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1 * 4 Make the most of your Tea steep minutes ^^^ SALADA M SERIAL STORY MURDER IN FERRY COMMAND BY A. W. O'BRIEN THE STORY. Lemoy Statler hna b*n hanged In Newfound- land for the murder of two men. ut Statler was py as wtll as murderer, and Clyde Dawson f the Canadian Intelligence De- partment must find Statler't con federates in s fifth column opera- tion against the R. A. F. Bomber Psrry Command. ..All he has to go on I* a snapshot of a flirl who looks like a famous movie actress and a cryptic note about s broken "reunion date," which the hagea Man gave him just tfcmore the DISCOVERIES CHAPTER II. L'lyd" Dawson won- 4er*d what prompted him to at- (and the formal Inquest that fol- lowsd the hanging. There wag no apparent need for titm at a mem- er of td*. Canadian Intelligence Department to attend In fact, aa had plenty of reason not to go bacauae in toe pre-executlon per- iod h had developed a sincere Ukui for the condemned Lemoy MNtar. But tn Kin .- suapsnut with it'v tannoroue reference to Hedy Lamarr had left h 1 m rent- lass. Blind alley* made him un- nappy, sutler's death didn't re- BOV the necessity of tracing backwards to possible ipy ring SOILM *".'. If be was Involved with others they ceriaiuly follow- sd ine trial and saw no espionage was hinted. They would feel that Btatlwr. true to the spy's code, had kapt his Identity hidden even to death. The coroner moved briskly through the formalities In the penitentiary library converted In- to a temporary morgue. The doc- lorti made brief statements and the Jury of witnesses passed a ver- dict of "death by legal execution." There wan Rome discussion about toe ilisiiiih.il of the body until Da .v- son announced that In the absence of relatives or frlenda he would see that the executed man was ftven a Christian burial. That afternoon while having lunch at the Newfoundland Hotel, Uawson was paget! for a telephone call. It was the undertaker be aad hired. "Sorry to bother you, Mr. Daw- son," he said, "but you told me to ri^Mii anything uuuoual I may have found before removing the body to the graveyard. Well, there was only one thing perhaps M Is silly but . . ." "Yes, yes, what Is It?" cut In Dawson. "Well, sir, in the heel of the dead man's right shoe between the sock and (lie flesh, was a piece of beefsteak." "A piece of beefsteak?" ea- Men's FINE CUT With 400 heifers herded into Alberta in 1885, Walter Ross started one of the West's largest ranching outfits. Later merged with the Wallace Ranch, it covered over half a million acres of fenced range land in Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan with a herd of more than 1 2,000 cattle. OX YOKE-BAR BRAND of the ROSS RANCH ISSUE 38 '42 claimed Dawson. "Was anything bidden In it?" "Nothing that I could find. It was just a good piece of olrloln cut to the exact shape of his heel. Of course, It might be poisoned or . . ." Uawson told the undertaker not to remove the body until he bad further orders. Slowly he walked back to the dining room, his mind In utter confuelon. "There are more goofy twists to this case than a pretzel," he mut- tered to himself. "Now why would a condemned man hide a piece of beefsteak In the heel of bio shoe?" The chief Jailer knew nothing about It but summoned the six guards who had alternated in pairs on the Death Watch for eight-hour shifts. The answer to the riddle was almoet ridiculous- ly simple. "This Sutler fella hurt his heel walking In his stocking feet to the wash basin yesterday," one of the guards declared. "He stepped on a bit of plaster and caused what he called a bone bruise. He limped after that and then asked me to get him a little bit of raw steak about the size of his heel said It was the only way to fix a heel hurt that way." Daweon's eyes were beginning to sparkle. "Any of you ever hear of that remedy before?" The chief Jailer and guards all shook their heads. The Investigator smiled broad- ly: "That's because, gentlemen, you were never athletes. This has been a great help to me thanks a million to you all." Dawson actually felt cheerful aa he phoned the American col- onel. The first ray of light had poked through the mystery. The colonel listened attentively to Dawson 'B request. Yes, the D. S. Army Force had a physical instructor with them, a Sergt. Del Kose, formerly with some Illinois college an all-round atlilete and a top-notch instructor. "Perfect," replied Dawson. "Do you think you could rush him ov- er to the penitentiary right away?" Within an hour, Roee was in the chief Jailer's ollice. Dawson seated him at the desk and ex plained the purpose of his re- quest: "If you aren't squeamish, ser- geant, there'fl a job to be done here and I believe you are prob- ably the only man in Newfound- land qualified to do It . . ." the sergeant smiled appreciation. "A few rooms down there lies the body of a man who wan hanged thlR morning. 