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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-06-04, Page 6j`. 4 • t,: `Fresh fr®m the ;gardens' lett IL STORY, Y $ S. VAN DIA' ,S \oP.Sis . -A-ma:n.•knot�r gals C- ock'I3olii'rT-:is four with an arrow. in. his, .heart; .another•, ...Johnny Sprigg is found with;. a bullet through the, top• of his head., :District •• Attorney,Idarla;ha . callsiiawPhilo fine, •who•'c1ainis the,mui.ders are founded on • C9ursery rhymes . and are thea' work of a maniac.' : G ., • Those :associate& with. the. case are: Prof. Dillard, .his •niece''Bei'le, 'and. hits. pbotege+ Sigurd Arnesson; also a, profes ' sor of. nathernatics. .iohn Pardee, a 'neighbor with..a passion,for,chess; Mre. Drukker and... her . son, Adolph: Mrs. 'Dr.ukker• is mentally:- Unbalanced and Adolph is a cripple with' a Super -brain, Mrs.,Drtiliker,tells how:, the murderer paid her a. terrifying visit 'tlie •previous! . night. 'Vance learns. thin AdOlph..Druk-• ker lied as to,. his whereabouts on the• • morning Of Robin's death.yance. quee-. i'ion.Prof. Dillard' again.. He learns Per- , dee played. clbess- the previous night 'and' that he and Drukker had a heated• argu- mont.e , Belle Dillard and 'irnesson had gone, to, the th'eaatre: • • .•• CHAPTER X'XIV. - At that' iiie went ' the : front • floor opened and:-Ar•nesson came 'in. • ' He stared at .us in mock: estoeish ri.ent; then he 'caught sight of Belle Dillard °fIiallo`sis"'he-caned tet lie'r''pleas antly.—'Iii • the hands ofetre- .:gaf 1 .as-nterie, I', see" • He flashed• us air ainseti� iotrlc- �kVFliy-tie 14 -Ott avis'?., This house iso becoming -a i egellar lice • station.': Hunting .for clews ,Of .Spriggs murderer?' • Ha!-eBiight .youth done away with ley. his jealous professor; and..that sort of thing;, eh? Hopgeeytou 'chaps '.haven't: -been putting; Diana the ',Huntress •through • • * third degree." • ' • "Nothing of the kind, ' the,; ` girt' • spoke up. "They've, been most 'cone eiderate : And •rve,been'telling' them what ar. ,old.' fogy you are -bringing rte home'a a • t. e: t half past w.lVe. -t E Why suffer when relief is prompt and. harinilesat. • Millions of people .have learned • to depend on. Aspirin tablets,, to relieve a sudden headache. They know it eases the pain so quickly. And that it is -se harmless..GchuineAspirin table never harm.the heart Read directions in pack egeri for headache, neuralgia, summer colds; Pain of all kinds. AS: I, TRADE MARK -REO. 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Vance • i+eacheil in hie pocket: est held out the chessman, Arnessoh too it eage'r'ly' His eyes glittered for; a ,moment. :Ile turned the piece over inIhieehund,'and then gave it back: :'Yen seem t_o _zegegniz hgs_lige:, tfettler b'ishop," ,!:aid' Vancee Dulcetly "'Y`eu're ,quite correct It , was bole . rowed from, your, chess set. in the BY. ANNAB.ELLE WORTHINGTON •library." • -' ;Arneeeee MAW R.e:en ,ftit'rig,ative...I>�kattated nea,eluak.40.. Less.ow Feer- 'T believe it was:' Suddenly .be ieished Wi'.#a 7'::,•;! •Patte.in :. turned to -Markham „and an ironie 'leer, tante over his ';eat feattres,, •'Wits that why :I Wee to be .kept.in the_dark? Ulnder suspicion 'am' I?• Shades of Pythagoras! What 'penalty attaches' J to •-the heinous: crime " t distributing,. chessmen among a ore's.:neighbors?"` Markhariegot up an'd.Walked toward' the. hall "You ' are not under suspicion, .Ai•nesson," he answered;,, with no at- tempt to emcee! his 4llrhumor "The bishop was cleft at Mrs; ljrukker's at exactly tntdznght " T, "And �I ,�'as half apt hour tpm da. to ,qualify `Soixy' to clave ciisrl,pppInt•. ed you." . •.... -. t _ - "Let us hear if your, erniul .ytvorks ou.t," sant Vance, as .v'e passed out!' o e rent ooi "We've.a•little visit '. ,y .c. le the sport, but I was not very • pi`otnising ecolyte. I've been, to sev- I era! tournaments, with her, however " f 1e (To be continued,) .a� e'► York .. i fig . fth f t'dJ b -to-ay, td Mx. Pati dee' now" • ?' • . `Pardee? 