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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1932-04-28, Page 2el 4f1 its . PPIe Tela frost, still heavy on the lowlande,! WiA m radian e, soon,,melted by the pp That'gayalt .. and. the :river took the lost ' •• ;Quick st plendor bathad, faded with the. frost. ..Then Malcolm lookeda moment 00 .1.0. A.� doubt , • Acis the river and the ilelds about. Touched with the glory r •- I.le left theroad 'and •followed down A lane L,eadlii to uplands'bright abovethe, • plain: • His tree stride rustled. dead leaves as .he went the• Along the hill -Path, --To him cameo • scgnt ..' Of wlid grapes heavy with their, sweet:, ness still TIngathered in thebrambles on the hill, Except by. birds'in locks that; noaril then dew ore , near him 'and sett n again . a oue fr11}aoe opened eastward on`ths • Ftd SYNOPSIS __When Philip. crane arrives in London on holiday through a coincidence .00 • % like, names be is taken for ,the erne* ' Crane, who is ,a tool of a band ruled by was the: s moustache. It learns that 'her father is . sties -nearest -apPmaeh]Yc ever. made• to :a mysterious buts the Superintendent Was already by `her side. • • "Very .well,,, she Said. "but she-; one will suffer for - this." Superintendent ' Watson raised, .a, •Lmpress He. reggaes: Margery Tergneon'• and d .to til held captivg .4y hall. ••The Empress' I in Maudlin . ,'Whittle;ear #p d11 -and meets Charless Smile, • s n M ndling an• an Ameriean;deteetive When , ®e bd 'clad Whittle calls in Scotland X8 is CHAPTER $XIII M •a¢arg- goes to a iMprisoned with Margery s, .father. 'Who Deterinined as lie was;'$imoi Stfae' r drops' dead tram exhaustion.. sirohaII, title was valuable Rhe :crook 'Grana{' 'Sees to, London. to arisen •Imam that , warn the Empress that ur police are :Ili had pretended, Snore• Birehall a}tspiel°i}s ' words but he re clearly that the ft British pollees once they. took up an O11.51EF; ,3P111., Cont engmry, ) ,:. never relftxed their bold. 'to a - • • Over by the window, through whit far,, he•'laad 'gaiiiecd the'--honors-but,: fidgover the matter, be became he kept looking, Bircheneted• bioeding' t _ was as though he was expecting to more an ore second visit to "Thced e White there ,.see, in the street,below, his terror take �� rnaterial„shap?, q:! ,• ed at; ouse .that night. He must be pre- rens calmly sired paw, iedw.. omen , ... ,� • , Only once del she speak: bell he said "Ferguson cellar .If he went away—and he was al- ibiing the idea to'sink in—it would., be necessary •for•. him to take--the-for- ,.her bureau, the inP do To the servant who answered the or leave the is in thecellar; 'bring sit down, 1 him to me §lence,� � chstued Only•by the rustle ,rb room;" +she ordered curtly E►aPers hetirOedthara oyer. x ihhree minutes; he rushed IfLwa r � � • ' across the loom, aitout l "What are we; banging here for?" he'asked; and, before zlie coil he had ripPed the receiver off itsreply,"What hook dud enquired angrily; about can to Mandling? that trunk ' Have we to wait. all night?", ' The Empress lose and took. the in- - p. slope e )oohed. far, back' and sew. to -hazed 6r r above" the city he had left be'bifnd;-• -- Belo* him . stood the cabin'. in the trees. . The', orchard, tweet with its old ,.'mysteries :• ' `' • Of biooing that faded, fruit that came to pass ger with lihm. For Ferguson's work, was only. half done; there remained a deal to be .finished. His plans in this direction were i rudely shattered. "Ferguson is dead," announced the returned servant. Stevensson rose Swiftly :anl walked Om/lent ,'from 'bis sh g _r up to the man., on say?" he demand- With the ultoccuPied hand, she!motfon What's that y y taxi him to a 0Yia r: • i ed. er say; "What's "Ferguson', dead—he's. conked out." "Yes, • he heard fi Y• sere? .. 's' . No reply? .:. • Ave You "Dead,'? : -But_ who _killed, him? t • .,� . ' " '' "Not 'that other fellow. When I .. "'Birchall, -¢aired no loirger. He ions went down there, he was e>ear blob! :c air t her , " ..Na it warn t mord tip in.; :his Ferguson must ;have had a weak heart •cleave.. completed kon 'lice^- . 