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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., AUGUST 24, 1944 The Quality Tea "SA1ADA TEA • SERIAL STORY Murder on the Boardwalk BY ELINORE COWAN STONE Last Week: Chandra traps Wilmet, identifies him as Mrs. Tal-bert's missing nephew. He accuses Wilmet of stealing his silver dagger, declares that both Mrs. Talbert and her nephew had bad vision. The fragments of glasses found In the wheel chair may identify Wilmet as the murderer. CHAPTER XVIII Mr. Wilmet had sprung t his leet. is!" "But this is preposl cried. "Why -- why, I was the one who brought you here! If I" -- "Because, Inspector" -- Chandra's voice was a gentle purr -- "another trait Earl Talbert shared with his aunt, Inspector, was the delusion that, single-handed, he could outwit the world. But now" --- the clairvoyant stood, suddenly very tall, it seemed to Christine, over the blustering little man -- "he is going to tell the whole "You are going to tell us, my friend, how gloating over the trick by which you robbed your aunt 12 years ago, you persuaded yourself that you were sufficiently the 'master mind' for a much more daring crime.... I doubt if you intended murder in the beginning. But probably, after you had drugged Mrs. Talbert and taken what you supposed to be valuable bonds, you realized that she had recognized you" -- "I didn't!" Mr. Wilmet's round lace was white and drenched with s/weat. "I -- why, I never heard ef the woman before last night. ... Inspector, he's trying to -- for God's sake, don't let him do this!" He was cowering before the clairvoyant as he might before an evil genius. For without any of the trappings or stage-setting'of his craft, Chandra was again the Oriental mystic Christine had seen that other night; his voice was the purring, hypnotic voice of the seer; his blazing yellow eyes held Mr. Wilmet's eyes as ft i - but "Tell them," he "how, before you had drugged your aunt into helplessness, you forced her to write those letters. Tell them how, after you had held her in her own car while you made sure Jaspar had obeyed her orders, you drove her, by night, to her own abandoned home, and hid her there while you rifled the house for anything you' might find that could help to point suspicion to someone "Tell them that you even felt safe in leaving her alone there, drugged as she was, because you remembered her prejudice against the police, and you knew that Jaspar would respect her orders. ...Tell them how you found Miss Thorenson's photograph and her telegram ,saying when she would arrive, and thought how cunningly you might turn them to your own advantage... "Perhaps, at first, you considered killing your aunt there in her «mpty house; but it was neccessary to your infantile exhibitionism to do the thing in a really spectacular way, and you had more ideas than you knew what to do with... Tell them how, after you had entered the house with Mrs. Talbert's own .key" - You Will Enjoy Staying At The ST. REGIS HOTEL TORONTO * Every Room with Bath, Shower and Telephone. •) single, $2.50 up-Double, $3.50 up. « Good Food, Dining and Dancing Nightly. Sherbourne at Carlton Tel. RA. 4135 "But how could I?" Mr. Wilmet's cry was shrill with triumph. "Why, she didn't have a key." Jaspar broke a shocked silence. "He's right, Inspector," he murmured. "Mrs. Talbert hadn't taken her key with her." Christine, watching as if in a fantastic nightmare, saw the little man freeze as he understood how much he had told in those five words; then leap to his feet and dash blindly, straight into the arms of two uniformed men who had appeared in the doorway. "Get his keys," the inspector ordered. When one of the officers handed the ring to him, he passed it to Jaspar, a silent question in the gesture. "Yes, sir," Jaspar almost whispered. "The middle one." "All right. Take him to the bureau... Well" -- even Inspector Parsons looked white and shaken as his subordinates led the hysterical man away -- "I've seen a third degree or two; but at least policemen don't hit mugs over the head with black magic... And now, suppose you tell me how you know all this." "Because, sir" :-- Jaspar spoke -- "after I -- left your office last night, I thought it best to have a look at the house. I'd kept one key, because I felt that as soon as I could, I must go back. .. .But someone had been there before me. Everything was turned upside down." "Much as we found it when we went out early this morning," the inspector nodded. "Perhaps you'll understand now why I was so much interested in your keys, Yardley. That story you told about absent-mindedly taking a key from a strange car and putting it into your pocket sounded pretty feeble. . Anything taken, Jaspar?" "Mrs. Talbert's will, sir -- I suppose it was he sent that to the newspapers; and a pair of Mrs. Talbert's shoes" -- "The ones," the inspector ex- fyJZnfMcdei Yo crochet hook can create the smartest bags. The envelope is of straw yarn; the purse of 24 corde or string medallions. Get ahead of the rush; make a bag for a gift. Pattern directions for purses; stitches of i (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Xcedlecraft Dept., Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and ad- MAC DONALD'S FRENCHMAN FIGHTS FOR REVENGE Allied soldiers restrain a French patriot who tries to attack Nazi prisoners of war gathered on the Rennes city hall steps. Fierca hatred of his oppressors is written in every line of his face. plained, "that her nephew put on to make that false trail to the booth. One of my men found them buried deep in the sand where Yardley told us about having seen Wilmet pottering around the evening before. Until now, I wasn't entirely sure Mr. Yardley hadn't put them there himself." "And," Jaspar finished, "Miss Christine's signed portrait and her message saying when she would