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5 by Stuart Martin Le 3 SYNOPSIS Maud Barron awakes wilh a ore monition of disaster. She hears padding footsteps. Rushing into. her father's study she finds him dead. Dr, Sldney Foster-a friend, is joined by Detective "One Eye" Uttock, a mulatto, who has never lost 8 man. Maud Barron and Hughes return to England. Dr, Foster glyes Maud his address in case of need. He recelves a telegram informing him "The Ghost" . has reappeared. "I will take over your case," he said, in his professional manner, "and I do not doubt that we shall be able to put an end to these disturb- ing visitations. For the meantime your best plan is to get as much rest as possible, and don't 'let it worry you. He waited for a little longer, and then intimated that he would write out a prescription which one of the servants was to take to a chemist, He strolled out to the front of the house, He did not intend. any el- aborate scrutiny of the place' just then, nor did he have the opportunity for it, for as he was walking slow- I ly..along the gravel path he heard footsteps coming round the corner of the house. William Hughes appeared next moment. He did not seem surprised at meet- ing Foster, and the latter was glad to see that his manner was more possible than it was at their last meeting. "I heard you were up seeing Miss Barron, doctor. How do you isi her?" "Very much upset and not Ls a condition to be disturbed, Mr. Hugh- es. 11] "You think she takes these night- mares seriously?" "They are not Hughes." "You won't make me believe other- wise, doctor, with all your serious- ness. Look here, man, just think it out in a commonsense way. Her father had the same delusions--" ° "He died because of them, anyway, and there was the photographic print to show." "Oh, well, that print never meant much. I won't insist on my point of view that he killed himself, It does- n't matter much now, does it? But it looks as if Maud has taken on his pet delusion, and I am very sorry about it." "1 regret I cannot discuss with you what is, in some respects; a problem for my profession." At that Hughes's eyes but he mastered whatever nightmares, . Mr. gleamed, emotion stirred him and with some deliberat- ion lit a cigarette. "You will at least give me credit for having Miss Barron's health one of my chief concerns," he: said in a low tone. "She and I will be married as soon as possible." "] was not so well informed as to know that," said Foster; wincing a little. "But I congratulate you." "I do not intend to go into mat-. "ters that do not concern you, Fost- er, except to-mention-it- But you will see that under the circumstances I have a right to make my views known. You have been sept for; and now that you have made your call I do not see there is any need for you to stay. If wé want you again we shall let you know." Sidney Foster's face went a shade pale at that, but he kept his balance well, "I am again sorry that I cannot accept your suggestion, Mr, Hughes. 1 have been asked to take this case over, and I have given my word™to do 80." "Indeed!" Hughes flung out sharp- ly. "But we have a doctor already. I myself engaged one this morning." "But I repeat that I have been asked to take the case and have ac- cepted "it." - Foster's Evening Stroll Foster passed on, biting his lip, and as he turned the corner of the house he felt the eyes of Hughes boring his back with all the intensity of open antagonism. : So now the gauntlet had been thrown down. He and Hughes could \ Ap Pipe Smoke ol fin it P GOLDEN nf h sand FB really + good smoke! Tesue No. 39 735 not work together unless there was some radical change in circumsfanc- es; but his own position was a de- licate one and he knew that he would in future be constantly on his guard to steer a course that would avoid a rupture, Had Hughes any 'hold on Maud Barron? How did it come about that this secretary could 'talk so con- fidently about marrying her within so short a time since the murder of her father? Why was it that Maud Barron had asked him to ¢ome and help her now the green ghost had appeared once more? Was it that she had no confidence in Hughes. If s0, why was she marrying him? The questions drummed into Foat- er's brain with hammer strokes, He drew out his watch and saw that there was still some time before din- ner. His mind went back to One-eyc. the niulatto detective, and the simi- larity of the situatio on over in Jam- aica. If this was a case of devilish Voodooism in quiet Surrey then One- eye ought to -know that the mani- festations were at work again, Fost- er walked swiftly along the drive and went out to the main road. He boarded a "bus going towards Sur- biton and at the post office there sent off 'a short cable to One-eye inform- ing him of the position. He left the wording in such a way that the mulatto might deem it worth while to come to England, for there was no detective in Britain who would, or could, bring such knowledge to bear as the mulatto possessed.. Then he returned to Shirley. He had still half an hour or so to employ before dinner, and he employ- ed it by examining the precinets of the house, carefully