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A] w*/ Silence. Just the ticking of a elock and the gasping of his pantâ€" ‘Stop!" Benson‘s voice was harsh and cracked. "I‘ve got the door covâ€" ered. The guy who enters, diesâ€" d‘yer hear? I‘ve got the door covâ€" ered." Then a pause outside the very door itself! Nearerâ€"nearer . . . On the landing, along the corridor. Steal thy footsteps . . . Moving even more cautiously . . . Up the stairs, coming to th. room in which h« stood . . . Panic caught him in a whirl and he stretched out a shaking hand for the whisky a d fumbled again for hig revoly _ to reassure himself that he had it safely. He cursed azain the cowardly butler, who bad d«camped aftâ€"r the death of West, and he cursed his own folly ‘ fNying before,. Creakâ€"ereakâ€"creak! Slowly, and taking his time, somâ€".one was coming up the stairs â€"â€"through deors that Benson knew he had locked. With di..culty he suppressed a ery, and waited for a further sound, The certainty was that he was not, as he t. »ught, alon :. Someone was in the hous> with him. The Sound of His Heart For some minutes Benson stood facing a (@~~~. irresolute and panicâ€" ky, listening to the beating of his own heart and stiffing his breath to strain his hearing. Bumpâ€"bumpâ€"bump! Somcwh re down in the baseâ€" ment in the labyrinth of those celâ€" lars, some 1 â€" something â€" was moving. The sound of a softly closing door brought the blsod to his head with a dazing rush; his ears throbâ€" bed with the b.e‘ng of drums and his eyes made fantasy of things around. So. from es ~ dim and shuttered apartment Benson crept with shufâ€" fling feet, and palsied hands; every eupboard held for him an unseen assassin, <nd each corner masked the death he feared. Whisky did little to help and only served to inflame his brain and conâ€" jure up still more dreadcd phanâ€" toms. Outside, somewhecre in the darkâ€" ness, lurked death, stalking around the walls: The Avenger, who had sworn tha‘ he should complete the trio of the doomed. Benson, like a furtive shadow, ¢rept from room to room in the great shuttered mansion,. Deserted by all his helpers, and robbed by the han ! of the Avengzer of his two accomplices. Benson took refuge beâ€" hind locks, bolts and bars _ Fearâ€" somely be wandered from bolted door to shuttered window, From rcom to room, up to the topmost turret and back again to the cellars beneathâ€"cunningly contrived cel lars, too, permitting of a dozen exâ€" its, but each of them now a possible source of danger to the fearâ€"wurted mMAD. en d CHAPTER XxX1. A Coward Alone Echoes, echoes, whenever he movâ€" ed, and nerveâ€"racking silence when he paused to listen. To listenâ€"to what? The distant sirze of the sea, or to dim echoes Of Special Interest to Women Readers ated by his careful creeping mund the house* Benson. like a furtive shadow. Steaithy Footsteps « _« «_ by Welter Forder â€" â€" THE AVENGER "That does not concern you. Benâ€" son is in that house. Do you know "No game," answered Hunter. "We‘re trying to save the man in that house from what appears to be certain death. His name‘s Benâ€" son. You‘re from Strathleven?" The man stared and blinked. "Say, jest who are you*" he beâ€" "Say, what‘s the menced one. The flash of a torch disclosed the wet and dripping forms of two alâ€" armed men handâ€"cuffed to two conâ€" stables. They were lean and weedy in appearance, and both wore stainâ€" ed and dirty overalls, like those of mechanics. "Drag the boat up the beach and bring ‘er along," the sergeant ordâ€" ered, saying which, he headed back his little party to where the others were watching the house of the doomed man. To Save the Last One "Got ‘em," he whispered proudly, "Couple o‘ Yanks they sound to "That‘s all rightâ€"we‘re here to see you don‘t do it. Now, come along, both of you." "Better take it quietly; we‘re the police." "Police . . . What‘s wrong ?" exclaimed the nasal toneg of one of the men in the boat. "What have we done?" There was a splashing and surgâ€" ing of forms of men through the surf. Smothered cries and oaths came from the dark, and a sprawlâ€" ing constable splashed into the white foam of an inâ€"running wave. "You