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by ALLYN SLOAN BYNOPBIS Jean Graham and her brother, Euan, stay on the Riviera with Geoffrey Win- to and his wife Doreen, who leads Euan on to gamble. Jean coaxes him to gO to Paris. While driving there Jean finds a string of pearls in Euan's pocket, He snatches them from her and the car crashes, The accident 1s discovered by Jerry Grant who takes Jean b.ck to his - hostess, Helen Gorst. Euan is missing. Jean visits Fuan's friend, de Laurler, and learns that Euan Is in debt to him. Jerry Grant, meets M, Perichon, famous detective, who assists them, Jetty pri poses to Jean but she asks Woke B {nsists on accompanying e Baron Insists Jean to the Van Dyke party. The next morning Mrs. Van Dyke reports (he theft of a diamond. Jean is discovered missing. M. Perichon directs Grant and . 'WasLburn to a deserted. villa. Grant ' nters and follows de Laurier into a subterranean cave. de Laurler knocks him out, gags, and binds his arms. Grant works his way free and finds Jean. de Laurier returns and attacks Grant 1 Jean 1s unable to see which Is the vie- tor. She faints. Washburn and Perich- on find them. "What?" exclaimed Helen. Doreen Winton let out her usual sneer, yet she seemed strangely affected by the news. Grant also. was growled between his teeth: the swine!" "Well, Mademoiselle?" the detective. "I--well, it staggered me, but get- outraged, and "God! prompted "ting up I ran forward. Immediately 1 was covered by a revolver, but when the Baron saw who I was he put it down and began to talk to me --He spoke very roughly--not as he used to--asking me what I was do- ing there. I said: 'What are you doing here and how did you break into the safe? I couldn't think ' what to do, So I sprang to the door and began to yell. In a moment he was 'on me and had tied a silk thing over my mouth and nose. Then--then somehow another man appeaved and they tied my"legs together and pour- ed some nasty stuff int the handker- cheif. After that, I knew nc more.' who" The others all broke out into ex- cited conversation, expressing their own amazement and horror to their inattentive neighbours, Grant, how- ever, mereily looked down, feeling deeply humiliated that he had so failed the girl Le loved. It seemed to him now that hig blindness had been absolutely criminal, and he could not understand i", 'Sh! Sh!" Perichon hissed. "We must advance. Now, mon 'enfant. Go on, please." Jean's horror seemed to increase as her story progresstd, but she went on in a low voice: 'I came to, feeling horrible sick to findgmyself in a mo- tor car. I dide't know how long I had been there, but it 'seemed to me that we were going very fast. 1 tried to shout and move, but I was still tied vp, Th--there was a woman with me, too, someone I had never seen before." "How was she to look at--this wo- man?" asked Perichon. 'She .was very big and hair," 'Say!" Washburr broke out, and leaninz over Grant towards her, he said: "That must have been the jane lad red "Go or, Mademoiselle." 'Did you see the chauffeur?" sud- denly asked Rivaux, "Yes, It was MY Guardi." "So :here was a gang of them?" Winton asked Perichon however was not to be hurried and said. Go on, Mademoiselle," Jean brushed a hand over her eyes as if she were heartily weary of it, all, but resumed: "I awoke in the place where erry found me, on some smelly straw in a terribly cold cel- lar t was daylight but what time or. how long 1'd been there I don't know. I1--I felt too sick from tha: stuff to do anything and anyway my feet and hands were tied. 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Guardi seemed afraid and hesitated, Then some thing happened, I don't know what, FREE= sco: but they went off quickly, and it i seemed for a moment as if she could not go on, but finally she added: "I was so cold and so uncomfortable. 1--I 'thought ¥ was dying...." She laughed tremulously. "HM seemed so long. I--1 waited and waited.... Then I remembered nothing more un- til Jerry came." Perichon thanked her charmingly. "Then a gallant M. Jerry having risked his life, found you, whilst M. Washburn and I arrested de Laurier and Guardi. "New!" He spoke with a sudden access of energy. "I will ex- plain. Ecoubez Mesdames et Mes- sieurs, and I will explain First of all--"" ue hroke off, glancing com- passionately at Jean, "I am sorry-- I have your permission, Mademoisel- le?" "Go on," murmured Jean, "Firt of all, then--I regret to tell you that M. Euan Graham was kill- ed in the accident from which Ma- demoiselle so luckily escaped with her life." Tha detective's eyes were on Doreen, whose hand clenched fiercely in her lap at the news. 'Now M. Graham was in debt to de Lau- rier; that was true. De Laurier made a.pratice of lending large sums of money to weak young men and women, leading them on to gamble and borrow more. On that last morn- ing, Graham called on de Laurier to beg him to give him longer to repay his debt. De Laurier refused, saying that Graham would never he able to raise so large a sum--but the young man pulled out a beautiful string of pearls. and said: 'How is that for security? I will sell them in Paris, and at once send you your two thou- sand." Now de Laurier had intended to steal those pearls one day--for that reason, he had been making secret love to Mrs. Winton----" "My God!" exclaimed Winton: Doreen stiffened and her face changed colour beneath its paint. "He didn't," she said, in a strangled voice. . ~ Perichon, however, ignored her protest. : "So de Laurier says to himself: 'I must steal from Graham instead," and sends his jackal Guardi to fol- low the young people, with instruc- tions to get the pearls. That would have been easy, for figure to your- self that boy was carrying them loose in a cigarette box! Guardi gets into his car. He knows that they are taking the Grande Corniche, and he follows. it an off day, few people are on the road and almost as the accirent happens--a few omoments later--he- comes upon the scene of the wreck. Mademoiselle is under neath, but Monsier is clear. Guardi must act quickly, for any moment a car may come. He gets out and finds a vice in the dead boys hand--he had grabbed it away from his sister, you recollect--there is on time to lose. Quickly he picks up the lad and puts him in the back of his car, und- er the rug perhaps or on the floor; then he turns and drives back to Monte Cario, but turning off at the first opportunity and driving by de- vious ways to the villa where Made- moiselle was taken, near St. Croix So in the night the body of Monsieur was dropped into the sea." Jean sat with her face hands and no one broke the until Grant asked: 'But how did Graham pearls, sir?" ® Perichon nodded: "I am just com- ing to that, my friend," he said. To be continuet in. her :ilence get the "To find a cat with loyalty would be like finding one with five ears.' -- Albert Payson Terhune. SOAKS IN DEEPER Becavse She new Josan: Bit one ent that no other tint or dye: . ok the color right in. Divsolves com: letely . , , dyes beautifully evenly . . . and asts, and lasts, and lasts. s Fine a4 badass "The o! e Making" 0" John A. Huston Co. 