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Show tr-: By service ,e-wN- U interest SYNOPSIS torrential through ( h.omtell Clint Jervies fitrl wantily clad running J gr; fi.oht down the road. r str,thnrt ways, leaves the car He decides to Jto me woods. ' Tope dear friends, Inspector P shout his adventure. ' f: her as Miss Moss. Guardian, though she and the having re married. Clint, Ln now manages the Jervies rnsei In three shuttered houses, 2 and forbidding, on Kenesaw J here Clint picked up the lived three families. In l?ved old Denman Hurder. his been Ella Kenesaw and . and her Ver Kitty Leaford. a second house June Living in Uncle Justus and , Evne Tame. The third held Rab and Asa. his wife. and Bow don was a man known only "Uncle Jim. Following their !iom the three families gathered home Saturday night. , Harder mother, retired early w th She was given warm milk. e : lied on taking two sleeping Strangely than usuaL , mid-,and In the at slept fitfully, jight went In to see her moth. , uncomfortable posiUon warned was not sleeping, a! ber mother .dead. Panic stricken, June ran out the unlocked dc.or. 1( room, the storm to get Doctor Cabler. picked here that Clint Jervies f r 3efab eaten -- and tr such used bant aples well come v ve? Lfce' 'h ard Setable will make nt yean ith cri In his eyes; and Clint caught him by the arm, demanding: "What Is it. Inspector? What did Harquail say?" Tope sat down at the breakfast-tabl- e again. "I need another cup of coffee, Mrs. Tope," he said. To think this over." And while she poured it, he began to explain: ' "You heard me ask Charley If Denman Hurder had any children, he reminded them; and he chuckled. That surprised Charley," he said, with a certain gratified vanity In his tones. Charley wanted to know how I got onto it, and I asked him what he was talking about He hesitated, said soberly: This is what he told me: Mr. Hurder had a daughter named Katherine. She eloped, twenty-od- d years ago, with a man named Jerry Leaford. Leaford didnt amount to much, Charley said. He said there was a row at the time, and finally she and Leaford went home to live with the !c 'an be CHAPTER IV leese, 1 Tope and Miss Moss had a marriage the calm happi-- ! ector JTbar age. The Inspector middle oksd all his life on nth gentle, violence, comprehending For a score of years or more at the head of the Homicide j at Police Headquarters, and :r himself there a reputation :n to be forgotten. Miss Moss i a different fashion as shrewd Here lireirt girls, s fore is alk foods with, fives e reals ly id were away on their honeymoon, Clint had surprise for them: There of the among die properties a its thee he they s br Trust a six-roo- one-stor- on a narrow lot ywood, hidden in a backwater from the traffic arteries, with frees on this lot, and room for sandwiched ll uch Dana Jervies, taken his bride t thirty years ago; and he had it afterward for the sake of Under the pretext of inspecting lent Clara and Mat lodged the tires, Clint looked attentively house for a while after their at the three houses. :ge; and when Inspector Tope iliss Moss came home from her folks; and then Leaford left her, loneymoon, Clint met them at and disappeared for good and all." ation and drove them to this He added, and his tones were i ar door. somber now: The reason Charley Moss, with tears of pleasure had all this stuff so pat, Mrs. Leaf eyes, protested; but Clint said ford died last night, and hed been getting up an obit for her. tJ. of course Died? She was Clint cried. youll come here, where all the Jervies family alive housekeeping, It wasn't her you saw, Tope reyou know, gd against tradition. And minded him. She must have been be argued she was not of the past forty now. Js family, he insisted gently: You asked something about ure the only mother I can children? Miss Moss prompted. 'her, you know. I asked Charley if she had any yielded at last, said He they children, . Tope explained, a stay little while; but Clint know. They just got a flash didnt ey should lodge here till he about her death, from the district the house for his own bride, man out there; and they wanted to that will be a long time, by give ber a good obit, because of signs," he promised. course Hurder is a big advertiser. 