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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. strikes Garrett Folsom while bathing at Ocean Town, N.J. After Ng perfunctarily examined by a Hotel Majo body fs brought 3 the Saricr, usaca, where an inquiry Folsom's bathing .companicns had n r 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 it made that Folsom Rad been stabbed to death in the water. Ross, his valet, is questioned, as are Barron and his Vite, but no light is shed on the mys- y. 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 ad been purchased on the boardwalk. It is also established that Croydon Sears is a fancier of curious knives. Anastasia engages Titus Riggs to work on the case. He asks permission to go through the dead man's effects. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. CHAPTER XXV. "No, sir," and Myrtle's eyes, raised to Pelton's face, fairly shone with ° "truth. "No, sir, I didn't touch your | luggage, or your things at all. I did| pick up 'the dolls and pet them, but, honestly, I didn't touch afiother- single thing." Myrtle was telling the truth, of course, and it rang in her voice, and Dan Pelton believed her. 'If there's one thing I can do," he! said, "I can always tell when people] speak truthfully. And I know you did. So, that's that." "How queer. Can you always tell, Mr. Pelton?" "Yes. Nobody ean lie to me, get away with it." "And--and did you say<-something | ut---" her courage gave out and! looked at the dolls in mute appeal. | "Did 1 say I'd give you a délly?" he laughed. "Well, I half said so, didn't 1? Which one do you like best?" "This one," and Myrtle pointed to the dark-eyed one, the one with the lure of a siren in her sweet, haunting face. "That's the one Mr. Folsom liked the best." "Oh, he did, did he? Then, take it!| I'm glad to be rid of it. Take it, girl, | and now, clear' out. Don't look 80 | hesitant. I've a right to give away the doll. They're all mine now. Take that one, and go." "Yes, sir. Thank you, sir, very much." And clasping her precious gift to her heart, Myrtle hurried away almost afraid the donor might regret his act and ask the doll back again. As ill luck would have it, she met Miss Folsom just coming toward her! nephew's rooms. iil "Hush, Dan," said Miss Folsom. "I! brought the girl back. She says you gave her that doll." "Yes, I did. Now I'm sick and tired of hearing about the doll. Go away, Myrtle. seemed to want it so much. I don't Suppose she ever had a doll in her ife." "She never had one like that, surely. Why, Dan, those dolls cost an awful lot." "I don't care. I don't admire them myself, 1 find, and if you want the rest of the bunch, you're welcome to them." "Well, I'll see about them later, but don't give any more away to servants. She didn't select the best one." "No, she said she'd choose the one Uncle Garry used to like the best. Fancy her being sweet on Uncle!" "I don't believe she was, But shé thought it must be the most valuable." Meantime, the astute Tubby, who had long ago learned to distinguish be- R | you will. But only if it's good evi- Come in, Aunt Stasia, Yes, "Will you be paid? Yes, Tubby, dence or a real clue, Or a true way to look." 37 "Yes, sir. But Af it things, will you--".. > I'l! see to it that you get paid. My Lord, Tubby, what a school for young grafters a big hotel is! Well, go rhead." ; "It's only this. You've been all through Mr. Folsom's papers an€ let- ters, «in't you?" ; "Pretty much. = There's some of that work still to be done. - Why?" -- and important looking documents" "And you think they're connected with Mr. Folsom's estate?" "They's lots of "em addressed to Mr. , Foleori, and some «f "em in Me. Fol- som's writing." "This is interesting. Where is this suitcase?" "Up in Mr, Pelton's rooms. The rooms Mr. Folsom used to pail: in." "How did you eam» to spy them cuts" Tubby looked duly and' properly insulted. "Nothin' like that, sir. I saw them when T took up some ice water," "Oh, TI see. T beg your pardom' Very careless of Mr. Pelton to have them in sight when you came in. Well, never mind, you did right to mention : 3 "GET OUT," HE CRIED CROSSLY. "Here, you," the lady said, sternly, BACK HERE?" "what are you doing with that doll?! It is my brother's doll." "Mr. Pelton gave it to me, ma'am. He--he told me to take it." "Well, you come back here with' me, till I make sure of that." Her sharp knock gained her imme- diate entry, and Dan Pelton scowled lo see Myrtle and the doll back again. | "Get out," he cried; crossly. "What are you doing back here?" 3 a "WHAT ARE YOU DYING gaped his admiration. he'd just naturally bust if he didn't get something off his chest, I assume that it's a weighty matter. And when 'the said boy looks at me furtively now and then, yet with the expression of [= dying fih, why, then, T just call him over. and sumpin'. | this here now murder business." That's no matter for jesting, son." tween the sides of buttered bread, was it, Tubs, and if anything comes of it, out on the hotel deck hanging around I'll remember you." the chair that contained