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\ is delicious SOI >>>>>>>101*I<*>ic*>>>>>>I<'>>>>>i»>>>>>>>>>>ItI*I0'I«**i«>>^^ EATHON THE lAMOND BY CORTLAND FITZ51MMON5 Synopsis When the United Lcayuc se-.son op- ens Pop Clsrk's New York Blues nre a 2O0 to 1 shot, Terry Burke being the only sports writer to give them a chance at the pennant. In the Bluss' first game Whitper, Philadelpiiid's stnr pitcher, is killed with a bullet through the heart after smasiing out a home run. Both Burke and L:;rry Doyle, the Blues' rookie shortstop, for whom Clark's pretty daughter Frances had shown her preference over Wliit- per, are suspected at first by Detec- tive Kelly. Death or injury cripple every team the Blues meet, and nl most always Burke gets a beat for his paper on these sensational hap- penings. It is Burke who discovers it was a notorious gunman who sent four Boston players to the hospital with a bullet through their taxi tire. Dir- kin. Chicago star, dies on the diamond from po.son on a phonograph needle fixed in the handle of his bat. Pietro, Chicago's boy, disappears. Clark sends Doyle to Newark but he Is scon sold to Boston. The Blues are in fourth place when they go to St. Louis, where Scotter, pitching ace, is found dead from gas given off by a mysterious powder in the box with a jigsaw puzzle sent to him anonymous- ly. Masked gunmen truss Burke up, question him and warn him he knows too much. Rawlins, the Chicago man- ager, is hanged in a hotel room ad- joining his own. Penny, Detroit's stnr pitcher, refuses to play afninst the Blues. Baccballs czar temporarily suspends the playing schedule and at a mei-ting of club owners Terry agrees to risk helping them uncover the murder gcng "Thai ii;..-, iilv.ay.s pu/.-.lcl mo," K' :iy adijitldl. ".\ trant' uinil.i have huiii.'icri n.r oir M.il lit il !'" at tliiit. liisUaH, I \va- prii; -rly fr.'.riui in .1. Why have 1 Ih-( II a'.Icr.vr.i Id ;rn iiiiiikp!. : ud >,ini' Si. I,i)U .s'.' I'm niil ilaii;rcioi!- at llic m.iiiuii'.. anil I havr pnlicc p..,f 'Jon. Ttu' lir:i II 1. 1 ;i nil ihc-r iiiini'.s i.uo-'s aliiiul niy jin .rdji.n ainl will imt rsk rxpo.sar.' aiMl a iiii\'-tip with i lie liit'.ii-i\" "Will-re i.s l',t.Ui)?'' 'Kilhcr ..'i.il (ir luld canlivi' soiiii- Vvll TC." IvLiiy .•cr..i, iu'ii hi.s head. "if it liiii'l a ^atiK. llun wc have to b( .itiii all (1-. rr aj'.'iin. "I'm wiiriM-d alioul Duyli-." Tiny saiil. "Ilr i.-i 111 iiiff lui) .Kpcclacular now for h s own khoiI. If hu stnnds in t'.r way of the ptnnatil, lie will Ik,' Mirc to jro. They Won't quit now. Murailci may come into i; at a luiu; liko Ihi.s. llf won't want In see the IJIue.s lo.se when just one m.n will nil. •Ill succe.ss for his het." "Vou've soinethin}; en mjui uiiii I. What i.s if.'" Kelly askil'. Tiiry l)et>;an at the very liefjiiinini' and ( lahorated hi.s theory fiuin the first murder risht clown to I'hinei's slranic*' poi.snnin;,'. "I may he wronjc." hi' (ini.shed, "hut it'.s an idea, anyhow." "What do you want u.s to do aiioiit il?" Kelly a.keii. "Nolhin;;. hut keep an eye on me. If I (five yen the si)fn to lay olT, f|uil watchinjf me." "Why should you want u.s to stop walrhin;; you?" "I am jfning to make myself very oI)ji'ct:<)naI.)le. I'll write things that you won't understand, hut the mur- derers will suspect my menninf?. It 'â- Â»i'-i'»r^i»r*i«T'>r»z*i*i*z<'Z*r*T*i*i*i*i*r'»r-'i»i'*i'''r' Miitrht help a lot if I weio kidnap- ped." "They won't stop at kidii.ippintr. They will polish you off and where will you lie?" "I don't helieve they will. They may take me anil hold me. They may set a trap for nie. If they do, I'm iroinK to walk ri^rht into it." "I think you are all wet. If they want i,r> K<'t I>oyle, they can do il any time. They don't have to wait until a eamo is heinp: play<'d." "That's where I think you arc. wroiiR. Tf Doyle is killed in the ball park duritifr a iraine, if his death means victory for the