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1 Anticipates its ¢ Ou! 2 ' PART 1. 3 | "Hullo, Brace," said Paul Harley as his secretary entered." "Some one is making a devil of a row outside"; "This is the offender, Mr. Harley," said Brace, and haaded. my friend a', visiting "card. Glancing at the card, Harley read! aloud: "Major J, E. P. Ragstaff, Cav-| alry Club, London." ; eanwhile a loud, harsh voice! which 'would have been audible in a full pale was roaring in the lobby. "Nonsense!" I could .hear the major w~shouting. *"Balderdash! There's more | fuss than if I had asked for an inter- view. with the Prime Minister." Brace's smile developed into a laugh, in which Harley joined. *"Ad- mit the major§ he said. Into the study where Harley and I had been seated quietly smoking there presently strode a' very choleric gentleman. He wore a horsy check , 8uit and white spats, and his tie closely resembled a stock. In his hand he carried a heavy malacea cane, gloves, and one of those tall, light gray hats commonly termed white. Hé was below medium height, slim and wiry; his gait and the shape of his legs, his build, all proclaimed the dragoon. His complexion was purple, and the large white teeth visible be- neath a bristling gray moustache added to the are ferocity of his appearance, Standing just within the doorway, "Mr. Paul Harley?" he shouted: It was apparently an in- quiry, but it sounded like a. reprimand, My friend, standing before the fire- place, his hands in his pockets and his pipe in his mouth, nodded brusque- ly. "I am Paul Harley," he said. "Won't you sit down?" Major. Ragstaff, glancing angrily at Brace as the latter left the study, tossed his stick and gloves on a settee and; drawing up a chair, seated him- self stiffly upon it as though he were in a saddle. He stared straight at Harley. 'You are not the sort of! person I expected, sir," he declared. "May 1 ask if it is your custom to keep clients dancin' outside on the mat and all that--on the blasted mat, sir!" Harley suppressed a smile, and I| hastily reached for my cigarette case, which I had placed upon the mantel- shelf. x "I am always naturally pleased to eee clients, ajor Ragstaff," said Harley, "but a certain amount of! routine is necessary 'even in civilian life. You had not advised me of your visit and it is contrary to my| custom to discuss business after 5! o'clock." As Harley spoke the major 'glared! at him continuously. "I've seen you! in India!" he roared; "damme! {vel seen you in India<--and, yes! in Tur- key! Ha! I've got you now, sir!" He! sprang to his feet. "You're the Har-! 0 was in Coustantinople in! "Then I've come to the wrong shop." aie | "That remains to be scen, major"! "But T was told you were a private detective, and all that." { "So I'am," said Harley quietly. "In' 1912 the Foreign Office was my | client. Tam now at the service of any | one who cares to employ me." The major seemed to be temnorar- ily stricken speechless by the discov-! ery that a man who had acted for the British government should be capable' of stooping to the work of a private, inquiry agent. Starving all about the roam with w sort of naive wonder- t, he drew out a big silk handkeg-! chief and loudly blew his nose, all the ime eyeing Harley questioningly. - Replacing his handkerchief, he direct- ed | regard upon me. : i§ is my friend, Mr. Knox)" ; "you may state 'your a well known clubman in Bond Street! on Wednesday evening, It wasp: (milk by the constable who made the arres that robbery had not been the motive |. of the assault and Bampton confessed A that he bore no gr assailed man; indeed, never geen him. before. He pleaded intoxication, and the police Sufgeon, testified that, although not" a intoxicated, his breath had sme strongly of liquor at the time of his arrest. ~ Bamptor's employers. testi- fied to a hitherto blameless character, and as the charge was not pressed the man was dismissed with 'a cau- tion." Having read the paragraph, Har- ley glanced at the major with a puz- zled expression. > "The point of thiy quite escapes me," he confessed. "Is that 82?" said Major Ragstaff, "Is that so, sir? = Perhaps you will be good enough to read this." rom his wallet he took a second newspaper cutting, smaller 'than the first 'and "gummed to a sheet of club notepaper. Harley took it and read as follows: 3 "Mr. De Lana, a well known mem- ber of the Stock Exchange, who met with a serious accident recently, is still in a precarious condition." The puzzled look on Harley's face grew more acute, and the major watehed him with an expression which I can only describe as one of fierce enjoyment. "You're thinking I'm a damned old fool ain't you?" he shouted suddenly. "Scarcely that,' said Harley, smil= ing slightly, 'but the "significance of these paragraphs is not apparent, I must ; confess. The man Bampton would not appear to be an interesting. character, and since no great damage has been done, his drunken frolic hardly comes within my sphere. Of Mr. De Lana of the Stock Exchange I never heard, unless he happens to be a member of the firm of De Lana & Day?" / "He's not a member of that firm, sir," shouted the major. "He was, up to 6 o'clock th's evenin'," "What do your mean exactly?" in- quired Harley, and the tone of his voice suggested that he was beginning to entertain doubts