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t Hower ACtCSdi Mn m mm mapnninnet nesrui e m We a°~ wCC jJOugI Inal 2 HCsLIOnC UCaIcl, ® % | f trestont TinEsg M by the r suitor, wh lude of h Mrs. Ray ended her age, by st "But ve ing Pm told." "That was a clever stunt of yours, Mr. Finley," and the detective looked 1t him with a sort of grudging adâ€" miration. "I beliove you picked up that pistol, just as you said you didâ€"and, the deed bing, "a enly M unhappy tbried for by admi unhappy with he tried for some t by administering poison. Not suce by the reappear suitor, which, 1 a lude of her husb Mrs. Raynor be afl was being systematically poisoned with enmic. Lionel Raynor, son of Douglas Raynor by first marriage, comes to claim his father‘s estate. Finâ€" ley and Orville Kent are talking when CGoddard and Detective Dobbins apâ€" praach them. "The one most beneâ€" ftted by the death of the victim is Mrs. Raynor," says Dobbins. NOW GO ON wWITH THE STORY. EBEGIN HERE TODAY. PDouglas Raynor is found shot through the heart in the early evening on the floor of the sun room of Flower Acres his Long Island home. Standâ€" img over the deadâ€"man, pistol in hand, im Malcolm Finley, former sweetheart ef Raynor‘s wife, Nancy. Eva Turner Raynor‘s nurse, stands by the light awitch. In a moment Nancy appears, whiteâ€"{aced and terrified. _ Orville Kent, Nancy‘s brother, comes in from the south side of the room. And then Ezra Goddard, friend of Finley; Miss Mattie Raynor‘s sister, and others, enter upon the scene. Detective Dobâ€" bins heads the police investigation. An autopsy reveals that Raynor also "But you accuse me of the shootâ€" g," said Finley. "Only my finger ints were found on the revolver She SHIELDED % ce * C COsc c | IlSALAB All and er bondage, for shooting her t you accuse me id Finley. "O didr y SALADA has the finest SHlavour in the world and it costs only oneâ€"quarter o# a cent a cunpn t succeeding ppearance « "" WWe crpamsa f €53 pearance of her fc , 1 admit, made the husband harder to became desperate ndage, for it was a | ber done, don‘t aynor her h â€" time She *Fresh from the gardens‘ W i that until after ," returned Dobâ€" mean financially â€" was exceedingly husband, she had e to take his life slow, cumulative ing, and urged on ce of her former tted tyrant ne of ict STORY all." sal former the attiâ€" to bear, illy : and bond ald eut ‘"Well, we‘re going to get someâ€" where," declared Dobbins, "and mighty quick, too. I‘ll take up the poisoning business first. We have everything to prove thatâ€"except Mrs. Raynor‘s own confessionâ€"which e can hardly expect." "Oh, shut up, Kent," said Ezra Goddard, impatiently. _ "We know your lovg and loyalty for your sister prompts all this defence of her, but it doesn‘t get us anywhere." C a vase in her bedroom which;“;h;:r-l- analyzed, were found to be arsenic. "Now, now, Mr. Kent, how do you know that? You, yourself, were down on the bridge a good three hundred yards away and you know nothing of the situation except by hearsayâ€"" "Well, there‘s no truth in the stateâ€" ment that my sister shotâ€"" ""What‘s your proof Kent. terrace at the time that shot-was firedâ€"" "Cut it out, Dobbins," said Orille Kent, sternly ; "perhaps you have some reason to suspect my sister of giving tablets of some sort to Mr. Raynor, but you have no evidence to warrant such a suspicion as you are now suggestâ€" ing! My sister was out on the west The astounded, even crestfallen look which Malcolm Finley was not quite quick enough to hide, scemed to corâ€" roborate the opinions of the detecâ€" tive. 1 believe that you had seen who dropâ€" ped itâ€"who fired it, as wellâ€"and, to save her you were quickâ€"witted enough to whip out your handkerchief and polished off all fingerâ€"marks except your own. It was an ingeniou» dodge, and it workedâ€"in that it eliminated the prints of Mrs. Raynor‘s fingers. But you can‘t get ahead of me, Mr. Finleyâ€"I‘m onto your little games." "YOU SAY I WIPED FINGER PRINTS FROM THAT WEAPON. MAY THEY NOT HAVE BEEN THOSE OF THE NURSE*" ff i ‘alt®I *A ?