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SYNOPSIS "Henry Rand, 55, a business man, is found murdered in a cheap hotel in Graf- ton. In the same room are found a stub These are traced to Olga May- nard, a cabaret singer in Buffalo, who claims they were taken from her purse a man with whom she danced. Jimmy, enry Rand's son, goes to Buffalo, and he and Olga search for this man. They finally see him, but he escapes. They recognize his picture in the police gal- Jery as that of JTke Jensen. immy meets and falls in love with Mary Lowell, but she sees him with Olga and snubs him. Later she becomes en- gaged to Samuel Church, a wealthy law- yer, but on account of his cruelty to a '#emall dog, she gives him back his Hug Lieut. O'Day, a policeman, invites Jimmy to his house for supper. Then he warns Jimmy that Olga is in love Jimmy if his father came from Durb 3 k y and if he was the son of Thaddeus Ranl. CHAPTER XXXII O'Day waved Jimmy Rand's qu tion aside. "Tell me all you } about your grandfather and we'll see how the stories fit." "Very little," Jimmy answered. "Dad never mentioned him around the house. My father never said much about his past, but he hinted that ne had run away from home as a boy." "He never talked about Thaddeus! Rand at all?" "I know nothing about my grand- father whatev I've never even geen I'm sure Dad was here was a picture of him. a little bitier about come d of ettre ert and Dad left him." "And you duu't know ing about your father's past?" "Not a thing. For the last thirty years he had worked in the same place and lived 'n the same town. Tas nas about all any of the family knows] about him. Once in a while, when he'd be correcting my sister or me for s.met'irg we had done, he'd say that we were being dealt wica a great deal more leniently tnan he had been as a ny. "That's :unat as fac ns he'd g» I've always imagined, from that, that Thaddeus Rand was a pretty stern parent." "A hard m O'Day nodded his head gravely. "You knew him," Jimmy & "Yes, an' I knew your a fashion, 'although he was a lad of sixteen when he ran away an' I a little shaver just startin' school." O'Day chewed reflectively on cigar. "It's funny, the tricks a m memory will play on him. 1 v now that I didn't connect your fathe: with thi Henry Rand that I k nearly forty years ago, when 1 fir heard your story, Now I know wh it ig abo it you that's had me wonde wh I'd seen you before. It's your resemblance to old Thaddeus Rand. "Yes, 1 know the story, all right. "Twill take a bit of tellin' for it's been many a year since it all happened an' it's no compliment exactly to your grandfather, but I guess you can stand to hear it." "Just so it's the truth, Lieutenan'. ¥ want to hear i' all," Jimmy laid his Land on the other's arm. "Go on," he urged. "I'll try to give the truth. Mind, now, I was a kid of seven or there- abouts--it happened back in 1886 or 1887--an' some of it might not come back to me just right. But the story vas gossip in our little town for years father and ' grand- after your + had left. he came to Durbin to live, an' Henry Rand was his only son--Harry we called him in those days. He was a proud man, a cold man. 1 re my father saying that Thaddeus Rand had come from Virginia an' that he boast- ed that his ancestors had been among nal settlers of Virginia. t any rate, we all knew that he ras proud of his.name an' his Cav- alier fc ithers." O'Day got up from his chair. "I want another cigar. ¢ go in the living recom where it's re comfortable." > installed Jimmy in an easy chair sat heavily in a rocker. ay, finished with the dinner produced a sewing basket and the dining room, knitting. O'Day, after lighting a fresh cig went on with his story. "It's import. ant that you know what a proud sort of man your grandfather was, Rand, £0 you'll understand the things he did. 1 can see his reason now, although at the time there didn't seem to be any excuse at all for what he did. "Thaddeus Rand ran the only drug store in town. If he'd had any compe- tition he wouldn't have got much busi. mess for it wasn't a pleasure to deal with him. He was never a mixer, like most small town business men, but kept to himself as much as possible, When you went in his drug store you told him what you wanted and you got it. That's all there was to it. He was polite enough, but strictly busi- mess. 1 used to drink sodas in his store. when I was a little shaver. hat's one reason why I remember him go well. ~~ "I don't know how old your father ~Harry Rand--was when Thaddeus faze to Durbin, but he was just a 'Rifle kid and he grew up with the vest of the boys an' went to school with 'ent. Unlike his father, he was ¢al popular lad. He was jukt a ar hoy--into every sort of mis- that red-blooded boys get inty; fond of playin' pranks. He was a aglee der in all the sports an' he was. looked ap to by all the other 'SUE No. 6-- 31. : : 5 friends. wcdeus and was a widower when | village boys. People used to \.0 dor how Thaddeus Rund, with his cold, proud ways, could '.ave such a son." "It's hard," said Jimmy, blinking, for he was pretty close to crying, "It's hard for me to imagine anycne calling my