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this sitaest orange pekoe tea costs less than others msjfk fsresls svosn the gardens was plenty of- time to lock at mr i kane- he knew the embarrassing effect of a pause already he had put mrs kane on the defensive by forcj irg her to open the conversation i wh n at last be looked up his glance by annebelle wort hington was casual with ro effect of scrutiny i he saw before him a jail heavyboned illustrated dressnaking fersom fur- what new york is wearing hmhhho the tule marsh murder i story of a missing actress and the taxing of wits to explain her fate by nancy baku may1ty synol sis don ellsworths wife formerly the fa mous actress sjiitila osiiay disappears leaving no trace dr cavjihaubh crim inal psychologist learns that their mar ried lite has been unhappy 1eter piper herald reporter tries o pet an interview with dr cavanaugil jnsteaii he meets barbara cavanaueii attractive daughter and nnds that she was engaged to don before ids marriage an unidentified tody is found in the tule marsh outside the city it has teen burned by a tire in the marsh until it is unrecognizable except for the fat that it is a woman dr cavanaugh is called in to help with the identification thenly tiling by which the body can be identified is a patch of scalp with rune hair attached dr cavanaugh takes this borne with him he asus don to secure for him a strand or sheila o- khav hair don refuses chapter x1i1- contd dr cavanaugh snapped the note book shut restored it to his pocket and heaved himself somewhat wearily erect that hair is beginning to be im portant ho said aloud but its less important for me to get it than to find out who is unwilling for me to h it and why thats what cam- bcrwell and his policemen will never quite appreciate which means that ill have to go after it myself having bet himrelf a nickel that don ellsworth would rot have turned homeward after lib explosive exit from the office and veiified his pre diction by means of a telephone call dr cavanaugh pocketed his winnings leisurely shrugged himself into the overcoat which always hung in readi ness in the carved florentine ward- tobe that filled one orner of the room and backed his small unobtrusive black runabout from its place in the double garage the other side of the garage yawn ed empty barbara had driven to a party at the house of friends and for once dr cavanaugh was glad of her absence after all she and don had been very good friends not so long ago he might yet have to be glad that the friendship rad lapsed but meanwhile though she often followed bis cases with eager interest he hoped that he might avoid giving her an ac count or what was just as bad ob viously declining to give her an ac count of his progress in this one the maid who answered dr ca- vanaugl s ring at the front door of the ellsworth house stopped short her eyes as round as marbles at the sound of his name she at cast was an avid reader of the newspapers and the wonders to be expected of the great dr cavanaugh who was re ported to have been called in consul tation en the tule marsh mystery hail been the thene of delightful flights of iniagiation in the kitchen not an hour ago ethels expression was a mixture of awe and fright as if dr cavanaugh by black magic was likely to weave a connection between murder and anyone so unwary as to stand in his vicinity dr cavanaugh submitted to this fascinated scrutiny with patience servants to him were human bciigs and he was neither surprised nor of fended when they diopped the pie tense of being machines id like to see mrs kane he an nounced with his usual directness thereby shattering ethels previous i conception of the devious ways of criminologists the girls face reflected a shocked astonishment not unmixed with mal ice and sheer delight in a thrilling situation already she could hear herself telling the cook that she had let the great man in that he had looked just ke you or me rot a bit i like a criminologist and no airs at all that his request for mrs kane made her feel just like in the middle of a story and i hope hes got some thing on that old crossbudget and anway isnt it excising just for the moment however she was confronted with a social emergency for which she was unprepared yes sir she stammered- come in sir and ill bring mrs kane right down or should i take you to the servants sitting room i wouldnt dream of turning you out of your sitting room with the radio program not haif over dr ca vanaugh said smiling a little at ethels surprised acknowledgement of this slight demonstration of insight and consideration mr ellsworth left my house only a short time ago and though i know he did not come straight home i think 1 may venture to take possession of the library in his absence certainly sir having opened the door for him ethel scurried down the hall he listened to her footsteps pattering al most at a run up the stairs so mrs kane does not sit with the other servants in the evening don was right about her unpopular ity then other steps came down the hall a resolute fiatfooted thudthutl dr cavanaugh picked up a maga zine from the table and was leafing its pages when the door opened he did not look up until after a moments hesitation on the threshold the foot steps a shade less resolute entcrd the room and what may 1 ask do you want of me said mrs kane- woman whose hair shiniiy black like shoe polish was drawn up from her forehead in a still sausage formation the pompadour in vogue twenty years ago dyed dr cavanaugh inwardly commented now why should she bother to dye her hair not for beau ty certainly her skin showed a network f tiny blood vessels- her cheeks and nose had a tight red shiny look even as jher hair was tight black ant shiny that