Blues, can't you see the demi)r:ili7.inK effect it will have on the Washington team?" "Maybe the Washinp-tor.s won't be able to keep their lead?'' "If they don't, we will have to watch whichever team is likely to beat out the Rlues. It looks like Washington now. I had a letter from I.arry the other day and he says the learn is hefrinnint; to get nervous." "Will you keep mo posted on your plans?" " "Sure, but I'll have to watcli the slandinjrs of the teams careftilly. In Ihe meantime, keep your eyes open." "Il hanlly seems possible that you can be rit,'ht," Kelly said doubt- ful'y. The next day Terry iie.":an a new series of articles revivintr the earlier murders. "It's rather obvinus that Ihe police are on the v.rons; track. The murders have been carefully planned and i xecuted to fool Ihe police anil msdirect attention. Why aren't the police convinced by now that il is not Ka'ur'lom in the ac- cepted sense which is behind the.se crimes? Tinkey of St. Louis, Dorfer i/f Chicago and Hernstein of New York, are anxious to have these iiiysU ries solved. Murallo has a clean hill of health from the ])olice. (liveii tile power of the police. il is this correspondent's lirm b(dief thai the lulj.rits could be brou^'hl (o justice before they ciilil do more harm, (lant^dom iloes not piiniit itself to be mulcted by (tanKsters, so the answ. r is that t;an(:slei's are not behind tin. e crimes." These were a lew of the sentences with which Teny interpolated his articles. They laused a urial furor in the press of llie country. Other writers sunui'-ted that the Star, since its stalf knew so much, be al- lowed to sidve the crimes. Terry was ] '•â- ; sed by the reaction of the press. IL wa.s exactly what he had hoped would happen, so far as publicity was concerned, but nothing had happen- ed to him. Not even one of those melodramatic warnings had come (hrough since his articles began. lie 111 ;,an to fear that the criminals were going to trust to luck and hope that the lilues would overtake the Wash- ington ti'am and win. A good psy- chologist would be willing to take that chance Ix'cause the Washington team was worried. 'I'he games went on until it reach- ed the point where there was no (|Ues- tion of the outcome of tlie pennant race. It had to be cither the Feds or Ihe Blues and the betting on the outcome of the sCTies became very wild. The last series between the Hlues and the Feds was to be played in Washington. There had to be two games and one double-head: r to finish the schedule and every fan in the country focused his attention on Ihe outcome of the four games to be played. "It's now or never," Terry said to Kelly as he started for Washington thu afternoon before the first game of the last scries was to be played. ".lu.'-t what are you going to do?" Kelly asked. "Im Koinj; to see Doyle and have a loni; talk with him and tell him what I suspect, so that he can have his eyes open and be prepared. I want Doyle watched every minute cf the time." "But why should he risk his life because you have an iiiea?" Kelly was insistent. "I'm going to tell Doyle the whole story, so that he can be on his guard." "If they try to kill Doyle, how will they do it?" "I don't knov/ what they will do or how they will do it. They may not even try. If the Blues win the lirst game, they may make nj effort; on the other hand, if the Blues lake the firsl and the Feds the second it will be bad. The Blues must win three out of Ike four games. Would you quit now if you hail been oper- atinjr this thing?" "No." ".And I don't think they will quit, either. We've got to be on the jump for aii\l.hinfr that might happen." Make This Model at Home 01'TiO^JAL SA. OLE STITCHING I'attern I ISL' By Anne Adamt Hack to school goes young .Maiy-.Aniie looking pretty as a |iiiture in her sjiaikling new frock that mother stitched up for her ' ill the briefest of time. Marjv- .Aiine's Ihe envy of nil the other little gills in her class, for never have they seen such cunning puf- fed or llareil sleeves, distinctive yoke-panel, and fetching sashes! iMother is more than pleased with rattein -MS'.