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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE first he is a stroke victim, but invest- igation shows th®t he been bed to death beneath, the water. partner; MRS. any Laas CARMELITA VALDON. It tabli : next to NED BAR RON, known the . Anastasia Folsom, eccentric and | masterful sister of the dead man ar- te riyes and takes : command. At the E inquest it 7 pee 8 that the det*th wea as a pichag an Orient al knife, oad that it and its seabbard m purchased on the board- i walk. 3 It is also established that one SEA is xn fancier of es. Amustasia engages ° GGS,; an architect, to work "on the dase. > ape PELTON, the dead y arrives, and notices - the curious Firencti dolls in Garrett s Folsom's rodm. He believes his uncle had been < ailing sever] people and he ‘Riggs discover \suspicious doce- in_¥ a effects. .Anustan. 0 ahead; she is not he Other's name being snifbed. by a full investigation. NOWCGO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXVIII “Stop dt nothing,” commanded Anastasia. “Tell any one who cares to “Sell the fullest details of Garrett - Folgom’s Hfe. Show him up entire- ly and cae will be pleased with the 4 result. I haven’ tNved with that man half a century for nothing. He Was as incapable of conscious wrong- doing as Iam myself. And I assure : you: fs would do an injustice to no eee 3 = p e% believe you implicitly. om, but I want to warn be Miss Fol- you once mistaken. tay his life that must have = Batre ans »“*You mexe him out worse with Lis every word you utter If you are pe working for me, Mr Riggs. you are Working at my orders, “Wor you to go on the lines I lay down for you and no others. Will you do ie?” “Er will” then, Mr. Riggs. you will investigate @uch cases as you can get further de- tails about from that notebook—' “There are miny definite dates Miss Foleom, list?" and ‘names of places, Shall I go right through the auntie,” said Dan Pel- may set yourself involved el suits and all sorts of things,” oo “For heaven's sake, Dan, remem- ber that 1 ordered you to keemvut of : this. You have no regard for your z. uncle’a good name, no care for his unjust arraignment. but at least you may keep quiet and let me go my own way.” “As if I could stop you!” Pelton gazed at his formidable re- lative with something of admiration A here's another thing,” the lady went on: “As I came in you two mentioned the name of Croydon a Is he in your precious book?” R “The initials of C 8. occur a times.’ iggs told her, “Very well. That's Mr. Sears. » of course, he is the murderer. Don’t you remember he was at the ie auction where that knife was sold?" Bs “But he didn't buy it!” . y that he admit that Fol- gom had such a stranglehold on him that Sears went to the length of mur- ~ der to be free from him!" exclaimad Pelton “Shut up!" said his aunt. “Ohy| 9 I do go away! Go and bathe or something; I cant stand another “minute of you! : Dan went. “Now, Mr Riggs. eoniinued.s«‘will you —-Provdon Seara at once re? "T will, Miss Folsom. but ‘work in my own way. You'v aa a: T. "his employer get buey on T mus ‘must make stipuations “must regard. You are not ‘to taxe any active or open part in this in- ‘Yestigation. Are ‘the regular detect< ives, as you call them, making head- y?” y at thought at stab- asito blow. over in ioe aaa. though not all here “| prese aad ‘then Migs roman had av sald Tite Riggs. gravely her life “ " . oa now that have carefully warned The only Jove she had ever giv- rl ths pogo te rill en had been to him; the only jeal- fousy she had suffered had been of meet them should they come. First, } pip) didn’t | ro, ~, “Y doubt if they’re doing anything. Death strikes GARRETT FOLSOM Oc- The police are on what they call a still hunt, but I think it will mie kept; 60 atill we never shall hear-of it at® Ss “y ery likely. I heard Mr. Neville say he thought the affair would | Folsom’s swimming companions} blow over ‘as an unsolved niystery.”’ | nos been ROGER NEVILLE, a bus-| “On; he did, did he?’’ Well, it will | HELEN BARN-' do nothing of the sort! It may be an 4 unsolved mystery, for we may not succeed, but it won't blow over! It; will tak® more than Roger Neville any enterprise on which I am embarked! Go, AD it, Mr. Riggs. Do your darndes Tite Riggs waa jy asa amused a the sudden lapses ‘from aienitiod diction to less formal phrases,’ andf walked emilingly away. Left aiond in her brother’s rooms, Anastasia Felaom devoted her at- tention to the dolls For the first {ime them with interest, and, gerd ig @ gaz- n't be tangled up with a stenogra- pher! I wonder if he bought that doll because it ae so like Jeanie!"’ “And that on a went—on, communing with’ herself, ‘is Kitty Leigh tothe life! I ‘believe the boy buy these. puppets... when they looked like the girls he admired. For that blond one is. enough like May armer to be made for her. Yes, an this is like Loo Bailey—though not so much so. Well Garry, dear, you were always a boy! How well I re- member you asa baby. Fond of dolls even then. Her loving eyes saw only an in- to Folsom’s mind. the number and quality of his conquests. He had eae many and_ various sorts of ‘* ces"’' and .when ‘he could find ": toll which looked like more think likely, a dozen dolla he bought it. often than one might and there were at least other thought. A gruesome Was it possfble her prot fer had ‘hee any—unpleasantness or upset with any of the girls he had known, and that such a one had killed him But it seemed to her too prepost- erous—#he knew so little of that sort of thing. Garret had been her idol Li the sole human Interest in So ehe knew naught of any oth- er varieties or degrees of love jealousy. and the snoua et of a girl muderer waa vague indee Se ranged the dolls on a sofa, in a straight, even line, all sitting In prim, decorous positions, whic mpastatle sent Myrtle, the chamber- maid, off in peals of laughter the next thme she entered the room. Not all were recognized by Mise Folsom, but at least six she was sure of, two pretty confident, and _ the others reminded her of no one she o ew. Tite Riggs went from the presence of his employer, as he amusedly call- ed Miss ig = sought the soc- jety of Robin He found ‘in tide _ proposed a stroll on the boardwalk, which, Rob- in accepted eloetn ully home,’at least Maddy does, and what _ wants Angel generally wants, d Barron “He's all or ae down. Says the weather ia perfect and the kiddy is doing fine, and there's no place where there are more diversions and wetter Water and rollier chairs nd no mosquitoes, and he wane to stay. So whatever Madeline wanted or however much she craved it, she'd ‘give in to old Ned.’ “So they’re staying on?’ “For another week or two. My old man loves it, too. Dad is in his ele- nt down here. He loves the water, a even more, jhe loves to potter a- = wt = uw; “Oh, I do nies. He never bothers with cheap stuff. But you know the boardwalk has displays in some "salted that are among the best eve “Yes know it. Robin, have you dropped out of our detective collab- “BAKE YOUR OwNef oration?”’ “Are you still at that?"’ He look- ed his surprise. “‘Why-t Be ac it was past history. The ing “Oh, the inquest isn’t a hes all and end-all of. a murder case,” “What t can I do to heip “Nothing; if-you ask a that tek adainiest way.” ow there’s a word I've alw 4 cainven: Don’t know how to spell sy “aes t know how Ba eremgunce it, but 1 just adore that d. “Stalling!"", Ries thought to him~ Hiself, amazed. Whatever ailed. t dehap? CHAPTER XXiIxX Unosténtatiously, © Riggs. | an tigue anctions were drawing away, igh thal a oer. cont pepe bin wit a pie no {uterest in the ur oh, an ment,” showed “Window. exhibit. “T ‘aay, Roge, there's ‘ijteks—t the maz orim Vhere's the jpamorata?” asked Riggs. “Dunno,” Robin said. “She's gett- ing sort of elus usi' re.” “Had a mad? ‘ “No, nothing of the sort. But» Madeline is weedy. They want to g0Pdancing rdéom, and Tite n't ~acil the catch-pen-| know e|come over here steered ius steps to the ohee where _the chair. at “Come on,” Robin hears “said.