rosc was the dominant feature a hea y beak overshnttw ing a sunken mouth false teeth dr cavanaugh con tinned his silent observations and put in f r too late after the gums rind shru ik n lanes dress ike her hair fol- i lowed m extinct fashion it touched the ground with its dusty hembinding j of dingy black the collar and cuffs i were rumpled and showed a faint brown line at wrist and neck a visit to the cleaners and the i laundry would seem to have been in dicated not at all the attire to be expected of a servant in a millionaires home with all this dr cava-i- nughs survey had been so brief and unobtrusive that mrs kane was left with the impression that it was she who stared it was a hard belligerent stare from small but by no means dull black eyes i wont take jp much of your time mrs kane dr cavanaugh began courteously but wont you sit down im busy stand a dramatic old codger whoever first started the idea firmly fixed in the cheaper sort of literature that it was the thing to prefer to stand in the presence of an enemy had it an anthropological basis readiness to give instant physical battle dr ca vanaugh decided to look it up some time meanwhile it had its advan tages it showed conclusively that mis kane was not merely indulging her usval forbidding manner but re garded him definitely as an antagon- nished with every iutttm besides i piefer to mut jim dog scot what come before captain jimmy forced down on a thkerteei island wlile dying eteneral iu from china to jaran they find no panic so decide to try their luck at nulling that was an idea the shorts of that island bad never been touch ed in a thousand years no doubt the water fairly teemed with fish hut the suggestion nearly cost the livt- of two of us on the nest day early the next morning we kindled a luigb bonfire on the bald peak of the island and pil ed on plenty wet grass to make then we could see it scooting along lust a few inches below water straight toward its captor right between the interpreters legs went the iish bowling bini over and tangling bis legs in the line then both fish and chincss sub merged out of sight a tremendous fuss and splashing began after which the chinese orose dripping with his piize clasped tightly in his arms the pair looked too funny for words i began to laugh when the general gave a sharp exclamation smoke if any j and pointed to the entrance of the britain to wage war on rheumatism 2538 feminine rippling cape gives ani mation to a thoroughly practical dress of printed chiffon cotton voile its very inexpensive its tubbable which makes it a very economical choice horizontal tucks pinch the normal waistline the lewflared circular skirt shows downward tendency t the back it may also be made with dipping back hem it is gracious for more formal after- 1b tie noons and informal evenings in plain indeed i should have thought your duties would be considerably signal all day we gathered w o d and piled it near so we could mako a big bright lire through tho night the interpreter and i went down to tho shore to fish taking a pin from my coat i made a rough iish hook this i fastened to the end of a long cord and cut ting off a corner of general lus bright colored cloak we bad a home made but attractive fishbait the interpreter begged foi a chance to try his luck and i let him gleaming teeth go first we selected a little sandy j sharp as razors cove where tho tides cut a deep holoj glittered menac- bctween two rocks at high tide i ugly the water formed a clear round pool dodged to shallow at the edge but rapidly ono side and lunged at his smooth white the interpreter waded out to his j stomach with waist then dropped his bait into the j my sword in pool general lu and on the shoro and watched him denly he gave a quick yank his pole bent almost double a great silver fish leaped high in the air and the battle was on general lu sat still as a mummy but i fought that fish all over again several time it rose to the surface and came down with a grand splash special treatment facilities given workers in london london a worldwide war has be gun against the ravages of rheuma tism which tosts approved societies in this country 10000000 a yer is sick benefit at the british headquarters at tho red cross clinic london doctors and scientists are working night and day in treating eases and attempting to discover the underlying cause of dis ease treatment exactly on tho lines ot expensive foreign spas such as vichy france is provided and there is also every kind of light and electiothe- rapcttie treatment some marvelous cures have already been achieved two patient who had been lying en their backs for five years now walk into the clinic for the final stages of their cine without the aid of sticks there are between 200 and 300 at- suip passed with- cove in miles it would for an instant i froze with dread be sure to sec our a sinister black fin clovo the smooth surface ot the water like an arrow nishing straight toward the unsus pecting chinese with a yell i grasped a short sword which gen eral lu still wore at his side audi plunged into the water between the i lushing black flu and hsu fu tendances a day but money is badly the shark turned and made for me instead the water reached my belt too high for quick action i waited for the one chance i knew would come the shark turned on his back and opened his huge mouth to grab me while row after row ot t needed to carry em the work i all kinds of pains which sloping down until tho bottom dis appeared among the green shadows excitement i sat lazily i excitement i only scratched him sud- and lie turned again mad as a whole nest of bumblebees murder shone in his little pig eyes as he rushed into the fight to be continued note any of our young readers writing