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^^Ueadon -^ Hall BEGIN HERE TODAY I moonlight, but to put u» on the level Sir Dudley Glcnister. su.pected of'^^* «»>•" ^'[".f *« *""'»"'*" ^^^ "* the murder of a cousin to obtain his , era «neage<i. __ . „ „„ . „„ „_ title and esUte, when a crow drops' "^*.'"' ""L*"*^*^, 'rr^lrfate • skeleton finger into a picnic c,;owd. fo*. K«,'"8;.,*?. ^^' "^'f Pj,T»„t rS consents to a search of the lands V'"*l°"^f ^f '"**''« ^f^^^^^ but Kathleen Gleni^ter. sister of the J^'J^^'" ' "'\^**, w" ^f.^^iuv missing man. and Norman Slater, her ; ,, N<''^'^?"/<=^P^ <*«^f!^t graceMly^ lover, fear «5ir Dudley will att;mpti '^o^y' ' ''« "^P^'f • „^*T***„''w^ to dispose of the hidden body to foil ^^ .T'^ 'f ""^' ^ "^P^'tti.w^nrit tho- searchers, so they shadow him. """ther plan. How about »tick.ng it -„j j_ ,1. 1 4U » -.v. out m that summer-house over there; and in the woods they meet up with . n. i. • »-,«j ..» T».«. i>;~u. u ui 04 \. n 1 As soon as the house is opened up The Right Honorable Stephen Colnc. | , ,. » „ uâ€"t ^,« ^.. *„. „ ... , u- » â-  --i. and the servants are about wo can former Briti.sh cabinet minister. NOW GO 0\ WITH THE STORY CHAPTER IV.â€" (Cont'd.) "Thought I was a poacher?" he sneak in. With luck we might get to our rooms without being spotted, and if not we could square any dom- estic who saw us. A tenner for one of the men, or a fiver if it's a maid, , out to do the tricl;." laughed mirthlessly. "Very natural. Kathleen looked at the summer- No, I am not .'jetting snares for rab- house, a substantial structure across bit<;, Miss Glenister." the lawn beyond the rose garden, its Tiie cmpha.sis en the harmless ani- [ thatched roof bathed in moonlight, r.ial he named wa.s as good aa a plain! Well she knew the comfortable in- hint that he was setting snares for|terior, with its pitchpine walls and K'.r.i'jthing else. Kathleen was tempt- 'cushioned basket-chairs. As a little cil thereby to greater frankness. girl she had given dolls' tea-parties "We are not exactly setting there. Br.nrc.-=," she said. "Hunting would "Come along," she said, "At any b; a better word for it. Captain rate for a time â€" till we can hit on .Siiitcr and I .igreed that an attempt something not quite eo crude." might be made tonight to remove, They crossed the dewy turf and or more effectually hide, my brother's entered the building without heed for i>ody, and no forrstall the official and a possible occupant at that time of unofficial search which will, I sup- night. 5ut on the threshold they po:e, begin tomorrow." 'came to a sudden halt. The dull red "You are still convinced, Miat glow of a cigar in full blast met their Gleni.'-tci-, that the finger was your astounded gaze, explaining the frag- brother'K?"' "I am absolutely certain of it." Mr.' Stephen Colne sighed. rasit smell of Havana smoke that assailed their nostrils. "Miss Glenist^ and Captain Slater, "I, too, am of the same opinion," , I think." said Willoughby Melville, he nd:iiitt<-d. "1 will confess that my, "In a little difficulty, eh? Well, if reaifln for this no<-tarnal prowling ia you will permit me, I shall have on ai! fours with your own. You will pleasure in helping you to surmount foiRi^e me for saying ftat I think thai you have defeated our common ubjcctivt'.'' "How " cried Kathleen. "Wp'.I," proceeded the cabinet min- ifter, "while I was keeping my lonely vigil just now 1 heard someone ad- vancing along the path from the Granpo. Th? footsteps had nearly reached tiic glade when more distant sounds from the same direction as- sailed my ears, doubtlo'iS caused by your.-^elvet. The first comer must have heard them, too, for he never arrived in the open, the natural de- duction being that he broke away from the path into the wood. He has probably abandoned his enterprise, whatever it was, and I at any rate »ha!l, abandon mine." "Wc had better chuck it, too," said Noiman quickly. "Sorry to have spoilt your sport, .sir." Mr. Colno's laugh was friendly and to'.eraiit. "Don't blame yourselvee," he replied. "Keen as you both were in a good cause, you had not to much at btake to inspire caution as the individual in front of you. If the police take the matter up we ama- teurs would be wiser to leave it to them." "The police have taken it up," said Kathleen. "The se "Perhaps the blighter is behind U8," he whispered. full stop. "I »m to collect the beat- ers and farm hands and go over every Inch of ground on the estate. I will iruarantee that if we don't find a body there won't be one there to find." (To be continued.) « A Coast Journey All klnQs of weather you get at all ceaaons lo Devon and Cornwall, but that only adds a spice of adventure to the tour. Of course you never get as far aa you Intended. A few miles of I trackless moor throws you out of 'your allotted path, or the mountain waves of the Atlantic bid you