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to him. "put she asks a x hs LILIAN LYN SLOAN] by AL SYNOPSIS. Jean Graham and ber brother, Euan, ptay on the Riviera with Geoffrey W i= n and his wife Doreen, who leads wan on to gamble at the Casino. Jean goaxes him to go to Paris, On the road Parls Jean fings a string of pearls i Buan's pocket. He sbatchus the case grom her and the car crashes. This ac- sident is discoveréd by Jerry Grant who kes her back to his hostess, Helen orst. Euan is missing. 3. Rivaux In yestigates and he confronts Helen with the fact that Mrs. Winton's pearls wre issing. Jean visits Euan's friend, de urier, and learns that Euar Is in debt Jerry Grant meets M. Perl: ghon, fasious oitieetive, who BH ts hem, err rant p N t 4 him .to walt. She accom- nies the Baron to a theatre under erlchon's instructions. The Baron de- ands that she Invite him to the Van Pike party, Gragt is furious, then sud: denly he gets the right perspective. CHAPTER XX.--Continued Before Revaux could get any further however the door opened and @ head pushed itself in. "C'est Perichon. You allow me, mon ami?" he asked. Inside him, no doubt, Rivaux called wpon the sacred name of a dog and wpon all the powers of thunder, but swallowing them down as if they were bitter pills, he jerked: "Yes, yes, come in." Washburn's hitherto serious face re- lexed into a grin of relief as he push- ed a chair towards the old detective. "Mesdames et Messieurs" Rivaux began. "The pink diamond famous in al' the world and belonging to Mme. Van Dyke was at eight o'clock last pight in the safe in tke wall of Ma- dume's bedrcom. This morning at pight it is gone! Now we ask our- gelves who was in that room last night. At three o'clock Madame's maid was in the room. Who was in that yoom between nine and three?" "Jean Graham!" Doreen's voice fell ike drops of sold water into the eilence. "How do you kncw, Madame?' Rivaux swung around to face-her. . "Mr. Washburi: told us so Right." Washburn nodded: "Miss Graham's nose was bleeding and I took her into py sister's room to lie down." YAt what time?" M think it was about twelve." "How long wae Mademoiselle Jhere?" The young man shook his head. You tan search me. She said that if she did pot feel better soon she would go home. Rivaux's lips twisted cynically: ¥And you did not see her go?" "Nope. But you needn't grin like that. She didn't want Mrs. Gorst to be gussed, so she said she'd just go down the sire way." "Um," This all seemed to mterest Rivaux exeeedingly. "I suppose all the domestics have access to Madame's room?" he resumed. "Yes, My haid whom I have had for len years; besides, there is a cook, a housemaid and a butler." "Yee, I have already questioned }heimn," ' As the enquiry progressed, ul. Perichon sat listening, with his hands folded and his ayes half shut. Occa- yionally his head nodded at some question or remark of Rivaux's or else be shook it as if in disapproval. All gS once Rivaux glanced at the clock and then at Helen Grost. "But Mademoiselle takes a lime to dress," he grumbled. Doreen snorted unpleasantly. "She is being long time," Helen rllowed, "Still, she was in bed. Per- haps Mr. Grant is waiting for her to have some breakfast." "Breakfast? But we wait--we are losing time!" ejaculated the police pfficer irritably. ne Perichon stood up and advanced into the middle of the room. . "You permit me to put a question or two, mon ami?" he asked, smiling mildly at Rivaux, There was nothing for it. With as last long 2 good a grace as. possible he gave per- mission: "Very vell. Of course. Ask, ask." ; The older man bowed to him, then turned to Washburn: "Monsieur, is it not true that .his house is let for the pummer ?" "Yes, from Ma, till September." "And has anyone been to see the villa?" ' ~The young man thought a moment, 1hen said: "Why yes. A rame came to look over the place about a week be- fore Sis--er--Mrz. Van Dyke came out," . : "1 was not told this," Rivaux inter- posed sharply. "You did not ask, and I never Ahought of it." Perichon smiled at the other apolo- : fetically; then went on: "Describe er, please." "Well--" 'Washburn paused. "She had dark red hair, big dark eyes and phe was rather large~" 'Helen glanced anxiously at the elock, and wonderer what was delay- np Jean, She ought certainly to have «arrived, unless' anything was wrong. Just then, quite accidentally, she ¢aught sight of de Laurier's face, and ta expression helu her attention. It truck her that he was listening to M. Z Perichon's conversation with more ofdinary interest, yet the im- on- pageed almost instantly, nd # {face assumed its usual air of Regs Stas UT assurance. What would he say to a reconciliation and perhaps an engage- ment between Jean and Jerry Grant? Put Perichon was saying: "Voila i'auto, Mademoiselle comes at last." § Almost as he cjoke the door was wienched open and Jerry Grant strode in.: At the