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: : 3 3 : | 3 Ee Ed El .~ did not answer him. The silence was a Orange Pekoe is a of fresh young leaves 'Fresh from the gardens' SYNOPSIS Henry Rand is found murdered in a cheap hotel in Grafton. In the same room found a yellow theatre ti:ket stub which Jin'my Rand, ifenry' son, t aces Olga Maynard, a cabaret sinver in Buffalo. She heips Jimmy find the man who stole it from her--Ike Jensen, Jim- my meets and falls in love with Mary Lowell; tut when she sces him ~ut with Olga she cu's him and becomes engaged to Samuel Church. Olga mysteriously disappears. Jimmy trails Kid Divis, a - known intimate of Jensen's, to a lonely house, where he finds Olga held prisoner. Jimmy breaks in, knocks out Divis, and in the fight that follows Jensen is killed. Jimmy takes Olga to hospital, then 8 to see Lt. O'Day, who shows him an important telegram, and agrees to let Jimmy "handle this thing in my own way." CHAPTER LII. Aside from being one of its wealth- fest men, Samuel Church was onc of Buffalo's unexplained mysteries. For instance, it was hard for the average man in the street to -inder- stand why a bachelor should want an 18-room house, when something much smaller would have answered as well, without sacrifice of comfort or beau- tiful surroundings. "Think of the money he squanders in upkeep," they often remarked. "A butler, a gardener, a cook, and Lord knows how many other servants, Per- sonally, I think Sam Church just likes to show off." - Which may or may not have been true. It was certainly to be conceded that Sam Church loved his ease and comfort and elegance, and it was not surprising that he should be fond of a certain amount of ostentation. Another mystery was his sudden leap from the position of an obscure lawyer to that of one of the best known in the city and, indeed, in that part of the state. As is so often the case, his prominence came hard on the heels of his newly-acquired wealth, One day he had been a fairly suc- cessful law practitioner, and the next thing you heard he had bought this * mansion and was suddenly looked up to as one of the brightest legal lights. However grudgingly they may have looked on Sam Church's affluence, ple were free to admit that he was a hard workér. Rare indeed was the night when someone did not observe a late burning light in his library and remark, "Sam Church burning the midnight oil again. Think he'd take it easy, now he's got such a pile." And this evening was no exception. Of all the rooms in his house, Sam . , Joved his library best. Here there was a broad fireplace, and a rare Italian . walnut table, and easy leather-covered * chairs, and cases of books, brave in their médny-colored bindings. He sat in his favorite chair before the table, the heavy bowl of his pipe almost caressing lis chin, its curved stem gripped loosely in his teeth. - But Sam Church was not working; he was reading a newspaper. From time to time he looked up, glanced irresolutely toward the tele- phone nearby, and turned back again to the print. After a time he threw the paper down, puffed savagely on his pipe and turned a lobse-leaf notebook on the table in front of him. A quiet step in the wide doorway that opened living room into library failed to disturb him. . . . The butler was very light on his feet. "Without looking up, Sam Church * said: "Yes, Thorne." *: But Thorne's low, unctuous voice disturbing. . . Church slowly raised his eyes'and then gave a sudden start. _ 4Good evening," said Jimmy Rand. x: With admirable control, Church re- moved the pipe from his mouth and with both hands pushed himself back from the table. "Hoy did you get in here?" he ask- ed coolly. "The same way, I suppose, that 'most people get in--through the front door. HOW did you suppose?" "But the butler, where--how--17" "Qh, your butler--very fine butler you have, Church. Didn't want to let me in at all. I had to persuade him." "Damn you!" cried Church hotly. calm vanished in the face of the ther's 'maddening coolness. do you want here?" His face was red, his voice loud, and no longer under rs twitched. "I'l ring for a FLOW "What and have you thrown out. Ty -- TOPTRISHT 1408 BY WEA SERVICE, NR "Go on, sit down," he reiterated. "If you con't, I may have to use this." From his hip pocket he drew a revol- ver, which he laid on the end of the table nearest him. Then, as Church slowly settled into his chair, Jimmy drew one for himself. ? He said, leaning forward and fixing the other with an unbiinking stare, "Church, I've got a iong story to tell you tonight--and I've got something to settle with you." He continued, 10ting the swift blanching of Church's face. "First, there's the matter of Olga Maynard." He paused, and at his next words sudden relief was stamped on Church's countenance. "Church," he said, "you houndad that girl to death, didn't you? Be- cause she defied you, you had her fired from every job