father Harry. As we knew hin, Henry was about the only thing that suited him. A quiet little man, you know, in his gray suits and his derhy hat--and his unfailing punctuality." "No doubt," said Q'Day, "there wus enough happened to him in hi years to change him an' make a differ ent man of him. Bat I'll go on. ' "Weil, the years sort of moved along, an' Thaddeus Rand still kept his drug store, makin' a fair livin' out of it, as proud as ever. He was as strict as sin with your father. Mac him work in the drug store after school hours an' never let him out at night. It's a wonder the lad ever found time to play at all, but that he dia, somehow, as 1 'vas tellin' you. "Thaudeus Rand didn't want his son mixin' so free with the other boys. He had a notion that a Rand was too goo for the vest of us. But Harry couldn't see it that way. He made many he ~as in his second or r of high school--about six- 's old--when he got in this He fell in love, an' he fell One of these schoolboy infatua- i u understand, that we older | folk: ways laugh at, but which are no laughin' matter at all when you've i got one. It just about swept Harry Rand off his feet." "It's hard to realize that," exclaim- ed Jimmy softly. "My father in a school boy love affair." } "We've all had them, Rand, some of | them mild cases and some of them | pretty violent. © Your father was no ! exception. You didn't know your daa "] guess third ye teen y i serape. , hard. i tions, Jt, and I'm sorry." this thing had been growing year. She was a year or younger than Harry, a year behiad him in school. . . A beauty. .. One of these Latin types, you know--the kind that are full blown at fifteer "Her name was Marie Real, an' she was the daughter of the town shoe maker, Angelo Real. Nobody realized, I guess, how serious it was with those two kids. He used to walk to school with he y' home again in the after- noon. THEE were together all the time t he wasn't home or workin' in hi ther': store. "F the thing got to be gossin; it spread all the faster, I guess, be cause she was the shoemaker's daugh- ter an' he the son of proud old Thad- deus Rand. Thaddeus, when he heard about it, shut his mouth tight an' had one of his silent fits, .He laid down the law to Harry, absolutely forbid him to speak to-the girl again. "Then he marches down to Angelo Real's shop and lets off steam. You keep your daughters away from my son," he say 'Ill do my part; now you do yours.' "Old Angelo gets mad himself. didn't like Thaddeus' attitude, for which I don't blame him. 'You think my daughter's not good enough for your boy, eh? he says to. Thaddeus 'You listen to me." I don't like it any more than you do, you hear? You think 1 like it, eh? "I'll talk to Marie,' he says. 'You keep watch on your son. Marie's a good girl; she'll do what I say. Now you get out,' an' he chases old Thal- deus out of his . hop with a hammer. "Well, it got to be talked about the village that Thaddeus an' Angelo had had a fallin' out over their kids an' Marie and Harry were not to speak to each other again. The kids tried hard, I guess, to be obedient children, an' for a while it 'ooked like the thing was goin' to blow over, "Thaddeus kept a close watch on Harry, an' kept him in the drug store every minute of 'he day that he wasn't in school. As for Angelo, he made h's son Louis walk to school an' back with Marie every day. "The kids stood it for a while, but the thing went a lot deeper than any- body thought. Gradually they got to stealin' a few minutes together in school, an' then' it got to the note writin' stage. There were plenty of kids, girls mostly, who were willin' to carry notes between them. "Then that was found out, aa' Harry an' Marie had another talkin' to from their parents. Thaddeus, they say, even went go far as to threaten to cast Harry off if he didn't cut out his foolishness an' do it right away. The boy came to school the next mornin', lookin' pale as a ghost, " He a word. "Mind you, I was too young at the time to know the whole story. I'th re- peatin' it as it was told to me later on by my older brother, who was a class- mate of Harry's. "Marie was cryin' when she came to school the next day. Some say that old Angelo had given her a lickin', which { wouldn't put past him." O'Day lit a fresh cigar, then settled back in his chair. He continued, looit- ing straight at Jimmy: "They didn't I'm never guilty of such cruelty to my own. They didn't say a word to any- body in school that mornin', but at lunch time they had disappeared. ~ "They didn't show up all afternoon. When .vening came old Angelo an' Thaddeus went to the constable. They | almost had a fight right in front of with his jaw stuck out, an' said never | treat those kids right, Rand. I hope him, each blamin' the other, you see. | They organized a searchin' party, bat 'tLe kids had lit out, or killed them-' | pelyes--nobody knew which. They! didn't come back that night, an' the. next day the whole town was lookin' for them. ! . "Finally they found "em--Ilate the rext afternoon. They Lad run away together--eloped--an' they were ar- rested Ly the police in a town abonl thirty niles away. i "They