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_ Â¥e€s, dear, . around her with tions and drew a Dolly adored DN BDolly adored deavored to imi she too was qu "Listen, Dol they 1 you, c "It‘s chilly, isn‘t It? Let‘s start little fire." _ Well have then we‘ll dres fast MHastily and rather nervously, Nan laid on some wood from the basket and Dolly ran for a match. Scon a fire was blazing and into it Nan thrust the note she had just read. She sank into a low chair before the fire and asked Dolly to ring for her maid. "Oh, deon‘t you be afraid of me, Naney. 1 won‘t tell a single thing you don‘t want me to." "Oh, why are you here at all? I shouldn‘t have let you stayâ€"but 1 was so dazed and troubled }ast night I searcely realized that you were here." "Now, Nan, I‘m here to help you. Monest, 1 won‘t tell a thing you don‘t want me toâ€"why, what have you been doing? Here‘s a whole heap ‘"of ashes in the fireplace! You been burnâ€" ing things?" «â€"â€"you noteâ€" The body of Douglas Raynor is found in the early evering on ‘he floor of the sunroom at Flower Acres, his Long Island home. Raynor has been shot through the heart. Standing over the dead man, riswl in hand, is Malâ€" colm Finley, former sweetheart of Raynor‘s wife, Nancy. Eva Turner, Raynor‘s nurse, stands by the door with her hand on the light switch. In a moment Nancy appears, whiteâ€"faced and terrified. Orville Kent, Naney‘s brother, comes in from the south side of the room, and then Ezra Goddard, friend of Finley, with others, enter upon the scene. Detective Dobbins conducts an investigation. _ Finley explains that he came into the room after the shot was fired and picked up the weapon. Dolly Fay, a weighâ€" bor girl, gives Nancy a note from Finley. The note advises Nancy to reâ€" main quiet/ ' NOW GO ON wWITH THE STORY advice you we Silently Nan meditated on this, uwntil Dolly, tired of waiting for her to speak, leaned over her and read the missive too. Aspizin is a Trademark Registered in Capade CASPIRIN as ellect suffering rheumati ked. "_‘hat "Wh , can‘k 12° To the end!" said Dolly Then, dear, 1‘ll tell you JSSUE, No. 22â€"‘29 "SALADA" * If you seek the fHinest green tea=â€"this is it BEGIN HERE TODAY it and 1 shall follow it. D-blly, rmed yourself into this thing had no right to read this doe <JAPAX TEA > o _ s ‘ “ t "/'/, a ‘ h 39 L. ;//d’% NS ) | lly," Nan their tea. ‘Fresh from the gardens‘ * Nan, tate he tea here he AY up pose 6 down t & that ly, and o breakâ€" It (CGCREEN) after trust AM she "Excuse me, if I speak abruptly, he said, in a low voice, as the butler left the room for a moment, "but, Mrs. Raynor, if you want any help or advice that I can give, command me. Or get a lawyerâ€"but don‘t ask Maleolm Finley to help you." "Why?" "I think you know why‘"â€"he spoke very gentlyâ€""but much will depend on today‘s disclosures. And rememâ€" ber, I‘ll be glad to help in any way I can." Nancy Raynor dressed herself with eare, choosing a plain black gown, and massing her dark hair in a soft eoil. Nancy Raynor presided at the breakfast table, and at first no one was there with her but Ezra Goddard. "Good for you, Goddard," Orville Kent said, as he came into the room, "we‘ll want help, I‘m thinking. Naney dear, be careful what you say." and strong again. "Now, dress, and wo‘ll go downstairs." Downstairs, Dolly found a perempâ€" tory message from her mother to come home at once, and she had to go. With that, Kent lapsed into silence and devoted himself to his breakfast, paying little attention as the others of the household drifted in and took their places at the table. Malcoim Finlor, beyond formqj greetings, said almost nothing, &n Miss Turner was equally taciturn. "Come with me, Nancy," Kent said, peremptorily. And as she obeyed, he admonished her, "Are you crazy, Nan? For heaven‘s sake keep away from Finley at least until after the funeral. "Yes, Orry," she said, docilely. "Stay by me or Miss Mattie all the time. â€" You can‘t be too careful, Nan." "You know who he v Dobbins fairly jumped Only Miss Mattie Raynor was loâ€" quacious, "Do you know what I think?" she asked. "I think old Grim Gannon had something to do with Douglas‘ death. You know Gannon is a queer dick." "Of course I‘ll do all thatâ€"I know my dutyâ€"" and Nan once more reâ€" But nobody commented on this statement, or responded in any way to Miss Mattie‘s opinion. "Come for a walk in the gardens," Finley whispered to Nan as they left the dining room. "I Maren‘t," she returned, lifting piteous eyes to his. "Don‘t worry, Nan, darlingâ€"trust all to me. Why, it‘s a small parcel; I can get it in my coat pocketâ€"it‘s a big pocket, you know." "Very well, dear. Do thatâ€"and never say a word of it to any one, not even your mother." "Oh, I won‘t. What else can I do for you?" « "Nothing, now, Be true and faithâ€" ful to me, won‘t you, Dolly?" Nan looked utterly despairing, and Dolly put her arms round her as she reassured her of her love and loyalty. "All right, dear," and Nan suddénâ€" ly straightened up and