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he Green Murder Case BY 8. S. VAN DINE. SYNOPSIS. Philo Vance, wealthy young bachelor and friend of District Attorney John J. X. Markham, becomes interested in the Greene murder case, Julia Greene is killed and her young sister, Ada, is wounded. 1d Tobias Greene's widow, together with five children, Julia, Chea- ter, Sibella, Rex and Ada (an adopted daughter), all live in the old Greene mansion. Chester Greene repudiates the burglar theory. They inspect the house and question Mrs, Greene, CHAPTER 1V.--(Cont'd.) Markham had stood looking at the old lady sympathetically. "I don't wish to annoy you more 4han 'is absoluely necessary, madam," he said in a kindly voice. "But it might help considerably if you permit- ted me to put one or two questions." "What's a little annoyance, more 0. less?" she asked. "I've long since became used to it. Ask me anything you choose." Markham bowed with old world courtesy. "You are very kind, ma-; dam." Then, after a moment's pause: "Mr. Greene tells me you did not hear the shot that was fired in your oldest d.ughter's room, but that the shot in Miss Ada's room wakened you." "That is 80." 3he nodded slowly. "Julia's room is a considerable dis- tance away--across the hall, But Ada always leaves the doors open between h.r room and mine in case I should need anything in the night. Natuz- ally the shot in her room wakened me. . . Let me see. I must have just fallen to sleep. My back was giving me a great deal of trouble last night; I had suffered all day with it, though 1, of course, didn't teil any of the chil- dren about it, Little they care how their paralyzed old mother suffers . . And then, just as I had managed to doze off, there came the report, and 1 was 'wide-awake again--lying here Le.pless, unable to move, and wonder- | ing what awful thing might be going to happen to me. And no one came to see if T was alright; no one thovghe of me, alone and defenseless. But then, no one ever thinks of me." "I'm sure it wasn't any lack of con- sideration," Mrs. Greene," Markham asured her earnestly. "The situation probably drove everything momentar- ily from their minds except the two v:ctims of the shooting. Tell me this: did you hear any other sounds in Miss Ada's room after the shot awakened you?" "I heard the poor girl fall--at least, it sounded like that?" "Did you hear the door into the hall open or close, madam?' It was Vance who put the question. The woman turned her eyes sharply and glared at him. "No, I heard no door open or close." "That's rather queer, too, don't you think?" pursued Vance. "The intru- der must have left the room." "I suppose he must have, if he's not ther« now," she eplied acidly, turning again to the District Attorney. "Is there anything else you'd care to know 7" "I think not," he answered; then added: "You of comse heard the hut- ler and your son here enter Miss Ada's room?" "Oh, yes. They made enough noise doing it--they didn't consider my feel- 0 spine." After a few commiserating banal- C t graceful. gotten, suffering agonies with my ities Markham thanked her for assist- ance and withdrew. out and walked toward the stairs I Come at once and arrange my pillows. What do you mean by neglecting me we descended to the main hall, Greene apologized offhandedly when we were again in the drawing doom. "Always grousing about her doting offspring. Well, where do we go from here?" and it was Vance who answered. and hearken to their tale: Sprost for a starter." ded and Greene rose and pulled a silken bellcord near the archway. minute later the butler appeared and stood at obsequious attention just in side the room. ed somewhat at sea and even uninte1- ested during the investigation, and Vance assumed command. | for the automobiles in the street back- And here was I a helpless Id woman, entirely neglected and ior- As we passed ould hear her calling out angrily: Nurde! Nurse! Can't you hear me? his way?' .. The voice trailed off mercifully as (Tuasday, Nov. 9th, 3 p.m.) "The Mater's a crabbed old soul!" Markham seemed lost in thought, "Let us take a peep at the servants Markham roused himself and nod- A Markham had appear- "Sit down, Sproot, and tell us as briefly as possible just what occurred last night." . Sproot came 'forward slowly, his eyes on the floor, but remained stand- ing before the centre-table. "To avoid marring the beauty of th i y regular. flower garden by ng bo 'quets, a supply of flowers should be "| grown in the vegetable patch for this | purpose only. Here too are produced | _| those ' flowers such. as salpiglossis, scabiosas, sweet peas, and corn flow- ers, which have beautiful blooms but poor follage. Planted in rows with vegetables and receiving regular cul- / | tivation these are more easily looked after than when grown in the flower garden and, of course, they may be {cut freely without disfiguring any bor- der. . { Building and Filling Window Boxes Hanging pots and window boxes will add to the attractiveness of any home. Boxes can he purchased and stained green or any other color to blend with the surroundings, though arrange- ments will have to be made for sup- porting them. They should be placed in such a way so as not to obscure too much of the window when the plants are growing, and they must be very strongly supported by stout wire or chains as they will weigh very con- siderably when filled with earth. In building your own, use inch lumber and reinforce corners with angle irons through which screw nails are inserted. These can be purchased at any hardware store, and they are es- sential {o prevent the box warping or bursting after the same has been watered a few times. The box should be at least eight ihches wide and the same deep, so that there will be less chance of the soil drying out. It should be as long as the window-sill, but where the latter is over six feet, it ,| may be advisable to use two boxes for convenience in handling. Window boxes and hanging pots should have holes in the bottom and also a layer of cinders, broken pottery or gravel, to provide drainage. Then, if procurable, put in a four inch layer of well-rotted manure, and on top of this two or Mary Rogers, daughter of Will Rogers, humorist, is shown here BROWN LABEL SAME FINEST QUALITY IT TR ------ Adjusting the King's Crown open market, a jewel valuer said re- cently. Many of the gems set in it are of ancient origin, though the crown was made for Queen Victoria London.~--A little workshop in Lon- don '. one of the most vigilantly guarded places in the metropolis at present. It is watched day and night the sun was dimmed by ashes and dust, spread like a vast pill over half a continent. Subterranean "I was reading Martial, sir, in my room," he began, lifting his gaze subry missively, "when I thought I heard a muffied shot. I wadi't quite sure, | fire quite loud at times; but at 'ast I said to myself I'd better investigate. I was in negligee, if you understand | what I mean, sir; so I slipped on my bathrobe and come down. "I didn'. know just where th: noise had come from; but when I was half- way down the steps, I heard another | shot, and this time it sounded like it came from Miss Ada's room, So I ! went there at once, and tried the door. It was unlocked, and when I looked in I saw Miss Ada lying on the floor-- a very distressing sight, sir. 1 called to Mr. Chester, and we lifted the poor young lady to the bed. Then I tele- phoned to Doctor Von Blon." Vance scrutinized him, "You are very courageous, Sproos, to brave a dark hall looking for the source of a shot in the middle of the night." "Thank you, sir," the man answer. ed, with great humility. "I always try to do my duty by the Greene fam- ily. I've been with them--" "We know all that, Sproot," Vance cut him short, "The light was on in Miss Ada's room, I understand, when you opened the door." "Yes, sir." California. called up the stairs and said for us to get dressed and come down." Vance rose and turned to the win- dow overlooking the East River. "That's all, Frau Mannheim. Be so good as to tell Barton we crave her presence here?" CHAPTER V. Barton came in, obviously frighten- ed. But her fear was insufficient io banish completely her instinctive co- quetry. A certain coyness showed through the alarmed glance she gave us, and one hand automatically smoothed back the chestnut hair over her ear, Vance adjusted his monocle, "You really should wear Alice Blue, Barton," he advised her seriously. "Much more becoming than cerise to your olive complexion." The girl's apprehensiveness relax- ed, and she gave Vance a puzzled, kit- tenish look. "But what I particularly wanted you to come here for," he went on, splashing in the pool, and one |three inches of fine, rich garden soil. thing and another. Certainly-- | Press down firmly and after watering . |you are ready to plant, As the box or pot is very much exposed to the air, it will be necessary to water every day and even oftener during very hot weather. It is also usually best to add some chemical fertilizer dissolved in water, from time to time, to keep the flowers constantly in bloom. At the back, put in geraniums, ferns, and or- namental grasses. In the middle, pe- tunias, nasturtiums and other medium height flowers are advised. At the front, alyssum, ageratum and lobelia can be placed with one or two trailing plants such as German Ivy, Wander- ing Jew and climbing nasturtiums. The latter can be placed as seeds. Shade for a few days after box is filled Right Time to Plant Usually the beginner is inclined to be too eager and get some things planted long before the right time. True, there are a few vegetables and one or two flowers which can hardly be planted too early, but these are easily remembered. In the vegetable line, we have leaf lettuce, onions (in- cluding onion sets), spinach, radish, until plants get thoroughly established. by special policemen, for it holds one of the world's most priceless treas- ures, - There goldsmiths are adjusting the crown which the King wears at every State opening of Parliament. When he wore it last he complained that it did not fit exactly. So it was taken under armed guard from the Tower of London--its home when not in use --+to the jeweler's workshop. When adjusted it will be returned to the great steel cage at the Tower, which it shares with the other erown jewels. It is called the most valuable and beautiful crown in the world. No one could estimate its worth in the German Wall overlay Has Veneer With Paper Backing A new type of wall covering, con- sisting of very thin veneer backed with paper, which has appeared on the Hamburg market, believed to be & comparatively new product in Ger- many, is sald to be made in the Rhine- land. The veneers are knife cut. The only in 1838. Among these jewels is the Black Prince's ruby, more timn 500 years old and the size of a small hen's egg; the great sapphire from the crown of Charles 11; the second largest portion of the Star of Africa diamond, weighing 309 carats; Queen Elizadeth's pearl eardrops, and the sapphire from the coronation ring of Edward the Confessor. "Besides the great sapphire and ruby the crown contains sixteen smalier sapphires and four :maller rubies, eleven emeralds, more than 1,000 bril- liants and rose diamonds, 147 table diamonds, four drop-shaped pearls and 273 other pearls. Soap--Here and There The afinual per capita consumption of soap in the United States to-day is twenty-five pounds. In Burope, it is four pounds, And in Asia and Africa it 18 a little less than one small smell. SPECIAL OFFER product is pasted on the wall with rye ance of wood paneling. it is asserted' meal. In addition to giving an appear- Government Standard Seeds for the home garden. Red, "And you saw no one, or heard ro "was to ask you if Mr, Greene has ever kissed you." "Which--Mr. Greene?" she stam- mered, completely disconcerted. Chester had, at Vance's question, jerked himself erect in his chair and started to sputter an irate objection. But articulation failed him, and he cress and similar things. These can go in just as soon as the ground is cold and wet. spring. ready and will weather any amount of Peas are another crop it is well to get in first thing in the If the ground is fit to plant you can put half your peas, radish, to have an insulating effect and not to'! warp or crack if the paste is properly i applied. The panels come in eight woods-- | oak, maple, satin, walnut (American gum), American walnut, pearwood, ! cherry, Central American mahogany, | noise? No door closing for instance?" "No, sir," "And yet the person who fired the sho. must have been somewhere in the The corners hall at the same time you were there." twitched. indignation. of Vance's ings in the least. That fuss-budget, Sproot, actually cried out for Chester like a hysterical woman; and, from the way he raised his voice over the telephone, one would have thought De. Von Blon was deaf, Then Chester had to rouse the whole house for some un- known reason. Oh, there was no péace | or rest for me last night, I can tell you! And the police tramped around the house for hours like a drove of wild cattle. It was positively dis- Parker's Will Pay Mail Charges Both Ways Send your cleaning to Park- er's and you will always be sure of lovely results. All garments are cleaned by the famous non-gasolene method which makes clothes cleaner, fresher and absolute- ly odorless. Questions gladly answered by our Mail Order Depart- ment. Postage charges paid both ways. 791 Yonge St, Toronto Specialists In both Clothes Re oueshoia. Furnishings ane "I suppose so, sir." Barton," he said quickly. 