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BEGIN HERE TODAY . Henry manager of reminded by ¢ Ba Tomily thet the ext day is his son, James BT tnt birthday. Jimmy plans a birthday party for mother and father and his sister Janet, and her fiance, Barry Colvin. The following evening Henry Rand fails to arrive home for dinner at his accustomed time. Police telephone that he has been found dead in the Canfield Hotel. Jimmy goes to the hotel. His father is in a filled room that has been registered for by H. A. Jones of New York. Police believe it is auicide. Jimmy doesn't A woman's handkerchief is found i1 the room. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER ill. Detective Mooney, a squat little officer with a disfiguring scar running from 'the outside corner of his eye and across the cheekbone to the mouth, fumbled in his coat pocket and with- drew a small handkerchief. He held it out to Jimmy. It was a white handkerchief, bor- dered with fine lace, and smelling strongly of perfume. There were no initials, nothing about it to 'make it different from any other woman's handkerchief. "It was lying on the dresser," vol- unteered Moone, , "right in plain view. That's all we found. It's the only clew whatsoever." "And your theory, Sergeant?" Jim- my turned away from Mooney to ad- dress the policeman who had taken charge. "My lad I'm not Lryin' to hurt your feelin's, but the 'way I had it sized up was just like this. If you'll excuse me for sayin' so. I had figured that your father possibly had got mixed up with some woman and was takin' a short cut to avoid trouble. I hate to say it to your face, but you'll welcome the truth and this sort of thing isn't new to me." "You think there was a woman in this room?" "I did at first. to think now." "Did you see any woman come up- stairs this afternoon?" Jimmy had wheeled to face the clerk. "No, sir, I didn't see any come in or go out." "In this hole they are careful not I don't know what to take nctlice of any women they see," remarked the sergeant, staring | grimly at the little bald clerk. A newcomer entered the room, a thin man with thin iron gray hair carefully parted in the middle and slicked down closley to his head. His large, red-veined nose seemed too heavy for his face. The bald hotel clerk seemed to wel- come his entrance. "Here's Bride, the night clerk," he announced, apparent- ly relieved to escape the attention of the sergeant. "Bride," snapped the policeman at the night clerk, "were you here last night when a man registered for this room under the name of H. A. Jones?" Bride shifted his feet uneasily. "Yas, sir" "What time wos it?" "Abcut aight or eigtt-thirty, near as I can remember." + "Was he a big man or a little man? pursued the sergeant. "Well, he was a pretty big man. He had his overcost buttoned up around his necic--it being pretty cold--and his hat was turned down. Seems to me he did have prety big ears and--he had red hair, a kind of sandy sort of red." "Thought you said he had his hat turned down." "He did. But I could see the hair on his temples. It was cut close, but i you could tell it was red. He just asked for a room, and when 1 gave it to him he went right upstairs. I haven't seer him since." "Did he sleep in his bed?" "I don't know Schwartz, the day clerk here, probably would know if he didn't." "Did he, Schwartz?" "I guess he did, Sergeant. The maid would have told me if the bed hadn't been slept in." "Meyer." The sergeant turned to one of his men. "Did you tell 'em at middle-aged Sreditt Central Station to, notify the coro- ner?" "Yes, sir." = 5 "Well, when in the devil 1s he comin'?" To my he said: "We have to leave the body just as it is till the coroner arrives. They'll take him to the morgue long enough to de- termine the couse of death and then they'll turn him over to your family for burial." "Who's talking about the coroner?" A large individual, carrying 'a little black satchel, breezed into the room. With a brief glance around him he knelt in business-like fashion beside the body of Henry Rand. He felt over the dead man's heart. "What's it all about, Sergeant?" The sergeant told him, briefly, what he knew. "Humph," tersely remarked the cor- oner, "looks like a plain case of as- phyxiation. Hello!" He was feeling with his right hand at the base of the skull. "What is it?" Jimmy sprang for- ward eagerly. "What is it, Coroner?" The-coroner frowned. He was exam- ining the back of Henry Rand's head. "There's a_ slight lump here at the base of the skull that oughtn't to be here. It's not the bone structure, either. Humph. Anybody here know this man?" "He's my father, Coroner." "Did your father carry this lump at the back of his head? Here, feel with your hand." Jimmy ran his hand carefully over the spot indicated. He felt what ap- peared to be a broad, welt near the base of the skull and just to one side of the centre. It was firm, but yield- ed slightly to his toch. "I'm sure," answered Jimmy, "that [ my father never had this. If he had I think I would have noticed it years ago." "Your father has been hit in the head with something," quietly rebark- e. the coroner. "What with, I don't know, but evideatly with something very similar to a sandbag. That is, if he was struck hard enough to do any damaze. At any rate, there is an abrasion, such as probably would have been caused by a blow on the head with a club or a hard weapon." "You think, thn, that he was mur- dered?" Jimmy hung on the coroner's next words. "I don't know anything. I think it j possible, but we'll have to have an autopsy to see what