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BEGIN HERE TODAY. !library, Paul 'rlarley crossed to the
Sir Charles Abingdon engages Pauli mantelpiece and stared long and hun-
Harley, criminal investigator, to find ! grily at a photograph in a silver
out why Sir Charles is kept under frame. So closely did he concentrate
surveillance by persons unknown to i upon it that he induced a sort of
him. Harley dines at the Abingdon I auto -hypnosis, so that Phil Abingdon
home. Sir Charles falls from his! seemed to smile at him sadly,
chiar in a dying state. Abingdon's "Benson " he called, opening the
last words are "Nicol Brinn" and library door. As the man carne along
"tire Tongue," f
Dr. RIc1llurdoch pronounces death i the hall: "I have written a note to
due to heart -failure. Harley claims Mr. Innes, my secretary," he explain-
Eir Charles was poisoned and calls on i ed. "There it is, on the table, When
Nicol Brinn to ask him the meaning the district -messenger, for whom you
of "Fire -Tongue." Brinn admits that I telephoned, arrives, give him the par -
he learned its meaning in India but i cel and the note. He is to accept no
refuses to divulge the secret.
Paul investigates the life of Ormuz
Khan, very wealthy Oriental,with
h Phil Abingdon, daughter of Sir
other receipt than that of Mr. Innes."
"Very good, sir." ,
whom
favor of a passing taxicab, and in the
latter had taken up the puralsites
Pan] Harley lighted a cigaret
The .contest had developed into °pen
warfare. Harley's accurate knowl-
edge of London hacl ,enabled: him to
locate No. 236 South. Lambeth Road
without recourse to a guide
He walked quite openly uli the di
lapidated steps to the door of No.
236, -and was about to seize the dirty
iron knocker when the door opened
suddenly and a giel came out. She
was dressed neatly and were a pseudo
fashionable hat from which a heavy
figured veil depended so as almost to
hide her features. She was :carrying
a bulgizig cane grip secured by a
brown leather strap.
Seeing Earley on the step, she pars-
ed for a moment, then, recovered her-
self :
er-self:
"Ellen!" she shouted down the dim
passageway revealed by the 'opening
of the door. "Somebo,dy to see, you.'
Leaving the door open, she hurried
past the visitor with averted face.
Harley grasped the girl's arm.
"One moment, Miss Jones," he said,
quietly, "it is you I am here to see!"
He extended his arni to detain her.
But she theust it asi1e, "lVly boy's
waiting round the corner!" she said
viciously. "Just see what he'll do
when I tell him!"
"Step inside," repeated Harley,
quietly. "Or accompany me to Ken-
nington Lane Police Station --which-
ever you think would be the . more
amusing,,,
A tired -looking woman carrying a
chin appeared from somewhereand
stared apathetically at Harley.
Addressing the angry girl: "An-
other o' your flames, Polly?" she in-
quired in a dull voice. "Has he made
you change your mind already?"
The girl addressed as "Polly" drop-
ped hergrip on the floor and banging
open a door, entered a shabby little
sitting room, followed by Harley.
"Excuse me, madam, for intrud-
ing," sail Harley to the woman with
the baby, "but Polly has some inform-
ation of use to the police. Oh, don't
be alarmed. She has committed no
crime. I shall only detain her for a
few minutes."
The official manner had its effect.
Miss Jones looked sharply across at
the speaker. "I haven't done any-
thing," she said, sullenly.
Paul Harley advanced and stood
over her. "What about the trick with
the serviettes at Sir Charles Abing-
don's?" he asked, speaking the words
in slow and deliberate fashion.
"Don't arrest me,"' she said. "I'll
tell you."
"Good. Iry the first place, then,
where were you going when :I came
here?"
"To meet my boy at Vauxhall Sta-
tion."
"He has done murder.at is
his name?"
"My God!" whispered the girl, and
her face blanched swiftly. "Murder!
I I can't tell you his name—"
"You mean you won't?"
. She did not answer.
