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tÂ¥ "Oh, nothing," he said evasively; "and now I think we‘ll go to bed. In the morning I shall take the first train *o London and make one or two calls. But Whittle turned the question aside. graver "No She told me nothing beyond the fact that he was weak, and that he had extraordinary ability in his‘ workâ€"then we reached the convent, and I hadn‘t a chance to ask her aryâ€"| Thing ce | "A pity. If she had said exactly, what work her father did, the rest might have been easy. She didn‘t dropf even the slightest hint, I suppose, that he was an engraver?" l "An engraver? No,. Why an enâ€"; "At the moment, I haven‘t the least,' ldea. But it‘s something big. Of that | you can be certain. Did the girl say | what her father did? What his parâ€" ticular line was?" | "What do you think is at the back of this, Whittle?" "He referred to her in a manner that led me to think she was the head of the whole business." ‘Good enough." It was now Crane‘s turn to ask questions. "Not so very. If you‘d been in the crime racket as long as 1 have, you‘d know that theve‘re a Jamned sight funnier things than that happening every day of the week. Now, let‘s get back to this woman called The Empâ€" ress. You say Stev>isson mentioned ber to you. In what connection?" "Furny he should have picked on my name, !hough.fi"r answered Philip, "His real name is Birchall Philip Crane is merely the name he‘s workâ€" ing under at the moment. You might like to know that." He rescues Margery Ferguson and takes her to a convent. He then goes to H&ndlinf in Kent to rescue her father. Meanwhile, Charles Whittle, an Ameriâ€" can detective, is trailing a band of forgâ€" ers. By close confinement The Empress hopes to bend Ferguson‘s will to her own. Philip Crane arrives at Mrs. Hamâ€" bl¢‘s Inn and while roconnoltrln;. comes to blows with Whittle. Crane foolishly attempts to enter The White House. Hel is rescued by Whittle and they return to the Inn. | When Philip Crane, a young aeroplane designer, arrives in London on a noliday, through a coincidence of like names, he is taken for the crook Crane, who is a tool of a band ruled by a mysterion® "Empress," 909 CHAPTER XIIIâ€"(Cont‘d.) SYNOPSI3 ADMIT ONE BY SIDNEY HORLER He had no time to wonder how they had made the entry, for a voice said, with cutting sibilance: â€" "Put your hands up!" And, whilst he hesitated : : One thought above all others now cccupied his attention: that cry could not have been imagination. It must ! have been real. Otherwise, why should ke have awakened from what had been a deep sleep? 1 | _ Whittle! Slipping out of bed, he had barely put a foot on the ground, when a noise from behind made him suddenly turn. Then, he knew why he had awakened: his subconscious mind had sent him a warning. Through the window at the other end of the room a dark form was silhouetted. And, close behind, ‘ was another. â€" . . Sinister shapes. He must go to his roomâ€"to he was all right. Quality has no substitute Ass! His nerves must have gone back on him. A nice knightâ€"errant! A fine rescuer of helpless females! He must pull himself together. He endeavored * > {et to sleep again, but it was impossible. Thoughts came tLronging at such a rate that his brain became a seething battleground for them. What had happened a few hours before returned to his memory with such force that he sat up in bed‘ once again. ence. That cry. Had it been a cry? And from whence had it come? Outside the Inn? He waisted, straining his ears to catch the slightest sound. But the darkness held only a deep, settled silâ€" How long he had been asleep, Philip did not know, but he awoke, his nerves tensed, and with a prickling sensation all down his spine. "Good night," returned Crane, and went to his room feeling better for the hearty handgrip which he had jast received. "Don‘t you worry, boy," he said; "we‘re going to see this thing through â€"you and I. Good night." In the meantime, you‘ll stay here and see what happens." They parted on those terms. Qutside, at the top of the stairs, beâ€" fore proceeding along the narrow corâ€" ridor which led to mis room on the other side of the Inn, the American detective held out his hand. Tea ”/nes[/om the gardens" if "You‘re being stupid, my dear," was the replyâ€" "Have a cigarette, and I‘ll ring for a drink." The speaker, aftor opening the jade box, went to the wall‘ and pressed a bell. "Don‘t play around," said the girl; but her curt retort could not cloak the fear lurking at the back of her eyes. "If you‘re going to get rid of me, Empress, come clean; don‘t beat about the bush like that?" 1 Can n + d l Mer idPs s v;v;o Sam‘s famous chain of uqtigual parky, *"* OWP# Jowéls in Uncle Aurntleh | e HBG! labisaccm t _And her manner indicated that she _ But whilst he was s ueezing the s o ‘ breath out of his antagon(ilst, he forgot w;;s al::“t to quest;lon the right of the altogether the existence of the second * ..g ¢ vgxce; suc_tha queryii Â¥ ranâ€"forgot it until the fact was| ] dofi 7 d?