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(I "We have a cab outside, and there'll be no display. If you behave sensibly, no one need be any the wiser," the Superintendent now said, turning once ngain to the worn-n. "And I am Mrs. Aubyn St. Clair," ahe said; “I demand to know the neu- wn for this intrusion." . The reply came promptly. "We have received information that a young gentleman named Mr. Philio Crane is missing-and that you are concerned with his disappearance." “I am concerned? You no joking.” "On the contrary, I am very seri- om, madam; so serious, in feet, that I must request you to accompany me to Scotland Yard." He moved swiftly to one side as Birchan attempted to brush put him. "And you, too, sir. Thoma!" "is in; his voice. The words were madly uttered, but The Empress knew their import. Once at the Yard, she would never gee away. Bluff as she might, the net would close around her. Me reply; "it's my duty to "55534 that if you refuse to come with me, you vi}! be taken by force." "Yes," he heard her say; "WUt's tint? . . . No reply? . . . Are you sure? . . ." Birthail waited no longer. Re wu up in his chair and clawing at he? sleeve. "Don't you get it?" he shrieked; "the poliee--the police'." And, as though he had been gifted with second sight, the door opened. " Am Superintendent Watson, of Scotland Yard," said I deep voice. “I told you'." whined Birchall. But the Empress ignored the words. A younger mun, also dressed in plain clothes, came quickly from the bar]. “I refuse to accompany you," she sald; "this is In instill, and I shall speak to my solicitors." "You cur speak to them after you hepre visited the Yard." wt: the inflex- She faced the unexpected visitor with aim Mutant. The Empress rose Ind took the in- strument from his shaking grasp. With the unoccupied hand, she motion- ed him to a chair. Silence, disturbed only by the rustle of the papers as she turned them over. After thtee minutes he rushed aero.. the room. "What are we hanging about here for?" he naked; and, before she could reply, he had ripped the receiver oft its hook and enquired angrily: "What about that trunk call to Handling? Have we to wait all night?” - - -"'_"_..v -.......... H. "can" Inn-gory fermion and loam that In! “that In hold captive by "The Emma." In Handling. PM?! goes .to lanolin. And moot: Chum mm... an Amertetin dotted". When Cane " IMM!¢d “mm. win In Scotland Yud. Blunt)! [on to Handling. Crane In Imprisoned with Nursery“: father, who drops do“ trom ens-nation. Births". the crook "Crane." ttees to London to warn the Empresa that the police In munitions. Over by the window. through which he kept looking, Birehal1 Muted. It n: us though he was expecting to see, in the street below, his terror take material shape. Meanwhile, rented at her bureau, the Empress celmly stud- ied doeumenta. Only once did she speak. "Either sit down, or leave the room," she ordered curtly. When PM". Cum urn” In London on . holiday, through . coincidence of “I. mm.- ho In men for the crook Cum. who I. t tool of . had ruled by . guano“ “gurus?” Questions gladly answered by our Mail Order Depart. method which makes" clothes cleaner. fresher and absolute- Postage charges paid both Send your cleaning to Park- er’s and you will always be "" of lovely results. All garments are cleaned, by Parker's Will Pay Mail Chargés Birth Ways She looked quick]; round the room "eelath" ht both Clem“ and WC Furnish!“- 791 You. St., CHAPTER xXir.--Cont'd.) S YNOPSX S. ADMIT ONE 17-'32 " SIDNEY HORLER. I "We'll cut out the compliments, Mr. §Stevensson, and concentrate on your 'cellars." He underlined the last word I and had the satisfaction of seeing the iman wince. 'Wm afraid I overlooked ,yuur downstairs department the first I time I was here. Very careless of me, I'm sure, but I intend to rectify that how. Matthews.'" he called; and an l assistant stepped forward. "Watch this man," was the order he received. Stevenson kept control of himself. "You prefer me, then, not to be your guide, Inspector?" "We'll find out everything-this time," was the tsignificant response. "This fellow will do." He pointed to Ae man who, a minute before, had brought his tale of tragedy to Stew ensson. He was not a free agent now; by a dexterous munceuvre his hands had been pinioned behind him by a sec- ond detective, and a pair of handcuffs slipped round his wrists. 