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~ ar : rite 'Salada'. Tovontn, for free sample. "What for?" he asked buntly. "I want to go in there--and bed Yoq_ nt do a thing like that!" = % "I must! He has something--come- "WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. * troduction, she had not succeeded in i i He From the verandah of the Hotel drawing Titus Riggs into her net. 4-Majusaca, at Ocean Town, N.J., Titus had been polite but that was all. Never Riggs, a guest, sees a man taken from did he seek out the lovely Carmelita the oéenn and laid on the beack whil¢ 'ad her jolly friend. va e crowd gathers to stare. : ; The reader has been introduced fo! SO they were both siptised and these batheis: Ned Barron the cop Pleased when, as they sa ' per king and his wife, Madeline; on the hotel deck, Riggs rose from his sugelica Fair and. her fiance, Robin chair and sauntered over to them. Bears; Robin's father, Croydon Sears; «Oh, Mr, Riggs," said C Curmelita Vakdon, aid her, compat go cheer us up & bit We're fooling y ger ville, Ga 4 and Mrs. Barnaby, whom everyone 29 nj over the morning's tragedy salle the Duchess. a : the Saco KNOW; WT. rom the shocked expression on . Taces of the throng, Riggs surmises| "Yes, I know," Riggs said. "Do you that the man is dead and, putting|mind talking about it?" down his field glastes, he hastens| «No» Carmelita returned, her eyes down to the beach, to find that the dead man is, Garrett Folsom. At the hotel, where 'the body is taken, Ross, the victim's valet, is questioned, and Dixon, hotel detec- tive, decides to examine all of Fol- som's companions. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. who Is sympathetic. Did you know Mr. Folsom?" "Only slightly. But here comes a bellboy. He's looking for you, I think, Mr. Neville." It was the plump youngster called Tubby, and he stepped up to Neville CHAPTER VI. | with his little chest puffed out, full of nee. : importa be yd Sooied Hel Burnaby: "Mr. Tuttle eends you this sir," he was bobbed, and her smart clothes Paid, and held out his tray on which were too girlish for her years, but she 187 & telegram that had already been was a comfortable sort and her s 3 : : It was addressed to John Roses, and friendship. with the beautiful Carme- te yarmur of apol Neville lita was advantageous to both. vead AL They had been intimates for "ye : " but this was the first time they had' t's Som Mise. Folsom ek, been away from home in company. to Ross, > filling with tears, "not to some ome. thing of mine--that I must have. I must py } pet". . "What?" | " ng important--never mind what. Just let me take the key for [half an hour. I'l bring it right back to you. Oh, Roger--do give it to me, 1 tiuet have it!" Hn Ee "Carmelita, you doh't realize what 'ré asking. I'm willing, more than willing to let you have the key, but think how it would look--for you to 'go into his room!" "Notody will see me. I'l be very | careful." "I'll get you what you want. Tell me what it 187 Did you leave some- thing in there? When?" "Oh, no! Nothing like that! I've fever been in his rooms. But he had something of mine--oh, Roger, don't torment me! Give me the key, do!" Though they were on the crowded boardwalk, Carmelitas tones were low and her manner quiet. Buf Neville could see the underlying excitement and he feared an outbreak if he re- fused longer. o ; Unwillingly he drew a key from his pocket. - "At least, let me go with you. Or let me stand guard outside .the rooms." "No, that would be far worse, if anyone saw us, than for me to go alone. I must do this, Roger. I must! Don't worry. Pll make sure where his valet, Ross, is first and then I can Fairly well to do, the Duchess cared | only for her comfort and ease. Men were of secondary consideration, save es they entertained or amused her. Carmelita Valdon, on the other hand, was a born coquette and a siren. With very little money, she contrived to dress well and her beauty and charm did the rest, At heart she was an adventuress, but so careful ws she of her reputa- tion that no breath of scandil or even reproach had ever, touched her, Yet she schemed to meet and at- tract rich men and women and usual- . ly succeeded in making friends with them. | Garrett Folsom she had known for "some years, and though they were friendly, it could not be said that he was in