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it cheerful‘y. Major Bw "Oh!" Evans he "Will you come in He reflected on his next course of action and decided on interviewing Captain Trevelyan‘s servant, Evans, whose name Major Burnaby had inâ€" «autiously let slip. A few inquiries brought him to 85 Fore Street. The door was opened by a man so typically an exâ€"sailor that Enderby had no donbt of his identity. "Evans, isw‘t it?" caid Mr. Enderby He made his way to the post office and wired his paper that by the greatâ€" est of good luck he would be able to supply them with tasty and exclusive information on the Exhampton Murâ€" der Case. "I knoew," said the young man, "it w awkward. Well, well, one will just Aave to resign oneself to kicking up one‘s heels in Exhampton. They do pretty well at the Three Crowns. So long, sir, see you later." Complete Equipment, Two Forges, Pneumatic Hammer and Cutter, "Yes, but look hereâ€"it‘s impossible o get to Sittaford in this weather. The fall of snow was exceptionally heavy. No vehicle has been able to lake the road for three days anyway, ind it may be another three before the thaw sets in properly. Drills, Lathe and a very complete stock of tools, will sell as a going concern with favorable lease or will sell _ machinery separately, en ‘Oh! no," said the young man. 1 want to take a few photographs, you know, of your cottage at Sittaford, ind of you feeding the pigs, or hoeâ€" mg up dandelions or doing anything tharacteristic that you fancy. You bave no idea how our readers appreâ€" riat. that sort of thing. Then I would like to have a few words from you on What I intend to do with the £5,000.‘ Something snappy. You have no idea how disappointed our readers would The major went across to the writâ€" Ing table, wrote a receipt and handed it to him, saying: "I suppose you are »ft back to London today?" y l’r;sently Mr. Enderby rose and obâ€" wrved that he must go along to the post office. [ _ "If you will just give me a receipt for that cheque, sir." $ young man e if they didn‘t get that sort of h"mn J "I hear it was you who actually discoverved the body, sir," said the young man. OOY"s.'I "It must have been an awful shock." The conversation proceeded. Major Burnaby was still determined to give no information, but he was no maten for the adroitness of Mr. Enderby. The latter made statements with which the majo: was forced to agree or disagree, thereby providing the inâ€" formation the young man wanted. So‘ pleasant was his manner, however, that the process was really not painful at all and the major found himself taking quite a liking to the ingenuous "Captain Trevelyan had no enemies, rad he?"" asked young Mr. Enderby. "No," said the major. "But I hear the police don‘t think it is robbery," went on Enderby. "How do you know that?" asked the major. Mr. Enderby, however, did not re veal the source of his information. sSYNOPSIS. While Mrs. Willett, her daughter Vioâ€" jet, Major Burnaby and three neighbors in the village of Sittaford were table lipping, a "spirit‘ message was receivâ€" td stating that Captain Joseph Trevelâ€" yan, a retired navy man, had been murâ€" gered. For two months the Willetts rad been occupyinf Trevelyan‘s house. He had been unable to resist an offer of 12 guineas rent and had taken a small house at two guineas at Exhampton, aix miles away. Burnaby finds his friend dead, the base of his skull fractured. Police Inspector Narracott questioned Evans, Capt. Trevelyan‘s man, and then went to the offices of Trevelyan‘s lawâ€" yers, where his will was read. The capâ€" min‘s estate of about £90,000 went to mis sister, Jennifer Gardner, and the three children of his deceased sister, Mary â€" Pearson. James Pearson had registered at an hotel the afternoon of the murder and taken the first train back to London the following morning. Charles Enderby, a reporter for the Daily Wire, went to Exhampton to give Major Buynaby a cheque for £5,000, won m i -om{u!mnn. and began to question mm about the murder. ‘ BLACKSMITH SHOP Located in Toronto L ty AcatHia Curistie "s FOR SALE H. WATKINS, 73 West Adelaide St., AL CHAPTER VII it . ha donwbt of his identity. t*" caid Mr. Enderby ave just come from hesitated a moment { outside of the house, was badly in need of a little money spent upon it, but yet, had with all that an air of charm which the inspector felt withâ€" out being able to particularize the why and wherefore