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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHL UTAH HOW CHILD WITH LEARN BY DOLN( . . . . . By MELTON PEOPPEE CoprrthC tt3I. Ani StrkW Sitmm trataraity, Ted!" he exclaimed, iaitUtka) Wta ta Mu Bata Stuart Jordaa, uaiverwty mUtly. Tanuny Raakia, rfetactive, takes chare, of taa PildlphU Am lajactiaa af aoieaa U aaewa la have ana taa caua af Jordan's daata. Raakia ftaaa af taa dead tuoaf s saaes ara awrlud vita tiuanbtacka. Hia anlr kaawa relative is hie each, Howard Marrlch. St. Leuia beaker, bis guardiaa. It mm iiBjU that aa at taa freteraitr. pmai. aat a niahar aiawat at taa hattiatiaa. tuiait. rfias alianat am rl. -- WNTJ Rerrtee by Milt ob Proppar SYNOPSIS CHAPTER II Continued Ee approached him, speaking In a low voice. "Larry Palmer has Just come In, Mr. Rankin." he said. I Just wanted to Inform you, air; but . . . I don't think he'll be able to help you In clearing up Stuart'i death." His manner was halting, and be glanced nervously at the supervisor. Rankin stopped his Inquiries to Study him keenly. "We'll find that out when I speak to him. Have hira sent to me next, will you pleaseT And don't mention the tragedy to him, tf he hasn't heard of It yet." The president's distress Increased. "He doesn't know a thing about It," he replied. 'That's Just it; you see, he , . . Isn't very well, and perhaps you could postpone seeing him, until say . . . morning, when he. . . ." "Not well, Mr. Stanton?" Rankin thrust In quickly. "Why, what's the matter with him?" "To tell the truth, he's had a little too much to drink, sir. He Isn't exactly under the weather, but I doubt If he could make much sense of what Is said to him. It will wear off though, after he's rested a while." To his relief, Mr. Warwick looked more annoyed and Impatient than censorious. "That Is nonsense ; he'll have to pull himself together sufficiently to talk to "This us," he decreed unyieldingly. question of his whereabouts is much too Important to brook any delay. If he can answer us at all Intelligibly, It must be settled at once." "Yes, I think we had better deal with him now, Just the same," the detective agreed. "All I want to learn Is how he occupied these last few hours." Perforce, Stanton ushered him, with the supervisor and Mr. Fletcher, to a bedroom In the third floor hall. He had not, Rankin saw as he entered, exaggerated Larry Palmer's condition. An attractive looking young man, with an eager, Ingenuous face and unruly red hair, he appeared, at the moment, decidedly the worse for wear. His tousled hair was unkempt and his and bleary, staring eyes into space; a sagging Jaw augmented the vacuity of his gaze. Despite his discomfort. Palmer welhis visitors with sheepish comed Joviality and little thickness of spech. "You're a fine one, Larry," Stanton returned In a scolding tone, "to miss the initiation; and then to come back in this state. You know better than that ; the executive committee will fine you heavily for unfraternal conduct" The boy answered plaintively. "Don't yell at me, Ted," he pleaded, "I feel rotten enough, as it Is." "We'll have you In bed In no time," the president said. "But first you must talk to Mr. Rankin and tell him where you've been. Just answer his questions; it is rather urgent and won't take more than a minute." Palmer's mood changed to one of bewilderment. What "Questions? about?" Then his features cleared. d "I'm dizzy, too; everything la going around in circles. . . . And I've got classes tomorrow; I ought to get some sleep right away, or I'll never make It in time." He struggled to rise, pushing aside the restraining arm of the young man nearest him, Anthony Graham. "You had better compose yourself, Mr. Palmer." The supervisor's manner was ominous and quite harsh. "This is a disgraceful exhibition for a student of the University of Philadelphia. Coming la at this hour and in such a. . . ." lie had gone so far, when Larry Palmer collapsed. Silently and without warning, be grew completely limp; had not Stanton and Anthony Graham quickly t caught him, he would have struck bis head against the upper rails of the bed and fallen to the floor. For a brief Instant, there flashed through Rankin's usually orderly mind, an alarming vision of another murder, and a second victim of the criminal's poison. He bent over Palmer. "I believe he has only fainted," he said. "Ask the doctor to come In, will you, Mr. Graham?" The other returned In a moment with the university physician, explaining to him what had occurred. Though thorough. Doctor Thompson's examination was brief; under the influence of restoratives. Palmer began to show signs of renewed