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i <• "SAIADff This Takes Care of the Old Clothes ^TEA ( A. ttXNOFSIS CHAPTER XI: McCale oonversea witl) lliMS A'lelalde BiKelotv. She admi'.a that lAe Is worried about Vallaintrourt** back- ffrojncl. in pnrtlruiar aince he will i-ontrol the huee fortune as soon as he marries Veronica. CHAPTER XII "Yes anj no." Miss Adelaide rushed on now as though pressed for time ^'Xly brother <Ji<l not be- Keve in having money standing i<JIe for always. He wrote a most pecu- liar will." She steadied herself, as if giving uiformation on so private a matter required a supreme effort. "I think- he believed we would all benefit eventually. I â€" 1 believed he counted on Veronica's marrying someone wh'^se background we til knew. Vou see, Sybil and 1 have to agree on \'eronica's choice." "Rather hard on Veronica, 1 should say." "Oh, yes." She y.is trying hard to explain it as she saw it. "But he thought â€" " The old voice rose now. an hys- terical note in it. "He wished a man to have control of it. \ eroni- ca's husband gains control of it to do with as he will." • * • "God:" McCale exploded. The spool of his brain turned swiftly in a convulsive unreeling. The plot it brought to mind left liini numb- by its malevolence. "Why didn't you come to me be- fore?" was all he could say. McCale laughed bars-lily. "Now you are caught in a really diabolical web. Too late to extri- cate yourselves without a scandal." 1-ight fled from her old eyes as inwardly she contempkitcd such a thing? He felt cruel and vicious and hard, but at least rational, and was not <|uite able to comprcliend her attitude. "*\Ve can still expose this fellow- me-lad. It's <iuite possible tliat 1 can dig up something in a few days." "Imposible,'' she nnirniured. "Then why, in all justice to yourself, did you call nie in at all?' he wanted to know. "1 think I wanted to be sure." "Who introduced Curt \ allain court into this house?" he asked. But this query went unanswered. For an instant of bringing his glance to focus on her, he saw her sway as if something outside had struck terror to her heart. • * * .'\ shot split the silence, forcing a cry from her lips. He believed for one awful moment that some- one outside had shot .Adelaide, half expected to hear the shattered glass of a windowpane fall to the floor. Jn one leap, he wa.s at her side. She huddled against him.* pointing out and (.o.vii One quick glance and the scene below was forever pliotographed on by-path of the fonnnoii that bi- sected the hill. She stopped running when she reached it. I-'or a nioMigni, he thought he saw someone else, smni' one in a gray raincoat walking steadily away into the fog. He could not tell whetlier it was a man oi a woman, for the gray of the co,ii dissolved the ligure into a mere blur. J I only struck him as odd that the figure did not turn or faltci or come nearer, it just walked - sedately was the only word â€" away There was something terrible in the unruflled walk, because direclh across from it and below when ihcy peered out, something quite awful staggered, one Iiand to its chcit, the other groping out blindly • * * It was a man. tall. wide, a dark shadow of agony, seeking to clind) thi|f,;igclow slair.s. The doorbell pealed sharply. :i ling of sheer despair. Miss Bigelow and .\IcCale, in :i single movement, ran out of tin drawing room. McCale reached the stairs first, tinnbling down thcni two, three at a time. The bell w;i' ringing now, steadily, a shriek, as though someone leaned heavily against it. The butler. King, came out of the BROWN WJt.«HATHNft« back hall, a sour look on l.is face. But McCale was already wrenching open the door. A light went up in the hall as the startled man serva.nt pushed a button. For a niument, no one seemed to be there. The door gaped wide and black. Then, from around its edge, a bulky ob- ject slid, slumped to its knees, hinged forward, then out flat. Cuit \'allaincourt turned his ex- quisite head once, opened his agon- ized eyes once, moiithcd a word before he died. "\'eronica," he muttered thickly before his heart bubbled .up into his throat. It was then that Adelaide Bige- low dropped down beside him, cradling liis head in her lap. Her tired old hands smoothed dark silky curls out of his eyes. "A doctor.'' Miss Bigelow gasped. * • » "The police," McCale said curtly. "But he may be dying â€" a doctor." "I'm sorry." he looked deep into her eyes, "but he is dead.'' A shudder ran over her thin frame. He stepped around the gro- tescjue bundle at liis feet and out o' the door. He had been at the upstairs window an instant after the shot. But there were only two humans in sight at that moment â€" the woman in green, running across the park; and the shadowy person in the gray raincoat, running away from the crime 1 He closed the door on tlie niglif, shutting it out with the incredible thoughts which seethed througli his mind. He barked an order to the butler, necessary action taking over his brain and body for the ne.xt few minutes. "Leave the body just as it is," he cautioned, adding, "a police re- quirement," for he saw a look of dismay on Miss Bigelow's face. She v,as still silting numb and stricken, on the carpet beside the body. McCale spoke*- liriefly to the butler. "Get the police dcparlment oil the telephone. Wait a minute. Call Devonshire 1212â€" line 103â€" and ask for Donlcvy, chief of homo- cide." » ♦ ' » McCale grasped .Miss Bigelow's elljow in a reassuring grip. "We have less than six minutes at the most," he said, "before the depart- ment, or at least a squad car, will he here. Where can we liave a iniiuite to talk? Alone." "The library," she said, her voice stronger. 