bet _ there‘s something wrong. Keep a sharp eye and give me the whistle if anything‘s amiss." "‘Bout centre of it, sir, judging by Mr. Benson‘s light. Gosh! darn that light, sirâ€"guess he‘s gone mad to let the thing racket like that!" In the darkness the sergeant and three men crept to the beach below. Standing in the very run of the surf they presently heard the bumpâ€" ing of rowlocks and oars, and a moâ€" ment later a ship‘s longâ€"boat ran nosing into the sand. "How far do you reckon we are from the cave, Jake?" asked a voice. "Yes, now down on the beach with you and intercept Sim as he comes ashore. Your men are surâ€" rounding the house?" "Yes, sir." The Centre of the Cave Hunter smiled grimly to think of the care the law was taking to proâ€" tect Benson from danger, just in orâ€" der that he should answer for his crime before a tribunal of justice! From afar, like a twinkling star, came the answering light, Wink, wink, wink. "There‘s our man, sir," agreed the officer. "I guess you‘re right, sir," agreed the police sergeant, noting the cerie effect of the coloured cloud hanging over the supposedly hauntâ€" ed cliff. "Look!" Hunter indicated the dark sea. "Looks to me like a set signal," said Hunter. "It‘s sending out an $.0.8. to sea, and means that Benâ€" son is cornered." Above them flickered (Benson‘s signalling apparatus, flashing the continually discharged beam with its red flare. On, off. On, off. Its monotonous . repetition â€" expressed the desperation of the hunted man within. CHAPTER XXH1 Over the misty dunes, that scrub by tract of coarse grass and sand at the cliff top, passed many dim forms. The reports in that room were stunning. There came a splinterâ€" ing of glass as the bullets shattered a mirror on the distant wallâ€"then silence again. Panting, he waited for an ansâ€" wer; then, with almost a feeling of relief, he saw the door was opening. Slowly it widened until it disclosed the blackness of the corridor beâ€" yond, but the door aperture was inâ€" nocent of any form or person. With a snarl of fright, Benson blazed away with his pistol; bangâ€" bangâ€"bang! want?" he croaked. "See here, can‘t we come to terms, you and 1? You‘ve had your share of revenge The smouldering fire, with the small table by the side of his chair with ‘whisky and sandwichesâ€"evâ€" erything scemed so normal, and evâ€" erything was so quiet. So quiet. It was unbearable, this silence. He glared round the brilliantly lit room and attempted to collect his senses. ing lungs; but outside the doorâ€" silence. "Who are you, what do you game?" comâ€" "There you see, Digby," Hunter spoke quietly, "there is the laying of your spooks." He broke off, and all eyes turned to the blackly silhoutted outline of "Here, Pete!" softly called the seaman, and in excited response the massive hound was instantly nosing and fussing one with whom he was familiar, making all those extravagant expressions of joy that only dogs do. "Sure, he‘s a decent hound, one of Bensgon‘s setâ€"pieces in his ghosty stuffâ€"to scare off nosey parkers when we‘re running the goods,." Ominious Pistol Shots With a series of yelps the phanâ€" tom hound approached them, plainâ€" ly visible, for the poor brute still had traces of the luminous paint cloying hi coat. "You know of this dog, then?" asked Hunter. "If, as you say, there‘s been trouble here, he may have got loose and is puttin‘ in an extra show on his own." * "Say, that‘s all rlght_â€"-t-i;yn't let Pete the hound alarm you," comâ€" menced the seafaring man. There came the dismal howling from the surf below; and coming suddenly it chilled the blood of the listeners; at the same moment a muffled report of three explosions came from the darkened house. "Gosh! You‘re right. I guess Benson‘s cornered." He‘s Cornered "Doesn‘t that frantic signal up there mean anything to you?" rapâ€" ped out Hunter, ‘"‘This gospel? You ain‘t shootin‘ a muff‘s game, are you?" the man who. appeared to be something akin to a skipper or captain made ansâ€" wer. "He‘s waiting to get Benson, and we want him first. Now, how do you get in?" "Yes. Killed by someone who is at this moment somewhere about." As he spoke he indicated the