of it. "Must have been a shock to your mistress," he observed. The girl seemed a little vague about that, he noticed. _ *"She didn‘t see muh of him," was The maid ushered him into the drawingâ€"roomâ€"a room which, like the outside of the house, was badly in need of a little money spent upon it, but vet. had with all that an air of "Yes, got a telegram she cid. From the lawyer, Mr. Kirkwood." death?" asked the inspector casually as the maid drew back to let him into the hall. He purposely did not hana his offiâ€" clal card to the maid. The mere fact of his being a police officer, as he knew by experience , would render her awkward and tongueâ€"tied. "She‘s heard of her brother‘s He was a very fair minded man, but inquiries seemed to indicate that tl :« was very little possibility of the captain‘s having been done to death by an enemy. On the other hand, four people, as far as he could make out, stood to gan a considerable sum by the old man‘s death. The moveâ€" ments of each of these four people had to be inquired into. The entry in the hotel register was suggestive, but after all Pearson was quite a common name. "Good afternoon," said Inspector Narracott. "I want to see Mrs. Gardâ€" ner, please. It is in connection with the death of her brother, Captain Treâ€" velyan, at Exhampton." A somewhat slatternly looking maid answered the bell. It takes about half an hour from Exhampton to Exeter by train. At five minutes to twelve Inspector Narâ€" racott was ringing the front doorbell of the Laurels. The Laurels was a somewhat dilâ€" apidated house, badly in need of a new coat of paint. The garden round it was unkempt and weedy and the gate hung askew on its hinges. "Not too much money about here," thought Inspector Narracott. "Eviâ€" dently hard up." ’ "I wonder who really did the capâ€" tain in?" he murmured to himself. "I \don‘t think our friend Evans. Perhaps it was a burglar! Very disappointing, if so. Doesn‘t seem any woman in the case, which is a pity. We‘ve got to have some sensational developments soon or the case will fade out. Just my luck, if so,. First time I have ever been on the spot in a matter of this kind. 1 must make good. Charles, my boy, your chance in life has come. Make the most of it. Our military friend will, I see, soon be eating out of my hand if 1 remember to be sufâ€" ficiently respectful and call him ‘sir, often enough. "Of course it was a burglar," said Evans. "Why, there‘s no one in Exâ€" hampton would want to harm the capting." Enderby rose. "Well," he said. "I must be going. I will run in now and then and have a little chat if I may. If the captain won three new novels in a Daily Wire (Bmpetition, the Daily Wire ought to make it a personal matter to hunt down his murderer." Wishing them a cheery good day, Charles Enderby took his leave. "It was a burglar," sa.d Mrs Evans. "That‘s what it was." "You find the skunk what done it," said Evans. "Newspapers can do a lot, they say, in hunting down crimâ€" inals." He described the captain‘s winnirg of three new novels. Enderby enâ€" couraged him to talk. He sw a very good story being made out of Evans. The faithful servantâ€"old sea dog touch. He wondered just a little why Mrs. Evans seemed so nervous; he put it down to the suspicious ignorance of her class. "Well, it‘s a wicked world, sir." Evans was a little confused, feeling that his exclamation had been wantâ€" ing in tact. "I have heard there‘s a lot of trickery concerned. The late capting used to say that a prize never went to a good address. That‘s why he used mine time and again." "Didn‘t you think they were?" askâ€" ed Enderby. "What?" cried Evans. "Then these things are square after all." to see Major Burnaby. He has jost won our Free Football Competition for £5,000." "Cruel stupid the police are," said Mrs. Evans. "Don‘t mind what they take up as long as they get hold of sonteone." She cast a quick glance at Enderby. "Are you with the police, sir?" "Me? Oh, no! I am from a nowsâ€" paper, the Daily Wire. I came down "Now, Rebecca, don‘t take on so," said her husband. "Who do they think cid it then?" demanded Mrs. Evans coming forâ€" ward. Her eyes looked frightened and eager. "Had a tip from headquarters. Yes, the burglary idea was all a put up job." the housemaid at the Three Crowns whose sister was the legal spouse of Constable Graves, but he replied: K. G. A. Sandstrom, Prosecting Atâ€" torney, has announced his intention of seeking changes in some of the prevailing laws. Many new points of law have been raised during the investigation, espeâ€" cially as regards "swindling of the general public" and responsibility of directors of a company for false bookâ€" keeping. More than fifty persons have been formally prosecuted and of these twenty have been sentenced. Kreuger Inquiry Reports Complete in 8,000 Pages Stockholm.