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{ | O“b( CMOS ‘:'W Sepirin to a Trademark Begistercd io Canade , P C TT WV lulllll‘dl’ Hor they can spare much needless suffering. C SPIRIN 3 Nt + Aspirin can bring such complete gomfort without delay, and without harm; it does not afect the heart, In every package of Aspirin you will find proven directions with _.hicb everyone should be familiar, 3 MOST people rely on ‘Aspirin __~ to mke short work of their freadaches, but did you know it‘s fust as effective in the worse paing from neuralgia or neuritis? Rheuâ€" .natic pains, too. Don‘t suffer when "She did it!" Miss Mattie broke out, between her sobs. "Nan did itâ€"I saw her slip a tabletâ€"" "Hush!" Orville Kert fairly thunâ€" dered at her. "I insist that Miss Rayâ€" nor shall not be allowed to talk. ‘She is beside herself with nervous exciteâ€" ment and is not responsible for what she says." Kent was whitefaced and stern. "Mr. Kent," Fraser said, "you must not defeat the ends of justiceâ€"" l "I don‘t want to," Kent stormed back; "but I refuse to sit here andl BEGIN HERE TODAY The body of Douglas Raynor is found in the early evening on the floor of the sun room at Flower Acres, his Long Island home. Raynor has been shot through the heart. Standing over the dead man, !piltol in hand, is Malâ€" eolm Finley, former sweetheart of Raynor‘s wife, Nancy. Eva Turner, Raynor‘s nurse, stands by the door with her hand on the light switeh. In a moment Nancy appears, whitefaced 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. betective Dobflins in« vestigates. Now an autopsy reveal that Raynor, before meeting death by n bullet, was being systemcyically dosed with arsenic. NOW GO ON wITH THE sTtoRrRyÂ¥ Hower ACCSdies RRECT C D y 0010 00Y ume n P PWP NCY Thle nuu..@.muumm.wh.wd. "SALADA" GENERAL STEEL WARES And when millions like it better it must be so. ‘F mh?l'filllâ€"fllcâ€"‘a-tdemo 23 Branches Across Canada », Quebec City, Montreal (2), Ottawa, Toronto A rRoOouct or TEA t MITEO "Why did you marry him?" "For reasons of my ownâ€"quite apart from affection orâ€"" "A maiter of expediency, then?" "Exactly." Nan seemed pleased with the word. "And loveâ€"Mrs. Raynor?" . "I don‘t know just how to answer that." The beautiful brows knitted. "I assume 1 must answer, however, #o I will say that while there was comradeship and harmony between my husband and myself, there was not what might be called deep affecâ€" tion." F Minard‘s Liniment for sick anlhnll. Mrs. Raynor, ask you for a frank statement of your atiitude toward your late husband." "My attitude?" Nan said, her head held erect and her dark eyes blazing with indignation; "that is a strange question, sir. I can only say that my attitude toward my husband was that of respect, honor and admiraâ€" tion." "The situation is narrowing itself down," Doctor Frascr said slowly. ""While I regret tho necossity, I must, Mrs. Raynor, ask you for a frank statement of your atiitude toward _ *"*Well," said Orville Kent, shortly, *Aget busy then, and find out who it was. But go about it by inquiry and evidence and not by the imbecile method of accusing an entirely unâ€" suspected person!" i "Not at all, Mr. Goddard. The poiâ€" soner is quite as much a‘criminal in intent as the one who fired the pistol, Moreover, it is my theory that they are one and the same. We must adâ€" mit the desire to kill Mr. Raynor on the part of somebody. The situation suggests that this wouldâ€"be murderer tried the poison process, and finding that too slow or too inefficacious reâ€" sorted to the quicker and surer means of shooting." | eiforts and the Raynor did carr tion, that the p« into insignifican of the shooting." "Not at all, M _ Nan looked at her with a sort of dumb gratitude. _ Then Ezra Goddard spoke. _ "It is a strange case," he said; "but I should say, Doctor Fraser, that as the poisoner did not succeed in his efforts and the person who shot Mr. Raynor did carry out his fatal intenâ€" tion, that the poisoning matter sinks‘ into insignificance before the matter l "No," and Mattie Raynur sat bolt upright, and controlled herself suffiâ€" ciently to speak quietly. "No, I acâ€" euse nobody. I spoke impulsively, and I retract anything 1 saidâ€"or sugâ€" gested." _ "There, there, Mr. Kent," Dobbins broke in, "you do harm rather than good to your sister‘s cause by such a violent outburst. Thisâ€" investigation must be made. We must ask quesâ€" tion= of those present, as they are the ones most likely to know the facts, Miss Raynor, ‘do you accuseâ€"" l let my sister be elandered and wickâ€" edly accused by a woman who would willingly perjure herself to eonvict my sister of a crime she is incapable of committing. You have no right, Docâ€" tor Fraser, to listen to the ravings of J a mad womanâ€"" §18 matter _ "‘That‘s neither here nor there. Suy they couldn‘t hit it off together, that‘s no reason for Miss Mattie to make up ‘a falsehood about the g:l:n." ‘ "They may have harmless uzlmâ€"bicubomtc of sodaâ€"" ‘ No, no. The man had a nuyse _ "It isâ€"I grant you that. But you must remember, Miss Raynor is no friend of her brother‘s wifeâ€"they have never been congenialâ€"" \ "Then Finley did it. It rests beâ€" tween the two.