"He is a very dark man," continued
Harley, "with black eyes. He is a
Hindu"
"Yes—yes! He is a foreigner."
"Where was he going to take you?"
"I don't know. He said he could
put me in a goods job out of London.
We had only ten minutes to catch the
train. He's gone to get the tickets."
"What did you do to the serviettes
on the night Sir Charles died?"
"Sidney—"
"Oh he called himself Sidney, did
he? It isn't his name. But go on.''
"He asked me to get one of the
serviettes, with the ring, and to lend
it to him."
"You did this?"
"Yes. But he brought
"When?"
"The. afternoon—"
"Before Sir Charles death? Yes.
Go on. What did he tell you to do
with this serviette?"
(To be continued.)
"You must take exercise," said a
physician to a patient. "The motor-
car, in a case like yours, gives the
best exercise that —" "But, doctor, I
can't afford to buy a motor -car," the
patient growled. "Don't buy, just
dodge!" said the doctor.
rig an, Harley took his hat and Dane, and
Cherie., is friendly. Benson opened the front door.
GO ON WITH THE STORY. "Good day, sir," said the butler.
"Good day, Benson," called Harley,
CHAPTER XI..(Cont'd.) hurrying out to the waiting cab.
"Finally, ,
Benson " said Harley, "Number 236 South Lambeth Road,"
he directed the man.
"what else did you bring into the' Off moved the taxi, and Harley lay
room after Sir Charles and I heal the cushions heaving a long
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entered?" sigh. The irksome period of inaction
"Soup, sir. Here is the tureen,. on was tided.
the sideboard, and all the soup plates For the moment he must focus upon
or the service in use that night. Of establishing, beyond' query or doubt,
course, sir, I can't say which were I the fact that Sir Charles Abingdon
had not died from natural causes.
Turning his head, he glanced back
at the traffic in the street behind him..
His cab was just on the point of
the actual plates,used.
Paul Harley inspected the plates, a
set of fine old Derby ware, and gazed
meditatively at the silver ladle. "Did
the maid, Jones, handle any of these?"
he asked.
No, sir"—emphatically. "She was
pmparing to bring the trout from the
kitchen."
"But I 'saw her in the room."
"She had brought in the fish plates,
a sauce boat, and two toast racks, sir:
She put them here, on the sideboard.
But they Were never brought to the
table."
"H'nm. Has Jones left?"
"Yes, sir. She vas under notice.
But after her rudeness, Mrs. Hewett
packed her off right away. She left
the very next day after poor Sir
Charles died."
"Where has she gone?"
"To a married sister,
until she finds a new job.
ett has• the address."
At this moment Mrs. Hewett enter-
ed, bearing a tablecloth and a number
of serviettes.
"This was the cloth," she said,
spreading it out, "but which of the "I haven't done anything," she
seRviettes were used, Icannot ay."said sullenly.
"Allow me to look," replied. Paul
Barley,
One by one he began to inspect the turning on to the lope of Vauxhall
serviettes, opening each in turn and Bridge. And fifty yards behind,
examining it critically. speeding along the' Embankment, was
"What have we, here!'' he exclaim -.1 a small French car. The features of
ed, presently. "Have blackberries bee� the driver he had no time to observe.
served within the week, Mrs. How- But, peering eagerly through the win -
.en dow, showed the dark face of the pas -
believe,
Mrs. How -
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: Sight copressuren,.of tight shoes.
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Fate played a grim jest with Frank ZlitlO00,P4Cief
Trying, able seaman, employed bye•
th
Canadian ,Government :Merchant Mar -
Inc,, when she deprived him of""his Wilson Publishing Company
sight while at the helm at sea.
Irving, a six foot, handsome speci-
men of manhood, aged 25, blue-eyed,
with golden curly hair, sat in the Sea-
men's Institute recently almost
as helpless as a babe in arms despite
the great strength his huge limbs in.
dicate. He was waiting for Ritchie
Bell, the manager of the Institiite, to
take him to the station, where he
would board'the train for his home
at Cape Traverse, Prince Edward
Island, in care of the train oflcials.
