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gh Janet, and her fiance, Col- vin, While they are waiting, polis * just replaced the yellow theatre stub e with word that H nd ina chea hak The body Bb a gas TOOmM, A sma 'welt on the back of the head. The only ¢clews are a woman's handkerchief an stub of a yellow theatre ticket. Janet Rand breaks her en with Colvin, because of t_.c "di Jimmy learning that the stub the Paragon Theatre in Buffalo leaves for Buffalo with Detec.' : Mooney. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER V. "Not much to go on, Rand, but better than nothing." Detective Moon- ey folded his wallet, in which he had 4 ace." from and the handkerchief, The train was pulling into Buffalo. "As far as I'm concerned," observed Mooney as they wire leaving the Pullman, "the first thing to do is to get ih touch with the local police. Courtesies of the profesh, you know." He continued, more seriously, "I'll have to let the detective bureau know I'm here and what for. Chances are they'll be glad to giva us a lift if they can be of any use. After that Pm darned if 1 know our next move, un- less it's to go down to this Paragon Theatre and see if there's any chance of running down the guy"who bought this ticket." He tapped his chest, where the wallet repised in the inner pocket of his coat. "There's about as much chance of doing that," he added, "as of finding a needle in a haystack." "But still a chance," Jimmy per- sisted. "Well, I'm not overlooking any bets, no matter how slim they look. Give 1%e credit for that." "Look here, Moon y," Jimmy has- tened to add at sight of the other's injured look, "don't think I have any idea that this thing is going to be cleared up in a day. I haven't. As a matter of fact, I've come here prepar- ed to stay for some time and the first thing I'm going to do is to hunt up a rooming house and a job. I haven't the slightest idea of how to go about running down a clew, I'm not one of these story-book amateur detectives. I'm darn glad you're along with me, Mooney. "I have an idea, though, that I can be of scme help. Besides," he added, "when we catch this--this man we're looking for, Mooney, I want © be there." Mooney looked at him shrewdly. "So that's the way the land lies," he said. "I've an idea, Rand, that you intend to make it hot for this customer if we do find him. Look kere, now," he turned on Jimmy, "you'll not be pulling any rough stuff on anybody while I'm along. The law will take care of 'em." Jimmy was staring vacantly ai the passing crowd in the station. He did not answer, When he spoke he gave no indic tion that he had even heard. "While you're down at police head- quarters, Mooiey, I'll be looking around for some place to live, and perhaps for a job. And if 1 want to do any job huntinz," he added, "I'll have to get a hustle on. Today is Sat- urday and most place. will be having a half holiday. Sup ese I meet you at two o'clock." "Two o'clock," agreed Mooney. "In front of the Paragon Theatre. We might as well start out on the right foot." ». » . Jimmy's search for suitable living quarters was short. He found what be was looking for after answering a couple of classified "ads." It was a large room and spotlessly clean, with a double bed, two comfort- able chairs and a mahogany finished dresser. The bath was nearby in the hall. . There was even a telephone--an ex- tension of the one downstairs, Mrs. King, the landlady, a tall, angular woman with a tired look in uer eyes, 'explaired that the gentleman who had been occupying the room and who had just moved out--*"to get married" had been particularly insistent on having a phone in his room. "Of course, if you don't want it," she added, "we :an have it taken out. It will cost you 50 cents a week ex- " "1 think I'll have it," decided Jim- my. "How much is the rent?" "Eight-fifty a week, with the phone --in advance." "Here's a week's rent" Jimmy handed her the money and she stuck it in the large pocket of her checked gingham apron. "The phone, Mr.-- Mr.