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jaraens what new york is wearing by annabelle worthington illustrated dressmaking lesson fur nished with bvery pattern much was abundantly clear it flash ed upon peter with the force of com plete conviction that though barbara might conceivably have killed mis ellsworth because anyone might conceivably do almost anything per haps by a fatal accident in circun- stanees thatwould not bear explana tion she could not have taken that body to the marsh and burned it with a sigh of audible relief peter seized firmly on the supposition that she was protecting someone else with her quixotic loyalty she might even have known or suspected what was going to happen but in either case neither quixoticism nor loyalty would wipe out the ugly hard legality of the phrase accessory to the fact peters whirring thoughts stopped their married if has ocsii unhappy threatening letter why he had chang- k idlnnli7 is th cutting ot rctcr piper a herolu reporter while v- f snore as suuuoniy as tne cutting oil trying to see dr ctiiiniuik meets iar- i co his name and lied why that night 0 a m0 jj drifted to the bara cavaiauji smd nnda she was en- had been so inconclusive so easily cornpr here the irle nith ioined the kneed to ellsworcli before ins marriage- corner wnere me iue patn joined tne a body fount m the tile marsh a abandoned than they had been on the i main d an saw barbara her- identiiied as that siiila iiirljua night when the letter was first found 1 th hin nut nf kor nr ialnth when fh heari this mrs kane sen at tne cum getting out ox nercai sheilas maid is arreted and admits and whatever ormes relations wttn he stood an her with sheer 2l i the oead woman might have been they unu delightdelight in the tule marsh murder stoky of a missing actress and the tax 1ng of wits to explain her fate by nancy baku havity synopsis i anced without having killed sheila o jt eusorths wlfc formerly actress oshav they were no nearer to fin1- shella o shay disappears or cavan- 1 j hugh criminal psycaoluglsr karris that j rng out why he had written that i threatening letter why he had chang- tha ellsworth hi 0 not explain ellsworths unwilling- sunshine that madc of her hair ft cafe but cavantwgh and rotor finrt a j ness to have her disappearance made i r wirl- threatening note signed david ormo i y- h puhoininir of the evidence vut j m peter runs him down at a tourists eauj p pmioinin 01 tne evidence xlght in the childlike unconsciousness and dr cavanaugh agre him to examine chapter xxxiv peter closed dr cavanaughs office door behind him in a state of unac customed mental turbulence he loaf ed along the hedgebordered path which led from the separate side en trance of the office to the front drive way chewing a twig which he had absentmindedly plucked from the closelywoven leaves of box there was something intimidating of the contemplated breach of promise suit nor mrs kanes effort to prevent the identification of the body and swift agile grace of her move ments he smiled as he noted that she had evidently forgotten her handbag despite weeks of headlines and she leaned far forward into the front page stories thousands of words i poised with one foot on the surb and thrown into type and out again in- groped in the crevice between the seat vestigations and suspicions the tue j cushion and the back upholstery marsh mystery was as much a mystery as on the day when jimmy first du- bed it the best murder of the year motive the doctor was right with out understanding what pulled the wires in peoples heads clues were no thing but a meaningless jumble and turc even peters own what these people did and why they did it was strictly speaking none of his business a month ago he did not know any of them unless sheila oshays frequently published photo graph in rotogravure sections and to ordinary folk about the detachment j mot themselves were a queer mix of science the impersonal clarity of knowledge peter no longer thought of the doctor merely as an export in a field which interested peter only as a source of copy on occasion the psychiatrist loomed before his distorted mental vision as a marionette master nulling a hundred invisible wires 1 1 s v i news cages constituted acquaintance there had been a disturbing quality n- or- et here he was losing sleep forget- in his laughter something olympian i in lusmuyim v tmg meals working uncounted hours and aloof as if he jsmof overtime in the attempt to find hidden paths hey were lollowmg as if they were all acting out a plot witn the involuntary jerks of puppets while y he sat oehind the screen and held the j w partly sheer human curiosity script that gave meaning to their pnde an unwillingness to confess actionsheld it by the power that himself baffled partly the desire not came from understanding of the mys- only that a solution be found bvt tcrious springs of human conduct ht the herald have a hand 