arrive. I wouldn't be surprised if he was at the station when- her "He was at the newsstand, hidden behind a paper," Chandra confirmed that. "And he followed her to her hotel." "Well" -- the inspector looked almost satisfied -- "now we only need those faked bonds." From a tangle of images, one started out clean-lined in Christine's tired memory. "I think that if you pried up the top of that stone bench at the back of the booth," she said, "you might find something underneath." When she explained about that first morning -- her heel sinking into soft concrete, Mr. Wilmet's voluble explanations -- the inspector went to the telephone and gave "Altogether," he said, turning back, "that bird used up enough ideas in one murder to last a good, honest crook a lifetime... But the thing that puzzled me worst he apparently hadn't had a finger in. You wondered how I knew that those bonds were your cousin's, Miss Thorenson. I found something among them that you missed." He took a folded paper from his pocket and handed it to Christine. It was a short note in Cousin Emma's hand. "My dear Christine," it said. "If anything should happen to prevent our visit, Jaspar will hand you these. Take good care of them, for the bonds are non-registered; so, of course, anyone could use them. They are yours, as most of what I possess will be in the end. Affectionately yours, Emma Talbert." "This morning," the inspector said, "I'd have sold my soul to know Who really wrote that." . The telephone rang, and he hur- "He has? Good work!" they heard him say. "I'll be right up. ♦...Well," he hung up, "Miss Thorenson was right about that bench. Mr. Earl Talbert has shot the works in his confession. I guess that cleans up .the slate." "Not entirely." Chandra extended a hand. "I'd like my glasses." "Your -- what?". "I was sure," Chandra explained evenly, "that he'd lost his spares my studio -- or he would not have been wearing a pair of sun-glasses with ordinary lenses." "You mean," the inspector said after a blank silence, '"'that you hypnotized that poor nut with your own spectacle case?" "Something like thiti," Chandra admitted. Then he murmured with a strange, tired smile -- Christine recognized the question -- " 'But there was something in it -- tricks (THE END) SUNDAY SCHOOL ^LESJSON September 3. Saul's Rejection 1 Samuel 13, 15, 31. PRINTED TEXT, 1 Samuel 15: 10-83. GOLDEN TEXT. -- Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king. I Samuel 15:23. Memory Verse: I m\\ sing unto Jehovah. Exodus 15:f» Condemnation of Saul "Then came the word, of Jehovah unto Samuel, saying.^ and he cried unto Jehovah all night." The conduct of Samuel o'n this occasion affords a remarkable instance of his genuine piety. 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Saul attempts to disguise his guilt beneath a formal benediction and aggravates it by- a declaration that he had fulfilled the command of Jehovah. By taking this bold, boastful position he thought he could deceive Samuel, and save elf from reproof. Guilty men • of and show great rese least charge of guilt. Saul's Insincerity "And Samuel said, what meanetfc then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" One falsehood needs many others to cover it. The bleating of the sheep immediately gave the lie to Saul's boastful "And Saul sSid, they have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed." Saul "made a despicable attempt to throw the blame for what he had done upon the people, but Samuel clearly detected the falsehood , and exposed Saul's guilty conduct. Saul's Ingratitude "Then Samuel said Unto Saul, stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night... and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?" The sin of Saul was one of base ingratitude. When raised to his exalted position, instead of being humble, grateful, obedient he became proud, ungrateful and disobedient. Humility is a sign of true greatness; pride a sign of littleness. Why did Saul not obey the Lord? It was because he followed his own selfish inclination. It was the spirit of covetousiiess, not Godliness, which made Saul and the people 'fly upon the spoil.' 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Saul's Hopelessness "And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." The prophets taught that all external ceremonial is worthless if the worshipper's life is not in line with the will of God. Saul's Rejection "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king." Because Saul by his flagrant disobedience had rejected God's word, he was rejected by God. CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM Oh dear, what a Week of sweltering heat this has been -- and no possible way of keeping cool. It is just as hot to do nothing as it is to keep on working -- which after all is a comforting thought since one has to keep on working anyway. However we did have a few days that were really enjoyable -- for which I was very thankful as our Saturday-to-Mon-day visitors stayed for nearly a week. They called it a holiday but Partner's brother was helping with the harvest all the time, while Jessie was giving me no end of help in the house. Young Betty was here, there,'and everywhere, apparently having a grand time. Really, I would call them the "perfect guests" because they were on time for breakfast! While they were here we finished getting in the barley. I say "we" because I was helping too. Yes, I did something I haven't done in years -- I worked in the mow. The first two loads Partner pitched off the sheaves and Colin and I placed them in the mow. The rest of the loads were built on slings. In case our non-farmer readers don't know what I mean by "slings" perhaps I had better Ropes, specially made for the purpose, are laid across one half of the rack. 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