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" BEGIN HERE TO-DAY, Samuel Hone bun, retired English Sountymay, fin s blood .in his rain- gauge on the Fir Lt ar of Francis Lathrop. Sir Francis' Saughter, Margaret, had planned to arry-- Sir Guy Lathrop 'against her fath- er's wish, Sir Guy is suspected of the murder by--- Inspec ctor Roake of Scotland Yard, while'Aq drian Elyne , private detective, employéd by Margaret, succeeds in Bon as Lord Bulpeter to Roake, but 8 nonplussed by the strange behavior ha Larkin, daughter of Rev. Sep- timus Larkin and niece of Silas Stam- page, who reported blood found in his rain gauge on two occasions. Rev, S. Larkin and Silas Stampage seem to be trying to defeat justice. Kilynt, out for a stroll, meets Adela. She reveals her surmise of Klyne's disguise. Klyne attempts to bluff, al- though for the moment, less interested in sleuthing than in the fetching miss before him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. "I cannot even guess at what you are talking about," he said. "Ol, yes you can," came the speedy retort. "You are wondering whether I am actuated by ambition to become 'My Lady' or by admiration for a «very clever man." "I would rather credit you with a stronger motive than admiration-- whether for a peer or a clever man." said Lord Bulpeter quietly. And, yielding to the impulse, he stooped and kissed the provoking lips. He expected to have his ears boxed. It was a 'pleasant surprise when two | 2 shapely arms were flung round his neck and drew him closer. "Now I know that we are allies," cooed Adela, "Just as I knew it was you since last night in the library at the Grange. Tell me how I can help you dish that odious Inspector." "By informing me why you went all the way to Suffolk to pay a one-night visit to Mr. Silas Stampage," was the uncompromising reply. Adela drew back, a little in awe of the speaker. She had only a minute ago secured this man for her lover and she was very conscious that she herself had loved him at sight. Yet such was the sporting instinct of the man-hunter that at the supreme mo- ment of their romance he could thrust all emotion into the background and endeavor to strike a professional bar- gain, "I will tell you everything, " she said quite humbly. Mr. Silas Stampage, like most re- tired notabilities who during the years of their fame and fortune have enjoy- ed the respect of their fellowmen, set peter. - "He don't amount to said the athletic oti parleyed with Klyne. "Puny little-rat. Easy to chuck him out if you say the word, sir." him in, That] 'maybe be 'more cruel-than the other way. Anyhow I'll stand by in case he howls for mercy, sir," grin- "| med the sinister satellite of the once- famous London surgeon. "Get to it," snapped Mr. Stampage. "I am sorry for this intrusion, which is rather in the nature of clear- ing the ground than personal to your- self, sir," began Roake. "It is that infernal red rain, as the penny-a- liners call it." "I am as much in the dark as any- one," growled Mr. Stampage. "It.is no use your cross-questioning me about the beastly stuff, And I tell you straight, I don't like the looks of you." Roake ignored the rudeness. It quite suited his theory that this un- fortunate gentleman was a victim of the wicked Margaret Lathrop. "I did not expect that you could throw any light on the affair, gir, but if you will state your view of it I may be able to relieve you by suggest- ing a solution," he said. "My view is that one of my neigh- bors is playing the fool with me," re- joined Mr. Stampage. "Here, don't stand there on one leg. Sit down and have a glass of wine. That's bette. Yes, some silly ass has been pulling my leg. Though why he should take the trouble to do it twice is a puzzle which I do not pretend to fathom." Roake nodded. "You have got half! of it right, sir," he said. "But I can go you one better on the -other half. It is no neighbor of yours who has been filling your rain-gauge with blood. Would you mind telling me if anyone 'can gain access to the gauge as < & and Behold . The Fathers of Confederation They Breathed Life into Confederation . . a Nation was Born" Out of the separate Colonies of British America, they created a powerful Dominion, forming what is now an important part of that great Empire upon which the sun never sets. Shoulder to Shoulder with the Progress of the Canadian Confederation Marches the Record of Confederation Life Sound, conservative, avoiding the spectac lar, but building a struc- ture of enduring strength, Confederation Life Association records another year of progressive achievement in 1926. 