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The Stcpon the Stairs
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eoming with an eagerness which he
made no attempt to conceal.
"You're headquarters men; aren't
you?" he demanded. "For 'heaven's
sake, come in and tell me if you've
found out anything! Those chuPs
from the local precinct are dribs, end
I'm almost mad over this thing! Right
this way; you'll find cigars and things
on that stand."
"You know Mrs. Vane, Mr. Ladd?"
It was more a statement thane clues"
tion as Barry seated himself.
"(Knew her? Good Lord, I-!" The
young man controlled himself by a
visible effort and. added lamely "Yes,
I have known her for some time, sev-
eral years, in fact, and although she
had a host of friends, I think 1 can
claim to be one of the closest of them
to her. It's the sheer impossibility of
this thing, gentlemen, which has dri-
ven me nearly mad. I know that -
that she was shot, I saw her body,
and yet. I would be more ready to
believe that a bolt from heaven struck
her down than a bullet sped from a
human hand!"
"Why?" This time the question
carte as sharply as the report of a
pistol itself upon the outburst of
nerves stretched beyond the breaking
point, and Gordon Ladd east discre-
tion to the winds.
"Because she was. alive andel:
instant almost before that sho
have been fired! I saw her, I si
her, I-1" Too late the youne
realized the slip he had mad
his face turned livid, but haste
made an effort to retrieve his e
"It must have been the closing o
own door here when I returned
muffled the shot so that I did
hear it."
"When you returned from wh
Craig ;caned forward suddenly.
That he had made such an
was instantly apparent, for the h
of his accusatory speech had give
ordinarily well -poised young dna
opportunity to place himself in a
sure upon his guard, and his
came in coldly collected tone.
"You are mistaken, .sergean
whatever your rank may be to
When I said that I `returned' 1
that I had only then returned
the Montaines', on East Ninth s
where I had dined and spent
earlier part of the evening."
Craig turned in frank appeal
larger experience of his colleagu
Barry resumed the interrogatic
"Will you tell us, Mr. Ladd,
exactly what did happen last ev
from the time you left the
where you dined until from
apartment here you heard (
Boyle hammering upon the en
below?" he asked in a courteous
suasive tone.
(To be continued.)
yranny of the
The T '
Spirit
Truth (Loudon) : The fall of
commercially, politically, intell
ly, and iu other respects, date.
ously enough, from the first
of the Public School spirit, w
to say from the rise of the i
team work and the fetish of
for one's side. These, with s
else that is ugly and cumb
arose in the Victorian era; en
from the suitably ugly and unix
tive buildings of Rugby School
era of Arnold, and thence, lik
hideous blight, spread their m
among the people of England.
BEGIN HERE TODAY ifrequently called upon Mrs. Vane, and
1 red by least once I have t lents.
11 the stairs, causes issuing mean?".
d his friend, Pru-' "From Mrs. Vane's; you
seen Miss Shaw
at i
The report of a revolter, fo oti from her apartments."
hurrying footsteps o
Detective i3a1.1•y ail
fessnr Semyonov, to rush from the lat-
ter's rooms on the fifth door of a New
the body f beautiful eMiriiamYVane,so`-
cietY portrait painter, in her studio
apartment on the third floor. Ladd, a
young' artist on the second floor, Gris-
wold, an irascible bachelor on the fourth,
the sixth. deny having magazine
the shr ut
Miss Shaw, the first interviewed, says
that she llnew Miss Vine very slightly
and had not been in her studio for three
weeks.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
Barry ` interposed quickly. e
was that? About three weeks ago?"
"Three days ago!" corrected Gris-
wold "I am positive
it with smph because I am rarely
it was Tuesday, office but on
late at getting to my
the previous night I had suffered an
attack of indigestion which kept me
awake and it was quite 10 o'clock in
the morning when I came downstairs
and saw the Shaw girl coming out of
the apartment on the floor below. I
did not see Mrs. Vane."
CHAPTER IV.
Craig was so visibly dumbfounded at
the unexpected contradiction �f Miss
Shaw's testimony that his fellow ser-
geant continued in command of the
situation. `
"You mean, Mr. Griswold, that Miss
Shaw had been alone in Mrs. Vane's
studio Tuesday morning?" he asked
in the diffident tone which to those
who knew him portended an important
l.oint in the examination of a witness.
