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forced rec BY S. 8. VAN DINE. .. SYNOPSIS. ance becomes, interested in the Sratne rad 8 when Distetce A orhey arkham and: eath are. n after the fatal s bie of ia Greene and. Ae, wounding - of her sister," Ada. Ola Tobi n 'widow, tofether with five children, Julia, Chester, Sibella, Rex and Ad&)an- in the old Greene mansion. As the vestigation 'reaches an impasse, another tragedy is enacted. Chester is found shot dead ted in a chair in his room. Footprints .afe- found to and from the ol apsion. Markham and ed. -- -- opted daughter, live door Vance are bi CHAPTER XIV.--(Cont'd.) Mrs. Greepe's whiniag, self-pityinz voice follqwed ug as we made our escape. L.. o "Y* know, Markham," said Vance, as we came info the lower hall, "the Empress Dowager is not entirely de- void of redson. Her suggestion is deserving 'of consideration. The clar- jon voice of duty may summon you to this quest, but--my word!--whither shall one quest? There's nothing sane in this house--nothing that lends itself to ordin'ry normal reason. Why not take hersadyice and chuck it? Even if you learn the truth, it's likely to prove a sort of Pyrrhic vict'ry, I'm afraid it'll 'be more terrible than the crimes themselves." Markham did not deign to answer; he was familiar with Vanée's heresies, and he also knew that Vance him- self would be the last person to throw over an unsolved problem. "We've got something to do on, Mr. Vance," submitted Heath solemnly but without enthusiasm. "There's those foot-tricks, for instance; and we've got the missing gun to find. Du- bois is upstairs now taking finger prints. And the reports on the serv- ants'll be coming along soon. There's no telling what'll 'turn up in a few days. I'll'haje a dozen men working on this case before night." "Such:zéal,' Sergeant! But it's in the atmbsphere of this old house-- rect in tangible clews--that the truth lies hidden. It's tor.ewhere in these old jumbled rooms; it's peering out from dark corners and from behind doors, It's herein this very hall, perhaps," His tone was fraugnt with troubled econcern,*and Markhari looked at him sharply.' w "YI think you're right, Vance," he muttered. "But how is one to get at it?" "'Pon my soul, I don't know. How does one get at spectres, anyway? ¥ve never had much intimate inter- ecurse with ghosts, don't y' know." "You're talking rubbish!" Mark- ha: jerked on his overcoat, and turn- ed to Heath. "You, go.ahead, Sergeant; and keep in 'ough with me. If nothing de- - elops from your inquiries, we'll dis- cuss the next step." And freand Vance and I went out to the waiting car. CHAPTER XV. The inquiry "was pushed according to the best traditions of the police department. Captain Carl Hagedorn, the firearms expert, made a minute scientific examination of the bullets. The game revolver, he found, had fir- ed all three shots the peculiar rifling told him: this; and he was able to state that the revolver was of a style X51 KRAFT CHEESE "aneconomical, ealiful food bo Rich in, vitamise . . Energy. ; « 4 i An economical ine | nothing to the facts already estab- ---- whose manufacture had bean discon- tinued. - "But, while these findings offered substantiation to the theory that Chester Greene's missing gun was the one used by the murderer, they added ..shed or suspected. Deputy Inspector Conrad Brenner, the burglar tools ex- pert, had conducted an exhaustive ex- amination of the scene for evidentirl signs of a forced entrance, but had found no traces whatever of a house- breaker. Dubois and his assistant Bellamy --the two lealing fingerprint author- ities of the New York police depart- ment--went so far as to take finger- prints of every member of the Greene household, including Doctor Von Blon; and these were compared with the impressions found in the hallways and in the rooms where the shootings had occurred. But when this tedious process was over not an unidentified print remained ; and all those that had been found dnd photographed. were logically accounted fcr. Chester Greene's galoshes were taken to headquarters and turned over to Captain Jerym, who carefully compared them with the measure- ments and the patterns made by Snit- kin. No new fact concerning them, towever, was discovered. The tracks ir. the snow, Captain Jerym reported, had been made either by the galoshes given him or by another pair of the e..act size and last, Beyond this state- ment he could not, he said, conscien- tiously go. It was established that no one in the Greene mansion, with the excep- tiun of Chester and Rex, owned gal- oshes; and Rex's were number seven --three sizes smaller than those found in Chester's clothes closet. - Sproot used only storm rubbers, size eight; and Doctor Von Blon, who affected gaiters in winter, always wore rub- ber sandals during stormy weather. The search for the missing revolver occupied several days. Heath turned the task over to men