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oe a Ee L270 MOA Ar Sal p TR ER Oe a TRS LER {Raa i a Rd a - STRANGE ABSENCE by ALLYN SLOAN Chapter XXVII -(Conclusion), HAAPY EVER AFTER. "Say, M. Perichon, how did you get on to the fact that de Laurier'was a wrong 'un?" asked Dan. Perichon beamed: "I--I am Peri: chon, and erichon never forgets. Once, long ago, I saw de Laurier with Ania Dushkin, one who ehould be in prison ten times over il one could 'only convict her, but always she is too clever. 1 ask myself is de Laur. fer her accomplice or her victim, | get Mademoiselle to cornfide in me; we make a little plan. Al, she is cour ageous, Mademoiselle. 1 give her a metd] cigarette lighter and one night at the opera when she wears fine white gloves she asks the Baron to light it for her." Rivaux handed Peri. chon the lighter. 'Here it is, you gee." "Finger prints!" exclaimed Grant. Perichon laughed: "Bunt yes . my friend. I sent it to Paris and the prints were fdentified. De Laurier was known to the police under the names of Decartes and Morin." "The telegram!" cried -Washburn and Grant together. "But how did you get a line on that villa?" "Again, 1 guessed when M. Gra ham's lighter was found on the hill, 1 say to myself 'Go and look. 1 find that the villa belongs to Mme. San- tron. 1 make enquiries of a fisher- man and find that she is a big lady with red hair and dark eyes. 'Ah,' 1 say to Perichon, 'mon vieux, It is Ania Dushkin, and somvewhere there is a connection----" "But what was she -oing in my villa?" asked Dan's sister, Elsa Van Dyke. ) 5 Rivaux stood yp importantly. "1 can tell you that. It was | who ex- amined Marie, the servant who show. ed her gver the villa, When the Dush- kin was in your room, Madame she discovered that she had left her bag fn her car and sent Murle down to get it. It was then that she took an impression of the safe lock. The key was in de Laurler's pocket when he was taken." Rivaux sat down and rerichon bow- ed to him, - "My colleague, you cee, has the great brain. You will get promotion for this, mon ami, without a doubt." "1 should say--" smiled Washburn, digging his elbow into Grant's ribs. «But what happened to the red-haired dame?" : ; ; "Ah, Anja Dushkin--she waa in the Swallow--the yacht Mademoiselle has mentioned--waliting for de Laurier. She, too, has been taken. Now I can gee that Mlle, Jeanne is tired and I do not wonder, so there is nothing more to do but to give back Mme. Van Dyke her ring." The American womin gasped: *D'you mean that you've actually got it" Perichon signed to the third man at 'the table. "Give it, give it he said. This individual arose, presented Mrs. Van Dyke with a small parcel and begged her to sign a receipt. "Gee, Sir, what d'you know" about that." laughed her brother. Doreen Winton half rose stammered: "D'you mean have my pearls too?" Perichon smiled, and everyone lis- tened keenly for his reply. Doreen's hands went to her head, the scarlet nails seeming absolutely lurid against her white face. Everyone expected Perichon to hand Doreen her pearls, but although he held the box in his hand, there was a strange expression on his face, - z © "There is just one more thing. It will not take a minute, but it is neces- gary--very necessary. Qur mystery 1s solved, but there is still one point. Le pauvre M. Graham who is dedd and his sister are not quite clear yet, ot--er--cerlain charges--" Jean caught her breath and be- came a little paler whilst a frown gathered on Grant's brow. Perichon, however, ignored these gignals, and speaking in carelessly" measured tones and looking intently at Doreen, he pursued: "Mme Winton has accused M. Gra- bam of taking her pearls --" "It's a lle," hissed the woman, "No, Madame," retaliated the de- "fective with asperity. "It is not & jie. You have said so more than once pefore several witnesses." #0, what does it matter?" Jean broke in, but Grant's arm stole around For EASIER Dyeing . « Ihe new Instant Rit is easier to use than ap she that you ny other tnt or dye you ever used, It dis. | Ives complete- 5 in 40 seconds FREE y+ « Soaks right --8end the front of . . . makes a % RIT Packages for rilliant, cven- FREE copy of "The Joned finish . . AB Gof Hee oa d lasts and Husten Co. Lig €° (Caledonia; Rd., | rehte, sts and lasts. her and in a moment she nodded to Perichon to go on. "Not only has Madame accused Monsieur, but she- sald Mademoiselle was an accomplice to the theft, or at least knew where the pearls were "n "How dave "you!" Leaping to her feet, Doreen stamped her foot and swinging round to her husband, crled: "Why don't you say something, Geof: trey? Stop him!" But Winton's red face wore a sulky obstinate expression and he did not move: "Be quiet, Doreen," he ordered, "Yes, Madame," warned Perichon. "It would be as well--but it would be better even if you were to tell the truth." "You--you're mad! here and be----" "Sit down!" Winton grasped his wite's shoulder and swuug her down into her chair again. "Go on/* he snapped, ' "But 4s you do not seem able to tell the truth, I wil} do to for you--to save Mademoiselle's hcnor." a One could have heard a pin drop in the room, and the ticking of the little clock on the mantelpiece sounded ab- surdly loud in the silence. Moving the least bit nearer and standing directly before Mrs, Winton, Perichon continued: : "You gave those pearls to Euan Graham and begged him to take them to Paris, to Chantiers. You sald: 'Sell them and I will give you £2,000 to repay de Lauvier. The rest will save me. | owe it to--" "You---you brute, how dare you Doreen was beside herself with fury, stamping her foot and letting out hard, dry sobs of rage. 'Prove it! Prove it! You're lying!" she acreamed. But when Perichon drew out a let. ter from a pocket-book, which Jean recognized as her brother's, Doreen Winton's ranting gave place to a sil- ence of stark terror, : "Your letter to M. Graham, Madame. Shall I vead it?" . "Geoffrey!" Doreen turned to her husband, who, however, walked to the door and held it open, _ She hesitat- ed, then tossing her head and hold- ing it aggressively, she passed him. The door -was closing on them when Perichon called: Ie IER "Madame, your pearls!' -° Geoffrey stepped back, took the box, signed for it, then followed his wife from the room. Perichon blew out his cheeks and wiped his glistening brow, Then ten- dering the pocket-book, he said: "It was found in the Baron's pocket, Mademoiselle. 1 daresay he was keep" ing it for some purpose.of blackmail." "Monsieur," Jean grasped the old man's hand. "How am I ever to thank you?" _ He smiled: "Shall I whisper it?" She reached up and he leaned down to her ear. As he spoke, the color flushed. her cheeks, and she flung an amused glance In Grant's direction. "If he asks me again, I will," she said with a shy little laugh, "Bon! Now we will go, all of us. It is late." Helen Gorst protested: "But you'll stay- to tea, M. Perichon?" B "I"thank you, Madame, but I order- ed sirop--aniseed flavour. 'It will be waiting in my room, Tomorrow per- haps." L In a few moments cveryone but Jerry Grant and Jean had drifted from the room, Helen having accom: panied the detective and Rivaux to the door. I won't stay on As soon as they were alone the girl] got up and stretched her arms up- wards, and outwards, as if filnging oft a great weight. It seemed almost impossible to her that at last the ter- rible mystery which had engulfed her was solved; that she was free. Her brother, of course, was dead; but she had learned, too, in these last weeks that there worse things even: than death.. To die honourably was better far than to live dishonourably. In a day or two now she would be able to go away. Her father had written that he would arrive almost at once, as he was flying from Khar- toum, and they would go home. Grant watched her a moment, then shook his head ruefully: "Jean, I was a jealous devil. No use at all." She smiled and murmured demure- Iy: "0, I thought you were going to say something else!" "Something else?" He raised his eyes to hers, .then a smile broke over his face. Hurrying to her side, he took her by the shoulders: "Jean, dear, will you marry me?" She laughed. "That's better. Yes, Jerry, please." THE END. Private Manufacture Armaments Oppose ----b-- ' London.--A resolution calling for 'he suppression of private manufae- "ture of armaments and efficient in- ternational control in the traffic of armament was unanimously adopted today at a meeting of the Women's National Liberal Federation. It was also decided to present a resolution to the Government asking that Great Britain, leading the world, adopt and practice a strong and courageous policy of disarmament. The proposi- tion was presented to the meeting by Viscountess Gladstona. 'German press during the past | cism must be linked Curbs on Press Eased by Berlin As Readers Drop Falling Off in Circulation Alarms ~~ Ministry -- Still Far From Freedom Berlin.