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tragedy are:â€" CARTER, the driver. YXVITHERS, the conductor, CALEB WAINWRIGHT, the man whno was kiled. MORRISON SHARPE, a mildly ecâ€" centric little man whose dominating inâ€" torest in life is solving puzzlesâ€"chess sergeant MATTHEWS, patrolling the roads in a police car, comes upon the stationary ‘bus and takes charge of the case. He is a traffic specialist, unfamilâ€" lur with serious crime. Impresed by Merrison Sharpe‘s grasp of the situaâ€" t:on, he allows the puzzle solver to sit by him during the roadâ€"side interrogaâ€" t‘on of passengers, and to make sugâ€" gestions. He permits Sharpe also to see the search of the dead man‘s pockets, Amone the contents is a fine diamond gestions. He permits the search of the d Awmong the contents nccklace. Before the ‘bus leaves the point at which the shocting occurs, Sharpe sugâ€" gests a search in the coppice running alongside the road. He and Matthews and a police who has arrived, have hardly begun to look for footprints when they come upon the body of a man. There is obvious evidence that he lhas died from cyanide poisoning. The doctor considers that the man comnmitâ€" ted suicide while Matthews was interâ€" rogating the passengers. The inquest discloses that the suicide was JCHN WINSLOW, a defaulting bank clerk, wanted by the police. He was nct connected with the murder. He, the mysterious "missing"" passenâ€" ger. happened to be on the ‘bus, and, realizing that he would be interrogated by the police, slipped away and comâ€" mitted suicide in a state of panic. Inquiries now turn to Gardopoulos. Although discouraged by Superintenâ€" dent MAXLEY, who is now in charge of the case, Sharpe contrives to attath liumself to the police officers detailed to visit the Levantine merchant. In the interview, Gardopoulocs admits that he knew Wainwright, who was an Ausâ€" tralian. His story is that Wainwright warnted to sell him stolen goods, but he would have nothing to do with the proâ€" posal. Consequently Wainwright folâ€" lowed him to Colborough and boarded tlie bus after him; but they did not sSijcak. 6 rom keen in has a v another rogating 10 The inqu was JCHN ZThe story commercial proves to be ba found. Suspicicn, however, moves swiftly to Withers, the ‘bus conductor. A revolver is found near the szenge of the crime in suggesting that he is the owner, He admits that he is and that he threw away the weapon froem moâ€" tives of, fear. they turm their attent convict who calls hims THE BIG SMITEY Mr. Sharpe found out slaying at the Golden conversation. 6. Detailsiof that talk : "I shall make Colbor qual rest in lile is soilving puZZi@esâ€"Cness ‘chlems, cresswords and the like., JFEFRRY TUCKLEY, a schoolboy. SMITH, who, when interroâ€" ited, admits to having been in gaol. GREGOR GARDOPOULOS, a Leâ€" ntine imporier of dried fruits. imporier 0f d HUNTLEY YOUNC aveller. Mr. and Mrs. WYLLIL s wife. AGATHA HANSON SYNCPSIS Travelling from Colborough to Nethâ€" ton, a country ‘bus develops engine ouble and backâ€"fires several times. ader coaver of one of these explosions male passenger is shot with a pistol. Those on the ‘bus at the time of the a the beginning, Sharpe takes a erest in the occurrence, and he igue impression that there was passengzer. Oof tb mak unti told by Huntley Young, the traveller, is tested and false, but the man cannot vÂ¥ cannot WYLLIE,. a farmer and c talk recurred to him. Colborough my headâ€" cannot be shaken, and t arrest him. Instead, attention to the exâ€" s himself Jcohm Smith. SMITH FAMILY i out that Smith was lden Lion in casual OLll ommercial settled midd "I‘m listening." Mr. Sharpe looked significartly at the waiting boy, standing inquisitively beside ‘him. "An entirely friendly visit, I may say," he observed. "So I shculd hope. You haven‘t menâ€" tioned what it is about yet." "Rather awkward in public." "Come inrside." He made way for th»e caliler, though with bad grace. "You seem suspicious," Mr. Sharp> said gently. *"H‘m! Tsoan‘t=size ycu up:; What‘s your game?" the newceme me?"" Smith had grinned. "They do." A little later the man had been talking earnestly with the ‘bus conductor. The little man tidily put away his papers, and procveeded to the