looked brave in deep trouble. Don‘t ask me any questions, don‘t tell anybody anything about me, but help me all you canâ€" won‘t you, Dolly?" "Indeed, I will." "Then this is what you can do, dear. Take this little pracel and hide it somewhere among your own things until I ask you for it again. Have you some placeâ€"where nobody can get at it?" | "Oh, yes, 1 have a drawer in my desk that I always keep locked." "And can you get it over home without attracting attention?" Detective ‘"That is a question easy to ask and difficult to answer," Dobbins declared. "Not to think of them as symptoms of poisoning," Eva Turner answered. "I noticed that Mr. Raynor was pale, was anaemic, and that at times he showed shortness of breath, but these things I was trying to correct by changes in his diet. As you know, Doctor Fraser, those symptoms you mention are not exclusively the effect of arsenical poisoning." "No, of course not. , You couldn‘t be expected to realize their cause. But now, having discovered the presâ€" ence of arsenic in his system and in his stomach, we knowâ€"we know that Mr. Raynor was being purposely and systematically dosed with arsenic." He paused and glanced around. (To be continued.) Madras Mail: It is desirable that, whenever possible, conferences should be held at an interval of no greater than three years.... The shortening of distances in the Empiro by the ease and rapidity of modern communiâ€" cations provides no real substitute for personal discussions between Empir Governments. The threeâ€"year intervn’ probably provides the most convenient interval at which conferences can b¢ held, but there can be little doubt that many difficulties would be avoided if a Standing committee of the Conferâ€" ence were to hold meetings in the inâ€" terim, It would act as a clearing house for the expression of the views of the respéctive Governments, and avoid even the appearance that one Governâ€" ment of the Empire takes a decision of common concern without previously consulting the other. "Certainly not," Nancy â€" Raynor said, her voice and manner perfectly composed. "I cannot imagine who would attempt to poison my husband, and I am most crtainly sure he never thought of doing such a thing himâ€" self." "The thing is almost incredible," Orville Kent said, in turn. "Why, if somebody was successfully poisoning a man, would he also shoot him?" "Miss Turner," Fraser said, ‘as nurse and dietitian to Mr. Raynor, did you not notice the symptoms I have described?" "Can any one present," Fraser went on, "suggest any explanation of this As no one replied, he questioned each in turn. Nancy Raynor looked like a statue cut in marble. Her face was colorless, even her lips were almost white, and her great dark eyes were piercingly fastened on the face of Doctor Fraser. poisoning process "Poetry is the power of concentratâ€" ing all the farâ€"reaching resources of language at one point so that a single and apparently effortless expression rejoices the aesthetic imagination x the moment when it is most t ant and exacting, and the same timé astonishes the intellect by a new &A#â€" pect of the truth."â€"Dr. Bridges, the But save for the contorted and agonized countenance of Miss Mattie, they were all stonily devoid of expresâ€" sion. + Poetâ€"Laureate. The «lert eyes of Detective Dobbins scrutinized the faces before him. "Ther@ is that possibility," Fraser admitted,"but it is highly improbable. To resume: this process of arsenical aoisoning poisoning of Mr. Raynor must have been going on for at least a fortnight or so, and had he not been shot, and had the poisoning conâ€" tinued, the man must have died from its effects in the course of another fortnight." For sunburn, apply Minard‘s Liniment "This," Fraser went on, "opens up a new field of inquiry. We must asâ€" sume that some one administered the arsenic from day to dayâ€"" "Unless it was suicide," put in Ezra Goddard. "I do," Miss Mattie cried. "Oh, my poor Douglas! Yes, he was so thirsty at luncheon yesterday, he called for one glass of water after another! Poisoned! Oh, my God!" The elderly spinster hid her face in her hands. _ "As may not be known to you layâ€" men, the symptoms of. cumulative arsenical poisoning are anemia, shortâ€" ness of breath, occasional prostration, pallor, and excessive thirst. All these things were present in Mr. Raynor‘s case, and I‘m sure you can remember them." "Yes," Fraser went on, an examiâ€" nation of the contents of the stomach shows the presence of arsenic, taken very lately. gained the poise that was natural to her. "" _ He p: another Only ment. Doctor Fraser and Detective Dobâ€" bins arrived and called the household together in the great living room. It was clear to be sen that they were possessed of new and important information, and Dobbins seemed scarcely able to control his own exâ€" citement as the medical examiner beâ€" gan his inquiries. & "We have found strange condiâ€" tions," Fraser began, addressing himâ€" self principally to Nan, but taking in the rest in his roving glance. "Of course Mr. Raynor was killed by a pistol shot. It was fired at short range, the bullet entered his heart and death was practically instantaâ€" neous. But an autopsy has revealed the fact that Mr. Raynor was also the victim of poisoning." He paused and looked at one after another of the silent group. Only Miss Mattie showed exciteâ€" The Imperial Conference 99 Transplanting Tomatoes, Cabbage, head lettuce, cosmos, zinnias, and many other flowers should be transplanted at least once before being placed in their permanent ‘position in the garden. When done carefully, this strengthens the root growth and makes a stronger and stockier plant. 