she could find. Only a low dog would play a trick like that." "Even if that were true," replied Church, who had regained much of his lost composure, "I can't see where it becomes your business." "If that were all that I had to say I wouldn't be here, never fear, It became my business when you had me fired, didn't it?" "What do you mean? You're crazy!" "Listen, Church, save your breath for what you're going to tell me pres- ently. Mr. Hilton, at the Q. & R. Rail- road, admitted he fired me at yous sugge.'ion. Furthermore, that man Porter at the laundry admitted he was paid a hundred dolla*s to let me gu. His stenographer told on him. "But even that, Mr. Church, isn't all, and you know it." "Well, hurry up. I've no time to waste sitting here listening to you." "There's no hurry." Jimmy's voice was tantalizingly cool. "You're not going anywhere--not just yet, any- way," he added significantly. "You young cub," Church sputtered, "I'll have you thrown out on your neck." "You'll listen to me first. .... . Jimmy looked straight into the other's eyes. "Why don't you call up Jensen or Kid Divis and see if you can get any help from them?" He saw every vestige of color recede from Chiirch's face. "lI see you know the gentlemen," pursued Jimmy. Church looked as if he had been struck a sudden blow. "I don't know what you're talking about," he snarl- ed. "You're crazy." "Perhaps 1 am--but let me go oh with my story. You had me fired, but I didn't leave town. And then you conceived the brilliant idea of writing me anonymous notes of warning, Usu- ally they were delivered by your good friend Divis Once he paid a little boy to leave one at my door. "Never mind. Sit still," and Jimmy raised a hand to ward off the other's interruption. "Why should you believe it, Mr. Church? One night Mr. Divis, a little nettled that 1 wasn't paying much attention to his love letters, actually shot at me." Church struggled angrily to his feet, red color once more flooding his cheeks. "This has gone far enough. I won't sit here and listen to you make mysterious allusions to things that don't concern me. I don't care if you were shot at. It's too bad he missed you." "Indeed it was, from your stand- point. But the time for allusions is nearly over with now. I'm going to surprise you in a moment or two by coming right out with what the news- papers would call a startling dis- closure. You read the newspapers, don't you? Of course. I zee you have just laid one aside. Well, you will have read of the mysterious disap- pearance of Olga Maynard." Jimmy had picked up the revolver and pointed it carelessly at Church, who sank back again in his chair. And Rand's voice, continuing, was cold, without emotion. "Funny thing about her disappear- ance, Church. In her apartment we found a picture. It was a picture of my father, taken when he was a boy " nized it myself, I suppose, if it hadn't been for Lieutenant ©'Day. Ever met O'Day, Church? Charming fellow. It seems he knew my father when the both of them were mere kids. Oh, that surprises you, eh? of fifteen or so. Wouldn't have recog-{ her handkerchief was found in the room, and the stub of a theatre ticket that £he had used. When we found the picture, there was nothing to it, of course. You'd say she was guilty yourself, wouldnt you--from all that evidence?" "Yes, of course." Church fished a handkerchief from a pocket, mopped his forehead, and his eyes were like black beads. "Of course. Any fool could see that, But the funny thing, Church, is that Olga Maynard never saw that picture. It seems she had a couple of visitors the night she disappeared, and one of them left the picture on the mantel- piece. Now, you see what a difference that makes? From implicating her in the murder, it begins to look as if someone, who knew she was under suspicion, deliberately planted it there to tighten the net around her." man's. Deliberately he began to turn the revolver over in his hands. His silence was positively maddening and Church looked as if he was ready to scream. Still holding the weapon, still look- ing at it, Rand went on: "You can imagine how surprised I was, Church, to learn that picture came from you." Again that flat silence. Once Church's mouth writhed as if he were about to utter a hot denial. Then he sank back, his beady eyes fixed on Jimmy as a fascinated bird eyes a snake. Then Jimmy closed his hand on the handle of the revolver and pointed it. "That bockcase over there, Church, Right through the middle of the glass, pow. Watch." He pulled the trigger, and Church jumped as the room was filled with explosive sound. There was a tinkle of glass on the floor. . . . "Not so bad, eh, Church?' Jimmy patted the revolver. "The next bul- Jet's for you"--he pulled out his watch and laid it on the table--"unless you tell me inside of five minutes why you murdered Henry Rand." (To be continued.) mm Ae Never! Never make a friend of one Whose word you can't