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14 % FE. (fi & m q \\{3% 1e * (aF P 2y j Hower ACGS@ Your Kids â€". _ Need Sugar "All right; we‘ll find ‘em. You seeâ€"I wait a minute, Penny, wasâ€"the crimâ€" Inal one of the house peopleâ€"or not*"* "Yesâ€"I think it was.". . £. t "Then it was efther a man, or a\} woman wearing a man‘s rubbers. Now, he or sheâ€"we‘ll say he, meaning cither sexâ€"he must have» hidden the rubâ€" bers, because he couldn‘t de;g;oy them. You can‘t burn rubbersâ€"tRey make wuch a smellâ€"and you can‘t throw ; them down a wasie pipée. 1 think| they‘re hiddenâ€"they‘se eary to hide, you seeâ€"and if they are, we. oux#t to } find them,. Se,â€"all vight, the.Falls first. and after that alt other possible| __But ‘the most <carefol examinatien ®f‘the Falls failed to disclose a disâ€" «arded pair of rubbers. T * Acurious cat2, Mr..Fimiey," Wise said, in the colloquial tone of one who wddresses a fellow enthugiast. . |: "Where are your clies letMmg you mow, Mr. Wise?" Finley asked. * "Nowhere, for the rewson that. l have few o# no cues. Except for the mew overshee, 1 can find nothing to eall a clue."" ~. . # Jev "You‘re an impertinent young But, Ziz, I‘ve got to find those ber«!" they stood Wise stopped stockâ€"stiM,. â€" "T! there‘s no use going on." * "Oh, come alongâ€"I might be n takenâ€"of course, 1 never am, â€" there has to be a first time." « "And we‘re going to the Zalls to look for the rubb’ts?” $ i "We are." â€" a "Because that‘s the hiding place Mrs. Raynor chose for the morphipe bottles, you think the rubber~ man chose the same hiding place*" "True, oh, Queen." "Wellâ€"take i from me,‘you won‘t find them there." Douglas 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. Standing ever the dead man, pistol in hand, is Malcolm Finley, former sweetheart of Raynor‘s wife, Nancy. Eva Turner, Raynor‘s nurse, stands by the light switch. Then Naney; her brother, Orville Kent; Ezra Goddard, friend of Finley; Miss Mattie, Raynor‘s sister, and others, enter the room. Peaningâ€" ton Wise, a celebrated Jdetective, and Zizi, his girl assistart, are called to take the case out of the hands Q{ Deâ€" tective Dobbins. "Any jury would exâ€" ener e Nancy Raynor if she had shot her husband," Wise tells Zizi, "but I want to prove that she didn‘t." NOW GO ON WITH THEâ€"STORY. "That would be almost as bad, wouhin‘t it?" Wise smiled ruefully,â€" â€" "And so you‘re going to make «up # criminal .to put in their place?" "No, he‘s already made upâ€"he‘s the man who wore the rubbers." It supplies body fuel for the energy that keeps them going and growing. No need to stuff or get fat and tazy, Use WRIGLEY‘S for sugar and flavor, and see how ruddily the boys and girls respond, is ime hew science ot beaith â€" building. Try WRIGLEY‘S yourâ€" selft and stay thin, “SA' s=al i"“’EA .A! 507 .. *Fresh from the gardens‘ BEGIN Try this flavoury bliend when next youorder tea HERE TODAY a DJ them ‘as fiz’( ... The _ two girls seated _ th & nB, > z‘.isz%e, c h sane coadich onecsd Then but §l CHAPTER XVIIT. » _| _ tng man wao wore tus rusrers. +J ‘"Now, Mr, Finley," Wise said, "you i must know that what you suggest is ;impou'zblo. _You certainly know what , |compounding~a felony means, and you are not so ignorant as to think yeu / Leogld phtâ€"suchâ€"a thing over, ci. that I .|should allow it. I think yor speak _|honestly when y8u say you"aré not , |aure whether Mrs. Raynor firedthe , shot or notâ€"and; of course, that lets ; you out. If you‘had reallyâ€".done. it, \your attitude would be very difierent. ,| Also. you must agree that from all the fevidence we can get from the people , l or the scene at the time, it looks as if Jeither you.or Mrs. Rayno: did the [ oh a.;w'u' you outâ€"by the way, . w;:?. you clean woff the pistol so uty . >,; â€" > sB »_ Maleolnx. Kinley looked tr6gbled. Then,‘ "I will: tell you," he said,. "I think 1‘d better be perfectly frank. 