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"Don't speak-oh, don't speak. . ."' ter replied; and I imal Me began pacing up and down, while fright in his eyes- "m Indiana and Heath watched him in for in early lunch." gate amazement. "Yes-res; that "Then take us at on would be it," he murmured to himself. Dillard." "The time is right . . . it all fits. . ." "l'rn sorry. sir," P Me swung about. and going to "but the professor is Nathan seized his arm. [went to the Public Lib. "Come-quickly! It's, our only "Are you alone here Vince lifted his head: there was a bot of startled horror on his face. after having been seen talking with a! "l may be wrong, but we will have Itrnnge man. . . ." , to risk it. If we wait to see whether "What's going on in your mind ?" the pnpers get a note, it'll be too late. demanded Markham sharply. "Fifi not supposed to know yet; and Vance appeared not to have heard thath our one Chance. . . ." the (nation. I "What do you expect to flml?'r "Why should her father appeal to Markham', tone Wttt5 husky and tt lit.. you?" I tle uncertain. "I've known Moifat slightly for Vance shook his head desponJently. 'ears-he was at one time 'i'iiL'ul'il "Oh, I don't know, But it'll be with the city administration. He'sitsornethine devilish." l frantie-rrturping at every strum, When the car drew up with a lurch The proximity of the affair to the in front of the Dillard house Vance' lishop murders has made him morbid-l learn out and ran up the steps ahead' tr apprehensive. . . . . But see harm.“ Wh Pyne answered his insistent" Vance; we didn't come here to dishingl ring. , the Moffat child', disappearance. . fil "Where's Mr. Arnesson?" ho rlc-' "I've seen the child." Vance rose aad stood, hands in pockets, gazing down " the floor. "An adorable lit- tie creature . . . golden curls. She brought a handful of flower, for Druhher the morning of his funeral. . . . And now she an: disappeared after having been seen talking with a “range man. . . ." 1 "Yer!" Markham an! up 1 Jules straighter. "Her father mentionol that she often went to parties " his house. . . ." "Very well." Markham nequiesced. "A five-year-old girl named Madeleine Moffat was playing with a group of children at about half past five Ian evening. She crawled up on I high mound near the retaining wall. and a little later. when her governess went to get her, thinking she had descended the other side, the child was nowhere: to be found. The on.) suggestive (not; is that two of the other children say they saw a man talking to her short-iI I, before she disappeared; but, of! course, they can give no description of, him. The police were notified, and. ere investigating, And that's all', there is to the 'ttge so far." I "'Mudeleine,'" Venee repeated the, lune musinttly. “I may, Markham;,; do you know if this child knew DemoI her?" I mound near the retai little later, when her to get her, thinking a] the other side, the ch to be found. The on.) is that two of the ot they saw a man talki I, before she disap course. they can give _ him. The police we no investigating. there is to the use ' " 'Madeleine,' " Van lame musingly. “I noun, him. huh am- In other "ittt "(Me John Ind I Wgttt an mum I your-x Ina; tttrough the tt In" wrung III-mu Anon Vance to and The lollow: CHAPTER XXXVr.--. (Cont'd.) Tm: Bishop Murder Cast If, - “:2; K " _ "s FA. K _ "ty, 3 [.s-'Fai2 'iii'sj,:ii':__i'__,_a:" _,_:_-_:,s.is(Ciic)ca'ti"""! P. 53;, "SAMBA" - __»,._ .... -m.u.....u the use. Prof, Inllnrd, his Mice and has protege Sigurd Arnerrrroo; I'm-ire. . manner. Mrs. Drum-or pr any: Adolph. u cripple. n " convinced Adolph knows rung, but before he tin qua-non e (Adolph) m murdered. The shock Hm Drukkcr. Thrn Parttee Corn- mnnde Markham believes, Pardee rho Blanca but Vance believes tan known in; Park Noun in tow») m mum through the heart. Than " thaw named 8pm.; I. aim: m the top of the head The mur- wnlu notes, Mgr-0d The Bil-how. " Attorney Marhharucanrtin Phtio .