watching for footprints, but there was not a siyn. The only marks he observed were two small holes, about two inches in diameter, as if the high . heel of a lady's shoe had been planted in the soft earth. But these two holes were at a distance from each other of about seven feet. Directly under = Maud Barron's bedroom window, however, a flower lay broken and crushed into the earth, It had been «pressed by a weight into the ground. Foster bent down to examine it. He saw that a little loose mould had been carried to the path -and lay in a tiny heap. In the middle of the heap was a small dent similar to the two holes he had. already noted. "The gardener has been using a flower stick," he thought; and to make sure he went round and found the gardener in one af the hothouses. But the gardener said that he had not touched the flower border, nor had he been using any sticks in that position. As for the broken flower he looked at it scornfully. (To Be Continued.) No Words are Found One of Jack London's best known books, "The Call of the Wild", now comes to the screen and has every known element to "appeal to every movie fan. Clark Gable 'and Loretta Young are per- fectly cast and Buck, the dog, will win everyone, the old lady in' the Pullman should not be let die--says Cyril Clemens (in "Mark Twain Wit and Wisdom," a splendid collection of 1564 stories and anecdotes about the famous humorist who was born one hundred years ago, come November 80 next): Exhausted to. the point of « ex- tinction by a very full day in Chi- cago, Mark boarded the night train for New York. "and retired to - his berth at hi for (as' he' fondly thought) a long night . of blissful [Gver the border-line between wak- ing and sleéping he' heard an old lady's voice wistfully - soliloquizing was, with the regularity sistence of the ticking of a clock. "Oh, I am so thirsty!" » * * At last, unable to bear the nuis- ance any longer, Mark got. up in his nightclothes and groped his way the length of the cold, dark car to where the drinking water was kept. Filling a glass, he carried it back to the elderly victim of loquacity and thirst. This good deed done and a payment in heart-felt thanks from THE WORLD'S SIXTH Ebeen published. by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. tinent, and a few days on the way home. definitely decided to ador, Esthonia, Haiti, ern Rhodesia, Sweden, and the he a Imj proving Poor ficlency of phosphorus. most of the droppings: abundant in the soil, a liming factor in the growth of Mary Constance Fowler in Spirit Never to step upon - shore The far eye follows as the vessel drifts, Is to have known what lies there little more Than birds know further than 'the pinion lifts, Only in loving may the heart know love Their countless words, who sing, are ; mourning tales Of -dijn-remembered dreams, where shadows move. Unknown to day; and daylight tell- ing fails Yes, spell out color in a blind man's hand, . the fragrant An for the deaf turn color into sound; Do these. There are no words, though they are sand, To tell loxe to the loveless. None are found.- And to be loved, not loving, is but to know The "sun is heat upon the lds, not light. Therefore the smile is secret, the tongue is slow And falters, seeking words to trans. late sight. In Wrong Pew A minister consented to preach: during his vacation in the country at an Episcopal church, When he ar- rived at the church on Sunday morn- ing the sexton welcomed him and said: "Do you wish to wear a sur- plice, sir?" "Brother," replied - the minister, "I am a Methodist. What do I know about surpluses? All I know is ADoRy deficits." Mose Good Provider Judge: "Mose, is your wife depend- ent upon you?" 1 1 Mose: "She sho is, Jedge. she'd starve plum to' death. 14 nitrogen. 2% \ Superphospate and the - one most and grasses, pate per acre or its three to five years, to superphosphate, as soon as growth starts Spring, will one to two weeks. the 'pasture ig dry. desirable pasture plants reseed the fertilizers alone for rejuvenation, APPLE COLOUR CHART to the Publicity riculture, Ottawa. * - didn't go out and get de yashin's POULTRY CONGRESS The preliminary announcement of the World's Poultry Congress which meets in Berlin next year has just Congress sessions will be held in the "Opera Kroll" and will bo officially opened on July 24th During the Congress the afternoons will be devoted to excursions to plates of interest within the city of Berlin and ou'side. At the close of thé Con- gress the de'egates will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games and then, take a week's tour through 'rural Germany, including a trip down the Rhine. A six weeks' trip is being arranged for Canadians when France, Switzerland and Bel- gium also will be visited on the Con- in England 'So far the following countries have participate: Canada, Argentina, Australia, China, Czecho-Slovakia, Great Britain, Ecu- Holland, Hun. gary, Italy, Mexicq, Norway, South. Switzerland Pasture Fields Both grass and soil from pastures that have been grazed for a number of years without manure or phos- phate applications will show a de- Even it of grazing animals are returned