He was an able seaman aboard the
S.S. Canadian Traveller, working his
way up for the day when he hoped to
get his ticket as second mate. He
was delegated as quartermaster and
carried out his duties in an efficient
manner, until one night at sea, after
taking the wheel in the . middle watch,
he was struck stone blind without
warning.
"I was looking at the clock on the
wheelhouse," he explains, "and saw
that it was seven minutes to mid-
night. That was the last thing 1 have
seen. A cloud seemed to descent up-
on
pon me, and 1 could not see the coin -
pass or the wheel even, and I thought
that I had strained my eyes with gaz-
ing too long into the compass. My
relief came up at 12 o'clock to take
over the wheel, and asked me the
course, and I told him. He asked me
what I was doing, as the ship was a
couple of points off her course, and I
told him that I could not see, but that
it was only a spasm. You see, I had
heard of people going blind for a
couple of hours and thought that I
was experiencing the same thing. He
told me to turn in, and sleep it off,
and I went down to take his advice.
I did not tell the officer of the watch,
but in the morning, when I was called
again, I found that I could not see
a thing, and the captain came down
to see me.. - .
"The blindness persisted, and I be-
gan to despair, still hoping, however,
Even the giraffe has, not escaped
the fur hunters, and this coat of his
strikingly marked hide is one of the
favorites in London this fall.
CEYLON TO CURB'
RECKLESS DRIVING
""We never had them on the table,
Mr. Harley. Sir Charles—God rest
bio --said they irritated the stdnach.
Good gracious!" She turned to Ben-
son. "How is it I never noticed those
stains, and what can have caused
them?"
The serviette which Paul Harley
held outstretched was covered all over
with dark purple spots._
CHAPTER XII.
-THE VEIL IS RAISED.
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sweetens the breath,
soothes the throat and
Makes the .next smoke
taste better.
Driving Tests to Be Severe,
Sizes of Buses Limited
Bombay --The new motor ordinance
has po, "ed its .second reading in the
Ceylon Legislative Council. The ob-
ject of the bill is to check reckless
driving in the island.
Provision is made . for the estab-
lishment of a central board to which
it is proposed, if expedient, to trans-
fer executive matters which are at
present vested in the registrar of
motorcars.
The new ordinance makes impor-
tant regulations with regard to motor-
buses. One of the chief provisions
limits the dimensions of vehicles with
a view to putting an end to the de-
structive careers• of giant 'ruses
which are too big for the Ceylon
roads, while a ban has been placed
on the use of cars constructed ac-
cording) to American designs!, -with
the steering wheel on the left side.
Ali motorcars are to be taxed by
weight, and the tax on cars licensed
for hire will be double that on pri-
vate cars. Stiffer tests are provided
for driving licend'es. The present
system of issuing annual licenses will
be abolished, and "a driver will be re-
quired to hold a certificate of com-
petence which will authorize him to
drive the class of car named thereon.
Power is also granted for the with-
holding of certificates from
of bad reputation.
senger.
If the following car had turned on
to the bridge, Harley might have en-
tertained a certain doubt. But, men-
tally putting himself in the pursuer's
place, he imagined himself detected
and knew at once exactly what he
should do. Since this hypothetical
course was actually pursued by the
other, Harley's belief was confirmed.
Craning his neck, he saw the little
French car turn abruptly and pro-
ceed in the direction of Victoria Sta-
tion. • Instantly he acted.
Leaning out of the window he thust
a ten -shilling note into the cabman's
hand. "Slow down, but don't pull
up," he directed. "I am going to
jump out just as you pass that lorry
ahead. . Ten yards further on stop.
Get down and crank your engine, and
then proceed slowly over the bride.
I shall not want you again."
As a result, immediately he was
afforded the necessary `•cover, Harley
lumped from the cab: The man reach-
ed back and closed the door, proceed-
ing on his leisurely way. Excepting
the driver of the lorry, no one witness-
ed this eccentric performance, and
Harley, stepping on to the footpath,
quietly joined the stream of pedes-
rians and strolled slowly along.