trained especial- ly in this branch of work, and sup- plied them with a search warrant in use they should meet with any oppo- sition. But no obstacle was put in their way. The house was systematically ransacked from basement to attic, Even Mrs. Greene's quarters were subjected to a cearch. The old lady had at first qbjected, but finally gave her consent, and even seemed a bit disappointed when the men had fin- ished. The only room that was not gone over was Tobias Greene's library. Owing to the fact that Mrs. Greene had never let the key go cut of her possession, and had permitted no one to enter the room since her husband's death, Heath decided not to force the issue when she refused pointblank to deliver the key. Every other nook and Pcorner of the house, however, was combed by the Sergeant's men. But no sign of the revolver rewarded their efforts. The autopsies revealed nothing at variance with Doctor Doremus' pre- L.minary findup. Julia and Chester had each died instantaneously from the effects of a bullet entering the Leart, shot from a revolver held at close range. No other possible cause ot death was present in either body; and there were no indications of a struggle. No unknown or suspicious person had been seen near the Greene man- sion on the night of either murder, although several people were found who had been in the neighborhood at the time; and a bootmaker, who lived on the second floor of the Narcoss Flats in 58rd Street, opposite to the Louse, stated that he had been sitting at his window, smoking his bedtime pipe, during the time of both shoot- ings, and could swear that no one had passed down that end of the street. However, the guard which had been placed over the Greene mansion was not relaxed. Men were on duty day and night at both entrances to the estate, and ever; one entering or leav- ing the premises was closely serutin- ized. So close a watch was kept that strange tradesmen found it inconven- jent and at times difficult to make ordinary deliveries. The reports that were turned in concerning the servants were unsatis- factory from the standpoint of detail; but all the facts unearthed tended to eliminate each subject from any pos- sible connection with the crimes. Bar- ton, the younger maid, who had quit- ted the Greene establishment the morning after the second tragedy, pectable working people living in Jer- sey City. Her record was good, and sd Sompantolls ay to be proved to be the daughter of a res-| by a furnace explosion she decla it was the hand of God striking him in. ky--a state of beatific lassitude he Lad maintained 'with greater or lesser steadfastness, since the end of sum- mer. He was at once eliminated from police consideration. 0 | The investigation into the habits and associates of Mrs. Mannheim and Sproot brought nothing whatever to light. Indeed, the habits of th2se two were exemplary, and their contact with the outside world so meager ds tc be regarded almost as non-existent. Sproot had no visible friends, and| English valet in Park Avenue and He was solitary by nature, and what few recreations he per were indulged in unaccompanied. Mrs. Mannheim had rarely left the prem- ises of the Greene house since she had taken up her. duties there at the "ime of her husband's death, and ap- pacently knew no one in New York cutside of the household. These reports dashed whatever hopes Sergeant Heath may have hat- bored of" finding a solution to the Greene mystery by way of a possible accomplice in the house itself. (To be continued.) pn I Shall Go With the Plover I have been talking with the plover, The snowy plover, Running in and out with the joyous tide Or fiying low over The white spindrift of jade-tinted water. : Cold mistral blowing In from a brilliant hard blue sea, strums Tarantellas knowing Enchantment of dim aqueous beauty In realms far under The sea. And the rain bird, plover Tells me the wonder, the We have been talking of his mate nesting Among the rushes In a marsh filled with pale glints And shadowy hushes. honey I must have come here unlike other people For in a still hour I was found on a bank of cloudy white Parsley in flower Near a marsh where the rain bird and his mate Flew gacefully over; I have talked with them always and some day I shall go with the plover. --Annice Calland, in the University of California Chronicle. fr Spiders Are Cannibals Members of some spider Bpecies often associate with members of oth- er species, all living together with- out animosity, apparently, when there is sufficient food for all. Members of other species are intolerant of strangers. 