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if! D Of Special hntatrr1i.ttt.....ato_.. CHAPTER XXIII The Una-n Speaker The silence that tell " Benson faced the deserted door utter In: main-dc of shots became at km unbearable. Wttitnperintt and siobhering with tear, the encounter. now a picture of abject funk. shamed trom his cover nlorded by the various ttrt. idea ot inrniture. he wormed " way to the door. Finally. and with the last ebbing ot his courage, he leapt into the passage. "D'yer hear? - come out!" His bellowing noted no response and the silence frightened him now more than none possible appari- lion. Now he look a lighted table-lamp and. holding It high above hla head his pistol ready in the other hand, he passed slowly down the cord- dor. He approached a closed door, one giving admission to the drawing room. healing the door with " foot, he opened it and let the light ot the lamp tiood within. Everything was normal; nothing to give him the slightest alarm. he bugan to tell himsell that the toot. steps he had heard were tricks of his disordered Imagination. When .rFF.e...... Piano Start. Playing The lamp almost tell [rum his 12.10.”). and his heart gave a great Imp. The old grand piano. which lu- had installed tor uppeuranws, tb, leaned against the wall, unitin- u' daring to move lorwurd nor back - held spellbound by the sound of an Md tracked and rattling piano. From whore he stood he looked ovvr the end. but the keyboard. al- though away trom him. had no tity uiu- or person visible. bop. The old grand h" had installvd tor Wad playing.' Ho knew that lune - what was it 1' Urteer. llamhnyunl chords, some- ":in like a mareh. He racked his brain for a lime without result. Then suddenly he rm'ognlsed the refrain. The music was that which had nstwrvd in and closed a popular Amvriean vaudeville star. years no cuula never torget that; it was impressed upon his brain tor ever. "e had last listened to it " hrs crouched with two other [ang- Blt't's In a dressing-room ot a music h:tlt in Syracuse. He knew " now. the strange med. Ivy of pompous march and gloomy dvspzuir which was queerly impart. ml to the air. The piano was playing it, He laughed - a cracked noise as the nun-Indy rose and died away. He LIV“ For Ono Otrieet Thcre tame a soft thud behind tho piano. and a lean. misshapen li-znrv rvared (mm out of the shad- "hm!" Hanson gasped. "Yes. I. Years ago, Benson, you and your cut-throats killed my bro. Ifn-r. wantoniy. tor your own mur- durin: and; at gangdom. You shot Inn, um. and lg" me tor dead. But t Ira-d! I lived tor one object only; to hound you. the internal three, to your graves. Iawore by the Eran-sim- of my brother that I wunld exact life [or life. The two men who were with you in Sym- “lav. in that dreams-room. are and. and now tonight, you will join them." "Then you‘re real - you're I man. and not I Ipirlt? But the piano: that playing - that tune." "Mtsrely one ot my old music hall tricks. Benson. I lie beneath the instrument ind play upon n l‘errsed keyboard above me, it has untied the applause of crowded lhvnlrcl, but never did I play to ba‘rtrr elect than tonight!" For no. sample and booklet "Min" to Mothers" write John Stood-u- £130.. Dept. 19, u: tlt. Gabriel Mt.. Moatreat. “N "Ha. ha. ha." The Scarecrow was laughing with tiettdUh glee. "You‘ve been breaking our new. down with your foot tricks," noun- "a GCaa%r'iaa%i%Giia'i . you “I and “In! tron-Na Ttdh", i... At your W's. THE AVENGER Walter Forder ed Benson. "You music hall mountebank, you paltry mime: it itt you that's been potting at us in the dark. Well, clown, you have missed the final throw." Tongues of Fire Two reports rang out, two ton. gues of tire split the dusky light. Benson turned slightly on one side with a queer twist. High pllched laughter rang out and the Scarecrow seemed to low- er in his shoes. his bones cracked and cracked. visibly he grew. The old-lime antics asserted themselves. Strangely quiet, Benson stood swaying ever so slightly. "Who are you.'" he muttered "What are you?" "I was a peaceful man. but your thoughtless creed ot gangdom has made or me what you see. one who lives tor vengeance, one who can mum three victims upon his hands. I have lived for this moment, Ben. son. I have dreamed of this mom- ent." "We left you for dead," Benson clutched at a rhuir back and stared at the awful tigure m-fore him. "Are you Jutmatt.'" husklly de. manded Benson. “So human that I needed this," he flourished his revolver. "to bal. ance mr int-count." The mice was quiet and steady. certainly not the tones or a man shot. His (was in the flickering lamp-light appeared to Benson to blaze with an uncanny illumination. Ills law was thrust torward and his not-k troparne unnaturally long. No Ordinary Weapon