'e police the job. What shall 'we do with the • ,"she pa �. his 'though lie' had been gifted:. body?" • t re I ;nuneaiate- e,. 'taxi sero d sight, the door opened.eF Stevenss:theid �manp be paced •up am' superintendent Watson, ly. Ignoring' rho d-Yardir-said' a-deep=-vsice. and -down the room. ;:It would seem "Darold Son!" whined. Birchall., But as though his' luck were giving ou the Empress ignored the'words that the cards were stacked. against She • faced asp icted =visitor him.. If only Whittle had :been cep. :with calm bit cur. y • bef h lid given • Yard! And %I din rs h and' clawing a bang , et •t?" • he- shrieked and shoving him downstairs P • miltorl♦. ingathered 'always : in the matted This youngster. Thomas iIa, a ... • grans, eles. denies in native of ;Los Now greeted him -with hut one definite tills 'graphic,. demonstration tfiai, sound. to the radium wateris-dangerous: Severe O�ripened_ apples falling • physigt • examinations. have ground. shown no. ''harmful, tendencies Olin n Wird Dresbach, in "Selected , Poems." International Friendship • "He's about the glace Somewhere, I have no. doubt. Do you know .where, find him, •Gregory?" _about "The last tine I saw.hilin half -an -hour' ago—he told me he was going;to . the' village. Lead'"on, •'Well, he ;can wait. lad, to ,these cellars -of yours.,It came: Mit quite by chance, Stevensson, that ;this :house was' built on the ruins t u• monaster, I 'suppose you 'weren't aware of that fact:. . my stock of "Yon are adding cckrJ" knowledge: every minute, •Inspe With . a short growl, the police offi- cer turned .away. " ' • Once outside the:, door, he and his companion .were joined by a comical= looking constable- -•P.9: George John- • d bl en - Pranoted`by' 'Radio'. • An international exchange of.,broad- casts .is a. recent feature of radio whieh: was explained to the parliamentary Committee at Ottawa by' Major. lay, ' of the British Broadcasting Cor- poration. 'Periodically a ttiritish -pr .. le is relayed gramme, ° for examp , . throughout 'Germany by, the German stationaand a.' German programme i similarly relayed throughout Great. Britain by the B. B. C. Major Murray sail that . apart from the varus of international' understand- ing and goad: will, this praotieo_of in- terchange provides an advertisement which no enterprising country can • af- n to_wto Johnson, in a lau a . e -ford-any-longer to nere. It Canada deavor to meet any emergency ad drawn. his .truncheon: had her .independent , broadcusting already and at-' authority so recognized as to, be in `ha yhere,. r"at- 'Position. to den on. L �.n' ',St' rebou'e of Wines ,�.:rQllCl'QIl s� w7a.C`ia ...... A vault that •..ontains three; quarte? S of a mil'lipn gallons ,ii wine has been shown to several' of London's distill-, guished visitors of late: IKnown as: the .Crescent Vault, it is ohe; of 'the won- ders of the London docks. ill . in, Built '127., years „ago, it -is st use as 'London's main store for wines placed. in bond. It covers, more than -three acres; and. Houses row'. after rev. of gigantic barrels filled . with • wines that are slowly maturing. Here is ?,ort that has been 'around the. world. and sherry that was pressed'from the grapes ,-hen the present generation was young. Here are: marsala .arc ma ia. ' ne' at: an It is important to keep wit temperature and that: owe stn Johnson a 1 equal terms wit tared b Groaner' ore e a tend'' to anybody who comes in o N[ Aubym St Pair.".old' the other' broadcasting authorities o she t3at demand to know the IInn for thin Intrusion,' ' r,":.that information to Scotland a • ' tempts' :go out:' Laidley ale addi- . ren l It was no good reflecting• Upon that , .he world, she would'share, in enter: • have wished fora more reliable add?