1 picked up that pistol.arnd whipped out my handkerchieft and rubbed off any fingerâ€"matks that might be onâ€"it, beâ€" ’cnaae-beeause 1 did think Mrs. Rayâ€" ner had fired it." ® | »"Why.did you think so*" || .. "Because. as 1 entered I saw her going out ofâ€" the opposite doorâ€"just ln Miss Turner said she aid. There is no doubt about itâ€"she was fecing, ;u Miss Turner expressed it, out of that =west door. â€" So 1 assumed she had shot him, and it came to like Pa flash that her fingerprints w:nji‘be off the reyolver, and Iâ€" must zemMove them. . Be_I did. ‘That‘s all,, Now Tiefl you this, for 1 want your‘gdvice. If you think Mrs, Raymor is g&ng to ‘be arrestedâ€"I‘m. going to take steps to get ‘her away... L.tell you frankly, becuuse 1 want your help." _ _‘ Wise stared at him. im i > "My help to get a criminal !w_‘y?” "Yes,"" said~Finley® coolly.?" ‘"You know as wel! as 1 do that she‘t never be convicted, so wly drag through a trial* Why not spirit her.away?" ~~Mr. Finley, you t% 1 propose that we goâ€"you â€" have a little talk ‘il.h{llu.égmr.‘ Have you and she talked franklyâ€"about this matter as yet "1 have tried to," Finley said, 100kâ€" ing troubled, "but M{&'Raynof seems to want to avoid the subjectâ€"" * . "Yesâ€"she would.= Well, 1: think we‘ll have to ask bet to taik." ( The¢ {YO en started toward the heu#, and Zizi drifted off by herself. "She watched the men for a nonent, then, turning, she strolled down to. the bridge and acoss it toward Dolly Fay‘s [honse. C a (~g Alena uon * M i â€"‘*Yes, in your ase." And then Wise became very grave. "You are making this confession, Mr. Finley, to shield Mrs. Raynorâ€"to save ner, if possible, from further suspicion of having kill= ed hor husband, . Answer me truly, ig this 502 N_*’y;!q looked at the detective, and seeing his earnést face, suddenly felt that eardor wat his best po.‘.v. "Yese." he answered. "I do not," Wise returned, "on the contrary you have removed any lingerâ€" Ling doubts I may have had as to your entire innogence." & * "So a confession convinces you of a man‘s innocence, does it?" â€" "Yours is," and Zizi‘s uncontrollable dimples came into play as she openiy grinned at Finley. Fe y in mat‘s inand h ~ _"You ~don‘t believe me?" Finley said, quite taken aback at the way bis confession was received... . . ts .. Zizi had already met that viva¢ious young person, and since seein <the photograph‘of Hersin Kent‘s nos-fia_ d desired another talk with her. °> sgearch. Itâ€"is unnecessary. I will tell you now what I‘m going o tell the police literâ€"1 vonfess to the crime myselfâ€"â€"I shot Douglas Raynor, and I give myself up." , ‘Wise. restrained his smile. "It is most interesting, Mr Finley, how people love to ‘give thomselves up. ‘ It would ‘séem that ‘to confess toâ€"a crime is a positive pastime <of late! If many more confess to this one, we shall have to arrest them in bunches. _ Why are you confessing to it, Mr, Finley?" «â€" x "Your amusement. is decidedly i}â€" ‘"Your amusement. is dec{(o,b i timed, Mr. Wise. I=â€"eannot feel a solemn confession is an occasion for mirth." f * mss IJ |â€" HON. PETER HEENAN â€"~UreYou "All right. â€" Be sure to shut the cases after you." 4 _ ‘"Hello, Grim," cried Dolly, "we‘re going in to see some butterfliesâ€"Zizi wants to see ‘em." _The girls went.into the room where the specimens were, where almost all the rest of Gonnon‘s belongings were also. * "What a mess!" said Zizi. "Yes.. Here are the butterflies." (To be continued.). * "Well, enough to go to his house and"‘ browse aroundâ€"and take. :me?" "Oh, yes. â€" Want to go now?" "Right now." , The girls started at once, and reachâ€" ing Gannon‘s house they fourd that worthy, as usual, sitting on his porch, smoking. M Midnight, and silence of . the infinite spaces ; * ' In glittering legions, rank on rank * arrayed, m The fAixed stars quake and tremble in their places; Orion vivers like the Bear he chases; The Hosts of Heaven are afraid. â€"F. L. Luicas in the London Obsérver. "Oh, yes, very well. ~He teaches me natural history." â€" / a, » "Why, he said, ‘So it is,‘ or ‘Yes, seven,‘ or something like that. What has my watch to do with it?" "Maybe a lotâ€"maybe nothing at