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The Clinton News Record, 1943-08-05, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., AUG. 5, 1943 The Clinton News -Record with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per yearin advance, to Can- adian addresses; an-adian:addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher, The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the label' Iii�v�p murder �:�se by S. S. Van Dine Second Instalment :'I hardly think these two mysteri- ous callers," Kenyon Kenting con - During :the night Kasper Kenting mented with pompous finality, ';have was kidnapped, Philo Vance, with Dis- i any connection with Kaspar's kid- trict Attorney Markham go to the napping." ADVERTISING RATES --Transient Keating home there to meet Sergeant "Can you be sure of that, Mr. Ken advertising 12a per count line for Heath of the Homicide Bureau, Ken- ting?" Vance asked coldly. first insertion. 8c for each subse- yon Kenting and. Mrs. Denting, the "Oh, no -oh, no," the other replied quent insertion, Heading, counts 2 brother and ' wife of the kidnapped apologetically. "I can't be sure. I lines, Small a, sueisements not man. Present also is Eldridge Fleet, merely meant it isn't logical to sup - exceed one ineh, such as Wiantedy pose that two nien would expose "Lost", "Strayed", etc., inserted once the Kenting' family attorney. Mrs. P for 35e, ealeh subsequent nisei -Cob Kenting tells- of finding the. kidnap themselves so openly if they content 15c. Rates for display advertising note and of overhearing a rough look- plated a step attended by such serious made known on application. inn man threaten her husband about consequences as a proven kidnapp- Commwricationa intended for pub- a week previously. ins." neaten must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. BALL Proprietor H. T. RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent Representing 14' Fire Insurance Companies Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barristor, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, LC, Sloan Block .. , . — .... Clinton, Ont. DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinary Surgeon Phone 203 Clinton, Ont. H. C. MEIR Barrister -at -Law Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public. and Commissioner Offices in Bank of Montreal Euilding Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat., and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in Farm and Household Sales, Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For information etc. Write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth, phone 14-661. 06-012 ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 Blear Str. W. 'Toronto Ont. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. OFFICERS—President, Alex MaEw- ing, Blyth Ont; Vice President, W. It Archibald, Seaforth' Manager and Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Sea - forth, Ont. DIRECTORS — Alex McEwing, Blyth, Orlt., W. R. Archibald, Sea - forth, Ont., Alex Broadfoot, Sea - forth, Ont., Chris Leonhardt, Born- holm, Ont., E. J. Trewartha, Clinton, Ont., Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, On�r., Frank McGregor, Clinton, Ont„ Hugh Alexander,'-, Walton, Ont., George Leitch, Clinton, Ont. AGIPNTS.-john E. Pepper, Bruce - field, Ont., R. F, McKereher, Dublin, Ont., J, F. Prueter, Brodhagen, Ont.,. George A. Watt, Blyth, Ont. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica- tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective post offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director. CANF1MAN •xlATIONAL, ` WAYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Toronto and Goderich Division .Going East, depart . , . 6,43 a.m. Going East, depart .... . 3,03 p.m. Going Werst, depart , (... 12.04 p.m. Going West, depart 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division Coming North, arrive'11.20 a.m. Going South, leave 3.10 p.m. CUT COARSE FOR THE PIPE CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES "It might be, of course, as you -say," he remarked lightly. "AIso it, "A new gambling casino was open- might not be—what? Interestfn' ed' in Jersey yesterday, and my hus--',speculation. But quite futile. And band was invited to be a guest at the .now I think we might go above, to opening ceremonies. His friend Mr. Mt. Kaspar Kenting's bedroom." Quaggy called for Trim about nine As we cane out into the main hall, o'clock—" - the door to a small room just oppos "Please repeat the name of your ite was standing ajar, and 'through it husband's friend," II saw what appeared to be a minia- "Quaggy--tPorter Quaggy. He's a .tune ,mruseum of some kind, There very trustworthy and loyal man, and 'was the slanting cases set against I've never objected to my husband's Ithe walls, and a double row of larger going out with hint. He has been eases down the centre of the roam, more. or Iess a friend of the family' "Ah! a collection of semi-precious stones," commented Vance. "Do you mind if I take a brief look?' he asked, addressing Mrs. Kenting :"Tremendously • interested _.in the subject, don't y' know." "By all means. Go, right in." "Your own collection?" Vance in- quired casually. "Oh no," the woman told him— somewhat bitterly, it seemed to me "It belonged to bit. Kenting senior It was here in the house when I first came, long after his death." Neatly arranged in the cases were specimens. in various shapes and for seyeral years, .and he always seems to know just how to handle my husband when ire shows an in- clination to go a little too far in his —his, well, his drinking." "Where does Mr. Quaggy live?" "Just up the street, near Central Park West, at the Nottingham.. " She paused, and drew a deep breath. "Mr, Quaggy's a ferquent and wel- come visitor here." "Do you happen to know," Vance continued, still addressing the wo- man, "whether Mr. Quaggy returned to the house 'last night with Mr. sizes, of various semi-precious stones Kenting?" 1 Many of these gem -stones were beau "Oh, no; '; I'rn quite sure he did Ltifully. cut and lavishly 'faceted, and not," was the prompt reply. I was admiring their lustrous beauty When you found that your hus- I impressed by what I assumed to b band was not in his room at six this their great value, when Vance mur e murel softly: "A most amazin' and disquietin' collection. Only one gem of real value here, and not a rare specimen amongst the rest. A schoolgirl's as- sortment, really. Very queer. And there seem to be many blank spaces.' I looked at him in amazement. Then his voice trained off, and he suddenly wheeled about and return- ed to the hall. looked at it, his face grim and troubled.. I glanced over ,his shoulder as he read it. The paper was of the ordinory typewriter quality and had been trimmed irregularly at the edges to disguise ;its. 'original size. On it were pasted words and separate characters in different sizes and sty- les of type, apparently cut from a newspaper. The uneven lines, crude- ly puttogether. read: If you want him back safe price will be 50 thousand $ otherwise killed will let, you no ware & when to leave money later, This ominous ,'communication was signed with a cabalistic signature consisting of two interlocking un- even squares which were outlined with black ink. Vance glanced at it, as if it were of little interest to him, and read it through quickly, with the faint sug- gestion of it cynical smile. He was about to return the paper to Markham when he suddenly drew. his hand back and made a new ex- amination of the note. "Interes'tin' signature," he mur- mured. He took out his monocle and, carefully adjusting' it, scruti- nized the paper closely. "Made with a Chinese pencil," he announced, "—a Chinese brush—held vertically —and with China ink..,. .And those small squares..." His voice trailed off. He moved to the chest of drawers and adjusted his cravat before the mirror. "By the by, 'Mrs. Keating," Vance asked casually, "is your husband, by any chance bald?" • "Of course not," she answered in- dignantly. morning, and that the lights were on and the bed had not been slept in, what did you think ?—and what did you do?" "I was naturally upset and troubl- ed and very much puzzled," Mrs. Keating explained; "and just then 3 noticed that the big side window overlooking the lawn was open and that the Venetian' blind had' not been lowered. I imnediately ran to the window and looked down into the yard, for a sudden fear had flashed through my mind that perhaps Kas- "Most unusual collection. Hardly representative, though. . . Was your par had fallen out ... You see," she father an expert, Mr. Kenting?" added reluctantly, "my husband often "Oh, yes. He studied the subject has had too 'much to drink when he for many years. He was very proud comes house late at night. , , It was of his gem -room, as he. called it" then I saw the ladder against the "Ali!" house; and I was wondering about' Kenting shot the other a peculiar; that vaguely, when suddenly I roti. shrewd look but said nothing; and ted that horrible slip of paper pinned' Vance at once followed 'Reath to- te the. window -sill. Immediately' I realized what, had happened, and why I had heard those peculiar noises in his room." "How many servants are there here?" "Only two--Weem, our butler and houseman, and his wife, Gertrude, who cooks and does the maid service." "They sleep where?" "On the third floor, at the rear." "Had you, or your husband, any previous warning of this event?" Before answering, the woman look- ed with troubled concern at Kenyon prints except the guy who lives here ward the wide stairway. As we entered. Kaspar Kenting's bedroom, Captain Dubois' and De- tective Bellamy were just preparing to leave it. "I don't think there's anything for you, Sergeant," Dubois reported to Heath after his respectful greetings to Markham. "Just the usual kind of marks and smudges you'd find in any bedroom—and they all check up with the finger -prints on the silver toilet set and the glass in the bath- room. Can't be any one else's finger- IIenting. "I think, my dear," he encouraged her, "that you should be perfectly frank with these gentlemen." The woman shifted her eyes back