- prises of this' kind. put up p • t now; howelier: tars was a situation -for deng -moi but he°had to. b t. Among a; multitude of international., societies and organizatins perhaps one; of the most unusual and original is the Societe ' Internationale ' des Kato- vicards which has been established by the' listeners of the Katowice radio station in' Poland, and numbers over 2,000,900 members: grouped in 67' cen- ters spread over almost ,the whole of Europe and North Africa... This so- ciety is four years old,' and owes'its origin to an•outburst of excitement. by M. Stefan Tymieniecki. the'musical director of the Katowice broadcasting During. station. Except for Russia, Czecboslo-' in to g0. -aloe°and Portugal, all Europe partici- he This lit He spoke bl usquely. pates in the' ' organization which now La dl hasa special badge with the inscription "Loin des yeux--pies; du coeur," 'de- signed br Dr. Ruch of Vienna, one of the most enthusiastic members. North Africa is also much . interested, while from time`to time letters are received from Japan and North America, where a centre is being established in Chi- cago- The friendship between, the ' "Kato- vicard's" manifests itself in various forms: the poorer members write and exchange 'photographs, the rich ex- change visits' by Gars, going'soinetimes from France to 'bairo , or Bucharest. When the Katovfcards meet one. an- other n other at' . international events they Start,•Smmediate.'co:operation and show ,luxe same interest as in hitherto un- known n. known relatives. , This international friendship over'the ether has resulted In several marriages, Several adoptions and also. ,perhaps, some advertising,: but the great majority of people have been attracted by it.without any, self- ish interests.—the Mall and 'umpire. (Toronto). • The ?reply' cause promptly. • "We have' Q1ved ;information that ! young gentleman named mr Philip, Crane is missing -and that yon, . are, concerned. with his ,disappearance" ,sa 'I •eeneerned! °'Ton arejolsaag• "On the contrary, I am very seri one, madam; so serious, Di fact, that I must request you to accompany. me to Scotland'' Yard." He moved swiftly ane •sib • a Birchen "attempted. to him "And you, too, sir... Thorns!" rain- ing bis voice. A youn8er man, alsdream t plain clothes, game quickly' hall" "We have a cab outside, and there'll • be'no display. Tf yowbehave sensibly, - no oue need be, any- the wiser,"; the Superintendent now said, turning' • once again to the woman. ' The words were sacually uttered,• but: The Empzess knew their import. Onee at the Yar"d, she would never• get away. Bluff as, she might, tile net would close around her. ' "I refuse , to accompany you," she saiid;. "this is an insult, and I Shall speak to my solicitous." "You can speak to them after you have visited the Yard," was the inflex- ible reply; "it's my duty to warn you that if you refuse to 'come with, me,pv , Will he -taken by- force." She looked 'quickly'round the room, a'man—and he had t - face it: , • To stay or. go.. That..was the ques- tion. With Ferguson dead, it would certainly, seem as thiiugh he bad bet- ter slip across to France for'a while He would•• ring up the Empress. The man still standing in the door- way attracted his attention again. "What shall we do with the body, boss?" A third voice answered. "I •think .you had better' leave' it where it is until we see it." D the next ten seconds, Stev- enssoii did' the quickest thinking of e. . "So you're here again, Mr. i ey," he remarked. " I thought somehow yeti might turn tip once more." - The Folkestone police officer 'dis- regarded the pleasantry. "We'll cut out the compliments, Mr. Stevenson, and concentrate -'on your cellars." He underlined the last word and had the',satisfaetion of seeing the man wince. "I'm afraid I overlooked your downstairs department the •first time I was her*. Very careless of me, I'm sure, but I - intend to rectify that now. Matthews!". be called; and an assistant stepped forward. "Watch this man, was' the order hd received with this material' as' being the es available. • • ' "rYes;'Inspector." -1 With the handcuffed guide going be- fore think, the Small party crossed the hall' and entered a corridor en., the other side. • •�� the "The wine. cellar's down here; man said, pointing to the wooden floor, Laidley nodded. He had a horrible suspicion that he was about to be' Made' a fool of.. He had merely bis own intuition and. the information. of that fool of a `constable• upon which "I want to see it—not to be told where it is." • ., • • The man • touched something i w y th his foot and'the floor opened Stretching down could be seen a fight of steps., A cold, -raw air came up to:them from below. (To be continued.) even ' , eains Crescent Vault is regulated .by1e ea s of gas -jets.