The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"Yes,. I said you‘d be back at four; a ti o‘clock, and would be pleased to see‘ 4n him. He knew that the information the would be passed on to you. That‘s 9 rot the explanation." A "Then what is?" of Bodkin pulled at his upper lip. lean "Wel}," he replied, "if that teleâ€" ling phone call from the convent hadn‘t, 4 ©® said something about a house at‘ and Mandling, I‘d have thought that Whit.| etn tle was trying to pull my leg. He‘s 0f ) got something of a reputation for| 1 that, you know." ed a Watson shook his head. that "Whittle is one of the soundest men' don I‘ve me.," he said; "and you can wipe‘ 4 ® it out of your mind that he was not in | In t dead earnest, I must say, Bodkin,", low he went on more severely, "I‘m rather her surprised at the attitude you took up.| thor Why didn‘t you get in touch with‘ Phil the Folkestone police and tell them to‘ 8 yo along to this ‘White House‘?" | seer The answer was somewhat sullen. ’Mfl "I wasn‘t going to take any chances, ised OUne of the most valuable axioris! The pawnâ€"broker, who was Jewish, that the detective had learned through humped his shoulders in an expressive life was to keep his mouth shut when gesture. Yhe occasion demanded it. | "I‘m robbing myself if I give you a He did so now. It was easy to see pound," he said, "but, still, you‘re a what had happened. No doubt, he had nice girl. . . ." been shadowed from the moment ho| Margery choked back her anger. had left the house of The Empress in, She knew the brooch was valuableoâ€" Curzon Street. Abstracted as he had her father had once told her it was been, it had been easy for Grosner to worth at least ten pounds. run him downâ€"the wonder was he| "I couldn‘t take a pound for it." had not been killed. ‘"Very well." The pawnâ€"broker‘s And now? manner changed. "I am here to do He was a prisqner. He would be bizzness, not to run a charity home. kept there until the gang, of which| Good morning." He turned away. _ Grosner must be a member, had comâ€"| Fear clutched at her heart. She pleted their workâ€"or, perhaps, it was had to have money, and get it quickly. intended that he should be got rid of.| "I‘ll take a pound," she said; "but In any event, he would be powerless| I‘m not selling it, please remember. to help young Crane, At the thought,| I‘m simply putting it in pledge." | he invoiuntarily grozned. 3 "Of course!" The ingratiatin> The next moment, a door slammed heavily, "It was quite understood that he shou!?d come back here this afterâ€" noon?" he asked. Superintendent Watson turned irâ€" ritably to his companion. "Doing the busyâ€"body here as well as in the States, eh?" sneered a voice; *"why don‘t you damned dicks know when you‘re well off? Can‘t walk about like an ordinary guy; must go pushing your noses into every corner. Well, get thisâ€"and get it straight; you won‘t be able to do much harm in the future. I can promise you that, CHAPTER XVIâ€"(Cont‘d.) Charles Whittle had experienced many unpleasant moments during the eourse of his professional life, but never one so rauseating as when, reâ€" turning to consciousness, he stared upwards into the face of the man leaning over him. band of forgers. Crane is abducted by the gang and when he regains consciousâ€" ness is confronted with his double, Whittle, realizing the affair is too bl: to handle alone, calls in Scotland Yard. Then Margery disappears from the conâ€" vent and Whittle is kidnapped. One of the most valuable axioms GILLETT‘S LYE ®Never dissoivre iye in hot water. The action of the iye Jtoolf heate the water. CHAPTER XVIIL L4 z_4 SYNOPSIS. beitraturhscose ADMIT ONE BY SIDNEY HORLER. ‘ She had to knowâ€"nothing else seemed to matter. He would be at | Mandling, of cours4â€"hadn‘t he promâ€" _ised to go there? It was not until the train had startâ€" ed and she was leaving London behind, that a full realization of what she had done came to her. She had acted on‘ a sudden and overpowering impulse.