'he morning after Clints ride said the district man was goCharley Kenesaw Hill, he rang the bell to all the dope, children and get ing !J were about to sit down to so on. reakfast Miss Moss had pre-an- d The others sat thoughtful, watchTope, in an old blue and the Inspector was si8 gown and slippers, the ing him; He said at a moment. tg paper crumpled in his lent for an with last glance at apologetic opened the door for him. Miss Moss: greeted Clint; and he called Youll think Im seeing things at shoulder: TPe. heres Clint for night, but theres something wrong out there! last. Why Miss Moss urged slowly: appeared for a moment In do you think so? Mrs. Leaford was door to smile a tne. sick, and the telephone was out of and bade them both sit order, and they sent someone for at the table. a doctor. Isn't that all? 0! eady. she promised c ed Tope shook his head. these two for a second, No one runs for a doctor, no matondness In her eyes, before ter how big the hurry is, without 'appeared Into the kitchen hen she putting some clothes on, presently returned. What was the matter with Mrs. coffee In one hand and a Leaford? of eggs an(j bacon in the Charley said heart trouble," iPe said: Tope explained. "But that covers a Clint. Start over now." lot of ground. If a man gets shot, sad to Miss Moss: "Mrs. or stabbed, he dies of 'fit s had a curious adven-e- e as far as that goes. Heart hw it sounds to you. failure will kill a person; yes. But it takes something to make a heart 10,(1 them how, driving fail. Takes quite a lot, too. These own, he had overtaken a hearts of ours go on er puming pret.. ni8htgown, running unless something hape ra,n steadily, ty uPon that lonely "v ow like to know what what do you make of pens to them. Id fail. her heart made ssked. challenging them. He took up the telephone, and Miss reneeted. "I know a Moss moved to his side. "Inspecthat placel she told tor," she urged, "it isnt our busi. t10 ere three , e by side. Matthew Bow-;- a ness." He smiled at her. "Let me poke n oneHes a lawyer, nose in, he begged. "I cant ostlyThe firm Is Bow-- my ira T out of a thing till I know. keep lrBowdon must 0ijaine' He used the phone for a while, now Two of his turned back to them again. n 1,16 flrm wth him, I'Stii. That was Inspector Heale," he ,Ta,n. his said. "At Headquarters out there. knna?Cd: "Well, what I He hadnt even heard about Mrs. Wh Was this Eirl? Leaford being dead. I guess its ta tf'Shtened her? . He grinned at Clint nothing. got UP and crossed "Son," he demanded, what do you "I wonder If " mean, coming in here and stirring he said us up this way? Cant a girl go for doi!!nw if nothing has a walk in her nightie along a country there, r Charley was a road in the rain without starting so b,. j e an1 the Inspector much talk? I dont believe there Id r ""r nirrtS' T(J,e cal,(d the was any girl, anywny. How much e' a"d Miss Moss f ,'H did you drink last night, young felllstenc(i low?" 'J!i"n, "Had one high Clint chuckled. n.!tl ! mai1 turned bark to ball. he confessed. "It bores me ,;,i lcre was a quickening to 8ne these kids lushing It uu the slather, had I s some bO) ' ity o' outd. Jese: ierste Bl s - HOI a BEN AMES WILLIAMS "d e e ting-roo- P ,, heart-troubl- 11 , Sl - - 1 - way they do." He spoke to Miss Moss. This girl I took home. Ma-bGayo she was tight Bound shed kiss me good night Wanted "The girl was afraid, Clint But what would they be agreed. afraid of? Well, Tope reminded him, his me to stay tone suddenly grim, "A woman died Miss Moss smiled at the austerity of poison in there last behind his words. "Shell be night If grate- shed known it was going to hapful to you today, she suggested. shed have had a right to be Tope said in a mirthful tone: pen, afraid. And you no sooner get rid of her, So Clint was silenced; and than another one comes out in her they came on into the suburban town that nightgown to waylay you, Clint What is this strange power of was their destination, and found Police Headquarters. Miss Moss electyours? Clint laughed, and then the tele- ed to stay in the car while they went inside. phone rang. Tope went briskly Inspector Heale came to meet across the room. He said: them. He was lean and gray, and "Hello! . . . Yes . . . Inspector . . brows were extravagantly A silence, while he listened. Then: his bushy. He shook Topes hand, and "Yes, thanks." Another silence; and then Tope spoke some hearty word. said: "Might have known youd be Why, Ill come out and see you, around, he said humorously. 'You and bring him along. Sure. He put up the receiver and turned old buzzard! How do you hear about back to them; and Miss Moss saw these things so soon? I didnt even know Mrs. Leaford was dead till that his eyes shone. you called me up." What is it? Clint demanded. Done anything?" Tope asked seInspector Heale tells me he called up the Medical Examiner," riously. Inspector Heale bade them come Doctor Derrie Tope explained. bad had no report on the death, so into his office and closed the door, Heale called the family doctor. Doc- and he shook his head. No," he Doctor Derries gone tor named Cabler. He says Mrs. confessed. Leaford died from an overdose of to look her over, of course. Doctor some sleeping-powder.