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«# & 6 You won‘t be able to get out that way, Judithâ€"not yet, at any rate. You have a nerve to come down here â€"you spy!" uspy?n *"Nom of your sobâ€"stuff. Listen: Grosner telephoned just now to say he saw you talking to that American dick outside The Empress‘ house this morning. After what you told him, Whittle went to Scotland Yard; Scotâ€" land Yard ‘phoned to the Folkestone Policeâ€"and they‘ve just paid a visit here. What do you say to that?" "And you expect me to believe that?" sneered Stevensson. "Look here, you‘ve been gettng in wrong for some time. Oh, I don‘t mean that Crane businessâ€"before that. You‘ve been too independent, asking too many questions, expecting too big a share. Do you imagine The Empress didn‘t krow? And do you think she‘s the woman to stand that sort of thing? You‘ve been a fool, and now you‘ll have to suffer for it." How futile to attempt to argue. He was building up a case against her, monstrous in its falsity. She had done none of these things. It was simply that they were tired of har, and this was always the way they got rid of people they considered n» longer useful. "Leave me alone; I‘m going to geot away." ir her bag, he had orougfit fr;mâ€"‘n; coat pocket a thing of dulledâ€"stee!, One shotâ€"ard it was over. "Are you"" he commented derisiveâ€" ly. And bof9n_shg vcould put a hand "It‘s all a damned lie. I didn‘t te!l anything to Whittle, or whatever his name is. I asked him what he wantâ€" Stevensson now spoke; and what he said came as a dreadful corroboration of her fears. Yes, she must get awayâ€"and quickâ€" ly. If there had been any lingering doubt before, it was now dispelled. Her fate had been sealed. They wishâ€" ed her goneâ€"perhaps dead, There could be no appeal; it would be iseless to waste any further words. Where could she turn now that the man in whom she had trusted had alâ€" lied himself with the enemy? In that moment of revelation, she knew she must get away. There was danger for her here. The room seemed to be filled with a miasmatic vapor that was filling her throat . . choking her . . . Through this mythical mist, she cou‘d see Stevensson, his eyes now mere slits, staring at her hostilely. ‘ Judith realized that she had been a fool to come. The bitter fate which, to her own knowledge, had overtaken so many other people who had worked for that cruel mistress of crime who, living in luxury in Mayfair, spread her net so wide that men and women hundreds and even thousands of miles away shivered at the nickname which had been given her, had now caught up even her. She had outlived her usefulnessâ€"therefore, she was to be outcast. | C twe e ty He rescues Margery Ferguson and learns that her father is held captive by "The Empress" in Mandling. Philip goes to Mandling and meets Charles Whittle, an American detective. When Crane is abducted Whittle calls in Scotland Yard. Margery goes to Mandling. Young Crane is imprisoned with Margery‘s father, who drops dead from exhaustion. Judith Felstead, an accomplice, realizes she has incurred the hatred of The Empress. When Philip Crane arrives in London on a holiday, through a coincidence of like names, he is taken for the crook Crane, who is a tool of a band ruled by & mysterious "Empress." _ parKer LEANERS s DYEI Send dresses, coats, hats, suits, sweaters, scarves, evenâ€" ing wear. We will pay postage charges both ways. NARKERS ANY CLEANING? All Parker garment cleaning is done by the famous Zoric nonâ€"gasolene method. It is gentle, yet sure, and the fluid is a tonic to materials. There can be no odor after Zoric cleaning because no gasolene is used. There was a tap on the door 791 CHAPTER XXI.â€"(Cont‘d.) tSSUE No. 16â€"‘32 EANERS & DYERS SYNOPSIS. ADMIT â€"ONE BY SIDNEY HORLER. | € i "Who‘s going?" drawled the other, | and sauntered out of the room. | _ Stevensson did not trouble to have | the man watched. Snake he might be, but, in considering his own skin, he :would take care not to give anyone ‘else away. If he went, he would be off immediately, like an animal in the | jungle, leaving no trace. he should hang on there, as I‘ve to!&' A certain firm had the him; the place is dangerous. Once the legend printed on its sals police get their claws in, you know| forms: what it is. Stevensson has blufl’edl ‘"Your salary is your per them once. This afternoon he gave uess, and should not be d them permission to search throughout an;;ne." the house and groundsâ€"â€"" e new employee, in s ‘And they found nothing." receipt, added: "I won‘t "That‘sâ€" right, But they‘ll come|to anybody. I‘m just as m again. They can‘t be put off as eas.