• These gve. off bl y • that made the surrounding darkness . all the' more intense• the long 'cox - From time' to time in•' he lonr of - ridors, :some of them a' q at mile in length, one catches sigh bond- •. circle of faces, hal£--revealed by• lamps, bending over a cask; like those of . smugglers conspirin g. ' The : quiet _ is broken only byivoices and by. a mys-, terious. tapping made 6y the coopers as they 'test the, casks for leakages. They, are guided entirely by the sound of the casks in resp ,nse .to their tap- ping. Twice daily they have to com- plete the round 'of' casks. , Eight men are kept busy -tin b• Students in Bulgaria • 'oath Live on$5aM Lour, BtYlg:==The average --.cost of, -of -town stu- dent n a ne e for an 0 u ma'rite 1 attending. the high .schools in this typical provincial Bulgarian town is $5 a month, according to the .director of the ,"gymnasium,"n' wbicb 'there are ;1,000 boys and 'g irls. Many of the village' boys and girls liven' even more economically. They go home, every Saturday • and return on Sunday, with a bundle of bread, cheese, dried fruit, and salt pork, to which they restrict their diet, adding , now and then a howl of sour i or' a portion of •.• bean stew. Schools are crowded far beyond capacity and have -two shifts •daily; one beginning' before dawn' and ttfe other Aos ng long after dark. ` Another reason why some are pleas- ed to, see amateurs planting gardens ' in April is that it often means more jobs for professional gardeners in June.—The Christian Science Monitar. Parker's Will Pay mail: Charges Both Ways Send your cleaning to Park- er's and you will always be sure of lovely results. Ail garments are cleaned by the . famous )?dolt)-gaSO1ene method which • makes -clothes cleaner, fresher` and absoklte- ly odorless. ' Questions ' gladly answered by , our Mail Order Depai't- ntent. ° Postage charges `d loth ways. ' t Gardening Hint • Now, is the time to study seed -pack' ed illustrations •to see what the seeds? you are going • to plant won'tlook like. She—"Did you see any sharks when. you were crossing the Atlantic?" Ile : "Yes, I played cards -with' a couple of them!" Stevenson kept control • of himself. "Yon prefer me; then, not to be your guide, Inspector?" • "Well find out everything ---this time," was the significant response. " his fellow, will do.P. Ile pointed to the -man: who, a minute • before, had brought bis tale of tragedy to Stesv enss3on. He was not a free agent now; by a dexterous manceuvre his •hands had been pinioned behind him, by a sec- ond detective, and a pair of handcuffs slopped round his wrists: • "As't'on please, my dear Inspector;" remarked' the host; 'but, nevertheless, t think it is only fair to say that I a a • .Jack—"Ton seem. strangely rest- less est less and ill at ease'for one of your quiet diapOsitiOn:' Toni ---:"Well, you see eI try to re- spect my wife's wishes during: Lent Tend yet believe me it's the only sea- son 'of the year fallen 1 feel like kidking Over the tracas." GERMANS TO EXPLORE ANDES.' retest in the proper leidelberg•--f?espite the hard times; shall regi ter pone quarters against this high-handed ac -'mountaineering Germany will expedition tin the field q i ea>• the Andes' Reconnoissance tion of yours. I won't waste words oy saying that you have no justification for' your suspicion, either against me or my bousei By the .way, I suppose you have the usual' warrantR" ,, 1'k this • no warrant is necessary am' acting uisy , of 1932: It ,has -just sailed from Bre-, men folr Peru. It has for object not only mountain conciuest but acienti0c ir y enzei of the research, and Professor IKu colo• Univers y er n h EnglanddLLikes Brazil Oranges '4 1 ir[ SPECIAL °, OFFER • r Government .Standard Seeds for the home garden. - 1 oz. Beet—Detroit Red'. 1 os. Carrot-•Chaatenayr 1 os. Eadish--White Tipped. 