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i by virtue pf merit ikhy 111 all the radio detective by arthur b reeve t0 is the outstanding leader in canada playing the game the ancient adage about honesty being th best policy was probably first uttered by some old rogue with his tongue in his cheek it la greatly improved in its parody form honesty is the best-polloe- man certainly the type of honesty j which has no deeper root than tho canny sense of us expediency is only a poor thing many letters come to my office from young people in business houses and j offices telling me of trad tricks which j give them a lurking and uncomfort- 1 able suspicion that even if they are not positively dishonest they are at leasthardly consistent with their own ideas of playing the game personally i do not see why anyone who has been accustomed at home and at school to regard anything that isnt straight as crooked anything which is not aboveboard as underhand and anything which is not quite right as quite wrong should require to write to me on an issuo so simple i am not concerned to inquire wheth er honesty is the best policy or the worst because if it is a policy at all it is nothonest and if it is honesty it knows nothing of policy where de cent people are concerned honesty and policy are never associated but only honesty and principle the moment i begin to wonder whether it will pay me to be an honest man or a crook i am already a crook even though i may never get to wind ward of the law for the truly honest man there is only one way to take and thats the right one he never thinks to debate with himself the pros and cons of tak ing the wrong one he decides on prin ciple and not on expediency benjamin franklin had a saying drawn from some sad experience of his boyhood that it was possible to pay too much for your whistle you want that whistle ycu want it badly you covet it with every fibre of your being but the price theres the nib if the price of socalled success is a scarred conscience a hardened heart a sullied sensibility a cynical attitude to the things mankind has labelled worthy and a tolarant one to those chapter xv versation then th man who answer- fire ed turned to the others assembled inj we waited with headgear of the the private dining room j dictograph on ready to listen in it was the chief thats strange oag easton and myself in the radio i dont understand it he said how shack dpes come that i hear you on the it was night had been dark for air now theres no microphone inj sometime yet we had heard nothing this room even if there was there that is to say nothing important j would be no way to send broadcast now and than over the wireless dictojover this bum little radio here its 1 graph had come strains of the jazz mighty strange i i band in the binnacle and the brief now we in the radio shack were gmilihp- j applause of the dancers but there interested what was going on and had been no voices of anyone in tho j who had tipped off those in the bin- i too wo wisnea to listen in on were itwior n wouan i surprise me it he going to be there otherwise the dining i was listening in now this was from room would have been taken by some jack curtis atethe binnacle important is the plaited frock the importance of being in earn est- at least about pliits 13 empha sised in this onepiece frock of navy crepe it is a youthful frock which correctly and distinctively fits many dr occasions the long seeves and nar- and petell get that blasted craig row string belt tied to crsate fulness to to you j above the hips indicate its lastmin uteneab there are groups of side me smiied of the many parties at the inn for by the sounds it was seemingly crowded our reasoning was not at fault the gray racer stole silently up to the inn and two men were left two others crowded in the car one of them known as cauliflower pete the plotter against kennedy continued as the gray racer was turned and headed back in the direction in which it had come the first wo knew in the radio shack of the arrival of the members of the radio gang was of coarse their voices from out in the hall we could catch one of the waiters no sir theres no one here yet footsteps exclaimed easton perfectly audible over the dicto- graph now came the sound of feet these were two men i could be sure i could imagine also that they were italkintr under their hands in a whis per we could now and then make out a word but nothing quite connected if they had only shut the door we might have got it but as it was tho sounds from the orchestra drowned the whispers and there was nothing selective about the wireless dictograph yet however in an intermission when there was no saxophone wailing over the wireless we did manage to get a sensation little dick gerrard had been taken back on the scooter again and ulti mately the cruiser was headed east probably up the new england coast kennedy nodded this confirmed liisown reasoning as we sat out there at the binnacle that afternoon plan ning and waiting for easton to get you watch him here was another tip for craig he forewarned is fore- marked rotten then success is dear- only ly bought theres nothing worth it quires the revisers of the new testament price piaits extending from the shoulders to armed hem in front and one inverted plait in sh eastons keen trained ears tho centre back the collar is versa- had detected something i think i tilo arid may be worn high or low hear the voices of vira and glenn out no j3i4 is for misses and small wo- the nal tll sure enough men and is in sizes 1g 18 and 20 v1 and gen years or 34 3g and 38 inches bust was marvelous stting there m the i looked at kemfedy hes not far from right vira uttered a littie exclamation from over by tho window we could hear rae theres no one out here anyhow no one in the hall added one of the thugs no one in tho next room on either side reported the other suddenly we could hear tho heavy tread of feet i knew that was jack curtis crossinjthe floor it seemed coming nearer