- " He added, Cabler hadnt notified him. Cabler was called in late last night, slept after a moment: "Accidental Accidental? Miss Moss repeat- late this morning. That's why he hadnt phoned Doc Derrie. He said ed, in a flat tone. There was a moments silence, there wasn't any hurry." And he explained: Mrs. Leaford and then he added: Inspector Heale wants to know had been taking this dope for years. how I knew about it And he wants She took an overdose once before, to talk to you, Clint I think youd and came near passing out This time it was nearer than that. better drive us out there, "Dead when Doctor Cabler got CHAPTER V there? Tope Inquired. Before that, I guess, Heale exClint swung the car off the main plained; and he looked at Tope and then at Clint inquiringly. thoroughfare. This is the road, But I he said. Ill show you. want to know how you heard about And he drove more slowly, study- it, he reminded them, and Tope ing the way. Woodlands shut them bade Clint tell the tale of his adin on either side before he stopped venture the night before. at last, where there was a path, and So Clint repeated his story; and a house among the trees. Inspector Heale listened without inThis is where I let her out" terruption till he was done. he explained. The girl was Miss Leaford, he Mrs. Leaford's Tope nodded, looking toward the explained then, house. "Probably Doctor Cabler daughter. She found her mother lives there, he suggested. "How dead, and the telephone was out of far had she ridden with you? order on account of the shower, so He "I was coming down this hill, she ran to get the doctor. Clint explained, and he drove on, grinned. I didnt know she made said presently: It must have been the trip In her nightie, he adalong here somewhere that I over- mitted. Theyre a queer lot up took her. there, and shes as queer as the No houses rest of them. Tope commented: anywhere near. Theyre that way about everyTheyre on top of the hill Clint thing, Inspector Heale insisted. replied. He put the car swiftly up "You take electric lights. Hurder the grade and the three houses put them in his house, here a few came into view. years back; and then the others Tope said, in a low tone as though hooked his meter, to save meter dehe might be overheard: "Drive posits. The light company kicked, but those folks on the Hill they slowly, Clint." "Ill stop, Clint amended. He mostly get their own way when pulled up the car beside the road, they want it. Old Mrs. Bowdon and got out, under pretext of in- shes seventy if shes a day you specting the tires; but at the same can argue with her till youre blind time, under the brim of his hat, he and she dont give an inch. "And Mrs. Taines as bad, Heale looked attentively at these three She's one of these houses by the road. So did Tope and continued. Miss Moss too. thin, stringy women in a black There was an undertakers gar- dress; and she talks in a kind of land attached to the door of the whisper as if butter wouldnt melt in house in the middle; and a car her mouth. She can strip the hide off with a doctors tag stood beside the you and never raise her voice. Shes road. The day was warm and fine a worker, too. Shell put on overafter the shower; yet nowhere did alls and go right at it. Do anyClint see a window open. Some of thing. For instance, she wired her the shutters were closed and at oth- own house and Bowdons, and er windows thick curtains hung. hooked up the wires in Hurders Behind the houses, the woods were cellar. If I didnt know they had money, Id think they didnt have dark and still. ' When Clint presently drove on, he a dent, the way she works all the time. looked at Tope to see what impresClint began: "Miss Leaford sion the older man had received. The Inspector said guardedly: he said. "Well, there they are, "Why, she might be all right, for What do you think? Tope answered with a slow smile: all I know. Shes always slipping "Why, I get notions. Fool notions, around through the woods, alone, never maybe, Clint; but Ive got in the like a wild animal; and she habit of believing them. It feels to speaks to you. Passes you right me as if the people that lived in b- y(TO BE CONTINUED) those houses were afraid." el TIPS (jardeners Ruth Wyeth Spears Care curious little worm, which is used by Tibetan natives as a "pick-me-uhas attracted the attention of missionaries. Locally known as "grassworms, they make their habitat in lofty mountain ranges of the Tibetan border, near the Tatsienlu leper home conducted by the Friars Minor of the Hankow Vicariate. Natives eat them dead or alive for medical purposes. In either form they bring fancy prices. They are in great demand for the mentally depressed and for sufferers of stomach trouble. When dead they are mixed with boiled chicken. In this concoction they are said to react wonderfully When live worms as without cocoons are dug up they are mixed with a strong liquor, distilled from maize. 