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ALADA Outstanding Quality TEA 707 Fresh from the Gardens SY.Nol'.-^lH- ('apt. Trcvdyai) rcii his liouBc In Situifoid to Mr»>. Wlllclt liixl tukis a â- nmllvr one In Extiampton. While lils Crk-nd Major lluniaby and three nclKh- bors play ut table lipping with Mrs. Wlllett and her duushter \ 10'>'t., «' •Hpiiil" nn-K«aKc iH received that 1 ri- velyan has l«een murder.-d. liurnaby linds hlH friend dead. Trevilyans estate l.s Willed to his sister. Mrs. Jennifer (.ar.l- ncr and the three children of ..tiother â- Ister, Mrs. I'earson, now dead. James IVarsiin had ennic to Kxliainpton Ironi London the tlay of the murder, lie Is irrested. Emily Treiusls. his lUiiice.- meets Charles Knderby, reporter, an. asks liin> t.) help her. After «'>e ,'•'<! talkfd to Vitilet she heard Mrs. N\ lllett mutter. •Will niKht never come? I i^in t bear It." Kmlerhy. watehinB IhJ \\ H- lelfs house, sees Violet seeretly mcel Url.in Pearson, one of the heirs, who was «upi>o.se.I to be In Austn.lia. . I;-"'">. learns that » pair of T'^elyuns boots »re nilsHlnB and finds them hidden In a chlmiiev. A week after the murder the iamo K'oup meet, their object beliiB to repeat the table-tipping experiment. CH.^PTER XXVIII.â€" (Co'nfd.) "That is tonect, I think," said Mr. Rycroft. "We are about to repeal the experiment of last Friday under pre- cisely similar conditions." "Not precisely similar," objfclcHi Mrs. Willett. "Mr. Duke is mis.sin>r." "True," .said Mr. Rycrof.:. "A pity he is not here. A great pity. Wellâ€" er_we must consider him as replaced by Mr. Pear.son." "Don't take part in it, Brian. I beg of you. Please don't," cried Violet. "What docs it matter. It's all non- sense anyway." , ^^ "That is quite the wrong spirit, «&id Mr. Rycroft severely. Hrian Pearson did not reply, but took his place Inside Violet. "Mr. Enderby," began Mr. Rycroft, but Charles interrupted him. "I was not in on this. I'm a journal- ist and you mistrust me. I'll take notes in shorthand of any phenomenaâ€" that's the word isn't it?â€" that occurs." Matters were settled like t*at. The other six took their places round the table. Charles turned off the ligh's and sat down on the fender. "One minute," he said. "What's the lime?" He peered at his wrist watch In the firelipht. "That's o.ld," he said. "What's odd?" "It's just twenty-five minute.- pa.^t five...." Violet uttered a little crj'- Mr. Rycroft said severely: "Silence." The minutes pa.ssod. A very ditfer- ent atmosphere this to the one a week 6go. Tliere was no muffled laughter, no whi.spered comments â€" only silence, broken ut last by a slight crack from the table. Mr. Rycr.jft's voice rose. "Is there anyone there?" Another faint crackâ€" somehow i«u leries sound in that darkened room. "Is there anyone there?" Not r. critck thi.s time, but a deafen- ing tremendous rap. Violet screiinieil and .Mrs. Willott gave a cry. Hrian Pearson's voice ro.se reas.sur- ll-gly. "It's all right. That's •> ktiock »t the front door. I'll go and open it." He strode from the room. .Still nobody spoke. Suddenly the d(K.r flew open the lights were switched on. In the doorway stood Iiisiiector Nur- r»cott. Behind him were Kmily Tre- fiais and Mr. Duke. Nnrracotl took a step int<. the r<K)ni Mnd spoke. "John lUiiiiaby 1 charge you with the murder of .lo.seph Trevelyan on Friday the 14th instant, and I here- by warn you that anything you may â- ay will be taken dosMi and may be used in evidi-ncc." CHAPIKR XXIX. It was a crowd of people almost too *urprise<l for woids that crowded â-  round Kmily Tiefusis. InsiMttor Narr.icolt had led his prisoner from the rooin. V/HEN YOU FEEL GROGGY ANDREWS LIVER SALT 10 PICK VOU UP ISSUE No. I~'34 Charles Enderby found his voice first. "For heaven's sake, cough it up, Emily," ho said. "I want to get to the telegraph office. Every moment's vital." "It was Major Burnaby who killed Captain Trevelyan." "Well, I siiw Narracott arrest him. And I suppose Narracott's sane â€" lia.sn't gone off his nut suddenly. But how can Burnaby have killed Trevel- yan? I mean how is it humanly pos- sible. If Trevelyan was killed at five and twenty pa?t five â€" " "He w.isn't. He was killed at about a (niarter to six." "Well, but even thenrâ€" " "I know. You'd never guess unless you just happened to think of it. Skis â€" that's the explanation â€" skis." "Skis?" repeated everyone. Emily nodded. "Yes. He deliberately engrineered that table turning. It wasn't accident and done uncon.«ciously as we thought, Charles. It was the second alternative that we'repected â€" done on purpose. He .-^aw it was going to snow before very long. That would make it per- fectly safe and wii)e out all tracks. He created the impression that Cap- tain Trevelyan was dead â€" got every- one all worked up. Then he pretended to be verj' upset and insisted on start- ing olF for Exhanipton. "He went home, buckled on his skis (they were kept in a shed in the gar- den with a lot of other tackle) and started. He was an expert on skis. It's all down hill to Exhampton â€" a wonderful run. It would only take alH)ut ten minutes. "He arrived at the window and rap- ped. Captain Trevelyan let him in, all uiisuRi)ecting. Thea, when Captain Trevelyan's ba \ was turned he seized his opportunity, picked up that sand- bag thing andâ€" and killed him. Ugh! It makes me sick to think of it." She shuddered. "It was all quite ca,<y. He had plenty of time. He must have wipe<l and cleaned the skis and then put them into the cupboard in the dining room, pushed in among all the other things. Then, I suppose he forced the window and pulled out all the draw- ers and things â€" to make it look as though someone had broken in. "Then just before eight o'clock, all he had to do was to g<> out, make a detour on to the road higher up and como puffing and panting into Ex- hampton as though he'd walked all the way from Sittaford. .So long as no one suspected about the skis, he'd be IK>rf(xaly safe. The dot-tor couldn't fail to say that Captain Trevelyan had been dead at least two hours. .'Vnd, i.s I say, so long as no one thought of skis. Major Burnaby would have a i)erfect alibi.'' "lUit they were fiiendsâ€" Burnaby and Trevelyan," siiid Mr. Rycroft. "01. 1 friendsâ€" they've always lHH>n friends. It's incredible." "I know," said Emily. "That's wh it I thought. 1 couldn't see why. I pu/.zltHl and I , uzzled aiul at last I had to como to Inspector Narracott and Mr. Duke." She paused and loolicd at the iiii- p;.ssive Mr. Duke. "May I tell them?" â- â- 'he said. Mr. Duke smiled. "If you like. Miss Trefusis." ••.\iiyway â€" no, iierhaps you'd rather I didn't. I went to them and we got tl e thing clear. Do you rememl)er telling me, Charles, that Evans men- tioned that Captain Trevelyan u.-^ed to send in solutions of competitions in his name? He thought Sittaford House was .oo grand an address. Well- that's wh:.t he did in that fo<)t- ball competition that you gave Major Burnaby five thousand pounds for. It was Captain Trevelyan's solution really, and he sent it in in Burnaby's name. No. I, The Cottages. Sitta- ford, sounde<l much iM-tter, ho thought. Well, you see what happened? On Friday morning .Major Burnaby got the letter saying he'd won live thou- iil pounds (and by the way, that ought to have made us .suiipicious. lie told you he never got the letter- that nothing had ci.me through on I'riduy owing to the weather. That WHS a lie. Friday morning was the last day things did come through 1. Where was 1? Dh, Major Burnaby getting the leltei. He waiite<l that five thousand wanted it ba<lly. He'd teen inviting in M'U.e rotten shares or other and had lo«t a terrible lot of money. "The idea must have come into hi* hea<t quite suddenly, I should think. Perhaps when he realized it was going U, know that evening. If Trevelyan w ro dead â€" he could keep the money and no one would ever know." "Amazing," murmured Mr. Rycroft. "Quite amazing. I never dreamed â€" But my dear young lady, how did you learn all this? What put you on the right track?" For answer, Emily explained Mrs. Belling's letter, and told how she had discovered the boots in the chimney. "It was looking at them that put it into my mind. They were ski boots, you .see, and it made me think of skis. And suddenly I wondered if perhaps â€"I rushed down stairs to the cup- board, and sure enough there were two pairs of skis there. One pair was longer than the ether. And the boots fitted the long pair â€" but they didn't fit the other. The toe clip things were adjusted for n much smaller pair of boots. The Iri-ter pair of skis be- longed to a rent person. "He ought have hidden the skis somewhere fc!:-'," said Mr. Rycroft with artistic di.