rely upon; Never ask a service you Would not be prepared to do. Never talk as though you were Anyone's superior; Never make the least pretence To special wisdom, wit, and sense, Never act as though impelled By a head unduly swelled; Never give a man a chance On your prostrate form to dance. Never, when you come off best, Jump on your opponent's chest; Never let your left hand know Gifts your right hand may bestow. Never others treat as though You belonged to life's front row; Never be content with just Doing what you ought or must. Never grumble at your lot; Tharfk the Lord for what you've got! --A. B. C. in "Answers." Nursing's Greatest Name THe tributes paid to the memory of Florence Nightingale in connection with the anniversary of her birth re- cently have revealed the fact that a number of those who were among her patients during the Crimean War are still alive. Among them is one who can boast that he is the only man who was kiss- ed by her. He was a drummer-boy, and had been shot through the right hand. As he was crying out in pain for his moth- er, the "lady with the lamp" approach- ed his bed and whispered: "Let me' kiss you for your mother." It was due to Florence Nightingale that the schools of nursing in Eng- lish hospitals were established, and that nursing was transformed from an inferior sort of domestic service to an honored profession, The Red Cross movement was another fruit of her work to relieve human suffering. 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Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. ire {ftps An English Passion Play? During the summer months open-air i festivals, plays, concerts, and exhibi- | tions of dancing are often arranged in | suitable parks, and some of them at- tract large numbers of spectators. New possibilities in this direction, however, are opened by a suggestion made by Herr Anton Lang, who has won world-wide fame by his reverent playing of the part of our Lord in the Ober-Ammergau 'Passion Play. When he visited London recently he told a Pressman that he saw no rea- {son why there should not be a Passion Play in London, staged on similar lines to that at Ober-Ammergau. He thought that this would be possible in Hyde Park. em emia Nothing in the world has put as many men on their feet' as the alarm clock, : and us Dog SCOTTIE- onChay game before Atte miny gave is forced to iard behind the enemy's lines. He pl?us a raid 'on the military camp to secure gasoline and oil, While Lieutenant Stone threw the military camp into an uprear, I whistled softly to Scottie and grop- ed my way through the darkness to ward the big, imposing tent. Quietly I slipped under the can- vas, and felt my way around the sides. As my eyes grew more used to the darkness, I could see the out- line of a large cot on which someone lay sleeping sound- ly. Scarcely dar- ing to breathe I crept slowly for. ward. Then be- . fore the surprised Chinese could offer any resistance, I grabbed him and secured his arms behind his back. Under his pilow I discovered no less than two pistols and a knife. The knife I threw away. One pistol 1 pocketed; with the other I induced him to fellow me. Wrapped in a blanket, I shoved my captive under the tent wall, and marched him along to where the horses were held by Fu Hsu. Once we had put some distance be- tween ourselves and the camp, we questioned our prisoner. To our amazement, we discovered that we had secured no less a personage than General Fong as a hostage. "Tell him" I said, "that as soon as it becomeg light, he'll write me an order for 150 gallons of gasoline, twenty gallons of oil and a supply of food, and if he doesn't write the order pronto, I'll take him apart by hand to see what makes him tick". The interpreter translated my message. "General say he no can do", sald Fu Hsu, "He say you sullender now and he'll be very easy with you". The poor Chinese looked so funny in his night clpthes and blanket, yet [ 1 scowled as fiercely as I could. he just could not forget his rank of General. Pulling out my pistols 1 made a number of horrible faces, ex- | pressing the dozens of doleful things that would certainly happen to him it he continued to refuse our request. Being a sensible man, and a Gen- eral, he decided to yleld handsomely since yield he must, "He say 'Yes', can do," translated Fu Hsu; "Velly glad to do such lit- tle favor for fline gentlemen." At daybreak I rode out to the camp with the General's written order in my pocket, and his gold signet ring on my finger, as proof of .my author ity. * The camp was astir and immedi- ately we were sighted, a group of mounted men galloped out and sur- rounded us. In a loud and com- manding tone 1 insisted that we be taken at once to the commanding of- ficer. To him I showed the ring and made the demands for gas, oil and 1 food. We got plenty of immediate action. Burros were loaded with gas, oil and food and we set out for camp. Leading