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‘Fresh from the gardens‘ rm ‘ ( e # J & 1 ’) f â€"~ > ~*+ ~ MIIIS MOST wovle sety on Aspirin to make short work of their Beadaches, but did you know it‘s fjust as effective in the worse pains Krom neuralgia or neuritis? Rheuâ€" amatic paing, too. Don‘t suffer when Aspirin can bring such complete eomfort without delay, and without harm; it does rnot affect the heart. Un every package of Aspirin you will find proven directions with which everyone should be familiar, Â¥or they can spare much needless aepirip « s Prademark Aegintered ip Oanad+ J8°UFE No 41â€"‘29 CCASPIRIN He searcely noticed his caliers‘ farewells, and they left him drowsing ever his old pipe "I want to give myself up," he said, speaking steadily, but with a nervous twitching of his long fingers "I willed my brotherâ€"inâ€"law, Douglas Rayâ€" Wise gave a quick glance at Zizi. "Mr. Kert," he said kindly, "1 know you think this gacrifice of yourrelf for your sister is a right thing to do. And Grim Gannon leaned back in hi« ehair as if he had now settled the affairs of the universe. Crossing the lawns they met Orâ€" ville Kent coming toward them. "I‘m not sure," said Gannon. "H he does,â€"she has told him lately, for she has tried to keep it from him all along. No, 1 don‘t think he knows anything about it at all But, of «ourse, he knows of the terrible life his sister led with her husband and it has made hi sad and il} Orville Kent is a queer 1m.an, but he has a sound heart and a deep affection for his sister. She has cared for him like a mother all his life. "Does her brotherâ€"does know?" Zizi asked BEGIN HERE TODAY Douglas Raynor is found shot through the heart in the early evening on the cor of the sun room of Flower Acres, bis Long Island home. Standâ€" ing over the dead man, pistol in hand, is Malcolm Finley, former sweetheart of Raynor‘s wife, Nancy. Eva Turner, Raynor‘s nurse, sftands by the light switch. Then Nancy; her brcther, Orville Kent; Ezra Goddard, friend of Finley; Miss Mattie, Raynor‘s sgister, and others, enter the room. Lionel Raynor, son of Douglas Raynor by first marriage, comes to claam his fathor‘s estate. Nurse Turner conâ€" fesses to attempting to peison Douglas Raynor for revenze. . Pennington f Wise, a celebrated detective, and his girl assistant, Zizi, are called to take the case out of the hands of Detective Dobbins. . Grimshaw . Gannop tells Wise that Nancy married songlss Raynor because she wrongly thought she could save her ailing father from a forgery charge, NOW GO ON wWITH THE STORY, "I‘m ‘nclined to think so, too," sai Pennington Wise, gravely©> "All this puts a new light on it The fearfal truth coming home toâ€"her, the imposs)â€" bility. of living with that man aftor she had learned of his perfidy, and lhep the added agony of seeing again the man whom she must have loved before her marriageâ€"whom she sureâ€" ly loves nowâ€"oh, what other theory is 539 U Every careful housewife knows it is the best. 0A T A n AJ! SALADA ue ~> . After Kent had made his sudden and Ampulsive confession and Wise had asked for 24 hours‘ further search, the detective was a very busy man. It was this that Wise was studying â€"although he had long ago agreed that it was merely the impression of the right side of the right shoe worn by some one who had entered the room at some time. "Or herself," amended Lionel. "I tell you, Mr. Wise, a soon as you get away from the one who is most conâ€" eerned, the most interested in the abâ€" sence of my father, you get away from the truth." & i Wise looked up at Lionel Raynor‘s gbaff, and smiled a little. f "It‘s never too late for clews," he eald, "and this print is such a good one 1 hate not to utilize it To me it is exceedingly. indicative, and& I am pretty nearly ready to state it was left here by the murderer himself."