&\w \ \ “\ / B hi‘b\“‘ml ‘ : ‘. ‘ \)%@J‘ l H 90 demanded She had never liked the old man, but at her husband‘s especial comâ€" mand, she had always been courtéous to him. She had never understood the link that bound these two illy assorted natures, but she couldn‘t help seeing there was one. â€" For, occasionally, Gannon would come up to the house and be closeted an hour or so with Raynor, after which episode Raynor would be unusually harsh to Nan. By this she knew that the relations beâ€" tween the two men were not amicable ; for it was always after Raynor had As Nan walked Qonz, her hands clasped behind her, her eyes cast down, she was joined by Grimshaw Gannon. had an unpleasant interview with somebody else, that he vented his irritâ€" ability on his wife. er‘s property, and you don‘t get any. Seg?" __"What do you know about that will, Mr. Gannon?" Nan turned suddenly and fired the question at him so quickâ€" ly that he was decidediy taken aback. Miss Raynor was a weather vane. Now she seemed fond of Nan, and reâ€" sented her suspicions of her, and the next minute she would be voicing the same suspicions herself. w%t%" 4P dn % Yes, he has, and I know i kn_ow he‘s going to take all 13'- fm And so, in accordance with her usual habit, Nan nodded a greeting to Gannon and said a pleasant good morning. I ‘"You know, Mrs. Raynor,‘ he began, abruptly, "I â€"know a lot about your husband." "I suppose so, Mr. Gannon." "He was a hard man, ma‘am, a very hard man." bordered walks, she marveled at the desolate position in which she found herself. Nan‘s big, mournful eyes lifted for a moment to the ruum{o;ace of the man beside her. ‘Lay off the hoityâ€"toity la mr‘am, I‘m plainâ€"spoken myt:if,um I‘ve a pl_ajn word to say." Her brother loved heorâ€"but after all, Orry seemed to her more like a chil3, than a source of help or strength. Malcolm Finley loved herâ€"but just now he was the last one to apply to. "If you have anything to tell me, Mr. Ganfkon, please do so. If not, I prefer not to have my solitude inâ€" truded on." is really innocent, it must come outâ€" if she is guiltyâ€"it must be shown. Justice must be done." "Look here, Mr. Finley, you‘re roâ€" mancing altogether too much. 1 haven‘t time for such balderdash. If you, or anybody else, has any facts to communicate to me, go ahend, but otherwise, I must go on with my proâ€" ceedings against Mrs. Raynor. If she In the meantime, Nan Raynor, at her wits‘ end as to what course to pursue, was walking in the Italian garden. _ As she paced the flowerâ€" nor was giving her husband simple tabletsâ€"soda or somethingâ€"and supâ€" pose some one else, say a disgruntled servantevwas administeri~c the poison. Then wouldn‘t the most likely thing be for the poisoner to ‘plant‘ the poison in a vase in Mrs. Raynor‘s roomâ€"" "Motive is a good deal, but it isn‘t everything," Finley persisted. "Again, as to the tablets. Suppose Mrs. Rayâ€" had "1 haven‘t perjured myself yetâ€" save your advice until I do. But here‘s another thing, Mr. Dobbins. All you say regarding Mrs. Raynor might apply equally to somebody else. As to the shooting, it would be just as logicâ€" al to suspect Miss Turner, say, for she was nearer the spot where Mr. Raynor fell than his wife was. You say I wiped fingerprints from that weapon,. May they not have been those of the nurse?" "Granting all that," Malcoim Finâ€" ley ‘said, "you‘ve no real case against Mrs. Raynor. Douglas Raynor was‘ not killed by poison, he was shot; and, your connection of Mrs. Raynor with that shooting is a figment of your imagination. .I was on the spot wit&in‘ a minute, after the shot was firedâ€"-l| know Mrs. Raynor was out on the west terraceâ€"I will swearâ€"" _ ~‘"Save your perjury until you are ealled on for it, Mr. Finley," . and Dobbins looked at him gravely. _ | Add wo this the symptoms of arsenical poisoning observed in Mr. Raynor for some time before he died, and state if you