â€"After fourteen months‘ work by the Stockholm police, the criminal investigation of the affairs o Ivar Kreuger, has been completed. The results are embodied in fifty reâ€" ports, the equivalent of an 8,000â€"page b Jok. "If this suggestion were generally adopted many country churchyards, & tangled but lovely, garden of nature‘s own planting, would be saved from those devastating onslaughts known as ‘clearing up the cemetery!‘ Too often the bonnie brier bush at the head of the grave has been torn up and an aluminumâ€"tinted tin affair of some kind bearing the word ‘Fathsr‘ or ‘Darling‘ planted in its place; the tree that cast a grateful shade or held a nest of robins in its hair, has been cut down; the blueâ€"flowered periâ€" winkle that clothed the grass in rich, luxuriant green, has been torn up. Were a woman to have individual zes ponsibility, these wellâ€"meant errors might be avoided." 1 ’ "One of our correspondents writes: ‘In these days when women are lookâ€" ‘ ing for means whereby they may earn the odd dollar, it struck mo that many more might do &as one woman I know has done. She has offered to care for the graves in a country churchyard, placing fresh flowers there each week. It seems a reasonable occupation for a woman in the quiet country places, and I am sure there are many people living in cities who would be glad to contribute somcthing towards keepâ€" ing the family plot in the little churchâ€" jard tidy and beautiful. Of course, this brings one, I know, to the proper uzkeep of cemeteries, but at all events, I thought you‘d be interested in what seems to be a new occupation for women.‘ A view showing the great rush of oll gushing from the new well at Lockâ€"Batan, in Soviet Russia. _ Much of the precious fluid was lost because drillers were unprepared for such a tremendous spurt, Tending Graves New Occupation for Women "Bride Broder," writing in the Toâ€" ronto Mail and Empire, says: or "Well, I never," said Beatrice. "Murdered. < ‘orrible, isn‘t it? Did they bash his head in or shoot him but you see, my dearâ€"what is your name, by the way?" ‘‘Beatrice, sir." ‘"Well, you see, Beatrice, it will be in the evening papers tonight." "Ah!" said Inspector Narracott, "I thought you hadn‘t heard that. Mr. Kirkwood didn‘t want to break the news too abruptly to your mistress, "Did the telegram say it was murâ€" der?" he asked. "Murder!" The girl‘s eyes opened wide, a mixâ€" ture of horror and intense enjoyment in them. "Murdered, was he?" "Shut the door and come here," said Inspector Narracott. He was anxious to try the effect of a surprise attack. what ?" (To be continued.) Soviet‘s New Oil Gusher There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreaâ€" tions and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.â€"Alcott. The bliss of the drunkard is a visâ€" ible picture of the expectation of the dying atheist, who hopc: no more than to lie down in the grave with the "beasts that perish."â€"Jane Porter. _ Advises the Montreal Daily Star: ‘The annual appeal of the Society for the Prevestion of Cruelty to Animais t« householders who are spending the summer in the country to remember their pets merits wide publicity. Every yea > there is a pitiful record of dogs and cats and birds having been left behind in closed houses to starve io death. It is increJible that anybody with decent instinets would do this inâ€" tentionally. Of course it is due to forgetfulness. And it is with the exâ€" press intention of reminding those liable to forget that the S.P.C.A. calls attenticn to the fact that in all cases where people find they cannot take their pets with them, the society will undertake either to call for them, or to receive them at its headquarters, and give them a swift and painless end. The society has «authority to enter closed houses where pets have been left behind, but its appeal is to the humanitarian instinct of all who keep dogs, cats or birds in their homes. It is an appeal that ought not to go unbeeded in a single instance. ' "Larita" might have been