to Vance slowly, and after a moment of decision said: "Only this: several nights, recent- ly, after I had retired, l have heard Kaspar dialing a number and talkingoverlooking the street; the other angrily to some oneover the telephone was in the east wall, and I recog- I could never distinguish any of the nized it at once as the window to conversation. And I always noticed which Mrs. Kenting said she had that the next day Kaspar was in a run in her fright. It was thrown terrible humor rand seemed worried wide open, with. the Venetian blind and agitated about something. Twice drawn up, to the top. At the rear of I tried to find out what the trouble of the room; to :the right'of the bed was, and asked hint' to—explain the was a door, now wide open. Beyond phone calls; but each time he assured it another bedroom, similar to the menothing whatever was wrong." one in which we stood, was identi- "Was there nothingelse recently'fiable: it was obviously Mrs. Kent which you can recall, and which ring's boudoir, might be helpful now?" I "When you carnein here this horn- "Yes, there was." . The woman ling, Mrs. Kenting, was this hall door nodded with a show of vigor. "About locked or' bolted?" Vance asked. a week ago a strange, rough -looking i The woman looked uncertain and roan came here to see Kaspar—,he;falter:•ed in her answer. looked to. me like an underworld I. "I—I--really, I can't remember. character. When the man left the It must have been unlocked, or else house I heard him say to Kaspar in tI would probably have noticed it. I a loud tone, 'There are ways of get -I went out through the door and I ting things.' It wasn't just a state- don'trecall unlocking it." Ment --the words sounded terribly un- Vance went to the open window friendly. Almost like' a threat." and looked down -at the ladder. "Has 'there been anything fur- As he did so Heath took from his Nothing new anywhere?" "And the window -sill?" "Ndt a thing, Sarge,—absolutely not a thing." Kaspar Kenting's bedroom was. distinctlyold-fashioned, and con- ventional in the extreme, There was two windows in the room, one at ;the foot of the house trier? pocket a knife such as boy scouts "Yes. Several clays later, the same use, and pried loose the thumb -tack man cane again, and an even more which held, a soiled and wrinkled. sinister -looking individual was with sheet of paper to the broad window - him. I indow-him..I got only the merest glimpse sill. He picked up. the paper gin- of thein as Kaspar led them into his early and handed it to Markham. room and closed the doors." The District Attorney took it and "Queer—very queer," murmured Vance. "All the necess'ry toilet articles are in place on the top of this low -boy except a comb." "I --don't understand," the woman returned in amazement. She moved swiftly across the room and stood beside Vance. "Why, the comb is, gone!" she exclaimed, "Most extr'ordin'ry. Let's see whether your husband's toothbrush is also missing. Do you know where, he kept it?" "In the bathroom, of course,"— Mrs. Kenting seemed frightened and breathless—"in a little rack beside the medicine cabinet. "I'll see." She stepped into tate bathroom. After a moment she rejoined us. "It's not there," she remarked de- jectedly. "That's quite all right," Vance re- turned. "Do you remember what clothes your Husband was wearing Iast night 'when he went to the opening of the casino in New Jer- sey?" "Why he wore a tuxedo." Vance walked quickly across the room and, opened the door beside the bathrooms, looked into the nar- row clothes closet. "But his dinner jacket is hanging here in the closet, Mrs. Kenting. Has he more than one 7 The woman shook her head vaguely. "And I suppose that Mr. Keating wore the appropriate evening ox- fords with his dinner coat." "Naturally," the woman said. "Asnazin'," murmured Vance "There are a pair of evening oxfords standin' neatly on the floor of the closet, and the soles are dampish— is was rather wet out Iast night, don't y'know, after the rain." "I really don't understand, Mr. Vance." "Are you familiar with your hus- band's wardrobe?" he asked. "Of . course, I am," she .returned. "In that case," Vance said politely, "you can be of great assistance to me if you will glance through this closet and tell me whether anything is missing." Mrs Kenting joined Vance at the clothes closet. His. Glen 'Urquhart suit is missing," she said. "It's the one he generally wears when he goes away for a week -end or a short trip." "Very interestin'," Vance mur- mured. "And is it 'possible for you to tell me what shoes he may have substituted for his evening oxfords?" "Yes!" she said, and inunediately swung about to inspect the shoe rack in the closet. Atter a moment she again turned to Vance with a look of bewilderment in her eyes. "One pair of 'his heavy tan bluchers are not here," she announced in a hollow, monotonous .tone. "That's what Kaspar generally wears with his Glen Urquhart., Vanee turned back into the closet and it was but a minute before he came out and walked to the window., Between his thumb and forefinger he held a small ' cut gem—a ruby, I thought -which he examined againat the light. - "Not e genuine ntby," he mur- mured. "Merely a bolas-ruby—.the two are often confused. A necess'ry item, to be sure, for a representative collection of, gem stones, but of little worth in itself. ....By the by, Mrs. Kenting.. I found thisin the outer sidepocket of your husband's dinner jacket. I took the liberty of aster- Air War Veterans Train R. A.F.,Fighter Pilots At a secret air base in Britain, R. have made the name A.F. fighter pilots learn all the sub- to be dreaded by the leties of advanced battle technique United Nations. from. veteran Squadron Leaders who Picture Shows:.