| ed of it as you are."â€"Irisk ily as that. I tried to reason with ent. â€" k â€"â€"> Stevensson, but he wouldn‘t listen. So" w smessredlfp messnnsose I‘ve come to you." What is the difference "Thinking of your own skin?" !mare and an egg?â€"A mair _ "Not entirely, If I had done that, gee, and an egg is an egâ€"z The Empress was an imposing figâ€" ure as he bowed himself into her presâ€" ence. "Well, Birchail*" "I‘ve come to give you the tip to get away, Empress," he started, withâ€" out any preamble. "The police have been to ‘The White House‘â€"and, very likely, are coming again." "I‘ll tell you, Empress: Stevensson is too cocksure. There‘s no reason why "I daresay," was the reply; "in fact, I telephoned the information to Stevensson this afternoon. Why the agitation ?" to a house in Curzon Street in just over two and a half hours. Mrs. Aubyn St. Clair was in, acâ€" c.rding to the servant to whom he gave his name, and she would receive him at once. For once, however, Stevensson was wrong in his estimate of human charâ€" acter. It was true that Birchall inâ€" tended to get awayâ€"danger‘s firingâ€" line had never been any place for himâ€"but there was one call he was going to make before he left England. A fast car, driven recklessly, took him "That‘s all right," was the meantâ€" toâ€"beâ€"easy response. "If our game, a guy has got to consider all the chances. But if you‘re satisfied, I am." He turned to go. Stevensson sent this after him: "There‘s no coming back, mind, Birchall." "Please yourself," he said curtly, at length. ‘If you‘re a rat, go. If you‘re a man stay, It‘s up ‘o you. But listen here: if you do go, it‘s for good. Understand that? There‘ll be no more working for us in the future. There‘s no danger, in spite of all your hot air. The police have beenâ€"and found noâ€" thing. How many more times do you want me to tell you?" "Cut it out," was the contemptuous answer; "if you haven‘t got any guts, I hope I have. No damned policeman is going to frighten me away from my own house. Here I am, and here I‘m going to stay until this job‘s over. When Ferguson‘s done his second piece of work, I‘ll think about it. But not «ill then." "In that case," said Birchall, "I also hang my hat up." Stevensson made no immediate comâ€" ment. He could read this man. Birchâ€" all‘s reputation had preceded hin. This American was never one to take the nardest way. He always went when the going was good, and, unless he was very much mistaken, he was going now. "I don‘t know. Might be all right for the dicks in America. But these English are a persevering lot. Simps«, perhaps, but too much of the bulldog in them to please me. You may think you‘ve got them bluffed, but they pull a comeâ€"back just when you‘re not exâ€" pecting it. My advice is to clear out and take Ferguson with us. It‘s only a few miles to the coast, and we might get a motor boat across to France." they went through the place, tfiey sa w no_t_l]in_gâ€"_isp’t that god enough?" ‘"Me afraid? Say, laugh it of! But I think I‘ve ogt a right to know what‘s happ‘e_r‘led, anyway. Are they coming back "Is that so?" drawled the other, with a show of confidence he by no means felt; "well, nevertheless, I think I must put one or two queries to you, Stevensson. Directly I got back just now, friend Badoglio, the Big Cheese, spilled one or two whisâ€" pers in my ear. What he told me didn‘t sound too niceâ€"the dicks have been here, haven‘t they?" ‘"Yesâ€"and gone aga'in. What are you afraid of?" "I‘m the only one who is allowed to ask questions in this house," he reâ€" plied; "please remember that." ‘‘What‘s the idea?" asked the Amâ€" erican; "something private going on ?" manteliece. He pressed the higher of two bell pushes, and the door opened. Stevensson, a sinister flg:ure,'stood looking at him from the hearthâ€"rug in front of the fireplace. "Birchall," was the reply. "You can‘t come in yetâ€"wait." The speaker arranged the screen to his satisfaction and then walked to the "How should I know? They came MY”?” 