impartial experts say iffl ljufl mil the radio detective by arthur b reeve t33 is the fittest orange pekoe sold little house the transparent april twilight was just drifting into dusk when nick came to lean once more against the littlo picket fence maglo was in the air it had been hard at word in the neg lected garden pulling the weeds stir ring tho brown earth sotting out rows and plumps of sturdy thrifty green plants it had even bewitched some of them into flowering ho could see the jeweled pink of minute daisies and tho lifted faces of tho pansles beguiling as small children it had shlned the brass knocker on the door and lighted candles between frilled muslin our- talna and swelled lilac buds to fat jade buttons and tempered the remote chill of the air to something soft and sweet and strange jt hadunlatohed tho gate and let spring into reddys- garden and now it opened tho green door and let roddy out reddy motioned him into the long low room that was hvlngroom and diningroom and library and better than her dreams he leaned back contentedly in the great winged chair so serenely gay in its faded portuguese chintz watching roddys light hands choose exactly the right cup and saucer from tho assort ment that filled the dim green cup board like a great nosegay what an incredibly nlco room every thing in it was so absolutely right the shapeless- friendliness of tho huge sofa tho tidiness of the little fat bar rel chairs thofaded silyerjof the paper on the walls the wavering light which were generously doing their caught in the tarnished mirrors duty as pictures too with their care ful studies oflittlo churches under green- willows littlo boats on blue waves little gentlemen and ladies saying farewell forever in longlost gardens j the room was full of flowers flow ers climbing up the bellpulls bloom ing on the faded hooked rugs buos- soming luxuriantly in dim gold frames friendships offerings and loves garlands decorously clustered on the round stool in front of the fire on which the fat black kitten cricket had promptly flopped in drowsi ness jilutched in stiff bouquets in the gloved paws of the couple on the pennsylvania dutch dower chest he gave a sigh of pleasure it was gayer and fresher and kinder than a garden thnt quiet room because the flowers in- ithad been blooming for so many years no there wasnt a elngle thing in it that didnt look as j if it had been made for the special place that it occupied frances noyes hart in the saturday evening post ideal- the first known monks buddhism was the first religion to have monks nuns convents and mon- asteries buddha himself had twelve disciples who became monks for thousands of years these devotees have renounced tho world and its joys the monks dress in yellow go bare foot shave their heads and faces and have neverending services in their chapels they have as do the convents chant ing of hymns burning of incense ro- sarlos candles rear monuments over the relicss of holy dead fast place es pecial merit in living in single blessed ness eat in one hall sleep in colls and recolvo alms left out oswald why dont you clean up tho yard aw how can a fellow work when his daddy goes flshln his uncles at the ball game an you gettln ready for a bazaar s v 1 u7 j jr that delicious flavor of fresh mintgjvts anew thrill to every bite wrlgleys is good and good for you frock of delightful fabric and design the beaiitif u- bordered materials are bringing about many charming developments- in frocks these days cut with a batteau neck to slip on over the head this attractive frock elects plaits at the sides to flare the straightline silhouette a narrow belt appears at the top of the plaits and short kimono sleeves provide a summery air the diagram pictures the simple design of this frock and the pattern provides long sleeves no 1081 is for misses and small women and is in sizes 16 18 and 20 years size 18 years 36 bust roqulres 2 yards bordered material or 2 yards 3mnch plain material long sleeves 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singing patiently and gently ever for her voice was low and ringing led them that they might be bharlng in the music she so cherished led them ns a gentle shepherd through tho anthems heavenward bringing soon they one and all came asking please might they learn notes- and measures came tho bases came the tenors came sopranos for tho treasures great strong mon and woinen laugh ing to our home from daily labors singing counting chiming chanting through an eveolngs homely pleas ures chapter v contd i quickly then he stole out in the it was an inside job i you tellj to reconnoitre ruth to watch out for the ponies i hat was the surprise of the wiry ken did not pursue there was gardener when after making a wido no percentage in such a fight slj to c0 up v of instead ho turned swiftly and the lighted garage he saw two men started along the shore to tell us nfde- and a car they had just since early in the morning kennedy ca m taken possession of his employ- easton evans and myself had been in t en k and were making tho radio shack of evans easton nt bonm m t as lf t wero now wore his uniform as scoutmaster tne wn we had gone to the shack in the hope lenihan s surprise was even greater that duringthe day there would be whenheimwwtottheyweredohiglt some response to the alarm that ken- had rot s ye nedy