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« hostess a, 3 on EA -- - - - cna -- [STRANGE ABSENCE] by ALLYN SLOAN . SYNOPSIS Jean (irahaui wind her brother, Euan, stay on the Riviera with Geoffrey Win- 10 and bis wife Doreen, who leads Euan oh lo gable. Jean coaxes him to go to P'aris, While driving there Jean finds a string of pearls in Euan's pocket, He snatvhes them from her and the car crashes. I'he accident Is dizcovered by Jerry tirant who takes Jean back to his fielen Gorst. Euan is missing, Jeun visits Kuang friend, de Laurler, and learns that Euan ix in debt to him, Jerry Grant meets MM. Perichon, famous detective, Who ussists them, Jerry pro. poses to Jean but she asks him to walt, The Daron insists on accompanying Jean to the Van Dyke party. The nexlq mornin Mrs. Van Dyke reports «he theft of a Jiamond, Jean Is Jiscovered missing. M. Perichon directs Grant and Wasi.hurn to a deserted villa, Grant enters und follows de Laurier into a subterranean cave. de Laurier knocks him out, gags, and binds hls arms, Grant works his way free and finds Jean. de l.aurier returns and attacks Graht Jean Is unable to see which is the vic. tor. She faints. Washburn and Perich- on find them. CHAPTER XXVI--Continued "Gee, she doesn't look any too good to me" muttered Dan as he arranged a coat beneath her head. "She has probably been drugged," said Perichon. "But now we progress We have the villian and the heroine; we have yet to find the hero." Dan got up: "Yes, and where in hellcare we going to look for him?" he asked. 'Hullo, said a familiar voice behind them. Swinging - around abruptly, they saw Jerry coming through the panel He was smiling, but in every other way he looked the worse 'or wear, His clothes were torn to shreds and in more places than one stained with blood, and his face was so dirty and scratched as almost to render him unrecognizable. : "Jerry" Dan whooped delightedly. Perichon also smiled a welcome, but before he could speak-a moan from Jean told thm ehat she was regain- ing consciousness, and Grant, hurry- ing over, fell on his knees by her side. An hour, later they were all mo- toring back to Monte Carlo. On the kack seat Grant held Jean in his arms, whilst in front Dan sat next to Perichon. After a long, thought- ful silence, he said: 'Its all very well, . Perchon, but we still don't know "what happened to Euan Graham; nor have we found Mrs. Winton's pearls or my sister's ~ding."-- 'What lovely moonlight! Look, there upon the war. It is like silver smiled Perichon. Then quite as an af- terthought, he added: "To-morrow I will explain it all." CHAPTER XXVII Perichon Explains Three mornings later, the principal characters in the drama, were again assembled in Helen Gorst's sitting room. Facing them at a small table Rivaux and Perichon sat with var- jous papers and notes before them. After a few preliminary questions from Rivaux, Perichon rose, cleared his throat and began: "Today, eMs- sieurs and Mesdames, we will con- clude this miserable affair." : Jerry Grant seated beside Jean, gave her an encouraging smile, but Dorne raised her eyebrows scathing- ly. "The story my friends, is nearly finished but not quite. First we will begin at the beginning, and see what we have. On the 17th of February M. Euan Grant and his sister Mlle Jean left thé Villa Les Palmiers af- ter two week's visit. The young peo- ple weré in a "Fiat" which M. Euan - was driving. Enroute they stopped at L'Hotel de Paris, where M. Gra- ham went up to see M. le Baron de Laurier. Mademoiselle waited down- stairs and was accosted by a man named Guardi who had been intro- duced .to her by her brother. A few minutes later they left the hotel be- ing waved off by de Laurier and Guardi. An hour later the 'Fiat' was found by M. Grant who was passing from the opposite direction, overturn- ed and smashed to pieces, high up on the Corniche. Mademoiselle was unconscious and M. her brother was missing." Perichon paused impressively, but seeing that Jean had sheltered her eves with her hand, the little man's 1one. changed to one.of deep regret 'Ah, it is terrible for you, Mademois- elle, 'that I open this wound. And Monsieur--" J. Instant RIt dissolves 2. That's why (Instant completely In 40 seconds Rit gives truer, evenesr oe Not Just a Wirfas oblor mes any se +. dyes every J a) Aeroush and threugh, UCH Menger. ~ ° FREE -- Send the front of 2 RIT Packages for "The A B C of Home R a! Joba A Huston Co, Ltd. 0 Caledonia Ra. Toronto, bah ~ YOUU HAVE wm J "BETTER LICK iy rather surprised and watched-- Jean took her hand down. "It's all right, go on," she said gamely. "Bien. Now we come to the first two points in our mystery. Mlle, Jeanne will tell you exactly what happened?" Perichon's emphasis 'on' the word 'exactly" made Helen glance curious- ly at the girl, who in a low but cer- tain voice described how she had found the pearls in Euan's pockets. Her explanation wes received w.th as mazement by cveryone prisent ex- cepting the dctecuve himself, | With a triumprant glean: in her eyes, Doreen glared round insolently at the gir. "I."Av't I teii you so?" she sneered. Jean paid no heed to any of them She had pledged herself. to answer Perichon truthfully, and for the last time she was going through with it. "That was the last time that you saw the pearls or your brother?" as- ked Perichon, when the murmurs had died down. * "Yes." "Pooh!" snorted Doreen. Perichon turned and gazed at her. 