| In that brooding mood which had folâ€" lowed Sister Faith leaving the room,| her mind had been filled with but one thought: what was happening to‘ Philip Crane? I a small station between Folkestone and the coast resort which the Southâ€" ern Railway advertise as "The Jewel of Kent." At Charing Cross there was an item of good news, A train was due to leave for Hythe in ten minutes. Mandâ€" ling, she had already ascertained, was She would have liked to have taken a taxi but every shilling was precious, and so, after waiting at the end of the street for several minutes, she got on to a Strandâ€"bound ‘bus. A grimy pound note was passed over the counter, a ticket was given her, and then she found herself fumblâ€" ing through the semiâ€"darkness of the shop towards the sideâ€"door by which she had entered five minutes before. "Of course!" The ingratiating smile had returned to the greasy face. "Here you are, my dear." "I‘m robbing myself if I give you a pound," he said, "but, still, you‘re a nice girl. . . ." Margery choked back her anger. She knew the brooch was valuableâ€" her father had once told her it was worth at least ten pounds. "I couldn‘t take a pound for it." ‘"Very well." The pawnâ€"broker‘s manner changed. "I am here to do bizzness, not to run a charity home.‘ Good morning." He turned away. Fear clutched at her heart. She had to have money, and get it quickly. j Superintendent. A nice thing if it . had been just a hoax. The Yard has , too many critics now, what with these ‘ damned ‘special crime reporters‘ and snub, and, obeying the hint, left the Bodkin did some more lipâ€"plucking. He had taken his rebuke in a bad spirit, and it was a matter of some personal satisfaction that Whittle had not kept the appointment. "Perhaps something he considered more important turned up," he sugâ€" gested with a sneer, Watson glanced at the speaker. ‘"You seem to have a prejudice against my friend," he remarked. _ "sound man. He‘s going to look into it himself. And now, why the devil hasn‘t Whittle turned up"â€"that‘s what I want to know." When the connection was made, Superintendent Watson spoke slowly and distinctly for three minutes. At the end, he wore a more satisfied exâ€" people writing to the new;papoâ€"!:l.”â€"- ‘"‘That‘s all very wellâ€"but you gught to have rung up Folkestone. Geime through now." “Th_at was L_s_id_ley,"} he vouchsafed; And . . . Gillett‘s Pure Flake Lye will not harm enamel or plumbing. Use it full strength for cleansing toilet bowis and clearing drains. Gillett‘s Pure Flake Lye kills germs. And takes away odors as it cleans. Be sure to get the genuine Gillett‘s Pure Phh_lao. Ask for it by name at your Off come grease and grime without scrubbing. Out come ever the most stubborn spots and stains. * Keep Gillett‘s Pure Flake Lye handy for greasy pots, the kitchen floor, sinks and bathtubs. One teaspoonful disâ€" solved in a quart of cold water* makes a safe, economical cleanser. WHY let houseâ€"cleaning wear you down with endless hours of rubâ€" bing and scrubbing? Use Gillett‘s®Pure Flake Lye. This powerful cleanser makes short work of heavy cleaning jobs. It just washes the dirt away! Gillett‘s Lye lifts off Grease, Grime and Stubborn Stains without scrubbing . . . | "Go an‘ report it to someone with more brains than yourselfâ€"that‘s what you‘ve got to do. Do you think | I‘m goin‘ to allow a respectable public |bouse like mine to be broken into py | _ "Can‘t you say anything, George Johnson, except â€" standing there, | starin‘?" Mrs. Hamble, a little confusâ€" _ed in her phraseology because of the stressful time through which she had , recently passed, rapped on the table _ with her clenched hand. But it was not of her father she | had thought. He had receded so far into the distance that now he was merely a misty memory. Yet, how could she have explained this to a woman divorced from the world? | There could be no waiting after this. On the mantelpiece was a small pad and a pencil. But so urgent had seemed the need that she had not waited to scribble a line of farewell | and regret. Time enough for that when she got away. She would write _from Mandling. "Well, w‘ot am I to do, Mrs. ‘Amble? You‘ve got no definite clue as to who these fellers were." The local police constable fiddled with his belt. And she must be quick, Any moâ€" ment, Sister Faith might return, and there would be a scene. She had known what the nun would say: that it was her personal duty to remain in the security of the convent. Let the police â€"for wasn‘t that their job?