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Pieces that you, will be proud to own and to hand down to our children, For one of the out standing characteristics of the new furniture is that it is soundly and substantially made, If the modern trend has done nothing else, at least it has re-established a regard for value and lasting. worth in furniture, ~For {it Is a type of furniture that ad- nits of no slighting in construction. Everything must be sound and sub- stantial, - SIMPLE, RESTFUL DESIGNS One of the most distinguished of the modern bedroom suites was modern in inspiration. The pieces were made of beautifully matched woods--the grain of the wood form- ing an important integral part of the design. The twin beds had plain head and foothoards with the grain meet- ing in the middle to,form an effec- tive pattern, The beds and each piece in the set were outlined in ebony. . The drawer puils were formed of ob- long blocks of righly polished wood. The large round mirror over the dressing table was set in a black cbony base--the top entirely withcut a frame. Above the mirror a long cylindrical light of frosted blass was fastened giving a clear bright illomi- nation for make-up. Another dressing table, also in the modern manner was illumined by indirect lighting-- the bulbs set into the top of the table, rectly on the face so that there were rio shadows--a very important feature as every woman who has struggled with old-fashioned methods of illumi- nation can tell you. , Low triangular or square stools are used before the'dressing tables. An especially notable feature in bedroom furniture of modern design is the efficient way the chests of drawers are designed. Arly man will delightiin the easy sliding drawers that open to display large storage place for mas- culine belongings. ADDITIONAL BEDROOM PIECES If you are doing your bedroom in the modern manner you'll be fas- cinated by a lovely ¢haise longue up- holstered in soft beige fur fabric, It is luxurious in the extreme and there is a small arm chair to match, These pieces are typical of the comfort and ease of this modern furniture. It is severely simple in'design yet highly effective. Treat Skin That Has Coarsened Here is a traatment for skin which has become coars. and the pores en- larged, but a teaspoon of powdered bo- rax into a basin of cold water over night; stir up well and allow to set- tle. ee : In the morning rub the face vig- orously with a washcloth dipped in 'the borax water, taking care not to stir-up-the borax-which has settled at the bottom. Now take an oatmeal bag, a table- the box of pearls. It is clasped likej spoon oatmeal in a little square of muslin, dip it into the water and rub between the two hands. 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She works in a mill in sion school at night. : She plans togreturn to Rumania after becoming a nurse, "in order to throwing the light upward and di-| C. the daytime and studies at an exten- |] Boy Scouts in Canada Gain Membership is Up -- Canad- ian Council Meets In Ottawa, Ottawa.-- Steady growth of the Boy Scout movement in Canada was reported at the annual meeting of the Canadian general council of the Boy Scout Association held here under the chairmanship of His Excellency the Governor-General, chief scout for anada, : The year just ended was an active one owing to the special relief activi- ties of the. organization which now numbers more than 65,000 boys and leaders. More than 5,000 badges were issued during the year to scouts quali- fying for specific public service. 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Af- terwards rinse in cold coffee, and iron, still damp, between: two - pads 0% woollen material, Tiresome culinary .operations may often be accomplished easier and for instance, a cracked egg will boil quite: well if a little vinegar is added to the water, while the flesh of fish may 'be kept firm and white during cooking by adding vinegar to the liquid in which it is being boiled, Cheese, wrapped in a cloth wrung out of vinegar, will not become mouldy or dry. inl, Cases of ordinary hiccoughs are often checked by taking vinegar and 'brown sugar, a teaspoon at a time, allowing a minute to elapse between each dose, while an excellent remedy for a tickling "cough consists of vinegar 'and honey mixed in equal proportions, Clean lint, soaked in vinegar and placed over .a bruise immediately, prevents. discoloration, and, after a period of exercise, a cup of vinegar added to the bath will banish aches and stiffness Hot Dog Dies First Started in 1900 -- Also Publicized Double-Jointed Peanut : New York.-- Harry Mozely Stev- ens, who created the American hot dog, and built a fortune on it, is dead ~{ at 78. The English-born caterer, to the hungry appetites of millions of this country's sport fans succumbed to arterio-sclerosis at his home here early this: month after a long illness. Starting in a small baseball park at Nilse; O., Stevens lived to see his business develop until the far-flung Stevens' concessions covered every major league. ball park, many: of the largest race tracks, old ' Madigon Square Garden and the new Grand Central Palace. Stevens sold the first hot dog (so- named: by the late Tad Dorgan, sports cartoonist) at the Polo Grounds in 1900. Sausages had been sold in rolls before that time but the hot sausage in the hot roll with mustard or pickle was his own idea. The new delicacy met with immediate acclam from hungry sports followers and quickly developed 'into a national institution: Almost as well known were his double-jointed peanuts, Harry Payie Whitney. once defined Stevens as the man "who parlayed a bag of peanuts into a million dollars." 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