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There was relief writen on every line of the old butler's face. "Good heavens, Currie!" said Vance, as he stepped inside. "I told you, you might tuck yourself in at eleven o'clock if you hadn't heard from me." Killed Three Men "I'm sorry, sir," Currie said in a voice which, for all its formality, had an emotional tremolo in it. "I— I couldn't go to bed sir, until you returned. len very glad you have come home sir." "You're a sentimental old fossil, Currie," Vance complained, hand- ing the butler his hat. "Mr. Markham is waiting in the library," said Currie. As we entered the library, we found Markham pacing up and down. "Well, thank God?" he said. And, though he attempted to sound triv- ial, his relief was as evident as old Currie's had been. "Greetings, old dear," said Vance — "and why this unexpected plea- sure of your presence at such an hour?" "I was merely interested, offic- ially, in what you might have found on Lord Street;" returned Mr. Markham." "I'm frightfully sorry, Mark- ham," he said, "but I fear that I have made you a bit of trouble .. The fact is," he added carelessly, "I killed three men." "Are you serious?" blurted out Markham. "Oh, quite," answered Vance. "Do you think you can save me from the dire consequences?" And then he told Markham in de- tail everything that had happened that night. But I thought he too greatly minimized his own part in the tragic drama. When he had fin- ished his recital he asked some- what coyly: "Am I a doomed culprit, or were there what you would call extenu- atin' circumstances? — I'm horrib- ly weak on the intricacies of the law. don't y' 'know." "Damn it: forget everything," said Markhn n. "If you're really worried, I'll get you a brass medal as big as Columbus Circle. The front door -bell rang, and a minute later Heath entered the library. Hiis ordinary ruddy face was a little pale and drawn, and his right arm was in a sling. He salut- ed Markham and turned sheepishly to Vance. Wait Till Morning "Your old saw -bones at the hospi- tal told me I had to go home," he complained. "And there's nothing in God's 'world the matter with me," he added disgustedly. "Imagine him puffin" this arm in a sling — Heii! If my gun hadn't jammed—" "Yes. that was a bad break, Ser- geant," nodded Markham. Vance and Markham and Heath discussed the case from various angles for perhaps a half hour lon- ger. Markham was getting impa- tient, "I'm going home," he said final- ly', as he rose. "We'll get this thing straightened out in the morning." "Is there anything you want me to do, Mr. Vance?" Heath's tone was respectful. but a little weary. Vance looked at him with com- miseration. CHAPTER XVI "I want you to go home and have a good sleep.... And. by the by, Sergeant, how about rounding everybody up and invitin' them to the Purple House tomorrow, around noon?" he asked. "I'm speakin' of Fleet. Kenyon Reating. and Quaggy. Mrs. Palloway and her son will, I'm sure, be there, in any event." We arrived at the K.ent`ng resi- dence. Valli e driving us there in his car, fifteen minutes before noon. \Veem took our hats and made a surly gesture toward the drawing -room. SSergeant. Heath and Snitkn were already there. A little later Fleel and Kenyon Kenting arrived together, .followed almost inrnlediately by Porter Quaggy, They had barely seated ., a r!, • Fa110- F VIT.V ILIVA'r'm tri`e`s .1:1131,r-• Keay, supported by her son ;~`rain's, calve down the front stairs and joined as. "nu so allgious about Made- line," Mrs. Falloway said. "How is she, Mr. Vance" "Mrs, Keating is doing even better today than I would have ex- pected. T can assure you that she will be home in two or three days, fully recovered and in her normal mind. A Tale to Unfold "And I imagine she will have a most interestin' tale to unfold. Y' know, it was not intended that she return. "The truth is, this was not a kidnapping case at all. The auth- orities were expected to accept it in that light, but the murderer made too many errors his fault lay in trying to be excessively clever. "There is no doubt whatever that Kasper Kenting made an ap- pointment for the early morning hours, after he had returned from his evening's entertainment at the casino with Mr. Quaggy. "When Kasper left this house early Wednesday morning, he was met at the appointed place not by the person with whom he had made his appointment, but by others whom he had never seen before. They struck hila over the head be- fore he so much as realized that anything was amiss, threw him into a coupe, and then drove off with him to the East River and disposed of him, hoping he would not be found too soon. It was straight, brutal murder. And the persons who committed that murder had been hired for that purpose and had been instructed accordingly. You will understand that the plot- ter at the source never intended anything less than murder for the victim—since there was grave risk in letting him live to point an ac- cusing finger later.... The slen- der Chinaman—the lobby-gow of the gang—then returned to the house here, placed the ladder against the window—it bad been left here previously for