surâ€" rounding dark. red and bolted himself in." "Why?" stared the man. ®‘There‘s no time for that now. Let me tell you that both West and McClintock are dead." "Dead" . . . The pair gulped at the news. "Yes. Killed by someone wha is of any secret entrance? He‘s barâ€" A trim bolero in a facy stitch that goes along quickly in two strands of string! Crochet it to wear over your afternoon or evening dresses. Pattern 1745 contains directions for making bolero; illustraâ€" tion of it and of stitches; materials required. ; Send 20 cents in coins (stamps cannot be acceg)ted) for this patâ€" ern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adelaide t., Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. This yarn is featured in three new exclusive neutral tones. Ailâ€" een Rice offers handâ€"knitted modâ€" els in these tones as a chanze from conventional cotton and linâ€" en holiday frocks. Her use of special stitches lifts them out of the ordinary sports class and gives them a distinguished character of their own. Some work into a fabâ€" ric as airy as crepe chiffon. Othâ€" ers vie in sheerness with lace. Both one and twoâ€"piece frocks are favored. They are simple, with very short sleeves and easily fitted shoulders. You‘ll Race Through This PARIS.â€"Here in Paris women are seeking holiday clothes that look as cool as they feel and vice versa. To meet the demand Aileen Rice is knitting summer things in a new fineâ€"twisted linen thread which she says knits up lighter and cooler than any yarn yet disâ€" covered. Some stitches give a surâ€" face as refreshing to the cye as those thirstâ€"quenching Italian watâ€" er ices called granite. Fineâ€"Twisted Linca Thread Knits Up Very Lightâ€"Paris Knitted Linen Garments Cool Is Using A Great Deal Of It. CROCHETED BOLERO ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Laura Wheeler Jiffy Crechet Those pistol shots from within the house were ominous; the bulâ€" lets which accompanied them might have robbed vim of his quarryâ€"or might have laid the ghost. As Hunter raced ahead of the men with a ¢ry of, "We‘re lateâ€" the Avenger is inside," the thought flashed into his mind that the fiery cloud was a fitting funeral pyre to the lives of men who had lived by bloodshed. Above in the night sky glared that ominious red cloud, alternatâ€" ing between a dim shadow of grey and a blood red. the barred and shuttered mansion. "Hullo! What now?" Over the unkempt gardens which separated them from the house came frenzied screams, terrible to hear, for they were the cries of a man demented with fear. % cup milk (about) 2 quarts fruit. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt and sift again. Cut in shortening. Addâ€" milk gradually until soft dough is formed. Roll % inch thick on slightly floured board. Cut with 3â€"inch floured _ biscuit | cutter. Place half of circles om, baking In the past, strawberries have seemed to have a monopoly on shortcakes but it‘s time raspberâ€" ries got a break. _ Raspbeiry shortcake is cuite as good as strawberry but has been sadly neglected in favor of the latter. Try it while the berries are at their best. RASPBERRY SHORTCAKE 3 cups sifted cake flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Â¥ cup butter or other shortâ€" ening Here are a few suggestions which will help you to serve as many raspberries as possible. in as many different ways as possiâ€" ble, while the short season lasts. Gnt SHREDDED WHEA MADE IN CANADA â€" OFr CANADHNE“IHEI Now It‘s RASPBERRIES (To B2 Continued) PATTERN 17458 England has just learned that nearly half the motor drivers inâ€" volved in fatal road accidenys are under 30 years of age. Letters from Canada bearing postmarks reading "Observe Sunâ€" day" are said to be worrying those running football betting pools in Britain because they fear the idea might spread there, with all mail marked "Don‘t Gamble". ham Corn Starch 1% cups flour. Cream butter and sugar. Add syrup, beaten egg yolks, lemon juice. Beat. Add stiffly beaten egg whites. Mix well. Sift dry ingredients and add. Drop from spoon on well buttered baking sheet. If dough not stiff enough, add more flour. Moderate oven 10 to 15 minutes. ed and