Benson's ncrvc-less hand let the revolver fall. It fell to the ground unlit-cum]. “Listen. Benson," the sibilunt voice continued. "l kill with no or- dinary weapons. I shoot with no or. dinary bullet. I have studied the cralt of my calling -- magic. Even now the bullet which slightly has scratched your body as I intended. is doing the work l planned. Al. ready the toxin is coursing through your blood. The price will be paid before the night has passed, a long account to pay. Benson. and a big price is exacted. Cranston stared at his withering victim. Upon that man a change had fallen. Once again the dogged tge1rattgertivttttegty had gone, the pugnacious jaw had dropped and it was chattering. He whimpered again in mortal tear as the poison sown in his own blood by the doped bullet broke down resistance and reason. “Listen. Mystieas - llsten. I've gotta pile, a good pile - I'll let you in, Call it quits. After all your bro. ther was a yellow dog. He left us in funk. our price tor qulttln' was death. He had to go. You stepped In and tried to stall us - so you - died too." Too Late His words cloyed upon his lips " he spoke, their enormity became tor the moment apparent and he taltered. To his maddened brain the man before him was a ghoul and he was powerless. helpless to avert his comlng doom. Then mercifully the brain snap- ped beneath the strain, and black ness swooping down, the virtual end of the gangster came like a blissful dream after the torture of tear. Over the floor a wicked stream of tlame cum! from the lamp which tell trom hm hand, the oil, like a tongue ot living tittttte parted onto ward and licked dry draperies and underwnud furniture. It was a lurid scene through which the gaunt form ot The Avenger stooped and picked up the (alien man. There are 1,465 people in Hell and they hue I dance every Sat.. urdny night. Nell never gets much above 86 degrees Fahren- heit, and it freezes every winter. It's I town in Norway. Women of Yugoslavia are well-- in: more silk than they did Int Striding over the names, he bore aloft the bulky figure at the gang- Iter with ease. Only Just in time did he quit the room, for the lil- once which toilowed was broken by the crashing of I door end the tsp1itttering of woodwork. The gertreattt, with Hunter close. ly at his heels, darted into the cor- rider. "He's beaten m. The Avenger bu gotten his man; we no too late.” “Quick. there's tire somewhere." He detected a shadowy figure " the tar end ot the plunge ttttd he darted ahead, only to meet the bllnlneu of a panelled wall. Hell On Earth (To Be Continued) "il'- Intelligent Care Preserves Pearls They Can Be Kept Lovely For Generations-Heat or Grease Ruins Thom Penis must be given intelligent care. Heat and perspiration, grease and acids quickly ruin vnl' unble gems. Pearls should be strung with knots between them as the edges of the holes should not touch each other. Pearls should not be dropped or thrown carelessly on the dressing table. They should be re-strung every three months if worn frequently and the string upon which they are strung should never be " lowed to become wet. When not worn, pearls should be kept in a closed Jewel box and they should be wiped to remove dust and perspiration after use. With care, pearls will retain their lovely lustre for many gen- erations. All great families have their family necklaces. The pecul- iar beauty, of the pearl has great charm for the woman of culture. and although many clever and even beautiful imitations have been made during the last two thousand years, not one has ap- proaehed the beauty of the true pearl. " '"siiia 'iio "iGiiii% "iaaiTuurGG'mTiis"'Gireitim for this pt.t.t- tern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., " West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. A hand-knit spread-a, priceless gem! Here's one of squares, so easy. j"lii'l',.'t can knit it. Done on 2 large needles with 2 strands pf string, t ere's no increasing or decreasin ' You'll be pleased with itt. Pattern 1820 contains directions for maEing the square; illustrations of it "tttti, of stitcheg; materials. required; p.htstosrraph of. square: . I A warmed-up roast often loses its moisture. If you wrap it in irrense-proof paper that has been greased heavily before you put the roast in the oven, it will re-heat a better flavor and be juicier than if heated in the ordinary way. Milk won't boil over if you smear some butter on the edge of the pot or saucepan in which you are boiling the milk. It will rise only to the rim of butter, and no further. Keep I piece of sandpaper by you; it is useful for smoothing the surface of chipped china or glue ornaments. These can then be handled safely without risk of cut- ting the fingers on rough edges. Sandpaper will also