‘ And at any rate, she was poisoning him. Why, it‘s an open andâ€"~shut gase. Here‘s the lady, with &n elderly husband, who is unkindâ€" positively cruel to her, and here‘s a younger man, in lo%e with her and she with himâ€"" "Hold on there, Dobbins." "You can‘t deny it. I find that Finâ€" ley was a rejected suitor when she married old Raynorâ€"for his wealth, of course,. Now, she‘s stood two years or thereabouts of the old man, and she just gave out. She couldn‘t put up with him any longer. So, she being a deep sort, takes to ‘a slow poisoning process. Three different people have told me they have seen her slipping little white tablets into the tea cup or wine glass of her husband." "I can‘t believe it!" ' "They said it anyway. The sister is oneâ€"and two other credible witâ€" nesses say the same. Now, you must admit that looks bad. Uglyâ€"that‘s wlp_t it isâ€"the whole case is ugly." _ ISSUE No. 23â€"‘29 "Come and talk to me first," Godâ€" dard said, leading the detective into the library. "Surely you don‘t want to intrude upon Mrs. Raynor just now. You‘re on the wrong track, Dobbins. Mrs, Raynor never shot her husband." "I‘ll tell him so," said Ezra Godâ€" dard, quietly, and he rose and went to meet Dobbins. "I say," declared Kent, "that‘s too bad. Nanâ€"musn‘t be interviewed now. She‘s all in with nervous excitement and fatigue. That detestable Dobbins person can surely wait till tomorâ€" row_." The lamw had stayed the investigaâ€" tion of the tragedy until after the last rites were held for the victim, but even now the sinister figure of the deâ€" tective was seen coming toward them. The funeral of Douglas Raynor had taken place, and the family had gathâ€" ered again on the western terrace for the tea that was daily served there. e â€" CHAPTER VIIL THE SOLE CLEw. The afternoon sun shone brightly on the great beds of blossoms at Flower Acres. "Oh, Nan," she crie® in a wailing tone, "oh, Nancy, why did you do it? I saw youâ€"I saw you drop pellets in Douglas‘ teacupâ€"twice I saw youâ€"" "Did you do that, Mrs. Raynor?" Fraser fired at her, suddenly. "Yesâ€"" faltered Nan, "yes, I did." Goddard looker at her curiously. Why should she be so wrought up over the matter? Why so bitter toâ€" ward Nancy Raynor, and, inferentialâ€" ly, toward Finley? Was she in love with the dead man? Or with Finley?" And then Miss Mattie broke in again, The woman‘s face«gwas almost disâ€" torted by fury. _"That ought to be easy for d detecâ€" tive to dtscover," Miss Turner said, carelessly. - "You are right, Miss Turner bins said; "if you saw the deg artd those two people in the there car be no doubt but th of them fired the fatal shot. question is, which one?" | "I am," she responded, her face white and set, "but you can determine the truth of it for yourself. As the principal witness, as the one who first turned the light on a deed done in the dark, I hold that my testimony is df utmost importance and should be conâ€" sidered first of all." "Keep quiet, Kent," he said, "Miss Turner, you are making a grave stateâ€" ment." Orville Kent turned o her in a fury of passion, but Ezra Goddard laid a restraining hand on his arm. 8i _ _*"Only in the pursuit of her duty. I know that my husband was a faddist as to his diet, and I know that Miss Turner, as well as other dictitians he has employed, did her best to please him." ‘"Meaning that Miss Turner experiâ€" mented on him?" said Fraser quickly. to question Mrs. Raynor. "Had you noticed the ‘symptoms I described as being those of poison?" "I had noticed that my husband did not seem very well, but I ascribed it to the changing diet he was eternâ€" ally trying." 1 "That I cannot tell you. If you can persuade me that it is necessary 1 may do soâ€"but otherwise, I shall not answer that question." Fraser paid no attention to the anger of her brother, but continued ence?" the reason for the expediâ€" Turner," Dobâ€" the dead man in the room, but that one The ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO "All right, Mr. Goddard, if that is the true version of the tablets, then surely Mrs. Raynor can‘t object to explaining it as such. She will have every chance to vindicate herself, and "That sécrecy business may be a mistake. Or mercly a secret from Mr. Raynor, who would have been angry if he had thought his wife was dnsing him.