|, 1] ally when he war o> aond-then /Sold the very night your father was th gcd Wish i Ww ¥ rembered what the man looked. Hike eae bought it. ““But he didn’t,” the boy almost groaned, Then he went on, earnest- ly. “‘You see, Tite, dad came out long before that jigger was put up, and he was walk all the “Test of the time till he went home a.** “Yes, | kn ik: I was only wishin’, He might have given us a steer.’ t p} n t hotd him for a min ieee come now, is wing ‘t eo bad.” Yes it was. Dad then he knows all such things, you and I know jazz music. “I waive the paim to you in that matter. Robin. Where were you that night?’ ed at them, her interest iy beet Sensing with Angel in the Ma- “My heavens and earth;” she ej-/jusaca. Oh, Riggs, that girl dances aculated.““That one is the very im-!Hke a—" age of Jeanie Frew! Poor little “Like a thistledown, a wave - of Jeanie. Garry waen’t very good to/the sea, a gossamer-winged fairy, her. But bless his heart, he could-!]a—" “Qh shut up, girle don’t dance like that gh rap ine She dances ike —oh, weil, like most all of * Onty —tt’s “ater to aquncée with her than the other “What time “ita you turn In?” “My word! s an inquiry meeting? ‘Long about one, I guess. Not much later anyway. We're not the real thing in night club work, you see. Madeline wouldn't stand for it. She's conservative and correct, first, last and all the time “Mighty fine. woman. Well, you're not much good, Robbie, as a help- er on the great preblem.” nocent exhibition of romance—but “No. I gay. Tite, why don’t you it was romance that had represented|/chuck dt? You'll never get at the truth, and why do you want to?” ““Why do I want to!’ Tite Riggs stared. “You heard m “T sure did. Well, I want to .|tensibly for the sake of justice. "And that's a big part of my ova But also ee I love the gam oe down a man if he’s a murderer.” “ite ia "said Robia Gorrs. Threatening clowdle had pent many scurrying indoors, and the lounge of the Hotel Majusaca was like a great cauldron of color, sound and fragrance. Under the tall palms sat groups of laughing, chattering young peo- ple; among the massed flowers stood emiling. happy ers; here and there sat those who quietly listened to the music drift- g in from te next room where there * as dancing. ables nace all pores, and, faces about, weary »gelica Fair, “Blegsed boy." she called out, “we have missed you at home, we have misse:’ ¥ e you been? “What a speech! When you fired me yourself. Said you had to stay with Maddy.” Thie was an unfortunate remark, and Robin should have known bet- ter than to make it. Madeline Barron turned wit “Nothin on him of the sort!” she said. out. this afternoon. It looked like ra ain, she said “Did look Hike rain ,too, Angel said gaily, determined not to stir up a discussion. “We both wanted to rest. Now I'm fit oak and ves to dance, Come along, bbin The two went off ped into the chair the girl vacated. “Flirt with Maddy,’ ehe turned gs to say to him. “She wants to ‘o home and the bad, naughty crowd i has with her won’t agree. Help us out, Mr. Riggs. Get her a new coice! or buy her a doll or some- thin air went off, laughing, and Riggs. gazed after the lovely vision. “How did they know enough to name that girl rr tre said “And Angel Fair, of all things.’ “Yes just aha Madeline Barron her, n’t help the ‘Fair,’ was clever to add the ot as she wae christened Ang “All the same. they must have m she was to be callen Angel. She looks like a doll. And by that I mean no disparagement. The dol rH today are often more likelike than ome human beings.” Riggs had no thonght In his mind M i what Robin had called tah inh to) with Teal pettish BS: “Don seems Fae on the/subjec “Do ng it. Suppose oh t of advice and oe to flirt wl ‘Hello, Laughing .at.. Madeline’s start, Riggs. motioned ‘Dan who chanced e is. SE pele their tea } Pelton, Pelton ae sca y wed-ehelebeeen é Valle braced up and sm