turn , right or left aa the case may be; and so, weary and wet and warm, you drop Into Combe Martin when you ought to be at Ilfracombe, or you find that an evening at Bireford only whets your appetite for the lovely delights of Clovelly on the following , day. j Our way this Journey, as the shrewd reader has guessed. Is by the coast of Somerset (not Somerset- shire), Devon and Cornwall. ... It Is I a pedestrian tour of rare charm and ; beauty, and It brings you In touch j with the "haunts" (I would use a bet- ter word and I know It) of many I authors, some famous for all time, , others less famous than they wore, . others never very famous but having . certain qualities of workmanship, per- Isonallty, or eccentricity that demand I more than a passing glance. j Who are these folk? Blackmore and Hary In "Zummerzet"; Southey sheltering at Porlock; Sehlley linger- ing at Lynmouth; KIngaley reviving the spacious days of freat EHlzabeth by hiB wonderful romance of "West- ward Ho!"; Capern, the postman- poet of whom you may never have heard, carolling his "Wayside Warb- les" AS he distributed the mall over a course of thirteen miles a day. In- cluding Sundays, at a salary of half a guinea a week; Tennyson at Tlnta- gel; and towering high the giant figure of Robert Stephen Hawker, the vtcar of Morwenstow, girding at his wild parishioners for their wickedness In "wrecking," or softening his heart to their needs. ... A gallery of liter- ary characters, one might say .as picturesque as might be aeen In any other hundred miles of Bnglish terri- tory. â€" EmestH. Bann, in "The Home- land of English Authors." It's easy to helleve any American boy may become President when you observe some of those who have. â€" Publishers Syndicate (Chicago). For frostbite use MInard'a Liniment. Moderate Use of Liquor Harmless N. Y. Medical Association Heara Results of Ex- perimentB EXCESS INJURIOUS I But Guinea Pig^ Always Drunk, Healthy as Abstainer New York.â€" Drinking in modantlon I is not only not injurious to human health and longevity, but aom«tlmei a positive beneat. Dr. Charles Stock- ard, Cornell University, professor of anatomy, declared In the course of a paper upon the effects of alcohol which he read before 200 persons of the Medical Association of New York at the monthly meeting of the Aasocl- atlon. The alcohol consumed by a moder- ate drinker, he explained, increases the resistance of the body to disease, despite the general Imttresslon to the contrary and In one after the age of 30 experiments have shown it has no effect whatever on length of life. Ex- cessive consumption of alcohol, the professor said, was admittedly Injuri- ous. The impression that the consump- tion of alcohol in any quantity was injurious to health and shortened human life, he said, can partly be traced to the Insurance companies' statistics on drinkers and abstainers, in which heavy, moderate and occa- sional drinkers are all lumped to- gether. The heavy drinkers, he said, drag down the average of the others, so that the total effect seems to Indi- cate that abstainers have a better chance of life and health than drink- ers. Dr. Stockard has conducted experi- ments with alcohol upon guinea pigs for the last 17 years, using more than 5,000 guinea pigs In his experiments. The general conclusion to be drawn from his exhaustive resources, he said, was that alcohol did not only not harrn the guinea pigs to which it was fed regularly, but that It actual- ly benefitted their health and in- creased their life span. The experi- ments of other scientists bear him out, Dr. Stockard said. Juat aa Healthy. Dr. Stockard showed lantern slides of two guinea pigs which he used for "SAUDA^' tMled In alr-Mglit nwtel It Hm iiMd- •m twH- dutt-ffra*â€" pur*â€" trMli-Hltllclout. ^oM liy ail grocM-fc 75c to $LOS pM* lb. BuHctMywHIi dutt weiglMdr In, b m r«lle «ff the oM diyt--fMW mtthodt hav* dif pbwMl It. If mm TEA Tribesmen of Australian Bush V Reflect Customs of Early Man Explorer Spends 1 5 Months With Aborigines Deep in Bush â€" Know Nothing of War and Are Peaceful, Happy, and Friendly to Whites the Grange thi.? e'vening and look the finger and ring away." "Really? That was smart for a provincial officer. He must have â- ct'.'d promptly on the rumors that are flying about. Well, good night, Miss Glcnieter. Good night. Captain Slater. With which Mr. Stephen Colne it by showing you how to get into the house. I have been waiting here in order to offer my services." Norman tried not to look like a detected criminal. "Nearly everybody seems to be i"geant called at wandering about tonight," Kathleen laughed, The nerve specialist had risen from his seat and come to the door of the summer-house. "You muiit not let your disappoint- ment make you cross. Miss Glenis- ter," he said pleasantly. "It is not my fault that the object of your moonlit strolj has proved elusive, moved off in the direction of Coin- Don t let that worry you, my dear brook Towers. Norman and Kath-!y»""» 'a^y, for to use a coarse col- leen .started homeward, not wholly ,'o<lu'al'8'". 