vitality. "Well, Doctor, how Is he?" Mr. Warwick asked somewhat anxiously. "Merely a bit too much gin, I suppose." "That's partly it." Doctor Thompson announced; again his voice was grave. "He's been drinking a great deal over his capacity. But that Is not what made him faint. At some time this evening, someone drugged him with knock-ou- t drops; it was a heavy dose and this was the reactionary effect. I can't permit him to be questioned any further before morning." CHAPTER III The Dormitories When Tommy Rankin reached headquarters at ten o'clock the following morning, he found two Important reports awaiting his consideration. The first report contained Stuart Jordan's scholastic record, sent by the supervisor from the office of admissions. As Mr. Warwick had asserted, It gave little personal data about the dead boy; still, the detective gleaned from It a great deal of his past history. The facts about his parents were the same as Rankin had already obtained from the questionnaire the boy filled at the fraternity when pledged. It was Howard Merrick, his uncle and guardian, who signed for him the bond required of every student enrolled at the university, as a protection. With this Information came the additional facts Rankin had requested the previous night. There were two other young men from the victim's section of the country enrolled at the college. One, named Ralph Buckley, had at one time lived In Vandalia ; he had gone to high school In Jordan's home town and graduated two years before. When he entered Philadelphia the past September, It was as a first-yea- r student Walter Randall, from Chicago, was the other boy, and had himself studied at Aberdeen. The second report for the detective was the autopsy report. Only a few experiments were needed to vindicate the doctor's choice of one of the vegetable alkaloids. The poison was one drop of which would cause death in two to three hours; and almost four times that minimum dose was Injected Into Jordan's system In liquid form. This amount was surely fatal In half that period and probably In much less. The action of conlne, however, varied In each Instance with the Individual strength and resisting power of the person affected; hence, the autopsy could not set, within an hour, the time before Jordan's death it was administered. Its vagueness on this point disappointed Rankin; he had hoped definitely to prove that the boy was while his poisoned at hands were being untied. Cureful analysis showed there had been nothing deadly In the wine used by the candidates. The detective finished perusing thU report and summoned an officer. "A good many reporters are In the anteroom, Wilson," he told him, "have the whole bunch In, now; say I've something Important for them." Recognizing the sensational aspects of the case, newspnper men swarmed Into headquarters, clamoring for deWhen they were assembled, tails. Rankin said: "The report has Just come In, fellows, with a few special Items. I'm going to make an extra concession and tell you what they are. But In return, you've got to do me a favor, too. All I want is for you to publish the statement in the autopsy about the exact cause of Jordan's death. You see, he was poisoned by something called conlne, which is extracted from the hemlock plant Its characteristic Is a mousy odor. As little as a drop or two grains nine-twent- Palmer's Mood Changed to One of Bewilderment. "Questions? What About?" post-morte- "All right, anything to oblige a friend, Ted. How are you, Mr. , , , Mr. . , ." "Yoti appear to have enjoyed your-Bel- f, Mr. Palmer." Soothingly, Rankin took charge of the situation. "You've been out tonight, haven't you? Wre you alone or with someone else?" The student made a genuine effort to recollect. "I can't remember who It was. It was somebody . , . someUpraised his right hand body . ,. to bis temples. "G d, my head hurts, fatal in a few hours, and Jordan was given more than four drops. These are the facts I want in will prove your newspapers." Boyle of the Record regarded him quizzically. "What's the big idea?" he Inquired. "You know darned well that In these poison cases, we never print the name of the poison ; we call It a 'deadly poison' and let it go at that It's public policy to keep people in the dark, rather than take the chance of putting a bug In some reader's ear to try it out on himself or some other fellow." "That's Just why I'm asking you to make an exception to the usual rule in this case," Rankin replied. "I have a bunch It Is going to help me if the poison becomes known. Conine isn't so easy to get ; and the criminal might have left some trail in procuring it, which this open announcement will