the portly] person of Titus Riggs. Privileged in many ways, Tubby was allowed free moccess to the deck, but| he was not supposed to speak to the |The comfortable chair was placed just ! guests unless on an errand. At 'last Riggs noficed the uneasy little chap, and called him to his side. ! gaze go farther afield, and view the "What's it all about, sonny? What wide expanse of blue ocean. do you want to say to me?" « "How do you know?" and Tubby ros: from the big wicker rocker, and | betook himself up to Dan elton's "Oh, well, when a boy looks as if rooms, having first acquired informa- !tion by telephone that he was ther and alone. demand the truth." "Well, you see, Mr. Riggs, I know ad "You do! Really?" _ "Now, don't kid me. I mean about Tite Riggs became grave at once.' "I know it. I ain't jestin', sir." "Well, then, what is it that you you Pelton responded, witha lit! . "She could' go her c "Yes, sir; thank yeu, sir." And the bellhop went off and"left Riggs to his |" cogitations. It was a pleasant place to: muse. at a point where Riggs could com- mand the boardwalk or could let his But with a little sigh of regret, he 1S all those Mur "Yes," a little impatiently, "ves, "Oh, only that Mr. Pelton has a|- I gave the poor child the doll, as she, big suitcase full of papers and letters in a period of three or four days, six. months. ollow Our Lead and Ma to p 5 : FOr Hobart, * Tasmania = 'The "ABritish airship mission, which has beeh visit- ing the Australfan . Commoniyealth with the view of mapping out empire air routes and gathering ptoruijtion under various heads "in conmeétion with the projected. airship service from London to Australia, . includ ed Tasmania in fts dtineraryl' » According to thé" mission, the afr- ship service' between London and Autralia will be inaugurated in about two years' time. regarded as being most favormble, but the visibility in Tasmania is re- the moungainous country haying a tendency to bank up the clouds, and part of the state would have to be reckoned with. However, the mission regards a service between Victoria and Tasmania a$ being quite within the bounds of practicability. . /A much smaller type of airship than the ones being built for the~London- Australia trade . would suffice, -and they would make the journey at a speed of 60 miles an hour in four hoyrs, instead of 17 to 18 hours, the time taken by steamer. It is prob- able that within a" comparatively short time an airplane service for passengers and malls will be inaugur- ated, The Commonwealth Government. is undertaking a topographical = survey of Tasmanta, and the work will in- volve the employment of an airplane, plane has been employed In such work In Australia. Tasmania covers an area of 26,000 square miles, and is regarded as the most ~ thoroughly mountainous country in the world. its greatest breadth . 180 miles. Cyclonic depressions follow one an- other so rapidly across the Great Aus- tralian Bight that eyery variety of weather is commonly provided with- The altitude varies to 5,000 feet. It is anticipated that the Yopo- graphical survey will: occupy about from sea level » Gabby Gertie T= ¥ "I thought at first, I'd go hy | 'don't know Aunt Stasia," b ittle si to the funerals of all ves and -" ntly. Perhaps we might ha tie ehat by surseives frst You whet you suspect don't give yourself a'welgh" - # _-- for a Minard's Linimetn fot Chilblains. | confab with your aunt," Riggs said, Gao as he took the seat and the cigar that [ Pelton offered. "But I felt that these "Capital book, that of yours, sir. 1 first hours after the services for her saw a gent Inthe lounging-hoom 1 k brother, she ought to bs left in peace." ing very. ne 'was- that?" y fu TreASUH. rote fo wd still be fit for any | Seme body must | sort, of tarview with sing body. Shall! = + 5 go 'see her?" 3 1 all her, or shall we Father: rath "It you don't want people to know ----p iii A ; Bi J Club Hall porter: (to author): Pleased at ound in it." Author: . 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On top of the jam comes a thick of whipped cream which has b mixed with some 'drops of juice from the fresh fruit, to give it flavor. One par- ticular = shop is renowned for this cake, another has a reputation for a special cream cake, and it is one of the recognized tours to take the visit. or round the elty tasting cakes, ----eee Minard's Liniment for Neuritis. -- 'The discrimingting miss or small woman will find this an unusually, smart and becoming frock. Of spe-, cial interest is the rever, which-may be of matching or contrasting mater- ial, and the set-in pocket placed at the! uppe left and lower right side. The ckirt has two box-plaits in front and is in one piece, and the long sleeves have shaped cuffs trimmed with but-| tons. No. 1669 is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 (86 bust)' requires yards 54- | inch material,© If the rever is made 'of contrasting material, % yard addi-| tional 89-inch (cut crosswise) is re- quircd. + Price 20 cents the pattern.' LOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and