--" "Ran.," supplied Jimmy, "James Rand." "About the phone, Mr, Rand. You can use it all you want for outgoing calls. The incoming ealls ring at the one downstairs. I'll have to call you when someone phones you and you can answer it right here." Jimmy walked to the window and looked out. The room was on the sec- vad floor, front, and overlooked a neat- ly kept yard in a neighborhood where business was fast changing what ap- pareatly had once been a desirable residential district. What especially pleased Jimmy about the room was its nearness to downtown. Close enough to walk to and from work, he thought; and there would have to be strict economy, A saving of car, fare would help. He washed and changed into fresh linen. Then, armed with his news- paper, he set out in search of a job. » » » Where his search for a room, though, had been short and success- ful, his job hunt was long and fruit- less. It seemed to him that he had been going up and down elevators all morning, only to find that some suc- cessful applicant had been ahead of him or to listen to the polite "re- grets" of office managers and other executives who murmured hazily something about "lack of experience. Sorry." He met Mooney promp.ly at two. The lobby of the Paragon Theatre was crowded, it being Saturday matinee. "When the crowd gets inside," de- clared Mooney, jerking his thumb to- ward the entrance, "we'll have a few words with the bird who sells the tickets. "It does seem like a waste of time," admitte? Jimmy forlornly. "Like tak- ing .. shot in the dark." "Who's throwing cold water now?" jeered the little detective. "This morning you were saying it was a chance, at least." The lobby gradually emptied. "Come on," said Mooney, "we'll take that chance now." young man behind the barred window informed them before Mooney coud ask his question. "We're not lookin' for matinee tick- ets," replied Mooney. "Advance sale over at tle other window." The youn; man was pre- paring to close p fcr the afternoon. "Not so fast, brother, rv so fast. We want to get some information." Mooney pulled back his coat and al- lowed the ticket seller to get a glimpse of Lis badge. 'Do you ever keep a record here of the people who buy tickets?" "What do you mean, keep a rec- ord?" The man behind the window was scornful, and anncyed at being held up. "Here's what I mean," Mooney per- sisted. "Suppose John Smith calls up and asks for a reservation on Monday night. Would you have a record of the seat you had laid aside for him?" "Not after he had called for it. We write his name on an envelope and hold the ticket until a certain time. If he doesn't call for it by then we put it on sale. If he does, he takes the envelope with his name on it." "We've got a ticket stub here," put in Jummy, "and we're trying to locate the man who used it. I suppose we're crazy to bother you, but it's pretty important." There was frank friendliness in his voice, and the ticket seller appeared mollified. "That's all right, you're not bother- ing me. I'll be glad to help you out if I can, but there isn't much we ean do about it. It's almost like trying to trace the purchaser of a yard of" ribbon in a department store. Let me see the ticket." He held out his hand, _ Mooney took out his wallet and fish- ed out the handkerchief and the yellow stub. He replaced the handkerchief and tossed the stub beneath the brass window grating, The young man picked it up and studied it. , "Monday night, November 25," he read. "That was last Monday night." He returned to the stub again. 'Row H, Section C, Seat 81" He looked at Mooney and Jimmy and 'I might have sold the self, friends, "Sold out for the matinee," the! "By gosh, you're in luck!" he cried. itedly. He reached for a little leather bound book and opened it. "This record says that Seat HS1 is reserved every Monlay night by Thomas Fogarty--address . Mayfair Hotel. A chance in a million and you hit Hy 1 "Imagine that!" Jimmy exclaimed! softly. "Just imagine it, Mooney. The luck of it." a Mooney was still staring at th ticket seller, 7 Finally he found speech. "Thomas Fogarty!" he ejaculated. "That's big. Tom Fogarty, I'll bet a million dol- lars! One of these hard-boiled political bosses and as crooked a bird as ever 'managed to stay on the outside of a jail? #2 (To be continued.) What New York I: Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fui- nished With Every Pattern Grouped fan plaits distinguish this youthful aquamarine blue crepe silk frock. 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Recipes For Halibut Broiled Halibut.--Season the slices with salt and pepper and fry them in melted butter for half an hour, having them well covered on both sides, roll in flour and broil for 10 minutes over a clear fire. Serve on a hot dish, gar- nishing with parsley and slices of lemon. The slices of halibut should be about an inch thick, and for every pound there should be three table- spoons of butter. Fried Fillets of Halibut.