had broad6asted the night before at le ho cou tbat the radio shack was a most inter- fivt f w esting place it had been the old boat- m which i houslon tho evans place but easton touched by the dull battleship gray of had taken it and hj built it over so cheap paint that they wore smearing that the upper part was his labor- over pojshed sides their backs atory this was on the cliff side and w toward him and lenihan made entered from the level of the clifi y carefully around to the other roadbelow the old boathouse part sid a look at their faces had been entirely cleaned out and eagerness as a detective was refitted and in it easton had been wha gothim into trouble he was making some rather secret eperiments peering through earnestly endeavor- wlth some radio devices for hydro- e a mental picture of the aeroplanes he had built a swdway hard fac and at the 8ame tim rad and convertedthis part into a regular th number of the license on the car hangar i when suddenly ono of them who was it was upstairs now that wo were i holding a pocket flashlight roso and waiting impatiently i swu ttro to vhvt p we ought to be getting some re- l ft hghte by tho ports from somewhere i should think so he swung about that yellow racer i remarked th tho window through well get them returned ken- which lenihan was peering and leni- nedy you never send out a message hs could not jump back quick enough on the air like that that you dont to the get a result easton was very quiet taking no chances on one side he t u11 pw fleeing gardener had a radio vith an indoor aerial j of tiptoeing qmety to the kennedy was tinkering with the radio telephone in the house ind notifying with the outdoor aerial while easton f constable to make a flying trip himself was adjusting his evansite capture the intruders lenihan cold tube apparatus everything was found hlm a batt his life tuned for reception- on the wave as wer impossible j another instant and both thethugs he was bad dro their work and were in length accorded easton if theres anything to say around here wo ought to get it remarked easton curbing his impatience everybody has my official wave- either of the thugs alone would have been a match for the old man the upshot was that lenihan found himself lying out on the soaking ground in tho rain under the lilac length and number ho glanced out hundreds ofyards from the of the window there goes that foad trussed up and gagged helpless scout cruiser thats been lying about j ln here shes weighed anchor id inj stl he was not the man to give up zdo you know thab thousands of yards of fabrics are destroyed qjearly by impure soaps a nd its all so needless there is one soap that is dependable that is sun light the allpure soap backed by a 5000 guarantee sunlight soap prolongs the life of fabrics l made by lever brothers limited toronto sold everywhere the latest selling laundnj soap in the world s81a some distance from the garage in the i spot where he had been overtaken the superior male fred a very small lad and his siter tended to see if i could listen in on struggled fiercely but lenihan shoud he return to get a line on what a who i3 one year younger wero her wavelength discover it get some never havo been engaged to give they were doing he had had enough disputm about the picture of a dog information the thing doesnt look bn performance of making escapes cj wlnt w he came back here he a dec that it was woolly and right to me i from rope ties such as the great was gomg to be accompanied by men ee their voices got vilolook kennedy turned a houdmi ho kept at it until he iiilf knob to adjust his machine tiad m fainted from exhaustion every sure we started cautiousy away reffi glanced out of the window of the struggle seemed to cause the ropes to ftom the garage quickening his pace with b radio shack bito more sharply into his flesh then lnt run as he got further i say tis a dog for mans and bos we looked also down thecliff road jgfflkg iife p wjienltnihan had at last sceeded i we caught sight of ken adams coming- fe ntil daylight what chance wlemhan had atiast succeeded m j along in a most dishevelled condition in u a toiip c estate closed for thesummer and find of tuttons on his coat and with a iinv him his chances seemed pretty bruise on his cheek bone under his lm right eye stood in the doorway of with returning strength lenihan the shack would then struggle again then he fighting again easton evans would bo forced by sheer weakness took no pains to conceal his disgust at an lassitude to give it up he had the conquest by his primitive instincts a fui formed plan of what lie would of ken what about this time do if only he could free his feet the ken was silent he did not seem to onlv trouble was he could seem to want to tell at least under compulsion make no headway with either hands besides he too had just a or feet and the gag was impossible shot through the opposite window of to remove without having firstremov- the scooter speeding down to the ed the ropes he shivered with tho mouth of the harbor in the direction cold and squirmed as he rolled into of the sound j cobwebs and felt cold clammy bugs what about tepeated craig j crawling on his with whom meanwhile inside the garage with- oh avoided ken hank haw- out a thought of the old gardener who kins that mucker i had trussed up the thugs had why hes