love with her. Roger. Neville, too, was an old-time friend, not an adorer, so while at Ocean Town Car- melita had endeavored to find a new friend who would be a devoted slave There were many who would read- fly accept such a position, but the lady was, exigent in her requirements and she flouted those who were not suffi- ciently generous or who did not amuse her. | "We can't take up with anybody," she told her friend. I won't have to do with ordinary men. I must have my friends among the especial ones of earth." "Yes," eaid the slightly interested. "But you can ! get any one to you go after, C y. What about that sandy-haived chap who site around all day on the deck? He seems exclusive--" "And he is! That's Titus Riggs He's an eccentric milloinaire. If we could anmex him we'd be right in the beart of everything!" "He isn't popular." . "That's his own fault, then. Every- body is crazy to know him, but he won't meét many people." 3 This conversation had oP : some days ago, and since "then, on 4ill T arrive. Am starting at once.' IN THE DESK. h A SHE QUICKLY RAN THROUG A THE PAPERS AND LETTERS slide in and out again mig- ina few Can We Say. How Far. Our Heritage Extends Since Confederation the wilderness Then the prairies, which now sends & House of Commons, were known only to Indians, fur traders, missidfiaries and a few explorers, The first task of the newly formed Canadian govern- ment was to arrange for a transcon- tinental railway to link up the infant settlement in British® Columbia; and as astute men as Rdward Blake argued earnestly against the folly of wasting money, laying a railroad across such permanently uninhabitable areas as the southern parts of the present pfby- inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and | Alberta. As late as 1874 Sir Wiillam Butler wrote a forbidding deseription of the site of the present city of Prince Albert to prove that Europeans could never live there the year round: The wealth and habitability of the svuthern praires are now common xuowledge. To-day the push is north, | Northern Quebec and Northern On| tario have attracted miners and 'far: mers. Settlers are raising vegetables, grains, cattle and even fruits far north of Hazelton on the Skeena, Away to the north of Edmonton the fertile Peace River Valley ls rewarding its | pioneers. The push to 'the north is continent wide, and is" on in earnest. We dare not predict what, by the end of the century, will. be the population of those great central regions, which hive all been proven valuable. | The Arctic «and sub-Arctic plains alone remain a challenge to the Stefaneson, this vast expanse is losing its mythological terrers. Here are one and ~one-half to two million square miles of Brazing lands, with their na. tive | mosses, liche ferns and 762 species of flowering plants; ¥ukon is ylelding her gold; but in Alaska the. annual catch of fish now far exceeds | the products of the mine' in vate: | and Canada's Arctic"waters teem with fish; The reindeer industry in Alaska has proved so profitable that Lomen & Co; alone ship annually. 10,000 carcasses | _| that bring a higher price than beelin the. cities of the 'United States. In- épired by Stefansson, the Hudson's Bay Company has leased for raising reindeer the southern half of Baffin Island--an area the size of the British Isles. If the project of domesticating' the musk-ox ie carried out, a new source of food will be available that> will pit to profitable tse great tracts of our Far North. Oil has been found between Fort Norman and the Arctic Circle, What else the Far North will give, ,only time will tell. But the Canadian [Polar regions are not as cold as | Siberia, 'which is being voluntarily' THE CHALLENGE OF THE NORTH | frontier of Canada has entirely shiftec. | substantial representation to the}! bloneer. Already, thanks largely tof J. "Is thet dumb son of 'Jake's, still "A CHIC DAYTIME FROCK. The simplicity % the frock pictired A ; Home here will appeal 'at once to the : rosses in. the front' and gives a smart waistcoat effect. No. 1602 is for Misses and Small Wo- nd ig in sizes 16, 18 and 20 Size 18 (86 bust) requires 3% or 2% 'yards b4-inch rt sleeves require % cents the pattern. Our Fashion Book, illustrating the newest and most practical styles, will be of interest to every home dress- maker. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW. TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain. ly, giving number and wize of such patterns gs you want. Enclose 20c in slamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order t. Pattern Dept. 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Cave. a The Flag in South Africa Three Rivers Nouvelliste (Cons.): Prime Minister Hertzog has just 2 achieved a personal triumph over General Smuts and those who are opposed to a too categoric assertion of South Africa's autonomy, By a majority of 15 the Legislative Assem- Bly of the Union has ratified his "pro- posal fora national flag which excludes the Union Jack. This proposal has roused violent controversy in: South Africa. Naturally enough it has met with opposition from the jingoes, im- iperialists of all shades and from the "saviors of 'Empire,""' It has revived the old British prejudice against the Boers. What adds piquancy- to the | struggle against H 's proposal ; is the fact that General Smuts has | himself taken a strong stand against the idea of excluding the Union, Jack. The brilliant nationalist politician Hertzog stood up to the tempest and refused to withdraw. To-day he is This 1s an example by which other Prime Ministers might Sonceivably profit, 'Searle--"What should we do if it] wasn't for our friends, Bill?" = BHl-- "I don't know. We'd probably have gressor, and I should be coi a crime." = The prisoner lo him, measured him up. ¥ committing' suicide" he said, t _colonized. And as the climate of the ' Atlantic Coast once presented terrible ce, 0 The withdrawal of diplomatic rela- tions and special trading facilities, Mr. Urquhart concluded, had "at last red the decks, reinstated British creditors to their rightful position, a position more hopeful for. the settle- ment of our claims than we have held since the trade agreement of 1921 was signed. After 'what has happened, we must realize that nothing on earth its debts and liabilities." Mr. Urquhart's view finds support in financial circles.. The, Financial Times, for example, says: "However the Communists of Russia may detest our capitalistic system, however much they may plead for its destruction, - they fervently desire political recoge nition by the British Empire, when least desired and thereby duces the honey crop. ' Moreover, ine crease can be made just as efficiently, with less labor and at a more oppor tune time by the beekeeper himself. Write to the Bee Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for fur ther information on Swarm and Inerease, BD SL - Swarming Bee A swarm is emerging! The bees are affected with a temborary ebulli- tion; they pour from their hive pell- mell and soon the air 18 filled with a seething; seems to impart to its owner some of its 'own joyous excitement. This race, 3 Early in the spring the queen com: '|mences to lay eggs that develop into 'and new nectar 18. available, "stronger, the weather. drones (or 'male bees) are produced, and yet r, as greater strength is | attained 'and 'nectar 'becomes 'abund- ant, eggs are deposited in queen cells .. 'and preparations for swarming. ta veloping in thelr cells, - © from the time the eggs were-deposit- ' ed' in' the queen cells, the, lary are; ready to be 'capped over weather be bright and warm. buzzing horde which v {18 the bees' method of increasing the tf abril Goutrol 3 though Carmelita had secured an in- 1 fo signed' A. Folsom, and it is from utes." Lonst, re i New York city." | So Neyille perforce acquiesced, and difficulties to the French coloniste, "Then she ought to get here to- after escorting her back td"the hotel and yesterday that of the southern night," Titus Riggs said. ">the put her in an elevator and If prairies seemed an insuperable ob-!' "Yes. she will" Ca: ta strolled oubcoors again. {stacle 'to our fathers, so the belief, in. = h. probabl i y?. Carmel a| Oarmelita went straight 'to. the Which we 'were brought up, that the "Roger, will yo i yooms: that Folsom had ioe She Far North was an impossible region of exercise. bs: perpetual snow is fading in the light] Noville' rose at or A "aid Joavhs of scientific knowledge that the whole | - Riggs to the tender mercies of Helen Would mak t of Canad #8 habitable and produc- Barnaby, the pair walked away to-| Miss Folsom : | tive, One of the the halls and the younger