111 peter shook his head impatiently finding it and partly the need of set- and tossed the twig away i l barbara somewhere in clear sun- light and brushing aside from li slowly she withdrew her hand and stood staring with bent head not at a hantbag but at something thit gleamed and flashed with a row of tiny green lights that caught the sun it was a large amber comb of the spanish type flaring fanshaped to the double row of emeralds that curv ed fully six inches from end to end across the to peter thought that he had cried out that he hod run toward her but there was only a slight choking sound in hs throat and his hand reached out auto matically and clutched the hedge for support that comb was famous from a hun dred descriptions familiar from a hundred photographs the story had been reprinted times without number how a headstrong balkan prince had stolen it from his familys royal collection for n womans whim and had been sequestered under guard f r three years to keep him out of reach of his enchantress when the theft and its motive were discovered how the woman had worn it triumphantly ii ler tawny unbobbed hair ever sinso inconceivable had happened he saw the jaunty little sports coupe nosing its way through the night with its burden of death barbaras vhie face of terror above the wheel had she searched with frenzied fingers foi the missing comb not daring to strike a light had she in the horror of those dark hours not even noticed that it had slipped from the gleaming copper of sheilas hair perhaps not even known that it had ever been there a groan broke from peters lips he was dully aware that something was pressing sharply against his forehead the pain brought him slowly from the clutch of that imagined scene to a consciousness of his surroundings like one who has plunged into the deep water and rises by no effort of his own to the surface he found that he was leaning against the trunk of a tree his face pressed close to its rough bark his breath came in sob bing gasps as if he had been running to the point of exhaustion and then as suddenly as the turn ing on of a light in a dark room he was roused from the numbness of nightmare by a flash of absolute certi tude barbaras hand might have held a knife or jerked a trigger but barbara could not have flung the body of sheila oshay into the marsh and set fire to the grass she could not have done it simply because she was barbara if he had seen with his own eyes her figure at the wheel with that other huddled figure beside it he would still have known that she did not do it be- heres slimming lines for the wo man of heavier figure and a smart dress that will answer many needs for fall and winter day wear the bodice has a deep crossover vest orc of the best means to conceal breadth the softly falling jabot lends a pretty effect and contributes much toward its slenderness the yoke of the skirt is cut to the smartest depth to narrow the hipline the seaming tapering as it does to a deep point is decidedly length giving a patterned sheer woolen in mauve- brown tone combines with plain blend ing brown shade woolen black crepe satin with white crepe satin and black velvet with lace vest isle of man clings to old customs bj cat adopts two rats are stunning for this model cause she was barbara he had be- j style no 3038 is designed for sizes be an interesting demonstration of ma- lieved without evidence that this one 36 38 40 42 44 46 and 18 inches ternal instinct has become a scientific thing she could ot do the physically j bust size 3g requires 4 yards of 39- impossiblc or what looked like it inch material with yard of 39inch was often enough accomplished but contrasting and vi yard of 39inch there were impossibilities that struck allover lace id better go to bed and get about v jt declaring that if they wouldnt let her fortyeight hours of sleep he mut- al anxietj ami ttount anuuouoie tercd the pursuit of crime is be- folly ginning to tell on me it was because he cared so much nevertheless he cortinued to loiter for barbara that orine must have a by the side of the hedge were all i fair show- there must be no lingering the people in the world more or less j shadows no thrusting of guilt upn cracked needing only a push to a possibly inocent man if there were knock them off the narrow wall of normality like humpty dumpty true orme might have killed sheila oshay without being insane and he might on the other hand be unbal- any chance of that barbara he knew as surely as if he had known her nil her life would throw caution to the winds even to her own mortal hurt and she had need of caution that here are the new christies cream crackers xy youll delighted with these light flaky crisp wafers serve christies cream crackers at any meal or between meals theyre delicious have the prince shed at least have the emeralds and leaving the royal relatives to sputter helplessly it was the emerald comb of sheila oshay