1 learned that he had bruised I lie bottom of his heel yesterday and ordered a piece of beefsteak to place again*! the floeh. That Indicated to me that he had at some time taken part In major athletics, because It Is a trick only used by topnotch train- ers ..." The sergeant Interrupted: "Perfectly true, Mr. Dawson. I have met many doctor's who did- n't know that trick." "Fine! Now, sergeant here is the Job. Could you examine that body and give me any hint of what particular sport or sports ho play- ed In judging solely from signs of any old Injuries that may still be evident?" The ergcant remained silent for a full minute before replying: "I believe I could make a good stab at it. "My initial observation would be that th man has all the ex- terior signs of a former athlete," said Rose, looking Intently at the body. "That was a while back but not so very far perhaps 10 to 15 \ .1.. ago. He Isn't flabby as non-athletic men of his size often are. Again. It Is fairly otivlouo that his left shoulder had been broken at some time it Is larger than the right and of rather awk- ward shape." Dawson pointed to an otivloua suture marking on the bead man's right side. "Yes, 1 noticed that," com- mented Rose. "It certainly Isn't a post-operative incision. I'd say It was made by some knife-like point iii.i a hockey skate. There arc also marks of blows around the mouth, deep ridges that have almost disappeared with the years. They are more likely hockey In- juries than any other type." Gingerly, he began moving his fingera through the executed man's hair. "Here's something," he ex- olalmed, signalling for Dawson to look closely. "There is another suture marking three stitches 1 would say. You'll notice the cut was also of the sharp type. Again I consider It a skate cut rather than a blow by something wider. A lacrosse stick, for instance, would be inclined to make a maeny wound. "His ears aren't cauliflowered and the eyebrows aren't unduly thick. Anyway, I'd gay by ilia build that he wasn't a boxer or a wrestler he was more inclined to the type of athlete you find in running or ekattng sports . . .by the way, let's look at his fingers." Each man picked up one of the stiffened hands and unclenched, the fists an extremely difficult lank. "Uh-huh," said Daweon, "ha played baseball all right not as much as a professional, perhaps, but quite a bit judging by one badly twisted finger knuckle and another partially twisted on hl right hand." "That's so," agreed the sergeant, "you notice the fingere on his left hand are Intact because be must have worn the glove on this one. Now let's look at big hip ... no doubt about it. Mr. Dawson, you note there is a patch of oddly col- lored skin on his left hip. That's the result of what we call 'straw- berries' In baseball -bruised, torn patches of skin caused by sliding into bases." "But his right hip doeen't seem discolored at all," commented. Damon. The Sergeant grinned. "You're a Canadian all right don't know your inside baseball. A right- handed pitcher always slides on his left side to save his salary arm ... get it?" There were no suture marks on the fronts of the deceased's legs but they noted a slight one over the Achilles tendon at the rear of the ankle bone. "Might have been done either by a skate or a baseball cleat," murmured the sergeant, but . . ." he leaned over the right foot, "here Is something positively def- inite. You see this suture mark- Ing along the inside of the foot? Well, that wae almost-99 per cent certain to have been caused by a skate boot and I've never heard ot such a cut caused by a baseball cleat . . ." Dawson cut In: "Okay, sergeant now In what sports would you say Lemoy Statler specialized?" The other's reply was Immedi- ate. "Hasebail and hockey beyond a doubtand quite a bit of it. But I agree with you that he hasn't the appearance of injury marks of a tnan who had been through the professional mill. Was he an edu- cated chap?" "Very much so," answered Daw- sou. "I wouldn't be surprised Jf he had been a law student, be- cause of his chance remarks about the trial. "Be was likely an athlete at some university," Dawson conclud- ed, "where they play a lot ot hockey and baseball. There can't be so many of them in Canada and the Northern State*. If the de- partment at Ottawa sends out cir- culars containing the photo of Statler taken after his arreflt to all such universities and mentions that he was likely a prominent university athlete specializing in hockey and baseball about 10 or 15 years ago, there is an excellent chance that we'll learn his Identity from one of them . . ." Dawson turned to the under- taker. "Carry on with the funeral and be cure to replace the pte-ce of beefsteak on the heel. I hopelt helps poor bemoy as much as It helped me!" (Continued Next Week) Horsemen To Help Guard U. S. Coast The ever-faithful horse, ban- ished from the battlefield by me- chanized