° wflTh me,] mpresi,n brought home to him in painful fa. P!GAded Judith. L hat te ephqn'e PP shion. For the second time within a "*~¢ li;x.'om Mnndlmg.' I know it! And few hours, a succession of numbing fi?ex;;e:n;"s‘; l:':: igtO;': “1:‘;';5 ’shere. V is blows descended on the back of his. Mrs. Aubyn St ’Cll,nir t;ok a walk head, and, with scarcely a sound, he 5 .am; dow: the 'room With all her drifted upon the broad bosom of that; sfphistication, she migi:t have beenea tide which is called unconsmousness.l tigress in the jungle smelling out her CHAPTER XIv. :Pr9Â¥'h ts io have Io Sinfete it Fuddh That wellâ€"known Society celebrit ,| _ "I hate to ave to confess it, Judith, Mrs. Aubyn St. Claisr‘jc Smiigd as the my dear," she said silkily at length, girl with the Titian hair came into| PUt YOu were right, and I was wrong. the room. ; The man Craneâ€"the second one, I "Good morning, my dear," she said, MCAD, the one who deceived van_ is man as he canmop£ 1)}; "1C "Taveler who stood beside the camera E" man as he caught this dramatic winter battle of the elements in the Grand Canyon of Arizona. For weeks on end, in midwinter, the Grand Canyon glows under brilliant sunshine and blue sky. But when snow does come to the Canyon rims, as it must do at any elevation of 7,000 feet in this latiâ€" tude, then the visitor may witness incredible scenes like this. Travel is continuous throughout the year to the South rim of the Grand Canyon, but Winter seals the North rim which is 1200 feet higher, for months on end. Through Pullmans over the Santa Fe Railâ€" way approach within 100 yards of the Canyon edge, South rim, and it is but a step to the informal comfort and crackling fireplaces of El Tovar hotel. Snow, when it comes, may lie thick in the pine forest, but it rarely interrupts the motor drives along the rim roads, and not often even the thrilling saddle trips down the innerâ€"Canyon trails. As one rides down and down, the snow thins out and gradually disapâ€" pears. Ingercepttbg one passes from the crisp cold of the upper world to the hints of spring at Phantom Ranch, 5,000 feet below. 8 %'h.‘Gmd-c‘.n’OI!i’_}mdmmM-l._&n_u & I He brought the man he had .‘ackledl' down with a thud that shook the | room. He heard the revolver drop | from the other‘s hand, and, consciousl now that they were on an equality, worked his fingers up to the !ellov."s) throat, gripped, and held onâ€" He was like a man possessed. The normal, somewhat easyâ€"going Philip Crane that Truro knew had changed into a fightâ€"inflamed individual turned berserker, He started to lift up his hands, and then, with a spring like that of a wild animal, he leapt at the man who had threatened him. His outflung hands caught the fellow‘s knees and gripped them tightly. There was no thought now for his own safety; he was so possessed with a maddening hatred that, for the moment, every considera-‘ tion of self was blotted out. These‘ devils had killed Whittle. Of that, he could be certain. They had gone to his room first, probably using t.hci same ladder, and had slain the Ameriâ€" can detective whilst he slept. That | strangled cry which had come to him could have no other interpretation. l "You‘ve got one more second!" That second was a tense affair. Beâ€" hind the men, Crane could see a pale, watery moon, shedding a little fugiâ€" tive ight. A fitting background, he thought, for a deed of bloodshed. ng "There‘s the fellow who swindled me out of five thousand pounds," he told his friend. "Really?" he exclaimed. "Yes," said James, "he wouldn‘t let his daughter marry me Dismal James and his friend walking in the park. Suddenly James stopped and ded to a greyâ€"haired man on a by seat. mean, the one who deceivedry;)-l:â€"is causing trouble. He is evidently not such a fool as I had imagined he might Ts Ne LNR y 1 Wiifibaiihi: . ninichadiaisbidlicsiia ‘Als be. You would never guess what has happened?" "He has gone to Mandling?" asked Judith, in a low tone. | _ But so great an actress was this female Jekyl1 and Hyde that, by the time she turned to her visitor, she was | practically her normal self again. l "I must have a cigarette," she said. Judith rose, her limbs shaking. She | struck a match to hold to the other‘s |cigarette, but her fingers wavered so | that the Empress had to perform the | office for herself. The girl shrank back "What‘s happened down there?" she asked. "Don‘t fool with me, Empress," pleaded Judith. "That telephone ezll came from Mandling. I know it! And something has gone wrong there. . . . Tell me what it is, please." ‘"Down thefe?" repeated the woman. And her manner indicated that she was about to question the right of the other to voice such a query, ‘"Keep him there uritil_i--c’t;;lme down My God! . . ." Judith Felstead had often told h: self that she was psychic. At t .s moment, she looked at the telepho=> and the woman holding the