--More freedom is promised to the German press by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Reich's Minister of Propa. ganda, in new regulations announced last week. : Reports of -~public meetings. hence- forth will be left to newspapers themselves, unless important consid. erations demand otherwise. Publica- tion of speeches in official text is not henceforth necessary, or, when neces- tary, then official texts must be as short as possible. Exclusion of edi. torials and free lance contributions, especially as concerns reporting pro- vincial and local gataherings, will be discontinued. In so far as state exigencies per- mit, the question of abolishing exist- ing prohibition of news reporting will he investigated. Prohibition of report. ing of special official events .will henceforth be the exception rather than the rule. Editorial writers are in future to be as free as possible within the scope of the press law so that in all matters they can give their own standpoint. It is pointed out, nowever, that whatever freedom is now offered re- mains within the National Socialist conception of things. The press law lays down its aim to "make the Ger- man journalist as free and as inde. pendent as possible, upon his own re- sponsibility, in his creative work for National Socialist constructive work." The offer of greater freedom to the German press, which in reality only serves to show how bound the Ger- man press actually is, undoubtedly results from a serious crisis of the few months, Popular objection to a uni. form and uninforming press has shown itself in the tremendous.drop in the number of newspaper readers. Even the Chancellor himself recent. ly declared "it is no fun to read 11 papers all of which have almost the same wording." . . Lest the concessions be taken too literally they were accompanied by a warning that criticism for criticism's sake would not be tolerated. Criti- with positive performance. This conforms with a recent remark of Herr Hitler that "l will not stand for a'press which ex- clusively exists to destroy what we are trying to build up." The German press was recently ex- horted by Dr. Goebbels to show more courage and enterprise, but evidences of the new attitude have not been very generally noticeable. Last week's confiscation of Die Gruene Post, an Ullstein weekly with over 1,000,000 circulation, for an article by one of its editors dealing with press -critl- cism in Germany is unlikely to give them much practical encouragement. Hope, however, is entertained that, in thé words. of the Chancellor, "In due course of time our editors will again be so trained that they can supply their own valuable contributions to national reconstruction." Audience Gets Even LONDON, Eng.--The score is "all even" in the exchange of scoldings and rebukes Beecham, noted conductor, and Co- vent Garden opera-goers. 'Sir Thomas went one up at the op- ening of the season May 1st when he subdued a babble of conversation and fll-timed applause with a "shut up, you!" ) The audience: got even recently and liked it. Gotterdammerung was being per- formed in two sections and when the audience was reseated punctually-for the second section there was no sign of Sir Thomas, After waiting several minutes, gal- leryites began to clap impatiently. They kept Up thc demonstration un- til the conductor appeared. y Then followed a burst of ironical cheers and laughter from the house. Sir Thomas, apparently unmoved, waited for the noise to subside, tap- ped for tlie- orchestra -to begin--and things went along smoothly. «= It was explained later that the audi- ence's retaliatory rebuke to Sir Thomas was" in_ reality undeserved, since the delay was due -to trouble with the stage scenery. rm ---------- FILMS 'MORE POPULAR More than 6,150,000, feet of motion pictures were imported into South Africa last year, a gain of nearly 26 per cent. over 1932, I ---- : MATURITY-MATERNITY ~ MIDDLE AGE At these three critical periods a woman needs a medicine she can depend on: That's why so many take Lydia E. Pitkin Vegetable Com. und. 98 out of 100 say, "It elps me!" Letithelp you, too. - LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND / between Sir Thomas to E xquibite Quality TEA 5 713 Also in Black . and Mixed Heads Caravan ; Church Mission Miss Eva Hasell, Founded Travelling Sunday School That Goes Through West- ern Canada, Montreal.