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BEGIN HKRE TODAY Ifaynor I* found ihot through the lieart in the i-.ivly tenln|r un the floor of the sun room of Flowtr Acres. hl I.oi.c lilnnj hume. Ktamllnic *> the Ir.i'l man, insti 1 In hand. ls> Mal>.iilni FlnUy. former oweeth^art of Haynor'B wife, Nancy. Kva Turner. Kuynor's nuPDc, stand.* liy the llictit united. Then Nancy; her tirotm-r, nrvllle Kent: Kdra i:i..l<lar.l. .'rleml of Klnly; Miss .Mattlf. Itaynor'8 ("Inter anil others. nl-r the room. Lionel Ruynor. non of Uouglan Itaynor by first mnriiaice, coim-.s t" ctalro lil father's estate. Nurse Turner finally confeiies to attempting lo polmin Ilaynor out of revcnRK Ptnnfngton Wise. u etMbraMd detective, with Ills t;ii-| naxistanl, ll/.t. are railed to take the << nut o the hands of Detective DciblmiH Mlj-s Maltl<- ti-Mlflc* to setlne the print of overshot-* on Die floor nf the sun room :.ftpr the murder. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "Oh, yes, they are nowadays. 1 can se* it" she closed her eyes "I can see ..ow it curves around yes, the right foot the right side of the foot." "And the footprint was pointed to- ward or away from Mr. Kaynor?" "Toward him." "Miss Raynor, your testimony is valuable, ini't-ed. You have unusual powers of observation and of descrip- tion. The footprint has bwn washed away?" "No," Miss Mattie shook her head. "It has not, but so many jx-ople have looked at it, and measured it, and fiif-wl over it, that it is partly ob- literated." "Doe.- that mean somebody came in in from outside ar.d and shot my husband?" Nan nskfu. "Not necessarily, Mrs. Raynor," Wise said. "It may be it was a foot- print made in the afternoon had it been raining'.'" "No," Miss Raynor faid "hut the' gardens are often damp, and a f< it- print would be possible." "Was the footprii:t mud?" asked Zi/.i sharply. "I'm not sure," Miss Mattie said, though'i'ully. "It may have been meii-Iy thu impress ot" the rubbi-i lolfl on the store floor of the room. It a.-. dust rat'.irr than mud, anyway.' 1 ''I'rol.ali'.y 1 hi- footprint of a ser- vant," Wi.se said, as he rose from his chn ; r and strolled about. "You see, if there had been an intruder from outside, he would have left more than one footprint." "No," Orvillc Kent r marked, "there was no floor space just there except lirt'.vo-n the rugs. Other fi-otprints i on the- rugs and so unobscrvable." "You incliti" t-i ' ; r theory, Mr. K'-nl?" the detective inquired. "Yes," Orry s' id. "I reulizc now j that such a man might easily i "'.ipeil my <!>! nation.'" Orry was ni-rvous m usual, f.. ing up a bit of pann !,, was holding. "I think," lift went on, throwing the pa pi r :iidt>. nml picking up a burnt match, uhi<-li he proceeded to worry . \\ill turn >< ir utti tition to M>me one outsidi- this household, Mr. Wise, ou will get on the right track looner." "Perhaps so." and Wise nodded ac- ully. "Ti II me what you saw v.1:' n v.'j arriv.'d. Mr. Kent. The room d ' in 'i'.'" "I'M, yrv. They all st<v,d in the doors ns you've ;i!na ly lii'ard de- 1 My i '- i '' "Hid you netire her first?" ' 'i I thin'.. I did. I saw her white scan-.l face, and I sprang to- ward her. feat :ng she was going to faint. Then I sa the body of my 1. 1 1 tin r-in-law on the floor "Why do vi, u 'ay tl>e body -lid you then kr.f.v Mr. Kayr.->r was dead?" Kent ytared. "Of '.I only -aw lh.it lie lay on the floor. Rut, in view of all we have leaned ?iruo, it seems na- tural that I should refer to that Mricke.i foriii .is Ilia body. N'n, at the noinent. I had a confuse*; notion that lu- bad had a stroke or some- thing like that. " Orry's vi.i<-e av even, but his finger.-- were nervously working. The family were us<-d to these nervous manifesta- tions, but the detective looked at him turiosuly. "You are agitated, Mr. Kent." "Nothing nothing " said Orry. "A nervous affection habitual to me. 1 can't help it I've always been so and a trifle of hhell shock in the war helped it along." He jumped up ar.d began pacing the ten-ace. CHAPTKR XV. .I;;M GANNON. "Well, Zizi," Pennington Wise said to his funny little assistant, "we've n case on our hands." "Me have, for fair," the girl replied. The two were strolling through the gr*at gardens of Flower Acres. "Want me to delay the case, that you may see mo>e of the gardens!" "Dcla.