all. I say, Dolly, you know that old Ganâ€" non man, don‘t you?" gave thingsâ€"forgive me if I am rudeâ€"but this is important." e "My watch important!" «"Yes. Now tell me, when you did wear it, did it always keep the right time?" *"Yes, that is a good oneâ€"the one in that mauve organdieâ€"though of course. it doesn‘t.show mauve in the pictureâ€"" _ **Yesâ€"where is your watch?" â€" "Busted." s N s # __"I knew it!" Zizi nodded her black head in satisfaction, "I saw from the ‘picture it was one of those cheap your wrist watch?" "Now how did you know I had.one?" "I saw it on your arm in a hotoâ€" graph of youa that Mr. Kent hasâ€"a snapshotâ€"and a good one."â€" _ "You want to help Mrs. Raymnor if you can, don‘t you, Dolly?" she asked. __"Oh, yes, indeedâ€"what can I do? I‘m a born @etective and I‘ve ‘readâ€"" *"Never mind that," Zizi smiled. "but just tell me a few things. Where‘s Self Relrant, A BACKED BY THE WHOLE 14 you are, you‘ll want remain so. 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In a signed article in Field and Stream Mr. Miner paints the crow blacker than we bave ever seen him. ‘The crow, he deâ€" clares, feeds her young on the egge of song, ingectiverous and game birds, :gd when she cannot get enough of these eges »hewill steal the baby. young. ~‘There are many whe do not share the inveterate enmity of Jack Miner to the crow, and there are a few.who would argne with him on the subject. Bwt he has accused, pursued aAnd kept tab on the crow for. many years.and finds evidence against this bird always piling higherâ€"a bad bird that ought to be.destroyed in the inâ€" terests of all the desirable species of native birds. . And some, led by ‘bit €rusade to keep watch on the crow, report that the bird is probab‘y quite as black as be is painted. ' Use Minard‘s Liniment in the Stables. ; ihe Lrow a Criminal Toronto Star (Ind.): â€" When Jack ~â€""COJTACE" The aristocrat of T orlet women; or any suffering for which Aspirin is such an effective antiâ€" easily ‘be checked; neuritis, neuâ€" ralgia; to those pains peculiar to Need le s s Suffering ECASPIRIN ‘Buy ‘Toilet Tissue by name. Ask your dealer the strictest sanitary conâ€" ditions, to the high stan dard of immaculate cleanness and quality that ERpYS puts it on a plane with Here in the acllazlfoo- of humanity, T learn of grit and courage when I see The little cÂ¥rippled newsboy at hbis Don‘t Double Trouble! Why commit bigamy? <It‘s ordinary trouble doubled. + A sightiess fiddler playing near At With such as these belonging, I am proud Â¥ To can myself a member of the crowd. â€"Ray in the Detroit News. Here in equality before my eye I see the rich man and the beggar meet. I try to lift the veil that masks each face, That I may read the hope that spure seome On; Or in a countenance forlorn and wan, The dark despair behind the lageing I love The end You need not hesitate to take Aspirin, It is safe. It is always the same. It never depresses the heart, so. use it as often as needed; but the cause of any pain can be treated only by a doctor. ?dbui-flmn Of people passing h line. g:,::_,,gz,?,_‘;,,,., fille <the «ity | C lanbs Men Are Now at Work Again After Injuries Once Supâ€" posed to be Fata! ; Theâ€" real white magic of toâ€"day operates, not in a darkened room, in the midst of dusty foltos and mysteriâ€" | ous symbols, but under electric light and "Im an atmosphcre of «isinfect» i ants. Its practitioner is the #urâ€" | geon. ht ‘ Perhaps one of the most marvelâ€" lous "things "about the modern ®urâ€" geon is the way in which be bas takâ€" en a . leaf «ont of the book of that other master magician, the: engineer. \Just as the‘ ¢ngiheer will provide spare parts for a motorâ€"car, the surâ€" geon bas tearned to provide «pare parts for mep and women. An interesting case of this sort was made public recently, A young girl came into the surgeon‘s hands requiring a new nose, and bad one â€" ts Oe s ce lsnt Longonâ€"Lord _ Moyniham, presiâ€" dent of the Royal College ef Surâ€" geons, in opening the .radium clinic at: Victoria Hospital, declared that surgery‘s aitack on cancet had reachâ€" ed its limit and it was aqlmost imposâ€" gible to imagine more extensive opâ€" erations, or operations with a greatâ€" er measure Oof technical subcess, than that which atended their sefforts toâ€" dny, ~ f = The® great need was for »research work®* into the origins of ,cancer growth and methods of cure.