1 think it is only fair to say that I shall register a protest in the proper quarters against this high-handed ac- tion of yours. I won't waste words by saying that you have no Justiiiestion for your suspicion, either against me or my house. Br the way, I suppose you have the usual warrant?" During the next ten seconds, Stew ensson did the quickest thinking of his life. "So rou're here again, Mr. Laidley," he remarked. "I thought somehow you might turn up once more." "As you please, my dear Inspector.' femarked the host; "but, nevertheless, "in a use like this, no warrant is necessary. I am acting on my own responsibility and with a full sense of what I am doing." . The mm lowered his head in a may: tun of acquiescence. Had he not done so, his eyes might have told their own' story. "And nit tricks," added Lnidley. I “Tut, tut!" mocked Stevenson. "T 0 ask you, Inspector, what three dale: bodied men have to fear?” 1 A third voice answered. " think you had better leave H. where it is until we see it." The Folkestone police officer dis- regarded the pleuuntry. "Very well. -Gregory, please do whatever the Inspector wishes. Obey him " you would me. You under.. stead?" Stevensson did not reply immediate- ly. Ignoring the man, he paced up and down the room. It would seen. as though his luck were giving out-, that the cards were stacked against. him. If only Whittle had been cap- tured by Grosner before he had given that information to Scotland Yard! It was no good reflecting upon that now, however: this was a situation for a man-and he had t face it. To stay or go. That was the ques- tion. With Ferguson dead, it would certainly seem as though he had bet- ter slip across to France for a while. He would ring up the Emptess. "What shall we do with GU body, boss?" "Ferguson's dettd--he's conked out" "Dead? But who killed him'." "Not that other fellow. When I went down there, he was nearly blu'u. hing. No, it wasn't murder-t reckon Ferguson must have had a weak heart and shoving him downstairs completed the job. What shall we do with the The man still sitandintr ii the door- waCrttraeted his attention again. "On this trip, I um taking no chances,” was the eart reply. "You might let me know where your Italian body-servant it. I've heard I lot about that fellow recently, and I should like to see him." body "What', that you say?" he demand. ed. If he went ttway-and he was " lowing the idea to sink in-it would be necessary for him to take the for- get with him. For Perguson's work w” only half done; there remained a good deal to be finitrhed. His plans in this direction were rudely shuttered. "Ferguson is dead," announced the returned servant. Stevensson rose swiftly and walked up to the man. To the servant who answered the hen he said: "Ferguson is in the cellar; bring him to me." CHAPTER XXIII. Determined as he was, Simon Stev- ensson knew that time was valuabh. He had pretended to ignore Birchnll'l words, but he realised elearly that the British police, once they took up an enquiry, never relaxed their hold. So far, he had gained the honors but, brooding over the matter, he became more and more convinced that there would be a second visit to "The White House" that night. He must be pre- pared. but the Superintendent use already by her side. "Very well," she said; "but some- one will suffer for this." Superintendent Watson raised a hand to his moustache. It was the nearest approach he ever made to a smile. '" I Heidelberg-Despite the hard times, ', Germany will have at least one major C mountaineering expedition in the tietd 'this year, the Andes Reconnaissance !or 1932. It has just sailed trom are 'men tor Peru. It has for object not loniy mountain conquest but tseientitic ' research, and Professor Kuenzei ot the lUniversity of Heidelberg is its geolo- gist and geographer. Professor Th. liiertzog of Jena University looks after botanical exttloratiott. The leader lot the expedition it Dr. P. H. Bor- ’cher, second vttNrorets1dettt ot the Ger- Ity, Alpine Club. The climbing teem lie recruited mainly from members of last year's Dyhrenfurth expedition Ito the Himalayas, and Erwin Schnei- der, who proved their ear, held. it. The particular objective is the Cordil- iers Blanca. Besides Mount Hues- 'earan, nearly 22,500 feet high, there {are a number of 20,000-iooters never yet climbed. The weakness ot the social amic- tions and the strength ot the private desires constitute trelfishrte.qtt. - Sir James MttcKfntossh. Stretching down coufd be seen Va flight of steps. A cold, raw air came up to them from below. . He spoke brusquely. "I want to see it-mot to be told “his? it is." e man touched something with his foot and the floor opened slowly. Laidley nodded. He had a horrible suspicion that he was about to be made a fool of. He had merely his own intuition and the information of that fool of a constable upon which "The wine cellar's down here," the man said, pointing to the wooden floor. "You stay here, Johnson, and at.