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Zurich Herald, 1938-04-07, Page 2i By the 9:15 Express by \\'alter Wood - CHAPTER IX THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED When the station -master could make a sign at all he moved his hand violently as a signal to the guard to replace the cloth. With a quick movement Chaukley let the material fall, and he lightly „tucked it in. "That, you see," he said, "doesn't at first sight look suspicious, It's only when you grope' along the sur- face, as I did with a lamp, that yon see the unevenness of it, and know what's at the other side of the stuff. Fancy lifting up the cloth et night and finding that, as I dict;" "Let's get into the open-air," gasped the station -master. Let's get out of this hor'r'ible death-trap; it stifles me to remain in it." He rose and flung the door of the compartment open, and bounded en to the platform. As he alighted, a well-dressed man who was smoking a cigar stepped nimbly aside to avoid a collision. "I was curious enough," said the stranger, "to be watching the little scene in the compartment. I was taking a stroll along the platform, and had no intention of prying into your doings. But 1 may be excused for having looked lather more close- ly than usual in view of the nature of what I saw." "You must pardon me for ad mo- ment," `mo- ment," said the guard, ill pleased to have had a third party present. "The carriage must be wtncoupled and left here. The train is due out." The guard hiinself detached the vehicle and reascended the platform. "The train is leaving," he said, "You must take your seat." Must Share Your Secret "The train may go without me," said the stranger. "You would ra- ther have me alone than all the pas- sengers in the train left here." "What do you mean?" asked the station -master, waving a signal to the (hider. "Simply that if I am not allowed to share your secret I will give the alarm as to what I've seen to the whole of the passengers," said the stranger, coolly. The station -master waved his hand again, and the train began to move off, "Your threats are useless here," said he. "Warn the passengers now if you can." "I'm sold, I admit," said the stranger; "but as nay point is gain- ed I cannot feel annoyed. If my Looks alarm you at all, let me tell you I am simply a medical man. Be- ing that, I could not be mistaken as to the nature of the thing I saw." "First we'll get the carriage into a siding," said the guard. '-`Mr. Cot- ton, let that be done." Two or three porters came up in `ans�eer to the station -master's signal, and the carriage was slowly pushed off the main line. "Now," said the stranger, who had walked with Cotton and Chauikley along the permanent way. "let us climb into the compartment and see what has been done." Without waiting for an answer he swung himself on to the footboard, opened the door, and entered. The guard and the station -master went in after him, British Rem lL v for RHEUMATIC ACHES It becomes increasingly obvious that. the 1 i,cumatic Sufferers of Canada have for long been seeking a new remedy for their nagging aches and pains. Trow else can you account for the enthusiasticwelcamegiven to Fynnon Salt, a combination of natural salts of the Earth? Whenever anyone who is subject to the tor- tures of Rheumatic Paine decides to take Fynnon Salt regularly, life for him begins to wear a brighter aspect. No longer do the pain -racked joints defy his efforts to secure longed for relief because the corrective ingredients in ,Fynnon Sala -,Sodium, Potassium, Lithium— fust won't be defied. Uric Acid can't remain i,i the system --it has to move on, move out. And Offerers who have turned to Fynnon Salt have had good cause to bless the day they gave it a trial. Wherever the Subject of Pawn - Ma tic Pains crops up, you Will hear the praises of Fynnon Salt sung. Take a ;•6 teaspoonful of Irynnon Stilt in a tumbl erful of water every morn - Ing for your Rheumatic Pains, Sciatica, Lumbo. go, etc., and you tvi11soon hexeroicing that life has become bright and cheerful again. Your drug- gist sells .Fynnon Salt, the proven llritislt remedy, 75e a large package. If you have any difficulty getting supplies, write: Laurentian Agencies, St, Gabriel St., MontrcaL r ssue No. 15—'38 "Now," said the doctor, seating himself on the opposite side to that on which the guard had raised the curtain, "let's sit down and reason the thing out." He leaned forward, his cigar still between his teeth, and put up the cloth with the coolness with which he might have drawn a blind. He took a pin from his waistcoat and se- cured the cloth so that he had an un- interrupted view of Mr. Bryden's face. • Strangled First The doctor gazed intently at the rigid features, and then turned his eyes to the throat. "It is as I thought at first," he said. "The man has been strangled strangled first, and then stuffed in here. You will notice that all the upholstering material has been re- moved. It is the work of someone whose sole object was the taking of life—not a paper, not a coin, not an article of any