- ..... .1“ I Full strength lav Sink om... GILLETT’S IMeh in body and délicate as blossoms in its 'uvomr cleans floors, walls . . . everything in the kitchen _ Guaarrrss Lye “Eats Dtrt" BYNOP.to ‘Fresh from the gardens’ A PHILO VANCE STORY ks them to .0m c there he tell '1Nllll,A, that The . will not come. of BY s, "Where's Mr. Arnesson?" he de- mended. "At the university, air,” the old but- ler replied; and I imagined there was fright in his eyes. "But he'll be home for en early lunch." "Then take us at once to Professor "non the car drew up with a lurch in front of the Dillard house Vance leapt out and ran up the steps ahead of us. Pyne answered his insistent ring. 8. VA! -- . _"-"'"""'- ...v..,. . . fl Markham moved forward in a sort t of daze; and Heath, his eyes bulging, ,! leapt to the door. I have often won- t'dered what went on in their minds " during those few seconds of Vance’s [limportunate urgings. Did they be- r' lieve in his interpretation of the :pi- :' node? Or were ehey merely afraid 'not to investigate, in view of the re- lmote possibility that another hideous i joke had been perpetrated by the. iBishop? Whatever their 'io,',1le,t,itt',','i I or doubts, they accepted the situation l as Vance saw it; and a moment later i we were in the hall, hastening toward , the elevator, At Vance's suggestion' :we picked up Detective Tracy from i the branch office of the Detective Bur-l Inn in the Criminal Courts Building.; , "This athtit is serious," he _iii;ii'i't-'l ied. "Anything may happen." . 'Full strength for the biktbowl "souionurasenerude- We emerged through the Franklin Street entrance, and in a few minutes were on our way uptown in the Dis. trict Attorney', car, breaking speed regulations and ignoring traffie citt- nals. Scarcely n word was spoken on that momentous ride, but as we swung through the tortuous roads of Central Park Vance said: Markham wrenched his arm free from the other', grip. "I won't move from this office, Vance, until you explain." _ Nth, another act in the play-the last act! Oh, take my word for it." There was a look in Vance’s eyes I had never seen before. "1t's 'Little Miss, Muffet’ now. The name isn't identical, but that doetm't matter. It's near enough for the Bishop's jest; he'll explain it all to the press. He probably beckoned the child to the) tuffet, and sat down beside her. And now she's, gen V-frightened away. . ."l u»-I_LA - chance-we ean't wait another min- ute." He fairly dragged Markham to his feet and led him toward the door. "I've been fearing something like this all week--.." N DINE sorry, sir," Pyng told him; donor is also out. m) Pyblie, Library-" CHAPTER XXXVIr, my "' After, mom, he marked, tion. an s mession over his free, i Vance, freeing himself from Mack. ham's hold, ran stumbling up tie !steps with the rest of us at his heels. There was no light in the attic, and we paused for a moment at the head 'of ‘he stairs to accustom our eyes to the darkness. Then Vance struck a, match and, groping forward, sent up; the window shade with a clatter. The‘ sunlight poured in, revealing a small room, marcelv 'en feet aquare, clut- tered w'th all manner of discarded odds and ends. The atmosphere was heavy and stifling and a thick coating of dust lay over everything. Vance looked quickly about him, and ii Markham rushed forward and l caught him round the shoulders I "Are you mad?" he exclaimed. . "You're breaking the law." l "The law!" There was scathing I irony in Vance’s retort. "We're deal- ing with a monster who sneers at all: ,' law. You may coddle him if you care i to, but Pm going to search that attic _if it means spending the rest of my ' life in jail. Sergeant, open that door!" l Again I experienced a thrill of Elk-4 ,ing for Heath. Without a mcrnenysl. Ihesitation he poised himself on his [toes and sent his shoulders crashing l against the door's panel just above the !knob. There was a splintering of "irc, as the lock’s bolt tore through, Ethe moulting, The door swung "l f ward. "Th o Gradually we worked our way up- l ward through the house. The library 3 and Arnesson's room were gone over carefully; Belle Dillard's apartment was scrutinized, and close attention was given to the unused rooms on the y third floor. Even the servant’s quar- 'ters on the fourth fioor were over- ' hauled. But nothing suspicious was /yyfrtl Though Vance suppress- 't ed