â€"underâ€" take the task of rescuing her father and bring this gang of crooks to jusâ€" tice. What power was it that had brought this vision? Good or evil? She had wondered at first is she could be ill â€" whether some stealthy, but dread disâ€" ease was overtaking her. But noâ€" when she had opened her eyes again everything was normal. And yet, that vision which had now vanished, had made her shake in actual terror. bound upon the floor; over him bent a gigantic figure in whose hand was a longâ€"bladed dagger. Every now and then the steel would bite into the prisoner‘s flesh. . . . in the darkness, the vividness of the waking nightmareâ€"for that was what is wasâ€"had increased. She saw a tempt to shut out the scene of terror which had formed in her brain. But, daway ... Sandy mumbled something about expecting a few "bawhees" for posing when the photographer apâ€" proached the Scotch terrier sec tion at the dog show. She kad closed her eyes in the atâ€" Scot burglars and worse? ‘Ow many more ARO’.] |tinudoyoumtmetotellyouthat Aoovnnneninnnnnnnanc enc an nc ooane that young gen‘leman‘s disappeared? ‘â€"and where ‘e‘s gone, I don‘t know. | But that ‘e put up a good fight, I could * | tell by the state of ‘is room." a man lying ce uk Rot c dn "She is one of those wormâ€"style motorists." "What do you mean, wormâ€"style?" "A worm never gives any signal which way it will turn." When only a boy he showed a great fondness for nature, and would often wander off from his uncongenial surroundings, and, under the shade of some trees, would study and listen to the music of nature, and rustling of the leaves, the sighâ€" ing of the wind, and the humming of the insects. His dreamy moods: increased as ‘he reached marthood, and his greatest pleasure was to walk in the fields and woods. He arose at daybreak and worked till two o‘clock, and then, after his dinner, he made the circuit of the town several times, no matter what‘ the weather was. His figure was familiar everywhere. With long unâ€" kempt hair, careless attire, and hurâ€" ried gait, he went striding along,. constantly humming to himself, and.' when he became excited by some! new idea, waving his arms about| in apparently a frantic manner. He} always carried a notebook with hlm.1 ‘"No man on earth," he writes, "loves ; the country more."â€"From “Plcturedl Lives of Great Musicians," by’ Alethea B. and Rebekah Crawford. | Springfield Republican: A silver linâ€" ing in the cloud of temporary business adversity is seen in the opportunity that many persons and organizations are utilizing to make unemployment sorve as an occasion for systematic olfâ€"education. The gifts of song and flight are separate, The thrush and blackbird are conâ€" tent to be Pedestrians of the air. Of her own | weight, _ It _seems, the lark falls upward precipitously. But over the ice of the wind the swallows skate On their wings‘ outside edge their flawless 3, ; Nor could old Euclid‘s self assimilate The gull‘s celestial geometry. { When birds were still at twilight in February ‘ I watched, while rain was flogging Thames with looped And windy thongs, diagonally dull, How suddenly through gloom and sleet and flurry With motion, bright as torches rose and stooped The Phoenix resurrections of a gull. A Musician‘s Love of Nature Are seen On balk an‘ brae, Creepâ€"creepin‘ owre the broon an‘ grey; An‘ lambs, like scalds o‘ snaw, I‘ the biel 0‘ the whins, Wee stytrin twing, Whaur nane had been, Ava, Yestreen; An‘ snawdraps, firstlin‘s o‘ the year, That come afore them a‘, In ony wither, But fear Or swither, While starlings churn on buss an‘ tree W1‘ nane to hear Or see. "Clue!" repeated the landlady scorn‘ully; "I‘ve told you all I know. If you was any good at that detective business, you‘d find the clues for yourself." Then she suddenly stopâ€" ped, as though thinking hard. "Who‘s up at that ‘White ‘Ouse‘?" "Credit! Time enough for you to talk about credit, my man, when you‘ve done something!" ""You give me a elue, and I‘ll soon do something, Mrs. ‘Amble." "Leave it to me, Mrs. ‘Amble; I‘ll ring up Folkestone. Although, at the same time, it do seem ‘ard that when there‘s o good case like this goin‘, I should be deprived o‘ the credit." â€"J. G. Horne, in the Glasgow Herald The :andlady became impatient. "Instead o‘ wastin‘ any more time, you‘d better get through to the Folkâ€" stone police, George Johnson. If you don‘t, I will." And she made a move as though to put her threat into acâ€" tion. "Disappearedâ€"with never so much as a ‘thank you‘ for puttin‘ meself to all the trouble last night!" "‘E‘ll ‘ave to be found," declared P.C. Johnson; "don‘s you see, Mrs. ‘Amble, ‘e‘ll be a very valuable witâ€" Courses for Unemployed | "This ‘ere affair is very peculiar, Mrs. ‘Amble; an‘ although you‘ve given me a good many partic‘lars, I must ask you some more questions,. First of all: where‘s the second lodger gone? That‘s the point." Theâ€"Mandling custodian of the law pulled out a notebock. â€"Humbert Wolfe, in "Snow." ISSUE No. 10â€"‘32 ?” Firstlin‘s o0‘ the