just that purpose — entered the room through the window, and set the stage according to instructions, taking the toothbrush, the comb, and the pyjamas, and pinning the note to the window -sill, generally leaving mute but spurious indica- tions that Kas)iar Kenting had kid- napped himself in order to collect the money he needed to straighten "'out his debts. "So far the plot was working nicely. The first set -back occurred after the arrival in the mail of the ransom note with the instruc- tions to take the -Morley' tb 'the tree. The scheme of the murderer to collect the money from the tree was thwarted, makin' necess'ry further steps. The same day Mrs. Renting was approached for an appointment, perhaps with a prom- ise of news of her husband—ob- viously by some one she trusted, MARGARET GORMAN NICHOLS' CURRENT THRILLING SERIAL POOR RELATION COMING ! IN THIS NEWSPAPER for she went out alone at ten o'clock that night to keep the ap- pointment. She was awaited — possibly just inside Central Park —by the same hard gentlemen who had done away with her hus- band.. But instead of meeting with the same fate as Kasper Keating, she was taken to the house on Lord Street I visited last night, and held there as a emit of hos- tage. I rather imagine, don't y' know, that the perpetrator of this fiendish scheme had not yet been able to pay the price demanded for the neat performance of Kas- par's killing, thereby irking the hired assassins. The lady was, so to speak, a threat held over one criminal by another criminal who was a bit more clever, Cern Collection Bled "Poor Kasper! He was a weak chappie, and the price for his own murder was being wangled out of him without his realizing it. Through the gem collection of old Karl Kenting, of course. He was depleting that collection regularly at the subtle instigation of some- one else, someone who took the ,\ttl/1,�� MEN LOVE PEP. GIRLS WITH 2 2 a i rri r,..rr1 'r�,, 7i ettue, men will iri- t"ttE:vell to dancra and parties. ' JitfT, it you are cross, lifeies, and tired, men won't be interested. Viten don't like "quiet" girls. "'then they go to parties they vrant girls along who are full of pep. For three generations one woman has told smother how to go "smiling through" with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It helps Nature tone up tho system, thus lessen. ing the discomforts from the functional dis- orders which women must endure. Why not fru TX�r.D]A E. i'1NKHAAi'S VEGETABLE CO]tIPOII D1 gems and gave him practically nothing compared to what they were actually worth, hopin' to turn them over at an outrageous profit. But semi-precious stones are not so easy to dispose of through illegitimate channels. A shady transaction of this nature would naturally require time, and the now -defunct henchmen who were waiting for settlement were becoming annoyed. Most of the really valuable stones, which I am sure the collection contained orig- inally, were no longer there when - I glanced over the cases the other morning. I am quite certain that the balas-ruby I found in the poor fellow's dinner coat was brought back because the purchaser would not give hint what he thought it was worth--Kaspar probably mis- took the stone for a real ruby. There were black opals missing from the collection, also exhibits of jade, which Karl Kenting must undoubtedly have included. in the collection, and yesterday morning the absence of a large piece of alexandrite was discovered—" (To be concluded next week) A "Real Baby" DESIGN NO. 5001 Here's a real baby to delight the heart of any small mother. His outfit is complete with jaunty tam, cosy pullovers, and a coat that really buttons. The latter is knitted in one piece (Raglan sleeve style) which simplifies the making up. Try it in fine 3 -ply pink wool with white trimming. The pattern includes complete. directions for knitting coat, tam and pullovers illustrated, and -r,- ter iai regiireulents. • .T Send 15 cents for this pattern to Mayfair Needlework ' Dept., Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Scotch Oatcakes L'se medium oatmeal. Heat it well in the oven. Put a cupful in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Stir to a stiff dough with a little boiling water. Add 1 tablespoon melted butter. Mix well, and dust in more oatmeal until dough leaves the edges of the bowl. Turn out on bake board, dusted with oatmeal, and roll out. Spread thin- ly hinly with melted butter and sprin- kle with oatmeal. Fold and roll out until the cake is about half an inch thick and quite round. Cut across and diagonally into eight triangles. Lift each piece with knife and place on hot grid- dle which has been dusted with oat- meal. If you like whole circle, cut it when on the griddle (or heavy frying pan). Cook until edges begin to curl up, from ten to twenty minutes. Lift each piece off and toast before the fire a few minutes before serving. • Tokio, Japan, will ban all neon and electric advertising signs. K014-101. HAIR DYE 1410 Stanley )Montrenl, P.Q. In the great struggle f o r life, everything depends on the age you appear to be; but don't he diseouruged. 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