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OWING TO THE ACTION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ABOLISHING THE DUTY ON BRITISH GROWN TEAS AND A LOWER MARKET FOR CER- TAIN GRADES OF TEA WE ARE PLEASED TO GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS THE FULL BENEFIT OF THIS SAVING 'SALADA Reduces Price 15° a 1b. BROWN LABEL NOW GO a Ib. 1;-lb. PACKAGE NOW 15¢ 2-0z. PACKAGE NOW 8c JAPAN GREEN BLEND IS UNCHANGED AT 70c A LB. ALL OTHER LABELS REDUCED 5c A LB. T0 THE PUBLIC - These Prices Are Effective Now - Do Not Pay More AT ONCE. UNFORTUNATELY THE MARKET FOR THE FINEST QUALITY TEAS HAS ADVANCED, CONSE- QUENTLY WE ARE UNABLE TO RE- DUCE OUR OTHER GRADES MORE THAN FIVE CENTS A POUND. TO THE RETAIL GROCERY TRADE AS USUAL, WE WILL PROTECT YOU AGAINST LOSS ON SALADA TEA BY REBATING YOU FOR YOUR STOCK ON HAND SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE ABOVE PRICES EFFECTIVE AT ONCE. FORMS ARE BEING MAILED TO YOU FOR THIS PURPOSE SO DO NOT SHIP ANY TEA BACK TO US. SALADA TEA COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED | ounts which continually changed hands represented very considerable items. Just before one o'clock, when the fever of the game had reached a high point, I saw Vance glance quickly at Allen and pass his handkerchief across his forehead. To a stranger the gesture would have appeared perfectly natural; but, so familiar was I with Vance's man- nerisms, I immediately recognized its artificiality. And simultaneously I noticed that it was Allen who was shuffling the cards preparatory to dealing. Some smoke from his cigar evidently went into his eye at this moment, for he blinked, and one of the cards fell to the floor. Quickly retrieving it, he reshuffled the deck and placed it before Vance to cut. The hand was a jack-pot, and there was a small fortune in chips already on the table Cleaver, Markham and Spotswoode passed. The decision thus reached Vance, and he opened for an unusually large amount. Allen atf" once laid down his hand, but Cleaver | stayed. Then Markham and Spotswoode both dropped out, leaving the entire play between Vance and Cleaver. Cleaver drew one card, and Vance, who had opened, drew two. Vance made a nominal wager, and Cleaver raised it subgtantially. Vance in turn raised Cleaver, but only for a small amount; and Cleaver again raised Vance--this time for an even larger sum than before. Vance hesitated and called him. Cleaver exposed his hand triumphantly. "Straight flush--jack hign," he an- nounced. "Can you beat that?" "Not on a two-card draw," said Vance ruefully. He put his ecards . of foods. It can Bread is one of the most nourishing made more interesting, however, by occasionally varying the form of serving it. If you bake at home, the Royal Yeast Bake Book will provide you with many practical tested recipes for all kinds of home- made breads. It will be mailed--free--on request. STANDARD BRANDS LIMITED TORONTO GILLETT PRODUCTS , MONTREAL WINNIPEG He had others with a sort of canny amuse- | down to show his openebs. four kings. © 00 4 $8. SV THE STORY THUS FAR Margaret Odell :s found strangled. Skeel's finger prints ave found in the ap-rtment, but Vance believer Skeel had been hiding iu a closet while the strangler did his work. The thing that baffles police is the side doy: to the alley: It had bec. bolted >1 the Ra o, JE <- XY" MIUKDER DINE avmor oF ooo of CASE THE BENSON MURCER CASE ment, : The entire conversation struck me as utterly futile. Had Markham real- ly hoped to garner information from it, he would ha e been woefully disav- The fact that Vance would, appar- pointed. I realized, though, that he ently, without permission, bring an was merely endeavoring to justify uninvited guest to Markhamis apart- himself for having taken so unusual ment ..mazed me but little more than 'a step, and to pave the way for the the appearance of the man himself.|game of poker which Vance had re-, He was rather short, with sharp, quested. = When the time came to shrewd features; and what I saw of broach the subject, however, there | was no difficulty about it, | inside ti.e night bef.r¢ and found that way in the morning. Mannix, Dr. Lindquist and Cleaver all lie about their whereabbuls the night of the murder. Spo.swocede, who had celled on the girl, had rushed to her door at the sound of a scream but had been r.assured through the door that mo- thing was wrong. Then Skeel is found strangled, afler promising t reveal the murdere Vanco 'hen demon- strates how Skee: could have left through the ride door a 1 relocked the bolt. He sug»ests to Markham that Cleaver, Mannisx and Spotswoode be invited to play poker with them and we will tell Markham who committed the murder. hat was black and sleck, like the| painted hair on Japanese dolls. I, enlivened by a design of tiny white forget-me-nots, and that his shirt front was adorned with diamond studs. The contrast between him and the immaculately stylish and meticulously correct Vance was aggressively evi- dent. I wondered what could be the relationship between them. Obviously | it was neither social nor intellectual Cleaver and Mannix were already on hand when we were ushered into Markham's drawing room, and a few minutes later Spotswoode arrived. The amenities of introduction over, we were soon seated comfortabl:: about the open log fire, smoking, and sipping Vance and 1 went home after lunch, | very excellent Scotch highballs. and at alout fur o'clock Markham| Markham had, of course, accepted telephored to