sight of his face Helen stood up. "Well, where is s apped Rivaux. "Miss Graham is missing," jerked the young man "reathlessly, looking from Perichon to Helen, Missing?" gasped Helen. "What do you niean?" "She's never been huen't been slept in." Everyone was silent, struck dumb by tte amazing new.. 7 Mademoiselle?" home. Her bed Chapter XXI PERICHON'S TELEGRAM Jerry Grant explained to the amaz- ed company 'that the housemaid on going into Jean's room had found the bed just as she ha left it the night before. There was no indication that | LOATHED SCRUBBING It flushes off stains without harming enamel or plumbing... OW to get rid of those ugly toilet-bowl stains! It's easy ~with Gillett's Pure Flake Lye. Once a week pour this powerful cleanser and disinfectant--full strength--down toilet bowls and drains. 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But they were arrested by a somewhat hysterical laugh from Doreen Winton as she got up, crushed out her cigarette and turned to I vaux. suddenly the diamond and my pearls. I always told you that she knew more than--" She broke off for the fury of 'Grant's face as he stood before her was terrifying. . "Stop!" he ordered. in a shaking volee. "You say one more word and I'll have you up for slander!" She merely smiled and flung care- lessly: "Try!" With which shd called to Rivaux: "May . gu now?" : 'For now, yes I shall want you all again later. But for now I am finished. But I want oJ, Madame--" he pointed rt Helen. With deep concern written all over his face. de Laurier went over to Rivaux: "But this is terrible, Mons- icur, If there is anything I can do-- anything, you understand?" "Phank you, yes, I will remember. Now go-and do not talk, Hold your tongues." : To Helen de Laurier bowed: '"Ma- dame, I am so distressed, If you have news you will let me know." In a moment th. company had dis- porsed, all but the occupants of the Villas Marguerite and St. Juan, Elisa Van Dyke, who until then had watched the proceedings-in silence, went over to Helen now and offered her sympathy. "My dear, this is a horrible affair. I'm so sorry." . "I simply casnot understand it," muttered Helen in a bewildered fash- ico, The next few moments were oc- cupied in telling Rivaux every detail of Jean's astivities of the previous night as far as they were known, whilst Grant, Washburn and Perichon listened. "And you did not see that Made- moiselle's room was enipty?" asked the police officer. "No. The roo was dark." "But you say that the window was open." ~ "Qf course. We all sleep with our windows open." The Frenchman shrugged. Such | ridiculous habits. Shortly, M. Rivaux left to set the activities of the law at work to trace the missing girl, whilst Helen, Grant and Washburn, escorted by M. Perichon, returned to the Villa Marguerite, ; To Helen :he whole thing was a nightmare and entirely incomprehens- ille. The worst of it was that Rivaux quite evidently suspected Jean nol only of stealing the diamond but also Doreen Winton's pearls. This latest occurance it seemed only confirmed his previous suspicions. And certainly it all looked very black for the girl. shrugged her shoulders, she turned to Perichon, saying hopelessly: "I ¢annot understand it." The Frechman gave her a long, penetrating -ook. "Madame, in your mind you do not suspect Mademoiselle? In your heart, n»--but in your mind?" For ont instant Helen hesitated, then declared Srmly: "No, I am sure Jean is innocent." - . "|Pushkin Manuscript Bought by Russians Belgrade, Yugoslavia -- A man. uscript of the Russian poet, A. 8. Pushkin, has been bought for $2500 by the Soviet Government from its Yugoslav owner, Mr. Miodrag "Obra- dovitch. : It was written a century ago and the famous poet is sald to have given it to one of his creditors against a debt. All trace of it was lost after 1850. ne " About this time Mr. Obradovitch's grandfathe¥, who was a hardware merchant, made frequent business trips to Russia and in some way came into possession of the manuscript. It was kept in' the family library inn Belgrade for many years until its owner wrote to the Soviet Ministry of Public Instruction, offéring to sell | it. After much waiting, the merchant's grandson received a letter informing him that the Soviet Government would be glad to buy the document. It is understood that the manuscript will be kept in one of the "State museums, trees en Crime in Holland has decreased in the last thirty years by 60 per cent, the convict population being 68,000 in 1004, compared with 23,000 to-day fifteen prisons have shut down, i Flame Darts London, Ont. Co-eds were complain. fng recently . that undergraduates have been shooting darts at them from 7 blow-guns, apparently having found a scientific application for the famous. weapon of the African pyg- mies, 'The darts, they explained, are not poisonous, but they are -ex- plosive, A short gectlon of glass tubing