sort has been touched," The doctor had by this time rapidly examined the pockets. "I know but one man who could have done this," he concluded. "And I•think we know but one al- so," said the guard.. The doctor became animated in- stantly. "So," he said, putting aside all his assumed calmness—"so you have seen the man?" "Seen him and got hint," said the stationmaster. "Shall I take you to him?" "At once," said the doctor. "How marvelous if it should be the man I want!" "He's asleep, or was," said the sta- tionmaster, as they walked towards the room in which the prisoner had. been left. "It won't be necessary to wake him." "If he's the pian I mean, he's bet- ter sleeping," returned the doctor. "Well, there's the one I mean," said the stationmaster in a whisper as they entered the room. He point- ed to a figure on the couch. The doctor stepped gently up, and gave a swift keen look at the sleep- er's face. "Thank God," he murmur- ed fervently, "he's the man I mean, too." "Whatever he is," said the guard, "he's a murderer." "True," replied the doctor; "but a murderer with whom the law can do nothing." "Why?" demanded the astonished guard. "Because," said the doctor, still speaking in a low voice—"because he is a lunatic." Two And Two Together When the stationmaster and the guard had recovered from the shock of the surprise, they begged the doc- tor to tell then all he knew. At the same time Cotton signalled to the men who were watching to leave the room. "You can wait outside within call," he said. "I can only put two and two to- gether," said the doctor. "The man there is a patient who escaped from Walton Asylum eight days ago. For brief periods he is sane as any man walking. At his worst he is one of the most dangerous homicidal mad- men in the country, His mania is for strangling, and very small hien seem to have a fascination for him. His cunning and craftiness would et times baffle the smartest and keenest men, living; but happily he sbowa so much inconsistency and is guilty of so much bungling that he is easily discovered." "Then that accounts for his try- ing to put the blame of Bryden's dis- appearance on me," said the guard; "a1111 it explains what he did at Morn- illgton." "Tell the doctor," said the sta- tionmaster, "an that's happened to your knowledge; then I'll relate what's been done here since you left us." The doctor listened carefully to all that was said by the officials, and he pieced the accounts together at the close. "What was done was this," he said, looking for a moment at the sleeping figure. "Darton—that's his name --got clear of the asylum, How he did it we don't yet know ---I am a member of the staff of the asylum, as you may have guessed. He got to London, and haunted Kiltg's Cross as he's pnssionately fond of trains. He saw Mr. Dryden a week since go North, and travelled for some die - Device That Cools Fresh -Baked 13read Ts Invented By An American :*-- Does Job In Exactly Tern Minutes Visiting Toronto last week was ,a broad - shouldered, square jawed young man who holds the distinction of being invited to the Capital of the United States to sit at dinner as one of the twenty of the country's fore- most inventors. The contribution of Montague H. Duval, New York City, the; gentle- man in question, as an inventor, was a device to cool bread. The particular little probloW of cooling bread happened to be one with which the best brains of -the bakery industry has been wrestling for years. Ordinarily •Takes Four Hours On a normal summer day, it takes, by ordinary means, about four hours to . cool a loaf of bread sufficiently to permit it to be sent through" an automatic slicer and an automatic wrapper. •Thus, the entire baking in- dustry of the United States was held up just four hours, and the loaf that reached the housewife's table was not such a good product, at that. Mr. Duval's device, a vacuum cool- ing arrangement, cooled the bread in exactly ten minutes, and, he insists, did a much better job than the ele- ments. Until some one told him that the baking industry was faced with this Corinna Envoy Hans. Adolf von Moltke, (above), am- bassador to Poland since 1931, will succeed Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop as ambassador to London. Von Moltke has had an ac- tive hand in promotion of the Ger- man -Polish relations during the past several years, particular problem, Mr. Duval had never looked into the inside of a bakery. And that, he says, is just the reason he untangled the knot in Short order. The gentlemen who were mixed up in the industry, he ex- plained, were too confused by the un- important angles to get•down to the root of the puzzle. Monograms for i1 Istinction MAYFAIR NO. 160 Here is one thing you can't possibly go wrong on=Monograms, for your gifts of linen undergarments and every household accessory. A fine linen monogrammed handkerchief is always the most welcome of gifts. They are equally .attractive, embroidered in colors to match your costume, or em- broidered in white or,colored linen. ,Every combination of initials is here and in five