uncover." Boyle shrugged. "Well, it's perfectly O.K. with me. If you think it ought to be done," he agreed. The other newspaper men also expressed their willingness to comply with the detective's wish, and left As they Bled out of the office, the policeman Wilson entered with a telegram. It was addressed to Mr. Warwick, who had forwarded It from the university; It had been dispatched from 855 Hunter street Vandalia, at seven o'clock that Rankin read the reply to morning. the supervisor's message notifying the student's residence of his death at the fraternity house. AM NEWS STOP "DRKADFUI BY EAST IMMEDIATELY EARLY TRAIN STOP EXPECT ME TEN AT MORNING TOMORROW O'CLOCK. COMING The signature was that of Howard Merrick, Jordan's relative and guardian. Rankin had already decided upon the course of his Investigations that day. Until Mr. Merrick arrived, with the Illumination he might throw on the boy's life, he would learn as much as he could of Jordan's career at school. Distinctly his first step was to search the student's room In the dormitories and his belongings for some clue to the tragedy. To save time. Tie would question Randall, the former Aberdeen student, while he was at the dorms; and later call on the boy from Vandalia, If only to make certain of neglecting no likely source of Information. At the fraternity house, he hoped to elicit from Larry Palmer, now recovered from his mysterious indisposition, the explanation of how and by whom he was drugged. He could Interview Ben Crawford at the same time. He had still been absent at three-thirtin the morning when Rankin left and the problem of his whereabouts remained unsettled. It was past noon when he entered the dormitory grounds. He reached Jordan's room, 315, on the third floor by an enclosed passage, outside the halls, resembling a fire escape, and began his hunt, with the desk as the most logical place for Jordan's private possessions. 1 the drawers, an Inextricable confusion , reigned. It was more than the disorder of mere carelessness ; as though hastily searched by someone pressed for time, the boy's papers had been tossed about in a tangle. The chamber Itself, In direct contrasts was neat and clean as though recently set in order. The single hint of anything strange in Jordan's1 life came from several books of check stubs in the desk. Also representing his account with the Philadelphia Western bank, the coun terfolls were carefully audited. For a student, the amounts were not unusually large. In addition to these outlays, however, he had drawn a check once every month bearer for four hundred dollars without Identifying the recipient or tl.oir purpose. All he had written on the stubs were the figures and the wor.l "bear er." Thus six times regularly since the second of October, the n y had paid out this sum. And wit!n;;t the corresponding canceled checks, returned ' from the bank whit i had cashed them for the unknown bearer, there was no means of learning who he was. It was In the closet In the bedroom that the detective made his second Important discovery. Jordan kept most of his shoes there; and on casually inspecting them, he was startled to find in the soles of each two thumb-tack- s pair. All were marked In exactly the same fashion, one tack embedded in the heel and the other in the arch. And like those In the shoes the dead boy wore, they were bright and new, unscratched by rough contacts, as though put in within the past few days. If their purpose was to help distinguish Jordan at the Initiation, the criminal was evidently taking no chances that he might don an unrecognizable pair of shoes. Aside from this, Rankin's thorough search of the bedroom produced no results. As his hunt progressed, the detective grew Increasingly disturbed at the absence of private papers and letters. It seemed absurd that Jordan never received any mall ; though alone In the world except for his guardian, he should surely have exchanged cor y . well-to-d- o respondence with Howard Merrick in five months. Yet there was no evidence that they had written each otht-r- . And still more extraordinary was the fact that the student had apparently no friends of the opposite sex. Pictures of girls, the familiar notebook of addresses and phone numbers, communications from them all these were missing. Yet Rankin could not credit the complete and unnatural solitude that the circumstances Indicated. The alternative was that he had destroyed whatever letters he got. because he was either hiding himself or some secret to which they referred. It was unlikely that anyone else had removed them. And his mysterious monthly payments partly supported this theory. It was too early to Jump to