his eagerness I could tell what a i' nervous strain he was under by the ttireless haste with which he pushed the search. I Eventually we came to a locked door at the rear of the upper hall. I "Where does that lead?" Vance ask.. I ed Pyne. I "To a little attic room, sir. But it'e never used--" . "Unlock it." ' The man fumbled for several mo- i ments with his bunch of keys. I "I don't seem to find the key, girl It's supposed to be here. . ' ." _ l "When did you have it last?" ' "I couldn't say, sir. To my knowl»i edge no one's been in the attic for. years." Vance stepped back and crouched. "Stand aside, Pyne.” When the butler had moved out of the way Vance hurled himself against the door with terrific force. There was a creaking and straining of wood.' but the lrsck held. "You bet your sweet life!" " never liked Heath as much as at that mo- ment.) The search was begun in the base- ment. Every hallway, every closet, every cupboard and waste space was inspected. Pyne, completely cowed by Heath's vindictiveness, acted as guide. He brought keys and opened doors for us, and even suggested places we might overwise have overlooked. Tle Sergeant had thrown himself into the hunt with energy, though I am sure he had only a vague idea as to its ttl ject Markham followed us disap- trovingly; but he, too, had been caught in the wow of Vance’s dy- namic purposefulness; and he must have realized that Vance had some tremendous justification for his rash conduct. m.- Markham came forward. "But, Vance, we can't do that!" Vance wheeled round. "I'm not interested in what you Jan do or can't do. Pm going to search this home. . . . Sergeant, are you with me?" There was a strange look on his face. "Yes, sir. Beedle’a gone to market." "So much the better." Vance took hold of the butler and turned him to. ward the rear stairs. "We're going to search the house. 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'Attid "aiiii'iii'vks TORONTO inch, newer the Portcullis: softly, unmet. placed on the wall; Let shadows ot quiet Ind silence on I all my palace (all; Soltly draw my curtain, let the world labor and weep, Mr soul is are environed try the walk of my chamber " no». I Lower the Like the tar-on murmur ot forest- come the turbulent echoes ot town. And the wrangling tongues about me have new no powor to keep Mr soul from the solace exceeding the blessed Nirvana of sleep. l Like the And I in my Castle of Silence, in chamber ot sleep lie down. 1 AL- ‘t - - ' Here lies the Princess sleeping in the l palace, solemn and mu, And Knight and countess slumber; and even the noisy rill That ttowed by the ancient tower has passed on its way to the not, I And the deer are asleep in the forest,; and the hirds are asleep in the! tree. Here “es the I have a Castle of Silence, blanked by a lofty keep, And acress the drawbrldge lieth the lovely chamber of sleep; Its walls are draped with legends woven in threads ot gold, Legends beloved in dreamland, In the tranquil days ot old. I Back we headed tor the freighter !and as we passed I dropped a note Ion her decks. "Ship on fire. No ilifeboats. Hurry." 1 But the captain of the freighter Ineeded no warning. Steam up, he drove his ship with all possible trpeed. Meanwhile, we circled around iand waited, for the water was now .too rough to aligh.. The stem ot the little ship now be. gan to blaze brightly and the pan- sengers turned like a mob of tight. ing madman. pushing and shoving to get away. Here, the value ot die. Jripline and training Showed up-tor in contrast to the frenzied rust. ot the passengers, the ships officers re. mained cool pnd collocléd. Fire at sea is a beautiful sight and a dreadful one too. In some way it is like a fire in the country. Unless someone catches it at first, It it, al- most impossible to put it out, and all you «n do is to stand by and watch it burn. V i "V v -, . ... a v clouds of heavy white smoke drifted up from the decks. Then, to our dismay, we noticed that the pirates, had out every life boat loose before they fied trom the ship. thus taking away the crew's only means ot ea. cape. What can. bolero: Captain Jimmy sees a Chinese pirate Junk trying to sink another ship and goes to the rescue In his plan-. He swoops down in a. sur- prise attack and leave: the Junk in tlr disabled condition, The last we saw ot her, she tseeend ed to be half full ot water. Whether she ever made the shore ot China, in the stittening breeze, is doubtful. Meanwhile, we circled back toward the little ship. Something white and THE CHAMBER or SLEEP . I . 