from the laboratories serves as, the blow-gun, and a common match con- stitutes -the dart, The trick 1s to shoot it at a stone wall beside the unsuspecting co-ed. The dart lands with a neat explosion anc bursts into bg 3 7 mime 2a "Find Jean Grabam. and you'll find}: a -------- i -------- | Delicious * Quality ¢ 718 "Also in Black and Mixed Old Churches 'Are Tottering Cathedrals Lack Money For Restoration, English Assembly Told LONDON, Eng. -- Seven' historic English cathedrals are on the verge of bankruptey,. {his "disturbing state rent was made by the Lishop of Der: by before the Church Assembly, the cathedrals being those ut Carlisle, Chi. chester, Lichfield, Peterborough, Ri. pon, Salisbury and Wells. : alone 'of such enormous buildings de mands constant expenditure; it is questionable if any:of these great houses of tha faith is ejer completely tree from scaffolding. According to tre 'Bishop of De:by the smallest amount on which a dean and chapter can effectively maintain a cathedral is about $45,000 a year. : - Dogs and Child on Leads LONDON (C.P.)--Seen In Richmond Park leading her grandchild and three dogs, each -- including the child ~ with its own collar and chain, a wo- man told an inspector she saw no cruelty in the practice, bu! promised to discontinue it. - emi a -- His Death Came Way He Wanted It Denver, Colo.--Roman Eng'e, 64, a barber, was shaving Max Maanison. They were discussing illness, "When 1 dle," said Engle, "I want to go just like that," He snapped his fingers, ; : . He barely had uttéréd the words when he collapsed beside the barber chair, He died in a hospital a few minutes later. The coroner said it was a heart attack, Ei jo : ' mmm In a Museum The grace of a Tanagra figurine; A golden goblet bearing still the print Of that perfection which has ever been Dreamed of by tnnse who labored without stint Such treasures are not et apart to be Hoarded by sage historians who sift Only the dustheaps of Antiquity, Losing a far more cherishable gift! I need not ask that Romie be bullt anew, Or search the archives of an age gone by, To read what still is beautiful and true, Known to another sense, a keener eye That sees beyond the symbol and the pame ; Something as changeless and as pure as flame!" . --Leslie Nelson Jennings. It's Sure Sign Spring at Hand Fort Erle, Ont.--With a nonchalant gesture, last week, A. L. Springland threw his line into a hole in the ice | ot Lake Erie and hauled out a lake trout weighing a little more than 26 pounds, the first caught at this point in a decade, To prove he was not fooling, Springland caught 30 more smaller fish 3 A judge has ruled that a slap on the back is erely a '"hail-fellow-well met" actoin. Detectives, of course, have different ideas about this, teen Ag ---- A study of "ealthquaké weather" has been made for the 107 days when earthquakes wére felt in the Los An. geles area from 1877 to 1932, and it appears that in tho great majority of cases there were no abnormal weather conditions. ' em A en Two sets of twins in 11 months is the remarkable record of Mrs, Brown wife of an agricultural labourer of Terrington, St. Clements, Norfolk, The oeminens Hoel Ackieenen ISSUE No, 1234 . Bull Falls into Silo, M'Kean, Pa,~~Whether every man's, house is his castle or not,' Wesley Weaver, a farmer living at McKean, can certify that every bull's silo is his fortress, : La A Holstein bull owned by Mr. Wea} ver got loose in the barn and fell from the barn floor into the sllo} through the opening used to get the: silage'out, Although the fall was some fifteen feet, the silage at the bottom broke the animal's fall and the bull; was none the worse for his experjence] save that his temper was aroused.' All attempts to get the anima) out of the silo pit failed, the bull charging: furiously at every one who attempted to enter the silo to fasten a sling around his body so he could be hoist- ed hack to the barn floor again, It looked as if the bull had a' per- manent home which he was willing to defend against all comers, Not wishing to tear down the silo walls in order to extricate the animal, straw was thrown into the silo and gradu- ally the silo was filled until the straw was level with the openipg into the barn. After which the bull was driven back to his box stall and peace reign- ed in the barn, : Duchess d'Arcos Is Dead in Rome Wealthy Widow of Duke Brunetti D'Arcos Leaves Lengthy Will Romé/--The Whitebury Lowery, of \Vashington, 80 in her magnificent Roman resi: dence, the Brandaccio Palace, She was the widow of Duke Brunetti D'Arcos, who once was the Spanish Ambassa- dor. to Washington and Rome, The Duchess left a will 16 pages long in which she gav $1,000,00 to Unjted States institutions, including hospitals and libraries. i millionaire _ Duchess Virginia D'Aarcos, the former Virginia | D.C, died of pneumonia at the age of | [King's Pardon . Fights Off Rescuers Pard For