'By no means!" Griswold stirred
irritably in his chair. "That scrub-
woman was there, Mrs. McGrath who
looks after some of the apartments in
the house.
"You're a widower, I understand,
Mr. Griswold?" asked Craig.
"My wife's been dead for fourteen
years, if it's any of your business!"
snapped the other.
"I understand that you deny hav-
ing heard the shot—" began Craig,
but Griswold interrupted.
"I have stated that I did not. I was
asleep until that id Profe :�0r-Semy-
onov clamored at my door."
"You did not come down immediate-
ly, Mr. Griswold" Barry made his
second point quietly. "What finally
decided you to appear upon the scene
of the inurder at all?"
"I did not reply to that banging
upon my door becaese I fancied it
might be some practical joke of that
young pian on the second floor, Gordon
Ladd, although I have nexer exchang-
ed a word with him."
It was self-evident that nothing
further could be gotten from him. In
the hall outside the officer approached.
"The lady on the top floor, she's
been down twice asking for you," he
observed impartially to the two. "I
didn't think you'd wart to be disturb-
ed in there; but it seems there's some-
thing she forgot to tell you awhile
back."
At that moment the pale, bobbed
head of Miss Shaw appeared over the
banisters two flights above and, see-
ing them, she came hastily and silent-
ly down.
"I don't want to waste your timber"
she began a trifle breathlessly,
se _Zething escaped my memory and I
Circular Tiers
Little Junior for Spying Wear
By ANNETTE
"Let's have a • talk, then, with the
affable gentmon the ger hr e Barry suggested.
take so long this time to answer a
summons!"
The unmusical snores still sounded
from the rear of Henry Griswold's
apartment as they reached his floor,
but with a word to the officer on
guar', Barry knocked peremptorily
on the door and announced in loud
tones:
"Police headquarters! Sergeant, if
he doesn't open the door in three min-
utes, break it down!"
The snoring ceased instantly in a
sound between a squeal and a grunt.
'The next instant there came a rattle
of bolts and the door was flung open
to disclose Griswold's lanky frame
clad in a scant nightshirt, with a
skullcap upon his grizzled head.
"What the devil do you mean?" he
beagn furiously, but ead Craig, at a forward.
ges-
ture from Barry,
"I'm the detective assigned front
headquarters to investigate the mur-
der on the floor just below you here
tonight, sir, and I'd like "a word you withdot
you," he said gruffly. "If
call
want to answer my q
the wagon and you can come down-
town ard talk to the chief!"
"Well, shut the door behind you,
both of you, and sit down unless you
want to call in the whole police de-
partment!" exclaimued t on Griswold.
"1
suppose I can p
ng
gown."
He turned and paddled off toward
his bedroom with Craig doggedly in
his wake, while Barry seated himself
and glanced about him.
In a shadowy corner an old hound
stood with drooping ears and one paw
lifted as though to advance and the
sergeant looked twice before he dis-
covered that it was ati ancient and
sadly moth-eaten specimen of the tax•
idermist's art.
Griswold returned presently in the
tattered dressing gown and flapping
slippers.
"Let us get this farce aver as quick-
ly as possible, if you please."
'Do you know any of the other oc-
cupants of this 'house?" '.
"Personally, no, and I �dv not want
to!" retorted Griswold. •:"I have no
121
use for any of mein.
"You did not, then, know h'Irs' itald you an unintentional falsehood.
�" "' The matter is quite trivial and irrel-
evant, but I do not care to have the
least misunderstanding about this.
When I told you that I had not enter-
ed Mrs. Vane's studio since my call
upon her until tonight it was not
strictly true, although I held no com-
mtuiication with her. A few days ago
I was passing her door; she was out,
but Mrs. McGrath was cleaning in
there and I asked if I fright take a
p .op at the portrait."