hotel. "Yes," he was informed, "we have a Mr. Smith stayving here. In face, there are three guests of that name." "Seems to be rather a favourite." "It is, sir. Lots of quite innocent and well connected gentlemen are regarded with ~suspicion merely because their right name happens to be J. Smith, We make it a rule to require a deposit fiom anyone who registers in that name." "How quaint. I should imagine that the, er, synthetic Smiths would choose some cther name, in view of the free use that appears to be made with an honoured family pessession." ‘"That isn‘t borne out by facts." "Jo T have been given to understand, 1j‘€ "Such is far from my intention." "‘*hen spill the beans. You‘re som: kind of a ccpper‘s nark, aren‘t you?" "Good gracicus, no! Nothirsz of the has no notion that I am here." "O.K. Now that you are, let‘s hear your spiel." Mr. Sharpe smiled. ‘"What a cosmoâ€" politan vocasulary you have. Fortunateâ€" 1y I am fairly well acquainted with American slang. Your free use Oof it proimpts me to believe you are familiar with the United States." *‘ I‘ve lived over there, though it hasn‘t «unything teo do with you." "Caleb Wainwright had also just crossed the Atlantic He managed to smuggle into this country a valuable stolen necklet." Smith had remarked. "A convenient idea if engagements permit." Emith had grinned. little later the man ha earnestly with the ‘bus "Let ‘em! I came on business if you want to know." "Ha! So I imagined. Some very crackâ€" able crios in this country. Hope you don‘t mind my dreoepping into the verâ€" Pruasoular?" "T‘d like to drop ycu into the river.‘ "That, my dear Mr. Smith, would be a serious offence. Murder is cut of your line, unless I am greatly in error." John ABmith was bewildered. "Look here," he exclaimed, "I‘m about tired o1 your suggestions. First you as good as tell me I had something to do with the Wainwright business and then yoi! cut me as a killer. Get down to "You‘ve got nerve! What the hell do ycu imagine I know about that?" "The police ave getting ideas. They‘re wonderirs what srought you into these parts." "Just for ind,"‘ Racket, if yvou like. You can‘t kid t, I do assure you." Maxley put you up to this!" He didn‘t. So far as I am aware, he a short chat aso delle Tdee, Rome Copyright) said, recognizin vou lookings f0 vour business vou don "No, I won‘t. You got me into this with your promises of easy money. Beâ€" fore I met you I was straightâ€"never did a wrong thing in my life‘" omith sneered. "Aren‘t you the whiteâ€" headed boy!" "Leave him alone," said Mr. Sharpe Ceterminedly. "Honesty is going to be the best policy in the long run." "This would never have happened to mie if I hadn‘t met that snake in a pub," vent on the youngster. "We had a bit to drink and got friendly. Then heâ€" "Gro on, that‘s only ar elaboration of wnat you told the plice this afternoon." "I couldn‘t cconfess I was planning to reb a house, and I didn‘t mean to split on Mr. Smith having the gun." "You told them that?" burst in the crook furiously. "It coudn‘t be helped. I‘m not used to this sort of thing. They had it out ofi me befcore I knew it." "Righto, kid, forget it. Serves me right for comingy off the lone game. What a tough break!" "Sure," agreed Mr. Sharpe, finding t‘iis filmâ€"play atmosphere somewhat catching. "But you were wrong to keep it under your hat.‘" ‘"Don‘t be comic, mister. Think I don‘t know a .33 when I see one, and that‘s the calibre they‘re after." "Then you didn‘t know that Withers had the other gun as well?" ‘"What, the rod that did the job?" "*Exactly." Unceremoniously the door was bangâ€" ed cpen and Jeremy Withers burst into the room. "They know asout the gun," beo enncyed him. When the cards were cealt he could play his hand against anybody, but this time he appeared to be concerred with a pack minus the cour;s symbols. Luck came to his rescue while he was thinking out a suitable line of attack. he srapped. "Maxley got it out of me this afternoon andâ€"" for the first tim» he noticed the presence of a third parâ€" ty. . "Gawd!" he muttered, "that has "To put it bluntly, my friends, you‘re both in queer street unless you can clear up that little matter of the revolver One of you is putting his head into the brass