1867 Confederation of The Association enters the sixtieth year of the Confederation of 1871 . Co federation Iie Jusorporated i by Act of Parliament 1927 Confoeration of A "We won't do that, You can show: _ It was a pleasant surprise when two shapely arms were flung , around his neck and drew him closer. ---------------- aoe toni from the road without being seen from the house i "Certainly, It is hidden by a screen of shrubs.' Again the Inspector nodded, Things were coming his way. "Those La- throps and their fraudulent erime ex- pert have been ying on your premises," he said, "The daughter and nephew of the murdered baronet. In love with each other." The demeanor of the once erpinent surgeon was growing more: friendly. "That bear: out what happened here a few nights ago," he replied. "Two mysterious callers turned up at brief mtervals--a malo and a female I was dining out and saw neither of them," Roake purreld like a well-fed cat, "They will have been Margaret La- throp and either Sir Guy or the im- postor, Adrian Klyne," he affirmed. "What was the purport of their busi- ness with you, sir?" "They declined to state it to my man-servant," replied Mr. Stampage. "They refused their names and would not say if they were staying in the neighborhood or would call again." "1 see," the Inspector swallowed it all at a gulp. "Just an excuse to cover their entrance into the grounds. Probably they had ascertained that you were not at home and tampered with your rain-gauge on their way in or out." "lI am very greatly obliged to you, Inspector Roake," Mr. Stampage de- livered himself pompously. "It is not nice to dwell among evil-disposed people and you have completely exon- erated my neighbors from playing me a scurvy trick--two scurvy tricks, in fact, * I hope that in doing me this good turn you have freed your mind from all suspicion of me as an acces- sory to the Lathrop murder?" "I never entertained any such sus- picion, sir," came tha swift assurance. "As I said when T commenced this tresspass on your time, my object was to clear the ground. Thanks to your revelations about the anonymous call- ers I have succeeded beyong all ex- pectations." "What are your next plans?" "I shall hunt for Sir Guy Lathrop in London." "You are not returning: to Chev ere]? "No, sir; I have left a very good watchdog there--no less than ja peer 'of the realm who, besides being a bit of a sportsman, is a friend of one of our assistant commissioners. Name of Bulpeter, Viscount Bulpeter. You have probably heard of him." "Lord Bulpeter, eh?" murmured Mr. Stampage reminiscently.® "Yes, I can place the chap. Years ago, when I was in practice in Harley St Street, I chopped off his appendix." ruck veneration for a mere commoner whé could so violate the august kody of a nobleman, Mr. Roake stared at his host. al with - $230,747,937 ,660,858 vernment, a mies due to the efficiency of adminis substantial {ration we may secure a ors. reduction in the total burden of taxa-|prod tion rather than a change of incidence. Canada has frequently shown that she, is not without courage in facing her. econom'c problems, and there are in- dications that a bold cooperative policy of administrative economy, on 'the part of all governments would meet with strong public approval and support." C. B. Nelil, general manager, gave & number of interesting particulars of tury we have been able to facilitate the movement of Canadian goods the extent of many militons of dollars." the Criminal Investigation Depart- ment, A more futile idiot I never en- countered. I simply tied him in knots and played with him as if he were a bit of string. x All the same, the fatuous Roake coughed up one item which has filled! ; me with a good deal of apprehension, He bragged of having secured the co- operation, as a 'sort of non-official assistant, of one Lord Bulpeter, taken on under the auspices of one of the Scotland Yard mandarins. Now some years ago I operated om the one and only Lord Bulpeter for appendicitia, and he did not strike me as at all the kind of man to hanker after detective kudos. If a personal description will aid you my Lord Bulpeter was a fat, lethargic little creature--one of those frequent, freaks of the peerage, a peer without: 'a presence.' And, on top of this discrepancy, I seem to reme.nber reading somewhere lately that Lord Bulpeter was in Canada. It might be worth while to look into this, Turn Adeld on to the job if you can't take it on yourself--Yours, "SILAS STAMPAGE." 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