- tcnd to anybody who comes in or at- tempts to go out." Laidley would have wished for a more reliable addi- tom to his staff, but he had to put up with this material as being the best available. . "Yes, Inspector." With the handcuffed guide going be- fore them, the small party crossed the hull and entered a corridor on the other side. "You are adding to my stock of knowledge every minute, Inspector." With a short growl, the police offV cer turned away. Once outside the- door, he and his companion were joined by a comiettl, looking constable-tC. George John- son to wit. Johnson, in a laudable en- deavor to meet any emergency, had already drawn his truncheon. . "Well, he can wait. Lead on, my lad, to these cellars of yours. It came out quite by chance, Stevensson, that this house was built on the ruins A' a monastery. I suppose you weren't aware of that fact?" “He’s about the place somewhere, I have no doubt. Do you know where find him, Gregory?" "The last time 1 saw him-about half-an-hour ago-he told me he was going to the village." Tom-Hell, you see I try to re. spect my wife's wishes during Lent and yet believe me ith the only seen son of the year when I feel like kicking over the traces." "ck-ia seem strangely rest- less and ill at ease tor one ot your quiet disposition." GERMANS TO EXPLORE ANDES. This youngster, Thomas Hamilton, native of Los Angeles, denies in this graphic demonstration that radium water is dangerous. Severe physical examinations have shown no harmful tendencies. (To be continued.) "Cheer up, old boy." advised the married man. "You know 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved " all." “Yes." agreed the rejected suitor. jlultng a bunch ot ken In his pocket, “better tor the norm, the eonteetioner, the messenger boy, the restaurant waiter, the taxicab man. the theatrical magnate and the jeweler." , Out of a total ot 2,054,302 boxes of oranges exported by Brazil last year fully tour-nub: were bought by Eng- land. Total banana exports that year reached 7,856,752 bunches, halt ot which were shipped to the English market. Rio de Jtuuriro.-Enrland is the greatest consumer ot Brazilian oranges and bananas, export "ure' tor 1931 reveal. The friendship between the "Kato. vicards" manifests itself in various forms: the poorer members write and exchange photographs, the rich ex. change visits by cars, going sometimes from France to Cairo or Bucharest. When the Katovicards meet one an- other at international events they start immediate co-operation and Show the same interest as in hitherto un- known relatives. This international friendship over the ether has resulted in several marriages, several adoptions and also. perhaps, some advertising, but the great majority of people have been attracted by it without any self- ish interests.-The Mail and Empire, (Toronto). Among a multitude ot international .societies and organizations perhaps one of the most unusual and original is the Societe Internationale des Kato. vicards which has been established by the listeners of the Katowice radio station in Poland, and numbers over 2,000,000 members grouped in 57 cen- ters spread over almost the whole of Europe and North Atrica. This so- ciety is tour years old, and owes its origin to an outburst of excitement by M. Stefan Tymieniecki. the musical director ot the Katowice broadcasting station. Except tor Russia, Czechoslo- vakia and Portugal, all Europe partici- pates in the organization which now has a special badge with the inscription "Loin des yeux-prett du coeur," de- signed by Dr. Ruch of Vienna, one of the most enthusiastic members. North Africa is also much interested, while from time to time letters are received from Japan and North America, where a centre is being established in Chi- cago. Major Murray said that apart trom the value of international understand- ing and good will, this practice of in. terchange provides an advertisement which no enterprising country can " ford any longer to ignore. it Canada had her independent broadcasting authority so recognized as to be in a position to deal on equal terms with the other broadcasting authorities of the world, she would share in enter- prises ot this kind. trees. The orchard. sweet with its old mysteries Ot blooms that faded, fruit that cum to pass . Ungathered always in the matted grass. Now greeted him with but one dethtlte sound Ot ripened apples falling to the ground. --Olenn Ward Dresbach, in "Selected Poems." An international exchange of broad- casts is a recent feature of radio which was