--Although the primary object of the Caravan Sunday School Mission is to spread the Gospel through the remote, scattered settle. ments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, it has been largely engaged in relief work within the past few years. This state- ment was made by Miss Eva Hasel!, who with her party of women work: ers arrived from England recently. "Conditions were simply appalling last year," Miss Hasell said, "espe- cially those in the drought arears Farmers and thelr families who. had been accustomed to good, comfortabla homes, were reduced to the most piti- ful poverty and everywhere one saw pathetic examples of what the drop in the price of wheat had done. Little children were clothed in. flour sacks; tiny babies wrapped up in whatever their poor : mothers could find" for them, and exposure to the cold and lack of proper food had im. paired the health of many. "1 understand it was 75 degrees below zero in parts of Alberta at dif ferent times last winter and during this time hundreds of families cloth. ed in meagre garments were housed in the crudest kind of- shed, scarcely heated. They did not dare venture out during the bitterly cold weather so you can imagine how their health | must have suffered. When-I left "Al. berta on October 21, 1933, there was 12 inches of snow on the ground. "We have brought with us, how- ever, thirty-one enormous bags of clothing given ug by people in the Old Country. In fact, we were asked to deliver, if possible, certain pack- ages to families in: the.West from their relatives on the other side." "Founded in 1920. The first" Anglican Sunday School Travelling Mission was founded in 1920 in Southern Saskatchewan. Miss Hasell having heard a missionary in England tell of the great - distances that had to be covered to bring the Gospel to far-flung regions of the Canadian West suddenly conceived tht idea that a fleet of trucks driven by missionaries would serve a good purpose. . Archbishop Mathewson of Winnipeg, then Primate of Canada, gave her permission to go ahead with her scheme, and thus began the work which was so sadly needed and which has since grown so enormously. 32 Workers. There will be 32 workers in the party of the Caravan Mission, Sixteen trucks--two girls to a truck--will be used and there will be considerable travelling on foot, over the vast tracts of the Peace River District, where main roads are impassable excepting by paek horse or on -'shank's mare." Naturally St. Catharines, -- Starlings, now the main topic of discussion for farm- ers, have attracted the attention of mathematicians. It has been estimated that two birds multiplying at the known rate will, on a five year plan be parents, grandparents, great grandparents etc, of 822,102. birds. On a larger scale, starting with 100 birds, the family increases to 16,105, 100. FA LSE TEET H | Da WERNETS POWDER i ne 8 arr shout, laugh al] ay long you can fo t about them. Simply sprinkle on Dr. Wernet's pm he by world's foremost dentists--the one powder that assures 100% secure Somfort SPECIAL F (1) always keeps mouth : druggist. come rt-oushion protects sensitive gums-- | eps mouth clean and sanitary: Inéxpensive--any SE SN Weeds and Vines Used To Halt Wind Erosion DALHART, Texas--Many farmers around Dalhart and throughout, the North Plains country, have found an efficient preventative of wind ero- sion in the lowly tumbleweed (Rus- slan Thistle) and the goat-head, some. times 'called-cow-head and sand-burr, a vine that closely covers the earth when unmolested, ' Vegetation of s° uc kind, farm lead. ers point out, is necessary to. stop wind erosion. It crop stubble, wheat or the like cannot be left, late fall weeds should be allowed to remain until after the high winds of the following 'spring, they say. On some farms in this section, -it fs said that weeds have prevented wind erosion to tha extent of saving 60 per cent. of the soil fertility that would have otherwise been lost. Old- timers say the tumbleweed was In- troduced to this section about 1906; the burr slighfly later, the seed drop- ping dlong the Fort Worth and Den. ver tracks out of hay shipments from the north, Literary Workshop " Prints Student Tales NEW YORK---Sponsored by an im- posing array of American educators, Volume 1, Number 1, of "The Liter ary Workshop" made its initial ap- pearance recently as the first nation- wid? intercollegiate literary maga- zine, It hopes to establish a stable outlet for student literary expression Jn.all.parts of the Unite: States. - Self-criticism is the unique method by which "The Literary Workshop" expects. to become a constructive force. Every story. printed will