smooth down chipped wood on a shelf or a piece of furniture, and so pre- vent damage from splinters. Sprinkle the damp leaves from your teapot over the bottom of the pan in which fUh has been cooked, cover with cold water and stand in a cool place for half an hour. When the saucepan la rinsed out there will be no smell left behind. . ' Cleaning utensils used for malt. ing mash-y and cakes is ulwsys considerable work, but it won't be if you take this tip: Rinse bowls as soon as you're finished with them in cold water to remove flour, dough or batter, then plunge into hot, soapy voter and wssh in usual way. If you want to make a lightning job of damping down the clothes before ironing, try this scheme. Light the gas in your oven and place 1 piedish of warm water In it. Roughly roll all the garments A Laura Wheeler Jiffy Knit Square Even Beginners Will Love Household Hints KNITTED SQUARE ONTARIO ARCHIVES PEACH JAM AND JELLY No one likes standing over I hot stove for hours waiting for jelly and jun to boil to the stage where it will be of the right tex- ture to set properly. And yet housewives used to do this every summer with practically all the fruits. It was because these fruits lacked the jellying substance, pec- tin, so they didn't have any other way of doing the job. The modern cook just adds the right amount of bottled fruit pectin and in no time he: a delicious batch of jam or Jelly with a marvelous flavor and color. This boon to housekeepers is the result of the work of two brothers named Douglas. And it was a red letter day in the life of all cooks when these two men learned how to extract pectin from fruits which had plenty of it and pfepare it for use with fruits that lacked it. Here are the recipes for ripe peach jam and jelly, using the bottled pectin "short 'ooil" meth- od. You can use the ripest peach- es, peaches at the height of their perfection, and still be sure of to be damped end place them on the shelf above the piedish. In a few minutes the gentle steaming heat will have done the job. Mint jelly goes well with lamb, spiced peaches with beef, pickled apples or apricots with baked ham, apple sauce with pork, pre- served melon rinds with chicken and currant or plum jelly with veal. When making ice cream at home, try adding a drop of pepper- mint flavoring to chocolate or pineapple ice cream. A round whisk broom is a. han- dy agent for dampening clothes evenly and quickly. To utilize small soap scraps, put in tt jar of warm water and sllow to dissolve into a soft soap or, it dry, grits thém into soap gran- ules on a coarse cheese grster. Fasten a piece of felt to the underside of the tray you use for serving on the dining table. This will save those dt'sfitturing scratch- es that will appear from time to time, however careful you are. The idea also makes serving much quieter. The beat way to fasten the felt is either with brass head. ed cerpet tacks or brass drawing pins. One of the most annoying acci- dents one can have in to upset went on the dr-ine-table. If it does happen rub ltllnl with meth- ylnted spirit and then Immediately polish with linseed oil, the min: -even those of quite long stand- ine-mn be removed by this method. If you’ve a bad headache Just as you’re making tea, lean over the pot of a freshly-made tea and inhale the fumes through your nose. Your headache should go. In St. Louis, Mo., I man want- ed a divorce because his wife's dumplings struck to the root of hi mouth. PEACHES N Their Best Dumpling Divorce PATTERN 1820 'iiii"jrJrirJn Ruiz]; getting jam and jelly consistency. RIPE PEACH JAM 3% cups (1% lbs.) prepared fruit 7% cups (8% lbs.) sugar 1 bottle fruit pectin. To prepare fruit, peel about 2% lbs. fully ripe fruit. Grind or chop very fine. If desired, ebout 8 teaspoons spice mar be edded. Measure sugar and prepared fruit. tightly packed. into large kettle, mix well, and bring to I full roll- ing boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boil- ing. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove kettle from fire end stir in bot- tled pectin. Then stir and skim by turns for just g minutes to cool jam slightly, to prevent flout- ing fruit. Pour quickly. Pusan at once. Makes about ten glasses (6 fluid ounces eech). 3 cups (1% lbs.) juice 6% cups (2% lbs.) sugar 1 bottle fruit pectin. To prepare juice, remove pits from about 3% pounds peaches. Do not peel. Crush peaches thor- oughly. Add lh cup water, bring to a boil, cover and simmer five minutes. Place fruit in jelly cloth or bag and squeeze out juice. Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and at once add pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard % min- ute. Remove from fue, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin and cover. Makes about 9 glasses (6 fluid ounehes each ) ' syrup 1% tsps. baking powder Ii tsp. salt Grated rind one lemon 2 cups flour Chopped nuts. Cream butter, add sugar, beat, add one whole egg and one yolk (saving one white for top) add syrup, beat, add milk and rind then add dry ingredients sifted together 1nd mix thorough- ly. A little more flour may be needed. Drop on buttered tins and brush tops with slightly bent- en egg white and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake at 350 de.. grees 10 to " minutes. Makes approximately three dozen. Matriarchies Seen Arising Ahaenec of "ther-influence In Many Homes Tends Too Much to Rule by Women Ex- Dr. Caroline B. chhry. director of resesrch tor the Progressive Education Association, said the sh- sence of the tather-itttiuettee in many such homes subjected grow- ing children to too much feminine dominance. Undue Feminine "tmtertee “Girls frequently find it dialcult to adjust to masculine relationships and boys show submissive attitudes due to the dominance ot mothers and woman teachers." Dr. Zachry said. Families in which the father com. mutes to work often develop into matriarehieg which threaten the children's "healthy emotional MMV tarity," a feminine edueatiottUt said last week at New York. Linguistic experts in Imperial Airways' foreign correspondence department were baffled by I letter received by the air line. It was in a strange foreign dinlect with which none of them were IC- quainted. Thinking it was from a pros- pective passenger. Imperial Air- ways had it translated, " a cost of 825, by a firm specializing in little-known languages. Written in an obscure Slavian dialect it said: "I tree to apply for a position with your company " a laborer." SEE CASA LOMA Exhibits. Art Galleria, Souvenir. sir Henry Pellet! million dollar Cn- tie-on-the-Hili. Bpadine Road, Tor- onto. Hour'a tour thro' Cutie. tow- er, tunnel. nobles. In Illierlen. and coronation room speck! exhibit. and nouvenire. See "The Full of Nine veh." (the king one hie when). painted by order of into Emperor Joseph of Autrtrlts-ttt" " life also "ttres on I comm, " feet x " Net, end the Vimy Memorial. Open " than. Am [any “gm. "c-Cho- FEE ttd -tsiii'ifnviPaTferrtE 2 eggs % cup Bee Hive White Corn WHEN IN TORONTO cup butter cup white sugar cup milk Mystery Letter NUT COOKIES Penal: Jolly u 31-.'38 of the right PluckOnlyHI'l'ITlltAreDe- tiniiurthrtotLue Too many girlI look as it they hadn't liked their eyebrows Ind did the wrong things about them. It you don't like yours. here is some expert advice trom the August ll- sue of McCall's on what to do, and what not to do: "Are your eyebrows too light'. Use both mascara and eyebrow pencil.to darken: touch hairs de. licately with mascara on a barely damp brush. Then brush hair! straight up. and shape to a better line. Pencil ends lightly: match mascara and eye pencil. Don't use eyebrow pencil alone to drawn on artificial line on your brows. Don't pluck any hair! except those that are definitely out of line. Don't use black mascara when your brow: de. mand a brown shade to blend. Apply Antiseptic "Are your eyebrows too heavy'. Pluck them catetulir--or have it done expertly-at least once a week. First. hold cotton wet with hot water against eyebrows. Tweeze each hair firmly in the direction it grows. Apply antiseptic. Brush smooth. Don't pluck your eyebrows to a hair line. Don't pull hair: in bunches. or against the direction in which the hair grows. Don't let neraggly hair: grow out between eyebrows over the nose. Don't me a depilatory or a razor. 0|";st was. 'ttthaf Jan. and Julia. We! Salmon!- ngto 10trft all omen, Grumman Round Faces Look Longer If Proper Placing of Powder, Rouge, Lipstick and Ere- Slndow It Done. Be thankful It your face " round and plump', you have a good um against line: and wrinkles. and the odds are that even when you are feeling tired you won't show It. Thin season's clothes flutter the plump women; so do today's huir styles. Take your hair up nod ott your face " much " you like, no long " you give yourself enough width at the top to balance the breadth of your chin. 69 Easy on Rouge A: tor make-up. go easy with the rouge. and take care tn blend it carefully into your “(in with no sudden edges anywhere. Keep it tairly high on your face. and nude it round under your cheekhonel. Don't put any on your chin; that's a trick for long taceg trying to look Ihorier. Lipstick should be darker In the centre ot your mouth, shading ott; thin mouth should be mode up right to in outside edges; I Inge month only to Just within the up line. and powdered well up to the edge. _ South Africa is to have I new chin of motion picture theatres. "r'Jtlurttutsmi, , _,,,_l1irswateurrt my g , On Eyebrows Plan New Studies For Upper Grades TORONTO. - Social