sizes. If you wish tissue pattern for nightgown and parities same may be obtained by enclosing additional fifteen cents for No. 560. Send 20 Cents (20c) in stamps, postal noteor coins to Mayfair Patterns, Room 421, Wilson Buildings, Toronto, Print name and address plainly. tance, at any rate by the same train. That was when he first tried to per- sonate you, guard, by assuming a false beard and wig. Probably he meant then to take the unfortunate 'traveller's life, but finding that Mr. Bryden had seen him he didn't try. Then again, he might have been con- tent with the terrible fright he'd\ caused, Last night he came again by the 9:15, and managed to carry out the scheme he'd no doubt been nursing for a whole week. Good heavens! What a diabolical business, Nothing but n, diseased brain could have conceived and carried it out. "I don't see how he got to the cor- ridor carriage," said the guard. "He is the very elan I put into another coach before we started!' "The tan who could plan a thing like that would not hesitate to swing himself along the footboard even of the 9:15,"' said the doctor. "It WAKE OP LIKE A CAVE MAN Feel Full of Life—No More Tired, Dull, Leavy Mornings Keep your liver healthy and you'll feel great every morning. When you wake up feeling "rotten" your liver is out of order. Your liver clearsethe blood of poisons, separates the nourishing part of your food from the waste. Supplies energy to muscles, tissuesand glands --gives out bile, the body's laxative, helps stomach, kidneys and in. testines to work properly. A there bowel movement isn't enough. "Fruit -a -tines" made front fruits and herbs, will strengthen and build up your liver like nothing else will You'll be amazed how welt you aro every morning. Try Fruit -a -rives. MI druggists. FRUIT-A-TIVESLIvER TABLETS seems impossible to kill or hurt his sort." "Thank heaven," said the guard; "that his kind aren't roaming about always. Big as I am, I don't want to meet one of his stamp again," "And what shall we do now?" asked the stationmaster. Back To Asylum ' "I think it would be better," re- turned the doctor,'"to.•let Darton go back as soon as poseible. I will tele- graph to. Walton for a couple of at- tendants, who can get down here by breakfast time and remove him by the first train that returns, I will remain and assist you with explana- tions to the coroner and the police. If Darton is needed he can be brought here again. But what can the law do with him? He isn't even fit 'to plead, and needn't be tried to prove that." "Whatever the law may want --- and I don't suppose it'll be satisfied with such a simple view of the mat- ter as yours," said the stationmaster: "I'm with :you in getting the crea- ture ---I can't call him a man --back to the asylum. If the law wants loins, let it fetch him, I've had enough to last me for many a long day." "Then let a telegram be sent," said the doctor, "Meanwhile I will see to the wants of the patient-- abi he's about to awake." The sleeper opened his eyes and yawned; 'then stretched himself' and sat up on the couch. He looked for n moment at the doctor, then burst into a laugh of pleasure.. "Ah, how good of you, doctor!" he exclaimed, "You have collie to take. ree home!" (Concluded next week) Suitor Engages Sorcerer's Aid Italian Wooer Attempts to Win His Girl Ey Magic When his wooing and wealth failed to make any impression on a 20 -year- old girl with whom he heel fallen in love, an 82 -year-old Italian enlisted the aid of a sorcerer to try and win her love. No he has enlisted the aid of the police to try and find the sor- cerer, The old man and the girl met on board a liner on which he was return- ing to Italy from America. He fell in love with her, and when she left the boat at Naples he left also. At ltesina, near the foot .of Vesuvius, he took lodging , not fat' from her home. "Se Patient" Insistently he tried to win her at- tentions—but in, vain. At last he went to a sorcerer who lived nearby. The sorcerer told him to buy a magnificent house neat' the girl's home, furnish it luxuriously, and then wait. The old man did so. She did not come. The old'matt went again to the sor- cerer. "Be patient," he was told. "She will come tonight. Go home and pre- pare a magnificent supper, with cham- pagne and flowers, and await her." Back For More Advice Again the old man followed the sor- cerer's instructions—and again, dis- appointed, he returned for more ad- vice. This time he was told to get some pills and take injections. Still the girl did not relent. The next day he informed the police. But when the police went to arrest the sorcerer they found that he had vanished — with numerous valuables belonging to the old man and $25,000 which he had been persuaded to hand over to the magician. Cleanliness Fr . Beautiful Teeth At Least Two Brushings Per Day Necessary, Say Dentists Lovely teeth are one of the most attractive features of any face, and complete cleanliness is the first step toward toothsome beauty. Though your teeth may not be perfectly formed, through no `fault of your own, they can still