> ‘This overshoe is of too large a #ize for the one you have in mind," said _~*Nonsonse! ~It is just the thing & clever woman would doâ€"y#t on large shoes of a man, over her Mitle And so, later that evening, he was going over the sun parlor floor again. { Wise was not at alt surprised when Kent assumed the burden of the guilt. He held that there are some natures not onl capable of a great sacrifice for a loved one, but who really glory in K. It is the stuff of which the early martyrs were made. Orville Kent pozzled Wise. The young man was so moody, as well as physicaÂ¥y upset that Wise was interâ€" ested in him aside from the matter in hand. Kent‘s strongest trai , so it ’mmed to Wiseâ€"was his a&eeflon for his sister. He worshipped her with a dumb, dogâ€"like devotion, often evident in his glances at her, while he said no word. _ As to the inheritance he was jauntâ€" ily confident in his present ownership of the whole éstate, and reserved any discussion of Nan‘s rights or claims until the, matter of the murder should be settled, one way or another. acceptable to the family, He had quite won the heart of Miss Mattle, he got on well with the mén, and except for Nan, he was friendly all round. But he was so positive that it was Nan who Shot his father that no argaments could change his opinion. â€" "A little late for clews, isn‘t it, Mr. Detective?" Lionel Rayner said, in a tone more jovial than sareastie. Young Raynor, though not"liked at first, had gradvally made himseH more Pennington Wise was in the sun parlor studying the room once more. "Take your 24 hours, Mr. Wise," said Kent, slowly. "THEN LET US ASSUME YOUR STORY 18 TRUE. WHY DID YOU KILL YOUR BROTHERâ€"INâ€"LAW?" Il appreciate the love and affeetion that it shows to have you willing to lu\h even crime on your shoulders to lift it from hers. 1 know how black \tbe case is against herâ€"1 know how you have tried to devise some means of getting hber freed from suspicion. And I know that now, when you can‘t help seeing that the net is tightening round herâ€"the last deubts of her guilt vanishingâ€"1 know that in your utter desperation you have concluded to avow the crime yourself and take her punishment. But, Mr. Kent, this is not so easy a matter to accomplish as it seems to you, and I‘m going to adâ€" vise you against your plan. I‘m going to ask you to give me 24 hours at least to find out the real truth." f CHAPTER XVI 701 Traveller (as train is about to leave) â€"Have 1 time to go to the gate and say goodâ€"bye to my wife â€"Guardâ€" Cawn‘t tell, sir. Deponds on ‘ow long you‘ve been married, siz. _ Angry Poet: Allright, don‘t print my stuff! My poetry will be read long after my contemporaries are forâ€" gotten!â€" Weary Editor: Come and see me then. _ "Do you mean that?" Orry looked up eagerly. "Do you mean my stster can‘t be convicted if she is innocent? Can‘t she be wrongly suspested andâ€"" "She is suspected, of course. And there is a strong tendency on the part of gome to suspect an outsiderâ€"on account of the print of the overshoe." (To be continued.) ‘"Then she didn‘t do itâ€"then she can‘t be convicted of itâ€"thenâ€"then, Mr. Kent, why do you take the blame and pretend to a crime you never comâ€" mitted?" "Oh, she didn‘tâ€"she never couldâ€" I tell you, Mr. Wi®e,my sister is inâ€" capable of such a deed!" _ "Oh, it was much worse of late. He wasâ€"he was brutal to herâ€"" "Yesâ€"1 knowâ€"but that equally exâ€" plains why she should kill him." ing that your story is true. Why did you kill your brotherâ€"inâ€"law"" _ "Becauseâ€"because he made my sisâ€" ter‘s life a burden." "No, noâ€"" Orry‘s fingers were working pervously. "Wel, then, let as Start byassum« ‘‘Now, just a few words as to your somewhat startling statement, Mr. Kent," Wise began. "I shall start out by saying that 1 don‘t believe you shot your brotherâ€"inâ€"law, and that I do believe you claimed that youâ€"did, in order to Hift suspicion from your gisâ€" ter. It is better to tell me the deâ€" tails, than to rehearge them to the policeâ€"though if you prefer thatâ€"" She took up a photograph, and Kent‘s eyes smiled as he said: "That‘s Dolly Fay, a neighbor, and a harumâ€" secarum. . That‘s only an enlarged snapshot, but it shows her at her best." "Thank you," and Zizi slid toward the chair indicated. . "Oh!" she cried, pausing en route, "what a dear face‘ Who is it?" Kexnt received them in his sitting roomâ€"which was more like a studio, not a working studio, but the room of an art lover and dilettante. "Come in," he said, gravely. "You want to see me? Take a seat, Miss ZLizi." These were two sunny, pleasant rooms on the south side of the house. â€"if he i guilt, he "Come with me, Zizi, to talk with Kent. And watch him. You know when anybody is making up a yarn, if you pretend to believe him, he will go on and elaborate his failsification until he defeats his own ends. Now, Kent i# putting up a confession to save his sister. If we can persuade him that his sister is in no danger, he will doubtless retract, but I propese to let him think she is strongly suspected, and see him insist on his own guilt. 