say that he had made the unexpected Mr. Allen cordially, the necessary arrangements for the hut his occasional glances in the lat- evening with Spotswoode, Mannix and ter's direetion told me he was having Cleaver. !some difficulty in reconciling the man's Immediately following *his confir-'appearance with Vance's sponsorship. mation Vance left the house, and did| A tense atmosphere lay beneath the not return unti! nearly eight o'clock: |spurious and affected affability of the Though 1 was filled with curiosity at little gathering. Indeed, the situation so unusual a proceeding, he refused was scarcely conducive to spontaneity. to enlighten me. But when, at a quar- | Here were three men each of whom ter to nine, we went downstairs to was known to the others to have been the waiting car, there was a man 1) interested in the same woman; and did not know in the tonneau; and I|the reason for their having been at once connected him with Vance's brought together was the fact that mysterious absence, this woman had been murdered "Pve asked Mr. Allen to join us| Markham, however, handled the tonight," Vance vouchsafed, when he situation with such tact that he large- 'had introduced us. "You don't play ly suceeded in giving each one the poker, and we really need another feeling of being a disinterested spec- hand to make the game interesting, | tator summoned to discuss an abstract y' know. Mr. Allen, by the by, is problem. an old antagonist of mine." He explained at the outset that the CHAPTER XLVIIL (Monday. Sept. 17, 9 pm.) his failure to find any approach to the problem of the murder. He hoped, he said, by a purely informal discussion, divested 'of all officialism, and coerc- ion, to turn up some suggestion that might lead to a fruitful line of in- quiry. His manner was one of friend- ly appeal ,and when he finished speak- ing the general tension had been no- ticeably relaxed. During the discussion that followed 1 was intrested in the various atti- tudes of the men concerned. Cleaver spoke bitterly of his part in the affair, and was more self-condemnatory than ve. iy : S9gPMtire was Buble and init candid, beneath com- Sously Sandi, Pt Jenials hia wari- ness. : Spotswoode, unlike Mannix, seemed loth to discuss the matter, and main- tained a Sony Ho t le responded "bo. questions, but he did not succeed en- tirely in hiding his resentment at thus being dragged into a general - ! Better digestion--steadior nerves--clearer brain, are all factors that count and are \'conference" had been actuated by | his hair beneath his jauntily tipped It was exactly eleven o'clock when he made the suggestion. His tone was : : : | : seein | noted, toofi that his evening tie was gracious and unasstming; but by | Honor Is. the chief con couching his invitation in terms of a personal request, he practically pre- cluded declination. But his verbal strategy, 1 felt, was unnecessary. Both Cleaver and Spots- | woode seemed genuinely to welcome t+ opportunity of dropping a distaste- ful discussion in f:vor of playing cards; and Vance and Allen, of course, concurred instantly Mannix alone declined. He explain- ed that he knew the game only slight- ly, and disliked it; though he express- ed an enthusiastic desire to watch the | others. Vance urged him to recon- sider, but without success; and Mark- ham finally ordered' his man to ar- range the table for five. I noticed tha. Vance waited until Allen had taken his place, and then droppec into the chair at his right. Cleaver took the seat at Allen's left, Spotswoode sat at Vance's right; and then came Markham. Mannix drew up his chair midway behind Markham land Cleaver, Cleaver first named a rather moder- 'ate limit, but Spotswoode at once sug- | gested much large stakes. Then Vance went still higher, and as both Mark- ham and 'Allen signified their agree- ment, his figure was accepted. The prices placed on the chips somewhat took my breath away, and even Man- nix- whistled softly. That all five men at the table were excellent players became obvious be- fore the game had progressed ten minutes. For the first time that 'night Vance's friend Allen seemed to have found his milieu and to be wholly at ease: Allen won the first two hands and Vance the third and fourth. Spots- 1 (To be continued.) - -< THOUGHTS ON HONOR It honor calls, where'er she points the way The sons of honor follow . and obey. | --Churchill, Honor and 'shame from no condition & rise; Act well your part, there all the honor --Pope. Life's but a word, a shadow, a melting dream, i Compar'd to essential honor. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. --Shakespeare, tent, That to man in life is lew.. --Robert Greene, If well respected Honor bid me on, I hold as little counsel with weak fear, As you. --Shakespeare. rin UN Cs i BE GLAD To be glad of life because it gives you the chance t love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your pos- sessions but not contened with your- self until you have made the best of them; to despis> nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness; to think seldom of your enemjes, often cf your friend, and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you can with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors -- t" ese are little guide-posts on the foot- path of peace.