can, any flaw in my reasoning from these facts that Mrs. Raynor poisoned her husband." She had no motiveâ€" Mrs hat weapon. those of the Raynor Distributor fo: Ontariq NEWToN A. fntt 56 Front St B, _ . . , ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferrec; wrap it carefully) for each number, and uddress your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Tailor (to little girl who has come in and asked for some patterns of cloth)â€""What kind of a suit does your daddy want?" Little Girl (naiveâ€" ly)â€""Oh, he doesn‘t want a suit, misterâ€"he just wants to nail up a creeper!" deep "Oh, I haven‘t any truth to tell that I haven‘t told. J was just sounding youâ€"just trying you out." *‘It isn‘t worth one dollarâ€"in money â€"if that is your meaningâ€"but 1 can tell you, it will be worth all your peace of mind for you to tell me about that will." "Peace of. mindâ€"now, I dunno, ma‘amâ€"that‘s a large order, peace of mind. Does any of us have that, I wonder." ® "You‘ll have‘none from now on, unâ€" less you tell the truth." do you know about that willâ€"that you witnessedâ€"and that you said you didn‘t witness? I am sure you know somethingâ€"" F "Me? Me?â€"" he stammered. "Why I don‘t know nothing, ma‘am." _ "What‘s it worth to you, ma‘am, for me to tell you what I know?" 40c Lunch or Supper a Specialty YONGE ST., Opposite Eaton‘s Hotel Rates: $1 Per Day and Up HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS WHEN IN TORONTO llYm EAT AND® SLEEP AT SCHOLES HOTEL wouldn‘t be flustered if ‘you (To he Eontinued.) eft shoulder with rmonizing green e bodice is longâ€" yoke, and to place kirt low to keep elt shows raised 536 can be had in : treatment apâ€" summery printâ€" tones. It flaunts (t shoulder with mt > ky Quebec Evenement (Cons.): Naval Disarmament may be only a vain hope and the conference set for July in the United States, to which Canada will be invi®ed, will not prevent our powerâ€" ful neighbours from realizing their dream of possessing a great floet, But in consecrating the principle that the seas ought to be free for commerce the British and American â€" Govern ments will have done a great piece of work for the peace of the world. Quebec Action Catholiqgne (Ind.}: The East has become accustomedâ€" as the West will also become in its turnâ€"to â€" consider the Frenchâ€"Canaâ€" dian Catholics as an integral and necessary part of the Canadiar naâ€" tion, as a reality and a beneficial reality. ‘There is no point, therefore, in making too much commotion over what has nappened in Saskatchewan. Aupirip in a Tradematk Registered ip Oanade WHEN a cold or exposure , brings aches and pains that penetrate to your very bones, there 1s always ?(uick relief in Aspirin, Et will make short work of that headache or any little pain, Just as effective in the more serioug suffering from neuralgia, neuritis, rheumatism or lumbago. No ache or pain is ever too decpâ€"seated for Aspirin tablets to relieve, and they don‘t affect the heart, All druggists, with proven directions for various uses which many people have found invaluable in the relief of paing and aches of many kinds,> * CAsPIRIN s10n the _1 enoug and in in be; merei of its La Presse (Ind.): (Towns and cities in England and Wales, most .of them having a population of Jless than 20,000, have commenced town planniag programs affecting an areg of over three ,million acres.) Are we in Canada going to show less sense than this, where we have the advanâ€" tage over the world of working with what is practically new ground, in vast stretches of country with a rela tively small population. In Montreal, several mistakes have already been made, which will not be easily corâ€" rected. And yet, if we ara ready to make the effort, we can still make not merely a good job of it, but a beautiful one as well. For we ought not to forget, and Mr. Blucher, see retary of the City Planning Commisâ€" sion of Detroit, emphasized this at the Winnipeg Congress, it is not enough for a city to acquire