8 se £0, Sir. "And he might well have taken a . shot at you, too." | "Quite so, sir." Sproot seemad { wholly indifferent to the danger ne { had escaped. "But what will be, will | be, sir--if you'll pardon my saying so. And I'm an old man--" "Tut, tut! You'll probably live a considerable time yet--just how long | I can't, of course; say." "No, sir." Sproot's eyes: gazed !biankly ahead. "No one understands i the mysteries of life and death." | "You're somewhat philosophic, I | disappointment. what happened?" "Why, no," she admitted. asleep." good-naturedly. "Damn it, Markham, I protest! cried Greene, when Barton had lef us. "I call this--this gentleman's lev: see," dryly commented Vance, Then: "when you phoned to Doctor Van Blon on don't!" (To be continued.) was he in "No, sir; but the night nurse told ! me he'd be back any minute, and that ! she'd send him over. He arrived in | less than half an hour." | Vance nodded. "That will be all, | | thank you, Sproot. And now please send me die gnadige Frau Kochin." The cook, a portly, phlegmatic Ger- | man woman of about 45, named Ger- | trude Mannheim, came in and seated herself on the edge of a chair near the entrance. Vance, after a moment's keen inspection of her, asked: "Were you born in this country, Frau Mannheim?" "I was born in Baden," she answer- ed, in flat rather guttural tones, "You have not always been a cook, 1 take it." Vance's voice had a slightly different intonation from that which he had used with-Sproot. "Pardon me, old man, but people to buy your wife the clothes she turned to Markham with speechlass mouth "It really doesn't matter, "Aren't you going to ask me any questions about--what happened last night?" the girl asked, with obvious "Oh! Do you know anything about "I was "Exactly. Therefore, I shan' bother you with questions." He dismissed her ity rotten bad taste--damme if F are wondering how you can afford - cress, spinach and some of your let- tuce in quite safely, and if the weather continues favorable, make a second | sowing in about ten days to two weeks. With peas, radish and spinach, early gowing is imperative and successional sowing, that is, planting four or five tmes at ten-day intervals, is not re- commended. These vegetables must get their growth early, while the soil is wet and cool, and before the weath- er turns warm. In order to make the crop last as long as possible instead of successional sowing, rely on varieties, that is, get early, medium and late sorts and make two plantings, In this »| way you will have a long season. In t the flower line, one can safely sow those things that ordinarily seed them- selves just as soon as one can walk over the ground. These include cos- mos, calliopsis, poppies, calendulas and a few other extra hardy flowers. They grow rapidly in the cool, wet weather of early spring. But for other vegetables and flowers one should not be in a hurry. Zinnias, asters, mari Gaboon mahogany. -- U.S. Commerce Reports. | i ma ea Near Prague 70000 pounds of cucum-| bers were burned by dealers to main- | tain high prices, | | HE modern Miss needs no "time out" for the time of month. If you've ever taken Aspirin for a headache, you know how soon the ain subsides. It is just as effective in the relief of those pains peculiar golds, stocks 'and other; besutitur] . 10 Women! : bloomers, as well as such delivious Don't dedicate certain days of every month to suffering. It's old- fashioned, It's unnecessary. Aspi will always enable you to carry-on in comfort. Take enough to assure your complete comfort, If it is Jenuite Aspirin it cannot possibly urt you. Aspirin tablets do not depress the heart. They do not up=- vegetables as beans, beets, corn, toma- toes, cabbage and new potatoes, will make decidedly more satisfactory growth if sown or set out when weath- er and soil really warm up, rather than if rushed in too soon. | > Showers in Cars for Asia Trip Shower baths, spring beds and radio | sets are part of the equipment of a fleet of cars in which an expedition proposes to cross Asia, starting from Syria, traversing Persia and Pamir to}, China, and returning through India. rns MI ie, Don't make a bet with your wife, but stop the pain. Headaches come. at inconvenien! times, So_do colds. But a lit mn oat. ou can | wallow OE G, comfortable one good gargle made from Fineurmatiam: Bans hat once pep 1 Fi EYE a At first the woman did not answer. selects." \ «No, sir," she said finally, "Only, ~ "I don't blame them. I wonder since the death of my husband." myselt." _ Enis "How did you happen to come to the ean errno i Greene's?" | Again she hesitated. "I had met Mr. Tobias Greene; he knew my hus- band. When my husband died there wasn't any money. And I remember- ed Mr. Greene, and I thought" "I understand." Vance paused, his eyes in space. "You heard nothing of what happened here last "m "No, sir. Not until Mr. Chester Exhibit Ex-Kaiser's Trophies ial castle, which he still owns. house. * i SchwedtAm-Oder, Germany. -- Ex: | Emperor. Wilhelm's hunting trophies are on exhibition here in the margra Every married man is personally acquainted with the speaker of the { unless you are prepared to pay, win or * lose. « Erm | : - re "AMOS and ANDY" The Book of Their Dialogues, bound in cloth, now being sold at bookstores, or mailed postpaid for One Dollar