be attractive and have a unique charm of their own if they sparkle with health and clean- liness. There are plently of good reasons to give a little thought and trouble to your molars. They should look their best for beauty's sake; they should be strongand white for health's sake; and they should be clean for your breath's sake. Five Minutes Twice A Day Your dentist will tell you that three to five minutes twice a day— morning and night—is tie minimum number of times you should brush your teeth. And it's a good idea to brush them after every meal if you can possibly arrange it, Brushing should do two things, —cleanse the inner and outer surfaces of the teeth to remove any particles of food that may be in the crevices—and stimulate and massage the gums. This last point is one that the dental profession has been stressing parti- cularly of late. That old household remedy, bicar- bonate of soda, is wonderful for cleaning the teeth, and it will really whiten and strengthen them. So if you have no particular brand of tooth paste, give it a try. With constant care and proper food you can live to a ripe old age and never have to go shopping for store teeth. Walks Barefoot In Snowdrifts For 27 years or more, winter and summer, Oren (Ginger) Young of Midland, Mich., has been taking a fifteen -minute walk barefoot daily. And in all that time he never has been ill a day. "Apples, tomatoes and humans need air," Yoting explains. "Put ap- ples in a hot room without fresh air and they rot rapidly. Give them air and they keep good for a long time." Ono of Young's stunts, which sometimes amazes visitors to the town, is idiovcling the snow off his front. walk while barefooted and dressed only in light shirt and trou- sers. "Of course, 2 wear an overcoat and protect tnyself from the cold like other folks, but not during my fif- teen -minute daily airing -off period," Young adds. Young, 59 year old, believes one reason he values fresh air so highly is that he spent his youth in the coal mines where fresh air just doesn't exist. STOP !PREM SCREAMING If you worry—with that queer taut feeling in Your stomach—take PIIOSPBRINli. A few tiny, economical drops each day will help steady those ragged nerves, improve your appetite, build up your strength, At druggists 1105551.00 fend 51,tO, J 1x 08 IUiYJL t f VETOIh G C HILDR11NT of all thrive on ,"CROWN BRAND" • CORN SYRUP. They never tire of its delici- ous Savor and it really is so good hu dren ,'CROWN BgiRANDe every day. Leading physicians pro- nounce `CROWN BRAND" CORN SYRUP a most satis- factory carbohydrate to use as a milk modifier in the feeding of tiny Infants and as an energy producing food for growing children. THE FAMOUS ENERGY FOOD The' CANADA STARCH COMPANY Limited High Houses Lack Beauty of Lines Trend Toward Cellarless Build - ins ,Should Result in Cosier Appearance Most suburbs, and even cities, suf- fer from overexposure of the cellar, When we see a house built low on the ground it seems more pleasing to the eye. The reason is plain. The phrase "a long, low, rambling .house" is typical of the ideal of most people in the way of architecture. Yeti knowing this we still persist in place ing houses two or three feet out ofi the ground. The reasons are prat; tial ones, and, unfortunately, the, ,l are more potent than esthetic appeal;, Deep excavation costs more, and the deeper we go the more likely, is the need for waterproofing, which, also adds cost; furthermore, in many streets the sewers are not Iaid deep; enough in the ground to allow proper drainage from cellar fixtures. Skill; ful grading can overcome thestitletl effect to a large degree, although it should not take the form of sharn terraces that look too artificial. The slope should be as gradual as possible and should extend well away from the house. Should the present trend toward cellarless houses become more power-' ful, we can all have nice low houses with a minimum of grading. Contrast Is Used Even ; : Fabrics Especially hi New Wool Daytime Street Costumes NEW YORK. — The contrast note Iooms large in this season's fashion picture. Nowhere is it more striking- ly displayed than in the new wool day- time costumes for street, travel or sportswear. Not only is there a great freedom in the use of the bright new colors in bold combinations, but designers have expressed their liking for variety by teaming contrasting fabric- types in the season's suits. Plain and Plaid Together Soft smooth woollens are used with nubby* or hairy -surfaced wools in jack- et acket and shirt costumes or in two-piece ensembles of the- frock and coat school. Plain woollens are smartly set off by novelty striped and patterned weaves in bright combinations, and the union of plaid and plain is import- ant in every sort of costume. For sports, country or travel wear, the contrast is carried out in the use of plaid wool tweed jackets over monotone skirts in soft shetlamd wool, and dark monotone jackets are com- bined with contrasting light-colored shirts and boxy over -jackets. 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