territory and importance, it must aim to grow in beauty, so as to reconcile its comâ€" mercial interests with the interests House in Washington, he provoked a regular campaign against himself because he had offcially received" at the presidential residence a negr0 wellâ€"known to the enlightened world of the day, Booker T. Washington, president of the Tuskegee Institute, founded to spread technical instrucâ€" tion among the millions of coloured people of the United States. Now, in the Southérn States, there is an atâ€" tempt to start a new campaign of the same kind against the latest occupant of the White House. Mrs. Hoover, in her capacity as wife of the President, has received the wife of a black depâ€" uty from lllinois, elected to the Amerâ€" ican Congress some months ado, who is living in Washington during the session. The deputies of the State of Florida have convented in their Legisâ€" lature, and officially censured Mrs. Hooverâ€"as if the wife of the Presiâ€" dent had not the right to receive colâ€" oured persons at the White House and as if an American of the black race were not a citizen of the Repubâ€" lic. The only result of the incident will be to show the narrow outlook of some of the people in the South and the good sense of the HMoover family. % Le Devoiirriind.): In the days when Theodore Roosevelt was at the White Minard‘s Liniment for Neuralgia, Phe Torunto Hospital for Incurables in affiliation with Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York City, offers a three years‘ Course 5! Training to young women, having the required education and desirous of becoming nurses, This Mospital has adopted the eightâ€"hour system. The pupilis receive unifofms of the School, a monthly allowance and traveling expenses to and from New York. For further information write the Superintendent. WHEN a Tolerance and Fanaticism NURSES WANTED reedom of the Seas Town Planning The Color Bar rests abro. d ,,,,;- ETTE ,; ECROTUIE] l\.a::f never â€" to â€" enjoyment at Bupire Â¥. m of the Canadian wflumzwmz\ Teacherâ€""In which of his battles was King Gustavus of Sweden glain ?" Pupilâ€""I‘m pretty sure it was his last _ Nephew of Late Czar Becomes Taxi Driver â€"Headâ€"line. _ About the only profession in which czarism still exists.â€"Arkansas Gazette. The Goldman and other famed Bands will be heard; four concerts by the 2,000 Voice Exhibition Chorus; fl:cfimabmvflmgoflmMmCan Minard‘s Liniment for Rheumatism. in two events (Friday, August 23 for women, and Wednesdays A_ugu‘st 28 for men and prize winners z( women‘s 7ra£e$ for the world championship and $50,000 purse. * sitionâ€"a colossal achieve ment where products are exâ€" pibited from the four corners of the earth; here, the greatest international sports program, featuring the FOURTH WRICLEY MARATHON sSwim TORONTO BAKING POWDER fj M Thats the way THE World‘s Annual Expo: STEIMW _ m‘ sn ol ce s Ap a > Aug23»Sept] Empire Year Use Magic Ask Your Rarberâ€"He Lnows FOR THE HAIR ISSUE No. 28â€"‘29 Made in Canade No Alum E. w. GILLETT CO0. LTD, TORonTo, CAN Czar Becomes is a seandle.‘ "Yes;it‘s a pit'y thl; can‘t hush it up!" In lilae time In prose and rhyme I told her of my love sublin‘e Bhe only said in Accents flat â€" *I wish that I cou}d" Forcible Liberal Speakerâ€""JIt canâ€" not be denied there are more armed men in Europe today than there woere in 1914." Member of audienceâ€"*Yes, oneâ€"armed men." R _ A reformer states that if Germany drank nothing but water she could pay what she owes. And if the Allics drank nothing but water they wouldn‘t need to press the debt. And do not be on the go all the time during your holiday. Take some readâ€" ing matter with you and spen i part of the day particularly in the middle of the day, in the shade of the treee, in your hammock, or in an easy chair, or lying on a rug on the ground, Do not dance every night during your holiday and expect to come home rested and refreshed for the balance of the year. For mosquitoes, three things should