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woe "You may, sir. No onie will be more | 1s not equalled by any other tes. fat 5 ! WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, Death strikes Garrett Folsom while bathing at Ocean Town, NJ. After being porfuetorily examined by a doctor, the s brought to the . Hotel Majusaca, where an inquiry is started, Folsom's bathing companions "had been Roger Neville, Mrs. Helen Bar- naby, . and Carmelita Valdon. It is established that Folsom, just before his death, had been standing next to Ned Barron, known as the copper ng. Then the startling announcement is made that Folsom had been stabbed to death in the water. Ross, his valet, is questioned, as are Barron and his wife, but no fight is shed on the mys- tety. » Anastasia Folsom, eccentric and masterful sister of the dead man, ar- rives and takes command. At the in- quest it is established that the death weapon was. a pichag, an Oriental knife, and that it and its scabbard had been purchased on the boardwalk. It is also brought out in the inquest that Folsom's fortune is to be divided between his sister, Roger Neville and a nephew, Daniel Pelton. Anastasia announces she will engage a private detective. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER XVII The coroner glared at her, but as she, of course, had a right to engage a private detective if" she chose; he made no response to her irritating 8 h. "I would like to hear from those who were in conversation with Mr. Folsom just before he went into the ocean," said Hubbard. "Mr, Neville, you were in his party?" "Yes," Neville said, stepping for- ward. "We went in the water to- gether." "There were others with you?" "Two ladies, Mrs. Barnaby and Mrs, Valdon." "Yes. And tell me now, did you notice anything unusyal about Mr. Folsom's manner? Anything appre- hensive?" "Absolutely nothing of the sort. Mr. Folsom was in the best of spirits and ready to enjoy his ocean dip with the rest of us." "You and he were business part- ners, I am told." "Not partners: same company." "What company was that, Mr. Ne- ville?" "The Royal Realty Company. But Mr. Folsom was president, I am mere- ly vice-president." "Ah, yes. Real estate?" "Yes, a Chicago concern. Now that Mr. Folsom is dead, much of the busi- ness will devolve on me." "Naturally, And you are one of Mr. Folsom's heirs?" "Yes, as Miss Folsom's stated." "Now, Mr. Neville, will you recount as exactly as you can the cireum- stances of Mr. Folsom's death. Tell we Were in the the minutest details as you saw them." "As a matter of fact, I saw very little. I was at some distance from our party, and whenever I endeavored to speak to them a wave came and either bowled me over or swept away all soulid of my voice, so I gave up the attempt and merely swam around "in the surf by myself." "Then what was the first intima- glad than I if you can find any hint a way to look for light on the " be 3 "Mrs. Barnaby," was the next wit-} '| ness called, and the Duchess, though trembling with nervousness and em- bagrassment, walked steadily ii the desighated chair. 5 "There is no use in repeating testi- mony," Coroner Hubbard said, speak- ing gently, as he noticed her quiver- ing lip and trembling hands. "Just tell me if you noticed anything about Mr. Folsom's manner or speech that unlike, himself, or- betrayed feat tion you had of anything having hap- pened to Mr. Folsom?" . oa "Naturally® I glanced toward out own crowd now and then, and as looked I failed to see. Folsein. - thought nothing of that a e moment, as he now and then left the ] rope, but I next saw one or two life |or mervousness of any sort." guards come to the rope and then] "No, I did not," the Duchess re- people got between us and 1 couldn't | plies," relieved at the easy question, see what was going on. But then I|"But I knew Mr. Folsom only slight- saw the two guards cartying someone | ly, not so well as the other members ashore and I recognized at once that |of our little party, You see, he was a it was Garrett Folsom." : friend of the others. I only met him "You were near enough to see him | the night before--before last." then?" "You stood next him in the ocean?" 3 "I didn't see his face, but IT recog-| "Not 'at the time he--he went| : nized his bathing suit, gray with black | under. I was next him but one, then." be oh stripes, and I felt sure it was he. I| "Who was next him?" 1566 dig went immediately to where the ladies! "Mrs. Valdon." ! REY Bi of our party stood, holding the rope,| "And on the other side?" THE: FROCK OF TWO MATER- and they were almost overcome with| "I am told a Mr. Barron was, TALS 1S SMART THIS fear that Mr. Folsom had suffered - I .do not iow Me. Barton % SEASON stroke or an attack of some sort. "That will do,-Mrs. Barnaby. 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Poor Little King To become a king at five years of age was misfortune enough in the days when infant kings were accepted as natural phenomena and world-wide publicity was unknown. But now the species is so r.re that the world motstve wm J CARMELITA CAME FORWARD, LOOKING 'SO BEAUTIFUL THAT MANY PRESENT GAVE AN INVOLUNTRY GASP OF AD. MIRATION, 1a deadly 1 | deed, the beach cape was made from a Spanish shawl, whose gorgeous em- broidered flowers shone out lustrously from a black background. "Mrs. Valdon, will you add any- dressed and back to the hotel, where we heard the news of his death and later of 'his murder." # "Thank you, Mr, Neville, Now, as his business associate and as co-offi- cial in his company, are you in charge contains only one representative, and sob sisters lle in walt to cable his prattlings to the ends of the earth. His case wollld seem to be hopeless. "| ceived by a mortal for a great mortal | feat. The reward killed Jesus for the | § Jews. He is not acceptable to us and | He might 'as well be a columnist's| ¥ rd, he wi the position of the Son of God---the highest reward. ever: .re- other liquids. 