drained. Dissolve jelly powder in warm water. Add raspberry juice and cold water. Chill until cold and syrupy. Fold in cream, whipped only until thick and shiny, but not stiff, Add sugar to berries. Fold into jelly mixture. Chill until slightly thickened. Turn into mold. Chill until firm. Unmold. Serves 8. der 1% cups cream, whipped. Crush 2 cups raspberries, add % cup sugar and water, let stand 10 minutes, then force through sieve. Combine 1 cup of this raspberry juice with pineâ€" apple juice and heat until warm. Dissolve jelly powder in warm juices. Chill. When cold and syrupy, place in bowl of cracked ice or ice water and whip with rotary egg beater until fluffy and thick like whipped cream. To reâ€" maining 2 cups raspberries, add % cup sugar and let stand 10 minutes (do not crush). Fold inâ€" to whipped jelly mixture, then fold in whipped cream. Turn inâ€" to freezing trays of automatic reâ€" frigerator and let stand 3 to 4 hours, or until frozen. Or turn into 2â€"quart container, cover with waxed paper, press cover tightâ€" ly down over paper, and pack in equal parts ice and salt for 8 to 4 hours. Makes 2 quarts. RASPBERRY BAVARIAN CREAM 1 package raspberry jelly powâ€" der 1 cup warm water 1 cup raspberry juice and cold water 4 cup heavy cream 4 tablespoons sugar 1 cup fresh raspberries, crushâ€" FROZEN RASPEERRY CESSECRT 4 cups raspberries sheet; brush with melted butter. Place remaining circles on top and butter tops well. Bake in hot oven (450 degrees F.) 15 to 20 minutes. Cut fruit in small pieces or slices and sweeten â€" slightly. Separate halves of hot biscuits, spread bottom half with soft butâ€" ter and sweetened fruit. Place other half on top, crustâ€"side down. Spread with butter and reâ€" maining fruit. Garnish with whipâ€" ped cream and additional fruit. Serves 8. % tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder % tsp. nutmeg 4 tsp. salt 4 cup St. Lawrence or Durâ€" Syrup % cup butter_ 1% tbhsps. lemon juice % cup white sugar 4 cup Bee Hive White Corn 4 cup sugar % cup water 1 cup canned pincapple juice 1 pacage raspberry jelly powâ€" CORONATION COOKIES CANADIAN WHEAT Garments made of materials which are not thoroughly colorâ€" fast should be rolled in dry towels before tubbing, with additional towels spread inside to prevent layers of the material touching and colors running into each othâ€" er. Iron as soon as sufficiently dry. Garments hold their shape betâ€" ter when pressed along the weave of the fabric, rather than across the weave. Press completely dry. Clothing put away even slightly damp is apt to be wrinkled and lack freshness Blueing should be added to the last rinsing water and thoroughly dissolved before putting in the washed clothes,. Avoid using too much. Thin fabrics need â€" less blueing than heavy materials. Shapes vary from modified triâ€" cornes and bashedâ€"in Tyroleans to little saucers with irregular rims, but they all take care to leave the entire back (and half the top) of the head completely uncovered. They all have a tendency to tip down well over the forehead or over one eye, Getting down to details, these microscopic hats are trimmed alâ€" most invariably with ribbon bows or feathers. Easily Carried Fashion experts say that the tiny hat must come for two reasons: one is the definite advent of the pineâ€" apple coiffure which sweeps everyâ€" thing upward; the other is the neâ€" cessity for a more easily portable hat owing to modern travel ways. You can‘t duck in and out of airâ€" planesâ€"or jam yourself in crowded subwaysâ€"with a broadâ€"brimmed hat in the way. And now Mme. Schiaparelli inâ€" sists that the miniature hats will be the accepted thing for fall and winter wear. She‘s usually rightâ€" even if the world doesn‘t come round to her way of thinking until a couple of years later. But leadâ€" ing Paris milliners are beginning to swing over to the doll hat, which is just about as big as its name signiftes, PARIS.