the greatâ€" est bullâ€"fighter in Spain had he not elected to sacrifice art not only to courage, but to a certain childish clownishness, which pleased the galâ€" lery, but was severely condemned by connoiseurs of the art as being unâ€" dignified. So that today Belmonte reigns supreme as master of the art, Nino de la Palms as the most graceâ€" ful, and "Larita" as the most fearless b..llâ€"fighter. | From that day onward "Larita‘s" progress was a triumph. He soon beâ€" came a novillero, or fighter of young Lulls, and his utter contempt of danâ€" gev, hairâ€"breadth escapes and wounds won for him the enthusiastic admiraâ€" tion of the spectators. When still a youth "Larita" disâ€" played his prowess by jumping into the ring in the course of a bullâ€"fight and playing the bull like a finished torero, amid the frantic applause of the people; for the bullâ€"fighting public loves and encourages a fearless and promising "suicide," as these youthful «spirants are called. l As a lad he played with boys of his own age at bullâ€"fighting in the streets, using any red rag that come to hand, while one of his comrades, with a pair of horns, snorted and charged like a bull. When it came time to cut off his Ligtail in token of his retirement, the crowd protested so loudly that the pigtail stays on. It is getting gray, and its ownerâ€"Matias Lara, whom all Spaniards know as "Larita"â€"is growing"stout. Retirement costs him a struggle, however, for the sport has afforded his own burning interest in life, and the Auckland (New Zealand) Weekly News tells us: ‘ Senoritas in mantillas and highâ€" backed combs, applauded frantically the other day as Spain‘s most daring bullâ€"fighter, twice wounded, was carâ€" ried about the ring shoulderâ€"high after killing two bulls in his farewell performance. A Bullâ€"fighter‘s Farewell Remember Your Pets TORONTO As a Harley Street doctor explainâ€" ed: "A diet of fresh vegetables and salads with a fair supply of meat contains those â€" ingredients which might be expected to lead to fair bair and skin. "Fresh air and exercise may also affect the coloring of children inâ€" directly by making the parents more healthy. We are going back to the appearance of our Viking ancestors." Now one has only to walk through any park to see dozens ‘of children with hair of the fashionable shade. The reporter recently counted 15 in a minute and & half. If the babies were 20 years older, they would be called ash blondes, a swhade extremely race only a few years ago. Doctors say that modern develop ments in the diet and habits of their mothers are responsible. Twice as many blondc babies are being born in Britain now as there were ten years ago. Number of Ash Blonde Babies is Increasing Shortly the finds will l;e on view in the British Museum. "It was exciting work," Miss Christie declares. "My job was to clean the finds, and you can imagine the thrill of rubbing away dust and dirt to find, say, an amulet worn 7,000 years Ago, "I was also in charge of the photoâ€" graphic work, and in addition acted as chief cook and washerâ€"up." Mud and brick houses clustered round a central court,. Pottery of eggâ€" shell thinness, decorated in bright black and red paints in geometric deâ€" signs and shapes, which compare with the finest work of classical Greece. Marble pendant of an ox‘s head, of exâ€" quisite workmanship. Tiny terraâ€"cotta figures of goddesses, whose painted clothing is suspended by braces! Jewâ€" ellery, including amulets and beads. A circular grainary, containing wheat thousands of years old. Finds made in her excavations, Miss Christie said, include: "The electricâ€"eyes which control the clevator doors in the building came in for careful examination, while the llarg:e crowd of science visitors was | being whisked aloft at 1,200 feet per minute. {One fat lady in the party | unconsciously protruded slightly | across the elevator, causing an eclipse ' of the electric eye on guard. Instantâ€" ly this electric automaton took conâ€" | trol of the situaiion, reopened the eleâ€" 'vator doors and blocked the elevator _from moving, until the fat lady could The discoveries _ made by Miss Christie and her husband throw light on the mode of life, customs, and reâ€" ligious rites of a people who lived at least 7,000 years agoâ€"centuries beâ€" fore the rise of Ur. For six months she has been living in an Arab‘s house in the Mesopotamâ€" ian desert, with her husband, M. E. Mallowan, and other members of the British Museum expedition to Tal Arâ€" pachiyah, near Nineveh. Here she bas been helping to unearth clues to a lost prehistoric civilization. London.