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S A L A B A has the finest fla v o u r in the w o r ld and it costs o n ly o n e-q u arter o f a c e n t a c a p I! SALADA" (GREEN) 693 Use MAGIC D avekport' B ed £ o o tiV L amp fi lu * B A K IN G PO W D ER b a k i n g -- JAPAM TEA `Fresh from the gardens' > Y A p l in all your 3 Was S trangled - m m U l r t S : AUTHOR o o o S c r ib n e r 'c C T V B P lft* .. Sons' ``W here Maem & e t O sell S -3 T hat'stftewoy to assure success. Made in Canada, JJo Jllum. e . W . G IL L E T T CO. LTOi, T O R O N T O ,C A N . THE DENSON MURDER, CASE T H E STO R Y TH U S F A R : Vance has his own theories about crim inal procedure and he tells them to his friend Markham,, D istrict A t torney, who is considerably worried over the crime situation in New York. Then the newspapers announce the murder o f M argaret Odell, known as the " Canary," form er Follies g irl and reigning Broadway beauty. Markham turns to Vance for help and they visit the " Canary's" apartment. C H A P T E R III. A s Markham entered the Odell apartm ent that morning Sergeant Ernest Heath came forw ard at once and extended his hand. A look o f re lie f passed over his broad, pugnacious featu res; and it was obvious that the anim osity and rivalry which always To the left o f the fireplace stood exist between the detective division one o f the loveliest Boule cabinets I and the district attorney's office dur have ever seen. Several excellent re in g the investigation o f any criminal productions o f Boucher, Fragonard case had no place in his attitude on and Watteau hung about the walls. this occasion. The bedroom contained a chest o f " I'm glad you've come, sir," he said; drawers, a dressing table, and several and meant it. He then turned to Vance with a gold-leaf chairs. The whole apartment cordial smile, and held out his hand. seeed eminently in keeping with the " So the amaehtvr sleuth is with us Canary's fragile and evanescent per sonality. a g a in !" His tone held a friendly ban As we stepped from the little foyer ter. " Oh, quite," m urm ured* Vance. into the living room and stood fo r a " H ow 's your "induction coil working moment looking about, a scene border The this beautiful September borning, Ser- ing on wreckage met our eyes. rooms had apparently been ransacked g a n t?" " I 'd hate to tell y o u !" Then Heath's by some one in a frenzy o f haste, and fa c e grew suddenly grave, and he the disorder o f the place was appall turned to Markham. " It's a raw deal, ing. " They didn't exactly do the in sir. W hy in hell couldn't they have p icked SO r'-.-'^ i e b e s id e s the C a n a r y d a i n t y fa s h io n ," r e m a r k e d In sp ector Moran. - ---- rrprftr There's pfenty o f Jones on fsrotidway who coulda " I suppose we oughta be grateful faded from the picture without caus they didn't blow the join t up with in g a second alarm ; but they gotta go dynamite," returned Heath acridly. and bump off the Queen o f Sheba!" But it was not the general disorder A s he spoke, William M. Moran, the that most attracted us. Our gaze was commanding officer o f the detective 'alm ost immediately drawn and held by bureau, came into the little foyer and the body o f the dead girl, which rested perform ed the usual hand-shaking in an unnatural, semi-recumbent atti ceremony. Thoug'i he had met Vance tude in the corner o f the davenport and me but once before, and then nearest to where we stood. casually, he remembered us both and Her head was turned backward, as addressed us courteously by name. if by force, over the silken tuJted up " Y oui arrival," he said to Markham, holstery; and her hair had come un in a well-bred, modulated voice, " is fastened and lay beneath her head and very welcome. Sergeant Heath will over her bare shoulders like a frozen give you what prelim inary inform ation cataract o f liquid gold. Her face, in you want, i 'm still pretty much in the violen death, was distorted and unlove dark m yself-- only ju st arrived." ly. Her skin was discolored; her eyes " A lot o f inform ation I 've got to were staring; her mouth was open, give," grumbled Heath, as he led the and her lips were drawn back. Her way into the living room. neck, on either side o f the thyroid Margaret Odell's apartment was a cartilage, showed ugly dark bruises. suite o f two fairly large rooms con She was dressed in a flimsy evening nected by a wide archway draped with gown o f black Chantilly lace over heavy damask portieres. The entrance j cream-colored chiffon, and across the door from the main hall o f the building arm o f the davenport had been thrown led into a small rectangular foyer | an evening cape o f cloth-of-gold trim about eight feet long and fou r feet med with ermine. deep, with double Venetian-glass doors There were evidences o f her in opening into the main room beyond. effectual struggle with the person who There was no other entrance to the had strangled her. Besides the dish apartment, and the