— "Spitfire" one enemies of 'the Battle practice • squadrons of Spitfires off to their se- cret rendezvous. • taining whether he had transferred the contents of his pockets, when he changed his clothes after returning last night. This bit of balas-ruby was all I found... • "Another thing that would interest me mildly," he remarked, looking vaguely before him, "is what kind of pajamas Mr. Kenting wears." "Shantung silk," Mrs. Kenting as- serted. She was looking direetly at Vance, but now her eyes shifted quickly to the bed. "There's a pair on—" She left the sentence unfinished, and her pale eyes opened still wider. "They're not there!" she exclaimed excitedly. "Thin Shantung?" Vane a asked "Yes — the sheerest summer weight." "Might easily be rolled up and placed in a pocket?" "What do you mean?" she asked. "I really don't know." Vance spoke with kindness, "I'm merely observing things. There is no answer a's yet. It's most puzzlin'," Fleet 'had been watching and lis- tening attentively, with a shrewd, judicial air. "I think, Mr. Vance," ile said, "I know what is in your mind, Know- ing I might even say, an act of knowing the circumstances in this household for a great number of years, I can assure you that it would be no shock to either of them if you. were to state exactly what you think regarding this situation. . "I know that it would be hearten- ng•—I might even say, an act ,qf mercy—if you stated frankly that you believe, as I am convinced you do, that Kaspar planned this coup himself for reasons that are only too obvious." "My dear sirl" returned Vance. "I would be glad to say anything wlsieh might relieve Mrs. Kenting's anxiety regarding the fate of her husband. But I assure you that at the present moment the evidence does not war- rant extending the comfort of any such belief..:' At this moment there was an in- terruption. At the hall door appear- ed a short, middle-aged man with a sallow moon -like face, sullen in ex- pression. He had on a shabby but- ler's livery which was too big for him and emphasized his awkward posture. A cringing and subservient self-effacement marked his general attitude despite his air of insolence. "What is it, Weem?" Mrs. Kent- ing asked. "There is a gentleman—an officer —at the front door," the butler an- swered in a surly tone, "who says he wants to see Sergeant Heath. He says his name is McLaughlin." Heath nodded curtly and looked up. at Markham. "That's all right, Chief," he said. "McLaughlin was the man on this beat last night, and I left word at the Bureau to send hint up here as soon as they could locate him. I thought he night know something, or maybe he saw something, that would give us a Iine on what hap- pened here Iast night" Tlzen he 'turned back to the butler. "Tell the Iofficer to wait for me, I'll be down in a few minutes." Continued Next Issue be left standing until the moisture content of the seed becomes as low as possible. At this time there will be no danger of frost damage if the seed has matured beyond the late doughstage. Moisture contente in ex- cess of 13 per cent may cans: dif- ficulties in storage, says C. W. Owen Dominion Experimental Station, Har- row, Ont. Either the small, combine or the grain binder may be used for har- vesting soybeans. The combine is the most satisfactory With proper adjust- ments this machine will do a clean job of harvesting with little loss of seed. When the grain binder is used less seed will be lost if the pods are toughened with dew at time of cut- ting. The sheaves should be set up in small bunches and left until ready to thresh, When the grain separator is used for threshing the cylinder speed should be reduced by one-half and a block of wood substituted for the concaves. Pea and bean threshers will do satisfactory work if available. Other methods of harvesting such as using a mower equipped with a bunching attachment followed by the grain separator, or mowing followed I by raking, and subsequently a corn - 'bine with a pick up attachment, are 'variations which may be found useful ;under some eircumstances. These methods all involve more labour and handling of the crop which usually V includes more loss of seed. At present the combine offers the best solution Harvesting Soybeans to the soybean harvesting problem from both the economy and loss of The soybean seed crop may he bar- seed standpoints. vested in several ways depending up40 50 - on the equipment available. 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