--Remove the skin and bones from a slice of hali- but weighing one and one-quarter pounds. Put each of the four pieces thus made, in halves lengthwise, mak- ing eight fillets. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Roll and fasten with small wooden skewers, Dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs, and fry in deep fat, Scalloped Halibut,--Shred one cup- ful of cold boiled halibut; pour in the food pan oné and one-half cups milk and let come to a boil; add butter size of an egg, salt and pepper, then the crumbs of four crackers, add lastly the halibut; let it cook five minutes, then 'add two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, and serve on a hot platter with bits of 'buttered toast. 2h PY | mired in your garden the hyacinths, Fo amt : "You love flowers as they are loved in all countries of the world by those who are sensitive to the beauties of Nature. But why do you not recognize their usefulness? When you have ad- the verveins, the pansies, and the roses that ornament it you let them fade away on their stalk or in vases, without trying to make more practical use of them. Yet many flowers are edible, and for many centuries the peoples of the Orient havs appreciated their savor and their nutritious quali- ties as well as their p beauty." and | So said the sage Wu Ting Fang. In Japan the bulbs of the dahlia are eaten as a vegetable and are, accord- ing to those who have tried them, In many a fold the mantling woodbine trunk is brought out for the annual They are usually | peeled, diced, and fried in oil for about 25 minutes. Just before being taken | from the pan to be served, they are Gentle of heart, yet knowing well to of getting lost, and the loss Is usually most palatable. sprinkled with curry powder, »- Down in Grasse on the French Staid was the dame, and modest wag for a thorough search. Riviera, which is, as every one knows, the most perfumed town in France, Her garb was coarse, yet whole, and special key-box or basket besides distilling millions of hecto- | liters of essence of jasmine, violet, Her neatly bordered cap, as lily fair, | hand, or, failing these, a drawer in Sketched from Nature In yonder cot, along whose moulder- ing walls falls, The village matron kept her school, little rule; her mien; nicely clean; i | Lost Your Keys? Often enough, when the family ' holiday, the keys are nowhere to be found! Keys that are not kept on | one's person have an unhappy habit | discovered when there ig little time The Victorian housewife had her in which | she kept all her keys docketed and to ii to | tenance' and repair are given in It Hom {a [EACH § he etaliiole' aad anerviag way > which a mosquito will b The follow directions for" mals. Made asy," Arthur Wake home- workshop editor of Popalar Science Monthly, We read: ed screen frames and sagging and broken sereening, yet these can be re- medied with a little work, and almost entirely prevented with a little thought and eare. i "When the screens are removed in the fall, gather loose screws, hooks, ing so adds to the general Jo 20s othe stuem) buttons, and attachments and tie.them . securely in a piece of canvas. Fasten the bundle 4 the handle of one of the 'screen doors. "See "that each screen is markad for ready identification. One way is to cut & Roman numeral in the edge rose, mimosa, they also praline these ' Beneath her chin was pinned with de- her desk was set aside and the keys! blossoms that grow in such profusion | cent care; would be kept in this. If necessary, of each screen with a half inch wide chisel and a currespunding numaral on tha edge sf the window casing op- on the terraced hillsides. » The little And pendent ruffies,® of the whitest then, she could lock this drawer, but! posite where the screen has been fluffy golden balls of mimosa, solidified | lawn, woe betide her if she lost the key in sugar, are particularly delicious In Of ancient make, her elbows did adorn.' of that! flavor. The housewife of to-day does not Further up in the centre of France, Here first 1 entered, though with toil need to keep track of so many keys as in the otherwise prosaic Auverge, they make fritters of acacia blossoms, but there, soms, they do a whole spray at a time! | Or maybe you would care to make! Lozenges of Red Roses after the in- structions given by Sir Hugh Platt in. Much did 1 grieve on that ill-fated | Written on it, there 1s no excuse for his "Delights for Ladies," 1594. 