- the case! You'll br lucky if you ever get this case finished. Why, I never saw one with such a lot of side issues and contradictory clews!" "Let's straighten it out then. What's our problem?" "Whrykilled Mr. Raynor, and why?" "His wife." "O'i, Penny, no!" "Don't let your sympathy run away with you. Just because Mrs. Kaynor is beautiful, soft-eyed, pathetic "Oh, Penny, you don't load her right at all!" "At least you'll agree th.it sl<- if in love with Mr. l-'inley." "Of course who wouldn't be?" "And the pair are jrl id to be n-liev- . d of the presence of Mr. Raynor?" "Y yes I suppose they are." "Well, then, in the cbsence of any the sound of "qunrrelinj} ' voices and after each interview a sort of patch- ing up of i h<- matter until it broke out | the next time." (To be continued.) 9-Foot Devilfish Washed Ashore, Feeds Bahamans Some Palestine Live Side Issues Ibn Saud. King of the Hedja: --The Dead Sea and Its Potential Wealth The Canaanites, the Zionists and the Arabs "On (he main question- 'there can Sea Monster Believed to Have: b no going back on our word, ii Been Wounded by Rille Shots of a Hunter Yields 3 Kinds of Meat Natives Declare it is Steak, Fish and Pork, all in One Nassau, Bahamas. A monster devil- ish, eight feet in width, which has terrorized th flsbernien along the western shore for several weeks, has been washed ashore between Long Ray Cay and Little Cay. Struck by bul- lets from the rifle of Kingsbury Moore a few days ago, while be was hunting for tho devilflyh, the monster evident- ly succumbed to his wounda. Linus Munroe, a carpenter, discov- ered it on the beach. The fish still showd signs ot life, so Munroe and two companions managed to chop Its head off. the hearing of all the world we pro mlsed this home to the Jews. Witli tact at all times, with economy II possible, with firmness when men are brutalized by passion ,w e must labor to deserve the mandate that we claim- ed." Mr. H. N. Brailsford. In the News Leader. 'In tbe text of the British Mandate approved y tbe League of Nations, the character of the British ander- taking Is seen to be twofold: "'His .Majesty's Government view with favor (he establishment in Pales- tine of a national homo for the Jew- ish people, and will use their best en- deavors to facilitate the achievement of this object.' and it goes on to qiialify this with the proviso; " 'It being clearly understood that nothins shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious tights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.' "The obligation to carry out these Every tiny leai is a storehouse of flavour ORANGE PEKOE TEA Fresh from the gardens 43* Ing with Ibn Saud would be to reduce our task In Palestine and to remote a far-reaching menace."- "While most of us were under the i.-n: :.-.-],. that racial and religious differences lay at the root of the pres ent trouble, it 1s Interesting to read of another cause," comments the Sheffield Dally Telegraph. "The President of the National League, ads, and that they in turn regard him with envy and fear. "When education has spread through the native masses and the (ill mean- ing of impartial British justice is re- alized, the two races will learn to dwell together in harmony and to re- spect each other. But this will tak time, and meanwhile order must b preserved at all costs." The flsh was nine feet l.ing. eight! undertakings Is acepteU by and im feet wide and three feet thick. Its out- poped upr n Great Britain In the Man- er skin was a thin film, almost as thin, date; and It ought to be clearly re- 88 paper. Under the outer nkln was the main skin, a quarter ot an inch thick, very black, which looked like affirmed forthwith that she stands upon the Mandate. . . . She under- takes to safeguard the free exercise of all form.s of worship; but equally to 'exercise such religious bi dies .. supervision over . as may be re- patent lea'ber. Its head was blunt like a shark's, but its mouth was small compared to that ot a shar^. A great crowd soon gathered, and It ! quired for the maintenance of public was not long before a feast was held. I order ' " A few timid natives placed salt on their portion before eating it. In a Daily Chronicle. There are na u roily many Influences few nours every pound of the sea other suspect, why balk at one or both visitor had been consumed. Ono man of those two?" I chopped up the backbone anil carried "Ix-t's try for another su.