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see the holland meial 1abL1Ct without con From the narrow stre mises and 1 Sphinx ment : not c gap al bBelieve ni hand and and swut edage the passa was cutsic might hay watchman andad minded I unlike th the most ‘"There himself, ‘ And wit} side the door beh Fhilip knowing t customed forward, | ing every The store as egrie. At the acors. One flcor of t that ran upwal tain which dir the daosor to t! the shop abou the nearest co stood rigid, h front of him glimmer of t! its soft radia glass of the strangeo Obliqt ICGG MA His eyes I tomed to the his ey2s so m him. Sudder what sound ment in he listened The sound was beginn his senses with him \ came over CSE ind tle Ph That WwAs en Ai nelled hat it mis im to PI nfinitely onal satis The ligh t was the 1€ lC nap Nearer 16 uiC pal l6 O pa ha 11 AI Al 1€ could dows wind l NU uncerâ€" ike. He chost _ onpened intC opened into t away from i moment he the door. In H¢ 1 wrong. ped in 16 lec 1rowIn > pialte casting rircase pau nin nC h L WO ind AaTC N I t A€ fli Hs T 2n imlnatle 11 feelit 101. the ) fel himself before in the mcorning 1I ms bacKwa iseless. Hi hilin» thouw 211 1In nhad rhna Perhaps b 0 id uch of that hand electrified fought like a tiger hitting upâ€" the point were he imagined ‘s face to be. The movement eward immediately. His right ck something and the next the torch held in the man‘s d went hurtling upwards still ed. It described a curious, arc, like a meteor in a Novâ€" ky and then dropped like a cket and crashed somewhere them on to the floor. saw this through eyes that The grip on his throat was ig and he fought to release it. 1 feel the man‘s breath now. es exhalted quickly. Then the se arm fung itself around him. erforn 1€ s exhalted quickiy., lhen Uie e arm flung itself around him. ers bit into the flesh of his t below the ear. A sudden s crept into his brain. It was »aralysis creeping inwidiously 1. His arms felt useless. The is throat relaxed, but the presâ€" w his left ear persisted. Then iimself being swung from his The fellow was undoubtedly The next moment he was lying, ing numb and unresisting on 11 n A 1 n did not speak but Philip e in the darkness that he was over him. staring down upon ns with a grim smile of satâ€" flic Ac CLUE Philip crept back again to was still dark. He tried to quickly realized that during on the intruder had made a of parcelling. His hands were his side. What was more inâ€" vas that a loop of cord had sed around each thumb and icross the small of his back t was impossible for him to arms forwards without inflictâ€" pain. By rolling into a sitting ie found that he could move jackwards but that manoeuvre ss. His feet were roped, too, p thought of calling for help. however, that he might as his breath for the exertions BV numbness bagan to clear full of fight again and when oment he felt the man tying ether. Philip began to strugâ€" s an error in tactics for an found the point of his Jjaw. cracked backwards on the ogany counter top. Someâ€" mbling a display of sheet flickered through what reâ€" hnis consziousness. That was 12Â¥ 1 hn( plu incomfortably close. His g the counter trembled. ees, The suspense wWas freque 0es on befot man strained at his bonds dared, consistent with the iining occasioned himâ€" He le his ankles, but that was . physical contortion that me credit to a professional er he at last managed to JY proximity with the cord t wrist. The sweat was i his face but he sucâ€" e his teeth had touched lized that it was only a Ats before he would be and so release his nes cue had been strangled. nearly strangled him. rose same fingers that throat were the same i the life from Nikolas ) Slater folt sick. He ath for f him 0o re the s felt oddly numb counter inch by it pauses lest the the polished floor ow, and he stood s, afraid. There emotion. It was cold blade of a n the shoulderâ€" proved stubborn ike hours befor. tten through. He tion and lay back ring of the shop ed the moisture ding his pocketâ€" 1y feet and stooGd He had been r not far from »ody of Nikolas vered. A shuxudâ€" an unpieasan ht have beetr he were to iff came on DEATH IN THE STALLS," ZORA, THE INVISIBLE hi realized, however, that being sick wasn‘l going to help; so he fought down the sensation and tried to think what he should do next. It was fairly obvious that the man was no longer on the premises. He had finished whatever he had ‘come for and gone. Philip thought of telephoning Beck at €cotland Yard. Even if the Superinâ€" tendent was not there, he could always leave a message. Deciding on this course he began feeling his way towards the door by which he had entered the shop when his foot struck against something. It proved to be the electric torch he had struck from the man‘s fingers in the early moments of the struggle. He reâ€" trieved it and was surprised to find that it had survived the ordeal. All that had happened, apparently was that, when it struck the floor, it had fallen on the projecting switch on the side of the casing and the impact had extinâ€" guished the light. By maintaing presâ€" sure on the point of contact he sucâ€" ceeded in keeping the torch alight. guished the light. By maintaing presâ€"| Meilvin C sure on the point of contact he sucâ€" "Sant: ceeded in keeping the torch alight. (Krogm: Coming around the counter, however,|; "Wint to make a more direct line towards the| Sullivan dcor, beside the staircase the light pickâ€" ‘"Hunt ed out something lying on the floor a ) garet Sl yard or two from the counter where| "Coun the struggle had taken place. It was| Helen S the struggle had taken place. It was | Heler a small torn piece of paper. Philip| "Cc picked it up and examined it. It was| (Cran an address: ‘"The Beeches, Near Tonâ€": "M bridge."" 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Pollen or dust. to be effective in causing hay fever in sensitive persons, must conâ€" tain an excitant to this condition; it must be capable of being carried by winds and for considerable distances, the source must be abundant and the nlants widely distributed. By J. W. S. McCullough, M.D., D.P.H.) Hay fever is caused by the irritation o the mucous membrane of the nose ind throat from the pollen or dust of yYants and grasses by persons o such irritation. The offending plants ire trees, grasses and weeds, and the th and RAIdEr. Ulf IHMId4AQIC, i haickberry, sycamore and mulbe The willow pollen is the only one ontributory Causes in V arâ€" ious Seasons of the Year Minuet pl ts widely distributed. the early spring, trees carry the ative pollens. Then come the ses, say about June, and then the ds in Autumn. On the American inent the windâ€"pollinated trees are e carrying jcatkins, sutch as the ar, oak, birch, walnut, beech, hazel alder. 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These comprise the ragweed famâ€" nd the thistle The effects ese are found from July onwards. enrod, popularly suppeosed to excite fever, has been exonerated. e sufferer from hay fever sees the signs in what appears to be A nt cold in the head which may be iated with asthma. There are atâ€" ; of sneezing, headache and lassiâ€" Old persons are practically pt. ‘The important point is the mtion of the condition. In most this may be done by the use of tests to diszover the pollen or dust aich the individual is subject. This x done a vaccine or antitoxin may > repared which is effectual in the O1 4S f1r. nothy pe.i. Jamieson, of Edmonton, Canadian Medical Assoâ€" . dofines the three hay the province of Alberta. stretches from the Deer northern boundary. A es the southern section with its upper limit to er country, while the rom the Red Deer south ional boundary. fever in idâ€"AÂ¥pril PAaC THREE } prairies the fender among » worst of the ich as s wind l