glass-,-" Then she paused uncomfortably, red- dened, and resumed her caressing -of the cat. "Yes? But the glass-,-?-" All - port queried': It was The Tundish who complet- ed the broken sentence, however, calmly lighting another match as he did so.' "Miss Hanson was going to say that the glass was on the little table at the side of Miss Palfreeman's bed when she first went up to her room.. It was still there when, I went up a few minutes later to make my hurried examination. The glass was one of the usual. graduated taper mea- sures. I lifted it from the table, saw that there were. a few drops of liquid at the 'bottom. which. I smelt, and then I put iteback on the table again. Wihen I came downstairs, I meant to lock the door but forget to do so, and as T have already explained, I asked Mr. Jeffcock to see that iso one went into, the room. just 'before I went out to see my patient. That is all I can tell you about •it." None of us spoke a'worchs The de- tective was deep in thought. He was half seated on the dim of one of the two heavy . arm -chairs that stood at' either side of the• fireplace. Mar- garet and Ralph were leaning against the -mantelpiece, which ;"is backed by a long, low looking glass framed in oak. She was half turned towards it and I could see her full face re- flection as I stood against the door. Kenneth' -'"stood by the table. Ethel was still do • the window seat a'• little way behind him. The Tundish seem- ed the least disturbed of any o:f us and was obviously enjoying his cig- arette. The bee, that was 'still blitz- ing behind the blind, escaped from its trap and the sudden cessation of its hum somehow marked a • period and plunged uet into silence. At last the detective spoke, "And the key was found-'--" He spoke With a slow emphasis, turning to- wards The Tundish and tilting his chair. Then he stood up suddenly, his sentence incomplete, and his chair righted itself with a bang, that came like a blow to our straining nerves. Margaret uttered' a little startled cry. and he was immediately profuse with redundant apology. He seemed to have forgotten all about the key. At one moment he had us ail tense with excitement as though we were waiting a verdict, and the next he could find nothing better to do than talk about his own clumsiness in partly overturning a chair. I could not understand him at all and I saw an amused smile play across the doc- tor's face as he repeated, "And the key was found--" "Oh, I don't think that matters very much for the moment," was the amazing reply. "That can all be gone into later. Please don't divert me from the proposition I was about to put before you. "Miss Palfreeman has beenpoison- ed without the least shadow of a doubt. Suicide -put that idea right out of your minds. It -is --murder. My first duty is to secure the mur- derer, -and it must be obvious to you all that the facts, as we know them at present, point very definitely in- deed' to Dr. Wallace. I think that even he will agree with me that that is not an exaggerated statc"ment." The Tundish nodded his head and murmured, "Quite so," with an air I can only describe as one of pleasant acquiescence, and the little man pro- ceeded with his harangue. '''Op the other hand, a very long -experience has taught me that these definite first impressions are often quite misleading. Eitherowing to a chain o#..unfortunate coincidences. or by the design of some one• else, sus- picion fastens on the innocent. That may seem a banal statement. -to make but it is a possibility that is often overlooked. In this case, already there are apparent several pieces of can•fiicting evidence, which it will take time and further investigation to ap- praise at their proper value. One clue -which I am not going to speci- fy --distinctly indicates that the mur- der nrany`l'lave been committed by some one quite outside your house - party here. I propose to follow that up immediately myself, and it will mean that I may have to be away for a day or two. I don't want to raise any false hopes, however, and I may as well tell you quite candid- ly that my opinion, formed on the balance of the facts is that the mur- deress is listening to me now." He paused impressively. Ethel half stifled a sob. "No- v, here are my proposals to you," he continued. "Either I niust arrest Dr. Wallace at once on suspi- cion, and 'your statements as to the events of last night must be taken down in the usual way, or alternative- ly. you must all promise to obey my instructions to the letter, however ab- surd and unreasonable they may seem to you to be. Among other things I shall want your promise that you wilt none of you leave the house." Saying that he had one or two things to attend to which would take him about half an hour, and that it would give us a convenient oppor- tunity for making our decision, he gave us a stiff little bow and left the room. The Tundish was the first to break the awkward silence. "And if you donut mind, T think I'll follow our little friend's example dad leave you ser r• 4 ., phare Oat was `1C w ,. a'ad distrust. Asp w'e,, cod t.. room, it accrued o 1e, tha=t 1i.