-^approval. "No â€" no," said Emily. "Where else could he hide them? It was a very good place really. In a day or two the whole collection would have been stored, and in the meantime it wasn't likely that the police would bother whether Captain Trevelyan had had one or two pairs of skis." "But why did he hide the boots?" "I suppose," said Emily, "that he was afraid the police might do exact- ly what I didâ€" The sight of ski boots might have suggested skis to them. So he stuffed them up the chimney. And that's really, of course, where he inade his mistake, because Evans noticed that they'd gone and I got to know of it." "Did he deliberately mean to fasten the crime on Jim?" demanded Brian Pear.son angrily. "Oh, no! That was just Jim's usual idiotic luck. He was an idiot, poor lamb." "He's all right now," said Charles. "You nee<in't worry about him. Have you told me everything, Emily, be- cause if so, I want to rush to the tele- graph office. You'll excu.se me, every- body." He dashed out of the room. "The livewiro," said Emily. Mr. Duke spoke in his deep voice. "You've been rather a livewire yourself. Miss Trefusis." "You have," said Ronnie admiringly. (To be continued.) It is only in a crowded tram or bus that the standing of a well-bred man is never ([uestloiicd. Matrimony makes a man awfully restless a little before and for ever after. The Call of the Sea F. Dry den Moore in the Sau Fraa- cisco Argonaut. There'8 a tradu wind dowu on (ho singing sands, And Us spell in calling me To the spume that springs from the Ihuiiderings As the surf comes lii from sea. There's a smell of salt and a taiite of brine. And they lure me to the beach, Where the shining shells are like sil- ver bells And the starfish dry and bleach. So I'm going down to the blowing spray, F'or I hear C seagull's cry; And the ocean ., hue is the heaven's blue, For It flows Into the sky. And I'm going out through the beds of kelp With the gulls and flying flsh, Where a man can float In an open boat With never another wish. And I'll make a flag of a patch of sky, With a row or two of stars; And I'll sail all night by the pole- star's light With the moonlight on my spars. So its ho! for the sea, and ho! for a breeze, And ho!' for a bit of sail; With the cracking beat of a dripping sheet As she runs before the gale! Wife Dies Before New Home is Completed Behind the sale of a large estate in Cumberland, England, which is to take place next week, lies the story of a former shipowner's grief for his v.ife who died soon after their mar- riage. The estate â€" Woodside, near Wig- ton â€" is more than 3,000 acres in ex- tent and belongs to Mr. Andrew Gib- son. The hou.se contains valuable an- tiques, paintings, furniture, and books, and in the collection of jewellery is a diamond tiara containing about 300 diamonds. Mr. Gibson bought the estate soon after his marriage and spent thou- sands of pounds in renovating the mansion, but before the work was completed his wife died. Overcome by grief he ordered the work to stop, and he went to live in a house half a mile away. The e-xtensive gardens are now thick with weeds. The house stands in solitude amid this desolate scene, and those who peer through its windows get a glimpse of rooms in a half-completed state of repair. •> Reclaiming Engine Oil It has been found that oils used in internal combustion engines can be reclaime<l and used again, as a result of investigations on tractor engine lubiication conducted at the Univer- sity of Saskatchewan. The method of i"eclaiming may vary from straining the oils through canton cotton, blot- ting paper, or felt strainers, to the u.se of filters consisting four layers of soil and sand, or leaviirg the oil in barrels for long periods of time so that the heavy particles will settle to the bottom. The function of reflaim- ing the oil is to remove the dirt and water from the oils. Winter Joys! A scene that Is being duplicated every «lipre that King Wiuler has vislleu this year. Betty Hiissel' of Lan Umont, N.Y.. U enjoying 9 Jaunt up at Ijake Placid. The Royal Bank of Canada General Statement 30th November, 1933 LIABILITIES Ocplial KtocV Paid us ,.........