receiver with suspicion. Did that call come from Mandling? Yesâ€"she new it. And something had gone wrong. The face of the Emâ€" press was distortedâ€"vanished now was the calm, serene, if proud beauiy, to be replaced by an expression of deâ€" vilish rage. ‘"‘What? Speak louder, you fool. ." Another two minutes, during which the woman listening seemed on the verge of an outbreak. Then: | ciety circles. "How?" Before the Redâ€"Haired Madonnaâ€" to use Philip Crane‘s phraseâ€"could reply, the telephone on the inciden:al table shrilled. "Excuse me," said Mrs. Aubyn S:. Clair with the polished grace in J made her so great a favorite in =>â€"| have done," she went on, in an easy, conversational tone, "is that any reaâ€" son why I should dispense with the services of one of my most accomâ€" plished assistants? As for this secâ€" ond Craneâ€"I suppose it is he to whom you are referring?â€"I don‘t think we need give the fellow a second ‘ thught." Judith shook her hcad. "‘That‘s what Stevensson said; vut I‘m afraid he is going to cause "Because you make a mistake that A Near (To be continued.) marry me." were is a postoflice employee standing, Stockhoimâ€"On account of the in. creasing trafic in Stockholim â€" the tram lines may be moved away from the center of the town and be exâ€" changed for busos,. If this is done they will be missed by all those who use them for posting their let. ters, writes a correspondent of the‘ Christian Science Monitor, _ All the tramcars have attached to the bccl' a letter hox, which is put on at nine | o‘clock in the morning and taken off at eight in the evening. In places | ramcar Post May Be Abolished in Sto« Closing his remarks Sip J said in part: "It has been sa it is darkest just before the and in previous depressions tions have seemed most dis. ing at a time when improvem, already set in, The violence depression must of itself ; produce a strong reaction. _ well be that the FOld conntr D Wiabibrdetsrecs oc csW :1 the cost of administration ancing the_hj budget," The success of the National Serâ€" vice Loan was referred to as a notâ€" able achievement. He stressed the fact that both internal and external revenue had been reduced by the decline in the activity of trade and that excessive expenditures by govâ€" ernments and municipalities had placed a heavy burden of interest payments on the people. ‘"There never was a time in our history when it was so necessary to avoid extravagance of every kind, and governments, Federal, Provincial and Municipal, should follow the splendid example set by the British National Government in reducing tho|coct os administration and balâ€" avainme spurs 4 04 0C After dealing briefly with the gituation in agriculture and the principal manufacturing industries, Sir Herbert referred to the plans which are under way for a consoliâ€" dation of the principal newsprint companies in Eastern Canada, and expressed the opinion that the deâ€" velopment though difficult of acâ€" complishment was a constructive one and highly desirable if Canada was to continue to maintain the supremacy to which she is entitled by reason of her natural advantages. Railways The appointment of a railway commission was mentioned with apâ€" proval and the belief expressed that such a commission should be capâ€" able of bringing in recommenda-; tions which would in large measure solve the present very serious situaâ€" tion caused by uneconomic competiâ€" tion and duplication of services, The President stated "Savings to the country of from $60/75,000,000 a year are possible and this without â€" impairment o‘ service to the pubâ€" lic." w Imperial Conference 1 Pointing out that as long as other / nations raise intolerable tariff barâ€" : riers against British Empire goods ‘ it is necessary that the different ‘ parts of the Empire should protect ! themselves by concerted action, he I expressed hope in the results of the ° Imperial Conference to be held in ! Ottawa, provided carefel analysis 2 and close study produced a scienâ€" * tifle tariff structure which would 5 stimulate reciprocal Empire trade ‘ without handicapping bome indusâ€" :1] try. Before moving the adoption of the report Sir Herbert referred with profound regret to the death of Mr. Neill, after a lifetime spent in the service of the bank. "In his passing the bank has lost a wise councillor, his associates a l6yal friend, and Canada an eminent banker and distinguished citizen." At the annual meeting of The Royal Bank of Canada held at the Head Office in Montreal, both the Pres dent, Sir Herbert Holt, and t .e Viceâ€"President and General Manager, Mr. M. W. Wilson, were emphatic in their expressions of unâ€" qualified confidence in Canada. Sir Herbert Holt‘s mature and worldâ€" wide business experience is reflectâ€" ed in his statement, "I have witâ€" nessed many depressions during the course of the last fifty years and 1 see nothing in this one which weakens my faith in this country." The tone of