explained to the Parliamentary Committee at Ottawa by Major Mur- ray. of the British Broadcasting Cor- poration. Periodically a British pro- gramme, for example, is relayed throughout Germany by the German stations, and a German programme is similarly relayed throughout Great Britain by the B. B. C. lost Quick splendor that had faded with the frost. Then Malcolm looked . moment an In doubt Across the river and the hold: about Touched with the glory . . . He left the road and followed down . hue Leading to uplands bright ebove the plain. His tree stride tutrtled deed levee " he went Along the hill-path-To him came the scent Ot wild grapes heavy with their sweet- ness still Ungathered in the brambles on the hill Except by birds in tioelttt that now and then . Arose near him and settled down again. In one place opened eastward on the slope He looked far back and saw the haze: 81098 Above the city he had left behind, Below him stood the cabin in the International Friendship Promoted by Rndio The front. It!" in" on the lowhndu. won q A radiance soon melted by the sun That gave It, and the river took the "AMOS Gd ANDY" The Book of Their Dialogues, bound In cloth, now being sold at bookstorel. or mailed poetpaid for One DoIIar from the publisher. Thomas Allen, 266 King 8t. West. Toronto. England Liekttraait Oranges Many ot the village boys and girls liven even more economically. They go home every Saturday and return on Sunday, with a bundle of bread, cheese, dried fruit, and salt pork, to which they restrict their diet, adding now and then a bowl of sour milk or a. portion ot bean stew. Schools are crowded tar beyond capacity and have two shirts daily, one beginning before dawn and the other: closing long after dark. Another reason why some are pleas- ed to see amateurs planting gardens in April is that it often means more Jobs tor professional gardeners in Jutie.--The Christian Science Monitar. Lum, Bulg.-The average cost oti maintenance for an out-ot-mwn Sui-l dent attending the high schools in this typical provincial Bulgarian! town is $5 a month, according to the director ot the "gymnasium,". in which there are 1,000 boys and girls. Built 127 years ago, it is still in use as London's main store ftr wines placed in bond. It covers more then three acres and houses row after row of gigantic barrels filled with wines that are slowly maturing. Here is port that has been around the world and sherry that was pressed from the grapes when the 'present generation was young. Here are marsala and madeira. A vault that contains three-quarters of a million gallons o,' wine bu been shown to several of London's distin- guished visitors of late. Known as the Crescent Vault, it is one of the won- ders of the London docks. Students in Bulgaria Live on $5 a Month It is important to keep wine at an C & lb. SAME FINEST QUALITY London's Storehouse of Wines BROWN LABEL TEA NOW She-lid you see any sharks when you were crossing the Atlantic?" He-- "Yes, I played cards with a couple at them'." From time to time in the long co:- ridora, some of them 1 quarter of . mile in length, one cutehes sight of a circle of fnces, half- revealed by htutd- lamps, bending over a cask, like those of smugglers conspiring. The quiet is broken only by voices and by a mys- terious tapning made by the coopers as they test the cnsks for leakages. They are guided entirely by the sound of the cask: in resp :nse to their tap- ping. Twice daily they have to com- plete the round of corks. Eight men are kept busy on this job. Gardening Hlnt Now is the tlme to study seed-pack- ed illustrations to see what the seeds you are going to plant won't look like. men temperature, and that of the Crescent. Vault is regulated by mum of gas-jets. These g've " blue rM3 that made the surrounding darkness all the more intense. 31.00. 152 DUCK!” IT.. TOIOI'I'O. ogre, Government Standard Seeds fol In: home garden. t on. ”Plum“ nod. 1 " 0mm”. t at naaieh-Wh1tq 21ml. Ht. Petttgdno-4riaat mod. Pht. We." In“ I'm In“. Tl'" uun collection non paid tor W "t.thuhuaor-u6hgt. 3pm.. In. "ttms-gross-u lending. 'tt.ogdog--rquttw Glob. agave:- 2“.”qu mm In“. Ht. Ivan ,.u1am--M1a.d. rm. 'rqtqtrtMogto-Mirqd. 1 " Parsnip- !» 