sludim alt" recommended [or ttve hours. tlusro room work each week in grades vu and VI" of Ontario's primary school. am you. under the [my ettrrtettitmt Illb-ltted to [Galvin-r! ir the Provinchl Deparmu-m of attention. Sluice ot nodal problems, mnk with Will: tor the greater" linu- ullolnellt under the new code. $toaetetet" Rum-Mullen The curriculum. complvtinr, r.» crank-lion ot Ontario's odul-allun- ul Inte- up to the end ot the sue coll year of ucondury Il'houls, sets out seven ohm-ton and throw optional subjects. Grammar will ite “sol-bed Into the general study of Bull-ll and no longer will be a my late subject. In line with change: In other our" of the Ettgiitth-ssprok. In: world. World-wide - The new coum ll based vet-y - on the philosophy of educa- tion contained in the report on "The Education ot the Adolescent,” made by the English Consultative Committee. The programme of the Itudiec points out that the influ- ence of this report was not only felt in England. where it was math» tin- bui- tor the reorganization: of the English educational syslf-m. but elsewhere in the Enrlish-tiprvakittst seven “Must" Subjects “The introduction ot new cours- ea at study in Ontario," the pro- gram states. “ta but one phase of III almost World-wide movement tor a curriculum ‘humane and realism, unencumbered by the dead wood of a formal tradition. quickened by in- quiry and experiment. and Inspired, not by an attachment to convent tional orthodoxiea but by a wind appreciation of the needs am! poi albilitiel ot the children them- selvel." world The seven obligatory subjects in the Inn two grades ln public and Ieplrnte schools Are health. Eng. Illh, soclll studies. scleuce. tnatho. matics. manic and art. The optional subjects are crafts. home “mm. talc: and agriculture. Advises Fewer, Smaller Meals Montreal Doctor Dechre; Ord. inry Practice of Eating Thee A Day [I Waste. ful of Energy The ordinary prlctice of eating three meals 5 day is wasteful of energy, according to Dr. I. M. itatsinowiteh, of Montreal General Hospital. Many calories ere saved if the food is divided into smallrr and more frequent meals, he teld the American Association for tho Advancement of Science Ian week. Dr. Rabinowitch maintained that the human body can live on a diet of 2,000 calories a day in- stend of the generllly accepted standard of 2.500 to 3.000. A Wub‘li Mine "The human body is a wry wasteful mchine. Very few of the calories in the food are made me of for nctul work. One ml- orie contain; enough energy ta nine I one-pound weight nu-r 3.000 feet, It none of its energy tt want“. A halftenspoonful of "It". Which contain: teh calm in; if entirely converted into “ark without any waste. is capablv of ruining I one-pound weight to the top of Mount Everest - 30,000 feet." From ' mathematical anniyw of the weights of 870.000 tif" in- name policyholders. Dr. Ruinl< twitch drew the conclusion that the “mind. of body weight In Merl] use nre too low for you”! people and too high for [way-v put middle life. We I. Bad "The economic important"' " low- calory diets in not contirwd to the ability to purchnsc ford. Exceu weight reduces the than“! of long life. Fat people are HIV ceptihle to lite-sen at the hunt. arteries and kidneys. They aim resist infections very poorly and no poor operation risks." Three Consecutive Sets Of Twins VANCOUVER. - Physimm deecrihed u a "record in (am- dian medical history" the 1:11”! of e third consecutive twt " twins to In. Jock Dye, 3031-“!- old wife of an unemployed chuuf- fear. The Utegt get---. girl an! I bo-ere born here last wccrs. There were elreody five my” ettiidren--two Beta of twins MM another child born singly. I'm- ton aid the latest twins - Itlvr' their brothers and sisters. Harm“. eight, Dorothy Ind Donald. four, and Jon and John. " months-- 3....“ came. a. Public Sahel Cam In JAJ-iail “(I Mint tine." and Music Dr. Manning said that [In am “it! ttntl Deeds replacement ever) Other dar. However it gin-s pro teeth. to the damaged tineer and “a lot interfere with growth o tin m nil, he slid. can t Olive hGitod Into To H‘medy this HI any the loom-nod fashioned . new " coated his thumb wit '"m himself main then applied bits of wax and melted ther The datum nearly own-m totrehed--a Ft'h dentist. Dr. Hamlin thumb in an This accident l the nail to In: Dr. T. i.. Ma “Mint. his dr "‘00.ny the “or in and 'trciftcint Dentist Fashions Artificial N Th The III-rm This 1 has! and Drum I ith trom (to ml (rum the lam" Le as they the Kilt ti" to him to nu yours Nut-c. that the hand butttson r Mr n to u Hwy th SI m m " F use of 3."de the nail a run“: It 11H tight. h'pta.1i:to Til-Ii LESSON IN ITS " SAMSON: STRENCTH WEAKNESS. Judges, Chaucer: 18~ Mum] n-M. 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