conclusions from facts susceptible of an innocent explanation; but their regularity and covertness both suggested that Jordan was paying black-mato someone who knew a secret he wished concealed. If this were so, then this secret might plausibly have brought to bear on his life the forces which finally encompassed his tragic death. Rankin left Room 315 in Croft hall after one o'clock. Pelham hall was the name of the dormitory given him as Walter Randall's address; and there, he next turned his footsteps. The room, he discovered, was on the third floor, facing the grounds on the same side as Jordan's quarters. The door was open and after knocking, Rankin entered to find the charwoman, at the moment busy dusting with a cloth, the only occupant. Short, middle-ageand motherly, she had gray straggling hair, a lined face and glasses over tired eyes. The charwoman ceased her work to at the visitor. peer "If It's Mr. Randall you're wantln', he won't be out long," she volunteered, before he spoke. "He left hardly twenty minutes ago when I was flnishin' up next door and said he'd be back soon." "He didn't, by any chance, go to a class or for lunch?" Rankin asked. "I'd rather drop In again later than wait for him now any length of time." "Oh, no, he Just went out so's 1 4 could straighten out his room without his bein' in the way," the cleaner replied and elaborated volubly. "He alius stays In bed late, till most everybody else Is gone already ; I guess he's only got a'ternoon classes, since he ain't been very well Anyhow, he's still In when I get 'round to tidy up. That's why I make it a point to do this room last. Not but what," she added hastily, "Mr. Randall ain't fully dressed when I do get here. The way some o' these boys run 'round with 'most nuthln' on Is a disgrace, I say; they ain't got no modesty. But he's a gentleman. It's Just kind o' convenient to keep this place to end with." "Then I think I'll stay till he comes in, over In that corner where It won't inconvenience you." The detective took the chair he indicated. The woman began to collect her cleaning appliances. "Oh, I'm done for today," she announced. "I never stay a'ter one o'clock or half past. But I can't very well be lettin' you in here when I go off." She surveyed him shrewdly for a moment "You ain't one o' the students here, are you? I don't remember ever seeln' you before." I'm not." Rankin smiled "No, amusedly at her Justifiable caution. "I Just wanted to speak to Mr. Rana rather Important dall about business matter." "Well, I guess It would be all right if you did wait here," the woman pondered uncertainly. "We got to be awful careful, what with the boys hav-imoney and valybles layin' about loose and It bein' so easy to get in and steal it." She was plainly talkative and Rankin Improved the opportunity to learn something of dormitory life. "It's quite all right,"' he agreed sympathetically. "1 understand you can't run any risk. It must be quite a Job for you to keep so many rooms In order especially when they're occupied by college men." "It ain't easy, sir, most o' them is that unconsiderate and careless. Mr. Randall Is different I've noticed he ain't much o' a one for foolin' with them and he's too sensible to invite them Into his room to make free with It. He's as neat as a pin, too, cleanln' up a .rood deal hlsself ; there's so little for m to do, It's a pleasure." "lie must be a quiet sort of chap," the detective remarked, "not to mix much with the others." "Mr. Randall Is' the kind that don't come to college and spend good money Just for fun," the woman declared with conviction. "In a way, ne has to keep to himself on account o' his health ; that made him miss 'most the whole autumn term. Natcherly, he's strange to the others. He ain't a bit stuck up, though, but is as polite and nice as can be. Nearly all the boys Is and means well, I've mund out ; the trouble Is they ain't got enough common sense. You wouldn't believe," she went on, "some o' the things they're up to. If 1 told you. Pillow flghiln' like little children and breakln' furniture when they wrestle. knock-In- " Then in class fights, sometimes in the doors and climbin' out the windows. . . ." Rankin felt this an exaggeration. "Out the windows? .How Is that possible?" "Oh, they do It all right and get away If they're careful," the cleaner assured him. They go out along the wall and crawl Into the next room with open windows. That's how they escaie when a crowd from the other side chases them into a room. Anyhow, they're for ever poppin in and out o' each other's place that way." She led him to the unfastened windows of Randall's chamber and pointed out the method to which she re-- see-saw- d near-sightedl- y ... n' good-hearte- i -- ll ... xuim im uic aiugau lor Natio Children s day. observed gei By Aiutnraa ciuea io locus nnhl attention on the need for lnereJl play facilities as an antidote for 1,1 "1 .J, it n. ueiuiiurui.-jf nuu a neeessitJ venue or normal cnna development "The difference between uiisehieJ ous little troublemakers and bright aierc gooa cunuren ia largely up t,J OS parents," said Mrs. Kdith Londod Boenm. president or tne child Pis J association, sponsors of this moyj menu ine cniiaren or ever? tgJ group need tools for construed play. They must learn by doin When Johnny, whose father hasnt jyju, Kvb "i a train building blocks or a wagon, he expressing an everyday need f constructive play that Is as vital tJ his development as bread and ghejl ter. Ana so is jane who prays fa a doll to dress, a Dan or a di board. "Play, contrary to adult standard! Is the serious business of childhood I The most enthralling as well as thl most educational toys are those th permit children to imitate tasks thatl adults consider drudgery. rur example, immature mops,! scrubbing brushes, brooms, washing boards, irons, etc., that give children a chance to do a real cleaning jot in their doll house or play room art favorite and Inexpensive playthinsil Dressing a doll can teach a little eiril neatness and cleanliness and color! appreciation as well as mother love "For physical development give thel children kiddle cars, velocipedes,! scooters, i oiler skates, sidewalk bl l sv, cycles, wagons, etc These playthings keep them In terested and active In the healthful I outdoor air."' "You Ain't One o' the Students Here, I Don't Remember Are You? Ever Seein' You Before." CuticuraTalcum t7orveriiJemifer ofthe jamili) It soothes and cools Father's face and removes the shine, comforts baby's tender skin and prevents chafing and irritation, and give the finishing touch to Mother's toilet after-shavin- g ferred. From below, the decorative white molding against the wall Just beneath had appeared comparatively flat; he now saw that It projected somewhat, the upper surface forming a level ledge, no more than ten Inches wide. The shelf was continuous, extending unbroken the length of the facade of all three buildings. "I suppose It could be managed," the detective said ; he withdrew Into the room. "But It looks dangerous." The charwoman followed, noddlnjr darkly. "That's what I alius say, sir. One o' these days, somebody's goln' to fall and get badly hurt ; then there'll be the very devil raised about it when it's too late." "Have you seen the afternoon papers, today?" Rankin Introduced the subject of the crime casually. "I was reading that only last night a young man was killed at a fraternity house on the campus during an initiation." "Here at the university? No !" The exclamation mingled surprise with horror. "I don't have no time till a'ter I'm done work to be lookln' at news, so I ain't heard nuthin. . . ." She broke off, suddenly interrupted by the light echo of approaching footsteps in the corridor. "There," she stated eagerly, "I told you you wouldn't have to wait long. That's Mr. Randall comin' back now; I recernize the way he walks. "Here's a gentleman wantln' to see you, Mr. Randall," the charwoman announced. "I was just sayln' to him that you'd be in again any minute." "Thank you, Mrs. Blxby." The newcomer delayed before speaking further until she had reluctantly gathered her belongings and gone. "Yes?" he asked the detective. "What Is It you wish?" There was some Immediately striking quality about Walter Randall, difficult to define. Chiefly it was his somewhat pallid features, and exceptionally clear-sk- i nned, with a freshness rare in a young man. They were almost cameo-lik- e In outline; his dark and expressive eyes had long lashes, his nose, while not small, was thin and sensitive, and his mouth and chin mobile and delicate. If the description "pretty" could be applied to a boy, Rankin considered it would fit him. He was not wearing civilian clothes, but a cadet's uniform, Instead. This consisted of a dark blue coat, with brass buttons along the front, long trousers of the same color, though no a puttees, single stripe running down either side and a round hat with a metal shield above Its stiff visor. About his waist was a brown leather clean-shave- Price 25c Proprietors: Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation, Maiden, Mass. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM I Remora Dandroff-Stop- i I ImBftilf . t "i 1 Bsantr ?ln'il A Hiir 11 and to Gtit and Faded I 11 ahmrimatristmV yM01.ii.. Dim, OIp. 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