off in 2 roundabout way, #t was over four hours before we shook off the last spy- ing soldier and finally reached the plane. For us, the tinned food was a real feast and J even the Gen- hl > eral seemed to hh enjoy it. Break- fast over, we put him to work empty- ing cans of gasoline into the plane and he proved to be about average Chinese labor at that job. Then we took off on a level spot in back of the trees and our last sight of General Fong was seeing him walking wearily vack to his. camp. (To be continued) Note: Any of our young readers writing to "Captain Jimmy", 2010 Star Bldg. Toronto, will receive his signed photo free. The health-giving, delicious Borders Chocolate Matted Mik | drink for children and grown- Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. And this I learned, when, after wan- dering long 'Mid people of another stock and tongue, I heard again thy martial music blow, And saw thy gallant children to and fro Pace, keeping ward at one of those huge gates, Which, like twin-giants, watch the Herculean straits: When first I came in sight' of that brave show, It made my very heart within me dance, To think that thou proud foot shouldst advance Forward so far into the mighty sea; Joy was it and exultation to behold Thine ancient standards rich em- blazonry, A glorious picture by the wind un- rolled. --Richard Chenevix Trench, Poems. >-- Kiwanis -- "Who made the best speech at the banquet last night?" Lion--"Some dub at the foot of the table. He sald he was tired and want- ed to get to bed." - "Now, the peculiar thing about the nding of that picture was just this. It positively incriminated O! May- nard in a murder. ... My father's om- | yurder. He was killed some time ago in Grafton. You probably read that pers, too? Yes, incriminated was known to be in Grafton | in the her, the day of the murder. Furthermorg La Salle in his historic journey from Montreal to New Orleans, They are Paul Canada canoe expedition last year; Jean Maison, R, Beaudry an from Lychine, on historic Lake St. Louis when the mothers of N--_-- " _ -- rw ---- - a Four intrepid Montreal cancemen started on Saturday a 5000-mile journey over he waterways followed by M. Bourcier. aison and Bourcier, (left and right) and the Mothers and Wife Say "Bon Voyage" leader of an' Across. Relatives witnessed their start wife of Paul Paquin were on hand to. wish them godspeed on their journey which is expected to take them 10 months. The party, in two "Canayank" canoes, will follow the St. Lawrence wi dling westward as far as Duluth, will then strike south ward to the " southern ; EY ~Canadian National Railways Photograph. to the t Lakes, and pad-| etropolis. Se ey ups, = = Gibraltar Eye-Trouble england, we love thee better thie Caused By Fat Dieting Pomises To Be Pre- ventive Says Detroit Physician Philadelphia, Pa.--A new role for | fat, as theinjurious agent in several forms of eye trouble, was explained lac the American Medical Society meet. hg. ! These troubles have no rélation to | overweight, but are due to alterations of the body fats. called lipids, which | cause them directly or indirectly to affect the eyes. Dieting promises con- trol sufficient t, be a preventive in many cases. The work was presented by Parker Heath, M.D., of Detroit. He said that it is "based on a new understanding of broad = biologica' and chemical pro- | cesses and offers simplification in un- derstanding many diseases." These fat changes come about in connection with something . going wrong in the army of disease fighters regularly maintained in the blood, the white cells, called phagocytes. Their job is'to clean up infections, and cheir name means the "eaters." I'hey change into trouble-makers because of altera- tions in the body's metabolism, its pro- cesses of changing food into the sub- stance needed for nourishment. In this metabolism upset, the fats may also undergo changes. The result is an increase in the | white blood cells, which appear in the | form of very large cells called macro- ! phages, infest the fat in the blood, and start injuring or destroying body tissues. Dr. Heath has identified various eye troubles as due to this kind. of attack, either directly or in after effects. CHANGE IN DIET URGED, Among these eye troubles are some degenerative diseases and cases of arterio-sclerioses, Changes in diet, Dr. Heath said, may control and cor- rect the metabolism alterations in fats, and so prevent the eye diseases, but are unlikely to effect cures if be-' gun after the optic nerve has been affected. ' eee rere. The Real Cost Factor In order to reduce production costs of live stock and ive stock products high acre ylelds of home-grown feeds are the prime requisite, animal hus- bandry experts of the Dominion De partment of Agriculture assert. One must measure the milk production of : the herd not as so many pounds per cow, but per acre of land that grew the | crops' that in turn