both addresses was one of quiet optimism, exemplified by Mr. Wilson‘s remark, "While I do , not wish to voice any prediction as | to the date of business recovery, it will be very disappointing if an imâ€" provement does not take place dur-, ing 1932. The leaders of politics and finance in the principal coun-! tries are capable of bringing this , about and the indictment azainst| any who block the way will be severe indeed." The President pointed out that with quoted values of most securities well under their’ Intrinsic worth, improvement could | be expected as and when measures _ were taken which would result in a ; real return of confidence in the /‘ United States. Earer in his reâ€"| marks he had referred to the splenâ€" | did record of the Canadian banking |â€" system during a time when disorâ€"| ganization in finance was accenâ€""I tuating the depression in many | | other countries. He expressed the opinion that the relatively satisfacâ€"|‘ tory position of Canada could be atâ€"| tributed in no small degree to the |! stability of our banking orga.niza-]t tion and the way in which industry | t had been supported. C "While 1 do not wish to voice any prediction as to the date of business reâ€" covery, it will be very disappointing if an improvement does not take place in 1932."â€"M. W. Wilson, Viceâ€"President and General Manager. "I have witnessed many depressions during the last fifty years and i ?'ln see nothing in this one which weakens my faith in this country."â€" Sir Herbert Holt, President. Unshaken Faith in Future Of Canada Expressed at Royal Bank Annual Meeting tram lines pass there Publi; Finznee It has been said that 16d most discouragâ€" ‘n improvement had The violence of the t of lts'elt tend to réaction. It may gold countries are Sir Herbert the dawn, condiâ€" who empties al}1 the boxes every time the tram passes and puts them in a letter box on a tramcar that pastes the General Post Office, Here another cmployee stands and am. nblue san & of is ‘ to risk of loss through exchange ‘ fuctuations and as a result their ‘ experience during the last year had | been entirely satisfactory,. i Commodity Levels _ The General Manager expressed the opinion that the restoration of _ commodity price levels to the basis _ of 1924â€"1928 was essential to a realâ€" _ly satisfactory recovery in world business. He made favourable reâ€" ference to the antiâ€"deftation meaâ€" sures now being considered by the United States Congress and felt that they justified the hope that corrective forces would soon be at work in that country, | Business Psychology j "As the depression continues the factor of business psychology is one of constantly increasing importâ€" ance," Mr. Wilson declared. Disâ€" trust and lack of confidence are largely responsible for the extremes to which world business has gone, He indicated that we in Canada had been particularly fortunate in this respect and said, "Confidence in our country and in our ability to solve the problems that present themâ€" selves is above the average and in my opinion is amply justified by our past record and future prospects," Lack of international confidence was the main obstacle in the way in snnb retas aL0,0 The liquid position of the bank was maintained at substantially the same ratio as a year ago, quickly realizable assets being more than 48% of liabilities to the public. In !referring to the enviable record of the Canadian banking system durâ€" 1ing the period of world depression, Mr, Wilson said: "Once again the | ability of the Canadian banking sysâ€" l tem to take care of the needs of the country has been clearly demonâ€" strated. The type of organization under which they operate enables our banks to take a broad view of ’!he transactions that come before ’them and I think it will be admitted that the disposition has been to deal with problems in a sympathetic and constructive manner." Business in Other Countries ‘"Entirely satisfactory," were the words used in describing the bank‘s experience during the last year in the foreign countries where it operates. Mr, Wilson pointed out that the Bank‘s foreign branches have never beeq _alloved to expose themselves now on the verge of a rise in the !price level. With a sound and strongly integrated banking system, no important investments in depreâ€" iclated securities of foreign governâ€" ‘ments, an industrious and virile people who have maintained their |monle unimpaired, and with a syeâ€" tem of government permitting prompt and decisive action, Canada is in a relatively satisfactory posiâ€" tion and we are justified in looking to the future with confidence." General Manager‘s Address Mr. M. W. Wilson, Viceâ€"President ’and General Manager, stated that maintenance of the Bank‘s assets at a figure as high as $825,000,000 reflected not only the conservation of existing busfhess but also the acquisition of new and desirable connections. He referred to the substantial overâ€"subscription