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the time table might make all the dif- ference between life and death to sev- eral \ P touched fiis cap and watched his master swing off along the road and disappear into the gates of Mr. Homeybu's abode. Taking out his stop-watch, the chauffeur. carefully counted off eleven and a half minutes, the meretricious tcroled iron portals which has swallowed his employer. BEGIN HERE TO-DAY. con ame} Henestun: retired En fish niryman, finds rain <8! with blood instead of Suge And then comes news of the murder of-- 8ir Francis Lathrop. Sir Francis' daughter, Margaret, faa planned to Sir Guy Lathro; against her fati- ther's wish. Sir Guy is suspected of | the murder by-- i Inspector Roake of Scotland Yard, | and he goes into hiding at the Lathrop home. But Adrian Kiyne, private de- tective, employed by Margaret, be- lieves there's something in the "Red Rain Mystery," especially after blood had been found in three gauges on Shires different occasions. He is watch- ng-- Adela Larkin, daughter of Rev. Septimuy Larkin. yne, disguised as Lord Bulpeter, arranges to visit the Grange with Injector Roake on the pretext of con- doling with Margaret. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. "How truly terrible} People of position, too. Well, there is an an- cient wheeze that you can't touch pitch without being defiled, so I am off out of this like a shot. Good night, Inspector." What kept Lord Bulpeter busy that night will appear in due course. The slight friction that had been mani- fested on their first acquaintance had disappeared when he and Inspector Roeke met at breakfast. Roake, strong in his love for a lord, was eager to atone for "making faces," while the Viscount evidently bore no malice. Frankly confessing that he had been "fed up" with a case in which his interest was only remote, he rather negatived the confession by asking to be fully informed on the intricacies of the Lathrop mystery. Roake waxed eloquent on what he called the futile theory of the "red rain," and on the folly of the flashy amateur who had attached importance to it. The bottom, he affirmed, had been knocked out of it, as having any bearing on the death of Sir Francis Lathrop, by the phenomenon having occurred twice elsewhere. The private detective employed by Miss Lathrop had pounced on the "red rain" as a showy advertisement for himself and as tending to exculpate his client's lover. "I suppose you have looked up the antecedents of these Honeybuns?" ventured Lord Bulpeter diffidently. "Respectable city pecple. Not a black mark against them," came the Inspector's quick dab of whitewash for the Honeybuna. grabbed the Planet. Opening it in the middle, he eagerly ran his eye over|lord?" he purred. the "displays," but his voice was lan- your fingers with dirty work." Bulpeter laughed with an aristo- "I say, Roake, this paragraph in|crat's tolerance for snobbery. *"My the Planet rather crabs your deal over | fingers will bear the strain," he said. the 'red rain', doesn't it. Hark to the |] would suggest that you put me on scribe!" some minor and unimportant duty for _, And he read out the "par" inspired | which you have no time yoursel by Kiyne, and at that moment being | requiring much brain power. declaimed by Mr. Larkin to Adela at {about my going over to Latchfield and the Rectory. It had better be repeated sizing up the Honeybuns for you? rather pride myself on reading char- acter, In fact in my own circle I have "With reference to our announce-|a reputation for it. ment about the 'red rain' incident in|to wipe them off the map for you as sue suspects and burst-the red rain bub- ble once for all." , detective 4 "Carry on, my lord." p- mystery has been at Ruxton in Suf-| proved the suggestion. "You are sim- folk there recognized one of the ply splendid. Homeybun bogey to bed you a conviction when I collar Sir Guy. With that fairy tale still in existence no treasury counsel carries guns enough to persuade a of title could commit.a murder, "Now you've let another cat out of j the bag, my dear old Roake," he re- "I believe you're a democrat haps even a | mit a murder, guid as he drawled: _ 80 as to appreciate its effect on In- spector Roake. _ our issue of yesterday, we are able to state on the most reliable authority that a detective engaged on the parent Individuals who has claimed his inter- tho private moucher working in the the host at a small and solect luncheon Lathrop interest. Probably he Jas pasty. Ye bn the atte ie rsuaded a newspa penny-a-liner was n the afternoon n Dnt tis oe cr sat: and Lord Bulpeter returned to the G Lis mame will be given to-morrow." | "What sordid chicanery!" sighed expedition to Inspector Roake. The Mr. latter was still bullying, though hav- Roske, I am disgusted by tHe unfair Ing exhausted the servants, from pitfalls that beat you and I am aleo housekeeper to scullery maid, he had bitten Ly the detective mania. I wish traneferred his attentions to Mrs.] you would let me bear a hand. One Vansittart, Margaret's aunt and chap- of your Assistant Commissioners at oron Scotland Yard, Sir Trevor Hardman,| "Any luck come your lordship's If 1 wire him way?' Roake wa: changed from an for permission and get it will you official tyrant to a sycophantic toady take ms on as an honorary assistant?" 