„„..._...-.». BtwrTeKund „„....„..„_.. |M.O«0,000.«« ftalauceof ProUu carried forward _»».._» 1.383,604.11 t21.183.M4.1S DtTMmd* t'ncUlm«d 12,745.75 Dividend .No. 185 la( (% per annum). payabU Ut 0*c«mb«r. i«33 „^^ „ 7«0.»W.«» Depoilta not bearing Intcrnt tUS,S29,6M.4t Dcpoattt bcarina Iniereti, Including Inter e«t accrued to date of Statement 4S«,«43,265.41 Balance! due to other Banke In Canada 841,498.81 Balance* due to Banlu and Banklug Cyrreapondent* eUewhere than In Canada „.... 20,3I3,M2.I3 Nate* of the Bank In circulation. ...„...„>..„...„„. Adrancea under the Finance Act ...^ ^ BIlie Pavahle „. LUbllUie* not Included In the fore^olnit. ••.*.•••..•.•• Letter* of Credit OutKandlnft ^^^^^^. t35.»M,*M.N 22,M«,$49.n I57.M*,349.M 6*0. 2*. 2*, 22, ,448,3M. 34'>,8«l. ,IKM,M«. 2Si.»n, 57.»t5. *52,88S. |72»,2*0,47»ri« ASSETS Cold and Subeldlarr Coin on hand ..>...,...„ 114,117,860.37 Dominion Notes on hand .^ .- 48,Wi,334.75 DepodI In the Central Gold Reserve* 3,OM.IMe.OO United States and other Forclita Currencies.. ._„,., 2I,71J,II3*.94 Note* of other Canadian Bunka ^,^^^^.. $1,811,041.42 Cheques on other Hanks 18.384.822.811 Balances due by uihcr Banks In Canada 2,814.09 Balances due by Banks and Banking (Correspondents elsewhere than In Canada 4*,744,460.7» Dominion and Provincial Gorernment Securities !not exreedlnfl market valuej Canadian Municipal Securities and Brltiab. Forelftn and Culuclal Public Securities other than Cana« dian 'not eiceedlnj market value) Railway and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks (not cicredlnil tnarket value* Call and Short (not eiceedlna thirty days'* Loans in f^nada on Bunds. Debentures and Stock* and other Securities of a sufiicient marketable valua to cover ^ Call and Short (not eiceedlnft thirty days) Loans else- where thail in Canada on Bonifs, Debentures and Stocks and other Securities of a sufficient mar- kelabia value to cover tS7,754,«2*.ll 69.44S,18f.l* 104.S50,tl5.53 24.1M,«7J.*» ll.f7f,M5.S3 28,771,273.71 32,981,961.37 $362,471,645.44 Current Loans and Discounts In Canada (less rebate uf Interest I after niaklcj full pruvlslun for all bad and doubtful debts $216,844,534.86 Ciixrent Loans and Discounts eliiewhere than in Canada (less rebate uf Interest) after making full provision for all bad and doubtful debts 9.^.237,01 3.78 Non-Current L4MU1S. after providing fur eetlmated losa 4,032,843.75 316,119,392.39 Bank Premises at not more than cost. less amount* wrlttcli off 17,015,987.03 Feal P.itate other than Bank Premises 2.421,277.85 Muriuaieson Real Estate sold by the Bank 883,009.27 Liabilities of Customers under Letters of Credit as per contra 22, 052. 888. Il Shares of and Loans to ControllcMi Companies 6.32S,639.58 Deposit with the .Minister for the purposes of the Circulation Fund. . 1,500, 000. 00 Ulfacr Assets not included in the forei^olng. ,...,_ ^ .....-...«'... ». 464,635.98 NOTE â€" The Roysl Bsnk of Cansds (France) hss been incorporjiteJ under the laws of Krsnce to conduct the busines.i of the Bsnk In Psris. and the assets and liabilities of The lluysl Bank of Canada CFrmoca) are Included in the above General Statement. M. W. WILSON, General Manager H. S. HOLT, President AUDITORS' CERTIFICATI To THE SaABBHOLCERS, THB RoYAL BANK OP CAKAOA: We have examined the above Statement of Liabilities and Assets at 30th Koveniber, 1933, with the books and accotuits of The Royal Bank of Canada at Head Ofhce arid with the i!ertifiea returns from the branches. We have verified the cash and securities at Head t)(nce at the closa of the Bank's fiscal yesr, and during the year we counted the cash and examined the securities at several of the important branches. We have obtained all the information and explanations that we have required, and in oar opinion the transactions of the Bank, whi.