1 He presently passed the stationary
cab without giving any sign of recog-
nition tothedismounted driver. Then,
a minute later, the cab overtook him
and was soon lost in the traffic ahead.
Even as it disappeared another cab
Went by rapidly.
Leaning forward n
'�GItO ,
dryly. '"I';xacfly what I should have
d�aiT�E7."
The spy, ldnow�nt� himself' discover-
cd, had alraiidone.l his own car in
it back."
'A CHIC NEW FROCK.
Distinctly modish is this attractiV
frock having a group of plaits at eachl •
side of the front and a plain back. I
View A contasting material er all -I
over lace is Used for the vestee and
insets on the sleeves, and a long col -I
lar ties in a chic bow at the side.'
View B is shown fashioned of one
material and has a short collar and
loose sleeves with the insets omitted.)
No. 1613 is in sizes 36; 38, 40, '�2 a
every morning that I would wake up `44 inches bust. Size 38 requires 3%!
able to see again as well as ever, but
I have been told by the authorities at
the Royal Victoria Hospital that they
cannot do anything for me and that I
will probably be blind for the rest of
my life. I am still hoping though.
The best doctors in the world make
mistakes at times.
"The only way I know how to earn
a living is by going to sea, and what
use am I aboard ship with my eye-
sight gone. Sometimes I think that I.
am finished for good, but I have hopes
yet."
Irving's mother is the only relative
'he has alive, with the exception of a
sister in the United States, but owing
to his infirmmity he cannot cross the
border.
He said that he would not be en-
titled
ntitled to any compensation or pension,
and that he has no hope of getting
employment anywhere.
—4.—.
Aviation advances despite all dis-
asters. Like truth, when crushed to
earth, it rises again.
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The Old Germany
Warsaw Mos Pravdy: The great
parade in commemoration of the Bat-
tle of Tannenberg, in which Marshal
Hindenburg, Mackensen and the other
idols of German militarism took part,
the discourses pronounced on that oc-
casion, just like the other functions
of this kind which 'take place with
systematic regularity, prove eloquent-
ly that the spirit of Potsdam is devel-
oping and digging itself in deeper in
the Republic of Delmar. German
monarchism Is always in power, and
•though the ex -Kaiser's fate 'may ap-
pear to have,been decided, we cannot
say as much about the of his descend-
ants.
Within two years all British infan-
try regiments will have resumed the
famous red tunic. Looks as though
peace is here to stay.
In, order; to peer
through the front window was the
dark acesc roar} whoa he had detected
on tivs Embanikment,
,, .,i orredt" tnurinured Harley,
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—.4.—
Circumstances
.4 Circumstances Alter Cases
Chicago Journal: 'Uncle Sam, who
brands you a criminal if you make,
ship, sell, buy, possess or imbibe any
beverage containing more than one -
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Childhood Fears
Fears are very crippling indeed.
With wiser training our children might
readily escape the specific fears: and
the general anxieties, timidities, and
self-doubts, which so woefully hamper
them. But you can never rout fear.
with brutal, radical or "heroic" meas-
ures. It is cruel to force a child, as
is often done, to endure alone just
what it most fears. You are
making him brave—no, not even If lie
conceals his fears to please you. The
fear pressed below the surface lives.
on and festers there.
Ridicule or honest amusement are
likewise useless. Fear, no matter how.
foolish it sounds. to the unfearipg, is
too real a thing to be laughed off. It
calls always for gentleness, sympathy,
a serious effort to understand the
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Uncle Sam's chief colonial depend- out the fear.
ency, . The Chinese now in control of
Shanghai, having gone to school to
the American tariff bandits, have laid
en excessiVe tax on imports of to-
bacco and wines. The Washington
Government has notified the Celes-
tials that "American business" will
not pay the increase. It is not in to-
bacco or wine that Washington is in-
terested but in Philippine beer. Our
little brown brothers are 'making and
selling 'the stuff, and Washington helps
them at it. Who said the Filipino
were not free?
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