landed back in Durbin that night. Someone drove 'em home in a surrey. An' when they got back, Rand, there was hell to pay." s 4 (To be continued.) o) Gores | What New York | Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Nlustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- | nished With Every Pattern A model that is especially kind to the mature figure. The cross-over lines have a marvelously slimming effect, The surplice collar merges into the waistline sash. The wrapped arrange- ment of the skirt is decidedly slender- izing and extremely graceful. This smart printed crepe silk shows an interesting detail in bow of the plain crepe trim posed on the collar. Style No. 2917 may be had in sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Then again Yor smart day wear you'll like it fashioned of dark green canton crepe self-trimmed. Wool crepe in rust-red and tete de negre brown crepe marocain are love- ly for this slender model. Size 36 requires 43% yards 39-inch with % yard 35-inch contrasting. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. In Doll Land In Germany there are whole com- munities of people who make dolls; whole families that work all day at doll-making, each one having his own part to'do. Not only do these families make dolls, but the fathers and moth- ers of these fathers and mothers made dolls, and go did the grandfathers and grandmothers, A man making a doll out of a piece of wood, using a knife to do it will draw himself up proudly, and tell you that his grandfather made the same kind of doll. The mothers in the families cut out the bodies, the children make and stuff them, the fathers paint and treat the faces. In some families, where there is a great deal of talent, whole family makes heads. "Gabbie Gertie | "The landlady seldom pays any at: tention to a rumor unless the rent is ~ + due." | the | Amateur Employers A Short Sketch With a Timely Moral . "Faith n th future is demonstrated not by what we have, but by what we spend," observed George, after several minutes of silence, during which he contemplatively tgyed with his fish, "Apropos of what?" inquired Na- talie, his young wife. $ "Unemployment," was the laconic reply. "But we are not cutting our ex- ¥penses, dear; though I will admit it's Tr n awful temptation when things are incertain," \ "and nobly you have conquered, my love said he, looking with glowing anticipation toward the delectable fudge cake that waited its turn at the family board. "But it has occurred to me to-day that we might do some- thing more . . ." "If there's anything we can do, George, 1 will agree to whatever you suggest, but I'm sure we can't afford to spend more." "Perhaps we can't, Na: dear, but let's do it just the same. If we all did only what we could afford to do, a lot of good things 'would be left undone, and a lot of good people would be out of work to-dgy who are being kept on the pay rolt by employers who can't 'efford' to keep them there." "Well, what do you suggest, George?" asked his wife, anxious to hear a definite proposition. "That we make jobs less." Natalie stared at him with astonish- ment, "George! about?" . - . * "Oh, that's not half so difficult as it seems. Today a young fellow came to the office and asked if he might clean our windows, and I told him this was done by the building management. I wish you could Lave seen the crestfall- en look he gave me. Who cleans our windows?" "Hannah." "But if Hanah didn't clean our win- dows next Tuesday, or whenever it is she comes here, she would be doing something else for you, wouldn't she?" "Yes, ther: are lots of things Han- nah could do round the house, which she hasn't time Zor when she does the windows." "Exactly--and that's why I have asked the youn: man to come here to- morrow morning and clean our win- dows. I had to take a chance, but the fellow needs a job badly." Natalie was sile~* for a few seconds, then said: "I'm glac you asked him to come, George; and why couldn't he clean the car, ioo, while he is here? it certainly needs it. . ." "Why, bless your heart, Nan, you're really quite ccnstructive in your ideas! That's a great scheme! 1 tell you what; he might polish it as well. . ." "And drain the radiator, and put in that anti-freezing solution you bought the other day. . ." "And take the squeak out of the left- door hinge," added her husband. "Oh, and George, he could put a new washer on the bathroom faucet!" -. *. * LJ The following evening a young man 1.ft the home of George and Natalie with a $5 bill in his pocket, courage in his heart, .u1 a /arm affection for two young paople who had made a world problem a personal matter, A day or so later, after reading through his mail at the office, George called a stenographer to take dicta- tion. One letter . as from the editor of a business magaz'1e who had asked h.m for a series of articles on a sub- ject with which he weg very familiar, George read it and looked wistful, for it meant an extra $200 for him if he could have done it, but his time was so fully occupied that it seemed use- less to attempt the task. "Ill have to pass it up," he said, aloud, then dictated: "Dear Sir-- Thank you for your kind invitation to contribute a series of articles, but . 