to the pasture there i8 a net loss of phosphorus in goon becomes the old lady duly pocketed, Mark got back into his berth and pulling the blankets up over his head with a deep sigh of relief and 'content snuggled. down to sleep. But just as the sandman was bending over him a now. all-too-familiar and accursed voice began to. exclaim and kept it up at minute intervals the -rest of the night: : "Oh, I was so Ihirstyl" * And here is 'Irvin 8. Cobb's con- tribution to Mr. Clemens' collection: A young reporter called one mern- ing as the great humorist lay read- ing and smoking in bed, and 'an- nounced that he would like his life- story for his newspaper: Mark Twain took a draw on his pipe and com- menced: "Well, in the days of King George the Third when I was a young man Iused to . . ." "Pardon" me, right there," inter- rupted the reporter, "I know 'that you are not a spring chicken, but how could you possibly have been living during 'the time of George the Third?" * i : "Fine, young man," retorted Mark, smilingly offering the young man a cigar, "I heartily congratu- late you. You are the first and only reporter I: have ever met in my whole life who corrected a mistake before it appeared in print." By .the way, + Cyril Clemens is | president of ithe: International "Mark Twain Society and a relative of the beloved humorist. whose real name was, of course, Samuel L. Clemens. 2% 8 Although + John Philip Sousa earned a lot of money from his musical compositions, he soid the publication' rights = of the famous "Washington Post" march--of whica millions of copies 'have been sold ---- for a mere $36, 1 had no adequate "idea of 'the the production of live s.ock and value of my composition," he ex- their products. This continued re-| plained, "and sold the 'Washington moval of phosphorus, never very | Post' and several others for. $35 apiece, and I was also to furnish three arrangements," one for piano, "his story of Mark Twain and repose; but just as he was slipping |' and telling herself how . thirsty she and per- desirable pasture crops, - particularly the legumes. The failure of legumes, and particularly white clover, due to phosphorus deficiency, contribules further to the thinning of the grass- es dependent upon the legumes for "(acid Phosphate) is the first fertilizer material to use likely to pay through stimulation of both legumes Application of 300 to 500 pounds of 20 percent. superphos- equivalent is recommended and should last from Commercial nitrogen in addition u applied at the rate of 160 to 200 pounds per acre .in the advance grazing from To avoid burn- ing the tender leaves, apply when Onder. conditions .where very few remain it may be beiter to plow, fertilize, and land with an adapted pasture mixture than to depend upon There has been a steady demand for the apple colour chart. prepared recently by the Horticultural Divi- sion, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, to assist in tha harvesting of | ed: McIntosh and Fameuse apples at the proper stage of maturity, This chart may be obtained free on 'application 'and Extension Branch, Dominion Department of AL: one for orchestra, and one for band!" * % 2 Sousa once had an amusing . ex- perience during a visit to Venice with his wife, where they had . the delight of hearing Castiglioni's band play "The Washington Post." ~ He relates it in this memoirs, 'March- ing Along." At the close of the piece Mr. and Mrs. Sousa entered a music store near the bandstand and inquir- ed for "the piece the band had just played." A clerk went over ito the bandstand and on his return hand- ed out an Italian edition of "The Washington Post, by Giovanni Filipo Sousa." * * Sousa was ch impressed, after examining it, said to clerk: "Who 'is this Giovanni Sousa?" $73 Yay "Oh, he is one of our most famous Italian composers." . "Indeed! I am very interested to hear it. Is he as famous as Verdi?" "Well, perhaps not quite as fam- ous as Verdi; he is young yet, you see." : "Have you ever seen him?" "I do not remember, Signor." * 0% * At that point Sousa turned to 'his wife and said to the clerk: "Then let mie introduce you 'to his wife: This is. Signora Sousa!" .. And Mrs, Jouss, in turn, observ- and the Filipo "Permit me 'to introduce my hus- band, Signor {Giovanni Filipo Sousa the composer | af 'The Washington Post'? There was much 'explanation and laughter and {thén the clerk nobly offered to chirge Sousa only the wholesale pride for a' pirated copy 'of his own march! i Design for Living Enough of*joy to balance pain, Something to lose something. to gain, Someone to 1¢ve,: some one to care, = A simple faith to mold in prayer, A sense of peace, of sweet content, To greet the night when doy, is spent. Now Handwriting Tells Your Real Character! By GEOFFREY ST, CLAR. = © : : (Graphologist), 4 | 2 All 'Rights Reserved. ceiving more letters than usual ask. ing whether I can tell just when mar. riage might be expected. I would like to be able to" answer questions of this kind, but it is quite outside the scope of my work, Ques.ions having to do with fortune-telling are entire. ly beyond my sphere of influence or advice, SB If you ask me