'J'he library was directly back of the diniuK room where the gifts were on display. It was a large and comfortable room. .She sat down in one of the chairs inimediatcly, and .McCale noticed a slight squa-ing o( her shoulders. Her face turned up to his seemed olfl and tired, but quietly resigned She waited for him to speak. "I want your help," he began, "I'm going to be out of here before the police arrive. "^ "Oilâ€" hut please-" He held up his hand. "You iiiiist understand this. There may he some way I can lessen the publicity this case is bound to stir up. Don't think I mean to obstruct justice. I'm jiol that kin<l of detective, luil you must understand that once the police come into this, you will have no peace. Your privacy, your home, your very lives will be ripped wide open." "] MiKlerstand.' Ilcr face was bleak. * t * He went on rapidly. "If 1 am here when the police arrive, I will be tied up for hours maybe with the picliiniiiary investigation. If I am not, I can perhaps discover something before they do. I know Uoiilevy, Chief of Detectives. I can talk to hint tomorrow. What 1 ntnsi do is get a bead start. I want, for instance, to search Vallaiiicoun'' rooms. Whei'C docs â€" did he live!" 41 :t Fcnsroad â€" hut what shall i t<M the police?" "Tell them I leftâ€" that ymi <! not know whv." "Yes." He glanced at his wrislv.," ' Two minutes to go. (TO BE CONTINVED) Mrs. Laura Swan of South Paris, Me., shows you the room-size braided rug siie made for her daughter, who lives in California. Now the Swan family has no old clothes left; Sunday School Lesson The Kingdom Established 1 .Samuel 0:1-2; 11: l-'-U; 15: 1, 22-2li, ai-.;.'.. Golden Te.Nt : Blessed is tlic na- tion whose God is the Lord. â€" Psalni 33:12. The kingdom was the kingdom of Israel, with its first king, Saul, standing head and shoulders above the people, chosen to be their lead- er and acclaimed as all the people shouted, "God save the King!" It seemed an auspicious moment ill the life of Israel, but the ac- counts, probably composed into the book of 1 Samuel by a later hand, are somewhat conflicting. The king is represented as "God's anointed," and Samuel is reprcsei)t- cd as acting with divine authority ill anointing Saul. if » • But in 1 Samuel 11): 10. Samuel charges that the demand of the peo- ple for a king is a rejection of i iod. He predicts with realistic somber- ncss the oppressions and extortions that the establishnient of a king \vill bring. Light is thrown on the Words of Samuel by what happened a little later, when the people re- belled against the oppressions of .Solomon, about to be reimposed by his son, Rehohoam, and civil war rent the kingdom in twain, never to be reunited. Why should there be so much interest in the political history and life of a numerically small people so long ago in a country no larger than one of the smaller .Vmerican states? â- If * * The answer )•; lliiit the record is a part of tlic Bible, which has been truly called "God's Book for Man's Life." Xowlicre in literature is there a record that in so com- paratively small a compass sets forth with such clearness and pre- wljl What a luxurious effect yuii ctn cbtain with truly simple stitchcryl Spreads, bolstersâ€" old or newâ€" are beautiful with this popular design. The Peacock brings color to bed- rooms. Pattern 72:!: transfer of one motif 1.") \ 20 and four 2'.i x ii'j in. Send TVV1-:NTY-1-1\ K CE.NTS in coinsf stamps cannot be accept cd) for this pattern to The Needle craft Dcpt.. room -ISI, T:i .\dclaid< St. West, Toronto. Print plainly PATrh:R\' .\ U .\l B K K. vonr NAME and ADDRKSS. cision the incidents and causes in the rise and fall of nations and the conditions that make for welfare, stability, peace, strife, tragedy and decay. Moreover, it is in tli* life of a coiiii)aratively primitive ptople emerging to statehood on a com- paratively small scale, that one can observe more clearly and accurate- ly than in a complex modern so- ciety the forces and laws that are at work and that have their effect on welfare or disaster. Quick Spanking Tlicre can be worse things tlian a quick spanking, quickly llnislied and not administered with savagery or hatred, says the Chicago Daily Xcws. One worse tiling 'S a sore and sulky parent, cherishing a long grudge againsit a child for soine"^ slight misdemeanor, and inflicting on the child a long sense of shaiUbj, and guilt. A light penalty, properljf- iuflicted, soon over and done wltfi does far less damage, even if it takes the form of a swat with the palm of the hand. We do not recommend spanking. But far less do we recommend a mean and sullen parent wlio gives a child no chance to purge himself of his fault and forget it. Cooking Tip Vou may soon be finding frozen Alaska salmon steaks in the ma.r- kct: The Fish and Wildlife Service of the L'nited Stales Department of the Interior has a hint on the prop- er cooking of salmon : a low tem- perature is preferable since high cooking temperature causes a loss of natural juices and flavor. How Can I ? By Anne Ashley Q. How can 1 iron curtains satis- factorily? A. When ironing curtains, fold the curtain lengtliwise with the selvage to the right, within about an inch of the center, being curefu' to keep the selvage straight. L'n- fold the curtain without stretching the two inches in the center which were omitted when the curtain was folded. This will make the curtain look like new, there will he no fold in the center, and it will hang per- fectly. Q. How can 1 whiten clothes? A. One method is to soak thcni over night in a solution of one quart water to one Icaspoonfnl of cream of tartar. Q. How can I make a good solu- tion for whitening the skin? A. .Mi.x 2 tablcspoonfuls of oat- meal, '/2-teaspoonful of powdered borax, and !'i-piiit loscvvater. Let if stand for 2 or :i days, then strain well and add '/i-onnce of alcohol. Q. How can i easily remove tlic white lining of an orange? A. The white lining of an orange or grapefruit will come off with the skin if soaked in holing water for a few minutes before peeling. Q. How can I make the new tooth brush last longer? .