add-ass plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want, Enclose 20c in! stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept. | laide St., Toronto. return mail. Pastor Says We Need Atheists' That athelsm is essential if we | Patterns sent by, to have any progress is the convic- tion of a prominent New York clergy- man. The Rev. John Walter Houck, | Congregationalist and pastor of the Pilgrim Churet in New York, writes in the second issue of the new maga- zihe, "Atheism which represents a | normal reaction from specific beliefs | or concepts, is beautitfully and hope- fully attractive. It is the only argu- ment which: assures us of blessed revolt--which is the wellspring and fount of progress. The thelist experi- ences God through the moral lite; the pantheist 'through nature, and the atheist, as well as the materialist, through' science." ' a Dr. Houck points out that history réveals men who were regarded by their own generation as unbelievers, were discovered by later generations to have been most devout believers. | Talk," "have been called atheists, and have been the target of many inferi- 'jority 'complexes, ' only because they | - '| denied' some orthodox concept of God |. or religion familiar to their genera- tion, and because they sought a high- er idea. Socrates was, for the Greeks, an atheist of this type. The atheists of old weer devotees of physics, chem , Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade-' Head Waiter--I hope you've -been properly looked after, sir? Scotsman --Indeed I have. Every item T order- ed was put down in the bill, BABY'S OWN Fou really enter sunny Calie x5 e moment aboard oncofthe five famo Santa Fe cross-continent Th oe, dg} e Chief Sia faietin. | the sack cf the City of Panama in several of her friends indulge her * bados and later on-in Jamaica. | {and fighter was kn! )d '| Governor of Jamaica. Though yi 'before his death In 1688. --N.Y. og gi awa; to it that they buried valu- able booty somewhere near a bayou in region of Darien Bay. 7 he Foi bluish CM Panama was one of 'the most specta- cular exploits of his career." As a feat + audacity. =~ His men, although stal- fighters, were 'heavily outnum- bered at the. start snd bitterly op- posed, Fhe feirs of he inhabitants were not 'groundless, After taking cake. It 18 quite | 1a city the captors piliaged it. His- torfan¥ have arraigned Sir Henry Morgah 'for the cruelty and debauch- ery practiced by his men. And at the time tne episode did not pass un- rebuked. The fact that England and Spain were temporarily at peace ad- sl ded to the gruvity of the situation. Sir Henry was ordered to return to England urder arrest, to explain his actions, lle was not long under a cloud, however, for he was a general favorite at court, and his services to his King had always been notable. Sir Henry was forgiven. as be had been befcre. What happened to the loot taken from Panama City, history does not satisfactorily expliin. But Louis has announced that he will be guid- ed by a map, sald to have been left to his descendan's by Sir Henry. The parchmen on which the drawing was made came to the present owner from hig father, Frank Pierée Morgan, the District Attorney -of Victoria, Texas. The story is that eight of Sir Henry's men buried the loct for their leader and that, as they. were lafer mur- dered, only Sir Henry knew where it was. = Louis Morgan furthermore says that a distant refative of his is 'at present. rangacking the ruins of to the search the aspect of a family contest for family heirlooms. "Louis Morgan's expedition will, ae¢- cording to dispatehes, set sail on the forty-foct auxiliary launch Saxon. He will be accambanied by Captain A, Pearsom a veteran skipper. They hape to obleln permission from of- ficials of the Republic of Panama to make excavations at the spot indt. cated on the may, ~ The life of Sir Henry Morgan has been written many times; it alwuys presents new angles to tempt the his- torical writer, Unlike so many of tho great Elizabethan seca captains, he was -not--a--Devon man; -nor- even, gtrictl" speaking, an Englishman. He was born in Wales In 1635. It is be- Heved" that when a boy be was kid- napped and sold as a slave in the Bar- He himself denied this report. At 'any rate, Ire went out to the colonies when very young and grew up there. Sir Henry's early career as %-sailor ted so much atten- tion that by , when he had al- _j ready apfained . a measure of fame, Sir Thomas Mgqiyford, the Governor of Jamalea, commissioned him to go over 'to the mail to discover the details of a plot which, ft was sus- pected, was brewing against Jamaica. Sir Heury not only got that informa- tion but pillaged Principe and 'cap- tured Porto Bello as well. Next year he had a ship blown from under him, at Panama. After occasional repri- mands, to check his impetuosity, he fghted and made Lieutenant suspended, he was restored to Ep ie the old city of I'anama--which gives of arms it was notable for its sheer Morgan, who is going 'o search for if, -- 5 i A year or two later came the exploit |