Year February Seagulls (To be continued.) For a‘ the haar An‘ barren win‘s O‘Februar‘, Sweet flames o‘ green Iik day $0o MUCH SIMPLER Enamelling will be done in half the time and with much better reâ€" Knives, not of the stainless variety, that have to be stored for some time, will not rust if they are rubbed over with a little olive oil before putting away. ‘Wrapping them in baize and leaving them in a box with a tightâ€" fitting lid are additional precautions. When preparing a mustard plaster use the white of an egg instead of water, and the plaster will not blisâ€" ter. 17 VUBULWCL, IMC PRSUS MUNIM ME MERCCC MENDING A:LEAK, , bard and makes a lasting mend. Sometimes in frosty weather a waterâ€"pipe or tank springs a leak. The < best way to deal with it until the Slightly soiled suede gloves can be plumber arrives, if the hole is quite Cleaned by rubbing them, while on a tiny one, is to stick a match in it.lthe hands, with a piece of flannel The wood will swell as it becomes dipped in flour, damp and provide an effective StOPD@T, | zmm mmmmmmmee When the hole is too big to take a match make it a little larger by inâ€" serting a stick and working it round F ASH|ON HlNT and round. Then stop the leak with a small cork, which will swell in t'hoi "How to make my old short skirts same way as the wood. nnnfarm ta tha now lanoth was a Corks that have been used for stopping bottlee containing liquids with strong odors should not be used indiscriminately, or they may contaminate the contents of other bottles. Rub a little glycerine over corks before inserting them into bottles that contain anything sticky. This will prevent the adhesive from hardâ€" ening round the corks,. CORK TIPS There will be less difficulty in reâ€" moving a cork if a narrow strip of tape is placed underneath it before inserting it into the bottle. To reâ€" move the cork, pull the ends of the ow Do You Know â€" A REAL TREA BEFORE STORING KNIVES ; P fu e# s wz@-“d‘9 *‘muscular" pain. Aspirin can spare you lots of needless suffering! B2 sure you get Aspirinâ€"not a substitute! THE woman who lets headaches upset her plans must have her eyes and ears closed to certain facts about Aspirin. There is always swift comfort, and never any harm, in Aspirin tablets. Doctors have said so; men and women everywhere have found it so. Any headacheâ€" from any causeâ€"is always relieved by one or two tablets. And lots of other aches and pains. Neuralgia. Neuritis. Rheumatism. Nagging pains. The pain from colds which make you "ache all over." Sore throat. Systemic or _*)ASPIRI N Superb Quality "Eresh from the Gardens" MADE IN CANADAâ€"TRADEâ€"MARK REG.) ‘T CA See that the edges to be joined are quite clean and dry. Spread the preâ€" pared cement on them and press tightâ€" ly together. The paste soon sets quite hard and makes a lasting mend. A splendid cement for broken china is made by mixing white of egg and quickâ€"lime to a smooth paste for one article at a time, as it dries quickly. A solution of alum water â€" two ounces to the gallon â€" will render clothing washed in it noninfamâ€" able. sults If the tin of enamel is kept in | a basin of hot water while it is being used. If the article to be enamelled | is slightly warmed, too, it makes thei task easier. Enamel dries quicker and more evenly in a warm room than, in the air. l "I used Diamond Dyes for the reâ€" dyeing, of course. I have dyed many things with these wonderful colors. They have saved me many dollars and have never failed to give perâ€" fect resultsâ€"smooth, even colorsâ€" fast to wear and washing. Friends think my things are new when I redye or tint them with Diamond Dyes. They do give the most gorâ€" geous colors!" Mrs. G. C., Levis, Quebec. "HMow to make my old short skirts conform to the new length was a problem to me until I hit on this plan. I dropped the hems; and as the part that had been turned unâ€" der was darker than the rest, I reâ€" dyed the entire dress, after having bleached the goods, following direcâ€" tions in the Diamond Dyes package. MENDING CHINA What do we do? What do we jadge$ A parrot can say.