monsters, may find new glory in modern warfare by help- ing guard the home front. Mounted coast guard volun- teers will start patrolling a lonely Florida Beach on the lookout for enemy agents in a test to deter- mine whether spirited steeds can serve the nation's sentinels as proudly as they once bore sabre- swinging fighters in a cavalry charge. The unpaid riders, clad in dun- garees and armed with pistols, will augment the regular coast guard pntrol taking up a dusk to dawn watch along stretches of the beach where men afoot en- cou -ter obstacles. They will be sworn into the temporary coast guard reserve. Horses arc valuable for this kind of patrol. They can pene- trate areas palmetto thickets, for instance whore men can't walk. A mounted guardsman can cover more ground and he has a better view. Their use would mean the re- lease of thousands of men for active duty. TABLE TALKS 8ADIE B. CHAMBERS More Meat Substitutes Constantly are we being aaked what to substitute for meat, first as a measure of patriotism and secondly many prefer to cut down on their meat allowance anyway. Many of you maybe will be (lad of these suggestions, Creole Scrambled Eff* 2 tablespoons butter '/* cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper J 'i cups tomatoes chopped in large pieces % teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon sugar 6 eggs beaten Saute onion, green pepper and butter in pan for two or three minutes. Add tomatoes and sea- sonings. Cook for three minutes and add the beaten eggs. Stir to- gether over a slow heat until mix- ture is set. Serve on toast. Serves four. Devilled Egg* (New) 6 hard-cooked eggs 8 sardines 2 tablespoons chopped celery Seasonings Milk or mayonnaise 8 tablespoons butter 8 tablespoons flour % teaspoon salt Dash pepper 1 't cups milk 1 % cups grated cheese % teaspoon mustard % cup bread crumbs Cut eggs in half lengthwise. Re- move yolks and mash well; com- bine with mashed sardines, celery, seasonings and milk or mayon- naise. Pack into the eggs and place two halves together. Make a cream sauce of the butter, flour seasonings and milk. Add the cheese and pour this over the eggs arranged in a casserole. Sprinkle with the crumbs. Brown in a hot oven at 450F. for 20 minutes or until brown. Scrambled Eggi and Mushroom* H lb. mushrooms 2 tablespoons butter 6 eggs slightly beaten '-* cup milk H teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper Melt butter in shallow pan and add mushrooms. Cook together for twc minutes. Add the eggs combined with milk and season- Ings and stir slowly over a low fire until mixture is set. Turn on a hot platter and garnish with toast points, parsley and sliced tomato. REQUESTS Apple Meringue Pie cups applesauce unsweetened Orated rind of H lemon M teaspoon salt gg yolks 16 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup sugar 1 cup cream or evaporated milk 1*4 tablespoons flour Combine flour, salt, nutmeg and eugar thoroughly. Add to apple aatuct with lemon rind and com- bine wull. Beat egg yolks and add cream or milk. Combine with applesauce mixture. Turn into pastry-lined pie-plate. Top with meringue or whipped cream. Ml Chamber* welcome* penonal rer* from laterented reader*. She ple**cd to receive *uggtmtloum toplca for her column, aad la ready to llctea to your upet pTe*." Request* for recipe* or pedal menu* are In order. Addrrw your letter* to "Ml*a Sadie D. Cham- Mr*, 78 We*t Adelaide Street, To- tontti," Send i(amped Hlf-addreued envelope If you nl*h a real*. Plant Gives Free Beauty Treatment Special Complexion Care Given to Girls In British Ordnance Factory In one of Britain's biggest ord- nance factories work tens of thousands of girte who do jobs which, in the last war, turned their complexion yellow. There Is none of it now. In 999 cases out ot every 1,000 toe girls on the "yellow Jo*", who put explosives Into big and small bombs and Into detonator caps, have beautifully made-up faces. The Government ha the cos- metics made specially for them, and supplies them free to every *lrl. The explosives workshops have beauty parlors and luxury ablution rooms. Women doctors in the R.O. fac- tories go round the shops to make sure the girls have made up their faces with either calamine lotion and a fine face powder, or with non-Kreney face cream and pow- der. Make-up Job When these "yellow-Jab" girls arrive on duty they first take off all silk or artificial silk gartnentd, underwear and stockings, and change Into cream-colored flannel suits of good quality. Then they go to a table laid out with glass bowls of face Howler, ja>'s of face HELP CANADA KEEP FIT -*** ffffi To help meet the strain of extra office work you need extra nourishment. And, one of the best ways to get it, leading food authorities say, is to eat the "protective" foods among which are the whole grain cereals. Nabisco Shredded Wheat is 700% whole wheat in its ran/leaf form, with all the