fed-the herd. Only then will they 'exist in proper relation. ship. This' means thorough cultivation and efficient farm practice than ever before, cn L Hidden City Found , World Still Has Many Unesp <=. plored Areas. Waiting 2 | Great was the wtonishment of piog racers trekking through the of Mashonaland when they canie suds denly upon a mass of huge sto buildings whose ruined walls wer forty feet high and sixteen feet th This was Zambabwe, which many Test ple believe to have been the capital that Ophir from which King Solomon drew his vast suppiics of gold and ivory. Now comes news that another ruine od city has been discovered amid thd : sands of the waterless Kalahari Desa ert and that Mr. Piet Grobler, Mina ister of Lands of the Union of South Africa, is organizing an expedition td explore this place of mystery. From accounts given by Bushmen to tha Minister, this city is actually larger than Zimbabwe, and the stones off which it is composed are of colossal size ' GUARDED BY SNAKES, People will tell you that we know all about the surface of our planet--that there is nothing left to explore. Don' 'believe them. In Brazil alone ther are patches as big as France whic are still utterly unknown. no In the Rio Museum is stored & manuscript in Portuguese concerning a vast ruined city which lies in of - high country of the great province Bahia and which the writer of the aes count visited about 160 years ago. I§ is of great size and built of massive masonry, but Las been ruined by & terrific earthquake, It stands on a tableland surrounded on all sides by scrub so thick that the only way of crossing it is to creep along the old dry river beds, whicl swarm with snakes. The city is built round a great central square, in the middle of which is the statue of a man of giant size, standing on a rock pede estal with one arm outstretched, the hand pointing due north. : THE SECRET TUNNEL. Many attempts have been made to revisit this strange relic of a long forgotten civilization, but all without effect. Scores of lives have been lost in these vain efforts. ; There is said to be another lost city iin the same district. This, according | to the Indians, lics in a deep hollow-- "probably an old volcanic crater---sure rounded by lofty cliffs, and can be ap- proached by a secret tunnel. ; The Indians declare that this place still has people living in it. There is talk of exploring this country by aero- plane, but the distances are so vast and landing places so rare, that it will be a long time Hefore anything of the sort can be attempted. " Oddly enough, a crater exists in Ja pan. No fewer than 2,000 people live and prosper in the interior of the ex- tinct crater called Aso San. Vertical walls 800 feet high surround this curious colony, ; QUEENSLAND'S MYSTERY MEN, If you read the story of Dr. Thomas Gann's explorations in Central Amer- ica you will realize that the jungles of Yucatan, Honduras, and Nicaragua : hide a maze of ancient cities which, owing to strange change of climate, weres destered by their people hune dreds of years ago. One of these cities, which Dr. Gann explored, must have held a population of at least a quarte of a million. Mr. Hansford, a Melbourne man who has explored largely in Northern Queensland, brought back a story of a hitherto unknown colony of Chinamen 1 the little-known country on the shores of the Gulf >f Carpentaria, They form, he said, a conse seta tlement, and cultivate the lands along the banks of a river, How they got there is not known. ; A colony almost equally strange came to light in 1928 in the Rivers- dale district of South Africa, where, owing to the absence of roads, 590 people of European descent live with little communication with the outside world. Their food is the produce of their gardens, ana the hunt, while rye is burnt to serve for coffee. Few can read or write, none has seen a motor- car, and they have no money.-- London "Answers," ------r tii Weather Man Ha Exacting Position Washington--When the waather man "misses" it hurts him worse than it does you. It might mean his job and that is why the fore- casts during the first quarter of this year were 91.6 per cent. accurate. Every time it rains when sunshine was promised, or vice versa, a minus mark goes down opposite some fore- caster's name. When the prophecy is accurate, a plus mark is made. During 1930 the plus marks for the entire weather service 'wera in the | majority by 89.6 per cent.; in 1929 by 88.2 per cent, and in 1928 by 89.1 per cent. The weather bureau here checks the daily forecasts made by five dis tricts and 160 local stations against 'the 'actual conditions which followed and only forecasters whose accuracy is proved and maintained 'are kept. Some lesway is given. If little or no change in temperature is pre- dicted, the forecast 1s considered .core rect if the change Is not more than -- better six degrees in' summer or eight in - ; i winter, ES Xa