99 CHAPTER XXII Nor are insects the only animals that are betrayed by the failure of the "armor whoerein they trust." Even the rattlesnake is attacked and eaten by birds. And the «\unk, expert par exâ€" cellence in de‘ > chemical warfare, nevertheless {; «ntly falls victim to the attack of the great horned owl. The stingâ€"armed family of bees, ants and wasps fare no better. The birds eat the "stingers,‘ ‘and they eat also the unarmed ones that mimic the "stingers" in appearance. And the birds are joined by groundâ€"dwelling animals: toads, mice, foxes, weasels, bargers, skunks and bears, which make victims of these supposedly most powerfullyâ€"armed members of the inâ€" sect clan. ‘ A certain firm had the following legend printed on its salary receipt forms: ‘"Your salary is your personal busiâ€" ness, and should not be disclosed to anyone." The new employee, in signing the receipt, added: "I won‘t mention it to anybody. I‘m just as much ashamâ€" ed of it as you are."â€"Irish Independâ€" What is the difference between a mare and an egg?â€"A mare is a geeâ€" Beetles are taken as one example of the failure of various protective deâ€" vices. Some of them are mimics. Others have powerful, illâ€"smelling seâ€" cretions which are supposed to repel their enemies. Still others have hard shells. Yet the birds eat them all. Mimicry in insects, that is, the trick of looking like a dangerous or illâ€"tastâ€" ing species or of camouflaging oneself as a leaf or twig, is not the prop of evolution it was once thought to be, according to W. L. McAtee, of the bureau of biological survey, U.S; Deâ€" partment of Agriculture. Turn Signal Urged Motorists are urged not to forget to signal when turning out of a main high way. Remedy for Steering Lock Pressure will make the steeringâ€"gear lock hard to unlock at times. A simâ€" ple remedy is to turn the steering wheel slightly and the drag on the lock plunger will be relieved. Protection For Bearings Motorists should beware of binding that may ruin bearings. After the bearâ€" ing has been adjusted the front wheel should spin freely and there should be a bit of sideplay. Oiling Windshield Cleaner Use a special tube when oiling the windshield cleaner. Trying to pull oil through the regular hose connection on the vacuum wiper is a good means of shortening its life. Oil has that efâ€" fect upon rubber. Care of Radiator Core Poking the dirt or dead insects out of the radiator core is a temptation. It is better, however, to lift the hood and put the hose behind the radiator and force any mud or dirt out of the core. Select Water For Battery Water may look clear and "feel" soft but that is no excuse for using it in a battery regardless of what a motorist may"think. Jt is what may be disâ€" solved in the water that does the harm. The Empress‘s back, as she turned, was eloquent of contempt. Now, she was at the telephone. "I want Trunks, please," she sail. "Mandlingâ€"Mandlingâ€"yesâ€"in Kent â€"017. Have you got that? Mandling 017. Quickly, pleaseâ€"I‘m in a hurry." (To be continued.) "All I trouble about is gettinz avay," he said. "I was lucky at Southampton, but I‘m not going to take too many chances. I‘ve been a fool, perhaps, to stay in England so long." Birchall‘s nerves were getting the better of him, and he snapped his fingers irritably. "You stupid fool!" blazed the woâ€" man. "Don‘t you realize what Ferâ€" guson means to us? He hasn‘t done his job yet. Without Ferguson, the whole thing falls to the ground." She remained silent for several secâ€" onds. "I‘ll telephone," she said finally. "Yes," he urged; "tell Stevensson to meet us in Paris. We‘ll go by ‘plaue from Croydon. They can dope Ferâ€" gusonâ€"or," quickly, "finish him off." "If you don‘t leave, you‘ll be finishâ€" ed," said Birchall, using a more domâ€" inating tone than he had ever dared before. stone and got across to France toâ€" night. In stead of that, I‘ve come to you.© Empress, let me advise you. Don‘t play your hand too hard: if the police once get a clue down at ‘The White House‘â€"if they find Ferguson, he‘ll spill the beans; he‘ll tell them about youâ€"and then all your plans will be blown skyâ€"high. Up till now, you‘ve been luckyâ€"wonderfully, marâ€" vellously luckyâ€"but there comes a time when a little cog goes wrong, and the whole wheel is stopped. You should know that." "If I leave London, this business, which may be worth a million, will be finished." I should have slipped down to Folkeâ€" For reply, the woman blew a thin cloud of cigarette smoke. Motor Hints Insect Mimics The unusual combination of names helped make the marriage of national prominence and of lasting interest to every one who read about it. "Miss Ruth Birch yesterday became the bride of Mr. Arthur Oaks. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. S. Maples. Mr. and Mrs. Oaks left immediately after the ceremony for Hickory, N.C., where they will visit the bride‘s aunt, Mrs. Oscar Shingle: Upon their return they will board with Mr. and Mrs, Frank Forrest on Elm Street." * While seeking to confirm these suppositions, the expedition also will undertake practical â€"research work. The expedition is under the patronâ€" age of the Ministry of Public Instrucâ€" tion, the Academy of Colonial Sciences and the colonial governâ€" ments of Algeria and Occidental Africa. When Chevalier visited the southâ€" ern Sahara for the first time thirtyâ€" three years ago, he thought he saw indications t,'hat a sea, or several lakes, had once existed there. This theory was later substantiated by discoveries of sea shells and fossils of animals. Led by Professor Auguste Chevaâ€" lier, of the Paris Natural History Museum, the expedition vanished inâ€" to the desert below southern Algeria. Nothing may be heard of the explorâ€" ers for months. Heading due southâ€" ward, they will visit the principal oases of the central Sahara, gatherâ€" ing data. Then, leading their camel train to the southwest, they will proceed to the River Niger. The next stage of their explorations will be a journey due east to Lake Chad. FFinally, continuing eastward, they will come back to civilization by way of the Sudan and Senegal. Algiers,â€"Somewhere in the vast and uncharted wastes of the Sahara Desert, & French scientific expediâ€" tion is seeking traces of inland seas, along whose shores an unknown civilization once flourished. French Expedition to Seek Lost Sea of the Sahara help you. Mothers all say they wish they ildik'lmm boa'l ;;Bul,.h". Yfi.lfm; eoonerâ€"it‘s an Tss so muchâ€"trouble: . 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Marguerite Durand has been working for many months preparing her library as a gift to the City of Paris When it is opened this spring this will be the first feminist library in Paris, and as such it is expected to do much to help the cause of feminism in France. It consists mainly of books written by or about women, showing the progress of feminism throughout history. _ It also has a very complete system of classificaâ€" tion, giving the titles of the most imâ€" portant books on this subject and the names of the public libraries at which these works may be consultâ€" ed. Mme. Duranc is particularly pleased because her library is to be housed in the new Mairie of the fifth "arrondissement" which is the Latin Quarter, thus enabling students to have free and easy access to it. Feminist Library CONFIDENCE. ne until 3{ou are home. And once you are comfortable Ee pain seldom returns! Keep AÂ¥girin_hand{. Don‘t put it ava‘i. or put off taking it. l{htln‘ & headache to finish the day may be heroic, but it is also a little foolish. So is sacri.icing a night‘s sleep because you‘ve an annoying cold, or itritated throat, or grumbling tooth, neuralgia, neuritis. ‘These tablets always relieve. They don‘t depress the Igun.l and may be taken freely. Yl'lnt is medical opinion. It is a fact established by the last twenty years of medical practise. The only caution to be observed is when you are duying Aspirin. Don‘t take a substitute because it will not act the same. Aspirin is made in Canada. were worse than others. i % 4 *"Then I learned to rely on Aspirin." ‘The sure cure for any headache is rest. But someâ€" times we must postpone it. That‘s when Aspirin saves tl!t;‘ day. Tv(o tabl‘ets3 andâ€"the nagging pain is "No, I don‘t have ‘nerves.‘ You can‘t have them, and hold this sort of position. My head used to throb around three o‘clock, and certain days, of course, I just postpone it!" be consultâ€" particularly wINÂ¥IMMAIV AMKUVMIVES YOUR PULPIT > (And louder these) a sermon speaks. On Sunday you are in the pew, But in the pulpit all the week. "William," he said, "it is indeed a hopeful sign to observe you so often in this sequestered and contemplative spot where, doubtless, you will yet meet with some spiritual consolation." William blinked. "Well, no, sir. To tell you the truth I usually meets the bookie‘s runner ‘ere." blew. After a little it was quiet, then Yellow as stars, on the twigs the new leaves grew, And waxen as candles with a purple stain Hyacinths blossomed in the icy sun. It was a cold spring and longâ€"but The vicar met the village reprobate wandering slowly in the churchyard. when The pear trees flowered, summer had It was a cold spring, the rain Blew out of the hills, and the wind ,kBerthi Ten Eyck James in Poetry. All the Winners In Childhood 4 do the best I know, the very best I can, and I mean to keep right on doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won‘t ~amount to anyâ€" thing. If the end brings me out right, would make no difference~â€" Abrabham Lincoln. A preacher whose deeds do not conâ€" form with his words chndemuns biw This does not mean that a dieâ€" eased fish will transmit the cancer to its offspring. Rather the conâ€" clusion is that if two healthy fish of certain species are mated, the offâ€" spring will die of cancer, Tae apâ€" plication which this discovery might have to human cancer is farâ€"reachâ€" ing. The fish he crosses to produce the disease in the laboratory are eswordtails and spotted platyfish, tiny ornamental creatures that are comâ€" peting with; goldfish for public favor. One of he oddest scientific quests ever undertaken is that of Dr. Myron Gordon, of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., into Mexico, looking for canâ€" cerous fish,. Dr. Gordon has gone to the State of Oaxaca, in the far south of Mexico, in an endeavo» to establish that a fishâ€"cancer called melanosis actually occurs in nature. He has produced the tumor unfail« ingly in the laboratory, by cross breeding certain species of Mexiâ€"an killfish, but science has yet to loarn if the fish mate in their natural onâ€" vironment in such a way as to proâ€" duce the discease. Dr. Gordon‘s experiments over a period of more than three years give definite indication that melanâ€" otic &umor, a disease similar to canâ€" cer in human beings, is the result of heredity. Hopes to Find Clue Bad Teeth Caused By Modern Diet Yes, whatever the bruises or bumps that you get, With a babe in the house you comâ€" pletely forget. All your labors, your troubles, your pleasure, your wealth, You forget many matters, including But the way that you whistie, the way that you sing! Oh! a babe in the house seems a pretty good thing. Proof that the modern diet of civili« zation causes dental decay has been presented before the American Asâ€" sociation of Physical Anthropologists. Two scientists of the Washington Naâ€" tional Museum staff told how they have systematically counted teeth in bundreds of jawbones of preâ€"historic Eskimos and in the mouths of living Eskimos in Alaska. The ancient Eskimos were meat eaters living chiefly on walrus, seal and fish with only a little vegetable food. In 800 jawhones of these preâ€" historic people, only 6.5 per cent, with defective lower molars was found, which are the first teeth of the jaw to succumb to decay. Examination of the teeth of 296 living Eskimos, revealed 2 per cent. of them with more or less dental decay. There‘s a babe in the house, and :s made quite a change; She‘s a little, wee thing, and it seems rather stran,â€", But the others forget all their troub‘es and cares, For, if baby has trouble, her trouble is theirs. With a babee in the house, there |s plenty to do, And, nice thing about it, it isn‘t for you. Yes, our wishes, our wants, we‘ve comâ€" pletely forgot; All that matters is whether sne‘s happy or not, And the first thing you say, when you come in at night, Isn‘t "My, how I fec!" but "Is baby all right?" And it‘s so with the rest, coming ‘~, going out, It‘s the babe in the house they a»» thinking about. "The significant fact,"» it was exâ€" plained, "is that in remote, barren reâ€" gions of Alaska toâ€"day where the Esâ€" kimos are povertyâ€"stricken, they still live in the old fashioned way as seal hunters and fishermen. And these liv» ng Eskimos practically do not know what toothache is like. "But Eskimos living in proximity to white settleâ€" ments show a much higher incidence of dental decay. At Nome, for inâ€" stance. more than half the natives had carious teeth." "There is evidence that meatâ€"eating races generally have sound tecth, while grainâ€"eating races are much more affected by tooth decay," added the report. "Indian tribes who lived along the sea coasts of America left great mounds of shells showing how much sea food they ate. These tribes had almost perfect teeth,. The Buffaloâ€" hunting Indians of the Plains had fine teeth. On the other hand, the Puebios of the Southwest, both ancient and modern, and other agricultural trif®s of the United States as well, have poor teeth. These Indian farmers lived mainly on grain and vegetable foods." A Babe in the House THE BEST. In Cancerous Fish â€"Douglas Malloch April 24 erosity Golden Su