-p'd. 1 ' jit home lo make a "stewing." "Just to leave those turtle doves in peace?" "No, Penny" the big black eyes \\rre very earnest now "but lx>cnuse, if they should lie innocent how dreadful to : us pect them." "(Jo ahead, then who's your sus- pect?" River Nile Higher Than For 50 Years at work in Palestine ,and the public is slowly becoming nware of their significance. On the point of the immediate situation, the general view- held Is that expressed by Iho Times: Firmnesi First the nody which claims to voice Arab opinion on Palestine affairs, pro- pounds a new theory. The Dead Sea Problem "All the bother, he asserts, centres in the Dead Sea and Its Illimitable potential wealth. The grievance con sists in the fact that the devel< pment of this has been entrusted to a Zion 1st; and the suggestion Is made that Britain should keep a firm hand on the control of the future of the Sea. sharing out the proceeds < f develop- ment equally between Jew and Arab. "This seems rattier a belated stand to take up. The Dead Sea for cen- turies has been in Arab hands, but it has been permitted to remain just what its name implies. No sooner Mlnard's Liniment The King of Pain. "Apart from considerate us of Jus- ce and of our responsibilities as a Alexandria The Nile Is for many years and is than causing apprehenj "Ix't's cheek Yin off. Mi-s Mattie is nut of it." j floods. "Of course. She aiK.red her bro- 1 Ibrahim Fiihmy Hey. Minister of thtr- but now .she M-ems to cotton to I'ubli Works, as-.isti-d by officials of his wid.w. Were they always friend- ; Iho Ministry of the Interior, is work- ly?" |lng go. I've sounded the'ln I find that Miss Mattie I fortt Despite overllower do outsiders come upon the scene and expli it Its wealth than In steps the Arab with his claim lo participate in a wealth he Ignored In tbe past and does nothing to develop to-day. We must look further afield for an explanation of the recent disturbances. NI t Dead Seas but living hatreds and ,i jealousies are at the bottom of them mandatory .there is :; plain reason of| ^,. the political kind why firmness and I are In this case Indispensable. | The Sumlay Tlnles ca!ls attention to dy who has any acquaintance with the East knows how concessions made apparently to violence affect the Oriental mind. "They are Invariably attributed to weakness or to fear. The Moslem* of the i!ifflcult servants, and I find that Miss Mattie If,,,.,. the Nile ban overllower the ' , A ' slems of Ini a : lhe , Jews ()f and Mrs. Kaynor managed to hit it | ,,,, banks ,?, seven,, place* flood K^nUed slT * '" maid i- ing large areas of growing cotton and oc f a i variaiile, blows hot and lows cold- - and and >i> Mr.-. Raynor was now in favor now maize, ruining tho rroiis. The cellars of houses in <;, out. Ilnwver, there's noluie Hritisli and Ann r|.-an i .--idential question of Misa Mattie. What about quarter t,f Cairo, r.ear tin! river, are lluodi d. Tim Sudan reports thu river "lie's a rott.-r, but he never killed already out of bivxi.V in many places his father, lie'- frank and outspoken | transforming tho lo-.. .yiu.,- land into I dnn't think he's hom-st, though. Hut, you're hunting suspects for the crime now aivnt's vi>'i'.'" large lakes. London. Incessant rains on the Their friends and C' -religionists beyond the oceans are watching narrowly for signs of vacillation ou llm part of the Manda- tory Power. "If she wero to Ilincli from doliiK her diity in Palestine, fresh attempts io wrest new concesM ns from her would quickly follow. And they would not be routined to Palest!'"