1'"" ha^* l**" barking up disappointed with the result of their the wrong tree." He struck across the lawn towards excuri-iun. Their immediate cgncern was how ^^e mansion, but aKthleen, keeping to get back into, the house and re-|pace with him, was determined that lU\» their bedrooms without their he should be moie expJtcit, expedition ijecoming known to their host. Enicrjiing from the coverts into the open park, they were partly reassur- ed Ly seeing no huiiian figure on the wide rxpansc ahead, though Norman'.'! mililnry antipathy for his rear ad- mini.-leicd a prompt corrective. "P<rh:ips the blighter is behind B»." I'.p whispered. "Pon't!" was Kathleen's shudder- ing protest. And when they had crossed t*ie "You seem to be pretty sure of the reason for our stroll. Doctor Mel- ville," she said. "I wonder if you have hit on the right one." "I seldom make mistakes in read- ing the human mind," was the reply. Doctor Melville had shepherded them to one of the French windows of the dining-room, which proved to be unfastened. "Pray take advantage of my pro- vision for my own return," he said, standing aside for the wanderers to park and passed through the gardens en^r and following them in. "I must to the terrace under the rows of , leave you to your own devices in *rkcncd windows, the young sol- j RaininK your own room.s, but I should dier'.s theory was demolished by the advise caution." materializing of the other, if less freepy, more decisive one. The gun- room door was locked. "What are we to do?" murmured Kathleen. Norman looked round for a loop- hole of escape. The word "comprom- ise" reared its ugly head. He was seized with an inspiration. "Only thing lo do is to go round to the front door and ring 'em up," he â- aid. "We can pitch a yam about fc«ing tempted to take a ttrull by CHAPTER V. IN THE CHALK PIT. An iron-gray man of sixty, ruddy from the weather and mighty of limh, John Crimes, listened respectfully to his master's orders. The head game- keeper had come up to the Grange fter breakfast and was now being interviewed in the library. "I quite understand. Sir Dudley," he said when his employer came to a Contrary to general belief, the Aua trallan aborigines are a mirthful peo- ple, full of friendship once the bar- riers are broken down, said B. L. Grant Wilson, zoologist, author and explorer. In an interview Mr. Wat- son told how he penetrated a territory from which but six known explorers have returned. Mr. Watson spent 15 months In the land of the boomerang, seeing Aus- tralia from the "inside," living under a native name and roaming the far- thest reaches of the "bush" as a mem- ber of a' nomadic tribe, few of whom had ever seen a white man, a race so primitive that many of Its manners and customs are said to parallel those of earliest man. With Alfred R. Brown, professor at the University of Sidney, and a roving Scandinavian sailor to act as cook, Mr. Watson left civilization at Sandstone, a little mining town. It- self In the midst of a wilderness, on an ethnological expedition sponsored by Cambridge University and the Royal A^ifhropologlcal .Society. Warn- ed, he fald, never to turn their back on a native, they ate with them and slept with them, and found them ex- cellent friends. "The aborigines have retreated Into that part of Australia so barren and arid that white men fall to penetrate It," Mr. Watson went on. "There tUey live In a state of Communism, each tribe with a definite territory of Its own, but without a trace of agricul- ture, and almost without culture. But some of their stone weapons and their customs Indicate that valuable Information may be found there upon the earlier races that Inhabited Eur- ope and England. "Despite a state so primitive that they have neither house nor tent, but sleep under a few bushes that they tear down at night, they have system, and a clear-cut and definite, though barbarous, system of education that Instills In every boy an unimpeach- able respect for tribal laws and cus- toms. "In educating the boye," Mr. Wat- son continued, "every age of child- hood Is distinctly marked. . Until they are 12 they play and are free, but at that age they undergo their first Initiation, and receive n mark that clearly places them a stage above those who are younger. They are then taught, to hunt, and to make weapons, and given a hint as to the mythology and secrets of the tribe. Periodically after that time the boy takes other degrees until with the final one he is a man. "We 6aw not a trace of war. There was rather a marked feeling of friend- ship between the nomadic bands. They even gathered for inter-trfbal games. Their Idea of sport Is amaz- ing. They are expert spear