1 Bomb»: Binoculars Mama Ml'k The health-giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. . . Pound and Half Pound tins " your grocers. ""'------., We ADVENTURES (f t'yflfleitt'y, andhia Dog'scomn- As we circled over the doomed ' e a a e l, I a r tr e dense rose from her decks. Smoke! Then a tlagh of red fiame. Sure enough-thoe vil. liana had set her afire. I" I once illustrated the act of teith byI the experience ot e friend who wee| in an upper room of . hotel et night' when the building took tire.. He eelsed I the escape rope that was In hie room,I swung out ot the window, end lower.' ed himself in safety to the tttyt/ ‘He had a good opinion of that rope during the day when he eew it coiled up by his bedside, but it wee only In opinion; when he believed on the rope. and trustedhimeelt tothemsm, it sued " I“...T. L. tharur " h I _ Yet it In just this h sympathetic welcome u nuances which makes a ot the sweetness tad life. Like other tlcultl cultivated; he who hm acquire It and he who I crease It. Byron has said, "All who joy would 'win must thare it--happinem, was born a twin." This implies the readi. ‘ness to accept on the one hand as much as the desire to bestow on the other. The ability and willingness to impart happiness are always deemed worthy of honor, but the power Ind desire to participote in it ore seldom considered of much mnIMI----- ed photo free Note: an; ot our youm writing to "Captain Jmmy", Bldg., Toronto, will receive . - â€"-â€"â€" -v ---9- at the funny picture ot all those Chinese scrambling "my to escupe getting drowned by Chung 3nd his hose. the sailor let go, the hose be. came al i v e. C h u n g, didn't dare let go for (s, fear it would tty u' up and hit him $12} . -and he simply couldn't steer it, Scottie and I rushed forward to help Chung and despite the MTiOUS»b nest,' of the situation, we had to laught The first sight that greeted our eyes Chung-hanging on tor dear lite to the nozzle of a tire hose, with o big Filipino sailor helping him. Just then, one of the ship's oNcert, called the sailor who went away and left only Chung to handle the hose. Those high pressure hose will wig. gle and squirm like snakes and it takes two strong men to control them. You can guess what hip " ' pened. Once Meanwhile, we spotted tt patch ot nice smooth water to the lee ot the freighter and quickly alighted. In a few minutes the derrick swung us up to the deck and we rushed tor. ward to help in the rescue. was taking the passengers " V8111 none too soon for the little ship was fast becoming a raging furnace. For a few minutes We could not understand his Nan, then it became clear. He swung his bow around and made it last to the bow or the burning ship In a minute more he Meanwhile, the freighter drew near, the cpatain manoeuvreing his ship so it would npproach from the windward ot the burning boat. The wind would then be driving the smoke away from the freighter. (To be continued.) of much conaiiiiii. I just this hospital. other punutiel,"fi SHARING JOY said, "All who Joy would share it-ttaroinem, was " This implies the readi. ept on the one hand " [ desire to bestow on the nblllty and willingness to Truuting Who his '1: Ie who has our mung readers in Jmmy", 2010 Star to m glad In: tt km Portion 1httopinetrs ot it " sign In- much; “when or “In an m Mohncy. not among the Drier; to home empty handed ---e ,.....c-w and tor about " hour the urge halt, where tho event took place. was tuled with tho hum of the tittr sewing machines. The drum were Afterwnm worn " unthin- nnd told in an motion, to that mo those competitors who wen not gunm- oL- --. _ -. _ Three-quarters ot an hour for new. ing I complete dress is certainly worth being registered on A new to cord. Thu speed wu named by the winner ot n dressmnkern' competition