--Henry van Dyke. -- ein Use Minard's for Burns. : ' rep mn THE WARNING Guests 'were expected, and the mis- tress thought she would give the new ' maid a little friendly advice. ; "Edith," she said, "you'd better not wear any jewellery to-night--only just while the guests are here." : Edith, however, was gifted with a great deal of Intelligence, and she failed to grasp her mistress' meaning. "Well, mum," she returned, "I haven't got much wot you'd call valu- and eternal | Fletcher, woode then had a short run of good luck, and a little later Markham took a large jack-pot which put him slight. ly in the lead. i Cleaver was the only loser thus far; but in another half-hour he had suc- HARLEY-DAVIDSON able--but thanks for the warning, all' the same." 2 o HEADACHES © Needless pains like headaches are quickly relieved As ; ate quiddy. relie YOUTH'S WAY The child's mother called her son into the bathroom to wash his hands. S_ "You just dipped them into the water and did not attempt to wash the dirt off. Do you know that on washing meals." Lanai oi Mrs. Palmer shook her head dole. fully. "I fixed Lonny's room all up. beautifully when he was away last vacation and had it all ready to sur- prise him when he came home. We got him a desk and painted his bed, '| and<Daddy even built him a bookcase. But he {s not satisfied to stay at home: if he can get over to Roy's." too, last summer. and knit a rug to make it look homey, 1 just adored it and wanted to sit up there myself. And then one day-- what do you suppose! I found three of the boys sitting on that lovely. spread calmly playing with their mar- bles, and Dick cried because I scolded him before the others." And so the conversation continued between the two perplexed mothers who were doing so much for their children yet failing to make home the most desired place on earth. Their deploring- voices reached me at intervals for half an hour as they talked from their back porches and hedge. 'And I thought how little one can tell of a home from the outside. 1 knew Roy's home and his parents. They were able to give Roy no more advantages than'Lonny and Dick had, but there was this distinction: Lonny and Dick were presented with posses- sions; Roy was given the opportunity to create his own environment. Roy's room is exactly as he wants it. His bed is a comfortable cot with a durable Indian blanket as a cover. Not dainty, to be sure, but something that six boys could sit on without mak- ing a wrinkle. Roy made his own bookcase from an apple crate by put. ing in tWo rather wobbly saelves. It is not a work of art, but represents, ; 1 weeded my flower-bed behind the. Bobby, however, 'just dipped bis hard to get the dirt out of them." hands into the water and commenced ' to wipe them on a clean towel. "You naughty boy!" she cried an- ever's the good of washing a clean Boby looked up very innocently. | "Well, mummy," he said, rily, seeing what the boy had done. | towel?" day I have to scrub those towels very "what a happy week of hammering and crea tive work in the basement. Its upper shelf possibly holds a j r cf live polli~ WOES. When Roy's mother found his chemistry set In his closet she omit- | ted any scolding about his putting «+. your morning toilet should always include a "Nugget" shine--which waterproofs the 6% shoes as it polishes. 4 > be a social lion thir way A faded, battered hat is hardly respectable . . . yet no worse than dull, gray-looking shoes | ( Hal Lifeis Ji * Like that/ You may be enjoying all the comforts of those old bottles of acid near his best suit. Instead she quieily removed the new suit to the spare closet away from harm. Roy's friends actually went into the kitchen one rainy day and made a chocolate cake after Mother's recipe. They washed the dishes afterwards, ate the 'cake and then roller-skated in the basement. " Lonny's mother would have sald she couldn't have them bakifig a cake in her kitchen. Dick's mother would have reproved them for being too noisy at their skating. Yet both of these mothers bemoan the fact that their sons ' do nat love the homes "which they, the mgthers, make and condition. : The home spirit which is truly valus able and appealing is the co-operative one where the child "has a share at least in creating the environment out of which satisfaction and enthusiasm spring naturally.--Issued 'y the Na- tional Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. These articles ~re appearing weekly in our columns. I The Lost Spring To lose a Spring when I am one and twenty, \ What do I care that I'll have Springs: in plenty? No coming year can bring the Spring 1 miss, There'll never ba: another Spring like this ' 2 That | am shut away from. Twenty- two : 2 Will build its own world, good or bad, but new; So eighteen, nineteen, twenty, found and cast As snakes their skins, the old years to the past, How tame the pleasures of a year that's 'been! How the new beckons, perilous, sweet, unseen, i jile"Bes [hat 3 mm ios you of thers 2 And Chars lost this darling Sprig surest protect yourself . Or ever. . ; aking vanes gh she Canadian Cavers. Govern- --K.CG, in the London Observer. old d % i muir sled vou care. Decide | The Foreign Trade of the now to be free at 65. , i Quebec Soleil (Lib): So long as mations of Europe, shattered, ruined _| American products, the high tariff was no great handicap to the foreign trade of the United States. But in 11 years of affort, the great nations of Hur ope have been able to pic : "| bit the aormal try, and many Uncle Sam used escaping from Full of wild 5/8, to taste at once or and disorganized by the War, needed Mrs. Martin nodded in agreement, . "I spent a lot of time on Dick's room, 1 made him a dar- ling bedspread to match the drapes