barbara held the huge glittering ornament in her hand for a moment her head drooping lower and lower then her face lifted peter srv he gaze dart from side to side up and down the deserted sundrenched street he had never seen such utter trap ped terror on a human countenance her fingers wrenched frantically at the comb breaking it tooth by tooth jewel by jewel into fragments some of them dropped to the pavement but sho stooped to pick them up then she ran her two laden hands pressed tight against her breast to the sewer opening at the corner dont peter cried out hoarsely but she did not hear him he coulj not himself have told whether he was protesting against her act or against the whole world in which such things could be an instinctive horrified de nial of his senses ho saw her kneel in he dry rubbish of the butter and thrust her hands through the storm grating that cover ed the entrance to tho sewer pipe when she withdrew them they were empty she turned then and ran back to the house as swiftly as she had come her skirt and her light colored stockings were streaked with grime from the gutter but she made no effort to brush off the dust she did not even look down with that white tortured face staring straight ahead she fled up the driveway pass ed within three feet of peter without seeing him and dashed into the house deeper he had the evidence now and he defied it evidence was as nothirg because no outer facts could give the lie to the central fact that was bar bara to be continued cockcrow out of the wood of thoughts that grows by night to be cut down by the sharp axe of light out ot the night two cocks together crow cleaving the darkness with a silver blow and bright before my eyes twin trumpeters stand heralds of splendor one at cither hand each facing each as in a coat of aims the milkers laco iheir boots up at the farms edward thomas in collected poems how to order patterns write your name and address plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin ciir preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto trapping season begins in northern manitoba winnipeg the trapping season north of 53 has begun in manitoba according to the provincial game regu lations the season will be open for the trapping of otier marten fisher sable mink and the various species of fox for other furbearing ani mals the season still remains closed tho open season for beaver which tj9 fj ot no mal ii us aeu 10 adopt a sag ot he h4 it i blled by thoe fa- miliar mtt ttiiacity tliat tho wish wlu uo kwu4 officially tho islnul is tilj ttstoo of eng- itiwj au4 a tjetik- fit oovcmor ai- tllti by lb cfswfl tit a head ot ihj uimij uh- io addition luvri u hi- m parliament or lionsq a if fh inland i thirtythree miles ioiik by t broad irig n lhe irish lita midway bstweea england and hcotlshdaifj jiasd it has its own iliu its ilouto f keys is one of tl- iniu clnt assemblies in the wrd it consists of twentyfour wemuersf tet by male and female voter thro being ejual suffrage for all permiik more than 21 yeara in the ihle of man in fact equal suffrage was granted to the women of this kraal island many years before it was 1 granted to the women of england iihe house of keys meets each year ion july 5 on fyawold hill in st john village where following a his- tori ceremony it promulgates such statutes as have been passed at the preceding session of the legislature i the matter of a national flag will in time come before this august body ante the measure falls to receive i she assent o the crown the retort of vacationists home time before his deatb hall caine the novelist said all readers wonid be better off with some knowl edge of the ile of man the island which he did much to popularize through his novels of manx life and custom with its irregular coast line and precipitous cliffs the island annually attracts vacationists looking for the picturesque though former ly not a popular objective for travelers j the rocky spot in the irish sea today iure3 more than 500000 summer tour- ists historical spots reminiscent ot j the days of the vikings are pointed out along rugged crags on the highest peak of which is peele castle a medi eval stronghold whose fortified cham- i bers served as patterns for scenes of i scotts peveril of the peak your native manxman still cling ing by preference to the centre of the land i3 short and dark blonde types in other parts of the little island re flect those scandinavian forebears who settled in harbor hamlets in post- celtic days though still heard occa sionally the manx language has given way to english now spoken by the j 01000 persons compii3ing the island- states population the manx state columbia mo what started out to passes its own education laws and takes direct responsibility for the edu cation of its citizens la education as in government and in civic matters the manxman is independent initiat ing his own reforms ftfolbnt loyat hhotelxu