tacks. That advice wasn‘t easy to follow, for Mr. Sharpe was groping blindly in the dark, a state of affairs that always Mr. Sharpe did not budge. "Downâ€" stairs," he exclaimed, "you‘ll find a couple of policemen, told off to follow Withers. They‘re hardly likely to have lost sight of him in this short space of time." Sinith turned a yellowish green, and the ‘bus conductor subsided into a pitiâ€" fuil heap. "‘Strulth!" he whispered through his ary lips, "what am I goirz to do?" "Come and face the music," advised tre little man. He cpened the door and led the way to where Maxley and his companions were waiting. CHAPTER XIII MAXLEY [MAKES AN ARREST Splashed right across the front page cf Mcrrison Sharpe‘s breakfastâ€"titme newspaper was a revelation that surâ€" prised him exceedingly. This was noâ€" thing less than the report of an arrest in the "Motor Bus Murder." So unexâ€" pecied was it after the events of the previcus night that he bestirred himâ€" self to such effect that he was able to board the 8.47 train for Netherton. nefusing to take "no" for an answe: he positively thrust his way into the presence of Superintendent Maxley. who was, however, in such a gocod huâ€" mour that he found the visit not en â€" tirely to his distaste. "Come to congratulate us?" he inâ€" (uired facetiously. is still time." "We‘ve had enough confirmation," Said Maxley, "And as you‘ve become sort of unofficially attached to the inâ€" vestigations T‘ll tell you why we azted. Jeremy Withers crasked firs tand any more," he said This ain‘t in my line." "RKeep your mouth shut," "Shut up!" snapped Smith. Mr. Sharpe took â€"i1p a strategic poâ€" icn with his back to the exit. ‘"Don‘t {}€ € irec non foolish," h« cut of the expiain ho\ it,." ‘Comse off it Come here., uggested I should help himâ€"toâ€" the contrary. Your action is a miscarriage of justice and I feel gquty to warn you so while there _ C2S 111C Sarcgill e advised. "Now the cat bag, it woud ~be as well w poor puss came to be razcked first. "I can‘t he said brokenlyv. way, I‘m getting out menaced THE PORCUPINE AD"ANCE, # Quite late last night a cablegram was roceived from America. Here is a copy.‘ riorrison Sharpe took the paper which was handed to him. his face very gravre as he read the brief message. "@mith, John, as described, believed wanted New York, suspected concern Rradham jewel robbery; posting furâ€" ther." use . ces ooo s Examining it curicusly the Superinâ€" tendent found a childish scribble conâ€" sisting of two vertical lines intersected by two equally spaced horizontal lines â€"ncothing more than the fret of a game of ‘"Noughts and Crosses." Three cyphâ€" ers were neatly drawn in, forming a dexter bend. Strangely enough, the plaver had not bothered to fill in any of the crosses. The mird of Mr. Sharpe had been rumning on threes. He had set down the markings as a rough guide, pleasâ€" antiv aware that the positioning signiâ€" fied the winnirg moves. Top left for Wainwright, centre for Smith, bottom left for Gardopoulos. Had Maxley left himni out of account? TWO PISTOLS: ONE MURDERER Sir Ellington Ellerslie, chairman of the bench, was a local land owner. Supâ€" porting him were Mr. J. T. Greenly, Mrs, Standish and Councillor Joseph Gregley. It was a stuffy little court, built more in keeping with an atmosâ€" phere of scorching cyclists, speeding motorists and licenceless dezâ€"owners of murder. Johmn Smith was brought into the dock with a uniformed cfficer on each sige. He hung his head as the chargs was read over to him. The jaunty air of bravado had gone overnight. Superintendent Maxley gave proof of arrest. He related, at length, facts and assumptions arising out of the ownerâ€" ship and borrowing of the revolver. Ofâ€" "Well?" he queried* as he came to the end. "The netklet found on Caleb Wainâ€" wright was part of the Bradham loot," Maxley explained. Purthermore we faund that the two men came over toâ€" ecther on the Turbania. On the voyage and for a time in London they were inseparable. Then they partedâ€"or it seems more probable Wainwright clearâ€" ed off with the swag. Smith followed, intent on getting back his share, or having revenge." ten the magistrates interjected. Clearly they had difficulty in fcllowmg all the