1 oz.'Parsu1p—'$onow Crown. Pkt. Cabbage—oopentagen Mkt. Pkt. Cucumber—white Spine. • rkt. Lettuce Nonpareil Heading. Pj[t-OnioL YeIIOW 0lobe mazDaa:er• prat •Swee Wiliam-1Yised. Pkt: Nasturtiums-"7zized• ' Pkt. Pansies—Giant Nixed. Pkt. Petunias --Chant Mixed. Pkt, Spencer's Mined 'Sweet -Peas. This entire collection post paid for $1.00. .•• GLOVERS SEEDS. 152 DUCHESS ST., TORONTO, ONT, going, anyway" HE modern ' Miss needs no "time out"for the time of month. ' If you've• ever taken Aspirin for headache, you know how soon the pain subsides. Itis just as effective in the relief of those pains peculiar to women? Rio ' de Janeiro.—England . is the � greatest consumer of Braz9lian oranges l ' Don't dedicate certain . days 'of and .bananas, export- figures for 1931 ' every month to suffering. It's old= reveal. Out pf a total of 2,054,302 boxes of oranges exported by , Brazil last year fully four-fifths were bought by Eng- land. Total banana 'exports That year ,reached '7,8.55,752 hunches, . half of which' *ere shipped to the E1,glisb market- { fashioned. I't's unnecessary. Aspirin will always enable you to carry -on in comfort. Take enough to assure your complete comfort. If it is genuine Aspirin it cannot possibly hurt you. Aspirin tablets do not depress the heart. They do not up- set the stomach. They do nothing but stop the pain; a case like it of geideib g is its g rr —_ ,Headaches come at' inconvenient I �t g on my own o her professor T "Cheer'up, old bop;'' advised the times. So do colds. But a little -.- and with a .full sense of gist and ge gip eve sty ' looks married malt. You•know 'tie better ,aspirin will always save the day. responsibility " Ilertzb oft Jena •Uh A throat sore that you can Bard- what I am doing." botanical expioratiofi: The leader Ito have loved and lost than ?lever to - Whatever ' „ treed of Iy. s one good gargle comfortable ,e well. Gregory, . please do after jingling ae from pal ns actor. wishes. Obey of the expedition if Dr. P. H. Bor have loved at all: "Yes," agreed the Wi swallow is made whatever the I p cher, second vice-president of the Get'- rejected suite?,, "better rte forttie these tablets. Neuralgia. Neuritis. him as you 'would me. You under man Alpine Club. 'Th • stand is recruited f members 1 fyorist the confectioner, nt waiter, the taxicab .....,...... .:...:. ._ ,.. ...a. The Climbing ARKER' t_ „team • keys in his .porker, e r mat Pains honce , �" mainly ront onfectioner the ?messenger , Rheu ism ' • that .apt The man lowered hos ?lead in a last pear's Ztyhrenfiirth expeditions boy, ttt'e i estatira { I titre of acqui'eseence. Had he not done of man the- thea at 1 the t n 3ra1 so, his eyes ?night have told their own to the Himalayas, -and Erwin, Schnee tr magnate , der, mite proved their star, heads it 1 len•-ter:' ORK$ i1M1'YEb sto Particular objective is the Cordi! j' ut; tut",, mocked Stevenson. an dearly '22,500 feet high, there and i ou Inspector, -what three able- , Car The B k of The pa �,r l "And no" tricks;' added Laidl'ey. „1 ?era Blanca. Besides Mount Huas l `t �S AiV �� CLEANERS DYERS i 791 Yonge .St.,,Tordinto r bodied men have to fear?" am area number of 20,000 -footer never a y a• Their D'ralogu+ s, o yet climbed, bound in cloth, now •Ueirtg sold of • this trip, I. -taking ri book5tcr! s,. at; traded rostpai,d , "Ott t P p 'Yen 1 Specialists in both Clotheri and Chances;" awns the curt reply. "The ...weakness �of the sarin) after West pfor OMe D'oll'ar froth• the publisher, Household 'F.cirnisttlirga I let now where your Itali lt. tions anti the strength of taw prrvate" Thomas' Allen, 266 King St,. Might lite .k — I body -servant it. I've heard a lot about Tor'orifo. .. t•.t � •,tPQtr PS.•l'!in!`gt itl1t o• selfishness. "; • - it I that fellow recently,<and i 'should Ars, JapyPi ° viaclt.tyto, t Ch ISS J ' No. 17—_-' 52 • to see him:'. �, • ` • peopic hone dre forggiten half an Motif rafter' taking a few 'of'tlrete rrm,rhable tablets. Se are the little' Tinging 'aches that bring fatigue arid 'ner\es" by day, or a sleepless night. (genuine Aspirin talilt;ts cost so,very little aa•fta r att. thrill it cloehn''t,,pay to esperann'nt ‘\ Oh irritations!