In Berlin recently. Halt n hundred "dictum: had pantered and tor shout an hour en. un- L" In a comparatively few yea ever, tortoise: of more than of In are known to be Ii some of these have been n colder climates only to die. _ That the age of tortoises cannot. I always be told accurately by the l ridges on their shells has now been 1 ascertained through the study of sev- i eral Galapagos tortoises brought over l to this country several years ago. 1 They were sent to several different station where the rates of growth were {Eund to differ, each depending on the climate and treatment. Where the age of the tortoise is known up to twenty years the lidges or serrations agree with the number of years But in greater ages the ridges tend to auto ten out and to become illegible. Thus, it is said that there giant Galapagoa tortoises are not neceaaarily extremely old merely because they are so large and have a large number of ridges; for the rate of growth thou: that they are capable of reaching a great also in a comparatively few yearn. Bow. ever, tortoiaea of more than 160 yearn ofinrs,v.c..irC"l, ... Deann- n the mount Inn-LI-.. - A 300 The glass is prepared by being melt- led in I furnace and passed through ‘hoies tram which it is spun in thte silky threads ot about one-thousandth ot an inch in diameter. The strand- cling together, giving the appearance ot a delicate veil. in preparation tor use, it is made into sheets, strip. and mattresses, each form having its own application and uses. The strips are built up in spirals over pipes as they Are hid in position, without having to wait until they are heated, as in we Hons processen. l The first factory in the United King- idorn for the manufacture of "glass Isilk" (also known as glass wool end ,spun glass) has begun production In ,Glnsgow, Scotland, according "to a re- lcent leper: issued by the Department L'rt Commerce. Although glass wool has been made tor a number or yearn on the European Continent. this, in tho that attempt at commercial production in England. The new factory is pro- ‘ducing glass wool primarily tor heat. (insulntlon used in ships. locomotives and englne rooms. rain and wind have been grown ex- rerimentally " Cambridge. The pop- ulnr varieties now most grown have stalks too weak for straw, so they cannot stand the rain. Spun Glass Now Being _M§nufnctmed in Scotland Ot the 159820 babies born in Eng- land and Wales in the first three months of this yen, 81,88}, or more than half, were boys. tor consumed fn ihe United Knga-J is blended. No .00] man has applied for the post of tomt-erier to advertise the jubilee celebrations of Southgate, N., .--but an outside npplicnnt claims to have I voice that can be heard seven miles away. During 1980 more than I billio- pussenger journeys were made by rail in Brit..in. This number is equal to 80 Journeys fer wery man, woman and child in the country. Mrs. John King and he: little daughter had an attack of near hys- teria when I cow entered their Lem. " Hull, England, climbed the stairs and eocnered .hem in a bedroom. Tho cow was eventually driven out by a rescue party, The "missing link," a skull dug " by Prof. Raymond Dert in 1925, m on its way back to South Africa utter having disappeared in London. Mrs. but left the indent relic in a taxicab and the driver gladly turned it over to the police. The London Fishing Board has granted In. Rachel Jones, M, vermin- Iion to use a tith trap that had been used by her family for 300 years, al.. though tuh traps are forbidden by law. Emutiom on the site of the new no"! Bank of Canada in London have resulted in the discovery of an 1,800- yéur-old jig-kw puzzle in a Roman pavement. Oats which will About twenty per cent. of the but. Briefs From Britain sun lorm having its on 1nd uses. The strips are spiral: over pipes as they position, without having to )5... -.-- . . - of T ma, according fo I re- ted by the Department Although glass wool tor a number or years a Continent, this, is tho commercial production no new inctory is pro- Joi primarily tor heat. in ships, locomotive. Ire than 150 yen. to be living, and Winner. did no; trtayd up to heavy removed to " H, Natives