'Some webs are suited to snare very small and delicate insects that breed in water close to the spiders' dwelling places. Not far from these webs may be seen stout webs that hold heavy insects. Some hunting spiders live in flowers gnd catch flying insects that sip the flowers' nectar. Other spiders live all their lives under stones, and feed almost exclusively on creatures that crawl. They shun moths and butter- flies and other insects that flap their wings. wefan OH! The mew proprietor of the village store was Isaac Isaac, Business was not good, and, Isaac stood at the door one morning gazing gloomily at the all but empty street. A little girl who had just turned the corner paused uncertainly before him, a crumpled pound note in one hand. Instantly Isaac was all smiles. "I say," began the little girl, "does my mammy owe you a pound?" "She does," said Isaac. "And-- and whose little girl are you?" titude, What he w . fled + pose, in our epoch, which | means of Tn ; : his acquaintances were limited t0 an|, .: movements and breathing regu- the tradespeople of the neighborhood:| - Fight or left. . himgels! 'Poses - should be connected with a Fcome a day dream, turning window "|cauge they invariably 5s ancl forms of locomotion, should be a pure and tast and slow, take care of| all at pool For the sake of 'health the dweller of Be city, where he can neither Tow ) ski, practiecs so-called Footing. g ing walks. Footing is really an exer- cise, and those who indulge in it are' kept 0 busy with executing the cor- larly-that they bave no time to loo ~ Neither utilitarian nor hygienic pur- 'walk, Tt should be taken for its own thing 'else a relaxation, with the ecstasy of chlidhood in our gait, and that light elasticity that is called equipaise. In these hard times we especially recommend the pleasure of taking walks to all who are light.on their legs. It is the cheapest enjoyment, not a specific capitalist pastime, It is a treasure of the poor, almost a pri- vilege of theirs. If you say you have no time for taking walks, we would reply: get out of bus,'or street car, or tube a little before you reach your destination and walk the remainder of the way. It happens so often that we arrive at our destination too early and have to waste our precious time in stuffy offices and waiting rooms, with impatient and hurried newspaper read- ing. Now and then take such a brief 'weekday holiday, make a festive oc- casion of it, and take a leisurely stroll. And dont' tell me that strolling is con- trary to the rhythm of our times, for only those who know how to do it know how = to appreciate and under- stand the rhythm of our times correct- ly. In each of us lives a hidden idler, who craves to forget troubles and business worries for a while and to do! things which have no definite purpose, If you take a walk in this spirit the street, used for once for a purpose other than utilitarian, v:ill show Itself very friendly towards you. It will be- shows into landscapes, and signboards into mythologic figures. There is no} newspaper more fascinating than luminous advertising. Its disappear- ance at regular intervals is a visible symbol of the perishableness of all things. It Is necessary that our mind become again and again impressed with this truth, so that the pleasure we are enjoying may acquire greater importance. There is no need to search for the! unknown. Visit your own city, stroll through the stone maze, through which profession, habit and duty lead you every day. As you walk through | the familiar streets, go through the experience of their strange lives, Ob- serve how they live, how they become in turn quieter or more lively with traffic, how they are alternately more exclusive or poor. Live with the street when it gets sleepy or feverish with trafic. Learn the history of doorsteps which seem to grow more and more quiet, because fewer and fewer feet tread upon them. Live with them in their past, but at the same time watch that which is in formation, fences, scaffoldings, new construc- tions which speak to you of the future, while old houses and things gradually withdraw into the background. Think of the life story of shops and eating places, and learn the law, even though it may sound like a supersti- tion, of places to which ill fate seems attached, of places whose owners and merchandise change perpetually for no apparent reason. Observe them be- fore they are threatened with a new collapse, how they display a feverish haste in outdoing one another with sales and attractive prices and shows. Window shows and bills of fare dis- played in windows and on doors tell a tale of success or failure, without your having to go inside. This is another great privilege of the stroller. He does not have to enter places and start conversations, for he can read the stowy of a street as 'he reads a book, and the fate of a shop as he looks at its windows. The faces of strangers who pass by tell him even more, : The incomparable charm of such leisurely amd observant walking lies in its power to get our minds off our more or less tolerable private lives, because it establishes a communion between ourselves hid the lives and fates of other people. Chg Taking a walk does not, call for. com- pany, as the promenading of yore. It is not easy to find good company for a walk. Children are very panions on a walk, because the is to them a place to play. ) no regularity in their walk they Hobby "and | writers are 'disturbing company, be- attempt te however, has nothing to do wi Bl : sake, and should be more than any. taking a walk, a man must forg >t him- pects, but it is an open secret to the artist of walking. ; either | T in peace to enjoy the happiness of a purely contemplative existence. 