next we could hear a sound as if he kicked over the fir screen we cousa hear tho brass fire utensils in the fireplace vibrate by jingo wnatshis thing here dangling down the chftpney ther was a jumble of excited voices as evidently ail gathered to look at tho strange thing ho had found give me that brass candlestick blatt v- there came a crunching crushing sound over the wireless dictograph- then silence if the dictograph had failed just at time when it was becoming interest ing keenly we could feel the disap pointment we had learned much but we had been on the verge 01 even greater discoveries through this won derful radio device that easton had perfected what shall we dot asked do what is there to do no thing whats that suddenly the calm night air at rockledge was mad hideous as it was rent by a soaring up and down the scale of the siren fire easton raised a hand he no boiling no rubbing just rinse with rinso a package of rinso is a package of miniature soap bubbles you simply dissolve for 25 seconds the tiny bubbles in hot water soak the clothes a couple of hours or over night rinse them well in clean water and thats all result clean sweetsmelling clothes hours of tima saved and the hand work changed to just rinsing rinso dissolves the dirt you rinse it out you will never know how easy it is to do the washing until youve used rinso the greatest time and labour saver- the housewife has ever known r4j7 made by the makers of lux come laddie boy ken was just passing in the door dusk in the redwoods size 18 radio shack miles away listening in ears jo bust re- on w was being said at the bin- yards 39inch material nacle inn we were hearing better 20 cents ithan if wo had been there for in the made a notable change in a wellknown j the secret of distinctive dress lies inn we would have heard nothing passage it now reads what shall in good taste rather than a lavish ex- would never have gotten in a position it profit a man if he gain the whole penditurc of money every woman near without being suspected and world and forfeit his life people should want to mat- her own clvius bhuttin p every mouth we dosired used to think it referred to some future and the home dressmaker will fin j the x here ifc was earrcd to us state it doesnt it means how designs illustrated in our new fashion fer the airl much benefit does a man really get by book to i practtal and simple vet mor r- nct t camo th gr swopping principle for cash or any mainlining tho spirit of the mode of xfsg n fr tv thing that cash represents which to t moment price of the bors 10c him seems the whole world the copy how to order patterns writ your name and address plain ly giving number and sizo of such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap when cauliflower pete confronted him whatsamatterkid you wanta com mit suicide dont yer think nothin of that dog of yourn neither ken tried to push past his intui- k tion told him that up there in that counting on long bastthree short suffocating smoke craig must be to j 1 it every second counted he must get we dropped the dictograph head- to him only he couid save him ho pieces started on a run i have stumbled on a landing or borne haf hour before the gray a curve seconds now meant life or racer with cauliflower pete had slip- death the sky is rose fainter tho redwood red up to the dark side of the club and pete had climbed out ken had been left by us at the club partly to pete reached out to seize ken ken was no match suddenly from the shadows without o much as the sky is ii fainter and glows the winds would be still the dove is calling the dusk is falling cn the yellow hill lullaby lullaby clucks the quail faster and faster the colors fail the winds grow still the dove is he calling tis the soft dusk falling on the purple hill lost is the lilac lost the rose please his mother and with the in- even so much as a warning growl struction to watch our rooms still leaped laddie straight at the wrist in the shadow the rabbit knows ken would not have been likely to see of the thug and sunk his teeth in to i the winds are still aulihcwer pete where he alighted the bone i the dove is dreaming from the car which slipped away in with an oath pete loosed ken lad- th lovestar gleaming mwiv nor would he have been die released his hold pete started over the darkened hill window for pet fl t h vance chene in sii- wmaow ror pete was too clever to flames as ken dashed headlong into be seen and on a previous visit had them and up the stairs laddie close this window nil figured out i after him last largest theres one law for all the minds here or above be true at any price says browning and in another place well now theres nothing in nor out o tile world good except truth when we come to real values who wfl say no to that it carefully for each number and thugs that were awaiting thcm i could well imagine these thugs no thing rough about them probably dressed up to the minute even mani cured and with hair slicked down yet none the less thugs they came right to the point that point had to do with money and ft did not take much of deduction to arrive at the conclusion that in some way for hawks to see john put a scarecrow in th yard and used my clothes he found some old worn shabby shoes that pinched my toes he took tho hat so broad of brim from off my head and put it on that scarecrow thing then shot it dead now very time i ganco outside i seem to be a shabby old fat farmers wifo for hawks to see dorothy moore address your order to pattern dept j these tough gentlemen represented wilson publishing co 73 west ade laide st toronto patterns sent by return mail mountain ash scarlet berries shine upon the trees through the august haze i over the northwestern oity which nost- i les amid the sturdy evergreens they are ilk small red balls on a christmas 1 tree the amber berries ofthe moun- tain ash have been turned by th swiftly advancing season into crimson 5 clusters that hang over the boulevard it was july when the berries were pale and