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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE. ONT.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1928 A -I -a* Qi Carolyn Wells what has gone before. Garrett Folsom is stabbed to death while swimming at Ocean Town, N.J. rolsom's bathing companions had been Roger Neville, a business part-na!! Mrs. Helen Barnaby and Car-mehta Valdon. Anastasia Folsom, eccentric and masterful sister of the dead man, arrives and takes command. At the inquest it is learned that the death wea-pan was a pichaq, an Oriental knife, and it had been bought on the board- It is learned that one Croydon Sears is a fancier of curious weapons. Ho admits buying two knives but not the pichaq. Anastasia engages Titus Riggs, architect, to work on the case. Dan Pelton, the dead man's nephew, rives and is intrigued by st French dolls in Folsom's room. Croydon Sears' initials are discovered in a notebook of Folsom's and Pelton thinks his uncle had been doing some blackmailing. Robin Sears, Croydon's son, is worried now that suspicion is resting on his father. Riggs tells him he has learned that Croydon Sears had purchased a third dagger. the elder Sears sends for Fleming Stone, famous detective, who arrives scon after. NOW GO on WITH the STORY CHAPTER XXXIX. "1 mean to question everybody concerned, Mrs- Barron," Stone told her. "I talk to you alone because I think it less distasteful to you than to be asked questions before others." "You say everybody concerned. I am not concerned--in any defini "No; but you stood next the r at the time of the--" "Not next to him. My husband y between us." "Oh, yes. And you both had be; talking to- him?" "Not I. He addressed Mr. and her nephew and have ference on the business that had brought him down. Jhe Barrons were excused from attendance and Robin Sears and Angel Fair were sent away to dance. Then Croydon Sears and the detec-ve accepted an invitation brought them by Tite Riggs, to hold the ses-i in the rooms that had been Fol-'p and were now occupied by Dan Pelton. suited Stone and they went there at once. glad you are here, Mr. Stone,' Anastasia said, in her straightforward way. "I wish I might have engaged you. I have one detective already," she said, glancing at Riggs, "and 1 i no fault with him. But he has ; your experience, whatever talent may possess. Now, I hope you two will work together, for there is much to be done. I know, as well as you do, that Mr- Sears 13 coming into notice, and if ever there was a ridiculous suspect, he is it!" "Why?" and Stone looked at her gravely. "I came down here, Miss Folsom, to save my friend, Croydon Sears, from a possible false accusation, and if you so lightly toss> aside the danger of such, I shall think I came unnecessarily." "Maybe unnecessarily for that effort, but there is still the question of who killed my brother. That has to results Mr. Pelton so much desires, together with the astounding results promised by Mr. Riggs. And now to business. Mr. Pelton, your part will be to show me all the papers of your late uncle's that have any bearing on the matter of his death. Or better still, all the papers of his you have down here, for it's easy to be mistaken as to the bearing of a docu- ""All right, Mr- Stone," was the reply, but the observant eye of the detective noted a disinclination to comply with the request. "Perhaps that will be our first step," Stone went on, determined to push the matter, since Pelton was..so obviously adverse to it. Yet it was not a lengthy procedure. After the neat bundles of letters and papers were brought from the desk and looked over, Miss Folsom directed her nephew to produce the suitcase that he had brought from New York, with additional data in it. I To this Pelton showed unmistakable "y01 itty. t frie "Merely acquaintances. She is very beautiful, but she is not the type of woman I make friends with. I like her companion, Mrs. Barnaby, better." "You know nothing of Mrs. Valdon I - her disadvantage? I'm sorry to be both have at heart only the cause of Crrydon Scars, and any possible r.-:de-li'sht I can get Sn this matter may help "Ther nil jthing of Mi ? detriment, o bribe the s< ) the iwer frankli s. Valdon, tc except that she Do you mean by Mr. Folsom." "She did do that? she continues to do so' "Yes. My nurse knows her ch; bermaid, and I insisted on her telling i c'.pful and j 1 ha "DON'T you DARE MEDDLE WITH IT!" CRIED MISS ANASTASIA. 1 will only be used tuse of justice, and such chance knowl-reach the facts." arrived back at th* ? time, and, though ? lounge and danc-ractive, Stow " . Mis l-'oi- uiswered, Mr. Stone, and if j will take it upon yourself to solve the ' mystery, I will gladly pay any bill J you may present." i "To my mind, Miss Folsom," Stone jsaid, "the best and surest way to save f Mr. Sears' name from unmerited ae-! cusation is to find the real murderer, j In this I am quite sure you agree with = |n CORRUGATED IRON Wheeler & Bain "Council Standard" WE PAY FREIGHT WHEELER 4 BAIN, LIMITED Dept. W, i08 Georae St., Toronto 2 --------. _„„ tnends may obtain the low ocean rate of £1, reduced railroad fares, and FREE transportation for children under 17, providing they ara placed in farm or domestic employment. Ask at once for details of the British Nomination Scheme from any 0f our offices or agents I "Yes, indeed, was the emphatic Isponse. "And the way it looks to j we are just starting out on a new j vestigation, or rather on a new phase of the investigation, but better equip-I ped for an intelligent inquiry." j Fleming Stone looked at the speak-I er with evident admiration. "A wise judge could not put the matter more accurately," he said, "and I am glad to work with and for you and your colleagues." "And for heaven's sake get somewhere," said Pelton, who, while saying little, had been listening to Stone and his aunt- "I'm no detective myself, but I think if I were I'd work harder and faster