'Madame say 'Pooh,' he said. "Bien! How do you think M. Graham came b; your pearls, Madame?" Doreen shrugged her thin should- ers and answered in her disagreeable way. "I've told you often' haven't 17" Smilingly s'erichon invited: "Just once more then, please Madame. For the last time." With bad grace, Doreen repeated the story of how her maid had dis- covered the loss of the pearls and had pointed it out to her husband. Perichon pursed his lips and con- tinued to look strangely at Doreen, who, however, did not return his gaze but fished noisily in her hendbag for cigarettes. 'Madame--we are telling the truth today," remarked the Frenchman mildly, whereat Doreen looked = up and jerked sharply: "What d'you mean by that?" "0, but nothing," he shrugged. 'I am just asking if you have nothing to add--to--or--alter?" Her eyes, met his aggresively, un- blinkingly, and did not falter. "You are insolent," she said, to "0, not at all. Only curious. Ah! but now--" Perichon's eyes ran a- round the faces before him and came to rest on Jean. "Now mon enfant," he began kindly. "Why did you not tell anyone that you had seen those pearls? Shall I speak for you? You will stop me if I lcsses "gt the tables, of his dissipated life, and of his sister's fears for him Jean did not interrupt him, but sud- denly Perichon broke off and shot wt her: "Why were you friends with DL. le Baron de Laurier, Mademoiselle?" "He--he knew that Euan-had those pearls." "De Laurier knew of Mademois- elles' love for her brother; he knew also that she did not know how he came by those pearls, and he threat- ened to make public the fact that Graham had stolen them. . A groan escaped the girl. 'He--ne can't have stolen them. He was weak and silly, but not a thief." "But that is blackmail," Dan broke out. : Jerry hand. "Jeannie, why didn't you tell me?" "I--I couldn't. I was afraid." Perichon shrugged his shoulders. "That is it, she was afraid, If people were not afraid, there would be no blackmail." ~~ There might be a few more murd ers though," Washburn put in la- conically. "So--" Perichon went on, 'we come now to the theft of Mme. Van Dyke's diamond. Tell me Madamois- elle what hgppened that night?" With an effort the girl sat up straighter and appeared to marshal her thoughts before beginning to speak. : 'My nose was bleeding and Dan-- Mr. Washburn---took me to his sis- ter's room to lie down. The bed is. in a recess, and because my head was aching I put out the light. I think I must have gone to sleep, because sud- denly I became aware that someone was in the room doing something ov- er by the window which was open, I reached out and took her veryone listened breathlessly, in- cluding Rivaux, who leaned forward with his mouth half open. 'It dawned on me that someone was stgaling something for a torch which the--er man was using showed that a small safe in the wall was open, As he clos- ed it, the light fell on his face, and MIEN + I saw that it wag--the Baron de Laurier," : (To Be Continued.) 4 ~ 1 ~~ AYMORE Loge (hei 4 enough| am wrong?" Per-] | ichon told them of Euan Graham's Baseball Proving Popular Abroad Russia Latest Nation to Adopt Game -- Japan and Other Countries Already Enthu- siasts wr Baseball, America's national ) pas- time is becoming more and more in- ternational in character, writes Irving G. Gutterman in the N, Y. Times. Ac- cording to recent dispatches, Soviet Russia has found a place for the game in its program of athletics, Thus 'one more country is added to the number showing an interest in this sport. 4, While baseball is in its beginning stages in many countries, in Japan it has been enjoying vast popular- ity for several years, Introduced more than a decade ago and foster- ed by the larger Japanese univers- ities, it has become one of the most popular games in the country. It is not uncommon for a crowd of 60,000 to see a contest between two college teams. Picked American teams have tour- ed Japan, receiving rousing ovations wherever exhibition games were play- ed, so that now the names of such stars as Babe Ruth and [cu Gehrig visiting major leaguers have been beset by autograph hunters. Accord- ing to Gehrig, "the interest in base- ball in Japan just about {borders on the fanatical." _ \ THE NIMBLE JAPANESE Naturally nimble and active, the Japanese have proved to be excellent fielders and base runners. Their pitchers are clever and well