â€"Miss Agatha Christie, the novelist, has just arrived back in Engâ€" land, after an adventure as romantic as anything in her own novels. English Mystery Writer Delves Into Arab Love be gotten back withir bounds. Fiftyâ€" eight elevators in the Rockefeller Centre group are being equipped with these electricâ€"eye safety features." tri.veling more than a mile farther each day, as the earth rotates, comâ€" pared with his daily rotation in the former offices nearer the ground, acâ€" cording to figures computed by a lightâ€" ning calculator in the party. "Also it was revealed that Mr. John D. Rockefeller in his new offices on the upper floors of the seventyâ€"story structure will have the experience of "One of the experiments while the party was on the roof, 850 feet above the street, included the dropping of a plummet down an elevator shaft to show that a body falling from this great height does not fall straight downwardâ€"that is, does not follow a plumbâ€"line, but because of the earth‘s rotation is carried about five and oneâ€" third inches to the eastward, toward Fifth Avenue, by the time it reaches the ground. u. l To quote a statement issued by the society : PETET N They investigated there some of the curious scientific anomalies resulting from its great size and height. Six hundred members of the New York Electrical Society recently inâ€" spected the 850â€"foot central building of Rockefeller Centre, from lobby to roof Queer Things in Rockefeller Centre NPR ds atisiniaciins: A be an acceleration entirely due to a romentary kinetic effect on the moleâ€" cules such as is produced by high tommanatacs s temperature." Although chemical changes can be produced in milk with prolorged sound treatment the physicians regard these effects as insign‘feant, considering the short length of time necessary to kill bacteria. The coagulation of the proâ€" teins might be expected to make the milk even more digestible than before. There is nothing unusual in these reactions since all of them can be proâ€" duced by other {1eans., "In fact," say Flosdorf and Chambers, "we believe that all of these chemical effects may hx en noie o o t e eC CHe Most interesting perhaps were stcâ€" dies of water solution in the ordinary table salt. Here the dissolved oxygen yielded free chlorine gas in solution. Since some salt is present in milk, it might ke possible that this free chlorâ€" ice is the agent which kills the bacâ€" teria. Flosdorf and Chambers do not think so, however, since a quantity of chlorine sufficient to kill bacteria canâ€" not be liberated in the short space of time in which the intense audible penâ€" etrates the milk. They belie e, rather, that it is the change in the protein of the bacteria which results in their instant death. in the superâ€"sonic ra;lge they were able to turn glveose, or grape sugar, into starch in small amounts. They found also that acetic acid, the acid of ordinary vinegar, could be proâ€" duced from ethy! acetate when exposâ€" ed to intense sound waves. Ethy] acetate is a substance which is chemicâ€" ally somewhat similar to fats. They were able to "crack" vegetable oils to produce acetylene gas and other subâ€" stances, Like investigators working For proteins the Pennsylvania sciâ€" entists found that intense sounds in their apparatus will sturt coagulation instantly. A hen‘s egg treatéd in this fashion for a few minutes, at room temperature, appears to have been softboiled. _ It has been only a short time since it as announced that intense sounds, both audible and superâ€"sonic, could kill bacteria in milk, water, fruit juices and other liquids. At the curâ€" rent science convention in Chicago, Drs. E. W. Flosdorf and L. A. Chamâ€" bers, of the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have con-‘ tinued this work and sought an answer to this simple question. If these sounds can â€" kill bacteria what chemical changes will they produce in the liâ€" quids that contain the organisms? In milk, for example, will sounds change the chemical nature of the desirable proteins, sugars and fats? ISSUE No. 28â€"‘33 Sound Cooks Egg The Borden C 0., Limited, Yardiey House, Toronto, Centlomen : Please send "rontl +â€" Vlea eiutuches AcicA.c4 seveniyâ€"6ive years, . You wilh find our little booklet, "Baby‘s Welfare," _ full of valuable hinis on baby cure. Write for 11. Use coupon below. convert the peoples of Kurope to Budâ€" dbem. ‘They will wear robes made of rags, eat only once a day, and nleg -‘lnn in the open during their m Black suede gloves cuffed wth hlack monkey fur from wrist to elbow ind O black monkey fur coat were worn with a pale blue crepe frock. The large black velvet hat trimmeod with black birds of paradise was worn with black gloves, a bhack frock and &A beige coat. Longchamps, France.