"That's all right, Miss Shaw." Hon-
est relief shone in Craig's eyes. "It's
as well that you did tell us and if any-
thing else comes to your mind, no
natter how unimportant it may seem
to you, just call up police headquarters
and ask for me, Sergeant Craig, or for
Sergeant Barry here. We'll see that
you're kept out of it as ntuch as we
can"
"Thank you, I'm sure that you will,
sergeant," she responded with a nod
that although still dignified, was al-
most cordial. "Goodnight."
She vanished up the stair and as
the two sergeants continued downward
Craig remarked confidentially to his
companion.
"Ain't women funny? Did you see
how her manner changed all of a sudw
den evhen she thought she had got her-
self in Wrong? 'Tway nothing, that
visit of hers to the Vaneeyvoman's stn-
trio after all, but it's a god thing she
told us after Griswold mentioned it,
for we might have gone off on some
wrong track entirely. Do we get after
young Mr. Ladd now?"
Keep awake avit'h Wrigley's "Yes," Barry replied as they passed
the tragically vaeant rooms of the
tit 14 Lae A °• dead woman, "If he knew Mrs, Vnn.e,
Y [(AAV .
"Most assuredly not! I never spoke
to the woman in my life!" There was
outraged dignity in the disclaimer.
"Not that I am award of anything to
her discredit, but I know nothing
about her at all
"What can you tell me of the other
tenants heCe?" Craig asked. -
Grisold licked his thin lips avidly
as though over a choice morsel of
gossip. "The young man Ladd has
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When you need new energy,
when you are hot and mouth is
dry -pep up with Wrigleys it
moistens mouth and throat.
The increased flow of saliva
feeds new strength to the blood,
you can do More - you feel
better.
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'Minard's Will Kill Corns.
:fit `r , as Griswold says, we ought to get
ISSUE No, 11—`30
something worth while at last.
Gordon Ladd was anticipating their
Christie's
Flake Butters
bring a new delight to enter-
• taining. Wonderfully light
and flaky little biscuits
with an exquisite flavor.
ChrMie's Biscuits
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Canada's Exhibits
at the
Poultry Congress
Canada will occupy a conspicuous
part hi the forthcoming World's Poul-
try Congress. No pains are being
spared to take full advantage of the
opportunities provided in putting up -
exhibits that will be a credit to the
country.
The National exhibit being prepared.
on an elaborate scale by the Live
Stock Branch of the Department of
Agriculture at Ottawa will demon-
strate clearly the policies that have
developed the Canadian poultry indus-
try in its present enviable position,
but will also show the effect of the
policies in operation upon poultry and
egg consumption.
The provinces are equally active in
preparing their displays that will draw
attention to not only the poultry in-
dustry, but other activities of world
interest. The Maritime Provinces
are getting together in putting up one
exhibit. The three Prairie Provinces
are co-ordinating their forces in a
similar manner, while the other pro-
vinces are each preparing elaborate
displays for definite spaces that have
been allotted to thein in the great
Crystal Palace.
The Live Birds Exhibit of one thou-
sand head, including chickens, water-
fowl and rabbits, is being arranged on
a national scale, and will include re -1
presentatives not only of the hardy, i
high -producing stock of the most popu-
lar birds, but will also include repre-
sentative
ept,e-sentative specimens of what are some -1
tines termed "Fancy Breeds,"' and
including waterfowl and pigeons. The
exhibits will be a credit to Canada.—
Issued by the Director of Publicity,111111
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Suffering when there is no need to suf-
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Working though they ache all over.
And Aspirin would bring them im-
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The best time to take Aspirin is the
very moment you first feel the pain.
Why postpone relief until the pain has
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Read theproven directions for check-
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headaches and the pains of neuralgia,
(neuritis, rheumatism, etc.
You can always count on its quick
comfort. But if pain is of frequent
recurrence see a doctor as to its cause.
Dom. Department of Agriculture, Ot.
tawa, Ont.
•
"Some scientists claim a ten -dollar
bill will accumulate 89,000 microbes
in two weeks."
"Don't worry me any. I never have•
one long enough for it to accumulate
more than six or seven."
Minard's-50 Year Record of Success.
There is, I understand, nothing to
the suggestion that in memory of
the lambs it will be renamed Wool,
street.—Detroit News.
"It is better to trust in the mass of
mankind than in a leader or a theory."'
—John Buchan.
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