'Oho!' , balling .in chess ' •expert on the eybeec; of b.ishops, eh�: Wile I. see your:. reasoning—it' at least hes' ," the virtue of beliffeinipie and ,iireen" rite He. 'stood on the Jitt1e porch and. watched us, dikea, japish .gargoyle; as rs we .c: ossed 'the street, aoX'ardee, received us with his custom - al ary quiet 'courtesy:. The, tragic, fruel 'rated leok'•which was 'a part of his I' w habitual'' expession was' even Mote - st pronounced than usual;' andwhen he' victim?" IEI aed the way back to the drawing' room:' . :wrote know,' I mites Oat- .'lad. 'Ze''d.. one far.. g Rotten shame he had to, be named' Johan e, Even 'Peter -Piper' would have % been' safer.' Nothing happene;l' �o Peter Piper aside from the pepper episode;' and you couldn't ;very. well .work that Up into a murder: "We`iave nothingto .report Anes - son," Markham broke ire nettled ,t'I<e'rliai's'• fli _"The _. by ppancy: ' "The 'situation retinas -unchanged:" `Wet '.dro: i. ed n.. pp n.=a-. socia •presume-- raying for lune '! "W ee ve t`heenigh ,'t= aid: Marl • drew up chairs for us' in•. his study his. Manner was that of a man whose in- terest •in life lead died, and who was merely going thro�igh the .mtechanica1' motions' of '•living. "We have• some here, Mr'' Pardee, :Vance beggn, "to.. learn,;whait ..we ea� of Sprigg's• merde,r in .Riverside Page` yesterday morning.We have excel- lent reasons for every question we are about, to as'kaffiyou." • Pardee. nodded, resignedly. "f shall not lie.:offended at any line • A cute mother' hirbbard' di'e-s .that' will uenhance , your, spial! daughter's, loveliness., • • ' ' It . has '•bloomers., too that•. peep smartly.beneath the hem of'the.dress: • The yoked bodice , is' fetching with' deep round scalloped outline. at the •front. . Tha.Petei••Pan collar and cuff bands ,give• opportunity for eontrasting:color. • It is sketched in;French blue shin `. -ttnished cationebtoadclytir-tenth whi. e peri .dots.e , The_:c alta=r end ct ff-s—^are- 1 ca. af-•ln'terregat4on yott take Aftererea-d. r lain whit l ham coldly, "to ;investigate the case•i Whatever manner we deem advisable Nor are we acceenaable to you for ou actions." "Sot -Something data happened the irks you., Arnes.an spoke with .sar- casin.:." thought I had been, accepted as°a coadjutor;: but'T see I am to be teemed forth into. elle. darkness." He sighed`. elaborately and took out his_ pipe "Dropping• the pilot-!=`Si'smarek and Me Alas!" • Vane, had 'been sinking 'dreamily near the archway, apparentYy, obliv- i us of Arnesson's complaining. Now be stepped: into the room. "Really, ee know, 'il'arkhani, idr• Arnesson is quite right We agreed to keep him posted; Laid if he's to ne of any help to • us he must know all the facts."' "It teas you year self," protested ;Markham; "wino pointed out the:pos siible- danger' of mentioning last ,night's occurrence.. "Title, but. -I had -'forgotten at the time. ger promise to Mr. •A•rnesson. And I'm. sure his discretion can be relied on."- . Then Vance related in detail Mrs.. Drukker's experience of ' •x .mg Me papers 1 realiz Je ust ow un- Style No. 2756 is designedfor Wi,e, neueae-a problenr-you-a-re-f-aeing. - e • maids' of 2,:: 4 and.6 years.' "First, then, please infant us'where . Tiny; gingham you wee yesterday morning between .check' in gale. pink seven and eight". e and av$ite with' white. m pique collar 'edged with ruffling of the ginghais° smart; . . A faint flush overspread Pardee's t face, but he answered in a low, 'ever: the night before. • • Arnesson listened with. rapt atten tin. • I noticed that.hi'"sr sardonic ea-' pr ssion ' gradually 'disappeared,.. and that in its place came.' a look of cal - dilating 'sombreness. He sat for sev- eral minutes in contemplative silence, his pipe in his hand. • "That's certainly a vital factor in the problem," he commented at length. "It 'changes our constant. I can see that this thing has got•to be calculat- ed from,,a new 'angle. The Bishop, it appears; is in •our • midst. But x why should he 'come -o haunt Lady Mae?" "She is reported to. have screamed a almost the exact moment of Robin's deth: "Aha!" Arnesson.