suezestions. "I understard," Sir Ellington ve marked, "that the crime was committe:« with exhilsit ‘a‘?" "That is so, your worship. Exhibi *b,‘*~ you will notice, is a similar typ of weapon belonging to a witress I pro pose calling at a later stage. This man. a ‘bus conductor named Withers, will teill us that he handed exhibit ‘b‘ to the prisoner a few days before the crime. The police contenticon is that exhibit ‘a‘ was already in the possession of @mith, but that he intended to make use of the other weapon for the perâ€" petraticn of his plan." Thus cconcluded the opening session, with the police firmly convinced they had solved one of the most baffling crimes of the ageâ€"and Morrison Sharpe angrily under his breath about making fiction stranger than fact. was this observation that Sergeant Matthews overheard, ard he stopped. with a murmured greeting. "Oh, it‘s you, is it?" Mr. Sharpe snapped, very different from his usual dreamy tone. "Such stuff and nonsense I‘ve never heard. Your department will be the laughing stock of the country." "Mr. Maxley says .. ." "Damn. Mr. Maxley and what he says. That two gun work of his is balderdash. Withers had a revolver which he was going to use on a burgling expedition. He gave that to Smith and afterwards had it back. Ncbody could have fired it on account of the semiâ€"solid barrel and gasâ€"escape orifice. And that‘s all, except for the jiggery pokery about getting ri1 f the incriminating evidence which was xmmd in the ‘bus ticket box." "Then where did the second gun come from?" Mr. Sharpe waved his hand airily. "That," he retorted, "belonged to the murderer," "Smith?" "Smith wouldn‘t kill a fly, IT‘ve got my ewn theory which I‘ll keep to myself so long as you superior beings warder about with your noses in the air and your brains in your peckets." Mr. Sharpe waggled his head in agiâ€" tation. "Afraid it doesn‘t hang togethâ€" er," he argued. "I built up that frameâ€" work before and toppled it down again." "Come and listen to the case in half an hour. It will not go beyond formal evidence of arrest." ‘"Wouldn‘t miss it for worlds." As they talked the little man had been scribbling on an official pad. Max â€" ley noticed that this paper had been left behind and he wondered if it gave ary indication of what the puzzle exâ€" pert thought of the latest move. "It is rather complicated, superinâ€" tengent. Why not use the weapon he hadâ€"that is exhibit ‘a‘?" "Eecause it could be traced to him. By a stroke of luck suspiciorn might be thrown on to another party." \ "Very ingenicus! Why, after all that planning, fall batk on his own revolâ€" | "That," Maxley remarked, "was due to an entirely urforeseen circumstance. Exhibit ‘b‘ turns cut to be ncthing more or less than a toy. There is a gas Escape near the explosion chamij>er and the barrel is almost solid. This might pass unncticed for a time. I can assure vour worships that this exhibit could never have fired a .33 bullet. After the adjournment, which I propose to apply fcr, the sclicitor for the Public Proseâ€" cutor will deal with these facts at great. cr length." Sir Ellington signified his approval. "The bench have no doubt grasped the meaning of your evidence," he stated. "Do you expectt to have your case fully prepared by a week from toâ€"day?" The Chief Constable here rose to sa that they should be able to submit prima facie case on that day. "Very well. Then I suggest anything fturther be withheld until then." irameâ€" again." in half formal Dm ers of Dog Team â€" Greeted at Renfrew Denham and Harvey Greer were giv. en a hearty greeting when they reachâ€" <d Renfrew last week with their dog team on their way to Ottawa to deâ€" liver an invitation to Premier King to visit Tinynins this year at the time of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the town. One item in The Renfrew Mercury last week reads:â€""Renfrew people were afforded a good view of the sleigh dogs from Timmins on Tuesâ€" day afternoon. The Greer brothers, their drivers, took eight of the nine out arnd arove around town, one point visitâ€" ed being the Woollen Mills where the whole staff had a closeâ€"up look at the dogs, sleighs and drivers. In front of tne cenotaph on Low Square, Photograâ€" mherâ€" Handford