of the majors sanity or sobriety. "He's dead!" declared the major. Dead as the Begum of Bangalore! He died at 6 o'clock. I've just spoken to his widow on the telephone." I suppose I. must have been staring very hard at-the speaker, and certain- ly Harley was doing so, for he sud- me. "You're completely stum and so's your Ragstaff, "I.confess it," replied Harley quiet- , sir, friend!" shouted Major {1y; "and since my time is of some lit- tle value I would suggest, without disrespect, that you explain the con- nection, if any, between yourself, the drinken Bampton, and Mr. De Lana, of the Stock Exchange, who died, you inform us, at 6 o'clock this even:ng as the 'Tesulf, presumably, of injuries received in an accident." "That's what I'm here for!" cried Major Ragstaff. "In the first place, then, I am the ty, although I saw to it that my name was kept out of print, whom the drunken lunatic as- saulted." Harley, pipe in nand, stared at the speaker perplexedly. "Understand me," _ continued tie! major, "I am the person--I, Jack Ragstaff--he assaulted. I was walk- ing down from my quarters in Mad- dox Street, on my way to dine at the club, same as I do every night o' my {dently directed his fierce gaze towar his mother. 'A recent survey réveals thal seventy-three per cent. of the ¢ whose parents live on farms d drink milk, and many refuse products, such as cheese ter. ks 2 their opportunity 'possible: of this best all-re For that is what milk is. It n tastes good, but it makes that the viger and success of a nation depend largely upon the amount of milk its eitizens drink. Milk is the best single food cause it contains a mixture of all the important things that we find in a mixed diet: We find the same nour- ishing elements in milk-that are con- tained in a meal made up of meat and eggs, cereals and sugar, oils and fats, with salt and water, Milk is a fuel food: it contains sugar and fat;| and the body needs fuel food to keep it warm, and to make it move in work and play. food because it contains those ele- ments which repair waste; aid growth, and builds flesh and bone. We used to believe that children grew bow-legged when permitted to walk too young--that the weight of their' bodies was too much for the soft bones of their bodies. But this 'bone, | proceeded at a rapid pace, muscle and blood. It has been said P But milk is also a good world, © as the tables for the next four decades indi 'cate: FO 1890 Income . Assets... oJ 82,478,000. | Insurance in force. $16,769,000 1900 Income ........... $2,789,000 Assets +++ $10,486,000 Insurance in force. $57,980,000 1910 Income $9,675,000 Assets cosy $88,164,000 z Insurance in force. $148,5649,000 1920 Income ... vou $28,751,000 Asgets | +$114,839,000 Insurance 'orce. $486,641,000 Details of the financial statement of this company for the past year appear elsewhere in this issue, and will be sesenn FE Les evens studied With more than usual interest | in this its Jubilee year. pA i Perfume of Wood. The North-western India nearly { always made their totem' poley out of | Western red cedar, but this choice was probably due more to the fact that the wood ig easy to work and extreme: | ly' durable. rather then to its, frag: Hrance. It may be taken as a very good dren need milk, lots of milk; is our perfect food contains large quan: tities of lime needed in the building of growing bones and teeth. To sup- ply new material for the bones of the body, adults need milk and the lime it contains nearly as much as grow- ing children. : Milk is not a drink primarily. It should be eaten, not swallowed as a beverage. To get a few ounces of milk from its mother's breast takes a baby from fifteen to twenty minutes. Milk should be "chewed," taken in and enjoyed much after the manner one consumes a glass of malted milk. Children need milk because it con- tains a substance absolutely -neces- sary to' healthy growth. That sub- stance is called vitamine, and though children get some of it in their other foods they alone do not furnish it in sufficient 'quantities. Your boys and girls should be given a chance to grow--especially when it is' much rich milk than it is the 'child in the city, Y is possible for grown-ups te live for months on. milk alone, though a working-mian would have to drink a great many quarts ®ch day to keep' up hig vitality. Used in combination balanced diet. _A pint 'of milk each day for adults; a quart a day for chil- dren should be the rule. > life, when this flamin' idiot sprang] upon me, gra h up his white hat 'to illustrate what had occurred--not this ene, but one like it--pitched it on the ground' and jumped on it!" : 4 (Continued in next issue.) AAR grabbed my hat"--he took | small sips, rolled about the mouth, | with other foods, milk insures a well-|. general rule 'that woods that are scented' are resistant to aecay and in- sect attack, and have cabinet | qualities. 4 'With the woods of the world to choose from one cam easily arrange a whole 'scale of scents from the sweet: est and most delicate of perfumes at one" extreme to rank and overpower: | ing odors at the other The stores of the perfumeér's shop will not yield a greater variety than one can find in woods : Minard's Liniment Reljeves Colds, etc, easier to furnish them pure, fresh,}. . J $889,000 | Mina or _loooream 'saneer or a drinking: