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Show f , AMERICAN FORK QTIZEN , ' , ' ' May Learn Queen's Secrets from the patois of the pL-atca of the Spanish Main. St Louis Globe-Dem ocrat rat if ul lit 1 iloftf imbef ' Swpate " y-rtot; - it mt, of lot P irs ipf : ; led k , ,, 91(1 re a thra ; stint i- ' wb biil cere 1 ittwrt Hlai id tti 'At. I J,;.,. .ft , TEDDING i i 4 TER Vl-Contlnutd , 11 a asked where Bjrlle THE Mf IP 1TW P MARCH JLV7M 0.1iSiiil2!ii.' CoBXrifbl. USI. by tk Bebba-MwrOI 0 WNU Srrle. By MONTE BARRETT Mmetntng else,- didn't old os last night" I don't remember." Her 3d In apparent surprise, the sergeant grunted, that on me. Tou told us 'Where's Rylle? If he there wouldn't be an if appeared to reflect on eot "I'm afraid you're T me. Sergeant Kllday. Or J inisquoted Web. I'm sure . ;e way I meant to say It aber, Web said, 'Where's a cant go on with the rtll be gets here.'" . t detective was elaborate-& elaborate-& "So that was what be Quite a bit different from told us last night." He girl agreed, too eager-felt eager-felt "If I said anything night, I must have had It " i V Kllday's manner had iff, "that little remark got tfted that you ran all the d back to find Rylle. The as about to start and you 8t of the party to start a '- ( Rylie. Just because Web wondered where he was. , That Isn't what be said, y You've already told us rk was what got you ex- i ier, f was already wor Rylle," the girl amended. Ignored this. "I dont sup-re sup-re seen Webster Spears $ have you? Perhaps he that you make this your story." eclared Callls firmly. 1 ;en him since he walked t church yesterday." !s there between you and ter Spears? Ever been In him?" bk her head emphatically. I've known him all my t been good friends, that's f now about Jim Franklin? to Know What There Was !You and Jim Franklin?" did you know him, Miss juld not be sure whether surprise were real or I knew him very slightly." led. "The flrst time I ever was after he was engaged Carmody." leant extracted a cigarette mooth sliver case and of-I of-I to the girl. "Will yon 'garette. Miss Shipley T' ijanks." a look at the case, any-1t any-1t you? Perhaps you Can here you have seen It be- I ?1 eiamlned the case care-im care-im sorry," she said, hand-k. hand-k. "I don't think I can be selp. I've never seen It Ihonght he detected a note In her voice as she added, Rylle's. I'm sure of that, es one which I gave him." rt placed It carefully back teak. The finger-prints on soon would be a matter 1 "And now" he turned the girl "you may as well st you haven't deceived me, fflfcy. Vou say you haven't Spears since he left the Jsterduy. I know that you his house last night. Ton re when we called, and he rday you attempted to de-i de-i about riding frra the with Rylle until you dlscov- I we knew the truth. Now the same trick again, but i work this time, either. ' dvliie you to come clesn. ere you doing at Spears' house last night. If he doesn't mean anything to out Why have yon changed your story regarding what Spears said as he left the church? Are yon ready-to tell me ihe troth now?. .. . , . ... ... . "Just who are you trying to protect pro-tect In this affair?" Kllday demanded. demand-ed. "Rylle Carmody or Webster 8pears?" There Is nothing between Webster Web-ster Spears and me," the girl retorted retort-ed angrily. The flush of her cheeks almost matched the cherry shade of her lips. "I'm not accustomed to being talked to In this way." "I'm not used to having otherwise charming young ladles lie to me, either," the detective replied ironically. iron-ically. "Are you going to answer my question?" The girl was silent "All right I'll answer It for you," declared Kllday. "Webster Spears is the man you're trying to protect now. Last night It was Rylle Carmody. Car-mody. And I'll tell you why, "Last night yoo knew that Jim Franklin was murdered and that Rylle Carmody had sworn to stop the wedding. Tou knew that because be-cause he told you so, when he phoned you that he couldn't meet yoo. Ton were afraid he was guilty because you hadn't seen him at the church at the time the crime was committed. He had probably told you about his quarrel with Franklin, Frank-lin, back there In the study. He had the motive and he had the opportunity. op-portunity. Tou had a right to be worried about him. And so you deceived de-ceived me, or tried to, about riding home from the church with him, because be-cause you didn't want os to suspect that he had been anywhere near there when Franklin was killed. It never occurred to you, then, that Webster Spears was involved. Tou were only thinking of Rylle, and so you told me what Spears said as he left the church. "But after we left yoo last night" the sergeant sat hunched forward in bis chair, his relentless glance never moving from the girl's face "you found out somehow, that Webster Spears was the murderer. mur-derer. I won't ask you how. I wouldn't expect you to tell me the truth. But you found out And not to understand. The politician eased himself Into chair which creaked under his welzbt "Oh. your man didnl Ink my Angers, But be was wr anxious that J Jake cigarette from one of those polished cases 6t yours. I've beard of them before." He studied the detective thoughtfully. "I don't smoke cigarettes, Sergeant," he add ed. Aa though to emphasise his point he bit the end from a fat black cigar. "I wouldn't be surprised but what I'd left several finger prints in 'the study of that church, Sergeant" Bullis went on evenly. His pale eyes had come to a focus on Kllday but there was no way of reading the expression behind that gaze. "It would be odd If I hadn't I was there, you know. I don't make any bones about that" Again he paused. He gave the Impression Im-pression of choosing each word deliberately. de-liberately. Peter found himself weighing them for sny hidden significance sig-nificance not at first apparent, but could find none. Evidently It was only the man's manner. "It's funny," Bullis rumbled on, "we've both been around this town a long time, but we'd never met before. be-fore. Of course, I had heard about you, Sergeant from time to time." The sergeant smiled. "I'd heard a great deal about you, too, Mr. Bullis." The politician nodded. "I guess you have," he said. "Most people do. And youll hear more of me. I intend to bang around a good while longer." It sounded like a challenge. Peter saw the sergeant stiffen. "Now about those finger-prints," Bullis' voice had again lapsed Into a monotone. "Ton know I was there. What do you expect them to prove?" "Possibly nothing," Kllday declared. de-clared. "It's a means of identifying every one there. Often finger-prints provide us with a means of elimination. elimina-tion. By identifying those persons we know to be innocent we have left only those of the person who ia guilty. The simple fact that there are finger-prints of an Individual In that room doesn't convict that person." per-son." The officer faced the polltl- now you're Just as anxious to pro-' clan squarely. "Not that I'm mak-tect mak-tect him as you were to protect the lng any promises, yoo understand." man you told os yon loved. What's I Bullis nodded silently, the answer? What is Spears to "Above those finger-prints," the you? Why should be have wanted J detective continued. "Too say my to kill Franklin? Was it because be was still in love with Doris Carmody Car-mody himself? That's what I thought at first Now I'm not so sure. .Perhaps you're the one he loved. And," here Kllday thumped bis knee significantly, Til find out, Miss Shipley. Tou're already discovered dis-covered that I know more than you think I do. If I were yoo, I'd about decide that now was the time to tell the truth all the truth. What do you think about it?" "What do yoo want me to tell you?" Callls Shipley asked quietly. "I want to know what there was between you and Jim Franklin?" The girl stiffened "I've told yoo that I only knew Mr. Franklin- very- casually.- Webster Web-ster Spears and I are good friends, nothing more. I believe T was more than frank," declared the girl angrily, "when I told you that I am In love with Rylle Carmody. After that, the rest of your questions are in very poor taste, to say the least "And that's all you have to say?" "There's nothing else left to say," retorted the girt Now may I go?" Kllday scowled. He was evidently evident-ly at a loss as to how to proceed further with his questioning. "All right" he declared reluctantly, "you may go, but" be repeated the Instructions In-structions he had previously given Webster Spears about remaining within reach. "We'll probably want another talk with you, later," he added. . The minute the girl had left, an assistant announced the arrival of Daniel Bullis. The sergeant's surprise sur-prise was apparent as he looked up at the politician whose bulk filled the doorway. "Come in, Mr. Bullis. What can I do for you this morning r Bullis smiled with his lips, while his eyes darted inquisitively about the room. "You sent s man for my finger-prints," he declared. "Why?" j "Finger-prints?" Kllday affected man didn't get them?" "I don't smoke cigarettes," Bullis repeated. The sergeant extracted a cigarette case from a drawer of his desk. "As I've explained, it's largely a matter of form, but HI need samples of yours, Mr. Bullis.' The politician made no move to take the case. "I don't like fingerprints," finger-prints," he said. "They're too-permanent too-permanent I've already told yoo I was there." "Did you have a revolver, Mr. Bullis?" The politician's eyes betrayed a flicker of interest "No." "Did yoo see a revolver In that study, or handle one?" "No." - - "Well, I have to Identify a thumbprint thumb-print on a revolver. You've nothing to worry about apparently. Besides," Be-sides," he added smilingly, nhls Isn't a permanent record. These specimens can be destroyed, after we compare them." Bums stm hesitated, then, taking the cigarette case, he pressed his finger against it deliberately. Til depend on you, Sergeant" he said. "I'll confess I don't like the idea." That was all With only a nod to Peter, he lumbered from the room. The sergeant puffed meditatively after Bullis' departure.-"What do yoo suppose waa on his mind? There's something worrying him, Peter. He didn't seem . worried when I mentioned the revolver. He knows we couldn't have anything else on him, but he's bothered. Can you figure it out?" "It may be Just as he says," the novelist pointed out "a natural aversion to being finger-printed. Remember, if yon can Judge the man by his reputation, he's had a great deal to do with the underworld. under-world. That would explain such an aversion." With the aid of Kllday's polished cigarette cases, the finger-prints of PRECEDING EVENTS IN THE STORY Waiting In th mlnl.t.r'i itudjr tor hit wedding- to Doris Carmodv Im Frnklln, lwy.r and politician. U stabbed to d.ath. While waTtt..' !Aad. 'to- "ont th.m hi. mistress, an actress. "Choo Choo: J h T TV...; a n . nul,er Ambrose Carmody; her brother. Rylle- Daniel Bu Is. politician, and an unknown woman In a blue frock. "erae.ni K day. with Peter Cardigan, begins an Investigation. Rylle Carmod5 2S IT5""?,.10 ,t0p ,h ""in, after being Informed bj Webst Bt,Ar'. that Frank! n was still friendly with Choo Choo. despite his Tpproachln J marriage. Kllday aecures the dead man's keys. Ca II. Shipley EJiff who., lotion, have appeared furtive. I. questioned unavaUlngly An .n,.,' rVl Th Ji"" " Webster Bp.ar. admuV nVormln. Ji 7?. hnl Ffmnk,,n' 'I"!." with Choo Choo; fo Wri-CaS'"; L-irf P V. prirn,ln wedding, II. and Don. bad h L.'l most of thoae onder suspicion had already been collected. Tua sergeant ser-geant himself had obtained those of Choo Choo Train, Callls Shipley and Daniel Bullis. The men who had been dispatched for the others had rettirned by now, and the work of attempting to Identify the fire sets of prints foond to the atody, together to-gether with the thumb mark on the revolver, had begun. In the Bertlllon laboratory, each print had been photographed after careful preparation. Then the work of matching began, each whorl and Una of a print aenrlng aa a guide to the Identity of the person making mak-ing it On a flat dee In the center of a room whose walls were lined with pictures of criminals whose Identity had been established In this rery way, lay a.-number of square white cards. In a second orderly plla were the negative! of specimen collected by the detectives, from the suspwts. A clerk armed with a reading glass was attempting to match the prints In the two piles. "One set has already been matched," declared the sergeant. He handed Peter two cards, clipped together, and pointed ont the means by which the specimens hsd been Identified. "Nick Royce," said the sergeant He read the label attached at-tached to the card, "finger-prints found on the telephone and on surface sur-face of desk.' H'm. Seema to bear ont his story, doesnt ltr "So far, at least" agreed Peter. The officer indicated a vacant chair for the novelist and drew one up for himself. "What lock are you -having with the one on the gunr he inquired of hisssslstant "That's the most Important one." Silently the man handed hlra another an-other clip of cards. Kllday Inspected Inspect-ed them earnestly, and then passed them on to Peter. The thumb-print matches these prints found In the study," he said. "Now we have only to find which one of our suspects left these prints." Reaching among the specimens, he selected those of Webster Spears. He made no attempt to conceal bis eagerness as he compared com-pared these with the print on the revolver, bat after only a moment he looked up, frowning. "Not Spears," he aald. : He next tried specimens of Rylle Carmody's finger-prints, with the same disappointing result He slammed the cards Impatiently upon the desk. "What do yoo think of that, Peter? If neither of them la guilty, what wa the girl try lng to protect them for? Unless," a light dawned on hla face, "h'm ! Perhaps It was herself she was protecting." But Callls Shipley's prints did not match the one on the gun, either, The work progressed with alow care. Neither Callls Shipley's nor Choo Choo Train's prints could be Identified with any of those fonnd In the study. This disappointed the officer. He stared at one of the cards in perplexity. "I'd have sworn that these were s woman's prints," he aald. "Small and alen-der. alen-der. Of coarse, they might belong to a boy or a small man." Hla tone waa doubtful - t Nor did they find any prints which corresponded with those of Rylle Carmody and his father. Apparently Ap-parently neither had left any marks In the study. . Odd," aald Peter. Kllday raised his eyehmws. "I mean that I'm more suspicious when a man leaves no fingerprints," finger-prints," the novelist explained. "I have alwaya felt that the guilty man, or the man who knew that a crime had been or would be committed, com-mitted, took precautions against leaving fingerprints which might later identify him. The person who scatters finger-prints about either has a clear conscience or is very foolish. I don't think we are dealing deal-ing with the latter class here." "Then how do you explain the print on the gun?" demanded Kllday. Kll-day. "That's what I asked you a bit ago. I can't explain It I'm not oven trying to, yet" The work went patiently on. None of the other prints would match. Of all those found in the room, only those of Doctor Abernnthy, Nick Royce and Dan Bullis matched. As for the others. Ambross Carmody and his son. Rylle; Choo Choo Train and Callls Shipley had none of them left prints. Of the two unidentified sets, one were those Kllday had been so sure were made by a woman. The thumb-print on the gun had been Identified with prints found In the room, but not with those of any of these persons under suspicion. Kllday puffed thoughtfully, his attention at-tention apparently centered . on the . blue clouds that encircled him. "Two sets still unidentified," he mused aloud. "One of them appiirently belonging be-longing to a woman, but neither Callls Shipley's nor C'tioo Choo Train's. That would be our woman in blus. ' (TO SSi OONTINUKD.) Results of Excavations in What Is Thought to Have Been Site of Capital of Sheba Eagerly - . - Awaited try Feriine Wd :: Women throughout the ' WorM are eagerly waiting for excavations In what Is believed to be the capital of the queen of Sheba. French aerial explorers have reported that they have sighted the towers of the lost city on the edge of the Arabian desert When the sands of the centuries have been dug away, It will be possible pos-sible for women of today to learn how the glamorous queen looked, what beauty aids she used, and most Important of all what were her secrets for fascinating men? Her charm was extremely potent In winning King Solomon, ahe had to combat the allure of 761 wives and 800 concubines. Dr. George S. Duncan, professor of Egyptology and Assyrlology In the graduate school of American nnlver-verslty, nnlver-verslty, believes that one of the chief feminine sources of Interest In the queen's boried city will be her Jewels. "She was famous for her Jewels," said Doctor Duncan. "She took huge treasures of precious stones when she went to visit Solomon. Bat In spite of all her own riches, when she saw him sitting In all hla glory, she was almost shocked to death at his magnificence." mag-nificence." Doctor Duncan does not accept without questioning the report of the finding of the lost capital of Sheba. "Only excavation will reveal whether or not it Is the. legendary city of the queen," he aald. "And these excavations must produce Inscriptions In-scriptions that will satisfy archeol-oglsts." archeol-oglsts." If the newly discovered city Is the Sheban stronghold, excavation may reveal some of the queen's beauty secrets, Doctor Doncan believes, and also provide more knowledge of her IersonalIty. Women of all ages have felt great curiosity concerning the qneen, because be-cause of her great success as a charmer. She set a precedent for all gold-diggers by coming away from Solomon's court laden with 6,000 wagons of jewels, perfumes, oils and myrrh. Although Solomon wanted to make her his 762d wife, she waa too much of a feminist to relinquish her own kingdom and turned down his proposal pro-posal Legend has It that after she returned home, she had a child by Solomon. According to Doctor Duncan, Dun-can, the present royal house of Abyssinia Abys-sinia claims descent from the queen of Sheba's son by Solomon. The Biblical account of the queen's visit to Solomon affords the best insight in-sight so far found Into her personality, personal-ity, Doctor Duncan believes. This account shows that the queen was among the first of her sex to realize that the most brilliant feminine fem-inine conversationalist Is a woman of few words; that expert listening is more effective than talking. The Bible states that she plied Solomon with hard questions, drawing draw-ing him out and steering his thoughts to that most engrossing of all subjects himself. Nor was the queen of Sheba above using a little well-chosen flattery. Her expertness In that line is shown In the following passage from Scripture: Scrip-ture: "And she said to the king, it was Nature Has Qualified Butterfly as Chemist In a report to the Smithsonian Institution In-stitution Dr. Austin H. Clark marvels, mar-vels, and with reason, at the curious adaptability of the cabbage butterfly, a small chalky Insect with white wings. In Europe the caterpillars feed on the leaves of cabbages and closely related plants. Why these? Because they contain food of the proper chemical composition for the young, and the young are bred from eggs laid on the loaves. About the middle of the last century cen-tury the cabbage butterfly was brought to this country. It began to lay eggs not only on cabbage but also on the leaves of the garden nasturtium, which ortginany came from Central and South America. How did the butterfly know that the nasturtium is chemically of the right composition, although It Is not even remotely related to the cabbage? The European ancestors of the cabbage cab-bage butterfly knew nothing of the nasturtium for thousands of generations. genera-tions. The wonder grows when Doctor Clark points out uncanny powers In other Insects. Two varieties of frltlllaries live entirely on the hack-berry hack-berry tree. If they make a mistake in the tree the young starve to death. New York Times. a true report that ,Ivhpard.ln mine own land of thine acts and thy wisdom. wis-dom. "Howbelt I believed not the words until I came, and mine eyes bad seen It ; and behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity ex-ceedth ex-ceedth the fame which I heard." Small wonder then that the Bible reports that : "Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked." Largett Lump ef Co 14 The bureau of mines says that to far as It knows the largest piece-of piece-of gold ever foond was. a chunk from a deep mine la Chile;, wgteg ; 1JD00 trojr oaa'cea, or 18S8 aolr4npola pounds; The largest loose pleco was a Beyer Holterman nngget found at JUU End,. New .Booth Wales, In 1872, weighing 630 avoir-dupoia avoir-dupoia pounds gross, and contained 103 pounds net of gold. Idioms Used to Build Up English Language A savage tribe. In Tlerra del Fuego has a vocabulary of 30,000 words and are the only savages In the world so richly supplied. We might borrow a few and they'd never be missed. We thus appropriated "hooch" from the Alaska Indians and have much en-Joyed en-Joyed using it; that is, using the word. Hooch is a phonetic Joy. It haa that wild and slightly vulgar sound that seems to fit a crude Intoxicant Intox-icant - - English-speaking- peoples are quick to pick up words odd to the ears from their neighbors, giving them a twist that may make their utterance ut-terance more or less comic. "Hoose-gow," "Hoose-gow," made over from the Spanish "huskado," provokes a laugh. The English in India soon appropriated "loot"; and "bulldoze" arose out of the. swamps of Louisiana, where It was for long a neglected verb derived de-rived from the French. Other terms that spring Into being In the underworld under-world In time get fairly Into good society by succeeding gradations and there are now in good standing some Early Silk Maavfaetare A silk mill established at Mount Pleasant Ohio, In 1840 turned eat a silk salt which wss presented . to , Henry Clay, and also furnished silk for the first silk flag made In the United States. This flag was Uken by Caleb Cashing to Tokyo when he went there as the flrst United States ambassador to tbat nation. Sappho's Leap Sappho's Leap, so called because of the tradition that the poetess, Sappho, there threw herself Into the sea, la a high cliff at the end of the promontory now called Cape Doca-to Doca-to on the Island modernly known aa Leukas or Santa Maura. The cliff Itself was anciently called Leucaa or Leucadla. . img B Coastraetteg To the cathedral located In Cologne, Co-logne, second highest building outside out-side of the United States, goes the honor of being in the proces of construction con-struction longer than any other structure in the world. It waa started start-ed In 1248 but wasn't finished an Ul 1880-032 years later. Free Smart Student Do you charge for the water In the coffee? Restaurant Owner No. That, of course, Is thrown In. Doll Weddicg Preseat. The problem of what to do with 16 pairs of candlesticks seldom arises for the young bride of India. The doll, the world's oldest toy, Is one of the most popular wedding presents. This, observers say, Is due to the prevalence of child marriages. A Political Unit In American politics a political unit called a territory is a dependent depend-ent unit whose government la similar simi-lar In many respects to tbat of a state, but whose political entity is wholly under the authority of the federal government World'. Smallest City The world's smallest city la Chip penham, England, which for SO0 years has consisted of two thatched cottages, an abandoned canal and a railway station, yet is classed as a "city." Tho Oldest Will The oldest will which haa been found Is tbat of Uah, Amenemhat IV, of Egypt It was executed In 2548 B. C It Is written on papyrus, papy-rus, unearthed at Kabun, Egypt and Is part of the archeological collections col-lections attached to London university. Car be a Monoxide Few poison gasea are more dangerous dan-gerous to man than carbon monoxide. monox-ide. Where phosgene and wartime gases have a characteristic color, taste and action which warns everyone every-one of their presence, carbon monoxide mon-oxide is colorless and tasteless. Hyoaa I. CowaroHy The hyena ia a cowardly animal which preys, as a role, on carrion, or on animals weakened by wounds or disease. A single hyena will not attack a man onless desperate from hanger or protecting its young. Picked Froai Directory In London's telephone directory are listed 40 Angels, 32 Darlings, 84 Dears, 1 Dearie, 17 Ducks, 1 Dear- love, 2C Honeys, 60 Loves, 8 Lov-Joys, Lov-Joys, 6 Loveleys, 8 Prettys, J2i Peaches, 87 Sweets, 7 Truelovea, 9 Cheers and 1 FuUilore. Whose Fault? w When Child Wont Study "Kept after school T' And it isn't the child's fault, or the teacher's. I lis mother is to blame. How con a boy get his lessons when his senses are dulled day after day by dosing with sickening purgatives? When a child's bowels are stagnant they need help, of course. But not some drastic drug to upset the stomach, perhaps weaken the entire system; or form the laxative habit. On the right, parents win una a happy solution of this problem: Here's a boy who gets good marks, has time and energy for play. He is never lit .hardly' ever has so audi as a cold. When he does show any symptoms of being sluggish, his mother knows just what to do. She gives him a little California Syrup of Figs and that is all. It s a natural, fruity laxative that is agreeable to take, and its gentle laxative action comes from senna. Parents are urged to use just pure California Syrup of Figs. Be sure bottle says 'California. Laboratory's Good Work Througli its development of kilns and drying schedules, the forest products laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture has led the way toward revolution lzed practice in seasoning lumber, with an estimated saving of more than a million dollars a year for Alabama. 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