"No, â€"sir, my opinion is, it fell overâ€" board a nd got drowned," â€" remarked Prosser. "There‘s a pretty fast tide, you know, sir." "Bad luck on the Company," mused the detective. "Oh, I think they‘d have fought it out in Court if Hannington had pressâ€" ed the claim," replied the sailor. "But it all fizzled out in the end." "Did he withdraw his claim, then?" "Yes, sir, I understand he wrote sayâ€" ing that on thinking the matter over calmly he‘d come to the conclusion he hadn‘t taken proper precautions with the animal‘s cage, and accepted all liability; so the matter was jJust dropâ€" ped." "Only that they never picked up the thing‘s body, which struck us all as rather unusual." "Quite so: and what sort of food did they give it?" "Oh, a lot of fruit and tinned stuff," replied the other. "I believe them big apes eat rabhit food, generally speakâ€" ing." tured? "I think he acted wisely there!" said Hopton with a grim smile. "Anything else you can tell me that might prove interesting, Mr. Prosser?" "Yes, I believe they do," agreed the detective. "But I don‘t know much about wild animals." "I was just coming to that sir. You know that any animal landed at a Britâ€" ish port has to go into quarantine, aon‘t you?" "Yes," agreed the inspector. "Well, when we went to carry the darned thing ashore, blow me if it hadn‘t somehow managed to get loose and escape. Gosh!â€"I shall never forâ€" get how Hannington and his misslus carried on; they nearly tore their hair out, sir; went for the skipper baldâ€" headed, they did; the police were sent for, and there was no end of a palaver. I‘ll never forget how the old skipper cussed and swore it‘d be the last time he‘d ever ship freight of that sort. Everyone spent the entire day hunting the docks for the blessed thing, but no one ever saw it again; it had just vanâ€" ished." "Um!"‘ smiled Hopton. "That was unfortunate." "Too true, it was, especially for the Company," nodded the sailor ruefully. "Mr. Hannington put in a big claim for damages." "And the beast was never recapâ€" Tilbury ? "And you never actually saw it?" "No, sir," said Prosser. "He said it might get upset and out of control aboard ship. I suppose the thing wasn‘t used to the motion of the boat and the noise of the engines and so forth, so he wouldn‘t let strangers disâ€" turb it or even see it." "I follow," nodded the detective. "What was this couple‘s idea in dragâ€" ging the creature round?" "Mr. Hannington told me they were in the variety businessâ€"sort of perâ€" forming animal act, I suppose." "I see, And you put ashore at "No, inspector," replied the man, "Hannington used to keep it in a big wooden case in his cabin. He only exercised it at night when everyone had turned in except the night watch. He told us it wasn‘t dangerous, and that it was remarkably intelligent, provided it didn‘t get excited by a lot of strangâ€" ers." 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"Hello, inspector," said the Commisâ€" sioner, motioning his visitor to a chair. "Anything turned up in the Torso inâ€" quiry?" mtina .l "We‘re steadily progressing, sir, and I‘m hoping to make h arrest shortly," Hopton was so exasperated by his colleague‘s patronizing tone that he snapped out a curt "Goodâ€"bye" and jammed on the receiver again with a venomcolus bang. "Confound the idiot!" he muttered. "I‘m hanged if I‘ll try to keep in touch with him in future." "Of course I tumbled to the fact that it was a big ape, days ago," he replied with humpticus complacency. "In fact, I‘ve had inquiries made at all the wild animal dealers in London to find out if the creature ofunusual size had passâ€" ed through their hands in the last year or. §0."" "Of course it would," agreed Carlingâ€" ford as if the idea was an old one to him. "Anything else you can think of, Mr. Prosser?" he asked. "Not unless there‘s anything you want to ask, sir," replied the man. "No, that‘s about all, I think," smilâ€" ed the detective, rising and shaking hands with his visitor. "I‘m very grateâ€" {ful for your valuable information." "MDon‘t mention it, sir," answered the sailor cordially. "I‘m very fond of reading crime stories, you know, and it‘s a real experience to meet a genuin»? ‘tec, and get a perp inside Scotland Yard. It‘ll be something to tell the kids and the missus about." "Well, you needn‘t waste any more time on that seent," retorted Hopton "And in any case, you must reâ€" member that it would take years to train an animal to act independently, as this creature does." Once rid of the obliging Mr. Prosser, Hopton rang up Inspector Carlingford, who seemed mildly amused at his reâ€" port. "Thank you, anything else?" "She seemed to have a slight limp with theâ€"now let me seeâ€"which leg was it?