â€""Do!l‘s" hats, which perch jauntily on the side or front of the head like the hat on an orâ€" ganâ€"grinder‘s monkey, were introâ€" duced by Schiaparolli in her midâ€" summer collection. He2dgear the Size of an Organâ€" CGrinder‘s Pet is All the Rage â€"â€""Doil‘s" Hats for Autamn Monkey‘s Topper Wrighey‘s Gum hel ’ou keep fit! Relieves that ctu; eeling after eating. Cleanses crevices between teeth, too . . . assures sweet breath. A simple aid to health! Buy some now! Small in cost but big in benefits! Enjoy it after every meal â€"â€"millions do! crm Household Hints Inspires Hats put on, a minister who made special voyâ€" ue.from Bowen, Queensland, to Day Dream, a tropical island in the Whitsunday group, has just had its first wedding, a young teacher and a trader‘s employee being married among the palms by Every hour, one of them insquirâ€" ed about the youth, affliicted with Ludwig‘s angina, a disease said to be fatal in inc out of ten cases. ed, but mostly thoy”utfu;dr stared at the hospital windows. sat on the hard ground of the park» ing lot outside the hospital, Some ot_ tyem prayed, some of them dozâ€" Answeroing the tradition â€"that bids them keep watch over those of their kind who fall ill, the gypsios spilled out of their tenements and an infection in his throat, m, vue Hospital, Deep in the cluttered warchouse district of Manhattan‘s east sido, a band of gypsies huddled in a parkâ€" ing lot last week, keeping weird Romany vigil for an afflicted tribes man. Sq.ult Outside Hospital Awaitâ€" ing News of Stricken Youth Gypsies Keep Then there is the Coolie beachâ€" wear, which was cited earlier in the season, Midcalf length trousâ€" ers with loose short jackets are by this same Paris designer, who is an Englishman, by the way, Or straight trousers coming to just below the knee are cuffed by Lelong and have suspender tops. Molyneux uses square necks for his beach dresses and charming colors of navy, rose and pinkâ€" the latter in trimmings. Molyneux has designed gay printed frocks for the beach. They button all the way down the front, or part way down, with flared skirts which are casually left open, permitting a glimpse of the monotone shorts bencath. Then there are the pastel colâ€" ored burlap boxy coats â€"â€" some of them with fish buttonsâ€"truly a season of original details. Boleros Everywhere The everâ€"present bolero is seen, too, in burlap and it may be worn with a flowered print counâ€" try frock. It is a "pretty" seaâ€" son, 1 might add, in case you haven‘t noticed it before. NEW YORK, â€" Hopsacking sharkskin and linen are quoted as the big three of play clothes. And the play suit with the pleated skirt is well liked in chambray. Play Clothes Are Louis di Metro, 20 Twenty per cent. of the poor children were classified as nerâ€" vous, 24 per cent. partially nerâ€" vous, and 56 per cent. displayed no nervous symptoms. Of the wellâ€"toâ€"do children, 38 per cent. were nervous, 26 per cent. parâ€" tially nervous and 36 per cent. not nervous at all. Wellâ€"toâ€"do children showed more fear ot the dark and of animals, nearly one in five of the rich chilâ€" dren â€" showed _ abnormal _ fears without rational foundation. None of the poor children studied was thus affected. Nine per cent. of the children in the poorest group were resticss or irritable in their first year of life, In the wellâ€"toâ€"do group 30 per cent. were restless or irritable. Wellâ€"toâ€"do children showed much more worry, instability of mood, timidity, aggressiveness and obâ€" stinacy than children from the poor families. Nearly three times as many provided behavior proâ€" lems. The poorer children showed shyness, fear of noise and punishâ€" ment. For this task, the results of which are described in the medical journal, The Lancet, Dr. Neustatâ€" ter selected three groups of 50 families. The experiments were conductâ€" ed by Dr, Lindsay Neustattor, a clinical research assistant in the Department _ of _ Psychological Medicine at Guy‘s Hospital. He sought to discover whether povâ€" erty and bad social conditions had any effect in producing nervous disorders. Behaviour Problems Discoverc4 More Likely to Affect Those From Wellâ€"Toâ€"Doa Homes. Nervous disorders and behavâ€" for problems are more likely to affect children from wellâ€"toâ€"do homes than those brought up in poverty, according to experiments carried out in London, England. 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