a ‘queer look cae ey es. ee moment; ‘so quick at all, but, b : had "been while he} 4 th otice of lw | saything of: the sort, ne page ne have and down the board-| pleasure-seek- | ber looked aitection- i ately after her friend. ‘They could- |} t to amuse or divert Jook "t harp on\dotlst ane world you Hk them? ‘Phat set- I'e- other nébody sudden E ndatted = ey arene, te eae ee ek a eS ee into Peéiton’s passed ly ‘that Riggs doubted it had been ; as} there at @ thought “Tete and her Fervies ere us, 60 Spe oe cope Tag tg Deron rand ~~ Viva qu a es turing sina reserved. Somehow. Riggs frien 90 and r A A eggs a But with he National’s Jubilee Toronto and Vancouve widely noted for the super-excellence of its service Continent Travellers a the personal attention ¢ dining service and the more satisfying to their expectations of the highest type of service. The train leaves night -at 9.00 p.m Vancouver four days later at $.00 in the after. Full information 800th laughed ‘at. himself for the fleeting whim, for the devotion of t rons wes the ‘gest I a get it,” h his ‘ruminations, essary. with Madeline —- something than homesickness, that a new sheik to flirt with is go- ing to cure (To Be Continued) Is Madeline Barron about this murder busi- em (0. | ness? Riggs is frankly—puszeled.— - and it found himsel te cirmelit Vaidon, But Titus Riggs’ admiration of woman was entirely ewoerfictal. He their e at .zee0No More Indigest finding his 0 ore es 100 participation ia the talk wis not nec- sti here’s something wrong have expired, are re~ fous oro only ‘as they iy spectfully urged to re- pleased his ¢ye “are his taste, ‘ e ly rge ; Carmelita was far more provocat-|[- . ive,’ far. Enon ghartay Faye . DEM promptly. It is adeline was ot a higher type of at- ractivenees iggs almost gasp- necessary that all sub- ed as he turned sud derily to find her smiling at Dan Pelton, as if with scriptions be paid in new iziterest in Hf “Good heavens!’”” thought the ap- advance. P ve bachelor, “she .musth't ‘@ fali In love ‘with him!" and. ‘then e Bar- merry more can’t be After Mrs. Monette Took “‘Fruit-a-tives” concealing THE PRAIRI ‘ACROSS “THE CONFEDERATION” onfedera eservat from any National Agent. r is’ becoming Toronto ES ON Canadian re finding iven, the equipment Canadian otato British Columbia's farms produc- ed $71,362,209 last year; breaking all records and gaining $6,208,696 to over the prev ous year, according to the final figures of the Prov.ncial Statistician, G. H. Stewart, ing leads with agriculture second. new world record ‘is 8 University of fr Columb:a at Ottawa through the Canadian Pacific Express Company, Ba rred Plymouth Rock, owned by the University of Saskatchewan, has establ's three Prairie Provinces, laying her in her pullet year of which there is still a month to go. The world’s record for os production is held by Agassiz, B, nC. pullet, Oy ich iid 351 in 8 Sve hed a new recor Tke p acreage along the Dominion Atlantic. Railway line is larger than last year. and a 40 per t. crop incfease is looked for. There wili likely be 175,000 barrels available for export, with 132,000 last year. as compared MRS. O. MONETTB There’a comfort for all who suffer from dy: Monette frankly c ok two boxes. recommend ~ ‘Fruit-a-tives’ to friends as the best remedy for dyspepsia.” Mrs. Monette expresses thesentiment of thousands of people’ whose digestions came quickly back to normal under the healing influence of “Fruit-a-tives”: Lum- of intensified fresh fruit juices and ‘tonics Indigestion and bilioustiess often are due ight be esen, for the most part all} cafe soun and hungry, all of merel > . . . ’ y to lazy bowels. diver. wee Jile. light ‘and laughter rg one had feed or water om | “Fryit-a-tives” di Scondi- a Ribes and young, Sears made| their 8,000 mile journey and none | tions gent'y and naturally. Get & bes searching eye had at once spied An- died or suffered. from your druggist; 2Se or SOc. 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