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Edinburgh.â€"That it is noceseary to look to the Celtic races to supply the world with colored speech was the opinion expressed by Miss Sybil Thorndike after her adjudication for the Howard de Walden Cup. Much interest has been aroused in Scotland over the success of the Edinburgh players and the fact that Ramsay Macâ€" Donald and George Bernard Shaw agree with Miss Thorndike‘s opinion that the Scottish language lends itself to drama and beautiful speaking. "The language the Scots uso in everyday life," says Miss Thorndike, "is colored, ‘The Scots, like the French, are very distinct speakor®k They give their consonants and words their full value. ‘There is a slacknoss about middleâ€"class English speach, and the only people I have heard sposk English as it should be spoken were an Indian and a Scotsman, Scots take infinit@@y more interest in their lanâ€" guage than we do.‘ Ramsay MacDonald, wheon asked for his views said; "It is perfectly true that there is no color in English mid« dleâ€"class speech,. It has been killeod by conventionality, In fact It is lke a beautiful picture that has boeeg cleaned so often that it has become thin and flat. We Scots have the color and shade." _ But the British are less adaptable than the Japanese and the French and lack the superficial bonhomie of the American which overlies all their dealings with the Chinese. Besides, the British are undoubtedly the most important group of foreigners in China at present. There are competiâ€" tors now in the Chinese markets, but they have not yet ousted the British. Whether they will ever do so is anothâ€" er question, and the answer to it may depend to a large extent on whether or not the "Shanghi spirit" can be disâ€" sipated.â€"Living Age. G. Bernard Shaw‘s opinion is, "Mo#k Bcottish speech is very much more musical and expressive than English, As a matter of fact, ordinary English middleâ€"class speech has almost ccoasod to be speech at all, People drop their vowels and syllables and everything else, and at the present time they just make a nolse. How on earth they make themgelves understood to cach other is dificult to know." Every breach of the laws of bodily health. produces. physical. damage which eventually damages in some way the mental healthâ€"Horbert The irony of the situation is that the very day for which British merchants in China are crying out, when there will be stability in China, will be their day of reckoning. It may be asked, "Why the British?" What about the "ether foreigners in China?" The writer has taken the British as an example, principally beâ€" cause he has seen more of them than of other foreigners in China. There are probably other foreigners in just the same condition as the British and some may even be in worse. _ A contribution to "The New States. man," of London, discussing the reaâ€" sons why the English so detest the Chinese, says there are perhaps two main reasons. The first is the obvioug one that they do not understand them â€"and the ordinary Englishman hates anything he can‘t understand, There probably is no one in the world" with as much pride of race as the Englishâ€" man, except the Chinese, To Chinese eyes the sight of an Englishman rushâ€" ing around a playing field. or, still more, pacing up and down a room while he is thinking, is simply childish, No Chinese will take any unnecessary exercise. To the Englishman the sight of a number of Chinese arguing about some trivial matter at the pitch of their voices is absurd. No Englishman will make on exhibition of himself if he can help it. 4 There are the trivial examples, but they may be taken as representatives of the whole opinion that the British in China and the Chinese have of one another. The Chinese are an exasperâ€" ating people. There are dozens of bigâ€" ger matters on which the two races cannot see alike, and there are charâ€" acteristics in each which drive the other mad, but it would take a whole book to enumarate them. British Dislike of Oriental Is Ascribed to Inability to Fathom Personality. Regard Each Other Thorndike Has Properly Described Ccottish Speech As Absurd People Thing of Beauty That â€"Miss noex in 1 men tm ed t] H 41 W. M. Bir] Britain Dr of thr the 0Us H T} The tion opit ited F last x of as H r up Cene Scottisl Uni Branch 1y wl o ul pre