€d like the ato3ns, o ' aitiroe ?i niloleeule, momentarily :1•11-41- fly ii nnhakq soc action, ,oral: ready' tp disscte a .. fly off on sone- coursee of our o should the. least prier daatio t ,arise;•'' It was Ralph. for once, who;.taoee the initiative and broke . the uxl,pleas-'. ant. little ailenee "Wield, of eourg'h We must agree to do what he tells Sled though it seems to me that it is only prolonging the agony; and if AI .'were' m the doctor's piece, 1 'should be glad. to be gone and have done with it."' I could see that Kenneth was ready for' an outburst, and: it came direct- ly Ralph had completed his remark. "I can't understand You. I can't make:. you out at all. Murder night hardly be criminal from the .way you seem. ;to take ilt). and even a detestable murder like this -a girl poisoned in her bed -something to be borne. io silence! I can hardly keep my hands off -tree brute, and the rest of you seem quite frwilliiendsng." and even anxious to be "Kenneth, how can you! Oh, how care you be so, cruel! Supposing that you were in The Tundish's place, how would you like it if we all of us turn- ed against you and were ready to believe the worst? You seem almost as though, you were anxious to be- lieve that he did it." Ethel had spok- en quietly at first, but her sentence ended on a note of bitterness." (Continued next' week.) 'Generally speaking tomato diseases are not usually very serious, but there can be considerable lose due to the leaf spot fungus which prevents the maturing of the late -formed fruit, Fruit bud formation is a phase of recent scientific study and its close relation and inter -dependence .with fertifl er practice and pruning make it necessary to treat these three Iprob- leni-bud formation, fertilizer treat- ment, and pruning -almost as one. The - person who would understand bud formation must have a knowledge of pruning and fertilizers. In looking for the cause of un- healthy conditions in. tomatoes, one should first 'consider to what extent they may be due to unfavourable soil, temperature, and moisture conditions. Some of +the, earlier -formed leaves of tomatoes die naturally. Many of these before they are cast show leaf spots, dread areas, and a yellow sur- face. 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Walton McNaught Toronto West Toronto 'McNaught' Walton • AJM. 5.50 5.55 6.04. 6.11 6.25 6.40 6.52 10.25 A.M. ,r. 7.40. 11.48 12.01 'Blyth 12.12 Auburn 12.23 McGraw , 12.34 Menset 12.41 Goderich 12.46 =SNAPSHOT CU 1 L Get In the Picture Yourself ` You too can get in the pic- ture if you use the self timer. "T. ENJOYED the Snapshot Guild 1 article last week very much, fir taking snapshots of my children is almost a hobby with me," wrote a reader. "I was hoping, however, that you would tell mothers how to in- clude themselves in the picture with their children," she continued. Perhaps others are interested in this subject. The 'self timer is a most fascinating little gadget and almost human in its operation. It is an inex- pensive accessory that tits over the metal button or plunger, at the end of the cable release, which you press to take a snapshot with a fold- ing camera. It cannot, however, be used unless the camera is fitted with a cable release. Here is how it works. First you lo- cate your subject in the finder and at ,the same time plan the space you will occupy when you step into the picture. Suppose you want to take a picture of Jane sitting in your lap as you read to her. Yon will have to have the 'camera' on a tripod, table or something solid. Locate the chair in the' findbr--and be sure you can see all of the chair, espe- cially the upper part of the back where your head will appear -for if you are not careful you will find' you have decapitated yorfrself when the finished prints are returned. If the picture is to be taken In- doors you will have to apply all the rules of indoor snapshodting. The diaphragm should be sot at 1.6.3, fhb shutter speed at either 1/10 or 1/25 of a second and you will need one or two photoflood lamps placed in an ordinary floor lamp (`with the shade removed) to give more illu- mination to the side away from the outside light. When the diaphragm is set"at the proper opening with the correct shutter speed, the same as if you were going to snap the picture yourself, set the self tinier for ten seconds or a minute, depend- ing on how long it will take you to get into the chair with Jane com- fortably seated in your lap, ready to listen to your story. Turn on the photoflocel-lamp, slip the timer over the button at the end of the cable release, press the little release lever*. on the self timer and It starts buzz- ing away, and then -click -it has taken your picture. In spite of the simplicity of the procedure Jane is going to get a thrill out of it and when the picture is snapped she'll probably be por• traying a Million dollar smile - and this will add much to the value of the picture. You can purchase the self timer attachment from almost any store that sells cameras. They are not ex pensive and last a lifetime. Some cameras have self -timers ii . corporated in the Shutter so if vitt have this type of camera: and h m never used thb selletinteraSsmilittOes *iris' ed a lot of fun and, Kggiraitidis. •