wan small and yellow but th ripening august days have given the the bookmaker or someone connected with the race track to whom the losses on tho races had been owed well how much havo you got to night there was no immediate answer but from the sound of the crinkle of hovering d gathered that vira and glenn had handed over some money- and that it was being counted is that all the voice was hard and merciless all tonight unless ruth adams comes over she has got tho other thousand only it is in a note and she must wait to discount it- i assume you fellows wouldnt want to hake a chance theres a tr eat for you and your children in the peppermint sugar jacket and another in the pepper mint- flavored gum inside there was agreement over that however the roughnecks were grumb- fruit the rich shades of tho red apple their breath easton was a leafy filagree waves around the abounded at the evidenco that vira berries as the green robo of the tree an g had como across ho was quivers in the breeze that strays into training his ears to catch some trace tho tranquil evening scene and touch- of ruth and her voice but so far es tho ruby jewels- j none came over i houses that border along the boule- however there wore other arrivals jvard are screened by tho serried rank j these were raa and lack curtis nnd of the ash trees that 1 the city a few of th after him oncein the cellar pete had heapedj uncle craig up a pile of shavings and kindlings in 1 but kennedy was out overcome a spot where there was a shaft that j ken stumbled laddie was- going 1 ran up through the very centre of the nose close to the floor where the air south wing of the huge frame build- was best ken saw it copied it ing then pete had touched a match a sheet of smoke nnd flame swept he knew that it was not likely to be across the stairs discovered until too late for every- could the boy and the dog save body at this hour would bo on the kennedy porches in the north wing listening to the music- or dancing cauliflower pete had been right up only to a point he had not reckoned on ken ken had no mpod for the dance this night or any otherjust now for that matter he was think- 1 to be continued a real holiday johnny was packing his bag to go camping when his mother came in why johnny she said you tho trees have fallen from thoir setting tho serried rank xnesc were nns aim iac urus ana form n lano into i the werc bursting for news just as e ruby jewels ofvskm- i- out the i5 f i theros ony a thousand been paid utmost value in long 1asting delight im here tell you theyre goo0 paid on account ono of the thugs remark ing tie gray walk cd in a surly voice j as the twilight deepens in the per- yes but wo told you we would i vailing august haze and the boule- have more possibly tonight certainly vnrd darkens the row of ash trees is tomorrow enough to square the who faintly etched against the western sky thing up nnd take up all ourlous off in the deep mauve valley tho easton was nbbergastcd at tho in- vividly rod sun floats in the mist it formation that wns coming into us is a silken silhouette in crimson it ho over nnd whispered to ken- nahv mm aati cimnjiart ruth iaa id is a toy balloon strayed from the hand wrigteys aid digestion and nuke the next cigar tarts better try it ccjs fter every meal 8sub no 3725 of a baby giant and sjnklng behind tho tips of the purpling mountains that hover over tho mountain ash but it is also in tho dusk an inoatbd scarlet berry tosaod into the sky from the mountain ash trees e- lubrication i euentlal neror neglect oiling and greasing certain parts of the engine because ot their inaccessible location minarde liniment for brulie redy xo you suppose ruth too is caught in this thing ho was quito anxious kennedy would not commit himself i knew his theory you might reason out that a certain person could not have done a certain thing and then ono littlo fact will bob up and you will find that ho did it so it went in the running fir of th conversation we- wore- learning a great deal but it nlso left a- great deal to be yet learned just then tho telephone in the pri- bo c stand his favorite his hero tale dining room rang caught in there in that inferno he wo listened to th onesided con- b nim ing of thcradio robbery and of his havent put in any soap pal- dick also he was on the job aw fiddlesticks said the boy ken smeiled smoke it was wood were going for a holiday smoke besides it had a suspicious odor of gasoline about it he did not even pause to investiga he ran toward the club office and the telephones he could see the cruel ton gues of flames licking upward from cellarway up the hall it was the entry to tho roojns of uncle craig fov the summer vacation in those rooms he knew wer priceless pieces of ap paratus for kennedys warfare of science against crime besides thsra might be much there of use as eviden c in this case ken turned in the alarm the si-e- rent the air hence the alarm to us and we were speeding on our wav from the radio shack only a bit be hind the fiea apparatus itself it was a curiously democratic crow i of fire fighters that we encountered as we dashed up to the club the whole of our south wing now was in smoke nnd flames thofe negatives i muttered to easton kennedy was ahead of me dashing in through the flnmes i was after him we gained the room but it ws too late practically everything wo had thore was in the seething furnace we could not save a thing it was now a question if we could save ourrlv for our temerity in venturing up wo struggled down in the stifle- to mjkij our way out- you go ahaad walter- i had stumbled kennedy urged me on i made a dash blfnded almost suf focated i managed to gain the air wheres uncle craig i had run almost full tilt into ken and laddie coming i gasped as i almost fell into tho arms of one of the men who carried me out in the night airunder the oaks ken waited nervously but craig did not como it was more than the krupp heir bans arms ao essen 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