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The Green Murder Cast BY 8. S. VAN DINE. "This lady says her curtains look like new A letter from a lady in Quebec tells about the wonderful success she had SYNOPSIS. Philo Vance, with a hobby for saving mysteries, becomes interested in Green murders when District Ary John Markham and Sgt. Heath are called In after the fatal shooting of Julia Greene and the wounding of her younger mister, Ada. Old Tobias Greene's widow, together with five children, Julia, Ches- ter, Sibella, Rex and Ada (adopted), live in the old {Greene mansion. Police in- vestigations reveal nothing; then Ches- ter is found shot dead seated in a chair in his room. Again footsteps are found to and from tue entrance of the mansion. Ada comes to Markham's office and in- forms him that Rex Greene has not told all he knows. Five minutes later word comes that Rex has been shot CHAPTER XX-- (Cont'd) "I got news for you." Snitkin spoke with overt triumph. "Somebody'z walked up those outside steps to the stone balcony on the west cide of the house. And he walked up 'em this morning after the snowfail at nine Yelock, for the tracks are fresh. Fur- thermore, they'r. the same size as the ones we found last time on the front walk." "Where do these new tracks come from?" Heath leaned forward eagerly. "That's the hell of it, Sergeant. They come from the front walk right below the steps to the front door; and there's no tracing 'vm farther back because the froat walk's been swept clean." "I mighta known it," grumbled Heath, "And the tracks are only go- ing one way?" "Taat's all. They leave the walk a few feet below Le front door, swing round the corner of the house, and go up the steps to the balcony. The guy who made 'em didn't come down that way." The sergeant puffed disappointedly on his cigar. "So he went up the balcony steps, entered the French doors, crossed Ada's room to the hall, did his dirty work, and then--disappearad! A sweet case thi. is!" He licked his tengue with disgust. "The man may have gone out by the front door," suggested Markham. The sergeant made a wry face and bellowed 'for Sproot, who entered im- ixediately., "Say, which way did you go up- stairs when you heard the shot?" . "I went up the servant's stairs, sir." "Then sume one mighta gone down the front stairs at the same time without your seeing him?" "Yes, sir; it's quite possible." "That's all." Sproot bowed and again took up his post at the front door. "Well, it looks like that's what hap- pened, sir," Heath commented to Markham. "Only how did he get in and out of the grounds without being seen? That's what I want to know." Vance was standing by the window gazing out upo: the river, "There's something dasled uncon- vincing about those recurrent spoors in the snow. Our eccentric culprit is altogether too careless with his feet an too careful with his hands. He doesn't leave a fingerprint or any , other sign of his presence except those foot-tracks--all nice and tidy and star- ing us in the face. But they don't square with the rest of this fantastic business." Heath stared hopelessly at the floor. He was patently of Vance's opinion; but the dogged thoroughness of his nature asserted itself and presently he looked up with a forced show of "Go and phone Captain Jerym, Snit- kin, and tell him I wish he'd hustle out here to look at some carpet tracks. Then make measurements of those footprints on the balcony steps. And you, Burke, take up a post in the upper hall, and don't let anyone go into the two front west rooms." CHAPTER XXI. . (Tues., Nov, 30; 12.30 p.m.) When Snitkin and Burke had gone, Vance turned from the window and strolled to where the doctor was sit- ting. "F think it might be well," he said quietly, "if the exact whereabouts of every one in the house preceding and during the shooting was determined. We know, doctor, that you arrived here at about a quarter past 10, How long were you with Mrs. Greene?" Von Blon drew himself up and gave Vance a resentful stare. But quickly his manner changed and he answered courteous.y: "I sat with her for perhaps half an hour; then I went to Sibella's room --a little before 11, I should say-- and remained there until Sproot called me." "And was Miss Sibella with you all the time?" "Yes--the entire time." "Thank you." Vance returned to the window, and Heath, who had been watching the doctor belligerently, took his cigar from his mouth and cocked his head at Markham, "You know, sir, I was just thinking over the inspector's suggestion about planting some one in the house to keep an eye on things. How would it be if we got rid of this nurse that's here now, and put in one of our women from headquarters?" Von Blon looked up with eager ap- proval. "An excellent plan!" he exclaimed. "Very well, Sergeant," agreed Markham. "You attend to it." "Your woman can begin tonight," Von Blon told Heath. "I'll meet you here whenever you say, and give her instructions. There's nothing very technical for her to do." Heath made a notation in a battered notebook. "I'll meet you here, say, at 6 o'clock How's that?" "That will suit me perfectly." Von Blon rose, "And now, if I can be of no more service , .." "That's quite all right, said Markham. "Go ahead." But instead of immediately leaving the house Von Blon went, upstairs, and we heard Lim knock on Sibella's door. A few minutes later he came down again and passed on to the front door without a glance in our direction. In the meantime Snitkin had come in, and informed the sergeant that Captain Jerym was leaving police Leadquarters at once and would arrive within half an hour. He had then gone outside to make his measure: ments of the footprints on the bal- cony steps. "And now," suggested Markham, "I think we might see Mrs. Greene. It's possible she heard something. . . ." Vance roused himself from appar- ent lethargy. "By all means. But first let us get a few facts in hand. I long to hear where the nurse was during the half hour preceding Rex's demise. And I doctor," fresheni and recoloring her old| living room curtains, "They were so grey and dull' looking they made the whole room look shabby. were perfectly good and I couldn't afford new ones, A nel hbor told me about a new kind of tints called Diamond Tints, made by the makers of Diamond Dyes. I know the splen- did quality of Diamond Dyes--have used them often for dyeing dark gar- o BO' Ea from the vst of find out if, by any chance, you were Yet they! '--a helpless paralytic lying here alone?" A smouldering 'eu in her eyes. "It strikes me that| Yc are the one to giv: me § isbn ighioredl er barbed retort, -- nurse tells me your. door. was en this morning. . Ana why shouldn't it have besa? 1 expected to be entirely irik , hold?" "Certainly rot. 1 'dmsonly- trying to in a position to hea: anything that| went on in the hall", "Well, I heard nothing--if that's a you want to know." Markham persisted patien.ly. "You heard no one, for instance, cross Miss Ada's room, or open Miss Ada's door?" "I've already told you 1 heard no- package of Ecru and gave my curtains a good rinse in the'tint water, When my daughter came home she asked where I got my new curtains! They surely do look as crisp and fresh as when brand new and they cheer up the whole room!" ALL DRUG STORES wis alone immediately following the firing of the revolver. Why not have our Miss Nightingale on the tapis be- fore we brave the invalid's impreca- tions?" Markham concurred, and Heath sent Sproot to summon her. The nurse tame in with an air of professional detachment but her rose- ate cheeks had paled perceptibly since we last saw her. "Miss Craven"--Vance's manner was easy and businesslike--"will yon please tell us «xactly what you were doing between half past ten and half past eleven this morning?" "I was in my room on the third floor," she answered. "I went there vhen the doctor arrived a little after ten, and remained until he called me to bring Mrs. Greene's bouillon, Then I returned to my rcom and stayed until the doctor again summoned me to sit with Mrs. Green while he was with you gentlemen." "When you were in your rocm, was "te door spenye "Oh, yes. I =lways leave it open in the daytime in case Mrs. Greene calls." "And her deor was open, too, I take it?" "Yes. "Did you hear the shot?" "No, I didn't." 2 "That will be all, Miss Craven." Vance accompanied her to the hall. "You'd better return. to your room ow, for we're going to pay a visit to your patient." Mrs. Green eyed us vindictively when we entered, after haviag nocked and been imperiously ordered to come in, "More trouble," .she complained. "Am I never to have eny peace in my house? The first day in weeks I've felt even modera.ely comfortable--and then all this had to happen to upset mel" "We regret, madam--more than you do apparently--ihat your son is dead," said Markham. "And we ars sorfy for the annoyance the tragedy is caus- ing you. But that does not relieve me from the necessity of investigating the affair. As you were awake at the time the shot was fired, it is essential that we seek wha' information you may be able to give 1s." energy. could bear to know if the old lady "What information can I give you Flush away those ugly Yellow Stains ie Gillett's Lye cleans closet bowls without scrubbing. Banishes odors, kills germs, frees drains . . . YET wonen doesn't want to get it. most unpleasant part ofbouse dein Serdsng lt bovis | Thanks to Gillett's Pure Flake Lye. . this annoying job has been made easy. | Just sprinkle Gillett's Lye--full strength-- into the water. Off come all stains... without scrubbing, Germs are killed...odors banished. Gillett's Pure Flake ' And more ments. My neighbor explained that!thing, The old lady's denial was Diamond Tints are for lighter shades | viciously phati . ' and they need no boiling. T got &| "Nor any one walking in the hall, or dezcending the stairs?" "No one but that incompetent doctor and the impossible Sproot. Were wz supposed to have had visitors this |® morning?" _ "Some one shot your son," Markham reminded her coolly. "It was probably hi: own fault," she snapped. Then she seemed to Telent a bit. "Still, Rex was not as hard and thoughtless as the rest of the children. But even he neglected me shamefully." She appeared to weigh the matter. "Yes," she ecided, "he received just punishment forthe way he treated me." (To be continued.) -- The New Loyalty Let us no morc be true to boasted race and clan, Bit to our highest cream, the brother- hood of n.an. Shall Babel walls of greed and relfish- ness divide? Shall not the love of friends illume the patriot's pride? For moated arsenals let shrines of art atone; Where armies met in'blood, let garden plot be sown. Let or hunting grounds be parecies oul anew That little children's feet may know the grass and dew. No more shall Mammon play with pawns of toiling men, No more shall blood be spilled that Greed may count its gain. Let patience be our power and sym: patky our court, With love our only law and faith our only fort. New thought, new hopes, new dreams, new starry worlds to scan, As Time proclaims thc dawn, the bro- therhood of man. --Thomas Curtis Clark, in .he Chris- tian Century. ------------ Transportation Troubles Amusing Anouiptos Of Fan pe People Henry: Thompron; Tamous surgeon, who was. called in to operate on Na- poleon IIL in his last illness, also num- bered Thackeray among his patients. On one occasion, recalls Anthony Hope of "Prisoner of Zenda" fame (in "Mem- ories and Notes") he asked Thackeray, whom he wag visiting, professionally: "About how many bottles of wine do, you drink 'a year, Mr.Thackeray?" Thackeray affected to think. "Well -- roughly -- about five hun- dred, Mr. Thompson." The doctor looked grave--or as grave as he could--and the patient added, in deprecation of imminent re buke: "But it's almost all other people's wine, you know." » . . Laughs from "Tromboners, Or Musi- cal Anecdotes"--being the favorite jokes and anecdotes of some of the leading lights of the musical world, ancient and modern: Leopold Damrosch, during a re hearsal, was startled by hearing, dur- ing a pause, a.loud note from the tuba, He rebuked the player, who re- plied: "Ach, mein Gott, it was a fly! And 1 played him!" * * * Reginald de Koven once took a re calcitrant and unmusical friend to a Paderewski recital. After a Bach fugue de Koven asked: . "Well, what do you think of that? Isn't.it wonderful, masterly, sublime, that delivery of touch, that thundering fortissimo?" "Where's the rest of the show?" asked the recalcitrant friend. "Why, there is no show; erewski alone." "Do you mean to say that the whole entertainment is just this one man at the piano?" "Why, yes, but it's Paderewski." "Well," said the friend, looking around the crowded house, "if this isn't the greatest scheme for money- making I've ever seen!" * » » it's Pad- Proves to he. World-Wide Canada is not alone in facing an acute problem in transportation, ac- cording to the following, in "Canadian! Comment": Italy is reorganizing her railways to meet changing conditions. South Africa has an imnfense terri- tory to serve; railway upkeep is high, and a plan has been adopted of build- railways, thus establishing feeders for them. Roads paralleling railways are not kept in a condition to encourage cur, the road is declared "closed to heavy traffic." Australia is also compelled to face the issue. The late Labour Govern- ment in New South Wales appointed a "Transport Co-ordination Board." The State has made large investments in both railways and tram cars, the operating loss in 1931 amounting {» about £4,000,000. To relieve the situation, bus services were elimin- ated, except those feeding the railway lines. A heavy fine was imposed upon anyone carrying either freight or pas- sengers in direct competition with the railways. France too is much concerned. The gross receipts of the French railways declined 17.7 per cent. up to the mid- dle of February, 1932, and the accumu- lated deficits approach the $200,000,000 mark. Germany, while facing a less acute condition, found her railways barely paying their way last year. They are showing a heavy decline this year. Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden all find their railways in a very similar position of financial em- barrassment, United States' conditions are even worse. - 5 England finds her railway losses have been very heavy, and two of the four main line companies have already forfeited their coveted position on the trustee list. Investors have had their dividends reduced or passed entirely. ing new highways at right angles to}. truck competition, and should this oc; In the old days at Carnegie Hall, New York, when the theatre down- stairs was in operation, a cycle of | works by Vietor Hugo was being given. One night when "Les Miser- ables" was the bill at the theatre and Padereswki was the attraction in the main hall, the doorman announced to patrons driving up: "Paderewski upstairs, ables downstairs." * » * Mascagni, asked to conduct in Milan, demanded the same honorarium as Toscanini and one lira more. The | manager agreed. 'After the perform- ance Mascagni received an envelope caining one lira. "How is this?" he "Where is my fee?" "You asked for the same fee as Tos- canini, and one lira more," said the manager. "Well, Toscanini offered his services free." > » . * One of the most profitable--and fun- niest--farces in the history of the Stage was Brandon Thomas's "Char ley's Aunt." not only for its author, but for many others concerned in its production. However, there is one man, Captain F. V. Hughes Hallett, who cannot hear the title of that play mentioned with- out a pang, for he was offered, and actually turned down, a third share in "Charley's Aunt" for a mere one hun- dred pounds (then about $500). That was before it was produced, of course, * * Les Miser- thundered. Captain Hallett italy recalls (in his reminiscences "Bran Mash") that W. 8. Penley--the actor-manager who produced "Charley's Aunt" in London, and played the title role--wanted three backers at*one hundred pounds each and begged him to be one of them. But Hallett said "No," figuring that "if the piece was so great a 'cateh' how was it that Penley was in such pressing need ot three hundred pounds?" 3 . » . Eventually the piece was produced! Captain Hallett was Present) at the Immediately the curtain fell," he' It cleaned up a fortune | know 5 ns ok dra to live on Ee Street" for the rest of your life, is to write a "best seller?" Suppose--for a moment, at least-- ber of Seville and others--ten in all Augus was: French state 'theatre performance been heard over the radio. Other sch A lol to be b br Aa, + ex- actly as they are given on the stage of the "Academie Nationale de sique et de Danse," as the Opera is | clude Thais, Lohengrin, Faust, the Bar that you were fortunale enough to i; December a performance of "Lucie write one, fiction or non-fiction. Well, 'de Lammermoor" is to be radiocast in we will say that your book sold 200, 000 copies. Not an impossible figure. We will also say that the book retailed at $2.50. Total sales gross $500,000. Your royalty is ten per cent. of the retail price--the minimum royalty I really could be called a sky: given by most publishers. Therefore, Yet wellXxnown: your share would be $50,000. » Ld * In addition, you would still have the dramatic and film rights to dispose ot, | not to mention the serial rights, all of which might well bring in another $25,000 or 'more. So, you see, there is a cool $75,000 in sight for the writing of an outstanding "best. seller." Having "whetted your appetite," so to speak, 1 will leave it to you to de- cide your medium--fiction or non-fic- tion. The novel has a better chance, of course. * » | Sy Sir Harry Johnston, famous explorer and administrator, who, late in life, turned novelist and wrote "The Gay Dombeys" and several other good novels, relates in his reminiscences ("The Story of My Life") how when he was staying with H. G. Wells on one occasion, Wells turned to him and said: "Why have you never written a "honor of Sir Walter Scott's centenary. The Origin of Skyscrapers Paris has no skyscrapers--except, of course, the Eiffel Tower. Indeed, in all France there is no building that per. M. Jacques Greber, French architect