throwers, and have a device whereby they can propel a spear with great accuracy for 200 yards or more. It Is a stick ap- proximately five feet long with a pin ou'the end that fits into a slot on the spear. By jiggling the stick they keep the spear balanced. It Is thrown in a sweeping arc, the stick giving the same leverage as though the thrower's arm was five feet long- er. • "Their favorite game Is to hurl a spear at another man's legs, as he stands to protect himself with a nar- row hide shield, which does not stop the spear but merely deflects It to one side and Into the ground, and they are enormously proficient at It. They also throw the boomerang with great accuracy, and have built up games around that." Mr. Watson described the wilder- ness into which the aborigines have retreated as an Immense and almost flat table-land, the base of which Is granite covered with a fine red dust that filters everywhere, turning peo- ple, bushes and beasts a dull red. Th only vegetation during the dry season is a short, tough bush, grow- ing rather far apart, and from which the country has atken Its name. "The climate Is excellent," he con- tinued. "During the day the tempera- ture often reaches 100 degrees, but at night there Is usually a frost. In the short rainy season the whole area blooms with pink and white flowers, that spring up almost over night. "The natives, contrary to a general belief," said Mr. Watson In conclu- sion, "will get along excellently with ^â- hlte men If they are handled pro- perly. If allowed to play and to amuse themselves at their work they will make wonderful workmen, and if given food Instead of trinkets or money for their labor they can be in- duced to stay In the proximity of the ' whites indefinitely." comparison In a series of tests last- ing four years and two monUis. One pig was allowed no alcohol; tbe other was Intoxicated six times a week for four years. Both pigs lived approximately the same time and the health of the alcoholic pig was never worse and frequently better than the other. In all his experimentation. Dr. Stockard remarked, he had found only one harmful result of alcohol. The percentage of deaths of the embryo of guinea pigs Is greater In the case of the pigs fed with alcohol than the non-alcoholic animals. Dr. Stockard also cited tests made by other scientists upon health of children of drinkers, which showed that such children were Just as tall and just as healthy on the, average as the children of abstainers. Alcohol has positive benefits as a food and a drug. Dr. Stoc)(ard Insist- ed, citing technical uses of alcohol as a drug, and declaring that a good al- cohol may help and stimulate growth and bodily development. Dr. Stockard closed his paper with a plea for regulation of alcohol, so that the excess of the heavy drinkers should not deprive the moderate drinker of alcohol. Other Addreaaaa. Dr. Stockard's paper was one of three presented. Tbe others were Dr. Samuel W. Lambert's on "The medi- cinal use of alcohol in the acute In- fectious diseases," and Dr. Harlow Brooks on "the medicinal use of alco- hol In the diseases of the aged." Dr. Lambert, who is president of the New York Academy of Medicine, described alcohol as "a food of high caloric value. As a drug, be said. It Is a necessity In the treatment of acute Infectious fevers. In certain exceptional cases of pneumonia, he i said, a patient might require a pint of whiskey a day, diluted and adminis- tered in small doses. Mr. Brooks declared alcohol to be especially valuable in the treatment of the aged. Aged patients suffering from angina pectoris, be said, are of- ten benefittted by wine or a "high- ball" with their meals and bed-time. Old people, suffering from general debility, will find beer "soothing, nourishing and euphoric," he said. He referred to wine as "the milk of old age." Dr. Alexander Lambert, former president of the American Medical Association, dissented from his broth- er, Dr. Samuel Lambert, as to the use of alcohol In pneumonia cases, but said he considered it sometimes bene- ficial In exhaustion convalescence af- ter the acute febrile stages have passed. He also recommends Its use for the aged. Several of the speakers deplored the low quality of medicinal liquor dispensed by the druggists. Dr. Wolff Freudenthal said "The bootleggers sell better stuff than these licensed vendors of our Government dispense." Wilson PubIiflhingCompaqr( 1499 â- 0 NEW MINING FIELDS ARE GREATLY NEEDED Royal Mint Official Urges Economy in Gold London. â€" Unless we are prepared to face a prolonged fall In coiftmodlty prices, it is Imperative to economize gold both as a commodity and 'as money" This ofllclal warning of the growing world scarcity of gold Is con- tained In a report by Colonel John- son, the comptroller of the Royal Mint, published here. 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