'Contraito Sn More schoolboy howler gogue 1a a vessel contain of music which only ladies sing. monia is the food. vf tho. goods, he DRE Y {vacuum is a large empty space where | * © [the Pope lives. An angle is a triangle} " with only two sides. ; eX Sof 5 18 -- "Bigger and better" never will be. Jewish monotheism re- Jects not only doctrines but even sym- bols liable to beclotid its purity. "The Son of God is & blot upon Jew- ish monotheism. = But_the fact that Jesus is not acceptable to the Jews does not warrant a Christian Minis- ter's attempt to relegate him to reli glous mummydom." "Because Jesus was the greatest ex: ample of pure religion without any admixture. of ethics and politics, he impressed himselt so deeply upon the shivering souls of a world tortured by Caesar that he became Christ," con tinues Dr. Melamed. "Since nobody claims that the Bible | is a book of science, its proposed re- jection on the ground that it doesn't contain science is a display of Babbit- ism," Dr. Melamed concludes. "While the Bible is not a book of science, it is a book of truth, not the relative truth 'as found by man but "eternal truth as discovered by genius, by men who thdught in terms of eternity, whoge power of Intuition enabled the eye to guess the beginning and Visu- alize the end of all things.' The Rev. Dr. Holines is making the mistake of all the gnosties through = the ages, claims Dr. Melamod. = The Bible will retain its hold on the, mind of man. 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Wil) enable i The Te hee ave far of near. you housands ni Beautiful care included ; - haw ta a Band, £50 EL plone on want 8 try i ne beer and | is a low sort | 'Ithe | prospect. "| tent in a given weight of fertilizer. | One new process is to mix nitrogen with the carbonate of lime, which is ated on behalf of the Polish: St 0 experts 'left the » 50 that some time elapsed before the intricacies of the work were mastered by the new Polish chemists and en: gineers, Use on Increase In Poland, In 1922 the production was 10 tons 300 'tons of carbide and 250 tons of been increased, and the electrical power required per kilo of pure nitro- gen has been reduced hy one-third. 3: | The products are exported to adjoin- ~|ing countries and to France, but lat- terly the use of nitrogen fertilizers ' {has inereased to sugh am extent in Po- land that export has had to be re- duced. The ploneer achievement of the German chemical industry in this fleld are already well known: During the last two years, the fast-growing saléa of sulphate of ammonia have been [very profitable to the Chemical Trust, and now that the merits of the new complete fertilizers are widely known noug German farmers, this branch of producion is becoming increasingly important. But' the British develop- ment has opened out an entirely new = Plant Started in War. - The Billingham site was bought by ithe 'Britich Governmont during the [var with the object of trying out the = Haber process. "The war came to an | #ud- before anything had been done, howaver, and after protracted nego' tations the Brunner Mond Company took over the elite, which is particu , arly valuable because it has large do- + Dosits of gypsum, which 1s used in the: manufacture of tHe sulphate of am- monia. : i : The plant will be in full operation shortly, and the output is expected to /fumap. from (he present 250 tous of culphate of ammonia a day to 800 tons. Negotiations are now on foot between the Mond Trust and the Ger- man. Chemical Trust with the. object of avoiding the intense competition that might easily arise 7 7 British Use New Processes. _ Iti18 belleved that an agreement will 'be reached in the near Tuture for tha -allocation of markets and for collabo- _ration in other ways, Already the Bri- tch Trust lias acquired territorial | tights fn the German patents for the { complete, fertilizers, and for certain new products which will give the farmer a much larger nitrogen con: aa of the sulphate of 'am- a of Mr. Filsor's a thing You can to 8 the story of Mr. Fol- child : r. Folsom's papers and letters|som's death in the ocean gry OREO Spa : that are down here with him?" | "How can I add anything? 1 yrichaet of Heme tir pete ot] : Wen Roger "Neville could answer| not even know that he died in the: ian dmother is acu * agent "h Fol ose. Up: Whe n, except by hearsay." - ! hasn't a noticn yet what it is all about ndeed, he is not. I am in charge | Whila not Car-] ana. is treating - the ' fuss madeover lb Jettors; hi ind Jacl . his y dis nim much as Lindbergh might. But ey Last ers, Papers ap was 8 Jit wait until he learns to read, until he begins to demand his dally batch of 1t clippings. Walt until he hears She sat upright and glowered at it] echoesofhlspert remarks _reverberat: 40 ing from "goun y boards | r as if he had offered her 'thousa; onia process. - This is not only very eap, but it enables the farmer to apply to his land nitrogen and lime simultaneously. the 'use of nitrogen ferti- Lt a ir eady . ligers is rapidly increasing in Great improve- Britain, especially for the ment of grass la it p | of carbide and 130 tons of cyanamide '{per day. This has been increased to cyanamide, The nitrogen content has i | t LS 2 "iat & huge poten #7 ry ; [the British colonies and the Far Bast. aed ag »