from the publisher, 'Thomas Allen, 266 King St. West, Toronto. & Ay sg yy » y SPE set the stomach, They do nothing . Peas. t. This entire collection post paid tor $1.00, GLOVERS SEEDS 152 DUCHESS ST. TORONTO, ONT. ' trees, gases tainted the air, and the popula- tion suffered the horrors of suffocation. All that humanity can do in such a catastrophe is protect itself as 'best it can--and wait, Nature in her angry mood is in supreme command, and man, the atom, is helpless and terri- fied. All his ambitious works crumble in ruin about hii, and he can do noth- ing; nothing except start all over again when the earth resumes its nor- mal calm. To the credit of man's courage and tenacity, be it said, that is generally what he does. Look at San Francisco, Tokio, and the communities about Vesuvius. The amazing feature of these catas- trophes is that, if oft repeated, man- kind becomes accustomed to them. People still-dwell on the lava-strewn slopes of volcanic mountains and trust there will be no further eruptions. But it is ony a matter of time until they are active again. Along the Andes, craters long thought extinct burst into a fresh fury of flame, Scientists have sought to explain what is going on in subterranean regions to cause these devastating convulsions and eruptions, and perhaps they know; but they were not wise enough to warn the people of South America of the peril that leaped upon them from the mountain tops. Many of Nature's mysteries remain hidden from the world of science; and this is emphasized by tragedies such as the terrestrial upheaval along the Andes.--Toronto Globe. mtr A The Passing of Jazz i. Is the age of jazz passing? Recent reports from the music publishing field indicate that it may be. An official of a publishing house the other day let it be known that sales of "classical' music are exceeding those of the type called popular. Many will cast about for explana- tions of this shift of interest from siz 2ling syncopation and bleating blues to the quiet gentility of Beethoven's "Minuet in G," Chopin's "Waltz in D Flat' and Bach's Bourree from the sec- ond violin sonata, which are now listed among the best sellers. One explanation is the radlo. Pro- ducers of jazz could testify to the ef- fectiveness of radio as a medium for popularizing their product. The recent vogue of a song that had lain for years almost forgotten on publishers' shelves was a tribute to that effectiveness. Likewise, radio has introduced classi cal music to thousands who never be- fore knew they could like it. There is another service that radio may have done the 'better type of music. That is, it has done much to wear out the popularity of jazz. For jazz is one of those things of which one can have too much. It is a pro- verb among musicians that popular music is merely familiar music and that the best music would become popular if it were made familiar to enough people. Perhaps 'the "jazz boys" have counted too much on the exactness of their proverb, forgetting the other one about familiarity and contempt. The radio; of course; cannot be given all the credit. The jazz has gone out of many things besides music the, last two years. It is easy to remember the days when too many persons were try=- ing to make their dollars dance to a financial jazz and tuning their thoughts lo jazz ideas in literature, art and conduct Now they are getting down to fundamentals, disciplining their thinking as a musician does his fingers, and hoping to accomplsh some- thing more like an enduring sonata than like an evanescent crooner's "de- light.--The Christian Science Monitor, ai 1 ght inn Modern Buildings in Palestine Called Equal of England's The high artistic quality of the ar- chitecture of Jerusalem's new houses, and the "extraordinary changes" since his last visit to Palestine less than two years ago, profoundly impressed Professor Lesiie Patrick Abercrombie. architect and town planner, and pro- fessor of civic design at the University of Liverpool, writes the Jerusalem cor- respondent of "The Christian Science Monitor." Many of the buildings he found to be above the average of those going up in the big towns of England, and Mr, Abercrombie found in Jerusa- .| lem: structures a welcome departure, from the cominonplace and sterotyped. What the city specially needs, he | sald, 18 more Lrees lo make up for lack of green and open spaces. If Jerusalem cannot have grass, because of the sitortage in the water supply; it never- theless Lan have-=ertain types. of my n tablets cost so very I, that it "t aL it doesn't poy to ~~ An Oversight ; Think of the nttmber of young mem and women for example who get mar ] ing wheih-' ist wirhout fivst asc {sr the other party plays .he same sys. tem of bridge EI»