'However, he who knows how to take a walk will always prefer "to be by himself. But he must beware of de- generating into a gloomy novel hero who attempts to discover the image of his own life and frustrrted hopes in everything he sees. To be happy when self. The real stroller is like a reader who reads a book for his own per- sonal enjoyment, Such people become even rarer, as most readers have the ambition to pass judgment on what they read. ; If you know how to consider a street as a book, read it, but don't criticize, and don't be hasty in your judgments on things ugly or beautiful. For these two conceptions are really only rela- tive. Let yourself be deceived and tempted by illumination, by the hour of the day and the rhythm of your own steps. Artificial light, especially when it still struggles against a rest of day- light, is flattering and fascinating, a magician which makes things appear beautiful, evokes new images and changes old ones, as it comes and goes. Artificial light is very useful in places where perverseness of taste has created hideous architecture. And the scaffolding of luminous advertising is often a blessing, for it makes mon- strosities disappear momentarily. However, even ugliness may acquire charm and a certain beauty when we look at it in a friendly spirit. This is something the aesthetician never sus- The slight fatigue which befalls peo- ple who are always on the road but never in a hurry is a blissful sensa- tion. It is really a wonderful experi- ence, for our senses then begin to evoke memories of long-forgotten times. Strange streets through which we happened to pass years ago be- come fused into one with the familiar thoroughfares through which we stroll, and through the stratum of the present pierce glimpses of the past. But do not fet us take you into the realm of the unconscious. To break the spell, we would recommend never to set out on a walk without some goal, There is an amateurishness in haphazard walking which easily be- comes dangerous. Always g0 on a walk with the intention of arriving somewh&re, and if you go off your road, it will probably be a pleasant experience. For every deviation pre- supposes a right way. If you wish to look at a particular thing-don't rush towards it, for it will run away from you. Give it a chance to get used to the sight of you. There is a way of establishing a face-to-face with inanimate things. To look with benevolence upon a thing or a street is not enough. Give it the time to make friends with you. All this refers to walking within the city limits, not to that peculiar world of transition which are the suburbs and immediate surroundings of every town. y rer een "What's that you're putting in your pocket?" asked Murphy. "Dynamite," whispered Donovan. "I'm waiting for Casey. Every time he meets me he slaps me on the chest and breaks my pipe. Next time he does. it 2 A S-- 3 this summer that I first as pretty and graceful a little tale as any 1 ever conceived and set down, So it shall be set down here. He was then Captain George White, of the Ninety-Second! about eight or nine and' thirty, as far as | could judge. He was a disappointed but not a disgrunted man. He would sit on the sofa in our drawifg-room and discourse for hours on how im- pssible it was for him to hope for anything in his career. There was no chance of hig getting his majority before forty. He was sending in his papers: and must turn to something else. I used to do Mark Tapley .and assure him; which was to' my mind true, that nature had not intended him for a soldier. He wag much more the scientific, the philosophical build. But he was obstinate. His chance had gone. "Wait till the last moment at any rate," were my words when he came to say good- bye on his way plainwords. . . . "Something may turn up." "My papers are on their way," was his. reply: I did not see him or hear from him for ten years. Then I met him at a ball in full uniform. 1 went up to him and put my finger on the, gold! oak-leaves that adorned collar, and cuffs; for by that time he was Military Secretary to the Viceroy. The Afghan War had broken out: he had recalled his papers: he had done well exceedingly. "Don't be rude," he said laugh- ingly: and we recounted old times. I did not see him again for more than: another ten years; mot till| after I bad written "On the Face of the Waters." Then, at a big ball, 1 saw a brilliant figure crossing the polished floor with outstretched hands, followed by a somewhat, startled-looking aide-de-camp. It was Sir George White, Commander: in-Chief, ablaze with decorations. "You've done it too," be said with his own 'merry smile; and once again we recountered old times. And what is more, when, dining with him next evening, an extra guest on a gala night, 1.went to say good-night, he offered me his arm, cloaked me in the cloak-room de- spite his aide's protestations, and saw me to my carriage and shut the door, saying-- "pill next time!"