-h have come under our notice, have been within th* powers of the Bank. The above statement is in uur opinion properly drawn up so as to disdosa the true condition of the Bank as at SOth November, 1933, ana it is as shown by the books of the Bank after liviug effect to the transfer by the Directors of SIS.OOO.OOO from Reserve Fund to ralmburss the Inner reserves of the Bank and to provide reiervas which they consider ada- ousts for future contingenciea. A. B. BRODIE. C.A.. of Price, Waterhouse & Co. JAS. G. ROSS, C.A., Montre*!, Canada. 23ni December. 1933. of P. S. ROSS k SONS. PROFIT .\ND LOSS ACCOUNT Balance of Profit and Loss .Account, 30th NoTembcr, 1912 $1, 1*6,954.95 Profits for the year ended 30th November. 1933. .^.w 3,901,649.33 Auditors. $5.868,6 04. Ig APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS: Dividend No. 182 at 10% per annum. . . Dividend No. 183 at 8% P*t annum ••• Dividend No. 184 at 8% per annum . » , Dividend .No. 185 at 8% per annum .., Contribution to Officers' Pension Fund ....... ^ ... Appropriation for Bank Premises • • . Reserve for Dominion Government Taxca ....... Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward. ....... H. S. HOLT, President klontrcal, 23rd December. 1931. $875,000.00 700,0*0.00 700,0*0.00 700,000.00 $2,975,000.00 200,000.00 200,0*0.00 SIO.OOO.OO 1,383,604.18 $5,«68,604.t« .Ji M. W. WILSON. General Manila Claims Newsprint Production Had Origin at Phelpston That the first newsprint manutac- ture<l from pulpwood had its origin at Phelpston, Simcoe County, is the claim of a correspondent writing on the Honieinakers' rage of a recent issue of The Globe. "Yi-iii all ktiow iliat newsprint is manufactured from pulpwood (spruce), but this is not an old process. In the early part of 1S75, A. J. Phelps of tho N. & A. J. fhelps Lumber Compan.v, operating a large mill at Phelpston, Klos Township, County of Simcoo, received from John Rioidan, who owned and operated tho Lincoln Paper Mills at Merritton, au order for one carload (8,000 feet) of spruce for experimental purposes. The lato Matthew Lawson Jr. and William J. Patton, who now reside;! in Hamilton, felled thfl trees and cut them intu logs. As the O.T.R. would not carry round linibor, the Ioes were taken to the uiii!, where slabs were sawed off. after which tUey were hauled to 5?arrie, loaded and chipped on the old Northern itaiUvay to Tor- onto and transhippod fi'om there to Morritto;i cii the Grand Trunk. "E.vperimer.ts' proved that £pru;o could be ble.'tched and nianuf.icturcd Into newKprtni, and tlj«t was the first caricad rf yp'-i'.' e ter any wooa) uso.l for the p'.>ri.')se. Since then it !i2s bo« 11 tour.d tha* poplar, basswood aid other woivU c.^n als;) be ur.cri. Prior to 1870. pine i.sawdu.s; and shavings) wero ufed wilK ras-s, felt, rope, etc., in the manufacture '•' wrapping paper, wh'cli was not 'ike the fine quality papers used for ihis purpose nowaday.;. "In the book", "I*ioiioei.« of Siaicoe County", "you may read ot A. J. PheJps, hut you'll not read of the car- load of spruce. 1 got the .story from my father, \V. J. Pattun. who is still hale and hearty, although Novejiiber 20 marked the aeveiity-eighth iKile- itone of his life's Journev." Heating Plant ' Mad summers ot a million years ago Are bringing me the mildness of this room; I tend the radiator as a groom Might watch a dinosaur, immense and slow. At work. In flame-lit cliambors faj below Black oil and coal from some earth- hidden tomb Are giving up the sun-strength locked in gloom. From lost and spi^;ndid summers none may kuow. Tho wind and rain are battering out- side While here I sit, securely walled and glassed, | .\nd warmed by long-gone summers golden-skied ! And dead. Tho buried years are dim and vast, '• And though I iiuut the future iu my pride | Bn'.it brain and body feed upon the past. j - -Ger.Tld Kai'ti-ry in the .New York' SUii. Gems from Life's Si:rap-book Ooi'bt "Ntvcr do anytiiiiig concerning tho rociitude of which you have a doubt.*' â€" Pliny, .lunior. "Hunnin knowiedije is the parent oi doubt." â€" I.crd G;envili'\ • "\\ he:i y.:-u doubt, abstain" â€" Zora .isif r. .SHV.NESS LS KXCU.SABIK. Ix>st: Female, black boat', !on(r black ears, bluirih body; speckled 'eg.^; very shy. Name Helen, â€" .Spel:a)i.> (Wash.) paper. "Does your dog ever growl?" I ~Na. He knows that my huoban^ k4* ^..m hopolcMly outclatsod."