^, for this is one of the cutest frocks in her kiddie's waiilrobe â€" and one of the easiest to make, too! So it won't be loiig liefoie she's stitching up several more versions â€" all in the bright rotton prints that very little girls adore ! rattein AM-,2 is available in ehildren's sixes 2, 4, (i, 8 and 10. Size (> takes 2 't- yards 36 iach fabric. llustrated slep-by-step sewing instructions included. Send TWENTY CKNTS (20c) in loins or stamps (coins prefer- red) for this .i\niie Adams pattern. Write plainly SIZK, NAMK, AD- DHKSS .-^^nil STYI.K NUMHTiR. Send your onler to .\nne Adams, Room 42r), 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. FINE QUALITY- FULL l>ACKAGE- POPULAR PRICE PACKAGES 10*-^ TINS 25< "And suppose they get yo'i â€" what then?" "Thai's the chance I'm takin.?;. If I disappear you will know where to look and whom to watch." "That's just the point, I won't knov/ where to look, at all!" "I'll try to get a message through to you somehow," Terry promised. (To Be Continued.) 3 To 1 Chance That Flyers Still Alive Viljalmur Stefanson, Noted Ex- plorer, Holcis Out Hope for Rus- sian Aviators Chances arc alioiit .3 to 1 the lost Russian trans-I'olar flyers are still alive, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic exidorer, said this week as ho rushed additional prrchases of silk tonts and concentrated foods from New York for .'^ir Hubert Wilkins' rescue expedi- tion. Weather reports prepared by .Stro- ker Storkeijson, a member of Stofans- Kon's 1!)13-1S Arclif e.^pcdltion, while diiftin.c; on ice in the Arctic ocean at 111 is lime of year, have boeti tele- graiilied in summary to Fairbanks, Al- aska, for Ihe use of the rescue pilots, he said. "The KuKsians arc believed to be in the iieigliborhood of R2 or 83 decrees north latitude and HIJ west longi- tude," said the explorer. Provided They Landed Safely "Tlio cliaiicos they are alive are good provided they made a safe land- ing. ''North of 80 degrees, where the flyers were last heard from on ilieir flight from Russia to the United Slates, the ice at this timo of year is fairly level, whereas kouiIi of that latitude a landing would be difficult, the ice being furrowed by channels of rain water and by thawing." Fog Was Too Thick Stefansson said Sir Hubert's search parly passed close to the spot where Sigismiind ^evanefl'sky and his five com|)anions were believed to have been forced down. Ho reached longi- tude 92.10 north and latitude 145 west but fog was so thick nothing could be seen. Sir Hubert is now waiting for favorable wcnllier before taking oft again. The Uiissiaas should liavi; no difli- < ulty in liiuliiig food. Stefansson said, tlio Polar bears, which can smell a lamp at a distance of 12 or more miles, would come to Investigate. Seals also should be obtainable, while Hie sea beneath the ice is full of marine life, such as shrimps. Ill mid-Winter of lOlS Strokerson made ii journey north from the Alas- kan coast by dog sled and drifted on ilio ice for about six months. During September and October he drifted aloiiK a line about â- I,')!) miles south ot ilie point where the Russians are be- iiived to be. .Stefansson oblaiiii'd a copy of Storkerson's weather observations rrom Ihe Canadian Deiiaitnieiit ot Mines and Resources at Ottawa and lorwarded a suniiiiary to the rescue e\|!eililion. Film Star Has Private Army Victor McLaglen Maintains Force of 700 Men Film stars have many ways of M|>ending money, but the strangestâ€" mid iierhaps Hie most useful â€" is surely that adopted by Victor McLaglen. famous for his tough, he-man roles. 