?. Tho example Palest iuo had set witli Take Off Over-weight Modern science savs sugar supplies energy that lets you carry on with less food and safely reduce weight. V/RfGLCVS Is pure chicle, sunar and flavor. Chewing the chicle dis- solves the sugar and re- leases the flavor. In this pleasant way you ect needed body fuel and reduce the pounds. ISSUE No. 39 '29 Abyssinian plati-au arc- the causo of sin .-ess would bo studied and follow- leave tho Lionel th.nj; lljthe Nile flood, which is reported 58 Now. \vli-, at-..- left?" (Inches abovo Iho normal eivt this "Mrs. Raynor and her er adm'.r- j,. a r. The flood started throe weeks er (HI- lirotlier, and the nur^e." "The l.rother is nut nervous wreck - 'h-ll shock though 1 28 per 'nt. ^-"aier Uian".-/! anTsYmiliir confn-nt I I . ._! ! . II'! another factor in It says: "The religious differences between Jews. Moslems, and Christians In Palestine .which has always been a storm-centre ( f controversy through the ages, are not the sole cause of the unrest that the Mandatory Power has seemed to minimize or Ignore. "It should be remembered that the native peasantry the Canaanites, as they may he called are a primitive folk, mostly very p> or and shiflless, whereas the Zionist Immigrants are for iho most part educated people from Western Kin-one and America, who work hard and aro building up modern Industries. "Two widely dilTeient types i f civilization hav been suddenly brought into contact in a small conn- ed in other lands by all the r>munt-j t ,. Vt am | i) ie adjustment of the rcla- "f disorder. Palestine Is a test I t)ons betweor. them constitutes a very case; If w wero to hesitate or to| ser | ous an ,] delicate problem. It A stately old aristocrat, on being re- quested by a rich and vulgar young fellow for permission to marry one of tits girls, replledt "Certainly; which would you prefer the housemaid or the cook?" x i SP 11 () U S U U < I . 1 1 1- ' i*J 2 nur: earlier than usual, aii'l the volume of channi' our n.-ccp-e 1 ].niiey th-r. we! ni ., y eai n_ he imagined that the cul- :l I : '; water passing down ia estimated at should S-MMI Lav.' greater daiiRer s to tu ,- d j ew ' looks down with contempt . Hie ser\:i!-.ts -ay he always was a deli- j period In thu past r,0 yeurs rate chap. The nurse, I should say, is out of it, for s-he had ailiiii'ted the poisoning and ilon't ludieve >hr slrit him too." "Then we have left the two I Mig- :it the start, Mrs. Itaynor and Mr. KiiiVy I don't suppose you sus- | ei-t Kzru (lOildnrd?" "I don't no. Hut I'd tliink of him In-fore I would of those- two darling people!" "7.\y., you're lnp|iele>3. Thosi- lovers hnvo turned your sentimental heiul and I foresee you'll Ix- no good on this i.-i-c at all you may as \vull go home." "Oh, you think so do you? We'd, you turn your attention in Work on new irrigation drainaso projects Is stnppnd and gangs of la- borers III 30 scrtiom uinlii the direr- lion of engineers aro now striving to .strengthen hanks whirli have been Phere is a diffor'':ir,. I'-'acen inak- i"" Palestiiii' the national home of j ll| e .Iu*8 and cslablishini; a national j hmne for the Jews In Palestine." as-! st ' lls tne Scotsman. "The first inter- i Potation was not accepted in 1922. It | lured Jew ou theso ignorant peasants and nom- J^OCTORS quite approve the quick comfort of Aspirin. For tlicse perfectly harmless tablets will ease an aching head without penalty. Their increasing use year after year is proof that they do help- and can't harm. 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AJJrct* v*nr requett to NICHOLSON SC BROCK, LIMITED Depl. ,!! 