2 Suddenly he stopped; his eyes brightened. "By George! there's an idea!" he exclaimed enthusiastical- ly. Turning to the telephone, he called his house number. "Nan! Can you get that girl you were telling me about, and invite her to supper to-night?" + + "Yes, thats' the one . the stenographer; she hasn't a job yet, I suppose?' . . . "Great! we'll put her on cur pay roll, if you like. You'll understand when I get home this even- ing; don't worry, little girl; it's a great fuea--youw'll fall for it as hard as I have." Then returning to his dicta- tion, he asked: "Ever been out of work, Betty?" "Don't mention it," What are you talking answered the _ 1, with a shudder at the recollection. |: "Well, I'm going to make one girl happy to-night She's been out of a job three months. Fired, when they cut the staff. She can type these ar-| ticles for me. I haven't time to do them myself, but I san find time to « ctate them to someone else." "It everyone thought of little things like that, I guess things wouldn't be ¢% tough for so many," was Betty's comment. wt : * . » » "Say, that looks like a new car, George," said his next-door n shortly after by the young man e ty George and Natalie, x ; _ "Well, yours can look as good if you want it to," replied for the job- od it had been polished up loyed for a day| 4 George. ; "Thet's all very well for you, but I in 1930 | 1929 by the people | of Canada. | than in l.aven't the :me . or the energy," answered the neighbor with a shrug. "Then give a fellow a chance to do i. for you. He needs a job--and he does a goo job as you can see for yourself," replied George, pointing to the car. "That is an idea! Send him round." The following morning a cheerful young man was energetically polish- ing anothe: car, whistling as he work- And from a window above, Natalie lnoked down and smiled happily as she saw how the leaven was working. » » . . "I really don't know how I'm going to get through all my work, There | are the children': things to wash and mend; the curtains will have to eome down and go into soak for the woman to-morrow." "Now listen, Edith--there are lots of -people lookinz f+ work to do; lots of women to which a day's work would be a godsend, Why not look upon this as a wonderful o. portunity to make someone happy; to help the unemploy- ed." Natale grew cloquent in her ap- peal, convincing in her logie, persua- sive in her preseatation--and Edith yielded. . - * » The following day, a woman whose husband was out of employment grate- fully accepted the young mother's of- fer of a day's work, and the promise of other days, as occasion offered. - » * * "How do you like that?" George, one evening. Natalie took the sketch from her husband; it was an etching ,and be- low were tho words: "With the Sea- son's Greetings 'rom Natalie and George Calder." "What an exquisite greeting card, George,' she sald, with a true apprecia- tion of artistic values. "That settles it. Put him on the pay roll, Nan. I suppose we're in for about $15 on this." "But, George, can we really afford LI "No, of course we can't Girlie; but if you'd seen the fellow--an artist from whom we hava bought sketches from time to time--his courage. gone, and his hope giving way, you would have done just what I did--and after all, my dear, we do need Christmas cards, don" wr?" Natalie smiled at the desperate at- tempt to discover an economic need asked for greeting cards, but, slipping her' arm through her husband's, she steer- ed him to the table as she said, "No fudge cake to-night, dear; the budget won't siand both luxuries and $15 cards." : But George was not listening. Pre- gently he murhured, as if talking to himself: "My, but how easy it is to bring back hope. He was a different chap after I'd given him the order for the cards."--A. J. P. in the "Christian Science Monitor." ' ------p eee Her Way of Counting She stopped to gaze in at the 'win- dow of the big clothier's shop, and her eyes caught sight of a high-priced fur coat. "Darling, that reminds me," she said to her husband, "I'll be needing a new fur soon." "What!" he cried. "But I only bought you that fur you're wearing two seasons ago." "Yes, dear," she replied soothingly, "put you must remember that the fox wore it three seasons first." -- Lord Charles Hope, a recent visitor to California, said at a dinner in Pebble Beach: "The modern girl is abused a good deal, but she's less materialistic, for all that, than her mother. "A modern girl's mother at Newport said: * 'Jane, Mr. Gotrox, the veteran financier, admires you very much. He praised jou yesterday to your father and me in a marked way. If you mind yonr ps and qs-- " 'Of course, mar the modern girl interrupted. * totrox is too old to be considered cligible 'On the contrary," said her mother, he's | too eligible to be consitared old." nim ll ae Ring Lardner was talking about a show girl who had married an aged millionaire. "Some of her friends," he said, "criticised her for this mar- riage. They thought it was too mer- cenary. Crabbed age and youth, you know. But the girl always had some specious kind of justifications ready. "To one of her critics, for instance, her answer was: "Say, now, look here, if somebody offered you a check for a million dollars would you bother to examine the date?" -- Revival of Boyish Suits With "Doctor--""An operation would save your life" Patient--""How much would it cost?" "$200." much money." "Then we will what pills will do." coLDS Prompt relief from HEADACHES, SORE ° THROAT, LUMBAGO RHEUMATISM, NEURITIS, NEURALGIA, COLDS, ACHES and PAINS DOES NOT HARM He HEART "I don't possess 80 see Fitted Backs is Featured ~~ At Paris Openings Paris.