be. reviewed "by leading authorities" it was announced. Ilven rejected man- uscripts will carry critical and con- structive comment back to the auth- or, with a view to aiding both profes- sor and student in the teaching and assimilation of writing technique, The first issue contains short stories, poems, articles and reviews from writers representative of every section of the United States. Py Increased Invention Held World's Need tions are needed in the world today, in the opinion of Mr. Charles F. Ket- tering, research engineer of the Gen- eral Motors Corporation, quoted in the current Rotarian magazine" "Inventors of the world should be chided for not doing enough invent. ing instead of doing too much," he declared, and asserted that "there has not been an invention of any im- portance in the past 10 years." ' Scouting the suggestion for "a mor- atorium on mankind's inventive ge- nius" Mr, Kettering .maintaing this would have to come in the form of a law against thinking. And this would defeat the very object of those who seek a way out of our present difficulties by such a move. "We are not at the eud but at the beginning, Now the engineers and scientists, instead of being stopped in their work, should be encouraged to continue to balance matters--and they will--by the invention of labor- creating systems," - Grade "A" Eggs ~ Must Be "Clean" Revised egg regulations are now legally in effect for domestic trading in all the Provinces of Canada with the exception of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. According to general reports, the new standards are being found much more satisfac- tory than the old ones, Nis One pgént which shippers should bear in mind, says the Department of Agriculture Egg and Maret Poultry Review, is that al] eggs in the dif- ferent weights of Grade "A" are re- quired to be "clean." Clean means free from spot or- staln. There has ably clean" eggs in this grade on the assumption that Grade "A" medium replaces -the old grade of first. The requirements ° for - cleanliness in Grade "A" pullet and Grade "A" me- dium are precisely. the. same as in Grade "A" large. 'Reasonably clean" eggs, which in the past went Grade "B". Cracked eggs are _ re- quired to be packed separately ' and marked "Cracks." : Dickens Fund ~ London.--A world-wide appeal for 1,000,000 shillings is to be launched |. to found a Charles Dickens Institute "near" his home, Higham, Kent. This Dickens 'merorial is to-in- clude a group of collegiate buildings with a central tower, surrounded by grounds with provision games of all kinds. There will also be a literary centre, with residential quarters for writers and a {echnical centre. Buy at Home Public opinion should be so mould. 'ed that it would make the Buy at Home movement so big that an the citizens will realize : that- a. dollar spent in the home town helps to build the town, and a dollar spent in some other city helps to build that city. Help build your own home town. More Rain, : Good Few Grasshoppers News or the Prairies Winnipeg -- Cueering words for agriculturists- of Western Canada were issued recently by A. W. Meg- gett, past'/president of the Winnipeg Astronomical Society, who predicted amore rain and . [ewer grasshoppers are indicated for Manitoba and the West between nqw and 1938, The reason for his assertion Is that spots on the sun are approach- ing their maximum period. Every 11' years the sun goes through a sun spot cycle, and records show the ef- tia on the earth are definite, Shice 1928, Mr. Meggett explained, the last time at which sun spots were at their maximum the sun has been fairly quiet. There has been a falling oft in rain and Insects, including grasshoppers, have been multilplying. ~ "Records kept in Manitoba since 1895," he said, "show that where there hag been a maximum sun spot period there has also been a mini mum grasshopper period." : "As the number and size of. the sun spotts increase, the amount of 'ultra-violet rays also increases, play- ing havoc with the insect world and bringing increased rain because the electrification of the upper atmos- phere helps to form cloud particles with more abundant water vapor." Mr, Meggett stated a group of sun spots he was observing through his telescope at present grew from 16, 000 miles in diameter to 85,000 miles in five deys. B "It's Best ---------- 4 -- The Proeminent] | saleable? Or perhaps you have about it. services IDEAS | Have you a Story, a Sketch or an Illustration that is some other saleable