acquaint- ed with the various curve bulls. Jupanese teams have played Ameri- can college nines, and have been I more than a match for some of them. Baseball has been well developed in Africa, North and South. Last Fall it was reported that more than forty organized teams were active in Tunis, where there are more than a thousand ballplayers of at least a dozen nation- alities, Organized amateur leagues play regularly and many fans turn out for the games. The first contest between an American and a North African team took place in July; 1932. On the North African teani were five Arabs, six Italians, one Frenchman, one and one Berber. Teams in the Ligue Tunisieniie "include also Turks, Gre- Moroc- Sene- South Africans, Americans, cans, Tripolitans, Egyptians, galese and Maltese. Within the past three years the near Johannesburg have been turn- eight teams was in operation, sport has also thrived in Cape Town; last year the Cumorah team of that city made a tour through the Trans- vaal. The-standard of play among South Africans is high. : South Americans have also grown to like the American game. In Ven- ezuela baseball is fast becoming a national pastime. There are teams not only in Caracas, but in Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay and La Guayra, Many intercity rivalries have already been established. VENEZUELAN FANS That the Venezuelans are enthu- siastic fans js evident in the account of a recent games between the Santa Marta team and the Royals. Protest- ing a decision, the Santa Marta team and many of their rooters warmed the playing field, yelling, "Ladron! Ladron! Protesto! Protesto!" in a manner that would have put even an American bleacherite to shame. They fought to induce the umpire to change his decision, finally insisting that he be ejected and a new one procured. It was the fifth inning and he was the fifth umpire to be chased from the field. : tent in France, Italy, Spain, Portu- gal and Rumania. There is a base ball league in operation in Paris, at the Barcelona Exhibition in 1930 a picked French team turned back the best Spanish nine before 65,000 spec- -tators. In. England and Wales there are alsy baseball teams. The game has been well developed among the Mexi- cans and Cubans, and the Filipinos have been expertly taught at school by American coaches, In Moscow baseball classes have been opened at the Physiculture In- stitute, . where the game is being taught by an American and by a Rus- sian who learned to play in Japan. . Dr. Wernet's Powder For FALSE TEETH A Joy To All Users | Cnt Slip or Slide Sprinkle on Dr: Wemnet's Powder and won't have to think about your fie teat all day ; Joyous com it 0 are familiar to many Japanese. The, eks, Spaniards, Portuguese, English,' rise of baseball in South Africa has, been swift. Cricket and football clubs ing their attention to the American, game, and last Summer a league of The- carriageway." Baseball is played to a limited ex: and While . America's national pastime Eat you want lis Hn ih | Unvarying Quality 700 ; ca 4 "Fresh from : the Gardens : ee Society to Protect Children Ends Fifty Years in England England this year is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the found- ing of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which wag fdshioned after the New York organization of the tame name. The founding of the English society was the beginning of an expanding program for the protection of child | ren by law. In 1881 an Englishman, T. F, A. Agnew, while visiting in America, heard of a society of the prevention of cruelty to children, and interview- its president. On his return to Liv- | erpool he resolved to launch a simi- lar society in that city. At a meet ! ing of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals he made a plea for the children, outlining what had been done in the United States. His effort was successiul, and the Liver- pool society was formed, Social workers in other cities (fol- lowed the affairs: of * the Liverpool group, among them Hesba Stretton and the Rev, Benjdmin Waugh, whose work in thirty-one cities and towns had already created the nucleus of rn organization which was later to extend through the country. Through their efforts, in 1884, the London so- clety was launched, followed in 1889 by the national society. In that same year the first act for the prevention of cruelty to children was passed, strengthening the hands of the society. This was the first "children's. eharter". In five years a more stringent law was passed, and fn 1904 this was superseded by a still more extensive act. Then came the "Children's Charter" of 1908 with its wide scope and de- tailed provisions for the protection of children, ranging from the establish- ment of juvenile courts to the regu- lation of reformatory schools, from against injury by fire. The Children and Young Persons Act, which came into force last November, is