â€"Birds of para« dise, aigrettes and monkey fur trim« med the most striking costumes worn at the running for the grand prix, préâ€" dicting the possible return to the vogue of elegance. Striking Costumes © Worn at Lonchamps The couple left for a h on the Continent before P to the United States to live *"These examples serve to indicaté the wisdom of avoiding a servile imiâ€" tation of the speration of the arm of leg or wing. On the other hand, there have been many occasions when close imitation of nature has led to successâ€" ful invention." Countess Szechenyi "The wheel and axle is man‘s first vreat mechanical invention, with the possible exception of the bow and arâ€" row. In the wheel we see no imitaâ€" tion of the legs. In the bow we see no imitation of the arm for the arm does not hurl a spear by virtue of energy stored up in a spring. "When man sbccessfu-lly rivcled th birds, it was not by imitating the uj and d_own_ !notion of their wings, bu b.â€" using ‘planes‘ Criven by a ratéting propeller. "This was mechanically efficient because the load was not lifted interâ€" mittently. A walkin. man lifts his weight «very step. It became ecom omically efficient not only for that reason but because men or animals could haul much greater loads than they could carry. The first transport machine was probably either a floating log, or a rolling log; the former being the proâ€" genitor of the boat; the latter of the twoâ€"wheeled cart or the wheelbarrow, In the case of the wheelbarrow we have reciprocating legs replaced by a revolving wheel. iess o o. Eighty monks have left Rangoon h. "Until men invented boats, the legs were their only means of transportaâ€" tionâ€"either their own legs or those of anin.als. Legs like arms operate back and forth. Had some early inâ€" ventor attempted to produce a transâ€" port machine having legs, he would have failed. When the "blue ground" containing diamonds was washed down an inâ€" clined table coated with grease, only the diamond were checked and held by the grease. _ Here again was no imitation of the human hand and eye. He goes on: WStrang;ly enough, neither quart: nor any other common mineral seeme ed to adhere so strongly to grease. At times there appears to be no substitute for the intelligence that guides the hand, says the writer. Thus in separating diamonds from their "blue ground" matrix, only the hand guided by the eye was effective, until one day a man chanced to observé that a diamond that fell upon a thin .ayer of grease adhered strongly to it,. "For example, he said, a carpetâ€" sweeper has a rotary broom, whereas n broom wielded by the arm moves back and forth." writer in RKoads and DM EOE LCC cago). HMe says: "In the shop of an old inventor with wjom the writer worked for a time there hung this motto: ‘What the hanc does, a machine can do,‘ Perâ€" hcps the motto expresses undve faith in machinery, out it is the sort o faith that inventors should have. "This old inventor, Ross by name, was wont to add: ‘But don‘t let your machine imitate the hand.‘ He went on to explain that the fingers and the arms are levers that move back znd forth. Their motion is a recipro* cating notion, whereas rotary motion is the most effective in machinery. Don‘t try to devise a machme that will imitate man‘s motions. Human motions are reciprocating, on "to and fro"; most machines have rotating parts. 1 u+ ipinces: ctiim Man‘s legs move in steps, NO wheels of an auto or a train go round and round. This is the edito.ial advice of a This writer A Good Hint to Marries American a honeymoon ‘e proceeding 7 ‘.‘] F634 Chopp thin bre wich â€" fo te . fruit wl d c @appr Water teen minu make ton . juices and with orns} juice of 4 water, C the wator iemon ): water, c bine and Blasses Pvert rim h i t at 4 Â¥i ly d gugr spoo olive O Inp vin® dry butt of & T mpic forrp #1 af d r th m A M Tak pou m g/ <& n h 11 Sum n f