â€"Montaigne, People with points at the tops of their ears or with no lobes at the botâ€" toms, so that the ear merges directly into the side of the head, may take heart. The former are not necessarily monkeys and the latter do not need to be criminals. So insist British anthroâ€" pologists, up in arms against stateâ€" ments made in a recent lecture by Dr. Leonard Williams before the Insurâ€" ance Institute of London, in which the lecturer stated that the people with pointed ears are throwbacks to this characteristic in apes and monkeys, while the people with lobeless ears re present a degenerate form likely to have criminal tendencies. It is true, other biologists admit, that the point on the ear probably represents an anâ€" cient evolutionary survival, like the two hundred or more other vestige orâ€" gans left over from man‘s evolutionary history, A familiar one of these is the human appendix, believed to be a shrunken remnant of the second stomâ€" ach of grassâ€"eating animals like horses or cows. Years ago Charles Darwin pointed out the similar vestige charâ€" !acter of the small inwardly turned point which some people have on the upper margins of their ears. The bilologists argue, however, that there is *no more evidence connecting this evolutionary survival with any physiâ€" cal or mental characteristic of apes or other lower animals than there is to consider a person with a long appondix as being like a cow. Similarly, thore is no evidence whatsoever that a lobeâ€" less ear means any more about the moral or mental qualities of its posâ€" sessor than a short nose or a long one. London Daily Express (Ind. Cons): America is about to mount her "speed cops" on British motorcycles because they are the fastest in th> world. Why stop at motorcycles, rowever? If the Americans want the ‘astest girplanes, the fastest motor cars, and the fastest motor boats they must come to us and our engineers for them. America is a young country with time in front of her, and no doubt will eventually catch up. _ She can af%ord to take things easily, and to do them slowly, We in hustling Britain are condemned to the maximum of speed and eMz:ency "The Germans are finding out what America must discoverâ€"that it is posâ€" sibl>s to have poverty without ignomâ€" iny and intelligence without bigotry." â€"â€"Joseph Hergesheimer. "A surplus is a good thing because it forces the discovery of new uses."â€" Henry Ford. Scientists Offer Various Views on Formation of Human Ear "Environment is what makes people appear different. At heart the decent ones are all alike."â€""Alfafa" BiHl Murâ€" "Again and again we have seen govâ€" ernments desiring to do one thing, knowing that it is the best thing to do, and prevented by popular feeling from doing it."â€"Sir Norman Angell. "Those hoarding currency are probâ€" ably no safer as a class than those who keep their money in the banks."â€" Calvin Coolidge. "When we are beginning an importâ€" ant work, it is not the time to talk about it; and when we have accomâ€" plished the job, it is not necessary."â€"â€" Charles Gates Dawes. "Most men learn, cither by direct or indirect method, that a woman, if she be normal, thrives on praise."â€"Fannie Hurst. "There is a radical fault in our modâ€" ern capitalistic civilization which must be corrected down to its roots If this civilization is to endure."â€"Benito Musâ€" solini. "In Germany, the people have no money, but they have contentment."â€" Joseph Hergesheimer, "We know now that an increasing concentration of wealth did not guarâ€" antee an intelligent or fair use of that wealth."â€"Franklin D. Roosevelt. "Few Americans have explored the world of leisure."â€"Stuart Chase. "The world needs the United States, but the United States needs Europeand the world as never before,"â€"Benite Mussolini. "We must adjust ourselves to a now mode of living, one in which there is less luxury but more stabiHlity."â€"Igâ€" nace Jan Paderewski. "I always make myself belfeve that I am the other fellow and try to imagâ€" ine how I would act in his place."â€" Jesse H. ones. "American men do not care about money. They care for work for work‘s sake."â€"Randoiph Churchill. "Bverywhere we find the individual trying to ape another rather than to express himself."â€"8Sir John Adamson, "Do not become a musician unless you feel that you would literally die it you took up anything else, and even then have your doubts."â€"Walter Damâ€" rosch. "It is weessary for each generation to find #a formulas for successful liv» ing even I it is necessary for succeedâ€" ing generations to tear those formulas up."â€"Edward A. Filene,. "The most prevalent fault in Ameriâ€" ca is to live to make money and not to make money just to enjoy life."â€" Sir Arthur Keith. W“Pllunum blondes are becoming rather a bore. Loveliness requires the setting of dark hair."â€"Edgar Wallace, Britain for 8. som March % forts Golgen you : Let not ncither © ole ered Phi ann nfid i 1 R