Wrong Man Fine is Returned--His Majesty Signs Free Pardon --- ¥ Unusual Case London,--Johp Salisbury Davies 18 a farmer of Bryneglw;, Denbigshire, Last July he fell foul of the law. He was fined by the Llangollen mag istrates, \ : Jolin Salisbury Davies, who had pleaded guilty, paid. : Then the law began to scratch its head, Something wrong about this| Runger's re-engagement will surprise - case. no one after her success in "Parsifal™ -- Investigation. last year, Eide Ntrena, the Norwe- Discovery . . . the prosecution was| glan soprano, who sings in Paris and due to a misapprehension, Sequel yesterday . .. we : British Justice John Salisbury Davies appeared be fore the same Bench of magistrates, Alderman Dodd, the chairman, plained the mistake, presented John King and the Holme Secretary, The fine was returned, No Cattle Involved ex- and proudly Salisbury Davies with a 'free pardon, signed by the Recent Evenis - + From Over m_-- One More Respit LONDON, == Covent Garden Opera ary respite from demolition, and Sir tic director and principal conductor for another. eason of grand opera. This wHl open 'Apri) 80 and last for eight weeks. Two eminent Continen. tal conductors, both pew to London, wil] assist Sir Thomas -- Clemens and Gino Marinyzzl, of the Teatro Re ale, Rome. = Bi following operas in German: "Fidelio," "Der Ring des Nibelungen," "Meister: singer," Richard Strauss" and Jaromir Welnberger's "Schwanda. The Ital fan and French operas will be: *Cene- rentola," Bizet's "Carmen,' Verdi's "Othello," and Puccini's and "Turandot" 3 WelliKnown Actors. "Arabella," "Schwanda," and "Ce nerentola" will be new to- London opera-goers. "Cenerentola: dates from 1817, and "Schwanda" from 1927, work, having been first produced seven months ago at Dresden. . : Rudolf Bockelmann will sing the priny cipal part. in "The Ring" Gertrude. who scored a success in a London re- cital recently, will return to Covent Garden after a long absence. Greta Stuckgold, whose Aida will,be remem. bered, is algo to re-appear. ; me sen Children at 37 53 LISBON.--A Portuguese woman, age 87, Armanda de Gouvela, has celebrat. ed her wedding day by presenting her husband with their third pair of twins, This brings the total number of their .children up to 23. : Kansas City, Mo,--'Jersey vs. Hol-[ : stein" was not a bullfight, but the lawsuit fileq here after Everett Holstein's truck struck Rob: ert Jersey, The defendant is a dairy. » title: of a man, Several cathedral bodies, other than those cited - above, have in recent years been obliged to mak¢ an appeal to the widest possible public for funds to preserve their bnildings, Westmin- ster Abbey was in process of complete On Your OFF-DAYS You'll find renewed vigor in i a sparkling ©. glass of INTLIETA [WAVA - BLY Wy Clears the system of impurities In Tins ~35c and 60c. 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The head winds and the icy roar 'ing seas; The nights you thought that every: thing was lost, : your knees; The frozen ratlines shrieking in the gale, The hissing steeps, the gulg of livid .oam, : When you cheered your messmates nine, With 'Ben Bolt' and 'Clementine,' And 'Dixie Land' and 'Seeing Nellle Home'?"" Toronto May Copy Kew Garden Idea Toronto.--The establishment of a botanical garden here similar to-the Kew Gardens in England was urged by Prof. R, B. Thomson, head of the department of botany at the Univer: sity of Toronto, in. addressing the newly organized Canadian - Alpine Garden Soclety in the new botany building of the university, : Such a garden would prove a storehouse of information for educa tional institutions and organizations, All societies would be offered space to make thelr own gardens. Every name-label, -and a section would be formed into natural woodland where etm Hogs Scarce in St. Jeachim,~--Although the price of pork has reachey a point that is tempting to the producer, buyers have to cover much larger territory than formerly to purchase a car load of hogs, 5 Zot : All buyers repeat the same story. that fat hogs are getting, scarce and a buyer sald "that many farmers .| would" not have pork for their own needs next summer, If thelr fore cast 1s correct, it will be an unpre cedented happening for @igex county. : once the champfon corn and pork producing county of Ontayio or of the whole Dominion, A ee i Dead Workman F---d HULL, Eng, - The bodies of the six men who were buried when a Hull grain warehouse collapsed have now been recovered after a fortnight's search among te debris, House has secured another tempor. Thomas Beecham will again be artis. Krauss, of the Vienna State Opera, The repertory will consist of the "Boheme" « . | while "Arabella" is Strausa'-latest Frida Leider, Laurit Melecholir and . | straits told him it was suicide to try. The days you toiled with water to plant, tree or shrub would bear ita: wild flowers could rbe preserved, ~ Essex County we Cal