caused his death." A strange young fellow had enterad the room. Evidently a reporter, for he had been conversing quietly with the police sergeant, pausing now and then to jot down a word or two on some twice-folded sheets of rough paper. He stepped over to Jimmy. "Sorry, Mr. Rand, but will you supply me with your father's age and the number of children he had? I think I've got most of the details from the police." "He was fifty-five," answered Jim- my wegrily. "He had a wife and two "Thanks, Mr. Rand. Sorry to trouble you." He turned to the cor- oner. "What is it, Coroner, suicide?" "It's murder," interrupted Jimmy grimly. "e seized the reporter by the arm, * "Youll write nothing about sui- cide until you learn the coroner's ver- diet." "Oho! You seem pretty sure. Well, I'll stick around a while I guess, What's your idea of what took place?" "My idea," replied Jimmy, "is that i my father was lured to this hotel room under some false pretense, prob. ably by some telephone call to his office. Anyway, we can check up left the department store. "I think that the man who regis- father to come. rive, he was barely seated before he was struck on the head and knocked unconscious. overcoat is still on him. That is suf- ficient indicatior that he was not in the room very long, or, at least, that he was on his way out when he was struck. "Then whoever hit him turned on the gas, shut the window if' it wasn't already closed, and walked out, lock- ing the door behind him." "And how about the handkerchief?" asked the reporter. . "I can't account for it, I'll admit." "Don't you think it is at least an indication that a woman was in this room, at least for a while?" "Not necessarily," put in the coro- ner, who had been listening to Jimmy with considerable interest. "Not nee- essarily. A man could have planted in the dark. I'll have to take the body the morgue." Eh) children, my sister Janet and myself." tomorrow and find out what time he tered as H. A. Jones of New York was in this room waiting for my When father did ar- You noticed that his , as he did so. As the bed moved, Jim- my saw something fall from the hori- sud of the springs and flutter to the T. ; : He was on it in a flash. On the floor it looked like sa plain yellow square of cahrdboard, torn at one end. "What have you got, Rand?" It was the ge.nt. 2 ~ Jimmy tt it over. He held the yellow stub of a theatre ticket. "Paragon Theatre," he read tri- umphantly, "Nov. 26. That's the night before last." jot : (To be continued.) a i BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern zontal railing that supported the foot | | such a difference of opinion as the #5 ip ? ; DE By SAMUEL FARMER, ° Pres. of Canadian Trustees' Assn, tional administration have d introduction of consolidated schools. Where with the schools are establish- ed the ception pleased with the results. Where they are not established there are innumerable objections raised, to their introduction. 'During the next few| weeks we shall endeavor to consider the vari- ous phases of the subject of coneoli- dated schools--pro and con. - In this article the main facts as presented in the report of the Minister of Educa tion for 1928 (the latest available) are presentéd verbatim. Consolidation of Schools There are twenty-eight consolidaf- ed schools operating In the province. Thelr locations are: In the Districts (18): Quibell, in Kenora District; Barwick, Burriss' and Morley, in Rainy River District; Dorion and Nipigon, in Thunder Bay District;> Mindemoya, on Manitoulin Island; Charlton, Hudson and Sav: ard, in Timiskaming District; Byng, Inlet, Katrine, Nobel, Pointe au Baril and Sundridge, in Parry Sound Dis: trict; Gooderham, West Guilford and: Wilberforce, in Haliburton. In the Counties (10); Falls' View,! in Welland; Grantham, in Lincoln; Macdonald, in Wellington; Humber Heights, in York; Tweed, in Hastings; | Tamworth, in Addington; Welling: ton, in Prince Edward; Mallorytown in Leeds; North Mountain, in Dun. das; and Grant, in Carleton. With the exception of a few con- nearby High Schools. |The eight | consolidated schools maintaining Con: tinuation Classes provide both Ble-| mentary and High School facilities up to and including the Middle High School Course at net cost. i These consolidated schools are pro-, viding educational facilities, for the, rural districts served, comparable to those| provided fos urban centres. The chief advantage Is that the chil dren from extended areas attending these schools obtain their education without leaving home, under favor. able conditions and at a reasonable cost. | ' Inspector Dowsley oi Brockville, in Quaint pretty breakfast pajamas #ith tuck-in. blouse shows smart femininity in gathered ruffle of deep open V neckline, both front and back. They are sleeveless of course, the preference of smart young set. The trousers are closed at side, with belt indicating fashionable raised waistline. A pocket with ruffled top lis placed at left side for "hanky." Style No. 8059 is designed in sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. They are made with 37% yards of 35-inch material with 3% yards of binding and % yard of 35- inch contrasting, for the 36-inch size. Ancther interesting ideal is to make the trousers of orange crepe Ce chine with the tuck-in blouse of yellow. The ruffles are of yellow shade. * Flat silk crepe, novelty rayon crepe, printed batiste, cotton broadcloth, chambray and checked gingham appro- priate. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. BT * JU Wanted a Surprise The mother had gone to great pains to explain to her small son what he should do with the piece of wedding- cake his sister had sent him. / The boy departed upstairs, promis- ing to do what his mother had told him. : "Well, Johnny," she asked him the following morning, "did you put the cake under your pillow as I told you, and dream of your future wife?" " Jimmy shook his head. "No, mother," he replied. "I changed my mind and ate the cake, because I want my future wife to be a surprise."--Answers, | Swedish Riksdag his report for 1927-1928 to the Coun- ty Council regarding the Mallorytown Consolidated School, states: i "Mallorytown Consolidated School was opened in September, 1920, so has been in operation long enough to allow one tp draw lairly sure con-, clusions as to its success. The Board was pleased to sign unaniinous-| ly a year ago a statement which house for our youth, over forty of whom are procuring a High School education at low cost. About fifteen are due to graduate from the Middle School this summer. We believe that the people generally are well pleased with the new conditions' Half of the schools for the last two years has been Coatinuatior, with two experienced university graduates in charge, while. the other half has been Public Schocl with two well qualified teachers doing the work of five teachers under the old system. Liberal government, country and township grants, and, a saving of ap- proximately $2,500.00 as salaries (due to the reduced staff) have enabled the Board to reduce their special levy to five mills, well within the average for the township. When the daben- ture levy of eleven mills (the half- way mark In paymeht of which Is reached this year) has been wiped out, the operation of this school should be found as ical as ~ Give Urban 0 Few movements in modern educa-| 'are almost without, ex-| | handy, | the Alaskan Peninsula | breed Aleut Indian with scar th stratched over the entire right side 'hig. ear interested me-- Ths the mute reminder of some bat= it tle In the wilds of the Far North. But | 1 knew better than to ask him directly | how he got it. Nobody asks person Hints to Tourists Don't Forget Rope Proper Equipment Means a ~ Happy and Care-free Trip By H. Clifford Brokaw Technical Adviser, West Side Y M. C. A. Automobile Schol The most important accessory in an automobile on tour has been found to be by many who have had experi- ence is a piece of strong rope. This is one of the last things many people would think to take along, yet in an emergency a rope often comes in Most motorists do a great deal of their driving in the cities or in fairly thickly populated sections, Un- der such circumstances whatever hap- pens there is usually a service station: within easy reach. 3 When one goes on a long tour the conditions are likely to be quite differ- ent. If one gets stalled or stuck in some section of the country where it solidated schools all the others pro-| is three or four miles to the nearest vide High School education in Fifth house and ten to fifteen miles to the Classes or Continuation Classes Or nearest town and the nearest service station, this is quite a different mat- ter, and under such circumstances one is forced upon one's own resources. It is in such an emergency that a good tow rope is likely to come in handy, Where Tow Rope Is Handy A good tow rope comes in handy two ways. If a driver is stalled he can probably get the assistance of some passing tourist to use a tow rope in helping to get him out of his diffi- culty. On the other hand, if someone else is in difficulty, the man with the | rope can be a very satisfactory help ' in time of trouble by helping someone else out of their static situation. The automobile tires should be given careful attention before starting out on a long tour. In addition to that it is worth spending two or three minutes each-day to inspect the tires after the day's run, to see if there are any cuts or abrasions. If there are they should be filled with rubber cement. With no more trouble than closed thus: 'We have a fine school-| Nothing can fake the place of Enameled Ware. Indentify it. by the SMP label of quality, that of the average rural schaol, with the High School advantages 'to boot'. The debentuPe burden is well vindl- cated by improved accommodations and opportunities for the children, the formation of a larger community anit, and the prospect generally of a high- er cultural standard for the rising generation. One needs only .o re call the classrooms ot the discarded schools to realize the advance made in merely sanitary conditions, not to speak of the advance in tuition." Another excerpt from the Board's statement, referred to above, says: '| "We have mo transportation difficul- ties and transportation costs are very reasonable) ° Mii The advocates of the consolidated school ide } to make it good judgment is shown as to the sxtent of consolidation, the selection of an easily accessible cen- tre, and the observing of a fair ratio of bullding cost to assessment, - 'Motorist's Paradise Stockholm--Both chambers of the with a large majority to take away should have no apology, the| tly decided limit for motor No matter how severe, . it always brings relief Why mite? | easy little chap. PAINS ® you can always have immediate relief: Aspirin always quickly. It this motorists have toured the Un -- States from coast to coast without a single puncture or any other tire | trouble, : ue Before going on tour, attention should be given to the water circula- tion system, Any motorist can easily do this himself. This means emptying the radigtor