--The first Paris openings iu--. dicate a swing in the fashion pen- _ dulum back toward tailored simplic- ity. O'Rossen revives -Garconne suits tempered by fitted backs fea turing the swan-curved figure. Two. jackets and two blouses for 'one - skirt are a novelty - . Two-buttoned, single-breasted jack- ets and conventional tuxedos with falee wrap-around skirts having a low stitched pleat on the left in- stead of closing also are shown. There are many nearly long and three-quarter coats. Men's twill suitings are used. There are also fine, smooth, small-weave tweeds for sportwear. Figured silks and suits and blouses are displayed. Lacetrimmed georg- ette blouses are used with classic suits. Suede-finished twill is one of the interesting textures. Lyolene's is jammed with buyers, despite the hard times. It shows fantasy suits, uniting three-color fabrics and patterns, with very short- fitted jackets, short loose tunic blouses and low-flared skirts. Short-sleev- ed, fitted cutaway vests in pique or checked flannels are characteristic, Many are hand-embroidered with scalloped edges. Coral buttons and trimmings are notable. There are divided skirts for all times of the day. Transparent wool evening dresses, with - sleeveless, metal lace jackets also are drawing interest. Flower-printea and em- broidered organdie evening gowns with Peter Pan collars over deep black decollete are shown. The pindotted cotton twill suits shed the skirts, revealing rompers. Philippe et Gaston show mannish suits and top coats. There are dis played tight chemise frocks belted at the normal waist. Gray flannel tail- ored suits with elbov-sleeved and double-breasted 'Jackets are a novel ty: There are also detachable tu- nics to transform afternoon dresses into street costumes. Dotted swiss georgette is the exclusive afternoon fabric. There also are shown drap- ed evening gowns in a mew Rodier chiffon 'jersey with flecked surface. Paris,--Trousers, long and short, formal and informal, indicating that the modern miss will combine 1931 freedom with 1870 femininity, are one of the most important features of showings of Spring styles just be- gun. Although only small couturiers have exhibited so far, collections' in- dicate that pajamas launched as a fad are now a definite part of the mode both for playtime and evening wear. There are wide variations of cut and variety of material from red Can- ton flannel to glittering sequins. Summer girls may lounge on beaches in red flannel made in overall design with braces crossing over the shoul ders and buttoned to a belt. The overalls go with red and green ging- ham long-sleeved shifts. A bandana of the same gingham may be knotted around the head, worn under a broad- brimmed - crownless hat of red flan- nel. Tennis costumes feature white pique shorts with sleeveless blouses of the same material accompanied by long full pajamas to wear when the game is finished. Yachting pa- jamas are one of the newest items of trouser display. They are made of white with light blue shirt and dark blue jacket. Stylists predict great success for dinner pajamas of definite sophisti cation. One su:h model has gray sequin trousers worn with a tight bodice, which has a strap decollette. Another_is pale pink silk crepe with a high-necked bodice made of the open silk mesh, which is new and much used for Spring. All .pajamas feature wide semi- flaring lines tight hips and bodices, which are generally attached to the trousers. Pajama costumes have loose, hip-length coats. . ~ a wet 6 epee Liberia Accepts Leagues' Reforms Geneva--The Council set to work in a small committee to examine Liber- fan affairs and provide for adminis trative and financial reforms which will help explate the horrors of slavery revealed in the recent investi- gation. Under the presidency of Arthur Henderson, British Foreign Secretary, the committee met to examine means of sending European or American ad- ministrators to Liberia to alter the internal government. It is also ex- pected that the League will arrange a loan for Liberia which will enable necessary reforms, but the Council insists that execution of the reforms must not be subordinated tosgranting financial assistance. The United States Government is to be invited to participate in all of the committee's investigations Liberian affairs, Antoine Sottile, Liberian government representative, read a telegram from his Government accepting the Council's recommenda: tions. ¢ a : - rd - The most ushal age for marriage in Great Britain fs 24 for men and 23 for women. into - =