be rememberedâ€" netting, liguid amâ€" monia, and coal «vil. The netting shuts them out, the liqâ€" uid ammonia, applied properly to the bite, frequently neutralizes the poison and prevents subsequent Itching, and the coal oil, put in a very small quanâ€" tities on top of water in rainâ€"barrcls, little ponds, etc., prevents the mosquiâ€" toes larvae from developing into mo«â€" quitoes. Purthermore, scertain aro matic preparations such as spirits of camphor, menthul and oil of citronelâ€" la, may be applied to cxposed paris of the body to keep these pests away. Insist that your food be protecied from . the filthy, diseaseâ€"spreading houseâ€"fly. C It is well to bear in mind that in order to get the therapeutic benefits it is not absolutely necessary that you be exposed to the direct rays of the mn-â€"tbeu. is the sky shine, or reflectâ€" ed rays from the sky and clouds. On a clear day you may lie or sit on the shady side of the house, with the blue dome above you, and get from oneâ€" third to oneâ€"half of the benefit of the rays of the sun that you would pet by exposing yourself directly to them. Avoid being overly zealous in your efforts to get sunburned. Half an hour at a time is quite as long as any part of the body, not mufimm}n to exâ€" posure, should be subjected to the strong rays of the sun, for the first few Jdavs; thea it will be quite safe to increase the time to an hour, and ofter a fairly good comt c? tan has been developed you are well protect«d against the dangers of sunburn. 1f you do not take these precautions your holiday may be spoiledâ€"painfully. Furthermore, recent revelations as regards the therapeutic value of the chemical rays of the sun have been such as to make one feel that it would be difficult to overâ€"estimate their imâ€" portance. Therefore, we recommend for sma‘ll children the sun suits which can be obtained in any of our stores. These shits only protect the hips and upper part of the thighs and leave the balance of the body exposed te the sun‘s rays. A "The last item is important in the event of a collapse," Athe bulietin adâ€" vises. *"From oneâ€"half to a teaspoonâ€" ful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in a wineâ€"glass of water acts more promptly than whiskey or brandy. It is one of the best stimulants we have." Cuts or bruises should be washed with soap and water and carefully painted with tincture of ijodine. Splinters should be removed with a needle steriâ€" lized by being held for a few minutes in boiling water and th« injured place treated with iodine, Poison ivy irâ€" ritation should be treated with the juice of the jewel weed, a plant growâ€" ing two or four feet high, in marshy places, and possessing a juicy, semtâ€" translucient stem, and with orangeâ€" colored flowers with brown spots. Either strong laundry soap, or fresh limeâ€"water is good substitute. "don‘ts" and "do‘s which the holidayâ€" ing city or townâ€"dweller should observe if his constitution is to stand the strain of the sumrmer restâ€"period. letin" issued by the Canadian Social Hygiene Council, in coâ€"operation with the Department of Public Health of Toronto, there are a number of Don‘t scratch mosquito bites, don‘t pick poison ivy, watch your milk and water supplics and get plenty of sun, but not too much at once, are some of the admonitions. And here is an emergency medical kit that everyone is advised to pack in the suitâ€"case : 3 or4 bandages, 2 or 3 inches wide, % pound of sterilized gause, 1 ounce of absorbent cotton, 1 or 2 ounces of tincture of iodinc, 1 small roll of adhesive ploster about 1 inch wide, 1 ounce of boracic acid, 1 or 2 ounces of bicarbonate of soda, A hot water bottle, 2 ources of aromatic spirits of amâ€" monia. Brunettes Tan Better Than Blondes In According to a special "holiday bulâ€" Fact, Some Blondés Can‘t Acquire a Coat of Tan at Allâ€"a Sad Blow for Many, Since a Tanned Complexion Has Become So Fashionâ€" able That Drugâ€"Stores Now Sell it in Bottles. Jones baby cries