--Flora Annle Steel, in "The Garden of Fidelity." Kate--"Would you leave your home for me?" Frank--"1 would leave the game in the ninth inning with the score a tie," i Lei cde Artist: "Shall I gaint you in a frock-coat?" Mr. Newyrich: "Oh, don't make any fuss--just wear your he'll blow his hand off." overalls." bas issued a leaflet in Englis | bei In ) ) in of the population the Gi brew and Arabic on "The Mulberry and the Silkworm." Some 600,000 seedlings of suitable varieties of 'George White, the hero of mulberry were raised at government nurseries for free distribution, and demonstration mulberry plantations have been established at various points in the country and ere making excellent progress with scientific pruning. Small quantities of silk produced by cocoons reared in. gov- ernment schools are being wovey ex- perimentally. aK Journals, Old and New Specimen copies of no less than 1100 papers--dailies, weeklies, month- lies and quarterlies--in all languages, among them Hebrew, Yiddish, Eng- lish, French, German and Arabic, were included in the recent Pales- tine Jewish 'Press Exhibition. The collection was mainly designed to show the development in Palestine of Jewish journalism, in its various languages and guises during the last seventy years. In contrast with the display of "old-timers" is the new: journal, Al Akblak, a monthly maga zine with the unique record of being the only monpolitical Arabic public- ation in the country. A social and literary review started a few months | ago, it contains well-chosen material on Palestine history and archaeo- logy, and is 'well on the way to rival ing some of the many reviews in the Hebrew language. Co-operation Brings Gains Much interest has been aroused among fruit growers by the exten- sion of co-operative experiment and demonstrations carried out by the Government in conjunction with the growers of citrus fruits, bananas, grapes and olives. The tightening up of regulations under the Fruit Fxport Ordinance bad a noticeable effect in the impoved condition of the con- signments offered for inspection, in- creasing the confidence of buyers in English and other overseas markets. Exports of oranges and lemons show a large increase. Some 30,000 acres are now under orange cultivation. The Palestine grapefruit export in~ to 13,011 in 1929-30 and to 39,988 in 1930-31. The figures for orange and grapefruit exports for this year are not yet available, but a definite gain is already noted. Facing the pros- pect of a poor harvest in any parts of Palestine this year, the Govern- ment carried out a special investiga- tion to enable it to consider in what way the condition of the agriculturist might be alleviated, In view of the information received, the High Com- missioner recommended to the Secre- tary of State that, as a measure of relief, the rate of tithe should be generally reduced from 10 per cent to 7% per cent on all crops except citrus fruits, and that in addition Disg- trict commissioners should be given discretion to grant varying remis- gions, not exceeding one-quarter of their reduced tithe, in proved cases of hardship due to gpecially peor yields. The Secretary of State has approved these proposals and meas: ures will be brought into force at once to put them into fect. Paintings By Arab Moslem The annual series of art exhibitions by Palestine"s Jewish painters was 1 ted this year by the first ---- to tae] exhibition of oils and water colors by an Arab Moslen, Omer Onsi, a Syrian who studied in Paris, the first artist to exhibit in Jerusalem, Mr. Onsi's display contained some 100 views of Syria, Palestine, Transjor- dan and Irak. He is considered at his best in the portrayal of the stark beauty of the Jordan Valley, the sur- roundings of Amman, the ancient Rabath-Ammon, the ruins of Petra and the fertile Lebanons. _ Hebrew Radio Station Opens the world was recently inaugurated at Tel Aviv. The opening program included a Hebrew prologue given by an actor belonging to Habimab, one of Palestine's theatrical The new Hebrew broadcasting cor- poration announces that its programs will take cognizance of Arab srt and | that efforts will be made tv induce | prominent Arabs to speak at the | microphone. A short-wave transmit ter will be erected shortly in Pales- 1 in order to permit the exchange 1 Items of programs with Europe. - the creased from 2265 cases in 1928-29 The first Hebrew radio station in : compauies.