'Boy! your sugar to sugar again," he When 1 was first to school reluctant, viding the keys are returned to the says, "then put in your Red Roses, be- ing finely beaten and made moist with the Juyce of a Lemon; let it not boy | after the Roses are in, but pour it up- on a pye plate and cut it in what form you please." And if for an end you would fain know how to candy rose-Mary- flowers,, rose leaves, rose., marigolds, etc, with preservation of colour I can but recommend you tc the same aris- tocratic gentleman's recipe in his same "Delights for Ladies,' "Desolve refined or double-refined sugar, or sugar-candy itselfe, in a lit- tle Rose-water; boyl it to a reasonable height; put in your roots or flowers when your sirup i eyther fully cold, or almost cold: let them rest therein till the sirup have pierced them sufficient: ly; then take out your flowers with a skimmer, suffering the loose sirup to run from them as long as it will: boyl that sirup a little more, and put in more flowers, as before; divide them also: then boyl all the sirup which re- maineth, and is not drunke up in the flowers, putting in more sugar if you see cause, but no more Rose-water, put your.flowers therein when your sirup is cold, or almost cold, and let them stand till they candy."--From the Gourmet's Almanac, by Allan Ross Macdougall, "Don't you think it is Miss Sweet: awfully dangerous to go beyond one's depth, Mr, Swift?" Mr. Swift: "Yes, if you have only $4 don't go to a $10 hotel" ed . Recipes For Salmon Boiled Salmon.--A piece weighing six pounds should be rubbed with salt, tied carefully in a cloth, and boiled slowly for three-quarters of an hour. It should be eaten with egg or caper sauce. If any remain after dinner it may be placed in a deep dish, a little salt sprinkled over and a teacupful of boiling vinegar poured over it. Cover it closely and it will make a nice breakfast dish. » A Salmon Salad. --Flake 1 can of sal- mon fine, 1 cup of cabbage cut fine, 1 cup celery cut fine, sprinkle a pinch of salt, dash of paprika; mix lightly and chill them! Mix with mayonnaise dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves. Salmon Salad. --One large 'ean or red spimen, 1 np chopped sa pped English walnu pickles, Mix well with c itn, Saad gi and pain, The low vestibule of learning's fane; instead of frying siagle blos-, Entered with pain, yet soon I foud theless, if she is wise she will try to the way, Though sometimes toilsome, many a sweet display. ~ morn borne; Severe I thought the dame, though oft she tried To soothe my swelling spirits when 1 sighed; But soon inured to alphabetic toils, Alert I met the dame with Jjecund smiles; First at the form, my task for ever true, A little favourite rapidly 1 grew: And oft she stroked my head with marks. fond delight, . Held me a pattern tio the dunce's sight; And as she gave my diligence Ms praise, Talked of the honours of my future days. --Kirke White "Poems." bmi Too Good to Lose The secretary of a big store, ob- viously upset, dashed into the man- ager's office. "Good gracious, man," snapped the latter, "whatever's happened?' The secretary calmed down some- what. "It's Robinson, our traveller," he explained. . "Used most insulting language. Told me to fry my face, and said that you could go and chase yourself." > "He did, did he?" snapped the man- ager. "We'll fire him without cere- mony. Let's see, he's been with us five months. What business has he done in that time?" "A hundred pounds the first month," said the secretary, reading from a book, "£500 the next month, £3,000 the next, and £9,000 the next." "H'm," murmured the her grandmother did, for she keeps' only a few things locked up. Never keep such keys as she uses all in one place. If a label is attached to each key with the keys destination any of them going astray, always pro- proper place when finished with. Some people will still prefer to keep special keys in different places. The garage, cellar, or toolshed key, for instance, may be handler for use it hung on a hook on the Miichen, dresser. If this is done it is a good plan to allow a large colored label to each key--different cclors if possible. Treated thus, they are not nearly so likely to get lost, and the colored labels prove good distinguishing Keys constantly in use must be kept in pocket or handbag, of course. But luggage keys, only used at holi- day-time, should be returred to a safe and wuitable place once the holiday is over. "That gir] just handed you 'a frozen | face'." | "Yes, but the last time I saw her, she 'roasted me'." hey For Blisters -- Minard's Liniment. ------ renee Late Rising He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his busi ness at night.--Benjamin Franklin. -- A practical politician ghould make a good housekeeper, because his bunk is always made up. thoughtfully, "I often think I ought to take a little more exercige, and 1 dare say the caretaker will give you a frying-pan." --ee 5 Minard's Liniment for Neuralgia. ------b-- Taken Seriously The two women matchmakers were celebrating a recent victory. "Do you mean to tell me that Bob and Kitty have got married at last?" asked one. "Why, of course," sald the other proudly. "But 1 thought Kitty was ono of those very modern _girls," ventured the other. "I didn't think she be lieved in marriage." "Well, that's what Bob thought, thought, too," came the answer.-- Answers. ------ Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are mot only not Indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of man- kind.--Henry David Thoreau. BRAND ~NODENSED Mit : the ideal food for | 'thebottle-fedbaby | becauscitisclean, uniform | ed the latter. | explained. |® The dealer nodded in retarn. EAL "That's only his pride," he mur- marked Another method is to ob- tain metallic number tacks, which may be purchased cheaplv at any hard. ware store. Kven marring the bots tom of each screen with a heavy col: ored marking crayon will serve as a makeshift. "When the screens are down, brush them well outdoors. While doing this, note carefully whether any of the screens, if covered with paint or galvanized wire, have a brown or slightly rusty look. These should be placed at one side for painting at the earliest opportunity; the wire may be past service if left until sring. "Asphaltum varnish thinned with turpentine may be used for painting the wire, or regular black or green screen anamel. Boiled linseed oil with a little turpentine added, togeth- er with sufficient lampblack to color it black, is very easy to use, especial ly it applied with a small piece of close-grained sponye instead of a brush. This mixture can be used on galvanized screening one year, and spar varnish thinned with turpentine can be applied the following year, and s0 on through the life of the wire. With bronze and copper screening, thisslabor is saved." Now to come to the important para graphs on mending holes: "If any tears or holes are seen, they may be repaired by sewing a neat patch through and through with a piece of the screen wire. "Usually it is impossible to repair a 'run' or téar along the line of tacks. In such a case, even if the wire ls otherwise in good condition, it is best to put on new wire. "To. remove old wire, take off the molding covering the tacks, put out a few tacks at one corner only, hold down the frame firmly with the left hand, gnd catching hold of the loos- ened wire at the corner, give a sharp upward pull. The entire plece of net> ting will come off. Remove all' re- maining tacks. Lay the new piece of wire on the frame, and fasten with new tacks. "The lower panel of a screen door may be filled with a thin board, or a wall-board panel can be set in with strips of wood to resist the onslaught . of children, dogs, and cats. A hand- plece 3/4 by 3 inches fastened from stile to stile, ahout 4 feet 6 inches + from the floor, will reduce the dam- age done by careless persons who push against the wire netting, which soon pulls the wire from its fasten- ings. "Temporary screens, as for a camp, may be made by cutting woven cloth | screen @bout 6 inches la.ger each way than the opening between the casings of the window to be screened. Wind the edges. around 3/8 by 3/8 inch strips of wood of a length to fit loosely in the opening, and drive small brads through the strips into the edge of the window casing." mrt latte Only His Pride © Benn had taken a cottage in the country and, owing to the bad state of the roads, he decided to sell his | car and buy & horse on the hire-pur- "chase system. . ox A week following his purchase of : .Jthe animal he arfived at his dealer's stables. "How do you like the borse?" ask- "He's all right" Benn returned. "There's just one small thing I don't like about him, however." "Qh, and what's that?" ing dealer, "He won't mured. "He will when he's paid for." --Answ : : uired the. lift up his head," Benn :