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m AC happened to the gir ciated with the myst were both involved. The girl‘s absence, ed that she had no lodgings the previot subject « colleague the nigsh 6f Phyllis, and were badly fri now that some the nignt before, was strangeiy Chasâ€" tened and refused resolutely to be drawn into the speculation. As for Philip he felt that work was impossible for him until he had got inâ€" to touch with Scotland Yard, and to that end he awaited the arrival of Mr. Peter Oxton with a patience that was only with difficulty controlled. Hardly had the Managingâ€"Director gained the sanctuary of his office than Philip Slater entered. "I have to inform you, sir," said Philip, without preamble, "that Miss "I have to inform you, sir," said Philip, without preamble, "that Miss Varley has disappeared. I first had my suspicions last night and went to see Superintendent Beck at Scotland Yard. Don‘t you think, sir, that we ought to inform him that she hasn‘t turned in this morning?" 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Shapling He arrived at vung back to r in his own d, on that ocâ€" ainst his own : himself that nda and not ered at â€"the amazement uns man unâ€" U PNIIID noticed beâ€" must be inâ€" ither differâ€" t associated was no sign jan‘s nerves Phyv RED INDIAN STATION eml FILL UP AT THE â€"the would be mornin Buperin it has mystery murder e sta There Philip in â€" her her and thought. Of course, there was always the possibility that Miss Varley had reasons of her own for disappearing and he suggested that to Slater. "I can‘t believe that, sir. Why, she made an appointment with me for eight o‘clock last night, and you may take it from me, sir, that had she beer. able to keep it she most certain}ly would have done so." Peter Oxton could not resist a smile at the young man‘s earnestness and nis iniplicit faith in Miss Varley. "It‘s obvious to me, Slater," he said, "that your knowledge of the ways of women is no as complete as it probably will be when you grow older. The fact that a woman makes an appointment dcesn‘t always mean that she intends keeping it, You see, Slater, it may have been that Miss Varley had a scheme of her own in mind and in order to throw you off the scent she deliberateâ€" ly made with you an appointment she had no intention of keeping. But by all means, if Superintendent Beck is inâ€" terested, we shall inform him. For my part, young man, I‘m heartily sick of the whole affair. I‘ve been threatened myself, and I didn‘t like it. But what has Scotland Yard done? As far as I can see they‘ve done nothing at all. Beck‘s a nice enough fellow, I admit, but he doesn‘t seem to have quite. the right grip on the case. MHe‘s playing around with some fantastic theory of rival Chinese secret socvieties at watr over a pieec of silk. It‘s a wonder to me he hasn‘t commandeered the whole of our stock and taken it to Scotland Yarda." OxXTON IS PERSUADED Philip Slater started. "That‘ tainly an idea, sir. If I may T‘d menticn it to him." sage last night too late to cancel your appointment. By the way, I‘ll phone Scotland Yard myself, if that will ease vour suffering." "You‘ll do nothing of the sort, Slater. Don‘t you think we‘ve been inconâ€" venienced enough already? However, I‘m sure Miss Varley will be found safe and sound staying with an invalid aunt from whom she received a mesâ€" Philip Slater went back to his work with a tortured mind. He told himself it was just the least bit cruel of Mr. Oxton to put it the way he had done; but in fairness to Oxton perhaps that was his peculiar way of reliving his own feelings. Which was just what it was. Peter Oxton got into touch with the Superintendent immediately and Besk informed him that he was coming around to the store immediately. When the Superintendent arrived he appeared more perplexed than usual. He went straight to Oxton‘s private office. "I‘m sorry about Miss Varley," he told Oxton. "She‘s what I call a nice, intelligent girl. I had been hoping that some explanation of her disappearance would have been discovered by this morning. Since it hasn‘t I suppose we‘d better start looking for her." "I believe that Mr. Slater saw you last night, Mr. Beck?" questioned Oxâ€" ton. "What precisely is Mr. Slater‘s poâ€" sition in relation to the case on hand?" ."Nothing more than that of an obâ€" server," Beck told him. "I found Mr. JA .WILMOT Phone 643 Copyright Published by Special Arrangement That‘s cerâ€" 1 T‘d like to Slater to be a young man of resource and ideas and I asked him to keep an eye on things here during my absence." "Isn‘t that unusual, Mr. Beck? And don‘t you think I should have been apâ€" prised of that fact?" "I suppose you should have been," the Superintendent apologized. "But when I asked him to do something for me I didn‘t want snyone else to know except Miss Varley. I rather wanted them to work on the inside." "I think I might have been told that you had recruited my staff, Superinâ€" tendent." Peter Oxton appeared a trifle petulant, and Beck was beginning to lose his temper, a thing he rarely did. "Mr. Oxton," he said, facing his man squarely, "I will recall to your mind that the other night you yourself were threatened from what I call the ‘danâ€" ger quarter,‘ A threat was made against the safety of your daughter if you didn‘t persuade me to withdraw my men from the store and its vicinity. To please you and to set your mind at rest, I did so. You must realize that I had to have someone here who was in a position to give me information. 