111! has invested $150,000 ot his for- tune in mainlainiiig a private army. Seven humlred strong, the force Is highly organized, and has been in ex- istence for three years. It has all types of units, iiicliuling a horse brl- gadi' 2ri0 strong, and an air force ot 30 machines for which there are 150 fiualilied pilots. 'l"he only Ihiiigs the army docs not possess are guns, yet the organization is run on strict military lines. Every member, on joining, pays an entrance fee of $60, and has to provide his own horse, aeroplane, or motor-cycle, ac- cording to the unit. The uniform Is a gay one ot light blue, ami when the army carries out route marches throu.gh Hollywood, all Hie young women liirn out to sco the Iroop.'i swing past, with McLaglen, on a iirignillecnt horse, at their head. He Is the army's colonel-ln-ehief. An American magazine recently aroused the arnry's wrath by describ- ing It as a Kascist organization. It is nothing of the sort, its leader de- clares. It is non-political and non-sec- tarian. The only oath its members lake is to uphold the American Con- stlti.tion, and to be prepared to sup- port thci authorities in the event ot largo llres or floods. Women Do Not Steal For Gain There Is Tragedy Behind Almost Every Case of Women's Thiev- ery, Investigation Shows. American Investigators have just completed a strange probe Into crime â€"the crime of embezzlement by wom- en. They wauted to find out what prompted seemingly respectable wom- en to betray their employers by em- bezzling funds. Analysing 400 tragic lives, the In- vestigators found that the average embezzler was about 35, and had no criminal instincts. She lived in a re- spectable suburb and did not drink, gamble, or speculate. Then why did she steal? The answer is that she has to make up Hie wages ot an inelflcient husband who could not earn enough to keep the home going, or provide comforts which misfortune bad made imposa- iblo. One woman stole $150 to buy her crippled husband an artificial limb, and having done this she promptly confossod. Another woman, a spinster ot 50, foi :i;d loneliness loo much fcr her, and when a charming stranger came along to pay her ardent attention, she threw respectability to the winds and stole $12,50!) ill an attempt to get him out of the troulilo which he confessed he was in. She never saw vhe money againâ€" nor the man. Women, declare the investigators, never go in for riotous living on the money they steal Behind almost every case there is tragedy, the tragi 'Jy of poverty or loneliness. Paint Sold In Rolls Paint can now be bought in rolls, like wallpaper, which means ihat you can dispense with brushes and mossi- ness on certain jobs. Roll-p.tint has a backing of very thin oil-cloti'. First of all one has to prepare the wall with a layer of rubber cement; then the roll is laid on. It is extremely pliable and can be mouded t3 take the form of any irregularities. Paint rolls can be applied cheaply and rapidly, it is claimed, and one layer covers blisters, cracks and bad spots very effectively. What is more, the manufacturers say Ihat it will last from ten to 15 yjars in the worst kind of weather! Uncover Tools of "Mystery" R?.ce Hammered Copper Implsreienta of Lost Indian People Found en Oneida Lake, N.Y. Hidden for more than a thousand years on the shores of Oneid.t Lake, a "mystery'' Indian civilization has been turned up by a field party from the Rochester Musetim ot Arts and Sciences. Hammered copper Implements and an unusual variety of pottery were discovered underground, said Dr. Ar- thur C. Parker, director ot the mus- eum. Never before, he said, has ham- mered copper been found under- ground, although plenty has been pick- ed up on the surface. William A. Ritchie, assistant arch- noologist ot the museum, who headed the party, said that the articles found by his men show skilled workmanship. There is evidence also that Hie ancient workmen changed the forms ot their' products. For example, an adze was- reshaped to a chisel. The held has, yielded barbed harpoons and barbed