the lat- est stage in this legislative progress. Pedestrians. ---- John O'Rew in the Baltimore Sun While I like to think of the kinship between the British people and our there is actually any affinity. My skepticism on this point intensified a few days ago by the receipt of a i circular from the Automobile Asso- ciation of Great Britain on the sub- ject of highway accommodations for Anglo-Frenchman. pdestrians. The circular expiated to the detect of some 400 words on the deplor- able failure of the British counties and Scotland to make provision for those who travel afoot, It called at- tention to a "striking deficiency in footpaths, the sad neglect of pedes- trians, etc. eté., etc. And it empha- sized the urgent need on all. main roads for footpaths having a continu- ous all-weather surface, smoother and 'more attractive than a non-skid I find it hard tc believe that a race of men capable of formulating such an appeal as this has anything what- itants of this great nation of ours, where to give the pedestrian anything more than a disdainful henk is ut- terly foreign to the national charac- ter. Our British 'cousins" must 'be quite "distant" to be able to indulge themselves in such sympathetic rha- posdy. Or is that they are more far- sighted. : Good and Faithful Servant Gets Reward Templecombe, Somerset, Eng.,--A nurse's-devotion tc her mistress who lived for four years with a fractur- ed spine after a hunting accident was The bequest was contained in the will of Miss Ella Mavourneen Dy- mock Wise, of Cherton House, near ! here, and the beneficiary was Miss Millicent Anne Moule. Subject to some specific bequests all the estate probated was awarded "to my dear nurse." Miss Wise was thrown from 'her horse while hunting Blackmore vale mere fan four years ago and from that time until her death recently was nursed constantly by Mise Moule who now lives at Cornwall. . has been played abroad for many years, it is only recently that there has been such a definite rise in popularity as to bring about the suggestion that baseball be made an Olympic sport--a suggestion put for- ward by the French Baseball Fed- eration, which includes France, Tun- isia; Algeria and Morocco. Cy ee 5 Uae § --TT aby Too \ Beat AforYou and soever in common with the inhab-|. rewarded with a bequest of $225,000. its' "Proud" Father 'Demands Recount Slightly Dazed When Wife Gives Birth to Four Sons --Good Start Towards Football Team Here are the views of the young man whose wife gave birth to four boys in Birmingkam, England, as reported by a correspondent. : First View: Nothing, just slightly dazed. Second view: 'More 'than a million inhabitants and it had to be me." Third view:"Well it's a good start towards a football team. Stanley _ Hitchins, the' father, is twenty-six years old; his wife is only twenty-three. They have a daughter aged two. : Mr. and Mrs. Hitchins live in th Washwood Heath district. ° I found Mr. Hitchins in the Bir- mingham Matrnity Hospital shortly the adoption of infants 'o precautions | after his family had been' born. After congratulating him, I asked him how it felt to be the father of four bonny bouncing baby boys. He looked round carefully, then told me -- with emphasis. 'When they told me the number," he said, "I almost demanded a re- count. 4 and AS LIKE AS PEAS "You are certain to get the Kings bounty," I said. . ae? "The wife's mother's sister nad twins," he said reflectively. "Perhaps that had something to do with it." He told me that, counting from left to right, the children weighed in at 8 lbs. 13 ozs. 3 lbs. 161-4 ozs,; b lbs. 2 ozs.; and 3 lbs. 151-4 ozs., re- spectively. 'We've named them John, Fred, Ar- thur and Stanley to. sav are as. like as two peas in a pod ex- cept the big one who has got a snub nose." I told him- of Birmingham's deciin- ing birthrate, and how glad Dr, News- holme, the medical officer of health would be, He reminded me of the o- ther million or so inhabitants. 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"The typical English girl of 1934 is brown-hafred, only comparatively fair- skinned, and has hazel or brown eyes," said a London woman buyer. "We sell twenly boxes of black eye- lash cosmetic to every one of brown, Square Jaw. "It is my job to watch women's faces and study them, and I would describe the English girl of the mo- ment ag being short-featured and' brown-haired, with a pointed chin and slightly square jaw. "Her eyes are larger than they used to be, or it may 'just be the "effect of the ute of cosmetics. "She is thinner in the face, which has destroyed. the oval face usually attributed to English girls, "She is better looking, but more standardized than formerly." diy And here gre some more facts about Miss England, 1934. ; She is about 6 ft, 5 ins. in height, which is taller than she used to be. She weighs about 130 lbs. which is lighter. 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