bedroom could be ev elled condition of her hair, one of reached only through the archway the shoulder-straps o f her gown had from the living room. j been severed, and there was a long There was a large davenport, eov- rent in the fine lace across her breast. A small corsage o f artificial orchids had been torn from her bodice, and lay crumpled in her lap. One satin slip per had fallen off, and her right knee was twisted inward on the seat o f the davenport, as if she had sought to lift herself out o f the suffocating clutches o f her antagonist. Her fingers were still flexed, no doubt as they had been at the moment of her capitulation to death, when she had relinquished her grip upon the murderer's wrists. The spell o f horror cast over us by the sight of the tortured body was broken by the m atter-of-fact tones o f Heath. f - U S,--"Y ou see, Mr. Markham, she was evidently sitting in the corner o f this .Rested nerves »wke a ll the difference settee when she was grabbed suddenly frgiji bejiind." ! Your doctor will tell you how chewing relieves nervous tension, Markham nodded. " It must have how the healthful cleansing action taken a pretty strong man to strangle c f Wrigley' s refreshes the mouth her so easily." and tones you up. " I 'll ^ay!" agreed Heath. He bent Wrigley's does much-- costs little. over and pointed to the g irl's fingers, on which showed several abrasions. " They stripped her rings off, too; and they didn't go about it gen tb, either." he indicated a segment o f fine after Then platinum chain, set with tiny pearls, every which hung over one o f her shoulders. meal " And they grabbed whatever it was hanging round her neck and broke the ered with brocaded silk, in front o f the fireplace in the lefthrnd wall o f the living room, with a long, narrow lib rary table o f inlaid rosewood extend ing along its back. On the opposite wall, between the foyer and the arch way into the bedroom, hung a tripli cate Marie Antoinette mirror, beneath which stood a mahogany gate-legged table. On the fa r sid- o f the arihw ay, near the large oriel window, was a baby grand Steinway piano with a beauti fu lly designed and decorated case of Louis-Seize ornamentation. In the corner to the right o f the fireplace was a spindle-legged escritoire and a square h.md-painied wastepapcr bas ket c f vcl' ui;). ' tfiouLE C an set Cl o t h e s C l o s e t F o y e r . v-- Tailor (to little girl who has com e in and asked for som e patterns o f d o t h )-- " W hat kind of a suit does your daddy want?" Little Girl (naive ly )-- "Oh, he doesn't want a suit, mister--he just wants to nail up a creep er!" Minard's Liniment for Neuralgia. O h l y Door , to O d e u . Apagtm eht chain doing it. They weren't overlook ing anything, or losing any time. . . . A swell, gentlemanly job. Nice and refined." " Where's the Medical Exam iner?" asked Markham. " He's coming," Heath told him. " Y ou can't get Doc Doremus to go anywheres without his breakfast." " He may find something else-- something that doesn't show." " There's plenty showing for me," declared Heath. " Look a t this apart ment. It wouldn't be much worse i f a Kansas cyclone had struck it." W e turnerffrom the depressing spec tacle of the dead girl and moved to ward the centre of the room. " Be careful not to touch anything, Mr. Markham," warned Heath. " I've sent for the finger-print experts-- they'll be here any minute now." Vance looked up in motk astonish ment. > " F in e e r jt ip is ? You don't ja y -- r e a lly ! 11ow cleligh tfu l!-- Im agin e a johnnie in this enlightened day leaving his finger-prints fo r you to find." " A ll crooks aren' t clever, Mr. Vance," declared Heath combatively. " Oh, dear no! They'd never be ap prehended if they were. But, after all, Sergeant, even an authentice finger-print merely means that the person who made it was dallying around at some time or other. It doesn't indicate gi.ilt." " Maybe so," conceded Heath dog gedly. " But I'm here to tell you that if I get any good honest finger-prints outa this devastated area, it's not go ing so easy with the bird that made 'em." Vance appeared to be shocked. " You positively terrify me, Sergeant. Hence forth I shall adopt mittens as a perm anent addition to my attire. I 'm al ways handling the furniture and the teacups and the various knickknacks in the houses where I call, don't y ' know." Markham interposed himself at this point, and suggested they make a tour of inspection while w aiting fo r the M edical Examiner. " They didn' t add anything much to the usual methods," Heath pointed out. " Killed the girl, and then ripped .things wide open." (T o be continued.) <·------------ Freedom of the Seas Quebec Evenement (C ons.): Naval Disarmament may be only a vain hope and the conference set for July in the United States, to which Canada will be invited, w ill not prevent our power ful neighbours from realizing their dream of possessing a great fleet. 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