12) Cieorg* Street 1 oronto 23.9 factories l-i tho Do- would bo of im- ' a direction that evidently hasn't asj 1 "' 11 ' 011 ' Sllcl1 yet occurred to your blind old eyes." ' hent( ^ to Cat.adn. and tl.oro "An ilitnnler? An outsider? It well And Wise looked may be, /ixi." thoughtful, "It may be, yes but I don't mean that. I mean Orimshawe (ianiion." "As the murderer?" "Yes." "Why?" "He had n hold over Mr. Raynor or Mr. Haynor had a hold over him -" "Which?" "I can't make out yet but I think it was a sort of mutual thing. I got around a parlor maid who is of the curious, prying type, and though she hasn't much interest in it. she did say that Mr. Rnynor and old Gannon had interviews sometimes late at night secretly " "She Imagined the secrecy. Why should they ha secret about it, (Jan- non lives on tho place he is a sort of pensioner on Raynor's bounty " "Of course he is but why?" "I gathered that they were old friends or acqnintances that Gannon was loss fortunate thnn Raynor that he cared only for his Natural lli>t.n-y studies, and that Raynor gave him a homo and a place to carry on his but- terfly hunting or whatever he does." "You gathered most of the crop of Gannon information but not all. That old codfjer has n had a hold on the great man on Douglas Raynor, that made Rnynor afraid of him. On the other hand, he was in some way afraid nf Raynor. So I got all this from tho maid they used to argue over something an ' they spoke in low fore to the Empire. This country Is' steadily enlarging its export of manu- factored goods. Ills no longer con- corned merely with the uxport of na- final products. British capital In- vested In Canadian factories for ex- port trade should find a good Held, population In Tale and by expansion of our foreign trade | )e strengthen the position of the Env pire In an economic sense. "In the interest* of Ilriiish rule In India and other parts of the K:ist, it U Important that the Mo-lem* sliruld be treau ii fairly, and that whalu 1 , er U d .ne .should be done Impartially, and sl'ould not be thought to oe lh" result '.if Jewish Influence. Tlin con- tract with Jewry must be fulfilled, but ti u . r e are also llgatlong to the Arabs' lino which cannot Labor and the Empire Toronto Star (Ind.): The mandate given to the MacUonald Government by the British people has greatly altered the standing of Britain In the eyes of the world. Nations that felt that Britain was not fulfilling her mis-; Blou as the leader of civilization and the promoter of overyihlng tending to human betterment have had their' confldonce restored. The cause of peace, which was nt a standstill be- 1 cause of the suspicions and Ill-will aroused by Chamhe:lalr. tactics, Is again in a position to m?.ke progress. Hi itl.sh subjects everywhere can take j pli-asm-a In the added prestige of the ' Km pi re. . Travellers The road has been so broadly trod- den by the hosts that have travelled along It, that the main rulea of the Journey are clear enough, and we all know that the secret of breakdown, nnd wreck Is seldom so much an In- sufficient knowledge of the route as Imperfect discipline ot the will. John Motley in "Aphorisms." vi. ices and behind closed doors. She listened. But all she could gtt was 'Mlnard'i Unlment Used for SO years To Ignore These Signs "There Is great excitement in many parts of the Arab world," points out tho Daily News, "expressing itself lu vihrnu'iit demonstrations and calls for 'unity in the Arab countries under Iho kingship nf Ibn Saud.' "To Ignore these signs would he to blind ourselves to the combustible ele- nifMits of the Arab nature and tbe pos sibillty of a senseless Holy War from the sudden racial in 1'iilestine. "It Is of the utmost importance that the British Government should possess Itself of vital Information upon all Arab movements outside Palestine. It Is, above all, Import- ant that It should get Into friendly touch, If It has not already done so. with Ibn Saud, King of the Hedjaz. "The attitude i f that great Ara- bian monarch will give the clue to the: riddle. It Is within his power to keep the peace or to break It. He exercises an immense influence over u wide expanse of Arab territory. "He Is a religious enthusiast, with a maniietic personality; and the few Kngllalimen who have made his ac- quaintance liavs been Impressed with his ci urnge, his administrative skill and his honesty. "To como to a proper understand- Dyeing this way J Jj. j FrTmfTfTSSEffl makejjaded Dresses NEW DIAMOND DYES are the finest dyes you can buy. They are made to give you real -crvice. They contain the vtry hi<)he*t quality anilines that ca>i be pfOOUCtd. 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