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Her father, Sir John Macâ€" Leavy Brown, was aâ€"customs commisâ€" gioner to the old Corean government. ‘he treasures were packed, labeled and hidden in an undergreund vault in the old guard‘s quarters when he left _“'..l upon Japan‘s annexation of the Tokioâ€"Five hundred thousand yon and sevexty trunks full of jewels and antiques were the treasures for an heiress, in a veritable fairy tale, the :‘l':t l&m of which was enacted at old guard‘s quarters near the great Seidaimon Gate of ancient Seoul, the Corean capital London Woman to Get Jewels Hidden by Father in For the present Empress Zandit has no idea of retiring. She finds ber greatest amusoement in mowring mlong roads, recently onstructod, which, it is said, the regont king con stiucted exprosely for the purpose of keeping her interested and away from political intrigues, leaving him a free hand in governing the country This is not the first time that the empress has been the victim of court . Intrigute. _ After the death 0f Moneâ€" ‘lik, the great emperor, who converted the six. independent kingdome | of ‘Abyssinia into a pcoweriul state, his â€"widow Taitu, was driven into retire ment.. Lej Yasu, bis grandson, was prociaimed king. Me misgovernod for nine years when Zauditi was proâ€" claimed empress, Court intrigue bad prevented her succeesing to ber fathâ€" er‘s heritage ,and even hfter her coro nation they plotted for her overthrow This rumor is another effort on their part to drive ber from publi« life. In .Abyssinia the rumor had been circulated that she was going t« enter a Catholic convent .and thus break away from the faith cf her fathers. This was an effort on the _part of her enemies to weaken tho little influence which she still hbolds in her 0 /n country. To Give King Free Hand Heér friends say that for the good of the country she is determined to give the king; Werâ€"cousin, a free hand in completing the modern policy which Le started when Abyssinia entered the League of Nations. That body in Beptember, 1923, imposed certain ©conditions, including the abolition of slavery and prohibition of the trafic in arms, in éxchange ftor a guaranty that Abyssinia would retain its inâ€" dependence from fovreign o ntrol, leayâ€" ing the government free to grant such concessions as will nnprove the ecenomic and commercial developâ€" ment of Abyssinia without hindering the internal reforms which Ras Taâ€" farl has planned. Deferred Fortune The Catholic Missions, on the other hand, â€" feunded trade achools where the mnatives are taught to use their hands skilfully. _ Both Ras Tafari and the empress appreciated this work, and gave .evidence of their interost, Ras Tafari, a modern in his ideas, considers it better to give conces. wions to foreign companies than have the country remain undeveloped com mercially. Court circles now aceuse the emâ€" press of favoring Catholic missions, which have done much toward educatâ€" ing the people, who up to the time of their coming were illiterate Fow could even read or write. Th&®CQ ptio priesthood encouraged this condition, as their power over the masees was greater. Ras Tafari now and then finds the empress a little difficult, . As a gon, eral rule she leaves most of the &ovâ€" erning to him, but when a measure for bettering industrial conditions is to be considered she strives to keep him from breaking too far away from the traditions which the Copts conâ€" sider so essential even in the twonâ€" tieth century. to a euvut.: pase ber life in sonâ€" templation yer, are canard ‘ ‘There is no doubt that If this were truge it would «implify thinge for the Regent King Ras Tafari, whom reâ€" Higiouns circles in Addis Abeba con. sider with suspicion owlag to his modern ideas. The Empress Zaudiyj sometimes listens to the Copts, who warn her against the king‘s policy of favoring foreign exploitation of th« country. $ * Rome.â€"News comes from Abys=‘;), that reports, recently eifculated, tha; Empress Zauditi In“uod lifl_AWimdruw press Balked in Effort to Force Her to Retire Religious Issues Raised Queen Proves Difficulit Victim of Intrigue of Emâ€" Hf and the pric Bible Lord » ditd th 39; 28 the wi that G. 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