\. Soak it over night in salt water, to make it last longer and also to cleanse it. Suffering froin ^JNUSpain? Instantine generally affords quick relief irom painful discomfort of sinus infection. • 9 TABLETS ygA All »• ONIY '»' OIlUOSTOMi Most Dangerous Room in House It is estimated from studies of home accidents among Metropo- litan Industrial policyholders and among other groups, that in the neighborhood of B,00O men, wonicii. and children are killed each year in the United Slates from mishaps originating in tlic kitchen. Many times that number each year arc more or less seriously in- jured, though not fatally. The kitchen, as a rule, is the centre of domestic activity, and the housewife and oilier members of the family concerned with running the honseliold spend a good part of the day there. Even more import- ant is the fact that the activities usually carried on in the kitchen â€" cooking, baking, washing, ironing -expose the family to a wide variety of hazards, such as burns and scalds, gas poisoning, cutting, contact with electric ciu-rent, and falls. In no other room is there such concentration of hazards, and in no other room is there as much chance during the waking hours for both . adults and children to become in- volved in a fatal accident. Disburbing Teachers in Northwestern On- tar'o are finding their thoughts dwelling frequently on money these days, remarks the Fort William Times-Journal. One of them gets .f2,I00 a year. In the past 12 months five of his pupils have quit school for railroading and are mak- ing as high as $3,000 a year. The young fireman who is getting this top ligure was none too bright as a .â- -ludent. Modern EtiguetU By Roberta LCt Slap-Tails Co-operate With Engineers You know that the beaver is Canada's national animal and you may be a^are that his pelt adds some Â¥j millions a year to the na- tional income, hut you've no idea what a helpful little fellow he can he when in the mood, says ^^ac- lean's Magazine. From the Fisher River area in northern Manitoba we've been hearing about a roving pack (?) of beaver that, upon finding what •struck them as a dandy place to build a dam, were only mildly pro- voked to find tliat some provincial engineers had got in ahead of them. What the beavers didn't know was that the dam hadn't quite raised the local water level as high as desired, and the engineers had decided a Iwo-and-a-half-ioot addition was called for. What the engineers didn't know was that the dam didn't suit the beavers either, but that they thought another foot would do the trick. The slap-lails fell to, expamlcd the project according to their own specifications and hoisted the water level right to v.lierc the engineers wanted it. Wobbly Furniture Do you have a piece of furniture that wobbles because of uneven legs or a l)umpy or sunken spot in the floor? .\n adjustable furniture Clip has been invented to take care of just such a situation. Four cups, made of walnut idastic. come in a boxed set. One of the four screws around, and adjusts the table, chair, chest, stove, or refrigerator so that it sits soliilly on the floor. There's no need to use unsightly wood wedges, match sticks, or wads of paper as makesliiits. 1. On what occasions does on€ wear full evening dress? i. When being introduced t9 someone, is it all right to say, "Pleased to meet you?" 3. How should invitations b« issued to an informal dinner? 4. Which expression should bt used in a social note or letter, "Dear Mr. Allen" or "My dear Mr. Allen?" 6. Should the bride and bride- groom both reply to a toast that is given to them? 6. Where should the coffee or tea pot be placed on the table? Answers 1. At formal evening weddings, large formal dinners, balls, formal evening receptions, and the opera. 2. No. The only acceptable form now seems to be, "How do you do?" 3. By a short note or by tele- phone. 4. 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Scald 2 c. milk, add 5 tbs. sugar: add 5 tsp, salt; cool to lukewarm. Add to yeast with 1 c. water; add 6 c. sifted flour: beat well. Add 5 tbs. melted shortening and 6 c. more sifted flour, or enough to make easily handled dough. Knead dough quickly and lightly until smooth and clas- tic. Place dough in greased bowl, cover; set in warm place, free from draft. Lei ri.se until doubled m bulk. Punch dough down in bowl; let rise again until about ^4 as high as first rise. When light, divide into 4 equal portion.s; shape into balls. Cover with cloth; let rest 10 to 15 min. Shape into lo'aves; place in greased bread pans. Cover: let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Bake in 425'' F. oven for ] S min., then reduce hcnt to ^7 5** F. Finish b.-iking abuui 30 min. longer.