of the Dominion of Canada National Serâ€" vice Loan as an achievement of which our government and Canaâ€" dians generally may well be proud. Strong Liquid Position Maintained ISSUE No. 5â€"‘32 â€"â€"â€" ONTA own, he declared, 1 earnings for the be 1nev{tqble, we the today, the Far North of Canada will in no distant epoch be a very differâ€" ent country from what it is now. N OCO "oC CHe oore Tor for man‘s inventivenessâ€"are beginâ€" ning to be utilized. What further advances the next few decades will show no one can prophssy. _ But if future progress is made at the rate at which it is being pushed forward made in Pittsburgh in San Francisco, after some ultraâ€" viotet lamps were installed, there was 'vory definite evidence of the preservaâ€" tion of the life of a rare leopard, and an improvement in the bones and the appearance of the fur and the general pep of some of the other big cats. Just how much ultraâ€"violet light is necesâ€" sary is a problem that will probably be solved through Studies that will be unds c warss o w in ftho animals do not get natural day» light radiation on account of the high percentage of foggy days, it was found that certain reptiles, particularly the big lizards would refuse to eat at all, It is reported that when such animals were exposed to ultraâ€"violet radiations, they developed a real appetite, and apparently were on the road to good health and a prime old age. In a zoo are in the worst condition, and conâ€" ldnct studies without charge to the city as quoted in a press bulletin is sued by the company. "Previous exâ€" periments in zoos by this company have shown that animals will gain in health and vigor after treatment from these new lamps and it has been deâ€" ,clded that Pittsburgh should have the benefits of any further experiments in [thls 1ine." We reat further: ’ "Westinghouse Lamp executives inâ€" ;tend to install the lamps within a few days, and so bring Africa, or its equiyâ€" alent, in sunshine, back to the lions, "In the zoos of London, whereâ€"in addition to the confinement in cagesâ€" The Westinghouse Company has ofâ€" fered to install these ultraâ€"violet ray lamps in the cages where the animals (Artificial Sunlight ‘ _ For Zoo Inmates " It has now been discovered that cap tive animals suffer from the lack of ultraâ€"violet light, especially those naâ€" tive to tropic lands. ‘The Highland Park Zoo at Pittsburgh, according to a recent announcement, plan to install "sun" lamps. It is really lucky for us that the average spider is so small. A glant specimen would be a very ugly cus tomer to tackleâ€""Answers" (Lonâ€" don). _ The spiders which escaped and were recaptured at he Zoo come from Ceyâ€" lon. Up in the mountains they spin webs of prodigious size, the central net being five feet in diameter, with guyâ€"ropes ten or twelve feet long, Their jaws are as powerful as a bird‘s beak, but the insects are not venomâ€" ous, Birds as big as larks are often caught in their webs, and lizards fre quently share the same fate. Another spider, only the size, so far as its abdomen went, of a goodâ€"sized pea, was observed to have caught is her web one morning a young mous«t an ‘nch and a half long. She spent three hours winding a cable about it tail, and then began actually.hoisting her victim into the air. By evening she had succeeded. The mouse was completely clear of the ground! The fish was vainly struggling in order to pull the spider under water, but failing. The spider got its back legs on the bank and, with a better purchase, began to haul its prize to land. This it succeeded in doing after a struggle lasting ffteen minutes. a big one, but it was certainly eight times the weight of its captor, whose fangs were fixed in the dorsal fin, Most people have seen the spectacle of a diminutive spider carrying off a huge bluebottle three times its size, into its den; but this is a small feat te what some of the insects have been observed to accomplish, A famous na turalist, walking beside a dyke, saw a large black wolfâ€"spider in the ditch, Landing the Catch Stopping to investigate, he found that the spider had been fishing and had caught a "bite." The fish was not Tired of the Zoo routine, they de cided to spend a belated honeymoor elsewhere. That much is evident, be cause they escaped by lifting from the top of their cage a thick glass plate weighing at least two pounds. They could only have achieved this by workâ€" ing together and prising the glars up in concert, while keeping a perilous hold on the vertical glass sides of their ' lfaspldervmubixnaw.m its strength grew in proportion to its bulk, it could easily lift a house of moderate size. The latest illustration of this comes from the Zoo, where Susan and Jeremiah, two birdâ€"eating spiders, returned recently after being lost, and "presumed dead,‘ ‘Lor twelve months. : The radio and idition, and conâ€" . charge to the press bulletin is . *"Previous exâ€" by this company nals will gain in