to tell you what kind of disposition you have, or your boy friend or girl friend -- then 1 can felp you there. Graphology also shows whether a writer is. reserved and sensi:ive, or spontaneous and ardent; greedy and selfish or kindhearted and generous; broadminded and tol, erant or narrow-minded and partial; | refined and cultured or purely physi. cal-minded and material, and in fact it will reveal the characteristics that cause you to act in the way that you do. Graphology, allfed to psychology, plus a smattering of common sense and some knowledge of human na- ture, will help you immensely in solv. ing the problems that dally confront go-many of us. . But it will NOT tell, your forts; nor is it able to plerce the veil that "hides Tomorrow from Today, - It is based on scientific foundations, and whilst we do not claim Infallibility for it, no do I myseif claim that all the delineations I make are entirely beyond criticism, at the same time there can be no doubt that it is a tremendous power for good, and a power, moreover, that most_ people cannot afford to ignore, if they: are anxious -to make the most of them- selves. I have evidence in tie form Recently 1 seem tp have been re.:! of m-- of letters that. express go-to make up what you are and] yourself, then the gratitude of the writers for help- 'ful advice and guidance. And what has helped so many others, has, I suggest, a message for you, too, if you gee it in the right way. This might also be an opportune time for me to reiterate once more that the advice I give in cases of per- sonal problems = is not necessarily final 'and arbitary. 1 often have letters from readers of my articles of -lis- teners-in fo my radio broadcas:s, telling me definitely that they will do whatever I advise. In some cases this has to do with a choice between two men for a suitable husband for a girl who writes me, and it is a tre- mendous responsibility 'to have to shoulder. I am not afraid to give ad- vice when it is asked for or appears to me necessary, but I would like to say that any advice I give is render- ed with a view to giving you a new point "of view on your problems. If you ponder over it and use it as a basis for finding out the truth for the advice will have served its true purpose. Can Mr. 8t .Clair glve you a new slant on your own character? Per. haps he can reveal some unusual angles about your friends, too. Send speciments of the writing you would like analysed, 'stating age in each 'case. Enclose 10¢ coin for each speci- men, and send with 3c stamped ad- dressed envelope, to: ~~ Geoffrey St. Clair, Room 421, 73. 'Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ont. Your letter will be replied to as quickly 'as Is pos- sible In view of the volume of mall that is continually arriving. And your letter will 'be strictly confidential. FARM ACREAGE IN GREAT BRITAIN Occupied Agricultural Land In England and Wales 30,- 370,000 Acres. The total area of agricultural land occupled in England and Wales in June, 1936, was 30,369,000 acres, com- pared with 30,454,000 acres in 1934, a reduction of 84,000 acres or 0.3 per cent. according to a report just 1s- sued by the British Ministry of Agri- culture. The area returned as under crops and grass was 24,984,000 acres, a decrease of 82,000 acres or 0.3 per cent. Contrary to the general trend in recent years, the total area of rough grazings -at: 5,422,000 acres showed a small decrease' of 2,000 acres compared with the previous year. For. the 'first time since 1918 the steady decline in the arable area has been arrested and there was an increase upon the area in 1934 of 144,000 acres (1.6 per cent.) to 9,- 394,000 acres; the total arable area is' now rather larger than 1032. This increase was due almost entirely to clover and rotation grasses. On the other hand the area actually under crops, excluding clover and rotation grasses, at '6,776,000 acres showed a decline of 62,000 acres or 0.9 per cent, on 1934, A further substantial reduction of 15.9 per cent. to 286,000 acres occurred in the area. of bare turned under bare fallow for several years, For the second year in gucces. sion there was a reduction in the area of permanent grass 227,000 acres; representing 1.4 per cent, the acreage under permanent grass of 15,654,000 acres being very little more than in 1930. ed by 41,300 acres or 1 per cent. to 4,094,600 acres; increases in wheat, oats and rye being more than count. tion in the acreage of barley and a smaller decrease and there was again a reduction in the area under roots, a small increase in the acreage under turnips and swedes. After a substantial increage in the previous year the sugar beet acreage In 1936 showed a moderate decline. There was a small decling in the area under os "four principal vegetables, but a' further net increase in the acre. on go devoted to fruit. The acrenge of ops Was 'unchanged. 