to captain jimmy 2010 star building toronto will receive signed photo of captain jimmy free chapter xiv dr cavanaugh finished reading the caption under a cartoon on the open page of the magazine smiled appre ciatively and returned the periodical with meticulous care to its place in the row on the library table there r- as fresh can be and good listen once you have tasted shortbread like the christie bakers make youll agree you never knew before how very delicious really fresh shortbread could be sold by the pound or in childrens packages chrises a bonnie rich shortbread lightened in your mirtress absence he remarked suavely my duties concern myself i be lieve you had something to say to me dr cavanaugh had some difficulty in restraining his eyes from a fn-en- ated ittention to mrs kanes mouth the false teeth had indeed been in stalled too late when she spoke the upper set moved up and down beneath her lip like a stage drop retreating and appearing behind a lifted curtain but her manipulation was expert the teeth moved with a gruesome de pendence but hey never quite fell out and when she stopped speaking the clamp of her jaws thrust them into place with a slight click the necessity of this constant management gave her sentence a clipped ierky brevity n well to ask ypu rather dr ca vanaugh amended perhaps you know that mr ellsworth came to me for advice when mrs ellsworth- left mr ellsworth didnt seem to bo ther much until the polce got busy mrs kane remarked grimly at your request i believe he made me mad 1 dont say i had ought to done it if id stopped to think but when i asked him what he was going to do le said i druthcr not discuss it mrs kanes thin lips snapped shut and dr cavanaugh found himself waiting anxiously for the reassuring click he druthcr not indeed the voice rose harshly well theres other folks as has their druthers as well as him ive got my druthers too if you want to knew as if realizing that she was opening too much of her mind to this stranger she stopped her whoie face seemed to shut down to become an expressionless mask 1 think you did quite right mrs kane you showed excellent judg ment the praise brought a momentary flash from the small black eyes 1 dont know about that she said grudgingly then the impulse to un load a piece of her mind to a willing listener became too strong fancy losing a lady like miss oshay and paying no motc attention than if it was a lost dog that you might enquire for at the pound when you got around to it an insult fo miss oshay it was her thats had lords of europe waiting at the stage door for her and princes begging her to take their strings of pearls and risking what their kingdads would do which would he aplenty if they ever found out twist them around her little finger sho would in them days to be continued or printed chiffon style no 2538 may be had in sizes 14 10 18 20 ears 30 3s and 40 inches i bust the 16year size requires 3 yards of 39inch material i irisblue chiffon patou rose hand kerchief lawn navy blue voile with white pin dots yellow tub silk and green and white printed batiste arc charming suggestions how to order patterns write your name and address plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you vant enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pat em service 73 west adelaide st toronto j30kk chocolate malted milk the healthgiving delicious drink for children and grown ups pound and half pound tins at your grocers a parable from nature in the meadow behind the house this morning i saw cows feeding on appleblossoms wrench crunch munch shatter and scatter they bit olf more than they could chew and splashed tho grass with pink bright petals there they stood crushing in wrinkled and crinkled asquint and askew wicked black jaws mouthfuls ot present beauty and harvest to lie i told my neighbor the poet ho scowled and said ho knew reviewers exactly like tlioso cows edward thompson in the week- end review what is man the glory and the scandal of the universe pascal a little soul bearing up a corpse epictctus the masterpiece of overdaring na ture zoroaster master of the world without and within dr s cox one more lump of clay to hold the world together emerson glasgow to outlaw smoke nuisance glasgow the corporation of glas gow has resolved that their contract ors and subcontractors must employ smokeless methods in carrying out their contract this information was given by sir thomas kelly lord pro vost of glasgow who was speaking on the subject of smoke abatement at a conference of sanitary authorities held here mr w brownhill smith subcon vener of glasgow gas committee in his paper banish smoke from bri tain said to prevent smoke they must prohibit tho burning of coal in its raw state but before they could do that they must provide substitutes j that would be more convenient and more economical sir francis goodenough chairman of the british commercial gas associa tion suggested that municipalities should consider the question of allow ing a reduction in rates for property in which no smokopvoducing fuel was used multum ex parvo on giving a needlecase to a friend going abroad you who are going to europe and would neither toil nor spin pray let me paint a moral with a needle or a pin a kindly stitch up all the rents that old europe now presents start the british workman toiling at his various trades once more mend the russian bolsheviks while you chide them for their tricks and cant yon patch up german reichtum as it was in days of yore pains which bailie diagnosis aio apt to he called rheu matism said one of the medical staff some of the causes aro occu pational such as the limp developed by dentists and tramdrivers through the constant use of one leg in a cer tain manner tho clinic