much bigger than you completed their job of camouflaging and almost a year older the yellow racer into a gray one now maybe he thought he was bigger j the rain had stopped and clouds wero he doesnt think so now was kens scudding away across the sky as the quiet comment sun began to lighten the eastern too bad you- didnt have the gloves horizon and the other boys as gallery to they pushed the gray racer out of cheer you on cut in easton with a tho gprage using the bumpers into- touch of sarcasm what was itthowind that it might dry quicker about then they started to examine a splen- still ken did not answer did field radio set that was concealed craig was about to repeat the ques was of anyone coming into ani himself and he lost no time in mlnards liniment for rheumatism getting to his friend mayhew the garatre keeper for aid what eclaimed jack mayhow a yellow racer painting it gray t was speikmgtto are you sure thats the very car thn smn rinili of rt sister helen is tho little sister knew the new minister was around get- rching for from one endi ry to the other i had an yo say siste tion more sharply when easton held up his hand a message was coming in over the evansitc cold tube set this is mayhews garage mayhew talking smithtown theres a gard ener here from tho jardine place has under the rear seat of the racer it was evident that these thugs were much above the ordinary they were constantly in touch with some source of radio orders and wero never work ing in the dark tho radib having been looked after they returned to the garage here a ccw about the yellow racer come j the hour or so needed beforo the over immediately and get itor trans- rapiddrying paint they had used mit the news to easton evans at his set tlwy busicd themselves radio shack or wherever he may be with another labor which seemed to as directed by craig kennedy over the air last night hurry chapter vi with another labor which seemed to givo them a great deal of amusement they wero clever mechanicians and with on extra automatic gun which they had some wire some boards and nails they were setting quite as neat as nchild i sat enchanted sang with them sol la ti do helped the tenors helped tho altos bravely toward fortissimo mothors years wero tuned to music arcs carry on the eoho mother was a music shepherd teaching fa sol la u do flora lawrence myers a tho wound caused by tho lancehead is curable but that caused by tho tongue cannot be curd arabian pro verb war on the mosquito malaria although not catching in the field radio set under cover of the darkness and a snri b tra as had ever been tho storm the night before the now aev muchsoughtfor yellow racer had en- 1 the eam wlnds that dryi tered a private driveway proceeding g were now in a measure slowly now up it until it stood before helping lenihan he had not ceased the middle one of three doors of thel intermittently he private garage on the estate i resume them now with tho ordlnarv of nronaeatlon bv this estate was tho great dlace of dr of the ropes he coud feel that the ordinal j sense or propagation dy imsiy wns r 3 born6 from ono pcrso dine family this summer were j with a httle success it heartened the europe and it made it all the more old mnn and bo redoubled his efforts strango when tho gardener and care- jp forth hl3 ast remaining taker old lenihan waking up from a st fitful sleep in the storm in tho serl la pnihan let tho ropes on vants quarters happened to glance his wrists loosomng ho managed to out of the window and see through one hand then tho other ho the windblown branches of the tretti r hs joferatcd skin ruefully they are seari of this country alarm of it over the radio last night eldest and who conies after her when i could not sleep ill put it oh theres a dirferentfellow al right on the air see if i can get this most every night young evans over at rockledge thus it had been that one radio fan had been able to convey to us in the radio shackthe news kennedy easton ken and myself lost no tiniein piling into craigs car which was standing on the cliff road and we were away in an instant our hopes high of locating thethugs of the radio gang it was not many minutes before wo climbed the bill into smith town and drew up before mayhews there sure enough was old lenihan washed a bit with a bite of food tho centre of a posse that was forming to raid the jardine place and bring in the crooks we werejust in time craig took lenihan in his car and the old man eagerly directed us his false teeth still chattering in excitement we swung up the drive heading a procession of -cars- that were surely manned by enough to overpower these crooks a short distance from the garage we stopped got out and separ ated going ahead cautiously in the wot foliage using it as a screen as much as possible to mo the silence was moreominous than a fusilade what had we to ex pect lenihan pointed with a bony finger at the middle door of the garage its back of that door where they were last night tho door with tho broken lock slowly cautiously out of range of tho windovs as much as possible we i advanced to be continued recipes for delicious salads sandwiches egg dishes cheese dishes pickles and relishes write for it copy mailed free colmankeen canada limited dept lof 1000 amhcnt st montreal aids digestion a 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