9ftmaer- CLOVERS SEEDS SPECIAL OFFER ib-arotiitw" I What the city specially needs, ho all. in more trees to make up tor lack ot "on AM open Incas. It Jerusalem cannot have (run. because at the ”We h the water supply, It never- gtheleu on have certain types or you. Think ot the number ot young men and women tor example who get mar- ried union: first “cumming wheth. er the other party playn be same sys- to. at bridge. "The high artistic quality of the ar- chitecture of Jerusnlem's new houses, and the “extraordinary changes" since " lut visit to Palestine lesl than two years Mo, profoundly Impressed Professor Leslie Patrick Abercrombie. Itchitect Ind town planer, nnd pro- tenor ot civic design at the University of Liverpool, write. the Jerusalem cor- respondent of "The Christin Science Monitor." Many ot the buildings he found to be above the Henge of thoeo going up in the " towns ot Euinnd. end Mr. Abercrombie found in Jerusa- leln :trnctnm a welcome departure tro- the commonplace and sterotyped. The radio, of course, cannot be given nil the credit. The in: he: gone out ot nanny things besides Inusic the last two yeere. it is easy to remember the days when too nanny persons were try. ing to make their dollnre deuce to a nuncinl in: and tuning their thought- to in; idea in literature. art end conduct Now they ere getting down to inndunentele, disciplining their thinking u n nan-id“ does his lingers. end hoping to accompleh some thing more like In enduring sonata than like en evanescent crooner's de- light.-The Christian Science Monitor. Modern Buildings in Palestine Called Equal of England's There to mother eervlce that radio my have done the better type ot manic. That is. It he- done much to veer out the popularity or jut. For Jan Is one of those thlnu ot which one on have too much. It in e pro- verb among mullchnl that populer mode ls merely lemma nuelc and that the best MIMIC would become popular it it were made tomlller to enoth people. Perhaps the "Jan boys" have counted too much on the exactness ot their proverb. forgetting the other one about tttmiliarity and contempt. One explanation is the radio. Pro. ducer: ot Jan could testify to the et. tectlveneas ot radio as A medium tor populating their product. The recent vogue ot u long that had lulu tor years almost forgotten on publishers' shelve. we! 3 tribute to that "ectiveneos. Likewise, radio bu introduced classl- eat music to thousands who never be. fore knew they could like it. Many will cast shout for explana- tion; ot this shift of interest trom " sting syncopetion and bloating blues to the quiet gentility of Beethoven‘s "Minuet in G," Chopin's "Welt: in D Flat' and Bach's Bourree trom the sec- ond violin 30mm. which are now listed among the best sellers. II the use of in: planing? Recent reports trom the music publlshlng held Indium that it any be. An ottieial at e publishing house the other by let It be known that we. ot “chaslcal' music are exceeding those at the type called popular. The amazing feature of these catas- trophes is that, it oft repented. nun- kind becomes noctutoned to them. People Itill dwell on the love-strewn slope- ot volcuic mountnine end trust there will he no further eruption. But it in any n nutter of time until they ere notive min. Along the Andes. enters ion; thought extinct hunt into n fresh fury of dune. Scientists hnve sought to expinin whet in coins on in subterranean region- to can“ these dematatintr convulsion and eruptions. end perhnpc they know; but they were not wise enough to wnrn the people ot South Americn ot the peril thnt leaped upon them trom the mountain tops. Many ot Nnture': mysteries remain hidden from the world ot science; and this is emphasized by tngedies such as the terrestrial uphenvnl along line Ander--Torottto Globe. . All that humanity out do in such . utentrophe in protect itself as best it taart-attd welt. Neture in her angry mood in in supremo commend. end nun, the stout. is helpless end terri- tied. All his nutritious works crumme in min about hill. and he cu do noth- in; nothing except start ell over min when the earth resume- its nor- ml cola. To the credit of men‘s courue Ind tenacity. be it aid. that is generally what he does. Look at San Function. Tokio, end the communities about Vesuvius. tte All the perils to which unkind in unused. nose is so teaming u the -tts in convulsion. At intervals enrthenntes rock the lend. end crest cities. the uhlevennent at Inna. ere in n moment hid low; while st nil times millions of people on st the mercy ot neighboring vomoes. Now it ls South Anerlen that nu hnd Its visitstlon. end experienced the sensation that on he wrought by the simultnneous mutton of esrthqnshs end volcano. The mighty Andes rsngs. whose peeks pierce the clouds. reopened the crsters ot smouldering volesnoes and the sun Wu dimmed try showers or uhes snd dust, spread We I vsst pall over hnli n continent. Subterranean gnses tainted the nlr. and the popula- tion suirered the horrors of Buttoeatlon. The Earth Trembled The Passing of Jazz Five w tn " I: " " rd ty T h