idea. «Send a stamped. (3¢) envelope for information about our [ ois TDEAS . THIRTY-NINE LEE AVENUE, TORONTO Tell us ' .J achieve their rightful CHICAGO--More, not fewer, inven- been some tendency to place "reason- |. into the grade of firsts, now go into | -------- Wives Must Never Complain No Matter What Husbands Do--When Dining in Pub- lic:Man Eats First. ' Not until = the Japanese wonles place in the pattern of life in Japan will (that J country be properly classed as the equal of any Western nation. The more one travels in Japan the more one is driven to that conclu.' sion, Si The difference between a Chinese -and Japanese woman of equal stand- ing {8 amazing, The Chinese woman is as outspok- en, direct, free, and individualistic as any girl in the West, She makes her own life, considers herself the equal of any man. The Japanese woman, on the con- trary, accepts the position that the Japanese man has allotted her--that of slave, inferior being, and half-wit, He Feeds First. Watch a Japanese woman dining with her husband"in public. He gets the many little dishes which make up a Japanese meal, His chopsticks click in and out of the laquer bowls. Then, when he has finished, his wife, who humbly sits opposite, is allowed to finish the remains with her chop- sticks, and she does sy with seem- ing gratitude, In a tramcar, omnibus, or train, vacant seats. are allotted in the fol- lowing order: first, boys; then, young girls; then, men; then, wo-' men, young or old, Once in the electric train between Osaka. and Tokio the writer got up to give his seat to an old woman, and promptly a small child: was thrust into the vacated place. An' average good salary in Tokio is about 66 yen a month (a little more than $16)... This does not allow for extravagances, but on that sum a man will keep a wife, child and servant. FT. hit The servant will be -a little coun- try girl of twelve or fourteen, who is pald about $1 a month. The fam- ily lodges.the servant, but she has to feed herself as best shé can. When a Japanese woman of the lower middle class marries she puts all thoughts of dress behind her, But - before she marries her kimona must tone with the season. In spring and summer there must be a bint of cherry blossom, .and when winter comes, or before, there must be a suggestion of the chrysanthemum, There are many love tragedies in ° Japan, and suicide pacts are: numer- ous, but the cyn!cally-minded foreign- er remarks that in nine cases out of ten it is the girl who dies, while the man, slightly wounded or slightly poisoned, lives to 'love another day. A Japanese woman must not com- plain of her husband's infidelity. He may do &8 he likes, and he may. di- vorce his wife by putting three words on a piece of paper. Maybe the 'eventual revolt of the Japanese women will - come when somebody tells them of other women --*'foreign. women. devils" in the West, and -nearer China--who are not slaves or mere breeders of chil- dren, . Maybe, or maybe not. Idleness Irks Man Aged 92 John R.'Claricy of Halifax Falls Back on Violin Making wrong with being 92, John J, Clancy finds; he can't get a job, - He's still as capable. as many s young fellow of 60, he will tell you. ~ But it seems they just don't have jobe for monagenariane, even for nonagenarians like Mr. Clancy. "You know," he says, "I've still got plenty of: year ahead of me yet, And I'd like to get a job. No matter what kind. Just so long as it was some- thing. to keep me busy." He has his hobby, "of course, though it doesn't give him the satis faction a job of real work would, It is violin-making., He builds them from white spruce and maple. "It's my . only pleasure now," he declares, strumming on a glistening new in- strument. / He is an expert player, and ac- cording to his family his repertoire is almost unlimited. Sometimes, he . sits down at two in the afternoon and plays until 10 at night without once repeating a selection, But with time out, of course, for rest and food.' +4 Mr, Clancy has been living in re- tirement for years. He was formerly a foreman on a' railway. Before his days on the railroad, he was a whole- sale confectioner and baker, He was past the half-century mark when he began railroad work. Diphtheria Deaths In Toronto Down TORONTO--The report of Dr. C. P. Fenwick, secretary of the diphtheria committee of the Canadian Social Hy-- sisto, Counell, shows a decrease in deaths from the disease in. Toronto from 64 in 1920 to five fn 1933, . --Halifax:=There's only one Fhing Se