-sat up". "I grasp. your implication. She saw the Bishop from her window on the morning of Cock Robin's dissolution, and tater he returnedand perched on her door- knob at a Weeping for her to keep mum. --;Something like that, perhaps Have yoteeeliough integers now to work out your formula?" I SAVED IMPORTED ,CRESS ) "After a little a •i en veil • e—an .imported dress- Post color -- so completely that it was not wear- negligently. "Ever Turk into hint .there, Of food, able: A v,.;e..a. -..�_ had admired _. _._ _ , . . voice: "I Was in bed. • I did net rise until nearly -nine," ' "Is it not your habit to take a walk in "the_park ;hefore_breakfast?" (i• knew this Was ` sheer 'guess -Work on `V'ance's part, for the subject _of Par- dee's habits had net come during the investigation.) • "That is quite true,".the man re- plied, without 'a• moment's hesitation. "But yesterday I d'id not go—1 had worked rather "late the night before." "When did - • you first hear ...of Sprigg's death?" "At breakfast.'>e'My cook repeated the gossip of the neighborhood: Irreed' the official account of the tragedy iii the early edition of the. evening. Sun." "And you saw the reproduction of the Bishop- note, of course, in this Morning's paper.. What- is your opipe io•, of the affair, Mr. Pardee?" "I hardly 'know." For the first tine his Lack -lustre 'eyes showed signs of animation: "It's• an incredible situa- -tien. The niatheinatical -chances are utterly opposed to .such a. series of .inter -related events being ,• coinel- dental. a "Yes," Vance concurred: "And speaking of mathematics: are you at ell familiar with the Rieniann-Chris• toffel tensor?" "I know, of it," the ,man ad.nitted.' "Drukker uses it in •l,is booktif world• lines. My mathematics, 'however, are ,not of the physicist's type. Had•I not become enamored •oi' chess"=he'.smil- ed sadly e,J- would ]cave "been an astronomer.. Next to manoeuvring•' the factors in 'a complicated chess combinations the greatest mental sat- isfaction one can get, I, think, is plot- ting the heavens and discovering new planets. I even keep a five -inch egea- torial • telescopein a pent -house t+n nay roof for amateur •observations.'! ' "You were, I understand, at the D"illards' last Thursday when Mr. Arnesson was .discussing this tenser with Drukker- and Sprigg" "Yes,' I, Fecal' `that the subject Came up then." "Saw well did, you know Sprigg?'? 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Campbell tett, Dr. Gorge Wrong an.r Judge .Emily Min•phy. • ' • -----s NT•.LIS .. j What came before; As 'Captain Jinirny -and his new found friend Jed Stone race away from the Chinese bandits in an old l•alway locomotive, :Jed tells• how his brother had, •been vaptured' by. outlaws, "I g';ttess 'we had better get b.nt'•e;l and of. his fain search, • -• here •before, someone• • blames, us for As -Jed told Me the •story of how al•1.-thio", chticklei Je • Stoit.e.' "First tl isig-you`li know soul) one or .ether Will. want: their :hid ' engine back"— let's go." . ` • It seemed best to leave the .freight •tears right there."' 