than most." "He's hitting me," Tite Riggs said, with no display of annoyance. "But we know, don't we, Mr. Stone, that the great intellects of the true detectives work slowly. That the snap judgments and hasty conclusions of the amateurs are of little worth compared to the astounding results of our deliberation and meditation.' The clashing of himself with the famous Stone was forgivable because of Riggs' whimsical tone and good-humored smile. "We'lil try to compass both," Stone lid; "we'll hope to gef the speedy Stone began to see this affair had mifications that ho hadn't hereto-re suspected. Amd if Dan Pelton is a factor in the case,' it behooved i investigator to walk delicately, for Pelton had the whip hand in his possession of all documents and letters. Stone thought about it i he was that something had been abstracted from the suitcase during Pelton's absence from the room, and that whatever it was had Pelton satisfaction rather than otherwise. Therefore it was something that Pelton did not want him to Therefore it was something that incriminated Pelton or somebody Pel-ton desired to shield. This was one of those swift flashes of intuition and sudden enlightenment that come at times, and Stone was quick to act upon it. He determined to find out if any one friendly to Pel-ton had accomplished this act, whatever it was, that had changed him from a spirit of apprehension and fear to a satisfied, contented mood. (To be continued.) Flying Boomed In Canada by Lack of Roads Facing Problem of "Fly or Walk," Large Proportion of Travelers Choose to Take the First ---- Many New Problems Seen Manager of Airways Co. Explains How Devices Over-Come Various Handicaps The engineering problems of aviation, experience is showing, differ from country to cc«utry, and likewise the progress of the idea of flight with the man in the street appears to be t na large part governed by these tionalistic differences. The case Canada is typical. A. H, Oaks, general manager of the Western Canada Airways, Ltd., who went to New York- recently to pla a $100,000 order for Fokker planes he used on his line, in an interview discussed the manner in which the entire question of aviation in Canada differs from that of the United States. The Western Canada Airways lias undertaken to serve the mining trict of Central western Canada, The headquqarters of the line is in Wil peg, and from that point the lines radiate out Into the center of the Dominion. The Red Lake mining district is served with a regular air line on which the four Fokker universal planes and the two super-universals, which Mr. Oaks purchased, are to be ing pilot" of trans-Atlantic fame, has been engaged to ferry these new ships to the base of operations at Winnipeg. "In Canada," said Mr. Oaks, "I suppose you would immediately conclude that every one has gone 'aviation mad.' We are doing unusually good business 011 our passenger lines, considerably better than they are in the States. But the Canadian people are not exactly aviation crazy. "Forced" Trade 'The reason for the large amount of passenger business is attributable to an external condition, to the fact that Canada is only served in one way by railways. 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And then we ended by building our o Trana Shipping Mai One of the most interesting and unique problems which has confronted aviation in Canada was brought recently by the Canadiaqn government to the American aircraft industry for solution. The Canadian government had inaugurated a ship-to-shore air mail service in an effort to expedite trans-Atlantic mails going from Europe to points ln the interior of Canada. Trans-Atlantic liners were met as they entered the mouth of the St. Lawrence River by seaplanes v/hlch received the mail sacks for fast delivery at points farther up the river. In the summer the seaplanes were able to maintain this service on regular schedule, but with the approach of winter, the formation of Ice at the regular points of delivery presented a unique problem. The service could not be transferred to the standard land plane equipped with skis for the reason that while a land plane equipped with skis wholly adequate at the points of delivery only a seaplane could be of ing the liners at theh unwillingness. He said he had laid the key to the suitcase, but his aunt brought him up with a round turn. "Nonsense!" she exclaimed. "You haven't done anything of the sort, and if you have, it doesn't matter. We can break it open. You bring out that suitcase, Dan." Pelton went to the closet to get it, and before he returned he could be heard opening the catch. "Bring it just as it is, please," said Fleming Stone calmly wondering if Dan Pelton was, after all, concerned in the affair. "Don't you dare meddle with cried Miss Anastasia, jumping up and going to her nephew. "Whatever ails you, Dan? What monkey tricks are you up to now?" "Nothing of the sort," he returned-"I had put some of my own letters in here, too--that's all." As he talked he had set the small case on a table and, flinging it open, was looking amazedly at its contents. Apparently something surprised him, but in a moment he gave a sigh of relief, and saidi "There you are, Mr. Stone. I didn't put mine in there after all. I thought I did." "Forgetful youth," Stone said, lightly. "Well, here goes for these then." But no more evidential documents were found in this lot than in the other, and Stone's suspicions of Dan Pelton took a new lease of life. The. young man acted nervous and anxious until the suitcase was opened, then he j calm and at ease. What had he : expected that he didn't find'.' This mendous territory to the north of these lines in which there is no train service. We have gone into this territory realizing this fact. There are only two ways which it can be traversed to-day, either by planes or afoot. . You want to go into the territory. 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