1 took upon myself the responsibility of asking Miss Varley and Mr. Slater to report certain facts to me. Mr. Slater has done so with the coâ€"operation of Miss Varley. Tl] tell you, quite frankly, sir, that I don‘t like the attitude you are adopting this morning. Is it beâ€" cause you no longer fear that danger will come to your own daughter? If that is it, sir, I can‘t bring myself to admire you. I am just as disturbed at Miss Varley‘s disappearance as I would be had the girl been your daughter. I want you to understand that. I think I‘ll be getting along." "I‘m sorry, Superintendent; very sorâ€" ry indeed. I can only attribute my reâ€" cent attitude to a condition of nerves which has affected me since this busiâ€" ness started. Of course, I see your point. It might have been Brenda. I insist that you take whatever steps you please in future to end this uncerâ€" tainty. If you like you can fill the store with police. I don‘t mindâ€"I don‘t mind anything if only we can get to the botâ€" tom of this distressing affair." "Even the disappearance of _ your daughter?" Beck questioned, quietly. The reply surprised the Superintenâ€" dent. Nevertheless it gave him a new angle on Oxton‘s character. "Even ‘to that," he whispered hoarseâ€" The colour had mounted to Oxton‘s face and he bad to admit that the Suâ€" perintendent had been right. "I don‘t think you need fear that anything will happen to Miss Oxton," Beck assured him, with a grim smile. "But I think I can say that we appear to have got someone ‘on the run‘ as we call it. Without doing anything practical in my investigation we have created a feeling of uneasiness in semeone‘s mindâ€"someone who doesn‘t seem to know how much we know, and I figure that Miss Varley has been taken for that very purpose. They want to know what Scotland Yard is doing and Miss Varley, they imagine, is the key." Oxton. Superintendent RBeck shook his head. "She knows practically nothing at all. But one never knows but what she will be the means of leading us to the lair of the criminal we‘re after." s:)me little time in their rest periods He had a mind to go up there himself At the foot of the stairs he paused as When Slater nad raced towards the stairs leading to the store, Beck wanâ€" dered along towards the stairs that led upwards towards the flat roof of the store where, when the weather perâ€" mitted. the members of the staff spent But a es Miss Varley know?" asked | he heard hurried footsteps behind him. He turned and saw a small, slightlyâ€" built girl coming towards him. He judged that she was no longer youngâ€"â€" that is as young women go. Thirtyâ€" eight to forty at a guess. "Excuse me," she began, nervously, "vyou are Superintendent Beck?" The Superintendent admitted the identity. "IL want to speak to you. I must speak to you. It is about Mr. Nolescue!" RPeck regarded the girl shrewdly. "Weren‘t you interviewed the day before yesterday; or was it yesterday?" he asked, puzzled. "It was yesterday morning. Yes, that‘s right. But I couldn‘t say anyâ€" thing then. That‘s why I want to see you now." "You are Miss . . "Miss Rich . Muriel Rich. I knew Mr. Nolescue well. He was the only man who‘s ever been really friendly. We talked a lot about thingsâ€"outside the store, that is. No one knew. It was our secret. Some day we were going away ®# ... away to the East. But that‘s all over now isn‘t it Mr. Beck? They‘ve killed him just as he said they would." Beck was staggered. "Do you mean to say that Nolescue knew he was going to die?" "He seemed to sense it. He said you always did when a Chinaman was on your trail, I didn‘t quite understand, of course. He never told me that." Rich?" l She shook her head. "He didn‘t seem to know, exactly." | "When did he tell you all this?" l "One night last week after we‘d been| to a cinema." | "You know Miss Varley is missing?" Beck put the question quietly. ' "That‘s what is worrying me. afraid I made a bit of a fool of myself! last night in the staff room as we werc going home. I blurted out something of my feelings for Mr. Nolescue, It seemâ€"| «i to surprise most of the girls; but 1 thought it surprised Phyllis Varley most of all. You see, Mr. Beck, Phyllis Varâ€"| ley seemed to think Mr. Nolescue was interested in her. He wasn‘t. I was his friend and he mine. I‘ve been worried this morning . . . wondering whether Phyllis‘ disappearance has anything to do with what I said last night." "But how could it do that, Miss Rich?" "I‘m sure I don‘t know. But Mr. Noâ€" lescue was always so sure that someâ€" one was following him . . . even when he was at work in the store. I thought perhaps someone had overheard what I‘ had said." "But how would that affect Miss Varley?" Beck could not quite underâ€" stand the girl‘s attitude in telling him what she had done. "So do I, Miss Rich," said Beck bitâ€" terly. "I also hope that the person who did kill him isn‘t also responsible for Miss Varley‘s disappearance." "I‘m sure I don‘t know But I wish I could catch who killed Mr. Nolescue." Miss Rich went back to the work she had left without permission, and Beck hurried down to the shop to look for Philip Slater. He felt that, despite the hysterical outburst from Miss Rich, he was little nearer in his quest. Treating Goitre in Its Early Stage When an individual has a heart that beats rapidly, has bulging eyes, and is extremely nervous, it is evident to the patient, to the family and to the famâ€" ily physician that these symptoms are due to a disturbance causing too much activity in the thyroid gland in the neck. It is called goitre. To make sure that the trouble is really goitre, a metabolism test is made which measures the rate at which the body processes are working when the bedy is at complete rest with no diâ€" gestion going on in the intestine. 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