set his camera in moâ€" ion and before nightfall there was a new adornment for his window. At an early hour on Wednesday morning a start was made for Ottawa, the last lap o‘ the 500â€"mile jourey. One dog was left behind, it not having fully recovâ€" ered from a sore which had developed in one of its feet and which had caused its coming in advance to Renfrew by express from a point up the line." In another column The Meroury reâ€" iers to a reception given the Greer broâ€" thers by the Renfrew Rotary Club. In reference to this The Mercury says:â€" "Meéessrs. Denham and Harvey Greer cf Timmins and their father, Chief of Polbce Greer, were guests of Renfrew Hotary Club at the club‘s"luncheon at Hotel Renfrew at noon on Monday. This was the club‘s reception to the "mushers" from New Ontario, whyq reached Renfrew early Sunday evening ou their way from Timmins to Ottawa. having travelled during the day from Pembroke. Hauling the sleigh were five dozs, the rest having come earlier by express in order that accidental trouâ€" bics might be attended to. Several cars wont out from Renfrew to extend a greeting, going as far as Haleys. Reachâ€" nz here the dogs were at once placed in stables on the premises of Dr. Posâ€" ter, who as a veterinary surgeon atâ€" tended to their physical needs. It was resolved to take a rest here until Wedâ€" nesday, so that the dogs whld enter the Federal Capital in the 'begt. of dition. The dogs are half husky, half wolf, and are a friendly lot but someâ€" tinies fight among themselv es, fighting viciously. Denham and Harvey Greer Guests of Rotary Club Last Week. | "At the luncheon at Hotel Renfrev on Monday the plaque which the mushâ€" es are carrying to Premier King waSI shown. It is an invitation to him to atâ€" tond the Timmins old home week nexti summer. The plaque is in the form of: New Ontauo gold and seems destined‘ to become a family heirlcoom. | "President Thacker extended a welâ€" come to the mushers and referred to the trouble which they had on the way from bad weather and other uncontrolâ€" able conditions. He hcoped that the Greer brehers if returring this way with the dogs would again be guests at a club luncheon. He asked Rotarians Wade and Scuthern, memisers of the ‘own coun!zil, to express a word of welâ€" come to the travellers. They extended gocd wishes and hoped for the travelâ€" lers a successful finish; also praised the tenacity of the men. ‘"Denham Greer said he would outline i few, of the hardships met with and proveeded to do so, telling of: experâ€" iences which became préess despatches along the way. He thanked the Rotary C:iub for the welcome and hoped for an equally gocd reception when reaching Ciitawa. At one point on the road they srowshced 26 miles, neither of the mushers ridinz in the sleigh. Harvey had the experience of a frozen cheek. Ano‘her experierce was nothing to eat from early morning until seven in the eveningâ€"ncothing but chozsolate bars. At sone points alon‘z the way fine hospiâ€" tality was shown them. In The Reserve there was the experience of a rainâ€" storinr, to meet which they were not well equipped and they and the idogs suffered. A deer was seen which wolves had killed; part of the carcass had been caten. A day was spent at North Bay. also at Mattawa, where the people were very kind. At Pembroke they were askâ€" ed io spend a day and the people exâ€" Fressed regret that they had been unâ€" aware as to when they were to artrive. Mr. Greer stated that the degs were his own and were of a good class, the breeding of dogs being a hobby of his Incidentally he stated that the Huâ€" mane Society kept a check on them all the way, in a vain fear that the dogs rnclit be abused. ‘Coming Around the Mountain" was sung as a compliment to the two guests the North; also "For They Are Good Fellows." Ycuths in Hudson and Sicux Lcookâ€" cut who are anxious to learn to fly will be given an cpportunity with the arrival Witn that he stalked off, leaving the sergeant hesitating between indignaâ€" tion and amusement. The latter came uppermost, hut possibly the former enmiction would have triumphed had Malthews known from that moment the little solver of puzzles had set his mind on cperating as a detective in direct opposition to the Torce. "I‘ll carry on in my own way and make them a present of the real culâ€" prit," he promised himself. (TO BE CONTINUED) New Plane at Hudson to be Used for Training Now at Hudson of a new Taylor Cub plane, purchased by F. W. Bowman, of that town. The new machine is exceedingly light, weighing in all but 563 pounds, and having capacity of a passenger and pilot, It will be used for training as well as for private flying purposes, The trundle bed, although in a new Puise, is still a narticle of household turniture. It is in even more demand toâ€"day than it used to be in early tthines. Then the trundle bed was used for little children of the parents who occupied the high bed, under which, in aaytime, the low bed was pushed, and where it was hidden by the valance of tae large bed. As will ise seen the trunâ€" ale bed occupied ro visible nor wanted space during the day. In a chamber of generous proportions usual in those days there was ample area for such a bed without «disarranging the room, when at the children‘s bedtime it was trundled out from its hiding place. Oldâ€"Time Need: There were two reasons why these oldâ€"time trurdle beds were desirable pieces of furniture. For one thing famâ€" ilies were large, and the solution was thus made of where to put the littlest folk who, very‘ likely, would. need socthing or care at night. The other reason was that, in the absence of central heating, then unknown, th» on‘ly chamber in which the tempsrature was warm and congenial to the little tots was that of the parents who saw to it that a stove was going nizht and WLS WaSs TUNIAl OI parents who saw to it that a stove was going nizht and cay. For the clder folk, it certainly was preferable to get up in a warm chamâ€" ber and ternd the children, than to ‘tudge through chilly halls and see to the youngsters «inseeldhmoms * i Modern Necesqity With the change of times and ideas. trundle beds of the type described were abandored. Hcowever the need of sufâ€" ficient sleeping accommcdations in liouses of smaller size, and in apartâ€" Sudbury Crown Attorney Against Tennessee Tactics At Sudbury last week Henry Beauâ€" champ, 26 years of age, pleaded guilty to havirg carnal knowledge of a girl 13 years of age while the girl‘s father. Archie Harvey, 32 years old, pleaded guilty to permitting the seduction of his daughter. The crown attorney, E. D. Wilkins, K.C., pointed out that Harâ€" vey was liable to life imprisonment and whipping for the crime to which he pleaded guilty, while Beauchamp also was liable to very severe punishment. He did rnot think that either of the men realized the seriousness of the crimes to which {hey pleaded guilty. It apâ€" peared from the evidence that Beauâ€" champ had been stopping at the Harvey heme, the latter being on relief. Beauâ€" champ gave some $200 to the Harveys in six months, and wanted to marry the Harvey girl. The father had claimed that the girl was too young to be marâ€" TRUNDLE BEDS OF TOâ€"DAY AND THEIR LIKENESS TO OF YESTERYEAR nftousehold Judging from the expression on the face of the Devil he appare has evil designs upon Dr. Blunt, Bishop of Bradford, seen above 1 ing a cup of tea with the principals in the pantomime "Mother io at Bradford. It was Bishop Blunt‘s speech last December which is ported to have started the British press to publish the startling r which eventually led to the abdication of King Edward VIII smart version of the old trundle bed as seen in many modern homes Lydia Le Baton Walker ried, but he had allowed Beauchamp to sleep in the same bed with the child. The crown attorney was cpposed to any suggesticn that Beauchamp be allowed to marry the girl now and so in some measure legalize the crim>s committed. "We don‘t want any Tennessee situaâ€" | tion here," he said, cbjecting to the ; idea of small girls being married. "It is hard to understand a parent counâ€" | tenancing this sort of thing," was the comment ¢f Magistrate Cooper, who termed the cases the most incredible in his experience. The two men were remanded a week for sentence. monts especially, has been con on the increase. Twoâ€"Tier Reds To fill this need "doubleâ€"dec! beds similar to upper and lower bet on ships and in sleeping cars are : AI it