‘ i00king after himâ€"why would the wife administer medicineâ€"and why secretly?" looking after him Ask Your Barberâ€"He Knows FOR THE HAIR PC T: 4 l iA ',_' noal Ts ns t hk oo Nn ce ] h 1 "a ce "\‘i,..[,gg P aad P . o. B 3 e {’fi« ‘%‘ Pss n a ""ta.. e es :W V Ni U i i «& t A â€" \yuwfl" â€"\Kfi‘{i\ after neg®) > We# W Cas Wrigley‘s Spearmint. 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And #o toâ€"day we place those flowers in memory, ’,‘ blossom may remembrance ever keep; We go our way into the dally turmoll, And leave thee, soldier, to thy well earned sleep, We cannot deck thee with a cross of valour, ‘ Wor thou hast risen above the heights of fame; Thy deeds will iive when age decays death‘s pallor, And we will speak, with reverence, thy name. s MHero! who toiled amid the din of fAighting, Who struggled on the bloodâ€"stained, whotâ€"rent fields; For thee the lamp of afterlife was lighting, To these a Nation grateful tribute yilelds. "T‘was thou who held our country‘s fag in glory, Who prondly bore our banner in the strife; And we alone are left to tell the story, The story of a sacrificed life. Sleep! .Soldier, Sleep! The morn has broken, No more the trumpet calls , repose. Upon thy grave with beart{ unspoken We strew the lily and the rose. The style is vigorous, and t competent and interesting. tage appears to have a thoroug of his subject, and to those » interested in the puzzling and development of modern Chi; book can be of considerable v Chinese current history, woven & romance, and written from the y point of the Chinese Natlonalist® a newspaper man who was co pondent in China, Korea and J:; during the period covered. *"Wing Re", by Hin Me Geong (J« Armitage), published by the Mac! lans in Canada, Proie 22.00. A crippled husband, a stou: t ed wife who supports him till he fights his way back to health, and an altrais tic admirer Who helps the lady and still, in his own words, "behaves himâ€" self" weave the story. The )ady afils to tell hep jealous husband about the honorable admirer, and thore are times when the hasband fears the worst. He has his own secret too, and contributes his share to rocking the boat that tips perilously but somehow doesn‘t spill. A marriage is nearly w lives nearly ruined, by i) tion. â€" Thousands of peo; and enjoy this simple m loving bearts and hard iaâ€" devotion and ugly suspic; "Double Live ", by Sincla published by MacMilians, p And so Mr, Lewis begins to and the basic ideatism of hts that hitherto showed up only p ly in bitter criticisim, holds up unashamedly, If be isn‘t bhe‘ll become a prophet like M: and then what will become of The unfolding story is absorbingly Interesting, nd’ft-s conclusion satisfyâ€" ing. One admires and loves the staunch, slightly bewildered but alâ€" ways manly Mr. Dodsworth. If any» thing, he is a little too fine. His se}â€" f h wife is admirably characterized. And throughout, there is a #trong feeling of two people up against !ife, And then the struggle between man and woman develops,. | The strugple of two people who lives have been held parallel only through circumâ€" stance, and each of whom now seeks to go his own way without relingaishâ€" Ing the partner who has become a habit. F _ Dodsworth is an American gen manâ€"a businessman who is an art He would despise George Babbit: most, but not quite, as much as : Lewis â€"does. His automohile c« pany is bought out by a huge sy» cate, and his pretty wife, fortyâ€" ears old to his fifttwo, persuades ) to go abroad for six months, so ti they may live the larger life, Th work is dome, she points out, in ehildren married. They are ; Now they can devote themse‘yes merely living. * And he sitceeds, to some exte» least. So that "Dodsworth" may cidedly be classed amongst his ; books. It is better than the pi "Elmer Gantry"â€"though less yj ousâ€"and decidedly better than "~ trap". For in Dodsworth, this most sip;:. ficant and influential novelist doeg something that he has never done »<. foreâ€"he obviously tries to be "*;;,* â€"â€"to construct characters that : admirable ,as well as pathetic, Somebo¢y must have told Mr. Lew!s that his scathingly critical novel» about American life, are mnfair, that they give the United States a biacy eye abroad, and that they do mot givo a complete picture of the Americs» branch of the human family, *Dodsworth" by Sinclair Lewis, pup. lished by McLeod, price $2.50. BOOK NEW & by Anthur hent" To the Soldier with beart{felt lily and the southern wh ce Ar n of 1 & ma int the AD Us ust hibit Al