8s by a magic waad "Proud to, my lord!" Roake posi-| Lord Bulpeter sank into a great tively blushed with pleasure. Sir Trevor Hardman's answer was, the gusty sigh of sheer weariness. received a couple of hours later and| "Nothing doing," he said. "There Lord Bulpeter took it up to the is no evidence that the red rain had Grange, whither the nlspector had anything to do with the murder of Sir gone after breakfast. The C. I. D.| Francis Lathrop, but on the other man was engaged on his favorite pas-' hand I have been unable to procure Lord Bulpeter. is an old pal of mine. Lord Bulpeter emerged from the gates, escorting a lady. time of bullying servants, but he came The neat maid who acted as wait- | running when he was fetched out to ress interrupted with the proffer of [his noble recruit. His Chief'se reply the morning papers. Lord Bulpeter [filled him with ecstacy. "Now where will you begin, my "You musn't soil I might be able jury that a man " plied. I or a socialist, If ever I quite likely, I hope.1 shan't after me. For am not I a man of tn order to keep track of tho seal | title?" The Inspector disavowed any such sentiments and treated "my lord's" Then he loosed off three ear-splitting blasts on his Gabriel horn and waited. He took out his watch again and counted--seconds this time, As he ticked off the tenth, Lord Bulpeter emerged from the gates, escorting a lady. They literally jumped into the car and Peters, acting on previous in- pay, where at the principal hotel nspector Roake's noble recruit played !to report the result of his Latchfield leather-covered easy-chair and emitted | proof that it had no connection. I can assure you that I have done my best." Lord Bulpeter's chastened drawl carried conviction. He did not men- tion his adventure and luncheon party. "I don't doubt you for a moment, my lord," Roake hastened to reassure him, "You have no news of Miss Mar- garet Lathrop, I presume? She has not returned?" cies "I am not worrying about her in the least, my lord. She is as artful as a wagon-load of monkeys, and I expect that she has gone off to warn Sir Guy that the police are in charge of the house. 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In genius every: for a it down in thy book, Joseph; put it in my. book, but I shall be paid ¢r not; and t don't pay me that now I always make the charge {| Gentus ia an entity lke nature, and, !colned: "Three potatoes a day keep | Mke it, must be accepted purely and | the coalmen zway." Oatmeal porridge is known to be heating, and for that reason it is not much eaten during the warmer weath- | oF. It i8"not sufficient, however, to re- j Sume it in the winter. We should §o a step further, and increase the amount ukually taken if we wish to save fuel. ; Puddings should also be eaten in larger quantities during the colder weather. Rice, sago, tapioca, semolina, and similar puddings all contain much etareh and; if made With good milk; valuable fats as well. If plenty of pudding 1s eaten, fewer fires and smaller ones will keep us warm. Most people imagine thal sugar in (te, coffees, or ¢ocos is not good for them. If sugar is taken in this way during the cold weather, however, it will be casler to keep warm. In this form, too, sugar, being already dis- solved, 18 easy to digest, Mait After Meals. Fat of any kind tends to keep the body warm. Ratty foods, therefore, should be taken liberally during the winter months. Fat bacon and ham are probably the standbys here, but beet and muéton fat, or éven the some what indigestible pork fat, should not be neglected. A good way of taking fat is to spread it as dripping on sliced of bread. Cold fat is more easily digest. ed than hot fat. Both -cod-Uver ofl and olive oil are other valuahlé sources of fatty food, It may be argued that our constitu. tione are not strong enough to stand" the Increase In the amount of fats and carbohydrates r pmended, and that instead of saving fuel by changing our diet in this way, we-shall lose money by getting laid up: Carbohydrates, however, can be ren- dered more digestible by means of malt extraet, which contains a curlous ferment called diastase. . A spoonful of malt extract should, therefore; be taken after each meal which is rich in carbobydrates. If, even then, the system refuses to absorb the fatty. foods, or resents thé increase in their amount, try cod-liver oll emulsion or olive-oil emulsion: These emulsions give the best results it a spoonful or 80 is taken immediately after mcals. rear t---- Joseph's Partner. Among the ancestral traditions of an American family of Quaker descent an amusing ohe recently related cohcerned a certain Joseph and Bathsheba. Joseph was a bachelor, a competent blacksmith, but by no means well-to- do. Bathsheba, t} Httle shop, who had recently employed him to do some fronwork for her, learned thet, \ down, be had.charged her considerably more than he had charged a neighbor, imilar. job. -Bhe went to the the proprietress of a 3 she had paid cash smithy toprotest, = =. .c 0 Oo | Joseph, an amiable childlike giant of" a man, was perfectly wihiling to ox- 2X 80 often they a little one, so as not combined with coloring and flavoring agents. Thess sugars are carboby- drates. Children, therefore, should be encofiraged to 'eat sweets, as they are fuel-savers par excellence. But con- should he avouled, as 'Starch fs another carbohydrate, and the proportion of this should also be the ing reduces fi. When the fact that "Thee sées, Friend Bathsheba, when Ihave a good cash customer lke 1¢harge a good price, because 1 kiow it will be paid. But I have many cus tomers who wave a hand and say, 'Put ..