441st gui•ckly as .:i could, I, uncoupled''tlie .eng.ine, thing ed into the cab .and opened ,the;- Shor- tie.. After r oaring• a ong; 'for a' ew miles an Idea oceurred-•to Jel St —11 The Brew nett lu.cltily jumped, sed. taking. no further chances, preMetly Fled bis brother bad .s.oundly tiheashed the° bandit chief 'and how, .they had cerseed ' hi bandit, ,away' into. tine ' hills •in, r.e' .enge, it' suddenly occurred inerne .that •tb.es.e outlaws. •were. the. same fiend from which I had recently'• escaped a, • . • We>werese.into rt'sted•in, our pians- fedi_ getting him free, that -1 failed •. ":How • aboitt •ciit`[iitg�ti e , te)egr, abi to notiOr. another' \vires?" •• tram rottiiding the Tree;eaouglr, tea few'utinutes tics cllive6 .0 rtwl. its:, Brew !night decide .to lets}•n. end tele•. whistle $1i ekecl,.a ( graph �iheacl,. And then there 1i he a ketal telege...To make • ,w hole: parcel ok "4it est h.i oope f alt ttiatie 5-ivai e, eve—ins fof; tri, its.kin. t111ea:e= u-e—YAun.cl . were backing" tip,! the, engli e." •• We slowed dein to a' instead of un -1 'step: '°. •Int' a •moment I chnilted out' Inn eforw arc! and our ''sttring . of and cut the Wires. . freight: cars Wena • Soon be reluce.d, We w ei:;e still 112 eneln\• territory, • .. . y ; Many, ti tai.._ to niatclrt oocl• betw•eetr the 'malty a •., orally; miles fi•orii Shan,gh• locomotives, e • Somehow ..w•e Mast . get to our-•, ,air( ' The . brakes: would, never•• stop. ii plane .ali•'d,•get gains• Every' •paid("`,- :time—I'switched; to ftill,5peed, ahead, ent's'delay meant just that Much' less in '!tope; that i could lessen' the int chance df •. rescuing "'Jed' Stone's pact. The Wheels'•spure and hissed, briithel-, . • Guy, and it; seemed that, our locomotive .alive.n 011 and. ritst jump. the • track. • • , on .I • pushed' Too- trite?',• There was ear tai spll't- the:"'01c1.' engine, tang +erasli and it j.tist felt as if sore' ' as fast as i . ar- •big,,giant had. !ricked ;theeloconrotive.: eel:., 1 . right out fior,under us. , ,It seem- ..The couptry,.tee ed as i .slie were go.ing.to tern' right . Wes • flat Lain over, but somebo °•. it ' held, to" the a 'n.I n terestieg ;fl y 1IoSt' of . the. F , ieeoldng. 'bac!: eve saw..'a. wreck in- timber had been cut away years be deed. .• 'The ene,�r'•ne `had .plowed. into fore,` and the ground 'almost• barre.u' the rear of oar. trap.. •of ten; tre.ight of, vegetation: mile after mile, pass - cars.. The first three • were a . mass ed by, and after a tette we• began t.o of spliete's, the. next two :were cross. •see- an `occaslopai soldier• . tva'iking ways on •the track. •Th'e, engine it- along the. •tracks:•.•Then a -large, ivorod self; • after •realising:' all :that '-trouble began. to 'appear •:on our, lett, . s.tretclt,- •; bed jumped the track,' aril!•• now lay ting away to; the horizone onis�sid nett •r t ,� e i the ditch ste alta• ant! •.: � ai , g (To. be continued,) • Passing at a' great rate. •• tee':neeetiur, esrai.ra;• '"ead'e e_ewr:it- ,' The tracks looked as i! a cy clone ing,, to• '".Capt. Jimmy' , lO -Q- _Star- . lied . j t • passed by: • Rails •were,' Bid atilt r.eceiee his 'smite• :theta. :torn •u and ti- s :free:-• • s ,cat'r n ed • around: t e u Chocolalo Malted Milk.. Th_e' ealthgiving, delicious drink' for children and grown- ups. ' - - Pound:•and Half Pound tins at your Crock's. • • tarily,tell• • me more. Eight nio . t after Poiiand Is Land ' • I'd been her nest Iiia r' g ppe r to learn, (if •H0.3 >ttial><t that my 'first hostess; had;bee'n a pupil p• y of 11Ime. • Curie=Sk1'odow•ska. in 'Perls,• her, most promising pupil, elm dis- After all,• inteeest'ing as sightseeing `coverer of•',promising said; again that; acid streetloitgaing are in Poland,. my she'll„ done .some. notable Work in m'athematic's; it was only b•e ause it. greatest, joy was in knowing Poles. came 'up in another, eonnecC ori, that They are the most courteous people. ,she casualty referred to' her 'transla I've ever rilet, with the most beautiful tion of Shakespeare's sonnets (into • manners. I don't mean that I• noticed, n:,• . __ _ ,don't Meali tliat-I,.-niryself• met always with such politeness; froin all elase.et of people: They're courteous to each otheretne.inen. take off their hats to other , melee a '.woman shakes '.hands with. a. rooniful. of women guests at afternoon tea, e child of four or five Int*. stet about your achievements? '&01' was she' an.lexception to the. rule: I arrived he Wersaw to.,,iind that in a Polish 'leasehold, Peel,Les (Pant speaks to all the thildren and all •the tah'egilt.°°-1!itiinriese: ley plans .for Poland; ef herself not a they're hospitable to the nthetlegreee.weree The slightest .'eecuse. arid 'they invite 1 ea:tee-1,4,H otYlit6ielllehr'. tohf i ' or 1, dm: ene I's: . e nil .1 onthe int'pelend, if, I'd ,e,.? Are yell living in.the house ef the' . they asked, "Is it •Stizanna accepted all my incitet.lons. In one :.esie le, who, writee poetryee, well as. little towrelf expected to etay three. °r i novels ?" 'Anti I waii, elleugh 71 had ,te . ffglumrdhm011.37h;osJttle'sst's ask her poliable.nli to (-.._91:in .it,.. I.j.'lleat(Ivenetialtietr.apilan;alfiruilt: Grace Ifiimehree, in ".Poland tile Du- four days. When I spoke 'of leaeleg a , explored," , • ecxecttinatiiinypidio, 1,i4eilitt:Ins(1,4'il_311r,Esdliatey, sctilLe.ven.illeisce4,i, ice•riletti60,1. a Month; - ane Come. et' We guests for fcthomtlefil:11‘itItylla tillioltt nextePeocnttsleY7'1:p • bore f°1'• l observed in the performance of Peed.), to th37.a...nrop.er dignite and .propertion to tie two." There° Wattle hospitality a fine, art; they thank yell fer eolnine ti you half eeel 'yetere done; the favor . . and tlidnn likeetee of the actresses Methuselah r think one ren.s,,o ;11,6 model enough 'to buy them a sodai"—eoseph • • hosts is because PoleS are modest. My Hergeshthner• Methuselah ate 'what he found on his plate . And never, as people de now, Did he note the amennt of calorie .1 He, wasn't dietnebed as at ilineer. To 'think -it was lecking. ip lime or dr a Couple of vitt-ulnas shy thing abatit nie, hut alas! they (Old toe ".The t Noble with Most people it ittle er nothing about my itosts. ()Oen they 'treat sln. as It It we're- it Teem - and firi•pa wished I -didn't tete ToTasli. Miff instead (tem' telesnake."—Billy .atked .111(0. why I wasn't wea.ritig it. : The man's eyelids quivered slight- Lest his healtheniglit better( by: eenre any more: On bearing the yeeenn, ly; and he hesitated befere answering . 'faneY nessnil, i she tientesied dyeing it •and recant- "Never," he said finally. . ' "-'• '.., end: lie liv.ed over !line hundred mended 'Diamond Dyes, To make a, . Vance appeared indifferent to the' e•)-: , yearn! • ' - long story short, it tinned out denial. "le roee end, •going iP tile • ' - Medical Sentinel. .dvess that realty .e.ost jun 16clethe "I thought one Might he able 'to se6 Radios 'Aids IVlilk Production wee of one 'paekaee of Mankind into thearchery rano fron here. E•ut Wee. 'torten, Kan.—Itadio hem been me both tinting elle dyeing, Thee "Ye's, the, range is quite PriVe.,te- to -stalled ih the harnS Of Mrs. Mary ,. _milk production elf dairy cattle. A Aet, he, either eqitallyewell. I am riot an There*e (e'en a tacant lot oPPosite the Blakely, and played -at Milking !here eipett dYei. hat l',iterier nave 4 failure wall, io that no nne can see oyet it. . • Ifesulted 111 Atit.11 Intiforni 'comer): 1,, er with Diamond Dyes. They 'seven Ito ,Aneve you thinking of a. possitle wil among the cows that 110-atteravt I/1.1k he made tto„th, NI.: always go' on steed lle_mtes-ete.--Robitsedeatle?..." • ' . ' , j•-eermeeen---1 el. was two e..iutel,r-gtenr-i- TJTI ely -awe- eveffreeee-Tlf.en7ttiever Sine, evert, awe: effreeeehie•es,." Vinie•• einem i Ilan . , 0 'm • iy , , , knoW rho' things' 1 •tiye •wit h reateireul in for, atelier -it., ' ta.ke it." . 2"llunian II/Nines are 1101 0 '1 em e.tlis>r • 'kiss billnrd once tried to iftterest rae Bebe' tianle!s. ff OR DAINTY LUNCHEONS Almost an endlegs cen. be prepared With Kraft cheese: Sliced, it with crackers %bleat" ...it toasts tem- ptitigly „cooked dishes, is befter- liktanacia