> The publi¢ ought to ~realize that cancer insofar as it was a \Joal disease and insofar ‘as the surgeon could get it was always curable. in many cases cancer of theâ€"various organs such as the tongue; mouth and breast wetre being tréated with radiam with a success that Agt«some cases far surâ€" passed the best that urgeons could how. â€" But radiam was #uch a. danâ€" gercous remedy and such a powerful agent that unless the most expert supervision was exercised dt was posâ€" gible that more harm than : good would be idone.. se the verdict as just. ‘The trouole. is that the fellow who uses his motor horn in place of a doorâ€"bell arouses a whole meighborhood. It is dificult to tell~for whom the signal is intended, and ‘half a dozen people.make s0ed: less trips to the frontâ€"aloor and ga back in afar from amiable mool. It was Hecessary to have wegard, to the fact that t‘ne person in seven over 30 years age died ofâ€" cancer and that something more must be done. In the last 30 years the genâ€" eral mortality had decreased by 22 per cent., but the cancer death rate had increased by 20 per cent. ~A great deal remained to be done in educating the people to nnderstand the problems and how they could help by fighting alongside the surâ€" â€" Peterboro Examiner: The campaign against . unnecessary nolses launched by | the: Local Council â€" of Women should be accelerated by the fact that a Toronto young man who sat in his car in front of the home of the girl friend and used his automoile horn as m #ignal for her to come outside Tor a ride has been fned $5 and costs, A longâ€"suffering public will applaud :‘He was shot in one of the vital #pots of the brain, Not so very long ago there was no. hope in cases Oof this sortâ€"now there ts at least & chance of recovery. . It took two years‘ treatment to secure his complete recovery, but reâ€" cover he did, and was able toâ€"return to his former work. â€" Another man lived for fifty years after his back had been broken. An amazing case in which a man‘s indomitable will aided by the_doo tors‘ care and cleverness, refled death for many years, was that of a wellâ€" known journalist, formerly the ediâ€" tor of a great British*mewspaper, who died in Australia the other day, He was wounded so severely during the Warâ€"over twenty builets had enterâ€" ed his bodyâ€"tbat he was mever exâ€" pected to survive. But he pulled through, in spite of the fact that, while his gles were still in splints, he spent eight hours in the sea, followâ€" ing the sinking of his ship by a subâ€" be d Surgery‘ Cancer Attack Exhausted .Another injury waich e @Suany written down as necessarty Tatal is a broken back. But this is no longer the case, One man who was sevéerely wounded during the War later began .to wa‘lk in his sleep. Once, doing : this, he fell from his marine Miracles of Healing But the work of the eurgeon does not stop there. » ~In many Cases he Bas succeeded in saving a man‘s life after he bad received an injury of a kind supposed to be fatal, There is ene London solicitor with a good practice whose interest in the law courts would have stopped suddenly a good many years ago had it not been for the amazing resources the modern healer commande. Great Need Now for Research Work, Says Lord Moyntham girl came into the surgeon‘s hands requiring a new nose, and bad one built up by meaks of a graft of cartilâ€" age and skin. . When she went back to school the change was 80 complete that her gymnasiom mistress falled to recognize her and asked who the new girl was. . érely wounded during the War r began .to walk in his sleep. ce, Going this, he fell from his room . window and broke his it en which 4e @sually WNove~ eople 6, 30â€"3