is specially intended for men and women employed in indus try and there is an evening session tor the day workers rustic music in the country one needs no man- made music it is hung at one besides the obvious trills of birds there is treeharmony ot a thous- sand subtle sorts leafmusic dry or green the stringed daintiness of meadowgrasses and fortissimos charging in the woods there aro contrapuntal roars in your winter chimney without tho expressed melody of orchard limbs against snow then follow tho whirl and whiffle of april winds the new noises of melting brooks forgetting their icebound gurgles some warm day conies visible music in thq lilt of a passing butterfly while tho hummingbirds flash upon your col umbines is dene to vigorous sound and far overhead at any midsum mer twilight there is that elusive twitter in the sky which you some how associate with the ridgepole of your barn but finally discover to be swallows out ot sight in the hluo all these as surely as the days go by become to you what they actually re concertos and rhaps odies and tonepoems and according to the way and strength of the winds my moving woods give me debussy or brahms or evon beethoven as often as i walk there anne bos- i worth greene in lambs in march i and strengthen frances border this is rather a large order sew up all tho ravelled skin twixt belfast and sinn fein darn the haughty turks and all their naughty modern works and fashion out a concord cope for italy again if youve any needles left and youre just a wee hit deft please make a robe of peace for all the weary world and when youre welcomed home after all these months aroam transcanada highway london free press cons tho biggest publicity job that faces tho canadian government and canadian editors is the opening o the trans- canada highway one of the countrys chief sources of revenue is the gigan tic tourist traffic it enjoys this has just grown there has been little or no organized effort to build it up willi the right men in charge of telling tho world about the summer glories ot canada and our new highway the fu ture offers boundless possibilities tho very magnitude of the job will require the assistance of every canadian tho possibilities are better grasped in tho states to the south of us than in can ada american visitors in algoma aro puzzled that we make no effort to en lighten th lieated belt about our cool wo must declare you surely are a nights the glorious swimming in tho very useful girl sheltered a ot lako superior tho christine henderson in the j aweinspiring scenery and the invit- montreal daily star j foiests and rivers the theatrical orchestra was re hearsing the music of a new piece the harmony was ruined by tho ec centric behaviour of the trombone player a new member what on earth aro you doing roared the con ductor you were a cotiplo of bars ahead of tho rest nearly all tho way sorry apologized the offender you ec 1 once belonged to a street band and the first to finish used lo take- round the list where did your wife spend the slimmer abroad and how about yourself went into bankruptcy theyre very formal people very how they actually try to maintain table manners at their summer cot tage safety first donald had heard the rumor that his neighbor moses was obtaining remark ably good racing information 3ut moses was a close secretive kind of man from whom it was difficult to obtain much in the way of a tip however donald thought he would make an effort so on the eve of a big race ho invita his neighbor to take refreshment on a generous scale when he thought mores had reached the desired state of mind donald made his proposition mo he remarked suppose some body gicd ye fifty pounds to put on a horse in the big race tomorrow which horse would ye put it on moses jerked his head on one side and replied with a wink a nonrun ner my boy a london express stopped each day at sloeombe a man almost breath less arrived at the booking iffict am i late for the london train re gaspjed no theres plenty of tini replied tho stationmaster what time is it then it is now eight oclock rtpvcd the station-mare- the train goes at 755 tomorrow even ing ancient mariner did i find it ot out in the tropics i should think it vii ot oc day i went ashore and a crow j of blacks started chasin me and believe me it was that ot both nc and them walked a pain in the lower part of your back can torture you but not for long if you know about aspirin these harmless pleasant tablets take away the misery of lumbago rheumatism neuralgia headaches toothaches and systemic pains of women relief comes promptly is complete genuine aspirin cannot depress the heart look for the bayer cross thus ik withering some people sniffed the passenger who wanted the sea upon which a tired man had put his fee soma people think theyve bought the rail way when theyve taken a twopenny ticket referring to mi said the tired man aggressively no to yonr vast belongings said the other glancing with scorn at tho intruding boots ill put my feet where i like put cm on the rack if i want to it vas the opportunity for a mastorf stroke of sarcasm and the other seiz ed it youll be fineel if you do tho racks for small articles only tm made in canada issue no 32 31 bad business a theatrical manager took a com pany to a northern town for a six weeks season the visit was not a financial success on the last night the manager made his farewell speech to the sparsa audience i have to thank you one and all- he said courteously for your kind support of our efforts he paused and here his real feelings ovoreamo him and he burst out but if id opened for a season on the goodwin sands i should have had more sup port from the shipwrecked sailors the church bell should always do as it is tolled