make it your home 1 when in montreal breakfast8 tabln a hotc 50c 75c 100 oinner table d hotc s50 aru of experiment in the unive souri school of medicine queen eugenie the pet feline and the best mouser in the animal house became the mother of a fine litter of kittens about nov 1 but the kit tens died and queen eugenie was deeply affected the other day she reappeared with two baby wild rats procured from some dark cornerof the building she located them in her box in such fash ion that they could not escape and then with system and dispatch began trj feed them as the would have done the departed litter in defense of the movies tho muchmaligned movies have at least one good deed to their credit public libraries in great britain are reporting that tho filming ot classics sends up the demand for such books john barrymores picture sven- gali has sent thousands to george lasts for one month only will begin du manners famous novel trilby chapter xxxv sheila oshays body had been driven to the marsh in barbaras car the one thing peter had held to he issue no 49 31 the changing army the men who served in his majes tys infantry during and just after tho war will lio interested to know that ono of their pet bugbears is likely to disappear this is the puttee the strip of cloth whicli tho recruit was expected to wrap round tho calves of his legs in a neat and soldierliko way and heaven help him if the result didnt como up to tho sergeantmajors ex pectations xew designs for infantry uniform and equipment aro now being consid ered and ono proposal which com mands much support is that canvass gaiters should bo substituted for put tees such gaiters aro worn by united states soldiers and aro said to bo at onco moro weatherproof and more comfortable than puttees london til bits march 13 this regulation was put into effect by a provincial order-in- council a largo number ot trappers are said to bo scattered through tho vast virgin territory both north and south of tho hudson day railway a con siderable number are reported to have gone south from york factory to trap around tho shores of james bay some thirty trappers are reported to ho lo cated north and west of churchill within a radius ot from 100 to 200 miles of the town as well as along tho bay coast as far up as chester field inlet the crookedness of a river is but a matter of course on which it is based and other old favorites which are coming back to public favor as the result of holly woods activities aro east lynne tom sawyer resurrection and moliy dick whicli gave banymore another of his great roles that of the sea beast nor aro the moderns neglected thousands to whom john galsworthy had hitherto been only a name have recently discovered the work of this master ot english fiction this can be traced quite definitely to the popu larity ot such films as old english in which georgo arliss gave such a magnificent performance tho skin game and escape answers 1 london i too particular the old family retainer was show- ing some visitors round his masters j ancient castle which had been thrown open to the public coming to the banquetinghall he said in this very hall two hundred years ago the young and beautiful countess was foilly murdered all tho visitors but one were duly impressed and this one said i thought you told us last week that it happened in the anteroom the guide turned angrily on her i know that ho snapped but we cant go in there now its being decorated or delicious s and w iches women who entertain frequently know that kraft cheest is ideal for sandwiches sliced waferthin its tangy flavour odds a- subtle touch to tempting tea menus jr rivers rivers wander rivers sleep some are shallow scree are diep some are snared by vine and cress some lie lost in muddiness this one takes a narrow way that one dances xight and day here one sings there one cries vet another laughs and dies younger rivers stray at will old ones sit brown and still rivers brood rivers fuss i find rivers just llko us by minnie hite moody american in n y that was different ive just met tim said bill ho tells me that you and bo aro not on speaking terms i should think not returned jack tho cad insulted me sorry about that put in bill but what did he say that you took offence at ho asked me if i could play the saxophone said jack warmly well i must say i dont call that an insult his friend exclaimed perhaps you wouldnt snapped jack but he asked mo tho question when i had fnlshed playing tho saxo phone made in canada mtr chilli made by a imktu ot kraft safcd dreaing and vrvtcto proof the club boro entered the rcading- j room and seated himself beside one of tho occupants by tho way ho said ive got t a flno talc but i cant remember it lvo told you it already tho other looked up from his news paper is it funny ho asked quietly the bore gazed at him suspicious ly of course very tunny be re plied then youve never told it to me camo tho retort