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every tiny lea is a storehouse of flavour fresh from the gardens qe red house mystery aamilne e p ration conpjuy kegik here today the prospective vidt of a neer-do- well iirothcr v ho had been absent for fifteen years in australia was a far fiom pleasing prospect to mark ab- ictt bachelor proprietor of the red house mark and his constant com panion matt cayley remained in the tied house awal ing the arrival of the brother- robert while the house- party guests were av playing golf when robert appeared the parlor maid startled by his rough appear ance ushered him into marks office and went to inform her master mark was net in the garden and when the maid returned to the house she heard the report of a revolver and then the sound of cayley pounding on the lock ed office door and demanding admit- tame this was the state of affairs when antony gillingham a youthful gentleman adventurer arrived he and cayley enter the room and find robert ablett dead go ox tith the story cayley explained how he had been tl ifj-l- j sitting in the hall how audrey had 1c itten allu asked him where the master was and tpk qmt kll how he had said that he had last seen- c dilowdail him going up to the temple she went away and i went on its snowing bard said black-and- with my book there was a step on white the stairs and i looked uo to see mark i thilk ill pay outside coming down he went into the office ril ro a snowball ou the lawn and i went on with my book again i j and make it high and wide wentrinto the library for a moment it witu my vch luwg to refer to another book and when ij an urusll lt wlu my aii was in there i heard a shot at least au1 start it ro uolvu j hju it was a loud bang i wasnt sure if j to see it sail and sail it was a shot i stcod and listened then i came slowly to the door and he patted it with velvet paws j looked out then i went back again j a brushed it with his tail hesitated a bit you know and finally j- made it big aud hard and round decided to go across to the office and j with water from a pail j make sure that it was all right i he ket j r turned the handle of the door and tlm si uu j j found it was locked then i got frightened and i banged at the door jand shouted and well that was when mr gillingham arricd he went en to explain how they had ound the body the inspector looked at him with a he rolled from the under side and the snowball rolled him flat dee 1 smile yes well we shall have to go over scme of that again mr cayley mr mark now did he say anything it would iv better if vou took betty he said roberts here or some- back to london tonight of lha sorc x said a very well she agreed quietly ho k a sott oi sh and said as antony reentered the hall the dont go too far away 1 might want inspector from middleton was just you and then went in crossing into the library with cayley what did you think he meant by the latter stopped and nodded to that antony well he consults me a good deal wait a moment insnector heres know is sort of unofficial solicitor in a kind of way yes how long was it before you heard the shot j two minutes perhaps the inspector finished his writing i and then regarded cayley thought- a chicka doe cried dee dee dont make me laugh i beg why i had lots more sense than that when i was but an egg wo doubt aboul this famous cereal high value at low cost ideal for winter with hot milk proved by 34 years of growing popularity made by the canadian shredded wheat company ltd ar- chapter iv guests at the red house were al lowed to do what they liked within reason the reasonableness or other- wie of it being decided by mark but when once they or mark had make up their minds as to what they want ed to do the plan had to be kept mrs calladine who knew this little weak ness of their hosts resisted there- moment mr gillingham and then to tony this is inspector birch birch locked inquiringly from ti- the other mr gillingham and i found body together explained cayley oh well come along and ms get the facts sorted out a bit they went into the library the inspector sdated himself at a writing- table and cayley sat in a chair by the side of it antony made himself comfortable in an armchair and pre pared to be interested well start with the dead man said the inspector robert ablett didnt you say he took out his notebook yes brother of mark ablett io lives here antony listened attentively while fully suddenly he said what is your theory of roberts death cayley shrugged his shoulders youve probably seen more than ive seen he answered i can only speak as a layman and marks friend weil then i should say that robert same here meaning trouble and bring ing a revolver with him he produced it almost at once mark tried to get it from him there was a little struggle perhaps and it went off mark lost with a re- you think youre smart the kitten said for he was sore and scratched i wish that they had broke the egg before you ever hatched little birds in snow ssiki cayley explained all that he knewj head cmuing nimself about robert this was news to him i v0 in ins hand and a dead man at i see sent out of the rountrv in nls feet hls on id was t0 esca see disgrace what had he done i hardly know mark ablett never talked tio hardly ever he was very much ashamed of him and well very glad he was in australia now your own private opinion mr cayley do you think that mark was unfair to his brother theyd never liked each other as fort the suggetion of bill that they him should have a second round of golf in the afternoon and drive home com fortably after tea antony was standing in front of the house waiting for them bill waved and he waved back then as the ear drew up bill who was in front with the chauffeur jumped down and greeted him eagerly hallo you madman have you come to stay or what he had a sudden idea dont say youre mark abletts longlost brother from australia though i could quite believe it of you he laughed boyishly hallo bill said amory quietly will you introduce me im afraid ive got