bran, minerals and wheat germ retained. Include two tasty Nabisco Shredded Wheat and milk in your breakfast menu to help start your day right! THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. Niagara Falls, Canada NABISCO SHREDDED WHEAT oreain and bottles of beautifying kin lotion. An inspector stands by to see that all the girls make up their faces and cover their hair with white dust sheets. One factory doctor explained: "Every girl who carefully makes up her face be- fore going to her bench as though she were going to her wedding Instead of to her work keeps her kin in good condition." "Yellow Peril" Banished The one girl In 1,000 who gets a yellow face (and It is usually only for so long as she Is care- less) is from those who don't wash and make up properly. They all get clean towels every day. Tens of thousands of towels are laundered for these factory beauty parlors every day. But some girls with sensitive skins, as well as those who are careless, get rashes on their faces, hands and arms caused by ful- minate of mercury. These girls, most of them young, are heroines. They play with death til the time they work. Some- times they lose their nerve. But for the most part they worry more about their complexions than tha danger. And that IB why they are so grateful to the Scots doctor who has banished the "yellow peril." British Soldier To Get Pay Increase A Government announc3inent on pay increases for the army and the men of the other services is expected when the Britis 1 -. Par- liament reassembles. The increases will be made, it was said, to remove the disparity between British service pay rates and those of munitions workers as well as troops from the Dominions and the United States. It is understood the qua.stion has been under investigation for some time. The basic daily pay of a British private is 60 cents compared with the $1.30 for Canadian troous and $1.65 for those in the United States Army. teaspoon salt ft teaspoon pepper % pound cooked meat \ cup oven-popped rice tablespoon melted butter A/?LK FALL SUPPERS By BARBARA B. BROOKS Summer is gone, vacations are over, school has re-opened, ar..i all too soon we are beginning to look toward the short winter days. So, let's take advantage of these few weeks of lazy Indian Summer and plan suppers which can "take legs and walk" evening meals which will fit into a basket, and which will look and taste their best out- of-doors. Then, if sundown finds the children restless and eager to enjoy the crisp autumn air, pack up and be off to a nearby park or picnic ground. Suddenly, an every-day supper will become an adven- ture. One-dish meals are especially suitable because they lend them- selves to transportation. Noodles scalloped with leftover meat, Swiss teak with rice, spaghetti with meat balls, beef or lamb stew, or any of the fish, meat or egg salads are ideal. The hot foods will stay aot until time to serve if they are placed in a vacuum container or in It casserole wrapped with several thicknesses of newspaper. Picnic Supper DUh tt pound fine noodles or 2 cups stock macaroni S quarts water J tablespoon salt t tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon flour 1 Dash paprika Cook noodles in boiling water to which salt has been added. Drain. Melt butter in saucepan, add flour and stock. Stir until wickened. Add salt and pepper. Dice meat and mix with noodles. Add thickened stock. Pour into casserole. Crush oven-popped rice and spread over top. Sprinkle with melted butter and paprika. Baka in moderately hot oven (400F.) 20 minutes. Yield: 6 servings. Note: Stock may be made by dissolving 2 bouillon cubes in 2 euj>e bciling water. Corn Flake* Tea Cakes cup butter % cup milk cup sugar % teaspoon lemon extract ?eggs 1% cups flour tablespoon cocoanut 1 Vi teaspoons baking powder 6 cups corn flakes Blend butter with sugar. Beat eggs well and add; mixing well. cocoanut in milk and add to first mixture with flavouring. Sift >ur with baking powder and add, mixing until batter is smooth. oil teaspoonfuls of mixture in slightly crushed corn flakes and place email greased muffin pans, or drop onto greased baking sheet. iako in a moderately hot oven (376F.) for 25 minutes. Yield: 4Vz dozen small cakes (l%inches diameter). Corned Beef Loaf 2 cups ground cooked corned beef 6 tablespoons cutsup 8 cups corn flakes % teaspoon pepper 1 cup evaporated milk \ teaspoon salt Combine ingredients in order given and mix well Place in gi eased loaf pan and bake in moderate oven (350F.) about 45 min- utes. Yield: 6 sen-ings. Delicious Postum Brand is not Rationed Postura is a good mcalliurc Beverage. Its delicious, satis- fying flavor makes conserving of tea and coffee easier and saves on sugar. Postum contains no caffeine or tannin to upset nerves or stomach. Made instantly in the cup, either with boiling water or hot niilk. Very economical. 4 02 SIZE MAKES SO CU?S 8 OZ. SIZE MAKES 100 P342