lishhooks. ' l'"ivo, or six skeletons were dug troav a large bone pit. Dr. I'arker said ha believed that the ancient people lived between 1,000 and 2.O00 years ago. ' Jzun-Jars Cure Echoes Preachers at All Saints' Episcopil Church, Inveraray, Scotland, laboretl under a long-standing difficulty whenever they tried to give a sermow. Xone of the congregation could he%r them because of the echoes. Now jam-jars have solved the problem. Long rows of jars, placed in various parts of the church, have banished the confusing echoes. < Home Hints By LAURA KNIGHI Dressed Up Fruit At this lime of the year your family will want fresh fruits morning, noon and iiiKht. rSetween meals and for breakl'a.st they will want it plain and unadi rued, but at dinner and sujiiier lime they want it in desserts that looked "dressed up." There are a variety of ways in which you can serve the fresh fruits that are so plentiful right now and one of the simplest is by combining them with jelly. It is easy to use and you can make inspired desserts in a tow minutes'. Another advantage ot com- bining fresh fruits with jelly is that Komelimes you get a batch of fruit that is not as flavoury as usual but the fresh, fruity flavour of the jelly will liven up the fruit and inalvo a tasty dessert combination. Ilcsides ae- centrating the flavour ot fruits, jelly adds ruro and beautiful colors to des- serts as well. The following dishes arc party look- ing concoctions made out ot simple things. The children love them be- cause they are so pretty and you will love them because they are so good for the children. Two ot these desserts are' fluffy, pastel Colored moulds in lovely shapes and two aro clear, colorful and jewel- like-plain jelly powder combined with fruits in out oftheordinary, attractive ways. Fre::h I'lum Snow, Pear Wi-.i;). Peach Nests and Apple Cider Tang, â€" templing names and the desserts are just as t 'nipting as they sound. Fresh Plum Snow 1 iiackago raspberry jelly powder. 1 pint boilin.;; water. 1 cup plum pulp, slightly crushed. !.i cup pi.wdered sugar. 2 egg whites, unbeaten. Dissolve jelly iu boiling water. Chill. Combine iiluiii pulp and sugar. When jelly is cold and syrupy, place in a bowl ot cracked ice or ice water, add egg whites, and beat with rotary egg beater until fluffy. Add plum pulp, 'J t'olii;!!;,' .geiuly. and let st:;n 1 unt^I slighlly tliickened. Pour i-;to individ- ual molds. Chill until firm. TJnmold. Carnish with whipped cream, ii: desit- eil. Serves S. , Peach Ne:ts 1 package lime jelly powder. 1 pint boiling water. 3 fresh peaches. Dissolve jelly in boiling water. Cool slightly. I'our part of jelly mixture In to « sherbert glasses, filiing each \i, full. Chill until firm. I'our remain- ing jelly into shallow pan and chfll until firm. Slice peaches onto firm jelly in sherbert glasses. Cover v.'itil remaining jelly, cut in cubes. Serves G. Pear Whip 1 pieka.tje strawberry jelly pov.'de?:' 1 pint boiling water. ' 1 cup pear pulp. Oissolvo jt'lly in boiling water. Chill until cold and syrupy. Place in bowl of cracked ice or ice water and whtp with rotary e.>.;g beater until fluffy and lliiek like whijiped cream. Pold in the pear pulp. Turn into mold. Chill until firm. Unmold. Servo with whipped cream, it ilesiied. Serves (J. Apple Cider Tang 1 package lemon jelly powder. 1 cup warm water. 1 cup sweet cider. Wi cups red apples, cut in matcjl- slick pieces. Dissolve jelly iu warm water; afld cider. Chill. When slightly thlckenud, told in apples. Turn into individual molds. Chill cntil firm. Unmold, Serves 6. BABYS OWN SOAP '•lic\i (iv'i i/cii cud lic.bii U>o DRESSES DYED New Co!or â€" New Life • Send dresses and other clothing Jo us for the famous Parker dyeing. Known for fifty years as Canada's quality dyers. We gladly give ex- pert color advice and costs fey mail. We pav charges one way on all orders. 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