â€"with the left leg. She also had a line of hair on the upper lip like The final peculiaritiee settled the matter, and Hopton put away his book with a sigh of relief. The two desâ€" criptions tallied beyond all fear of misâ€" take! "Anything more you want to ask, sir?" enquired Prosser, after a pause, during which Hopton sat pondering over the information he had been given. "Quite correct, sir "And a big nose hooky." a mclustache, sir, and she‘d be about forty." While the sailor was speaking Hopton had been comparing his remarks with the particulars which he had got from Mrs. Abershaw‘s landlady in Kensingâ€" ton, and was not surprised to find that the two descriptions tailied in a reâ€" markable way. "She had dark grey eyes, hadpn‘t she?" u> enquired reading from his She ? # notes MRS. ABERSHAW TIDENTIFIED "Certainly," returned Prosser. "I remember her well. She wasn‘t exactly an ordinary looking woman. She was about my heightâ€"that‘s pretty tall for a woman, very dark hair, plaited round over the ears, and a big mole on the neck." "There‘s just on more point T‘d like you to help me with if you can; do you remember Mrs. Hannington sufficiently well to give me a rough description of her?2" No Baggage Checked nodded the other. that was rather *"‘That‘s what he found, Inspector," | Blood Pressure? he cried triumphantly, as his subordinâ€" (Registered it ate leaned eagerly forward. "Nice stone, | Copyright Act). eh?2" . "By gad, that‘s 2 kn commented the detective "Yes, pretty curious, isn‘t it? Well, I think that little chap is the cause of "That‘s where the instrument came in, my dear fellow," continued the Commissioner. .."I can assure you it was there, whether you noticed it or not. My friend now really got to work and found the indentation in Master Torso‘s tummy showed signs of having been drilled, and of being afterwards carefully refilled with black wax. So he took a fine bradawl and a pair of tweezers, removed the stopping and found this . ; ." "Very good sir," returned Hopton reâ€" signedly. "My friend at the museum examined the Torso yesterday morning, and was struck by a definite peculilarity, He hadn‘t much time then, but he invesâ€" tigated it again in the afternoon and went over it with a powerful magnifyâ€" ing instrument they use, when he saw at once that the navel was surrounded by traces of some dull stuff suggesting wax." "About £8,000, Inspector," replied the Commissioner. "You remember the room in which he was killed, don‘t vou?" "This loot? I‘m coming to that, but in my own good time," said the Chief, with an irritating chuckle. "Sorry to keep you on tenterhooks and all that.‘ Inspector, but I must tell you things in | their proper order." : "It‘s funny I never noticed that, sir I examined the thing pretty closely,‘ Hopton said. "Yes, sir, I think there‘s no doubt on that point," replied Hopton. "And, as I was saying, there‘s no question that the pair of them played on Sdutt‘s supâ€" <rstitious terror by means of the caryâ€" ing. Of course the poor devil was so drinkâ€"sodden he was prepared to beâ€" lieve anything; he was halfâ€"mad, and on the verge of DT .sâ€"â€"â€"" "But all this stuff he talked about the figure, or Incubus, or whatever you like to call it, killing him?" "Then what the dickens did he hope to gain by bluffing everyone?" cried the detective. ‘"*Perfectly, sir." "Well, it didn‘t offer many hiding places for valuable loot, did it?" ‘"*No, certainly not." "That‘s exactly what the deceased man must have felt." "But, one moment, sir," interrupted the Detective eagerly. "What‘s this "You‘ll excuse me, Inspector," interâ€" jected Sir Hallard with a chuckle, "but I rather think you‘re doing Bcutt an injustice. In my Oopinion,; he was not nearly so mad with terror as you think." "He was just leading Galesbourne up the garden path, my dear fellow," smiled Sir Hallard. "He never thought the thing‘d kill him. Never for a moment!" The detective told him of his conâ€" versation with Prosser. "By George, that thins out the field pretty extensively," commented the Commissioner as he ended: "so Mrs. Abershaw is really Galesbourne‘s wife, is she. The man wasn‘t the Vicar at allâ€"he was merely an imposter? That‘s vour idea, eh?" "His wife?" Sir Hallard Costigan looked up smartly as he interrupted Hopton, and began to tap the edge of the table with the pencil, a nervous habit of his when thinking. "His wife, Inspector?" he repeated. "I thought the gentleman was a celiâ€" bate." "Really, sir ‘"‘ replied Hopton, wonâ€" dering where all this was leading. "No, they‘re quite definite on that point, and assure me it‘s a fairly skilful copy, probably made in this country." "That‘s interesting, sir." "Just shows what a lot of precious bunk these people talk about curses and that sort of thing, doesn‘t it?" the Comâ€" missioner went on, screwing the glass more firmly into his eye and taking up his pencil. "I always thought that from the first, sir," remarked the Inspector. "There‘s little doubt that Galesbourne and his wife ‘Darmned sporting attempt, too," comâ€" mented the Chief facetiously "You had the devil‘s own luck to escape from Mr. Ikey Frost‘s place with your life." "There‘s no doubt about that," agreed the detective. "I see you‘re going over the reports, sir." "Uum," nodded Sir Hallard. "But I‘ve just heard something rather interesting in connection with that carving thingâ€" the Torso, you