and filling it with a so- lution of a double handful of sal soda to a pail of water. Then run the engine for a few minutes with the | spark retarded, until the solution has had a chance to boil. The car should be left to itself solution works on the scale and rust in the water jackets. By this time the water will 'have cooled. It should then be drained off and the circula- 'tion system| thoroughly flushed out with clean cold water and finally filled with the same. rf ttt No Quick Lunches Here! The quick lunch has not yet found its way into the habits of Madrid. Two hours is the usual interval allowed for the midday meal, taken with full leisure after and before a twenty- minute tram ride. There are conse: questions in Alaska. x But the little coxswain in the life< the Coast Guard cutter Algonquin was less sophisticated in. the ways of the North. y "Well, you see, it was this way," the Indian answered. "I was sitting in- the snow under a tree reading a news paper, and across it was printed, 'No More Grizzly Bears Allowed To Be Shot in Alaska.' (Of course, the na i dian could not read and there wasn't a tree ou that part of the peninsula.)! 1 was reading away when suddenly heard a rustliaz in the leaves over my hea d I looked up just in time to see a biy grizzly bear sitting on 8 branch. © He had ne paw over his eyes and he was laughing. With the other pew he reached out playful-like to take the paper out of my hands. just as if he were saying, 'Oh, stop your kidding!" and he accidentally scratched my face" : The true story of that scar was told to me some time later by Super- intendent Nichols, who, incidentally, is one of the best shots in Alaska. This Aleut and another were returning from the cannery to their cabin one i in India file, with a con quently no large in the city catering for the moderate appe- tites of those who enjoy a light meal at midday. A lunch or dinner any- where in the regular dining rooms of the Spanish capital is a solid respast at which hors d'oeuvres of eight or ten different kinds, soup, eggs, fish, salads, vegetables, b y fruit or cheese are served in portions each sufficient in itself for a feast. Yet the request to omit one of these courses would astound the average waiter. FRA pn, Sh Minard's Liniment gives quick relief, nein Wy ---- Mrs. Mussel--""Yes, my husband is somewhat undersized, but he is an 1 can just twist him round my 3inger." Mrs. Meekinmild --*I reckon you can. And 'hen hardly know he's there." URSE your child, of course, if possible,butdon't experiment with all sorts of food that you know little about. Brand has been ceedingly digestible and there is an ever ready supply at any dealer's no matter where you live or where you go. Helpful baby books sent free on request... Use coupon. ASPIRIN | retreat at an astonishing rate of - siderable distance between them. My Aleut friend was in the lead. When he reached the cabin he found the door wide open. and standing just inside the door was a big white bear, raised up on his hind 'eet. The Aleut tried to turn and rum, but the bear was too quick for him. He slapped out with his paw. and the long claws s'raped the side of the Aleut's face, tering the flesh off. ! Scranbling .o his feet, the Indian raced down th ravine toward the cabin of the superintendent, shouting. "There's a ghost bear in my cabin!" Polar bears never stray that far south, The Aleut knew this--and, like all In- dians, Le was very superstitious. A few niinutes latter the second | Aleut came up. He had not seen the fracas, nor heard t!e shouts of his friend. And, not suspecting the fate at awaited him, he stepped into the cabin. He saw the bear too late. Be- fore the frightened Aleut could turn about and try to escape the big bear had crushed in the back of his skull with one quick blow. The animal. now panic stricken, dashed out of the cabin just as Mr. Nichols eame running up with a re- peating rifle. Seeing him, the bear swung around and charged straight at him. Nichols raised his rifle. He was afraid the bullets might glance off the bear's Sloping forehead, so he aimed for the left eye. The oullet found its . mark, but still the bear came charging on. Again Nichols fired, this time at the right eye. The second bullet struck home. The bear plunged onward a few more feet and then dropped in his tracks. 4 That bear skin is still in Mr. Nichols's family--without a mark on its fur. He was not a white bear. He was a grizzly that had gone into the cabin to get some food: Ripping open the flour bags, he had dusted the flour over his sides until he looked like a ghost in the dim cabin light. Stories like that have given the 'bear a reputation for being a danger ous, ferocious animal that will attack without warning and without provoea- tion. Few people realize that a bear which does so undoubtedly thinks he is cornered and has to fight his way out. ! The ferocity which has been attri- buted to the bear by many bear stories is largely responsible for this lack of friendship with the bruin tribe. Trace down those stories and you will find 'that they are almost always fallacious. Only occasionally has there attack a person without a good rea- A black bear will fight when corner- ed. What animal won't? "But in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred" says Mr. Carlos Avery, president of + | the American Game Protective Asso- . ciation, "when 'a bear sees a human he will not only retreat but he will 1s of several e of chis that the bes en accused of 'boat that had brought us ashore from found a black bear vicious enough to - ' 4