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BORDER RUST RED The following should not be BLACK AND PEAmoved: Celosia, didiscus (blue a, COCK BLUE lace flower), four oclock, and perennial sweet pea. Because of their peculiar root growth, these flowers are damaged, sometimes even killed, when transplanted. Flowers which may be transplanted with little fear of damage, as long as the moving is done properly, include ageratum, alys-susnapdragon, aster, calenduMAKE la, marigold, pansy, petunia, THE FIRST ROW OF pinks, salvia, scabiosa, verbena, Canterbury bells, columbine, holEACH 0VALI4410NG lyhock, pyrethrum and viola. There is a third division of flowers, according to Harry A. Joy, flower expert of the Ferry Seed Breeding Station, whose lives will not be endangered by transplanting, but whose growth will be stunted. Both plant and blossoms Grandmother Surprised Everyone. will be smaller but earlier. Lark8 surof blue rows around then certain spur, zinnia, phlox, nasturtium a black; VES, grandmother 1 and bachelor button are in this prised everybody even her- the outside. self. When the wedding day arrived group. She had always enjoyed making hit and miss rag rugs in this gift was a great surprise; cheery colors. Then one day her even Grandmother was amazed at favorite grandson brought home how handsome it looked at the the girl he was going to marry. foot of the stairs in the new house. She was a bright young thing, and Women everywhere are using chattered away about color their leisure to make their homes more attractive, with slipcovers; schemes for her new home. The living room and hall were to curtains; bedspreads and lampbe peacock . blue and rust with shades. They are again taking up CURE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT touches of black. Well, peacock embroidery and handwork so that is just a greenish blue, thought they may beautify their homes 'T'lIE only way to restore prosiwi and rust is a and there is a revival of Interest Grandmother, ity in the United States is to tare brownish red. So she got out her in old time hand crafts. as far as possible the evil of nnemploj SEWING Book Mrs. 1, Spears dye pot and her best wool rags, ment. This can only he done by speedand she mixed and she dipped and for the Home Decorator, and No. ing up private agriculture, commerce Novelties and Embroid and industry to employ more people. dipped again. Then, instead of 2, Gifts, chart the way for you. Existing industry must be encouraged ery, clearly one into braided rags sewing her of rag rug making to expand. Individuals must be enold craft the If big oval, she made five ovals of is new you may have couraged to spend their own time and hobby, your the size shown here 3 black and free Mrs. Spears leaflet on rag their own money in developing new V. S. 2 blue. She sewed these together, rugs with your order for both enterprises and new products. then around them.came 4 rows of books at 25 cents each. Address, Senator Robert A. Tajt. rust; 2 rows of black next; then 4 Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Fire Walkers of rust; 1 of black; 4 blue; 2 Chicago, 111. Fire walkers claim faith protects them from injury as they walk barefooted across a bed of hot stones or smoldering ashes, says Colliers. Others claim fire walking is a trick the fanatics are all this loveliness! In spread or able to stage because they use ofa cloth use only four for a square fuel that is a bad conductor doilie or an inset for a cloth. Pat- heat, because they walk so rapidly tern 1499 contains directions and that the contact is too brief to a chart for making the square cause a burn and lastly, because shown and joining it to make a they are able to induce some kind of anesthesia. -variety of articles; illustrations of it and of all stitches used; material requirements. I Send 15 cents in coins for this pattern to The Sewing Circle, Needlework Dept., 82 Eighth Avenue, A. N Is |