and professor at the Universite de Paris, who designed the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, told a Paris audience recently t French, and particularly Parisian, ins fluence on American architects which gave rise to the skyscraper style of building. It was not until Americans began to come to Paris in considerable numbers to study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in the latter half of the nineteenth century, that the English influence on American architecture was modified. The French ideals of proportion and perspective began to be felt, and particularly, M. Greber holds, the American students of archi» tecture were influenced by the verti- cal 'style of building which is the glory of so many late Gothic cathe- drals in France, Taking Time By Forelock Paris, proud of its many sculptured monuments, uses an unlimited amount novel? Every man who has been out | of diligence and foresight to preserve in the world and seen the world, ought to write at least one novel." And why not? Bess--"Do you think you could' swim out to that buoy?" . Dot--*"Is he rich and handsome reer earns True Men Are true men that live, or that ever lived, soldiers of the same army, en- listed under Heaven's captaincy, to do battle against the same enemy--the empire of darkness and Wrong? Why should we misknow one another, fight not against the enemy but against our- selves, from mere difference of uni- form ?--Carlyle ir ce Opening Drawers. When a drawer or cupboard door is inclined to "stick," rub all the edges generously with floor polish and then polish vigorously, This method is much more effective than the usual one of rubbing with a cardle. - ACHES and Pains easily relieved Aspirin will relieve your suffering harmlessly and in a hurry. Swallow a tablet in a little water. The pain is gone: o It's as easy as that to be rid of the pain from an aching tooth; of head- ache from any cause. Muscular aches due to rheumatism, lumbago; to colds or strains, are easily overcome. Those unexplained pains of women are soothed away in an instant. d 'The modern "way to relieve pain is with Aplin, That i the way that them. The Opera is this summer un- dergoing a thorough cleaning and re- novation inside and out, and the op- portunity, is being taken to save for posterity the mose magnificent piece of sculpture which decorates its fa cade--the "Danse" of Carpeaux. The corrosive action of the smoky air in an industrialized Paris is causing the graceful group to crumble, and it is predicted that within forty or fifty years it will disappear. As no repro- duction of the statue exists, a cast is to be made which will serve as a model when some sculptor has to re- place the statue half a century hence. The making of the molds is done in very small sections, so that more than 1800 will be required in all, and the work will require at least four months to complete. In Honor of the Goncourts Another literary landmark has been added to the large number preserved by the municipality of Paris, which is always eager to add to the number of its public monuments. It is the house owned and occupied by Jules and Ed- mond de Goncourt in the latter part of the nineteenth century. "La maison d'un artiste," the brothers called it. The Municipal Council has now pre- sented it to the Academie Goncourt, the literary society which each year award: a prize in honor of the two realistic novelists, to be used as the society's permanent headquarters. -- The Christian Science Monitor, eee Abt re The Blind Girl In the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose, the pilgrimage it goes. In the darkness who would answer, in the darkness who would care, If the odor of the roses and the wipg- ed things were there. In the darkness who would cavil o'er the question of a line, Since the darkness holds all loveliness beyond the mere design. Oh, night, 'thy soothing prophecies companion of our ways. Until releasing hands let fall the cata- logue of days. In the darkness, who would answer for the color of a rose, Or the vestment of the May moth and the pilgrimage it goes, In the darkness who would answer, in the darkness who would care, If the odor of the roses and the bet. ter things were there. --By Nathalia Crane, -------- ------ : Nature _ Nature has formed us with honest Finclinations, and when we are so in- 'clined, it is so very easy to be vir tuous, that if we seriously reflect, They nothing is more astonishing tian to . hid 80 many wicked. ! 1 Mul officially named but never called, ine t it was Or the vestments of the May moth and