3 the expansion in 'the area under} fallow. This was the lowest figure re- amounting to| The total area "under 'corals declin- er-balanced' by a substantion reduc. |- The Love of "Nature You ask why I write of Nature, Of bird and blossom and bee; You ask why the ways of the wild. wood Bring joy to the heart of- me-- And why I write not: of the cliy ot its life and its busy throng, And why the Joys of the country Are luring and deep and strong: I once was a child of the wildwood, As free as the birds that fly, As free as white clouds that wander Afar in the azure sky; The flowers of early springtime, 'The whispers of fores. pine, The 'call of the wind from the hilltop Were pleasure that all were mine. The robin securely nesting On a beam in the old log-shed, The swallows from homes on the 'barn eaves Showing, their shining heads. Where friends and dear companions To the little country child, ~~~ | Whose 'spirit was shy, like the bird- : _ ling's - That flew through the forest wild. And when the summer waning Brought autimn's tender 'days, When fields and woods alluring . Were bathed in yellow haze. The painted leaves, slow drifting To earth in the sunlight gleams, The purple: 'haze on the hilltops Filled life with the joy of dreams. So must 1 write of Nature, So must I sing her praise, With hér I walked and wandered In the freedom of childhood days. And in the picture before me Of tree and blossoming sod, Of lake and stream and hill top I can see the hand of God. --H. B. A. NO PEP? When you tel lke a log and your nacles it AB more likely th at 3 to Unis should tho in yo gout ie At ts like these, a re £ Molly says, "Oh nothing. Just read. C ng I asks Molly what she wis red. ing, - : She says Huh? again, and Bilt tries. hard to remember that Molly's : Feurls are golden and her eyes very blue, After a few dozen "huh's he is "vaguely frritated although he is uy | subconsciously aware of her stupl 'habit, HABIT ESCAPES DETECTION She hedrs perfectly well' the first time but won't rouse her attention to the sticking point and lets the idea soak in by absorption. It is the laz. fest and most slovenly trick in the world, this' habit of putting all the work on another, If Bill had said he had been trying to find out the difference between iclithyology and entomology, Molly would haye been justified perhaps in asking for a re. petition, but it is the case wih sticky- minded that nothing. at all soaks in at the first telling; easy or difficult it's all the same. Children pick up this habit so eas. ily that a mother, or even a teacher, may let it go unnoticed, They patient. ly repeat every sentence they utter. This mental lethargy is almost as blameworthy as the other, At the moment we have in mind two families in whose homes no right-minded person could stay com- pletely sane for twenty-four hours. Each member of the family has to re. peat whatever he says twice. Each one asks to be told over again. A day is a succession of échoes that stupidity. Ena: t=! CONCENTRATION 1S DIFFERENT "Open the window, Jane," means just that. Jane should notishe an- 'swered when she says, fectly well. "See who i3 at the door, Billy," or "Where is the paper?" should "reglster" at once. . Why re- peat it? j : It is true that children are often deeply engrossed with something and' actually did not hear. True, too, that. we rudely interrupt others deep in a story or a game by some unimportant different from the vacuum of inex Nothing is more restful to the eaves- dropper than to hear people converce with ears ajar and wits on the trig- ger. Children need to be {wught both, Whether dunmb or not, the mentally. lazy child will certainly earn thie name if he does rot "snap out of spoken to. Molly might actually be a smart girl. But it so she is keep- ing 1% a good secret. Disappointed! Fire And Forgetfulness Dash- ed Hopes of Brides- To-Be Fire and forgetfulness dashed the Hopes of two Manchester brides-to- e. .For Ellen Corrigan, it was a case ate, - With her 'bridegroom-to-be, Harold Church, to be married. The vicar asked for the Brides groom's certificate of the banns. Mr, Mottershead. -cotild mot produce it.' A telephone 'call to' the vicar 'of' up the mystery of the missing cer-, tificate. . When he returned he told "the bride that Mr. Mottershead had Aor- gotten to publish the banns in his own parish, With tears in her eyes the bride went back home. She will be mar- ried by special licence. soot, But fire destroyed her brides- aids' dresses, her wedding shoes, the groom's suit and the furniture for their new home. The fire was at the home of her '| fiance, Alfred George Benton, in Blackley. flames. . The loss will probably mean a postponement of the wedding. THE MEN WHO LEAD Today we have minds. ly proclaiming they are' materialists, in personal civic righteousness. 'has been men of the latter pe in the past despite conquers yuergaoution, Ted } tho same o will be true in an Bard, Us. 'Boy 'Boout Com. nilssion er, tell a tale of inattention if not actual "What did you say?! when she has heard per- remark that could wait. But this {8 cusable "rigor mortis" of the brain, - it," and act and look intelligent when of disappointment at the 'last 'min- Mottershead, she went to St. James's : the parish in which the "bridegroom | lived was unsuccessful, and the best man dashed across the city to clear Mr. Benton helped to fight the n hE 3 2 and there is the other which belleves = Iv x hoy : __m.