some bad news bill rather sobered by this intro duced him the major and mrs cal ladine were on the near side of tho ear and antony spoke to them in a low voice im afraid im going to give you rather a shock he said robert ab lett mr mark abletts brother has been killed he jerked his thumb over his shoulder in the house do you mean that he has just killed himself asked mrs calladine it was about two hours ago ijhnvs happened to come herche half- 1 v the first p navbodyv turned to beverley and explained- the inspector nodded i was coming to see you bill and t uiat mflj i arrived just after the the death fec mr cayley and i found the body mr iy at the t5nk cayley being busy just now there are j nk afterward police and doctors and so on in the i he locked the door almost instinctive ly and then when heheard me ham- i mering at ir went out of the window j v yes well that sounds rea- soriahle enough what do you say mr gillingham call it reasonable said antony get- chair and coming what i mean it im afraid ive got some bad i dont know whose fault it got did you i should hardly to lose your head ting up from his toward them well you know explains things oh yes any other explanation would make them much more compli- j cated i have vou anv other explanation i xot i well now- about yourself youre i not staying in the house i gather antony explained his previous move ments yes did you hear the shot yes just as i came in sight of the house it didnt make any im- j session at the time bur i remember it now where were you then coming up the drive nobody left the house by the front door after the shot nobody he said no thank you youre at the george if i want you mr gillingham is staying here until after the inquest explained cayley to 1e continued he shewed it any address house ho asked me to tell you he halfhce says that no doubt you would prefer pa the houseparty having been broken j where is row- up in this tragic way to leave as soon jon knowi ns possible he gave a pleasant j apologetic little smile of rather oiriv bill gazed with open mouth at ar- tcny mrs calladine was quietly mistress of herself we shall be in the way yesl quite understand she said but we cant shake the dust of the place off our shoe because something terrible has happened there i must sec- mark he must know how very deeply we feel for him perhaps we she hesi tated the major and i might be useful anyway said bill where is mark said the major suddenly looking hard at antony antony looked back unwaveringly and said nothing i think said the major gently leaning over to mrs calladine that train for business f coupon 1t coupon mailed o iif wfi bring 8 free booklet mailed to you opportunities in business tor young people niime address i gregg business college dioor and bay blb torontq issue no 3 20 in marks pocket cxpect ah he pulled at his beard can you remember what it said as far as i remember something like this mark your loving brother is coming to see you tomorrow ail the way from australia i give you warn ing so that you will be able to con ceal your surprise but not i hope your pleasure expect him at three or thereabouts ah the inspector copied it down carefully did you notice the post mark london and what was marks attitude annoyance disgust cayley hesitated apprehension n no not exactly or rather apprehension of an unpleasant inter view not of any unpleasant outcome for himself you mean that he wasnt afraid of violence or blackmail or anvthing of lie didnt appear to be right now then he arrived you say about three oclock yes about that who was in the house then mark arid myself and some of the servants 1 dont know which of course you will ask them directly io doubt with your permission no guests they were out all day playing golf where were you when robert ar rived jiffced hhrch i suppose the juniors sometime wonder how the little birds in the woods set a living when snow is on the ground they feed on berries that cling to bushes during the winter and weedseeds that are in pods and stick it would be very them lady what is your trade beg gar im a picker maam lady a picker tell me what do you pick beggar well maam it goes according to tie seasons i pick strawberries in july in august i pick lops in september i pick et the up above the snow there are always pockets and the remainder insects in bark of trees that can be year i pick oakum pried out besides many people livj ing near woods feed the birds in cold minards lirirrent for grippe and fiu weather of course most of the birds go south in the fall but many of hum stay bravely through the storms they seem quite happy too if you have a loof outside your bedroom window it is a good plan to keep it swept clear of snow ami throw out all the table scraps and crumbs the birds soon learn to come and on snowy mornings which is one of the slowest things on earth asked a school inspector of a boy influenza remarked the boy influenza said the inspector how do yon make that out be cause it is so easily caught prompt ly answered the boy you will find them waiting for ta breakfast do you know how the partridges go j get him too to bed in winter they dive down in the deep snow and let it keep them warm lt is queer to think that snow could keep anything warm but it does 1 it is just like a nice white soft j blanket all wild creatures that goj about in the slftiw grow warmer clothes in winter even a cat has a thicker warmer winter coat thai the one he wears in summer aid they do not have to buy them they just grow at the rtert tiri- when the warm days com- in the spring the winter clothes slip off we are glad all the animals not she wouldnt want him if two or three other women werent trying to matriculation tjuricrs and seniors in three years a fifteenyearold boy did this straight from entraree a tarrn bey of 18 rot criy did it by tcok 6 koncrc ask for stories ei sjcctss end reliable rci- ce canadian correspdofdilrce college ltco fi c tcn fckfic room 78 king ft asi tcbprq good in 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