know." "Really, sir?" "Yes, I took it along to a friend of mine at the British Museum; he‘s the head of the African section." "On; . yes, ‘sir?" THE TORSO‘S sSECRET "Well, he happened to be out when I called, so I left the thing with his chief of staff. I‘ve just had a report on it, Inspector, and he tells me quite emâ€" phatically that it isn‘t of African origin at all." replied Hopton sitting down with a sigh . "I‘ve got a warrant out for Galesbourne and the woman for atâ€" tempted murder." that‘s a knockâ€"out, sir COPYRIC HT ADVANCE, TMAITYS, ONTARTI Sudbury Star:â€"A lotus seed, dorâ€" mant 400 years, is sprouting in Chicago. Now I guess we can be patient aboit that lawn. The lesson for parents is not to hesiâ€" tate to speak to their physician if their child seems heavy, slow, and not as bright as they think it should be. Health Booklets Eight health booklets are available for meaders of The Advance, Timmins. They may be obtained by sending Ten Cents for each one desired to The Bell Library, 247 West 43rd St., North York, N.Y., mentioning the name of this newspaper. They are: Eating Your Way to Health; Why Worry About Your Heart? Neurosis; The Common Cold; Overweight and Underweight:; Allergy or Being Sensitive to Foods and Other Substances, Scourage (gonorrâ€" hcea and syphilis); and How Is Your Unfortunately this conditionâ€"lack of a thyroid glandâ€"cannot usually be disâ€" covered until the child is six months to a year old and sometimes the youngâ€" ster may be two or years old before the condition is discovered. The earlier the treatment is given, the sooner the child begins to catch up or approach his normal mental and physical developâ€" ment. man thyroid gland taken from the neck of a man who had been suddenly killâ€" ed was immediately transplanted into the abdominal muscle of the child. Four days after the operation the child had lost much of his useless fat and the expression on its face was greatly changed. The teeth which were much behind in developing began to grow rapidly and its intelligence improved. The child continued to improve alâ€" though not so rapidly so that at the age of 14 it had the mental and physiâ€" Oof a ed w the Fortunately research workers have been experimenting on these children who have little or no thyroid gland, and have found that just as the reâ€" moval of all or a greater part of the thyroid gland will slow up these overâ€" active (mental and physical) thyroid or goitre patients, so will the use of thyroid extract in these slow or nonâ€" developing children cause them to deâ€" velop mentally and physically. In the Medical Press, Paris, Dr. R. L2 Fort reports the history of a child who, in 1925 at the age of 2% years, showed the symptoms of idiocy due to lack of thyroid juice or extract. There was apparently a complete absence of the thyroid gland. A part of a huâ€" Preventing Children from Becoming Idiots The saddest sight in life is not the adult who is confined in a mental hosâ€" pital because, of every ten that enter, perhaps six may come out cured. These mental patients have their complete development mental and physical, and have lived for years a normal life. The saddest sight is that of the little child who has not, nor will he ever have, his full mental and physical »quipment. He is doomed at birth to a life where everything must be done for him and as he gets older others may have to be protected from him. He is the child whos> thyroid gland is absent or nearly absent and little or no thyroid juice is being manufactiured He is an idiot. "Yes, that cortainly is a snag," agreed Bir Hallard dubilously. "But I feel pretty certain the stone will have an important bearing on. the crime, when the entire facts are known. You‘ve already proved that this soâ€"called Rev Galesbcourne isn‘t the sort of gentleâ€" man who‘d stick at murdeor, and that Mrs. Clara Abershaw, from whom the Torso first came, is really his wife. This gorilla story is most interesting, as it gives us an almost certain clue to who actually did the killing. The pieces in this jigâ€"saw puzzle are gradually tring fitted into place, Hopton." "I‘m hoping for an arrest at any time now, sir, and once we can land the woman, or old Smith, Galesâ€" bourne‘s servant, the complete solution will soon be on your table." "I sincerely hope so," smiled the Commissioner, replacing the jewel in its box. "In the meantime, I‘m putting out information concerning this stone through the usua)l channels, and hope to get hold of the name of its lawful owner in a few days‘ time. +« We shall probably get some interesting informaâ€" tion from him about the person who criginally stole it, and the manner in which theâ€"theft was carried out." "Very good sir," agreed the Detective as he closed the door. (To be Continued) ‘"More than likely," replied Hopton rising. "Now sir, I‘ll be getting down to Lambeth, if you‘ll excluse me." "Righto, Inspector, that‘s all I want to say at the moment," replied Sir Hallard, returning to the papers in front of him. 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